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HONGKONG THE

TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1936.

H. K. F. A. AND SCHOOLS FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Our Daily Golf

Hint

Wait, and again I say wait, for the wrists to fall into a striking position before you commenco the downward part of the swing.

-lea Herd,

TENNIS

PLAYERS

TO RECEIVE

EXPENSES?

PROPOSED RULE

NEW

(By a Lawn Tennid Correspondent)

An important new step affect- | ing the amateur law in lawn tennis is being considered within the Lawn Tennis Association.

of

Committees, I hear, are to consi der whether the allowing expensi to competitors in open tournaments is desirable, if such a change in adopted it will be n revolutionary change in Inw-if nut invariably in practice,

The complicated rules about lawn tennis expenses bewilder the general

public.

National teams, such as the Davie and Wightman Cup sides, and parties sunt on foreign tours by the TA, have their expanses paid. In certain circumstances, too, teams other than national ones may obtain permission for this to be done.

Bre

But by L.T.A. rules competitors

tournaments in open

no! allowed to accept expenses beyond a specified rebate on their hotel bills.

International The rules of the Federation, however, give the dif- ferent nations the right to make their own regulations in this matter. Some of them do allow "penses.

tournament ex-

RISK OF DIG LOSSES Local tournament 'conmillees-on whom devolves the onerous task of taking their meetings pay will probably not view the proposal to pay expenses with any enthusiasm If to their already heavy expenses in

to be added the further one of "put- ting up those who make the tourna- ment go." then amall profits may be turned into big losses.

Promise Which

Has Not Yet Been Fulfilled

CLUBS UP IN ARMS

Against The Over- Long Season

(By "VERITAS"}

Honminuser { LOCAL FOOTBALL

MINER BEATS 1932 GOLF CHAMPION

Landon, May 1.

In a great game in the 1st round of the English Golf Cham- plonship at the Royal Cinque Porta Golf Club Mr. C. Stowe, who has been a rollier in a Staf- furdshire mine has come out an top, he haying beaten John de Forest, amateur chumpion In 1932, anul Man of Baron de Forest, the millionaire financier.

E-21:NILA KANTANELEREDO REKIS

PHILIPPINES SELECT

·EAST LANCS ARE RUNNERS-UP

Lucky Goal Decides

The season's programme in the second division of the Hongkong Football Longue was brought to n conclusion yesterday when East Lan- cushires beat Royal Welch "Fusiliers

OLYMPIC SQUAD by the add gent in three, thereby be-

TWENTY NINE TO GO TO BERLIN

coming runners-up.

Fusiliers acculed to win the match in order to earn these honours, but, although for the most part having the better of the exchanges, they fail- ed to force home advantages.

There was some bright and certain. ly interesting football in the first when, after setting most of the pace, they found themselves in arrears at the interval.

When the annual meeting of the Hongkong Football Association takes place in a few weeks time its SAIL ON MAY 30 half, but Fusillers seemed to lose heart customary drabness and monotony is going to be relieved by a series of very pertinent and important questions. The F.A. will be asked:

They appear to be two distincl subjects. Actually one promin- ent club official, who has given both questions considerable thought, finds them inextricably bound together.

Manila, May 13.

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und less and less of the play. East After the change-over the Fusiliers

finally running Lancashires worlay winners.

aut

Harton Smith, favoured to score successes in British golf champion. ships this summor.

Horton Smith Favoured To Win British Golf Titles

Freckle-faced, red-haired Patty Berg and tall, likeable Horton Smith are selected by golf bookmakers as leading American challengers for British championships.

SEASON CLOSES

LAST MATCH ON SATURDAY

The Philippine delegation of fathletes to the 1938 Olympic games

in Berlin inclules four men who have What are you going to do tures on interport trial days. This, seen previous Olympic competition. about shortening the football of course, implies that the H.K. Twenty-nine men, but

no women, represent the have been selected 16 scason?

