1930-08-26

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Hong Kong af Play.

SPORTS NOTES AND COMMENTS.

[BY" BROADCASTER"}

LOCAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1930.

U.S. BASEBALL RESULTS.

(REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

NEW YORK, August 24. The following are the results of the baseball matches played in the National and American League

FIXTURES ARRANGED FOR sot day

THE SEASON.

National League.

Chicago Cincinnati Cincinnati

3 New York

€ Pittsburg

2 Pittsburg

FIRST ROUND ON OCTOBER 4 St. Louis

St. Louis

Philadelphia

6 Philadelphin

American League,

Football Extures for the season New York The summer months, are now almost over and interest in swim-were arranged by the League Man- New York ming: will soon be entirely confined agement Committee of the Hong Washington

Detroit to championships and harbour Kong Football Association at a

Boston races. The various clubs interested meeting yesterday. There are eleven Boston in aquatics are soon to hold their teams in the First Division, twelve annual swimming, events and it re- in the second and nine in the mains to be seen whether any "dark horses" will come into the limelight this season. The Chinese have in their midst sterling swim- mers, and I understand a few of those who have returned from the

third

The season will open on Satur- day, September 97, with an exhibi- tion game between last year's champions, China Athletic, and a team representing the rest of the

5 Cleveland Cleveland

7. Philadelphis

5 St. Louis

9 Chicago

4. Chicago

ANOTHER SET-BACK WHILE CUBS WIN.

PROFITABLE. HITTING BY THE YANKEES.

New York, August 18-Chicago's

"LIKE A NOVICE.”

HOW SCOTT WAS KNOCKED

OUT..

FLOORED FOUR TIMES IN

FIRST ROUND.

Phil Scott's chance of meeting Max Schmating for the world's championship vanished into the evening air at Wimbledon last month.

Young Stribling, the American 4 heavyweight, knocked him out in 4the second round-"according to

plan," as his father said afterwards 3before 10,000 spectators, the lar 4gest crowd that has ever witnessed a 3 fight in England.."

"If I hit Scott with my left hand," said his opponent ou the eve of the fight, and he does not go down, I shall look to see who is propping him up."

Although the bout" "lasted less | chance of doing so. Just for a few than six minutes, every second of seconds Stribling, whose stern fix- it was packed with interest. Thereity of glance never altered until was always something doing from he received his father's congratu the first moment that Stribling.lations on winning, eased up and darting under Scott's telegraph almost motionless seemed to be try- pole of a left hand, shot a tento-ing to stare his rival out of coun- tive punch to his rival's ribs to tenance. Scott's dying gladiator act on the floor at the finish.

After his initial feeler to see what Scott's defence was made of, Stribling worked round the ring for a bit, on his toes like a dancer with light, swift, graceful more ments. Scott shot out a good left but his man moved slightly out of range, them jumped in to hook the left to the stomach, and before the fight was a minute old Scott was on the floor.

He squirmed and looked at the referee, who ignored an unspoken appeal and kept counting. At aight Scott sprang with amazing alacrity to his feet, but Stribling repeated the process, and, to as- other left-hander to the stomach, ho was forced to endure a count of nino.

punched away with tremendous abandon until Sam Russell the re- feree, called a halt and in un equivocal phrase threatened to dis-

Referee's Threat." Scott did go down to his left- hand punches four times in the

Stribling by now rented the vic- Arst round, and Stribling must

tory ahead, and was after his man have been equally surprised to

with tigerish tenacity. Scott got find that the England champion to his feet, and rushed into a got up cach time after being foor-clinch, and both men wrestled and ed.

There were 25 seconds to go to the end of the second round when Scott was counted out while on when the end of the first round ar-tered. rived he had taken a count of e- ven on, one knee and looked in very bad shape. At no stage of tha fight did Scott look like a win ner.

LADIES' TENNIS CHAMPION-

SHIP IN AMERICA.

WON BY BETTY NUTHALL.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]

Then the splendid fighting ma- chiae leapt into its punishing activ-

FOREST HILL, August 23. ity againg Twice Scots was bit

Miss Betty Nuthall, the British with the right, and when he held player, won the American Lawn. Stribling wildly forced him to loo-Tennis Championship at Forest sen the grip. Scott stood off and for one second measured Stribling with the left. Then he brougnt his right over forcibly, but the blow swung clear from the retreating op position.

This was Scott's last active effort to reach his man. Stribling promptly "middled" him again with the loft, a beautiful punch free from the slightest taint of ille gality and this time. Scott was counted out.

Record Crowd Gets Out of Eand.

