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Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

July 31, 1940,

U.S. NATIONAL PLAY-OFF

Lawson Little's Claim To Fame Major Baseball

Douglas, of the U.S.S. Mindanao, at bal in the all-important baseball match at Caroline Hill on Sunday between the Mindanao and H.D. The latter won and a play-off will probably be neersary to decide the shield.

Garcia's Manager

As Title Flies

Squirms Away

Fight Left Him. Limp

|

Veteran Gene Sarazen Declares Retirement

(By "Birdie")

Detroit Beaten By N.Y. Yankees

NEW YORK, July 30. (Reuter).— Detroit Tigers, leaders of the Ameri- can Baseball League, were beaten 10-day 8-6 by the New York Yankees. In the National League, the Cincinnall Reds climbed hither when they beat

Complete scores were:

WHEN IT WAS THOUGHT that things were nicoly settling down, and at a period when one was about to set out confident that for the first the New York Giants 6-3, time in many weeks one could set foot on firm dry ground, came the typhoon and deluge turning Colony courses once again into lakes and swamps. Betro..

It washed away what local "copy" there might have been, but, fortunately, a few further details of the U.S. National Open and the play-off have come to hand.

In a way, perhaps, the com- petition proper, when Lawson Little, Gone Sarnzen and Ed. Oliver (subsequently disquali fied) tied, was more thrilling than the play-off. The play-off may have earned for Little a place among the greatest golfers

today, but Sarazen's indomit-

able courage and thrilling finish- ing burst in the competition

WORLD'S FASTEST

HUMAN

gave him the right of way into Junior College Sprinter

Golf's Hall of Fame.

The penalty incurred by Ed. Oliver squnltration for starting abend

of schedule-seems drastle, but it was also shared by five others. But they had not the mortification of

NEW YORK, June 12.-The importance of a boxingving had first place salehed from championship to the holder thereof was strikingly revealed their grap by George Parnassus, the garrulous little Greek, after his Ceferino Garcia had blown the world middleweight title to Ken Overlin in their recent bout herc.

When Overlin's hand was lifted at the end of the 15 rounds it wiped out about $50,000 in purses which had

He feed of urty minutes be-: fore his scheduled time, and failed to notify the official starter.

of 71-one brilliant last round under par-gave him 287, but was posted on the board.

been lined up for the Filipino former champion and Par-force the U.S. Golf Association to

nassus.

As a champion, Garcia was af drawing card in every spot that could boast of some local pride) und joy who fancied himself a good middleweight.

As an ex-champlon, Garela is just- another fighter,

There was a strong movement to admit him into the play-off, but the Association were adamant over the breaking of one of more sacred rules. Little and Sarazen were most will-

groaning over Garcia's loss of the title, and that's probably what he had in mind when he kept hattering that Oliver should be included,

Sarazen "Shucks. Let him play. can beat both of them." ing

信息

Garcia

threatening him in

anit actually

the

coriter

between rounds when he saw that: ttle slipping gray. It's enough

to drive a guy nuts,

+

HOWEVER,

In Line For Title

SALINAS, Cal-The most sought- aller truckman in America to-day Is Junior College

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young

Salinas

AMERICAN LEAGUE

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Tuffing homered for the Yankees, and York (2) and Fax for the Tigers). Philadelphia

Chicago

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Cincinnat!

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New York

(Whitehead homered for the Ciants),

St. Louis

0

Bosfor

0

(Mize (2) and Koy homered for the Cardinals, and Sisli for the Braves).

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Garcia Matched With Promising Welter-weight

NEW YORK July 24.-A new, exceedingly promising young

to Stanford's Clyde Jeffrey as the welter-weicht has suddenly appeared

printer, Harold Davis, the successor and

in New York boxing circles, in the "world's fastest human."

Davis, running in the West Coast person of Steve Belloise, brother of Relays, stole the show from the like Belloise, former feather-weight of the world, who once cream of the west's college track-champlon men including Mr. Jeffrey himself. fought Dave Crowley of England.

Steve sports a terrific punch with 1s either 1st, and greatly impressed the Coaches are unanimously agreed that the young Salinus destined for cinder immort

boxing writers when. In a prelimin Davis won his trial heat at the lary bout in Madison Square Garden,

out Vic Bellicurti event in 3.8 to tie the national re- he knocked

fine display curd.

Then he stepped out in the quick time and with a finals to humiliate his peld in the of boxing. rousing time of 9.5, cracking the juntor college record, coming with- tenth of a second the

of

his NOW beating record and Sure, Jeffrey by 10 yards.

world's nearest

five

came back to the minutes later and turned track Sarazen's elec-in another 9.5, but what of it? That's trifying finish provided the great running and it's just what

ford senior. He loss of the title doesn't mean with $10,000 shots at Chicago and second sensation of the tourna- you'd expect from the brilliant Stan- that his income has stopped entirely, and, among other things, he will get San Francisco, and bouts with Billy ment a pretty good payday on September Comm. Al Hosink and ulliers lined

Little, home first with 287, Here was Garcia with one of the sat in the Press

tent and

Sarazen

12 in a rematch with Overlin here at up. Madison Square Garden. But he won't be manking us much money in most feared punches in the business watched the board. the future as he did between Geto-being tantalised and befuddled and needed an almost impossible 34 ber, when he knocked out Fred Apos banged about the body a light hitter to tie, and the course was muddy

Parnassus' pleadings and tol for the humpionship, and May and al 23, when he blew to Overlin. threats failed to do anything about and heavy from rain,

TITLE VALUE

it.

in

HIS BIG CHANCE TOW Belloise has his first really

big chance,

Mike Jacobs, promoter of the 20th Century Sporting Club, Inc., the ex- has matched with

Who middleweight champion of world, Garela for a ten-round bout in the Garden on August 1.

