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WEEK-END LEAGUE CRICKET

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1949.

By "RECORDER" THE LOT OF A FIGHTER'S WIFE Interport

SCORPIONS v. OPTIMISTS

-A SUNDAY SPECIAL

'The wook-end's Loague Cricket fixtures promise some of the most at- tractive fare yet. The big match of the programme is Sunday's Scorpions v. Optimists encounter at Chater Road.

at

Almost as attractive are two of tomorrow's games-the Scorpions at full strength

Recreio against the KCC, also at full strength, at Cox's Path, and University V. King's Park.

It is now up to the Univeralty to take the wind out of Recreio's sails and make the remaining weeks of League Cricket additionally attractive by halting the Recreio run- away at the top of the Lengue.

There is no reason in the worlde why the University should not succeed and, should they win, it will be a glorious victory if ever there

was olje.

tini, with A. H. Madar Usted na

starter, and a better-balanced bowling. However, the Optimista are the Optimists.

SUNDAY SPECIAL

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·J. C. Koh is a much better bowler, Though it is true that in his last appearance against Recreio he took one wicket for 20 runs, that was better

плу of the ather Recreio will be at full strength University bowlers, managed that, For the first time this season, the afternoon.

The big match comes on Sunday team will be definitely the best that

the and this is where is about time they can put into the field. For the

Thirdly, It

rivelry will be record, Recreio's genuine First XI University batting selled down to more intense than it ever has been is-A. M. Prote (Capt.), P. M. tite fact that it is worth a minimum In any match this season. This Nolasco do Silva, Jr. Dr A. M. 30 runs an

insings, even against should be a high-scoring game and Rodrigues, Dr E. L. Cosano, H. T-Recreio with Dr Ozorio thrown in. I foresee practically every man who Gozano, L. G. Gosano, G. N. Gosano,

that Reerelo can manage an occasional ball It is not improbable A. P. Pereira, N. A. Delirao, Dr will tismiss the University for under good length having a turn

with I. L. Ozarlo, and E. M. L. Soares. 50 runs and then proceed to hit up Betting should be no more than

What can the Univeralty do against

and good fielding will piny this team? First of all, the Under-150 for the loss of three wickels. It evens"

that happens, not another kind word

a very important part in the out- Kraduates felding is on a par If not for the University in these columns come. A century or two may come slightly better than Recreo's.

out of the game. Secondly, their bawling, when for the rest of the season. both Lean and Teh and their length and keep it, is not far behind Re- creio's. The Undergraduates could also well afford to bring on J. C. Kol earlier than they usually do. He will get hit but he will also get one or two useful wickets.

Craigengower, always hard up for change bowlers, tried A. M. Omar against Recreio's top batsmen a fortnight ngo and

he took two good wickets for 23 runs, both caught in the deep off the first ball of the over,

Hongkong Hoodoo

From Our Loudon Correspondent

London, Jan. 20.-There is a story about the Hong Kong Cup, presented to the Folke-

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PRELUDE

Will the Optimista win, or the Scorpions? Ask me at 6 o'clock on Sunday evening.

F.

There is a Saturday prelude to the blg Sunday match. Scorpions meet the KCC and, however badly the CRICKET TEAMS KCC han falled against poorer sides this season, the traditional rivalry

will The following

represent that exists between the Chaler and Scorpiona against KCC at Kowloon Cox's Road clubs should

see the on Saturday, at 1.45 p.m.--L. KCC wake up for once and prove Stokes, Q. J. Kerr, T. A. Pearce, H. that it's still a force to be reckoned Owen Hughes, F. Howarth, M. New- with.

Ittle more use could be made ton, J. D. Clague. J. E. Richardson. by the KCC of G. E. Taylor. E. F. Gee, A. P. Weir, G. B. Gibbons. against Scorpions, in their game six wickets for 20 runs against the Optimists at Chater Road on Craigengower last Saturday Was Sunday, at 1.45 pm, will be repre- necomplished at the expense of the rented by L. F. Stokes, O. J. Kerr, top Craigenpower bats, not off the T. A. Pearce, D. H. Leach, H. Owen tail-enders.

