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SHANGHAI LT.A. LOSES POPULAR SECRETARY

MR. HAY THORBURN RESIGNS

HIS SUCCESSOR

HAPPY ATMOSPHERE AT ANNUAL MEETING

Mr. Hay Thorburn, for the past two years Hoa. Secretary of the Shanghai Lawn Tennis Association resigned this post at the annual meeting of the Association held last Thursday, and Mr. N. 'M. Tweedlia was élected as his successor.

Mr R. Grimshaw was again ap- pointed President of the L.T.A., with Messrs. Ch... Grosbals and Wm. Z. L. Sung as vice-Presidents.

In his review of the year's ac tivitics, the President spoke ap- preciatively of the success enjoy- ed by the Association, mentioning the growth of tennis in Shang hai, both as a popular pastime and in its high standard of skill.

Happy reflection on the Inter- port with Hongkong last year was also made, and it was reported that the finances were perfectly sound, "a credit balance of $149 being shown on the year's work. ing.

AMENDED RULES.

Two resolutions to amend rules of the Association were brought forward by Mr. Grimshaw and Mr. J. LWade, the effect of which of were to increase the Council

the Association from three mem-i bers other than the officers and the accredited representative of each club, to not more than five such members, and further to ensure that all results shall be notified to the Secretary with pre

scribed period.

WOMEN'S HOCKEY-The Wast minister Bank Indina hackay team' met Catford du the former's sporta ground at Norbury, last month. Picture shows the game in progress (Photo Planet News),

ENGLAND PREPARING

DISCONTENT OVER OLYMPICS

ENGLISH REPORT REJECTED

SWIMMERS UP.

IN ARMS

At the Southern Counties Swimming Association annual meeting at the Polytechnic re- cently the delegates present re- Gamea the Olympic

MANILA BASEBALLERS ARRIVE

PLAY S. CHINA TO-MORROW

TWO BASKETBALL MATCHES

The appearanco in Hongkong this week in an exhibition game of baseball of the powerful Santo Tomas combination from Manila, intimated in the Telegraph last week, is now assured............

The team from the Philippines, which includes several Olymple performers, is making a tour of Japan and the Hawaiian Islands and their game against the South China Club at Carcline. Hill to morrow will afford them an op portunity of a useful practise be- fore continuing their trip north on the Empress of Russia,

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FOR RYDER CUP pine Inter-University Baseball com.. FOR RYDER CUP

K.CC. BILLIARDS TOURNAMENT

HIRST BEATS GREEN

W. W. Hirst (rec. 60) easily defeated D. S. Green Irec. 601 in the K.C.C. bil- liards handicap tournament yesterday. "reaching the 250 mark 43 points ahead of his "opponent.

"

The winner's best break was 19, and Green returned. 20 from one visit to the table.

The election of the five mem-jected bers to the Council resulted in the appointment of Messrs. JL Management Committee's Re-CHINESE WIN BILLIARD Wade, M. H. Thorburn, M. Oka-port by an overwhelming ma- moto, J. Ebert and A. G. Meise.

SARAZEN'S IDEA BEARING FRUIT....

HOLE

BIGGER GOLF

EXPERIMENTS

A PERFECT TEAM

some fruit

Gene Sarazen's idea for a bigger golf hule is bearing down in Surrey.

jority, and also called for an official inquiry into team mana- gement at the Games. The re-

solution read:

"This Council requests Ils Representatives at the A.S.A. Council not to receive the Re- -port of the O.G.M.C. on the grounds that it is inadequate, and to press for an inquiry into the whole management of the team that went to Les Angeles."

TOURNAMENT

COMMITTEE TO SELECT TEAM

the

PRINCE OF WALES TO. ATTEND

In The first official move selection of tea British golfers to meet a United States team in the bi-annual Ryder Cup match was taken recently with the appoint- ment of a selection committe.

the

The Varsity experts, who not, only champions of the Philip- petition, but runners-up of Philippine Baseball League, constitute one of the strongest teams in the Islands, and to morrow's game will provide ex cellent experience for local. base- ball players..

LOCAL TEAM.

South China' will team up follows:

Matty Chang-catch. Heubner-pitch...

Joe Kau-1st. base. Ed Chang-2nd. base. T. Chan-shortstop. Tommy Kim-3rd. base. Taft Fong-leftfield. Chung-centrefield. Fung rightfield.

BASKETBALL.

The match is to be played over the Southport and Ainsdale course Lancashire June 26 and 27 and, as the high-light of a peak season for British golf, it is expected to attract at least 50,000 spectators.

