1940-09-07 — Page 4

ROSSELET V. SHERRIFF SEMI-FINAL

R. Baan, No. 1 for C. S. Rosselet, bowling in the rinks semi-final match against G. H. Sherriff's rink at the Club de Recreio last Sunday. Standing behind are J. S. Landolt and A. E. Coates (No. 3 and No. 2), while to the right are E. F. Pope, A. Bower and J. E. Henson (Sherriff's men).—-- Ming Yuen,

Local Baseball

and U.S.A.

Portugal To Settle Controversy

SINCE PORTUGAL beat the United States in the final of the International baseball championship 7-6 last Saturday, conjecture whether the Portuguese lads would have done the same had the Mindanao players been in the team instead of those from the Asheville has loosened a good many tongues, and to settle the argument in the best way possible the Portuguese meet the Americans again to-day in a friendly tussle at Caroline Hill.

New Shanghai Back-stroke Records

C. Huang Wins 440-yds. Championship

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Portugal copped the pennant in create what was considered ¡the greatest surprise result of the season-but they got it de servedly on form. No une in whining. The thing is that think that the U.S.A. could have turned out a stronger aquad (with the inclusion of the Mindanao boys) and that the result would have been reversed. Who knows" We must wait until this afternoon,

Home

Proves from this game and that to-Tow will 20 towards the "SCM Post" and "H.K. Telegraph Fund Entrance fee la 30 centa. To-morrow's Clash

TWO SHANGHAI swimming re cards were broken in the champion-Way ship events held at the Rowing Club Λακακι 31. Then were both back-stroke Umes, L, 8. Lamedaine ompleted the 100 yards to 65 4/5 woos, while Miss J. Peuch set a new time for the 50 yards when she was Llmed in 30 4.15 men, bettering the 1938 record of 38 arcs, established by Mb V. E. Schmid,

Charles Huatuk, recently of Hong- kong, proved himself the best of the riddle distance swimmers when he came in first in the 440 yards tree- #yle, being Umed at 5 mins 57 1/5

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RESULTS

These were the only Shanghai championship races of the evening, and the complete results were:

The great game to-morrow will be the fourth gume of the five-game series between the US, Navy and All-Hongkong for the Leaguo Charity

Cup.

Present standing is 2-1 in favour of the Navymen, and a win to-morrow, therefore, will give them the trophy

vithout any more odo.

Results to date have been:

U.S.Navy All-Hongkong

First Gome Second Game Third Game

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Men's 100 yards back-strokę -L. S. | Mine Reige Lamsdaine, E. G. Smith, C. C. Wang,cord), Time: 00 4/5 secs (record).

Time: 36 4/5 secs. (re-

Men's 440 yards free-style.-C. Women's 50 yards tack-stroke. Ruung. L. 5. Lumsdaine, A. Logan. Miao J. Pench, Miss Ling Mel-ling. Time 5 mins. 57 1/8 secs.

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WICK'S" BOWLS

September 7, 1940.

NOTES

C. S. Rosselet Favoured To Beat

R.

Duncan in Rinks

in Rinks Final

How R. Duncan's Rink

Reached The Final

1.t Round Beat Howard, A. Ê. H. Castro, J. L. Stephens and A. J. Kew 25-16.

2nd Round.-Beat W. Hong Sling, G. S. Ladd, T. L. Lock and A. A. Lewis 30-14.

3rd Round.—Beat A. Soutar,

D. H. Taylor, W. Harris and

J. C. Aitken 23-13.

To-Morrow

At - Kowloon F.C.

How C. S. Rosselet's Rink

Reached The Final

E.

Ist Round...———Beat' C. Shipp, A. Bakar, A. R. Minu jand A. K. Minu 15-12. ANOTHER YEAR has 2nd Round.-Beat J. W. rolled by, and once more the Leonard, Y. A. Razack, L., C. R, final of the Colony Rinks Souza and W. K. Way 30-11.

3rd Round-Beat L. Sykes, lawn bowls championship is H. J. Bicknell, G. W. Deacon upon us. It is difficult to say and J. G. Meyer 31-18. Quarter-final-Beat W. Mc- which of the three champion- Quarter-final-Beat G. Dun- Leod, W. S. Doll, J. Orem and ships-the Singles, the Pairs can, C. F. Needham, N. J. |J. C. S. Fender 22-19,

Bebbington and A. Brooksbank Semi-final-Beat J. Hoosen, or the Rinks-attracts the

31-18. A. A. Razach, K. M. Omar and greater interest among Semi-final-Beat E. F. Pope, U. M. Omar 18-16.

Colony bowlers; it varies, 1|A. Bower, J. E, Henson and G. should say, with individual H. Sherrif 20-18. temperament, but generally speaking, from a spectator's point of view, the Rinks' matches are usually the more attractive.

KEEN LEAGUE GAME TO-DAY AT K.B.G.C.

