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8.

Tuesday

HONGKONG TELE GRAPH

January

17, 1939.

ST. ANDREW'S "A" NOW FAVOURITES FOR BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIP

St. John's Defeated In Important Encounter

St. Andrew's "A", went an important step further towards winning the "B" Division of the badminton league last night when they received and defeated the champions, St. John's Cathedral, by six games to three.

The encounter providevi

some of E. F. Fincher and H. Kew (St. the best lengue badminton rech this Andrew's "A" bent Kwok and were Beavan 21-13; lost to Smith and season, and the spectatora thoroughly excited by the rousing Wilson 20-24; beat Kwok and New- rallies and close results.

snan 21-8.

St. Andrew's were perfectly W. M. Gilles and A. E. Brown (St. balanced temon, with especially good Andrew's "A") lost to Kwok and third Beavan 14-21; beat Smith and form being shown by their string, Brown and Gillis. They are Wilson 21-10; beat Kwok and New- probably the best third couple of any man 21-7. team the division, and proved their value last night by winning two gabies,

51. John's were grand losers, and with the slightest hit of luck might well have turned the result in their favour. However, on the evening's display, St. Andrew's were a trifle superior and deserved to win.

DOMESTIC TIE

At Kowloon Tong last evening, the "A" defeated the "B" by 5-4. Scores:

P. Lo and P. Fletcher ("A") beat J. L. Anderson and J. Smith 21-14; brut J. A. de V. Senres and J. Tsang 21-18; lost to N. A. E. Mackay and A. Chan 14-21.

R. E. Lee and F. S. Ko ("A") beat Anderson and Salth 21-13: heat Soares and Tsong 21-12; beat Mackay and Chan 21-17.

The encounter of the evening was that between F. Fincher and 11. Kew and Norman Smith and Peter Wilson. Smith played glorious bad- minton, practically monopolising the court to out-smash the doughty St.Anderson and Smith 17-21; lost to

F. Tsang and J. Chen ("A") lost to

SAFE!-Eva Churn, captain of the Cubs, is shown here beating the ball to first base by inches In Sun-

won by 21-9.-Photo by Jaffer. Andrew's couple. It was anybody's Soares and Tsan 11-21; lost today's softball match against the Cana dlan Chinese girls. The Canadians game, with all four players at In-Mackay and Chan 14-21.

tervals producing sparkling form. The score was setted at 20-all, and then the visiting pair annexed the necessary five points to win 24-20,

HOW GAME WENT

LEAGUE TABLE

St. Andrew's "A" Kowloon Tong "A" St. John's Chung Wah

C.

K.

Recreio

Tong "B" V.R.C. Wanteress

In the opening game, in which the players were warming up, W. Choy and F. V. Wong beat Frank Kwok und Beavan 21-17, and then, after Smith and Wilson had levelled matters by beating Fincher und Kew, Guts and Brown went on to account S. and S. Home for Kwok and S. F. Newman,

The home gile increased their lead when Fincher and Kew beat

Games

P. W. L. F. A, Pt. 161 61 20 10 660 37 17 12 8 6 2 5 14 13

6 3 3 30 24

434 20 4 17 37

GOG 648

St. Andrew's "B" 5 US 144

"A" DIVISION TIE

King's College were at home to Kwok and Beavan, and when Brown University "R" in the "A" Division and Gillis proceeded to defeat Wilson of the League last evening and won and Smith to cause the biggest pur- the tie by 7-2. prise of the evening, St. Andrew's were in a very powerful position with a lead of 4-1.

The issue was decided when in the next game Choy and Wong beat Kwok and Newman after a setted tame at 20-all. This was a see-saw encounter in which the pairs were 17-alt, than the homesters Jed 20-17, then were pulled back to 20-all, and which they fully won at 23-20.

After this St. John's staged a strong recovery. Kwok, playing at his best, helped Beavan to beat Gillls and Brown, and Wilson and Smith, after trailing Choy and Wong 3-11, caught up and overtook their op. ponents to win 21-16.

COUNCIL MEETING

A meeting of the Hongkong Bad- minton Association Council will be held in the S, C, M. Post Board Room on Friday at 5.30 p.m.

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Included in the agenda will be discussion on the approaching annual Colony Championships.

BARDSLEY

DEFENDS LARWOOD

Here And

There

With "Abe"

New Holders Of Ladies'

on

Doubles Tennis Title

their

F. A. CUP REPLAY RESULTS

London, Jan. 16. Replay matches in the third round of the F. A. Cup, played to-day, re- sulted as follows:

FIRST REPLAY

*Southend 4 Chesterfield Notts Forest o Huddersneid

*After extra time,

SECOND REPLAY Middlesbro' I Bolton

(at Leeds)

-Reuter,

Cricket Notes

Navy Play Senior Men In Junior League XI

(By "R. Abbit")

-

It is much to be regretted (and I can assure you that this is true) that owing to ill health I was not able to get any personal impression of, the cricket on Saturday or Sunday Inst. I have, however, managed by dint of various kind friends to ascertain some features to bolster up the actual printed scores of the matches on these days.

