8
LAWN BOWLS.
ONLY FOUR MATCHES PLAYED.
SODDEN GROUNDS CAUSE POSTPONEMENT OF OTHERS.
Maing to the slden condition of souse of the greens, only four out of the seven matches artatered for 102 the Hong Saturday afternoon Kong Lawn How is Longae eould be played.
COUNTY CRICKET.
-SOME EVEN GAMES.
GLAMORGAN'S FINE FEAT.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MAY 23rd, 1927.
RIG SCORES BY HAMMOND.
So far the feature of the County Championship this year has been the way in which the weaker coun ties have given the leaders a run their rey. Warwick and for Ghicester effected very creditable Although Kowloon Dock R.C. draws with Middiesex and Laun{
wat shore respretively, Glamorgan only leaders in Division 4., wer engaged, they remain at the head failed by 27 cats to make the 412 of the table, with a match In hand ¦ treded in the fourth innings to over Craigengower, who have the donat Surrey, while Essex
Kent, decisive, heating. same number of points. The fatte Kettn club beat the neighbouring Police however, are notieng like the pres war shie when Fleider, Blythe, K. 1. Matentigs auch €. J. Barung Jesh the team to victory.
Clubs on Saturday.
Krabon €4. jave gone to the top of Divisor 1., being has two points ahead of Taikoo R.C., J they have played on match more than this vinis
Craigengower's second string have They have yet to gain a victory. How played three matches.
The results of the four matches follow-
DIVISION I Craigongower 0.C.. Police R.C.
their Pinying ou
OWIE green, Craigengower C.C. defeated Police 1.C. hy is shots. Scores: --
C.CC.-R.. F. Luz, C. 8. Rosse- let, E. el Arcalli, D. Rumjali (skip) 15; F. J. Neves, D. Fritz, C. M. W Aives, U. M. thar (skip) 21: W. - Muskett, A. A._B___Souza_C
Bennett, R. Basa (skip) 23.
P.R.C-Greenwood, Marks, Reid, Mai (skip) 20: Glendening. Wiant, Buchanan, Moss (skip! 15: Collus. Holland", Sword, West (skip) D
Total: C.C.C., 62; P.I.C., 44.
DIVISION 11.
Civil Service e, East Point. The incir own green at Happy. Vie, the Civil Service CC. st to East Point I. by lu shots.
Rose.
CNCC Eccleshall. Haynes, Brawn (skip) 19: 1:
an, egg, Allan, Alderman (sky)
Stranke,
Archibald, Lack,
18
Vickars.
Have
The best individual performance was at of Hammond who made 10 and 187 against the strong fan- easure attack. That very proais-
II. Dawson of a youngster (. Cambralar is also in form making
10 and 37 against the New Zen Jandlers. The leading individual perforunnces in the games com-
Thursday (Sussex pirted Hants) and Friday were:
Batting.
Barond (Viloucester)
N
Kiner Warwak)
Hendren (Middlesex) .....
M. L. Page (N.Z.)
Smith Wacky
187 107
132
T Arnott (ilanorgan) ....... 120
G Comor (Essex)
107
. . Dawson (Cambridge) 10
F. Seabrook (Cambridge) ... 10
Bowley (Sussex)
102
101 9:1
Tate (Sussex)
Hammonal (Gloucester)
Bowling.
Macdonald (Lates.)... 7 for 2 Shipman Cherester...
Hus (Middesex)........ 5 Tate (Sussexj
1
+1
歌手
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GEAMORGAN AND SURREY,
A CLOSE MATCH.
2*
Glamorgan arvie a fise effort and against Surrey at the Ovai, scoring McTavish in their second innings
losing by only 37 raus,
Massey (skip) 25.
EIR. Samways, Williamson, McKellar, Lee (skip) ; Baker, Henderson, (skip) 21; Shaw. Webster, White, ford, Bamilton (skijë) 19.
Total: C.S.C.C., 39; F.P.R.C., GL Kowloon O.C.. Oraigengewer C. c.
