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TUESDAY, JULY
In the World of Sports
An
WATER POLO LEAGUE
South China Lose
To V.R.C.
At the Victoria Recreation Club yesterday South China Athletic Association suffered defeat at the hands of the V.R.C. by four goals to one in a water polo league match
A large number of spectators was present and the game was interest- ing.
The V.R.C. had better combina- tion than the losers.
Silva-Netto (1), Taylor and W. Lawrence netted for V.R.C. while Shek Kam-pul scored for South China.
The
Taylor.
outstanding
player
All-Cycling Meeting
ENTRIES CLOSE TO-DAY: STRICT
REGULATIONS
Entries for the 5.P.Q. "All- Cycling Meeting at Caroline Hill on August 5 and 7, close to-day. Late entries will only "be accepted under special circumstances and the names of competitors entering after July 18 will not be included in the programmt. Competitors this meeting
zre
notified
SPORTS NOTES
AND VIEWS
England Turn Out Another Strong XI
PROSPECTS FOR SECOND TEST
BY TAC
U.S. BASEBALL
RESULTS
NEW YORK, July 17 (Reuter) --The following are the results of games played yesterday in "the Major League:
Cincinnati Boston
National League
NEW WOMEN'S
HURDLES RECORD ||
MILAND, July 17 (Reater)——. A new record for the Woman's 80 metre bardles WAN established by Claudia. Testone of 11 sec.
18, 1939
GARRISON BILLIARDS LEAGUE RESULTS
The following are the results of the Garrison Billiards League for the week ending July 15, 1939:-----
JULY 11, 1939
RAM.C., 7 pts; G.M. Police, NII.
R.
H.. E 0 6 1 3. 12 0
The former record was 11.6 sec, held jointly by Fraulein Englehardt (Germany) and Signorine Valla (Italy) and Miss Burke (South Africa).
Sgt.
Terran
150
L/Cpl. Clift
$4
Pte.
Whybro (27)
150
L/Cpl. Teggarty
67
Sgt.
Doyle (21)
150
L/Cpl. Willis, (22) ·(26)
142
Cpl.
Wyre
150
Cpl. Whitton
135.
Lt.
Dixon
150
L/Cpl. Thomson (20)
108
Cpl.
Harvey
150
L/Cpl. McLew
89
. Majeski homered for the Braves.
Battery: Posedell and Lopez
Chicago Brooklyn
Two changes have been made in the team to do duty for England fa the Second Test Match, Hedley that Verity and Harold Gimblett drop- is being "promoted ning out for T: W. Goddard and under the strictest amateur regu-} Fagg. Whereas Verity is hardly was lutions. No rider may allow any likely to have been dropped in the Fittsburgh
other person to make use of his accepted sense of the word-It is Philadelphia name or photograph for the pur-generally agreed that no England V.R.C.-M. M. de V. Soares. Del-pose of advertising the machine or team of to-day is complete without he uses. This anti-him-it is probable that Gimbleti's gado and Hussain; C. Roza Pereira, equipment
also comparative lack of success in the St. Louis Suva-Netto. W. Lawrence and D. advertising clause includes
such items as training foods, etc. Taylor.
Lord's game has induced the Selec- No rider may carry any form of tors to give someone else a trial, B.C.A.A.-Chan Sul-hing. Ng Yee-man, Lee Kee-yeung, Shek advertising material on his person with a view to the coming Austra Kam-pul, Leung Chan-wah, Lo or machine (excepting normal re- Hang-see and Wong Chu-hong.
The teams were:
K.C.C. LAWN
TENNIS TEAMS
gistered trade marks) whether en- gaged in competition or ordinary) cycling,
lian tour,
Faga, of course, is no newcomer to big cricket, but, though he has
new
ון.
MOTOR RACING
RESULTS
British Win
2nd Bn. Royal Scots 5 pts.; Royal Engineers. ›2pts.;
Reft, 6 pts; Royal Signals, 1 pt.
Royal Signals, 5 pts.; 1st Bn., Middz. Begt., 2 pts.