The Basketball side which won The Prince of Wales has signified his intention of following the play the 1933 Philippine Inter-Unl- on one of the two days.

versity League is included in the touring combination and arrange- The committee, appointed by the ments have been completed for Professional Golfers' Association,

is composed of H. C. Kinch, them to enjoy a couple of games. Woodcote Park golf club; James To-night they meet the Chung Bradbeer, Porter's Park club; Nam Athletic Association at the English Cuists Beaten Howland Jones, Wimbledon Park Chinese Y.M.C.A.; and to-morrow

in Shanghai

The Sino-British match or gunised by the Shanghai Amateur

R. Mackenzie Stanmore Club; Ted evening will have the local bas- Ray, Oxhey; and Josh Taylor, ketball: champions, the Chinese Richmond Park.

Y.M.C.A., as the opposition.

All the members of the commit- Billiards Association and played at tee are veteran golfers. Ray cap their headquarters, during last tained the British Ryder Cup team week, ended in a handsome victory which was beaten by 61⁄2 matches to 1% at Worcester, Massachu- for the Chinese by 834 points.on a series of five games each of 1,000 setts, 1927, and has played aginst America on other occasions. He up, the British only having won has won the. British Open cham-

game. W. A. Pennell

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twice,

The visiting side will probably. Sacinto Ciria Cruz (captain)—– turn out in the following order:

guard:

Celestino Martinez-guard. Herminio Silva,-forward. M. Gumlum,--centre. Regino Portacian,--forward.

The case against the Report was presented by Miss Verral Newman, one and strongly supported by Miss questionably the most experienced pionship, and the American Open, Joyce Cooper and Mr. W. G. Emery amateur player in Shanghai, and

who were present at the Games the most attractive of all to watch. Josh Taylor is a brother of the made a great effort against M. T. famous John Henry. He played and Major D. D. Milne. Miss Newman's attack took the Lee, the former local champion, and against America in 1921. At BOW somewhat unusual form of present-led him for half the game, but he present he runs the public courses WALES MAY COMPETE

in Richmond Park and writes ar-

The Chertsey club has tested

an eight-inch hole, and expressed

its disfavour, but will periment with a six-inch cup.

Gene Sarazen, while on his sick bed at Santa Monica, amused him self by selecting an All-American team of golfers one player for each of twelve dubs. The twelve

were:

ing the grounds of complaint in the fell away in the second scesion.

Erdbeer, is one of a famous

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EMPIRE GAMES

Los

Next month the new cup will questions, to which no reply in de- The third success for the Chinese ticles. Kinch is the present pres- AS SEPARATE NATION have a real trial in a tournament fence was made, and it was un-was gained by C. T. Shen, against ident of the professionals' associa

For the first time in history, in which several amateurs and doubtedly this silence which in F. Marshall. It was a very good tion, and Rowland Jones is the!

on top tubby and popular coach, whose Wales may compete in the 1934 professionals, including George fluenced the delegates to such a game, though Shen was Duncan, Abe Mitchel and Ted Ray, degree that the resolution was right through, playing very steady chief claim to fame is that in paat Empire Games in London as a

and steady billiards. He had 21 open championship his name, ". separate, nation. will participate.

carried by over 100 votes to 1.

The matter was raised at the It is an extraordinary situation. runs of 20 or over, scoring 710 Jones," on the programme, has

Welsh as the. Management. Committee's points by this means, which is ex-been confused with Atlanta's annual meeting of the

Amateur Swimming Association, when the secretary, Mr. R. P. Report has been the object of a cellent billiards. Marshall played Bobby.

Green, said the Empire Games campaign of Presa criticism by quite a good game, but luck was member. of the Olympic Manage against him all the way and this.

in meeting Federation, ment: Cammitice, who has taken up coupled with his lack of practice family of golfing brothers, and

Wales the curious position of objecting to on the table, made him play much Mackenzie is the conch at the Angeles, had decided that

could be represented as a country Driver, Bobby Jones; brassie, the main features of the Olympic below his usual standard Shen Stanmore club, Middessex.

In forming a selection commit- in all sports, George von Elm; spoon, Paul Report, and opposing an official in-had runs of '66, 27, 29, 48. 22. 20,! 30, 69, 46, 31, 30, 20, 30, 32, 65, 20,

In view of this decision, sports Runyan; No. 1 iron, Macdonald quiry into team management.

23, 23, 24, and 21, to Marshall's 25, tee, instead of picking the team Smith; No. 2, Olin Dutra; No. 3,

to confer, and It is almoot Tommy Armour; No. 4, Walter The Olympic Report, however, 29, 30, 22, 22, 23, 33, 62, 40, 23, by vote, as the American elght organizations in the Principality Hagen; No. 6, Leo Diegel: No. 6, has one virtus. It is a frank ad-37, 35, 54, 21. 31, 28. Shen ran to will be chosen, Britain is follow- are.

ing the plan adopted in 1931. certain that Wales will select her Francis Ouimet; No. 7, Craig mission of our failure, as there is his points with Marshall on 757.

