PAGE ZHONGKONG DAILY PRESS
FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1939.
* In the World of Sports
NIGHT BASEBALL: GIANTS INDIA'S
NOW ONLY TEAM NOT OLYMPIC PLAYING UNDER LIGHTS DILEMMA
Cleveland's Alva Bradley threw in an electric power switch
at Cleveland recently and, with that gesture, Bood-lighted not only the vast Municipal Stadium on the lake front but all the ball parks in the major leagues.
What had been only one of Larry MacPhall's daffy innova- tions was recognized at that moment as a trend of the time in "baseball.
he'll install Ughts at Comiskey Fark, and we've only to wait until the end of the season to learn that
One
the
POTENTATE URGES
ENTRY
New Land Speed Motor
Record
COBB REACHES 368.85 M.P.H.
24 SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. (Reuter) - John Cobb, the British racing motorist, broke
world Capt. Eyston's
land speed record of 357.5 m.p.h. by covering the mite in each direction at an average speed of 368.85 m.p.b. In a Railton car, the average speed for the kilometre being 367.74 m.p.h.
OLYMPIC PREPARATIONS Trainer's Claim Finns Sparing No Expenses: In Shanghai
Fast Plane Services
Helsingfors is already preparing for the rush of visitors to
the Olympic Games which are to be held next year. The Flins are sparing no expenses.
The gigantic games stadium with its huge white lower is almost completed. New hotels are being built and old ones ars being re-decorated and new wings are being added. The whole town is a hive of industry.
At Malm, a suburb about 6 miles out of Helsingfors, a magnificent new airport has been built to cope with the air traffic.
Is Dismissed
Defendant in a claim brought. against him by Mr. Ivan Boishak- off, formerly tramer of his ractis - stable, Mr. Eric Moller, owner of the Cire stable and prominent Shanghai businessman, was award- ed judgment with costs on Aug
It has not yet been decided 17 by Judge P. Grant Jones In whether this service will be dupli-HM Supreme Court, in Shanghai. eated or triplicated during the Mr. Moller was represented by games period in 1940,
Mr. Victor Priestwood while Mr. R. F. C. Master appeared on be-
Air Co-Operation
A.B.A. Swedish Air Lines plan half of plaintif
to operate no less, than 30 services!
Stating that one should participate for the glory of sport," His High- | ness the Maharaju of Patiala When the sweeping head lights off f the games are properly president of the All-India Olympic picked out fifty-seven thousand spaced. Seven games per year is Association,
urges that India people in the cavernous stands the ideal arrangement, and the should compete In the next they established the fact that magnates will be wise if they stick Olymple games. night baseball is in New York to to it. Seven games will pay the This is in reply to a newspaper stay.
freight and more and, as "dif-article written
Air Transport Companies are at by Mr. G. D. "The very
next day Chicago's ferent" entertainment, will keep Sondhi, for many years secretary
Dresent planning special services Louis Comiskey announced that the clients interested.
of the Indian Olympic Association,
Lo operate between. England and
Plaintiff's claim was for the NËW RESPONSIBILITY who says that in view of persistent Cobb covered the northward from all parts of the Continent to day between Stockholm and sum of $1,344.90 being the palance
Helsingfora defeats India" should not compete run in 370.75 m.p.h. and the.
Helsingfors while Aero, the Fin-of commissions at five per cent. responsibility Dew
southward run in 388.97 m.ph.
KLM Royal Dutch Air Lines, nish Air Transport Company, on racing results of the defen- the Yankees. Giants and all the magnate assumes with the increas-In Finland next year,
STRONGLY IN FAVOUR Speeds for
working in co-operation with A plans to operate services at regular dant's stable due under the plain- kilometre the
are, others w fall into line for 1940. ed revenue. He is morally bound
The Maharaja of Patiala is northwards 367.92,
B. A. Swedish Air Lines this year Intervals from and south-
4 o'clock in the tin's
agreement of service are operating a fast same day con- morning They play this baseball game for by the increased customer support
until midnight from trainer to the stable. money and the lights don't do to spend that money in the in- strongly in favour of competing. wards 371.69.
nection from London Manchester, Helsingfors to Tallim and from Mr. Moller admitted the agree- terests of a winning team. Not to He emphasizes that "the important
Doncaster, Liverpool to Helsing-Helsingfors to Stockholm," calling ment anything but paint the customers' do so will be bad business judg-thing in the Olympic Games is not
for commissions but con- greenbacks with gold,
This reporter will admit that he ment. Civic pride in a winner is to win bus to take part."
Company are purchasing two glant entitled to dismiss the plaintiff still the strongest induence in. “India has accepted and tried to believed that night baseball. when baseball and the owner simply spread this deal all these years."
new Focke-Wulf Conder air liners without payment thereof on the first introduced by MacPhail, was can't afford to ignore it.
