THE HONGKONG 'TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 1934.
WEST BROMWICH TURN THE TABLES ON BIRMINGHAM
SECURE FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON
PRESTON BEAT THE SPURS AND
SHARE LE ADERSHIP.
CHELSEA, WESTHAM AND ORIENT
'ALL' DEFEATED
COVENTRY'S BRILLIANT FORM
Preston North End, one of the promoted teams, shares with the Wednesday, the leadership of the first division in the English football league as a result of yesterday's matches. Both teams advanced with successes achieved at the expense of London cluba, Preston taking points from the disappointing Spure, and the Wednesday over- coming Chelsea, who failed to maintain last Saturday's
form.
It was a day of unusually in-show the same form as last year. teresting results, and so far as in the twenty matches played, the first division was concerned, fourteen home teama and three: was featured by the number of away teams won, whilo five games, clubs who secured initial victories | were loft drown. Sixty goals of the acason.
wore netted by home cluba and 201 West Bromwich, Leeds, Loices- by visitors. In only two games ter and Wolves all recorded smart) did teams fail to score.
A general view of the Police bowling green in the couras of their match with Kowloon Dock Recreation
Club on Saturday, which resulted in a win for the Police. (Photo: Ming Yuen).
JOSEPH
achievements to this end, which Leicester, Walves and Burnley CRONIN
had the effect of ercating no! lew upsets.
REVENGE
shared the distinction of register- ing the top score of the day, five
goals, while their games with BADLY
Iverton, Villa and Went Ham respectively each produced na Dir-aggregate of seven ponds.
Most astonishing of all was the visit of West Bromwich to mingham. A week ago the teams The results which were embled tet at the Hawthorns, when Bir- by Reuter, are appended, together mingham surprised the Throstles with the amendoi lengue tables. wluning by the odd goal to three Yesterday,
011-
Birmingham's
FIRST DIVISION. ground, the result was reversed
Birmingham 1 West Bromwich with exactly the same scorts.
4 Stoke Leeds Loicester, smarting ander the Leicester
Everton stigma of their fruitions visit to Preston N.E. 1 Tottenham Stamford Bridge on Saturday, Wednesday 3 Chelsen natified their supporters with Wolverhampton 5 Aston Vila decisive win against Everton, netting five times to the Toffee Towners' twice.
de-
Wednesday
Preston continued to
that as a promoted Preston N.E. team they are perfectly capable Sunderland
monstrate
League Table.
Gionts
P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts,
4 3 0 1 10 7 6 430156G
3 2 1 0 G 25
of holding their own in the best Manchester 6.3 2 1 0 8 15 of circles especially on their Everton own playing pitch. Their de Stoke
West Brom. | Arsenal
4 2 D 2 8
481 1888 4 2 0 2 13.94 font of Tottenham was not un-1 Middlesbro'. 3 1 2 0 6 3 4 expected, but it was a bitter Birmingham 4 2 0 2 % 0 pl to the much boosted Lon Aston Villa .. don outfit. The Villa, now under the con- Grimsby trol of Manager Jimmy McMullan, Huddersfield former Scottish international, Leicester found the Wolves in aprightly Wolves form and had thoir defence pierced five timės,
eeds.
Darby
Tottenham
Chelsea
Portsmouth Liverpool
LONDON DESPONDENT. Where on Saturday London re- joiced, yesterday there wa Blackburn
nasty reaction, when, In addition
to the Spars and Cholsen, West
Ham and Clapton Orient both Bolton
feature of
Buraley
Oldham
4 1 2 1 4 4 4 2 1 1 0 11 4 à 1 13 13 1 1 2 4 3
SECOND DIVISION.
suffored defeats. Barnsley's Bradford clever win at Nottingham againsttts County the County was a
division results, and a fur-Port Vale second ther point of interest was the continued good form of Bolton, who collected a couple of points from Manchester United,
Norwich
3 Manchester U.
1 Notla Forent.
6 West Ham
1 Barnsley
2 Swansea
4 Southampton
League Tablo.
Goals
INJURED
Baseballer Breaks Arm
New York, Sept. 3. Double header engagements were the order of the day in the major baseball leagues, three such encounters being
VISIT FROM DEMPSEY.
TO MAKE TOUR OF ORIENT AND AUSTRALIA.
