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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

SENATORS" DROP TWO

GAMES.

CARDINALS SPLIT TWIN BILL WITH PHILLIES,

New York, August 19. Playing in Philadelphis to-day the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phillies divided the bonours ind double-header, the Quakers winning the opener by a score of 3 to 9 and the Redbirds coming back to také the nightcap to the tune.pf & to 4.

Another twin bill was split at Ebbetts Field in 2 Brooklyn where the Chiengo Cube defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers' by a score of 4 to in the first game. The Dodgers took the second game by a score of 4 to 3, however. "

Thora wis a elbes game nt: thế" Polo Grounds bere in New York where the Giants posed ont ́s the Cincinnati. Reds by a score of 8. to 8. Rain at Boston made it impos- sible for the Braves and the Pitta burg Pirates to play, their schedulad game."

Senators Lose Twice.

In Cleveland the Indians played. excellent baseball to whip the Washington Senators twice. The. Indians won by scores of 10 to 6 nad 10 to 8 while out, in St. Louis the Browns went on a rampage: to defeat the New York Yankees hy 'n mcore of 7 to 3. In Detroit the Boston Red Box tamed the Tigers: by a score of 9 to 8 and in Chicago. the Philadelphis Athletics won from the White Sox by a score of 4 tu 2.

The Giants:

Way ''Won after they had come up from behind to stage a ninth inning rally which netted two runs and victory.

game.

Dazzy Vanco twirled splendid

Chicago Brooklyn

Cincinnati "New York-

(Pittsburg at Do

because of rain),

AMERICAN LEAGUE, First Gamp

R H.

Washington Cleveland

10 Second Game

Washington. Cleveland

New York St. Louis

10

Boston Detroit

Philadelphia Chicago

Following are the standings of the baseball clubs in the major leagues after the games of Wednes day, August 10:—

NATIONAL LEAGUE,

Won Lost 70. 49 65

Pet:

04:1 .570

„St. Louis Now York

Chicago

Brooklyn.

04 53 547

Pittsburg Boston

Philadelphia 47 Cincinnati

65 30

76

408 482

.305 .387

"AMERICAN · LEAGUE,

Won Lost Pet

Philadelphia Washington New York Cleveland

St. Louis Boston

Chicago Detroit

69.

63.40:

66 46 87 883

28 88.86 **

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1931

LEAGUE TENNIS.

VKOV DIVISION.

1.R.C., UNIVERSITY, Pinying at home LR.C. lost to the University by 14 to 1 meta.

Scores

L. Oppenheim and L. A. da

Silva

drew with F Mel Aroulli and E. O. Hoosen...... beat A: M. Rumjahn and

A. K Sufli

lost to S. A. R. Bux and

AL. P. Mudar

P. L. Tan and A. 1, Isl best Arculli, and Hoosen

beat Rumjahn and Buffad: boat Bux and Madar ....

P. P. Khoo and K. M. Lo

best Arculli and Hossen. beat Rumjahn and Suffled. beat Bux and Madar

8-4

YOU GOT TO HAND IT

OUT TO FONDOT

Look at this fellow in his night-

NO CAR

bis (Continued from Paga 1.) 7.1 (Small wond

James 1

sisting: " It was there at Paris, saw it at the Gare.??

Well it isn't thore new, Luther. The only thing 1 bought in France for: Mama 13 (You must have takon, it out in the traine

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down his own-funeral expenses by te hospital whore he now lies in a taking only two foot Abbey oil critical condition. The affair hap, ALARM

oned during the late houre instead of six Kadhimualdilat a heavy shower) of “rain buried upright,

had way falling. A motor-earran "no" flies" on him, A poet, you into a policeman and knock red him down, the driver of the sayWell, now 1?!

car was immediately arrested and taken to the Bureau of Public By Order of the Board, Safety. The accident had a sequel, bosh the following morning when the k driver was bryght before the police

The King BusineEN. Boanergea breaks in bu our pro bloms: St. James Palace, the ancient home of the kings of Eng- land, last inhabited by George,

At Charing Cross Double Buds bought another edition of the news paper.

