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THE HỌNGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1927.

THE WORLD SPORT

LOCAL FOOTBALL.

R.A. WIN BY TWO CLEAR.

[By Wanderer".} In sense, the Police were un- lucky to concede both points to the Artillery in the Senior League match played at Sookunpoo yester- day. Their forwards

had

SHANGHAI BATSMEN

IN ACTION.

INTERFORT TEÀM'S GOOD

SHOWING.

· MADAR SCORES 73.

The Shanghai Interport last Saturday drew with

OUR FOOTBALL COMPETITION.

PRIZE OF $50 WEEKLY.

SIAM POLL TAX EVASION:

POLICE ACCOST CHINESE RESIDENTS.

NANKING BARRACKS

CONCERTS.

MEN OF SCOTS GUARDS ENTERTAINED.

Under the nuspices of the Y.M.C.A. an appreciative audience consisting of officers, N.C.0.'s and men of the Scots Guard attended

The "Hongkong Telegraph" offers a prize of $50 to the renders

Bangkok, Oct. 8, who send in twelve correct fore- Quite a common sight in Bang easts of the results of the English kok these days is that of a police and Scottish Football League man interrogating a passing Chi- matches (to be played on Saturday and demanding the produca concert at Nanking Barracks,

tion of his receipt for payment of Shamshuipo on Tuesday. the poll tax, '

next, October 22nd) "sel out in the Coupon below. Ne goal scores are required; only furecasts show, ing wins or draws.

The progranine which was arranged by Mrs. F. J. Jenner, provided plenty of diversion and was of an ex- tremely enforable nature.

Up to last year the authorities did not trouble much whether the tax was paid or not, with the result

Mr. Palmer.commenced the pro- that the Stale lost considerable revenue.

gramme with dulcimer selections, But with the wave of economy, and, accompanied by Mr. Russell, there also came the desire to gave

pleasant rendering of secure all possible revenue, and West of the Great Divides." Miss striet Doris Puncheon charmed her it was decided to adopted measures to compel the people listeners with "Valley of Laugh- <l Mr. Jack Grenham

D

In the event of no reader fore casting all twelve matches, a prizs of $25 will be given to the reader who sends in the greatest number of correct forecasts; and in the event of two or more readers send ing in an equal high number, the prize of $25 will be divided, XI

The competition is in accorday their tax, amounting to Tester,"

G the ance with the rules published in per annum per person. The caught the popular fancy with difficulty in carrying the ball Shanghai Cricket Club in one of the Telegraph during the weeks Period for this year's payment ex-"The photo of the girl I left be- down, but many comfortably easy their final practice games before August 29-September 24.,

Fired at the end of last month | hind me,” He also sang “It all chances were thrown away by in-making the trip to Hongkong,

and now the pollco are finding out comes out of the rates." accurata shooting.

those who have defaulted.

Mrs. W. Robson's soprano veico Defaulters are taken into cus- heard to great advantage in "My tody and made to work for fiftees Dear Sout" and "Love's a March- days on some rublle scheme. During." Two tenor songs by Mr. ing that period they are sheltered Frank Lewis, entitled "Mountain and fed, and their life is not Lovers" and "I care not," were all bad. But one cannot regard exceptionally good. Mrs. F. J. the system of filing out defaul-Jenner's monologue. "Orange Peel" ters as very satisfactory.

caused much laughter and her en- core cosmopolitan interpretations of "Little Miss Muffet was even better, Eng. Llout. Com. Bedell. gave a laughable rendering of "The Playwright" and "Heroes," and Mr. Davidson's manipulation of the banjo was elevor and de- servedly encored. Mr. Hills was amusing in his song "Any Ice To- day."

If anything Tonis had mere to do than Clarke, and he performed exceedingly well, including the making of a fine anve from Wynne from a penalty award.

Towards the end of an evenly contested first half, Leach netted for the R.A. with a brilliant shot, and some fifteen minutes after the interval the same player defeated Clarke for the second time.

Neither side was out at full strength the Club especially field- ing a very mixed eleven, volunteers having to be called upon at the last moment to fill gaps in the side. It was therefore not sur prising that the Interport XI. had the better of the draw, declaring at 168 for seven, and getting eight Club wickets for 01 runs, before stumps were drawn on account of fading light.