There were extraordinary scenes outside and inside the Stadium, which was well filled by 8 o'clock when the preliminary contents be gan. In the meantime thousands of people struggled outside to gain admittance..

More than half an hour before Scott and Stribling, were due to enter the ring the barriers of the cheap seats at the back of the Stadium had been rushed and spectators had stormed over the

Far Eastern Olympiad in Japan League, on the Club ground, com leadership is the National League the floor, and it may be noted that qualify both if things were not al rails on to the track used for grey

have pronted immensely by their experience.

mencing at 5 p.m.

League matches commence on October 4. The following are the On September 21, 22 and 23, matches on the opening day and the there will be a meeting in Cantantallowing week:

of Chinese swimmers from Hong Kong, Macao and Canton. The meeting will extend over three days and from what I can gather from the local Chinese bathing clubs, ample preparations are being made by the local "fishes" to bring a good share of the honours to Hong Kong. Each of the three Chinese clubs at North Point will be sending a contingent of swimmers, included amang whom will be a number of

Jadies:

OCTOBER 1.

Division I.

Royal Navy . RA. (Stadium). Club . Chian Athletic (Club). Argylls. Police (Sookunpoo). South China . Recreio (Caroline St. Joseph's v. Kowloon (S.J.). Division II.

Hill).

Royal Navy. St. Joseph's

(Stadium). Somersets : Club (Sockunpoo) University. China Athletic (Club). Eastern v. South China (S.J.). Recreio v. R.A. (Recreio). Kowloon v. Argyllä (Kowloon),

Division III.

The meeting in Canton will in clude something of a novelty in the way of water polo contests for R.E. ". Somersets (Chatham Rd.). women teams. I was at North Fukica South China (Chinese, Point when one of the Clubs had Happy Valley). some of their ladies out practising R.A.F. v. Ewo (Recreio). for the coming sport, and all I can R.AS.C. R.A.O.C. (Chinese, aby is that if Hong Kong does not Happy Valley). win the water polo, then the ladies at Canton and Macao are good enough to play some of the teams competing in the water polo league in Hong Kong.

For the third year in succession Cinigengower have established themselves as champions in the senior division of the lawn bowls league. Taikoo tried hard to lower the colours of the champions, but had to admit that they were beaten by superior bowling. Craigen gower's record is a wonderful one. They were the only Club who play- ed the same three skips right through the season, and their total of shots up as against 69 shots by Civil Service in the same number of matches alone proves that they are the finest bowling combination in the Colony, Civil Service-woni by a comfortable margin at Kow- loon C.C, but have to be content with the position of runners-up. The Bowling Green team proved their superiority at home over Club de Recrcio in their first match, The Police closed their season with a blank sheet. Two of their rinks finished with the same number of

OCTOBER 11.

Division I Somersets v. Royal Navy (Sookun-

poo). R.A. v. Club (not fixed). Chins Athletic v. Argylls (stadium) Police v. South China (not fixed). Recreio v. St. Joseph's (Recreio).

Division II.

Argylls v. Royal Navy (Kowloon). St. Joseph's v. Somersets (S.J.). Club. University (Club). China Athletic v. Eastern (Stadium) South China Recreio (Caroline

Hill).

R.A. r. Kowloon (Sookunpoo).

Division, III.

China Athletic v. R.E. (Chinese,

Happy Valley).

Somersets v. Fukien (S.J.). South China v. R.A.F (Caroline)

Hilly Ewo r. R.A.S.C. (Chinese, Happy

Valley).

WATER POLO.

Like a Novice.

...

was increased to-day when the Cubs won and the Dodgers lost, leaving their respective percentages at 609 and .380.

The Cubs smothered the Phillies, who occupy the bottom position in the percentage ranking, by a score of 1 to 3. The game was loosely

The booing which rose at the end played, with the Cubs committing of the first round reflected the dis- three errors and the Phillies two.

appointment of the thousands who Tight pitching featured the

had come hoping to see him wipo Brooklyn contest, which was without the disastrous meinory of the Pirates at Pittsburg, and, with Miami. each team making only eight hits, the Pirates won by 4 to 3. Pitts burg made the only error.

In the American circuit, both the leaders (Athletica) and the runners up (Senators) were winners, the former over the Browns at Philadel phio, by 6-1, and the latter over the Tigers at Washington, by in spite of three Washington errors The Athletics' percentage is now .875, while Washington are well in the rear with 610.

The Yankees defeated the White Sox at New York by 11 to 4, with the assistance of three errors by the Sox. The Yankees made 16 hits to a dozen for the Chicagoans. Cleveland and Boston were forced to postpone their game because of rain.

