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I THINK I'LL GO OUT ON THE PORCH AND READ

MY BOOK!

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INDOORS TODAY}

--YOU WERE

BAD THIS

MORNING!

Friday,

BUT I WAS GOOD THIS AFTERNOON!

THAT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE!

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

THAT DON'T SEEM FAIR--- I WAS GOOD FOR HALF A DAY!

June 2, 1939,

By Ernie Bushmiller

Jel. 28151.

RAINCOATS

FOR MEN

WORCESTER SAUCE FOR WEST INDIES XI

CONSTANTINE'S BIG

EFFORT FAILS

TO SAVE TOURISTS

From Frank Thorogood'

Worcester, May

Loft with 233 runs to win, the West Indies failed badly here to-day. They lost six wickets for 55 in about one hour and a quartor, and though Constantine wielded a valiant hat, Worcestor gained a well-carned victory at ten minutes to

sevon.

How did Lancashire contrive to wicket but before the end Martin- not only halt a six, but four miss the valuable services of Edwin dale Cooper? It is a pertinent question brilliant fours. Perks, our England this match emerges from and one that repeatedly occurred to bawler, the mind when this gifted player with flying colours-eleven wickets from Bacup was making his 92 runs for 75.

hine 4's).

The off-drive along the carpet and

WORCESTERSHIRE

the leg hit were frequently illus- First Innings-83 (Martindale 4 for 271, trated, but the major stroke of this!

batsmun was #1

cut.

beautiful

If the square cut

Second Inninge square King e Werkes b Martindale Full Barrow b Martindale has now Cooper b Cameron become almost a lost art Cooper Gibbons b Conatantine showed us lo-day that he is no mean Martin Constantine

Hon C. J. Lyttelton & Stellmeyer disciple of the old musters.

COOPER'S BEST. PARTNER

N. M. Jewell e Constantiae Martin

date

Haworth e Barrow b Cameron Bulter hit wkt b Cameron

The best partner he had was Mar-Perks no out... tin, who not only helped to add 122 Jenkinn b Constantine

for the fourth wicket, but was the

D138 nb 1......

Total

201 Bowling-Martindale 14-2-42-3, Johnson

last to go. Most of his strokes were mate on the leg side, and just after lunch he got three 4's in one over 11-1-00-0, Constantine 12.6-3-49-3. Btoilme- from Stollmeyer.

yer 0-0-53-1, Grant 4-9-27-0, Cameron 14- No long before48-3, Hendley 1-1-0-0. leaving he might have been caught at mid-on by Johnson; otherwise he best made no mistake, and his strokes were nlne 4's.

WEBT INDIES First innings,-143 (G. Perks for 27.

Headley 50:

Second innings

Howorth should not be forgotten. The left-hander, also a Lancashire man, helped Martin to add 56 for the 1. narrow e and t Martia seventh wicket, and did so with the D, Stollmeyer b Perks aid of a number of off-side strokes, C. lendley e Jewell b Perks J. E. D. Sentry lbw b Perks

In addition to himself Grant em-0. E. Gomez e Lyttelton by Perks ployed six other bowlers, and thus, If. Weekea e and U Howarth early we are discovering that Mar-1, Constantine e fitbbons Perks tindale und Constantine are the two. Cameron e and u Howarth

9. Grant & Dull bloworth most likely to show consistency in E. A. Martindale b Bowerth

T. Johnson not out attack:

On a beautiful wicket Constantine often made the ball come back and with reduced pace he is showing more accuracy of length.

......

Tutal

147

Bowllot-Perks 13-1-40-5, Martin 9-2- The experience of English cricket 24-1. Howorth 7.1-2-42-4, Jenkins 4-0-27- 0. both at that Cameron has gained Cambridge and as a Somerset player should-also prove a considerable ns- set to the West Indies teain, who by the way are often wrongly described in some journals as the West In- dians,

RED LIGHT

opened

Barrow and Stollmeyer quite well for the tourists, but when the last named fell at 25 to a good catch wide on the off-side the West

to see the red] Indies men began

light.

Film Based On Experiment For Youth

The theme of "Boys Town," the "After dismissing Barrow and Sealy M.G.M. film which was rated as one in one over Perks got the wicket of of the ten best pictures of 1938, is Heudley, who was neatly taken at not based on a Bgment of the ilne leg by Mark Jewell. Two other imagination but on a real experiment wickets fell quickly and now con- for youth which has done a great de of good in the United States, stantine arrived.

Beginning the revels with a six he It stems from Father Flanagan's also hit six fours in his 47, and as Boys Town, near Omaha, Nebraska. the partnership between himself and

Sentimental melodrama it may be Gomez produced in all 57 for the seventh wicket, It is easy to under--and in seeing this film quite a few Constantine tears will be shed in Hongkong-but definitely stand

nonsense the theme certainly is not. took command.

