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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1933,

TELEGRAPH'S" LATEST SPORTS FEATURE

The Services' Sporting

Section

Conducted By "Nomad"

TO-DAY the Telegraph introduces to its sports page a new feature -a section devoted to the sporting activities of the Services in Hongkong.

THE object of this section, which we feel confident will be welcomed by our readers, especially those of H.M. Forces here in the Colony, is to provide daily reports and descriptions of the many and varied sporting activities organised exclusively for the Services,

SPORTS have long been recognised by Naval and Military officials as a splendid. means of training, and there is probably no better organisation of this side of

the sailor's and soldier's life as in Hongkong.

IT will be the endeavour of the Telegraph, whose sports columns are now re-

cognised as the best in local journalism, to present fair and descriptive reports Eduardo Astengo caplain of the com- of these various activities.

FOOTBALL

PANDORA BEATS

OSWALD

FLOTILLA LEAGUE MATCH

Meeting in the Submarine Flotilla Football League yester- day, H.M.S. Pandora defeated H.M.S. Oswald by two goals to nil.

The League consists of teams from the Oswald, Pandora, Proteus, Parthian, Portheus, Phoenix, Rainbow, Orpheus, Osiria, Olympus, Odin, and

Persous:

The standard of play was ex- cellent and special mention must be made of the Pandora's backs, Buchanann and Johnson, whose clever defensive tactics broke up the concentrated rushes of the opposing team, and prevented them from acoring

Edmonds of the Oswald played a sterling game and his splendid tackling and clearing gave the forwards several openings.

Ford scored one of the goals for ,tho

Pandora, the other goal resulted from an Oswald defender putting into his own goal.

H.M.S. Pandora: Short, Buch- anaan, Johnson, Stanton, Warner,

Swan, Ford,

Brown, Robson, Thornhill, Fields.

H.M.S. Oswald: Edwards, Dick- Ins, Edmonds, Gornall, Ford, Livesey, Simmons, Nell, Jones, Warden, Blunt.

KEPPEL WINS

In Navy League

Encounter

H.M.S. Keppel played H.M.S. Sandwich in the Navy Foot- ball league, second division, yesterday afternoon at the Valley, the Keppel winning by two goals to nil.

The outstanding players of the Sandwich were the two backs, Edwards and Painter who repulsed the attacks of the Invaders in a very effective way, however, concentrated attacks proved forceful for them on two occasions. The first goal was the result of

the too

once. Stokes, Freeman, Hall and ing batsman for the Kent XI. Bird gave convincing displays. Tho standard of play was cer- [Teanis.-

tainly above the average, H.M.S. Engle: Boyes, Woolley, clever bowling and clean batting Stokes, Pascoe, Rouse, Freeman, being seen. Scores:

Hal. Howells, Townsend, Bird, Thornton.

H.M.S. FALMOUTH.

"A" Company, S.W.B: Smith, Jones, Watkins, Evans, Roberts, Williamson c. Dyball b. Burt Burchill, Llewellyn, Herbert, Bastable 1.b.w. Wallace, Penticost, Fourtoy...

RUGBY

KENT TOO STRONG

FOR FLOTILLA

The Selected team from the Eighth flotilla Destroyers played H.M.S. Kent in u rugly match yesterday afternoon at Happy Valley.

H.M.S. Kent flelded much the stronger side and beat the loser by one penalty, and two tries to a try. The team work of the Kent was vastly superior. Teams.-

Comdr. Lt.

Wicket

Jones b. Hewitt

some

16

10

Bertram hit-

14

12

Gray c. Burt b. Rowley

0

Lt. Shaw c. Dyball b. Wise Johnson b. Wise

16

0

Lt Whitfeld not out

78

Carrot c: Dyball b. Rowley Holt b. Rowley Pacy b. Rowley

Extras

Total

11

0

1

2

Bowling

O. M. W.

10

2

G

▸

10

0

3

0

û

0

3

0

0

21

H.M.S. KENT.

Wine

HMS. Kent: E. I. A. Evona; Burt Finch-Noyes, Henderson; Clarke, Rowley Lt. Bonham. Swift, Maylard; Lt. Bennet Sgt. Fordham, Petty Officer Brown, Green George, Lt. Owen, Lt. Sheppard, Hewitt Lt. Maurice, Lt. Stitt, McManis.

