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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1937.

H. K. F. A. APPROVES REVISED INTERPORT RULES

WITH ONE OR TWO AMENDMENTS

A "Regular Player" To Be Defined

NAVY FOOTBALLERS TO BE ELIGIBLE

(By "Veritas"}

THE Hongkong Football Asso-seven and a half minutes each way. ciation Council seemed well which, according to Mr. Jock Me

Ketvle, customary in Scottish foot- content with the proposed re- | ball. " visions of the Interport Rules Another proposition was that the when they were submitted for approval at yesterday's 'meeting and only on two points were any amendraents put forward,

Bulb concerned the famous Rule

contest

should be restricted to the Shanghal and longkang on grounds that Tientsin have never visited Hongkong, and, presumably, are not likely 10. It was decided, subject to confirmation of the long- kony Telegraph, donors of the Inter-

These revisions will be put Info] correct phraseology and then sub) mitted to Shanghal for confirmation.

12 which deals with the qualification port Cup, to include this in the pro- of players. The sub-cominittee proposed amendments. posed that in future. a qualitted player will be one registered with inly local Acsbelation and a regular player of an afilated club. The Council were a bit hazy as to what constitutes a "regular player" (as was I, you may remember, when, I wrote about these revisions a few days ago). Dr. S. To Wong advised that the words bona fide be added to the qualification.

INTERPORT AFTERMATH

After thunking the Interport sub- committee for their work in bondi- ing the Interport, Mejor Manners reud a series of suggestions from the committee for guidance in future Interports in Hongkong.

One was that officers of the Fool-

This suggestion was adopted by the Council and referred buck to the sub-ball Association should endeavour to committee, who were also asked to define a regular player".

take a more direct interest in the wel- ture of the visiting players by pay-

courtesy visitato

visita to them. This was a gentle rap d

on the knuckles for the present oficers, which I think was not entirely undeserved.

Another suggestion was that better control of crowds, which gather at the entrances to the ground on which the Interport is being played should be an important works of committees In the future. Many were the com- and plaints s this

year of the difficulties ticket-holders experienced in getting inside the ground.

Other mutters of interest which] arose at the meeting were:

The Interport accounts revented a profit of

of $3,385

Rather surprising was Major Mun- ners proposal tul the second part of Rule 12, which precludes Navy players from an Interport team, be; deleted. Major Manners argued that as the same rule laid down that not more than three members of the Ser-

Ser vices could be included in an inter- port tepin, this should be construed un including the Navy, Army Air Force. He could see little reason being excluded in for Navy players

Quite view of the particular ruling.

Services clearly the use of the word "could not mean Army players only.

The Council agreed with Major Manners and It was decided to sug- gest to the sub-committee that this section of Itule 12 be amended so that it should include Navy, Army and Air Force players.

BOMBER BOMBS BROWN-Joe Louis. Detroit Brown Bomber, getting to work on Natle Brown In their heavyweight boxing bout at Kansas, City, Mo. Brown battled hard for three rounds. Then Louis chopped him for the count at the start of the fourth round. Brown is shown crumpling under Joe's Jolling blows.

ENGLAND'S FAILURE

IN THE TESTS

NEW PERSPECTIVE BY LEADING

LONDON CRITIC

THE FALSE EVIDENCE OF FIGURES.

(By "Watchman")

British Group to Stage Louis Bout

Test matches do not end with the fall of the last wicket. Their incidents live on from generation to generation. There are many alive to-day who are never so happy as when they are tell- ing us exactly how F. R. Spofforth rattled out England for 77 at the Oval in 1882; and one need not be very old to be able to give a description for the benefit of the youth of to-day-a description, received a little sceptically perhaps of how gloriously G. L. Jessop, "the human catapult," turned prospective defeat into glorious victory on the same ground twenty years later. The determination of the Manage- ment Committee to avoid arranging

These are old stories. But it would further

import int

irst division

be a very drub "rubber" which is not league matches on "open" grounds discussed with animation for many such as at Chatham Roud and King's weeks. Indeed, it seems that the Park. In this conhection Mr. Mc arguments only begin after stumps WHAT IS "REGULAR"7

