AMPAGE 2-HONGKONG
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1939.
2* In the World of Sports
BASEBALL:
AMERICA BEATS CHINA
IN CHARITY GAME
Despite the tense international situation which upset sporta • programmes generally, China and America staged a charity match at Caroline Hill yesterday afternoon.
Another excellent game was witnessed with America taking China by 5 taliles to 1. after being held scoreless tor the first five frames.
Proceeds were quite satisfactory Miles started things off with a and were in aid of the funds of smash through the box.
Reller Association.
Baker
Goscombe
- O'Sullivan
Tourney
Of the matches. in the Gos
combe O'Sullivan Lawn Bowli
Lawn Bowls
RECREIO'S 12TH SUCCESSIVE
" VICTORY
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Chinese "Y" Swim Fete
A successful swimming gula was [held at Chinegg YM.C.A, last night,
results being as follows!
120 Yards Medley Relay (Open to Three matches only in yester the Colony)-1, V.R.C. (A. K. Rum=”| competition, which were arranged day's Lawn Bowls League pro Jahn, D. Hutchinson, C. N. Silva); for yesterday, only one match
gramme were not played. At was played at the Police Recrea-Ring Park, Club de Rtcreio "A" Lai Tsun Swimming Union (Lau tion Club, when P. W. D. "B" beat won their 12th came in a row. wah); 3, South China Sher Kam- Yiu-ting, Fang Chung-yu, Fong cording a victory by 16 shots ovirpul, Ho Pun-kun, Wong Chi-hung). Clerical "B" by 20 shots to 19.
Kowloon Bowling Green Club to'
Q. 8. Graver of the P. W. D.
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approach within one point of 33-3: 1.9.1/10 secs. suring themselves of the First Division Championship.
the Hongkong Women's Soldiers bunted Miles to second and Cos- was the outstanding player of the
100 Metres Back Stroke (Open tal tello slapped a single to short left day. On the 21st head, the score
the Colony, A. K. Rumjahu Fans were given full value for With Miles on third, Costello was 19-12. their generous donations, as the stole second and both were pushed | P. W. D. 'B"; R. P. Shaw, G. B At Chatham Road, Hongkong (VRC); 2 Lau Yin-ting (Lat Chinese and American teams stag-cross the pan when Vetkoetter Graver, C. B. Robertson and A Football Club defeated Kowloon Tsun); 3. Shek Kam-pul (South ed a struggle that rivalled their garnered his fourth bit of the day Brooksbank
Football Clpp by 18 shots to win China), Time: 1 min 20 secs. previous clash in the spectacular.with a driving single past the key Clerical 'B': J. L. Barnes. F. D. the Second Division League Cham- 200 Metres Breast Stroke (Open)
The Americans were always dan-stone sack." Chang then pulled a Angus. D. M. Khan and Jpionship. At the Valley, Talkoo to the Colony)-1, Ho Pun-kun gerous but were unable to tally boner when he wound, up to allow Gelling.
Recreation Club defeated Civil South China); 2, Fong Chung-yu until the sixth frame.
Vetkoetter to take secand easily.
Service Cricket Club by 22 points (Lal Tsun), Time: 3 mins. 3.3/10 to finish their programme for the seas. Fear a point behind the H.K.F.C.
Scares follow:-
CHINESE BLANKED
The Chinese were also blanked
HOT GROUNDER
Nip Lum falled to gather Lingen- HOME FOOTBALL
for the first four stapzas, but open-brink's hot grounder to third but ea the scoring in the 'nfth, when Bellamy fled to Moh'deen Arcull! Hank Chang singled to right. W ran for Chang, but 'twisted his ankle in stealing second safely
after Costello had unleashed a wild
throw over second base.
Wally Ching then ran for Wu, Chay walked but Ho tanned. Wally Ching set sail, for. third but was nabbed by Costello's accurate pe to "Dutch" Lingenbrink,"
AL then tripled to right field to score Choy. Nip Lum fled to Voskoetter to end the frame.
AMERICANS REPLY
to end the frame.