The detailed scores for the day

follow:-

AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Olubs. Detroit Washington ... St. Louis Philadelphia r

Chicago New York

R. H. 4 6

ŏ. 11 3

NATIONAL

Brooklyn Pittsburgkitka 4

Philadelphia Chicago...........17 17 Brooklyn Now Stand in Third Place.

After the fight was over there were none so podr sa to do the loser reverence. Stribling, keen, fiercely aggressive and collected. was his master all through. As one spects tor remarked as he left-his seat in disgust, not waiting for a subee- queat bout that followed on Scott's debacle, "It was like a Device bo- ing given & lesson by a teacher." Scott stated that he was plan ning to finish the fight in one

Scott's third visit to the floor was from a right hander received while he was hugging his rival's left hand with a desperate grip. Stribling refused to be checked in his attack, and Scott was still holding when, near the end of the first round, the American landed an overarm right to the jaw' which sent him down to the beli.

hound racing.

The officials and police were powerless to cope with the situa tion and one of the preliminary contests was held up, until the crowd was warned through load speakers that, if order were not restored, there would be no fight.

Scaffes with Spectators.

Hills to-day by defeating Mrs. Harper in the final by 6-1, dead.

Miss Nuthall was also succesful in the doubles event. Partnered by Miss Sarah Palfrey she defeated in the Hual by 3-6, 6-3, 7-5... Mrs. Harper and Miss Edith Cross

RACE COURSE BETTING IN UNITED STATES.

(UNITED PRESS.]

New York, August 19.—A survey recently conducted, and results of which were published to-day showa that race course betting in the United States has reached N total aggregate annual turnover of G. $450,000,000.

Every state participates in such activities in spite of the laws against race course gambling, which apparently are easily circumvented.

WOMEN'S AIR RACE.

[UNITED PRESS.

Phoenix, Ariz., August 19- Gladys O'Donnell arrived here. to-day in the lead of a field of six, At 9.20 the Stadium was filled women who are entered in the Long

Beach-to-Chicago When the bell rang for the se- to capacity and many venturesome

Women's Air cond round "Scott had, recovered people ascended to the roof of the

Derby. To-morrow, they will take his composure somewhat. He came stands, where they took up hazar-off for Douglas, Arizona, proceed- out of his corner alertly and as if dous positions.. Some 40,000 peo- ing theace to Lordsburg. he meant to turn the tables on the ple were inside the Stadiuta and man who had treated him so unit was estimated that 20,000 more were outside.. All traffic was stop- We saw some really hard work ped some kindly.

distance from the on both sides. Scott got in close Stadium.

Additional police were rushed to Wimbledon, but they arrived too late, as the damage to the barriers had already been done by the crowd, which must have been are cord for any fight in this country The promoter of the contest, Jeff Dickson, and Ted Broadribh, bis manager were kept busy instruct- ing and helping officials to save the situation. Mr. Broadribb was involved in more than one scuffie with unruly spectators.

and banged away with right and left, but Stribling with a consum- mate guard and evasive as a will of the wisp auffered no damage.

Still we began to have hopes of round Stribling said he would Scott especially when his long left win by a knock-out in five rounds, shot out and reached the American's a generous concession to the ac jaw. Stribling was moving away tual fighting quality of his rival.to the punch, however, and, quick- Neither man was right, but Brott's ly returning, he landed another

left to the stomach. estimate was the more inaccurate.

A Great Fighter. when he swing his gloves fiercely Excepting for two fleeting phases, at Stribling-this was in the se cond round-he left all the aggres sion to the American, who was on his toes from beginning to end.

Make no mistake, this Stribling is a great fighter. He is superior to Sharkey and is absolutely fear lega.

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When he entered the ring his stern look of concentration" "and" dancing eagerness to begin fighting wag in sharp contrast to the sour querulous expression of Scott, who seemed by no means at home. One 1 could not resist an impression even before they clashed that Stribling was the dominant party

shots as their opponents. It was a KOWLOON FAIL TO TURN UP.ings of the second to a tie finish,

and Scott, too, seemed to feel it.

The detailed scores for the day follow:--

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Clubs. Cleveland Boston

(first game)

Cleveland Boston.

