Friday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
July 19, 1940.
HEAVYWEIGHTS WHO HAVE EARNED
MOST OF THE MONEY
John L. Sullivan Made £180,000 But Died Almost Penniless
Tunney and Dempsey Best Off
IT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED that during the ten years that John L. Sullivan strode at the head of the heavyweights of the world he earned a for- tune around £180,000, but through overwhel- ming generosity, when he died in a littlo village in America all he possessed was the hut in which ho passed away, and even that was mortgaged.
Those were the days when million-dollar gates and big purses were not known, and for this fact alone, the fortune he amassed and spent was an extraordinary achievement.
For the Dempsey-Tunney fight in 1926, Dempsey collected £125,000 for losing the title,
It was
R common sight inj Willard, Is one of the less fortunate Sullivan's heyday to see him enses. He is now without any of atanding in an open coach, glis-e purse money he collected during tening silk topper cocked at parted to have asked Dempsey for his reign, and only, recently is re- careless angle, tossing coins to a job. crowds of children.
THE WEALTHY ONES
MIS JUDGMENT
WAS WRONG
..Gene Sarazen, US, golfer, was proved wrong when the U.S. Ryder .on
Cup team beat his selections Wednesday, Sarazen claimed that there were several youngsters who have proved so much in lato mouths that they were capable of beating the Ryder Cup team that was selected scrue white ago.
The greater part of his fortune was derived from tours of the coun-ENE Tunney and Jack Dempsey try. He was the first man to offer anyone £200 to stand up to him for ers of them all. Dempsey has taken are perhaps the wealthiest box- four rounds, and it was great baft great care that he shall not be for the yokels. There was always wanting in the future. Huge an someone who was willing to try, and nuities have been established for at the end of his first three months, himself and His wife, while he He and his manager grossed £30,000 settled £60,000 on Estelle Taylor, and that was considered "big" the flim actress, when they were money. ilin second tour brought him £30,500! Nothing like it had Barbara Hotel.
divorced. He Also gave her the Baseball been heard of before in the way of exploitation of fame. That was in 1083.
Then came four fours of England and five of Ireland.
WAGERED ALL
Dempsey now has an active in- terest in well-to-do restaurant opposite Madison Square Garden,
and never looks back.
RAPID EARNINGS
WHEN, in 1892, he entered the TUNNEY Hot £30,000 for taking
ring againgi James J. Corbelt
Five Teams
Enter Local
Int'n'l Series
Hongkong Baseball League, provision At a meeting held yesterday of the
the title from Dempsey, and is at. New Orleans for the title, the the boxer to have made money olher. It is esti- pine was £4,000, winner-take-all, foster than any with a side bet of £1,500. Every mated that he took two years to earn penny he had was bet upon himself £360,000, while Dempsey took seven at 6-1, and by midnight he was flat years to earn just slightly more. broke and without his ille.
Tunney is the richest of them all. He appeared in three bencat bouts He is successful in business and at over period up to 1000, when he present heads the American Dis-America, Great Britain, China, India took to vaudeville and got from tillers,
Bob
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Fitzsimmons also died without! fortune, while Jim Jeffries owns
R big whisky concern.
with
was made for five nations to enter ile International · series. These дре
and Portugal,
The games will be played on August 4. All entries must be in the hands of the Hon. Secretary by Thursday, July 25,
An annual series of five games will be held, commencing this year, be- tween the United States Navy and Hongkong, the trophy for which they
£450 to £750 a week. But bad in- Mar Schmeling was broke when vestments ate into that, until when he returned to the United States in he died he had memories but few 1934, but now has, or had before the regrets.
war broke out, around £120,000.
Jack Sharkey left the ring £75,000, and now owns n beautiful a little ranch in California and lives home and n restaurant in Boston. will play being known as the Hong- quietly and
Primo comfortably. Jeffries
Carnera earned retired in 1005 and in 1910 came out £350,000 but spilt it with nine of retirement to face the redoubi-managers! He left Amerles with able Jack Johnson, and was knocked about £15,000,
it
out in 15 rounds. He gained £16.- 000, however.
