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-THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1934.

BASEBALL STARTING: K. C. C. TENNIS: LOCAL SOCCER

PICTURESQUE OPENING

OF BASEBALL

SEASON WASHED OUT

RAIN STOPS PRESIDENT FROM

THROWING FIRST BALL

FULL PROGRAMME IN MAJOR LEAGUES SCHEDULED FOR TO-DAY

Washington, Apr. 16.

The elaborate arrangements made for the opening of the major baseball season to-day were washed out by rain.

President Roosevelt attended, ready to throw out the ball to sel the Бедвоп in motion at the Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox American Leaguo encvàn- ter, but he and thousands of eager Cans were disappointed.

The teams later it for Boston where they are due to play to- morrow, when seven olher major Humes are also scheduled.

To-day's opening games follow:

AMERICAN LEAGUE.

St. Louis Browns at Cleveland Indians.

Deelt Tigers at Chicago White Sox

Washington Senators at Boston Red

Box.

Athletics.

GIANTS

AND LEAGUE PENNANT

Baseball Champions Favoured

FOR 1934 TITLE

Miami Beach, Fla. The New York Giants, 1993

New York Yankees at Philadelphia world champions, should win this year's National League pen- nant.

NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Boston Braves at Brooklyn Dodgers. Philadelphia Phillies at New York Giants,

Cardinals.

This is the opinion of Jack Doyle, the Broadway betting commia.

Movies, stage appearances, gay night clubs and even'lawsuits—they all are forgotten now by Max Bzer as he starts work for his title shot at Primo Carnora at Madison Square Garden June 14. "P've been waiting for a crack at the heavyweight crown ever sinco I put on Levisons, and I'll win it, too," avera, Maxie. · Ho's shown here in his first workouts at a North Sacramento gymsíssium, and you'il nste that despila his sojourn in Hollywood, Baer Isn't carrying a lot of excess weight. With Baer is Mike Cantwell, in charge of training.

Pataburgh Pirates at St. Louis stoner who handles more baseball COMPLETE DRAW IN K.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT

Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati Reds.

BASEBALL NOTES

money than any other layer of odde in the United States. Doyle is down here watching the Glants and what he has seen so far has im- pressed him with the wisdom of his figures, which have catablished the world champions 3 to 2 favourites to repeat.

Latest Advices From The The Broadway betting commis-

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Major Club Camps

New York. PRESIDENT Comiskey, of the Chicago White Sox, feels that the team will have a very success ful 1934 season. There have been no salary troubles or other worries during the winter to harass either the owners

sloner points out that in all the istory of the New York club, only one pennant winner has failed to come through for two straight- and even that one might have suc ceeded but for the coming of a war. Cubs the following senson, but only The 1917 team was ousted by the

ton and other Giants had joined the because Virgil Barnes, Rube Ben-

Army. or the players and everything points to smooth sail

ing.

1034 contract,

interesting. IIe figures the Cubs Juck'a table of odds is most

as likely to furnish the most vigór- ous opposition, with the Pirates

third and the Braves or Cardinals. fourth.

RECORD

CROWDS FOR

THE OLYMPICS.

Confidently Anticipated

By Organisers

The Operating Department of the Tenth Far Eastern Championship Games yesterday released the 'definite seating capacity of the different stadiae which will be used during the May games. All in all, there will be a total number of 35,562 seats available in all the fields. Of this number, 576 are boi chairs; 4,418 are numbered chairs: 3,707; unnumbered and 16,700 are bleachers seats.

