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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, DECEMBER ́ ́6,. 1934.

FIRST ROUND OF THE SCOTTISH CUP CONTEST

New Soccer Stadium

POLO GROUND LEASED TO NAVY

Ever on the increase in popularity among all com- munities in the Colony, the game of football has never enjoyed the beat of facilities locally owing to the limited number of playing grounda at the disposal of the clubs,, and of late years it has been necessary for the local ad- ministrative body to dis- tribute the weekly fixtures over Saturdays and Sundays, Sunday football being but a

recent comparatively

novation.

in-

been

Now, however, the situation is to be considerably relieved by the acquisition by the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines of the spacious Polo Club ground at Causeway Bay, recently vacated by its erstwhilst lessees for the new site in Mongkok, Kowloon.

Three playing pitches have laid out on the old palo ground. which has now been converted into one of the best football arenas in the Colony. The "centre" ground has been suitably enclosed with sufficient #oating Accommslation to meet the demands of practically any match.

Елку от лесся, being served by hoth tram and bas, it will become a week-end popular rendezvous for

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foot matches, and in future will be allocated ita share of the more important fixtures of the mea-

sun.

Arrangements have already been Ballard for the official opening of

It was thrilling split second of action that the camera caught on the Pittsburgh gridiron Siedel, Minnesota player, (extreme left), leared to intercept a forward pau intended for his Pitt open. ent. In the instant the latter's hands would have closed safely on the hall, Siedel snatched it away. Mianerots won the exciting game 13-7.

LOCAL YACHTING

RACE SAILED YESTERDAY

the ground, and on Saturday, De THIRD WEDNESDAY comber 16, 1 Excellency Admiral Sir Frederic C. Dreyer, K.E., O.D.E., Commander-in-Chief of the Chinn Station, will kick of in the first

the match to be played on

main ground, where a picked Royal Navy mide will be opposed by South China's

The match "p" aggregation, timed for four o'clock..

BILLIARDS LEAGUE

Results of Week End, Games

The Royal Engineers Sergeants' Mess and the Royal Artillery Ser- grants' Mens won their fixtures in the Steel Coulson Billiards League last week when they heat St. Patrick's and the Garrison Sergeants

The Royal Hongkong Yacht Club Club yesterday held two, races for their Mer respectively. third Wednesday in succession. Mrs. Is

Brousgaard won the тасо for "A" class yachts in Jan, and Capt. Marshall won the "I", "Y" and "G" clean in Robena,

Prior to the commencement of the match there will be a short opening ceremony, including the holating of the Ensign. The Massed Bands of the China Fleet will be in attendance and will render selections during the[. afternoon.

Admission to the ground will do $1, 30 cents and 30 cunta.

LEAGUE CHANCES

Further alterations have been made!

The following are the results:

"A" Class, Btarted 15.00

Yacht

The Chief and Petty Officers' Club: were not engaged and, as a result, the Royal Engineers assume leader- ship.

Results of Friday'i matches werd as appended:

St. Patricka

Smith

Gerl

Ptolshed Corrected Porn Pla Pi

to date

Matter

Zordan

Carpenter.

16.58.47

B 1

9 Cor

Orlo

(Licut MacMullen).

10.42.30

McQuran

4 5

2

Total

6 3

In the fixture list for the week-end Wasp -League football matches-In-Hong-

Jan

kom match between the Lincoln-Isobel

ahira Regiment and St. Joseph's arranged for Chatham Road ground on Bunday next will now be played on the Kowloon Football Club ground. commencing at 4.p.m

The Royal Artillery and Royal Welch Fusillers were to meet in the Second Division at King's Park

Bundoy, but they will now play on the Hongkong Football Club ground instead, the game being timed to start at 2.30 p.m.

Cicada

(Lieut. Donaldson).

... 16.48.08

(Major Griffin).

-

7 Royal Artillery

Real Engineers 160 1/3 oda

244

60 /S, Crossmith 160

100

Q. M. C. RL 136

156 Bgt. Hollingworth

Ex!

14 8/ Harria

550

►

66 Capt Regan

LED

Totul

Garn Berent L/Art. W. Fink 180 Sel, Amith

Sgt. Bloomfield 150 8/Set. Flood___

̈ 10:39.28 —— ̄ ̄1′ 8 14 set, fl. Gasmell 150 Bet. Tamoun (Mrs. Bruusgaard).

