Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
August 14, 1939.
By
Ernie Bushmiller
WISE GUY!
NANCY
HEY, SLUGGO I KNOW WHERE THE TREASURE
IS BURIED!
REALLY?-
HOW COME YOU AIN'T
DUG IT
UP ?,
--- BUT I'VE GOT A MAP
OF THE EXACT PLACE
WHERE IT'S BURIED
IT'S YOURS FOR
|A NICKEL !
O. K., CHESTER--
IT'S A
DEAL!
Poor, 1919ky Tyland Precio Hasta
TU... 09—3 pigale reserved
IT'S POSITIVELY BURIED HERE
SOMEWHERE
Z.D.
JULY-15
Ethics And Practice Of "Easing" Horses
Abolition Of Official Placing Suggested: Place Backers' Grouse
London, July 20,
Many a punter seeing his fancy beaten after a good performance is consoled if it gets a place and he has backed it each way. His chagrin is great if he sees the horse cased up when it had a good chance of getting a place.
On the other hand there is the, presence, however, is apt to scem point of view of owners who believe increly Incidental. It is these two that when their horses are beaten in who will be expected to make the a gruelling race it would be both un-race. When it over the winner fair to the horse and unwise in the will have a very good right to claim interests of the owner to press It into the title of world champion three- a place, however strong might be|year-old.
their regard for the welfare of the
man who had a shilling each way on
jt,
There has been
talk in England Home Cricket
lately of abolishing ofcial placings in racing results, with the conse- quence that place betting would be Automatically climinated.
There a likely to be a strong op- position however to such a drastic nethod of solving "the "easing up" problem. Without doubt there
great Interest in the plneing of the| second and third horses. Presumo- bly the first three places are filled on merit and it is interesting to know who was good enough to get second
SCORES AT
SCULLS CHAMPION-Diamond sculls champion for second successivo year is Joseph W. Burk, of Ponn Athletic Club, Phila- dolphia. He's shown after final at Henley, England.
CLOSE OF Rare Feat Of Winning
PLAY
The following are the close of play
and third. There is a sporting as scores in matches started to-day:
well as financial Interest in these details to most people, and racing would lose a good deal of its interesi If pla
places were abolished.
YORKSHIRE v. WORCESTER
At Bradford, Worcester have gained
a first innings lead against Yorkshire, Scores:
Yorkshire.-171 (Perks 5 for 05) and 11 for 0 whts.
Worcester.-194.
The problem of preventing the ens- ing up of horses remains and one solution is to make it worth while to every owner to have his horse going all out for first second or third bý Increasing the prizes for the miner placings. To many people I seenus absurd that a horse that gets home by a short head should win a thou-gainst Middlesex, Scores:
poaps an
and the
SURREY V. MIDDLESEX
At the Oval, Surrey
Middlesex-217.
are playing
Surrey 83 for 1 wkt.
ESSEX V. DERBYSHIRE
for
its owner second,
an unlucky loser, should
a hundred. In get perhaps place of this arrangement many sportsmen would like to see gradu-
A Southend, brilliant bowling by aled prizes for first second and third
first places the reword of the horses being Nichols has given Essex a
lead against Derbyshire. commensurate with their performnings Scores:
Derby-70 (Nichols for 18) and 20 for 2 wkis, Essex.-180.
ances.
THRILLING ST, LEGER PROMISED
Time,
as has been observed on more than one occasion, marches on, and the thoughts of racegoers are turning to the St. Leger, the last of the season's classle races.
There
is every expectation that this year's race at Doncaster will be There the St. Leger of a lifetime.
HAMPSHIRE v. LEICESTER
Scottish
Amateur Golf
Title A Second Time
Fincher, Remedios For Doubles
As the Rumjahn cousins are playing in the singles, E. C. Fincher and A. V. Remedios have been invited to play in the doubles in the Interport tennis match against the visit- ing team from Thailand,
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
52525252525
Jel. 28151.
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COMFORT
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COOLNESS
DURABILITY
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Heavy Programme The House of Quality & Service
Of Matches
New York, Aug. 13.
