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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY,

DECEMBER

1995.

FAR EAST LAWN BOWLS AMALGAMATION SCHEME

Before English Bowling Association

To Be Placed

MR. B. MAUGHAŃ

OPTIMISTIC

IN DIRECT TOUCH WITH E.B.A. PRESIDENT

SHANGHAI VERY INTERESTED

(By "Veritas")

The scheme, for the formation of a Far East Lawn Bowls Association to be affiliated to the International Bowling Board, which emanated from Mr. B. E, Maughan and which has received the enthusiastic support of Shanghai, Hankow and Singapore, is still progressing.

not

Mr. Maughan is optimistic concern. The latest development is that full details of the scheme in the nutcome of the English Bowling Association's deliberations, have been submitted by Mr, and feels that the only factor likely Maughan to Mr. Cross the to prevent its loption is that the confined new President of the English interests affected are

solely to British territory. to be Bowling Association placed before that august body for consideration. Mr. Maughan hopes, that with the sympathetic influence of Mr. Cross the E.B.A. will see fit to approve of the proposals at its next meeting in January and to support its adoption by the 1.B.B.

The scheme which seeks to place all lawn bowls activities in the Far Ens under one controlling body, is already well known locally and has boen fully approved by the Hongkong L.B.A.

It is an effort similar in character to that which has united lawn bowls activities in Australia, with the one distinction that it includes territory react 1211- not British. This my favourably.

In the meantime Mr. Maughan is waiting to hear personally from the E.BL.A. President as to the probable reaction of the Association when the scheme is submitted next month. Nothing ofllein), however, can be ex- pected for sometime. If the E.B.A. sec

to support the iden there is every reason to believe it will be accepted by the International Bowling Board. keen Shanghai is maintaining a interest in its developments as following report which appeared in last week's Shanghai Times indicates.j

SHANGHAI EXTRAORDINARILY KEEN ON SCHEME

ELIMINATION OF "LEFT WING" OBJECTIONS DESIRABLE

of the formation

with

10

the

Correspondence with flankow

and other outports reflects the great increase of interest shown in lawn

This is a copy of the presentation photograph of the Honglong Police fontball team made to Mr. D. Burlingham on his retirement from the Police Force. Standing:-Moss, Stephens, Gough, Me. Hardy. Brooks, Green, Parker. Silting:-Shepherd, T. Pile, C. Pile. Mr. D. Burlingham, Blackburn: Johnson and G. T. Stokes. (Photo: Ming Yuen).

Australians Heading

Victory

For

PILE ON THE

RUNS

S. Africa Behind

Durban. Dec. 17.

South Africa is facing defeat in the first Test Match against the Austral ians.

Reord

BIG LEAD

Chipperfield--He hit up a century

*gainst the South Africans yesterday..

JAPANESE RUGBY TEAM TO VISIT SIIANGHAI-

First Appearance On December 29

JAPANESE BID FOR OLYMPICS

COMMITTEE OF SIXTY

APPOINTED TO-DAY

U

Tokyo, Dec. 13. Twelve Vice-Ministers of State, high officials of the two chambers of the Diet, the Mayor of Tokyo, the Chief Secretary of the Cabinet and three university presidents will

be included on the committee

which will bead the movement to bring the X11th-Olympic Games to Japan in 1940.

Although representatives of the Shanghai Lawn Bowls Association met with disappointment in their efforts during the

Continuing their first innings which Interport visit to open negotiations with the Colony Association on the subject of the projected Far Eastern Lawn Bowls Associa had temporarily closed at 280 for 3, tion, the scheme has by no means been abandoned and The the Australians proceeded to aggre. Shanghai Times understands that the subject is being raised gato 429 before dismissal.

Darling-alded another nine runs through correspondence during the "off-season."

of 51, and Other ports, including Hankow, to his overnight It was at first hoped that a great deal of the preliminary Singapore and Tokyo have expressed Chipperfield scored the second cet-

The committee will be inaugurated at December 18, at a meeting nogotiations between Shanghai keen support of the plan, while it is

matter is one which should be press- 100.

Premier Kelauke Okada's official re and Hongkong on the subject generally felt in Shunghal that the tury of the innings with a masterly

sidence, Prince Iyesato Tokugawa,f would be effected during the In-fed with the utmost expediency.

President of the Japan Red Cross terport visit, but owing

The Australians thun led by 181 on

Shanghai, Dec. 14.

