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"Pilgrim's

1940-41 Season Six-a-side Tourney At King's Park On Sunday

Only 14 Entries To Date

THE 1940-41 SEASON comes to a close next Sunday when the second annual Six-a-side Tourna- ment will be played at King's Park, commencing at 2 p.m. sharp.

Only fourteen teams have submitted their entries so far, but more may be expected before Saturday. Should less than twenty teams participate, four grounds will be required these will be the Navy, the Y.M.C.A., the C.B.A. and Recreio grounds.

The final will be played on the

•••] "Y" pitch,

Tennis Postponed

The Hongkong Cricket Club ground is in a sodden state and unfit for use. The Singles tennis semi- final, therefore, between Tsui Wal-D and S. A. Rum- jahr

arranged for this after noon, has been postponed.

Major Baseball

Entries Lo date follows:

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Royal, Signals (two teams) CB.A. (three teams), Middlesex Regiment (two teams), Destroyers fone team), Khalsa ((wo teams), Nomads tone team); and 5th A.A. "A" (three teams).

Thursday

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

April 24, 1941.

Hockey Comes

Notes To Its

Close

Badminton Championship Ties To-night

•

P. H. Wong v. M. P. Yoong

The Pollee, runners-up to Recreio FURTHER SEMI-FINAL in the H.K.H.A. Tournament, are un

side as Hicy will be matches in the Open Badmin- able to field. visiting Macno, wille the champions ton Championship will be play- are unable to turn out owing to in-ed this evening at Kowloon Juries to several of their players. Cricket Club. The programme

will be as follows:

Some interesting gamer should be seen during the course of the after- noun.

Rules

N. Y. Giants FOR the benefit of Umpires and

Nose Out :

players, the rules of the com- petition are as appended below:

The game shall be played in ac cordance with the usual rules of Hockey, with the following excep- tions.-

8.30 p.m.-P. K. Hool and Miss

MI. 8lva (Mixed Doubles).

Macao Lyceum and the Hongkong University hockey teams that met in a friendly game at Pokfulam last week, when the visiting team won 1-0.

Requirements Of An Ideal Hockey Captain

THE IDEAL CAPTAIN is born, though one may attain a near equivalent through long experience with the management of a team, and the importance of selecting a leader who has the power to command and instruct cannot be over-estimated.

One often sees a captain go- ing through a game without any

U. Khoo v. M. A. Oliveira and Miss remark or suggestion to his side, though he has possibly seen several instances of faulty pass- ing, poor tactics and even cases of extreme selfishness.

9 p.m.-T. 8. Young and K. Fung v C. C. Pereira and A, E. Xavier (Junior Doubles),

9.30 p.m.-P. H. Wong and M. P. Yoong,

All three matches should be very close, though reain interest will no

Boston Braves (a) The teams shall consist of six doubt be centred on the last match of

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players each, the formation of the the evening. Odds will be in Wong's NEW YORK. Apr. 23 (UP)-team being entirely optional, eg. favour, though he has not been show- New York Giants to-day nosed out goalkeeper, two backs and three for-ng up very well this year. Yoong the Boston Braves 5-4 the words, or a kicking back, two halves is too inclined to the spectacular to

reliable. P. K. Hooi and Miss Khoo have a National League. Yankees beat the or three forwards, or any other ar- Boston Red Sox 4-2.

rangement desired.

stiff hurdle in the Recreio pair, but (b) The duration of the game should manage to win, while in the NATIONAL LEAGUE

Eshall be two periods of six minutes Junior Doubles odds will be in favour each with no interval, not more than of Young and Fung, for though Battery: Bowman, Lolinnan, Danning.

one minute being allowed for goal-Pereira has shown excellent form to Boston...

y: Frrickson, Garnell. Javery. Treeners to change ends. The Anal date, Xavier has hardly been up to Battery: Strineevich, Johnnors, Berren, Masl. 3 shall be two periods of ten minutes form. Philadelphia

Battery: Pearson, Podgajmy. Living-each with three minutes interval.

New York

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stone.

Brooklyn

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Battery: Wyatt and Owen.

Cincinnati

D

10

Battery: Walte

Lombardi.

Chicago

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1

3

Battery: Erickson, Obsen, McCullough.

Pittsburgh

Battery: Butcher, Dielz, I Lopez, Davis,"

St. Louis

Note: The imekeeper will blow

his whistle one minute before the atine of starting each game. Any

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team not on the plich ready for the game at the time indiented in the programme will be disqualified,

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H.K. Boy Does Well In Victoria

(c) Penalty bullies will not be Schools Aquatic Meet

awarded under any circumstances.

(d) The usual off-side rules shall

2 apply with the substitution of TWO

opponents for THREE.

(e) The winners shall be the team scoring the greater number of

Ballery: Chase. Zuber. Carrasquel, goals, or if these are equal,

Battery: Graham,

www. Cooper.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Baston ...

2

Battery: Wagner, Pylink.

New York

4

Battery: Gomez, Dickey,

Woshington

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Enally. -Padelphia

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Jinyes.

