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"HE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1936.

17 HONGKONG PLAYERS FOR OLYMPIC TRIALS Two Chinese Athletic Footballers To Participate

South China's Debacle

Whirlwind Football

Army

The Army

DEJECTED CHINESE

(By "Veritas")

South China

By

Army: Rowlands; Swain and Steele; Dall, Campbell, and Evana;) Smith, Bandford, Coakley, Talbot and Ridings.

South China:-Pau Ka-ping: Leung in-chan and Lee Kani; Lung. Wing-chul, Wong Mee-shun, and Lee Kwok-wai; Tao Kwai-shing, Lai Shui- wing, Fung King-cheung, 1p Pak-wn and Toy Qua-liang,

On Sunday morning Lee Wai-tong returned from Shanghai bearing the encouraging news that seventeen South China Athletic Association players had had been selected for World Olympic! tests. In the afternoon the players celebrated this by losing seven-nil to the Army in a Kote- wall Cup game! Berlini must have seemed far away to those jaded players who for 90 minutes. were outplayed in all points of the game.

Four goals came in the last ten minutes, the outward and visible signs of a brilliantly conducted offensive.

was

The score is a faithful record, the enthusiastic Army attack were i of the match. Seven-nil re- pitiful, presented the difference be. tween the teams. It was an inspired, enthusiastic, relent- less Army side, which obliter. ated a slow-moving, slow. thinking, dejected South China. Thousands of Chinese turned up at the Navy Ground cheer their favourite, Lee Wai-tong after his Shanghai success, But Lee Wal- tong sat next to me throughout the game, himself dejected, but more bewildered, by the ineptitude of his colleagues.

South China's confidence shaken when Campbell seized a nar now opening to shoot crowded goal

through a with Pau Kn-ping unalghted. They never. recovered from the shock and when fifteen minutes later Coakley went right through the middle to add No. 2 they became a benton team.

Everything they did was dane hastily, often thoughtlessly anti never successfully. Only Not only was Les eut of the team throughout the game was, the Army twlec (due to a chill and alight fever, goal seriously threatened, and this which did not improve na the Army's tally of goals mounted up),, but Ll the first place Rowlands saved won: was not until the second half. In Tin-sang was absent, and with Lauderfully from Fung when a goal Mau sick and Tam Kong-pak in dia grace, South China had to fall back made the score 2-1, and secondly appeared certain and would have on a second team defence in Leung the In-chan and Loe Kam...

Bame forward hit the apright and the ball rebounded into play, But by that time the Army had built up a winning lead of four-nil

ONLY A FORWARD LINE They were overrun and cutplayed before the game was half an hour old. To all intents and purposes the Army were oppased only by a for- ward line, and not a very mod for ward lino

that. Practically speaking a Chinese defence did not exist, and when Leung In-chan stumbled off the field with a foot injury half an hour before the end, South China's efforts to withstand

BADMINTON

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WILL TAIKOO CONTINUE?

DECISION THIS WEEK

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A TERRIBLE HEADACHE

South China was the utter fallure The most lamentable feature about of the half-back intackling, position- they had only arrived back from ing and passing. Possibly the fact Shanghai in the morning was cause, but certainly on it

was hard to either Leung Wing-choi, Wong Mee-

appreciate that

ahun or Lee Kwok-wai could ever be Interportera.

They

auch form

Bobbing heads and the goalkeeper's fist gave the crowd a thrill when this incident occured in the Teague match on Saturday between Royal. Ulster Rifles and South China "B". (Photo: Map Cheung).

GORDON LUM UNLUCKY

Cannot Compete In Championships

STARTING TOO LATE FOR HIM'

(By "Veritas").

"

Although entries for the open lawn tennis championships of the Colony, close on February 19, the tournament will not start until Monday, March 2, at least a fortnight later than last year.

.

that although

TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP

DATES FIXED

Ladies's Semi-Finals

This Week

Dates for the remi-finals in the ladies' open singles and doubles tennis championships of the Colony have now been arranged,

be

Bath singles semi-finals will played at the United Services Recrea starting at o'clock. The contestants tion Club on Friday of this week,

Are:

Mr. Kay (Holder) r. M14 R. Hancock,

Mrs. N. Wilson 'v. Mra. Dowlige.. Mrs. Kayll and Mrs. Dowling will meet Miss R. Rumjahn and Mrs. Chiu Chun-chiu in the open doubles remt flat on Wednesday of this week, and Mr. Wilson and Miss Hancock will play Mrs L. R. Andrewes and Mrs.

It is also strange entry forms have been posted in the Cricket Club pavilion, they have not yet been circularised to other clubs Litton in the other match at and apart from H.K.C.C. members 110

the U.S.R.C. on Thursday. intending participants have yet re- ceived nhy forms.