Kelvic revealed how he put off the are drawn, and there are still the Mr. Alexander introduced the pro- Ulster Rifics v. Kowloon Chinese dic-hards who are insisting that Aus- bieni which might arise from the pre- mulch of Saturday last at the twelfth tralla would have been beaten in the hour because he discovered that it last series if G. O. Allen had done sent vaguely-expressed

or if the Selection Com- was to be played at King's Pork. The this or that, or "regular player", pointing out that a cuse had been known locally in In question will be played on mittee have chosen an entirely differ.

match

Ja amusing to recall ent team. which a player had been registered the H.K.F.C. ground on Thursday, at

nk before a for a club one week

that after England had won a Shield 5.15.

letter from Caplain E. Hogue, second Test match there were many match and solely for the purpose of -him-playing-in-that fic. Lc. had not formerly associated with the H.K.F.A. Australians who declared that D. G.

played for the club in the league that saying that he had met numbers of

Bradman should

never have been ave been same season. Mr. Alexander thought people in England who paid high chosen as captain, that the responsi the same sort of thing might arise in tributes to the sportsmanship of the bilities of leadership had utterly ruin- there was and that regard to the Interport under the Chinese Olymple football team, and ed his batting,

assuring hira that Lee Wal-tong and something approaching mutiny in proposed new ruling."

his

very

Australian ranks. Those same erities throughout Impression

are now busy in acclaiming him as king and lord of all the batsmen and hns

term

of

It was agreed that the term requir Itel had created

ed clearer definition and the sub- Europe. committee were asked to go into the question.

It

A tuiter from Dr. 5. To Wong sint-nil the skippers that the game

the

The

Ing that Islington Corinthians had in-ever known. A little luck, u spinning Among the other interesting altora formed hitnt was doubtful whether coin, coming down the other way, and tions suugested was that tule 7 should they would have time to include Allen might have been on the pedestal. provide for extra time in the Inter- China In their proposed world tour, and Bradman in the pillory. „It's' a port instead of a replay. If, how- and that until further

news was fickle world) ever, the scores are equal at the endheard from the Corinthians, it would The publication of the averages for of that extra time a replay will be be well to make no further arrange the whole of the tour in Austrulla, ordered. The extra time proposed is ments in Hongkong.

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scores

und analyses in country matches taking the same rank as those of the Test matches, has opened the way to more criticism. For there. standing at the head of the general averages, with a

a good four runs per wicket lead over anyone else, stands Copson, of Derbyshire, who was not given a place in

any of the Tests. How enay, then, for those who see in cricket form only a little sum in simple arithmetic to cry from the house-tops that if Copsun had been played on the big occasion, all would who been well. But those have realise the immensa difference tween Test and up-country cricket understand that In certain cir-

be-

London, Mar. 31. The Harringay Arena, under the management of Match- maker Syd Hull, announced to.. day that Joe Louis would de- finitely fight Max Schmeling, Max Baer or Tommy Farr at the White City stadium on July 30- "Louis accepted our terms. If the Braddock-Louis fight goes through it is expected that Schmeling will enter the agroe-

Huli

said.-United ment," Press.

HOMESIDE RUGBY

Four Matches Played Yesterday

London, April 4. The following rugby matches were, played to-day:

Abertillery Cross Keys Pontypool Redruth

Bridgend

0 Llanelly

8

B

3

3

-Reuter,

3 Swansca

3 Bart's

U.S.S.R. Has

cumstances averages as witnesses of a One Million

player's ability can commit eutroge ous perjury. On the evidence of the general averages Voce should not have been played in the Test matches. Sims had better figures. But Voce topped the Test match averages, which is the thing that matters.

DIFFICULTIES OF SELECTION.

Footballers

Football is one of the most popular kinds of sport in the U.S.S.R. accord- ing to Toss. Last year, 800,000 players

It may be said that Copson ought participated in football matches in to have been given at least one the towns and villages of the US.S.R., chance against the full strength of whereas this year not less than one Australia. But which bowler could million Soviet citizens will play foot- have been left out for Copson? To ball. The coming football season pro- provide a place for him Voce or mises to be very interesting. It is Allen or K. Farnes would have had expected that 128 teams will contest to be omitted, for an attack almost the U.S.SR. Cup, io. 32 teams more

is an Invitation to disaster.