New York, Sept. 3. Friends have, indicated that Jack Dempsey, the ex-champion heavyweight boxer, is contemplating a trip to the Orient and Aus- tralia to act as referee in boxing and wrestling matches.-United Press.
Fred Perry Survives
staged in both the National First Round
and American Leagues.
The match between Washington Signators and Boston was marred
CHAMPIONSHIP
by a serious accident to Joseph IN U.S. TENNIS Cronin, nunager of the Senators, who sustained a fracture of the bone in the right arm during the first game of a double header. He will be out of baseball for the re- mainder of the season,
In the National League, Boston Braven and Pittsburgh Pirates ench recorded a couple of wins, while Cleveland Indians took full toll of St. Louis Browns.
Scores as cabled by Reuter, follow.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Brooklyn
(Frank House pitched) Boston
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2
Brunklyn
2
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Bortun
4 8
St. Loula
2 G 3
Pittsburgh
12 14
1
5
12 11
G 11
0
3 13
1
12
P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts.;
3 0 0 0 2 G 43 0 1 10 4 G 300 11 3
2 1 0 0 5 5 2105
21105
1 1 6
Coventry, who got off to such Bolton flying start are now intent on Burnley
Blackpool proving that it was no flash in Brentford the pan, and a smashing win Swanson against the Orient by four clear Barnsley gonla gives them n record of Port Vale eight points from four matches Fulham and a goal average of 9.-9. Sheffield U. Results in eight northern section Bradford matches turned out pretty well in Notts County accordance
with expectations. Plymouth.... New Brighton accomplished a neat Notts Forest performance in vialting Crews and Manchester U. winning by the odd goal in five. West Ham... Three home teams, Barrow, Stock- Bradford C. port and Walsall were held to Southampton drawn games,
Oldham while Doncaster, Lincoln, Tranmere and Inlifax, Hull
Newcastle all on their own pastures, won. Bury
FEW FIGURES.
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH).
Luton
Lincoln took over the leadership Corentry from Chester consequent upon vory declaivo defeat” of Mansfiold. and Traumere Improved their
position at the expense of Chester- old, who have not yet begun to
Coventry
Nowport
Reading
Millwall
Always Good Dancing Crystal Pal.
at the
YELLOW
DRAGON
Charlton
Brighton Northampton Cardi
Luton
+
St. Louis Pittsburgh
Chicago
Cincinnati
There were ten Innings)
Chicago
Cincinnati
(Lombardi homered)
C 11 2
ENGLAND XI. SCORES 186-3
AUSSIE ATTACK. COLLARED
WOOLLEY'S GOOD INNINGS
London, Sept. 3.
If the batting of an England eleven against the Australians at Folkestone to-day was not brilliant, at least it remained steady and consistent, with the result that
HONGKONG'S PROBABLE
RINK TO
MEET SHANGHAI TO-DAY
SAME FOUR WHO DEFEATED
YANGTSEP00 CLUB
LOCAL BOWLERS LOSE TO JUNIOR
GOLF CLUB 19-15 -
Well informed lawn bowls in the triangular Interport, in circles in Hongkong feel that which Shanghai and Hankow are the rink which beat the Yang-aiso taking part,
tsepoo Club in such a decisive)
manner on Sunday will be the COLONY FAVOURED
rink chosen to meet Shanghali
in the first of the Interport series to-day.
Should this be 80. Ibugkong to-day will be represented by the following in the order set down:
A. E. Contes
.E. G. Post
H. Beer
1
FOR VICTORY
Interporters Show To Advantage
Shanghai, Sept. 3. Lawn bowlers here regard the long- kong visiting interport team one of the strongest ever sent to Shanghai and it is favoured to win the inter- port series.
U. M. Omar (skip) Nevertheless, in view of this probability, the arrangement of Two made-up teams from the yesterday's rink was somewhat Colony, slipped by B. E. - Maughan puzzling. J. Watson, R. Bana, and U. M. Omar, played against two E. G. Post and H. Beer (skip) Shanghai teams in practice on Satur- were chosen to play the Junior day, and won 19-13 and 35-11 respec-
Lively. Gold Club and lost 15-19.
Yesterday, Omar skipped Hongkong It is a little difficult to under- to another sensational victory against siand why Bana did not play skip the strong Yangtaepco sido, to the to enable Post and Beer to take up tune of 30-10. the same positions, ne ou Sundy and to obtain additional practice bowling No. 2 and No. 3 respec tively.