I Surrey's first innings, A. Jes- neke mad, Andy Duent 54, and P. G. 11. Fender seared 56.
TENNIS LEAGUE,
RAIN PREVENTS PLAY.
None of the matches arranged for the week-end were played, the heavy rains having made the ground quite unit for play. Twelve matches on Saturday and an important fixture in the A Division between the Chinese Recreation Club and In- dian Recreation Club were in con. The last postponed. Bequence named match has been fixed for Wednesday,
LADIES CHALLENGE
SHIELD.
The Inter Club Mulch for the Ladies Challenge Shield will be played at the U.S.B.C. (weather permitting) to-day at 3 o'clock.
The teams will be as follows: Peak Club: -Mrs. Gritable, Mrs.
M. Hall. Mrs. Lindsell, Miss
Butcher.
L.RA'. Chaldera): -- Mrs. Futter- ham, Mrs, Stark, Mrs. James, Mrs. tonk.
Miles P.SRC-Max. Lynch, Mrs. Hunt, Mrs. Lambert.
EXHIBITION MATCH.
Was
TH
The exhibition match in uil of the Indian Recreation Club Pavilion
postponed from Fund which
The match permitting, to-day. Friday, will be played, weather staria at 4.30 p.m. on the Stand Court and the Banjahn cousine will he opposed to Ng. Sze Kwoug and T. Honda.
EXTRA RACE MEETING.
ENTRIES CLOSING TO-DAY.
Entries for the fourth extra race Heeling of the leng Kong Jockey Club to be held on June 4th and 6th, close at 1 p.m. to-day.
LANCASHIRE. GLOUCESTER.
SHIRE.
HAMMOND'S GREAT BATTING.
lu
Ham
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DAVIS CUP TENNIS.
LATEST RESULTS.
{THROUGH REUTER'S AUENCY.
LONDON, May 20th. At Harrogate, playing in the Davis Cup contest, in the doubles, Worm and Ulrich (Denmark) bent
6-4, 1-6, 6-2, 7-1.
iregory and Godfree (Britain),
the
LONDON, May 21st.
Harrogate in Playing at
Cup contest. Gregory Davis (Britain) Beat Worm (Denmark), 6-8, 6-4, 104, B-t.
The decisive match between Higgs and rich was postponed unti!
tomorrow through rein.
BERNE, May 21st South Africa beat Switzerland in the Davis Cup contest by three
matches to all, and thus have earn- ed the right to meet Germany in the third round.
BRUSSELS, May 21st. Belgiam beat Poland and have similarly earned the right to mert Czecho Slovakia in the third round.
FRENCH PLAYERS BEAT AMERICANS IN DOUBLES.
[THROCGB RECTEK'S AGENCY.]
PARIS. May 20th
At Saint Cloud, 8,000 people watched with the greatest interest the match between Tilden and Hanter and the French lawn tennis stars. The batches were played an Davis Cup lines.
Tilden bear Lacoste, 6-4, 7-5, but Borotra beat Hunter, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Hunter played | beer and moderate tennis, while the match of the day did not full expectn- tions, as it was not anticipated that Lacoste would lose in straight sets. Tilden, if anything, has in proved since his last visit. He sends over a greater proportion of fast or tempting balls, and uses a pericet cut-shot which drops dead sharp at the net.
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The French pair were superb in- dividually, but their strength lay in their perfect understanding. Boro
One rally, which was of int the net. tra, as usu, displayed fireworks unequalled brilliance in the ananis of French lawn tennis. he finished Amexicans. Brugnon's powerful, off with a great sinash between the searching cross-courters were also The Americans ap- a big factor.
power. lack staying peared to Tilden gave a brilliant exhibition of stenke production and court- craft. There was a sparkling ser- vice of nces, though all the players lost several service games.