Eight Flotilla: Gotham; Griffin,

$246

Bookless; Williams, Lt. St. Clair Bennet c. Bastable b. Holt Ford, Gould, West; Lt. Donaldson, Jaycock e. Pacy b. Holt.... Sub. Lt. Donaldson, Woodgate, Wise 1.b.w.

Curtis, Jones.

Hempleman, Bradley, Wilson, Rowley e. Shore b. Bertram. Burt stmpd. Shore, b. Ber-

tram

Borderers to Play H.M.S. Eagle

Green Lb.w. Bastable Ayling e and b. Whitfeld Longley b. Whitfeld llewitt c. Pacey b. Bastable

The following have been chosen to represent the South Wales Shore b. Johnson Borderers Rugby XV in a friendly match against H.M.S. Engle to- marrow ut Sookunpoo commencing at. 4.15 p.m.

Tte. Hoskins; Cpl. Anderson, St Gould, Lt A. G. Martin, Cpl Shaw: L/c Hewitt, Pte Simmonds. L/c Hughes, Cpl Suter, L/c Hardy, Pte Glimore, Pte Lloyd, Pie Jones, Pte Watson, and L/c Birch.

HOCKEY

BRUCE & RAINBOW PLAY A DRAW

defeated

H. M. S. Bruce H.M.S. Rainbow in a hockey match by one goal to nil at the Valley yesterday afternoon. "Lt. Elwin of the Bruce was seen some brilliant passing on the at his best, breaking through the part of the Koppel's forwards defence to score the only goal of allowing Baker to break through the match. to find the not. The second goal. was scored from a ponalty, Baker again scoring.

Motoutstanding

all-round Bannel, was White, player for the keygen

his oloaring, attacking, anu, roz ful tactics, boing a feature of the stamo. Toams.--

Lau

Lt. Miers of thỏ Rainbow played) sterling game to minimise the scoring of the winners, keeping the Bruce's backs continually on the defensive. Teams.

H.M.S. Bruce; Therin, Pearce, Comdr. Allison, Pope, Hayes, Whyly Spice, Birch, Lt. ILMS Koppel: Gufles, Edwards, Elwin, Sidwell, Tyllesy, ---*. Painter, Wiltshire, Gibson; Grant, ILMS Rainbow: Lt. Miers, Coombes, Woodford, Kelly, Now, Melhurst, Mason, West, Price, Smith.

Dyer, Morris, Thomson, Courtney, ILMS. Sandwich: Palfryman, Wood, Tarratt. Penticost, Smith, White, Guy, Roynolds, Farless, Halgood, Bakor, Trimmings, Chaplin.

BORDERERS DRAW

·WITH EAGLE Friendly Match At. Happy Valley

A very oven game of foot- ball

was played yesterday afternoon at the Valley when "A" Company of the South Wales Borderers drew with H.M.S. Eaglo, each sido scor- ing twice.

Play was oven during the first half, with defence superior to attack.

Wallace of the Borderors was the outstanding player of the day, scoring both goals. For the Navy, Townsend and Howells oach netted

CRICKET

LT. WHITFIELD'S BATTING

KENT'S BOWLERS

FLOGGED

A friendly cricket match was played between H.M.S. Fal- mouth and H.M.S. Kent yester- day afternoon at the Valley. The Falmouth obtained the hon- ours of the day, winning by 53 runs. Lt. Whitfold batted strong- ly for the winners to score 78 of the total of 195 runs, and it can safoly bo said that his dine per- formance and his konn fielding did much to decide the lasuo.

-Green with-87-was-on-outstand-

NORTH &

159

THE CAPTAINS SHAKE:-

binad Chilean and Peruvian football team, and Vic Watston, skipper of West Ham, shake hands before the teams meet at Upton Park. (Planet

Nawa).

IMPORTANT FOOTBALL MATCH

Navy S. China on Saturday

The Navy will meet South China in the first division of the Hongkong football league at Kowloon on Saturday, ac- cording to an announcement made by the Football Associn- tion.

This will be one of the most im- portant matches of the season and the result will have a great in- Buence on the league champlon- R. ship..

38

On Sunday, according to Intest 47 arrangements, the Lincolns will

37 play the Police, also on the Kow- Gloon Football Club ground in 9 Chatham Rond.

G

11

Byball, not out

Extrus

Total

Bowling

14

37 Bastable

9 Holt....

0

106

O. M. W. R.

9 1 3 22

2 0 2 15

2 Lt. Comdr. Bertram. 7 1 2. 30

15 Johnson ...

̈0|Lt." Whiffeld

0 0 1 23 2 0 2 20

SOUTH BREAK

EVEN IN CUP DRAW

AMATEUR CLUBS AND SMALL FRY"

RATHER UNLUCKY.

