23, 1932.
SWIMMING ENDURANCE“
TUESDAY, AUGUST
CRICKET STANLEY MCCABE ON CANADIAN TOUR.
Together With Bradman Pair Win Matches. AMAZING CONSISTENCY.
Toronto, June 28. The Australian touring eleven, under the captaincy of Arthur Mailey, draw the first match of their tour of Eastern Canada when rain caused play to be. abandoned here to-day,
All Toronto: 80 (C. V. Perkins 31 not out Mailey 5 for 26, S. McCabe B for 8).
Australians 51 for 1 Richardson 22 not out, Den Bradman 27 not out).
BRADMAN BOWLED FOR ELEVEN.
1
Toronto, July 1. A. A.. Mailey's team beat a Turonto side by six wickets here to lay. Toronto batting 16, were all out for
RECORD.
German Woman' Remains in Water For Over Two Days.
Berlin, August 18. The endurance swimming" record for ladles, which was held by the English swimmer, Miss Mercedes Gleitze, with 46 hours, was broken to-day by the German swimmer, Miss Koch.
Fraculein Koch swam in the Ruhr River between Herbde and Written and succeeded to stay in the water for fully 50% hours. It is reported that she now will try to swim the Channel In an altempt, to set up a new 'record,
H.K.F.A. COUNCIL
MEETING.
THE
CHINA MAIL
HITTING AND SLICING AT GOLF
Club Must Be Swung Smoothly And Must Always Be Kept Straight
'SCHMELING' LEAVES FOR
AMERICA.
To Fight Mickey Walker in Eliminating Bout.
Berlin, August 18.
The former heavyweight champion, Max Schmeling, left for the United States to- day in order to meet Mickey Walker on September 19..
The winner of this bout will meet the present title holder, Jack Sharkey, for the world title,
RUGBY
ALL BLACKS" LOSE
TO AUSTRALIA.
English League Player Ordered Off.
I am on intimate terms with aithe driver, but when you drive halfynotice “a decided Improvement in certain single-figure. golfer whoja dozen balls half a dozen times into your game in a short time. Here plays quite a lot, but, although he the rough, you feel at the end of are three things to remember:-1, has tried very hard to reduce his the performance that you have had Swing your club, 2 balance your handicap during the last few years, quite enough of that kind of hard self, with your weight on the heels;
as straight he has failed coupletely. Nor is he labour, and go back to the shorter S, stand
as possible, ever likely to be much better a play-shots." And so this chronic slicer with your legs relaxed and free
from stiffness." er, for he has one of the worst of never got properly to his driving. golfing faults, if, indeed, it is not Of course, it is his own fault; if
Can you beat that? Unfor- the worst-almost every time he he devoted pccasionally as much tunately however, although we can ses u driver he cuts the ball. A time and care to the study of the awing at a daisy we cannot refrain learned local professor some years play with the driver as he gives to from hitting at a ball. That being FAREWELL TO A.D.lers ago was gravely concerned about his the shorter club, he would be a first sc, I would suggest to the ball-
SPOORS. case, and having placed the patient class golfer, for, paradoxical though makers that the first of them that under personal observation for half it may seem, he is desperately keen produces a ball on which are stamp Weight Lifter Leaving services of Australian footballers for an hour or so, he located the source on improving his game. There is ed a few daisy heads or bluebells of the frouble, writes J. P. R. in a not a book on golf that was pub will on the road to an immense out- home paper...
lished in the last twenty years that put. After all, this game of golf is,
QUEENSLAND WELL BEATEN..
Brisbane, July 7 "There is a lot of truth in the report regarding the poaching" of type Ipswich players, Gee and Wilson, for a chab in England, but I did not approach any player," said Mr. T. Brown, former director of an English club,. who is travelling with the English foot-; The manager of the English team, Mr. G. Hutchins, also denied that any official of English clubs travelling with the team had attempted to secure the England.
ON THE
REPLACEMENTS
RUGGER FIELD.