(By "WICK"}

It is because of this that a truly bumper crowd is expected at Kowloon Football Club to- TWO MATCHES in the Sentor morrow, when, at 3.30 p.m., this Division of the Lawn Bowls League year's final between C. S. Rosse- to-day will be followed with quite let's four and R. Duncan's is Home Interest, The Art of these is between the Folies and the Recreto scheduled to commence. "A" on the former's green, and the

The two rinks will be: secund in heiseen the Kowloon R. Basa, A. E. Costes, J. 8. Lan- Bowling Green Club and Craigen delt and 0. Romelet (skip), and A. Calman, W. Houston, E. Levert Kower on the Kowloon ground,

The reason for the first in because and R, Duncan (sk!p). The Police have been the only Club Reviewing the composition of the this seonor who have benten the two rinka A teams, it would L Recreio "A" That was on Thursday | dificult to make a forecast, but out August 15, when in continuation of the individual merits of the players an unfulshed match from the pre-concerned odds would seem in favour vinas Saturday the Police not only of the Craigengower men minde tip their deftelt of 9 shots but eventually won by three

DUNCAN'S RECORD

But a study of their Chumporish.j LEAGUE POSITIONS

records (shown above) reveals that The second game is of great in-if only for their victories in the terest CraigengowET 44 t Recreio quarter-finals and semi-finals. R. "A" are now, more or less, un level; Duncan's rhik is composed of .net term as regards the league table capable of beating the best in the Their positions are:

Recrets

P W D "A" 14 13 Craigengower 13 13 .. Kowloon B.G.C. 14 10

Sirota

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Colony.

PROGRESS IN OPEN SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP

By "WICK"

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R. DUNCAN V. U. M. OMAR SEMI-FINAL

R.

The other semi-final rinks match in progress. Duncan's rink against U. M. Omar's. Standing around watching their skips sand down woods are (left to right) E. Levett, W. Houston, K. M. Omar, A. A. Razack, J. Hooren and. A. Calman.—Ming Yuen.

Golf

HAPPY VALLEY RESULTS

Results of the Happy Valley Golf Club Summer Meeting were lows:

CHAMPIONSHIP

ag fol-

L. R. Andrewes 70 76-162 R. K. Collings 80 70=100 A. J. Dennis 81 70157; D. S. Ed wards 82 76-108; W.

Ahern

79

SPORTS ADVT.

THE MACAO JOCKEY CLUB

NOTICE

The SEPTEMBER RACE MEET- ING

originally scheduled for Sunday, the Eighth of September has been postponed to SUNDAY, the FIFTEENTH of SEPTEMBER,

By Order of the Stewards,

THOUGH through various reasons

several matches in the Openi Singles bowls championship could not be played this week, those that were completed in many cases pro-80 159.

Eighteen, in all.

CAPTAIN'S CUP vided close scores, wern played, and in four of them W. S Hiller with a score of 78-- there were only one-shot differences. 870 qualified.

MEDAL ROUND The easiest win of all was that ofj T. B. Low won with a scure of 78---

place, but Ahern, with the better CE Marques over A. Jillot, the 167.

W. Ahern 70-0-70) and R. Kncore over the occond nine holes took Stott (77-770) tied for second second prize,

score being 21-4 on Tuesday at the Kowloon 8.G.C. A. M. Holland bent| J. E. Noronha at the Kowloon Cricket Club the sume day by an almost equal score-21-3-while A. R. Minu beat E. F. Pope and M. N. Rakusen beat A. Bower 21-7 and 21-8 respec- Uively.

The

OUTSTANDING FEAT

A. Pu The victories over Fender's and

Omar's rinks In 702 20. M.

successive The outstanding feat of the week 847 603 24 rounds--though they were by three

was undoubtedly that of J. N. 4917 737 20 shots and two shots respectively-Wong (Kowloon Tong) against B. A. Should Craigengower falter against the Kowloon B.G.C. It might make e meritorious onts, for both of Mancellat

those two teams were worthy of being Thursday. a present of the League to Recreio finalists or even champtons "A" I say "might" because the two top feems have to play each other next week.

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Should the Puilce again edge out Recreto (which I very touch doubt) to-day, it will, if Craigenkuwer en opportunity of winning the Shield. win, give the Valley Club their finest

LOT OF

"OF "IF'S"

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the Kowloon F.C. งวด Three "possibles", ля

