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SPORTS ADVT.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

The Eleventh Extra Race Mect- Ing will be held (weather per- mitting) nt HAPPY VALLEY on Saturday, 20th November, 1937, commencing at 2.00 p.m.

The First Hell will be rung at 1.30 p.m.

By Order,

C. I. BROWN,

Secretary. Hongkong, 15th November, 1937.

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Cambridge Threw Away The

Last Boat Race

By Conrad Skinner

One question has been put to me with quite monotonous fre- quency since last boat race: "Can Oxford keep it up or was 1937 merely a flash in the pan?"

I appreciate this implied confidence after my dynamited fore- cast; but that question is precisely the one I am not prepared to answer, for the following reasons:

Oxford's position last season was a now-ur-never

a one. -They and strong crow, a good reserve crew, conching that commanded confidence, and na Inspiring president. This year Oxford lose invaluable veterans like Sturrock

Cherry, and

and, although stia crews have shown that general material is definitely on the up-grade, there is still fur to go in arder to match Cambridge In respect of that abundance which maintains a varsity standard.

In 1837 there was neither tide to lose nor busking threats to imperll. If that ́short-il paid so handsomely when a normal tide had to be snel ficed, what was not possible to na adventurous crew in 1937 conditions?

WEDNESDAY,

Had I had the control, and we had won the toss, I should have insisted on taking Middlesex, or else instituted a sit-oul strikke! Then, leaving Ox-

Featured together for the first time, ford at Beverley Brook to its Surrey "tida" sweep, I should have hugged John Howard and Louise Campbell. my Fulham bend round to the Crab two of the screen's popular youthful players, appear in "Bulldog Drum- MISTAKEN TACTICS

tree, or at least past Walden's; and, Analysis of the implications of the before straightening to shoot Hammond Comes Hack," which opens at 1937 victory is not simple. As ammersmith, should have left Oxford the Queen's Theatre to-day. spectacle the race was, of course, out of sight."

Now it is true that Merifleld, veer- magnificent-the most thrilling con- test for many years and any writhing somewhat towards

Middlesex,

ing of spirit on my part was not due monde slight use of this unusual ANNUAL BOWLS MATCH

to partisanship.. Nor was it the pos- advantage and succeeded thereby in sibly quite needless butchery of my neutralising Cambridge's forecast,

crude get by on the Surrey the

but rather

efforts to

side. And,

NOVEMBER 17,

NAVAL YACHTING Dinghy Capsizes During Week-End Race

The Eagle Yacht Club held their Afth and sixth yachting races for the Vice-Commodore's Vase on Wednes day and Sunday last.

On Wednesday, starting from Kal Tak, seven boats set off in a light wind, but only two finished the course. Lieut, Corbett (T11) was first, while Lt. Cdr. Pugh (123), though second, was disqualified.

on Nine boats started

Sunday, and in a fresh brecze some interesting Selby racing was seen. Lt. Cdr. Hall of H.M.S. Medway (T(4), O. S. Gordon of H.M.S. Eagle (T62) and Lt.Cdr. Pugh of II.MS. Eagle (T12) did not finish as the latter capsized while rounding the first mark and the crew were picked up by T04 and

T62.

The results of Sunday's race were: Lt. Medd, HI.M.S. Eagle

(T40)

9 pts. Cupt. Burry, 1.MS. Medway

8 pts. (r23) Flt. Lt. Gaskell, H.M.S. Eagle

7 pls. (T60)

1937.

SMART

EVENING

Jel. 28151.

GOWNS

for

ST. ANDREW'S BALL

ARE NOW ON SHOW IN THE

LADIES' SALON

with

Sq. Ldr. Woodhall, H.M.S.

Eagle (T5).... Surg. Lt. O'Sullivan, H.M.S.

Eagle (T63)

Lt. Corbett, H.M.S. Eagle

(T11)

U pls.

5 pis.

4 pls,

EVENING BAGS,

SHOES,

Lt. Cdr. Selby Holl, H.M.S. Med- way (T64), O. S. Gordon, H.M.S. Eagle (T02) and L. Cdr. Pugh,

otchery" of a priceless opportunity later, Merifield cleverly made Oxford St. Andrew's Society To MS. Eagle (T12) did not finish.

secure by first pinching Cambridge that, by penning them in all round the Chiswick bend. What tide there was Oxford thus kept so that Cam- the dead water

in tactics that gravelled me

We may all deprecate the exis-in too close at Harrod's, and, after tence of luck in the conditions and in the toss that hands them, unearned. on a plate to one of the crews; but it irks more to see conditions mis-bridge's spurts read or ignored. Obsessed by the were largely impotent. Surrey felish and untaught by Ox- With all due credit to the splendid ford's similar costly mistake in 1936 rowing. 1937 was a coxswain's year, par excellence, and even Merifield's - mistake which Oxford had no in-

malined appreciation of the fact tention or repeating, if they had won

carried the race. the ass in 1937-Cambridge chose

should have Some critics, who Middlesex to Surrey and handed Oxford! With the wind actually known better, wrote palpable rubbish steering. Hunter was lavouring Middlesex (even though but about the

made the la-accused of boring on both sides of slightly), Cambridge credible choice.

