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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1936.

K. C. C. HAVE FAINT CHANCE OF CHAMPIONSHIP

Miss Gem Hoahing, the British- born Chinese lawn tennis player, who bas relatives in Hongkong, has wo the medal for figure skating at the Westminster fco Club. Here she is her skates before seen trying on

starting off on a practics spin.

BADMINTON

VISITING

PLAYERS INJURED

CHAN & PONG OF KOWLOON TONG

LAST EVENING'S RESULTS

tween

Casualties to visiting players featured the men's doubles league badminton match be

Sailora and Soldiers Home and Kowloon Tong at Wanchai last evening, when A. Chan, who has only recently made a welcome return to the Kowloon team, disclosed his right toe, and J. M. Pong, an- other "Tong" player, sprained his ankle.

In consequence "the" viuitors" had to concude two games to the "Homo", but they managed to win by the odi game in nine to register their scen men's doubles victory of the reason. The viilters placed themselves in a strong position when they won the first three games, and although the "Home" recovered, Gray and White decided the issue when they beat Hall. and

Merritt. The result, however, nearly went the other way when Sprague and Brown carried Gray and While to 18-21, and were at one time leading 18-10.

CHAMPIONS WIN EASILY Eliot Hall "A" visited St. Andrew's to meet the senior outfit and won comfortably by eight games to one, the Saints' solitary point coming from E. P. Fincher and 11. Kow, who beat C. O. Leo and Heng. The champions wore in irresistible form and won the remainder of the gamer with but little opposition.

VARSITY MUST

DRAW WITH I.R.C.

GITTINS BOWLS WELL

WEEK-END CRICKET REVIEWED

BY R. ABBIT

There have been worse days for playing cricket than last Saturday,-(last Sunday for instance)-but not many. The wicket at the K.C.C. was a bit sticky and very dead, and helped slow bowlers a bit in the Senior Division league game between the home club and the Navy. Most unfortunately Tufnell was on the sick list and as Prowse and Harper were also unable to play, Branwell had to face the strong Kowloon batting with only his change bowlers. While I think of it, I should mention that Grace really bowled very well according to a competent judges. The Navy batted first and got an, for a second spell had a good deal to result B when the excellent start from Grace and Bartle with the ley. They put up 38 runs before the seventh wleket fell there were only latter who was playing very good twelve more run wanted for victory. Police and Join cricket Indeed

rather unfer The Sappers now tunately out as he got a long hop Navy if in a tie for second place with i from Gittins, who had reloved Lec, the 1..C. five points ahead. and hooked it quite well, only to see Willie liurg make a very fine catch. Holland-Martin hit very forcibly, but Gittins keeping on the whole an excellent length and turning them a bit from the off, was rather too much for most of the reat Incidentally was not Holland Martin out to lung

WAS

As regards non-league games there were a couple between the respective elevens of the University and Craigen- gower. The C.CC. first played at home and

very low acoring match was won by them by 28 runs. As was to be expected E. L. Gasano (5 for 23) and 11. C. Ozorio (4 for 33) for the and not ie Lee as the printed score University but for once

did most of the bowling

E. L. dief shows? In the end, in spite of 10 from Branwell, the Navy acore only not play a big innings! A. B. liam- reached the small total of 130,

days

n for

kept very fail the "Rengower had one of his

CEL

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a

I learn that Mackayne, be bowler and took five for 22, while |

while in the

weli sides Gittins only lung looked Tinker Lee and four for 20. I can dangerous though he was a bit ex-well nagine how diffealt the wicket pensive. Goodwin was not up to his must have been. rocent form and Robert Lee was the result that Craigengower scored The Juniors met at Pokfulam with distinctly of he seems have ratier à fad patch at present,

an even more crushing victory, G. A. Lee and N. Broadbridge got into the thirties and the former for is It another G. Lec?) got four wickets for six runs.

to

MACKAY BATS WELL

CLUB DOINGS

game

The end of a fine Club movement came when the Tung Hwa: back got his Head to the ball before McCorkindale had a chance, at it. Played on a difficult ground, the Club was eliminated by Tung Hwa ia the Skottowe Cup 'clash at Shanghai last work.

HOPES

HOLLAND'S Goalkeeper Dies After Injury

FOR OLYMPIC FOOTBALL

AIM TO WIN THE

CHAMPIONSHIP.

