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WATER POLO."
KOWLOON'S VICTORY
OVER R.A.
PLEASING GAME.
A very pleasing game was witi nessed last night, when R.A, met the Kowloon water-polo team and lok by one gaat, to ni. Compared with previous games, last night's match was one of the cleanest wen this season, and the referee's whist le against "fouls" was seldom blown."
HOME CRICKET.
INNINGS VICTORY FOR GLOUCESTER.
PARKER IN EXCELLENT BOWLING FORM.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOT.]
LONDON, August 14. Two County cricket matches were. decided to-day, Gloucester and Lancashire in each case taking full points from their opponents. Quick passing was the keynote Gloucestershire beat Surrey by an of Kowloon's
over the innings and 115 runs success
at Chelten- thair
ham. military contingent, and
C. W. L. Parker, who is victory of the only goal scored
included in the Fifth Test com- tells of the stout resistance put up mencing on Saturday the by the RA men.
strength of his bowling, dismissed eight of the Surrey batsmen for 38 runs, and in the second innings he took seven wickets for 53. Two of the Gloucestershire batsmen reach-
...
The goal was scored in the first hal, when Witchell, playing back for Kowloon, took possession of the ball and travelled almost half
beaten.
Surrey, 1st innings
79
of the pool before he passed theed the nineties before they were ball to Kerr. The latter sent in a back-hander which took both R.A. backs and goalie by surprise.
Play in
the second half was eren, both sides making occasional raids. There was no further scor ipg, and the final whistle found the Kowloon team winning by one goal to nil.
The teams were:
Kowloon S.C.: G. Aagus, `Wit- chell, Henry, Sterling, Railton, Kerr and E. Murphy."
RA: Ribbands, Olver, Lt. Dan- gerfeld, Cavanagh, Lewis, Forres ter and Gray.
ANOTHER NIGHT FETE AT V.R.C.
CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS.
The following is the draft pro gramme of events for the night fete to be held on September. 6 at the V.R.C.-
100 Yards Free Style-Champion-
ship of the Colony.
100 Yards Breast Stroke-Cham-
pionship of the Colony.
100 Yards Free Style-Boys'
Championship of the Colony. Open
to boys 13 years of age and under.
Parker, 8 for 38. Gloucester 1st innings
wickets, declared)......
Moore, 98.. Dacre, 99,
Surrey, 2nd innings
Parker, 7 for. 53.
Leicester v. Lancashire.
349
155
lost to Lancashire by an innings and At Leicester, the home County
78 runs.
on
Lancashire's victory was gained
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1930.
U.S. BASEBALL
RESULTS,
[RACTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.)
New York, August 14. Today's games in the National and American Leagues resulted as under:-
St. Louis Chicago
Boston
National League,
FANLING GOLF.
STARTING TIMES FÖR TO-MORROW.
9.20 a.m. G. G. Johnston and W.
J. Clerk.
A. D. Humphreys and E. Des Vœux.
Dr. Dovey and H. C. Shrubsole.
F. Leach and A Young.
H. T. Buston and G. Castle.
D. J. Keogh and J. S. Dykes,
V. R. Gordon and J. R. Collis.
1.24
19
9.29
4 Boston
3
1.32
"
& Brooklyn
1
9.36
"
"American Loagus,
9.40
St. Louis
0
Washington
3 Chicago
9.44
Philadelphia
o Cleveland
15
New York
1 Detroit
6 9.45
9.52
ATHLETICS DOUBLE- HEADER WIN.
9.36
**
10.00
10.04"..
I. E.
Weir
10.34
DEFEAT OF THE DODGERS BY ST. LOUIS.
[UNTIED PRESE.]
