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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 8, 1939.

FROM ILLITERATE

GYPSY INTO A BUSINESS MAN

Transformation of Jack Dempsey A Fairy Tale

BY JACK CUDDY

(United Press Staff Correspondent)

New York, July 21.

The story of Jack Dempsoy roaches its most intriguing peak, for one who has known the Manassa Mauler for 24 years, in Dempsoy's de- velopment from an illiterate, capwringing freight gypsy, to one of the most suavo, well-spoken, high-pressure business men ever to hit Broadway. For a week, Juck Dempsey, former heavyweight boxing cham. pion of the world, lay between life and death recently when a ruptured appendix gave him a bud case of peritonitis. Jack fought| this battle in the same heroic manner as he did in all those great He is now well on the roud fights he had in the ring-and won. to recovery.

The transformation of Dempsey Jersey to swanky affairs at the Wat-! from the uncouth fellow I first knew dor? Astoria. Always Jack was ask- back in 1915, when he was hopping ed to talk. And never did hear of freight trains to Aght in the

In a big way. in givvies or in Nevada mining camps, to the man-m fail to no over

was the Whether he was about-Manhattan of 1939 greatest improvement I've ever seen while the and talis, he went over. He spake the language of the listeners. in anyone.

This development of Dempsey:

A BUSY MAN along axint Hoes wos even greater

For man who never had the ad- than his progress as a fighter-pro- gress that elevated him perhaps to vantages of education in schools,

Kreatest leather Dempsey is amazing. Probably the status of the

elimb through the business losser ever to

man in the world spends ropes. From '15 until 19, when he

busier days than the "Manassa pounded glant Jess Willard into helpless bulk to

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FREIGHT MANY ONE-SIDED

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MUCH BETTER, THANKS-Down, but not for the count, Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight boxing champion, grins from cot in a New York hospital, where he is recovering. Ruptured ap- pondix gave him bad case of peritonitis, but his excellent phys ical condition soon conquered the illness.

Crowd "Boos" Jostling In Mile Race At White City Athletic Meeting

Clyde Jeffrey Wins "Double" In The Sprinting Events

London, Aug. 7.

Results Of Matches Played. Yesterday

the

The following were results of matches played in the second, round of the Open Singles Bowls Championship:

A. E. Coates beat D. Fitches 21-2 on the 11th.

1. A. W. Glimmitt beat. E.

Kirman 21-7 on the 14th.

B. W. Bradbury (holder) beat A. J. Coolho 21-6 on the 17th:

E. G. Post boat v. Chitten- don 21-11 on the 20th.

H. A. Alves beat A. Jillott

21-19 on the 19th.

C. Dowman beat W. S. Dall

21-11 on the 20th.

W. Gill,best Y. N. Tang

21-5 on the 14th."

C. C. Pereira beat G. C. Moss 21-13.

Death Of A Great Footballer

Man Who Had Rugby Test "Ashes"

HUDDERSFIELD, July 26. One of the greatest rugby foot. ballers who ever played for Eng- Jand, Harold Wagstaff, has just died at his home in Huddersfield aged 48.

GAMES IN

SECOND ROUND OF

BOWLS SINGLES Reigning Champion's Easy Victory Over Club-Mate

(By "Abo")

Rain threatened at one time to wash out all. the matches in the Open Singles Bowls Champion- ship which had been arranged to be played off yesterday. Actually rain did start to come down, but the threatened shower hold off with the result that many matchos were completed.

the morning, C.C. Playing In Pereira defeated G. C. Moss by 21-13. TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME

The following is the programme of matches down for decision to-day: his At Kowloon F.C.-D. W. Waterton

Most of the matches decided were played on the Hongkong side. On the Civil Service. C.C. green, the defend- ing champion, B. W. Bradbury, had ille dieully in advancing to the third round of the tournament by de- feating A. J. Coelho, a club-mate, by 21-0 on the 17th bead. After opponent had led 3-2 on the third head. Bradbury scored on the next six to gain a lend of 11-3, and from this stage onwards he was never in danger.

W. Ward; M. R. Abbas v. R. P. Philips.

At Kowloon C.C-J. C. Remedios V. E. de Souza.

At Kowloon B.G.C.-L. F. Xavier v. T. A. Madar.

At Talkoo R.C.-M. N. Rakusen v.

The score at the 12th was 15-4 and At Craigengewer C.C.-A. E. Carey It became 17-5 on the 15th. Coelhov. G. Perkins.

cored a single on the 10th, but In the next, Bradbury scoret the only B. Basto, "possible" of the game to win out.

On the same green, C. Dowman, who received a walkover in the Brat

round, elfinaled a club-imate. W. S. Dall, by 21-11. The winner led all the way. B-1 on the 6th, 10-2 on the 9th, 13-6 on the 12th and 17-10 on the 17th.

FORMER CHAMPION WINS

were

A Police R. C.-J. S. Landolt v. A. K. Minu; S. Eccleshall v. U. M. Omar.