Amsterdam, Mar. 2. Holland has strong hopes of winning the football champion- ship at the XIth Olympiad in Berlin this summer.

played any of the South American

The K.CC, had plenty of time to get the runs and did so very easily winning by seven wickets,if it is true that the fourth wicket fent

Nothing will persuade me that the 135. Teddy Fincher was not in his best form but Lay, who is not Club sides on Saturday were under slaslring nearly_HD_ fuch this year, and over thirty. But as the Army took a nice 38, while Norman Mackay members of the Club had not. batted really well, they say, for his of their own on they were available half century. Considering the form But it is rather a curious reflection for cheerful afternoon's cricket. he has shown behind the sticks this

that sow it is very seldom that the undoubted improve Married vs. Single and Under vs. Over acason and the

The present Olympic Champions ment in his batting, he has strong this

in 1928. claims to be considered as Dunkley's thirty do get played although they are Uruguay who bent Argentina in and in the event of the were sources of great interest and in the final at Amsterdam anderstudy

keenness at the end of the last century Football was not included in the 1932 latter being unable to get away, in and the beginning of this,

Olympie programme at Los Angeles. October next ("if indeed we go")

The fact is of course that there should much like to see Mackay gel

The Dutch national team has not a game. Reverting to the K. C. C. were no dozen or so teams about and bntting 1 an strictly enjoined to these games-there was another very

the event, but it has ten successive in to add a spice of victories against. European teams to mention that although he only made good une, known as Plain vs. Hill teams who usually are favourites for

most rivalry into what would otherwise. 13, W. C. Hang had

Cita credil. glorious shots to. leg.

have been merely regular pick up ganes In the game in question ----- AN OUTSIDE CHANCE-

Lionel Walch just missed his half This victory of the Kowloon Club century and A. K. Mackenze made who have been doing very well lately, twenty-three. Mr. H. R. B. Hancock a welcome reappearance to puts them into second place, and in maile the event of the University being captain the other side and showed able to hold the Indians to a draw, that he has not entirely lost his skiff which, though not perhaps likely, in Just possible, we shall not know the position of the Senior Division until April 4th, when a victory outright for Kowloon would necessitate a play off; with the Indians! But I rather fancy it will not come to that.

tawo

SECOND DIVISION LEAGUE LEAGUE GAMES

In the second! Division the K.C.C. ought to have won their match as wall, had they been prepared to take a bit of a chance. In fact my infor mant tells me that had they declared with the fall of the eighth wicket they might have done it. Lawrence and Dand gave them a very fair start and George Lee made a most useful

useful.

think-came

(Continued on Page 9.)

Australians Winning Test Match

IN POWERFÙL

POSITION

Durban, March 2, South Africa appear to be facing final Test match here against the Ausralians.

Recreio. "A" journeyed to St. John's (43, wirila once more Quinnel was very defeat in the' Afth and

Cathedral Hall and beat the Cathe- dral team by seven games to two. H. Alves and J. Alvares canceled the two games, losing to F. II. Kwok and J. E. Haigh and J. Bennitt and David Kwok.

Complete scores of the evening's matches and the revised league tabio follow.

ST. JOHN'S v. RECREIO "A" Played at St. John's Cathedral Hall last night, the Rocrolo "A" winning by 7 games to 2.

F. H. Kwak and J. E. Haigh (St. John's) lost to J. J. Romodios and M. A. Oliveria. 7-21; boat H. Alves and J. Alvarca 21-11; lost to A. Silva and L. A. Carvalho 6-21-

But the K.C.C. Junior have now drawn five matches out of a total of eighteen drawn by twelve teams! This in far more than their share and cannot see that their bowling in so that weak! The revealing point is they have not lost a single game, and the alde that won't chance a deinite loss to have a better chance to collect the full wiming points is not likely to finish at the top of the table.

The list of wins is an imposing on Beat Denmark, at Copenhagen, 2.0,

in 1971.

Beat France, in Paris, 4.3, in 1931. Beat Belgium, in Antwerp, 4.1. in

1932.

SUNDERLAND STAR

Sunderland.. Feb. 5. Leas thin 24 hours after being taken to hospital, suffering, it is be- lieved, from injuries received in the mintch with Chelsen on Saturday, James Horatio Thorpe, the 23-years- old goalkeeper of Sunderland, the League leaders, died this afternoon.

At 3 am. to-day Mrs. Thorpe, his young wife, was taken to his bedside. She is now prostrate with grief, and her baby son is being cared for by relatives.

S. P. OR TOTE

Our Daily Golf Hint:

BETTING like drawing a straight line

Bookmaker's Experiment

(By Robin Goodfellow)

The recent policy of a well-

A good putt should feel

with a ruler.

There should be a sensa tion of guidance, pressure and certainty.

A. Divotee.

MEDWAY

known firm of starting price BEATEN AT

bookmakers with London and

provincial offices has been an experiment of great interest to. the public.

