THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1935,
ENGLISH FOOTBALL SEASON STARTS ON SATURDAY
ARSENAL WILL START.
FAVOURITES
WHO WILL CHALLENGE LONDONERS' SUPREMACY THIS YEAR?
SUNDERLAND, WEDNESDAY, DERBY OR MANCHESTER CITY?
(By "Sagax")
The strict and thorough training which has been indulged in by approximately 1,500 men will be given more tangible expression on Satur- day afternoon when, 968 of these mortals, all -keyed up for the occasion and in the top of their
form, will start the ball rolling for another, (the 44th) season of the English Football League.
fixtures,
texum.
who
The most poignant question which : Milng, the Blackburn Rovers' forward, cratic is always required to answer, who Should exity lit himself into the even before the actunt commencement
Derby County have secured the per- in which club will find a season, itself perched at the at the conclusion of the or he leaves of some notable players, ther eight months, penatest, nequisition being ( E. In other words, fans are, Napier, from Glasgow Celtic, w, searching through the played for Seotinud at inside left. Seuter teams for the must likely clubs Last Benson Derby finished sixth but context the supremacy at the they have every Confidence of being Arsenal, who have won the champion, i able to improve upon this feat. ship for the past three seasons and Who have been the dominating club of; English soccer, supplying as they once i no less than seven players for the International side agalest Italy.
Frank M. Curruthers, the well known commentator of the Daily Mail, aptis describes the Arsenal as being ve admired the ever since their policy has come to be understand and a team they cannot be praised ton highly for the honesty of their foot, ball.
ARSENAL SHOULD REPEAT
It is easy to paint to the Arsenal as the most probable winners of the championship once again this season and if they emerge triumphant they| will create an all time record, one which beat. Lust
they emulated Huddersfield's record of securing the title for three years in succession, a feat now nceinmplished only by these two teamn.
The Shefeld Wednesday. the only team in the First Division Inst your to remain unbeaten before their own supporters, will
will be one of the most diffeult wides to bend at the Wednesday Gund. They ah have many new players, beluding val from Manchester City, G. W, Hargh from Preston North End and
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The above picture shows Arional's League hat trick team. Back row (left to right): Male. Crayston, Roberta, Dunne. Centre row: Bensley, Hiil, John. Hapgond, Copping. Front row: Mr. G. F. Allison 45ecretary Manager), Marshall, Hulme, Howden, Drake, James, Bastin, (Inset) Davidson.
Our Forecast
ENGLISH LEAGUE
(By Robin)
V
FIRST DIVISION
Arsenal
Sunderland
Wednesday ASTON VILLA » P. Perci
BLACKBURN v Grimsby BOLTON
Brentford CHELSEA Everton
Stylon fam Southwards in
Sunderland have
N. Cayde (Swan.
Hunters, W
Vallsend),
V
♥ Liverpool
♥
DERBY
and S. Scott (Bishop Auckland). US HUDDERSFIELD v
Up to recently Manchester City had not nequired any new players but theyMAN'STER C. v
suffered no have
serious loss by
Middlesbro' transfers and they will be able to field practically He same team as they had STOKE last season.
Wolves
other clubs will find hard to EBOR
недкой
But what is more difficult is the task of acleeting a successor to the Highbury club should thin fammin Loudon side (all in their quest for their fourth successive title. True there are comparatively few clubes, worthy of mention as probably sue-
HANDICAP IN YORK
บ
Preston N.E.]
West Brom. Portsmouth Leeds Birmingham
SECOND DIVISION
V
BARNSLEY BLACKPOOL v Bradford C. ✔ CHARLTON v
Huli WON BY MUSEUM
AT 100/8
cocard to the Arsenal but it in ne AN IRISH HORSE
safe.to indicate, at this early stage, any particular club as the patentini champions as it is to predict a change of title holders.
London, Aug. 28.
The Ebor Handicap, which was run at York to-day over a dis- tance of one and three quarter miles was won by Museum, at odds of 100/8. John James, which started at 20/1, was second and -Autumn, at 10/1, third.
Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesday, Derby County and Manchester City all have the makings of formidable Combinations with solid foundations built up over a period of many years but which of these will it be?'
