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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1934.

LEE WAI TONG FOR LOCAL

STAR PLAYER

REMAINS

IN HONGKONG

REMOVAL TO SHANGHAI DEFINITELY OFF

MAY PROMOTE CANTON BUSINESS

(By "Varitas"),

Lee Wai-tong, the cleverest footballer in the Far East, bar none, is to grace the soccer fields of Hongkong

next season.

He will play for South China Athletic Association, and, if the Colony needs him. (!), for Hongkong in the Interport against Shanghai.

This welcome news I am now able to reveal, and its puts to rest the fears that were felt of Lee's probable departure Shanglial in the future,

to

Thanks 10 Mr. H. Hallgreen, local manager

of the Swedish Trading Co. of China Bollding Lee Wal-long in now permanently connected with this firm, and will in all probability he sent to Canton In the near future to open a branch office in the Kwanglung capital.

Yesterday Lee freely confessed that it had been his intention to Now go to, Shanghai this your. that he is firmly placed in business there will be no necessity, and Hongkong football is thereby to benefit.

THE MASTER-MIND.

Lee Wal-tong, whose wizardly ball control and astonishing shoot- ing powers has made him the terror of defencos from Shanghai! to Java, was the man who auccess.. fully captained China's Far East- ern Olympic football team to vic- tory in Manila recently,

It was the same player who went to Java in 1932 and rejuvenated the Chinese team there to such an extent that they went on to win the championship. It WIN Lee who played a leading part in the phenomenal successes of South China Athletic in 1981, when that! club carried off the Brat division of the Hongkong League and the Hongkong Sentor Shield, and it

he who rendered was also valuable assistance towards the Chinese winning the Lai Wah Cupi in the same year.

with the Chinese populace and his next appearance in local soccer

ensures big attendances. season wherever he la playing.

He confined the opinion 1 ex- pressed several times last season, that local Chinese teams have fallen off, and that last year they could not be placed in the same category as in 1929 and 1931, or even in 1933. He feels, ne several of us, that they have lost

do

n tot of confidence, and although capable of playing high-class foot- ball in mid-feld, have, not the Anishing ability of yore,

It is Lee's earnest hope that he may do something to lift South China out of this rut, as he did the Chinese team in Java.

And if there is anybody who enn do this, it is Lee Wai-tong.

A RUMOUR SKOTCHED. Rumours have been flying about that Tam Kong-pak, Ip Pak-wah and

SOCCER NEXT SEASON

LEE WAI-TONG. A recent picture taken' of the famous footballer as

captain of Chlon's town which won the Olympics in Maniļa last month.

R. ABBIT AND THE

SECOND TEST

Deepening Of The Larwood Mystery

Lau Mau, three THE GOVER BOMBSHELL: BOWES IS

Tending South China Athletic players will be leaving for Shanghai later on to join à local football club, hut I. am able to skotch the suggestion.

It is expected that all three will the Caroline H club's on

when the 1934-35 season hooks opens

"Nevertheless the club is to lose prominent phyer in Tso Kwa- shing, whose skill on

a place in the wing earned him senior team towards the end of last sengon the exclusion of Yeung Shul-yic.

the right

Tab is reported to be leaving for Java very shortly.

GOVER INVITED

trala.--Reuter.

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ONLY A TEST RABBIT

(By R. Abbit)

At the first glance there are only a couple of changes in the team selected, with extra men, to do duty in the second Test at Lord's to-morrow. The Nawab and Mitchell go out, as was, I imagine, very generally expected. R. E. S. Wyatt, whose hand must therefore be all right, and Barnett, of Gloucester, come-in. But before we go any further. there are one or two points that one must consider. We have been told

that three men have cried off, owing to lack of fitness. We do not know who they are, But, as we already have been told that Larwood and Voce were going to be included, "We fare forced to the conclusion that these | hre two of the three. If I am wrong, I will make a few notes later to den) | with other possible candidates..

