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THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1932.
MILLIONS
SPENT ON
OLYMPICS
MANY ERECTIONS TO
Cex.
BE PERMANENT
·BRITAIN'S ROTARY CUP REVERSES
CHINA TAKES TWO-LOVE LEAD IN GAR WOOD BUILDS ONE
FINAL ROUND
INTERESTING SHANGHAI
TOURNEY
Some interesting
MacDaniel retaliated.
MORE SPEED BOAT
Miss America X Specially Built to Defend the Harmsworthy Trophy
HAPMSON'S
GREAT
HALF MILE
STIRS THE WHOLE
OF OLYMPIAD
Long before these Olympic games began we had heard a great den! about Tom Hampson, the He was de- English half-milor.
to shorten these craft which are almoat as thedion Lum (China) swamped E. down the margin to 6 to 3 by win-wil-known as the late Sir Thomas Olympics, he whipped a great
took
men. In
80
The cost of staging a modern Olympiad is a far cry from the days of Ancient Greece when the
Shanghai, Aug. 13.
rallies and athletes pitched their tenta on
China defeated Great Britain pretty volleya were witnessed in the plains of Elis to compete at
Mac- set in which
Commodore Gor Wood, the Olympia without worry of finnn-in both singles matches of the the second
final round of the Rotary Cup Daniel showed signs of weaken-American speed-boat "Ace.". has scribed not only as the greatest Turner took five games in a added another boat to his famous racer in the world at that distance yesterday afternoon on the Ing.
Ameries speed-to-day but as the most remarkable The Xth Olympiad at Los
cou ts of the Chinese Teunis row at the start, winning easily string of Miss
in history. Angeles July 30 to August 14 Chibs in Rue du Pere Fine in the second, third, fourth and fifth boats.
Ilampson justified cost more than five million dollars
Miss America X. the latest of the tribute paid him when at the in stadii and courses, an Olympic presence of a large crowd. Gorames by the love score. Then village for the housing of
the Turner (Great Britain) in three ning three games in world's competitors, and
succession. Lipton's famous Shamrock yachts, field of 800-metre necessary executive personnel to straight sets, conceding only one Turner finally
the ninth has been specially built to defend
doing he overcame plenty of direct the cosmopolitan carnival game to his opponent, the scores game and the set at 6-3.
Gaining better control of the Kaye Don
the Harmsworthy trophy against with some two thousand althetes | being 6-0, 6-1) and 6-1, while Guy
in Lord Wakefield's | handicaps but still had enough emmpeting.
Chong (China) triumphed over game. Turner shtained the first Miss England HI, over the new power to run the distance in 1 Thousands of dollars more were. F. Stokes .(Great Britain) by four games of the third set in Lake St. Clair course in Septem- minute 49,8. seranda and to 09. spent by the DO Olympic 6-2, 6-2 and 6-0.
Tablish a new world record. nations of the world in transport- ing their athletes at special rates.
At the gen Hampson was drawn- arul his accurate placing, swift Daniel was practically fired out, As in the case of Miss England: The Olympic stadion, with a shots and hard services bewilder-evertheless he made a desperate 1, the new boat has been built in outside position and, up to the seating capacity of 105,000, wased the British getman who, how effort to give his opponent a good with an eye to safety and in con-first turn, trailed the entire field.
fight. Tamer took the next two sequence the weight of Miss built and enlarged at a cost of fever, put up a game fight in ex-¡ $1,700,000. An additional expen-tracting
games after going into sleures to Amoria X is almost double that which Edwards was leading by w as he as many points
about eight yards. The English diture of $60,000 was made to in- possibly could. In spite of the win the set at 6-1 and the match-jof last year's defender. atall a lighting system for night great odds against him Turner,
The hull has been built on total-runner bad to circle the field to illuminating performances,
never showed any signs of letting
By different lines to those of the system which furnishes 69 million | The Chinese player take the points
previous Miss America boats and in third place at the quarter- candlepower, or enough light for enaily.
if it lives up to the expectationsmile post. At that point he was a city of Y5000 population,
of the builders, Kaye Don, the still 10 yards from the lender. famous British pilot, will be faced Showing splendid judgment, he VILLAGE COST HALF MILLION.
quick order. MacDaniel was sue-her.
