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EFFECT OF THE F.A. FIASCO

ARMY'S ERROR OF TACTICS

UNFORTUNATE POSITION

MUDDLE CAUSED BY MEDDLING

[By "Wanderer."1

BIG TENNIS

GAME OFF

POSTPONEMENT OF C.R.C. CLASH

MIXED DOUBLES ENCOUNTER

The much anticipated clash between the two C.RC teams in f the "A" Division of the tennis league, due to take place to-day, has been postponed.

The net result of the Army's benevolent desire to put the rules of the Hongkong Football Association up on "a proper a side and has asked the "A" to footing" is that they are in a greater mess than ever they

were.

The "B" team is unable to raiso postpone the fixture. This has been agreed to. At the present both combinations have 100 por Friday's annual meeting leaves cent. records in the "A" Division, the Association with a mixed con- and their meeting will be one of atitation, half the old and half the the tit-bits of the senson. now, and they do not mix very well. By curious coincidence the wo For instance, the provision that the South China teams confllet this secretarios are to be appointed by afternoon, but it will be an easy the Council at its first meeting after thing for the "Á" six. Craigen- the A.G.M. would cause no com- gower entertain the Cricket Club plications if membera of Council and the K.C.C, should garner points word nominated by Clubs, but from the University at Pokfulam. dificulties immediately crop up un- The programme is: der the old system of election.

It was indood unfortunate that the more important part of the now; constitution was not approved on Friday. It ropresonts a reform

which has been advocated for many years. past. It would secure a fairor representation, infinitely moro satisfactory to clubs in mem-i beralip.

THE ARMY AT FAULT.

It was rejected-or rather, fall-

ed to secure sufficient votes-sim-)

C.C.C. H.K.C.C.

-at Happy Valley University v-K.C.C.

-at Pokfulam S.C.A.A, "A" y S.CA.A, "B"

at King's Park

MIXED DOUBLES.

C.R.C. v. LRC.

-At Causeway Bay

ply because the proposed changes meeting of August 17, 1932, they to Loague, rules appeared to bo

would havé been

carried

were

little less than a military attempt to dictate to civilian clubs on the nanimously. But they question of who they could choose

altered .to meet military to represent them on the football susceptibilitica and the majority field. The reply of the civilian of the clubs would not have them clubs was to oppose any step which in their new form. The change scomed to have the effect of to Rule 5a, as finally approved, in strengthening the Army representa little short of ludicrous. The tion on the Council, to attempt Army sponsor admitted that the on the other hand to tie them down situation which induced the fram- to the barest minimum.

ing of the rule was not likely to

It was in this spirit that eight occur again, but there it was, of the delegates refused to give giving the Army a privilege which approval to the proposal that the civilian clubs proceeded to Ovory Club, including each Army demand for themselves, and secur- Unit, in the Senior Division shoulded, with the result, that at any have one representative.

future meeting of the Association, Actually it was a very small check upon club representation point, too small to warrant the is going to be exceedingly difficult. rejection of the Council reform If, for instance, I turn up at the scheme as a whole.

meeting and, find there is only one ERROR IN TACTICS:

delegate from Eastern, I can re- As it was, the subsequent elec-present Eastern with the other tion resulted in two Army re-delegate's approval. I can prosentatives getting through, and nounce myself as the proxy for they will have three in a total any club which forgets to send a Council of sixteen. L

delegate.

ANOTHER_ATTEMPT.. NECESSARY.

An-

Had the new constitution_been. approved, they would have had (whon three battalions are sta- In Rule 5a, as revised, there is tloned in Hongkong) five re-reference to nominations to the presentatives out of twenty-three Council when no provision is made or twenty-four, a proportion only for nominations to. Council else. fractionally higher, certainly not where in the rules. large enough to lead to the Nothing is more certain in fact dictatorship which seemed to be that yet another attempt will have feared.

to be made to provide the Associa

t

In the handling of the proposed tion with a set of rules which do rule changes, it will no doubt be not conflict one with another at admitted by the Army representa- various points. And it is neces- tives, they were guilty of a bad sary to restore voting powers to error in factics. If the proposed, officers and retiring mombers of changes to the Association rules Council, provided that the nomina- had been loft as more or leastion system is introduced for

proved at the extraordinary | Council appointments.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JULY 17, 1939.

BRITAIN &

AMERICA

J. VAN RYN.

NEXT FRIDAY

INTER-ZONE DAVIS CUP MATCH.

