THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1929.
Sport Columns
BOXING
PHIL SCOTT THE TENDER-
HEARTED
[By George Carpentier] Phir Scott in hot a "killer" as the Americans term it.
He has not that which a fighter must have to capture the world: passion, shall
we.sky? The something that con-
sumes the scut with a desire to end a contest with all possible speed, the British heavy-weight champion has not. So the searching eritie,
and I too have decided.
are
necessary and that from the sound of the gong it must be the primary business of a fighter, whatever his. poundage, to endeavour to produce it. In a well-ordered way and after scientific principles, of course: that is, by the exercise of wits and skill to open up a way for the de- liverance of a punch calculated to bring victory.
BASEBALL
HANDICAP OF GROUND IN THE COLONY
It is learned that the Baseball As- sociation are taxing steps to make representations to enjoy the use of
piece, of ground at Caroline Hill for the purpose of League games. It is pointed out that the ground in question is used mainly by the Naval units for football, but when the warships go north in the sum- mer this ground is seldom used. It might form a suitable diamond if arrangements for its use could be effected with the responsible au
SPORTS CLUB
TO MEET THE K.C.C. AT LAWN BOWLS
I am not with those who would thorities. It would be a pity to see have fights decided by points, neithe sport fall into abeyance for the ther am I for reducing fighting lack of a suitable ground. to a thing of wild fury, but em- phatically do I insist that in this port of man against man, every regard should be paid to the art of Finality and Scott
not punching in a way most likely to synonymous terms it is enough ap- produce finality. There is nothing parently, no matter how come his brutal in the popular idea of es- timating a fighter by the brute triumphs: the knockout he has yet to make the central purpose of his force his physical enormity sug
gests, I have but little tolerance for use two men are giants, for that those who set out to see a fight be
is to revel in the expectation of witnessing something "horried."
trade.
It is common to hear "if had the height, the weight, the youth, I should for no man." And I smile. As if inches, bulk and towness of years was fa denier eri in fighting They are desirable, even essential qualities, but unusual and lasting success may only be won by the pro- per and generous employment of them, and that may only be by the attunemen! of the mind to the phy- singe.
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A friendly match at lawn bowls is being arranged between the the K.CC. and Sports Club and will be played on Wednesday after- noon next. It is expected that three rinks each will take part.
DERBY DAY TAKINGS AMOUNT
· TO £6,000,000
A London bookmaker, Mr. James Sutters, doclares that 20,000 book- makers won £6,000,000 from the Bri- ; tish punters on Derby Day. During the whole of the Epsom meeting. beckers lost up to £8,000,000.
have knocked ont have been the I give this assurance; the men i
have been fortunate enough to put least hurt, for in mary instances || BOOKMAKERS' GAIN them out of action quickly and at a moment when they have been fresh- est and strongest. And if, ae i sus. peet, Scott has it not in his heart Phit Scott, as a physical speci- then be is tatally squeamish.
to go in and "kill." as they, say,
men, approaches the ideal. As an
Again, it will be agreed, the fight impressive figure I know no heavy- weight his crual in the ring to-day.r who makes something of a Mere bigness oftener that: not habit of producing quick results is he who is in most demand. He gets makes for awkwardness, but, in
more fights and necessarily spite of his gigantic proportions makes most money. A policy of Scott is not awkward; there is much safety I would always encourage, speed in him; and the only ex but ultra caution begets dullness, planation I can offer for his being Jeaving the fighter without person regarded as a doubtful quantity 1sality, which for the purpose of the that he has not the instinct of ring I would define as magnetism, a priceless asset and one which, if not vouchsafed by the gods, may be cultivated.
fighter, not in the same obvious way
that Dempsey, and all the world's champions had. By that I mean he has not. so far, shown any marked
Empty Field
inclination to produce a decisive The coming of Scott into the frish. Is it that he is too kind or arena was at a period when the is he without the mind to appreciate heavy-weight stock of the world the real object of fighting. ·
was less formidable, than it had Not Aggressive I would not have him set up as to say nothing of myself, may be |been for years, for then Dempsey, a great defensive boxer by way of said to have had his greatest day. accounting for his failure to win Hary Wills, the Black, was nearing high distinction by a knock out to, if he had not definitely reached, punch. There is little exceptional the end of his tether, Tom Gibbons or subtle about his defence; my and each and everyone of the rest analysis of him suggests that by had passed their best. With the nature he is not aggressive, ne'man retirement of Jack Bloomfield. Bri- for adventure; content, rather, with tain boasted no considerable heavy whatever comes his way. And if weight and in
and which,
the condition of
ud
was.
In the Derby, professional punt- ers put all their money eight horses, none of which placed Cragadour alone carried £2,000,000, he adds: It was one of the greatest and most tragic gam- blas in turf history. I do not know of one professional backer who was on either Trigo or Brienz."
PUPIL BEATS MASTER
NEW PROFESSIONAL FOR ALL-
ENGLAND CLUB
The All-England Club have paid Maskell, a great compliment by ap- an ex-Wimbledon ball boy, Daniel
pointing him permanent profes- sional at Wimbledon.
