1941-03-19 — Page 16

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

March 19,91941

Around The

Courses

Australians Aid Red Cross Fund

Gutta Percha v. Modern

Ball

Match At New South Wales

(By "Birdie")

EMULATING the Ancient v. Modern match

Badminton

that was arranged by Henry Cotton at Home last Further Matches year, Australian golfers recently played one of their own in aid of the War Funds. This, actually, was for the Soldiers'. Comforts Fund, but many others have been played for the Rod Cross Fund.

In Colony Championship

TWO MATCHES in the Junior

In this match of gutta-percha ball v. the modern singles, one in the Junior Doubles rubber-cored ball, Sam Bolger (N. S. Wales professional and a Mixed Doubles match com

prised the Colony Badminton Cham- champion, and 1936 Open champion) partnered Samplonship programme at the Club de

JUNIOR SINGLES Richardson (1935 N. S. Wales professional champion) Recrolo last night. Results were:-

W. E. Gillespie brat A, L. Gordon against Fred Popplewell (1925 and 1928 Open cham- pion) and Victor James and lost 2 and 1, using the gutta-15-3, 15-7; T. S. Young beat J. Taung

JUNIOR DOUBLES percha ball.

18-13, 10-16.

MIXED DOUBLES

Softball At Night

LEAGUE VOLLEYBALL

J. L. Anderson and W. Gillies beat! Bolger, with hickory shufied remarkable in that they dawned with W. T. Ho and A, C. Cheung 15-3, clubs, went round in 79 (eight heavy rains, but the sun shone, bc-15-6.

fore the day was over. There was

H. C. and Miss D. Eardley beat Volleyball... South China "A" beat King's Collego 21-11 over par for the Bonnie Doon quite n

bit of ensial water by W. E. Gillesple and Miss F. Wong in this volleyball match at the Botanic Athletic Ground on course, N.S.W.) and Richardson, Brst, second and third fairways a

Sunday.-Sun Ying-ming Studio. the course Was with steel shafts, took 81. They Sheungshut, but slammed and slammed, but the playable.

The first at Kowloon retained and little solid ball would not go.

The veterans with the rubber-ill has much water. These, how cored balls out-drove their opponents ever, ace the months wherein it is permissible to pick up and drop by 50-50 yards will the wind, and muted balls at Kowloon without by 80-90 yards against the wind.. And after about a dozen holes, the penalty.

The second green at the latter Butta-percha balls began to swerve, wobble and dive like snipe, especial-course has been improved (though not, was able to return the shuttle,

|-15-7, 15-0.

The best match of the evening was that between Young and Tsang in the Singles. Players were evenly match- tested. Young. if anything, was ed, and every point was hotly con superior at the net, and this was the deciding factor of the guine. T smashed well, though Young, as often It In each of the remaining games, or two players do not think so)

W. E. (and greatly so) who wen. At one hole-510 yards against in that it has been enlarged and was the case of the better players slopes. Attempt has been made to Gillespie after winning his singles the wind-it took Ichardson three undulate the surface, and putts there was seen in action a second time for perfectly-hit woods to reach theon are now subject to trigonometri-the evening when he partnered Miss cal calculation, for, unless one is F. Wong against H. C. and Miss putting uphill. It is a very dificult Decima" Eardley, former Shanghai

champions. three,

Army Snooker

ly against the wind.

EICEN!

♫ORTY-TWO birdies in 120 holes were scored by Harry Hattersley; (1030 Open champion) and Sam Richardson in recent pro und amateur knock-out foursomes.com- petition for the War Funds. This was the first time that amateurs and prus have ever associated in the same tournament in Australia.

