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THE HONGKONG

THURSDAY, TELEGRAPH.

JULY 15, 1937.

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NASTY SHOCKS FOR K.C.C. AND CLUB DE RECREIO

STRICKLAND SUFFER DEFEAT

WINS VERY ON THEIR SMARTLY

BAERLUND IS DISQUALIFIED

Maurice Strickland, the New Zea Fand heavyweight champion, proved himself one of the great boxernat his weight on June 28 when he beat Gunnar Baerlund (Finland) at the Empress Stadium, Earl's Court.

the

Baerlund was disqualified in 7th round by the referee, I'. J. Moss, after he had received repeated warnings for holding. The cause of his undoing was the shattering right- hand punches to the Jaw which Strickland found it fairly ensy deliver when he wished.

to

Both men have improved enorm- oukly as the result of the American which they have hal fours

acquired

hing

since

their lust appearances in England. Strickland

nore in the two Intervening aggression years; so, too, has Baerland, but be tends

to leave his defence rather ife started with enormn- more

open. ous confidence and looked likely to win by his persistence.

While

Baerlund keeps on letting punches go, he is more concerned than seeing with starting them

Strickland, on where they finish. the other land, waits for his opening Hr to deliver worthwhile punches, waited for the time to come for the of accurate placing lund's jaw Again and again landed this in a contest that must surpass for speed any heavyweight bout seen for years in London.

Bacrlund grew weak and erratic the force of these punches. He soon began to hold, and received cautions for this offence. In the 7th round his holding became so flagrant that the contest was stopped and Strickland declared the winner on a foul.

under

OWN COURTS

Very Good Display By Craigengower

YESTERDAY'S "B" DIV. TENNIS

three

with

in good style. But once again it was a case of the better-balanced team winning.

Craigengower made the critics bite their words yesterday when they upset all predictions by beating the potential championship-winning K.C.C. team in a "B" division tennis league match by 62 sets to 22. The achievement was all the more creditable in view of the fact that the match was played on the K.C.C. courts.

The visitors played much the better brand of tennis, the pairs

consistently playing scarcely anything to choose between them. On the other hand K. C. C. to find were unfortunate enough Frank Grose and Donald Anderson below forin. It was a day when nothing would go

right for the couple, and they never looked like winning a set.

and Clarke made big by efforts to redeem the position winning their first two sets, Craigengower obtained too heavy a lead on the second round, winning four of the first six sets. The Issue

Leonard and was clinched when

beat Clarke And George Chon Burnett,

Burnett a right on Back-

he

KANE BEATS BIQUET

dis- Another victory inside the tance came the way of Peter Kane, the Lancashire flyweight, who is the

to the peace principal mennee mind of Bonny Lynch, flyweight champion of the world.

of

He bent Pelit Biquet, the Belgian bantamweight champion, who retired in the 9th round, after receiving a left jab to the eye,

This

Up to point Biquet had shown astonishing gameness, but had never looked in a winning position.

Kane will probably now fight Bal- tazar

Sangchill, of Spain, in Paris. The Spaniard is I.B.U. bantamweight world champlon, though in America

ek

Il looks very much as though C.R. c. are going to retain the champion- ship, though Craigenpower can be expected to hustle them.

Cricket Club and the Both the Civil Service won as expected, al- though the II.K.C.C. had no easy task against the Kowloon Indians and only obtained the points by the odd set. A curious feature of the match but was that each of the winners' pairs

won, drew and lost a set,

RECREIO v. C.R.C.

The Chinese Recreation Club de- feated Club de Recreio 5% to 3% in the "B" Division of the Lawn Tennis League yesterday.

J. Remedios and L. A. Silva (Recreio) lont to Taut Chun-chu and Luk Chun- cheung 3-6: lost to F. 1. Kwok and S. w. Liang 1-6: lost to P. F. To and M, K. Ion 3-7.

A. M. Rodrigues and B. Gosano (Re-

ARMY BOXING CHAMPIONS

Royal Welch Fusiliers boxing team and reserves, winners of the Hongkong Area inter-unit team. championship for 1936-37. Back row, Fus. C. Ross, L/Cpl. F. Simmonds, Fus, R. Bray, L/Sgt. L Grind. loy, Fus. Thyer, Fus. F. Frimston, Fu, A. Smith, Fus. A, Davies, Fus, L. Jones, Fus. C. Ryan and Fun, E. Davies. Sitting:-Fus, H, Owens, L/Cpl. B. Powell, Fus. T. Morgan, C. S. M. T. Grinham, Lieut-Col. D. M. Barchard, Capt. E. R. Freeman, Cpl. J. Scott, Cpl. B. Roberts, Cpl. T. Weaver. Front row-L/Cpl. G. Hall, Fu, W. Raven, Fas. J. Fisher and Fus. D. Jenkins. (Photo: Ming Yuen).

