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THE CHINA MALL, TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1935.

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MORE SMASHING BRITISH SUCCESSES IN WIMBLEDON FINALS

SENSATION

IN BOXING WORLD

JEFF DICKSON'S

PROMOTIONS

SUSPENDED

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Produced Carnera

In England

POPULARISED ICE HOCKEY IN EUROPE

London, July 14. The British Boxing Board of Control announced last night that they have suspended the licence of Jeff Dickson Sports Promotions Ltd. for an

finite period.

inde-

Jefferson Davis Dickson is an American 40 years old and one

of the directors of the suspend- !

ed

concern. He served with

the American Army and

Air

The first day's competition in the National A.A-C. meeting last month at Mankattan Beach, New York, brought to fight 'a new natatorial star. 16-year-old Toni Redfern, above, of Pelham Manor, New York. High School. She captured the 100 Metres free-style event from a field of star finalists in the spectacular time of 1.10.1.

Force during the war and began GERMANY ARE

to promote fights when he was

demobilised.

Dickson's first

promotion in

England was to have been for the

the

fly-weight championship of world between Johnny Hill (Scot- Genaro

and

Land) (America).

Frankie

For that tournament he was re- fused a permit by the Boxing) Board of Control,

A few nights before the tourna- ment was due to be produced at: the Albert Hall, Johnny Hill died, and an English boxer,

Ernie Jarvis, was substituted. The tournament duly took place

Carnera's First Fight

CONFIDENT

OF SUCCESS

BUT FRIENDSHIP WANTED FIRST

FUEHRER LOOKING FORWARD

TO OLYMPIAD (By "LEIGHTON")

London, July 18. Herr von Tchammer and Osten. the German sports leader sent the following better to the Sunday Dispatch last week. "Germany ex- Then Dickson produced Primo pects from the Olympic Games, me- Garnera in England. Following dals which prove the prowess of that he launched out in a big way her athletes; but specially she and produced Carnera's first big wants

understanding and the fight with Jack Stanley. That friendship of the many foreigners Was followed by Carngra and who will come to Berlia Stribling.

They will see that the youth of From then for several years Germany devotes itself to becom he produced moet of the big ing fit soldiers of the ariny of Shows in England at the Albert peace in the world. They will see Hall and White City, Shepherd's that Germany is a land of sports- men, a land of free discipline, a nation of good citizens all working, for the common welfare.

Bush.

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FREDDIE STEELE OFFERED $35,000 FOR BOUT

Middleweight Champion Matched With Fred Apostoli

San Francisco, July 20-Pro- moter Tony Palazolo, of San Francisco, offered Freddie Steele, newly crowned middleweight champion of the world, $35,000 to Sight Fred Apostoli, local boxez, on Labour Day next year, it was learned to-day.

The bout will be held in Sun Francisco. Steele won his title by a decision over Eddie (Babe) Eisko in their bout in Seattle on July 11-United Press.

MAX SCHMELING RECOGNISED

Leading Centender For Heavyweight Crown

Good Losers

Mary Lou Petty, of Seattle, Washington, indoor champion for the 200 and 500 Metres free-style, trudges' through the water at New York, where she competed with success in the national women's swimming championships last month.

COATES TRIUMPHS OVER GRIMMITT AT BOWLS

BRILLIANT PLAY IN OPEN SINGLES SEMI-FINAL

(By "REFEREETM)

CHARLES HARE GIVES VERSATILE

SUPERB DISPLAY ATHLETE

CHAMPION'S SECRET OF

W

SUCCESS REVEALED

17,000 CHEER HELEN JACOBS

Volunteers

DAVID Leonard, captain of the and at present one of the best

baseball team

London, July 7. IMBLEDON'S chief prize, King George's Cup and the men's singles championship, remains in British custody, and F. J. Perry is the holder for the third successive year. Home players had not only won the men's singles and doubles, the women's doubles and the mixed doubles, but a page of history that had stood since Perry's year of birth had been brightened. Not since 1909 had England claimed the two oldest championships at the same meeting.

shortstops in the Colony is now leading the batting averages of The women's singles championship, the only title to the local Baseball League. abroad, remained with California, which has held it for eight years out of the last ten. Miss Helen Jacobs has been championises for the Filipino Club and has of America for the last four years. Her triumph on Saturday and she had fallen so often from the heights of hope before can and the Texaco teams.

since picyed for the local Ameri- Fe permits her to share an honour held only by Mrs. Moody in the

played at third base for the Fili past-to be champion of two hemispheres in the same year.

pina Club in 1931 when they won Perry's was an empty victory, for the German was over the championship and was chosen taken by disaster in the form of a pulled riding muscle in the right thigh at the beginning of the second game, and, as the score the "All Star Filipino team which to represent Hong Kong against (6-1, 6-1, 60) indicates, he made no fight of the match. The brilliance of Perry must not be overlooked in the anti-climax passed through the Colony several provided by one of the shortest finals on record.

