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and in the second half, Misnes A. was a regular boy and grew up and L. Tollan. By permission of with as much interest in games Li-Col. E. B. Ferrers, D.S.O., and and playing "hockey as in officers of the 1st/Camerorians, the
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following also took part, Pipe- His artistic growth was sane Major Eadie, Lcs./Cpl. Yates and Piper Davidson.
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and natural; at no period was it Mr. Jack Grenham brought some forced nor were his other studies. It is sad fact of life that in The newly formed "Revellers" clever local allusions into his neglected because of it and only this world you get nothing with- Company of amateur entertainers "Photo of the Girl I left Behind me" when he had reached the age of out asking, very little by asking gave an excellent concert at the and other comic songe. The Tam-fifteen was a musical career de alone, and still less by naking "Better 'Ole" (Peking Road bourine dance by Miss A. Tallan cided upon. Looked at logically, T. on London..... OLYMPIC SENSATION. | AMERICA AND US politely. This is a lesson we learn Y.M.C.A.) yesterday evening under and Mrs. F. C. Clems was well done this is as it should be, and Moisei PT. on Shanghal
From childhood onwards (writes the auspices of the Naval and Mili- and insistently encored. In reply, vitach's accomplishments as a Banks. Sir A. Hamiltos Grant, K.C.S.I., in tary Y.M.C.A. Entertainment Com-Messrs. Grenham and Clemo took pianist, certainly prove that an Hongkong Bank..... $1000
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The good child goes on acquies from the time that the curtain was Every item went, with a swing cing in an order which its soul drawn on a stage draped with black abhers, and abides a slave to the and coloured streamers setting off.
tyranny of the The defeat of Tommy Milligan conservative
the tastefully designed costumes of The bad child screams the entertainers. in the fight for the Middle-Weight nursery,
The hall was Championship of the World at blue murder, kicks Nanny in the packed to capacity and the artistes appointment among followers of but gains its point. The old or that must have been taken in re-
are hearsing a programme of boxing in Great Britain. Milligan der changeth: concessiona
PART.
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Paris, July 20.
Following the Senate's adjourn ment of the question of the neces- sary vote of credit the
THE MILLIGAN LESSON,
$115
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77 Kirkwood
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Hayers Boomer
Nabholtz played indifferently and did not return a card. Thirty-two qualified in the match play stages.
Duncan qualified after tieing with nine others with a score of 154 forever. the last five places-Reuter.
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for all concerned. Its organisation distinct musical personality and North China Insurance T149 that France will not participate in
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The Federation of Sports Asso that there was considerable just a wise child that knows not only siastic reception of every item. organisers have earned the thanks in a host of subjects unrelated to Fire Insurances. ciations have also decided to pro-Acation for the expectation that its own father, but also its nurse, The "Revellers" were assisted by of the audience of Service men and his art. hibit members in any way assist he would secure a title for the Old there will be further rumpuses and the "Lyric" orchestra which played others who were treated to a most
.He comes to Hong Kong on HK. Fire Insurance.. $600 China Fire Insurance $210 ing in the organisation of the
Country. Compared with other further victorles,
prior to the concert and during the enjoyable evening. It is to be August 6 and 8, and is giving two In the broader fields of life this interval, adding not little to the hoped that the talented performers concerts at the Theatre Royal,
Shipping. Gamer.-Reuter.
performers at Home, he appeared
Throughout a success of the evening.
will be able to give more concerts n master of the "Game." He went is equally true.
The choruses of the Company of like quality at an early date.. to the States last year to get a quarter of a century of service in
Governments, were original and humorous fight with Walker but this was India I have seen
local and. parochial, the individual Rems also made a denied him, and it was thought in supreme, some quarters that Mr. Walker solemnly and sonorously declare strong appeal. Mr. Wolgemuth has wasn't very keen about risking his that though constitutional repre- pleasing volce which was well
B. MOISEIVITSCH title in a match with the Scot. sentations will be always consider-suited to "Mother Machree", and Gleneagle, July 20.
of the However, Walker came over toed, no form of illegal agitation will "Rose Marie," in the rat part of The leaders at the end
the programme, and "Macgregors be for a moment tolerated; indeca. Gathering" and "Mary of Argyle" FAMOUS PIANIST COMING TO got a £1,000 England,
Kuarantee of qualifying round of the
of such agitation will only put the Glasgow Herakl" golf tourna- £23,000, and on the last day
June demonstrated that he knew clock back. The agitation has in the second half, Mrs. Fleming is an old favourite with Hong Kong more about boxing than the Bri- taken place, and lot in direct pro audiences and no stranger to the
portion to its valence, Government Services, and tish Champion..
she earned well These Americans "aure ean pull has given way, and, like the lady
merited applause with "Carmena,' things off." Milligan is still very in the poem, "vowing she would "Beautiful Ohio" and "Come to the
Fair." young, but it will be extremely ne'er consent, consented."
