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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1933.

THE TWO FAIRS

YOU · SHOULD NOT MISS!

THE BRITISH

EMPIRE FAIR

AT THE

PENINSULA HOTEL

ALSO

STATE FAIR

COMMENCING

SUNDAY

8 Great Stars in One Picture

The season's greatest cast in a story that pulses wiza the romance, excitement and gayety of a big State Fair.

Will Rogers

Sally

Norman,

Jane Gaynor

STATE FAIR

JONTA CON FOX

PAIL CORN PICTURE

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AT THE

PHIL STONG

KING'S

The Air-conditioned Theatro.

VISIT

MAY PLAY ON WEDNESDAY

H.K.C.C. OFFER GROUND

VISITORS' LATEST SUCCESSES

(By "Veritas")

If conditions permit, the two Philippine International Lawn Tennis Association players, who are paying a visit to Hongkong next week, will be seen, in ac- tion on Wednesday next at the Hongkong Cricket Club.

The Cricket Club has kindly placed a court at the disposal of the local Associatlon and arrange- ments are now in hand to stage An exhibition.

The players, Leonardo Carvin, jun., and Lcodegario Polintun, are due to arrive in Hongkong by the 8.8. Neil Maersh on Sunday. They will stay here a week, being part of the tour of the China const ports which they are making us Fepresentatives of the P.1.LT.A

According to the latest informa-! tion from Manlia, the two players enjoyed successes in the Philip- pine National tennis champion- ships this last week.

Garvia, who is ranked No. 4 in the national list, defeated Ampon, in the semi-final of the singles last Friday. According to the Manila press he played scintillat- ing teanis to win in straight sets 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.

OF PHILIPPINE TENNIS

JAPANESE ATHLETIC

TOUR

Tokyo, May 19

The Japan Federation of Track and Field Sports Asso- clations has decided to accept the invitation from South American countries for t Japanese team to visit them. It is understood the team will consist of six former unlver- Bity athletes who did well in the Olympic Games last year.

BORDERERS

V ARTILLERY

TO-DAY'S BIG MATCH

FOR RUNNERS-UP HONOURS

GAME ON CLUB

GROUND

THE runners-up posi-

tion in the first division of the Hong- kong Football League will be decided this afternoon.

An Easter Bank holiday swim to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Serpentine Swimming Club's founda tion was held in the Serpentine bynumbers of enthu- lasts. Here is the finish of the race. (Planet News),

PLAYERS

With bright weather conditions prevalling the Eastor yacht racing took place on the Thames at alows tho YACH in progress, Teddington. Photo

(Planet Nows),

ASTON VILLA'S BIG CAPTURE

SOCCER CLUB LOOK AHEAD

TRANSFERS AND RETENTIONS

SWINDON'S "CUTS”

Swindon Town Aston Villa,

Wolverhampton and Charlton are mong the clubs in the football

news.

Swindon are to retain only four Lambie and -Briggs, Quinn,

Couseof their present players, and propose, for financial reasons to limit their playing staff next Benson to 15.

By arrangement between the

Manager Ted Vizard from Bol- two teams, the Borderers and ton Wanderers, in his first spell Royal Artillery meet on the Club with the club, will therefore have ground at 5.30 to-day in a decid-to make some judicious selections. ing match.

NEW "GAG" ON SPORTS] WRITING

The following new by-law is down for confirmation at the Annual General Meeting of the Rugby Football Union on June 23.

"No member of the com- mittee of the Union, or Com- mittee man of any constituent body, or club, under the Jurisdiction of the Union, unless engaged solely in the profession of journalism; no referee or player; shall write, give information, or Inter views for the Press or broad. cast our current Rugby foot- ball for remuneration.".

SCULLING FEAT AT CAMBRIDGE

LARWOOD TO TELL

ALL ABOUT BODY- LINE BOWLING

NO BOWLS

RAIN INTERRUPTS CHAMPIONSHIP

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TO-DAY'S GAMES Yesterday's rain called a halt to the progress in the Lawn Bowl open championship, both matchen arranged to take place on the Club de Recreio green being postponed.

