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THE

HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH

SWEEPING BADMINTON WIN FOR RECREIO "B"

DRAW FIRST BLOOD IN MEN'S DOUBLES DIV.

S. AND S. HOME OUTPLAYED

EFFECTIVE COMBINATION

L.A. AND P.M. SILVA

OF

As generally expected the Recreio "B" drew first blood in the season's campaign for the men's doubles championship of the Badminton League when they met the Sailors and Soldiers' Home last night..

• The Portugese made a clean sweep of the board, winning all nino games with an aggregate of '192 points against 60.

There were some curlous fluctun- tions in form. 1. C, Gibbons and C. Hall, decond string in the lon- ing team carried N. Beltras apd

OUR FORECAST

A. J. Hasto to 24-23 before admit FOR SATURDAY'S

ting defeat, yet lost to L. A. and

A. M. Silva by 21-1.

It was the Silva combination

who also accounted for A. Edwards

HOME SOCCER

and W. Merralt for the loss of one TO BEAT THE BOOK

polat after the Ame

pair had

takon ten points from Xavier and Barros and nine from Beltran and

Buxto.

The following is the special of next Telegraph forcenst The Silvas in fact won their Saturday's English and Scottish three games with the loss of only football league results. When eicht points-an outstanding

.

achievement.

Detailed coros fallow.

J.

Basto

N. Beltran and A. (Recreio):

bent D. Waglen and Yang Chan 21-0 bent L. C. Gibbons and C. Hall -24-23)

ont . Edwards and W. Mer- beat

rutt

A. Xavier and H.

(Ruercio):

boat Waglen and Chan

Dont Gibbons and Hell

beat Edwards and Merrett

L.A. E

(Recrolo):

Bilva and A.

bent Whgion and Chan'

beat Gibbons and Hall

heal Rewards upg); Merrett

21-91

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1935.

LEN HARVEY BACK INTO BOXING LIMELIGHT

CANADIAN RECRUITS FOR BRITISH HOCKEY TEAMS

With many recruite gleaned from Canadian amateur hockey ranks, British ice hockey teams are preparing for a monster season. Wembley (London) teams are already rounding into shape for the schedule which will pit them against other British teams and possibly soms European squads. Here are same new additions to Wembley Liona and Wembley Canadians, bolle popular metropolitan teams, in practies on the ice of the Empire Pool at Wembley Stadium. A major showdown is impending on the amateur status of British teams, with recruits threatened with a ban by the ruling body. So far the flow of new materini lina not been checked.

a team is marked in capital let- Lord

ters a win is expected, but where

no such distinction is made a draw is anticipatel.

FIRST DIVISION

Y. Wolves

ARSENAL

A. BarTHIRMINGHAM v. Villa

1ackburn

21-#

CHELSEA Grimsby

21-100!

M. Silvo

v. Preston

v. Brentford

v. Everton v. Bolton v. DERBY C.

21-MANCHESTER C. >. Wednesday

21:1 21-1

NO TEAM:

YET

KOWLOON TONG'S QUANDARY

REQUIRE ANOTHER

LADY PLAYER

V. Portsmouth

STOKE

v. Middlesbra' SUNDERLAND W. Bromwich v. HUDDERSFIELD

SECOND DIVISION

BLACKPOOL

BRADFORD-

Hury

v. Futliam

v. Bradford C. v. Charlton A

DONCASTER v. Burnley

LEICESTER Norwich NOTTS F.

v. Plymouth

Y. MANCHESTER U.

v. Port Vale

SHEFFIELD U. v. Newcastle Southampton v. Tettenham SWANSEA

v. Barnsley WEST HAM v. Hull

THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH)

ALDERSHOT v. Luton

BRIGHTON

Bristol C.