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The game was chiefly remark- No further score äccrued, thoughable for the unusual sight of both goals had harrow escapes.

spectators wrapping themselves in. The Royal Artillery were, a trifle heavy coats to watch a cricket' quicker on the ball, and a better match, and for a remarkably fine understanding largely accounted innings by Paf Madar, who open- for their saccess. Individually, ed for the Interport XI with several of the Police players did Hegarty. The two played sound, well. Wynne was his usual self, if cautious, cricket for some time, and Howarth promised much in bringing the total to 62 before

the forward line, though his shoot-Rogerson, who had relieved Lt. ing proved unsuccessful;

Com. Reed with the ball, succeed- The football was fast, though aed in bowling Hegarty. high standard of play was never reached. The ball was kept freely on the move, and end to. end lay was generally the order.

GARRISON LEAGUE.

Results and Fixtures.

Wilson Hits Out. Rawsthorne followed Hegarty soon afterwards, beaten by the sume bowler, and thereafter some- thing of a rot set in until Torry Wilson arrived at the crease and

The following are the results of with his usual enterprise set the past week in the. Hongkonging 24 he had one glorious six about the bowling. In a spark- Garrison Football League:—

October 13th.

Royal Engineers 1, R.A.0.C. 3. 31 H Battery, R.A. 1, C. Co.,

K.0.5.B. 1.

October 18th.

R.A.M.C. 4, 12th. H. Batt., R.A. 5. "A" Co., K.O.S.B. 1, 20th. H. Balt,

R.A.0.

"B" Co., K.O.S:B. 1, H.Q., K.O.S.B. §.

Fixtures.

The following are the fixtures for the coming week:

October 25th.-C. Coy, K.O...

to his credit, before he was well gaught by Stewart off Carr. adar was still going strong and the total had reached 151.

"HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FORECAST COMPETITION.

Matches to be played on Oc- tober 22nd:

DIVISION IL

Stoke

V West Brom. V

DIVISION I

Birmingham V Blackburn V Bolton

V

Bury Leicester Liverpool

Barnsley Swansen

DIVISION III (SOUTH).

V

V

DIVISION IIL (NORTH).

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Exeter Luton

Watford Newport

Barrow

Bradford C. Chesterfield V Darlington

SCOTTISH LEAGUE.

Aberdeen Airdrie Clyde

Name

Address

V

V

Céltic Bo'ness

Hibernians

No. 8.

Date

Issacs left after scoring nine, and Peck joined Madar. The innings was declared closed when

Mark your canelopes "Football" Madar was caught out of his on the front and write your name crease while the pair attempted aoithont address) on the back of

The total stood then the ervuloge. at 166,

Strike out the teams which you The S.C.C. started disastrously, think will lose, but make no.marks With his first ball Isaacs clean in respect of matches which you howled General MacNaughten. a think will be drawn. Wilson's first over Duckitt was

short one.

taken by Hegarty, without scoring. y Engineers, (Referee Srl. Greet. Stewart stayed a while, but he, RA.); R.A.O.C. v. a. H. Bytou, left without, having broken RA. Referee Sgt. Hyon, R.A.his duck. L. Com. Reed and Dr. M.C.).

October 26th-2011. I. B RA. €. D. Coy, K.D.S.B. Referee Cpl. Lees, R.A.M.C.).

All claims must reach this office not later than Wednesday follow ing the date on which the matches are "played. No prize will be awarded for which a claim has not been made.

SALE OF MOTOR CARS.

ANOTHER HIRE PURCHASE AGREEMENT QUASHED.

· Another hire purchase agree-

The second part of the program- mont in Singapore has gone by the board, as the result of a decision me began with a clever "rope trick" given by Mr. Justice Deane in the by Mr. Lane, after which Mr. Robson sang "Slave Song," reader- Supreme Court on Thursday lasting "Joyous Bird" as an encore. On the previous day, Borneo Eng, Lieut. Com Bedells asked Motors, Ltd., were ordered to pay Wot var do ce luv oi and as an 336 to a client whose car they hat encore gave "Continued in our seized when the payments which

next." Miss Doris Puncheon and due under an agreement, Mr. Jack Grenham again contribut were not paid.

ed. the former with songs and tho latter with funny stories, after which Mr. Russell sang the "Pri- soner's Song" for which, as an en-.. core, the gave "Love's Old Sweet Song." Mr. I convulsed the audience with his "Wreck of the

were

two

On Thursday the plaintiffs were

Malayans,

Atin

bin Junus and Abdul bin Rajah, who sued Megab Singh for seizing a Ford motor car, which the defendant had sold to them, and seized when the plain tiffs defaulted in payment."

