AMERICANS WIN THE DAVIS CUP
Forest Hills, Sept. 5.-The United States to- day kept possession of the Davis Cup when Billy Talbert and Gardnar Mulloy beat Billy Sidwell and Colin Long, of Australia, 8-6, 9-7, 2-6, 7-5 in clinch- ing the doubles match of the challenge round.
This doubles viclory before 6,000 fans in the West Side tennis stadium was the third match won by the Americans in the best three of five series,
Interport Team Loaves Tomorrow
Six members of the Hongkong Interport Lawn Bowls team will be leaving for Shanghai tomorrow by the ss. Wingsang when she sail from the Custodian Wharf at 4 pm.
They are Mesara, R. F. da Luz (Club de' Recreio), J. S. Landolt and W. Thog Sling (Craigengower), C. S. Rossulet (KCC), li Sykes and R. P. Phillips (KBGC). Mr Phillips will manage the team.
The other member of the team, Mr T. A. Matlar ..(KCC) will be flying up to
Shanghai.
Accompanying
the team also are Messrs. Vic Labrum and A. J. ("Hopo") Kew of the Kow- loon. Cricket Club and the possibility arises of the KCC being able to turn out its own rink for a game with Shanghai club.
The team is booked to return by the "Wingsung" on September 23 or 24.
PARIS CYCLING
Paris, Sept. 5.-The Belgian cyclist. won the Paris Albert Hendrick, Bicycle race today, covering the 1.182-kilometre distance Izi the record time of 14 hours 36 minutes
and 42 seconds.
The Belgian speedster covered the to the Naval distance from Paris base and return, lowering the record Bet last year by, the Austrian, Hubert Opperman, by
Hour one
and 23 minutes. Hendrick beat his country man. Neuville, by a mere length.
Third place went to Fazio of Italy in 41 hours 37 minuter and 10 seconds, with Tacro of forth.-United Press.
France.
Yesterday Ted Schroeder and Frank Parker won the two opening slagles matches. Tomorrow's two concluding single conteste will be mere routine,
Talbert of New York and Mulloy of Miami, Florida, clinched Ameri- ca's 15th victory since the Davis Cup was placed in competition In 1900. They also gave the United States its seventh victory over Aus- tralia in the 13 times the two countries have met in the challenge round.
THE TARGET
Sidwell 홍콩 김은석 the target for Talbert and Mulloy during most of today's play. Although the Amert- os patr unexpectedly resorted to n defensive game, most of their enre- ful returns were nimed at Sidwell's, backhand and the Aussie in a while tennis cap had a difeult time of it.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1948.
TOUCHDOWN FOR '49ERS
53
Hal Shoener, 49er end, skirts around the goal post for a touch-down in the second quarter after taking a lateral from Frankie Albert.
Baltimore Colts Jack Fitch rammed the goal posts trying to stop Shoener. The *Ders went on to defeat the Colts, 42 to 14 in a professional exhibition game at San Francisco-AP Wirephoto.
Long, bespectaried, stockily-built FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION SENDS OUT A "NOTE PLEASE!”.
and brown-haired, who specialiser in a smashlag overhead game, had less work to do. The American de- fensive ineties and the concentra- tlon on Sitwell enused the Aus- tralians to nel 65 shots and to send 41 others outside the sideilne.
Meanwhile, Talbert and Malloy charged with 01 nets and 37 outs- ret agrent margin of superiority. Those figures are a true disclosure
of
the fact that the match was poorly played by both sides. Some experts declared that it was the worst doubles matelr ever seen in the Davis Cup challenge round.—United Press.
SEVEN-A-SIDE
SOCCER
British Soccer
Touring Teams
And Overseas Criticism
London, Sept. 5.Overseas criticism of the conduct of British football touring teams is reported in a bulletin issued by the Football Association, which reminds clubs that "any match overseas, unless it is played in the very best sporting tradition, cân đo as much harm to Britain's name as it can do good."
The statement says that a report has been received by the Association showing that the conduct of one or two of the club teams playing in matches abroad has not reached the standard of sportsmanship that might have been expected, and it has reflect- ed, little credit on British football,
that
1
BASEBALL
WILL CLEVELAND "BLOW" THE PENNANT?
Philadelphia Manager Hopeful
By. JACK CUDDY
NEW YORK.
Big Al Simmons, Athletic's conch and Connie Mack's right-hand man, declared today; : "Cleveland will blow it again!"
