RACING NOTES.
[By RAPIER.]
Sixth Extra Race Meeting. The following is the programme. for the above Meeting to be held on October. 8th and 10th. One the first day there are eight races, namely:-
Six Furlongs Handicap Classes
5" and C.
13 Mile Handicap: "A" and
*R** Classes.
Fifth Aggregate Stakes. One Mile for winners of this year. Winners of two races & lbs. extri, of three or more 10 lbs. penalty.
Five Furlongs for non-winners this year, Sub-griffins of this year allowed 7 lbs. The second day's events are as follows:
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17
One Mile Handicap: Classes
"A"B" and "C." 1 Miles St. Leger: Grifius of this year. Weight 140 lb. Winners of one race 3 lbs extra, of two or more races 10 lbs, extra. Sub-griffins of this year allowed 5 lbs. Hall. Mile for ponies that have started this year prior to this Meeting. Winners of this year of races of furlongs og under ther than those con- Saed to sub-grifins of this year barred,
1 Miles Handicap for winners of
at least two races this year.
One Mile for China ponies that have not at date of entry won
THE HONG KÒNG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY,
BASEBALL TOPICS. COUNTY CRICKET.
CAN LEAGUE GAMES BE CONCLUDED IN TIME.
SOME OF THE LOCAL PLAYERS,
[av HONOCELE KID.)
games can,
be
The Baseball League of the Colony is now in its second and last round, but whether all the decided before September 15th, is doubtful. The wenther, so far, has not helped. Whenever a postponed game is scheduled to be played during the week, is invariably, meets with a downpour.
This afternoon
at 5.13
NOTTS IN LEADING- POSITION.
LEICESTER HOLD LANCA- SHIRE.
SOME NOTABLE BOWLING FEATS.
After about a month of rain. spoiled cricket it was refreshing to get news at last of a series of matches being played to the full three days. There were several notable games, and in two of them the championship was devided.
virtually Nottinghamshire deci- sively beat Derby but Leicester theshire, playing a very degged and consistent game, were able to hold Lancashire though conceding points on the first innings. Notte have only to avoid defeat from the lowly
LAWN TENNIS.
U.S. WOMEN'S OPEN CHAM.
PIONSHIP.
MISS WILLS WINS.
BRITISH WIRELESS AXAVICE I
Forest Hills,
SEPTEMBER 1st, 1927.
ENGLISH CHANNEL SWIMMING CRAZE.
FOUR WOMEN AND TWO MEN
11
uer.
MAKE THE "ATTEMPT."
MANY FAILURES.
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Recey, August 30th. Miss Detty Nuthall, the English girl, to-day faces the biggest lawn
Hrany, August 30th. Four women and two men hare tennis test of her 16 years, meeting Miss Helen Wills in the American been attempting to swim the Eng- final of the American Women's lish Channel during the last 21 Championship at
hours. All started from Cap Gris- New York.
Miss Nuthall has further added to her triumphs by reaching the final of the Doubles Championship, Sa splendidly have the English women done in this event that the last round is being contested by Nuthall and Miss Joan Fry versus four players from Eugland-Mik
Mrs. Godfres and Miss Harvey,
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{HEUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.] "Betty" Play: Cleverly.
FOREST HILLS, August 30th. Championship was
The result of the US. Ladies Miss Helen Wills, beat alias Betty Nuthall, 61, 6-4.
The 19-year-old girl, Miss Hilda Harding, narrowly escaped being drowned. She swam for an hour in a state of coms and was dragged on board the tug as she collapsed and then lay unconscious for an hour. She had çoxered 201 miles when she had to give up.
Miss Edita Jensen, of Copen- hagen, who left Cap Grisnez about the same time as Miss Harding. had to give up owing to eramp after 4 hours..
The other two women, who start
ed were D.. Dorothy Logan and Miss Ivy Hawks, who, when last heard of, were making good pro-
The two Inga were Monsieur
gress.
