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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

January 9, 1939.

ROYAL SCOTS PLAY SEVENTH NAVY DEFEAT ARMY IN

DRAWN TIE IN LOCAL SOCCER KWONG WAH MADE TO SHARE HONOURS

(By "Abo")

There is a certain quality in the football of the Royal Scots which defies description. It comes to the surface when least expected-usually when defeat for the Scots appears imminent-and at the last moment enables the team to snatch a point from bewildered opponents.

Efforts made by the Scols to The Scots match against Kwong Wah in the First Division of the equalise were not aided by the fact Football League, played at Kowloon that Allen, at inside left, was in- yesterday afternoon, was a case injured and had to be assisted off the point. Outplayed by the Chinese forlek: and though he returned shortly three quartern of the match, the before half-time, he was not us Scots suddenly became revitalised effective as he had been before. and, foeing a two-all score, managed

to share the honours.

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Out of 12 matches which they have played in the League to date, the Royal Scots have now drawn seven, two having been won and three lost.

While admitting that Kwong Wah were somewhat unlucky in having to share the two points at stake, une ctn also say that in away they brought this upon themselves. There regarding their doubt supertority throughout the rat half and the majority of the second; but when they were over-running the Scots, they should have found the act more than twice. Had they selze all the opportunities which come their way, they would have led up a lead which would have placed them in an unassailable post- fion.

LEAD INSUFFICIENT

As it was, their two-goal lead did not prove suflicient when the Scots staged their magnificent recovery. Their lead was wiped off in quick time by Proctor and Hossack, and at one stage they were even in danger of defeat. Fortunately for they succeeded in steadying down and lo the last minute of the game might have snatched a victory when Leung Bing-kam was presented with an opportunity of shooting.

them

ILow- ever, he wasted it and the chanco did not come again.

Better football was provided by the Chinese, whose attacking move- ments were always well-conceived. They were also for more impressive in their midfield play when the was swung about in an entertaining monner; but they did not always nish well, far too many scoring op- portunities being frittered away.

ball

The defenders were in fine for and were rever harried by the Scola attack. Yeung Tse-tsong, the Kwong Wah centre-linlf, was tower of strength and outshone even Proctor, who was given a strenuous time by the nippy work of the opposing for wards, among whom Wong King- cheung, the outside left, was always, u source of trouble.

TACTICS FAILED

In the second half, Cheuk Shek- kuin increased the lead for Kwong Wah, but nevertheless the Scots were took play discouraged. They not into Kwang Wah territory and it was from a corner that Proctor re- duced the lead with a nice header. Encouraged by this goal, the Scots luid a chort period of ascendancy, during which they equalised, through Hossack.

to score

Exchanges became very exelting as halk teams mode strenuous efforts the winning goal. The Chinese had their chances, but miss- ed them and the final whistle came with each side claiming a point.

Teams:

Kwong Wah-Lee Kwok-kee: Hau Yung-sang. Chuns: Fai-lam: Chung Wing. Yeung Tse-isong, Wong Wah- ay: Leung Bing-kam, Chin Chi-fun, Chow Man-chi Cheuk Shek-kom,

and Wong King-cheung,

Royal Scots-Duncan; Fraser, Mc- Donald; Adamson, Proctor, Clarke; Munro, Fleming, Hossuck, Allen and Holmes.

£40,000 OFFER TO BUY CLUB

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Photo by Jafer.

FAR EAST

LAST FIXTURE

OLYMPICS OF TOURNAMENT

PLANNED

Tokyo, Jan. 8.

Materialising the decision taken at the conference of mayora of Ave big cities of Japan last year, the mayors of 4 cities in Japan, Manchukuo and China will assemble in Tokyo in April

League,te "the East Asia Cliy

The Arst important plan to be dis-, cussed will be the holding of the Far Eastern Olymple Meet. According

INTERESTING RUGGER AT CAUSEWAY BAY

(By "Fly-Hall")·

On Saturday afternoon the Navy defeated the

to the plan, 84 cities participating in Army by 14 points (a goal and three tries) to nii

the League will send delegates to

compete for inter-city championships in the last match of the Triangular Rugby

Tournament at Causeway Bay.

in various athletic events.

