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S'HAI PREPARES FOR SOCCER INTERPORT Several Changes In Team Are Expected

With the Interpori against Hong Kong less than three weeks away, the second Trial match will be played this Sunday at the Stadium between a trial aide of the Shanghai Football Assocla- tion and a China National Amateur Athletic Federation trial aido, says the "North Chins Daily News" of January 22.

The withdrawal of Suen, "Darky" Chen and Feng from the Trial side on Sunday and possibly from the actual interport has made it necessary for the 8.FA. to call upon the services of Beliaky, Cochran, "and Neubourg, with the last two se reserves. Bell, who was originally down as a reservo, is to take'" Darky " Chen's place at left-half, while M. Bellaky will play centre- forward Instead of K. 8. Suen.

Y. Y. Feng's withdrawal does not affect the team as he was a reserve. With Sgt. Yales' inability to make the trip to Hong Kong, owing to pressure of duties, Victal has also been brought up from the reserves to play right-back.

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REVISED INTERPORT: XI The following "is the revised side chosen by the S.F.A. to play on Sunday:

Boissezon (ASF); Victal (Lusi- tano and Marçal (ASF); J, Ward (ABF), Gash (S.M.P., captain). and Bell (A.S.F.); Taylor (LR), Sharples (LR). Belinky (8.R.C.), Bossuet (ASF), and Jim Ward

ASF).

pany the Chinese Interport eleven. An official of the China National Amateur Athletic Federation, who are making arrangements for the Chinese interport fixture, said that the Federation would try and make arrangements for the three to be given leave by their firms, with whom the final say now rests.

"Darky" Chen, Sven, and Feng will be playing for the C.N.A.AF. team against the SF.A. Interport Trial XI on Sunday.

THREE GAMES

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1937.

STRONG RUGBY

TEAM Hong Kong Favoured For Interport

Hong

Reports have it that Kong's Rugby football team is the strongest the Colony has náa for some years, and though Shanghai will naturally take the news with a pinch of salt-it being the usual thing for both parties to give optimistic reports of their teams' chances there can be no doubt that the Shanghai Rugby Union Football Club will find Hong Kong a 'hard team to beat, says the "North China Daily News" of Jany ary 22

The

H.K. RUGBY TEAM

Sixteen Players

For North

The Interport rugby match be- tween Hong Kong and Shanghai will be played in Shanghai on The Colony team

North February 11 will leave for the February 7.

The following have accepted the to travel to Club's invitation Shanghai:-

Van

J. P. Whitham (full-back), K. A. Munro (wing-three-quarter), H

Leeuwen (wing-three- quarter), W. E Griove (centre- Bidwell H. D. three-quarter),

G. K. (centre - three - quarter), to support chadwick (wing-three-quarter), A. biggest claim

(stand-off-half) Is the fact that Hong Kong have | (vice-Captain); J. L Bonnár the report of Hong Kong's strength. R. Butcher

won the Triangular (scrum-half), this year

Hong Kong Football Club, the Trophy, competed for between the Navy, and the Army annually.

HONOURS EVEN

The Shanghai Rugby Union Football Club will be meeting the 1st XV of the Hong Kong Football Club on Thursday, February. 11, Hong at the Canidrome. The

will arrive here on "Kong team The team ultimately selected will February 10 in the Messageries be leaving Shanghai in the Stutt-Maritimes ss. Eridan, Kard on February 6 Three matches will be played in Hong Kong, the first will be the Interport, which Reserves-LL. J. F. Whiteing (LR), Roboostoff (A.S.F), Green will take place on Thursday, Feb. berg SR.C.), Jack (SPC), Neu-11: the second will be against a bourg (S.R.C.), Cochran (B.R.C.), MAT ACCOMPANY CHINESE

TEAM

Although "Darky" Chen, K. 8. Suen, and Y. Y. Feng, the three Tung Hwa players, who were asked to play for the Interport Trial team on Sunday, have declined the in- vitation of the S.F.A. on the Erounds that they would not be able to get away to Hong Kong for business reasons, they may accom-

Chinese side: and the third and last match against the United Ser- vices.

The Chinese Interport fixture will take place a Httle later. The In- terport match, between the Shang- hal Chinese side and the Hong Kong Chinese side, will be played on February 15. the C.N.A.AF. an. nounced yesterday. Two other matches will also be played. The second on February 17, and the third on February 20.

BITSY GRANTS [N.C.D.N. GREENS

FINE WIN

Donald Budge Goes Down Fighting

WIN TROPHY

Basket Ball Match With W.SS. 'Reds

The N.C.D.N. Greens won the

TWO TITLES IN A DAY Reid Basketball Challenge Trophy

For the second time in two years the diminutive Bryan "Bitsy" Grant to-day took the measure of America's second ranking singles

formidable player the

Donald Budge, in the final round of the annual Dixle

in Tournai 14

Tampa, Florida.

as

The match proved Grant,

On- ever, the master strategist.

