1939-02-24 — Page 2

PAGE 2-HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 1939.

In the World of Sports

MANILA FOOTBALL TOUR ADVERTISEMENTS WAS DEFINITE SUCCESS

JOCKEY CLUB

THE HONG KONG Visitors Lost All Games But

Gain Sporting Reputation

ANNUAL RACE MEETING,|

1939.

25th, 27th and 28th February;

and 1st and 4th March.

On Saturday, 25th, Monday, 27th, Tuesday, 28th February and Wednesday, 1st March, the first bell will be rung at 11 a.M»,. aud the first race will be run at 11.30 8.10. On Saturday, 4th March, the first bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m. and the first race will be run at 2.00 p.m.

The tin interval will be after the fifth race on the first, four days of the Meeting.

"

(By "TAC")

FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF RESULTS THE MANILA FOOTBALL TEAM which has just completed a visit in the Colony, and which leaves to-morrow for home, cannot look back upon their tour in any self- congratulatory spirit. From every other viewpoint, however, the visit must be regarded by both hosts and guests as a complete success.

If they have lost all the three games in which they Agured here, the Philippines tourists have, neverthe- less, lost them in the spirit and with the grace that makes a defeat little short of a moral victory. On the

- field they have displayed sportsmanship of the highest order: not a single serious "incident" has marred their matches.

play in each half. This opinion is

In the last game, in parti-pounded often enough in the local! cular, they found themselves press and I believe it is correct. THAT EXTRA 15 MINUTES MEMBERS' BADGES AND. in the closing stages in that

Used to games of 30-minutes" ENCLOSURES

kind of a position that tests, even the sunniest of tempera-duration each way, they just can- Members are reminded that ments. Three-one up shortly not stand the extra 15 minutes' they and their ladies MUST wear after the interval, an unlucky manifestly borne out by the fact their badges prominently dis decision resulted in the Rest that in all their three games they of the Colony scoring a goal had as much, and even more of the played throughout the Meeting. from a free-kick, a goal that play, for the first half, and then. NO ONE WITHOUT A started their downward slide. towards the middle of the second BADGE WILL BE AD. a goal that was the first of half, began crucking up. MITTED

three that turned a probable TO THE MEM-

victory into an actual defeat. BERS' ENCLOSURE.

་་

In circumstances such as these

rough tactics indulged in. It was

I honestly feel that if they had played. 30-minute., games here the results might "have been different. They would, -at: any rate, certainly have won the game against the Rest of. the Colony.

THIS

Badges admitting non-members tempers are apt to get frayed... to the Members' Enclosure and not so with our late guests. Weary. Club Rooms at $10.00 per day almost run off their feet. they kept including tax-or $40.00 Includ. plugging-away. It may have been ing tax for the Meeting (ladles obvious to them, as it was to the $5.00 and $20.00 respectively spectators, that they were a beaten are obtainable through the Secre, side even before the winning goal tary upon the written or personal introduction of a member, such member to be responsible for all chits, etc."

Badges admitting to Members Enclosure will NOT be on sale at the Race Course.

was scored. But they never gave up, and the final whistle found one of them chasing the ball for all he was worth.

WELL CLEARED

ACTION PICTURE taken during the football match be- tween Manila and the Rest of Wednesday. the Colony on (Photo, Z. Z. Chang)..

FIFTH TEST JUHANNESBURGH. Feb. 22 (Reuter)—The team which diỏ duty in the Fourth Cricket Test will again represent the South Africans in the Fifth and Final Test, to be played at Durban The commencing on March 3, Test will be played to a finish.

FURTHER

SPORTS NEWS

PAGES 7, 9, 16.

WEEK'S WINNERS IN HOME FOOTBALL.

"Telescore" Selects Them For "Daily Press" Readers

Such men are long remem- bered. Whether they win or they lose is secondary, DISAPPOINTED FOLLOWERS As actual exponents of the game the Manila side disappointed their 1st local following-and "anyone who BUILD thinks that it was a small fellow- WILL ng is wrong. More was expected ON of them. and though, as a whole,

there were some very Individual performances. hibitions of ball control par excellence... clever dribbling... smart tactical moves that re-

The Secretary's Office, floor, EXCHANGE ING, (Tél. 27794) CLOSE AT 10.00 a.m. THE FIRST FOUR DAYS; and. at 12.00 NOON ON THE FIFTH DAY..

