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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH :

March 11, 1941.T

Macao Provides The Better Hockey XI

For

Superb Defence Carries Day

Protuguese Colony:

Colony: Hongkong Fail On Heavy

Heavy Ground

(By "Pilgrim")"

IT WAS a thousand pities that rain fell Former Kent steadily at Macao during the forenoon of last Sun- Captain Killed day to mar to some extent the standard of hockey

Lieut G. B. Legge usually soon at the annual interport matches.

In some parts of the field the turf churned up badly, and in others pools of water formed, but on the whole, the pitch did not play too badly. Most of us, however, were glad of the brilliant sunshine at 3 p.m. just prior to the commencement of the game.

U.S. LAWN TENNIS RANKINGS

McNeill Tops Men's Ladder

DONALD MCNEILL of Oklahoma City.climbed to the top and Miss Alice Marble of California remained there, albeit for the last time, in the national tennis singles rankings announced by the U.S.L.T.A.

- For Miss Marble, her accus- LONDON, Feb. 8 (Reuter) tomed place as No. 1 woman' The death while flying has been player comes as a farewell ges- aunounced of Lieut. Geoffrey Be-ture from amateur tennis, be- vington Legge, R.N.V.R., Fleet Air cause fair-haired Alice is now Arm, the former Kent County sharpening her weapons for the Cricket Club captain. He was 37.

after four wars One of the many splendid cricke-professional ters produced by Malvern, Legge re victories in the national tourna eclved his blue at Oxford in 1925

ment.. However, the home team gained a further ton! when live minutes from and in the following summer he cap- score from a rebound from Benwell. the end. Albert Alrosa ran in totained the University team. In both sensons he headed the batting aver- ages.

Grand Combination TRIGO SILVA and Basio were

Kent Captain

There were some changes in) the Macao team. R. Rosario was unable to turn out at right back owing to illness; Santos Ferreira look his place, and Trigo Silva was seen at left half. The Hongkong team appeared Trand, and all praise must be IN 1920 Legge took over the cup- taincy of Kent and, thanks large- awarded to the Macao defence. as published.

Almada in goal was cool; seldomly to his management of the side in made a mistake and sighted the the field. Kent finished second to shels with remarkable qulekness, Lancashire in the County Champlon

ship. He led the county for another Silva, left half, and Basto, left two years before business claims back, were seen to great advantage compelled him to resign the position. He took part in little more first-class in close and keen tackling.

cricket.

It was Macao who took the first goal after a few minutes. A. Airosa, who was playing well and tackling hard, despatched pass to F. Nolasco, and the right-winger sent in a shot which Benwell never saw.

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The Portuguese forwards set up many attacks and kept the Colony defence actively employed.

Macao's team-work, which spoke for self, was far superior to that of Hongkong.

lack of Then L Costa took possession

neat one-handed There seemed to be a and during a drilibling bout, he passed Bondsting among the Hongkong forwards, and drawing Benwell out of goal though they never gave up trying, scored with a clever shot to give W. A. Reed was not at his best at several and falled on an a 2-0 lead.

to follow up. R. Marques was the better of the wing halves, and showing defending strongly smart tackling powers.

Play

fost and throughout, and under the circum- stances the better team won.

Macau

Though the Hongkong keeper was. on the alert,, the defence of Bond and Gonsalves was at sixes and off sevens, and were almost run their feet.

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The defielt. however, spurred Hongkong to greater efforts and for time they maintained beavy pres- sure. And during a breakaway, Oxorio ran through to reduce the score which then stood at 2-1 in Murao's favour, and this remained until half-tirge,

A

H.K. Attach Improver

FTER the

interval,

work.

cenue-hati, pe

WAB

exciting

The match was controlled by E.

Hussain and A, E. P. Guest.

WORLD INDOOR AHTLETIC RECORDS

of

For

the 22-year-old men's champion the No. 1 spot is a pro- motion, for he had to hurdle Bobby Riggs of Chicago and Frank Parker of California to rise from third place.