Duchessty and maids serve side by side at Home, and now here's an- other fetish broken. War breaks down many artificial barriers.

one

TIM Ferrier won the Mlaml Open which included professionals,

and which is an American Tourna~ | ment-yet when L. D. Carson went down to the Philippines last month and wanted to enter for the P. L Open, the Tennis officials told him he would be that if he did so barred from the tennis compet!- Bon because in the Gall Compell- flon there was a prize of $5,000, and in playing he would have been classed as a professional!

was

In challenge matches for the Red Cross, however, no combination

It seems a rather novel departure pros has been able to defeat Allan Waterson (who beat Jim Ferrier in from the usual rules of an "Open" the last N.S.W, amateur champion- tournament. As I understand it, in the first competitions, ship) and D. J. Davies, (who w:"Open"

amateur is awarded a trophy of some runner-up).

sort, and the first professional takes 1 match between the the money prize. How then THE ret

Carson affected? Country Club and Kowloon has been definitely fixed, for March 30 on the Sheungshui' course. The teams will be four- teen-a-side with singles in the morning and fourballs in the afternoon.

It was hoped to arrange the return match for the women on the same day, but Kowloon are already com mitted to a match that day, so the game with the Country Club will b. held on a later date at Sheungзhul.

THE courses have been very wet. THE

Two Sundays, though, have been

Programme For

April Meeting

Following is the programme for the meeting of the Macuo Jockey Club to

be held on April 0:

Chinshan Handivan-China ponics E Clasa. Six Furlongs. Entries will be divided into three sections of the discretion of the handicapper.

R.E. Sergeants Take Lead From Medicals

DEFEATING

Inauspicious Opening Of Tennis Championships

Results According To Book

OPENING MATCHES of the Colony Tennis Champion- ships at the Hongkong Cricket Club last night provided nothing The Tsui brothers were on by which to mark the occasions. view, as was H. D. Rumjahn but their opposition was nothing The Japanese entrants, O. Umetani and T. Imura, very great. showed promise, though they, too, had an easy passage into

the next round.

Results were:

OPEN SINGLES

1 D. Rujohn beat W. J. Howard garrison 0-1, 6-2.

OPEN DOUBLES

Signals Corporala 6-0, Engineer Sergeants have wrest- ed the leadership of the snooker league from Medical Corps for the first time since the start of the tournament,

Medicals were only a point ahead rior to the Sergeants' victory and could register only a 4-2 win over Engineers

point A. which placed them a

arrears,

in

O. Umetani and T. Imura beat T. C. Monaghan and T. J. Gould G-1, 6-3.

and D. M. Mac- G.. W. Sewell Dougall beat T. A. Martin and E. G: Mutthilas 6-2, 0-2.

The last match of the season will be Engineer played to-morrow when

Tsul Wal-pul and Tsul Yun-put Sergeants and Medical Corps meet at Whitfield Barracks. Medicals cannot beat C. H. R. Oxlade and A. H. Bar- afford to draw in this decisive game well 6-2, 7-5, for the Windsor Shield.

Results

Once more it seems that the same Four matches were played an Mon- players are to reach the final stages. -day-the-result being Artillery Ser-These, it la true, were but the first geants (Stanley) beat Fay Corps 5-1 Medicals bent Engineers A 4-2; En-matches of the Tournament, but if gineer Sergeants beat Bignals Corporals they are any criterion there has been 6-0; Signals A and Military Poilee drew tile or no improvement in the Colony

tennis. Following is the table in date: Engineer Sergeants... RA.M.C.

Lingnan Handleap.-Chila ponies D3-3, Class. Five Furlongs,

Ling Chen Handfenp: Forced entry for Y Cinas China ponies. One Mile.

Shekki Plate China Ponies, X Class. Six Furlongs,

Entries close on March 27, at Noon.

