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Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
August 8, 1939.
FROM ILLITERATE
GYPSY INTO A BUSINESS MAN
Transformation of Jack Dempsey A Fairy Tale
BY JACK CUDDY
(Unitod Press Staff Correspondent)
Now York, July 21.
The story of Jack Dempsey roaches its most intriguing peak, for one who has known the Manassa Mauler for 24 years, in Dempsey's do- velopment from an illiterate, capwringing freight gypsy, to one of the most suave, well-spoken, high-pressure business men ever to hit Broadway. For a week, Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight boring cham- pion of the world, lay between life and death recently when a ruptured appendix gave him a bad case of peritonitis, Jack fought| He is now well on the road
FREIGHT MANY ONE-SIDED GAMES
MUCH BETTER, THANKS-Down, but not for the count, Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight boxing champion, grins from cot in a New York hospital, whore he is recovering. Ruptured ap- pendix gave him bad case of peritonitis, but his oxcollent phyi-. Ical condition soon conquered the illness.
this batle in the same heroic manner as he did in all those great Crowd "Boos" Jostling
fights he had in the ring and won. to recovery.
of Dempsey
по
The transformation of Dempsey Jersey to swanky affairs at the Wal- from the uncouth fellow I first knew 'dorf Astoria. Always Jack was ask- back in 1915, when he was hopping ed to talk. And never did I hear to fight in the him fall to go over in a big way, off freight trains
in tvvies or in Nevadu mining camps, to the man- Whether he was about-Manhaltan of 1930 was the white tie and tails, he went over. He greatest improvement I've ever seen spoke the language of the listeners. in anyone,
-A BUSY MAN This development
For a man who never had the ad-i along social lines was even greater
in schools, than his progress as a fighter-pro- vantages of education Bress that elevated hun perhaps to Dempsey is munazing. Probably
leather business man in the world spends greatest the status of the
the days thun
"Manussa climb through the buster tosser ever to ropes. From 15 until '10, when .c Mauler," He Jos his Angers in more ples than the average bakery could pounded glant Jess Willard Into
to win Vie world turn out in an over-lime shift Re helpless buik heavyweight champion ieri nooks, be liquor distributing erporation, real championship, Dempsey staurants, clothing stores, a national) flipper estate in New York and other cities, fashioned a fulle port-side into one of the most deadly weapons prize fighters advertising contracts, the ring ever knew. Juck' always had etc. that crashing right. He had it in 1913.
Add to those assignments the in- numerable command calls that he He had it that night in 15 when was virtually forced to accept for he fought Johnny Sudenberg under appearance at banquets and smokers the silvering Nevada stars in Tono-given by organisations, representing pah-in the old aerodrome. That virtually every race, creed and Indus terrific right floored Studenberg six try. Then you have some conception days that Dempsey But for the busy times in the first two rounds,
the tough Dutchman from Utah kept spends, picking himself off the ennvus and
Here is a man who has come at fighting back-boring into Dempsey's innards until the welcome bell ended most as far from nothing to some those historie 10 round: Denipsey thing-as did Lincoln. Honest Abe wholesome surroundings, at won but he sat there in his corner had a very sick light heavyweight-feed-least, Jack had to cool his calfee in tin cans in the bushy "Jungles" alung Ing Imaginary fishes.
the railroad fills,
WANTED TO QUIT
told me, Only recently Dempsey "that was the only fight I ever want- said to myself ed to quit in. But
any -if I quit now I'll never get place in this business, And this busi ness is the only business I know,"
In hoe short four years from 15 to '10, Dempsey developed that great -left-hook-also hir bob and weave. They say Jack Kearns forced him "10 adopt and perfect those artificialities, I don't know whether it was Kearns or Dempsey.
WEST INDIES
BEAT GLAMORGAN
BY TWO-WICKETS
London, Aug. 7. But I do know that it wasn't
The West Indies, cricket tourists changed the raining Kearns who camp tramp fighter who tangled for defeated Glamorgan by two wickets the pork and beans that he got at at Swansea. The match was featur- Mrs. Flood's boarding house in Tono-ed by Ane bowling on the part of
since
In Mile Race At White City Athletic
J
Meeting
Clyde Jeffrey Wins "Double" In The Sprinting Events
London, Aug. 7.
IN
Results Of Matches SECOND ROUND OF
Played Yesterday BOWLS SINGLES
the
The following were results of matches played in the second round of the Open Singles Bowls Championship:
A. E. Coates beat D. Fitches 21-2 on the 11th.
A. W. Grimmitt beat E. Kirman 21-7.on the 14th.
B. W. Bradbury (holder) beat A. J. Coelha 21-6 on the 17th.
►
E. G. Post boat v. Chitten- don 21-11 on the 20th,
H. A. Alves beat. A. Jilloit
21-19 on the 19th.
C. Dowman beat W. S. Dall
21-11 on the 20th.
W. Gill beat Y. N. Tong 21-5 on the 14th.
C. C. Pereira beat G. C. Moss 21-13.
Death Of A Great Footballer
Reigning Champion's Easy Victory Over Club-Mate
(By "Abe")
Rain threatened at one time to wash out all the matches in the Open Singles Bowls Champion- ship which had been arranged to be played off yesterday. Actually rain did start to come down, but the threatened shower hold off with the result that many matches were comploto.
