NANCY
---ER. YOU'RE NOT
JEALOUS OF MY
ANYMORE,
ARE YOU
SLUGGO DEAR ?
LI'L PUPPY
NAW!
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHICH ONE OF US YOU
LOVE D' MOST --
OH, ISN'T
THE SKY
NICE AN'
BLUE, TODAY
Monday,
DON'T CHANGE D'
SUBJECK!.. ANSWER
ME
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
OH, YOU SILLY
BOY! YOU.
KNOW WHO
I LIKE BEST!
July 17, 1939.
By Ernie Bushmiller
WHEE-E
[IUNE -17-39.
SAY --- SHE STILL
DIDN'T TELL ME
Craig Wood-The Golfer Who Never Wins
Thwarted By Byron Nelson In National Open Title Last Month
Philadelphia, June 13.
When the final history of golf is written by the official scorer, there should be somewhere near the front a special section devoted to Craig Wood; the man who came closer to winning more big championships than any divot digger who ever lived. And who continued to smile as he went to the next tee,
head of Wood and virtually erased any doubt of the outcome.
Craig completed hla reverse; three on the third hole and then a "Grand Slama” yesterday when he sensational eggle two on the 543- lost by three strokes to young Byron yard fourth put him four strokes. Nelson in the second 18-hole play-off for the Nationni Open 1tle at the Spring Mill course. For 72 holes of: the tetraament proper and through Sunday's sun-scorched round the 37- year-old "never won" battled the 1:་།། elupuion stroke for stroke. Finally, as Nelson pounded out a 10 yesterday, Wood went down fighting} to the last ditch and bunker,
LOST FOUR PLAY-OFFS
Not that Wood didn't fight back, For the remaining 14 holes he ac- tully outscored Nelson by a stroke.
But Nelson knew he had his man,. and he never left him a real open- Ing. He declined to "blow."
Wood seeins doomed to be plagued by the outlandish long shots is, op- ponents sink in the final stages of
Wood now has lost play-offs for] à tournament. As most will remem- the four greatest littes in reach of ber he already was in the clubhouse. a professional. Denny Shute out celebrating his victory at Augusta Jasted him in the British Open, Paull when Sarazen holed his Runyan beat him in a 38-hole Anal "double eagle" on the 15th to catch for the P. G. A. crown. Gene Sarn- bim.
zen shot his famous "double engle"
to the Wood in the Augusta Masters
and then trim him in the play-off:
CAUGHT FIRE
famous
Byron Nelson (right), ex-Texan from Reading, Pa, shakes hands with Craig Wood, of the Winged Foot
This time it was in the third Club of New York, whom he defeated in the National Open Gelf championship play-off last month with Yesterday Craig must have drained round on Saturday morning that Nel- score of 10 to 73. the lust, bitter dregs, but he entered son, apparently running well out of
the locker room with a quip on his the money, holed his second shot on Hom
the 384-yard third. With that he
Nelson, of the youthful "royal suddenly caught fire, came back with Baseball family" of American golf, was ex-a 83 in the afternoon to land in a oned three-way tle with Wood and Denny plaining excuŝtantly from joinin bench that he thought he Shule at the end of 72 holes, and had won the play-off on the 14th then went on steadily through two hole, where he sank a 10-footer to tense extra rounds to win. 10 three up.
HOLES-IN-ONE
"Nope, it wasn't there," said Wood, "It was those holes-in-one he shot into me right at the start."
He was right. Nelson practically halted his man before the battle was well under way. A brilliant birdie
冷
-The-Public-
Demanded its
Return !
BEN- HUR
IN
SOUND
Mauro.
Matr
Imagino socing these thrills --now greater than avor in sound!
THE CHARIOT RACE ! THE SEA FIGHT! THE GALLEY SLAVES ! THE WRECK ! THE ROMANCE !
and hundreds of other big moments in the most costly and magnificont picture over made before --or sinco-[
• TO-MORROW ●
AT THE
QUEEN'S
· Nelson's deuce on the fourth yes terday was a real crusher. Wood had outdriven in a good 40 yards. Byron cranked up and hit a beau- ful tron that stayed right on the pin 200 yards away, landed at the rolled on up to green's edge and
against the pln. Wood nestle walked onto the green, give the pin} arap with his nutter and the ball
clunked into the hole.