The following were the results of matches played in the Major Base- ball League to-day:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
It. H. E.
Openers
Philadelphia, 2 0
0
Batteries, Kerksieck, Hoffman and Millles.
0
New York....... 11 12 Batteries, Lohrman, Danning and O'Dea.
Boston..
Brooklyn
Batteries, Turner, * Lanning Lopez.
13
17
€
0
Batteries, Tomulls,
0 and
3
Hutchinson,
2
8
0
Evans and Phelps.
Cincinnati
Formerly a miner and now employed in an explosive factory, Hamilton McInally of Ardeer, rocketted to fame on July 29 when he became one of the few men to win the Scottish amateur golf title twice. At Prestwick, Ayrshire, he beat the Singles Came favourite, Hector Thomson, of Williamwood, by'| 6 and 5 in the 36-holes final.
Thomson, a former British cham- holes in the first round through his pion and Walker Cup player, won] weak short gume, and although he |
and Mcinally in took the Afth and eighth to square the title in 1933 1937. Meinally was inspired in the he was bunkered twice at the ninth second round by the cheers of the to turn one down. The match was big crowd, in which were many of square at the tenth where McInally his workmates. Buses and trains had poured the villagers into Prest was in the heather, but he holed a putt of four yards for a win at the while the clubs of Irvine and 12th, after again being in the rou Wick,
rough duo who were
to play and from that time he was always cancelled
them
that in front. Thomson was off the course
Ardeer
50
At Southampton, Leclester, playing matches, could attend the Anot to at the fifteenth his ball striking a
two members
support the local hero.
against Hampshire, have lost wickets for 55 runs. Scores:
Hants.285 (Sperry 5 for 83), Leicester.-55 for 2 wkets.
NORTHANTS v. WARWICK
have been few colts of this genera-
At Northampton, two centuries by tlon who have taken one's funcy so much
as the Derby winner, Lord W. A. Hill and R. E. S. Wyatt enabled Rosebery's Blue Peter, and a great Warwick to close the first day's play race is promised with this best of against Northants with 371 on the the loss of 4 wickets. English three-year-olds in opposition board for to France's best, Pharis 11, to say Scores:
Warwick-371 for 4 wkts, (W. A. nothing of several other horses whose
HI 138, R. E. S. Wyatt 151),
V. LANCASHIRE
the
luck
the
spectator, and Melnally, after laying
halved the eighteenth to
4
4 Batteries, C. Davis and Owens.
0
10
RUMJAHNS
TO TAKE
ON SINGLES
At Hongkong C. C. To-Day's Tennis
Following the decision of the Tsui brothers, Tsui Wal-pul (Colony sin- Batteries, Grissom, Thompson and (runner-up), not to play in the inter- gles champion) und Tsui Yun-pul Lombardi.
port tennis matches against the St. Louis
Thalianders, the Rumjalin cousing, S, A. und H, D., have been nominated to take their places in the singles 2 matches which will be held to-day
at the Hongkong Cricket Club.
Alleged anti-Chinese Influence in, Thailand is said to be the reason for the refusal of the Tsuis to play. The concensus of local Chinese opinions to be that they ought not appears
play against people whose countrymen are said to be against the Chinese.
Pittsburgh
4 Batteries, Klinger, Sewell, Mueller and Susce,
Chicago
1
11
2
7
11
#
to
In consequence, S. A. Rumjahn husi
5
AMERICAN LEAGUE Openers
Chicago....... 0 3 Batteries. Lyons, Smith and Tresh. Cleveland
2 7 Batteries, Felier and Hemsley Washington
I been selected as Hongkong's No. 1 singles player and will be supported Batteries, Haynes and Ferrell. Boston
by his cousin, H. D. Rumjahn. For Batteries, Ostermuller and Peacock. the doubles, however, it is under-
stood that
further two players will New York
0 12 เ be chosen to represent the Colony, Batteries, Donald, Pearson, Chand- The Thailand team consists of!
singles Rocng,
champion, Sanoh, doubles co-champion with Roeng, Capt. Kasom Chatkiavani, former Cambridge "Blue" and Wim- bledon player and Miss Sanguan
kula.