New York, August 9.-Babe Ruth, the home run king and pride of the Yankees, was hurt in the first inning of to-day's Yankees | Cardinals
game here, when Hung- ling of the Browns tagged him out at the home plate." Hungling caught a throw-in to the plate, and whacked the ball down hard on Ruth, but, the injury is not con sidered serious. The game was tied at 8-8 in the "final inning and which brought in the winning run Wilson of the Yankees hit a single for the New Yorkers, raising their percentage to 559,
The
O. Eager and D. Forbes,
W. Wright and D. E. Naish.
A. C. L. Bowker and A. Reid,"
A. E. Lissanian and W.
C. Shields..
Gears and Capt.
N. K. Littlejohn and W. A. Stewart.
can League Babe Ruth, although injured yesterday when he was tagged too hard at the plate, went New York and hit his forty-second into the Yankee-Browns' games at
home run of the season, in addi- tion to driving three other runs for his team by 14-17. over the plate and gaining a victory.
The Athletics did not play to-day and their percentage remained at 673 but the Senators, in second ranking, administered a sound 18 position in the American League
Indians, with the aid of a run of to 6 trouncing to the Cleveland
11 tallics in the eighth inning. The game was played at Washing- ton. This brought the Senstors up Yankees have 593, however, to a percentage of .585. The
Red Sox at Boston by a score of Detroit's Tigers won from the
error of the game and getting six 4 to 2, the Sox making the sole
hita to Detroit's, nine. "
.:
their superior batting and bowling. Ernest Tyldesley played games of a double-header against Athletics, winning both a fine innings for 131, and he was the Chicago White Sox, by scores still at the wicket when Lancashire of to 2 and 3 to 0, respectively, declared their innings closed. ran up their percentage to 673, "Dick" Tyldesley bowled with whilst the Senators, Insing both great effect in both innings, Lei-games of a double-header with the cester's combined total being 214 Indians at Washington, dropped to against 299 by Lancashire..
Leicester, 1st innings
591. The frat game was featured Big Scores in National League. by three errors for each team, and the Clevelanders won by 13 to 2, It was a day of double-headers. In the second there was, but one'
in the National League. Most im the portant, of course, were the twin error, by Cleveland, and Indians won by 4.to 2.
defeats of the Dodgers at St. Louis. The Cards took the first game at 8 to 2, St. Louis getting If hits to Brooklyn's seven and the Dodgers made the only error of the contest. The second game was a whitewash for the Dodgers, by 4-0, and Brooklyn made only five hits.
Wilson, of the Cubs, was the
McDonald, 3 for. 44. R. Tyldesley, 4 for 29. Lancs, 1st innings (8 wickets,
- declared)
E. Tlydesley, 151 not out. "Paynter, 58
Leicester, 2nd innings
R. Tydesley, & for 35.
103
100 Yards Free Style-Ladies' BASEBALL SEASON OPENS. Championship of the Colony.
30 Yarda Handicap Members.
30 Yards Handicap-Ladies,
Novelty Race-Members
Chasing the Numbers Members.
Team Race-Members. Water Pola-V.R.C.
Swimming Club.
FIRST GAME TO-DAY.
The baseball season will open this afternoon at Caroline Hill Kowloon when South China (last year's champions) and Japanese Baseball Entries close 8 p.m. on Sunday,Club (runners-up) will cross bats. August 31.
Sir Show-son Chow will pitch Entrance fees for the first four the first ball while the Hon. Mr. events-81 each event.
H. T. Creasy will be at the plate Entrance fees must accompany to bat the first ball. The gathe entries..
starts at 4 p.m. sharp. §.
"
LONG-DISTANCE SWIM
FOR WOMEN.
j
U.S. SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP IS WON BY L. LINDSTROM.
[UNITED FREAS.]
New York, August 10.-Lisa Lind strom to-day won the national swimming senior long-distance championship for women, covering a course of 4 miles in 2 br. 5 min. sec. She defeated Eva Bain, although the latter, made a strong bid for first position.
The course of Staten Island was Nineteen rough and punishing. women started, but only 12 were able to finish the race.
LAWN BOWLS.
