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FRIDAY, PTEMBER

“CHINA MAIL" SPORTS PAGE

LOCAL FOOTBALL,

YESTERDAY'S "FRIENDLY”

MATCH.

SOUTH CHINA WIN.

By the only goal of the match the South China A.A. first eleven defeated a team from H.M.S. "Tamar" on the Naval ground, Happy Valley, yesterday after- noon, in a "friendly" football match.

The winners had a reserve goalkeeper, their league defen-j ders and some new forwards who were led by Ip Kau..

$370 FOR WIN.

BIG DIVIDEND AT KIANGWAN.

The sensational dividend of $868.40 for a win and $95.60 for a place was paid in the seventh race of the International Recrea- tion Club's meeting at Klangwan on September 19, SAYS the Shanghai Times," when TT. Chow's "Bawing! a rank out- aider, was brought Homa first by William Hu, in the Speculation Selling Plate. "Bawbee" was put up for auction immediately after the race and was bought in by Mr. E. Toeg for $1,000. Other excellent dividends were declared, Mr. Wolly's Jollybird. ridden by Mr. Remedios, paying $149 for a win in the first race of the day, and Z. H.'s Great Triumph, ridden by Mr. Quincey, $69,40 for a win in the Brocklesby Stakes.

WATER POLO, YESTERDAY'S LEAGUE

MATCHES.

At the V.R.C. yesterday, the following matches were played in the Water Polo League:-

H.M.S. "Hermes" beat Hong- kong Electric Co. by 5 goals to 2. H.M.S. "Ambrose" beat Surrey Begiment by 5 goals to 2.

FOR THE MASSES.

BILLIARD RULERS NOW! DEMOCRATS.

COMPOSITION OR IVORY?

Local billiards players have prob- ably heard of the decision to use composition bulle instead of ivory spheres for the next premier ama teur tturney. What is the opinion here? A Home writer remarks:-

After proceeding far towards the democracy of billiards by the adop Een of the composition ball for the amateur championship, the authori ties have gone the rest of the way by the extension of the qualifying. tournament. Instead of 16, ne last season, 9 players are to be eligible for the main competition (in Lon. don). There are to be fifteen quali fying sections. Two are to compete in the main event from each of the fourteen provincial sections, Lon Bon will have four vacancies.

With venues ranging from New

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THE NEW LAWS.

WILL CHINESE CROWDS KNOW.

LOCAL SOCCER" NOTE.

A sports writer in a vernacular paper hints that the Chinese who form the greater majority of the crowds at local "soccer matches may not be aware of the changes in football rules and that things may not run smoothly when the season proper begins.

This same writer suggests that a referee may be taken to task by a crowd not knowing the reforms introduced. Accordingly, he sets forth to explain what the changes are and it is to be hoped that foot- ball "fans" will all know by next month.

HOME SOCCER.

THREE MORE MID-WEEK RESULTS.

CLAPTON LOSE AGAIN.

"Reuter's Servics.)

London, Sept. 24. The following football matches

TEST TEAMS.

HOME ENTHUSIAST'S CHOICE.

RECOVERING THE ASHES."

Writing to the editor of a Home paper, a reader says:-

Sir-May I invite opinion on the Test team for next year's Australian visit? I have followed county cricket for a good many years, and am not writing by hearsay. Here is my choice:

A. W. Carr (capt.), Watson, Hobbs,

Lilley, Sutcliffe,"

Kilner. (R.) Holmes,

Root, Tate..

CALL TO YOUTH.

WELL PAID POSTS FOR WRIGHT MEN:

AVENUES TO SUCCESS.

CHETTO LIFE.

SCENE IN A LONDON:

~POLICE "COURT.

POTABH AND FERLMUTTHE

AQUER

MARIE

FLIGHTY

NOW SHE OFFENDED HER PEOPLE.

MARRIAGE SLUMP,

There are positions waiting in A ense was recently heard în Old "In Versailles; Its Life and His- The fact that the birth rate for every big business, with good Street Police Court which could be tory," by Cecilia Hill, the author the second quarter of this year salaries attached and with fine dequately described only by Mr.writes a little dithyrambically, but was not more than that of the opportunities for the future": Feriel Zangwell, sites, an Even all who are visiting Versailles wul corresponding quarter of last year, Sir Sydney M. Skinner (of ing. Standard”, reptesentative. If find that her book is a really ser- which was the lowest recorded in Messrs. John Barkar and Co., ism-utory concerning those Children" viceable guide und adds greatly any second quarter wecept during Ltd, Kensington)... made this of the Ghetto about which he wrote to their pleasure, the war years 1917-1919, is reveal statement in his presidential wel long ago. But this is a The que omission which we have led by the Registrar General's re come to the delegates to the Sum-which does not show them on their noticed is that of any reference to part relating to England, and mer School of the Drapers Chain-st behaviour,

the ghost stories which were Wales, Issued as a White Paper ber of Trade of the United King- The names of the protagonists are

evocative-Lazarus current about Versailles a few It is also disclosed that there was dom which opened its week's wonderfully

Besser Pinkus, and so on. In the years ago Possibly the spooks a further decline in the number of weaslon at Balliol College.

