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EAST LANCS AT PLAY
"A" Company Wins Aggregate Cup
At the YMCA. bath yesterday. the East Lancs held their annual aquatic sports when some keen competition was seen..>
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1935.
PLAY BETWEEN THE
SHOWERS
Yorkshire In Early Trouble
PASSENGERS
PRESIDENT COOLIDGY
The s.3. President 'Coolidge, from Manila, arrived in port yesterday. with the following passengers: ---
Miss Rose Amedeo, Mrs. Blanche Booten, Mr. Isabel Francisco, Miss Arcadia M. Francisco, Mr. Rolf Gmur. Mr. P. R. Kainz, Mr. P. T.. Kirpalani, Mr. Koan Ng Chiang, Miss C. D. Lee. Mrs. Lèè. She, Mr. Felix Manalo. Miss E. McClure. Wells hit with happy-go-lucky vig- Mr. and Mrs. Jacinto Montilla, Mr. our, and when the end came Hol. L Mooney. Mrs. M, Nasser, mes was only three short of a hun- Master B. Nasser, Mrs. Van Osjen. dred. His innings, which lasted Mr. P. R. Parry. Mr. T. E. Robson, only two and a half hours, was full Miss Sui Foo, Mrs, Anita G. Trillo.
(Special Air Mat Service) London. July 22. " When Lancashire came to the Surrey ground a year ago they had only to escape defeat to win the. Col. Marsh O. C. 2nd Battalion championship, writes a correspon-
There was a large attendance and among those present were
East Laprs, and Major Hoekyn..
The Aggregate Cup was won by the "A" Company with 24 points, "C" Company being second with 15 points.
The most Interesting event was the Inter-Company Relay race which was won by the "C" Coy. with: thê "A" Company a close second.
"At the conclusion of the sports
Col. Marsh presented the prizes.
The following were the results: 25-Yards (Freestyle)
1--L/C Gorman 'A' Coy, 2-Pte Smith 'B' Coy. 8-Pte. Hardy C′ Coy. 50 Yards (Breast Stroke) 1-Cpr. Fides 'B' Coy. 2-L/C Thorpe 'B' Coy.
3-Pte. Davies 'B' Coy,
Boy's Race
1-Mas." Francti
2-Mas. Harbon
3-Mas Robinson
150 Yards (Freestyle)
1-Pte. Taylor 'A' Coy. 2-Cpr. MacCarthy 'C' Coy. 3-L/C Mason 'A' Coy. 50 Yards (Back Stroke)
1-L/C Mason 'A' Coy. 2-Cpt. Fudes 'B' Cor. 3-Pte. Green 'C' Coy.
Long Plunge
1-L/C London 'A' Coy. 2-Bnds. Merevith H. Q. Wing 3-Pte. Ellingham. D. S. Coy.
50 Yards (Freestyle)
1-Cpr. MacCarthy 'C' Coy. 2-Pte Tunstali DS. Cay. 3-Pte. Robinson 'C' Coy. High Diving
1-L/C Gorman 'A' Coy. 2Pte. Bennet 'C' Coy. 3-L/C Gregson 'C' Coy.
880 Yards (Inter-Company Relay
Race)
1-'A' Company Inter-Company Medley Relay Race
1-'C' Company
2-'A' Company 3D.S.' Company
THE WIGHTMAN CUP
America's Team Chosen
among
dect. They drew the match with ease. This season their position is very different. "At the moment they stand seventh
the counties. But. although Surrey scored 304 for six wickets against them yesterday on u pitch that sometimes behaved awkwardly. "Lancashire showed that they are
still one
of the best of fielding sides, even if they did miss some catches and become a tile wild towards the end.
of full-blooded strokes made with perfect discretion.
SURREY-FIRST INNINGS. Sandham, c' Eckersley, b Sibbles 80 Gregory, c Philipson, B Sibbles. 33 Squires; lbw, b.. Sibbles Barling. c Sibbles, b Booth Fishlock, c Duckworth, b Phli-
11pson.....
E. R. T Holmes, not out
4 10
41
97
H. H. Garland-Wells, b Hopwood 22 P. G. H. Fender, not out......
Extras ..
