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TELEGRAPH. THE HONGKONG

TUESDAY, MARCH

1937.

SELANGOR BADMINTON CHAMPION FOR HONGKONG Player Who Beat Devlin Likely To Take Up Residence At University

T. C. Lee, University captain,, who meete M. A. Oliveira in the singles championship semi-final to-night.

"I'm Through' Says Famous Dizzy Dean

BASEBALL KING

TO RETIRE

Bradenton, Florlds, Mar, 16. Dizzy Dean to-night announced bis retirement from baseball. Sports writers, remembering Dean has frequently threatened to quit pitching unless the St. Louis Car dinals give hir

him $50,000 for the 1937 senson, cocked unbelieving ears as the biz Oklahoma hurler took deep breath and announced he was "de- finitely through."

FORMER ELIOT

HALL PLAYER

ALSO COMING

3

BACK TO H.K.

(By "Verlias")

In dilliton to this, as I have preekily Lion are at a very low ebts on the result of finanela) position Improves at the end of the

of the trip eaming uff are very remote."

£1

NEWS. of prime interest] pointed out the funds of the loesl ut

to Colony badminton the recent trip up-entry, and unless the players recently reached year maiderably I am afraid the obances here from Singapore, the This would appear to point to report being that next sea-grave doubt about the visit mater- fallsing. All the same I can't help son the University bad. thinking that the newspaper coreca

pondent bus a

a slightly incorrect angle minton team may enjoy on this matter.

When Mr. Leong Hoe-yeng saw me

C., O. Lon, former captain of the the services of Foo Lum-

for some

time ago, before leaving choon, the Selangor cham- Singapore and he made his scheme Eliot Hall (University) badminton

known, he emphasised

that it would team, who is reported to be return pion, who last year defcat-

private venture, though he ng from Malays this year and will

take

reildenco again at ed F. J. Devlin, the famous would have to seek the formal ap- University.

former proval of the Singapore Badminton professional and

Association before the tour could be undertaken. But then there was no British champion.

question of the Singapore Associa- Foo is said to be cuming to

Lion

financing the visit. Mr. Leong private take up studies at the Univer- apparently intended to raise priv sity, and with him will be re-subscriptions to cover expenses.

Possibly Mr. Leong has falled in former 0. Lee, turning C. captain of the erstwhile. Eliot Hall badminton team.

be

this endeavour and has since appealed to the

In which ense there

be

good very probably would grounds for the Sunday Tinies pes-

note.

the faminton Association to do

Lee had to cut short his studies at the University a year ago because of a family bereavesimistle ment, but he is expected to re- turn by the beginning of next scuson,

and

Actually nothing direct has been received here from Mr. Leong since is he left for Singapore, which another indication that he might have found the undertaking too im- If Foo and Lee are here, portant to handle on his own and University will have a team has sought the co-operation powerful enough to resist all-ssistance of the Singapore Badmin- comers. It will also mean that bo strong Hongkong will enough to engage Shanghai ins match ⚫ an Interport if such a

could be arranged -BEAT DEVLIN IN STRAIGHT

GAMES!

Foo is one of the most brilliant

Dean sold he had wrillen Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, baseball commissioner, requesting Information concerning how to retire from the game. He also wrote the Cardinals players in Malaya. He succeeded mattugement in St. Louis, requesting his release

The senior member of the Cardi- nals' Dean-and-Dean pitching com- bination sald he had talked things over with the "Mierus" and had de- cided to leave Thursday for New

Lon Association.

up

TO-DAY'S TENNIS

MATCHES

the

F. C. Fincher On View

EXCITING BADMINTON LAST NIGHT

FREE LANCES HAD GAME

IN GRASP BUT LOST

ST. JOHN'S BEAT V.R.C. AND

EARN A PLAY-OFF

(By "Veritas")

Last night's league badminton programme produced two

Play-Off For The Runners-Up Cup

As a result of their victory.

