THE HONGKONG' 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
HONGKONG'S Jubilation when the Interport cricket lunch Lime SCOTCH were announced was quickly stifled yesterday when later in the day it was learnt Shanghal had recovered so smartly that they had advanced their score from 97 for 4 for 206 for 6. Thus the Colony lost its grip, and as it is now almost too. much to expect the homesters to be dismissed 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 lead (if at all). and we have to bat on the last day when the wicket is certain to be somewhat difficult.
Colony's True Colours
W
XITH the loss of the tops, it waS vital for Hongkong to secure a reasonably
wickel.
faint- of
As
During the pre-lunch period for the Colony championship, while the bowling was splendidly necurate on the opposite side of the court will and the friding, according to cables, be erected a two-tier matshed stand. brilliant. Hongkonit showed its true in hoped that there will be room colours in dismissing
the for 1.000 spectators, including stand- most northerners best batsmen for 97 runs. Ing. This will provide the
who spacious accommodation Aver at- After lunch it was dietated. The recovery was a tribute tempted for a tennis match on the
It was Shanghai to the fighting qualities of the Club ground. Shanghalloiders. arson and Booth paved the way by wearing down the At Least 3 Displays
and Pat bowling, and later Leckie Madar came along to hit freely and to prove there was no further sting 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 Nazarin to hold a none-too casy
had thoroughly thrashed out, and there chance from Madar before he scored. But the error cost Ilongkong is every indication of an attractive 'menu being offered the public. 50 runs, and Madar is still 50 runs,
there. W
Whether Tilden and his colleagues Nevertheless in spite of Shanghai's make two appearance on their first recovery, the Colony can be said to visit depends entirely
done extremely well. Shang hat were expected to make a lot of In fact on such a wicket, and In view of the Innibilty of efther Garthwaite or Gosano 10 bowl, Shanghal should have scored many
rung.
more.
cheap dismissal of Our Injured
Shanghai. At one time it appear-
to
on whether the ship arrives in port early morn- ing. But it can be stated with a fair amount of certainty, that given favourable weather, they will play at least three times.
Another Satoh ?
As
a
and
R. Booth, played a useful part in the recovery of Shanghai against the Colony when the cricket Interport opened yesterday.
WILL PROBABLY TAKE
PLACE NEXT MONTH
IN CANTON
GEORGE BODIKER
TO PLAY
CANTON'S TEAMĮ OF THREE
(By "Veritas">
challengo
CANTON is to
Hongkong in 4 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.
BADMINTON found by experience TO START NOV. 16
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- mittee of the Badminton Associa- tion held yesterday, when import- ant decisions were reached con- ecrning the forthcoming league acason
December,
TT was a pity that the time factor
There will be two men's doubles prevented anything being done divisions instead of one ns last year. ed this would be accomplished TT seems that the high hopes held
yesterday in the way of staging a despite the perfect state of the
out by Garthwaite and Gosano that public terinis exhibition by itols, the while unless a minimum of four they would be perfectly fit for the former Japanese Davis Cup player, entries are received, no attempt will Interport have not been realised. The who passed through the Colony on league this year. However, in the on be made to run a ladies doubles loss of two such bowlers is
terri-
his way back home. Italk fie blow to Hongkong.
had hope that the start of the season may but at the same knock-up with Baron de Bascom-
find some clubs able to enter ludles' time is a rare tribute to the lion-
plene, the Rumjahn cousins hearted work of the other bowlers others on the Cricket Club courts, remain open until the first week in the entries for this league will teams, in the early stages of the day's play and the few who gathered there saw
with his one of
23 clearly much to entertain.
expected Iloh
Entries for the men's doubles and extraordinarily well, while is a vastly improved performer on mixci Coubles will close on October. Hlebin Lee must have sent down some his 1932 showing when he visited 20, when the next committee will be good 'uns. Figures appear t Hongkong for the first time. He held. gest that Minu was a bit of had no during the past summer, and, was start on Monday, November 16.
