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TUESDAY,

APRIL 28, 1936.

K.C.C. TO MAKE BOLD

BID FOR LEAGUE

TENNIS

TITLE

BODIKER TO PLAY: SO MAY HUNG

Kowloon Cricket Club,

are

to

д

who last won the "A" divi- sion league tennis cham- pionship twenty years ago,

make going serious bid for the trophy which Chinese Recreation Club have held for the last three years in succession. Hopes are running high that the premier mainland club will this summer be able to turn out its strongest "A" team lor many years. One happy piece of news' is that George Bodiker, time champion of Canton, for veral years undisputed cham- Bion of Shameen and Tungshan,

one-

d for some considerable time an Interporter, is to play for K.C.C.

Bahter rethered from a holiday in Byrup last week, and was present at H Colony doubles championship

to he final. He is

permanently Ilongkong, and has stationed in intimated his willingness to play in The Lennis lengue for K.C.C

Another possible capture, though it is not yet definite, in that of W. 1. Hung, who has hitherte figured C.R.C. "A" 1cams. Hung, however, who is a member of the K.C.C. may decide to team up with 1. G., Fincher, his Colony champion. ship partner,

in

1. am also led to helleye that George end Jack Rodger are keen to throw in the lot with K.C.C. this summer,- wut with A.E.P, Guest, naw happily revored from his hockey injury, as well as a certain amount of youthful Cleat at their disposal, the Kowloon Oricket Club has every reason to feel

infind concerning prospects.

RESUSCITATION

(By "VERITAS")

GEORGE BODIKER

over the must effective quiring and to

Our Daily Golf Hint

A back-swing of ample length and a leisurely start downward will avoid a peck of trouble.-Robby Jones,

The New L.B. W. Rule

obtain come idea of the composition WILL BE FORCED ON of the various teams,

ENGLISH AMATEUR GOLF TITLE

Surprise Defeat In First Round

Deal, Apr. 27. Two members of the Walker Cup watchod 1.he salection committee opening day's play in the English Amateur Golf Championship here to

a low, but per-day. There has been eplilde resuscitation of temis at the

Some of the more interesting re BGC for years past, with quite a

Famber of promising young players suits were the defeat of John de aking improvement. This has been Purest, 1932 British champion, by C. reflected in the comparative successes Stowe, the artisan golfer from York- Last shire by and 1, and the terrifie of the junior teams since 1912. year the club finished joint runners-straggle Rex Hartley had against B. up with Club de Ituereis in the "Carrick of Norfolk, Bartley being livision, the teams showing inden- taken to the 20th hole before winning

-Router.. tal records. The "D" Division team was also well placed, finishing third with nix games won and one drawn

of ten played.

These successes stimulated consi- durable interest in the club, an nforest which fas Teen further reflected by the response this week.

BADMINTON CLUBS MEET TO-DAY.

To Hear Financial

Statement

AUSTRALIA

The new b.w. rule--which enured in storm of controversy lust mason- will be forced on Australia by the AL.C.C.

It is certain that Australia will ne cept the new rule for the roming Test series In the Commonwealth, in face of the certainty that the M.C.C. will not send out a team if the AuN. tralian Board of Control persisted in its veto.

The new rule was played throughout the recent M.C.C. tour in Australnein under Eric Holmes without a jarring mule from players, Press, leokers,

or on-

·

BOB OLIN

BOB OLIN SMILES AGAIN

Didn't Mind

LUTON AND COVENTRY

DRAW IN

NEEDLE

SEASON'S

MATCH

PROMOTION STRUGGLE CONTINUES

U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM

HOPEFUL OUTLOOK FOR TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP

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Chicago, Apr. 26. An impressive season records ended in the Penn and Drake relay races on Saturday. indicating that the United States Olympic Track team had an un. in defending naralled margin

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track champlonship

United Prenk,

London, Apr. 27. Coventry missed-a-glorióus- chance of making certain of promotion to the second divis sion of the English Football League to-day, when playing before their own supporters they could only earn a goalless draw with Luton, their rivals for championship and promo- tion honoura.

Nevertheicas tevcatry are still bet- ter favoured for the title. Their last match which is an Saturday next ÎN in home engagement against Torquay,

ACINGPANTE: BRAVIMAI 1923 1924 while Luton have to visit Queen's Park Rangers, the graveyard of many an aspiring team.

£40,000,000

Losing-Much A YEAR

SPENT ON GOLF

Have you ever listened to a big tough boxer telling the story "How I lost"? It never fails to make you feel uncom fortable.

Bob Olin told me about his defent by Tommy Farr the night before, and made the story sound game and į wholesome, writes a Daily Expres correspondent.

"When I heard the referee give the decision to Farr it hurt like hell. I wondered if you have to shoot a decision in this caus. man to get try," he and with a broad grin, "Bit T've slept on it, and the sting. has left the wound. Pre got back But here's my Rense of humour. how It is from my point of view.

