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- LADIES' GOLF UNION

WAITS ON R. AND A.

Definition Of An Amateur Not Framed At Meeting

By Eleanor E. Helme

London, Feb. 10.

The Royal and Aneleni still reigns supreme over all By. 647 votes to 55 (including proxies) the annual meeting of the Ladies' Golf Union yesterday rejected Surroy's resolution to frame a definition of an amateur and a professional which should be binding on members of the Ladies' Golf Union without regard to such definiilon as the Royal and Ancient may eventually decide upon.

Under the questionable system of proxies, by which votes are virtually given before the voters know the pros and cons of any subject, such figures are often misleading; but, since of those actually present the votes cast were 25 for the resolution, 201 against, the majority in any case Is convincing.

The factor on which much depend- ed was that the Royal and Ancient are in process of setting their own house in order over this question of

amateur status. They have appealed to the L.G.U., to the men's unions of this country and the Dominions for their suggestions, and also 10 America.

Mr. Norman Boase, speaking in the guise of an L.G.U. vice-president, made an appeal to the meeting that it should help the Royal and Ancient In framing this definition, rather than "They want dissoclate self from !. your help," was his humble cry, but he was careful to explain that he did not speak in his capacity as chair- man of the Rules of Golf Committee.

REPLIES IN AUTUMN

The trouble, of course, is that next autumn is the very earllest that the

R. and A. can hope for these replies. con- Perhaps the most valuable tributions to the debate came from Mrs. Philip Hodson, who told the inceting that the amateur status sub- commitice of the L.G.U. had in 1834- 35 drawn up and submitted to the Royal and Ancient, with whom they were in close consultation, a değni- tion which would possibly solve all difficulties if their successors of this year will re-iterate it. This defini- ilon reads:

A professional golfer is any whe 1:05:

(1) Played for a money prize in any competition.

(2) Received payment either directly or indirectly for playing the gume,

by the LG.U., and any guarantee given that it would be repented now to the Royal and Ancient, it is likely that the meeting would not have been asked to give so much time to dis- cussing n point already excellently grappled with by the L.G.U. itscit.

SURREY INSTRUCTIONS

As it was, the request from Mrs. Lewis Smith to Surrey to withdraw the resolution could not be acceded to because the Surrey oMeinl had Înrge majority been instructed by

of the clubs in the county to pro- eced with the resolution, and had no power to do otherwise.

Accordingly the chaotic condition of | uncertainty as to what actions will being branded result in a player

professional continues, for at least this year.

Other Items on the agenda were! Purely routine. The re-election of officials, included Lady Denman as President, who took the chair yester- day. Statement of accounts showed an excess of expenditure over income for 1937 of £220 odd, but the hon. treasurer (Miss Swanston) explained that £243 of this sum were non- recurring items.

FOORD-

NEUSEL FIGHT

Ben Should Avenge

Previous Defeat

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPEL.

TUESDAY, MARCH

Cricket Notes

The Australian Cricket-Selection Committee-(left to right). Don Bradman, Mr. E. A. Dwyer, and Mr. W. J. Johnson arriving at Melbourne from Sydney to make their final decision on the team to meet England in the Test matches this year. The leam has stready been announced.

61 LIVES LOST IN SPORTS

Casualties In

Italy During Last Year

(By Joseph D. Ravolto, Unlied Press Staff Correspondent)

Rome, Feb. 13.

by

Sports cost 61 lives in Italy last The compilation made year, Coni-the Italian National Olympic Committee niso reveals that 4,421 Hatinns injured themselves while practising sports during 1937.

Hunting proved to be the most hazardous sport on The Peninsula. Although April 16 has been an- This form of recreation caused 31 nounced as the date of Ben Foord's fight with Walter Neusel at the huge deaths and 408 accidents. Mountain Hunsealenhalle in Hamburg, Louis climbing followed with eight fatal: (3) Received payment for tench-Walsh, Foord's manager is negotiat casualties and about 150 Injuries, ing the game either by personal de-ing for an earlier date, monstration, lecturing, broadcast-

Cycling, which on the surface ap- ing, allowing himself or herself to Foord is in

fine condition as a

Semi-Final Draw In Scottish Cup

London, Mar. 21. The draw in the semi-final round of the Scottish Cup, to be played on April 2, resulted as follows:

St. Bernards v. East Fife or

Raith R.

lat Tynecastle Park Edin.

burgh)

Kilmarnock or

v. Rangers Ayr -U. lat Hampden Park, Glasgow)

-Reuter,

Galsonia Is Lincolnshire Favourite

Latest Call-Over Announced

C.

London, Mar. 21. Galsonia, belonging to Mr. Jarvis, is favourite for the Lincoln- on Wednesday, March 23.