ሰ
play showed spproach shot dead to win theter, Russo. Hadley and Rosac, Dickey. Muang
喆
Pilladelphin
12 ..... 11 Bateries, Ross, Dean, Nelson and
3
At one point the crowd of 5,000 in In rush to see the
of restraint and stampeded over finish the round three up. He took
Stewards were power-74 to coursc.
78. Themson Thomson was anxious at the start Hayes. less to check the scrambling specta-
and after the sixth hole, the of the
the second round, and showed President of the Scottish Goit Union glimpse of his real form when he Singles Game
them appealed to
to show
more hit a fine wooden club shot over the
"St. Louis respect
Batteries, Kramer, Whitehead, Hill for the
and the play
players. Cardinal bunker at the third to win At that point
Thomson seemed to the hole with a birdie 4, but he lost and Mills, Glenu,
7 12 Detroit..... be nervous and suffering from the the sixth and seventh holes through strain of
of keeping within reach of his weak iron play, and Thomas and Tebbetts.
Batteries, Trout, Benton, Bridges, rival, Alter Mcinally, massively nlng the ninth, turned three
a
down
-United Press. the winning putt, the crowd surged
being in trouble all the way, and the upon him and carried him shoulder- leader became five up at the 11th by high for part of the way to the holing a putt of three yards for o clubhouse. But they soon had to put 2. Twelfth was halved, and Me- him down-he was no light-weight. Inally finished the match at the 13th
SQUARE AT TENTH
by getting down from five yards for Thomson lost the third and fourth a 4--Our Own Correspondent.
Tto S,
Natts are opposed bulit ruddy-faced man, had holed Meinally won the 10th in 4, Thomson
At
IKINGS Notts.231.
NEXT CHANGE
Together in their first picture since 'Ceiling Zero' And the sky's the limit for laughs!
Scores:
Lancashire--50 for 2 wkts.
SOMERSET v. GLAMORGAN At Weston-super-Mare, Somerset meet Glamorgan in a benefit match for A. W. Wellard. Scores:
Somerset-127 (Matthews for Glamorgan.-151.
40).
SUSSEX v. KENT
At Hastings, Kent have amassed 440 runs for the loss of 8 wickets against Sussex. Cholk and Valentine have scored centuries. Scores:
Kent.-440 for 8 wkts. (Chalk 324, Valentine 104),
GLOUCESTER. WEST INDIES
At Cheltenham on the College ground; the West Indies tourists meet Gloucester. Scores:
West Indies-102.
Gloucester.-110 for 8 wkls.--Rcu-
ter.
BOY MEETS Bobby Riggs Wins
GIRL
↑ plus prodened by Georga Akbarz2 Co-Starring JAMES
CAGNEY
and PAT
O'BRIEN
MARIE WILSON
HALPH HELLAMY • FRANH N«JUCHE + DICH
· VOLAH • Nevited by LLOYD JACEN
Eastern Title
Rye, NY, Aug. 12.
The finnis of the men's singles and
the women's doubles of the Eastern Grass-court tennis
championships
were played to-day, and resulted as tellow!
Men's singles-Bobby Riggs beat L. Hecht 7-5, 10-8, 0-4.
Women's doubles. -- Miss
Alice
Marble and Mrs. Sarah Palfrey, Fab- yan beat Miss Dorothy Bundy and Miss Mary Arnold 6-4, 7-5.
In the Women's singles semi-finals yesterday, Mrs. Fabyan beat Miss Kay
Press.
Irene Dunne and Fred MacMurray co-star in "Invitation to Hap-
pinews,": now, showing at the-Quonn's and; Alhambra - Theatres, They Stammers 0-1, 6-2-United' expture a moment of rapture in this sceso. Billy Cook plays the role of
the 200.
LATER MATCHES
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R.
3
H.
