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BOXING

(Under the Auspices of Hongkong Boxing Association).

THEATRE ROYAL

SATURDAY, 2nd March, at 9.15 p.m.

Programme.

15 ROUNDS WELTERWEIGHT CONTEST,

A.B. Creighton

V:

(1.M.S. Cornwall)

A. B, White

V.

L.S. Bowden

(11.31.5. Horalt!)

10 ROUNDS LIGHTWEIGHT CONTEST,

(H.M.8. Cornwall}

SIX ROUNDS MIDDLEWEIGHT CONTEST,

A.B. Evin

(H.M.Š. Kont)

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1929.

THE

WORLD SPORT.

LOCAL FOOTBALL CURIOSITY,

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TENNIS IN CANTON.

EXHIBITION MATCHES BY DAVIS CUP PLAYER.

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Some of the best tennis over seen In Canton was witnessed on Fri- day afternoon when G Jargo crowd of foreigners and Chinese, including many of the local Government officials gathered around the courts of the Chinese, Johnson the Police centro-forward, Citizens Athletic Association. In who should havo scored on several the First Public Park, on the oscnaiona..

occasion of the second day's play When the Recreio were aggrea-of the exhibition matches now sive, Remedios showed to much being given hero by Mr. Gordon botter advantage, his distribution Lum, the Chinese Davis Cup play. of the ball being neat and accur- ora. ate. The Recrelo, however, wore not the attacking force that they should have been.. Wynno kept CLUB'S BRIGHT EFFORT. Brown completely in subjection, robbing him with monotonous re- gularity, while Muit, his partner also proved too strong for the right wing.

SENIOR FORWARDS TAKE TIME TO SETTLE DOWN.

4.

By Wanderer."

It is a rather curious fact that

The first match was a single be- tween Mr. Gordon Lum and Mr. K. Iwasaki, the champion of the Japanese Canton Tennis Club. Mr.

Iwaanki waa at the top of his form and played an excellent game throughout, though he only suc cooded in obtaining four games in two sets, the score being 6/1, 6/3 One 18 specially impressed in favour of Mr. Gordon Lum. the tremendous speed Mr. Lum's play. hla

move with

Gosano made many great efforts of ten Senior teams playing in the to keep in line going, and there

several dashing League on Saturday, only one South were Chia, managed to accure a goal ments which seemed dangerous, prior to the interval. The half- but which ended in good chances shots being returned at such time score in four matches, in being thrown away by reckless a space that his opponent rarely has the opportunity of reaching other words, was 0-0 .

them at all.

The results were:

shooting.

WAS

The police half-backs played The forwards showed up moro well, with Hudson outstanding prominent in the second halves, while McGrenvy, Johnson and Fraser kept the Recreio defence the total of gonla being 19.

There were no outright sur-in purpetual anxiety. The win prises, though the Club did well gars, Oram and Gowan were not did to draw with the K.O.S.B., and it good raiders, though both

the was thought that the Queen's useful work. Xavier would prove too good for Chinese stumbling-block, and he worked wonders to prevent the Police Athletic.

from scoring for 65 minutes.

McGreavy scored a nice goal five minutes from the ond. Me Greavy and Fraser always worked hard for openings, some of which Johnson might have accopted. Hudson too made some nice through passes, all of which were wasted by poor finishing. Clarko I was not overworked in the Polico goal, though he saved several difficult situations.

Senior Division.

L.S. Shona

(I.M.S. Seraphin)

A.B. Trimming

L.M.8. Hormes) -

H.K.F.C.. Queen's

Recreio

Pte. Kume

(K.0.8.J.)

Navy

Small Units

SIX ROUNDS FEATHERWEIGHT CONTEST,

Stoker Harley

(H.M.S. Kent;

V.

SIX ROUNDS MIDDLEWEIGHT CONTEST,

Pto, Woolley

(K.O.N.}.}

V

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2 K.O.S.B.

1 Chinese Ath.

0 Polico

4 Kowloon

1 South China

Junior Division.

L/Opl. Finlayson

(8.0.8.B.)

K.O.S.B. Eastern Navy

I

R.A.F. Queen's

A.B. Seaman

(Iloyal Navy)

SIX ROUNDS FEATHERWEIGHT CONTEST. A.D. Friend

(İLM S. Titania)

V.

