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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1935.

INDIFFERENT FOOTBALL SEEN AT THE WEEK-END

BRILLIANT DISPLAY BY ROWLANDS IN GOAL

POLICE FORWARDS UNABLE TO SCORE MORE THAN TWICE

LAST YEAR'S RUNNERS-UP

Police

SHARE

POINTS WITH FUSILIERS

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2

Fusiliers

2

Police:-BeHnedy; Blackborn and C. Pile; Droulis, Gough ani Brittäin;

T. Pile, Johnson, Stevenson, Green and Moss.

Fuzillers:-Itowland; Wheeler and Keating; Wanklyn, Keneghan and Ella Hughes, Harrison, Sullivan, Talbot and Roberts."

A sparkling display of goalkeeping by Row- lands, the Royal Welch Fusiliers custodian, saved the battalion from defeat in the first divi- sion of the local football league yesterday after- noon when they met the Police on the Kowloon F. C. ground and shared four goals.

AMERICA'S OLYMPIC TRIALS

SELECTION OF A SUITABLE SITE

TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES

11, 1936.

A strong breeze throughout the match gave the defenders of the Club house goal a decided advantage and it was from this end that each side led by a single point for the half during which

occupied that end. The

Police

fought

desperately to minimise the handicap during ther first period of the game but changed over one goal down.

HEADING FOR GOAL. Police and Royal Welch Fusiliers playera leaping for possession of the ball during the league football match between the Polica and the Royal Welch Fusiliers on the

Kowloon F. C. ground yesterday. (Photo: Mes Cheung),

in the second half, they took full AGE WINS

advantage of the assistance which the wind was giving them but this time they found yet another force which they had not anticipated. This was the brilliance of Rowlands who car- ried off the honours of the match by some marvellous saves from all angles of the field.

Had it not been for the Army cus Lodlan the Fusiliers would have found themselves in arrears at the final) whistle for. Rowlands saved many a shot which would easily have benten the majority of goalkeepers,

Кезн

TERRIFIC BOMBARDMENT

AGAINST

YOUTH

TONY CANZONERI-

BEATS AL ROTH

BUT CHAMPION ON DECLINE

TENNIS TITLES IN U.S.

PACIFIC COAST TOURNEY

WON BY DONALD BUDGE

(Special to "Telegraph")

Berkeley, Oct. G. Lawn Tennis Championships were The finals of the Pacife Coast played aff to-day.

Riggs

Donald Budge defented Robert

the National

Junior Champion, by C-0, 7-9, 6-4. vid

Chicago, Oct. 6, The American Olympic Track and Field Committee has an nounced selection of the new $2,500,000 stadium on Randall's Throughout the second half he stood Island, N. Y., as the scene of P to a territic bombardment and to have been beaten only once was in

New York, Oct. 5. final tryouts for the 1936 Olym-deed a credit to his capabilities rather Age against youth was the pic track and field team. The than an adverse reflection on his pro- theme for the lightweight box trials will be held on July 10 and time he was brought on his knees to teen rounds at Madison Garden 03 goalkeeper. Time after ing championship bout over fif- prevent the police from scoring but to-night in which Tony Canzon- each shot was handied. in masterly eri defeated Al Roth on points. Other bids were received from fashion. Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, and The support he received in front of Canzoneri, the thirty year Princeton University, William J. was not of the best although both champion of the light-weights has Bingham, chairman, who was Wheeler and Keating defended stub alowed up considerably since he named manager of the squad, an-bornly and broke up niany a danger- gained the title early in May of this Miss Carolin Babcock 6-8, 6-3, nounced. The new Invitation was ous attack. It was Keneghan, at year. Although he hasn't lost

centre-half, who was the key man to battles since he earned the decision selected on condition that the stadium be completed and suitably and it was he who did most to hold his title, since all bouts were over the the Fualliers team in front of goal over Lou Ambers, he has not defended equipped.

