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S. CHINA “A”

SECURE. CHAMPIONSHIPTM

But Only After A Farcical Game

Reason

One of the worst exhibition of Iootball ever witnessed in a League Fame during the current was the first division match be tween the South China "A" and "B" which was played off on the Caroline Hill ground yesterday,

By winning by 5 goals to 1, the "A" have thus won the Senior Championship having completed their Axtures.

TSUI AGAINTM CHAMPION

H.D. Rumjahn Beaten In Straight Sets

(BY "ADREM"}

HONG

KONG DAILY

CORRESPONDENCE

Seven-A-Side Rugger

[To the Editor, af the " Hong Kong Dally Press."] SU.-We enclose herewith A pitants to

I would strongly advise all ag- | finandal statement with regard to tennis championship the Charity Seven-a-Side Rugby honours to cultivate the drop shot. Football Tournament held at Tsuz Wal Pul, who yesterday won Happy Valley on the 4th and 7th the highest singles bonour in loea! March 1936, "showing the net re- tennis, when he defeated

ceipts from the Tournament and the allocation of same to Charity. We shall be pleased If you would be good enough to publish this statement in your newspaper- Yours faithfully,

H. D

amply of the

umfahn in straight sets, demonstrated the efficacy stroke. The fact that he has won his way to his present position without the loss of a single set, suggests an unhounded improve- nent on his form of last year and I maintain that it is not so much an al-round improvement. but the Derfection

shot. Tul's this year. possibly slightly more reliable than last season but not sufficiently have shown such amazing results.

A defeat yesterday would have meant that the Chinese Athletic would have a slight chance of challenging for the honours, but the "needle" match between. Southstrokes are. China "A" and "B" wid

Just a give and take aftalt." Only one regular "A" League player turned up, but in spite of that they won. On the other hand the "B" had their full side out.

The stands were almost empty. and a couple of sailors were seen in the covered stand, both appar ently expecting the Chinese "stars" to turn up and so be treated with some fine football. It seems that they had "wasted" their money,

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The cores in yesterday's match seem to Indicate a somewhat one- sided game, but this was by no means the case. "H.D." not "only played well, but he payed remark- by well. His stroking was well- nigh perfect especially on the fore- hand his backhand shots although not particularly forcefu were of If the "B" had play up to their bly found the corners as a prell- perfect length and almost invaria- usual game, they would have beat-minary to a net attack. In addi en their senior team according to the players on paper.

It would have been much better for the "B" to concede to "walk- over" to the "A" instead of playing like they did yesterday? When Kam Sik-wel scored the final goal of the match for the "A" it was quite obvious that the opposing custodian could have saved it, but

tion to this he did not do. as most o Taul's opponents have done hitherto pat the balls back from oberhead. Admittedly, his smashes were not always winners. but they did not give Taul the opportunity of getting his fabbing in working order with ..the result that the perfect lobs following his

drop shots. which

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PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1936.

SUNDAY GOLF

Starting Times For Summer Cup

The following is the draw for Summer Cup with starting times to be played at Kowloon Golf Club. on Sunday next, April 26. The sixteen

best cards, quality for.

match play.

9.45 am. W. Stoker and S. Jex. 8.50 L. Jack and W. Taylor.

G. P. Murphy and W. Westlake.

W. A. Stewart and A. A. Lopes.

R. K. Collings and H. H. Mundy.

YACHTING

Sweepstake Race Results

The Sweepstake Race for Mixed Classes was held by the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club yesterday. the course being. Kowloon Rock (8), Rumsey. Shoal (P), Channel Rocks (S), a distance of 8.9 miles. Detalls follow:-

Lobo, 42 ...... 16.45.33 18.36.21 3

(Miss L. C. Edwards) Pat, A12

16.54.13 18.45.06

(Mrs. D. W. Persse)

...... 16.28.45 18.20.45 1 (Miss Bigg-Wither).

FEDERATION

CROSSWORD

PUZZLE

17

18

19

NOTE—Figures in parentheses indicate number of letters in the words required.

Across 1.-Erosity! (5), 6.-Equal value

Italy (5)..

8.55

軸

A. T. Braley and V. C. Labrum.

9.00

Started At 14.50.

