1936-02-19 — Page 20

"HE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1936.

CLEAN SWEEP FOR THREE BADMINTON TEAMS

Our Daily Golf Hint

Many of the snatchy, half- hit shots, played by even good players, come from the fault of hitting too late and I am certain that if weaker players would try to get the right arm and club-head in line before impact they would play steadier golf; as the ball would be sent on its way with the wrists and ITS "held firmer.”—Henry Colton.

BOXING

St. Andrew's Put

Up Good Show

BUT ARE DEFEATED

BY CHAMPIONS

Three teams recorded clean sweeps in men's doubles bad. minton league matches last night, Ellot Hall “A” winning nine games against St. Andrew's "A", Recreio "A" doing likewise against V.R.C., and St. John's enjoying a similar triumph against Sailors and Soldiers Home.

This was St. John's 15th match of the season and at the present

FARR-LOUGHRAN they and V.R.C. are the only teams

FIGHT SEQUEL

completely up to date with their programmes.

St. Andrew's gave a much better account of themselves at Eliot Hail

Protest To Control Board than the final result indicates. They were, for one thing, without the services of A.E.P. Guest, which| meant a reshuffling of two couples,

RETURN MATCH NOT LIKELY

NA. E. Mackay coming in to

partner R. H, Wong, and F. V. Wong pairing with F. A. Broad- bridge.

(By Harold Lowis)

Apart from Ellot Hall's first couple, who did not concede more There has been a sequel to the than nine ares in any of their three much-disputed decision of the henvy-Kames, St. Andrew's held their own wight fight at the Albert Hall, Well against the champions. Five when the referee, Mr. Wilfred Smith, of the other six games were keenly awarded the verdict on points to contested, and saw the visitors get Tommy Farr. of Tanypandy, against Ints double figures. Tommy Loughran, the American.

Loughran's

уля

manager, Mr. Joc

SAINTS' STH WIN

themselves may think of it. A simi-

they collecting an aggregate of 52 aces.

The

EXPECTED RESULT

Four Games

In Two

Evenings

KOWLOON TONG'S

PROGRAMME

(By "Varitas").

SLIDING TACKLE

TACKLE MUST BE STOPPED

An illustration of the sliding tackle, condemned by Charles Buchan in his article in the next column.

BRITISH RUGBY Corinthians

LOSS

And The

WOOLLER GOING League

TO INDIA

Wilfred Wooller, the Welsh, centre three-quarter, in spite of rumours to the contrary, will definitely be lost to British Rugby next season.

FAMOUS

CLUB'S

CRISIS

(By Norman Ackland)

Next week Kowloon Tong will) establish a precedent and possibly

He is taking up an appoint- a league record when they play four badminton matches in two

ment in India when he comes past and present niembers of the It is generally realised by both successive evenings. In order to

down from Cambridge at the Corinthians that a crisis has arrived Smith, saw Col. R. H. Mydlelton, St. John's, one of the most im-

bring their fixtures right up to

end of the summer term. chairman of the British Boxing Board proved teams In the lengur recorded

in the history of this famous club, date Kowloon Tong have arranged Wooller will Indeed be a losa not Every member is of Control, and lodged a protest. He their eighth win with the

convinced that given to understand that the which has done service for the

team to play mixed doubles and men's only to Weish Rugby football but "something must be done," but many Board would consider it in due course.

doubles mutches on Monday, and a to the game generally. It is only are dublous whether the proposal now They similar programme on Tuesday. major part of the season.

under discussion to apply to the three years ago that Wooller, then Football League for membership of No doubt they will. But it is most were never extended by the S. and

Sallors and Soldiers Home and in his teens, attracted notice by the Third Division unlikely that they will reverse the S. Home, who succeeded only in

(Southern Sec St. Andrew's, their opponents have his brilliant promise as referee's decision whatever

a centre tion) is the solution to the problem. agreed to this procedure.

