1936-10-19 — Page 8

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1936.

RIFLEMEN BRILLIANTLY HOLD SOUTH CHINA Change Style After Being Three Down

Grim determination, toam mate's sympatheile regard and an “all is lost" series of expressions caught by the camera in the match between South China "B" and Hongkong Football Club "A" team on Saturday. (Photo Mo Cheung).

CHAMPION TARLETON

DEFEATED.

BRITISH FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE

FOR MCGRORY

(By Fred Darinell)

Liverpool, Sept. 25.

Twelve thousand people at Anfield Road Football Ground to-night saw Nel Tarleton (Liverpool) lose his British feather- weight title on points to Johnny McGrory (Glasgow) in a 15- round fight.

Immediately after the fight Tur- Ielon announced by microphone that he was retiring from the ring.

Tarleton just turned the scales at Dat. McGrory weighed, 8st. 13lb. 20%. Buch betting as took pince

Tarleton Indiented

as

Clevite

Towards the end Tarleton WITH Dghting hard to keep his throne.

He brought into play all his re-

McGrory source and skill. អប

equal desperation to gain the but lost the 14th round ascendancy, by a shade.

1ried

The momentous last round came with the issue still trembling in the balance. McGrory kept boring and with two left hooks reached the face. Tarleton was dend tired but caught his man with a right on the chin and repented the dose.

The better boxlag was with the champion and it won him the round.

I thought it had just about lenpt- him the title, but the referee coun- ted up the points and then lifted McGrory's hand on high as the win- mar.

Tarleton appeared stunned by the verdict, but recovered himself and, putting-his-arm-around...McGrory's shoulders, shook hands with him like the gallant loser and sportsman that ho is

MOST DRAMATIC ROUNDS Most dramatic rounds:

First Round. Wearing a scarlet pale of knickers, McGrory went Jeft straight into the tray with a

be lunge, but Tarleion was not to caught napping, and a right upper- cut rent the Scat back.

McGrory forced most of the pace and was clearly entitled to an even break in the first round.

Third Round Swaying ducking in puzzling fashion Me- Grory soon sirack up an attack which had Tarleton covering up on the ropes." So far Tarleton had lacked initiative, and, his foot- work looked alow, Midway he the round, though, through lashed out

the with a left to Ktomach. McGrory fell, but was soon up and had a good share of the exchanges.

DYNAMIC CLOSE TO STRUGGLE

CHINESE FAIL TO PRESS HOME ADVANTAGE

8. Chlm "A"

Ferguson (8) Fastigant

NCW

(By "Veritas")

3

1. U. Rifles

(7 King (!) Funp King-cheung)|

TENNIS FINALS Ramsoy's Walk Over And Hung's Win

RECREIO CHAMPION

W. C. Hung and T. Ramsey will contest the Dant of the owloon Cricket, Club tennis championshlo s a result of W. C. Hung's defent of Dere Luest yesterday morning.

An unusual and unsatisfactory feature of the competition this year Is the walk-overs conceded the Important rounds.

Watson received a walk-over from Watson yesterday gave a walk-over Lo Ramsey.

CW and again one runs across a football match in

Hongkong which is either such a brilliant exposi-Teddy Fincher in the semi-funt and tion of the game, or is so exciting in incident that every kick or every move is followed with breath-taking interest. Such was yesterday's game at Scokunpoo in which Royal Ulster Rifles drew with South China "A" after facing a three goal deficit,

The last Aftern minutes were Ferguson and Hartigan were the pulsating, and sent the crowd into two danger paints to the Chinese ecstacies of excitement. The huge defence, and neither were fully sub- Dockerty was the weak link concourse watched, and cheered, one dued.

attack which got better ano of the most gallant recoveries seen in au

The for years on a local football field. better as the

as the game wore un. Nine teams out of ten, being threo inalde left had a gift chance of sear

ing a winning, goal towards the enc goals down against South China would have given up all and when Ferguson headed back a bigl who should centre, but Dorkerty, have shot first time from ten yards kicked over the ball and the Chinese scrambled it away,

hope (

A

retired from the fray nas us possible. The tiles had other they ideas, and so splendidly did Aght back that finally was not a gools many question of by how would. they lose, but whether they would win.

TWO SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT

whe

Yesterday's match between Hung and Guest was not a very interesting adapt one. Guest being unable to its Rivic to the strong wind. Ifug was in good form and co-ordinated

with some Com us general pay Bident overhead work. Hung won, U-4, 6-0, 6-2.

