SUNDAY'S ATTRACTION AT THE QUEEN'S
HOW SHE KNEW
HER LEAP YEAR
Montgomery's greatest role with laughs chasing heart-throbs across it delightful story of the ups and downs of a modern romancal
MONTGOMERY
in FREDERICK LONSDALE'S
THE HONGKONG
VINES WINS
NEWPORT TENNIS TOURNAMENT
BEATS ALLISON
Newport, R.L., Aug. 20. Ellsworth Vines, Innky Callfor- nia youth, to-day won the New- port Casino invitational tennis tournament championship when
he defented a fellow-member of the American Davis Cup team, Wil- mer Allison. in three acts.
Vines found no great difficulty in disposing of his rival, who hails from Austin, Texas.
The scores were, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. Vines was favoured all along to win the 16th championship.
The No. 1 American player reached the final bracket afzer halting the mad rush of Davey Jones of New York, who was easi ly the sensation of the tourna- iment.
Vines won from Jones yester- day after a hard struggle in five sets, 3-6, 10-12, 6-3, 6-2, 0-4. It looked almost as though Jones was the master when he took the first two sets.
Allison qualified for the final when he defeated Gregory Man-
TELEGRAPH.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1932.
HOME-RUN HITTER
RETIRING
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Now York Yankoos run hitter, the greatest player of his day, has announced hia rotirement from the game.
OLYMPIC ECHOES
gin, of Newark, N. J., 7-5, 6-4, 8-10 U. S. CAPTURES 41
10-H
Allison and John Van Kyn, American's famed doubles com- bination gained the double finals by defeating Sidney B. Wood of New York and Lester Staffen of California, 6-3, G-3, 5-7, 6-4.
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TENNIS
CHAMPIONSHIPS
DRAWS FOR SINGLES AND ROPER CUP
The Shanghai Lawn Tennis As Rociation amounce that the first round for both "A" and "P" Clas of the Singles Championship must be played by August, 28, the second round for "B" Class by September 2, and for "A" Class by September 4, and the semi-finals for both by September 11. The draws follow:--
"A" CLASS.
Khoo Honi-hyi v. Maxey Smith;
CHAMPIONSHIPS
ANOTHER
RECORD!
Los Angeles, Aug. 20. Athletes of the United Slates won 41 championships in the re- cent Tenth Olympiad, more than a third of the total number decid
This was officially announced to-day by William Henry Short technical director of the games. It was the greatest number of titles ever collected by a country since the athletic earnival was revived in 1896, the Americans winning more championship than any four other nations.
GIRL'S SWIM AT WEIHAIWEI
VERA HUMBLE MAKES HARBOUR CROSSING
FEAT BY 14 YEAR
OLD GIRL
Creating a sensation at Weihni-) wein few days ago, a 14-year old British girl auccessfully Acconi- plished without any special pre-i paration, the swim from the main- land to the island.
The girl is Miss Vera Humble, a pupil of the Cathedral School for Girls, Shanghai, and the daughter of Mr. Robert Humble, manager of the New Engineering and Ship- building Works. She has always been a strong swimmer, and be-j fore coming to Shanghai last year received her certificate for pass-
ng life-saving tests at home,
She just mentioned casually to her mother, when she went down for her morning swim at the King's Hotel beach, that she was swimming to the island. So ac- companied by the usual sampan. Ishe set of and made the crossing successfully, landing without feel- ing tired in any way, but getting very sunburnt about the face. She
took rather a longer course than
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BABE DIDRIKSON
AFTER GOLF
CHAMPIONSHIP
Chicago, Ill., Aug. 20. Babe Didrickson, the two- time Olymple champion, was Bot kidding when she happen- ed to remark not so long ago that she was going after the National Women's Golf championship.
She enme to Chiengo from Dallas by aeroplane to parti- pate in the post-Olympic moet in Soldier Field", Thursday night and spent yesterday on the golf course.
Italy was second with 11 cham- pionships, France third with 10, usual through not noticing a near- Sweden fourth with nine.
er spot to the mainland than the Japan. which won titles in truckbench at which she landed, near and field, swimming and eques-M.S. Hermes' anchorage. trian competition, captured three times as many gold medals as the Japanese had won in the past. The Japanese won five of the six swimming races for men.
The Tenth Olympiad was a de- cided success from the standpoint of interest and attendance, more
which seats 105,000, during the eight days of the track and field carnival alone.
Olympic stadium,
G. T. Fenn v. Paul Kong: Gordonthan 500,000 crowding the huge Lam v. A. Parlato; C. C. Squires v. J. Berents; W. A. II. Duff v, W. B. Williams; B. Krenov V E. Canavarro; C. C. Cheng, v. K. Y... Tu: T. K. Yee a bye.
"B" CLASS.
Thy natatorium, which had gents for 10,000, was crowded day after day, and for one programme 12,000 paid admissions.
J. G. Forbes v. A. Seaborn; A. A. White v. F. Sullivan: A. Thomas
The final of the Spey Royal Cup) v. L. M. Gonsalves; J. C. Les v. L. Competition between the Kowloon Ser; W. Baumann v. Tennyson Docks and the Club de Recreio, which Kwauk; B. de Senna, v. W. Gul-is to be played on the Tailton R.C. terres; S. Godkin v. B. E. Coulton; green on Sunday, will start at 3.30- J. F. Harris . F. Burton.
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There are five entries for they stated yesterday, Roper Cup. In the first round, which must be played by August 28, Portugal will meet Amerien, and the winner will meet China in the second round, whilst Great Britain will oppose Germany, these matches to be completed by Septem- ber 3.
LEAGUE STANDINGS. Following are the standings in the Second League from reports received to date:-
N.W.K.
Played For Against
9 107 28
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82 68 9. 80 55
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S.R.C.
G.G.C.
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W.T.C.
A.S.F. B.T.C.
8 33
8 40 80 9 42 93 87
BADMINTON
SINGAPORE TITLE TOURNAMENT
Results of further ties played in the Singapore badminton cham- pionships are as follows:-~
JUNIOR DIVISION.
Wee Boom Ind beat Teo Soɑ Poli, 15-10, 16-10.
Yoo Joo Lim beat Michael Tan, 7-16, 16-3, 16–16,
SEMI-FINAL.
bent Aug
Tan Chwee Hock Whatt Kim, 15—4, 9—15, 15-10.
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP. Teo Klan Ann beat L. J. do Souza, 15-6, 159,
Koh Keng Siang beat Koh Cheng Moh, 15-7, 15-1.
See Gim Hock beat Robert Tan, 15-0, 15-1.
E. J. Vans beat Lim Boon Gunn, 16-4, 16-0.
OPEN DOUBLES.
I. J. de Souza and Robert Tan boat Lim Chuan Geok and Koh Cheng Moh, 21-8, 20-20 (0-1).
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