1941-09-08 — Page 22

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH:

September 8, 1941.

MONDAY MORNING COMMENTARY

Charity Matches To Herald Soccer Season

South China Anticipate

Another Good Year

New Players. For Sing Tao: Police Ranks Strengthened

(By "SCRAMBLER”)

1941 Charity Cup Winners

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ALTHOUGH the official soccer season opens on September 27, a series of Charity games will be staged in between now and the opening date in aid of local and war charities. Most teams in the Senior league have been preparing hard for the winter campaign, and the Chinese teams. in particular are in fine fettle due to their tours during the off season.

Rivalry and competition this forthcoming season will be keener than ever, with the Chinese teams going all out for The civilians' Clubs do not appear to be in any supremacy. state to offer a challenge, although from the Services, a good deal is expected.

So far, with the exception of Sing Tao, none of the Chinese i teams have any new blood to add to their already imposing line-ups and South China arej looking forward to another very promising season.

They will have the nucleus of Inst year's players although Lee Kwok- val has thrown in his lot with ex- Kwong Wah. But with the perience gained by their juntor ployers in their last tour of Malaya, South China can now call on their services for senior eleven, and as stated previously, will once ngain) constitute a threat to any leam ns- piring to the Championship.

Kwong Wah And

Police Prepare For New Season

Saturday's Friendly

Game

The United States Navy, | winners of the Charity Cup Scries over the week-end, nosing out the Hongkong All- Stars 3-2 in the five-gamo POLICE and Kwong Wah foot- | series.—Ming Yuen. ballers made preparation for the coming soccer SCOSON with # friendly game at Boundary Street on Saturday, the latter winning 7-2 after leading 3-2 at the Interval.

Wah developed a

better and though Police was stubborn their forwards Ley-chuen, have been secured to were unable to make any great im- lead. This player comes from Ma- pression. It was in view of the laya

with

a big reputation, and staunch Police rear-guard that Kwong with Man Yee-leung of Shanghai Wah supporters were specially jubl- taking over the duties of a pivot, lant over their win. There was a It is presumed that they will offer generul promise of greater things to sterner opposition to other teams come. In the league.

Sing Tao have somewhat tc- medled several defects In their last year's team, particularly in the

attuck. where the services of Chann

Eastern Handicapped

Police made changes in their team for the second period, but they had little effect on the lively Chinese for- NÁSTERN will be starting with awards, who went through on several

big handicap in that their re-occasions and netted four times.

centre-half, Hsu King- doubtable

Scorers were: Police-Coull and sing, will be unable to turn out for Lau Pak-hing: Kwong Wah. Tin the first few games owing to a knee Yung-fat (3), Wong King-chung" (2), injury sustained in his tour with the Chiu Chile-fan and Chin Yung-fat. South China team in Malaya,

Apart from this, though, they.can once again call on most of last year's players, and with Chang Kam-ho having developed into o versatile half back, they should have no qualms as regards the vacancy left by Hsu,

All in all, they, too, expect to be at the top of the league this season,

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others like Aitken, Coull, Mellordy will be avaliable.

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On account of their various du- ties, they have been unable to pul much practice, but now that most of their players are stationed over here, it is probable that they will be able to remedy this defect. Blackburn will have once again

his

partner, and KWONG WAH should be much Chan Kwong-yu as

this season, with the in- the intermediate trio of Parker, clusion of Lee Kwok-wal-and several Gough-and North-will stand-them-in other first class players. Last year good stead, with Pope as a general Inconsistency

for utility man, was responsible

It is expected that they their bad showing, but with Cheuk will give any team a good run for Shek-kam, Chan Chi-fal and athers points this coming season. still available, they should be able to put up a much better showing.

