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CRICKET NOTES.
FANLING GOLF.
FRIENDLY MATCHES OVER F." "GROVES QUALIFIES FOR
THE WEEK-END
A. RUMJAHN SCORES SEASON'S FIRST CENTRY.
[BY "L.B.W."]
Three friendly games were played in the second division last Satur- day; two batsmen topped the ball- century mark, and the bowlers also came to the fore.
C. F. Alexander, the Police left- hand all-rounder, was in great form with the bat. He took 70 not out out of the Kowloon Cricket Club bowlers in a fine knock and it was chiefly due to this that the Police wan by three wickets.
I notice that fex' turned out for the Kowloon seconds, and if he is going to play for them throughout the season, he will indeed strengthen the side considerably. for in addition to bring a good wicket-keeper, he uglit to be able to get some ruus against the second division bowlers. He plays a very steady game-tos steady at times, but if he does get going he brings off some really pretty shota. F. S. W. Smith also
CAPTAIN'S CUP.
In the October qualifying, round for the Captain's Cup, played at Fanting during the week-end, F. Groves qualified with a score of 70 (82-19). There were. 49 entries, and other scores included:-
T. Low
M. G Mills 10-73 R. Young
60- 773 88-13-73 02 D=3 77-3-74 ..... 81-76.
.D. Forbes
W. M. ThomION ............... 1. Newton C. E. Holmes A. O. Brawn 8. J. H. Fox E. Des Vœux
83-8-78 BD÷11-75 88-1276 80-19-77
· AMATEUR OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
KEEN COMPETITION FOR MANY PRIZES EXPECTED.
Many valuable prizes will be com peted for in this year's play for the Amateur Open Golf Championship
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1930.
U.S. BASEBALL.
WORLD SERIES.
ATHLETICS BEAT CARDINALS BY 5 TO 2.
Fourth Inning. Cardinale-Rafey flied out to Haas in contrò field. Blades walked- for four bad balls and walked to first Mancuso, lined out to Him- ons in loft fold, while Bladen held to firat bass safely. When Gelbort hit a single Blades travoli- ed on to second base, but Grimes fanned and retired the side 'sourc
(UNITED PRESA.]
Philadelphia, Oct. 1-Connie Peda. Mack's world champion Athletica fared the way toward retention of" their promior honour when they took the opening game of the 1930 World Series from the St. Louis Cardinals to-day by a score of 5 Ito 2
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SECRETS OF LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.
HOW SHARE DEALING IS HAMPERED.
"DISGRACE TO CITY.""
NEW DIVING SUIT WONDER.
£10,000,000 TREASURE
HUNT.
ROBOT MAN IN ARMOUR.
To enlarge and adapt their pro- An attempt to recover treasure Inises to modern needs has been the estimated at £10,000,000, which has No runs, one hit, no errors.
chief concern
the banks, insur- heen, at the bottom of Navarino Athletics-Dykes grounded out,ance companies, and other big busi- | Day, Meanvin, Grocce, for more Adams at third base whipping the ness houses during the past few than 100 years will be made in a
all across the 'diamond to Bottom- ley. Cochrane flied to Blades in right Avid.
Interest had relaxed when Sim- mons walked to the plate and su- denly electrified the sprotators by stepping into a home run whack over the right-fold fence.
Foxx fanood.
One run, one bit, no errors.
First to score, with one run in the second inning, the Mackmen fall, hehind only once during the game when the Cardinals made their sole two runs in a lively first half et the third. In the fourth inning the Athletics made another run,
Fifth Inning.......... tying the scare, and they took one
Cardinals-Dougthit popped up rua in the sixth, one in the seventh
afy, which Boley at abortetop ga- and a fifth and final in the eighth, thered in without difficulty. Adams Excitement was lent by two died out to Simmons in loft field. homers, both credited to the Athle Frisch hit a double when Miller, ties, the first being from the batin right field, misjudged, but Bot of Foxx in the second inning and tomley retired the side, by ground- the other by Simmen, in the fourth
ing out to Foxx. the first two tallics made by the Philadelphia team,
President Hoover was a guest of honour and thousand, chocred a
of Obina. Competition is expected he tossed the ball to the pitcher's to be keener than has previously box to open the series officially. been the case.
