1935-09-20 — Page 20

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1935..

AUTUMN RACES STARTING TO-MORROW AT VALLEY

W. LAWRENCE

TWO BRITISH VICTORIES

STOTHARD WINS 800 METRES

S'HAI IN LEAD

Records Go In Interport

TO LAWRENCE AND KWOK

(By "Sagax")

Expectations were fully realised last night at the opening of the Interport Swimming gala at the V.R.C., where the Colony finished up the evening only one point behind after the Northern. crs, as anticipated, won the 200 Yards Relay Race,

Shanghai's crack relay team, reputed to be capable of breaking the Interport record, returned the excellent time of 253/5 sdes, per man but their time of 1 min. 41.3/5 sees. is not the best to date. However, it shows what vast im- provement the Shanghai swimmers have made as they were only

MISS WHITEHEADd last year when the race was

TAKES HURDLES

Budapest, Aug. 18.

won in 2 mins. 9.1/6 sees.

It was Shanghai's well balneed team that gave them five valuable points to enable the Northerners Two magnificent British vic-lo take the lead after they had torics were scored on this the been trailing behind for the first! All four visitors are: final day of the International two events. Universitics Games. J. C. wimmers who can break 26 for thei Hunghonga j whereas Stothard (Cambridge) won the distance 800 metres in Imin. 56acc., and weakness was in ft. L. Ozorio who Miss Whitehead, the Leeds girl, actually lost the race for Hong- won the women's 80 metres hur kong. He was the only man who dles in 12 6-10sec.

was incapable of holding the visi

1.

The British tean, consed of k. 9. Duncan (Oxford), J. Clarke (Glugow), C, B. Holmes (Manches ter) and M. Scarr, was beaten into third place in the 4 x 100 metres reiny. Hungary won this in 41 4-10, ellpping 3-19set off the reward set up by the German tent at Darmstadt in 9030. Germany was second,

Duncan go away well, but faulty baton passing between Duncan and Clarke and Clarke and Holmes caused Reveral yards to he lost. There was, however, as excelent change over between Holmes ard Searr, but the intter was unable to make up the Just ground.

Final placings in men's athletic vvents were: Germinay 126 points, Hongary 92, Japan 71, Great Brital 47, France 30 and Estonia 22.

Great Britain finished second to 4 by 100 Germany in the women's metres re

relaz Yesterday P. D. Ward (Cambridge) won the 6,000 metres final-in-the- Games record time of 15min. 22 G-10)- |

Ward ran & Ginely-judged race to but Hideo Tauski (Japan) and Craplur (Hungary).

Sec

In an Association football match the British side bent Latvia by 5 goals ( Lo 3.

P. M. Turquet (Cambridge) was uns pilaced in the tinul of the subre chain- plonship, won by Dr. R. 1. Rajezy Hungary), A Gerevich being second,

NATIONAL UNION OF BOXERS

JIMMY WILDE'S PROJECT

TREMENDOUS HEADWAY

to

and burl

HONOURS TO LAWRENCE

After only two years of competitive lawn bowls, C. F. Remedios, a young member of the Hongkaw Golf Club, captured the Shanghai Lawn Bowls Association singles championship in a close match against G. V. Jensen, the Rece, veteran, at the Junior Golf Club greens. Remedios who was educated in Hongkang, has played Interport soccer for the Colony whilst last year he captained the Shanghai

Football team against Hongkong.

A NEW CRICKET ELEVEN

GRADUATES FORM TEAM

TOO WEAK FOR LEAGUE

of

weeks

BOWLING IN AUSTRALIA

INVITATION TO HONGKONG

TO COMPETE IN CHAMPIONSHIPS

(By "ngax")

BASEBALL

The Chicago

Cubs Holding Top Position

WIN ANOTHER TIE FROM GIANTS

ABLE AMAZON “DEBARRED"

TO BE INCLUDED IN

THE BETTING ...