The crowd around the green let out-a-roar-heard-nt-the-clubhouse- over a mile away and Wood walked off the green again a beaten man. SET WORLD RECORD Nelson is a long, tall ex-Texan,; inclined to be sober, but pleasant first professional job enough. Its was nt Texarkana, Texas, and then he was taken under the wing of George Jacobus, President of the P. G. A. at Ridgewood, N. J.
he set a world re-
Last February. tournament play when he won a 54-hole tournament at Phoenix with rounds of 68-65-65 on a par 72 course. Tommy Ar- mour says he is the greatest fron player in the world to-day. He was a member of the American Ryder Cup team that invaded England in 1937 and shot the best score of any of the Americans in the British Open at Carnoustic, won by Henry Col-
ton.
South China
Team May Visit Manila
Manila, July 16.
here have Local football oMetals revealed that negotiations are under way to bring the South China Athletic Association football team, who are at present touring India, Malaya and Java, to Manila for a series of matches in either late August or early September,
Of all the players in Hongkong, Lee Wal-long is the most popular
| here.--United Press.
Apostolic Delegate Coming Here
KUNMING, July 17-Monsignor Marlo Zanin, Apostolic, Delegato to China, is scheduled to leave for Ilongkong in ten days.
The Holy See representative ar-l rived here from Chungking yesterday: and in an Interview declared that bei
BRAVES
BLANK OUT THE REDS
New York, July 18, The following were the results of matches played in the Major Baseball League to-day:
-NATIONAL-LEAGUE-
J
Australia Makes A Clean Sweep
Long Beach, Cal., July 16, Australia made clean sweep in her Davis Cup match against the Philippines by tak- ing the two concluding singles, thus winning by five matches to nil.
1
To-day, Jack Bromwich de- feated Amado Sanchez, the 'Philippines' No. 1 player, by 6-1, 6-1, 6-3, and Adrian Quist Cincinnati Baterries, Grissom, Johnson, Van 6-4, 6-3.-United Press,
beat Felecisimo Ampon by 7-5, demeer and Lombardi."
Boston Balerries, Powell and Lopez.
R. H.
@
E.
3. 12
0
2
and
Batteries,
Batteries, Page and Mancuso, Brooklyn..
4 10 Mungo,
Evans
1
and
Phelps.
3
(complete)
Chicago,...
D 13 Batteries, Passeau, French flartacit.
Brooklyn
2
Batteries Casey. Presanell, Tamu and Phelps.
Berres Muller.
Brown,
Pittsburgh.... Batteries, Philadelphia. 3 Batterics, Mulcahy and Millies,
St. Louis,
3 3 Batteries, Cooper and Owen.
& I Batteries, Melton, Brown and Dan- ning.
OUR GUIDE TO THE CINEMAS
10
"I Am The Law!' (King's, to-day). -Action and Edward G. Robinson (substitute for logic and finesse in a melodrama about 0 college pro-
Special
Jeli 28151.
SALE
of
LADIES' SHOES
and
CORSETS
COMMENCES
--
TO-DAY
ÖZERS LANE CRAWFORD'S
The House of Quality & Service.
H.K. Stock Market
STOCK MARKET
REPORT
Hongkong Stock Exchange Oficial
The following quotations were Summary Issued 12.30 p.m. Saturday Issued on the Ilongkong Stock Mur-says:
ket this morning.
DANKS
H.K. Banks $..... ILK. Banks, Lon. £. Chartered £... Mercantile, A. &.D. £. Mercantile, C. £...
INSURANCES
During the short session the market was steady, Sales were reported in 3,340 an. Banks @ $1,340; & Unions @$415, &
7811⁄2 n. Electrics @ $54%.
.7% D.
.244.
Buyers
Unlon Ins., $400
HK. Lands 4% Debentures par.
.12 n.
East Asia $.
.80 m.
Providents, $4.40
Cantons $.
10 B.
1.K. Tramways, $1031⁄2
Union $.
113 sn
Cements, $12.00
China Underwriters $. HI. Fire S..
1.35 1.)
Wing On (HK), $41
.155 n.
H.K. Govt, 31⁄2 Loan 1% discount
ex. Interest.
.07 n.
16 n.
GO л.
:30 #
SHIPPING
Douglases $ Steamboats $. Indo-Chinas, P.$ Indo-Chinas, DS. Shell Bearer s/s Waterboats §.