Total (6 wkts.) To bat.-Brooks, dover, Berry.
304 and
Mr. Tan Fin, Miss Deborah C. Webb. Mrs. Wong Chu Boe, Mr. Wong Chea, Mr. Yarig Kong, Miss Yang. Master Yang Joh. Miss Yang Su!
KAISAR-I-HIND
The following passengers arrived on the P. & O. s.s. "Kaisar-I-Hind" yesterday from Shanghai:-Mr. F. Bulleid, Miss L. C. Buxton, F. O. E. A Carter, Mr. Chang Chaurig, Mr. Chang Chen Hung, Mr. Chang I Mr. Chang Wen Chih, Mr. Chang Wen Tsai, Mr. Chang Wen Yu. Mr. Chang Yu Chi, Mr. T. T. Chen, Mr. Chlen "Chung Shu, Mrs. Chow Kwang Du, Mr. Chu Pao Halen, Mr. Chu Yen Feng. Capt, and Mrs. J. R. Colt, child and amah. Mr. G. Cope-
It was a day at once eventful and uneventful. Rain and bad light came to cause some weary- ing delay, and there were times, after a good beginning, when the LANCASHIRE.-P. T. Eckersley. batting became very subdued. But W, H. L. Lister, Watson, Hopwood, there were many patches of col-Paynter, Oldfield, Washbrook, Philand, Miss O, L. Crook, Mr. 1. R. our, and only the weather spotted lipson, Duckworth, Sibbles. the day,
Surrey started well. A score of i 113 for two before lunch against bowling generally accurate, and fielding uniformly fast and clean, was distinctly above the average county pace. Before Gregory was caught, high up with the right hand, by Phillipson; at mid-on, in at- tempting a long drive, the first wicket had put on "85 good runs, and his opening partnership with Bandham was in method a com- plete reversion of the old order. Gregory used to be one of the "das- hers" of the side, and Bandham the man of patience, content to wait any length of time before ven- turing upon an attacking stroke. But since he has been sent in first in place of Hobbs, responsibility has subdued Oregory. On the other hand. now, that Sandham nas passed his hundredth century. be has recovered his youth, and revived forcing shots which have a spice of daring.
MORE SWING - The difference between the two men, new style, was so marked against the Lancashire bowling hat Sandham scored at nearly three times the pace of his part- ner, although Gregory's 33 was a long way from being dull. It had clean, definite strokes. But while "Sandham, was discreet, he was, also ger to score. He put more swing to his batting than usual, and even went so far as to lift the ball over the "heads of the close-in fieldsmen, instead of playing his shots straight to their boots. as So many do.
Squires. made one perfect`off-side boundary minimum of effort, maximum of effect-before walk- ing in front of his wicket, and Barling scored only 10 before a good catch at short leg made the score-board show that three båts- men were out for 117.
New York, Aug. 8, Mrs. Van Ryn, wife of John Van Ryn, the former joint holder of the Wimbledon Doubles Championship. has been selected by the Ameri- can tennis authorities to represent the United States in the Wight- man Cup competition filling the
A shower which kept the players vacancy caused by the withdrawal
of the field for twenty minutes from the team of Mrs. Helen Wills-had is inuence. Even Bandham Moody, the Ladies Singles chant pion of Wimbledon,
slowed down, and Fishlock, who is really two batamen in one-the mouse one day, the lion the other was in his docile mood, and took
When Mrs. Wills-Moody embark- ed upon her come-back campaign and left America for England to
long time over his first seven. par 'cipate at Wimbledon, the But Sandham missed no reasonable American authorities tentatively opportunity. Once upon a time, he selected her as a member of the used o slow down when near to Wightman Cup team, the provision a century. Yesterday it was, when being that her final selection would trying to hit a bondary that he depend upon the success of her became the victim of the third fine
Beoth
and
U.S. BASEBALL
Leaders Suffer Defeat
Cropley, Miss Dibble, Miss D. H Evans, Mrs. W. G. Forde, Mr. S. H. Guile. Mr. Hsieh Ming Jan, Miss Jenkinson, Mr. Ko Chao, Miss K. S Lambe, Mr. Lee Hwa Chung, Miss U. McAlister, Miss V. McAlister. Major and Mrs. R. McKinlay, Mr. Norris, Miss Norris, Miss Pan Gen Hsien, Mr. Pang Shu Lin, Mr. E. Pearson, Mr. D. V. Robinson, Mr. H, Schwarz. Mr. J. Shepperd, Miss Shu Yu Fung, Mr. Su Yuan Fu. New York, Aug. 8.