three-quarter. He played his first As a rule, the players and the young- Mixed doubles with the S. and S; international game for Wales Sr menbers of the committer are in Home will be played at 7.30 on against England at Twickenham favour of the suggestion and the older members emphatically opposed Monday next, and when this match and got further caps that season to it. The result of the match between

has been completed and refresh-against Ireland and Scotland; but

Mr. C. Wreford Brown, one of the ments sarved, the men's doubles he dropped out of the international | greatest Corinthians, believes that game will be played.

game in the following season. the club could not hold their own week Kowloon Tong's oncountera on

Last winter Wooller's natural after week through the canon the following evening are firstly qualities developed at Cambridge against professional opposition with

out violating some of the most valued against St. Andrew's mixed team and his combination with and then against St. Andrew's Jones us yhalf has no counter-is shared by the majority of the old- Clif Corinthian traditions, and this view "A" in the men's doubles,

part in the game..

or members. Indeed, it is actually Wooller's great forte is his breaking a iradition that the club ability to penetrate almost any should enter for a League compell- defence. His long and deceptive It is generally recognised that if

tion at all. stride allled to a gift of clusion the Corinthians with to succoed in make him a most dangerous oppon the League they cannot rely only on ent. He is magnificent in defence the talent supplied by the Public likely to win any game. and has a wonderful drop at goal Schools and Universillos. They must With his be represented by the beat, and only great talent, coming to its best, it the best amateur talent in the coun will be a great pity If Woolter has be completely reorganised and run on try. This means they would have to to leave the game of which he is the same lines as Queen's Park, the such a fine exponent.

famous Scottish amateurs. In the vlow of the older members, this course is not desirable.

lar can securred some 10 years ago similar except that opinion against, the verdict was unanimous. margin in favour of the man ad-Recrelo "A" and V.R.C., at King's Judged to have lost was, in my Park was as expected. Though it opinion, far greater than anyone of experience could have considered the was thought Recrelo might be with- caso in the Farr-Loughran fight, out the assistance of M. A. Olivei-] Action was taken against the re-ra, he turned out after all and with feree, but the decision was unaltered. J. J. Remedios won three games That was Len Harvey's first defeat with the greatest of ease.

FEARLESS IN DECISIONS

V.R.C. totalled 37 aces against| the winners' 189,

Wilfred Smith in one of the fow The complete results and detailed honbury referees. He has been scores, together with the amended; gaining experience rapidly, and has league table follow. always been fearlorn in his decisions. Be was appointed by the Board be- enue, the boxers' managers had dif- ficulty in agroeing on an official.

RECREIO "A" v. V.R.C. "ayed at Rocroio, the home team; winning by a 1 games to love.

M. A. Oliveira and J. J. Remedios (Reerela "A") beat C. N. da Silva nd S. A. Rumjahn 21-3; beat E. Alves and E. Soares 21-4; beat P. B. Allam and C. C. Pereira 21-2.

L. A. Carvalho and A. M. Silva Recreio "A") bent Silva and

I personally think ho was wrong on this occasion but I admire his atrength of will, and hope he is no dismayed in any way by criticism of his judgment.

Both boxers stated that they thought they had won, which la quite natural, Unfortunately it is not very likely that they will meet again. Rumjahn 21-11; beat Alves and Loughran expressed himself as very willing for another fight; but Farr Soarca-21-2; beat Allamand insists that another match must be Pereira 21-3. over 12 or 15 rounds. To that I da E. Souza and H. not think Loughran would ever con- (Recrelo "B")

sent.

MY V

A. Alves beat Silva and Rumjahn 21-6; beat Alves and Soares 21-2; beat Allam and Pereira 21-5.

ELIOT HALL "A" ♥. ST. ANDREW'S "A" Played at Eliot Hall, the home team winning by nine games to love.

LOUGHRAN'S LIMITATIONS Loughran, at the age of 33, can stand no more than 10 roundia sainat a strong, aggressive young opponent of the type of Parr. that if the fight had boen prolonged by two more rounus Loughran would have been floorod. Equally, I think Loughran would beat Farr over 10 YOUTHIR quite clearly if they met Hall "A") beat E. F. Fincher and B. C. Lee and B. K. Chan (Eliot again.

