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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.

NEWS

JEWS that Chelmsford City wil and London Caledonians, the two have to play through the pre-bottom clubs, are to be re-elected.

still are

without a Ilminary rounds of the FA Cup The Calics competition next season has come as ground, the Crystal Palace venture a big shock 1o the club, and hus having fallen through, but they may

The meter of Don Ameche's tax! elleks away the hours of his Indignation yet become Joint-tenants with King!

screen sweetheart in "Mid- widesprend aroused among their supporters. After fight-stonian now that Corinth-Cnuals romance with Claudette Colbert, his new

moved to Thames

Ditton, night." the Paramount comedy now showing at the Queen's and`Alhambra ing through the preliminary rounds have

Favourites for the vacuncles in the Theatres, and reaching the 4th Round proper thonian League, It is understood, Inat season, it was regarded as a foregone conclusion that the City are Finchley (London League cham would be excused the earlier stages plons) and Hersham (champion of next season. Application for exemp-the Surrey League). Rule 5 of the tion

Athenian League says: "Any club sent to the F.A.

destrous of retiring at the close of February 20,, a month before the closing date for entry to the con- any season shall give written notice petition, and it is felt that the club of such intention before April 15. has been treated harshly. Chelms- Any club Infringing this rule shall not exceeding ford have now re-signed Alex Wood, be able to a fine their left back, as a part time pro- £25." fessional.

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TWO RINK MATCHES DECIDED

Internationals-four Bowls English, one Welsh and one Irish) -re eluded in the party of foot ballers who will represent Middlesex Wanderers on their Turkish tour] next month. The players are E. J. Muller

(England and Nunhead) captain, F. Hicks (Walthamstow Avenue) J. W. Firth (England and Yorkshire Amateurs): P. B. Clark (Sutton United) H. R. Brown (Nun-) head) L. N. Hockaday (England and| Leyton) C. Fuller (Walthamstow Richardson (Barnel) Avenue)

Only two of the 10 rink matches M. Grifiths (Wales and iford), R. down for decision were played off to the rain S. Anderson (England and Dulwich yesterday, largely due Hamlet) A. R. Head (Wimbledon) which fell in the morning and ren- D. Kelleher (Ireland and Barnet dered most of the greens unsultabic N. F. Love (Moor Green Birming for play.

party leaves London on June 8 in

ham) J. C. Gerrans (Barnet). The On the Kowloon Cricket Club charge of Captain Horace Aluway green, F. A. Machado, C. M. Silva, president) and M. R. B. Alaway J. F. V. Ribeiro and F. X. M. da defeated A. S. Russell, W. (Hon. Secretary). It will be the Silva

Walker, A. J. Hall and R. Duncan club's 58th tour overseas.

by 24 shots to 0.

THE

HEAVY

PROGRAMME OF

MATCHES DECIDED IN U.S. BASEBALL LEAGUE

New York, June 11.

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, bye.

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

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

Surg. Lt. Commdr. Nicholson, w.. A. J. Dennis (9) beat E. Tuck (14) 6 and 4

H. H. Jowit, w.o.

Hugh Smith (1) beat G. Davies 5

and 4.

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

F. Buckle

(12) beat A. D.

Humphreys (8) 7 and 0.

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

fayden (10) 2 and 1.

W. S. Hillier (8) beat T. Low (10) one up.

C. M. Stark (0) beat G, T May (13) at 20th.

1, S. Robertson (4) bent J. W Macdonald (7) one up.

J. Forbes (9) beat A. McKellar (6) one up.

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

A.

L. Powell, w.o.

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

Hunt Cup Probables

And Jockeys

London, June 10.

A heavy programme of matches was played in the Major Baseball League to-day, several teams taking part in double- Probables for the Royal Hunt Cup, 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 | next week, are as follows: Phillies.

Cleveland took both games from Boston Red the Philadelphia Athletics in the ench American League, but Sux and Chicago White Sox won a gaine.

Scores:

National League Results

+

Porunarnock

Caerl (Beasley); Optle (Beary): Mormond Hill (Car slake); Couvert (Gordon Richards), Domaha (Elliot); Greenwich (Perry- (Ruttle); Neuvy Timestep man);

(Smirke); The Hour (E. Smith); Flying Star Buckwood (Lawrey);

(Nevett); Zalmis (Sirett);

(Littlewood); True Mate (Roberts);

Batteries, Lyons & Tresh.. Batteries, Ruffing & Dickey. New York

St. Louis ..

