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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1936

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LONDON'S BIG BID FOR WORLD FLYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

JAPANESE CAUSE BIG

BASEBALL UPSET

OVERSEAS CHINESE FAIL BADLY

COSTLY FIELDING ERRORS

CL

(By Infield ")

IN beating the Overseas Chinese by 5 runs to 2 in their League Baseball encounter at Cause- way Bay yesterday, the Japanese Young Men's Association have not only enhanced their chances of winning the championship, but as a result have also brought the Volunteers into the race. making the League more open and interesting.

There The Chinese did not have any luck in this game. were occasions when they had scoring chances, but things did

Another outstanding! not go the right way and they failed. feature of the game was the fact that the Chinese had five hits and only scored two runs, while the Japanese had only one hit

With his mouth opened for a breath of strength-giving air, John Higgins, American national breast-stroke swimming cham- pion from Olmegville, Rhode Island, is here shown in action at the final Olympic Tryouts at Warwick. Rhode Island. He broke al existing records for the 200 Metres breast-stroke, covering the distance in 2 minutes 41.1 seconds.

and earned all their runs as a result of errors by their opponents. VOCE INVITED TO PLAY

The slow deliveries of Mikuni troubled the Chinese batters

to a great extent and even when they did "connect," the ball did not travel far. Amaskai, at short stop, was the only Japanese player who made any errors of consequence, but he was instru- mental in assisting in several putouts.

AMERICAN SPEED SKATING CHAMPION MARRIES

Was Prominent In US. Boycott Of Olympiad

Richmond, Virginia, July 20. Irving Jaffe, an Olympic speed skating champion. has been mar- ried here to Miss Elizabeth Lich- tenstein, well-known in local so ciety.

Mr. Jaffe, who was prominent in the movemezl to keep the United States out of the Olympic games, said that his honeymoon would be spent

motoring to Hollywood, where he has a cop- tract to make short skating films,

MIXED DOUBLES

Koga, at first base, was safe

FOR ENGLAND

GIMBLETT AND GOVER DROPPED

BENNY LYNCH & PAT Wally Mair's

PALMER TO MEET

W'WORTH STADIUM'S LARGE OFFER

ATTRACTIVE CURTAIN-RAISER

(By "The Twelfth Man")

London, July 17. THERE is going to be pretty keen competition between Glasgow and London for the fly- weight championship contest between Benny Lynch and Pat Palmer, Lynch will be defending his World's, European, and British titles. He al- ways draws the crowd whenever he fights in his W native Glasgow.

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Record

born

TILLIAM MAIR, the Police Recreation Club Lawn Borolez Was

in 1895 As far as London is concerned the trouble is that Palmer, ajat Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Battersea boy, is not such a big attraction. Still, I hear that and was educated at the Bothell Wandsworth Stadium are going to make a big effort to get the School, where he took part in all fight It is many years since a world title fight was staged school games, excelling ist soccer in London.

and running. In 1908 he captain- Those London enthusiasts who have seen both Lynch and ed his school team in the schoolt Palmer in action hold out little hope for the London boy in this football League sponsored by championship affair. I had a glimpse of Benny Lynch when he Hamilton Academicals, playing at met Pat Warburton at the Stadium Club a month ago. I relieft-back member particularly a left hook that missed the mark but grazed Warburton's face. Even that was sufficient to put him down. Lynch certainly has a powerful punch.

Palmer meets Joe Hardy, of

while Kawamura, at second- London. To-day. The England team for the third and last

at least Test against India, to be played at the Oval commencing on Sat-Manchester, in an eight rounds base, saved his-side two runs when he gathered aurday next, will be chosen from the following:- high ball with his back to the diamond.

Ching On The Mound The Chinese started with W. Ching pitching, and he did well, for the runs scored were due to errors in the field. Moe made a costly error when he dropped a catch at short-stop, with the bases full, resulting in two opponentsį coming home.