Simmons, a carry-over from the great Philadelphia teams of the past, admitted that Cleveland-because of its schedule-should be favoured now to win the American League pennant; but he added vehemently:
"The ·Indians won't WIB !! What about the Yankees? Cleveland hasn't won it pennant since 1920, Every time It looked n though they were in, they blew their chances. Something always happened. They're a blowing club. They'll blow it this time."
The gray-haired husky leaned Zorward dramatiently and exclaim- ed: "Yes-and, if they don't blow 'it themselves, we'll make them blow
it!"
"A somewhat startled reportes usk- ed if Mr Simmons meant that the Athletles would win the pennant,
"Who's goin to beat us?" chal- lenged the guy whose booming, bạt leamed explosively with the cudgels of Mickey Cochrane, Jimmy Dykes and Jimmy Foxx in 1929, 30 and 31- before the A's were "Broken up."
The reporter timorously mention- ed the Boston Red Sox.
"A tough club," admitted Al. "A good-hitting club. One with a good
But their manager.
pitching's in- consistent."
Simmons anid, "They had ino worried before our trip to New ain't York. But I know now they got what it takes. We proved that when we 'beat them in both ends of that double-header, before the biggest home crowd of the
year, more than 72,000,"
But the Yanks bent the A's in the first two games of the New York serius.
That's it. That's just it tic- clured Al. "If the Yanks had the right kind of spirit at this stage of the fact, they'd have moved 10 down'in' both games. The momen tum of two wing over a tough club in a hard fight is a great thing it the spirit is right.. It starts you on winning streaks. And you've got to have streaks to win a pennant."- United Press.
Red Sox Hold On
New York, Sept. 5.- Boston Red Sox clung to their
Compton On The slender half-game lead in the
Balance Sheet
American League today with a 4-3 victory over. Philadelphin Athletics on a dramatic tenth inning single by veteran Wally Moses.
Thus Red Sox remained a hair's breadth ahead in the tight race as with the run
runner-up New York Yankees year ripped
ed Washington
International cricketer and footballer. Denis Compton anys Stepping in as pinch-hitter. 30- some frank things about finance year-old Moses rapped a base hit in his book "Playing
for Anto centre Weld to SCOTC Ted "Much of the trouble
ile sak scems to matches,
foreign draw. He alleged that this was due England"
Williams from second base with the (Sampson,
Low. winning run. have been due to faully refereeing," crowds were apt to get excited and to bad decisions, and added that the statement continues. "Clubs are demonstrate, and such
demonstra- there was no bait sportsmanship Maraton & Co., Ltd, 7/6). advised to press for the appoint- tion seemed to influence their re-from the British team. ment of neutral oMelals
all terces. iri
Mr Bob Jackson, of Portsmouth, Middlesex which ende
contract His three-year The following is the
sides pro matches against forelyn
enid that he had received copies of and
Mr W. J. Clearns, Chairman ol gramme for the Stanley Shield while it only affects a small mino-
newspapers from Sweden and Den- gives him Le a week all the year reminded West. Ham, declared that refereeing mark, where ore
a match during the round with £B Portsmouth played, Seven-a-side knock out competi-rity of clubs they tion, Senior Division,
to be that any match overseas, unless it is had always been a dimeulty. Teams
season and all expenses paid. said that the
This, he says, gives him £15 a best sporting were instructed to take decisions in and one of them
British team played at the Club ground, played in the very
had been robbed of week during the season after vic- Iradition, can do as much harm to the best possible spirit, and If any
the result by the referee, Happy Valley on the 11th & Britain's name as it can do good." Klaring mistakes were made,
duction of income tax. captains could make n
dignited The referee they had met with had 12th September, 1948:—
not been up to the British standard, he declared.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 11
1st Round
PCA v St. Joseph's (C) .. 3.00 p.m. CAA (A) » Navy (D) .... 3,30 St. Joseph's (D) `v ́Army
(A)
WD Chinese Y South
China (B)
4.00
H
4.30
2nd Round
St. Joseph's (A) v Tram-
ways (A)
American National CAA (B) v KMB
| South China (C) v Talkoo
(A)
Swimming Titles | Police (B) v Club Rugby
Akron, Ohio. Sept. 5.-The RA (A) V South China
5.00
G.30
0.00
(2)
0.30
Brighton Hotel team of Atlan-
(A)
7.00
2
tic City took its first National
AAU swimming title here
SUNDAY, SEPT. 12
today as Olympic champion, Club (A) v Miniature FA 3.00 Jimmy McLane added the 800- Navy (A) v Kitchee..... 3.30 metre free-style crown to his PCA or St. Joseph's (C) v list of victories.
