1940-05-20 — Page 18

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

BASKETBALL LEAGUE

Lawn Bowls League

CHAMPIONS RETAIN

LEADERSHIP

Recreio "A" Beat K.B.G.C. By Three Shots' Margin

PROGRESSES

Sing Tao Overwhelm Postal Bank 99-27

(By “GUARD")

THE SING TAO hoppsters dealt a crushing defeat on a gallant Postal Bank quintette on Satur- RECREIO “A”, lenders of the First Division of the day at the Chinese Y.M.C.A., shying one point for Lawn Bowls League, retained their leadership on Satur- day by the narrow margin of three shots when they were their century as against Banks' 27. Earlier on in The Indian R.C. suffered the week, Wednesday to be exact, Kwong Tai opposed to the Kowloon B.G.C. their third defeat, while Craigengower accounted for Re-nipped the highly-touted Chung Sing 53-52 in a magnificent struggle, to cause the first upset in creio "B"-spoiling their 100 per cent record.

the first division cage league.

The scores in brief ware:

FIRST DIVISION

Kowloon B.G.C. 53 Recreio "A" 58

04 H.K.F.C Police Kowloon Docks 50 Indian,L.C.

Tables To Date

47 49

FIRST DIVISION

Recreio ""

52 Craigengower 77

Shote.

W

Elecrelu "A"

SECOND DIVISION

Kowloon 1.0.c.

| Cralgengawur

c.c.

Craigenkower

00 Kowloon

Tong 54

Police

Kowloon C.C.

Hongkong F.C.

38 Kowloos

Recreta 44 BA I.K.C.C.

I.G.C. 68

Police It.C. ...... Kowloon Docks Civil Service C.C. Kowinon CC. Indian C

GB

Hongkong FC.

THIRD DIVISION

Inding B.C. 48 H.K. Electric 45

Prison Oftvers

74Craigengever 11

49 H.K.C.C 50 Kowloon F.C. Hongkong P.C. $2 Kowloon

B.G.C. 60 Sevens were scored by A. K. Minu (Indians) against J. Kempton (Kow- loon Docks), but the utter ink won, and by CS Rosselet (Cralgengawer). to beat J. J. Basto (Recrelo "B") by 24-10.

Sixes were recorded by A. J. Hall (Kowloon B.G.C.), R. Bas (Cral- gengower), W. Harrower (Kowloon B.G.C. to beat W. E. Hallands (Police) J-7. I'. Younghusband (Kowloon FC) and W. J. Bagley (Prison Officer).

Light Blues

Win Tennis &

,

Athletic Meets

Recreio

SECOND DIVISION

Kowloan F.C.

Alkoo Chib

Kowloon 1.0.C. Craigendower C.C. Civil Service C.C. Kowloon C.C. Hongkong CC. Police R.C. Kowloon Tong

THIRD DIVISION

Prison O.C. Hongkong Electric Kowloon 86.C. Hongkond F.C. Hongkong C.C. Kowloon F.C. Craigengewer C.C. Indian LC.

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May 20, 1940.

SHOOTING

RECORD

Three Possibles Scored At Last Meeting

Of The Season

OVER 100 MEMBERS took part in the last shoot of the season yesterday. Shooting conditions were almost

Arsenal Beaten In League Cup

LONDON, May 19 (Reuter,—--- ideal and some good scores were made, including three Results of the football matches possibles in range scores. This was a record for the played yesterday were: season,

C/Sgt. Hale (Middlesex) started it by getting a string of 10 bulls in succession at 200 yards. Both Capt. Le Scelleur, R.E., and Bandmaster Kifford (Middlesex); con- tinued the movement at 500 yards, each securing a possible.

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under the auspices of the Hong-Set Baker

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Á very interesting programme L/C & Leona

L/BEL was arranged by the H.K.N.V.F. C.S.M. Y., C. E. Mead kong Rifle Association, and the Cp w. Gean

(E) Winner of Possible Button. (1) Winner of Handicap Spoon. Winner of (H) will have handicap Wednesday's curtain raiser saw Sun Cheong, dispose following were the winners of

duced by one point. of a weak Combined Banks squad 54-27. Basketeers Choithe prizes given by them.

Team shoot Yuen-nam, Yeung Yuk-chong and Chan Hing-ling, for Sun Club 1520 points); 2, Royal Air Force (815 Cheong, faced with a rather weak defence, had an easy Pis evening of it and had they put a bit more zest in their play could have piled up substantially. Chiu Yuen-ha and Wong Hoi-ming did sorge creditable work for the Banks, scoring some nice mid-field goals.