The Farr-Loughran fight was good H. Kew 21-7; beat S. V. Wong and to watch, and apart from relting S. A. Broadbridge 21-9; beat N, A. the decision it will yield Farr con E. Mackay and R. H. Wong 21-7. siderable benefit. He will be offered) more fights, both

C. C. Lee and C. S. Heng. (Eliot)

in London and Hall "A") beat Fincher and Kew abroad, and, as he gathers experience, ho will be a welcome addition to 21-15; bent Wong and Broadbridge our meagre stock of heavy-weights, 21-5: beat Mackay and Wong

The light, I am informed, resulted 21-13.

in a loss to the promotor of nearly £300. The loss

on tho

J. S. Liow and J. Y. Lee (Ellot previous Hall-"A") boat Fincher and Kow show at the Albert Hall was over 21-16; beat Wong and Broadbridge £000,

21-13; beat Mackay and Wong 21-10.

Tennis Stars' Visit To Canton

RAIN SPOILS PROGRAMME

ST. JOHN'S v. S. AND S. HOME Played at Cathedral Hall, St. John's winning by nine games to love..

F. H. Kwok and G. A. Smith (St. John's) beat J. Hall and M. Merritt 21-7; beat H. Harris and J. Ireath 21-7; beat S. Sprague and R. Brown 21-6.

Roland Koh and Norman Smith (St. John's) beat Hall and Merritt! 21-1; beat Harris and Heath 21-8; The visit of Gordon Lum, W. C. beat Brown and Sprague 21-6. Choy and Paul Kong to Canton last J. Bennitt and David Kwok (St. week-end was somewhat marred by John's) beat Hall and Merritt rain, exhibition tennis being poa 2-11; beat Harris and Heath sible only on Saturday. Rain pre-21-2; beat Brown and Sprague vented any play on Sunday.

Lum figured In two winning matches boating, Paul Kong 0-4 61, and teaming with Kong to bent W. C. Choy and Ini Kwong tsun 1, 62

21-4.

LEAGUE TABLE

-P.-W. L.

12 102.83

.0.0.0 70.11 St. Andrew's "A" 11 8 3 62 30

Recreio "A". C.R.C.

Choy shared his singles with Lal Recrelo "B" Kwong-taun, Canton champlon, Eltot Hall B losing the firet act 6-love and win- Eliot Hall A? ning the second at 7-6,

St. John's

A

10.8 2 02 28

12 8 4 63 36

8 8 0 694

18. 8. 7.09 66

C. K. Chan and Paul Kong play- Fire Brigade... 12 5 7-41 -04

ed Liu and S To in a doubles, each couple winning a set. Chan and Kong secured the first at 6-3, and lost the second 86.

V.R.C.

Taikoo R.C.

184 930 78

St. Andrew's "B" 12 2 10 30,00 Kowloon Tong.. 12 1 11 30 78 S. and S. Home 11 0 11 20 80

28-292992-EYNO

This means that three of the men in all four teams will be call ed upon to play six games during the evening.

WOMEN'S BOAT RACE

The

University Event On Saturday

Oxford and Cambridge women's boat race will be rowed on Saturday, February 22, over a half. mile course at Oxford.

M.C.C. HELD UP BY-RAIN

ALLIANCE WITH THE CASUALS

It would mean that the old alliance- between the Corinthians and the Casuals would be broken up. In any case, I do not think the Casuals would The Cambridge crew may be seen

Matamata, Feb. 18.

be content to act as a nursery club every day, wet or fine, practising The M.C.C. tourists started a two- for Corinthians. By on the Cam,

the existing There is only one day match against Pinko to-day, but arrangement between the clubs there change in last year's crew.

rain interfered and there was no The cox, Miss M. I. Pearson, has play after lunch,

a joint selection committee, and the Casuals have first cholee when they had to give up hockey, owing to a Piako had first knock, and during are engaged in an Amateur Cup-tie sprained ankle, but she still turns the morning scored 100 runs for or an out with the crew.

important Isthmian League seven wickets,-Reuter,

(Continued on Page 9).