There was considerable shuffling of positions from a year ago among the first ten in both the men's and Women's divisions, more so in the men's than in the women's,

A Big Fall

One of the biggest falls of all is Like most Malvern balamen, Leg-that of the young Los Angeles hope- ge showed speelal strength in off-ful, S. Welby Van Horn, whose men- driving and cutting and possessed ansational play in 1939 gave him No. 4 appointments last season that left excellent style. He was a sure fields-ranking, only to be followed by dis-

him no better than Afteenth, man, particularly in the slips.

University

.

There is no change at all as far as the first two places in women's singles are concerned, for Miss Helen Jacobs again is just a step behind

Athletic Heats Ms Marble. These two met in the

Held Yesterday

inter-

nal in the nationals and Miss Marble won easily, just as she bad in her earlier tests,

Beat Advance

One of the best advances among the men was made by 19-year-old Jack Kramer.

2. Donald MeNell and Frank A.

Parker,

3-Gardner Mulloy and Henry J.

Prusoff.

4.Hobert Harman and Charles

Mailmann.

Russell Robbitt and Frank D. Guernsey, Jr.

0.Robert L. Riggs and S. Welby

Van Horn.

7Wilmer Allison and John Van

Ryn.

B.Edward Amark and Franels L

Kovacs 2d..

0.Kenneth Bartelt and William

Ready.

10.Lawrence Dec and James Wade.

Not ranked because of in- sufficient data-Elwood T. Cooke and Robert L. Riggs, Robert Har- man and Robert C. Percock. Joseph R. Hunt and Charles E. Olewine,

Women's Singles

1-Miss Alice Marble. Beverly

Hills, Callr.

2-Miss Helen Hull Jacobs, Ber-

keley, Calif.

3.-Miss Dorothy May Bundy,

Santa Monica, Calif. 5.-Mrs Gracyn

Wheeler Keller, Monca, Calif. Mon

Sarah 6.-Mrs.

Brookline, Mass.

Palfrey Cooke,

7-Miss Virgina Wolfender, San

Francisco.

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8-Miss Helen I. Bernhard, New

York.

Miss Mary Arnold, Los Angeles: 10-Miss Hope Knowles, Philadel

phia.

"Y" Billiards

NEATS for the annual Hostel sports were held by the Uni- versity at Pokfulam yesterday. These

The following will represent European were in the 100 yards, the 220 yards |

Y.M.C.A. in a billards match against champions, at a and the long jump. Rlect Hall and

This East Los Angeles youth was R.AM.C.. Army team

p.m. to-night at the YM.C.A-Jones, Eliot Hall eliminated St John's Hall,

In the ranked seventeenth year are, some fackson, Champelovier, Eager, Sykes, Morrison Hall respectively

of what unjustly in the eyes some Curtis. Reserves. Whitmore, Moreland, tug-of-war.

critles, but he turned out to be one season, of the University the sensations of the port events to be held on Saturday fullling the promise he had shown

Results werc: Further heals

the select group of ten at No. 6.

Ilongkong

New York, Mar., D. gained a marked ascendancy

At the 22nd annual Kaights but not for long-and with their Columbus Championships meet the the inside forwards doing a tremendous Madison Square Garden to-day, Earle

were run off yesterday at Paifulum, as national boys champion, to enter SPORTS ADVT. amount of

And they been Meadows smashed the world's indoor

100 Yards Heat 1-1. V. Zaitzeff given better support the local side pole vault record with 14 feet. 7% The results were as follows; might have equalized.

Inches.

(Lugard), 2, 5. K. Leung (Ricci): Time. Two good scoring opportunities in Ai Bluzis heaved the 16 lb. shot 5110 4-6 Accs. leat 2-1, J. Fenton (Mor- the first ten minutes by Ozorio and rect 271⁄2 inches and John Borian Ashly risen), 2 Lum Pak-huen (Elliot): Time, Brown went begging.