matic
particularly rapid advance The league season will officially but it looks as though Pearce alternative. On the whole the
be well satisfied
quite one of the outstanding Junior Some informal discussion took place with Colony can
players At Wimbledon. At Cam-regarding the probable disposition of It was disappointing bridge he fulfilled an early promise tear in the men's doubles divisions, first day's play. that they could not maintain. the by blossoming into the Varsity's No. and it was generally agreed that the grip they had secured before tifin adjournment, but they did their provinc player, and his successes in final placings of teams in last season's best under unfortunate circumsprovincial tournaments have been league table, should be taken, as a in many Instances, guide. This question, however, will All the same our men need to get an with Itoh will be back in Japan be thoroughly thrashed out at the
plenty of time in which to pre- next meeting early wicket. to-day if they are to pare for the national championships.Chinese Y.M.C.A.--w- enter a dispose of Shanghai for under 300 Yamagishi and Nishimura will have men's team, but it was intimated that runs. Any
Any secre up to 300 will leave to be at their best if they are to ward Talkoo are not likely to pariin. the Colony with a 50-50 chance of off the challenge of this young man. Everything points to 14 teams taking winning but if Shanghai total 350 On present form he should start a
part in
in the men's doubles. or more, Hongkong will definitely firm favourite.
Rev. J. R. Higgs (President) war have their backs to the wall.
in
being the chair, others Messrs. E. da Sous
sident)
J. B. H. Leckie, who contributed a hard-hit 51 for Shanghai against Hongkong yesterday, and was still not out when play closed.
邀
and the match is by no means
Preparing For Tilden
the
the
PLANS for the tennis exhibitions
by Tilden and Co., are progress-
ing. Hongkong Cricket Club
hus
numerous, and notable.
HOCKEY BEGINS
signifled its willingness to permit the Nomads Beat Police "B"
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
In the -
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Roof Garden
THE
1936
COLONY'S OFFICIAL
DANCING CHAMPIONSHIP
THIS WEEK
DURING
TEA DANCES
(5 to 7.30 p.m. $1.50 per person)
FINALS ON SUNDAY, 11th OCTOBER
Judges
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In Fast Game
R. H. Alves, R. Koh, W. Sprague, T C. Lee, W. Tsong Wah Lok, II. Kew,
A. Currie, C. M. Xaxler, A. L. Fisher,
F. H. Kwoic (hon, treasurer) and S. A. Gray (hon, secretary).
To-night's played Badminton
The first round of the Inter-Section Hockey Tournament yesterday, when the Nomads beat!
was
Police "D" three-one on the X.I.T.C. Trials
Marina ground in Kowloon.
The game was a very fast one, and was not marred by, rough play.
MEN'S DOUBLES AND SINGLES
The Orst of the trials arranged in connection with the forthcoming ex- hibitions of badminton between Hongkong and Shanghal players,
The Nomads secured their first goal through R. M. Sliva, who played in excellent game at right wing. The second goal was niso scored in the first half, S. A. Reed netting with a well-placed shot for the winners.
The second half, saw the Police will take place at the Club de Re- crelo this evening, starting at 8 doing their best to equalise and on o'clock. many occasions it seemed that they l would succeed, but the good work
The matches will be confined to
of F. G. Barros and S. Souza, the men's doubles ond singles, and after- a single a men's four and wards Nomads' backs, prevented this.
nlayer will be selected to play next Sergeant J. Willis centre half for Wednesday. According to pro- the Police was a very hard worker, gramme, the singles player will meet his good play stopping many dan A. G. Meise of Shanghai.
urther trials will be gerous attacks by the winning team.
To-morrow further The third goal for the Nomads was conducted at the Recrela to choose scared by Reed, who, securing the two mixed dcublen pairs to play ball from an opponent, made no couples from Shanghal." mistake with a well placed shot.
The players were:
Police "B".-B. W. Singh (Capt.), 1. B. Singh, M. Singh, C. Singh, B. Singh, T. Singh, S. K. Singh, G. Singh, C. Singh, Sergt. J. Willls and Sergt. A. Billingham.
