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THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY, APRILS ARRAYS

13,

1938,

FAMOUS GOLFERS THE KING AT THE RINGSIDE SURPRISE

PASS THROUGH

THE COLONY

Hagen And Kirkwood On Way To Japan

Unknown to most golfers in the Colony, Walter Hagen, the famous American professional and one of the world personalities in the game, passed through Hongkong over the week-end in company with Joe Kirkwood, known as the "wizard of the links."

An attempt was carller made to Induce the two famous players to give an exhibition In Fanling over the week-end; but apparently nothing could be fixed

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As a matter of fact, Hagen and Kirkwood were in port for only a few hours. They arrived here from Waalla on the Victoria on Saturday morning and left again on the same. boat about 1 v.m. An exhibition here would have meant staying over

for a

a few days, but as the two famous players have engagements elsewhere, they could not delay their departure. Much disappointment was also felt in Manlin owing

to their in- ability to give an exhibition there. They remained in that part only a fow hours,

Hagen was the first American-born player to win the British Open and thereafter he annexed it on three occasions. He has twice been Ame- rican Open champlon, American pro- fessional champion on several ocça- slong

and han won

major many tournaments. One of the greatest personalities of the game, he was captain of the United States Ryder Cup team at Southport last year.

It is a pity that they have not been remain behind for n few able to days; an exhibition by two such been fanoun players would have very popular Indeed,

They are now bound for Shanghai, thence to Japan and back to the United States.

SPLENDID TENNIS PROMISED

Young Tsui Meets H. D. Rumjahn

(By "Abo")

Whal a generally expected to be the more even of the two semi-final matches in the Colony Open Tennis Singles Championship will be played on the stand-court of the Hongkong C.C. this afternoon when Tsui Yun- pui meets H. D. Rumjahn, the holder of the title,

TRICK SHOT MASTER Kirkwood is master of trick goll shots and is the ideal player for ex- Unill last week, there were many hibllons. He has a ne record in

who had thought that despite his open golf events, having taken high great promise, young Tsul's game had places in the British Open Chinm not developed sufficiently to enable pionship on many occasions. Added!

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beat an experienced player to his achievements, he has a magne-like the present champion; since then, tic personality which attracts the however, Tsui has defeated Poul crowds wherever he goCH.

SCOTTISH SOCCER

Two Senior Games Played Yesterday

London, Apr. 12.

Two matches in the First Division of the Scottish Football League were played to-day, the results being as follows:

Partick St. Mirren

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Kong very impressively and Rum- jahn was nearly eliminated by W. C. Hung, who is not regarded 09 a serious singles challenger. Prospects for this afternoon, therefore, are very open indeed.

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Whoever wing, some splendid tennis is asured. While Rumjahn is sound rather than brilliant in majority of his shots with no pal- pable weakness in any one depart- ment, Tsuf has a decided weakness overhead. The Indian would appear 1 Third Lanark 3 to have the advantage at the net but Motherwell o the Chinese off-sets this by his

steadiness from the base-line. Reuter,

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EVENING WITH BOY BOXERS

THE KING and his brother, the Duke of Gloucester (fourth from right) watching a fight at the Albert Hall, when the finals of the London Federation of Boys' Clubs championships were decided.

AGA KHAN HAS FINE

DERBY CANDIDATES

Khan Bahadur May Be Best Of Colts

By Watchman

London, Mar. 18.

Few things in our time have been more remarkable in racing than the prodigious success of the Aga Khan, who last year headed the list of winning owners for the sixth time in the past nine seasons. His average winninga during that period have been little short of £40,000 each season. And he has won the Derby three times within a relatively short racing career.

a "wonder horse."

Further, he possesses to-day almost discussed thoroughbreds of his wonderful group of stud horses, time. Last season he was described which bring in a big annual revenue as in the shape of subscription fees. It is true that for 10 years or more he went for towards commanding suc-

His narrow failures in the Champagne and the Middle Park Stakes confirmed the impression that he could not stay cess by the expenditure of a vast six furlongs, yet by reason of his amount on young bloodstock, yet extraordinary speed he is stili en- other men have spent money lavishly titled to be considered a wonderful in the same direction without reap-colt. ing an adequate reward.