Mea. Hoover was present, having In addition to the Championship elected to attened the annual con- Cup,, which is a "floating" trophy vention of the Girl Scouts of
No runs, one hit, no errors." "Athletics—Millor was out on a
grounder which Golbert at short stop shot over to Bottomley. Hass hit a similar one, Gelbert to Bot tomley. Boley was out, Adams to Bottomley.
No runs, no hita, no errors.
Bixth Inning. Gardinale-Hatay grounded to at first base. Blades duplicated chrann for the Athletics and Grimes out, Boley to Foxx. Mancuso flied Batteries were Grove and Co-hly perforiannes and was likewise and Mancuso for the Cardinale. cut to Miller in right field. There were no substitutions through the game except that in the ninth inning Cucinelli batted for Grimes
ears, and when the Old Lady of few months.
recover
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The treasure is contained in the Threadneedle Street has completed her toilet and emerged a modern ships, of the Turkish-Egyptian fest miss, Londoners may feel with pride | which wore sank in 1827 by the com- that their big business concerns are bined Russian; English, and French decently housed and fit to cope with floots. The flagship alone contain any development that may arise. ed £200,000 in money and a far There is one exception-the Lon-greater sum in precious objects. don Stock Exchange, the pulse of The trosaurs is thirty-two fa- the ânancial world, Camouflaged thoms beneath the water, and behind a shell of drab offices on its hitherto all offorts to ́island ́site, it is unapproachable to have failed, because no diver could all but its members, who are con- descend to such a depth and work tont for the British public to imon wrecks. Now thero is in exist- aging that all is woll, and that its once a diving suit in which, it organisation is sufficient to the is stated, a man can go down 950 needs of to-day.
fathoms and work for ten hours, The truth is that the Stock Ex-without feeling any of the ordin change is at least twenty yoursary effects of diving, and this sult behind the times.
will be used in the venture off the Stockbroking is a business that winet of Greece. calls for speed and aceurney; prices fluctuate within the space of their capital, and in many cases seconds, and the public who submit their life savinge, to its cars, natur, ally expect that every facility will be afforded them,
Burray Inventor.
invention of Mr. Joseph Salim This new diving apparatus is the.
Forces, of Byfleet, Surrey. Mr. Peress is of Persian, origin, and when he began work on his invon- tion ten years ago he had in mind the possibility of using the diving Virgin beds in the deeper waters of
tarned out for them but I under and which the winner is entitled to America of which sho is Honorary Boley at shortstop and was outstreet wall, and from New-court to suit for recovering pearls from the
stood he will go up to the first eleven where he ought to be quiet adccessful. I believe he will get mote runs than he will take wickets because with all respect to him his type of bowling will not, I fear, prove dangerous to first division
batsmen.
B. G. Baker, of the Police, start- ed the season well by taking six wickets for 43 runs. He would do better, I think, if he did not take such a long run.. I remember he started the last season' in
great
style but fell off towards the end. 'That was because the brunt of the attack fell on his shoulders and it is suicidal to overwork # fast bowler,
King and Sparrow did not turn out on Saturday, but I hope they will play again when the Police league programmno' opens.
The
former has been one of their main stays over since I can remember and even now his słowa should get
hith quite a crop of wickets. Thompson played a few games for them too laat season but I under stand that while they still have the majority of the "old brigade, the Police ara depending on several new 'uns to help them win the aliield this season.
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The Indian Recreation Club failed to get going against the Engineera with the result that they were all out for just a little over a hundred. Harrison took six wickets for 30 ruus but though he did sond
Vice-President.
hold for one year, a special prize in the form of a "Dunley Cup" has been presented for competition by fesses, Dunlop Rubber Co. (China) Ltd. The runner-up in the play for both these trophies will receive an other handsome prize in the form of a "Luna Park Trophy, which has been presented by the Grey-going out ignominiously on bound Racing Club.