HIGH LIVING
about
Max Baer is still earning money to add to the £45,000 annulty he has, while James Braddock-the ring's "Cinderella man"--who came from the docks and off the rolist
JACK Johnson is not in dire straits, rolls get £45,000 for his fight with though he does not now enjoy Joe Louis, and what is more in re- the £40,000 he had when he lost ported to be atlil earning ten per the tio to Jess Willard in 1915. cent. of Joe's takings for having Following the defence of his tile given Joa a chance at the title. against Frank Moran in Paris, John-
son proceeded to spend around 215-
000 in high living. HIS fino fleet of
AND JOE LOUIST
U.S. RYDER CUP GOLFERS BEAT SARAZEN'S TEAM
DETROIT, July 17 (Router),--~The United States- Ryder Cup golf team to-day defeated their challengers, a team captained by Gene Sarazen, former Ryder Cup captain, by seven to five..
Notable victories by Ryder Cup team players were Henry Picard's victory over Gene Sarazen by eight and seven, while Horton Smith beat the United States Open champion, W. Lawson Little; four and three,'
Members of the challenging team were Lawson Litife," the now National Open champion, Jimmy Demarot, Ben Hosan. Ed Oliver, Clayton Haefner, Craig Wood, Lloyd Mangum, Jimmy Thomson and Tommy Armour,
Members of the Ryder Cup team were Walter Hagen, playing caplain. Byron Nelson, 'Henry Picard, Dick Mela, "Jues” McSpadden, Horton Smith, Ralph Guldahl, Vic Ghezal, Ilines, Sam Bnead and Paul Runyan.
Jimmy
WITHDRAWALS FROM
TENNIS LEAGUE
TWO OUT of the seven
teams in the Mixed Doubles tennis League have with- drawn from competition. These aro the Hongkong Cricket Club and the United, Services Recreation Club.
LAWN BOWLS SWEEP DRAW
The draw for the first weep on the Hongkong Lawn Bowls League. programme to- 'The Hongkong C.C. have also morrow was made this morn- withdrawn their teams from the ing, following which the lists "A" and "B" Divisions, while of numbers were immediately the Central British Association sent out and posted on the
Club notice boards, have removed their name from the "D" Division League table.and this small number arose out of Five hundred tickets were sold. a misunderstanding that the numbers allotted to the Clubs were the only those lists in the Clubs had been ones available. Consequently when taken up there were no applications for further numbers as should have been the procedure.
The Hongkong C.C., together with the Chinese Recreation Club, were no leading in the Mixed Doubles, and their departure now leaves the C.R.C at the head of the table of five teams with 4 points.
Louis Defends Titlo Only Twice Next Year
NEW YORK, July 7 (UP). Joe Louis. world's heavy- weight champion, will defend his title only twice next year, both times in, outdoor en- gagements, his managers an- nounced last night. They sald as long as Louis holds the title, he will defend it only twice annually.
Red Sox Drop GOVERNMENT HOUSE
·
Valuable
Points
NEW YORK. July 18 (UP) Boston Red Sox. only one match behind the Cleveland Indians in the American Baseball League table,
they were beaten 10-8 by the Detrolt
three cars were well-known WH
WHAT must Joo Louts have to-dropped valuable points to-day when Johnson, incidentally, was the day? Last year it was reported first person with any knowledge of to be somewhere around £350,000. Tigers, who thus move into second boxing to point out the faults of Thus have the great heavyweights place, Joe Louis. Ho predicted that Louis of the world spent, squandered, would lose that first Oght to Max saved, or Invested their earnings Schmeling, and on a knock-out. from the ring.
Budweiser
The CANNED BEER
SOLE AGENTS
The scores were:
AMÉRICAN LEAGUE
Detroll...
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BEAT VOLUNTEERS UNIT AT BOWLS
lawn
GOVERNMENT
HOUSE bowls team, led by HE, the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. N. L. Smith, successfully entertained
o Army Servico Cadre, the H.K.V.D.C., in a friendly match on Wednesday and won 57 shola to 49.
Credit for the victory must go to H. H. Pega's rink (W. A. Cornell, Sir Atholl, MacGregor and E. V. Searle) for beating L/Cpl. Cullen's four (Sgt. Cuthill, Ptc.. Gow and Pte. Pearce) 25-11, when both other rinits of the
Battery, Corsica, Mokain, Trout and home side were beaten 18-17 and Benton, Tebbetis.
Boston
147
Battery: Hash, Having, Dickman, Wilson and Peacock, Glenn.
