1937-04-27 — Page 8

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1937.

THE RUMJAHN COUSINS PLAYED LIKE CHAMPIONS Brilliantly Sustained Attack In Tennis Semi-Final

103 Horses Nominated For Big Race

New York.

A field of 103, three-year olds, including virtually all of the 1936 stake winners, has been nominated for the 63rd running

Kentucky of the

Derby on May 8 at Churchill Downs.

Coincident with the release of this list of 76 colls, 21 geldings and six Alles, J. H. Louchelm's Pompoen- last year's champion juvenile-was established solid winter book favourite.

a

When Charles Burke, St. Louis commissioner, announced the first

winter book odds, Pompoon was the favourite at 8-1 to win, 4-1 to place, and 2-1 to show on a play or pay basis. This was n natural choice for the $60,000 added Mile and a quarter ecause last year the boy. son classic

because

of Pempey-Onagh won

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won six times and placed twice in eight starts, heading the list of money winners for 1036 with a total of $82,260.

MORE WOMEN OWNERS Other

last year's Juvenile honours which GTC being groomed for the Derby are Milky Reaping' Macdie; Reward and Way

Farm's Case Ace; Maemere Shandon Farm's Privileged; A. G.

Col.

rivals

for

H. D. TOUCHES TOP FORM

Home Football Results

London, April 26,

West Ham won useful football Jeague points from Aston Villa to-day, winning at Upton Park by the odd goal in three. In the southern section of the third division- Walsall lost at home at Newport 2-1 and in the northern section, Halifax lost at home lo Oldham 1-0, and Tranmere best Clateshead 6-1.—Reuter.

DERBY

Wong And

Luk Are Gallant

FAST PLAY

(By "Veritas") "

S. A. and H. D. Rumjalin beat Wong Shul-wing and Luk Ding- cheung 6-2, 6-3, 6-3,

CALL-OVER AFTER a series of dull

FAIRFORD FIRM FAVOURITE

NEW ODDS QUOTED

London, Avril 20. Fairford was quoted at a 7 to 1 favourite for the Derby in a call- over made to-night, the principal quotations being as follows.

7 to 1 Fairford (0) 15 to 2 (1) 10 to 1. Le Grand Dus (0) 100 to 8-Perifox (0) 100 to 7'Goya (0)

Vanderbilt's Aleflame; Samucp to 7 The four (0) 15 to 1.(1) die's War Admiral, a son of Mun *15 to 1 Foray (6) 100 to 6 (1)

E: R. Bradley's Brooklyn 100 to 8 Gainsborough Lass (0) 18 and Billionairo: Foxcatcher Farm's Falryhill, Santa Anila Derby win-

War

ner;

Rownsend R. Martin's Court

Scandal, Flamingo stakes winner,"TWO and others of like calibre.

cra

Increasing interest of woman own-

is reflected

In Mrs. Ethel D. Mars Ave nominations, leading all others.

Four ware made by Mrs. Payne Whitney's Greentree stable. Mrs. Isabel Dodge Sloane's Brook- meade stable whose Cavalcade tri- umphed in 1934, will be represented of Reigh by Royal Reigh, a son Count, winner in 1929.

Second cholec to Pompoon in Burke's quotations are Tapping Ne- at 10-1 each. ward and Brooklyn War Admiral, com

comes next at 12-1, followed by Privileged at 35-1. Burke's prices stretch out to 100-1 quoted against Carl S. and Stormy Ocean.-United Press.

O'Neill Dunne Still Taking Wickets

the

Pat O'Neille Dunne, cricketer, is still performing with credit in Singapore.

to 1 (1)

---Reuter.

THOUSAND GUINEAS

FORAY QUOTED AT 3 TO 1

London, April 20, : The short odds of 3 to 1 were offered against Foray in to-day's call-over for the Two Thousand Guineas race.

The following prices were qualed. 3 to 1 Foray (t and o) 15 to 20 Fairford (t and o) 11 to 2 Fair Copy ( and o) 17 to 2 Le Grand Due (i and o) 10 to 1 Goya (t and o)

100 10 7 Diplomat it and o) 100 to 0 The flour (o) 20 to 1 (t)

22 to 1 Sunbather (t and o) 33 to 1 Mildday Sun (t and o}

PROBABLE STARTERS

London, April 20 The following are the probable starters and. Jockeys in the Two Thousand Guineas to be run on April 20:

Pot

and disappointing

G. Darkarch of Diocesan Boys' School, winning the shot-put event at

grapher).

matches, Hongkong cham- the Inter-Schools Athletic Meeting last week. (Photo by staff photo-

pionship tennis became re- vitalised on the stand court yesterday, the semi-final encounter between the Rumjahn cousins and the |C.R.C. players, Wong and Luk, producing some scintil- lating play.

times

The cousins, eleven champions during a period of twelve years, played a brand of tennis which left one fairly con-

vinced that they are going to recapture that lost title on Tuesday next. They won easily, not because the opposition was weak, but because they played so brilliantly.