The officials of the PAAF are de-

Hockey Programme Upset

:

VISIT OF SINGAPORE TEAM

HHARLES Dillon (Casey) Stengel

Ing all possible means to Insure the has been appointed mannger

comfort and caso of the olymp.c) of the Brooklyn Dodgors, in suc-

fans. A number of upholstered CRITICS DIFFER. ccasion to Max Carey. He has

chairs will also be plated for those signed a two year contract and, -it-is-understood, will receive at Doyle's American League rating. who are willing to pay a bigger Loud speakers will be in- least as much as his predecessor, favours the Washington Senators sum. who was paid off at the rate of to repeat last year's pennant vic- stalled in all the different fields in $12,000 per year on his unexpired tory, while his table ranks the Yan- order to facilitate the announce- keea second. Red Sox third, Cleve- ments of results and entries to the land fourth. Philadelphia fith and many events happening in other then Chicago, Detroit and St. Louis, purta. An electric score board is TONY Lazzeri, second baseman, Other critics, however, are firm the latest innovation to be thought

has signed for his tenth suc-ly of the opinion that despite of by the PAAF officials. With a cesalve season with the New York having sold Lefty Grove, Rube these different devices to meet th Yankees, and John Pepper Martin, Walberg and Georgo Earnshow, needs of the sport fans coming to

(By "Bully-Off") hero of the World Series of 1932, Connie Mack still has a frat-tho Olympic games, a large multi- has aflixed his signature to a con division club and that the Mack- Lude, the largest ever to witness Owing to the inability of the first any sports activity in the islanda is H.K. Chinese Amateur Athletic tract for the coming season, with men will inlah among the the St. Louis Cardinals, at what he three.

expected to attend.

Federation to obtain the use of described

"a NA

satisfactory

A large influx of rabid sport fans the South China Football ground figure."

from the southern Islands capacial-nt Carolino Hill on the dates fixo ly from Hallo, Negros and Cebu for games between local repre are expected to come a week or two sentative sides and the Overseas WALTER Johnson, fondor of the

before the Olympic games. In or- Chinese hockey team from Sinen-.. Cleveland Indians, thinks that

der to attract a st.ll greater number core, the whole programme has the Washington Senators are a

to Manila, the different had to be re-arranged. come threat to win the pennant again

shipping companies

The HK.C.A.A F. have notified this year. He also stated that he

special round trip rates for the belleves the New York Yankees

Mr. P. F. Le Fovec, President of whole Olympic season.

The following is the seating ea-

LOCAL LEAGUE

Meeting Called For To-morrow

to

ITBV

Iryud

are on the decline and that the the Hongkong Baseball League, has coming sonson's team will be butalled a meeting of all league mem- pacity of the different stadine a shell of the once mighty team bern for to-morrow at 6.30 p.m., at the Rizal Memorial Fields: which ranked highest in baseball. his office. Texas Company,

THE now and livelier ball appar- ently will help the Brooklyn Dodgers this season. The natives of Orlando, Floride, whore the Dodgers are in training, were

meeting--South China Athletic Club

BASEBALL.

The following will attend this Box Chairs (Champlona), Hongkong Americans, Numbered Chairs (2.00) Unnumbered Chairs (P1.50) United States Navy, Japanese,

Plans for the 1934 season will ho] Grandstand Seats (P1.00) scussed and it is presumed that the Bleacher Seats season will commence very shortly.

It is rumoured that there will be

Total

boasting that a baseball had never two now teams entering the league been hit over the 14-foot high this season, namely, the Portuguese TRACK AND FIELD, right-field. fence at Tinker Park, and the Chinese Athletic Union, a Box Chairs.... The Dodgers put a stop to their now organisation recently formed in Numbered Chairs boasting by doing it three times Hongkong. In one day.

EPPA Rixcy, regarded as the GOLF AT KOWLOON

Dean of big league pitchers,

has given up baseball for good.

The forty-three year old left-

Isador of the Cincinnati Reds has Handicap Competition.

played for 21 years in the Nation-

al League and was the only Red

nino

On Sunday

pitcher last year to win sporo The annual High Handicap Com games than he lost. In his whole petition of the Kowloon Golf Club career he won 200 games, lost 261, over 18 holes medal play is being

ho pitched 629, fauned 1,260 mon end played on Sunday, next. allowed 4,630 hits. For

The draw for starting times has years he played with the Philndel-been made and is as follows: phia Phillies and thonjawitched to the Reda;in 1921. “He has been with them over

since

OFFI

FFICIALS of the San Francisco Branball Club offered to pay Babe Ruth's $35,000-salary if he - would play' the 1934 mcanon in the Preife Con't Lëngue.. Ruth, how- ever, is getting himself in trim for yet another summer with the Yankocs.

