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THE HONGKONG ⠀⠀ TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1934.

HONGKONG'S BATTING

TO TRAIN GERMAN SWIMMERS

COLLAPSE

WAS IT DUE Donates

TO COLD Million Yen

For Stadium

FEET?

JAPAN'S OLYMPIC BLACK DAY FOR

COACH

OFFERS THANKS TO HONGKONG

FOR HOSPITALITY

(By "Varlius“).

THE COLONY

DROPPED CATCHES

BUGBEAR

(By R. Abbit)

The news

JAPANESE SPORTS

TO BENEFIT

Tokyo, Oct. 22

Yichi Kishi, heir to the largo fortune left by his father, Beitth Kishi, famed Japanese sportsman; to lay announced that he is donat- ing Y1,000,000 to the Japanese Amateur Athletic Association for the construction of a huge central sports building.

The gift will be made October 29, anniversary of the death of Sellchi, long time member of the International Olymple Committee.

that Shanghai had Leading German swimmers won the toss on a perfect wicket are to be trained for the 1936 was rather a blow, and I am not a

Seiichi Kishi was prealdent of world olympics by Japanese bit surprised at the large score the J.A.A.A. until the time of his expert. This unusually friend- they rattled up.

It was unfortunate that Stokes death, just before the world olym- ly arrangement is part of a deal between Germany and was dropped-Reuter saya it was pic games held in 1982 in Los

Angeles.

Japan to exchange national an easy catch-before his century Ho was one of Japan's most to teach the cultural charac- Apart from this, howevor, the famous criminal lawyers and amas- teristics of the two countries. Belding is stated in a private tire sed a fortune from his practice of Mr. E. Tsuruoka, 100 and 200 to have been magnificent, while law. He was an ardent sportsman and and a lover of all aporta, and was motres free style swimming Dunkley, who caught one

pro stumped two, only gave away three prominent in Japanese sporting champion of Japan, and fressor of the art of Ju Jitsu, in byes in an innings of three han- circles throughout his lifetime, the gentleman who is to visit dred and thirty-five. Berlin and Leipzig to teach these two national arts of Japan to the youth of Nazidom.

delegates whose mission it is as he made sixty-four more runs.

Ha arrived in Hongkong yester- day on board the Terukune Maru, en route for Germany, and while hore paid his respecta to officials of

nanociationa

local aporta

with

whom he came into contact earlier in the year when he brought the Japanese Olymple team back from Manila.

OFFICIAL THANKS. Mr. Taurueka, who retain very happy memories of his previous viait to Hongkong,

unked specially by the Japanese Amateur Athletic Federation, for whom he

WOR

LUCKLESS PEREIRA.

Pereira did not get a wicket and I shall be interested to know if it or the WR the perfect wicket effects of sea-sickness which upset the applecart. I recollect one very experienced cricketer a month ago telling me he did not expect Shanghai pitch.

Seiichi was to have honorarily presided over the Tenth Far East- ern Games, held in Manila several months ago. Owing to his death, however, Sefishi's position as hon- orary president of the Far Eastern Games committee was taken over by Ryozo Hiranume

Pereira to take wickets on a good Football

Ricketts, and Pearce seem to have risen nobly to the occasion. I have no doubt however that Pereira will have his chance if the wicket wears-and anyway he is worh his place for his fielding alone.

The great point was on Wednes-

without

is acting as delegate in his visit today that we survived a short spell Europe, to convey to the sports of batting at the end fnen of Hongkong the Association's losing a wicket. warm appreciation for all that was

done for the Manila Olympic teams when they phased through the

to

League Fixtures

FOR THE COMING WEEK-END

It

every

FIRST DIVISION.

wise sinted.

LEAVES SOON

LOSS TO LOCAL FOOTBALL

Pardoe Being Transferred

SAILS NOVEMBER

CAPT. FLEETWOOD AS WELL

(By "Veritas").

Unless the next trooping season brings a draft of new football players, the Royal Artillery will be hard put to raisc a team in the first division of the local football league later this season.

They are definitely losing Par- doe, captain of the team. and Interport centre-half, next month, when he is being trans- ferred to Gibraltar, and they are also likely to be robbed of the services of Hopkins and other first team players.

Pardoo will be sorely missed. A Every fine exponent of the art of

E. C. FINCHER'S KNOCK FOR K.C.C.

Eight U.S.

Track Stars For Manila

ARRIVE ON

OCT. 22.

Tokyo, Oct. 5.

Eight track and fold store will

leave Japan October 12 on the liner

FLOGS THE TRAGEDY

K.K.C.C.