The fact that the championships are starting so Inte will preclude Gordon Lum, China's Davis Cup player from at the end of this month. entering as he leaves for Shanghaf

It is still not certain whether W. C. Choy, Cambridge "Blue" will accom- pany the

the championships his participation in "The tournament will unhappily logo a prominent figure this year in fio Ka-inu, who is going to Shanghai on a business trip during February and expects to be away for a month or two.

were qui-manoeuvred by

the quick and accurate passing of the Army attack. while to them, Talbot was himself a terrible head- ache.

The inside left showed a mastery of ball control and trickiness which surprised even we somewhat hard- boiled newspaper critics. No won der Shanghai lavished praise on him! In the earlier stages of the gamo a fnels) expression of determination accompanied the perigrinations Talbot's twinkling feet, but it the end it became all so easy. that the inside left was positively bored.

of

The indies doubles final is scheduled for Saturday next, while the final of the singles will be played on February

16.

BRILLIANT SWIM

Copenhagen, Feb. 2. Fifteen year-old Ragn Hildhvegen, to-day accomplished an outstanding piece of swimming covering 440 yards free style In 5 minutes 29 9/10 seconds, thereby beating Lenora Kights' time of 5 minutes 30 seconds made in Boston during March 1934- Reuter..

THIRTY PLAYERS Our Daily Golf

NOMINATED

START TRAINING AND TRIALS IN APRIL

SELECTION COMMITTEE OF FIVE APPOINTED

(By "Veritas")

TWENTY-TWO Chinese footballers, many of them from Hongkong, will parade in the mighty World sports stadium in Berlin this year. The Chinese National Amateur Athletic Federa- tion last week decided to sond a team of this strength to compete with some of Europe's finest exponents of football. In the team will be a number of South China Athletic Association players.

Returned from Shanghai yesterday, Lee Wai-tong told me of the progress which had been made in connec» tion with China's participation in the World Olym- pics. A selection committee of five has been appointed. Thirty footballers have been chosen to participate in training and trial games in Hongkong in April. After- wards a selected company of 22 players will journey to Shanghai for final tests. Nambered among the 30 lucky ones are the following Hongkong players:-

Hint

No matter what tho growth of the grais may be, the man faced with a putt of a yard and a half should hit the ball firmly to the back of

the hole...

E. RAY.

"WE DESERVED TO WIN"

SAYS MANNING RAILTON

INTERPORT TEAM BACK AGAIN ·

(By "Varitas"). Hongkong's weather lacked a senso of decency yesterday morning when, in accordance with a Royal Observatory re- port, "heavy skies, mist, some rain" greeted the Colony's supremely satisfied and triump- hant Interport footballers upon their return from Shanghai by the Empress of Russia. But the footballers were not worry. Shing-kwan (Chairman of the ing. They had with them the coveted Hongkong branch of the Nation-Shanghat flag, and more Important, al Federation).

the Telegraph Interport cup,

What did Mr. Manning Railton, Mr. Mo and Dr. Yung will come team's

manager, think of the playera? Well, to put it mildly, he considered they were pretty good.

"Shocking ground conditions" he said, "but every man played finely, Our team work was, far ahead that of Shanghai.

Pau Ka-ping, Wang Wing, Li Tin-sang, Tam Kong-pak, down to Hongkong and with Mr. Leung In-chan, Leung Wing-Ngan will watch the local trials chui, Wong Mee-thun, Lee and duly report and nominate the

team for Berlin. Kwok-wai, Tao Kwai-shing, Fung King-cheung, Lee Wai-players up to Shanghai for two or Afterwards they will take the tong, Ip Pak-wa, Tay Qua-three trial matches before the team liang, Yeung Shui-yick, Cheuk leaves for Europe. Shek-kam (all of South China A.A.), together with Mak Sui- hon and Tsui Ah-fai of Chinese Athletic.

The rest of the company will be made up of six Shanghai players one from Northern China, and six from the South including two from Jaya and the rest from Malaya."

SELECTION COMMITTEE

The selection committee is com- posed-of-the. following.officials:

Mr. William Sung (Hon, Secretary C.N.A.A.F.); Mr. Gun-

Although he has not yet been officially notified, there is no doubt that Lee Wal-tong will captain the team.

