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THE HONGKONG I TRENGE

TUESDAYA

AUGUST

1935.

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DRIVER'S TILT WITH DEATH

GERMAN MOTORIST LOSES WHEEL

ENDURANCE TEST

AT ADENAN

Adenau, July 28.

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Tense excitement prevailed among the 200,000 enthusiasts us- sembled at the Naerburgring to ses the "Grosser Press Deutschland," the Grand Prix of Germany, the most interesting `German motor race of the whole your, as, unlike the racing on the Avus track at Berlin, where the

GOLFERS. Group taken when the golfing members of the B.A.T, played the Chinese Golfing Associa tion in a friendly tournament at Klangwan, on Sunday, July 7, The BAT. won with a score 144—Ah

tests concern speed only, the NEW RECORD FOR

Nuerburgring, which is an arti. ficially constructed track with many curves, twists, hills and de- clivities, is also a test of practical utility and durability under diffi. cult conditions.

the

Among the spectators were chief of the German automobile spori.. Huehnlein, regional leader Brueckner, personal adjutant of Chancellor Hit- fer, a Koenig and

Trafic

half. o

STELLA WALSH

IMPROVES UPON OWN TIME

well Becretary of State 200

and • Ministerial Director both of the Reichs

METRE RUN

Warsaw, Aug. 5.

Font.

Wimbledon Of Fifty Years Ago

SOME INTERESTING COMMENTS BY N. L. (PA) JACKSON.

These new conditions have evolved an entirely different class of com- (Continued from Page 8.)

petitors to those of the earlier days, when all paid their own expenses. Bran Ministry.

POPULARISING THE GAME Misa Stella Walsh, the noted amnil stands, one reserved for men. The chief favourite for the race was the German racing driver, Manfred runner, broke the world record bera and the Press, the other for the

The annual visits of the Renshaws von Brauchitsch, who was using a for the 200 metres to-day when public, a third was added later, but Mercedes-Bens car. fio justified this she beat her own previous time the south side was uncovered and

served as a good position for the to the Hotel Beau Site at Cannes was of lawn tennis at all the opinion and after a brilliant perform-by one fifth of a second.

Mooring board. Nearly all the spects undoubtedly the cause of the enormous ance was nearing the finishing line The famous girl athlete was tors went by train from Waterloo, success

ideestablished long before any open race here to-day having a long, walk by the side of Riviera resorts, where it was well

Wimbledon station. Cal from Failway and seemed sure of auccess, when she covered the 200 metres the

Lournaments were started

elsewhere left bark his

the championships the at-Lou

on the

energy the Continent. The when in the last round tyro barst

and the wheel fell off in the new world record time of During

best tendance of smartly dressed ladies, Lady Wood at Boulogne initiated 23.6/10 secs., her previous completely, so that

he could only

ad, firm

first tournament there, while the and the old world record being and men in frock coat and top hats, y

to a thousand or would amount

week The final result was that Nuvolari 23.8/10 secs-Reuter

very different to the huge crowds geniality and tact of Sir George

Dinitze established the Dinard

and which are now attracted by this event,

which remained one of the best

Continental most although the play there was quite as

popular of the The Renshaws dominated the games meetings for many years. It was a for many years, but on one occasion pleasure to me to have been the

champiuta ahead of the Italian competing in

Anish the race at a crawl.

finished first, Hans Stuck on Auto- union second, Carraciola on Mercedes-

Bens third, Rosemayer on Autounion RECORDS BROKEN

fourth, while von Brauchitsch, putting

up a remarkable performance, came

In arth in pite of his mishap.

apito

As all tonight's papers declare,

nobody begrudges Nuvolari his hard Japanese Swimmers Do

wen victory, even though, but for von Brauchitsch's mishap, he would only

have scored second plated

When Huehnlein

NUVOLARI'S DIFFICULTY

iho

Well In Trials

contests.

good as it now is.

his

to have the champion (William) had a very referee at both of those fixtures, and

similar

Apacity at St Baden- Bervan, Parame arrow escape. This happened when satisfaction afterwards he was playing H. S. Barlow, who acted in a wanted but a stroke to win, when

all of and Baden, Ostend Renshaw stumbled and dropped which were well

by the Tacket, after making an easy return, whi As he was scrambling along on hands best English and Complayers. As I was engaged as referee in

meetings commenced in

to retrieve his wear from early In May until these

Tokyo, Aug. 5.

and knees winners with their prizes this even-

The American swimmers, who ru

Barlow could have "smashed" the con- expressed his hearty ing, he

ad- gratulations and acknowledgment of now in the country in preparation for Nuvolari's success, declaring that their international Meet against the ball and gained a victory, but ho

on vanced laughingly, evidently amused tember, and this programme German sportsmen were always ready boat of Japanese aquatic stars

The

of the players and the game fairly

been complete. It has

my goof to recognisex splendid and honest August 17 and 19, were guests at a try his opponent's difficulty, and sim- for about twenty years,

tea party at the Japanese Foreign ply patted the ball over the net. achievement such as this.