HUNT CUP SURPRISE

Caymanas Beats Field

The third eludes me, and I think was either Reuter has missed

that

make

Of 29 Horses

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London, June 20. At Ascot to-day the Ilunt Cup

run and decided as follows:

Caymanus.. Highlander Young Native Highlander: 3/1 Young Native.

Caymanas, victory was impressive for the winner had a length and half, to spare. Young Native Was three lengths bahiad Highlander.

There were twenty-nine starters,

With whatever team he plays, i Lee Wal-tong stands out as the brains of the attack. His! presence in the South Chinn

London, June 20. outfit this next winter may sec

A. IL Gover, the Surrey fast bowler, a return of the club to its old-1 time glary and achievements, has been invlied by the English Selee something, or that the M.C.C. have

to tion Committee to be present at failed

comprehensive and his position in the Interport Lord's for Friday's Test against Aus-statement. It may, or may not bo The odds: 50/1 Caymanns; 100/7 tenm ka praetically assured.

the intter, but I regret to find that Although Lee will in all The other 13 selected players are there is growing body of opinims, probability be stationed in R. E. S. Wyatt (Warwick), Capt. which charges the M.C.C. with being Canton for business, he will C. F. Walters (Worcester), K, Farnes too autocratic atul out of date. I rather

(Essex), Sutcliffe (Yorkshire), Ham- doubt this. Experience now have his residence in the mond (Gloucester), Ifondren Middle to show that the younger men claim Colony and will therefore be sex), Leyland (Yorkshire),

be infallible experts before their perfectly eligible for the Inter- (Kent), Verity Yorkshire), Bowes wisdomteeth have come through.

(Yorkshire), Genry (Leicester), WHAT ABOUT LARWOOD? port.

Nichola (Essex) and Barnett (Glo 1 am, quite honestly, nt loss Lee is a tremendous attraction center).

about the position of Larwood. have not seen anything that my readers have not, but my len is that Larwood has asked the M.C.C. excuse him from playing in the Testi Matches.

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In my judgment, he has a perfect} right to do so. In the great en- deavour to prevent the recent con- troversy dolig irreparable harm to Cricket, the persunal positions Individuals have been sacrificed, What- ever be the facts of the recent con= troversy, it remains clear that it hom left such an impression on the minda? of our Captain and our best fast howler that they want no more Test! Match cricket.

1, for one, hope that it spells the death of Test Matches—wkhi Australia,

as follows:

Light Sussex (Pat, Beasley) Alluvial (Carslake) -- Solfatara (Perryman) Cotoneaster (Nicol])

Fonab (Gordon Richards) Commander, III (Harry Beasley) Hot Fight (A. Wragg)

The Abbott (Childs)

Diamantee (Dines)

Grimbleton (Fox)

Young Native (Clif Richards) Tartan (Harry Wingg) Canteener (Benry) Rentenmark (Johnstone) Morfar (C. Smirke) Tom Tim III (—) Highlander (Woston) Seraph Boy (Nevett) Enriton (Sieve Donoghue) Hot Bun (Christie) Shrewton (C.. Smith) Spurtle (Ryan) Ifatguard (D. Smith) Pricket (Wrickaby) Caymanas (Ray) North Devon (Sirett) Dilests (M. Hunter) Thermidor (Richardson) Duodecagon (1. Foster).

HOW LAST EIGHT MAY BE OPPOSED AT WIMBLEDON

THIS YEAR'S SEEDING LIST HAS MANY NEW NAMES

(By "Veritas"),

Only three of last year's Last Eight, "seeded" for the men's singles at Wimbledon remain in this year's list which was issued yesterday in preparation

Even The

for the tennis championships Cup Holders Six of the seeded" 1933 Were Beaten

start on

ladies find places in the current selections, although some have new placings.

In the men's list. Crawford, Perry and Austin have retained their exclusiveness, but the death of Jiro Satoh, and the turning to professionalism of Cochet and Vines takes wway three of the 19:3 nominees. Ciford Sutter and H. G. N. Lee have been over- looked this year.

