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COUNTY CRICKET

AVERAGES

Alarming Dearth Of Boxing

End Of Season Talent

Figures

Below will be found the final aver- ages of some of the clubs competing In the county cricket championship NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Barata

Keeton

Harris

Gun

Knowin

C. IL. Maxwell

BATTING

Times.

Not

Inns, out ups Inne,

PROMOTERS ARE UNEASY

Now York. Boxing promoters through- out the nation are becoming genuinely alarmed at the singu lar lack of now talent in the fight game, despite the robust ring renaissance enjoyed dur ing the past year.

3

145

+3

7

1389

115*

เ

116

Aver

80.5% 38.07 31.00

ONE EX

24.02

104 72.23

END 10

21.62

770

* 21.36

401

124

19.03

more

451 71

17.04

100

64

16.00

721

75

15.14

414

13.70

112

11.40

to 24

10.00 8.11

Jones 1 and 4; and G. w.

Walker

Elem

Vore

G. P. 11. Hente

JATWIAH!

Woodhead

Wheat

Thiller

Aro batles

Illinor 0.

BOWLING

0. AL. Jl.

intwood

$50.1

G. W. Hobinin 100.4

26

Butler

827.4

Vona

.1060.4

Htapirn

40%.2

7 3310 127 10.3

D72

fi, F. t. 11eare

179.1

630 1N

Woodhond

423 บ 94

33 90.27

326

KZ

28

1.GG

射 106.2

45#

2.42

1 127.00

Kerton,

AYET. 17

11.92 1493 116

12 10.00 27x 721

funa....

Knowice

Kerela

-0.2-0.

48.4

Hankaat 2-0-19-0;

SURREY

Fishlock

P. I. T. Iinions

Jarling

Rundkans

Parket

DATTING

Tinyes

Not

دعا

Month by month it is becoming difficult for promoters fashion attractive cards for the fans, who now are ready with their dollars

Бер and eager to

leather-slinging shows. In general the belt and block business is in healthier condition now than at any time since the depres- tion began, because of Improved economie conditions and fight inter- est stimulated by the rise and fall of Joe Louis and several bang-up big-time bouts.

DI .19,CR

30 27.00 20.60

Highest

10, eut Run Inna. Aver

5 1372 172 30.30

10

But the fans want uelion for their money. And that's the big problem facing the promoters-to find leds who will furnish action.

Promoter

Niederreiter at Ebbels Fleld, i worked day and night for me e than six weeks seeking a top- in and then quilt Algut main

event, disgust to promote weekly run-of- the-mine low-priced shows.

"It's getting tougher

and tougher

And worth-while preliminary fighters, even after you Ket your Tom Matchmaker mala event," McArdle of the 20th Century Club

raid.

10

1856 185

$1.75

to

171 1627

16.V7

#

127

17%

03.07

1291

9.00

mgory

Squirm

Y 1217

27.04

F. I. Brown

McMurray

0

2x2

20.14

11.0

19.40

Watts

165

Mober

0

JI. M. Garland-Wel

165

isallo

31

5

34+3

鸭

201

K

02

9.AC

20

13

13 *

11.00 136

Books

Gover

King

SAFTY

Whitfeld

116 38.47

40 $6,00 46 19.12 22.76 63

Hymie Caplin, manager of a string of fair fighters, made this threat, "I guess I'll have to take off my cont and go into the gymnasiums in my

440 10. shirt sleeves and try to find and 10.47 develop some new talent. There

don't seem to be any coming up.'

Awo batted R. 11. Cooper, 19°: Pierpoint,

and and Win and U.

Gover

Watta

Berry

Drakey.....

F. Brown

Parket

King

Gregory

AK

43 24.27

1216 66 27.07

BOWLING

003.3 7#2

M. #t. 160 203H 145

W. Aver.

171 15.42

108

23.3

D

DO

4 24.00

atd.t

6.5 1014

$1.1

215.6 16

177.2

16 29.66 445

2401

GI

228 633

KUS

40.20

2 102.00

2 104

10-6-01

ول

EL T. Iimes 211

Jl. M. G. Wella......... Squitem

21

Alo bowl Barling,

88-0-76-2; Band, 1-0-3-2 30-6-09-2.