Filipinos are down to meet the Japanese, and whether or no the me will come off depends on the weather. Should it be staged the The Japanese are undoubtedly the Glamorgan team And they will wio, game will be worth while watching, hester team, but the Filipinos have the knack of upsetting calculations by a amali margin in the percent when nearing the end of the seven Lage table, from the Lancastrians, frames. They may rightly be call ed the last minute men."
The big crop of remarkable bowl-
The weather was ideal and the Ing performances tells a tale of
crowd of 9,000 spectators were Doria, a Swiss, who abandoned the Fernandez a midget attached to
difficult, drying wickets. It also thrilled by Miss Betty Nuthall's swim during the afternoon and the Filipinos' nine, is becoming a shows how much the game depends plucky fight. Miss Wills opened; Dr. Schiff, a 60-year-old German, good man behind the home plate on the state of the ground. It is with the service and swept on to who is presumed to be still swim- He caught a pretty game against- the Recreio last Sunday. He and generally assumed nowadays that drives and uncannily accurate place.
a Berce duslaught of ming Zafra should work together a bit English batting is strong and bowlents. Betty won the sixth game. more and get to know each other's weak. Is it possible that there but lost to next.
is not much, in it; that, given a signals, Once they can pull to
In the second set, after the loss
.3/0 with
(IKROUGH BEUTÉR'S AGENCY.} Further Details.
LONDON, August 30th. more than notice race this year gether, they will be as, inseparable | little help from the ground Fender, of the first game in the service, With the belated arrival of sum- other than a rare confined to 14 Mutt and Jeff, whom they close. Kenuedy, Hearne and Parker, who Beity was cheered by winning the 'mer weather an onslaught war all had remarkable figures, are up second. She temporarily held her made upon the English Channel own, matching the play of Miss this morning, by four women and Wills stroke for stroke and place two men swimmers, whose names gallant efforts were cathusiastical mant for placement. Her most are:-
Hide Hardag, aged 13 (Engi ly applauded.
land).
sub-griffins. Winners of one race 7 lbs. penalty, of two or more 12 lbs. penalty. Sub. seription griffins allowed 5 lbs. Six Furlongs for all ponies that have started at this Meeting
and not won.
The fields will, be much bigg than last year as will be seen from the list of ponies in training given below. The numbers opposite their names indicate the wins secured by In the puny concerned this year. addition the Macao Race Club have recently received eight old ponies and griffins, which have not yet been, registered.
小
y resemble as regards their re- spective heights.
The Japanese have lost their derstand will not be able to play centre-feld in Kusano, who I un- for the rest of the season owing to injuries to his fingers His posi- Lien is being taken by Eoga. but Kusano is hard to replace. His try smile and the able way he handles the ball were a delight to the fans. No fly ball had been too hard for this "little maa to catch. He was always a help the short-stop and the second lose
Once he even went as far as the first bateman's territory to catch the pill.
mea.
The Tigers' strength has been in Old Ponies-Arabian Parrot creased by the return of Henry King of Troy, Glorious Dahlin Sling. Henry was the original Sunburst Rose 4, Grande del catcher and since he went away, Norte 0 Dunwell, Lilac 0. Sanhis place has never been ably lled Diogo, Brigade Cal Grey I met him the other day looking Knight ; Ukelele 2. The Regent 1, the very pink of condition. Fans September 1, The Goblin 4, The
would like to see him in action Gomeril 2, Saligia 5, Dragon Boat again for the Tigers and let us hope 1, Loongwa 4, Papyrus 4, Baccarat 2. Easter Day 0, Dick Lo 3, Macacat he will bring better luck to his
Beauty 2. Valour Flash Star 2, Little Sit Tang 3, Leaf 3, Brahman (late Sutherland) 0, Shan Mein 2, Shanghai Friend 5, May 1. Yuen Bia 0, Ok Fee 1, Chui Chow Ning 1. Chew Tate Lon 2, Hon Sia 3, Tap Sine 3, Pernickety 0, Missippi 0, Attaboy 2.
team.
