1939-04-03 — Page 8

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

April 3, 1939.

STRAITS CHINESE FOOTBALLERS BEATEN ONCE MORE

WEAKNESS NEAR COAL REVEALED IN BOTH GAMES Forwards Dally Instead Of Shooting At Goal

(By "Abo")

Playing in the second of their three matches in Hongkong, the Straits Chinese footballers wore defeated by a Colony eleven at Caroline Hill

yos- terday by three goals to one after being a, goal in arrears at half-timo,

On Saturday the visitors had been much too solid, Beltrno, at centre- tenton by the South China AA. on half, played well 'and was given fine ghord ground which did not suit support from his Banks, Freshwater them at all. Yesterday, following and Courtney, and behind him Hou the morning rain, the ground had Yung-sang and Sheehan seldom put become soft and slippery, and was a foot in the

wrong place. The more like the grounds to which the youni Kwong Wah right back gave touricia Bro accustomed. Though a particularly fine exhibition, Idek- Chey played a slightly better branding and clearing in splendid style. of soccer than they did on Saturday, The only goal scored by the Straits the Straite men again revealed the team was by Chin Kent-hok, the sund wenkness in front of goal. centre-forward, who showed fine ball Walle the local players deserved control despite the slippery ground. their victory, it must be said that and the wet ball, but probably would had the Straits forwards shot moro | have done better had he essayed often, they probably would have more shots at goal instead of looking

ored more than the one goal which around for colleagues Uley did. In midfield play they well-placed. were as good as the Hongkong Xí: but when they had got to within hooling distance they indulged in too much short-passing iristend of taking shots at godl.

In yesterday's game, for instance, tlley did not deserve to be a goal down at half-lime. The team, as a whole, had played as wall as the Hongkong men in this half; the only differencen was, that In the Colony eleven, every one of the forwards made attempts to score, whereas their Straits counterparts dallled too fong and were invariably robbed of powession before they could shoot.

THE PLAY

even when

Hongkong nearly took the lead in the opening minute of the gome when Strange sent in a well-placed shot from a dimeult angle, but Lee Pak-tong managed to push the ball out for an abortive corner,

Recreio Players Win Senior Cricket Shield.

The Strails Chinese footballers who are now in Hongkong for a series of matches. So far they have lost both their games in the Colony, 3-0 to South China A.A. on Baluṛday and 3-1 to a Hongkong XI yester- day. Back Row (left to right),—Kob Ifor-koon_(Capt.), Boon Choon-Iye, John Thén (Manager and Coach), Fang Wal-mun, Chla Keng-hock, Lee Pak-tong, Yuen Quan-chong, Loang Leek-boo, Tan Kal-ban and Yap Bob-bust. Front Row (1. to r.)----Kẹo Yew-leng, Yap Thisn-teck, Choo Seng-quee, James Goh, Ha Tee-slang, Lee fal-choo, Ho Kok-choy and John Chyr.

Last Year's K.C.C.Seconds Improve Position By Defeating Indians At Sookunpoo

Final To Be Re-Enacted

Tennis Tournament Resumes To-day

ལྕ

ROYAL NAVY BEATEN IN LAST MATCH OF SEASON BY 40 RUNS

(By “R. ABERT") -

The Recreio first eleven on Saturday last won the Shield in the First Division of the League and on the whole, they deserved to do so. - They ran true to form right up to the last, however, as their undoubted weakness-the batting-caused them to be out for ninety-nine runs only. Then once more their excellent bowling pulled them out of trouble and they won by forty runs.

