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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 24, 1939.

JOHN COBB BREAKS CAPT. EYSTON'S SPEED RECORD

George Eyalon his lamt speed mark is gone.

No Compulsion For Gland Treatment

London, Aug. 11. A notice that English foot- ball clubs cannot enforce their players to undergo gland treat- ment has been sent to each of the 88 clubs of the Football League.

The circular says: "An in- vestigation is at present being: made into the effects of gland treatment ** applied athletes and especially football- players.

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"Pending the results of this Investigation players are in- formed that the taking of such treatment either by injection or through the mouth, is cn- tirely voluntary and cannot be enforced.

"This notice must be posted In club.dressing rooms."

Mr. F. Howarth, secretary of the Football League. said that the letter was decided on by the clubs in April, when they agreed to an investigation being made.-United Pre88,

JAPANESE SWIMMERS SELECTED Preparing For Olympic Games

MARK BETTERED BY MORE THAN ELEVEN MILES

370.7 Miles Northward And 366.97 Southward

Salt Lake City, Aug. 23.

John Cobb, the British racing motorist, broke Capt. George Eyston's world land speed record of 357.5 miles an hour to-day by covering the mile in each direction at an average speed of 368.85 miles an hour in his Railton

car.

His average speed for the kilometre was 367.74 miles an hour.

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Sporting Tit-Bits

Cobb covered the northward run at 370.75 miles an hour; for the mile southward he drove his car at 364,97 miles an hour.

Speeds for the kilometre northwards were 367.03 miles An hour and 'southwards: 371.59 miles an hour.— Reuter.

John Cobb covered the northward Eran on Turalny at 369.23 mites an Faour, but his engine stalled on the [return journey and thus his record

was delayed for one day).

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CIRCULAR has bien

Issued which settles once and for all the Football League clubs' worry re- garding the new rule of numbering have taken place, at Liverpood Sla- players. Numbers shall be from idium on August 17, has been put! to 11 starting with the right back, back to August 24, in vader to give any omitting the goalkeepers. The Walsh more time for training, right back will therefore be 2, left) back 8, right half 4, centre bålf 5. eft half 6, outside right 7. Inside right &, centre forward 9: inside left

ANS Nusslein (Germany), holder, again win the singles title in

10, outside left 11. The numbers the Southport Professional Lawn shall be stitched on to the backs of Tennis Competition, beating W. T. shirts or jerseys, they must be Bin. Tilden (U.S.A.) by 0-2, 7-5, 6-4. long and A. wide, and of a cun- Tilden has now appeared in three trasting colour of the shirts or fer-nos, but has still to win the trophy. In this match be failed to reproduce eliminate Donald Budge on the pre- the form which enabled him taj

not of

peys.

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QUBSCRIPTIONS are arriving in Paris from all parts of the world

to erect a statue to the late Suzanne the second set when he had three Lenglen, France's greatest tennisset star, many thines Wimbledon cham-et points with the scure 5-4 in his favour, but allowed Nusslein to re- (cover. Nusslein give a convincing alt-round display, ludge and I the Ellsworth Vines, won the doubles

Houhing

won

Mwomen's singles at Ilkley after final, beating W. T. Tilden and L.. 11.

beating Miss W. M. Lincoln by 0-1, Stoefen, 6-2, 7-9, 7-5, 8-8. 0-3. Miss Lincola had previously beaten the holder, Mrs. H. J. Sar geant in sets. The difference In,

controlled the

winnera

were

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Miss Alice Marble (left) and Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan won the women's doubles tennis championship of the United Sistes for the third consecutive year on Monday when they defeated Miss Kay Stammers and Mrs. Freda Hammersley, of Great Britain.

Girl Test Cricketers

Have To Find Their

Own Fares For Trip

London, Aug. 8.

Several of the sixteen girls who sail for Australia in October to play cricket for England will be short of cash for the next two years.

Each has to find £150 for fares and personal expenses, writes

They have a Sunday Express representative. saved what they can, and some have borrowed from re- latives.

A share of the gate money in Aus- tralia will no to the Women's Crle- ket Association, Not a penny will go to individual players.

All the girls work for their living. They lose their income for the four months they are away.