G. O. Allen (Middlesex),

R. W. V. Robins (Middlesex), Hammond (Gloucester), Leyland Yorkshire),

Verity (Yorkshire). Fishlock (Surrey), Hardstaff (Gotts). Voce (Nottx).

Duckworth (Lancs). Worthington (Derby), Fagg (Kent).

Sims (Middlesex),

The inclusion of Voce in the He later took over the pitching and revealed the same form as inside follows the receipt, by the the match against the Volunteers Marylebone Cricket Club of an the previous day.

Late Score By Chinese

The Japanese opened the scoring

in the first innings and increased

statement

un-

{entirely satisfactory

from Voce, placing himself reservedly at the disposal of the |Board of Control-Reuter.

It will be recalled that since the

FIVE MORE FOR

AUSTRALIA

Holmes, Farnes, Voce Sims And Barnett

London. to-day.-E R

July

27, and his stock will

After leaving school, Mair join- ed Bothwell Harriers and

won several long distance races besides representing his club in the Junior Championships of Scotland at Caryline Course, Parkhead.

contest at Wandsworth O BENNY LYNCH jump considerably if he wins & K. O. MORGAN joined the Gordon Highland-

this fight. Hardy is one of the best flyweights in the North.| His friends are very optimistic. They say he will beat Palmer.

Anyway, Wandsworth will pro-; bably be much keener on staging the Lynch-Palmer contest {f Pal-} mer beats Hardy,

Mizler V. George Daly There really ought to be little doubt about Wandsworth getting a

IN BIG MATCH

NEXT TUESDAY'S CEASH

On the outbreak of the War

lers and was a ́ member of the battalion team which was placed third in the cross country cham- pionship at Aldershot. The course

2008 over seven miles and there fcere over 300 competitors. He was wounded in 1915 and this kept BIGGEST GATE IN SCOTLAND him out of sports for a long while

after. (By "THE TWELFTH MAN")

Landon, July 6.

·E. · O. · Morgan, the bantam-

the lead to five in the third, when famous body-line controversy dar.Holmes, the Surrey skipper, K.Walsh's challenger for the British "little" boxers who has ever cosse did not figure in the replay.

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Wandsworth

scrap

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surprising that London promoters Mair actually started his boris

have not snapped him up for some as a youngster in Scotland, and

lof their programmes, but so far soon after his arrival here he took' [he has done all his British boxing up the game seriously.

The next

Joining the Hong Kong Police in 1919, Mair played football for full house for this show, especially

them in the Senior League and if, as they hope, the Harry Mizler |

George Daly fight is also on the weight boxer who meets Benny Shield and played in the Final of the Shield against St. Joseph's, bill. These two are to meet in an Lynch in Glasgow on August 11, is Teliminating bout to decide Jimmy one of the more interesting of the when they drew. He was unfor tunately injured in this game and {to us from America. It is rather of Douglas Jar- Farnes, the Essex, fast bowler, light-weight title, and the LAWN TENNIS they scored four, aided by a cum-ins the tour

ber of errors. The Chinese were dine's team in Australia, neither Barnett, the Gloucestershire bats- should actually be as big, if not CONTINUES only able to score after the fourth Voce nor Larwood have taken part man. Sims, the Middlesex bowler, bigger attraction than the Lynch

innings and in the fifth stanza iz any representative match for and Voce, the Notts fast bowler, Palmer affair.

been selected to tour had the bases full with only one England. While it was hoped that have

are prepared to in Scotland. Morgan, a native of season found him c ́regular player ||Larwood would make similar Australia with G. O. Allen's C.R.C. SHOULD BEAT down, but were unable to increase

offer £1,000 for the Lynch-Palmer Detroit, is a south-paw buzer, and in the Police team for whom he An additional wicket- their bag.

statement to the M.C.C., #t

now party.

jhas always played He 003 PORTUGUESE

The Chinese again had a chance appears that Voce's peace-offering keeper will be nominated later.fight and £450 for Mizler v. Daly carries a very heavy punch.