PARIS, May 21st. Although Gloucester were defent-
In the Doubles match Brugom of their cd on the first ning
Borotra bent Tilden drawn match with Lancashire at
the Hunter, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. feature of Manchester, the Kame was the batting of Hammond. le missed curing a century in each innings by one run only. the first innings Hammond scored 99. and in the second 187. form with the bat, and has already mond has been showing remarkable scored four centuries this season. j Against Yorkshire he made 135: against Survey he made 10% in the first innings and 125 in the second. Gloucester batted first, and Ham Macdonald taking seven wickets for $2 runs
Lancashire established a lead of mond scored 90.
Hallows making 79. and J.. Consistent batting puf Surrey in 101. a strong position. Sandhain (7), Green, the captain, 57 not out.
Dipper and Hammond mude Shepherd (56). Dateat (61)
great stand the former miking 75 Peach (56) were the principal con- tributors in their second venture.
while Hatumond went on to make Arnott then coupled his first. Parker made 63. Lancashire CCC-Kharns, Abbas, Beer,
did not bat a second time. Kant (skip) 12, Nicholson, Modi, century of the season, scoring 126. Williams, Kitchell (skip) 19. Sub-D. Davies made 50, and T. Clay stitute, Coates, Razack; Brightman made a great effort being not out (skip) 16.
N. V. H. Riches and T. Artot! Cured be and a respectively for
Playing on their own green, Kon. Jon Cheat Craigragower by 12 shots Segres:
K.CC-Hirst, Lyal, Smith, Lam- mert (skip) 23: Labrum, Lawrence,
16 Petheram, Davidson (skip) Haben, Kern, Wragge, Berridge (skip) 15.
Total KC.C., 5#; C.E.C.. 1. Recreio . K.B.G.C.
On Let WIL green, Club de Recreio fast to Kawicon 5.G.C. by 15 shots. Scores -
J.
Recreto, E. V. A. R. de Souza. E. M. Remedios, C. b. Marques, A. wire (skip) 12; A. V. Barros, F. X. Sura, C. biva, L. C. R. de Souza (skip) 16; C. F. Vas, B. A.
Remedios, Sequeira, F. dos Ribeiro (sk) 18.
K.B.G.. Matthews, Cameron, Budding, Maclachlan (sk) Hale,
Jinti Stonham,
Warren (skip) to T. Fergusson, W. Rus sell, R. Dixon, B. Wylie (skip) 27.
Total: Recrois, 40; K.B.G.C., 61.
LEAGUE TABLES.
The positions in the League to dale are:-
Division I
Police R.C........ 3
Glamorgan.
51 when the last wicket fell
Scores :-
Survey: 997 and 359. Glamorgan 251 and 575.
ESSEX BEAT KENT.
122
Kent playing Essex at Gravesend were defeated by nine wickets. Essex forced the follow on after disposing of their rivals for 179, and then knocked off the 22 runs re- qurs for victory for the loss of one wicket.
O'Connor made 107, Russell (50) and J. W. H. T. Douglas (78).
Kent collapsed, except for Har- dinge who made 70 raus and J. A. Deed 50. Following-on, their secondl Evans effort was little better. scored 32 and Woolley (F.E.) 15.
Scores:-
Essex: 121 and 22 (for 1 wicket) Kent: 179 and 209.
WARWICK DRAWS WITH MIDDLESEX.
- THREE THREE-FIGURE
• INNINGS.
LONDON, May 20th. Pallowing on against Middlesex
Kowloon D.R.C. C.C.C. Taikoo R.C....... 1 Kowloou CC
P. W. D L Pts.
2 り 2
1 0
3 2 0 1
4
2
1 0
1
2
1 0 2
Kowloon B.G.C.
1
0
ប
1
Civil Service C.C. 2
0
0
0
SHOTS FOR AND AGAINST.
Police R.C.
For Aust. Up Du. Craigengower CC. 176 142, 34 Kowloon, D.R.C.... 191 102 20 Taikoo R.C........ 60 BE Kowloon .G.C... 58 Civil Service C.C. 114 129
◊ 10 Kowloon C.C...... 102 118
...... 153 1800
at Lord's, Warwickshire made a fine
0
second innings effort and were able
.0.
to declare with six wickets down.
