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AUNT FRITZ! SAYS SHE HASN'T HAD ANY MAIL FOR A WEEK --- I WONDER WHAT'S

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MAYBE

SOMEONE

IS STEALIN’

IT FROM

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Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH'

By Ernie

August 29,

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G' MORNIN'

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ENGLISH

FOOTBALL IS RICH IN QUALITY

Lawton Has Many Rivals

As Centre-Forward In

ENTERTAINING

QUARTER-FINAL

England's National XI BOWLS MATCHES

By ARBITER (Frank M. Carruthers)

London, Aug. 3.

English football is accumulating riches in remarkable profusion. This is especially true in regard to centre forwards. I cannot, in fact, re- member a period when the game has had a quartet to cqual Lawton, Westcott, Drake and Steele.

There may, too, be a fifth of equal leader, will again be available, but distinction in Tadman before theit nn be taken for granted that the ww season has run far. Already no' new-style teamwork will be pre- player is more sure with his hots:served and this should ensure a con in finding the ungetatable places ariance of the club's zugeron,

goal than the Chaulton man

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Draw Made In Semi-Finals

At the conclusion

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1-1 night's

BASEBALL

PLAYED DURING THE WEEK-END

(By "Bingle")

Fans were treated to first class baseball on Sunday when the United States of America hum- bled China, 3-1, in the International Series, while on Saturday Britain upset the dopesters by taking Portugal, 16-3, in a one-sided fray. Hongkong Baseball Club's last league game with U. S. S. Mindanao was forfeited to the gunboat, as the Redlegs could not field a team. In a friendly

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Throughout bet sewn the Arsent matches, the drase in the semi-finals, men nosed out the Mindanaons, 5-4, yesterday, in

and the and the A. R. Dallah C. F. Remedios

Bryn

But to all these players I would trave to justify the £14,000 fee paid say, "You will be counted a success

Pontioue you only as long as Score.

was made and ze ulted as Indlows:

In- (Umple. Chittenden). V. 1. Busto U. M. Omar

(Umpire:-R, P'. Phillips). Both runtebe, will be played Kowhain FX green commencing at 5 p.m.

to result was a big disappointment. Your job is

1 play deed, in my view, the attempt to Tootball bast to put the ball in the mole him a James will never ste

ced, and unless it is abandoned the net."

Tom Lawton made a hadrome mettlement of the tent will con- contribution to Evcaton's champion tinan

10- acan, but ship triumph tast

11 Thursday,

i

the nightcap.

Belind the classy pitching of test that ensued, Hep-cat Hoffman, Supper Dave Leonard, of the Union Tulsa's champ jitterbug, hurled a Brewers, the British squad had a winning game for the Hongkong side somewhat easy time of it on Satur- with Pinky Higgins receiving,

There were a few explosive mo day, Dave allowed only five safeties while his mates collected 12 blows!iments, but nothing serin

came of At Wolverhampton the plan was to

the gay

of Spotty! The Hongkong team scored in quite of P. or the green being v

bunders into the attack at every unit for play, the matches will be Pere, whose hooks weren't work thele five counts on ten blows, while!

Mindano's four runs obviously played on Friday on the

came in on some green; int at all on Saturday. plication that he had begun to faney w "Gave the Fall to Bryn" The Le

Britain was blanked in the first eight safeties Hongkong were guilty „Arsenal, however, made him distri-

frame, while the Portuguese crossed of five bobbles while Mindanao had The some entient brick has ta en butor-in-chief and he showed But

the plate three times on three blows only three chalked up to them. hurled at Drake, with no account h in not filled to the part.

and an error. Portugal didn't scorg; taken of the injuries which have e-

again talled three operitious,

wards the end it was said "he's platy- beins. The

too much falbail," with the t-

himself as a ball worker.

A GRAFTER

ambitions to that of scoring.

:

order

the chib are not par~) Apparently pared to try to buy back their olí power. They are, however, excep¬ mally well off for young players, although a rebuilding process takes time and patience to complete, and I think further changes may be re- quived in the half-hack line. The Arsenal have never adequately filled

Here, There

With "Abe'

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Count

to the outcome

With two markers in the second canta, Britain added another five in the third on the first of their two) merry-go-rounds, the other coming in the last when six tallies crossed the plate on only two hits and two miketes.

Everton, in spite of the star per-their retention of Stanley Matthews, for little as guide

the Challenge Hound homet America in the final of this of While Americans have gane from

recovery

Parents

One Of

Best Games Seen Here

1 sympathise with Lawton in his desire to have a part in the schemes of the Everton tesin and in weighing him as England's entre forward the authorities should not forget how he made some of Holts live goals against

The only double play of the fray Ireland. But until the Gallacher the places of Boli John and Charlie Wimbledon, und so the victories of was excreted by Sammy Izatt in the type of

of centre forward again bas the: Jones at wing half.