Throughout the tournament.

be had played magnificent tennis, and in seven matches FRED PERRY dropped only one set, that which Donald Budge took from him in the semi-final.

It was obvious from the start] that the champion was keyed up to his highest pitch. Had he been called upon I

confident be would have fought as he has never previously done in his career.

2.m

He had the memory of his de- feat by von Cramim in the French championships this year to wipe

out

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MAY PAY VISIT

TO SINGAPORE

Next Year's Round Trip Planned

JAPAN ANXIOUS TO SEE CHAMPION

(By. “LEIGHTON").

He started playing baseball in

years ago.

Leonard started playing "football at the age of 14. when he played for St. Joseph's in the Third-Diri- sion et back, but the following sear son he was promoted to the Second Division, and when the - St. Joseph's re-entered the First Divi- sion he continued to play for them in the forward line. He has stuck to his club despite ups and downs, being the backbone of the team for several senams and their leading

pal-scorer.

Leonard has played in all re- presentativen games here, being chosen in 1931 as inside-left for Hong Kong in the

Interport against Shanghai, but the trip was cancelled owing to the trouble up North. Be travelled as reserve

*Singapore, July 18. I understand on good authority forward in 1986 and played at in that Fred Perry, the holder of side-right this year for Hong Kong what is virtually the world's ten-in Shanghai.

Leonard has played tennis for Craigengower 294 the

League.

visit

has

by visiting Australia, where he Club. a business, and America.

will nis championship, Malaya early next year.

Perry usually spends the winter but is now with the Radio Sports He took up hockey recently and

ONE mates seen for tall

NE of the most exciting bowls matches seen in the OpenA" DIVISION TENNIS where he has a film actress wife played for the Radio in the last.

We

It is the hope of every German to win at the Olympic Games, but we Germans have learned to be good losers so long as the better man obtains the victory. know that only the good loser can green yesterday, when A. E. Coates (Craigengower) beat A. W. be the good sportsman.

Grimmitt, the 1934 holder, by 21 shots to 20 on the 22nd head in We want all our guests, the their Semi-Final Round encounter, after being in arrears up to sportsmen of the world, to feel at the 16th end. home. We have made all the pre

Grimmitt did not deserve to win as he exploited the wrong parations with energy and good tactics on several occasions, attempting to drive through will in order that there can be no when a

draw

would have meant a better chance of misunderstanding which can hu-securing the shot... Coates, after a bad start when he was manly be avoided."

everywhere but near the jack, secured the ascendency on the 10th end, when Grimmitt reached the "bogey" 13 shots.

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PETEY SARRON ALL BUT LOSES

Twice Floored By Cuban

Commencing with a single on the first head, Grimmitt drew into 18 substantial lead and led by 6 shots to mil on the 4th end, but Coates secured a three on the next to draw within striking distance jof the leader. A single on the Dallas, Texas, July 22.

next end was also to Coxbes's; Petey Sarron, crowned feather-credit, but the 7th end saw somet New York, July 21

weight champion of the world by good bowls by both players, Coates The New York State Boxing virtue of his 15-round decision over coming in with his last wood to Commission to-day recognised Max Freddie Miller, came to the brink lie the shot. However, Grimmitt's Schmeling, German heavyweight, of losing his title tonight, when last was a better one and knock- as the outstanding contender for Baby Manuel, of Cuba, hammered led out his opponent's wood for the the world's boxing title now held him down to the canvas twice in first possible of the game by Jimmy Braddock,

their 15-round match here. The commissioners said the re-

Sarron, however, piled enough cogntion of Schmeling as No. 1 points to earn him a decision, and contender was a result of his de-fretain his title. feat of Joe Louis in Yankee Sta-

"dium last month.

His victory to-night was his first successful defence of his crown

J

Schmeling is at present in Ger- since he dethroned Freddie Miller,

many, where he intends to attend on May-United Press.

the Olympic Games before return- ing to go into training for his scheduled bout with Braddock inj September-United Press.**.

BARNEY ROSS WHIPS PHIL FURR

Washington, July 22-Barney

H.KER.C. BOWLS TEAM.