6
"0
Middlesex gained five points for a
.03
0
3
0 15
first century of the season.
33
Division II.
Scores:-
(Houerster: 235 and $10 Lancashire 356.
CAMBRIDGE BEAT NEW ZEALANDERS.
K
Playing at Cambridge, Cambridge University defented the New Zea landers by five wickets.
In New Zealand's first innings,
ANGLO-SCOTTISH COLF INTERNATIONAL.
HONOURS SHARED IN PRELIMINARY AMATEUR
CHAMPIONSHIP.
(THROUGH RECTER'S, AGENCY.}
HOYLAKE, May 21st.
Page made 14 and in the second In the usual Anglo-Scottish in- knock Blant was top scorer with 72.
For Cambridge, Seabrook made ternational preliminary amateur 196 and Dawson 57 in the first in-chaapionship. England won the
won the foursouses by 3 to 2. nings, while in the second veature singles by 5 to 44, and Scotland Dawson contributed 107.
Scores -
New Zealanders: 315 and 205. Cambridge: 255 and 267 (for
five wickets).
OXFORD LOSE TO LEICESTER.
Playing at Leicester, the home County team won against Oxford University by 208 runs.
For Leicester, Astil made 54. Bradshaw 53 and Geary 54. McCan- is took five wickets for 70 runs. In
Leicester's second innings, Astill
made 56.
ABE MITCHELL INDIS-
POSED.
NOT GOING TO VISIT
AMERICA..
(THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENCY.]
the Ryder
LONDON, May 20th Acting on medical instructions, Abe Mitchell will not be going to America to play in For Oxford, Newman with 62 and Cup match on June 10th-11th, at P. Cazalet with 62 were the bigheat Worcester Massachusetts.
Mitchell is suffering from acute scorers. Shipman took five wickets.
indigestion, but should be able to for 30 runs.
compete in the big golf tournaments Scores:-
Leicester 936 for 250 (for six later in the season.
wickets declared). Oxford: 178 and 125.
BOXING:
AMERICAN BASEBALL.
LAST WEEK'S MATCHES.
RESULTS IN TWO LEAGUES.
[REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]
New Yonk, May 21st. The following are the past week's results in the Baseball Leagues:
National League. SATURDAY: --
New York, 2: Cincinatti. 1. Brooklyn, 1: Pittsburg, 6. Philadelphin, 12: St. Louis 3. (uncompleted).
Boston, 2; Chiengo, 7.
(eighteen inninus).
SUNDAY:
New York, 6: Cincinatti, 3. Brooklyn, 6; Pittsborg, 9. MONDAY: --
Brooklyn, 9: Pittsburg, 2. Philadelphia, 1: St. Louis, 2. TUESDAY:
New York, 2; Cincinatti, 0. Brooklyn, 2: Pittsburg. 1. Boston, 3; Chicago, -4.
(twenty-two innings). Philadelphia, 4; St. Louis. 3. WEDNESDAY:
New York, G; Pittsburg. 5. Brooklyn, 4 Chicago, 7. Boston, 8; St. Louis, 1. FRIDAY:-
New York, 3; Pittsburg, 8. Brooklyn, 4: Boston, 7. Philadelphia, 3: Cincinatti, 6. Philadelphia, 15; Cinciuati, z.
American League.
SATURDAY:-
Cleveland, 5; Washington, 2. St. Louis, 12; Philadelphia, 2. Sunny
Chicago, 1: Boston, E.
St. Louis, ; Philadelphia, 5. MONDAY:-
Detroit, 2: New York, B. Chicago, 5; Boston, 2. St. Louis, 8; Philadelphia, 19. TUESDAY:-
Detroit, 2; New York, 9. Cleveland, 0: Washington, 12, Chicago, 3: Buston,
St. Louis, 11; Philadelphia, 4. WEDNESDAY:-
Detroit, 5; Washington, 3, St. Louis, & Bostou, G. Chicago, 3; Philadelphia, 0. Cleveland, 3; New York 4. THURSDAY:-
Detroit, 0; Washington, 3. St. Louis, 6; Boston, 5. FRIDAY:-
Cleveland, 2; New York, 1. Chicago, 5; Philadelphia, 12.
