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CAN PORTUGAL REPEAT FEAT OF
LAST WEEK? TODAY'S INTERESTING BALL TILT
BY ROY..
Allowing the Mindanao boys an opportunity of verifying the opinion that the United States would probably have won the In- the Stars and ternational Championship had they represented
the "Asheville" crew, ก match Stripes instead of
has been arranged for 3.00p.m. today, featuring Portugal, present shield holders, against the original American team that started in the Series, with a brilliant shut-out victory over China,
Sunday's card will be another!
the Yanks will be favoured to take the of those entertaining U.S. Navy strongly League clashes in the Charity Cup honours, fans can Sertes, that have provided such some excellent play will be served excellent fare for the fans during up, especially as local squads in- recent weeks, both games are invariably give of their best when ald of War Funds,
there is nothing of real value at stake.
Although
be sire that
Uncle Sam will ne-up "SK"
Arbiters will be "Granpop" Powlawski, Mindanao and former Asheville ace, on the hillock with Leung, who has been giving local Tony Mascavage, the converted umpires an object lesson in the pltching Polak, doing the receiv-art of calling 'em. B. Chang and ing.
Cecil Douglas, "scintillating. Tuffy Chinn.
In his brand-new cognomen "Sea-
TOMORROW'S GAME
biseult." will guard the initial-sack Tomorrow's game is scheduled while supporting infielders will be to commence at 10.30 a.m. with
BIG SWEEP ON OCT. 19
SPORTS & GENERAL
No less than 70,000 tickets on the Kwangtung Handicap, which will be run on Oct, 19, have been sold.
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Child Kidnappers Rounded Up In S'hai
the police were able to obtain in-
formation regarding activities of their accomplices in Amoy, where FILMY Shanghai children. have
ACCOMPLICES OF been sold to rich families. The
THE
AMOY GANG
five previously arrested persons were trying to escort six local vic- tims to Amor when the law caught up with them.
TEN PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED
EFFORTS RECENTLY MADE BY INTERNATIONAL SETTLE- MENT IN SHANGHAI in rounding The Hongkong Jockey Club has up a big child kidnapping gang in It will be recalled that before decided that the net proceeds will Shanghai with agents in Amoy these nine suspects were arrested, be devoted to the British War Or-and Kulangsu have been crowned 10 child abductors were arrested ganisation Fund and also to the with success, reports the North as a result of a rald conducted in British Fund for the Relief of China Daily News..
 Hongkew establishment where Distress in China..
BOWLS SWEEP
DRAW.
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Four child abductors, two
of many children's clothes were then! women, were arrested in found. Photographs allowing chil- Amoy and brought to Shanghai on'dren to obtain military permits Aug, 27;
so as to enable their kidnappers to One of the four suspects is send them to outports were also alleged to be the leader of the seized. It was then alleged that gang operating from their head-they had abducted more than 100 children. They were sen- quarters in Hongkew, Twenty local rescued children are on their way tenced to heavy prison terms by to Shanghai and it is expected the same court and subsequently Police (610) v. Recreio "A" (286). that they will soon celebrate their taken to the Second Special Dis- Kowloon BGC. (810) v. Craigen-happy reunions with their parents trict Court for trial.
zower (507). Kowloon Docks (4587 v. Civil Ser-
vice (845).
The following is the lawn bowls sweep draw for this week:-
FIRST DIVISION
--
ALLEGED LEADER
Tseu Lal-zung, a tailor, was also brought before the court on the
"Poochie" Chase at the keystore. Nick Beltrao. Mike "Matsumoto" Hongkong F.C. (427) v. Kowloon the gang, Chen Ka-pei, an alleged three kidnappers who tried
PORTUGAL'S BATTERY
main
C.C. (729).
Recrelo "B" (509 v. Indian R.C.