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“Boys, those stooks are falling court and Abed Afty dollars for Hong Kong, 17th Aug. point by point.”

negligent driving. The excuse, that The Bear, uttoring & bellow, Lonegligence was that it was an ex- the driver, gave for the apparent That was the old king wean to make calculations on the tremely dark night, and this *** now used solely for love back of a tourist agency's ofronlar, coupled with the fact that heavy and diplomatic rocoptions." The Bull made a sound which I tookview, and also that the policeman rain was falling and obscuring the

Where does the Prince of Wales live 1

The guard mounting. A suport counter point of black and scarlet: The slow match, stately to an air of Mozart A sergeant-major with

CONSTABLE TAKEN FOR legs like piston rods. The colour,

FOOTPAD.

MIDNIGHT COMEDY.

Amidnight encounter, be tween a youth and a policeman in plain clothes, in which coll mistook the other for a thief, was described at Stevenage, when Ernest Tinsley (20), of Hawmareb, Yorkshire, was charged with house?" breaking.

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to express an instant desire to was wearing dark clothing, was bibernate

responsible for the accident,

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and to the brother of a girl in her own sorority Can you beat

to which wondering a little at the odd emotion that tugged, suddenly

that blue is Mama's at our hearts from a dim ancestral favourite colour, too. No, tra past, we doffed our hats. Then, use blaming it on the Custoine lik sahoolboys, "in the wake of the men, Luther band to Buckingham Palace Touch of Home,

What's that flag ? -

"the per hear that, Millie Means the king onal fag of King George D'yo is in residence."

Has the Frince got a fag, too?" track auriosity, The fair New Englander had a one

of our own great newspapers on the In Fleet-street we read the names

walle and felt quite at home. Tho cool; sawdust shod, depths of a fam- ous tavern. Still the haunt, of famous men of letters announced As we climbed into the coach once! Boanerges, and the hard-bitten ad- more we thought that the follow, Ivertising, men at the bar winked to P.C. Dunsby said that he was ask any price he wanted on Broad-

who created that little show could one another.p walking along the Great Northway. And get it. We were even Road soon after midnight, when he ready to admit that something met Tinsley, and questioned him. about it all had got through our ******* armour of unrepentant determina- Tinsley suddenly bolted. He feltion not to be impressed: "I'm at lowed and, finding him in a house democratic in American as there which was temporarily

The king business ! occupied, arrested him.

Tinsley explained that he had

a. That's Architecture, just been discharged from the Tank

hnschall for the Dodgers today LONDON LOSES BOUT FOR Corps, and was walking to his home

Ho fanned nine would-be batters.

Boore and Standings.

Following are the scores:-

(NATIONAL LEAGUE, First Game.

Philadelphia

Second Game

St. Louis A

8

4.

3

First Game

Philadelphis

Chicago

Brooklyn

CHAMPIONSHIP.

BERG AND CANZONERI TO FIGHT IN NEW YORK.

in Yorkshire. When the constable, who was in plain clothes, stopped him and asked if he had any money, he became frightened. He thought. the constable was & footpad, New York August 18-It has now He ran away and broke into the been decided that the fight betweenhouse, took a roller from a towel Kid Berg (England) and Tony rail in the bathroom to protect

for Canzoneri (America), world's light-weight championship, will take place in New York on September 10, instead of in Lon-robbed. fidon.

the

himself, threw a vase through; the window, and shouted to attract ac, tention. He had no other thought, than to prevent himself from being

He was discharged.

| We looked at the Duke of York's house: Funny, son of the king's just living in & street like other folks "And painfully we worked out where Princess Eliza- hath came in the order of succession to the throne.

The Albert Memorial: Now oy, that's architecture 1" And, so by Belgravis, urbane, with almost a village quiet, but with an indefin- fable something we decided it was

style"-to the Abbey,

The throne and the Stone, and jokes about the generosity of the Scots in letting the English keep daything, so valuable. We looked at

for the winter weather, we decided, Pigeon pis must be a good dish but we were not anxious to go to the top of St. Paul's after lunch. land would be mighty fine, but

We thought the new Bank of Eng

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Bay, do you see that "Lathe's"

That's symbolic, I guess. Soli dity of British credit"

Standing too long behind a cash deak, I'd' say "

At the Tower the sudden blaze of the Crown Jewels (“ they should give you smoked glasses, for this made us understand the feelings of the late Colonel Blood, better than before We gazed fixedly at a corner of the Bloody Tower so if the two princes might appear at uny moment, AL

These old kinga - could have taught Capone a thing or two

Erening Fleet street again.. A late night final for Double Bass:

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