C. de R. TENNIS A.V. Remedies defeated J. Consates of the 3-3, 10-8, -3, in the inal Club de Recreio tennis championship in Saturday afternoon.

OPPORTUNE Brodigious NAVAL

Campbell was another forward

performed some feats in energetic effort, and some of his creative work was excellent to behold.

Moore, from being a bewildered

half,

of the "Blg and outclassed player in the first Nolses" towards the close. He

vagrunt OF clearances,

became onc

RECOVERY

A THREE-GOAL FINISH

Conner, inanced by a lively forward, holds the ball_safely for a clearance in one of the tense moments of the Royal Ulster Rifle's thrilling dual with South China "A" yesterday. (Photos Mo Cheung).

PUNJAB FIXTURES Hockey Matches This Year

The following are the 1/8th Pun- Jab Regiment's hoeicey fixtures:

OCTOBER

4th "C" Coy. v. Sigs. 4 p.m. 7th "C" Coy. v. ILW.F. "D (5)" 4.30 p.m.

13th "A" Coy.

(Marina 4.30 p.m.)

WEEK-END HOCKEY Caer Clark Cup Holders Lose

The Hongkong Ladles beat the CB.A. Ladies who are Gaer Clark Cup Holders, by four goals to one in a friendly hockey game on the Naval ground at Happy Valley on Saturday.

The Arst half of the game WRA evenly played, though the Hongkong of gonl

v. AA. Bly. Ladies were more dangerous in front The Hongkong Ladies.opened the

16th 1st XI v.. H. Bde. R.A. score midway in the first half (Marina 4.30 p.m.).

through Miss M. Smalley, but after the Interval Mrs. Burton equaliser! for the Central British Association. Miss J. Dalziel scored the remaining three goals for the winning team.

Two schools of football thought were fully catered for in this match The purists held sway in the first hal, when the Chinese proceeded to indulge in that type of play which ally obtained full measure of the inclusive Fung King-cheung Miller

20th 1st XI v. 5 A.A. Bde. R.A earned them pucana of praise in ni left half was another who made Europe, and has for years placed

An opportune recovery in the (Marina 4.30 p.m.j.

22nd 1st XI v. RE. (Morina 4.30 them in a class of their own locally. tremendous Improvement after

very bad start, but McGonigal on Everything they did, conceived, or

the other flank was always promin- second half of the Royal Navy's

27th 1st XI v. R.W.F. (Shamshulpo attempted had behind to end and Tay Qua-ilang could do match with Kowloon Chinese Fool-P

ball Club on the Peninsula yesterday calculating science of football. There little or nothing against him.

5 p.m.). things

30th 1st XI v. Navy "A" (King's Pickering was one of the hardest-enabled the sailors to snatch a point were no such

haphazard passes.

The final score was 3-3. Park 4.38 p.m.). one stage. headstrong

Everythinit was working players on view, and figured after being three goals in arrears at shots,

prominently after the change-over. The Navy were making their firs

NOVEMBER planned and carried out with res but Stevens toole a long time to settle

3rd 1st XI v. 8 H. Bde. R.A. Lurcefulness and skill. That was

league and showed many faults in why South Chine scored three gonts down and was never quite so con- appearance this nearon in the senior

ndent as

as his partner,

understanding and positional play, (Marina 4.30 p.m.). in the first half hour and were value.

THEY ALL PLAYED WELL

6th "C" Coy. v. R.E. Coy. (Marina for every one of them,

The whole of South China played The Chinese took full advantage of

8th 1st XI v E, Lancs. R. (Marinu But in the second half it was the well in the first "35", but chief hon-these lapses but it was due not to the 4 p.m.) hard, fast, dynamic, let'

let's-get-into-11-

constructive football that the home 4.30 p.m.) boys school of ours must go to Li Tin-sang, Tam sailors' faults but to their own fine und be hanged

12th 1st XI v. Radio (Marina 5 and Lee Kwak-wal, who Kong-nak thought which predominated, and

consistently brilliant. Some-side held a two goal lend at half time.