As regards Saturday, owing to itness and other troubles the Civil

Service had to take the field with Hockey

Police Defeated

At Macao

out at least four, ami perhaps we ny say ave, of their regular side. They took the opportunity to give I gaine to Pryde. Sulter, and N. Smith, all still at school, and though it must be admitted that Paxton was too old a hand for these boys when bating, all of them flekled magnifl- cently Suiter showed an amazing turn of speed in the Beld. I do not know what his 100 yard time in, but Be should be one of the coming sprinting champlons of the Colony.

As regards the game, the Navy and didn't start well and Perry McLellan found their length at once. Whitmarsh found it very diffeolt in- deed to score and was very slow; What might have happened had Kennedy been given out in the 20's remains to be guessed at, and when i say this I do not say it in any unsporting

way. Kennedy Was the actually walking away from wicket I am told, when given not

Play was fast, and the forwards out, but if the Umpire did not think of both sides were equally formid- the ball touched the bat he w

able from the outset. The visitors perfectly right to call the man back.

commenced the attackt, but the home After all, there are lots of batsmen

defenders were equal to the silua- who trot back to the Pavilion when

and lion. Cosin, left-back, robbed Jag- they are not out. Kennedy

the Police centre-forward, Whitmarsh collected 70 of the Navy's of the ball and thereby held

Singh,

Mincao, Jan. 15. Extremely evenly-contested hockey was witnessed here by a large crowd this afternoon when the Hongkong Police 1st team met Macao's Arst

even in a friendly encounter. The

score at the close of play was one go to nil in favour of Mueno.

ber

the

with Alrosa

defence. However, the Pollee custo-

dlan, Jessop, cleared splendidly, and the ball was soon carried down into

Macao's territory.

After

Macao

somewhat painful 101, though to be Police atluck. Thereupon, some just, they were by no means at full clever stick-worls was wiincased sa strength themselves. I find it a siev

ey Angelo, entre-forward, with little difcult to understand how they Justify the fact that when they have and Rosario, the local inside for- fne triangular com- first eleven playing, they have wards, formed

E. and

bination to penetrate the visitors' both Leading Seaman Smith A. Clayton playing for the second. flath these cricketers played for the Navy in both games in the Triangu- Jar Tournament, and I frankly con- alder that they have completely

attacks, repeated blotted their copy bak by playing managed to open the score 12 min- them for a second eleven league

utes from bully-off. The shot by P. game! I know their dificulties about

Angelo, centre-forward, was a por- 3 getting up sides with ships away,

tricky one. Tackling but how you can say the man who, ticularly

Mchar Singh, left-back, Angelo plays twice in the Navy for a Tour- moment Kame is

a second eleven secured the ball some considerable cricketer "when these Tournament distance from the Police goal zone games were played at a time when and in a lightning dash past Man practically all the ships were in, Singh, right-back, he sent the ball leaves me wondering. Clayton may crashing into the visitors' goal. possibly be cancelled out, because Brownrigg was away, but of the first

3

CONGRATULATIONS to Mr. Chiu here will dispute this assumption Chun-chiu und Mrs. Williams that Fowler is a better centre-for-

in success

the Ladies ward than Leonard. Personally I Doubles tennis championship of the have noticed an improvement in Colony.

On Sunday they met Mrs. Leonard's play tutor in Max Baer Becomes Tracey and Mrs. Skinner in the final seems rather unfortunate

1

Cowboy Crooner

Hollywood, Jan. 10.

Thereafter, the Police tried hard to equalize and all but scored five eleven playing against the Civil Ser- vice Whitmarsh and Paxton are the minutes before the interval. A con- at the United Services R.C. and won that just when he is beginning to

only two Tournament players who certed attack by the Police forwards kent Almada on tenter-hooks. was play something like his old self he by 6-1, 6-3. That they won was

appeared. whose one more or less expected by many of has been passed over for

To revert to our muttons, the Navy Clearing one dank drive, Almada those who had been following the claims are certainly no better than

his.

