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taking and Hongkong most probably

Enstor place on

Sunday on the long- kong Football Club ground. Another Snipe match will be a combined Hongkong Imogen and Shanghai Portuguese team Helen against China Athletic, and there will Dorothy II also be a fixture against the Rest of the Colony.

This will be the third meeting of the Hongkong and Shanghai Portu- guere. Shanglial have won the two previous games and should they prove victorious on this occasion they will win outright the trophy presented by Mr. F. H. Modi. A Shield, given by the B. B. R. Circle of Shanghai, in

also at stake.

LAWN TENNIS.

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for baseball, and a sories of games with the American fléet would.be

62 points played at Caroline Hill, on the ground

of the South China Athletle Associa tion.

Temporary

arrangements Wore -made and it is understood that games

will be played as follow:

Class

Lat

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"C" Class

Fat 2nd

35 points

20 "

Ord

24

4th"

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Sat, March 24, 8.30 p.m. Japanese

v. U. S. 8. Pittsburg.-

Bun., March 25, 4 p.m. South China Y. U. S..S.

Pittsburg

Wed., March 28, 5.15 p.m. Filipinos T. U. B. B. Pittsburg

Sat, March 31, 1.80 p.m. All Star 7. U. S. S. Pittsburg.

Sun, April 1, 4 pm All Star v.

Actually Norseman and Carlow tied for first place in their class Cham-U. S. S. Pittsburg. plonship but as a result of a resali Norseman became the winner.

Typhoon only turned out for two

races,

.

Commodore's, Cups.

The line up of the Hongkong All Star team will be as follows. Lee, Cockey- and Hachiuma (pitchers); Zafra (e): Leonard (I.b.); 8. Ha- chiuma (2.b.); Y. Hachiuma (8.b.); Alves (8.5.); L. Rocha (1.f.); Kusano (cf.); D. Shim (r.f.). Bubstitutes. Sling. Dautists, Burrell, Gosano and

The results for this cup, which was sailed over a course of Channel Rocks, Kowloon Rock, Mark on Lino, Tat. Chinn. hong Rock, Mark on Line, Channel

On Sunday, the band of U. S.'s. Rocks are as follow:-La Cigalo 1, Coquelto 2, U and I 9, Snipe 4, Ty: Pittsburg will play during intervals. S. Lee, the Into, star pitcher of the phoon 5, Imogen 6, Helen 7, Isis 8, Norseman 9, Curlew 10, Dorothy If South Chinn side, winners of the La!

Wah Shield, is understood to be mak 11.

La Cigale takes the "Commodore's" ing the trip down from Canton for Cup, Snipe the "Vice Commodore's" the especial purpose of playing in Cup and Coquette the "Rear Commo- these games.

ore's" Cup."

CLOSE DOUBLES GAME, After one abandonment owing to failing light, the match between the Japanese pair Sajiki and T. Isomura and the Cricket Club couple, R. M. Henderson and A. Brearley, was de- INTERPORT BILLIARDS. 5.15 p.m.

cided yesterday afternoon, after au- other four sets had been played, the final games taking place in the semi- darkness, and the contest ending in favour of the Japanesė,

HONGKONG'S SUCCESS.

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It is requested that tho solected team from Hongkong will put in an appearance for a practice try out at Caroline Hill on Thursday next at

Charges at all matches will be as usual.. Entrance 50 cents with Indies admitted by courtesy, while soldiers and sailors in uniform wil be given seats at 20 cents.

The

By winning the last game in the The match was characterised by Interport billiards tournament last careful, rather than brilliant tennis, night, Hongkong have won all the and judging by their exhibition yeing to 9,000 points as against Shang- six games played, their total amount-

Athens, Mar. 28. ⠀ | tørday It le doubtful whether the win-

.Graeco-Rumanian non- ners will aurvive another round, hal's total of 1,980.

The

at the Lusitano Club last #ggression arbitration pact has There was little to choose between the night was between the respective cap. been signed.—Reuter. two pairs, and the scores give tains, A. J. Osmund (Hongkong) and good indleation of the slight difference! [G.M.P. Remedios (Shanghai), the final in the standard of play. The match scores being 600 and 344 respectively: M. P. Remedios (S) $2, B. F. Laz went to 42 games, the full scores beris was Osmund's first and only (H.R.) 59, C. F. Vas (H.E.) 45, Ing 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.

game In the tournament proper and A. Osmund (HK) 43, A. A. Bours All four players were cautious, and the signalised the occasion by making (8) 41, H. Luz (1.K.) 42, 40, 39; 1. break of 115, in spite of somewhat Modins (S) 98, F. M. Cruz (H.K.) 38, were seldom enterprising. The H. Kunfavourable opening, G. C. pair were much steadier than

L. R. Barrera (9) 31, F. A. Alvarez their opponents; but lost to a couple

(8) 30, A. A. Silva (8) 21. with superior court craft.

Another roplayed match was that in which J. M. da Silva and E. D. Lawrence were engaged. In their previous encounter the game had gone

a

The best breaks above. 20 were: stand, 20, 20, 48, 45, 115, 86, and 01. The last three but one were con- sécutive breaks. Remedios 22, 02, 25, 20, 23, and 86,

..

The night before last Mr. A. J; Osmund and Mr. E. D. Bush met la their second exhibition game, which can be classed as the best game that has been played in connexion with the series. Osmund was in brilliant to four sets before being abandoned, to date are as follows:

The positions in the Interport games form, and reached 760 while his op but yesterday the Portuguesowan anther easily, the match being decided

In straight sets.

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The Results.

The full results were :

Open Singles,J. M. da Silva beat E. D. Lawrence 0-1, 6-3; 0-4.

Open Doubles.-Y. Sajiki and T: Isomura boat R. M. Henderson and A. Brearley, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.

Club Championship.-S. E. Green beat J. G. Lawrie, 0-1, 6-4,

Handicap Singles "A" Capt. E, HI,

J. Larkcom (rec. 4/6) beat G. C.

| Grove (owe (1/6), 1-4, 6-8, R-6,

Handicap Singles "B"-Dr. C. H. Burton (rec. 15/1) beat G. Rankin {rec. 15), 6-2, 6-3; ́A. C. Howell (rec.) 1/6), beat A. Reid (owe 4/6), 6-4, 6-4; C. L. C. Sandes (roc, 3/6), bont W. A. Stewart (rec. 15/1), 6-3, 1-6, 7-5.

1.

The Positions.

L A. Damund

ponent's score stood at 288. Osmund's highest break was 117, his average 500 being 25. Mr. Bush's average was

9.2.

500

500 The Palace Hotel Contest.

Only one game was contested in the Palace Hotel billiards handicap last night, as H. Goodier gave a walk- over to J. S. Bench.

Hongkong.

C. F. Vas

K. F. Lur

F. M. Cruz

600

H. da Luz ..

500

A. J. Osmund (Capt.)

500

3,000

Shanghai.

400 301

284

312

330

344

131

1,080

J. Medina.. A, A. Silva. A. A. SouZA

L. R. Barrera F. A. Alvarez

G. M. P. Remedios (Capt.)

A. Lowls, who, Incidentally, compiled the highest break of competition so far (43) beat N. M. Silva, 250 to 230. As the score indicates, it was A very close and interesting game, Lewis had breaks of 43, 20, 21, and 17 (2), Silva's best breaks were 32, (2), 28, 20, 21, 20, 17 and 13." Monday's matches will be between

F. E. Bilva and E, A. V. Remedios at

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