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THE

HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

THURSDAY,

MAY 14, 1936.

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

Our Daily Golf

Hint

Wait, and again I soy wait, for the wrists to fall into a striking position before you the downward

commence part of the swing.

TENNIS

Alex Herd.

PLAYERS

TO RECEIVE

EXPENSES?

PROPOSED NEW RULE

(ily a Lawn Tennis Correspondent)

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

Committees, I hear, are to consl

of whether the allowing dér

in open expenses to competitors tournaments is dehirable. If such a change is adopted it will be a revolutionary change in law-if not invariably in practice.

The complicated rules about lawn tennia expensen bewilder the general

public.

National teams, such as the Davis and Wightman Cup sides, and parties sent on foreign tours by the LT.A have their expenses paid. In certain circumstances, too, teams other than national ones may obtain permission for this to be done.

are

But by LT.A. rules competitors. not. tournaments in open allowed to accept expenses beyond a specified rebate on their hotel billa,

The rules of the International Federation, however, give the dif ferent nations the right to make their own regulations in this matter. Some

pienikes.

Promise Which Has Not Yet Been Fulfilled

·CLUBS UP IN ARMS

Against The Over- Long Season

(By "VERITAS")

ARRIERS HELDWORZETKEZE KINZENEŠKIRANE JUTOTTANCE LOCAL FOOTBALL

MINER BEATS 1932 GOLF CHAMPION

London, May 1.

In a great game in the Int round of the English Golf Cham- pionship at the Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club Mr. C. Stowe, who has been a, collier in a Staf- fordshire mine has come out on de top, he haring beaten John Forest,

champion Amateur 1932, and son of Baron de Forest, the millionaire financier.

PHILIPPINES SELECT

In

EAST LANCS ARE RUNNERS-UP

Lucky Goal Decides

The season's programme in the vecond division of the Hongkong Football League was brought to a conclusion yesterday when East Lan cashires beat Royal Welch Fusiliers

OLYMPIC SQUAD by the odd goal in three, thereby be

TWENTY NINE TO GO TO BERLIN

coming runners-up.

Fusillers needed to win the match in order to earn these honoure, but, although for the most part having the better of the exchanges, they full- ed to force home advantages.

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

When the annual meeting of the Hongkong Football Association takes place in * few weeks time its SAIL ON MAY 30 uif, but Fusiliers 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. are going to be asked:

What are you going to do about shortening the football scason? and

Why has no attempt been gue games on those dates, to be made to resuscitate the school-amended accordingly. boys' league?

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

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After the change-over the Fusillers had iess and less of the play, East

running finally

ont

Manits, May 13. The Philippine delegation of athletes to the 1936 Olympic gamest in Berlin includes four men who have tures on Interport trial days. This, seen previous Olympic competition. of course, implies that the H.K Twenty-nine men, but no women, Lancashires

have been selected to represent the worthy winners. F.A. itself takes the lend by ar-. Philippines in boxing, swimming,

Tuley put the winners allend just ranging a full programme of lea-track and field. basketball, wrestling before half the, but Sullivan res

and shooting.

eight with an equaliser

Enst Simeon Terrible, who tied for third ponded place in the running high jump in minutes after the interval. the 1932 Olymple jump-off after par-Lanen held the balance of exchanges ticipating in a four-way tie for Brst after this, but their winning goal was to clear Tuley's hot banging the ball place, will hend the track and field a lucky affair, Gaisley, in an attempt delegation.

Jikirum Adjafuddin' who placed against Ratcliffe from whom it flew fifth in the 1932 200-metres breast off into the net.

FINAL LEAGUE TABLE stroke, and Teofilo Yldefonso, who took third place in the same avent, are included among the swimmers.

Lightweight boxing duties will be carried by 135-pound Jose Padilla, Jr.. who competed in Los Angeles.

The selected teams which sail for un-Berlin on May 30 are:

And to do away with any fin- ancial loss on the part of the II.K.F.A. It is suggested that the Association shall receive a per- centage of all gate receipts from league matchee,

This may be one way of alleviat By resurrecting the school-ing the league fixture congestion, boys' lengue-now defunct for

while another contribution over ten years he sees a no opportunity of cutting down the doubtedly would be to cut down H.K.F.A. Impossibly lengthy the number of teams in the first league programme.

division by insisting that the Royal Artillery and South Chinn A.A. enter but one each.