fortune

to live long enough to see champion, with extraordinary agility, Office to-day,

regained his feet and his racket, re-or

lawn tenuia grow from the garden- In Sunday's elimination which were watched by the Ameri. turned the ball and won the rally andirty stage until it has become more

afterwards the match. Truly

popular all over the world than any Hiroshi Negami created a new

recovery! A curious fact is that Nuvolarii cans., for the 400 metres, which he amazing himself seemed to have difficulties

Barlow was a finu ali round sports- other sport except, perhaps, football. with his machine and for a moment covered in 4 mins 45 4/5 secs. dropped back to sixth place. only Reizo, another famous Japanese man, being first class at cricket and recovering the lost ground later with swimmer, made a new world mark billiards and good enough at croquet to win the championship and, abovej crest effort.

when he negotiated the 100 metres all a cheery and congenial companion. Carraciola also had his share of breast stroka in 1 min. 18 secs.

His brother-in-law, Harry Grove, was weather is now considerably!! bad luck. He led the whole field! for nine rounds and at the end of cooler and permits strenuous practice, also a first class player, and these Brat arrived two, with W. C. Taylor and later II.

were denied G. B. Chapman,

the first round was

Tho

J.

CAPTAIN'S CUP GOLF

M. Brown Qualifies

For August

In the Captain's Cup competition

full 12 seconds When the Americans ahead, so that engine trouble seems here, the weather was so warm that highest honours of the game, simply to have been - general.

tboy were unable to sleep at night because of the brilliancy of the Ren- At daybreak the mountains were with the rosult that they could not go shawa, who would, I believe, have clouds, but in for strenuous practice. They had easily mastered all the new strokes rain fell just before the race started, to be content with a daily swim and that have been Introduced to the game at Fanling over the week-end-J. completely wrapped in the wet track and bad weather pre light trainingUnited Press.

#ince their venting the reaching of record speeds.

if anno domini" has The times for the first three cars hour; Hans Stuck: four hours, ten unbeatable, and have still been Mel. Brown, with a score of 91- Other scores were:-Lieut. Col. were Nuvolari: four hours, eight minutes, 18:4/6 secs; Rudolf Carra provented them from keeping their 18-73, qualified for August.

form. In proof of this I may men- minates 10.1/5 seconde, which means clóla: four hours, 11 minutes, 3.1/5tion that when Dr. Dwight and R. D. H. H. Blake 80-G-74, R. Collings an average of 121.10 kilometres per seconds.

Sears, the doubles champions of the 81-5-70 and C. H. Burton 89. United States, paid their first visit 1976,

A Turbulent Drama of the

Deep-Sea Jungles! \

EDMUND

JACK

LOWE⚫HOLT The BEST MAN WINS

COLUMBIA PICTURE

QUEEN'S THURSDAY

ELECTED

SHORTS

to this country, the former, who

WEB

of short stature, used to return the ball while it was rising, holding the racket at arms length with the face turned slightly downwards.

This

stroke was a novelty here, but the Renshaws, having once seen it, copled it perfectly after a brief "knock up, and used it more effectively than in originators.

There were 24 entries altogether.

WATER LEVELS

FOR WEST, NORTH AND EAST RIVERS

The River Conservancy Confo For Kwangtung Province seen the following port on water levels, in English feet, for the

Wt. North and East Bivers:

Elishat Lowest

Place

+

T. I W. ha of Dieervation on

record

+-41.0

on Ang. Aug. Innohd

+

4-20.9

+176

+16.5 --2.7

Q

0

21.7 21.0

12. 11.7

THE LAST CENTURY The leading players of the last century were "all well-to-do, and paid! all their own expenses, except occa- klonally when a few accepted invita-1 tions to be "put-up" for open tourna West River

at Bhlablas menta by good natured hosts, who North Hirer were desirous of making their meet-41 Teingyuen ings successful. The competitors who East River

at Shamahut made a round of the tournaments Naris River spent a considerable sum in pur at heklung

and the sult of their pleasure, and prizes they gained were

of much value. present

day have

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FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

P. and O. liner Naldera, accompanied Hemsley ran fourth to D. G. A. Lowe by his wife, formerly Miles Betty in the half mile event at the London Ratcliff, whom he married while on Championships.

In his list public appearance in Home leave.

Prior to joining the local Police in England in 1921, he won the Droper Hemsley hold no mean record in the for the third year in succession.

Within a month of his arrival in athletic world in England. In 1027 he won the Kent County cross-country the Colony, he participated in the championship and in 1928 he was Hongkong University open half mito Sergeant T. J. Hemsley, of the teamed with Sam Ferris, of Great race, and in 1980 wen the open mile Hongkong Police Force, in returning Britain, in the London to Brighton event at the Sacred Heart Collego to the Colony to-morrow aboard the five mile relay. In the same year sports.

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DO YOU THINK THEY GOT YOUR

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WITH HIS HANDS

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ANOTHER

MESSAGE

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