The ties in question were:

R. HA (K.B.G.O.) v J.S. Houghton (K.C.C.) WV.B. Drake (K.B.G.C.)

J. Chadwick (K.C.C.)

Next Tuesday's meeting between W. Ward and J. Cavanagh of the Cralgengower Cricket Club bast been brought forward and will be Another al- played on Monday,

the teration in the fixtures is postponement of the tie between V. Pothierick (K.B.G.C.) and H. Hampton (K.C.C.) scheduled to have taken place next Wednesday. No re-arranged date has yet been fixed.

This afternoon, two first round encounters are down for decision. J. Fraser and J. M. Jack both of the Kowloon Cricket Club and G. H. Since the stormy days of his Sherrif (K.B.G.C.) and A. S. Gomes (Club de Recreio) are the Australian tour he has been dumb. contestants, and the games will be Nobody knew what his views were played on the Kowloon Cricket en body-line bowlers or barracking. Chib green, at 6.20, But now he has signed a contract with Messrs. Elkin Mathews and Tarrot, and his book "Body-Line" will appear in early June,

He tells how leg-theory began. He tells how it grew. He tells what The thinks of it. He describes how he bowled it and gives diagrams of his field.

ON HIS BARRACKERS. And then, the barrackers! Harold Larwood writes of them, the UNIVERSITY RECORD publishers say, "trenchantly." We know. what to expect from that BY PEMBROKE PAIR word; and it would not be surpris- London, May 17. irg remembering what Larwood A Pembroke College, pair estab-has suffered, "trenchantly" was too! lished a record in sculling at Cam-weak a word. bridge to-day by winning the triple events, the Fairbairn Junior, the heading of one of the chapters, the Chinn, after holding the leadershin centre-forward in time for the Magdalene Senior and the Lowe story of the great duel of the tour.

Morris, Alan Scott, Starsmore, The teams finished the league Brooks and Wilkins have been put programme with the same record, on Swindon's open-to-transfer list, although the Borderers enjoyed and 11 other players have been By this victory he qualified to slightly superior goal average given free transfers, meet Yangro, Philippines No. 1 It is thanks to a sporting gesture player in the final. Yngayo, de-on the part of the Borderers that feated Guillerime Anragon, in the the Artillery have been given semi-final 6-2, 9-7, 6-7, 6-1.

IN DOUBLES FINAL. Polintan, who is travelling with Garvia, played with him in | the National Doubles Champion-- ship this month, and the two en. tered the final last week, when they beat Ampon and Diy 6-0, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.

The visit of the players will give| Hongkong an opportunity of judg ing the standard of tennis in. the Philippines. The players are re- presentative of the best talent; available in the Islands and our local players will have to be on their best form to withstand them.

The last appearance of a Philip- pine champion in Hongkong Was that of Francisco Aaragon, bro- ther of Guillerimo, who swept all before him in 1930.

BASEBALL BARTER

CASE OF PLUMS FOR GOOD FIELDER

chance to finish second to South

of the League until the Inst maich of the season.

The league records of the teams

Bre:

P. W. D. L. P. A. P 1. Artillery 26 15.0 20 30 Horderers 20 14 24 62 26 36

Fincher's Billiards

Defeat

Aston Villa, Wolverhampton and Charlton have signed new players, and Southend hope to have a new

week-end game against Exeter.

The Villa's captures are Ronald;

(outside-left), Dix (inside wing forward) and Arthur Cunliffe from Blackburn Rovers.

One of the best left wingers in the game, Cunliffe has been "cap- ped" twice this season-against Ireland and Wales.

CANTERBURY TO CHARLTON.

In 1931 Dix was one of the most discussed players of the day, Ever- lon entered into an agreement with Bristol Rovers, for whom Dix then played, which gave them an option over both Dlx and Brit- ton. Everton afterwards signed KEW WINS on Britton, but when they wished to engage Dix that player refused K.C.C. TOURNEY - he had the right to do-to leave Bristol, while his father would not give Bis signature nec- a contract with a cessary for minor. Later on Aston Villa and other clubs wanted Dix, with the result that, on appeal from Ever-; ton, the Football League took a The match of 500 up was produc hand in the matter, refusing to tive of some interesting play, Kew allow Dix to go to any other club renghed his points when Fincher but Everton without official con- Last May he joined Black, had scored 404, and very little sent. separated the players. throughout | burn Rovers. the game.

