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PLAY AND PLAYERS.

CIVILIAN FOOTBALLERS.

By "Wanderer.".

When the Lai Wah Cup-matches for the present senson were the subject of discussion in official football circles a few weeks back, it was generally accepted that the match between the Army and the Civilians would be regarded being in the nature of a preli- ninary Interport trial.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

MANCHURIA MIRACLE.

BISHOP'S POWER AFTER DEATH,

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The Russian Voice" of Harbin is in receipt of an for a split purse.

interesting atory connected with tion bears up under the ray of at Manchuria station.

His reput the recont death of Bishop.Jonah publicity as that of Jim Cartlidge and he

The story runs is not to be blamed for "There is much talk going on as follows: declining to go with the certainty of getting the station about miraculous healing: into the ringfamong believers at the Manchuria thin end of the purse without his of a 10 years old boy, Dergacheff. reference to the restit.

The miracle is connected withi The next tournament of the As the name of the recently deceased, The Civilians team has been sociation is due to materialise on Bishop Jonah. selected and one, is reluctantly Christmas Eve, and a little bird "A ton forced to the conclusion that whispers that all hope of a Mor. Dergacheff was suffering with old boy, Hongkong is lamentably short of ris-Ewin bout need not be sur-inflammation of both knee joints. civilian players of outstanding rendered. If this welterweight in the beginning of the illness the merit. The defence is pretty bout comes off, it is only as it boy was treated by Dr. Lyapastin. Hound, but the forwards, with no should be. Morris and Ewin are Some time' afterward, when pain reference to any particular player both professionat hoxers, Mor had been relieved, but the legs! or players, is lamentably weak. ris is said to be the better of the sti!! had remained contracted as If Gosano is placed on one side two. He has had one fight and well as swollen an assistant until he has been given a chance that a second-rater, while Ewin Surgeon. Bieluff, was in charge of of proving himself in real has been given a cut at the cham-the boy. test, there is not an Interportpionship and has won it. Morris

"The boy was unable to stand player in the line and their pro is the only logical contender for upright, let alone to walk. In pects against the Army defencele crown, but the fly in the oin-just on the eve of Bishop Jonah's! such a condition he romainad are decidely remote."

ment is the fact that both men Gosano was last Saturday opposed are from the Hermes. by Sims, the Kowloon ex-Army The Jules Michelet arrives to player. Centre-forwards have morrow and on board is Naegelin, been rendered impotent by the op-a flyweight star. Bawles beat posing defender previously this Rogers on Saturday and though dreamed: season, but I have not seen a

he is three pounds over Naegelin's player tied down so effectively as

stated limit the is 114 s. but is Was Gusano against Kowloon, 'willing i understand to fight up to Taylor, the Civilian right 121 ba.. I think he could make winger, is in serious danger of the weight. Bowles did splendid losing his place in the Kowloony against Rogers and the bout sille. Rocha

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death, this fact being witnessed by Bieloff who visited the boy on that day.

In the night after Bishop's burial the sick

the boy up to him and says: "Thero.

"The Bishop comes take my legs, they are of no use to me any longer, and let me have your own." stood up on his foot and went to

The boy awoke, I the door leading to kitchen

has never yet would be a mest attractive, one if crying: "Mother, mother, open, touched his Second Division form it is possible to arrange.

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to

the door!" The mother bearing of a year ago, Hayes, Brown Simp

him cry rushed to the door and Hon and Key are left-wingers of

saw her son stepping through the about equal merit, which is not being exaggeratingly gratai riding two horses in the same race? garments-all just the same as: Did you ever hear of a jockeyscribing the Bishop, the latter's door. He told her his dream de- latory. Forsyth is probably the bust Civillan inside right who re-

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he had worn. gularly occupies that position for France. The name of the aeroba-accompanied the

Well it happened recently, in On the same day the mother the simple and sole reason that the jockey was Herve.

boy neither in civil nor military life the favourite when the barrier was Bishop. After the service the He was unevening memorial service for the have we an inside-right of Inter-sprung, was astride a rank out-boy prayed kneeling at the grave port ability,

The tears for Saturday are:

sider when he finished,

of the Bishop and stood up-right: Civilians: Rodger (Club); Wynne by the starter in a feature steeple the miracle to some by-standing Fourteen horses were sent away himself. The mother told about (Police), Bishop (Club); Watson chase event. At one of the diffi-people and these, started asking (Club left half), Stewart, (Club), cult jumps, Herve on Meissonier, the boy whether he had seen the McKelvie Kowloon); Taylor the favourite, and three other horses Bishop. (Kowinon), Forsyti (Club), Gosano fell.