There are,
of course, many other teams capable of creating a surprise. including West Bromwich Albion, timby, Everton, Stoke and Liver-horses raced past the winning post pool, but it can safely he said that while Autumn was three quarters if the Arsenal do not reign supreme of a length behind. again their downfall will be due to ne of the four clubs originally men- Lioned.
ARSENAL'S BAD LUCK
Who dares predict the downfall of the Arsenal? And yet the Highbury club is experiencing difficulty in build. ing up a term for the opening matches. Not beenuse of the lack of material but because of the absence of many of their must prominent players whose fituess has been diniht- ed.
The Arsenal have great resources and although they may not be able field their best sides for the first mouth of the season they will have a Krong representative eleven each week
Museum was only a short head in front of John James when the
There were twelve starters. Museum was bred and is owned by Sir Vlotor Sassoon's Stable and is the winner of the Irish Two Thousand Guineas and the Ebor
Handicap-Reuter.
THE ST. LEGER
Horse Quoted At 100
To 6 Scratched
London, Aug. 28.
for their engagements. They have Sea Bequest has been scratched for signed on several new men but the the St. Legor. The last cabled aly player who is likely to gain a quotation, on August 27 for this horse regular place in the side is J. V. was 100-8. Router.
SEE HONGKONG
FROM THE AIR
Port Vale Doncaster SPURS Burnley FULHAM
V
↓
Bradford
V
West Ham
V
NEWC'LE NORWICH Notte F. PLYMOUTH v
SHEFF'LD U. v Southampton v
V
Bury Man'ster U.
Leicester Swansea
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH) BRIGHTON
V Torquay BRISTOL R. v Notts C. ORIENT
Luton PALACE "V Cardiff EXETER V Aldershot... Newport
Swindon N'HAMPTON v Gillingham QUEEN'S P.R. v Millwall READING Southend
v Coventry
WATFORD Bristol C.
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)
Barrow Carlisle CHESTER Hartlepools LINCOLN MANSFIELD v
V Bournemouth
V
FOOTBALL GLASGOW
POOLS ARE LEGAL
UNAFFECTED
BY A TURF
JUDGMENT
RECENT CASE IN EDINBURGH
FOOTBALL VICTORIES
RANGERS SCORE SEVEN GOALS
AND CELTIC NET SIX TIMES
victories
Change In
Baseball
Leaders
GIANTS DEPOSED BY CARDS
TIGERS STILL WINNING
New York, Aug. 28.
A double defent of the New
York Giants by the Pittsburgh
ALVES BEATS CULLEN AT
BOWLS
UNINTERESTING CONTEST
QUARTER-FINAL FIXTURES
(By "Begax")
Pirates, coinciding with a double Whatever the explanation, the victory by St. Louis Cardinals more advanced the stage of the over the Philadelphia Phillies, has
local lawn bowls championships, brought about a change in the leadership of the National Base the lower the standard of play ball League after the Giants had has been and yesterday's match' been at the head of affairs pra between H. A. Alves, of the Club tically throughout the season.
de Recreio, and F. Cullen of the The Cardinals, who have been trail Kowloon Docks R.C., in the Ding the Giants for a greater part of
of the
Open
the season have now gone to the top quarter-finals with a slightly better percentage and. Singles proved no exception, as in view of this recent indiferent Form
of the Giants, the St. Louis Cardinals the two gave an exhibition of oro favoured for the pennant.
bowls much below their normal
In their first match the Cardinala standard on the Craigengower had a margin of four runs in their
favour but in the second they beat C.C. green.
the Phillies by 13-5.
Alves was the less erratic of the
The Detroit Tigers continue to hald their advantage over the Yankees in two and emerged a deserved win- ner by a score of 21 shots to 12 the American Lengue although the New York club scured victory to-day against the White Sox, DIE 2153213 CIP, The Tigers were only engaged in on
n
double!
!
encounter with the Athletics but they BOWLS FIXTURE
wan convincingly when toxle LawR011
held the Philadelphin side to four wealtered hits, none of which could be. convertel.
POSTPONED.