During the last flat-raco season this firm decided to abandon the general

and old-egablished practice of sulting)

BOXING

bots by the starting prices published Keen Bouts With

in the newspapers, and informed all Litely elients that thereafter all beta would be "on" at tote prices.

Thie Arm had arranged to send any money which they did not choose to hold to the awescourse. totalizator, moch in the same way as they had proviously sent covering money, by the

blower" to bo staked with the book-Į makers

in Tattersalla' enclosure.

They endeavoured to convince their thgusands of clients that by changing the medium of settlement they were really conferring a boon and a blaza- ing on the punters who hitherto had! preferred bets to be ruled by the book-j makers' starting prices."

IMPORTANT EXPERIMENT

Dorsetshire

Some good boxing was wit- nessed at the China Fleet Club Theatre last night when H.M.S. Dorsetshire defeated H.M.S. Medway and Submarines by six fights to four.

At the conclusion of the program- me, Captain AJ.L. Murray, D.3.0., O.E.E, of H.M.S. Dorsetshiro distribut- ed cups to the winners and losers.

The pluckiest fighter of the evening I gave considerable publicity to the was P.O. Palmer (Dorsetshire), who much matter at the time, recognising that fought gamely against a If the experiment were successful, younger opponent, Tel. Jones, of the and other starting-price bookmakers submarine Rainbow, Jones was n adopted the same policy, the greatest comfortable winner. change of all time in betting practice would be effected, with undoubted ad- vantage to the tatalinator.

When Marine Davies (Dorsetshire) was given the verdict over A.B. Lewis But the pioneer polley of the firm (Medway) a fairly large section of concerned was not followed, and now the spectators boood loudly. Lewik they have informed their clients that had the better of the exchanges in the the option of betting at ordinary beginning but Davies' recovery to- starting prices has been relustated wards the end, in the offelala' opinion, in their rales for 1936 "in order to won him the bout. meel the wishes of many to whom totallenior prices are not accept- able".

Those who wish their bots to be executed at bookmakers starting prices are asked to return a printed postcard.

SIGNIFICANT

This firm has tested the feeling of A considerablo section of the betting QUICK RISE TO FAME public on a very important point, and the intent change in their policy is Thorpe was hurt in a melee after most interesting and has some signi-: saving a shut on the goal-line.

feance, should like to know what He was signed on by Sunderland proportion of their clients return the when 17, and after two appearances postearil in favour of starting price

the first eleven with the Reserve team was promoted and in die course, perhaps, this in-

an October 25, formation will be forthcoming. time ago

Without expressing any personal) hospital undergoing treatment for opinion on the relative merits of tote diabetes. 1930. Some

prices and starting prices,

may An inquest will be held on Friday.

suggest that this experiment seems Cases of fatal injuries are rare in to show that most of those who want first-class football.

to bet-nway from the-course at-tote. In December 1934 S. Raleigh, the odds take advantage of the facilities Gillingham centre forward, died from now provided in every part of the

to

he was

in

I

is in

COMPLETE RESULTS

E.A. Burks (Rainbow) beat A.B. Godfrey (Dorvetshire).

beat

A.D. Yates (Dorsetshire) A.B. Trawler (Nedway).

Marine Davies (Dorsetshire) beat A.B. Lowin (Medway).

Tel. Jones

boat P.O.

Palmer chairo) beat

Boy Mountjoy

A.D. Smith (Medway).

A.B. Cassell (Orpheus) beat A.B: Hudson (Dorsetshire).

A.B. Robinson (Medway) beat

A.B. Jones (Dorsetshire).

Sig. Speltigue (Dorsetshire) beat

Cooke (Odin),

L.

S.

Marine Clarke (Dorsetshire) beat A.B. Holland (Regulus).

beat

A.B.. Fancey (Medway)

Stoker Prettyjohn" (Modway) in an

exhibition bout in the middleweight division.

an injury in a match against Brighton country by the firm which was started BETTING POOLS and fove Albion. Aiexander Wright, for this purpose, and which the Chariton Athletic goalkeeper, died effect the recognisest agency of the in September 1934 following an acci- racecourse totalisator, and that start- Heat Belgium, in Brussels, 3.2, in dent after a match.

ing-price bookmakers can keep strict- John Thomson, the Glasgow Celticy to their own business, confident 1932.

and Scottish international goalkeeper,

Heat Germany, in Dusseldorf, 2.0, in died on September 6, 1931, from a that it will continue to flourish,

fractured skull received the same day at Ibrox Park, and on April 30, 1937, Beat Belgium, in Antwerp, 3.1, in S. Wynne, the Bury full-back, playing

1532.

