Thursday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
By
OH, I SEE--
WELL, I GUESS IT'S
WASHED CLEAN BY NOW, EH?
Ernie
August 24, 1939.
Bushmiller
YEP-- BUT NOW WE GOTTA WASH OUR TENNIS NET!,
NANCY
HEY, YOU KIDS-
YA CAN'T
FISH WITHOUT
A LICENSE!
-- WE'RE JUST WASHING OUR
BUTTERFLY
NET!
WE CAN'T HELP IT IF FISH JUMP INTO IT!
Jel. 28151.
SILK SHIRTS
FOR
BOYS
'WITH
SHORT SLEEVES
BUSHMILLER,
New County Cricket Scoring Method Wanted
Three Recent Matches
Turned Into Farces: Pity The Spectators
London, Aug. 1.
A new method of scoring in the County Cricket Championship will have to be devised be- fore next season. During the past week we have had three matches turned into farces.
Suttner's table
Yorkshire, 183 belund Nott first table is likely to be affected, und innings total, with Tick wickets my revision in the gloom of winter standing, could not resume balting of the preceding until 2.30 on the last day. Thus would be farcical. there was little over 315 hours for play.
So they scored when they could not help it. Their maclivity win masterly.
How diferent in its promptuess would be the procedure of the Foot- hdi Avoriation towards any breach of rule..
if the com- I would be useful matter or the M.C.C, would munke same clear rulinggg about these de- Chick Chandler and Michael Whalen take time out from elur-chasing clarations by agreement between to admire lovely Jean Rogers in "While New York Sleeps," second of 20th Mitchell, in that time, made five captain. They defeat the whole Century-Fox's Raving Reporter series, showing at the King's Theatre Haber stayed an hour for five; and purpose of the rule, which
to-day. Leyland scored mine run 15 45 frained to allow winning captain
minites.
to force home an advantage.
In 14 hours before tea Mitchell, Leyland and Barber welded 26 runs to the tutal.
So the game drew to a dreary One of these days we shall have nture. In IDO minutes Yorkshire
is championship won or lost by some cored 77 runs.
freak duration or other öfvet still And 1.238 people pabl 162 to tee thave will be no committee to deat it. All on a summer's day.
ith the matter till the following
Obviously there was time for Novembe Yorkshire to ain
a first inmuna
lent, but not to win the match. By
doing so they would love ground in
the championship. Su they decided A.R.P. EXAMINATIONS
to avoid that by playing for a no- result natch which
count,
would
not: Successful Candidates In
Lest any may say that Yorkshire are too keen to win and that southern
Recent Tests
counties would not do that. I must A course of A... lectures in point out that Middlesex did much Chinese will be held at the Chinese the same sort of thing asaford Lan- cashire on the same day.
Chamber of Commerce, Kowloon, 1, Kak Hang Tsun Road, at 7.30 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays. The lecturer FORGOTTEN RULE
will be Mr. Francis
Residents Wong The other farce was something of of this district are invited to attend.
Following is the result of an 1 comedy. Glamorgan and War-
held at Holt's Whart wickshire, after a wasted day agreed examination to a joint declaration to ensure that (lecturer Mr. Mok Ching-um):
Passed as Wardens. Chan Wai- the full 12 points were at stake.
Lat Fing-cho, Warwickshire closed up at 44 for chuen, Leung Wal-po,
The Lee Ka-cheung. Lam Cheunit-wah, nune, Glamorgan at 48 for one.
Wong Kom- second declaration was legal. The Ou Sik-tsim, Fung Ping, rules hay that in a two-day match wah, Lui Lal-kwok, Ou Siu-min, betting safe cannot declare later Kwok Yuen-ying, Mok Kwing, Chan than an hour and forty minutes befloi-sham, Mok Cheuk-wing, Cheng fore' the ogreed time for drawing; of Po-Inri. stomps.
Fred Dyer. Ex-Boxer Believes- GOLF IS THE MOST
DANGEROUS SPORT
And Swimming is the "Safest Bet
ཉཉ
London, Aug. 9.
Golf, says Fred Dyer-former professional boxer and now physical culture expert-is the most dangerous sport in the world.
his
We were discussing at his school "Frequently he will Anish
W.. the Following is the result of an ex-in Great Portland-street,
career with fingers like corkscrews, Only fifty minutes were left, and amination held at Shamshuipo (lec-death of Charlie Roberts. famous due to the constant impact of the ball; Warwickshire scored 43 for the loss turer, Mr. Franels Wong):
Soccer, centre half, who died on Mon on the finger bones."
head injury which he Passed as Wardens. Tong Miu-day from a of one wicket.
