1937-02-25 — Page 20

OUR WEEKLY

HOCKEY FEATURE

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1937.

"The Pilgrim" Says

ASSOCIATION'S NEW OFFICIALS

THERE IS DANGER IN UNDER-RATING MACAO

Incidents in the Neusol. Petersen

fight. Aboro Neusel gets inside Petersen's

guard and drives a blow to the Welshman's ribs. Left: Paterson kite out at Neusel's Jaw and the German retorts with his left.

Owen-Hughes Just Misses The Hat-Trick

BOWLERS. ASCÊNDANT IN CLUB

V. VOLUNTEERS CRICKET

(By "Veritan'')

When Owen-ifughes made his). Hughes..

confident appeal for obstruction.

M. M. King. Owen Hughes

off the first hall received by J. E. Richardson in the Volunteers v.. E. Richardson, run out Club cricket match played yester. R. L. Holden, e Souza, b Dun-

nett day,

had It seemed as though he

24

Rapley, b

4

62

223

c E. Zuuner,

11

0

Recomplished the much-coveted C. C. Garthwaite, e Fincher, 's

bat-trick. But umpire Robinson

Ripley

lived the appeal, and Owen A. W. Ho

Hughes had to wait another over

b Owen Hughes A. K. Mackenzie, b Raplev

E. Zimmern.

before he got his third wicket. N. P. Fox, e Dunnett, b Rapley After Neve and Griffiths had put W. Wooding, not out..

J. R. Way, 30 on the board as opening bulsinen, Dunnett the Club Innings suffered a violent movement towards collapse. Owen Hughes got Griffiths neatly caught In the

***Extras

gally and of the next ball

R. M. King was brilliantly caught

Total

140

PETERSEN'S ONE GRAND PUNCH

But He Should Hang Up His Gloves Now

(By Geoffrey Simpson)

Doyle's Chances · As A Boxer

"ONE OF THE

BEST PROPOSITIONS"

SAYS BILLY WELLS

Ex-Bombardier Billy Wells,

a past British boxing cham- plon of many years ago, thinks Jack Doyle is one of the best heavy weight propositions Britain has ever had.

Recently, he boxed three rounds with Doyle; and after- wards he said: "Doyle is faster than I thought, and, although his footwork needs a little im- provement, I can testify to the power of his punch. I hope jack will win the title, but he has to walk before he can

fun.

by Rapley at first slip. Richardson Full of Wickets-1 for 31: 2 for BADMINTON survived the confident low appeal 31; 3 for 34 4 for 33; 5 for 80: G

next ball, but next over Neve was for 97; 7 for 90; 8 for 100; 9 for Good Win

caught off a half-hearted stroke and 136; 10 for 140.

A few ruds later Richardson was

run out.

Thus four wickets fell for an ad- dilionul eight runs.

After that Gorthwaite and Holden batted well and added 42 for the fifth Club wicket, and eventually the innings realised the respectable total of 149. Holden made 62 in accom-

Bowling Analysis

O. M

Souza

10

Owen Hughes

Rapley Dunnett

20

R. W.

52

7 3

2.1 -

Bowled two wides.

VOLUNTEERS

plished-manner.~ though-he-was-un--| E-- C---Fincher, -e-Garthwaite,-b- comfortable at the start and. was.

twice all bul bowled by Souza,

Halden..

T<

E. Zimmern, not out W. Rapley, e Hayward, b Holden The Volunteers made B sorry F. A. Broadbridge, b Holden showing at the wicket and only EG Souza, e Holden, b Garthwalte Zimmern offered any resistance to a H. Owen Hughes, b Garthwaite well-directed attack,

D. Hung, e Neve, b Way ... While the rest of the team were A. Zimmern, 1.b.w., b Garthwaite being dismlased very cheaply, H. A. Murray, e Holden, h Way Zimmern, showing a bold defence, V. Bond, b Fox collected

fue 63, and in- F. A. Dunnell, b Fox very cidentally carried his

the Innings.

but through

Garthwalle always had the batsmen

Extras

Total

G

7

103

subdued and his figurea. 11-3-24-3 Fall of Wickets-1 for 17; 2 for are fair testimony to his skill. Fox: 10; 3 for 10; 4 for 43; 5 for 49; going on late in the innings bowled for 52: 7 for da; B for 70; 9 for 93: two maideng in the course of 4.2 10 for 103. .overs and bagged a couple of wickets

for 11 runs.