JOE LOUIS TURNS DOWN

OFFER TO FIGHT

WRESTLER

Detroit, July 14.

John Rosborough, co-manager of Joe Louis the heavy- weight boxing champion, said to-night that the "Brown Bomber" wasn't interested in the offer of $75,000 for a mixed match in Detroit with Bronko Bagurski, former Minnesota football star and one of current world's heavyweight wrest- ling champions.

COMPLETELY UNSETTED K.C.C. were completely unsettled. Ramsey and Wright started so shakily that they lost the first set to love. Though they managed to show. Im-erein) drew with Toul and Luk 5-6: 108 provement subsequently, they could to Kwok and Linng 2-6; beat Toof and

Inst do no better thon draw their

1101 7-5,

L. A. Carvalho and M. A. Oliveira set after leading three-love.

(Recrelo) beat Tui and Luk 6-4; beat Cralgengower played with great kwak and Liang 6-3; toxt to Trol and determination and were clearly key-ton 3-0.

the up for

test. They were quicker to attack and were able to sustain their net raids far better than the opposition. Defensively too they revealed no little skill, one and all lobbing very effectively.

F. Zimunern was

probably the standing player of the match with fest to

driving. G. C. Hummett and G. Chart Football lobbing, volleying and equal facility. George Lai and W. J. End 0-3. Howard played very steadily, while Leonard and G. Choa

pairs,

out-

.K.C.C. v. C.C.C.

Al King's Park, Craigentower defeated K.C.C. 0 to 2

D. J. R. Anderson and F. Grose (K.C.C.) lost to J. W. Leonard and G. Chen 2.0; Jost to F. 1. Zimmern and R. Chao 2-0; Just to W. J. Howard and G. Lal 4-1.

Leonard and 1-0; bent Zimmer and Choa B-4; beat Howard and

A. W. Bairney and W. Wright (K.C.C.);

Zimmern and Chon 6-d; lost to Howard

and Britain Sixto Escobar, of Puerto | strong for the ho were much too lost to Leonard and Choa 0-0; drew with

Rico is recognised as champion.

FOOTBALL CLUBS, PROFITS

Chelsea report a praft of £7,410 on last season, though gate receipts were £4,240 less than the previous

year,

Preston North End made a profit last season of £6,000. Income from the Cup ties amounted to £10,024.

Huddersfield Town FC. lost £738

' on last season.

Exeter City have signed on Walter Coulston, C outside-right from Crystal Palace, who formerly played for Manchester City.

Craigengower played well enough and La 1-0,

to indicate that they will give Chinese Recreation Club a very close game, and one would be foolish to them a more than ordinary chance of success.

dony

The whole team plays with great spirit and confidence, which is one of the best methods of ensuring victories.

RECREIO TAKE THE COUNT

own

At the Club de Recreio, Chlaese Recreation Club gave ample evidence of their strength by beating what was regarded as the best team in the division. Recrelo on their courts were fully expected to take points from the C.R.C., but as in the case of the K.C.C. they were caught hop and suffered a 5% to 3% beating

Big things were expected of J. J.

on

HK.C.C. v. H.L.T.C.

Hongkong Cricket Club beat Kowloon Indians Ave to four,

J. Rodger and D, O. M. Deane (LK.C.C.J Jant to S. A. ad S. S. Hussain 5-7; diew with Firdon Khan and I. W. Singh 6-0; bent M. A. Khan M. Singh 8-1.

The offer was made by Nick Londes, Detroit sports promoter United Press.

South China Win By Six Goals To One

A Redmond and D. DE TOUR OF MEDAN

c.C.) lost to Hussain and Hussain 1-6; beat Khan and Shagh G-4; beat Khan and Singh 0-2.

A. T. Dow and H. D. Bidwell (ILK.C.C.)|| lost to Hussain and Hussain 4-8; drew with Khan and Singh 6-0; beat Khan and

Singh -0.

