1927-09-22 — Page 9

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1927.

SPORTS

·HOME GOLF,

NEWSPAPER MONEY

TEST.

THIRD ROUND RESULTS.

W. Robertson, West Lance., best Harry Vardon by two and one.

In the third round Ernest Whit- combe, Meyrick Park, beat B. Hodson, Newport Monmouthshire by five and three. winner had six threes.

Charles Whitcombe beat L. Her rington, Abbey Dale, by Ave and

three.

James Braid beat B. Wcastell, Colwyn Bay by one hole.

Tom Williamson, Notts beat Ted Ray by one hole.

+were

CRICKET SALARIES.

SIDELIGHT ON GAME'S FINANCES.

HUSH, HUSH POLICY!

LOCAL CRICKET

EASY WIN FOR DIOCESAN BOYS.

D.B.S. v. C.B.S.

CBS.-1st Innings. I. Stirling, run out.. How much is

A professional ir. T. R. Rowell, b. A. T. Lea .. cricketer paid? We all know the Mr. D. M. Richards, b. A. T. Lee footballer's minimum and maxi- E. Hayes, b. W. II. Kwan... mum wage because the F.A. make P. Hynes, c. Fisher, b. W. H.

Kwan no secret of their business.

Backer, b. W. H. Kwan 'Hirst, b. A. T. Leo:

the

public, this salary of n cricketer, B. J. Vickars, b. A. T. Lee.

Of course it is no affair of the but those who pay their "bobs" at G. Carr, b. A. T. Lee much of it gues to their favourite J. McCubbin, e. Kyum, b. W.

turnstile like to know how W. Urgell, not out players, just as they like to know -and are freely told-what the champion boxer and International footballer receives." ·

Kwan

THE CHINA MAIL.

"BIG MONEY

AGE

ARE PROFESSIONALS WORTH IT?

NOTABLE EXAMPLES,

limits, and enforce them. Instead ed, especially among the "big" MONEY & SHARES. of that, promoters try to get the wrestlers. They programme these commissions to raise the price hofty boys months ahead. Wrest!- limit for title fights, and the plea ing is now regarded merely as an

of beef in} that ringside seats can be sold for interesting exhibition higher prices.

action.

more

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS,

If normal prices were enforced Tempting the Amateur.

On London- for all Aghts the public would be

There is money. In some other Bank wire? ..... much better off, the promotere

Professional golfers do Bank on demand.... 1/11 11/16

1/11% would make a fair profit, and

sports. fighters would get all their ser win championships, make fair for- Bank 4 months sight 1/11%

very well, and some of them, who Bank 80 day's sight.. vices are worth. It's ridiculous to tunes in a year or two. say that a profession that demands

Credits 4 months' sight 2/4 % Tilden, the greatest tennis cham- Documentary 4 months study, Intelligence pion for or hard work than boxing should tempted come back to champion- many years, whose at-

sight..... a successful professional ship form has bit a couple of rocks On Paris- more for a few minutes of com in France and England already On demand petition than the average man in this year, has steadily refused to Credits 4 months' sight 1295 a useful profession can earn in play directly for money and to lifetime, after giving least six come a professional. He has had

On Berlin- years to studying his profession money offers. Helen Wills, Call-On demand. without pay.

fornia art student, and best woman On New York- player in the world' to-day, refus-On demand

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baseball.

of

27-

1220

48

On demand

131%

On Calcutta-

1813

On Singapore-

85

A small On Manila- amateur

track) On demand

96

On Shanghai--

78%

This match was played on the

Big money is always interesting, Central British School ground at because most of the people in the King's Park.on Wednesday, Septem- world would put their hands on ber 21. The Diocesan Boys' School big money if they could, writea no Boys' Team proved much too strong Robert Edgren. for Central British School. For This is the big money age in pay the Diocesan Boys' School, Ander- professional sport. There never There is a hush! huah! polley son made 109 not out. In the first was any other time when athletes Walton Heath, Yesterday. In rain and misty weather the with regard to county cricket. Innings of C.B.S., A. Lee took 5 could make such fortunes in com second round of the "News of the That is why it is not as popular wickets for 13 runs and Kwan Apetition. The biggest paid of all World" golf tournament was com- a spectacle as football, though the wickats for 10 runs. In the second athletes are the boxers. menced. Charles Whitcombe best English public' would love it as innings Lee took 8 for S and Kwan. The world is looking for enter Alex Herd, the 1926 winner by two well if they were encouraged to 2 for 4. Scores

tainment. Just at present the most

More Fighting Needed. and one.

make a habit instead of a "treat"

promising thing, in that line is a

A falr percentage of the gate ed a big movie offer said to have Credits 60 days' sight 49% to go and see it.

big fight. There's a thrill In It,

paid by the crowd that might be totalled 240,000 dollars last year, and people pay for thrilla.

