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US. BASEBALL.
THE ATHLETICS HIT OUT.
CUBS SHOW SOME" TIGHT
PLAY.
WATER POLO.
CHINESE A.A. TRIUMPH
OVER SOLDIERS.
LAST NIGHT'S MATCH,
At the Victoria Recreation Club last night the Chinese Athletic Association met and defeated the South Wales Borderers in the first division of the League by eight goals to mil.
Now York, July 20-Playing one of the lightest games of the cur- rent, baseball season, the Cubs, in Chiengo, blanked the Brooklyn Dodgers by a score of 1.to 0 to-day in the only contest in the senior
The Chinese wore for "spoedier, loop. At Philadelphia, the Athlethan the soldiers and showed better tics extended their leadership in combination all round. At half
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1931
ADVERTISING IN THE
PRESS.
ASSISTING THE MANUFACTURER
"CALL THE DOCTOR IN.".
Various phases of advertising were dealt with in papers read to the Advertising | Convention held last month in Glasgow.
Mr. M. L. Daniels, Nottingham, remarked: "Newspaper and maga zins advertising has proved that it can stand the fiercest test of pab ticity and investigation. The vast sums.now being spent on advertis ing show clearly that the all im portant results are coming in satia footorily.
MURDER TRIAL DEFENCE.
FRANCE RETAINS DAVIS CUP
I DO NOT KNOW IF 1 COCHET BEATS PERRY IN
· KILLED HER.**
DECIDING GAME.
London, July 1-The trial open- od at the Assizes at Kingston yes. terday of William Gordon Bald. win, 27, a barman, who is accused of the murder of Sarah Ana Isaac, son in Richmond Park on Easter Monday.
Cup for France amid the wildest of scence. The court was transformed into a rubbish heap by the hail of umbrollas, hats, cushions, and news. ¿papera
Earlier Romults. H.. Cochet (France) Best H. W. Austin (Great Britain) 3-8, 11-7, 6•21||
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F. J. Perry (Great Britain) boat [1HROUGH, REUTER'S
J. Borotra (France) 40, 10-8, 60,able in the AGENCY.]
40, 04. FABIS, July 28. H. Cochet and J. Brugnon H. W. Austin (Great Britain)(France) beat G. P. Hughes and heat J. Borotra (France) 7-5, 6-3, P. G. T. Kingsley. (Great Britain) 34, 7
81,"6-7, 6-3, 9-0, H. Cochet Franco) boat F. Je Perry Great Britain; 6-4, 18, 07,
The results of the Challenge Rounds in the last five years have been's
1997-France beat U.S.A., 3-4. 1928-France beat U.S.A., 41. 1929-Franco beat U.S.A., 32. 1030-France beat U.S.A., 41 1931-France beat Britain, 38
Baldwin pleaded not guilty.
The match between Austin and After ovidence had been given The Frenchman was
Borotra was played in a drizzle. and the case for the defence closed, mined in the first set and took an
vory deter
the hearing was adjourned. • early lend at 3-0. Austin, however, Mr. Holford Knight, K.C., for ed game, and his elever variance of
played a confident and well-balang the prosecution, said that Baldwin length allowed him to draw lovel made a statement to the police in again. A series of errors in the Maxwil which, it was alleged, he said: "Isecond act placed Borotra two sets down, but he made a sparkling mond Park." He took police-offi- tacked fiercely and the games wont to 3-all, when his clever passing cors to the body, which was oover shots gave him the third met at 6-3. ed with separate sheets of now Borotra kept Austin away from the.
net in the fourth set, but the Bri paper.
tish player resorted to skilful lob- bing, which proved most successful.
the junior circuit when they van time the score. was 4-0 in. their he added, was frequently the easiest believe I've done in a girl in Rich-recovery in the third set. He, at
quished the Chicago White Sox by a sporo of 12 to 7, and at Boston
· the Cleveland Indiana trimmed the Red Sox by a scure of 0 to 9. -
At New York, the Yankeen"'won "by a score of 8 to 5 from the St. Louis Browns and at Washington the Senators tamed the Detroit
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favour.
