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MONDAY,

THE WORLD of SPORT

On one occasion a free-kick was

SOUTH CHINA ON given against South Chinn right on

UP-GRADE.

CAPITAL VICTORY AT SOOKUMPOO.

QUEEN'S SURRENDER GAME AND LEADERSHIP.

the penalty line. The kick appear-

DECEMBER 31, 1929.

match as good as won, and paid. the penalty.

Tho Borderers were batter served in the rear division than. the Athletic, but Davey's lino "was never quite so dependable as Ho Cho-yin, Wong Shui-wa and Loung Yuk-tong. Suen Kam-shun and Chan Kwong-ui were the most dangerous Chinese forwards, while! the Borderers wore best sorved by Stock and McGlinchey, Everest being always a trior,

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RECREIO PULL UP.

ed to be handled Inside the area by Share Four Foals With The Club. Pang Wa-hing, and Larkin made

a most confident appeal. Captain Interest. In the game between Austin, however, was so placed that the Club and the Club de it would have been extremely diff-Recreio was rather taken away by cult for him to see and he was the fact that Gosano was obliged oblived to ignore the anneal. There to all the full-back position in the was little in it, but the eireum- [ubsenco of the injured. Xavier. stances were equal for a pénalty as The opportunity of testing the those at the other end.

respective merits of Goldman and This, however, was a trivial in- Gosauo as leaders of the attacks eldent in an enjoyable, game.

did not, therefore, eventuate. As Penalties for hands are usually it happened, Goldman did not shine LAST-DITCH CONTEST. very doubtful, and perhaps it was unduly in this game, the scoring

Just as well that the one given of goals being left to his

leagues.

{By "Wanderer."]

was missed.

From a football standpoint,

col-

Recreio did woll to draw. They

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An entirely fresh complexion there was not an ounce to choose. had to recover from an early set hina been given to the struggle The Queen's wore better served back, a goal scored under some for the Senior League champion-forward, while South China had what doubtful circumstances. In ship. South China appear well set better combination in defence, a scramble, the ball may or may at the moment for a performance The real distinction between the not have passed over the goal- which will upset all early season aides could be narrowed down tone. The referee gave a corner,

Pau Ka-ping

but on a conßdent appeal from the calculations. Their victory over the goalkeepers. the Queen's on Saturday definite saved his side on many occasions, Club forwards, appealed to ly establishes them in the leader-Dods saved well un some occasions linesman and awarded a goal. ship, and if they did not fully de- and was unsafe on others.

Before the interval, Rocha had] serve to win, they certainly did

In comparison with their oppon-equalised and Scolt had regained not deserve to lose. Their present ents, South China were lacking in the lead for the Club. This was dominating position is partly due class, only Yu Cheuk-wa and Pauwith the Club giving the more afler scrappy play by both teams, of course, to a successful protest Ka-chuen proving bright in- against the K.O.S.B. for playing dividualists. The former, playing promising display. In the second an ineligible man, thus wiping out at left-back, gave a great display, dangerous, and it was as well that the only defeat from their league kicking cleanly and confidently: the Club defenders were in capital makings of a good goalkeeper, re- record. The match with the Boris anticipation was splendid, and derers, which they lost 1-0 lins to

with Li Tin-sang almost equally be replayed,

strong, South China were well clean through and equalised the

The Borderers are having a run of very bad luck. They looked certain winners againat Chinese Athletle, but went down after leading until there remained little more than ten minutes for play.

The results were

Queen's

Senior Division.

0 South China 2 I.K.F.C. Chinese Ath, 2 K.0.8.3.

Recreio

Junior. Division.

9. Chinn "A"

1

K.O.S.B.

Recreio

2 S. China "B"

Queen's

8 Kowloon

Eastern Chinese All. I. A.

0 R. Navy

2 Small Unita

3. St. Joseph'a

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SOUTH CHINA ON TOP.

Brilliant Goalkeeping By

Pau Ka-ping.

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served in the rear division. The

best work of the backs, however,

half, the Recreio were the more

form.

scores.

The most spectacalar assignment in moviedom since Betty Bronson was given the role of Peter Pan several years ngo has just been accorded 17-year-old Gladys Belmont from. Pueblo, Colo. She was chosen over 463 other contestants for the principal feminine role in "Redskin," a new technicolour pleture, starring Richard Dix.

Brown eventually raced quiring a little more polish.

TWO COME-BACKS.

THE HOCKEY CLUB.

TEAMS FOR THE MATCHES THIS WEEK.

