THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1934.
WEEK-END SOCCER REVIEWED: GOALS IN
CRICKET SEASON'S RICH
PAGEANTRY
SOME UNIQUE FEATURES
LANCASHIRE'S TIMIDNESS
Commenting on the close of the "Watch- English cricket Kenson, man," writing in a recent issue of the London Observer, has the follow. ing to say.
Little remains of the first-class een- on beyond those pleasant games
Soldier of Germany, who scored a known as festival cricket, in which drives and googiles, cuts and swerves, surprise win against Ribble in the
at Scar-Austin Plate. He mingle with son breezes burough and Folkestone. Even the hundred-and-one inquests on the "Ifa," and "Mights," and "Why's" of the Tent backward untches are over, and
glance bringe into view a rich pageant of varied cricket clothed in splendid The batting and the bow- sunshine.
Daits.
WAK
Local Football
ridden by
IS
THIS TO BE HOWE'S
BIG SEASON?
These Unfortunate Friendly Matches: Danger Of Congesting Heavy League Programme
(By "Verlias").
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AST minute postponements cut shooting. On his day Howe in stlli, since the palmy days of Jimmy
the first division programme one of the cleverest centre-for-Stewart and McTavish. n half during the week-end, yet warda in Hongkong, and if he can
next TT is well algh impossible to as- he rate of acoring in a three prolong that day until
head
Boclate this year's East Lan atvisions remained extraordinary February, he is going to aigh, and on average was fully up straight for further Interport enshiro team with that which operated last season. The per- o the unusual mark met last week. honours.
sonnel has changed but littlo, but
which they are now upon
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they have learnt valuable lessons proving.
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TUST a little more "punch" in the attack round about the penalty
PLENTY
Valorous (Heard up) being led in after winning the Kimberley Handi- cap at Happy Valley on Saturday,
SHANGHAI'S
area would make a tremendous INTERPORT
CONFIDENCE
FOR instance. In the course of ALBEIT the Club attack still 14 matches, 72 gonis. were requires the dashing genius of cited. The week previous 93 Ernie Strange. Howe is made to goals. resulted from 18 matches. alund too much on his own. With Nevertheless 37 goals enme from Strange back in the forward line third division games last Saturday, Howe will be relieved of the entire and of these East Lancashires responsibility of scoring goals.
difference to the results of their 13. Although ongged gregate remained as good, there TT will be nothing short of a matches. Man for man they com
crime if L. G. Robertson pare favourably with the best of was not the same consistency of
away local teams. In midfield they can acoring over the entire programme, allows rugby to lure him
He is a fine type of niways hold their own; nothing forwards work by the IN scoring 13 against the Railway half back, and allied with Pote much is given away in defence:
Sports Club (that's 21 goals in Hunt, and later, it is to ho hoped,
anappy and well conceived. two matches the Railway have Gamble, helps to complete the best
the Club has had The big need is quicker and more conceded), the East Lancashires half hack line
accurate shooting. eurned the distinction of compiling both the highest scores and the best results aggregate for the day. following are the triumphs. Of of the Hongkong Football League!
lng may not always have been per- fect when was it--but the weather has been wonderful. Moss must have grown upon those dismal notice Boards which, in other seasons, have announced a frequently that there will be no play before lunch, or that the umpires will inspect the wickel at four o'clock. Another has been an open championship, neek-and-neck till the last month, and a dazzling num
of individual
Lor
Results
'The
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course, we have not had sunshine all programme during the week-end.THE Football Association may
the time, literally ur metaphorically.
There have been many instances of
misapplied caution, exaggeration of
Division 1.
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1 East Lanes
timealties, belated declarations, ille South Chira "8" 5 KA. gally prolonged declarations, and the Hongkong F.c. younger players have again stopped South China "A" 2 Poller short of their earlier promise.
such things have been too
Bust long
Division II.
6 Eastern Ath.
familiar to cause lasting irritation, South China and at the worst they are merely East Lancashires interludes.
PERVERSE CAUTION. Lancashire Anished at the hand off the counties for the fifth time since
R.A.
University F.C. S.W.D.'o
6 Hongkong F.C.0
Young Indians 2 Kowloon F.C. 3 R.E.
Division IIL
A Radio S.C.