In the second half, the soldiers put in some good work but they could not turn the scales on their opponents who had the game well in hand. The final score of 80 was a Tigers by a score of to 3 The fair reflection on the run of the game between the Boston Braves and the Pirates was postponed be-game. cause of rain at Pittsburgh., No other contests had been arrangéd in the National League.
Cubs Hard Looked.
The Cubs had a tough time to blank the Dodgers. The game was i scoreless until the seventh inning, when Taylor hịt a three-bagger, Brim walked and then Hemsley singled, scoring Taylor. Clary, pitching for the Dodgers, walked Bix of the Cubs, but he lost his gamo because of the two hits and
base on balls obtained by the Chicage players in the seventh frame. In all, Clary yielded but
three hits to the Cubs,"
Heavy hitting was a feature of virtually all the other games to day. There was also much sloppy playing, with most of the games marred by frequent errora,
Scores and Standings, Following are the scores:-
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
R. H. E.
Brooklyn
0 7 2
Chicago
1
3
0
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Cleveland"
.0
14
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2
St. Louis
5
New York
в
Chicago
H
Philadelphia
J2
Detroit Washington Following are the standings of
3
11
7
12.
40 33 31
the clube in the major leagues :—
NATIONAL LEAGUE,
New York
Won Lost Pet.
57. 34 .628
47 30 .666
Pittsburgh 138 45
St. Louis
Brooklyn,
49
Chicago
Boston
40 40 43 49
Philadelphia 35
Cincinnati
31 50
.556 ,534 .500 +407 54 .353 .358
Washington
32
719 .038
Now Loris
40
35
,593
43
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47
.453
.373
,353 35% .352
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Philadelphia 04 915
Cleveland
St. Louis Chicago Detroit Boston
JAPANESE GOLF PROS. TO VISIT AMERICA.
The purchase of newspaper space,, part of a now selling campaign. The one desire of the newspaper turers; by every practical means in fraternity was to assist manufac their power, to come out on top in the great and difficult game of
business bow boy
A Word to Manufacturers. Mr. C. Harold Vernon, Vice.. President of the Advertising Asso. etation, remarked: "We havo got to show the British manufacturer TWO MORE BUDDING RING that to sheer at advanced methods of selling is a cheap and childish effort to excuse his own indolence. We are being outstripped by the rest of the world. Can we persuade the manufacturer to call the doctor in!"
CHAMPIONS.
BROUGHT TO NOTICE BY EASY VICTORIES IN NEW
.YORK
Mr. W. R. H. McCullough, com- menting on the fall in prices gen. erally, remarked that the buyers of New York, July 18-Two boxers advertising space wore practically who are hailed as coming beasy the only buyers today who were weight champions of the world won paid last year and the year before
paying the same prices that they their fights in New York to-night. The first paper which could make reduction in its advertising Charlie Retzal knocked out Ralphate, he asserted, was going to Ficucello in the second round, and
score heavily. Steve Hamas scored & technical Mr. J. Trail Stevenson, Glasgow, knock-out over Ted Sandwina in said that direct publicity for men, most of whom retained the boy's passion for having things explain Beth Retzal and Hamas are ed to him, should be used mainly rated as "unknowns,” but their to arouse interest and evoke in- managers and a few sports wriquiries for further details.
the third round.
ters hava predicted that they will become prominent in the heavy weight division,"
WOMEN'S SWIMMING
RECORDS.
TWO WORLD'S TIMES BEATEN BY U.S. REPRESENTATIVES.
New York, July 17.-Competing
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Mr. James M. Richie, Glasgow, asserted that a magnificent source of advertising space was being lost on the 3,000,000,000. letters carried by our Post Office annually...
