NANCY
CH. WHAT A SWELL PLACE-- I WISH I
COULD GET MY AUNT FRITZI TO TAKE ME THERE!
VACATION at
LAKE HOOPLA
Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
BUT, NANCY-- I TOLD YOU WE'RE NOT GOING ON ANY VACATION
THIS YEAR!
Tvar, 1998 by United Pastory & ručkaša, Tal
July 31, 1939.
By Ernie Bushmiller
BUT THIS IS SUCH
A PEACHY PLACE
---I WISH
YOU'D LOOK AT.)
THAT POSTER UP THEI STREET!
VACATION at
LAKE HOOPLA
LOTS OF HANDSOME MEN: ALL GOOD DANCERS
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A Polite Knock-Out By Eric Boon
Pat On Head Before He Finished His Opponent
In The Ninth Round
(By Geoffrey Simpson)
London, July 18.
Eric Boon showed a rain-drenched crowd, huddled miserably in the Leicester. Rugby ground, last night, how to knock out a man and be polite about it.
The light-weight champion, fitter than on his last outing, and punching harder, flattened local-born Len Wickwar in the ninth round of a 12-rounds contest.
Stepping clear from a clinch, but I've got to do this," put over his warm-hearted Boon first' of winning punch. smiled at Wickwar. then putted This was Boon at his best, lic him affectionately un the head, wasted some right-hand blows, and and the very next sccund planted he missed a straightforward chance vielous right-hand thump on the jaw, which ended Wickwor's Interest in the battle.
of ending the fight in the fifth round, but these were the only faults in an olherwise Impressive performance. Some of the 14,000 who shook the
His ducking and countering were raindrops off their hats afterwards first class. So was his left-hooking. said it was a mean trick, but, to me. while his work with a straight left Boon's smile-und-pat gesture looked must have surprised those who re- uncommonly like an advance abology) arded him only as a round-armi to a very gallant and courageous puncher.. opponent.
The rain poured down for hours again he finished a contest with his before' the fight and during the show, right hand, in its usual battered and and then, exasperatingly, ensed when bruised condition.
Boon's only regret is that once
the principals had fought a round or ^ doctor, after examining the two. It kept thousands away-and hand, said that Boon would have to they missed a grand Oght.
TESTED TO LIMIT
rest, from fighting for several weeks. This may entail a delay in the cham-
Wickwar, who combined science pion meeting Crowley for the le with the hardiness and generalship in the autumn, gained from 400 bailles, tested Boon to the limit.
For three rounds he actually went after the champion, as though scorn-
Eric Boon's Hand Badly Bruised
London, July 20 Eric Boon, the light-weight, boxing champion of Britain," has been refused permission by the Isle of Ely Education Com- mittee to train in the gym- nasium at the new £35,000 Cromwell School, after school hours.
was
OTHER CONTESTS
Erle Jones (Coalvlite) outpointed Frank Bensor (Nottingham).
Harry Silver (London) knocked out Jim wellard (Noriliampton) in fifth round.
Tiny Bostock (Leek) knocked out Sammy Reynolds (Wolverhampton) in The seventh round of an eight-rounds con- test.
Tommy Jones, (Derby), beat Stoker Perka (Plymouth) on points in an eight rounde contest,
COUNTY CRICKET SCORES
London, July 20.
The following were the close
to-day:
of
SURREY V. YORKSHIRE At the Oval two centuries enabled Yorkshire to close the day with 371 runs for the loss
of six wickets ugainst Surrey. Scores:
Yorkshire. 371 for 8 wkts. (Barber 141, M. Leyland 114).
ESSEX v. SUSSEX
Boon has just had his right hand X-rayed and it was found play scores in matches commenced to be badly bruised. When it Boon Suggested that should have the hand examin- ed, Len Wickwar, who was knocked out by its blow. took Boon along to the infirmary. The takings on Monday at Leicester were in the region of £2,500, stated Sydney Hulls, the promoter, who is
seven deavouring to find a buildingwickets for another 70
unly. In the city suitable for boxing Scores:
Sursex-199 (John Langridge 71. tournaments. Owing to his bruised hand there is almost Ray Smith 5 for 47).