The Hongkong Interport Four The performance of Omar's rink rested to-day in anticipation of their against Yangtsepoo has made interport match to-morrow with |Hongkong warmly favoured to Shanghal-Our Own Correspondent,
To-day, however, a weaker long- kong teant, skipped by H. Beor lost the weakest Club in Shanghai, to the Junior Golf Club, regarded as
SHANGHAI LAWN BOWLS
CHAMPIONSHIP
at the close, 186 C. M.
runs were on the board with three men out.
Play in this attractive fixture which starts the popular Folke- Forest Hills, Sept. 3. stone festival, was not possible Rain is holding up the men's until to-day, rain holding the national singles tennis cham-proceedings up on Saturday.
ere, where Fred Perry is de- pionship of the United States
fending his title.
when the English team opened The wicket was fairly lifeless
batting: Frank Woolley quickly settled down to an effortless dis- A start was made on Saturday, play and collected
a typical €6 but the bad weather prevented any before dismissal. real progress being, made.
However, Perry succeeded In innings with Jack Hobbs,
C. F. Walters, who opened the left surviving his opening match, as after scoring 22, and Hobbs lost did Sydney Wood and George Lofthis wicket upon reaching 38. Ham- All three pinyed "Unknowna," mond, however, put a stop to any- and as yet there have been no sur-thing which suggested a possible prising results.
ramp, and played out time, boing undefeated with 45 to his credit Further rain to-day reduced the Renter. number of matches played,— Renter.
Yugoslavia Still In The Davis Cup
SCHMELING VICTORY
AND GERMAN PRESS
Sequeira Wins Title From A. A. Malcolm
Two lawn bowls championship matches were play- ed off last week on the greens of Shanghai Lawn Bowls Club before a keen audience. The Country Club heavily defeated the Junior Golf Club by 32 to 11 shots for the Rinks Championship in a game that was a före- gone conclusion to all followers of Lawn Bowls.
The other match, for the Singles championship of Shanghai, was won by C. M. Sequeira of the Hongkew Golf Club, winner of the 1931 singles championship and runner-up last year...
Sequeira defeated A. A. Malcolm. the Junior Golf Club greened A. J. veteran pioneer of lawn bowls in Hall (skip), C. Clemente, C. Jarvis,, Shanghai, and a popular member and J. L. Henry.
The early game had both eldes of the Shanghai Lawn Bowls Club stinting chances, and accurate in a match in which the marked skipping held down the points. "superiority of the Hongkow player The players followed their skips
was well applauded.
religiously, and sent down some almost perfect shots,
The two matches were played on neighbouring rinks, but inter-were 4-2 for the Country Club and The first marks. on the board' est in the Rinks Champion following the initial lead they ship match was transferred to the went ahead with some breath- rink whore Sequeira and Malcolm taking placers to lead again at
Malcolm, who was slowly and sure, A crowded jack seemed to be ly being defeated and los fig the order of the day, the ekips ground, suddenly showed signs of taking the decidera with nome Berlin, Aug. 27.
staging a recovery and pulled his qualms, while deep and wide shots, Max Schmoling's brilliant come-i back forms the subject of en- match up from 10-7 in 15th end and fool and covering shots were played to a nicety. The Club ro- thusiastic comment in the press to 17-11 on the 20th.
gistored a 27-11 lead at the 20th which now holds that Max is Budapest, Sept. 3.
The Gorman champion after all,
Playing for the points of 21, and.. Yugoslavia has qualified for hope is expressed that in a not Sequeira from the opening wood the 1935 competition proper of too distant future he will regain played, steady and thorough this score In the last end, the the Davis Cup as a result of the world championship.
Negotiations Opened To were playing at the 20th end as 11-6.
Fight Baer
The doubles header match be- BEAT HUNGARY BY
tween New York and Philadelphia
was postponed on account of rain,
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Philadelphia
Philadelphin
(Foxx homered)
7. 11
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New York...
11
12
3
2 0 0
(Ruth homered)
3 0 0 3
# 0
0
... 10
14
0
New York
a 10 3
Boston
6 10 1
(Ferber homered)
Washington
3
9
2
↑
9 2
Washington
4 10
1
4 Clapton 0.
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THIRD DIVISION (NORTH).