The Recreio won the toss and, the Rev. Chapman smacked E. L contrary to the present fashion Gosano prettily through the covers elected to bat, opening with E. M. L. for four in the first over and runs Soares and J. Gosano on a wicket) began to come. Collins was particu- which took a good deal of spin. larly uncomfortable with Gosono Moorca and Whitmarsh bowled very who repeatedly did all but bowl him. steadily and both batamen defended Ozorio at Best was not bowling so well, Soares watching the ball very well us usual, but at 17 the ball well. Buns came very slowly and dipped out of his hand and a slow aver half an hour passed before the high full-pitch resulted. Chapman twenty was hoisted.

pnicked it just hard enough to steer it on to the top of his middle stick. 17-k“10

A NASTY COLLAPSE

After that Ozorio

bowl began to really well, though he had no im- mediaic success, Colline seemed lo bat well on to the ball. At 29, how- be settling down and Waiters put the ever, the former tried to cut Gosano's rely for himself as Reed made a rising ball and succeeded unfortun-

him.

Τίνα rus later Lees put on Christison, a left arm round bowler who had formerly been told off for the Second Eleven games. However, It seems that he got hit about early in the senson and

was dropped. He has now, however, found his length and has played recently for the first Navy team. He shook Recreio up Up to this I had thought the Navy

safe catch at third man, 25-21 badly! At 22. Soares apparently, lost patience and look a dreadful cross- were likely to get the runs but hat swipe at a length ball and was now trouble started. Firth hung his. Then followed a period of even ́ex- changes, with the ball swinging from

bowled. Two balls later Rodrigues bat up at one of Ozorio's when 35 was taken in the slips, while in his runs were scored, and allowed tou one side of the field to the other.

next over E, L. Gosano tried much for the log break, the ball Most of the Straits attacks were initiated on the right at this stage

drive and was beaten try the break, going almost straight on and bowling Moores bringing off a quick catch when Lee Hai-choo and Loong Leek-

A GOOD CATCH boo were combining very effectively.

Placed as they were in the Junior short runs in view of what happened high up at second slip. Prata came Several Interesting matches But the Hongkong defence, aided by down for decision this afternoon at strong contenders for championship moreover the K.C.C. bowling remain afty-five minutes play. The bowling would have

are Cricket League, the Kowloon C.C., to Naranjan Singh and Razack, and and managed to hang on but the

Willmarsh came in and it was thirty was not holsted until after

clear that he and Wolters the refusal of their

pretty opponents to the Hongkong Cricket Club in the honours, could not but regard their ed extremely steady right to the SPLENDID COHESION

shoot, weathered the storm, and in a Colony Tennis Championships.

match against the Indian R.C.

to put up a big stand at end.

was very accurate and one or two to save the game as Lees was the There was n cohesion between the breakaway on the right the ball

Sookunbo on Saturday very serious-

CHANCE MISSED

balls popped up. Straits backs and half-backs, and be swung to A. Y. Gosano, who beat

only good bat to come. But it was Whitmarsh On the stand court, Tsui Wal-pully. Two points behind the Police:

relieved Moores at not to be. Walters stopped in some tween half-backs and forwards which Leo Pak-long for the first geal, will play H. D. Rumjahn to re-enact c. with a game in hand-the Club Kad. G. A. Goodban been held in

There was no further scoring in last year's final. Taul is conüdently do Recreio were in exactly the same the silps before he scored, the The north end, but the wicket came : uime and appeared to be getting set. was delightful to watch, especially

from Christizon who bowled J. (though at times he let Casano in the first half when, though in goal this half. Leo Wal-tong, playing his expected to win the singles title once position

closer Gosano with on Saturday--they could dians. would have made

¤ beauty. 32-4-9; on the off when the ball seemed to down after 15 minutes, they easily second game in two days, was slow again, and his form shown to date not afford to drop any points against Bght of it despite their low score. The outgoing batsman had kept on come

dangerously near held their own.. 'Apart from the in- and was too well-marked by Choo fully justifles the faith placed in him. the lowly-placed Indians.

