1927-07-18 — Page 8

THE WORLD SPORT

LOCAL BASEBALL.

RECREIO FLATTER TO DECEIVE.

A surprise in the making was the general appearance at the end of the second innings of the match between the Club de Recreio and the Japanese in Saturday's game at the baseball

U. S. BASEBALL.

THE HONGKONG TELÈGRAPH,

SINGAPORE FOOTBALL.

REFEREES REAT THE PRESS.

The Press and the Referees met in a game of Soccer on the Stadium last Sunday and, horrible to relate, the Press were defented by thren goals to nil. Their defeat was due to two emises, first, the rotten, goal- keeping of G. L. Harris in the Press goal, and secondly, because the Press only played eleven men, Sergt. Bennett very unsportingly protesting when they tried to sneak twelfth one on at halftime. The Press played very brilliantly for a while after the start, but when few of the forwards had bumped into Tan Lee Wun. they began to stacken off visibly. The Referees' Pet. Arst goal was generously presented 034 by Wilson, who could not bear to .629ce them exerting themselves with- Instead of re- 582 but ay reward.

THE STANDINGS IN THE LEAGUE,

Chicago

National League,

W. L.

50

29.

Huppy

Pittsburg St. Louis Brooklyn

46

28

46

33

New York

43

41

38 40

.475

32

20 40 29 50

127 #79

burning the compliment, the Re- forces sent Tian, Lye up, and Harris, when he saw him coming, him "came over dizzy" and let

American League.

Valley diamond, but the Japanese came up strongly and won easily Dragons had eventually. The little difficulty yesterday in gain- ing their straight victory at the expense of their club-mates, the Tigers.

in The Recreio set the pace Saturday's game, but were the first to falter. At the und of the second they led by four runs to three, at the end of the third the score was 14, but reckless throw ing gave the Japanese four runs .In the fourth, and they

looked back.

Baston Philadelphia. Cincinnati

New York Washington Chicage Detroit Chiladelphia Cleveland never St. Louis

Boston

Both Hachiuma and Remedioa pitched good games, but the Japanese were mach tighter in the field. Au unfortunate acei dent occurred in the fifth innings, Tajima being badly, spiked in a scramble for base. The score by innings is appended:

Japanese 3141 1.0–10 Recreio 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 5

TIGERS OUTPLAYED. Blanked Out Till Last Innings

مازدگی

W. L. 59 21 47 04 46 38

50. 37

41 41

34 48 83 46

22 58

INTER-VARSITY -ATHLETICS.

score.

At halftime the score was 360 2–0 for the Referees. In the second half, the Referees still per- sisted in annoying Harris with fre Pet. quent shots, in spite of his pretests, 711 and at last he got frightened and. 580 run away, leaving an open goal for 5.18 Tian Lye. Seeing how bucked the 543 Referees were with their lead, the 500 Press very generously refrained 415 from reducing it, although they 418 could easily have done so had they 275 tried. So the great game ended, defeat, though it would have been Ja draw i Gunner Lewis, who re-. fereed, had kept his promise not to allow any goals scored by our We shall never trust opments. Lewis again.-Singapore Press.

NEW BRITISH POLE JUMP

RECORD.

"

Free

POOR ETON-HARROW CRICKET.

A HUGE CROWD..

London, July 5. The annual athletic contest be- tween representatives of the Bri- and 1ish Universities, Oxford Cambridge, and the American,

London, July 9. Although by permission, several Yale and Harvard, attracted an

The Lord's gound has never were made in order to attendance of" 1,800 to Stamford changes strengthen the Tigers," they were Bridge to-day. Rain fell during been se crowded since the series. easily defeated by the Dragons the meeting and the going was of matches started as it was for Nevertheless, there was this year's Eton and Harrow yesterday, S. L. Lee blanking them heavy. out until the seventh maings considerable enthusiasm, parti-match which hogan yesterday and

cularly as a new British record finished when two men got acrosN,

Nevertheless,

of very poor

Lo-day. The final result, 0-2, in favour of 18 feet in the pole jump was the erickel was

established. The previous best quality, considerably below the of the Dragons was scarcely a

of their was 3. Rydberg's 12 feet 24 in. average. fair representation superiority, and it was obvious in 1921. The world record is 1 11 4/10th inches, which that they were not out to break feet

stands to the credit of C. Hof, the butterfly on the wheel.

the Norwegian,

The Dragons scored in the first, third, 6fth and sixth inninga. T. Chian hit safely on two occasions, while K. Chian for the Tigers hit

snappy homer over right field in the last innings, bringing K. C. Wong home.

