1938-01-10 — Page 9

UNITED BEATS

MAMAK

Farewell Hockey

Encounter

A fast and exciting hockey game was witnessed between a team chosen from the Mamak Tournament players and one from the United Hockey players yesterday at the Club ground which resulted in a win for the latter by two goala to one.

This

In War

farewell garae EL honour of Captain G. W. P. Kimm, who has been a very staunch sup- porter of hockey in the Colony and who is one of the ablest referees the Colony has ever had.

There was no

Core in the first halt. The Mamak players set the ball rolling with some fast passing.

The combination of Gurbachan Singh, Pritam Nath and Sawal Khan was excellent, but the United for wards also combined well.

The United scored two goals in the second half through Fowler and Land, while Sawal Khan responded for the Mumak.

The winners were well served by Land at centre-half, and Fowler and Wall were the pick of the forwards. Rocha in goal for Mamuk played a sterling game, while Guest and Mchar Singh at back combined effectively, Guest especially being prominent with some of his clear-

Anes.

M. 1. insan was fl tower of strength in the pivotal position, and played a hurd spolling game, being well supported by Mall.

A Presentation

ond match players After the officials alike attended a reception in honour of Capt. Kimm at the Club de Recreio, when Mr. Clark, Hon. Secretary of the Association, culled upon Mr. Guest, Vice-President, to make a presentation to their guest ut honour.

Mr. Guest in a short speech sald that it gave him great pleasure to

YACHT CLUB

DEFEATS THE ARMY

Close Competition Yesterday

The Royal Hongkong Yacht Club beat the Army by a total of 111 points to 95 in the races held yes- Terday.

MORNING RACE R.I.K.Y.C.

Helmsmun

C. C. Blake

E. Cock ..... D. W. Wagstaff

Observer Pin. !Doy 12 .Col. Gawiland .Capt. Bader

15

A. W. Holden C. D. A. Ross C. T. Davies Major MacMillan P. C. M. Sedgwick TANÉ

J. D. Pattullo.

4

55

Total

Army

.Dr. Davies J, D. McClatchle

11

I. J. Minniti

3

.L. Carne:

10

.G. G. Wood

13

11. S. Rouse

1

40

Chpl. Bower Major Postle J. G. Tarr Capt. Horton Major Dixon Li-Col. Smith

Total

AFTERNOON RACE

Anny

# 11

Heimston

Observer Pis. .C. C. Blake Cupt. Eley .. Col. Gowlland

E. Cock ...D. W. Wagsta Capt. Bader C. D. A. Ross ..A. W. Holden Major MacMillan ..C. T. Davies J. D. Paitullo

P. C. 'M.

Dr. Davies

J. D. McClatchie

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1938.

Paul Kelly and Joe E. Brown are the two bitter rivals in the new David I. Loew production for KKO Radio release?"Fit For a King," now showing at the Alambra Theatre. Joe's newspaper boss nerids him away to a mythical European kingdom to "cover" a big Mack) story and he is scooped by Kelly about a brunette (Helen who seems destined to become a queen.

WEEK-END RESULTS &

LEAGUE TABLES

LAI WAH SEMI-FINALS Chinese

10 Army

G Civilians

5 Navy

CHARITY MATCH

Canton Veterans 2 H.K. Veterans

DIVISION. 11.

*

5th Bde. R. A. Kwong Wah

Middlesex Engineers (C)

DIVISION I

DIVISION III. Rongkong

Service Corps 5 Powhallan

Pollee

Ordnance

Medicals

5 University

2 Air Force

P.' W. D. L. F. A. Pts.

SINGAPORE APPRECIATES GOOD DIVING

Miss Mansfield's Display

Singapore, Dec. 31,. Perfect timing, excellent judgment and all the grace of a beautifully developed body combined to make Miss Murian Mansfield's diving ex- hibition, at the Singapore Swimming the best Club yesterday, perhaps ever seen in Singapore.

Nearly 2,000 people warmly ap plauded a series of 14 dives per- formed by the American Olympic star off the three-metre springboard and the Ave-metre platform.

Sturing with the simple running pike and swallow (swan) dives, Miss Mansfeld went on to do a beautiful back dive with plike and a perfect front somesault

and

forward one and a half.

FLAWLESS HALF GAYNOR

Perhaps the best dive secn was a Anwless half gaynor, and anetlier dive that would have obtained ol- must full points Wing the running front with full screw.

Miss Mansfield has a beautiful with approach and

a perfectly tined jump gets the height from the

1

2 5th Bde. R.A.

5

5 Stanley

2

Tate's Bad Luck On Tour

2 Engineers

Kowloon

@ 24th Batty, R.A. 9 -3 20th Batty, R.A.