When the decision to play on was serious note underlines every made Grant soon threw away his scene of the show making one realise that there is a purpose behind Boys Town, and if Father Flannagan needed propaganda for his home,

how

SPORT ADVTS

KONG THE HONG

JOCKEY CLUB. FIFTH EXTRA RACE MEETING, 1939.

this film supplies it in a great mea-

surc.

The Bim tells of the priest's heroie struggle to start his non-denomina- tional home for waits and sub- sequently of his efforts to tame an Incorrigible, the orphaned brother of

murderer.

agrca

be

Some people may And criticism in that the director did not stick more The Second Day of the above closely to the home itself, but on the

ilm-goers will POSTPONED from Monday, 29th whole most May, will be held (weather per-that, the picture deserves to mitting) on SATURDAY, 3rd 50 highly-rated. JUNE, 1939. The First Boll will be rang at 1.30 p.m., and the first race will be run at 2.00 p.m.

By Order,

Step up and meet the family-(left to right) Lola Lane brings home boy friend Frank McHugh to meet papa Claude Rains, auntle May Robson, and sisters Rosemary Lane. Gale Pago and Priscilla Lane. In "Four Daughters" the Warner Bros. film opening to-day at the King's Theatre. it is one of the ten besi pletures of the year.

Last Saturday's Rain Blessing To "Mudders"

(Continued from Page 8.)

a good second over a fat mile in the Taimoshon Handicap, beating Star- let by half a length and these two should have some say to-morrow. National Honour and some Hope are dangerous. Both are good for big!

money.

RIVULET MAY HEAD THE FIELD

Manly H'cap May Be The Best Race

The best event of the afternoon will be the Munly andicap for class Australian ponies over a mile and it is, in my frank opinion, a very open event. Brutus has re- joined his old brigade, but Mr. Tre-

Baseball

GIANTS BLANKED BY CARDS

New York, Junė i.

The following were the results of matches played in the Major Base- ball League to-day:

NATIONAL LEAGUE

St. Louis

1

R. H. E.

0 0

1

Botlerics, McGee and Owen.

0 G New York

Batteries, Salvo and Danning.

0 9 10 Cincinnati Batteries,

Derringer, Thompson, and Lombardi, Hersh- berger (13 innings).

Boston

Batteries,

Vandermeer,

1

MacFayden, Sullivan, Early, Lanning and Lopez.

Oiler games In the National Lengue will be played at night,

AMERİCAN LEAGUE

New York...................

Batteries, Gomez and Dickey.

Cleveland

Batteries,

8 11

0

3

Milner,

1 7 Zuber

and

Hemsley-

14 18

I

Batteries, Auker and Peacock.

Detroit

B

1

Baston

5 Batteries, Newsom, Thomas, Eisen-

stut; and York.

Washington ...... 10

Batteries, and R. Ferrell. Philadelphla

14 0 Leonard, Krukausicas

7 15 3 Batteries, Smith, Whlichend, Frazier, Brown and Tresh.

Philadelphia

Batteries,

10 18 4 Nelson, Harris, Joyce |

and Hayes.

17 11 St. Louis Batteries, Kramer, Marcum Spindel.--United Press.

Golf Match Televised

and

London, June 1.

An interesting development in the televising of outdoor events was suc- cessfully demonstrated to-day.

I do not expect to see a big held verton's candidate-is-in-the-samu rank with Bredon, both having 105 In the Woollahra Handicap for Aus-bs, to carry. There is reason to tralian ponies of this season over a believe that the Government House's run from the two mile post, once pony is better than Mr. Tinson's cob round and in, but I am sure to see over a mile. a good tussle between Chillern, De-

There has been some criticism vonian and Rivulet for the premier over the use of the word "Cob" and. hanour. The last named was nosed I would like to make it clear that out by Rising Star for third place it is a term applied to animals of

the intermediate height between the Viewers saw part of the play in In the Spencer Handicap last Satur-horse and the pony-that is from 14 the challenge golf match between R. A. day, but think Rivulet was short of a gallop since her return to the hands 2 inches to 15 hands at the the British Open champion,

shoulder. A pony should not ex Whitcombe, and-the-champion-of a bunch that the mare will cross the wire at the head ceed 14.2 but in view of the special South Afrien, A. D. Locke, in which circumstances attaching to the Aus-the latter beat Whitcombe by six of the pack followed by Chiltern

tralian subscription pontes, the Ste-and five. und Devonian

Club Cameras recorded the drives from wards of the Hongkong Jockey will permit such ponies as exceed 14 two tees, approaches and putting at hands inches to race, carrying one hole, and play through another. Three cameras were used, two weight as per scale. In my opinion therefore all 14.3 ponies are coba being mobile so that players could be and Bredon comes under that cate- closely followed.-British Wireless.

course,

I have

Smiling Thru Not Starting

Kory.