Hughes,

E, Richardson. F. Howarth, M. Newton, R. H. Hughes, E. F. Gee, N. MacLeod. Reserve will be G. B. Gibbons and A. P. Weir.

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I can't see that he is much inferior to the usual opening KCC bowlers, F. R. Zimmern and Robbie Lee, and Craigengowes batting, no malter

its dismal showing against Taylor, has done fairly well before against respectable bowling.

Davidson,

KCC

scorer,

The following will represent the Kow- loon Cricket Club in their League match against the KCC "Scorpions" on the KCC ground on Saturday at 1.45 pm: R. F. Lee (Capt). E. C. Fincher, J. Bar- row, A. Zimmern. F. 1. Zimmern, G. F. A. Madar, J. P. Hewitt and V. C. Bond. IRC

Barred from the dressing room, Denise Villemain (left), wife of the French fighter, Robert Villemain, bites on a thumb nall while inside her badly battered husband's face is stitched up by Dr Vincent Nardiello, boxing commission physician.

Sixteen stitches were needed to close the wounds of the French middleweight after his losing fight in New York's Madison Square Garden against Steve BeHolse. The bout went the full ten-round limit.—A. P. Wirephoto.

Another Busy Year For Wembley

London, Jan. 20.—Wembley this year will not be quite the Mecen of sportsmen and sportswomen it was last year during the Olympic Games, but all the same the off- cials of this huge enterprise are preparing for one of their busiest years over.

650,000 spectators

It is anticipated that more than will be present at the 14 major events to be held in the "Olympic Stadium- and Empire pool.

The KCC is slowly rounding out what should, next season, be its real First XI. Most valuable addition stone (Kent) Golf Club by an to the sido is the left-hander, w Taylor, N, Hart-Baker, W, Davidson, T. match old army Colonel in 1896, that

whose 63 nguinst whoever wins the competition | Billimoria and Crabtree last week and takes the cup home will was as pretty an Innings as I have meet with misfortune within ever seen, scored all around the wicket at the expense of bowlers the year.

who had kept Recrelo's best neally

led up the week before.

This year the winner was Mr W. Whitworth of Bradstone Avenue, Folkestone. Ile tools the cup home

with him.

Three weeks ago his wife was seriously injured when she was knocked down by a motor-cycle.

Previous winners of the cup have also been dogged by ill-luck. One of them was operated on for appen- dicitis, another lost his twin brother, and a third broke his elbow, which Prevented him from ever playing I again.

The following have been selected

tu

Soccer

Toams to represent tlio

Colony,

the Combined Chinese and the non- Chinese against the Salgon visitors in football matches during the Chinese New Year holidays were selected at a meeting of the Inter- port Sub-Committee of tho Hong-

Association

held kong Football yezlerday. The following selections were made:

Hongkong-Yu Yul-fakı Hou Yung- sang, liều King-sing: Weatherall, Chang Kam-hol, -Lau Chung-sang: -Leo Tol-tai, Kiernan, Tang Yea-kit, Chay_Man-chi and Fung King-choong" (Capt.) Reserves. -Tain Kun-kong, Tozer, Rocha, How- lett, ITung ting-yuk, Bo Yiu-fan, Mullen and lilggs; team manager: 11, J. Clark,

Combined Chinese-Yu Yul-tak: Hau Yung-sang. Two Kam-hungi Tang Bem, Chang Kam-hal (Capl)," Lau Chung- sang: Ho Yin-fan, El Chun-fol, Tang Yes- kit, Kwok Wing-keo and Lee Tal-faj. Eeserves---Tam·Kwan-kon, - Lai Wal. Chan Kam-nul. Mow Cheong-wing. Chu Wing-keung, Chau Man-chi and I'M Kam-ho: team-manager, K. K. In.