THE IDEA Briefly the idea is this.. Take all of the Services' teams from the present Third Division

But it is hardly likely that these

of them do allow tournament ex-them form their own section. In-cate

RISK OF BIG LOSSES Local tournament committees on devolves the onerous task whom of making their meetings pay-will probably not view the proposal to pay expenses with any enthusiasm. If to their already heavy expenses is to be added the further one of "put. ting up" those who "make the tourun ment go, then smail profits may pa turned into big losses.

Fellpe Nanang, flyweight; Oscar Larrazabal, bantamweight: Felipe Cabuco, featherweight; Jose Padilla, Jr, lightweight: S. de Castro, welter- weight.

TRACK AND FIELD Simeon Toribio, (high jump); An

Remirez

East Lancs.

Goals.

P. W. D. L. F. A. Pls. Royal Navy 20 23 3 1.12527 48 20 20 3 3 83 26 43 R.W. Fusiliers 20 16 0 2 89 24 30 R.U. Rifles 20 17 4 9 73 31-38 K. Engineers 20 10 8 98 46 34 1. A. S. C. &

..

20 13 .3 10 R.A.0.C.

China 20 13 South Chinese Ath. 20 10 Eastern Ath. 26 H.K.F.C..... 28

University 20

S.

and lot measures would entirely erad!tonio Salcedo. (sprint) Miguel

Nifio White (hurdles); the existing evils. More (broad): Nemezio' de Guzman, (print stitute a schoolboys league to be effective would be the splitting up and middle distance); Teodorica Mala- played during mid-week and

alg, (middle distance).

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SWIMMING

Teolo Yldefonso: Jikirum Al- Jaluddin; Nile A. Christiansen; A Alpad; P. Obial; T. Francisco,

WRESTLING

Lt. Enrique Jurado, (Philippine Army).

SHOOTING Martin Glaon.

BASKETBALL Ambrosio Padilla; Carlos Berck;

train these youngsters up for of all divisions into sections. This 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 down from the second division first division if they so desired, Into the civilians section of the

and insist that Under this season's constitution third division. Royal Artillery and South Chinn of the league, the effect of split- Athletic be permitted to play noting the divisions Into sections more than one team each in the would be to have seven teams in first division.

each of the four sections for the Moreover, there will develop com petition among the tournaments, the This club official has discovered | first and second divisions, and promoters bilding against each other during the past season that young sections of six-teams and five-teams Amador Obordo Felina Yumbang

secure the best players. The sters are afraid of playing against tournament that could afford to "do the robust military teams in the in the third division. The aix Bibland Danno; Jesus Marzah; Pri- Ciria Cruz; Jacinto them well-human Anture being what it is would secure more of the third division and that several team section could be composed of mitive Martines;

Johnny Worrell Franco Marquicias. Dr. R. R. Ylanan, secretary-tres- men and women most wanted in court. promising schoolboys have only Services combinations such a

East Lancashires, Fusiliers, Medi- surer

Amatour of the Philippines, The proposal is just another in-played spasmodically because of

national stance of the hopelessness of trying, this fear,

cals, Air Force, Ulster Rifles and Athletic Federation and

is head coach. Ho director, is physical Royal Engineers,"

will be assisted by Professor C. C. Possibly H.K.T.A. officials do Bartolomo, swimming and boxing, not think the matter worthy of Dionision Calvo (basketball) and such serious analysis, but they will Serafin Aquino, (track aral Beld).

The team will leave Manila for be well advised to expect a very Hongkong, en

route to Europe: May effective expression of opinion at 30 on. the President Taft. United

to

to tinker with the sieva-like amateur rule under changing conditions.

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

And It becomes more difficult year by year to keep up the pretence of amateuriam.

K.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT

FURTHER PROGRESS BEING MADE Further progress has been made during, the last week in the Kowloon Cricket Club tennis tournament, with Miss A. Mackenzie and Miss Madge Griffiths each scoring two successes. Bliss Mackenzie defeated Mrs. Hos ford 6-3, 0-3 to enter the final of the Ladies singles championship, being joined by Miss Griffiths who beat Birs,

Kirby

A. E. P. Guest and Miss Griffiths last week entered the semi-final of

To enable these young fellows, many of whom are still at school, to gain confidence, It is felt that 11 properly controlled

schools' football league is essential.

THE SCHOOLS LEAGUE The II.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 assist, nothing has materialised. It is not more than ten years since the was in. exis- schoolboys league

is still a certain tunce. There amount of inter-schools. football being played here, but a general compinint seems to be that it is not properly conducted and that it! requires the fatherly guidance of the Football Association, together with the aid of the Referees' As- sociation.

the annual meeting.