ATTACK

RAMSAY RETAINS

HIS SHOTS

General Pershing for Manila, to CLUB MAY LOSE

show their speed and ngility to funs in the Philippines.

Wives of two of the stars will accompany the performers.

Those making the trip, a portion of a larger delegation which per- formed in Japan. during recent weeks, are:

Ralph Metcalf, Marquette Uni- veraity, sprinter,

Glenn Cunningham, University of Kanana, distance star.

Howard Green, Texas Christian, quarter-milor.

Charles Hornbostel, University of Indiana half-miler.

Frank Crowley, New York A. G. distance runner

Gordon Dunn, Stanford Univer- aity, shot and discus.

Wirt Thompson, pole vault.

Mra.

Philadelphia.

$112,5

LOWE

(By R. Abbit)

OF

BOXER'S WIVES

MRS. GAINS'S SECRET

WHY SHE STOPPED PETERSEN FIGHT

"Everyone is making why I stopped the fight. I will tell you, for it takes another wo- man to understand.” Fair-haired, pale-faced, tense,

The principal local event of the week in cricket was the match between the HK.CC- fielding a very depleted team, Mrs. Larry Galus, the Gorman and the K.C.C. who were with wife of the coloured Canadian out Burnett, Munn and Mac-boxer, poured out her heart finding relief in telling of that harrowing kay. The visitors won the toss and 13th round of the Gains-Petersen made good use of a rather dead fight at the White City last month wicket, but they were largely in-when, unable to see her man tako debted to Teddy Flacher, who was the towel being thrown into the more punishment, she insisted on only three ahort of his century when bowled by a full-toss-or so I ring. am told,

I saw the first sixty of his russ and very nicely they were put John Anderson, shot and discus, together. He started slowly and, Cunningham and. Mrs. | with Rumany, paid great con- Crowley will be with the party. sideration to the bowling of Mit-

The General Pershing is sched- bank and Lowe, who started. uled to arrive in Manila on October 22.

Hornbostel plans to continuo Ctward from Manila to Europe. The remainder will return home via the Pacific.

HOCKEY HANDBOOK

PRAISEWORTHY COMPILATION

FILLS A VERY REAL NEED

"Need I say that my husband has been very angry with me? He would have fought until he dropped, but sitting there alone at the ringside, watching blood dripping from a cut over hle right eye, and great puffy swell- ings closing up his left eye, I KEPT ON TOO LONG.

could stand no more for him.. "Any woman will realise how it But though they sent down some feels to be a boxer's wife to sec good stuff at umes think it was an error to keep them what may happen. Mrs. Len Har- I personally your man fighting, not knowing until over forty had been vey knew, for she comforted me. scored for no wicket. It definitely played Teddy In and he began to be much more enterprising than is bis wont,

on

Ramsay showed that he has lost note of his old strokes.

MAKE-UP DISGUISE.

"Larry and I have been married for nine years, and I have seen al- most all his fights during that. timo. Zimmern fell to Duckitt very

For a year or so he would but I usually soon and so did Hung who played not let me go. right across one which he seemed managed to slip In unknown to to be trying to turn to leg. The. I always wanted to be there, Club bowling was not very im-just in case I might be of help to

for Duckitt- pressive, except whose Agures of 17-2-43-5 are excellent.

SIXTH WICKET STAND.

Thim

"I felt less worried when Larry fought Carnera in May 1932.

"He was incapacitated from the start by the reopening of the cut over his right eye, a cut which he got in sparring a few days before the fight.

"It all seems very exclting to the

A DISASTROUS SECOND DAY. In response to several requests, centre-half play, he has been one Badly as things had gone on the the fixture list of the Ilongkong of the mainstays of the Artillery Colony. They wished particularly first day, even worse was to come. Football League for the week-end for the last two seasons, and

Smith and Perry made a good to convey their thanks to the Kow-There was a good deal of speculnis published again to-day, and in gained well earned Interport and loon Cricket Club and officials of tion when the cable to the Cricket future with appear in these other recognitions during that

sixth wicket stand and took the columns

Thursday and time. Club came in last night as the Lawn Tonnia Association,

score to over two-hundred.

"We patched it up beforehand, He was at his best in 1932-33, Friday.. Mr. Tauruoka is lowing is whether there had been rain.

The first official handbook of

Fincher declared at two hundred covering the scar with my eyebrow mission with great enthusiasm, Actually it is said in Reuter's The matches for Saturday and

when his highly developed con- the Hongkong Hockey Associa- and eighteen for seven, and only pencil. structive play inspired the and when spoke to him, he said message that the wicket had shown Sunday next follow.

