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PAGE 2-HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1939.

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HOME FOOTBALL SEASON PROSPECTS: MINIMUM CHANGES IN THE TEAMS

Fluctuations In Fortunes

Of The Big Clubs

LONDON, Aug. 13 (By Air Mail)-Fluctuations in the fortunes of the big football clubs-mostly unac- countable are sufficient to cause even the most ad- venturous spirits to hesitate when considering the prospects of those clubs as they prepare for a new season.

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The recent experience of Manchester City serves as a grim reminder of the perils which face the pro- phets. In successive seasons, and with the same play- ers available, Manchester City won the championship of the First Division and were relegated to the Second Division.

most successful last season

There is, however, a parti- the cular reason, so far as the Soundness of tactics, and general coming season is concerned, solidity. is likely to mark again the for a greater sense of con-efforts of an unchanged team.

The best interests of the game fidence on the part of those would be well served by Mid- who would appraise the

dlesbrough and Preston North End prospects.

being even more successful. They

Especially will the clubs of each insist on treating football as the First Division of the

a science. Football League start the new season. to a very large extent, where they left off the old. Seldom in the recent history of the game has there been less activity in the team-building Une than during the past close season.

Amid general optimism there persists the temptation to be pessimistic concerning Grimsby Town...but the le is given by the "poor sister of the competition just as persistently.

SCOTTISH LEAGUE

STARTS

One Explanation One explanation Iles in the delicate International situation.

The opening of the Association which affects football as it does Football season brought good foot- other fields. In the circumstances ball. with not a few "unexpected" obtaining directers of football clubs resulta. Clyde, the Cup holders. with

ATHLETIC MEET

CANCELLED

PARIS, Aug 29 (Reuter)— The French Athletic Federa- tlow has ouncelled the Anglo-

COUNTY CRICKET French Athletic Menting in

RESULTS

GLOUCESTER WIN

BY INNINGS

LONDON Aug. 29 (Reuter)- County cricket matches concluded to-day resulted as follows;

"Essex

210 runs.

Parls on Sunday owing to the interational situation.

LAWN BOWLS

TEAMS

The following are the Club de Recreio's Lawn Bowls teams, for

defeated Northanta by Saturday:-

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Essex 206 and 304 for 5 dec; Northants 173 (Nichol. 6 for 38) and 127 (Farnes 8 for 47).

Gloucester beat Nottinghamshire. by an innings and 56 runs.

Gloucester 395 for 9 dec. (W...R Hamond 153); "Notts 199 (Goddard 6 for 77) and 140 (Goddard 5 for

70).

U.S. BASEBALL RESULTS

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NEW YORK, Aug. 29 (Reuter) -The following games in the Major Baseball League were played yesterday:

NATIONAL LAEGUE

| Cincinnati New York

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FIRST DIVISION

"A" (Home) v. K.B.G.C.

L. J. Sliva, G. M. Silva, J. F. V.

FRIENDLY SMALL

BALL MATCH A

"Daily Press" And

Tai Ping Theatre

A friendly small ball soccer match, will be played at Causeway Bay at 7 o'clock this morning be- tween the "Hongkong Daily Press" and the Tai Ping Theatre team, which includes Ib- Wal-kuen, the Eastern half-back, and which is favoured to win the Sum Ka Cup League

The teams for this morning's' match are as follows:—

Hongkong Dally Press"-Mak Blu-Hng; Ho diu-kun: Mak. Tak- J. Lus. A. P. Guterres. R. F. Luz,wa Kwok Kai-ki, Fung King-fal, ping. Isang Man-kwong, Ip Chik-

Ribeiro, F, X, M. Silva, ·

H. A. Alves.

E.

L. F. Xavier, C. E. Marques, J.

Noronha, C. G. Silvs

“B” (Away) v. 0.0.0.

1:

F. A. Machado, A. M. Xavier, B. Basto, A. A... Remedios.

C. O. Pereira, D. C. Alves, C. Pereira, F. X. Soares.

R.

C. F. Remedios, C. R. Basto, F.

V. V. Ribeiro. I. J. Basto.

THIRD DIVISION (Away) 7. RH.KY.C

J. C. Remedios, M. F. Alarcon, A.

M. Rodrigues, O. P. Remedios.

Chu Wing-keung and Leung, Ah- wah.

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The super-cleansing super-cream Kwong-nam, Lau Pak-hung, Lo Wal-Kuen: Lau Sir-kwal Hul Fock-yuen, Yuen Taim-fan (Capt.) and Yu Kwok-wah.

RUGBY LEAGUE

A. F. Noronha, F. A. Xavier, C... LONDON, Aug, 28 (Reuter)-In A. Lopes, E. Sousa.

the Rugby League, Leeds defeated

C. Vas, J. A. Remedios, C. M. 8.Halifax yesterday by nine points Alves, P. Yvanovich

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E.

1

1. 7

3

7 0

Ott homered for the Giants. Battery: Lohrman and Danning

are naturally loath to launch out their last year's successful team St. Louis

on a programme of excessive ex- unchanged, were defeated at home Boston penditure.

by Falkirk in a high scoring game.!