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CLUB RATHER UNLUCKY.. Late K.Ö.S.B. Rally Saves A' Point,

A rally late in the game saved the Borderers a point in their game against the Club, but they can

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EXTREMELY POOR GAME, South China Overwhelm Small Units.

Small Units, the Cinderella of the League were not at full strength for their game against the leaders and it was not sur- heavily prising to find them so

an extremely defeated. It was leisurely and badly, and Small Units playing strenuously and

The doubles match, however, was the game in which the very best tennis was seen, Mr. Gordon Lum was partnered by Mr. Ho Chun- man of Canton and played against Mr Ng Sze-Kwong, ex-champion of Hongkong, and Mr. Ma Chi- huen, champlon of Canton, All four players were absolutely bril liant throughout, Ng Sze-kwong and Ma Chi-huen especially being even better than their usual form. Each side took two sets second set was accured by Ma Chi-huen and Ng Sze-Kwong at 6/1) when they were obliged to abandon owing to the light fail ing; also Mr. Gordon Lum, who had already played six sets, was beginning to show the strain. Our Own Correspondent.

BOXING TOURNEY.

(the

Quality Fells

ULU ODTCH WHIÁNY

VAT 69

QUAINT NATIONAL

DANCES.

(Continued from Page 7) white cottages of the village, and above all the clear, opal Hrht of the full harvest moon.

Hulling the Maize.

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*HIS BRAND has been in che

and in quite independent, WA. GANDERBUN & SON, Distillery.

marca family since its inception,

THE HOCKEY CLUB.

SIM SHIELD MATCH ON WEDNESDAY.

:

The following will represent the Hongkong Hockey Club. in their Sim Shield match with the Army on the U.S.R.C. ground at 4.45 p.m. on Wednesday-W. K. Talt, W. Wood. ward, J. Rodger, A. A. Dand (captain). E. J. R. Mitchell, J. E. Noronha, H. Owen Hughes, G. E. R. Divett, E. D. Lawrence or H. V. Parker, G. R. Vallack and C. C.

most the

It is at night when they are Ko ing to "desfolhar"-hull the maize the maize that has for many days been drying in the sunshine. Francia. SPLENDID PROGRAMME

Lads and lusses ambling and sing- The accond eleven, to FOR NEXT SATURDAY,

ing as they come along the coun-H.K.S.R.A. on the Marinn Ground at One of the best programmes of the try roads, to the ground made four o'clock this afternoon, will be. season hus been arranged for the ready for the work in hand.R. W. Sapsed, J. E. Henry, L. F Todd, tournament of the Hongkong Boxing

Country Nicholson (captain), RR Association to be held at the Theatre Hulling-night in

a feast-night, and so there A. R. Duncan, A. J. W. Ashby, As hus is Royal on Saturday night.

A. A. Botelho, W. A. Nowers, G. R.

be fight will

between Jock Creighton musicians with their violas and of the Cornwall and A. B. Bowden of concertinas, and other national in- I.M.S. Herald, men, who are expericards of bathstruments. They sing fighters, were published last week. A splen-work: by singing the hours in the ganio, played at Happy Vallpy anticipated. No belt and the corn-cobs are hulled and on Saturday between a fifteen select

Ah! But ed from the Hongkong Football Club

our

have had few more narrow escapes. poor game, South China playing nlready been announced, the chief also come into our little group the vallack, A. J. Wolf and T. Whitley.

With but fifteen minutes remain ing for play they were two goals in arrears, but strenuous efforts brought reward. The Club were rather unlucky to lose a point after establishing themselves in auch, a strong positon, though it must be admitted that the Borderers had no business to be two goals down at any time.

They should, indeed, have built up a winning lead in the first half,

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worse.

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For miutea after, the start, South China were six goals up. Small Units scored a good goal in the course of one of their isolated Chinese goal, assaults on South China got another soon afterwards, and then to the non- eral surprise the game went an- other 20 minutes without further scoring. This period seemed

NAVY ON TOP.