Artillery to retain the leader-tion has now been published, when Grifths and Deckitt: were his visit was part of a scheme signa of wear. But even 80 And

ship of the league for three and is an exceptionally praise-together did they ever look like fight-fans to see two men battering whereby delegatea versed in the it hard to explain the collapse Kick-off 1.30 p.m. unless other.

parts of the season. They were worthy plece of work, fulfilling getting them. Smith found some at each other, but they never think

of his old form but the Club hnd of the reactions of cutitural characteristics of Japan (except by cold feet,

the boxers' eventually beaten for firts place as it does, a very great need. and Germany were to exchange Pearce alone of the early bats- vialts.

men mastered the bowling to a He would remain Germany certain extent, The complete until 1936, when he would take failure of Garthwaite and Melnnis charge as coach wid manager of surprised me most. I had expect-Caroline Hill. the Japanese Olymple swimming jed them to atop even if they did team which would be sent to not make largo scores. Owen Berlin.

Hughes is definitely

the While there he would instruct nervous aide, and I imagine being the Germans fn. swimming and Ju dropped off the first ball completed Jitsu.

‚! (25) his discomfiture.

CORRESPONDENT

Bowls Dinner.

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on

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It remained for Badar, who seems to like the Shanghai ground, and Ricketts to aave our face Hitle. I have all along said that! not enough use was made of the latter as a bat. Pereira also hit gallantly.

ANOTHER DROPPED CATCH.

It is curious how catches seem to follow the bad fieldsman. In

Sir, see in your morning con temporary that a dinner is to be hold in connection with the official onding of the bowls season, but tho hour of commencing the dinner is not mentioned. The only éluc to this is that Immediately the first innings Stokes gave after the match players and

chance to Balnea, who is the least apectators alike will adjourn to safe catch on the alde, and in the the K.C.C. pavilion for the dinner second, he has given one to Baines' "As the match is due to com-substitute Williams whose fielding mence at 2.30 it should finish by was the chief cause of his falling

o'clock at the latest, so pro to get into the side. sumably the dinner is to bo sorved With that catch went down`any at the latter hour and I won't faint hope we might have had of even have time to have one for the skittling Shurghai out for n_fow

raad. Just too bad.

The

OLD TOM OLIVE

BASEBALL, VISIT

and

possibly bringing off EL

spectacular victory.

SATURDAY.

S. China ""

የ

Borderers

Recreio v Lincolns-King's Park, Club Athletic-Club Police v Kowloon-Kowloon. East Lancs. v RA-Sookunpoo.

SECOND DIVISION.

Kick-off 3 p.m. unless otherwise slated.

Kowloon v Borderers-Kowloon, Navy v Lincolns Caroline Hill Club v Athletic Club. Eastern v R.A.-Military, 4.30. University v ILE.Athletic, 4.30.

Y. Indiana

East Lancs, v Chatham Rond, 1.30.

THIRD DIVISION.

stated.

Kick-off 3 p.m. unless otherwise RA.81.C. v Recrelo-St. Joseph's. Police v Railway-Railway, R.A.O.C. v Radio-Military. R.A.F. y Lincolns-King's Park.

Borderers

East Lancs. * Chatham Road.

SUNDAY.

FIRST DIVISION,

an

by South China and for runners- Its contents are what one might bad tail, and collapsed before E.F. wives.

| Fincher who is not one of the

"I have sat alone at the ringalde up by the Borderera,

describe as strictly essential, and Pardoe is still playing

hearing people shouting all sorts include the rules of the Hongkong K.C.C. landing bowlers!

Lowe had been called away and of savage things which have made. excellent brand of football, but is Hockey Association, the rules of

Tering from really adequate lack of support, and a great deal of the value of his fine work is lost be

enuse of this.

CAPT. FLEETWOOD ALSO. und encouraging spirit makes him His quiet demeanour on the field

an ideal captain, and his personall- on the soccer arenas of Hong- kong will be sadly missed.

Another big football personality

1

my blood run cold. Boxing is a the game, descriptions of last 80 K.C.C. won by sixty runs. season's interports with Malaya understand Lowe is probably leav-cruel game for the women who and Macao, as well as reports on ing the Colony-at all events tem- have to sit and watch their men the important local competitions porarily The Club-second-will battering their youth away." such as the International Tourna-miss him-as he seems to make the

ball' do a little off the pitch.

ment,

PRESS CRICKET TEAM.

