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THE HONGKONG TÉLEGRAPH.

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1936.

ALL SET FOR BIG RUGBY

BADMINTON

MATCH TO-MORROW

V.R.C. WIN AGAIN

THE FIRE BRIGADE.

WALLOPED

Fire Brigade were no match for Recreio "A" when the teams met in a men's doubles badminton league match at Police Headquarters last night, and were beaten by eight games

to one.

PROGRAMME FOR OUR

VISITORS

TEAM TO MEET COLONY SIDE

ANNOUNCED

TO BE ENTERTAINED TO TIFFIN

nt tim, to be held in the Officials of the Hongkongic Room of the Gloucester ilotel. Football Club and members A limited number of tickets, at of the Australian and New $2.50 each, are still available for this Zealand Association will be at tifin, and may be obtained from Mr. the Kowloon wharves in force R. J. MacNelll, secretary of the to-morrow morning to welcome Australian and New Zealand Asso the visiting New Zealand Uni ciation, or from members of the

Committee. versities Rugby Union team, who are enroute to Japan. The New Zealanders will arrive by

Kitano the N.Y.K. liner

Maru, scheduled to berth at noon.

E. LIL. Shute and W. Stoker won the Brigade's only game beating E. tin Sousa and J. Ribeiro, "r. They also forced II. A. Alves and M. Oliveira to a "actted" game and lost to Carvalho and A. M. Sitva by were three area,

Victoria Recreation Chib scored their accond win of the week when they overcams Saliors and Soldiers

Home by seven to two,

Dotailed scores.

FIRE BRIGADE ♥, RECREIO "A"

E. I I. Shute and W, Stoker (Fire Brigade) last to L. A. Carvalho and A. M. Silva 18-21; lost to 11. A. Alves and M. A. Oliveira 21-24; bent E. du Sousa and J, Ribeiro, jr. 21-14.

J. Anderson and W. Greenwood (Fire Brigade) Jest to Carvalho and Silva 3-21; lost to Alves and Oliveira -21; lost to Sousa and Ribeiro 14-21. A. 1. Pisher and G. Williams (Fire Brigade) lost to Carvalho and Silva H-21; lont to Alvas and Oliveira 8-21;. lost to Sousa and Ribeiro 8-21.

V.R.C. v. S. & S. HOME

I>.

M. M. de Soares and Lopes (V.R.C.) beat R. K. Collings and J. Winfeld 23-21; beat A: T. Edward and J. Heath 21-5; beat Harris and A. R. Brown 21-14.

C. N. da Silva and 5. A. Rumjahn (V.R.C.) beat Collings and Windeld 21-10; beat Edwards and leath 21-1; fent larris and Brown 21-7.

FM. L. Soares and W. Fisher (V.ILC.) lost to Collings and Winfield

The future "All Blacks" will spend the morning sight-seeing. At 12.45 p.m. they will be guests of the Aus- tralian and New Zealand Associn-

BADMINTON HINTS

THE DRIVE AND DROP SHOT

No. 4

Your him when playing the drive is to make the shuttle fly low aver the set and to put a good pace on it. If it is kept really low and you are playing from the back of the court you can hit as hard as you like with-

ut risk of sending it out.

The movements follow the rules already discussed, but the art does more work than the wrist. Remens- her to hit with a straight elbow and to strike the shuttle while it is nearer the net than you are.

ni

nny

In the drop shot the shuttle should fall just over the net. You should be able to play a drop shot from any position on the court and height, ao ask a friend to throw the shuttle to you in different directions

Contrary to what one would imn-i give you the necessary practice.

6-21; bent Edwards and Heath 21-10gine with this delicate shot, a firm lost to Harris and Brown 10-2.

LEAGUE TABLE'

GameA

G046

grasp of the racket and a firm stroke are required, no matter how short a distance the shuttle has to travel.

Use your wrist every time, oven P. W. L. F. A. Pts.when it seems only necessary to put in the way of the alittle racket in 8 12 the St. Andrew'a "A" G

and allow it to rebound off it, na, itecrelo "D" ....7 G 1 45 11 12

for example, when you are up at the net and intercept a smash r drive. From this position the shuttle should be hit at the top of its fight. The ability to send a drop shot in

Recrvio "A"

C.R.C.

Fire Brigade

St. John's

Eliot Hall "A" V.R.C.

