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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1935.

HEAVY ENGAGEMENTS FOR LOCAL FOOTBALL CLUBS

RE-ARRANGED

FIXTURES

MATCHES CRAMMED INTO FINAL WEEK

CLUBS PLAYING THREE GAMES

IN FIVE DAYS

(By "Sagax")

Consequent upon the delay in the fulfilment of fixtures in the Senior Division of the local football league, the present week-the last of the current season --will see a number of clubs having heavy engagements. on hand, particularly those which are still interested in the runners-up position.

The Kowloon Football Club are the only team to have eincluded their fixtures while South China "A" have but one more match to play. Other teams, however, have ne many na three games unfulfilled while the Royal Welch Fusiliers still have five matches, DİL hand and the Police four.

Those clubs directly interested in the runners-up position are playing two matches on consecu;} tive days while they will also be called upon to play during the week-end, glving them three matches lu five days,

The League management have: arranged for four matches to be! played to-morrow afternoon white another two nữe to bas decided on Thursday. The Club and the Palice will be engaged Con bolli dates.

Through their victory geninst! the Police on Saturday, the Club!- are favoured to win the miner honours of the Division but they? have two tough propositions on! hand. The Rayid Navy will pro-' vide the opposition in their first) match walle the Royal Welch) Fusiliers will be their opponents in the second.

The Police, who have four more matches to play will, it is foured,

Sgt. Maj. Chapman).

Club v. Navy (Club Ground, 5.15 p.m.; Referee: W. G. Thwaites).

THURSDAY

Club v. Fusiliers (Club Ground, 5.15 p.m.; Referee: Randall).

E. E,

Police v. R. A. (Kowloon Ground, 5.15 p.m.; Referee: J. H. Lawrence).

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Davis Cup Tennis Tie

BRAZIL DEFEATS

URUGUAY

(Spacial to "Telegraph")

Montevideo, Apr. 29. The Brazilian lawn tonnia team: eliminated Uruguay from the South American Zone of the Davis. + Cup Competition to-day. t

The winners captured the first

be without the services of Pariter, three matches played and won the who was injured during last right

to meet the winners of

TENNIS QUEEN RETURNING TO GAME

HELEN WILLS RECOVERS

Saturday's match and with the North American Zone, United COMMENCES absence the side will be sanewhat Press. weakencil. To-norrow they meet the Royal Welch Fusiliers and on Thursday, the Royal Artillery.

The Chinese Ahletic, who beat" the Club de Recreio by the odd gond! on Simday, will again meet their! Portuguese rivals and another wir j will definitely place them among

STOCKPORT WIN EASILY

the teams with prospects of secur-BEAT WREXHAM

ing the runners-up honours.

Appended is the full programme

for to-morrow and Thursday:

TO-MORROW

SIX-ONE

PRACTICE

FIST FIGHT AT BASEBALL MATCH

TWO PLAYERS BANISHED

PIRATES BEAT CUBS

New York, Apr. 29, Excitement ran high in the National League baseball match between Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs when a free-for-all fist fight developed during the course of the fifth innings,

.

Two races being decided at the annual sports meeting of the Indian R. C. at Sookunpoo last Sunday. Top The start of the 100 yards race for boys of ten years and under, which was won by B. Omar, the son of Mr. R. M. Omar. Beltom: The finish of the 100 vardı Indies” championship which was won by Miss Rosle Rum- jahn, third from the left. (Photos: Mes 'Cheung).

Austin Defeats Prenn In

The match was being closely contested throughout and when Lavagetto, of the Pirates line-up. tangled his feet with B. Jurges, of the Chiengo Cubs, the players of both sides rushed for one another in a free-for-all. Bath Lavafetto ! and Jurges had fallen to the ground and when they rose they act upon each other, this being a signal for the general melee which ENGLISHMAN ensued.

The originators of the trouble, Lavafetto and Jurges, were banish-

ed from further participation in the game.

occasions.

Tennis Final..

GOLDEN

MILLER

BOOED

FAMOUS HORSE BEATEN

AGAIN THROWS JOCKEY

Golden Miller, who, until he contested the Grand National was the most popular racehorse in the country, was booed at Liverpool races on the day following the classic steeplechase.

He had been excused his lapse in the "National," for which he had started the hottest favaurile on record for the race, aus was an oven-money favourite for the Champion Strople chase,

Instead of re-establishing his re- putation, he further tarmlslied it by making a por jump at the arst fence. He wobbled on landing, and for the second time within 24 hours be throw

Lin

Wilson. Jockey, G.

Wilson | escaper "Infury. Golden Miller was

back to the paddock.