Monster Raffle

in aid of the

Bomber Fund

over

$46,000 value of prizes

SALE OF TICKETS CLOSES APRIL 9

DRAW

AT PENINSULA HOTEL 2-9 p.m. APRIL 10

A. Sgts (Stanley) Polica

Engineers A Pay Corps

Signals A

Signals Corporals

ley

P. W. L. D. Pu

· International Cup Final

The following soccer teams have been selected to represent England and Scolland in the Anal of the: Sunday Herald Cup at Boundary Street on April 8: England-Reynolds (RA.D.C.); Rough

(Navy) Freshwater

Typical Tsui's

THE TSUI brothers put up a show typical of their early matches. They took the first set easily, and though credit must be given to their opponents for Improvement in the second, the Tsuis had slackened off.

Suggestions For Local Enthusiasts To Consider

Flood-Light Advantages

(By "Ball Fan")

THE EXASPERATION of softball postponements due to various reasons with the acknowledged one week. wait before resuming schedule, has its discouraging re- percussions especially toward the end of each year's schedule when Hongkong's rainy season puts in its do pressing appearance, just about the time when the pen- nant chase is at its sizzling point.

With the growing popu. ∙larity of this game in the Colony, night" softball, or softball under the flood. lights should take a сом manding spot in the called "improvement of this game" in Hongkong.

10.

In Canada and the United States, hundreds of softball fields from coast to const have presented night games for years, and the number is grow ing annually. Successful play under floodlights demands a high level of illumination, so distributed that the

Home Soccer Fixtures For Saturday

LONDON, Mar. 18 (Reuter)~The following are the soccer fixtures for

Saturday:

field itself and the ball as it flies through the air, can be seen clearly Leicester: Tottenham v. Cardif from all positions by both players and spectatora.

With ollen

Advantages

COFTBALL'S years of experience with night games have definitely proved that teams play as well at night as in daylight; in fact the advantages are manifold. proper floodlighting, play is speeded up and made caster.

This may be proven by the fact

from that

the first pitch to the final out, the light never varles. Play- ers are never handicapped by the change from glaring sunlight to dark shadows, encountered daytime

or twilight game pro- стелуся

Under floodlighting every part of the playing field is lighted evenly and stays that way through- out the

game,

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And white ball is much easier and more quickly seen against a background of black sky than against

a light sky during the day,

After A Weary Day

WAR CUF Third Round, Bouth Chelsea . Queen's PR: Mansfield v.

Third Round, North Manchester C. v. Everton; Middiesbro' v. Newcastic; Shelfield U. v. Barnsley; Tranmere v. Preston N.E.

LONDON Cur Alderaltot Y. Arsenal; West Ham v. Reading.

LEAGUE, SOUTH Bournemouth v..Portsmouth: Brighton v. Luton; Watford v. Southampton.

SOUTH. REGIONAL Crystal Pal-v. Brentford: Notts C. v, Lincoln; Stoke v. West Brom,

Fulham: Millwall

NORTH REGIONAL Rollen v. Bury: Bradford C. v. Stock port Doncaster V. Chesterheid: Halifax

Burnley Bull v. Grimsby: Leeds V Shemeld Wednesday: Liverpool v. Black pout; Oldham v.Manchester United; Southport v. New Brighton; Wrexham v. Chester.

WEST REGIONAL Bail v. Lovells: Bristol City v. Abera. man; Card Corinthiane v. Swansea.

SCOTTISHI CUP

Celtle v. Airdrie: Partick v. Motherwell; Albion v St Mirren: Harallion v. Dum- harton; Third Lanark Y. Dumbarton; Faikick, Rangers; Illbernian v. Clyde, Queen's Park V. Hearts.

floodlights located in groups or banks at advantageous points. This way of grouping appears to produen better continuous row encircling the playing"

Cricket Teams FROM in active as well as a com- results than lights which are in a

The following will represent Craigen gower against Indians in a first division league cricket match on Saturday, at Suokunpoo.-E. Zimmern (Capil, A. B Ismall, S. Leonard, T. Locke, A. M. Omar, Hamson, A. J. Hulse, A, Hung. A. K. W. Hong Sing, G. Souza, J. L. Young.] Gaye.