Results of to-day's matches follow: HOLLAND-DUNCAN
NATIONAL LEAGUE
London, Aug. 28. The leading Glasgow football Promoters of football pools, į teams had a wonderful day to-day the popular form of wagering on in the First Division of the Scot- football matches, consider that a tish League when they secured Chicago judgment in Edinburgh recently convincing
against Bastoni when a bookmaker was fined £80 teams visiting the famous foot- in a racing pool test case, will ball centre. not affect them, and no change The Rangers, winners of the cham- will be necessary for the comingpionship for the past three years,
were in deadly form and against St. Pittsburgh Jobstone at firos Park they scored New York
season,
R. H.
E.
1
G 33 (Wally Borger 'neureil a home run for the Braves).
Chicago
0
30
Huston
7 1
0
A 2
A director of David Cope, Lad, the preten goals, the widest margin of (Young scored a home run for the! Lonion bookmakers, told a Daily Mail victory in a full day's fixtures.
reporter:
Pirates). Another team which proved its superiority in no mean fashion was Pittsburgh "When the Lotteries Act became ; the Glasgow Celtic, who netted six New York law we had legnt advice and we were Lines without reply against Third
told racing pools were probably lot. teries, We therefore reased running. Ithem. But our football pools are dif-
ferent, and we shall cơntinue them.
Lanark at Celtic Park.
16 1 14 0
(Grace scored a home ran for the : Pirates and Bertell for the Glants). Following on their drawn matchi
5 13 St. Louis
✪ yesterday Queen's Park won to-day Philadelphia
1 X {} From Kilmarnock in tilasgow by two?
oki to une.
13 14 5 7
MATCH OFF
The quarter-final Lawn Bowls Singles Championship match between A. M. Hol- land and R. Duncan, both of the Kowloon Bowling Green Club, which was fixed for been this afternoon has postponed and will be play- ed next Thursday on the Club de Recreio green.
There is, therefore, only one match for this after- noon, this being the fixture between J. C. Brown, of the Kowloon Bowling Green and G. N. Mitchell, of the Kow- loon Dock R.C.. which will be played on, the Civil Ser vice C.C. green.
(Tom Moure and Martin scored TEAMS ARE KNOWN
home runs for the Cardinals, ntid Motherwell, whose indifferent form Watkins for the Phillies). "In football pools the staker knows of last season, seems to be still dog exactly what teams he is supporting ging the one time champions, failed St. Louis and can judge what the result may le secure a point from the match at hea home or away win, or a draw. Somerset Park, where Ayr won by the (Martin und Jim Collins Reered, maaiA In most racing pools, on the other only gon scored to inflict upon their home runs for the Cardinals and Told hand, the staker does not even know visit their first defent of the sou-for the Phillies). what horse he is suppeting."
us,
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
with the revised Brooklyn
Seores of today's matches are ap
fed, together
3 Clyde
ng table Aberdeen
I A member of the Liverpool firm of bookmakers, 11. Littlewood, Ltd., snid: "The Scottish ruling does not affect We do not deul in points pools-
Airdrie those where points are awarded før sufferent kinds of results.
We had ad Ayr vier on all our pouls and were told they Celtic are all legal”
Dunfermline Hamilton The bookmaker, who was fined in Hibernian
DARLINGTON the Edinburgh test ease, is Willians Queen's Park
V Chesterfield
V
Southport
V
V
HALIFAX Accrington Oldham
New Brighton v TRANMERE ROCHDALE v Crewe Rotherham Wrexham Walsall York
V
B
V
Gateshead STOCKPORT
INSURANCE
OF PLAYERS
CLUB MANAGERS SURPRISED
BY ANNOUNCEMENT! MADE RECENTLY
(BY CHARLES BUCHAN)
London, Aug. 8,
S. Murphy, of Edinburgh, The P was to determine the legality of Rangers. "Everymau's Points Pools," organised by Murphy weekly in reference horseracing.
tu
Sheriff Donald ordered the destruc- tion of the documents seized by the palice, excluding postal ordera, money orders, bank notes, and cash.
2 Dundee
1
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
R.