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did content.

did

in the

as they

There was a distinct lack of "go"

LETTER GOLF.

in at stake, the idea being to find awe know not how. man to meet Bignalman Morris, the among the golden corn there'np and a team from H.M.S. Kent, thu welterweight champion, when he re- pears a pinkish-cob. It is the one sailors winning by six points (two turns to the Colony,

amongst them all "Milho Rei."tries) to mil. The Club never found supporting contesta are par What excitement! The lucky lad each other during the whole game ticularly rode un round light-

between weight scrap

Signalman who has the good fortune to find and the Kent doserved their victory.

an King Cob has the right to embrace The monthly meeting of the"," Shons and White will provide Exceptionally ino act-lo, Stond is and kiss the Inss he loves best: Football Referees' Association well known, having and had their finishing been other series of free-kicks against South number of occasions recent on and the hearts of the girls in-is to be held, at the Chaplains than poor would have had little China for the mildest of offences, local ring. He has always, Cant be?" Radiant with joy the boy February, at 6 pm. prompt. All He has always put up aquire: "Who among us will it Hut, Scandal Point, on Friday, 1st South China ran through the good

fight difficulty in so doing. Their for- wards worked eleverly and made Units defence with the greatest and Davies. White only recently arseeks the favoured one, and then referees, players and others in- excellent openings for themselves, of enne and seemed to walk the rived from Home and comes here with work is set aside the alluring terested are cordially invited.

11 good professional record, particu- players atrike up the first few bars. but they were slow to take advan-ball into the net more often than

were lars of which are not available at the of some lively air. tage, hestitation proving fatalnot. I believe the goals

The first-the night's lucky pair creditable. against strong defenders like Holt scored by Lau Mau (3) Chu moment, ilis Navy record is equally and Bishop. Edwards had a great Kwong-un (2), Fung King-cheong A. B. Trimming, who made such an tap forth, and after them and excellent impression at the last in the rising enthusiasm other deal of work to do, however, and and Taang Shui-heung.

tournament, is down to fight Ewin in lada and Iasses rise to dance as he did well to keep his charge in-

A SNOW PILE causes a lot of nix round welterweight contest.well, and almost without stop tact in the opening half.

This will be Ewin's first appearanco ballad follows song, now lively, trouble sometimes, and that is par- Much Too Strong for Kowloon. this season. He is a former welter happy, bounding along, now gent- ticularly true in letter golf. It The half-backs on both sides

weight champion of the Colony, ly sentimentally swaying the makes a tricky par eight. were good, Everest and Davey and Below normal strength it was having been beaten by the late McBride and Stewart being par- not expected that Kowloon would Stoker Norman Morris. Trimming crowd. It is characteristic of our techincal knock-out race-a race that knows how to ticularly prominent. The Border-show to any advantage against the secured ers were better served forward, powerfal Navy team. Until the against Debell at the last tournament, laugh, to sing and to dance, but while their weakness was at back interval they held their goal and should fully extend his experiene does not know how to hide the emotional melancholy of a full where Barham and Gardner were intnet, but Peacock got through ed opponent.

A Bix round featherweight contest Inclined to waver under pressure. soon after the interval and then

between Humne of the Borderers and heart, the sentiment of which has The differences forward wore thren others were added by Firth. Stoker Harley of the Kent is another blossomed forth in the measured largely the effect of the artistry it was Navy's game from start attraction. Hume is one of those cadences of our love songs,

Hark! I hear afar the first of McGlinchey and the scheming to finish. Their half-backs held fellows who likes to get down to of Stock. The Club had no guld the Kowloon attack with the business straight away and prefers distant notes of the guitars. They Ing hand in the forward line, greatest of case, the only dan- tho K. O. route to winning on a begin the though all five were triere. Kerous moves coming from the points decision. He has won most applause.)

over-trying Miles and from Spray. of his fights here, Harley. is a new

man with Trambitsky snapped up an op- Kowloon's defence did well be.

a good Home record. The K.0.8.D. will be particularly portunity fifteen minutes after the fore the interval, but the Navy interested in the six round middle- Interval, while shortly afterwards, wore them down gradually. Angus weight contest between L. Cerpl. Wallington added with a ulcely made many brilliant saves, and Finlayson and Pte. Woolley. This is taken goal. Humproys headed had no chance with any of the expected to be a needle affair bo

tween through for the Borderers who scoring shots,

two potential champions of then set up a long sustained at- Barkham and Firth made most

the Regiment

the

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"dosfolhada."—Loud

tained attack in their quest for af the running for the Navy, the completes the programmet. In dile, dial thanks to the heteroon's

Interport winger being

an equaliter. The Club defence held out until the end was In aight, when Alexander scored with a terrifle drive from a good pass.

