THE EONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1936.
HONGKONG V. CANTON TENNIS INTERPORT MOOTED
Clubhouse Chatter
By "Voritas'
Hongkong's Ups And Downs In
Cricket Interport
H. K. C. C. WILL ACCOMMODATE
1,000 FOR THE TILDEN
TENNIS DISPLAYS
most at-
wicket, During the pre-lunch period for the Colony championship, while the bowling was splendidly accurate on the opposite side of the court will and the fleiding, according to cables, be erected a two-tier matshed stand. brilliant. Hongkong showed its true It is hoped, that there will be room colours in dismissing four of the for 1,000 spectators, including stand- northerners best batamen for 97 runs. ing. This will provide the After lunch it was Shanghai who spaelous accommodation ever dictated. The recovery was a tribute tempted for a tennis match on the to the fighting qualities of the Club ground. Shanghailanders. Barson and Booth paved the way by wearing down the bowling, and later Leckie and Pat Bader came along to hit freely and to prove there was no further sting
HONGKONG'S jubilation when the Interport cricket lunch Lime scores were
announced yesterday was quickly stifled when later in the day it was learnt Shanghai had recovered sol smartly that they had advanced their score from 97 for 4 for 266 for 6. Thus the Colony lost its grip, and as it is now almost too much to expect the homesters to holismissed for less than 300, our men are faced with an im- posing task. The question is not so much that 300 runs is a frightening totals; but it is hardly likely we shall now obtain a very big first innings lend (if at all); and we have to bat on the last day when the wickel is certain to be somewhat difficult.
Colony's True Colours
BITI the loss of the tosa, it was vital for Hongkong to secure a reasonably
dismissal cheap Shanghai, At one time it appear-
despite
perfect state of the
Uo
At Loast 3 Displays
S to the programme, this is to be in the Hongkong attack. Apparently Aconsidered by the Hongkong the only mistake of any consequence L.T.A. at a meeting to be held very made in the field was the failure of shortly. This, and other matters will
none-too
easy be thoroughly thrashed out, and there he had Nazarin to hold a chaner from Madar before
offered the scored. But the error cost Hongkong every indication of an attractive
menu being
public 50 runs, and Madar is still there. Whether Tilden and his colleagues Nevertheless in spite of Shanghai's make two appearance on their first whether recovery, the Colony can be said to visit depends entirely on
well. Shang- the ship arrives in port early morn- have done extremely hat were expected to make a lot of ing. But it can be sigted with a fair runs. In fact on such a wicket, and amount of certainty, that given in view of the inability of either favourable weather, they will play ut Garthwaite or Gosano to bowl, least three times. Shanghai should have scored many more.
Our Injured
loss of two such bowlers is
terrl-
Another Satoh ?
his
R. Booth, played a useful part in the recovery of Shanghal against the Colony when the cricket Interport opened yesterday.
BADMINTON TO START NOV. 16
be
MEN'S DIVISION SPLIT UP
ENTRIES CLOSE OCTOBER 20
There was a full attendance of club representatives at the first meeting of the new executive com- mlitee of the Badminton Associa- Hon held yesterday, when impori- ant decisions were reached con- forthcoming league cerning the
season.
There will be two men's doubles minimum ut four unless
fic blow to Hongkong, but at the same knock-up with Baron de Bassom-hope that the start of the season may
and
advance
held.
TT was a pity that the time factor prevented anything being done ed this would be accomplished seems that the high hopes held yesterday in the way of shging a divisions instead of one as last year.
out by Garthwaite and Cosano that public tennis exhibition by Itoh, the while they would be perfectly fit for the former Japanese Davis Cup player, entries are received, no attempt will a ladies doubles Interport have not been realised. The who passed through the Colony on made our
league this year. However, in the back home. Itoh had a way time is a rare tribute to the lion-pene, the Rumjahn cousins
find some clubs able to enter, ladies' the entries for this league will teams, hearted work of the other bowlers others on the Crickel Club courts, in the early stages of the day's play and the few who gathered there saw December.
remain open until the first week in Perase, with his one of 3 clearly much, to entertain. As
expected Itoh
Entries for the men's doubles and well, while is a vastly improved performer on bowled extraordinarily Robin Lee must have sent down some his 1932 showing when he visited mixed doubles will close on October good 'wa Figures appear to sug Hongkong for the first time. He 20, when the next committee will be gest that Minu was a bit overworked,
particularly rapid
The league, season will ofcially but it looks as though Pearce had nonde
during the past summer, and was alternative. On the whole
Some Informal discussion took place Colony can be well satisfied with the plate one of the outstanding junior start on Monday, November 18.
