PLAY AND PLAYERS.
MAINLY ABOUT BOXING.
By" "Wanderer."
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
SUMMARY COURT.
| ELECTRICAL GOODS DEAL.
In the Summary Court this morning. Mr. Justice Wood heard a claim for $230,80 for electrical goods sold and do
nots.
Judgment, with costs, was given for the defendants.
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As one part of the Olympiad The American critics have now livered. The plaintiffs wore the arranged between the Hongkong siven voice to dissatisfaction and Houng Kwong Hop Kes Firm, Volunteer Defence Corps and one's hesitation is broken down to general electrical storos, Well- H.M.S Hermes, a boxing tourns the extent of quoting some of their ington Street, and the defendants ment takes place at Murray Bar- remarks. Thus Fred Hawthorne the Tai Kwong firm, of Holly- racks in the open-air ring on writes: To win the title this year, wood Road.
Miss McKane would. have had to Mr. E. S. O. Bronks appeared Friday,
The Volunteers have been in overcome such obstacles as were for the plaintiffs, and Mr, C. A. serious training during the past probably never before placed in the S. Russ for the defendants,
Mr. Brooks explained that the three weeks and one or two of their path of a championship contender: contenders have come on tre: Either an unkind fate or a very bad firm of Tai Kwong was no longer mondoasly. We were watching blt of bungling on the part of those in existence, and therefore they them the other evening and it goes persons who made the draw for the could not sue that firm, bu at the without anying that even though the singles put Miss McKane Into the time of the contract the partner. tournament is lost, the Volunteers most difficult part of the field. On ship of the firm had not been will give a good account of them successive days her opponents were dissolved.
Mr. Russ said tho. defendants selves,
Mrs. Jessup, Miss Ryan, Mrs. Mal-
That were not in partnership at all in E. P. Ralph to whom the work of lory, and then Miss Wills. organisation has been left is to be extremely fine volleying and over-the firm, but only in the position of salesmen. No grounds had congratulated not only on a well head play that had carried Miss been given to lead the plaintiffs arranged programme, but on the McKane triumphantly through to suppose that they were part- enthusiasm which he has instilled field of such exceptional strength into his "proteges." Mr. Ralph falled her after the very first set himself is fighting and his form in against Miss Wills, largely because training.indicates that his opponent
the English girl no longer had the will need to fight well to win. In speed and stamina to force her way the words of the prophet he is good. into the volleying position. Ralph hits straight and hard and Wills, it is true, appeared unhea- is quick to follow up the slightest table in the last two sets of this Izdvantage.. E. F. Stewart is to match, and it is possible she might forget the means of century making have beater Miss McKane under for an evening and he too has almost any conditions, yet the fact shown excellent form, while Frank remains that practically
The collecting of old Chinese Reed, the Kowloon footballer, is advantage was on the side of the doing remarkably well since he is American girl on this occasion. paintings, especially, those by ac- little more than a novice at the Appearances are often deceiving, knowledged masters of their day, noble art. Long, of the P.W.D. but it looks as though Miss McKane is a hobby which cannot be gene- also promises "good things.
had been asked first to defeat rally indulged in; but there has of, H. R. Major to fight A. B. all but one of our highest ranking recent years been a growing circle Gardner in a six rounds contest. players before gaining the right to of art-lovers who spend much of It will be Major's first fight since oppose" Miss Wills in the supreme their timo and spare money on he lost to Drummer Bowles at the test. It will be interesting to learn acquiring examples (having regard last H.K.B.A. meeting, and since a by just what process of the "seed- to the permanence of the ancient little bird whispers he has been ing" syster Mrs. Jessup, Miss oxide tints of an almost lost craft, There are a number of notable: in preparation for a return bout Ryan, Mrs. Mallory and Miss collections in China, and Mr. To with the Drummer, a fine fight McKane were all placed in the same Tan-tai has probably the finest should be witnessed." When the quarter.
in Hongkong. One of the best- "Hermes" fought their tournament Another American eritic refers known collectors of old Chinese with the "Hawkins." Gardner lost sarcastically to the draw as "making to A. B. Castle on points. Major the title safe for dermocracy and met Castle some months back and fleien Wills. The result was that knocked him out in the second Miss McKane, who survived, was
baked after a set in the final."
round.
On the whole a good evening's, sport is assured and there should be a good attendance."