·last evening over Victoria Recrea- tion Club, St. John's Cathedral. have finished on level terms with Kowloon Tong "A" and Wieso teams will have to meet in a play- off to decide the runners-up position in the "B" Division..

The match will be played on a neutral court, and the winners will secure the challengs cup presented last year by Mr. F. II. Kwok, and 'held at the moment by St. Andrew's "A".

WIMBLEDON PROFITS

thoroughly exciting matches, the result in both cases depending DOWN

on the ninth and final game.

In the "A" Division, Free Lances all, but beat Recroio "B", H. Harris and S. Fowler, the Free Lances' third pair, securing the starting lead of 20-8 against J. Gonsalves and H. A. Noronha. Just when victory for the visitors seemed assured, Fowler and Harris went to pieces, lost the next 12 points, selted the game to three (a mistake this as the opposition were one hand out) and lost the setting by three points to ono.

In the important "B" Division x- ture, between St. John's Cathedral

V.R.C.

BEATEN IN.

THRILLING

FINISH

The splendid effort by

8. A.

and Victoria Recreation Club, the Rumjahn and C. N. da Silva In Saints brought off a smart win in the winning three

games for V.R.C. final game of the evening, A. J. proved unavailing against St. John's Bennitt and D. Kwok overcoming A Cathedral last night, the odd gare O. Barretto and A. J. Busto to clinth going to the Saints in the last, en-

the issue.

| counter of the evening.

So The L.T.A. Economise

(By Geoffrey Simpson) In the "Daily Mos"

The Wimbledon profits not having been so good these last few years, the Lawn Tennis Association aro swinging the axe of economy. And those who will feel the weight of the chopper are the tennis folks at home, who are, or should be, the first consideration of the LT.A

am told that the economy drive will start by a curtailment of the money

granted for coaching young players and by reducing grants to needy clubs to a minimum.

Whether such financial caution is called for depends entirely, of course, on the extent of the drop in Wim- bledon profits. Personally, I think

quite nicely. The gross takings last summer topped £34,000; the actual profit to the governing body was around £11,000. Tucked

Gilt- away in.

have over edged securities they £60,000, and as Wimbledon is likely to continue providing in manual pro fit of about £13,000 there does not acem much cause for alarm.

This completed St. John's pro-

On the other hand the Saints gramme and they have finished on should have won by a bigger margin, level pegging with Kowloon Tong both Koh and Smith and Bennilt Rain has caused a further delay "A" for second place, though they and Kwok having good chances of in the open Lawn Tennis champion- have a slightly inferior sets overage. beating Itumjahn and Silva. In

Neither Recreio "B" nor Free ships, which were to have been Lances were at full strength, Ander. (ench case the game was "setted" the the L.T.A. are doing resumed on the Hongkong Cricket Club groundi yesterday afternoon, so being absent from the visiting visitors running out winners 24419.

games the home team. But the Free Lances put up a

deciding match went easily to Ben- yesterday's desultory weather the first-rate display, and if only for players were well on top, and the courts were closed to play.

their pluck alone, deserved to win. nitt and Kwok against Barretto and The tournaments will be continued this afternoon if weather permits.

The programme for to-day is as follows:

KOTEWALL Owing to Sunday's downpour and

CUP

Army Versus S. China

Open Singles E. C. Fincher v. P. F. Tsoi.

Open Doubles.-Y. C. Lau and H. H. Lee v. Ng Sze-kwong and Hon Lugn-fan; Major R L. Withington and Major J. D. Milne v. Wong Fult- nom and Lui Kwal-fun,

R. S. Samuel as Selangor champion and when he met Devtin last Septern- ber he won 15-8, 15-3. After- wards he and Devlin played Samuel:

Mocy Chong-seng in a doubles exhibition but were defeated 15-11, 15-9.

the subject of And while on

Club The Final match In The Kotewal] York and Chicago to Investigate Malaya badminton players it may be business propositions.