will The Hongkong Press

moet the Indian Recreation Club 2nd XI. in a friendly cricket match to

PAST PERSONALITIES, Sketches of some of the most prominent players in the Colony, and brief histories of the clubs morrow, the game to start at 2 p.m. to be lost shortly to the Colony is constituto attractive features of on the Sookunpoo ground. The Press W. will be represented by the following: Capt. Fleetwood, who is 0.C. of the booklet, while Mr. E. foreword will the Royal Arillery football teams, Hamilton's

and

F. A.

be

a gentleman, whose sound generally appreciated by hockey judgment has been of great assist-players, bringing before them as it does asprets and personalities ance to officials of the Hongkong of the early days of the game in

Hongkong. | Capt. Fleetwood, who, I believe

In every respect the handbook I am right in observing, has not is a splendid compilation, well missed attending a single match of the Artillery first team for the past printed and neatly bound. The three seasons, is also being trans-compilera are deserving of the thanks of the hockey fraternity ferred to Gibraltar, and will, in a of the Colony for such an absorb. manner of speaking, be taking ing collection of facts concerning Pardoe with him,

The R. A. football olub will be the game here, and certainly no the poorer by his absence, and foot-player can afford to be without Navy St. Joseph's-Caroline ballers Kenerally will deplore his this handbook, which is offered for $1, obtainable from the Hon. departure.

Socretary and Treasurer of the Hockey Association and from the Publishers, the South China Morn- ing Post, Ltd.

Now nothing less than a miracle. or a fortnight's rain càn save us. and the queer thing is that Pal

All-Star Major Leaguej Madar, unless he has improved

baseball team have arranged to out of all recognition, is a very

THIRD DIVISION.

R.A.S.C v RE.—Chatham Road.

tour tho Orient this autumn and ordinary spin bowler-certainly Let us hope that, even if Shang- wilt anil from Vancouver. B.C., not as good as Minu and no better har are about two hundred and

Arsenal

by the Empress of Japan, October then Elvin; the of course they sixty on with six wickets to fall. Favoured

20.

*

are left-handers,

our people show up well to-day.

M. Ramand, the French custodian, in a difficult situation during the Worcester v. A, 5. F. match at the Canldrome, Shanahal, recently. Remond ran out to clear from Curtis, the new Army player, bet the latter passed to the other wing. Nicolaaff saved the French goal from another attack by clear

‚ing wall away,

For Cup

the

LAWRENCE SETS NEW MARK FOR 220 YARDS

AT V.R.C. MEETING.

London. Arsonal, the Football League Champlona, aro favourites for both the F. A. Cup and

After smashing the 100 Yards' League, Championship. A firm of Free Stylo record on Wednesday,

established W. Lawrence

a now West-End commission agents aro offering the following odds on the mark for the 220 Yards Free Style

yesterday afternoon when the An Cup:

nual Swimming Championships of the Victoria Rocreation Club were continued.

10-1 Arsenal' 14-1 Aston Villa

16-1 Huddersfield Town 16-1 Manchester City 16-1 Shefeld Wednesday, 20-1 Derby County

20-1 Leicester City

20-1 Portsmouth

20-1 Tottenham Hotspur

Lawrence's time for the event! was 2 mins. 27.2/5 secs. na com- pared with the old record of 2 min. 30.4/5 acce. created by J. R. John. atona in 1929.

L. Roza Paroirs provided the only opposition to Lawrence in the race. He could not keep up with the bol pace however, and finished nearly ten yarda behind.

It is surprising to soothat Manchester City, the Cup holdere, are quoted at 16-1 joint third Lawrence showed ho was out to favourite, while Portsmouth who smash, the record by starting at a great pace and drew away into a were the other finalists last year fond, which he increased at every

are 20-1.

turn. The odds against Arsonal win- He was given a splendid ovation

(Continued on Page 0)... ning the League are quoted at 3-1.

FRIENDLY HOCKEY

Recreio Team For To-day

The following, is the Club de Recreio

own ground-H.

F. M. el Arcall (Daily Proes (Cant), 8. A. Gray (Telegraph), E. team against the Royal Corps of Machider (S. C. M. Pest), R. Goldman Signals in a friendly hockey match (Daily Press), C. E. Stuart (S. C. A. to-day on their Post), J. M. Kelleher (S. C. M. Post), Britto A. A. den Remedios and J. C. L. Chan (S.C. M. Post), J. R. Luke Rentedios; M. Oliveira, J. Gonsalves (Telegraph), G. W. Giffen (Tele- and Dr. A. Rodrigues; C. D'Almada, graph), A. R. Markar (Daily Press) G. Gutteres, P. Nolasco, P. Rosario, and C. E. Wong (5. C. M. Post). and A. A. R. Botelho.

CATHEDRAL SCHOOL SWIMMERS. Some of the senior swimmers who took part in the annual gula held at the Country Club, Shanghai Inat month by the scholars of the Cathedral School for Girls.