NANCY
AW, YOU'RE ALWAYS TALKIN' ABOUT HOW
BRAVE YOU ARE, BUT YA NEVER PROVE IT!
OH YEAH!-- DID YOU KNOW I SLEPT OUTDOORS,
LAST NIGHT?
Friday,
REALLY ?......... WEREN'T
YOU SCARED?
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
NAW! --- I SLEPT OUT IN DAT OL'
DOG HOUSE JUST
TO TEST
ME NOIVE!
September 1, 1939.
By Ernie Bushmiller
C 1634 y k sited Truturi MembeAM, EN,
QUSHMIKSER——
Frankie Parker Wins After Seven Years
Beats Don McNeill In Straight Sets At Seabright Tournament
Scabright, N. J., July 31–Frankie Parker, the mechanical man of tennis, climaxed seven years of competition in the Scabright invitation tourna- mont yesterday by capturing the historic singles bowl with a straight-set conquest of 21-year-old Don McNeill, hard-hitting Oklahoma collegian.
Looking for all the world like aj Virginia Wolfensten in her path human maching with his grim face the championship. topped by black glasses and white; The stockily built youngster from awrat-band, Parker played with Greenwich Village butstroked her remarkoble precision and markanan- more experienced rival to win The ship thut nowed MeNell into 6-3, crown, which was not defended by 1-6, 6-0 defeat. The fine touch Alice Marble. that brought MeNeill victories over Gardner Mulloy and toli Hope Doeg in the current ketirmey and!
Bobby Riggs in the French and Infantile Paralysis
court championship deserted hon completely. In Que deciding set he
was able to garner only three points
el Parker.
Outbreak At Eton
BOOSTED CHANCES A CASE of infantile paralysis was diagnosed recently at Eton College. A second case is suspected.
Parker hosted considerably chances of retalning Davis Cup place. Winner of six out of even previous tournaments, Parker con- yared the skepties that his newly developed fore hand drive has prac- leally "arrived." He showed it to advantage yesterday against the crisp shots of McNeill and in prior vlctories over such players as GI Hunt, Wayne Sabin and Frank Shields.
The two boys, who are 15 und 14. have been taken to the school sanatorium. Following a conference
Frank Parker, one of the four players chosen to defend the Davis of the school medical board, cup for the United States against the Australians. He will probably the elder was slated definitely one of the singles berths.
to be suffering from a form of in- fantife paralysis which affects the
McNeill carried the fight to Parker brain. in the first two sets, moving into the!
Both boys were stated to be
net to keep Parker on the defensive. confortable as could be expected. Parker was too steady, however, and passed McNeill repeatedly with shati:
Their parents have been sent for.
When the school broke up,
that combed the shtelines. The parents were told that any accom-
*!
Was smarked by six breaks of sen- modated at home couli cemoin ot Blon until the period of infection has
vice, four it into
four of them Parker moved
dnst McNelli against
L 2---0 ad-passert.
INFECTED WHILE BATHING?
vantage in second set, only to re
MeNeill square the issue and even-
tually move into 4-3 lead with a
great display of net power: He lost Members of Mr. Marsden's house.
the!
by bid tr square the match In to which both boys belong, have been eighth game when Parker abandoned isointe
his baseline defence and came to the net to score. Parker went ahead by winning his own delivery and only by some fine retrieving did McNeill
The third set took less than inkautes.
The headmaster, Mr. Cloud Elliott,
that Faith
No. 5: ASTON VILLA HAVE FAITH
IN UNTRIED YOUTH
There was a certain amount of pessimism at Aston
the cause of the Villa's annual meeting, and one prospective director warn- outbreak is being thoroughly invested the club that "the red light was shining.". His conten- gated and every possible precaution-
tion was that the average age of the team Was Ary measure has been taken,
One theory is that the boyg may have been infected while bathing in too old, and
the Thames. Both
10
have recently
much
11 3
11
604 12 7
stave off defeat in the tenth game,
TWICE AT SET POINT He was twice at set point pulted out to send the set into over, been bathing regularly, and it has But the club are not worried and lover. 1. (Rotherham) ... 5 75% time. But he hud shot his bolt, and been suggested for some time that Manager James Hogan I confident Spenaley, H. M. (Durham).. 5 0 Parker ran out the set at 8-G.
Armstrong. M. (ligh Spen) 10 the Thames at Windsor was polluted, that when first-team pussitions have McConnan, J. E. Burnop Last summer all bathing was stopped to be
Nel) Alled there are plenty of for this reason. "Frank was just too good for me
youngsters on their books who are to-day," McNeill said' Inter.
Eton College had an extensive test capable of stepping into the senior "It was carried out at the beginning of the side. inpossible to beat him."
present term, samples of the river Although Parker
captured Inc doubles title here in 1933 with Shiekis water being analysed daily for over
****n week. as his partner, this was the first time he had ever gotten beyond e quarterfinal round of the singles com- ptition in the 52-year-old tourney. İle succeeded Riggs as champion, Bobby having been beaten by Inter- collegiate Tilleholder Frank Guernesy, dr., in a third round up- sel.