In the very first over sat down by end up and played with a straight stump),

the off" ability of the forwards to finish of Seng-quee to be effective.

bat finally after playing M. R. Abbas, Goodban snicked the bat, but nine runs in an hour is des- five balls of an over from that their movements properly, the only After the resumption, Hongkong opposition to-day, and a good match But if they had entertained any fourth ball to the slips, but first slip perately slow. L. G. Gosane then bowler he off-drove the sixth and

thor weakness apparent in

misgivings at all regarding the out-was not ready and the ball went by came in, which was fortunate for Son visitors' team was the way in which

come of the match, these must have him for a four. And, bailing very Recreio, as Christison's excellent leg and across and brought off a fac Soares at deep mid-off rushed back. the local wingers were left alone. a scramble in front of the goal, and Receiving a walk-over from W. C. been dispelled as soon, as the toss well. Goodban went on to make 59, breaks

were the much This was probably due to the fact he beat Lee Pak-long with a loft-Hung in the first round, Ho Ka-lau had been decided; for. after calling in which were eight boundaries.

off catch, in a cosier off

very awkward position breaks to the left-hander,

Prata did

did 42-4-33. Lees that because Choo Seng-quet, the foot drive, which the goal-keeper got plays Lat Kwang-tsun to-day. His aright the spin of the coin, M. I.

came in, and steadiness and powers of recovery centre-half, had been given the task to but could not stop.

Goodban's Innings put the K.C.C. not last long as, after he had skied thou the bowling

though

was generally 吐 shadowing Lee Wal-tong, the two Hongkong should have been three

to bat first-which sulled the Kow well on the way to winning, and one from Whitmarsh behind mid-on too accurate to score off much, he loon C.C. down to the ground. With Mulcahy and Gray came along later for a couple, and had shown signo got a nice extra cover four from their strong batting strength, the to knock off the necessary runs in of going for the bowling, visitors, given aufficient time, did not quick time. Four of the first Ave ningly disguised fear anything less than 100,

balls he received Mulcahy sent to the feated him. 35-56. boundary and was then badly run AN INVALUABLE STAND As it turned out the Indians gave out by Goodban. Gray hit six boun- very little trouble. They were all darles in his total of 28 before being out for 124, and the Kowloon C.C. howled.

the

wing-halves, Koh Hor-koon and Keo

Vow-long, were drawn far too often to the middle by the Hongkong in- side forwards. As a result both Emberson and Strange were given many chances to take the ball down the wing. Emberson especially land plenty of rope by Koh Hor-koon who, except for leaving the Hongkong out

de right too much alone, played a fine constructive game, however, acting the forwards in motion on

several

But he should meet with

went further ahead through Gosano la assured. again. The ball went to him after

up shortly after this. In a race for

the ball. Strange beat the Straits

goal-keeper, but with an unlenanted goal he shot wide.

The visitors took a hand in the at- tack, and in one of their raids they through Chia reduced the deficit Keng-hock. But Hongkong again went to a two-goal lead, the scorer this time being Leo Wal-long, who beat Lee Pal-tong from close range.

Teams

Occasions with splendid Hongkong Tam Kwan-ken; Hou Brough passes

Yung-sank, Shechan: Freshwater, Lee Hal-chog and Long Leck-boo Beltrao, Courtney; Emberson, Fung delighted spectators with some fine King-cheung, Leo Wal-tong, A. V. gassing bouts in the first half, and Goseng and K. L. Strange.

work of Loong in the 'Arst 25 minutes of the game deserved better cosulla.

Strats

Chinese-Lee. Pak-tong: Tan Kwal-ban, Soon Choon-lye; Kee Yew-leng Choo Seng-quee, Koh Though the Straits forwards main- Hot-khoon; Lee Hal-choo, Loung tained their pace in the second period Leek-boo, Chia Keng-hock, Yuen they found the Hongkong, defenco Quan-chong and John Chyc.

