THE HONG KONG TELEGRAPH.
THE WORLD OF SPORT,
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CRICKET, GOLF AND GENERAL SPORT.
Mr.
Chick" Evans on' Golf,
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS,]
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EXTRA
HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1914
RATS AND PLAGUE.
Health Officers of Panama Cadal Zone Guard Against Infection.
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Washington, May 22-With the babonic plague just, forty eight hours away from the city of Panama, in the Ecuadorian port of Manta, the health officers of the Canal Zone are taking no chances of infection from that quarter, and daily there is a vigorous rat-hunt under Govern- mental auspices in the ancient Isthmian city.
The health oflicor has the rats
OWNER OF DERBY WINNER.
The owner of Darbar II, the horse which won the Derby this year, is Mr. H. B. Duryea, whose was the only American entry for the classic event. The last pre- vious American race horse owner to win the English Darby was Mr. Richard Oroker, who carried off the classic raco with Orby in 1907.
THE EMPRESS DISASTER.
MUFF AND FLUFF.
AROUSES MUCH "COMMENT
› IN AMERICA.
Safety Laws are Needed. The San Francisco Chronicle of May 30 has the following:-
Washington, May 29-News of the sinking of the steamier appalling loss of life stirred Empress of Ireland with an administration officials to activity to-day and aronses comment in Congressional circles.
Hongkong Woman Wants to *Find Greatest Lover of Cats.
A WOMAN'S WORK.
American Lady's Energies at Panania.
The announcement from Pa Who is the greatest lover of nama that the firet water-borne traffic is now possing through the
cata in San Francisco ?.
the Golden Gate. to au sud
the other
sible task and the champions (Continued from yesterday.) Nowadaye one lenrs
thecould only play for a draw. When estimate whether oricket is good the game caus
out 50 and of runs scored, and in this the total 202 for six wickets, carefully examined for traces of or bad depends on the number Seymour was not respect the game is making a There was another sensation in plague and is having the brave; struggle to win favour the Warwickshire and Worcester-co-operation of amidst the challenges of other ahire watch, in addition to authorities of Panama and even sports. The century" this Foster's huge innings. Field, the the property-owners. season has been quite common-fast bowler, took the last six
Last raonth 129 structures wore place, and the race for the highest wickets for 2 raus.
Field, who condemned and required to be score has been amongst the is 40 years of age, accomplished removed or altered so that they select few capable of hitting up his wonderful performance in would not shelter rate in the walls two or three hundred ruas eight overa, six of which were or under the floors. The building Already four double centurios maidens, le hit the stumps three regulations now require single and one treble century have boon times, got another wicket 1.b.w.walls and flooring laid directly on
2 o and b." Worcester- concrete. recorded. To begin, on May 20, and two Mead of Hampshire made 215 abire were beaten by an innings ngainat Yorkshire... Two days and 321-the heaviest defeat of later Tarrant reached 250 against the season.
The Whitsuntide
Mr. Duryea is one of the lead ing American turfmen, and has already a string of eight victories the race at Newmarket in 1912, to his credit. Chief of these was where Sweeper II broke away from the field in a spectacular finish and won by a length. Mr. Duryea bred Bugler, Manthorpe, Banshee and several other favourites in English and French races.
Mrs. J. M. Sparborg is trying great canal calle attention, anew. to answer that question, says the to that stupendous undertaking San Francisco Call, and she same and the men and women who, all the way from Hongkong to sare the North American, have find out,
made possible this mightiest of first Siamas kittens ever to enter mente.
So did Muff not Fluff, the modern engineering achieve
They are All the world knows what young, but each is worth bun Gorgas and Goethals have done The parent pair is owned by world. All the world does not to open this short cut around the Mr. Lefforts Knox, 90. Hongkong know, however, that the huge insurance man, who, with his task has been helped to comple wife, has also Francisco to stay through the way women have helped in every dome to Santion by women, though in some exposition. He is Mra. Sparbarge great work since the beginnings brother-in-law.
of human activity.
dreds of dollars.
"The hull of the Empress of Ireland must have been a mere shell for the ship to have gone down in ten minates," said Senator Barton, who was one of the American delegates to the London convention which resant ly drafted a treaty for safety at sea. The Senator expressed the kittens to the persons among her Mrs. Sparborg will give the. opinion that if the treaty iad friends who shows she is in been in effect, the bulls classi-terest in them. fuation clauss probably would bare compelled the owners of the Empress to have reconstructed
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SOCIETY WOMEN.
