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Wednesday,

Around The

DISAPPOINTMENT

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

July 24, 1940.

Courses

FOR

Ferrier Making Ground In America: Lawson Little-Hard Bowls Tournament

OVERWHELMING

And Uncompromising WIN FOR MAIN

(By "Birdio")

AND MUNRO

R. MAIN AND D. MUNRO: gained an overwhelming vic-

THE RESULT of the match between the U.S. Ryder Cup team and Sarazon's selections came tory over A. Morton and H. J. through last Friday, and it was one that must have Bicknell in an Open Pairs lawn been a surprise to Sarazon. Though his vaunted bowls championship match at the Craigengower Cricket Club team was only just beaten-7 and 5—yet beaten yesterday. The they were, and details of the match should be 34-8. highly interesting. Those, however, are not yet score. aunts and Main scored two at hand, and I doubt if they will be for at least sixrs, one on the 4th end and the another two weeks.

Surazen, himself, went down badly to Henry Picard in the singles, being beaten B and 7

and Lawson Little, the new Open champion, went under to Horton Smith 4 and 3. Though it may not be expected among the professional rinks, yet golf is a game that has more fluctun- tlons of form than any other. There are so many little things that can turn the scales.

However, we will leave that until more detailed reports arrive. Mean- while, the second interesting item of news from America was the result of the Chicago Open. Dick Metz was Arst and Johnnie Revolta second, Actually, the cable was somewhat mutilated and there was a second name that tied with Revolta with a score of 270, but it couldn't be work- ed out. The cable read "Hotean"-- whoever that is! Can it be Ben "Hogan"

It probably is. In morse code. "" is a dush, "e" is n det, and "" is dash-dash-do1. Onit the middle dash in "g" and it might sound like dash-pause-dol, which is "to", QED.

it Js also Interesting to see that i Jim Ferrier was placed third, or rather fourth with the tie for second place. It indicates that he is at last Ketting Into his stride "over there." One doesn't, of course, know what the "field" was like, but it seems that he has overcome playing con- ditions, which, a little while ago, Ferrier admitted were bothering hini

Motor Racing Records Set By Ab. Jenkins

SALT LAKE CITY, July 23 (Reuter).-Ab Jen- hins, the American motor racing driver, who is now Mayor of Salt Lake City, established a world record for 24 hours' driving to- day in a Meteor with an average speed of 161.18 m.p.h., beating his own previous record of 157.27 m.p.l.

Jenkins has now broken every world record from the 50 kilometres to 3,000 miles, and from one hour to 24 hours,

He once lapped the cir- cular II-mile course in 189 m.p.h, which is the fastest speed ever on a circular

track.

Water Polo

Y.M.C.A. Team To Meet Eastern

Tho following wtil represent

WHEN Lawson Little captured European Y.M.C.A. seniors at water-

score Was

Only on six heads.did the losers

other on the 20th, which was the

last.

The scores were:

. Main and

A. Morton an 11. . Bicknell

D. Montro

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Rifle Assn.

Meeting Postponed

SARAZEN

16

MAR!

192

Sea Biscuit's Career

Greatest Money Winner Once Offered For $2,500 -Nobody Wanted Him

(First Chapter)

By JACK GUENTHER

ARCADIA, Cal., (UP).-No fiction magazine would have published it. No movie studio would have filmed it. No racing man would have believed it. The story of Sea Biscuit had to be lived.

"He fooled me for quite a spell,"

We

He ran 18 times before hel could win his first race-yet he explains. "I had him for more he has humbled the proudest than a year and all the while I

thought he simply couldn't run, thoroughbreds of his genera- all thought so. I sent him out 17 times and watched him lose before I sent him the 18th and saw him wit Even then he wasn't running as well Es e

he should have. He preferred to clown around and frolic,

tion.

No one would buy him for a claiming price of $2,500 yet he won more money than any other horse in the history of the turf.

He was forced inth retire. After waiting for three-quarters of

ment with an injury from an hour, the annual meeting of the Hongkong Rifle Association, schedul- which horses never come back ed to take place yesterday, had to be yet he returned to win the postponed because the number of richest race in the world in the members present was insuficient to fastest time of his life. form a quorum. Thirteen members attended, two short of the number required.