Gordon Lam completely domin-stal in getting a love game on ated the match agains: Turner his service. At this stage Mae-
deneve
LAWN BOWLS.
! GUTIERREZ BEATS OZORIO IN
CHAMPIONSHIP
SAFETY FIRST.
The first set went to Lum at six love, the third, fourth and fifth games going into
An open championship lawn bowls with a difficult task when he re- The
village, erected before Turner lost the decisions. te between 1. A. Gutierrez and J. news his challenge in Olympic solely for the benefit of the | The
was almost a | G. Ozorio was played on the Recreio land 200. second sel
heating! athletes, and now to be turn down replica of the preceding set. Lum green yesterday, Guterriez cost a el half million. The city of winning by 640 In the third set this elth mute by 21 shota to lil, thus
qualifying Taikos Teams.
for the semi-final. Lunt Beach expended a quarter Turner managed
1 milion for the
murine gume, probally a gift from Lam.,
In their lawn bowls league matches stadium; with its 2,000 metre row- Mr. Hines acted as the umpire. next Saturday the Taikoo 1.6. will ing
permanent slands,
INTERESTING -MATCH. coarse,
he represented as follows: boat house and crew rooms.
On the other court thuy Changi 1st Team Kowloon Dock R.C... and Stokes staged an interesting (Away): J.
A. Stalker, R.
Polson.
D). Botze J.
J. Chal Russell,
3
to obtain
Another quarter of a million battle. Chang played a wonder. Konsen. W, skip); J
the
Olympic
LADIES GOLF
Miss Eng-wang out around Eddie Genang of America and then set out after Edwards, catching him 50 yards from the wire. Meanwhile Wil- son of Canada, a student at the Notre Dame University, came charging after Hampson in a bril liant challenge. The Briton had to extend himself to the absolute limit to win by a margin of less than a yard.
THE CAPTAIN'S CUI► COMPETITION
STELLA WALSH SETS RECORD.
Steels Walsh of Cleveland, com- peting for Poland, established hér-
dollars was required for the Olymful match and from remarks pass-
Mrs. J. 1. Sherry qualiling at pic swimming stadium, with 20,- |009 seats, built by the city of Lased by those who watched his playmers (skip); J. Chapman, W. Weird Happy Valley for the Captain's į 2nd. Ten v Kowloon Cricket Club Cup in July with a score of 106--- | Angeles. Ls Angeles county and closely from the beginning of the G. McLeod, D. Munes, (skip).
season it was the best form
Home); W. Brown, T. Currie, G.25 81. the city of Los Angeles financed
ever showed.
On the other hand Stewart, J. Sloan (skip); E. Green- The annual one-day competition self as the greatest 100-metre girl construction
speedster the world has known Father inconsistent, wood. J. Waid, D. Peuples. H. Meat Deen Water Bay will be held on when she won the final in 19 Stokes Was stadium.
playing brilliantly at one) time Kechnie (skip) C. Summers, Tuesday, 27th September, Full seconds. This is the third time the and at other times he committed Swan, A. MacIndoe, S. Hope (skip).
details will be posted in the Deep she been clocked at this new world huift Private interests
Kowloon B.G.C. Rinito. theglaring errors,
have been Water Bay Club House later.
record in two days. The following teams Olympi auditorium where
Cheng, serving first. lost his selected to represent the Kowloon boxing and wrestling bouts were
cap Bowling Green Club in their league held at a cost of $500,000. The opening game and then he Riviera Country club polo field, tared four games in succession, matches on Saturday:
A pint of Carnern blood is just to took another game to 1st Team v Police nt the Kowloon where the equestrinn events were Stokes
3. Nichol, the thing for a sick gorilla. At Poland's victory in the 10,000 I staged.
built
cost bring the score to 4 to 2 in favour Bowling Green: R. at
A. M. lolinnast, the gigantic Italian in train- metres, which had been conceded Cheng The Chinese took the Duncan." R: Hall,
for # bout with Jack to Finland. Sexton of the U.S.A. of $25,000.
next two games to win the set at skip);, C. S. Rent, R. F. Stone; ing
II. Nish, W. Russell (skip): G. N. Gross. claimed that such an came through in the shotput and Besides, there is the Rose Bowl, ng
Mitchell, A. K. Taylor, E. W. Lamount of his blood saved the life Dr. Pat O'Callaghan of Ireland Pasadena, for the cycling races, Cheng clinched the second set Hagbin, D. Gow (skip).
of a gorilla in a Milan zoo. Primo the hammer throw as anticipated. The city of Pasadena built this, by the sume score as he had won 2nd Team v Civil Service al Civit isaid that he submitted Lo the America won the 100 metre dash with its 87,000 capacity, at a cost
Stokes the first at 6-2.
