1939-07-28 — Page 21

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

July 28, 1939.

By Ernie Bushmiller

MAYBE I'M CUT OUT TO

BE A DESIGNER

OF LADIES'

HATS!

NANCY

OH, MR. BROWN-- YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT, ART-- WHAT DO THINK OF THESE) PITCHERS

DREW

SORRY, SLUGGO, YOUR STUFF

IS SHAPELESS

AND UNBALANCED---

IT'S TOO ANGULAR AND FANTASTIC --

REALLY

IT'S

WEIRD MUCH TOO CRAZY AND DIZZY !

SUMMER Jal. 28151. SALE

PROCEEDING

BARGAINS IN THE LADIES SALON

JUNE - 29-

RICHARD BURTON BECOMES NEW CHAMPION

High

Great Finish In Wind In British Open Golf Championship

London, July 8.

R. Burton, of Sale, Cheshiro, won the British open golf championship at St. Andrews yesterday with an aggregate of 290 for 72 holes. Making a strong challenge after having lost his overnight lead. Burton played a magnificent last round of 71 and won by two strokes from the American }. Bulla, who had been congratulated on all sides as a probable winner.

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Burton's four rounds in the pro- November 1937. Burton, who is 32 sent championship were 70, 72, 77, and a bachelor, started his golf carcer 71, and the worst of these, played in us, assistant to his brother, J. Bur- a rising wind in the morning, seemed ton, who was professional at Darwen.

to have cost him the chance of win-He was later appointed professional

at Hoolon (Wirral), where he re- mained eight years before being appointed to Sale to succeed the late R. S. Fernle.

bing. He started the last round four strokes behind the leader, J. Fallon, of Huddersfield, and level with Bulla, The American went round in 73 at the last attempt for an aggregate of

Burlon won the Northern profes- 202, and at this time the wind bind Increased so much that few of the sional championship in 1934, the spectators expected Burton, a late Dunlop Northern tournament in 1035, starter, even to equal this score and and the Dunlop Southport force a lie. Bulla himself was appre- ment in 1837. He was a member of hensive as he sat in the clubhouse, the Ryder Cup team in 1935 and but his chief worry

About R. 1937, and has played for England in Whitcombe, the holder, who ultimate-international matches during the past

ly finished with 294.

WHA

THE TURNING-POINT

TURNIN

Burton started his last round with | only a small gallery, and three putts

at the first hole did not augur well

for his chances. The turning-point come at the seventh, where he played

tourna-

three years. He was fourth open championship lost year..

INDOOR BOWLING

the

a fine approach and holed a pult of Washouts' Beat 'Champs'

seven feet for a "birdie" three (one under par). He got a three at the elghth, holed from four yards for another "blrdle" at the ninth, and was out in 35. The most difficult!

In Friendly Match

half of the course was yet to came, In a friendly match played ut the but the wind, although gusty, had Hongkong Bowling Alleys yesterday, shifted to a slightly more favourable the "Washouts" beat the "Champs" by quarter, and Burton's length was 58 points, the latter thus suffering used to the full.

their second defeat.

The athonts"

~He-holed-from-six-feet-for-a-two - Duddridge 160-176-183-133.110 570 102 100 150 142 153 832

Total

136 173 172 150 100 837

147 158 142 171 133 770

... 3,321

The

at the eleventh, and when he heard 3.5. Landolt.... at the next hole what he had to ne Albert Ortell

Jack Odell complish to win the news only made him more determined. He played the long fourteenth carefully for his Ernie tlearther five, and was equally cautious at the Dick Venezia seventeenth, where he played an iron | Gene Faggiana for his second to the foot of the green

and ran up for a par five.

A HUGE GALLERY

Everything turned on Burton's last

hole-4 was needed to win.

crowds

had deserted

By this

every

Doc Molthen...

Total

100

GOODWOOD CUP

-Warner Baxter dons again the sombrero and silvermounted guns of his most famous character in "The Return of the Cisco Kid," 2011 Cró- tury-Fox picture, now showing at the King's Theatre,

16-Year-Old Baseball

Boy Creates

An Upset

·

CINCINNATI WIN DOUBLE VICTORY

Lawn Bowls

INDIANS LOSE IN PAIRS

VICTORY FOR DUNCAN, GILL

The heavy green did not suit J. Hoosen and A. R. Minu when they met G. Duncan and W. Gill on the Civil Service C.C. green yesterday in the Third Round of the Open Fairs Bowls Championship and they were defeated by 24-10.