Playing in the morning, C.C. Pereira defeated G. C. Moms by 21-11. TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME
Most of the matches decided were played on the Hongkong side. On the Civil Service C.C. green, the defend- ing champion, B. W. Bradbury, had
The following is the programme of little difficulty in advancing to the third round of the tournament by de-inniches down for decision to-day:
At Kowloon F.C.-D. W. Waterton
Phillips..
feating A. J. Coelho, a club-mate, by 21-0 on the 17th head. After his opponent had pd 3-2 on the third W. Ward; M. R. Abbas V. R. P. head, Bradbury scored on the next At Kowloon C.C.-J. C. Remedios six to gain a lend of 11-3, and from. E. de Souza.
At Kowloon B.G.C.-L. F. Xavier v. T. A. Madar.
this stage onwards he was never in danger,
The score at the 12th was 15-4 and I became 17-5 on the 15th. Coelho scored a single on the 16th, but in the next, Bradbury scored the only "possible" of the game to win out.
One the same green, C. Dowman,
At Cralgengower C.C.-A. E. Carey v. G. Perkins.
At Taikoo R.C.-M. N. Rakusen v B. Basto.
At Police R. C-J. S. Landolt v. A. K. Minu; S. Eccleshall v. U. M.
Man Who Had Rugby who received a walkover in the first Omar.
Test "Ashes".
HUDDERSFIELD, July 26. One of the greatest rugby foot- ballers who ever played for Eng- land, Harold Wagstaff, has just died at his home in Huddersfield aged 48.-
At the August Bank Holiday athletic meeting at the White City, 60,000 spectators saw Macki, holder of four world records, win the three miles in the new British21, record time of 13 mins. 59.4 secs.
Americans, who have come over specially to run at the meeting, did well, Charles Beetham winning the 52.3 secs., Clyde half-mile in 1 min. Jeffrey winding the 100 yards in 0.0 secs, and the 220 yards in 21.8 seca, Roy Cochran winhing the 440 yards hurdles in 52.7 secs, which is a new British record.
FINNS WIN BUT STILL BEHIND GERMANY,
ITALY
D. P. Pell, of Great Britain, wen
Berlin, Aug. 7. mins. 15.2 the mile is the time of
The Finnish team competing in the secs, Blaine Biteout, who beat Sydney Omers' International Pentathlon con- Wooderson in the United States in the famous "mile of the Century" test won the Epte event to-day by defeating the Greman, Italian and Hungarian teams. race, finished fourth in this event
Finland, which held first place in The quarter-mile was won by Lanzi, of Italy, in 47.6 sees., equalling the tournament following its triumph ihe British record. Alan Pennington in the horse riding competition, has, and A.G.K. Brown, of Great Britain, despite this new victory, dropped to were second and third respectively. third place behind Germany and the system of computing During the last lap of the mile, thef Italy is crowd "booed" apparently because of points is based on individual per- jostling on the bend. Rideout seemed formances.
Most successful in the Epce com affected by the manoeuvring and
and petition was Lieutenant Ceccarelli, dropped back while Fell
Staniszewald (Poland), who #niched of Italy.--Trans-Ocean.
second, fought out the finish Pell winning by 12 yards.
The "booing" continued for several
minutes after the race-Reuter.
PREVIEW OF OLYMPICS
United Press ndds that the track
round, eliminated a club-mate. W. S. The winner led all Dall, by 21-11. the way, B-1 on the 6th, 10-2 on the 9th, 13-0 on the 12th and 17-10 on the 17th.
FORMER CHAMPION WINS.
A. W. Griminit, a former champ- Lask on, had a comparatively easy against E. Kirman on the Craigengo- wer C.C. green, winning by 21-7. Included in Grimmitt's scores were it Were He captained Yorkshire when he four and three threes, which
In 14 20 and England when he was through and led the Australian tour tears umcient to see him thous on three
of 1914 and 1920.
heads, but two of them were threes.
On an adjoining rink, H. A. Alves, Writing an appreciation of Wag- staff in the Manchester Guardian, a who advanced into this round as the a walk-over, made further friend recalled that Wagstaff always result
on fire claimed that he held the Test "ashes", progress by beating A. Jillott 21-10.
Alves started like a house
.
Important Tennis Tie For To-day
The all-important League tennis match in the "B" Division between Kowloon C.C, "A" and South China A.A. will be decided this afternoon on the former's courts. It will be recalled that the match was started
plonship.
"He captained the England side with a four, a three, a single and a two weeks ago but rain interrupted four play after the Chinese had won one that won the memorable Test at Sol- three to lead 11-0 after only ford in 1921. After that match the ends, but thereafter Jillott improved sel, drawn another and were level Australians presented Wagstaff with his game to score on the next tree at 5-5 in the third,
If the South China. players win n silver cigarette case into which ends.
At the seventh, Alves was leading this match, they will win the cham- they had deposited ash from their
11-4, and on the 11th he was already cigarettes.
