"CHINA MAIL" SPORTS PAGE.
SUZANNE AGAIN:
FRENCH GIRE RETURNS
TO" FORM.
EASY VICTORY,
HARD (HURT LAWN TENNIS
FINALS,
(Reuter's Servico.)
TH
BALLOON RACE.
EIGHTEEN ENTRANTS
AT BRUSSELS. *
GORDON BENETT CUP.
(Reuter's Service.)
Brussels, June 7. Crowds witnessed the begin 'ning of the Gordon London June 7. Balloon Race this afternoon in Bennett At St, Dond, in the finals of the which there are eighteen entrants, French hard court lawn tennis (including three each from Britain, championships, R. Lacoste France, Belgium, Spain
and (France) benk". Borotra (Prince) | Italy, two from the United States 7-5, 6-1, 6-1.
and one from Switzerland.
The list to leave, was the French Picardie In the direction of France.
Mdlie. Suzanne Leggi
Mdile. Suzanine Bengent Face. bent Miss K. MéKane (Britain) 6-1, 6-2.
WHO IS BEST.
ENGLAND'S BOWLING
TALENT.
EXPERT'S VIEW,
FR. Spofford, he dema wder on the inblar days, Ins given
view thul E, A. MuDonald is best fast bobler al the world, bambadded that, ne fus opinion, Cecil Parkin of Endinshine is to better! lowder Jha Mauride Tate.
"Mist
Borotra anık "neistó best While many will subsribe to Brugnan and Coches (Prater) | Spoffortly's appreciation 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, 2-5, 6-3,
Jean Borutra.
Malle. Leuglen, and Brugnan beat Mile. Vlasto and Cochet 6-2, 6-2.
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Alle. Lenglen and Mile. Vlasto Facts & Miss McKane and Miss Colyer 6-1; 9-11, 6-2.
Miss Kathleen McKane and Jean Borutra were champions at Wim- bletion inst year when Mille. famglen retired.
Miss K. McKane,
Both at Wimbledon and in the French championship last year, Borotra defunted Rene Lacoste in five sets, when the latter was- 19 years of age.
"Suzanne" was champion for five years at Wimbledon,
BASEBALL PRACTICE.
SATURDAY'S. INTERESTING
GAME.
At Happy Valley on Saturday. the Hongkong Baseball Club play ed a practice match with the
4:
it
Well, the view that the Sussex" profissione! is second (se) navour "will not be generalis frompted, especially in the South. This will be the first which Me Donald is avalaide By jako ve bebe period, and if die sumtner anything like dry, the value of has made h-winning fast bowling for
SOCCER" TOUR.
FOLLOWING CHINA'S
FOOTSTEPS.
-STILE UNBEATEN.
(Reuter's Service.)
THE CHINA MAIL.
Uawarra, S.W., June 6. sent out to Australia by the The association football team
by & goals, to nil English F.A. defeated Blawarra
BOWLS LEAGUE.
SATURDAY'S RESULTS IN Wynne-Jones. Sword
FULL
[By *Onlooker.”]
MONDAY,
JUNE
1925,
Etock." Mair, Carpenter, J. Clark,
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Williamson. Glendinning
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COLGATE HEAD VISITING HONGKONG,
Anderson. Jymie.
Reid. A. Clark.
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Dick,
Adams.
Logan. Grant.
West,
. (Skip) 13
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Total... 65
a.
There were some very surpris Bullock.. ing results in the bowls games Walker. on Saturday.
team to be
over-
In the First Division. playing Dixon. on their own ground the K.B.G. disposed of the Taikoo team by thirty points.At the Dock Club
· Total... 47 ground Craigengower gained an team by sixteen points, unexpected victory over the home Taikoo R.C. v. Indian R.C.
The Civil Service again proved that Playing at home the Tuikes they are a
reckoned teum just managed to secure tho with, for playing on their own win by one point. [The visitors have won every ground they secured an
Taikoo R.C. match to date.]
Indian R.C. whelming victory over the Kow-J. Sloan. loon Cricket Club by fty points. Maxwell,
Madar, The results in the Second Divi- Grimes. sion did not contain any surprises. Muirhead. Taikoo just managed to win against the Indian Recreation Stewart. Club by one point, although the McKechnie. latter were leading My live at the Matthews. eighteenth head. The Police con Young. tinued their sequence of victories, and the K.C.C. second string Creighton: secured the points at the expense Stewart,
BIG BOXERS.
