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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

July 26, 1940.

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Sea Biscuit's Career

Second Failure In Santa Anita H'cap: Defeat Of War Admiral

(Third Chapter)

By Jack Guenther

ARCADIA, Cal. (UP), Seabiscuit returned to Santa Anita Parft in 1938 hailed as a champion. At the age of five he had earned $210,000. He had won the Brooklyn handicap, the Butler, Yonkers, Massachusetts, Continental and the Riggs in quick succession and he apparently had the $100,000 Santa Anita handicap at his mercy.

After the handicap, the Sun Beau money

mark was just a step away.

But Seabiscuit lived up to his nickname of "Hard Luck Kid" faster than anyone had expected. First he lost his tune-up race. the $10,000. San Antonio, to Варова by nose. Then, favoured at 19-10 he went into the Santa Anita and there was Stagehand, one of the great stretch runners of the turf.

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Stagehand was another story book horse. He came to California miniden and in five star scored three friumphs. One of the races he won was the $50,000 Santa Anita derby. He was a beautiful thing, full of fong-striding run, but he was just three y cars old and youngsters seldom carry their weight against B good older horse.

But what everyone forgot was' that Stapchand's Santa Anita weight was a feather of 100 pounds while the rugged Biscuit drew 130,

New Secretary For

Tennis Assn.

U.S. TENNIS ASSN. TIGHTENS UP ON AMATEURS

JAPAN SPORTS PROTEST TO AMERICA

"High Handed And Arbitrary"

TOKYO, July 25 (Domel).The Japanese Amateur Athletic Assocla- tion yesterday cabled a protest to the Amateur Adello Union of the United States. against Wie latter's sudden cancellation of, the scheduled

trip to Japan by the University of Southern California basketball team

as the invitation of the Japan Baskel- ball Association.

The Japan A.AA. regards the action as high-handed and arbitrary, similar to the cancellation of their trip by the group of Hawaiian swimmers ឃាត

sumuner.

The Japan A.A.A. is now study-

Ing the possibilties of strengthen- ing sports relations between Japan,

Germany and Italy.

PIRATES

NOSE OUT THE GIANTS

NEW YORK, July 26 · (UP)---- Pittsburgh Pirates nosed out the New York Glants 2-1 in the National Baseball League to-day, while the Chleniro Cubs humbled the Boston Braves 8-4. Scores were:

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Pittsburgh

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Gene Mako And Sabin Suspended For Breach Of Expense Rule

NEW YORK (AP).-Twenty-four hours after its executive committee had suspended Gene Mako and Wayne Sabin for broaking the amatour| rules, the United States Lawn Tennis Association' adopted legislation to forestall similar infractions in the futuro.

Under the new code, the presidents of the 13 sec- tional associations, acting jointly with the national preș sident, are empowered to rule on a club's right to pay and a player's right to receive travelling and living expenses.

HENRY MCLEMORE DISCUSSES THE POSITION

The action for the first timo gives the U. S.. L. T. A. the power to withhold payment of expenses, Previously, it could only take punitivo action after it had been shown that a player had broken the rules.

Make, former Davis Cup star and nationui singles finalist in 1938, and Sabin, No. 8 in the 1939 national LOS ANGELES, (UP). rankings, were barred from com- That charming vagrant, the petition in all U. S. L. T. A. sant-

tioned tournaments because. tennis bum, won't be with us They broke the rule limilling a player much longer. The same tennis to expenses for eight weeks of com- officials who made this "remit-petition in one calendar year: 2-- tance man" life possible have they collected excessive travelling suddenly awaked and realized the executive committee's. action. what a wrong they were doing the most drastle since Big Bill Tilden Battery: Sewell, Davis, Lopez and to a group of boys and the was dropped from the 1926 Davis Fernandez.

sport of tennis.

Cup team for violating the player- New York

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writer rule, will keep Sabin and Battery: Schumacher and Danning. Up until this year

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loast Mako out of competition younger

cannot Ale amateur tennis player with talent through 1940. They Chicago.....

8 13 2 could make a living out of the game.

Application for restalement until Ballery: Lee, Root and Hartnett.

A lazy, listless living, but a living September. 4 1 3

nevertheless. With expense

funds Battery: Salvo, Javery and Berres. from his own association, and what he could wangle in the way of board, lodging and appearance money from clubs holding tournaments, he could just drift about the country all year long.