Finished Corr. Pos. Carpenter, Al 16.45.12 16.36.00 2

(Mr. G. D. Adams)

31

9.05

17

D N. BLACK,

9.10

H.K. "Football Club, Hong Kong, April 20.

Rolla, #3

9.15

9.20

Milne and F. Rapley. W. Ahern and PC.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT

Barry.

0,25

E. Christensen and F. E. Booker.

GERMAN ATHLETİC

Gate Receipts, Proceeds of

Programmes," etc.

9:30

$327.35

A. J. Dennis and E. G. Judd.

11.55

9.35

E. G. Murphy and J. M. Thomson.

338.90

9.40"

Less Printing, Stationery & Incidental Expenses

R. Henderson and E. F Barnes.

$8.90

9.45

-Net Receipts....$270.00

9.50

0.55

J

10.00

$ 45.00 10.05

Donations

Allocated as follows: Civilian Charities, 1/3:

Hong Kong Benevolent

Society

HK Society for the Pro-

tection of Children Naval Charities, 1/3 Military Charities, 1/3

H. D. Gausden and A. Eastman.

("Hong Kong Daily Press" Specia Berlin, April 19: over ore century ago when "Turvater Jahn" laid the

Sirce.

C. G. Anderson and T. foundation, stone for athletics and Henderson.

physical culture in Germany, the dream of all sportsmen has been to see all sporting activities in Germany united under one |ganisation. This WGS at last. achieved on Sunday, when an

T. D. Paton and W. Orr. W. Kershaw and J. B. Smith.

D. C. Wilson and Anderson.

OF-

A. Immense inaugural ceremony

45,00 Stewards of the course:-W. A, $0.00 Stewart and D. C. Wilson. 90.00

$270.00

he slood without making even an dinarily have his opponent scurry- CHELSEA'S £10,000 OFFER

attempt to stop the ball from en- tering the net.

A FARCE

teams

ing all over the court, were not in.. evidence yesterday. From the stands, one could not but wonder at "H.D." reluctance to attack from the fore- Play began with both

Court. On the few occasions that punting the ball about wherever he did venture to the net. he al- they liked without thinking of

most always won the point as the direction or teamı-work. Five min-

result of some very crisp volleying. utes from the start Ip Pak Wah

THE GAME opened the scoring for the win- ners, This score remained same

The game started yesterday with to the interval. The standard of Rumjahn serving.

went Games play as it progressed was just as with service until 2 all, both men uninteresting, as at the beginning, at this stage were playing

the resumption the players' very tentative manner and were even seen talking during a obviously content to get tussie although they were of dit-strokes in working order. Tsul ferent aides. |

then broke through service to 'ead Ip Pak Wah scured again for the 4-2 and although HD. won, hli "A" while Lau Hing-chol, Kam Sik-next service game Tsui went out

and Wong King-chung re-st 6-3. gistered one each. The solitary The second set provided a great point for the losers was adminis-deal of excitement. "H.D. playing tered by Henry Young "The teams were lined up as tol-

At

Wel

lows:-

"A" Team:-Chiu Sieu-hengi Tang Chung-pak, Lau Tin-son, Le Wing-kul, Lau Hing Choi, Lee Plu- leong: Wong King-chung, Ip Pak- wah, Kam Sik-wel, Li Wing-on, Ts0 King-shing.

in a were

their

beautiful tennis went to a ove lead and led 4-1, and 5-3 but Tsut was not to be denied,

WAS NOT ENOUGH

London. Buring last week Chelsea F. C. failed to secure the transfer of a player for whom they were pre- pared to pay in the region of £10, write a correspondent,

1 meation, this by way of con- treat, and to show how the chronic" shortage of good and experienced players has sent prices rocketing. Chelsea probably are responsible for the fact that after March 16 registrations and transfers of registrations of players may not be made without requiring the special sanction of the Football League Management Committee-a fact which accounts for the mild "rush" of transfers during the last faw days.

