1929-08-09 — Page 9

FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1929.

Sport Columns

MALAYAN TENNIS

HONG KONG GIRL PLAYER IMPRESSES

Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 1.

LARGER WICKET

ITS EFFECT ON THE GAME AND GATES

HOME RACING

IRISH HORSES SWEEP THE BOARD

THE TOTALISATOR

CHINA MAIL,

Darling won $915 for Lord Dewar, Both these horses were ridden by: F. Fox who, all told, must have had thoroughly enjoyable afternoon. He was, on the back of six horses and steered five of them to victory. This is a wonderful performance for a man who has worn silk for over a quarter of a century.

Teacup, was a-3 to 1 on chance for the July. Two Year-Old Stakes, and the sturdy son of Tetratema duly won to place $1,580 to the credit of the Aga Khan's banking account. He is a rattling good Juvenile, yet I happen to know that at Whatcombe there are two better [By P. Leo Faulkner] Preceded by a cleverly contrived babies who have yet to appear in

Lord Dewar OWNE & beautiful notice, widely advertised and cir- public. Maid Marian, the runner- culated, the totalisator on July 2 up, gave a most ungenerous dieplay. filly in Grace Dalrymple. She is began its official career at Newmar-She is by Hurry On out of Mar-by Gainsborough out of the ex- ket and Carlisle. The Racecourse garetta, a temporamental mare that quisitely bred Cypher who is a Betting Control Board, concluded used to delight in "downing" the daughter of Swinford and the Maid Margaret has inherited the great determination in the manner peculiarities of her dam, since she of her struggle with the Aga certainly has a kink in her charac- Khan's Hakem, and at the winning ter. There is no denying the post she was a head in front of powers of heredity.

the son of Frlar Marcus and Orlass-Straits Times.

Further views on how the cricket The Selangor Club courts where the experimenta are affecting the game their advertisement with the fol. lads at exercise. It appears that Cyllene mare Cyrene. She showed

and the gate are given, by the Athletic News.

Malayon Lawn Tennis championships are heing fought out during the week- end, are in excellent condition, the special care and attention which have

been bestowed on them during last week being supplemented by a welcome shower of rain early, yesterday morn- Ing.

Mr. R. V. Ryder (Warwickshire secretary): When the pitches are soft the larger wickets are

likely

to shorten the games, and that might seem to be adverse from the gate money point of view, but I am not sure that gates would suffer in the long run if spectators became more definite finishes would be seen. That be- lief might increase rather than de- crease the attendance.

The curtain-raiser to-day was a ladies' doubles match in the second round, Miss Lo, of Hong Kong, and Mins Toby disposing of Mre. Bucknell convinced that and Mrs. Codner in straight sets, 6-1, 84. The Hong Kong player made a very favourable impression on the crowd.

There were four ladies' singles in the afternoon. Court No. I was occupied by Misa Lo and Mrs. Bucknell. The Hong Kong player was steadiness per- sonified and won easily 6-4, 6-1 with out being extended.

In the next court Miss Grenier beat Mrs. Hopkina, 6-4, 6-2. The winner's driving was superb and won her several

aces.

Miss Toby, who is in excellent form, accounted for Mrs. Codner 6-3, 6-4.

The only match which ran into three sets was that between Mrs. Allin and Miss Aitken. The former wor the first act at 8-6, and Miss Aitken annexed

the next at 6-3.

The deciding set will be played to- morrow morning."Straits Times."

CRAIGENGOWER LOSE TO

S.C.A.A.

"C" DIVISION GAME

The S.C.A.A. beat Craigengower C.C. in the "C" Division of the Lawn Tennis League yesterday, on the Craigengower ground, seven sets to two.

Scores:-

lowing declaration:

"The attention of all racegoers is drawn to the fact that by using the Totalisator for their bets they will be benefiting Charities, Horse-Breeding and the Sport of Horse Racing, as the surplus funds derived from the operation of the Totalisator will be devoted by the Board entirely to these objects."