'MY BIRTHDAY NIGHT

In Britain

London.

Even if both Luton and Coventry win on Saturday and finish up on level pegyring. Coventry will secure promo. tion by virtue of superior goal aver-

age.

Several Third Division (Northern Seation) matches were played to-day, Tranmere enme an awful cropper at Lincoln, who new possess an excellent chance of finishing runners-up Chesterfold. Chesterfield continued along a winning path by beating Hartlepools.

to

The only first division match was a London "Derby", Arsenal and Chel- sea meeting at Highbury. The Pen- Britain has a million golfers, jaionors did very well to draw. Ar including 250,000 women, it is senal, however, have still another mid- week match to play in order to allow estimated They are said to them to complete the season's pro- spend something like £40,000,-gramme on Saturday. 000 a year on the sport." And this is how they spend | Reuter. most of it.

Here are the results as cabled by

FIRST DIVISION.

Arsenal £5,600,000' is paid in.)

Balls alone Cort

At least subscriptions. about $1,100,000, meaning roughly 15,000,000 balls. On clubs and re- pairs £3.600,000 is spent. Caddies earn £2,500,000. Journeys to and from courses cost £12,000,000 and food £11.500,000.

I Chelsea

THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH).

Coventry 0 Luton The league table records of, the first four teams now read.

F. W. D. L F. A. Pia.

"I found an apponent as open as a lern-door, and knew it was going to be my birthday night. I didn't want to use my right too much, he cause I had hart it badly a few days before on Pat Desmond's head in the Kym, so I just meseyed along, piling ap points,"

It 19

41 23 9 9 100 44 55 le showed me the hand.

A first-class woman player who Coventry

...... 41 22 9 11 84 59 56 ches of sida.

during the season as possible if she Queen's P. R. 41 22 8 11 84 51 52 "Along about the eighth round wishes to get in line for the inter-Reading.... 41 95

THIRD DIVISION (NORTH), Farr got annoyed that he couldn't national teams, spends about £350 a land on me anything but a flick. So year on the basis of one competl. tion day a week. Men probably he says:

average about £500 a year,

It is well-known that at least three swollen, and short of two square in-must play as much competitive golf Luton

years ago

Don Bradman was in

favour of the new rule.

The objections of the Australian board to the new rule are that the leg side is not included and that the now rule tends to shorten the durn- Lion of matches.

The Australian season-in the ab schse of an English team-has so few days of cricket that the board is chary of doing anything that may reduce the number of gate lays.

If the new rule shortens the length of matches it will not be looked upon with a friendly eye by the Australian

board.

a circular letter to members, un- quiring if they desire to participate whole- in U lengue this summer. So Beartod have the members resp

that it is almost certain two

A meeting of badminton clubs will will be entered in the "D" Division,

well as two in the mixed doubles, be held to-day under the auspices of

the Badminton Association._when_ado-20.- I this so KCC will have!

teams competing in the statement of accounts in connection tennis league this year, a record for with last Saturday's "Presentation the clcb and the league, and will Night" will be revealed. guarantee regular Competitive

нател

It has yet to be proved that it doe

The meeting,

which club repre Other bustness includes the election sentatives are urged to attend, will games to no less than 43 members of a temporary hon. secretury to be held at 5.30 p.m. In the Board It is expected that trinis will constucted in the near future to dis-succeed Mr. L. D. Skinner, who Room, South China Morning Post

Building. shortly departs on Home leave.

be

Mackintosh's calling!

The weather has a knack of deceiving even the weather prophets, so have a raincoat handy-one of our casy fitting light weight coats cut in generous lines, sewn seams and edges, re-inforced buttons, storm collar.

$17.50

Icua 10% cash discount.

"Cone on

in and fight!' "O.K. 1 33, "let's go."

There are 2,000 golf-clubs in Bri "I admit I was taking it pretty easy up to then. Well, I went in tain, of which 200 are in London. and knocked him down. I could have Yet despite the relatively high cost kept him domen," but I didn't want to of the game, ranny of the clubs do not pay as well as they should. risk bustin' my hand.

Crewe

914 85 01 52

Chesterfield 2 Hartlepools

4 Rotherham

Lincoln

5 Tranmere

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The revised league table reads as follows.

Tranmere

Chester "I was away out ahead on points. For some of them Individual ment-Chesterfield Why should I worry? Well, I did bors make up a deficit at the end Lincoln mostly what I liked afterwards, and of the year.

Crowe.... then this referee gives him the de-

No club with fewer than 100 mem- cision!

bers can hope to be a paying pre- Stockport

Oldham 'FIGURED IT OUT'

position in ordinary circumstances. "Meantime Paul Damski, my mana-A club of this size would have, with Hartlepools of perhaps Accrington to the referee and green fees, an income ger, jumps up

Most of this goes Rotherham to show his card to the 24,000 a year.

