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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1931.

THE

CHINA

MAIL.

JACK DEMPSEY ISSUES V.R.C. NIGHT FETE ON SHANGHAI STADIUM

CHALLENGE

EARLY CAREER

JACK KEARNS MAKES HIM BOX-OFFICE PROPOSITION..

COME BACK AT 37?

Rise and Fall. 1919-Jack Demprey kunzkeit uut Jess Willard, In three rounds, at Toledo, July 4. 1920-Jack Dempsey knocked out Billy Miske in three rounds, at Benton Harbour, Septem-

1920-Juck Dempsey beat Bill Brennan, 12 rounds, New York, December 14.

ber 6.

1921-Jack Dempsey knocked out Georges Carpentier, in the fourth round, at New Jersey, on July 2.

Tom 1923-Jack Dempsey beat

Gibbons on points, ut Shelby, July 4.

SATURDAY.

Three Championships to Be Decided. HARBOUR RACE DATES.

The following Championship) events will be held at the Victoria Recreation Club Night Fete on Saturday:-

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PURCHASED.

Chinese Syndicate Pay TIs. 900,000.

UNKNOWN INTENTIONS.

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BRITISH ATHLETES LEAVE.

International Games for the Deaf.

HANDKERCHIEF SIGNALS.

London, Aug. 18. Forty-four British athletes have left Loudon for Nuremberg, Ger- many, to play in a football match. refereed without a whistle, races for which they will not be able to aphoar the starter's pistol, and other sporting events in. which not 10 single word will be spoken.

Every man and woman among them is deaf and dumb.`---

However rough the crossing not one will be seasick, because they are all Immune. They come from aLondon, Bristol, Manchester, Leeds,

The North China Daily News was informed by Mr. N., Fred Nissim's real estate office recently that tho Stadium property had been sold .440 Yarde Free Style through his office to a Chinese Championship. of the Coluny. syndicate, for Tis. 900,000, This

100 Yards Free Style-ground covera an area Ladies' Championship of the proximately 61 mow. Colony,

It is not yet known whint the Yards Free Style-purchasers intend to do with the Boys' Championship of the porperty. Several bidders were in Colony.

the market for the land and it was (Open to boys, under 16 years). fairly common knowledge that ond 6 pm, with the Secretary of the and developing the whole as

Entrica will close to-morrow at group proposed retaining the stands Hong Kong Amateur Swimming As-Sports and amusement centre, run-Grimsby, Newcastle Edinburgh and zociation. The entrance fee will be ning various competitive exhibi- Belfast. They are meeting com- $1 for each event.

tions and public displays in addi-petitors from all parts of Europe→→ The dates for the other Cham- tion to. allowing the hire of the 310 in all-deaf and dumb like. in the course of the next few days. sports. pionship event will be announced ground for football und other themselves.

It is an assembly called the Inter- swum on Monday, October 19, com-gible to complete a sale, owing to most pathetic, and at the same time The Ladies' Harbour Race will be Hitherto, it has not been pos-national Games for the Deaf-the

mencing at 5 p.m.

a question as to who had the real the jolllest, collection of athlètes claim to ownership, but this evi-, in the world. dently has been sottied.

Hempsey, is to appear in five more "Exhibition" matches before he takes up the more serious work of tackling the champions.. He has been guaranteed £7,000 and 50 per cent. of the receipts for these matches. Some think that Demp: sey will yet fight his way back to the Schmeling-Carnera standard.

Can Dempsey ever regain the heavy-weight crown which he held for a longer period than any pre vious champion? He is nearly 37 years of age, but has always been in strict training even when he was making much money on the films, and those who regard Demp-

The Open Harbour Race will be sey as too old at 37 need to be recommencing at 5 p.m.

swum on Tuesday, October 20, also - 1926-Jack Dempsey knocked out | minded that Jack Johnson, now 50

Luis Firpo in 2nd round in years old, is trying to come back close on October 16, at 6 pm. The Entries for these events will New York, September 14. into the ring. 1926-Gene Tunney beat Jack The fighting career of Dempsey Dempsey on points, at commenced in 1914, when he was Philadelphia, September 23.1 only 19 years old, and was confined 1927--Gene Tunney beuf Jack to the mining camps. In 1917, Dempsey on points, at when Kearna became his manager, he was something like No. 10 on Chicago, September 23.