Budge's setting

advantage 10 his LEM- height and reach, und doubted power in service and vul- ley, Grant's superb placements and variety of strokes won him the match, by scores of 4-6 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, and 6-2

Narrowly defeated in the initial set. Grant thereafter concentrated on avoiding Budge's masterful forehand. His success Was evidenced by the second and third set scores of 8-3

T

SENSATIONAL WIN

Budge saved himself from

on January 18 by defeating the W.9.9. Reds by 41-16 to keep their record amblemished,

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FILIPINO BOXER'S

PRIVATE LIFE

Should Be Known As "Smile"

Instead Of "Small"

ANOTHER

PANCHO VILLA

"Smile" Montana, flye fost four inches of brown-skinned ur- banity and cheerfulness, arrived at Southampton in the Aquitania `- on' December 30 at the end of his 5,000 miles trip across Americk and the Atlantic to fight in London.

Montana, whose real name is Benjamin Gan, ie, called "Small," but I prefer "Smile," for that is the biggest thing about.. him, writes a Home correspondent. It is broad and infections, and rarely absent from his face. He is sure to become popular in Britain.

He is accompanied by Johnny and Vic- manager, Walkden Rogers, as ↓ F. forward) (front-row.

(Captain), tortomo Fuentes, a fellow Filipino, EP. who has been his trainer for Ave W. E. Peers (hooker),

years. Montana was modest but Humphreys (front-row forward),

composed as a large party greeted A. W. Holden (second-row for-

him on board the liner, and sub- ward), . H Bradford (second-row forward), BOM. Deane twing- lected him to a rapid fusillade of

questions. forward), K A Watson (middle- of-back-row), N. E. Clark (wing-

forward), forward)

J. Redman

(wing-

и

MEETING FORMER CHAMPION

His smile became broadest when he was introduced to Jiminy Wilde, a former dy-weight champion of the world, who lost his title in

that other America to

M.C.C. MATCH DRAWN Pupino, Pancho Villa, The Interport match this year

is of particular significance since both Clubs have won the "Baker Shield" ve times, the results be-"

as follows:-

1923-24 S.R.U.F.G. 5-3 (H). 1925-28 S.R.U.F.C. 18-3 (8). 1927-28 F.C. 6-3 (6). 1928-29 HF.C. 12-8 (H), 1029-30 8.R.UF.C. 5-0 (8). 1930-31 H.F.C. 21-3 (H), 1932-33 H.F.C. 16-5 (8) 1933-34 H.F.C. 6-3 (H). 1934-35 SR.UFC. 17-11 (8), 1935-36 S.R.U.F.C. 8-8 (H).

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SAVING FOR OLYMPICS

Shanghai Japanese Get Ready

Looking forward to 1940 when they will visit Tokyo to attend the Twelfth Olymple Games, almost 100 local Japanese residents have begun saving $3.50 a month, which From the standpoint of com-

will enable them to defray travel- petition, the league has been uning and expenses in the Japanese fortunate this seasou have only capital, the "Shanghai Nippo"

strong

teams. Both the

said on January 19. Greens and Erin Villa have won as they pleased in every game ex- cept when they play each other. In the match which gave the Greens the championship, Vera

by Prince took scoring honours collecting seven field goals for

The monthly sums will be de- fourteen points, while M., Nosoft was outstanding for the Reds, con- posited at the Shanghai Bank un- tributing eight points to a losing der a club membership arrange- cause. Doreen Parkhill had a ment and will remain the deposi- the party property unti good evening in scoring nine points tor'a for the Greens.

leaves Bhanghai,

The scheme, evolved by the "Nippo," will net $157 by the mid- dle of 1940. This sum, under ar- rangements made by the newspa- per, will be sumclent to finance a two-weeks trip.

Shanghai Boxing

Comes Into Its Own

elimination in the fourth set by Boxing comes into its own on coming back strongly to take the tit, 6-2. but in the fifth and le- Saturday afternoon with the pr elding set Grant was once again sentation by the Auditorium of a nis master, and the 6-2 count programme headed by a double gave the young Atantan the main event which will have const-close decisions. Nelther Poong nor Journament championship and one.

and welterweight championships of China says the "North China Dally News of January 21.

of the most sensational American derable bearing upon the bantam tennis victories of the year.

Throughout the match Grant Bacrificed speed to accuracy, and soft-Balled Budge's smashes, tob- bing the ball into almost unre- turnable positions time and again. In the final set Budge's service broke and this, combined with the continued steadiness of Grant's play, contributed to the downfall of the former.

BANKINGS SCRAMBLED.

It was worthy of note that the result of the match virtually

Both Optimistic Yoshimura licewise is a fighter, has won most of his half-hundred fights by knock-outs and has been beaten but four times, twice on Yoshimura expects their bout on Saturday to go the full distance, and action to what is expected to an attitude which promises thrfils Be a very large turnout of specta- tors.