¡Press.

How Leicestershire Hope To Attract The Cricket Crowds

(By, William Pollock),

WAS

the best hander of 1935.

Sixpence admission after I remember a certain county um. lunch (3d. for boys). That is pire seriously telling me that Smith medium-pace right how Leicestershire cricket aims to attract the crowds this sea.

DEMPSTER WAS BUSY

Webb if I asked Commander could speak in the telephone to the Leicestershire captain, C. S. Dempster,

son.

I

new

.

"We tried the experiment of reduced prices a few times last year and with sufficient success to adopt it generally this year" said Lieut.-Commander A. G. G. Webb, secretary of the club.

Dampster is New Zealand's crack “Cricket wants crowds. If there but since the war, and he is now:

Radio S.Ć... 20 C. de Recreio 20 Kowloon F.C. 28

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1998 RASIDOM

Horton Smith, favoured to score successes in British golf champion: ships this summer.

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.

HOCKEY SEASON CLOSES

LAST MATCH. ON SATURDAY

YEAR REVIEWED

(By R.H.B.)

On Saturday afternoon, the champions of the Mamak Hockey tournament, Radio Sports Club, will meet a strong

So much has been written in Bri- tish newspapers about Miss Berg, even to estimating the number of frockles the Minneapolis schoolgirl has, that she ranks in betting_books as a greater threat than Glenna Collett Vure, nix times - American champion.

The consistently fine play of Hor- ton Smith during the winter tourna ments in California and Florida in- dicates he will bo at his best while playing in the British Open at Hoylako 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 291.

Other professionals who will form the American contingent are Gono Sarazen, winner in 1932, Tommy Armour, witner at Carnoustie in 1931, J. Thompson at the veteran MacDonald Smith.

ARMOUR'S RETURN Armour's return recalls the time

IRON MAN" Rest combination on the Police when as an amateur in Scotland he

OF FILIPINO ATHLETES

Has Trunkful Of Medals

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 season. 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 game in 12 matches. Scoring a total of 48 goals they have had only six re- gistered against them, figures which speak volumes.

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

Manila, May 13. With a trunkful of more than

With regard to the ladies they have 200 gold medals for first places in 29 malor Far Eastern athletic certainly had a memorable year. On tournaments, and a few silver and their first official visit to Shanghai bronze emblems thrown in for good they retained the White Shield in a measure, Bergeant Paulino Fernan-maich played under the most deplor- conditions imaginable. They dez, of the 5th infantry, Philippine able Scouts, claims the title of Iron also trounced the Rest of Shanghai and beat the Shanghai American Man" of Filipino athletes.

School. Enthusiasts ure 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

NEW COMPETITIONS

1914 and didn't stop until he retired The Caer Clark Cup competition, to in local from competition in 1927.

which the interest shown He won first place medala against adles' hockey is greatly indebted, the best competition the Far East saw the Central British Association could offer in the running high jump Ladies wrest the trophy from the Ladies Hockey Club, the running hop-step-and-jump, high Hongkong hurdles, low hurdles, pentathlon, de; holders since its inception in 1929. A cathlon, running broad jump, 100 yard most praiseworthy feat,

etc.

DAYs holds

games

34 first place A now competition was introduced; medals won in Far Eastern Olympic the Brawn Cup being competed for held in China, Japan and the in the junior division of the Caer Philippines, and 48 gold medals from Clark tournament. This will in fu- talent among the younger players can compotition In Philippine national ture years provide a nursery where championship tournaments,

be brought to light and cultivated,

He holds only 19 second-place and one third place honours from major moro competition-it was so much satisfactory to finish first-United Prost.

Well, he is out in the note and U.S. BOWLS TEAM MAY will be there most of the afternoon," was the reply.

VISIT ENGLAND

is room on your grounds for people qualified for Leicestershire by real- who can give only half the day to dence, watching a game, get them in."

the mixed doubles handicap, beating The latter body, I know, are ful- Bir. and Mrs. L. E. Kirby 6-4, 7ly sympathetic, and the time will while yesterday S. A Gray and Missbo ripe at the annual meeting to Mackenzie also readied the semi-

Ho is a lttle man with remarka- final brackets with a win of 6-3, 6-2 ask the H.K.F.A. what they have dane, or are thinking of doing

Cricket certainly is waking up bly quick feet and a lovely array of over J. 8. Smith and Mrs. Okl.

about this iden.'

