1939-06-12 — Page 21

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

June 12, 1939.

Latest Gossip From Home Football Front

Clubs Get Big Share Of Gate Receipts In F.A. Cup Competition

London, May 26.

The statement of accounts to be placed before the annual general meeting of the Football Association in London on June 5 shows that Wolverhampton Wanderers and Portsmouth, the F.A. Cup Finalists each received £5,380: 19: 5d. as their share of the Final gate. They, with Grimsby Town and Huddersfield Town, the other semi-finalists, each had £1,982: 11: 7d. from the semi- final takings. The F.A. for their percentage of the re- ceipts, took £9,958: 19: 9d. from the Cup Semi-finals and £16,452: 10: 8d. from the Wembley Final. The England v. Rest of Europe match at Highbury brought a “gate” of £5,075. Bishop Auckland and Willington received £251: 17: 8d. each from the F.A. Amateur Cup.

aroused

now

NE

JEWS that Chelmsford City willjond London Caledonians, the two without 11 have to play through the pre-bottom clubs, are to be re-elected.

Calles are still liminary rounds of the F.A. Cup The competition next season has come ground, the Crystal Palace venture

The meter of Don' Ameche's taxi ellcks away the hours of his a big shock to the club, and unhuving fallen through, but they may indignation yet become joint-tenants with King- widespread

that Corinth-Casuals romance with Claudette Colbert, his new screen sweetheart in "Mid- among their supporters. Alter fight-stonian

Ditton, night," the Paramount comedy now showing at the Queen's and Alhambra moved to Thomes ing through the preliminary rounds have und reaching the 4th Round proper Favourites for the vacancles in the Theatres.

Athenian League, it is understood, last season, it was regarded as a foregone conclusion that the City are Finchley (London League cham- Rule 5 of the would be excused the curlier stages plons) and lersham (champlon of next season. Appilention for exemp-the Surrey League). tlon was sent to the F.A. on Athenian League hays: "Any club February 20, a month before the desirous of retiring at the close of closing date for entry to the com-any season shall give written notice) petition, and it is felt that the club of such intention before April 15. not exceeding has been treated harshly. Chelms-Any club infringing this rule shall ford have now re-signed Alex Wood, be liable to a ne their left back, as a part time pro- £25." tessional.

·

SIX amateur Internationals-four Bowls

English, une Welsh and one Irish -are includeit in the party of font- ballers who will represent Middlesex Wanderers on their Turkish tour next month. The players are E. J. Muller (Englund and Nunhead) (Walthamstow Hicks captain, F.

Avenue) J. W, Firth (England and Yorkshire Amateurs): P. B. Clark, (Sutton United) I. R. Brown (Nan- head) L. N. Hockaday (Englund and

TWO RINK

MATCHES

DECIDED

HEAVY PROGRAMME OF MATCHES DECIDED IN U.S. BASEBALL LEAGUE

Golf

First Round Results At Happy Valley

The following are the results of matches played in the first round of the Happy Valley first summer singles golf tournament:

H. N. Williamson, byc.

C. E. Moore (14) beat W. Ahern (9) (wo up.

3. W. Mayhew (8) best Col. Matthews (12) 4 and 2.

Surg, L. Commdr. Nicholson, w.. A. J. Dennis (0) beat E. Tuck (14)

6 and 4.

H. H. Jowit, wo

Hugh Smith (8) beat G. Davies 5

and 4.

G. Willerton (12) beat N. J. Booker 13) 5 and 4.

F

(12) beat A. Buckle Humphreys (8) 7 and 5.

D.

S. F. Chubb (15) beat A. J. Mac-

Jayden (10) 2 and 1.

W. S. Hiller (8) beat T. Low (10)

one up.

C. M. Stark (9) beat G. T. May (13) at 20th.

K. S. Robertson (4) beat J. W. Murdonald (7) one up.

J. Forbes (9) beat A. McKellar (0) one up.

G. W. Reeve (13) bent W. F. Barnes (10) 2 and 1..

A. L. Powell, w.o.

Players are

requested

to take

advantage of any dry weather that may occur to play off their matches as soon as possible.

Hunt Cup Probables

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New York, June 11.

London, June 10, A heavy programme of matches was played in the Major

Probables for the Royal Hunt Cup, Baseball League to-day, several teams taking part in double- headers. In the National circuit, Chicago Cubs split the honours to be run at Ascot on Wednesday with Boston Braves, and St. Louis Cardinals with Philadelphia Phillies.

Leyton) C. Fuller (Walthamstow Only two of the 16 rink matches the Philadelphia Athleties in the New York ..........

Avenue)

J

Richardson (Barnet)

to the rain!