Barrow
Doncaster Lincoln Tranmere Crewe Halifax
1. Rochdale
2 Southport
4 Mansfeld
2 Chesterfield
2 New Brighton
2 Rotherham (Continued on Page 0.).
Boston
ODD MATCH
victory against Hungray which
Five more shots were added to
championship game, leading his match being won sheerly on merit,
At the same time it is confirmed opponent at the 5th end by 6-2, with the skip and F. G. Harrison... was accomplished in the first of
and increasing his lead steadily by the best placers on their side, the last two singles to-day. that negotiations are under way some Intelligent and well judged
End Scores:--- for a bout between Max Schme placements. When the concluding matchesling and Max Baor and that the wore started, Yugoslavia were latter has consented to meet Max leading 2-1, having won the dou in Germany. Max Baer's do bles and one of the singles.
manda, however, for more thun
UNCANNY ACCURACY.
C. M. Sequeira v. A, A, Malcom: 6-2, 10-6, 16-7, 17-11,120-15,- 21-15.
At times Ils displacement woods Country Club, v. Junior Golf
To-day Punee settled the issue U. S, $500,000, still form a stum-were uncannily accurate and he Club: 4-2, 11-6, 27-11, 27-11, with a straight seta win against bling block. (Game called off after the eighth Straub. Nevertheless Gabrowitz
inning owing to darkness)
9 11
1
Cleveland (Averill, Trosky and Pearson homered)
St. Loule (Campbell homered) Claveland
St. Louis
G G 4
G
9
0
4 9
(The doublo hender between Detroit and Chicago was not play,
ed owing to rain).
of Hungary, refused to be rattled and onally won the last match of the sories, beating Schaefer in three acts. Yugoslavia thus won by three matches to two.
Scores. In the concluding matches were:
beat Punce (Yugoslavia) Straub (Hungary) 6-4, 6-3, 7-5.
Gnbrowitz (Hungary) bent Schaefer (Yugoslavin) 6-2, 6-3, G-3-Reuter.
INTERPORT POLO won by tour to two.
Trial Match Played Bofore Selectors.
1
Mr. Stocker, of the Regimental team was injured in the first chukkor, and Mr. Llewellyn deputised for hini, In the Inst three chukkers of the match.
The teams waro
24th Regt-Capt. Jordan, Mr. Stocker, M, Yales, Capt. Blackton, (Mr. Llewellyn substituting), mint
The BestCapt. Williams, Mr. Melenife, Bfr. Keswick, Gol, Non-
An interport pele trial was played 1 yesterday afternoon to mako possible.
tho selection of a team to compete for 1 the Koswick Cup, The 24th Regiment
met the Rest, and the latter quartetto worily.
HOME RACING
gathered points from some almost 32-11. hopeless positions, on one occasion
In the early part coming through with the end wood to steal three. Malcolm in the 20th end glaced Sequeira at a disadvantage with an early wood and followed up with a splendid lo for two.
Windsor Lad Backed Soquetra played for the first time
For St. Leger
London, Sopt. 3.
a heavy misjudged wood that gave
bla opponent a clear right of way for the following shot.
for the St. Leger:
The following is the call-oves liat Sequeira put on thres at the
4/6 Windsor Lad (t, and o.) 771 Umidwar. (6.) 10/2 (t) · 100/0 Adopt (6.) 100/8 (t.) 15/1 Primero (0) 100/8 (6) 100/0 Patriot King (0.) 100/6 Lozingara (t.. and o.) 20/1 Achtenan (t. and o.) 25/1 Tiborius (o.) 08/1 (t.)
Place betting:: 11/8 Umidwar (0) 11/4 Adopt (t. and o.) · 100/30 Primero (1. and o.) 4/1 Patriot King (0) 100/80 Achtenan (0.) 0/2 Tiberius (o.)
23rd end and reached the 20 while) Malcolm added three with an ex- citing lost ball that chipped his opponent's, and thus gave him n slight edge, attaining the score of 16. The following game proved Soquofra wall in form, running Malcolm for a single point to win the match.
RINKS CHAMPIONSHIP,
The Country Club was repro sented by: C. W. Portor (skip), H. Gordon-Wright, E, D. Heaton- Bialth, and F. G. Harrison, white..
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