ELECTRIC R. C. TEAM IN TO-DAY'S MATCH,
In their lawn bowls match with the Civil Service O.C. junior team at North Paint to-day, the Electric RC will by represented by the following
On Sunday the fiaoria and Texaco outfits will try conculsions, and we have been asked to state that admission to the stand will by 50 cents for gentlemen and 40 cents for ladies.
HONG KONG POLO CLUB.
K.O.Y.LE CUP COMPETITION
NEXT MONTH.
An American tournament is now being run by the Hong Kong Polo" Club and four teams have entered. They are the Gunners, Hurricanes,” Typhoons and El Gordo. Up to date only one game has been de- cided, the Typhoons having the bet- ter of their meeting with the Gug
dera.
This tournament is more or less in the shape of a "loossner" for the K.O.Y.L.I. Cup competition which is scheduled to start in September. According to the pre- sent arrangements, it is hoped- to have the finals of this competition. played off on September 20, when a Gymichana will be held by the Polo Club in conjunction with the Machine Gun Company of the Volunteers. There will be two events confined to members of the Machine Gun Company; while six events will be for members of the W Stoker, E. Thompson, D. 8 Polo Club. It is hoped to arrange Hill and FF. Duckworth (Skip).& few ladies races, and also a
A Tarbuck, G. I Padgett, H. Hatch and L. de Roma (8kip).
Reserves; V, Borby and R. W. Smith.
T. G. Kerley, T. P. Saunderson, S. J. Clarke and W. E. B. Muskett. (8kip).
TILDEN BARRACKED OFF COURT:
[RXUTER'S AMERICAN SELVIOR]
Ave (New York), August 14.
couple open to all comers.
The Gymkhana has hoon arranged to dll the place of the interport game as the Club does not intend to send a team to Shanghai to chal- lenge for the Keswick Cup. A band: will be in attendance during the" afternoon when tea and refresh ments will be obtainable.
The programme will be published shortly.
The American Tournament.
The tollowing are the teams take
Tilden made a dramatic exit from ing part in the tournament which the quarter finals of the Eastern Turf Cont champions in which he is in progress now
Detroit's Tigers, playing at Boston, whitewashed the Red Sox by 3 to 0 in an errorless contest wherein the Tigers made but si hits and the Sox but nice.
The National League.
A
In the National League, Brook- hero of the Boston-Chicago double- lyn's leadership was slightly trim-header. He made two home runs med when the St. Louis nosed out
a 4-3 win. Each team got ten hits in the course of the day. In the and the Dodgers made the sole error
second inning of the second game, of the contest. Brooklyn now have the Cubs, netted eight runs, assisted a percentage of..811. The second-by Wilson's homer. The score of place Chicago Cubs were cheated the first game was 6-0, of the second out"of a chance to edge up from their .686 when rain halted their game with the Braves in the second inning.
The Giants, in third place, boost- ed their percentage to 570, when they won from the Pirates at Pitts- burg by 10-6. The Pirates made two errors to one for the Giants, each team getting 15 hits.
In a close game at Cincinnati, the Reds, who committed two errors but profited by three from the op position, trimmed the Phillies by 3 to 1. This dopressed the Phillies tail end percentage to .343, as com pared with .349 for Boston in the other league
The detailed scores for the day follow:-
11-1. The Braves committed, three errors in the second contest and got but five hits, while in the first game they made but thrce hits.
The Phillies won both games of a double-header against the Reds game overwhelmingly with 31 hits, which, coupled with but five hits mitted a score of 18-0. The second for the Reds and three errors, per- game went to the Phillies by 4 to The detailed scores for the day follow:-
3.
Clubs. Detroit Boston
AMERICAN LEAGUE,
R.
DD DOP
Ε.
0
G
St. Louis
11
10
New York
14
16.
0
Clubs. Chicago
R FL. E.
Cleveland
8 19
2
8
18 17
Philadelphia
9
14
(first game).
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Chicago Philadelphia
(second game)
Cleveland ... Washington
(first gama)
Cleveland Washington
(second game)"
St. Louis New York's
Detroit Boston
13
3
12
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Clubs. New York Pittsburg
30
15
Philadelphia Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Bt
·∙10· -10
Boston Chicago called in second innings owing to rain.