Portuguese S.A7 Seaforths Kumaons

4 Signals

DIVISION III. Hongkong

13

M. Sedgwick

វ

47 • Seaforths

Morning Race

Total

4

Club

Police

ย

93

South China

1

Engineers (E)

5

Eastern

RAL.K.Y.C.

• Postponed.

Capt. Bower Major Postle

13

k

....J. G. Tarr

3

.Capt. Horton

12 5. China &

.Major Dixun

8 S. China A

1

15

Seaforths

10 7 0

24

50

9 0 1 3 10

9 2 3 1 20 1D

Medicals R.A.O.C..... 5th Bde. R.A: 9 5 2 Stanley

12 4 3

0 2

20 25

Police

10 50

8

0 7 22 40

2

Engineers

0 4 1 3 28 14

K. Chinese ..

11

0 0 11 10 02

0

R.A.S.C.

DIVISION II

Middlesex

9

8 1 0 35 7 17

R. J. Minnitt

L: Garner

make the presentation to Capt. Kimm G. G. Wood

and

on behalf of the players and officials. S. Rouse....Lt. Col. Smith of the Mamak Tournament, referred to the good work done by Capt. Kimm In Improving hockey in Hongkong.

He said that Capt. Kimm would be leaving them soon and he hoped himn he would carry away with memories of a pleasant sojourn in the Colony.

Captain Kimm responded suitably.

GOLF CHANGES ANNOUNCED

Stymie Rule To Be Given A Trial

New York, Jan. 8. The United States Golf Association has modified the stymie rule, as a trial, throughout 1938.

Henceforth nearer ball on the green may be lifted if it lies within six inches of the hole, and also when balls_fle, within_six_inches of each other-Reuter.

Mr. Gilbert A. Harriman, who has been connected with the local turf for over 17 years, left the Colony with his family for Australia yester- day by the 8.5, Neptuna,

SPORT

Morning Race

Totul

INTERNATIONAL LAWN TENNIS

D }}} I 0 20 7 17

15 Middlesex.... 11 7 2 2 20 18 10

Police

Kowloon

55 Eastern

111 St. Joseph's

Club

Germany's Victory In Triangular Contest

Sydney, Jan. 8.

With Baron von Cramm beating Donald Budge, Germany won the triangular tournament with Australia and the United States with 10 sets, 85 games.

Australia and the United States tied with Ave sets each.

The results of the matches were: Adrian Quist (Australia) beat Gene

| Mako (US.A.) 6-3, 7-5.

Baron von Cramm (Germany) bent Donald Budge (U.S.A.) 6-4, 6-10,

12-10.

Adrian Quist and John Bromwich (Australia) beat Baron von Cram and Heinrich Henkel (Germany) 6-2, 6-1.

--Reuter.

Engineers (E) 12 7 2 3 42 20 16 Kwong Wah

10

6 3 1 45 13 15 5th Bde, R.A. 7 7 0 0 29 i 14 South China, 11 7 0 4 31 17 14 Seaforths....

0 4 3 2 18 16 11 93 15 15 197 Kowloon Chinese Police. 11 3 0 6 17 45 10 2 0 8 16 40 Club Englucers (C) Eastern

P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts. 12 0 1 2 40 12 19 11 0 2 3 30 24 14 2 27 11 12 6 30 33 11 5 28 20 10

D 3 1 5 10 20 Powhatton .. 12 0 2 10 10 85

Kowloon Portuguese.. 11 10 3 24th. Bty. R.A. 12 7 1 Seaforths ... 12 0 1

R.A.F.

11 5 3 10 3 3

•

2

0 55 14 21

4 20 20 15

31 27 13

3.21 27 13

Signals

4

Kumaons

108 11 45

2

A

0 0 9 7 33

0

4 22 20 0 12 4 1 7 27 32 9 0th. Bty. RA. 11 2 3 8 14 27 7 University 11 1

1

D G 40

3

WALKER CUP

New York, Jan. 8.

The following. have been selected to represent the United States in the Walker Cup matches against England at St. Andrew's on June 3 and 4.

Francis Quimet has been selected as non-playing captain.

SOFTBALL LEAGUE

GAMES

Chinese Easily

The other players are Ray Billows, Forum Beats Canadian

Goodman, Freddy Jolinny Fisher, Haas, Charles Kocsis, Reynolds Smith Marvin Ward and Charles Yates jr.,, with Suffern Tailer and Don Moe us alternatives.-Reuter,

AMERICAN MIXED DOUBLES

two sections. Thanks partly to the Misses F. Best The winners of each section met

ADVTS. and 1. Woolley, who were in charge in the final, which resulted in Miss

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

ANNUAL RACE MEETING, 1938.