CANNELL'S SURPRISE which brought hundreds of specta- times they were at their best when tors to their feet cheering

and hardest pressed, Tam's recoveries be-

Soon after the resumption the screaming in their

in their excitement. It ing especially praiseworthy.

the his-

Erwin in Chinese added a third. Not until the gave us some idea of Tarleton's round

terians mean when they talk about the British Army having its back to pretty tight reins and the winger closing stages did the Navy show any it had to get the ball across first-time real determination in their attack, the wall in 1916. It wasn't pretty if he was to get it in at all. Yet and it came as a complete surprise football, but It heated the blood and

was the first-time kicking which when Cannell put on three goals in

1st XI v. Kumaon Rifles 4.30 p.m. made one appreciate that the game eventually led to the Rifes scoring rapid succession. When the bell

Al times the Chinese were very point which I emphasised can inspire fighting qualities of the

5th 2nd XI v. 8th Flotilla (Marine). decorative in their artistry, and best kind.

Jas! Saturday.

very methodical game!!

10th 1st XI v. 6 AA. Bde. R.A. elf in Kob was his usual eficient played a self but Wong Mer-shun was their pattern weaving being truly, (Murina 4.30 p.m.).

A wonderful under- 12th 1st XI v. Kurnoon Rifles-4,30

between Chow p.m. standing existed The result was, I think, ideally not able to keep up the hot pace entertaining. fair, for both sides fulfilled the con-set-in-the-second-half and became Man-chi and Wong-Wing-hong, and 15th 1st XI YH.K.S.R.A. (Marina ceptions we had of them, outlined a back number in the closing stage the accuracy of Lau Chung-sang'a 4 p.m.).

The fixtures arranged against the very briefly in the foregoing para- thereby making things much easier shooting gave Langley some anxious

Li Kwok-chul was First Battalion, the Kumaon Rides, graphs. They gave of their best: for Campbell and Ferguson.

T30 Kwal-shing was the best moments.

of strength in the pivotal are provisional. perhaps not all the time, but cer

ninly 50-50. The match therefore Chinese forward in the first half, berth, and Mak Sul-hon excelled as provided us with stirring contrasts but I was very impressed with the both, in style and methods.

by narrow thargim Fourth Hound. McGrory shaped with plenty of confidence. Then Tarleton staged a hurricane rally. but it was soon over. went Tarleton was on the ropes, rather worried by his rival'a atten- tions. Even round.

Ninth Round.-Tarleton made

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better show and landed twice with the left, but he could not keep out the little dancing Scot. Even round.

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For the first half an hour. Lee Wal-ammam loug, who was sitting next to me, must have thought I had been writ- ing out of the top of my hat about the smart and efficacious methods of the Rifles. And truth to tell-I-men- tally rub

rubbed my fr

eyes once or twice whether their matches and wondered against the Club and the Police had been only dreams. There wasn't the slightest degree of

of similarity. In other words the Rifles were clean outplayed. Their marking was poor enough to disgrace a school third eleven, their tackling was indecisive and the attack didn't even function.

A golfer must feel that he is complete master of the club throughout the playing of the whole of every stroke.

--J. H. Taylor.

It was not until the Chinese had work of Lai Shui-wing scored thrice that the soldiers he- right. He has gan to get into their stride. Then smart goal by Ferguson and Interval, gave them just the mental nourishment they required.

thr

lower

alent back,

Following a tree kick near the

Chinese goal, Canncil swerved in,"

lovely goal to open for the Navy.

Time was drawing near the final whistle when Connell increased the Navy lead with a beautiful left drive. These quick goals, stimulat- ed the Navy forwards, and in the last minute Cannell sent home the equaliser, Teams:

Nuvv.-Langley; Royal

Under- wood, Love: Clarkson, Bowers, Me- Call: Doran, Mugilaton, Cannell, Ratelife and Wearmouth.

Kowloon Chinese-Sul Din-lim: Kwok Ping-ching Mak Sul-han Ho Choh-yin, Li Kwok-rhui, Chan Inside Ming-kwon

ToG Kwong-sam; Lau Chung-tang. Wong. Weng-hone. Chow Man-chi and Fung King-yue.

Improved out of knowledge as a result of his Euro- pean tour and fully merits his place in the team. Fung King-cheung was a clever leader of the attack, birt

They came back in that second he should have essayed more shots half and played a brand of football in the second half instead of passing

so much. guessing. which had South Chinn

Ip Pak-wa was seldom in the pic- Through the middle went the ball with the ever alert Ferguson on the ture, but Tay needed a great deal walt: halt backs and backs went in of watching, and but for such hard- eeing opponents. ns McGonigal and tackle and tackled Arst time, to squarely, thereby preventing the Kickering would have been decidedly

the dangerous. Chinese from currying out their pat- tern-weaving movements: and as the game progressed the Ulsters In- creased the speed- until the result of the match depended on whether Li Tin-sang and his colleagues could hold out. That they did is to their credit, but it was touch and go.