F.A. itself takes the lead by ar-

in boxing. awimming, Philippines and

Tuley put the winners ahead just ranging a full programme of lea-track and field, basketball, wrestling before half time, but Sullivan res Why has no attempt been rue games on those dates, to be and shooting.

Simeon Terribia, who tied for third ponded with an equaliser eight made to resuscitate the school-amended accordingly.

place in the running high jump in minutes after the interval. East boys' league?

the 1932 Ulympic simp-elf after par-Lanes held the balance of exchanges HOCKEY And is do away with any Anticipating in a four-way tie for first after this, but their winning goal was track and field a lucky affair, Gaisley, in an attempt ancial loss on the part of the place, will head the

to clear Tuley's shot banging the ball delegation. H.K.F.A. It is suggested that the

Jikirum Adjaluddin who placed against Rateliffe from whom it flew Association shall receive a perfth in the 1932 200-metres breast off into the net, centage of all gate receipts from stroke, and Teofle Yid:fonso, who

FINAL LEAGUE TABLE took third place in the same ovent,

Goals. league matches.

nre included among the swimmers, Lightweight boxing duties will carried by 135-pound Jose Padilla, Jr., who competed in Los Angeles.

The scireted teams which sall for Berlin on May 30 are:

Felipe Nunang. flyweight; Oscar. Engineers 26 16 Larrazabal, bantamweight; Felipe . A. S. C. & R.A.O.C... Gabuco, fentherweight; Jose Padilla,

26 15 3 10 62 63 Jr., lightweight; 9. de Custro, welter-South Ching 20 13 2 11 weight.

Chinese Ath. 20 10 5 Eastern Ath. 20 05 TRACK AND FIELD

20 7 3 II.K.F.C. Briefly the idea is this. Take

..00 5 But it is hardly likely that these

Simeon Toribio, (high jump); An- University all of the Services' teams from the

and lot measures would entirely eradi-tonio Salcedo, (sprint); Miguel S. Radio S.C... 20 5

Nifio present Third Division

Remirez C. de Recreio 23 & them form their own section. In-cate the existing evils.

More White (hurdles): stitute a schoolboys' league to be effective would be the splitting up and middle distance): Teodorica Mala-

(broad); Nemozio de Guzman, (sprint Kowloon FC, 26 2 played during mid-week and 80 train these youngsters up for of all divisions into sections. This sig, (middle distance). third division football on Satur- would also permit R.A. and South. days. Take two or three teams China to enter two teams in the

Teofilo Yldefonso; Jikirum Ad- down from the second divialon | frst division if they so desired,

jaluddin; Nile A. Christiansen; A. into the civilians section of the

Under this season's constitution Alpad; P. Obial; T. Francisco. third division, and insist that

un-

This may be one way of alloviat By resurrecting the schooling the league fixture congestion, boys' league-now defunct for while another contribution over ten years-he sees a line opportunity of cutting down the doubtedly would be lo cut down HI.K.F.A.'s impossibly lengthy the number of teams in the first

division by insisting that lengue programme.

the Royal Artillery and South China A.A. cnter but one each.

THE IDEA

SWIMMING

WRESTLING

SHOOTING

Martin Gison.

Royal Artillery and South Chinn of the league, the effect of split- Athletic be permitted to play noting the divisions Into sections. Lt. Enrique Jurado, (Philippine more than one team each in the would be to have seven teams in Army), first division.

each of the four sections for the Moreaver, there will develop com- petition among the tournaments, the This club official has discovered | first and second divisiona, and promoters bidding against-each other during the past season that young sections of six teams and five teams" to secure the best players. The tournament that could afford to "doters are afraid of playing against in the third division. The six-

nature being the robust milltary teams in the them what it is would secure more of the third division and that several team section could be composed of mon and women most wanted in court. promising schoolboys have only Services combinations such as The proposal just another in-played spasmodically because of East Lancashires, Fusiliers, Medi- culs, Air Force, Ulster Rifles and Royal Engineers.

well-human

stance of the hopelessness of trying this fear. to tinker with the slove-like amateur rule under changing conditions.

the courage

to abolish the words

It is not that the military teams The table tennis, people have had indulge in unfair tactics, but sim- amateur" and "professional and ply that they are more powerfully recognise only players." Eventually built sides, whose go-ahead me- something of the sort may be forced thods unwittingly intimidate the un the International Lawn Tennis youngsters in some of the civilian Federation, for no one can say truth-teams. fully now that big lawn tennis is amateur in the same sense an games that do not draw big gates.

tourt difficult

And it becomes

year by year to keep up the pretence of amateurism.