̧(177);"
SECOND DIVISION
in
men succeeded in forcing the "wo-
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Su Teh-shan, alleged leader of suspicion that he was one of the Crooner Ruel at third and Jimmy Mendonca "and "Smudge" Smith
vain tu snatch an 11-month old the Deegan at
Windy Alley.making the decisions.
assistant, and two women were
from her aunt near the Gardeners will be Wülle Wilson, Attfie time of, writing, the
brought before the First Special child
child's home at 254 Hart Road on Fig Padgett and Hans Waggoner. U.S.S. Tulsa has not come Into
District Court on Aug. 28 on a port and it looks Uke the Minda-
writ of detention. The prosecu-Allgust 26. He was arrested by a Opposing this combination will nao will have to do duty for the Recreio (47) v. Craigengower (844). tion' asked for two more weeks to member of the Reserve Unit who was patrolling the, area at the be "Spotty" Pereira and Al Alvares Navy. As the Hongkong squad Kowloon Tong (592) v Taikoo investigate the case and the re-
time. Armed with pistols, the forming Portugal's battery, Linho will be in the
Hongkong (531).
quest, was granted by the judge. Gosano at first. Zinho Gosano at Brewers, a re-enactment of their Police (92) v. Hongkong C.C. (758). (Four Chinese mothers were in the
man to surrender the tot, but the middle cushion, Tony Alves at stirring league
can be Kowloon C.C. (461) Y. Kowloon court, and identifled four of the
while they were trying to escape B.G.C. (730),
victims rescued as their children. the Hot Corner and George Souza anticipated.
they were trying to escape they The quartet will be tried to were met by the officers. They gether with five other men and quickly passed on the kidnapped women arrested in Shanghai in child to a pedestrian and two of
St. Louis, made Electric connection with the
good their Escape. same case them some time ago, just before they The father of the child is an em- Gearge and Hongkong C.C. (527) v. Kowloon were about to leave for Amoy. It ployee of the Shanghai Stock Ex-anished Clayton High School in school club. The two will share the
June with identical records. Their same scholarship at M. I. T. was through their confession that change.
at short.
clashes
THIRD DIVISION
(37) Craigengower
V
Apart from the Brewers, Jesse Civil Service 1585) v. Kowloon F.C. The Gosano brothers, Bertie and Arcull, Hal Wing Lee, Dave Leo- (782). Gerry, Caco Marques, Nick Beltraonard. Stan Leonard, Joe Bowen. and Mike Mendonca provide plen-Fank All, Obear Arculli and Spot- ty of talent with which to makety Pereira, "the local league has up a sound outfield staff and for called on the services of "Gran utility-duty,
pop" Loung. Bu Chang. Nip Lum, With due respect to the current Wally Ching. Richard Chung, Tony International champions I still Alves. Hans Waggoner and Caco
1872).
FC. (236),
feel that the Portuguese lads will Marques should they be needed. Happy Valley Golf.
find the Folak battery from the Mindanao too tough a proposition
PITCHER DOUBTFUL
If the Tulsa, should arrive be-
will be seen 011 the
Competition
W. S. Hiller, with a score of 70
for them to handle although their fore game time, "Ski or Lefty defence is certainly sound enough Stockton to stand up to the punishment mound for the Navy, with Tony (78-8) won the Captain's Cup that America's sluggers will pro-Mascavage behind the pan. Doug-competition of the
bably hand out.
Kwong Wah Football Teams
The following teams will repre-
sent Kwong Wah in football
matches today:-
Royal Hong-
·
las. is sure to be stationed at first kong Golf Club. and Manager Foochile, Chase will The Medal Round was won by probably be the keeper of the T. B. Low with a score of 67 (78- keystone. Rabbit Rabbachi at 11). Second place was tied be- shortstop and Maxwell a third tween W. Ahern and R, K. Stott base completing a sound infield. with 70 but the former had the The composition of the picket better last nine and takes second staff is not definite but will cer- prize. tainly be adequate whichever Dlayers are selected,
H.K.L.H.C. ANNUAL
MEETING
The Hongkong Ladies' Hockey
LAWN BOWLS
Two more matches were played yesterday in the Open Singles of the Lawn Bowls Championship.
At Kowloon Cricket Club, W. L
1st team v. Poller at Boundary Club will hold their annual gener-Walker beat C. M. Silva 21-10.
al meeting in the roof lounge of At Kowloon Bowling Green Club,
21-12.
Street, kick of 445 p.m.-Lau the Gloucester Hotel on Tuesday, CO. Pereira beat R. S. Meadows Hin-bon; Leung Pak-wal. Chung Sept. 10, at 5.16 p.m. Fal-lam; C. F dos Remedios, Yeung Tae-tsong, J. J. Pereira; Chang Nal-shing, Lau Fonk chuên, Lee Yan-leung, Cheuk Shek-kam and Wong King-chung.