Mirza II. has grown in substance At one time last season # was and strength. Few colts of his age doubtful whether the Aga

Khan I have seen lately have made belter would finish at the head of the list. progress Great interest will attach Then came the astonishing successes to his earliest appearances. He has of his two-year-olds.

been entered for a mile race at Ling fleld

that

In midsummer it seemed probable he would sweep the classic board in 1938, but towards the close of the season the triumphant career of his youngsters was checked, and the classic outlook became less rosy for him.

Still, he has a fine batch of three-

year-olds, and it would be impru- dent to predict that classic honours will not come his way again. Frank Butters was kind enough to show me round the stable a few days ago,

and I was able to see that the Aga Khan's colts and flies of this age have wintered well,

MIRZA II'S DEVELOPMENT

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America Wants Annual Davis Cup Play

London, Apr. 5. Surprised by the British Lawn Tennis Association's decision to support the propo- sal for a biennial, instead of an annual, Davis Cup competi- tion, the United States Lawn Tennis Association has ad- dressed a letter to 30 compe- ting nations urging a continua- tion of annual cor tests,

The quality and quantity of first-class amateurs and the general standard of lawn ten, nis, declares the letter, would suffer from the proposed chango.-Reuter.

Tabir, a well-balanced colt short legs. mcasores roughly

JAPAN MAY YET LOSE OLYMPICS

Depends. Upon International Exposition

Tokyo, Apr. 8. II the International Exposition la Japan scheduled to open March 15, 1040 and to last until August 31 of that year is prolonged, foreign countries sending representatives to the Olympic Games in Tokyo opening on September 21 might recall them.

RANKING OF BOXERS

Max Baer is Placed Third Behind Louis, Schmeling; Farr Said Fifth

New York, Mar. 28. Sports scribes throughout the country were surprised to-day when the National Boxing Association lasued its quarterly, list of ranking boxers in all divisions.

Although little

to the choices forption was taken first places, the aclections made by the N.B.A. tor

second and third ranking fighters re- sulted

In bitter controversies.

The ranking of Max Baer, recent vietor Tommy Farr, British Empire champion, as the third best heavy- weight was perliops

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most notable change

isting as compared in the with the previous group of selections. Joe Louts was placed at the head of the heavyweights. He was follow

by Max Schmeling and Max Baer. Tony Galento, despite his suspension Luule tulture to meet Harry Thomas, was ranked fourth much to the sur prise of many writers.

FARR RANKED FIFTH

Tommy Farr received fifth place and Guitar Barlund, sixth. Nathan Man, Bola Pastor, Red Burman, Al McCoy and Jimmy Adamick were anked next In order. The ranking of Burman and McCoy, neither of whom lias displayed class or scored notable victories in recent nonths, proved somewhat of an up- set.

John Henry Lewis, negro world ight-heavyweight champion, topped the cruiseweights and he was fol- lowed by Al Galner, another negro and who is generally considered by the majority of crilico as the leading contender in this weight class.

Freddie Steele, world middleweight champion, retalued his top position despite the walloping he received at the bands of Freddle Apostoli early Young Corbett III, world welterweight champion,

in

is ranked second,

d, largely because of his fine victory over Apostoli.

There were no comments on the choices for the welterweights, Barney Ross, the world champion, being given first place. Ceferino Garcia, Filipino battler and leading conten- der, was ranked second.

-AMBERS FIRST

Lou Ambers and Pedro Montanez were ranked first and second in the lightweight class, Ambers is world champion. Henry Armstrong, despite the fact that he was picked as the leader of the 135-pound group by "Ring Magazine" for 1937, was not ranked,

The miniature Brown Bomber, as the featherweights by virtue of his Armstrong is known, however, lcd holding the world title: Freddie Miller, former champion, was ranked second, above Petey Sarron,. his former conqueror.