Society, has been selected President the crowded schedule created

The visit to Shanghai of a crack of the new organization. bowls in Shanghai last season, and the first innings. Crisp and Langton through the late arrival of the

Included on the committee of 60 satisfaction has been felt at the shared the wickets, but both suffered

when the will be Mr. Takesuke Shirane, secre- Northern side, the round-table

yesterday outcome of the provision of a junior from the brilliance of the Australian Japanese rugby team was virtually conference had to be postponed.

division of the League during the batting. Langton claimed four vic-Assured

Shanghai Japanese Amateur Asso-tary of the Cabinet; Mr. Toratare rave, President of the There has been a certain amount

Mataro Nagaye, SCHADIL

and Acopticism as of

to the benefits

Apart from the increased number tims at a cost of 113 runs, and Crian ciation wired the Rugby Associa Ushizuka, Mayor of Tokyo: Dr.

Imperial University; tlon of Japan an invitation.

is accepted Doctors Hodzumi Tanaka and Shinzo of the Far East

If the invitation element of competing players, however, the accured three for 87, body.voiced by

Needing 182 to save the innings a radical

remarkable feature of the season! most rem in the Colony, but the plan has met from the Association's point of view

Shanghai Nichi-Nichi re-Waseda and Kelo universities.

Others on the committee will be favour among the morem

encounter great

ports. The first conservative groups, it is understood, was the great interest taken by the defeat, South Africa hit up 187 for three games will be played here, Koldzumi, respectively presidents of And there should be little diffeuity in xeneral public in the game, large the loss of three wickets before stumps!

numbers of people having manifested were drawn. Siedlu carrying the proposition through to their interest through correspondence ne knock of 60, but the home team scheduled to begin at 11 o'clock in the President and Vice-President of Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the and comment although they were in are still 14 runs in arrears with seven the morning of Sunday, Dec. 29, the House of Peers; the Speaker and a satisfactory conclusion.

the third for Jan. 5. certain eases not even members of the wickets in hand. The match con- The second is slated for Jan. 2 and Vice-Speaker of the Lower Chamber; "LEFT-WING" OBJECTIONS

concludes to-morrow-Reuter.

The Nipponese team, consisting Tokyo Municipal Council and pro-

minent businessmen, Objections voiced by the "radicais" Club.

of players from the various Rall- of the south are in general opposed

TECHNICAL EXPERTS way Bureau. squads throughout the of aliation with the to the idea

on will leave. Tokyo International Bowling Board, which

The projected body will investi would standardise the rules of play

Christmas, when Japanese official

gato and plan all financial and and allow of no "local" rules to creep

establishments cease business for material phases of the question of in for the purposes of competition.

the year.

bringing the games to Tokyo. These objects, however, are not seri-

The squad will be captained by A special committee of more than deal with ously upheld by the greater number af lawn bowlers, who realise the im-

Meiji University and a forward on the various technical questions such mense amount of benefit to be gained

building of atadia, Olympic the Tokyo Railway Bureau XV villages for men and women athletes

as tho by formation of the group and its

champion businessmen's team in

Publicity affiliation with the I.B..

and other preparations. London, Nov. 29. things level with a good win over an

and fib

finances will receive special at- Strangfeld, Nippon. fighter in awkward

Negotiations are ulao being tention, A German side, including (Herten), Miner (Breslau), a stocky

by the S.J.A. A.A, Should the movement prove auc- two champions in Buttner, fury, got the better of a terrifle set- carried on

to with E. J. Nunn, who fought with to bring here the hockey team of cessful, the committee will be dis

Keio

a "sumo" solved University and

on the ground that it has lightweight, and Pietsch, light-fine courage.

It will, however, be aggregation early next achieved its alm. Then came the fight of the evening, wrestling heavy beat the Civil Service at

another immediately succeeded by body that will take the prepared the Stadium Club last night between F. Frost (A.B.A. lightweight year, the Shanghai Nippo states. champion) and the German champion,

plans and put them into effect.

SOUTH OF ENGLAND BADMINTON

B. C. F. Nichols, the holder, beat

C. H. Whittaker, of Derby, by 15-11, 16-6, in the singles final of the South

of England Badminton Championships

at the Crystal Palace Club, proving himself to be subtle in the use of the and sound clearing to a height drop and length short of

in

man who was

the

contributed a

country, German Boxers Beat British

CIVIL SERVICE TEAM LOSE ON THE

LAST BOUT OF EVENING

of three minutes.

Mto the

loft-handed] They wero

Bouth-sca

tho

18

:

LADIES' TENNIS TITLES

CHAMPIONSHIPS START SOON.

ENTRIES OPEN,

The ladies singles and, dou- bles championship of Hong- kong, will be held under aus- pices of the U.S.R.C. and under conditions. the following Entries are invited.