Hammersmith, whereas he actually suffered it; the notion's inaccuracy having been transparently obvious in the fact that both crews had had to make badly athwart the tide to clear Hammersmith dummy.

Perhaps never in the history of the race, however, has so great an cast advantage been ignorantly

RWBY,

ля

CROWNING IRONY

Meet St. George's

Si.

The annual bowls match between St. Andrew's Society and George's Society will take place at the Kowloon Bowling Green Club on Saturday, November 20, commencing The following members 2.45 p.m. have been selected to play:

St. Andrew's Society Rink No. 1-J. Fraser, Dr. J. A. R. Selby, J. C. Brown and A. Hyde Lay (Skip).

CYCLING CLUB

Keatos Lowers Figures For Ton-Mile Run

On Monday evening the Hong- kong Cycling Club's champlon, H.A.G.

his continued

winning Kentes, sequence of attacks on local unpaced road records by lowering the 10 miles stood to his Rink No. 2.-J. Watson. M. Fer-figures, which have guson, N. Drummond and A. M. Hol-credit since August, 1834, to 20 mins,

25 secs.. n reduction of 10 secs. land (Skip).

Weather conditions were

wind, owing to a strong ground whilst traffic was also heavier than

Rink No. 3.-A. Stevenson,

Macfarlane W. Russell, Atholl MacGregor (Skip).

4. 5. Rink No.

W. Sir and

Russell, J.

difficult

The crowning irony, however, lay Rodger. A. Macfarlane and R. Dun-usual due to an earlier start being in the charge that it was an unsport-can (Skip)

on Hunter's part- Rink No. 5.-A. M. Calman, J. ing procedure

J. C. Chalmers and R. something "not quite"! On the con- Kempton, trary, a cox may do as he likes at Wallace (Skip).

Rink

L. Walker, J. his own risk and his crews, if, by n

No. 6.-W. foul, he is caught in his trespass. Gellatly. W. Mair and J. McKelvie saw no such foul in the race, but nny (Skip). who thought they did will have to lay Reserves R. G. Cralz, S. J. Pol- lock, J. S. Logan, J. Revie, J. M. Jack and W. Cunningham.

So lack was the tide that, after a false start, Cambridge could back down to the stake-boat ngain

Gam. The great easily as in the swell of tide on the Surrey bay simply did not exist. This was the legend- ary year.

LESSON OF 1910 Why, In 1910, Cambridge, handi- capped by a bad crab and neces- from it, and sary easy to recover knowing that for so light a crew all hung on the essential lead at Ham- mersmith, threw tide and caution to the winds and sleured over Fulham flats (which in that day were peril- ously studded with pieces of concrete and old boller, capable of ripping the bottom out of an eight), clipped Ful- Anyone is now at liberty to assess, hom wall on a turving tangent, and if he can, the Oxford victory of 1937 shot Hammersmith a canvas ahead, as a criterion for the clarifying of thus making u two-lengths recovery. dissolving of future prospectsl

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the burden on Merifleld, not Hunter Mere trespassing is crime. Sparta rules the tideway-le, it is creditable to steal an advantage and get away with it; the affair only be- coming a crime if one is so clumsy ns to be caught doing it!

PESTS TRY TO RUIN

SOCCER

PLAYERS.

(By Stanley Halsey)

football,

A new type of scandalmonger has cropped up according to Mr. Arthur Turner, 'Spurs secretary. He is a dirt- slinger, and is known as the "Masquerader."

George Hunt, famous 'Spurs' centre forward, now with Arsenal, told the Daily Express recently how scurrli- its best to ous rumour had done

some players were scen drinking heavily on licensed premises, while one, o married man, was said to have been talking to a girl in the street. Truth was that player-pals had

wreck his career. that 'Spurs gone to the "local" for a drink and,

Mr. Turner told me

of darts, were only one of many clubs who more important, a game

while the married player had been that kind. He received letters of explained that the people who gave hailed and stopped to talk to a girl rise to these rumours were certain who was not only a firm supporter types who frequented publle houses of the club but a great friend of his in the club's locality, and, by subtle wile and a frequent and welcome conversation, gave rise to the im-visitor to their home. pression

they were 'Spurs" players.