STOKE blessing of the clubs I am afraid

POLICY

Don McNeill in the French Chen last when, unassisted, he brought off

Riggs in the two killings: a fly off Johnny Alvares! Layton will have to subordinate his If any team advance begund ex-onships and Hobby

All-England Championships

to na Eddie Carvalho at the key- pectations it may be Stoke, lucky in

tion suck. Britain earned the right

Sunday's curtain raiser was justi about the best game match.

seen around formances of Lawton and Mercer, the for whom they might any day receive

these parts, when America, with thej No. 1 discovery of the season, owell £15,000, and in the

ald of four Tulsamen, to sugees in Europe, thef

four Min- their success to team work which Steele from his troublesome kuce in Ausfallus have wasted no time 12

danaons, two Hongkongites and a seemed to me to come about instine- |]

celimatising themselves in the

Union Brewer, took the game away sively rather than-to-he phoned laid if we are to see the full possi- celin

Valted States,"

-taking meantime

from the Chinese to enter the Anal It was, in fact, achieved by a debilities of Stoke, I think it is essen-Walt

of the International Series. parture from the all-up attack which tial that they should make a good many Important tournaments in their the club have favoured ทาย! the Start! all bottom-of-the-table stride. They have won the Ami-

Both twirlers, Miles doubles täle; in fast.

Earl and vilat

national he banished. Someone fers

Wong, went the route for their re- players had no doubt as to the part played by Bentham

as a lega. St ke is strangely apprehensive and they provided an all-Australian fina! for the fing time in the history of

Hongkong Banball Club, the cellarspective teams, and both allowed the y formation. As one of the apt to order stern defensive men-

the tournament. The players frons champs of the campaign, gave away four hits. old types of grafters, Benthem didors at the first threat of trouble

wa "own untier" are thoroughly tuned their last tussle to U. S. S. Mindanao I would like to see the rein relax a prodigious unt of work, and

In the friendly con- he not only filled in the gaps but and the young champions given their the contest, and there are mung by forfeiture. covered a defensive wieknes which heads. The policy would not entail good judges of the game who feel! I believe would otherwise have any risks that could not be cheeked | confident that the Cup will go to

Australia this October. and it might produce surprising hepe Thomson, an inspiring results.

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The Teams

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Hongkong B.C. Forfeit Tie

The three Ameriena runs come in the second stanza. Koslusky fled to the pitcher, and Douglas Ried to

Chang, on first, fumbled allow the

in favour of Kramel and Hunt. The Velletter was given a pas

while Miles reached first on being: only reason, as far as I can see hit by a pitched ball. Claque belted that Riggs is wanted for two singles!

Chancy and therefore the American authori- grounder to scrond the ties have wisely relieved him of the first run to cross the plate. Vetket- Davis Cup, Australia sent to the responsibility of having also to play ler came in on top of catcher Nip United States several months ago in the doubles, Parker will proba four players: Jack Bromwich, Adri- bly be the No. 2 singles man in them's left foot and play was sus- au Quia, Jack Crawford and Harry US. squad, leaving Kramer and llunt pended for several minutes. High Hopman (manager and

and captain). 1 for the doubles. In any case, apart Jumper Wilson was the hero of the expect only Bromwich and Quist from the desire to give Riggs a rest day, however, for with his triple to will do duty as have done in all in the doubles, it is doubtful whether the left cabbage patch he chased in

two of his mates. the preliminary

have my WO The Ameri-any American pa

pair will

Highlights of the battle were the ing team:-Bobby Riggs, Frans

who are regarded, and rightly so, two double killings which had the Parker, Jack Kramer and Joe Hunt. the foremost pair in the world to fans roaring. In the third, Douglas While the selection of Riggs and day. But all the same, Cooke may caught Lum's attempt to dump, and Parker has been more or less ex-be forgiven if he feels keen disap-hand Choy, flatfooted off first. In the

El pected, it seems rather hard on pointment at having been passed

cans yesterEr

the follow-chance against Bromwich and Quist, I

wood Cooke that after being runner- over. Yet fairness compels one to next, Douglas tried to steal home on up at Wimbledon in his nest attempt admit that without Riggs as a part-Vetketler's single to right. Dynamo and co-champion with Riggs in the ner, Cooke's value to the Americano threw the ball to Chan, who let doubles he has now been dropped team is reduced appreciably.

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in. taking a man-sized lead oft second, alert Lum whipped the ball to short- stop Wally Ching for the double play. It certainly, was smart baseball-for the Chinese!

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