DOCKS ETC. Wharves $.. Docks, $.....
New Eng. Sh. $. Sh. Docks, Sh. $.
fessor who takes on the job of cleaning up » city's rackets, Mr. Robinson is most successful when he returns to the techalque of his un- regenerate days the side-of-the---Providents $ mouth snarl and the bashing together of other people's heads. Others in the cast are Wendy Barrie, Barbara O'Neill, Oito Kruger and John Beal.
Rauts $.
.02/0 n.
.5.10 n.
HK. Gov. 17% Loan 4% Pram.
.108 B.
Sellers
Canton Ins., $230
Union Ins., $415
HK. Wharves, $100
Providents $4
Humphreys, $8
China Lights (old), $8.35
Sales
.8.40 n. .17/6 n.
.35% n. Bagulo Gold
.17% n.
8.30 n.
.108 n.
HK. Bank, $1,340/30 Union Ins, $415
MINING
1LK. Electricn, $5434
Kailan s/-
Manila Gota Shares
and E.
Venz. Gold $...
...
Hongkong Mines eta.
LANDS
Ps.
..4 n.
51⁄21⁄2 n.
Atoks, Antamiok
.17%
.18
.20
.0110
.10.30 B.
.18
B.
.22
.0015
B.
.08% ·B.
.41
,15% B.
.09
.13
23
"Idiot's Delight" (Queen's Alhambra, to-day), Robert Sherwood's Pulitzer prize play made into a movie with more emphasta on the romance than on its anti-war speeches. Clarit Gable and Norma Shearer are the vaudeville dancer [and bogus. Russian "countess" who once were acquainted in Omaha and the outbreak of a new war. Edward meet again in a corner of Europe at
Arnold, Charles Coburn, Joseph and Schildkraut, Burgess Meredith and Laura Hope Crewe are the other 2"big" names In the show.
AMERICAN LEAGUE Boslon EN 3 Batteries, Guichouse and Peacock
T
4
"glagecoach" (Majestic, to-day), Director John Ford has made a satis fying thriller out of familiar Wester o'materials by his knowledge of what to cut and what to expand to please 4the spectators of melodrama, plus und horses, mountains and fights with Indians. John Wayne, George Ban-
1
2Sewell
and Detroit
Batteries, Trout, Thomas Tebbetts.
4
1
Washington
11. Batteries, Appleton and Ferrell. Chlengo..........**
в 10 Batteries, Lyons and Tresh.
3
1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
St. Louis....**** 13 Batteries, Gill and Glenn. Philadelphin Batteries, Beckman, Joyce. Dean and Hayes.
18
o Bobson, Pytlak.
Philadelphin
Batteries, Harber, Else
New York....... & 15 Batteries, Russo and Noxer, Cleveland
ปี Elsenslut
12
7
13
A
New York........ 5
7
Batteries, Gomex and Dickey. Cleveland Batteries, Miinar, Dobson Hemsley. Boston
D
0 Batteries, Grove and Desautela, Detroll
2 € A Batteries, Benton, Coffman und York.
7
and
11
Washington, ..... 2 9. Batteries, Leonard and Gulliani. Chicago
* Balteries Lyons and Tresh.
-United Prcas.
2
+
1
Results Of The Return Games
NATIONAL LEAGUE
B Cincinnati
Batteries, Moore and Lombardi. Boston..
4 Batteries, Turner, Frankhouse and
was favourably impressed by what Lopez.
he saw in China's wartime capital.
He revealed that he had an inter-:
Pittsburgh Batteries, Klinger,
'Philadelphla .Batteries,
view with Generalissima Chiang Berres, Mueller. while in Chungking,
During his stay in Kunming, he will call a meeting of Catholic Rigby. bishops in Yunnan and Kwalchow provinces-Central News.
Chicago
7
10 Swin and
2
3
"Butcher.. Davis and
5
2 croft, Clair Trevor, Andy Devine Balterles, Pippen, Dean, Brucker and Thomas Mitchell, and Hayes.
"Romance and Rhythm" (Orlenfal, St. Louis
£ 210-day)-Dick Powell sings some Balterles, Harris, Kimberlin, Trot-good numbers with his usual verve, 1tar. Whitelicad and Spindel, Glenn. assisted by Priscilla Lane, Pat (Called in the 12th inning on se-O'Brien, as a producer from New 3 count of darkness).