The Tournament will be conducted under the present rules of Lawn Terni and the Rules and Regulations. of the Hongkong Lawn Tennis A *ociation..

will

pay 13 Each competitor entraner fee of dollars for each event.

The Tournament will be conducted under the present rules of Lawn Test- nin and the Rules and Regulations of the Hongkong Lawn Tennis Associa tion.

Each competitor will pay an en- trance ice of 5 Dollars for each event, the All entries will be sent to undersigned on or before January 4,

1938.

accompanied by entrance fee. The first round and byes shall be played off on or before January 2

second round shall be played off on or before February 5. The com- petitors shall make their own arrange- iments us to the ground on which the said rounds shall be played, but the first named in each case shall have choice of ground.

MRS. PATERSON GIVES CUP

occur-

be

TO BEAT THE BOOK

HOME

AWAY:

(By "Robin")

Arsenal Blackburn Chelsea Sunderland Leicester West Hom Aldershot .Brighton Watford Tranmere Alrdric Motherwell

Charlton

Reading

Rangers

TO DRAWI

Birmingham Manchester C.

Celtic

OUR FORECAST

For Saturday

ENGLISH & SCOTTISH FOOTBALL

The Tennis Sub-Committee of the U.S.R.C. inay extend the time limit if they think fit on account of bad

The following is the special Tele- weather or other unforeseen

graph forecast for the English and otherwise players will

have not played Scottish football league programmes tched if they

games by the date stated.

to be played on Saturday. Where tho The semi-finals and finals shall be teams are in capitals a win is expect- Subed and were no such indication is

given a draw is anticipated.

their

pinyed on the U.S.R.C. ground on the lates notified by the

of the U.S.R.C.

mmitte

Competitors must be on the Court at the hour notified to them.

For each match balls will be pro

On completion. vided by the U.S.L.C.

of the match, Dalin will be returned

to the Secretary, U.S.N.C.

RUGBY DEFEAT FOR CAMBRIDGE

LOSE 19 8 TO DUBLIN' UNIVERSITY Cambridge University rugby Afteen-visited Dublin fo-day and met the University in an annual Axture. But they could make no Impression on the Irishmen, who won somewhat easily by 19 points to eight-Reuter,

FIRST DIVISION

ARSENAL Birmingham BLACKBURN

CHELSEA

Grimsby LEEDS

LIVERPOOL

Manchester C.

STOKE

SUNDERLAND

V

Bolton

EVERTON

W

West Bromwich v

Aston Villa

v- Wolves

v Portsmouth

v Preston

F Wednesday

▾ HUDDERSFIELD

❤

Middlesbro

T

Derby C.

Brentford

SECOND DIVISION'

Blackpool Bradford

*

Bury

Donenster LEICESTER NORWICH NOTTS F. SHEFFIELD U. ▾

SOUTHAMPTON,V Swansen WEST HAM

Y

Newcastle

CHARLTON

Manchester U.

TOTTENHAM

→ Burnley

y

T'lymouth

Y Bradford C.

▼

Hull

Barnsley

Fulham

Port Vale

THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH)

Best of three advantage sets shall bo played in all matchen and results must be immediately aunt in to the undersigned by the winners.

Mrs. J. J. Paterson has kindly pre- Bented a Championship Cup for com- petition in the Ladies Singles

Prizes will be provided by the U.S.R.C.

The draw, which may be needed at the discretion of the Tennis Sub- BRIGHTON Committee of the U.S.R.C. will take BRISTOL C. at G.30 p.m. January 6, at the COVENTRY PR.C

EXETER The Tennis Committee, U.S.R.C. are

Millwall the sole arbiters of any dispute that

New port may arise.

Aga Khan's £50,000

Motoharu Igarashi, a graduate of 20 experts will be chosen to Season

CORRESPONDENCE

Civilians Hockey

Team

Hongkong Telegraph The Sports Editor

plays he put up showed that he is only faster than Awtar Singh other- wise A. Singh is more tricky and bas much better ball control,

I commend following forward line for the selectlan committee's duo con- sideration and I hope it is not too

ALDERSHOT

▾ Gillingham

▾ Clapton 0.

Y Crystal P.

Y

Luton

Bristol It.

✓ READING

v Noita C.

QUEEN'S P.R Swindon

+

V

TORQUAY

WATFORD

Southend

Bournemouth

▾ Cardia

Northampton

THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)

Carlisle

DARLINGTON GATESHEAD HALIFAX Hartlepools MANSFIELD Manchester, Nov, 29. The flat racing season of 1935, un- Oldham questionably the most successful since ROTHERHÁRE the post-war boom period, came to TRANMERE an end

here with the Manchester WALSALL November Handicap.