An excellent combination difficult for him to
A Cause and Its Champion. was the duet with Mrs. Fleming recover suffi- ciently from what happened at Having in
nind this human and Mr. F. C. Clemo ("Tea for
who Olympin to do anything very big frailty, some
were Two"). in boxing in future. He was gal- anxious to see some improvements
The Tollan Girls. lant enough to stand up to Walker in the game of Auction Bridge, as The Highland Sword dances were when he had been hattered very played in England were delighted excellently performed and met with badly. British boxers are en- to find a leading newspaper which an enthusiastic response. In the hancing their reputation for that was desirous of making a move in first part of the programme, the soft of thing. Not long ago Elky the same direction, and readily ac- local artistes taking part were Miss hope," cepted the invitation of the "Even- L. Tollan and little Misa D. Tollan Clark, another British astounded an American crowd with ing Standard" to co-operate to this his gameness when he met Fidel end. It was obvious that if the La Barba. He did not win, how-desired alterations were to be in-
troduced in the near future public FEW CHILDREN ESCAPE IT. interest must be aroused, the case
Stomach aches, so inseparable, front Why is it Americans hold the must be clearly and widely ex- the years of childhood, can becontecently that he has no recollection of those days at the keyboard. majority of boxing championships? plained, and attention drawn to the serious howel disorder if not prompt.
Chamberlin's Colle and Later on at the age of ten he was The obvious answer is. that they lethargy of those from whom they quited. produce better boxers, men who initiative
Diarrhoea Remedy is safe and de- might constitutionally
quite a musical phenomenon at pendable for both children and grown school and regarded as the most know more about boxing than the have been expected.
people. It immediately relieves severe fellows on the other side of the The upshot has been that a con- intestinal pain and stops weakening Kifted student at the Warsaw Atlantic. We cannot get away;
ference of the leading Bridge- diarrhoea. For sale everywhere. Conservatory but young Benno The St. Peter's Church Young from the fact that there is more playing clubs has agreed to Men's Club will make their debutthan natural aptitude for fighting immediate redraft of the Laws of in local tennis when the following required to make a man a Cham Auction Bridge, admitting Majority will represent them in a friendly pion. He has got to learn a great Calling and decimal honours in all match against the Hong Kong Uni-deal. He has got to study the suits, abolishing chicane, and mak- versity at the Pokfulum courts on finer points of boxing, and if he ing a number of minor altern- Sonday, July 24, at 4 p.m.
got the inclination for tions. Whatever anyone may say, A. B. Hamson and W. J. Howard, "picking up" hints, he has got to this prompt action is due entirely W. Gittins and E. F. Fincher, Whave sensible advice "knocked to the campaign in the "Evening Hunt and F. Grose.
into" him.
Standard." The Portland Club The-Americans, -as hay so often may have been contemplating a. DEMPSEY'S DEFENCE been stated, are never content just revision of the rules: but their other high to gain a fair knowledge of sport mills, like those of and then to depend for successes authories. grind slowly, and stimulus nothing apon this knowledge and natural without this ability. They make it their con- much would have happened for cern to learn everything, or months-or years.
For this in almost everything, there is to be Let it rest at that. learned about a sport.
not a hymn of triumph-stil! less Milligan is a pretty boxer, is an apology. The comments I have clever, and has the right tempera-
heard on the changes about to be ment. But did he receive all the effected in the rules are amazing instruction and
preparation he in their diversity.
"Well, I shall never play Bridge! should have received before at
"It tempting to dethrone a Champion? again," said one good Indy. We very much doubt it. Indeed, has taken me three years to learn we would wager he did not.
that you cannot go Four Clubs over Jack is a "straight-line fighter."
For one thing there are more Three Spades-and now they are His rush is of such tornadic ferocity that a foe who backs away boxing experts in the United States equal."
Milligan's
"What! Is that all they're going is lost. That's why Tunney stood thun in Great Britain. up to him all through his recent trainer may be perfectly sound in to do?" sald another. "I thought battle. Against an opponent with his methods, but knowing how they meant to abolish the revoke intelligent
footwork (Gibbons, much more advanced are American and make Clubs and Diamonds the Brennan, Tunney) his rush is nulli- methods compared with those of game value as hearts and Spadea."
What a Trial Reveals. fied to a very vital extent.
