1914-05-13 — Page 3

GENERAL NEWS.

AMERICAN TENNIS

DOUBLES WEAKNESS

Hardest Problem for the Davis

International.Cup.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1914.

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It is the doing so at the time. After furnished, including Electric fans Road Central Mr. Robot Crichton, England's who are mentioned. oldest bachelor, has entered his doubles pair that seives thee had successfully defended the TO LET No. 5 Mountain Godown in Basement of some 103rd year. Mr. Crichton is a real problem and which bringeampionship uginat the chal Vlow from 1st April 1914, building. Apply to DEUTSCH- bachelor bec ties he and his out e ch time the question 1 uger, John It Strachan and brother and sister, three quarters raided the same old auswer: Th | Clarence J. Griffin, nt Newport, of a century ago, formed acompa thero is to doubles pair in this Bandy told a fow of bis intimate not to marry. The Standard Faya country worthy of the name of equaintances that he did not Mr. Crichton, was born in certi-world's champions when comerpect to again play on the cham- shire, and claims to ha of the kin pared with the pairs that may be poinship court of the Casino, a of the Admirable Crichton," muistored for European tourma-the morn serious business of life who flourished in the time of mente,

Įrade is imperative that he give Queen Elizabeth. In 1838-the At the clord of last, season the way to younger players who were year after Queen Victoria cam ranking commit'es propelstriving for the laurels to the throne Mr. Crichton sailed | brought to the attention of the

whether or not Hackelt can to Australia, and be resalla that American players the fact that "gain be prevailed upon to act as the journey took six months. this notion wee woefully weak in the wheel borse of a cup-defending Twenly yours later, having accu-the, doubles. The ratings of the air is une rtain. Probably no mulated a fair fortune, be returned paire revealed the same old bit-or-player in this country has won with his brother and sister to miss combinations with Ras mond such distinction ns a doublos

LET.-"LA HACIENDA | Apply to.- Mardens, Caterham, Surrey, and three different times with different of game is peculiarly suited to le remarkat ly alert, taking a great partners. Miles & Charlock, the doubles, and his "Bofte" con- Road. Apply CHATER & interest in current events parti-chairman of the committes, in histributed largely to the overthrow MODY, No 5, Qubon's Road cularly politics.

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Killed in A Parley. Details of the death of Major J.L.J. Quary, D.9.0., in the Sudan, are given by the Near Bust. Major Conry, with 300 native soldiers, tursued and finally surrounded twenty native desperadess armed with Major Conry, not wishing to shoot them down in cold bleod, advanced a company of his men towards the dosporadoes after

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has alre`dly unguu to busy himself Pacific Coast, a temporary pr-OYOLE Co. to parley with the band and try to induce them to surrender toforce of the Davis Cup, that entered into by Hackett and quietly. The reply was a wild is too much of a strain to put l'heodore Roosevelt Pell. It is competitions, the tournament Percy (indignant); "I'm not, rush, in which saveatsen men, McLoughlin into both the doubles inore than likely that the two will scheduled for the Nassau Country mother! Two of our fellows come armed only with spears, hurled and the singles, no matter how appear at the tournament at the Club, at Glen Cove, L.I., has been in perambulato.. University themarives blindly against 300 willing the Californis Comet" Luxedo Racquet and Tennis Club, changed from early June to begin Correspondent. disciplined soldiers armed with may be to undertake the almost which will he held on turf, and July 1, as the turf courts at Nag rifle and bayonet. The result was ferculean task. That he carried furnish the first line on the rank su will sorve as a splendid trial joutant anaihilation for the ban it off last season on the historicing players.of this section of the ground for the leading men who dits, but Major Conry and three courts at Wimbledon is not country whan it begina on May may be eligible for placsa on the This change men were killed.

Buflicient rasen to suppose that 22: lackett and Pell are likely Davis cup team. ho can be.so fortunate again, even to remain together through the was arranged only a day or two Mystery of An Englishman.

with such an able general of the tournament at the Rockaway go, after a conference between courts at his side as farold H. Hunting Club, at Cedarhurat, LWrenn, Walter L. Fats, of the There is much speculation in Ilackett. Not that McLoughlin is 1, which immediately follows the Nassau Country Club, and Edwin lan, says the Chronicle cortes" not willing to make the trial, for. Taxedo matches.

F. Torrey, the scoretary of the pondent, as to the identity of a he is esem ugly almost eager to MeLoughlin is expected to national association. From the

man who committed suicide do so. Wrean read a letter from arrive in the East oarly in June, mess plans, the Nassau tour- the other night in the Genoa McLoughlin, in which the grand esveral shifting combinations gent is likely to furnish the Milan express. There is some Californian evinoed 日 great in the doubles will be tried enthusiasm to get into action onc ut after bia nrrival. With the the pairs t: st of actus

ground for supposing that he may be a titled Englishman. The body was found in the train. It is that of a tall, clean shaven, disting uisbed-looking man, with chestout hair. In the carriage were found torn pieces of visiting carde bearing the names of titled people! in England where the suicido bad lutely been staying. A DAW Webley Scott pistel was found near the body. The numbere on „it:aro "6635 M.M.; Automutie

· Pintol No. 68,022.” On the t »ly there was a generol first class travel ticket for the Riviera. The man had come from Monte Carlo, whore it is anggested, he bad lost everything at the tables. He had out the name and initials from his clothes.

more, and in which he stated with view to putting

Trapping an Erring Wife. Karl Petersen, a wealthy mer chant of Stockholm, who had been married for a year, recently resorted to a gruesome device in order to entrap his wife, whom he suspected of filelity. He arranged with a doctor and a solicitor for a mock death. The doctor reported Petsreen: to ba dead and the body was duly place in a euffic. Then, the solicitor read the deceased's" will leaving all the property to his wife. After the solicitor! had depart, bo wifə tele- phoned to her lover, "Slendi i news! Mym patrons husband is dead." Her lover promptly arrived on thescens and embraced the supplead widow," whereupon Petersen'len; ed out f the coffie The wife fainted and. her lover Bed Poterain hat nOW secured a divorco

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