HARDLY MAKES ERROR caught by a stable lad and ridden

IN MATCH AT HARROW

As he returned the crowd Uning the rails Treated him with obvious con-

It was soon clear that H. W. Austin would beat Dr. D. tempt. There was boolng and Jeer-

Briscoe, the trave

of

The match was a close duci from Prenn more easily than had been expected in the final. start to finish and at the end of round of the Singles at Harrow, writes The Times corres Wilson, explaining the incident, the ninth innings the Cubs were pondent, when the successful tournament of the. Hergas: "Golden Miller hit the fence hard. He did not rise at it pro- | very, one run, ahead of the Pirates who Club was concluded. Two sets on a slow court were all perly. He did not falle is too occagged the plate on cloven that was necessary; but the austerity of Austin's strokes clever for that--but he wabbled badly on landing so that I was dislodged.“ For the Pittsburgh side Suhr on a chilly afternoon did little to remind us of the excite- A. R. Twice kit for the circuit.

andments of his matches against Prenn on the Rot-Weiss Golden Miller, declined to comment Vaughan added a third home ron

on the mishup. "I cannot account for the team. Cavarretta, Lind- courts in Berlin in the days when Prena played for for it any more than you can," he "At the present moment I pres strom and English all homered for Germany.

fer not to say anything. 1 mest ask the Cubs.

Rosults of to-day's matches as

Nevertheless, it was a fine matchy them minkes even slow drives menar,399, therefore, to excuse me," between two players who have begun ing, and as for dropshots Prenn found cabled by Renier are appended: the senson well, nud MOSTLY proplej a favourite

LOST POPULARITY styoke admirably used. AMERICAN LEAGUE

went to watch it. Austin mnde hard against him. Although Prenn always

When the betting on the Champion is a mistake with, strokes that are gut up to them he was powerless be Steeplechase opened the bookmakers such a joy to the eye; und, unre im- Tore Austin's readiness to take his asked for odds of 2 to 1 un. There portant, there was a purpose in every- veturns on the fall-volley. thing he did which suggested that he

Washington

New York

R. H. M.

0 4 0 2 A 0

0

Boston

10 10. Philadelphia-

R 1-1 2 (There were eleven Innings). Detroit

USE OF SPIN

The use

spin Bever

were no takers. It was obvious the champion had already lost bis popu- arity with the racing public.

(Lefty Gomez pitched far the kaew exctly how to beat his man.

Prema revels by running. Yankees).

in- and, deed, is so scence in the knowledge

brutight The odds shrunk to 7 to 4 on, 6 to that be enn young shuts which would Pronn moich sueries; it had no gulle? 4 on, anil 5 to 4 on. The public would bent most players that to give him for strukes Th soundly andr as not trust their fallen idol. At the nothing but length to contend with. Austin's, who was able to gula puce"" the general offer was "evens," BH. G. N. Lee had done the day be by taking the ball earlier than he a startling confirmation of how far 18 15 0

Tory, is merely to give his driving might have done off plain drives. publie confidence in 07 2

him had been rith that beeople: insistent. Austin led by two games to none in shaken. Greenberg Rather than keep the rallies going the first wet before, Preun began to Tigers

TO St. Louis

The comeback trail loomed Inst month for Mrs. F. 5. Moody, Jr., as the former American and world champion woman tennis player laid plans for daily practice with the hope of again becoming BY an international competitor.

(Goose Goslin. homered for the Bridges pitched).

and it was, therefore, for Austin to have! keep the rallies alive and drew level, "Even money" was a far better done with them, and be did so by aj but Austin could always go a stroke price than could have been expected, The tie between Chicage and variety of methods in which the drop-better, although we had the rare sight as Golden Miller had to carry only Cleveland'

Was postponed account of tala.

- NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Philadelphia Boston

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|shol, the job, and the volley, were of Prenn serving double-fanits, and the same weight as the others. In

happily relatel, although, his insk was he was within a game of the sot the Grand National Handicap he had. made a fittle easier by Prenn's ten-When Prenn threw everything into a been set to concede 21lb, to Double dency to hit down more often than valleyling attack Unit at least ruffled "Tussed.

Austin's aim. Prenn, however, haf weaol.

Double Crossed won the race. It. not the length to forestall that up setting dropshot-Austin won his ser. Was originally intended to run Dunley, rice for the set. The second set was Plans were changed after bir defaut. ser Crossed for the Grand National. The background of Austin's game, much like the first, except that Prenn at Wolverhampton, Royal Ransom as ever, Iny in his sureness of coa for a time had Austin hesitant becoming Mr. Whitney's second string trol and touch of the ground, and mand in catching up from, but in the big race.

HITTING THE LINES

On a 'private court at San Fran- risco the fornier queen of the courts swang her racket in practice for the St. Louis London, April 29. first time since 1033, when back Cincinnuți Stockport and Wrexham played injury forced her out of the national) Police v. Fusiliers (Kowloon or their postponed tie in the championships.