At the suggestion of Major R. D. Walker, it was decided to postpone the meeting to August 0 at 5.30 p. at the Jacobean Room, Hongkong Hotel. No quorum will be necessary for this next meeting. "B" Division Tennis

Chinese R. C. Easily Beat C. S. C. C.

He started life as a clown, so lazy he wouldn't run-yet to-day he is known from Suf. folk Downs to Santa Anita for! honesty and heart.

"Then I found out why he wasn't running. It wasn't that he couldn't, I was that he wouldn't. He was lazy, dead lazy. "One of my rules is that I never fogl whip a horse. But I decided the Biscuit to prove to him he fooling mc. I told Jimmy wasn't Stout, he was the stable's contract jockey, to get himself a long flat stick, something that would sting Then we brought but wouldn't hurt. out the Biscuit.

"Well, sir, I told Jimmy to get up. get out and start smacking that baby on the rump. Jimmy did it-and Those are the bare facts of Sea how the Biscuit stepped. We knew Riscuit's story. There are two inch then he could run.” 1:1 11,

Charles too. There Is

A POOR SEASON S. Howard, who porlayed bicycle UT the knowledge came too inte. shop and a few second hand cars into Sen Biscuit's first season hnd millions. Ite bought the homely been a poor one. He had started 35 cast-off for $7,300, There is Tom times on the eastern elreuit but was Smith the one Line Rodeo rider, able to win only five races, and known as silent Tom, He taught those in poor felds.

the ugly duckling how to run.

There are other men and other horses, but they will come in their pinces.

ODD-LOOKING FOAL

He ran in three claiming races for $2,500 and nobody claimed him. When the next season came and Sen Biscuit turned three years Sunny Jim was training Granville

ald.

the American Open title it polo this evening against Eastern! must have rankled in the hearts Athletic Association, In the Y.M.C.A

Civil Service lost D-3 to Chinese of many golfers, if there is any-Pool at 7.30 p.m.:

11. Eardley: E. W. Railton and LRC, in the "R" division of the tennis thing to be attached to the Benn; G. T. May; C. Goldman, G. league yesterday.

J. A. Bendall and 1. Agafuroff lost writing of one of his reporter-it. Fowler and L. H. Chater, to K. L. in and C. C. Wong 4-B, lost | friends.

Reserve R. Goldman,

to D. C. Luk and S. W. Wong 2-0, CEA Biscuit was fooled in Paris, for the Kentucky Derby and he had following will

represent lost to P. F. Tsol and C. C. Luk 5-7.

Ky., at the Claiborne Stud on not time for loafers. By August, Since he turned professional, four paster

W-3-Skinner and D. Arafurof. lost-May-23, 1938. He-was-odd-looking Sea Biscuit had won only four starts, to Ho and Wong 1-0, lost to Luk and years ago, writes this friend, Lawson

Woo Tso-lin: Kwok Fung-san, Wong 1-6, lost to Tsol and Luk 2-6.

even for a foal, with a homely head so Wheatley decided to sell, SOLD FOR $7,500 Little has been more unpopular than Young Man-kii; Shek Kam-pui; Lee

D. Hollidge and

and a barret like body that looked any golfer of the lot. Consolation he Fook-kee, Chu Chok-yau and Wong and Words C. Slot lost tolle too heavy for his legs. He was THEY sold-to Howard-for $7,500 received after bad rounds was hol-Chi-hung. Reserve: Kwok Chun-1-6, lost to Tsoi and Luk 0-6.

an hour before A. A. Baroni, the bred and owned by Wheatley Stable, low, almost hollow as the on-hang.

which was operated by H. C. Phipps owner of top. row, got in his bld. Sen Biscuit went west with silent He stayed in Kentucky for more Tom Smith and there his rise began. a year, untli his skinny legs When he started the year 1937, look on flesh and his back began to Sen Biscalf had run 58 times and broaden and swell. Then he started had won only 14 of his starts. fe Into training under sunny Jim Fitz- was Just another horse. But just simmons, the grand old man of the around the bend of 1937 was his turf. From the start, the two of biggest season, them didn't get along and we'll let The next Chapter tells of his

first real successes.) sunny Jim tell you why.

gratulations that followed the good. Eastern Athletic Association willmorrow evening at 8 pm. at their and the late Ogden Mill.