Smake During a Polo Match.
the success of this government's To one woman, in particular, efforts in Panama are largely
duo.
limited number of men say one of whom might win a chempioni ship without exciting particular surprise. Outside this rather unr row circle ono hardly looks at her. prorsut for a new "star though The treaty would not make match the Anglo-Australian hit Lancashire produced the usual when goals are not scored. It is ed goniusas in America, just as existing vessole so as to provide | Essex, and in the following atoh, between Yorkshire and sens are often considered failures doubtlessly there are undiscover-compulsory the romodelling of against keen struggle but the result was one of the features of modern thore mast be up and down the for separate water-tight bulk- two hundred up.
draw in favour of Yorkshire. football, which is now a scien o Worcestershire as Lords. Tho,
courses of the United Kingdom.heids," he explained, bus the romuined About 27,000 people paid for as well as a pastime, that for Mr. Ouimet, until last year, might publicity about she coalition of 250 by Tarrant
unes-admission during the three days wards have not kept pace with be secounted one of them. those ships would cau's the public the top day morning, when S. Coo, the matel was in progress at defenders in perfecting their Ouimet was not at all naxious to not to patronize the dangerously wook at the Philadelphia Conaty be done to better the living con- the Leicestershire professional, Sheffield, the receipts amounting respective duties.
compate, in the Ameries Open constructed vessels,"" the day was over F.R. Foster, the Any game has raccived this sunson. Half backs and backs have he was good enough: and his delegate to the convention, de- fair devotees of Luy Nicotias complete the giant job. beat it by two runs. But before to £323. This in the best support renson for the dearth of goals. Championship. He did not think Senator Lewis, who also was a clared that the great loss of life cu the Empress of Ireland would not gave occurred bad the safety treaty, been in force.
scora
Warwickshire Captain, and Eug- Land player, dwarfed it by a superb innings of 305 not out This against Worcestershire. sonre by Foster is not only the best ever made for his county,
POLO.
This is the
astute and
most
of the
far from
future.
encouragement which We are
Shinyo Maru
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Maru arrived from the Orient
And because we feal credit : should be given where dus we want to direct attention to the part played in this feat. by: Mine Gertrude Beeke,
formerly secretary of the National Oivio Association, who in 1907 "wan ing by feminine estatura bas
delegated by Mr. Taft, theo Philadelphia, May 29.Smok-secretary of war, to go to the been quite the rags doing polo aurvey and determine what couli canal zone to make a careful
Club, which gan last Saty-day.. ditious of the 35,000 employees Taonga in former years some working in one way or another to have hidden themselves in the It is proudly concoded,” saya depths of chair Itmousine motor the Indianapolis Sun, in referring ciesto snutch a few whiffs, over to her work, that Miss Beeks usiuro was cmoking gone ou did the most important work in Dj Jnly.
Today at least half a dozen chat intimately touched the lives que vital, if unc btrusive, essentials and children." fashionably-gowned women, sest and welfare of the men, women smoked almost continuously dar- ing the progress of the match for the Woodeteat cap between teams of the First City Troop and of the Country Club.
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And what touched those lives assured, in a vital sense, the success or failure of the project.
As a first aide to Gorgue, the cleaner-up, she proved herself indispensable. Svine idea of bur netivities may be gained from this list of things she accom plished:
choices for an England cloven, nearly as possible to the statione been responsiblo not only for players taking part in the French spite the keenest of coinpetition ants at Heuchowfu. The new it is estimated, resulted in the
present season, Foster's father, a
Mr. Palmer
sud
outdressed the
a
Chang Hsun., Arrangements have been made, labourers could dry their clothing, Drying rooms, in which the
General Ohang Hsun to remove rain, so that they might have. Bays the National Review, for wet through with moisture of leaving one of his trusted lieuten next morning. This innovation, his beadquarters to Pukow, thoroughly dried garments the
the saving of hundreds of lives..
"The erection of rain sheds ag
permanent quarters. shelters for the working men.
Beds for
Covering of metal cots with an canvas.
Americana
in
arrangement will enable' Chief of the Yangisze Precan-
Valley. His direct jurisdiction tionary Administration to exercise fuller control over the Yangtze will extend from the Yangtze
to lohang, where assistant will be stationed to. The inspection of all foodstuffs
mouth
but five years ago the receipts fashioned
Club practically forced him to for the fixture would have besa suhtle form of defence
enter. Cricket at difficult to overcome. By their more than double.