It is announced that with the resignation of Mr. T, A. Pearce from the Secretaryship of the Hongkong Tennis As. sociation this position will be filled by Mr. C. J. Tacchi as

Boston Mr. Tacchi's from July 26. address is 4 Cornwall Avenue or the Kowloon C.C.

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'cuit went into the race of the een- tury

against War Admiral

Pimlico. WAR ADMIRAL UNDEFEATED

of

was the

THEY all knew the Biscuit then. Mended.

ȚAYBE you remember how that

but Pimlico is in Maryland in Johnny Pollard, the heart of the cast, and the horse the Biscult's jockey, Iny in a hospital in the heart of the cast with a shattered leg while Georgie Adeniral, old Man O'War's favourite Wool! took his baby to the post. son. Seabiscuit, the Nouve rich west- For the Arst 120 seconds of the erner, had won and he had lost, but race Pollard's shouts rang through War Admiral had always won.

had swept the triple crown the hospital halls.

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Lawn Bowls

Teams For

The Week-end

The following teams have been selected by various Clubs for lawn bowls lengue matches this week-cuds]

CLUB DE RECREIO

Ho the

"A V. .L.C. '(away).

nny

Winters in Florida, California, Bermudu, Nassau, and almost every- where else that the sun shines dur- ing the cold months. Summers in the East and mid-west. Easthamp- ton, Southampton, Rye, Spring Take. Seabright, Canada, odd spots in Wis- consin, and, for the very good ones, Australia, India, Egypt, and points.

IT

way

RACQUET RACKET

was a racket with a racquet, Many a boy who got good at ton-

Prealdent Holcombe Ward point- ed out that the association had been lenient in the past in enforc- Ing the eight-weeks and expense rules, and that it hoped there would be no need for equally severe punishment in the future.

Lawn Bowls War Sweep

Draw

DRAW for the "War Fund” Sweep'

Two seconds later his tears and Derby, the Preukness and Belmont II. A. Alves, C. M. Silva, P. V. Ribeiro ablé life without realizing what he

L. J. Silva, F. X, Soares, R. F. Luz and is drifted into this Indolent, pleasure on the results of the Lawn Bowls

State and he was the king. Men

died the top of his bedside radio, swore by this king. They said he For during those two seconds couldn't in benten, not by any horse Stagehand came out of the clouds that ever lived.

to whip the champ_by_a FLONE,

So In the space of four seconds Silent Tom Smith and Charles and the combined distance of Howard said nothing. They brought

teacup, Seabiscuit ips! $180,000 the Biscult to town silently, They the Banla Antias of 1937 and 1938. | heard 80 percent of the men who make racing their business tell them

THE GREAT RACE

UIERE WIN a hush in the golden

Pollard stayed in the hospital for they couldn't win. But they said almost another year but the Biscuit (nothing. Seabiscuit sal it all for went back on the road. He deve-them. loped a game knee around this time, but on he went-through Agun Caliente, Bay Meadows. Arlington Pork, Hollywood Park, Del Mar, Belmont, Havre de Grace and Laurel. His heart was too big to be stopped by weight, and it was too big to be stopped by a bad knee.

By October his winnings had soared to $325,480—just a step from Sun Beau now-and Scabis-

hare of that November after- noon in Maryland as the two of them were off. But not for long. Wilhin a dozen strides, the close- packed spectators vere Kasping. War Admiral, the fastest post horse in racing, the horse who had taken the track from every opponent ho

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League matclics to-morrow Was made this morning and resulted as; follows:

FIRST DIVISION

luz C. E. Marques, P. J. Ribeiro future. The life of a tennis bum was FX. Silva. and C. O. Silva,

"Palles (away)

so easy to take. The best hotels. The smartest country clubs. Adula

Indian R.C. (312)-v.-Recreto-"A"-- on. The prettiest girls. Dancing.

(051) parties.

There

Craigengewer (1) v. Kowloon C.C. was always enough for

(424) spending money, and there was not Kowloon B.G.C.. 11. care for to-morrow. There was

(709) Pollce (34)

and J. J. Basto.

A. P. Pereira, A, F. Noronha, J. C. Remedios and 3. E. Noronka.

2nd Div. v. C.S.C.C. (home).—

F. X. Monteiro, C. Vas, J. 3. Soares and c. P. Remedios.

P.M. N. Silva, IL. R. Pinna, C. M. Alves and A.. M. Rodrigues,

A. J. Osinund, M. F. Pinna, A. M. Xavier and E. Bouza

Ist

CIVIL SERVICE C.C.

v. Kowloon 1.6,6. (away) — FW. C. Simmonds, J. Tollege, Grimmitt and. F. J. Jones.