They took risks without appearing embarrass in the slightest bit to themselves. - Their volleying Was crisp and attacking; what is more would-be they volleyed deeply as champions should:

PLEASURE TO WATCH

They Won By 70 Points

To Nothing!

Result: Unilever "A" 70pix.; Old Ashténdians

HA 0

This is not a misprint. It actually happened recently at a Rugby match on the Unilever ground at New Eltham, London, S.E., when the home side set up a new record for the club, beat- ing a previous best score by one of their own teams by 11 points. From the opening whistle they "lived" on and around their opponents' line, and at half-time had notched 40 points. One man scored six tries and another five.

"We

The winning team was very modest afterwards. managed to hook the ball out of every scrum," one of them said. "The boys flung it about with considerable abandon, and the passes just stuck in everybody's hands. It certainly was a field day for us.'

PETERSEN PULLS OFF

THE GLOVES

AND SAYS "GOODBYE

"COWARDLY" FOOTBALL REFEREES TO BE DISMISSED

LINESMEN AS WELL: PLAYERS DEMAND MORE WAGES: THIS SOCCER "RACKET"

(By Jolin Bell)

Momentous happenings are imminent in football. "Cowardly referees," according to the President of the Football League, are to be sacked; linesmen are, to be sacked; players through their trade union, are agitating for more money and intend to present their do- mands to the League. But more than fifty per cent. of League clubs, it is alleged, are not making ends meet and the players' demand will be resisted. The words said to have been used in this connec- tion savour of a sinister challenge. As quoted, "The clubs do not intend to be dictated to by the players. There is no chance what- ever of an increase in wages.”

In

to

is

All this by the way is part of our week during the playing season and noble national game or so we have to £0 per week during the close, sear believe, since it continues to excite son, with talent money of 22 for a the admiration of millions.

win and £1 for a draw. They in- The truth

that professional tend to ask for £0 a week. lengue football is no longer a game. I am not concerned with the merlis spite of the Football League's of the case, for or against the ex- has assumed an unpleasant tra sovereign, but with the attitude control it has

to resemblance

what

Americans attributed to the League, before any would glibly term a racket,

official approach has been made by On the question of referees pro League really support such an al- the players' Union. If the Football fessional footballers have complained

me of the practice of clubs and titude

a lengua players meeting before game to discuss the referee, so as to be able to take every possible ad- vantage of the weaknesses of the official who is taking their game.

MRS. SUTCLIFFE'S ADMISSION

A Mr. Sutellife himself admits; there are referees that favour home clubs, and he explains why, but he does not say that the system is to blame. After each match the home club reports upon the referee and indicates its opinion of this official by awarding points, maximum being four. At the end of the season a referee is judged

on, these reports and largely number at points.

the

tho

hla

This system obviously offers to a referee the temptation to favour the home club and so earn a favourable report. He

also exposed to the attentions of zealous officials with a flair for hospitality, and when he emerge

from this ordeal everyon

regards him with piclan, whatever he liable

to be called cond

and

SUB-

he is But Mr. Sutcliffe has in view some "men of iron whom the League intend to engage for the job in the future, and that

will, he

they are seeking the best means of incensing the players upon whom they depend for their revenue and reputation

QUESTIONS TO THE LEAGUE The Football League must disinter hond from the sand and look round, not at referees, linesmen and players, but at its organisation. I should like to ask it the following questions.

its

the

Has the Football League ever sought the co-operation of F.A. in the selection and appoint- ment of referees and Inesmen, seeing that it admits these officials are not satisfactory?

Has it been offered and declined sugestions and advice from the F.A. as to the selection and ap- pointment of referees and Iles- Dien?

Does Its Management Committee. choose and appoint the 50 referees on the League list solely on the recommendations of its own clubs or affiliated organisationsT

If the answer to the first two tions is "No" and that to the questions is

third "Yes," who is responsible for the

poor quality of re- allcred poor ferees

and Inesmen?

Perhaps the answer will be forth-

at the League Management

he feels, solve this problem. comitte meeting on April 30,

He is going to mould human nature

to

his system in the modern dicta- (orial vogue.

In effect, the League President

says it is not the Football League

that Llandrindod Wella, Apr. 12. At exactly 9:30 ̄ to-night, 25-year-old Jack Petersen former British and Empire heavy-weight champion, stepped into the ring here for the last time.

I haven't scea H. D. Rumjaim play). so well for a long time. He has run bang into top form, and whether it be singles or doubles he will present a problem to any opponent at the present moment. It was a pleasure to ace him smash; the ball hit and firmly, and perfectly placed. He merellessly exposed the weak- ness-of-Wong's-and-Luk's-services, driving them back with tremendous pace. His own service was very de- pendable, winning the cousins games with unfailing regularity.