150 L/C. Langford
9 13 2 2 $ 2
L/C.
Duncan
150
L/Cpl.. Thompson (22) (21) 133
CSM
Gibson
136
Sgt Gales.....
150
L/C.
Bergin
73
L/Sgt Shipp
150
Hartnett homered for the Cubs. Battery: French and Hartnett.
2 177
3 B
0
0
BRUSSELS, July 17 (Beater) --Meler of Germany won the European Motor Cycling Grand Prix, Senior Class, riding a BM W. at an average speed of 9.95
Pte.
Douglass (21)
150
Spr. O'Hanlon (20)
100
Pte.
Gordon
150
C.S.M. Raeburn
129:
Bds.
Jenkins
150
L/Cpl. Bate
(2
1st. En, Middz.
miles per hour.
L/C,
Hatchett
150
Battery: Mulchy and Millies.
-Sig.
Murphy
103
The Lightweight Class was won
L/C.
Lanford (22)
150
L/C. Pitcher
104:
·3
7
1
by Mellors, of Britain, riding
Pte.
Aldridge
150
Sgt. Brakenbury
112
New York
8
1
a Velocette, at an average speed
L/C.
Gorman
150
RQMS. Thorpe
133
of 88.99 miles per hour,
while.
Pte.
Bloomfield
114
Sig.
Morgan
150
Battery: Cooper and Owen.
Cincinnati Boston
the Junior Class WAS won by
Sgt.
Riches
150
Big.
Wright
"94.
Kluge, of Germany.
riding" a
3 7. 4 8
2 DKW, at an average 183.07 mies par hour.
speed of
Opl.
Blount
87
L/S.
Sig."
Brakenbuty Medford
150 L/C..
Gorman
130
102 L/C. · Hatchett
150
RQMS. Thorpe (22)
150
Pte.
Aldridge
130
Sig.
Wright
108
-Sgt.
Riches (20)
180
"L/C. Pitcher
150 Pte. Mellor
147
Sgt.
Gales (20)
148 Bds. Jenkins
150
Battery: Evans and Phelps.
Spr.
O'Hanlon
91 CSM.
Gibson
150
"
H
Philadelphia
7 10 3 12
2 21
GERMAN - ITALIAN ATHLETIC MEET
L/S.
Shipp
83 Pte.
Cochrane -
150
L/C,
Thompson... 150
Sgt.
Colnenne
CSM.
Raeburn
Pte. Douglass 97
Gordon .Pte. 150 Pte. Fraser
75
150
146
Battery: Klinger and Benes.
LEAGUE TABLE
American League
Played Won Lost
Points
5
26
9
6
3
3
2
4
1
Battery: Turner and Lopez.
0 4 4 10
B
PARIS, July 17 (Reuter)-Wake-. field, driving a Maserati, won the Albi Grand Prix at 377 average speed of 93.9 miles per hour.
Tongue, in an ERA, was second Phelps and Cainii homered for and Prince Bira was third.
It is further pointed out that no performed well enough for Kent, rider a permitted to compete nothing really outstanding has against a professional rider, the gone to his record in the major Chicago The following matches have latter including riders infringing games, Goddard, also no Brooklyn been arranged to be played this the regulations in the preceding youngster, has of late bowling so week in Kowloon Cricket Club's paragraph, who are thereby re-well for Gloucester that he had Annual Lawn Tennis Tournament.garded as professional riders.
to be given a game in the Tests the Dodgers. Thursday
with the West Indies. When one) COMPETITORS WARNED
recalls the names of the other nine
T
Washington Chicago
Court No. 1-F. Grose v. S. A. Gray Competitors are wamed that in-men. It will be realised that Eng-Pittsburgh
(Championship) fringement of the regulations con-land have once again done, the 2-R. E. Lee v. D. Hungtained in the foregoing paragraphs West Indians the compliment of (Junior Champion-will result in their being classifed turning out a fully representative ship!
as "professional" riders, whether gide. Of Hammond, Hutton, Payn 3-W. L Rapley v. or not they received payment for ter Bowes, Compton, Hardstaff,
Hempsey (Handicap the infringement.
