FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1928.
Sport Columns
LEAGUE TENNIS.
TUNNEY WINS.
(Continued from Page-1.)
fellows America that our
are bewildered when they start to fight over there.
Long
LOUGHRAN'S VIEWS.
C.R.C.'S UNDEFEATED RECORD IN "B" DIVISION,
S.C.A.A. "C" TEAM BEATEN,
Chinese Recreation Club "B" team have emulated the example of their senior team by retaining!
before tho fight Tex the championship in "P" division and going through the
season's Rickard deposited to Tunney's ac fixtures without a single reverse, count $200,000 of the $525,000 he They have not been seriously ex-guaranteed the heavyweight cham- tended in any match, which goes to pion for defending his title against show their undisputed superiority Tom Heeney in July. Before Gene over all other teams in the league. | stopped into the ring Inat night{
The runner-up position in "B" eyery dollar of the amount was in dlyision will, in all probability, be the bank for him.
won by South China Athletic Asso- You can see why (says Tommy ciation who, in a very interesting Loughran, light weight champion)}. game, defeated Hong Kong Cricket every man who has even A faint Club last Saturday!
chance to win the championship The lowly-placed Civil Service wants to get a shot at it. I have side surprised South China in the done pretty well among the 175- pounders but it would take me a long time to earn that much.
BOWLS.
T
THE CHINA MAIL,
THE CHAMPIONSHIP. GETTING ON SLOWLY.
COMPENSATION AFTER ACQUISITION.
In the Second Division there is F. M. S. RACECOURSE. no very prominent match The do Recreio "A" are not engaged and, Civil Service should have no diffi- culty at East Point. They must be careful however as a slip here might let tho Redrolo alip past them at the post.
SPECTATORS NOTE..
APPEAL COURT'S DECISION,
́MONÈY & SHARES.
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.
THE SHARE MARKET.
Hong Kony. Stock. Exchange,
On London-
In the Civil Court of Appeal in Bank, wira .... 2/-% Kuala Lumpur last week, before Mr. Bank, on demand.... 27- 7/16
aight
4
months'
Stock
2/-
TT. on London
T.T..on Shanghai... 76
Hongkong Bank ............. $1295
Banka.
do.
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Chartered Bank
£2214
Mercantile A & B... £10
do.
81416
P. & O. Bank
£9%
1262%
Bank of East Asia
Insurances.
$75
"KEEP OFF THE GRASS."
[By "Blas."] Whant and Hill play off to-night| at Cralgengower to finish off the This was brought to my notice Justice Acton (presiding), Mr. Bank, 30 daya' eight. second Round and with quite a in one of the Clubs of the Colony, Justice Thorne and Mr. Justice Bank, 4 months' sight 2/- number of the 3rd Round games Some of the Greens in the Colony Dinsmore, an appeal against the de- Credits, played we four. are nearing the last have no banks and it is not an cision of the Chief Justice (Sir
At the Top of the Draw uncommon thing to find during a Henry Gompertz), with reference to Documentary 4 months Hogbin of K.B.G. has upset many keen game that enthusiastic specta- the compensation due to certain Bight other peoples calculations besides tors find their way 'consciously or members of the Loke Yew family, 'On Paris my own. It seems certain that he unconsciously on to the Green. I following the Government's acquisi. On demand will meet Ferguson in the semlam, asked to Quote Law XX. "Per-ition of the Kuala Lumpur Race Credits, final and will give him a run. His sone not engaged in the game must course aite, came up for hearing,
4 months' sight confine themselves to the banks Mr. Roland Braddell, with Mr.
On Berlin- autside the boundaries of the rink, W. H. W. Hastings, represented the and preserve an attitude of strict appellants, the Deputy Legal Ad
On demand neutrality." James A. Manson, viser (Mr. R. C. Cussen) appeared On New York- known journalistically - as ("Jack'on behalf of the Government, and On demand ....... High") in his book on Bowls adds, Mr. P. Ford represented the Selan-Credits, 60 days' sight to this rule the following rider. Igor Turf Club.
