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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

April 25, 1939.

TAME ENDING TO

QUARTER-FINAL TENNIS MATCH

England won by two goals to nil

EARLY PROMISE NOT KEPT UP BY HO KA-LAU

Tsui Yun-Pui Improves After A

A

Shaky Start

(By "Abo")

For just a while yesterday it seemed that the stand court match between Tsui Yun-pui and Ho Ka-lau in the quarter-finals of the Colony Tennis singles championship might end in an upset. The former, who was expected to win, was playing very badly and the latter was surprisingly good in the first four games, all of which he won; but the improved to win with an ease which contrasted strangely with the oven play of the first set.

TUSSLE FOR THE BALL between Sid Fowler, the English outside-right, and a Portuguese defender state of affairs did not last, and the favourite In the International Hockey final played at King's Park on Sunday. after the worst match of the 1939 series-Staf Photographer.

LATEST GOSSIP FROM HOMESIDE SPORTS FIELDS

Cup Competition Suggested For Third Division Teams

London, Apr. 10. A CUP competition for the whole of the Third Division

of the Football League may replace the present Northern and Southern Section cup tournaments. have been failures this season and every club taking part These has lost on the matches. The new proposal to run one competition for both sections will be discussed on the eve of the Cup Final, April 28, when officials of the two groups meet in London.

Racing

Latest Calls-Over For Classics

London, Apr. 24. The following is the call-over for the Derby:

13/2 Blue Peter (0), 7/1 (t) 17/2 Fox Cub (1. and o.) 100/8 Signal Light (t. and o.) 100/7 Fairstone (0)

16/1 Dhati (t, and o.)

20/1 Wheatland (t, and o.) 25/1 Romeo II (1, and o.)

-Reuter, TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS

London, Apr. 24. The following is the call-over for the Two Thousand Cuineas:

9/2 Blue Pater (0), 5/1 (t) 11/2 Fox Cub (t. and o.) 100/15 Dhoti (t. and o.)

100/12 Fairstone (1. and-o.

8/1 Rogerstone Castle (o) 100/0 Romeo II (0), 12/1 (1) 100/8 Whenland (0) 100/8 Dispenser (0)

100/8 Admiral's Walk (0), 100/7 (tj. 100/7 Casanova (0) 180/0 Tamworth (o)

Signal Light Is not running in the

WHEN Albert Brown, John Oakes, the right-back, was taken ill and the and Sam Bartram reach Durban team had to be rearranged, with during the F. A. tour of South Africa Thayne at right-back and Barrett at they will do a job for their manager, centre-half. Then, after only seven In 1929, when Seed was captam of minutes' play, left-back Russell fell Two Thousand Guineas-Reuter. the last touring side, he planted a awkwardly and broke his right leg.) tree behind the stand on the Durban He was carried from the field on a Test match ground, where never-stretcher and taken to hospital. ending timeless Test was played.

This is done by the captains of all ow's ils for a record? In the touring cricket and football teams. Glasgow Junior Challenge Cup- The Chariton manager has asked his tie between Shawield and Ashileki three players to water the Seed tree at Glasgow, six penalty kicks were and to report to him about its missed. growth,

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(just like tyres on a motor car) and that all League grounds should be standardised as regards length and breadth.

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THE Household Brigade Steeple- chases at Hawthorn Hi have been unlucky in weather both this

Rumjahn,

The Anal scores in favour of Tsuit Is head and shoulders above any- were 7-0, 0-0, While there was body else in the singles tournament,

solutely no doubt of his ascendancy and he should win to-day.

he second set, he was somewhat

But! to annex the first, though in great-hearted player and never ad- Jurky

di is well-known, is us faleness to him one must say that the mits defent until e last point has manner. In which he fought back been lost. Furthermore he is cele from. 2 bad start was deserving of the highest praise.

the 20th anniversary of his

Until he ion in the Colony tennis

changed his racket after losing championships, and may be relied the

first four

games, he was upon to give a good account of him- extremely tentative in his stroking self. points, revealing a confidence which whereas Ho weak almost gally to his to bode ili for his younger

Helped

along by the erratic play of Tsul, Ho had an Casy passage in the opening games and in a very short time had established a lead of 4-0.

Then Tsul changed his racket, and from this stage onwards Ho's merry progress was checked.

Nevertheless, Ho was twice within

The match will start at 4.30 p.m.

ENGLISH SOCCER

RESULTS

London, Apr. 24.