Wright, Copson and Wood, 90 per "B")
Tickets for the two-days meet-cent, on current form must be re- ing are selling rapidly and the
garded as certainties for places organiser expects his supply to te against the next Australian team. exhausted long before the meeting commences. Prices are $1. (Ser- vicemen 50 cents); 50 cents and 20 Wynter-Blyth v. cents, and tickets are available for There are two points of view" as New York Junior both days. Full detalls are avall to whether this is really a desir- Cleveland
able from the Organiser, c/o. the fable, thing. It is true that when Dunlop Rubber Company (China),|the West Indies visit England they Ltd., Marina House, 2nd Floor, expect to be taken as more or less
„4-F. A. Broadbridge and A. L. Fisher v. N. A Mackay and TA .. Madar.
Friday
Court No. 1-P.
B. D. Lay "Championship)
2-A. C. Perry v. D. W. Joyce Junior Cham- pionship)
3-A. L. Fisher v. J. R Turner (H'cap "A") Saturday
Court No. 1-A. V. White and
Grose v. W. C. Hung and D. Hung
2-A. C. Perry and H. W.
Crabby. S. A. Gray and A E. P. Guest
3-P. Wynter-Blyth and ·
SUNDAY'S OUTING
3 9
West homered for the Senators Battery: Lyons and Tresh.
||
5 7 2 7
Battery: Gomez and Dickey.
"9 11
Z 6
on equal strength with their hosts, Boston but it is doubtful whether, with Detroft On Sunday the Club confined the First Test won and lost, they its activities to a morning spin to would object to some expertinents Castle Peak Bay. The "military"in the home side. Personally, I am and York for the Tigers. contingent were late at the start in favour of the latter juca for wo}
MILAN, July 18 (T/Ocean)-On the Arst day of the German-Italian light athletics contest held here Germany led by 56.5 points to 33.5. On the very first day a new world record in the 800 metres was 1 established by the German, Rudolf Harsig, who covered the distance in 1 minute 46.8 seconds.
The German, Brask, won the hammer-throwing covering 58.32 1 metres, the German Mehlhose 3 running the 1,500 metres In 3 minutes 63.2 seconds, the German Langhoff clearing 1.90 metres in the high jump, the German Berg 0 throwing the spear 53.01 metres, 8 the German Kooh doing the hop, step and jump 14.63 metres, the
metres in 31 minutes 23.4 seconds, the. German, Goelling, the 300 metres hurdle in 52.5 seconds,
RE, 2 pts.; 2nd Bn., Royal Scots 5 pts.
TEAM R.A.M.C.
2nd Bn., Royal Scots
1st Bn.. Middx. Regt.
Royal Bignals
Royal Engineers, C.M. Police
Sporting
TO-DAY
Foxx homered for the Red Sox German Syring running the 10.000 BADMINTON-YMCA Bidmin-
as usual, but as the attendance reasons. Firstly, it is true that one was comprised of hardriders only..can learn a lot by taking a few Washington the Cafeteria was reached in 68 beatings, but a series of over- Chicago
minutes. The return trip, during whelming defeats is able to have i which rain fell for a few moments a very discouraging effect. Thus,
Battery: Grove and Desautels.
3 11
2
6 10
2
Kreevitch homered for
Battery: Lee and Tresh.
7.13
18
0
providing & welcome refresher, if England, fielding her best team, White Sox D. W. Joyce v. B. D. occupied 10 minutes longer, the score another big victory in the Lay and G. A. Good-run concluding at 1230 p.m. Second Test, the West Indies" en-
ban
4-A. Crawford and R.
T. Broadbridge v. J. M. Gillard and E
Eymard
Sunday
Next Sunday the Club will de- thusiasm for the game is not likely Philadelphia part from the Alhambra Theatre to increase. On the other hand, St. Louis at 9,30 am. as usual.
