1927-07-27 — Page 9

WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1927.

SPORTS

LAWN BOWLS.

Review of Saturday's Games.

rinks were skipped by H Alves and J. P. Robinson. Herridge had a big "kill" over J. Ribeiro by 31- 13, but Lammert was able to ac- count for L. C. R. Sousa by only a couple of shots. It is passing strange that the Club de Recreio should make a practice of starting Fight For Second Division Honours with a "bang" and then finishing

Still Keen.

KOWLOON DOCK'S RECORD,

Last

[By Short Head."?

Saturday's League matches were reponsible for some very close results and previous calculations were almost, if not

quite, upset.

In the First Division the leaders the Kowlon Dock Re-

up weakly in their League fix- tures. Evidently the art of con- solidating a strong position has yet to be learned out King's Park way. However, they are gaining experience and in another On more should be heard of them so far as concerns championship

honours.

K.B.C.C. Just Win.

A close game was anticipated the Craigengower between

the Kowloon

were amply

creation Club-just scraped home by the proverbial skin of their Cricket Club and teeth, the Craigengower Cricket | Bowling Green Club at the Valley, Club running them to a margin and expectations of four. The leaders won only fulfilled, the visitors winning by on one rink, Sam Gray's rink the narrow margin of six shots, getting the better of Omar's by thanks in great part to Maclnek- 14 shots. "Bob" Lapsley was not lan's rink beating Sellwood's by 10 shots. Warren could only tie so fortunate, going down to Rumjahn by 10 shots, whilst the with Razack (18 all), but Dixon lost his fifth successive match to best that Brown could do was le Knott by a quarette of shots. The tie with Basa. The final scores result still keeps the Bowling to 53 in favour of the Green Club in the running for --57 Dock-may be regarded with premier honours as although a equanimity by the Dock as they couple of points below the thereby retained their unbeaten K.C.C. they have played a match record this season, but their op-less. ponents must be sorry that a lit- tle more caution was not exer- cised in the one rink that finished on the losing side. The Dock have now only three matches to conclude their programme, and

Taikoo R.C. Wins, Playing at home the Taikoo Recreation Club easily defeated the Civil Service Cricket Club and thus have the satisfaction of taking the full four points off them this season. The Taikoo

as these include a fixture with the lot were up on all three rinks and Taikoo R.C., they will have a the margin in their favour without a was 28 shots, which shows how härd job to finish single defeat.

poor was the form shown by the visitors. Even the redoubt

went down able "Jim," Massey to Dinnen by a couple of shots the closest result of any. Taylor lost to Matthews by 12 shots and

Hard Lines for Palice, The Police Recreation Club after all did not extract the full Taikoo quartette points from Recreation Club, but they just fell two shols short of doing so. 14 shots separated Alderman and The match was keen and interest-McKechnie. As already men-

HOME CRICKET.

MANY CENTURIES.

THE CHINA MAIE

STEWARDS' CUP.

BIG FIGHT ECHO.

BIG SCORING IN TEST TRIAL MATCH.

WON BY PRIORY PARK 10-1.

SHARKEY SUFFERING FROM INTERNAL BLEEDING.

London, July 2. The result of the Stewards' Cup was:

Priory Park

Queen's Bower

10-1 100-7

Fohanaun

11-2

24 ran.

London, July 26. Surrey beat Kent at the Oval by 114 rue.. 100): and 933 for seven (Darling 123).

Surrey scored 298

(Shepherd declared

Kent made 258 aml 259.

#Test Trial Drawn. The England v. The Rest (a Test) trial) match at Bristol was drawn.

The Rest scored 248 (Hearne 110 not out) and 80 for two.

Eugland scored 401 for six de- clared (Sutcliffe 227, Hallows 135),

Two Centuries.

Middlesex, at Bournemouth, took first innings points from Hamp shira.

Hampshire made 237 (Mend 96 not out); and 251 (Tennyson 102),

LAWN BOWLS.

Wil Club

Secretaries

or

Bowls Conveners kindly send In teams for Saturday's Lengue games in time to be published in our issue of Friday?

Nelson

eight for 25.

Worcester made 71, Macdonald taking five for 23; and 17 for two.

Essex Beaten.

Won by two lengths; a length between 2nd and 3rd-Reuter.

CALL BOY SOLD.