Chicago

5 в

Battery: Hallett, Grove,

Humptirles.

Detroit

Battery: Newhouser. Tebbetts.

St. Louis

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Battery: Niggeling, Bidil,

Caster,

Monteriér, Grube.

Cleveland

Battery: Polier, A. Johnson. Ferrick,

Trusls.

Battery: Feller. Hemaley.

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D. ANDREWS, young son of Inspector A. Andrews of the Peak Company and former Tramway C.B.S. boy, did well in the Victoria State Schools annua! swimming meet which was held on March 21.

Players who have not the inborn. Intuition to fend should not accept)

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

the position, and the policy of Macao Soccer Comment

making one's best player the cap- lain is a blunder ог the first magnitude.

of

Sir-In your sports section Saturday's issue, a sport commenta- tor writing under the veiled name of The good "skipper" should not be "Scrambler" on the annual Hongkong. the bullying autocrat, he should Macno Interport Football meet very instil into his side a spirit of esprit politely, but not justly, classed the de corps. Through strength of char- standard of football ns ployed in nete he can prevent incidents on the Macao to be below that of Hongkong. field by the exercise of firmness and and predicted a certain victory for tnet. In all this a pussive captain the home team. fails, for he must lead or fall.

The writer whose experience und

It is when things are going against knowledge of the strength of Macao'a his side that his initiative and know- Interport composition very naturally ledge should be shown, A hint here considered the statement to be too and there, - change of position or premature, but preferred to wait for plan, encouragement to this or that the eventual result before taking up player and an ability to appreciate his pen in defence of same. the respective temperaments of his fen men are big assets. On and of the Seld he should be leader.

Team Spirit

As the result of the match is now well known, and the formidable Hongkong Interport team was benten by Macno, whose standard of

play ns the sport critic puts it, is below should like to that of Hongkong. I

number of short corners awarded (Schmers from all Australian; his team, to the way in which the object lesson of this interport, and in

them.

(1) the team having the greatest

art in this in Victoria took purt meet, and D. Andrews took first 01' it these are equal, the team having the greatest place in the diving event for

boy's number of long corners awarded between the ages of 13 and 15. 13 14 others, or If these are equal,

He also came third in the Under (ii) the result shall be decided 15 Boys 100 metres Championship, by the position of the ball at "full and though he qualified for the 100 time" whistic, the team in whose metres free-style race for boys be half of the field the ball is situated tween 14 and 15, he did not take part in the race as he was absent when being the losers.

BOYS' AND GIRLS'

CLUBS ASSN SPORTS MEETING

THE ANNUAL SPORTS meeting: of the Boys' and Girls' Clubs Asso- ciation will be held at the South' China A.A. stadium, Caroline HIM. on Saturday, April 26. His Excel- lency the Governor will attend, and Lady MacGregor will distribute the .prizes.

Note: A goal scored as a result of the names were culled.

a corner, automatically washes out that corner.

fulfilling one of the greatest needs of

the Colony.

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"Y" Athletics

A meeting of European Y.M.C.A. Funds, In the mals, are depen-members interested in Athletics (track dent on the generosity of Colony and fleld) will be held in the West residents, and though last year Lounge of the Y.M.C.A, to-morrow al showed gratifying increase in 6 pm. to form a committee and make these, expenditure, too, has shown plans for this new section.

20 increase not only In the growth of new Clubs, but through the widening of their spheres of

Appeal is made for the continued

The activities of this Association! generosity of those already contribut- are for the betterment of social con-| ing, and to others to whom the move- ditions in Hongkong. It was formed ment has not yet made itself

five years ago, and now boasts of 20 sufficiently known. It is n most de- Clubs, at which a total of 505 girls serving cause. and 048 boys attend.

Donations may be made to Mr

The children are from the poorest Kwok Chan, the Banque de l'Inde families in the Colony, and in cater Chine, who is Hon. Treasurer, and ing to their education,-moral, physi- who will gladly acknowledge such cal and general,—the Association is receipts.

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as they might the best way to get the utmost out of the side, not only with a view to winning but to giv as good a display of the game as possible.

Victory is not the sole alm of the game. What is necessary is that the team should play well and hard, taking good luck and bad with equanimity. If vetory comes, much the better...

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JOCKEY CLUB ·

The FOURTH EXTRA RACE will be held, weather MEETING permitting on SATURDAY,

26th April, 1041, commencing at 2.00 pm. The First Belt will be rung at 1.30 p.m.

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.

tax) are

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Badges admitting Non-Members to the Members Enclosure and Club Rooms at $5.00 for Gentlemen and $3.00 for Ladies (both including

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upon personal or written application of a Member. such Member to be responsible for all visitors introduced by him, and for payment of all chits, elc.

The Secretary's Office, 1st Floor, Exchange Building, (Tel. 27794) wil} close at 11.45 a.m.

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

No Children or amaha will be ndmitted to either Enclosure. 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 Half Price.

By Order,

C. B. BROWN,

Hongkong, 21st April, 1941,

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