With a bit of a squeeze 20,000

Scots became very fond of Mor-member of the Interport team might be accommodated in the of scoring in the sixth innings would be the only one forthcoming, Reuter.

gan when he made his first ap-which went to Shanghai in 1923 The other players who have Wandsworth Stadium and. with when, with the bases again full, so that the many cricket enthusi-

pearance in, their rings last sum-land played for the Colony in Hong T. Chan, usually a hard hitter, asts, including a large number in

already been invited to make ringside prices increased, the showmer. He knocked out Johnny Mc. Kong in 1934. Weather permitting, two mat-was fanned and K Ching's hefty see Larwood in the next team for sex) (Captain), B. W. V. Robins offers just about represent Wands feat when it is recalled that at which won the Gutierres Shield in

Australia, who would have liked to the trip are: G. O. Allen (Middle-would be a success. But these Grory in seven rounds, a grest

He was in the Scottish team "Down Under", are likely to be (Middlesex), Hammond (Glouces-worth's limit. doomed to disappointment.

ter). Worthington. (Derbyshire),

Lynch's Plans Gimblett (Somerset) and Gover Leyland (Yorkshire), Copson R(Surrey) are the only players from (Derby), Fishlock (Surrey), Fagg George Dingley. the Glasgow stones.

the second Test team not chosen (Kent),

(Yorkshire), promoter, is anxious to stage the Verity for the final encounter.

Fishlock (Surrey), and Hardstaff fight. I am told, that he has flown months ago Morgan quickly show SAPPERS' 'AQUATIC

to the Isle of Man, where Lynched that his last year's form had

INTRA-CLUB TIE AT K.C.C.

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ches in the Mixed Doubles Lawn hit was caught by Kwamură

Tennis League will take place this an amazing manner.

afternoon, when the Chinese Re-

-creation Club play hosts to Club

de Recreio, and the K.C.C. “A”

Detailed scores.

Japanese Y.MLA.

E.

0

0

0

0

and "E" teams meet in, an intra-Yasuda Club tie.

Mikuni Takeda

The C.R.C. are at present lead- Yamasaki ing in the League table with a 100 Yajima per cent. record and this after Kawamura

Koga noon should experience no

dif- Maruyama ficulty in securing another two Amasaki points.

The following is to-day's and

the week's programme:-

MIXED DOUBLES LEAGUE

C.R.C.

ECC. "A"

K.C.C. U.S.R.C. C.R.C. "A" CRC. "B"

L.B.C. Recreio HKC.C.

ET.G.C.A. HEILT.C CRG G.S.C.C K.C.C.“E” A.T.C

(TO-DAY)

v Recreio

Overseas Chinese

P. Charg

A. Feng

C. Chan

J. Kan B. S. Ching W. Ching

Chan

0

(Causeway Bay). Ching KCC ***

(King's Park), Moe

"A" DIVISION

(To-morrow)

▼ Recreio

▾ SCAA

• BKCC

▾ LE.C.

"B" DIVISION

(Wednesday)

▾ K.C.C.

T GRC

C.C.C.

DIVISION

(Thursday)

KIT.C.

▼ KC.C. “A

T: LRC..

SCAA

v Recreio

-▼ CCC.

in

одоонинния

$ $ Struck out:-W. Ching 2, Moe 5, Mikuni 6.

Ching 5,

Bases 姐 Balla:-W.

Mikuni 4.

Scores by innings:--

Japanese Y.M.A. Ovérsezs

Chinese

1-2 3 4 5 6 7

England won the first Test and (Notts).

the second was left drawn so that

a draw this time will give her the rubber, while India, at the best, can only force a division of hon- jours.

GOLF SCORES ARE EXORBITANT

Annual Cost Of Sport In United States.

