Wednesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
July 31, 1940.
U.S. NATIONAL PLAY-OFF
Lawson Little's Claim To Fame
Douglas, of the U.S.S. Mindanao, at bat in the all-important baseball match at Caroline I on Sunday between the Mindanao and H.D. The Taller won and a play-off will probably be uccessary to decide the shield.
1
Garcia's
Veteran Gene Sarazen Declares Retirement
(By "Birdio")
WHEN IT WAS THOUGHT that things were nicely settling down, and at a period when ono was about to set out confident that for the first time in many weeks one could set foot on firm dry ground, came the typhoon and deluge turning Colony courses once again into lakes and swamps.
It washed away what local "copy" there might have been, but, fortunately, a few further details of the U.S. National Open and the play-off have come to hand.
In a way, perhaps, the com- potition proper, when Lawson Little, Gene Sarazen and Ed. Oliver (subsequently disquali fled) tied, was more thrilling than the play-off. The play-off may have earned for Little a place among the greatest golfers
able courage and thrilling finish- ing burst in the competition gave him the right of way into Golf's Hall of Fame,
Manager Squirms today, but Surazen's indomit As Title Flies Away Fight Left Him Limp
NEW YORK, June 12.-The importance of a boxing championship to the holder thereof was strikingly revealed by George Parnassus, the garrulous little Greek, after his Ceferino Garcia had blown the world middleweight title to Ken Overlin in their recent bout here.
When Overlin's hand was lifted at the end of the 15 rounds it wiped out about $50,000 in purses which had
Garcia Matched
With Promising Welter-weight
NEW TORK, July 24-A new, and exceedingly promising you weller-weight has suddenly appeared in New York boxing circles, in the person of Steve Belloise, brother of Mike Belloise. former feather-weight who onco champion of the world, fought Dave Crowley of England.
WORLD'S FASTEST HUMAN
Junior College Sprinter In Line For Title
SALINAS, Cal-The most songhi-. after trackman in America to-day is College young Salinas Junior
Д
printer, Harold Davis, the successer to Stanford's Clyde Jeffrey as the "world's fastest human."
Davis, running in the West Coast Relays, stole the show from the cream of the west's college track- men Including Mr. Jeffrey himself. Conches are unanimously agreed thint} tho young Salinas speedster is destined for cinder Immortality.
Davis won his trial heat at the event in 9.8 to tie the national ra- cord. Then he stepped out in the finals to humiliate his field in the 7ousing time of 9.5, cracking the junior college record, coming with- in a tenth of a second of the world's record and beating his ucarest competitor by 10 yards.
Sure, Jeffrey came back to the track Ave minutes later and turned in another 0.5, but what of it? That's great running and it's just what you'd expect from the brilliant Stan ford senior.
JEFFRE
FOOD FOR THOUGHT The penalty incurred by Fd. Oliver
TEFFREY had already run 0.4 this disqualifiention for starting ahead
year to equal the world's record. of schedule-seems drastic, but it Steve sports a terrifle punch with was also shared by five others. But either fist, and greatly impressed the When he runs B5, it isn't news. they had not the mortification of boxing writers when, in a prelimin-But when a 17-year-old kid, just he knocked out Vie Dellicurti in chalks up that record under offcial having had first pince snatched from ary bout in Madison Square Garden, eight months out of high school, quick time and with a fine display circumstances, then its time the col- lege rooches do some long, profound their grasp.
Ile teed off thirty minutes be-of boxing.
thinking on the subject. fore his scheduled time, and failed! to notify the offlelal starter. Ils brilliant lust round of 71-one
under par gave him 287, but It was posted on the board.
been lined up for the Filipino former champion and Par-force the U.S. Golf Association to
nassus.
As a champion, Garcia was a drawing card in every spot that could boast of some local pride and joy who fancled himself n good middleweight.
As an ex-champlon, Garela Is Just- another fighter.
There was a strong movement to admit him into the play-off, but the Association were adamant over the proaning over Garcia's loss of the breaking of one of more sacred rules. Little and Sarazen were most will- title, and that's probably what hing that Oliver should be included, had in mind when he kept holler- Sarazen: "Shucks. Let him play,
and actually ing at Garcia
I can beat both of them." the corner threatenbig him in between rounda when he saw that
itle slipping away.
It's enough to drive a guy nuts,
TOW
HIS BIG CHANCE
Nowy Belloise has its first really
big chance.
of the
the
And that's just what they're doing to-day
Where will Davis go to college? Said he of his future plans:
I'd like to go to California anford or U. S. C. or any good
like
Mike Jacobs, promoter 20th Century Sporting Club, Inc., or hay matched him with the ex-college. But I wouldn't middleweight champion o! world, Garels for a ten-round boutake a decision now. I'll probably
stay
at Salinas through my sopho In the Garden on August 1.
more, year and won't enter a four- Since his lust appearance in the year school until 1941, anyway, SD Garden, Steve has won a decision there's plenty of time to think about over Sammy Luftspring, the Cana-*** dian welterweight titleholder, from
Incidentally, the new Pacifio Con- Turonio.
ference code which went into effect Bellalso has won 27 out of 29 pro- in May prohibits ambitious college elec-fessional Bghts and has scored 14 representatives from making over- knockouts in his two years of pro-tures to young athletic stars such as
HOWEVER, Sarazen's
trifying finish provided the
San Francisco, and bouts with Billy ment. Conn, Al Hostok und others lined
.