Batterics, Lyons & Tresh,"

8 17 Cleveland took both games from)

Boston Red Batteries, Rufling & Dickey. American League, but

each St. Louis

........... 5 12 Batteries Whitehead, & Spindel. M. Grinths (Wales and ford), R. down for decision were played off Sox and Chicago White Sox

NIGHTCAPS

2 7 S. Anderson (England and Dulwich yesterday, largely due

Philadelphia Hamlet) A. R. Head (Wimbledon) which fell in the morning and ren-won a game.

Batteries, Caster & Brucker. D. Kelleher (Ireland and Barnet dered most of the greens unsuitable

Cleveland

On the

Kowloon

Cricket

N. F. Love (Moor Green Birming for play.

Club ham) J. C. Gerrans (Barne!). The party leaves London on June 8 in) charge of Captain Horace Alaway green, F. A. Machado, C. M. Silva, Russell, W. president) and M. R. B., Alaway J. F. V. Ribeiro and F. X. M. da

defeated A. S. Silva

club's 50th tour overseas.

*

Scures:

National League Results

OPENERS

1

0

next week, are as follows:

Portmarnock (Beasley);

Caerl

Optic (Beary); Mormond Hill (Car- slake): Couvert (Gordon Richards), Domaha (Elliot); Greenwich (Perry-

man) Timestep (Ruttle); Neuvy (Smirke); The Hour (E. Smith); Stor Flying Buckwood (Lawrey); (Neveli); Zalmis (Sirett);

Musson (Herbert); (Brethes);

Galsonlu (Clif

chards); Squadron

Castle (Mitchell): Lovely Woman

(Littlewood); True Mate (Roberts);

FAVOURITE WINS OAKS

BUT LUCKY TO DO SO:

WHITE FOX TOO LATE

London, May 27.

The Oaks was won by the favourite, Mr. R. Clark's Galatea Ajar (Carr); Mickie Bulgar (Daw-II. The likelihood of Galates II's victory was evident very early

TI (D. Smith); Dundee in the race, but just at the end there was one of those near sur- Bun); Usk (Evans); Suez (Sharpe); Belami

0

..3

0

Batteries, Mlinar &

Hemsley

Boston

Chicago

R. H. E.

Batteries,

Batteries, Auker & Peacock. 3 8 Dietrich, Brown

1

3 81

0

Silvestri.

Tobin Bowman,

7

D

3 9

2

3 10 Batteries, Haynes & Early.

0 7 Detroit...

Batteries, Newsom & Tebbetts.

United Press.

¡Orb (Eddery).

3

Jockeys have

1

(Hon. Secretary). It will be the Walker, A. J. Hall and R. Duncan

Pirates by 24 shots to 9.

The winners led throughout the

deserved | of Walthamstow match, and although they and Romford robs the Athenian to win on the day's play, the ease New York...........

Batteries, Gumbert & Danning. League of its two biggest attractions. with which they nehleved this end

*

THE succession

Batteries, Berres.

& Washington

Several clubs in the League are un-was rather surprising In view of the, Walters, Moore & Lam-i

happy about the future, and are fact that their opponents had been wondering what the future holda. Will the Athenian also increase their considered one of the strongest rinks membership to 10 clubs? If so, who in the competition.

fortunate-four! The The Recrelo-four started strongly will be the

state of altaire Inand were at no stage seriously present sad

threatened, except perhaps in the amateur football is due to a big ex- tent to clubs prepared to

A national

years

ago not being arth head when they led by only Dosto. MacFayden, Lanning &

sink their own la- two shots. Scoring was on the low dividualities to consider the Kamalde, bola teams registering mostly on as a whole. The solution, surely, is singles. The winners scored on 12 heads, including a tour, two threes one big league.

With the exception and three twos. Danish inter-of a two in the afth head, the losers RSENAL beat a

4/1 registered singles In seven heads. combination Copenhagen on Thursday. Arsenal

At Kowloon Docks, A. M. Xavier, have now won all their five matches of their Continental tour, scoring 22 D. C. Alves, C. M. S. Alves and C. goals to 3 against. The Scottish FA Roza-Pereira beat A. E. H. Castro, match was beat Michigan All Stars 7/1 at De-W. J. Howard, J. L. Stephens and

The first A. Spary, 21-10, troll. Liverpool, playing the

contested, only match of their Swedish tour, were closely beaten 3/4 by a Swedish combina- margin separating the teams through- tion at Malme. Everton were beaten out. 3/2 by a Swiss team at Zurich,

FOR the first ume in the history

un-

narrow

WINNING SWEEP NUMBERS

of football in Rumanla there were no turnstiles in ure at the A.N.E.F. Stadlum at Bucharest when:

The ne England played Rumanin. commodation was sold out. Crown) Prince Michael attended, but

King Carol, who is fortunately understood to have first mooted the match when in Lordon Just Novcin- unable to be present. ber, was

$1,545.00 feld the playing

441,60 Soldiers lined

220.00 within the rails and there were

everywhere

Unplaced panies (350 each): Nos. 1079. soldiers crowd of 40,000. England won by 2008, 638, 100, 2005, 2004, BACE 2

$1,051.20 No. 2300 and 333

ench 213.00 No. 1244 Unplaced ponies ($50 each): Nos. 1751, 1042, 3147, 3427, 530, 68, 3335. 1459.