VERY FINE GOALS

NAVY AND ARMY RUGBY DEFEATS

Club's Double

The Hongkong Football Club rug- THE GOALS

ser section opened their season on Although Tay Qua-liang put the Saturday with a double victory. finishing touches to the shot, It was their first fifteen defeating the Royal Too who really scored the first goal Navy by 15 points (five tries) to six after about five minutes play. And (two tries) and their "A" team de- the point was to a certain extent tealing the Army "A" by seven due to a mistake by Conner, who points (a dropped goal and a try) let the ball slip through his hands. to nil.

Shortly afterwards Tso made the The main fixture of the afternoon score two with a really grand drop- was the meeling between the Club But apart from the beautiful ping shot which had Conner beaten icam and the Navy fifteen, which touches of the Chinese in the first all the way, and after the Chinese produced a fairly high standard half and the subsequent recovery of had continually raided the Ulsters rugby. As it is, however, rather early the Rilles, the match was notable for goal, Fung King-cheung, with ton-in the season, the Navy players fell the very fine goals

Tso tallsing deliberation, netted a third. the effects of the heat, although scored,'' Tso Kwal-shing collected two to start All this time there had been only Club players stood it better as they with which were gems in their own one team in it, but after this the have already had several practices.

time shots Rifles. particular

way-arst

counter-attacks. From scrums, heeling the ball splendidly. keepers, But the most spectacular one of these, Ferguson headed In but they were infelined to be a Bet was that of Hartigan's, which was brilliantly and the Chinese crossed slow in the loose. Watson, one of the

3-1.

Club's newcomers, played a fine

which would have beaten most geni-] some sly recovered and set up The Club were the better in the

the hath of the match. The ball was over leading eltement early. In the game, and should be, a distinct asset

Walkden newcomer,

sent across from the right and Har- There was

ason. He was well supportec tigan ran in and without hesitation second half when the Bites. forcing this. took the ball just as it was, about the exchanges had a period of shoot hy Munro, Coppin and to hit the ground. It swerved round ing-in, and it came as no surprise Van Leeuwen, another and found the back of the net to when Hartigas brought the score th gave a very impressive display as e quickly that the eye could scarcely 3-2. Then, with ten minutes to go, three-quarter, his speed being a grea follow 1ts flight. Another pretty Ferguson netted a third, and as factor in his play. Koni was Ferguson's first, scored late tion of the vast crowd went nearly or the Navy, while they posscased Cotman, at back. was outstanding In the opening half, when he round- delirious with excitement.ta

ed off one of those through-the- Bath voals were hotly attacked in a useful three-quarter line, which middle movement by heading in a the closing minutes, but they held showed up effectively throughout the

out.

game. high forward pass.

p.m.).

17th 1st XI v. H.K.S.R.A. (Marina p.m.).

25th at XI v. H.K. Club (Marina 3.10 p.m.1.

27th 1st XI v. Navy "A" (Marina 4 p.m.)

DECEMBER

KOWLOON

FUSILIERS . YMCA.

WIT

A friendly hockey match played on Saturday at Shamshuipo when the Royal Welch Fusiliers beat

NEW BADMINTON ENTRY

The University of Hongkong have intimated that they will be entering a team in the Badmin- ton

this competition

season. Their late entry is explained by the delayed formation of the Club.

Jie Y.M.C.A. by seven goals to one. The game in, the first half was fast, and Boupon opened the score or the soldiers after ten minules of soldiers play. After this goal the outclassed their opponents and scor ed three more goals before the in- terval

The second period was more ever. The soldiers scored three more goals against one by their opponents.

SCHOOLS AT PLAY

The Ellis Kadoorie School, for in- GOLF dians did extremely well on Satur

day to beat Queen's College in a friendly match at Caroline H by There were thirty-two starters for two goals to all, scored by Telok the Dewar Trophy of the Kowloon Singh. The winners Golf Club yesterday, but only four served by Telok Singh and Mohinder Singh, in goal. Sarwan Singh, the qualified.

They were J. D. Thomas, A. Jex, Queen's College coptaln. was out-

standing for the losers. 1. Westlake and H. C, Borne.

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