Wellington, July The New Zealand Rugby Union's Cecil J. Wray," Its London representat,
For Home Shortly. The man had a strongly marked he has not read a dozen times. He in the main, a mental affair or A farewell to Mr. A. D. Spoors, partiality for the cut mashle has studied the methods of all the mental torture, If you prefer the President of the Sandow Weight 90, and the Australians wered for Election Of Committees. it, and letting every other stroke in Bill" Mehlhorn, Archie Competon, swing at would be just as useful, and friends yesterday, when an ex- tive, to-day, as follows:
shot and by constantly, practising professionals, George Duncan, "Big term-and an artificial daisy to Lifting Club, was given by members management committee has cabled Air the game take care of itself, so to und Henry Cotton had no more at- and more lasting, than a real one. hibition of weight lifting was atag- A meeting of the Hong Kong speak, he became an adept at pitch-tentive member in their audiences Even a peg shaped and painted toed by novices, followed by a display ments and leaving the field is causing Football Association Council willing. Said professor strongly adviswhen lecturing here. He used to resemble a daisy might suit the by Mr. Spoors. be held in the Association Office, led the player to give the cut mashie envy the golfer who pulled a drive, purpose equally well for driving. No. 20, Tee House Street, on Mon-a rest, and to practice more with even ever so badly, reasoning it out
four. D. . Bradman was bowled for
11.
MCCABE BRILLIANT ALL-ROUNDER.
Toronto, July 2.
day at 5.30 p.m. when the follow-
Business will be discussed-
Australia to-day defeated Eastern Canada in the first test match of the tour of Canada and the United States by ten wickels. Set 55 runs to wining the Antipodeans made the Canadian bowling look easy and knocked off the necessary runs for the loss of one'
wicket.
Eastern Canada: 176 for 8 dec. and
103 (S. McCabe 8 for 23),
Australians: 225 for 8. dec. (Don Brad-
man 40, S. McCabe 183).
157 for 5 (Don Bradman 52, Atlan Kippax 25).
DON BRADMAN ADDS.
NEW RECORD.
Guelph (Ontario), July 4. Don Bradman added another record to his list yesterday in a match between the Australian tuuring team and a Western Ontario side. He scored 260, the highest Innings ever played in Canuda. McCabe made 119 and took
N!
To confirm the Minutes of Council Meetings Nos. 13 und' 14 and the Minutes of a special Council Macting held on August 3, 1932. "
"
2. To receive the Treasurer's statement of accounts for July,
4.
To elect an Appeals Board (3) members)...
and to pass bills,
3.
4.
To elect an Emergency Com- mittee (3 members).
5. To elect a Referees Committee
(3 members).
7.
6. To elect a League Manage-j
ment Committee (5 members). To appoint Treasurers.
eleven wickets for 33: against a wide which "batted eighteen and fielded cleven. West Ontario: 88 (S. McCabe 11 for
33, Fleetwood-Smith 5 for 25). Australians: 479 for 7. (Don Bradman
260. S. McCabe 119).
COLLEGE BATSMAN SCORES CENTURY.
8.
9
To receive applications of Clubs wishing to re-affiliate. Correspondence.
10.
Any other business that may arise..
the
St. Catherines, Ontario, July 5. "Aided by time, a team cenipored of past and present Ridley College cricketers forced a draw with touring Australian eleven yesterday.. Ridley 261 (L. C. Bell 109 not out,
Mailey 4 for 81),
Australians: 186 for 1 (Nutt 83 not out.
Allan Kippax K3).
MCCABE AGAIN SHOWS,
BOWLING ABILITY.
St. Catherine's (Ontar), July 6. Following on his feat of Monday, when he took eleyen wickets for 33 runs, S. McCabe played havoc with the Ridley College team, taking seven wickets for 25 runs. His feat included four wickets in five balls.
Ridley: 112 (L. C. Bell 39, S. McCabe,
for 25).
Australians: 309 for Tolhurst 72, Don Bradman 109," Nutt' 69 not put).
MONTREAL WELL BEATEN BY TOURIST).
Montreal, July 7. The visiting Australian cricket team easily defeated Montreal at Molsón Stadium to-day. Montreal, batting first, scored 123 and the Australianis reached this total with the loss of only two.wickets.
راه
Montreal: 123 for 11. Australians: 345 for 8 (Don Bradman
05, S. McCabe 11). MONTREAL'S SECOND DEFEAT.