SHOULD BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE CORROBOREE HANDICAP

(By "Capt. Foster")

After an absence of three and a half months, the "Sport of Kings" will be resumed at Happy Valley to-morrow when the Eighth Extra Race Meeting will be staged. A feature of this Meet- ing is that there is no race of over a Mile and all. the events on the Card are handicap races. Rac- ing fans are assured of a good day sport with thrills and handsome dividends. It is officially announced that the Australian Pony Able Amazon will not be barred from the betting at the forthcoming Extra Race Meeting.

The "A" Class Ponies (Ubon Ponies) are not entered for at thing

Steeling and therefore the main event

must be the Tweed Island BAY Handic over a Mile confined to "B" Class is which I figure that all the ponies will accept the handicap. In the Island Bay Handicap and the Junk Bay Handicap contined to "C" and "D" Classes, the entries have been sub-livided into first and second

the Sections at the discretion of

Ret fans knotty problem to spot the winner especintly in the Class First Hection.

Lads

FIGHTING HARD nepper who has

FOR TITLE

#

(By "Sagax"}

Southorn's Aussie "Halcyon" New York, Sept. 19. has been entered and it is to be hoped During the past two hol Hammond swerved on the homeward up strenuous efforts were made by

Only one match was scheduled that he will be well up in the fight A notification has been received Shanghai would have won even members

ing line. University the

Good old "Bonny Dunder" is Graduates' Association to form by the Hongkong Lawn Bowls in the American Baseball League

Detroit Tigers, certainly looking well after laying more eonvincingly.

A cricket team to enter the local Association from the Western to-day. The

of the championship,pent the Summer at Fanling and his league but unfortunately it has Australian Bowling Association leader

in the Big Wave Bay Handlenp--the first rice on the Gard However, it is to W. Law.not been found possible to carry inviting local competitors who suffered yet another defeat, los chances

-are very rosy. Bonny Dundee's Inst out the original plans and the might be in Australia next year

outing was in the Beaufort Handicap rence that the honours of the project has been abandoned for! to participate in the Tenth Aus-ing to the Red Sox by four runs

when he won comfortably and finished in front of Clear View and Flybynight. He was then receiving 6 lbs. from Clear View and 11 s. from Flyby night but on Saturday he is almost gels only 3 lbs. from Flybynight.

days.

on level terms with Clear View and

The Chicago Cubs took another game from the New York Yankees, winning by 6-1 and with the St. Giants prospects of staging a Louis Cardinals also winning, the last minute recovery seen doomed,

Results of matches played to-hold these two ponies but he must be day are as follow:

first aight's swimming must the current season.

tralian Bowling Championships to one. which are to be held in April, During the past two years the

However, arrangements have These championships are open Hongkong champion has been

to all bowlers afiliated with any showing wonderful progresa and been made for the formation of a record after record has fallen to team which will play friendly Bowling Association in the liritish him. When he bettered the time matches with local clubs on Sun-Empire and will be held at Perth from April 11 (Easter Saturday) for the 220 yards by returning

to April 24. mins. 25 secs. at the annuni cham-

The events will include a single pionships recently it was thought that he had reached the limit of endurance but he further en hanced his reputatlen last night when he broke the Interport and bath record for the distance by elucking 2 mins. 23.3/5 secs,

It was never thought that Ham-

KWOK CHUN. HÀNG

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mond, the Shanghai champion whose best time is 2 mins. 34 would win but when the North- erner was ahead for the first four

The promoters had hoped to be able to field a team sufficiently handed four bowl championship strong to justify entering the of Australia. conducted on the Senior Division but although they knock-out system; a Rink Cham- received very encouraging support pionship (sectional system with it was found that the talent avall-rinks consisting of players from able would not warrant competitive the one State) and a Pairs Cham- cricket for the present season at pionship also on the sectional sys-

feast.

tem..

