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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1937.

ENGLAND TO WIN INTERNATIONAL CHARITY CUP

Mr. S. Y. Liang, the well-known and very popular Hongkong jockey, whose tragio, death waI

reported

yesterday. (Photo: Mo Cheung).

Cotton Wins Big Golf Tournament

TOTALS 279 FOR

72 HOLES

London, April 23. Henry Cotton, the famous English professional golfer, to-day, won the "Sliver King" £1,000 golf tournament played over the Moor Park course at Richmansworth, returning an aggre- gate of 270 for 72 holes.

Cotton's rounds were 73, 60, 70, 48..

P. J. Mahon of the Royal Golf) Club, Dublin, finished second, one stroke behind Cotton. His total of 200 was made up as follows: 72, 07, 73, and 68.

W. J. Cox of Wimbledon Park won third prize, totalling 283 with rounds of 71, 71, 09 and 72.-Reuter.

GLASGOW RANGERS Highlight

DEFEATED

Upset For Scottish Loague Champions

London, April 23. Glasgow Rangers, champlons of the Scottish League were unexpectedly defeated in their last match of the nonson, to-day. Visiting Clyde, they lost by the odd goal in three.

Kilmarnock, playing at home to Queen's Park, were held to a goal- less draw.

In the second division, Airdrie pleased their supporters by winning 4-2 at home to St. Bernard's-Renter.

AMERICAN TENNIS TOURNAMENT

Members of the Kowloon Cricket Club are reminded that an American Tennis Tournament will be played to-morrow alternoon, starting at 2 o'clock. Competitors can enter in pairs or individually. Entrance fee is $1.50 per couple.

In British Polo Season

London.

Highlight of coming Britisk pola season will be the visit of a team from ladia headed by the Nawab of Bhopal.

PETERSEN

BUDGE, WOOD AND MAKO "WINNERS”

U.S. Certain To Win Cup With Such A Team

London.

If the United States pick Donald Budge, Sidney Wood and Genlej Mako for their Davis Cup team they will bring back this Cup to America, In the opinion of W. T. Tilden.

But Tilden does not think the

Sixty ponies are already on their American selectors will choose this

way.

In providing so liberal a supply of ponies the Nawab's object is to make sure that his will be the best England, and also mounted side to furnish an ample reserve for the seven tournaments in which the team will participate.

Only four players. are coming, for the Nawab has decided. that

va-

team. They will not play Wood because he has not played for a year and they want, at any price to surround

with Budge

young players. whose principal defect Is that they have not played in inter- national tennis," he added,

PETERSON NEVER TO BOX AGAIN

Eye Trouble

These Have Won The Cup So Far

1,925 Scotland 1926 Portugal 1927 Scotland 1928 Scotland 1929 England 1930 China

1931

1932

Scotland Portugal

1933

China

1934 Wales

it

1985 China China 1936

Jack Petersen, the ex-British heavy-weight champion, will nover fight again in the ring. An eye specialist has told him that

must went glosses and that would be unwise for him to do any more boxing.

he

After watching Max, Baer at train-i ing at Kingston, he saw Mr. Sydney Hulls, the Harringay promoter.

Mr. Hulls had hopes that Peterson would figure as one of his attrae- tions later on.

Petersen administered the knock-

those out to

hopes when he told Mr. fiuils of the specialist's verdict.

When Jack returned here from Londen, two people uwalted him-- hig

Davies, anxious wife, and Danny

his trainer,

Ile came of the train alone-

young, ini, virile, the picture

health.

of

"You have fixed up another fight?"

"I HAVE GIVEN UP" He passed his massive right hand | across his scurred eyebrows,

There was emotion in his voice. "To tell you the truth," he said, "I

given up.

DEMPSEY

& CONTROL OF BOXING

CENTRALISATION

IS ESSENTIAL

BY FEDERAL BODY ·!

(By Jack Cuddy) United Press Stag Correspondent

New York, Jack Dempsey has come to the conclusion that professional box- E feel it terribly.

ing in the United States must "But there is nothing else for it. have centralized government I must say good-bye to the game." control.

specialist told me I must wear glasses In future,

PROMISING CAREER

(By Fred Dartnell? The doctor's verdict on Petersen (writes Fred Dartnell) brings to n close a ring career that was short but highly successful

Having pionship

1932

"The sport must have a federal commissioner or commission if it is

STRONG TEAM TO OPPOSE IRELAND

To-morrow's Match

(By "Veritas")

Seven years have passed since England won the International Charity Cup, Ireland has never won the

competition. To. morrow afternoon Ireland and

THE INTERNATIONAL CHARITY CUP

England will meet in the final of League Football

the 1936-7 competition, the one endeavouring

to engrave its

name on the trophy for the first ULSTERS

time of asking: the other to re- peat their 1929 success,

that it

There are no counter attractions to this important game so weather conditions are favourable record crowd shrould be present at Caroline Hill at 4.15 to-morrow. The

NEED ONE

POINT ONLY

match should provide a fitting climax FOR FIRST DIV.

to the season.