8.44 G. G. Moss, J. G. Charlton. 8.48 0. E. Tarry, A. R. Brown. 8.52 J. Fisher, W. S. Simpson. 8.66 F. Higgins, D. Parsons. 0.00. W Hirst, A. Andrews, 0.04 T. Seddon. H. T. Button. 9.08 J. W. Marin, W. Stoker. 9.12 Capt. C. R. Rosen, J. 1. Way. 9.16 W. E. Burke, J. Cave. 9.20. Castle, D. M. Cameron, 0.24 W. Harper, A. S. King. 0.28 J. J. King, A. EoKİNAT. Mr. A. Ensiman and Mr. W. M. Grey will act as Stewardn of the Fcoun

Unnumbered Chairs Grandstand Sents Bleacher Seats

Totai

SWIMMING.

Box Chairs Nord Chairs Granstand Seats Bleachers

in

..

the Hongkong Hockey Assoccla- tion that they have obtained per- Football Club ground from April mission to use the Hongkong

LEAGUE FOOTBALL TO-MORROW

WILL AFFECT CHAMPIONSHIP ́

CURIOUS PENALTY

INCIDENT

(By "Veritas"),

The Borderers meet the Navy 'on the Kowloon' F. C; ground to-morrow in one of the first of four important league foot, ball matches, the results' of which will decide the senior championship.

At Caroline Hill, St. Joseph's and Police meet for league points in n ́.

Jaten brought forward trum Satur

y next, Tho reauit is of prime portance to the Saints, who nnot afford to drop another point a tacir quest for the title,

Both matches are scheduled for 5 m. Borderers and St. Joseph'e unt.cipate flelding regular teams, and the Navy will probably turn out a similar side to that which drew with Linealus a fortnight age, Here are the four possible line- ups!

St. Joseph's:-Marques: Souza and A. V. Gosano: Marques, Beltrao and Elms: B. Gosano, Ward, Leon- ard, Rocha and Costa, Polico-McHardy;

Blackburn ana_recking; brittäin, Gouga and Parker: Pile, Green. Shophard, Brooks and Manning.

Borderers:-Smith; Mullane and Morrison; Davies, Podmore and

Fortey, Jones and Duncan.

Navy-Pepper; Liddington and West; Forrest, Pyatt, and Mc- Guire; Roberts, Smith, O'Donnel, Wilcocks and Sherbrook

FEWER CONTESTANTS FOR THE Underwood: Mathias, Hazlewood,

SENIOR TITLE

FORMER SCOTTISH JUNIOR CHAMPION

IN LADIES' CHAMPIONSHIP.

TIES TO BE PLAYED IMMEDIATELY Although entries in men's

WHAT HANGS ON RESULTS, Only St. Joseph's and the Bor- Jerere are affected by the outcome of these games. If both draw their cague positions remain unaltered, with the Borderers holding a slight advantage.

what leas than last year, the the open championship are some; one or two points and the Borderer

:

be

win, the latter would tenna tournament have been well supported as was revealed by safe for the championship. Should

appear to the draw made last night.

the Borderers lose and the Saluta the latter will bo strongly win, placed and neading but a draw from their encounter with the 24th next week.

There are nine contestants for; (~~~3.6) v. L. D. Hume and H. the men's title held by E. C. Burson (scr.). Fincher, and a coincidence of the R. B. Lewis and D. G. Hand draw is that the holder meets 5. A | (−15) v. E. C. Godwin and E. C.; Gray in his first match for the Norris (scr.). third year in succession.

W. Hydo and J. Rodger (-15.3) W. C. Hung in the top half har. F. Grose and A. E. P. Guest only to fear A.E.P. Guest in his (-10.3). progress "to the Ginai.