Ho answered he had, (Recreio), Racha Recrrio) and

but did ant remember distinctly i Simpson (Police).

how Bishop Jonah had heen looking."

All four Jockeys were badly stianed, but Herve, least of all,

Army: Stanton (R. A.): Cooper He was able to extricate himself and Jordan McGreavey (Sur from the scrimmage and jumped ress), (R. A. M. C. and Kowlooo)upon the nearest horse. Bristowe: Charlesworth, Mitchell

It so happened that one of the

looked at it and moved with "Then the portrait of the Bishop was brought, the boy emotion cried: "He, hel"

"Dr. Lyapustin on learning

Humberstone, Butler, and Muckle-horses that fell greatly resembled the event sent immediately to worth Surreys).

Herve's mount. He started in his residence the assistant-

It has been decided to replay the earnest after the rest of the field surgeon Bieloff who corroborated game Navy v. Chinese on Decomwhich had run into a big load be-that the boy is not only walking ber 19th at Sookunpoo if the cause of the accident. ground is available and it is to be

but even running. hoped that all league fixtures will

him to a realization of the fact that The shouts of the crowd brought

not be cancelled on that date as he was now riding Souvenir, a 15- was done on the occasion of their to I shot. He then pulled up and first meeting and as is to be done rode dejectedly into, the paddock. on Saturday, perhaps with some justification. The proceeds are fo

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11.K.B.A. AND CARTLIDGE

REDS" IN SHANGHAI.

RECRUITING FOR CANTON ACADEMY.

The experience of the French be split into three parts and distri-inckey Herve recalls to memory a buted to the Submarine M. Dis.story retailed to me some two or aster Fund, the Cantón Hospital three years ago in relation to a Happenings during the general and the Interport expense account. somewhat similar happening that strike leave no room for doubt befell Johnny Kilbane. formder that a considerable number of featherweight champion of the Communist sympathizers took a world.

prominent part in the, movement, At the time Johnny was just a says the Acting Commissioner of "It having now been definitely set-crdinary second-rater. Kilbane had Police, Shanghai, in his October tled that the Hermes will remain been doing some excellent fighting report.

Those were probably in Hongkong over Christmas and around Cleveland and Dunn, his disappointed at the comparative into January, once again the much- manager, was anxious that he get anxious to make preparations for failure of the campaign, and ure discussed, perhaps over-discussed. proposal of matching Stoker Morris

Johnny Mooney, thén manager of in this direction include schemes a renewal of the struggle. Efforts] and C. P. O. Jim Cartlidge comes

the Armory A. A. of Boston, one to reestablish the organizations into the public eye.

of the biggest fight clubs in which were closed in Chinese America agreed to put Kilbane or territory and plans for

the with a rising featherweight by the opening of workers' schools in name of Bubby Tickle.

industrial districts. One academyj Tickle, lived about 50 miles from of this class is located at No. Boston, and he notured over. His 4347 Robison Road, and another party experienced tyre trouble and in the Won Chih University, 115 when the time came for the Tickte-Ichang Road. The vigour of the Kilbane bout, the former was not pro-Communist movement is also to be found.

The public would like to see the fight, that is undoubted, but while Cartlidge adopts the uncompromis ing attitude that be requires a guarantee of $500 win, lose or draw, the same public will have to go unsatisfied.

chance in the east.

illustrated by appeals in the Shanghai Chinese newspapors

I can state with full knowledge that the Association would be pre- pared to consider, the provision of a larger purse than that offered in

A chap by the name of Dyson avas the press a few days ago, but I can substituted. After two rounds of also state with equal knowledge fighting, with Dyson in a bad way, that the Association is not going to word was brought to the ringuide in Canton, and an increase in run round the lage with its that Tickle had arrived. offers,

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The bout was stopped, Tickle was whose army now includes a large Hojshevik influence in Honan, It can be taken for granted that hurried into the ring and Kilbane Russian detachment. Local Co the Association will not con- started all over again. He decisive-munists of the intellectual class rider 11 win-lose-draw figurely outpointed Tickle in 10 rounds. are credited with a desire to form for Cartlidge, and il is Kilbane's unusual debut and his military organizations plainly up to him to find out him- brilliant showing in a pugilistic local students and mill workers. Belf what his prospects of fight-double event, munde him an imme- ing under the auspices of the dinte favourite in Boston. Association are, if he wants

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