Apart

the centre-forward from the

Again the Police. Max Baer was signed up by the were all out for 101, and the Civil had to meet another angle shot from progress of the ladies' tennis cham-

Service might have got the runs, the opposite wing.

had the ball with Almada to beat, plonships this winter, but the case position, the side is as good as can movies as a cowboy crooner to-day, weak as they were, but for the fact with which they did so must have be put up, with due regard to the The. former heavyweight boxing that at the very beginning Richard- but the ball which the Police centro.

the champion will be the rough-riding on enlied for surprised even their most optimistle material at the disposal of

a foolish run and forward took, sky-rocketed and went supporters, They, however, almost Selectors. One player I would like sweet-tonsiled hero of six western Colledge was badly run out. Not elcar above the Macno goal bar. always emerged winners in the long to see given a trial in a representa-alms to be made by the Arcadia Pic-only did this appear entirely to up- driving duels, which were a feature live match Is young J. Gomes, the lures Inc.

POLICE ATTACK Richardson but it apparently set It will please Larwood's admirers of the match, and their strokes St. Joseph's inside left.

Upon resumption, some fine move- Jorge, the sing on horseback and the pictures with the that none other than Warren Bards- always seemed more effective than tricky and

exception of Perry, This Is St. John's second defeat of ley, Australin's famous left-hander, those of Mrs. Tracey and Mrs. Kowloon inside-right, and equally as will be in technicolor.

down in heaps in front of Paxton.pressed on the left flank, Wall and the season, the champlons losing just writing in the Australian paper "The Skinner. As both Mrs. Chiu and hard-working. These two are the Baer on one previous occasion op- Now I know by personal experience Week to the Recreto, Although they Sporting Globe, defends Larwood str Williams kept to the base-line most promising young non-Chinese peared in n full-length feature in that, though: I have a very great rese Narwant Singh being very promin- are by no means eliminated from the tooth and null,

almost throughout the whole en inside-forwards we have to-day in witch he played opposite Primo Car-pect for Paxton's bowling, he is a ent. Brown, Parker, and Jackson championship race, their prospects He devotes two columns to the un-counter, the fact that

and should (Mrs. local soccer, оле

be given nera.-United Press.

were a fine telo of half backs and great deal more dangerous on grass broke up many of the manoeuvres have been considerably jeopardized forgettable body-line controversy, Chiu) is right-handed and the other every encouragement by our selec-

than he is on matting and this gomo by these reverses, and they will need giving his piece the title, "Larwood left-handed did not hamper them astors.

was at King's Park. In the verna- of the local forwards. Jessop clear- to beat St Andrew's in the return Was Right." Here are a few shots much It would probably have done

cular, they didn't ought to have got ed magnificently after a short corner game if they are to stand any chance

out as easy.

had been awarded Macno just before of retaining the league ulle.

the close of play.

In the last match of the evening. Fincher and Kew beat Kwok and Newman 21-8, and thus St. Andrew's won by 6-3.

SECOND DEFEAT

London, Dec. 20.

fast as as

from Bardsley's cmende honorable: had they embarked upon anet Farr Complains

"There would never have been any campaign. This victory represents On the other hand St. Andrew's are objection to Larwood's bowling if it Mrs. Chlu's second success in the now strongly placed and have become, lind not been so accurate.

The tournament as she and Miss Rose Arm favourites for the champion-bowler's object is to give the bats-Perry (now Mrs. Fletcher) won the ship. There is little question that man what he doesn't want—and title last year. they possess a

Body- winning the league, but they have line or no body-line, Larwood re- Civilian Selections

peatedly clean-bowled his men, and

team capable of that's all Larwood 413....

alil nome difficult matches" ahead, notably and another to St. John's Cathedral,

Scores:

back when they were right in front

of the wicket.

Ho in 05

TOMMY Farr, the British heavy-

who,

It was announced that Baer will | paralysed the rest of the side: "joyments were observed on the Police

have good reasons for asking the Commission lo reverse the decision.

Dempsey's Protoge

of

AN EXCITING GAME

visit to Kowloon Tong, I repeatedly saw batsmen hit in the in the Civillan team to incet the the decision. As stated in the cable last year, Burman received not P. Billimoria, their excellent left- than his full share of work, being

R. Beavan 21-17; lost to N. Smith and P. Wilson 17-21; beat D. Kwok and S. Newman 23-20.

lested."

even

Police. Jessop; Man Singh, Mehar Singh; Brown, Porker, Jackson; Seja Singh, Rattan Singh, Jasber Singh. Wall, Narwant Singh.