at players Wimbledon. At Com first day's play. It was disappointing bridge he fulfilled an early promise regarding the probable disposition of team in the men's doubles divisions, they could not maintain the by blossoming into the Varsity's No. and it was generally agreed that the
the 1 grip they had secured before
player, an
and his successes in final placings of teams in last season's ent, but they did timin adjournment,
their rovincial
tournaments have been
been league table, should be taken as a best under unfortunate circumstances, numerous, and in many instances, guide: This question, however, will and the match is by no means lost. notable. Itoh will be back in Japan be thoroughly thrashed out at the All the same our men need to get on with plenty of time in which to pre- next meeting. carly wicket to-day if they are
pare for the national championships. dispose of Shanghal for under 300 Yamagishi and Nishimura will have
300 will leave to
to be at their best if they are to ward -runs. Any score up to. the Colony with a 50-50 chance of
off the challenge of this young man. winning, but if Shanghai total 350 On present form he should start a or more, Hongkong will definitely Arm favourite. have their Lacks to the wall.
J. B. H. Leckie, who contributed a bard-hit 51 for Shanghai against
·Hongkong yesterday, and was still not out when play closed.
that
Preparing For Tilden
to
DLANS for the tennis exhibitions by Tilden and Co., are progress- ing. Hongkong Cricket Club
TAG
"HOCKEY. BEGINS
signified its willingness to permit the Nomads Beat Police "R"
the Club
displays being given on ground, and for two stands to be erected. The main stand will be bigger than that usually put into use
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In Fast Game
The first round of the Inter-Section Hockey Tournament was played yesterday, when the Nomads beat Police "B" three-one on the KLT.C. Marina ground in Kowloon.
The game was a very fast one, and! was not marred by rough play.
A
Chinese Y.M.C.A. will enter men's team, but it was intimated that Talkoo ere not likely to particinale. Everything points to 14 teams taking part in the men's doubles.
Rev. J. R. Higgs (President) was In the chair, others prosent being Messrs. E. da Sousa (Vice-President), R. H. Alves, B. Koh, W. Sprague, T. C. Lee, W. Tong Wah Lok, H. Kew, A. Currie, C. M. Kaxier, A. L. Fisher, F. H. Kwok (hon. treasurer) and S. A. Gray (hon, secretary).
To-night's Badminton
Trials
MEN'S DOUBLES
*";
AND SINGLES
The Nomads secured their first goal through R. M. Silva, who played an excellent game at right wing. The first of the trials arranged in The second goal was also scored in connection with the forthcoming ex- the frst half, S. A. Reed netting with hibitions of badminton between
crcío
a well-placed shot for the winners. Hongkong and Shanghai players, The second half; saw the Police will take place at the Club de Ro- this evening, starting at -8 doing their best to equalize and on o'clock. many occasions it seemned that they would succeed, but the good work of F. G. Barros and S. Souza, the Nomads' backs, prevented this.
The matches will be confined to men's doubles and singles, and after- wards a men's tour and single ployer will be selected to play, next Wednesday. According gramme, the singles player will meet A. G. Meise of Shanghai.
to pro-
Sergeant J. Wulis contre half for the Police was a very hard worker, his good play stopping many dan gerous attacks by the winning team.
To-morrow further trials will be The third goal for the Nomads was conducted at the Recreio to choose scored by Reed, who, securing the two mixed doubles pairs to play bail from an opponent, made no couples from Shanghai. mistake with a well placed shot.
The players were:
Police "B"-B. W. Singh (Capt.),
Players who have been invited to trials participate, in this evening's are as follows:
1. B. Singh, M. Singh, C. Singh, B. (C.R.O.), II. Kow (St. Andrew's), 11. Messrs. W. C. Choy and 8. P. Chan Singh, T. Singh, S. K. Singh, GA. Oliveira, L. A. Carvalho, J. J. Ro- Singh, C. Singh, Sergt. J. Willis and medios and L. A. Silva (Recreio), Sergt. A. Billingham,
E. L. II. Shule and J. 1. Anderson Nomads.-S. A. Reed (Capt.), J. (Fire Brigade), T. C. Lee and K. 8. Marques, F. G. Barros, S. Souza, A. B. Llow (Ellot Hat!) and 6. A. Gray Hanson, A. G. Xavier, R. M. Silva, (Kowloon Tong). R. J. Reed, R. CA Reed, E. Soares and C. Soares.