Miss Madge Griffiths has to beat Miss Alison Mackenzie in the firs round, and this should be her only stiff opposition to the final. Th holder will undoubtedly meet Mrs W. H. Wilson, the former Scottial Junior champion in the final.

Wright and Gray,' last year': winners of the men's handicap dou bies have a thorny path to trend Their first opponents are W. C Hung and W. Zimmern, and th winners then meet either W. Hyde F. Grose an. and J. Rodger or Guest.

The complete draw follows.

CLUB SENIOR SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP.

First Round

J. Miller v. Hyde,

Byes Into Second Round A. E. P. Guest v. F. Grose.

P. O. Dunne v..W. G. Hung. E. F. Fincher v. K. Miller or W.

22 until April 25, and request them Hyde. to arrange 11 tentative pro-1

b. A. Gray v. E. C. Fincher. LADIES' SINGLES HANDICA”, First Round

62 pramme on those dates which will 1,024, be submitted to the visitors for 1,784 approval when thev arrive to- 1,756 morrow on the 5.8. Talma. 5,000 The suggested programme is as Miss A. Mackenzie (-3.0).

under:

10,170

136 940 686

Auril 22 y Services.

Anell 23 v H K. Chinese,

April 24 v Colony.

April 25 v Civilians, The Chinese showed up very 2.990 promisingly in their trial game vastarday and R. H. Wong is con- 0,000

fident that he will be able to seld 10,062 A strong aldo to oppose tho visitors. Playing two short the Chinese defented the K.I.T.C. by 90 three goals to two. Another trial 462 is to be held on Thursday next. 1,225

Total

6,000

6,783

NEW TENNIS PAVILION FOR BOXING, TENNIS, BASKETBALL Box Chairs

Numbered Chairs Unnumbered Chairs

204 1.122 1,387

Grandstand. Seats

Total

OLD TENMEN

DERBY CALL-OVER

Latest Odds For Race Classic

'London, Apr. 16. The call-over for he Derby at the 3,490 Victoria Club this evening revealed Colombo as favourite with short odds, The following odds were announced at to-day's call-over:

6,203

FOR VOLLEYBALL GAMES, Box Chairs Numbered Clinics *andstand beats Blencher Seats

Tatal

5/2 Calamba ft. and 0.) 8/1 Midleval Knight: (0.) 2709/1 Umidwar (9.) 19/2 (t))

100/0 Valerius (0.) 18/1 (1)

78

700 700.

1748-

22/1 Windsor Land (0,) 25/1 (3.).

100/6 Marter Verò. (0.) 100/6 zingpro^(0,))

-Router.

Mr. W. II. Wilson (-30) · ·v.

Mra. Blandford (3.6) v. Mrs. J. Miller (-3.6).

Byes Into Second Round Mrs, Hosford (scr.) v. Miss M. Kacker (3.6),

Mira. D. Orr (-4-3.0) v. Mrs. W. H, Wilson or Miss A. Mackenzio,

Miss Haynos (scr.) v.` Mrs. Blandford or Mrs. J. Miller.

Miss M. Grithe (30) v. Mrs. Kells (ser.).

MEN'S "A" SINGLES' HANDICAP.

First Round

|

The present standings of the four leading teams in tho firat divi.. Bion are:

18 16 0 3 61 21.30

Goals P.-W.-D.-L..A..Pts.. S. P. Simcocke and Geo, Lee St. Joseph's 19 14 3 2 43 19 31 ser.) v. J. A. Miller and T. Borderers Ferguson (scr.).

Lincolns S. A. Gray and C. A. Wright Navy... (-30) v. W. C. Hung and W. A.¡ Simmern (-5.3).

20 13 2 6 60 23 28

18 11,48 50 30 20 SUNDAY'S PENALTY, REVELATIONS.

I understand the Football Asso-

M Drysdale and P. Walker (3.6) v. R. S. Capell and A. Eciation is to hear more about that Collins (scr.).