Rolraus

Stocks for Children

strong

Stand Court Game Is Postponed

Razack, the Indians' captain, decided

0

cun Gosano

slow yorker

alone

and an off drive from de Ozorio. But at 63 the former took his off stump and that was the end. The last five wickets only added six runs, for no one could stop with Whitmarsh Gorane took four for Reed come in to face a very nasty 31 while Ozorlo had six for twenty-

"THE WINNERS~~-~-

At 10a.m. it was announced by Mr. T. C. Monaghan, the won the game by seven wickets. As The Indians' bowling never rose situation and he defended firmly seven, an excellent performance but Tournament Secretary, that a result of this victory, the Kowloon the match between Tsui Wai- C.C. are ahead of the Police by one above mediocrity. The K.C.C. bats- while Gosano made some nice shots. not as good as Christison's 13-3-17

men showed how easily it could be It was here the Navy began to lose 6, pui and H. D. Rumjahn will, and in view of the fact that hit and made the necessary runs for their grip on the game and one

Club de Recrélo. were held to

realized they had only three bowlers. not be played, Rumjahn has a draw by the Civil Service C.C., the victory in just over an hour,

Moores tired and now, and also later,

On the whole I think the win of a touch of fever.

championship will be decided by the

seat down some loose bulls which Recreio is a very good result. They result of the final match between the

resulted in four brest Twenty-four have shown themselves desperately Police and the K.C.C., to be played

invaluable runs were added before keen. I fancy they are the weakest at Happy Valley on Saturday..

Reed

pald the penalty of his in batting side ever to win the Shield. correct back shot and played on to but their excellent and varied team Moores. Ils bat is perpendicular of bowlers, backed up by

their enough but he brings it across the splendid fielding and catching have wicked from outside the off stumps pulled them through

ycar toward the

of the leg

stump.

when cricket has fallen to a lower 61-6-9. One run later, A. P. ebb than ever before in my Pereira

had a

a blind swipe ond was perience. All the cricket has been bowied Whitmarsh

by

of a very low standard and in one P. M. N. da Silva batted nicely or two Clubs there is-in and looked as he was worth

At any rate it is not yet cer- tain whether the courts will bo in condition for play, Mr. Monaghan states that if there is no more rain and the wind keeps up, the other matches will be played off as arranged.

are Ho's greatest assets and these may off-set Lai's stronger strokes.

BRILLIANT FIELDING

Against the bowling of Simpson und McKenzie, the Indians' opening pair, H. T. Barma and Naranjun Singh, went along steadily. If they were not scoring rapidly, they were not in trouble. Then at 26, just as it seemed that the pair were set for a big score, Naranjan Singh was the victim of a brilliant bit of fielding

Germans Triumph In Motor Race

Paris, Apr. 2.

Line

The only doubles match to-day is by W. Mulcahy. After the batsmen Priz of Pau, which took place to- Christison who had gone on again The automobile race for the Grand place higher than number nine. He made one lovely leg glance off that in which S. A. Gray and G. C. had crossed for a run, they attempted day before 60,000 spectators, ended at Burnett will meet A. V. Gosano anda second and the K.C.C. captain,

In double German victory.

The K.C.C, bowling was

the Pavillon end, and Gosano

this

the first

a eleven-a definite loss of keen ca-

thusiasm. The

second Division 1s

better off in this respect.

I hope to publish further notes on

other matches in to-morrow's paper, J. J. Remedios. The Recrelo pair with only one stump to aim at threw,

also played some preity shots. A as I have not yet been able to col- Herman Lang, driving a Mercedes stand of 20 resulted and then Christi lest any reports from eye-witnesses, caused an upset in the first round of down the wicket. the tournament by eliminating E. C.

Benz car, secured first place, closely son got da Silva to try and drive owing to my visit to Recreio. Fincher and W. C. Hung, and if they

steady folowed by Manfred von Brauchit him and once more Moores obliged By the way one point I should the same form they without being particularly difett son, also driving o Mercedes Benz. can produce

with a smart catch at second slip mention and that was that there was should win to-day,

but the LR.Č. batsmen found run- Third place went to the French-the third of the match. 12-6-7. a large concourse of spectators who

Beltrac getting far from being un casy pro-man, Sommer, driving on Alfa

assistance agoin offered

ance were not only most enthusiastic but position.

gs Romeo ear, and a Frenchman gained and another 17 runs were put on scrupulously Impartial, giving the

Tourth place."