The third, fourth, fifth, and sixth foul to the catcher. nest best scores will each receive one dozen New Dunlop golf balls and the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth half a dozen balls of the same make.
The players returning the best individual rounds at Seckingjao and Hungine will each receive special prizes of ons dozen Dunlop golf ball.
Messrs. Boyes, Bassett & Co. will present a special prize to the first Briton (other than Scotsman). Scots will have an ultraction of their own in the shape of a prize offered by "Old Bill"
Sentiment had favoured
the
Athletics before the game and st is now even heavier in that diree- tion, with predictions of a four-
game sories being freely made and little St. Louis money in evidence. An inning by inning account of today's game follows:
First Inning, President Hoover tossed the ball to the pitchor's box and the game started at 1.33 p.m..
Cardinals -Douthit, Cardinal
Arrangements for a special prize for the first American are in the hands of Mr. Wentworth, and Mr. centro-fieldor, was the first rann to Takata is making similar arrange. bat and he hit a grounder which ments for the first Japanese,
It is regretted by all concerned was retrieved by Bishop at second with the organization of the Cham base, who whipped it to Foxx at nionship that Mr. Pilcher has died. first for the put-out. Adams fan- Mr. Maloom, who is in hospital, and Mr. Bowling, who met with anned and Frisch likewise grounded accident while playing Polo lass out, Bishop to Foxx. week, will, it is hoped, be fit enough to compete.
ARRESTED IN ERROR.
WOMAN FOUR HOURS IN
sequences
THE CELIS
for John Frederick
Strido, a wholesale tobacconist, of Shoreditch, and Margaret. Kemble, #designer and cutter, also ơf Shoreditch.
down a few good ones, he wasn't A chance meeting near the Mar. really na deadly as his figures might ble Arah had embarrassing con- lead on to imagine.
However, the Engineers went in to bat and they had about one and three quarter hours to get the runs but the bowling and fielding of the home team was too good and they had only just collected 60 runs when the last wicket fell. Sirdar Khan, the veteran bowler, was in irresist ible form, and his five wickets for seven runs was the result of a fine piece of bowling.
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No runs, no hite, ac errors. Athletic Bishop, husky second baseman, fanned, Dykes hit the ball accidentally without intending to strike at it and Bottomley, at first base, ran in and put him out un- aesisted. Cochráno walked on four balls, but was put out by Manouso (catcher) and Frisch (second bass) while trying to steal second.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
Second Inning. Cardinals Bottomley fanned. Eafey hit a four ball which was for a cond out. Blades fanned gathered in by Dykes at third bass to retire the side in jig time.
No rune, no hits, no errors.
dribbled Athletic-Summons grounder to the pitchora box and
(The hard-hitting Foxx stopped up
hone magistrate recently charged They appeared before the Maryle with being in unlawful possession a woman's dressing gown, two pieces of silk dress material, two pieces of casement cloth, etc, but the charge was withdrawn, de Grimes throw him out at first breo. tective stating that the police wore
them for arrest.
was
No runs, two hits, no errors. Athletics Grovo fanned. Bishop took four bad ones and walked to double to left field and it scored firab base. Dyes walloped a long Bishop. Cochrane fanned. Sim ong was purposely walked Grimes, who remembered his home run at his last time to bat, but Foxx ro tired the mide by three strikes. One run, ane hit, no errors.
Seventh Inning. Cardinal-Gelbert knocked
6.
grounder to Dykes st third, who whipped it to Foxx for the put- out Grimes singled to right field, Dougthit, forced Grines and he was put out when caught between Boley, shortstop, and Bishop, second baso. Adams singled and Dougthit went to second base hat Frisch knocked
a line drive into Millor's mit and retired. the side.