"Celebrating the fact that the match was the first all-Chinese game played in Hongkung, a re- ception was held in the South China A.A. pavilion prior to the match, Mr. Li Hysan. Mok Wing-

SUSANNE ON HER DIGNITY.

BEWUSAL TO PLAY IRREGULAR GAME.

PING-PONG.

A return ping-pong match was played between the Wah. Yan Old Boys' Union and the Chinese Catholic Young Men's Society on After n Sunday, in the Union long tussle the former defented the latter by 76 points to 49.

WIVES DOMINATE DIVORCE.

MAKING IT EASIER FOR THEM.

13

MONDAY. JULY " 18. 1927.

BOBBY JONES

AND

3

OUR OF FIRST FOUR

IN

BRITISH OPEN

GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

USED

SPALDING.

Lane, Crawford,

LOCAL AGENTS.

SHARE PRICES.

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.

Tuo following is the list of local sharo quotations issued to-day:

Banks.

Hongkong Bank, $1,060 b. Chartered Bank, £20 n. Mercantile A. & B., £31 Mercantile C, 4131 n.

P. and O., £94 b.

East Asia, $68 I.

Marine Ins..

Canion Ins, 8620 s."

I

China Underwriters, $.80 n.' North China, Tls. 143 b. Union Ins., $280. 8. Yangtszo Ins., $40

Fire Ins.

China Fires, $210 b.

.

H. K. Fire Ins., 600".s.

Shipping.

B.

Douglason, $32. b.* Steamboats, $22 Tuge, $1.10 It. Indo-Chinas, (Prof.) $30 Shell Trans., 937-

Star Forries, $52 Waterbouts, $16 b.

Д.

Refineries.

China Sugars, $18 Malabone, $32.

8.

H.

Mining.

n.

Loudon, July 9. Mr. C. B. Cochran, who bas yu, and Tsoi Kin-yung being been distinguishing himself re- among those present. It was, an-cently by his endeavours to per- Bounced that 20 Chinese players sunde leading British lawn tennis from Honolulu are expected to players to turn professional, stem- arrive in the Colony by the s.udy with the object of providing President Pierce at the end of this eppostion for Mlle. Længden, is

Benguets, $1.70 b. now encountering trouble with month, and the majority of these

the Breach

herself.

Kailans, 40/- b. player

Are women will join the S.C.A.A..

more eager than Susanne has refused to play men for divored? asks

Langkate, Tla. 19 a Home. doubles at Halland Park with correspondent. three men players, styling the pro-i A study of the divorce figures posal not only unorthodox but for the Trinity Law sittings, which stupid.

opened yesterday, shows 230 wives Mr. Cochran denies that he in-land 98 husbands in the ranks of fall matrimonial tended Mile, Lenglen to play in petitioners for

relief, taking the undefended list such a match.

only into account.

Husbands 'have a numerical ad- vantage in one instance only-five BROOKLANDS RACING.or them, compared with four

The score by innings follows: Tigera Dragons

0.00002-2

1020120-6

A Correction.

The Manager of the Filipino Baseball Tenoi informs us that only two Filipino games should be count ed in the League Table, these being The match with Recreio and Hong- kong. The game verats, the Dra- the ons, will be replayed and postponed fixture against the Japanese will come up for decision shortly.

HOBB'S EXCLUSION.

NOT CHOSEN FOR PLAYERS.

London, July 0.

.

MOTOR-CYCLE EVENTS.

Landna, July 9,

wives, seek nullity.

During the war and for some time after husbands were in the majority of, three to one. Now it is nearly the other way about. of women

At Brooklands to-day part of the The preponderance racing track was under water in petitioners for divorce is well over

two to out of the men. onsequence of recent heavy rain.