Chicago
Battery: Knott, Smith, Tresh,”
Washington
Battery: Chase, Carrasquol Farrell
2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn
0
Battery: Davie, Tamulls, Phelps.
Chicago
J
Battery:
Todd
Lee, Hoot, Page, Raftenaberger,
Fanling Golf Starting Times
Sunday
OLD COURSE
C. Young, J. W. Mayhew.
W. Hewitt, d. C. Worrall.
0.24 1. H. Genre, A. W, Bourne.
0.28 A. N. & Q. A. A. Blactadym.
NEW COURSE
10.32 Col. Blunckleton, Major Mackenzie.
"Y" Water-Polo Team For To-day
European T.M.CA, will meet Signals in a water-polo game in the YMCA pool at 7.30 to-night. The YMCA will be represented by R. Maynard; W. Stoker, L.A. Born; G. T. May, EW. Railton, G. H. Fowler, H. Chater, B," Goldmani
Caldbeck, Macgregor & Co., Ltd. Armstrong Wins Again
2 Chater Road.
New York, July 18, 2
Telephone Nos. 20075 & 30644-John Henty Armstrong, scored a
technical, knock-out over. Low Jenkins th the sixth round-to-night Jenkins was sent to the canvas seven times during the short Dght--United Presi
20-15.
The scores were:
W. Walker, Hon. Mr. N. L. Smith; Dr. I. Newton and J. Deakin lost to CBM. Baskett, Capt. F. Flippanco, Pte. Tuck and Sgt. Hyde 17-18,
Hon. Mr. J. A. Fraser, J. Smith, Hon. Mr.. 8. IL Dodwell and Hon. Mr, L. Shields lost to Pio. Leonard, Sgt. Lawrence, Pte Kern and Plc. Romelet 25-20.
W. A. Cornell, Bir Atholl MacGregor, E. V. Soorie and H. H. Pegg beat Ept. Cuthil Pie. Gow, Pte. Pearce and WCpL Cullen 23-11.
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Jel. 28151.
"COOL and FULL of PEP"
SAY THOSE WHO SUMMER IN MASCULINIZED UNDERWEAR
by,
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The House of Quality & Service
The draw resulted as follows (the $1 TIFFINS
Y
V.
K.BG.C. (427) 0.8.0.C. (323) K. Docks (72) Police (272)
number that draws the team that wins by the greatest margin in all three divisions. wins the first prize): FIRST DIVISION
Reo. "A" (353) .V. K.0.0. (204) I.R.C. (303) ILKFC. (138) Rec. "B" (841) V.
SECOND DIVISION C.C.C. (479). K.B.G.C. (284) -K.F.C. (258) K.C.C. (217)' C.S.C.C. (300)
0.0.C. (213)
K. Tong (88)
v.
V
Police (370)
HK.C.C. (270)
V.
V
Recreio (368) Taikoo (147)
- THIRD DIVISION
LIL.C. (306)
HEF.C. (381)
K.B.G.C. (240) C.C.C. (384)
v. H.K.C,C. (420)
V. ILKERC. (337)
V
· P.O.R.C. (232)
.R.F.C. (285)
Lawn Bowls Teams For
The Week-end
The following teams have been selected by various Clubs for Lawn bowls League' matches this week-end: INDIAN R.C.
1st team v. Kowloon Docks (home) D. AL Khan, K. M. Rumjahn, A. M..
Rumjah and M. R. Abbas.
J. Hoosen, A. K. Buffad, A. N. Minu,
A. K. Minu,
A. R. Rumjako, 8. Yusuf, M. V. Adás
A. R. Dallah.
3rd team v. Tiongkong C.C. (away)—
A. S, Bulad A. R. Klichiell
Madar and A. M. Wahab.
H
M. B. Hassan, J. M. A. Rumjahn, U. A.
Rumjahn and 9. M. Itumjaḥn.
IL Hassan, M. P. Madar, A. G. Sullad
and A. Bakar.
HONGKONG ELECTRIC
Y. Hongkong F.C. (home)-
A. G. Gardner, P. Gregory, J. T.
Lunny, and A. F. Paul
A. P. Tarbuck, C. E. Gahagan, H. 8.
McKay and K. Sloan
W. Stoker, RC Butler, G. T.. Fadget
and G. C. S. Thomson. Renaryo, W. Macfarland.
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