1928-07-05 — Page 9

*

THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1928.

Sport Columns

"I AM READY.”

THE ROSENBLOOM-MILLIGAN EVERTON AND CHAMPIONSHIP

FIGHT.

"A FOUL!"

able fight betwyen Tommy Milligan Bud Maxie Rosenbloom, the Ameri- can middle-weight champion, at the Albert Hall last night which culminated in rowdy scenes when the American was knocked out.

VICTORY.

THE CHINA MAIL,

wards, including John Southworth,

Geary, Freeman, Appleyard, and i Albert Shepherd, and I think Dean. possesses the attributes they collec- tively possessed,

FRENCH BABIES.

£16,000,000 A YEAR IN SUBSIDIES.

TRIUMPH FOR STATE.

MONEY & SHARES.

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.

2/-

2/- 7/16

"But he is by no means the one

On Landon- man in the team, That was demon-

Bank, wire. The systematic attempt to in- Bank, on demand LANCASHIRE'S YEAR. strated during his enforced ab-

sance from our matches through creaea France's birth-rate is cost-Bank, 30 days' sight international calls. For instance, ing the nation about £16,000,000 Bank, 4 months' sight 2/-

months' we scored seven goals against West yearly in the form of bonuses Credits,

sight..... for large families, reduced in- Ham.

"His record crop of goals is ac-come tax and railway fare pri-Documentary 4 months'

aight counted for by the fact that he oc-vileges.

On Paria This Interesting statement was cuples the most favourable position

made in the Senate by M. Andre On demand

4 for scoring."

Fallieres, the Minister of Public Credits, aight Health..

ON TEAM SPIRIT.

126214

months'

Lancashire All The Way, Altogether it has been a great

As a result, he said, the de- On Berlin crease in the birth-rate, which On demand... year for Lancashire, with Man- chester City returning to the senior was so startling a feature of On New York-- section holding the crown of Second French social life in the nine- On demand Division champions, despite a nar- teenth century, had been check- Credits, 60 days sight

On Bombay...

row failure in the concluding en-ed, and there was even a tendency Wira

gagement at Nottingham, where, for it to increase. however, they had the consolation

49%

On Calcutta—

186 196

1864

The season has been the most London, June 5.

strenuous and exacting in the whole These are summaries of to-day's history of League football," declar pronouncements upon the remarked Mr. W. C. Cuff, chairman of the Everton club, when discussing the Goodison Park team's championship conquest.

"When one looks at the League table and finds that fewer than 20

M. Fallieres added that unfor-On demand points separate the top club from the 22nd club, it is sufficient indien of reaching a three-figure acoring tunately, notwithstanding all the Wire tion of the strenuous nature of the aggregate for the second year. In Government efforts to augment

the population the excess of birth On demand competition and the equality of the succession.

This is the first time both cham-over deaths only remained - very teams.

"Did we visualise the champion-pionships have been gained by Lan- slight. Lack of funds alone ex- plained why more vigorous ship? No. At the end of last season cashire clubs in the same season. we felt we had a better team than It!

At the last moment the county's methods have not been adopted representatives In peril, Manchester to overcome the evil complained United, Blackpool, and Barrow, ex-of, writes a Paris correspondent 30 day's sight (private tricated themselves by convincing to the "Dally News and West- victories in their final engagements, minster Gazette." and Fulham and South Shieldą therefore descend to the Third Divi- sion.

Tommy Milligan:-I beat him according to plan. We worked it out in the gymnasium on Sunday. I said I had him beaten some rounds It was before I knocked him out.

a perfectly fair blow.

Maxie Rosenbloom:-I was win- I have

ning for nine rounds. Rever been knocked out before, and I have fought six world's cham- pions in America. Nothing but a foul blow would have knocked 'me down. It was in my opinion a deliberate foul.

Dr. L. Walrond Innes (in a writ- ten certifcatet)-I could find no signs of a foul blow or any injury that would have been caused by a foul blow.

Milligan was up first thing this morning says the "Evening San- dard") and out for a.stroll with some of his supporters. He looked Bt and well-and supremely happy. Rosenbloom Challenge. Rosenbloom, who remained in bed

all the morning, said:

I just don't know what to think

of it. A man like that knocking ine oat! Why it couldn't be done.

I'll put up a thousand dollars (£200) for a fight, loser to get nothing. I don't want anything if I love, but know

I the result would be. I'd just like to give him a boxing lesson.

what

I'll meet him anywhere In Eng- land, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, or Any country.

I tell you plainly it was a foul blow that knocked me out. The referee could not see it because 1 had my back to him.

"Delighted"--Mligon.