Matches played in the Engllah

a point of going to 5-1 lead. Each time he was pulled back, and taking advantage of the respite, Tsui not only won this important sixth game but also the next two to square mat ters, Ho was not yet finished and Football League to-day had no bear- won the ninth to lead 6-4, but this ing at all on promotion and relega- was the end of his success,

Toul tion. wen nine games in a row to take the first set at 7-5 and the second to love

on the crest of the wave,

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The following wore the results: SECOND DIVISION

0 West Ham

Coventry

In the second set Ho was com- pletely outclassed by a player who, Chesterfield 0 Fulham after a shaky start, was now riding THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH)

There, Queen's I.B. 1 Clapton 0. was none of that hesitancy which Walsall

5 Swindon had marked Tsui's play in the open- THIRD DIVISION (NORTH) ing games, and his driving and vol- Halifax who had regained his confidence and

3 Gateshead Jeyingt bore the hall-mark of a man, Stockport was now showing his real qualities. In the circumstances Ho's fight be came a hopeless one.

TO-DAY'S MATCH

The first semi-anet match of the HD Davis Cup lawn tennis tie R. Frederick Hart, a traveller of year and last. In 1938 the two-day current championships will be de- between Great Britain and New young fox by hand between Hilton, together owing to the ground being (holder) meets S. A. Rumjahn, many

Cambridge on April 8 caught a meeting had to be abandoned al-cided-to-day when Tsul Wal-puli Zealand in the second round of the funts, and Elsworth, Cambridge too hard, and the first day this time times former champion. This meet- European zone, has been provisional-shire. He handed it over to the the ground was almost 100 soft and ing of old rivals should produce a ly fixed for May 11, 12 and 13 at the Cambridgeshire Hunt Kennels at horses had no easy task Sussex County Lawn Tennis Club, Caxton. He saw the fox run into a taking off and landing on the sodden game ure of the opinion that Taul; both in good match. Most judges of the Brighton. Now Zealand's team will hedge and grabbed it by the tall. It ground. be C. E. Malfroy, D. C. Coombe, A. snorted at him,

The second day was can- D. Brown and N. V. Edwards. hold and stunned it and put it in o

so he released his celled on this account. Edwards has not been in this country before, but is the present champion, of New Zealand.

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PLYMOUTH GIN GIMLET

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3 York

Reuter.

IRELAND WINS AT HOCKEY

first half.

WORLD MARK-Borican beating Cunningham at the K. of C. track meat, New York, with now world mark of 2:09.8 for 1,000 vards. Starter protasted, saying Borican boat gun.

Hongkong F. C. Have Only Two Teams In Lawn Bowls League

'B' Side Withdraws: Second Division Fixtures Revised

(By "Abe")

The Hongkong Lawn Bowls Association has officially been 'in- formed that the Hongkong Football Club are entering only two.

o teams in the League instead of three as they had originally intend.

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First Division

v. Indian n.c.

v. Craigengower, C.C.

v. Kecreio "A

As a result of this decision by the Hongkong F.C., fixtures in the Second Division have had to be Kowloon B.G.C. 3 revised completely. At 1 Hongkong FC, had two teams in this Hecreto ""

first, the Kowloon Docks

Police R.C. division; now they have only one. (Civil Service no match)

Teams participating in the Second Craigengower CC. v. Kewloon B.G.C.

Second Division Division of the League are requested Kowloon F.C

Third

to note the re-arranged fixtures for Kowloon Tong the opening week. The official fix-Pellee R.C. ture cards are now. in the course of Craigengower C.C. being printed and will be ready Kowloon B.G.C. sometime during the week Their Yecht Club. appearance has been delayed as the Kowloon F.C. result of the revision in the Extures! following the withdrawal of Hongkong. F.C. "B" team.

Indian H.C.

Taikoo R.C.

the

First Division

v. Civil Service C.C. v. Kowloon 1.G.C.

V. Craigengower C.C.

v. Kowloon FC.

v. Police R.C.

Division

V. Stanley

did not get going properly. Mc- Howloon Tong Donough scored the first goal for Hongkong C Ireland The two Irish full-backs

Third played their usual sound game, and Kowloon C.C.

Kowloon 1.0.c. AN adventurous entry into big well that this must have been his Craigengewer C.C. v. Hongkong Electrie

the centre-half, Coulson, played so Hongkong FC. football is that of Dudley finest game of the season. Of the

(Yacht Club no match

forwards

v. Heerelo

v. Kowloon F.C.

First and Third Division Axtures are not affected at all. Defealing Scotland by two goals

For the information of clubs, the to nil on April 1 in Dublin, Ireland following are the fixtures for the The West Riding Referees' Associa-won the international hockey cham-first two weeks of the League: EORGE Allison of the Arsenal tion in an attempt to improve the plonship for the third year in sur-