S started Service Club: C. L. Farmer, J. transfusion during his recent trip for men and Stella Walsh. took
Logan, W. E. Hale, W. S. Drake,
WIN
So far the games have run true. form with the exception of
6 three-quarters of a million dol-off well by taking the first two lars. The board cycling track games but dropped back badly, to Whitta, V. Labrum, J. C. Meyer, to Italy, and that "Jocko" was well the honours over the same dis- C. Hat, on the road to recovers the day tance for the women, both having F. L. Rapley, J. Rodger, cost $10,000. more.
tuse six games in a row, Cheng W. Venables. T. Gooding.
after the treatment.
been expected victories. took the third set at 6-0, only tho The National guard armoury,
seed game going to deuce. In fencing
held, WAN where the cost the state half a million dol-spite of the lop-sided scores the lars and Los Angeles county con- match was fairly interesting to structed the Museum, where the watch as there were several thrill-
In rallies. Arts exhibits Fine
Was held, nl a million and a half dollars cost.
Since all the games sites ont the village will become perma ent, the chief financial obligation of the Los Angeles organizing committee of the games is to re pay as much as possible of the million dollar bond issue voted by several California the state of years ago 10 finance the games.
Footballers' Dole
CLAIM ALLOWED ON APPEAL
AMERICA BEATEN
LOSE DECIDING MATCH
it won
E. Turner, representing Great Britain, defeated C. Y. MacDaniel of the United States of Americu on the
the court of
Chinese Tennis Club in the fifth and deciding match of the first round of the Shanghai Rotary Cup tennis tournament in three were straight sets. The scores G-1, 6-3 and 6-1.
America and Britain were 011 level terms at the commencement uf the Anal match. Squires two (America) having scored singles victories and John Wade The right of professional foot-partnered with E. Turner (Great the doubles, ballers to claim the dole, though Britain) offered terms by their club, was while Stoken (Great Britain) conceded by the decision of Me, W. captured the third singles. Muca Addington Willis, the Unemploy interest was centred on the out- mont insurance Act Umpire income of MacDaniel and Turner
match and after
hul Turner elinched the first two sets, it was Colin McNab, an international half-back, and Wilson Marsh, goal foregone conclusion that Great keeper, of the Dundee Football Club, Britain would gain the right to in May last refused re-engagemento into the finals. by the club, and their application Turner played very steadily at for unemployment pay was rejected back court, winning most of his by the Dundee Referees' Court, as points op his forehand drives to the Dundee club held their trans-the two corners. MacDaniel wRY fern.
nggressive in his tartica, rushing Mr. Willis, in his judgment, up to the net time and again an
there states that he is unable to agree mashing hard whenever with the Court of Referees that was an opportunity for him to do However, Turner managed to the two claimants were not available. for work with the Dundee club on force MacDaniel back with hin Jobs and on several occasions suitable terms.
placed the ball beyond his ponent's reach.
London.
TURNER STEADY.
op.
PAY OFFER.
HARD FOUGHT SET. In reference to the claim of At the outest MacDaniel was a McNab, the umpire mentions that hit wild and Turnor took the the club offered him £3 a week for opening game on his service. the closa season and £5 a week for Tho American representative the playing season 1932-33 if play-balanced the score when he won Thon Turner ing in the first team, and £3 a week his service game.
was credited with two love games If not.
During the preceding year he in succession but soon MacDaniel had been paid £5 a week for the captured the next two games to close sensor and £6 a week for the level the count at three All. football season.
Through erratic returns Mac- Daniel lost another game but tied onca moro" with fine the score amashes. With the score dead- lock at four all Turner took the
The decision means that both McNab and Marsh, who agniu sign ed on for Dundee are now entitled Parulidola Pros ukfrom the bogin
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W. D. & H. O. Wills
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