Why

entirely composed of lots not have thari last year.

dropped R. W. V. Robins sooner?"

seem to hear a loud chorus enquire.

Well, it is true that Robins folled,

but

it was essential that some kind of

spin bowler different

from

should be on the side, and, with

Impotent, Robins became a case of Hobson's choice. There were also his

Wages Cut For Kent

potentialities nu'a' batsman and his Cricketers

brillant felding here, there, and any- where to be considered.

If nice-looking averages, regurdless Kent's players face a substantiul of the circumstances which produced cut in wages following the county them, alone decided whether a player club's loss of £1,849 last season. For should be chosen for a Test side, then bome matches in 1037 they will little J. Frederick, who got very cheap receive 40, against £8.15s, and for wickets against the Englishmen for away games 20, Instead of £11.15s. Victoria, H. Mudge--six for forty-six Talent money is to be increased from.

(Continued on Page 0.) £2. to £4. for a win.

Clubhouse Chattor

By "Voritas".

ANOTHER INTERPORT POINT NEEDS TO

BE CLEARED UP

SHANGHAI PLAYERS WERE

WERE SORE WITH TREATMENT BY H.K.F.A.

the

Now that the Interport foot-case the music is ruined by

ball rules have been revised, clatter of plates and cutlery and the

Uhere is another point connected buzz of conversation. These may BADMINTON

дп of the organisers of Interport FINAL THIS

with the annual exchange of "ppear to be small points, but they are points which become important visits by Hongkong and Shang-nt such a function. The whole alm hai soccer teams which should dinner should be to make it as in- be tackled and an agreement formal as possible. Anything sug- reached thereupon by the respec-gesting storchiness ruins the idea of

function. When the the

Very seriously I tive Associations. Shanghai team arrived here Inst suggest that the H.K.F.A, should fle away the foregoing points with that February they learnt with sur-list of suggestions submitted yester prise that although they were day by the last Interport sub- guests of the I.K.F.A. they committee. Let us try and make our

21 future Interport dinners little held would be

individually joliler, even at the expense of responsible for chits signed in decorum.

the hotel other than those sign-

ed by a responsible official of the T.K.F.A. I say they heard of

this with surprise because in "Father" Of · Shanghai, our players were no Macao Hockey

1936 when Hongkong went to

called upon to pay; for anything.] Shanghai footed the entire bill.] When this was explained to loral officials a compromise was reached, but the onesidedness of the arrangements not unnatural- ly rankled with the visiting players.

Agreement Wanted

To Be Feted

IN HONGKONG

In view of Lt. da Costa's carly de- parture from Macro and of the part he has played in the development or hockey there, a farewell match hat been arranged in his honour betweeni Portugal and Mr. Dand's XI.

E point to be dealt with here is not whether Shanghal behaved

The match will be played off on the more properly to their visitors than Hongkong, or vice-versa. What is Club ground at 5.15 p.m. on Thursday necessary is for the two Association next Lt. Da Costa will be asked to agreement so that captain the Portugal XI which will to come to an there will be no future misunder- play in colours. Mr. Dand's XI play- consist of the the ing in white, will score. on 'this standing

following who are asked to turn bui Aeration fact it. Hit be muc

to meet for the occasion or if unable to pray ployers desirable

for

their personal expenses, so well and to advise Hon. Secretary HKH good. But don't let us have any as soon as possible. more of this differential treatment,

Sepper Howlett (Army); A. E. P. Guest (Radio) and Lt. Stileman

It is a matter which can be easily adjusted, and when this is done there will be no room for further hard (Navy); Sapper Brown (Army) W. A. yers, Reed (Club) and Lt. Davies (Navy); feelings. The Shanghai players,. S. Fowler (Club) Lt. Wright (Navy) knowing full well the generous treat. ment Hongkong, received in

EVENING

TO END THE CHAMPIONSHIPS

champion-

The Colony badminton ships come lo a close to-night, when The Adal of the men's doubles will be played at Club de Recreio.

Finalists are P. H. Wang and C. E. Chng (Chinese Y.M.C.A.) and M. A. Olivera and J. J. Remedios (Club de Rrerelo).