TUNNEY KNOCKS OUT, GIBBONS.
LATEST FIGBY
(Reuter's American Service.)
of the East Point Club.
The results are as follows:-
FIRST DIVISION.
4
New York, June 6 a l-round bout,
+ Gene Tunney, cruiserweight champion
Gone Fanney,
Civil Service, v. Kowloon C.C.·
Played on the Civil Service ground and resulted in a victory for the home team by 50 points; Civil Service Kowloon CC.** Oswick.
Abraham.
Alderman.
Booker.
Peakin
Ramsay,
Fraser. Brown.
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Smith.
Gibson.
Fletcher. Robinson,
Stanley.
Mills.
Gibson. Pile.
* (Skip) 26°
Whitley
Lammert,
Herridge Hyde,
. (Skip) 36
Tom
Total. 84
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Total... 34
| Sancashire and be overestim
aled, for his paces provides a gread to Richard Tyldesley's (contarasta accurately pitched leg spanners of America, knocked out The X Fine as served by Cecil Gibbons (one of the world's lead- Park The Bed Bessantemilstand- ly possess i Bost promising young Flow Jeft-hander in Hartley, of Tacup, who, given a clone, might Me lo ang heuglas,
"Panenshire are now at the top of the county crickets table. T
CHARITY FOOTBALL
SUNDAY HERALD" CUP PROCEEDS...
charitable institutions have been Those interested in various
quietly waiting for an official an- nouncement of the result of the rwent charity football competi- tion for the "Sunday Herald"
Tom Gibbons.
Cup, which was won after a keening heavyweights) in the 12th tussle by Scotland.
The net proceeds from the above competition amount to $1,532.95. At a meeting of the Council of the Association held on Friday evening it was dovided, subject to audit to allocate this money to the following charities: Chap Shing Hospital
Wanchai
Po Chat
.$. 150.00 Sarr Yuen Home. Canton
Hongkong St. Dunstan's Home
round.
[According to the last mail this Bght would have taken place at the Polo Ground, New York, pro- moted by Jimmy de Forest.
BABE RUTH.
YANKEES MISS BAMBINO'S SOCIETY.
SICK MAN.",
Laing
Murphy!
Gregory. Grimmett.
Kharas.
Kitchell. Omar.
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(Ski) 16
Hussian. Ismail, Hyder. Ram.
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Espina, Nazarin."
Chapman, Dinnen:
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Total... 52
Hurteam.
· Ismail.
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LEAGUE TABLES.
DIVISION I
W D L
Craigengower CC
6 5.0
110
Taikoo R C.
4 0
Kowloon Boek...
6 2 J
3
Kowloon B. G.
6. 2 I
Police R C.
Taikoo R. C..
0
0: 12 18
4 0. 2 ४
5 .0 0
6 (Skip) 11 Civil Service C. C.
Kowloon C. C.
3:5
0 4 6 2 0 "4
DIVISION II.
Skip) 18 Kowloon C. C.
Indian R. C.
R.H.K.Y.C.
5.0
Mr. J. S. Brodhead, Margging doctrine of cleanliness and good! Director of the foreign depart-health will be world wide.. ment of Colgate & Co., with r Mr. Brodhead has been associat- party from that house, is on wed with Colgate & Co. for the past visit and arrived to-day. The thirty-six years. Touching on
3 0 3 4 East Point R C... 5 0 0 5 a name Colgate is known the world world conditions. Mr. Brodhead over, due mainly to Mr. Brod- said in an mterv w that he found head's efforts, The house of, during recent trips that conditions Colgate is the largest manufac-show considerable improvement. turer of Toilet Soups. Toilet "Of course," he added, "It is dith-
SHOTS FOR AND AGAINST.
Preparations, and Perfumes in the cult to notice a change within a a couple of weeks. Improvement is
Mr. Bradhend's presence should enhance further the reputation
of the house he represents. Mr.
more perceptible-when one travela at intervals of one and two years." Messrs, Hongkong Trading Co.,
Brodhead has been extending his Ltd. are the sole agents of Colgate visits so that, with this trip & Co. for Hongkong and South behind him, his preaching the China.