European "y" Water-polo Team
that his income has stopped entirely
His loss of the title doesn't mean with $10,000 shots at Chicago and second sensation of the tourns, fessional boxing. and, among other things, he will get aprelty good payday on September
Little; home first with 287, tent and 12 in a remulch with Overlin here at up.
Here was Garels with one of the snt in the Press Madison Square Garden. But he won't be making as much money ir most feared punches in the business watched the board. Sarazen the future as he did between Oclo- being tantalised and befuddled and needed an almost impossible 34 ber, when he knocked out Fred Apos- banged about the body a light hitter to tie, and the course was muddy toll for the championship, and May and all Parnassus' pleadings and 23, when he blew it to Overlin. threats failed to do anything about and heavy from rain.
TITLE VALUE
Garels would sit blinking and lis- out and throw CONSIDERING the value of the lening. then run
160-pound tile to Garela, who everything-ho had at Overlin__in was neither a great fighter nor nn sheer desperation, but Overlin would undisputed champion, a drawing card dance away when Garcia hoped he such as Henry Armstrong, welter- would stand still, then would leap in weight title-holder, can count the punching when Garcia expected him crown as a potential $250,000 asset to dance away.
And so went, with Parnassus
The following will represent Europe- an Y.M.C.A. ut water-pule on F evening, at 8 p.m. against Chung Slay Benevolent Society in the YMCA poot:
E. W.
He did it, and, not only that, 1. Eardley or J. Semmetma May: F
Raillon and 1. A. Denu; G. " Goldman, G. it. Fowler and I. H. Chater. Reserves. F. Willis and Peter Wilson.
nearly won the title outright en the last green when ho just missed wlila 15-foot putt. It was a finish that was as sensational as R. Jack LovelockTM is stationed that of 1932 when with a record at emergency hospital that was breaking round of 65 he snatched once a public school.
DR
Davis.
SHUMCHUN FLOODED River Overflowing After Excessive Rains
Walchow, July 30. Excessive rains flooded the Nam- lau-Shumchun highway last night, the Japanese troops whereupon drafted over 120 Chinese to repair the road and the delence works. The Shumchun River has overflowed,-in-. undating the Japanese pill-boxes and outposts.
the title from Bobby Cruikshank The irony of it!
Over 20 civilians were killed and and P. Perkins,
Four years ago he had Nazis on NOT their feet, cheering him home in many wounded as a result of two not mentioning Joe Louls who is
Over those Just nine holes, he Olymple 1,600 metres Anal in Ber-raids near Shumchun last week.--
International. In the million dollar bracket, in earn- getting whiler and whiter around the
gills in the corner and Goreln get-needed two birdles to draw level. ing powerH.
Overlin will find his
and redder. about the with Little, and he got them at the Income ting redder doubled henceforward as he goes body in each round from the barrage 11 and 13th. From then on he barnstorming about the country, for Overlin was pouring at him.
the quite obvious reason that he is
the champion, will be paid accord- ingly
even
in over-the-weight
ches and will be more appealing
to the customers.
IN BETWEEN THREATS- THAT'S what George Parnassus realised when he was around
Canadian Club Whisky
2
Malkimi Jolasta Carida.
CORNER SIDE-SHOW
Overlin went on piling up
Apolls round after round, box-
needed par figures to keep level with the leader. He did it though the 10th, but the 17th nearly lost it for hin.
From the rough on the right he ing Garela silly, Parnassus finally pitched 30 feet past the pin, but was shrieking and Ray Arcel, an-without a moment's hesitation he
Grmly und ather of the corner men was growl-smacked his ball ing so that the antics in the corner rattled in the cup to maintain the
to thíosa looked like a sideshow
average. The 18in par was paratively simple.
THERE IS ONLY ONE
CANADIAN club whisSKY
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anguished
it
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¡EANWHILE, Little watched with eyes, wondering what, if Sarazen could play like that, would the morrow bring.
But as things tumed out he need never have worried. He went out In 34 and came home in 30 for a
two-under-par 70, while Sarazen was out in 27 and home In 30 for 73,
Little won the first two holes, and
WITH THE BEAUTIFUL BOUQUET from then on kept ahead of Sarazen
AND
DISTINCTIVE FLAVOUR
Canadian Club Whisky makes a remark-
from tee to green.
AND after the match, in the locker room, veteran Gene stated that this would probably
ably pleasant variation-and it enjoys be his last season of competitive world-wide reputation,
Igolf,
Financially well off. Sarazen plays
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He had it seems, to pay out $300 out of his own pocket to play in the Open, on top of which he had to "cough up expenses for the play- oft. He can easily afford that, but, he says, $300 a $300.
"Golf" he said with satisfaction,”
is now a game that belongs to the public, which ti a great improuc- ment over the days when I started."
close enough to hear and see what was going on,
But, in spile of all that Parnasaus |couldn't save that $50,000 in future bookings based on Garcia's retaining the Bhich,
e
In worson shape – probably – than his faller who only had to do the
worry about that $50,000
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