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INTERPORT CRICKET FORM.

Outstanding Points. Aneloven raised by Captain Oliver and representing the Hongkong Services was a wel come attraction in Shanghai last week, writes a special contributor in the North China Daily News of the 19th inst.

The team was, on the whole stronger than the Hongkong, Interport team which visited us in May, 1921, and the result, a win for Shanghai by five wickets, constitutes & more or less correct result.

BASEBALL

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Saturday's Opening Game.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

ASSISTING RUSSIA.

Conditions Proposed by London Experts. Hongkong now has its properly | organised Baseball Club and the

Recommendations made by the public will have an opportunity Committee of Experts which sat on Saturday to witness the first in Londen preparatory to the practise game this season between Genoa Conference, have been teams representing Kowloon and issued. Hoogkong.

The Governments were not

It will be remembered that committed to the acceptanca of last year several very enjoyable the Committee's conclusions, in Sames were played at Happy which there is contentious matter. Valley and out of these there

Russia occupies the greater has been organised a Club, with part of the report of 14 printed its own ground Dext to the Foolscap pages. ground of the Hongkong Football Club. During the past few weeks

Point is made of Russia's

The losers were captained by practising has been keenly carri.material dependence for economic Major Bagnall who is well known ed on and the Club now has restoration upon the support of and deservedly popular in Shang-a membership of about 50. The foreign enterprise and capital: hai. This is bis fourth cricket and stand used by the Football and a warning is sounded against secured and transferred to thei tions, attracting only speculators, Club this past season has been precarious and unstable condi baseball grond and there is every to the exploitation, not recon- hope that an organised schedule struction, of the country and its of games will be started and main-people.

visit to Shanghai and it was very gratifying to his many friends to witness bis success with the bat. One wonders why he has not taken his batting more seriously, Da previous occasions.

two taamis

CONDITIONS FOR BOȚIET,

tained throughout the coming Hence the need of whole. weeks.

hearted work to revive the econ We are sorry to hear of his

We learn that there are nolomic life of Russia, with security early departure Home as he will fewer than six local teams avail-for agriculture as the foundation. be sadly missed both on the able. The new Baseball Club cricket field and on the golf licks can

cat put As a golfer he has deservedly there is = Chinese team, two In enlisting foreign capital and made a repotstion as a match Japanese teams and always assistance for its industry it is winner. His many friends will team from the American naval laid down, among other con wish him all the best of lack and bost in port. The suggestion ditions, that the Soviet Gorero- a speedy return out Esst.

to inaugurate a Hoogkong Base- ment shall:- In the match under review the ball League has even been dis- Services XI batted first on a good cussed. bat the organisers are fast wicket. Captain Olliver waiting to see how matters will showed excellent form and pan out this year. In Canton the

lucky were

ge: game has been taken up with him out for 36. Le Fleming, great enthusiasm and there is Havelock Davis and Bagnall all plenty of keenness among the played useful innings, especially members of the

Club the Jatter. but, like Shanghai, here. The majority of the

hey had a decided tail.

mea who were playing last year

have left the Colony, bal some extremely promising successors have been foundand the game on Saturday looks like being well worth the

we

THE LOCAL TEAM'S PERFORMANCE.

Dew

The Shanghai fielding in this innings was quite good. Of the bowlers Allison stone dis-watching. tinguished bimself. As usual he Dr. Urquhart, who umpired last kept on pezzing away and always year's games, will again be in made the batsman play. Wain charge. The grand stand will be wright could not get a length free and it is hoped there will be a and was very expensive. In goodly attendance to encourage previous games he had bowled the men in their initial game this extremely well and his captain season. The match begins at may or may

have been four o'clock. justified in keeping him on so loog. Wilson was, in the absence of any wind, innocuous and Billings did not bowl with any sting.

not

The Shanghai batting produced,

a pleasant surprise. Hayward

big score.

should put him on goot teres

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Underiako liability for actual and direct losses resulting from action of negligence of the Soriat Government or its pre- decessors, er local authorities, or the agent of either.

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ROMANCE OF AN EARL.

Lady Maitland's Film Story from Family History. Lady Maitland, the wife of Lord Lauderdale's heir, has written & play for the films founded upon true story connected with famous member of her husband? family, an Earl of Lauderdale of the seventeenth contry.

