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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

SPORT ADVTS. SOCCER'S Shanghai

POPULARITY Badminton IN FRANCE

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

Draft Programmies and Entry. Forms for the Second Extra Raco Meeting to be held pn Saturday, 27th and Monday, 29th March, 1937, (weather permitting) may be obtained at the Secretary's Offlce, Exchange Building, the Club House, Happy Valley the Hong Kong Club; the Sports Club; and the Stables, Shan Kwong

Road.

at

Entries close 12. o'clock NOON on Thursday, 18th March,

By Order,

1937.

C. B. BROWN,

Secretary.

TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1937.

SPEEDING UP GOLF

Championship POPOSALS

CUP-TIE FEVER LATEST RESULTS

give the-biroduction of profes- tonallam in France within the last have few years, football grounds rapidly grown too small for the crowd, especially, on cup-tic days.

offices.

The following uro-the-full-results- of games played in the Shanghal Badminton Association series-

MEN'S SINGLES 1st Itound:Leung Hong Teck won from Stokes 14-18, 15-10, 15-0, Spagnoletti won from Choong. Tung Ling 15-7, 10-17, 13-9; de Sennu won from Chailon 16-2, 13-4,

MEN'S DOUBLES.

HUGHES & HOUGH anal, for whereas in and won from Chelmis arid Chelmis 1.0-15,

The French Cup competition is organised on the saine lines as the English competition, from which it was copied. Now at every cup tie hundreds of spectators have to be turned away and at the recent aratch between Rouen and Liile, played on

1st. Round:-Eardley und Kew won the ground of the Park des Prince from Ginsburg and Challan 15-5, Paris, police had to hold hands to 10-10; Squires and Sullivan won from keep the crowd in line at the ticket Leong and Choong 15-10, 10-15, 17-15; de Senna and Silva walk over from Professional football in France in White and White; Stokes and Wade we have players playing for Sunder-18-15, 15-11. land who were never natives of

2nd Round:-Meise and Berents Sunderland, or Arsenal players who won from C. 11. Dulf and Baxter 15-6, everywhere excet 15-7; Spagnoletti and Duff won from London, in many French professional Wilson and Forbes 15-1, 18-15; de football teams there are players who Senon and Silva won from Stokes The Undersigned have received not only do not come from towns for and Wade 15-12, 15-10.

which

come from they play but instructions to sell by

foreign countries and often can hardly speak French.

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GOLFUNION'S SUGGESTION ·

We have been hearing a great deal lately about speeding up golf, Cyril Tolley set the ball rolling with his suggestion that a pit should be put on the time allowed for the playing of ench shot. But it has been left to the English Golf Union to come forward with a concrete suggestion for speeding up play in a champion- ship.

They are to try out a scheme in which, instead of two players going off together for a mediul round three will be drawn and play together,

A TRIAL IN DEVON The move is to be given's trial at be played over the links of the the English county championship, 10

Saunton Club, in Devon, on the Salur- day preceding the English close championship, which starts on April

20.

At least 20 counties will be retires sented each by four players. As each Round: Miss Eardley won

15-7. 15-6: Mrs.player has to play 30 holes in one from Mrs. Altes Stokes won from Mrs. Maitland 11-5, day it stands to reason that the Eng- ish Golf Union are making a good 12-10; Mme. des Courtils won from Miss Sinclair 12-13, 11-0, 11-6; Miss move in looking for a method of Tavares won from Mrs. Mercher 11-5, speeding up the play. 11-2.

1st the- the rules of to governing football body in France no professional team can play more than three foreigners in the same game. One of the best-known Paris teams. The Racing Club de Parks, has in its team an Englishman, in Austrian and

South Amerlehn,

TREMENDOUS DEVELOPMENT

People in England have Bttle Iden of the tremendous development in France in the domain of sports. In Park, or rather of the outskirts, one

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ist. Round:-Mrs. Alfes and Mrs. White won from Mrs. Morcher and Miss Tayares 15-0, 14-17, 15-12.

Members of the Hongkong Jockey Club who, wish to dispose of their ponies will please forward can see two football grounds next to from Mrs. Stokes and Barents: Mater

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each other where the publie crow round the ticket oflees. These tw grounds are close to the Port Auteuil, on the edge of the Bois de Aut Rnulogne, and if visitor climbed ta the roof of a nearby building, would be surprised to see na fewer

Aye football

grounds adjoining.

to say nothing of

of running tracks,

MIXED DOUBLES. Miss Seaborn and Eardley won. Eardley and Spagnoletti Mrs. Clark and Cheiris 16-8, 15-6;

won from

Mrs. Burton and Meise won from Mrs. Morcher and Forbes 15-2, 15-7; Misa Sinclair and Kew won from Mrs. Remedios and de Senna 15-9, 15-7.