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5 R.A.M.C. 2 Policy
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become rather chary of local week- Jungue teams arranging end friendlies with Canton elevens, The Borderers' game with Canton Air Force for instance had far renchlag effects, causing the ean-j cellation of the Borderers' game with Kowloon and St. Joseph's encounter with Chinese Athletic.
from soccer.
How They Stand In
The Tables
The following are the placings in the local football league consequent ilpECAUSE several of their men upon the week-end matches.
Dwere wanted for the Air Forcel team, the Athletic were unable to field a side against the Saluts
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the War. They won thirteen matches East Lancashires 13 Railway Ree.C.'yesterday. outright of a total of thirty, which, in Club de Recreio 5 R.E. a season of exceptionally good wie- .W. Borderers kets, does not at a glance Huggest R.A.F. that they were in the habit of linger R.A.S.c. ing by the wayside. Yet they were Lincolns at times severely criticised, even by eople who do not imaging that the glary of batting is confined to human tilting. The reason was that when Lancashire had reached the head of the Championship their extreme cau- tion had a touch of perversity. They were the little birds who could sing, and wouldn't.
LOU GEHRIG HOMERUN KING
Yankee Slugger's 48 Circuit Clouts
FIRST DIVISION.
South China
"B"
3 IN the interests of the league pro- South China
gramme it is to be hoped that local clubs will not arrange too Clu many engagements outside of the East Lanca Colony. If run through without Artillery
Police interruption, the league, cup and Athletic shield programme Is sufficient to
Hecreto.
Joseph's St. keep clubs fully occupied-this-win- ter, and any postponements means Borderers only congestion with the acron Kowloon panying danger of chaos and un-incolns played games at the end of the Navy
Aason.
YOU can't tell the Club anything
about the fickleness
approach
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EFINITELY a tent of promise.
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QOUTH China "B" are not allow-
ing the grass to grow under) in fact they burn up their feet. the turf with their spoed. Splen- did little outfit this. Youthful; ambitious in their conception of attack; unhampered by established precedents of "formations." Just a lively bunch of youngsters, who owe slavish allegiance to precept only, that it's goals which win matches.
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P. W. L. D. F. A. Ft.THEY rapped the Artillery hard on Saturday, spiking their guns and capturing their forte with practically no opposition.
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SECOND DIVISION.
of the South China
-There are women born into the world to play stodgy cricket. They have not the physical qualities to
wrists
New Yark, Sept. 30. supple scort quickly. The which mean cuts, the open shoulders
Lou Gehrig of the Yankees tulayi which mean big drives, the quick feet was undisputed major league homerun gods of fortune. A week ago they University which mean many ways of scoring, clouter for 1934 with a total of 48 amiled. On Saturday they grin-Burderers
n devilish sort of way, East Lancs. have been denied them by nature. homers, 12 under the all-time mark ned, but
which were They can, however, defend stubber established by his teammate, inlini-and shots
gon Navy
Athlette and one or two players of iron table. Babe Ruth, in 1927.
against the Saints, were relegated Lincolns Jefence on a side are valuable. lut
Gehrig thua tied the mark run up!
Artillery Easter the majority of the Luncashire by Jiminy Foxx of the A's, 48, which to the "well tried. hard luck" class Artil have been generously endowed with the Athletic first baseman tallied in against East Lancashires.
Club physical gifts. Occasionniy they hat 1933. Foxx, however, in 1932, ran
Engineers ree up a total for the season of 58, but fulness. Walson, when he cares, can two under Ruth's all-time record. drive beautifully. He han most of Foxx wound up the 1934 reason
In a way to prove their true resource-
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ND that's not discrediting the Kowloon
soldiers, whose tireless defend-Yoang Initia the strokes. Su kns Iddon. So has in second place with a total of 44ing was worthy of some sort of Ilopwood. But all too often they four-ply cloute, four under the total recognition. But it's tough on
team to see jolly good shots rush- treat over-pitched balls as if the which he rolled up in 1933.
the A's, Foxx'jed down, and others just missing howling were of perfect length, Even Bob Johnson of Paynter; born to demoraliss bowlers, teammate and new rival for hitting their objective. seldom lets himself go in these days, honours, finished the season with 84
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and although Tyldesley has elegance homers. Hal Troaky of the Indians I HAVE a feeling that this is Lincolns
and power he has dropped some of and Mel Ott of the Giants scored one the strokes which mado film an Eng-less, 33.
and player more than ten years ago. Enterprise is not encouraged in Lan- cushiro.