SIR M. DEELEY BUYS DERBY WINNER

London, July 26. Sir Mallaby Deeley, brother of the late Mr. Frank Curzon has bough the derby winner, Call Boy from the latter's executors for $60,000-Reuter.

GREYHOUND RACING

at

sent

SYDNEY MYERS.

THE AUSTRALIAN SELF. RIDGE.

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MONEY & SHARES.

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.

1/11% 1711 15/16

On London- New York, July 27.

Sydney Myers, the Australian Sharkey, since the fight, bad Selfridge, is a

tall, good look. Bank, Wire

Bank On demand suffered from internal, bleeding ing Jewish

Many years Rank 30 day's sight .. man. The doctor says it cannot proper- ago,

youth, he carried hik ly be described though haem-a pack of drapery upon

back, 25 he tramped morrhages are probable. The strong bleeding cannot definitely be at- the country districts of Victoria in Australia. He was then of frugal tributed to Dempsey's blows.

Sharkey is improving with habits, imbued with courage and

endurance, and gifted with the On demand......... 1235 rest-Reuter.

power, of winning confidence. He Credits 4 months' aight 1310 made a good; connection, and his profits were considerable.

"REDS" PLAYGROUND.

RUSSIA'S THOUSAND

YEARS.

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Eventually hes married a Miss Flegettaub, whose father had a boat and shoe store in Bendigo Victoria, and shortly afterward went to the capital, Melbourne, where he bought up the business of Stevens, next the G.P.O. in Wire Bourke Street. The old building On demand soon came down, and Myers ercct. ed a new one replete with cafe,) The Soviet Government was born tea-rooma, toilet-rooms, club, etc. and nurtured in bloodshed established by massacre,

THE REIGN OF TERROR.

48

133

On Calcutta--

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On demand

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On Singapore-

On demand

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and etc. Myers became a household went to Myers, It has gone back to its old work word:-everyone again, as it generally does when it and the arm throve,

A fine home, horses, cars result- feels its position shaken. The sup FIRST LONDON TRACK

pression, of Arcos in Great Britain ed, but there was no family, and OPEN,

and the measures taken against Sydney longed for a son to sue- After some time the London and the south of England Red "diplomatic masiona" here and ceed him.

eisewhere have been a nasty rebuff shackles of matrimony chafed the is to have its first sight of grey-to the Commissary of the U.S.S.R. spirit of Sydney Myers, and separa hound racing after the electrically driven hare at the new White City and have given some encouragement tion followed by mutual consent.

A New Love. track, Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush, to the prevailing diacontent in

Some time later he became en- Russia. W.

Abroad, the Soviet can only utter amoured of one of the beautiful Many well-known coursing own- Middlesex scored 285 (Lee 100);

emit impertinences, and charming daughters of Mra. ers have sent their best dogs, but threats and trouble with the machinery of the At home, it can act more brutally. George Baillien. The mother was and 59 for no wickets.

Root Shines. Lancashire won on the first in-hure has held up training, and few can set its horrible Cheka to n widow of means, and a member of the better-class dogs which are ferret out the names of persons of the well-known Batlleu family Worcestershire at ninga against

novices to track racing will be ready suspected of anti-Bolshevik ten- of considerable social prestige in

dencies and shoot them like dogs, Melbourne. to run at the first few meetings. Lancs made 186, Root taking

saya Sir Sidney Low.

Mrs. Myers could not be prevailed Owners of good track racers

It is a savage hint that every upon to divorce Sydney, although Manchester, however, have their dogs.

Russian holds his life at the mercy he deliberately gave her cause to Two hours before racing the of the Red Cang. Let him cringe do so, therefore he proceeded to death, America, where he resided for dogs entered to run are placed in and crawl before them or

some time, and secured his free- Leicestershire, at Leicester, beat the racing kennels on the left of the swift and sudden, may be his lot.

So it has been in Russia since dom. Essex by alx wickets,

Mrs. Baillien and family chief enclosure, none but officials of Essex made 101 and 181, Astill the meeting being allowed to ap-1917. So it is still, and so it may joined him in America, where he taking six for 46.

proach them. The dogs are parad-e for an indefinite period.

married one of the daughters, who Leicester scored 278 and 98 for ed round the course and examined tigners nak in amazement why was then barely twenty years of

singly by the stewards on the race-earth the Russians endure this course before being put into the murderous oppression. The Soviet age. Gloucestershire took first innings starting trap, a contrivance of six never represented more than a The general opinion was that the

Glamorganshire atcompartments.

handful of the population. Lenin points from Cardif.

