"CHINA MAIL SPORTS FAGE.
COUNTY CRICKET.
HOBBS MAKES CENTURY
AGAIN.
Notts 202 (Shipman, A., 6 wickets for 49 runs).
Leicester 78 (Matthews, F.C...
5 wickets for 24 runs).
It is not known if Notts batted first and enforced the follow-on": Reuter's cable, gives Nutts' score first and it is therefore presumed, that they batted first. To have YORKSHIRE AND KENT BEATEN enforced the follow-on, there must"
A LATEST RESULTS,
BY RAIN.
[By W.P.C.]
Although Reuter does not say Ac, it is very likely that rain afferted the county cricket pro- gramme at Home Results in a message from London yesterday evening are given below.
in
have been no play on the first day as in a three-day match, a side must lead by 160 runs to do so. From the order given by Reuter, it might be taken that there was no play on the first day, making the match one of two days, in which a lead of 100 runs would have sufficed to enforce the follow-on. However, it may be the other way about, viz., that Leicester batted first."
Leicester (second innings) 69 Richmond, L., 6 wickets for 10 runs):
Of the nidre important matches, that between Yorkshire and Kent was abandoned, causing much disappointment to supporters of the White Rose. and the Hop
Yorkshire v. Kent, county, respectively, even
No result was reached in the Hongkong..
Most pleasing of all in the form match at Leeds where Yorkshire shown by Jack Hobbs on his were at home to Kent. York- return from Australia. Evidentlyshire's score was 39 for no wicket have in the first innings when play was the autograph hunters wrung his hand so much that he abandoned. must make centuries. In the first
Four Centuries Scored. five matches for Surrey this Surrey visited Essex at Leyton. season, consecutively, he has In a match of comparatively high Rcored four centuries. If Sand-scoring, Surrey obtained first ham has beer partnering him at innings points. Scores:--- first wicket, they must have added Surrey 431 for 8 declared more figures to their records as (Hobbs. J. B., 129, Sandham. A they both made substantial con-90; Peach, H. A., 109).. tributions.
Exses 356 Freeman, J., 125), Surrey 814 for 8 (A. Jeacocke. 121; Sandham, 85).
Several matches - were only decided by close margins, such as those at Lord's, Portsmouth and Worcester. The success of Parker and Richmond, the slow bowlers, also indicate what the weather may have been like.
Surrey's failure to win outright rosts them first place in the tuble, which they hitherto shared with "Yorkshire (champions) and Kent, Linenshire, Notts and Middlesex are steadily creeping up and atoning for initial slips. Essex and Leicester both flop.
Middlesex at Lord's. At Lord's Middlesex scraped' home against Warwickshire by 35 rins. Scores:-
Middlesex 230. Warwick 213 (Hon. F. S. G. Calthorpe 84).
Middlesex 176.
Again conjecture gets to work. Surrey had a slight lead on the first innings and a formidable score in the secord. Under the circumstances, P. G. H. Fender the Surrey skipper, if he was playing, would have declared his second innings closed some time on the third day and tried to skittle Essex out. As Essex did not bat the second time and Surrey's second innings had not been completed, it may have been that there was little play on the third day when Fender had every intention of declaring to make a fight for the full points us hel usually does.
Parker to the Rescue. Gloucester seor their first victory of the season at
Warwick 158 (Durston, T. J). Worcester; defeating that county
6 wickets for 38 runs.
Makepeace in Form... Lancashire visited Portsmouth and thanks principally to Make- peace. H., who scored nearly half their runs won by 85 runs. Scores:-
Lancashire 184 (Makepeace 57; Kennedy. A., 7 wickets for 39 "runs)...
Hampshire 62 (Parkin, C., 6 wickets for 32 runs);
Lancashire 140/9
(Makepeace 74).
Hampshire 127.
declared
What Did Happen?,,
by the narrow margin of 18 runs after being in arrears on the first innings. Scores:-
Gloucester 160.
Worcester 191. Gloucester 179.
Worcester 130 (Parker, C., 6 wickets for 37 runs),
Somerset Collapse..
shire on the first innings.