It, bringing in a couple of "colts," re-calling
"or", two one
near- veterans, the Home country were
45
Court No. 1-Mr. and Mrs. A. v. BELILIOS SCHOOL
White v. D. W. Joyce
and Miss Woolley. 2-D. J. N. Anderson and
R. E. Lee v. B. Soltau
and W. M. Gittins
3-W. C. Hung v. A C Perry (H'cap "A")
LADIES' GOLF IN HONGKONG The following are the results of competitions of the Ladies' Section of the Hongkong Golf Club:
L.G.U. Medal, played on July 11
AQUATICS
Yesterday
DENNIS COMPTON AND ARSENAL the
LONDON-It" is "sometimes unwise to judge a player who hits the high spots very early in his sporting career. But nothing is surer than that Dennis Compton Cleft and McQuin homered for has come to stay in international the Browns
cricket...
What will happen next year when he will almost certainly be wanted for the team to tour Australia? Well, it will be good news to cricket fans to hear that | Arsenal will not stand in his way. 0" Mr. George Allison, Arsenal * manager, said about this the other day: "Dennis is certainly playing for us in the coming season," he Galehouse and Pea- said "We give him all facilities for playing cricket until the very end
to lose or to win narrowly after a Philadelphia.
close game, it will serve as a great St. Louis
5 12
5 9
2
A tie after twelve innings.
er incentive to the West Indians, who, although they may be fully capable of dealing with English Battery: Tierusso and Rosar. teams on their own soll, are New York
Inaugural Meeting nevertheless still rather in the Cleveland
Įstudents-come-to-gather-experience
category when on English ground. Chapman
Indians. Belilios Public School for Girls This is not to suggest that the
| held its inaugural aquatie meet-English Selectors should, for any Battery:
ing in the Victoria Recreation reason whatever, deliberately risk cock Club pool yesterday, when, in spite losing by playing absolutely green Boston of the inclement weather, the pro- men or men who have reached the Detroit gramme of events was carried stage when they are colloquially through successfully.
-described as old crocks, But of
The Invitation Relay race, open recent weeks there has been more
at Fanling on the Old Course (811- to other schools in the Colony, was than one young county batman
ver Division); Mrs. W. J. E. Mac-won by Central British school.
kenzie 105-17-88. '
There were no entries for the Bronze Division. ·
petition 9 holes Medal Round,
Results follow:-
25 yards Junior Beginners
Leung Lal-lin, Time: 27 secs, The Happy Valley Summer Meet- ing will be held on July 25-Com-Lam Lai-kaen. Time; 23.8 secs. 25 yards Senior Beginners
handicap. Draw for partners will 109 yards (craw) stroke) take place at tea-time (3.30 p.m.) Sentor-Ip Chiu-man. Time: 788
Prize to be presented at the con- secs. clusion of the competition.
47 Relay, Central Time: 68 secs.
well in the limelight and, as for the “old Brigade,” the micusion öt Herbert Sutcliffe, för instance.
would be a move that would meet
with much morė, approval than including a number of recognized criticism. Indeed, there are those.
8 15
3 6
homered for the
3
3
0
4.
ton, in the West Lounge. 8,30
p.m.
Fixtures
J. F. V. Riberio v. A. M. Omar (Kowloon B.G.C.)
Mixed SWIMMING.-Y. M, C. A.
Swimming. 6 pm...
TO-MORROW BADMINTON. -Cathedral
Badminton, 8p.m.- BRIDGE-Y.M.C.A. Women's Bec- tion Bridge and Mahjongg, 10
Half
BRIDGEY.M.C.A. Bridge, 10 a.m, LAWN BOWLS.-Open Singles Championship, first round; F Cullen v. T. E Robson; A K Minu v. N. A. E. Mackay; · H. Basto v. J. 8. Landolt (at Kow- loon F.C); A. J. Hall v. W. V.
FRIDAY, JULY 21
Bad- Field; A. Carey v. J. Pau (at BADMINTON. — YMC.A. Kowloon C.C.); E. Kirman v. | 3.] minton. In the West Lounge,
8.30 pm 0: Howell (at Cralgengower); W.