COVENTRY

v. Northampton

v. Cardill

v. Bristol R.

v. Southend..

v. Gillingham

TO BEAT

Kowloon Tong are still-in-a EXETER

' their | MILLWALL- quandary concerning mixed doubles badminton team. Mus Mackenzie is not availablo to play against the Sailors and Soldiers' Home on Friday, and although, in an endeavour avoid postponement, strenuous efforts have been made to fill her place, the club has so far been unsuccessful.

to

WAS

Until this morning there ovory Indication that it would be possible to turn out a team, but those hopes have been dashed by the inability of the proposed sub- stituto, to play.

Kowloon Tong intend to pursuc their offorts to secure another lady player, and In view of this a final decision may not be reached until Co-morrow morning. In the event of failure, there are several alter- hatives.

The S. and S. Home can either agree to a postponement, or Kow- loon Tong can play with two pairs

and concedo three games, they can copoode the whole matchi and with It the league points.

or

I think too, according to the rules, in the ovent of the teams being unable mutually to agree to appatponement and the default. ing team la satisfied that it has Justifiable reason for a postpone mont, it can appeal to Association for Jurisdiction.

ST. ANDREW'S TEAM

the

in

HOME

BOOK

(By "Robin")

Arsenal Sunderland Doncaster Leicester

West Ham

AWAY:-

DRAWI

Aldershot

Brighton

Coventry

Exeter Carlisle. Gateshead Clyde

Tottenham Reading St. Johnstone

Huddersfield Charlton Aberdeen

THE

Nowport

. Clapton (), QUEEN'S P. R. v. Crystal P. BWINDON v. Notts C Torquay Watford

THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)

must apologise for adverdently announcing in yester- day's issue that the men's doubles match between St. Andrew's "D" and the C.R.C. was scheduled for CARLISLE to-morrow. The reatch la be- DARLINGTON ing played this evening at St. GATESHEAD Andrew's, and the composition Hartlepools

HALIFAX of the home team has now born Menalleld finally settled.

OLDHAM ROTHERHAM The third pair will consist of TRANMERE Dr. Matthows and S.A. Broad- Walsall birdge, the full team boing: A.S. WREXHAM Bliss and M. Weill: R. Brooks and C. Angus; Dr. Matthews and S. A. Broadbridge.

Kowloon Tong's team to meet St. John's this evening has now been completed and will bo

v. Bournemouth

. READING

v. Rochdale

. Accrington v. Bouthport v. Crewo

York BARROW Stucknort

v. Chester

T.

. Now Brighton.

V. Lincoln

v. Chesterfeld

v. Rangers

Y. DUNDEE

'v.'' CELTIċ

SCOTTISH LEAGUE (DIV. 1)

Y. St. Johnstone

v. Kimambek

ABERDEEN. Albion Arbroath AVERA CLYDE DUNFERMLINE v. T. Lanark CA White and S. A. Gray P

. Hearts::/ HAMILTON C. Leing rud Peter. Sin (er K. Kibernianse Wong KH. Chan and K. Partlek

QUEEN'S-PARK V. Quyon-O'Sch...

v. Mellerwell

v. Aliürid

Burghley's Appointment

to be presidENT

OF A.A.A.

One of the greatest of all track hurdlers, Lord Burghley, will in a few months be hold-j ing office as president of the Amateur Athletic Association. This was the surprising news' dis- closed by the governing body of British atbletics during the week-end. It follows closely on the decision of

FANTASTIC Aston Villa

Team Manager DOUBLE

ODDS Resigns

18,893 TO ONE

Record Bets On. The Cambridgeshire

London, Oct. 31.

28-1

1 Commander III. (Haw-

croft)

Z Man's Pal (W. Wing) 100-1 6-1 3 Finalist (S. Wragg) ..

One of the heaviest betting races within memory was won

|MCMULLAN THROWS UP JOB

The

(By Arbiter)

London, Oct. 31. Aston Villa football club announced yesterday that Mr. James McMullan, team manager, has resigned."

3/18

-

ROUSING VICTORY OVER EDDIE PHILLIPS

ENTERPRISE AND DASH EARN

RIGHT TO ME ET PETERSEN

(By Geoffery Simpson)

London, Oct. 26.

