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NANCY

BOY! --- AM I TIRED TONIGHT!

ME TOO-- I COULDN'T SLEEP

A WINK LAST NIGHT

WITH ALL THOSE PEOPLE SNORING

IN OUR CAR!

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

April 5, 1939.

By Ernie Bushmiller

THERE THEY GO AGAIN-- SOUNDS LIKE A SAW MILL #

QUICK-FIRE CRICKET

CRICKET TESTS ON THE

Visit Of West Indian Team Being Awaited With Great Interest

London, March 21.

After the weariness of the timeless final Test at Durban, England's players are now gladly resting on the Athlone Castle on their way home. They may also be rejoicing in the thought that they are returning to a series of Tests that will be short, sharp, and lively.

The matches are the series next summer with West Indies, whose colourful, happy-go-lucky players will, unless they have changed a great deal, and for the worse, treat the game for exactly what they are--games.

Nor can England assume that the the north to help West Indice, and Tests will be cakewalls. At the there's no doubt their experience of smiting business the West Indians, English conditions will he valuable are a delight, and, if things come off to the keen youngsters who will be for them, their style will be admir- payton their frat visit. ably su

sulted to three-days cricket, says Graffrey Simpson.

Whereas one cannot be sure of the English tear, who, its a result of consecutive series against Australia

South

Africa, inve attuned themselves to slow-motion staff, Look n

at Gibb's crawling century of over seven hours!

And

WINDOW.BREAKER

Constantine will be a joy to watch if he does his Lancashire League batting in the Tests. When he is "secg them well" he is liable to smash any window within range of

six-h.i.

There will have to be a general

He is studying law with a view to shake-up it England are to escape becoming a soltellor. He's had from the drawn match. England good innings at cricket and is looking will certainly not win these three-ahead. He is 37. days Tests against West Indies by Headley, idol of Northern crowds, their Durban methods. The clock would beat them every time.

REALLY LIVELY

For exhilarating cricket one must go to the Lancashire Longue these days, in which they start and finish matches in the afternoon. And it is

a

has idens of finishing up as a dentist, and Martindale, hus done so well for himself out of cricket that he reckons eventually to return to his own sunny shores more or less inde- pendent.

TEST OF STYLES

QUACK

JACK

GCK

WAY

Of interest to Hongkong's eine ma pubile is this photo, taken recently in this offices of the King's Theatre when Mr. Jolis, Albeck, Far Eastern Supervisor of Columbia Pictures Corporation, signed a big contract with the management of the Theatre for the exhibition of the latest Columba Pictures, including the best film of 1938, Frank Capra's "You Can't Take It With You," which is scheduled to be shown this week-end. Seated from left to right are: Mr. Johnston Wong, Branch Manager of Columbia, Mr. C. II. Liang, Manag- ing Director of the King's Theatre, Mr. Johs. Albeck, Mr. Li Jowson, Mr. K. L. Chang, Mr. George Sun,

Directors of the King's Theatre-King's Studio,

YAMAGISHI Three Cities After

JOINING THE NAVY

in Lancashire that George Headley, It is going to be very interesting, that black Bradman, "Leary" Con- this struggle between men with a of the elastic body, and naturai qulek-fire style and England stantine, Emanuel Marundale, bowler of players, who, against their wishes, "thunderbolts," have been keeping have been turned inter marathon nis champion, who recently refused hand and eye in.

experts.

This trio will be in the West The only regret is that Constantine Indica eleven. They-are-temporary will not be bowling as he used to do. forsaking profitable engagements in This great all-rounder was a bowler Be could be of genuine "express."

NEXT

AT

Tokyo, Apr. 5. Jiro Yamagishi, Japan's crack len-

Together

with

more

than

500

Louis-Galento Bout

States Matchmaker

Miami Beach, Fla., March 1.

Three cities-Chicago, Philadelphia and Jersey City already have entered strenuous bids for the Joe Louis- Tony Galento heavyweight championship fight in June, the formal announcement of which was made by Promoter Mike Jacobs in a memorable session on the beach here

to join this year's Davis Cup team, has taken the entrance examination for the Naval Paymasters School, Tokyo, others, he recently underwent the necessary physical examination, pas- Interviewed after passing the test, tolerable if I had failed. I'm going to take the oral examination now. to-day. is being quite different from a tennis match, my heart is beating hard,"→→→

CHANGE THE KING'S wish to be a speed buwier. He is he said, "It would have been

"YOU CAN'T TAKE

IT WITH YOU”

Directed by FRANK CAPRA, THE BEST DIRECTOR OF '38

a real terror, but the advance of time has toid.

He has turned into slow spinsing it easily. and googly exponent, and has no getting plenty of wickets with his new style, and as for his batting it is as pulverising us ever.

Martindale is supposed to be the only shock bowler of class in the side, but E. A. V. Williams, from Borbados, is a real "dark horse"-a pace man who can keep going for long spells.

THE TEAM

Here the chosen players who are due to open the campaign against Worcestershire at Worcester in the curly days of May:

R. S. Grant (cap.), L. S. Constan- Tyrell Johnson, tine, G. Julfery Stollmeyer, Victor Stollmeyer (Trindad), George Hendley. Ivan Barrow (wicketkeeper), J. H. Camer- on, Kenneth Weekes (Jamaica), H. P. Bayley (British Gulana), É, A. Martindale, C. B. Clarke, J. ED. and E. A. Williams (Bor-

Sen

Three Tests will be played, the lest at Lord's, beginning on June 24, the second at Manchester on July 22, and the third at Kennington Oval on August 10.