York, sets a crackling pace in quick- -United Press. Fare conversation.
Deserting his unual type of role to appear as a racket-buster, Edward O. Robinson la starred at the King's Theatre In “I Am The Law,” Colum- bla's smashing expose of big eily rasketeering. Wendy Barrie. Jolto Heal, Barbara O'Neßlf and Oilo Kruger are prominent members of the cast..
Hotels $.. Lands $.. Land 4% de, $.. S'hal Lands Sh. $. Humphreys $. H.K. Realties Chineze Estates $.
UTILITIES
Trans S.. Peak Trams (old) $.. Peak Trams (new) $. Star Ferries $. Y. Ferrics S. China Lights (old) $. China Lights (enw) HK. Electric $.. Macno Electrics Sandakan Lights Telephones (old) Telephones (new) Tractions /- Traction (Pret.) s/... INDUSTRIALS
Big Wedne
par b. Batong Buhay .82 n. Benguet Consoli
.8% 4.00 n. .100 n.
Coco Grove
Consolidated
Demonstration.
101 b.I.X.L.
.7.40 m. po Gold .. .3.70 n.
Rogon Mining
.854 n. Masbate Consolidated .222 ..
.8.35 *.
Mine Operation
North Camarines
.224 B.
J4
B.
.10% B.
5.40
Paracule Gumaus
541⁄2 sa.
San Mauricio
.88
10 n.
Surigao Consolidated
12 n
23 n.
Suyoc Consolidated,
,0340 Syndicate Investment
7.00 United Paracale
18/n. Miodanno Motherlode .22/- n.
Cald: Mucg.. (ord.), Sh. $....14 m. Cald: Mucg. (Pre), Sh. $...13 n. Canton Ices $...
Cements $.
II.K. Ropes $.
STORES,&c.
Dairy Farms (old) $... Dairy Farms (new)... Watson $.
Lane, Crawfords Sinceres 9....... Wing On (HK) $. Powell, Ltd. S...
COTTON MILLS Ewo Sh. $....... S'ha Cotton Sh. $ Zoong Sing, Sh; $.. Wing On Textiles, Sh.*$.
MISC.
H.K. Entertainmenta $. Constructions 8.. Vibro Pilingt $...... Ch. Govt. 8% 1025
'G. Bonds
-1.10 n.
12.00 b.
..3.70 n.
.21
.
.12 8.
.3014
.08% B.
BILLY CONN SIGNED UP
New York, July 14. .21 n. Billy Conn's manager, Johnny Ray, .B.40 n.announced that he had signed Billy ,7.60 m, for a light-heavyweight title event 1.80 n. against Gus Leanevich, some time fo
.41 b. September-United Pre
.in.
2244
Una,
JO
100
18.30 n. Itogon Mining ....
1105 n. Mambulso Cons,
Marbate Cons.. ..42 p. Mind. Motherlode .484 n. Mine Operations
„North Camarines Paracale Gumaus ,0.00 . San Mauricio .1.55 . Burigao Cons. 10. Buros Cons...... Syndicate Invest United Paracalo...
The following is Swan; Culbertson Fritz report on this morning's markot:
....40%.
n.
· H.K. Govt. 4% Loan 4% grm. b. 11.K. Govt. Loan 35 904% Maramans (Lon.) #/.................14/- n.. Morsmans (K‚}_8/- ..............47- n.
MANILA SHARES Following are sales and bid pries:
July 16, July 17, Morning Morning Closing Closing
Antamok Atok
Angulo Gold.. Matong Buhang ....0. Denguet Cans, Big Wedge
Coca Grove Cans, Mines Demonstrations IX.L. Ipo Gold
.10
104
.B
.10
1935
д11 011
18.30
10.20
10
JO
,0010
0014
0823
42
-10%
40
Prices on the Manila Gold Share market wore from up one centavo lo down one centavo, the market falling to follow a definité trend, with the lial- remaining apoity. 1.X.L. advanced one centavo while lpo and San Mauricio both lost one, centavo,'". Fractionat gains were scen fn. Antamok, Big Wedge and Surigno against equal declines in Baguio Gold and Mine Operations,
July 18 July 17- Gold Share Average 79.41
79.37