Friday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
September 1, 1939.
U.M. OMAR AND A.R. DALLH MEET IN BOWLS FINAL
County Cricket
MATCHES
END IN 2 DAYS
Huge Score By
Middlesex
London, Aug. 31. Three matches in the County Cricket Champion- ship were concluded to-day after two days of play. In each case, the winning county won by an innings.
Middlesex
inflicted (1 sound thrashing to Warwickshire, winning by an innings and 200 runs after declaring their first innings at 525 for seven wickets. To this toil, Robert- son, the young Middlesex opening batsman contributed 154-h recond century in successive matches--and Edrich 101.
were The other winning counties
Notla, Worcestershire, who defeated and Somersetshire, who beat Norh- ants,
Huddersfield Beaten
In Rugby League
London, Aug. 31. In the Rugby League in-lny, Hull defeated Huddersfield by 13-9. Reuter.
7 for Notts-160 and 1 (Perks Worcestershire,-281 (A. P. Single-
130).
tou 102 not out. Voce 0 for 108).
SOMERSET, NORTHANTS
for
C. F. Remedios was struggling with weight and green most of the Way In his match against A, N. Daliah and lost 21-15.
Photographer.
Staf
S. China To Play 4 Games
In Manila
REMEDIOS, BASTO ELIMINATED BY STEADIER FOES
FAST GREEN PRODUCES SOME BRILLIANT PLAY
(By "Abe")
Both the Club de Recreio players, C. F. Remo-| dios and B. Basto, in the semi-finals of the Open
Bowls singles championship played on the Kowloon F.C. green yesterday were eliminated. Remedios
was beaten by A. R. Dallah 21-15 and Basto was defeated by U. M. Omar 21-6.
U. M. Omar
B. Basto
Manila, Aug. 31.
Omar's win over Basto Was
The following were the scores head The Philippines Amateur Athicile generally expected, but the ease with by head: Federation announced to-day that a[which he did so was not. As o cable fina been received from matter of fact. Basto played dis- Bandoeng stating that the South appointingly on the whole, but in China football team will arrive in fairness it should be stated that he Manila on September 17.
September 19, 21, 23 and 24 were proposed in the cable for matches 9 declared in Manila.
At Taunton, Somersetshire defeated Northants by an innings and 02 runs.
Northants,-130 (Andrews 4 23) and 150,
for Somerset-380
The Football Committee has invited (Timms 4 for 63). MIDDLESEXY, WARWICKSHIRE the YCO Athletic Club, Le Tran
AL Lord's,
The following scores and were called by
results
outer:
WORCESTER. NOTTS
rung.
J
At Worcester, Worcestershire de- feated Notts by an innings and
runs.
31
was robbed of several ahots by the uncanny accuracy of his opponent, j who either carried the jack when the lie was against him or drew dend to the Jack.
On the other hand, Basto was not; Middlesex defeated Athletic Club, Santo Tomas Univer-early so consistent. On some heads The played very wel! Indeed; but on Warwickshire by an innings and 200 sity and La Salle Football Club to others he had difficulty in finding his
for declared meet the vishing players and begin green and weight. Middlesex-525
training immediately instead of dur-
Omar took only 17 heads to dispose middle of September as of Basto, scoring on 12 against his (Robertson 154. Edrich 101).
Warwickshire.-104 and 131 (Sims in the
opponent's Ave. for 45).
customary-nited Press.
7
Local Ponies Under
Training For Second
6
Remedios Off
Strict Form Against Half
A. R. Dallah
B. Basto, who was outplayed
by U. M. Omar in the semi-
finals and was beaten 21-6 yesterday. Staff Photographer,
Here And There With "Abe".
Story Of A Leather Eater-Billy Conn
the
Sporting Tit-Bits
ង
of his
WILLIAM Conn, un upstanding forward. Conn dances and counters,
Irish lad with the
n face of
Louls is confused by a punch to the He hates to be hit as a dog choirhoy and all of the choirboy's chin, ethics is probably
best prize hates to be bathed. Conn, on the fighter in the world to-day, outside other hands, euls leather. He Is at of Joe Louis, says John Lardner. his happiest and best when the sc Conn is everything that Louis is not, tion is fast and the gloves are thick Louls hits with deadly power. Conn's around his noggh. The black man only shortcoming is lack of power. and the white man have only two
boxer Conn
a brilliant
and things in common-laziness and
for
victuals, Louls
their rate. wolflike relish fights tactician.
