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THE CHINA MAIL.

THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1931.

HONCKONG'S FINEST CINEMA

The Most Comfortable and the On'y Air-Cooled

Theatre in Hong Kong.

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

nce in you're never

nai," says the gang.

That gues for love; too!" says Cooper..

Then love runs againsE

the gang-ee what hap.

GARY

COOPER

SYLVIA

SIDNEY

City Streets

A Paramount Picture

All they want. is each other-and the king of crime forbids them to love! A man and a girl who fight for love -with their lives menaced every moment. Their story is drain-swift, trase, emotional drama!

NEXT CHANGE. COMMENCING SUNDAY, 19th JULY.

RUTH

CHATTERTON "Unfaithful"

Sel..

a Paramount Picture "with PAUL LUKAS:

Directed by John Cromwell.

BOOKING

AT THE THEATRE - TELEPHONE: 25313, 20339.

K. FUJIYAMA

PHOTOGRAPHER

ANNOUNCES HIS REMOVAL

WYNDHAM STREET,

3rd floor.

CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP

AT THE

STAR

TO-DAY TO SATURDAY

At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20

| GOLF MATCH MAKING SPORT GOSSIP FROM | PROFESSIONAL TENNIS JACK LONDON'S

A FINE ART.

The First Handicap Competition,

"ADVENTITIOUS AID."

the

NEAR AND FAR.

Britain Defeated

Olympia.

CHELSEA'S LOSS.

A restaurant near the Berlin Sport Palace put up outside the enticing notice: "Athleté's break-

CHAMPIONSHIP.

Tilden and Richards

in the Final.

KOZELUH'S ELIMINATION.

Forest Hills, July 11.... W. T. Tildon and Vincent

fast for 60 pfennigs" (roughly 60 Richards advanced to-day to the

cents).

Match making at golf is one of the fine arts, Not perhaps in a mere 'Single; in that CABC argument is scarcely better than a greedy wrangle. It is otherwise in 4. Foursome, when that which might be low and pettifogging | eri roll. seems somehow to take on a nobler quality; we haggle not for our nelves but for our side. .

final round of the Professional

· Customers whe tried it were Lawn Tennis Tournament, and they given for their money a cup of thin coffee, a bolled egg, and a butter | will meet to-morrow for the, cham-

pionship.

Complaints that his fare rather meagre were met with the reply: "That's how athletes eat."

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The French team easily won the Prince of Wales' Cup for jumping at the International Horse Show at Olympin, making only 13% faults, compared to 19 by Holland, who were runners-up.

Great Britain (the holders) could only take third place.

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·Tilden scored an easy victory over Howard. Kinsey of California by 6-4, 6-0, 6-3, while Richards scored a comparatively easy vic- tory over Karel Kozeluh, champion of Europe by 6-2, 6-4, 6-8.

It was rather surprising that Richards. defented Kozeluh in straight sets. The Czecho-Slova- kian had won mast of. their pre-

In spite of the fact that Chelsea, vious engagements.. Associated as a result of their adoption of the Pross. Arsenal policy of acquiring star players, enjoyed large gates during the season, their accounts show that their expenditure during the season exceeded income (£85,036) by £3,340 this being due to the vast amounts expended in transfer (ees.

The machine-made golfer of the present day will hardly understand these remarks. He simply takes the handicaps of the four players, adds, subtracts, divides, and there, is an end of the matter; but your true match maker of the ancient and traditional school spurns off- cial handicapa I have a friend who would emend Mr. Hardcastle in She Stoops to Conquer; he would say, "I love all things that are old-old wine, old friends, old books, and old golf." Even while I admire him, I sometimes find it difficult perfectly to reconcile his points of views. He has a zest for reking a good match and he drives hard bargain. At the same time he declares that niggling question as to one stroke or two is heneath the notice of a Scottish golfer. being paid, Only the other day he was quoting {to me with approval the words of that most charming and dignified of old gentlemen, Charlie Hunter, of Prestwick. When called upon to make a match, the sage would only admit three handicaps, four strokes, a third, and a half. If one side wanted more than a half the disparity was too great and the match not worth the playing. If less than four strokes was in question he would say, "I think you can play them," and the match was made on level terms.

A dividend of 7% per cent. fa

OUTSTANDING STORY '

of

RAGING SEAS

" AND MEN OF RAGING

FURY!

with

MILTON SILLS

JANE" KEITH

WOLF

THE

WATER POLO,'

RAYMOND HACKETT

Good Win for

V.B.C..

It looks as if a world beater at in the Senior Division of the the High Jump is going to ba found in D. R. S. Milne, of Mer- Water Polo League, the match be chiston Castle School, Edinburgh, tween the VR.C. and the Chinese who has twice topped the 5 feet Bathing Club, played yesterday, re- 8 inches mark in the high jump Chinese by six goals to pil

sulted in the V.R.C. defeating the

this season already. He gained the open title at the schools sports at

Good play by the winning for Stamford Bridge. He is the school wards gave them a decided advan- captain of cricket, and a good tage over their opponents. Rugby player.

In the first half the V.R.C. re- Scotland will be fortunate in corded three goals, Laing (2) and her athletes in the near future. Remedios (1), while the brothers Lord John .Hone, of Eton, the twin a Pereira scored three goals be son of the Marquis of Liniithgaw, tween them in the second half, to is about the finest schoolboy half give their side a substantial win. miler that Caledonia has produced, while H. B. Lorraine, who beats 40 feet in the shot-putt and 10 feet in the vault should go far.

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Japan, where boxing was first introduced fifteen years ago, has just formed a Professional Boxing Association. Amateur boxing has been organised for some time.

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Our Sports Diary..