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TENACITY OF PURPOSE. Rightly or wrongly, the team made
up their mind never to take the curb
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LAKE'S first division experi- ence with Kowloon is going to prove a valuable asset to him and the University this year, although return to 1.am wondering if a second divisjon football at this
DONALD LEACH
ON PROSPECTS
THREE OR FIVE SETS TENNIS MATCHES?
ANOTHER NEW SUGGESTION
OBVIATING LONG 'VANTAGE SETS
The question of whether it is pre- ferable to change tennis champion-, ship matches from five nota to three sets is still engaging the wetive at- tention of English crities, and in the following article, the special tonnia correspondent of the London. Ob- server, quotes enses for and against, and also advances a now suggestion for cutting down the matchen 10 reasonable lengths., He writes:
When two such players as H. W. Austin, of the present day, and Com- mander G. W illyard, RN,, of the " past, unite in giving it as their con- dered opinion that best-of-Live-Bote matches, as played in all the major and most of the minor championships, ahould be changed to best-of-three- Rets matches, it la Impossible to dis- regard their view entirely, without, at any rate, careful examinaton. Their reasons for desiring the change may be stated briefly. They say that the
of banis
championship. present matches makes them too long and too exhausting; not conducive to the pro- What are Shanghai's production of the best tennis: and liable spects in the forthcoming inter permanently to injure the health of port cricket match with Hong- nfl but the most robust, They are not kong. That is the question by any means alone in their views. which must be foremost in the Championship matches are not, nowa- comparatively leisurely minds of all local cricket en days, the tusiasts says the Shanghai affairs they were in the early days of the game; they are fought out at speed, generated to a large extent by improvements in the implements of the game, far greater than was known
Times.
Shanghai should be confident of success, for man for man, compared with the Colony's alde, the northern Eleven has the balance of power.
True, there is slight weakness in outweighed by the phenomenul bat Shanghal's attack, but this is easily ng strength which will be fielded. There is, however, another element
SKIPPER SATISFIED.
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to its forefathers. The strain im posed on the players in, therefore, to be relieved by adopting some means necessarily greater; ought that strain of shortening championship matches? and, if so, what means 7 KEEP FIT!
which may be a big factor in deciding the fate of the Chinn Ashes." It
The fact is, that very few players the weather remains fine for a few days before the match, Shanghai's
get themselves chances will be exceeding bright, but take the trouble to
ship singles day after day involve wet wicket will be more to the lik-really fit for the strain that champion- ang of the visitors' bowlers.
Those who do reap the beneat, a Wilding showed five-and-twenty years ago, and as Perry shows at the "I cannot say that we are certain present time. For the last-named, at possesses practically no interest what- a great deal of confidence in our pros to win, but I feel secure in expressing any rate, the best-of-three sots match "D. W. Leach, the Shanghal ever: he needs the long encounter to pects," skipper, told The Shanghat The how hun at his best; and the longe "I am perfectly antisfied with the it is the botter he is pleased, and
better he usually plays at the end of selections and it would be dfcult to find a better all-round side than that it. And there are many who hold the which has been chosen.
same view. I do not imagine that "What weakness there may be in "best-of-three" matches would appeal
P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts stage of his enreer is going to do ur bowling is more than out-wrighed-i tu-the-Americans, for example: though
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Bast Lanes Borderers Air Force
going to be Albert Howe's RASC Other high scorers were Zeke big year in loent football. He Recreio
Radin Bonura of the White Sox, Earl has played better in the first two
Inst R.A.3.C. at any time Averill of the Indians, Jimmy Col-matches than lina of the Gards, Babe Ruth of the conson. He is picking up the ball R.A.0.C.
he Yanks and Wally Berger of
better on the run, and there is a Engineers Braves. Ruth
noticeable Improvement in hie Railway
made, 22
The Interport rifle shooting prac off their tactics until even a million-to-tices on Detober 14, October 21 and ano chance of defent had been eliminat October 28 will take place Stone- ed. As a consequence their batting was aften drab, but although they were cutters, range at 2.30 p.m. each day. All those who are keen on selection rot a side to stir the emotions it was
affort to attend
impossibio not to admire their tens are asked to make city of purpose. And if they often these last thres practices.