By

Abbit

Interesting Encounter Between K. C. C. TABLE TENNIS

And The Navy

An Excellent Knock By Gordon Burnett

There were not a great number of fixtures on Saturday last, and several of those were cancelled owing to the Combined Opera- tions, but fortunately I managed to drop on a very interesting little game between the K.C.C, and the Navy,

to

LEAGUE BEGINS

Two Matches Played

Last Evening

The Men's Table Tennis League commenced last evening with two matches played at the Confucian Club,

Chung Wah School defeated. Chinese Correspondents by four. games to one, and Hol Wah School beal the Heung. Min Stageploy Federation by 3-2.

Scores:

C.C.. CHUNC WAH Ching Po-ka (Chinese Correspondents) lost to Young Hok-ling 1-2,

Yu Yok-yuen (C.C.) lost to Chan Ping- wat 0-3.

Wong Man-aun (C.C.) lost to Kong Yik. Mo Hong-hing (C.C.) lost to Kok Hing- Wan But-hon (C.C.) beat Lea Yu-chuen

HEUNG MIN ▼, HOI WAH Chan Chi-chung (Houng Min) lost to Yuen Kan-yow 1-2.

Chan Chi-run leung Min) beat Wong Yu-kwong 2-0.

The KCC were without several the state of affairs, hit out cheer- of their leading players, while, owing gether and made a draw of it, quite un 1-2

fully. Actually, the two stayed to-hing 6-2.

few runs coming from their Inst private blekering between

"Suffolk", the stand. Stumps were drawn ut 6.20 2-0. "Cumberland" and Navy were weak and, as a matter of . by Peak Tram time, but I see the K.C.C. Pavilion clock is about 4 men. minutes behind that, Lee was by fact, unly turned out nine

far the

most successful bowler for They had hoped to have the services Kowloon. He took 5 for 58 and but of Mid. Wilson, A. B. Cholcroft, Pay for the severity with which Ogle Sub. Lt. Sutherland, and C. P. O. treated him he would have had a very much better analysis. Goodwin, Hulley.

apparently However,

whose figures read 7-1-22-2, bowled press-gang managed to collect Sar-in something approaching his old rent who proved to be a most useful form and managed to cut down very and successful acquisition.

heavily on those loose presentation | the wook: fours of his on the leg side.

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INTERSHIP MATCH There was, a game on the Navy between "Suffolk" and ground "Cumberland", which was won, I am by 7 wickets by the latter ship. Chulcroft was in great form for the Flagship and took 5 wickets for 20 runs. He bowled both Sutherland and Wilson, the two best bats in "Suffolk's" side for 3 and 1 respec- tively. Fletcher alone mastered the bowling and carried his bat for 20.

Kowloon batted first and did not open any too soundly against the bowling of Paxton and Curless, but after they had lost 4 wickets for 37 between runa, in excellent stand Burnett and Jex put on 49. runs. Both Baldwin and Luke got into told, double figures and helped Burnett to lift the total to 184, of which Burnett had made 90 without being defeated. It is true that he some- times lifted the ball in the air, but so far as could be seen no chance actually went to hand and he played some excellent cricket. Paxton was the most successful bowler with 4 for 51, but Sargent at the end picked up a couple of quick wickets for 19 in 3.3 overs.

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Against a total of 82 "Cumber- lund" got the runs comfortably but doubt if they would have done so but for an excellent innings of 45 by Hutley. He, of course, had a great deal to do with the victory of the Navy second in the Junior Division of the League.

Lee Ha kwong (Heung Min) beat Leung Chain Lung T

Chan Cal-pan (Heung Min) lost to Chan Shut-bun 0-2.

Chutt Woon-man (eung Min) lost to

Chen Man-kol 1-2.

The following are the fixtures for

TO-DAY

7pm. Wah Yan College v. Sat Nam College.

4.30 p.m. Confucian Club v. Wah Yea School.

TO-MORROW

(WOMEN'S SINGLES)

pm. Ho Shak Yuen v. Soo Chi Man, 7.30 p.m. Law Bhay Din v. Yang Herg Wan.

pm. Lo Shiu Ping y Ng Ye Ngor. 8.30 Won Wal Heng y, Won Pul Ching. 9. p.m. Law Shau Ping v. Chan Mu Yow.

MEN'S TEAMS' LEAGUE

Men's 3 p.ni.

Wai Yeung Young

Chinesa

Men's Association V.

Young Cinematic Federation.

1.30 p.m. Hoi Wah School v. Chun Shing School.

