1928-09-20 — Page 9

THURSDAY,' SEPTEMBER 20, 1928.

Sport Columns

CHINESE LOSE.

FILIPINOS AS BASEBALL CHAMPIONS.

TROPHIES PRESENTED.

Fili.

24.

At bat: "Dragons" 31, Filipinos

Hits: "Dragons" 2, Filipinos 5. Errors: "Dragons" 2, Filipinos 4. Strike oute: Lee 4, Zafra 2. Bases on balls: Zafra 7.

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GREYHOUND CO. FAILURE.

..

After the Hong Kong Baseball

London, Sept. 12. Club had given them a respite (by

The Bournemouth Greyhound sensationally defeating the pinos twice during the week-end), Racing Company has gone into the "Dragona" of South China voluntary liquidation owing to the Athletic Association were deprived absence of support. of the baseball championship of the Colony in an exciting play-off with the Filipinos, with whom they had tied in percentage. `

£1,000 FORFEITED.

MÁN.

THE CHINA MAIL,

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An order has been issued by | Bank, 4 months' Alght 2/- - Bow-street magistrate Credits, months' the estreating the bail of 21,000 offer. ed by Major Addison Y. Thomp | son, of Benumont-street, Kensing- ton, for the appearance on re- mand of Edouard Louis, aged 66; a commission agent.

Louis was arrested on a charge- of obtaining £21,000 by false pre tences from Sir Walter Cocker. line, the Hull shipowner, on the Riviera several years ago. When the case came up on remand at For the first time in 18 years Bow-street Louis did not appear, the Hong Kong Interport bowls and summons was issued team returned to the Colony yes- against Major, Thompson who The "Dragons" have been cham- [terday with the "flag" won at went surety for Louis's appear pions for more acasons than one. Shanghai A dinner has been arance, to show cause why his ball The Filipinos, with a, sprinkling of 'ranged for Saturday week. should not be forfeited.

A

Major Thompson did not ED- swer the summons when it was down for hearing and Mr, Graham Campbell, the magis- trate, ordered a fresh summons to be issued,

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Rye, N. Y—Archie Compston, British pro-golfer, congratulating Walter Hagen, American pro-champion and British Open Champion, after their return match bere. Hagen won G to 5 in their 72-hole match. In England. Hagen lost to Compston prior to the Open Tourney.

players from teams which broke up before the season commenced, beat the "Dragona thrice and lost to them once. The Filipinos' two de- feata by the Club made the

HOME SOCCER.

The Bishop of Liverpool (Dr. A. A. David), speaking recently at a luncheon in connection with the Wealeyan, Methodist Conference, at Liverpool, welcomed the step taken by conference the previous day towards Methodist union.

He said the decision would open the eyes of the world to a new vision.

A warning note against the spread of secularism was struck by the Rev. Dr. J. H. Ritson.

"Our enemies," he said, "are .not the the non-Christian religions, but gross materialism mixed up with our Christianity,

What is war but blank material- ism? What is causing all the trouble in .our industrial and economic ilfe but a materialistic and secular view of human life? Missionaries are handicapped be enuse they are defended by Gov-

when in danger. ernments

We send out battleships, and while 1: will not. say we do wrong, every missionary at the recent confer ence of Christian Churches at Jeru- salem registered the wish that no government should raise a secular army to protect their lives."

"The educational world is going ahead by leaps and bounds, but in almost every Christian nation Christianity is banished from it. Lonadon, Yesterday. To-day we have got a new Orienta) Darlington beat Ashington bytion in our outlook. There is only pinos and "Dragons" level-hence four clear goals in a Third Division one line we can draw, that between yesterday's deciding match at (N) match at Darlington-Reuter. Christian and no-Christian, Happy Valley,

Souvenir for H.E.

Fil-

Leading until the 6th inning, the "Dragons" were beaten by superior batting.

RUGBY FOOTBALL..

London, Sept. S. Following are results of matches

H. E. the Officer Administering played under Rugby Union rules the Government (the Hon. Mr. W. T. to-day:--- Southorn, C.M.G.) presented the shield to the Filipinos and the junior championship cup to the Boy Scouts of South China Athletic As- sociation.