by Louts makes the battle by shuffling Conn explains his work simply and frankly. "Why am I a fighter?" he Buys, "Because 1 hate like h..to work for a living. Fighting is the softest touch 1 know of. It' make me money and keep me fed, and let me step around. Boy, how I-love to get in there and tag these guys in the kisser!" le loves it so much
that you aimest pity him for the slimness of his arms and the frailty shoulders, which cheat him of the chance to knock the enemy dend. There is no sense in wasting your Britishplty, however, for Conn does not
Dily andioself. He would rather hit a man half, but it is to be hoped that they Colony tile, was definitely off-colour Miss N. B. Brown were beaten in 48 times than once. In his entire the quarter-finals of the American ring career of 51 fights, he has knock- after the inis match against A. R.
Women's doubles championship ated out only seven opponents. "But will all stage a comeback resumption. We still have a good and though he led 9-5 on the 7th Brookline (Mass.) on August 17 by they certainly get sick of me before
TOOK bunch of stumers and "dead meat" head, he was finally beaten by 21-15. Miss A. Marble and Mrs. M. Fabyan, I'm through," says Conn. racers and their presence on the race- The importance of having the jack by 0-1, 6-2. Miss Nuthali and Miss course is, without prejudice, to make and dictating the length of the heads Brown went off in fine fettle and Becomes Champion
In the up the field.
was fully demonstrated by Dallah in won Miss Marble's service
was THAT was the case recently in the Aller capturing the Hongkong St. this match, which the opening game. Their success Leger on November 20, 1937, with more interwing proved to be les not long enjoyed, however, for in Aght which finally won him a world's championship. Having Mr. Peanut Marshall in the saddle, After taking single on the elglith
the next six whipped a round half dozen middle- Happy Eve, owned
head. Dallah threw a long head pile of Miss Nuthall's Ane driving, by Sir Victor Sassoon, pulled up lame and although from this stage onwards be look his games in a row. They concentrated weight champions in over-the-weight Europe unil the tenth century, and w they were introduced into England in the bay mare was entered for some score to 18 before conceding a two. their attack upon the less experienced bouts, to pass the time and store the
MIRY
Brown. In another quarter- hay, the young man did himself the the Life of William the Conqueror by events at the last Annual Carnival, On each of the eight consecutive Max Brow Miss It. M. Hardwick favour of growing into the light- Henri de Ferrers. Probably the earliest the connections refused to weigh her heads which he won, Daliah never form of torseshoe was An iron plato over the whole foot, after which it was out. She also anucxed gradually developed into the shape wa kong
away from a certain spot, and he tore Miss H. Jacobs know now."
in Claw Faster Stakes. knew this weight so well that his argt Workman (6-2, 4-6, 6-2). will be seen that Sir Victor's pony wood was invariably only a foot or
in 1937, the had only three putings last
about two years ago,
bul being
to glad say that Happy Eve is
BY
"CAPT. FOSTER"
winners and/or the "first maiden"
success for the purpose of distribut
ing some to their friends has always
of
Local Training
the course
of next
the
C. F. Remedios, the former Shong-iss B. Nuthall, the
established a record had he won the
hai champlon, who would have M Wightman Cup copinin,
Dallah,
the Americans took
ande
by Boy, but the mare was put the jack more than six Inches and Miss V. E. Scott went down be-heavyweight division, where, in his
glass-case. being Every stable or establishment con- or China ponies. They will, how- Derby Griffins
and
are
so away from the kitty.
on
until 101
he
mado
the
I am sure regular fol- lowers of the turf will bo interested to know that all the Australian and China "star" ponies are now under strict training for the second half of the racing season, the first meeting after the recess been a common practice among the
and Miss D. first start, he flayed the champion, & owners, and the Jockeys have, being scheduled to be course, generally attached
strong earnest Italian named Mello a great
Betting, in 15 rounds of the sort of importance and value to the sou- held on Saturday, Sep-e recling that the "alum-
Re THOMAS Hulliday, the Exeter City action that makes Conn's heart leap
und his teeth bleam. back, who did not report for Betting almost sick to his stomach tember 23.
nium gift" will be the forerunner of
How great a part this first wood training
days after It is interest- more classic successes.