The places where the proposed

games will be held, will be chosen

The winners held an advantage scored well out. Elliot failed with from among Tokyo, Hsinking, and Dairen. The mee! will take place behind the serum where the backs, the attempt to convert. Not long after this Askwith, by an amazing either this autumn or in spring next despite the wet ball, handled ex-

tremely well. The Army forwards, run of half the length of the field, year.-Domel.

especially Berry and Crawford, did scored just wide of the posts. Elliot well, the former Oguring in many had no difficulty in adding extra forward rushes.

pointa. For a period play was fairly FINAL POSTPONED

Rain had rendered the ground even, both sides using the boot and

rush method of play. Owing to the wet condillon or the ground, the anat of the Ladies lawn rather sodden. The match between

Then half way through the second tennis doubles, which was to have the two Club teams, which

prior to the Triangular period, Talbot sent Elliot away taken place at the U.S.R.C. yesterday, played

to score well has been postponed to next Sunday, Tournament match, had stirred these bind ide

pitch up a

bit. The state of the wWitherden failed to convert. Skelton ground suited the Army, as fast back play was more or less out of the completed the Navy scoring with a try which resulted from a "three" question.

movement.

at 3.30 p.m.

BEST RACEHORSE IN

THE WORLD

Merit Of British Bloodstock

By Robin Goodfellow (Captain Eric Rickman)

London, Dec. 7. Lord Rosebery strongly opposed attempts which, be said, were being made to admit impare strains to the English Stud Book when he spoke last night at the annual meeting of the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association, of which he is Chairman.

was held The meeting

at New-1 French breeders, he added, had re- market after the conclusion of the cently joined American breeders in sales for the day.

advocating that the English Stud be opened to certain The General Stud Book was first Book should Lordon, Dec. 15.

blood which is ineligible, because the Cardiff City directors last night compiled and issued in 1791 by an blood refused a

to-day race-horses £40,000 offer from Mr. H. ancestor of its present compilers and pedigrees of a number of French 1. Merrett, a South Wales sports-publishers, Messrs. Weatherby.

American blood. man, to buy up all or part of the

Lord Rosebery club shares.

Mr. Merrelt also stated that if the deal went through he would spend £20,000 on players and improve the ground facilities at Ninian Park.

Cardiff City shares at the moment are worth between 53. and 6s. Mr. Merrett offered to buy them at 10s. -par

If the Cardiff City board, had ne- cepted it would have meant a total outlay of £40,000.

contain

recalled the fnet

The horses and mares mentioned *** in Vol. I, and one or two mares that nearly 200 years ago about 70 corded for the first time in Vol. II. have formed the sole ancestors of horses and a dozen mares were im- the British thoroughbred, with the ported into North America by British

A few lines of North colonists, exception of American and Australian blood, which were admitted under certain conditions in 1800.

SIRED DERBY WINNERS The principal American strain mitted at that time is represented by the numerous descendants of Orby, who won the Derby in 1907 and sired a Derby winner in Grand Parade.

Later it was realised that this ex-

Australian Retains His Golf Title

Manila, Jan. 8.

Was

Crawford captained the Army side

on

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in the absence of Cuthbertron

At the conclusion of the game, H.E. through Injury Cuthbertson, it the Commander-in-Chiet, Vice-Ad- understood, is still suffering from the miral Sle Percy Noble presented the effects of a wrenched knee and Triangulor Tournament Cup to Li. damaged ankle received in the gume Elliot, the captain of the Navy team. against the Club a fortnight ngo

Another absentee through Injury was Ldg. Sen. Romuns, of the Navy. He had injured his knee whilst play- Ing for 11.M.S. Eagle against the Club last Wednesday.

GOOD FORWARDS

Teams:

Army.Lt, Lomax (9th Heavy); Cpl. Pratt (Seaforths), Lt. Hook (8th Heavy), L. Cpl. Boe (Royal Scots), Pte. Ferguson (Middlesex); L, Sgt. Lang (R.A.O.C.); Cpl. Nealon (Royal Scots); L. Sgt. Page (5th Anti-Air- Crawford (Signals), Can- craft), Lt. tain,

Lt. D'Oyly (Royal Scots); Gür. Pt. Berry

Cpl. Sutherland (Royal Spr. Appely

(Royal En-

Evan

Evans (5th Anti-Aichardson (se

The Navy forwards were collec- tively equally as good as their opponents, whilst such players us Berry, Crawford and Page were The Australian golfer, Norman vonjalways prominent in the loase. (Middlesex); Pie, Vida, successfully defended his title Navy forwards were superior in the forths), in the Philippine Open Golf Charn-line-outs and their backing up was Scots), pionship to-day with an aggregate of splendid. Darling, Ogle and Wither-gincers). Reserves, L. Sgt. Marshall den were up with the play on most (Royal Scots), Sgt. Black (Royal Scots), Spr. Pike (Royal Engineers).

202.

He won US$2,000 of the prize money.

Two Japanese golfers, Selaul Chin and Rokuzo Asam!, tled for second place with 204 each.

Amongst those taking part in the tournament was John Montague, the "rake and shovel" American golfer.

-United Press.

WEEK-END FOOTBALL RESULTS

Club

FIRST DIVISION-

Kowloon Police Kwong Wah

SECOND

THIRD

2 Eastern

2 Middlesex

2 Navy

2 Royal Scots

DIVISION

3 Eastern

D Middlesex

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1 5th Bde.