CANCELLED

New Record Follows Fatal Crash

Le Mana, June 25. By driving 2,055 miles at an aver- ne speed of 85.02 miles an hour, the Frenchmen Jean-Pierre Wille and Benoist to-night won the Le Mans Twenty-Four Hours' Penang, July 14.

a fatal accident last South Chinn A.A. touring football started with team beat the Penang Mainys by six evening goals to one to-day, and thus kept

race,

which

GOLF RECORD LASTS 2 DAYS

BALLOT

DEFEATS WOLVES DIRECTOR

Councillor T. W. Simpson lost, his place on the board of Wolverhamp- ton Wanderers F.C, when the result. of a ballot was made known recent-

13.

Mr. Simpson and Mr. A. Evans, both retiring directors, offered them- selves for re-election with a third candidate, Mr. R. J. Archer.

was

A vate by show of hands taken, with the following result: A. Evans, 97; T. W. Simpson, 70; R. J. Archer 27.

That meant the re-election of the retiring directors. Evans and Simp-

son,

But Sir Charles Munder, president of the club; demarried ballot, which resulted as follows:--

A Evans, 5,941; R. J. Archer, 5,412; T. W. Simpson, 1,528.

Thus Mr Archer becomes a new director and joins Mr. Evans on the board.

PROFIT FROM THE CUP

Echo of F.A. Cup battles in Pres- on North End's balance-sheet, just Issued. It shows a profit of £0.007, all Cup money, for they received £10,024 from

the competition. Their proft

for the

the last two years reaches

the comfortable total of £15,244.

Huddersfield Town have not such happy tale to relate. They lost £736 on last season.

All quiet in the transfer market, but Exeter City have signed Walter Coulston, the Crystal Palace right Manchester winger, formerly with

London, June 25.. Mrs. A. M. Holm, of Troon, set up City.

a new women's record for the King's course, at Gleneagles yesterday, with

a round of 71. She was playing in

Scottish

women's

the siroke competition preceding the NEW JAVELIN RECORD

which begins to-day.

championship.

Mrs. Holm played almost flawless Rolf to beat by three strokes the re- cord created on Saturday by Miss Jessie Anderson, the British woman Her homeward half of champion.

34 included four three's.

Miss Anderson equalled her Satur- day record of 74. She played splen did golf.

Olympic Champions

For London

SET BY BOB DIXON

Canadian Hurls Spear 58.55 Metres

Bab Dixon, the Canadian deenth- the China lon champion, broke nation record in the Javelin throw last

at the weck

Kiangwan. Civic Centre Stadium, Shanghal, In the invitation track and Beld meet

the staged for

of dual purpose selecting the Shangha! track and China National field team for the Athletic Meeting to be held in Nan- king in October and in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Greater Shanghai.

Three German holders of Olymple Dixon threw the spear for a dis- titles are among the foreign entrants tance of 38.55 metres to better the for the Amateur Athletic Association China record of 33.85 metres. One championships, to be held at White other record was lowered, when City, London, on July 16 and 17. Miss N. L. Chee negotiated the 80 13.9 seconds, They are Karl Hein (hammer), metres low hurdles in Gerhard Stoeck (javelin) and Hans the former time being 14.3 seconds.

Other Germans (weight). Woellke

Severul finals in the track and decided at this entered are Erwin Blask (hammer), field events were

the broiling sun. Oskar Lutz (hammer), Luz Long meeting under

while Miss (long jump champion) and Friedrich Miss N. L. Cho captured three firsts Schaumburg (mile).

in the Indies' section They actually covered 3,207.936 Feth! Giraz, Turkish_pole_vault S. Y. Yen won the baseball throw Two United States Marine Corps beatininet their unbeaten record of the ilometres at an average of 136.807 record holder, Prudent Joye, French event with a throw of 48.80 mete

kilometres an hour, and thus beat champion hurdler, P. L. Tancred, a

kilometres high jumper from Queensland, and members took away two premier athletes. record of 3,144,038 Chan Tak-fal scored three times the and the other goals come from Fung held by R, Sommer and T. Nuvolari three Beigten champions. Bor-honours from the Chinese

mans (hurdics), J. Verhnert (half-Laster won the century in 1. and1. Agafuror beat Chan and King-clieung (2) and Lai Shut-wing. since 1933.

mite)

and J. Chapelle (6 miles)-seconds and Lieutenant Funk can-

CIVIL SERVICE. UNIVERSITY

At Happy Valley Civil Service University 81% to 25.

J. Pengelly and F. Bradley (C.SC.C.) beat W. L. Chan and 5. S. Chiu 0-1: beat C. Lee and S. 11. Wong 7-5: beat G. Chang and . H. Lee 7.5.

Chiu 6-4; lost to Lee and Wong 3-6; heat Chang and ice 0-4.

C. Sloan and G. Carver beat Chan and)

tour.