Important Tennis Tie For To-day

A. W. Grimmitt, a former champ- ton, had a comparatively easy tankc against E. Kirman on the Craigenen- wer C.C. green. winning by 21-7. He captained Yorkshire when he Included in Grimmitt's scores were a was 20 and England when he was, tour and three threes, which

heads. Kirman scored only on three of 1914 and 1920.

hende, but two of them were threes. Writing an appreciation of Wag- On an adjoining rink, H. A. Alves staff in the Manchester Guardian, a who advanced into this round as the friend recalled that Wagstaff always result of a walk-over, made further claimed that he held the Test "ashes", progress by beating A. illott 21-10,

Alves started ke a house side with a four, a three, a single and a "He captained the England that won the memorable Test at Sal three to lead 11-0 after only four play after the Chinese had won one ford in 1921. After that match the ends, but therentter Jillott improved et, drawn another and were level Australians presented Wagstaff with

II the South China players win at 5-5 in the third.

this match, they will win the cham- plonship.

FINNS WIN BUT STILL BEHIND GERMANY, ITALY they had deposited ash from their

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At the August Bank Holiday, athletic meeting at the win the world Mauler," He has his fingers in more heavyweight championship. Dempsey pies than the average bakery could White City, 60,000 spectators saw Maeki, holder of four developed a murderous left hook. He turn out in an over-time shift. Re-world records, win the three miles in the new British21, and led the Australian tour teams sufficient to see him through in 14 fashioned a futile, port-side pper staurants, clothing stores, a national into one of thee most deadly weapons liquor distributing corporation, real record time of 13 mins. 59.4 secs. the ring ever knew. Juck always had estate in New York and other cities, had it in prize Agtere advertising contracts,

Americans, who have come over] that crashing right. He

etc.

specially to run at the meeting, did 1015,

Add to these assignments the in-well. Charles Beetham winning the He had it that night in 15 when

that he half-mile in 1 min. 52.3 secs., Clyde he fought Johnny Sudenberg under numerable commund calls

to accept for Jeffrey winning the 100 yards in 9.B the silvering Nevada stars in Tono- was virtually forced pah-in the old aerodrome. That appearance at banquets and smokes Ces, and the 220 yards in 21.8 sec9., terrific right floored Sudenberg six given by organisations, representing Roy Cochran winning the 440 yards

a liver cigaretle ease into which his game to score on the next three British record. times in the first two rounds. But virtually every race, creed and indus-urdles in 32.7 secs., which is a new

At the seventh, Alves was leading cigarettes. the tough Dutchman from Utah kept try. Then you have some conception

11-4, and on the 11th he was already duys thal Dempsey D. P. Fell, of Great Britain, won nicking himself off the canvas and of the busy

Berlin, Aug. 7,

never 17-4. Jillott picked up again, but he the mile in the time of 4 mins. 15.2 fighting back-boring into Dempsey's spends.

The Finnish teum competing in the "The match that Wagstaff Innards until the welcome bell ended

Here is a man who has came al-secs. Blaine Rideout, who beat Sydney meers International Pentathlon con- forgot was the third Test match at never recovered from his disastrous

Wooderson in the United States in

been start, and Alves was out on the 10th those historie 10 rounds, Dempseymast a far-trom nothlag to some the famous "Mile of the Century" test won the Epee event to-day by Sydney in 1914. Dates had

The easiest win of the day was defeating the Greman, Italian and changed with the result that the tour with a two.

ing side found itself with an excep-

former a very sick light heavyweight-feed-ing-as dit Lincoln. Honest Abe

Hungarian teams.

Each scored by A. E. Coates, n ing imaginary fishes,

Finland, which held first place in tional hurden of unfit men tin cans in the lushy "Jungles" along Lanzl, of Italy, in 47.8 secs., equaling the tournament following its triumph side had won one of the previous champion, who defented D. Fitches, F.C. green, by 21-2. Eleven heads the British record. Alan Pennington in the horse riding competition, has, games, and on the third depended the of the Police R.C., on the Hongkong were enough to see Coates through. [und 'A.G.K. Brown, of Great Britain, despite this new victory, dropped to rubber.

and third place behind Germany

The winner had ก four and four were second and third respectively.

of computing During the last tap of the mile, the Italy as the system crowd "booed" apparently because of points 15-bpsed on individual per- jostling on the bend. Rideout seemed formances in zaka

Most successful in the Ence com- nffected by the manoeuvring and

while Pell and petition was Lieutenant Ceccarelli, Staniszewski (Poland), who finished of Italy.-Trans-Ocran. second fought out the finish, Pell winning by 12 yards.

won but he sat there in his corner

WANTED TO QUIT

Only recently Dempsey told me, "hut was the only fight I ever want ed to quit in. But I said to myself -If I quit now I'll never get any place in this business, And Bils busi- ness is the only business I know,"

In the short four years from '15 to '10, Dempsey developed that great -left-hook-uise-his-bob-and-weave. They say Jack Kearns forced him to adopt and perfect those urtificialities. I don't know whether it was Kearns or Dempsey.

But I do know that it wasn't

Kearns who changed the mining

had wholesome surroundings, at feast, Jack had to cook his coffee in

the railroad flis.