Dyes Inte Second Round

penalty awarded the Chiness in the Governor's Cup match on Sunday.

To onlookers, the reason for the referee's decision was somewhat obscure, but it

was generally thought that somebody had handled

E. C. and E. F. Finchor ((—80,3) v. J. S. Smith and W. Peddle (--3.6).

W. Mulcahy and D. Orr (+3.6)

F. Broadbridge and N. A. E. the bail. Mackay (3.6).

It now transpires that that one A. W. Ramsey and W. Gittins the defendera allegedly struck 3.6) v. C. Wigg and R. a Chinese during tho scramble Valker or L. D. Hume, and H. round the goalmouth. Juraon.

ix this be so, it was a pretty

H. K. Best and V. H. Freeman serious breach of rulce, and one 'ser.) v. M. Drysdale and T. calling at least for admonition from Valker (3.6) or R. S. Capell and the referee. Yet I believe nothing A E. Collins (scr.).

was said to the player until after the match, when the reason for the penalty was being discussed among the players.

C. J, Tachi and W. W. Hirst +15) v. H. Annisa and E. V. aubert (-3.0).

A. Kainzbuy, and A. Krilovsky scr.) v. P. O. Dunno and F. S. W. Smith (scr.).

MEN'S "B" SINGLES HANDICAP.

First Round

W. Peddle (+3.6) v. J. S. Smith (-16).

T. Fergusson (scr.) v. E. V. Gaubert (-30),

F. S. W. Smith Dinen (-3.6).

(+3.0) v. A. H.

1. D. Humo (-8.6) v. W. old

(scr.).

Geo, Lee (-3.8) v. A, E, Sim- mons (4-16)

C. J. Tacchi (scr.) v. C. Wigg (-16.3).

R. S. Sapoll (~15.8) v. A. Kalnx- huy (scr.)..

II. J Bost (-8.0.) v. J. Miller

W. C. Hang (-80) v. F. Grose(3.6). ((—16.9),

A. E. P. Guest (30) v. P0. Dunno (-8.6).

E. F. Finch (~15.3) v. J. J. Ferguson (8.6).

S. A. Gray (60) v. W. Gittina (scr.).

E. C. Fincher (−80.3) v. R. P. Lewis (8.0),

Byen Into Second Round

JJ. Barnes (~15.3) v. H. Burson (8.0)..

Byes Into Second Round A Phil (16) v. W. Mul chly (8.0),

On the face of it there seems to be room for n thorough investigs- tion by the F.A., aven if it is only to justify the positions of these directly involved in the incident.

INTER-CLUB TENNIS

MATCH

Hongkong German Club Lose to Canton

(Our Own Correspondent).

Canton, April 16. Entertaining the Hongkong Ger- man Tennis Club, during the week- won a series of tennis matches by end, the Doutacher Garten Klub 16 points to four.

Included in the men's and ladies

mixed doubles and men's doubles. The A. D. Perry (—15) `v. D. Ön

weather, although cold, romained dry enough for play, After the R... K, Walker (-0.6) v. J. J.matches on Saturday, dinner was

| Barnes or H: Burson,

A Annies (scr.) v. S. P. Sim-

N. A. E. Mackay (ser.) v. T. G«:cocks (ser.), Hand (3.6).

F. A. Broadbridge (~8:6) v. E., C. Fincher or R. B. Lewis.

MEN'S DOUBLES HANDICAP.

First Round

C. Wigg and R. K. Walker).

MIXED DOUBLES' HANDICAP.

First Round-

served in the Club for the guests.

The teams were int Canton-Makara, G. Bodiker. H. Precht, Rode, Von Essen, Beckman, Pinto, Lubeke, and "Dillner" and Mrs. Kantor,

- Hongkong:-Messrs. ----Goltau,

S, A. Gray and Miss M. Woolley Schmidt, Pracht Neidt, Bommer, (15.8) v. R. 8. Capell and Mins Fornita and Binger, and Mre,

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