TRAINING is now in full swing, I am Judging by their appearance and ing
Issue it is should have done, has been notified with stinging left hands in the face— liveliness ou tise einder track all the who, it will be remembered, was one less
to reveal that Mr. L. G. Frost, but the work has been more er once more on her feet and Locre is played in deciding the
the club that he will remain good anatomical trick which is one The left confined to n collected pace every possibility of seeing the mare dimeuit to say: but one noticed that by
until August 23, of William's specialties.
hand hypnotized Beltina ponics have without any question of of our best local jockeys, was the (canter) and we will no doubt see in action at the Double Tenth Meet-in these eight heads. Remedios could under suspension
as it not beat it. And as soon as Dallah L. W. Brooks, of Bournemouth and doubt summered well. Thanks are,
Fred better fight. Commencement Bay Half failed with his first wood, of course, due to Mr. Clerk of the recipient of many used horseshoes,
the Boscombe,
fact is winter. The has been suspended by hypnotized but it is strange to say that he re the ponies being extended to full ing. Weather for providing a a good raining tired from the racecourse
gallop during
one Moon Eve have returned from Macao 16th head, when he was leading 16-0, the F.A, for 20 days from August Aposteljast ways thinking with no season with the result that there was wie
months in Remedios promptly sat on the jack 26, and ordered to repay the club fth of a second ahead of his man, winning aluminium racing plute
of week.
and registered a two. An altroctve programme has been after spending over six an extraordinary supply of excellent either the Hongkong Derby or the drawn up for the Arst meet after the the hospital and both of them
within 14 days
of August 10th jarring him off balance with another
wages grass in the New
of £48, representing the aum Territories and Rooty-Hill Derby in his beautiful resumption, but there is no event for looking very well,
From the 8th to Macao. This was obviously most
gling both a paid to him from date of his engage- left just at the moment when the "A" class of elther the Australian) essential for the ponies when
Remedios was struggling both withment for season 1838-39 to the date party of the second part means to set his weight and green, and turned out, and furthermore they nected with racing takes a pride iri
nothing like the player he was in of compliance with this order the A Bag of Tricks
Was he reported for training. In default himself to hit back. certainly gained the advantage of
Tenth Meeting to be held on Satur-
his previous two matches when player is to be suspended sine dis. getting the dew upon their feet. The having at least one horseshoe nalled ever, be seen in action at the Double
to a most conspicuous door or post, day, October 7 and Tuesday, October AMONG the Derby grimins of this he was continually robbing his op- persecuted
but I have seen with my own eyes 10.
season, Eve of Harvest, owned ponent of the shot. Ha greatest that many such valuable
"gifts" were The main attraction on the card by Sir Victor Sassoon, is now an "A" weakness yesterday
of £9,474 on last season, which turned to their headquarters with hung upside down. A story was once to be contested on September 23 is rinds China pony, the mare being short even when the lle was against must come as a pleasant relief to the fighting in the 23 short years of his "eleon" skin. It will be recalled that told about the horseshoe luck, but the Subscription Griffins Autumn promoted to this division after her him.
life. He can fight clean, but fils last year Mr. J. F. Macgregor's it was to me a fairy tale and there- Plate for China ponies, sub-grifins smart performance at the Whitsun
directors, who are guarantors of a dirty aghting is what compels your Strathroy
who holds the record for fore it requires confirmation.
£29,700 bank overdraft. Huge leap admiration and respect. He has a of this Club of this season, and the Mecting. On a heavy going Eve of the fastest runs over Ave furlongs, a
from
Jast year's meagre
£934 1
complete set of matched tricks run is over the champion course. The Harvest annexed the Lead Mine
clipping. backhanding, the 17th head largely explained by successful sell-heeling, first prize is certainly juicy, namely, Handicap (six furlongs), beating once round and In, the champion
$700 to the winner and the second la Conquering
Time
by neck la Dallah went to his 20, at which stage ing of players, which has brought course and the St. Leger distance,
THE origin of horseshoe luck lies in to receive $300 with $200 to the third 1.28.1/5 and the mare was carrying Remedios thought the
match was a balance of £2,552, with £4,000 gauging hitting below the belt. His did not summer too well; in fact sicin
Lakings fell off pen, angelic face was a pretty thing to see the night, he swapped cuss burden of 103 lbs. It interesting over. He went up to shake Dallah's still owing. Gate the legend of Saint Dunstan pony. The conditions of the Autumn
ia trouble put an
with end to his publie
Apostoli and made and the Devil. Saint Dunstan, Plate are in
such a
state that there to relate that appearance.