London, July 9. Golf is the most costly sport of any with a big following. That is, Jexcept such millionaires games as

1 0 4 0 0 0 0—5 ranı yachting and polo. 000 200 0-1 hit

0 0 0.1 00°1:=Z runs

· PROFESSIONAL-REPEATS GOLF SUCCESS

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This is the conclusion reached

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that time McGrory was without the first year of the competition peer in the feather-weight ranks, and was singles champion of his while Morgan was well under nine club in 1932,

On his return to Scotland a few

is on holiday. Here he hopes to been no mere flash in the pan,

get the champion's signature, but]

I think Lynch will first of all want

to know what he can get in Lon-

|do.

New Attendance Record?

HEATS TO-DAY

Within

a fortnight of landing FINALS TO-MORROW Morgan took on McGrory again,

AT V.R.C

SECOND ARMY TRIALS ON WEDNESDAY

Lynch will probably demand 75 and lost that fight only by the nar per cent. of the parse and get it.rowest of margins. Last week he If he fought in Glasgow, at the outpointed Johnny King over. 12 Cathin Park Stadium, he would rounds.

The fight with Lynch is expect The Royal Engineers are hold- probably be on a percentage of the DATE OF BRADDOCK gate. There they had about 15,000 ed to break all attendance records ing their heats in preparation for for their last show, and are un-for a fight in Scotland. Lynch does their annual swimming champion- as not like south-paw fighters, but he ships at the Victoria Recreation

is probably the more versatile boxer of the two. The pair should (be very evenly matched.

FIGHT CHANGED

No Agreement Between Rival Promoters

WILL NOT MEET MAX SCHMELING ON SEPT. 26

New York, July 30.

likely to guarantee as Wandsworth can.

mach

GUY HOLMES HONOURED

{Club this afternoon, commencing

at 3.30 pm.

The heats and fuals of the In- vitation Relay will be held to- morrow evening at the VEC, when the finals of all the events will be held, commencing at 7.30

agreement with Gould, and that the fight would definitely be stag- jed, but not on September 26 be-j jesuse of a Jewish day of atone- Iment which falls then.

No new date has been announ-lected for all three amateur inter This afternoon at the European

G. G. Holmes, captain and right-pm. back of Ilford F.C., who was se-

be held next Thursday afternoon. at the same venue.

The second Army swimming trials will not be held in the Euro-

0 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 16 the New York Trust Company, Joe Gould, manager of Jim ced, but should the promoters still national games last season, has YM.C.A. the Royal Weich Fush-

which estimates that every year Braddock heavyweight.. baxing desire to present their champion-been invited to play for the Bri-liers are holding heats in prepar 1,000,000,000 dollars (2:200,- champion of the world, in-day an-ship bill on a Saturday afternoon, tish soccer team in the Olympleation for their finals, which will 1000,000) is spent on sport in the nounced that he had failed to the fight may be postponed until Games.

United States.

|-}reach an agreement with: Jimmy October 3.5 (dy dz

[Johnson, boring... - promoter ~ for Golf takes about 15 per cent of Madison Square Garden, regard The Madison Square Garden

CASE ACE WIRS FUTURITY London, July 30-The $300 As the total, and football comes seing the title hout between Bead Bowl on Long Island has been sistant Professional's Golf Tourna cond. About half the total is spent dock and Max Schading pre chosen as the scene of the fight Chicago, August 1-Case Ace pean YM.C.A. swimming pool as ment, won last year by Zees, of on sports equipment, club subscrip-riously set for September 26. which Madison Square Garden and to-day won the $50,000 Arlington previously avunced, but in the Surbiton, was again captured to-tions and fees total $40,000,000,

the Twentieth Century Boxing futurity by a length and half from Victoria Recreation Club's, pool Aday by "Rees who rebuzzed:

""card_and"^admissions to sporting events Later, however, Johnson sssert- Club "re

promoting jointly.

Orientalist... Apogee was third.

Wednesday morning at 11 Jof-278:

Itstil at least £25,000,3003

that be had just reached and United Press.

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