Persons intending. to participate inado batting look like a toil and n weariness, a painful duty to be carried the practices must make their! out at all costs, their falding had an arrangements regarding trans-
portation and ammunition. joyous zest. Their bowling varied and consistent, but it was the deal. fielding that made the attack for- A gratifying feature of the senyon
was
dabio on good wickets. Lancashire, has been the form of Warwickshire in fact, remembered that the ancient and Derbyshire. Not so very long maxim, "a run surved is as good use ago they were the doormats of the run mado," remains one of cricket's Championship. Their progress has
nightiest truths.
not been obtrusive. They aro not
In some respects Yorkshire e notable for glittering personalities. somblod Lancashire. When at the They are love and well-balanced. wickets they often played with Warwickshire have not been so high middle-aged staidnes. in the field in the Championship since they ross they became boys again. They chased from fourteenth place-to-first, and tho, ball as if they loved it. Sussex, won the Championship for the only too, were unwearyingly alive in the time in their history under F. R. Fos- field, although they again passed ter's captaines twenty-three years through a disappointing season, inas Ciuch as for the third-your-in-succos-The-averages-teil- their own-plain on they failed to win the Champion-tulo of n season of exceptionally shin after being at the head of the heavy scoring, the reflection of wic counties for a long part of the sum kets consistently in favour of the nor. They were at times hand- bateman: Hammond for his county capped by their own policy. At mado 2,020 runs in twenty lanings, period when wins outright, not wins with an average of 120.25. There is un the first innings, were necessary something of mockery about this re- to them, they aped the ways of Lan cord when one remembers his repeat- cashire, and set themselves to avo od failures in the Test matches. dafent before beginning to think of Nothing vital has gone out-of-bis victory. Considering that so fat game. That is certain. No one is prise as fifteen points ia awarded for batter armed to rise above difficulties
Police
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Blake any good. Gradually he will be forced to adapt himself to that type of football, which, with all due respect is retrogressive to after first alvision stuff.
NONE the less the Varsity are going to beneft, for it was Blake who notched the winning goal against his old club on Satur- day.
the
by our batting strength. The Couny's perhaps they suffer more than more match, main hopes lie in the chanes that there sedale players from the long-
ount they take out of amount will be 'n wet wicket, in which case owing to
it is Borvice. And the longkong bowlers will have a themselves by relying so largely on an noticeable that, when in an important local defence, much easier task in dealing with the overwhelming
tournament, it is FL question of "If we are favoured with an easy whether the final of the singles shall wicket, however, I think Shanghai's be a boat-of-three or best-of-ave the chantes are more than height."
players usually want it to be the latter. I should doubt whother, if a EXPERIENCED LEADER.
voto were taken of the hundred load- Lench is particularly fitted for the ing players of the world, more than leadership of the Shanghal team, for ton per cent, would vote for the shor
ALTERNATIVE SCHEMES. 2
THE hand of commiseration is he plaserjeten test and, indeed I see no reason
this week extended, to the knowledge of the Hongkong players' why a fit nun should.
consequently have the advantage of Raliway Sports Club. To concedetrength and weaknesses, and will 13 goals in their second appear- knowing what type of bowling will be ance in local lenguo football is best used in the attack.
Concluding the interview, very disheartening, but the Rail-
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waymen can. find encouragement pointed out that Shanghai would have from the experience of the Club no difficulty in finding
An opening
de Recreio. They were the cats-pair-in fact the problem would be to
third know who not to use. paw of every team in the division last winter. On Satur day they beat the Royal Engineers five .ni!!
SOUTH CHINA REVERT TO THEIR
OLD ANTICS
SCORE AN UNIMPRESSIVE WIN
AGAINST POLICE
(By "Veritas"},
After exciting us to outbursts of unconcealed enthusiasm last week, South China became their old provocative selves yesterday when they engaged the Police at Caroline Hill, and scored a most unsatisfactory win by the odd goal in three.