Nomada S. A. Reed (Copt.), J. Marques, F. G. Barros, 6. Souza, A. B. Hamson, A. G. Kavier, R. M. Silva, R. J. Reed, R. C. Reed, E. Soares and C. Sonres,
CLUB. TEAM TO-DAY
Players, who have been invited to participate in this evening's trials are as follows:
(C.B.C.). II. Kew (St. Andrew's), M. Messrs, W. C. Choy and 8. r. Chan Oliveira, L. A. Carvalho, J. J. Ro- medios and L.. A. Silva (Recreio), E. L. II. Shute and 3. L, Anderson (Fire Brigade), T. C. Lee and K. S. Liew (Eliot Hall) and B. A. Gray (Kowloon Tour).
COME ALONG YOU CRICKETERS !
The following have been selected to play for the Hongkong Club Only a dozen players turned up against the Club de Recreio In a last Saturday for the Kowloon hockey match at King's Park to-day Cricket Club cricket trial, and it is at 5.15 pm..
sincerely hoped there will be much better responso this week.
H. F. Shields; G. Sommer, E. V. A further intra-club trial will be Reed; N. Whitley, W. A. Reed, R. A. singed on Saturday afternoon, start- Bates; L Starbuck, S. Fowler, ing at 2 o'clock, and all members G. E. R. Divett, B. I. Bickford, V. who desire a game are invited to turn Bond.
Defensive Centre-Half Or Off-Side Trap
PRESENT FOOTBALL RULES GIVE THE DEFENDERS NO OTHER CHOICE
(By John Bell)
CORRESPONDENCE
THOSE people who are fond of foot- ball revoluons must be feeling rather disappointed.
A few weeks ago, and before the new senson had begun, it was raid
Local School Teachers that the day of defensive or negative
And Football
Sports Editor
Hongkong Telegraph
football was over, and that we stood on the brink of a brave new world in which goals and their achievu- ment,
Would be the one, matter of import look round after two
weeks of the new
БОЕБОВ reveals
Sir, I notice in Tuesday's edition little change, and what there is can that this of the Telegraph that your corres be seen to incline toward what has
n
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Originally the rules of the com-) petition laid down that the holders should have the right of! playing at hume, but as it was worked out rather inequitably, pondent "Veritas" takes Hongkong this regulation was amended, and schoolmasters severely to task on ac- been styled the "negative" side of the event, which is annual, will count of the faflure of the Hong- the game.
The revolutionaries say that the now be played alternatively in kong Football Association to revive
the schools League. From this be most malignant form of the "nega- Canton and Hongkong.
concludes that, school soccer in the live" football. and one which is al- Hongkong are holders of the Colony is dead, and he asks sorrow ways destroying the game as trophy, and Canton are therefore fully where we are to find our next spectacie, is the centre-half who has the challengers. The competition batch of Gosanos and Lee Wal-tongs. no other object in life than to follow the opposing centre-forward and is run on Davis Cup lines of four
I am not aware that Lee Wai-tongs crowd him out of the game. singles and a doubles.
We have seen in the new season and Gosanos have ever mentrested CANTON'S TEAM
themselves in briches, and perhaps that several clubs are no longer em-
satisfied ploying their Canton have asked that G. your correspondent would be
Ja centre-halves
capacity,
but so far Bodiker, who has always played with individual rather than mass pro- purely defensive for them in the Interport, but who duction. Of this he has no reason to from brightening the is now resident-in the Colony, despair. He has jumped rashly to game, it hus merely contest one to should be allowed to turn out for conclusions, for school soccer in the facilitate the use of the old "off- Canton in
match. The colony is not in the least dead. This side" trap. And of all tactics, pori- this
1s perhaps a school which is better tive or negative, the "off-side" game L.T.A. has agreed to this.
known for its cricket than its foot- Canton's probable team will be ball, but we have almost completed must strike the most, sickening blow Bodiker and Leung Tat-kwong for arrangements for
continuity of what- season of twenty it destroys the spectacle, because the singles, and Leung Tat-kwong eight official matches, all against ever story it has to tell.
other schools, in addition to other un- With the laws of the game as they and Lau King for the doubles.