St. Andrew's "B"

Taikoo B.C.

Eliot Hall "B"

S. and S. Home

Kowloon Tong..

60 40 8 12

8 4 2 37 17

7

די

8

44 28 6 8

A 5 31 GO 8

3 0 24

02-

fast

36 30 51 6.reply to a smash is a very useful accomplishment and worth practising on its own account.

21-334

10 35 4

3 2 0

1.1 0 707 19 44 H08 25 65

"During play generally get back to

the centre of the court immediately | you have hit your stroke.

A BRITISH TRIUMPH

Sykes

SPORTS SPECIALISTS

"B. K.

1936

O."

BADMINTON RACKETS STRUNG COMPLETE

ONLY

$750

SPORTS DEPT.

A match against a representative Hongkong XV will commence at the Club ground at 4.30 p.m., and the team will depart for Japan at 11 asm. on Friday. lis Excellency the Gover- or, Sir Andrew Caldecott, will be present at the game.

At 8 p.m. to-morrow the visitors. will be entertained to n steak and kidney pudding dinner at the Cafe Wiseman.

By a curious coincidence, it will ból exactly two years to-morrow since a team from the Australian Universi tes arrived in Hongkong on a simi lar tour, Hongkong on that ocen sion was victorious by 11 points to 5, The New Zealand team arriving to-morrow in vastly superior to the

And Australians however, ding-dong battle is expected at the Club grounds. The students from the islands across the Tasman Sea are of

real

heftler build than their Australian

contemporaries, and New Zealanders are proverbial for the seriousness with which they take Rugby.

THE TEAMS

The New Zealand team, according

BRITISH

McAvoy, England's "Vertical Cham- pian" of the boxing ring-a big suc. cos in America.

BILLIARDS MATCHES

POSTPONED

Two matches in the ilongkong Billiards Championships arranged for to-night have been postponed.

They are

II. W. Staples v. P. D. de Roxa in the Senior Championship which was to have been played at the C.S.C.C. at 8.30, and P. A. Yvano- vitch Lam Cha-cha, another senior championship match sche- duled for the Cheero Club at 8.30 Both games will be played off next week.

MILE IN 6 MIN. 2 SEC.

AT SIXTY-TWO

to a wireless received yesterday from Oxford Trainer's Feat

the

Kitano Mara will be as follows.

B. Y. A. Jones;

H. H. Fooken

J. M. Watt

C. C. Gillion:

G. A. Parsons

3. J. McAuliffe:

Мелия W. R. Laney R. B. Burke

J. Thoman

1. S. Drake D. A. Hudson

O, W. Chapman A. B. Chesterman

T. O. Stace.

HONGKONG XV Hongkong's selected XV matek is:-

16. Robertson, (Club); H. R. McGilchrist (Club)

..

BOXING STOCK ROCKETED IN U.S.

MCAVOY IS ENGLAND'S

"BEST EVER"

"VERTICAL CHAMPION” WINS AMERICAN ADMIRATION

FIGHT OFFERS NOW POURING IN

TO BEAT THE BOOK

HOME-

(By "Robin")

Brentford

Portsmouth

Sunderland

Bradford

Charlton

"Jock is the

Leicester

Tottenham

Jock McAvoy's "slaughter" of Babe Risko has set Britain's Madison-square boxing banner floating proudly in America. Garden promoter Jimmy Johnston said to-day: greatest fighter ever to come out of your country. We don't know what he may not do. He should beat John Henry Lewis, and so win the light heavy-weight championship of the world. "Maybe he will fight Risko again for his title of middle-weight cham- plan. and later became the contender for the world's heavy-weight title." Johnston and McAvoy's manager, Dave Lumianski, are now discussing plans for a return match against tisko, who, speaking of last night's defeat, said: "I was ice-cold when he caught me, and didn't have enough to get by that one. It was a Lough blow.

Lumtanski will not allow McAvoy

to ight Risko again at weight over

the list. 6lb. required for the middle- weight champlonship.

Risko's camp in complaining to-day that McAvoy scaled 1st. 041b. lant. night, when the agreement was thut

Brooks Not A New

Discovery

VERITAS” STANDS

•

CORRECTED

Apropos of my little note concern-

he should enter the ring at 11st, 11lb. ing Brooks

the Police inside left

It is the only alibi they can find published on Monday in which I said for their favourite's defeat.