AGAINST TOURISTS.
"BARON ROTHSCHILD'S WIN AT DEAUVILLE
Fog Horn Carries Off The Kergorlay Prize.
Denuville, August 16. The Kergorlay Prize, with a 100,000 franc purse, was won by Fog Horn, belonging to Baron Rothschild, Rabbe up. Amfortas, second, Fire of Joy," third.
1:
The winner paid seven to 50, second place puid nine: to 50. Six horses participated.
The winner took the race by two lengths and Amfortas led Fire of Joy, by a length.
Boxing Judge Nearly Lynched
REMARKABLE SCENES IN MARSEILLES.
Al Brown v. "Kid
Francis Bout.
An attempt to lynch Dr. James Sparkes, the American ringside judge and head of the American Legion in France, marked the end of a fight for the world's bantam title be tween Al Brown and Kid Fran cis at Marseilles. The fight was called "no contest."
The American, and French ring- side judges returned Brown victor, while the neutral judge, an Italian, Montreal, July 8. gaye Kid Francis the verdict.. The touring eleven to-day won ital nocond single day match against an all- Only timely intervention by
Fifteen
ITALY SECOND AT
LOS ANGELES.
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America Lead Empire By 427 Points.
FRANCE THIRD WITHOUT JULES LADOUMEGUE.
મો
Los Angeles, Aug. 16 The following la the final un- official score card of the 1932 Olym- pic Games:
United States Italy "France Sweden Germany, Japan Finland -Great Britain
Hungary Canada var.
OPENARTHolland
rlag, saved
Montreal team without much difficulty.squads of police and steel-helmeted The Australians scored 331 runs for soldiers, who invaded and sur- the loss of three wickets, having pre-rounded the
Dr. viously put the Montrealers all out for Sparkes from being trampled to :the small total of 77 runa.
local men hatted.
death. He was severely cut and bruised by a multitude of fists. The crowd had him on the ground when help arrived,
China Mail
Sports Diary.
TO-DAY. LAWN BOWLS Open Cham- pionship R. F. Luz V, H, Nish; A. H. Oswick v. L. "A. Gutierrez
(Kowloon
TOMORROW.
5.80 p.mx
AQUATICS--South China A.A. meeting (North Point), 7.p.m PARA SATURDAY.***
LAWN BOWLS -
Senior Division,
Kowloon Docks, T. (
Civil Service..... Craigengewer... Recreio Police R.C, v. Kowloon G.C. Taikoo B.C. Kowloon B.G.C
Club de Recrelá (v.)
Civil Servic
∙WHIRLWIND FINISH.
At the end of the fourteenth round somebody suddenly placed a revolver against Dr. Sparkes' riba, telling him to hand over his score. sheet. "Dr." Sparkes obeyed the |man, who tore -his score. `sheet to
pieces.
Australia. Poland
Argentine Denmark Czecho-Slovakia
795
that anything is better than slicing. Nu golfer will question the accuracy of his reasoning. The unintentional cut with the wood is the bugbear of the majority.
SYD. FAIRWEATHER'S "TIP."
Well, strange to say, my friend of the abominable slice, went to Lucan last Sunday with the Alliance. He played a beautiful cut shot to the middle of the first green (a one- shotter) with his favourite club, and reproduced it on the second round (it is a nine-hole course). His first drive to the second, how- almost pulled out of ever was bounds over the hedge; his second attempt at the hole cost him a brand new ball as the result of a bad pull. Two drives to the third produced wicked hooks; but the climax came at the 7th, where he pulled higħ across the road and almost over the hill; In twenty years he had not had such a dose of pulling, and, after "praying fervently for Henry Cotton and all other advocates of the Thaide-and-out. theory, he storm- ed Heaven as fervently for the happy repose of his pull and the
speedy recovery of his friend the slice.
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JIMMY FOXX BREAKS BASEBALL RECORD.
New League Park Record In Cleveland,
said that during his
the
gence
there, the Club was again held at his house."