His Highness added, "and unless
to cope with tramc,
ground that he had, contrary to some form of heresy But time has
It will be possible for English law and to the express instructioris England and London to Stockholm. cepted from dealers commissions people to fly from the north of of the defendant, solicited or ac-
spend their holidays there and on the purchase prices of ponier pay firing visits to the Olymple bought by the defendant without Games at Helsingfors,
the latter's knowledge or consent.
convinced him he was wrong. No objections can be sustained in the face of the fact that the fans like It and want it. "The public will decide." That's as good a rule in. baseball as it is in politics.
3.5
U.S. BASEBALL fors, via Amsterdam and Stock- at Abe in Finland. The Finnish tested the rate and claimed to be
RESULTS
boim
WIN FOR OMAR NEW YORK, Aug. 24 (Reuter)—i The New York fan can now ask: the Indian Olympic Association The following games In the
you play at Cleveland and loses its faith in the ideal and Major League were played yester final of the Lawn Bowls Open U. M. Omar entered the quarter- philadelphia at night, why not at adopts another, it cannot accept home?" There's no answer to that Mr. Sondhi's advice. Its acceptance
Sigles Championship when he defeated A. J. Hall 21-15 at Kow "and, what the Yan-will be tantamount to disloyalty
loon Football Csub yesterday. kees da. will be dane into the Olympic creed." double harness. The Glants Mr. Janki" Das Honorary St. Louis From the box office standpoint will follow the example just as Sectary of the National Cyclists Brooklyn
they moved into the radio" feld Federation of India, suggests that greatest money-making scheme
with the Yankees,
the nocturnal games
are
the
one.
day:
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outside of the mint.
57,000 PEOPLE
the funds that have already been Medwick homered for the Car- The Giants are now the only collected for sending athletes to dinals and team in either league that doesn't Finland should be utilized for Dodgers. Let's take Alva Bradley's Indians play under lights. Bill Terry is employing coaches "from overseas for example. They drew 57,000 still opposed to it. But even he and for stimulating inter-provin-Phelps. people the first night. When the must r cognize now that he's ctal athletic rivalry. Yangees play, there in July they'll standing against progress, not fad
Lavagetto for the
Battery:
Hollingsworth
and
0
2
draw 70,000. The other five games and friends say that the right The Chinese Bathing Club drew allowed by the rules should Doost invitation will persuade him to with South China Athletic Asso- the count up to or beyond 200,000 play even before the end of this clation in a water-polo match last And right there the Cleveland club season.
night the score being 1-1:
will have its payroll.
This thought should brush aside what few objections to the night game the veteran ball players can stili, muster. It will fatten their Livelihood, or, at least, guarantee to maintain it at present levels, In these times that's something.
Naturally. some of the night game's appeal lies in its novelty. It's new stuff to the customers. But that impression needn't wear *
Miss Marble Or
“་་
Mlle. Lenglen?
What Is Cricket? The Game Or Points? An Unhappy Reckoning
The Bank Holiday week-end was marred by a match, I will not say of cricket, of a sort so discreditable to the repute of the game that it cannot pass without notice. and should not escape 'ofiela? Inquiry, writes R. C. Robertson-Glasgow In "The Obler- ver" of Aug. 13.
Pittsburgh
Boston
1 72 Battery: "Posedel and Lopez.
Chicago
New York
8 12
8 9.
1
0
Herman and Leber homered for | the Cubs.
Battery: Lee and Hartnett. Pittsburgh
Boston
1. 9
3 8
0
HB
Craft homered for the Reds. Battery: Derringer and Lom-: bardi.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
R. BL E
7 9 18
New York Chicago
2 3 2
Battery: Donald and Rosar New York
16 19
Chicago
4 10 0
At Hove on the first day of the| Noy the truth is that no system travesty. Middlesex, owing to rain, yet invented for the scoring of could bat for only a short time point in the championship has against Bussex, and scored 41 for proved wholly satisfactory, The Dimaggio and Gordon homered three wickets. Or Monday play fact that the seventeen tears do for the Yankees and Kuhel for the was only possible for a limited not each play the same number of the White Sox. time in the afternoon, during matches, also the interference of Battery; Ruffing and Dickey. Much has been written about the which Edrich and F. G. Mann bad weather, makes perfection Im-Philadelphia ... 7. $ 21 relative abilities of Miss A. Marble, scored rapidly on a sodden wicket. possible.
Detroit
6 1b and Mile. S. Lenglen, principally] On Tuesday the farce was play- The County captains know this
Johnson, Stebert and Lodigiana because Miss Marble has emulated ed. Middlesex, having scored over when the season begins, yet some homered for the Athletics and Mile. Lenglen in winning all three 300, showed, in the words of "The of them seek to cheat fortune by Gehringer (twice), York and Everill events at Wimbledon and in being Times" cricket correspondent, artiucial declarations of innings for the Tigers. Eleven innings. the easiest victor since Mile.marked disinclination to dismiss and, now, by a refusal to try to
Battery: Pippen and Hayes. Lenglen. But how different the two) Sussex."
bowl a side out. Others may de-
players are.