Starting off with two couples, Duncan and Gill established an early tead, but by the fifth head, Hoosen them. And

overtaken Minu had However, with two threes on the 7th and 8th heads, Duncan and Gill were 10-0 ahead, and from this stage on- wards they were always in front.

At the 15th head, the score was 15-13 in favour of the winners, and they made almost certain of victory by scoring a four and two singles on

lead 21-12. the next three heads

One postponed match in the Open the Indian Singles was decided on R.C.

G. Perkins green, where climinated W. H. Hobbs by 21-18.

The winner made 1 splendid re- covery after being down 9-17, but with a four on the 19th head, follow-

cd by a single on the 21st, another on the single on the 22nd, a three 23rd, two on the 24th and three on the 25th, he reached his game..

'In another singles match, L. F. Xavier defeated E. 5. Franks easily by 21-3.

Annual University Cricket Match

(Continued from Page 8.).

A. 11. Brodhurst, e Macindoe, b Mara- Jack Hale, a 16-year-old Hull boy,

ham

Marsham -P. M. Studd, b the blugest turn-up In provided

New York, July 27. 1. J. Dickinson, run out swimming for several years when he

The followinst were the results of. D. Downes, Evans won the English long distance chom- plonship at his first attempt on July matches played-in-the-Major Base-P. W, Gilespie, not qui 1. He covered the 5 miles and 50 ball League to-day: yards course from Kew to Putney

in the fast time of d3 min. 50% sec. after passing But for slack water Hammersmith Bridge Hole

AC. Shirren, a Lomne, b Evans- J. Webster, Blagg. b Macindoe

L-b 3. n-b 2....

Total

2nd Inning

B. D, Carris, b Petbere

NATIONAL LEAGUE

would

731

3,263

have broken the record of 62min, 57.3see, established by Cecil Deane, the holder, two years ago.

New York St. Louis

R.

4

H. E.

11

0

13

F. O. Mann, e Sale, b Pether

In fact and Padgett for the Cardinals.

Demaree homered for the Glants

P. Blake, e Stanning, b Macindoe

time

London, July 27. other player on the course. Every soul was here to see the finish us The Goodwood Cup was won to-duy Burton drove from the last tee a by Dubonnet by a length from Senor tremendous ball that landed ten Contrevent was third six lengths be- yards short of the green. It is safe hind.

to estimate that 10,000 people looked Five ran, Betting: 0-4, 8-1, 180-30.

on.

St. Andrews was just restaging an- other of its "big ocension" scenes. From behind the tee round on either alde, divided by the vast green space of the twin first and last fairways, the crowda formed a completely solid chain 10 and 20 deep, culminal- ing in a tightly packed and almost immovable mass on the roudway be

side the green and on the terrace at the back. Truly a memorable spectacle, worthy of a wonderful per- formance.

After such a drive the 4 and the Championship seemed so terribly safe for Burton that na he walked up to his ball he was cheered all along the and line as the winner. Calmly, with no studying or careful address- ing of the ball, he pitched on to the green three yards directly behind the hole, and then walked up and holed the pult for a 3. That was the Championship won, and reaction came. Burton could scarcely де knowledge the cheers of the crowds as he left the green, and he was so exhausted by his winning battle against the wind that he had almost to be carried by two police constables Into the R. and A. Clubhouse, the Arst British professional since the war to enter that clubhouse as the winner of the Open Championship. Here are the details of his round:

Out-5 4 4 4 3 4 3 32-35. In-4 2 4 4 3 4 3 53-3071.

The final Lenders were:

R. Burton

J. Bulla

J. Follon

W. Shanicland

A Perry

R. A. Whitcombe

8. L. King

final

70 72 77 71-280

72 71 71 73-202

71 73 71 70-204

72 73 72 77-204

71 74 73 76-204

71 75 74 74-294

74 72-78 73-294

SALE PLANS A WELCOME Members

the Sale Golf Club are planning a reception for Burton when he returns to Bale. He has been professional at the club since

Reuter.

with Elisabeth Berguer acts exquisite polgnancy, in "STOLEN LIFE," in which she co-stars with Michael Redgrave. A Paramount

Release.

up to this point Hale was swimming Battery Cardinals, Davis and Pad- et, such a fast galt that officials were gett.

xpecting him to beat the hour.