Essex-170 for 2 wkts. (Peter certain now to be a delay in Smith 60 not out). making the final arrangements for Boon's championship fight against Dave Crowley in Lon-Scores: don. Our Own Correspondent,
with him.
on-
At Chelmsford, Essex are assured of a Orst lanings lead against Sussex who despile a lunch score of 129 for
remaining three, list their
ruas
KENT v, DERBYSHIRE
At Gravesend, Kent have secured a first innings lend against Derbyshire,
Kent-102 (B. H. Valentine 70. W. H. Copron 4 for 40, Alfred Pope 4 for 76); and 43 for 2 wkta.
Derbyshire-137 (N. W. Harding 5
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Germany Rejects U.S. Invitation
Berlin, July 30.
It is announced that Ger-
many has rejected the invita- tion of the American Lawn
Tennis Association to partici-
pate in the Forest Hills cham- pionships.-United Press..
WORLD RECORD BETTERED
Splendid Feat By Rudolf Harbig
Baseball
HEAVY PROGRAMME
OF MATCHES
New York, July 30. The following are the results of matches played in the Major Bugeball Lenguo to-day:
_NATIONAL LEAGUE,
Philadelphla Cincinnati
R. H. Fi.
2
a
1
10
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"Return of the Cisco Kid" (King's,
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"Stand Up and" Fight (Queen's and Alhambra, to-day)-The Old South against the Old "Nörth, the stagecoach against the rails, law and order against hooliganism, Robert Taylor against Wallace Beery-that's the story of 1GM's newest effort to prove Mr. Taylor a man's man, Mr.
Frey homered for the Reds. Bal- hery. Reds, Wallers and Lombardi.Taylor comes through a couple of
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Reds
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5
7 0 the
Meer
3
5
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1 10
3
Myers homered for Berlin, July 20. Battery-Reds, Vander Rudolf Harbig, the German runner Hershberger. who established new world record
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"Submarine Patrol" (Majesilo, to- day)-A_heroic story of America's "Splinter" Fleet during the Wor. Richard Green, Nancy Kelly and Battery-Gianis, Hubbell and Dan-Preston Foster in the chief roles.
for the 800 metres in the recent New York Germany-Italian Bthletic contest, Chicago
gain beat Lanzi, of Italy, when they met over the same distance at the ning. Olympin elimination contests held in
Brooklyn the Beriln Olympla Stadium to-day.
St. Louis Twenty-five thousand spectators [saw the German runner win in ane Padgelt homered for the Cardinals. squawks along in the rut of un-
style in 1 min. 48.7 secs, which is Battery-Cardinals, Sunkel and Pad-originality better than the present recognised gett world record-Trans-Ocean.
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Tokyo, July 29. The German Winter Olympic Owen. Games Organising Committee, in the name of Dr. Keil Ritter von Hall, Boster chairman, forwarded a formal invita-Pittsburg tion to Japan to take part in the Fifth Winter Olymple Games to be Lopez. in Garmisch Partenkirchen, held
The night-cap was called at the southern Germany, from February end of the fourth inning owing to 2-10 next year--Domei,
Sunday Law with the Braves leading 5-3.
HIGH JUMP RECORD
Berlin, July 20. Miss Dorothy Odam, British cham- plon, to-day equalled the world's ful of his powers, and traded blows for 00, D. V. P. Wright 4 for 30). high jump record of 1.65 metres held NORTHLANTS v. SOMERSET Jointly by Miss Mildred Didrickson) He crashed Boop on the jaw, mode At Northampton, with four wickets and Jean Shiley, United States, and kim wince from body blows, out in hand, Northants are eight runs be-Fraulein Dora Rotjan, Germany scored him in the liveliest way with hind Somerset on the first innings. United Press. snappy straight lefts.