A limited number of tiffins will

Ane

ex-

sulted in the "tying in knots" of

be obtainable each day at the opposition defenders, and the like, Club House, provided they are as a combination they lacked that: ordered la advance from the Not consistently high standard which

1 Boy, (Tel. 21920).

had been anticipated.

In one thing alone they lived up

On no pretext will children be to expectations-speed. There is permitted in either enclosure durno doubt that they were faster ing the first four days of the Meeting. No amahs will be allowed on the Fifth Day.

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE The price of admission to the Public Enclosure is $2.00 per day Including tax for all persons in -cluding ladies, and ́ls payable atþ

the Gate,

Soldiers and Sailors in aul forms are admitted to the Public Enclosure at $1.00 per day in cinding tax.

Bookmakers, Tic Tac men, etan, will not be permitted to] operate within the precincts of The Hong Kong Jockey Club during the Race Meeting.

Tiffins will be obtainable in the Restaurant in the Public En- closure.

SERVANTS' PASSES Passes for Servants will be Issued to Private Box holders only ou application to the Secretary, 1st floor, Exchange Building,"

Any persons found loitering with Servants"

in their passes possession will forfeit the same and will be removed from the Enclosure.

By Order

C. B. BROWN}

Secretary. Hong Kong, 15th Feb., 1989.

than most of the local players. In their knowledge of the game they were also better equipped than I had expected.

Why then, was it that they came out of their matches against Hong- kong sides with such a small solely from the point of view of amount of credit, always talking results The reason has been ex-

RUGBY LEAGUE LONDON, Feb. 22 (Reuter)- the Rugby League, Salford defeated Leigh by 17-5 and Leeds-beat Dewsbury by 10-3 to-day.

“TELESCORE? SPECIAL

13 HOMES BOLTON CHARLTON STOKË

LUTON NEWCASTLE WEST BROM QUEEN'S PR

HULL

LINCOLN STOCKPORT HAMILTON- QUEEN O'BOUTA RANGERS

3 DRAWS

CARDIF

BRADFORD CITY

OLDHAM

3 AWAYS

FULHAM BRISTOL C

CREWE

The following are the Home football fixtures for the week-end with the probable winners given in capital type

Each Friday "Telescore" picks the winners for Hongkong followers of this great winter game, the forecast for to-morrow being as follows:--

FIRST DIVISION

Grimsby Huddersfield..

Portsmouth

BIRMINGHAM BOLTON CHARLTON

7,

V..

V.

Chelsea

V.

BRENTFORD

Leeds United

Y.

Everton

LEICESTER

7.

Aston Villa

LIVERPOOL

Wolves

Manchester Un.

Y.

DERBY CO.

Middlesbrough

Sunderland

Preston N.E. STOKE

Y.

7.

SECOND

Y

%

West Ham

Y.

Bury

BURNLEY COVENTRY LUTON NEWCASTLY Norwich

← NOTTS FOREST

PLYMOUTH ·

Sheffield Un.

Southampton

TOTTENHAM WEST BROMWICH

ARSENAL

Blackpool

DIVISION

Millwall

Sheffield Wed.

Swansea

Chesterfield

Bradford

Manchester C.

FULHAM

Y.

Blackburn

V.

Tranmere

THIRD DIVISION

(SOUTH)

BOURNEMOUTH BRIGHTON Bristol Rovers

Watford

Y.

Crystal Palace

Cardif

Y.

Exeter

IPSWICH

MANSFIELD QUEEN'S PR.

READING

SOUTHEND WALSALL

THIRD

Accrington BARNSLEY BARROW Bradford City CHESTER

HALIFAX

HULL CITY

· LINCOLN

NEW BRIGHTON

Oldham

STOCKPORT

SCOTTISH LEAGUE

ABERDEEN

ARBROATH

CELTIC

FALKIRK

HAMILTON KE

HIBERNIAN

QUEEN OF SOUTH

QUEENTS' PARK

RANGERS

MIRREN

BRISTOL CITY

Northampton

Notts County

Newport.