K.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT

FURTHER PROGRESS

BEING MADE

To enable these young fellows, many of whom are still at school, to gain confidence, it is felt that controlled schools' a properly football league is essential.

Was

THE SCHOOLS LEAGUE The H.K.F.A. promised to take up the subject during the season just ending, but apart from ask- Ing the Referees' Association what they were prepared to do to nosist," nothing has materialised. It is not more than ten years since tho Further progress lan been made schoolboys longue

in exis- during the last week in the Kowloon tence. There is still a certain Cricket Club tennis tournament, with Miss A. Mackenzie and Miss Madge amount of inter-schools football Griffiths each scoring two successes, being played here, but a general Miss Mackenzie defented Mrs. Hos complaint seems to be that it is ford 6-3, 6-3 to enter the final of the not properly conducted and that it fadlos singles championship, being requires the fatherly guidance of ' Joined by Miss. Griffiths who beat Mrs. the Football Association, together Kirby

with the aid of the Referees' As- Rociation.

A, E. P. Guest and Miss Grifiths last week entered the semi-final of the mixed doubles handicap, boating

The latter body, I know, are ful- Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Kirby 0-4, -7-5, while yesterday S. A. Gray and Missy sympathetic, and the time will Mackenzie also reached the semi- be ripe at the annual meeting to final brackets with a win of G-80-2 ask the ILK.F.A. what they have over J. S. Smith and Mrs. Old codone, or are thinking of dolug

about this idea.

LONDON RUGBY STARS BEAT FRENCH TEAM

Possibly H.KEA, oficials

do

not think the matter worthy of such serious analysis, but they will bo well advised to expect a very effective expression of opinion at the annual mooting.

Whatever the Association's ideas on the schoolboys league may be, they have certainly got to face up to the question of re- conditioning the football league, From my own enquiries I am satis- fied that at least 60 per cent. of the clubs regard the present pro-I gramme as being far too extended. There appear to be several alter-

suror

of

BASKETBALL Ambrosio Padilla; Carlos Berck;" Anindor Obordo; Felino Yambao; Bibiano Ouano; Jesus Marzah; Pri- mitivo Martinez; Jacinto Ciria, Cruz; Johnny Worrell; Franco Maryjuicias.

Dr. R. R. Yinnan, secretary-trea

Amateur the Philippines

national Athletic Federation

ani

He physical director, is head coach. will be asalsted by Professor C., C. Bartolome, swimming and boxing, Dionision Calvo (basketball), and The team will leave Manila for Serofia Aquino, (track and field). Hongkong, en route to Europe, Mny 30 on the President Taft-United Prees.

',

How Leicestershire Hope To Attract The Cricket Crowds

(By William Pollock) Sixpence admission

after I remember a certain county um. lunch (3d. for boys). That is pire seriously telling me that Smith how Leicestershire cricket aims hander of 1086.

medium-pace right to attract the crowds this sea-

DEMPSTER WAS BUSY. BOD.

Was the best

new

P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts. Royal

Navy 26 23

2112627 49 East Lanca. 26 20 3 3 93 26 43 W. Fusiliers 26 15 02 80 24 39 ILU. Rifles

4 9 73 31 88 28 98 40 34

26 17

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"IRON MAN'

OF FILIPINO ATHLETES

Has Trunkful Of Medals

YEAR REVIEWED

(By R.H.B.)