SUSSEX

HATTING

Time Not

203

***

: 104.00

THE REASONS WHY

You can survey almost every one of the eight divisions in the beak- count the busting industry and "natural" matches on the fingers of one hand-even if three fingers have

23 28.78 been chopped off in a inxt door.

Niederreiter, McArdle and Caplin had their reasons for th's dearth of But I think Caplin's new

alent. reusons are the best. Although only in his late 30's, Hymie is on

is an old head in the fight game--and

very prac tient follow. He learned the business the hard way, He rose from the city's slums us ม fighter

Piersaint, When lit,

Highre!

Inna, but uns Intaa. Avez

گی باشم

SU

Galica jockeyed Al Singer and Lou into championships, and made a 33.64

A lot 38.43 of money with such ringsters as Sid He Terris. Abe Feldman, etc. specialized in developing new tulent, 25.40 and usually had about 10 fighters in his stable. Now he had only about Ave.

A. Molville

4 474 120

ingridge (J.)

42

1422 107

Pork (1)

to

1844 187-

Jarka (J.)

4 1370

117

COK...

20

広島

1.33 29.78 20.03

Langekae (John)

3! 1 194 10

Con

3

10

33

Bi

B. Cunemir

A

AGH

४१

25.52 22.27 20.44

Hammond

28 2 623

A. J. Holmsen

Cornford (W.)

해 10 107

13.10 Gr

Weralex

20

43

42

-12.87

Unkes

X

L

24

Mye

17 1

R

Cornford (J)....

12

ON

107. 1L3A

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

FRIENDLY HOCKEY

Y.M.C.A. Draw With The ILK. Hockey Club

Playing the European, Y.M.C.A. in a friendly hockey fixture on their own ground in King's Park, the Hongkong Hockey Club drew with the visitors, each side scoring one goal.

For

n beginning of the schson match, the play was quite good, the. Club being stronger than the Y.M. C.A in attack though the Y.M.C.A. defence held out well.

scored through The YM.C.A. Brown and the Club equalised just before the interval, Fowler scoring a good goal.

There was no scoring after the interval, but the Club forced many Shields had little to do in comers. goal for the Club, whlic Bond clear- ed well.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1936.

RIFLE ASSOCIATION

Ranges at Kowloon City, when for the first time this season the num ber of entrants, who were using the rite " 13:ued" or the S.1. (a);

Mid-Week Spoon Ande of ride, as it is better known.

Practice Shoot

of weather

KOWLOON GOLF

CLUB

TROPHY CONTEST

RESULT

SPORT ADVTS.

HONGKONG CRICKET

LEAGUE.

such that two spoons were awarded to those who made the best handlenp scores in this elase.

Scoring on the whole was de-

The Annual Meeting will be Nearly seventy members of the finitely on the low side, though,

Association

The following is the result of the | took it must be confessed that from the Hongkong Rifle

and St. John of Jerusalem Trophy Com-held at the Urban Council Room, parl In the mid-week Spoon and point of view

nt Kowloon Golf Post Office Building (by kind per- Club: Practice Shoot which was held yes-visibility, there was little cause for petition, held terday afternoon CH the Army complaint..

Winner-Mr. 1. D. 00-7-01

Runner-up. Mr. W. Taylor. 69-5-63.

Paton,

mission). on Thursday, 1st Octo- ber, 1936, nt 5.15 p.m.

Order Rank

Name

2

1. Lieut. L. B. Holmes

Lieut. Ratcliffe

S.n. (b) Ana'n Score nt Score at Score at Aggregate

Score H'cap 200 yds. 500 yds. 600 yds.

Scr.

31 94 (v)*

20

94 (B)

3 Sgt. C. Jones

32

93 (#)

4

Fus. Richards.

મ

01 (a)

5

Cpl. Tonkings

01 (a)

Major Edwards

90 (0)

EXCHANGE RATES

7

Cpl. Livingstone

a (n)

L/Cpl. L. Uster

no (a)

វា

5.1.M. Hill....

18 (n)

Sept. 29. Sept. 30.

10

C.Q.M.S. Wallace

37 (n)

11

L/Cpl. Hinvest

BG (n)

Paris Geneva

.21.40

85 (0)

12

CQMS. Cheetham

13

R.S.M. Slater

85. (a)

Berlin. Athens

12.00

21.51% 12.57

.540

Austin and G. Moss played well and Brown got for the Y.M.C.A.

times, only to be through several robbed of the bull in front of goal. Price seul In may good passes from the left wing.