The non-Chinote team will be selected from Leck, Rocha, Craighead, Weatherall, D. Leonard, Santos, Cillan, Howlit

liiges Knox, Kiernan, Xavier, Mardon, Marining, Brown, Omar,

Holloway, Castillo and Itamakili,

EMERGENCY MEETING

MUCH MORE LAND I GHAIL FID ANOTHER

GORT OF THING

TRANSFER FRS' CLUS

Bull-Fighters Give Way To

Soccer Stars

Madrid, Jan. 20.-Soccer is Spain's national sport now, not bullfighting.

There arc several hundred picadors and matadors, a mere hand- ful compared with the 30,571 re- A feller was produced from Mr W,

of this Gaffney, referee in the Governor's Cup Ristered soccer players. match between the ILK.F.A. and the guro, 27,504 are amatours and the Chinese Federation last Sunday, report-, rest professionals, ing a before the gaino he was ap- Soccer also is rooted deeply In prosclied in the dressing room by an Andalusia, the region that produces unidentified Individual and offered a

Bum of money to arrange for use the most famous bull-fighters. There H.K.F.A. to win by two clear goals.

ore.. 3,470 players

'on the 180

Some 300,000 fans attend seven specer matches of the

The game ended in the Chinese win- Andalusian teams. ning by five goals to two.

the first

never provided statistics-Associated

At a meeting of the Emergency Com- division every Sunday. Bulinghting multice a report from the referee, L. G. Young, was rend regarding the match between the Koreans and HKFA, played Press. On January 9. The latter was in connee- tion with the conduct of Hau Yung- sang, Chang Kam-hol Arid hunk, all of the Association team. the absence of Mr Young, who had left the meeting earlier, It was decided to reply to his letter.

Ta Kam- DAVIS CUP

CLUB SOCCER TEAM

In

The following will represent the Club Second XI in a match against Army (Kowloon) at Boundary Street on Satur- day at 2.30 p.m.-Calton: McAdam, Stoan; Barclay. Locke, Onsager:

Mackenzie, Baker, Hooper, Brookshaw, Barker,

GURKHAS WIN

CROSS

Czechs Draft

Challenge

Prague,

Jan. 20,-Czecho slovalda drafted its challenge for the 1949 Davis Cup tennis tournament yesterday.

The International Committee of Sokol, governing sports authority in the country, approved the challenge The Czechs won the European Zone

COUNTRY championship in 1947 and 1948.

There are five football games, the There will be four boxing tourna- soccer Cup final on April 30, the menta, ending with the Amateur

Versus

Scotland soccer Boxing Association's championships England

on April ID, the amateur

On May 2. Also to be held in the Anal on April 23, the Bugby League pool is the England and Wales darts Cup final on May 7. and the England finals on April 9, which will again versus France Rugby League Inter-

pack the House.

Stronger in the feet and ankles And on top of all these attractions and able to withstand the rough represent IRC 1st XI in a league eric-national on March 12.

This is the first time in over 25 there will be the usual twice-going better than their British com- ket match against the Optimists on the Islter's kround on Saturday, the match years of big sport at Wembley that weekly greyhound racing meetings rades, the 2/0 Gurkha Rifles team commencing at 148 pan-A. R. Abbas five major football games have been and the ice hockey games

won the Land Forces Cross Country (Capt.), A. el Arculli, Jr., A. K. Yall played there in the same year. It

So extremely popular,

race of San Wat yesterday. Second S. A. Ismail, S. II. Khan, A. R. Kitchell,

amateur going to be another busy year for the Mador, K. Nazarin, 1. M. Omar, is the first time that the

tent home was the 2/10th Gurkha been final has M. I. Razack, A. R. Sumad. Umpire, G. Cup M. But, acuter. A. M. Wahab, Jr.

played

Rifles with The Buffs in third place. at Wembley.-Reuter. Wembley.

There is also a sixth soccer final RECREIO- 2ND XI

for youth organisations on March 19.