CHAMPIONSHIP

(By "Veritas")

are ex-

England is bound to start favourite if only because she disposed of such a powerful team ns China in the pre- vious round. Ireland needed a re- ploy in order to beat Wales, and on nelther occasion did the team give a markedly impressive display.

Royal Ulster Rifles Ireland

will turn out the Royal pected to win the first division continue as one of our national Ulster Riftes first division side, and championship of the Hongkong entertainments," the Munassa Muuler the fuel that the team has played to- Football League this afternoon declared during a chat at his tavern.gether throughout the season should when they play Chinese Athletic "Unless it gets centralized govern- ment control soon, boxing will con- though a first-rate team on paper, at Sookunpoo. The Rifles re

advantage. England, tinue to degenerate until it reaches has drawn upon players from various quire one point from this game; a lower level than wrestling, and that clubs, and because they have not had they will probably win two. wan't take long."

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prove

big

a tot of practice together, they may He said that Grant, Riggs, Harris

won the nmateur cham- Jacic emphasized that the idea of take a little time to settle down. Once this has been accomplished" and Parker were, good players but if illnesses or injuries cause

Nevertheless England has at in 1031, Petersen turned federal control was not original with

team there will be very little interest left cancies in his combination, subst!- were not in the class of such hard professional.

him. During lost year's campaign of well nigh, Interport class, and if in the league, the only other issue tutes will be avaliable from among Davis Cup fighters as von Crunmained first the British: cruiser-weight toured New York state on behalf of fully expect them to win.

In less than 12 months he had when the former heavyweight king, they play according to their lights being whether South China "A" players in England-the influx of Austin, Crawford and Quist.

South China "D" or Seaforths finish indian visitors for the coronation

champlonship and then the heavy- President Roosevelt, this idea was

runners-up. NEWCOMER'S OPPORTUNITY automatically providing a reserve On the other hand, Wood was cap-weight crown, the latter by beating broached to him by several_persons

Scaforths have no match during in politics, Dempsey able of holding his own with them. Reggie Meen at Wimbledon in July, prominent upon which he can draw,

the week-end, but before the season in the second round.

The inclusion of would not mention any names. Bul

one player is Interesting.

closes Land

they have to play South China wi Tilden said that the finest match he Star of the visiting toam

of the Royal "A". In November of the following your it was his belief that the iden is re- De Roo Raja Hanut Singh, com- had seen was that in which Wood Petersen lost his title on points to celving serious consideration "right-Engineers, a six foot something inside Routines must also

meet

Ulster Rifics. Royal

Because of forward, who is a first class athlete, these pletely recovered from u fall of beat Crawford at Wimbledon in Len Harvey.

matches, the Seven

odds are in favour 1034.

months later he, defeated

holling the Army high Jump litle of South China "A" finishing second. Harvey in a return for the champion-

Fusiliers will have to be on their ship

which he held until last August, When Ben Foord gained a technical knock-out at Leicester, in the third round

After

that Petersen met Walter Neusel, the Germin, who had twice before beaten him.

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Petersen was going to meet Foord, but Ben had influenza, and on Feb. 1, Neusel, coming in as a substitute, beat Petersen a third time.

Unniversities Boat Race Crews Win In Paris

Paris. Apr. 4.

now in the place where it counts."

"At first I didn't agree with those has been given the inside right berth. federal control gentlemen, Juck It is a signal honour as Land is best behaviour to beat Recreio this admitted. "For some time I believed newcomer, and the only chance the afternoon, but I expect the Polico like baseball or the amateur athletics form was in the Junior Shield final point from Kowloon Chinese. that the sport could organize itself-selectors have had of gauging his will be just good enough to take

the movies. I thought that a Judge swamp the or

Use the various industries such as when he helped the Sappers tu

Ulster Rifles. in that! Landis or a Wii Hays was the

match Land scored three goals with- In the space of

of ten minutes and gave

answer.

phenugeting and conniving and dis- pundits forthwith

"But after watching closely the such a polished performance that the puting during the past few months, being

named him worthy to representative

changed my mind. I realized that honours,

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The programme is as follows.