At the starter's signal the "hare" began the revolution with two thou happy pair dare

Even now there Australia, where it was declared Glamorgan scored 210 and 141

50 sand adherents, backed out of ite tunnel for nine.

yards from the starting trap, and are probably not more than two his divorce would not be legally Gloucester made 216.

then glides away on a circuit of the hundred thousand convinced Com-racognised, but nevertheless they T.T. on London

Sydney Myers settled five TT. on Shanghai..! Derby Win

course, picking up speed until it is munists, excluding officials and ser- did.

on his

Hongkong Bank Derbyshire beat Northants at moving at between 40 and 50 miles rants of the Soviet Government. thousand pounds a year Burton-on-Trent by an innings and an hour as it flashes past the trap. Why should a nation of 130 millions former wife, who philosophically

allow itself to be cowed and bullied accepted her fate, and did not Chartered Bank £20 147 run.

Releasing the Dogs. At that point a lever raises the by this ruffianly clique and submit oppose the divorce or re-marriage, Mercantile A. & R..

Some five years later the writer do. Derby made 365 for eight and front of the tran and the dogs dash) to their shocking atrocities?

met Mrs. Baillieu at the Grand P. & 0. Bank ..... out in chase of the hare, which they

The Answer;

Hotel, Djokia-Karta, Java, and East Asia... declared.

never catch. Whysall's Batting.

Marine Insurances. The answer is. Because they are learnt that Baryl-her daughter- Notts won on first innings from the rails, while novices often run wrote about the Terror, admitted proud and contented with two bonny North China Insurance T148

Experienced doga maneuvre for Russians, Trotsky, in the book he had made Sydney extremely happy.

Canton Insurance.... $620 Chins Underwritere.. 80 cts. Yorkshire at Nottingham.

wide on the trail of the hare which openly that the revolution was children. She added that Sydney. Union Insurance ..... $278 Notts made 298 (Whysall 163) is on the outside edge of the course. made by an insignificant minority although not of their class or crete, Tangtze Insurance... $99 6 $85 a M.

way points direct the hare out of quiescence by unshrinking violence.

four.

Points For Gloucester,

Northants acored 128 and 180.

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ing from the start, both teams be. tioned in these notes the Taikoo and 224 for six declared (Whysal) At the end of the lap hidden rail which coerced the rest into ac was an ideal husband and father.

Yorka scored 177 and 72 for no sight into a tunnel, where powerful He recommended the expedient to and with all the instincts of a China Fire Insurance $210

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Club have yet to be reckoned with

ing out, to secure the points, whilst the Taikoo folk were bent on avenging that de- feat on their own ground earlier in the season. Wallace finishel East Point Romp Home. eight shots aheed of Moss, and Still another Club to be reckon- Morrison just emerged ahead of ed with is the East Point Recrea- West by one shot, whilst Wother- tion Club, who, by defeating the! spoon went down before Mair by Yacht Club by 30 shots, are only seven shots. The Taikoo trama couple of points behind the thus won by 61-59, and what K.C.C., although they have played more exciting finish could lawn the same number of games. A bowlers wish for than that? slip either by the K.C.C. or the Bowling Green would give the East Pointers a fine chance to

in the championship and they wickets. may give their Kowloon confreres fright at their next meeting.

K.C.C.'s “Bad Joss.”. Another keen tussle was wit-

t

brakes end its run.

innings

.

The New Zealanders drew with Warwickshire.

Warwich scored 235 and for seven.

The visitors scored 492 for declared (Dempster 180, Allcott 131)-Restor

now

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In the hurdle, races the hare]

the proletariat agitators in other gentleman, despite the

Douglases Somerset took first

passes through an opening in the countries. By this means, and by the great and powerful Baillieu it alone, could the self-chosen family did not approve of him as

HI.K. Stearoboats points from Sussex at Bath.

obstacle, which closes by a spring leaders of the "people" bent down a husband for a Baillieu.

