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SPORT ADVTS.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY, CLUB.

ANNUAL RACE MEETING, 1937. 20th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 27th February, 1937,

On Saturday, 20th, Monday, 22nd and Tuesday, 23rd February, the dest bell will be rung at 11.00 a... and the first race will be run at 11.30 a.m. On Wednesday, 24th February, the first bell will be. rung at 11.30 a.m., and the first race will be run at 12 o'clock NOON, and on Saturday, 27th February, the first bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m., and the first race run at 2.00 p.m.

The Un interval will be taken after the fifth race on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, and after the fourth race on Wednesday.

MEMBERS BADGES AND ENCLOSURES. Members are reminded that they and their ladies MUST wear their badges prominently displayed throughout the Meeting.

No one without a badge will be admitted to the Members' Enclosure. Badges admitting non-members to the Members Enclosure and Club Rooms at $10.00 per day including tax-or

$10.00 including tax for the Meeting (ladies $5.00 and $20.00 respectively) are obtainable through Secretary upon Introduction by a member, such member responsible for all chits, etc.

the

Colony Badminton Championships THE FIRST UPSET

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Colony Badminton Championships Dates Extended

Owing to the encroachment of the Chinese New Year holidays, it has been found necessary to ex- tend the closing date for the com-

Fincher & Kew pletion of the first two rounds in

Defeated

"SEEDED" PAIR

(By "Veritas")

Providing the first upset of the tournament. E. F. Fincher and Henry Kew of St. Andrew's, one of the "seeded" pairs, were defeated in the second round of the Colony doubles badminton championship last evening

the Colony badminton champion- ships.

Originally all matches were to have been played by Tuesday next, February 23, but another week has now been given players to fulfil their fixtures.

All' first and second round games, therefore, must be played on or before Tuesday, March 5. No extension of this date will be permitted under Any stances.

by K. L. Yong and K. S. Liew of the Fred Perry Says

University.

The match, played at St. Andrew's Church Hall, went to the visiting couple after a grilting encounter 15-0, 4-15, 15-13.

Kew

There were thrills galore in the

and deciding game. Fincher to be

went into A

4-love lead, then Kew Fincher, whose smashing had been missed a "aitter", while a little later deadly in the second stanza, made two bad, blunders with this shot. Fincher and Kew should have established a 8-2 lead, but they actually found themselves trailing 6-8.

Badges admitting tb Members En closure will NOT be on sale at the Race Courac.

The University pair, attacking steadily and forcing the opposition on the defensive advanced to 11-8, but were pulled back to 11-10. They

The Secretary's Office, 1st floor, EXCHANGE BUILDING, (Tel 27794) WILL CLOSE AT 10.00 am. ON THE FIRST FOUR DAYS, and at 12.00 NOON ON THE FIFTH DAY.

A limited number of tiffins will be obtainable each day at the Club House, provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy. Tel.continued to add points on service. however, and reached 14-12 with one hand in. Fincher saved the situation with a rather lucky smash which came off the wood, and the home

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On no pretext will children be permitted in either enclosure during the first four days of the Meeting,

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE

won a point on the first hand.

Ingi

passed

and and with

The price of admission to the Kew lost a good opportunity Public Enclosure is $2.00 per day eventually the service Including tax for all persons includ-Llew and Yong leading 14-13. They ing ladies, and is payable at the Gate, lost one hand before clinching the Soldiers and Sailors in uniform are issue, a pretty drop shot finally for admitted to the Public Enclosure at cing Fincher into an error. $1.00 per day including tax.

The losers started the

the match vary Bookmakers, Tie Tac men, etc. will shaklly and were over-hitting their not be permitted to operate within lobs. Llew and

displayed Yong sustained the precincts of The Hong Kong confidence and Jockey Club during the Race Meet-formulated attack which gave them the first at 15-8. A complete change came over the encounter in the second stanza, Fincher and Kew scoring at will. But there were several excel-

ing

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SERVANTS' PASSES

Passes for Servants will be issued on application to the Secretary, 1st floor, Exchange Building

Any persons found loitering with Servants' passes in their possession will forfeit the same and wili bo removed from the Enclosure.

By Order,

C. B. BROWN,

Secretary. Hongkong, 15th February, 1037.

