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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
ALL The SPORTS NEWS of The Day
YESTERDAY IN THE WOrld of spoRT
Forest Hills Upsets Falkenburg And Frank Parker
Lose In
In Quarter-Finals
Forest Hills, N.Y., Sept. 17-Jaroslav Drobny, Czecho- slovakia's Davis Cup player, eliminated the Wimbledon champlon, Bob Falkenburg, 8-6, 6-1, 6-3 In the quarter- finals of the Men's Singles in the United States lawn tennis championships.
They had a grim battle of services for 12 games in the first set, but Drobny broke through in the 13th. He swept on with superb placements in the second set, and clinched the issue in the third.
In another quarter-final match, Richard Gonzales, 10-year-old Coll- formian, brought about one of the tournament's biggest upseta by de- renting Frankie Parker, No. 1 Davis Cup singles player, 0-0, 2-6, -5,
Gonzales now meets Drobny the semi-Anals.
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Falkenburg, no wiened since his Wimbledon win, was almost help- Lorengalurt the Czech after the first act.
Drobny handled the Californian's GETVice cholly, bont hlm with brilliant cross drives and scored with viclous overbend smashin -fleuter and Associated Prom
Heuter
Baseball
New York, Sept. 17.-Eddio' Dyer and his Cardinals com. bined nerobatics and baseball to.
JOE LOUIS TO FIGHT AGAIN
New York, Sept. 18-e Joe Louls announced on Friday ho will defend his world heavyweight cham- pionship for the 20th Cen- tury Sporting Club at the Yankee Stadium next June against the winner of the Charles Joo Baksi-Ezzard
16 round bout scheduled for November 12-Associated PTCSS.
Dr L. II. Gastmann, Nether- Jands Consul-General and tr G. C. Saw, Director of the New China Times of Medan, Suma- tra caught by the camera at
Hotel the Hongkong
cocktail party held to celebrate the in-
vestliure of Princess Juliana as Qucen Di the Netherlands— Photo, Gainsborough Studio.
Strikers Return To
LESNEVICH HAS Work
TO WITHDRAW
Paris, Sept. 17-About 90
day to turn in a significant 4-2| New York, Sept. 17. Because percent of the 35,000 workers victory over Brooklyn Dodgers, of a broken toe, Gus Lesnevich at the Renault Automobile Fac- The St. Louis players, who still was forced to withdraw from the tory returned to their jobs on have designs on the National scheduled fight with Jersey Joe Friday after a two-day strike started the first inaing when Walcott at Jersey City on Tucs-and the factory resumed normai
operation. Red Schoendienst banged a double day night. against the right field wall
League pennani, got the thow
net A
In the metals Industry where 300,000 to 400,000 workers staged
The 15-round bout was to have The star of the cast, however, been the supporting semi-final to
» demonstration on Thursday, shops Icaping Stan Musial, the League's the middleweight title Bght be- leading slugger, did not
Iween Tony Zale and Marcel Cer- were in operation again on Friday. However, dock workers in Brest anglo hit but his fielding wos dan. The Zale-Cerdan bout will be Sete, near Marseilles, quit work sensational, with three of tho
night and Friday, On Thursday niftiest catches seen here in a long staged as scheduteri.
Lesnevich, former light heavy- As the series of Communist-led was putting additional The victory put Cardinals into weight champlon, fractured the little strikes Wurd place ahend of Dodgers but tee of his right foot on Thursday strain on France's disturbed econo- the steps of the my, the fate of Premier Henri still five and a half games behind while descending
Qucullie's new Cabinet rested with Braves who Post Office at Cliffside, New Jersey, the leading Boston
42 members of the National Assem- cored a 6-2 victory over Pittsburgh his home town.-United Press.
Finance Committee. Piraten
time.
WINS 21ST GAME Johnny Sain scattered eight hita to win his 21st game, striking out, Ave batters and walking nane. Mike McCormick led Draven with a double and a triple.
Johnny Vandermeer of Cincin Ahti scattered seven him to win his 15h game, topping New York Giants G-3.
stay out Phillies, batting to sof last place and to keep Chicago Cubs' there, defented then. 0-3 et Philadelphia as Gran Iamner and Del Ennis hit homers in a four- cun fifth inning rally.
BRITTANIA SHIELD
G.
London, Sept. 17.-Corporn! Cailleal, the French flyweight, won the first final of the Britannin Shield boxing competitions at the Wembley Empire Pool tonight, beating Air-
of Britain, craftsman Stones, points.-Reuter.
Heavy Sentences
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COUNT BERNADOTTE
ASSASSINATED
CAIRO
(Continued from Page 1)
Mr Drees concluded: "This ter- rible deed will probably result in a crisis in Palestine."
PARIS
who had already done so much dur- The Egyptian Premier, Nokrashying the war to protect the lives of Pasha's, reaction to Count Bernadot- the oppressed." te's murder was: "I am shocked at this horrible crime, which seems to have been premeditated. I am filler with horror at seeing a man of such great character and doing his best to secure peace in the Holy City meet such sad death from people who benefitted from his efforts. "He was a nobic mun 'and The Committee, representing all bellever in humanity and did his
expected
best to bring peace. Despite the French parties, was
voting on Friday on M. stort
Queuille's plan for ralsing B0,000,- 10 900,000 francs (US$260,000,000)
direct by additional
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on
new revenue and Indirect taxes.
For Bandits London, Sept. 17-Eight bandits
who aimed at one of the largest hauln in history-£430.000-401 tong gaol terais instead today.