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paintings was the late Dr. Stafford M. Cox, and those interested now have an opportunity of acquiring some very valuable examples of his fine collection. Altogether 250 of these are to be sold by auction at Shanghai, from October 28th, by Messrs. L. Mooro and Co., of 55, Kiangse Road. Particulars Our advertisement appear in
WILL DEMPSEY FIGHT WILLS?' Many more or less sound. rea- HONGKONG BOXING ASSOCIATION. sons have been advanced, in the columns. The pictures offered The annual meeting of the Hong. past for Jack Dempsey's persia- are of considerable value, and of kong Boxing Association is to be tent refusal to fight. His conser-great age, and were obtained by held at Messrs. Johnson Stokes and vatism has been fald to his work at the late Dr. Stafford Cox during Masters uffice. on Thursday next Los Angeles, to his beautiful wife, a long sojourn in this part of the
to Estelle Taylor Dempsey, week.
aworld, his collection being one of All his chief hobbies. The paintings The first tournament of the dozen other logical causes. season has been definitely fixed for have probably played some part in are on view for a week prior to November 21st and we understand keeping him out of the ring, but the date of salu.
that the main bout will probably the baste reason would appear to be for the welter-weight champion- be medical with little or nothing. ship of the Colony, the holder, to do with Klieg lights or Estelle's Marine Betts, of IIM.S. Hawkins displeasure,
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Jack, Dempsey is unlikely to
having been challenged by A, `B. Ewen of H.M.S... Hermes. Ewen fight again, simply because his
has a good record and should put up a good fight.
TRUCK IN HARBOUR.
FALLS ON SAMPAN.
new nose, built up by plastic sur geons to make him appear more An interesting detail regarding comely in the films, will not stand the motor accident which occurred | the strain of championship com-on the Praya East yesterday, when bat!
as the result of a collision, a motor
Our news columns to-day contain the text of Lwo derisions made by
Our statemens is based on the truck was knocked into the harbour the New York State Athletic Com- mission and curiously enough they opinion of Dr. Charles Fama whe by a motor enr, was disclosed in lack hamour. The Commission has to an American interviewer said an offcial report, received this
that Dempsey nude a big mistake morning.
beer notorious in its habit of pro-when he succumbed to the advice
I transpires that the truck viding newspaper witi with fresh themes but as the two decisions of those Hollywood individuals who dropped on a sampan (and 'capsized now to hand relate to rules ont did not believe his pug, nose was it, injuring a boy in both legs.
[beautiful, enough, That it had The car, which collided with the there appears to be little scope stood up under the punches of motor truck as, the intter was The Commission has ordered 'that a boxer falling out of the ring shall hard hitting heavy-weights had no coming out from a side street, is Jose the Aght if absisted. It will bearing with them. They wanted owned by Mr. B. W. Bradbury, of be remembered as an instance that beauty, not utility, Bull Montana the. Dairy Farm. Dempsey came back and knocked and Ben Turpin to the contrary
out Luis Firpo after being assisted
notwithstanding.
The operation of turning that Miss Pik Wen-hu, the noted
to return to the ring in a world's nose into more classic lines cost Chinese actress, with her com- championship contest and it is to
$6,000.
pany arrived here per s.s. Sun- prevent such outside assistance that?
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the rule has been framed. The "Not being Dempsey's surgeon,"ning yesterday. She will give Commission also requires refertes said D. Fama, "I decline to specify her first performance at the Tai to enforce the rule that a boxer particulars in his case. Generally Ping Theatre to-night at 8 p.m. having unbalanced opponent speaking, however, in cases where must retire to a neutral comer & misshaped or displaced nose is before the count is commented. restored to normal appearance, This would appear to be enforcing The fleshy part of the nose is sup-forceful, low. The lower part of in America a practice which is ported from above by a bone known the nose would be supk right in universally adopted elsewhere.. ne the ethmoid; below by a bono until the tissue and paraffin and called the vomer and between them what not would crash into the septal cartilage. From the great chamber behind either clogging or sphenoidal bone, upon which part shattering the blood vessels. → While on American toples, one of the human brain rests
come "It would take surgical skili might be forgiven for mentioning two boncé' at the back of this part of no menn order to prevent a possi another matter which threatens to of the nose known as the inferionly fatal spistaxis, which is un- develop into a sensational con-turbinated. These are the bones other name for nosebleed. troversy. English lawn tennis which are usually broken, dis "Not specifying Dempsey at all, critics made mention of the unfor- placed or twisted when a nose I have no hesitation in saying that tunate result of the draw for the damaged.
any pugilist or football player, with American Women's Singles cham"To get the nose in shape these the turbinated bones removed from plonship, by which Miss Kitty bones usually must be removed his nose, ta churting lifelong Mekane had a serios of stiff hurdles Paraffin is substituted. The flesh is misery if not death itself by tak on her way to the final, while Miss allowed to grow around It and to all ing the risk of a smash on Helon Wills had practically a'clear outward appearances the nose infergan." run, but forbore to emphasise it. perfect. But there is nothing but Dempsey has doubtless been told U. S. BOXING RULES.
The United States authorities paraffin holding the flesh of the this by his physician, In Los An Juitfated the "seeded" drawn and nose away from a chamber known geles and he understands what it their methods have been held up as as the sphenoidal nir sinus, back would mean to take one of Harry TWO INTERESTING DECISIONS. a model. It appeared very strango of which are innumerable littlo ar-Wille' crushing blows on the nost that the result should have been teries. Also here is the car chan-now. His old one would have asll-balanced as the worst of nel opening, known as the pharyn stood the strain, bat his new one Wimbledon's "blind" drawe goal orifice of the oustachian tube,) will not,
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