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TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1927.
SPORTS SECTION
WIMBLEDON FINALS.
TILDEN AND HUNTER WIN DOUBLES..
HOLDERS' HARD FIGHT:
BRILLIANT ASCOT."
WONDER BATSMAN,
HAMMOND'S FEAT AT OLD TRAFFORD.
"WHAT AN INNINGS!"
THE CHINA MAIL.
QUEEN'S THEATRE.
A FILM ABOUT FRANCOIS VILLON.
SHARE MARKET.
OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS.
Hong Kong, July 5, 1927, 10.30 a.m,
"BELOVED VAGABOND" FACTS,.
ROYALTY AT OPENING MEETING.
"It was an innings in which we Magnificent medieval scenes pro- hud strength, bravery, sweetness, vide the settings for "The. Beloved and speed.
Stock
I have never before Vagabond," the notable film now T.T. on London seen aner hitting in front of the showing at the Queen's Theatre. T.T. on Shanghai wicket against fast bowling. And "The Beloved Vagabond" is based
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London, June 14. In a setting of emerald green, framed in golden sunshine, Ascot's "Cricketer," whose articles defying from justice, condemned, im- P. & D. Bank opening day provided the most light "Manchester Guardian" read-prisoned, tortured, almost executed, East Asia brilliant pageant of colour sinceers day by day during the cricket and vanishing at last, none knows
Marine Insurances. season, had a wonderful description how or where. Even the few refreshing rain of Hammond's century at Old Traf idealises Villon, and while of course China Underwriters 30 cts. drops in the afternoon failed to ford in mail week,
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The film rather
Wimbledon, July 4. in the final of the men's open doubles. Tilden and Hunter beat the holders, Cochet and Brugnon 1-6, 4-6, 8-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Wimbledon was packed with a very exciting crowd when after a brilliant exhibition Brugnon and Cochet led by two sets to nil, parasols and umbrellas, immediate-wicket at twenty minutes to twelve incidents are authentic. His father Yangtze Insurance... $40 M. with the score 5-4, and 40-15 re-ly came into the riotous colour the game had swung round in Lan- did die in Villon's youth, his gistered. The Americans fought scheme.
cashire's
favour; Dipper and Smith mother did live to witness his fame, Fire Insurances. back most pluckily and received a The Royal cavalcade, comprising were both overthrown by Mache was banished from Parla, he China Fire Insurance $210
donald's great ovation third set.
Shipplag.
on winning the
After that the game was con- tested at an amazing pace in which volley, drive and smash were punched from racquet to racquet in a series of crisp rallies
which slackened when the French
pair, tiring, lost their rock-like steadiness.
The Americana were leading for the first time when the sets were two all and they had the first game in the next.
Tilden scored with many aces and the Americans played a really inspired game exhausting their French opponents.
Godfree's Win.
Mr. and Mrs. Godfree reached the semi-finals, beating Condon and Mrs. Peacock 6-4, 6-4.
In the fourth round Hunter and Miss Ryan beat Mr. and Mrs. Lycett 6-3, 6-2, thus reaching the semi-final.
Britons Lost.
In the semi-final of the women's doubles Miss Wills and Miss Ryan beat Mrs. Godfree and Miss Nut-
hall. 6-2, 6-2.-Reuter.
LOCAL GOLF.
CAPTAIN'S CUP GAMES AT PANLING.
subdue the glitter, as many-hued When Hammond came to the some extent imaginary, the main Union Insurance
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two of which were Their Majesties, with Hammond the one accomplish- member of a wandering thieves" the Prince of Wales, Prince Henry, at batsman left. He carried his gang, did have relations with H.K. Steamboats.... $22% Princess Mary and Viscount Las-burden of responsibility as though princes of the blood, he did get H.K. Tugs & Lighters 1.10 celles, arrived to the accompani- it were air; few other. batsmen in foul of his enemy. Thibault (who, Indo-Chinas (Fraf) ment of loud cheers, at 1-12 p.m. such a situation would not have however, was a bishop, not a count), surrounded by gorgeously-attired hunched themselves over their bats he was cast into prison, and he did Shell Transports
outriders.
do. (Del.) and looked worn and sorry. The Queen wore an ermine cloak]
owe his release to Louis XI. Later Star Ferries from Macdonald; he cut it fiercely tortured, and was sentenced to
The first ball Hammond got was he did get into trouble again, was Water-bonts yet sweetly to third man. where hang, to be banished instead-and China Sugars ....
Refineries. Taylor stopped it, though the ball's to disappear. force
Thus the story of Malabon Sugars him reeling wards. Then Hammond made one its
back The Beloved Vagabond," for all
imaginary touches,
Mining of the most astounding strokes
over a blue gown, and a pale pansy hat, trimmed with pink and mauve flowers.