Fighters get more than they are drawn at these normal prices would and has flatly refused large caah

- On Bombay- worth, but that's because the pro- be big pay for the goods any fight-offers to play professional tennis Wire moters charge more than fights er can deliver. It would eliminate this year. are worth, and

paid fighters and There always has been some people are fight- the joke sums

It money in amateur athletica. Col-l crazy and will pay even the crazi- taken from the public now. 2 st of speculator prices for ring-There is very little good fighting known to pick up a living at sum-On demand

would produce better fighting, lege baseball players have been Wire 01 side seats, It's a Ind. Better

Amateur tennis fights than any we see in these now because nearly every success-mer 3 days were seen for a tenth of the little his mind the ring with spend summers as "enter On demand

seat money only a few years ago.little on his mind but the neces-tainers" at summer hotels, ex Then there was better fighting be without being knocked out of the percentage

aity of stalling through somehow penses liberally paid. cause fighters didn't have to be

a living through! 23 worried over being knocked out money." The public is beginning athletes make

of the big money."

to realise this fact, and promoters, their sport. I know of one cab- If they were who are losing money or struggi driver who runs so well that he On demand licked they went right back and ing to break oven, will soon realise hasn't had to drive his cab for 30 day's sight (private fought again.

Young Griffo fought one of his that the only cure for boxing is several years, and he never goes hungry. Another famous athlete, 4 best fights for a purse of 800 dol- less money and more fighting.

Jim Jeffries, lars, of which he got 600 dollars

great world's visiting this

Ob Yokohama country, was pald for a ..109 as the winner. There isn't a light champion, and Jim Corbett, an ex-5,000 dollars

single race.On, demand the ring to day who tremely clover ex-champlon, drew li's true he drew a huge gate, be- Gold Leaf, 100 fins [7] weight in

(per tael) 12 could have laid a glove on Young a gate of 66,000 dollars about ing very well advertised, and true

Griffo in fifteen rounds, yet boys world's record gate. Under modern sional promoter to run

twenty-five years ago. That was a that the A.A.U. allowed, a profes- Sovereigns

off the 19 who would have been third raters conditions, a pair of second string event on the ground that it was Silver (per oz.) buying rate) Gin the time of Young Griffo, Gans, light-weights may draw as much for a cerain charitable cause. He Bat Silver in Hong

Erne, M'Govern, and that bunch of as that, ably aided by ballyhoo, 6 real fighters draw down more for

gave a few dollars to the charity Kong Boxers have one great dancing through fifteen rounds than

advan-about Afteen

per cent. of the Chinese Copper Cents nom

2% prem. Brandly speaking, there are two

6 wkts, declared.. 160 those old-timers got for fifteenage over other athletes. It takes gate, scules for first-class cricketers.

As a rule amateur athletics is Rate of Native In-.

Chinese Copper Cash 6%pm. fights. Imagine Sid Terris and only two well advertised 'mon to The big counties-Yorkshire, Lan-

A. S. A. Kyum, A. Normanbhoy Ruby Goldstein collecting 52,500 make the show and draw the genuinely amateur. Chances for cashire, Notts, Surrey, Middlesex, and N. Stradmoor did not bat.

crowd.

terest dollars for a fight when some, of divide the profits, In the case of a few athletes who have nothing Hong Kong Sub. Coin par

There aren't many to making money are rare, and only Chinese Sub. Coln.. 28% dis. and Kent-pay their players £16

j Bowling Analysis.

the, men mentioned above were in for an away match-because 'they

O. M. R. W. the game, And at a "charity" af- professional football there are two better to do go out after the money

teams to split up the money-teams anyway. with their subsitutes, making at Some of the alleged "charity" least thirty men. The same case boxers who have been appearing in holds of New York, Chicago, Los Angelea, San Francisco, and other cities de mand more for fighting. "for charity" than any sane promoter 1 would give them as a straight busi- oness, proposition. In one recent

The remaining winners Robertson, A. Hlles, Merton Park, Archie Compston and Fred Robson, Cooden Bench.-Reuter.