So much has been written in Bri Lish newspapers about Miss Berg, even to estimating the number of freckles the Minneapolis schoolgirl has that she ranks in betting books Chan Glenna as a greater threat Collett Vare, six times American champion.

The consistently fine play of Hor. ton Smith during the winter tourna ments in California and Florida in dicates he will be at his best while at playing in the British Open Hoylake in June.

In 1930, the year Bobby Jones scored golf's Grand Slam. Horton Smith tied for fourth in the British Open with a score of 206. Jones won with a total of 201...

Other professionals who will form the American contingent aro Gene Sarazen, wiuner in 1932, Tommy Armour, winner, at Carnoustie in 1901) J, Thompson and the voteran MacDonald Smith.

ARMOUR'S RETURN

On Saturday afternoon, the

the champions of

Mamak Hockey tournament, Radio Sports Club, will meet a strong

Armour's return recalls the time. Rest combination on the Police when as an amateur in Scotland he Training School ground and described himself as "the world's this match will ring down the worst putter." Crossing the Worth curtain on a successful senson. Bridge one night after playing the Scottish championship, he threw his

The most noteworthy achievement has been that of the Central British Association who, have won the "B" division without the loss of a gume in 12 matches. Scoring a total of 40 goals they have had only six re- gistered against them, Agures which speak volumes.

A review of the season in general wil not be out of place it is more in the nature of placing on record the events of the past year's hockey.

Manila, May 13. With a trunkful of more than

With regard to the Indies they have 200 gold medals for first places in 29 major Far Eastern athletic certainly had a memorable year. On their Arst official visit to Shanghat Lournaments, and a few silver and they retained the White Shield In a bronze.emblems thrown in for good match played under the most deplor- measure, Sergeant Paulino Fernan

able

conditions imaginable. Ther dez, of the 15th infantry, Philippine also trounced the Rest of Shanghal Scouts, claims the title of "Iron and bout the Shangha American Man" of, Filipino athletes.

School. Enthusiasts are keenly look-

Dash, distance, and relay running ing forward to the visit of the Shang- and swimming were only a beginning hal ladies early next year when the for Fernandez, who began winning third Interport match will be staged, titles as soon as he came, from the provinces to enlist in the army in 1014 and didn't stop until he retired from competition in 1927.

NEW COMPETITIONS

The Caer Clark Cup competition, to in local which the interest shown

He won first place modala against ladies' hockey is greatly indebted, the best competition the Far East saw the Central British Association could offer in the running high jump, Ladies wreat the trophy from the Ladies ileckey Club, the running hop-step-and-jump, bigh Hongkong hurdles, low hurdles, pentathlon, deholders since its inception in 1929. A cake, etc.

running broad jump, 100 yard most praiseworthy feat.

Caer

Fernandez holds 34 first place A now competition was introduced, medals won in Far Eastern Olympic the Brawn Cup being competed for games held in China, Japan and the in the junior divinlon of the Philippines, and 48 gold medals from Clark tournament. This will in fu-.

talent among the younger players can competition in Philippine national ture years provide a nursery where championalig tournaments.

He holds only 19 second-place and be brought to light and cultivated. one third place honours from major The Seven-a-side tournament also

much competition-it was so

more took a new turn with provision made Ratisfactory to finish first-United for junior teams which proved most Press

encouraging in every way.

"We tried the experiment of I asked Commander Webb if I reduced prices a few times last could speak on the telephone to the Leicestershire captain, C. S. year and with sufficient success Dempster. to adopt it generally this year," "Well, he is out in the nots and U.S. said Lieut.-Commander A. G. G. will be there most of the afternoon,"

was the reply. Webb, secretary of the club. Dumpster in New Zealand's crack If there bat since the war, and he is now is room on your grounds for people qualified for Leicestershire by resi who can give only half the day to dence. watching a game, get them in

"Cricket wants crowds.

He is a little man with remarka-| Cricket certainly is waking up. bly quick feet and a lovely array of The time may come when as R. V. atrokes.

