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A STORY OF TREACHERY EXPOSED, HEROISM
REWARDED, CONSTANCY REQUIRED, HONOUR
CLEARED, AND LOVE FULFILLED.
FEATURING
LOIS MORAN
The
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of charm, polse and
Personality,
J. HAROLD MURRAY
After singing the
leading role in the
rtage production of
RIO RITA."
PICTURE
UNDER SUSPICION
A SONG ROMANCE OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES,
AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN NORTHWEST
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A new thrill for Nancy Carroll fana. She a truly an inspired Nancy in this turn-abour from light, tuseful screen fare. A drama that will aur the very beart of humanity, A fast and furious moderni merry-go-round of fabebood and frame-ups, r mance and realism.
NANCY CARROLL
The Devil's Holiday
seelsen and drontad By KÖMUND GOULDING
PITILLIPS HOLMES. HOBARTROSWORTE
THE CHINA MAIL.
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
SOUTHPORT GOLF TOURNAMENT.
British Player Heads Qualifiers.
AMERICANS TO THE FORE.
London, Yesterday. Although the Americana, Joe Turnesa and Horton Smith, equal- led the course record of 69, the Briton, Len Holland, repeated the fent, and finally led the field of 107 players who qualified in the Southport 1,500 guineas Profes- sional Tournament, in which the competition proper (72-hole stroke
play). begins to-morrow,
SUSSEX DEFEAT LANCASHIRE.
YORKSHIRE'S VICTORY.
New Zealanders' Draw at Leicester.
HEARNE'S TWO CENTURIES.
London, Yesterday. Three surprises were provided in the week-end cricket programme Sussex defeated Lancashire, the Champions; Gloucestershire counted
ac-
CRICKETER'S DOUBLE RECALLED.
D. W. Leach Presented with Silver Scroll.
SHANGHAI SUCCESS.
At the annual meeting of the Shanghal Cricket Club special mention was made by Brig.-Gen. Maennghten, the President of the Club, of the feat accomplished by D. W. Leach during the past cricket season. Leach, it will be recalled, scored 1,000 runs and for Notta in two days: took 100 wickets in the one sea- and the New Zealand touring side
sout thereby gaining the rare dis- followed up their score of 425 | tinction of achieving the cricket- against Essex at Leyion by scor- era "double." During the meat-
for 8 wickets, declared, ing Leach g 434
was presented with a against Leicestershire.
silver scroll suitably inxeribed. and was elected a member of the General Committee and of the Balloting Committee.
Leading scores were:- Holland (Britain) ..72 + 69 = 141 Turnera (U.S.A.)..73+ 69 142
C. S. Dempster was unfortunate Allis (Germany)...71 + 73 144
to be dismissed when eight runs Other outstanding returns were those of the captain of the Bri- short of his second century in suc
cessive Inninga. tish Ryder Cup team,
Against two Charles Whitecombe.....74+72146 first-class counties he has already
Horton Smith (U.S.A.) 78469147 Reored 304 runs in two innings. W. T. TILDEN TO MEET Compston (Britain) 73+76-149 13 he to prove another Bradman 149 Hearne, with a century in both
Henry Cotton (Britain)
seraped in at the limit score, with an 80 and a 76. for an aggregate of 156-Reuter.
A Mitchell (Britain)+78-152 innings, together with the fine
George Duncan (Britain) just
bowling of I. A. R. Peebles was sex's victory at Lord's. largely instrumental in Middle- Yorkshire found little resistance from the Essex batemen and comfortably won by an innings, Verity captur- ing seten wickets cheaply.
LOCAL GOLF.
ADAMSON CUP.
In the Adamson Cup, May Qualifying Competition, played over the Happy Valley course, A. E. Clarke qualified with a score of 79-14G5,
Other scores were:-
A. 6. Ursell ..85-16=69
J. H. Gelling .90-17=73
JOCK_CRICHTON NOW
IN JAPAN.