"They get tight, talk a lot," said Mr. Turner, "and the next thing we hear is that So-and-So, of 'Spurs, has been seen very drunk in such-and- such a pub."

that

Directors assured the players they had satisfies themselves оп the integrity of the men before signing them.

WIN FOR VICTORIA

Mr. Turner explained that in most cases where theie reports had been received the player named had been playing billiards in the club recrea-

Melbourne, Nov. 10. tion room or checked up to be safely Victorin bent New Zealand by Ave at home.

wickets in the cricket match which scandalmongering was ended to-day. This

Victoria

#coret 141 brought to a climax in one club when and 293 for, ave, and New Zealand

that 21 and 223.Reuter Bulletin. alleged 2013 anonymous writer

St. George's Society Rink No. 1.-P. E. Knight, S. M. White, G. H. Sherriff and S. Randle (Skip).

made. Keates, who left hospital only started a little over a week ago, was by Mr. W. H. Peckham, official time- Keeper and the Club's Hon. Secretary. He rode very fast at the commence- ment and returned an average of 24- m.p.h, for the first two miles. This rop to 213 a drop early effort caused

2 to 3.1/3 miles, but was m.p.h, from Improved to 22.3 over the next 1.1/3 miles, and 23.4 m.p.h. over the sub- miles sequent similar distance,

16.45 mins. (22.857 In being covered m.ph.).

with an average spect

Bix

Rink No. 2.-R. P. Phillips, E. v. cord The Colony five miles re- followed, but at 1.2/3 miles d Searle, J, C. Gill and C. B, lasking. 23.50 m.p.h. Another slow (Skip).

No. 3.-B. E. Maughan, Hon. was d

Rink

Mr. N. L. Smith, E. W. Lines and G. S. Archbuti (Skip).

Rink No. 4.-J. S. Howell, T. Coleman, E. Tucks and J, G. Meyer (Skip).

Rink No. 5-D. W. Waterton, E. 5. Carler, G. E. F. Thompson and T. Armstrong (Skip).

Rink No. 6-A. E. Pearson, A. E. Silkstone, W.-S. Drake and B. W.. Bradbury (Skip):

Reserves R. O. Read, T. E, Ro- bson, Dr. Smalley and E. M. Hanlon.

STOCK MARKET

SUMMARY

The Hongkong Stock Exchange umcial summary issued at 3,15 p.m. Tuesday, November 10, says extremely dull.

The market was idle, and the tone

Buyers

Union Ins. $317 Indo-Chinas (Pret) 351 Indo-Chinas (Del) 43 Providents (01) $2.20 Providents (New) $0.35 Maeno Electrics $174 Wations SAK

Win. Powell, Ld. $0.50 Mammans (11.K.) 8/~ 4/0

Sellers

Hongkong Dank $1,700 China Underwriter $1.60 HK Steamboats 19 HK. Landa $32

Yaumati Ferries 1256 Chino Lights (Old) $12.00 Dairy Farms

25

H.K. Govt. 4% Loan 174 pm.

Balen Hongkong Bank $1.720/2,700 Providents (Old) ́ 12.30 I. S. Hotels $3.30 China Lights (Old) $1234 IK, Electrics £55 Telephonen (Old) (2835 Watsons 24%

elfort

22.608 and his final raising the figure to 22.712 m.p.h., actual time being 20 min. 25 sees, an exceedingly fine of 85 was performance. A gear used throughout on a machine equip- ped with "steels."

The ride was observed by Messrs. R. Alves and S. C. Wong of the Club, also Busm. Bromby of the 1st, Bn. the Seaforth Highlanders:-

Other Attempts

were

Two unsuccessful attempts made on the 10 and 20 miles records by other members as follows:

October 21-10 miles-J. L. Smith -30 mins. 43 secs.

October 28-20 miles-W. H. Peck ham-00 mins. BCCS.

The latter record has stood since 1934 at 58 mins, 1 sec. Smith's per- formance must be considered as ex- ceptionally good, it being his first time trial. Peckham's ride shows a consistency which marks him as a middle-distance expert, potential

were: Oficials on these occasions Messrs.

F. L. Bradley (timekeeper), Alves, S. C. Wong and II, A. G. Kentes.

I.

Jate

members have been active of Club

miles"

on the "piling up the Island and New Territory roads. A trip on the former was carried out by a larger attendance than usual on Sunday. lost, though perhaps the pace set by the run leader over the latter half was a trifle fast for the less-trained enthusiasts. Neverthe- less the ride of well over 30 strenu- ous hilly miles of the Island's beauti- ful scenery was thoroughly enjoyed by all participants.

Further details of Club activities will be gladly supplied by the Hon. H. Peckham. Secretary. Mr. W. R.A.S.C., Wellington Barracks, Vic- toria.

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