Sir Sydney said that those who sudience is a double row of types, have tired themselves out and are marriages during the first quarter The number of persons married had been there before could ap mostly men; any two of whom no longer active, but the tales

A during the period referred to was preciate what Oxford could do in would do for Potash and Perlmutter, deserved a mention. the way of completing their They follow with avidity every It is from association with the 92,370, a decrease of 68,766 over education. The object of the move in what proves to be a long-great life of the past that such a the precoding quarter, and of 1,820, over the corresponding quarter of Summer School was to make that standing family fend, and the vary-place is so deeply interesting.

ink fortunes of the day are reflect Versailles is closely bound up 1924. This number corresponds trade of theirs, great as it wased in the oxpressions of the two with the memory of Marie to an annual rate of 9.7 per thou This fills ten places, and the one greater and better, and to attract factions

Antoinette and with her flighty sand as compared with an average remaining could be given to J. C. more and more of the educated

young man with a bandaged atthe theatre which she had for the first quarter during White (who has developed into youth of the country into it. head, gives evidence at length built for herself caused in Paris Past 10 years of 139. quite a first-class bat), Hammond Running a business was a com against the prisoner to the effect dismay and scandal.”

Births correspond to an annual (according to his progress), Astill, plex affair, and any real and that be. was stabbed in the head

rate of 19.4 per 1,000, while in the Hearne, Woolley, or, if the bowling lasting success could only be with some sharp instrumentpre The French draw an exces-first quarter it was 18.4, as Comu be thought strong enough, a bata-achieved by a tremendous amount sumably the handle of pair of

sively sharp line between virtu- pared with the past 10 years man such as Shepherd or Hendran. The delegates would have the ad- tains that the wound was caused virtuous their claims are strict. both the first and the second of application and hard work outcrackers. The other side main ous and light women. For the average of approximately 21 for Shepherd, I think would be vantage of listening to men and owing to the bandaged one shipping quite a useful man. He is a good women who had made their busi on the stairs na he ran away.

They are prudes. And no Queed quarters. of France had acted or sung in batsman, a real bowler, and 3 brilliant felusmani. His ability to

comedies before, adopt forcing batsmanship might be useful in three-day Tests.

A. W. Carr, Hobbs, Sutcliffe, Holmes, Tate, and Roy Kilner select themselves.

G. T. S. Stevens,

Woolley drops catches nowa- days; Hendren has the tempera-

ness a study and not a pastime, and who would give the benefit of expert knowledge as to how any particular job could be made a

success.

TRAINING DIFFICULTIES.

There are many witnesses, and hard swearing on both sidde all with hats on by the way. A brother of the prisoner, most wonderfully dressed (they are mostly tailors), has a heavily bandaged finger, of which more later. A brother of the That trade of theirs wanted victim is very wardy and very dramatic in his evidence Ho young people, such as those pre- men properly trained with a good business outlook and with a desire to apply themselves to their busi-

were played to-day (home team ment; Strudwick, good as he is sent. It was very difficult to get speaks of "the sort of cry that

given first).

DIVISIÓN IJ. Clapton Orient 0,

County 1.

DIVISION II (NORTH).

Doncaster Rovers 2,

Brighton 0. Walsall 3, Bradford 1..

DIVISION II.

Derby

Goals

simply must drop out sooner or

ister.

[Readers of the "China Mail" have already come forward with their selections. Others will still be welcomed.]

At any rate, I should like to see the above-named ten, with the addition of either. White or (pre- New ferably) Shepherd in the field,

against any other English team.

Hammond, good flelder though he is, is at present a little too wild at the start of his innings. He has a bad habit of "slashing out P. W.D L. F. A. Pta.at bad balls.. Middlesbro.. 86 0.223 12 12. Chelsea 6 5 1 0 18 4-11 Port Vale... 7 0 2 18 11 10 Wednesday.. 7 4 2 1 18 8 10 Hull City...... 6 III 2 91 Preston N. E. 8 4 1 3 13 18 9 Swansea... 7 4 1 2 18 6 9 South Shields 6 3 2 5 8 Oldham mm 6 3 2

5 8 Wolves ...... 4.0 2 15 9 8 Derby C 6 3 2 1 8 6.8 Bradford C... 6 3 1 2 8 5 7 Darlington.... 7 2 2 3 7 13 6 Barnsley 7 2 1 4 9 14.5 Blackpool..... 8 2′ 1 Stoke Notts For... 6 0 3 Portsmouth... 5 I T Southampton, 6 11 Stockport.....7 1 Fulham........ Clapton,..... 6 I

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DIVISION DIL

Northern Section.