"But though the general level home is undoubtedly languishing. clever manoeuvring, they ha fuster galf a higher than it
turned "the off-side in to their is in Amerim, I am The nineteen cavalry regiments advantage. The "one back" game despairing but it is the highest in (ret, Battalion), make up a baffling to forwards who do not great hope lins, I think, in the ENGLISH GOWN WINNER.ed on top of the little clubhouse, but it is the highest in English now at home with the 60th Rifles as exploited by some teams is of the game on our site. Our 341 against Leicestershire in splendid entry for the inter-use their wits to circumvent it. 1905. Indeed in the whole his regimental Polo Tournament, The proposal which comes from giving to the younger players. In tury of cricket there have been which is played each year on the Scotland would simply mean an America golf is now a recoguised Americans outdressed on the only eighteen other innings of Burlingham Ground. In addi- taking away of the advantage pastime, not only in intercollegiate over 300, and three of them are tion to the three rogiments of defenders have won for themselv, sports, but in school capotitions
a wall. La Massachusetts to the credit of W. G. Grace. Household Cavalry, the cavalry and the making of mattera enfr
The popular opinion freely toor to this truly wonderful entries domprise the 5th, 9th, for forwards for the sake of free proposal has recently been made circulated in the United States The mattor has not that all the Clubs should allow that the women of England fail batting display the Warwickshire 12th and 10th Lancers, the 3rd, scoring. Captain's distinction has been in 4th, 11tb, 15th, 18th, 10th and been definitely settled, for it has schoolboys to play on their to compete sucessfully with their conrses free. This sort of thing American sisters in the matter of bowling. His triumphs in the 20th Bussare, the 4th nad 6th yet to come before the Interna no matches in Australia in Dragoon Guards, the Carabineers, tional Foderation, but without has been going on for several dress, is an error, says the San 1911-1912, with Barnes as his the Royal Scots Greys, and the the support of the powerful years, and it is bound to have Francisco Examinar. bowling partner, will be long Bays. To expedite the playing English body, there is no prospect the effect of producing good
When the steamship Shingo to-day remembered, and
he of the tournament the preliminary of the law being altored.
players: The Football Association have of the first ties are arranged to take place as
Thore were very few English recently, it was learned that, do- would be one
where the regimente are quarter- the birth, but the Estering Championship. It was distinctly from more than a score of "well- without consideration of his run-
the auto-eemi-final, of football on the Continent. regretted that of all the brilliant dressed American women, getting powers, Tostor, it may be ed, but
the semi-final- and fool They have spent over £30,000 said, has re-made Warwickshire
company that gathered at British woman had carried of the tios will fe contested na a cricket county. In the first
The Army Polo may be called missionary work for the contest at La Boulie: fancy dress ball the most captivat at during the last few years in what Sandwich, so fow had entered highest honours by wearing at Hurlingham. year of his captaincy, the team won the championship, and from Committee have agreed this year and their generous help is still
to allow regiments to play eighteen being given. English Clubs, and he played with all his ac
came, however, ing gown on board the vessel. langaishing, moribund state,
The English woman who out pro- ponies in the semi-final and finat both amateur and professional customed craftiness and skill. We ranked the county heat thriven into Pro matches, bat the Harlingham hure nlop lett gesinging tours in a tire and are kinal qualities or of London, related to several of trol the Western reaches of the
Club have announced that they and willingly arranging fine sporting of famous breeder of pozins, died, will only pay the exporises of the hope of giving instruction as Mr. Palmer. Many a golfer would the proudest families of the river. He will be directly reagon- and his son had to resign The preliminary games have to soientifically played. For some instead of coming and offering to. Sir Cunningham Greens. To Make Panama a Monte Carlo.
fifteen poules for all the ties to the way football should be have retired upon his laurels British Empire and first consiatible to the Minister of War. Captaincy. Fortunately, however, circumstances altered, and he was In the first round, the 4th the close of the English season in the French Championship.
bo played off before June 13th. years past, professional teams at himself as a target for the enemy Ambassador to Tokyo from Grest
Paris. May 25,-According to able to continue to lead the team. Dragoon Guards, 5th Lancers, have gone to the Continent and
the French newspapers, plans are now under way to turn Panama Middlesex are at the top of the 1st Life Guards, 2nd Life Guards, engaged in matches, uneven of
into the Monte Carlo of the new Royal Horse championship table, having won Hassars, Royal Scots Greys, and eating. And there has been a
raise $2,000,000 to build a casino Guards, 19th couras, but in some ways inter
world. A syndicate is trying to all the four matches played. 15th Hussars have drawn byea. great uplifting of Continental
there fitted up in the most luza- Surrey and Kent are the only other undefeated sides. This is as
rious style. it should be, for the three coauties
Mr. "Chick" Evans sends us have played the boat cricket. change in the off-sido law, making the following impressions of the Possibly a change would come in it necessary for only two men, tour of the American golfers in Surrey's fortunes if we had raia instead of three as at present, to England and France. and soft wickets but on pitches be in front of the player with the sense," he writes, "it has been as hard as a turnpike road Hitoh ball they appeared to
be something of a dicappointment to countries. It is a fine game we woman there was a deal of ex- the old-fashioned, as, for we had hoped to do better play and if it brings us together citement, acting on but still often good policy of than we have done. Nevertheless year after year in trials of skill, it letting woll alone. Ubviously the visit which we have paid to is all to the good. Truly we have some time the judges picked out After considering carefully for last match with Notts was aome the suggested change would re- England is one which I personally enjoyed every moment, of our thing of an exception, for the volationise the game, and whilst shall always look back upon latter led on the first innings by it would lead to more goala, and with feelinge of pleasure.