R.A.O.C.

1 Royal Scots

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CC ULD NOT BE TRACED They were indiscriminately mated and when, in 1808, the first volume of the American Stud Book was pub-

Club Kowloon ad-lished considerably more than half the animals entered could not be

Police In contrast with the Chinese, the

traced in their respective female

Engineers Scots played the close-passing game, but these tactics failed and little The directors held a four-hour

lines to individuals imported from

Kwong Wah Great Britain.

2 Si. Joseph's progress was made. The Scots also meeting before reaching a decision. had their chances of scoring in the Then they issued the following state-

Lord Rosebery said that Foxhall, South China

DIVISION "A"

4 South Ching first half, but faulty shootli; nulli- | ment: "We have considered Mr. ception had enabled some American who come from the United States to

win the Cambridgeshire, Cesare Electric

P.W.D. fied some good midfield efforts. Merrett's offer but have decided not horses and mares who were far from witch, and Ascat Gold Cup in 1881 10th Bde.

The game opened in a manner to necept it."

Ruyal Scots being thoroughbred to be admittend. 1882, traced back to American 130th Bly. R.A.

RAS.C. which suggested that the Kwong Mr. Merrett, who had walted on to the English Stud Book.

Engineers (C) Woh were by far the better team,

Rosebery reminded the cart-horses. the result of the meeting, sald: "I

"There is nothing wrong with the Kit Chee

Stanley amazed, I have never been so Lord

that in 1013 Messrs, British thoroughbred," he declared.

Postponed-ground unfl. trented in my life. Personally I Weatherby adopted the suggestion of "It may have its ups and downs, but

THIRD DIVISION "R" think it a public duty that Cardiff the Jockey Club that "no horse or in the long run it is still pre-emin- University 2 Kumsons

O RAF. City should be placed in a strong more can after this date be couently the best racehorse in the Powhattan position. I hope the followers of the sidered eligible for admission to the world."

Stonecutters W/T 6 Engineers (E) 0 club will support me."

General Stud Book unless it can be

24th Ety. Lord Rosebery said that he had Signals

Medicals traced without flaw on both sire's and dam's side of its pedigree to not found one single reason why it †A.S.A. horses and mares already accepted would be advantageous to adinit In the earlier volumes of the Book." Impure and untraced strains to the

That represents the definition of English Stud Book. thoughbred in this country, and, of course, the great majority of horses running under Jockey Club rules conform to it.

At least, they were playing very at- tractive football and fully deserved the lend which Chin Chi-fun gave them when he met a comer klek first-line to send the ball into the Scots' net.

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Talbot excelled ut serum-half for

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Navy Pay LL Stovens (H.M.S. the Navy despite the fact that be- cause of the stato of the ground, the Kent); Ldg. Tel. Kelly (Kent), P. O. bali was very slow in being heeled. | Askwith (Dainty), Lt. Skelton (Med- Both inside threes in the Navy team way); Pay Mid, Hankin (Kent); LL Capi. LL Talbot played cleverly and showed good Elliot (Engle).

Sca. Romans understanding with each other's play. (Medway); An effective movement which the (Eagle). Mr. Wilherdon (Duncan), Navy backs carried out time and Lt. Boddington (Medway), P. O. again was that of an inside three King (Tamar), L. Darling (Med- dashing in and taking the ball be-way), Lt. Ogle (Medway), Lt. Gri- tween the scrum-half and the stand- Atha (Medway), off. This made it difficult for the | (Eagle). Army stand-off to know which man to take.

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Askwith's forceful running, was

much again

evidence. in 1 Stevens, at full-back for the Navy,

the was faultless. Lomax, Army full-back, played a very sound game and under the conditions his hand- Hng was perfect.

Sub. Lt.

CLUB SIDES MEET

Hain

Prior to the TT, match, two Club sides mict. The result was a draw of six points each. Walkden, former Club captain, made his Srst appear- ance In Saturday fixtures for the scason. He had just returned from Boc and Hook were the pick of leave a week ago. Ils packing with the Army backs. ́ ̈·

NAVY SCORE

Navy were not long in making a

score as within 10 minutes Hankin

Feers in the second row appeared to be successful.

Hutchison played a good game at stand-off half for colours.

Too Much Importance

Attached To Toss In Cricket Test Matches

The importance of winning the toss in cricket is raised once again-this time by Don Bradman, who, talking over the radio recently, ruefully remarked that he had called "heads" four times in the Tests in England, and four times seen Hammond's coin come down "tails."

