1933-07-17 — Page 8

EFFECT OF THE F.A. FIASCO

ARMY'S ERROR OF

TACTICS

UNFORTUNATE

:

POSITION

MUDDLE CAUSED

BY MEDDLING

BIG TENNIS

GAME OFF

POSTPONEMENT OF C.R.C. CLASH

MIXED DOUBLES ENCOUNTER

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

The not result of the Army's to put the benevolent desiro rules of the Hongkong Football The "B" team is unable to raiso Association up on "à. properļa 'side and has asked the "A" to footing" is that they are in a postpone the fixture. This has they been agreed to. At the present greater mess than ever

both combinations have 100 per cent. records in the "A" Division, and their meeting will be one of the tit-bits of the senson.

were.

Friday's annual meeting leaves the Association with a mixed con- stitution, half the old and half the new, and they do not mix very well. By curious coincidence the wo For instance, the provision that the South Chinn teams conflict this secretaries are to be appointed by afternoon, but it will be an easy the Council at its first meeting after thing for the "A" six. Cragen- the A.G.M. would enose no com gower entertain the Cricket Club plications if members of Council (and the K.C.C., should garner points were nominated by Clubs, but from the University' at Pokfulam. difficulties immediately crop up un-[The programme is: der the old system of election.

It was indeed unfortunate that the more important part of the now constitution was' not approved on Friday. It represents a reform which has been advocated for many years past. It would secure

Infinitely fairer representation, more satisfactory to clubs in mem- borship.

THE ARMY AT FAULT.

0

it was rejected-or rather, fall-

ed to secure sufficient votes--sim

C.C.C. v II.K.C.C.

-at Happy Valley University_v_K.C.C.

al Pokfulam

S.C.A.A. "A" v S.C.A.A. "B"

at King's Park

MIXED DOUBLES.

C.R.C. v. LR.C.

---At Causeway Bay

ply because the proposed changes meeting of August 17, 1932, they to League rules appeared to be

little less than a military attempt

would have been

to dictate to civilian clubs on the unanimously. But

they

carried

wore altered to meet question of who they could choose

military to represent them on the football susceptibilities and the majority field: The reply of the civilian of the clubs would not have them clubs was to oppose any stop which in their new form. The change seemed to havo the effect of to Rule 5a, as finally approved, is strengthening the Army representa-ttle 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 minimuth.

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 every 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 a check upon elub representation point, too small to warrant the is going to bo exceedingly difficult. rejection of the Council. reform If, for instance, I turn-up' at the scheme as a whole.

ERROR IN TACTICS.

As it was, the subsequent elec. tion resulted in two Army re- presentatives getting through, and they will have three In a total Council of sixteen.

| meeting and and there is only one delegate from Eastern, I can re present Eastern with the other delegate's approval. I nounce myself as the proxy" for any club which furgets to send n delegate.

callan-

ANOTHER ATTEMPT

-NECESSARY——

Had the new constitution been approved, they would have-had- (when three battalions are sto- 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 glse- 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. fenred,

to be made to provide the Associn-

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 representų-various points. And it la neces- tives, they were guilty of a bad sary to restore voting powers to error' in tactics. If the proposed officers and retiring members of changes to the Association rules Council, provided that the nomina- had been loft as more or less tion aystem is introduced for : approved at the extraordinary | Council appointments.

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BRITAIN & AMERICA

J. VAN RYN,"

NEXT FRIDAY

INTER-ZONE DAVIS

CUP MATCH

A TRILLING TIE. ANTICIPATED

U.S. "SPECIALITY" TEAM

LIKELY LINE-UP

CM LOTT

GEORGE LOTT.

H.K. VOLUNTEERS AQUATICS

SWIMMING TITLES

CONDUCTED BL V. R. S.

DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED

The Victoria Recreation Club has to hold the Annual Open Colony's Championships 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.