CLUB TEAM-TO-DAY
The following have been selected
to for the Hongkong Club
COME ALONG YOU CRICKETERS !
Only a dozen players turned up
WILL PROBABLY TAKE PLACE NEXT MONTH
IN CANTON
GEORGE BODIKER TO PLAY
CANTON'S TEAM OF THREE
(By "Veritas") CANTON is to challenge Hongkong in A tennis Interport this year.
The probable date will be sometime in November, and, un- der the revised rules, Hongkong will send a team to Canton for the match.
now
Defensive Centre-Half Or Off-Side Trap
PRESENT FOOTBALL RULES GIVE THE DEFENDERS NO OTHER CHOICE
(By John Bell)
CORRESPONDENCE
Local School Teachers And Football
Sports Editor
Hongkong Telegraph
Sir, I notice in Tuesday's edition
THIOSE people who are fond of fool-
ball revolutions must be foeling rather disappointed.
A few weeks ago, and before the new season had begun, it, was sold that the
day of
of defensive or negative
football was over, and that we stood on the brink of a brave new world
in which goals and their achieve- ment would be the one matter of
WOLL Importance.
A casual look round after two weeks of the now season reveals little change, and what there is can
opposing centre-forward crowd. him out of the game.
tha "
n
Originally the rules of the com. petition laid down that tho holders should have the right of playing home, but as it was found by experience that this of the Telegraph that your corres worked out rather inequitably, pondent. "Veritas lakes Hongkonge neen to ineline toward what has this regulation, was amended, and schoolmasters severely to tack on nc- been styled the "negative" side of The revolutionaries say that tho the event, which is annual, will count of the failure of the Hong- the game.
kong Football Association to revive be played alternatively in the schools League. From this, he most malignant form of the "nega- Canlon and Hongkong.
concludes that school soccer in the tive" football, and one which to ul- Hongkong aro holders of the Colony is dead, and he asks Borrow-ways destroying the me trophy, and Canton are therefore fully where we are to find our next spectacle, is the centre-half who has the challengers. The competition batch of Gosanos and Lee Wai-tongs, no other object in life than to follow and is run on Davis Cup Hines of four
I am not aware that Lee Wal-tongs singles and a doubles.
and Gosanos have ever manifested We have seen in the new season CANTON'S TEAM
themselves in batches, and perhaps thint several clubs are no longer em- Canton have asked that G. your correspondent would be satisfied ploying their centre-bulves in Bodiker, who has always played with individual rather than muss pro- purely defensive capacity, but so far for them in the Interport, but who duction. Of this he has no reason to from brightening the contest of the
Ho has jumped rashly lo
10 game, it has merely been done to Is now resident in the Colony, ceplusions, for school succes in the fucilliate the use of the old "aff- should be allowed tura out for colony is not in the least dead. This side" trap. And of all tactics, pori- Canton in this match. Tho ja
a school which is better live or negative, the "off-side" game L.TA. has agreed to this.
for its cricket than a fool- must strike the most sickening blow Canton's probable team will be ball, but we have almost completed at the game as a spectacle, because Bodiker and Leung Tat-kwong for arrangements for a season of twenty it destroys the continuity of what
eight
omleidi matches,
ali against ever story it has to tell. the singles, and Leung Tat-kwong other schools, in addition to other un- and Lau King for the doubles.
official matches arranged by the boys this Lal Kwong-tsun, former Canton)
themselves. Nor am 1 pointing champion, has now taken up out to blow a surreptitious trumpet, business, appointment in Swatow for it takes two sides to arrange one and will not be available. How- match, and we have found the mas- the challengers will be ters in charge of football at all the strongly represented. Leung Tat- schools to which we have written kweng is playing exceptionally ready and eager to meet us. well at the present, and Bodiker has always proved himself to be the equal of the Colony's best on hard court.
over
Perhaps
"Voritas" also ignores the large number of schoolboys who are al- ready playing in League football in the Colony,
Why, then, this failure to revive the schools League? Those who had ex- perience of the previous League will
With the laws of the game as they are at the moment it must always be, a choice between the defensive centre-half and the "off-side" game.
- LAW CHANGED
When the off-side low was changed a few years ago it was done with the intention of stamping out the ex- ploitation of the "off-side" trap. If it did not stamp it out it did, at least, seem to maise it impracticable, and defenders, casting about in their minds. for a way to stop the centre- forwards who lay in their goal- mouths,
rather naturally alighted on, defensive or "stopper" ceatre-
LADIES' CHAMPIONSHIPS easily be able to supply the answer. Half.
