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·A DAY'S GOLF BROUGHT HIM £25,000: HE DIED IN A PRISON' CELL

THE CHAMP WASHED

DISHES

By EVELYN WEBBER

New York.-Cyril Walker, the little golfer from Man- chester who won the 1921 American national open cham- plonship and died a fortnight ago in a prison bed, was "the man who would not listen."

He died as he had lived-alone, independent, self- willed.

He died hungry, too. When he arrived at New Jersey gaol, destitute after a 200-mile hitch-hike from Miami, he would not listen when the police told him he needed Homething to eat.

when

He only shook his hend Mumi friends advised him not to make the journey.

is younger brother Willam, who had joined him in America, lives in New Jersey. He is a golfing pro- nfessicoa).

Walker's father, owner of foll

Golf shop at Prestwich Club, wanted him to become a stockbroker. And thenigh Cyril went to work in a Manchester office, he spent his spare time on the links dreaming of the day when he would become a professional.

Cyril's wife and 25-year-old ron, live Ronnie, an insurance agent, there 100.

William told me his brother never went to see them after the divorce, Nor did he ask for ald,

"He never listened to us," said

He left is job and persunded | William. "I just used to PAN, his father to Bronce golfing Take all the breaks and go on to: struction for him at Hoylake. Later

the next play without worrying. he qualilled twire for British Open The only

remark he ever really heard was championships.

one made to him by Walter Hngen the day Cyril won A REBUFF CHANGED HIS LIFE the championship, Walter rushed When he was 20, Cyril received up and said: "Well, Cyril, We've all

Agot to respect you now."

ot

a rebut that changed his life. competitor in a match snarled him "Gel out of the way. You'll HOCKEY

player." The

never

be a good

timinutive Cyril, of the shrill voice, red face, large cars and immense

The Pipe Of Peace

Charleston, S. C.. Aug. 29.-The Pepsicola team of Charleston won the State soft ball title last night in Spartanburg, defeating Fosterburns team of Spar- Then the tanburg 4-1.

Pepsicola. squad lined up to receive the trophy- awarded by Coca Cola Com- pany-United Press.

He vowed red hands, was sensitive. then the world would respect him.

In 1914 he left his parents and Elizabeth, his Liverpool sweetheart, und got a job in a New York depart- ment store, demonstrating golfing shots.

A few months later he seat for Elizabeth. After they were married he bought a house in a New Jersey suburb and settled down as a 10 ruine a week golfing instructor.

Pakistan Swamps

Belgium

Brussels, Aug. 20.-The Pakistan Olymple hockey team today beat re Belgian national XI by eight goals to zero, after leading by three goals to zero at half Ume.

rc

Today's gator was almost a peat performance of last Sunday's match when the Belgian side lost by the same score to the Indian Olymple team.

Aziz, Mahmud and Hand played brilliantly in the Pakistan forward line, and Belgium would undoubted- ly have lost by an even bigger margin but for the great work by their goalkeeper, Verhaeren, who could not be blamed for the trouncing his team received.

Right frum the start. Pakistan went into the attnek, and in the 11th minute Aziz scored from a long pass fearo Mahmud, Three minutes later, Hand added another, and just be- fore half time, Mahmud put Pakistan three ahead,

it

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

KEYS

MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1948.

FOR TEES

Forced off the fairways by rain, these contestants in the American Women's National Open Golf Championship got around a plano to hear Babe Zahurias beat tho ivory.

Left to right at. the piano are Betty Hicks, Detroit; Babe Zaharins and Patty Berg. Minneapolis,

Standing, left to right, Sally Sessions, North Muskegeon, Mich.; Helen Detweiler, Chevy Chase, Md.; Katherine Hemphill, Greensboro, N.C.; Mary Mozel, Portland, Ore.; Hope Seigneous Greensboro; Helen Sigel, Philadelphia; Ann Casey, Mason City, La.

The tournament is being held at Northfield, N.J.-A.P. Wirephoto.