the the American list. Up to that time Jack Dempsey, formerly world's heavy-weight champion. he had lost two fights, autpointed has decided to attempt "come a dozen men and acquired some back" after all. Perhaps the fact thing of a reputation as a bruiser that he recently lost a lot of money by knocking out 20 men. Early In at Reno induced him to make this 1916 he went to New York, fought

In the course, of this season's decision. Dempsey made a fortune two fights-and then learnt as a boxer, but that fortune is his lesson. "John the Barber," his young men capable

acounty matches, I have sten no longer.

of taking the manager, put him up against John places of Tate and Larwood. Never Lester Johnson, a big negro, and mind what the coloured man gave him the severest punching of his life.

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A message from Reno (Nevada) says that Jack Dempsey picked out a second-rater named Jack Beasley (California) for his first victim.) And Dempsey, like the "Manassa mauler" he was of old, knocked out Beasley in the second round of a four-round contest, writes the cor- respondent to the Statesman.

entrance fee will be $1.

left-hand leads of boxers to-day. Weight of body is lacking in tho In the great majority of cases, the left is used as a defensive instead:

fliek, and apart from scoring points of an offensive weapon. It is a is absolutely useless to stop Aghters of the American breed.-A Sunday Express writer.

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Maurice Tate is bowling as well as anyone tello you;

ever he did, and he still the greatest. bowler in the world to-day. Fred Price."

As

was able to

Rated a failure, and with several broken ribs, Dempsey went back to the West, drifted about for months and was in sore straits again in San Francisco when Jack Kearns was regarded dane too seriously. took him up.

Kearns made over a But there was never any doubt of It was supposed to be an exhibi-million dollars out of his man, but Dempsey's abilities tion fight, but that did not prevent Dempsey, though he has said hard Dempsey from proving that he can things of his manager since their still hit with the force of a batter-parting, will admit in his heart that ing ram. After a qulet first round, he Dempsey warmed up to his work Kearns. and floored Beasley for counts of Jack Dempsey's path to recogni-paid him 500,000 dollars for a eight and nine early in the secondtion was bestrewed with knock-couple of rounds with Luis Firpo. round, The short left with which outs over the best cruiser-weights He received from all accounta he then sent Beasley sprawling and heavy-weights in America-million dollars for his fight against half way across the ring before he including Billy Miske. Porky Flynn. Tunney, and nearly half-a-million collapsed on the bourds was

and Carl Morris-yet when he was for his second fight. And he is now livered in his best style.

put up against Jess Williard he trying to regain his fortune,

after that night in Toledo.

8 1 fighter world champion he command his own price. He re- owes a lot of his success to celved 300,000 dollars for his bout with Carpentier and Tex Hickard

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LESSON FROM THE There is nothing furtive or

KYLSANT CASE.

'Nothing Immoral About

im ACROSS ENGLAND ON

HORSEBACK.

maral about 'secret' reserves, nor are they forbidden under the amended law. Every company does wisely so to equip itself, and

shareholders with a board of dir-

ectors they can trust may well be glad that the board has these re- sources in the background of the

Secret Reserves'.

Pending the hearing of the ap- peal by the Court of Criminal Ap-accounts and will be content to

peal after the Long Vacation, the case of Lord Kylsant is, of course, sub judice and comment is impos-

Bible.

wrong,

A Journey to Test Its

Possibility,

In order to find out whether it is leave their nature undisclosed. atill possible for a man to travel

through modern England, What is quite definitely

as his though it need not be fraudulent, is ancestors did, on horseback, Mr. that directors should fail to take A. M. Crawley, the Kent cricketer, shareholders fully into their and Mr. E. C. Woodall left Oxford confidence, and should utilise secret recently to ride to Tavistock. reserves secretly in such a way that the essential truth about a business is concealed from the shareholders who own it.

Barred by Low.