In April 1910 Chelsea laid out three-what was then thought to be a fortune in obtaining star players in an altempt to avoid relegation. Within one week they startled the football world by securing these

Exploiting an amazingly con trolled drop-shot at every passible opportunity, he soon had his op- Donent completely demoralized and try as he would "HD.", could not and a counter to it, that is, of "B" Team Sam Tsang; Wong course. when he reached the ball. Wah-kal. The Kam-ying: Henry which he simply gave up trying to

Once Tsui had le Young. Yau Wah-hing, Yip Yan do later on.

the issue Po: Yeung Shiu-pick, Lai Shiu-velled the scores. wing,

Ho Kar-keung, Ip Yung- never in doubt and after winning Po. To Wal-hing.

the set at 7-5 he proceeded to inish off the third set and the match at 6-3,

NURMI'S WORLD RECORD BEATEN

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NO DULL MOMENTS The game was never at any time dub to watch, both men their shots very well and a larger ("Hong Kong Dally Press" Special) proportion of points were won as

Munich, April 19.

result of cleverly planned attacks The world record in long dis-than on crors made by the tance flat racing, established by position.

Nurmi ran 20 kilometers in hour 4 minutes 38.4 seconds, while Zabala did the same distance in

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transfers:

English McConnell, centre-half, from Sheffield Wednesday, Fed. £1000,

Marshall McEwan, outside-left, from Bolton Wanderers. Free,

£1000

. Bob Whittingham, inside-right, from Bradford City. Fee, £1300. P. Smith, centre-forward, fram Crewe Alexandra Free, £250

K. McKenzie centre-half, from Inverness Thistle. Fee £23

save

COUNTRY CLUB GILF

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took place at the new Deut- schland Hall, and the

estab- lishment of a German Athletic Federation

was formally pro- nounced.

to mother in

9.-Dress (7). 10.-Introduce her to us (5). 11.--Had. Rs an objective, to

change the media (5). The rushing stream is split 14-Mountain lakes (5). behind the hill (7).

12.

15. The result of deducting rent

from 12 (3)

16 One name for a proverbially industrious creature (5). 17.-Most of this board is straight

and fat (5), 19.-Double the animal in for the

slaughterez (3).

21.-Proverbially swift weapon of

olden days (5). 23.-Hopes for the best. shall we

4.-Sudden doch Induced by Itself curtailed, quite like.y

5. Regular arrangement (5). 6-S American river in general

domestic use ($). --Rosemary

(10).

symbolises this

B-Let's strike a balance (5), 19. Wake up! You'll get employ.

ment in the end (5). 17.-Hoter follas (5). 18.--Kind of anchor (5). 19-Part of a bishop's working attire we presume (5). 20-Undergrowth (5). 21. The aftermath of a

fire, no doubt (5).. 22-"Strew" (anagram) (5).

forest

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION The following is the solution of yesterday's puzzle!........

Across

заў? (7). 24.-Hard work for the miller (5). 1. T-aver-n; 6. Sponge: 10, 25.-Quite a lot things may turn Holster; 11. Imp-all: 12. Roster;

and fat (5).

13. Natives; 16. Rodeo: 17, Elder; 26-It's small and round (7). 18. Drink; Sweep; 22, Sward; 25. 27.-Past, and not quite sincere Singlet: 29. Tarmac; 30, German-

(5).

(e): 31, Lozengé; 32, Solemn; 33.

When in 1933, Hitler became Chancellor, there were still over A; J. Kew (22) met O. Badicktions in the Reich. Patlent rear- 300 independent Sports Organisa- (11) in the final of the Captain'sganisation was therefore needed to even game emerged the Winner by out destroying any great positiva 28-Is Ash tooked in a furnace? Spades. Cup last Sunday and in a very achieve, this amalgamation with- 3 and 2.

features already developed.

From

CHICAGO WIN

Two Home Runs By Klein

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New York, Apr. 19. There was some heavy scoring in the National League to-day. Chic- ago ran up sixteen runs against the Cincinnati Reds, and Chuck Klein gave the team two home runs

For Cincinnati Lombardi, Rig- gee and Goodman all hit circuit drives, but on the nine hits the Reds could only manage six runs.

Chicago, on the other hand, had run for each hit

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The Reds gave away four errors to Chicago's one.

The New York Giants beat Bos- ton four to one in a listless game. The Glants bagged ten hits and each team had oné error.

St. Loula bea: Pittsburgh seven to three, scoring on twelve hits, including Moore's home run. Each

side had an error.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

..

now OA all athletics, sports, physical culture can be. de- veloped uniformly in all parts of the Reich, and form part of the national education.