Coincidence, Glamorgan were in yin, Pang Wai-chee, Lau Fook-hon, thought was caused by heading
Ngai lu-hing, Mak Yue-kong, Luk football in his playing days. Lal-wah, Mok Hing-ho, Chan Fung- Other sports leave other injuries yde, Ha Mau-fan. Au Suet-ching, and I was finding out. wit these Mok Yun-wah, Lau Pak-huen, were, says an English writer.
RUNNING RISKS
a similar incident against Northant- 1931. Their decturation was ruled illegal.
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OUR GUIDE TO THE CINEMAS
"While New York Sleeps" (King's. to-day),-Clue-and-cutie chasing re- porters meet a mystery so bewilder- ing that it has to be solved twice- as they catch Biller before the killing, print the story of a murder before Ti happens-and then And the same man has been murdered again. With Michael Whalen, Jean Rogers, Chick Chandler and Joan Woodbury. "Secret Patrol" (Alhambra, to-day), The North West Mounted Police uses to be the favourite background of many a satisfying picture, but few Here the old have been seen of late. theme is revived, with Charles Star- ret in the leading role.
"Five Came Back" (Queen's, lo- day-Melodrama about a transport plane wrecked in a South American jungle, and an assorted group of passengers un
only five of whom can be town back to civilization. Their sur- face reactions under pressure studied. Exciting, ingeniously done. Chester Morris, Lucille Ball, Wendy Barrie, John Carradine, Allen Jenkins land C Aubrey Smith.
"On The Record" (Majesile, lo- day).-involved combination of mela drama and romance about a pair of reporters who marry, and the hard tile orphan whom they rescue from a reformatory and try to set on the right path. Pat O'Brien, Joan Blon- dell and Bobby Jordan take chief parts.
"The Kid from Texas" (Cathay to-day).—Romantic comedy- about n cowboy who learned to play polo and then went East to put his lessons to use. A bit of romance is mixed with polo. Dennis O'Keefe, Florence Rice, Anhony, Allen, Jessie Ralph and Buddy Ebsen are featured.
Bruce Hobbs,
Recovered, Rides Again
PTO DURY
#
London, Aug. 11. Toni Whiitaker, the Arsenal train-i
When Bruce Hobbs, 18-year-old er, talked about the risks run by! SOCCER players; "Chief danger affecker, who rode Battleship to win local rheumatism frem okl, injuries the Grand National in 1938, fractur its intensity depends on the constitu-ed his spine last November, he re
fused to beheve the doctors when tion of the man. NOT UNTIL NOVEMBER
"I have heard before of a player's they told him he would never ride Sald Fred Dyer: "Yes, there are skull
being
seriously injured through again. An M.C.C. pronouncement
more deaths from golf than from any heading a ball. The men who retire affirmed that on this later occasion
But at the Newton Abbot Races, other game.
3 do not mean among ed from the game within the last ten where the National Hunt season has the caplains misinterpreted the rules
Passed as Instructors-Ho Kwok-professionals-they know how to years are splendid. You would not just opened, he rode Poor Duke In but not until November will the Ad-
irnin
think that they had ever been en-the Ilsington Optional Selling Hurdle. visory County Cricket Committer fun. Lee Chiu-shu, Loh Yu-wah,
In a strenuous spurt." deal with the breach.
"But the elderly amateur who goes pageMING. According to Mr He finished fifth in a field of 20.
Harry Leverton, president of the Hobbs.ws the youngest jockey
har
Following is the result of an ex- amination hel
beld at the Wab Yan College for Boy Scouts (lecturer, Mr.
2. Chung):
IC, K.
Passed as Members of Despatch
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is safe to assume that when Corps-Yip Kam-wah, Chong Kai-un to the links without the training It November comes no action will be sun, Lai Kim-bung, Ng Man-wal, which is necessary in all games runs tuken about an event of the preced-Chan Kwei-cheung, Leung Kin-wing,
" gruve čisk.
"BOXING is certainly one of the ing July. Neither the top nor the Lam Tin-you, Lee Hon-ping, Lam
hardest sports-no game requires buttom position in the championship | Kam-cheong.
such intensive training. A boxer has to take so many blows on the head that it often upsets his nervous sys- tem and he becomes punch drunk. This can lead to further disorders which are often fatal.
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"If boxers were to take as much care at themselves after a Oght as; hey did before, there would be fewer lasting injuries. The trained body can stand almost anything."
strained heart, a strained back, or strained arms are the legacy of the BOWING man. J. T. ("Bossy") Phelps, Master of the King's Barge and leading authority on rowing, Dold:
"It is very rare that any of these rowing injuries are fatal. Imme. diately anything like that happens to an, carsman, he is
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CORKSCREW FINGERS
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Jack Hobbs, of Surrey and Eng- land, spoke us a CRICKET expert: "Nothing much can happen to your in cricket. A blow from a bull cant be unpleasant, but the man who suf- fers most is the wicketkeeper.
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