1936-01-15 — Page 8

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1936.

ALL SET FOR BIG RUGBY MATCH TO-MORROW

BADMINTON

V.R.C. WIN AGAIN

THE FIRE BRIGADE

WALLOPED

-Firo-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.

E, L. II. Shute and W. Stoker won the Brigade's only game beating. . da Sousa and J. Ribeiro, Jr. They alsu forend H. A. Alves and M. Oliveira to a "setled" game and lost to Carvalho and A. M. Silva by a. mere three acea,

Victoria Recreation Club scored their second win of the week when they overcno Saliors and Soldiers Home by neven to two.

Detailed scores.

FIRE BRIGADE RECREIO "A"

E. LI. Shute and W. Stoker (Fire Brigado) lost to L. A. Carvalho and A. M. Silva 16-21; lost to H. A. Alves and 31. A. Oliveira 21-24; beat E. da Sousa and J. Ribeiro, jr. 21-14.

•

1. L Anderson and W. Greenwood (Fire Brigade) lost to Carvalho and Silva 3-21; lost to Alves and Oliveira 6-21; lost to Sousa and Ribeiro 14-21.

A. I. Fisher and G. Williams (Fire Brigade) lost to Carvalho and Silva 8-21; lost to Alves and Oliveira 8-21; lost to Sousa and Ribeiro 8-21.

V.R.C., S. & S. HOME

Lopes M. M. de Soares and D. (V.R.C.) beat R. K. Collings and J. Winfield 23-21; bent A. T. Edwards and J. Heath 21-5; beat Harris and A. R. Brown 21-14.

C. N. da Silva and S. A. Rumjahn (V.R.C.) beat Collings and Winfield 21-10; beat Edwards and Heath 21-1; beat lafrls and Brown 21-7,

F. M. L. Sonres and W. Fisher (V.R.C.) lost to Cpilings and Winfield 0-21; beat Edwards and Heath tort to Harris and Brown 102,

LEAGUE TABLE

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PROGRAMME FOR OUR

VISITORS

TEAM TO MEET COLONY SIDE

ANNOUNCED

"TO BE ENTERTAINED TO TIFFIN Officias of the Hongkongp.m. they will be guests of the Aus Football Association and mem- bers of the Australian and New Zealand Association will be at the Kowloon wharves in force to-morrow morning to welcome the visiting New Zealand Uni- versities Rugby Union team, who are enroute to Japan. The New Zealanders will arrive by, the N.Y.K. Biner Kitano Maru, scheduled to berth at 8 a.m.

of the)

BRITISH

tralian and New Zealand Associn- tion at tin, to be held in the Music Room of the Gloucester Hotel. A Imited number of tickets, at $2.50 each, are still available for this timin and

may be obtained from Mr. R. J. MacNeill, Secretary of the

McAvoy, England's "Vertical Cham- Australian and New Zealand Asso Pion" of the boxing ring-a big nue

cess in America. clation, or from members Committee.

A match against a representative. Hongkong XV will commence at the Club ground a 4.15 p.m., and the The future "All Blacks" will spend team will depart for Japan at 8 p.m. the morning sight-seeing. At 12.45 His Excellency the Governor, Sir Andrew Caldecott, will be present at the game. R

BADMINTON

HINTS

THE DRIVE AND DROP SHOT

No. 4

Your aim when playing the drive is to make the shuttle fly low ever the net 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 out risk of sending it out.

The movements fallow the rules already discussed, but the arm does nore work than the wrist. Remam- ber to hit with a straight elbow and: to strike the shuttle while it is nearer the net than you are

In the drop shot the shuttle should fall fust over the net. You should be able to play a drop shot from any position on the court and at any height, so ask a friend to throw the shuttle to you in different directions to give you the necessary practice."

Contrary to what one would imn- 21-15;gins with this delicate shot, a firm grasp the racket and a frin stroke are required, to matter how short a distance the shuttle has to travel.

Games P. W. L. F.A. Pts. St. Andrew's "A" 0 6 0 40 8 12 Recreio "B"

145 11 12 0 40 8 12

Recreio "A"

C.R.C.