The morn! confidence that Duncan's were scored by Wong. In one match four must have gained through their unique. The green was fast, sur- last two matches should stand them prisingly so in comparison with that

to.morrow good stend

But in of the Kowloon Bowling Green Club good speaking of moral values. Rosselet that same day, and Wong quickly and his men are from the samne Club found the weight-much faster than Cratgengower-and in playing told Mancell, for two of the 4's were! gether for the senior team, and recorded on the 2nd and 3rd heads There are, I know, a lot of through continual practice with each when Muncell was still trying to get. about all this, but there is no denying other, they are thoroughly familiar the measure of the green, that the position is most interesting. With each other's play, and the con- At the other end of the table, the fidence in that should off-set that of candidates for relegation-lhe Kow- Duncan's men. Toon Cricket Club and the Hongkong Football Club are in opposition dation at the Kowloon F.C. should suficient to put off all the matclics

be a "death" struggle. This should be

be taxed to the limit, His Honour.at Civil Service Cricket Club, but it the acting was surprising, especially as on the There is nothing in the Second Sir Atholl MacGregor, Division to conjecture about, but in President of the Hongkong Lawn Craigengower ground, just across the the Third, Craigengower are at home Bowls Association, will be present. to the Hongkong Electric. The lat-

Certainty, the spectator accommo

ter Club, at the moment, is tied with Kowloon Docka v. CS.C.C. the Prison Officers Club at the top, Hongkong FC. v. Kowloon C.C. with 18 points cuch. With their Recrelo "B"

v, Indian R.C. ancipated win this aftertioon, the!

SECOND DIVISION Electric should go back Orst pluce Recreio

alone.

To-day's Shedule

Matches to-day are:

FIRST DIVISION Police Kowloon B.G.C. v. Craigengʊwer

v. Recreio "A"

K. Tong

v. C.C.C.

v. Takkoo

Police

v. Hongkong C.C. Kowloon C.C. v. K.B.G.C.

v. Kowloon F.C. C.S.C.C.

THIRD DIVISION Hongkong C.C. v. Kowloon F.C. | Craigengower v. Electric

MIKE JACOBS'

BOXING

LATEST

BRAINWAVE

NEW YORK, Aug. (U.P. Correspondent).Without bene. fit of hashish, mesmerism, or an uninterrupted fall from a high building, Mike Jacobs' brain cells have come up with an idea which hasn't been matched for practicability since the fellow who thought he was Napoleon suggested a trans-Atlantic bridge.

Right out the nowhere, late the somewhere, Jacobs has fetched a scheme whereby the next fight for the heavyweight championship of the world will be done in Hollywood and released through the channels which normally handle such things as Gone With The Wind, My Favourlie Wife. Our Town, and Andy Hardy Cares

fis Astigmatism.

Now there isn't a wet blanket waver anywhere in my familly line, | but I feel it my duly to point out to promoter Jacobs a few of the flows in he scheme. I might as well bent some unfriendly sanity commission to it, don't you think?

HALF-MINUTE MOVIE

LET us consider the filming of Boer

colossal, four-bell-and-a-lemon-pro-

tike is leaving by stratoline (sound Louis as a grade A super

As I

Mike as to get his head in the clouds duellon. The chances are that It literally as well as figuratively, 1 wouldn't last more than

with Hollywood as his last two, and Hollywood,

minute or suppose) wit stop. Once there, in the land of

recall. tinsel, Gaylord Hauser, Nutbergers hasn't taken up the production of and millionaires who retire at ten or short-short shorts quite yet. The eleven years of age, he is going to movie moguls go more for fifteen make one of

of the big movie compan- reelers, twelve reelers, eight reelers this proposition: SIMULTANEOUS RELEASE

ics this

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and the like. They might baulk at producing and releasing a 1-2 inch FILMI

scheduled 15-round reeler. bout beisteen Joe Louls and Max Why, the show wouldn't last long Baer for the heavyweight titin. No enough for the proper technicolour one to see the fight except a referee pluz. And i would be in icchal- and the necessary cameramen and colour, too, with the combination of assistants. Then, with the outcome Joe's fists and Maxie's nose providing

the colour, of the fight a deep, dark secret, release the film simultaneously la Now about that simultaneous re- plotures throughout the time in different parts of the coun the lease gag. Due to the variation in

York

would Dear try, customers. In New the

know the outcome four hours before, customers in Los Angeles did. What could prevent New York gamblers, from shipping a ton of lettuce to California during the four-hour gap. and cleaning up on a sure thing?

motion

Jacobs believes that future the real money in prixo-aght promotion will come from movie and television rights. He lut on his latest idea when the ban of the transporta tion of fight fims across state lines was lifted a few months ago,

It

GREEN DIFFERENCES

was unfortunate that the shower that fell on Wednesday was

way, the Kowloon Bowling Green Club and Craigengower completed: their unfinished lougue match from i August 10.

However, greens vary-as note the difference between the KF.C. and the K.B.G.C. on Thursday night, but players are reminded that all post- IT poned matches should be played as soon as possible, on a date suitable by mutual arrangement, but on the greens selected by the Bowls Com- mitice. In this latter respect per mission must first be obtained from the bawls conveners of the greens 5.5 concerned

T. A. MARTIN & CO., Secretaries. Hongkong, 4th Beptember, 1940.

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