Poong Wal-vin (Little Thunder- storm), the Chinese boxer from In lly Gray of the 15th Infan- Singapore, is matched in the try. Tientsin, Jock Creighton, Bri- second of the two ten-round main tish welter of this city, has a hard events with Fumio Yoshimura, B customer for the American soldier hard-hitting bantamweight who is a puncher of deadly power, an know.. Creighton, has earned quite a reputation in Creighton Japan, Korea, Manchuria and lanky, shifty and still speedy des- North China. Poong actually is a pite his many years in boxing, weight and will be conceding gained a close decision over Gray probably half-a-dozen pounds to in their previous meeting, but had

his opponent,

to overcome a considerable lead the soller piled up by flooring Creighton early in the fight

"scrambled" the American singles

This weight difference, however, rankings. Because of Wimmer Al- Ison's Inactivity, Budge had been-is not giving the Chinese any con-

Saturday's Initial main" event generally accorded the No. 1-post-cern, for in his comparatively

long ring career Poong often has will adord Shanghai its first op- tion, with Frankie Parker in

met and beaten bigger men. Poongportunty. of seeing Gray in action. second place. Grant's defeat of

has fought in the Straits Settle- He is in tip-top shape through. Parker in the semi-final round of the Dixie tourney and his mastery ments, Philippines, India, French weeks of training with the Fourth Indo-China and Siam a total of US Marines here. Creighton is of Budge apparently forces' him into consideration for the Davis 04 times. His Brst 21 bouts, as an expected to be fully extended on amateur, he won on knock-outs. Cup team.

Youth is pitted against ex- Since then he has swelled his bag of knock-outs to 57, won 34 other pertence in the eight-round semi- contests on points, and earned mal between "Jinx" Baker of the

has one draw. Poong

Been Marines and Young Alde of 'Mani- preliminaries, beaten twice, once in 1931 and la. Half-a-dozen

une of six rounds and the other of again last year, the latter being a decision he dropped to Hanade tour, complete the Auditorium's

programme last summer,

Grant shared another victory as he and Wayne Sabin in the finals of the doubles competition, de- feated Parker and Walter Septor Boozes were 6-8, 6-4, 6-3, Babin. however, carried the brunt of the match as Grant; was obviously exhausted from his singles match

Saturday,

Adelaide, Jan, 20.

famous

Montana

It was obvious that had a great admiration for the Heavy overnight rain made play Welsh Wizard." and he needed no to-day very unlikely and on an

prompting to tell us that he was examination of the wicket arter born in La Carlota, the same town lunch, it was decided to abandonas Villa, Montana, 24 years of the match between the MC.C. and age, has been boxing for only five South Australia às a draw.

years, four of which have been Scores up to Saturday" were

spent in America: M.C.O. 301 and South Austraila 194 for four wickets- Reuter

He is entirely self-taught, and ranks entered the professional without coaching or experience in

HAPPY

He received less amateur ranks. than £2 for his first night, but will get over £3,000 for his appearance at Wembley,

In his short carear," Montana has built up an impressive record. He became something of a public hero in the Philippines, where he had forty of his 115 contents, and when he left for the United States his countrymen were confident that he would emulate Villa.

SEAFORTHS WIN "FRIENDLY"

R.A.S.C. Outplayed

In a friendly football match played at Bookinpoo yesterday afternoon, the Seaforth Highland- ors "B" Company defeated the Royal Army Service Corps by 7 Koals to nil

In the first half McGuigan, Mo- Lood and McKende each scored a moal.

..!

The goal scorers in the second halt were McGuigan (3) and Me- 1001.

The Beaforthis were much too good. for the Service Corps and they

| attacked most of the time.

The teams were as follow:

Seaforth Highlanders “B”- Com- pany:Autren; Webster, Speirs; Harper, Cook, Willamson; Me- Kenzie, McAloon, McLeod, Mc- Gulgan, and Mathenson,

R.AS.C.-Cpl. Hughes; Lt. Cpl. Horeman, Hodgkinson; Banbridge, Easterbrook, Dearing; Opl Hayter, Foreythe. Lt. Col. Westgate, Lt. Cpl. Morgan and Lt. Cpl. Smith.

"GREAT TO BE HERE” leave the child, but after a mo- In America his greatest

seriousness he again per-¡ment of formances bave been against Mid- beamed upon his audience, and get Wolgast, a former world cham- exclaimed: "But, see! It is great. whom he beat in two of to be here. This place is going to "plan,

suit me grand," three clashes.

It 18 through a victory over Wolgast that he claims the world title," and is recognized as such in California and other states, though Lynch is the genuine ar- ticle according to the British Box- ing Board of Control

Montana frankly admita that he does not punch with great weight. He knows that in Lynch he will ale meeting a tough and powerful opponent, but he says: "You can stand on me giving Lynch a good fight."

Montana has been married far three years, and has, a son. Ee expressed regret at being forced to

[The fight ended in a win for Lynch on points, going the full distance of 15 rounds.]

"FRESH FROM ENGLAND

LANDING!

; people smoke them everywhe On land and sea and in the air. There is no smoke that can compare

with CLIPPER Cigarettes!

Player's CLIPPER

CIGARETTES

PLAIN OF CORK TIPPED

·PLAYERS

IGARETT

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