Swindon

Torquay

Aldershot

Clapton Orient Port Vale

(NORTH)

CREWE ALEX Southport

York City Gateshead

THREATENING WEATHER SPORTING FIXTURES

"...

AT RIFLE SHOOT

But Many People Out To Qualify For Handicaps

In spite of the somewhat threatening weather on Wednesday some 35 members of the &R.(b) Class and forty five members of the 8(a) Class turned up at the mid-week shoot. The SR.(b) had another opportunity at the long ranges but the fresh gusty Find "and variable light especially 'at 800 yards had a decided effect on the scoring which was low.

Sgt. Cooper of the Middlesex won the Nett Spoon with 128 two points ahead of Condr. Hill, the latter maintaining a score of over 40 at each range,

Handicap Spoons went to C.SM. Maalen and L/Sgt. Nund both of the RE's, the latter putting up a good performance off a4 handicap.

TO-DAY ATHLETICS. "Children's Play- grounds Association annual sports (Wanchat), 2 p.m. BADMINTON: --- Colony Champion- ships, Men's Bingles Junior, D. Kwok v. M. M. de V. Soares (Tn1-- koo), 8.30 p.m.; Men's Doubles, L. Sung and KL Yong v. R. P. Bywater and North (Talkoo), 9 pm; Y. M. C. A. Badminton, in the West Lounge, 8.30 p.m. BRIDGE.-Y.MGA Women's Bec-

tion Bridge Class and Practice- Flay, 10 am.

TENNIS –Finals, Ladies, Recrea- tion Club (Ladies doubles), 3 p.m. (Men's singles), 4.30′ p.m.

HOME SOCCER

LONDON. Feb. 23 (Reuter)-

Originally the SR.(a) were to both with large handicaps took winning their third round replays fire at 200, 300 and 500 yards but the remaining two handicap

in the Scottish Cup to-day, Celtic owing to the delay in the start it, spoons. Sapper Remberton,` still and Alloa entered, the fourth was only possible to complete the qualifying for a handicap, made around. Celtic defeated Hearts by short ranges. PO. Richards, who creditable score of 79 as also do two goals to one, after extra time was in charge of the range. appro- Tel. A G. Montague of the Rhad been allowed, while Alloa beat riately won the Nett Spoon with A large contingent of the Middle- Dunfermline by the odd goal In an 84 closely followed by P.O. sex were also out qualifying for ave Silcock.

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handicaps..

Immediately after the comple-Celtic

SCOTTISH CEP

2 Hearts 3 Dunfermline ENGLISH LEAGUE"

(First Div.)

It was gratifying to see, 35 predicted in these notes last week tion of the Spoon Shoot next Alloa that the RAF.`would soon start Sunday morning which begins at winning spoons, A.C.1 Gath and 8.45 am. sharp, the "Annual L.A.C. Barry both of the RAF General Meeting will be held in Brentford taking two of the handicap spoons, the main lounge of the Club house Eolton The latter's effort was extremely and it is hoped that as many Wolves good considering the weather con-members as possible will attend. ditions to be only 3 points behind The Third Annual report on the

An

Richards.

2 Portsmouth

3 Birmingham. 0

7 Everton

experienced shot like F.O. activities of the Association has communicate immediately to the

been sent out to all members. Honorary Secretary, L/Set. Jones of the R.E.'s and Those who have not received their Owing to pressure of space scores. L/Cpl. Thorley of the Middlesex copy by Saturday morning should have been held `over.

Wrexham Rotherham

Hartlepools

Darlington Rochdale Dorica Carlisle

Roy

THE SHANGHAILANDER

animal that comes swooping from the north on pretext of

down

but actually to

llowin

·DIVISION.

Hearts. Motherwell

Partic

St. Johnstone

Raith Rov

United

bion Rov,

ThirdLanark

(League Tables on Back Pago)