SENSATION IN BILLIARDS
TOURNAMENT.
YACHTING.
SERVICES SAILING RACE.
WON BY HERMES" GALLEY.
The weather proving suitable the ' mal wdly sailing rare for the Services took plars from the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club on Satur- day afternoon, the course being: Constate to Channel Rocks, Kow-
loon Borks. Cust Rock, by a line West to East.
THE SINGAPORE NAVAL BASE.
HUGE FLOATING DOCK.
ABLE TO TAKE THE "NELSON,"
well- dock
Mesars, Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Limited, the
Wallsend-on-Tyne known builders and engineers have fur- contemporary the uished Straits Times with several illustra tions indicative of the magnitude of the new Admiralty dock for the Singapore Naval Base and parti- vulars of certain other Boating
ocks built by them.
It was stated by their secretary
The beats went away with a good atan to Channel Roeks, where the two Atters were leading. From here was a hent to windward and s Felon Racks. The light wen- ther suited the galleys well. All! the basals were, benhuard for a time a few months back that the Singa- Kowloon Roeks, but are dock, the contract for which maler th
was £1,2000,00), would not be the eventually picked up a nice breeze ent of K-whoon Bay and fetched biggest they have built, but despite Cast Rock. The former Galley, his statement it is thought that it very well sailed by Petty Offer wil be one of the largest of its Skey, was the first to finish and kind afloat, probably approximat- took first prize on time, followed by ing to the 60,000 tons dock built by Captale Stevens, R.N.. of the Artustrong Whitworth at Walker two years ago and now in use at Thagen in his galley finishing a
Southampton. good second. Details:-
Ship Boat Galley Berita Galley
Time. .......... 6.30
.... 4.12.45
Same iden of the size will be gained from the dimensions of ilu
recently battleship Nelson, launched on the Tyne. This vessel is 702 feet long and has a displace course: Galley Probisher, Whalerment of 35,000 tons.
Cutter Brvet,
Drugan Frobisher
...... 5. 13.00 The following did not complete the
At Singapore the facilities for Whaler Bruce, Frobisher, Cutter Hermes, Whaler repair will require to be equal to the demands of the Nelson and Hermes,
The boats were suited by the perhaps still larger capital ships following in the arder given above: in the future. The dock is being P.D. Skry, Cajt. Stevens, 1.0.onstructed in sections as was the
Marshall, Caunter, Eng. Comm. Lient. Tale, F.O. W. Lee, Lieut. Southampton dock and will be.
brought out to Singapore for as- Murray Smith, and P.O, Johnson.
sembly.
CHINESE AGITATION IN
JAVA.
KUOMINTANG AGENTS BUSY.
STOWAWAYS FROM SINGAPORE?
BATAVIA, May 10th. There are signs of a growing Chinese agitation in. Java as well as in some of the other islands of the Archipelago,
The largest floating dock so far huilt by Swan, Hunter and Wighan Richardson was the Medway dock ni 33,000 tons capacity.
The 7,000 Lon dock for Calino, Peru, was lowed from their works a distance of 11,0 miles (a con- siderably longer tow than to Sin- gapore including the hazardous passage of the Magelian Straits. -
The British Admiralty Dock at Bermuda with a lifting capacity of 17,000 tons, built by Swad, Hunter & Co., was lowed 3,000 miles to its destination.
The Natal Government dock was towed from their yard to Durban, a distance of more than 6,000 miles.
Other docks built by this. Wall- The Sino-Malay press is extretne send firm have been towed to the ly active in denouncing the Govern- West Indies, Egypt, the Baltic, ment and Europeans in general, West Africa and numerous dis and keeps only just within the tant ports. More oating docks have feen built on the Tyne than bounds of the law.
In way the European press is in all other districts combined. REECE INVENTS 1,000 AN HOUR in blame for this, as in the past! the latter has set such bad examples STROKE.
tu the Chinese and Javanese journalists, that one can hardly ex cept anything else than that they should adopt the methods of their more experienced European rol. leagues.