At Derby, Somerset led Derby-
innings and then dismissed Derby
Somerset made 211 in the first | for 92 (J. C, White getting 4. wickets for 83 runs),
At Trent Bridge, Notts had an easy task against Leicestershire, runs winning by an innings and 55 runs
Then Somerset collapsed, being out the second time for only 43 (Bestwick, W., taking 5 wickets for 22 runs). When
AS91 for 4 wickets, down.
in another low-scoring match. stumps were drawn Derby were Scores:-
l'hyed Won 44
P'er. Caninge.
Won on Lost on Possible Paint Last at inn. Iet inn, Tie. Points shined Yorkshire
Di0nm Q... 0... 2020. 100,00 Kent... 220.............................. 0............... O... 10.............10..... 100.00 Surrey. J4 QmIm One 0..... 25.23... 9200 Lancashire
4......3.........Inon Our..... 'O..... 2018. 90 00 Notts
430 ... 0... 20...16...... 80.00 Middlesex......... 4......3...... 1...0... O D... 2015. 75.00 N'thamptonshire. J...................................... 0....... 0..... 15.10 6656 Essex. 53 I.....0... Ï...........0 2516. 64 00 Leicestershire 4............................ ......... 0... 20 8 40 00 Sussex ............ 4.....I...... 2......................... ..... 0... 20.....6... 30.00 Worcestershire.. 4.1.............. 3...................... D............ O... 20 5............ 25 00 Hampshire S........... 3...20 0..... 25.5 24.00. Warwickshire ............ 3...................................... 0..... 25............. 6............... 24.00 Gloucestershire.. 51 30....... 1.............. 0..... 25.......... 6........ 24.00 Somerset ** 0......4.......................... 0 0..... 25 3 1200 Derbyshire 4....................... 30.............. ............ 0... 20.......... 1
Glamorgan
* Zonêm 3.0.............. 0 O 15
HOME TENNIS.
ENGLAND'S YOUNGER
PLAYERS.
H. S. Barclay and 1. D. P. Wheatley reached the final of the men's singles. Mrs. Lycett and Miss J. Reid Thomas the women's final of the Magdalen Park Club's open lawn tennis tournament in ..mail week at Wandsworth.
Every semifinal was closely contested, each one going to three sets..
5.00
Spence made a gallant effort to save the match. He had levelled the match at set all by keeping a good length and volleying.
In the final set, writes S.N. Doust, Spence's length was not so good himself a player of no maan order, and Barclay, playing faultlessly, weat to 5-2. Then Spence took the initiative and want to five games all, led at 7-6, then lost his own service. SASNA
for Barclay evaded Spence at the His chance Dover came agatú, net and scored the next two games
TOLLE OUT."
CHINA MAIL.
AMERICANS ALL ELIMINATED.
BILLY WELLS PLAYS.
jaz
:
GOLF NO RESPECTER OF
REPUTATIONS,
"
All the ex-champions are out of the British Amateur Golf Championship tournament. There is no fear of American invasion as will be seen by the results. Michael Scott should be favour-
• Angus Hambro and the Hon. ites to-day,
HOW TOLLEY LOST.
(Reuter's Servics.)
TODAY'S DERBY,
BLUE RIBBAND OF HOME TURE.
WHAT WILL WINZ
ALL THE LATE NEWS FROM LONDON.
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This afternoon, the historic Epsom Derby, the Blue Ribband of the Home turf, will be run off and Hongkong will not have long to wait for the result. Notes on the race for three year olda, in much this year, appeared in yes which Allies, are not likely to do terday's "China Mail,"
PROBABLE STARTERS.
Latest Amended List.
According to the many Reuter cables received last night and this morning from London, the latest list of probable starters is as follows: Name.
London, May 26, At Westward Ho in the third Bucellas round of the British Amateur Conquistador Golf Championship. E. Thompson Cross Bow.. (Wearside) beat C. J. H. Tolley Constantius by 3 and 2. Thus the champion Cross Bow (Sir E. Holderness) and all ex- Dalmagarry champions have been eliminated. Dignity
Both "Americans engaged in the Ethnarch second round to-day were beater, Manna Pense of Alnmouth defeating R. Mint Dor Stranrahan (Toledo) by one hole My Crackery and V. Longstaff (Aldeburgh) Ponsasinorum beat A. Bourne (Garden City) by Priory Park 4 and 3.