+
won
Led by Jos Verduer, who two championships during the meet, the Brighton squad ended the day with 40 points. New Haven was second-with 38 and Ohio Slate University third with 37.
CAA (A) or Navy (D) 4.00 St. Joseph's (D) or Army
4.30
(A) ▼ WD Chinese or South China (B) St. Joseph's (D) Talkoo Navy (C) v Club (C)
:... 5,00
(B)
Club (B) v Club -Rugby
(1)
In the funds today, Robert Nugent | RAF (B) v Army (B) of New York Athletic Club led all Eastern v Police (A) the way to win the 100-metre free- Etyle title in 38.5 seconds. Bill Dud- ley of New Orleans Athletle Club was second and Dick Thoman of
5.30
0.00
"
0.30
7.00
"
In a comment on this bulletin, protest.
of several connections
Football League teams are reported to have Epoken adversely of the quality of
teams the refereeing their countered in overseas matches.
en-
Mr
+
all
messages from
this
In addition there are extra pay- ments for test match apperances
Gentlemen and £25 for the Players match.
Y
ex-
5-3. Boston
picked up a half game, however, on third place Cleveland when Indians
were rained out at St. Louis,
Ted Williams, who doubled to set up the winning tally, was the over- all Boston hitting star witth four
five trips. hits
Athletics lost to Boston 4-3 decplie a seventh inning homer by Hank Majeski which tied the score at 3-3 und sent the game into extra innings. JOLTIN: JOE
QUITE AN EXPERIENCE
The Southampton Club received of positive tributes to dieir sportsman- Jimmy Seed, manager
Compton estimates
on the Charlton Athletic, said that his team ship on their tour of Brazil in the
penditure side that during the Mr Dave Mangnall, manager of were leading by seven goals to one shape of many letters of appreciation. season he needs eight pairs of
Joltin Joe DiMaggio clouted his were congratulatory Queen's Park Rangers, suggested in one match in Stockholm with Among them
the President of cream flannels (£40), a dozen thin.
of boots 33rd homer and also the double that minutes that neutral referee, or a Briton, juny 20
to go, and the
Brazil, the press of the country, singlets (£2). two pairs should always be in charge of such match ended in n, seven goals
officials of every club Southampton (£5), four shirts, a dozen pairs of started the winning rally as Yankees
defeated Washington 5-3, played against, and from the British socks and laundry, (£50).
With two out and the score 3-3 This totals up to nearly Ambassador and Consul.
Just about the for half the in the sixth, DiMaggio backed away from witch which bounced of his County cricket programme exclusive of the £6 a week year-round salary, bat for a double.
This brings the annual income to about £500 from which income tax has yet to be deducted,
THE ATHLETE'S DIET FAD
DR ABRAHAMS SHAKES A FINGER AT TRADITION
By "RECORDER"
The statement issued very nearly on the eve of the Olymple Games by Britain's famed authority on nutrition. Dr Adolphe Abrahams, that it doesn't very much matter what an athlete eats so far as he eats enough of it, is rather a revolutionary one from the point of view of accepted tradition.
Cincismall Coca Cola Club was Form "B" (ilst of team) must be agreement
third.
handed to referee before match.
For the fourth straight year. 17- ST. JOSEPH'S TEAM
year-clu McLane won the 800- metre éhampionship,
He bent his hottest rival, Jack Taylor, also 17, at Akron Firestone Club to win the race in 10:17.1. Forbes Norris of Harvard third.
was
on
an
athlete
what should or should not eat.
ORDEAL OF NEW CHEESE
the Olymple training for ordeal Greeks was an
at
The Greek Olymple era
carly
SUM
A MAN CALLED MILO
the
The club prizes these nice (ributes su highly that they are having coples them bound and presented to each of the players who made the trip. Reuter.
of
THE STORY OF GREYHOUND RACING
£100,
Once
The Victorians
Frowned It Down
When one stands outside a modern greyhound race- truck and watches the huge crowds pouring in It is difficult. to believe that this popular sport has been in existence for only 22 years.
the
for admission.
Yog! Berra followed with a triple scored himself on Phil and then Rizzuto's single, Joe Page, yielding one hit in three and one-third nings of relief, was winner and Sid Hudson the loser.
Luke Appling's single with base loaded in the last half of the ninth drove in two runs that gave. Chicago. White Sox a
n 4-3 win over Detroit..