THE OLYMPIC GAMES

Short Of

Of The Triple Hop

Tried Been Everything's

By RECORDER

abandoned after

There can be events without limit in athletic competition and in the modern Olympic Games series there have been some that have since been being considered, finally, a little on the far-fetched side.

The programme has been pared down to its present form which gives little ground for criticism other than that an intermediate running distance between the 1,500 and 5,000 metres, say the 3,000 metres, could well be included, as could one between the 10,000 metres and the Marathon, which is inst over 40 kilometres.

Long since abindored are the 00 metres dash, the standing long and high hmps, the throws

for either, hanel, peregate Greek-style Dierus throw, and Pentathlon.

AMERICA'S MILLIONS MOURN THE “BABE'

£20,000-A-Year Man Came From Slums

By FREDERICK COOK

NEW YORK.

President Truman led a mourning' nation in its tri bules to Babe Ruth, Amerlen's baseball Idol.

Said Truman: "Ho had all the qualities of a hero." Babe Ruth was a rough, tough, good-hearted product of the slums who battled his way to the top.

When he retired the Babe WAS able to vo in nfluence. Ile mainfalued a large apartment over- looking the Hudson River In Now York.

Despite wild extravagances of his earlier years-when he was a mons- ter party thrower and an incredibly Invish tipper-Ruth at 43 was able to count on a monthly Income

£625.

ΟΙ

One of Babe Ruth's weaknesses was that he could never remember In name. The result was his home- nade rule: "If they look under 40 I enli tem kid. If more, I call 'em all Doe. They none of 'em seem to mind."

who Many thousands of boys were not even born when the Baoe was in his heyday are grieving to- day the loss of their hero.

In his time he had autographed

bats thousands of baseball faught thousands of boys how to put that twist into their delivery.

nach

"I never had much la the way of a boyhood myself." he used to say, "I like to give the lids a break."

Babe Ruth was 53 when death come.

For many months he had fought throat cancer of the type that took his friend Damon' Runyon.

BABE RUTH

Officially they called it the Yankee Stadium, but to baseball tank-every-

where it was known as The House

He knew his days were numbered. Yet in the last summer of his life that Babe Built. frail, bent, pallid, his once mighty Ruth lived rough, gambled wildly, volee eut to a pitiful rasplug whisdrank deeply and fed with

made scores of public per-be

His refusal. a gargantuan appetite.

talent appearances wherever his services to take care of himself, his were sought in a good cause.

for ignoring rules of training, led to more than one breakdown the biggest "play" anally to a Rue of 5,000 dollars de- He received ever to be given in the American ducted from his pay. Press to a public sports idol ns he lay in death.

REFORM SCHOOL

The "Bambino" was raised in water-front bar room in Baltimore. He was so unmanageable that his parents seat him to a reformatory run by the local Catholic Fathers,

and

His wife bore him two children, In both of whom died in infancy. 1928 she died in a fire in Boston, A few months later Ruth married', a former actress, Claire Hodgson,

HIS SECOND WIFE

5.

Epa Andersson

9. O. 1. Bernard

(Sweden)

6,877

(Switzerland)

14.9

The second Mrs Bulh

reformed

201 the

6. Peter Muillas

10.

Ray Weinberg

(Australia)

0,730

(Australia)

15.0

the

11.

S. F. Foster (Jamaica).

15.1

400 METRES RELAY

12.

jol Bractonan

There he remained nine years.him, In the closing years of his The Fathers failed to make him career he trained faithfully work at anything but baseball, and always fulfilled his obligations to often came within an ace of sending his public.

and

1.

United States

41.1

(Belgium)

15.2

him away.

2. Great Britain

41.3

3.

Italy

41.3

LOW HURDLES

The year after his

hc

Hungary

41,4

second contract

1. Roy Cochran (USA)

5.

Australia

41.5

0.

Netherlands

41.0

41.9

ሳ.

42.4

5.

42.4

A.

In the second half, Belgium's de- fence fell

After to pieces,

live minutes Hamid scored for Pakistan, j in the course of the 40 years'

Ghafour

history of the modern Games series, and three minutes later

long pass from Aziz and accepted

various suggestions have been put netted. Within perlod of ax

up for new events, but most of these minutes, Aziz scored three goals to

fell through. make the total eight, two by In- dividual effort and one from a pass from Hamid.-Reuter.