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THE SCORES

Saturday

Kwong Tai's battle royal with;********* Chung Sing tailing one point, on the day's play, came as no sur- Pts.prise. Chung Sing lacked vim, and were easily hurried off the sphere. Their attacks lacked their usual punch and precision, and it was mainly due to sing Tao busketeers Chan Yiu-cheng (14), Sun Siu-ling (12) that they did not go down heavier. Ng Suen-Taikoo chin (12) showed great aptitude for St. Paul's A. P. pivotal work, and worked in well

and

Lo with Chan Silu-kit (10) Tung to constantly hawk the ball and erick the hoop from far out. Lo Tung sneaked in for some nice under- basket goals to pile on for Kwong Kwong Tat

Shots.

AUSTRALIANS TO SWIM AGAINST Y.M.C.A.

84

100

140

150

130

170

Tal.

points).

Open Sights inett Capt Lo

seelteur. It.. (08. un count out d C/St. State, Middlesex (00).

Aperture, Sights (nett score)-1, W. o.

R.E. (00).

Tollison, R.A.F. (9); 2. 21. 9. 27. disalen,

Range Spoons: 200 yards (open salts). -C/Sgt. Hale (80); (Aperture sights) W. O. Tollison (43).

300 yards (open alglita),-D/M. Kifford 150), Capt. Le Seclieur (50). (Apertura night) Sgt. O. T. Leung- (44). Capt. Le Soelleur, having won two apoom, whe debarred from a third prize,

Baseball

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H.K. SEASON OFFICIALLY OPENED

#88288

League Cup Compelliton (third round).

Fulham 2. Notis Forcal

Everion 1, Bloke 0

Huddersfield 3, West Ham 3 (after

extra ilme):

Coventry 0, West Bromwich

(after extra time);

Barnsley 0.. Blackpool 1;

Arsenal 1, Birmingham 2:

Blackburn 3, Sunderland 2;

Newcastic, 1, Bristol Rovers 0,

1

The draw for the fourth round to be played on May 28 is as follows: Fulham v. ro: West Bromwich Blackpool v. New- Everton; Blackburn v.

Thrilling Last Inning Win For Mindanao

castle: Huddersfield or West Ham v. Birmingham.

REGIONAL MATCHES

South C-Brentford 2, Charlton 1; Southampton 3, Tottenham 3.

South D.-Aldershot 1, Southend 10 Crystal Palace 6, Bournemouth 0; Queen's Park Rangers 4, Clapton ¡Orient 0; Reading 3, Brighton 1;

Watford 0. Norwich 0.

2 City South-western-Bristol Torquty 2: Newport 6, Swindon 2; Cardiff 2, Swansea 2.

Sealed Envelope Spoona (open_dichts). -Q.M.S. Hargreaves. II.K.V.D.C. inix ht magples), for the compelllor whe most magpies. (Aperture sights)-Pls. Booker (45), for the competitor, who score

Western-Chester 4, Liverpool 0; ed half the winning score.

THE HONGKONG Baseball season Manchester City 7, Port Vaic 0; New Claybird (open Singles)-). Lt. Ashby, R.N. Cap. Trevor, K.V.D.c. (Dou was officially opened at Caroline I Brighton 6. Manchester United 0. FIRST DIVISION

1. Ashby. bles)-1,

RN. 2, Camar, yesterday when Mr. Addison E. North-western-Bolton 4, Accring- Montague. RN. Handicap) 1. Lt. Otway. Southard. American Consul. General, ton Preston 5, Southport 0; Roch- ................09...._Postál_Dank, 27. | RE.; 2. Capt. Newton, Middlesex.

Revolver-Sat, Gownna. II.K.P.

pitched the first ball of the U.S.8. dale 2. Bury 3: Barrow 5, Oldham 1. H.IC.ILA. Handleap Spoors-Sei, d. Per-Mindanao-II. K. SECOND. DIVISION

Brewery match, Midland Luton 6, Leicester 1; king, H.K.P. FOC (for open ashish

Farmer, R.AF, and which ended in a thrilling last

Wolves Inning

1, Walsall 5, East-midland-Doncaster 2, former. The sallors Pie. A. M. Xavier, H.K.V.D.C. Pie V. Avictory for the

Rotherham 1: Notts County 1, Shief- da Cruz-Sequeira, I.XV.D.C. Mr. IL N. nosed out the Brewers by 7-8. Mediurat. D.R.C.. Pte. J. Seatt, Roynt The Brewers led for the first six feld Wednesday 4; Sheffield United Scots, Pie, A. L. Rosario, H.IV.DC and stanzas.

