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Baseball Gossip.
JAPANESE START SEASON
"WELL.
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The baseball season has at long last been started and the. Japanëse crew, who were runners-up last season, are going great guns. They played the opening game with South China Athletic Association and surprised the hundred of fans present by trouncing the "Invin- cibles" by 10 runs to 7. It was splendid win and the following week the Nipponites" had the better of the argument with the Phillies, who by the way, are without the services of Big Ben " Zafra this season. The Kiaorns are in the competition again but the Hong Kong Baseball Club have not entered. Their place has been taken by the Texaco " nine-a team composed mainly of the staff of the Texas Oil Company.
With such
怎 good start the Japanese lads ought to win the shield this year but to do so, they cannot afford to lose even a single match as the South China boys are always a dangerous lot, and unless they are kept at a good distance from the top of the league table, they might creep up there again and stay on top for yet another season. So far. they seem to have bad the monopoly of the baseball shield for the past few years só
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ANGLO-AMERICAN ATHLETICS.
U.S. WIN NINE TO FIVE.
[REVIER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)
CHICAGO, August 27: In the athletic contests between" the United States and the British Empire held here to-day, the United States won the 400 yards, relay ruće in 37 seconds, the team being Eddie Tolan, George Simpson, Russell Sweet and C. Yeland.
The time was a record for the meeting.
The British team,. consisting of wilson (Canada), Walters. (South Africa), Brangwyn (England) and Goulding (Australia) won the mile relay race in 3 mins. 16.4/3 seconds.
The 480 yards hurdle race. หน won by the United States in 394 seconds, a meeting record.
The successful team consisted of Steve Anderson, Charles Caster, J. H, Hatheld and Lee Sentman.
In the Four Miles Relay Race, the British Empire team, compris ing Thomas (England), Whyte (Aus tralia), Cornes (England) and Wal- tera. (Canada) won, the time being 17 min. 22.2/3 secs.
This also was a meeting record
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1930.
U.S. BASEBALL
RESULTS.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE]
NEW YORK, August. 27. The following are the results of the baseball matches in the Nation- al and American Leagues played to-day :-
National League.
New York Philadelphia Cincinnati Chicago
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2 Brooklyn
-9 Boston
1 St. Louis
9 Pittsburg
American League,"
St. Louis Cleveland Cleveland
5 Detroit
5 Chicago 4 Chicago
MORE REJOICING IN CHICAGO.
MIDGET GOLF IN....
AMERICA.
YOUNG INVENTORS MAKE FORTUNE.
CINEMAS GET ANXIOUS,
All America bas suddenly taken up the craze of midget golf, which is turning into milionaires two young inventors. John N. Ledbetter and Drake De Laney, each 97 years 10 old, who control, the basic patents
for the new game.
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CUBS TROUNCE: GIANTS" BY 12 TO 4.
ATHLETICS AND SENATORS BOTH SUFFER DEFEAT.
[UNITED PRESS.]
Midget golf is seriously affecting attendance at the cinema theatres, 3 and representatives of big cinema companies are said to be negotia ting to turn some of their theatres into midget golf courses.
The game is played in the heart of cities. Any vacant plot, measur- ing about 100 feet each way, can be converted into a midget course. Small artificial bunkers are arrang- ed about the links, which form a circle. Only a few feet separate the holes from each other.
10,000 Midget Courses: Midget golfers use only putters, of cheap make, and secondhand golf balls, the clubs and balls being provided at the links. The charge. for a "round" varies in different localities, but it is usually about a shilling.
New York, August 92.—Chicago'a National leadership was lengthened to-day, when the Cubs inflicted & 12-4 defeat upon their nearest rivals, the New York Giants, while the Brooklyn Dodgers were trimmed by the Reds at Cincinnati. This left the Cubs with a percentage of .597, There are some 10,000 midget golf the Giants with .576, and the Dod-courses in the United States. New York City has 233. They are scat- gers with .561.
tered about the residential districts, on conspicuous corners, wherever vacant plots can be hired..
While Chicago's win was on a basis of 12 hits to New York's 10, The United States won the Fut-four Giant errors also contributed
that they should not grudge the ting the Shot event with a throw to the result. Linstrom of the night, but the cool of the evening
change for only one short season.