Miss W. A. Syme, Mr. Sze Tsung The New York Giants, leaders Stag, Mr. Talen Pao Chein, Mr. Tau of the National Baseball League, Chao Pin, S/8gt. G. R. Upton, Mr. suffered a double defeat to-day Wang Tsu Sheng. Mr. Wang Te when they encountered the Phil-Yung, Mr. I, Watson, Mr. D. Wester- adelphia Phillies in two fixtures. berg, L. and Mrs. C. R. Wright, in- Their double defeat has serious- fant and amah, Miss Yang Chi ly checked the Glants' progress Kong, Mr. Yang Tseng Wei, Mr. but they still have a fairly com-Young Jen Chleh, Mr. Yu Shien fortable lead over the Cardinals Hwang. who were dot engaged to-day.
Besides the Giants' matches there
was only one other fixture, that between the Pirates and the Cubs, the latter winning.
CHANGTE
The as. Changte, from Australia, arrived in port yesterday with the following passengers: Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Anderson, Mrs. E, M, Brodie, The Detroit Tigers, top team of Mr. W. A. Brooks, M. J., Curtis, the American' League, won from Miss E. M. Cowan, Mr. G. K. Drury. the Chicago White Sox and, with Mr. G. Gould, Mr. H. Ingram, Mrs. the New York Yankees losing to M. Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. W. the Philadelphia Athletics, the Lees. Com. I. C. R. MacDonald, Miss Tigers increased their advantage. M. Mitchell, Mr. W. A. Montgomery, The Indians and the Browns Mrs. E. M. Malysheff, Mr. and Mrs. were engaged in a double header, c. W. Nicholson, Mr. and Mrs. O. the honours of which were shar-H. O'Brien, Mrs. F. A. Pender, Miss ed. In the first game the Cleve-1, B. Reld, Miss A. M. Smith, Mrs. land outfit registered 16. hits and G, Skinner, Mr. R. Sweet, Mr. and scored 14 runs, causing the St. Mrs. L. G. Watson, Miss N. Wim- Louis club to employ no less than pole, Mrs. A. Wilmington, Mrs. R seven pitchers.
Walker, Miss S. Walker.
..
Results of to-day's matches fol- low:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
***
R. H.
E
4.10
1
7... 12
1.
3.9
0
New York Philadelphia New York Philadelphia
6 12 (Todd scored a home run the Phillies),
5 6
EMPRESS OF CANADA The following passengers left the Colony yesterday on the R.M.S. Empress of Canada for Vancouver, via
ports:-Mr. D. Allen, Mrs..
Achoy Ayers, Miss A. Ayers, Mrs. 3L. S. Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. P.
for Bertrou, Mr, E. C. Blackburn, Mr. and Mrs. H. Braga, Prof. J. L. Buck, Mr. and Mrs. D. Burlingham, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. H. Burn, Mrs. Emly (Grace scored a home run for K. Carpenter, Mr. N. Cavalleri, Mr. the Pirates)."
Pittsburgh Chicago
JJ
14 2
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
RH E. 1 .......... 14 '18.
8,10 2
Chan Sou Ping, Miss M. A. Clifton, Mr. Mark D Coty, Mr. L. Q. Denyes. Mr. P. Dieleman, Mrs. A. P. Donald,
Cleveland
Mr. L. R. Dooley, Mr. and Mrs. D. Drummond, Miss E. Drummond, St. Louis
the Indians
(Trosky scored a home run fb: Mr. G. K. Durry. Rev. A Eklund,
for and Clift the Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Elliott, Lt. and Browns who tried no less than Mrs. J. Rice Evans. Miss Mital seven pitchers against the Indian Fallmer, Miss Ethel L. Fersch, Miss Edna Fersch, Miss. H. Fisher, Mr. Arthur Fricke. Mr. P. P. Quon Gong, Mr. N. A. Gorman, Mr. GS. Graver, Mrs. H. C. Gray, Mrs. J.
batsmen).