Forty-Second Homer for Euth. New York, August 10. Two rous- ing defeats at the hands of the St.
Washington
Cluba.
NATIONAL LEAGUE,
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
(first game)
Philadelphiaen
H.
R. 181
0
5
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(Open from 10a.m. to 12 midnight)
Cincinnati.....
(second game)
Baston
Chicago...
(first game)
-Boston Chicago
(second game) Brooklyn St. Louis *(first game)
Brooklyn
St. Louis
(second game)
American LeaĠUR-
Pct. Won Lost Philadelphia 16 27 1873 505
TRINITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC.
RESULTS OF THEORY EXAMINATIONS.
The following results of the Trinity College theory examination held at the University of Hong Kong on June 7 are supplied by the local secretary, Mr. Wm. Ander-
Higher "Local. HONOURS.
800:-
Fuki Inouye gangmaiu
Advanced Intermediate.
Irene Ung
HONOURS,
Intermediate.
HONOURS,"
Anita Silice,
Oi Lin Choung Aurea Baptistā Benedicta Xavier
PABS
Hilde Alice Wood Barbara Wong
Advanced Junior. HONOURE,
PASS
Joan Smita Beatrice Rose Callen Ansie Lee
98
Junior. HONOURS.
Clement Leong ...... Harold Clarence Leong
Kathleen Mackay
Maria da C.
Goones Pureza D'Eca
FASS
Alveria Laikovetsky Kathleen Chester Raymonde Blacknore Maria Branea da Costa Eric T. Wood
...and Propātatory.
Doris Li
Maurice. Rupert Leong Beatrice Pestonjji.
Carmen Marie Aloneo Grace Swan
Alice Leung
Phyllis Mooney
Jean Alistair Bryson
Dora Ellis
Agues Ining
A WORLD'S SPRINT WILLIAMS CLOOKED FOR 150 METRES IN 10.3 SECONDS.
[UNITED FRE38.]
Toronto August ToreL: liams today won the Canadian 100-metre Championship Games dash; with a new world record of 10.3 seca, one-tenth of a second
under the old record which was held jointly by Williams and Telan John Fitzpatrick of Milton, Ontario, Recond, and Ralph Adams, of Hamilton, was third.
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Cleveland
Detroit
Standings.
St. Louis Boston******
Mary Braga
Caroline Braga
Evelyn Dorothy Witchel!
Frances Lau..... Isabel Pestonji
84
Charles Abbas
84
Sheila Leung
Mary Stella Badder ...
81
Cluba
New York
Washington
45
67
56
48 .583
313
Mario Alves.
490
387:
74339
NATIONAL LECUL
Won
60
Pet.
44-
.,800
+593
61.
.570
Austra Miller
020 b19.
155 518
469
59
433
:80 355
was playing Clif Watter of Newera Mai Holis Cardistry pulled this
Mould, Capt. Herbage and Mr. Brooklyn Dodgers down to a der Hurricanes Col. Savile, Colcentage of 1600, while the Chicago Cubs,, simultaneously winning two Maslaine, Mr. Johnson and Mr games from the Boston Braves, Wolle-Barry
threatened, the Dodgers National League leadership by moving up to
Tilden lost the first set to Wutter at 1-6, and Watter was leading by four games to til in the second set when the crowd, despite the ap
Typhoons: Major Campbell, My peals of the umpire persistently laughed at Tilden's failure to win Heard, Mr. Gordon and Mr. Stan points. Thereupon Tilden walled tone up to the net, shook hands with El Gordo Capt. Carmichael, My
his opponent and walked off the Glogg, Mr. Bramwell and Mr Wor
courty
593.
While these events were stirring the National circuit, in the Ameri- (Continued on next Column.)
Clubs. Brooklyn Chicago New York St. Louis! Pittsburg
•Boston...
Cincinnati Philadelphia
40
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