1940-05-20 — Page 8

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

magnificent struggle, to cause the first upset in the first division cage league.

FIRST DIVISION

Shots.

The scores in brief were:

FIRST DIVISION

Kowloon B.G.C. 03 Palice

64 Kowloon Docks 50 Recreio "B"

Tables To Date

52

Recrelo "A" 36) H.K.F.C. 47 Indian R.C. 40 Cralgengower 77

Recreto "A"

Craigengower

00 Kowloon

Tong 54

Koinon CC.

DG.C. 08

Indian R.C.

Police

SECOND DIVISION

36 Kowloon

Recrelo ILK.C.C.

Kowloon C.C. 44 Hongkong F.C. 85

THIRD DIVISION

Indian R.C.

Prison Ofleers Kowloon F.C. ·

Hongkong F.C.

Kowloon da.'***

Craigengower C.C. Police B.C.

Kowloon Docks

Civil Service C.C.

40 Hongkong FC. .... 43

SECOND DIVISION

48 ILK. Electric 65 necreio 74Craigengower 1 Cowloon .C.

Falkou Club

49 11.K.C.C. 30 Kowloon B.G.C. 52 Kowloon

Craigentower C.C B.G.C. 60 Civil Service C.C. Sevens were scored by A. K. Minu Kowloon C.C

Jongkong C.C (Indians) against J. Kempton (Kow-Pollee TLC. loon Docks), but the latter rink won, Kawloon Tong

and by C S Rasselet (Cralgengower)

to heat J.-J. Basto (Recreio "D") by 74-16.

Wednesday's curtain raiser saw Sun Cheong dispose of a weak Combined Banks squad 54-27. Basketeers Choi Yuen-nam, Yeung Yuk-chong and Chan Hing-ling, for Sun Cheong, faced with a rather weak defence, had an casy Pevening 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 some creditable work for the Banke, scoring some nice mid-field goals.

THE SCORES

Kwong Tai's battle royal with ; ** Chung Sing talling one point, oni the day's play, came as no sur: A. Pts prisc. Chung Sing lacked vim, and were easily hurried off the sphere. Their attacks Incked their usual punch and precision, and it was mainly due to Sing Tav basketeers Chan Yiu-cheng (14). Sun Siu-ling (12) that they did

Shot,

P. W. L.

143

101 121

100 147

100 110

100

JAI

Saturday

May 20, 1940,

SHOOTING RECORD

Three Possibles Scored At Last Meeting

Of The Season

Arsenal Beaten In League Cup

LONDON, May 19 (Reuter Results of the football matches played yesterday were:

League Cup Competition (third round).

OVER 100 MEMBERS took part in the last shoot of the season yesterday. Shooting conditions were almost ideal and some good scores were made, including three possibles in range scores. This was a record for the sERSON, of 10 bulls in succession at 200 yards. Both Capt. Le C/Sgt. Hale (Middlesex) started it by getting a string Seelleur, R.E., and Bandmaster Kifford (Middlesez), con- extra tirzo) tinued the movement at 500 yards, each securing a possible.

L/C, E. W. Allo West, O. T. Leong

Sgt. J. R. Wall

A very interesting programme

under the auspices of the long- kong Rifle Association, and the following were the winners of the prizes given by them. Club (620 points); a, Loyal Air Force (5 scoleur, E. (96, on a count oul: 2 Open Bights (nett score).-), Capt. Le C/sut. 1018, Middlesex (96),

was arranged by the HLK.N.V.F. C... Cad

Team shooted, Royal Engineers Rifle

points).

Aperture Sighin (bott score)—), W. O.

ILE. (00),

Tollison. HAF. (89); 2. R. 8. B. Maslen,

Range Spoonx; 200 yards (open sighia), -C/Sgt. Hale (50); (Aperture algbia). W. O. Tellison (45).

500 yards (open sights)--9/11. Kifford (50). Capt. Le Seelleur (50), (Aperture sights)/Sgt. o. T. Loung (44). Capt. La Scelleur, having, won two spoons, was deharred from, a third prize.

Bat, J. Baker CW GALE

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B) Winner at Possible Button. (20 Winner of llandicap Spoon. Winner of (11) will have handicap duced by one point.

Baseball

H.K. SEASON OFFICIALLY OPENED

Fulham 2, Noite Forest §. Everton 1, Stoke 0: Huddersfield, 3, West Hans 3 (after

Coventry 0, West Bromwich I (after extra time); - Barnsley 0, Blackpool 1; Arsenal 1, Birmingham 2 Blackburn 3, Sunderland 2; Newcastle, 1. Bristol Rovers 0.