But it is possible to example the summing-up of Mr. Justice Wright, who remarked that the case had

They were to journey partly by verflated matters of the highest

modern road and partly by bridle Importance in company finance, and

paths, and have chosen a route which will lead them across the h that "it would prove of very great Bervice to the commercial cum-

Berkshire Downs, and Salisbury Plain and Dartmoor, so avoiding munity." Questions which have

"As to the publication of aver-

traffic over considerable distances. been argued by the most com- age profits in a prospectus, this is petent and brilliant counsel and ac- not law but everyday practice which The two horsemon expect to cover countants in the land include those the Kylsant case should help. Includes a telescope, a small sup thirty miles a day. Their luggage of the function and responsibility should induce a strict scrutiny of ply of coin, and a change of clothes. of an auditor, the use of hidden existing methods and lead to B reserves, and the true relationship general tightening up of procedure, towns and to stay at night at vill- They propose to avoid all the large between director and shareholder. a more accurate-appreciation of nee

Secret Reserves.

cessary distinctions, and 'greater It will interest business men in frankness in the relations between the East to read an article in a a beard and its shareholdera, The Homo paper which states, in' part: wise shareholder does not want to "Very often a case of this kind, do the board's work for it, but, ending with a conviction, calls for subject to that, he has a right to a some amendment of the relevant complete and accurate picture year Blatutes. No real need of amend by year of the state of his com ment has been proyed by the pre-pany.

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ago inna.

Magdalen, was

Mr. Crawley, when he was up at a cricket Blue and Master of the University Drag

hounds.

SISTER TO D.O.X.

Delivered to Italy.

Spezia, August 28.

sent case, and most of the ques "There is still more than a little tioned proceedings which have Improvement possible in these "rela- been brought to light would have tions, and a wise publicity, so far A new heavy," aircraft altitude: been prevented by the Company from disturbing the shareholder, is record was created when 0.0.X. II, Law as it now stands. The much more likely to be educative sister of the famous German dying Greene Committee, in recommen- against the suspielens and rumours boat, reached here from Altenshein, ding changes In the former law, that multiply, unchecked in bad flying over the Alps at a height of Insleted at the same time upon the flmes. The lart result of the ten thousand feet. n need of elasticity and deplored any Kylsant case will be no less a ser- The machine, which carried Imposition of statutory regulations vice both to directors and to share pilot and a crew of twelve Germans and prohibitione calculated nut holders. It should strengthen the and a commission of Italian officers merely to put a stop to the activities position of the auditor. Again it has been formally delivered to the of the wrongdoer, but to place quite would be difficult to provide by law Italian Government. Intolerable fettere upon, honest for any useful extension of the business.

auditor's responsibilities. But the trusted for the public, and con- "Hidden or secret reserves, for, case which has just concluded firm hle power to Insist on all that example, have been much under should improve his authority in is needful to the satisfaction of that "discussion"-"'in the resent case, the matters in which he le virtually trust."

Our Sports Diary.

LOCAL. HOCKEY-To-day-Meeting of Y.M.C.A. v. Radio S.C Hong Kong Ladies' Hockey Club;

RUGBY-To-morrow-Practice Game at King's Park. Club Trial Game,

Saturday-New Kowloon Rugby

SAILING — To-morrow — Tre- vessa

Trophy at 4 pm.

BOWLS Saturday--- LAWN Aitkenhead Shield Kowloon Hong Kong.

RACING Saturday- Eighth Extra Mecting at 1.30 p.m.

FOOTBALL-Saturday First Division Police v. Navy; Recreio v. Argylls; Chinese Ath. v. St. el's Club v. South China;

v. Eastern: Second Divi- Kion-Ewo v. University; Navy v. Kowloon; Club v. Argylls; South China v. Borderers: 12th H. Bat- tery v. Chinese Ath; R.A.0.0. v. Taung Tein: Third Division-Bor- derers v. South China; Radio S.C. v. Chinese Ath.; Retrola v. Royal Engineers.

ABROAD.

GOLF-To-day to Saturday- U.S. Ladies National Chaniplon- ship.

YACHTING Thursday—Lipton" Trophy for Outboard Races at Philadelphia,

FOOTBALL — Saturday — Fall English and Scottish League pro- grammes.

RACING Saturday-Newbury Autumn Cup..