The new-comers to the league "Texaco are not a very strong team but they are a bunch of jelly good, sports who are out to get all the fun they can out of the old ball game. Most of their players are well-known to Hong Kong ball fans -Zafra, the local Babe Ruth, who has done so much good work for the Filipinos during the past three or four seasons now dons their uni- form. Russokoff, Brethan and Decker have all turned cut for the Baseball Club before, while Law- reace, their pitcher, is new to local baseball. This player hasn't quite "found his arm yet but I believe with a little more praetien he ahould be quite good.
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of 143 feet 1 inch.
The British Empire won the Two Miles Relay Race in 7 min, 49.3/10 secs., the team being composed of Rampson (England), Chandler (South Africa), Edwards (Guiaga) und Townend (England).
In the Three Miles Event (six to, run and four to score) the British Empire won, the team comprising Evenson (England), Winfield (ERE land), Hillhouse (Australia) and Sutherland (Scotland).
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The time was 14 min. 34 secs, a meeting record.
The United States won the Pole Vault with 38 feet 10 inches, the British Empire height being. 33 feet 4 inches.
The Steeplechase Event was won by the British Empire, the team comprising Tathan, Leigh-Wood, Morgan and Lord Burghley, all of England.
The other teams are very much the same as they were last season and on the whole some real good games should be seen as the seasor progresses. At present, the matches are played on the South China ground, but I believe the diamond will be shifted to Navy Field; Caroline Hill, as soon as the grand-seconds. stands are put up.
The following games are scheduled to be decided over the week-end. They will be. As usual, over serch innings:-
Saturday:-
South China ."Filipinos. Sunday -
Japanese . Texaco.
EBOR HANDICAP RESULT.
DEAD HEAT FOR FIRST PLACE.
[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]
The time was 8 minutes 40.3/8
Giants hit a home run and so did English of the Cubs.
The Reds profited by two Brook- lyn errors, while keeping a clean slate themselves, and, though they got but half-a-dozen hits, while the Dodgers made seven, they won by
4 to 1.
Pittsburg's Pirates overwhelmed the Boston Braves by 10 to 3 in a ragged contest at Pittsburg, the Braves committing three errors and the Pirates two.
At St. Louis, the Cardinals stum- bled into four errors, but, with 15 hits to the Phillies' nine, they man- aged to win over the invaders by
10-8.
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The American League.
A home run by Alexander, of the Detroit Tigers, helped to humble the Philadelphia, Athletics by í to 1, on their own diamond. This brought the Athletics' percentage down to 660, but the Senators, who took a defeat at the hands of the Browns, at Washington, by 43, still
The United States won the High Jump with a jump of 10 feet 1 inch,lagged far behind, with 607. the British Empire registering 17 feet 9 inches.
America also won Throwing the Hammer, Black doing a throw of 162 feet 3 inches, Wright 181 feet 111 inches and Flanigan 155 feet 91. inches.
The Long Jump went to the United States, the distance being 39 feet 5 inches, the British Empire") doing 64 feet 1 inch,
America won by nine events to five.
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Address by Prealdent Hoover.
CHICAGO, August 99. An address by President Hoover was read at the opening of the games.
The President said that it was meeting had been arranged for the second anniversary of the Kellogg Peace Pact. Such an athletic con test was the best proof that nobody was thinking about war.
Rugay, August 27.** The Ebor Handicap, one of the great races of the year for York- shiremen, was run at York today.
It resulted in a dead heat beat entirely accidental that such a tween Mr. Arkwright's Gentleman's Relish and Sir Hugo Hirst's Coast er. Sir H. Wernher's Brown Jack. was third, half a length away.
The prices were: 20/1 Gentle- man's Relish, 100/8 Coaster and 13/2 Brown Jack
NOVICE'S SWIMMING
SUCCESS.
MISS RAVIOR WINS TEN MILE EVENT.
[UNITED PEESS.) Toronto, August 22-Miss Mar- garet Ravior, of Philadelphia, a "dark horse" who had never pre- vidusly achieved any important swimming victory, won the annual 10-mile race for women here to-day. Mibe Ruth Corsan came in second." The time of the winner was 51 hours.