It is common knowledge in racing circles that a well-known young sportsman had the best of the book- makers at Ascot. On the Thursday he brought off a £1,000 accumula- tor on Fairway, Blenheim, Royal Minstrel and Sir Cosmo, and, in More than £14,000 was deflected this daring way, netted close on from the wallets of the bookmakers | £22,500. Will such bets be made on Northants officials state that soat Newmarket and Carlisle by the | the totalisator? far the changes have had little new betting machines. In ordinary Certainly the circumstances this money would effect on gates. match with Glamorgan was finished surely have been Invested with the in two days, but as far as could knights of the pencil. be seen only two batamen were At Newmarket there was little beaten owing to the increased fault to find with the "tote" ar height of the stamps. In the match rangements, but at Carlisle the with Warwickshire the extra time working could hardly be described allowed was taken on the third day as satisfactory. At times the in- to finish the game. Gates have dicator refused to function proper been disappointing, but a big im-ly, and this failure necessitated the prevement has been shown in the dividends being chalked on a black- game now proceeding with Leices- board. Nevertheless, the Board tershire.

have every reason to be optimistic.

TRIALS OF KENT

BATSMAN FAINTS: MISHAP TO

WOOLLEY

Northamptonshire are enjoying one of their best cricket seasons

since the War their victory over Kent was the fifth success of the campaign. Yet, curiously enough, their victories by

over Surrey and Kent had been aided by the misfor tunes of their rivals. And in aay D. Clow and E. Hamson (C.C.C.)ing that it is not meant to detract last te Ng Kam-chuen and Choy Ping from the merits of their triumphs. fan 1-6, lost to C. S. Chan and H. W. Surrey, In their final innings at Kettering, batted two men short- Peach suffering from muscle strain, A. B. Hamson and G. Kelly (C.C.C.) and H. S. Squires being down with lost to Ng and Choy 0-6, lost to Chantonsilitis. At Northampton, an and Chan 4-6, beat Ip and Mow 7-5.

amazing series of misfortunes over- took the men of Kent.

Chan 3-6, lost to Ip Kau-ko and Mow

Yuk-kwan 2-6.

V. Sousa and T. Hamet (C.C.C.) lost to Ng and Choy 3-6, lost to Chan and

Chan 1-6, beat Ip and Mow 10-8.

POLO

PRINCE OF WALES' CUP AT HURLINGHAM

about the future. In the course of

a short time the arrangements will be as perfect as they are in Paris and Calcutta. Bombay and Singa- pore.

LAWN BOWLS

A TWO RINK FRIENDLY GAME

P.W.D. DEFEATED

Playing on two rinka only in a friendly contest, the Hong Kong Electric Co, defeated the P.W.D. by five shots at North Point yester- day. Scores:

Remarkable Irish Successes Irish horses have succeeded in winning nearly all the important flat race handicaps of the current season. Four Irish animals also. filled the first four places in the HK.E. Co. Grand National. Then Mr. Jinks A. P. Tarbuck prevailed in the 2,000 guineas at C. H. Coutts Newmarket, while Salisbury cap-J. T. Lunny tured the Irish 2,000 guiness at A. Webster the Carragh. Both hail from the (skip) Emerald Isle, as does. Trigo, the L. de Rome sensational winner of this year's F. F. Duckworth Epsom Derby.

H. F. Akehurst At Ascot the atake money. L. J. Davies amounted to nearly £68,000. this huge sum close on £80,000 fell. to the prowess of horses bred in Ireland. English horses accounted for £28.640, while the French re- presentatives had to be satisfied with £4,185. Further Irish suc- cesses have to be reported in the Pitmen's Derby as well as in the Irish Derby.

Of

(skip)

P. W. D.

A. C. Burford J. Howe

H. H. Rose W. E. Hollands 18 (skip)

E. B. Reed

15

E. W. Carpenter

Carr

F. Sutton

19 (skip)

17

37

32

FOOTBALL

MEETING OF COUNCIL ON THURSDAY

So far as the labour question is concerned friends of the bookmak- ing fraternity must not fail to bear in mind that. at Newmarket no fewer than 178 men were employed in working the machine.