The

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lent rallies in which all four players shone with brainy shots. However the homesters went to their points after to tie ot 15-4. During this period it seemed Fincher and Kew of the had obtained full measure opposition, but the University phayera came back very strongly in the deciding game,

OPEN

TENNIS IN 15 YEARS

SATURDAY,

POLICE VICTORY Seaforths Beaten In Hockey Tournament

The II.K. Palice (Europeans) de- three goals to nil in their first en- feated the Seaforth Highlanders by

counter in the Sentor division of the United Hockey Tournament, played on Wednesday at Sookunpop.

The game was fast and it was the experience of the Police whien triumphed over the soldiers who have not yet had time to settle down. www.

the former

Pennell worked hard,

For the Police, Perkins, and having just returned from leave and the latter having recently taken up the game again after un absence of two sensuns. Pennell takes the place of Wilson, A.S.P., Kowloon, who

goes on leave,

H.M.S. BERWICK DEFEATED In a close hockey match on the circum-Race Course In Shanghal last week,

the eleven

made

from 3D

the Shanghal Hockey Club defeated ILMS. Berwick by three goals to two.

THE AMATEURS APPROVE

PLEA FOR UNITY

Hele in article by Fred Perry in the special price appearing in the London Morning Post.

(By Fred Perry)

New York. Since the advent of professional-

FEBRUARY 20, 1937.

Footballer

Accused of

Shamming

(By Arbiter)

For the first time in my ex- perience a footballer has been reported by a referee for sham- ming injury on the field.

The player is John Oakes, the Charlton centre half, and the club have made an indignant protest against the referce, Mr. P. Snape, of Manchester, and demanded an inquiry. by the Football Association.

In the Cup-tle with Coventry recently Oakes headed the bail and fell to the ground. After he had fallen, a second time Mr. Snage ordered him off the field, though he resumed later.

Mr. James Beed, the Charlton manager, told me that after the match a doctor ordered Oakes to bed, suffering from concus- *len.

REORGANISING CRICKET

COUNTY SUPPORT FOR MR. WARNER'S PLAN

Mr. P. F. Warner's plan for the reorganisation of first-class cricket programmes is rapidly gaining favour among county club officials throughout England.

The plan propounded by Mr. War- about it as I did when I was twice ner, the newly elected president of} bowled for 0 between noon and four Middlesex, at the annual meeting of o'clock at Leed's ono gummer." the club, is devised to remove at one ism, as we know it to-day, with sweep the forces which have been Jardine's View of Tests leading to deterioration in the posi- tion of individual county clubs.

those It is calculated to restore

and, clubs to prosperity

to guise county cricket to a position compare male with that of football in popular

many of the leading amateurs go- ing over to the paid ranks, we are faced with the burning question: Open Lawn Tennis.

Whenever a new star joins the pro- femionats, the question. When there going to be an open tournn- ment? crops up, and officials of both fields are asked if they are really in favour of it. I, too, have been asked questions many times, but even though so

many of the lending amateurs have become paid players, the coming of the open tournament is, I think, as far off as ever.

There is no question that the off- cinls running the amateur game to- day are much more disposed toward an open tournament than those who were running it when they, them- selves, were actual players. Twenty- five years ago there was never any hope or even any question of open tournaments.

In those days a professional was merely a puid player, hired solely for the purpose of giving his employers the shots they required for a specified fee, of course. But the position is

Liew and Yong deserved to win on the display. They were more sustained in attack. Fincher and Kew tended to over-exploit the lob, the short ones In particular being hit Loo high. It was a keen match with a lot of first-rate badminton. Liew and Yong should reach the semi-changing. final fairly easily.

-Another-University-

Pair Wins

P. K. Hui and, T. C. Lee, sinunch favourites to win the Colony's doubles badminton championship, won their first round encounter last night in very easy fashion.

They met N. A. E. Maclay and H. Chan at the Kowloon Tong Club and polished off the match in straight gumes of 15-2, 15-4.

games record

must

Both Hui and Lee smashed with devastating effect, and had the two

finished in wint meme.

be Mackay and Chan, who are second division players, offered the best command, but were clearly no match for the fast and accurate Varsity exponents, who had an answering shot for every stroke.