Lai Kwong-tsun, former Canton official matches arranged by the boys are at the moment it must always themselves. Nor am I pointing this be a choice between the defensive champion, has now taken up a out to blow a surreptitious trumpet, centre-half and the "off-side" game. 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- ever the challengers will be ters in charge of football at all the strongly represented. Leung Tat- schools to which we have written kwong is playing exceptionally ready and eager to meet us. well at the present, and Bodiker Veritas" also ignores the large has always proved himself to be number of schoolboys who are al- the equal of the Colony's best on ready pluying in League foolbuit in
the Colony. hard court.
J
at the
a
LAW CHANGED
done
When the off-side low was changed a few years ago it was done with the intention of atamping out the ex- ploitation of the "off-side" trap. If it did not stamp it out it did, at least, seem to make it impracticable, and defenders, casting about in their minds for a way to stop the centre- Why, then, this failure to revive the forwards who lay in their goal- schools League? Those who hat ex- mouths, rather naturally alighted on perience of the previous League will the
the defensive or
or "stopper" centre- LADIES' CHAMPIONSHIPS easily be able to supply the answer. half.
hold The spirit of the game was entirely
no brief for defensive IN NOVEMBER Just 10 a scramble for the top posi- centre-halves, but if they separate us.
Conditions Laid Down
tion. with the advertisement an
and from a return to the "off-side" trap,
kudos which that carries with it. Not with the mass of flag-waving and all were equally guilty, but many whistled intervals, then I think we
ben curse if it is made a matter of
were infected. School football can
The Mongkong lawn tennis ladies' open, singles and doubles champions of the United Services Recreation Club during November and Decem-} . ber.
It
should be thankful,
After all, football lives or dies by its continuous action. Cricket has tables, inaction between
the sun, comfortable overs, but it has
school prestige, and that is bound to contages, paints, positions and all the other paraphernalin of a League. I eise falls, sleep. 'hink I am right in saying that'
the better known schools in England would not touch a
whether Those desiring to take part in Rugby or Association
League,
football, with
A note from the Royal Hongkong their entries a sterilised bargepole, because they Golf Club points out that it was requested to send in with the entrance fees, $5 for each know that the professional spirit is K. S. Robertson, and not A. S. event, to Mr. C. Ravenhill, U.S.R.C. always latent in this game. We, Robertson, as reported in these and Tennis Secretary, on or before Octo- too, prefer to play football.
other columns, who won the Captain's Cup competition during last week- end.
ber 19.
THA
D. I. LUARD.
the Hongkong son for believing
my
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 9, the second ond Nevertheless, according to the re-
that port submitted to
organised third rounds before November 23. The competitors shall make their FA. (upon which
comments schools football was a thing of the own arrangements as to grounds for were based) lack of interest in the past. I will not attempt to close these rotunde, but the first named revival of a schools football league with Mr. Latani on his arguments in each case
shall have choice of was due not to reasons advanced against the restiscitution of a league;
by Mr. Luard, but because school undoubtedly there is much to ground.
The semi-finals shall be played on teachers could not afford to devote said for them. But I da question
any the U. S. R. C. ground on Saturday: Perhaps the II.K.F.A. has been mis- now playing in the Hongkong Foot- Ume to promoting the game. the "large number of schoolboys" December 5, at 3 p.m., and the final informed, but certainty on the stale- hall League. I rather think Mr. on Saturday, December 12, at 3 p.m.
be
Balls for each match will be pro- ments made at the Council Meeting Luard has chosen to make "large"
last 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- sulis 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' Bingles.
The draw will take place at the U.S.R.C. at 6.30 p.m. on October 22..
TENNIS VISITORS
Baron de Bassompierre And E. Itoh
and
Passing through the Colony yester- day by the N. Y. K. liner Yasukuni Maru, were two men. each well- known in their own splieres. They were Baron de Bussompierre, Belplan Ambassador to Japon, and
Itoh former
Japanese
nese Davis Cup player blue, who also con- Cambridge
with peted
great
the Wimbledon championships this year.
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 S. A. and H. D. Rumfahn, former doubles.
success
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An enjoyable
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