Indoor Bowling

Competitors Defeat Hopefuls

Playing in the second round, second stage of the Ewo League at the Hongkong Bowling Alleys yesterday, the "Competitors" beat "Mindanao Hopeful" by 477 points. Scores

"Mindanao Hopefuls"

Router,

WEEK-END FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

"I draw over a million dollars He even went into the water after any place 1 hold it," declared Mike, having written fairly legibly on the resplendent in red bathing trunks. sand: "Tony Galento, heavyweight "And I'm not fouling about staging champ," and predicted that he would it outside New York it I get the knock Louis winding.

right

sort of an offer."

Sitting right by Mike's warm side

at the time was Tom Foley, repre- Chicago gruup senting the same that bagged the Louis-Jim Braddoci till He had been banging away at Mike's ear ever since it became known Monday that Galento, rated by the Nn- No. 1 challenger

The following is the local Football the League schedule for the coming tional Boxing Association, would week-end:

get the big outdoor shot against the champlon.

SATURDAY, APR. 8

Senlor Shield Final

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THE SECOND EXTRA RACE PERFUMED "We're prepared to guaranice MEETING will be held (weather South Ching "A" v. Police (Club), Mike a net sum of at least $400,000,"permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY on Referee, Omar. Linesmen,ald Foley. "I'm pretty sure he will SATURDAY, 8th and MONDAY, 10th take us up on it. We'll hold it in April, 1039, commencing at 12.30 p.m. Junior Shield Final

Comiskey Park, where we can seat on both days. Middlesex v, Royal Scots (Club), close to 80,000," 2.15 p.m. Referce, Stedman. Lines- men, Clarke and Hinchcliffe.

4 p.m. Goss and Ip.'

First Division

Royal Scots v. Kowloon (Sookun- poo), 4.30 p.m. Referee, Linesmen, Barretto and Somerville.

The First Bell will be rung at 12 NOON, and the Tiffin Interval will be after the second race (1 p.m.) on both days.

MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE· · ·

GETS PERCENTAGE Also present and bidding was Herman Taylor, die Philadelphiu Adiam.promoter, who held a five-year lien No One without a badge will be on Galento's services and with whom admitted to the Members Enclosure. Jacobs had to reach a songwinded such must be worn throughout the compromise before he Tony against Loula, Under arrangement anally called o Badges admitting Non-Members to

Tennis Matches Re-Arranged

night, Taylor gets what he "nica pe

pil

duration of each Meeting in such a the manner as to be readily identified. last

percentage" of the June bat-the Members Enclosure and Club tle, as well as any other fights Ga-Rooms at $6.00 per day for Gentle Tento might have under Jacobs' men and $3.00 per day for Ladies

EL

(both including lax) are obtainable promotion in the next five years.

through the SECRETARY, upon the

taking the

The following matches in the Hongkong Cricket Club tennis Mike seems to be levelling about personal or written application of a tournament have been rearranged:

To-day-Handicap Doubles, H. D. For one thing, he explained, if the sible for all visitors Introduced by

scrap out of New York.

Member, such Member to be respon- Bidwell and A. T. Dow v. E. E. Story

fight is held elsewhere, Mike Jacobs and J. J. Ferguson.

To-morrow. Club Championship, 128.

KOWLOON - C.C. 2ND. XI

is the sole promoter and pockets him, and for Payment of all Chits,

ete,

E. J. Armstrong v. Lt. J. S. Theobald. all prot. But in New York I

the promotion of The Secretary's Office, 1st Floor, Handleap Singles, T. J. Price v. W. Would be under Wooding.

Twentieth

wen Century Club, and Exchange Building, (Tel. 27794) will Mike would have to divvy up with close at 11 a.m. each day. the rest of the boys.

Tins are obtainable at the Club The actual date, of course, will House provided they are ordered in not be announced until the site is advance from the No. I Boy (Tel. settled. But it will be at the very 21920), and of June or possibly carly in July

because. Max Baer and Lou The following will represent the Nova are Kowloon Cricket Club 2nd XI in a Jacobs on June 10. 1,370 | League cricket match against the Galento, wearing three bathing including Lodles, and is payable at Police at Happy Valley on Saturday:sults for the occasion, cut up like the date. Soldiers and Sailers in

W. Mulcahy (Capt), R. Baldwin, FA. Droadbridge, A. A. Dand, S. A

Uniform are admitted Half Price. Ory, G. A. Goodban, D. D. Lay, W.

By Order, L. McKenzie, T. A. Mador, R..A. J.

C. B. BROWN, Simpson and G. E. Taylor. Umpire.

Secretary. H, Övery. „Scorer, A, Wright,

Hongkong, 3rd April, 1930.

L 'J. Attwood. 118 94 155 387 RN. Philo.... 130 108 114 832 S. F. Duknowski.. 84 123, 108 81% C. F. Watson 124 110 111 340

Total

"OSCAR".

THE BRONZE STATUETTE

Competitors" PRESENTED TO FRANK CAPRA Ernie' Hearther. 200 187 165 552 THE MOTION PICTURE Dick Venezia. 170 174 159 503

Doc Molthen

120 430 143 104 ACADEMY.

Chas Milicz 131 110 117 364

1,885

Total

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