The draw for the fourth round-to be played on May 25 ls as follows: re-Fulham v. Everton; Blackburn v. West Bromwich; Blackpool v. New- castle; Huddersfield or West Ham v. Birmingham.

Thrilling Last Inning Win For Mindanao

REGIONAL MATCHES.

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

South D-Aldershot 1, Southend 0; Crystal Palace 6, Bournemouth 0; Queen's Park Rangers 4, Clapton Orient 0: Rearling 3, Brighton 1; Watford 0, Norwich 0."

South-western-Bristol - City 2. Torquay 2 Newport 5, Swindon 2; Cardiff 2, Swansea 2.

Sealed Envelope Spoons (open sights). -Q.M.9. argreaves, H.K.V.D.C. 1six magpies), for the competitor who had mont maples. (Aperture sights)- Pia. Booker (45), for the competitor who scor ed half the winning score.

THE HONGKONG Baseball season Claybird (open Singles)-1, Lt. Aalby, FIRST DIVISION

1.N.; 2, Capt. Trover, H.K.V.D.C. (Deu. was officially opened at Caroline Hill bles) Lt. Ashby.. RN 2. Comur. yesterday when kir. Addison E. Montague, H.N. (landicap), Li. Otway, Southard, American Consul General, 99 Postal Bank 27 RE: 2, Capt. Newton. Middlesex.

Revolver Sgt. Gowans, H.K.P.

pitched the first ball of SECOND DIVISION

the U.8.8. H.K.R.A. Handicap Spoons.-Set, G. Per- Mindanao-H. K. king, H.K.P, F/O Farmer, ILAF and which ended in a thrilling last inning Brewery matcls. V. J. Smith, D.R.C. (for Pie. A. 31. Xavier, H.K.V.D.C., Ple, v, A. victory for the former. The saflers

Open sights); da Cruz-Sequeira, 1.V.D.C Mr. 1. Hnosed out the Brewers by 7-6. Medhurst, D.R.C.. Pte. J. Scott, Royal

The Brewers led for the first six Scot Mato, B. Dr stanzas. In the first they tallled two, Grimsby 0; Mansfeld 3, Chester- So... MATBOY, H.K.V.D.C. (for aper and Mindanao replied with one. An-field

not go down heavier. Ng Suen- Talkoo chlu (12) showed great splitude for St. Paul's

A, Pta pivotal work, and worked in well with Chan Shiu-kit (10) and Lo

THIRD DIVISION

Shois.

P. W. L. F.

84 100

702 140

#22 115

183 170

Sixes were recorded by A. J. Hall (Kowloon B.G.C.), R. Bass (Craino.c

Hongkong Electric gengower). W. Harrower (Kowloon Kowloon BG.C. B.G.C.) to beat W. E. Hollands Hongkong FC.

Kowloon F.C.

(l'olice) 31-7. P. Younghusband Hongkong C.C. (Kowloon F.C.) und W. J. Bagley Craigengover C.C (Prison Officers).

Light Blues

Win Tennis &

Athletic Meets

Indian R.C.

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

LONDON, May 19 (Reuter}-Cam-j THE EUROPEAN Y.M.O.A. swim- -bridge-beat-Oxford-al-both-athletics ming section will entertain-Australian

and lawn tennis yesterday,

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Wednesday

FIRST DIVISION

Tung to constantly hawk the ball and crack the hoop from far out. Tung sneaked in for some nice wider- basket goals to pile on for Kwong Kwong Tal Tul.

53

Chung Sing SECOND DIVISION

NAM SEONG clashed with a weak Sun Cheong Police quintette and tipped them over 30-10 In

a far from interesting Nam Seong game. Police were dogged triers with nothing flashy and not a single copy-book play. Sher Lahn and Ho Fuen-ling performed middlingly

attack, their defence was any thing but impregnable. Fong Yuk- kuk and Kong Kal-lok were good in the under-basket work for Nam Scong

through

54 Combined

Banks 30 Police

Cincinnati Consolidate

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PRIZES PRESENTED

At the conclusion of the meeting. 52 Capt. F. Sale, A.E.C., Hon. Secre- tary, H.KRA, thanked all members for their hearty co-operation in help- ing the officials to organise the vari

then 27 ous shools.. Hie

asked Mrs. Petrie, wife of the Commandant, H.K.N.V.F., to present the prizes. A very successful meeting terminated with three hearty cheers for Mrs.

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Petric.