Seven of them are school teachers. As Betty Snowball, Miss Margaret Willamson, Miss Dorothy McEvoy, and Miss Aline Brown teach games,

Miss Megan

the Lowe,

demon bowler, teaches physical training. Mis M. Sulma teaches in her father's preparatory school, and Audrey Collins is a science

Miss teacher.

ter,

Mies NLY a comparatively few Rugby

G. Morgan and Mias E. the two finalists was striking-Mis

Whelan are clubs make a practice of hand-

In the Civil Service. Lincoln fall and graceful and Missing the captaincy round from season

Miss Freda Iredale is a dress des Hoahing short and light, and to season.

signer, Miss Belly Belton a choco- Alost of the London clubs tremely

Swift on her feet. The

late parker at Bourneville, Mles E. Tokyo, Aust. 17.

latter is an excellent baseline player like to keep the same skipper, unices

Paris in a bank, and Miss Betty. Kame they are forced to make a change, Selections of the Japon Amateur A and she

Archdate, the captain, is a barris- It is no surprise, for instance, to find Swimming Federationi for

throughout. Other the Japanese Olymple swimming team Men's Singles: N. Taylor beat W. T. Black Death re-electing J. G. W. Da- that will participate

in the 1940 Andersam, 4-6, 7-5, 9-7 (this matches. the Kent cricketer after the games at Helsingfora were an- took 154 hours), Men's Double: W. successful campaign they had under leadership last season. I now T. Anderson and E. B. Goldson beat nounced here to-day.

that Richmond have again 1. 1. Sturgeon and N. Taylor, 6-2, osen C. D. Laborde to lead them 200 2-0, 0-2; Women's Doubles. Mis in the coming season. metres; Shigeru Miyamoto. metros Elsaku Tanaku, 400 and W. M. Lincoln and Miss P. 1,000 metres; Hiroshi Takahashi, MacCorkindale beat Mrs. H. J. Sar- 400 metres and Tomikatsu Amano, Reunt and Mrs. W. H. Durlan, 6-1, 1,500 metres free Alylo; Kilchi 5-7, 9-7; Mixed Doubles;-Anderson Yoshida and Yasuhiko Kojima, back and Miss Lincoln beat Sargeant and stroke; Tetsuo Tamuro and Selehiro Mrs. Sargeant, 6-2, 0-0, 6-3.

They

were: Shinco Aral, 200

brenst stroke.

Oura,

Twelve other swimmers were chosen as substitutes.

Four divers were also picked to represent Japan games.-Domei,

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TOMMY Fare is still confident that

Miss Muriet Lowe, No. 1 bat, 1 an enterprising young woman who seeing the Harringay Stadium being bullt, thought: "There must be some jobs going here,” walked in and got herself one as secretary to the rink manager.

In spite of the effort all the girls have made, England is not sending her best team.

When the touring team played the Rest of England at the Oval Inst week, the touring team were all out for 80. The Rest scored 227.

SHE'S MARRIED

was

he will secure a return contest with Joe Louis for the latter's world henvyweight boxing championship In New York next June. The Welsh- man has had offers to fight In South British welterweight champion, Africa, but Farr States that he is concentrating upon meeting Louis's Olympic and Jimmy Walsh, former light-next fight in September," he said. "I

weight title-holder, which

Highest scorer was to want to get this axed and then 1 shalt probably undertake an exhibl- tion tour which will take me to several countries, including Austro- lia and South Africa."

Mra, Joan Davis, the only married Wo man in the two teams. She made

86 and took two wickelt. She is not going to Australla because she haś

a husband and two small children to look after.

Miss Mollie Hyde, who captained the Rest, is one of the best all- rounders in women's crickét, She had to refuse the invitation to tour because she is a farmer und must . look after her father's farm.

Doth the Blaker twins, pretty daughters of Mr. P. N. R. Blaker, the old Cambridge und Kent player, were invited. Both could not afford 10, so Barbara goes and Joan stays at home.

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Bruce Hobbs, Recovered, Rides Again

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London, Aug. 11. When Bruce Hobbs, 18-year-old jockey, who rode Battleship to win the Grand National in 1938, fractur ed his spine last November, he re- fused to believe the doctors when they told him he would never ride again.

But at the Newton Abbot Races Where the National Hunt censon hos just opened, he rode Poor Duke In the Ilsington Optional Selling Hurdle. Te Anished fifth in a field of 20.