YM.C.A. J. Buring v. A. E. Coats; A. Gil-SWIMMING. —
Mixed lott v. T. Gooding (at Talkoo): Swimming, 6 p.m.
MARTELL'S BRANDIES
ES. O. P.
of the summer. But there has CORDON ARGENT
1 been no question raised of his
4 going to India after the present (Over 60 years old)
Battery; Grove and Desautels,
HEDLEY VERITY FOR S. AFRICA?
season.
"If next year, it is felt that Dennis's presence in the Test side for Australia. is essential for upholding British cricket prestige, I think I can say that Arsenal are not likely to take an obstructionist
Coaching Offer Inte
Johannesburg
ritics, yoo say that, despite the Hedley Verity intends to spend Selectors opinion to the contrary, next English winter cricket-coach-
LAWN BOWLS OPEN SINGLES TOURNEY
no England team even to-day is ingin Jobannesburg—it the Despite the rain yesterday after-
เ
this
50 yards Senior-to Wan-man. complete without the great York Yorkshire County Club will noon, several matches in the, arst. Time: 42.8 secs.
shireman, who recently joined the permit him. Bubject to
round of the Lawn Bowls Open H.K. GOLF CLUB 50 yards Junior-Huf Kwai-nin G, Grace, Frank Wooley, Phil appointment there which
classic company of Jack Hobbs, W. proviso, he is about to accept an Singles tournament were played.
Will At the Kowloon Bowling Green Time: 50 seca," SUMMER SINGLES
Inter-Schapt
Mead and Patsy Hendren by scor- put him out of the running for the Club, A. W. Grimmitt beat J. Dram ing his 50.000th rúm. Of course," tour in India. He will coach at the 21-14. In the semi-finals of the Hong- British School.
the best thing, both from the pre-club and school which have At Kowloon Cricket Club, C. G. kong Golf Club's Bummer Singles, 25 yards Under 12-Yuen Fully West Indian viewpoint and that produced some fine cricketers, Eliva beat . G. Meyer 21-11, U. M." Burg-Comdr. Nicholson lost to A yue, Time: 25.8 secs.
of the good of the game in gen- including Nupen and Langton. Omar beat V. C. Diron 21-4, and J. Dennis 5 up and 4; and AL 100 yards Senior Breast-stroke,eral, is for Messrs Headley, Con- Verity, in part, has been R. Dallah beat P. J. Hamilton Powell received a "walk-over" from Lo Wan-man. Time: 102 sees, C. M. Stark.
stantine, Grant and Company to indiuenced by a desire to show his 21-8. kolon Fotball Cinn, R. P.
At Kowloon Club, * 100 yards Junior Breast-stroke, turn on the full strength of Eng-wife something of the world, of Other Competitions
Hut Kwal-nin,Time: 1 min 55B land on her own ground and ad- which he has seen so much. He Phillips beat A Bower 21-13. Bogey Pool, Fanling, Old Course, secs.
minister a beating to them similar has been separated from her by Games at Kowloon Dock Recies- played on July 15 and 16, M. G.
to that they have themselves just cricket tours for five of the last tion Club and at Club de Recreto Carruthers, 8 up-11 entries.
Divine-Yeung King-yuk, Ne received. The consensus of know-eight winters. If he were chosen were cancelled Yoer-hing.
ledgeable optaton is that they will for India, he would have to leave At the Talkoo R.O. A. E. Costes do it before long. Whether they her at home agam, but he beat Burling 21-3; D. W. Waterton can do it this year will be known will be able to take her to South beat Harper 21-5: W. J. Reed beat in the fem days following July 22 Africa.
Robertson 21-20
Happy Valley Adamson Cup played on July 7 and 16, 8. T. But- lin and D. B. Edward, tie atid qualify with 68..
Novelty Race-Kwangtung. House Relay, —–Yellow House Time: 1 min. 31.2 seri
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