the Police forwards at bay. He play weight. ed with his head as well as his feet For the fourth consecutive year, and served his forwards with

Experts who have seen Tony in his Lawson Robertson of the University well placed passes but, with the ox-latest fights say that the spring has of Pennsylvania was named couch ception of the left flank the Welsh gone from his legs and the dynamite. of the team. He will be wiated by inen were ineffective against the from his fists, is long ring career T. Nelson Metcalfe, University of Police backs. Harrison had an off which covers half his life, is nearing

koal

Chicago, and Dean. Crowell, Univer. dny niti rarely gave the outs end.

be

Fenders any trouble-on-the

occasionally came into the

re

any

sity of Southern California,

Although this has been heard be. Bingham's assistants will Edwin F. Schaeffer, Buffalo, Newture but he was not receiving the fore, it seems more likely to be true passes he might have had had Harri-. The boy jest guca on fighting York, Joseph T. England, Bal-son been more active. Sullivan, the for the love of it. The money he has timore, Maryland, and A. Masters, little man at centre forward, found earned would comfortably retire him Leland Stanford University, Cali-both Pile and Blackburn watching him his farms for the rest of his life. fornia,

I too closely to be really dangerous. cannot be that he is looking for Both the wing halves, Ellis andere glory because he has more than Regional trials will be held early Wanklyn, wore indiferent, pinying his share with titles is light-weight, next summer.-United Pross."

some stolld, football at times but wellerweight, and fenther allowing the

weight champion. latitude at others,ition

Wanklyn, earlier Plymouth Argyle's search for an in the game, was cautioned for dan- outside right ended recently with gerous tackling after having been pre- the transfer, at à substantial fee,viously, pulled up but during the of Bernard Oxley, from Sheffield second half he kept Moss and Green Wednesday, and formerly of more subdued than he had been do Sheffield United and Chesterfield, fing in the first.

Argyle have also signed for exten- sive trials Charles Lonnon, a half-

back from St. James Gate, Dublin,

POLICE DEFENCE

too much

Once again Chris Pile and Black

THE CHALLENGER

Al Roth, unsuccessful challenger, has day and has been. fighting for four just passed his twenty-second birth- years. In his last twe fights he up- ret two of the best lightweights in the business. Genlo, the 1st, in was Lenard Del

hard hitting

former golden- gloves champion. Then, with the

Mrs. Ethel Arnolt defented

CHINESE AWAY

CURTAILED PROGRAMME

FOR WEEK-END

(By "Yagax")·

FULL RESULTS AT

A GLANCE

St. Joseph's Win Second Match

Police Lycemun

Lincolns

Kowloon

FIRST DIVISION,”

HINA'S National Games which St. Josepti'n

'commenco in Shangbai on Thurs-

day next have attracted the majority

2 Fullers

3 Stonecuttern

.0 Recreio

0 East Lancs, ↑ Club

SECOND DIVISION.

uf the local Chinese footballers and South China during the past week the South China Engineers and Chinese Athletle prayers went Kowloon North to represent the Colony and Lincolns Canton during the

meet..

East Lanen.

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As a result of the absence of these Club

teams from the Colony only a curtailed programme of matches was carried out over the week-end.

1 Chinese Athletic o Fusiliers

0 University

4 Eastern

3 R.A.S.C. &

B.A.O.C.

3 Radlo

THIRD DIVISION.

1 East Lanes.

¡ Medicals

2 Air Force

Chinese Police

3 51; Joseph's

l'ortuguesa' European l'alice

1 Engineers

1 Lincolns

WHERE do the Chinese football Fusiliera fans go on a Saturday afternoon Liga when their favourite teams are away from the Colony?