Total

Dowling Analysia,

U.S. WOMEN'S GOLF.outh? Because business men run W. H. Kwan, b. Carr

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH PLAY.

1

New York, Yesterday. In the American women's golf championship, first round; Miss Jane Brooks beat, the only British competitor, Mias Eileen Pattison, the champion of Bermuda by two and one.

Mlle. Delachaume bent Mrs. Stewart Hanley by four and two.

Mrs. Pressler, the western cham- nion, bent Miss Hurd by one hole.

Miss Fraser beat Mrs. Arnold Jackson by six and five.

Miss Glenna Collett beat Mrs. Anderson by one hole.

Miss Ada Mackenzie beat Mrs. Filler by seven and five.

Miss Maureen Orcutt, the metro- politan champion, beat

Б

Why Clubs Are Rich. Why is it that Lancashire and

0. M. R. W. 0 2 13 Yorkshire are such rich clubs, des-A. T. Lee pite the fierce competition of the Kwan Wing Hong.. 2 10

D.B.S.-Ist Innings. Leagues, which is not felt down.

D. L N. Anderson, not out these countles, the press are wel- comed and told things, and the A. T. Lee, c. and b. Carr players are treated right. In fact, G. A. Lee, h. Rowell with the "gates" secured, thanks F. K. Lee, run out to a favourable press. their play- J. A. Fisher, b. Rowell ers receive more pay than those in A. Prata, c. Hirst, b. Carr

R. Lee, not out... any other county.

have to pay their own hotel ex- Mr. T. R. Rowell.. 18 3 49 penses-und £10 for a home match. Carr The lesser first class counties pay Stirling

4

2

16

1 82

3 016 0 11

o

£10 for an away match and £8 for Mr. D. M. Richards i a home match. This is supple- Rowell and Richards both bowled mented by talent money, which is 1 wide ball each.

a pound or two for batsmen szor-

C.B.S. 2nd Innings.

ing 60 to 100 runs, and for a bowl-I. Stirling, c. G. Lee, b. A. Lee er taking six or more wickets in T. R. Rowell, b. A. Lee.....

an innings; on a sliding scale. D. M. Richards, b. A. Lee

With regard to this "extra", Hayes, b. A. Lee.. Mrs. Yorkshire have long discarded Hynes, c. Kyum, b. A. Lee Harwood by eight and six, Miss talent money, and pay a bonus, the Backer, b. A, Lee Orcutt was five strokes under paramount arrived at by the award of Hirst, b. A. Lee when she finished the match at the marks for good work in all depart- Vickare, b. Kwan 12th green. Reuter's American ments of the game. Service.

HOME SOCCER.

ENGLISH LEAGUE BEATS IRISH.

London, Yesterday. In the Southern Section of the Third Division of the English

No wonder Carr, not out.

the Tykes are so keen in the field Ursell, c. R. Lee, b. Kwan The Lancashire captain is the J. McCubbin, b. A. Lee sole arbiter of talent money in his Byes

team, and batsman may receive]

as much for 40 runs on a difficult

pitch or two or three wickets at

a critical stage in a game as they

would get in other circumstances

for a century or seven or eight A. Lee wickets.

There is also winter pay (on a very small scale) for most cricket- ers, but the thing they look te most is their benefit.

How Benefits 'Are Worked..

League Bournemouth yesterday Before I go on with the story! lost to Queen's Park Ranger by one goal to two.

England won the inter-League match against Ireland by nine goala to one at Newcastle.

of the cricketers' benefits, the in- formation should be interposed that Hobbs is paid on a higher scale than any other Surrey scale -he draws the crowd and deserves

Kwan Wing Hong..

fair at that!

in

Still there are many highly paid

professional baseball, NEW GIRL CHAMPION baseball players. Babe Ruth and

dering the fact that baseball gate Ty Cobb get huge salaries, const-MISS MACKINTOSH SUCCEEDS prices are small and there are

0 "charity" show the boxers got all many men on a club to be paid.

o the gate-some 150,000 dollars--

Tunney Too Careful, After all, the money paid the

paper)

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2 and the charity was 2,000 dollars

Miss N. Mackintosh succeeds Chartered Bank in the hole after the show. similar happening killed boxing for in for entertainment. The public girl lawn tennis champion, by P. & o. Bank

Afighters, athletes, etc., is all paid Miss Betty Nuthall as England's some years in Chicago when two will pay in proportion to the en-virtue of her victory at Wimble- East Asia famous lightweights collected their tertainment it expects to get for don over Miss N. Organ, who guarantee and left 25 dollars for its money. The public hankers for was beaten 8-6, 6-2. Betty o the charity. This kind of money entertainment, at all times. Years Nuthall was not competing. 3 madness doesn't help boxing.

ago the chief entertainment was

30

Are Fighters Worth It?