5 9" 3 10. 14 น

It is true to say that there as Falkirk's only team change from Moore homered for the Car- been no transfer during the close last season was the inclusion of dinals. season involving the payment for Murray, of Airdrie...

Rangers Start Well

Battery: Morgan and Lopez.

5 7 $ 11

ane player of more than seven thousand pounds. And that figure Rangers started off as cham-Chicago la, of course, merely half the record plons, making no mistake about the Philadelphia transfer fee.

defeat of St Mirren. Big Disappointment

The promoted clubs. Cowden- Possibly Arsenal's experience beath and "Alloa did well, Third

falling to with Brynmor Jones, for whom the Lanark

break the highest fee of all was paid, has, Cowdenbeath home record and acted as a brake."

Alloa being successful against Bt.| | Johnstone.

To date this player has been a big disappointment, and the prospects of Arsenal may be said to depend, very largely, on his finding, in the new season, the dominant form which caused him to be regarded as " the best forward in the game when he played ..with Wolverhampton Wan-

derers.

Change Of Method

4

Russel homered for the Cubs. Battery: Root and Hartnett.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Queen's Park in a new, Division, New York

Detroit made a great start by confining Airdrie to their own half for most.

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18 18 0

2 4

4

Dimaggio (twice) and Keller

of the game. Altken opened their score after sustained pressure, and homered for the Yankees. Kyle completed the score.

HOME SOCCER LONDON, Apg. 29 (Reater) The

results

off

A more potent reason for the following are the absence of activity among the matches played "yesterday in the clubs during the close season is a English F.A. League: change of method. The time is not far, gune when the football clubs did their team-building "during the summer months.

Being now more cautious, they awalt actual experience on the field, always hoping that results will relieve them of the necessity for speculation. It is so easy to be complacent, and inactive, wher there are no matches on the programme.

This season a welcome back to the First Division is freely given to two famons clubs whose names appear frequently in football's i story-Blackburn Rovers and Shefeld United. They take the places of Birmingham and Leicester City,

FIRST DIVISION Aston Villa 1, Everton 2. Blackpool 2, Brentford 1. Stoke 1 Bolton 2.

SECOND DIVISION Coventry 3, West. Bromwich 3. Millwall 0, Flymouth 2. Wednesday, 3, Barnsley 1. West Ham 2, Fulham 1.

THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH). Northampton Exeter 2.

THIRD DIVISION (NORTH) Halifax 2, Oldham 0. Lincoln 0, Darlington 2. Rotherham 2. York 1. " Barrow 1, Accrington, 2

YORKSHIRE WIN

AGAIN

Battery: Russo and Dickes.

Boston Cleveland

8 10 5 12

Williams homered for the Red Sox and Trosky for the Indians.

Battery: Auker and Peacock.

Washington....... 2 4

8t. Louis...

12 17 1

Travis homered for the Senators and Hefner for the Browns.

Battery: Trotter, and Harshany.

Philadelphia Chicago

7 7. 21

3 .9 1

Battery: Rigney and Tresh.

LO TAK KUEN LEAGUE

In the Lorak Kuen Cup League, Tung Yée Pal will meet Cheung Hung at the Southern Playground, Wanchal, this afternoon at 5,802 Each team has played." two matches, won one and lost one, but LONDON, Aug. 29 Reuter)it is probable that Tung Yee Pak No reason is apparent for im- Yorkshire beat Hampshire at will emerge wiriners... agining a decline in the power oBournemouth by an innings and Everton, worthy champions last 11 runs.

Everlon's Decline

́season ‘by a margin of four points. Hants: 116. (Verity 8 for 22)

Their football is based on a soild and 116. foundation, with artistry where it

is most desired at wing half-back and inside wing forward-and

England's centre-forward, Lawton.

Yorks: 243 (Dean 5 for 58).

HORACE LINDRUM playing an all-round part as well as applying the necessary naish. VISITS COLOMBO *** Everton should be an even more

Horace : Lindrum, the famous effective side if diminutive outside- left Caskie, secured near the end young billiards player, who holds of last season, fuitis completely the Billiards and Snooker Cham the promise then shown. plonships of Australia, and is á To Wolverhampton Wanderers nephew of the world champion, went the honour of two second Walter Lindrum, was in Colombo prizes last season runners-up in recently, travelling out on the P. and defeated Cup and O. Comorin. He has been away the League Unalists. The somewhat feeble from Australia for the past 4 years anish of Wolverhampton suggests and has played quite a lot in

bat the extraordinary means, England and 8. Africa adoped to keep the players at dia not full requirements throughout the long campaign.

London Teams

He visited Ceylon some years age with Melbourne Inman and gave

exhibitions at the Orient Club and. other places. Of the London teams in the First Lindrum will visit his people in Division, Chariton Athletic, so ably Melbourne and Sydney and then and economically managed, were return to England.

The League is organized by the China Amateur Miniature Football Federation (Hongkong Branch):

The Hongkong Jockey Club's. Draw for the Australian. Subscrip- tomorrow at the Stables at 5.30 tion Ponies 1940, will take place

p.m.

Sporting

Fixtures

TU LA BADMINTON Cathedral Hall SWIMMING Hongkong Area marathion swimming team race, Repulse Bay 3 pm.

Badminton, 8 pm

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