The following were the leading.

scores:

Aperture Sights

Capt. A. J. Le Scelleur Ser. 40 50 Don C/Sgt. P. Hain

SUL G. E. Dretse Sgt. G. Perkins L. G. E. Dawson EM, W. KIford Sgt. F. E. Tussell Wrenauth JA. Guard 2/Lt. T. D. Hunter 5. Evan

A. C. Chan

NEW YORK, May 19 (Router)A...

At lawn tennis, Cambridge bent of the Australia leading performer, to stampede around. Cheng Ka-plu / Cincinnati Reds consolidated their P, 6oqueira

C. E. Otway

Sgt. Pit Thong Sgt. K. C. Wong Gnr. E. Landau F/O. J. Farmer

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"TALL"SCORING was the order of nacal reservists in a swimming and the day on Saturday, Talkoo dealt In the athletic meet, which was ujwaterpolo contest on Thursday be summarily with a fast, irrepressible, return affair, Cambridge registered tween 9 and 11 p.m. An interesting but highly unreliable when-ll-came- 60 points against Oxford's 40, Cam-programme of events has been drawn to-scoring-Postal Dank second siring bridge won nine events and Oxford up, and one of the highlights will be 04-24. Taikoo contented themselves four.

an exhibition of diving by members with consistently swishing the ball

reserviais. Oxford by 11 matches to four. Cam-

the hoop and allowed P.B.'s. Johnsori, their bridge won the singles by five was seen practising off the Y.M.C.A. (14), Lee Kai-kuen (14), and Kwok lead in the National circuit of the matches to one and the doubles, 6-3. boards yesterday,

Baseball Leagues to-day, and is a very Ying-tal (10) wandered to good pur-Major capable performer off both boards. pose, and snagged passes to drop beating the Boston Braven 8-4, whilo The-Australlang-have- one or two through for points. Yuen-Chi-kong Brooklyn Dodgers were nosed-out very good sprinters among their (10) and Kum Ka-piu (0) worked 7-6 by the Chicago Cubs. contingent including a State back-hard for Banks.

The complete scores were: stroke swimmer and free-style sprinter. Tokyo, May 18.

NATIONAL LEAGUE H.I.H. Prince Yasuhito Chichibu, The YMCA. team has not yet:

POSTAL BANK'S seniors in their younger brother of the Emperor, has been selected but included will be clash with Sing Tao were outclassed,

12 0 formally become President of the several of the younger members, who and the 27 they got were really gifts. East Asia Grand Athletic Mect to be have shown very promising form to There is no gainsaying, however, that

1 held in Tokyo for five days starting |dale,

(Lombardi homered for the Reds, they were not fighters as, with Sing on June In connection with the 2,- 600th Anniversary of the founding supported by several Y.M.C.A. mem- gallantly

Yesterday morning the Australians, Tao standing at 90, they fought and Ross for the Bees),

to keep them from Chicago of the Japanese Empire.

bers, had a water-polo game which achieving the century.

Brooklyni The Chinese delegation will be led resulted in Colours and Walter Siu Chung-hin (38) ank 10

(Ten Innings were played. Lelber w. O. F. Tolllon by Mr. Chu Min-, Wang Ching sharing four goals.

baskets in all, ranging from three-and Russell homered for the Cubs).

East Asia Meet

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Boston

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Stroke: 300 Yardı Free-Style Relay Kwok-tok (8) and Lee Piu-chick (8) New York **** 5 Shimonoseki, May 18. teams of six (15, 09. 15. 75, 60 and 251 did excellent service al guard to (Mize, Padgett and A Mongolian wrestling party of ten Yards Medley Relay teams of three snenic in occasionally to drop a homered for the Cardinals. members arrived here this morning, style). Diving Exhibition and Water-pele the first half of the game, Sing Tas

(back-stroke, breast-stroke- and

basket. Playing five men defence in homered for the Glants). subsequently leaving for Tokyo by train in order to attend the East Asia East Asia Grand Athletic Meet gradually reduced their game to Pittsburgh Military

practice match, and even then found Philadelphia their well-oiled combination and

(Young homered for the Pirates, teamwork were no match for Postal and Klein for the Phillies). Bank.

AMERICAN LEAGUE CHEUNG WING-CHOI of soccer Washington ... fame should carve his nicho in Chicago basketball. He bolstered up the (Welaj, Blodworth and Coso attack with his fine dashing play and homered for the Senators, and Tresh, helped Yam Kit-sing somewhat to McNair and Kuhel for the White earn his 12, finding play and helped Sox). Yam Kil-sing somewhat to earn his

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was going to be a close game, but the

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SPORTS ADVTS.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

Western. Chester 4, Liverpool 0; Manchester City 7, Port Vale 0: New Brighton 6, Manchester United 0.

