1941-07-07 — Page 6

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

July 7, 1941.

MONDAY MORNING

COMMENTARY

Far-reaching Rules Proposed By F. A. Council

C. G. Silva exhorting his men to greater efforts while B. W. Bradbury, opposing skip, looks on,

Bradbury's rink won

24-16.-Ming Yuen.

Local Chinese Beat Australia In Second Soccer "Test" Match

SYDNEY, July 6, (Reuter).—In the second soccer "Test" match between China and Australia here to-day, the Chinese won by 4-2.

China in being represented by the��4

touring Eastern-Slug Tao eleven from

Rink Games Postponed For Second Time

Craigengower C.C. Hoad

League Table

FOR THE SECOND TIME, first round match in the Colony Lawn Bowls Rinks Championship were post- poned yesterday owing to the heavy rainfall.

In the League matches on Satur- day, however. Craigengower have virtually re-taken the Senior Cham- ************* plonship from Recrelo "A", winning against til Club, as they did by 5-0.

Hongkong and they are playing Aus Discrepancy in Reports The win was Craigengower's sixth

trolla in a series of Associniina Foot-

ball Test gamen.

In the first Test match, China won

by six goals to four, Lad Shit-wing

the tourists' laside-left, registering

"hat-trick."

Earlier Win

과

Sydney, July 0. China bent the enmbined Liligow District 3-2 to-day-United Press.

S. China Returning

The

South

China Athletic

Association Football touring team

As regards the victory. however, there appears to have been a mistake some- where. "Reuter" cables

that the Australians won, this game by 4-Z, though the Chinese were leading 2-1 at half-time.

played their last match in Malay Local Baseball on Thursday, when they defeated

the Singapore Combined Services

by the only goal, thus avenging an earlier defeat at the lands of the same team, early in June.

The

game, which was in ald of charity, attracted a very large crowd. who were treated to some brilliant football by the tourists. Lau Chung. sang scored South China's only goal.

Pau Ka-pint, farmer South China all-rounder nnt an eustodian and Interport Coalkeeper, emerged from retirement specially for this game, while Lee Wal-tong, the captain and centre-forward of the team, made his first appearance as a full-back. The team is returning to Hongkong, having lett Singapore yesterday.

Test Match Flavour In

Sappers

Defeat Mohawks

in muccession, while. Recreio suffered defeat for the second time in turco games.

The Valley side are now une point ahead, but have two games in hand, und at their present role of progress, and on form they should not fail in either.

For Greater Control Over Touring Teams

Local Success Abroad

(By "Tinker")

“AMONG SEVERAL proposed alterations to the Rules of the Hongkong Football Association which the F.A. Council have put forward for con- sidoration at the Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, next, arɑ two which not only afford the F.A. greater control over future touring tooms, but which, arising out of a spate just after Eastern's tour of Manila, should mean much to harmony in Hongkong.

A third proposal is one which,

I believe, is modelled on

similar rule in the F.A. con- |Highlights with the playing strength of From The

stitution at Home. It deals

teams..

These are:

Tours

"(a) Any Club proposing to make a tour or tours out of the Colony shall obtain the sanction of the Association. All Clubs must submit a financial statement of Euch tour within 14 days of return.

Ball Park

One afternoon a hard-fought contest reached a final frame with two sirikes on the batter and the bases full, but so dark that street Janips were beginning to twinkle around the ballpark.

The pitcher and catcher met in consultation.

1

"() No Club shall invite the players of other Clubs to take part in any tour without the per- mission of the Clubs concerned.

"I tell you what you do," snia aud the Clubs concerned shall

the hind-snatcher, "I don't think the notify the Association. Such perump can see the ball. I'll keep it. mission shall Tot be necessary You wind up and go through all the during the close season.

molions of pitching. I'll smack the ball into the glove. Maybe he'll call Team Strength

a strike and end the game!" "Each Club shall play its full. The catcher returned to his posi- tion. The batter stepped up to the strength in all matches under the

the mound, the pitcher plate. On Jurisdiction of the Association wound up and with terrific energy less some satisfactory reason tossed the phantom ball homeward,

la given. In the event of the ex-The catcher pounded the pellet into planation

being satisfactory, his glove.

umpire.

The batter turned around and gove him a witherng look. "Why, you blind chump," he snarled, "that ball was three feet outside the plate!"

the offending Club will be dealt "Steecerike thurecee!" selled the with under Rule 53. Any Club proved to have been responsible for a late start in a match with- out suficient reason shall be liable to be dealt with under Rule 53," The other proposnis dent mainly with Increases In referees' fees for Cup semi-finals and finals and re-

F. X. "Spuggy" Silva had the dis-presentative matches. tinction of scoring a seven against also U. M. Omar, and though he scored on 11 of the 21 heads, he was defeated 28-10.

No Junior Changes There were no changes in the leadership of the Junior Divisions. Kowloon Tong kept ahead in the Second Division, beating the Kow- loon C.C. 4-1, and in the Third, Kowloon B.G.C. Increased their slight lead over the Indians.