5 12 Batteries Whitehead, & Spindel. NIGHTCAPS

8 17

1

0

Philadelphin

7

0

(Brethes); Allegiance

Batteries, Caster & Brucker,

Cleveland

0

Castle (Mitchell);

Calsonle (CUff Richards

Batteries, Milnar & Hemsley,

Baston

4 0

D

Batteries, Auker & Peacock.

OPENERS

Chicago

3 8

1

Pirates

R. H. E.

3 8 f

Tobin Batteries, Bowman,

Berres.

Batteries, Dietrich,

Brown

Silvestri.

Orb (Eddery).

&

Washington

3 10

3

77

n

Batteries, Haynes & Early. Detroit

3 0 2

7 Batteries, Newsom & Tebbetts.

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0

1

The winners led throughout the THE succession of Walthamstow

and Romford robs the Athenian match, and although they deserved League of its two biggest attractions. to win on the day's play, the case New York..

with which they achieved this end Batteries, Gumbert & Danning. Several clubs the League are un- happy wondering what the future holds. fact that their opponents had been Will the Athenian also increase their considered one of the strongest rinks membership to 10 clubs? If so, who in the competition.

about the futum, and are/was rather surprising in view of the Coltorton Walters, 'Moore & Lom-

will be the fortunate four! The The Recreio four started strongly

affairs

inland state of

at were present sad

no stage seriously amateur football is due to a big ex-threatened, except perhaps in the tent to clubs years ago not being ifth head when they led by only

sink their own in- two shots. Scoring was on the low to prepared dividualities to consider the game

singles. The winners scored on 12 as a whole. The solution, surely, is side, both teams registering mostly on heads, including a four, two threes and three twos. With the exception of a two in the fifth head, the losers registered singles ir seven leads.

one big league.

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RSENAL beat a Danish inter- national combination 4/1 at Copenhagen on Thursday. Arsenal have now won all thele ave matches

At Kowloon Docks, A. M. Xavier, of their Continental tour, scoring 22 D. C. Alves, C. M. S. Alves and c goals to 3 against. The Scotush F.A. Roza-Fereira beat A. E. II. Castro, beat Michigan All Stars 7/1 at De- W. J. Howard, J. L. Stephens and 21-10. The match was first A. Spary, troit. Liverpool, playing the

contested, only a narrow match of their Swedish tour, were closely beaten 5/4 by a Swedish combina-margin separating the teams through- tion at Malmo. Everton were beaten out. 3/2 by a Swiss team at Zurich.

FOR the first time in the history

of football in Rumania thera] were no turnstiles in use at the AN.E.F. Stadium at Buchorest when England played Rumania. The ac- commodation was sold out.

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Harry Cooper Wins Golf Tournament

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FAVOURITE WINS OAKS

BUT LUCKY TO DO SO: WHITE FOX TOO LATE

Woman

II.

Ajar (Carr): Mickie Bulgar (Daw son): Unk

London, May 27.

The Oaks was won by the favourite, Mr. R. Clark's Galatea The likelihood of Galaten II's victory was evident very early (D. Smith); Dundee in the race, but just at the end there was one of those near sur-

(Evans); Suez (Sharpe): Belami &Wells); Seatever (Christle); Lone

Jockeys have not yet been an- nounced for the following probable starters: Golden Sovereign, Zoltan, Rosetown, Blue Quartier Mattre, Star and Chelsea Reach.

The following is the latest call over for the Hunt Cup:

Quartier Maitre, 10/1 (t, and o.) Couvert, 100/9 (0.) Caerloptie, 100/8 (t. and o.) Domalia, 100/8 (o.), 100/7 (t.) Zalmis, 100/8 (0.), 100/7 (1.) Timestop, 100/8 (t. and o.) Portmanock, 18/1 (0), 20/1 ().

Reuter.