Tommy Milligan, unperturbed by Rosenbloom's allegations, said:

"I waited until my opportunity came and then got in my left to the solar plexus, just as I had intended.

į

Mias Helon Wills, Wimble- don singles finalist.

186 On Singapore----- On demand ...

88 On Manila- On demand......... 99%

On Shanghai--- On demand

paper).....

On Yokohama—

75%

108

7% p.a.

Long Way Yet To Go.

On demand M. Paul Spraunn submitted to Gold Leaf, 100 ins the Senate statistics dealing with

(per tacl) the movement of population in 40 Sovereigns (Bank's At one time a triple Yorkshire)

buying rate) 2/14 $9.50 championship conquest appeared in countries during the first quarter

of the present century, which re-Silver (per oz.)..... 27 5/16 prospect, but Bradford alone have,

vealed France to occupy the low-Bar Silver in Hong stayed the course, their return to

est place regarding the excess of Kong

4%% prem. the Second Division being very wel birth over deaths.

Chinese Copper Cash nom. come. Huddersfield Town and Leeds It was true, he said, that be- Chinese Copper Cents 6% prem United finished as runners-up in tween 1913 and 1925 the birth- kate of Native in- their respective spheres, while both rate had increased slightly. In terest ... Sheffield clubs, after being appar-France, but the increase 3 al- Chinese Sub, Coin .. 332% dia. ently doomed, retain their senior together insufficient. The situa-Hong Kong Sub. Coin Par. status by virtue of last-minute re-tion regarding mortality rate coveries.

was even more alarming, for The only cloud on Lancashire's whereas during recent years it football horizon is the necessity for has declined over 11 per cent, in

Stock Nelson to have to apply for re-elec Great Britain and 21 per cent, in tion. The other Third Division un-Germany, in France between 1913 TT. on London ........... 2/- ** fortunates to suffer this indignity and 1925 the decline had not TT on Shanghal..... 75

Banks. are Durham City, Torquay United, reached 2 per cent. and Merthyr Town.

BASEBALL.

SENIOR GAMES IN SECOND ROUND.

THE SHARE MARKET.

Полк Кап

Stock.

Exchange.

포22

Infantile mortality was exces- Hongkong Bank ..... $1292

do. Lon, Beg... £138 sive, particularly with children Chartered Bank... between the ages of one and Mercantile A. & B."- £86 four. If improved methods were do. adopted France would save yearly the lives of 29,000 babies. The duty of all parties, he added, was to prevent the decay of

C.

£1435

95%

P. & O. Bank

$75 Bank of East Asia

Insurances. Canton Insurance

$620 Union Insurance $337 The Hon. Secretary of the Hong [France.

North Chius Insurance T144 Yangtze Insurance... $50 Kong Baseball Association writes openred to be from its perform that the following schedule for the

China Underwriters.. $2.60 Dr. Fernand Merlig said it was China Fire Insurance $235 ances, and that only the seriousness Senior League for the second distressing that France with its H. Fire Insurance .. $722% and anxiety of the position we oc-ground in the League has been ar-temperate climate should have Shipping.

eupied prevented the team from showing their real ability then. We. were satisfied that, once clear of re legation worries, our team might be relied upon to give a good account of themselves in the field.

Always on Top,

The team have justified the view

"As to our fight, I'm not going

I'd be de- we took, and have been at the head to fall for any bluff. lighted to meet him again, but it of the table, with the exception of will have to be on our conditions, one short period; almost throughout and he will have to keep to them." the season, and we do not agree that "But if he doesn't he will pro- we owe our position to the lapses of bably have to wait until he' gets others except in so far as to say his old age pénsion.

that someone hes to 'lapse' for others to win.

"I weighed 11st. 5b, and when Rosenbloom went on the scales there was 11st. lb. on, yet they went down with a bump. How much over he was 1 don't know."

"Huddersfield's heavy time In the semi-final of the Cup was not con- ducive to their success in the Lea que tournament by reason of the Mr. Harry Jacobs, the promoter extra matches and the strain.on the of the fight, told the "Evening players... Standard" that he was troubled about Rosenbloom before the fight. "I have done nothing else than keep writing him letters warning him anyone lase. that lie would nover keep his weight

"We always had our programme well in hand, and we have won mare points, away from home (23) than

ranged:

July 7, 4.00 p.m.; Hong Kong! Baseball Club v. S. C. Dragons.

July 8, 4.00 p.m., Filipino Club v. U. 3. Navy,

July 15, 4.00 p.m., S. C. Dragons, v. Filipino Club.

July 16, 4.00 h.m. Hong Kong Baseball Club v. U. 5. Navy,

July 22, 4.00 p.m., Filipino Chub v. Hong Kong Baseball Club.