The event was celebrated with great rejoicing, 20,000 young peo- ple being addressed, by the Reich's Sports Leader, von Tschumi d und Öster, who unfolded the new Reich's Sports Mag Transreun News Servia:

LOST BOSWELL PAPERS

Professor Abbott's Discovery

Professor

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1. Trier; 3 Vapid; Rhino; 4. 1.-Expressive, perhaps, of por-Nora; 5. Astl; 6. Sere; 7. Prose; B.

cine pleasure (5).

Npt-ed; 9. Error; 14. Turin; 15. 2.---"No other taxi" (anagram) Venal; 19. Sites; 20. Enrol; 21,

(11).

Psalm: 22 Steep; 23. Armed; 24, 3-As a game it certainly has Dunes; 26, I-con; 27: Grey: 29,

Its paints (5).

Eggs.

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forgotter.

Forbes,, well's part of the journal for 1718; blographer and friend of Beattle, the Northern Circuit Journal for friend and executor, "of Boswell Autumn, 1788; and "two consider- Or perhaps they had failed to able registers of letters sent and trace him as I had falled till fortunate clue led me where found him preserved at futt fength m his great collection of papers,

received.

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(2) The correspondence between Boswell and Forbes.

(8) Two hundred and eighty-

and with much more of Boswel seven drafts of coples of letters than I expected, and something of from Boswell, many in his own Johnson. For.. as I progressed hand. Only a smal number of from courtyard to attic, from the letters corresponding to these. corners, likely and unlikely, bund-jhave been published. les and loose papers connected (4) One thousand and thirty with Boswell were gradually 23-letters to Boswell. This is the sembled, until, in the end, what main body of the letters written was found could be described as to Boswell Most names in the being almost the complement story of the day are to be found

the paper catalogued by here. "The Frofessor Pottie, or, certainly It was my privilege, in 1930-31, had reason to expect.

rearer approach to it than anyone while & lecturer in the University Aberdeen, to be allowed to

A SHORT LIST examine the miscelaneous docu-

Only a short list of the most im- ments scattered through a Scottish portant documents

Can be stven country house. I had particular now. These are:---- reason for wishing to make the

London. University College Durham, con- to

C. Coleer Abbott, of tributes the folowing to Time":-

of

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(5) One hundred and nineteen. letters from Johnson to various correspondents. They are part of the material used by Borwell in the Lite. Some are unpublished.

These, with a considerable num- The New York Yankees got into

ber of miscellaneous documents. their stride to-day against Wash-

and pamphlets, have been fully ington Senators, winning by nine search, but, though I went with · (1) "A number of Boswell manus.catalogued, copied (with one Cx-

contributing to the score with a to one, with Johnson and Dickeygh hopes, the result bettered my cripta, among which are the Lon- ception), and checked. The cata-

expectation.

home run each.

Cicose

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fessor Pottie himself summarizes the matter thus:-

In short, the losses among the

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The full story of don. Journal (1782-63), complete logue is in type, and the Oxford April, all within about a week, was securing of these five players in

the finding must be left till later; and unmutilated in many ways University Press hope to publish it the red light to the clubs. Itnant winners, blanked Chicago in

Detroit Tigers, last year's pea- but I am now free to make public the most interesting of all Bos, in the course of 1938.

the more important results of it.. caused widespread discussion. another American League xture, Potte's preface to his "Catalogue Those who have read Professor Some would have abolished tram led by Bobby Rowe, pitching ace, or the Private Fapers of James sfers entirely but for the very lowho scored six strike-outs. Paavlo Nurmi in 1930 at Stock- Tsul was very sound al round gical arguments in its favour, and Goslin hit a homer,

Boswell (papers that want from holm, was beaten to-day by the and scored mostly on his drop in any event the controversy died

Detroit had nine hits to Chic-Malahide to

America) may Argentine Olymple Games victorshot and cleverly angled volleys, away shortly afterwards because Juan Zabala, whose remarkable although in this latter department, the influx of star players did not go' five and gave away one error,

member that the late Geoffrey performance was all the more ex-be made more errors than he k

Boston surprisingly beat Phil Scott, their arse editor, spoke of Chelsea, Thoy duly went

story which, adelphia by two to one, both teams "long, tragic, and irrational." Pró- traordinary because on

down. That 18

the list of established losses" 28 Sunday usualy wont to do."HD" DID- exceptional cold and a snowstorm duced some most brilliant passing has often been repeated since, phians allowed two errors.

though in different circumstances hitting ave, times. The Philadel- prevailed,

terehand drives both up the side-Money alone does nît buy süste lines and cross court, but his most in football.