M. E. Purvis, W. J. Burling. M.

always another tournament ahead.

A few years of this and many

a boy was unable to put his racquet K. Docks (338) nside and go to work.

v. C.S.C.C. (609)

Recrelo "B"

V.

(545)

v. H.K.F.C. (04)

SECOND DIVISION

The United States Lawn Tennis K.F.C. (730) Association made a show of stamp-Talkoo (607) Ing cut this real evil in the sport, K. Tong (73). N. which was making tennis bums on a Recreio (111)

wholesale scale af so many young H.K.C.C. (818) men, several years ago. The Asso- ciation passed a rule forbidding any player to travel outside of his home district on expense account for more than eight weeks during a year.

Nakumee and I. . Girange

J. Gellatly. J.

McGowan. L A Collyer and J. W. Deakin.

2nd tram v. Recreto (away).— PD. Crawley, IL Lord. 1L F. Harper, C. Strange

„F. Walker, 3. R. Carr, A. Steven and B. Eccleshal

A. F. Shepherd, A. D. Allan, E. Kiemon and W. A, Tullyer,

H.K. ELECTRIC

v. Kowloon 9. G. C...

A. G. Gardner, R. A. Owens, J. F.

Lunny and A. F. Paul.

A. P. Tarbuck. C. E. Gabagan, R.

Deacon and J. K. Sloan.

W. Stoker, R. C. Dutier. G. T. Padgett

and C. G. 8. Thomson.

Reserve, . F. Gregory.

had faced, was beaten away from the tape.

บ

C.C.C. (08). v. K.B.G.C: (0) .v. Polico (800)

v. C.S.C.C. (068)

v. KC.C. (533)

THIRD DIVISION

P.O.C. (179) v. K.F.C. (73) H.K.C.C. (124) Y. C.C.C. (258) HKT.C. (70G). V. I.R.C. (773) Electric (500) V. K.D.G.C. (106) The number of tickets sold was

RULE NOT ENFORCED However, this rule was not en-040. forced and many of the boys play- ed not eight weeks, or eight months, but twelve months a year en expense account. But, it would seem, that finally one. old tennis father pinched another old tennis father and said:

"Looktu We've got a rule here that might be a good one if we would only enforce it."

So the Association sent out warn

Fanling Starting

Times

Sunday

OLD COURSE

The Biscuit beat bla all the ing that the eight-week rule was way. They still tell how the out really a rule, and to show that they 10.00 7. Grover, E. T. McMullen. lanter came marching home, the meant it hailed two of the game's 10.04 M. B. Lloyd, G. C. Worrall, drum-fire beat of his stride echo-star players, Wayne Sabin and Gene 19.08 A, W. Dourne. E. G. Price, ing off Pimlico's cream-coloured) Malco, on to the carpet. A last re- 39.16 D. Humphreys, 1. H. Geare.

10.12 W. Harper, P. E. Annls. ramps with a music the West was port, Sabin and Mako were still in- nover, to forget.

cligible for sanctioned V. S. IË T, A. tournaments.

At the end It was Seabiscuit by four.

LEG INJURY

WANDERINGS ENDED

Eastern Grass Court circuit in the summer.

A ployer must make this tour of

the U. SL, T. A, doesn't weaken the grass court tournaments, which on the enforcement of the rule it has the national championships at THE ugly runt was the king of will just about finish off the wander Forest Hills for its climax, if he

them all that day, but of the ings of the tennis bum. He

will hopes to gain national standing. truck he walked and into a train to have to stick pretty close to his home Because the results of these tourna be away to the wars again. He was base and save his eight weeks of ments form the basis for the nation- off for another shot at the $100,000 touring en expense account for the al ranking.

Santa Anita: purse he had missed

twice by noses before.

Then, in his first start. In 'Call- fornia, the new king, broke down and -- the veterinarians, · said; he would never come back. He went to his bar a three-legged horse, still $35,000 shy of the, Sun Beau mark, tohile tears streaked | the cheeks of Silent_Tom Smkk, the men whose heart sous'supposed to

af hard as

as his horny handa. (The next Chapter is the final

one of: Seabiscuit's career-his winning of the' Santa Anita Handicap and his creating a record for earnings)jukana)

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