A TRILLING TIE ANTICIPATED.

U.S. “SPECÍALITY” TEAM

LIKELY LINE-UP.

direction. The,

U.S. EXPERIMENT.

GW LATE

GEORGE LOTT.

H.K. VOLUNTEERS AQUATICS

SWIMMING: TITLES

CONDUCTED BY V. R. C.

DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED

The Victoria Recreation Club has to hold the Annual Open Colony's Championshipa in all the event competed for in former years.

TO BE

HELD ON AUGUST 12

AN ATTRACTIVE PROGRAMME.

CUSTOMARY INTER UNITS CONTEST

The Hongkong Volunteers will hold their annual swim- ming sports at the Victoria Recreation Club, on August 12 according to a preliminary notice just issued.

What assuredly will provido doubts in this

Though the exact dates have not the greatest international tennis Englishmen have just benten Aus altered, and barring accidents, the swimming season, in order to been definitely. settled, they will Britain's four will remain un-be somewhere around the end of match of the year will be tralia and although admittedly Austin, Perry and Hughes will be allow the various Aquatic Clubs staged at the Stade Roland they are coming up against the called on to carry the match Garros, Auteuil this coming first: specially selected team ever through.

to decide their own Champion- Six week-end, when Great Britain to leave America, the chances of

of the twolve events ships and enable them to send arranged will be included as part and America mest in the Inter- the Britons can be regarded as that in 1981, Lott and Van Ryn,

It is not without interest to note official representatives.

of the Corps Inter-Unit Cup com Zone final of the Davis Cup to evens, determine who shall challenge

who are this year's doubles com-13

As in previous years, these diving, 100 yards handicap, 100 petition, those boing the high. bination, boat Perry and Hughes Championships will be open to the yards championship, 60 yards France.for the trophy.

The United States Davis Cup by three sets to one. The Ameri- whole Colony and anyone may handicap free style, 50 yards experiment this summer. selectors have embarked an cans will find the Englishmen enter, whether he represents a championship, and Inter-Company fore the Davis Cup nominces have!

Heroto- different proposition now. played at Wimbledon. It was the to reply on the singles to pull Nevertheless Britain may have strain cast on Frank Shield, and through, snatching one rubber Sydney Wood as a result of their from Vines and two from Allison. efforts at Wimbledon, which was This is a tall order. reported to have affected their lay against Austin and Perry.

'It is conceivable that this tie will exceed even the challenge round in thrills and excitement, and it is felt in many quarters that the winners will ultimately capture the Davis Cup.

Ree

of

Britain are within un repeating the achievement of 1931, when Perry, Austin, Hughes and Kingsley fought their way to the challenge round only to fall against France after the greatest post-war challenge tie.

years

ago,

on

So that Wilmer Allison, George Lott and Van Ryn, who are mem- bers of the Belected American team this year did not make no Britain defeated America in the appearance at the Championships, Inter-Zone final two

and have been reserved exclusive. and there is no reason why they for the Davis Cup. performance should not be repeat- Ellsworth Vinos, who of course, ed on Friday, Saturday and Sun-will play. No. 1 singles this week, day next.

was bound to defend his title, and The report that Fred Perry's Clifford Sutter, who is also named shoulder will have recovered by as a member of the team, was then removes any uncomfortabla a contestant at Wimbledon.

The teams will almost certainly be as follows:

BRITAIN.

No. 1 Singles:-H. W. Austin No. 2 Singles:-Fred Perry Doubles: G. P. Hughes, and

F. J. Perry

AMERICA.

No. 1 Singles:-Ellsworth Vines No. 2 Singles:-Wilmer Allison Doubles: G. M. Lott and

J. Van Byn.

ELECTRIC SHOCKS AT MING YUEN

DEFEAT FOR CRAIGENGOWER

BOWLING GREEN ON TOP

PULL OFF SMART DOUBLE

about

scraping home against the Yacht Club they stand on level pegging for second place with Craigen-

gover

Up in the senior division the Bowling Green maintained premier position by virtue of success over the Recreio.

did

10

PARLIAMENTARY GOLF FINAL

Prince of Wales Beaten

London, July 16.

....

the tournament, beat Sir Thomas The Prince, in the first round of Inskip by seven and five, in the second round he beat Mr. A. E. Winn by four and three and in the semi- final ho won from Lady Astor by two and one.

Club or as an individual.

events are given below, with the present title-holders and times The various Championship

and, as the 50 yds Freestyle is now recognised as an event for Intor) port competition, the Committee are considering the inclusion of this distance in the programme.