As will be seen from above the local players invited to participate in training and trials in Hongkong in April include the whole of South China "A" league team and four of the "B" team, while two Athletic players have been recognised,

Ho- Ho Cup-

son Hoh (Head of the Physical Football

Department of the Educational

Bureau), Mr. John Mo (l'hystea

Director at Chingwa Univer- sity), Dr. C. C. Yung (Vice- President of the Kwang Hwa University) and Mr: Ngon

Very Disappointing Tennis Final

MISS R. HANCOCK

ONLY ONE

An to whether it is possible for Talkoo Recreation Club to continue in the men's doubles division of the badminton league will be decided this week. Taikan, with never more than a bare half a dozen players at Talbot's superb and unselfish in TO TOUCH FORM their disposal, have lost the dividualism was equalled by the arrvices of two regular members snooth Inter-play of the rest of the and face

the prospect of T. forwards. They Look the ball down Stainton's departure from the the field in whirlwind style; they Colony carly in March.

were net wild rushes, but clever Efforts are being made by the club movements, with the ball travelling to discover new players and Mr. C. the. catire line; and they nacked Summers, energetic secretary of the dynamite in some of their shots. It club, is hoping to be in a position was football of a most refreshing before the week is through of de- and unlifting type. ciding whether the team can continue.

The mixed doubles team will cer tainly remain in the league.

championship. Goldman on it, and Smith, speedy and Half a dozen men's doubles matches) skiffal, com delightful style

Miss Hancock, holders, won a are down to be played this week.

while Talbot an while there is a full programme in

disappointing match in straight n Ridings

combination

acts, 6-4, 7-5.

Sandford, working with as much zest as though his week's pay de

pended

tho

wero

the mixed doubles division on Friday, hardly less prominent on the left.

Ternis of unquestionably poor standard materialised on Saturday from the meeting of L. Goldman and Miss Rosa- mund Hancock and H. D. .Rumjahn and Mrs. Chiu Chun- chiu in the final of the Colony open mixed doubles

tennia and

They also won on their merits, but were not

This evening Recrelo "B" meet Fire Coakley played that worrying type of the few honours going Brigada in the ladies doubles. game in the middle liable to get the shared. They belonged almost exclu- Details of the programme follow.

best of defences all hit up. It certain ly shook South China's backs out of it to Miss Hancock who alone

MEN'S DOUBLES

TUESDAY:

B, and S. Home v. Recrelo "B"

WEDNESDAY,

St. John's Fire Brigade

St. Andrew's "A"

Eliat Hall "B". Chinese R.C.

Y. Kowloon Tong

v. V.R.C.

. Talkoo

v. Eliot Hall. "A"

v. St. Andrew's "B"

MIXED DOUBLES

Fire Brigade.

St. Jolin's

Recrelo "B"

their confidence.

BALL IN FINE-FORM The soldiers were also extremely well served by an intelligent half back line.Campbell was always breaking up anything which resembled a dan

her game from that mediocrity usually associated with a casual knock-up at the club. Goldman was distinctly patchy, Rumjahn war oft times a study in still life and Mrs. Chiu was overburdened and frustrat ed from employing her favourites tactics.

Miss Hancock's forchand driving

porous movement, but his passing was good to behold; it was not only was not on such a high plane and

effective. Behind the

BY "VERITAS"

AFTER THE MATCH

GARDEN PARTY

ETHICS

Match May Be Revived

(By "Veritas").

With six Malayan Chinese footballers invited to Hongkong to participate in Olympic trials, the Colony's branch of the C.N.A.A.F. has a mind to at tempt a revival of the Ho Ho Cup competition, last active in 1920.

"Mind you, I'll agree that in the -closing stages it was anybody's

game, but unill then we were the better side. Of that there is no donbi,"

CAPTAIN'S CLAIM DISPUTED He couldn't see eye to eye with Collaco, the Shanghai ekipper, who, in

press interview after the match (published in these columns last Saturday) protested. that Shanghai were unlucky to Tose.

the conditions, Shanghai were pre sonted with an advantage which they Mr. Halton's point was that under

failed to take. On the other hand Hongkong adapted themselves to the conditions, the entire team playing as well as the ground would allow.

Lee Wal-tong, Colony-skipper,-held- similar visiva. In fact they were n estonished with Collaco's statement. Shanghai, he said, were apparently dissatisfied with the colection of Albert Howe at centro-forward, and the fact that he did not make a successful showing only aggravated the feeling. But he felt it was not. a case of Howo losing the game for Shanghai, but that Hongkong won on their merits.

Incidentally Mr. Rallion said the one big moment of the match was Talbot's electrifying run which saw him evade six players before part- ing with the ball. Shanghai were Just left floundering In the, mud. He had never seen a finer In- dividualistic effort on the football feld,

tho less

Concerning the social side-no complaints. They were aplendidly entertained, always are in Shanghaf, Mr. Railton as Hongkong teams said they wore specially indebted to The Ho Ho Cup, Inaugurated. Int. F. S. Bridges, vice-President of BY H.D. RUMJAHN 1928, is a featball tournament between the Shanghal F.A. for the superb representative Chinese teams of Hong. manner in which he attended to their Kumjahn played as though he hated a letter will shortly be sent to Singa-

kong and Malnya, and I am told that requirements,

There was an unofficial Interport the game of tennis, I am afraid too pore inviting a Chinese team up here her at which very short, but none lefins. been rending foolish books at the time of the Olympic trials to speeches were made and altogether it sincerely complimentary about the so-called bad form of reinstitute the series. "poaching". He made the mistake of In the first year of the competition