as the result of a fine mainly
thus satisfy the orowd, it is not "The outstanding feature of themselves safe on made
easy to see how it would improve the play at Sandwich from our second time but they had notonta The chief advantage point of view was the high all chance of winning: For some simpler to follow,
round standard of English golf. r the game
Latest Advertisements. time, too, Kent were struggling law cause the bulk of bad dearagland undoubtedly possesses Mr. C. A. Hesper has been against Sussex but once more the signs on the part of referees, who may maker of amateurs admitted a partner in the firm of bateman beat the bowler and the and confusion in the minds of potential champion Johnson, Stokes and Master. match was left undecided. When spectatore, who, unfortunately, America can boast. In the States Sussex had scored 285 for seven have come to take a part in a it would be practically impossible wickets they declared, leaving hatoh that was never intended. for two comparatively unknown opponents 304 to make in The ory is always for goals, and players to figure as finalists in about two hours and three quar the best games in a true football the championship event. On our tere. It was of course an impos
side of the Atlantic there are a
Undefeated Sides,
with the very good help of P. G.
H. Fender is at present getting Opponents out fairly cheaply. The
their
FOOTBALL.
When the Football Association decided to oppose the proposed
football.
GOLF.
"We have travelled a long way
Britain.
board.
best-dressed
very name
WAB
and druge before shipment from the United States.
ing
plants in the mess halls,
The installation of refrigerat
Mess hall for the negrose. Blankets for negro employees. Publication of the official zone
newspaper. clubs.
The organization of women's
All of the cabin passengers to play a bit of golf in a foreign attended the customary fancy of us regrets coming. We have Maru and American women and load, and I am sure that not one dreze ball aboard the Shinyo not all played as well as we do at girls appeared in creations that
It will be noted that many of home; but we have enjoyed the thawed the cockles of the most-
these things are just the sort competition, learned mach, I hardened bachelors on
Origin of Polo,
that a man never would think of, British and French players will skirts hope, and we trust that both Ordinary and extraordinary slit . "Hockey on horseback" was jet, aa is the case in every home: the name irreverently given to the supervised by a thoughtfal visit our.
.were iD
evidence, first polo match played in Europe, woman, such little things are Championships and and when tho judgos woro sting between golf in various identity of the "In & strengthen the relations now ex-appointed to decide upon the
it is curious to recall in face of matters of the largest moment the interest gathering about the in the attainment of results. The only athletic game which the assume her new position it was coming international tournament. Before she left Washington to West has borrowed from Asia, its announced that she had "one of England fifty years ago, though evor awarded a woman by the unknown in the most important commissions played throughout the East. results have evidenced the wisdom for over 2,000 years is has been government, and Rubsequent Firdusi, the Persian poet who of the official who selected her for Kaya, cosy bear Omar this place.
described
a polo match between the Iranians and more than any other one thing to The drying rooms alone did Turanians.
cut down sickness and death, for Mr. William O'Brien, M.P., in clothing was a prolific source of the official reports show that wet to the Belfast both,Pir Telegraph, says that "Uork
metrage elections touch upon controversies of being the woman who brought Also, she has won the reputation between Nationalists in which the square meal to the canal, and outsiders had better not meddle. the right sort of food is a funda Ohall be able to take care of mental need in any labour of this
visit, whether beside the sea at St. Georges, Sandwich, or on the forest encircled course of La Boulis,"
When the mask of the winner a tall, modestly gowned woman had been removed Mrs. Grone stood revealed. Not even the slightest suggestion of a slit did her gown possess. It was. B beautiful gown and decidedly English.
New Shelter, Garden, is to by opettatal Roof outside the Hongkong Club, There has just been completed 9th. inet Page 5.of the cricket ground, a A notification is issued regard which is to Borvantial shed, ing the Associacao Portugueza de riol ha coolion. It has Soccorros Mutuos, Page 5. provided by the Government.
Cork and Mr. O'Brien.