In the American League, Boston cinined slim one-game lead over New York Yankees with
All the eight pleaded guilty to victory over St. Louis Browns at SL trying to break into a British Över- Louis. The victory wou elinched seas Airways warehouse after send- tea to warehouse with a three-run afth inning rully hig in drugged That broke a three-ul tle. Wally guards. At the time of the raid the Move's two-run single was the key warehouse contained £232,000
diamonds and easily portable mer- Diaw,
chandise.
in
YANKEES JUST BACK
Another £200,000 in gold bullion Yankoes stared right behind by pummeling Tigers 13-6 at Detroit, was late in arriving and the bandits banging out 11 hits including homers decided not to wait. But they got by Johnny Lindell, Tommy Henrich to the warehouse the "drugged" d Phil Rizzuto. Tommy Byrneuards turned out to be Scotland coasted to his sixth victory although Yard men who had been aware of ho yielded homers to Pat Mullin and Hool Evers.
Cleveland Indians, still two and one-half games behind Red Sox, scered a 4-1 iriumph over Sunators who suffered their 17th straight de-
to
Naba M. Najar, a spokesman tor caid the Jewish Agency in Paris, the newa was "dumbfounding". He said that there would be no oficja? areaction forthcoming until further fetails of the assassination had been ascertained,
An adverse Committee vote would Mr Israel Cohen, the acting Chalr-nadotic's likely cause the downfall of the man of the. Foreign Affairs Com- six-day old Condition Govertiment.-mittee of the Board Associated Press.
Musical Revue
of Jewish described the Ceputies, tonight Murder
as " dastardly
outrage, a most deplorable happening."
Sir Alan Cunningham, the last British High
Commissioner in Palestine: "It Is a most horrible deed."
fact that he was constantly An emergency session of the threatenest, he carried out his noble Security Council was called for to- mission."
morrow (2 p.m. GMT) within a few LONDON
urs of the news of Cound Ber- hours
death reaching United Vations officials at the Palais de Chaillot here.
Alexander Sir
Cadogan, the on the British
representative Council, and its present President, tonight issued this statement: "The news of the assassination of Count Bernadotle must come as t pro- found shock to the whole world,
"Count Bernadotte crowned his The Secretary of the Arab Offico distinguished career by under- in London. NTY Edward Attiyah: | taking task of unprecedented Two-performances-of-the-musical-em-horrified beyonti-words-and difficulty and, as events have un- revue "The Magic Lamp," first pre-all Arabs will receive the news with happily shown, of personal danger.
the Club de Recreio in extreme horror." sented at July, will be given at the Kowloon Cricket Club tonight and tomorrow night.
At KCC
"His proven ability was matched by the courage and devotion to his STOCKHOLM
Ideals," Stockholm Radio's announcer's "The Security
Council of the Tonight's show is for members of veles broke down when he told the United Nations will meet shartly to
people that Count Ber- the KCC and their friends. To- Swedish
is open to nadolle was dead. The news aroused receive formally this sad news and
Man Ka morrow's performance
sympathy with Count Bernn- regarded the general public who are cordial the indignation of the Swedish an express its horror at the act and the dotte's family, his Government and by invited to support this entertain- in the street, who
in the light of his wartime
loss which the United ment and to enjoy a splendid even-Count as a detached humanitarian people. the plot all the time.
neutral
indeed the whale The prison
The show has been expanded and record by arranging prisoners-of-Nations, and for Lentences
years-United a mixed string band will make its war exchanges and rescued Norwe-world, has suffered needs no stress," night totalled 71
Initial appearance.
Kinas, Danes and other Allies Reuter. Press
Miss Lilla ("Nightingale") Xavier from German concentration camps. will again play the role of the Two days ago, his book "Instead leading lady despite suffering from a broken arm.
GLAMORGAN BEAT
Ing.
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feat. Bobby Feller, continuing a SOUTH OF ENGLAND
fine late
season conieback, struck
out 11 batters and gave up just five
hits for his 16th victory.
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Boston
St. Loula Brooklyn
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London, Sept. 17-Cricket results: bent Glamorgan Swansea. South of England XI by two wickets) South of England 301, Birst innings, E second Innings 178 for 6 decinred.
.229 first Innings. Glamorgan Second innings 251 for B. W. E. not out 111-
Jones 68, Watklus 3 Reuter.
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CROSSWORD SOLUTIONS Solution of yesterday's puzzle. Across: 1. Cartridge: 9, Yea; 10, Auger; 12 Cry: 13, Ironic; 14, Laplander 18, Eton; 19, Give; 20,
Against Australia Reichetag: 23. Insight; 26, Duet: 20,
Pay: 27, End: 28, Owned. Down: Aberdeen, Bept. 17-Two stands Cycle ride; 2, Aerate; 3, Hay: 4, Tail
of over 60 runs, each helped Soot-. Rural; 6, Den; 7, Grievance: 8,1 land to a Brot Innings total of 178 Etc; 11, Gong; 15, Polsed; 18, Ditty: 17. Regard; 21, City; 22, Shaw; 24, against the Australians on the first
day of their two-day match here. Nun. Dy close of play the
visilors, had
made, 96 for 3 in reply.
After Bradman had won the toas and put the home side in to bat, the first wicket yielded.09, of which A bright T. Crosakey claimed 45.
fifth wicket stand added 65, W. Nichol getting $7 and 3. Aitchison later, wickets fell cheap- but, the
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Arthur Morris took 3 for 17 In nine overs for the Australian
Aelding and Brotland's accurate bowling, brought the fall of throo Austraingwickets, but McCool mayed to get 84 not out Router.
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