If the game lacked polish, there was to be found in the manner was no absence of thrills and both in which they covered their half-goals had many very

Two matches in the Junior

The following will represent the backs, while it was good to ace escapes. The Recreio forwards

narrow Division contained elements of first eleven of the Hongkong Hockey the halves covering the backa in were well together, but missed interest. Kowloon gained a lead Club In their match with the Beds, their turn when the occasion arose. Gosano, who incidentally perform-of 20 against the Queen's Re- and Herts, at the U.S.R.C. on Friday This solidity of the South China ed exceedingly well in the defence serves and lost 8-2, a reauit merit-at 4.45,--W. K. Tait, W. Woodward, defence was the most impressive Remedios, has given few better

ed. St. Joseph's were leading 2-0 D. Lyon, A. A. Dand (captain), E. feature of the day's play, the clever displays, while Silva-Netto uler against the R.A. until well into the B. Mitchell, L.A. R. Duncan, HII. efforts of the Queen's forwards to rose to the ecension,

second half and lost 3-2. Another Owen Hughes, G. E. R. Divott, E. D. Lawrence, R. K. Valento and C. astonishing game was that between C. Francia, - overcome it taking second place by

The Club were well served by the K.0.3.B: Reserves and South n fraction,

The second team, to meet the Goldman and Scott. Alexander China "A" who did extraordinarily | Queen's Regiment secondia. at King's Pau Ka-chuen was the most was AB persistent AB ever.well to take a point.

Park at 4.45 pm, to-day, will consist of A. C. Howell, R. R. Todd, L. F.

2 but he was not well supported by [4

2dangerous and elusive forward, Stewart settled down early to form The Navy continue to ge very Nicholson (captain), A. J. W. Ashby, little above his average, and strongly, while Chinese Athletic 1. A. R. Dune, Rev. N. Evans, V. Lai Tin-chey, who was too small Bishop also gave a conspicuously managed an odd-gal victory Stanion, G. R. Valack, W. A. Nowers, 1 to bo of real service. Pau good display. Edwards has the against the Small Units,

2dribbled cleverly and knew the

direction of goal, and he made many splendid openings which Iwere not Improved upon. Ip Pak- Wa WAS more restrained than usual, being in too much of # hurry to get rid of the ball.

South China have developed the.

Coming to the Queen's Larkin habit of reserving their very best and Richardson were the outstand- form for the stronger teams, and ing forwards, though Cantor, Bur- Saturday, when the Queen's pro-clay and Caldicutt all did good vided the opposition, was no work. The half-backs were not exception. They played with rare quite, up to their usual standard, enterprise and no little skill, and it would be as well for Hill, countering the nice touches of the fine defender as he is, to learn military team with quick arst that shots from forty yards' rango Lime movements bowlldering some can easily be overdone. Hooper times by the rapidity with which was the better of two good backs. the centre of the play was trans- ferred.

South China won by the only goal scored, but it would be absurd to any that the Queen's were, by any mode of estimation, the lesser of the sides, or that one side or the other deserved to win. Both gave a splendid exhibition of the codo, even if methods

were different, and the game was fought with a good keen spirit pleasant to witness.

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STARTLING CHANGE.

Chinese Athletic Snatch A Victory.

The K.OS.B., dictators for the greater part of the game against Athletic, allowed themselves to ba upset by a final rally, victory being converted into defeat in the space of two minutes. The margin at the end was 2 goals to one in favour of Chinese Athletic, a re- sult which seems to put the Bor- derers definitely out of the run-i

The goal was a chance shot that came off, no more, no less, though It was at the same time brilliant drive, worth going asing for the championship. long way to .sec. The ball,

Recent 'disastrous experiences allpped to Lau Mau by Fang King- cheong, was sent into the net accounted for 'certain experiments from 20 yards' range, the ball with the side. Reeves went fram clipping the grass-tops all the way centre-forward to right-buck, while ; till it found safe repose. This was Everest filled the vacancy from In the second half during a period right-half. Reeves made a/very when South China were for the time efficient full-back, but though being on top. Soon afterwards, Everest has. dash and energy, his another great opportunity cume performance as leader of the at- their way, a penalty being awarded tack was not over-impressive. He against Hill. Fung King-cheong, neoded time for reflection and the however, drove high over the bar.

For the next fifteen minutes, it posed to be so lenient.

opposing defenders were not dis- appeared that the . mistake would cost South China A The game demonstrated point for the Queen's moved again that the Borderera' forwards with precision which scem- have struck a bad patch. They ed certain to produce at least one play steady football, and many goal. The brilliance of Pau Ko-are the next passes between them, ping was really evident at this stage but there is no punch. Terri- and I think the principal credit for torially, they had much the better the victory must go to him.. Right of the first half. McDougall had up to the very last second, the more dangerous shota to deal with. Queen's had a chance to equalise. After the intervál, by eleor Larkin, always a live wire on the persistency, Everest got through, right, concluded a brilliant run with a perfect centre which dropped Into acoring a nice goal after taking a pass by Torrie on the ran. Stock

once

the goalmouth between Pau and missed narrowly, as he had dono Barclay. A fraction of a second would have meant a certain goal, on many previous occasions. but Pau somehow cleared with a hefty kick to the accompaniment of Athletic, who incidentally had a the final whistle.

The goal put Ifo into the

reserve bark and half-back doing This incident cau bo taken as duty, and Suen scored from close summing up the game. The range. From a corner, Shek Puf- Queen's worked valiantly, made pro- tim beat McDougall a second time. gress by delightfully conceived There was merit in the Athletic passen and bright individualism, victory. They pulled the game out had plenty of snap in their work, of the fire when their best efforts made their transfers accurately, earlier on had been nipped in the but always at a critical moment, bud. After getting the lead, the good South China judgment, or ill-Borderers apparently regarded the fuck, Intervened.

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