However, in spite of this coyness, fend these policies with what so- Boston
In they please. Mlle. Lenglen essentially nine wickets fell; Sussex, at 253, Phistries
was feminine in her play and mental were still a long way behind the opinion. It is excellent mathema- make-up. She was 1 supreme, Middlesex total, and there was left ties, but not cricket. artist. Her temperament was aa possible half-hour of play. Ther volatile one and her accuracy un- stumps were drawn, doubtless to challenged. She moved like a ballet the relief of the first astonished dancer and presented a. more and then disgusted spectators, thrilling picture when in action
LONDON, Aug. 24 (Reuter)-The The Kowloon Tong G. C. A. will than Miss Marble.
The reason for all this was that following matches in the First be represented by the following Miss Marble is masculine in play. if Middlesex won only on first inn-Division of the Scottish Foot-when they meet Kowloon B, G. C. Har concentration is set, drm, andings they would acquire 4 points ball League were played yesterday: at Kowloon Tong to-morrow at severe. She is possibly more tired and suffer in their position in the at the end of an apparently easy Championship Table. By refusing win than her opponent, the loser. to try to take the tenth Sussex The pent-up force of her con-wicket they caused the match to centration is suddenly let loose and be vold.
she becomes weary.
THE REASON
SCOTTISH F.A. LEAGUE
Arbroath 2, Hamilton 0,
Ayr U. 2, Albion R. 1. Celtic 1, Aberdeen 3. Falkirk 4, Clyd) 2 Hibernian 3, Queen O'8th, 1. Motherwell 4, Kilmarnock 2. St. Johnstone 4. Alloa 0.
Bt. Lout
Zay
9 16 1 1
3 "4 Battery: "Ostermueller and Pea- cock.
· KOWLOON" TONG BOWLS TEAM
Y.M.C.A. HOCKEY. STARTS SEPT. 9
3.30 p.m.
R. E-Lee, H. A Castro, J. L Stephens and A.. Spary (skip). /
A. E. Castro, J. Tong, A.-J. Kew and A. H. Basto (skip).
H. Y. Hu, T. K. Lim, J. N. Wong and H. Gittins (skip).
at 4 p.m. and the first matches on Saturday, September - 23.
From this action certain points She is deadly, as a player, an arise: all-round player with hardly a Rule 48 states, "The umpires are flaw in her game. She is severe the sole judges of fair and unfair and relentless. Really she is play," and it is reasonably arguable | ruthless, but she has to be so that the umpires, seeing the since, if her concentration was evident disinclination of Middlesex The YMCA's 1939-40 hockey The ground will also be available broken for one single moment, the to dismiss Sussex, could have call-season will commence spell might pass and her game
fed the game off, and reported the September 9. Practice games willTuesdays and Thursdays, com might fade. Miss Marble is one of matter to the authorities.
be held on the first two Baturdays mencing on Beptember 12, the greatest bat how different
For, if there are unfair methods from the greatest. Mlle. Lenglen. of getting a, batsman out, con-
%
versely there are unfair methods of keeping him in; unfair, that is
on Saturday, for "knock-about" practice on
Sporting Fixtures
-TO-DAT
TO-MORROW
to the spectators, to whom there is an impited obligation to play the mateb as a match, to the other TENNIA-Mixed doubles, Hong-LAWN BOWLS - First Division: kong. Dr. Chinese; Kowloon Kowloon BGC, L Civil Ber- Tournament, Court No. 1–8. A Vice CC Recreio Gray and Mrs. Kevan (—30) ▼ J. B. 8. Duncan and Mrs. Smeby (~3.0); Conct No, 2 A
COUNTY CRICKET LUNCH SCORES LONDON, Aug. 24 (Reuter) countles, over whom Middlesex County cricket lunch scores are as were seeking to obtain advantage follows:-
by extremely dubious methods, and Essex 133 p. Notts 9 am-to cricket itself, whose reputation organ 195 and 53 for Burrey is worthy of consideration. 207; Hampshire 181 v. Worcester
SCORING STRTEM
184 and 139 for 5: Kent 109 and The defenders of the Middlesex 8 for 0 v. Yorkshire 338; Middlesex polley will say that the system of 221 and 179 for 2 v. Bomerset 106; scoring in the championship is at Northants 128 v. Lancashire 136 fault and was responsible for the and 43 for 5: Bussex 347 for 7 y farce, and that the Middlesex cap- Derby 227; Warwickshire (165 and tala intended to show its unfair- 32 for 3 v. Gloucester, 187,
iness by his action.
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