Len Harvey can examine his entire thirteen years of fight- --ing and fail to cite a smarter or more impressive performance than he gave in his home town of Plymouth on Saturday night in outboxing, and often outclassing, his London challenger, Eddie Phillips

The man in an enigms. Notorious for ha spolling defensive boxing, Harvey, nt the age of 28, showed that when he likes he can be a highly entertaining and brilliant fighter. Throughout the 15 rounds there was not. the suspicion of a holl or a pull,

the

YAMAGISHI TRIUMPH

that is not permitted byl

It was boxing of A delightful WINS 2 NATIONAL kind. Never in his life has Harvey. fought with greater freedom. finer TENNIS TITLES enterprise, or more dash, Wonderfully fast, his brain was working a second faster than his op

DEFEATS MENZEL the fight. ponent's all through Phillips found himself out-thought,

Koshien, Nov. 18. and consequently outpaced, by a man who gave no rest-who was accurate Jiro Yamagishi to-day placed. and himself in the front ranks of and dangerous when attacking' almost a deadly with his counter-tennis players by defeating blows when on the retreat,

Roderick Menzel, a giant member or the Czechoslovakian Davis Cup

MAN OF COURAGE

I reckoned Phillips to win the ninth team and the world's seventh best round and take a share of four others, payer, in three straight sets, The others Harvey simply alloped 7-5, 6-2, 6-1. Yamagishi's victory away with by masterly left hook came in the finals of the All-Japan punching and hammering rights to hard court championships. Last the Jaw which Phillips took in a nummer, playing for Japan in the style which must stamp him for ever Davis Cup matches, the Japanese as a man of courage and determine-player lost to Menzel. tion.

Yesterday Yamugisht, pairing Phillips has never fought hotter, yet he lost the decision by a crushing with Murakami, a Keio University

youngator, completed the rout of... Phillips, with his tong soft, stabbed the Czechoslovakian visitors, Men- away in grent style at Harvey's zel and Hecht, by annexing the mouth, putting his lips, and at one doubles championship in uve sote. stage causing him to go very tired. Alter losing the first two sets to But back came Harvey as lively as toe visitors, the Japanese team ericket in the closing rounds to set

margin.

the sent on the dazzling work of the rallied to win the next inreo Bots and the match, 2-6, 6-7, 6-3, 6-4, first part of the fight.

Harvey was checkily confident. He 6-4. wankl bull Fr.llips with left-hand

The Villa, original members of feints and then nail him with a right

to the chin. He would play for to: TO PLAY CRICKET AS the Football League, which years-old Lord Desborough to resign by a 28 to 1 chance when Com- formed in 1888 largely through their body with his right and quile

A GAME

the post,

mander III., a French-bred horse Lord Burghley has yet to be elected, trained at Newmarket, won the but there is not the slightest doubt Cambridgeshire Stakes there about that. Ile has been unanimeasly

by the A.A.A. General yesterday and one of the oldest nominated Committee, and at the annual meeting punters in London brought off next March one can imagine a forest the Autumn Double at odds 01 of approving hands shooting up when 18,893 to 1. the question is put to the vote.

Lord Burghley, a staunch lover of athletics and a top-class exponent of it, is a man of widespread popularity, admired_by_officials and competitora

alike.

SUPREME

Lord Burghley was pood mixer when he was in the game actively, with a friendly handshake and | smile for any competitor.

miler.

knock hips's head back.

DEFENSIVE HITTING

dulcnsive

-מחנך

than Ideal Of M.C.C. Touring

Initiative, are now second from the expectedly whip up a left hook to

Mr. McMullan, former captain of bottom of the First Division.

Manchester City and a distinguished And nothing better has been seen Scottish international, was appointed in British boxing for years

manager in May 1931, having Harvey's

hitting-Myy previously held an alietal: position, curly a lost art these days. A v with Oldham.

who while retreating can sip ledajte I understand blows and smash counter-hits It is believed that nearly have placed under the control of without losing balance has class. £1,000,000 was won and lost on Frank Barson-former Aston Villa Harvey was doing that in round after who returned to the club round, and Phillips hardly know what the race. The big backers had centre at the

ing of the season to take it was all about. -alone-but-many-small-bettors! had supported Commander H, because he finished second in the same race last year.