Faced with a four run deficit, the Chinese could do nothing in, the
half of the last stanza, as Arcul!! and Ching both fanned, and Choy fled to Rabbachi to end the game. The losers pulled two of the snappiest locally for many a day.
double killings seen In the fourth, after Vetkoetter had bin- gled Hoffman drove a grounder, that bounced awkwardly for the felder, to Ching who tossed to Lum who in turn pegged to Chancy
The Americans promptly repiled Chan to nall Hoffman. three talliés In the first of the sixth. Costello took strike for
3
GRAND HURLING The other double play occurred called third the first out, but vetkoetter slash-in the fifth, when Rabbach! popped ed a single through short, Hot to Ho, on an attempted sacrince man bingled to left and Choy for Ho's peg to Chan catching dropped Lingerbrick's fly to cen- Sartian yards of the Laitlal sack, tre to fill the baga
Hank Chang walked Bellamy to force in Vetkoetter and Sartain laid one down to score Hoffman. Chang then unleashed a wild pitch to allow Lingenbrink to dent the plate. Rabbachi fanned for the third out.
The Americans then put the game on ice in the last frame when j
Men Matching "Miracles"
GOLF AT PEAK
WHEN PICARD BEAT
BYRON NELSON
at
Miles hurled a grand game to fan. 10 Chinese batters, while allowing them a measly two safeties.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
RESULTS
Bournemouth Wins In Great Style
LONDON, Bept. 2 (Reuter)-The following are the results of Home fottball matches played to-day.
* FIRST DIVISION" Blackburn R. 2 Everton Blackpool Bolton W. Brentford Charlton A. Derby
2 Wolves
FIRST DIVISION
"A" CLASS EVENTS
50 Yards Free Style-1. Fung 2, Chan Chun-ram; 5, Cheung Kwong-yiu. Time. 34.2/10
Kowloon Dock 48, Cly Service Wah:
79.
80 Yards Back Stroke-1, Kam
Recreto "A" 62, Kowloon BG,C.seca.
40. Indian RC. 64, Kowloon CC. | Kun-shan; 2, Lau Yiu-tin; 3, Fong
Wah. Time; 1 min. 4 secs,
54.
SECOND DIVISION
Civil Service 57. Talkoo Club
79,
Kowloon Tong 59, Oralgengower
59
Kowloon F.C. 53, Hongkong F.C.
THIRD DIVISION Kowloon B.G.C. 75, Prison O.C.
55
2
1
2 Portsmouth..
1
71.
1 Held T.
0
2 Man'ter U.
0
1 Aston Villa...
0
Grimsby T.
2 Preston NIE,
/0
0 Sheffield U.
1
1 Chelsea
2 Stoke City
5 Sunderland
2.Burnley
Leeds U Liverpool Middlesbro' Arsenal
SECOND DIVISION
Birmingham Bradford
2 Millwall
0
2
Coventry
4 Barnsley
2
Scores:- America Runs Fits
Man'ter. C.
2 Cheld
0
Newcastle
8 Swansea T.
0 0 0 0 0 3 2 - 5
Sheffield W.
0 Plymouth A.
1
1 1 0 2 0 2 4 - 10
1
China Runs Flits
4
0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1
0 0 0,0 2,00 T
DAVIS CUP
Southampton 3 Bury
W. Bromwich 3 Tottenham H, West Ham U. 0 Leicester C. Fulham
1 Luton T.
Notts F. 2 Newport C.
DIVISION III (NORTHERN) Accrington 2 Oldham A. Barrow
CHALLENGE Care
Chester Crewe
BROMWICH "LOSES Halifax
TO RIGGS PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 3 (Reu- Henry Picard beat Byron Nelson ter)-In the Challenge Round of one-up in 37 holes to win the the Davis Cap Competition, Riggs championship of the Professional (U.S.) beat, Bromwich (Australia) Golferst Association
the 6-4, 6-0, 7-8. Pomonok Country Club.
