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HOBBS AND SUT CLIFFE AGAIN!
ANOTHER THREE-FIGURE
PARTNERSHIP.
ARTHUR CHAPMAN'S BELATED CENTURY.
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGE
LOND]
Elopt. 8 Easy wickets and the interrup tion of play by rain resulted in big scores and no results in the ropea mentative cricket matches at Home which began over the week-end."
INTERPORT TENNIS.
TIENTSIN TRIUMPHS OVER
PEIPING.
OLD LR.C. MAN PLAYS WELL.
Tientsin, August 31-The post poned tennis matches between Pei ping and Tientsin took place this week-end on the Association courts On Saturday, two doubles and one singles were played; the second doubles match between the Sah brothers and M. and O. Rumjalin, had to be postponed to yesterday after both sides had won one st failing sich, on account of the f light. The full results of the inter-
At Scarborough, the. Players scor-port were:-
hara Tientsin)
cil 414 runs for 6 wickets declared, T. Uchida and Kuwu and to this 'the Gentlemen replied; with gio. In the closing stages, the Players made 27 for 0 wicket.
A fanture of the match was an other three-figure partnership by the old firm," Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutclife. Buteliffe missed his thirteenth century of the season by four runs while "Jack" obtzín-
ed: 144.
At Folkestone, the New Zealand- ers wore in opposition to an Eng- land. XI. and a drawn game with honours fairly even resulted.
The England XI, batted first and hit up the useful total of 395 runs, Chapman getting 114, which, in- cidentally, is his first century of the season.
New Zealand replied with 340, M. L. Page scoring 132. The second innings of England". produced '91 for 1
Ú.S. BASEBALL.
YANKEES WIN DOUBLE- HEADER FROM RED SOX.
HEAVY DEFEAT OF
CHAMPIONS,
New York, September 1-The last month of the major league baseball! season hegan to-day. The New York Yankees won both garna of n double hender at home by scores of 11 to 3 and 6 to 8 from the Boston Red Sox. In Boston, the New York Giants blanked the Braves by a score of 4 to 0, and in Philadelphin the Washington Sena- tors defeated the Athletics, the American League leaders, by 6 to 1. other games in either tha erican or National Leagues wore
oned because of rain..
bant Yakota and C. L
Shih ah siji i
S. H. Wu (Tientsin)
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 10,
NEW U.S. GOLF CHAMPION
ROMANTIC CAREER FROM
CADDIE TO PRO.
DID BALL DEFEAT THE
BRITISH?
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SHANGHAI'S SEARCH FRENCH OFFER TO
· FOR SWIMMERS.
EFFORTS TO IMPROVE ON CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS.
ITALY.
MEMORANDUM ON NAVAL
|_ DISARMAMENT.
PATH BEING SMOOTHED FOR
LEAGUE SESSION.
In view of the poor performance given in the swimming champion- ships during the past two weeks, the Shanghal Amateur Swimming
Geneva, Sept. 1With the Coun Association have taken it uponcil of the League of Nations com-
the
William Burke, who succeeds to the title of American champion for feited by 11 T. Jones, is a new selves to look for talent that plating the work of its 64th sesión and interesting personality. Of might improve Shanghai's chances it was reported in Genova to-day polish origin, Burke's real names in the coming triangular Interport. that France has sent a now naval Burkowski, conveniently shortened There are several first-rate perform disarmament memorandum to thie ers who by bad luck were not ablo. Italian Government in Rome. It for purposes not altogether ch
too take part in the deciding races was also learned that Germany and seure. Twenty-nine years of age and, as the main idea is to get the Austria have agreed to shelve their Burke has had a varied carcer-
CAR best team out, those swimmers have proposed Customs Union.xy enddio, blast furnace workers travel had the opportunity
The agreement of Austria and ler, and professional golfer. In week to show their wares and, from the latter capacity, Burks is now indications, there will be some Germany to remove from the pre- radical changes,.from" the team attached to the Blind Brook Club, which might have hitherto beout European international poli Greenwich (Conn.), a course often chosen from the winners of the tical scene one of the knottiest of visited by British golfers.
various championships,
current problems may be announced Two years ago, when making his to an interport water polo trial, J. decision on the legality of the pro- Last Thursday evening, previous formally before the Hague Court first appearance in the
winter Grikk, a young swimmer who by tournaments of the West and
some unfortunato misunderstanding posed Austro-Gorman Customs was not entered for the 100 yards Union is made public" Bob, 44, 04 South, Burke became known as the
blacksmith golfer, not because of championship was tested over this any hammer-and-anvili attitude to distance and gave a very good dis wards the ball, but because of his play. He had a pacemaker to old associations with the forgalm 60 yards and another to finish (states the "Observer."; it in ra
lost to H. M. Kao 5-7, 1-6.
and O. Rumjan (Tientsin)
bent Drs. Peter and
Adam Sah...