On Bombay
HALF AWAY ACROSS
Miss Gleitze Swimming Irish ·
Channel.
London, Yesterday, Miss biercedes Gleitze, the London typist, is attempting to swim the Irish Channel from Donaghadee to Port Patrick, Scotland.
The distance, in a straight Bne, Is 22 miles.
It has not been so many years ago that Tex Rickard put up a She has so far covered over half purse of $101,000 for the Jeffries- the course-British Wireless Ser. Jahnson bout, and everyone vice. thought he had gone mad.
It did not seem possible that there could "."
he so much money in the fight victory over a seasoned player like game. .But nowadays, heavy- Grimmitt was no flash in the pair weights who cannot be mentioned and I am told ho has been repeat- in the same breath with these two ing that form all season with as- attract much bigger gates than tonishing regularity. In the next that.
quarter Duncan has been doing consistently well, and will make W. McFarlane sit up if McFarlane can account for Goodman of the Dock.
The top notchers who were born late enough to box in these times are lucky indeed. John L. Sullivan did not get a dime when he lost to Jim Corbett, but whether he wins!
in a
I
N.B.-Audible comment on or, Mr. Braddell, after quoting au-Wire criticism of the play and players' thorities in contesting the judgment On demand is exceedingly bad taste. In the of the learned Chief Justice, sald interests of the pastime and its that in the present case they had a popularity, spectatore should be piece of land which was splendid as encouraged to attend matches, os- pecially when they are likely to see owner was its market value, with a building, site, and its value to the la fine exposition of the game. But
they must refrain from all conduct that of its buildings upon it. It On demand. calculated to annoy Bowlers and however, had to be taken into ac-
count that it was subject to a lease On demand perhaps put them off their play,
for a term of three years, but a TO-MORROW'S: FIXTURES.
skilled valuer could value this land- The usual number of seven for the owner. If the tenant was on demand matches is down for decision to- to be turned out on the acquisition of this land it was correct that he Division I.
should be compensated by the State, Kowloon Dock R.C. v. K.C.C. and arriving at this, the tenant's Police v. Civil Service C.C. damage was, he would say, a mat- Taikoo v. Bowling Green.
ter of calculation..
morrow:-
Division II. Bowling Green v. Yacht Club. Civil Service v. East Point. Kowloon C.C. v. Taikoo R.C.. Recreio "B" v. Craigengower.
LEAGUE TABLES.
The bottom half is equally Inter-1 or loses Tom Heeney will make as esting. McLaggan of Kowloon Dock much in that one fight as some of bas to meet Pendered and the win- the great old-timers earned
ner plays A. Clark of the Police.) Wilbur F. "Junior" Coen, of Kan-lifetime of effort. Jim Hall and
Kaw Clark play Bennett of sas City, Mo, the youngest member Bob Fitzsimmons were supposed to Craigongower last night on the ever appointed to the United States Aght for a $40,000 purse. They got Civil Service green, and a better date, are:— Davis Cup Tennis lenni.
Division. I. exactly nothing.
gamel have not seen for a long
P. W. D. L. Pts, "C" division, the
time. Bennett is one of the pillars Craigengower C.C. 7 7 0 0 14 Still it isn't all money with us, the score 11 all he looked as if he Kowloon Dock R.C. 7 4 0 9 8 of his side in the league and with Felice R.C....... 7 4 0 3 8 Some of the hard boiled will laugh might do it. But craft told and Taikoo R.C....
latter meeting with their first defeat of the sea-
yon.
A Re-play.
DEMPSEY MISSES HIS TITLE.
LAST WEEK.
49%
Canton InsurSTICS
1635 Union Insurance ..... $340 North China Insurance T14536 Yangtae Insurance... $50 China Underwriters .... 8236 Chin Fire Insurancs $245 H.K. Fire Insurance.. $780
Shipping.