Elect, Navylight and needed one more shot for gamel low, but still totalled £32,558, an Apostoli foul in the open while Billy of Celtle Star nor Eve of Harvest) in the 1939 Blue
increase of £4,368 on the year befouled with his back to the referee. Jockey Club stables the other day I one day visited by the Devil, who the nomination
Remedios celebrated this by taking fore. They are all happy now at Conn's lightheavyweight title was really much surprised to see the asked him to shoe his "single hoof," Marksman will be found among the Riband are all now in the highesta four on the very next head--the Derby, but they would like two or cognized the world over, except in good looks" of our deat dumb Recognising his client, the Saint tied list of entries, owing to the propose standard. I have not as yet secure only possible of the day. And on the three more seasons to run the same England where they call Len Harvey Kionde sercising in the yard and him up and began operations, pur-terous weight to be carried by these Eu Tong-sen's Rose Elect, the triple very next, he neatly rested out way-linbilities, including that over- champlon) has been held in the past
posely causing as much pain as pos-two ponies. The weight is assessed crown winner, but it is reliably Dallah's first wood for three, but the draft, stand at £47,550. there is no exaggeration In sayin sible. The Devil roared for mercy on the amount of money won and the learned that the mare is looking ex-IRC. player calmly drew first shot
by some good fighters-Georges Car- Poul Berien- that all the gee-gees had put on a
Tunney, pentier, Gene few good pounds of superfluous fat and Saint Dunstan agreed to com-iscale starts at 145 lbs. with a poundtremely well. Navyliga is still in with his inst wood for the match,
of THE
CYRIL Tolley, the former British bach, Jack Dempsey and Tommy and desh. One of the Chinese train-plete the job painlessly if the Devil penalty for every $200 or part thereaf
won the Loughran. Billy belongs with Cel-Shanghal but I
amateur champion,
the money of those. But Dallah fully deserved his victory Lord Warden Cup at Rye on August bowadays is with the heavyweights, ors, who has a long string of animals would promise never ugain to molest won in stakes since January 1. Cel-
best under his charge, told me that he had a person or enter a building, pro- tic Star has earned $5,352 and this mare will be coming back soon. because of his steady play.
tected by the display of a horseshoe.
te has incurred 172 means
144 (71 and 73). G. H. to turn in his lot ten days earlier
lbs. The Hongkong St.
to the 12, with
Micklem was second with 148 (73 So Billy Corn will lose no time in owing to the fact that some of his Horseshoes should be nalled with the Marksman is down in the Racing the only big classic left, is scheduled strangely, he settled down
fast green better than his the Hongkong Joc to be competed Un 'ponies had protruding bellies.
November @ among who la
greens in with 150 (BO and Tolley's to be an unharnessed wolf in a fully by sticking to the that ons
of 71 set up a record for the laden table. round had his opponent trail- long heads,
reconstructed course, but he did not
holiday makers were not by the flies and all
all the ponica
miie, a jaunt from the two mile post Horseshoe Luck
Was In
DALLAH STEADY
With a two on
is hard to bellöve that Billy has knows about
learned nil he being DERBY County announce a pront I
strolling around the Hongkong famous for his skill as a smith was is, good reason to say that neither ponies (the first three placed hands-only to be told that the latter after Christmas, when club form was i words
Healthy Hoofs
ANOTHER Chinese manager of
Mr.
the pro-
Eric
ngure
that the bay
Rather
(re-
the
fore part pointing downwards, repre-Record issued by elected $0,650 the China ponies, bonn, fde griffins shaneher "customed to opponent 75) and W. Li they third becoming a heavy weight. He wants from the house. If placed the other and in the circumstance he has in-of this season; but I am afraid wing behind from the tenth head. His hold the honour for long, as Hartley Latest GosSID.
senting the evil spirits riding away key Club with having way round they will enter the bulld-curred 179 lbs. Both ponies are 14.0 it will be a tame affair owing to Ing.