Penalising Distributers,
Mr. J. B. Charter, publicity con- trollor of Messrs. Lowis, Ltd., said that, the last Government had de rated manufacturing premiser, while the distributor found himself constantly called upon to pay more in rates. While the legislation of the last Government had penalised the large stores indirectly, that of the land tax, was apparently going this Government, in the shape of ¦
Kut,
The dead woman was formerly manageroa at a Kingston hotel The drizzle had increased when where Baldwin was a barman, They the match between Cochet and were both discharged on March 7 Ferry was scheduled to start, and it was questionable whether such The woman went into hospital suf- a decisive match should have been foring from scabies, and was displayed. The crowd loudly protost charged on Easter Monday. Shod as the players slithered about wont to her sister's home, where Baldwin rang her up. She went out to meet him and was not seen again.
Death By Strangulation, said that death was due to stran Dr. Armstrong, police surgeon,
salatica.
the court.
Perry led at 4-1 in the first set, but was put out of his stride by the remarks of the spectators and Cochot took the next five games to win a great victory in the shots comfortably won him the first set. Perry's great passing
second set. The games went alter- be added, "a" pea-nately in the third sct, but Forry cofulness about the body. I have was tiring perceptibly and Cochet, quite so peaceful and with so little difficulty in retaining the Davis never goon a stranglod-body look displaying dazzling form, had little sign of a struggle. The deed night have been the action of an abnor
"There was,
mal man or a man oxtromely `at-
tached to the woman"
jury that they might say Baldwin The judge interposed to warn the was insane either if he did not know what he was doing or if he did not know it was wrong.
Sir Bernard Splisbury did there were marks that showed the neck was grasped violently by the hand, Thore were also marks of a liga. ture having been drawn tightly
round the neck, but it must have been applied at the time of death or shortly afterwards. It had no connection with the cause of death, which as strangulation by pressure of the hand:
P.C. Hedge road the following statement alleged to have been made by Baldwin:
Wo
"We want to London and spent £2, and when we came back only had one shilling, so we made strangled her and then lost my up our minds to dio together. I
norvo to do myself. It was done about ten o'clock. I stayed with her for hours waiting for her to come round. I did not realise I had killed her."
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Baldwin, in the witness-box, said that he lived happily with his wife until a year ago, when they senar- stud by arrangement. From March 20 there was a blank in his me mory, until he found himself in Brighton Infirmary.
in the cutdoor swimming cham-to penalise them directly. pionships for women of the Ama Mr. William Meiklejohn said that teur Athletic Union, Miss Helene.it seemed to him a sound principle to approach the Scottish market Madison to-day established a new with Scottish ammunition-to set a world's record for the 1,000 yards Scot to catch a Scot. They should bear in mind the psychological an- free-style event, her time being 13
tagonism to the stranger, and al- mi: 93 8/10 sec.
ways endeavour to appoint a sales Miss Katherine Rawls, of Holly-man who had known his customers wood, Florida, established a new intimately for at least 40 years, Logically, he added, Scotland is world's record for the 300 metres the paradise of the elderly sales.
"While Wo were working in medley race, her timo being 4 min.
Kingston together," continued pri Miss Beatrice L. Wards said that scher. "Mrs. Isaacson and I grew 45 8/10 sec. Misa Rawls defeated
one way of getting attention was
very fond of each other. On Eas Miss Eleanor Holm, the former reby using bright and unusual tor Monday I met her in London, colours It was heartening to when she came out of hospital. She realise that British paper and ink did not know I was married. manufacturers alike were waking.
"On April 4 I. dreided to commit up to this necessity for vivid huen
suicide, I went to Eastbourne, Mr. Sidney Rothman maintained where I wrote a letter to Mrs. that the world was suffering to-day Fanacson. After writing it, I de. from too great a proportion of nonoided that I would like to see her producers. At least £40,000,000 was once again." spent annually in this country on travellers, and travelling expenses alone. The total cost of distribut tion was incalculable. He calculat ed that the nation could save by with the greater use of direct mail means of mass distribution, coupled and direct selling of all commodi completed thirteen ties, £400,000,000 annually,
cord holder:
THIRTEEN ROUNDS IN
A DAY.