Though the exact dates have not What assuredly will provide doubts in this direction. The Britain's four will remain un-

been definitely settled, they will the greatest international tennis Englishmen have just beaten Aus- altered, and barring accidents, be somewhere around the end of match of the year will be tralia and although admittedly Austin, Perry and Hughes will be the swimming season, in order to staged at the Stade Roland they are coming up against the called on to carry the match allow the various Aquatic Clubs

to decide their own Champion- Six of the twelve events Garros, Auteuil this coming first specially selected team ever through.

ships and enable them to send arranged will be included as part week-end, when Great Britain to leave America, the chances of

It is not without interest to note official representatives. and America meet in the Inter- the Britons can be regarded as that in 1931, Lott and Van Ryn,

of the Corpa-Inter-Unit Cup com- petition, these being the high Zone final of the Davis Cup to evens.

who are this year's doubles com-

As in previous years, these diving, 100 yards handicap, 100 determine who shall challenge

U. S. EXPERIMENT.

bination, bent Perry and Hughes Championships will be open to the yards championship, 50 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. aclectors have embarked on ancans will find the Englishmen a rater, whether he represents

achampionship, and Inter-Company Hereto-different proposition now.

Club or as an Individual.

team race;

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

Britain are within an асе of 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.

fore the Davis Cup nominees have. Nevertheless Britain may have played at Wimbledon. It was the to reply on the singles to pull strain cast on Frank Shield, and through, snatching one ruliber Sydney Wood as a result of their from Vines and two from Allison. efforts at Wimbledon, which was This is a tall order.

their reported to have affected play against Austin and Perry.

So that Wilmer Allison, George

Lott and Van Ryn, who are main- bers of the selected American team this year did not make an Britain defeated America in the appearance at the Championships, and have been reserved exclusive- Inter-Zone final two years ngo, and there is no reason why they for the Davis Cup. performance should not be repeat- Ellsworth Vines, 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

uncomfortable 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 Ryn

ELECTRIC SHOCKS AT MING YUEN

DEFEAT FOR CRAIGENGOWER

BOWLING GREEN ON TOP.

PULL OFF SMART DOUBLETRE

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

wer

Up in the senior division the

PARLIAMENTARY GOLF FINAL

Bowling Green maintained premier Prince of Wales Beaten position by virtue of success over

the Recrelo.

London, July 15

events are given below, with the The various Championship

present title-holders and times and, as the 50 yds Freestyle is now recognised as an event for Inter-, part 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 gindly supply same.

PRESENT CHAMPIONS.

THE PROGRAMME. The following is the complete programme:

100 yards Handicap-Free style -Heats.

100 yards Championship-Heate 50 yards Handicap-Free style --Heats.

50 yards Championship-Heats. High Diving.

Final 109 yards Handicap. Final-100 yards Championship. Pillow Fight.

Final-50 yards Handicap- Frée style.

100 yds Freestyle, S. V. Git- tins, (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. 59.1/5 sec., 880 yds. | · Freestyle, L. Roza Pereira The conditions governing entry (V.R.C.) 12m.. 19.3/5 sec., 100 into the events are laid down' as ydu. Backstroke, L. Roza Pereira, follows:

Finn-50 yards Championship, Inter-Company team race. Water Polo H. K. Y, D. C.. Y United Services.

CONDITIONS.

(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. 9. M. Padgett at the H.K.V:D.C. 9 ins.; Throw Polo Ball F. Webb Headquarters not later than (Y.M.C.A.), 02 ft. 7 ins; 100 yds p.m. on Monday, 7th August, 1983. Freestyle (Ladies) Miss Yeung| ·O's, C. Unita 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

This was a pleasant match with H. R. II, the Prince of Wales met very little in it. The Austin Road Mr. George Lambert, member of Par- bowlers clung tenaciously to theirliament for Mouth Molton, Devon- home record and at the same timeshire, in the final of the Parliamon- did

a lot to put "paid" to the tary Golf Handicap to-day. championship prospects of the Talk about electric are out of the running. Far from shocks!

it. But both the Bowling Green the tournament, beat Sir Thomas The Prince, in the first round, of and Craigengower will have to Inskip by seven and five, in the Craigengower-second-string make errors to open up the second round he beat Mr. A. E. Winn had voltage given them at Recreio's chances.

by four and three and in the semi- regular intervals on Saturday

final he won from Lady Astor by two when they visited the Hongkong

A VITAL GAME.

and one. Electric and sustained their

Craigehgower, as expected,, took second defeat of the season.. full toll from Talkoo. Consistency Beaten on two of the three rinks, saw all three rinks win with com- the "Craig finally finished ten fortable margins: It would seem shots to the bad. W. Gill's rink that Craigenyower have only one, had П ""shocking" experience match of which they have cause losing by 23 shots..

to be afraid their visit to Civil Service..