67

$68

Canton Insurance.... $570

Marine Insurances. China Underwriters -... $13% North China Insurance T148 Union Insurance ***** $293:

Yangtze Insurance

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$4344 M.

$88

$21

Tugs & Lighters $1.

the circus. In a circus two classes South of England Championships. Total

of entertainers drew the big money: Can a fighter be worth some of the clowns and the trapeze ar-

London, Sept. 10. Bowling Analysis.

Fire InsurancOS. the sums paid boxers in recent tists, "loopers." The comedy was pionships

The South of England cham-

were concluded at China Fire Insurance $210 O. M. R.-W. years, since Tex Richard, by shrewd highly entertaining to

circus

H.K. Fire Insurance.. $500 ₺ $8001 8 G 38 business methods, has increased crowds; 30

to-day, H. W. were the dare-devil Eastbourne

my Shipping. 7.3 4 4 2 the gate money at big bouts to stunts. For some years one of the Austin, the Cambridge blue, who Douglares

amounts undreamed of ten years highest paid entertainers was the has now entirely recovered from B.K. Steambosis ago? Actually It is impossible to fellow who climbed to a platform his indisposition, winning the H.K. imagine Jack

Dempsey's fight at the top of a high ladder and singles by beating Powell 6, Indo-Chinas (Pref) ... $80 against Tunney in Philadelphia dived into a amali tank. That was 6. last year as worth the-711,000 dol a very entertaining stunt because Fars Richard paid Dempsey, or the spectators knew the diver Tunney's cautious winning fight would be cut in two if he hit the being worth over 200,000 dollars. edge of the tank. The fight crowd These suma of money seem all out looks for real entertainment only of proportion to the show put on. where Bighters were entitled to the per- But as a plain matter of fact the ed, Centages agreed upon, and the pro- moter is said to have cleared 400,000 dollars on the event.

NIGHT FETE,

FIFTH FUNCTION AT V.R.C.

The fifth Night Fete was held In a friendly game Arsenal lost it and a few players in other big all attendance. The Hon. Mr. at the V.R.C. laat night before a to the Corinthians, by four clear counties, are similarly treated. goals. Reuter.

The other day the crowd bar-W. T. Southorn; C.M.G., chairman racked Macdonald, the Australian, of the Club, with Mrs. Southern, because they thought he received was present, and the latter dis- three times as much as any other tributed the prizes. Results:- member of the Lancashire side. 60 Yards Handicap (members)... Certainly he was offered an in-. A. H. Danesh, 41.4-5sece.; 2, S. ducement to come from Australia, V. Gittina, 27.1-5secs.

WORLD CHESS.

SECOND GAME IN CHAMPIONSHIP.

Buenos Aires, Yesterday. The second game in the world's chess championship between Capab- draw after nineteen moves.-Reu-

lanca and Alekhine resulted in

ter's American Service.

ones,

He was awarded a second benefit

but he is no better paid than) 100 Yards Boys' Championship of Hobba and a few other deserving the Colony (15 years and under); -1, A. McCubbin, 1.15.2-5secs.: 2, To return to benefits, Willie J. McCubbin, 1.24. Quaife, the little Warwick veteran, 200 Yards Free Style Open had the experience that falls to Championship of the Colony-1.D. any members of poor counties. Lyon, 2.57; 2, J. S. Lyon, 2.52.2-5.

Fancy Diving Championship this season, and only 2 hours' Won by Edward da Roza, who play was possible throughout the "alved over," the other competi three days. His net profit was tor who had entered not turning up about £200, and that after insur- for the event. ing the match against rain. won

Blindfold Race (two lengtha).- When a player gets a benefit, he takes over the house"-to-use a

Won by S. V. Gittina. music-hall term. The County pro Water Polo (between V.R.C. mem- vide the ground, but the player has bers)-Blue team, captained by D. to pay the professionals, ground Lyon, beat White team, captained staff, men at the gates and even by C. J. Cooke, by six goals to nil. the amateurs' expenses.