The conditions as regards or ing in the championships will he

Many former University students were prepared to suppont the move and among them were players who read with interest by bowlers in are distinguishing themselves with Hongkong. In the Singles event A few from one club the preliminary rounds are 21 uther chubs. were sympathetic towards the idenshots up while in the semi-final to but, at the same time, were rather and final rounds the reluctant to leave their present einb for fear it would mean break- ing up the team which have been figuring in league cricket for many

years.

player

score 31 shots first Is the winner. In the qualifying rounds of the ink Championship only 18 heats are played but in the semi-final and final rounds 25 heads are played Almost identical conditions Had the plans materialised it obtain for the Pairs Championship was the intention of the Associa-except that in the qualifying rounds tion to apply for permission to play there are to be only 15 heads and home matches on the University 21 heads In the semi-final and ground at Pokfulam during the final rounds, first part of the season when the The number of heads played in undergraduates will be engaged the Pairs and Rink championships with their examinations.

LOCAL BASEBALL

FIXTURE

Tonkes interesting reading particu-

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Boston Pittsburgh

32-

R. IL. E.

G. 10

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7

10 1

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FLIRT AND FOXBRIDGE.

I am of the opinion that he can

on the alert for Flirt (Frost) and Foxbridge (Butler) an bath of them are not only in good

have been fairly well tition |

by the

ABLE AMAZON

weight adjuster. It will be worth noting that Flirt, in one of the early Extra Meetings, had the satisfaction ber that she was barred from butting. of trouncing Ythan, Soldier of Vic. However, she will not be barred at (Suhr scored a home run for the tory, Soldier of Peace, Pacific Hall, this Meeting. I consider that she was rates).

Flybynight-and-many-olters- in - the very unlucky to lose to Bag-Tor.—- Colonial Stakes. It seems that Hur-

However, in the Brisbane Spring vest View is on the fat side but he Handleep she was conceding one and

half stoned to Bag Tor whereas on might get a place. Pacide Hall is a moody unimal and, she being a ludy, Saturday she is set to give 10 lb. I prefer to leave her alone. Popular and with Leo Frost to steer, she Star has to weigh out at 140 bx, and must-barring accident-pass the post

Philadelphia ..

1

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Cincinnati ....

10

0

New York

1

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0

Chicago

1

1

3

9

13

3

Brooklyn

St. Louis

(J. Collins scored a home run for the Cardinals).

AMERICAN, LEAGUE

R. II. E

Detroit

8

1

Boston

Y 1

*Reuter.

larly as the games in Hongkong SECOND VICTORY

ench season are inclined to be drag-

ged on well into darkness in many

instances.

It has been hinted on several i occaloris that Pairs and Rink mat-j ehes In the local championships should be 15 heads and with this many will readily agres,

lengths there were many who Chinese And Americans gestion thought him capable of creating a sensation in the first interport event of the series.

Lawrence was not to be beaten

Playing To-morrow

The enterprising and perenni- ally, young Jimmy Wilde has made tremendous headway with his project, the National Union of Boxers.

The Jocal Baseball League After a year of hard work the however, and took the lead after Union, which now. numbers Ave the first hundred yarda. Im-match between the Chinese and growing mediately he went ahead it was the Americans, which was sche overy day, has been approved by obvious that the race was won and duled for the La Salle Ground Registrar of Friendly Societies. It

afternoon has been luns, too, the important support of last, and he had no difficulty in to-morrow

hundred members, and is

HOME FOOTBALL

CARLISLE DEFEATS

OLDHAM

IN ENGLAND

NEW ZEALANDERS ON TOUR

RUGBY FIFTEEN

London, Sept. 19. The Now Zealand rugby tour- ists who commenced their pro- gramme last week with a victory against the combined Devon and Cornwall fifteen have won their second encounter since landing. in the Northern Section of the. Third Division English Footballat Coventry and there had the To-day the "All Blacks" were witzky's 1931 record of 2 ming for the championship and it is League, Carlisle United enter-Midland Counties as their, op•] expected that a good game will tained Oldham Athletic at Brun,

New Zealanders result..

ton Park and won by two goals to won by nine points to three. one.-Reuter.

the British Boxing Board of Control. repeating last year's success transferred to the Navy Ground at Jimmy Wilde himself is the President, against his old rival. Not-only Caroline H.,

and Len Harvey Vice-President, did he beat Hammond a second whilst innny influential names appear¦ time, but he lowered Nignie on the Nullonai Counell.