One of these was the pole vault for distance rather than eight, a In 1024, with the arrival of their

regular event ou American athletle tinday. Walker decided his hour had INDIA ALSO WINS

programmes any years ago but ccmc. He entered the American Prague, Aug. 20-The Indian now abandoned for a good score of national golf tournament. Ills victory | Olympic team beat Sport Club years. that windy June day, 24 years ago, | Hostivar here by live goals to one at the Oakland Hills Country Club, foday, after leading three goals Michigan, made golf history.

one at half Ume.

to

He admitted afterwards he had. G. Slagh. (2). Clodius. Fernandez practised strategy for hours. "They and Juswart scored for the Indians have got to adinire me How," heReuter. Bald. His age was 32.

But the match was not the

be-

ginning; it was the climax of his

'carter. His game lost the con-

sistency that won him his supre macy. A year later, in 1925, he was nowhere near the top.

DID NOT TAKE LONG.

It did not take him long to lose the £26,000 he earned after he became champion. He was never worth the £250,000 that people thought.

Citation Wins

American Derby

racing.

The Americans, in their National Championship, still keep up the 56-16. weight throw and the English yet retain-the-tug-of-war, once-for- brief period an Olympic event till the incident the 1008 London Games when the Americans kicked up д fuss about the British team,

re-

presented by the London Metro- politan

Police, using heb-nailed boots to get a grip on the ground.

Here are the summarien for the odd athletic events at the Game.. concluding the fabulation of

MARATHON RUN

1. Delta Cabrera (Argentina)

in

2.

Tom Richards

2:34:51.0

7. Canada

8. Brazi!

Argentina

D.

1,600 METRES RELAY

2. Italy

5 France

6. Sweden

7. Canada

51.1

Duncan White (Ceylon) 51.8 52.1 Ilchard Ault (USA).......... Rune Larsson (Sweden) 51.0* 52.5* Yves Cros (France) .... Ottavio Missoni (Italy). 53.4

Semi-Finalists

(Finland)

Jeffrey Kirk (USA) ....

United States

B. 3. Andiro (France) ...........

54.3 54.5

3:14.0

9.

A. Westninu (Sweden)

54.5

Jamaica

3:14.0 10. 11. Albert

4.

Great Britain

3:14.2

(Argentina)

54.0

3:14.811

Jim Holland (N.

3:10.0

Zealand)

54.0

3:19.0 12.

Behle Storskrubb

3:20.6

04.0

9. Argentina

3:21.2

HIGH HURDLES

1. BH

Parter (USA)

13.0

2. Clyde Scott (USA)

14.1

3.

Craig Dixon (USA)

14.1

4. Alberto Triulzi

(Argentina)

8. Finland

5. Peter Gardner

(Australia)

0. Haakon Lkdinan

(Sewon)

Semi-Finalista 7. Jlm Vickers (India) 2:35.07.0 8. Andre Marie (France)

Chicago, Aug. 29.-America's Olympic finalists and semifinalists champion three-year-old Citation, | fn fráück and field athetics:

alloped to a length victory in the American, Derby 21 Washington Park yesterday-a victory worth £16,012, bringing Citation's earnings to £162,037-1/1′′ (US$851,750) 18 month's of After he was presented with u This is the third greatest sum ever Citation, by Bull £7,500 purse with the title, he was won by a horse. bestaged by speculators inviting Lea out of Hydroplane, started at him to invest. Land he bought in 10/1 on, and won from Free Ame- He covered the one and a Florida cost him £12,500. Later he rien. tried to sell it, discovered it was quarter miles in two minutes and

could

never ire built 1-3/5 seconds-Reuter.

worthless,

upon.

His New Jersey golfing club terprise was undertaken

with four partners. Walker lavested £10,000. Tegether the five built the club.

They had no experience; were forced to sell.

in

(Britain)

3. E. Gailly

(Belgium)

ນ.

4. Johannes Coleman

Africa) (S. S. Guinez E. C.