3. Grimsby In the first they tullied two,

D; Mansfeld 3, Chester- Ste. C. Manson, H.K.V.D.C. (for aper and Mindanao replied with one. An-field 1,

other run in the second inning at Middlesbrough 4; Darlington 2. Brad- North-eastern-Bradford City 1,

04 Postal Bank 24 50 Cheng Pal:

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Wednesday

FIRST DIVISION

03 Chung Sing

SECOND DIVISION

NAM SEONG clashed with a weak Sun Cheong 54 Combined Police quintelte and tipped them;

over 30-19 in a far from interesting Nam Seong game. Police were dogged triers with nothing ashy and not a single ♦♦♦ copy-book play, Sher Lahn and Ho in Yuen-ling performed middlingly the attack, their defence was any- thing but impregnable. Fong Yuk- kuk and Kong Kul-tok were good In Nam the under-basket work for Scong.

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PRĪZES PRESENTED,

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At the conclusion of the miceting, the Brewers up to three, but the 52 Capt. F. Sale, A.E.C., Hon. Secre-sailors rallied and tied the scores in ford 2: Halifax 0, Hull 1; York 2,

tary, H.K.R.A., thanked all members the same inning. The Mindanao were Hartlepools 1. for their hearty co-operation in help-then blanked ing the officials to organise the var!-frames, while the Brewers added an-

Banks

30 Police

27 10

Cincinnati

Consolidate

Their Lead

for the next four

Friendly-Millwall 2, Chelsea 3.

SCOTTISH REGIONALS

Western-Airdrio 3, Morton 2;

then ous shoots. He

asked Mrs. other run in the third and two In thei wife of the Commandant, fourth. Petric, H.K.N.V.F., to present the prizes, A But in the thrilling lust inting, the Motherwell 2, Albion 1; Partick 3, St. very successful meeting terminated sailors commenced waying bats with Mirren 1: Queen O'South 2, Clyde 2; with three hearty cheers for Mrs. great results, and amid enthusiastle Queen's Park Kilmarnock

0, Petrie,

The following were the leading

scores:

Capt.

1;

In the only other game of the day, Eastern.Hibernian 2, Aberdeen

the

cheers nosed home by one run.

Rangers 2, Hamilton 2.

Aperture Bighis

the Chung Hwu beat Engineers 12-5.

Royal; Dundee 4, Falkirk 2; Dunfermline

200 300 'cap. ydayds Ttl.

2, Dundee United 0.

Ser. 50 40 DEE

Ser. 47 43-95

1 44 4 02

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Sgt. G. E. Dreeso Bt.-G. Perkins Lt. G. E. Dawson B/M. W. Kifford SEL.. F. E. Russell W. Trenouth

J. A Guard

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3. 1. A. C. Chan

LONDON, May 19 (Reuter).—Cain- THE EUROPEAN YM.C.A. swim-

TALL-SCORING was the order of bridge beat Oxford ̈ag¬both athletics ming section will entertain Australian and lawn terinis yesterday,

naeal reservists in a swimming and the day on Saturday, Taikoo dealt In the athletic meet, which was waterpolo contest on Thursday be summarlly with a fast, irrepressible, return affair, Cambridge registered tween 9 and 11 p.m. An interesting but highly unreliable when-it-came- 60-points-against-Oxford's-0 Cum-programme of events has been drawn to-scoring Postal Bank second string, bridge won nine events and Oxford | up, and one of the highlights will be 64-24. Taikos contented themselves four.

an exhillon of diving by members with consistently swishing the ball

NEW YORK, May 19 (Eeuter) AF. Evans

.P. Sequeira of the Australian reservists.

through the hoop and allowed PB.'s

iCincinnati Reds consolidated their Johnson, their leading performer, to stampede around. Cheng Ka-plu

Major Baseball Leagues to-day. was seen practising off the Y.M.C.A. (14), Lee Kai-kuen (14), and Kwok Lead in the National circuit of the hoards yesterday, and is a very Ying-tal (10) wandered to good u beating the Boston Braves 8-4, while

to drop capable performer oft both boards. post, and shagged passes Tho-Australians havoong-or two through for points. Yuen Chi-kong Brooklyn Dodgers were nosed out very good sprinters among their (10) and Kum Ka-plu (6) worked 7-6-by-the Chicago Cuba-

The complete scores were: contingent including a State back- hard for Banks, stroke swimmer and free-style

At lawn tennis, Cumbridge beat Oxford, by 11 matches to four. Cart- bridge won the singles by five matches to one and Use doubles, 6-3.