Entries for the above will close at 3.00 p.m. on SATURDAY, 15TH JANUARY, 1938, at the Secretary's Ofice, Exchange Building.

By Order of the Stewards,

C. BROWN,

Secretary.

Hongkong, 10th January, 1938.

of the refreshments, the American M. Smith and Mr. N. Whitley beat- Mixed Doubles Tennis Tournament ing Miss B. Parsons and Mr. E. held by the Central British Associa- Curtis by six games to four.

n huge Unfortunately no booby prize was tion yesterday was voted success by all those present.

bought, as Miss K. Winch and Mr. Twelve pairs were entered for the R. Green were declared entitled tournament

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Playing a better game. through- out and showing marked superiority the English Forum simply swamped Canadian Chinese on the Filipino Club ground yesterday by nine runs to two in the Softball Lengue,

Latest news of Maurice Tate, with Capt. Brinckman's Argentine touring team, who is suffering from pneumonia and blood poisoning, is more

reassuring.

When the team left England the Sussex player had a sorc throat. Coing ashore at Lisbon he twisted his ankle playing golf, Septicaemia set in, and later he contracted branchial pneumonia.

At Monte Video on Dec. 19 he was reported to be making progress, but will be unable to play during the tour, which opened the following day,

board that

every dive requires. Good control in flight precedes a

polished finish.

After her diving Miss Mansfeld the standard brenst demonstrated stroke and the more modern butter- fly stroke, in which the arms are recovered clear of the water, and went on to the

back crawl and crawl, showing a beautiful free and rhythmic style.

BOXING IN AMERICA

FREDDIE STEEL LOSES BY T.K.O.

New York, Jan. 8. Freddie Steel, 1584 lbs., starting as a 13-5 favourite, lost on a technical knock-out to Apostoli, 1014lbs., in a twelve round non-title fight, Apostoli upsetting Steel by gaining a technical knock-out verdiet in the ninth round. It was the latter's worst beating in worst his career, and about the seen in a New York ring. Many be- useful player in Sammy Wong, who lieved that the fight should have been playing at right brought off some, halted in the eighth round, splendid catches,

Apart from the first innings, when the Canadians had all bases full, the Forum were in no danger of losing control of the game.

The Forum appear to have found a

Four runs in the third, tour in the fifth. and one in the sixth were scored by the winners, while two runs were scored by the losers in the eight inning.

There

was

considerable dispute with regard to a low blow in the seventh round when Apostoli was "Jacknifing" Steel, who tried to claim a foul. but the referee warned him Of the other games played, the to continue with the fight or immedi Vets heat the Central British Asso ately lose on a technical knock-out verdict. However Steel continued ciation by 18 to 10, while the ax

gamely apparently suffering Filipino Club just managed to beat the low blow he received, and in the the Hongkong Baseball Club by 12 fifth and sixth rounds the benting he to 11..

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from

received left him almost helpless.- United Press.

PABLO DANO WINS

Portland, Jan. 8. Pablo Dana, 122 lbs., beat Eddie Spina, 127 lbs., on points in a ten- round bout.

At Hollywood the veteran baxer Jack Rober of Roanoke, Va., won on A technical knock-out verdict against "Sonny Boy" Walker of Phoenix, in "The Prince and the Fauper" the eighth round of their ten rounds weighed 201 lbs.- (King's

Theatre,

to-day).Mark fight. Both Twain's story transformed to the Untied Press.

screen and magnificently produced by first National. Errol Flynn, the Mouch twins, Claude Rains and an Im pressive cast make it into a picture definitely worth seeing.

"glage Door" (Queen's Theatre, to- day) The Broadway success gives Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, and their supporting Adolphe Menjou players un ideal vehicle to display histrionic abilities. One of the best bits in the show is the tragle suleide of Andrea Leeds.

For

(Alhambra Theatre, to-day)For those who ente for Joe E

Islington Corinthians Win Again

is an amusin and his antics, this matches here during the week-end,

picture. Once again he is a newspaperman, this time sent 10 n mythical

In kingdom Europe. "New Faces of 1937" (Oriental Theatre, to-day) bright show which earned favourable reviews during is first run in the Colony.

"God's Country and the Woman" (Majesilo Theatre, to-day)—This' technicolour picture and a good one. George Brent and Beverly Roberts have the leading roles..

P

Agra, Dec. 13. Islington Corinthians played three winning two and drawing the other. Against Behar the tourists scored Avo times Through Tarrant (2), Sherwood without Read (2) and reply. Lucknow Brigade were beaten 4-1. Zalington's scorer being: Tarrant (2), Read and Miller. No goals were registered in the meeting with United Provinces.

Islington have lost only two of the thirty matches played on their tour round the world.

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