Set. R. Woods 180 S King

16.45.14 - G 4 (Doctor L. Davin). ... 10.53.49 (Lieut, J. R. Portman).

10.39.67 - 2 Painted Lady 10.40.58 -

(Commodore F. Elliott),

Pat

(Major F. C. Booty).

Mr. Chr. W..

Longhan /et. G. Rosch

100

*

3

Total

Are Dyer 130 M/Cdr. Gillow

169

Total..

7 10

matches played to dule:

B 8

R. E. Bela Mons

1. A. Hata Man,

Gla

raison Sets" Mess,

" and "G" Class, Started 15.00 |

10.50.60 10.45.45 2 4 13 (Lieut. Williams).

Jado

Heron

D.N.F.

The Third Division match between Robena 16.673.38 16.40.01 1 G G

the East Lancashire and the Lincoln-||

(Capt. 1. Marshall).

hire Regiments will be played on the Widgeon 17.02.57 10.49.23 Railway Recreation Club ground at 41

p.m. and not at 2.30 p.m. an originally Gnel

Axed.

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Championship

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BY FRANK FOXON

The decision of the Billiards Association and!

That is all to the good.

Women's Hockey On The Continent

ENORMOUS IMPROVEMENT IN

GERMANY

Below we publish an article by Marjorie Pollard on Con tinental hockey which should be of particular interest to local enthusiasts. Mariorie Pollard is a well-known English hockey player herself. She has taken English teams to the Continent overy Easter for some years and has seen hockey played in most parts of Germany and Holland

The draw has been made Control Council to have a

An English Women's Hockey į Then there is always the strain of for the First Round of the qualifying competition pre-

many in the spring. As yet no unusual food--factor which f Scottish Cup, which is to be paratory to the Champion-team is going to Holland and Ger- travelling, strange surroundings. ship proper is an interesting dates have been settled, but such mantan, reduce the value of a played off on January 26.

team to about 75 cent. of its The last time an English team normal strength. Rangers, present holders move and I hope it will be detafla will soon be known.

went to Germany was in 1926, And, all important, unferna

matches when we played. of the Cup, and the team successful.

in team has been warned and almost From what I hear, that entrance Berlin, Hamburg. Leipzig. and pleaded with, the players will alter holding the premier position

fee for the qualifying competition rather bumpy pitches. scored their style of play and try to beat in the First Division, have will be £5, maybe guineas. I am in spite of heat, dust and something, their opponents at their own name. been drawn against Cowden- nao led to believe that the same like 40 goals without much response. This is a captain's nightmare. A fce for the competition proper will But that was eight years ago, and team of English players must stick beath on their own ground, be reduced to a very considerable we did not play a representa to its own methods. It cannot, tive German aide, although we with any success, adast the Con- while Celtic who were win- extent.

in of were a full international team tinental style all at once. ners in 1933-34 will be at This qualifying stage home to Montrose who, up to course, not for the senior players that had just beaten Ireland by Iremember a match in Mannheim,

Davis,

(W), goals, to nil and Wales by 20 goals amid dust and flerce enthusiasm, Newman, Smith

when we were three gonis down last Saturday were holding a Lindrum and McConachy: It is in-to nil.

Since then, hockey in Germany in less than ten minutes. Wo. position third from the bot- tended to attract auch players as

Sidney Smith, Sidney Lee, Willie has improved enormously, but it were slapping the hall about, tom of the Second Division Leigh, Tom Carpenter and Arthur has always been pinyed in what copying our opponentn. A mess- might be termed mannish style age had to be sent round the team, table.

The clubs are all mixed, running pungent, urgent. We won In tha both men's and women's elevens. end by 14 goals to

I mention all this because there Joint practices are hold, so it in not unnatural that the style of are still people in England who both men and women is the same; belittie Continental hockey, and robust, hard-hitting, rapid, and say: "More of your walk-overs." deadly accurate. It is the same in In the last few years we have had We have had to Holland. Hockey on the Contin- no walk-overs. ent is coached by men and played fight every inch of the way, and vletory has called for all the con- in their style.

determination.. and

The complete draw is as under:

Partick y Stenhousemuir Yale-c-Coba v Dumbarton. Buckle Thistle v Beith. Third Lanark v Creetown East Stiring v Halth. Dumfermiline v Hamilton. Forlar v Chirnside United Valea Fathall v Hibernians. Celtic v Montrose. Fraserburghy Dundee United, Falkirk v Aberdeen, Albion Paisleyucas. Queen's Park v Alloa, East Fife Clyde. Brechin v Leith Peebles Rovers v St. Mirren. Rangers v Cowdenbeath. Inverness Caledonian v Clachna cuddin.