Results in brief were: .

--First Division

C.C.C. Kowloon.C.C. Police

Brewery Boys Trounce Recreio "B"

Chung Hwa Nine

HONGKONG'S SAPPERS chalk- H.K.C.C.

5 Recreio "A" 4 CS.C.C.

1 Indians

O

THE transferring of players among

the Chinese in Hongkong is a process which shows. amazing acti- vity. The Sing Tao Club had no 500ner opened its doors than there wre drain on South China and Eastern-particularly so In the case of the first named Club.

a

For a lime there was quite a bit of heart-burning, but it soothed over, and quile a number of the players concerned returned to their former Clubs.

1931 Derby Winner Sold

To Argentina

LONDON, June 27 (Reuter) The owner of Commotion, winner of last week's New Oaks, has sold his stallion Cameronian, winner of the 1931 Derby, for export to Argentine.

Cameronian has been a successful mention this particularly, for 1

sire and will be missed in England. believe that were it not for the Hin stock had won £52,200 up to simplicity with which one trans- end of the 1940 season, his best being fers from one Club to another Scottish Union, winner of the Saint there would be greater harmony Leger in 1938, Cashbook, winner of among the units of Football the Derby and Newmarket Stakes in Association.

1937, Finis, winner of the Yorkshire

the

It l to the rumpus between Cup in 1930, Beinn Dearg, winner of Kwong Wal and Eastern just after the Manchester November Handicap the focal team had been on tour of in 1940 and Snowberry, winner of 1 Manlia. Some pointed suggestions £3,801 as a two-year-old. 1were then mnde regarding accounis, 0and it is pretty certain that it is out

4 K.B.G.C. "B"

K.B.G.C. "A"

Second

5 K. Docks,

Division

4 Recrelo

4 K.C.C.

5 C.C.C.

2

Third

Division

6. C.C.C.

D

K.F.C.

5 H.K.F.C.

0

Indians

3 Police

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ed up another victory to their credit K. Tong when they larrupped the Maraud-P.O.C

in the local Hongkong FC. ing Mohawks 10-9 senior baseball loop on Saturday, the Indian tribesmen pushing dawn into the cellar with China,

South K.B.G.C.

Cricket At Home The Brewery Boys put it over Recreio

LONDON, June 22 (Reuter) There was a Test match flavour

about the cricket at Lords yester-

Chung Hwa in big style, clouting a 0-1 victory.

to

Chung Hwa found no. answer day, when 10,000 watched the first Slim Arculli's offerings from the the mound, and on five hits tallied one

of four matches

between

Army and the Royal Air Force in run in the third frame.

Rid of Army charliles, +

Scores In brief were:

cop-

11.3.:

3 1=10

Kuns Tiits

Huns

Chung 1ra

Kits

0 2

Kowloon F.C. 3 of all this that the first two men- rules above have been pro-

5 H.K.C.C.

Basketball League Meeting

lo

oned

posed.

I'll make no comment on the third

rule above (footballers have opinions

of their own) except that it is a safe- guard against "monkey" business.

JOWEVER, there is no gainsaying that the soccer tours undertaken by the Chinese teams are doing a lot of good for Hongkong's football. The Combined Eastern-Sing Tao XI in Australia have gained the plaudits of the Press down there, and have suffered only one defeat to date. A MEETING discuss the

The same can be said of the South opening date and other subjects China XI that have just completed concerning an All-Colony Basket- their round of the Malayan peninsu ball Leaguo will be held this com la. They too, were beaten only in the final game oh Ing Friday at Kowloon Chinese Y.

once, and

on those C. A.

Thursday took revenge closed last same victors. were Entries which

The records of these two teams week-end, have been recelyed from Sappers Triumph

VR.C., Trojans, Indian Pollee, Chi-are quite impressive. I append them Soppers opened in grand style and ness Y.M.C.A. "A" and "B" South Below of crossed four times in the opening China, Sing Tao, Residents' Union, canto. This, however, was bettered Combined Banks, Black Cats, Kwok in the fourth when no less than nine Ming University, Plug Ching, New batters tripped lightly over the mat Youths and Hellef Squad.

six-run in reply to the Mohawks' third inning.

A. B. Sellers, the Yorkshire tain, akippered the Army, which also included Maurice Leyland, Hed- ley, Verity, both of Yorkshire, and Peter Smith and Maurice Nichols, both of Essex.

The

included Charlie Barnet, of Gloucester, Lesile Amer and Leslie Todd, of Kent, Matthews of Washbrook of Northampton,

Ciregory Lancashire, and Bob Surrey,

R.A.F

Century For Ames THE RAF. beat the Army by que wickets. The Army scored 201 runs for Boven declared, of which Smith made 70 and Nichols 80. The R.AF. knocked up 252 for five, of which Squires of Surrey responsible for 54, and Ames 127.