V. Robins, the Middlesex captain, Astill, one of the best professionals advocated in a talk with me last in the game, skippered the sido last week-boys will be admitted to season. Lord's for a penny.

IRISH NEWCOMER

Meanwhile, it will be good to be Leicestershire lad keen on cricket, Threepence admission

I never get into a county cricket match for less than sixpence when

was a small boy!

BOWLS TEAM MAY VISIT ENGLAND

British Players in Biggest Match

Returning to the men's hockey, Ma-

Tommy Armour another American expected to figura prominently.

no did very well to score victories putters, 12 in all, through the coach

both in the Interport and in the window into the sea below. match against the Hongkong Civi.

Bans.

"In

the future," Armour told Portugal won the title in the Inter-friends, "I shall stick to one putter national Tournament with England for good or ovil." very

This worthy runners-up. tournament hus proved very enjoyable

augurs well for a brighter future.

At the age of 40 he is back for an- other try.United Press.

Macdonald Sml, born at Carnot- and should attract increased attentiontie where ho began his golf career as a caddy, has come closer to win- next season.

ning the British Open and fallod The Triangular Tournament, con- fined to the Army, Navy and Club, than any iving golfor. A beautiful never won an Ameri- can or British national title. He was American bowlers may visit Eng. saw the Army gain chief honoura, the stylist, he has

Club finishing up second. land this year, according to Mr. W.

Interest in hockey is growing by second in the British Opery in 1930 Stewart Brown, organiser of a British leaps and bounds and the successful and 1932, third in 1927, 24-25 and Coleman has left, but all the others tour of Florida and California which season which has just come to an end fourth in 1931 and 1034. remain. And there is one newconor, just concluded, Graham, an Irishman, who is held to

friends in the HWC,

made many be an excellent right-handed bat and States," he said "and our visit may was successful,

· THEIR DEST SEASON

C. L. Edgeon is now up at Oxford, be returned. Our trip

· with a good chance of a "blue" for wo won the Fox" Cup, and Mr. Leicestershire had the most succes- Another young Leicestershire ama-W. M. Grice; our captain, won the "We also participated in the largest who scored 125 against Hampshire bowls match over played; this was at and ex-All Blacks fullback, convortod One, which deserves considera- The batting was not too good last year, will be able to play fairly St. Petersburg, Florida, just before we sailed for home. There were 210 four of the six trios which weretion is the Insistence that only clubs only three of the team averaged frequently. scored by the London sido...

more than twenty runs an innings Four grounds will be used this year players on 27 rinks, and the combined The trias were scored by Cutbush, which have more than two membut both George Geary and H. A.-Locostar, Hinckley, Loughborough team of British and Canadian bowlers to represent the Hongkong Electric Holder, Langford, Banks, Smith, and bors chosen for an Interport trial Smith took

more than a hundred and Oakham (the county town of defeated the Americans by 471 shots Recreation Club in n

to 448.".

longue match against KC.C. Rutland). shall be permitted to postpono fix wickets each.

Lyons, Apr. 20, The combined London Rugby League team, composed of players from the Streatham and Mitcham, and Acton and Willesden clubs, de-

Art-rate in the field.

Tented the Lyons-Villeurbanno team | native methods of correcting this. tul playing season of their history tour, W. A. Smith, ox-captain of Bir. (Galifornia singles championship..

by 20 points to 12 here during the week-end.

Nepla, the Streatham and Mitcham

Jenkins.

ALTERNATIVES

last year. They wore sixth in the mingham University, cricket team, county championship.

LAWN BOWLS

Hongkong Electric Team Chosen

The following team has been choson lawn bowls

Saturday,

H. S. Jones, T. P. Saunderson, J. Sloan and A. Wobster (skip)..

F. F. Duckworth, G, 0. Thomson, J. F. Lunny and W. H.-B. Muskett (skip)

V. Borby, J. L King, G. T. Padgett,

and A. P. Paul (skip),

on

Reservo-W. Orchard.

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