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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, 28th. FEBRUARY, 1925.
NOVEL INDOOR TENNIS COURTS.
Where
DICKFORD-FAIRBANKS STUDIO
TENNIS COURT
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Douglas: Fairbanks and Mary Pickford have built an indoor tennis court at their studio here and have played on it every day for the past eight "Dog" anys there is months. nothing like tennis for keeping up his wind and athintio eundition and bouldes it enables him to beat his wife every day.
the space is nested for When Bome elaborate "aet" the tennis not
'Doug" and Mary Play.
Q DOUG" AND MARY
B.G.DAHLBERG
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newer
from cane tennis court to be built of ayuthotte is taken down and the posts ro-thetle lumber made moved, but everything has to be fibro. The ball rebounds perfectly lumber, Aa building material it is cleared away and the court made from every part of the court and extensively used in the ready for play as soon as the day's although many sets have been homes and other buldings in Call- camera work is over. Part of an played on it every day for nearly fornia on account of its insulating arabesque doorsng uned in "The year, the celotex shows no sign properties, the large number of air Thief of Bagdad may be noen of wear. This is a tribute to the cells in the lumber serving to sbut leaning against the wall at the end durability of the synthetic tumber out nest or cold. The new homes of the tennis court.
no the agile "Doug" trars from one of Charles Chaplin. Thomas H. "Doug declares that bis court part of the court to another as if inen, and a large number of ather as the best pinying surface of any his Bra depended on not allowing a residences, both small and large, are now being built here with wulls tennis court he ever stepped on. Itball to pass him.
Tair is believed to be the first of celoter. Is built of celotex, the new syn-{
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Yorkshire cricket club have aver 7000 members at a guinen a hond. That shows an increase of over 1000.
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The old Hawick forward, W Grieve, who wont to Canada soma tima ago, has boon playing for Montreal English Rugby Club, who won the cup this year.
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succosa.
Five thousand Now Zealanders, for people connected with Now Zealand, hava subscribed towards the magnificent tropy in the Form of a laving cup which was presontod to the All Blacks on i their return from Franco. It is to barome the property of the Now Zealand Rugby Union.
The Sheffield Daily Telegraph is inviting subscriptions to shilling fund which it has opened Herbort 18 & testimonial to Sutcliffe. Lord Hawke, president of the Yorkshiro County Club, has sent the newspaper his best wishes for the success of tho fund.
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J. S. Ryder, the. Victorian player, who was included in the Australian team for the third Test match, is well known to the English oricketing public. hard hitting bateman and fast- medium pacod bowler, ho took part in the fourth big game with J. W. H. T. Douglas' team in 1921, noored 52 not out. He camo to England with W.W. Armstrong's sido in the following summer, and while he did not play in any of the Tests ho dia- played his usoluiness in other games, scoring 1032 runs, with an average of 3822, and securing 24 wickets at a cost of 21.37, runs eath.
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At the Heart of Midlothian jubilea dingor, held, recently the Rev. A. Stowärt said there was somothing about a football which made everybody who had kicked ono forget about everything else- even war. The Imperial Forces regarded football as the king of games,
MIGHT HAVE BEEN MUSICIANS.
Four Men Who Chose other Careers.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
CHICAGV - Charles G. Dawes, |
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bave great orchestra leader, or Compeer of oratorios and operne, but for twist of fate, declared #Gulbranven mano minnulae- tur 231, widzena vi
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one of ube of great men who mighl have been famour in musle u dee tiny han not led them to be lenaors in other careers," said Mr. Gal- bruneen in his boyhood Generni Hawes taught himself to play the flute and the piano. He played in the town band in Marietta, Opio. He has composed many pieces, in- uding his well known Melody in A. ployed by Fritz Kreisier.
GEN.CHARLGI O. DANES VICE-PRESIDENT ELECT
GEORGE BEDNARO SHAW
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Dvorak, and Schomann, to menitan only a few, were successful before lestols they ever hurt music Their history proves that many a great composer or virtunno in for to make a statesman, ■ financier ar a captain of industry.
"One cannot but think of tho amount of blind toil that would have been saved thore great merk whip were destined to a musicall enreer if they could have had the registering piano, instead of some ing months in laboring with nagens gymnastics they would have bad the command at once of the world's masterpieces. Think of what would bave
to GeneraË meant GULBRUISEHDawes, if, as a boy, be could bare sat down to a registering plang Bhaw and played Beethoven, Wagner of
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"Like General Dawes, Benjamin violin. Frankilo tought himself to play taught himself at sixteen years to Choplaf It would have taken him Blusical success farther into music in a month' than and might have been as great in play the piana.
music as in statesmanship. Frank-comes casily to the self taught he could have gone in years of tr En learned the harp, guitar and'Irving Berlin, Bousa, Ole Bull, ing to teach himself to play,”
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