Douglaser H.K. Steamboats
IL.E.. Tugs & Lighters 12 Indo-China (Pref)... 195
do. (De)... $70 Shell Transporta ... 100/- Water-boats
Mining.
$20 b 201
b
$08 b & $27
A
Shanghal Explorations T2.45
188
3854
On Calcutta-
Wire
On demand
136 1864
Benguets
$136
Kallan Mining Ad. 80/- Langkata (Combined), 11
On Singapore-
do.
(Single)
T6%
88
Shanghai Loans
On Manila-
Ranbs
$4.80
Tronah Hinas...
17/0
992
Docks, Wharves,
On Shanghai--
76%
H.K. & K. Wharves.. $1364
80 day's sight (private
paper) ....
H.K. & W. Docks
440
China Providenta
25.15
TIGO то
108
T107
$8.80
3214
Th1
On Yokohama→→ On demand... Gold Leaf, 100 fine
(per tael) Sovereigne (Bank's
buying rate) Silver (per oz.)
THE INTERESTED PARTIES. In the present case there were two partles to be compensated-Bar Silver in Hong
Kong
firstly the owners, and secondly the Selangor Turf Club. To the own Chinese Copper Cash nom. era, the Government from the begin Chinese Copper Cents 6% prem ning had to pay full value of rent Rate of Native In- and buildings, and to the Turf Club tercat
7% p.&.
The positions in the League to (if they were to be disturbed) com. Chinese Sub. Coin. 28% die.
pensation would come to a very Hong Kong Sub. Coin Par. large sum of money indeed. What had been done therefore was to shift a large part of the Turf Club's shoulders and take it out of his claim off the Government's
6 3 0 3 6 clients' pockets. As a matter of
1
0
0
at that. but it is true. Dempsey Clark get home nicely. A. Clark Kowloon C.C....., 6 3 0 3 6 fact in this case the Turf Club On Tuesdiny, Kowloon Cricket would rather have kept his title is my tip, now, for the Champlon- Kowloon B.G.G... 7 30 4 6 were never paid any compensation Club met the Indian Recreation and lost half a million. It meant ship. Club again in the "C" division. so inuch to him to be the cham-
Civil Service C.C...8 0 0 8 0 and never claimed any, because These two teams had previously pion of the world. It doesn't do
Shots For and Against.. they were never disturbed; thero- met at Sookumpoo but on that oc-any good to be the runner-up. It's] There were no surprises last
For Agat. Up Da.fore, the only party interested were casion K.C.C. turned out with only either the top or nothing so far week but some close things. The Craigengower C.C. 440 354.76 his clients, and the Government five players and with the aid of as your own pride goes.
nearest thing was. Civil Service Kowloon. B.G.C...439 308 41 O might either pay in money or come an I.R.C. member, managed to beat
Geno Tunney probably feels the and Craigengower. The leadors Kowloon D.R.C.. 424 422 2 the home team. The Kowloonites same way, about it.
to aome settlement which would be Perhaps he again showed how matches are Taikoo, R.C...... 362-951 O considered aquitable. They, the immediately insisted that
this doesn't feel it the same way that won, how when one skip is down Polico R.C. ..... 894 418
19 appellants, had accepted the Col- game should be replayed and en-Dempsey did, but he'll miss his the other two win comfortably and Kowloon C.C... 368 365 32 lector's valuation of the land, but; tertaining the Indians on Tuesday, title just the same when his time carry him and when two skips, are Civil Service C.C, 426-435 0 69 they repeated their previous, per-comes to lose it.
not his market value, or the de- down, a herculean effort by the formance.
Division' IL
duction of $72,000 as compensation third does the trick. The surpris There are different kinds of
P. W. D. L. Pts for the Turf Club, which had not) ing part about it all is that Civil Service C.C.. 7 5 1 1 11 made any claim. The Collector had against the Indian R.C. in the "pric, Jee Grim, the iron man, honours go round.