Riggs ran Bromwich almost to a Bristol C. That's the way it will stand in standstill, the Australian winning Cartin the record book; in neat black seven points,
Crystal P. type, an inconspicuous line to be In the second set Riggs concen- Ipswich glanced at and forgotten by trated at the net and then won Port vale generations and lovers of golf. the final sat after being four Reading
But that is only result. To say that Fleard beat Nelson and let it
games down.
Yacht Club 44, Recreio 78. Craigengower 63, H.K. Electric
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LAWN BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIP
ALVES & RIBEIRO WIN PAIRS
In the final of the Lawn Bowls 2 Open Patrs championship played at
1 the Kowloon Football Club yester-
I day afternoon, H. A. Alves and F.
2 Bradford C.
2 Stockport
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2 Tranmere R0
0 Hartlepools
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1 Wrexham
4 Gateshead
V. V. Ribeiro, of the Club de Re- 0 crein, defeated T. E. Robson and IH. Nish, by 28 shots to 11 after
leading 10-4 at the 6th head.
His Excellency the Governor. Bir Geofry Northcote, was present
1 among 200 spectators and refresh- 3menta were served during the after- 2 noon.
0
MR. P. Phillips was the um-
2 pife.
Nish was runner-up to LA. Gutierrez in the Open Singles in 1932,
Lincoln
1 N. Brighton
Rochdale Rotherham
1 Hull C. Southport
DIVISION III (SOUTHERN) Bournemouth 10 North'ton T.
3 Brighton
4 Doncaster R.
1 York C.
2 Darlington
1
0
3
2 Notts Co.
3. Bristol R.
0
U.S. BASEBALL
1 Norwich C.
0 Exeter C.
1 Southern U.
0"
2 Aldershot
2
NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (Reu-
2 Mansfeld
2
1 Queen's P. R.
0
1 Clapton O. .
1
baseball matches resulted as followa:-
(Division I)
Swindon
In the second singles, of the Torquay
go at that, is Uke saying the challenge round Parker (USA) Walsall Indians beat Custer, the Titanic beat Quist (Australia) 6/3 2/6 8/4 WatfordTM-- hit an iceberg, and the Allies won 1/6 7)5.
the World War. There, is a story) The retention of the Cup by
SCOTTISH LEAGUE
back of that one little line, a story America is virtually assured. Par-1 Arbroath that perhaps has no parallel inker was never extended despite the AFI Kolt.
It is a story of meh bringing goli, to the highest pitch we have!
score.
1 Kilmarnock
• Hamilton
1 Clyde m
3. Queen O'B.
3 Albion R
Celtic
WAE
Falkirk Hibernian
2 Hearts. Motherwell Partick
2. Alloa St. Johnstone 3 Aberdeen
ever known. It is a story of men of the great titles of golf, with matching miracles, one after an- money and fame riding on each other a story of golf games so shot and with a bowling gallery at
pressure heels, The superbly wrought that par became their
as nothing and birdies and even there, and plenty, but neither man, eagles were needed to win a hole. yielded an inch.
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There have been many great Nelson lost, to be sure, but he rounds of golf played since the didn't lose by breaking apart, first Scotsman started Hacking a giving under the pressure. He feather ball about the dunes and shot the 36th and 37th holes in gorse of St. Andrews. But not par. figures, but that wasn't good until- Pomonok did two com-enough. Picard slapped two birdie petitors become super golfers at threes at him. Picard beat Nel- one and the same time. Is is hard son...
to believe, but Nelson had a 67 in
A "CEILING”
St. Mirzen. 4 Cowdenbeath Third Lanark 1 Rangers
Sporting
RESULTS
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Mancuso and Lieber homered for
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Chicago
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Brooklyn
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the Cubs.
Chicago
Brooklyn
Fixtures
TO-DAY
the morning round, a five under To show you what golf was BOWLS-First Division: Craigen-
par 67, and still went in to lunch one down."