St. Louis was trounced by Cleve telling stroke was a gently played

land, the Indians scoring thirteen very sharply-angled backhand to certain to be played between a teen hits. St. Louis scored six runs a large, miscelaneous, and un- The fact that the Cup Final is runs, with Hale's homer, on four-papers are what cue would expect hour 4 minutes, 0.2 seconds.

his opponent's forecourt. Zabala falled to break Nurmi's

First Division and a Second Divi- on 12 hits, and were charged with tidy collection, left probably by its The final resuit was: Tsui Wa sion tear gives me some poignant three errors.---

owner in record for the distance covered in Pui beat H. D. Rumjahr 6-3, 7-5, interest. The last time it happen

complete confusion, Reuter

moved several times, "subjected at 1 hour, namely 19,210 -külometers, 6-3.

ed wha when my own team, Bir-

least once to a house cleaning... the Argentine only doing 18.005 The heartlest congratulations are mingham, met West Bromwich

improperis handled, imperfectly. kilometers

due to the authorities for their Albion at Wembley, Albion, the

protected from Irannattan Nows Service,

dust and damp, enterprise in installing an amplitter Second Division team, won.

and submitted (probably more in order that the umpire could be That War An alt-Birmingham other trio in the country.

Final-with apologies to West speak volumes, The United have capricious and arbitrary nature.

than once) to a censorship of a them in Birmingham. Is this to and League) without defeat. Bromwich people for lacluding played 21 consecutive games (Cop He found few gaps among the be the first all-London Final?

Journals, but deplored the loss of Fulham have their fine players, much of Boswel's corresponderice NOT EASY FOR ARSENAL too. I have every admiration for and

many miscellaneous "docu- Arsenal are the only team of the little Smith, "the inside right, for four with previous experience of Perry, the only man to score lour the Final-a valuable asset. Their goals in a Cup tie this season, for BUNDLES OF DOCUMENTS match with Grimsby should be a

Gibbons and Keeping.

Professor rottle's summary must classic, though Grimsby have suf I would love to see an ult-London have seemed a reasonable assump fered a vere blow through the Final, and have a special reason tlo, amply borne out by the cata- suspension of Betmend their centre for wishing Mr. Jack Peart every logue, fals. Yet when I read it half. Bestall is a wonderful little success. He used to play format it had already been falsified. schemer, and Glover, the centre Sheffield United 27 years ago and Most of the papers lamented as forward, & thrustful and dangerous we were good friends while he was destroyed stily existed. They were leader. Though I think Arsenal there. As a matter of fact, he will win, this will be no walkuver, once signed for me when I was lost only because they had not On the contrary, a hard game, team manager of a certain club. been found. by what looks like I have not seen Sheffield United My feeling is that Sheffield miracle damp and mice and this sensch, but am reliably told United will just in their semi-fe had spared them. The many partideiate in an international to the team if she decides to go that their three inside forwards, final, and that they and Arsenal scholars who had worked on John- competition, but she wit be added, abroad ater

Pickering, Dodds and Barolay, are will meet at Wembley,

and Boswed seem to have

AMERICA'S TEAM FOR WICHTMAN CUP

plainly heard by all. This is an Innovation which will do much to add to the enjoyment of watching competitive tennis in the future and was, I am sure, greity appre clated by the capacity crowd pre-

New York, April 1, The United States Lawn Tennis sent, Association has named the low- Tsui's record in winning the ing to play for America in the championship is appended: Wightman Cup tennis series against Beat TM.A. Razack 6-1, 6-2 Britaip at Wimbledon this year. beat, 8. W. Llang 6-3 6-3, Miss Helen Jacob, Miss Caroline beat 8. A Gray 6-1, 2, Babcock, Mrs. Fabyan and Mrs. J.beat Tennie Kwok, 8-t, fins. Van Ryn

bat 8. A. fumijahn (Holder) 61, The match wil be payed on June ...” 6—1, 7–5;

12 and 13.

by Beat. H. D. Rumjahu 6-1, 7-5, Mrs. Helen Wille Moody, Wimble don tize holder, has not yet been

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