0
The programme for to-day 1s Sanoh v
v. H. D. Rumjohn
Muang Rocng v, S. A. Rumjahn The men's doubles and ladies' singles will be held to-morrow, and the remaining two singles-S. A Rumjahn v. Sanoh and H. D. Rum john v. Muang Roeng-will take place on Wednesday.
v.
Practice at Kowloon
On Saturday, the Thailanders were given some practice at the Kowloon Cricket Club. The results were:
Muang Roeng drew with A. E. P.;
E. Cincinnati,
Batteries, Moore, Nigelling and Guest 4-0, 0-1. Hershberger. St. Louis
4 Batteries, Owen,
1
Sanoh beat A. Crawford 6-2, 6-2, E. C. Fincher beat Copt. Kasom and 0-7, 6-2.
Sonoh and Capt. Kasom beat E. C. Fincher and G. C. Burnett 6-4, 6-2. Miss Sunguan beat Mrs. Sweeney 6-0, 6-0,
7
Cooper, Shoun
Boston
8 Batteries, Sullivan and Masi. Brooklyn
2
0 Ballerica, Casey, Tumulis, Hutchin- | 6-4, son and Hayworth.
13
0
-
1
Philadelphia
2
4. *
Batteries, Harrell and Davis, New York
6
0
0
Batteries, Hubbell and Danning.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
15
Munng Roeng boat S. A. Gruy 6-3,|
400 METRES RECORD
Frankfurt-on-Maine, Aug. 12. Rudolf Harbig, the German runner; who recently established a new world Washington
record in a 800 metres run at Milan, Batteries, Carrasquel, Giuliani, created a new world record here to (called In 8th inning account Sunday in a 400 metres race with 40 day law).
seconds dead, Boston .............................
7
An Italian, Marlo Lanzi, was Batteries, Galehouse, Wade, _He-second in 47.2 secs. ving, Wilson, Dickman and Berg, The previous record has been held
since 1930 by Archie Willams, of the United States, and was 48.1 secs.
Trans-Ocean.
3
(called in the મા Inning
Batteries, Pippen. Potter and
0
Peacock.
New York
21- Batteries, Huffing. and
23
Dickey, account
Sunday law).
Philadelphia
3
3
Brucker.
H
3
9
Batteries, Lee and Schleutter. Cleveland
0
G
0
2
Chicago
Batteries, Milnar, Eisenstat, Broaco, Hemsley, and Sowell.
United Preis.
METROPOLE
ROOM BATH
CENTRAL
$6
CLEAN
COMFORTABLE
STOCK MARKET
REPORT
Hongkong Stock Exchange Oficial Summary Issued 12.30 pan. Saturitoy,
saya:
Being Saturday the session was naturally uninteresting, and trading slack.
Buyers
H.K. Lands Debentures 4% par. Clinton Ices $1 H.K. Govt. 4% Loan 1024 HK. Govt. 35% Loan 00
Sales
H.K. Banks $1,305 China Lights (old) $7.00
Manila Gold Shares
Atoks Ps. 10% 8. Antarok Ps. 21 s. Baguio Gold P. 20 s. Batong Buhay F. 0130 5. Benguet Consolidated Ps. 10.50 s. Big Wedge Ps. 20 b. Coco Grove Ps. 2014 b. Consolidated Mires Ps. 0015 b. Demonstration Ps. 09 b.
1.X.L. Ps. 41 b.
Ipe Gold P. 16 s. Itogon Mining Ps. 23 s.
Noril
PB
Mimbuko Consolidated Ps. 00 b. Masbate Consolidated Ps. 10% b. Mindanao Motherlode Ps. 8% 5. Mine Operation 121 b. Camarines Ps. 24 b. Paracale Gummaus Ps. 151⁄2 b. San Maurielo Ps. 80 8. Surigao Consolidated Pa. 22 b. Suyoo Consolidated Ps. 14 b. Syndicate Investment P8, 0280 b. United Paracale Ps. 41 s.
Reidy Wins Golf Play-Off
The tie between M. J. Reldy and E. T. McMullen in the August quall- fying competition of the Captain's Cup was played at Fanling yester- day and resulted in a win for Reldy with 08-24-74.
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