July 23, 4.00 p.m., S. C. Dragons v. U, S. Navy.

FAMILY RESCUED.

GOLF CLUBHOUSE FIRE.

A National Peril.

the highest death rate in Europe. Douglasex

H.E. Steamboats

He denounced alcohol

h

11

$37

*

$20

$384

$70

105/-

$20

$1/4

as one. Tugs & Lighters $2 of the chief causes for the coun- Indo-Chinas (Praf)

France

do. (Dat) try's deplorable plight. was clearly menaced with alcohol Shell Transporta

Water-boats

Mining, poisoning and prompt and severe measures were needed to reduce

Benguata...

60/- the number of drink licences and Kallan Mining Ad. generally to check the consump-Langkate. (Combined). T12.20

do. (Single) ...

75.00 tion of alcohol.

The Senate unanimously pass-Shanghai Loans ....

Shanghai Explorations T2.45 ed a resolution declaring that the Raube small increase in the population Tronoh Mines of France represented a national Docks, Wharves,

Godowns, &c. peril, and urging the Government H.K. & K. Wharves to prepare a programme to "com- H.K. & W. Docks bat effectively social evils in China Providents France."

Hongkows New Engineerings

ESA

9

ALWAYS COOLING in the HOT WEATHER.

ELBSCHLOSS

EAGLE BRAND BEER.

Playing Cards, Cigar and Cigarette Ash Trays will be given free to purchasers of dozen Quart bottles of Elbschloss Beer. Sole Agents for Hong Kong. WING ON CO., LTD.

EVERYBODY KNOWS

International

Cleaners

who have become a house- hold speaking for their good works.

อ

О

THE INTERNATIONAL DRY CLEANING & DYEING CO. 19. Wyndham Street, 143, Wong Nei Cheong Road,

Hong Kong.

Happy Valley,

36, Nathan Road,

Kowloon.

K. M. A.

CERAMIC & REFRACTORY PRODUCTS

CLINKER,

T3% $42 17/0

PAVING,

G

BUILDING

$1374 $40 $4.95

& FIRE

T160

75

n

T105

n

T8.70

T2 b 24. s

do

T51 (new) T27% * Landa, Hotela & Bldgs.

11

"

Cotton Mulla.

Ewo Cuttons

Oriental Cottonr

The West Monmouthshire Golf WOMEN IN RUSSIA.Shanghai Docks Club was destroyed by fire recent-' ly. William Powell, the golf pro- fessional, his wife and four chil- dren, who were living on the pre- mises, were unaware of their dan-

APPEAL FOR BETTER TREATMENT.

Bhal Cottons (Old)

ה

[9.20 su

b $65% T135 b

$14.10 b 14% ®}

$8

London, The Riga correspondent H.K. & S. Hotels.... $9.10 b 9.30 s ger until the flames had secured a of "The Times" says that M. Soltz,

Hongkong Lande "The team had that grent attri- firm hold. A police-constable man- a member of the Central Control Shanghal Lands

who is unofficially Humphreys Estates.. down to 160lb. living the high life bute--a wonderful team spirit. Aged to bring them to safety in Commission,

few titled "the Soviet censor of morals," Hongkong Realties he was at Brighton."

! Every member of it has been anxi- their night clothes only a

Prince's Buildings ous to see Dean get the record, moments before the building col- made a remarkable appeal at Mos- H.K. Territorials

cow and to the Soviet Union gen- Public Utilities. lapsed. which he achieved in the last match

The greater part of the oldest erally, for "a return to a more R.X. Tramway

M. Peak Trams (old) of the senson:

do. (new) boot factory in Derby was destroy-knightly attitude to women." ed by fire. It is occupied by the Soltz declared that although the

Star Ferries

Rosenbloom's Purse Reduced. Mr. Jacobs states that following a consultation with Milligan's mana- ge and his backers it was agreed that a certain' sum should be de- ducted from Rosenbloom's purse as forfeit for his being over the agreed

weight for the fight.

Cables to this effect had been sent

to Rosenbloom's representatives in New York.

"We are very proud of the team and very grateful.

"We have had our share of bad Derby Boot and Shoe Manufactur-/ Soviet laws for the equality of men China Lights (comb.) luck in the last few years, now we ing Company, who had just book and women were more liberal than ed big orders. The occupiers of those of any other country the posi- and children in are hoping to get some of the good cottages built up against it remov- tion of women fortune.

"There has not been anyone in the last twenty years to equal Dean fire in an allotment greenhouse be thousands of Soviet women in the centre-forward position. To longing to Richard William Pratt, clamouring in the courts for mainte-China Buses

"It is a crying Binrapere Tractions my mind he has all the attributes of Commercial-road, Eastbourne. nance allowances.