[UNITED FEESS.] New York, August 19-Chicago's hard-won leadership in the Nation- al League suffered a small set-back to-day when the Cubs dropped one. game of a double-header with the Phillies and played through 16 in

creditable feat to hold down two of

but the Brooklyn Dodgers were Kowloon, Dock's strongest rinks, and if they could only keep their mea The water-polo match between imultaneously taking a 90 beat- together instead of having to make the Royal Navy and Kowloon, ing from the Pirates at Pittsburg so the situation remained virtually

• Chicago sterifices owing to the call of duty, which was to have taken place at unchanged as regards their posi-

New York tions. the Police would be as good a team the V.R.C. Bath yesterday, did not a, many of their competitors who come off owing to the Kowloon

The Cubs lost the first game B to

Detroit play week after week with an easy side being short of players. The e, which cut their percentage to

Washington points therefore were conceded to 603. In the second game there was mind.

the Royal Navy,

St. Louis A match, however, was played a 66 tie at the end of the ninth

inning, and two weary teams Philadelphia

Civil Service and Bowling Green Club juniors both won their matches between the Navy and a team combattled through seven more tanings to close the season with the same posed of other players and resulted number of points. They have now in a win for the latter by three

to decide the right to the honours goals to two.

by a replay. It is doubtful which

is the better team and the deciding

match will settle this point. The The match ought to be a very good

before darkness brought a merciful release without further alteration of the percentage. The Dodgers, as result of their trimming by the Pirates, stand at 575 and this pute them into third place.

Defeating the Cardinals 4 to 2 forged inte second place over the erstwhile league-leading Dodgers The a percentage of 583. Cards made but nine hits, the

Yacht Club and Taikoo were both one, and with so many of Hong St. Louis, the New York Giants successful. against

the visiting Kong's leading players taking part, teams. One of them will finish f the third position. Taikoo are two good crowd should turn up to points behind with two matches in watch it. I believe it will take hand, one of which is with the Yacht Club.

with

(second game)

** V

R. H

11.

NATIONAL LEAGUE,

Philadelphia Chicago

(first game) Philadelphia Chicago

(second game) (tie 10 inninggu)

Brooklyn Pittsburg

place at Sookunpao.

Turning to baseball, the Japanese Giants an even donked the Reds Boston team were very fortunate in snatch-4 to 0 st Cincinnati, each teaan ing an eleventh-hour win over the making six hits and the Reds com- Phillies on Saturday. There were mitting a trio of errors,

Cincinnati

New Yorke

St. Louis

What has gone wrong with the Local tennis league 1 There does not appear to be the slightest interest taken in its doings and I good many errors by both teams In the American circuit, the ranggest that it is about time the and both pitchers showed very poor world champion Athletics went Association looked into the matter form. The good combination of the down to ignominious defeat, 0-7, at and insisted that all the postponed Japanese probably gave them their the hands of the St. Louis Browns matches be played off as soon as second win of the season and if who stand next the foot of the the weather improves. This sort of they only keep up this, form, pro league ranking: This brought the Philadelphia thing is no good at all and it makes vided Koga improves in his twirling Athletics' percentage to 669 Washington what few people who were interest there is no reason why they should ed in the league lose all interest. not be champions for 1830.

I have been informed that the Indians and Chinese are trying to

Clubs.

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16:

Standings.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Won Lost Pet.

069

605

72 .49

:505

.516

Cleveland's Indians took both New York games of a double-beader from the Cleveland South China tried conclusions Boston Red Sox, winning the first Detroit with, the Kiaoras on Sunday, the 7 to 2 and the second 7 to 3. The Chicago

W me pustnaned fixture in former winning after a rather tame Indians got 11 hits in each game. St. Louis

arvinoz the Brende

Chicago

Brat and seven in the second

Playing on their home diamond, the Yankees held the White Sox to only two hits and won 3 to 0. The Brooklyn Yankees rot eight hits and the Box made two errors,

m Washington lest to Detroit I to 2 and the Sensors percentage at cordingly slipned to 90%,

samt Ang BALL HAVA DUH 1 vit dhe d At the moment the former are very promising young players, and playing at the top of their form another season or two should see so I suppose they ought to win them doing great things, after they It would not be out of turn if they have had more experience of match dill for the Chinese have had the play. Even at the motuent, I doubt better of the arguments for the whether there is any other team

at few seasons and it in about with the possible exceptions of the time some other Club kept the Japanese, which can touch them ahield for season at any rate when it comes to peppy play and

(Continued on nest Colums.) running between bases.

(Continued on next Column.)

New Star Loads Pittsburg Boston

·Cincinnati

003

fa 330

Scott never ally got into his stride. Stribling was so persistent in attack that he never got a

(Continued on next Column.

About three or four hundred of those who could not gain admission through the turnstiles obtained possession of an exceptionally long ladder, which they placed against the back of one of the stands.

They climbed this and joined: others who were already on the rock, and, it was not until the lad der was broken that their numbers.

ceased to swell.

Beckett's Challenge,

After the light, Joe Beckett, the former British champion, climbed into the ring and challenged Strib ing to a contest for £500 aside.

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