HK Tuga & Lighters 1.10 Somerset scored 142 und 299 for flap before the dogs reach it. Nothe opposition of the capitalists, Since his second marriage he

Indo-Chinas (Prof) $30 nine declared (Case 107 not out).

vices often leave the straight line the bourgeoisie, and the law-abid has steadily risen financially and du, (Def.) Sussex made 85, White taking five and make for the spot where the ing masses.

socially, and has re-built and ex- Shell Transporta opening was, but they soon grow for 18; and 214 for. nine.

Trotsky's prescription will not act tended his business, so that the Star Ferries Tourists Draw,

wise.

with Western and civilised

almost Water-boats occupy com-buildinga

Kelineries. The race card, as in racing, gives munities. The Terror has been eighteen acres of land in the city

China Sugars

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Malabon Sugars...... $32 188 nedigree and colour (brindled, and invariably failed. It had its

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1 to 6 in flat races and 1 to 4 in when the French awakened to the

Langkats (Combined). T19 hurdle races, indicate the draw from real meaning of rule by the guillo-

do, (Single)... T9 Professor Seligman, Professor the inside berth No. 1, and also entine and the Paris mobs. able a dog to be identified, ainee

of Economics at Columbia Uni-Shanghai Exploration. Ta Englishmen, Frenchmen, Italians,

Shanghai Loans at King's Ranba cach dog carries a cloth with a Dutchmen, Spaniards, and others versity, speaking ponding to its number on the card. The Communists were trying this the instalment sale system. and each number cloth is a differ- method in Italy after the war and. The credit system was intro- Docks, Wharves, ent colour, No. 1 being red, 2 blue, found themselves snuffed out by the duced to the United States from H.K. & K. Wharves .. 8 white. 4 black, and so on. These Fascismo and Mussolini. In Hun- France, where it dated back be-HK & W. Docks .... 438 numeral colours are never changed. gary a gentleman of the right fore the Revolution. In its early Hongkewa

Between 200 and 300 bookmakers Moscow brand, who called himself

New Engineerings ТБ Leeds, July 27.

have been allotted places in the Bela Kun, kept up a good fleshly days it was confined to pianos. Shanghai Docks..... T91 Malhorn, with a score of 68, 18, 2d., 2s. 6d., and 5s. enclosures, imitation, complete with murders, furniture, and sewing machines, Lande, Hotels & Bidge. the last moment and no fewer long. McTavish beat Davies by led the field in the first qualify-and they will operate over the rails of the Bolshevik system for a few but towards the end of the dine HK. & S. Hotels on two sides of the 10s, enclosure, months. The Hungarians, after a teenth century there was abuse Hongkong Lands which faces the winning post. pause of amazement, roused them-by its introduction in the sale of Hongkong Realty

Fast Travelling.

selves, and packed off Bela and all baubles and low-grade jewellery Humphreys Estates.. $12

H.K. Territorials The new aport has given a value his crew. Trotsky misunderstands In its application to motor-cars Prince's Building... to many dogs which were found the psychology of a virile European the instalment sale system had Rural Lande waeless for coursing, and their nation.

been a benefit. It was most in Ewo Cattons prices range from £10 to £300 and more. An Irish dog which cost!

use among the wage or salary-Orientals ..... £260 made a big impression when He and his friends may he right earning classes, and the posses- S'haf Cottons (Old). T51 tried over the White City track. about the Russians, who are and sion of an automobile furthered do: (new)

Fast time for 500 yards at Man- always have been semi-Orientals, a

points separated the Cricket Club and the Bowling Green Club. The K.C.C. were unlucky inasmuch as, although they had a strong team on paper all ready for the fray, some of them failed to appear at

than five reserves had to be com-

toward the end of the season. Last Saturday they simply ran away with the Yacht Club, who seem unable to get going properly this season, due, no doubt, to their green having been closed so

six shots, and five shots separ-

ated Hamilton and Shields, but

mandeered. That they should run their rivals so close as two shots Lee ran up the big score of 29- was under the circumstances a 10 against Edwards.

meritorious performance indeed.

Skips' Records.

'The Bowling Green Club finished As the outcome of last Satur-! to the good only on one rink, day's games the only undefeated Holland having no trouble in ac skips now, are:- counting for Tacchi's rink con-

taining

First Division: W. Macfarlane

a couple of reserves with R. Abraham playing No. 3 (K.B.G.C.), six wins and one for the first time. W. Mac draw; and Drummond (Taikoo), farhane nearly lost, and Gibson one win.