It is indeed regrettable that the Americans do not seem to have gone very far in the League. They are all experienced players and several of them have learned the science during their college days. Maccio is a useful first baseman Suhe of any Seasons:-King Aten and should remain in that ter 2. Kom Tong Hall 2, Bagheera Sugar Loaf 0, Festive Eve ritory. Mahon and Cockey should
1,
Kazuoka 0, Bing Boy 3, Circe 1, The Sand Paper . Perversity 0, Mowgli 1. Barley Grass 1, Hone Call 1, Pettenbush 3, District Call 1, Fire Call 1, Scooter 1, Skiddo 3, Dobbin 1. Loch Rannoch 1, Total Abstin ence 3, Loch Tummel 3, Tangle 2, The Geezer 3, The Gnome 1, Ber derer
know each other better.
Some interesting ball games will be seen when the Dragon's players returned from Shanghai: They sure to have learned a trick or two from the star players of Japan.and Manila. The all-round Honolulu Chinese, as I rightly prophesied. did not have a look in Olympiad, and I feel sure that their defeat did not come as a surprise to many Hong Kong fans.
in the
up
three
had
Your English Women in Doubles.
LATER.
In the doubles final, Mrs. God- free and Miss Harvey beat Mias
€-4.
to the standard of the old giants, only modern wickets give them Do chance 1 The frst analyses that read like extracts they all know, only too well, what from a village score book; and yet it is to peg away for hours at 2 time while second fight batsmen run had a really wonderful season, and centurics. Kennedy has the same applies to Parker, Hearne Nuthall and Miss Joan Fry, 6-1, +6, has also been himself with both bat and ball, and in his last county for 38" be made 16. In spite of match of the year besides his " this, however, Middlesex went down badly on their own ground. It is a mystery why the Lords team, with Hendren. Hearne, Lee, Durston as
Hammond Score 193, their principal professionals, with Playing at Gloucester, Gloucester- F. T. Mana as captain, and gener- shire easily defeated Northampton.
ily at least two of their first rate shire by an incinge and 11 rucS amateurs such as, G. T. S. Stevens, G. O. Allen, N. Haig, H. J. Gut Parker was successful if both in In bowling against Northants, haren, C. N. Brace, taking partnings, taking seven wickets for el they sometimes go to pieces. runs in the first and eight for 112
in the second.
Hammond, for Gloucester, made
Griffins 1927-Espoir 1, Lime stene Hail 0, Marble Hall D. Olo Custom 0 Misty Eve, Battle Eve 2 Salvo 0, Tuning Fork 0, Auglast 1, Town Hall (late Manchuria) 0, Spectre 0, Humdinger D, Dally 0, The Recreio boys started the Ullswater 0, Wild Hawk o, Bright League well, but they have fallen Eye 1.
behind: It seems to me that they lack esprit de corps. Get together, is my advice to them. Nothing to smashes a side up more thap lack of team work. Chodas Remedios could do with a lot of practiec His deliveries are allright but need a good deal of speed.
WATER POLO.
WINS FOR NAVY AND V.R.C.
The Royal Navy, secured their second victory in the, Water Polo League at the expense of the Kow. loon British Subool Former Pupils' Association "B" team yesterday. The winners had matters much their own way and were attacking most of the time. At the interval
HONG KONG FOOTBALL"
LEAGUE.
"
THE FIRST DIVISION.
The following clubs will form the they led by three goals to pil, but frat division of the Hong Kong after crossing over the Kowloonites Football League for the ensuing scored their only gon! before allow season:-Hong Kong Football Club, ing the winners to add two more, Kowloon F.C., Club de Recreio, the final score being 3-1 in favour Royal Artillery, K.O.S.B'., Royal of the Royal Navy.
Air Force, the Scots Guards, Hong Kong Police, China Athletic, South China Athletic Association
The Victorin Recreation Club "A" team maintained their position at the top of the Table by beating the
All last years members of the King's Own Scottish Borderers in League will again figure, except the second match. Play was fast H.M.S. Tamar, while, the Scots throughout and although the Club Guards and the Royal Air Force won by four clear goals, the Scot
Etish Borderers worried them a great deal. A feature of the match was the good combination being Laing and Lyon (V.R.C. forwards) who
ivided the goals between them. League Table.
are newcomers.