Scores: A
Somerset-157 (Merritt 5 for 421. Amateur Golf Northants-140 for 4 wits. (Dixon
70 not out)..
NOTIS V. MIDDLESEX
It was a bold and brave effori. hitter like Boon is not accustomed to being bustled around and thrown on! the defensive. At the same time IL was an effort lacking wisdom. An opponent who will fight freely is exactly suited to Boon's heavy, before lunch, Scores: round-arm punching style.
At Nottingham, rala prevented play
Notts-194 (J. Knowles 58. J. M.
It was a great and grand slam while Sims 6 for 77).
It lasted. loon had one eye cut and
Middlesex-28 for 0 wkts.
Use other puffed, but his more de- WARWICKSHIRE 9. LEICESTER
structive hitting was bound to tell, and, so it proved.
BOON ON TOP
At Birmingham, little ploy was pos- alble owing to rain. Scores: Leicester-77 for 2 wkts. HAMPSHIRE v. WEST INDIES At Bournemouth, rain marred the match between the West Indies and Hampshire. Scorca:
SCOTTISH AND CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Battery-Braves,
AMERICAN LEAGUE
3
4
R. H. E. Chicago New York
D 2 Selkirk homered twice for the Yankees. Battery-Yankees, Gomez and Dickey.
Chicago
New York
1
INDOOR BOWLING
Black Dog Beat Tarpots In Friendly Game
on
By the narrow margin of 51 points,. the Binck Dog beat the Tarpets at the Hongkong Bowling Alleys Saturday. The match was very close. and The Black Dog led by four points at the end of the first game, and by six int the end of the second.
" 13
2 Battery-White Sox, Lei
Tresh,
Detroit
Philadelphia
14 10
0 0 5 2
Higgins, Greenberg, Fox. and Croucher homered for the Tigers.
The scores were:
Black Dog
Battery Tigers, Newsom and Tob-G. D. Woolgar .. betts.
Detroit
Total
F. J. Moore
ย 11. -2 3 11 3
*}N. R. Kirk
J. 11. Connor
107 174 171 512 458 147 151 160 155 147 143 445 105 143 100 SNE
574 016 624 1,813
Tarpots
Battery-Tigers, Hutchinson and
London, July 30. Ken. Black, of Vancouver, beat Philadelphia_ Boon was right on top by the fifth:
Henry. Martell, of Alberta, by and a in the 36-hole final of the Canadian York, round. Swaying his way past Wick- war's leads to scoring range, he dealt
Amateur Golf Championship played to-day. out fearful punishment, eventually
Cleveland Teď Adams, of Mississippi, the Washington spinning Wickwar right round with a blow to the chin and flooring him.
Battery-Senators, Wiekwar did astonishingly well to
inter-holder, lost 3 and 2 to Martell in the
semi-final,
and Giuliani. elimb back on to his feet in Osec.
Boottish Championship one-way Afterwards it was
At Prestwick, Hamilton McInally, St. Louls LANCASHIRE v. GLOUCESTER of Ayrshire, affair, with Wickwar Oghing out a
· WOA. the Scottish Bontors lost cause to the last ditch. He had At Manchester, there was no play Amateur Golf Championship, beating Foxx homered for the Red Sox. little left when the ninth round in the Lancashire-Gloucester matcit Hector Thomson by 0 and 6 over 30 Ballery-Red Sox, Galchouso
holes-Reuter, arrived and Boon with his "sorry-owing to rain-Reuter.
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Hampshire-74 for 6 wkts. WORCESTER . GLAMORGAN At Stourbridge, rain again fered with play. Scores:
Glamorgan-14 for 0 wkls,
A
| Desautels,--Reuter,
dg. Sto, Taylor 161 147 170 478 140 145 153 438
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