The resentment of his fellow-pros meet a team from H. M. S. Scout to-nool at North Point, was as understandable as it was un. pardonable. Little

turned profes-

sional after a tremendous amateur record. In publicity and praise he And outdone by far the men who were playing the gume for a living. Twice winner of the British and American amateur title, he entered the professional ranks with a nume more celebrated than any of the pros. They looked on him as a menace and something to stamp out. Un- fortunately, Little helped them to

Summer Race Meeting

At Kowloon C. C.

ENTERTAINING naval. reservists from H.M.A.S. wrap him in loc. He was formal ships in the Colony, the Australian and New Zealand

and aloof. From scarcely gave him

Association staged a summer race meeting at the Kowloon

a nod, and he scarcely acknowledged Cricket Club last night, at which a large crowd of people,

the scarce nod they gATO.

If he was hardened as an amateur,

their treatment made him more so. And it all came out when he won

including a fair number of women, were present. All had

a very enjoyable time, and races proved close and exciting.

the Los Angeles Open championship. The programme consisted of He was five strokes behind the eight races; one for women. Ot} leader when the final round started the remaining seven, the win- The course was soaked with driving

the greens ran water, and the pers of the first six qualified for par-70 course in normal times was the Melbourne Cup which was

73 that day.

the last race of the evening, and overcome the weather to! get to the front, and with a 05(1) on which was conducted a "big"

run

a

five under par-won with what sweep. Walter Hagen sald was an amazing show of skill and courage.

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EXHIBITION TABLE TENNIS

AT ST. ANDREW'S

TABLE TENNIS of a high standard

The course stretched the length of was witnessed in the exhibitions the K.C.C. hall, and the alx little which were given in St. Andrew's horses (though they looked more like last night in aid of the "s, C. M. a crass between a kangaroo and a Post" and "HK, Telegraph", Wor

OC-

WHEREAS wind and rain could camel) were drawn along by twine Fund. Teams were made up of the not stop Tattle in the Los which was wound in at the other end champions of Hongkong and Kowloon the "jockeys"

teams, and the island team gained a Angeles Open, it was too much of the ball by the

By aliling side-on to the handle, narrow 18-9 victory. for Sam Snead in the Nationalt was much simpler to wind, and Hongkong, it will be remembered, Open at the Canterbury Golf consequently though "Jockeys" 1-5 was able to offer stern competition to Club on June 7. It was just a had someone sitting on their right Szabados and Kelen, the Hungarian short sharp storm that Little and hampering their movements, world champions when they were on

two and Horton Smith managed to Jockey No. 6 had a free right hand tour here, and in fact on

with which to perform. This was castona inflicted defeat on, those re- not noticed until No. 6 had won thenowned players. Snead had broken all open records first two races in a canter. There- Last night's play was of the best, with his early round of 67, and a after, he, too, was handicapped by and remembering what has just been tremendous crowd followed him for having someone sit beside him.

mentioned, litle more need be sakl.' sudden violent the second. wind storm struck him on the 4th, and though ho managed to conquer difficulties for some time, the short 17th put a 5' on his card and he finished with 74-3 over par.

ovade.

The

GOOD TIMES

TIDIES were good and сусп Blowest was 43 seconds, while the record for the track, established last night, was 37 seconds,

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the The great race, of course, was the Little went around before storm blew up and returned a bril-Melbourne, Cup. Betting was heavy Hlant 69 to catch up Saead's morning on the record holder, though it was lond, while Horton Smith went ignored, that he had but established

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(Kowloon) beat H. L

The scores were: G. K. Chal Young, 2-1.

S. H. Lai beat S. N. Sul, 2-1. C. H. Tang beat C. C. Lee, 2-0.

C. F. Leung lost to C. R. Chan, D-2. TL. L lost to K. G. Lau 1-2

S. S. Wong lost la T. H. Lee, 1-2

K. W. Yuen lost to Y. B. Wong 1-1.

around after the storm had subsided that record in the previous race. The officers entertained on the plano

and returned a par 71 to make it a Cup bad people on their feet it was Arrangements for the meeting were 5CM

a neck-and-neck struggle upon which made by Mr. T. G. Stokes, who was triple tio of 141

Little, as we know, won the play-"fortunes" depended

also the pari-mutuel, while Mr. A.

In between races, ond of the Spary was Clerk of the Course,

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