H E. 15
2
Motherwell New York 6 Third Lanark 0 Chicazo 1. Partick
7 Albion
1
(Saltz Gaver scored a home run for 2 the Yankees and Washington for the 0 Arbroath 2 White Sox).
2 Kilmarnock 1 New York
7 St. Johnatone 0 Chiengo
Reuters
Busten Cleveland
LEAGUE TABLE
Rangers. Aberdeen Dunfermline Celtic
In his judgment he said that the proscention ret out to prove Murphy was running a lottery. The
Airdrie Hamilton defence was that the competition was not a littery but a special kind of 4 Hearts
Motherwell
betting pool carried on by skill.
"Murphy used on his coupon the! word winner. That is a word 9580ion
1) Queen's Park einted with a prize, a reward for Arbroath having done sunething, and is not a word which would be used in the divi. Partick sion of a common fund.
Queen O'sth. 1. therefore, hold that it is in the Clyde
Dundee nature of a prize, and is not a repay-Hibernian aent of a contribution.".
St. Johnstone Third Lanark Kilmarnock
PERMEATED WITH CHANCE
The competition, by its conditions, did not require competitors to name a horse. This, he thought, added great. ly to the chaner involved, for it was proved that the favourite might change, and often did, on the eve of
arter.
"I do, not neeept the contention that cliance was absent from the lottery.. Murphy's
scheme WAR. Dermeated throughout with chance, and, if any skill was displayed, it was nominal! and of an amateur kind."
My exclusive announcement An appeal against the decision is yesterday that professional foot to be made to the Scottish Appeal ballers in receipt of more than Court after the summer vacation. £350 per annum were not cover
Cial
P. W. 1. L. P. A. Pts. Boston..
Scored on 22. heads, including one on which there was a dead measure for the shot.
It was only due to a partial re- (covery on the part of Cullen during thelust four heads that he was not beaten by a wider margin as Alves held the lead by 20-6' on the 18th head and it took him four more ends to register the necessary
h: for game.
un-
Neither player was in his best form and except for an occasional good shot the bowling was 0
interesting. Cullen was completely Loft and never in the tournament has he bowled as badly na yesterday when he was unable to find the green. He was invariably narrow, particularly when bowling up the slight gradient.
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EXCITING
BOWLS CONTEST
BRADBURY ENTERS SEMI-FINALS
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B. W. Bradbury, the Craigengewer Cricket Club representative qualified
THE ONLY ALL-ANGLE VIEW FROM ABOVE ed by any insurance has come as from the Football League Insurance for the semi-final of the gen bowin
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have been taking With the exception of Fulham and their one per cent, levy,"
tonces from the money by false pre-after an exciting finish by 22 shots clubs in the form of to 20. At one time Overy was lead- Chelsea (who had been told about it! This sums up
ing by 13-3. informally by their neighbours), the
the attitude of the Although beaten Overy was in no managers to whom I spoke yesterday have spoken about it have not con- ter game than Bradbury in the first majority. The players to whom Iway disgraced. He was playing a bet- expressed complete surprise.
sidered the matter, which they think ten heads. When Bradbury found his Thoy thought their players were is one for club managements. covered by the Football League In-!
touch, there was no stopping him. So great is the uneasiness among surance Fund, which is levied from the London clubs that, if the Football bury had entered the semi-final of This is the second time that Brad- Longue clube.
Mr. G. F. Allison, the Arsonal como comprahensive schemo of insur-1033 when he lost to
League do not act quickly and form the competition, the first time was in manager said: "If it is true that no ance, they will be compelled to take Curiously enough Bradbury is the R. F. Luz. player receiving a wage of more than actlen Independently. £350 is entitled to any compensation
only bowler from Hongkong side still Then what will happen to the levy? in the competition
St. Louis
Washington
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Alves occasionally touched true form but to say that he was bowling anywhere near his best would be to under-rate his 0
capabilities: Had (Roxio Lawson blanked out the Cullen been up to scratch Alves
Philadelphin
Detroit..
Athletics while Charley Gehringer would not have won let alone by scored a home run for the Tigers). Buch a wide margin as 21 shots ·
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