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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1935.

GARRISON HOCKEY CUP WRESTED FROM HOLDERS

FITTING RESULT TO A MAGNIFICENT GAME

H.K.S. BRIGADE OUTSHINES THE PUNJABIS

FINE STANDARD OF PLAY AROUSES GREAT ENTHUSIASM

(By R. H. B.)

Brilliant and exciting hockey was witnessed by a large crowd of civilians and troops, including His Ex- cellency Major-General Borrett, on the Marina ground yesterday afternoon when the H. K. S. R. A. won the Garrison Soldiers Club cup in the Inter-Unit Knock Out hockey tournament by defeating the holders, the It was one Punjabis Regiment, by three goals to two.

of the best games of the season.

Irigade right wing, played Strength vied with strength, good the hockey with good hockey, and otplendid game. le combled well teams were very well balanced. Side With Garthwaite who was good in the line cheering was vociferous and was opening stages of the game but did accompanied by the waving of hands not keep it up to beann a read source and utleks. throughout the whole off danger.

the game.

Dost Mohammed, the frigado tak The outstanding players of the day friskle-left, was prominent in many outs with were Khan Bahadur, the right back splendid short pi

of the Punjabia, Metcalfe, the Inter-Aya Singh and Chajja Singh. port

and Brigade right back and)

Kishin Singh rendered Metcalfe Dulla Singh, the Punjabis and Colony valuable aid but his main fault lay centre-half, Bahadur worked Rke n trojan and many times reloved Tai in his wandering into foreign terri

tory Lon aften. His hitting wan Mohammed admirably when under

strong and his clearing found the heavy pressure,

murk.

Metcalfe.

! Referees; A. A. Dank and f Metcalfe play Palmer. re well

abave

the form he dis• { played against

the Shanghai Germ

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Saturday. спино into his

own with

aplendid

HOME

stop

ping and hard; hitting.

That veteran Dolla Singh was al- ways in the picture holding a good check on Aya Singh while his die tribution of the hall was good.

TRULY MAGNIFICENT

Portugal's Soccer XI Chosen

FOR CHARITY CUP

FINAL

:

Howlett, Royal Engineers' 'skipper receiving the Junior Shield From Lady Southern after Saturday's match,

(Photo: Mes Cheung).

TO-DAY'S TENNIS

SINGLES ON THE STAND COURT

WEATHER VERY

UNCERTAIN

CELTIC

IN DANGER

HEARTS AFTER HONOURS

IN SCOTTISH LEAGUE

London, April 16. Although the Rangers ave already won the first division championship of the Scottish Laugue, an interesting struggle is in progress for the runners- up position, which became in- tensified to-day as a result of Hearts' victory over Clyde by two goals to nil.

Hearts have In consequence moved up one place and are offer- ing a definite challenge to Celtic. Both teams have now played the same number of games, with Celtic lending by one point. They have Iwo matches outstanding. Hamil

The Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation football team which lost to the Football Association in the Governor's Cup, competition an Sunday. Back rowi Mek Sui-hon, Wang Wing, Lau Maug middle row Leong Wing-chul, Taul Alu-fai, Lee Kwok-wal; front TOW: Tao Kwaishing, Tam Kong-pak, Fung King-cheung, Chan Chun-wo, and 1p Pak-wa. (Photo: Mes Cheung).

ton are thus almost definitely IN THE BIG LEAGUE TRAINING CAMPS eliminated from the race.

Today's Scottish League Foot-

ball results were called by Reuter as follows!

Hearts

FIRST DIVISION

2 Clyde Queen's Park 3 Hernians 1

LEAGUE TABLE

Coals.

Rangers

P. W. D. L.. F. A. Pt. B6 2h

Celtic

Jenrts

30 20 4 0 36 199

13 83

15 48

83

48 47

Hamilton #7 18 10

9.KD

64 36

66

51 44

3G 17 9 10

GO

42 43

The organisers of the open Aberdeen. 37 17 14 1 tennis championships are re-St. John ceiving but little encourage-

ment

the from

weather.

stone

Following yesterday's improved ALL-SUNDAY GOLF ON conditions rain fell overnight,

and the heavy state of the skies this morning does not augur too well for to-day's ständ

court match.

know

Tai Waipal and 11 Ka-Inu have now met so nnny' times in their own chil tournaments that they cách other's play by, heart; which is why today's game, if it is playes, may drag ont to three rather weary sets.

Ho Ka-lau has always chosen strict defensive misbres against Tsui. E. Marques, (Roerejo); A. V. feeling that his best chances of win- Gusano (Recreio) and S. Souza ang lay in luring the younger player (St. Joseph's); R. Silva Netto into errors, it is unlikely that Ho in this en- (Recreio), N, Beltran (Recreio) will change his tarties

counter. That Ho has a road de.

The following have been chosen to represent Portugal in the, In

Charity Cup final Another player who caught, the eye et nations! was Ahmed Khan, who played against China op Sonday on the truly magnificent game at right half]Club ground, for the Punjabis. His lot was n bord. one as he was up against Kartar Singh and La Singh one of the strongest left Bank combinations in the Colony.

ran.