Matched with Kumagai
To-night.
JAPANESE ENTHUSIASM.
At Manchester Sussex led Lan-
The following were the most noteworthy batting and bowling feats accomplished during the week-end cricket programme:-
Batting.
Alderman (Derbyshire) Lee (Middlesex)
113 .107
Rev. J. II. Parsons (Warwick) 106 Bowley (Sussex)
Hone (Oxford) '
Hearne (Middlesex)
.105
105
.104 1
101*
M. L. Poze (New Zealand) 103" P. G. H. Fender (Surrey) ..100"
• Denoten not out.
Bowling.
Freeman (Kent)
.8 for 99 .7 for 31
.7 for 58
Tate (Sussex)
1. A. R. Peebles (Middle-
Bex)
Verity (Yorkshire)
J. C. Clay (Glamorgan) Wellard (Someract)
.7 for 77 7 for 90 ..G for 42
VINCENT RICHARDS.
Old-Fashioned Grudge Fight to Be Staged.
New York, May 5.
A real, old-fashioned grudge fight between two arch-enemies of the tennis court will be presented at Madison Square Garden on Fri- day night when Vincent Richards. national professional champion, meets "Big Bill" Tilden, ranked number one amateur for many years, in the first of a series of matches to decide the professional tennis championship of the world. The title will be decided on a best five matches out of nine
basis.
The match is certain to be a grudge affair. Richards has a sin- cere dislike for Tilden. Their personal feud reached its height in 1926 when Richards was ignor- ed by the ranking committee and when he entered the professional ranks
to tour the country with Mlle. Suzanne Lenglen.
It is expected that 20,000 per- sons will witness the competition between Tilden and Richards. Richards is the national profos-
Tokyo, May 2. China's welterweight champion, cashire by 16 runs on the first Jack Crichton, reached Japan yes- innings thanks to a fine century | clonal tennis champion by virtue terday for a series of bouts in the by Bowley, and with Tate in dend-of a five set victory
over Karl Kanto district with Japanese boxy form with the ball dismissed | Kozeluh last year.-United Press.
The first event arranged for their opponents for 153 runs in Crichton, who also holds middleweight championship runs for victory the visitors won honours in the absence of aeaman | by four wickets..
era.
the the second innings. Requiring 135 SPORTING DANGERS
PREDOMINATE.
Insurance Co. Makes An Analysis.
train.
New York, May 5.
It is twice as hazardous to play baseball as to be a passenger on
Harry Ewin, is set for May 13 at At Leicester, the New Zealand- the Hibiya Open-Air auditoriumers made a fine effort to win their in Tokyo, at 6 o'clock in the even-second match on English soil, but Ing according to Joe M. Takenobu, they narrowly lost their struggle │r promoter of the Tor Boxing Club. against the clock by 27 runs. Crichton arrived at Yokohama Leicestershire, forced to follow on on the Empress of Canada and 167 runs in arrears, sportingly de- was met by a score of Japaneseclared their innings closed when It is more dangerous to play boxing enthusiasts. He said he only 116 runs ahead with four golf than to ride on a railroad had held the welterweight cham- wickets in hand. In going for the plonship in China, for the past runs the visitors lost seven wickets three years,
For two years he in scoring 90 runs, Snary taking was on H.M.S. Cornwall. After five wickets for 39 runs. leaving the naval service he went to the Auditorium at Shanghai as a boxing instructor. He held the middleweight championship for a year, winning over Seaman Harry Below are the full results of the Ewin, but lost in a second boutmatches just concluded as cabled with Ewin, on a foul. Crichton by Reuter:- also beat Dan Searcy of the Unit- ad States Marines, for the middle weight belt.
Three bouta' are scheduled for Tokyo, the first with Kumagai in the welterweight class, and second with Hirakawa in the lightweight division. As all- halls are filled for a fortnight it was impossible to arrange a schedule at once, according to Takenobu.-- Japan Advertiser.
