1940-05-27 — Page 28

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

May 27, 1940.

CIVIL

SERVICE

SURPRISE LEAGUE BASKETBALL

KOWLOON B.G.C.

"Possible" Recorded By L. Jordan's Rink In Third Division

Home Football

Fourth Round

Matches For

League Cup

Several big scores were registered

THE ONLY SURPRISE rosult in the First Divi- sion of the Lawn Bowls League on Saturday was the defeat of the Kowloon Bowling Green Club by LONDON. May 25 (Reuter), the Civil Service C.C. by 66 shots to 60. dicted, the Indian R.C. were no match champions, Club de Recreio “A," and beaten by 77 shots to 51.

As pre-in the England and Scottish Regional for the Football Leagues to-day, Huddersfeld beating Darling 8-2 at home in tha North Eastern Section, while Millwall

were

Though it was expected that the Kowloon Cricket Club-Craigengower match would be close, it was also expected that the home team would have had the slight advantage, and the result, therefore, in the Valley team's favour was something of another surprise.

Winning the traditional bot-

tles of whiskey, presented' by Messrs. Gando Price and Co., for

beat Crystal Palace 7-2 and Watford beat Bournemouth 7-1..

Clyde ent

Clyde entered the final of the Glas- gow Charity Cup Competition when by threo Queen's Park they beat corneral Both sides had scored two goals, but the winners "eight:

in

forced 11

corners to their opponents" The Boat.

will now meet Glasgow Rangers Blackburn Rovers beat West Brom- wich by the odd goal in three in their Football League Cup competition," Fulham and West Ham being olher

"possibles" and sevens, L. Jor- Table Tennis Exhibition successful team.

dan's rink (H. Spong, C. E. Langley and P. A. Peckham) laid claim to four bottles with their Evans' "possible" against B.

rink in the Kowloon, B. G. C.- Kowloon F.C. Third Division match Jordan scored this on the eighth end to lead by 13-6.

Two further bottles went to C, G. Silva's rink (Recreio v. 1.RC.) and to M. R. Abbas's rink in the same Silva Anished with a seven match. on the 20th head to beat. A. K. Minu 20-14, while Abbas recorded his aeven at the 14th head when being led 8-18 by F. X. Silva. The latter won by 23-24.

CLOSE FINISH

1

The Kowloon-Craigengower match Vas the closest, E. Kornbeat C. S. Rosscle! 10-18, while F. Good- win led 22-all with R. Basa. Kow- loon had thus a one shot lead on the Arst two

wo rinks. but U. M. Omar, the C.C.C. and Interport skip. proved equal to the occasion and finished his match with a lead of three shots, the teore being 25-23. At une period E. C. Fincher, the Kowloon skip, was led 24-8, but with 3,4,3,2,3,1 crept up to 22-24, at which stage U. M. Omar Inid one.

SURPRISE

Chinese Y.M.C.A. will be the venue of some delightful table tennis this evening at 7.30 p.m. when the Chieng brothers, Cheng PH-fat and Cheng Pit-lin, doublen champion of Saigon, will meet local exponents of the game in a series of matches arranged in ald of the Friends of Chinese Wounded Soldiers Movement.

The evening will commence with .singles matches between Chitu Chit-fat and Fit-fat, Leung Chick- fal and Fit-hin, to be followed by a doubles exhibition between Liu Bil-cheong and Lee Wing-stol, last Year's Colony doubles champions, and the thers.

Cheng bro-

Oller singles matches will be against Lan Kwok-chul, Leo Chun- hing (Confucious), La! Shul-bon, Lee Chu-shin (Y.MC.A.) and Leung Chilok-fal. Wong Shul-tang (Mel Shing).

Bradford Win Rugby League Championships

LEAGUE CUP

Fourth Round Fulbar

6 Everlon Blackburn Rovers 2 West Bromwich

4 Birmingham West Ham

One result not cabled.

ENGLISH REGIONALS

Rochdale Harrow Southport

Newport Swindon

Bradford Halifax Hull Hartlepoola Huddersfield

Millwall

Portmouth Tottenham

Norwich Southend Walford

Leicester Walsall

Maniield

NORTH-WESTERN

*a Oldhara

6 Carlisle

1 Bumley

SOUTH-WESTERN

I

4 Cardi

4 Bwansea

NORTH-EASTERN

2 York

Leeda

་

3 Bradford City

1 Middlesbrough

6 Darlington

BOUTH A.

7 Crystal Palace

BOUTA C.

Arsenal Chelsea

SOUTH D.

3 Queen's Park R. 3 Clapton Orient Bournemouth

MIDLAND

3 Wolverhampton 2 Caventry

EAST-MIDLAND

WESTERN

* Manchester City

1 Chester

Eve of Reason (D. Black up) being led in after winning the Lantao Handicap, the last ract on Saturday. Eve of Reason won $144,278 for nir: Ko Fook-thing, son of the proprietor of the Oriental Yuen,

Theatre-Ming

South China A.A.