The inference to be drawn from the game was that without the services of Ip Pak-wah, Tam Kong-pak and Fung King-cheung, South China are but a mediocre team. This may not be strictly true, but there is no gainsaying that with these three players absent, the Caroline Hillites are nowhere near such a formidable gide
FRED MILLER WHIPS CROWLEY
CHAMP WINS FIRST BOUT ABROAD
opfan
-London, Oct. 1.
But in these days, when lawn tennis has become a commercialised proposi-
tion, dependent on its "gates," the paying public has to be considered as well as the players. Probably quite a large proportion of the Beat-holders at Wimbledon wayld be quite as well pleased with a brisk encounter three-sets na with a long-drawn-out struggle of five, lasting perhaps over two hours, at the end of which time, both players had long since beconto
of
exhausted to do themselves justice. What is really wanted in something between the two, the three- setter in, or may be, too short; the Give-setter too long. Four seta are obviously impracticable; the "half- On the other hand the Police
way house." therefore, is no solution. saw that such conditions could be
It has been suggested that an altera- turned to advantage. They kept
Freddie Miller, on a fistic invoplonilon in the ayaton of scoring should the ball moving very openly, feed- Ing each wing in turn, and firing of foreign fields, won a decision here made, and that thrus zots only - Crosity, of Eng-should be played, but that acts should be eight games up instead of six, with at Wong Wing whenever portunity presented itself. It paid land, in 10 rounds.
The Cincinnati youth, recognized an "advantage" set only in the third them to the extent of allowing them
a goal lend. by the National boxing association as aired effect, but its adoption means to cross over with With a little bit of luck it would the edge over the Briton nearly all altering the rules dealing with scor have been two goals.
the way and his victory was cheerelling, which have stood since 1884, the first year that playing advantage sota South China were seen in by the crowd.
the competition wüs Miller's last recent fight before throughout
adopted at Wimbledon. Personally, so much because they improved as leaving the Pacific Coast, his usual if any alteration is ever made. I con better light in the second half, not
with Little Dempacy, sider that it would be far preferable players, but because the ground haunt, was had once again dried, and allowed Filipino featherweight at Sali Lo alispano of the long advantago Galif, on August 10, Miller winning
games and the often very long advan- armer control over the ball
handily
FINESSE BUT NO FINISH.
world featherweight champion had
set.
This would probably achieve the
He is pointing toward another tage sots by enacting that, after douce bout with Baby Arizmendi, the Mex- has been called in any game, the first By no stretch of the Imagina-ican, who is recognized as world player to win two points in succession, five games all has been called in any tion could the standard of foot- titllet by the New York state com- should win that game, and that after
mission because of his d ball be described as high. The Bike. Belloiro at New York Aug. 30 net, the first player to win two gamer in Auccasion should win that set. Police, although quite fast and in 10 rounds.
This would do away with those thorough, locked, finesse. Thej Miilor, risking his NBA title, bentecasional very long games and those Chinese exhibited a fair amount the Mexican early in 1038 but leste, 16-13 xote, which are not only of finesse, but no finish. So then return engagement in which the so exhausting to the players, but also play remained at that halfway crown was not involved.
undoubtedly wearisomo to all but e stage known as mediucre.
WOLGAST WINS,
Cleveland, O., Oct. 1. very few of those who are looking on In defence, which includes the
Midget Wolgast, the former world half backs, South China were
bay. Chief trouble yesterday was In-, Chinese were constantly overkick water tight. The one goal con- flyweight champlon, won a decision class, scaled 120 to 117 for the loca
Triscaro, of Cleveland. A victory, and a more five points for or to make the best bowling look ability to adapt themselves to un-ing, and once again erred in tacti- ceded was
Wolgnet, now grown past the ban- mered out a a win on the first innings, with three poor. Probably he will take a proper usual conditions, Showers in the cal judgment by keening the ball happen to any team. It resulted points given to the opposing side, it revenge on the Australians at the
the shooting territory.} (Continued on Page 9.) e astonishing that so few teams were rext meeting. Even "W. G. had his carly part of the match left the interwoven among the forwards from pure opportunism on the part
ground surface slippery, and the while in willing to rink a little to gain a great lapses.
Bomething likely to, in 10 rounds hare tonight from Babe his last provious start ho ham
tamweight limit of 118 pounds, and looks, of Indianapolis, At far out of the flyweight 112-pound Orleans "Aug. 27.
decision over. Henr
Not
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