British trainers, we contend that
As a matter of fact, after a little Opponents who circle away and Milligan could hardly be expected force Dempsey in turn break the to give a better exhibition than a Calling and decimal honours at over a month's trial of Majority terrific momentum of the "Killer's" first-class American boxer. 38sault. If a challenger like Jack Walker has had the advantage one of the leading clubs, the con: Delaney or Jack Sharkey reaches ever since he showed himself to be sensus of opinion in the cardroom the semi-finals of the elimination a boxer above the ordinary of being think, that the game tournament against Dempsey, most under the management of Jack greatly enlivened by the change, experts will rate Dempsey the los-Kearns,
The sole complaint is that the rub shaped the ing ticket.
Clipped on the Neck. destinies of some of the most probers tend to be a little more pro- The drowning player Jimmy Maloney, who is fast on minent boxers in the world, and longed. his feet, would have a good chance he has had crammed into his head clutches at the straw of Five Clubs against Dempsey, though the Bos- many things about what to do in and goes down-only to come up again and clutch afresh: and so training. ton boy's tendency to stand and
There is no doubt that there are
the game proceeds sometimes, might prove fatal. Paul Ber fenbach und Paolina Uzcudum boxers who can think for them- perhaps, to the annoyance of the hungry, eireling vultures, who figure to give the ex-champion selves and become highly proficient would have rejoiced to see the thrilling battles, but any man that in the art. Jim Driscoll and Juck can hit right will go down to Jimmy Wilde are examples of this moribund side receive the coup de The fact remains, however, that grace from a brutal Four Hearts But this is a or Four Spader. Demphey still has his punch most boxers have to be taught an
and occurs at least enough of it to make hira immense amount, and until there trifling drawback,
seldom. idangerous, don't forget that. are in Great Britain better teachers
Students of buxing tell you that and exponents of the more ad- splendid added scope of the minor On the other hand, there is the Tunney fought the perfect fight vanced methods the chances of a in bringing about the defeat of Home-trained boxer taking a title suits-a sword or a pitfall. For, Dempsey; still Gene was nailed, al from an American are alight. Of of course, Majority Calling, while most fatally, on two or three oc- course, there is more money for appearing to simplify, really makes boxing in America. and the sport that adds lighting ground must be the game more difficult. Anything He was clipped on the neck and attracts people that British boxing to the advantage of the more skil was hoarse for a week. His ribs cannot It is regrettable that ful and were sore and swollen and the flesh Milligan lost, as he is a very fine moderate player is saved, it is true,
daring fighter. discoloured for long afterward. If
fellow in many respects. He may it should be Dempsey's fortune to achieve his ambition one day, from the trap of the undercall by come through the tournament ОБ
Majority Calling-but he loses the Tunney's opponent next September despite the great setback he suffer advantage of heavy Spades or
ed at Olympia.-Ex. the chances of Jack regaining the crown appear slim, however.
Tunney Harder,
WHY TUNNEY SHOULD WIN AGAIN,
New York. Dempsey, think the experts, will have a tough time sur viving even the elimination series for the boys with wise
noodles figure they have hit upon the right way to fight him.
At present Dempsey says Tunney or no one, that as former champion he is entitled to a return
bout
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80 long." Jack explains. "I and I never know a good player to make the game more ainstic, thought after two or three rounds who did not keep it-now solidly more sensitive to the touch of in- I would blow up much worse than lick pencils and write 80's and 40's spiration, more disastrous to the I did," he continues in an inter- above the line with assiduity. No foolhardy bungler. Anyone can vlew This elimination tourna one seriously regrets the abolition make a gume easier. It is a fent ment will sharpen me up and there of "chicane," which was an insult to make it legitimately more dim- will not be the strain of a world's to the bad hand like an inadequate cult. championship at stake."
tip to a butler. Yes, bad as Dempsey looked that
The Deciaal Honours, "One thing only I regret that it rainy night his physical resources
As to the decinal honours, they were not so greatly impaired after has so far been decided to retain make for simplicity, and I have all. He would never have lived the stupid penalty of 50 for look-seen men who have not had, the through the ten rounds under the ing at the last trick--a penalty added score right once. in fifty rub- beating that was dealt out to him without logical reason, conceived bers, glowing with pride at the and saw him all but punched blind.in nervous irritability and directed perfect accord of their additions
against nervous He never went down once.
aberration, with the rest of the tablo But remember this. He may be penalty never enforced among who never kept the score before a better Dempsey than the one of genfal players, and therefore an a year ago, yet for the purposes of encumbrance to the rules auroly for fear of the sevens and nines fighting for the title Tunney will purely a matter of manners and (Continued at foot of preseding be harder to beat than ever.
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