Sixto Escobar WAS adjudged world 15:his warning has been given by champlon in the bantamweight class hands Jin, and as he was placed onlyCount Latour, chairman of the In- because of his recent win over Harry gib behind Portmarnock in the Free iernational Olympic Committee, to Jeffra, who beat the Puerto Rican -the-title: Handicap he stands among the four the Japanese Ambassador fa Brus ghter last-September for

Was however, surprisingly best colis of his age.

sels, according to an official dispatch topped by Pancho Villo, Mexican reaching the Foreign Minister, Koki

champion and no relation to the Hirota, from the envey to-day. original Aghter of the same name. Count Latour, the dispatch added, Villa failed to make the first "ten" ranking of "Ring Magazine" which naked the Ambassador to give based its selections on the choices of definite reply by May 8 on the pro-leading boxing writers throughout jeeled prolongation of the exposition, the United States. in case Japan fails to do so, he suggested, the international Olympic Committee would be obliged, when it meets at Lausanne, to cancel Tokyo as the venue of the 1940 Games.

Khan Bahadur, always strikingly handsome, has done well. His public performances do not tell us a great deal, except that he is of think his trainer unusual promise. has all along believed that this chestnut brother to Mahmoud, may be the best Derby colt In

the yard. A grand-looking three-year-old is who Sadruddin, Dastur's brother, has not yet been seen in public. He

ng utterly unlike

his half-brother, Bahram, in that he did not develop Felicita- speed in his first season. tion's half-brother, Foroughi, is still big and backward, and appears to me to need a good deal of time.

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Although Tahir is a Tetratema colt there is a fair chance that the Derby course will not be too far for him. This, at least, is the belief of Frank Butters, who, as we discussed the coll, declared with some emphasis, "he will stay all right." The view that Bahuddin, three-parts brotherly seems to be supported by the fact! to him, has won over a mile and a Li, Queen of Simla, Valedch and Ann half.

THREE-YEAR-OLD FILLIES

fine three-year-old files in La-

The Aga Khan has four particular-

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More Pay For Test Cricketers

By Ronald T. Symond

London, Mar. 9.

Changes in the pay and treatment of Test match professionals which follow the lines advocated in The Daily Matt during the last few years were approved yesterday by the M.C.C. Board of Control of Test Matches at home.

During the series with Australia In the coming season pay will be £50 per man per match, plus rail fares and hotel expenses-the last with provision that the player must stay in the hotel specified by the Selection Committee.

This arrangement ensures that in future we shall not hear of players being spread over various localities, out of touch, with each other and their captain.

Mr. P. Perrin, 61;

Mr. A. B. Sellers, 31; and Mr. M. I. Turnbull, 31. Sir Pelham ("Plum") Warner has served on several Test Selection Com- During the last visit here of the mittees. He is a former Middlesex Australian team, in 1034, English County and M.C.C. captain. Mr. players received £40 per match, ("Percy") Perrin, until only 10 or 12 with an end-of-acason payment of a years ago, was a regular member of further £10 per match and a bonus the Essex County side, noted for his of £10. From this the players paid breezy balting. Mr. Sellers Is the their own rail and hotel expenses. Yorkshire County captain, and Mou- payment from the profits of the tour side, February 17 The Daily Mail It, as is probable, an equivalent rice Turnbull lends the Glamorgan

is made this year, a player taking part in all five Terts will receive exclusively forecast the first three £50 more than in 1934.

names in this list,

FOUR SÉLECTORS

General satisfaction will be felt over the choice of selectors, particu- larly in view of the inclusion of, two

The board, which met at Lord's, active players.

also decided to increase the strength A request has been addressed to

at. the Test Selection Committee from three to four, and elected:

* Folham Warner) (chairman),

the Was Indian crickel authorities asking them to agree to the employ meal of the eight-bail over during. their matches in England in 1939.

Holding that it is not their desire to lose the Games because of the exposition, the authorities here are anxious to reach a compromise, Reuter.

Benny Lynch of Scotland headed the flyweight group for he has never been beaten since he won the world title from Small Montana. Jackic Jurich, generally considered as the best American 112-pounder, ranked second despite the whipping which he took at the hands of Little adn of the Philippines last year. United PreSE.

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