SOLD OUT

Playing at home tomorrow, KCC should either beat the Scor- plous or settle down to some hardd thinking as to what is wrong with KCC cricket.

Road, and meet a team with a not latter's

LGO inferior balance in

GOLF

One successful competitor, trying: Von Nida Tours

to break the spell a few years ago,

refused to take the cup home with

him. The club steward volunteered Wack Wack In 67

to look after it and kept it in his

bedroom. He died the same year.

after a serious operation.

hin business.

the

which It's

Individual winners: were:

Newcastle Has An Sahadir Pun, Time 20 mins. 50 secs;

Eleven For Sale

Newcastle,

Jaroslav Drobny, the Davis Cup star, has just interrupted his win- ter tennis training tempo dally to play ice hockey for the weakened Czechoslovak national team.

Meanwhile, first official notice of

disappearance of Czechoslovakc hockey players on a Bight November was given yesterday,

from Parls to London In

the

Mix

The story also said that an official statement would be issued about the recent desertions of Czechoslovak

Not Much Money

OUT OF SCHOOL 2. Ple McSweeney, (Buffs), 20 mins The following will represent the Club

The Czechoslovak Press Bureau Optimists have a very much easier de Recreio 2nd XI in a friendly match

55 secs; 3. Gnr Kerswell (25th Field said that an investigation by the Chater game against the IRC at

against the University 2nd XI on the

The two big soccer matches, the

R.A.), 20 mins 58 secs.

Czech Consulate in Paris disproved ground on Saturday. A: 1.45 FA Cup final

and the England-

rumours that the men were living bat-pm.:

E. A, R. Alves (Capt.), A. de D. Sales, Scotland, encounter are already sold

Jan. 20-New- East team comprised 15 and the abroad in some other country." L. Vieira. A. Osmund, 1. E. Guterres, out for the capacity crowds of just castle United, most lavish spen-first dozen to reach home counted P. A. Yvanovich, F. N. Lur, A. Luz, under 100,000 R. Remedios, A. P. Souza, G., A. Yvano autherilles are expecting big gales market

while the Wembley ders in the soccer transfer towards aggregate points, vich.

since the war, for the other three major games.

11- The course was approximately hockey players on a Swiss-tour.-- Pinyers are requested to meet at Club Lusitanu at 1.20 p.in.

It will be interesting note the nounced today that they have five miles and included a steep In-Associated Press, attendance for the amateur

Cup placed 11 pinyers on the trans-cline followed by the crossing of a fleat although much will depend on fer list.

river about a' ralle from home. The which two teams reach the final. The names of the players, who contestants seemed to take the river field was fairly well back and all Professional events aitract every-ail every position exaept that of

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goal-keeper, will not be announced obstacle comfortably. Is rather

until tomorrow, but it is understood At the conclusion. of the race, among those released.

F. G. R. Matthews, G.O.C., the The club

are being made Burgh-Morris, wife of Brigadier A. for Newcastle to tour, Canada and de Burgh-Morris. the United States during the next close season at the Invitation of the Canadian Football Association,

Offera to visit Mexico, Turkey turned Denmark have been down.-Neuler.

KBGC v. HKVDC

The following

team

who the

but arc

it

two

that no

over, the big stadium will be trans provision also stated today that prizes were presented by Mrs de

plans

has been one Manila, Jan. 20.-The Aus- selected to represent ~~~'hen- there was the case of an--f tralian-ace.-Norman--von-Nidk, Bowling Green--Club-in a match: Teront with the-amateurs who-wilt j-to regular first team men are which was witnessed by Major-Gen.

the Kowloon opponents

blistered the Wack Wack Club with

mostly attract only those connected the HKVDC on Sunday, with the clubs. course today for 11 record January 23, commencing at 2.30 p.m.

When this Lestival of football is breaking 67--five under par-prompt.