IN NOVEMBER
Conditions Laid Down
ber.
The Hongkong lawn tennis ladica open singles and doubles champion- ships will be held under the auspices Recreation of the United Services Club during November and Decem
Those desiring to take part are requested to send in their entries with the entrance fees, $5 for each event, to Mr. C. Ravenhill, U.S.R.C Tennis Secretary, on or before Octo- ber 10.
were infected. School football can should be thankful.
bo
The spirit of the game was entirely hold no brief for defensive last in a scramble for the top post-centre-halves, but if they separate us tion, with the advertisement and from a retuin to the "off-side" trap, kudos which that carries with it. Not with the mass of flag-waving and all were equally gullly, but many whistled intervals, then I think we be a curse it it is made a matter of After all, football lives or dies by school prestige, and that is bound to Its continuous action. Cricket has happen if you have tables, per- its inaction between overs, but it has centages, points, positions and all the the sun, comfortable seats and, if all other paraphernalls of a League. I else fails, sleep. think
am right in saying that the known schools in Englund better would not touch in Rugby or Association football, with a League, whether
A note from the Royal Hongkong a sterilised bargepole, because they Golf Club points out that it was know that the professional spirit is K. S. Robertson, and not A. S. always latent in this game. We, Robertson, as reported in these and too, prefer to play football.
other coluinns, who won the Captain's Cup competition during last week- end.
D. I, LUARD,
Ty
The conditions for the champion- ships lay down that the first round and byes shall be played off on er
[Mr. Luard's points are appreciated. before November 0, the second and Nevertheless, according to the re
the Hongkong son for believing that organised third rounds before November 23. port submitted to
comments schools football was a thing of the The competitors shall make their A. (upon which own arrangements as to grounds for were based) lack of interest in the past. I will not attempt to close these rounds, but the Brst named revival of a schools' football league with Mr. Luard on His arguments be In each case shall have choice of was due not to reasons advanced against the resuscitation of a league;
by Mr. Luard, but because school undoubtedly there is much, to ground.
teachers could not afford to devote suld for them. But I do question The semi-finals shall be played on
any time to promoting the game. the "large number of schoolboys" the U. SR. C. ground on Saturday: Perhaps the H.K.F.A. has been mis- now playing in the Hongkong Foot- December 5, at 3 p.m., and the final informed, but certainly on the state ball League. I rather think Mr. on Saturday, December 12, at 3 p.m.ments made at the Council Meeting Luard has chosen to make "large"
Balls for each match will be pro-inst Monday there was every rea a relative term.-Veritas"]
vided by the U.S.R.C., and on com~ pletion of the match these will have to be returned to the Secretary, U.S.R.C.
Best of three advantage sets shall be played in all matches, and re- sults must be immediately sent to Mr. Ravenhill by the winners.
The Championship Cup, presented! by Mrs. J. J. Paterson, will be awarded to the winner of the Ladies' singles.
The draw will take place at the U.S.R.C. at 6.30 pim. on October 22.
T
TENNIS VISITORS
Baron de Bassompierre And E. Itoh
well-
They
Passing through the Colony yester- day by the . Y. K. liner. Yasukuni Maru were two men, ench known in their own spheres. were Baron de Bassompierre, Belping Ambassador to Japan, and E. Itoh. former Japanese Davis Cup player and Cambridge blue, who also cons- peted with
tho Wimbledon great success
this year championships They expressed their desire for a game of tennis while in port, so the Hongkong Cricket Club extended an Invitation to them to play against 5. A. and H. D. Rumjahn, tornier
other players.
in
the
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gainst the Club de Recreio in a last Saturday for the Kowloon doubles champions of the Colony, and WALLACE HARPER & CO., LTD.
hockey match at King's Park to-day Cricket Club cricket trial, and it la at 5.15 p.m.
sincerely hoped there will be a much better response this week.
II. F. Shields; G. Sommer, E. V. A further intra-club trial will be Reed: N. Willey, W. A. Reed, R. A: staged on Saturday afternoon, start- Bates Starbuck, S. Fowler, ing at 2 o'clock, and all members G. E. R. Divett, D. I. Bickford, V. who desire a game are invited to turn Bond.
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An enjoyable knock-up was had by the visitors, who played against the Rumjahn cousins, C. W, Sewell and H. Armstrong. A singles match, which was left unfinished, was played between Itoh and S. A. Rumjahn.
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