Fire Brigade

St. John's Eliot Hall "A" V.R.C.

St. Andrew's "B" Taikoo R.C. Ellot Hall "B" S. and S. Home Kowloon Tong ..

76 6 6

6 4 2 37 17 8

7 4 3 28 36 8

31 50 B

G 30 51 G

21 33 4

6 2 4 10 36 4

1 1 0 7 2 2

0 7 19 440

میں

Use your wrist every time, even when it seems only necessary to put the racket in the way of the shuttle and allow it to rebound off it.

Dil it, ax,

for example, when you are up at the net and intercept a smash or a fast drive. From this position the shuttle should be hit nt the top of its flight.

The ability to send a drop shot in reply to a mash is a very useful accomplishment and worth practising

on its own account.

During play generally get back to the centre of the court immediately.

0 8 25 65 0 ¡you have hit your stroke.

By a curious coincidence, it will be exactly two years to-morrow since a team from the Australian Universi- ties arrived in Hongkong on a simi- In tour. Ilongkong on that neen- sion was victorious by 11 points to 5. The New Zealand team arriving is vastly superior to the to-morrow. Australians however, and real ding-dong battle is expected at the Club grounds. The students from the islands across the Tasman Sea are of heftier build thar their Australian contemporaries, and New Zealanders are proverbial for the seriousness with which they take Rugby.

THE TEAMS

♫

The New Zealand team, according to a wireless received yesterday from the Kitano Maru will be as follows.

B. Y. A. Jones;

I. II. Fookes

J. M. Watc

C. C. Gillies;

G. A. Parsons

J. J. McAuliffe;

W. R.

Laney RB. Barke

R. J. Thomas

L. S. Drake D. A. Hudson O. W..Chapman

A. B. Chesterman T. 0. Stace,

HONGKONG XV Hongkong's selected XV for match in:-

the

L. G. Robertson (Club); II. R. McGilchrist (Club) Lt. H. L. G. Fraser, LM. (Navy) J. Hutchison (Club)

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

A. H. It. Butcher (Club)

J.'L. Bonnar (Club);

Marine Light (Navy).

S. Chambers (Club)

M. S. Cummings (Club)

Pay Lt. Comdr. A. Sowman

J,

McElnoy (Club)

BB.. Gammell (Club)

A. F. Walkden (Club) A. B. Evans (Navy)

SEDOJUOSMOCOCOONOO £110,000 WORTH OF

A BRITISH TRIUMPH

Sykes

"B.

BRITAINS

***SPORTS SPECIALISTS

K. O.

1936:

AN

BADMINTON RACKETS

STRUNG COMPLETE

ONLY

$750

SPORTS DEPT.

Lane, Crawford, Ltd.

FOOTBALLERS IN A MATCH

Villa and Arsenal

Twenty-two players whose

BILLIARDS MATCHES

POSTPONED

M

Two matcher in the Hongkong Billiards Championships arranged for to-night have been postponed. They are:-

H. W. Staples v. Ę. D. de Roza In the Senior Championship which was to have been played at the CS.C.C. at 8.30, and P. A. Yvano- vitch v. Lam Cho-cha, another senior championship match sche- dated for the Cheero Club at 8.30 Both gamer will he played off next week.

MILE IN 6 MIN. 2 SEC. AT SIXTY-TWO

Oxford Trainer's Feat

A WHITE-HAIRED) man of 02 recently at Oxford ran a mile in the extraordinary time of Gmin.

sec.

BOXING STOCK ROCKETED IN U.S.

MCAVOY IS ENGLAND'S

“BEST EVER”:

"VERTICAL CHAMPION" WINS AMERICAN ADMIRATION

FIGHT OFFERS NOW POURING IN-

Jock McAvoy's "slaughter" of Babe Risko has set Britain's boxing banner floating proudly in America. Madison-square Garden promoter Jimmy Johnston said to-day: "Jock is tho 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 chani pian, and later become 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 Risko, who, speaking of last night's dufent, said: "I was ice-cold when ho aught me, and didn't have enough to get by that one. It was a tough blow.'