The time may come when-as

W. strokes. V. Robina, tho Middlesex captain, Antill, one of the best professionals Whatever the Association's advocated in a talk with me last in the game, skippered the side last Ideas on the schoolboys' league week-boye will be admitted to Meanwhile, it will be good to bo BEAT FRENCH TEAM may be, they have certainly get Lord's for a penny.

Leicestershire, lad keen on cricket. Threepence admission.....

LONDON RUGBY STARS

Lyons, Apr. 20.

Rugby The combined London League team composed of players from the Streatham and Mitcham, and Acton and Willeiden clubs, de- feated the Lyons-Villeurbanno teavi by 20 points to 12 here during the week-end.

Nepia, the Streatham and Mitcham and ex-All Blacks fullback, converted Your of the six tries which wore

by the London side, corso tries were scored by Cuthush, Holder, Langford, Banks, Smith, and Jenkins.

to face up to the question of re- conditioning the football league.

I never got into a county cricket From my own enquiries I am satis- fled that at least 60 por cent, of matoh for less than sixpence when the clubs regard the present pro- I was a small boy. Kramme as being far too extended. There appear to be several alter- native methods of correcting this.

season.

reninin,

IRISH NEWCOMER

British Players in Biggest Match

The Seven-a-side tournament also for junior teams which proved most took a new turn with provision made encouraging in every way.

Tommy Armour another American expected to figure prominently.

putters, 12 in all, through the coach window into the sea below.

told

Returning to the men's hockey, Ma- cao did very well to score victories both in the Interport and in the match against the Hongkong Civi-

Armour "In the future," liaris.

England retained her title in the friends, "I shall stick to one putter International Tournament with Portu- for good or ovil,"

This gal very worthy runner-up. tournament ha proved very enjoyable and should attract Increased attention next season.

augur well for a brighter future.

LAWN BOWLS

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

Macdonald Smith; born at Carnou- tie where he began his golf curcer BA a caddy, has come closer to win- failed The Triangular Tournamont; con- ning the British Open and fnod to the Army, Navy and. Club, than any living golfer. A beautiful can or British national title.. He was American bowlers may visit Eng-saw the Army guin chief honours, the stylist, he has never won an Ameri- land this year, according to Mr. w Club finishing up second.

Interest in hockey is growing by second in the British. Open in 1930 Coleman has left, but all the others Stewart Brown, organiser of a British leaps and bounds and the successful and 1932, third in 1923, 24-25 and

And there is one newcomer, tour of Florida and California which season which has just come to an end fourth in 1931 and 1934,

many Graham, an Irishman, who is held to has just concluded.

friends in the mado be an excellent right-handed but and

States," he said "and our visit may

Our first-rate in the deld..

was successful, C. LA Edgson is now up at Oxford, be returned. ..THEIR BEST SEASON ... with a good chance of a "blue"

for we won the "Fax" Cup, and Mr.

championship. Another young Leicestershire ama-W. M. Grice, our captain, won the Lolcestershire had the most succes- Anot Sraith ex-captain of Bir- California single ented in the largest

We also participated ful playing season of their history) last year. They were sixth in the mingham University cricket team,

who scored 126 against Hampshire bowls match ever played; this was at county championship.

The batting was not too good last year, will be able to play fairly St. Petersburg, Florida, just before wo Ono, which deserves considera-

salied for home. There were 210 averaged frequently. tion is the insistenco that only clubs only three of the team

more than twenty runs an innings Four grounds will be used this year players on 27 rinks, and the combined team of British and Canadian bowlers which have more than two men but both George Geary and H. A.Leicester, Hinckley, Loughborough defeated the Americans by 471' shots

more than a hundred and Oakham (the county town of boro chosen for an Interport trial Smith took

Rutland). shall be permitted to postpone fix-wickets each.

ALTERNATIVES

to 448,"

Hongkong Electric Team Chosen

Saturday:

H. S. Jones, T. P. Saunderson, J. Sloan and A. Wobster (skip): 10

F. F. Duckworth, G. G. Thomson, J. F. Lanny and W. II. B. Muskett (skip).

The following team has been chosen

V, Sorby, J. L. King, G. T. Padgett, to represent the Hongkong Electric

Flezerve W. Orchard. Recreation Olub in a lawn bowls and A. P. Paul (skip), league match against K.C.Con