"If I don't play this year I will of interest to quote a recent article churid Cup Competition will be he drawled. by the badminton correspondent of played on the Naval ground, Cause-

never play again bas

through,"

. In the other

"They had a fine opportunity of Besto.

and doing so when they led 3-1 Ficher and K. Shute were opposed to Beltrao and Alves. But the Free Lances' pair could not get going "properly and lost the vital game.

The failure of W. Lawrence and M.M. de V. Soares to win more than one game was a surprise, but there was no disclaiming the value of SL. Jolin's victory.

G. A. Smith

EXPENSES GRANTS The call for economy having gone Full scores were:

forth, however, why not start on the However, E. L. H. Shute and his

R. Koh and

of penalising (St foreigners instead son, Warwick proceeded to win their John's) beat W. Lawrence and M. M. British clubs and players?

If the LT.A. are not getting, as game to make it 4-3 and although de V. Soares 21-0; Just to S. A.

23 Fisher and K. Shute lost to Barros Rumjahn and C. N. da Silva 19-24: large a profit from Wimbledon

could

their beat A. J. Hasto and A. O. Barretto hitherto, they Championship.-W. A. S. and Xavier B-21(they were led

recoup 11-love) Harris and Fowler made 21-6.

losses by stopping the grants to Handicap Singles.-J. F. L. Smal- such a promising start against A. J. Bennitt and D. Kwok (St. foreign players. Grant v. J. F. Loys.

At any one Wimbledon they must pay

out an

an imposing, sum in “ex- 2/6); V. R. Gordon (Scr.) v. G. S. peared Free Lances would still pull 21-5; lost to Rumjahn and Silva 10-

peuses grants" to ensure the ap- pearance

Trom champions Chambers (rec. 970).

andicap Doubles. A. H. Penn

R Collis

abroad.-I-belleve-I-am-right-in ollis (rec. 15) v. E. H Williams, and L. R. Andrewes (ree.

saying that the only countries who pay their way at Wimbledon are 370): M. Pagh and J.

Germany and France. (owe 5/6) V. O. E. C. Marton and D. B. Evans (owe 15.4),

dent leaving baseball, but I am the Singapore Sunday Times, apropos way Bay, on Good Friday, March 20ley (owes 2/8) v. O. A. Hansen (rec. Noronha and Gonsalves that it OP John's) beat Lawrence and Soares

Dean's listeners-were-sceptical, be-- leving the was made for the benefit of Sam Breadon, who signs the Cardinals' pay cheques.-- United Press.

Paris, Mar. 22.

In a Rugby match played yesterday, 'the Dominions thirteen, including players from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa defeated France by 6-3,-Reuter's Bulletin.

of the suggested visit to Hongkong kick-off at 4.15 p.m., when the Army next November of a Singapore bude Athletic Association South China Cup which they have already held into team. This-is-what the and retala the writer has to say:

HONGKONG trip

W the Hongkong trip materialise this

year? This was the question to mer last werk. Lam. nel very optimistic about the I think the players here will be kept fully

the whole year our own vecupla, lohip tournament, to kay nothing of the

wila

and the official Inter-State and individual championship tournaments for Malays that may be organised by the Badminton Associa tion of Malnya.

A TYPICAL STORY!

"When I arrived Home on leave I bought

a second-hand car. It looked fine, but after 6 weeks

I became so "fed up" with all the trouble and expense I was having with it, I sold it and bought.

Never a NEW FORD and brought it back with me. had the least trouble with the new car and the rest of my leave was the most enjoyable I've ever had."

THIS STORY IS NOT ONLY TYPICAL IT'S TRUE, WE COULD GIVE THE NAMES OF MANY PEOPLE IN THE COLONY WHO HAVE HAD JUST SUCH AN EXPERIENCE.

LET US PROVIDE YOU WITH A LETTER TO THE FORD MOTOR CO. OF ENGLAND, LTD. WHEN YOU CO ON. LEAVE IN CASE YOU BECOME INTERESTED IN A CAR WHILE AT HOME. IT DOES NOT OBLIGATE YOU IN ANY WAY. IT SIMPLY MEANS YOU WILL RECEIVE PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT.

for two years.