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Goals

ness,

But there has been a marked decline in infant mortality, which

There were other indiscre- was equal to 66 per 1,000, this tions—y

being 3 per 1,000 below the rate for the second quarter of 1924 Marie Antoinette went to 14 per 1,000 below the average of Trianon for three weeks into the ten preceding ascond quarters. banishment, having measles, and equal to that in the second and to relieve the monotony quarter of 1928, which was the allowed four young men to keep lowest rate recorded in any second guard in her room by night and quarter since the establishment at day. It was with the King's civil registration consent. It was innocently done. But the worst was believed. Some curious misfortune seem Empress of Russia" ed to dog her as it did the last

The death rate of 117 was also below that, of the first quarter (14.5) and the corresponding period of last year (11.8), - but was still above those of quarter in pre-war years.

She seemed to have a genius for doing the wrong thing: Influenza was stated to be eith cancelled a ball and gave the & primary or contributory cause French offence, who took it as deaths in 2,662 cases, or 24 pe mourning for an Austrian dem centen

” feat; gave a ball when the King. Of the recorded births 9568

was in grave conflict with his were males and 91,437 femijes -Parliament and it should have and of the deuths, registered been postponed, Dressed as a 58,548 were males and 54,719 verr shepherdess, she defrauded females. trade. Wearing jewels and Edmonton had the lowest deat high feathers, she was wasting rate and highest birth rate.

London. public funde.

thrills anybody the cry of one in

Oh, get on," says the clerk pain, if you know what I mean."

A casual observer might think it was a case of fifty-fifty. But magia. people into the business who were After a detective, who knows the The difficulty was to get young trates sometimes know better. prepared to make a success of Ghetto like a book, has said favour their individual job, and every able things about the prisoner avenue of advancement was open vary unusual thing, he joined up in to them. Luck in business meant 1916 the magistrate fines him that man

seized the oppor-£5, and produces ripples of facial tunity when it arose and drove emotion among the factions at the right home the possibility of back of the cart. exploiting it.

That is not all. On this charge Mr. J. H. Barnard, chairman of honge another. A powerful men sp the staffs and Trade Boards pears in the dock. He is charged Committee, joined in welcoming with biting the finger of a previous the visitors.

witness so hard that he nearly bit it off. Out of that came what one may call The Nutcracker Suit. The me detective explains at length. The fend is really all about a young I suppose you are getting a good The organisation has a mem- man who came from Russia. One ice, doctor for attending that bership of over 7,000, and the family took him in. He didn't like Smith's boy? His father's nich, you attendance at the school this year other family took him in:

work, and they put him out. The know."

Hence shows a marked increase over the vendette. The man now in the that of last year...

The visitors include representa- was years before the war a corporal tadock, the detective further explains How Vinnie Richards was super-tives of all the important houses in the Russian army seded by Johnston as No. 2 to Bill in the retail and diatributing Tilden in the struggle by which trades, partners, directors, and propriate words on the ethics of The magistrate afters some ap America retained the Davis Cup, those in administrative positions, hiting off people's fingers, and in- 2 is related by A, Wallis Myers, as well as assistants, buyers, and flicts another fine. of £5.

C.B.E., writing from New York departmental managers.

And to the "Daily Telegraph" as

The programme extends over quite satisfied.

everybody goes away, with nobody What is follows:-

the whole of one week, and lec-absolutely certain is that there will The Davis Cup defending team tures by experts and prominent be talk about all this somewhere in will not be officially chosen until business men will deal with every Whitechapel for years to come. August 20, but my impression is aspect of this branch of trade in

Bradford.... 8 5.

P. W. D. L.. F. A. Pts Rochdale... 7 4 3 0 209

12 238 11 Durham 7 5 02:18 10 10 Hartlepools... 7 0 1 15 14 10 Ashington... 7 3 3 15 99 Grimsby.... 74 119 5: Wrexham... 7 3 1 13 10

N. Brighton.. 7 3 2 1 12 13 8 Lincoln 7 4 0 3 12 10 8 Wigan 2 3 2 14 117 Coventry 73 3 1 13 7 Doncaster... 7 2 3 2 II 13

Nelson 7 14 2 12 16

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DAVIS CUP.

HOW JOHNSTON TOOK ..

No. 2 BERTH.

VINCENT RICHARDS DISPLACED.

A civic reception was given to the delegates at the Town Hall by the Deputy Mayor, Councillor W. H. Perkins.

it will be composed of. Tilden, the light of modern methods. Now that Johnston has beaten Johnston, Richards, and Williams.