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League Badminton Results

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FIVE YEARS' CHANGE-OVER

Let us look at "the"imposing "list"of players who are now known as pro- fessionals. Every leading amuteur of the past five years will be found in that list. What the amateur game is lost, the professional status has certainly gained. After all, these men are still the samne fellows they always were, even though they are paid to play.

Mr. D. R. Jardine, former captain of England, addressing the English Speaking Union in London expressed the opinion that international cricket has out-lived its usefulness.

"As a money spinner." he said, Numbers of famous cricketers and Test cricket is grand. Without an club officials have assured Mr. Wor-English tour in Australia ner of their full approval.

esteem.

Details of the plan were given by Mr. Wamer to a Atorning Post repre- presentative. They envisage;"

Five-day Test Matches,

Test Matches to start at noon on

Thursdays, continuing until p... and starting at 11.30 a.m. on olher days,

and an Australian tour in England, county 'cricket would cease to exist; at least two-thirds of the county clubs would And themselves in queer streets,"

Dealing with barracking Mr. Jar- dine said, "Australia has lost the 6.30dignity of the game because of bar- racking. At first it is funny, but when one hears the four stock-in- County programmes of a maxi-trade cries of the barrackers through mum extent of twelve home and five months they cease to be funny." twelve away matches.

It would be a tragedy if barracking ever came to English cricket, he added.

Blatches between Gentlemen and Australians or South Africans; Players and Australians or South Africans, North and South; North of England and Australians South Africans; England and the Reat, or "Under 30's" and "Over 30's,"

PROCEEDS DIVIDED

or

These matches would be played at Lord's, the Oval,'Old Trafford, No!- fingham and Leeds. Proceeds would be divided in the same manner as are those of-Test matches-under-present arrangements.

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CORRESPONDENCE

Kowloon Golf Club Repudiatos Report

Sir, Referring to the report in yesterday's issue. of the Telegraph... hended "Kowloon Golf Club to It is hoped that all county cricket | Vacate Course," on behalf of my clubs will be persuaded to accept a Committee it is emphatically denied programme on the lines proposed in | that any official notification has been time for the next visit of the Austru- | received to vacale the Course ot lians in 1938.

Kowloon City.

am convinced," said Mr. War- ner, "that the new scheme would

W. STOKER, tone up cricket and give it a greater}/

Hon. Secretary, vitality. It would improve the

Kowloon Golf Club, Anancial position of those clubs There is, also, no doubt that the which are in dificulties,

The information published yester- and save day was extructed from the annual leading professionals of to-day would

them from bazaars and other deplor- report of the Hongkong Rifle Asso. beat the leading amateurs. Thus, the able means of trying to keep them clation, which contained the follow- professionals can help the amateurs selves afloat.

ing paragraph:"As this

was this report by playing with them, and help the "Five-day Tests would definitely being compiled, it was learnt that the game by teaching the so-called not mean slow play. The process of Kowloon Golf Club, whose course ex- hopes" the finer points of the game.playing out time does mean that. I tends over the ranges, by permission need only refer to Collins's innings, of the War Department, has received The amateur officials realise this, in 1921, or that of Noble, in 1899, oficial warning that it must be pre- and slowly but surely an open tour-

when,

I remember rightly, he took pared to vacate the course entirely, pament is swinging into favour, but about seven and a half hours to score by a date yet to be fixed." I honestly think that we shall not about 00 runs, see it for at least another Afteen years

The new representative matches or so, by which time the game will would add an enormous amount of be in the hands of people who are Interest to the game. They would actually playing the game to-day, make a welcome change from the These people want to play against series of 240 Inter-County matches "As this Report was being com- the leading professionals because they which day only a meagre number piled, a minute was received by the knew them as amateurs, and when of spectators, except when the op- Council, address to the Government, they get into power, as they mustponents are two of the stronger with copies to the Kowloon Golf Club surely do eventually, then I think we counties.

and this organisation, pointing out shall find every lawn tennis player The plight of Leicestershire is the that the increasing use of the ranges being known only as a lawn tennis writing on the wall! It is a hint by the Garrison in the future would player not as amateur or profession-that the present system has failed-seriously interfere with the existing that drastic measures must be taken facilities for golf, and recommending If cricket is to compete with the mul- that the Golf Club be divorced titude of counter-attractions which from the ranges. have grown up in the last generation.

al.