HOME FOOTBALL.
ENGLISH LEAGUE RESULTS.
{TEROUGE- KGSTER'S AGENCY-1-----
Hammond made another big several threatened recorda intact score, but the wet weather has kept. and the century. list shows a typical
list of veterans and recruits which makes the task of Test selectora unenviable beyond words.
The best individual performances
were:-
Lospos, August 301k. The following are the results of League football matches played
The positions of the different- Club, to date, are as follows:
Teams. MW. L D. Pts. Y.R.C. "A" 414 008 KB.S.ERA"A" 3 3 0 0 0 10-day m Royal Navy &
Scots Guards..... 4.
T.Q.S.B
4
TR.C. "B"
·K/1.8.F.P.A."B" 4
I
1 5
1 +3 Reading 3.
..... 193
18%
162
136
120
117
127
Betting. Hammond (Gloucester) Hearne (Middlesex). Wykes (Essex)....... Payton (Notts) Shipman (Leicester) Wyatt (Warwick) Ashdown (Kent) "Watson (Lancs.)........... 111
Woolley (Kent) Storer (Derby).
Second Division. Grimsby 3,
Third-Division (North) Roeb D2 dale 2. Stockport 1;. Southport. 2,
Bradford 1.
2
1
+
3
0
A
0
101 106
8"
10
30
H
,,
112
31
**
Bowling. Kennedy (Hampshire) 7 for Fender (Surrey) 7 Hearne (Middlesex)... Parker (Gloucester)... 7
and Kilner, (Yorks.)
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SURREY BEAT MIDDLESEX,
Fender Takes 7 Wickets For 10 Runs.
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LONDON, August 30th. Playing at home at Lords, Mid- desox lost to Surrey by five wie-
kets
In the Middlesex's first innings Fender took no less than seven. wickets for only 10 runs. In their second innings, however, Middlesex put up a big score, thanks mainly to Hearne, who contributed 107 (not out).
well
die, nearly as
In Surrey's first innings, Hearne Fender, taking eight wickets for 30 runs. sur set them, the best scores being, was able to knock up the Hobbs. 54, and Sandham 55.
Score.were:-
runs
Middlesex: 34 and 322 for nine
wickets (declared). Surrey, 149 and 50 for five
wickets.
HAMPSHIRE BEAT WARWICK. SHIRE.
Kennedy 7 Wickets For 3 Runs.
Playing at "Portsmouth, Hamp- shize easily beat Warwick by nine. wickets.
GLOUCESTER BEAT NORTH. ANTS.
193.
Score
Northants: 194 and 259. Gloucester: 394.
NOTTS BEAT DERBY.
Playing away at Ilkeston, Notts defeated Derbyshire by nine wie.
kets.
For Derby, Storer made. 106, and for Notts, Payton hit up 130.
Score:-
Derby: 149 and 238. Notts: 353 and 47 for 1 wicket.
GLAMORGAN LEAD SOMERSET.
Playing at home at Cardiff, Glam organ gained first innings points from Somerset....
Score:-
Somerset: 129 and 353 for £
wickets (declared).
Edith Jansen, aged 17 (Den-
mark). Ivy Hawke. aged 91 (England).
Mona Mackennan,
who is
really the Harley Street lady coctor Dorothy Logan..
M. Rene Doria (champion of
Switzerland),
strong.
Dr. Schiff, aged 03 (Germany). All abandoned the swim. even- tually, with the exception of "Miss MacLennan who is still going,
LATEL. Attempts That Falled.
the Channel swim
"Mona MacLellan" abandoned 13 miles from Folkstone..
Later in the day an English widow, Mrs. Wiedman, attempted and failed.
THE SEA AS A CAREER.
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Mr. David Jones, & director of Messrs. Elder, Dempster & Co., who distributed the prizes on the declared that as a career the ner schoolship Conway in the Mersey, chant service was better to-day- than ever before. Finer ships were adout, conditions of service and pay were better, the great com panies had pension schemes, and, beat of all, there was an equal chance for all.