H. Kew, playing from plus 20 defeated E. C. Fincher (plus 80) in the final of the Kowloon Cricket Club handicap billiards tournament last night.

San Francisco, Cal. The San Francisco "Seals". (a!

Both players scored consistent- baseball club) have traded a csely, but no high breaks were re- of special plums to another club corded. Kew made two visits to for a good "flelder-Router.

the table which yielded him 26 each time.

Student

Athletic

Meeting

..

JAPAN

NOT TO ATTEND?

Tokyo, May 18.

UNBEATEN TIFFIN'S DAUGHTER

Merenda Reared by Foster-Mother

London.

In his last season in schoolboy

(Continued on Page 13.)

A GREAT ETON CRICKETER

TRAGIC DEATH OF MR. WALTER FORBES

Mr. Walter Francis Forbes, aged 75, has died from Injuries recelv- ed in a street accident.

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Had Mr. Forbes gone up elther University or been able to play county crcket he would un- questionably have taken high rank among the amateurs of his day ns an exceptionally fine hitter. The two-year-old Billy, Merenda, Born in 1858, he secured a place winner of the Fitzwilliam Stakes in the Eton cleven in 1873 when The Fifth International Stu- at the Newmarket Craven Meeting, only 15. Three years afterwards dents' Track and Field Champlon has an interesting history as she ship Meeting will be held in is the only offspring of Lord ho captained the side, and against Torino, Italy, from September 1 to Ellesmore's brilliant and unboaton Harrow played a memorable in- 10, this year, the athletic sport ally, Tiffin, who died a few weeksnings of 118, in addition to tak- Besides being a brilliant bats- committee of the Wagoda Univer after fonling her. Merenda, whose ng six wickets, sity having received an invitation siro is Blandford, was reared by

hor future man, Forbes was a aplendid field, to this effect from the Italian com- foster-mother, and mittee of the World Students carcer will be watched with moratospecially at long-leg-or-long-off, and in 1876 at the Eton sports ho Olympaid yesterday.

than ordinary interest.

In the circumstances of the early throw the cricket ball 132 yards. Notwithstanding the fact that days of her life, it is not surpris- He bowled fast round-arm, and in the student athletes are looking ing that she is very small for her 1889 for the Gentlemen against forward to taking part in the meet-age, but what she lacke in stature, the Players at Lord's he took ave Ing.

and wickets in the second innings for the All-Japan Students she makes up in sharpness

In the following sum- League is said to have decided to gameness, and it was the latter 84 runs.

Zingari

Scar decline the invitation, as the sum-quality which enabled her to premer, in a game between 1, mer examinations in Japan will vail in a keen finish. She had and the Australians, at conflict with their journey to done sufficiently well in her gal-borough, he scored 80 against Italy.

lops at Beckhampton to justify bo- Sprefforth, Boyle, Palmer, Giffon,

A conference of representative ing made a hot favourite, and, al-and Midwinter. In 1878 ho played students from various universities though she had to run on strongly often for the Yorkshire Gentlo to withstand Necker, she was amen, and in 1881 at Huntingdon, will be called, shortly, to decide on head to the good at the finish, and for A. E. Fellowes's elevon against the matter before an official reply certainly is very ueful.

|Huntingdonshire, he scoro 881. is forwarded to Italy.

Doubles.

"Bradman versus Larwood" is the

The latter event was won in 7 Mesara. Elkin Mathews and Mar- the previous record for this racecently joined forces with Messrs. minutes, 17 seconds this breaking rot, who publish the book, have re-

Ivor Nicholson and Watson. by 7 seconds.

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Harinero (Ray),

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Call (Gothin), Happy

Raymond (Nicel), Myosotis (Jones),

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