Deane, winner for the past live years, was a strong favourite, but he was no match for the Yorkshire and was forced into second boy

Brennan, Huddersfield, place. J. was third. Hinle, who told me that he had never swam farther than B mile and a half before the race, lead right at the Jumped Into the

start and was soon showing the rest

Boston

Cincinnati

•

B 9

11

2

10

$

Eleven Innings. West and Sim- mons homered for the Braves and McCormick for the Reds. Battery. Reds, Davis and Hershberger.

Boston ... Cincinnati Craft homered for the

J. R. Thompson, b Evans

A. H. Brodhurst, b Evans

-P. M. Sludd, a Blogg, h Macindoe

F. J. Dickinson, e Feiher, b Evans

K. D. Downes, not out ......

D. W. Gillespie, e & b FivaTIS

A. C. Shirrelf, b Evans

J. Webster, b Pether

33 15, 1-57

Total

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OXFORD UNIVERSIT

Webster

Dickinson

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1

B

10

1

Shirrelf Gillespie

Reds. Carria

Webster

of the fold a clean pair of heels, Battery-Reds, Derringer and Lom-Brodtural Deane tried hard to catch his youth- [bardi, ful challenger but it was of no avall.

The further

.

Philadelphia ... Pittsburgh...... Battery-Phillies, Harrell

they went the more Hole Increased his lead. At Barnes Bridge, Hale was 10sec. ahead. He had increased it to 22sec. at Chis-Millles. wick Steps and was a further second ahead at Hammersmith Brige. He Anally won by just over 35sec.

Hale was coached throughout the race by his brother Victor, who was in the accompanying boat. The winner was so far in the lead that he was talking to his brother to- wards the finish.

Deane had won times.

Detalls: L. Hale (63mins 50 2scc.)

the race Ave

(Hudders-

43

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0

Dickinson

Bhirreff.. Gillesple Cartix.

and esple

Brooklyn....... Chicago Battery Cubs, Lee and Harinett.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Chicago

Second Innin

CAMBRIDGE UNIVE

Mucindoe

Evan Pether Maraham

Evans bowled two no-ba

Second Innings

Evana

18 12

0

Macinidos

Pother

Marsha

12 Boston M Foxx homered for the Red Sox. Battery-Red Sox, Drown and Tresh.

B Detroit...kuka Washington... 1 Battery Tigers, Trout and Teb- The matches 'SL Louis Browns v.

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2.

i: CT. Deane (Penguin) 64min. 35sec.) 2: J. Brennan feld) (07min. 5.38ccc.) 3: K. Dun-beits. gler (Maccabi) 4: F. J. Gill (Lean-

der) 5: F. C. Oldman (Plaistow) 6. New York Yankees and Cleveland

Our Own Correspondent.

BOXING TITLE FIGHT

New York, July 20.. The Twentieth Century. Sporting Club announced to-day Urat Fred Apostoli and Ceferino Garcia would meet for the world middleweight: tlilo on October 2, nt Madison Square Garden-United Press.

Indians v. Philadelphin Athletics were postponed owing to rain-Houter,

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Inning

Evans bowled three wides, Marsham.one. Umpires: Hardataly, NewsTAN,

Starting Times At Fanling

The following are the starting times at Fanling on Sunday:

OLD COURSE

910: H, E. the Governor, A. Morse, 320 8, H. Dodwell, Bris. MacLeod. 924 A. B. Purves, A. D. Humphreys, 0.28 R. C. Gairdner, E. T. McMullen. 9.3. H. Gregory, I. 11. Gekre.

A. A. Macfadyen. 030 A, N. 2.40. Burchard. 944 B. O, Baldwin, H.-5. Lang, 10.04 3 M. Pearson, Annis. 10.00 E. R. McKee, J. W, Mayhew. 10.3 F. W. M. Carter, Major Temple.

May

16.01/01 18.63b/88a Total Sales for the day:-800 ions.

Chicago Wheat

03/03% 04/04% 64%/04/2 65%/05% 674/07% Wednesday's sales:-

21,485,000 bushels. Chicago Corn

41/414 ...... 40%/40%

45/45% ............. 4115/412

Winnipeg Wheat

51% B $2 11. 0146/0176

A 53/2453% 834/8314

New York Cotton

New York, July 27.

Opening

Closing

Oct..

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8.02/03

Dec.

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Jon.

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