BOXING.
LAWLESS DEFEATS WELTER- WEIGHT CHAMPION.
Chicago, May 11.
For the first time in his career
Bucky Lawless of Syracuse defeat-
ed a welterweight champion here
Freeman made merry at Oxford, capturing 13 wickets for 184 runs and with three scores of over 90, Kent won by ten wickets.
Middlesex beat Glamorgan by 135 runs at Lord's. Scores:-
Middlesex: 387 (Les 107, Heame 104. J. C. Clay 7 for 90);
101*)..
a train.
Dancing is more likely to end in an accident than is a ride on the underground.
The Aetna Life Insurance Com- pany has figured these things out in an analysle of claims paid for 'personal accidents from 1922 to 1930, inclusive.
The home was found to be a comparatively unsafe place. More than 18 per cent. of all personal claim accidents of the last nine 202-2 dec. (Hearne years occurred there. Most of the household misfortunes were Glamorgan:-176 (I. A. R. Peables due to falls, either down-stairs,
7 for 58); 228 (1. A. R. Feebles from chairs, in bathtubs, through
À for 72).
trapdoors, of ladders-and even while getting in and out of bed. Yorkabire beat Easer by an fanings and 8 runs at Leyton. Scorest
Essex: 106 and 216 (Verity 7
for 77). .. Yorkshire: 329 for 8 dec.
wood 97).
Sports and recreation caused nearly five times as many acci- dents as the combined total of 'railroads, street cara, elevated, (Green-underground and steamship lines.
Sussex beat Lancashire by 4 wickets et Manchester. Scores
Worcester: 203 (Thomas 6 for 56);
108 for 4. Gloucestershire beat Notts by au
Lancashire: 252 and 15 (Tate 7 Innings and 181 runs at Bristol
Sussex:
for al). 268 (Bowley 105); 130 for 0.
on Friday night, but once again Derbyshire captured first innings there was no title at stake. Bo-points from Surrey at the Oval, fore a crowd, of 10,375 Lawicas | Scores:~~~
won
the decision from Jack Sutrey: 184 and 888 or 7 dec.
Thompson, of Califorula, welter-
weight champion, in a ton round non-title bout-American Wire- lesa.
MOTOR BOAT MARATHON.
New York, May 11, "Red" Woodworth, North East- ern University Football player won the annual Albany to New York outboard Motor Boat Mara-
(Peach 03 P. G. H. Fender 100"), Derby: 307(Alderman 113");
127 for.1.
Sonieractahira beat Warwickshire by 40 runr at Edgbaston Scores:-
Somerset: 320 and 196,4 Warwick: 227 (Wellard" 6-for 42);
2405(Rév? Ja H, “Parsons 106,3. G White &
Worcestershire, took first innings
thon race to-day. Woodworth drove points from Northamptonshire at Wor-
his Miss North Western powered cestar. with an "Evenrude" engine over Scorea the 182, and a quarter mile course in three hours ten minutes,--- "American" Wireless Service.
Northants: 116 (White 6 for 84);
385 for 9 dec. (Root 5)
for 85) sued at foot of nezt Column.)
Scores:
Notis: 114 (Parker 8 for 89);
181 (Parker 7 for 74). Gloucester: 370 (Hummond 103). ·
Friendlies.
Leicestershire drew with the New Zealand touring eleven at Leicester. Scores:-
New Zealand: 421 for 8 dec. (C. S. Dempster 32, Page: 108"); 90 for 7 (Snary
for 89).
Loiceater:
277 (Cromb 5 for 62)
and following on. scored 273 for 6 dec.
Kent best Oxford University by ten ¿wickets at Oxford.
Scores;
Oxford: 207 (Hone 105, Freeman 8
ATEX for 99);
**980 (Freeman 5 for 85). Kont: 486 for 9. dec. (Ashdown 98,Woolley 95, Todd
92 for no wicket.
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