Some of the main objects of the

Union are to regulate relations, be- 32.2/5 secs.

twoon boxers and managers and/or promoters by whom they are engaged and/or employed and to encourage the settlement of disputes between them)

ANOTHER RECORD BREAKER

Much will depend on this match

:

London, Sept. 19:

·MORE SIXES FOR A. W. WELLARD

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ponents. The

Their next match will be against Yorkshire and Cumber- land on Saturday at Bradford.

In a friendly malch Somerset defeated Lancashire at Taunton by ten points to three-Reuter,

011

The fixture is timed to start at The enormous improvement of 3.30 p.m. by conciliation or arbitration; to the Colony's champion swimmera raise the status of all employed in was farther manifest in the professional boxing and manage of Breast Stroke event in which while Welz was one and a fifth fairs during periods of laputes or Kwok Chun-bang, fresh from his seconds behind, victimisation to raise the purse conquests in Australia, clipped The full results of the Inter- money of boxers engaged in pre-over four seconds off the record part events follow: iminary contests; to prevent deduc for the 100 yards.

The largest

xlx

the cricket trend

Spurs hud men 220 Yards Free Style:-1, W. tion from wages or purses by

int N. Somerset for years, apnrt from the injured

recently Taylor It was Kwok himself who creat- Lawrenco (Hongkong); 2 managers and promoters; to create à

strained thigh benevolent fund for the relief, ofed the record in Shanghai fast | Hammond- (Shanghai); 3, A. visits of touring sides, turned up for (goalkeeper),

match at Yeovil

(left back), distrean; to promote contests for the assistance of boxers year when he covered the distance Logan (Shanghai), Time: 2 mins. the first_county

in 76.3/5 secs, to beat the previous 23.3/3 secs.

against Surrey. There were three muscle; Whatley thousand on the ground before lunch strained xroin; Rowe (centro half), In aligrt the main object is, to bust time of 80.1/5 secs.

100 Yards Breast Stroke-1, and Ave thousand afterwards, and strained back muscle; Bell (inside forward), strained igamenta; guard the Interests of professional --With-E. Welz, the Shanghal ex-Kwok Chun-hang (Hongkong): 2, they had full value for their money

Douglas Hunt (contre forward), boxers in all matters connected with ponent, as pace maker Kwok was E. Welz (Shanghai); 3, E. M. Marin eventful cricket.

Wellard. amid loud cheering strained groin; and Almeric Hull their employment,

fully extended during the first ques (Hongkong), Time: 72 secs. The ideals are excellent and it is three lengths but there was never

helped himself to three 6's to bring (inside forward), strained_muscle 220 Yards Relay,-1, Shanghai;

his total of sixen up to 50, and chiefly the results of mislaps at sincerely, to be hoped that the Union will receive the well-deserved support any doubt as to the ultimate re- 2, Hongkong. Time: 1 mln. 413/6

I'm in an Innings of 41 in GE

cricket. suit. His time was 72.seen...dead. Rees,

.minutes. to enable it to carry them out.

membara in

and the benefit of the Union.

is certainly worth $5.—ench way. first. Able Amazon is good for any In the Curroborce Handicap (Five distance, and it will be recalled that Furlongs) for Aussies, I cannot see on March 31, 1934, shouldering anything to best Able Amazon with 100 lbs, she broke the five furlongs Derby Day and Shooting Star well up record held by Night Star by 1.1/5th at the finishing line. Rose-Ann (Pih) seconds. On September 22, last year, is in good condition but being a bad with 165 Hm. to carry and Donald lady at the barrier and the distance Black on the' andille she covered five being live furlongs, it would be well furlongs in 104.2/6th breaking her to leave her alone.

town record by 1.1/8th neconds. This ABLE AMAZON A CINCH | did not last long, as on May 18, this Able Amazon was beaten by Bug year, her record was eclipsed by Tor in the Brisbane Spring Handicap Shooting Star who registered and racing fans will delibties remum- (Continued on Page 0).

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