North-western.-Bolton 4,Acering- ton 1; Preston 5, Southport ; Roch- dale 2, Bury 3; Barrow B, Oldham 1. Wolves 1. Walsall .

Midland Luton 5, Leicester 1;

East-midland -D oncaster 2, Rotherham 1; Notts County 1, Shef field Wednesday 4: Sheffeld United

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other run in the second inning put North-eastern.-Bradford City 1, the Brewers up to three, but the Middesbrough 4; Darlington 3, Brad- sailors rallied and tied the scores in ford 2: Halifax 0, Hull ; York 2, the same inning. The Mindanao were Hartlepools 1. then blanked for the next four" Friendly Millwall 2, Chelsea 3. frames, while the Brewers added an- other run in the third and two in the fourth.

But in the thrilling last, inning, the sallors commenced waving bats with great results, and amid enthusiastic cheers nosed home by one run.

SCOTTISH REGIONALS

Motherwell 2, Albion 1: Parilck 3, St. Western Airdrie 3, Morton 2; Mirren 1; Queen O'South 2, Clyde 2; Queen's Park O, Kilmarnock 1: Rangers 2, Hamilton 2.

Eastern-Hibernian 2. Aberdeen beat the Royale; Dundee 4, Falkirk 2; Dunfermline

2, Dundee United 0.

In the only other game of the day, the Chung Hwa Engineers 12-5,

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THE SIXTH EXTRA MEETING will be held (weather permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY ON SATURDAY, 25th May, 1949, com- mencing at 2.00 p.m.

The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m.

MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE

No One without a badge will bo admitted to the Members' Enclosure. Such raust be worn throughout the duration of each Meeting in such manner as to be readily identifed.

Badges admitting Non-Members to National Leaguered Walker (Dod- the Members Enclosure and Club Hing Yiu-man (18)", was the main-gers) 413; Frank Gustine (Pirates) 300; Rooms at 35.00 for Gentlemen and stay of the team keeping them toge Ernest Lombardi (Reds). T Harry Dan- ther, and was ably supported by ning (Glants) A3; Joe Medwick (Cat $3.00 for Ladies (both including tax)

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

are obtainable through the SECRET American League-Howard Averill ARY upon the personal or written ngal profitted by his long stay in to Ray Radell (Brown) and Front Heyber to be responsible for all visitors And his eye and dropped in baskets 351; Tart Wright (White Box) 3797 for 12 points and was assisted by Lau Man-san (4).

tcán (14). For Cheng Pak, Ng Chiens) 408: Loule Finney (Red Sox), 2002 application of a Member, such Mem-

Cricket

Beat Northants

Home _Runs-Joe_Liize (Cardinali); Jimmy Foxx (Red Sox) : Kiarold Trosky

(Indiana) 8: Joe Kuhni White Box) 0; Dob Johnson Athletics), Jimmy Tuber (Red Bot),and Joe Heath (Indians)

Runk-Gearge Cae (Renators) 24; Jimmy (Red Sox) 4: Joe Milze (Cardinals) Wallace Moses (Albielles) 20; Ted Wi- liams (fted Box) and Lou Boudreau in dians) 10,

Hits. Roger Cramer (Red Box) 3: Louis Finney (Red Box) 28; Tad Radclif (Browns) and Falt Wright (Wilte Bon) 30: Lou Boudreau indiring) and Gerald Walker (Senatoru) S4-United Proti,

LONDON, May 19 (Router)—Jon class-Cotation-boat-Northamptonshire (7. 8. Léo 90) and 181: for 1 dec. London Countien 305 for a doc. by 128 runs Inmiwo-day crinket:}({(F100 hot out), match at Northampton Walchso13- Northants280 for 4 dee; (Snow- Teluded yesterday. The scores were: den 100) and 188 (Wellard

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introduced by him, and for Payment of all Chits, etc.

Exchange Building, (Tel. 27704) will The Secretary's Office, 1st Floor, close at 11:45 am

Timns are obtainable at the Club House provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel 21020).

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE ***

The price of Admission to the Public Enclosure is $1.00 including Tax, for all Persons, including Ladies, and is payable at the Gate. Soldiers and Sailors in Uniform are admitted Kail Prios..

By Order,

C. D. BROWN,

Secretary Hongkong, 20th May,' 1940,

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