The team is proceeding to Ipoh

Remedios and L. A. Silva, but they chiu 0-2: drew with Wong and Leo 6-0; to-day, but it is understood that the and R. O. 1tchens (Aston-Martin) lengers.

Crystal Palace and Peterborough felled ignominiously, losing all three United have been elected to the Lon-sets. M.. A. Oliveira and L. A. don Mid-week League, from which

Carvalho alone of the home pairs Islington Corinthians have resigned. Justified reputation and won two sets

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For Harston

run.

12.3

The Britons M. H. Morris Goodall are among the other overseas chal-tered home first in the 1,500 metres

eleventh with 1,033.07 miles, managers have decided to cancel all were

which games

fur and were awarded the Rudge-Whit- were arranged Medan, although no reason is givenworth Blennial Cup. for this step.-Da-Dao News Service.

The British driver, P. G. Fairfield, who was badly injured an hour after the race started yesterday, recovered consciousness to-day after an opera- His con-

LAWN BOWLS TOURNEY ton in Le Mans Hospital.

dition, however, is still grave,

Several cars, bunched together, were going all out for the entrance In the fourth round of the lawn to the straight leading to the grand- bowls pairs competition at the Club stands when the French amateur de Recreio yesterday, R. G. Craig Kleppeurt's Bugatti skidded badly. and E. C. Fincher beat J. Revic and

J. C. Brown 28-10.

The four drivers on his tuil, Fair-

feld (Frazer-Nash-B.M.W.), Ralph Tremoulet (Delahaye),

At the Kowloon Cricket Club, in n (Talbot). quarter-final game, A. Luz and R. F. and Itoth (BM.W.), crashed into the Luz bent J. V. Ramsey and J. Me- Kelvie 24-15.

skidding car.

Kippeurt was thrown out, killed instantly. Fairfield and Ralph

A. R. Daliah defeated C. Coleman hurtled into a ditch. Ralph and 21-14 and E. Kliman lost to T. Arm-Tremoulet were slightly injured.---- strong 18-21, in the first round of the Neuter.

singles,

A fine match was seen, between

A. E. Carey and A. Hyde Láy a

Cralgengower, Hyde Lay winning CORINTHIANS AND THE

Edwin Harston, centre forward of 21-19 on the 25th head. Carey Mansfield Town, was recently trans-established a big lead on the eighth ferred to Liverpool at a fee bolleved when the score was 12-5. Hyde to be about £2,000.

Lay, however, crept up and took the lead

on the 18th at 10-15. Scores Harston, before joining Mansfield, then levelled at 17-all. With

two

CASUALS UNITE

played for Barnsley, Reading and singies on the next two heads, Hyde For At Least Three

Bristol City. He also had trials with Lay took the lead at 10-17. The Sheffield Wednesday. Hurston set up next head gave Carey a two and a scoring record for the Northern brought matters level again. Very Section last season, when he obtained fine bowling gave Hyde Luy the win arty-five goals-the same number as with a two. Payne, of Luton Town, who beat the previous Southern Section record.

Clapton Orient have elgned George Rumbold, a back, from Crystal

Palace.

G. Hollingsworth, inside forward, who scored eighty-four goals in Rochester, League football last sco- son, signed, for Sheppey United, the Kent League side,

The

Seasons

Opening with a rush by scoring

Casuals, at *their annual nine in two heads, U. M. and A. M. general meeting, decided to agree Omar won only by. 20 to 10 in their with Corinthians that, the two clubs quarter-final match against II. Fshould be run under. 'n joint execu- Stancham and C. B. Hosking at the tive committee for at least the nest

Service. Hosking Civil

played three seasons. It is intended that beautiful bowls and was mainly res the arrangement be permanent. ponsible for the close Bnish.

All communications to either club E. W. Lines best F. Nolan 21 to 17 should be sent to: Hon. Secretary. on the 20th head at Craigongowe Joint Executive Commitice, F. G. 1. M. Y. Adal, with four on the 25th Charlton Athlelle beat Saskatche-head, detented J. 8. Riddell, 22-10 wan by 12-2 at Saskatoon, anys and V, Petherick beat A. Macfarlane House, Old Brond-street, EC. 2.

·This stalenient was issued recently Reuter. Tadman claimed seven 21-7.

who pre- gonis.

The other Charlton" scorers On the Civil Service green, C. J. by Mr. Packington,

Minu ferred, not, to dlacuss the plans for were Wilkinson (2). Boulter, Wil Tacchi went down to A. R.

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