Offers for fights are pouring into the Police were delighted with their as an inside Chicago discovery of Brooks alfice. A Lumianski's

Lumionski forward, I have received the following! promoter rang him up.

meme from Mr. Brittain, replied: "So Tar Jock has been pleasant lighting to establish his reputations. erstwhile Police footballer.

Now he wants 'cold cash.'"

By "cold cash" Luminnaki means

"Dear Veritas:-My compliments, and may 1 point out that Brooks is not a "discovery" as a forward. He played at inside left in the 1933-4 senson with Green on the left wing."

a Bght that will net Jock nt least £1,000. if a return bout with Hisko! comes off, it will be held in the second or third week of January.

MeAvoy is in such splendid trim that he is ready to enter the ring Arrangements again at any time. WHITE-HAIRED man of 62 are under way for the Lewis fight. recently at Oxford ran a mile in This will probably be at the end of the extraordinary Uime of min. aext month.

One of Lewis's friends rang him For the sake of accuracy I may up by long-distance phone and deal that Brooks played several times cribed McAvoy's exploits

A

sec.

The race took place in private on the university running track the only spectators being members of the Ox- ford cross-country team.

The time was 16sec. faster than the record for men over 60 years of age, which long stond to the credit of the late Mr. J. Fowler-Dixon, and, the record breaker was Phil Thomas, the Oxford trainer..

He a mile to celebrate his sixty-second birthday and he did not for the appear to be in the least distressed

at the finish.

Lt. H. L. G. Fraser, R.M. (Navy) J. Jutchison (Club)

Lt. A. St. Clair Ford (Navy):

A. H. R. Butcher (Club)'

J. L. Bonnar (Club);

Marine Light (Navy)

S. Chambera (Club)

M. 8. Cummings (Club)

Pay Lt

(Navy)

་

Dr.

Comdr.

Sowman

I. MeElney (Club)

E. B. Gammel (Club)

A. F. Walkden '(Club)

A, B. Evans (Navy)

£110,000 WORTH OF FOOTBALLERS IN A MATCH

Villa and Arsenal

The British one mile championship hns been won by young men in only 95sec, fuster time.

Thomas's times for, each lap, one- third of a mile, were imin. 689vc., Emin. faec, und Imin. G0sec.

After his run Thomas said:

I am convinced that I shall be able to run the distance in 54min. in the summer and I intend to Try,

Among the famous men Thomas has trained are J. E. Lovelock, the holder of the British mile record, Sam Ferris, the great Marathon runner, and D. 9. Findlay, who has won the English high hurdles championship four

times.

LEAGUE BILLIARDS

Catholic Union Still At

Th

Head Of Table

As a result of recent matches play- ed in the Steel Coulson Billiards Len- Twenty-two players whose rue the Catholic Union Club continues transfer value to their clubs is to head the table, whilst the Royal not less than £110,000 were Engincers Sergeants displace the watched by spectators of the Prison Officers in second place.

following are the latest re- League match between Aston sulta: Villa and the Arsenal at Villa Itoyal Naval Yard Police beat St. Patrick's Club: 3-2; Royal Engineers Park, Birmingham last month, In the teams were 14 International Sergeants' Mess beat Chief and Petty Officers Club 41; Civil Service C, C. players eight playing for the Ar heat Dockyard Recreation Club 1-2; senal and six for Aston Villa, whose ground held more than 70,000 specta-Catholic Union beat Prison Oficers

tura.

to the

Mr. Brittain is quite right and I am indebted to him for pointing this out. I was writing without reference to the "book of words" at the time.

West Ham Luton

Notts C. Hamilton Rangers

AWAY 1-

Arsenal

Reading

Celtic

TO DRAW-

Derby Bury

St. Johnstone

OUR FORECAST

Of Saturday Football

ENGLISH & SCOTTISH LEAGUES

The following is the special Tele

English and during the 1933-34 season. Records programmes in the

Scottish Leagues. Where teams are coloured light heavy-weight cham-at inside right as well as inside left graph forecast of Saturday's football pion of the world.

Indicate that he definitely appeared McAvoy is taking his honours very in matches on the following dates:marked in capitals they are expected modestly.

**just

October 7, October 11, November 4, to win and where no much indication followed instructions. November 18, November 25, December appears a draw is anticipated. Dave and I went to Philadelphia 10, December 23, January 6, January when Bisko fought Battaglia and 13, January 20, March 17, March 24, stlied Babe's style.