Secretaries of Clubs desiring further information are invited to communicate with the Hon. Secret- ery of the V.R.C, who will gladly supply same.

PRESENT CHAMPIONS.

100 yds Freestyle, S. V. Git- tina, (V.R.C.) 60.3/5 sec., 220 yds. Freestyle, L. Roza Pereira, (V.R.C.) 2m 37.3/5 sec., 440 yds. Freestyle, L. Roza Pereira (V.R.C.) 5m. 59.1/6 sec., 880 yds. Freestyle, L

Roza

team race.

THE PROGRAMME

programme:

The following is the complete

100 yards Handicap-Free style -Hents.

100 yards Championship Heats, 69 yards Handicap-Free style -Heats.

50 yards Championship-cats. High Diving.

Final-100 yards Handicap. Final-100 yards Championship, Pillow Fight.

Final 50 yards Handicap- Free style.

Final 30 yards Championship. Inter-Company team race. Water Polo H. K. V. D. C. United Services.

CONDITIONS.

Pereira The conditions governing entry (V.RC.) 12m. 19.3/5 sec, 100 into the events are laid down as yds. Backstroke, L. Roza Pereira, follows: (V.R.C.) 74.1/5 sec.: 100 yds. Entries to be made in writing Breaststroke, Kwok Chun Hang accompanied by the necessary en- (S.C.A.A.), 77 sec: Long Plunge trance fees to the Hon. Secretary,. S. H. Garrod (Y.M.C.A.) 61 ft. C. S. M. Padgett at the H.K.V.D.C. 9 ins.; Throw Polo Ball F. Webb Headquartere not inter than 5 (Y.M.C.A.), 62 ft. 7 ins.; 100 yda p.m. on Monday, 7th August, 1988. Freestyle (Ladies) Miss Yeung, O'a. C Units or Company repre Sau King (S.C.A.A.), 72.1/5 sec. sentatives to send in names of team for Inter-Company team

RECORD LOWERED

Bettered

race.

Entrance fee $2.00 per team. · Handicapping will be arranged

at the. V.R.C. bath. on 8th, 9th, 10th., and 11th. August 1933 after

member of the V.R.C...

Admission tickets $1.00 ench will be available at the Sergeants' Meas, Canteen and Victoria Ro- creation Club Competitors-en- trance free.

This was a pleasant match with H. R... the Prince of Wales met very little in it. The Austin Road Mr. George Lambert, member of Far- bowlers clung tenaciously to their liament for Mouth Molton, Devon- honie redord and at the same time shiro, in the final of the Parliamen-

a lot to put "paid" to thotary Golf Handicap to-day. championship prospects of the

Mr. Lambert won by ave up and J. Ladoumegue's Time 5 p.m. under the handicapper, a Talk

Portuguese. Not that the Recreio four to play.. electric are out of the running. Far from shocks!

it. But both the Bowling Green Craigengower second string make errors to

and Cralgangower will have had voltage given

open up the at Recrelo's. chances, regular intervals on Saturday when they visited the Hongkong

A VITAL GAME. Electric and sustained their

Craigengower, as expected, took second defeat of the season. full toll from Taikoo. Consistency Steel Maitland in the semi-final or from Oxford University, and

Beaten on two of the three rinks, saw all three rinks win with com- British Wireless. the "Craig" finally finished ten fortable margins. It would seem shots to the bad. W. Gill's rink that Craigengower have only one 1 "shocking" experience match of which, they have cause losing by 23 shots.

to be "atraid-their visit to Civil,

had

them

Once again W. V. Field and his Servicq.. collongues came up smiling, but

The Bowling Green stumbled there as most of the teams do. The best will be drawn out of the champions if they win on their neighbour's green.

C.C.C. K.C.C.

RESULTS.

DIVISION 1.

82 Talkoo

56 Civil Service

Scene during the match between Craigangower and Talkoo at Happy Valley on Saturday, when the champions-beat the Recreation Club In the Lawn Bowls League,"

K.0.0.C.

the deficit on their colleagues' Kowloon Dock 48 Folice rinks was too severe to make good, Nevertheless Field and Co. finish

ed fourteen shots up

THANKS A

KS A LOT.