Lady Little has kindly consented to attend and to present the Cup and medals to the winners.

The match will be of 90 minutes duration without extra time. In the event of a draw, there will be a re- play.

Thomson

Mixed Dobules-W. Wooding and Miss Ward (rec, 1/0) v. J. C. Pool and Miss V. K. Allen (rec. 1/6).

TO-MORROW'S

the match out of the fire,

24: beat Easto and Barretto 21-11.

(St. P. Wilson and N. Smith ----EXTRAORDINARY. FINALE____

John's) lost to Lawrence and Soares Harris and Fowler, thanks largely 0-21; lost to Rumjahn and Silva 1-21; to a series of successful intercepting beat Baste and Barrello 21-15. shot series of successful intercepting

"B" Division

actually led 20-8. At which stage they became very nervous, falled on about six services, allowed the oppo sition to creep up to 20-all and then "selted" to three.

P. W. L. M. A. Pls.

0 177 13 20 King's College 11 10 Kowloon Tong

"A"

69 30 18 60 42 18 They would have been better St. John's

62 37 14 Matches down for decision for 10-advised to have played the odd point V.R.C

MATCHES

12

12 9 0 11 7

2 0

1

0 8 27 54 2

10 74 4

A most attractive curtain-raiser to

morrow are as follows: the match has been arranged. Com- mencing at 2:30 p.m., the Royal Navy Wong Shiu-wing; M. Pagh v. Y. W.

Open Singles.-Capt. Coppinger v. for the Recreio pair were one hand S. & S. Home 11

out. Actually they lost service St. Andrew's

"B"

0 play the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.

straight away while the Free Lances The latter unit is stationed at Singa-Lee: S. S. Hussain v. K. Shute,

1 0 10 24.75 2 ..... 11 pore, but is in Hongkong temporarily

couple scored a single point on first Kowloon Tong delivery. This would have won the match. But they lost service with- (Chinese Y.M.C.A. having been addition and then transferred to the "A" Division, their out further Noronha and Gonsalves obtained record has been expunged). their three for the game.

re-

Championship-G. Polglase

Club as a component part of "Blueland". J. Thomson.

Handicap Singles.-A. C. I. Bowker Force which last week attacked the

ser. V. W. Stoker (rec. 3/6).. (scr.) v. Colony. The Inniskillings have some Brst-class footballers In their

Handicap Doubles.-F., G. Nigel gimental eleven. It will be interest and R. M. M. King (rec, 4/6) v. ing to note how their standard of E. M. Bryden and D. S. Robb (rec. play compares with that of the mili-15); F. V. Harrison and A. S. Read tary units stationed in Hongkong. (owe 5/6)

v. R. H. Griffiths and Dr. J. A. R. Selby (rec. 3/6); T. C. As a further attraction, the band Monaghan and V. R: Gordon (owe of the Royal Marines of H.M.S. Cum- 5/6) v. G. S. Chambers and J. Hall berland will play selections at various | (Ser.). times during the afternoon.

There is excellent fare for foot- boll enthusiasts in the Colony as well as for those who, charitably disposed, will feel impelled to add their sup port to a desirable and commendable effort to raise funds on behalf of

THURSDAY'S PROGRAMME

The following is the programme for Thursday:

Open Singles.-Y. C. Lau'v, F. V. Harrison; Lee Wal-tong v. S. A.

Naval, Military and local Chinese : H. D. Rumjahın v. Chan Kam-

charities,

E. L. H. Shute and W. Shute were the best combination on view and played very well to win three games, though they were hard press against Barros and Xavier, the score finally being 24-21. In the other two games they won at will.

It was' a narrow escape for Recrelo, but the two points were sumelent to make them fairly secure for third place in the league table.