DEBT TO AMATEUR GAME

We professional players owe every- Grimths 21-0: heat Fisher and Mac-thing we are to the amateur game. kenzie 21-6: beat Shute and Shute There is no doubt about it. If it were not for the amateur game and 21-11.

Its oicials, who did so much to help ST. JOHN'S v. KOWLOON TONG us in our struggling days, we should not be in a position to earn a goodly Kowloon Tong introduced T. Aliving from the ancient art. We must Madar for N.A.E. Mackay in the team realise that, and the sooner we realise

Cathedral last it the better, to play St. John's night, Mackay being engaged In championship match. St. John's had quite a hard struggle to win, two of the games they won going to 19, while a third was setted and won at 24-21.-

SELFRIDGE'S Lee and Miss M. Xavier 21-14.

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"SPEAKING" FIGURES.

Yesterday the following amend- ment to the paragraph quoted above, was made by the I.K.R.A.

LOCAL WEDDING

MISS J. LEPPARD MARKIES. MIL. A. STEVEN

were

"The figures speak for themselves," Mr. Warner added with emphasis. "Receipts at the M.C.C. versus Aus- tralia matches in 1926, 1030, and 1934 were £3,053, £4,011, and Agures to show that representative £4,515. I could quote many more

Mr. Alexander Steven. of the matches of this kind invariably. Government Medical Department,

and Miss Joan The amateurs must also realise in

Leppard bring in good gates. You can com- their turn that they can improve only

pare them with gates of £904 and married, yesterday afternoon, at the by playing with players better than Kont and Middlesex-Surrey matches

£805, brought in by the Middlesex Registrar's Office, Supreme Court. themselves. The professionais are all last year at Lord's two of the best nected with the Ladies

The bride, who was formerly con- Salon of players who have been in the game county matches of the year from the Lane, Crawford's, is the daughter of for many years, and their knowledge point of view of popular appeal. Warrant Officer C. T. Leppard, R. E. of the game, and of conditions of play "It is claimed that many counties The bridegroom is the son of the in various parts of the world, can be

have been increasing their member- late Mr. Robert Steven.. He joined of considerable use to those now ship, and have no need for such a re the Government Medical Department playing under the amateur Bog.

organisation of programmes. One in 1933, and is a member of the countles where membership has in- can only say that many of those Medical Section of the Volunteers.

Mr. J. P. Murphy, Deputy Re- creased, are suffering from acute gistrar of Marriages, offelated. financial embarrassment.

"A further polat is that players Witnesses of the wedding were who would take part in these new Dr. JAR. Selby and Captain J.B.T. representative matches would also Hodges, R. E, prove an added attraction when they Finally, two or three counties have already adopted the 24-match pro gramme and have found that it pays

D. Kwok and Miss P. McCaw (St. John's) beat K. C. Ios and Miss T. Gonzales 24–19; beat T. A. Madar and Mrs. N. Castro 21-19; beat RE.

R. Koh and Miss M. Smith (St. John's) beat Hoo and Gonzales 21-9; thing for a change, and, instead of Let us, then, get together on this lost to Mudar and Castro 21-24; beat

the amateurs taking great pleasure in Lee arid Xavier 21-17.

G. A. Smith and Mrs. Penney (St. running down the professionals, and John's) beat Hoo and Gonzales 24the professionals, in their turn, taking equal delight in telling the worlä 21; lost to Mador and Castro 12-21; how bad the amateurs are, let us band

giving two or

its players. the benefit of our experience and attempting to teach them something by means of exhibi- tions and other games. The amateurs, them.

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in their turn, can help us by agitating "I do not claim that the plan is that we should be permitted to play beyond reproach. It is designed to against them in open - competition. | restore cricket throughout England,

Among those present at the wed- ding were Mrs. J. A. R. Selby, Ser- geant Bridges, R.A.M.C.. and Mrs. Bridges, 'Dr. (Miss) Ruttonjee, Dr. Cheung, Nurse Sung and Miss K. Winch.

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A movement such as this would holp, and it has appealed to many promin- "Courtlonde". "Mr. and Mrs. Steven

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