WEST INDIES

race, finished fourth in this event

The quarter-mile was won by

BEAT GLAMORGAN dropped back

BY TWO WICKETS

The "booing" continued for several minutes aftor the race.-Router.

PREVIEW OF OLYMPICS

Raymond Mays Carries Off

United Press adds that the track Campbell Trophy

London, Aug. 7. The West Indies cricket tourists camp tramp fighter-who tangled for defeated Glamorgan by two wickets the pork and beans that he got at at Swansen. The match was featur- Mrs. Flood's boarding house in Tono-ed by ane bowling on the part of meet was a "preview of the Olym

and pics." pah-into the Dempsey of 30. Demp- Constantine for the tourists

Mathews for Glamorgan. Fond Dempsey alone, did that.

During the past few years. since Glamorgan 127 (Constantine 4 for Jack come to Broadway in impres-33) and 150 (Constantine 3 for 52). sive fashion. I have been at numer- West Indies.-90 (Mathews 7 for ous social events--varying in degree from heckling political clubs in New 21) and 108 for 8.--Reuter,

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United States Anished up with D8 points against Great Britain's 60 and Germany's 37.

Michigan's Bill Watson won the

Brookland, Aug. 7. In the Campbell Trophy race over 22 miles, the winner was Raymond Mays (Britain), driving on ER, at a speed of 72.71 miles an hour.

"ENGLAND EXPECTS

PECULIAR SCORING

"Manager J. H. Houghton objected threes, Fitches only had two singles. to the change of date and a cablegram was sent to England asking for a decision. This was the reply:

"Play as the Australians desire. Enginnd expects that every man will do his duty".

The all-important League tennis match in the "B" Division between Kowloon C.C. "A" and South China AA, wil decided this afternoon on the former's courts. It will bo recalled that the match was started two weeks ago but rain interrupted

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Germany Leads England In Swimming

Berlin, Aug. 7, Out of the nine races held on the The match between E. G. Post and V. Chittenden had two distinct phases. first day, seven, were won by Ger- outstanding performances At first, Post was in the lead, scoring many, on six successive heads to lend 1-2 being a new German record of 2 and then it was Chittenden's turn to min, 17.9 secinthe-100-metro take the next four ends for two each, backstroke "event for women, This "The task of playing three tests which gave him the lead at 10-7, was set up by the young swimmer

However, with In the space of eight days was under-

single, two and Lisel Weber, taken with a patched up side. Three three, Post re-established his advan The remarkably fast time of 2 of the heroic thirteen retired injured tage, and with the score at 13-11 on mins. 40.4 secs. in the 200 metres and England played throughout the the 15th, Post took the next five ends breast stroke event for men

schieved by Balke of Bremen, this inst half hour with ten men and won to win by 21-11 on the 20th.

Peculiar scoring was also seen in time being unequalled in a 50-metre In what will always be known as the; Rorke's Drift of Rugby football. The the tie between W. Gill and Y. N. pool.

In the women's events Ingo ball used in this match was one of Tang. Gill led 3-0 after two ends, Wagstaff's most cherished posses but with two twos and a single Tang Schmitz won the 200 metre crawl and sions."

was ahead by 5-3 on the 5th. Then Olga Eckstein achieved the first place in a spell of scoring, during which he in the high diving. registered two fours and a three, Gil look every head until the 14th to win by 21-5. Gill had a run of nine suc- eessful hends.

shot put with a throw of 52 L. Bins.,) Prince Birabongse, of Thailand, Wagstaff played nine test matches

breaking the British record, won the driving a Maserati, was second 13 broad jump with 24 feet 6 ins, and 2/6 sees. behind the winner,

and against Australia between 1011 and was third in the discus.

Peter Raitken (Britain) was third on 1021.-United Press. Roy Cochrane, an Indian quarter-an ERA. Reuter. mile hurdle specialist, equalled the British record of 52.7 secs.

[^. ^ Clyile Jeffrey (above) I believed by his coach and other experis to be heading towards new records. At the White Clly yesterday, he won both the 199 and the 220 yards for the American contingent. A six-footer, Jeffrey is at Stanford University, California, and has already bung up an unoMojai timing of 9.5 secs. In the 100 yards and 20.5 in the 200.

Football

TOURISTS WIN MORE MATCHES

S. C. A. A. Players Doing Well

The South China Athletic Associa tlon touring football tearn continued in winning vein on Sunday when they defeated Combined Singapore by five goals to two, Chan Tak-tal scoring three and Lul Shlu-wing und Young Shui-yick one each.

On arrival from Kuala Lumpur, the South China team played against Singapore and won 1-0, Fung King- cheong being responsible for the goal. The proceeds of the match were donated to the War Relief Fund.

On August 5, South China mot and defeated the Combined Services by the odd goal in Ave., Chan Tak-fi (2) and Yeung Shul-yick were the ECOTERS.

The South China team left Ori Sunday night for Java wire they will play their first match on August 10.

Un to the present the tourists hava played 20 matches, won 18, drawn Tive and lost two

The leading goal scorer is Chan Tak-fal followed very closely by Fung King-cheong and Yeung Shul- yick

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