Peall.

I would suggest that the win ner would be the offe al Junior Champ on of the United Kingdam pay an with no obligation to add tienal fee in order to play in the championship proper.

I am sure the senior players would not object for they are as keen as anybody to get an influx of new layers an influx which is so badly needed,

BOYS' CHAMPIONSHIP

The prospects of the forthcoming Boys' Championship are excellent and I expect a record entry; that would be a fitting tribute to the memory of the. late Mr. Harry Young, the father" of this event, He lived to see it become one of the the of features most popular billiards year, with the standard of play steadily improving from year to your.

PRESTIGE AT STAKE To me, theat matches with Hol-

We decry boisterousness and any-centration, thing that savours of dangerous hit ability that an experienced team ting, concentrating on fircase, short can produce. passing, control, of ball and body, and accuracy. How this style will fare in competition with great land and Germany are all immort- strength, lang swinging passes!

Hockey i at stake, and (mostly knee high), terrifically hardant The prestige of English hitting, remains to be seen.

do hope that the England The conditions are against in team tha доев abroad in the experienced visitors. The grounds

game, both in Holland and Ger- are usually very hard, dusty, and png will insist on having a real with grass only on the wings. meny, before it meets the national The balls are not leather and beams. Only, in this way can

Games are have accordingly. played often at 6.30 p.m., an awk they hone to get any den of the race of the nitch and the pecu- ward and unusual time: Who can farities of the ball, and become It was this event which "brought play hockey after a Continental accustomed to the foreign Inter- out Sidney Lee, who was Interies anyway?

pretation of the roles, Galston v.Kilmarnock,"

supreme in the Amateur Champion. St. Bernards v Airdrie,

ship until he "crossed the floor" Berwick Rangers v Rosyth Dock- and became a most promising pro- yard.

Edinburgh,

King's Park St. Johnstone v Arbroath, Hearts v Solway Star. Ayr y Queen of South Morton v Bo'ness.

Dundee Motherwell,

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fessional with a bright future.

. A KICK 13 A CRIME

We are apt to think in England that wo

own the game of hockey There is always a great deal of and its rules, and that everywhere

.

It is, financially, all for St. Dun-of noise on the side-line, and the we go It should be played na we stan's, and this year donation cards players, too, keen up a flow of play it. This attitude leads to have been issued in order to swell conversation, which is irritating trouble, frayed tempers, and bad the proceeds. Lending, players, and incomprehensive. Rules differ feeling. At the outset, it la al- the finest snooker player in the amateur and professional, will disghtly, and the umairing is difways best to warn a team that ferent. A slight kick is a crime, whatever hannens must be nut world-his win over Horace Lindtribute the carda, and I imagine and the whistle fairly reads the down to different interpretations rum at Melbourne was completely that the result will be gratifying, decielve and left no doubt as to the for St. Dunstan's has always had air, but tampering with sticks, of rules and the spirit of the game. 101 comparative merits of the two a strong appeal to British sports-actual sticks and dangerous first- There must never be any question-

time hitting are not penalised. Ing of conduct or decisions.

141

players. The plain fact is that men.

10 Davis is in a class of his own at

140 snooker.

Play starts on Dec. 27, and I shall 707 The Women's Amateur Cham-look forward to seeing some very

plonship begins

and entertaining billiards from these on Jan. 19

The following League Table includes fialehes on Jan. 26. From Feb. 18 keen Inds.

Agi Mennen.

HL Patrick's

Pu

| to Feb. 27 the women professionals will decide their billards and snooker Championship; there are 14 about 50 other events, as that the organisers will be kept pretty busy.

DAVIS AND SNOOKER

Joe Davis has done what I felt sure he would do-proved himself Continued on Previous Column.}

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