GOLFEN'S FEAT.
Tokyo, July 17. Three celebrated Japanese golf professionals, Miya. One of the manst remarkable moto, Yasuda, and Asami, will be despatched to America by the going feats of endurance in the Japan. Galf Association to partici. history of the game has just been pate in first-class, professional tour-performed by Commander O. R. naments there. They will leave Japan in December and stay in Wace, who America, with California as their rounds within eighteen hours. ** contre, for three months.
The fent was accomplished on the Miyamoto is the senior profes- sional of the Iburagi Country Club, Westgate and Birchington Club's
whilst Yasuda and Asami are at
tached to the Tokyo Gulf Club and the Hodogava Country Club, respectively.
U.S. UNIVERSITIES BEAT BRITISH
MAJORITY OF THREE EVENTS OUT OF TWELVE ON TRACK.
London, July 18-At Stamford Bridge, to-day, in an athletic com- petition, a combined team from the.
Universities of Harvard and Yale
course, which is 5,002 yards in
length and possesses a bogey of 69.
Wace did the first seven rounds
PRINCE OF WALES' CUP
FRENCH WIN AT OLYMPIA
France has carried off the Prince
in just under seven hours, annf Wales' Cup from its British average of one round per hour. holders at Olympia.
Round in 14,
His fastest round was the second, The cup is for competition by accomplished in fifty three minutes. Army officers of various nations jumping as a team and yesterday The lowest score returned by six countries were
were represented— Wace, who is a handicap 4 player, Was 74, while not one of his other dozen rounds accounted for more than 86 strokes, which representad his worst round of the day, the
"What Good Is Life?"! Baldwin described his meeting with Mrs. Isaacson in London. They afterwards went to Kingston, he said, and he told her that he crying, and at her suggestion they was married. Mrs. Isaacson began
went into Richmond Park. She said that she would rather commit suicide than go back to her sister's at Maldon. Ho tried to dianiade her by talking about her son, be cause he happened to be at home. from college at the time, MAN "She became hysterical," added Baldwin. She grasped me by the Japels of my coat, and said. What thing I remember was that she was Rood in life after all-1' The next
on the ground and I was leaning over her. It began sa rain. I took it over her. I lit a match and saw a paper out of my pocket, and put
that she was dead
Baldwin denied that he made the Franco, the Netherlands, Great Hodge except for the words statement: alléged by Pelice-con- Britain, Irish Free State, Belgium, "I did not realise I had killed and Canada, placed in that order. whether I killed her or act, he her.” “I do not know to this day Capt. Misoune, of the Belgian said. "If I killed her I do not Army, made a faultless round (as know how I killed ber."
Tion Dr. Frederick Dillon, of Wim-
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Paychic logical Department, Uni- vernity Collogo, said that Baldwin's, necnunt of his action on the night of the alleged crime was consistent' with a general, sta
state of loss «c!`mo.
Dr. Grierson, senior medical offi
For his thirteenth round, which ho had done when he won the King pole streat. Chief Assistant to the was completed in darkness, Wace George V Cup), and Capt. Tabou beat one from Oxford and Cam- played a match against A Read, chere, of Holland, was the only bridge by r events, to 4 we
Harvard and Yale won the half. handicap 12 player and, in spite ether officer to attain this distins, mile, 100 yards hurdles, putting the of his earlier efforts, he won the tion.................. weight, ono milo, 220 yards low match by two and one
Great Britain had won the cup mory. hurdles, the quarter mile, and the The "record" feat of endurance intright in 1928, when it was sporton Prison who wi "Pets Jump”””” Oztőrd and Cambridge”-
wen. 135 100 yazda 920 yards, throsis credited to Bruco Butherland, jngly re-presented for perpetual exiled for the prosecution, said miles and the long jump. The high" who played fourteen rounds, in just competition by the Army Council, that he was unable to accept the jump was halved, lovor 19 hours, on the Craiglockhart | The English team won it agnia in theory of low of memory as con
"Of ten such meetings the Ameri“
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