Ptolemy II. and was two down as the turn
Tolley was erratic at the start Roidore
after which he played a feeble and
WINS MARATHON,
C. LA MET/I/
Charles L. ("Chuck") Mellor, won the annual Eatriot's Day Marathoner the full distance of 20 miles and 380 yards, the race ending in Boston, Mass. Mellor who Tan accond last year, 'covered the distance in 2 hrs, 33 mins.
Then
short game; frequently he was short with his approaches and he missed his putts. He was three down at the fourteenth. the fifteenth was halved and he made a bold effort for the re- At the sixteenth he struck the hole quisite two to save the situation. with his second stroke but the ball did not drop and Thompson halved for a surprise victory.
The third round saw the defeat of Dailey, the only surviving; American, by the Hon. Michael Scott by 6 and 5.
Harris, beat the ex-boy champion, The Scottish captain, Robert A. Mathieson by 5 and 4.
Angus Hambro beat Carl Bretherton by one hole.
The Anglo-Californian named Grant beat the Corinthian "Hoccer" player, Morrison, by 2, and 1.
Cruickshank beat Hollis (Northumberland by 2 and 1.
Board (Home Park) beat Bernard Darwin by 4 and 3.
Law (Stoke Poges) beat Bombardier Wells, the former heavyweight boxing champion by 3 and 1.
WIMBLEDON TENNIS..
JO. ANDERSON'S NAME ENTERED.
J. O Anderson, the Austra-
Barclay beat. P. D. B. Spence, lost to Wheatley, he also made a for the lawa tennis champion- and the match, Although E. Higgs Han champlon, has been entered thus reversing the Queen's Club stubborn fight, Wheatley at one ships at Wimbledon by the Aus- decision. Barclay played very stage led by one sat and 5-3 and tralian Lawn Tennis Association:" sound lawn tennis... He makes his 40-0 strokes easily and never brossaka Higgstin
Waots are quiet and Wheatley's att undemonstrative, yet he passed
whenever the
and won the set
whom he will play in the but she and E. Lycett doubles in 1922, they will gother again tht"
Runnymede Sparus,
Solario
Jockey Jellies.
Weaton
Archibald
Archibald.
F. Bullock Winter
·Dempsey .. J. Leach Donoghue Perrymman Thwaites Burne
Fox
Stern
Hulme
Childs
Pryor
St. Becan
Elliott
Solitary
Richards
Beary
St. Napoleon
Wragg
Smirke
Esling
R. Jones.
Lane
Warminster
V. Smyth
Zionist.
Carslake
Sunderland The Sirdar The Virginian Tissaphernes Vizat
H. Bensley
HOW THEY STAND..
Manna Not the Favourite.. (Reuter's Service.)
London, May 26. At the call-over, this evening, the Derby betting was:-
95/20 Cross Bow, t. o. 7/1 Manna, t. o.. 9/1 Conquistador, t. o. 9/1 Ptolemy II., t. o. 100/8 Solario, t: 0. 100/6 St. Becan, t. q. 18/1 Runnymede, t. o. 18/1 Zionist, t. o. 38/1 Dignity, t. o. 33/1 Bucellas; t. c.
40/1 Ponsasinorum, t. o.
40/1 Warminster, t. o.
40/1 Priory Park, t. o. 50/1 Vicot, t.o.
50/1 Sunderland, 0.
50/1 Sparus, Q.
66,1 Tissaphernes, t; o.
66/1 Constantius, t. o.
66/1 The Sirdar, o.
100/1 Roidore, t. o. 100/1 Ethnarch, t.'o. 100/1 Mint Dor, t. o. 100/1 My Crackers, to 100/1 St. Napolean, o. 100/1 Solitary, o 100/1 Virginian, o. 150/1 Dalmagarry, t.o.
Several" Drop Out.. (Reuters Service.).
London, May 26. The following have dropped out ing World, Foxlaw, Motley and from the list of probables-Fly Marksman. p.m. yesterday.
Vainqueur seratched at 3.55
VOLUNTEER SPORTS,
FOOTBALL SEMI-FINALS
TODAY
BOXING SHOW!
VILLA AND CARTLIDGE EXHIBITION.
TE FOR SWIMMING GALA.