Team In Australia

Perth, W. Australia, Oct. 25. The M.C.C. cricket team who are touring Australia and New Zealand

had the novel experience of being Jeft the winner almost severely co-in-this arrangement is likely.\ „aradoxical though-the-teen--pov-im, i the-Australian-sido-far South Afric of the "colts" and that no It was a kind of aggressive defence, welcomed by another touring team-

His trainer, Mr. Basil Brist is part owner of the horse with Mr. G. R. C. Foster, and Mr.

Mr. W. J. Smith. the club's secre-

tary told me yesterday that Barson But there were periods when Harvey

also went boldly forward to a Lo

sido to Leeds on accompanied the

ho bigger nan. In the eleventh Saturday-where they lost 4-2-and

round he placed A succession that his aim will be to improve the splendidly aimed blows in Phillips's

men's team work.

201

only one.

him over the 440 yards low hurd'es, shire, who is on his way from New as he was not only a brilliant hurdler Zealand to fight the seat again. but an uncommonly good quarter-1

"At all the meetings at which have spoken on my brother's be Champion of Britain for several half," šald Mr. Briscoe last night, years, he set the seal on his career Ly "I have told the people that they winning the Olympic 400 metres hur must back Commander III."

four des at Amsterdam, beatine the crack Only in a few cases was the This AB, Cuhei and Taylor.

Di

when they nerived here to-day.

The Australian Can

am, captained by Victor Rithardson vero playing in A farewell match against Western Australia, and before to-day plaza the was Begun the Australians went to

the whe

wharf to greet the English- players T. Holmes's men all looked

Every effort is being made to objaw and definitely had him on In addition to which he naturally Briscoe had been conducting an

tain new players, but in almost nit verge of a knock-out.

Flips saved himself by a desper cominantled considerable hero-worship election campaign for his brother, cases considered the club has been ate rally, swinging both gloves · ZAL beenuse of his splendid talents. When Captain H. G. Briscoe, retiring asked to pay what are termed extra- random and with a viciousness that thoroughly fit, and their Jovial spirits

transfer fees. nt his best there was none to touch Conservative M.P. for Cambridge- vagable to state that reports that would have made it dangerous for crented a good impression on those.

to have pressed home liis nd-who welcomed them. BUveral Aston Villa players have been vantags.

The Englishmen were anxious to offered for transfer are incorrect. Waring, the centre forward, being the was excellent, and there were times happy tour in which it is sinceraly

left-hand punching of both men get down to practice and start a when Phillips shook Harvey badly with hoped that controversial toples will right-hand shots.. But defensively be taboo: there was no comparison between At a civic reception given to the them. Phillips must have missed M.C.C. team Colonel Bir Willam more times than he would do in the Robert Champion, a. former Governor course of three ordinary fights, and of Western Australia, who came over he was absolutely unable to chock on the same boat as the team, said: Harvey's shrewd counter-punching. "The English team will play the Phillips Anished the struggle with game of cricket as a game. They are cuts under both his eyes, but it can probably one of the best fielding sides himself in defent. As for Harvey, he won't dally but hit the ball hard." truly be said him that de surpasse to visit Australia. When not they is ready once again for Jack l'eter- sen. And if this Plymouth form, which delighted a 7,000 crowd, in re produced by Harvey it will not be odds against hini regaining the heavy- weight championship,

ever

friends divide £2,361 148. means that for a wager of cach of them gets about Burghley will be the fifth double with Near Relation, winner 74d..

Cesarewitch, named by | £600, or odds of 18,893 to 1. A.A.A. president and the youngest of the

one of these being Mr. "I don't suppose there has ever to take office. In fact, it is punters, doubtful whether any national sports Fred Bishop, who is 89; and three been a bet won at such odds," said body at any time has had one so fellow members of the Eccentric Mr. Bishup last night. "I must be one of the oldest punters in London, Club. young at its head.