Hobbs was the youngest jockey ever to ride in the Grand National,

-He now says: "I feel absolutely fine. I am keen to be riding again regularly.-United Press,

KOWLOON DOCK RINK IN FINAL OF LAWN BOWLS TOURNAMENT

Postponed Match Decided On Craigengower Green

That long-postponed match in the semi-finals of the Open Bowls rinks championship, botwoon rinks skipped by J. C. Brown and J. C. S. Fender, was played off yesterday on the Craigengower C.C. green and resulted in a win for the former by 22-16.

In the first 11 heads, Brown and his the 23rd head. A splendid recovery, men (A. M. Calman, M. Ferganaltogether.

TODAY'S TIE and R. Morrison) won no fewer than

Fender The best match in this round, that 10, only the third going to and his colleagues (F. C. Channing, between U. M. Omar and A. J. Hall, is scheduled to be played off this I. Ellis and W. Mair) for a four.

afternoon on the Kowloon F. C. However, though Brown and his green. As the Omar-Bradbury the men scored on elight consecutive heads was the it-bit of the third round, they were unable to register more so does to-day's encounter promise than stories and twbs, and at the end to be the outstanding match of the of the 11th head they were fearing fourth. Two of the best players in by only 13-4. On the other hand, the Colony are in opposition and Fenders rink improved matters by spectators should be rewarded with scoring a two, four and two on the fine tussle.

next three heads to get to within

shot of their opponents' total.

MI

But thereafter they scored on only Home Football

one more head-a four on the 20th.! Thus, Fender and his men scored on only fee heads, but were only six shots behind at the end.

seares,

As can be seen from the the Kowloon Dock players were much more consistent than their opponenta. The following are the scores head by head:

A. M. Calum M. Ferguson K. Morrison

F. C. Channing

R. EBis

W. Malr

J. C. S. Fender

J. C. Brown

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CELTIC DEFEATED AT HOME

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London, Aug. 23. The following were the results of mitches played in the First Division of the Scottish Football League

to-day:

Arbroath

2 Hamilton

Ayr U.

2

Albion R:

15

Centle

1

H

Clyde

Illbernian.. Motherwell

4

St. Johnstone

4

Alloa

As a result of their victory, A. M. Calman, M. Ferguson, R. Morrison and J. C. Brown will now meet F. A. Machado. C. M. Silva, J. F. V. Ribeiro and F. X. M. da Silva in the Anal which will be played on Sunday, September 10, on the Civil Service C. C. green.

Perkins Qualifies

For Last Eight

G. Perkins qualifed for the quar- ter-Anals of the singles on the Crai- Rengower C. C. green yesterday when he defeated his club-mate C. Dow- man in the fourth round of the competition by 21-17.

The game went to 23 heads.

Starling off with a four, Dowman held the lend all the way until the 17th head when he was leading 17-0, But he never scored again!

Perkins registered one, two, two, three, one and three to win out on

Falkirk

Aberdeen

3 Queen O'Sth.

Kilmarnock

-Reuter,

Henry Armstrong

lost his lightweight title.

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AISLE AND FAREWELL

So the condemned man ate a hearty | knowing me as you đó -- was that

breakfast ? **

*Oddly enough he did --- in spite of last night's stag party. All set now for the orange blossoms." "And the little bead ?"

"Ticking over beautifully old boy. Cool as a frams-full of cucumbers. Am I becoming a saturated solution — or de is just the influence of a good MOMAN ***

"Your"Ignorance of the faces of life, Edmond; 1 Unile lor of monumental. Remember the long draught of Rose's Lime Juice I made you drink before retiring? Fruse: end..consider, Edmande VÁROSE'S LIME JUICE

pure altrulam?"

“I've never known you do an unre{fish act in your life olik bey."*

"Right. My only concem was to save myself trouble and get you to the church in such condlilon that you could both speak audibly and walk unaided. With the help of Rose's Lime Juice I have succeeded. Llaten carefully, Edmond, while I explain the chemical action of Rose's — **

** Buy --- Book 1 Quarter to eleman 1. Where's the ring? Where's my liat # In the car ready ř. la my tie all right ↑ ----- Harry up, hurry up. Where's mJ m

ah, here it is - QUICK!” THE WISZ' MAN'S NIGHTCAP

Players of the Royal Corps of Signals who are taking part in the Hongkong Football League this season. Picture was taken recently when the team played a practice game with the Headquarters Wing of the 8th Henry Regiment, KA-Ming Yuen,

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