However let us return to the race.

samme

31 ENTRIES FOR LAST EVENT

Starting Times At Fanling

The following Are the times at Fanling on Sunday:

Mr. Eu Tong-sen's Smliing Thru. Judging by the inst "C" class con- Golf the second best subscription grifin of test, Murray River is my cholee with Bay and Annabella 10 last season, is not definitely weigh Discovery Ing out for the Green Island Handi- follow in the rear. The last named

Is now owned by the cap (second section) over a sprint cob from the 11⁄2 mile post (about halt owner of King Kong and being in a mile 170 yards) and incidentally this lucky stable, Annabella Is worth $5 is the second leg of the daily double, each way.

After annexing the Sub-griffins Autumn Plate on September 24, went lame and the are not taking any Smiling Thru connections chances to-morrow should the track be on the heavy side. Blue Dia- mond and Galveston Bay are making their first appearance in this section," but we have not a line of either

By virtue of their placings in the against the old members of this divi- Stonecutters Plate last Saturday, Blue Diamond, it appears to Green Bay (first) and National me, has lost a great deal of her flesh Honour (second) are fricligible for and her prospect of a win is very the last event, the Smugglers Plate, remote. The finish should be fought which has oilracted; 3) entries. out between Laughing Girl, Rose Luckily the embargo on winners of Queen and Tyne and I see no reason more than $500 In stakes bas pre- why they should not pass the win-vented further nominations and be- ning post in that order.

sion

HECTIC VIEW HARD TO BEAT

ing a sprint over six furlongs any thing may happen. My best three are Gog, Heddon and Sea Horse, the Just being my fancy. As an outalder

to recommend Weal would like Lake.

In an attempt to win popular

Beaufort The line up in the introduced, ments have been

but Handicap for China ponies (grifling appeal, perhaps, fictional embellish- these pale beside the real facts of of this acason) that have not won more than $2,000 in stakes will most the case.

Notable performances are given by probably be Blue Express (Mr. En C. B. BROWN,

Spencer Tracy as Father Flanagan, carnacao), Galaxy, (Mr. L. B. Chão). Socretary. Mickey Hooney as the incorrigible Hectic View, (Mr. H. C. Plà) and Whitey Marsh and by a big cast of Jennifer (Mr. B. Proulx). Factorite Hongkong, 29th May, 1939,

Tracy and has not as yet faced a start and capable players. But

will appear Rooney are the two that hold one's doubt that the mare attention, the latter particularly giv-before the clerk of the scales. In

the St. Georgo's Plate, Blue Express, 99. ing n superb presentation of his role.

The writer understands that on the who was second, trounced Jenniler strength of his performance in "Boys by two lengths, but the former has 210 Town Mickey Rooney has been never mot Hectie, View and I wonder whother. Blue Express can concedo elovated to stardom. If this la so, he fully deserves the honour. And when almost a stone to Mr. Lan's candi

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County Cricket.

Scores

London, June 1. Lunch cricket scores were: Derby 112 and 61-4; Kent 143, and Essex 100 and 137-3; West Indies

Glamorgon 198 Gloucester 301-4. Lanes 468-6; Hants 84-2. Leicester 142-5; Notts 200, Surrey 345; Sussex 208.

110; York#: In which Spencer Tracy ales plays, View is well - tuned for the battleWarwick

and the stallion is hard to beat, Reuter: Bulletin, this is praise indeed.-M. R.A."

one singles out an actor from a Alm, date over the mile course. Hectic

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OLD COURSE

atorting

-0.10 11. Gregory. A. D. Humphreys

N. & Q, A. A. Macfadyen. 924 H, Tomlinson, J. B. Mackie. 0.78

Stabinson, A. M. Elliott. 132 II. Dadwall, I, II. Geare. 9.30 1. Mackenzie, G. M. Park, 0.40 L. Jackson, J. C. Brown, 9.44 R. O. Gray, D. A., Targus. 9,48.G. Warrington, J. Aj 11. Douglas. 10.04 J. M. Pearson, J. W. Mayhew. 1031 P. S. Cossidy, Col. Matiheys. 3031 G. C. Werrail, N. 1, Lloyd, 15.44 Bir V. Grayburn, F. IL. Winter.

Even Betting On Big Fight

New York, June 1. The Max Baer-Nova heavyweight title eliminator bout at Yankee Stadium to-night in the first Ameri- can fight to be televised.

Even money betting, which is the brice in Boer's

of pounds. wagers of thousand has resulted in : Jim Braddock, former world cham- plon, who will be in Nova's corner, anticipates a knockout victory for Nova in the late rounds.

A £40,000 gate is expected if the weather is favourable fleuter.

SHANGHAI, Jund 2-The yen dia- played further weakness this morn- 202-2-ing, buyers paying as low as 03

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