AL Gettel pitched all the way to be- come the winner, giving up all three Tiger runs in the eighth. Aaron Robinson homered for White Sox.
pace-
NATIONAL LEAGUE In the National League, making Boston Braves kept their two-game lead intact as Charley Red Barrott hurled 、u-dve-hit gaïne to beat Philadelphia Phillies ~ 5-1 in Boston.
the face. But the tide turned. On for New the third night more than 4,000
people paid for admission and sub- Įstare,"pric
and.
Mizo hit two homera
St Loula Cardinals a four-run' rally with two Increased out in the nfth inning to beat Cin-
cinnati Red's 5-1 in Cincinnati.
come to Two runs walked across and Stan
Every athletic trainer from the most ancient of times until today practises his own fad where diet is concerned and officials who has to check the food lists of the 50-odd teams that came to England for the Olympic Games had
Perhaps it should be mentioned that 72 years ago a Phillies only run was a homer by to encounter quite a few strange theories.
Johnny Blatalk, while Boston's hit- man who believed ho had "got something" laid out a
ting stars were Tommy Holmes quarter-mile track near Hendon and here dogs chased a they sheep's tails to molluscs, discovering The Chinese insisted that
with three singles and Frank Mc- be handicapped
Cormick who drove in three runs would
without finally that the digestion, before the dummy hare which was drawn along a rail by a windlass. bamboo shoots and the Mexicans era of fruit salis. felt best after all
It was a crude track with buses loaded on a double. made great to-do about bringing on such easy meats as young veal, But the idea, and enterprise of the Vue track.
Brooklyn Dodgers, trailing 3-1 in man who first thought of greyhound but it was the best that could be
of the last inning. the last half a cartload of live chickens, 31
racing did not appeal to the pubile provided in the circumstances.
rallied for three The idea of diet contributing to
runs to beat New On the opening night 2,000 people York Giants 4-3 in Brookdyn is as old as
In those Victorian days and the fathletic Club Secretaries are requested to hills and yet the
prowess
Then a man called Milo made his track closed soon after it had been
paid
It was a poor best of nutri-
losing streak
A note times of kick off.
who was a ärm be
start, But the attendance on the end a four-game tlonials have not yet got down to appearance
lever in eating the same thing but opened.
It was not until half a century second night was even worse. Only walk forced in one of Dodgers' 12th
inning tallics
but George Shiba necessarily a gargantuan quantity of later that greyhound racing as we 1,500 spectators turned up then. drove in the other two with
At Man- know it came into being,
Disaster started the promoters in
double. John... He demonstrated after
winning chester, on Saturday, July 24, 1928, all available laurel wreaths onc
the first race meeting was held. day by entering the stadium with a
on his back. WHERE THE CREDIT GOES · new four-year-old heifer
sequently attendances A friendly game
will be played cheese, dried figs, boiled grain milk racing around with It finally getting
To a New York businessman, Mr rapidly. When the Games down to the job of devouring on the Police Ground on Tuesday and warm water.
Greyhound racing had helfer on his own.. September 7 at 6 p.m. between Stel was cut down to cheese alone,
Charles Munn, must go much of Britain to stay. Before the end of the Musial delivered the other pair with. wero just few weeks away, the
credit for launching the sport in Joseph's and Kowloon Motor Bus.
Big-time sport had
more a lapse of Britain. In 1924 Mr. Munn arrived first season
than 1,000,000 a double. Southpaw Howlo Pallet Most modern dieticians would several centuries before the English in England bringing with him a fim people had
passed through the scattered five Red bits to gain his The St. Joseph's team will be regard an idea like this with horror. took it up and they had hardly got dealing with the popular greyhound turnstiles at Manchester. *
fifth win. m chosen from the following:-Mac-
a down to a diet fad when the beef racing tracks in Chicago which were It was natural at this stage, that Chicago shook the dust of last Dougall, Brown, B. Gosano, Hsul
their heels by routing King-seng. A. J. Hussain, R, Rocha, very long ane and ideas changed. butchers made their influence felt.
Pirates ed to London. Here, at the White Pittsburgh Going into training in the early then the mecca of thousands of the thoughts of the promoters turn-place from
wealthy Americans. the 300 Leonard, Rumjahn, Manson, Toledo it was finally decided to introduce metre individual medley to the 100- M. Xavier, C. Pereira, Gomes meat and the Butchers' Guild must 19th century meant a diet of half- yesterday. The Brighton Hotel star Omar, A. Santos, C. Santos.
won Fung, King-cheung, Jounilho, B. M. have become more influential with cooked, beefsteaks and dry
the and some evil influence had it that the years for in due spinshed his way through the race
thrown water was dangerous. cheese Idea was entirely In four minutes flat.-United Press.
sub- Players to meet at the Star Forry aside and the Olymple Finme
THE THIRSTY ERA (Kowloon) at 5.30 p.m.
sisted for n losg. period on a diet of pork and a special kind of bread.