Since his last appearance in the Carden, Stevo has won n decision FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Jover Sammy Luftspring, the Cana- EFFREY had already run 9.4 this dian welterweight titleholder, from

year to equal the world's record, Toronto,

Belloise has won 27 out of 20 pro- When he runs, 0.5, It isn't news.

has scored 14 But when a 17-year-old kid, just fessional ghts and eight months out of high school, knockouts in his two years of pro- chalks up that record under offteini fessional boxing. circumstances, then ils time the col- tege raclics do some long, profound

more year and won't enter a four- Garela would sit blinking and His-

thinking on the subject. throw

And that's

what they're doing year school until 1941, anyway, so Just run out and

Lo-slay."

there's plenty of time to thinic about ONSIDERING the value of the tening, then

he had at Overlin In

Where will Davis go to college? [it." 160-pound title to Garcia, who everything

Sald

he of his future plans:

Incidentally, the new Paclie Con- was neither great-fighter-nur-anaheer_desperation, but Overlin would

"Gosh, I'd like to go to California ferenco-code which-went-into-effect undisputed champion, a drawing card dance away when Garcia-hoped-ho such as Henry Armstrong, welter- would stand still, then would leap in

or Stanford or U. S. C, or any good in May probibits amblilous college count the punching when Garela expected him

college. But I wouldn't like to representatives from 'making over- weight title-holder, can

make a decision now. I'll probably lures to young alldelle stars such as crown as a potential $250,000 asset to dance away.

stay at Salines through my sopho-Davis. nat mentioning Joe Louls who is in the million dollar bracket in carn- ing powers.

CONS

And so i went, with Parnassus getting whiter and walter around the

1

He did it, and, not only that nearly won the title outright on the last green when he just missed with a 45-foot putt. It was finish that was as sensational as that-of-1933-witen-with-a-record. breaking round of 60 he snatched the title from Bobby Cruikshank and P. Perkins.

Over those last nine holes, he gills in the corner and Garela gel-needed two birdies to draw level nad redder about the with Little, and he got them at the Overlin will find his income ting redder doubled henceforward as he goes body in ench round from the barrugo 11th and 13th. From then on he barnstorming about the country, for Overlin was pouring at hlm.

the quite obvious reason that he is the champlon, will be paid accord- ingly even in over-the-weight: mutches and will be more appealing to the customers.

IN BETWEEN THREATS

THAT'S what George Parnassis

realised when he was around

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8 Overlin went on pilling up A points round after round, box-

needed par figures to keep level with the leader. He did it though the 18th, but the 17th nearly lost it for him,

From the rough on the right he Ing Garcia silly, Parnassus finally pitched 30 feet past the pin, but was shricking and Ray Arcel, an-without a moment's hesitation he

and other of the corner men was growl-smacked his ball firmly Ing so that the antles in the corner rattled in the, cup to maintain the

to those looked like a sldeshow

Average. The 18th par was paratively simple.

THERE IS ONLY ONE

It

com-

Manguished Little watched with |

eyes, wondering what, if Sarazen could play like that, would the marrow bring.

But as things turned out he need never have worried. He went out in 34 and came home in 30 for a

CANADIAN CLUB WHISKY wo-under-par 70, while Saruzen was

WITH THE BEAUTIFUL BOUQUET

AND

DISTINCTIVE FLAVOUR

Canadian Club Whisky makes a remark-

out in 27 and home in 30 for 73.

Little won the first two holes, and from then on kept ahead of Sarazen from lee to green.

AND

ND after the match, in the locker room, veteran Gene stated that this would probably

ably pleasant variation-and it enjoys be his last season of competitive world-wide reputation.

As an ingredient in cocktails, it permits

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Financially well off, Sarazen plays golf for fun and at his own expense, original, yet he had a grouse over the ex-

penses of the play-off.

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He had, it seems, to pay out $300 out of his own pocket to play in the Open, on top of which he had to "cough up". expenses for the play- all. He can easily afford that, but, he says, $200 is $300.

"Golf" he said with satisfaction,"

is now a game that belongs to the public, which is a great improve- ment over the days when I started.”

close enough to hear and see what was going onL

But in spite of all that Parnassus couldn't save that $50,000 in future bookinga, based on Garcia's retaining the finlah

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In worse shape probably than hir fighter, who only had to do the Nghing. Mr. Pornaerte had to worry about that $50,000.

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