T. K. Cheng (Tientsin)
The decision of the Hague Court is expected to be announced on Saturday,
thor singular that a man who up the last 40, and recorded the Controversies Smoothed Over,
excellent time of 03.4-5 secs, which
8-3, 3-4, 0-0 spent some years in a calling as better that was recorded in the
lost to Dr. Adam Bah 40, 40 Gordon Lum and 8. H.
Wa (Tientsin) boats H. M. Kao and
T. M. Kao
6-2, 6-2
M. Ferber (Tientsin):
bent Yakota, bd, 63 Omar Rumjaho (Tien-
tain)
far removed from golf as it is possible to conceive, should find his name enrolled on the list of champions. Obviously, Burke's carly training as a enddie is so deep-rooted as to make the trans- fer from the blastfurnace to the links at easy matter,
championship. He did not swim a heady race as he allowed himself to put too much energy into his first half, doing 37 secs. for the first 50 yds. with the result that he was not able to finish up with much of a burst With little onching there
no reason why he should not knock off a couple of seconds and thereby prove a useful colleague for Brown, over this distance,
The possibility of bope for a naval armament agreement between: France and Italy and the action of Gormany and Austria in removing at least temporarily, their propos ed Customs Union as a causo, for Are factors bitter controversy,
eclipsing in interest here the forth- coming meeting of the Assembly of the League Nations and the Fourth' meeting of the new European Coma- mission.
Nevertheless, there is a touch of romance in his amazing leap from obscurity to fama" in a game in which there is rich harvest zo rehp for men of outstanding per yards distance, C. N., Brown, R. There was a trial over the 220 sonalities. What will Burke make N. Harris and A. Figereth being of it? We shall know more next the three to take part. Brown won year, when, along with Hagen and
An agreement by Germany and others, bo will descend upon Pri in good style in the fair time of a ce's, Sandwich, in the attempt 10 min 38 secs, which is a good 7
seconds better than D. J. Leonard, Austrin to solve their Customs carry of the British champion in England as a member of the places Brown a certain position necessity of action upon it by the ship. And in 1833 Burke will be this year's champion's time. This Union project would obviato the US. team to defend the lyder for inclusion in the team and apCouncil of the League of Nations, Cup. These occasions will providlsparently Leonard will be the other opportunities of judging whether Shanghai representative. A further which referred the problem for a trial was run off when Milton Lee juridical review to the Hagile Court swam over the quarter mile in an endeavour to beat Macdonald's time, but reconded over 7 minutes," which is very poor, and as he has been known to do better under training conditions and Ekewise at the recent triangulan swimming gala at the Foreign. V.M.C.A, it is hoped
the new champion has come to say or whether his victory is just a flash in the pan.
Miserable Failure.
some time ago.
Should genuine progress be made. by Italy and France in the matter of their respective armaments oue of the greatest obstacles to the suc cess of the world disarmament con- ference to convene here next Febru ary would be removed,
Action has yet to be taken by the Council on Germany's complaints of Poland's treatment of German min- cies; at any rate, it would not be crease The game would be far-rities in Upper Bilesia. Test Match cricket.
PROPOSED SHELVING OF.
DISARMAMENT.
Austro-German Pact to be Dropped. Genova, Sept. 2-Most roliable yesterday the French Government informally requested the Secretariat of the League of Nations to post- pone the world disarmament con- forence which should convene in
beat Dr. Petor Sah. 5-7, 6-0, 60 It will be seen from the abo, therefore, that Tientsin won by 5 matches to 2.