Open Relay Wah Yan

Race At

Sports

Meet

A SLIGHT, persistent drizzle and fresh cross winds failed to deter the Wah Yan Past Students' Association from holding their third annual sports meet at Caroline Hill yesterday, and a fairish crowd lent their support to

make it a success.

·

Events were ticked off, and highlights of Wie meet were the throwing of the cricket ball, in which several matters of the the school participated, and Open 400 metres relay race,{ which South China A.A. won in the good time of 46 4/5 seconds.

In the former event the Very Rev. Fr. R. W. Gallagher vied with Mr. Joseph Ng for the shortest distance, while Mr. Arasarainam stole a march on them, tossing the ball 215 ft. 0 in.

Lucky Sweep Numbers On Saturday

RACE 1

No. 1427 4018 3010-

$2,620.00,

Chinese "Y" Defeat Pui Ying In Last Half-Minute Of Game

(By "Guard")

A further six games were decided at the Chinese Y.M.C.A. during last week, the most ex-~ citing match was the tusslo on Wednesday be- twoon the “Y” and Pui Ying, the former nosed out the P.Y,s in the premier cage league in the last half minute left for play, clinching matters with a field goal to make 33-32.

Employing the five men defence play Guard Luk Tat- cheong sneaked in five times to score from underbasket: Centres Wong Wai-ming and Mak Tai-kwong contributed : their quota with some excellent field · goals. Pui Ying fought a losing battle from the jump, and started the second half with a big handicap. This they quickly re- duced and the closing minutes was a keen tussle, with them leading a point, when the final points crushed their hopes.

Big Sweep Winner

The curtain raiser of Cheong | Hung Hung and Yau Yau was a mad scramble from the jump to the final whistle with little of science but plenty of wasted brawn. Lam Yun-chung, Chan| Ho and Chiu Fai-tat did a gal- lant bit to help their team gain! the 53-40 decision, while Yuishing with Through Ticket Chun-yim and Poon Hin-ming laboured valiantly for Yau You.

Pul Ying had their cup of bitter- ness Alled when the juniors suc-

First prize in the Lantao Handicap $144,278.40 -- was won by Mr. Ko Fook-

number 1205.

Mr. Ko is the son of Mr. Ko Ho-ning, pro- prietor of the Oriental Theatre. and celebrated his good fortune with a dinner on Saturday night.

cumbed to Lal Hong 50-33, in kecaly fought encounter, Bad luck featured Pul Ying's play as many would-be goals hit the rim of the hoop and bounced off. Lai Hang's was set worked well together, but left to Lo Hok-shui (12) and Yul Kum-sang (12) to pile up steadily played a hard earned 6 goals gama for them.

for Hung Ying. Wah Kiu Beaten

In the last junior flare the. "Y" burned

46-10. Polica up Police ON SATURDAY the opening gained most of their points from Iminutes of the top, liner, Wah Klu} long shots which had more than an versus Chung Sing, appeared as if element of chance in them. Their complacent Chung Sing were in for team work was deplorable and left another set-back. However, Wah everything to be wanted. Wong

Kiu

was not strong enough, having Chow-ting for the "Y" was top scorer lost some good cagers the past week challding 14 goals for his sido. and proved easy victims going down 72-57.

So Pak-fal played an excellent

garrie

at defence for Chung Sing,

posses and firing them

tl fashion to Sum Stu-Ingl

(20), mostly from

underbasket,

Chan-Ylu-cheong-wormed his way

THE SCORES

Saturday

FIRST DIVISION

120.00. 360.DO... Unpinced vonios (350 each): Nos: 4994, in and found the basket eight times., Chung Sing

In the invitation foursomes, five teams participated South China 'A.A., International A.C., Wah Yan, Middle-339, 233, 3304,

Royal Scots. South.

the

tx and China and the International have.

BACE 2

Top scorer of the evening, however,

|

followed by Foo Hoy-cheong (16).

Junior Games

2- Wala Kiu

SECOND DIVISION

Chinese a

was Cheong Yin-lum for Wah Kiu No. 1981

$2,713.80.

who_notched 22 points, and was Ching Mỹ, $700.00. 4084

300.40. previous meetings, and this was to Unplaced ponies ($50 each); Nos. 3047, settle the feuch. Sprinkle got off to 4086, 110, 6759,

3 Menchester United 2 cach chalked a win over the other in

LONDON, May 25 (Reuter) | Shemeld United---3-Doncaster

4 Notts County H. Strange, winning 19-18, and J.

3 Barnsley F. McGowan, winning 24-20, gave the Bradford won the Yorkshire Rugby Notts Forest

League championship to-day when Civil Servats a 7-shot lead as they beat Swinton by 10 points to 9 -suit-of-the-first two games against the Kowloon Bowling Green Club, and to the fiunt match. though A. M. Holland (K.B.G.C.) led F. Jones by 20-13 at one period, Jones scored 3,2,1,3 to take a 22-20 lead on the 10th. Holland proceeded to re- cord a four, and on the last hend, Jones scored one and was benten 24-23.-

The scores in brief were: FIRST DIVISION

Liverpool Stockport In the first round of the Yorkshire Stoke Rugby League Cup, Dewsbury beat York by 23 points to 14.