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The Stud Book is a record of pure blood and not of performance, as I was reminded when I expressed re- gret after Quashed had won the

The junior championship of the The only thing which prevented, nome when it comes to cutting a pack Oaks and the Ascot Gold Cup that neither she nor her descendants Itoyal Hongkong Golf Club was be-him making a fifth wrong call was of cards for a stake. The gambler

gun on the old course at Fanling Manchester's rain, specially provided always offers his rival first cut. could ever gain a place in it.

The purity of the Stud Book is yesterday. The first 10 who qualify for the occasion.

In the case of a coin spin it should worth defending so long as the for the match play stages are C. H.

Of course, this whole matter of be even money on "heads" or "talis," British thoroughbred maintains his Burton, J. W. Mayhew, N. K. Little-

John 82, W. W. C. Shewan 83, H. N. coinspinning in affairs of such fer- but the odds against either, as Brad- pre-eminent reputation.

greater. One T. J. rifle importance as Test matches is man will say, and That

Williamson 85, J. L. C. Pearce, the reputation-and value of the Slud Dook--depends on Price 85, C. M. Stark 87, C. D. N. ridiculous. Cricket is already too can have a sequence of "heads," or a run of "tails... and that's why "I carnestly hope," Lord Rosebery the future policy of British breeders Walker, J. Forbes, E. Faggiano 80,much at the mercy of the weather. said, "that no one will ever induco and the wise direction of the general L. M. Wylle 89, R. M. Henderson, T. An hour or two of rain can ruin a Test cricket should not be decided

Waters 90, J. Harrop, J. S. side's chances, says Geoffrey Simp-by such a method, Messrs. Weatherby to alter this system of racing to which their F. R.

efforts are adapted.

Dunnett 91.

son in the Daily Mail. Other scoTCS--F. C. Young, T.

I shall be told that batting and Megarry 93, C. W. E. Bishop, A

That cricket cannot help, but howling win Test matches, which is | Nicol, R. M. Wood, J. Petrie 94,

when, in 10 matches out of 20, the true. But you cannot get away from advantage is with the team batting the fact that when aides possessed of first, why leave the batting order to such batting strength na England and trate the defence, and when the ball a copper coin? Or a allver one, if Australia meet on a good wicket, the was moved over to the other and you like.

side winning the toss has a powerful S. Fowler and G, Fowler were seen

advantage. in a nice movement which ended in is it: Let the team winning the toss It Bradman wants a remedy, this the latter scoring.

rule."

TWO MATCHES DECIDED IN HONGKONG HOCKEY ASSOCIATION TOURNEY

Two matches were decided yesterday in the Hongkong Hockey Association Tournament, the C.B.A. boating the Police "A" at Boundary Street and the Club de Recreio overcoming Police "B" on the same ground.

This proved to be the winning goal.

RECREIO DEFEAT POLICE "B"

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CHAPMAN'S LUCK

In the opening Test have first knock.

une England captain who After that there should not be any coln spinning. The other side should seemed able to beat the odds which, bat first in the next game'.. and somehow or other, are against the "caller" was A. P. F. Chapman. so on, alternately.

When he was in Australla he Even

arrangement would "named it right" three times, and mean that the captain winning the England won the series. toes at the start of the series would guarantee his team first use of the wicket in three of five matches-and sutely that is sufficient advantage?

"CALLS" PREFERRED

It is a curious thing about "tossing

But Chapman has a reputation for luck in this matter. When he was regularly captaining Kent rival akig- pers referred darkly to Pero abominable luck. Up would go his coln, and down it would come i the required manner.

Well-Chapman's secret, secret

Starting with only ten men, the|from being further in arrears. King In the other game of the day, Club Police "A" were hard-pressed, but made some flas interceptions in the de Recreio beat Police "B" by three they soon settled down and took the course of a fierce Polles attack. lead when Fauja Singh, the culaide The Police held their slender lead goals to nil right, selving upon a rebound, boat up to Ave minutes from the interval, defnitely the better teams and as a for choled that the advantage J. J. King.

A short corner was awarded the result the game was rather one-sided, usually with the man with the coin.

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led one-nil at half-And in Test cricket the rule, fa for it can be called, is that als lucky Exchanges were very even at this C.B.A. and from this, George -Fowler time. through a goal scored by the home captain to tom; the visitor coin came out of a Chršimas pud- stage. Though the C.BA, were seen scored the equaliser,PAN in several nice movements, they wers

ding. It was Christer in Austra On resumption the Poltes played Fonseca. In the second period, the to.call.

lia, and when Chapme forced his unable to find the net for a long

with a full-do", and sub]Botud the Recreio forwards put on pressure and mana why period, and only the splendid work of C.B.A.✨ goal to a rentous time netted two more goals, the marks Do you know that gamblers prefer portion of ja pudding, Kids between her slicks wired them uzlowever, they were unable to passed meri being Focsecs and L. C Gonado, their opponents to call? It is the golden half-soverelim

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