NANCY
AUNT FRITZI!--- LOOK WHAT I
FOUND UNDER THE DOOR!
OH, HOW AWFUL!
Wednesday,
DEAR NANCY-
I AM RUNNIN AWAY- BECAUSE YOU AINT TREATED ME NICE SINCE YOU GOT THAT PUPPY - MAYBE YOU WILL MISS
ME NOW
I WILL BE BACK
IN ABOUT TEN
YEARS-
YOURS TRULY SLUGGO.
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
July 5, 1939.
By Ernie Bushmiller
IT'S AWFUL. SPOOKY OUT TONIGHT --~ I GOTTA FIND A
SAFE PLACE TO SLEEP!
DIS OLD SHANTY IS O.K. IF NO
BAD TRAMPS COME ALONG!
Jel. 28151.
LANECRAFT UPHOLSTERY
G-MAN
KEEP AWAY
DANGROUS
Henley Regatta To Celebrate Centenary
Foreign Crews Help To Give International Significance Of Event
Oarsmen from the United States and several other countrios, including Australia and Canada, are expected to emphasise by their presence the international significance of Henley Royal Ro- gatta, when the Contenary of that world-famous Thames River boating festival is celebrated from to-day, July 5, to July 8.
It is ecriain that crews from many 180 feet wide. and marked off by countries will take part in the Grand wooden booms. The distance is one Challenge Cup, and entries have been mile 350 yards for clght-oar crews, received from the United States, and you might say that this corres- Australia, Canada, Italy, and Hun- ponds in track-running parlance to gary. Germany was originally ex- the quarter-malie, pected to send a very strong chai- lenge but last month ft was revealed that the Germans would not par- ticipate in the event.
The university crew of Harvard College will compete in the Grand Challenge Cup, it was revealed re- cently, According to recent plans,
In other words 1 Is too long for sprint, too short for a real text of means that you stanipo. Which have to go flat out all the way ani It reems, an Impossibly long way.
Eight events Bure on the Henley the rowing party was to sail from programme, and of these the two which have most captured the New York on June 24, the day after the Harvard-Yale boat race at New popular imagination are the Diamond
Sculls
thui (at present held by London, Conn. Bill Rowe, siroko, is unable to go and his place is being highly-individualistic sculler, J. W. taken by John Wilson, Junior varsity Burk, Penn Athletic Club, USA.) stroke. Others making the trip be- and the Grand Challenge Cup, won sides Coach Tom Bolles and Manager last summer for the fifteenth time by Robert Brown, Include
London Rowing Club.
Robinson
Stevens, Sherman Gray, Walter Ker- Seven times has the Grand Chal- nan, Bob Fowler, Dud Talbot, Johnlenge Cup been taken abroad to Richards, Warren Pirnte, George Belgium in 1908, 1008 und 1009; to Shortlidge, Lauren Kingman, Colton Australia in 1912; to U.S.A. in 1014 Wagner, Chandler Hovey, Dick Ninde (by Harvard Athletic Association and Jim Snow,
THAMES CUP
Boat Club); to Switzerland in 1936; and to Germany in 1937.
Several times in recent years
Most frequently on the roll of English crows have rowed at Oslo victors in the final for this trophy and it is most satisfactory that there eccurs the name of Leander, success- is likely to be a Norweglan elght in ful on 21 occasions. Leander is quite the Thames Cup.
an extraordinary Institution, occupy- Between them, Taber Academy and Kent School, from the United a place in rowing unalogous to
OTHER RACES
Besides the "Grand"
and
the
All eyes are on the wood on the right which is coming up to the bunch of woods near the Jack. An incident in the League match played on Saturday between the Kowloon B.G.C. and the Club de Recrelo "A". Players in the picture, from left to right, are R. Duncan, H. A. Alves R. F. Luz, J. A. Luz, A. P. Guterres, L. A. 1. Duncan and R. P. Phillips-Staff Photographer.
Alice Marble DOUBLE-HEADERS IN Expected To BOTH SECTIONS OF
Win Title
PROSPECTS AT WIMBLEDON
London, July 5.
and women's
In both the men's
BASEBALL
LEAGUE
New York, July 4.
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B. Q. ML 5. DICKS
J. IL LAWRENCE, Jr.
ARTISTS
CPL, PEASEGOOD GASTON D'AQUINO HAL LORENZO & TODY GREY COLLEEN NG QUINN
Double-headers were played by all teams in the Major Baseball League to-day. In the National Section, the
duced to the last four, and in both the Brooklyn Dodgers beat Philadelphia Phillies twice, B. S. M. SMEE singles, the field has now been re- Boston Braves twice defeated the New York Giants and events an all-American final still re-i
while in-the-American-League, the Boston-Red-Sox-scored- mains a possibility
In the women's singles, however. It
is hardly likely that Miss Kay Stam-a double win over the Philadelphia Athletics and the mers of Britain will be beaten by Mrs.Chicago White Sox did likewise over St. Louis Browns. Sarah Palfrey-Fabyan, of the United
States, have won the Thames Cup in England's national summer game. that of the Marylebone Cricket Club for the last three Henleys, and they And one of the greatest glories that will certainly try to repent their success in this centenary year. Tabor can come to a British rowing man Academy are almost certain to take is to be invited to row for Leander part and it is probable that they will and so become qualified to wear the salmon-pink Insignin so highly res be accompanied by several other peeted in the world of "wet.bobs." American crews.