Civilian Clubs

CLUB

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LUB will depend on their last year's stalwarts. Rowe, a new- comer, reported to be a good And, and with S. Strange, Eardley, Mil-

OF the other civilian Chubs, Police lington, and Slogan available, they

appears to be in a better posi- tion; for, besides having the call on most of last year's players several

SANDY HAS LANDED...

and the situation is out-of-bandi,

SANDY

GETS

HER MAN

warring

Baby SANDY

with

STUART ERWIN UNA MERKEL WILLIAM FRAWLEY EDGAR KENNEDY JACK CARSON. WALLY VERNON EDWARD BROPHY' WILLIAM DAVIDSON

TO-MORROW

AT THE

KING'S

will be able to put up a good show. quite probable that Forrow will oc- In the Intermediate line, it is

cupy the key post with Skinner and

Quarter- And Semi-final Matches

U. S. National Tennis

Charity Cup Series Won By U.S. Navy

Hongkong Stars Nosed Out

BRILLIANT last minute victories in two week-end games put the Hongkong Charity Series, Cup in the lap of the U.S. Navy. Topping Saturday's 9-8 win, which put them on level terms with Hongkong's All-Stars, the Navy boys came through yesterday 5-4 to tie up the series in a flashing climax to the

season.

Powławski, the powerful FOREST HILLS, Sept. 6 (Reu-pitching ace of the Mighty "M", ter)-After being held up for a

day because of rain, the American was the hero of the hour, though Tennis singles championships an equal share to glory can be

continued to-day with quarter-made by Muddy Ruel, the croon- final victories 1ος Miles Telen ing baseballer, who, in the sixth- Jacobs and

while Bobby Riggs, Fred Schroeder also reached the inning of yesterday's game with semi-final where he will meet bases loaded and two away. Riggs.

clouted a double that drove in two to ive the game.

Scores were:

Miss Jacobs was hard pressed in her match against Miss Dorothy Bundy, had not netted 20 times the might have winning 6-3 and 11-9; if Misa Bundy

overthrown the former champion. She threw her racket at the end of the match

Titles To Riggs And

Sarah Palfrey Cooke

FOREST HILLS, Sept. 7 (UP)Bobby Riggs-and- Mrs Sarah Palfrey Cooke are this year's United States National Singles tennis champions. Mrs Cooke end- ed a 12-years' quest for

with highest honours straight set victory over Miss Pauline Betz, 7-5, 6-2, while. Riggs won by 5-7, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3.

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Both Riggs and Mrs Cooke stroked

and before

Yesterday's scoring was,

Hongkong

Chay

LUM BA 1. Chan 1.au C A1, Chan cf Ching Leung (*)

Mn 2b Chinn Loong Chung I

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*(*) plnch lil

Runs 200

U.S. Navy E. Wilson K Powlawak! D Ruel .... Mascavage o Moore 2b

R. Wilson 1b Greneek et. Bowersox 3b Kennard of Rogers -rf

Runs

0

RH PO A E

Runs, batted in-nuel 2, Moore, 2 and

Stolen barer-L.

Wilson, Bowersox, Choy, Lum 2. M. Chan and Loong. of

Sacrifices-Ruel, Bewersox, Rogers, Lum, H. Chan and Loong.

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Macao Water-Polo Team Entertained At Laichikok

FEATURE of the week-end swimming events was the appear- ance of a Macno water-polo team at the Hongkong and Kowloon Residents' Union gala at Lafchikok-

and the result of two yesterday, matches was all square. The local team won the first game 4-1 after leading 1-0 at half time, while the visitors turned tables in the second and won 3-1 after being led |1-0 at the interval:

Prizes, which were donated by Mrs Llu Bing-chuen and Miss Lee Ngor. wah, were distributed by Mrs Liú at the conclusion of the galu.

-Is-was-sanounced--that-the seventh swimming gala will be held on the coming Baturday and ap Inter-School gala will take place on September 28.

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Results

Results were: Men's 50 metres free- style (for non-prize winners).-i. Tang Cheuk-wah; 2, Ng Shing; 3, Chu Yiu- ful

Men's 400 metres free-style--Tal Yuk-mong: 2, Mak Chun-nam; 3. Chan Chiu-cheung. Time-8 mins 68 secs.