Mra, Wills-Moody is not compet ing

therefore is

not included in the 1st, while Mlle. Jedrzejowska of Poland forfeits her selection.

SHOCK FOR MAN.

CITY.

Nice, May 20.

Mr. P. Haig Thomas.

CAMBRIDGE COACH

Manchester City, this year FOR

English F. A. Cup winners, and therefore the best of the Eng- lish teams, were deferted here to-day by 5 goals to nil in their match against Milan for the International Trophy.

OXFORD

For the greater part of the MR. P. HAIG THOMAS

The complete 11st of the game Swift, the Manchester "seeded" players, as announced City goalkeeper, played with a yesterday through Reuter, fol fractured shoulder. lows:

MEN'S SINGLES.

*

Cramm

APPOINTED

Play was interrupted for the

It is officially announced that first ten minutes to allow the No. 1 J. Crawford

(AusManahester team to change their Mr. Peter Haig Thomas, who has traila)

jerseys, following a protest from conched the Cambridge University No. 2 F. J. Perry (England) |the crowd that they could not crew for the Boat Race. for several No. 3 Yon

(Ger-distinguish the players.

not been invited by years, has Manchester City started the at- many)

No. 4 H. W. Austin (Eng tack, and for 20 minutes play took Cambridge to act in this capacity place round the Milan goal, giving next season, and that he has Campinni, the Italian goalkeeper, agreed to superintend the training

of the Oxford crew.

land)

F. Shields (America)

6 Lester Stoelen (Amer-ja busy time.

No.

No.

ich)

No.

7 S. B. Wood (America)

No.

8 G. de Stefani (Italy) LADIES' SINGLES.

LEG INJURIES.

The fact that Cambridge has

The English team, however, won the Boat Race for eleven falled to score, and decided to years in succession may be attri- No. 1 Miss Helen Jacobs change their tactics, with the rebuted largely to the coaching of

sult that the Italiane scored their Mr. Haig Thomas, who has few. No. 2 Miss D. Round (Eng-first goal, Swift receiving a frac equals in bring a racing crew

(America)

land)

No. 3 Miss S. Palfrey (America)

No. 4 Miss L. Sperling (nee Fr. Krahwinkel) (Denmark)

No. 5 Miss M. C. Scriven (England)

tured shoulder in an endeavour

to stop the ball. He continued to up to fighting pitch. He has been play, however, after massage. coaching Cambridge on and off Some minutes later Dale, the since the war. Oxford oarsmen Manchester back, rceived in-

juries to his leg and, had to leave the fleld.

was

are hoping that he will now the same for them.

do

No. 6 Mile. Payot (Switzer At half-time the score

Mr. Haig Thomus avill begin his land)

1-0 against the English side.

In the second half the Italians task of resuscitating Oxford row- No. 7 F. Aussem (Germany) į No. 8 Mdme. Mathieu added four

more goals, while ing by taking in hand an Isis crew, Manchester scored one towards consisting of the best oarsmen at (France)

Although one cannot with cer-the enti, which was disallowed by Oxford who are not Blues, to com- tainty "place" these rankings in the referee. the draw, it is more than likely that they have been arranged so ter. City manager, why he had not

aked Mr. Wilde, the Manches- pote at Henley Regatta in July.

TO SHARE DUTIEST that should all the seeded players replaced the missing back.

Mr. Wilde replied that it was shall

Mr. Haig Thomas follows an reach the last eight find Crawford opposing Shields, "greed beforehand that no man

equally well-known Cambridge Wood against Von Cramm, in the would be replaced even in case of Blue, Col. J. H. Gibbon, as the

injury.

We

top half; Austin playing Stefanl and Stoefen meeting Perry in the lower half.

POSSIBLE QUARTER-FINAL

Should also these seeded players in the ladies singles find their way into the quarter-finals, the matches will most likely be

Miss Jacobs y Miss Scriven and Fr. Aussemy Miss Palfrey in the

and Miss Sperling top half, Mame, Mathieu and Alle. Payot v Miss Round in the other half.