"Our Instructions regarding replace widespread dissatisfaction throughout At the conclusion, Mr. Spoors Please make strong representations to the union's clubs here and Australia. ab-the English Union that as these matters work would be do not affect the playing of the game. carried on by Mr. Anderson.and in view of a long-standing prae- He also gave a brief outline of the tie here, they grant us dispensation formation of the Club, saying that replace injured players and to leave!
the field at balf-time.. it originated at his house where
The general opinion here is that the.... practices were first carried out, and replacement of injured players is more with a Membership of five. Later sporting, and experience proves that he transferred to the Police train-the privilege is not abused. The New Zealand Union is advising Australia of ing school, and after breaking its action in the matter.
"ALL BLACKS TRIUMPH OVER QUEENSLAND. Mr."Spoors is going Home on long
Brisbane, July 11. With better understanding among the leave on August 27, and intends to backs, supplemented by amazing speed the left feldmake an attempt on three weight from every unit, New Zealand unfold- lifting records in Britain. These ed's standard of football at the Exhibi are the two hands military press; tion Oval on Saturday afternoon that" the two hands clean jerk and the placed holes in the solid Queensland
defence, and
gave them victory by 28 two hands snatch.
points to 8. The attendance was Mr. Spoors also intends to affiliate 12,000, and the crowd thrilled to the the focal Club with the British flashing bursts of co-ordinated play Amateur Weight Lifting Associa that the visitors unwound in rapid
sequence.
Newcastle, June 80. The "All Blacks Rugby Union players won their match against New- castle at the Newcastle Sports Ground this afternoon by 44 points to 6. D. Max, the hearies: forward in the team, may not be able to play again on this to "A medical examination this evening indicated that a small bone in an ankle had been fractured.
Jiminy Foxx, the American League home run king of the Philadelphia Athletics, holds a new League park record. In. Cleveland. He hit three home runs into bleachers in one game, an 18- 'inning affair. The fence is 374 feet from the home plate and home runs, seldom
are hit there.
Foxx's record was two bet- ter than ever had been done before.
tion
Babe Ruth Retiring
ITALIAN ATHLETES
ATTACKED. familiar.
Mistaken For "Bonus" Army."
EL PASO INCIDENT.
I pitied him, as when I got back home I went through my collection of "Talks" and came across one by Syd. Fairweather, the Malone pro- fessional. Syd. is a splendid golfer. [I doubt very much if, since Michael Moran's time, we have had in this country such a consistently good one El Paso (Texas), Aug. 17.
this Scotsman,
The inhabitants of El Paso, at- whose name adorns the list of Irish Professional tacked the Italian athletes who Champions. Fairweather is a ty-were returning from Los Angeles) pical Scot, even when playing golf. on their way to Juarëe, Mexico, Perhaps he has been the most and whom the population have mis economical of all irish professionals taken for the veterans of the during the last ten years in the "Bonus Army.”
as
using up of strokes in big competi-| It will be recalled that there was itions; but, apparently, he is as question of establishing a
thrifty in the use of words, paper veterans' camp in this region. Points and ink Certain it is that he As soon as they learned their would never have made a fortune as error, the fiery, Inhabitants of El 257% a writer on golf in the days of the Paso tendered their apologies.
penny-a-line journalist, I had ask ed him to write a prescription for 1651⁄2 the cure of the unintentional slice and pull, and back came the "cure," explained in less than two hundred words.
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168
153
143 139
117
KEITH GLEDHILL WINS TWO TITLES.
Beats Berkeley Bell In 95 THE SOURCE OF ALL THE Straight Sets.
OF 1934
IN AUTUMN
WILL BE 40.
"Not Fair To Public Or Yankees."
CLEVELAND'S ADVANCE.
New York, August '16." Babe Ruth has decided to
stop playing baseball in the
autumn of 1934, when he probably will become a base ball manager.
The famous home run hitter told pressmen he would play - two more seasons with the New York Yankees if Col Jacob Rupert desired his ser- vices and nail up his glove when he is 40. He is, 38 how
and - will be 40 in February," #1934.
A try scored by the "All Blacks": less than two minutes, after the begin-- ning, proved a true augury of what was to follow. Despite the fact that the visitors had to play for most of the game with fourteen men, as a result of an injury to Max, they at no time found real difficulty in
beginning Escoring movement.