BREAK OF 1,151.
Tom Reece, the famous billiards break of player, who compiled a 469,135 nearly twenty years ago and was responsible for the authorities barring the anchor stroke," has discovered a method of overcoming the restrictiors placed on the shot.
He made a break of 1,151 by the method a championship re- cord-and became so bored that he the middle of the break. bad to sit down and take a rest in
new
He was playing against Melbourne laman at Thurston's Hall in Leices ter-square in a preliminary heat of the Professional Championship, and he took fewer than a dozen shots to secure the position from which he went on to make the break and a sequence of 563 cannons.
Crowded Hall,
OCEAN CLIPPERS AGAIN?
RETURN TO SAILING SHIPS SUGGESTED.
Of a more serions nature is, how
Will ocean clippers of the type ever, the phenomenon that the number of secret Canton agents of Putty Sark sail the seas ofice who succeed in entering the country more?
is becoming alarming, and that the Capt Blom, in a paper read be attempts of the public and im for the Institution of Naval migration offers to keep them out, Architects, suggested that they may apparently inil.
In Samarinda, Borneo, disturb if helped out by the somewhat nnces occurred when the police ar- ignoble aid of auxiliary motors. rested two alleged Kuomintang Capt. Blom, a Norwegian, gained propagandists, and several Chinese his own experience in sailing ships. were killed and wounded when the police were attacked and the latter had to defend themselves.
pro-
He said that from descriptions of passages of Australian emigrant sailing ships, the best day's run re ported seemed to be 432 miles, or 15 miles an hour. The tea elippers were reported to have averaged
day's run. 13 knots in
At Balikpapan some 600, Chinese coolies of the Royal Shell works held a procession on May 1st, with- out permission and the military
He contended that fitting a trust- had to be called in to stop them,
Although the way these pagandists from Canton get in here worthy internal combustion engine, or a Diesel electric drive of mode- is a matter for surmise, it seems rate power, to such comparatively The break began at the afternoon that one of their methods is to easily driven ships would add re- session. The position was lost be travel as passengers from Singa-gularity to their speed. The motor fore the session was completed, then Reece's break stood at 1148 pore and, when discovered, to would have to be used at full power
Singapore and were unable to leave and during the other half only. He was left with only the red ball claim that they saw friends off in for about half the passage time, on the table, and scored only once the steamer in time. in the evening, but in anticipation
On board one of the Dutch mail about one-fifth of the total power
on the average would be needed. of the trick being repeated people stoners some 21 of them were dis
Prohibitive Fuel Costs. crowded into the hall, and there covered. They were all sent back to Singapore at the first oppor was a queue, including some women, waiting for the doors to open for tunity. the evening session.
"
Once you have fixed the balts tight in the jaws of a pocket, Reece explained to a Press repre
lead on the first innings, in the THE AUSTRALIAN TOUR IN SHARKEY BEATS MALONEY: sentative, it is simply a question
course of which Hendren made his
Middlesex set the visitors a for- midable task, Lee scoring 65, C. D.-4
P. W. D. L. Ptn. Gray 81, Hendren 156, and N. Haig,
07
6 Haig took five wickets for 6 runs in the Warwickshire first innings, which fell short of the Middlesex total by 253 runa. Quaife made 68
3 D
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0.
4
4 01
2
2 2
Kowloon C......3 Taikoo R.C....... 2 East Point R.C: 3 2 Kowloon B.G.C. 2 1 Civil Service C.C. B Club de Rocreio
Royal H.K.Y.C.
0.0.0.
I
1 0 2 2
1
0 0 1 0
3
0 0
0
Hot out.
MALAYA.
HOME SIDE SELECTED.
A telegram from Mr. P. W. the of tho secretary Gleeson,
Following on Norman Kilner and
the wicket-keeper bath have been chosen.
Smith.
reached three figures scored 199.