The batting of the Volunteers wos rather dismal.

HONGKONG C.C.

H. B. Neve, e Bond, b Owen

Hughes

R. H. Griffiths, e Souza, b Owen

.

R. W.

11 3 24 3

Bowling Analysis

O. M

Garthwalle *Holden Way".. Fax:

4 Richardson

8

30

21

4,5 2 1

11

10

• Bowled one no ball.

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For The Free Lances

IN THE MIXED DOUBLES LEAGUE

Free Lances scored a well-deserved victory in the mixed doubles bad- minton league last evening when at Causeway Bay they defeated Chinese Recreation Club by six games to three,

London, Feb. 2.

Boxing's traditional sym-

Australian And American In Cambridge Crew

Londen, Feb. 24. · It was stated in Reuter's wireless bulletin last night that the Cam- bridge boat race crew this year includes an Aus- tralian and an American.

T. S. Cree, of Geelong and Jesus is rowing bow, while T. R. Hunter

(Trinity). who is ал American. is cox.

DRAWN CUP

C.B.S. "A"

DID WELL

bol of submission, tossed TO WIN

into the ring at Harringay Arena last night, signalled for the third time the down- fall of Jack Petersen before the pounding fists of Ger- many's heavy-weight, Wal- ter Neusel.

in

AGAINST "Y"

(By "The Pilgrim")

Central British School "A" team did well to defeal the YM.C.A. on the latter's ground in a Brown Cup fixture last week.

Colony's Best

XI Needed

INASTY

ACCIDENT · TO HOCKEY PLAYER

IN CLUB V. R.E. MATCH

(By "The Pligrim")

FOR THE

COMING INTERPORT

Big Trial To-Day

The following players have

The Club playing with only ten men did well to hold a strong R. E. XI to a goalless draw on the Club ground last evening. Though they been requested to turn out for started the game with nine men the a trial this afternoon in prepara- Club were strengthened by the astien for the Interport against sistance of Smith, the Y.M.C.A. cen-

tre-forward, who took the field after Macno which is being played at 15 minutes' play.

Macao on March 7.

From the bully-off the military men forced the pace and several raids and brilliant attempts were frustrated by the Club defence, Benwell, the Read Brothers and N. Whiteley doing yeoman service.

Welton,

Petersen was beaten in the tenth round-a round sooner

The deciding point was scored by than when he last met Neusel Miss D. McCaw in the closing stages

tho Engineers' right- 1935 but only after a of the game, after the Y.M.C.A. had winger, was n source of worry to struggle which

the for a long period been hard pressed. Bates and Sommer, but E. V. Reed warmed hearts of 12,000 onlookers.

generally answered the latter, prov- Miss J. Weller played magnificently ing sound and rellable without being It was as brave a display as in goal for the losers, while the fine spectacular. Petersen has ever given. He defensive measures of Mrs. Barnes

and Mrs. Sinter also kept the school's Enjoying practically the whole of took the cruelest punishment score down. Mrs. Brown and Mrs. the game in the first half, the Sappers but even at the stage when his Kemp were prominent in the "Y" however failed to find the net and legs could scarcely carry him he intermediate line, and worked hard on changing over found the Club al- doing most of the pressing was still trying courageously to to break up the speedy schoolgirl trio composed of Miss M. Bucker, snatch the fight out of the fire. Miss D. McCaw and use M. Shukid, Stack on the ea but they were ere The only player in the YM.C.A. usually intercopted by the Do attack who looked like scoring was ing defence. Club took the offensive

In this half and W. A. Reed was al- Miss V. Bradbury,

ways in the thick of things and never wards going with neat fick passes. lost an opportunity to set his for-

UPHILL FIGHT

heavy ods.

tack

int

oppos-

Goalkeepers---Spr. Howlett (R.E.) and U. B. Sousa (Argonauta),

Backs: Gerjinder Singh (Ku- maens), A. E. P. Guest (Radio) and E. L. Gorano (Argonauta),

Half-backs:-Spr.: Brown (RE), W. A. Reed (Club), L. Comdr. McCoy (Navy) and J. Gonsalves (Recreto).