London, Nov. 27. North and South broke very evenly in the draw for the second round of the English Cup, made to- day:

Half a dozen southern clubs have to make rather long train journeys for December 9, but five northerns also have to travel to the other end of the country.

Of the four London teams who figure in this stage of the competition, three have to make visits, Queen's Park Rangers being the only home draw.

BOROTRA'S PROBLEM FOR

L.T.A.

TEN MINUTES REST

"SHOULD IT BE ADOPTED?

IN HOME TENNIS

Following the controversy arising out of the Jean Borotra and H. W. Austin match in the final of the covered court cham- pionship st Queen's Club (Borotra deliberately "rested" in the fourth set), there has been much discussion whether it would be advisable to allow the ten minutes' interva) after the third set in a five-set match, as is done in every country ex- cept Great Britain.

The alternative would be to make every match the best of three sets.

There are two schools of opinion on this question.

Those who say that it is better to play the best of five sets in championships and Davis Cup matches are inclined to think that It would be wise to fall in line and allow Javith other countries

the ten minutes' interval after the third net.

They point out that our own players when playing in France, and especially in the nerve straining and physically exhaust ing Davis Cup-ties, welcome the interval as much as these players who are accustomed to it.

of

ENGLISH

H. W. AUSTIN AND BOROTRA.

THE REAL GUIDE. públic opinion, being persunded gradually. that the game of lawn tennis is not en three-set matches in that incidents

Another argument in favour of, tirely a selfish game and ist

not happen. A

really strennous, "might" with like that in the Borotra-Austin draw their meagre support If it match would were decided to reduce the player who rested for a set would number of sets for championship lose the match.

It is all very controversial, and events from five to three,

it cannot be decided by players Those in favour of confining a of a former day, such as form the match to the best of three sets council of the Lawn Tennis base their arguments on the fact Association, who played when that the players would be able to tonnis was funeral-like compared play their hardest for the whole with the modern game.

The opinion of the young men period, and in quality of lawn tennis would im and women who turn out in big prove. They ask the pertinent national and international events. The argument against the ten had almost unanswerable ques- should be taken, and what they minutes' interval, mainly held tion, "When has the lawn tennis decide should guide the ruling by older 'members of the Lawn been good in the fifth set of any body. A change must be mudo, Tennis Association, is that the match ?" The players are too and the sooner it happens the bet Public School who are; by force tired when this stage is venchod.ter it will be for the game.

BETTER PLAY?

Swimming Pool For Empire Contests

WONDERFUL IDEA- OUTLINED

consequence the

WHAT THE TROUBLE

WAS ABOUT

BOROTRA-AUSTIN. INCIDENT NOW

EXPLAINED

Borotra, the dynamic French lawn-tennis-star-has- given his own explanation, of a remarkable incident that followed his match with H. W. Austin at Queen's Club,

in the final of the Covered Court Championship.

to be Austin and Borotra photographedĮ

before the match.

"No rule obliges one to play a ball, but I do not think it is gon erally, known that one can lot a

Details of Wembley's Em- piro Swimming Pool, contained in a building nearly half as large again as the Albert

The two players were the finalists buil go. Hall; were outlined at and Berotra won by 6-3, 6-7,

"I took it easily during the luncheon held recently in the 0—4, 1–6, 6——.

fourth set, losing by 1-6, but at Dorchester Hotel.

During the fourth and fifth sets the beginning of the fifth

Bet I Borotra fell three times, and was was a little bit rested, and I did so exhausted at the end of the my best to play. It took me some match that he had to be helped to minutes to get thoroughly going his dressing-roomi..

acres.

The building, which it is claimed, will be unrivalled in the world, will |be 420ft. long and 240ft. in width, and will cover an area of over two Ita roof span will be 240ft. -80ft. wider than the Main Hall at Olympia. The arena will be 300ft. by 80ft., and the pool itself 200ft.

60ft. long and

wide, with maximum depth of 16ft. From thet lovel of the arena to the apex of the roof will be approximately 9oft,

A

said so.

in an

again, as I had got rather cold.". Austin thought the French-

• PUZZLED CROWD. man made too much fuss about • the fails and, it is understood, While he had been "resting." however, the crowd had failed to Korotra heard of this, and grasp the object of his perfectly threatened not to play Austin fair tactics, and a murmur of sur again if an apology were not prise went up, which he took to be forthcoming.

the voice of disapproval.