Sirdar Rumjalin, volatile as ever,

Although told by an eye specialist | out yesterday that he must not do any brilliant volleys, smashes, un- more boxing, Petersen refused to returnable drives-and the usual break a promise made weeks ago crop Inexplicable mistakes from to Danny Davies, his trainer, to fight

of absurdly easy positions. His play an exhibition bout at a charity tour- was as unbalanced as ever, yet be nement. was irrefutably one of the best per- formers on view.

Boiler (Gordon Richards), Goya II (Elliott), Fair Copy (Perry-

sped about the court Bushing- K.C.C. man), Phakos (Nevet), Foray (Pat Beasley), Le Grand Duc (Smitke), Sultan Mahomed (D. Smith), Senior (Harry Wragg), Diplomat (Sirelt), Scarlet Plume (Beary), Midday Sun (Lowrey), Fairford (Weston). Re- viresco (Carslake), The Hour

Leksar (Smith),

(Semblat), Sun Bather (Steve Donoghue), April The Third (Bullock).

In a recent match, playing for the Singapore Cricket Club against Genuang, he captured four wickets cost of 34, which, in view of Genuang's total of 200 was a good performance.

-ut

He was less successful with the bat, being dismissed ofler scoring No jockeys have been assigned to nine, and the S.C.C. were # trise Prince Arthur and Sand Sprite.— lucky to earn a draw.

Reuter.

We have Pleasure in Announcing that we have appointed

Messrs.

John D. HUTCHISON & Co..

TO BE OUR AGENTS

IN CANTON

And so, Petersen's last appearance

In the ring was to ight a three-

It

scemy to me that the adoption

by the League of the two-referee plan would merely be duplicating their mistake.

wrong. It is human na-

In any case it is not beyond the tura.Thosystem-must-go-an.bounds -possibility that the FA "Men of iron" are wanted for £3 will pass some recommendation to 3. a match and third-class rathe League on the subject of re- way fare.

ferees at its meeting on Monday.

It is advisable that they should LINESMEN TOO crowd-ond' for Petersen too.

He dragged off the gloves very Linesmen have not escaped this do so in firm terms since their at- slowly, then, with a wistful smile, indictment. Referees have been en-tempts have so far been treated with

ittle less than contempt Lassed them to his seconds, at thecouraged to rely on their linesmen:

How can football bc same time saying:

now

successfully they are accused of making "Well, good-bye, and farewell linesmen their senpegoats, and lines-

administered when the serious to all that."

men are accused of being too offici-opinion of the F.A. is ignored and The crowd called for a speech. uus. Of what metal his linesmen the two bodies are almost completely Petersen strode into the middle of are to be made Mr. Sutcliffe does unsympathetic? The F.A., has ideals for the game it controls, and the third-class railway the F.A. Into its confidence and en- help, the better for the

list its

game, and All he sold was: "Thank you. Iares. He made a brave but pathetic Thank you very much."

In the same tradition, the spokes-game. farewell.

It might have been a gem of man of the clubs threw his ultima- People had come from as far oratory, so loud and prolonged was tum at the players on the question afield 43 Birmingham. London, the cheering.

of wages, though with what Gloucester and Cardid to see one The chicers went on-long after nuthority remains to be seen, as he preferred anonymity.. The players receive a maxlinum wage of £8 per

of the most glamorous figures in Petersen had hurried away..

British boxing make his last bow.

WEEK-END GOLF Results Of Matches At

Against such a persistent offensive round exhibition match with Max the ring as though he were going to not specify. They get 14 guinos sooner the League decides to take Wong and Luk, if anything, played Hodgetts, a former sparring partner. say a lot.

CHEERING CROWD slightly above form. Some of their volleying sorties were dramatic and exciting. No

Now and again Luk would win them with a delightful shot down the tramlines. But on the whole the Chinese were besten by the sheer speed of shot which came from the Rumjalins' rackets. They made

How they cheered him! spirited efforts to retaliate, but the

Petersen seemed to sense the the better the harder they hit.

sympathy the crowd felt for him. cousins liked It.

His sparring was a ring "pleture" Luk

more consistent thnn

often brilliant with Wong, who was rather bewildered in its

close-volleying exchanges. Luk glimpses of the old fire that carried

him to the top of the fistic world. proced commendable overhead

The cheers broke out again and shot, a more than useful volley und a good forehand drive. Wong dia-i The gong sounded for the last played a clever backhand drive, often made on the run, and seen at its best In return of service. But in other he was a bit out of his class, phases in the third set he earned sp-i

was

"for

plause volleying

some highly effective:

On such form it is hard to imagine anybody stopping the Rumlahn cou- sins from winning the championship. They played with all their old-time verve, confidence and skill. They

out an answering shot for al- most everything sent over, and not!

them for a long time have I scen maintain such a fierce, yet perfectly directed, attack.

SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP

again.

time.

ALL TOO SOON

تال

It was over-all too soon for the

Austin In Irresistible Tennis Form

WINS HANDSOMELY AT BOURNEMOUTH

London, Apr. 20. The British Davis Cup players are appearing in the British Hardcourt Championship which opened Bournemouth to-day.

League Clubs Refuse Kowloon Golf Club

To Discuss Increase

In Wages

(By Blanley Halsey)

The semi-final round of the Open Foursomes played at the Kowloon Golf Club over the week-end, resulted as follows:

R. K. Collings and A..A. Lopes brat T. D. Paton and A. J. Dennis five and Iour,

F. C. Barry and C. G. Anderson beat F. E. Lawrence and F. A. Hill six and Ave.

SUMMER CUP

The starting times for the Summer

On no account will Football League clube consider the raising of Cup Qualifying Round to be played

players' wares.

conference of League clubs, which will be held on April 30.

This is the reply of the clubs to the move by the Players' Union to secure a minimum increase of £1 per week in the wages of first team margin between first and second team wages,

players and to reduce the

Basto

Taylor,

I learned this from a well-known director of a famous London club, on Sunday, May 2, are as follows: who is a noted Soccer executive and one of the influential men behind the 8.46 J. McKelvir, S. Jex.

0.42 M. A. Cairns, W. Kershaw. 8.50 C. G. Anderson, J.

Redman. allowed at this conference. I sasure} 8.54 B, you the clabs do not intend to be 8.88 F. E. Booker, A. S. Read, dictated to by the union. There is 9.02 F. A. Hill, R. K. Collings, no chance whatever of an increase 0.00 K. S. Robertson, F. E. Lawrence. in wages."

9.10,

F. C.

Borry. SAVINGS SCHEME

9.14 A. J. Dennis, J. Celletty. A move to assist players in their 0.18 3. Smedley, A. A. Lopes. The Players' Union had requested financial affair will be discussed at 0.22 A. W. da Rozo, E. W. Gardiner. the League Management Commlitee the conference though. An official 9.26 Wm. Or, W. M. Groves, to place this matter before the con- is negotiating with National Savings 9.30 W. C. Simpson, F. J. Hammick. ference of clubs, but the con Certificate officials, who may attend 9.34 G. C. Moss, H.-H. Mundy. ference are definitely in refuse to the conference, to outline, a scheme 0.38 E. C. Fincher, E. W. Loveless. place. the subject on their agenda. which will help players save money. 0.42 J, D. Thomson, W. Stoker. Two more matches were played in Perry, who has held the title for

My informant revealed a sensa- The scheme is this. Clubs and their 9.40 D. J. N. Anderson, J. R. Leitch. the Snooker championships last night, the last five years, is not, of course,

players will each contribute a small 9.50 A. E. H. Castro, T. D. Palin, At the Catholic Union J.E. Noronha defending it, but H, W. Austin, who tional state of Soccer finance:-

"More than 30 per cent, of the weekly sum, say 1/-, towards beat W. Stafford 140 to 111. Noronha last won the event in 1929, played

F. R. Stroud, a eighty-eight League clubs cannot purchase of National Savings Cer- had much the better of the first two brilliantly to beat frames but Stafford fought back in clever player recently returned Home make ends meet as it is," he de-neates in the nomes of the players. clared. "Many of them are over- No player will be allowed to touch the last, at one time drawing up till from Burma in straight sets of 8-1 drawn at the bank. It is not fair money saved in this way until he he was only a few points in arrears. 6-1, 8-0.

that the few clubs who can pay £8 left his

"I hope this

this scheme "It

New York, Apr. 28. -CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & Co., Ltd. best break was one of 18 by the blow to British hopes has been a week to their players and

toser.

deolt in the women's championship, make things go should be forced to will overt Tehave followed in the victories over Fred Perry to-day

the tragedies of

Ellsword Vines went ahead in his At the Kowloon Cricket Club C. Miss Kay Slammers, winner of the pay £D n.week. It would be harder) poverty which Strange beat E. A. dos Remedios by title for the last two years, having stilt on clubs who cannot even afford wake of football careers. With or when he beat the British champion 45. Though Strange won all the been forced to acratch owing to an the maximum.

without benefits, this will ensure that | 2-6, 7-4 18-14; | Vines is now lead- frames the game was a closer affair attack of gastric influenza.- "No resolution or representative) the player has money with which to ing 20 matches to 20.-Reuter's Bui-

of the Players' Union would be fetart a new after-football life? Letin.

than the scores indicated.

Reuter.

still goes the suld my informer,

the

has

VICTORY FOR VINES

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