TENNIS TO-DAY,
TO SPAR AT STAR THEATRE TO NIGHT
Tennis enthusiasts need no re- Pancho Villa, holder of theminder of the exhibition tennis world's flyweight boxing cham matches to-day and to-morrow, at plonship, will be giving an ex-the H.K.C.C. courts when the bibition at the Star Theatre to
LATEST DETAILS.
About 180 entries have been re- ceived for the first athletic, sports mooting of the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corpe to be held at the Hongkong Football Club ground, Happy Valley on Whit-Monday June 1.
The band of the 8/2nd Punjabi during the day and it is hoped that Regiment will be in attendance | marvel.
night and to-morrow night when Japanese Far East Olympiad CP.O. Jim Cartlidge will be seen team will play the leading local in action" with the Filipino will be published in the "China. | representatives. Full reports
As reported in yesterday's · Mall," ||
a big crowd wall give material en China Mall Villa is passing For the swimming gala at the couragement to the Volunteers through ou the Empress of Rus-VR.C. to-morrow evening. It is to first sporte. Admission to thesia, en route to the United States be regretted that some of Hong- stand is 60 cents.
where he is to figure in a big kong's best swimmers. "have not struck their best form so early in the season. Twelve events have been arranged in which close finishes are aimed at rather than international competition. Some of the Chinese who were chosen to go but who failed to get away, to Manila, may also compete.
This afternoon, the preliminary fight, aventa will be reaching an important stage. At 6 p.m. at Headquarters, Engineers will pull Armoured Cas section in the semi-final of the bug- of-war, the winners to meet the "Scottish Co. in the final, which will take place after the relay red, at the actual sports.
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At Kowloon, this afternoon, the semi-finals in the six-u-side football competition (ten minutes each way, with five minutes extru if no result has been reached) will be. playod. At 5.80 the Infantry will meet the Engineers and at 6.00 Scottish Company will play Mounted In- fantry. The final will be played at Kowloon on Friday afternoon.
Pancho Villa, as seen by a cartoonist.
Also on Friday, the heats in the 300 anda. the 220 yards and
throwing the cricket bill" will be lightweight champion and he has Jim Cartlidge is Hongkong's decided at Happy Valley at 5 p.m.a long list of other successes to his On Monday morning the remaining credit. His performance against hents, i.e.. in the 440 yards, Long Dupre.would have entitled him to jump and 120 yards hurdles, will a renuine showing against world be run off.
contenders even of his own weight At the actual sports, score-sheets and it is certain that with his store will be provided with the moof rigcraft and his speed, he will grumes and each of the eight combine with Pancho Villa to put sections has been allotted a colour, up very good show which will Spectators will probably fined added have its illuminating points for zest by entering up the points local fans." scared and ascertaining how each
sertion stands..
#4
RUGGER " VICTORY.
ENGLAND
BEAT FRANCE AT PARIS.
England just managed to beat France in the international Rugby match at the Colombes Stadium in mail week by 2 points. The scores were: England, 2 placed goals and a goal, from a mark (13 points) France, I goal, 2 tries (II points).
The Teal Pancho Villa.
To-night, the Japanese and Chinese Olympiad teams will be the guests of the Chinese com- · munity at the Yee Wo restaurant, West Point,
The returning athletes leave by the Empress of Russia and the Japanese may be seen in action in Shanghai.
T
HARD COURT TENNIS,
SPENCE WINS TORQUAY CHAMPIONSHIP.
of Great Britain on Hurd Courts was
The Men's Singles "Championship. wount Torquay by P. D. B. Spence, the South African tennis player and Hugby footballer. His opponent
the final was C. H. Kingsley, Insti year's captain of Oxford. Although the Oxford man was unable to get a set, the match was a very intercal ing one throughout, and now only was the excitement well maintained but the play was almost continuous ly well up to championship standard
Spence, as is his enstou, led off at a great puce, and, playing a very... aggressive game, soon put the first set to his credit at 6 gumes to 1, bus Kingsley is always a pertinacions opponent, and though Bponeb lad 2-love and 4-2 in the second set, rallied well and pulled up to four all. Then Spence put in some very fine work, and won the next two games and the set with the lose of only one morance. Nothing daunted Kingsley. got a good start in the third set, and Ted 3-lova. 41, and then 5-2, but Spence is a tiger when he is behind, and though Kingsley nearly Aved the ninth game after being love 40 in it, Spence won that game and the next, making the Of course, there will be "dif- } score five all. · When the whistle sounded at ferences In the weight but this A light rain began to fall it this the end, the Frenchmen were will not count for much in" an stage, but play went on, Kingaley swarming almost over the English exhibition, the object of which is still sticking hard at it and gaining goal-lines, straising every nerve to show the finer points of boxing. two advantage games in succenston, to secure the try that would give Jim is always fit and should stephut Spence would not be deterred, them at last a victory
and after seven all had been called, England.