In the fifth set Austin, who was He was upact that "my friend still playing a great game, went to SEATS FOR 1,000

Bunny" should think he had acted 4-1 in spite of Borotra's early unsportsmanlike way, but effort in this set to regain his With the elimination last week of several of theviding the whole of the money, esti- they shook hande

Wembley Stadium, 'Lid., is pro- when they had both cooled down, touch and command of the game.

"It looked as though the game amateur clubs and lesser fry in the professional ranks, matad at £150,000, for this new

was already decided in Austin's "AMICABLY SETTLED". Third Division teams are more than ever clashing.

enterprise. It la intended to open

favour," said Borotra, "but I was the pool for the aquatic events of "The whole affair is amicably still out to win. The smaller clubs and those among the amateurs the British Empire Games in Bottled," said Austin later, but that. "I had one or two falls, one of who still remain have been very unfortunate in the August next year.

was his only comment.

them a very bad spill, and I am draw.

Rorotta left for Birmingham no considerably bruised. Thoso falls soon as he had recovered from the were due to failure to maintain strain of the game. He played equilibrium after acrobatles which golf there, and then made the fol are quite easy when one is in con Wave-making machinery, which lowing statement:

dition. will cause the water to break on Everywhere on the Continent wo sloping "benches" at either side of are accustomed to tun. minutes' the pool, and under-water, illumina-rest after the third set in a singles tion, will aid in the fure to bathers, championship. England is the who will also have a dance floor only, exception. and fully licensed buffets provided for them.

Cheltenham have to go to Carlisle, Margate, if they conquer Torquay in the replay, to Northampton: Dulwich if successful against Newport make the trip to Workington, and Folkestone, if they can first beat Bristol Rovers, are due at either Scunthorpe or Accrington.

:

The only "small" teama who have secured home draws are Sutton, who receive Reading, Bath who entertain Charlton or Gillingham and Gainsboro' Trinity, who are at home to either Cardif or Aldershot.

The Complete Draw

Bath or Charlton v Gillinghanı "- Bristol City v Barrow

Walsall ▾ Orient

Gateshead v. Northshields

Q. P. Rangers v New Brighton or Mansfield

Carlisle v Cheltenham

Stockport v Crystal Pal.

Rotherham v Coventry

Northampton v Torquay or Margate

Halifax v Hartlepools

Sutton v Reading

Swindon v Dartford

Southend v Chester

Workington v Dulwich Hamlet or Newport Gainsboro, Trinity v Cardiff or Aldershot Bournemouth v Tranmere

Scunthorpe or Accrington & Folkestone or Bristol Rovers

There will be accommodation for over 8,000 spectators, each of whom will have an upholstered tip-up sent.

FRIENDLY · CRICKET,

INDIAN.R.C.

"I was very tired at the end of the third not yesterday, but under the rules I could not leave the court."

"Austin apparently thought... he lind the match in hand, but I rallied simply on my nerves. I played the latter part of the game purely by nervous force." His offort won him Ave games in succession and the champion, ship title.

· · LET THE BALLS GO BY,

think it is a great pity," ho wont on, that the English rules At this stage in the final Borotra do not provide for that ten

LOCAL PRESS TEAM, TO PLAY was loading by two sets to ono. He minutes reat, and many English

needed rest more than at any time players agree with moKURAŠKA during his carcer, for Austin had played so magnificently that the Frenchman' soomed to have run

The following have been selected to represent the Hongkong Press in

a friendly cricket match against

miles in quest of the far hit balls He turned to an official who was

the Indian Recreation Club seniors sitting close to the court and said:

at Sookunpoo on Saturday at "I want my roat, and I am going

2 p.m., sharp: R. Abbit" (Capt.), to take it."

A... R. Abbas, M. R. Abbas, F. M. al Arçulll, F. E. W. Lammert, J. R. Luke, E. MacNider, A. M. Omar, F. D. Pereira, A. H. Rumjabs, A, R. Suffiad.

Ho mennt

what he said. "I

did the only thing I could," he explained. "I continued playing and let the balls go by.

AS STRENUOUS AS RUGBY, "Tennis is now as exacting as a Rugby match, and the players need an interval for a shower and a rest. I want it to be clearly unders stood that I-am not trying-to- bring any pressure to bear on the association, but I shall have. to think very carefully whether to continue playing in singles under the existing rules."