hh. and if entered, the former At one time the Stewards' badge
to carry A big stable sald smilingly that the the Macao Jockey Club was of
azione extra over the weight superiority
of tho
three above
ho
a for inches basis while the latter animals in speed and stamina. How most solid speli of scoring, of course; went round in the afternoon in 70. feet of his batch had not given him horseshoe with the monogram "M. jone and a half slones. However the be keenly contested and racing public/when he took his acore from five to He went out in 36 and holed the last TIMMY Johnstown will have
18.
ever, other events will, I am sure, was from the 6th to the 15th head any headache, for the hoofs and frogs J.C." in the centre, but the fore part nomination of either is, of course, a may look forward la some fine sport Were very healthy on account of the
the second half wet soil and all his racers were shod was pointing upwards. It was, how-matter for the owner to decide, but of kings during
season of the Hongkong by head: without any trouble to the farriers. ever, in use for some good while be- there is on adage that "Money can- racing
If the summer had been a dry one, for one bright sunny day a
wire
not buy a good horse-so don't lame Jockey Club. Steward discovered" to his [your pony."
the hoofs were liable to become brit- amazement that the silver plate was
He and break off in Oakes owing to upside down, but 1 am glad to say King Kong Suited
the land
•belos oct!
baked by the scorch-
shoeing car
that the Devil will not now enter
mere the building owing to the fact that THE next from my notebook is King English Football
ing sun. ov estimated when one remembers the studs are now pointing upwards. the weight of the animal plus that of
the rider and if a classy pony is bad- First Horseshoes ly-shod, this will give no end of
troubles to the connections. The feet
he has to carry only 161 lbs. which
Kong, who was paid $3,050 and
[is his weight for the height. His lost
outing before the break was in caly
League Results
London, Aug. - 31.
SECOND DIVISION
1: Tottenham
"
..
the
nino holes in a flawless 34.
humane society after him if he talking about the inasis on going through with his The following were the scores head (HELSEA L
plan of making his fighter, Bob effect of psychological treat Pastor, stand up and slug it out with ment on the team, and several clubs Joe Louis instead of running away
12
114
0
WHILE on the subject I wonder run in the Whitrum Handicap over, a The following were the results of of ponies are the most important por-Wow many owners and jockeys mile, beating Markman by a good matches played in the English Foot- tions of.. their anatomy, which state ment is fully supported by the old know when the first horseshoes were four lengths in 3.15.2/5 on going ball League to-day: saying in the Army, "No feet, no made end what they were like? The like a paddy field and King Kong horse and there cannot exlat a, more April, 1930, will no doubt be of in-rins such as
following - taken from the Riding, should score another success without trouble. Those subscription
Newport Musketeer terest to the men of the turf,
Oranje addome form of horseshow wits used Boven, Strathbannock, This Time Notts F by the barbarian harmsmen who invaded and a few others, who were promin THIRD puma batha Roman" "mpire in the fourth andent in the front row at the comments-
AD... but the um of Bing anything like hair mo- ment of the season, were not in the Clapton dern form, did not become,, mudural"in'| limelight before the close of frat
truthful maxim.
Souvenirs"
US, traditional custom of collecting {alsed-racing plates out of classió.
2 Newcartie DIVISION (SOUTH)
Southend
-Reuter,
:
A. R. Dallah
C. F. Remedies are toying with the gland injection ....even his best friends won't tell
idea. The modern player has to be Pastor he can something more than a mere athlete, stand-up fight with
FRAM
18
puntos
and
be wouldn't
Inside of eight
In a
last as long as a keg of bear at an was so dark when a pairs match Elks' convention. Lou Nove will in the English Bowling Associa-finish Tony Galento tion championships was in progress rounds, stopping the belligeren: bar- at the Temple Club, SE, that one rel just as he did Maxle Baer-by of the players had to use a cigarette cutting should take time off at one him to bits... the boxing com- lighter to And the blas-side of his mission. wood. White handkerchiefs were of its musical comedy: sessions and employed to show up the jack, and decree that Bully Conn must main eries of "Can you see me?"
word his first defence of the light-heavy- rivali Cambridge frequent. The
he won it from In a fight as Park and Henleaze (Gloucester) man he ainst Mello Bellins, the were level at:18-all after the regula-close as Blamess twins when they're
at tion twenty-one ends, and a five
hugging
the extra end gave Cambridge the This is the latest boxing gossip. match after four hours and twenty from Henry McLamore, Unlied Press.
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