THURSDAY

7 pm, South China v. Canton "Ka Kong" 8.30 p.m. Silver Star v. Eilis Kadooria

Clayton and Skelton opened the innings for the Navy, and for some to walk reason the latter elected down the pitch to every ball as the

In my Friday's article I hope to TeDITI. bowler was running up to the wicket. I don't mean that he went out and view the position between IRC, und

me! C.C.C. who are weather permitting School. slammed at the thing, but he came playing off for the Shield, The down the wicket before the ball was

Bame will be played on the Club This trick may netually delivered.

Hayward and P. Baskett. utlerly unsound and Skelton would drop it entirely. He didn't do well to drop last more than three overs, for after being dropped at second slip off Lee,

be nimed, or by answers or advice { result of the Schmeling battle, and pears to be one of the less dangerous ghire Handleap to be run at Lincoln put off a very bad bowler but it is ground and the umpires will be A. W. to correspondents in the Press. does not want to kick his heels until sports, nevertheless was responsible April it can be avoided. How- for five deaths and approximately ever, he will probably bow to the 500 niishaps. wishes of the German promoter.

(4) Been employed as n club, maker or apprentice to a protes slonal attached to a club or course. (5) Carried cluba for hire after attaining the age of 18 years,

All players who do not come under this definition shall be per- mitted to play as amateurs.. -Had it been known earlier that such a definition had been, drawn up

Two deaths were recorded in box-

Foord is also anxious for the night. ing and winter games, while each Neusel beat him in London in what respectively caused 400 and 100 In- was admittedly a "close thing." On juries. Football, swimming, rugby his form against Schmeling the and motorcycling, with one death South African is considered likely to cach, avenge that defeat.

BIG JIM BEATS WELSHMAN.-Former heavyweight boxing champion Jim Braddock, right, speeding up. In one of the last two rounds, which won him the decision against Tom my Farr, left. The film of the fight will be shown at the Queen's Theatre to-morrow.

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for each responsible were ́1,500, ̈ 0, "250," and "15"-casualties res- pectively.

There were no deaths in the other sports practised in Italy, Gymnastics caused 84 injuries, wrestling 37, basketball 23, track and field 16, roller skating 13, fencing 9, tennis 4, and rowing 4.

Nine deaths and 000 accidents were brought on by injuries sus- lained in premilitary training by Fascist Groups. These were caused by the use of firearms, by the various manoeuvres, by parading and other semi-military games,

FOOTBALL LEADS

While hunting caused most deaths with 31, football led in accident domain with 1,500 cases, ranging from a simple strained muscle to broken bones, sometimes Involving months in the hospital. A study of these figures reveals that there is a better chance for survival in a foot- ball casualty than in a hunting mishap.

Divided into age groups, the

statistics show that sports practised; under the Coni Banner were respon- sible for 42 deaths and 2,308 injuries while those practised by the Young Fascist Groups were charged with 19 deaths and 2,115 mishaps.

While the list may appear impos- ing, it is only fair to point out that athletic training is compulsory for almost every Italian male until he is called to serve under the colours at 21. Sports are not so rigidly Imposed on Italian girls but most of some sport or them indulge in

game at least participate In some during their school years:

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General Distributori DOE & SEYMOUR (CHINA) Shanghal Hongkong, Harbin,

The latest call-over is as follows:

10/1 Galsonia (and o) 10/1 Bel-Aml (0), 11/1 (1) 100/8 Squadron Castle (o), 108/7

(1)

15/1 Phakos (t and o)

Allegiance (0), 20/1 (t) 18/1

Starflyer (t and o) 20/1 2011 Thankerton (t and o) 25/1 Moody (1 and o) 25/1 Zaimis (t and o) 28/1 Lone Mount (t and o) 33/1 Kyles of Minard (t and o) 33/1 Hornpipe (t and o) 33/1 Llanarmon (t and o) GRAND NATIONAL

Royal Mail Still Most In Demand

London, Mar. 21.

Royal Mail is still favourite for the

Grand National Steeplechase to be run at Aintree on Friday, March 25.

The latest call-over is as follows: 100/9 Royal Mall († and o). 100/0 Blue Shirt (o), 100/8 (8) 15/1 Delachance (0) 10/1 (4) 100/0 Cooleen (0), 18/1 (1)

18/1 Takvor Pacha (t and o) 22/1 Dunbill Castle (t and o) 22/1 Royal Danielli (0), 25/1 (1) 25/1 Airgend Blos (0) 28/1 (1)" 25/1 Workman (0), 28/1 (6) 33/1 Provocative (t and o)

BOROTRA'S STATUS

QUESTIONED

Accepted Prize But Did Not Keep It

London, Feb. 11. Jean, Borotra's amateur status has been called into question as a result of his accepting the Prix Virginic Heriot-Douine for 1937, worth 30,000 francs, awarded by the Academic dca. Sports.