FIRST DIVISION

Y.

Manchester C.

"We saw he had a pretty neat March 31, April 7, and April 27, and Birmingham left, and we also knew his scouts that he certainly did not play on BRENTFORD

Bght September 30, October 28 and Morch DERBY

me

10.

watching had been

EVERTON McCoy.

"We knew Rikko would be watch-

But I think it is a fact that hn Grimsby

LEEDS ing for the left I used su succes failed to score during that "PORTSMOUTH Fully against McCoy." decided that with the bell 1 was and that his first goals for the Police PRESTON

We So

to let my with my right at Risko's were registered last week.

Jaw with all the power I had."

Snow, followed by severe frost, had

a devastating effect on the attenulance. In the words of one spectator, "it almost looks as though this is a private fight."

Mrs. McAvoy listened to the fight

over the radio, Then she hopped into, a taxi and rushed down to the Garden-this time not forgetting to րոչ

the driver. She said to-day: Jack is wonderful.",

FRIENDLY HOCKEY

Club Team Against...

Y.M.C.A.

Wednesday

Y. Middlesbro

v. lluddersfield

Y. Bolton

Liverpool Chelsea

Wolves

V.

Aston V.

Y. Arsenal

SUNDERLAND Y. Stoke

WEST BROMWICH. Blackburn

"

SECOND DIVISION

BRADFORD

BURNLEY

Bury CHARLTON FULHAM

The following will represent the LEICESTER Hongkong Jackey Club against the Manchester U. Y.M.C.A. on the Club Ground. King's FORT VALE

Swansea Park, at 5 p.m. to-day:

TOTTENHAM WEST HAM

Then he chipped in to add: "I owe a great deal to my wife. She looks after me in thousand ways.

1. F. Shields; J. Rodger and J. E. I could not do without her." The victory was celebrated by the Potter (Capt.); G. Sommer, J. G. young couple paying their first visit Colesworth and J L. Tetley: W. A. to a New York night club. They Reed, R. A. Bates, S. A. Fowler, D.

Carey and K. C. Woodhouse.

found the experience thrilling.

FORGOTTEN SIDE OF COUNTY RUGBY

Games That Find Men For England

(By J. P. Jordan)

1.

Y.

Southampton

V. Barnsley

T-DONCASTER.

་

Y. Hull

v. Plymouth

P. Norwich

Y. Newcastle

v. Bradford C..

V. Notts F.

V.

Sheffield U.

v. Blackpool

THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH)

ALDERSHOT V Queen's P.R. BOURNEMOUTH. Crystal P. IRISTOL R.. V. Clapton 0. Cardiff

V.

NEWPORT Exeter Y. HEADING

Northampton

COVENTRY. Yo Gillingham

LUTON

MILLWALL

NOTTS C. Swindon

Torquay

v. Bristol C. v. Southend

v: Brighton

v. Watford

THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)

ACCRINGTON V. York

CHESTER Chesterfield

CREWE

Y. Lincoln

Walsall

V. Barrow

DARLINGTON *. Mansfield

Gateshead HALIFAX

Y.

Y. Rotherham

Hartlepools

Y. WREXHAM

ROCHDALE

Y.

New Brighton

Carlisle

SCOTTISH

LEAGUE.

Airdrie

T.

CELTIC

Dundee

Southport It is the fashion among cer- for five selectors to nee every. club Oldham tain London Rugby followers in the course of a season.

It was through county matches that STOCKPORT · and players to decry the coun- D. A. Kendrew earned recognition, TRANMERE ty championship competition As a schoolboy fresh from Upping- and his so far as it concerns the metro-hith he joined Woodford,

form carried him into the Eastern

V. of his ABERDEEN -politan countica.'

Counties side. The Text

Albion They talk scornfully about what career is well known.

Other examples of the value of Clyde they term the League of Nationa constitution of some county teams county football include those of K. HAMILTON LEAGUE TABLE

which include Scotsmon, Irishmen, J. Stark, capped in nine auccessive HEARTS

branking team of 1928 that won five Queen's Park The league table to date is as fol- and other non-natives who are good matches and a mumber of the record- Kilmarnock

enough.