Thrill For

Tennis "Star"

AIDED BY CABINET MINISTER'S PASS

A special road pass, issued by the police to Cabinet Ministers to enable them to move more expedi tionaly on national business, was the means recently of a famous tennis "atar keeping her appolat- ment at Hurlinghore.

The absence of Voce niso is diß-1- cult, as it was more or less notified? that he was selected. He also was mixed up in this leg-theory bowling. Au however nindern batsmen get in front of the off stick to most things, I can quite see Larwood and Voce being afraid of hitting a batsman with a ball outside the off-stump, and tive to strengilien our batting if we sident of the Lawn Tenala Asso- then being deafened with the squeal can do so without weakening our at ciation to play an exhibition match of "BODY-LINE DOWLING!"

Router.

tack, I should like to see Nicholls and

Mrs. Shepherd Barron had been Invited by Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary for India and also Pre-

Geary go in. The former is fast with him at Tangmere, Sussex.

OUR PROBABLE SIDE.

enough to give good support to

In speaking of our probable side, Farnes. He is also quite

I find my style somewhat cramped by bat, which Bowes certainly is

He was opening the Southdean useful Sports Club. They played. At

not. 4.15 p.ru. they were still playing.

a suggestion that ten men had already And remember, Farnea is a complete Mrs. Barron had to be at Hurling heen picked, viz. Wyatt, Walters, rabbit with the bat. Barnett is, of ham at 8 o'clock for the final of the Furnes, Sutcliffe, Hammond, Hendren, course, a jolly good bat, but be Leyland, Ames, Verity, and Bowes, really did not prove

I find this difficult to belleve,

WG9+

very con- women's doubles. vincing In India, and he cannot bowl.

RIGHT OF WAY.

Drop Bower, and I would agree, ] [ "will" quito frank: I have no The left Bognor by airplane at for he, to my mind. Is just as much faith whatever in Bowen in a Test 4.30 p.m. At Hendon, Sir Samuel's of a Test Match rabbit as Mitchell Maleh, unless the wicket has crum chauffeur and car and his private

bled to blazen. Otherwise, give me detective met them at 6.15. The only reason I can see for in- Nichols and Geary every time. cluding him in the side ta an iron-

ASTONISHING!

"We raced across London in just hard Lord's wicket, which, I grant) Since writing the above notes over half an hour," sald Mrs. Bar you seems probable un our recent rather astonishing report comes that ron to a press representative. weather reporta, but it in a very bold Gover, the Surrey fast bowler has "Sir Samuel's Cabinet pres gave - man, who dare say what the morrow been naked to be in attendance. This us the right of way." Mrs. Barron shall be at home. I should think it beats me completely expecially would be sounder to keep him on tho there is also the news that

es was netually on the court before the "Probables" Lint,

A

This would leave two places to be think that the beat thing to do is

drought has broken and it is raining. Any of her fellow players.

And with Mrs. Howard, she boat! filled by flowen, Nicholls, Geary, and to wait for real facts instead of Miss Joan Ridley and Miss Harvey Unrnett. Seeing that it is impera-theorizing!......

by two acts to. unc.

re-

He added that he was not at all Oxford coach. Col. Gibbon pleased with the way the matchcently received a gift from the was referred',and said:

Oxford University Boat Club in

Busby,

"If this is the way football matches are refereed on the Con-appreciation of his services, and tinent, this is the last time my the wish was then expressed that team will visit

Europe."

he would continue to be their The Manchester City team was conch,

Herd. It therefore looks as if he and Mr. Haig Thomas will

share axcap-the duties next winter, and they and should prove a formidable com- same bination and one which Oxford 15 defeated Portsmouth || hopes will end the long sequence 2-1 in the Cup Final,

of Cambridge rowing successes.

Swift; Dale, Barkas

Toselnutt, Cowan, Bray; Marshall, Neale, and Brook,

two This, with only tions Barkas for Barnett Neale for Tilson-is the

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