1933.

Beat Belgium, in Antwerp, 4.2, in

1034.

at Sheffield, collapsed and died in the dressing-room.

Beat Switzerland, at Berne, 4.2, in PRINCE OBOLENSKY TO

1934.

Best Belgium, in Brussels, 2.0. in

1935.

Beat Ireland, in Dublin, 5.3, in 1935.

PLAY IN AMERICA

Beat France, in Paris, 6.0, in 1936. Corinthians' Plans For

The team is strictly amateur, in- cluding a policeman, n hall-porter, a milkman, chauffeur, a couple of

Prean.

They

DRAW FOR F. A. CUP

German Tour:

the

The public are the arbitrators, and to some extent the pubBe has said, through this experiment, that there In room and a demand for forme of "away" betting.

Shield Finals On Sunday March 15

NEW H. K. F. A. SECRETARY

bath

LEGISLATION URGED

BY THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION,

LEAGUE CLUBS. MEET

London, March 2.

In a letter to Sir John Smon, the Home Secretary, the English Football Association urges him and the Bill Government, in view of the which is shortly coming before the |House of Commons in relation to Football Pools batting, to effect the The closure was not applied until

Д The visitors put themselves in clerks, and a couple of students. America will shortly have an op-

eneedlest textslation possiblo to nearly twenty past four-if my in-powerful position at the close of the They train in their spare time, but portunity of seeing Blying Prince

eliminate Pools betting on football. formation in correct and though full day's play, when, in response to South as an indication of their time was played, the Navy Just Africa's first innings score of 222, standard of play, last year they lost Blues, M. M. Walford and M. MacG. South China "A" and the Police will decided by 26 votes to mil, with ten

high Obolensky and his fellow Oxford

The Senior Shield final between

A moeting of League clubs today managed to last out the hour and they collected 455,

to an English team composed of ten Cooper. threequarters. without G. A.

Actually they start- Fingleton scored a century reaching professionals and one amateur by the

ho played on St. John's were

the Club ground at abstentions, to ask the league mana- while Darling arrow margin of two goals to one.

Rivalry between Oxford and Ameri- ed to try to get the runs but after they 118 before dismissal Smith and Recreio minus the services

has spread to the Happy Valley on Sunday, March 15, gement committee for an immediate can Universities had lost several wickets cheaply they contributed (2. of E. Bouss,

Mitchell bowled well for the South Trained by an Englishman, Bob Rugby field, and at the end of the according to a decision reached at restoration of the original axtures, had no choice but to try and save the

It seems that the last half Africans capturing & for 87.

the present term, an Oxford side, with Yesterday's meeting of the H.K.F.A and to restore the original fixtures

Council. game.

Glendenning, the wearern

for next Saturday>--Reuter, Batting a

fourteen Blues, will leave for n six hour of the gaine was played in op

second time the home orange jersey have developed un es- weeks' tour of Southern California, This match will start at 4.15,

London, March 2. palling light, and anything might team hit up 110 for the loss of two sentially English style of play,

Although no official statement has have happened!

wickets before close of play and are swing the ball from wing to wing, and cluding one against the Universitaside for the Bnal of the International football "Council of War at a meet

Five games have been arranged, in- preceded by the Junior Shield final.

Sunday, March 29 has been set been issued it in understood that the now 133 behind with eight wickets in arc dexterous

“Readers."--United of Los Angeles and another against hand-Reuter.

the University of Southern California. Charity Cup between China and ing lasting until 1 a.m. decided to HOLLYWOOD HEADQUARTERS Portugal, the venue boing the military continue the Inst minute reshuffling

ground at

of fixtures. No decision regarding With such a powerful sido-the All

Mr. A

will be successor

futuro, plans will be made until a Blacks must surely remember fright they had at Oxford-Oxford to Mr. Manning Railton as hon speelal general meeting of clubs at under secretary of the Hongkong Football Manchester on March 9, at which the should show the American graduates something about the game. Association. Mr. Railton leaves the outcome of to-day's protest moeting The Oxford playors intend to make Colony for Tientsin on March 20. of the clubs will form the basis of Hollywood their headquarters, and The Council accepted with regret discussion-Router. will travel there by aeroplane from the resignation of Mr. J. Woodward New York.

the naval representative who is going Home If Obolensky and Cooper, the

transfer in April The

Britchall) It has been born in upon me for some time that there is for

Scotland match at Twickenham on they accepted the resignation with diferenco in batting than in bowling

UNITED RECORD

March 21, they will travel on a later regret and the Council desired to between the two League Divisions,

express to Mr. Woodward their ap- Fulham's brilliant victory last week boat There are a whole number of second

FOOTBALL IN GERMANY prolation of his services. He sug against Derby County, up to that Division bowlers who on their day enn

favourites with joint

the Providing the F.A. give permission gested that before he left Mr. Wood bowl overy bit as well as a first Divi-.