In the East Lancashire Cup com- petition, Salford trounced Leigh by 60 points to 8, while in the only friendly encounter Oldham boat Halifax by 15 points to 0.

Recreio "A"

77 Indian R.C. 51

Tong

Kowloon C.C.

03 Cralgengo-

Civil Service

wer

65 Kowloon C.C.

..58 Reercio

78 Hongkong

C.C.

07 70

40

00 KB.G.C.

70 Police

60 50

THIRD DIVISION

GC Kowloon

Electric

00 Prison

Docks

72

Craigengower Hongkong C.C. 40

60 | K.B.G.C.

73

Officers GO Indian R.C. 42

87

Hongkong F.C. Kowloon F.C.

84

58

Elvil Service

C.C. Recreio "" Hongkong F.C.

SECOND DIVISION

Craigengower

K.B.G.C. Police

71 Kowloon F.C. 40

04 Talkoo

03 Kowloon

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into a four yards' lead, which their second man Increased

to

suven yards, Gascon doing his utmost to overtake-him.

A Leonard proved a little more successful with S.C.'s third man and gave the baton to anchor Castro. Castro looked as if he could manage Vit, but slipped on the home bend, lost his stride and the race by about three yards.

The prizes wore distributed by Mrs. Ko Fook-sin, wife of the Presi- ident the Wah Yen Old Boys*

Association.

Results were as follow:

400 Matres Open Relay. South China Athletic Association; 2. International Club; 3. Wah Yan College (1K). Time 164/6

Jee.

400 Motres Open Relay, "Wah" School/-

1. Wali Yan Collegs "A" (HK); 2 Wah Yan College "B" (HK); 2. Wah Yan College Kowloon), Tima $8.3/5.co.

Long Jump Cheng Kwan-ming 2

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4315

$1,770.00.

701.00 995.00

Unplaced ponies (350 each); Nos. 1000, 2200, 8209, 158, 1120, 4100, 1303, 2156, 2217,veloped into a freezing out of Hung

RACE 4

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13,023.40

#

3000 2301

064.40 432-20

Unplaced ponies ($50 each): Nos. 2752, 2541, 6050, B02.

RACE 5

Mío: 5020 вета

$3.053.40 272,40 $30.20 Unplaced ponies (850 each): Nos., 2010,

170, 2219, 3841, 2032, 2003, 1804.

$3,024.80

IN THE FIRST juniors' mix-up, Ching Mo disposed of Hung Ying in a tight game, which later de-

Ying, 16-33:~~~Chan Kul-kel · (22)~~and Leung Kwok Ying (8) were the best

while Leo Ching Mos

Wah-hon

Hung Ying

Wednesday

Chinese "y"

FIRST DIVISION

33 Pul Ving

SECOND DIVISION. Cheong Hung Hung 13 Yau You Lai Hang

50 Pul Ying "g"

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B 8978 Parted ***.4758 Unplaced ponies ($50 each); No: 543, B 8771 Waltzing Matilda 4313, 2337, 46801, 146,

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St. Time 114/5 see. overwhelming defeat of

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Telght of Din Athletics by 4-3 in a ten innings' *Throwing Cricket Bail-1, 8. Arna; 2. Cheung Wan-chow; 3, Lawler. Distanco 21514. dins. The scores were:

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The Dairoll-Chicago game was postponed on account of rain.

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MARINA HOUSE:

Chung Hwa Subdue H.K. Baseballers

THE WEEK-END BASEBALL schedule featured

two league games and a friendly. On Saturday, Chung Hwa beat the Hongkong Baseballers. On Sunday the Mindanao trounced the R. Engineers, and the Asheville humbled the HK. Brewery.

The scores weret Chang Iwa Mindanao Asheville

7. I.K. Duaballern 15 N. Engineers-

Chung Hwa scored one in the first frame, but were held tovel by the Baseballers.

in the some inning. In [Tho' | third Inning the Baseballer

forged ahend with two runs, but in "COMFORTABLE - FIREPROOFourth the Chung Hwa put the

on lems with tour runs. The Mindanao-R. Engineers' games

CENTRAL -- CLEAN

3 ILK. Brewery

was a run-around for the Sailors, The Sappers fried hard but could not hold the hard-hitting blue jackets.

Yesterday, the Asheville men took. a thrilling victory over the Brewery boys. It was only a friendly game. Asheville took the narrow lend and Imanaged to hold it to the end.

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