U.S. Skipper Held By Japanese

prises when Mr. Esmond's White Fox nearly won.

their

London, May 27. consclous, that this slightly self- An unfortunate accident disturbed conscious progress of the gentry in the rhythm of the race for the Oaks

grey morning coats, with for Curtain Call, a filly carrying the flower clad ladies, to the paddock colours of the American owner, Mr: was something of a sartorial parade. John Hay Whitney, slipped

mecomlux

round Tuttenham Comer. She did Certainly they were being scrutiniseti not full, but she projected her York-with much the same attentiveness shire jockey, Nevett, into the air.

Ally Whitel

Nevett was not hurt, and the sure that they themselves would bestow 011 the horses at the end of the ferer was

the French

parude. Not that the dresses were Edward Esmond all that much more brilliant than on Fox, whom Mr. had brought from France to run and Derby Day. There was little dif- was nearly brought down. ference in the dresses worn on Derby White Fox lost many lengths, an Day, but just here and there a more it appeared that she had been hope- cioborate coloured vell, bright lessly put out of the race.

Who

bordi (10 innings).

9 0 Brooklyn

Batteries, Casey & Phelps, Todd. Chicago

3 11 2 Batteries, Passeau & Hartnett. Boston

1 4 9 Batteries, MacFayden, Lanning &

Sullivan, Louls

4 9 0 Batterics, Davis, McGee, Padgett &

Owen.

5 13 2

New York, June 4. Philadelphia

Batteries, Buchner, Beck & Miles.

"Light horse" Horry Cooper to- NIGHTCAPS

duy tron the Goodall U.S.$5,000 5 1 Chicago

round roblu golf tournament after Batteries, Dean, Russell & Page, running through the first six rounds.

Mancuso. (Called at end: 6th

Dapper little Cooper blew up in inning account curfew).

the stretch barely beating hard hit- Boston

ting Craig Wood, who advanced from Batteries, Errickson, Andrews & sixth place to second on to-day's Inst

Early

two rounds. 4 9 0

Cooper had shot the first 108 holes Bowman, Werneke,

on the last in one under par but Cooper & Owen.

round he soared to 74, four over par,

Philadelphia. but still had enough of an edge in

Robert B. Deloney, a woodcarver, the point standing to take top prize removed the Captain for questioning, of U.S.$1,000 by a slim two points. but he was freed immediately when Anish for the Oaks as has ever been has invented a scratching post for cats. The device is a two-foot post Wood, former runner-up in the the United States Consulate

Consulate the Japanese

covered with carpet with the under- British

rewarded with structed" open was U.S.$700 for finishing second. Third to release him.

Oaks Day was ladies day, and, by side turned out because it makes n Three The Tsengtah is place went to Sammy Snead, fourth to Denny Shute, fifth to Ralph Gu-Jumber carrier at present chartered general consent, the dressiest day of better scratching surface. dahl and sixth

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

scious, as the joker too seemed to bel catnip. Ipany-United Press,

St. Louis

Batteries,

Philadelphia

3 1 3

1 3

Batteries, Hollingsworth & Davis.

American League

Results

OPENERS Philadelphila

3 0 Batteries, Pippen, Dean & Hayes. Cleveland

4 13 } Batteries, Hudlin & Hemsley.

1 3 D Batteries, Grove & Desautels.

7 0 Chicago

2

Hines United Press.

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Crown Prince Michael attended, but un- fortunately King Carol. who understood to have first mooted they match when in London lust Novem- be present. ber, was unable to Soldiers lined the playing field

No. 2912 No. 367 within the rails and there were

No, ota soldiers

within everywhere

Unpinced ponies (550 each): Nos. 1070, Boston crowd of 40,000. England won by 2000, 538, 102, 2005, 2004. 2 goals to nil.

$1,051.20

the

UEEN'S Park Rangers F.C. have signed J. Bart, Third Lanark centre-half, who last season made 20 Scottish League appearances. He is not yet. 22 years old, but stands over A. Smith 6ft., and weighs 12st. 71b. n young inside-forward from Bir- also signed by the mingham was Rangers. He is 20 years old, 5ft.) pin., and weighs 11st. The Queen's

RACE 1

$1.545.00 441.00 220,00

I

NACE 2

No. 2500 and 337

No. 12H

Word

2239.00

Unplaced ponies ($50 each): Nos. 1131, 1942, 3147. 3427, 050, 06, 3325, 1469.