Princess Mary's toilette consial ed of a rose-pink and grey wrap and pink hat.
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"Ascot uniform" proved to be have ever seen. Macdonald hurled 1 distinct historical interest.Bunguets dazzlingly-coloured flowered chif-at him a ball of savage pace, pitch- However it is the truly superb Kallan Mining Ad. for, crepe de Chine or lace, or aed very short, and it hounced up-settings, especially Paris in the Langkats (Combined). T20%
do. (Single)... TO% combination of both, with a wide-wards towards Hammond, breast grip of winter the poems of Shanghai Exploration. 13K spreading crinoline or velvet hat. high.
Villos, as Lylton Itrachey has Shanghai Loans ..... TY provided by a reptilian scheme, in- The most striking contrast was
A Master Stroke.
put it, produce the impression of Ruubs .... eluding a lizard dress patterned drew his body away a little to the snow-covered roofs and frozen
Hammond quick thought, some bleak, desolate landscape of Ural Caspians with green and blue and dashed on side, by a single movement of the roofs, shut in by mists, and with a
Decks, Wharves, with silver.
right foot, and then with a horizon-}
Godowns, &c. H.K. & K. Wharves
A fashionable innovation was an thony wand, tipped with carved ivory and tasselled with binek silk, instead of the parasol.
Richards' Double,
his position as the leading jockey Gordon Richards consolidated by opening with a winning double, the first of which was
on Lord Howard de-Walden's Sundry at 100 to 8. This was a most unexpect ed win against the unplaced favourite. Hot Knight, with odds of 6 to 4 against.
Richards had a lucky escape in In the Captain's Cup competi-winning the Ascot Stakes, being tion at Panling on July 2-4, T. S. nearly over the rails. Whyte Smith qualified with 88- 10 78.
Other scores
were:-A. E. Lissaman 92-11 81; C. C. Stark 86-333; K. S. Morri- son 9814 84.
12 cards, were taken out. J. S. MacLuren's score in the June. Eclectic competition was 29-326, and not 294 as) stated.
LOUISE FORDYCE.
ONE OF BEST WOMEN GOLFERS.
Pinehurst, N.C. Louise Fordyce is one of the great puzzles in the ancient Scotch game.
Considered by service as one of the best of ranking women golfers, she is never placed at the top be- cause of her inability to last through the qualms of tournamient play.
The Coventry Stakes were won at 7 to 1 by Lord Derby's Fairway, ridden by Weston.
The Gold Vase was won at 100 to 7 by Mr. Harlock's Adieu, Henry
up.
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The Queen Mary Stakes were won at 5 to
by Major McCalmont's St. Adacona, H. Bensley up.
Ascot Stakes.
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A moment afterwards the small only room to mention the brilliant H.K. Territorials crowd were roaring themselves portrayal of the crafty Louis XI Humphrey's Estates.. $12 in one over from Macdonald Ham- the royal executioner. hoarse far sheer joy and delight, and the grim impressiveness of Prince's Building
mond's bat cracks; four, four, four, four, four! made five warlike
-from five successive balls. last ball of the over-which poor The Macdonald did not seem to know where to pitch-was also finely driven to the far off-side outfeld, where fieldsman saved the bour- dary.
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A DEPUTY'S SURRENDER TO JUSTICE.
Paris, July 4.
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"Let it go!" cried a sportsman in the pavilion. This cricket lifted us out of parrow partisanship; art expelled from us the jealous inter ests of the cian. But I must say Four others have obtained a post-) that if there were many Hammonds pasement of their terms of impri-H.K. Amusements knocking about our circket fields sonment on various grounds, includ-Canton lees
Cements (comb.)
do. should have to go to my matchesing the Communist Semard who The following is the result of the assisted by a clerk and a ledger was freed along with Daudet
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Betting:-
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The winner won by three lengths,
and
Deputies' Rights.
Paris, July 4. Marcel Cachin had ΠΟ sooner
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11 to 2 against Duke of Bucking- one! Ile's hit two more since then! been imprisoned than the Chamber
Quick. Hurry! Where's your shorthand ?
The five consecutive boundaries tion in favour of his release during H.K. Ropes (old) from Macdonald were an on drive,
the remainder of the Parliamentary do. (new) a leg hit, and three cover drives, session, showing the determination Lane, Crawforda each of these
of the majority of the Chamber to Mackintosh last being back strokes off the right foot, from fast defend the principle of Parliamen- Sinceres...: balls of a dangerous rising angletary immunity, irrespective of per- United Asbestos They were whipeord hits, and the song.