he was caught two balls later nt cover Badminton

point O'Bryen was bowling at the Pavilion end and at times his length was erratie. Clayton had a lucky four over slip's head but he made two excellent square

cuts behind point to the boundary before getting in front to Lee, 28-2-12. Nave followed and had the misfortune to get a perfect length ball which pitch- ed on his leg stump (he is left- handed), and just brushed the bails off the middle and off stump. Most people would have been bowled when getting that one first ball.

sent second

Spreading Everywhere

Interest In America And Canada

London, Feb. 24, Sir George Thomas, speaking at the Badminton Association lunch yesterday, stated that during the past year there had been a tremendous growth in the game. There are now 1,200 clubs in England alone, 88 more for four, than last year, and the game was spreading in America and in Canada.

A BRIGHT OVER Meantime, Ogle had been playing with excellent restraint, and was be- ginning to see the ball well. He had one bright over from Lee, when he straight round beautifully through the slips with a late cut for another, and then in lashing out at the third was lucky enough to snick it be- tween bis legs and the wicket also to the boundary. This sobered him up and he continued to play good steady cricket.

Luke went on for O'Bryen and Burnett for Lee. At 52 Jeffrey was taken at mid on off Luke. Although he had only made two, the wicket had put on 24 runs. It was about half past five when Paxton joined Ogle and there was a bit of

drizzl though I doubt if it was enough renily to incommode the bowlers.

on nobly though. Burnett frequently beat him. Ogle, meantime, was scoring freely and cracked Burnett for two succes sive fours to Jeg. At 70 Goodwin had gone on for Luke and when the score was 87 he got a good length off turner past Paxion to whom, of course, It was a leg break (97-0-6); Of the 35 runs put on Ögle and Extras had claimed all but 0.

Lee went on for Burnett and about then Ogle completed his 50, though at 89 Carless had been very well alumped off Goodwin. A run later Things did not look very good for Spurgeon was caught at mid off. the Navy at this moment though Ogle was lucky when he cocked one over second ship's head, and third slip, al- though he just got his hands to the ball falled to hold the catch. He celebrated his escape by a beautiful. late cut, a squate cut for two and a pull to mid wicket for four. He appeared to like Lee's bowling. meantime, although he occa-

Although he accepted the prize, Borotra handed it over as a gift to the French Lawn Tennis Federation. The sporting paper, L' Auto, points out that by a resolution of 'the Inter- national Olympic Committee in Oslo In 1935, amateurs accepting such prizes lose their amalour status sionally. Indulged in one of his Ipso facto. The paper, stating that favourite cracks, was batting in, for It has brought the matter up, in him, quite t steady fashion, and it order to have the situation made looked as if they would play out time clear, in an article headed "Jean when at 122 Ögle had his off peg Borotra no longer an amateur,'

an amateur "knocked back by one from Lee which states "Borotea has a right to accept he had tried to drive (122-8-08). the prize and the Olympic Committee

ls wrong."

Borotra himself

"Thero is, no question of my losing amateur status. That's a matter for the,French, LTE, lo decido, not, for the Olymple Committee, Tüe Federa- tion' rules make it clear that sich DTILOS

A can be dec

GAME SAVED

*Wrenwick „came in and it looked all up, with the Navy se thore wis no "eleventh; «batumman. However, my the newcomer ander put his E In front 81 everything and actually looked less likely to put out thun didi gara geht, who, entrely imperturbed, by

There are now 13 countries in the International Federation, the latest

FRIDAY

? pm. Lun Wai Ching v. Chu Lai Ngor. 7.30

p.m.

Wong Oy Lim v. Ng Ye Ngor 8pm. Yeung Wal Pun v. Wan Put Ching.

8.30 pan, Chu Kou Sun v, Soo Chi Man. 9p.m. Lo Shiu Ping v. Ho Shok Yuen,

SUNDAY

7 p.m. Chun Wah School v. Wan Yea School,

8 p.m. Confucian Club Y, Correspondents' Team

Chinese

7 p.m. Hol Wah Bchool v. Canton "Ka

Kona" Team.

8.30 p.m

Cinematic

School.

Men's Chinese Young Federation v.--Ellia - Kadoorie.

ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE ATHLETIC SPORTS

Governor To Present The Prizes

nt

The 22nd annual athletic sports of St. Joseph's College will be held on the South China A.A. ground Caroline Hill on Friday, March 25, commencing at 1 p.m. His Excellency addition being the Malay States, and the Governor, Sir Geoffry Northcote, there is a possibility America has kindly consented to distribute the

prizes, - coming in very soon.

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