Kowloon Bowling Green Club v.
Taikoo RC.
'Thikoo
'DIVISION I
This game was played at Kow-Craigengower loon and resulted in a victory for Civil Service the home team by 30 points.
Kowloon H.G.C. Taikoo R.C.
Sloan,
Simpson,
Seath.
Johnston.
Weir.
Smith.
Luing.
Farrell.
Ferguson.
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Wylie.
Morrison.
Duncan.
Peterson.
Hazel.
Whibley.
·Wallace,
(Skip 33.
(Skip) 11
Holland. McIntosh.
Russell,
Grimshaw.
Muir.
McLachlan.
Guy.
Wotherspoon.
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Total... 78
Total... 48
Kowloon Dock R.C. v. Craigen-
gower C.C.
Played on the Dock ground the visitors gaining an unexpected: victory by 16 points.
Kowloon Dock Craigengower
R.C."
R.C.
Puncheon. Muskett.
Alice
Society, ...
Memorial Affiliated Hospitals Institution for the Blind,
Kowloon
Benevolent
and
300.00 450.00
,100.00
New York, April 29. In spite of assurances to the con- | 200.00 tary, it bear evident today that
he New York Yankees will not McKelvie. 132.95 have the privileges of Babe Ruth's Henderson. 100.00
Gow. Cullen.
Rosselet,
Johnston.
Dennis. McFarlane.
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(Skip) '82
Alves.
al
Fritz.
Atkinson.
Rose.
Puncheon.
Basa.
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Gourley.
Neves,
Docherty.
Canton Hospital St. Vincent de Paul
Society
* 100.00
$1.532.95
I will be generally agreed that the foregoing result is a'splendid one in every way for an initial year's competition.
To all who contributed toward this magnificent sum. sincere thanks are due first and foremost South Chin Athletic Association. to the Hongkong Football Asso- The latter did not have a full team clution, who took entire charge of and Ismail of the Indian R.C.the arrangements for the series of turned out for them.
International matches; to Mr. Play was very interesting, the W. E. Hollands, Hon. Secretary Club bringing out several new and Treasurer, who worked un- players of promise.
tiringly for the good enuse in South China started with a addition to his ordinary work in blank first inning and the Club connection with the activities of responded with 3 runs, Dome making the only home run of the match.
In their fourth inning,
both the Association and the League: to the players who sportingly turned out and showed
a commendable spirit of healthy
the Club scored another run and rivalry: to the referees and other
star
Keith. Lapsley..
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Total... 54
Rodrigues. Green. Bradbury.
from
Fur.
Agst.
Down
407 304 103.
...381, 334 47
0
--351 347 4
0
world..
LARGEST TIMEPIECE IN THE WORLD.
COLGATES
Colgate & Co., as will be seen dial; its minute hand is 37 feet, steel, and the face is made up of these illustrations have 3 inches long, and its hour hand steel slats about 4 inches wide and erected on one of their New York 27 feet, 6 inches long. The total spaced 2 inches apart. Every slat (Skip) 20 buildings the largest timepiece in weight of the minute hand, includ-enamel so that the whole dial has been treated with white the world. This is, no doubt, in ing counterbalance, is 2,000 lbs, looks like a solid sheet of white Total... 70 keeping with their organization as and the weight of the hour hand Large coffin shaped pieces painted the largest toilet preparation 1,725 lbs. The entire weight of black from the five-minute marka manufacturers in the world, as movement and hands is about 6 and are the only figures that already stated,
black form the five-minute marka This clock, which faces the port The dial is a huge regular are illuminated with electric lights of New York, is 50 feet across the octagon with frame of structural at night.
SECOND DIVISION.
Kowloon C.C. v. East Point R.C.
Played on the Kowloon ground the home team winning by 13 prints,
Kowloon C.C. Petheram.
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East Point R.C. Whiteford. Glen. Forbes. Goldenburg. Fowler.
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Kowloon Dock ......340 352 Kowloon B. G325357 Kowloon C.C.......296 396
DIVISION II.