NEW HOCKEY TEAM TO VISIT MACAO

TO SUBSTITUTE

"Y" FIXTURE

21.

the

Owing to their inability to field

strong eleven, Y.M.C.A. have had to give up the idea this season of sending a hockey team to Macao. But Messrs. RA. Bates and W. J. Brown have pursued the idea of forming a specially selected combination known as The Wanderers, and as a result of efforts a team under this name will visit Macao on March 1. A very useful side has been got together, all but two being former YM.C.A. players. The Wanderers XI will be:-

G. C. Moss (Police); S., A. Tremlett (Y.M.C.A.) and G. Sommer (Club); J. E. Potter. (Club), J. Farmer ("Y" and C.

• G. GEMOSS.

D. A.) and R. A. Bates ("Y" and Club); 8. A. Fowler ("" and Club), T. 8. "D. Whitley (C.B.A.), W. J Brown (Y.M.C.A), H. Pracht (Club) and D. J. Noocy ("Y" and Club).

Of these only J. E. Potter, and T. S. D. Whitley have falled at. one time or another to play regu- larly for the YMCA.

It is hoped that Mr. G T. Palmer will be able to accompany the team as reforce... Several žup-

PROMINENT H.K. PLAYERS.

porters have promised to make the trip, including, Mr. J. C. M. Gren- ham, complete, with "Just in case".

camera-

In order to test the strength of the above team a practice match has been arranged with the 1/8 Punjab Regiment for Saturday, February 22-a kind gesture on the part of the Punjabis who are to play an Army Tournament game the following day.

The game will be played on tho Marine ground at 4 o'clock, and It la expected that the Wanderers will provide the military side with some good practice for their more important game,

In this game H. F. Shields will deputise for Mcas in goal, who la unable to play. Moss, however,

will play at Macao.

W. J. BROWN

RUINS

SOCCER · CRAFT

And Is Very Dangerous

(By Charles Buchan)

For years I have been prea- ching against the sliding tackle and obstruction, twin

TO BEAT THE BOOK

HOME:-

AWAYI

(By "Robin")

Arsenal Birmingham Leeds Manchester C: Sunderland

Doncaster

Leicester West Ham Coventry Exeter

Halifax

Tranmere

evils that are ruining modern football. Now I notice that an F.A. Councillor has published a statement, "Some- thing will have to be done about the sliding tackle before it is too late." Of course it DRAW:- will and the sooner the better as far as the professional game is concerned.

It

in a subject which the F.AGEMENT must deal with in the near future. If the statement, nicans that they intend to start on it quickly, a step will be taken towards the improve- ment of play. The sliding tackle is responsible for much of the poor, play that is seon in every division of the League, and especially in F.A. Cup ties.

Huddersfield Charlton Luton

Brentford Aston Villa Reading

OUR FORECAST

How can a man be expected to paas

or ahont straight when the thought uppermost In his mind is that an opponent can hurt himself three or four yards and at full xtretch either to get the ball or upset him? It means that he is forced to part hurriedly; hence

For a ball accurately

Homeside Football

the many bad passes and shots wide THIRD ROUND OF THE

of the gon!.

SCOTTISH CUP

Complete English longuo pro- grammes and the third round of the Scottish Cup are being played this Saturday. Sunderland, vir

A fraction of a second is vital to the man in possession of the ball. If the F.A. makes the sliding tackle Illegal they will give players, porticu Iarly forwards, snow lease of life. They would then have time to place the ball as I know they can. The game would receive the best fillip tual champions, are fairly cortain ng had since the alteration in the to win at home, but both Charlton affsido rule nearly 11 years ago. and Tottenham have difficult tasks

on foreign grounds.

Rangers appear to be about the In these days when the winning only "certainty" in the Scottish of League matches and Cup ties Cup engagementa, and drawn means so much financially, it is in games will probably be the order evitable that players will take risks of the day.

THE CAUSE OF INJURIES

either to score

or prevent goals.