"There is. doindustrials. youth, energy, strength, ability, The rays were focussed by the top shame," said M. Soltz. and, what I consider the greatest of of a bottle on to some paper, and not morely professional hooliganism aina Bugars fight between Milligan and his rival all assets-absence of side and the set it alight. Twe allotment-hold-in oppressing women, but even some Marabon Sngare

most prominent Soviet Canton Tees ers who saw the flames broke into of the panned out very much better than possession of good temper. we expected. The victory of "I have seen all the great centre- the place and extinguished the cut-leaders are most impossible in their

attitude towards womenfolk." Milligan, who knocked his man forwards, from G... Smith down break.

Long Melford, the

"Evening Standard" boxing correspondent, writing on the fight, says:

I must now admit that the actual

down in the ninth round with a terrific blow to the solar plexus, which prevented hira from con- tinuing, was an ironic sequel to Rosenbloom's attempt to catch h[m napping.on the weight question.

It wanted but a few seconds to the gong when Milligan dropped his man with that wonderful left hook, and with that developed power of which I had advised my readers last work.

To me the punch looked perfectly legitimate. I did not travel far; but it was a regular pile driver into the stomach, and neither Rosen- bloom or anybody else could have withstood it..

Up to the time, he was put down, Rosenbloom had certainly had the best of the fight. Milligan was. blooding freely from the nose, and mouth, but his Indomitable spirit carried him on to victory. MINI- gan boxed very well considering the advantages of his rival, whose been, hearly. arm reach must,

alz inches better than that of the British boxero

Pref.

1

JE...

$24.90

$12%

$8

$84

do.

(old)

$12

do

(now) $11.85

do. 1928 save $11.50

Electric (now) ed their furniture to the gardens. Russia was worse even than before H. Electrics

Hundreds of Marso Electrics The rays of the sun caused the revolution.

were H.E.. Telephones

$48 bx Ris.

$46%

$20/

*$5.60

$10

11/3

17/6

$2.70

$2414

$2.80

Cements (comb.)

$9.40

(9.35/.40 sa

do. (old)

$9.40

$1.65

$6 $10

$21,80 $14

Henri Cochiet, of France, Wimbledon singles champion

1927 and finalist this year with his compatris

LONDON EXCTM ANGES.

Londor Yesterday.

124.20. 4.87 15/10 34.92

25.29

do. (new) H.K. Ropes fol4)

da, (new) United Asbesto

Stores, &c. Dairy Farma Watsons Der A. Wings Jane, Crawford

Miscellaneous,

50 ets. .... 82%

Paris

New York Brussels

Geneva

Amsterdam

12.095

ffackintoshs

$20

Sinceres

50%

Milan

92.76.

Wm. Powells

$8

Berlin'

20.12

Stockholm

18.17

{H.K...... Amasements

$80

H.K. Constructions.

$14

Copenhagen

18.20

B. Ind: G. Bonda

65%

Oblo

18.21

HK. fint. Toanê

5% Prem, a

Vienna

34.595

Prague

164

Helsingfors

198

Madrid e

29.46,

Lisboa

2:7/32

:8742

7954

Athen

Bucharest

Rio

Buenos Aires: Bombay

557/64

London, June 13-The Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. L. S Amery, said in the House of Com- mons that the conversations with King: Ibn Saud had been tempor- arily suspended, but they were not yet concluded, He declined to, give an assurance that no Agreement would be signed before the House. of Commons was consulted. He said that agreements of this Ind were usually signed first. He hoped Silver Forward 27 3/16 that the conversations would be

British Wireless Service

4739 1/5%~

· Shangbai. WWD: 278: Y-

Hong Kong

12/0 % 30 Yokohama... 1/10 27/32 Silver Spot 27.5/16

resumed in the next few months.

BRICKS

STONE-

WARE

PIPES &

GLAZED

TILES

Ask for our Illustrated Catalogue-Compare our Prices and Inspect our wide Range of Samples

THE KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION. DODWELL. & CO., LTD., Agents, Hong Kong."

CHY LOONG.

NEW SEASON PRESERVED GINGER.

Best quality-Prompt attention to Exporters.

Office:-231, Queen's Road Central, 2nd floor. Tel. Central 2599. Factory:-300-504, Canton Road, Yaumati. Tel. K 889.

TYPHOON MAP

OF THE

CHINA

SEA

THE LANOSMAN'S HANDY

GUIDE TO LOCATING CENTRE OF

THE

PRICE 30 CENTS.

TO BE OBTAINED FROM

THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE LTD.

CHINA MAIL OFFICE

3A WYNDHAM STREET.