17-4 Jillott picked up again, but he "The match that Wagstaff never never recovered from his disastrous forgot was the third Test match at start, and Alves was out on the 19th
The easiest win of changed with the result that the tour- Sydney in 1914. Dates had been with a two, ing side found itself with an excep scored by A. E. Contes, u tional burden of unft men. Each champion, who defeated D. Fitches, side had won one of the previous of the Police R.C., on the Hongkong were enough to see Costes through. games, and on the third depended the FC, green, by 21-2. Eleven heads The winner had t four and four rubber.
threes, Fliches only had two singles.
"ENGLAND EXPECTS
"Manager J. H. Houghton objected to the change of date and a cablegram was sent to England asking for a decision. This was the reply:
the day Was former
PECULIAR SCORING
The match between E. G. Post and
In the space of eight days was under- Carries
Raymond Mays
Off Campbell Trophy
Germany Leads England In Swimming
Berlin, Aug. 7.
Out of the nine races held on the
outstanding
V. Chittenden had two distinct phases. first day, seven were won by Get- performances "Play as the Australians desire. At. arst, Post was in the lead, scoring many, England expects that every man-willon Blx successive heads to lead 7-2, being a new German record of 1 and then I was "Chittenden's turn to -min-17.9-sees-in-the-100-metro do his duty",
take the next four ends for two each, backstroke event for women. This was set up by the young swimmer "The task of playing three tests) which gave him the lead at 10-7,
However, with a single, two and Lisel Weber.
The remarkably fast time of 2 taken with a patched up side. Three three, Post re-established his udvan- of the herale thirteen retired injured tage, and with the score at 13-11 on mins, 49.4 aces, in the 200 metres and England played throughout the the 15th, Post took the next five ends breast stroke event for men was achieved by Balke of Bremen, this fost half hour with ten meri and won to win by 21-11 on the 20th.
Peculiar scoring was also seen in time being unequalled in a 50-inctre in what will always be known as the Rorke's Drift of Rugby football. The the tie between W. Gill and Y. N. pool.
In the women's events In the Campbell Trophy race over
Ingo United States finished up with DD
Wagstaff's most cherished posses- but with two twos and a single Tang Schmitz won the 200 metro crawl and Mays (Britain), driving on ERA, at a
was ahead by 5-3 on the 5th. Then Olga Eckstein achieved the first place points against Great Britain's 60 and 22 miles, the winner was Raymond bail used in this match was one of Tang. Gil led 3-0 after two ends, Germany's 37.
Michigan's Bill Watson won the speed of 72.71 miles on hour.
in a spell of scoring, during which he in the high diving. Prince Birabongse, of Thailand, shot put with n throw of 52 ft. a ins.,
Wagstaff played nine test matches registered two tours and a three, Gl breaking the British record, won the driving Maserati, was second 13
and against Australia between 1911 and took every head until the 14th to win winner, broad jump with 24 feet 6 ins., and 2/5 secs. behind the
by 21-6 Gt had a run of nine suc- was third in the discus.
Peter Baltken (Britain) was third on 1921.-United Press.
cessful heads. Roy Cochrane, an Indian quartern ERA~~Router, mile hurdles specialist, equalled the British record of 52.7 secs.
ples."
pah-Into the Dempsey of 19. Demp- Constantine for the tourists and meet was a "preview of the Olym
Mathews for Glamorgan. sey-and Dempsey alone, did that.
During the past few years
Glamorgan-127 (Constantine 4 for Jack came to Broadway in impres- sive fashion, I have been at numer 33) and 159 (Constantine 5 for 52). West Indies. 00 (Mathews 7 for
ous social events-varying in degree from hocking political clubs in New121) and 198 for §.-Reuter,
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Clydo Jeffrey (above) is believed by his couch and other experia to be heading towards new records At the White Clly yesterday, he won both A six-footer. the 100 and the 220 yards for the American · contingent, Jeffrey at Stanford University, California, and has already hung up an unofficial timing of 0.5 secs, in the 100 yards and 20.5 in the 200.
sions."
Football
TOURISTS WIN MORE MATCHES
S. C.A.A.
Doing
Players Well
when
The South China Athletic Assocla- tion touring football tenun continued In winning vein on Sunday they defeated Combined Singapore by Ave goals to two. Chan Tuk-ful sooring Uree and Lal Shlu-wing and Yeung Shui-ylck one each.
On arrival from Kuala Lumpur, the South China team played against Singapore and won 1-0, Hung King- cheong being responsible for the pool. The proceeds of the match donated to the War Belief Fund.
were
On August 5, South Ching met and defeated the Combined Services by the odd goal in five. Chan Tak-fal (2) and Yeung Shul-yick were the scorers.
The South China team left Un Sunday night for Jayn where they will play their first match on August
10.
Up to the present the tourists have played 25 matches, won 10, drown Ilve and lost two.
The leading goal scorer is Chan Tak-fai followed very closely by Fung King-cheong and Yeung Shul- ylck.
The English victories were secured in the relay and the 400 metre crawl, which was won by T. D. Hutton in miris., 51 aces--Trans-Ocean.
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