0 12 0 42
• 100
0 D
--417 291126 307 255 52 Indian R. C. 299 262 37 Kowloon C. C......349 342 7 0. East Point R. C..258 305 0 47 R. H. K. Y. C. 209 361 0155
Harrison. Jack.
Police (Skip) 20 Talkoo
BABE RUTH. A
Robson. Gorvin. Labruin.
"Shaw,
Douglas,
McKellar.
Hamilton.
This fact Goodwin.
(Skip) 21 wes made apparent when Dr. competition Edward
Benson, King bin personal J. Smith..
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Barclay. Thorburn. Williamson.
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Total.... 46
the game finished with the score, officials, to all of whom nothing daily society until well on toward Davidson. Club 6 runs, S.C.A.A., 3 runs. Shim, South China's
was too great or too small to assist the middle of the current American pitcher, gave way to Pan. in another dollar swelling the league season, it then. Father Drought pitched three fund. intings
for the "Club
No and Werschkul did duty for the rest of the game. Both sides had errors in belding.
doubt the
for the handsome trophy will be physician, declared that Bath would entered upon with even greater not be able to leave the hospital A. W. Smith. Lee. zest next year, with a view to for three weeks or a month, confirma- | excelling, if possible, this season's ing the genen, suspicion that his great effort.
illness is more serious than reporte from his bedside seem to indicate.
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Total... 59
Last Monday, the Shanghai Rowing Club's programme at
For the Royal Hooley Regatta must undergo a period of conval-
After leaving the hospital, Ruth RH.K. Yacht Club v. Police R.C. Heali was shortened owing to the on July 1, a Yale Varsity crow and a French crew, are likely to com-
escence before resuming an activo Played on the Yacht Club Volunteers being called up and pete for the Grand Challenge Cup.ror on the ball field the phy-ground, the visitors securing, the the baseball match between the W. Costello, the American, or later was then set for tlio date
siciens said. The middle of June victory by 18 points. Japanese Olympiad team and expected to cause
anxiety
∙LAKY.C Shanghai was cancelled because J, Beresford, fun, in the Diamonds of Ruth's probable return to the Petley.
and the Wingfield,
diamond.
of the trouble.
to
Messer.
Police R.C.
Poat Whant.
tons.
SHADOWS BEFORE.
Coming Events Advertised In The Mail,
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ENTERTAINMENTS.
June "Hold Your Breath."
8.- Coronet Theatre,
June 8.-World Theatre, "The Last Trail."
June "Sonny."
June 8-Star Theatre,. "The "Pantaloonatics.”
8.- Queen's Theatre,
SOCIAL
June 20. Fortnightly dance at the Peak Club, 9.15 pm..
SPORT.
Souza, at China Auction Rooms, 3 p.m.
June 10-Lammert Bros., at "Derrington." 8, Peak Road, household furniture, 2.45 p.m.
June 10-Lammert Bros., at Godown No. 23, lower, the Hong kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon, mis- cellaneous goods, 10.30 am.
COMPANY MERTING.
June 10-Forty-fourth meet→ ing of the Indo-China Navigation Co., Ltd., at Measra. Jardine's Offices, 12 a.m.
MISCELLANEOUS. June 9. Meeting at St. Joseph's College, in connection with its Golden Jubilee, 5.30 p.m.
R W. Hartley (plus 3), the Cam- bridge University captain, and his brother, W. L Hartley (plus 2). were successful in the knock-out foursomes at Cooden Beach when they defeated A. S. Gibbs (3) and A. W. Gibbs (4) at the 19th hole. June 13-Hongkong Boxing Madrid states that Spanish airmen Paris, June 6.A message from RW. Hartley also figured in the Association's fifth tournament of have discovered Biff trenches be Club Challenge Cup, in which he the season, at Theatre Royal, 9.15 tween Alhuceras and Adjir; the
tied for second place, with a retura of 73-3-76, with R. C. Brookes, 88-12-76, the winner being R. A. Gapp, with a score of 91-16-75
PUBLIC AUOTIONS.
p.m.
fronting of which is almost com pleted, and other fortifications and Jume 9-Valuable property at 30 guns occupying stragetio pos Yaumati, by Mr. E. V. MR. Long-Renter