Aa re

A meeting of the Council of the garda odds, there was very little

For the first mentioned event, a Football Association will be held in difference between the bookmakers' two-mile affair, there were thirteen the Association offices; French Bank starting prices and the totalisator contenders, and the race provided Building at 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday. The dividends. In only one instance; a heart-stirring struggle. It result-business is formal. was there a pronounced disparity; 'ed in "Ranji's" Ballynahinch land- That was in the fifth race at ing a 10 to 1 chance by a head Carlisle, where the "tote" disbursed from the very strongly supported

a dividend of £13 75. 6d. for a Buoyant Bachelor, who, in turn, "LOK SUN" ENQUIRY pound investment, the best offer of was only a short head in front of the bookmakers being 7 to 1 Alacrity. Ballynahinch is a very Colossal dividends were conspi-powerful son of Captivation and euous by their absence,

Avon Hack. He was bred close to Royal Win at Newmarket

the Curragh by Major D. Dixon. Frank Woolley, the Kent and There was great enthusiasm at and, in 1925, was acquired private- England all rounder, having batted Newmarket when the King Emly by the Jam Sahib of Nawauaga for fifteen minutes, had to retire peror's Magnum Bonum prevailed through the agency of his trainer, owing to a bilious attack, and in the Hare Park Handicap of $736. Alfred Sadler. Buoyant Bachelor, though he returned to make top The aged aon of Pommern won by the narrowly defeated runner-up, is score, a rising ball from Clark five lengths from the consistent struck him with such force under Adieu, who, however, was at a dis-, Bachelor's Double, while Alacrity, aon of the great Irish sire, the left eye that this time he had advantage of 23 lb. in the weights. a resolute son of Achtoi, was bred to retire for good, stitches being Poor Man was the disappointment in Ireland. put in the wound.

of this race. He was a 4 to 1 As though this were not bad cholee with the "books," but ran enough. Todd was overcome by as if he were in need of a rest. stomach trouble and, fainting, had Of course, the ground has been un- to be carried from the field. He, kindly hard for the last ten days, The scorers were: Ireland, E. like Woolley, luckily returned late and the conditions are such as to Roark (four), H. Guiness (two) in the innings, but he failed to add be distinctly displeasing to the

Trail England, Major, to his score.

majority of horses. Phipps Hornby, Captain McCreery, Captain Tremayne and Colonel

London, July 13. In an international polo match for the Prince of Wales' Cup- at Hurlingham Ireland beat England by 7 goals to 5.

and J.

Wise.

The Irish led at the end of the first two chukkers by 5 goals to nil, but in the third England scored three. They then took the score to 4-5, in the fifth chukker, but some fine movements brought two more goals to Ireland in the sixth.

England made a great effort in the seventh and scored towards the close.

CRICKETERS FETED

A.P.F. CHAPMAN ON AUSTRA- LIANS' COMING VISIT

London, July 19, The anniversary of the birthday of W. G. Grace coincided with a banquet at the Mansion House to- day by the Lord Mayor, Sir Kynas- ton Studd, to the M.C.C. side which toured Australia. The company in- cluded a son of the famous "W.G.” Rear Admiral Grace, Lord Harris, Lord Plumer, Lord Ullswater, Lord Allenby and Lord Desborough, Dr. Alington and Dr. Cyril Norwood,

Mr. A. P. F. Chapman, the suc cessful skipper of the M.C.C. tourists, responded to the toast of the health of the team proposed by Lord Harris. He expressed that the Australians would make us go, a long way when they came to Eng- land next season.

JIN

Jack Coombs, left, and Chief Bender, right, pitching stars of Connie Mack's former million-dollar, championship team of years ago, step into the dugout at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, to watch the youngsters of the 1929 Athletics push their way toward the pennant. They'll always be Mack rooters and it does them good to see his team well out in front,

Kopi's Record Time

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"Kau Sing's" Part Re-examined by Mr. Brutton. Capt. Edmondson said that the "Kau Sing" anchored about a quarter of a mile away from the "Lok Sun" and passengers had to be rowed out to her by boats. The

koo tug came on the scene, it was choppy at the time. When the Tai-

able to get alongside the "Lok Sun."