Forwarda: 5. Fowler (Club). Lieut. Wright (Navy), Pyara Singh (KIT.C.), IL. V. Parker (Police), J.

Wall (Pollen), G. Fowler (Club) and

taub (Kumaons).

would beg to remind the selec tors that other players worthy of a trial include Ramzan (Civilians and K.I.T.C. goalkeeper), M. H. Hussan (Civilians and Radio right half). Klien Singh (Army left back) and or Khuda Bux (Army right winger). The Colony attack needs serious consideration and a much stronger combination than that which did service against Waseda University is desirable.

Colony XI would have no difficulty It is said locally that any decent In beating Macao, but I have

my

The old pace, the old dash, the accuracy in hitting, and the weight of his punching showed unmistakable

Miss M. McCaw decline. At two periods in the fight C.B.S. team was not seen at her best; as pivot of the he promised to score the hoped-for this was probably due to the poor victory; for the rest of the time he support she received from her wing A. H. and S. A. Fowler revealed oc- was fighting an uphill battle against halves. Miss Fraser and Miss Beck casional flashes of brilliance but the in the last lines of defence gave latter should have scored on three

ly checked Miss Bradbury,

he undercut, the ball and made It rise well over the cross-bar. There played together for years and have.. was a a thrill ten minutes towards the proved by past performances that end when Wetion tested Benwell with they are not easy to overcome, a terrifle cross-drive, but the Club The selectors are going the right goallie defected the ball in brillant way about their task and are getting fashion for

series of prac- the team together in ព corner. Several attempts were made by both attacks

That is vitally important. tice games.

"Father" of hockey but to no avail.

โปร

International Hockey Tournament

In

NASTY ACCIDENT

Llout. Da Costa,

* in the Portuguese-will, I-am-

told, be leaving for

cnd

before

are the

of March and this will be the An unfortunate secident took place fast Interport he will enjoy, Geoffrey

the last minutes of the game,

Lammert,

well-known locally in

E. V. Reed, in making a hard clear- hockey circles as a former member ance, caught Brown the centre-half a of the Hongkong Hockey Club, will nasty blow at the back of the right take over Lieut. Da Costa's duties. car with the ball. The R.E. pivot fell

The only thing about Petersen's boxing which showed no deteriorally brilliant displays and constant- occasions in the first half, each time doubts. Macao is a team which has tion was his willingness and never-

The game on the whole was in- say-die spirit. From about the fifth round he was fighting on his pluck-clined to be scrappy, thought Miss D. and it was this plus a plentitude of McCaw deserved her goal scored a champagne poured over his head few minutes from the end. She was which kept him going.

the best forward on view and played Of the three beatings he has fine aggressive hockey,

from Neusel this was the nd with some £30,000 worst, and stored away

and another £3,250 to add to it from last night's battle Petersen would be well advised

rloves, now to hang up Neusel wa

his customary fight. wagedd fucked into his shoulder, he Chin

ame boring in to belabour the body. Petersen tried boxing him off with straight lefts, but mistimed too many of the blows to keep his aggressor

long. out for

Petersen fiercely, to check the attacks with right-hand shots to the jaw, but there

(By "The Pilgrim"} was not the old power, nothing of the expected vital force and snap In the punches. The Neusel body The International Hockey Tourna- attacks went on, sapping Petersen's ment starts in the second week in strength, destroying the speed in his March. The first round fixtures are P. W. L. F. A. Pts. legs, depriving him of his powers to be completed between March 9 of resistance. By the tenth round and 11, the semi-finals will be play- only the urge to fight remained-onded on March 23 and the final on when defeat came he went out April 4, gallantly.

Free Lances have now played len out of twelve matches and won six They appear to be fairly assured of the runners-up position, Recreio "A" having already made certain of the championship.