Of course, this did the Bowling Grech any amount of good, particularly in face of their own Buccoas against the Recreio. Not only did it re-establish them as loaders of the second division, but put them a couple of points ahend of the Craigongower Civil S

Lesson to any he 16t to the

Thanks ctric for

by

Recreio

DIVISION 2

·Civil Servico. 52: Yacht Club Polico

88 Indian Recrolo Electric

52 K.BL.G.C...

H.C.C.C.

LEAGUE TABLES. DIVISION 1.

P. W. D. L. Pls.

Shots)

Mr. Lambert bent Sir Arthur

VALLEY GOLF

Two Foursomes Ties Played Yesterday

Two matches in the Happy Valley Golf Club's summer forosomes com- petition were played off yesterday.

E. D. Matthews and J, D. Kinnaird defeated L. Goldman and A. Macfar Inne on the 20th, green to enter the 36 third round, and C. Thwaites and E.

Princeton, July 15. Twice during the running of the milo race between the combined Universities of Princeton and Cornell against Cambridge and Oxford, the mile record was lowered.

J. E. Lovelock, the Australian run-

boat

Bonthron, of Princoton, both J. Ladoumegue's record for the dia tance in 1981, The Fronchman ran the mile in 4 mins. 9.1/5 secs. but Lovelock war over a second faster. He ran the distanco in 4 mins 7.3/5. ACES

while Bonthron covered is in

4 mina. 9, 7/10 secs.

The combined American Universit- ies beat the combined, English Uni- versities by eight events to four- Reuter,

THE CORPS EVENTS. follows for the purpose of com- The Corps will be divided as

poting in Corps Events:

Portuguese Company & Band. Scottish Company. Machine Gun Company. Mobile Units (A. C. Co., M.M.G.

Co. &Troop).

Anzac Company, Small Unita (Battery, Engineer Co., Corps Signals, Medical Section and Cadres);

BASEBALL "CHAMPS"

60 M. Hanlon defeated J. A. R. Selby SOUTH

and J. Harrop 2 up. Both matches were second round ties.

During fented week, L. Goldman de. Bradley in the 4th. round of the Singles competition by scores of 6 up and 6; J. W. Mayhew defeated W. II. Edmonds by a similar score, and A. McKellar defeated G. W. Tate 4-up and 3.

RIFLE SHOOTING.

CHINA WIN LOCAL LEAGUE FOR ANOTHER YEAR

26. If

Brown,

South China have won

the Zafra Hongkong Baseball League as a D. Leonard result of the defeat of the Hong-Rogors kong Club by the U.S. Navy on Sunday.

In a Anal tengué match South China overcame the U.S. Navy on Saturday by six runs to three. Hits. Heald,

Yesterday the chempiors in- dulged in an exhibition match with

0 0 1

3 1.0.3

2.0.0 0

8 -0-10: 0.

24 15 18. B

Threu Base hits-Heald, Two Base First on Balls-Brown a Biggs 4. Patterson 2.

England Recapture Elcho the Canton Military Academy | 3.

Shield.

London, July 15, 2 England, with an aggregate of 1685 points, rogained the Bicho Rio Shooting Shield at Bisley yesterday.

Scotland, the holders, were second with 1,667 points and Ireland third with 1,583-Router.

and won by 14 runs to nil,

Box scores in all three games follow.

U.S. Navy v. H. K. Club,

The box score:

48

Roas Donovan Hele

clvit Service 8 448 442 477 K'loon Docks 080 0.490 10

Heald

Storld

OLK.C.0.

Barnett 4.496 550 Taylor

Patterson

83 Too Docks 93- 06 497 602 Crotli

K.B.G.C.

C.CO.

Civil Servle

Rocrelo

2-7

DIVISION-Z

972 14.011:803 2-12, 510 888 80 12 485 428 9 4 - 58:528.407

A. Yacht Club 8.64.

4:10 520 810. *4930 527 554 Indian

U.S. NAVY.

Struck Out by Biggs 3. Patterson

Loft on base. U.S.N. 10. Club 5, Double playa-Donovan-Store-Hale. Ross-Donovan-Hale,

Umpire, Notrols, chiler. Kwok base. Scorer-K. Y. Mann.

South China v. Canton M. A.. AB III PO A E CANTON MILITARY ACADEMY..

0.0.2.

K. H. Leung

C. Tean

20:03. Yee 100 Al Fong

WAKEL

2075 21 112T. S. Wong

HONGKONG BASEBALL CLUB,

48 484 448 Bigge

0:01

Chang

| B. Cha

AB R H PO A E

20.01.18 10.00 12.

BBDO

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