Pennell thus had to start his Then Harry Vardon, J. H. Taylor, own team of althletes. Wood; patter, Johnny Farrell. It no attempt made to over-emphasise game with the almost hopeless James Braid and Alex Herd those which, in- was pointed out that he had only minor successes, and in this respect thought of beating Lee by 611 the British team, mentioned the best men for eleven the Los Angeles Report is a more points to give a win to the British, cidentally, came in for a good deal clubs, and had included no niblick reliable review than the European and in the circumsances his effort of criticism from the British press, player. Sarazen's renly was: Championship Report of 1931, when "You can put me down for that the failure of British expectations was all the more creditable. for it and was beaten at Scioto, Ohio, by

was too big a handicap in a game laix matches to twa. club."

was completely ignored and space where nerve counts for so much.

The present committee's plane given to trivialities relating to the However, before dinner he more are not known, but it is probable. team being transported by taxis

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CLASSIC RACING ACCEPTANCES

TWO ROYAL CANDI- DATES FOR DERBY

London, Mar. 81.

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PLEASING FRANKNESS.

instead of by Underground travel,

There is certain to be a battle at

that it will invite twenty leading professionals to play under Ryder Cup.conditions, and from them we the Council meeting, from the official side, who, have been opposed Bowden, presiding at the annual lect a team of eight and two re- to an investigation into matters meeting of the British Olympic serves. Another question it has to decide is whether or not to have relating to team management. But Association in London. a number of delegates now support The appeal for the fund for last a non-playing captain: the leading swimmers in a demand year's Gumes produced £10.116. for an investigation. Indeed, the The expenses of the British team position to-day has developed into for the lakt Olympic Games were

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INTER-CLUB GOLF.

Kowloon and Happy Valley Players to Meet.

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GOOD FRIDAY'S MATCH.

The Kowloon Golf Club and the Happy Valley section of the Royal Hongkong Golf Club are due to meet again on Good Friday, April 14 et Kowloon City.

The following, in' playing order,

The acceptances for the Derby a bitter quarrel with officialdem £8,375, of which steamship, and PROTECTING_THEIR have been selected to represent the

total 86 according to an announce-charging swimmers with a lack of rail fares absorbed over £5,000, ment to day. The include His "the will to win," and attributing apart from sleeping-car fees, botel Majesty's Whitehead and the Abthis as the cause of our failure in expenses en route, meals on the bot, and the favourites, Manitoba international struggles. In reply. journey and transport of baggage. and Hyperion.

competitors retort that it has been There was, surplus on the The acceptances for the Oaks Impossible to reproduce their best year's working of £666, and the number 85, and those for the St. form under the system which has Association has in hand a sum of existed during the past few years. money about equal to that which Leger 77.

N. S, Wotherspoon has annexed the Manila Golf club champion- ship by defeating Wade Cothran in a spectacular match of 38 holes, one'up aver the Manila club links

ANOTHER VIEW

OLYMPIC GAMES A "GREAT SUCCESS"

CLUB HOUSE

NORFOLK GOLF CLUB BUILDS SEA WALL

To protect their clubhouse from it held in 1929 after the Ameter-the sea, members of the Royal West

dam Games,

Norfolk golf club at Brancaster The new council which comes have voted to spend approximately into office for the four years of $11,000 for a sea wall. the eleventh Olympiad, will im-

mediately settle the policy of the The wall will be 380 fect long "If the aim of the Olympic Association for the future and and will be erected only 15 yards this week. Mr. Wotherspoon is Games was to foster good fellow decide the steps to be taken to away from the clubhouse, receiving the congratulations of ship then our trip to Los Angeles ensure Great Britain's representa his friends.

was a success." said Sir Harold tion at Berlin in 1936.

The steps of the clubhouse have frequently been washed by waves,

Happy Valley_golfers:

1. C. W. F. Booker,

2. Dr. J. A. R. Selby,

& A. McKellar, 4. C. B. Robertson,

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4. W. A: Stewart, 7. A. E.

A. E. Charman,

8. A. E. Clarke, B. A, MacFarlane, 10. B. H. Hablon, M.

12. S. 8. Cook, 13. J. King, 1. N. Williamson,

15. R. R. Davies,

.10 Capt. A. W. Muir.

Reserves:

1. Licut, P. L. Jamieson,

..2, J. M. Wilson,

3. N. Drummond.