Aeldom won
a fight, but he was)
Recreio "A"
85 0 3 10 awarded the sum of $300,000 to The other two first division Kowloon B.G.C... 8 4 1 3 9 the owners, but the market value proud of the fact that no one ever matches were played next door to East Point R.C....8 40 48 had been fixed at $371,875. Coun knocked him out. Bob Fitzsimmons cach other at Kowloon and both, Recreio "B" 6 3 1 2 7sel would not have thought that the dropped him thirteen times in a
provided close finishes. The Taikoo R.C.
Club de Recreio won handsomely
division on Wednesday,
To-morrow's Games. To-morrow's official fixtures are confined to the "C" division but it
5 3 0 2 6 Government would attempt to shift
six round bout, but couldn't keep Cricket Club especially did well to Craigengower C.C. 8 3 0 56,the onus of compensation on to him on the floor. Then, toward bent Taikou.
Kowloon C.C.
sec-the end of his career Sailor Burke
is likely that several postponed matches in the "A" and "B" tion will also be played oft.
"C" Division. Civil Service v. R.A.0.C. Y.M.C.A v. South China. R.A.M.C. v. Chinese R.C. I; Chinese R.C. II. v. Indian R.C. Recrelo II. v. Kowloon C.C. Kowloon Indians v. Recreio I. Kennedy-rd. M.Q. v. H.K.C.C.
LEAGUE TABLES.
The positions in the League to date are:-
"A" Division.
"B" Division.
In the Second Division Civil Ser-Yacht Club did knock Joe vut, and I think the vice beat the Yacht Club as ex- disappointment and shock of it did pected and are a step nearer the
Shots For more to break him down than all
first division. Club de Recreio Recreio "Á"
the beatings he had taken previous-trounced Craigengower seconds and Kowloon B.G.C.
ly.
I take a lot of pride in my cham-
pionship. Why not? It meant
The money
are also still in the running.
TO-MORROW.
6 1 1 4 8 his clients. The learned Chief
6 1 0 5 2 Justice got over this point by say-{ and. Against.
ing that the State stood in the place For Agst. Up Dn of the person interested.
·514 341 173
517 428 89
.0 0
0
Mr. Cussen said that the market value of the land in the Collector's o'statement stood for the value of
0
the owner's interest in the land.
0.70
Mr. Justica Thorne: At the time
0. 88 of the acquisition, were the sitting)
Givil Service C.C. 485 368 72 Recreio "B" 357 334, 23 seven years of hard work and sacri non Dock and though I expect to Yacht Club .....
Kowloon Cricket Club go to Kow- Taikoo R.C.
806 291 15 fice to get there.
230 800 meants a lot, and probably will see the Dock win, but they will East Point R.C.435 523 have to be careful after last Satur Kowloon C.C. ... 310 408- much more after I am through, but right now it gives me. The Police entertain Civil Ser-
day.
Craigengower C.C. 295 511 a great kick to know that I am the vice and ought to gain a comfort- best man in my class.
able. victory. Taikoo entertain
mean
You have to be a master work-Kowloon Bowling Green Club and man to be a champion in any line, will be out to show that last! and no one is likely to become a Saturday's form against the other master if he doesn't take pride in Kowloon team was not their
P. W. L. Pts.
Chinese R.C.
6 6.0 12
Hong Kong 66
6 4 2 8
M.B.K.
6
4 2 8
Indian R.C.
6
2 4
4
Kowloon C.C:
B
2 4 4
his work,
Craigengower C.C. 5 University
1
2
5
1 A 2
P. W. L. Pts.
Chinese R.C.
.10 10 0 20
South China A.A. 9
* 1 16
9
G 3 12
7
3 4 6
8. 3 5 6
G 2 4 4
7 2 G 4
2 ..7 1
4 2
Hong Kong EG, 7 2 14
Recreio
Nippon Club
Indian R.C.