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QUESTION

PERRY MAKES DECISION

Is The Davis Cup Lost?

SOME SIGNIFICANT INDICATIONS

(By "Veritas")

Fred Perry has decided to make filma; in other words, the English lawn tennis champion is to become a professional. The only point of doubt is when exactly he intends to take the step.-

England, Jealous of her hard-won prestige in the international world of tenois will earnestly hope that ho will remain an amateur until after thiyent's Davis Cup. But, the significance of the events leading up to the International Federation's ban for on tennis players makinig s money suggests that Perry will ninke the change at the earliest possible montert.

The extraordinary voltre faco the part of the English Law Tenni Association concerning film ban, when, in direct contrast to its earlier hostility the ruling body threw in its to secure fim concessions for pinvers, has not yet been satisfactorily ex- plained.

MARK OF "A'S" a lot with Czecho-Slovakia in an effort

(Special to "Telegraph")

Fort Myers, Fla., Apr. 15. There is a gleam in the pale blue

of 72-year-old cycs Connie Mack as he prepares the Philadephia Athletics for their 35th season in the American League.

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where it finished in 1934, to a contend ing position.

He has a half dozen exceptional pitching prospects in Johnny Marcum, Bilt Dietrich, Alton Benton, Charley Lieber, George Caster, and Version) Wilshere, a southpaw.

Both won

Mareum copped 14 games and lost 11 in 1934. The bespectacled Dietrich won 11, and dropped 122. most of their victories during the last half of the campaign.

To-day's emphatic annoucement by Perry leads one to believe that the English LTA. knew perfectly well what course Perry intended to take, and supported the proposed removal of the Glm han to ensure Perry's right to play In the Davis Cup this year.

NOT ONLY PERRY

and E. J. F. Elms (St. Joseph's) eure indisputable, but he also be played only from I p.m. onward years later-Grove, Earnshaw, and metrically built of nil the sterling removal of the film ban

N. Delgado (Regvelo), A. Ward | gives the impression that he does not (St. Joseph's), 11. Gosane utilise his attacking strokes sufficient- (Recreio), J. Gomes (Recreio) | ¡y. and J. Alves (Recreio).

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Walker du good work on the right. wing. for the Panjabis being much in the limelight in the first half but he

starved in the second! wak Korely period of the game. Nevertheless. | whenever he was in possessica, of the ball he kept. Alaf Din hard on the

1. M. Fernandez Recreio); 1. Ravenhill, the Brigade pivot and Fernandez (St. Joseph) and W. Az captain, played well in patches. He Maher Recreio; J. A. Victor (St. put in some good clearmices now and Joseph). C. A. 'Figuerdo (Recreio) Again but he was not altogether fast and P. Marques Recrvin): T. enough to cope with the wiles and speed of Afzal Khan. leader of the fatihi Recreio), D'Aquino (Re- ereio, Santos 1 Recreio), L opponent' attack.

One of the fastest runners yet seen Raghn (St. Joseph's) and V. Costa in local military hockey, Khuis Rux, † (St. Joseph's).

"Tsui will probably prefer a more Thi• following are the reserves enterprising type of game, and if he can slip quickly into form miny finish things off in two sets,

Tsui has enjoyed the edge over his ppponeal for the last two years uni bevnase of this he is expected to win to-day. On the other hand it would BOL he sensational if the daar Ho up- set calculations and past records.

He is always n difficult player to beat and always one capable of flaske ing into really good form.

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During the closing weeks, Dietrich trimmed the gathering Detroit

And of course. Perry.is.not the only You do not suspect that Mack has Tigers, 1-0, before an overflow Sun- something up his sleeve. You only day crowd at Navia Field, with an Englishaan affected by the film ban, have to look out over Terry Field to ordinary dy going for a two-base hit. "Bunny" Austin has received several know that he has.

Mack called it one of the finest pitch- lucrative offers to appear as n player The current crop of Athletics brings ing performances for a youngster on before the camera nii he has atopted happy memories to Mack of a team the road that he ever witnessed. a similar attitude to Perry, annily that reported to him a quarter century Lieber, who alings n deceptive that he has his financial future jago-Plank, Bender, and Coombs; Im winker, was drafted from the San consider and cannot really afford to

ho refuse such offers. Thomus; McInnis, Collins, Barry, and Prancisco Missions, for whom Baker; and Oldring, Strunk, and grabbed 19 decisions while losing 13, Austin definitely stated tit be Danny Murphy

Gaster, purchased from the Port- would not turn professional until after The and that lins buckled down and Consters, won 3 games and lost the Davis Cup, but that statement to work here also reminds Mack of after reporting in September. This was uttered prior to the aderation the band he assembled in 1985, which former University of Southern Cali- areeting, and may easily have been went on to the flist of three pennants formin all-round star, is the most made in the belief that the proposed would le At present Sunday games may and two world championships four

athletes attacking victuals at the astoptel.