St. Louis Cleveland
9 10 5 5 10 1 (Earl Averill scored a home run
effort to regain her former su-catch, with his score at 80. His for the Indians and Solters for Ch A. Gundesen, Capt. E. Foster
premacy.
team.
"HELEN" CAPTAIN
wickets
innings had shown a rejuvenated However, since Mrs. Wills Moody cricketer out to enjoy himselt. won the Wimbledon championship
HOLMES PATIENT she intimated that she did not de-At his departure four sire to represent her country and were down for 136, a change from accordingly withdrew from the the fine beginning. It was co- viously no time for risks, and even E, R. T. Holmes walted with.com- It is now officially announced mendable restraint for the bad that Mrs. Van Ryn will the ball before he ventured a scoring shot. But he found opportunities vacancy and that Miss Helen to let loose some of these long- Jacobs, runner-up to Mrs. Wills-
swinging, open-shouldered drives of Moody at Wimbledon, has been his, varied with the late cat which appointed captain of the aide."
The United States team now he applies so well even to a ris- consifis of Miss Helen Jacobs, of lg ball At the other end Fish- lock gradually accelerated, and al- Berkeley, California (captain), Mrs. Barah Palfrey-Fabyan, Mrs, though the light was poor at times, they remained together until they Dorothy Andrus. Mr. Burkhardt Arnold, Mrs. John Van Ryn and had added. 109 for the fifth wicket. Duckworth, who missed a stump Miss Carolin Babcock..
The fixture is due to be played chance, but on the whole kept at Forest Hills, New York, on wicket in his old England form, August 16 and 17, immediately be then disposed of Fishlock with an fore the American Championships commence.
acrobatic catch HM. Garland-
Miss Freds James, Miss Nancy Lyle and Mrs. Phyllis King.
At the beginning of July it was omé apy announced that England would Be represented by Miss Dorothy Round, last year's Win- Miss Round first declined to go bledon Champlon, Fiss Katharine but when asked to reconsider later
the Browns)...
Philadelphia
New York
9. 18
#6: 11
.3.
Hall, Miss. 6. Harper, Mr. W. A. Haugh, Rev. and Mrs. J. R. Higgs, Mrs. (Dr.) Louise O. Hunter, Mrs. Johnston. Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
(Lou Gehrig scored a home run Juniper, Miss Agnes Keegan. Mr.
for the Yankees).
Chicago Detroit
·Bestër.
0 .2 10
5 12 1
RUGBEIAN RAS
(Special Air Mail Service).... London, July 22. Few people are aware that an Abyssinian prince is buried in St. Ceorge's Chapel Windsor
and Mrs. Harold Kirby, Miss J. T. N. Leach Mr. and Mrs. W. H Lebert, Miss Lebert, Dr. A. B. Lewis, Mr Ia Be. Mr. If 6 Chẩm, Miss Li Po Chun, Miss R. Locke Mf. and Mrs, Wm. B. Lunt, MË O, Marseille, Miss J. B. McLarén, Mr. J. N. Nanity, Mr. J. B. Newill, Mrs. E. E Norris, Mis B. Nijhoft and Miss Nijhof, Mr. and Mrs RH. O'Brien, Mr. B. K. Pang, Mes M. G. Paterson. Mrs. W. E. Pepys Dr.
