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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 29, 1939.

By Ernie Bushmiller

G' MORNIN'!

Jel. 28151.

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ENGLISH FOOTBALL IS RICH IN

Lawton Has Many Rivals As Centre-Forward In England's National

ENTERTAINING

QUARTER-FINAL

National XI BOWLS MATCHES

By ARBITER (Frank M, Carruthers)

London, Aug. 3.

English football is accumulating riches in remarkable profusion. This is especially true in regard to centre forwards. I cannot, in fact, re- member a period when the game has had a quartet to equal Lawton, Westcott, Drake and Steele.

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QUALITY

BASEBALL

PLAYED DURING THE WEEK-END

(By "Bingle")

Fans were treated to first class baseball on Sunday when the United States of America hum- bled China, 3-1, in the International Series, while on Saturday Britain upset the doposters by taking Portugal, 16-3, in a one-sided fray. Hongkong

Baseball Club's last league game with U. S. S. Mindanao was forfeited to the gunboat, as the Redlegs could not field a team. In a friendly game, augmented by the Tulsamen, the Molthen- Throughout last season the Arsenal matches, the draw in the semi-finals, men nosed out the Mindanaons, 5-4, yesterday, in

There they, too, be a dith of equal, Tender, will again be available, but distinction in Tadman before the it can be taken for granted that the new season has run far. Already nonewestyle trummwork will be pre- player is more sure with his hots, served and this should ensure a cra- in finding the ungetatable places in tintner of the club's success. kont than the Charlton man,

But to all these players I would strove to justify the £14,000 fee paid "You will be counted a success for Bryn Jones, and to the end the only as long as you rontinue to result Was a disappointment. i- sesre. Your job

2008 play deed, in my view, the attempt to football but fu put the ball in the make him a James will never su net"

and unless at Labantioned the

to

Tom Lawton made a handsome unsettlement of the team will con- contribution to Everton's changion- tinue. ship triumph last season, L tu-

At the momelandon of last night's į was made and resulted as follows;

A. It. Dallak v. C. F. Remedios

(Uuptre:-V. Chiltenden).

V.

B. Basto P. Phillips).

the nightcap.

Betaine the

pitching of test that ensued, Hep-eat Hoffman, . 3. Quar

skipper Dave Leonard, of the Union Tulets cuiters (Umpire:-K. Hod matches will be played on the Biewers, the British squad had a winning game for the Hongkong side

Comewhat easy time of it on Satur-† with Pinky Higgins rèeciving. on Thursday. Kowki F.C, green

day, Dave allowed only five safeties! There were a few explosive mo- COMBRELATANg at a pan.

while his mates collected 12 blows ments, but nothing serious came of "At Wolverhampton the plan was lo

In case of ran or the green being off the

easy benders of Spotty them. The Hongkong team scored wards the end it was raid "he's play-brine Jones into the attack at every hit for play, the matches will be Pereira, whose hooks weren't work their five counts on ten blows, while ing too much football." with the ins- (opportunity. The order obviously Blayed on Friday on the same greening at all Saturday,

Mindanao's four runs plication that he had begun to fancy, war "Give the ball to Bryn Thead time. himself as a ball worker.

The same critical brick has been hurled at Drake, with he cant taken of the injuries which have en- failed three operations.

A GRAFTER

Arsenal, however, made him distil- hutor-in-chief and he showed that, h 4 not fitted to the part.

Apparently the club are not pres TI pared t to buy back their old power. They are, however, CACO

mally

off for young players.! (although a rebuilding process takes time and patience to complete, and I think further changes may be re- qui the half-back line. The quired in

I sympathise with Lawton in his desire to have a part in the schemes of the Everton team and in weghing him as England's centre forward the authorities should not forget how he made some of Hall's five goals against Arsenal have never adequately filled Ireland. But until the

Gallacher the places of Bob John and Charlie type of

of centre forward again has the sing of the clubs I am

will have to subordinate hin

minhitions to that of scoring.

afrai

Jonra at wing half.

There

Here, With "Abe"

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count

came in on

Britain was blanked in the first eight safeties. Hongkong were guilty frame, while the Portuguese crossed of five babbles while Mindanao had the plate three, times on three blows only three chalked up to them. and an error.Portugal didn't scorgi

again.

With two markers in the second canto, Brita added anythièr five inj the third on the first of their two merry-go-rounds, the other coming in the last when six tallies crossed the plate on only two hits and twoj miscues.