No runs, two hite, no errors. Athletics-Miller put up a pop y which Adams, Cardinal third baseman, scurried over and gather- મન in behind the pitcher's box. Hans stopped into a scream- ing triple over frst base on a line to the fenco. Boley sacrified, scor- ing Haas, Grove was out, Frisch to Bottomley.
out
One run, one hit, no errors.
Eighth Innings. Cardinals-Bottomloy wast on Bishop's throw to Foxx. Haley hit a double through Boloy at short- stop. Blades Bied out to Haas in centra fieid, while Hufey hold to second base. Mancuso fouled and Cochrane, catcher, caught the ball put him out and retire the side scoreless
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the Persian Gull
The flour of the Houso, as it is called, stretches from the Capol court entrance to the Old Broad-
the back of the post office in by two domes supported by several Threadneedle-street, and is recfed massive marble pillars that use up view a suit which would descend He prepared with this end in valuable floor space.
The jobbers or dealors select a to 100 fathoms, but by experiment section of the floor in the market in he claims that he found that, with Rubber, Rafir-the confines of the could be used for diving, to a depth which they propose to act, Consol, slight alterations, the apparatus markete, by the way, are entirely of 250 fathoms, and, with adjust- unmarked and this spot becomes meats, even to 600 fathoms. their traditional pitch.
The possibilitics of such a suit They have to stand here through are many. Wrecks which, up to out the day, and an idea of the now, have been inaccessible to divers congestion may be gathered from can be examined and their bullion. the study of a Press photograph of tay bo guessed by a brief survey thestreet market during the of a few of the wrecks which are last Wall-street crisis. Conditions believed to be sunk in: 500 fathoms within the House are exactly the or less..
eame.
Wasted Minutos.
The broker, after receiving his client's orders, makes his way to the Exchange, and, relying on his memory as to the pitch of the
There are the Persia and Arabia, submarined in the Mediterranean during the war with more than £1,000,000 in gold in them.
Treasure Galleons.
bia There are the Spanish galloona denier he wants, has to jostle way through the densely packed which, bullion-laden, wore rank in crowd of members and clerks. If Vigo Bay. The Lusitania was guid the price is not satisfactory he has to have sunk with gold and jewel- at 21,200,000. Tho to fight his way round the marketlery valued and waste, at the very lasst, ten Merida carried to the bottom of
It is a common occurrence for 'a ver and £20,000 injewellery. valuable minutes in the proceeding. the sen more than £250,000 in sil- fluctuation to bave taken place dur Mr. Peross has constructed in his The remarkable diving suit which ing the interval.
Byfleet At boon times the congestion is workshop at
resembles unbelievable, and during the last cothing quite so much as a robot rubber boom a broker confessed to guro. It is made of a light al me that he was forced to refuse loy, containing a large percentage clients' business because it was of magnesium, and has arms and physically impossible for him to tega three feet long. enter the market.
The diver inside can eat, drink, noke, write, and move with perfect freedom.
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A clerk told me that oron in normal times it is quicker for him to walk round the street from one He can kneel, lie on trig back or door to the other than cross the face downwards, and rise without floor of the House,
the slightest difficulty.
Pancilled Figures,
The "hands" of the suit are like
THE
Secret
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Crawfords O.M.
Estb. 1850
Daniel Crawfords
OLD MATURED
Scotch Whisky
DISTILLEDLENOSTI AJ. BOTTLED OF SCOTLAND
Danil Acceford Book
GLASGOW
Price
$4.00 Bottle. $47.00 Case
Obtainable from
LANE, CRAWFORD, Ltd,
PHONE 28153.
While completing an operation in
A hospital in Birmingham, Alabis-
To study the day's prices and the larger antennae of a crab, and movements the member must go to by their means the diver can pick the marking boards, where the up tin washers or coins and shacklema, recently, Dr. T. H. Williams, alterations are entered up in small an eye to a spring. pencilled figures. Even if such a
Cushion of Oil, primitive method as this were
turned suddenly to Dr. R. M. Coston and gasped: "Daelor 1 Take care of my patient! Then he' dropped dead. Dr. Costom com- pleted the operation.
ligh
No runs, one hit, no errors.