T. Wren, E. F. formed in less than a week for the Pope and J. McKelvie (Skip);

speedway facing which reopens on A. Hution, J. II. Burbeck, S. II. May 12. Strange and J. Fraser (Skip);

W. Russell T. J. Hemsley, II. F. Sulelds and A. J. Hall (Skip);

E. S. Abraham, H. A, Lammert L. R. Whant and E. A. Atkins

on the eve of the first Far East II. W. Close, Open Golf Championship.

other winner, now dead, who ran into money trouble soon after ac- quiring the cup and had in close Where is the cup at the moment? It is back at the Golf Club. After the accident to his wife, Mr. Whit- worth refused to keep it in his Von Nidn, who has been freely house.

predicting he will wh “if 1 am At," We have got it tucked away broke the course record in a prae- somewhere under the stairs," Major tice round for the three-day tourna A. Fraser, the Club Secretary, saldment beginning tomorrow. this week. "It is really a beautiful

The Aussie star certainly looked | (Skip). piece of work with Chinese mark- fit us he shot 33 going out (three ing on it, but whether it brings under por) and 34 on the back bad luck or not-we

nino which is two under. He made

total of Ave birdies. Von

own opinion.

all have our

"The spell, if there is one, Is only supposed to operate when the

own

Nida shattered his record which he set in 1938 when he

Jack Gardner Injures Hand

1

SPEEDWAY

In

GIKI

LINCOLNSHIRE H'CAP

covered indoor Empire puol. Three-Year-Olds

chum- 10,

The race was capably organized by Capt H. J. Chisnall, Staff Oncer, P.T.

Badminton League

Results in the Men's Doubles "B" Division Badminton League matches played on Wednesday evening were:

In Badminton

Los Angeles, Jan. 20-Tho United States badminton team is having difficulty in obtaining bnough money to pay its ex- penses to Britain to compete in the Thomas Cup.

The team ron the American Zone championship by defeating India, and is scheduled to meet Malaya in na Inter-zone tie at

Glasgow on February 21 and 22. Zone final.

The

The winners of the match enter the

for the team and expenses coach would amount to about $8,000. (£2,000). A movement has been clarted for a patron's group to help

raising the money.

in

For the opening night, another 100,000 capacity crowd is expected and thereafter attendances of around 50,000 for each weekly meeting.

The first of the major events that where the Olympic swimming and boxing events were held, is the

table English open tennis

Are Barred London, Jan. 20. Jack Gardher. won the Philippine Open title, The

for which the world's leading and taken away from the Club, old record of 00 was later died by former ABA champion and winner of pionships, beginning February

London, Jan. 20-Commis- and we certainly intend to keep the Harold "Jug" MeSpaden, American

£1,000 novices heavyweight players, atter their play in Stock-sar, 1948 winner, heads the list competition going."

star, and Larry Montes, Wack Wack competition at Harringay. London. Holm for the world championships, { of 82 entries for the 1949 run- Docks 7-2; Chinese YMCA beat been delayed because the team did

injured his hand

are expected to enter. A capacity. professional who Von Nirla figures last month, has as his toughest competition in the while training for his fight with Nick crowd of 8,000 is anticipated for the ning of the Lincolnshire Handi- present tournament.

Fisher of Wales at Lelcester on January 31.

His hand was X-rayed and it was

bono found that no

was broken,

Gardner is to go through with the contest, ngainst Fisher-Reuter.

the

Little is known of the early his lory of the cup, but it is believed that before it came Into the posses-

A field of 43 professionals and 36 sion of the Colonel, it was stolen umateurs էրը uff tomorrow in a from a Chinese temple, and taken tournoy offering US$3,500 in prizes. to Hong Kong where it was cold. The field will be narrowed to although it was badly bruised.

What will happen to the next low of 30 for Sunday's 30-hole winner of the, Hong Kong Cup? finale. Untled Press.

NEW AMERICAN RACING RULES TURNED DOWN BY INTERN. YACHT RACING UNION

London, Jan. 20-The new code of rules governing yacht racing in America, brought into widespread ure in "home" waters by that country last year, will not he adopted by the International Yacht Racing Union.