Hongkong B.C. Forfeit Tie

The only double play of the fray Wimbledon, and so the victories of was excuted by Sammy zast in the Don McNeill in the French Charist when, unassisted, he brought off STOKE POLICY

Riggs in the two killing: a fly off Johnny Alvares team advance beyond ex-pionships and Bobby If any

Championships

to mail Elfdie Carvalho at the key-: pectations it may be Stoke, lucky in All-England

little guide to the outcome, loue aak. Britain carned the right Everton, in spite of the star per- their retention of Stanley Matthews, for

Round

match. ta tucel America in the final of this of the Challenge formances of Lawton and Mercer, the for whom they might any day receive

While

Americans the

have gone from teries. No. 1 discovery of the sensin, owed | £15,000, and in

recovery of

ist Europy, the thel

success to team work which Steele from his troublesome ince incest treas

Australians have wasted no time a seemned to me to vorne about instine- Į Jury.

acellumtising themselves In the The tively rather than to be planned.

But if we are to see the full possi-

States United

meantime fnet, achieved by It was.

die- bilities of Stoke, 1 think it is essen- United parture from the all-up attack which tial that they should make a port many important tournaments in their the club have favoured ant the start and ali bottom-of-the-table stride. They have won the Ameri

can-into Roubles titles in fact the vital fears players had no doubt as part played by Bentham as a leg a Stake is strangely apprehensive and they provided an all-Australian fin the formation. As one of the apt to order stern, defensive mea- for the first thne in the history of old tyn

types of grafters. Bentham did sings at the first threat of trouble a prodigious amount of work, and I would like to see the rein relaxed he not only tied in the gaps but and the young ebampions given their covered a defensive weakness which leads. The policy would not entail believe would other wise have any risks that could not be checked might produce surprising hope Thomson, An Inspiring results.

existed.

1

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One Of Best Games Seen Here

Sunday's curtain raiser was just

about the best game seen around these parts, when America, with the uid of four. Tulsamen. four.... Min- danaons, two Hongkongites and Union Brewer, took the game away from the Chinese to enter the final of the International Series.

Both twirlers,

Mites

Earl and Wong. went the route for their re Hongkong Baseball Club, the cellar | spective teams, and both allowed champs of the campaign, gave away four hits. their last tussle to U. S. S. Mindanao by forfeiture. In the friendly en

in favour of Kramer, and Hant. The !

The three American runs came in the argoni stanza, Koslusky fled to the pitcher, and Douglas fled to thing. Vriketler was given a pass) only reason, as far as I can see, is while Miles renched first on being that Riggs is wanted for two singles hit by a pitched ball, Clague belted- and therefore the American author Chang, on first, funbled to allow the ja, grounder to second but Chaney Cre tics

responsibility of having

Velket-

the

Davis Cup, Australia sent to the have wisely relieved him af Arst run to cross the plate.

Als

to per came in on top of catcher Nip. United Status several months ago in the doubles. Parker will proba-

four players: Jack Bromwich, Adribly be the No. 2 singles man, in the Lum's left foot and play was sus an Quist, Jack Crawford and Harry US. Hopman (manager and captain), 1 for the caving Kramer and stand pended for several minutes. High!

squad,

expect

Bromwich

and Quist from the will do duty as they have done in all in the the preliminary rounds. The Ameri- any

In any case, apart Jumper Wilson was the hero of the desire to give Riggs FL

it is

is doubtful whether pair will have any the follow-chance against Bromwich and Quisi,

day, however, for with his triple to

the left cabbage patch he chased in two of his mates."

cans yesterday announced the "gst the foremost pair in the world to fans roaring. In the third, Douglas)

Ing team:Bokby

RIEGS. Parker, Jack Kramer and Joe While the selection

of Riggs and day. But all the same, Cooke may caught Luni's attempt to dump, and be forgiven if he feels keen disap-had Choy flatfooted off first. In the Parker has been more or less ex- pected, it seems rather hard on E-pointment at having been passco wood Cooke that after being runner over. Yet fairness compels one text, Douglas tried to steal home on up at Wimbledon in his first attempt admit that without Riggs as a part-Vetketler's single to right. Dynamo and co-champion with Riggs in the ner. Cooke's value to the American doubles he has now been dropped team is reduced oppreciably.

Tighlights of the battle were the who are regarded, and rightly so, two double killings which had the

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threw the bail to Chan, who let it go by his brogans; Lum scooped the ball up before It became a possed ball and tagged Douglas who sliding in. Then, with Velketler įtaking a man-sized lead off second, alert Lum whipped, the ball to shart- stop Wally Ching for the double play. It certainly was smart baseball-for the Chinese!

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