Arsenal for the Cup has tremendously-and any objection is unlikely the ward be presented with a souvenir, alon charge bowler. But the average

was approved by batting in the Socond Division is, an

U. (at improved their prospects of entering Corinthians will tour Germany during and

meeting. In the the Easter halldave. the whole, very bad Indeed. For in-

the final for the first time

Invitations have been received to Bouter. stance the Sappers only managed to

history of the club.

play, on the Hamburger Sport. make 76, which included a last wicket The draw does not guarantoo Д If Shemold. United survivo It_wili vercin on Good Friday, and negotia stand of 211 Yet it was enough to London team appearing in the final, be their sixth F. A. Cup final. They tiens ara fa progress for another two heat the Racrala. for whom บางค Reed did his stuff, but no one else but it does offer the chance of there have won the trophy four times, the matches-probably at Bremen and

being an all-London final. The in- first being in 1808-0; when they beat Cologne-on following days, Pot double except Alves and Prata

ubia teresting point about the draw is that Derby County, 4-1. They lost to Corinthians played on the Ham- Agures, Noronha and Silva

first and second division teams have Tottenham in 1900-1 by 3-1 after a bourger ground several yaara ago. bowled well enough for them how avoided clashing and that the final 2-2 draw, then gained further succes- This tour will not affect the ever. For the Sappers Hoddinot came back to form the had not got abound to include one represents-sos in 1001.2 beating Southampton Corinthians arrangement to tako part 2-1 after 1-1 draw, beating Chelsea in the Jubilee celebrations of the R. II, and F. V. Wong (81. Anfot of wickets in their last few league

- Everything seems to favour in 1914-16 by 8-0 and beating Cardiff Kjobenhavns Boldklub at Cophenhagen drew's) lost to Lee and Chan 4-21: matches and book five for twenty-six.

Jon April 20. (Continued on Page:9.)

I gather timt the return of Shipp Arsenal, not only to reach the final, in 1924.5 by the only goal scored.

Roland Koh and Norman Smith (St. John's) lost to Remedios and Oliveira 4-21; lost to Alvou Alvares 18-21; lost to Silva and Car valho 4-21.

and

J. Bennitt and David Kwok (St. John's) lost to Remedios and Olivora 4-21; bent Alves and Alvares 21-14; lost to Silva and Carvalho 11-21.

ST. ANDREW'S "A" «. ELIOT HALL “A” Playing at St. Andrew's Church Hall Inet, Eliot Hall "A" boat the home team by eight games to one.

E. F. Fincher and H. Kow (St. Andrew's) lost to T. L. Les and P.. K. Chan 6-21; best C. O. Loo and C. D. Henx 21-10: lost to F. Y. Leo and

K. S. Llew 16-21.

A.E.P. Guost and F. A. Broadbridga (Bt. Andrew's) lost to Lon and Chan 8-81; lost to Lee and Heng-12-21; Jost to Loo and Low 8-21.

SECOND DIVISION

SEMI-FINALS

London, March 2. but to win the Cup. On this season's

Wolvercup form Arsenal should be

Huddersfield and

good

оп

more hampton have been selected as enough to beat either Grimsby, Ful-captain, are wanted for the England chairman (Mr. T. A.

ham or Sheffield United. the venues for the Football As- sociation Cup semi-finals which

*will be played on March 21.

Grimsby v. Arsenal (ut Nudders-time field)

Sheffield

·

V. Fulham Wolverhampton)

tivo from each division.

The

this

League Points For Port Vale

said

the

London, March 2. Fort Vale camed two league points from Hull City in a second division afternoon, winning by match this four goals to-nil-Reuter."

SEVEN-A-SIDE RUGBY

Club "B" Heavily Defeated

H.M.S. Cornwall, H.M.B. Tamar, Fusiliers "D", and Fusiliers "A" wOre the winning teams in yesterday's first round ties in the Blarney Stono. Boven-a-alde, rugby. tournament matches held on the Club

ground.

Teams were very well matched and spectators were treated, toʻan: enter-", taining time. In three of the games. the scoring was fairly low, but Club I proved no match for Fusiliers "A" and lost by 20 points to nil the heaviest defeat of the daya

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