Pittsburgh Ground, 5.15 p.m.; Referee: Forthern Section of the iterationalist and present instructor,

for all the slowness of the court he then renn, who was twice within a y Howard Kinsey, former Chiengo]

12 14 0

could forcu Frenn hnek or bring him point of lending for the first time, Archer),

Superior finishing speed enabled Division in the English Football

(Suhr scored two homers and forward usually with the motive of a was flagrantly rubbed by one of these Double Crossed to win. Star Sheil, Recreio v.

Athletic (King's League at Edgeby Park today, the was taken into Mira, Moody's con- Vaughan one for the Pirates while finishing valley or passing shot. In shot that climb with such impishuus who went to the front at the Canal Park, 5.15 p.m.; Referee: E.home side winning handsomely by idence in the return to the court.

Cavarretta, Lindstrom and English most that he did I saw to it that over the neteord and he anneled into arn, landed over the lost fence with Isley),

six goals to

Mrs. Moody hit the ball easily and hit home runs for the Cuba).

Prenn hnd to make his strokes bur-the net to let Austin The victory her stroking was good." Kinsey mid.

A clear load. Double Crossed came lend instead, S. China "A" v. S. China "B" enabled them to climb three places "I was impressed with her techaique games scheduled in the National ability to hit the lines rather than all through had been too good.

The above three were the on/vieily at the extremes of reach. Į Pro-nn tried to hit harder, and that command na they passed the stands. with a strong burst of spord and took (Caroline Hill, 5 p.m.; Referee: in the league table-Reuter,

When Austin is playing well his was really the end of him; Austin (Continued on Page 9.3

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GOOD SOUTHPAWS WANTED

BY CHICAGO BASEBALL TEAM

OUR NEW FEATURE FOR

BASEBALL FANS

hurlers who hold their forks their left hands,

in

Richard Bock and John Michaels are the recruits with the supposed

NEW HURLERS good left arms. Bock, a com

plete stranger to Dykes, hails from the University of Colorado and Pasadena, Apr. 27. Filled with the old ambition to.

has yet to prove his worth.

Michaels as enten at the Sox break what appears to be a spring training board before, and lifetime lease on the American Jimny says he's pretty handy at League cellar, Chicago's White tossing the ball where it should go Sox once again are tossing The lad pitched 'em fer Rochester baseballs around Brookside Parkin the International League laat here in their annual spring season, winning 16 games and los-

Cracking the

ing 10, whip ovor 17 But if both fall to make good, regulars and an equal number of Dykes says he will secure two rookies of varied experience is lefties through the waiver route, Jimmy Dykes, the peppery third sucker who inherited the pilot's berth last summer when Owner

manoeuvres."

PORTSIDERS ESSENTIAL.

"I don't intend to go through Louis Comiskey kicked the props the season without a couple of good from under Law Fonseca.

left-handers on the pitching staff," Dykes isn't the kind to go into Dykes said.. "Most of the hitting eestusies about the future of his strength in the American League ball club.

is left-handed, and if we are to "We'll give a better account of see ght this year one or more ourselves than the experts thinic," good southpaws must show us the says Jimmy, simply, "Our recruits way."

this year are much more impres- Outstanding new hurlers in the sive than last season's crop, and Pale Hose camp include Ray if three or four of 'em come Phelps, whose 17 victorios against through, it's a cinch we won't be 10 defeats at St. Paul caused Chi- groping around in the collar cago to purchase him; Lee Silne, again."

farmed out last season to Mil-

In fact, Manager Dykes anya hewaukee, where he won 17 and lost has but one large worry. Two of 9, and Johnny Whitohead, who won his green youngsters are pitchers, 10 and lost 10 at Dallas. and of the 15 fingers who sit

Veterans Ted Lyons, Sam Jones, down at dinner every night in the and Whitlow Wyatt will support Chinox. camp, they are the only

(Continued on Page 9.)

ENGAGED FOR ST. TEWDRIC

The decision to run Golden Miller

i was known that Miss Paget re- in the race had not been expected to quired me to ride,"

meet with such a disastrous result. "Sound as a bet." This was the

With Wilson riding, he had been first remark overheard in response to given a canter over the racecourse, En quely when Golden Miller returned He went salisfactorily. Thero. had to his training establishment at been some rain during the night, but Exning, near Newmarket. Nothing the going was not ap

appreciably easier. has been decided as to what will be "I had engaged myself to rido St. done with him, but the probability is Tewdrle in the Champion Steeple that he is to be given a long rest. chase," said Wilson, "as I did not Golden Miller is still the champion know I should be wanted for Golden steeplechaser in the eyes of his many Miller. I was at once released when adimirers at Exning,

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