Lumianat will not allow McAvoy to fight Itisko again at weight ever the int, Olb, required for the middle-! weight championship.

Brooks Not

A New

Discovery

Kisko's camp is complaining to-day that McAvoy scaled 12st. 0%, last night, when the agreement was that he should enter the ring at list. 11lb. ing

VERITAS" STANDS

CORRECTED

Apropos of my little note concern- Brooks the Police inside left

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

Offers for fights are pouring into the Police were delighted with their as an inside discovery of Brooks Chicago Lumianski's office. A promoter reng him up. Lumianski forward, I have received the following replied: "So far Jock has been pleasant memo from Mr. Brittain, fighting to establish his reputation. cratwhile Pulice footballer. Now he wants 'cold cash."

By "cold cash" Lumianski means fight that will net Jock at least £1,000. If a return bout with Risko comes off, it will be held in the second ur third week of January.

"Dear Veritas:-My

TO BEAT THE

BOOK

'HOME:-

(By "Robin")

Brentford

Portsmouth

Sunderland

Bradford Charlton Leicester Tottenham West Ham Luton Notts C. Hamilton Rangers

AWAYI-

Arsenal Reading Celtic

TO DRAWI

.

Derby

Bury

St. Johnstone

OUR FORECAST

compliments Of Saturday

Football

and may I point out that Brooks is not a "diacovery" as a forward. He played at inside left in 130 1033-34 season with Green on the loft wing.".

Mr. Brittain is quite right and I

was waiting without reference

McAvoy is in such splendid trim that he is ready to enter the ring again at any time. Arrangements are under way for the Lewis fight. This will probably be at the end of out,, next month.

One of Levis'a friends rang kim

am indebted to him for pointing this

to the "book of words" at the time.

For the sake of accuracy I may

ENGLISH & SCOTTISH LEAGUES

in

The race took place in private on up by long-distance phone und des add that Brooks played several times The following is the special Tele- the university running track the only cribed McAvoy's exploita to the

the English and spectatore being members of the Ox-coloured light heavy-weight cham-t inside right as well as inside left graph forecast of Saturday's football

during the 1933-34 season. Records programmes ford cross-country team.

plon of the world:

McAvoy is taking his honours very indicate that he definitely appeared Scottish Leagues, Where teams are in matches on the following dates: marked in capitals they are expected modestly,

7, October 14, November 4, to win and where no much indication followed instructions. Dave and I went to Philadelphia November 18, November 25, December appears a draw is anticipated, when Riska fought Battaglia and 10, December 23, January 8, January 18, January 20, March 17, March 24, studied Babe's style.

March 31, April 7, and April 27, and that he certainly did not play on BRENTFORD September 30, October 28 and March DERBY

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

He ran his mile to celebrate his aixty-second birthday and he did not appear to be in the least distressed

the Anish.

The British one mile championship has been won by young men in only 0sec. faster time..

Thomas's times for each, lap, one- Shird of a mile, were 1min. 2min. sec., and 1min. 59sec.

After his run Thomas said:

Bycc.,

a

"T just

"We saw he had a pretty neat left, and we also knew his scouts had been watching

Aght McCoy.

me

10.

FIRST DIVISION

Birmingham

LEEDS

V. Manchester C. V. Huddersfield

v. Middlesbro

V.

Bolton

Y. Liverpool

v. Chelsea

EVERTON "We knew Risko would be watch.

Grimsby But I think it is a fact that he ing for the left I used no succes failed to score during that season fully against McCoy. 8a we

PORTSMOUTH V. Wolver PRESTON

decided that with the bell 1 was and that his first goals for the Police to let fly with my right at Risko's were registered last week. jaw with all the power I had."

Snow, followed by nevere front, had devastating effect on the attendance. In the words of one aprelatar, "it almost looks as though this is a private fight,"

ગુ am convinced that I shall be able to run the distance in 6min. in the summer and I intend to try."

Among the famous men Thomas has trained are 3. E. Lovelock, the holder Mrs. McAvoy listened to the fight) of the British mile record, Sam Ferris, over the radio, Then she hopped the great Marathon runner, and D. G. into a taxi and rushed down to the Findlay, who has won the English Garden--this time not forgetting to High hurdles championship four pay the driver. She said toxiny: times.

