1941-08-26 — Page 15

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 26, 1941.

By Ernie Bushmiller-

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"Heil Hawkins 1 Well met. How nice to see yourhonest countenance

once more."

* Welcome home, Mr. Gerald. May I venture to observe that you appear Aremarkably branzed and fit ?" "And to what, Mr. Gerald, do we owe this modicum of unexpected leave ?? "To the fact, Hawkins, that I have been promoted. I have my stripe. The man who stands before you is a real live Acting Lance-Corporal \(unpaid).").

"I do, Hawkins, and in a big way, Turn out the cellar while I go to the phone and beat up a few of the lads. Let there be enough festivity-. to foot a battlezbin.” "Very good, Mr. Gerald,”

"And Hawkins, see that there's plenty of Roso's Lime Juico. Can't risk hangovers in wartime, you know. Rose's for Gimleti, and to wind up the evening. Atten- tion to detail, Hawkins that's what makes the good soldier." "So I discovered, Mr. Gerald, when they made ins Quartermaster- Sargeant in the latter half of *1957-*** There's nothing flats about Rosa's Lima Juleo. Ask- for Rose's and enjoy the pure Julen uf, the Uma

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Large Convoy

Under Fire

Off Cadiz

Champions Routed By U.S.A.

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in the "give all" series against the U.S. Navy.

Seven Ships Lost With the 18-16 score sounding LISBON, Aug. 25 (Reuter). more like a tight basketball triller, -Fifteen merchant ships which unother, producing a grand exhibi- the lead see-sawed from one side lo are understood to be part of tion of how baseball should not be convoy of 25 ships attacked by played, enemy aircraft and upmarines| off Cadiz on Friday, while en route to Gibraltar from Britain, nave arrived in the Tagus.

According to the Lisbon newspaper "Diario de Noticias" seven mer- chantmen were sunk in the fight following the attack while warships escorting the convey were damaged. The ships of the convoy which escaped a tenacious pursuit saved the greater part of the crews of the ships; that were lost..

tons and Grellend 4,274 tons.

The Navy nine pounded hapless El Chaug, fn his first mound ap- pearance of the year, for soven soild blows and crashed across the platter will ine solid runs in two-thirds of the initial stanza before the local masterminds finally sent the veteran to the showers, I certainly was a sweet plece of "dumb-dora" haseball sense on the part of the local brain wave and should be chalked up as a big boner for the "believe it or not" baseball riddles.

The vessels which arrived in the In the relic role, silent Wally fagus Include the Switzerland 1,291 Ching came through with a steady tons, Lanohrone 1,221 tons, Palwing, twirling effort to mark up his second Meta 1,575 tons, Spero 3,610 tons, Charity Series win. Cervantes 1,810 tons, Ibro 1,000, Going into the 6th canto on the Petrel 1,354 tons, Starling 1,329 short end of a 12-10 score, the Colony tons, Empire Stream, Lyminge 2,490 | All-Stars crashed through with a seven run scoring spree on two hits One Corvette Sunk

and Ave bad miscues to clinch the LISBON, Aug. 25 (Reuter) old ball gome right

then and there. Seven ships totaling 10,080 tons Navy pitcher Hank Ruel was yanked were fost from a British convoy

after filling the bases, but P. F. Choy allacked off the Spanish coast last worked Ski Powlawski for a walk to week. One corvelle was the only forco In the first run In this bir vessel lost by the escort.

merry-go-round Innlog

Gerry Co- These Agures compare with the sano sent a Texas Leaguer to German claim to have sunk 25 ships driving in Wally Ching and George and also to have destroyed two Sousa with two more tallies, Choy other warships.

crossed the pan on an error and

first buse

to contro

romped home when

All's

Heavy Toll of U-Boats Gerry Gonna LONDON, Aug, 25 (British Wire-Nip Lum id down a bunt along less). - Shipbuilding

Inc. Hank programmes the embarked upon since the beginning sacrifice brought in the last two runs the war have resulted in a great to give the All-Stars a five run increase in Britain's convoy escorts. lead. It is known that heavy toll has been lies in the last of the 6th after the The US. Navy garnered four tal- levied upon U-boats.

of

United States occupation of Ice- Hongkongites had marked up a lone land and the establishment of run on Bill Chang's sacrifice which zones patrolled by United States drove in Wally Ching with the All- warships have also helped to curo Sture last tally of the game. the activity of enemy submarines.

The Russians claim the destruction of 13 submarines up to August 15 in all theatres of war.

Big Robbery In Shanghai

Down two runs in Ute last frame, the American Navy men filled the bases after Groneck and Willo Wilson had led out. Bir Mac McKenzie strode up to the platter with the hero-tag in the making, but with an easy pop to shortstop Sousa sent out the well-known "that's dil" sign, giving Hongkong their second straight in this classle series,

CHUNGKING, Aug, 25 (Cen-GREAT Britain's depleted ball tral News)One of the biggest. tassers took the fast way robberies in Shanghai involving out of the championship scrap. the loss of over $420,000 took when they virtually handed place in the Chu Hsing Silver- their first round fray to China amitha in Due du Consulat in 18-3. the French Concession, accord- ing to a Shanghai dispatch.

Another last minute contract deal was put aver on the benches of the withering bleachers, when Georgle White, Johnny Fisher, Bandy Sandberg and Binning were signed on for the lone game; no uniforms nor ball cleats were included in the con

contract.

Eight or nine robbers broke into the shop by the back door shortly after six o'clock in the morning. They cut the telephone and alarm bell wires, bound and

all ragged salesmen, numbering between 20 and 30 and forced the younger brother

Chinese pitcher Al Lau merely of the

proprietor to hand over the breezed them over the plate, limiting key of the safe.

the Britishers to three scattered They took from the safe ten gold blows and whiming five for his first bars, over 100 gold and silver rings, International Series win. over, 100 gold bracelets, car-rings, the 1st frame, riding across the pan The Cathaymen went to town in And other ornaments, weighing totally 450 ounces and valued at with three runs on two hits and on more than $420,000, and escaped in error. Warming up with a single a motor car.

marker in the 3rd, China's colour A reward has been offered for the bearers thundered through with arrest of the robbers.

TOBRUK UNDER FIRE & BOMBING

CAIRO, Aug. 25 (Reuter)-British patrols at Tobruk are active desplie continued enemy artillery and mor tar fire, states a communique from) the British G.HQ.

nino run blazing barrage which Just about made the British give up the losing fight.

Welford's gang called it day in the first of the 6th canto when a slight drizzle poured over the ball yard after four more Chinese tal- les crossed the rubber pan.

BAD WEATHER RESTRICTS R.A.F.

One dive-bombing attack during the day did only minor damage. LONDON, Aug. 25 (Reuter).— In the frontier area, there was Operations by British bombers were Intermittent artillery fire and some atill restricted by bad weather on patrol activity...

Sunday night, states the Air Ministry, Communications and industrial BOMDAY, Aug. 25 (Reuter).-objectives at Dusseldorf were sharply Indian press approvingly features Mr attacked. Three bombers are mis Winston Churchill's bródleast, us- sing. suring the world of the ultimate

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triumph of the defenders of free were missing from patrol over, the dom and his warning to Japan. North Sea on Sunday morning.

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