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PLAY AND PLAYERS.

· KOWLOON'S FOOTBALL FIXTURES.

By Wanderer."

SCHNEIDER CUP RACE.

WINNER DOES 232 MILES

AN HOUR.

Baltimore, Oct. 26. The British team for to-day's'

Itapoms a pity from the point that something useful will be Schneider Cup air race has been of ww of all concerned that Mr. turned out if only the promotor reduced to one. Hinkler, plloting K. Morrison, "for the convenor perseveros.

of the Scottish Co., H.V.D.C.,

All the contests have been fair

Sports" did not consider it neces-ly staged and roforood in accor sary to approach the secretary of dance with Quoousbary rules, and Kowloon. Football Club before the slightest, sign of foul play is writing to the League Secretary shouted down by the spectatore,. requesting that both the fixtures irrespective of nationality.

of the Club and of those of Kow-| loon be cancelled for Saturday next.

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After studying the programme and noticing that Kid Ahmad will meet Kim, the lightning wonder of Sandakan, one is thrilled to recognise in these terrors the hitherto tame office boy and the gentleman driver of the street car

That both toank wore likely to be seriously depleted was the rea- son given and naturally enough Mr. F. T. James assumed that the letter was written with the know-which take us home to tiffin daily. Still, talent springs from the ledge of the Kowloon Club and

most unexpected of places and it foil in with the request.

The position now appears to be is certainly wise to go along and that unless some change can be seo who your boy is in private effected within the next few days, life. Poradventure you may clout Kowloon, with their team in win- his hond in ignorance. "ning form, are to be deprived of

Of course those people who visit

a game for two weeks since they the show expecting to soc stylish have no fixture on November 7th.boxing are likely to be sadly dis- Anyone who has any con-appointed, but the contestants are nection with football knows the keen and clean and put up a usual effect of oven one wack's gallant fight-Contributed.

rest on a winning side and a fort- night is likely to prove more dis- astrous. Kowloon's attitude.is

FOOTBALL AND THE LADIES. Writing e rather technical

made clear in a latter I received football paragraph repently I later from Mr. K. A. Mason yesterday, wondered how many lady roaders

Не наун

Lieut. Doolittle.

reserve Gloster Napier, failed to Would you be so had been lost, if any. Ladins qualify in this morning's try-out. good as to include in your notes generally speaking dotest toch His machine struck the water that Kowloon's fixtures for next,nicalition.

The fair sex attend featball heavily and damaged the floats.-- Saturday will take place. It appears that the Scottish Co., games for many good reasons, of Reuters American Service.

H. V. D. C. asked them to be postponed on account of their sports. We are not interested in the sports however and want our fixtures to stand!"

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I am told that there is no entry in the Scottish Co's Sports from Kowloon's first team and that even wore there, the players would prefer football to sports.

Mr. Jamos was kind enough to sond along the revised fixture list yesterday.

It shows no fixtures for any of Kowloon's teams and further that their ground is occupied by the Recreio toam, both at 3.00 and 4.30 so that they are deprived ovon of an opportunity of koeping in tune by playing a friendly match between the first and second elevens.

The fixtures as amended follow:

First Division.

Police v. Royal Artillery, on S.C.A. ground, at 4.30 p.m.

S.C.A. v. Surreys, on Sookunpo A ground at 4,30 p.m.

which, as a usual thing, football

is not one. They are interested

in someone in the team or in

in them."

WINNER'S HIGH SPEED.

Baltimore, Oct. 26.

The Schneider seaplane

race,

the stand or someone in the over seven laps aggregating 350 leam or in the stand is interested kilometres, was won by Lieutenant Doolittle, of the American Army; They enjoy the cheering, the songs, the crowd, the air of ex-piloting an Army Curtiss racer,

His average speed was 292:573 citament, long runs, long forward passes, big kicking

and the miles an hour.-Reuter's American! pictures and advertisements in Service... the official programme where and when one is issued:

- Ballimore, Oct. 26. Lieut: Doolittle's speed was a record for the race.

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ANYTHING FOR A FIGHT. Siki, the singular Senegalese, Cla de Recreio v. Tamar, on Kow-who lus just been deported from loon ground, ut 4.30 p.m.

America, always was a fighter. He'd battle at the drop of a hat, and if there was no hat present ho wouldn't stand on ceremony. He fought in the army, he fought with the police, he fought neigh- bours, friends, acquaintances and strangers. He used to visit Paris!

Second Division A,

Club de Recrois v. S.C.A., on 3.C.A. ground, ut 8.00 p.in.

St. Joseph's v. Royal Artillary, on Sookunpo B ground, at 3.00 p.m.

Surreys Deums v. Surrays Rys, on Sookunpo A. ground, at 3.00 p.m.

Second Division B.

Surreys Drums Res. v. St. Joseph's Boardera, un St. Joseph's ground, at Club de Recreio v. S.C.A. "C" on Kowloon ground, ut 8.00 pan.

3.30 p.m.

The remaining two competitors, both American, were forced to descend, Cuddihy having averaged 220 for six laps and Ofstic 218 for five laps. Both were piloting Navy Curtiss Fucers.-Routera American Servier.

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look for the exit nearest them. The elections for the Berlin In the heat of a momentary dis- Municipal Council, in which agreement Siki even bit the lion 1,750,000, of sixty per cent, of the and the lion bit him back, but they electorate, voted, have resulted in al

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Siki invariably could be found a million votes against three at the spots where the battle was quarters of a million for the other

It will be seen that South China, thickest, and look what happen parties. The council hitherto hud who were to have played Kow-ed to him when he tried to change small bourgeois majority, com- loon, are down to meet the his spots. After all he had comprising all parties except the Surreys in their return match, through, practically unscathed. Socialists and Communists. and that Kowloon Second Divi-one attempt at being a peace- sion fixture has also been re-maker put him in the hospital. arranged.

It just shows how dangerous it is suddenly to try to change the habits of a lifetime.

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SANDAKAN BOXING. Boxing contests are now B wookly occurrance in the old

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CRICKET.

The Communists have doubled their poll compared with the last The Socialists! elections, in. 1921.

The The

and German Nationals generally maintained their positions. People's Party lost heavily. customary clashes of rival factions!

Chinese theatre building at The following will ropresent the Sandakan. A Filipino promoter"Club Outcasts" in a friendly in the streets resulted in many and trainer has taken up his fixture against the Surreys on the persons being slightly hurt and residence there and spends the Hongkong Cricket Club ground there were a number of arreste week training local aspirants to on Saturday next, 31st October, Reuter.

fistic fame, who in their turn give at 2 pan.

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R.E. A. Welster Capt.), H. J.

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The shows are wall supported Fowic, G. F. Gardner, H. B. Hol- CLOSE OF WEMBLEY. and everyone is wishing success lands, P. Jacks, G. P. Lammert,

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GERMAN DISUNION.

THREE MINISTERS WITHDRAW.

Berlin, Oct. 26.

Three German National Ministers withdrew from the Cabinet at

R. E. HI. Olliver, D. H. Shormar. and F. N. Young,

PERSIAN GULF CYCLONE.

CASUALTIES GREATLY

EXAGGERATED.

Bushire, Oct. 26.

to-day's meeting. The remainder It is now stated that the casual-

discussed the situation-Reuter,

CABINET TO REMAIN.

ties in the Persian Gulf disaster were greatly exaggerated, although the cyclone really was serious- Router.

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DECISION TO WIND UP.

London, Oct. 26. A meeting this afternoon of members of the Empire Exhibition Association passed, a resolution that the company be wound up voluntarily Reuter.

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