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,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
By Ernie
Ernie
September 1, 1939.
Bushmiller
REALLY? WEREN'T YOU SCARED
Tag. 4. PIL, DE MAD Highne previved
NAW! --- I SLEPT OUT IN DAT OL'
DOG HOUSE JUST
TO TEST
ME NOVE!
-ENIE BUSHMILLER
Frankie Parker Wins After Seven Years
Beats Don McNeill In Straight Sets At Seabright Tournament
Seabright, N. J., July 31–Frankie Parker, the mechanical man of tennis, climaxed seven years of competition in the Seabright invitation tourna ment yesterday by capturing the historic singles bowl with a straight-set conquest of 21-year-old Don McNeill, hard-hitting Oklahoma collogian.
CURTAILED topped by black glasses and white
BASEBALL PROGRAMME
New York, Aug. 31.
Looking for all the world like a human machine with his grim face
sweat-band, Parker played with a remarkable precision and marksman- ship that mowed McNelll Into 03, 8-0, 6-0 defeat. The fine toueti that brought McNeill victories over Gardner
Hope Mulloy and John Dock In the current tourney Bobby Riggs in the French court championship deserted him completely. In the deciding set he
and
hard
Several matches in the Major was able to garner only three points Baseball League were pastponed to-off Parker,
BOOSTED CHANCES
day because of rain and cold. The following were the results of the Parker bousted considerably
matches played: -
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R. 11.
Pittsburgh
1
8
0
0
5
Pittsburgh
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10
1
Philadelphia
11
14
2.
Philadelphia
Susce homered for the Pirates.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston
4 13 Detroit
11 13 Tebbetts homered for the Tigers.
Philadelphia
St. Louis
4
10
2
chances of retaining a Davla
Cup place. Winner of six out of seven previous tournaments Purker con- vinced the skepties that his newly Edeveloped forehand drive has prac- "arrived." He showed it to cally advantage yesterday against the crisp shots of McNeill and in prior victories over such players as GI Hunt, Wayne Sabin and Frank Shields.
3
McNeill carried the fight to Parker
in the first two sets, moving into the net to keep Parker on the defensive. Parker was too steady, however, and passed McNeill repeatedly with shola that combed the sidelines. The flist set was marked by six breaks of vice, four of them against McNeill.
Parker moved into 2-0
1
square the issue
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Moses homered for the Athletics, The matches St. Louis Cardinals vanlage in the second set, only to see v. New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds McNeill
V.
And
ever,-
Frank Parker, one of the four players chosen to defend the Davis Cup for the United Slates against the Australians. He will probably one of the singles beriha.
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Owing to unforeseen cir- cumstances, the annual general meeting of the Hongkong Cricket League, originally arranged to take place on September 5. has been post- poned to September 25.
Sensational Ending To Fight
Jones Knocked Out
In 26 Seconds
London, Aug. 17.
Jackie Paterson (Glasgow), Scot- tish champlon, scored sensational victory in his British fly-weight tile eliminator with Erle Jones (Leicester), holder of the Southern Arca championship, nt Glasgow, winning ona knock-out after 20 |seconds, including the count.
Jones carried the fight to his man int the start, but Paterson met him
No. 5: ASTON VILLA
HAVE FAITH
IN UNTRIED YOUTH
v. Boston Braves and Chicago Cubs tually move into 4-3 lead with a Brooklyn Dodgers in the National great dispiny of net power. He lost League were postponed owing to rain his bid to square the match in the There was a certain amount of pessimism at Aston and cold, while the match between eighth game when Parker abandoned Washington Senators and Chicago his baseline defence and came to the Villa's annual meeting, and one prospective director warn White Sox will be played at night.-net to scare. Parker went ahead by ed the club that "the red light was shining."
Reuter.
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Buyers
winning his own delivery and only
with
a strong two-handed attack. He stunned the Leicester boy with right and lefts to the jaw, and Jones staggered across the ring, collided with the ropes, and dropped to the CANVAS.
fect Jones regained his after taking a short count, but Paterson steadied himself and de- livered a terrific right-hand blow to the jaw which sent Jones down for the full count.
The Paterson-Jones fight is not the shortest on rece
record, for there have been Instances of quicker finishes at other weights. Al Foreman, the ex- Bellish light-weight Champion, knocked out Ruby Levent, of Bos- ton,
at Montreal in 15 sec
in
September, 1920, while the 37-year- old Battling Nelson, who afterwards His conten-became World's Lightweight Cham-
by some fine retrieving dld McNelli tion was that the average age of the teamr was much plon, knocked out William Rosser, in
[stave off defeat in the tenth game.
TWICE AT SET POINT
He was twice nt set point and pulled out to send the set into over- time. But he had shot his bolt, and Parker ran out the set at 8-6.
too old.
nro
He suc
succeeded Riggs champion, brother Frank has already been with
15
sec. Similar brevity was accom- plished by Jimmy Stewart, of Liver- pool, who defeated Jack Lord, Bol- ton, in 2 sec. at Manchester in Octo- 2 75 11 Plover, J. Rotherham)
iber, 1935. Jack Peterson knocked Spensley, R. M. (Durham).. B Armstrong. M. (High Spen) 5 10
out Charlie Smith, of Deptford, in 0 McConnon, J. E. (Burnop-
see. in 1934-landing only one punch. feld)
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But the club are not worried and Manager James Hogan is confident Cat when first-team positions have Hongkong Stock Exchange Offelul The third set took less than 10 to be Alled there are plenty of Summary Issued yesterday says:
minutes. Quieter conditions prevailed to-day
youngsters on their books who "Frank was just too good for me capable of stepping into the senior and the volume of trading was not to-day." McNeill said later.
"It wasiside. Bo extensive as the two preceding Impossible to beat him." doya. On the other hand prices have Although Parker captured tre One youngster who is expected to been well maintained though it is doubles title here In 1933 with Shields muke good is Amos Moss, a 17-year- apparent prospective buyers arejes his partner, this
was the first time old right-helf and son of Frank Moss holding back, anticipating possibili- he had ever gotten beyond LeVilla's former England International. ties of obtaining requirements a little quarterfinal round of the singles com. He is the third member of the Moss cheaper.
ptition in the 52-year-olti tourney. family to join the club, for his cider
Bobby having been beaten by Inter-them a couple of seasons, collegiate Titleholder Frank D. Guernesy, Jr., in a third round up- Rutherford, who was secured from Southport towards the end of Inst Helen Bernhard, of New York, 18-season, is regarded as the best goal- year-old national girls'
keeper Villa have had since the days
03 champlon, captured the women's singles tille of Sam Hardy.
a B3, 75 victory over Dorothy Workman of Los Angeles, placed, has left, but he is the only sixth ranking player. Miss Workman was seeded second; Miss Bernard was player of note who has not been re-
www signed. unseeded, but her triumph was no surprise to those who watched her upset Dorothy May Bundy and
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the championship.
Biddlestone, whom Rutherford re-
When the players reported for duty on July 31 all were fit and weil and
Virginia Wolfenden in her path there is lendid spirit of optimism prevailing at Villa Park both among players and oMelals.
The stockily bullt youngster im Greenwich Village vulstroked her more experienced rival to win th crown, which was not defended |Allee Marble,
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TUCSON, Ariz.
Training is being carried out at the by Alexander Sports Ground, Perry Barr, headquarters of the Birming- ham Combination side, so that the pitch at Villa Park will remain undi- turbed until the opening of season.
List of players:
Goalkeepers Birthplace Rutherford, J. (Fitlald) .. 6 9.
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Dia Courie
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