A Word to Pessimista, The accident of birth and station
Glamorgan: 182 and 53 for the in life, said Mr. Jones, still helped.
jose of no wickets
YORKSHIRE BEAT SUSSEX.
Score:- "
Subsex: 291 and 120.
a young man to a certain extent, but only hard work, and aheer merit would help him in the mer. chant service. Certain pessimiste had recently been making state- Pinying at Brighton, Sussex went ments to the effect that the ses as down badly to Yorkshire, the visi a profession for a boy "was not tors winning by nine wickets. what it ought to be, and that the The only outstanding perform-great and glorious services render- ance in the match, was the talting ed to the country by the mercantile of five wickets for 21 "runs by Roy marine during the Great War were Kilner.
now forgotten. He was afraid that it actually did happen for the professions, of business
we had better send him to sea in the merchant service." Both boys and parents should get that iden out of their minds. As a career the merchant service was better
match, Lancashire had to be con merchant service as a career, the to-day than ever it was before. In the Lancashire Leicester From the moment they joined the Conway, intending to adopt the tent with five points for a lead on boys must aim high. The boys. the first innings. The match was played at Leicester."
trained
on the Conway, the Shipman for Leicester making 120, careers with exceptional advan- There were two centuries scored, Worcester, and at the Pangbourne Nautical College began their and Watson for Lancashire com piling 111.
tages.
Yorkshire: 309 and 43 for one career, his parents said, "Well,
wicket:
LEICESTER LANCASHIRE,
Midlanders Sava The Game.
Score:-
Leicester: 208 and 290 for six
wicketa.N Lancashire: 301.
KENT BEAT ESSEX.
In Warwick's first innings, Playing at Leyton, Kent defeat Wyatt made 117. The astonishing ed Essex. by 120 runs. ly low score in the second innings In Kent's second innings, there was due to the bowling of Kennedy, were two centuries, Ashdown seer who took seven wickets for eighting 117 and Woolley 101
For-Essex Wykes-de-182-70 the first innings
Score:--
Score:-
Warwick: 304 and 36. Hampshire 352-and-51-fot-one-
wicket.:
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the Treasury's waning coffers- which practically amounts to a capital levy-are stated to be the chief lines of action contemplated.
Back to the land." is now the Duce's battle-cry. "At all caste," he says, in effect, "the emigration of Italy's rural population into Conway's Great Reputation.
PAR73. the big cities must be checked.” Captain F. A. Richardson (com. Face to face with the greatest To this end he has drawn up mander of the Conway), in his re economic crisis he has so far en laws to limit to 40 men the number port, said the past year had been countered, Mussolini has called a of employees in every new factory. one of credit and eminent success Grand Council of Fascists, prepar-Enlargement of existing factories: to the Conway. The number of ed, if necessary, to enforce mes- ia to be prohibited. cadets on board showed a slight in- sures which strike at the very roots crease, and the ship was at present of the principles of Fascism. comfortably full. The excellence of The Grand Council meets in known throughout the world. The It. is understood the conclusions or the system of training was well- Rome, it is reported from Milan. demand for the Conway cadet far rived at by the emergency commit- exceeded the Birkenhead tee-of-Ministers will form the “Bolabeviam," raised in certain
The Mayor
Limiting Town Workers.
Threatened with heavy income sacrifices which every good Fascist taxes camouflaged as voluntary
Italian capitalists are making a must be prepared to make " vigorous protect, and the cry of
quarters, has become a popular Clegg), who presided, said main point of discussion. he had met Conway boys all over..
one Millionaires who have refus Kent: 25 and 368 for seven the world. Any boy who left the
eto send in their subscrip Tarif reform, extensive agrical- tions," on the ground that they wickets (declared).-
Conway came from the best train-tural propaganda, and & sherbe of are unjust impositions, have been Easex: 330 and 193
ing schoolship in the country. compulsory subscription" into arrested and deported.