Maskell created a great surprise beating his mentor, Charles Read, in the British Professional Championship in 1927.
I am right in my deductions. Philthings when Scott took the field, he Scott is as far from winning more had boundless opportunities which Feistced will ever be able to run It is thought improbable that than local fame as ever he was in I am afraid he has not embraced again. In a hurdle race at Uttoxe his fighting life, which I very much regret to say, for in Scott, it may be would have embraced had he realis-Stewards, finding some turf dis most tantalising, heter six horses fell together, and the seen with half an eye, is the ed that in every physical particular placed at the spot where the accid material that tells of a potential he was richly endowed. world beater. He has been
After having twice beaten Toment occurred, fined the Clerk of the put together that he
is Heeney he should not have been con- Course £20. wonderful to
And tent to leave the New Zealand-
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gaze
On.
I will give the assurance that he er free to exploit the American can box with no little cleverness continent. Scott should have fol- and after accepted principles. lowed him to the States and by per- Scott has a particularly long and aisteney, which must have its ra good left hand. those more compet-ward sooner or later, proved to the ent to say than myself, aver that satisfaction of Tex Rickard that he. with his right he can punch with and not Heeney was the fighter best tremendous force, as hard, in fact, fitted to go war against Tunney. as any man. That being so, why, it may well be asked, is he not count-
In a world's sense, Scott, I am afraid, has missed the boat. I wil
ed for more than a possibility. not say that he has wasted all his Without being presumptuous, I ven- chances, but I feel sure that if he ture the reason to be that he is still has designs on the title vacat- diffident, fatally so: I have been aled by Tunney, he will continue to most forced to the conclusion that miss the substance for the shadow he lacks ambition; either that or he if he only concerns himself with the embraced the ring as a whole time heavy-weights of Europe. His vic- profession too late in life. There tory over Haymann brought him no is something radically wrong in his advancement: on the contrary, if fighting make-up, else he would be heed be paid to the critica, he has, more than a moderate British' cham- if anything, taken to back-sliding. pion.
Phil Scott may answer: "I have
made few failures."
Very true, if the result of this and that bout in which he has en-
gaged, must alone decide, but it is
JOHNNY ALBA BEATS JIM CARTLIDGE
A splendid fight was witnessed
in Colombo when Johnby Alba, the
the manner of his achievements that Phillipine champion, mot Chief have bred doubt and dissatis Stoler Jim Cartlidge of the R.N. and. It is possible to see merit defeated him in a fifteen round con-
faction.
in every failure, because of the talej test. of gallantry it was told: there are victories that carry no conviction. Finality, The Object
The fight between Gar. Mayo.and Clover Mauro was interesting from the beginning. Mayo won the fight, I may be taken to task for the which lasted the full eight rounds every importance I attach to the passion for fighting: "I would have Miss Eileen Bennett will not re- it understood, however, that I am present Britain in the Wightman not obsessed by the knock out Cup at New York, her parents de punch. Merely do I hold the poss-clining to spare her from home for ession of it to be absolutely so long a period.
THE CHINA MAIL,
DOMESTIC TANGLE
HUSBAND ALLEGES WIFE DESERTED HIM
·
MAINTENANCE SUIT
P. O. EMPLOYEE
ALLEGED THEFT OF REGIS TERED LETTERS
HEARING TO-MORROW
On April 17 & Chinese failed in Jose Antonio Mariano de Sousa, her summons against her husband formerly a clerk employed in the for failing to provide for her, and Post Office, who is charged with the for persistent cruelty, the Kowloon theft of registered and Insured Magistrate, Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith, letters, one of which was stated to dismissing the summons because the contain 10,000 Yen, made another woman could not prove the allega- appearance before Mr. E. W. tions she made against her bus Hamilton, at the Central Magis- band.
tracy yesterday afternoon.
Yesterday the wife brought an- other summons against her hus- bad, this time charging, that he had neglected
to provide her reasonable maintenance, he having failed to take her back. since the last case.
The defence, as presented by Mr. J. M. Hall was that the woman had left the house without the know- ledge or consent of her husband.
The Magistrate pointed out that according to the law at Home, there must be an absence of four years before a husband or a wife could be held to have deserted.
Mr.
ac
Hall submitted that, cording to the Chinese Marriage Preservation Ordinance, if a wife left her husband even for a week without his consent ahe was not
entitled to be taken back.
The case was adjourned.
NUMBER PLATE
MOTOR REAR LIGHT TEST CASE
A test case of interest to motor- fats was decided by a King's Bench Divisional Court in mail week, when the judges allowed the appeal of the superintendent of police at Darwen, Lancashire, against a refusal of the Darwen Magistrates
convict Mr. Norman Marsden Entwistle, of Bolton-road, Darwen, for an offence under the Road Vehicles {Registration and Licensing) Amendment Regulations 1928.
The
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offence was driving motor-car at night without having the rear number plate illuminat ed so that the numerals and let- ters might be identified.