DETAILED SCORES

H. A. Barros and A. E. Xavier Open Doubles.-G. W. Sewell and Recreio "E") lost to E. L. II. Shute T. C. Monaghan v. A. Warr and and W. Shute 21-24; beat A. L, Fisher and K. Shute 21-8; beat H. Harris A full house is needed to ensure G. E. Clarke. that last year's total of $2,303 is

Handicap Singles.-W. Wooding and S. Fowler 21-2 reached, and it is hoped that all (rec. 3/6) v. W. M. Barton (rec, IL A. Noronha and J. Gonsalves three fighting Services and all1/6). civilians in the Colony will make a Handicap Doubles-F. A. Red- (Roerelo "B") lost to Shulte and special note of the attractive foot-mond and L. Forster (owe 4/6) v. Shute 5-21; lost to Fisher and Shute ball offered next Friday afternoon J. E. Richardson and R. M. Wood 15-21; beat Harris and Fowler 23-

.ས་ and the purpose behind it.

(rec. 3/0).

N. Beltrao and E, A. R. Alves Mixed Doubica.-A. C. I. Bowker

'and ed stand $1; other stands, 60 ets, and and Mrs. J. R. Collls (rec. 1/6) v. (Recreio "B") lost to Shute 30 ets. Prices for members of the G. Polglase and Mrs. R. M. Wood Shute 9-21; beat Fisher, and Shute

21-13; beat Harris and Fowler 21-10. (owe 4/8). three Services are:-Covered stand,

Charges for admission are:-Cover-

50 cts; other, stands, 30 eta

The following will represent the HONGKONG v. KOWLOON

ARMY TEAM

Army

Fus. Rowlands" (R.W.F.); Rimn. Pickering (RUR), Bgir. Stevens

CRICKET MATCH

21.

LEAGUE TABLE "A" Division

University

"A" Recreio "A"

Y.M.C.A:

WALLACE HARPER & Co., LTD. Howlett (RE.), L/Cpt. Miller Saturday and Monday, March 27 and University

Bord

223, Nathan Road,

Kowloon.

کانا میرا نا شدند

Pio.

HongkongAW

A

P. W. D. L. F. A. PIs.

i

12 12 0 0.00 12 24

12 10 D. 2 81 27 20

0.0 7 47 61-12

12 0 0 4 40 60.16

85 0 3 46 27 10

O' 11 30 8 82 57

14:30 11 45 75 6

(RUR); Fus Evans (R.W.F.). Cpl- The following are the teams for C.R.C. Campbell (LUR), Fus. Taylor the match betwech Hongkong and Recrelo Chinese (RWF); Rimn. Erwin (RUR.), Kowloon on the H.K.C.C. ground on (Scaforths) Fun Talbot (R.W.F.), 20, starting at 11 am. cach day.

"B" Hayward and by/bur. Knight

Reserves:

Connor (Capt.), H. Owen Hughes, R. Lee, St. Andrew's (R.U.R.);

3. E. Richardson, A. R. Minu, G. (Seaforths) Fus. Kenting (RW.F. Pte. William Souza, A. K, Madar, Capt. Murray Free Lance14 1 0 19 31 77 2

(Seaforths), Cpl. Wanklyn (Seaforths). E Zimmer,

R. L. (H.WF), Pie Cook (Seaforths); Holden, Capt. Whilmash, (RM) Garthwaite, R D. McLellan, Pte. Ayres (Seaforths), L/Cpl. Dur Reserve. R. Grintha field (RA.O.C.) Rimn. Ferguson owloon E, Goodwin (apt), EH B.Nova, La Cosano, Lt. D. M. (RUR.), Pie McGulgan (Seaforths) C. Fincher EF Fincher, D. J. E. C. Prichard, K. M. Baxter. Reserve. and Fuse Roberta (R.W.F.); Mai Anderson, N.. A. E. Mackay Lak C, LAM. Rodrigues

-

On

one occasion an American woman, who was living in England at the time, received £50 towards her

bledexpenses for competing at Wim-

It has become customary for. foreign teams to expect grants from the LT.A. if they come to Wimble- don; yet if a British team is sent abroad to compete in a foreign cham- plonship the expenses bill is met by the L.T.A.

ONE-SIDED Such a one-sided arrangement is

(Continued on Page 9.).

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