It was believed that what: a mun Then ong day. aftor many ate and drank had a more important Olymplads passed, there arrived an bearing on his ultimate success than Olymple his running or his boxing. It was unheralded fad at the Stadlum from come remote island set down as a standard that no of the Aegean Sea.
athlete could have more than two London, Sept. GM. Marcel Bousse's French colt, Timur II, will As the Games progressed he 'out-pinta of water a day to wash down all the half-cooked meat and stala brand not run in the Doncaster St. Leger, boxed and outwrezilod the jockey, Charlie Elliot, stated opposition and as a horde of Beet-with.
stood footed couriers
tocing the The Thirsty Era did not last today.
iino all ready to carry. the latest more than some two score years Elliot, who was to have cidden nowa to, the remotest" corners of when someone who liked the sound Timur, went across to France to ride the Greek world, busy correspon of the name "Glauber" and proved in a gallop on Saturday but dents rushed up with Greece-aiak to be influential enough in bruisers' found that he had broken down, ing news. The now world-beater and pro-runners' clrcles had a brain-
dieted exclusively on goatflesh. His wave that caught on, Elliot is now without a mount in district wasn't rich enough to For. some unhappy years athletes the St Leger, An earlier statement support a herd of swine, spruta trained on beef, multon, stalo bread, and his friends did not despair, the most popular sports in these New York
But Brigadier-General Critchley Today greyhound racing is one of Boston by Timur's trainer in France, M. Semblatt, said that the coll had This so upset all ideas on diet that strong beer and Glauber vers: After a lot of hard work they falands
On the taboo. Bat, wern
Not only does it provide Brooklyn suffered a solback in training and a the Pork Butcher's Guild lost its decision about running him in the hold entirely on the athletic world vegetables, cheese, butter and eggs, succeeded in raising 16,000. Submillions of people with entertain- St Lou
an era sat in when athletes or just exacly the items of dietquently they rented a disused clayment but it gives well-paid employ-Chennail St. Leger would be made tomorrow. axperimented with everything from that have caught on in our own era. pit and this later became the Belle ment to more than 30,000 people,
Verduer today added
metre backstroke crown he
French Athletes.
Win From Czechs
Paris, Sept. 8-A thrilling win by Emile Zatopek, the Olymple 10,000 metres champion, who finished with to win the 5,000 a terrifle burst motres event by 250 yards, was the outstanding feature of an inter national athletics contest, in which France defeated Czechoslovakia by 01 points to 77...
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Running with effortless ease on a
bales 28.4 conda, Itautar
minutes. seconds-Itouter.
14
1
Timur Breaks Down
him
-Reuter.
course
bread
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THE SCORES American LeagŢO
R H
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11-3 In the In London Mr. Munn tried to City, a track was laid and later a second game of a doubleheader after opener 1-3 In Forbes Ficid. interest several wealthy businessmen second was prepared at Harringay: Pirates took the
Idea. in his
But only two men FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES Homers by Ed Waltkus, AI
They were a showed enthusiasm.
Walker and Andy Pafka, were the veterinary
surgeon, Major
When financial difficulties faced big Cub blows. Rip Sawell beat Dixon and Brigadier-General AC the promoters following unexpect-Cubs in the opener on Ralph, Kiner Critchley. These
two, with the ed expenditure on these two tracks lent his support with his 37th home valuable assistance of Mr Munn, the Greyhound Racing Association decided to make an effort to Trust was formed and Investor introduce dog racing to Great were asked to subsoribe the Britain and
£1,600,000.
ne sum It was only
The response was immediate, On Boston down seriously to the task of raising the day following the announcement Philadelphia the necessary capital to finance the a sum considerably in excess of the Washington new sport that they realised what amount required was received. In- New York they were up against.
deed, thousands of pounds were re- Most of the potential Investors turned to subscribers. approached by them ridiculed the On June 27, 1937 the White City
Chicago suggestion that dog racing would track was opened and three months Chicago appeal to the public. "It's a silly later, on September 13, 1027,
the Pittsburgh idea," remarked one.
Arst meeting was held at Harringay. During that year Your new tracks Pittsburgh
Chicago! were opened. Two years later 80 tracks had been licensed.
Philadelphia
the trio got
DID NOT DESPAIR
Delroll
National League
United Press.
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