PAUL WHITEMAN.

To Marry Margaret Livingston.

Paul Whiteman, the jazz orches- trä leader, is to marry, according to the New York Herald, Miss Mar- garet Livingston. They are leav ing Chicago for Deaver immediate- y.

The latter city is the birthplace of Mr. Whiteman, who started his first orchestra there. His marriage to Misa Vanda Hoff, the dancer, was dissolved in March last.

Miss Margaret Livingston is a native of Salt Lake City, and 18 28. Beginning her screen career in 1920, she has appeared in "Acquitted." "The Innocents of Paris," and "Seven Keys to Bald- pate," among many other plc- tures.

MR. LANSBURY'S DREAM.

"They are a thoroughly happy crowd," the chairman of the Bri- tish suction, the Rev. H. Vernon Jopes, stated. Mr. Jones is him- self hard of hearing. He won his colours at Durham University for rowing and putting the weight.

"Our soccer team has a stiff job on as soon as we arrive, ' We' won the International Football Club against Czecho-Slovakia in 1928. and we have to meet them again to fight for it."

It was then that I expressed the hope that the crossing would not handicap the team. Mr. Jones laughed as he made an interesting revention.

"Deaf people are scarcely ever, soa-sick," he said. "Something Been to be lacking in their nerve sensitiveness which prevents them from succumbing to the motion of the alifp.

"Deafnesa has its advantages, you know, We are able to con- "centrate all the better on matters immediately in hand because we are not disturbed by noise. That is why the deaf are so good at cabinet-making, tailoring and such of the arts as require steady ap- plication."

In their football matches the re- feree signals by handkerchief in- stead of by whistle. In races the starter atanda about ten yards in front of the competitors, and they go by the flash of the pistol - In- stead of the sound.

In the British section are two women, both good tennis players.

CHINESE FLOOD RELIEF MEASURES.

Public Meeting Held in· Malacca.

A public meeting of the Chinese was held on August 29 at the | Malacca Chinese Chamber of Com- merce to consider steps to be taken) to help the unfortunato victims of tho floods in China, Hong. Peck presided. ing resolutions were passed:

Mr. Sim The follow-

1. That a fund be raised, known as "The Malacca Overseas Chinese, China Rellef Fund" to help the vast numbers of sufferera brought about by the recent flood and typhoon in Chine.

2. That a general committee of 62 members be formed for the purposes of devising means ・ and ways to raise 'such a fund.

3. That 16 members be appoint- ed at this meeting to form the It is always a wonder to ma how Executive and the remaining 46 he "red tape" has become the symbol | appointed by the Executive Com it is. Red, after all, is one of the mittee as a sub-committed to help most inspiring of colours, writes the former generally, M. S. in the Daily Telegraph,

But the best symbol of all that red tape stands for is the furniture and decoration of almost any public department. That oppressive (and,

I am sure, Illusory) appearance

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4. That each club or association or Huay Kwan be requested to nominate one representative to

form the sub-committee.

5. That another meeting be held

of universal dustiness; a certain the members of the General Com- at the same place and hour when penchant for mahogany and light mittee will be particularly asked to things create the typical atmos- should be taken to raise funds. oak graluing thens and other attend to decide finally what steps phere.

But the news is that in Whitehall Ho Suan Bin were appointed con- 6. Messrs. Sim, Hong Peck and

that he is permitting Clyil Servants Mr. Lansbury will change all that; veners of the next meeting. to rearrange furniture with an eye members of the Executive Com

7. The following were appointed to wathetics, and to decorate their mittee: Messrs. Low Han. Fin, offices with flowers. The Civil Ser Ong Teck Ghea, Lee Laf Hoe, Ong vant is to live thore and more with Joo Hwl, Yeo Huat Choon, Lim the follity of the fountains in Chye Oon, Khoo Leong Hong, Ng Trafalgar Square. But I wonder if Soo Guan, Chew Kheng Cheng, Gap even Mr. Lansbury can change this Wha Boon, Teng Feng Chor, Goh atmosphere which has in all times Eng Hoo, Dr. Lung, Madame Chow and countries been the same.-M.S. Ah Cheow and Mr. Liew Kee Kist.

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