LOCAL

WATER POLO-To-morrow~~ Division I-Royal Navy v Bor- derers.

LAWN TENNIS -- Saturday- "B" Division-Indian R.C. Army T.C.; "Kowloon CC. Chinese R.C.; M.B.K. v. Civil Service C.C.; Nippon Glub v. Uni- versity; South Chinn A.A. Cralgengower C.C.; "C" Division- Y.M.C.A. v. Kowloon C.C.; Craig- engower C.C. v. Kowloon Indians; Chineso R.C. v. Civil Service C.C.: Recreio v. Indian R.C.; Hong Kong C.C. v. University; Deutscher Club v. South China A.A.; Army T.C. v. Radio S.C.

LAWN BOWLS- Saturday - Division, I. Talkóo v. Kowloon Dock; Civil Servica v, Craigengo. wer; Police v. Kowloon B.G.C.; Club de Recreio v. Kowloon 0.0.; Division I. Hong Kong Electric ve Club de Recreio; Kowloon B.G.C. v. Taikoo; Kowloon B.G.C. v. Civil Service C.C.; Yacht Club v. Craig- engawer C.Ć.

Baseball Sunday-H.K. Basc. ball Club v. Chinese Athletic.

There is much to be said for thesa views, and yet there have been moments when I have almost thought that my friend paid them only lip service. His method of procedure is familiar to all his admirers. On the way to the teeing ground heazys to his partner, Col. R. G. S. Gordon, speaking at You make the match. I leave all the Hursworth Puppy Show, York- the arguing to you." He then with-shire, revealed some interesting draws himself, ostentatiously to a facts and figures concerning the fow yards distance, "in search," value of fox-hunting to agricul- as was said, I believe, of Lord ture, to employment, and to the Byron, "of the conspicuous solitude countryside generally. He said, which that nobleman loved." The that "during 1930 over £10,000,000 partner does his best; he tries all were spent on hunting; over 75,000 the usual moves; he flatter's, he grooms were employed, and cajoles, he appeals for pity, and at 150,000 horses were used exclusive- long last a bargain is on the point ly for hunting."

Then suddenly, of being struck. "What's that, what's that?" cries my friend, who has apparently been examining the texture of a | neighbouring green; he casts from him his mantle of aloofness and plunges into the fray. The whole question is re-opened, and the Chambers, who was out of form. argument has even been known to Mr. D. McCuaig, "graceful, scienti- continue over the matter of a fic, and certain," returned. 151, and single stroke after the first shots / Mr. J. Williamson 154. The third we should have been fired and while the com- class, the rabbits an batants are walking along the call them in our vulgar modern tongue, did no manner of good, but causeway and over the pond.

A few days ago I took part in in the second class there was one of these scenes,. . My friend f certain : Mr. R. B. Shaw, whore: and I had yielded 'with ridiculous score was "159, 12 off, 147 He magnanimity on a point of two seems to have been the object of strokes, and we had our reward. envy, if not of suspicion. "Shaw," We had played level, and we had we are told, "played his very best just won. Afterwards, in, a mo- game; Indeed, so well that some ment of drowsy triumph, I picked were disposed to think that this up a book on golf published some competitor should have been placed time in the sixties, not so much a in the first class." book as a pamphlet, written by some delightful and anonymous Scotsman who called himself "An old golfer" or "A keen hand cap he had done great deeds, and There I found something that came as this was a handicap competition

cannot for the life of me sea. w. pat to my purpose, for it was an account of one of the very earliest he should not have won. This was competitions played under handi- not the opinion of the author of cap. It took place on the Brunter / thd book, this is the point, ho field links. Not long before there wrote, "which seems to us objec- had been played at St. Andrews a tionable, that the first prize should grand match-play tournament, in be won by the adventitious aid of the nature of an unofficial Amateur odd strokes. It cannot be doubled Championship, in the final of which for a moment that the most beauti Mr. Robert Chambers, Jun., had ful display of golf craft was shown beaten the pawky Mr. Wallace, of by James Williamson and Me Balgrummo. The general rules of Cruaig, and it was felt. by every the Bruntsfeld Tournament resem golfer that the palm had passed bled, those adopted at St. Andrews, from deserving brows, That but the mode of determining the secme to me in the nature of a rounds, involved a very important self-evident proposition, but it was difference. The, Bruntsfield com- the view of a famous golfer, the petition was settled by strokas, best amateur of his day, who dis players being equalled by handi- approved of handicaps on the can ground that they obscured the Four rounds of the seven-hole jesue. He may have been right shall certainly, adopt his and the comand

prepare to

25% To-morrow-Inter-Zone: Final of pond

inthe Davis: Caplisasi end,

course were

I confess that my sympathies are warmly engaged on behalf of Mr. Shaw. For a player of his handi-

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HOME.

CRICKET-To-day and To-

Gentlemen v. Players. Surrey in Worcestershire. Sussex v. Northamptonnaire. Bomerset. v. Lancashire, Notts v. Gloucestershire. Yorkshire v - Essex. Warwickshire v. Kent.

Leicestershire v. Hampshire. Glamorgan v. Middlesex. Scotland. New Zealand, Baturday, Monday and Tuesday.

Surrey v. Lancashtre. Sussex v. Leiceatershire. Hampshire v. Somerset. Glam gan v. Worcestershire. Northamptonshire v. Warwick-

Notts v. Yorkshire. Kent v. Middlesex, Derbyshire v. Gloucestershire, Durham v. New Zealand (Two dayn);

SHOOTING-Today to Satur.. day-National RA Meeting at Bisley

ATHLETICS -To-day to Satur

day-Army Championship

LAW

and Sat at Dublin.

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THE

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