FIRST DIVISION (K.O. 44) Fusiliers v. Recreio-King's Park Athletic v. Rifles-Sookunpoo K. Chinese v. Poller----Club S. China "A" V. St. Joseph's Caroline II

SECOND DIVISION

the sport never could govern itself, He receives his chance to-morrow, Scaforths v. Club-Causeway Bay, and that the government must step and it will be of especial interest to

In

to combat increasing evils and see how he shapes in the company of mis-inanagement, just as it stepped senior division players.

in to combat crime and kidnapping when certain types of crime-got-be yond the control of city and state

governments."

of

3.15

Fusillers T. R.A. (8)-Chatlumi Rd., 4.45

K. Chinese v. C. Pollee--Club, 3.15 “RE. V. “KA (L)—Caroline ́NEI,

THIRD DIVISION Seaforths v. Kwong Wah-Sookun-

with the line-up, I expect Ireland Unless injuries come to interfere will comprise most the Arst 3.15 division team of the Vister Rifles, in- cluding Galbraith, the new centre- half

who has taken over Campbell's poo, 3.15 dulles.

K.A.0.0.

v. Recreio P. Edward

FEDERAL BOXING BUREAU · Dempsey did not Yuvour abolish ing existing state and city boxing

It is a strong side and will be partl Rd., 3.15 commissions, but he was emphatic in cularly formidable if the ground is RAF. V. RAM.C-P, Edward

stating that they should be made sub-inclined to be heavy. If England Rd., 4.45 ject to the federal boxing bureau- can settle down quickly I imagine "a burenu that could crack down they will win, but if Ireland ean Considerable Interest was taken when necessary; without fear of obtala on carly goal, the result may, (Club), Land (R. E.). Elliott (Club). in the races between the Oxford offending ward-heelers or local poli-well go the other way.

Talbot (Fusiliers) and Bickford and Cambridge University Boat ticlans."

The likely teams are as follows: (Club). Racc crews and twa selected This bureau would decide definlie- French cights on the Seine Whis Iv who was champion in the various i Rodger (Club); Webster (Sea- Conner; Pickering and Slovena; afternoon. Among the 50,000 or

or divisions, and would not permit three forths) and S. Strange (Club); E. MeConigal, Galbraith and Miller; more spectators were President or four chaps in the division to go Strange (Club), Bliss (Kowloon), Erwin, Anderson. Moore, Killen and Lebrun, Sir George Clark, and swaggering about the country posing and Parker (Police); F. Fowler Ferguson.

several

other Ministers. The us world title holders. course was from the Pont de St. Cloud to the Font de Suresnes, a istance of 3,000 metres about one rails, seven furlongs,

The bureau could make a thorough investigation of scandals like the re- cent baton rouge nic case" and deal out proper punishment to par- In the first race Cambridge met J.

tles found guilty. There would he Lecornu's crew from the Seine, and no more "white-washing," and un- won by five lengths, Cambridge were would think twice before putting in scrupulous promoters. Managers allotted the Bank side, the more favourable, and though the Seine the "ix."

BOON went ahend.

eight made a better stort, the Light, Contracts for all world title de-] Blues, rowing excellently together, bureau, and when champions and would be approved by the

They settled down, striking 35 a contracts they would be walloped managers tried to wriggle out of such minute, and at one-third of the dis- into line by the commissioner or tance

were leading by aix yards. commission, Cambridge were unquestionably the

better

"If we had centralized control

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crew, and at the half dils- tance were a full two lengths ahead. now," he continued, "you wouldn't

be up against a situation such The University continued to increase exists In the heavyweight ranks, their lead, and were three

lengths where nobody-not even the boxing writers knows who is going to fight The Seine crew were also rowing who or where.

ahead after rowing 2,000 metres.

spurted

PRESIDENT. SHOULD, APPOINT

35 to the minute, but their style was rather stiff

stiff and lacked supp

suppleness. Nearing the Anlah Cambridge in- creased the rate of striking, and "Boxing is not a local sport. It is

a national sport. at the end to win

Almost every Im- Wportant match involves at least one in 7 min. 20 3-5 sec,. In the

race Oxford beat the opponent from outside the city, the Maruo eight, stroked by Picot, by state and often the country. Be- faltr

of the bickerings between our ever lengths, without being various state commissions and be- seriously extended. Oxford gained f

by Ave

chuse

lead

of half a length at the start cause of the lack of respect held in although striking at a slower rate some states for the national boxing than the Frenchmen. The Morne failed dismally to govern the sport association, the present set-up has eight rallied, however, and managed the way it should be governed under to get within a length of the Oxford

Even the rules boat. Oxford slowed down to thirty-

modern conditions. two to the minute, and at the one-in many states.”

covering boxing differ considerably third mark the

Jack said the commissioner or members of the commission should

crew were

striking at thin the rate. to be appointed by. President Roosevelt

Oxford then thirty-four two and a halfpened up a cap of

or possibly by the head of the de- boats. The Oxforth between the partment of state-or some other de- crew had little partment. He said the appointees dimculty in maintaining the lead and should be non-partisan men, respect- a last desperate effort by the Frenched for their knowledge of boxing and crew was without avail, for Oxford boxing law. And they should be spurted to finish with a four-lengths paid by the government, possibly lead. Their time was 7 min. 20 3-5 from the federal tax on boxing

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