FOR SATURDAY

The following will represent the Hong Kong Electric Recreation Club against the K.B.G.C., in the Second Division of the Lewn Bowls League:

Ross, 142 Ibs, welterweight cham- V. Sorby, J. L King, G. L. Padgett, 17 pion of the world, to-night won a A. F. Paul (skip).

ten round decision over Fail Farr F. Barron, T. P. Saunderson, W. 148 lbs., of Washington. The title Stoker, J., F. Lanny (skip).

involved Associated

19

20

A P. Tarbuck, G. G. S. Thomsen, 21

K Sloan, S. Dencon (aldip).

Reserve;---C. E. Gahagan.

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Results were:

A. E. Coates A. W. Grimmiti

RNNSARAAN

AB. Conten above, entered 'the' Snal round of the Open. Sin-/ gles Lawn Bowls Championship yesterday, when he beat A. W. Grimmitt by one shot of the Football Club green."7"

C.C.C. RINK WIN

ASSIC TO-DAY

K.C.C. ENTERTAIN HOLDERS

INTERESTING PROGRAMME

Next winter he hopes to combine four games of the past season. Australia and the United States) with a tennis tour of the Far East.

A World Tour

Perry will leave England for MIXED DOUBLES

America and Canada as soon as

the tennis season finished.

LEAGUE

at Home is He will spend a few weeks with his wife, Helen Vin- TENNIS WIN FOR

Weather permitting, one of the son, at Hollywood, and then go on most important matches in the to New Zealand via Honolulu, “A” Division of the Lawn Tennis Turning his eyes homewards, he League will take place at King's will tour Australia and then make Park this afternoon, when the his way to Singapore via the Kowloon Cricket Club meet the Netherlands Indies. CRC. "A" team, folders, in their return match.

The EC.C. players will probably

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be the same as before and should NORTHANTS

fully extend their Chinese oppon-

ents, who will naturally commence

as favourites.

In

the other matches

the

ALL-ROUNDER

U.S.R.C.

RAIN INTERVENES IN MATCH

WITH RECREIO

At King's Park, the United Ser- vices Recreation Club beat Club de Recreio by 5' sets to 1 in the Mixed Doubles Division of the Lawn Tennis League.,

The remaining three games were

OVERLOOKED tot played owing to the rain

which fell, while the last round

USRC. and the Hong Kong Cric- HOW A. MATTHEWS was in progress. ket Club should record wins

against the CRC. "B" and South WAS DISCOVERED

China, respectively.

The following is to-day's and the week's programme:—

¡ECC.

| CRC *g*

*LE.C H.K.C.C

"A" DIVISION

postponed.

(Today)

• CRC, “A”

YUSRC

V Recreio

V. SCALA

"B" DIVISION (To-morrow)

·C.R.C. "B" ju: University - CRC. "A" C.BA LR.C.

KCC

In the quarter-final of the Open Binks competition played at the

İKITC Hong Kong Football Club yester KT.G.C.A. day, K. M. Omar, A. M. Omar, D. University Rumjahn and U. ML. Omar (Crai- C.B.C. gengower) beat FA Broad- CS.CC.VE bridge, S. 3. Houghton, W. I. Geall LCC, "B" ald R. P. Phillips (K.C.C) by 24

Army shots to 15.

LRC

C.S.C.C HKC.C. Recreio CCC.

"CDIVISION

ZRC

SCALA Recreio

"D" DIVISION

PRC. VRSC.

IMMACULATE COMMAND

OVER LENGTH *

(By "LEIGHTON")-E-

A. V. Remedios and Miss Á. Rozs (Recreio): ''

Jost to L. Goldman ́ ́ and Mrs. N.

Wilson

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|lost to AF L. Sullivan, and.. Mrs.

KE Holmes

A. V. Goerno" and "Mim O. Riberio (Recreio);

Lost to Goldman and Mrs. Wilson 1-6. [beat:Capt. Müine". and Mrs: P.: J.--

London, July 18. Austin Matthews, the Northam ptonshire cricketer, is a native of C. A. Barrette and Miss C. Estelho Penarth,⠀⠀ near Cardiff, and was (Recreio); jeducated at St. David's College, lost to Sullivan and Mrs. Holmes 6-7 |lost to Capt. Mine and Mrs. Aston 1-6 Lampeter. He is one of several players Glamorgan. have allowed |to-slip between their hands.

Matthews was on holiday from college, and bowling at the county nets at Cardiff prior to a Glamor- gan v. Northamptonshire-mafch,

Mixed Doubles. League Table To Date

when Y, W. C. Jupp, then captain's of the Midland county, saw him CR [bowl, and was so impressed that ECC. "A′

he invited him to qualify for Nort Recreio hamptonshire

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