Mr. R. C. Tredwell, the U, S. Consul-General, on the behalf of the local Baseball Association, presented His Excellency with the first ball of the season (pitched by H. E. at the official opening), mounted on a tripod of miniaturo baseball bats in ailver,

Cheers were called for. H. E., Mr. Tredwell and the Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow who was also an interested spectator. Teama:

"Dragons."

Filipinos

c. Hachiuma

8. S. Lee

S. L. Loo

p.

Zafra

T. Chinn

Fb T. Leonard

2b Alvares

88. Murata

3b Bautista

ef. Kusano

W. Sling

Choy

June

D. Chinn

Shim

H. Sling

If. D. Leonard,

rf. Rul

Cardiff 11, Bridgend 11. Leicester 17, Bath 11. Pontypridd 6, Cardiff- 12.

Rugby Northern Union. Batley 6, Bradford 5. Bramley 5, Dewsbury 5. Castleford 21, Keighley 9. Halifax 12, Hunslet 9, Hull Kingston 12, Wigan 4. Leeds 11, Hull 7.

Leigh 9, Broughton 0. Rochdale K, Winton 18. St. Helens 12, Widnes 12. Salford 9, St. Helens' Recs. 2. Wakefield 8, Featherstone -4, *- Warrington 29, Barrow 11. Wigan Highfeld 17, Oldham 8. York 2, Huddersfield 10.

ALL BLACKS v. 8. AFRICA,

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Newlands, Sept. 1. In the fourth and final. Rugby test match the All Blacks best South Africa by 13 points to 5. Each having won two test matches Umpirea-Chief Petty Officer the rubber has resulted in a tie. Murtaugh and Petty Officer Eaton of U.S.S. "Pampanga." Score by inning:-

1 2 3 4 6 6-7 Total "Dragons" :.1 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 Filipinos..1 0 0 0 0 3 - 4

A meeting of the Council of the Hong Kong Football Association is to be held at the Chaplain's Hut, Scandal Point, on Tuesday evening at 5.30 p.m.

Lot

us get rid of the superiority com- plex. There is far too much of it) in Methodism. Let us remember we are not all we ought to be"

Dr. Parkes Cadman, President, of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, who, through the wireless, preaslive to a congregation of seventeen mil- lions in America every Sunday, ad- dressed the conference. He said that in America there was sleep. veneration of England.

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A remarkable homing instinet has been shown by a spaniel recent ly given to Mrs. Moules, of Piek- wick-road, Corsham, Wilshire, by a friend living at Cirencester, Glou- cestershire, nearly 30 miles away,

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CENTENARIANS.

INQUIRY QUASHES MANY CLAIMS MADE IN ITALY.

Centenarians in Italy have just been told, to their disappointment, that their total number is not 256,

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Miscellaneous.

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plexions. The taller, fairer In- habitants of Northern Italy do not Hive so long.

Guatemala, with 465 centenarians per million Inhabitants, would seem to lead the world. in longevity;

Bulgaria comes next with 446; Columbia, with 380; and Japan, with 242 per million. Italy has as recorded in the last census, but only 1.8 per million and England, a far more modest 51. The Cen-Boys the Institute, does not even tral Institute for Statistics, which reach one per million. has terminated its examination of centenary claims, saya that the mistake partly arose through in- correct census papers, and partly from pardonable lapses of memory as to first birthdays,

£20,000 ANONYMOUS GIFT.

The National Playing Fields As- sociation has received from the anonymous donor who recently con-

tributed £10,000 for the purchase of playing fields another gift of a similar amount, which, with Im portant help given by him in other ways, represents a total donation

Many who have been enjoying no little local prestige will now have to be dethroned, for the Institute is drawing up short biographies of all Italians who have reached the Early one morning, however, it age of a hundred, and of nonage of £20,000 disappeared, and two days later narians as well. Many of those The association has also receiv- turned up at its former home.

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