Men's 50 metres free-style (middle -class)-1, Tin Yung-fat; 2, Chan Tak-

fu; 3, Ho Po-pul. Time-63 secs.

Men's 60 metres (use of hands pro- hibited)-1. Tal Yuk-mong: 2. Mak Kwok-hing: 3. Chan Chiu-cheung.

Days 100 metres handicap-1, Shum Ho; 2, Tre Kal-chi; 3, Tse Kaf-chow.

Mixed 200 metres relay-1. Miss Ng Po-hing. Mak Kwak-hung. Tong Chung-ming and, Tsul Hong; 2. Miss Bases on balls of 'Pawlowski 2 (Lau

Shum Put, Lo Wing-tim, Tai Yuk-mong and Choy); Ching 2 (Moore and Ken- and Chu Chuk-you; 3, Miss Shum Wal- nard).

yung, Chan Chla-cheung, Yeung Kai- Ituns corned-off Powławski 4, Ching 2. | choing and Mak Chun-ñam. Time-2 Passed ba}—Las,

mins 10 secs

the youthful Odell assisting him. their way steadily to the tiles on a11. Chan 2,

That thrustful forward, Fowler, wind-swept court will once again lead them with E. bolsterous and unruly crowd Strange coming, up

to assist him. 10,000, who cheered so long and Bickford should be it by then, and lustily that play was interrupted his presence on the extreme left five times before the umpire regained should be felt by more than one order. team in the senior circuit.

Kowloon and Saints No far, the make-up of Kowloon

Riggs, the 23-year-old star, recap- tured the men's crown which he had won in 1939 but which he had lost;

last year by beating Frank Kovacs S. and St Joseph's Is of by n convincing margin.

but it is presumed that they wil have most of last season's players. Williamson will no doubt be the key man in Kowloon's team, and should be able to muster a fairly strong cleven,

Ruel.

Two-base hits--U. Chan, Moore and Struck out--by Powlawaki 4 (M. Chan. It. Chan and Lau 2); Ching 2 (Marcavaca and Powlawski).

Playing squarely into the teeth role, and obviously nettled by recovered his last laurels in an uphill fight for which he is famed. He dropped the first set, in which both

players alternated between the

of a 40 miles hecklers. Rive Navy 0.

Double plays-fuel unnulated; and Choy to . Chan to Lum.

lift by pitcher by Ching: Fowlowski,

Stranded-Hongkong 9, United States

First on errors-Hongkong United) States Navy o

Umpirea-Molthen, fearthor, Lau and

Scorer-W. A. Smith.

Walker.

St Joseph's College will be mak-buscline and the net, but then came" ing use of some of the junior players, bacle with masterful court sense and and with Hussain, Cruz, Castilho, Tsang, and several Anny players generalship to win in three straight eleven frames.

sels.

at their call, should once again

be able to provide their share

competition,

THE

HE ARMY teams have been prac

towards the stadium wall, where it nearly hit a lincaman.

Riggs beat the Davis Cup player,

Saturday's Fray SATURDAY'S fracas went to The scores dead- locked at 4-all at the end of the 7th, the eth, then three runs each In scoreless for the 0th and 10th, and the thrilling climax in the 11th when, afler Hongkong had notched one, the U.S. Navy stars came across the home

tising very assiduously of late Frankie Parker, 0-4, 0-3, 4-6, 0-2, while plate twice to sew up the game. and much is expected from the new- Schroeder, who is part holder of the Scores were: ly promoted Royal Engineers. For, American doubles title, Pelham, Birrell, Shaw, Lee Wal- Grant, 6-0, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3.

lam, and most of last season's player star, entered will be again donning the Sappers' colours, and with a little more prac-. tice, should be able to make their presence felt in the Sentor- league.

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win

ROYAL SCOTS will-be going all

this season. Bankler once again be between the sticks, with Fraser, that "evergreen," in front of him. Parnaby, Clarke and Marshall will also be on hand for the Intermediate line, and Hossack is fast developing into a fast winger. Auld will once again lead their ̃at- tack.