D.
Too Much Agreement
CHICO, Cal
Supervisor V. W.
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Sensational
Ending To Fight
Jones Knocked Out In 26 Seconds
Jils
London, Aug. 17. Jackie Paterson - (Glasgow), Scot- tish champion, scored a sensational victory ti
British fly-wright tille eliminator with; Eric Jones (Leicester), holder of the Southern Area championship. ut Glasgow, winning on a knock-out after 20 seconds, including the count.
Jones carried the flight to his mon nt the start, but Paterson met him with a strong two-handed attack. He stunned the Leicester boy with right and lefts, to the jaw, and Jones staggered across the ring, collider! to the regained his fect
with the ropes, and dropped
canvas,
Jones
after taking hort count, but | Paternon stradled himself and de- livered a terrifle right-hand blow to the jaw which sent Jones down for the full count.
The Paterson-Jones fight is not the shortest on record, for there have been instances of quicker finishes at
ten,
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other weights. At Foreman, the ex- British light-weight Champion, knocked put Ruby Levene, of Bos-
at Montreal in 1
fri September, 1028, while the 37-year- old Battling Nelson, who afterwards became World's Lightweight Cham- pion, knocked out William Rosser in 2 ser. Similar brevity was accom- plished by Jimmy Stewart, of Liver- pool, who defeated Jack Lord, Bal- ton, in 2 see, at Manchester in Octo- Ler, 1935. Jock Peterson knocked out Chnelle Smith, of Deptford, in 6 sec. in 1934---landing only one punch.
Grandmother, 88, Fast Reader
LAWRENCE, Mass. Mrs. Mary McGovern, an 88-year- old grandmother," is "entching up" lon some of the reading she missed while rearing a family of seven children. For the past two years, she saya, she has been reading 10 trury books a week-with love stories her favourites.
Jail Bars Escape-Proof
PRESCOTT, Ariz.
Forwards
Bate, J. (Little fiullon) Batty, S. G. (London) One youngster who is expected to Beresford (Walsall)
Broome, F... (Derk- make good is Amos Moss, a 17-year-
hamsted) old right-half and son of Frank Moss Browne, J. H. (London) Villa's former England International. Catten, T. (rmingham)
Edwards, G. (Norwich) He is the third member of the Moss Dunds, T. (Durham) family to join the club, for his elder Gonin. W. C. (Tamworth).. brother Frank has already been with Haycock, F. (Liverpool)
Houghton, W. E. (Billing- them a couple of seasons.
boro') Kerr, A. W. (Medomsley) Rutherford, who was secured from Martin. J. R. (Hampstead) (Buckhaven, Southport towards the end of last O'Donnell, F.
Mic) Orendorff, deseason, Is regarded as the best goal-Osbourne, F. (Rotherham) girls' champion, | feated for re-election as the resultkeeper Villa have had since the days shell, F. 11. (11ford)...... 56% 11 compressed air inside is released, i captured the women's singles title of criticisms against the board of of Sam Hardy. with 13, 7--5
over supervisors, made his swan song at Dorothy Workman of Los Angeles, the final meeting in these terms: Biddlestone, whom Rutherford re- sixth ranking player. Miss Workman "Sometimes we didn't agree but if placed, has left, but he is the only was seeded second; Miss Bernard was we always agreed there wouldn't be player of note who has not been re- unseeded, but her triumph was no need for more than one man here. Įsigned, surprise to Dhose who watched her That was the trouble-we all agreed | upset Dorothy
May Bundy and too much."
Helen Bernhard, of New York, 10- year-old national
victory
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When the players reported for duty
on July 31 all were di and well and there is a splendid spirit of optimism prevalling at Villa Park both among players and officials.
Training is being curried out at the
Ground,
Perry Alexander Sports Barr, headquarters of the Bleming- ham Combination Ride, so that the pitch at Villa Perk will remain undis turbed until
the the opening of
season,
List of players:
Поливерега
Birthplace
Rulerford, J. (Fatfeld)
Hai.
Wakeman, A. (Walzell) ... 014 13
ngalay. 0. (Kingswin-
ford)
Wat.
Carey, W. J. (Manchester) & 012 11 11
Backs
Callaghan, E. (Birmingham) § 101% Cobley, W. A. Leicester) ** 4 **
Q. (Thornbridge) à 101
Godtres. (Birmingham) 8.8 Gutteridge, R. (81. Helans) & 9% Hickman, A. IL (W'hamp-
ton)
5:10 Bockett, A. (Coventry)
Half-back
(Cradisy
Allen, J. (Poale) Barker, J. (Beunthorpe)
Heath)...
Iverson, B. (76)
Jution.-R. (Cose
ER HAARH AA
5 11 12 3
60
Starling, 1. W. {Pelaw-on-
Tyne
10 11 7
Ted Davenport has obtained.u patent on an escape-proof bar for jalls. The bars are hollow Inside and when sawed to the point where the
establishes a contnet with a signal system in the warden's office.
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