Although the opening doubles, Shih and Yakota Uchida and Suwuhara, went the full three veta, there was hardly any outstanding play, Shih showed glimpses of his former self while his partner Yakota covered the court with speed. The local pair, however, combined her ter than their opponents and won many points by bringing the visi-
Probably, it was not the letter, tors up to the net and then lobbing otherwise Jones who was present H. M. Kao, Peiping's star, had at Berota, and at Toledo, would a rather easy
he will be given a further trial time in disposing of hardly have tipped Burke as the winner of the championship. The Wu, who lost in two straight sets. prophecy was based on Burke'a Although Wu bounded about the ability to hit the big American veil court like a harc, his efforts met straight.We have it on the testi reasonably far and to keep it Gf Compston, who was with poor results as he neither had mony the length of his drives, nor the no- Burke's victim in the Ryder Cup Perhaps in the next two years, curacy and speed with which he and long second shola to the green, ties will be in agreement as ro-
inatch, that the latter's driving the British and American authori usually plays Kao irritated his were amazingly accurata. During gards a world standard ball. There opponent with his nasty cuts and the 30 holes which the match last-is not Lite slightest doubt that the with a good length drove the all ed, Burke was scarcely ever off the big ball, which has been imposed cousro, his score being five under on five, millions of American golf from one corner to the other.
The third match of the afternoon 4' If any excuss were to be ad-ers without their consent, is un- was left unfinished, both sides win vanced for the miserable failure of popular sources here to-day declared that ning one set each Peter Sah play the British players in the lyder The claim that the big ball ed a good game at the net, and was Cup and the subsequent cham-ensier to play with is pure mocn- concern the shine. The wisest thing Bt An- well supported by his brother. Mpionship, it would ench of the contests played by Rumjahn was very forceful with his compulsory use of the large and draws over did was to refuse to
forehand drive and with the steady lighter bali. the Yankees and the Red Sox, Lou Omar as his partner the matea While pretending to be indifferens which has pleased few and exas Gehrig of the New Yorkers hit a home run, and he now has forty proved to be the most interesting as to what type a ball they used, perated many. While the ball may our mon went to America hating beacontributory cause of Bri home runs to his credit for the so- The final set was played yester the now implement, a feeling which tain's complets clipse in the U.8. son, Babe Ruth, who holds the day, and resulted in a victory for grew in intensity as the airy eas-Championship, an eclipse which, cord for the number of four-sackers the local pair 6-0. M. Rumjaby tea came tumbling about their following on the Ryder Cup ront in any one season, is trailing stood out with his remarkably pre- WATE. As a studios observer, has led the public to regard the Gehrig this year, for so far he bustion back-hand and Omar placed Janos. is strongly of opinion that tour as a flasco, there are other only hit 37 home runs.
well. The Boh brothers had bard the larger ball did handicap the reasons more cogent. One is that, The Giants were favoured by good ly time enough to get started before British players, particularly in with picious few exceptions, the
On Saturday Dr. Julius Curtias pitching and they took full advant it was all over, GEOR
two directions. In the first place, wrong men were sent to America, the German Foreign Minister, and age of three bail Boston errors The The four matches scheduled far there was a hesitancy in hitting and another is a lack of harmony Dr. Johann Schober the Austrian New Yorkers managed to bunch yesterday afternoon, were decidedly it firmly enough in the approach in the original planning of the Foreign Minister will announce the their hits when they counted for more interesting than those of shota, the ball being either short venture.
shelving of the Austro-German most, while the bingles yielded to previous day and some really of the objective or blown off "the
Customs Union hefore the "meeting the Braves were kept well. scatter spectacular and flashy play was line. In the seccad pince, the
of the new European Commission. ed. To win their "game, the Bena- witnessad.
players appeared unable to judge It is a sad reflection, on: British Thus it is believed that their an- tors outhit and outplayed the Bah and Cheng started yoster the ball's fight when the wind golf that out of fourteen player nouncement has been timed to come Mackmen. Et
day's schedule, the Peiping manne at their backs, the tendency only two-Davies and Allis-saw simultaneously with the verdict of winning 6464 Cheng was too boing for the ball to pitch clean the championship through. The the Hague Court on the legality erratio with his service and gave over the green.