INTERNATIONAL MEN'S DOUBLES

basket ball pitches, and tennis courts,

Portugal represented by de Senna The principal of these athlette parks is the Park der Princes, the home af and Silva won from Frame with the Racing Club de Paris, where the Melse and Chalifan in the semi-final football held is surrounded by a cycle 25-7, 15-9; Epklund represented by track. This club

club has one of the man

of the hand-Stagnoletti Wade meets Australia sumest grounds, ith magniflernt with Eardley and Kew in the other Stands, underground dressing rooms, semi final. etc.

The thai of this event, which is Incidentally, it is on this ground, than less Important, that the first in- being held for the first time, will be ternational association football match played off together with the finals of was played France in 1005, when the other championships on Tuesday # French team was defeated by aand Wednesday 23rd and 4th Alurch Swiss team before only 2,000 specta- at the Country Club at 5.30 p.m. tors, most of whom had come to see

a rugby match. When a few weeks ngo France played Austria on this same ground, thousands had to he turned away before the match began, and the gate receipts totalled £5,300.

Woolwich Stadium For Noted Amateurs?

Joint committee of

DOYLE STARTS

COMEBACK

(Continued from Page 8.)

bleed, in Round 2, and it troubled him greatly afterwards. He was al- ways trying to reserve one glave to protect it, and thus teft himself open to punishment.

Defensively Staal was as wide open as a farmyard gate, and Doyle bad.

dimeulty in scoring with left

Jabs.

Really, Doyle must learn how to stop a right hand if he is to reach the He would have had a sorry against a more knowledgeable

MOVE to lease Woolwich fighter." Stadium is being made by a Apart from his gameness and his

Corin-ability the

absorb heavy blows, Staa! thians and Casuals Football Clubs, has lille to recommend him, but he the News Chronicic understanils. staggered Doyle more times than any commodious other boxer has done in England. ground with one of the best-kent What I liked about Doyle was the pitches in the country and Woolwich way be pegged away, trying to drop authorities are said to be in favour his man, though so repeatedly dis- of the lease..

couraged.

The Stadium 19

the

£8,000 GATE

WHERE DELAYS MIGHT OCCUR

It is as well to remember, however, that by increasing the number of players going out together there are more opportunities for delays and

occur. Those in complications to portant rules regarding a ball striking another player's ball on the putting green, for which "the

perutty 19 two strokes, will have to be more care- fully watched. And the great danger of playing a wrong ball is also in- creased, Fortunately, most players In a championship take special

pre- cautions to know their own ball. 1 always mark mine with a small cross, which is easily made with the thummi mall and cannot be, obliterated says a London correspondent.

GET ON WITH THE PUTTING

There might also be some delay. when players are putting. With three players there is bound to be n inore lifting of the ball on the green clear line to the to give others hole. I think the E.G.U. might go a step farther in their move to speed up the game and suggest that players who the putted dead should soon and hole out without walling for players farther from the hole to putt

Then

there up.

would be less necessity for fting and replacing balls, which always wastes a certain amount of time.

What Has Happened To Australian Barracking?

(By. William Pollock)

Adelaide, Douglas Jardine's statement that Australia has lost the dignity" of cricket because of barracking defeats me. One of the surprises of this tour is that there wasn't any barracking.

Noise, yes-particularly shrill, half hysterical shrieks and yelis from the but barracking, no. thousands of women in crowds...

Now and then, here and there, I

It does not rest with the Woolwich Command, however,

He almost red himself out rain- The stadium belongs to

War Department. Ing punches an his rival, but not where a feeling has been expressed until the fifth round did he succeed

Staal down. Even then knee

for n second or two, Said Dayle afterwards: "That fellow Staal must be made of granite. hit him a hundred times and he stayed upright."

that it would be a bad precedent to in bringing Staal only fell on to one have heard sarcastic remarks.

renta milltary ground to a civilian club.

It is hoped, however, that this objection will be overcome.

FILLIP FOR LEAGUE BID

Should the ground be secured, which seems probable, there is little doubt that the amalgamation of the two famous amateur clubs will be ratified at the general meetings short-

to be called.

Doyle's manager said, "Jack kept his head this time; that's the great thing," and Mr. John Harding, the N.S.C. manager; was pleased too. He had to turn hundreds away,

yet took an £8,000 gate. Doyle

Jy

In thut event, too, the new club £1,200 of it and Staal £280. would be in a favourable position to

geis

games, military

Loud-voiced gentlemen have cx- pressed the opinion, "You'll never get 'em ouf" or have requested & fields- man to get a bag, but you can hardly call these occasional cries barracking.

OUR CROWDS NOÍSIER

IL is rather disappointing. I had the Idea that Australian cricket crowds kept up a barrage of raucous rudeness, threw bottles about, and generally behaved in a manner likely to create a breach of public pence,

Something must surely have come over them. Sometimes the combined

incites some slight distant disturb-

apply for membership of the Third and triangular tournament Division of the Football League, a and athletic meetings; a move long desired by responsible | tattoo has also been held there. members of the Corinthians' com- But Army football has falled to influence of hot sun and cold beer mittee.

prove a draw in the district. and Woolwich Stadium was originally nowadays the big Services gumes arcance. Intended for the big Inter-Services played it Selhurst,

SUGGESTIONS TO BRIGHTEN

UP COUNTY CRICKET

But as for downright barracking, Sheffield, Nottingham," and even the tavern neighbourhood of Lord's can put up a show against Sydney, Mel- bourne, and Adelude this trip.