THUMBS DOWN
played in the PGA tournament, and it is believed golf is reaching
gower
7. Indians, Valley), 4 pm “..
TO-MORROW
(Happy
a "celling" and can't possibly get This would have convinced the much better-Nelson was 38 under
BADMINTONYM.CA. Badmin- ordinary golfing mortal that the par during the tournament andton in the West Lounge, 6.30 pm/ fates had turned thumbs down on couldn't get any better than BRIDGE YM.C.A. Bridge, 10 am. him; that it was not in the books second place. In his match play SWIMMING. — Y.M.C.A... Mixed for him to win. But Nelson was rounds, Picard fired 38 birdies, 2 Swimming, 6 p.m.” no ordinary golfing mortal. He pair of eagles, 124 para, and only came back in the afternoon and five bodies. There wasn't a six on shot a 32 on the first nine holes Picard's card, from the opening of the final round to clip par by day until the close.
1 6 ·0 3 7
J
Harnett homered, for the Cubs and Walker for the Dodgers.
Boston
6. 11 0 Philadelphia.alityű & 1 Posedel pitched for the Braves and Lopez homered.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York Yankees... 11 16 1 Cleveland Indians 8 14 1 Health homered for the Indians. Boston Red Sox 10 10 1 14 15 3
Detroit Tigers
Higgins nomered twice for the Tigers and Tebbetts once.
HOME CRICKET. CALLED OFF
LONDON Sept. 2 (Renter)-Yes- terday's cricket fixtures between YorkshireTM and the MC.C." (at} Scarborough)" and Middlesex and * Kent (al Lords) have been can-1 M celled.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 BADMINTON. Cathedral Hall
Badminton, 3 p.m.
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five strokes. And what do you It was such a tremendously BOWLS Singles Final: U Omar v. A.R. Dallah (Club think it gained him? Nothing, thrilling match, the Picard-Nelson
Recreo), 4.30 pm. Absolutely nothing Picard matched final that it did a lot to remove
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 the 32. He met miracle with the bad taste of the strike and dis miracle, unbelievable shot with sention that marred the start of BADMINTONYM.CA. Badmin unbelievable shot.
the tourney. The PGA, 1s not at top, In the West Lounge, 8.30 This wasn't in a fifty-cent peace, however. Its final fall
pa Nassau match, mind you Picard meeting should be worth the at- SWIMMING, – YMCA
Swimming, 6. pm and Nelson were playing for one tention of the war correspondents
Mixed
At Hove Yorkshire beat Sussex by nine wicketa..
Busser 787 (Cox, 198) and 33 (Verity took seven wickets for nine runs in 6 overs including one malden).
shire 392 (Yardley 1089 and for ong
"B" CLASS EVENTS
60 Yards Free Style-1, Chan Yu- long; 2, Yan'Sal-kwan; 3, Ng Kun- fan. Time. 378/10 secs.
100 Yards Breast Stroke-1, Ng
Kun-yung; 2, Tsui Yun-man: 3, Leung Chu-ming: Time: 1, min. 23.7/10 secs.
60 Yards Back Stroke-1, Yuen Yee-mou; 2, Chan Yee-fong; 3 Ng Kun-tan. Time: 44.1/10 secs:
220 Yards Free Style Handicap Open to all Classes)-1, Lau Tai- ping: Yau Sai-kwan; 3, Chan Chun-nam Time: 3 mins, 4 secs.
Team Race----1, The Ching Group Fong Wari. Cheung Slu-leung.
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The match between the Chinese Recreation Club, holders, and the
·AREA SWIMMING Feto-hang. Ng Tsun-lam); 2 Tuen EVENTS CANCELLED Indian Recreation Clab, to decide
Group (Cheung Kwong-yļu, Yau
Bal-kwan, Ng Kun-fan, Tsul Yun- All Area Swimming Events, 1939, the "A" Division League Tennis. man); 3, Eal Group (Kum Kan-are postponed indefinitely. Notice
shang, Lau Yu-ting. Yuen Yee to this effect was received yester-le, will be played on the Hong- mou, Ng Kun-yung), Time: 1 min. day from Lieut. C.MM. Man, Hon. Kong Cricket Club courts on Wed- 38.5/10 secs.
Secretary, Area Swimming.
nesday at 5 pm.".
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