CHINESE supporters of the game

their interest almost entirely to the of soccer in Ilongkong contine

SURPRISE WIN

ST. JOSEPH'S SECURE ANOTHER VICTORY

IN striking contrast to the heavy

acoring of the previous week, only three goals were recorded by the six teams which were engaged in First Division football on Saturday, the East Lancashire Regiment claiming two against Kowloon and St. Joseph's setting once against the Club,

I would seem that the surprise team of the season is going to be the St. Joseph's eleven although it is yet too early to take their present position at the top of the lengue Seriously.

A

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GAINST the Kowloon Football A Club last week the Collegians won by six onls to one but the Peninsula alte are last year's wooden-spoonists and they look likely to continue hovering round the bottom of the. 2leagne.

HOWEVER, last Saturday's feat against the Club has marked the only needs to attend matches St. Joseph's Football Club as n..

activities of the South China and in which no Chinese team is potential force in the local league chil

Chinese Athletic Associations.

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AT a rough computation these two clubs between them attract many spectators as ull the other tean13 pul together.

engaged to realise that it is to cope season and if they are not among Chinese match with the attendance during a foreign-the lending teams at the end of the that there erections son they should not fall to give a good account of themselves in their different matches.

were put up.

MA

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O paper the eloven are nothing like aa formidable as when they

ATCHES between two foren in the same way as n game in which Borderers three seasons ago but they teams never attract the spectators were runners-up to the South Wales Chinese

team

THE Royal Navy and the Army, during the past two seasons, have erected stunds which will now accum modate something like 6,000 specta-, tors each. By no strelch of the Saturday last when there were only Gurbachan Singh, who was in the is engaged. On havo some promising recruits. agination ear it be said that these foreign teams. playing the stands Radio team in the Second Division Improvements and enlargements were were almost deserted in comparison last senaan, is showing improved form nade to accommodate their own up with the crowds which were seen at in the higher class and is making an porters.

the games of the previous week. Ideal leader for his new team.

CLUB DE RECREIO AND LINCOLNS DRAW

POOR MATCH AT SOOKUNPOO GROUND ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON

It is noteworthy that during title has been won by a foreigner son; the last several years when the in the Men's Singles Championship nationals the following year.

has always been won by United Press.

it

FOOTBALL PUZZLE OF INSURANCE

PLAYERS WHO ARE NOT WORKMEN

CASUALTIES IN

THE GAME.

(By Frank M. Carruthers)

London, Sept. 9. Though the football season in

WEAKENED PORTUGUESE SIDE DEFEND STUBBORNLY AGAINST SOLDIERS

(By "Sugax")

0

Lincolnshire

0 Club de Recreio

Clayton, Malpas, Higgins, Ridley and Baldry.

Lincolns:--Reed; Edmundson and Ash; Thompson, Deeming and Rob

Club de Recreio:-Marques; Maher and Bowen; Fernandes, Delgado and V. Marques; Gonsalves, Castilho, Campos and Alves.

Football that was never worthy of two teams parti- cipating in the top class in the Colony, was served up by

BRITISH VICTORY IN S. AFRICA

ANOTHER DOUBLE FOR HOWLAND

WON ALL EVENTS

Pretoria, Sept. 11.

The Oxford and Cambridge team of athletes, who are tour- ing the Union, won another match here to-day, when they met the Transvaal and South African police in a triangular contest. from the Transvaal, with 13 The tourists won by one point. points against 12. The South African police scored 5.

R. L. Howland (Cambridge Uni- versity), captain of the British team, won the shot putt with doft. 10 in. and the discus with 128ft. 0 in. He las so far won every event during the E. Grimbeek, the South African kunpoo on Saturday afternoon when the weakened Portu-sprint champion, won the 100yds, and guese side rather covered themselves with glory by holding in 0.8sec. und 21 4-10sec, res. the soldiers to a goalless draw..

the Lincolnshire Regiment and the Club de Recreio at Soo-tour in which he has competed.

the

pectively.