before Gosano tried to hook Christi applause quite as hearty as that ac- Only M. I. Razack (30) and Hi T, The German crack driver, Rudolf son and was 1.b.w. for a most use corded to the home side. Burma (24) seemed really comfort-Caracciola was leading the field ful score of 24. Next over Beltrao 窳 returned

White, blue and khaki Shorts in all sizes

from

$090

Woollen shorts in different patterns and all sizos

from

$1,50

OPEN SINGLES

Tsui Wal-pul

NEZMARKY shorts, most convenient every day garment for children, to wear every day for a whole season, in all sizes, brown and gray

Gray Flannel shorts, largo selection, In all sizes

Blazers for sports, school and club.. Blazers in club colours, brown, green, blue, in all sizes

Woollen sults in different materials, most suitable for the young, complete outfits, in all · sizes

Gray flannel-suits for children, made in the most up-to-date styles, in all sizes

Captain sults in navy-blue complete with long" trousers, smartly cut and finest workmanship, in all sizes

Hubertus overcoats for children for every occasion, We stock them at present in aft sizes and-lifforent colours

Raincoats waterproof, gray-green colour; in all sizes

Roles

The programme is as follows:

| Lal Kwong-tsun v. Ho Ka-lau

V. H. D. Rumjahnable. The former batted aggressive when at the end of the 13th lap hemistimed Whitmarsh (sland court)

ly for his runs and was run out by was forced to drop out of the race simple catch to the bowler, Recreio as pretty a bit of fleiding as his

were all out for DO and it would W..J. Howard v. J. M. Tomlinsons for a long time. After owing to a burst all line.

driving the ball to long-on he called it almost the end of the race, but possessed

Von Brauchlison was leading up have been much less had the Navy one.mora. bowler. As it Aut a run. It seemed an easy all lost the position when he was forced was the only three were overworked, but long-on (S. A. Gray) had other

to repair his

and as it happened Moores, had an tank Ideas, Running In, Gray, picked up

Fifteen drivers took part, including off day. quickly and threw down the wicket three Germans, 11 French, and one almost In one movement, leaving Swiss Razack yards diffif his crease.

and

190

from

OPEN DOUBLES

from

from

$200

$5,00

from $500

S, A. Gray

v. A. V. Gosano

and

G. C. Burneit

J. J. Remedios

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

W. Sander

J. C. Pool

from

$550

from

$5,50

from

from

v. J. J. Ferguson CLUB HANDICAP

V. A. T. Dow CLUB DOUBLES HANDICAP

A. F. Walkden v. E. A. R. Newton

and

J: Hackney

and W. Wooding

Badminton Tie Re-Arranged

The play-off for the mixed doubles badminton league title botwcen Clüb do Recreio (holders) 'and' the Univer-

$400 ally, originally arranged for Wednes-

White House. 12, Des Voeux Rd., C.- Tel. 21040,

day of this week, has been changed,"

The match will be played at Talkoo on Thursday, April 0, at 8 pm..

The change-over, is the result of a mutual agreement between the two. teams.

Numerous cars were forced to drop The rate of the RC scoring was out of the race owing to technical very slow Hriflighout. They took difficulties, and no less than five gave two hours to make 124. Their later up during the first and third lops. batsmen were not encouraged to steal-Trans-Ocean

THE NAVY BÁT

.

Softball Matches

Played Yesterday

Portugal defeated. India by nine runs to five in the International Softball series played yesterday.

In the Girls' Leogue, Walinos bent 1 have reason to believe that the Cardinals by thirteen runs to eight, Navy had doubts about geting the and thus tie with the Wild Cats for runs and after I had seen their toll | Brst place.

.

was not surprised. They started, The other matches were postponed hi 4.30 pm. in a promising way, as I on account of ralu.

An idea of the crowd which eat lhe match at Carolina III on Saturday between the Strdila Chinëce, and the South China Athletle Association. All the slands were packed" | "expselty, and here's the crowd on “Aberdeen III,”?' a natural, grand-sland. The play may be a Hil, disfani, but who cares? Certainly not thike people herel--Photo by Mes Cheung..