In the 200 miles, class 500_2.2. fine motorcycles Gibson finished

The Reasons.

A barrister who leals with many

first 'on a Sunbeam, his average divorce cases sald to a Daily Mail speed heibe 79.98 m.p.h.

In the reporter:

ON

SCULLING ON THE THAMES.

The side to represent the Play-1,000 cc. clasa Longman, ers in the second match against Harley-Davidson, won with the Gentlemen at Lord's on Wed-average speed of 86.89 miles nesday has been chosen. A not- hour. able absenter from the side is Hobbs, who almost continuously since the war has opened the inn- ings for the Players in these, matches. It is possible that the selectora in leaving him out of the side have taken into consi- deration the fact that the Surrey batsman has been on the inac- tive list for several weeks. How- ever that may be, their decision has caused some dissatisfaction, nat only to Hobbs, but to many of his friends and admirers...

BRITISH OPEN GOLF.

WINNER USES SPALDING BALL.

A JAPANESE CONTESTÖR,

London, July 9.

The explanation is the greater

an ease with which women nowadays an can obtain matrimonial relief. The Act which came into operation in July 1923 swept away the in- equality which iad always ham- pered women seeking divorce and gave them a right to redress on a proyed allegation of adultery only.

The need of proof also of deser. tion or cruelty which till the Act of 1923 was essential in the case of the women petitioners disap- peared altogether. Another effect of the Act is that wives' petitions of conjugal Azuma, of Tokyo University, won for the restitution his heat in the junior and senior rights have almost entirely dis- sculls at Kingston regatta, his op-appeared from the liste, since ponent belny disqualified. In the there is now no need to couple Senior Cup he was defented in the desertion with adultery final.

ground for divorce.

CHELSEA'S GOOD YEAR.

PROFIT OF £7,000.

"London, July 9.

n.

S'hai Exploration, Tls..37 n. Shanghai Loans, Tls. 6 n. Raubs, $1 n. Tronohs, 19/3 Ural Cuspians, 57- n."

n..

Docks, etc.

Kowloon Wharvos, $108 b. Whampoa Docks, $38 n. Hongkews, Tis. 147 b. New Engineerings, Tls. 5+ Shanghai Docks Tis. 97 b. Lands, Hotels, etc.

H. and S. Hotels, $6.90 s. H. K. Lands, $551 n. Realtys, $6

3.

Territorials, SL

1.

11.

Humphreys, $121 Princos Bldgs, $89 n. Rural Lands, $11

Cottons.

д.

Ewo Cottone, Tls. 7.35 n. Orientals, Tis 1.40 b. S'hai Cottons, Tis 51 8.

Buses, Trams. China Buses, Tis. 7 b. Tramway's, $20 55 n Peak Trams, (old) $15 Singapore Trams, 10/9 b. Taxis, $1 n.

Miscellaneous.

Amusements, $101.

Canton Icos, $5 n.

Coments (Comb.) $7.

08

**

China Lighto, $134

B.

China Prov., $4

b.

RULER OF THE ELKS. MASSACHUSETTS MAN BEATS

MISSOURIAN.

Masara. Lane, Crawford, Ltd.,

Cincinnati, July 12-John F. are to-day in receipt of a tele

Malley of Springfield, Mass., was gram from Spaldings, London,

The balance sheet of the Chelsen elected Grand Exalted Ruler of saying that Mr. Bobby Jones, the winner of the British Open Golf Fobtball Club has just been publish- the Benevolent and Protective Champlonship. and also three outed and reveals the antisfactory fact (Order of Elks, by a vote of 1,290. of the frat four players, played that the Club had a profit of £7,000 (Lea Meriwether of St. Louis, Mo.,

had 229 votes.-Associated Presn. with the celebrated Spalding ball. on the 1026-27 season.

B.

Constructions, $2.30 s. Dairy Farms, $15 n. Dor A. Wing, $6 n. H'kong Electrics, $512 e. Macao Electrice, $37 b. Ropes (Old) $10 n. Lane Crawfords, $7 8. Mackintosh, $19_n. Sinceros, 8 n. United Aboston, $20 Watsons $11. Powelle, $6 n. Telephono 3.70 n.

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