For the plaintiffs, Mr. Smith, submitted that the agreement could not be enforced, and that the first plaintiff, who had paid d. posits and instalments on the car. was entitled to damages for trespass. Section 92 of the Eri dence Ordinance again came into play when Mr. Thuraisingham, who appeared for the defendant at- tempted to prove that the car had not passed into the ownership of the plaintifs. He argued that al- though the document contained the words "I have sold," It conclusive evidence that owner- ship had passed from one to the other.

was not

Xmas Leave Train."

Mr. Rupert Baldwin, was the accompanist...

A.T.C.L.

At the conclusion, Lieut. Col. Sir Victor A.F. Mackenzie, D.3.0.. M.V.O.. the Officer Commanding, thanked Mrs. Jenner and the artists for a happy evening'a enter tainment.

WAYS OF EARNING LIVING.

"IGGLERS," "EYES FILERS" AND "BANDERS."

In this country alone, there are over 16,000 different ways of earn- · a living, says a Home paper. This is revealed in a new die-

taken statistical experts at the Ministry of Labour over five years to compile.

His Lordship refused to allow Morris made a semblance of a stand, but Wilson had found a spot

him to cross-examine on this point Before sending in your coupons, and ruled that the words could and the batsmen had any amount copy the list of your forecasts only anean that the defendant bedtionary of occupations which has er difficulty with his deliveries. Compare this later with the pub-|rold the car and, therefore, was October 27th-12th. H. Bly..

Morris was bowled with 16 to fished results of the matches and no longer the owner. R.A. v. B.. Coy,, K.0.S.B. Referee bis credit. Lt. Com. Reed left if you and that you have eight or C. S. M. Brandrick, 1st Northants); immediately afterwards, with. 23, more correct send in a claim for TL.Q. 2 K.O.S.B. v. R.A.M.C. Re-which eventually proved to be top the prize. feree L/Cpl. Felkins, 1st North-score. Curr was the only other ants).

batsman to do anything worthy of mention. The light failing rapid- ly appeared to handicap the bats- men, and Norman and Meyers left quickly. Curr and Rogerson play- ed out time.

All matches are at Sookunpoo. Kick off at 4.30 p.m.

New Ground nt Kowinen.

The Scores.

The scores and analyses, follow: Interport. XI.

I has been decided that the new Army Football Ground ad- joining the grounds of The United Services Recreation Club will be called "Chatham Road Army Font- ball Ground" The entrance is in Chatham Road near lunghom P. Madar, run out Railway Bridge. Hunghom and. T. Hegarty, h. Rogerson ... Kowloon City buses pass the T. L. Rawsthorne, b. Rogerson ground.

LOCAL BILLIARDS.

Y.M.C.A. COMPETITIONS.

In a competition billiarda match played at the Y.M.C.A. on Tuesday evening, the Residents defeated the Non-Residents by 698 points to 636, the scores being:

W. Taylor

Residents,

W. L. Walker

P. Jack.

C. Evans

T. Richards

E. C. Baker, b. Duckitt

C. E. Ollerdessen, h. Rogerson

T. W. R. Wilson, c. Stewart, b.

Carr

J. A. Isaaca, c. Duckítt, b. Reed H. C. B. Peck, not out

E. G. Barnes, D. W. Leach, E. I.

M. Barrett, did not bat

Extras

Total (for seven wkts.)

Bowling Analysis.

73

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INTERPORT GOLF.

HONGKONG. BADLY BEATEN,

A telegram has been received in the Colony to-day from Manila giving the results of the matches played yesterday in the Interport golf contest.

Hongkong lost all the foursomes, Manila securing two points for each win-or six points on the day's play. On both singles and foursomes, Manila wins the Inter- 24port by a total of ten points to two. P The result of the four-ball four 0 some was as follows:

G.M. Trory and Cranton (Manila) ohent C.C. Stark and F. J. de Rome 22 (Hongkong) G up and 4 to play. E. J. Nell and Capt. Fielder 156 (Manila) beat Capt. Erskine and

Lt. Cendr. Brown, 4 and 3.

0. M. R. W. 12 2 24 1 0.2

26 1

10 1 98 3

31 1

E. B. MacNaughten, b. lanace

P. Curr.

Lt.-Com. Reed

.150

II. Rogerson

133

Duckitt

.110

MacNuughten

150

S. C. C.

.150

.0

Total

.693

E. R. Duckitt, Hegarty, b WI-

Non

በ

G. A. Stewart, b Wilson

0

Non-Residents.