INTER-UNIT LEAGUE

the wil represent The following Artillery against Engineers in the semi- Anal of the large units knockout corn- retition at 2 p.m. to-day at Sookup00, to decide who will play Combined Smail Units in the final-Brig T. Meleed. Major C. R. Templer, Capt P. J, T. Skipwith, Lieut L.. A. Feilden, Lleut

Pearce, Lieut J. L. C. Pearce, Lient

mercial point of view, more games could be played during the season, attracting greater crowds. Here in the Colony practically all athletic events are held during the tendance at the different sporting at- week-ends, resulting in a divided at- fractions.

aren.

A most Important facior lies t

be a the fact that there must minimum of glare or shadow, so that neither players nor spectators will be annoyed by, nor consclouts of, light from the lamps. Another essential point in the suc-

In the evenings during the week, ball fans after a hard day's work cessful operation of night games is the would find real relaxation and proper focusing of the floudlights enjoyment in a rip-roaring, lingo which has an important bearing in the maximum effort of bringing out Olled softball session as we have them here during our Sunday con- active player as well as giving fabs at the Kowloon ball park.

the gashouse faithful complete com- Greater crowds and new converts fort all round.

K. Allanson, Lleut J. Fox, Lleut Plummer, to this amazingly popular game would

eut D. Clague, Gar Barby. Reserve, be the result,

Dobbinson.

SPORTS ADVT.

THE HONG KONG

JOCKEY CLUB

THE FIRST EXTRA RACE MEET- ING has again been postponed. It will now be held, weather permitting, on SATURDAY, 22nd March, 1941, H. D. Rumjohn, at no period, was commencing at 2.00 p.m. extended by W.

The First Bell

rung at J. Howard. The Japanese players were now material, 1.30 p.m. and though guilty of several errors in the opening set, settled down to tennis that showed promise."

Results of the Club competitions

were:

will be

MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE No One without a badge will be admitted to the Members' Enclosure. Such must be worn throughout the duration of each Meeting in such a manner as to be readily identified.

Badges admitting Non-Members to

Club Handicap Singles II. Van (Middlesex); Leeuwem beat L. P. Ralph 6-3, 6-4; the Members' Enclosure and Club Pape (Police), Bright (Middlesex) Cap A, T. Dow beat M. A. Biereus de Hoon Rooms at $5.00 for Gentlemen and Lain. Thomas (tiddlesex): Fowler (Club) 0-0, 6-3.

the

lo Page (Navy), Hendy (Navy), Saw Middlesex). Afarrable (Middlesex). Re serves-Moxham (E). Parker

$3.00 for Ladies (both Including Club Handleap Doubles D. S. Robb tax) are obtainable through

Mid and C. W. E. Bishop beat N. Spence SECRETARY upon the personal or

lesex). Briit (Navy), Parker (Paltee), and E. Newton 0-8, 6-2, 6-4, Farrow (Club): Fox (N.). Darber (Navy), Coomer (Middiesexj.

Scotland-Banklos (Sco); Hayanit Scata). Fraser (Bcots) Captain; Munro (Scots), Birrell R.E.), Cintke (Scots); Garry (Scats), Ferrier (Police), Hossack ifcata). Howlelt (Police). Marshall (Scots).

Reservex-Blackburn (Police), Lamb

Match Cancelled

To-day's rugby game between Club

wioon). Gilroy (Scots), lutchison A and Navy A has been cancelled as

Club are unable to field a team. (Signals), Scott (Club).

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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

Second Extra Race Meeting Saturday, 29th March, 1941

The closing of the entries for the above has been postponed to 5,00 p.m. on MONDAY, 24th March:

By Order,

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American Methods

TN America, most softball parks which have night games have

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With softball really. coming into its own in the Colony and gradually wending its way up the ladder to the vinnacle of Hongkong's major sport- ing attractions, the floodlight-or night- game should be an accepted fact here, in the not too distant future.

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