They wagered half a crown on and I certainly don't recall such the two horses. As a result, the win.'

For

Lord Burghley was 30 last

February,

OFFSIDE TRAP SHOULD BE AN ATTACKING MOVE

FAMOUS EX-FOOTBALLER GIVES HIS VIEWS

If the old style football were to be brought back just for one after- noon I wonder if it would be recognised.

an

(By Arbiter)

appreciated the significance.

This was how he explained It: "Supposé," he said, "the centro

AN UNEXPECTED DEFEAT

Oxford U. Bow To Trinity College.

MATCH DRAWN

M.C.C. CRICKETERS IN AUSTRALIA

Melbourne, Nov. 1 Although four days were allocat od the cricket match between the M.C.C. tourists who are on their way to Now Zealand, and Victoria, rain on the first and second daya prevented the fixture from being Anished.

London, Nov.-19. The Victorian cleven compiled 832 for nine wickets, declared,In the Following their brilliant victory first innings, to which the tourists against the Harlequins on Saturday replied with a score of 252. R. Gre- Oxford University rugby gory captured five of the wickets for

дл un- 69 runs.

122

Innings and declared, Of these

the first innings, contributed 60 with- out losing his wicket,

TOUR OF JAPAN

The M.C.C. had scored 40 for three when stumps were drawn.

The match was thus left drawn- Router,

"In my playing days with New- castle United," Mr. McCracken half is covering the opposing cen- Baid, "the defence always dictated tre forward twenty yards from. fast, I would at once urge that the an attacking policy whereas to-day goal and the two backs are behind. Afteen to-day suffered game as it was played before the the forwards are largely allowed to Nine times out of ten the centre expected reverse when, entertaining Victoria ran up a score alteration of the off-side rulo should dominate the defence."

half will get the ball, and he will Trinity College, Dublin, they were runs for one wicket In the second be demonstrated if there were any In explanation of this he pointed move half a dozen yards forward defeated by nine points to five.oth Rige, who had made 112 in possibility of the authorities re-to the centre forward lying far up with it. At once the two backs Renter faxing the regulations to permit it. the field as the spearhead of the move up with him in support, and would be enlighten-attack. No matter how far he ad- unicas the centre forward also ad- Ling entertainment for present-vanced, the opposing centre half vancoa-and he rarely does he is

day enthusiasts

who belleve moved with him and the two backs bound to be off-side in the event of that they live in the best retreated still farther.

the ball being returned. of all football `worlds, and who "I do not think we should have "When I put tois move into never saw or have forgotten how permitted this," Mr. McCracken re- practice at Hull it was not with

Hosoi Baseball IX the game used to be played. marked. "I used to say, 'If any the object of throwing the oppos!- Even in the case of those with windows are to be broken, let it be tion off-side. My idea was simply

Beats All-Americans long. nemorlos, the game has in the other fellow's backyard, and to create a general system of at-

Tokyo, Nov. 12. changed to a greater extent than I think we should have moved un tack and to give the side the in Meeting Hosel. In the second of Cleveland Indians Lose is probably realised.

to drive the centre forward back itiative.

three. matches, the invading all Yesterday while I was discussing or left him in an off-side position."I see that Preston North End American amateur baseball team to-

Baseball Official: | with Mr. William McCrackon the

Tha In the view of Mr. McCracken are now described, as the eff-side day suffered its first defeat.

Cleveland; Nov. 19. chance of the old off-side manoeuvre the offsido trap, f not, or should specialists, but Mr. James Taylor visitors, who won their first game baing, brought back ganerally, he not be, sot for defensive purposes. has, told me that they have simply the narrow margin of one. inning. tion as General Manager of the,

on Sunday against Wasoda, lost, by Billy Evans, how resigned his posi pointed to a change which is It comes about through a general. adopted the principle 1 introduced The final scors

arked but of which I had net attacking polley.

was Hosel-5, All-Gevaliai Indians baseball toam (Continued on Page" 0.), Americusistengo.

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