(Miss), Kashleen Pin, Mr. and Mrs. Ha was Prince Alamayahu, a son: Eldon Potter, KC. Mr. N. R. Ram- of the Emperor Theodore.sey, Mrs. Battey and Miss MA When Lord Napier captured Ratter Mr. and Mrs. C. Reich, Magdala and found, the Emperor Miss E. M. Robertson, Mr. B. Rock- killed, he took charge of the Roval in Mr. D. A Ross, Mr. Louis orphan and brought him home. He Ruberstein, Mr. C. L Rycroft. Mr. was sent to Rugby under Dr. Jex-R. Singer, Mra R. Sanger and 3 children. Miss A. Smith, Mr. F. R. ike, Rugbelans whose memories go Smith, Mr. H. E. Squire, Mr. G. A. back to the seventies recall the van Stenbergen, Mr. and Mrs, J. F. Prince as a alim, handsome boy, Taddiken, Misses J. and, 8. Trump, who was quite good at games. Miss A. Vasilicoff, Mrs. Wilmington, He died a victim to the English Mr. G. L. Wilson, Mrs. N. G. Wood, climate shortly after leaving Rik Mr. and Mrs. Wong King. Mr.
Wong Wa Bing, Mr. Y. M. Wong
by.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
SHIPMENT
110
12
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1.13
114
18.
131
NOTE-Figures in parentheses indicats number of letters in the
words required.
#
Across
1A meal as regards what has
already gone (8), 6-Retinue provided by a street
trader (8).
10 Study the text to get at the true meaning of the passage
(7).
11 Naturally only a. maniac
would have an insane head- dress (6)
12-An antiseptic element (8) 13-Souvenir (7).
16-The board is cleared when
he's clear, (5), ... 17-A, conscriptional sort of gang.
In the past (5).- 18-Sounds as if this crowd might be of a saving nature (5).
mean 19-Is it this number we
"at lot"? when we say a (5)
23 Savoury jelly (5). 26-To have and to hold (7). 29-An R.A. ünit gives us this fur
(8).
*
30-Only a spark is needed to set
it alight (6). 31-Brought into existence (7). 32-Appears as if the middle of these pieces of meat would take some mastication (8) 33-Shot (8).
Down
1-Frolics (5).
2 Twould upset the parson to }
dress up (5).
3-Does his work in haphazard Tashion--the vagabond (5). 4-Fish with a high note! (4).
6-Eyelid tumour (4),
6-The team is seen in the cen-
tre of the way out (4). 7-Bend down to the vessel (5).. 8 We apparently don't want her
to die (5).
9-Probably a prominent feature
of the Village Blacksmith (5); 14-Ties up 15).
15-An angular call to attention,
shail we say? (5), 19--You'll And us at the bottom
of the class (5). 20-An extravagant alteration in
route (5),
21-This and 27 is brand new
1(5), 22-Only a theatrical remark, but still it's a 'change of ideas (5)..
23A
great help to one power progress (5).
тад-
24 Of gems, weight; of a certain
metal, fineness. (5).
26 Rosa provides the necessary means for propulsion (4). 27-See 21 (4).
NEW GOODS
JUST ARRIVED
ALBIL
10 c & 20
#
STORE
c.
1c, D'Aguilar Street.
AND
228, Nathan Road,
Kowloon.
OBSERVER OF ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Nanking, Aug. 1 Considerable interest has been evinced here in the reports from Washington, P. C. that Dr. J..
28 The pace of backward fav- Lossing Buck, head of the Agricul- tural Economic Department of the ourites (4).
University of Nanking, has been
The following is the solution of appointed United States observer yesterday's puzzle:-:
of economic conditions in Chinä,
OLD CHINA HAND Dr. Buck, it is learned, is how an his way to South China on a tour to gather data relating to the monetary and economic condition In that part of the country for the U. S. Department of Treasury.
Across-1. Crack: 6; Pasty: 9, Neptune; 10, Tasté; II, Taper; 12,,; Acrobat; 14, Raged: 15, Toy; 16, Yarns; 17, Brass; 19, (s)-Tea-(m); 21 Tints: 23. Cheddar; 24, Unite: 25, A-gent; 26. Nursery: 27, Hence: | 23, Sides.
Assig-
Down-1, C-ate-r: 2, ration: 3, Knead; 4, 8pur-t; 5, Bus-by: 6, Petty: 7. Superintend; 8. Yards; 13, Oozed: 17, B-rush; 18. Scene; 19, Tears; 20, Adder: 21. Trays; 22, Sates.
Dr. Buck is a resident of 3ong standing in Anhwei and Nanking. He is the author of "Chinese Farm Economy" which is considered an authoritative, work on the subject. China-United Press" (by mail)..
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