Frisch Athletics-Bishop hit to at second, who tossed the ball to Bottomley for the out. Dykes was
essential, one might reasonably ex- The most efficient apparatus in out, Gelbert to Bottomley,
Then came the second home ruspect that each market would have use hitherto has been & German ball, over the right ficid fence, of the game, Cochrane whaling tas its own board, but so congestad is invented diving euit, which has the place that the wretched broker been found to work woll at a depth
There is to be a complete replace- Simmons was out, Gelbert to Bot wishing to know the markings in of seventy-five fathorns,
Mr. Percas claims to have over mout of all pro-1020 typing ma- oil shares must walk the length of Lomley.
of the difficulty work chines in British Government offices, the House to the Consol market to con J One run, sao hit, no errors.
End out!'
ing at a greater depth by placing This is the reply of Mr. George Ninth During The recent Wall-street excitement between the moving members of the Lansbury and Mr. Pethick-Low- Cardinals-Gelbort Cuc provides a good illustration of the jointa a cushion of oil which is treme to a deputation of the three The two Normanbhoys "AT. fully satisfied it was their own pro-by the plate and walloped the first Cardinale Gelbort finned fouled existing chaos. Clients in the pro- non-compressible and reddily disassociations of civil servants. There and "H" were the heroes of the torty, Tor magistrate apologised hit of the game, two-bagger.cinelli, batting for Grin fight vinces are awaiting the latest deal placeablo, and at 900 fathome, were many and varied grievances University-R.A.S.C. match. The When interviewed Mr. Stride Blades in right field fumbled the knocked up pop By, which was ing price in Nickels. A huge crowd when the pressure is generally to mentioned by the deputation. They
of dealers
brokers, and olerks are garded to be $20lbs, to the square declared that it was quite an ordi- latter rattled up 58 runs in grand said he had no statement to make ball and Box went on to third gathered in by Boley at shortstop gathered in the American market in inch, it is possible to move the piry practice to use dark rooms and style and after his side were all at prosent as to whether ho
ocoror ruling, that Final store: w
& vast circulor corum..
joints with the greatest ease. huddle the typists under the win put for 144 runs, A.T took five taking any further stops in the
it was a triplo...
Athletics-5 runs, & hite, no errors. Miller saorifled to Blades and Cardinals-2 runs, 9 hits, no errors.
A hoarse voice shouts out a price. When the apparatus is in neo the dows, rather than select wickets for 20 rans, and the Service matter. He is a wholesalo tobac Foxx crossed the plate with the in
It comes faintly to those on the diver is supplied with oxygen from room where all the floor space ca be utilised. Obsolete 1903 machine Corps were all out for 68 run.conist with an interest in cateringitia) tally. Haas flied to Hafel..
The Rival Teams.
fringe of the crowd, but deafness is cylinder, carried on his back. I saw him bowling about two pasinossos in the district, and
no qualification for this job, and Mr. Pereas proposes to subject are replaced by less obsolete pr One run, ono hit, no errors. // weeks ago and I must say he has well-known and respooted in the
Ocial lineups for the first World immediately a crowd of clerks hurl the suit to over tests at Loch war machine, until the typewrit improved onormously. Last season locality. He is a married man.
Third Inning.