The next witness called was Chan. Pak-sau, who said that he was the

to

was

telegraph rung for the engine to stop.

.

Mr. S. Joel went across to Ireland | third engineer. He was in the en- to see his horse Kopi win the Irish gine room on the night and morning, Derby in the fastest time on re- in question. Nothing happened up cord. It is many a long day since

the 1 am, but at 1.30 am. 50 vast a crowd attended a race- meeting at Irish Headquarters. Kopi is bred in the blue for he is by Spion Kop out of Suneroft, a Sunstar mare that traces in direct tail-female to Admiration, the dam of Pretty Polly. Colonel Loder de cided to sell Kopi as a yearling in view of the fact that the three pre- ceding children of Suncroft had

not done very well on the race course In these circumstances, Kopi – was put up to auction at Ballsbridge and obtained cheaply: by Mr. James Burns for 350 guineas.

Cross-examined by Mr. Brutton, witness said that it was customary. for the engine room's clock to be set in accordance with the clock on the bridge when leaving port. They left here on July 13 at night, and the clock in the engine room was regulated at 4 p.m. that day. It was done by the second officer

At this stage, Mr. Brutton said that he had understood from the second officer that the clock had not been regulated.

Second Officer Absent Asked by the Court as to where the second officer was, Mr. Brutton said that the latter was not in Court because he had not been

After a few months he was trans- ferred to Mr. Joel for £8,000 who thereby secured an excellent bar gain. The Irish Derby put 4.135 în stake money alone into his poc ket, and, in due course, Kopi is al-summoned. most sure to win the Scottish Derby The President said that for three and the Trish St Leger. Second days they had been trying to get place was filled by another Irish hold of the second officer, and that colt in Star Eagle, a strongly made it was important that he should be son of White Eagle that John, In Court. Count McCormack, the singer, weeded out of his stable last year for £500. Third place was obtain- ed by Cragadour, the non-stayinggineer, said that he stood by in the English bred colt for whom Count engine room at 11:18 p.m. on July McCormack gave £12,000 to Lord 18. Slow ahead was put on at 11.59. Astor a few weeks ago. Such is half ahead at 11.45, and full shead the luck of racing,

at 11.58. The signal all clear was given at 12.09 am)

At Sandown Park on Saturday, June 29, two important events were decided. These were the June Rose Handicap (1 mile, 5 fur.) in which Coster Boy, a staying son of Son-in-Law, credited Mr. Singer with £1,326, and the British Dow minion T-Y-O Plate whereby Grace

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was customary for the clocks to be cular partiality for the society of regulated every midday. Before women.

the ship left Hong Kong, he under- To one of them he conveyed the stood that the clocks had been put pleasant intimation that under his behaving all right.

of £2,000. Another was told he was right at 4 p.m. The engines were will she would benefit to the tune

bequeathing her £1,000.

until to-morrow at 10.30 a.m. in The enquiry was then adjourned

order that the second officer and quartermaster might give evidence.

QUEER HOAX

DYING MAN'S STORIES OF LARGE BEQUESTS

The nurse who was in constant attendance upon him was assured that her kindness would not go un- rewarded, and eventually he con- fided that when all was over she was to receive from his estate a legacy of £500,

The death of the man has led to the discovery that his total estate amounted to less than 250,

The man, who retired from hust-OLD TAYLOR

On his death-bed a Liverpool Witness was in the engine room man perpetrated a strange hoax on when the ship struck rocks, and the several women. engine was ordered to be stopped at 1.30 amness some time ago, became very By the Court: He was not able ill and while on his sick bed in a to hear, eight bells in the engine nursing home he encouraged the at- room when going at full speed. Ittentions of visitors, showing parti-

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