LEAGUE TABLE

Recreto "A" Free Lances Recrelo "B" C.R.C. University Kowloon Tong St. John's

B 80057 18 10 0 4 55 32 12 0 5 4 31 50 10 5 3 2 28 17 0 52 3 20 19 4 92 7.23 074 10 2 B 23 67 4

BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIP

to the ground in a dazed condition.

The game ended there and then and Wetton formed a dangerojus attack. Brown was taken

to the military Spr. Howlett, who is suffering from a football injury to his right thigh and

hospital for treatment. oftempted persistently, Starts Soon

Considerable interest will be taken in this tournament, the countries

concerned numbering seven-Eng- lund, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, China, India and Portugal. All hope to turn out their strongest teams,

Last year the semi-finalists were England, Scotland, Portugal and

. Petersen, bleeding from nose and mouth, dead tired, was in a bad way when he returned to his stool after the ninth round. A liberal dousing of champagne and a swig from the same bottle put new life into him. He tore from his corner for the tenth round to gamble brilliantly, but un- successfully.

| India. England beat Scotland 3-1 Mustering all his fingging energy and Portugal beat India in an excit- into one tremendous right to the ing gumno 2-1. In the Anal Portugal chin, Petersen les fly. It was a defeated England by a single goal, grand punch. It rocked the aston- I expect we shall see these same ished Neusel-but it did not drop four teams in the semi-finals this him.

year, and probably England and Petersen's seconds, knew then that Portugal will again contest the annl. the day was lost. They permitted If they do I rather think England will T. C. Lee of the University yester-Neusel to land only a few more blows win. Anyway some first-rate games

(Continued on Page 9.)

are in store for hockey enthusiasts,

VERY EASY WIN

FOR T. C. LEE

day gave a glimpse of his potentiali- tics as a badminton champion of the Colony when, in the first round of the men's singles, he defeated S. A. Gray of St. Andrew's in straight games of 15-7, 15-4.

Lee's speed of shot and quickmess about the court rendered ineffective his opponent's best strokes, and in both games he jumped away with winning leads after the early points had been shored.

HOCKEY ASSOCIATION'S NEW OFFICIALS

(By' "The Pilgrim")-

The match was played in the gymnasium at the University and the

Hockey players have heard with for the Hockey Association. He will Bght streaming through the windows oneral satisfaction of the appofat-return to Hongkong after nine months made playing difficult at one end of ment of Sub-Inspector Tyler as Ion and will be willing once again to the court. But this had small effect Secretary of the Hongkong Hockey associate himself with hockey in the upon the winner, who smashed: con-

Association In succession to Dir. F. A. Colony. fidently and with much more a Tough In

Komp, who is leaving for Home fur- curacy than Gray.

April

The election of Mr. Arthur Dand Mr. Tyler will prove as President in succession to Mr. W.

Leo niso varied his tactics in nont he has gained vast and useful experi- Mr. Dand has striven hard for the I am deputy to Mr. Kemp, for E. Hamilton is a most Atting gesture. style and generally speaking was he complete master of the situation. ence as secretary of the Mamak welfare of the Association and has Tournament, and is also at the pre- always been one of its most active His next opponent is B. Kow of sent an active worker in connection members. The Rev. J. R. Higgs fils St. Andrew's, and if he survives this with the United Tournament which Mr. Dand's vacated Vice President's test, arid there is small doubt but is proving a success.

position and the Association is indeed that he will, he meets A. L. Fisher of Mr. Kemp will be missed. He has fortunate to boast the Interest and Free Lances in the quarter-final, put in an unlimited amount of work assistance of two such gentlemen;

It was the superiority of the Club knee, was unable to appear, and defence, particularly the half-back Mercer, who was seen between the line, which kept the Sappers from sticks in his place, gave a good ne- scoring. Swanson was outstanding count of himself.

at right-back for the Engineers, with It is very doubtful whether Howlett Brown and McGahan the best of the will be able to turn out for the inter- intermediates, Wooller, Collins and port Trial this afternoon.

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