Fleetwood-Smlih, playing in the third Test at Melboume, was the most barracked man of the season.

He is not exactly brilliant in the held, and the crowd did rather get at him in titat matter. Which is very

When a man ilke Mr. P. F. Warner, would be easy to plek a good teamTM Test player of the past and Test | Another reader says that if more selector of the present advocates a clubs are to avold the plight into curtailment of county cricket matches which Leicestershire have fallen, silly, of course, for jeering a man

HOME RACING

Early School Scratched From Derby

London, March 16. Lord Astor's much-favoured entry for the Derky Early School, was scratched at 9 a.m. to-day.

Lord Astor is still represented by Fot-Boller and Cashbook, but Early School's leg trouble seems once again Gordon to prevent Lord Astor and Richards from winning for the first time this much coveted event. Reuter,"

LATEST BETTING PRICES FOR GRAND NATIONAL FOR LINCOLNSHIRE

London, March 16; The following is the latest callover for the Grand National:

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Golden Miller, 0 to 1; 1 and e. Royal Mail, 100 to 9, t and o Ego, 100 to 9 0, 100 to 8 L. Didorle, 100 to 7 15 to it. Puckabelle, 100 to 7 o, 15 to 1 t. De La Chance, 100 to 0. t and o.

18 to 1 10, 20 to 1 t. Misur, 25 to 1, and o Pencralk, 25 to 1 o, 28 to 1 t. De Le Neige, 25 to 1 o, 28 to 1 L Ready Cash, 33 to 1, t'and a.

Bon

пост

Ready Cash's trainer says that his leg is improving and the decision whether to run will be made prob- ably on Wednesday.

Kimmell rides De La Chance, and Danny Morgan rides Golden Miller.

ter.

1.

THE LINCOLNSHIRE

Monicsano, 21 to 2. t and o, Takemy, 31, to 2, to and o. Laureat, 19 to 1, and o. Nipaway, 18 to 1. t and o Edgehill, 20 to 1, 1 and e. Inchkeith, 20 to 1 o, 22 tà 1 t Scotch Trout, 25 to 1, t and o. Pricket, 25 to 1,1 and 0. Straight Deal, 26 to 1, and 0. Marinadüke Jinks, 25 to 1 o, 28 to

t: Voltus, 25 to 1 o. 28 to 1 t Juldu, 28 to 1, t and o. Zelmos, 28 to 1 o, 33 to 1.1. Boston West, 28 to 1 o, 33 to 1 1. Lost Scent, 33 to 1, t and o. Fairplay, 33 to 1, and o. Overcoat, 53 to 1, t und o. Liscloon, 40 to 1 o, 45 to 1. Ormenus ja to be scratched.-Reu-

FOOTBALL LEAGUE

On

of account

the combined manoeuvres, only one match will be played in the Hongkong Football League over the week-end,

On Sunday, South China BA" will meet Eastern at Caroline Hill in a First Division match commencing at 4.30 p.m.

To-day the Navy and the Club de Recrelo will play off their fixture at Causeway Bay,

RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

In view of the Combined Opera- tions which are taking place dur- ing the week, there will be no mid- week spoon and practice shoots on Wednesday.

Copies of the programme of t the forthcoming Prize Meeting are ex- pected to be available on Saturday, when they will be distriuuted to all concerned, with the least possible delay.

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and a substitution of more represen- cricket must be speeded up and the who has miss the next one that comes Sunday 21st March

tative games such as "Over 30 v. way to do it is by putting pro-him to catch the Under 30," people are bound to take fessionals on the bonus system, as in his way. notice..

football.

The pace of ent-day batsman,Illness among Test players.

Cricketers are saying that this must cricital is be a record season for injuries and

Poor Laurie Fishlock. He has

regulated by the

kets. Ho has seemed as if he could not make up his mind whether to play forward or back, and his timing has been nearly all wrong.

It may interest Mr, Warner-to know that many support him in his view who must, for his own sale, keep that additional representative games, spread over the country grounds, will one eye on the averages if he is to never got going on Australian wic bring back the crowds to cricket.make his living," he states.

"A £2 bonus on top of wages for a One reader suggests that

Mr.win would surely encourage players Warner should increase his list of to try to foreo a win instead of matches-by arranging-one-betweening for a draw, as they so often do." right-handed cricketers and left- Other readers insist that there in handers.

no need for reform at all; that there Among those who stand the "wrong is nothing wrong with cricket, and

play

He is our latest accident bone fractured in his right hand:.. and; " The list of Injured players this acason numbers fifteen, and includes Robins, Ames, Leyland, R. E. S.

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