took the next two games and the set and match. It was a, victory for power and aggression over a player who is in some ways the sounder and tennis as in other games and sports more consistent of the two, but it the adage that a good big "un will bent a good little 'un generally holds good, Kingsley might have dona better if he had not been too anxious to get to the net before driving his adversary right ont of position. Too often he came up on
The game was of a
most strenuous character, and the 30,000 spectators, of whom a considerable number "were English visitors, witnessed one of the most dramatic struggles ever played between the two countries."
Details will be found in a special advertisement.
over into the riog in first-class
Ladies to wear socks rolled down to the ankle such was the fashion started by Miss E. Bennett at the annual tournament of the Gallery Club at Dulwich. Will Hongkong follow suit?
The Corinthian F.C., England's leading amateur "soccer club, who are on eleven by 4 goals to 2. They tour in Germany, defeated the Kolner Sports Club
for the asxt match, afterwards were to have gone on to Hamburg visiting Berlin and Vienna..
TO SPAR WITH VILLA.
.condition.
His Next Fight.
(China, Press Radio)
Los Angeles, May 20.-Pro- moter Simpson announced to-day that a contract had been signed by Jimmy McLaren to meet Pancho Villa at Oakland on July 4.
Villa's title will not be at stake, as McLaren weighs 122 pounds.
LOCAL GOLF.
ADAMSON CUP RESULT.
In the fourth qualifying competi- tion for the Adamson Cup, played at Happy Valley on May 23, to 25,† Mr. E. Moore, malified with a score of 93-15-78. Next were Mr. F. Oliver 94-15-79. Mr. WH Edmonds 104-24-80 and Mr. R. Clark 96-13-83.
1.7
RIDER'S FALL.
MR. HARRIMAN'S NARROW
ESCAPE.
a short one, and as Sperice had go his court passing shots in excellent order there could be but one result The race was just a little too fast for Kingsley and forced him to attack before he was really ready, lest he might not get the chance of attacking at all.
Miss Joan Fry made a better show against Miss Ryan in the final of the ladies doubles than the score of 6-2, 6-2 against her would suggest.
H K Lester and J. H. Van Alen, gave CADL HS L. Barclay and Kingsley a kreat run in the final. of the men's doubles, and were only defeated 1-6, 5-7 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
Mies Ryan and Evelyn Colyer had little difficulty in disposing of Miss P.. M. Radcliffe and Miss
A nasty fall which luckily was, N.Q Radcliffe Plait in the final of not attended by serious con- | the fadies' doubles, Miss Ryan sequences was sustained vesterday was the dominating factors morning by Me G. A. Harriman, Spence secured a second success Dictator Dahlia (Mr. J. T when, with Miss Colyer, he defeat- Bagram), which Mr. Harriman was ed JJ Lezard and Mias Join Fry riding, took fright at the cranking. lo the final of the mixed doubles up of a motor car and swerved Lezard and Miss Fry did extremely towards the inner rails of the grass well to take the first set off so course at the turn at the top of the accomplished a pair home straight,
In clearing one of the dolls"
he unseated. Mr. Harriman, who
was dragged, some little distance | Harry Wills, the Negro heavy- before freeing ħla foot from the weight, and Charley Weinert have.. stirrup. Mr. Harriman was soon on his feet but was naturally con siderably shakea. He persisted however, in riding another pony at work shortly afterwards. 3?
J. Mc Gregory.
signed articles in New York, to meet in a 15-rounds. boxing :: contest in the polo ground arena on June 19.
Matches played last week in the Garrison Tennis League resulted AOC beat Small