Richarda twice in trial matches

A HUMAN OSTRICH

Thama Chetty, and old offen-

within the past four days, he will MURDER WATCHED, der, was arrested for the theft of almost certainly play in singles with Tilden. In the first match Johnston only won at 9-7 in the final set, after Richards had been within a point of victory. In the second match yesterday, using a new back-hand cross-shot which

he had studiously cultivated at

FROM A QUARTER OF A MILE AWAY.

a gold chain but has had to go to hospital at Madras. He has con fessed to stealing the chain from a girl but said he had swallowed ita

An X-rays examination reveal "A Paris second-hand dealer whoed the chain, but another article toning an old pair of field-in the shape of a tiny elephant glasses witnessed the frat act of a

"Well, yes. Why? "Well, I hope you won't forget at him." that my little. Ted threw the brick

Mischa Elman, the violinist who has played in Hongkong has bought a Stradivarius which he saya' wil be the finest in the United Stazam and is equalled only, by a few in Europe, at cost him $60,000G

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castle to Plymouth, und from Cardil Rotherham 6 2 2 2 10 16 6 San Francisco, Johnston, triumph-double love tragedy at the suburb has also been discovered. TheYear's Tour

to Norwich, the operations of next Chesterfield.. 7 2 1 4 6 8 season's championship are compre Crewe benaive in their scope.

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ed in three sets. He is now as of Romainville.

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may possibly play Tilden and focussed them on the slopes of the happy as a sand-boy. America Having cleaved the glasses, he

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...... 62 I 3 12 13 But why Halifax 7 2 1 4 10 the omission of Scotland as a qualify. Accrington.... 7 2 1 4-9 18 ing entity? There were more Southport apirants from this quarter to the Walsall Last championship than from any

Berfowl other, we London.

Tranmere

AMATEUR CUP....

300 ENTRIES FOR F. A. TROPHY.

London, August 19, With 119 in the Northern and Midland Division, and 271 in the Southern Division, the entries for the FA Amateur Cup this season tatai 390. The club exempted from the qualifying rounds are as follow: Attercliffe United, Bishop Auck land, Boots Athletic (Nottingham), Chilton Colliery Recreation Crook Town, Evesham Town, Ferryhili Athletic, Hallam Langley Park, Northern Nomads, Players, Athletic (Nottingham), South Bank, Stock ton, Tow Law Town.

Barting Town Barnet, Bostall, Heath, Botwell Mission, Bourne. mouth; Cambridge Town

Chesham, United,

Clapton, Dulwich

bourne, Hamipisten

· Kingstonian, Le

circumstances in which this Year's Work entered his stomach are still under

"Unfortunate" Prisoner's Friend investigation.

Johnston in both single and dismantled Romainville fort about doubles, but they have in Williams 500 yards away when to his hearor Mary, I am not going to have and Richards a reserve team of he saw a young man bending over you reading novele on Sunday: great potentiality..

the prostrate form of a woman hack-But, granny, this one's all right. ing viciously at her throat. Before It's about a girl who was engaged the dealer had recovered from his to three clergymen at chce, L. P. Hedges, the Kent County astonishment he saw the man TWI Owing to the late arrival of the cricketer, is now a master at away. steamer, the first batch of sub- Cheltenham College; he is qualify. Investigation by the police led to scription griffins was not drawn ing for Gloucestershire, and will the discovery of a pretty fair-haired for at the Jockey Club stables probably play in some of that young woman aged 90, with her yesterday afternoon.

ceunty's games next, sesan

ROCK

LLINOIS

CHILDREN IN THE HEAT

Safeguard Your Little Ones bead almost severed. On the gainst Hot Weather Perils by ground lay razor with a broken blade: S

Keeping Baby's Own Tablets The girl was identified by idien are

Handy in the Home her father, M. Mesnean, a At the time of sear children ere factory head, sa being his daugh- especially liable to stomach troubles. ter Germaine. He stated that a calle and diarrhoea. They get bat at young man named Gordons had play and contract:

they fan the bed wished to marry his daughter, but

that the engaremont had been mother is it broken off against Gordoux's wishes what fruit the on account of the Intter state of damard, tainted, health

brings seriouss: If

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Wine

CONTENTS.

Fare.

South China Win 1-4 Special Servical.

Yunnan Army 4-5A Direct Loan?

Sound Advice North Point Fire. Banishee Charged Now Anti-Red Swatow Fosition Alleged Cruelty. Armed Robberies Street Accidents Train Robbery Up The River Tokyo Blaze; New Ships". 8.3. Changte Shipping Dead Cricket Season Church In Chin Cod Theft Water Local Foo Goca To-T Saven

Border Ind

New Wing

Amby Better

Local Loads

Out of Bounds Cheung Cha Macao Shots Shodt A-Bad

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