(Argentina) 6. S. T. Luyt

(South

Africa)

G. Destling

9, A. P. Sensin!

2:35:33.0

2:30:00

2:30:34

2:38:11

2:38:40.0

"Semi-final times.

COPENHAGEN MEET

Copenhagen, Aug.

29.-The

Americans won all the events today when their two-day meeting with Scandinavian athletes began hore 14.0 at the Oesterbro Stadium.

a signed

He became O shrewd business Ruth was signed to a good, con-man, tract while still a youth and travel-marringé led in the next few years from club at £20,000 a year. to club climbing ever higher Anan- cially.

In 1920 he was sold to a famous New York club, The Yankees, for the then record sum of £31,250.

At the close of his 22-year career

in major baseball, I was estimated e had earned in salary £224,000 pus £10,000 as his share of receipts from the world series games, plus least £250,000 from his Within a season or two Ruth had at

tours, vaudeville put The Yankees on the map. They barnstorming built a vast new stadium with 70,000 appearances, endorsements of pro-

ducts and radio appearances. seats.

PIPES

COMOYS REDMAN

-

DUNHILL

PARKER

MASTA JEANTET

DR. PATCHERRY-WOOD

Denmark were leading by 10 14.5 metres at

400 one stage in the metres relay, but the United States, 14.0" ❘ with Harrison

ORLIK Dillard as their anchor runner, duly added this to their triumphs in 41 seconds.

Dillard also won the 110 metres hurdles, his time being 13.0 seconds.

The other winners were:

14.7 14.9

The Channel

Swimmers

200 metres: Barney Ewell, 22 seconds.

400 metres: Dave Bolen, 47.8 seconds,

Hammer: Sam Felton, 54.1 metres.

Morcum Pole Vault: Richmond 4.1 metres.

Javelin:

Dover, England, Aug. 29.-metres. 2:38:41 Tom Blower, 34-year-old Not-

Discu::

Steve

Seymour 07.34

Fortune Gordlen, 54.07

tingham swimmer. entered the metres-Reuter.

CI)-

CHANTILLY EVENT Parls, Aug. 20-M. Leon Volter-

Amour

by Admiral Drake, Ta's Drake out of Vers L'Aurore, the 400,000 francs Prix D'Aumate for two-year-olds over six furlongs Chantilly today by two and at half lengths and five lengths from Charleval and Fast One in a field of

7.

won

8. J.

(Sweden) Systos (Norway)

(Argentina)

2:30:30

10.

H. K. Larsen

(Denmark)

11.

Viljo Heino

The winner, ridden by Rao "Togo"

water at Dover at 19.14 hours of GMT tonight on the start his attempt to swim the Eng- lish Channel both ways.

Walker also dabbled

stocks, Though he never really understood four. them, he had fair success. But he refused to see sigis. In 1920 he Johnston, starlet favourite paying 12.

17 francs for a 10-frane win lake lost heavily in the Stock Market erush. He settled a substantial sum on the pari-mutuel, Place dividends

were 1 francs and 11 francs. Reuter,

on his

wife, however,

divorce in 1930.

their

Only Walker's New Jersey house, purchased for a few hundred pounds

to show

in 1915, remains

...some his money went.

where

Always ill with stomacti trouble.

he began, against advice, to drink. of

Baseball Scores

New York, Aug. 20.-The results matches played today in the

When he was arrested for drunken | major United States baschall driving and fined £65, he did not leagues.were? have the money to pay. Later ho drove his car into an advertisement New York

of a golf club he thought had put Boston him out of business.

American League

Washington.

When his wife divorced him Philadelphin Walker went to Florida and worker

AK

a teneber, lator as a caddy

(Finland)

A. Melin (Sweden)

JAVELIN THROW

2:41:22

He said he would spend 15 or 20 minules ashare in France, have A meal there and then re-enter the 220: 94 water for the return swim. Seymour (USA) 221; 7%.

1. Toplo Rautavara

(Finland)

2. Stove

1. J.

(y)

4. P. K. Vesterinen (Finland)

5. Odd Macibum

(Norway)

210.11

210: 2.