Watsons noise they sent over the field caused ber, Cachin was released in
Following the vote of the Cham- Wm. Powells our blood to tingle. Wrists
the H.K. Telephones
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HOME BOXING. ·
A PROMISING FLY-WEIGHT.
Johnny Hill, the 21-year-old
of
Ham- mond, who has created the noble
-the gods be praised for
| games anew!
Real Batsmanship,
to
JUBILEE TRAGEDY.
IMPRESSIVE OBSEQUIES AT OTTAWA.
Ottawa, July 4.
She underwent a thyroid opera- tion last year which she believes bus stopped much of her nervous- ness in important matches. Any- way, in 1926 she turned in her first major victory at the expense of the national women's golf cham-
Old Trafford's crowd was radiant! pion and elevated herself to a more stone-mason of. Leith, Scotland, at the sight of real batsmanship at commanding position in golfdom's won the fly-weight championship last perfect strangers talked ranks.
of Great Britain and the Lonsdale one another; our happiness had to Met Glenna.
belt at the National Sporting he passed around. We were in the Impressive obsequies were direct- "I have met Glenna Collect a great many times," Misa Fordyce Club in mail week by defeating presence of art, and men's faces ed by the Dominion Government for relites. "I played her in 1922 in Alf Barber, of Brighton, in the I hope he gets 200,' said somebody. body lay in state the whole morn- seemed lighted up from the inside the late Lieutenant Johnson. The the North and South and she beat 14th round of a 20-round con- What about Lancashire? I asked, ing in Parliament Building. The me. I met her in the Buffalo in- test, the referee, Mr. C. H. to 'draw him. 'Oh, Lancashire be funeral service in the afternoon vitation tournament in 1921 and Douglas, stopping the fight when blowed said he: I was born at was attended by the Prime Min- she won 4 and 3 after the match Barber was painfully struggling Throstle's Nest all right, but-oh, ister, a representative of the was all even at the 11th hole. Then up after he had previously taken well hit, sir, well hit-Lancashire Governor-General and the United again in the 1924 finals of the a count of eight seconds.. It
be blowed! This is cricket!" States Minister. A carillon play- North and South, Glenna defeated was a merciful intervention, for in 40 minutes. Three-quarters of of the local garrison followed the Hammond scored 50 out of 61 ed the Dead March and the whole me 3 and 4.
"So you can imagine how I felt Barber was so near to collapse an hour later he swept royally to bier to the railway station which when we were to play again last that when he did arise he hardly his hundred. Other batamen, I be was stripped of its Jubliee decora- year in the finals. We were all could stand upright. The first lieve, were on view at the other end tions and draped in mourning. even at the ninth. Then Glenna thing he did, however, was to of the wicket. I did not notice The special train bore the re- last the next two holes. She won congratulate his conqueror. This them; but the score card is positive mains to the airman's home at the 18th with a fine brassie shot to was a gesture that was in keeping and surely everybody else's, were maining cleven United States aero- that they were there. My eyes, Michigan, Lindbergh and the re- the green, but I took the 15th and with the pluck he had displayed all for Hammond. we halved the next two. That is all through a trial of endurance
the greatest thrill I have had in that had gone against him.
golf just beating Glenna."
Shoots A 72.
Mies Fordyce has to her credit one of the lowest rounds ever made by a woman, the 72 she shot this past year over the Youngstown, O., course. As defending champion. she was eliminated in the North and South recently by a virtually unknown opponent, Mrs. F. C. Burrows, of New York, and 2.
Her long iron shots are the best she plays and desuite her nervous- nes, she is considered a dangerous Ansonant la *** tournament.
AIRMEN-GOLFERS.
PLANE TRIP FROM COURSE TO COURSE.
London, June 18. Demonstrating the light aero plane's capacity to enable golfers
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Glorious Blaze. After lunch the Lancashire 'tack concentrated on keeping Ham- mond quiet. Watson bowled "wide" to the leg side. None the less!
An 81-year-old Chinese woman Hammond scored, 46 in not much more than an hour. His innings was yesterday taken to the Govern- went out in a glorious blaze. He ment Civil Hospital from No. 4, Woo smote a six into the pavilion from Hing Street suffering from scalda on the body. It appeared the
Watson.
Then in the next over, bowled woman was asleep in bed when a by Iddon, he hit two sixes from suc- pot of boiling tea accidentally upset cessive balls, both off drives, and on her from a table by the side of that one could only murmur, 'Sweet- so enseful, so majestie in swing, the bed. ness cometh out of strength. The
We have the very best goods in to traverse the country from following ball Hammond attempted the wor. bet it is no use unless course to course to play matches yet another sixer, and was well we tell the world about them.-Mr. T.T. RACE FATALITY. and to return home quickly over caught on the boundary by Ecker F. C. Goodenough (at London Ad
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