14

L/Sgt. D. C. Jones

B5

(0)

Milan.

15

Mr. Johnson

Oslo. C810...

.19,00

10.00

18

Spr. Downing

85 (*)

Shanghai

1/2.11/32 1/2,11/32

17

L/Cpl. Peters

85 (n)

18

Spr. Daniels

(a)

4.95% .8.00

4.93%

10

L/Cpl, D. E. Heirs

(a)

264

2014

20

Licut. Pattullo

(a)

21

Rin. J. Murphy

01 (a)

11916 Nom.

Nom.

S.R. (a)

.11015

110

1

L/Sgt. Clarke

31

2

Cpl.

J. Watson

28

34

1/2.28/32 1/2.20/32

1/015

016

3

4

Cpl. H. Stewart

20.27 4.05%

Lieut. Rateliffe

Yokohama

#

5.1.M. Hill

Yokohama

7

Sgi. Ballenbury

Silver (forward11011

8

L/Cpl. Ganly

9

L/Cpl. Buinborough

70%

Silver (Spot)....1914 War Loan.

"Net

The teams were:

Club-H. F. Hongkong Hockey

V. Band: G. J. Rodger, Shields: Sommers, W. A. Reed, J. E, Cotes- worth; Starbuck, H. Owen-Hughes, S. A. Fowler, B. L. Blekford and 1. P. Tamworth.

Tremlett,

Y.M.C.A-II. H. Moss; Henderson: E. Fowler, Bates, Cox; G. Moss, Hughes, Austin, Brown and Price.

LOCAL YACHTING Sweepstake Race Won

By Mrs. Persse

Diana, sailed by Mrs. Persse was the winner of yesterday's sweepstake race arranged by the R.H.K. Yacht Club, Isabel, sailed by Major Dixon was second.

The course was Channel Rock (P), Kowloon Rocks (P), Channel Rock (P), Kowloon Rocks (P), N mark on Une (S), Kowloon Rocks (S), and Club line, a distance of D.4 miles. The race started at 14.45.

The full results follow: Yacht

Finished Cor'ted Pos. 16.53.53

16.39.47

Lobo

(Mrs. Edwards)

Isobel

(Major Dixon)

16.47.03 ༢༧༣་

16.32.57 2

Diana

1

16.31.01 16.31.01 (Mrs. Parsse) Rolla... 16.33.39 16.33.20 3

(Col. E. St. G. Kirke)

Sirius

D.N.F..

(Capt. G. Thomas)

Eunice

D.N.F.

(Mr. F. Anthony)

.

MOSLEM ORPHANAGE

FOUNDATION STONE TO BE LAID BY MAULANA

When

Maulana Tits Eminence Mohamed Alcen Siddiqui, the well- known Moslem theologlan, passed through the Colony last May in the course of his lecture tour in the Far East, he expressed surprise that there was Moslem orphanage in Hong-

20,11 There's two things that put the blink on new talent," said Blond Hymle. "The foist was this ticket 12.3 selling business that came in at the small clubs during the depression. and the second is this new fangled whatta'ell idea of the boys coming | kong, up."

6,15

4.02

Also batted Faton, and Toppin 19 and 0. "Not out.

Langridge (John)

Cook

Flor (J.)

Kammond

BOWLING

NG

& 17.00

explained that during the

20.00 depil the small clubs were sa

Q. MI. II. W. Aver, 32.2 44,2 703 7,2 424.5

Carnford (J.). 70.

tridge (Jan.) 701.2

Weminy...

A. Melville

1. Cùmmning

A. J. Holmes K

11 132

208 1020

1769 1070

142 kan 194 $470 238,5 30 973

254.5 GT

38.2 [

7#

11

+1

13

11

0

Ako bowin: Turin 35-4-117-3.

1. R. Wheox

N. Vers Holder

1. 6. Crawley o

O'Cor....

T. N. Peter

Nichols

C. T. Ashton,

Bhefeld ..

K. Faction:

Taylor

ESSEX

BATTING

Thr Not

21 22.19 hard pressed for money that they started the vicious practice of card-

40 23.02

15 49,00

3 61,60 2117.00

no

the

Since then the Board of Trustees of the Mosque, and members of the Indian Muslim Society, Hongkong Islamic Union and the Shia com- munity have got together and have decided to erect an orphanage.