2 goals to nil.

within the

QUEEN'S Park Rangers I have

Barr, Third Lanark centre-half, who last season made 20 Scottish League appearances. He is not yet 22 years old, but stands over 12st. lb. A. Smith Bt., and weighs ..a young Inside-forward from Bir- mingham was also signed by the Rangers, He is 20 years old, 6ft. Bin, and weighs 11st. The Queen's Park Rangers Supporters Club have 1070, decided to make a donation of £300 1720, to the football club towards the cost of covering the new grand stand at

the Shepherd's Bush ground.

RACE

1

No. 2012 30T

NO. 810.

No. 2054

No. 2008

ILACE

4

$1,080.00 .507.00 213.80

- No. 150I No. 635 Unplaced pony (250 ench): No. 2383.

RACE

$1.870.00 $30.04 No. 001

203.00 No. 2013 Unplaced panles ($50 each); Nos, 122,

131,

2300, 3240, 2457, 1169, 4149, 2590, 3914,

RACE 5

No. 04 No. 1440 No. 2001.

$2.165.80 610,00 30040

Harry Cooper Wins Golf Tournament

bardi.

(10 innings).

9 0 Brooklyn

Batteries, Casey & Phelps, Todd.

311 Chicago

Batteries, Passeau & Hurtnett.

2

4

D 1

Sullivan.

D 0 St. Louts

Batteries, Davis, McGee, Podgett &

Owen.

5 13 2 Philadelphia

Balleries, Buchner, Beck & Millies.

NIGHTCAPS

5 5 1

4

day

&(Wells); Senfever (Christie); Lone prises when Mr. Esmond's White Fox nearly won,

coats,

.

London, May 27. [conscious, that this slightly sell- An unfortunate accident disturbed conscious progress of the gentry in not yet been an-

with their nounced for the following probable the rhythm of the race for the Oaks grey morning starters: Golden Sovereign, Zoltan, for Curtain Coll, a ally carrying the lower clad ladies, to the padlock Rosetown, Blue colours of the American owner, Mr was something of a sartorial parade. Quartler Maitre, Star sind Chelsea Reach.

The following is the latest over for the Hunt Cup:

Quartier Maitre, 10/1 (t. and o.) Couvert, 100/9 (0.)

Caerloptic, 100/8 (4, and o.) Demalia, 100/8 (0.), 100/7 (t.) Zaimis, 100/8 (0.), 100/7. (1.) Timestep, 100/6 (t. and o.) Portmanock, 18/1 (0), 20/1 (1.)

Reuter.

John Hay Whitney, slipped coming

much the same attentiveness call-round Tattenham Corner. She did Certainly they were being scrutinised

not fall, but she projected her York with shire Jockey, Nevett, into the air. that they themselves would bestow of the the horses at the end Nevett was not hurt, and the suf- on

filly White the French

parade. Not that the dresses wero ferer was Fox, whom M. Edward Esmond all that much more brilliant than on had brought from France to run and herby Day. There was little dif

brought down. ference in the dresses worn on Derby who Was nearly

a bright White Fox lost many lengths, ani Day, but just here and there a more it appeared that she had been hope- elaborate coloured veil, lessly put out of the race.

parasol and a more ebullient sort of have completely discarded their win- Just when the Oaks seemed at the hat. However by Ascol when they mercy of the favourite, Galaten 11ter war-geared gloom, the ladies seen belag will be in all their glory.--Our Own White Fox could be forced through a narrow passage o Correspondent.

won the Goodali U.S.$5,000 U.S. Skipper Held

New York, June 4. "Light horse" Harry Cooper to- round robin golf tournament after Chicago

Batteries, Dean, Russell & Page, running through the first six rounds.

Mancuso. (Called ut end 6th ioning account curfew).

3 7 3 Boston

Batteries, Errickson, Andrews & sixth place to second on to-day's lost

Early.

St. Louis

Batteries, Bowman,

Cooper & Owen.