Other Games

A

BRITISH Empire XI yesterday beat Nottinghamshire County XI by 118 runs,

The Empire team made 250 for four (RES. Wyatt, England Test captain, 94, Tom Barling of Surrey 53), to which Notis replied with only 138 (Merrit, New Zealand Test bow- ler, taking four wickets for 40),

Cambridge Beaten

Scores were:

Sappers: Rund

JIL

Mohawks: itune

0 1 0 0 10

1 1 0 1 1

2 0 0 0= @ 1 0 0=

Navy Teams Win Water-Polo Matches

GALA AT LAICHIKOK

A sivimming gala was hold by the Hongkong and Kowloon Residents' Union at Laichikok on Saturday evening, and was well attended. After the aqua- tie aventa had been completed a water-polo game was played between the Union and the "Dolphins."

Following were the resulta:

133 sets.

400 Maires breast-siroká (Open to the Colony-L. Ng Shi-iin; Lau luang- year, Sham to. Time's mins $2 secz

Men's 50 Meires free-style-1, Tang Chungman; 2, Tir. Yuang-lat; J. Kwong Wing shing. Time 23 4/5 "seen.

Sing Tao-Eastern XI

May 31 v. N. S. Wales, beaten 4-6. June 1 v. Sth Coast XI, won 4-2.

7 v. Newcastle and Northern

Districts, won 3-3.

1+

**

8 v. Granville, won 7-4.

14 v. Vietorin, won 10-2.

10 v. Victoria, won 3-3.

22 v. S. Australia, won 9-1. won 4-1.

27 v. S.

24 Y. S. Austra won 4-1. 18 V. Australia (Test Match),

0-4.

won

30 v. Woggn, won 13-0. July 5 v. Llihgow District, won 3-2. July v. Australia (Test), won $-2. Played 13, Won 12, Losi 1, ~ Goals For 81; Geals Against 31.

South China A.A.

Norwegian

Sports "Strike" Against Nazis

Threats To Children

GERMAN authorities in Norway have disqualified for life eight skl-ing, skating, Axl wrestling champions, Ruud Bergendahl. Haraldsen, Krogli, Kristiansen. Kock, Solsvik, and Stokke, because they have persistently refused to take part in quislingist competi- flons.

to compete They are forbidden anywhere in Norway or abroad or to act as instructors.

The Germans ostensible motiva is to break the sports "strike" which has crippled the Norwegian sports.

Children Threatened

The Quisling Government have decided to cope with anti-quisling direct children themselves without German Intervention.

They have organized a special ro- formatory, and have issued circulars requiring all schools to warn parents that children who continue to take part in an anti-quisling school strike jor to obstruct the new school regime will be separated from their parents, and will be sent to a reformatory as "enemies of the State,"

drew 2-2.

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#3

20 v. All Singapore, won 3-0,

"

27 v. Combined Services, lost

2-4.

200 Motres free-style (Open to the Two Navy teams registered wins on Saturday when they played in Colony). Lau Tei-oing: Yall 810-May 22 .v. S'pore Combined Chinese, xames of the European Y.ME.C.A.Kwan: 3. Chung Bok-plag. Time 2 mins Water-Polo Invitation Tournament. Navy "C" beal 30th Battery RA, by THE Aldershot Aren beat Cam- 3-1. Sneezeby (2) and Ravenscroft re- bridge University by eight gatered for the Navy and Goodenough

scored, for the Artillery, wickets in a two-lay matchi

Cambridge 128 (ALL Gover

Navy "A" recorded a narrow win Surrey five for 30) and 110 (Goverver Royal Scots, the score being 4-3. stroke, breast-stroke, side-stroke five for 40), Aldershot Area 205 (E. Rutter, Halfyard, Paul and Hearo net-style. Chu Hang; 2. Wonk Bhau-

Brown scored for the 'Scols.

of

M

30 v, Comb. Chinese at Kuala

Lumpur, won 3-2.

31 v. Sengalor State, won 3-0.

Lumpur

100 Metros Individual. Medley (Back-

and Jung 2 v. Kunia

som: 3. Yuk-ming. Time i min 24

Weler-polo-Union #: "Dolphins" 3,

W. Dawson, of Leicester, caplain, ted for the Navy and Morris (2) and bees. 683 and 4 for two:

plons, won 4-2.

6 v. Perak, won 3-2.

Cham-

v. Cheng Wah, wod 3-0.

9. v. Molayan Comb. Chinese,

won 3-0.

10 v. Perak, won 3-U

14 v. Penang, won 2-0.

16 v. Penang Indians, won 4-1..

22 v. United Services (S'pore),

won 11-0.

27 v. Combined Sengalor

abandoned al 1-all due

to riot..

July 2. v. Negri Sembalan

drow 4-4.

3 v.

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State,

Combined Services, won

Goals For 52: Goala Against 18, ..

Played 10, Won 12, Drew 3, Lost 1.

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