Lt.-Com. Reed, b. Wilson

126

150

.150

Ollerdessen

.105

H. Rogerson, not out

.105

N. F. Meyers, b. Rawsthorne

T. G. Brady, c. Baker, b. Oller

dessen

.636

Extras

19

01

E. R. Ponsford

F. Cowherd

E. Greenhalgh

B. Rogers.

J. P. Murray

Total

The game arranged between Guardsman Hine and Bandmaster Cresswell has had to be cancelled,

H. H. Morris, b. Wilson.

P. Carr, not out.

E..S. Norman, c. Peck, b. C. E.

Total (for eight wkts.)

Bowling Analysis.

but Mr. X" of the Y.M.G.A. Will Janaca All the latter's place on Saturday Wilson evening, the match commencing at Rawsthorne 9:30 p.m.

Ollerdessen

20

84 12 1

18 4 22 4

J.R.H. Mason' and B.F. Few (Manila) beat Capt. Bloxham and T.G. Bennett (Hongkong) 3 and 2.

UZCUDUN HAS A STRAIN.

CANNOT BOX PHIL SCOTT. CANNOT

New York, Oct. 19. The managera of Paolino Uzcudun, announce that he has strained his back in training, and

will be unable to fight Phil Seolt, Gon November A, as arranged on

1 October 10.-Reuter's American

A Service..

At the conclusion of the case, his Some of these occupations, writes Lordship awarded the plaintifa Daily Chronical representative, 3500 and costs.

have the quaintest titles imagin- able. The following are typical speciments: Mrs, shifter, Higgler,. Bander, Eye filer.

INTERPORT CRICKET.

A MALAYAN VISITOR.

of

A "Mrs. shifter" is a woman who works at a shifting machine in a jute factory, while a "bander" is concerned with the making cigar bands.

"To higgle" is to hawk or peddle Mr. H. G. L. Richards, who has provisions. The mystericus "eye been selected as a member of the filer is not a gentleman who files Malayan cricket team which will human eyes, but one of thousands visit Hongkong next month, has, in the country who turn an honest says the Strails Times, been con- penny by filing eyes in needles, nected with Salangor cricket for a number of years and is still a very valuable player.

He has been a resident of the Kuala Selangor district since 1911, and represented Selangor against Singapore in 1914. He played for Selangor in all that team's matches last year.

WEARY CHESS.

LISTLESS DRAWN GAMES.

Buenos Aires, Oct., 19. The Afteenth game between Capablanca and Alekhine, in the world's chess championship series, has been drawn, after three hours

atless play,

The "Babbitters."

Then there is the "babbitter"- not, as might be imagined, a dis- ciple of Sinclair Lewis's famous book--but simply a worker in babbitt, a specialised form of metal. The cuff bottom holder," the whipthong maker," the "quill pen cutter," the "ramrod grinder," and the "chair nail atamper"-other quaintiyworded callings taken at random from the Census-aro, per- haps, self-explantory.

Other strangely named jobs are those of the "petty chapman," the "pikelet seller, the rulleyman," and the "bumboat man."

All these are regularly followed callings. A bumboat, for instance, can be either a scavenger's boat for removing refuse from ships or a boat for conveying provisions, fruit, &c., for sale to vessels in port The sixteenth game has also or off shore.

The new dictionary of occupa- been drawn, after 24 moves-tions in the outcome of a resolution Reuters. American Service.

CRICKET.

The following will represent the

Quite one of the most charming indian Fecreation Club in their Prizma colour films that has yet bach beague Match against the Royal screened in Hongkong is to be seen Garrison Artillery on Saturday, at the Quoop's Theatre to-day along October 22, on the I.R.C. ground:

J. S. Ackber, F. M. el Arcull, with the mystery drama The Cat

0. M. R. W. and the Canary." This Prizma J. S. A. Curreer, S. A, R. Iamall, colour Alm is called: "On the Trek" 3. H. Ismail (Capt.), A. H. Madar, anil it gives some charming glimpses A. K. Minu A. R. Mina, A of the beautiful Rider Haggard Rumfahn, 8: D. Ismail and country in Africa.

Hamet.

102.25 1

5 2.18.2

passed, at a conference of statistica) experts from all parts of the Em- pire in London in 1920. It will con- sist of over 500 pages.

The mystery of the aeroplane wreckage. found washed up on the beach at Newquay a few weeks ago Ministry stated yesterday, that the has been cleared up. The Air

aircraft practice glider used by the wreckage was part of an ordinary Royal Air Force as a target. These gliders, without engines, are generally attached to the tail of an aeroplane, left in the air, and de- stroyed by gunfire.

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