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A. G. K. Brown, the Cambridge University quarter-imler, beat A. W. Three reserves were introduced into advantage under which the visitors Sweeney, the British Empire sprint the Club de Recreio team, the Gosano were playing in being without the champion, in the 100yds, and brothers being absentees while N. novices

Grimbeck, the winner, to din. and went of star men, the Recreio Beltrão, the captain, was also away. adopted an entirely defensive policy even time. Is the 220yds., Sweeney The brothers are on the injured list, and had their three half hacks assist could unly get to within

Zyds. of following the previous week's matching the defence to the exclusion

Grimbeck. of the

B. J. K. Sullivan won against the Folice but they hope to forwards and it was necessary for

the half-inilo be available again next Saturday. Portuguese attack to drop back far in Iniin, 67.2sec.

by Tyds, from Lyell, of the Transvaal, the ball to

to initiate movement. any Campos (at centre-forward), Fer-

T On several occasions the forwards finialed

Squires nandes (right half) and Maher (right broke away and became an instant African mile champion, N. 3. Wesacin, the Oxford miler, alahed fourth, Byde, behind the South back) were drawn from the second source of danger to the Lincolns who returned dmin. 21.48cc. to beat division to deputise for the absentees. defence but except for a few occa

sions the half backa were able to sub-diymple runner, Malpas was introduced into the due all attacks. When necessary the

R. Jacoba (Polica), the former by 30yds. forward line in the place of Turner full backs were always prepared for in the pole vault, in the Lincolnshire side while Thonip-

Another English defeat was record- son came into the side at half back

when J. Van Der Vaulted: 12ft.

and Jack Green, right half, from burn showed that they are a formid. right to challenge for the lightweight | England has been running only a to enable Edmundson to partner. Ash Portuguese although three or four Cambridge University, the Inter-ini-

a Lancashire junior club.

title at stake lo defented, the 3-1

received the same support from the Boxing Commission's No. half backs as the Fusiliera defenders were able to command,

the Polico er.

able combination at back and had they favourite Davey Day, the Illinois week a problem has arisen which at back.

I challen- causing the authorities great

DE LUXE would not have had their defence

FORD

"There is no Comparison

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on

to the for-

1

concern..

four men

the

many

emergency and there were indeed Walt, of the fess opportunities

given tines the visitors went very near to scoring a surprise goal.

It.

the 3in. to 12f1. by R. Webster, of

veraity champion.

DETERMINED. DEFENCE The determined defence which was

shot for

Marques to

favourable spot v without dilleren

would allow himself to bo robbed or would relieve a pressing situation by sending wide,

{slubborn How entirely

4

OPPORTUNITIES GO BEGGING

In the 120yds. hurdles, A. G. Pilbrow (Oxford University) knocked down ile has come through his four years

Indecision on the part of the Lin-1 twico penetrated.

At the meeting of the League colas forwards when marked by the

three hurdles in finishing first in Gough was slow with his tackling once.

of Aghting without being knocked out Management Committee at Ports-opposition defenders allowed

In this forty fights, his four mouth on Saturday steps were taken openings to go begging and it was put up by the Recreio side was due of the Transvaal.

15sec. dead and was accordingly dis- qualified. The race went to Lavery, and inaccurate with his passing in losses can be directly attributed to ato straighten out the complicated legal due the first half and although he improved hand injury which prevented him from the rates occurred in regard advantage of all opportunities that Hance of Bowen in the second period he was never up delivering his famous left hook. Laat to the insurance of players.

to their inability to take full no shinil measure to the safety of to the standard of last season's form. year his manager ordered an opera-

Marques in gori ard to the bril The next contest will be A Test Brooks also failed to reveal the tlon performed on the bruised sinews whose claims for compensation for of the play.