Slates, in the semi-finals since she Two players, Leiber of the Chicago | British crews have been preparing
showed such excellent form in her Cubs. and Tabor of the Boston Red months for the for the last few
match with Miss Helen Jacobs in the Sax, each hit three home russ in one
match. Regalla and it need hardly be added
The following are the results of the that every effort will will be made "Diamonds," the trophies on the quarter-finals.
In the other semi-final of the to stem the foreign challenge. The Henley programme are the Thames attention of all top-class rowing men Cup, for eights not considered fnst women's singles, Miss Alice Marble, matches played to-day:
the Grand; the of the United States, should have no in Britain during the next few days enough to race in
Indisposing of Mrs. will turn to Healey, a small market Stewards Cup, Visitors' Cup, and the difficulty town of Oxfordshire, 35 inlies from Wyfold Cup. for four-aared crews: Sperling, of Denmark.
Plate. for
Another American victory in the silver the Ladies' Challenge London. Or rather, to the stream that glides along there, be-school and university college eights women's singles, therefore, is regard- tween Henley Bridge and Temple and the Silver Geblels for pair-oarsed as extremely probable since Island, with the green wooded land- The present.holders of these trophies the most optimistic British tennis fuyden. scape of Berkshle and Buckingham- are: shiro stretching away restfully to mames Cup.....bent School
Stewards Cup.....Leander either hand.
Visitors Cup. Oriel College, Oxford
U.S.A.
PERFECT REGATTA COURSE Wyfold Cup......London Rowing Club B Here, in a beautiful setting, is to Ladles' Pale......Radley College
W. C. n. M. Laurie and be found what oarsmen of many Silver Goblets.
J. i. T. Wilson, Leander lands have described as the perfect regatta course-straight as an arrow,
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"fans" do not concede Miss StammerS more than an outside chance against i Miss Marble in the Anal.-Trans- Ocenti,
"C" Division Tennis Ties For To-day
The last block of matches in the "C" original programme of the Division Tennis League will be played this afternoon. The programme is ns follows:
v. Indian R.c. Craigangower CC. Central British Am. v. Kowloon Tong Club de acrelo v. Chinese R.C... South China A.A.
v. Radio Sports
Australian Davis
AMERICAN LEAGUE .
R.
H. E.
Washington
3
D
Q
New York....... M
G
0
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R. H.
3
Selkirk homered for the Yankees, Botteries.-Senators, Ferrell and
E. Leonard,
New York..... Boston Datteries.-Brayer, Lopez and Mac-j
6
U
Wushington
0
0
New York 11 13 Wright homured for the Senators and Selkirk for the Yankees.
1
1
2 10
5 14
Boston
177
20
0
Philadelphio
7 16
2
New York
Batteries-Shoffner and Lopez.
Boston
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
3
the
8 11
Willums, Cronin, Tabor and Doctr homered for the Red Sox and Joan- Key homered for Dodgersson, Chapman and Hayes for the Batteries.--Dodgers, Todd and Pres-Athletics. Batteries. Red Sox,
Heving and Desautels.
snel.
Philidelphla
A
Brooklyn Batterler Dodgers, Phelps.
11 Casey
ลอย
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Lombardi,
18
15
2
2
Boston Philadelphia 12 15 Tabor homered three times for the
Sax 1 Red
Batteries Red Galchouse and Peacock.
Sox,
3
0
I
4 10 Batteries-Tigers. Newsome and
Batteries-Reds,
Grissom and
Cleveland Detroit
Cincinnati
3
0
Pittsburgh
10
0
Frey homered for the Reds Rizzo for the Pirates. Batierles, Priates, Brown and Mueller.
and
Tebbetis.
Chiengo
St. Louis
St. Louis
4 Chicago.....
7
13
0
3 4
Q
0 McNair homered for the White Sox
Cooper and Medwick homered for and Gallagher for the Browns. Bai
Cup Players To the Cardinals and Leiber, three things teries-White
Meet Filipinos
for the Cuba. Batteries-Cardinals, Tresh.. Cooper and Owen.
St. Louis
Chicago Mexico City, July 4.
The Australian Davis Cup players, Ten innings were played. Hartnett.
Sux, Tugney and
Chicago
St. Louis
7 15 4
1
11-
2
Bejma homered twice for tha
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By order,
S. W. CHENG, '-
Secretary, Hongkong, 5th July, 1939.
Jack Crawford, with their manager, Cubs, Lillard and Mancuso. Harry Hopman, are now en route for
the San Antonio
exhibition, atter!
which they will meet the Phillppines In the Davis Cup at Los Angeles.
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