Park won the Casey 200-yard Invitation 10 2-3 secs. Heat 3-1, T. T. Chin (Ellot), 2. Xavier (Rice): Time, 10 4-5 secя, test 4-1. W. S. Getz (Lugard). 2. E. Mazuza (Lugard): Time, 10 4-5 reca.

A. Alrosa was playing a great in minute 18.2 seconds. Both were distributive game at centre-half, world records.-Domel.

and ils passes set his forwards on

the move on several occasions. IIc

was the outstanding figure on the

feld.

L. Cost, left inner, was also an

artist with his stickwork, and wan always heading for the circle when

Ranji Trophy

MADRAS, Mar. 10 (euter).

he had the chance. It was only Maharashtra won Ute Ranji Trophy in succession, Band's timely tackling and clear-for the second year ances that kept him in check.

beatinį: Madras by six wickets.

220 Yards-feat 1-1, S. 1. Leung (Rice), 2. J. Fenton (Matricon): Time, 25 recs, Heat 2-1, W. 8. Gegg (Lugard),

Dropping out of the first ten and, indeed, out of the tennis pleturo, was Wayne Sabin, No. 5 in 1939. Sabin got into difficulties with the U.S.L.T.A over the eight-week rule last February.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

THE FIRST EXTRA RACE MEET- Among the women players, eight |ING will be held, weather permitting, 2. E Minzuza (Lugard): Time, 23 2-3 of those who were among the first on. SATURDAY, 15th March, 1941, sees. Heat 3-1, S. Minhmood Lugard), 2. len previously remained there, al-(postponed from Saturday, 8th March, V. Zaitzell (Lugard): Tune, 25 2-3 secs. Heat 41, K. M. An (Morrison). 3, Wong though not all in their former posi- 1041) commencing at 2.00 p.m.

The First Beli will be rung at 1.30 tions. Miss Betz and Miss Dorothy Time. 1-10 Lour Jump). Mariza (Lard May Bundy climbed to No. 3-atid-4. p.m.

Chin (Eilot) 10 feet of respectively, from eight and sixth, Inch: 3, 8 ft 3 ins; 2, t

S. Mahmood (Lugaru) 18 ft B Lus; 4. J. Fenton (Morrison) 15 ft 6 ine and Mrs Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher 5. K. M. Au (Morrison) 15 11 5 ins; 6. Y. rose to No. 5 after being unranked S. Lam Morrisan) 18 ft 4ins,

Tug-of-Wor-Bleel beat St John's, Elliot beat Morrison.

MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE No One without a badge will be admitted to the Members Enclosure.

In 1939 because of Insufflelent data. Such must be worn throughout the

In men's doubles the youthful pair of Kramer and Schroeder, national champions, replaced McNeill

the

C.S.C.C. Eleven and Parker in the No. 1 rating. The

The following will represent Civil Ber-1939 leaders were placed second. vice in a first division lengua cricket match against Indians on Saturday..

fichardson (ceptain). K.Awe The Rankings

F. Baker. W. H. Colledge, T. V. N. Fortescue. H. 1. Grimiths, 3. C. K. Hawkins, D. McLellan, A. E. Perry, N. Whitley, A. M. J. Wright

Hockey

Club XI To Meet- British Army

nt

The following will present Hongkong Hockey Club against the British Army in the Quadrangular Tournament King's Park at 4.45 p.m. to-day:

V. M. Benwell; V. Bond, A. E. R Guest: R. Marques, W. A. need. N. Whitley: D. T. Smith, T. 5, D. Whitiny, E. Folwer, H. L. Ozaria and J. M. Morgan.

Hongkong F. C. Dinner

The annual dinner of the Hongkong) Football Club will be held in the Roof Garden of the Hongkong Hotel st 7.30 p.m. on March 20.

Men's Singlea

1-Donald MoNelll, Oklahoma

2.Robert L. Riggs, Chicago, 3-Franels L, Kovacs 2d. Oakland,

Calif.

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