ENGLISH PLAYERS ON
SICK LIST. MA
Brisbane, July 2.. Though there are not many casualties among the English Rugby League team resulting from games played on the Queensland tour, several of the players have been placed out of action by causes not associated with the playing, seld. Three of them have bolla, and another le indisposed, making a total of 11 on the sick and injured list. They are Hudson, Woods, Brogden, Adams, Follard, Davies, Lowe,
Fee tham, Horton, Dingsdale; and Butters. AUSTRALIA BEATS "ALL"
Sydney
..
BLACKS" IN FIRST y
The first Rugby Union test match between Australia and the AD Blacks," played at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday, was won by Australia; the scores, being 22 points to 17. The crowd, officially announced
28,100,
witnessed a spectacular second half, and play in the last 20 George Herman is not certain minutes was full of azelting incidents. New Zealand had led at half-time by what team he will manage, al-
eight points to Bre. And though there has been considerable The Arstand, while closely conta talk about the possibilities he ody hacked the thrill of the cons TROUBLE.
would pilot the faltering Boston session, and the New Zealanders ne WINS DOUBLES: FINAL. Red Sox
saged in rather too much kicking. James Brald, Harry Vardon, Mr.
When the Babe lays down his Throughout the rame, however, the 40 "Bobby" Jones, Mr.
Blacks" - displayed form far Roger Brilliant tennis gave Keith hat two years hence, he will have superior to that revealed in their first Wethered, Mr. Harold Hilton, and Gledhill of Santa Barbara, Cal, played 21 seasons of professional match, with New South Wales, and the hosts of others required whole chay his second successive Rhode Island baseball, 15 of which were with forwards gaitbought beaten for posses ters to explain the remedy for such singles crown. He defeated Berke- the Yanks. He is now working on son of the ball, wore magnificent in golfing faults. Fairweather put it ley Bell of Austin, Texas, 6-3 6-2 a one-year contract at a salary of
renarala all on one bill-head; but la there 6-4, in the final on the turf courts $75,000. Michal not more real soild stuff in these at Agawam Hunt.
Although still in "pretty good couple of hundred words than you Gledhill and Joe Coughim of shape," Ruth believes it would be the big Los Angeles, national intercollegi unfair to the public and to the ate doubles, champions, paired to Yankees for him to attempt to
619
45
42
South Africa Austrim
40
40
30
24
Ireland
28
Mexico New Zealand
18
14
Philippine Islanda Indla Belgium Spain Lätvia
14.
10
Then Dr. Sparkes went. Switzer info the ring and told the referes Brazil what had happened. The bell for the last round interrupted the discussion, A
Later Dr. Sparkes was seized, as he was climbing into the ring and severely battered and Ficked.
At the end of the fight Brown was leading comfortably on poli for precies hitting, whic closed the
ngowar.
the
will find in chapters by men?
"I wil start," he says "at the win the New England sectional carry on after he has reached 40. source of all the trouble in driving, doubles title which Gledhill" "and" The Bambino
through breadng serums, and linn-outs play.......... Crashing... their way
In the second half they enabled their side to respond to almost tralian score band tenant fery Aus.
ENGLISH TOURISTS repliky Sydney, July 4
PSWICH
BEAT
The English Rugby League term on the Saturday, detasted Ipswich, before
My experience of golf has convinced Ellsworth Vines won a year ago. Yankees should breeze through to moderate attendance at Nortli Ipswich me that silcing and palling emenate To-day Gledhill and Coughlin de the American Leagão pennant tel" retorte, by 19 points to 21 having been from the same source the HIT. feated Bell and Jake Hess of Fort season, t
ad by sight points to two at half- Learn to swing, the club without Worth, Texan, 5-7, 6-4, 64, 36, "But it's a three-cornered
in the second half, two tost
Uruguay
The British Empire would take putting any hit into the stroke 6-8
388 point" I
Sa punch pulling is were added the ball
benge for second place,” he said. Josephine Cruickshank of Santa-Cleveland, Detroit and Philae Ana, Ca
nued.
phia are battling hard that the position. Outside of our own up. I have been more
"the Cleveland's fire showing
the
time:
M. Hodgson