And the sling tackle is the biggest, The special Telegraph forecast risk of all. It is my firm convle- appears below, tion that, in addition to spoiling the game, it is tho cause of the bir страве

never

FIRST DIVISION

▼ Portsmouth Wednesday

V

Derby

T

Y

Everton Hadderalleld

❤

in the number of injuries, no big as at present. The ARSENAL Bliding tackle not

only far the BIRMINGHAM, V ankle hul twists the knee; that is Blackburn why cartilage

CHELSEA operations

Grimsby LEEDS Obstruction le another evil that LIVERPOOL

numerous.

10

Middlesbro Bolton

must be purged out of the game, MANCHESTER C. ▼ Preston Of course, I do not mean shoulder Stoko-Brentford charging, when opponents going for SUNDERLAND Y Wolves the el mest aboulder do shonkier. W. Bromwich But in Cup tics We player going for tho liberately obstructed or pushed out of the way by an opponent who Blackpool

making

we

Co д ball do-

ASTON VILLA

SECOND DIVISION

no effort to get the ball: Bradford 500 defendors

deliberately Bure standing in front of forwards so they DONCASTER- Penpot play the ball; and other ir

▼ CHARLTON

♥ TOTTENHAM

• Barnsley Hull

V Newcastle

Fulham

LEICESTER ritating practices which tend to spoll Norwich the play.

NOTTS F.

v Burnley SHEFFIELD U. v Manchester U.

y Bradford C. * Plymouth

▾ Crystal P.

All must go unpunished simply SOUTHAMPTON v Port Vale because the faws do not cover the Swanaca vexed question. Only once is ob- WEST HAM struction mentioned, in Law 0, which says "a player shell not be charged

*THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH). behind unless he intentionally ob structing an apponent," and in Law ALDERSHOT 8: "A goalkeeper shall not be charged Brighton except when he is holding the ball BRISTOL C. or obstructing an opponent or when COVENTRY he has passed outside the goal area." EXETER

AN OLD-FASHIONED LAW

MILLWALI, Newport

QUEEN'S P.R.

With these exceptions a player, Swindon provided he does not extend his TORQUAY arms from his sides, can obstruct an WATFORD

pponent as he pleases. Surely it is

V Luton

v Clapton

▾ Cardi

▾ Bournemouth

V

Southend

✓ Gillingham

▾ Notts C.

Y READING

▾ Northampton

V Bristol R

ime this old-fashioned law won THIRD DIVISION (NORTH) brought up to dato, so that any player not attempting to play the Carlisle

ball should be penalised for inter- DARLINGTON Y Crowe

fering with an opponent.

Gateshead

Until the FA. overhauls tim Inwa HALIFAX I fear we aħoli

see no marked im-¡ HARTLEPOOLS provement in the quality of play, Mansfield Players continue to act hurriedly and Oldham thoughtlessly, while the artist with Rotherham the ball will be kept from the full TANMERE bonuit of his craft by the obstruc- Walsall Boro tion of opponents who realise they WREXHAM have the laws on their sido.

v. Barrow.:

+

New Brighton

York

v

Accrington

1 Southnort

✓ ROCHDALE.

▾ CHESTER

v. Chesterfield Stockport

Y. Lincoln

·SCOTTISH CUP (THIRD ROUND)

BRENTFORD'S £5,000 Morton !!

FOR WINGER

Lord Lonsdale New Arsenal Chairman

The latest moves in football re- ported are:

Brentford secured the transfor from Hamilton Academicals of R Rold,

23-years-old speedy Scottish

1

the outsido left.

Lord Lonsdale has been elected chairman of Arsenal F.C.-in succes alon to Major Bir Samuel Hill-Wood, Bart, who resigned the position but remains on the directorate.

The feo is believed to be nearly £6,000.

ABERDEEN St. Mirren Third Lanark Clydo

Cowdenbeath

Queen: o'8th St. Johnstone * RANGERS

Dumbarton DUNDEE v Motherwell

AMERICAN BOXING

Jock McAvoy Knocks *Out Jimmy Smith

Now: York, Fob, 18.4 Jock McAvoy, who scaled in at 171 lbs. knocked out Jimmy Smith, of Philadelphia, who scaled at 160 lbs., in the second round of a contest: sebeduled to go fotton rounds, United Press.

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