Yet the championship not only sur-gumes in a acason, E. C. P. Whiteley, Queen O'Sik Games P. W. L. F. A. vives but flourishes, thanks. to the England's full-back in 1931, A. Koy, RANGERS

and R. R. F. MacLennan, who was St. Johnstone 10 zealous officials in charge. 1091 40

"spotted" while assisting Middle- 10 7 3 32 18

Catholic Union

DISCOVERING STARS

10 7 3 31 19

75228

Somo K2 20 13

of the matches produce a PG 4 22 23 very poor standard of Rugby, and n'

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RECENT FINDS These are names that stand out so

V. Arbroath.

.. Ayr

v. l'artick ***

V.

Dunfermline

v. THIRD LANARK

r. Hibernian

Motherwell

GRIMSBY'S F.A.

Royal Engineera Sergeants' Mess The record crowd for n League

Petty Omeers 4-1; match on this ground-60,000 was bent Chief and expected to be broken, so great was Prison Officers heat Royal Naval the interest in the game. Aston Villa Yard Police 6-0; Catholic Union beat were fighting desperately to get away Civil. Service C. C. 6-0 (Santos mado J. F. Mac- from the last position of the League a break of 50 against table, and Arsenal (the champions) sowan and Pereira made a break of were making every effort to win In 60 unfinished against M. N. Rakusen); their attempt to overhaul, Sunder Dockyard, Recreation Club bent- St.

Patrick's Club 4-1. land, the present League leaders.

Massio the Scottish International half-back, was making his first ap- Villa Aston before an pearance

He is one of five players crowd. signed ca by the Villa in a month at lows: fees amounting to more than £24,000 Dospite the huge potential value of the players, neither club is Insured against the loss of the services of Royal Engineers

Prison Officers any of the men through accident.

The Arsonal were fielding six more Fusiliers international players in thele reserve Civil Service team against Bournemouth Reserves. Dockyard R. C... 10 4 6 20 30 first-class club team could easily beat far as trial matches are concemed; instances boug those of the W. They were: Mons and Hulmo (Eng- Garrison Sergeants 84 4 20 20 soma, of the sides fielded; but what there are many more, the most re-

127102a「f not generally recognised is the cent land), John (Wales), Hill and James C. & P. 0.

Naval Yard Police 10 2 8. 1934 value of county matches in bringing Surrey trio, E. Hamilton-II, C., (Scotland), and Dunne. (Ireland).

811 34 forward players who otherwise would Suter, and S. R. Gauchman.

It is through the North Midlands St. Patrick's

be lost in the comparative obscurity

that. G. M. Seldon is being given u of their clubs. WIN AT EAST LONDON The English solcctors did a wise chance of winning a cap, just as it is thing when they announced a few due to the East Midlands that the selectors have been able to recognine years ago that they intended to pay the merits of G. T. Dancer and D. L. more attention to county than club

K. Muntan form, the reason being that the value From time to time the suggestion own ground by four goals to one in SOUTH AFRICAN SIDE LOŠE

of a player's ability and adaptability in made that the South Eastern group replay. Grimsby have to visit Port BY AN INNINGS

la better gauged when he is perform should play its matches on Saturdays Vale in the next round. It will bo ing away from his usual surrounding instead of in mid-week, I do not think a severe task as Port Vale yesterday East London, Jari, 14. The Italian Lawn Tennis As

The policy has brought to light star that will ever come about, fortunate caused a big upset by beating Sunder In the northern soction of the Third sociation has decided not to par

The Australians won by an fanings and in strange company.

the Border players of lesser known clubs, some ly. It would be a big mistake, as it land, ticipate in the Dayle Cup Competition and 14 runs, against

of whom have gone on to win inter- would produce oven more congestion this year and it has also requested elaven.

I liave mentioned.:: clubs to abstain from invlling players In their final innings the local aldo national caps. They would not have on Saturdays, and it would not be in from sanctionist countries to partici- was distnisses for 128, O'Reilly taking done so had their football been con- the intercate of the type of players

fined to their clubs, as it la imponsible five wickets for 82-Reitor. SENESpate in their tournaments-Rouler.

Lane, Crawford, Ltd.

NOT COMPETING

Italy And The

Davis Cup

Rome, Jan. 14, 1.

CUP WIN League Points For Southport

London, Jan. 14. Grimsby advanced to, the fourth round of the English Cup to-day when they defeated Hartlepools on their

goals to ong-Reutor,

Division Southport gained easy points from Darlington, beating them by four.

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