It was a bright game with plon- ty of good football displayed, though most of the thrille were at the Club end.

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POLICE' JUST WIN..

Leave the Scoring To Last Few Minutes,

of his bright moods.

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SAVED BY A PENALTY.

Keen Game Between Queen's And Athletic.

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Mrs. Southorn's. Speech. Speaking from the stage, Mrs. Southorn said:-After Madame Tamagnini's graceful and eloquent remarks anything I can say will fall flat. But I must express on A six round featherweight contest behalf of the Committee our cor-

of the Titania will meeted to construct this. A. B. Seaman, Felend knocked out Festival. If I were to apportion Stoker Odell in the loat tournament individual thanks. I should keep His opponent, who will bo fighting here for the first time, has a fairly you here till the nine o'clock gun,

So I will give a warm collective 1-The idea of letter golf is to good record.

thank you to all who have helped change one word to another and but Hoopor twico Intervened in so many ways and a special do it in par, a given number of A penalty goal in the closing brilliantly at eritical moments one to Their Excellencies for giv-strokes. Thus to change DOW to seconds of the match between and Dodds made two good savos, ing us the pleasure of Undir com-HEN, in three strokes, COW. the Queen's and Chincae Athletic Afterwards the Queen's had the pany: To Madame Tamagnini and HOW HEW HEN,

2You can change only oxo, provided a senzational ending and game well in hand for a her talented troupe we owe the saved the Chinese from defeat. long spell. The Athletic made greatest debt for the immense letter at a time,

8-You must have a complete The kick was entrusted to Suan spasmodic efforts to equalise in amount of trouble they have taken | Kam-shun and he gave Dodds no the closing stages but did not ap- over their charming production, word, of comfnon usage, for each chance with a terrific shot, ".. pear likely to score until the It is no small matter to convey jump. Slang words and abbrevia-

misguided action of a defender thirty-six performers across the tiers don't count.

4The order of letters cannot be produced a penalty.

ocean and to produce so artistic

changed. N a glimpse of sunny Portugal.

Ono solution is printed on "ER-, WITH THE JUNIORS, I think it was a fortunate day other page. fine against the fordorort my clever and artistic friend Mme. Kowloon Reserves led 10 at when I suggested this festival, to Reserves and lost 1.

The Queen's were rather

un

The Police thoroughly deserved their win over the Club de Recreio, even if the margin was not a very fortunate to be robbed of victory in convincing one, and they left the thin wine. They had overcome the scoring of the goal until five minu- Athletic attack when at its best tos from the end. The Recreio by sheer hard work in defence

CAR REPAIRSI defence was considerably, weaken and had been given Chan an

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el by the absence of A.A. Remedios. and the Polleo attack was there foro far more in the picture than |was generally expected.

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Tamagnini, who is ever welcome Lusitano who kindly gave us the Barclay notted some ten minutes

privileges. Unfortunately The Queen's Reserves confirmed to Hongkong and gives us so same after the interval, and, play ruled their previous win over Chinese warm a welcome la Macao, Jowing to the Obristmas and Chin- fairly even from that time on Athletic with a 3-0 victory.

And there are two more special ese New Year holidays wo found C. F. Remedios was really the Both aidés played purposeful

The Navy played poorly against "thank-yous" to be said, one to the it impossible to cope with more weak point in the Recrelo defence. soccer, but the Queen's always the Recreio, but did sufficient to President and Committee of the than one show this time. We may Fine half-hack though he is he could appeared a shade the more dan-

Club de Recreto for putting their not speak each othor's languages Small Units draw with Eastern beautiful Club at our disposal so but we can understand and appres. do himself no credit at contre-half gerous. This was due largely to after being a goal in arrears at whole-heartedly and so generously clate each other's dances. May for the simple reason that his the fact that they were better the interval.

and for assisting us in every pos- this Festival prove another link Ideas of positioning himself woro served in the half-back line, lacking wisdom. The result was

Neither R.A.F. nor South China sible way-the other in tho. Presi in the chain of international Athletic's opportunities "A" could find the net.

Ident and Committes of the Club friendships.(Lord applause.) that the field was wide open for came in the first twenty minutes,

The

win.

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