Perry has not yet left the United Walberg; Cochrane; Jimmy Paxx, Belford Hotel here. in the winter, and from 2 Bishop, and Dykes Simmons, and

Caster is a pitcher without a windd States, and the templaation for him onward in summer. The committer | iaas."

11. He throws the ball with a single to necept a sound financial Blas pro- report, however, that they have re-

BIAY The current Athletics not sidearm motion. It is a sort of legal jeet is far greater than if he were reived many requests from the attain the heights of the two rent quick pitch. He has remarkable in England.

Britain's Davis Cup hopes may rest public asking that the golf purses arrays that preceded them before contral should be open on Sunday morning, they are torn apart, but there is Sugar Calu is a right-hander of in the balance during the next few

Existing arrangements.

talent galore in the 29 athletes going established worth, and LeRoy Mn- days. neves. sitate the arrival of the staff al

through the paces here.

haffey has been around long enough! And what pleases Mack most is the to know how to pitch., Little Joc Ham, to book starting times; and

fact that the average age of the band Cascarella, the crooner, met with event that his throwing does not im- players who arrive early for this

is only 25 years. purpose often wait several hours

"With Jimmy Foxx catching and before they start playing.

handling the

young pitchers, the It is emphasised that earlier Athletics have a chance to win the play need not interfere with the pennant in a wide-open ence," smiles publie, who have never been per-Mark. mitted to roata over the Beckenbam- place-park course and for whom 605 acres of the 806 neres Hainault Forest wil still available.

PITCHING PROSPECTS ROSY

ni Mack is banking on the back. be stopping of Foxx and the natural improvement of his young pitchers to

West Indies' Blow To Our Cricket Pride

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TEST ASPIRANTS · MUST BE GIVEN CHANCE IN COMING SEASON

By RONALD T, SYMOND

The cricket tour in the West Indies has been far from com- forting to those who are concerned with our national pride in sport. A team comprising three-quarters of our paper strength has failed lamentably in the series of Test matches.

It is not so long since some of us Smith was the most successful fast were asking whether these modest bowler in county cricket, and Paine islanders were good enough to play had better figures than any other in Tests at all!" Yet in "This finai slow spin bowler. match at Kingston the score-book

With Farnes and Hollies to sup

reads as though the Boot might feport the attack, this uncleus should. the yther leg. Our complacency hus have been enough to win these 'Tests | been made to look a little foolish. hind reputed strength been

strength ་ .་

NOT IMPRESSIVE

WORLD'S SECOND-BEST

real

In the final Test the winning of the

It was not. The time has conte to toss was great advantage, and West Indie's got some stardy blows in first reconsider our resources and to find But our rearguard battle, apart froms out what is wrong. Either reputed the defiant century by Ames, was champions mest give performances] nut Impressive. Even in the worst worthy of their great names or we conditions wo expected more must give new mon a chance. stubborn fight. The tour as a whole, 6. C. Grunt and his men doserve has scarcely been flattering to our the warmest congratulations on their status in the cricket world.

ine achievement. In Headley the West Indies possexs probably the second-best batsman in the world, and in Constantine and Martindale they have a shock attack superior to

I have heard it argued that the team on tour does not represent the full strength of England. It is certainly not an eally balanced ur men. side, nor does it appear to be keyed up to the requisito pitch of efficient endeavour for Test encounters, but we must not exaggerate the facts,

But three men, even, such nien, as there, do not comprise a team. The others also have done well-so well as to give our Test selectors furiously to think.

In Wyatt, Hammond, Hendren, The coming season in this country

Anies, And Leyland, the touring must be made one of opportunity for party includes tho whole of our Test aspirants. There will be room, "solid middle" batting of Just season.") (Continued on Paße 9.)

SOIRE RUECERs in 1934.

prove.

Samity Foxx, 17, and Bill Bennett, English hit .320 and was voted the 18, southpaws, will be sent out. So most valuabis player in the Texas will Edgar Smith, a aumi-professional League. of Columbus, N. J.

Lamar Newsome, who comes from Charley Berry is back to warm Tulsa with Hooks and a .286 batting up pitchers and to be available in average, ie buiting his head against the event dimmy Foxx is hurt. Billa stone wall in trying to take Eric- Conroy and Charley Moss are young-McNair's Job at shortstop. sters who require seasoning.

Bob Fausett, who helped Galveston win the Texas League gonfalon with INFIELD HAS YOUNG TALENT n left-handed batting average of 282, Cuces the same kind of competition in Alex Hooks, a fancy fielding left-Prank Higgins at third base, hander, tackles the robust nasignment

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Out'leider Lou Finney will step in of Bling the large brogans of the at first base if Hooks falls down. famous Foxx at first base. This Bob Johnson, working with a good former all-round luminary of Southern behaviour clause in his contract. Ed Methodist Universily hit 340 in the Colenina, and Roger Cramer form an Toxas League last season.

outfield that is quite good enough, Dib Williams is to start ai socond, and Wallace Mosses, Jr., a left-hand with Rabbit Warstler and Charley hiter who swatted 316 for Galveston, English ready to relieve him in the ls on had to help out.

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