Capablanca and Alekhine have engaged to play a series of twenty games. The first game was by Alekhine.

POLICE AQUATICS.

MEETING AT V.R.C. NEXT SATURDAY.

League Cricket,

How do the Leagues pay, in order to compete so successfully with the Counties? One of Eng-1 The following is the programme land's greatest bowlers, Sid of the aquatic sports meeting of the Barnes, succumbed to the lure of Police and Prison Departments, to the League, and now we hear Fred be held in the V.R.C swimming Root has been tempted to leave bath on Saturday next, the first Worcestershire by a salary of £600 eveat commencing at 3 p. a year. I should like to know the sharp

Plate Diving, Championship, of Police Force (Indian and Chinese).

Championship of Police Force (Europeana).

Boya' Two Lengths Handicap Two Lengths Handicap for In- dian members of the Police and the Prison staff.

Leng Plunge.

Race for Chinese Sub-Officers of the Fire Brigade.

Two Lengths Handicap.

Messenger Boys' Race.

Grenay Pola,

High Dive, cha

Two Lengths Breast

Life Saving.

Nomination RaceS

hame of the club! They have about twelve home matches. in the summer and have to keep up the ground, buy gear and pay staff, as well as make a profit. It is im possible to believe that the richest of them can all find £50 a match for their professional player.

As much as £10 a week, for one match, is paid by leading League clubs, while some pay only $8 for a Saturday, afternoon.

There is also an annual benefit of from £50 to £100 and such money as the crowd care to subscribe when a pro. has done. particularly well Whore the League player scores is

Stroke.that he has practically no out-of- pocket expenses, and can follow a trade during the week, besides

-50 yards Police Reserve Race. having far less work to do in the

Comedy Race (Musical Life-fold. buoy).

Team Race Police, Warders, ballers is £8 n week for sight

The maximum wage for foot Trafic Police and Special Police. months of the year, and £0 for the All friends of members of the summer, with a beneft every ave Police, Prison and Fire Depart years. This beneft may not ments are invited to attend the amount to more than 2600 and sports, admission to which is free often is only about $250. As the A small charge of 50 cents per head footballer's career in far whirter will be made for tea which will than the cricketer there le not be provided in the hall of the much in it when one compares the V.R.C

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-knock-out can be expect- greatest of all "drawing cards" be- Dempsey alwaya was the cause he was a savage knocker- out. Tunney is not yet much of a favourite because he couldn't A guarantee of any such sums knock Dempsey out when he had as were pald Dempsey and Tunney Jack blinded in the last two rounds! Would be silly, but if they got it at Philadelphia, and because it is in plain percentages it's difficult suspected he will box carefully to say why they should not be protect his title in his next fight. people are willing to pay to see fighters didn't box on contracts for worth their percentages of that In the days of real fights the

the fight,

As long as the big fixed, percentages, win, lose crowd drawn by curiosity to see all, or 75 per cent, to the winner prices were paid and the immense draw. They fought winner take the men fight there's no reason why and 25 to the loser. That made the promoter should pocket all the it a contest. Now the gent, who Monday, Sept. 26th at 9.15 p.m. money and pay the fighters but a considers himself the small portion.

card" demands most of the money, the promoter the day of the event and the second string man 'phones

or

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MISS APRIL VIVIAN.

BLUEBEARD'S EIGHTH WIFE

prices promoters will charge "all As long as people will pay big the traffic, will bear.". Perhaps no fight is worth more than five dol- lars for a real ringside seat, and It's a great get-the-money game. THE BUTTERFLY ON THE WHEEL one to three for seats away from Wrestlers used to get pretty! the ring. It would be a great thing good money, It took the public

and says he must have a bigger Tuesday, Sept. 27th, at 9.15 p.m. percentage or there'll be no fight.

for boring if boxing commissions many years to see that wrestling Wednesday, Sept. 28th at 9.15 p.m. had the power to fix such price | matches, are almost invariably fak-

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FALLEN ANGELS.

Booking at MOUTRIE'S and the Tax

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PRICES: $3, $2 & $1.

LONDON EXCHANGES,

Paris

New York

London, Yesterday,

17

4.86 17/82

84.98

Brussels

Geneva

25.28

Amsterdam

12.19%

Milan'

69:30

Berlin

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Stockholm

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Copenhag

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