Darlington asks him

Control Board-official, Colonel in-maintenance, Boxing

Gateshend Walsall Middleton.

referee's "ile

Carlisic Just figured the Arithmetic had given

On the trut.

It is from the 10th hole," or the Halifax card he had 47%, paints for me and club bar, that the profits come. Wrexham

in drinking York 48 points for Farr. In the boxing And with a shrinkage business that's

a drawn Aght"

THAT 19TH" HOLE

In this country, the profits are not Barrow He shrugged his big shoulders.what they used to be, if there are Mansfield "Well, the board are going to any at all.

If the referee has made a mistake

adding to forty-eight. Meantime

up

Many golfers have found that a

Rochdale

Southport

P. W. D. L. F. A. Pis.

41 31 11 9 97 44 GB 41 24 11 6 91 38 69

41 22 9 10 V1 47 63 41 21 11 9 90 57 53

42 10 0 14 80 76 41 10 8 14 01 49 40

41 17 0 15 83 79 43

42 15 12 15 57 61 42

41 17 8 16 G2 70 42 41 16 9 10 67 58 41 41 17 819 73 70 10 41-13-14-14-50 11 16 9 17 77 40 14 11

10 15 7

+2 16 7

41 12 12

40 12 11 41 13

41 10 13

11 10 9

I am going to ask Farr to give me club costs too much, and now play New Brighton 41 0 G 26

return Sight, and all the funds on public courses innintained by

to charity.

"I don't want a dime."

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nunicipal and other authorities. These are the most paying proposi tions in golf here. to-day.

Two such courses in Richmond

TWO THOUSAND AND Park, Surrey, owneil" by the govern-

DERBY BETTING

Yesterday's Prices

London, Apr. 27. The following is the latest call over. for the Two Thousand Guineas;

Daytona, 6 to 1 o, 11 to 2 t. Balohissor, 6 to 1 and Pay Up, 100 to 12, t and o. Abjer, 19 to 2 10 to 1 t.

0, Boswell, 10 to 19, 21 to 2 t.

t and o: Monument, 100 to 7 Mahmoud, 100 to 0, t and e.

THE DERBY

nient, are said to make a profit of £2,000 a year.

Few mun earning less than £1,000 a year can afford to play club golf regularly here.. It is a one pound (5/-). a-day sport. With caddio lunch (5/-), automobile travel (per- haps 3/-), balls (2/0), apart from clubs, drinks, and subscription, 158. for each of two rounds in a day is not an abnormal charge.

The public course player, however, usually carries his own clubs, use a cheap ball costing very little, fore-

Junch, goes

Lakes sandwiches, and travels only a short bus-ride, pays on an average ono shiling a round. Thirty-six holes usually cost

The following is the call-over for him 5/-,

“MACNOVA” WATERPROOFS the Derby

$37.50 less 10% cash, discount.

WATERPROOFED GABERDINE

$65.00 les 10% caah_disement.

EVERY COAT GUARANTEED.

MACKINTOSH'S LTD.

Alexandra Building,

Des Voeux Road.

¥

Balchissar, 6 to 1, t and o.

St. Magnus, 100 to 9 6, 13 to 1 t. Abjer, 100 to 8 o.

Daytona, 100 to 7 o, 15 to 1 t. Pay Up, 100 to 8 o, 18.to it Boswell, 18 to 1, t and o. Monument, 20 to 1 o, 22 to 1 t. His Grace, 33 to 1, t and o.-Reuter,

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FANLING BOGEY POOL

the

Old In the Bogey Pool on Course at Fanling over the week-end, J. G. Coterworth won with a card of one up. There were 19 entries.

Punch-Drunk Boxers

to Get Pensions

Boiers, their managers, and fight of the union's 600 members would promoters ure co-operating in n actively support a plan which would scheme to provide some form of pen- provide:

sion for those no longer able to fight.

The scheme is designed to protect boxers who through starting to box

A small compulsory contribution by Arrangements boxers to an insurance funds

for medical atten

been many cases Te

too early, or through a succession of tion at special rates. hard fighs, become punch-drunk and

cannot carry on. :

"There

have

cantly," said one promoter "af promis ing youngsters who have fought Sponsors of the scheme are hoping themselves out' before they reached! Gradually they that the rational union of boxers will the early twenties. co-operate. They believe that many have become punch-drunk."

SCOTTISH LEAGUE

0

"CENTURY” AT H, K. R. A. SPOON SHOOT

200 YARDS

*4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 6, 5, 5. Total 33:

600 YARDS

*5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5. Total 38

60 YARDS

*1, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 4. Total 32.

Reproductions of targols above for 200, 300 and 600 yards ranges show fine "century" scored by Capt. F. J. C. Rybat at last Saturday's Spoon Shoot at the Royal Naval Ranges at, Stonecutter's Island.

Capt. Rybot will be one of the contenders this year for the Prize donated by

the His Excellency Governor, at the Annual Competitions commencing on

of the K.R.A.,

Thursday.

#drantee Slakting Shot.

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