UOMENIS AIR DERRY"
[CNITED PRESS,)"
Wichita, Kansas, August 92 Still leading the field of six con- testants in the Long Beach to Chiengo Women's Air Derby, Misa Gladys O'Donnell brought her aeroplane in safely from Amarillo Texas, this afternoon, with tho other pilots close behind S
A band of American Legion pipers headed the parade of athletes before the contest: -
Fifty thousand spectators cherred most lustily when s American Legionary and a British Highlander took up their positions at the foot of two masts bearing their respec- tive national flags, which were dipped in salute when the athletes passed.
KENT. AUSTRALIA.
FREEMAN TAKES FIVE WICKETS.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
LONDON, August 27. The Australians tatted first ai Canterbury to-day when they meb Kent in a three day fixture.
The Australians could do little Lagginst the Kent howlers, however,
and the whole team was. for 181 rune.or
Richardson and Hurwood were responsible for half the total, both making 45 before their wickets fell
Freeman took half of the wickets at a cost of 78 runs,
Kent went in to bat, and when play ended for the day four wickets had fallen for 87 rans
The Cleveland Indians took a close game from the Yankees at New York, getting 11 hits to New York's 10, but also committing the one error of the contest.
Chicago's White Sox won over the cach team making two errors. Red Sox at Boxton, by 6.to 4, with
The detailed scores for the day follow:--
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Clubs, Cleveland New York
Detroit Philadelphia
St. Louis..... Washington.
Chicago Boston
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The courses are open day and is the most popular time for play. Are lights give all the illumination
Recessary.
Men and women alike join in the
sport. The largest courses have 36 holes, the smallest nine holes,
cuent and expert "midgets" are Betting" among the players ia fre. beginning to make their appearance, with followers of their own, who run "book" on their play.
Indoor midget courses are being opened, but attendance is low in the evening unless it is raining. During the warm daylight hours, however, the indoor courses have become very profitable.
Bootleg Courses.
It costs about £1,000 to set up
the more elaborate outdoor courses. Construction of an' indoor course, rune as high as £5,000.
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Many so-called "bootleg" courses are being opened in the cities which are said to infringe on the patert rights of the game, and lawsuits are siderable difficulty was experienced being started against them. Con in trying to find a proper kind of turf until cotton-seed husks were found to suit the purpose admirably, with an under-layer of sawdust.
So violently has the craze swept the country that the price of cotton seed husks has, gone up 300 per cent. and sawdust has become so much in demand that butchers are having difficulty in getting enough for their own use-American butchers always using sawdust to freshen their floors.
Numerous municipalities are re- ceiving complaints from residents. living close to the ridget links against the incessant noise at night. After midnight a rougher element frequently drifts to the courses and keeps up the playing until daylight.
BRITISH TOURISTS
ATTACKED.
CHARGES THAT ARE NOT
-SUPPORTED,
Mr. McKenzie, chairman of the New Zealand Selection Committee, attacked the methods of the, British Rugby team at a complimentary dinner to the teams at Auckland recently, charging them with deli berate" obstruction, shepherding, and also of illegal tackling by holds ing their opponents' jerseys.
His speech, made in srawer to a graceful tribute to the Al Blocks by C. D. Aarvold, created a ten, sion in what was at first a convivial atmosphere, and was relieved only when C. Porter, the New Zealand captain, said that he wished Tests against such a fine sporting team could be drawn rather than won,
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against Western Australia at Perth
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INTERESTING PROJECT BY JAPANESE MILLIONAIRE.
Mr. Kokichi Mikimoto, pearl king of "Japan, plans to deposit Y.100,000,000 in the form of a mil lion peoria beneath a high tower for the use of posterity. Accord- ing to his plan, the tower is to be built at the summit of Mount Asakuma 2,000 feet high, and locat- ed close to the sacred precincts of the Grand Shrine of Ise.
The project has been proposed by Mr. Mikimoto as a token" of the gratitudo which he feels for State, which he believes has made the support of the public and the
is possible for him to attain auc- ces in his cultured pearl business. His plan is to dig down many feet dup deposit one million pearls and erect a high tower on the spot so that the pearls would be kept for the people of a hundred years hence..
The construction of the tower was started three years ago and the whole scheme is expected to be com- pleted in 20 years. Approached by a representative of the "Japan Ad- vertiser." Manager Ikeds of the Mikimoto, Store confirmed the pro- ject. Although the scheme "appears unbelievably large, Mr. Ikeda said that it is quite possible to raise 1,000,000 pearls in five years if an attempt is made.
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