University M.B.K.
Craigengower C.C. 9
Royal Engineers . 8
Kowloon C.C..... 6 0 0 0
"C" Division.
P. W. L Pts,
Chinese R.C. IL.. 9 9 0 18
Chinese R.C. I... 8
8 0 16
Recreio II.
8 7 1 14
Kowloon C.C.
8 6 2 '12
fouth China A.A. 6 5 1 10
8 6 ត
3 10
3. 10
9 4
8
4
Hong Kong Co. Civil Service .C.C.. 8 E.A.0.0. Kennedy-rd. M.Q. 10
Recreio I,
PA.M.C.
Nippon V.M.C.A.
Indian R.C. Kowloon LTC.
10 4 6.
9 3 6
8 2 6
8 1
10
I
9 0
H.K.C.C. TENNIS.
In the Hong Kong C. C. hong. doubles lawn tennis tournament yesterday, E. D. Lawrence and T. D. E. Pendered (A. P. C.), owe 8/6, beat 0. E. C. Marton and M. H." Turner. (Deacons), owe 2/6,2-6, 6-4 6-4. G. W. Sewell and H, Owen Hughes, owe 15/2, bant D: S. Green and W. A. Nowers (A, P. C.), owe
1/6, 6-2, 6-9,
usual.
of a mirror-Tom Heeney, the
unney to 11-rounds before losing
SMALLPOX.
STEADY INCREASE IN BRITAIN SINCE 1920.
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Fongkews --: New Engineerings Shanghai Docke
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nient! Cottons
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Humphreys Estates
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....
LONDON EXCHANGES.
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da. Star Ferries
$643
Paris New York
London, Yesterday.
....124.05.
China Lights (comb.)
do.
(old). $11.80
do.
4.85 11/16
ก. 1928 is $11.40
Brussels
34.10
F.K. Electrics...
$48444
Electric (new)
3474
Geneva Amsterdam Milan
25.23
Marar Flectrics
$2042
12.081⁄4
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$6.35 b 04
92.85
$10%
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18.19
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$9.30
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*198
(new)
$1.55
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6.80
Lisbon Athens Bucharest
2 3/18
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5 29/32 47 7/16 1/5 29/32
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SYDNEY, SMITH.
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Singapore Tractions
Prefs. Industrials.
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their cause is dear with concern that it should have been commit- ted to such rash and intemperate
AS A PREACHER 100 YEARS advocates. If you wish to gain a
AGO,
victory over your antagonistā these are the men whose writings you should study, whose opinions You should dwell on, and should
0 98 tenants disturbed? If they were CHAMPION OF TOLERATION, 0116 disturbed they had a claim; other
wise they had no claim whatsoever. It is a curious fact to observe carefully bring forward to notice; for they had lost nothing.
that a little over a century ago but if you wish, as the elect of THE COLLECTOR'S FORMULA. the surface of political, social, and God, to put on kindness and hum-
was ruffled by a bleness, meekness Mr. Cussen agreed; but said, that religious life
and long- they had to fix the value of the breeze from the same quarter as suffering if you wish to forbear land for acquisition purposes and that from which it is being ruffled and to forgive, it will then occur then ascertain the value of the to-day, writes the Master of the to you that you should seek the lessor's interest and the lessee's Temple in the London "Daily true opinions of any sect from..
Telegraph." Whereas in recent years the in- interest, and to do this the Collector
those only who are approved of cidence of smallpox in every had adopted a formula according to not then revising their Prayer whose authority that sect defer, The people in that quarter were and reverenced by that sect, to country on the Continent has which he had worked. There was Book. They were trying to stem and by whose arguments they decreased, in Great Britain there no objection to the valuation of the the rising tide of what has, since 1920, been a steady in land and it had not been suggested years later came to be known as perly defended.