East Asia Meet

sprinter. Tolcyo, May 18. H.I.H. Prince Yasuhito Chichibu. younger brother of the Emperor, has formally become President of the East Asia Grand Athletic Meet to be held in Tokyo for five days starting on June in connection with the 2.- 600th Anniversary of the founding of the Japanese Empire.

The Chinese delegation will be led by Mr. Chu Min-i, Wang Ching wel's Minister of Foreign Affairs.----

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POSTAL BANK'S seniors in their The YMCA. team im not yet been selected but included will be clash with Sing Tao were outclassed, several of the younger members, who and the 27 they got were really gif

(Lombardi homered for the Reds, Set. F. Roberts have shown very promising form to There is no gainsaying, however, that

they were not fighters as, with Sing and Ross for the Blees). date.

fought Yesterday morning the Australians, Tao standing at 99, they

them from Chicago gallantly keep supported by several Y.M.C.A. mem- bern, had a water-pole game which achieving the century.

Colours

(38)

(Ten innings were played. Leiber w. o. F. Tollison Slu resulted in

and Whites

Chung-hin sharing four goals,

baskets in all, ranging from The events

Thursday will be 50 Yards quarters court to under-basket, Lo Free-Style: 100

Yards Free-Style: 100 Chin-kuen (20) was next, and Leung St. Louis Yards Dick-Stroke. 50 Yards Breast Kwok-tok (8) and Lee Plu-chick (8) New York Stroke: 300 Yards

Free-Styla Nelay

guard to

Fadgett (Mize, teams of alx (23, 60, 75, 75, 50 and 25): did excellent service at Shimonoseki, May 18.

160 Yards Medley Relay teams of three sneak in occasionally to drop a homered for the Cardinals.

back-stroke, breast-stroke and free-busk style), Diving Exhibition and Water-polo. basket. Playing five men defence in homered for the Giants).

first half of the game, Sing Tao Pittsburgh the East Asla Grand Athletic Mect.-gradually reduced their game to a

B 10 practice match, and even then found Philadelphia

(Young homered for the Pirates, their well-olled combination and teamwork were no match for Postal and Klein for the Phillies). Bank.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

A Mongolian wrestling party of ten members arrived here this morning, subsequently leaving for Tokyo by train in order to attend the East Asia Military Art Tournament and the Domici,

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SPORTS ADVTS.

THE HONG KONG

JOCKEY CLUB

THE SIXTH EXTRA RACE | MEETING will be held (weather permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY ON SATURDAY, 25th May, 2013, com-

2.00 p.m. The Firat

nicely land Radcliffe, Laabs and Gallagher mencing * Bell will be xung at 1.30

CHENG PAK started off Jugainst St. Paul's and it looked like it for the Browns),

was going to be a close game, but the New York Saints. gradualy assumed the ascen- Cleveland dancy while Cheng Pak, in a furry to The Boston-Detroit get the right combination to throw them over weakened their combine-postponed. tion and before they knew about it

p.m.

4 0

5

0

game

the Suinis had plied on a substantial League Averages

score.

0 was

National League-Fred Walker (pod- Hing Ylu-man (18) was the main-gers) 413; Frank Gusting (Pirater) 2001 stay of the team keeping them toge-mest Lombardi (Reds) 377; Harry Dan- ther, and was ably supported by ang Giants) 333; Joe Hedwick (Car-

dinals) 350. Chan Wah-kuen (12) and Lin Loy-

fan (14). For Cheng Palc, Ng-Chi- · American- ---League. -Howard Averill ngai profitted by his long stay in to Tigers) 468; Louis Finney (Red Box) 400; And his eye and dropped in a baskets By Radclif Browns) and Frank Hayes

Tart Wright (White Sox) 379,- for 12 points and was assisted by Lau Man-ann (4).

Home Rune-Jos_Mize (Cardinals) and Jimmy Fuxx (Red Sox) 8; laroid Tremor (Indians) 3: Jos Kubel White Box) 8; Bob Johnson Athletics, Jimmy Taber inted Bax) and Jos leath (Indiana) 5.

Cricket

London Counties Beat Northants

Rúns.----George Cio (Benatoru) 25; Jimmy Ted Sox1 20 Jog, Milzo (Cerdinia); Wallace Mones (Athleties) 20: Tea Wil Bams (Red Fox) and Lou, Boudreau (In- dians) 19.

Hilis.--Noget Cramer (Red Box) 20: Louis Finney (Red Box) si; Rad Radenn (Browns)__and Taft Wright (White Box) 30 Lou Boudreau (Indians) and Gerald Walker (Benstors) 34--=United. Pron.

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