It is diMcult to single out any welght, made no excuses when

In particular who excelled he was beaten by Lou Nove last LARENCE "Red" Burman is an The game at Sookunpoo between player December. Outpolnied by Clarence Irish-American and a protege of the IRC. and the Craigengower himself in the day's gamo. Rosario "Red" Burman, an almost unknown Jack Dempsey, the former heavy-Cricket Club seems to have been one and Costa, backs, were a tower of heavyweight, last Friday, Forr, it is weight champion

of thrills. Looking through the side strength, while Almada was abso- now intends to ask the While not in the actual boxing rat-

the world. It seems to me that Craigengower lutely up to the mark in goal. reported, of the first things to be noticed State Boxing Commission to reverse

were at fair strength, but they had Paricer, the Police pivot, did more honourable mention, and, with the

ably assisted throughout by the wing How would the Army In the Lai Wah Cup competi- published yesterday, the

decision

hander, playing for them. I have exception of being knocked out by W. C. Choy and F. V. Wong (St. public have taken it if the boot had tion on Saturday is the absence of was unpopular with the crowd, who John Henry Lewis, he has since done

noticed once or twice that he man- halves, Brown and Jackson. Andrew's "A") beat F. II. Kwok and been on the other foot and Larwood St. Joseph's players from the side cheered the loser and boord the very well. He was not expected to nges to turn out on Sundays but not

had been an Australian?.. Cer-which, as at present constituted, is winner. Nevertheless,

on Saturdays, and it is very hard the judges beat the Walshman, however.

Bines on Craigengower. Actually tainly Jardine would never have pro- made up of Ave Kowloon F.C. men, gave the decision to Burman while

three Club and three Pollce. In the the referee sald the fight was In The Army Now

they took the sporting course and hit ย St. Joseph's team nowadays are draw. The United Presa score-cheet

up 155 for 9 declared. With the

Mneao-Almada; R. Rosario, Costa; players like C. Remedios, N. gave Burman five rounds, Farr three ENNER Henkel, now Germany's exception of Francis Zimmern and Beltrao and A. V. Gosano, who with two

Significantly, the leading lawn tennis player in Tinker Log all these first nine men. Nolasco, Alex Alrosa, Santos would be first choices for their res New York Times and the Herald- the retirement of Baron Gottfried got double figures, while U. H. Es-Ferreira; F. Nolasco, Albert Airusa, P. Angelo, H. Rosario, A. Angelo,- pective positions in the Civilian Tribune fight experts eny that there von Cramm, is serving with the mail, going in last, hit up 10.

Our Own Correspondent. team had they been available. But was no doubt that Burman won, colours. He is allowed time off from

POOR BATTING AT RECREIO unfortunately they are not; Bettrao regardless of the Jeers of the crowd his regiment, the Infantry Regiment and Gosano will be playing cricket and the complaints of Forr's man- 67, to go to Berlin where he trains There is little to say about this

in the Inst few minutes. It wne on Saturday and, for business rea-nger. This defeat means that Farr with Roderich Menzel, the former match, except perhaps that one sons, Remedios cannot turn

nain a game out. has slipped another rung the fstle Czechoslovakian player, on a covered paper I read insisted on printing though my informant said that the of poor scoring, al- David Leonard's claims to the centre-indder of fame, the height of which court. Henke! has already been Mr. G. L. Soares Instead of wicket did not play badly, but that forward position have been passed ho reached when he went the full nominated explain of Germany's Gosano, or so I bellevel e lo cnid

Fowler, over, and Freddie

of the 15 rounds with Joe Louis. Judging Davis Cup team for the 1030 cont- to have batted very well indeed for every ball left a mark. L. G. Go- | it seemed very loose on top and Club, has been chosen to fill this by the reports about him, Forr is not petition, while Menzel bas been 21 runs, while Prata and E. M. L. berth. Many followers of the gume a "squealer," and therefore he must named a member of the squad,

nice knock for the Soares were also to the fore, apart home side, while Xavier and Alves

sano played from that no-one did anything. Ilsley going on early and then later put on 23 runs or so for the last wie- These proved very useful, for again, had & for 14, while Longfeld the Volunteers made 118. who bowled ten overs for 23 runs minyed well, but Donald Anderson's Perry and 5 wickets as well. Pearce was

was the best of the lot. W knock unlucky to have E. M. L. Soares Ernie Zimmern had somo nico dropped off him before the batsman square cuts in his innings, however, and scored. As regards the Club MeLellan falled and with Stoker in balting the less said the better. Pearce did well to get 36 not out and 5 to win, ho fatly refused to and the score at 118, with 4 to tie """and that', sold John, "Is that."*

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An exciting incident in the tal' land at Bookunyoo. England kiroved Anal--Photo by A.A. Kahn,

ernational vurger match played last Saturday between England and Ire- too good for Ireland, winning by 3748 and will now'meek Bootland in the

SUNDAY GAMES

ket.

run under the assumption that Zim- mern at the other end could get the runa. Unfortunately Zimmern was

I am told that the Volunteers' bowled and the Recreio won a close game with Recrelɔ was only ozelting † tame by four runs,

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