Jock is wonderful."

LEAGUE BILLIARDS

Catholic Union Still At Head Of Table

transfer value to their clubs is ed in the Steel. Coulson Billiards Len- As a result of recent matcher play-

not less than £110,000 were gue the Catholic Union Club continues watched by spectators of the to hend the table, whilst the Royal League match between Aston Engineers Sergeants displace the

Prison Officers in second place. Villa and the Arsenal at Villa

The following are the latest re- Park, Birmingham last month. suita: In the teams were 14 international players-eight playing for the Ar senal and six for Aston Villa, whose ground held more than 70,000 specta- torm,

Royal Naval Yord Police best St. Patrick's Club 1-2: Royal Engineers Sergeants' Mess boat Chief and Potty Officers Club 4-1; Civil Service C. C. best Dockyant Recreation Club 3-2; Catholic Union beat Prison Officers The record crowd for a Lengue match an this ground-60,000 was Royal Engineera Sergeants' Mess expected to be broken, so great was beat Chief and Petty Ofleurs 4-1; the interest in the game. Aston Villa Prison Officers beat Royal Naval were fighting desperately to get away Yard Police 50; Cathelle Union beat from the last position of the Lengue Civil Servies C. C. 5-0 (Santos mado table, and Arsenal (the champlons) a break of 60 against J. F. Mac- were making every effort to win in gowan and Pereira maile a break-of their attempt to overhaul, Sunder-69 unfinished against M. N. Rakusen); land, the present League lenders. Dockyard Recreation Club beat St.

Massie the Scottish International | Patrick's Club 4-1, half-back, was making his first up- pearance. before an Aston Villa crowd. He is one of Ave players signed on by the Villa in a month at fces amounting to more than £24,000. lows:

Despite the huge potential value of the players, neither club is insured against the loss of the services of any of the men through accident.

The Arsenal were fielding efx more international plazer

CHE reserve

“Conor Deniat Bournemouth)

They were: Moss and Hulme (Eng- land), John (Wales), Hill and Jamos (Scotland), and Dunno (Ireland).

NOT COMPETING

Italy And The Davis Cup

FRIENDLY HOCKEY

Club Team Against YMCA.

Wednesday

--

v. Aston V. V.. Arsenn! SUNDERLAND Y. Stoke

WEST BROMWICH v. Blackburn

SECOND DIVISION

v. Southampton

V. Barnsley

BRADFORD

BURNLEY Bury CHARLTON FÜLHAM

v.

The following will represent the LEICESTER Hongkong Hockey Club against the Manchester U. Then he chipped in to add: "Y.M.C.A. on the Club Ground. King's PORT VALE owe a great deal to my wife. She Park, at 5 p.m. to-day:

Swansea looks after me in n thousand ways.

TOTTENHAM WEST HAM

I

could not do without her."

1. F. Shields; J. Rodger and J. E

The victory was celebrated by the Potter (Capt.); G. Sommer, J. G. young couple paying their first visit | Colesworth and JL. Tetley; W. A. found the experience thrilling. to a New York night club. They Reed, R. A. Bates, S. A. Fowler, D.

Carey and K. C. Woodhouse.

FORGOTTEN SIDE OF

COUNTY RUGBY

Games That Find Men For England

(By J. P. Jordan)

DONCASTER

Hull

v. Plymouth

v. Norwich

v. Nowenstle

Bradford C.

V. Notts F.

Y. Sheffield U.

v. Blackpool

- THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH)

ALDERSHOT V. Queen's P.R. BOURNEMOUTH v. Crystal P. BRISTOL R 5. Clapton 0. Cardil

Y. NEWPORT COVENTRY Gillingham LUTON MILLWALL

NOTTS C. Swindon.

Torquay

V. Exeter

1. READING

V.

v. Bristol G.

v. Northampton

v. Southend

v. Brighton

v. Walford

THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)

ACCRINGTON CHESTER Chesterfield CREWE DARLINGTON Gateshead HALIFAX

Southport

v. York

v. Lincoln v. Walsall Barrow Mansfield

v. Hartlepools

Rotherham Y. WREXHAM

V.