2nd team v. Police at Boundary Street, kick off 3.15 p.m.:-Lec Kwok-kee; Lo Shu-kar, Yeung „Poori-wang; Cheung Wing, Chung Kim fa Wong Wah-gay: Tin Yung-fat, Chan Wai-sang, Chin
Dream Of Internationalism
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "dream of internationalism penetrated his writing and dominated a good part of his private life, according to his grandson, Dr. II. W. L. Dana. -
Dr. Dana, himself an author of several well-known books, recently!" used his grandfather as the sub-
Chi-fun, Law Wing-kui and Henryfect of an address on "Contem
porary Writers" before a class at
Young.
TOMORROW
1st team v. Eastern on Police Boston University School of Edu-
cation. Depicting the famous
ground, Boundary Street, kick off author as a great Internationalist 4.45 p.m.-Lau Bin-hon; Leung Dr. Dana said. Pak-wai, A. V. Gusano; C. F. dosl
Remedios, Yeung Tse-tsong, J. J.
! "When Longfellow was but a
AERIAL WARFARE
MUSEUM NEWS CREDITS Chinese AS PIONEERS
Pereira; Chong Nai-shing, Lau; young boy with dreams he realized Fook-chuen, B. T. Gosano. Cheuk the Importance of both material
An ancient pan of aerial war- Shck-kam and Wong King Chung. and cultural contact with the old fare, including a "sky" charlot,
SPORTING
World. Even in youth he felt it was described in a recent issue of would be good if he could go to the Muscum News, published by Europe and bring back something the Field Museum of Natural His- of the best at their learning and tory, thereby assigning the first Literature and ideas to enrich the honours for warfare from the sky
FIXTURES culture of his native land. It would to the ancient Chinese.
TODAY
BASEBALL-Friendly. Portugal v.
United States (U.3.5. Mindanao)". (Caroline HI), 3 p.m.
LAWN BOWLS. First Division.
be good too, he felt, if perhaps. The article. based on a book. some of his poems about his native recently published by Dr. Berthold land could in turn reach those Laufer, former curator of the fär off countrica,-
museum's department of anthro- pology, told how an, old-time
SOUGHT FREEDOM
Dr. Dana recalled that later in Chinese mechanic reputedly con- Police v Recreto A. Kowloon lite Longfellow's home in Cam-structed a flying machine. His B.G.C. v. Cralgengower, Kowloon bridge became a home for liberal hopes were dashed, however, when Docks v. Civil Service, Hongkong European friends who sought his emperor ordered it destroyed F.C. v. Kowloon C.C., Recrelo B. freedom in America. He explained on the grounds that the Innova-
Indian R. C. Second Division:, how Longfellow's internationalist tion might menace the realm. Recreio v. Crafgengower, Kow-ideas, Influenced his writing by LEGENDARY FLYING loon Tong v. Talkoo, Police R. pointing out the manner in which Dr. Lauter's book, the article C. v. Hongkong C.C., Kowloon his grandfather wove them into continued, told many other tales CC. v. Kowloon B.G.C.. Civil his works. He added:"
of legendary flying and tracing Service v. Kowloon F.C. Third
"Even his "Tales of a Wayside the history of aviation. Dr. Lan- Division: Cralgengower. Elec Inn" was unique from other au-ter contended that the desire to tric: Hongkong C.C. v, Kowloon thors' works on the same type of fly is one of mankind's oldest subject because Longfellow painted wishes, and that actualities of the only the out- BASEBALL-In aid of 8, C. Ma true picture of America by in present age are
Post War Fund. Fourth of five-serting European characters who growth of the past imagination of game series for League Charity told tales of the Old World.
F.C.
TO-MORROW
many ages..
Perhaps the queerest flying
Cup, All Hongkong v. United Hi thoughts and words then, States Navy (Caroline Hi, were like shuttles crossing back scheme likewise came from China, and forth across the ocean, weav- the article said, for in 400 A. D. Colony Open Ing a great fabric of mutual un- the Taoists believed that a man Rings Final, A. M. Calman, W. derstanding between the Old World could starve himself until he was Houston. E. Levets and R. Dan and the New. It was not the case able to fly. can. v. R. Base, A. E. Coats, J. of scholar attacks America. It
10.30 am. LAWN BOWLS,
Internal medicines creating this
8. Landolt and CB. Rooszelet was merely an attempt to enrich ability likewise were strongly be-
and enlarge international culture. lieved, in by certain Chinese. (Kowloon FC.) 3.30.
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