214: 3%

6. Martin Biles (USA).. 213: 94

Semi-Finalists

or over

The semi-analists, who throw 208 feet 11 inches

were Berglund (Sweden), G. Pettersson Lumir Kleveswetter (Sweden),

M. (Czechoslovakia),

Vujacic

land) and Bob Likens (USA).

Ile hopes to beat the record set up by E. II. Temme of 16 hours, 54 minutes for the swim from England

to Franco.

Bldwer swam the Channel from France to England in 1937.

EGYPTIANS

PRO CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Amsterdam, Aug. 29-Van Vliet, of Holland, won the world professional sprint cycling championship. for the second time when the world champion- ships were continued here to day, beating Gerardin, of France, in two straight, heats

Folkestone, England, Aug. 20.1in the final, Three of four Egyptians attempting

(Yugoslavia), S. M. Nikkinen (Fin- The passengers said on arrival at

3 Claveland

F Chiengo

R

Detroit

St. Louis

National League

Brooklyn

2

# New York

4

when St. Louis

7

New York

HAMMER THROW

4

Bosion

1.

Ice Nemeth

Philadelphia

at Cincinnati clubs there. Ho disappeared often St. Louls

for days, always promising

he returned to reform. Towards Chicago the end he worked as a waiter and Pittsburgh

a dish-washer.

HOME ONCE ONLY

During all this time

ho went

home only once, in 1926, to play

Pittsburgh:

7 Philadelphia

11

-Router.

BALKAN GAMES

and lose in the Open Champion- Belgrade, Aug. 20,-The athletics

ship at St. Annes.

championships of the Balkans and But he gave plenty of money Central Europe will take place here away. All his life he remained the from September 16 to 19.

The countries who have signified

shy proud, appealing littlo

accent

man with the Lancashire

who their intention, to take part are Poland, longed for admiration but did not Czechoslovakla, Hungary. know when it was his what to do Rumania, Bulgaria and the Free

Territory of Trieste Rouler. with it.

་

Van Vlet's other title wis won

Ho A to swim the English Channel from in 1930, also in Amsterdam.

France were reported about half qualified for the final by beating In two way across at 10:00 hours. GMT to Senfileben, of France, 'diny by

оп passengers

# cross straight heats in the semi-finals to- day, while Gerardin beat Plattner Channel steamer.

of Switzerland by two heats out of Folkestone- that three swimmers three.

Van Vilet bested Gerardin by were sighted on a lina midway be-

two tween Dover and Folkestone. They half a length in each of the were not identified.

final heats, his time for the last The four Egyptions scheduled to 200 moires in cach being 12.8 make the attempt werd Marich seconds. 178: 01 Isson Hamad, Hassan Abdel Senfftloben took 176: 311⁄2 Rehim, Fahmy Attallah, and, Abdel | defeating Plattner 170: 0% Megid, Mohammed,

(Hungary)............. 183:111 2. 1. Gubijan

(Yugoslavin)

3. Bob Bennett (USA)

4. Sam Felton (USA).

3. L. E..0. Tamminen

(Finland)

1. Dosso Ericsson

(Sweden)

DECATHLON

1. Dob Mathias (USA)

2. Ignace Heinrich (France)

173: 0

7,130

heats in a match

third place by

in two straight

for third and It was expected the swimmers fourth places. 174: 1% would reach the coast near Dover,

won the Lambaley of: France at about 21.00 hours GMT if all motor-paced world title, covering went well,

100 kilometres in one hour, 20 of The weather was sunny and the minutes-10.8 seconds. Frosio BCA was calm.',

Italy was second, Mouleman, of At 20.30 hours GMT, the Egyptian Belgium, third, De Best of Holland swimmera were reported less than fourth, Leseur of France afth and half a mile from the beach at St Pronk of Holland sixth. Margaret's Day between Dover and Deal-Associated Press.~-

0,074 8. Bob Simmons (USA) -0,034

4. Enrique Klatenmacher

(Argentina)

0,029

Clautler of Belgium and Bakker lof Holland retired-Heuter.

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