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beat Bryan Hongkong

Lum 3b, a Brugnon, former French. Davis. Cup Chung if (*)

the semifinal veterans singles-Reuter.

of the Chan b

Ching, p Hearther p. rf Semi-Finals

Shum rf 'FOREST HILLS, Sept. 7 (UP) Leung (

Loan z Mrs Sarah Fallrey Cooke beat, Miss M. "Chion ef Helen Jacobs, 6-2, 2-6, 0-1, in the Gau semi-final of the women's singles. Ma 20

Elder. If Mr Cooke will meet in the final Choy 20, 30, s Mas Pauline Botz, who defeated Miss. Margaret Osborne, 6-4; ́0-37 In the men's semi-final, Dobby Riggs beat Schroeder, 0-4, 6-4, 1-0, 0-11, 7-5.) -United Press.

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(*) ran for Ching in 8th, (**) pinch hit for Bhuny in Bih uk. Navy

E Wilson K Powlawak!

C. C. C To Celebrate P

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Bowls Success

Mascavage

McKenzie 1h Moore 2b

R. Wilson c

Groneck ri

MIDDLESEX 'will turn out with practically the some team, with Bright, Thomas and Sheehan in de- In celebration of their success Boweraux. 3b. (1) fence, and Saw in the attack. in the First Division of tho Lawn Bowls League, Craigen- NAVY, the unknowns, will have gower Cricket Club will hold a ▲ Hendy, Barber, Le Pare, and dinner, followed by a concert, an "most" of last year's players, and Wednesday Sept. 17.

may yet, prove to be the "dark The "Cosmopolitans" will entertain

Horse" of the year;

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Lat-the- concert

(2) ran for RUDI Runa 201

Residents' Union Water-Polo Team "A"-Wong Cheung. Yeung Kal-wah, Wong Au-shan, Chu Chuk-you, Taul Hang and Yeung Man-kit.

Macao "A"-Pan Wah-fun, Ng Kal hung, Leung Wing-kwan, Lai Yin-chun, Chol Char-lau and Chan Kun-ping.

Joe Louis

In Training For Bout With Nova

NEW YORK, Sept. 6 (Reuter).— Joe Louls is going to Greenwood Lako to prepare for his heavy- weight

defence championship against the challenge of, Lou Nova, who has already started training at New Jersey.

The men officially signed for a match on September 20 after a physical ex- amination_had pronounced both walls- ôfactory. They were originally due to meet on September 19, bût Louis miked |for ́more, Úme for training, and the fight" will now be held at the Polo Ground Instead of the Yankee Stadium..

Chan 2 and Lau

Ma.

Barcrifices-E Wilson, Lum and Ching, Two-base hit-Chung 2, Mascavage and "Struck, out--by Powlawaki 11 (31. Chan 5. Ching. Ma, Chung, Loong and M.

„Hearther

Check) 4 (1. Wilson. Bower-

ox and Moore)..

Bases on Balloff Powlawski. 2 (Ching

L and Choy): Hearther 2 (Moore and Pow

3 fawaki); Ching 1. (Dowersox).

Runs earned off Powiawski 4, Hearther

201, Ching 6.

2

160

wha pliches-Hearther 1, Ching 1.

Passed balls-Lku 3,1

Hit by pitcher by Pawlawski: Chung

and I, Chenn

off, Ching: 0 in 8/Inna.

Losing pitcher Hearther,

* Stranded-ilongkong (-7,,: Unlled

Navy 13,

States

First on errors--EXongkong -4, United States Navy Tenemo

Runs batted in--E. Wilson, fuel, Chung 3. Lau 3.and Ma

Stolun bars-2.

Wilson, Powiewski, Umpires Maithen, Waggoner and Wel-" Mascavage, McKendis". Moore, Rehwils ford son,-Groneck, Lum, Chung-2 Ching.-M.Scora W. A. Smith,

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