A fust match la certain and it is likely to go the whole distance. On farm displayed in the championships there is little to choose between the pairs, and although the Portuguese have a fine league record, they will to best have to be on top form Wong and

In

there will be two ex- addition this evening. hillon matches. Unfortunately Miss U. Khoo is I and cannot play in the mixed doubles. As a result P. K. Hu will play with Miss C. Silva against L. A. Carvalho and Miss M. Silva.

There will be a men's singles be- tween T. J. Ong of Chinese Y.M.C.A. and K. L. Yong of the University.

A very entertaining evening is promised and badminton enthusiasts should make a point of allending. Ad- mission will be fifty cents.

AMERICAN OPPONENT

FOR DOYLE Levinsky to Meet Irish Boxer

King Levinsky, the Hebrew-Ameri- can heavyweight, whose activities as sh-dealer, have earned him the lile

1030,Pyara Singh (K.1.T.C.) Nurain Singh left here smarting under what they (Army) und Partab. (Army). felt was an injustice. Clearly while Reserves-Kishen Singh (Army) this can happen, the true meaning of M. H. Hassan (Radla) Lt. Garth- these Interport series is lost. Their discover

walte (Army) and Lt. Wraith (Navy). intention is not solely to

turn out D On Friday a eccktail party in whehter one Port can

of better. team

footballers than hancur of L. da Costa will be held another; but to promote friendly and in the Peninsula Hotel at 0.45 p.m. to

"The match is the result of several. sucial relationships. How can this which all players and hockey-en-

days of earnest deliberation during be accomplished visiting players thusiasts are invited. As leave here disgruntled because they players and clubs have accepted L. which the names of several British feel they have not been treated da Costa's hospitality in Macas a large boxers were considered.

attendance is requested and as many eventually decided to bring Levinsky properly? And all that is needed

so many

they

Mont

an agreement between the Hongkong as can do so are asked to turn up. and Shanghai Football Associations. Let them agree to whatever wish: it doesn't matter much.so

a

Fas there is thorough understanding as for what precisely the respective responsible Associations shall be while entertaining visiting Interport teams.

Cold-Shouldered

ATOR was this the only unhappy feature of the Inst Interport series. With all due respects to the good Intentions of the H.K.F.A. oficials, cannot be said they worried very much about the social side of evenings, Shanghai's visit. In the espectully, the visitors were left to their own devices. Apart from being taken to the cinema on the eve of the Interport match, entertained at the K.C.C. Chinese New Year's dance.

the i and made guests-in-chief at

function (which Interport Dinner

wretched fasco), nothing was done to keep our visitors amused and entertained in the evenings. Nothing. that is, by the ILK.F.A.. The players didn't complain, but am sure they

Was a

felt

а bit hurt because they remem- bered how very attentive Shanghal was to the Colony players in 1030; when not a day or evening passed by without Association officials doing their utmost to arrange entertain- ments for them. Here, the Shanghai players were badly, cold-shouldered by leading F.A. officials and the task. of acting host virtually fell to one member of the Entertainment Com- mittee.

Let's Be Jollier

UNDOUBTEDLY the social side of

the Interport series left room for considerable dissatisfaction. The In terport dinner was easily the dullest ever. Everything seemed to be done for effect, rather than for pleasure. The tables were so arranged that there were wide empty spaces be- tween those sitting at the top and thore at the bottom. The artistes who contributed to the musical pro- gramme could only be heard by n section of the guests because the others were lost on the horizon. The orchestra which played during dinner played delightfally: but do young footballers of Shanghai and Hong- kong want to eat a real to Chamber music when they are celebrating an Interport contest? Perhaps t regrettable, but they don't. In any

STOKE BEAT THE WEDNESDAY

London, April 4. Playing at home to-day in a first division league football match, Stoke one beat Sheffield Wednesday by goal to nil, Reuter.

of "Kingfish" is to meet Jack Doyle,. the Irish heavyweight, at Wembley on April 6, states Reuter.

IL, WRE

over from California, and though this. move is sure to draw protests from British camps, it ought to ensure a successful tournament.

Baer a Levinsky vied with Max couple of years ago no the most pub- licised fighter in America, Flo peatedly reached the headlines. not only by his ring activities but by his remarkable actions in private life. The Kingish is a hard hitter, and at 20 years of age knows much more about the fight game than Doyle.

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