Buidiors failed to secure both inti There are

at left back. The match against South Afrien on the at present points after they had had almost aller was the outstanding player on day

famous Wanderers' ground on Suter. form which last season made him ene in the back of his left hand, and since injuries which have compelled their of the best right halves in the game. then the hand has been perfect.

the field and was always an obstacle Brittain was the only player in

to the Lincolns attack. There was intermediate line who was at his best

retirement from the game cannot be forwards on the military side was good benten and then Malpas misjudged his The combination among the five only one occasion when he was really but Brittain is not now the Brittein two of the decisions against him and fare no longer workmen," and are manoeuvred to a

Since his operation he has reversed because they curn £350 a year they up to a point. When the ball had been set

met. It has been legally decided that of former days, the days when he was the other two fighters have refused not entitled to compensation at the one or the other of the attackers

goal, the most versatile player in the Police to meet him. team.

The half hacks; maximum rate of 30s, a week.

by the The feturn of Johnson to

Both Canzoneri and Roth are the ward line improved the attack but same type of fighters, clever boxers, the insurance fund subscribed by the The authorities are the trustees of

on defence and

invaluable the former centre forward was in- and men that carry a punch in both clubs. Until the clubs sanction com-

support to the back and gave they lay well clined to be slow

The principal contributory factor openings. They were always tho move hands,

few opposition although the pass from which he

pensation to players who have been to the soldiers' failures was

able to scored the second goal to equalise in weight, had Tony on the floor at withhold payments if claimed. Bobby Pacho, the Mexican Hght legal decision, the authorities

placed outside the scheme by the stout defence which the Portuguese and Co. approached within

the nip in and clear every time Higgins the

second half had to be taken in a Chicago in July, and Pacho is a light

must put up against a rather slow moving goal. More often than not the ball reach of flash. The way

he nipped

forward line. To cope with the diswas cleared to paat Kent-hitter as compared to Al Roth, who

Lincolns nian but the Ing and then beat

tho Rowlanda was

over watchful

GRANT TO PLAYER

Recrelo was in fine shinpe for to-night's fight certainly

forwards received several nent

passes from which they moved their gate receipts for the purpose. quickly down the line only to Pllo away down the right wing on Bending Tom

stopped by the There are too many injuries in the many occasions but it

ate grant has been made to one of Villa back, fractured a bone in his former was when

were always tackling an opponent for possession covered from saving first time. When

the players. that he was unable to hold his own to Fusilera goalkeeper caught the hedged round which legal difficulties,

leg and Dean, the Everton

being particularly Mound Stevens proved a capablo leader and unit he appeared to have drawn it Ono which it is felt must be decided,

The whole question of Insurance is forward, broke

centro Rend, In goal, was too.

nover given really anxious time although one or constantly made openings for his

two shots inside men but Green, on his left, was when charged but the referee was A man of 32 commands the same com- for ten minutes. The presumptions scoring for the Lincolns early in the Blair's accident occurred in a colli-verted. Campos, towards the end of went near to being con- more or less u passenger throughout. near the middle of the field and was pensation as one ten years younger, was that the injury was aggravated first half.

into the goal before throwing it out is the age limit of a player's career, alon with an opponent and it was re- the gamo missed an open goal in the Moss was active and dashed away

markable that he continued to play same down the wing and was instrumental

way as Malpas had missed in scoring the first goal which was

and it has never been laid down at by romaining on the field. notted from a centro by him.

Mellardy, the polleo custodian, was what age it can be said that he has It would have been rather unfor shots.

very safe and saved many difcultad to retain his playing qualifica- But a suggestion that the accidents scrappy and never reached a high Taken all round the game was tunate if the Police had missed tho

tions.

are due to rough play, is a very un- standard of play. The football that first goal which was scored

The match was played at a fast and The amount disbursed to injured already seen six matches and there to the twenty-two players although fair reflection on the players., I have was seen, was certainly not a crodit scramble before Rowlands had re- good healthy football was seen.">

In a furious pace throughout and some playors Is about £9,000 a year, the has not been a deliberate foul in one there were one or two bright spots

clubs contributing, one per cent, of of them.

during the match..

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