a few consider their tenets to be pro- crease in the cases notified, states that other valuations had not been Catholic
This may not a report issued by the Health Or considered. Neither at the inquiry tide rose. A barrier was put up combating for victory, but it is emancipation. The suit your purpose if you are ganisation of the League of Na- tions. In 1927 there were 14,931 or at the hearing before the Chief against it and stood for a while, your duty if you are combating cases in Britain, as compared Justice was any evidence brought Then it broke, for the tide proved for truth; it is the safe, honest, with 6,841 in the feat of Europe, to show what the appellants really stronger than the barrier. High and splendid conduct of him who The disease is common only in claimed. He suggested that if tides often leave landmarks. never writes nor speaks of religi- the mild form known as Alastrim, per cent, as representing lessor's A landmark of this high tide ous subjects, but that he may but, with the exception of Swit-interest, was incorrect, they should was a sermon preached by Sydney diffuse the real blessings of re- zerland, where, between 1921-6, it get expert opinion as to what sum Smith in the Temple Church on Ugion aniong his fellow-creatures, persisted in epidemic form, even should be arrived at.
the subject of religious toleration and restrain the bitterness of con-
Alpstrim was conspicuously ab- Mr..Ford said that the Turf Club in 1807. It was so much approv-troversy by the feeling of Chris- sent from the Continent. The had an interest in the proceedings ed by the large assembly gather than charity and forbearance. mortality in Great Britain has in that as soon as the compensationed to hear it that he was request. Those who only know Sydney been low, no deaths having occur- bad been paid to the owners the ed to publish it, and did so, adding Smith as a wit and humorist red in Scotland between 1922-7, land would revert to the State and a short preface. It began with only know the side of him which and there being only 49 deaths in the Club would have an equitable the characteristic words: "This he, himself least valued. He 1927 in England and Wales, claim against the Government con sermon is not published from a knew the worth of wit well The report points out that vac-cerning the unexpired period of the belief that it has any merit in enough, and that, like salt, it is cination within ten years appears existing lease, in pursuance of the composition, or any claim to good for certain purposes. to give complete immunity from arrangement arrived at between the bear my share of testimony diet it will only nourish a type of originality of thinking, but to He knew, however, that as a the disease,Thus in 1926 there Club and the Government.
was not a single case among child-As reported recently, the Court which is very foolish in all those and it annoyed him greatly when against a religious clamour, man who soon becomes tiresome, ren below 12 years of age who allowed the appeal, the judgment of in whom it is not very wicked." he found himself regarded as one had been vaccinated in infancy, the Court below being reversed and. He took the same theme not of those whom no one took seri whereas there were no fewer than the appellants being allowed costs long after in the pulpit of Bristol ously. When he went into the 9,980 cases among children below in both Courts and interest at 8 per Cathedral, on Nov. 5. And in pulpits of the Church, therefore, 12 who had not been vaccinated. cent on the excess awarded over view of the situation that has he deliberately used his wit in
and above the amount of $300,000 arisen to-day by the recent vote the Christian manner. He preach Torrential raing hating thirty- already paid to them: eight hours have caused consider- able havoc throughout Roumania.
on the Prayer Book in the House ed sacrifice of self as the essence of Commons, it is worth recalling of religion, and making aḍlf an some words from the preacher in offering to One greater than self.
And in recommending this' true
In Bessarabia, the rain was accom-Sir James Crockett, Dallington, the sermon itself, re panied by lightning, which destroy- Lodge, Northampton, head of a boot Some men aim at attracting principle he used his wit, not to ed, about ten" villages" and caused manufacturing firm, celebrated his notice by singularity; some are raisa laughter or create amuse- the death of ten people, “A terrifë 50th birthday by giving each man deficient in temper, some in learn- ment, but to prick consciences. * thunderstorm has also caused much employed by him. £8, each: woman ing; some push every principle to ~· Such preachers would be great- damage in the Swieciany district 855, and all employees -under 20 a the extreme, dlatort, overstate, ly in demand to-day if they could of Polendi
pervert," fill every one to whom be found?