APRIL 29 Club BILL McCracken, the Aldershot

has thinks footballers

worked out this cession. Both teams played well but Kowloon Docks are standard, manager, lins suggested two inadequately pald. Writing in

goalkeeper, McEwan, Recreio "A" the scheme. When two or more players the Scottish no novations to the Football Association. Sunday Express he remarks: go for the ball at the same time gave a very fine exhibition in the Craigengower C.C. v. Recreio luck on April 8. In the train on The Arst is that all footballs should afford to pay higher wages to their watching facial expressions referees/ ed well, but the visiting forwards Civil Service Co. v. Kowinon D.C. "In certain cases some clubs could their faces. The theory is that by voung referees are told to watch the way to Southend, McCullough, be pumped up to a standard pressure players but I doubt if many people can, or should be, able to detect

v. Kowloon C.C. The two Scottish full-backs cover-

(Police R.C. ne match}

Second Division will argue that a footballer receiving whether a player is paying attention a maximum wage of £8 per week to the man or the ball, during the playing season, of £0 per week during the close season, plus bonuses and benefit money is badly oft. Included in the suggestions put forward

the Players' Union is one Milligan, the young South African Irish forwards McDonough was very concerning an increase in talent centre money, or bonuses, if you prefer the seeking Chesterfeld.

forward of promotion good, as also was McVeagh, the Irish word. Again let me express a here last summer on the off chance were not so good though Bowden

He arrived captain. The other Irish purely personal opinion. I have of finding an opening for his football scored Ireland's second goal cleverly, always held the view that success talent, scored five goals for Dundee's The Irish goalkeeper was in brilliant should be suitably rewarded, but rezerves when they trounced the form. system. I don't believe in paying a not appreciate Dundee's offer

did

Result: Ireland 2, Scotland 0. player a certain amount of money for decided to return home. Representa

and winning this or that match. It is hiatives of Clyde actually persuaded miselon to give of his best whether him to leave the boat he had joined Ireland in the hour of victory or defeat."

and enlist under their banner. Ho England scored well for them but, being un- Scotland TORQUAY United are having a bad able to command his position, was Wales

time. You can

gather the en- ready to move when Chesterfield thusiasm for the club among the came along with an offer. That was: townspeople when at a public meet in November and Chesterfield have ing called to launch scheme done so well with this bold youngster subscription to the

of Gas the spearpoint of their attack that shares, only about three dozen pec- they have a real chance of promotion, ple turned up.

Meanwhile Milligan has been by Ireland, home of his parents

cupped

of golfer, Sandy Herd on April fair sample of South Africa's young were played to-day, the results being

League football. If Milligan is a

London, Apr. 24. 24 will be seventy-one, yet he is footballers, the F.A. touring team as follows:

Several Rugby League matches again computing for the British Open have some tough matches ahead of championship at St. Andrews.

Athem.

is rather a mouthful

but

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"PLYMLET"

slips off the tongue as smoothly as it slips down the throat.

2 parts PLYMOUTH GIN

1 part ROSE'S LIME JUICE

1 part WATER

add ice and a slice of lemon and stir well

CALDBECK MACGREGOR & Co., Ltd.

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definitely against the bonus senior teain in a trial ganie, but d The final table is as follows:

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THERE is hope for the elderly not a bad record in one season

noble effort this, for it is exactly Afty-four years since

he played in

Goals

P. W. D. L. F. A. 3. 3 0 0 5 0

3 2 0 1 5 2

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2 2 4

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RUGBY LEAGUE RESULTS

Salford

Huddersfield

his first Open shampionship at stTREE members of the Waterloo St. Helen's

Andrews, at the age of soventeen.

(Liverpool) Rugby Union Foot-

How times have changed! Nowadays ball Club crawled out of the wreck-

there are upwards of 550

com-age of their overturned car

2 Broughton

23 Kelonley

4 Halifax

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petitors compared with the odd fifty helped to beat Banger Town (Car-TRACK RIDERS' ESCAPE

or so when Sandy Brat Every one will, I am sure, wish 8. Forward Harrison was driving entered narvonshire) an hour later, on April Alexander Herd well in this, perhaps Scrum-half Kendrick and Full-back Aterrible accident in which twelve his Anal, championship at the head-Turnbull on the team's Easter tour

: Santa Rosa, Cal. Apr. 17. quarters of the game. And, Imowing in Wales.. The car hit the iterb on drivers were injured occurred in a him, he will be as enthusiastic to ac- the Conway-Bangor Rond, crashed dirt track race here yesterday when quit himself as well in 1030 as he through a wall, and overturned thkidded wildly across the track, and was in 1885.

two cars crashed into each other, field. People ran to help but tho! BAD refereeing has been blamed their kit into another eat and drove into them. Although most of the cars men scrambled out unhurt, packed caused sixteen other cars to smash for a great deal of the rough to the ground. Waterloo play in League football this season. 13 points to nil

won by were completely. Astroyed, there

were no drivers killed-Haves,

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v. Kowloon C.C.

v. Civil Service C.C. v. Hongkong FC. V. Talkoo Division

v. Recreja

C.

v. Hongkong F.C. -v.-Kowloon C.C.

v. Ionakong Electric

(Stanley no match).

English Amateur Golf Tournament At Southport

Southport, Apr. 24. About 250 players are participating in the English Amateur Golf Championship on the Birkdalo course.

The first round was played to-day. The really surprising result is thought to be that in which E. B. Tipping. former runner-up, beaten by H. L. Graham by one hole.

-Reuter.

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