Portuguese. Not that the Recreio four to play.

Mr. Lambert won by five up and J. Ladoumegue's Time

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

Mr. Lambert beat Sir Arthur Stool Maitland in the semi-final British Wireless.

VALLEY GOLF

The Bowling Green stumbled Two Foursomes Ties

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

RESULTS.

DIVISION 1.

82 Taikoo

C.C.C. MK:C.C.

56 Civil Service.

Scone during the match between Craigongower and Talkoo at Happy Valley on Saturday, when the champions beat the Recreation Club in the Lawn Bowls League.

the defait on their colleagues Kowloon Dock 48. Palice rinks was too severe to make good,

K.D.G.C... 56 "Reerelo Nevertheless Field and Co, finish- ed fourteen ahots up.

DIVISION Z

THANKS ALOT.

Of course this did the Bowling. Green, any amount of good, particularly in face of their own success against the Recreio. Not only did it re-establish them as lendors of the second division, but

Civil Service 52 Yacht Club Polico

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LEAGUE TABLES,

·DIVISION-E-

put thom a couple of points ahead.B.G.C.

of the Craigengewer. Civil Ser vieu toe had reason to hay Thanks.

C.C.C.

Played Yesterday

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

E. D. Matthews and J. D. Kinnaird

defeated L. Goldman and A. Macfar

on 20th. to enter the

36 third round, and O. Thwaites and

60

the

M. Hanlon defeated J. A. It. Selby and J. Harrop 2 up. Both matches were second found ties,

During week, L. Goldman de- fented H, Bradley in the 4th. round of tho Singles competition by scorea of 8 up and 5; 3. W. Mayhew defeated W. H. Edmonds by a similar score, and A. McKellar defeated G. W. Taté 4 up and 3.

RIFLE SHOOTING

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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 5 p.m. under the handicapper, a

member of the V.R.C.

Admission tickets $1.00 each will be available at the Sergeante creation Club, Competitors-en- Mess, -Canteen and Victoria Re-

trance free.

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

J. E. Lovelock, the Jiversity, and follows for the purpose of com

Australian run- ner from Oxford Bonthron, of Princeton, both

beat

THE CORPS EVENTS, The Corps will be divided as

Portuguese Company

J. Ladoumegue's record for the dia-peting in Corps Events. tance in 1931, The Frenchman ran the mile in 4 mins. 9.1/5 secs. but | Lovelock wng over a second. faster. He ran the distance in: 4 mins 7.3/5.

Beca. While Bonthron covered it inj

4 mins, 8. 7/10 ̊secs.

The combined American Universit

les beat the combined English Uni- versities by eight events to four,— Reuter.

BASEBALL

ン

Scottish Company,

Machine Gun Company.

Band.

Mobile Unite (A. C. Co., M.M.G.

Co., & Troop).

Anzac Company.

Small Units (Battory, Engineer

Co., Corps Bignals, Medical Section and Cadres).

BASEBALL "CHAMPS"

SOUTH CHINA WIN LOCAL LEAGUE

FOR ANOTHER YEAR

South China have won the Zafra

D. Leonard Hongkong Baseball League as a

Brown result of the defeat of the Hong-Rogers. kong Club by the U.S, Navy on Sunday,

In a final league match. South China overcame the U.S. Navy on Saturday by six runs to three.

Yesterday the chempiors in- dulged in an exhibition match with. the Canton Military Academy

England Recapture Elcho and won by 14 runs to nil

Shield

Box scores in all three games follow,

U.S. Navy v. H. K. Club. The box score:

London, July 15. England, with an aggregate of 1686 points, regained the Elcho Rio Shooting Shield at Bisley yesterday.

Scotland, the holders, were second with 1,667 points, and Ireland third Ross. 61 with 2,588-Reulor,

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