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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
FAR EAST GAMES.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 20,
LAWN TENNIS.
CHINESE OFFICIALS TO PRESIDE,
GORDON LUM BEATS'
T. HONDA.
BOXING
BRITISH LIGHTWEIGHTED CHAMPION OUTPOINTED.
New York, Aug. 19.
1927.
China, the host of the coming For Suffering from a slight touch of Eastern Championship games, is going sun-stroke, S, G. Lum, the Australian
In a ten round contest Tommy to have her own nationals to officiate Chinese temis exponent, playing Freeman at Hot Springs, Ar- ut all of the different events, Sho against T. Honda at the Chineso Re- had been Olympic host before on two creation Club ground yesterday evon-ansas, outpointed Harry Mason, ocensions but the organizing and ing gave a rather disappointing dis-the British lightweight champion. conducting of the meetings was en-play compared with the more spec-Reuter's American Service. trusted to foreigners. If she has tacular exhibition of the previous day. done nothing in the way to promote The Australian won by two' sets and improve sports, she has at least to one, but it was only in the first anything of his
taken a step forward in bringing up set that heliance. In the sub-
Mike McTigue Suspended.
Harford, Conn., Aug. 19. Mike MeTigue, who was recog- a bunch of competent "officials who previous day's will officiato at the great athletic sequent sets he complained of anised as the work's cruiser carnival this time.
headache and after losing the second weight champion by the New York Jack For fear of a recurrence of the he took a short interval during which state Commission when unhappy incident in the last Far Eas-
tern Olympic Games, Mr. T. Yaku-hent compared with the more cooler been suspended by the Nationai
shii, the secretary of the Japanese Australia told on the va
of the Athletic Association, in his conversa-tor and at the conclusion tion with Mr. Z. L. Sung at the office match he simply lay on the grass of the China National Amateur Ath- and hud to be supported to the park letic Federation, asked for mixed lion. omeints. Each competing nation On yesterday's game he proved should be represented in officiating more than a match for the Japanese the games and track and field events, player and had he been in the best As a courtray from China Mr. Sung of condition would undoubtedly have will bring the matter. before the ended the match earlier. meeting of the delegates of the throe countries and advance the following suggestions for the approval of the meeting.
Four Inspectors.
Mr. Sung suggested to the Japan- ese representative that four inspec- tors from euch nation be chosen for the track and field events. In the basketball competition Chinese will act as both umpire and referee but the team's time-keeper and scorer are allowed to give assistance. In base bail, however, two umpires will be supplied by China and two more urn pires from the other competing nations will assist. With regard to the kind of balls to be used the the Japanese are desirous of using balls manufactured in Japan but the Spalding No. 1 balls will be consider-
Boxing Association for refusing to fight Larry Gaines at Toronto on the 16th of May.-Renter's Ameri- cen Service.
York
A General Suspension.
New York, Aug. 19. Following their refusal to sus-, Honda, however, played an excel-pend Uncudun, who was disquali
for
Delaney punching fied lent game, giving one of his best
the the belt
New performances. He brought off some unreturnable strokes and although below
Boxing Commission has Pete Lum was brilliant at the net, the
indefinitely Japanese passed him on several oc- suspended
Reilly, Delaney's manager with the casions.
entire "stable" of fighters. The suspension affects Delaney, Andre Routls the French featherweight, Summy Vogel the Harlem light-
and weight, Johnny Breslin the fly.
several
lesser The official
that Reilly
Lum gave á good exhibition under severe handicap but he was not playing up to Thursday's standard His driving was not as effective while his service lacked the sting of the previous day. He made a wonderful
rare in the last set and although weight was not oversafe on his legs he lights. forced the match to an end in the given twelfth game, after being 3-1 down to appear before them to explain why Deliney had not fulfilled and then 5-3 up.
his contract to fight Jack Sharkey
he
The scores were, 6-2, 1-6, 7-5. Lum meets Lieut. Frowen on the
is
reason failed
Lember but postponed en arcount C. R. C. ground on Sunday afternoonas originally scheduled last Sep- Delaney.- an injury to Renter's American Service.
cil as the official balls. In swimming the British forces will also participate
then the open events. China proposés to mark cut lanes with white. cords with cork floaters alinched.
In the open championships Am- ricans will send tennis in track and fek venta, basketball and baseball, The Marines nnd the sailors will pro- bably constitute the majority of the competitora. England will enter a football team and it very likely
Lieutenant Liversledge, the wall known
ot
The service from Dunkirk to sportsman in the U. S.
new Tilbury and Marines Corps, hus consented to he Paris by the the honorary coach of the Chinese Dunkirk route has been accelera- athletes in the weight events
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HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMERS.
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CANTON LINE.
Sailings from Hongkong Daily at 1a.m."
Sailings from Hongkong-s.s. "KINSHAN"-Monday,
Wednesday and Friday at 8 a.m.
Sailinge from Canton-Daily at 4 p.m.
Sailings from Canton-5.8. "KINSHAN"-Tuesday,
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MACAO LINE..
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