&

The heroine of it is "Midside Lauderdale estate at Thirlestane Castle, Berwickshire, who rapsid

As suggested the other day, the be exemption for resident foreigu- cabled results of the National As will be seen by our advertisers from all kinds of compulsory League games on the 14b. inst. and Cockburn put on 100, for noting columns today, the "Star service or equivalent contribu-ware wrong. The corrected scores wickets and paved the way for a Theatre, Kowloon, will be open-on, and no subjection to forcad have been received. Instead of

ing on Thursday next, June Is:,

New York losing two games to Haywardbatted delightfully and arrangements having been made NO VEXATIOUS RESTRICTIONS. Brooklyn, the Giants defeated the

has had a bad vos of luck but this day, with matinees on Sundays. subanitted by the experts is that result of the other game was Maggie." wife of a tenant on the his success was very papalar. Heto give three performances &

In short, a central condition Cubs. However Brooklyn also won. defeating Cincinnati. The Changes of programme will take foreigners shall enjoy all protec- correct. The Giants lost their sit himself. He must not how place every Tuesday and Friday, tion, rights, and facilities neces only game during the last two ever, walk down the pitch and and the prices of admission bavesary to enable them to carry on days to the Cubs. St. Louis won their landlord's kindness in letting i shake hands with his partner be been graded to suit all classes. businesa, in accordance with the

Of interest to Hongkong resiusual practice of States, and they and the Cardinals are again in hard times by conveying to bịm way of congratulation. It is po

While the Pirates were losing, her husband off his rent during den's is the special arrangement shall not be subjected to any second place. care. This was a cricket match which has been made whereby discriminating not the last round of a bar seals for the theatre can be book-restriction,

legislation

when he was a prisoner money, bout. Cockburn was stolid. Heed at the Star Ferry, the ticket

от By virtue of two straight vic-which enabled him to escape made few shots one can remen-

tories over the Indians the Yanka abroad. ber, but he is a difficult man to from Kowloon on the ferry. Of for enterprise shall not be fetter- Brow as lost their only game.

to include free journeys to and Russia it is urged that facilities the American League, as the To help the speedy recovery of are now lodged in first place in move and hits the loose ones

hard. His all round success was/ course, this convenience will ed by vexalions restrictions. Be-I & feature of the game and he has not be possible until after the sides ratoicg a domiciliary

more than justified his Straits reputation.

termination of the lauschroen's strike.

Full particulars will be found

the

Barrett batted pretty well for 36 in the advertisement on paze and was out Lb.w. to Davies from We understand that for a ball that beat him all the way opening a specially attractive] (principally because he could not im has been secured. reach bizhenough to hit it. Of the others Clifford and Billings played! useful innings. Ollerdessen hast struck a bed patch.

but

the

AN ECHO OF THE SEAMES'S STRIKE.

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search at a foreigner's place of abode, it is also provided that his without the assistance or consent arrest may not be "carried out

of bis consul.”

RESULTS OF GAMES (Correction of May 14) NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn 6, Cincinnati 5. New York 5, Chicago 4. Philadelphia 5, St. Louis 1.

MAY 16 AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago 6. Philadelphia 9. Detroit 4, Washington 2. Cleveland 0, New York 3.

innings.

St. Louis 6, Boston 5-Twelve

. NATIONAL LEAGUE New York 2, Chicago 3. Boston 7, Pittsburgb 5.-Twelve

jobiage.

No other games.

of Thomas Hardie, of Tallishill, a "Midside Maggie" was the wife

farm on the Lauderdale estate. The seasous had been bad, and the farmers were unable to pay their rents. Thomas Hardie bad

not the courage to face his land- lord without the rent, but bis wife bravely went and told bim her story.

HIDDDEN TREASURE. Lauderdale was taken with the charm and earnestness of Maggie, and jokingly remarked that he would not ask for the rent if she brought him & snowball in June. In a cool spot in the clefts.of the! dala a snowball was found, and the situation saved.

Evil days later fell on Lauder- MAY 17

dale, and he became a prisoner in AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 0, Washington 0-Call-nock, in which were bidden a London. Maggie baked ■ ban-

Propositions for the restoration of Europe include the advocacy of permanent association or entente for the co-operation of central banks, not necessarily An interesting comment on the confined to Europe. This would, The Services' second venture Horgkong strike, dealing with an it is urged, provide opportunities was not so good. Olliver lost sight aspect of which comparatively of co-ordinating credit policy, of one from Cockburn who howled little has been heard, has just without bampering the freedom very well indeed.