Series baseball game were as fol
themselves at top speed through Nose, Scotland, and he will work companies return them as being a be was quite a decent bowler but At the home or Mrs. Kemble, a'
tows
two series of swing doors, down a thore at a depth of 135 fathoms worth repair. One of the typi now he has changed into a dan-fuar widow, the circumstances were Cardinala Mancuso made
Cardinals: Douthit, centre fold;
court, and balance themselves pre. After these experiments the com-supplied with tables with two
wells in them. The cupboards gerous one one with whom body related by her mother. "Being singla. Golbert likewise singled Adams, third base; Frisch, second sight of stone steps across the the greatest depth of the loch told Mr. Lansbury that typists w ought to take any chances; I reckon neighbours," she said, "my daugh- and Manonso went on to second base; Bottomley, frat baso Hatay, cariously on some iron palings while pony for whom Mr. Peresse con-
in the right-hand side, where he ghould take quite a few wickets ter and Afr. Stride sometimes base. Grimes to Foxx who throw to left field; Bladea, right field, Gel- they thout their message through structed the suit will make propar- during the soaton.
speak to each other when they Bishop who was povucing Foxx bert, shortstop; Mancuso, catcher; small window hatch.
tions to start operations in Navari, machine should stand, and
machine has to stand on the f meet. They happened to meet near first base. Bishop dropped the ball Grimes, pitcher,
American Example....
no Bay."
hand side, where the work shid There will be quite a few matches the Marble Arch on Friday evan. but the scorer ruled it was Grimes
Athletics-Bishop, second base;
The American market is also a
ba: All the tables had to hafa dating the week-end, I presume; Ing. My daughter was coming single rather than Bishop's error. Dykes, third base: Cochrane, catch
bie dawn off the legs, as the 'cira: hoavn't get all the fixture cards yet away from her, work as a designer Dongthit made a sacrilice hit to er; Bimmmona, loft field; Faxx, first good example of the wonderful so I cannot say for certain. The and cutter with a bundle of ma Hass, centro-fielder, and Mancuso base; Miller, right fold: Hass, facilities offered to members and the Exchange, and this in a perfect did not fit them. Dealing th Civil Service Cricket Club Sed XI. torials under her arm.
crossed the plato with the first centre field; Boley, shortstop; the public. Owing to the difference hurricane of noise that would put noise, the deputation said thng. in time between New York and the Tower of Babel to shame, many as fifty typists work in. will be at home to the Somerset While they were talking they Cardinal score. Adóm, sacrified to Grove, pitcher.
London, American prices come It must not be imagined from all one room, and the noise was Millor and Gelbert scored a second N.C.O.'s and Men, while the Indian were approached by two detectives, seconds will take on the Police as who took them to the polico station: tally. Frisch was out, Grove to PHILADELPHIA DEFEATED BY through in the late afternoon, and this that no part of the Stock Ex-sible for the large number ofirls Bookunpoo, N
My daughter was kept in the wells Foxx, Grimes going on safely to from 10.30 p.m. until 3 am, when third base. Bottomley was out on
Bly to Boley. friend bailed her out.
She occupier good position-in-Two-rung four liten, or West End unto wife Loen for over 25 years,
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By the way I must congratulate Humjahrscoring the first ched a lid this in an inter-club match on the I...C, ground on Sunday. Going in first, he was still not out for 100 runs when the inninge was declared closed at 181 for 7 wickets..
"I had a shock when a policeman lenlled at 2.30 am, and said my
daughter had been arrested."
glove of Haley in loft field. Grovo whiffed three times. Bishop was out, Grimes to Bottomley,
No runs, no hits, no errors.
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ST. LOUIS.
NEW YORK, Oct. 0 The baseball match between St. Louis and Philadelphia resulted in A win for the former by 3 to 1.
dealing is at its height about 6 pm, change is up to date. Special rae who suffer from nerve troubledho but, wet or fine, this must be caring and cricket boards supply mem- Office of Works has now repil to ried out in the open street, while here with the very latest scores and the many complaints. A
the
Stock Exchange is empty. results, and the House Sports year's experimenting, it has und eleanita. (na inversion of loudy Boorly as muddi of cigánika four: a tasty anitude to the typite Th speakers add electric signs, the But for the murer occupano deputato da city human voice is relied on to inform dealing in stocks, and sharoi,, the members if they are wanted outside place is totally inadequate, and a (Continued at fool of next column) diagraon to the City
should have 500 feet of cubinace. The Oce of Works has off the 400 service standard.
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