The

of Jaying ceremony foundation stone will be performed to-morrow at 3.30 p.m. at the Mosque by the Maulana, who is now in Hong- kong on his return journey to India.

All It

members of the Moslem fraternity and friends are invited to witness the ceremony.

74 24.72 in Inds for the preliminaries and 50 0.62 Fometimes for main events-solely 28 37,42 because of the ability of those Inds to sell a flock of tickets for their lights.

It didn't matter whether the key had any genuine boxing ability. he had a lot of confuels and friends in his neighbourhood where he could tllspose of a flock of pasteboards, he Was matched up, usually with some other lad who also could sell tickets.

ltylust

Fane, out Rana In Aver.

16

193 42.67

قاء دانا

116

16.50

7 1 201 FIR 33.60

43

21381 17 31.30

714 109 31.04

1224 205 20.NA

I 43 100 24.15

Not

16.30 37

16.02

דז

RACKET ABANDONED

Caplin insisted that this ticket-sell- ing evil spread to small clubs throughout the country, ruining the incubators

talent.

of

With good times returning, most of the promo- 10.30 ters have abandoned this racket, und are searching frantically for talent. 22.03 That's why so many foreign boxers 12.00 are being, imported, he said.

14.85 12.64

187 26 11.00

G&

60 IG*

V.16

8.31

And the few non-ticket sellers who rose from the amateurs during the

26 1

630

234

97 10.50

634

Bim (1)

A03 TR

Welc

102

Butmore

ZON

48

J. W. A. Stephe

206

B. 1. Belle

132

Hesith (1

A. D. Quick

*Bouweil

C. Iray

0 1.00

Smith (P.).....

M. R. W. Aver, TH.2

163

18.11 404.4 193 1187 65 19.26 180 1995 108 18.47 304.2 £7 1845 61 18.77 OX 072 49 10.83

+6 22 6.00 past four years-lads of promise-

13

Also batted: 3. N. Dennis, 14 and 24: Ri

1 and 22 and N. G. Wykem, 33.

O'Connor

Eart

HOWLING

Nichoin...

K. Farne J.W.A. Stephan 388.5

יולי ממול

Sruth

(FL)

C. T. Ashton

126 108 70 24,04 195.4 &0 414 18 28,55 201 32 485 22 31.18 10 84.30 41

14

Buswell --- 1ER 28

Also lowled: 1. 6. Crawley, 4-0-11-0; T. N. enter, 1.2-0-26-0; and D. R. Wilcox, 3-0-16-0.

FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

were prevented from developing into top-flight fighters by their "what- ta'ell attitude, Their training methods were all wrong-and still are, he claimed. They breeze into few ums,

go through and then hasten out to a movie

or to a dance hall, Instead of whanging away at the light and heavy bags for half an hour or so, and learning how to punch, instead of jumping the rope for nine or 12 mln. utes to develop their legs; Instead of doing five or six miles of road work in the morning: instead of boxing four or five rounds Intelligently with tough sparring mates.

"They don't train no more." Caplin concluded. "They don't learn how to box and they don't learn how to take it. Is it any wonder we have to go into the mothballs for old timers to put on cards?"-United Press.

L/Cpl. W. Wilson

20

27

Scr.

20

B

.20

30

82882A2ABAARNAANAA KARAN8885

SARAANAKRARMANABA ZARNANAS8

(a) Signifies that the "1914" ride was used.

Spoon. "Handleap" Spoon.

The

New York. NEW Amsterdam.

Vienna

Progue.

Madrid

Hongkong. Bombay. Brussels. Montreal.

547

A. H. MADAR,

Hon. Secretary:

Hongkong, 28th September, 1936.

FOOD POISONING CASES

WOMAN SUCCUMBS

IN HOSPITAŬ

Two amabs, Lee Ching-hai and Chai long, were admitted to the. Kwong Wah Hospital yesterday, ruf- When fering from food poisoning

bud questioned, they said they eaten part of a decomposed chicken on the previous day.

1/04 20.30

Another poisoning incident 4.944 revealed, when a woman Yuen Kum- Ini, of No. 4 David Lane, West Point, 1/2 was admitted to the Government 10% Civil Hospital in a critical condition 19% She was found to be suffering 107 from opium poisoning and died soon

after her admission.

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