Le Fleming been received in Shanghai. It is of banks. played a useful but somewhat contained in a letter written by floky innings and Davies and one of the former pupils of the

BACK TO GOLD. Bagnall again played pluckily Public School for Chinese who is

The desirability of all European close Shanghai the holder of an "Edward Ezza" currencies being based on a cou. were set only 99 to make to win. scholarship at Hongkong Univer-mea standard is affirmed, with &ed at the end of the first. Another 50 runs to get and the Services might have, won.

sity. He says: "During the recommendation to European was Hayward was badly missed do in the bostel. After the dis at an effective gold standard. strike we had some hard jobs to Governments to aim ultimately at deep point and Wainwright appearance of the boys, groups of although in a number of countries besten more than once. Davies bowled splendidly.

students were formed, and cook this cannot be restored for soms Nothing ing, sweeping, washing, and so year?. better has been seen on the Shang-forth were performed absolutely bai Cricket Club ground for many by the students.

Meanwhile, countries in need The lecturers of credits should at once take and professors are said to have steps to make their assets avail- THE BEST TEAM FOR YEARS. done such work also. Instead of able for security in getting In every way & most interest- doing us a lot of harm, the strike assistance through the proposed ing match with the better side has, on the contrary, done us & International Corporation от the winner. With the inclusion world of good, for it has taught other channels. of Quayle and Dr. O'Hara the bow to be independent and

JEBIR,

As it

unselfish.-N.C.D.N.

St. Louis 3, Boston 4. Cleveland 4, New York 6. Thirteen innings.

Chicago 1, Philadelphia

NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston 3, Chicago 6. Philadelphia 0, Cincinnati 1. Brooklyn 0, St. Louis 11. No other game.

goodly number of golden coins, made her way to London, and ob 3.-gift. The money enabled the Earl tained permission to present her to make good his escape to the Continent and in recognition be presented bis saviour with girdle, and also gave Tallis hill reat free to herself and husband. THE HISTORIC GIRDLE Descendants of "Midside Mag- gie" are living to-day in the Pct. district, but the girdle presented 714 to. the resourceful lady BOW TO ..571 poses in the Antiquarian Museum 338 in Edinburgh. It had been hand- 500 ed down through one generation to another from Thomas Hardie, 480 the busband of Mideido Maggie, 392 andd eventually came to Mr. 269 Thomas Simson, laird of Blainslie,

in Lauderdale.

STANDING OF TEAMS NATIONAL LEAGUE

W. L 8 16 12

Within 12 months of substantia New York progress in restoring a country's St. Louis exchanges any special restria- Pittsburgh tions imposed อม impoters Chicago of depreciated exchange should Philadelphia from that country because Cincinnati

be removed.

Brooklyn

20

14 12 14 14 14 15 12 13 11 17 7 19

Shangbai team is one of the best for many years and should take some beating in Interport games lings then dismissed the visitors on their own ground.

for 91, only Bagnall and Davies An extra one-day match was giving any trouble. concluded on the 13th. The Sar- Cockburn's success an a bowler vices team were without Stewart, was not foreshadowed by his Import and export restrictions Boston Sparks and Hayter and pat up work in trial games. In fect heyetema, or prohibitions which AMERICAN LEAGUE. rather a disappointing show was regarded purely as a batsman ceaiu States have temporarily against a

Cricket and as such earned his place in finances or control their markets, St. Louis

in :oduced toprotect their New York Clob team

included the team. The Services XI will are in principle injurious from Boston or 1wo

Gotch be very welcome if and when they the point of view of the Philadelphis played a very attractive innings pay us a return visit In this of 66 and was well supported match, as in that of 1909 ander economic restoration of Europe, Detroit by Wainwright, Day and Clifford Captain Baird, they have won a

Conference should look into Cleveland Booring 200 for four, the innings number of friends who will be questions of rail and water Washington: 11 was closed and Cockburn and Bil-glad to see them again.

transport improvement,

Chicago

one

Shanghai which reserves.

W. L 21 11: 20 11 15 13. 15. --13

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Pet. On his death the estate was] .650 sold, but the girdle passed into 645 the possession of the late Mr. 535 Romanes, of Lauder, and the late 535 Mr. Alexander Curley of Metrose, 500 both descendants of the famoús .382 Border Lady, and they presented 354| the treasured relíc to the Edin ,844 burch Museum.

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