WINNER TO MEET DEMPSEY, (REUTHE'S AMERICAN SERVICE.]
New Yonx, May 21st. The fight between Sharkey and Maloney was postponed till to-night
ing rain.
of making twenty-four direct cun- nons, and then a cannon off the cushion.
The rules prohibit more than twenty-five direct cannons to be played oopsecutively. The twenty- fifth cannon, under my scheme, is
GUNMEN ACTIVE IN SINGAPORE.
MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING IN CHURCH STREET.
SINGAPORE, May 10th. Between 5 and 6 nm, on Satur Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur,
not direct as it comes off the day a Chinese ice-water seller and states that ten members of the
cushion, and so the law is evaded." his friend were walking along Reece played his shots at the top Church Church Street, Singapore, side which will represent Malaya against the Australians (presum-
Sharkey beat Maloney on Bright-hand pocket, making his first when suddenly a shot rang out and ably in the first match in Kuala
stomach by a bullet and fell to the next with the left, and so on. Lumpur on June 3rd, 4th and 8th) technical knock-out in the fifth cannon with the right hand and the the water seller was struck in the
The solected round.
ground. [A New York cable of May 17th
"The last cannon before the one His friend took him to Tan Tock Players are as fotopri
J. A. Foster (Negri Sembilan), stated:-The fight promoter, Tex off the cushion," he said, "is play Seng's Hospital where he made a
has
announced
that ed a little harder in order to bring atteinent before a magistrate in A. J. Bostock Hill (Negri Rickard,
thus, leave room to manipulate it." to fight Paolino on or about July gor), Capt. . H. Congdon (8.C.C.,
Hausel (8.C.C., 1st but has agreed to meet the win-
The record under the rules of to- Singapore), W. N
Hennessy ner of next Thursday's heavy wkts. Singapore),
H. (Pernk), 4. D. Hussey (S.C.C., weight battle between Sharkey and day is 1,370 by Newman. Singapore), T. Leijsius (B.R.C., Maloney early in August, to deter Singapore), Penman (Selangor), mine Tunney's opponent in the and Y. E. H. Rhodes (Selangor), world's title bout in Septembor.]
Croom had scored 75 not out. Mid-calan). G. M. Brand (Selan- Dempsey has refused the proposal the bail out from the cushion and
Rp 167, and dlesex made 70 without lose in the closing stages. ↑
Scores -
0
SHOTS FOR AND AGAINST.
For Agst. Up Da. East Point R.C.... 181 140 32 Kowloon C.C...... 183 158 25 Taikoo R.C.194 110 14 107 11 Kowloon B.G.0.... 118 Royal H.K.Y.O.... 58 Civil Service C.C. 179 Club de Recreio... 152 171 Craigengower CC. 149 199
0
60
0 8
184
0 11
0 19
་
0 45
Middlesex: 490 (for 9
decd.) and 70 (for 0 wkt.). Warwick: 937 and 507 (for
wkts. deed.). (Continued on next Column).
P.
He argued that the cost of fuel might in time reach such limits that the operating expense of engine- driven ships might become prohibi- tive.
A ship of the type advocated, carrying 6 first class passengers and 600 tons of general cargo, he estimated could make the voyago from Plymouth to Melbourne, in 55 days.
Mr. Walter Stewart, who said the Thermopylae did the voyage from thought Capt, Blom was unduly London to Melbourne in 60 days, optimistic in thinking sufficient pas- sengers could be found anxious to ning down the easting" parallel to latitudes between 40 and 47 degrees. experience the adventure of “rna.
"It is to be hoped that if Eng- land is to continue to rule the waves the sailing ship will not be allowed
the course of which he said that to fall entirely out of use," he said, Our Continental competitors are be did not know from where the shot came or why it was fired. His wise when they subsidire, at any one or two sailing ships in friend corroborated the statement. rate,
Later the same day the wounded order to train young seamen in a Reece, in half an hour, went e-
No arrests have yet way which no other machine can train them." been made. Straits Times. yond five hundred, and in an hour man died. had reached a thousand,
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