RACE 3

No. 7054

No. 1591

No. 35.

$1,060,00 GG7.00 203.30 Unplaced peny (850 ench): Nos, 2583. †

RACE 4 No. 1900

$1,076.00 No. 691

$36.00 No. 2003

203.00 Unplaced ponies (850. cach): Nos. 072,

Park Rangers Supporters Club have 4070, 3508, 3240, 2437, 1480, 4149, 2000, 2914, decided to make a donation of £300 1920, 131.

to the football club towards the cost

of covering the new grand stand at

the Shepherd's Bush ground.

RACE 5

No. D4 No. 1410 No. 2001

$2,103.00 01030 309.40

Miss Anderson!

SHANGHAI, June 12.

parasol and a more ebullient sort of hat. However by Ascot when they Just when the Oaks seemed at the have completely discarded their win- mercy of the favourite, Galatea 11, ter war-seared gloom, the ladles While Fox could be seen being will be in all their glory.—Our Own forced through a narrow passage on Correspondent. the rails by an almost super-human1 effort on the part of her jockey, E. O. Elliot. She got through, and then

terrific run. It has been revealed that the Ameri-begun

Galatea

II. but can muster, Captain Van Neter, of she was closing with

she was one stride, or perhaps two the British steamer Tsengtah taken from his vessel at Taku at 10 strides, too late, for as they passed the judge Galatea II was still a head o'clock on Saturday morning.

The Japanese military nuthorities to the good, and so the race went to the favourite in as dramatle a

"In-seen.

wns

53 Yangise River

At every stride Device Spurs Feline

Purrs

SARTORIAL PARADE

The Greatest Cigarette Value

Retains Her Kensitas

Golf Title

Miss J. Anderson, a Curtis Cup player, retained the Scottish ladies' championship on May 18 when, in the final on the Ailsa course at Turn-

Unpineed pantex (450 each): Nos. 4380, berry, she beat Miss C. M. Park at

D ANN, Spurs half-back, who was 2503, 913, 4264, 3202.

given a free transfer has signed for Bradford. Negotiations are in process for the transfer from Totten- ham Hotspur to Notts County of left-back Ringrose.

the Isthmian

Tanque will be increased from

is now definite that.

RACE 6

No. 3474

$5.575.70 €50.20 No. 4160 No. 117

375.10 Unplaced ponies ($50 each); Nos. 2929, 3025, ZZER,

RACE 7

$4,339,60 1220.60 010.80

the 18th hole. It was a stern fight all the way with both players hol- ing good putts for halves.

Results of the fourth round were: Mrs. J. N. Duncan (Gullane) beat Miss J. Kerr, (unattached) 2 and 1; Misa C. M. Park (Gullane) beat Miss

Unplaced ponies ($100 each): Nos. 3824. J. Donald (North Berwick) 4 and 3:

No. 3085 ** No. 203i No. 2012

No. 2018

RACKS

13.473.30 700.00 (343,40

RACE

• $23,843.20

· 11,0773,00

Miss J. Anderson (Craigle H (holder) beat Miss M. M. Robertson Durham (Gullane) 7 and 8; Mrs. A. M. Holm (Troon) beat Miss H. Nimmo (Falkirk Tryst) 6 and 4.

Semi-Final Round: Miss C. M. Park beat Mrs. J. N. Dunean by 4 and 3 each): Now, and Miss J. Anderson beat Mrs. A. 07639, 137 41149, 3029M. Holm by 3 and 2. 123063, 120TÁR, 10069, 1741 02099,31060,- 75004) 298-40) Final Round: Miss Anderson beat

Miss Park at the 18th hole,

14 to 18 clubs next football season 3850, "2233,

include Walthamstow and will

No. 3037 Avenue and Romford, champion and

No: 4083 runners-up of the Athenian League

No. 130147 during the last campaign. Both

No. 20014 these clubs have accepted the in-

No. 120130 vitation to Jala and all that remains

tinnlaced ponies ($1,497 of the for the annual meeting Isthmian Langue on June 10 to 131011, 135 formally regularise the enlargement 20000 paz14, of the competition. Tuffnell Park 127481, 10478

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