others, with the exemption of C of the proposed pact. It is expect one game away entirely on double- Aras illustration, Jones in Whitcombe, who was unable to com-ed that on Saturday: the Hagun faults. The Visiting man returns stances a shot played to the seven-pete, and Compston, who was die Court will announce that by a vote with precision Chong'a drives and tenth green by Darits, in his qualified, either did not qualify or of 8 to the projected Austro- through better placements, superior match against Farrell, whose de retired during the various stages Customs Union has been decided to stendiness and accurate service won, fent, incidentally was one of the of the event. If there is a rebe illegal. The Hague Court will The last match of the tournammt great surprises Davies played what deeming feature of this unexampl declare that although Germany and was a thrilling singles between ho believed to be an ideal shot, ed story of failure it is to be found Austria have conformed to inter- Peter Shh and O. Rumjaha Bath but with the wind behind, the ball in the sort of a former British national low as far as the Versailles played & cutting game and placed pitched over the green on a down amateur, T. P, Perkins, now en and Bb Germain treaties are on- with remarkable accuracy. Sal bit ward slope and kept on running gaged in business in New York cerned the proposed Austro German hard at everything, and his efforts What actually happened was that Perkins not only completed the Customs Union would violate the wore well rewarded, as he won the the wind goting under Davies's course, but tind with Hagen for Geneva protocol of 199 binding first sot 7-8 The strain of this set high pitch, added several yards
de to eighth place, five strokes behind Austria to undertake no commil- must have fatigued him to a marked its length above that which he had the leading score. It was left to ment infringing on her coonomale degree, as he lost the next two sets calculated.
an amateur to save the face of and political severeignty. Following are the standings of without winning a single game
British golf. the clubs in the major longue
Beores and, Standings. Following are the scores:-
NATIONAL LEAGUE,
R H
Now York. 'Boston'
210 AMERICAN LEAGUE, "
R HE
Boston
3
7.
New York
11
Boston
New York
Washington
Philadelphia
13
0
NATIONAL LEAGUE,
Lost
Pet
St. Louis
New York
75
59
...588
Brooklyn
Chicago
531 01 1830.
00
Pittsburg Boston Philadelphia 63 75 .434 «Cincinnati cort M
Won „Läst ~; Peti
Philadelphia
Washington.
395
414
76 109
Oloveland
Louis
SEBORRER
32283987
203
of the afternoon.
Omar played surprisingly well and in the second set allowed his oppon- ont only three points. The match went to O. Rumjahn 6-7, 6-0, 6-0,
HOME FOOTBALL.
TRANMERE BEATEN BY
an
follow America in an experiment
A Redeeming Feature.
Standard Bail a Necessity.
4. A mélaire of sympathy may be. The mattor of ball handicap will extended to George Von Elm for work both way. When the Ameri- his salinat fight, extending over con team cones to this country five daye, and ending in defeat by they will live to decide between the narrowest of margins-ons the use of their own type of ball, shot. While Burke is unknown in which entails a sacrifice of length, this country Von Elm has been and the smaller and heavier Bra coming here as an amateur for the tish ball. With different balls in past five years, playing se mem- common use, each performing differ bar of the US Walker Cup team ently and requiring changes in He is an amateur no longer, have clubs and in shots, it seems prettying for financial reasons forfeited obvious that a standard ball for his platnu in order to follow the international contests, has become career of Business Man Got aparamount necessity What or Instond of putting money would Test Match cricket be like into golf in the shape of expen LONDON Hept, if England, Australia, New Zen-, which he estimates at £2,000
You Blurintenda Caking: Playing in the Third Divisimland and South Africa sach had ya Northern Section) of the English different regulations regarding the something out the six months League to-day Southport won by ball, the width and height of the of his now vosalicu he has been the only goal of the match when stumps and the length of ons eminently successful
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Geneva under the auspices of the Longue in February next year. Thit, with the fact that the Austro- German Customs Union project in to be shelved, constituted the most important event of the day in the interest of the Statesmen, hero for the Council of the League of Nations,
1931.
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MYSTERY OF BELGENLAND DRAMA DEEPENS,
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• New York, Sept. 1.--A mysteri- DIENST Pous monocled man dubbed "the Von Elm, like the new champion, Duke, destribed as a distant relaan has had remarkable career. tive of the Royal Family of Italy Starting life caddie in Bait and as a bosom friend of the late Lake City Von Elm launched Into Mr. Hisashi Fujimura, is the latest professional pugilism, then return figure in the Belgenland drama ing to golf as an amateur, beat R. Mr. Fujimura,, who was one of T. Jones in the final of the cham the wealthiest Japanese silk im-four years ago and married pionship, the only occasion the porters in the Umted States, dis Sernet bathing beauty who leit for latter has over bean defeated in a appeared from the Belgenland on France awock after the ceremony. 30-bolos match in a championship,,the high seas. Passeigors declared The Duke, depressed by her des As an insurance broker on Elm that on the day he was missed there parture, in said to have attempted enablished a lucrative business were screams and shoute from the suicide by shooting himself in the among the film actors and actresses direction of his cabin, followed by leg with whom he played a good deal sudden ailence. The Court and the of golf at Hollywood, Wale on The case is being investigated by are also being sought, ky
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