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NEW CLAIMING RULE IN SELLING RACES

CAUSE FOR JOCKEY CLUB'S ACTION SMALL FEE FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES

London, July 3.

ALTERATIONS to the rule relating to the

claiming of horses in selling races were passed at a meeting of the Jockey Club held at world heavyweight boxing cham- Newmarket on Wednesday.

Max Baer.

above,

former

pion, is seriously contemplating staging a comeback in the fistic firmament.

MAX BAER OUT

TO REGAIN HIS

LOST LAURELS

May Meet Petersen

In England

GIVES UP CROONING AND RETURNS TO RING

Sacramento. California,

July 20. Max Baer, the former world's heavyweight champion, has given up his career as a crooner to come back to the ring.

Baer and his manager Ancil Hoffman have announced that they are leaving Baer's California ranch to start on an exhibition tour of the States of the West and South-west.

The tour will end in New York, where Hofman will negotiate for a boit that will give Baer a chance! to start his climb towards title once more.

the

On Comeback Trial It is no secret now that he hopes to rebuild the career that Joe Louis smashed in four rounds last September..

Under the new conditions, every claim must be accompanied by a fee of £10, which is not returnable. and which will be paid to the credit of the Jockey Club for such charitable purposes as the stewards may direct.

Hitherto there have often beer many claims for high-class As no owner can claim a horse horses besten in selling races. belonging to himself, many of these claims have been put in by his friends with the sole purpose of preventing the horse from changing hands.

These claims were then deter-1 mined by lot, and the bigger percentage of friendly claims

there were the better chance PASSING OF KHOO

the owner stood of retaining his horse.

Now that each claim will cost £10, it is expected that they will be considerably fewer.

ANOTHER

OFFER TO

FRED PERRY

WILLIAM O'BRIEN TRIES AGAIN

NON-COMMITTAL ANSWER BY CHAMPION

(Continued from Page 2)

The China National Amateur Athletic Federation invited for the games Khoo from Singapore and Gordon Lum from Australia. their These two represented mother country for the first time

in the tennis series, which were

conducted along the lines of the prescat Davis Cup competition. In that year Khoo and Lun won That for China the tennis title. was the first and last time China) capture that championship, for! prior to that, and since, Japan has reigned supreme.

London, July 4. Supreme In Singapore

Prior to that Khoo was the lead- Fred Perry won the men's sin-1 gles championship at Wimbledonjing player in Singapore. For many yesterday for the third year in years running he was the singles succession. He defeated his Ger-champion, being head and should- Baron Gottfried ers above the best competition of- man opponent,

on Cramm, in straight sets, fered him there. 6-1, 6-1, 6-0.

success

201

Among his most recent triumphs Immediately the news of Perry's was the victory scored in the dou-! bles at the National Games, held reached America offer to turo professional was at the Civic Centre here last Oc Negotia cabled to him by Mr. William tober. Partnered by Gordon. Lum to have O'Brien, the sports promoter. The again, Khoo and his companion and ofer was said to be £10,000 for a represented Shanghai, and won

for bet-four months' tour next year.

A Baer-Petersen match in Lon- don is one possibility. tions are reported here been opened, but Baer manager are holding out

iter terms.

his

the title from China's leading

Asked last night if he would faces. accept the offer, Perry replied:

For a long time China's out-

"I have not received the eable standing player, Khoo had to be

matter.

KEO

and cannot, therefore, discuss the content with second place recently

after the meteoric rise of similar Sin-kie

Loses Title At 36 offer to him when he was in

Khoo was for many years America last year for one year's

Mr. O'Brien made, a

G. RAMPLING . STATES HE

WILL RETIRE play against Tilden, Vines and Shanghai singles champion, losing

QUARTER-MILER

Khoo had reached the mature age of 36.

other professionals. Perry refus-the title to Lewis D. Carson, an WORLD'S GREATEST ed the offer, as he also did film American, in 1934. At that time

offers for large sums.

MUSSOLINT'S SONS OLYMPIC BOUND Playing For Italy At Handball

FEELS HE IS PAST HIS PRIME

London, June 23.

Great Britain will lose a very popular figure and notable per- former when Godfrey Rampling retires at the end of this summer. Rampling, one of the world's

But his ability with the racket was not his sole asset on the tea- nis court. Khoo was a clean play- er, a sportsman and a gentleman His both on the court and off. jgood nature, generosity in compe tition and appreciation of his op ponent's efforts won even greatër Berlin, July 26.

praise from his opponents that The arrival here of Italian off-the spectators-China Press.. best quarter-miler runners, in now cials and sportsmen for the Olym- 28 and feels that his career onic Games is awaited with great the track is closing, but before he interest in Berlin. Crown Prince leaves he will try to crown his Umberto, of Piedmont, is said to

HARBOUR SWIM AS MAIN FEATURE

While

with the 400 Metres have arrived already, but the re- successes event at Berlin.

officially. port is unconfirmed One of Rampling's best feats Apartments have been reserved.

(Continued from Page:2) was his victory in the British for Princess Mafalda and her Games in 1934, when he set up an husband, Duke Philip of Hesse.

watching the C.B.C. Empire record of 48 seconds.

Vittorio and Bruno Mussolini,

as events last Wednesday, my atten- Great Achievement

sons of Il Duce, will arrive Despite the fact that illness members of Italy's handball team, tion was attracted by the sight of had interfered with his training and Signor Morigi, Olympic shoot-several Chinese divers performing he beat many contenders for in-ing champion and assistant secre-¡several excellent fancy dives off the clusion in the British Olympic tary of the Fascist Party, is also three-metre, board. team in 1982 and went to Las coming-Havas. Angeles, where he qualified for

the second round of the 400 Metres

and failed by the narrowest of margins to reach the final.

Rampling, who is a lieutenant in the Army, expects to play a lot, of tennis, at which he is than a useful player.

more

VOLUNTEERS MEET

TULSA TO-DAY

For Colony Championship Among these was Wong Kwok-

it, the C.B.C. and Chung Shing Ichampion, who, with a little more coaching, should easily qualify for a place among the first three in the Colony,

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One of the outstanding features. Eastern:-E. el Arculli (p.), Lenz of these Chinese divers was the (c), Esmet (1st b.), Nazarin (2nd manner in which they persisted! SHANGHAI HORSEMAN HERE b.), Kitchell (s.s.), 0. el Arculli (3rd at a difficult dive until they had b.), Tri (LL), Ismail (c.) and Lau mastered the balance, approach, (t). V. Haimovitch, the well-known

Oversces Chinese-Fong (c), w.take-off, flight and entry.

Aren Title Threst Shanghai horseman arrived in the Ching. (p.). L. Ching (1st b.), B. S

The East Lancashire Regiment| Colony yesterday by the sis. Presi-Ching (2nd b.), Kau (s), P. Chang

Chung held their battalion swimming dent Ecover. It is anderstood (3rd b.).. Chan (11), C. S. that he has some griffins for sale. (c) and K. Chung (r.L}.

BLUM ARRIVES BACK.

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