Second Division: Young (Tai-

nearly won his first game of the season, the result being a draw of koo), two wins 19 points each. Gibson lost a four Other good

on the last head. In the other are:-

rink Alec Macfarlane was beaten First

performances

Division: Wallace

by Overy by 5 shots. "Bob" Hall, (T.R.C.), six wing and one de- who has been at Home for many feat; Brown (K.D.RC), five "moons," played No. 3 in this wins, one defeat; two draws; rink. Although losing by so nar- Lapsley (K.D.R.C.), five wins row a margin, the K.C.C. were by and

Pendered defeat; no means downhearted. As one (C.S.C.C.), five wins and two

Оле

of them stated, "they had a jolly defeats; Basa (C.C.C.), five wins,

good game and that was all they wanted." That's the spirit of the .sport!.

Second Division Leaders.

four defeats, and

one draw;

Cullen (X.D.R.C.), three wins; and one' defeat.

Second Division: McTavish

· MELHORN LEADS FIELD IN BIG TOURNEY.

NEW GOLF CHAMPION

Tommy Armour, of Washing- ton, D. C., new National Opcu Golf Champlon ...

In the Second Division the (E.P.R.C.), nine wins and one leaders -the Kowloon Cricket defeat; Massey (CS.C.C.) seven Club-went over to King's Park wins and three defeats; Maclach- and won by 20 shots over the lan. (K.B.G.C.), seven wins and Club de Recreio. The game was one defeat; Warren (KBG.C.). ing round of the 2,000 guineas closer at some stages than the five wins, two defeats, two draws, Professional Tournament, being final score would indicate, as on Lammert (K.C.C.), seven wins one stroke short of Kirkwood's one rink along the Club de Recreio and three defeats; McKechnie record.

Compston took 71, Nabholtz 72, led by 16 shots and yet in the end (T.R.C.), four wins and two and Duncan and Havers 75 could only tie. The respective I defeats,

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author of prehensive in the United States Run's record on the Rowley Mile at lence. Kinglake, the Newmarket in April

"Eothen," said that some Eastern than elsewhere. In an eighty-Singapore Tractions.. 10/9 peoples seem to have a kind of storey skyscraper recently erect- |Taxis

Miscellaneous. MR. COOLIDGE TROUT respectful admiration for rulers ed in New York it was possible H.K. Amusements

who do them extreme and forcible to buy a storey, and accept Canton Ices Injury, And the

Russians have responsibility for that section. ANGLER'S HORROR AT HIS never been free men.

WORM BAIT.

Whatever may be the truth about| the Southern Slavs, the Slavonians British anglers are joining their of the great Sarmatian plain have voices to those of their American lived in subjection for over a thou- brethren in horror at the report sand years, since Burik with a small that President Coolidge of the Unit-band of Norsemen and Swedes con- ed States fished for trout with quered the country and gave his] worm as bait..

name to it.

It la reported that the President Afterwards they accepted the caught seven fish in this dreadful roke of the Tartars and then that manner, and to heighten the crime, of the Czarist astocracy.

he caught one flah with only half! All these regimes were based on a worm!

force and cruelty. So when Lenin! As reported in an amusing cable and his group seized the govern- from New York to the "Weekly Dis mental machinery they found a patch," the incident has caused a nation trained to submission by mild storm in the United States. centuries of tyranny, largely exer-j It has indeed been stated that the cised by foreigners. Russia was a President has lost the entire fly. favourable country for the terrorist flaherman vote beyond, hope of re-experiment,

So far it has proved efficacious;

call..

:

A prominent member of the Sal and now that the usurpers are in a mon and Trout Association, when panicky mood they resort to it told of the President's deed, said again. Will they reassert their au- to a reporter:-

thority by fresh outbursts of mur- A real trout fisherman' would | der and torture? Will Russia'stand never fish with a worm. It is con it?

Perhaps for alaves can put up sidered not the sporting thing to do. In England trout fahing means fish with an almost unlimited amount ing with a fly. It ́ ́ le of course, of oppression. Ket, one thinks, the much easier to catch trout with a breaking point must eventually be worm than with a fly--and, that is reached. Slaves will revolt when why we use the fly.

they are driven too harda:

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