ROCHDALE New Brighton Carlie

Airdrie

SCOTTISH LEAGUE.

CELTIC

Dundee

V. Arbroath'.

It is the. fashion among cer- for five acloctors to see 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- p. A. Kendrow earned recognition.TIANMERE ty championship competition As a schoolboy fresh from Upping-| so far as it concerns the metro-ham he joined Woodfurd, and bin. form carried him into the Eastern politan counties.

Counties' side. The rest of his ABERDEEN They talk scornfully about what career is well known,

Albion they term the League of Nations Other examples of the valus of Clyde constitution of some county teams county football include those of K. HAMILTON which include Scotsmen, Trishme, J. Stark, capped in nine successive HEARTS The league table to viate is as fol and other non-natives who are good matches and a member of the record- Kilmarnock

enough.

breaking team of 1028 that won five Queen's Park Games Yet the championship not only sur games in a sunson, E., C. P. Whiteley, Queen O'6th P. W. L. F. Avives but flourishes, thanks to the England's full-back in 1931. A. Key,| RANGERS

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

18 Royal Enrinvers.. 107 3 32

"spotted" while assisting Middle- Prison Officers

19 10 7 3 31 Fosiliers

LEAGUE TABLE,

20

DISCOVERING STARS

BOX.

RECENT FINDS

13 Some of the matches produce a

opencliyimdand of Hugby AndEnThese are human handout

4 a 20 30 first-class club tenin could casily best for as trial matches are concerned; Dockyard R., C. 10

4

4 20 20 some of the sides feldol; but what there are many more, the most re Garrison Sergeants B

20in C. & P 0.0 2.7 16

not generally recognised in the cent Instances being those of tho Naval Yard Police 10 2 8 10 34 value of county matches in bringing Surrey trio, E: Hamilton-Hill, C. W St. Patrick's

1 8 11 34 forward players who otherwise would Suter, and S. IL Couchman.

be lost in the comparative obscurity It is through the. North Midlands of their clubs

that G. M. Solden is being given a

Dancer and D. L.

T. Aye

v. Partick

v. Dunfermline

Y. THIRD LANARK.

v. Hibernian

.Botherwell

GRIMSBY'S

CUP WIN

League Points For Southport

The English selectors did a wise chance of winning a cop, just as it is

London, Jan. 14. WIN AT EAST LONDON thing when they announced a few due to the East Midlands that the

Grimsby advanced to the fourth years ago that they Intonded to pay selectors have been able to recognise round of the English Cup to-day whon more attention to county than club the inerits of G.

they defented Hartlepools on their form, the reason being that the value K. Milman. of a player's ability and adaptability is made that, the South Eastern group a replay Grimbby have to visit Port From time to time the suggestion own ground by four goals to one in is better gauged when he is perform should play its matches on Saturdays Vale in the next round. It will be ing away from is usual surroundings instead of in mid-weak. I do not think a severe task as Port Vale yesterday and in strange company.

The poller has brought to light star that will ever come about, fortunate caused a big upset by beating Bunder- players of losser known clubs, some ly. It would be a big mistake, as it land, of whom have gone win' inter- would produce era more congestion in the northern section of the Third national caps. They would not have on Saturdays and it would not be in Division Southport gained easy points. done so had their football been con- the interests of the type of players from Darlington, benting them by four

I have mentioned.

goals to one.---Router. fined to their clubs, ns. It is impossible

SOUTH AFRICAN SIDE LOSE- BY AN INNINGS Rome, Jan. 14. The Italian Lawn Tonnia

East London, Jan. 14. nociation has decided not to par

The Australians won by an innings ticipate in the Davis Cup Competition and 14 'runs, against the Border this your and it has also requested elaven. clubs to abstain from inviting players In their final Innings the local side from aunctionist countries to partici- was dismissed for 128, O'Reilly taking |pate in thoir tournaments Couter. five wickets for-32/Router.