Mr. Ralph Etherton, who argu- ed that
the bench should have convicted Mr. Entwistle, said that he had a rear lamp on his car which showed a red light, but it did not illuminate the
number plate.
Justices' View
The justices held that the re- gulations made by the Minister of Transport under powers given to him by section 12 of the Roads Act 1920 were ultra vires because. they were revoked by section 11
Mr. L. R. Andrewes, assistant Crown Solicitor, indicated that he would have 17 witnesses to call for the prosecution, and that the pro- ceedings would probably take three or four afternoons.
His Worship fixed the first hearing of the case for 2.15 p.m., to-morrow.
In the present days of stress (says the "N. C. Daily News") we may, perhaps, be permitted to re- print the following comments on the post office ban from an indepen- dert source-a man of position in 'Peking: "Those now in authority do not seem able to recognise their best friends nor the value of help- ful criticism. I have read all the leading articles carefully and have been impressed with their fairness and correct diagnosis of the true position. Mr. Sokolsky's articles, have also struck me as being illuminating and to the point;' and altogether I have felt my indebted- ngg to the "N.C.D.N." greatly increased". This, we may add, is by no means the only tribute which the Chinese Government's action has brought us, says our Shanghai contemporary, which has since had the ban removed.
WATER SUPPLY
Level and Storage of water in Re- servoirs on June 1, 1929: CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER WORKS.
1923 Level
1929 30' 6"B
Level
27' 6"B
59' 8"B
98'11"B
40' 1"B
Tytain Tytam Byewash Tytam Intermediate Level Tytam Tuk 10 7B Wong Nei Chung.
Tavel Level Pokfulum.
Level
38' 8"B [Note: B, denotes "Below Overflow": A. denotes "Above Overflow: L. de
notes "Tevel with Overflow."]
Storage in millions and Decimali of gallons.
Tytam
1923.. .384.80
1929
176.80
Tytam Byewash ...
22.37
Tytam Intermediate 195.30 Tytam Tuk................. 1,171.15 Wong Nei, Chung Pokfulum
10.02
4842
30.34
.68
68.00
4.42
Total
1,870.56. 235.45 and Hill District in millions and de- Consumption of water in the City cimals of gallons during the month of May,
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1923 233.30
1923 139.21* 432,500
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of the Road Transport Lightning Consumption ...... Act 1927. Mr. Etherton contend-Estimated population 422,240 ed that under the regulations there must be two kinds of rear lights. A red one to show where the car was, and a white one to illuminate the number plate.
The Court ordered the justices to convict Mr. Entwistle of an offence.
Lord Hewart said the Act of 1927 revoked all powers given to local or other authority" to make regulations about the lighting of motor-cars. It was suggested that the words or other author-
Der head per day. 17.8 10.4, * Includes 3.10 mg, from Taikoo Refinery Dam & 8.24 mg, from Kow- loon,
Intermittent Supply in all Rider Main Districts during May 1928. In 1929, Principal Main Supply shut off from 8 pm-6 s.n. May 1—27 inclusive. From May 28-31 inclusive the hours of supply for the Frin- cipal Mains were 6-10 am. & p.m.
KOWLOON WATER WORKS
LEVEL
1
1923
1929
ity" included the Minister of Kowloor Reservoir. 10' 1"B 43′ 1′′B Transport, but he could not agreeShek Lai Pai Reser with that. It was plain that the voir
2′ 0′′E 88' 3"B 4'5"B Act gave the Minister powers to Reception Reservoir Level
Storage la millions and Decimals make all sorts of regulations.
of gallons.
1928 1929 Kowloof Reservoir 351.53 Shek Lai Pui Reser
voir Reception Reservoir
Sir Sidney Barton before leaving Shanghai, was the guest of honour of the Zero Club, when among the others present were Admiral A. K Waistell and officers of H.MS "Kent." In proposing the toast' of the guest the Chairman, Mr. N. L. Sparke, recalled the fact that in 1928 Sir Sidney had performed the According to her father, Eileen opening ceremony of the club. They Bennett, British tennis star, cannot regretted his departure, as nobody
along as chaperon. Of course, it Miss
Totál
49.00
106.02
18.45
33.15
22.00
89.45
490.80 Consumption of water in Kowloon in "millions and decimals of gallons during the month of May..
1923 107.45
1929
94.79* Consumption ...........
170,820 Estimated population, 185,230 Consumption per
head per day 20.9 18.0
Does not include water sent to Hong Kong.
Full Supply in all districts during. May 1928 During the whole, month
company the Wightman cup players had done more for Shanghai-for to America unless her mother goes the foreigners living in it and in- of May, 1929, the supply was shut Bennett cannot play, her team will be cidentally for the Chinese. He off nightly from 6 p.m.6 s.m. seriously handicapped and serious hoped that it would be possible in The Government Analyst's reports suade Papa-Bennett to allow Elleen to efforts are being made to per- the future to see Sir Sidney hack in show that the quality of the water is
antiafactory. go chaperoned by the other members of China-at the capital. Sir Sidrey Total rainfall to May 31, 1929,
Barton suitably replied.
18.15; May 31, 1929, 10.18...
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