The Aga Khan has enjoyed splendid season, duo in great measure to the successes of his unbeaten colt Bahram.

He has won close, on £50,000 in

WREXHAM

▼ CHESTER-

v Rochdalei.

▾ York

Lincoln' ✓ Stockport

y Crane

FIELD

CHESTER Accrington

v Barrow

v New Brighton

v Southport.

SCOTTISH LEAGUE

AIRDRIE Arbroath ATE

stakes more than double that of CELTIC

nesrest rival in the winning Dundee Dwner'n lat, Sir Abe Bailey.

✓ Clyde

❤

DUNFERMLINE ▾

RANGERS

QUEEN'S PARK

Aberdeen

v Hamilton Albion Queen-'8th

His trainer, Frank Butters, easily HIBERNIAN

list successful trainers, MOTHERWELL. Kilmarnock

tops

the

and Gordon Richards remains cham Partick plon jockey with 210 winning rides Third Lanark two short of his total of last year.

The Racecourse

Betting

Control

iam G.

Bingh, Awtar Singh, Board will in due course, publish re-?

thei Sir-Having witnessed all

Souza. Although Nooy is faster than Souza

by four bouts to three. The Buttner, who fought right hand for- bouts were each three rounds ward at times. Frost won a elever bout, full of sparkle and good fight- gave us a standard by which Ing. It to judge our visitors, and left the The visitors were fighters to a man frm Impression that the Germans aro employing what can be beat described seriously to be reckoned with in the 015 the American-European stylo. near future.

tearing in two- always

Murak, a heavy-shouldered, emiling beat Mrs. II, 9. Uber, handed, against. boxers whose chief by 11-4, 11-1, in the weapon was the straight left. Very welter "south paw," battered A. M. one singles final, and, to Crawley to impotencered

Yound, than the mddleanse followed to square

side the lead. to give his

matters second week in success, and the too; none better honour of defeating the

the All-England! weight, B. G. Tanfo, who learnt the Then Pietsch, in the final fight of the Civilians hockey trials; and as a lover but he has a tendency to get off-side

rudiments at Bedford House, women champion.

Ralph

O round, against T. llenderson, within allowing me space to express my Souza's, against Cpl.

Furthermore Souza and | views on the selo-ted toam which ap- Pinto combine ve select Souza. victory won the doubles cups beating G. R. Sherwell and Amelung, of the Army Sports School, some powerful right-hand punchen.

Every German gave the Nazi salute peared in the local press, poet

would do well as he came into the ring. One man The defence in my opinion is sound G. E. A Tautz in the final by 15-7, Wunsdorf, to bring the score to three

In conclusion I beg to point out that and all. G-15, 16-9. Mrs. M. Henderson

Uber beat Mrs. M.

fast flyweight, had sunimed'ately his second reproved him and should have been in the pivotal posi- any of the above players. I am only 1710, 15-14, in the women's doubles marily disposed of B. V. Newman in he gave it again with full impressive-tion with W. Rred on his right or voicing my opinion as I would like to vica-varaa," I think gross injustice on the best civiilan side turned out will be done if_Awtne Singh is not final, Ralph Nichols complated, the the first round, a left wing and a

Before the International content a

Yours etc... trable by winning the mixed doubles quick right jab to the jaw putting tho

doubt G. Singh is good but the dis anal with Mrs. Uber from L. Nichols Englishman out for good. S. Panter, Civil Service team bent the Stock given tho centra forwart position. against the Services. anil Miss Kingsbury by 15-8, 167, the bantam A.B.A. Tunner-up, brought Exchange by six bouts to ono.

Holborn.

Loglio by and his brother. In a thrilling fight he crashed his way evening, settled matters. in the Brot of the game, I crave your courtesy and his stick work is not as good as

OLEN.

to

and Miss T. Kingsbury, holders, by excheld (Duisberg); an Rave it in cursory Kash'on. Im-"xtent that M. II. Ifasin of the Radio 1 am not personally requainted with

nos.

E. 8. LYEN.

turns which, it is understood, will con- stitute a record of business transacted -frosh evidence that robot betting has come to stay.

V Hearta

v St. Johnstone

HONGKONG GOLF CLUB

BOAT RACE DATE FIXED Adamson Cup Result

Landon, Nov. 29. Oxford

V. Cambridge Boat Race will Playing in the December qualifying round of the Adamson Cup at Happy be on April 4

Mr. B. J. Selortino, president of the Valley, T. B. Low voted the best Oxford University Boat Club, made card with figures of 85-16-00, the announcement last night after a There were eleven entries the conference with a representative of matches being played between Decem Cambridge University Club,

ber 0 and 18..