Was an extremely happy visit. introducing,

garden-party

By the way. Shanghai's "Great. tennis Hongkong won, but in 1929 Malaya White Way" proved so alluring to. ethics and kept so severely to his were victors and have held the cup Sydney Strange and George Ililf that section of the court that the opposi ever since, the competition being they decided to have a few more days flon discovered there was never a dropped in recent years. danger of their shots being intercopt-)

in the "Paris of the East", and the On the face of it, it seems quito Interport ed. So many times simple slots possible that an additional half a them

tonm returned without literally crying aloud for an inter- dozen or so players can be sent up cepted volley were permitted by Rum- with the Olympic trial players from afternoon players and officials were Down at Causeway Bay yesterday Jalin to fall at the feet of his part- Singapore, and the competition robombarded with congratulations.

ner.

Mrs. Chiu pinyed gallantly, but she was flurried into over-hitting, and, fairly naturally-could not maintain rallies to the length necessary against -auch steady players as Miss Hancock and Goldman.

vived.

£40,950 For

Seven Players: Villa's Record

In less than six weeks, Aston Villa, in danger of dropping into the Second Division, of the League for the first time, have spent over £40,000 on acquiring seven new players.

am compelled to assert that at no time did the challengers look liko winning. It was with the greatest difficulty they held their services and navor did they become sufficiently as sertive to sustain an attack, Gold- man and Misa Hancock Invariably agront match for the last-named) shots were It was left to Evans and Ball (it was stylish, but

won the race for the net and oven. when Bumjahn did secure the posi to initiate mont of the Army attacks, length. Her backhand, a purely de- forehand drives must have given him. It was all very "gentlemanly" ten-

pace, necuracy, good takes he made with these running tion he failed to volley with effect. In the last lines of defence Swain fensive stroke, and Steele played a capital game From the forecourt she pulled out a

remained reliable. food for serious thought. Overhead Hancock to rolliave the tedium.

nis with bright flashes from.. Biiss and the ever-watchful. Nowirls sufficient number of winning volleys smiles when caught by the camera. Mas Hancock and L. Goldman, all If they played with a foot to dispel previous impressions that after they had received the mized the II.K.LT.A. presented the cups to fees ever so short a period.

Justice Lindsoll, President of ball, would be in an English Tent has not not player. Altogether she doubles tennis championships cup the winners and runners-up, at the Their latest acquisition is Phillips, cricket team to-day, did not make played a smooth, methodical, clever on Saturday. (Photo: Mee Cheung), same time expressing thanks to the the Wolverhampton Wanderers out the sembramce of a mistake.

Goldman did little of note (that is adopting canny tactles. In cruder successfully organising the omnet! Of the seven, five are internationale

he throw away opportunities by Chinese Recreation Club for ngain so sikde-right a Welsh International. brilliant representative teams ever worthy note) apart from volleying, torms, ho played pat-bail. Curious tiori, Mr. Ng Sze-kwone introduced two Welsh, two Scottish and one Eng-, to grace, the local football fold. In this he had the opposition whipped too, because generally he

from the start. Off the ground he plenty of enterprise and not a little gracing the function with his pro- |

shows Mr.. Lindsell and thanked him for ligh. was rigged and the number of mis skill in smashing.

When securing Phillips, Villa fore stalled the Arsenal, who were so in-

FRIDAY

* T. 81. Andrew's

v. Chinese R.C.

T. Talkoo

who

& and S. Home Y, Kowloon Tong

'LADIES' DOUBLES

THIS EVENING

Recreio "g"

Y. Fire Brigade

All in all it was one of the most

Every man fack played tip top foot (Continued on Page 9.)

gome.

Mr.

Вепсс

This is a record totul for transfor

SHANGHAI JOCKEYS

Two Shanghal jockeys arrived in Hongkong over the week-end in pro- paration for the Annual Race Meet. ing which will commenco 011 February 22.

Mr. T. L Wong, well-known in Hongkong, arrived. on. Baturday morning and will probably ride for Mr. L Lan-sang.,

Mr.. V. V., Neoda was among the passengers who arrived from Shang

on the "Empress of Russia vester- stable. day. He will ride for the Sassoon

terested in the outside-right that they offered £6,000 for his transfor.

Hero is the tariff:

Griffiths Cummings Palethorpa Williams

Massio

£6,000

£9,450

£4,000

£3,000

£0.500

Hodasun

$8,000

Phillips

£9,000

£40,050