• This was made clear at the meeting today of the Permanent Committee in Lon- don, attended by Overseas delegates, aipong whom was Crown Prince Olaf, représenting Norway.

Bolí Prince Olaf and Mr Peter Scott, on behalf of Ute United Kingdom, expressed the opinion, in general terms, that the North American Yacht Racing Union rules

not neceptable. werd

After the committee had adopted

many technical

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cintint YRU of the the meeting as to what modifications particularly as the owners of thero

drawn up

Anal.

Louis Favours

Elmer Ray

cap-first big flat race of the season on March 19.

barred for Three-year olds are the first time in the history of the famous race. It was a move by pro- moters to reduce the field, which has reached the forties several times.

Kowloon Tong "A" beat Kowloon VRC "B" 0-0; St. Teresa's "A" beat best St. John's "B" 9-0. The match St. John's "A 7-2; St. Teresa's ""

between Chung Wah and Kowloon Tong "B" was postponed.

The

This move, it is understood, had

not think it would defeat the highly Canadians Inst month. London from New York on February fancied The team is scheduled to fly to

13. Reuter.

Empire Games

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MATCH POSTPONED

Mixed Doubles League

Auckland...Jan. 20.-Scotland, the Such numbers are considered con- Badminton match that was to have first country to enter for the Empire ducive to bumping and thus hueting been played tonight

between Games in New Zealand next year, horses.

Chinese YMCA and the University is to send a team of 12, according Last year's entry was

has been postponed,. A date for to an announcement made here to- clated Press.

the match will be fixed later. day.-Reuter.

Rochester, Minn., Jan. 20, the chances of form, he 18-Assa-hal kern postponed. A dete

The world heavyweight boxing champion, Joe Louis, sald today that he would be willing to meet Elmer Ray, Negro from Florida, in a title bout if Ray Call establish a successful comeback.

Loule told that he understood Ray has been offered a match with Ezzard Charles, a Cincinnati Negro, In, Washington on February 17, änd added that he favoured such s meeting-Reuter.

Savold Hopes To Meet Joe First

practical experience, or knowledge, | Mr Mitchell that its suspension of them nt present.

should apply in the case of the In- "Meanwhile, il proposes to international eight and six motres corporate some of these Improve classes. ments in the modified IYRU rules of He said that the six metres had 1049."

been given a further three years to No announcement was made at lvo and felt that this "was" harth,

London, Jan. 20.-Leo Savold, would be made in the rules.

boats would face a loss when they American heavyweight boxer, who member of the Permanent Commit- yachts for competition in the 1952 the classes would still make for Bruce Woodcock, teaven for the teo, the following resolution moved Olymple Games at Helsinki was good racing,

United States on February 4 in the by Mr Scott was agreed to:

raised, and Mr F. G. Mitchell, Vice- Mr Mitchell was supported by "Queen Mary." President of the Yacht Racing As other delegates, and Sir Ralph Gore,

His manager, Bill Daly, said to-.. sociation, thought there should be Commodore "That this committee, which much

of the Royal Yacht night that soon after their arrival regrefting the slep which has four classes,

Squadron, thought that susponatan home he will open negotiations with established a different set of racing

should also apply to 12 and 14% the 20th Century Sporting Club, of rules in North America, la eager

| metre classes. This was agreed to. Madison Square Garden, New York, that a set of universal rules should'

The committee agreed to necent for Jog Louls to defena lile world bo 're-established; although 11 10-

an applletition for amintion from champion title against Savold. In

by Mr Standbrooke Sturgess, a The question of the classes of became obsolete. The retention of recently lost to the British chomplon

ANOTHER CHANCE FOR 142M.

cords that the NARYU rules appear The death sentence on yachts, of the Irish-Yachting. Federation, with- [June,

to 'contain a number of improve-14-1⁄2 metres and under will not be out jurisdiction over Northern Ire- "I think we will close the match," ments, it feels that it has insufficient carried out, following a proposal byland-Reuter,

Daly concluded.--Reuter.

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