Philadelphia

4 9 0

Werneke,

1 3 1 Batteries, Hollingsworth & Davis.

American League

Philadelphia

Results

OPENERS

D 2 Batteries, Pippen, Dean & Huyes.

4 13 Cleveland

Batteries, Hudlin & Hemsley. Boston

... 5 9 Batteries, Grove & Desautels.

Chicago

1

7 9 0

Miss Anderson Retains Her Golf Title

Carlis "-Cup Miss J. Anderson, a player, retained the Scottish ladics championship on May 18 when, in the final on the Ailsa course at Turn-

Unplaced pontes (850 each): 2408, 460. berry, she beat Miss C. M. Park at

RACE &

ANN, Spurn half-back, who was 2502, 319, 4254, 9202, given a free transfer has signed

DANN

for Bradford. Negotiations aro process for the transfer from Totten- ham Hotspur to Notts County of left-back Ringrose.

No. 3474

$7.275.70 650.20 No. 4160 No. 2117

325.10 Unplared ponies ($50 each): Nos. 2029,

RACE

3005, 2000.

No. 3685

No. 201 No. 2302

NACE

No. 3014

No. 2007 No, 403

$1,338.00 1,200.00

19.00

the 10th hole. It was a stern fight all the way with both players hol- ing good pulls for halves.

Results of the fourth round were:" Mr. J. N. Duncan (Gullane) beat Miss J. Kerr (unattached) 2 and 1; Mirs C. M. Park (Gullane) beat Miss Miss J Anderson (Craigie Hill) (holder) beat Miss M. M. Robertson

7.

and

¤; Mrs. A. Durham (Gullare) M.

beat Miss H. Holm (Troon) Nimmo (Falkirk Tryst) 0 and 4.

Semi-Final Round; Miss C. M. Park beat Mrs. J. N. Duncan by 4 and 3 and Mina, J. Anderson bent. Mrs. A. M. Holm by 3 and 2.

TT is now definite that the Isthmian

Unplaced ponies (1100 each): Ncs. 1524, J. Donald (North Berwick) 4 and 3; League will be increased from

3060, 2131, 14 to 10 clubs next football season

Walthamstow -- will Include and Ayenue and Romford, champion and. runners-up of the Athenian-League during the last campaign. Both these clubs have accepted the in vitation to join and all that remaine

$2,473.BO 700.00

353.40

$83,043.20 No. 156147

23,063.20 No. 9014 No, 300150

-110777.00 Unplaced ponies ($1,497.20 each): Nos. 107658, 8417, 41750 38025, is for the annual meeting of the 13730 200000 Isthmian League on June 16 to 131913, 130155, 123043, 12/208, 10065, 171 formally regularise the enlargement 20000 00324 02899, 31985, of-the-competition. Tufnell Park 177452, 104702.

15054. 2934o,

Final Round: "Miss Anderson beat Miss Park at the 10th hole.

Dapper little Cooper blew up in the stretch barely beating hard hit- 1ing Craig Wood, who advanced from

two rounds.

By Japanese

SHANGHAI, June 12.

was

the rails by an almost super-human effort on the part of her jockey. E. Q. Eliot. She got through, and then At every atride began a terrife run.

she was closing with Galatea 11. but Device Spurs Feline

Purrs

It has been revealed that the Ameri. van master, Captain Van Neter,

she was one stride, or perhaps two Cooper had shot the first 108 holes the British steamer Tsengtah

the judge Galatea II was still a head

Philadelphia. in one under par but on the last taken from his vessel at Taku at 10 strides, too late, for as they passed round he soured to 74, four over par, o'clock on Saturday morning.

The Japanese military authorities to the good, and so the race went in as dramatic n

Robert B. Delaney, a woodcarver, but still had enough of an edge in

has invented a scratching post for the point standing to take top prize removed the Captain for questioning, to the favourite

"in-i scen.

ents. The device is a two-foot post Consulate of U.S.$1,000 by a slim two points. but he was freed immediately when finish for the Oaks os has ever been

SARTORIAL PARADE

covered with carpet with the under- Wood, former runner-up in the the United States

rewarded with structed" the Japanese Consulate British open was

Oaks Day was ladies' day, and, by side turned out because it makes a U.S.$760 for finishing second. Third to release him. place went to Sammy Snead, fourth to Denny Shute, fifth to Ralph Gul-Jumber carrier at present chartered general consent, the dresslest day of better scratching surface.

Jimmy by the Taku Tug and Lighter Com-the Epsom week. And one was con- holes in the carpet are stuffed with

Belous, as the joker too seemed to be catnip, dahl and sixth place to

pany-United Press. Hines United Press.

The Tsengtah is a Yangtse River

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