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THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1932.
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| GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
Two Surprises at Muirhead.
HARTLEY BEATEN.
Muirfield, Monday.
There were two surprises in the second round of the British Ama- teur Golf Championship.
R. Sweeney, the Oxford Ameri- can. beat Roger Wethered by 6 and 4.
D. Stocks. an Edinburgh busi-
Orwell A Hot Favourite For The Derby
Colt's Wonderful Record
TWENTY-THREE ENTRIES FOR
THE CLASSIC.
DASTUR AND HESPERUS
Twenty-three horses will start in the English neas man, beat Rex Hartley, the Derby, to be decided at Epsom on June 1.
Walker Cup player, by 3 and 1.- Reuter.
LAWN TENNIS.
Hard Court Titles at Bournemouth.
PERRY BEATS ROGERS
F. J. Perry won the men's singles in the Hard Court Championships of Great Britain at Bournemouth on April 30, when he beat G. L. Rogers (Ireland), in the final by 4-5. 7—9, 6-3, 6-0, bim2.
The match was begun in rain, on a slippery surface. Rogers gained a lead of -1 in the first set, the conditions preventing Perry from bringing, his volleying powers into play. Perry played steadily to draw level at 4-all, but the Irishman took the set with- out further loss,
Among the entries is Mr. Washington Singer's Orwell, which is the present hot favourite. Orwell won the Two Thousand Guineas in April this year. beating the. Aga Khan's Dastur and M. Boussac's Hesperus. The latter two are also starters in the Derby, Dastur being second favourite with Hes- perus fourth.
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Orwell won at evens, the bet, the Derby, the full list of entries ting being 10 to 1 against Dastur, of which is as follows:-Peter and 25 to 1 against Hesperus.. Planet, Hesperus, Corcy, Celebra- Orwell, known as a two-yeur-tor, Porto Fine, Sunnyborough,, winning five races and being plac- Planet, Buckle, Bacchus, Dastur, old as the Golden Hair Colt. in Royal Dancer, Totalg, Summer ed third once earned the sum of Firdaussi, Jiweh, Wyvern, Miracle, £18,613 for his owner in 1931. Andrea, Orwell, Leighon. Jackdaw,: His record is:-
Spencer, April the Fifth, Cockpen. Plate: 1st, Chesham Stakes; lat,
1931-3rd. Great Surrey Foal-Reuter.
National Breeders Produce Stakes; 1st, Champagne Stakes: lat, Im-1 perial Produce Stakes; lat, Middle Park Stakes.
Official Club Betting. (Run at Epsom on Wednesday, June 1, 1 m.)
9 to 4 agat. Orwell (t and o)
Dastur (0) Cockpen (o; 100-6 t) Hesperus (0)
1932-1st. Greenham Plate (1) 10~1 mile); lat. Two-Thousand Guineas 100 7 (1 mile).
Cameronian's Win.
Mr. J. A. Dewar's 'Cameronian (Freddy Fox up) won the Derby last year, being three-quarters of
Miracle (o; 20-1 t) Wyvern (0) Jackdaw the Second
100 G
18-1 25
25-1
(0)
At 2-1 in the second et both men were slipping so badly that a length ahead of Sir J. Ruther- 33-1. there was some talk of stopping ford's Orpen (Jones up), the same 331 the match, but it was continued.distance separating Orpen from
It was no longer raining, and under Lord Rosebery's Sandwich (H.)
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Violator (t and o) Firdaussi (t and o) Loaningdale (o; 40-1 t). West Wickham (0;
40-1 t) and though he lost the set he pro- Five also-rans of the 2,000 33-1 Rolling Rock (0) longed it sufficiently to take full Guineas classic-April the Fifth,
Jiweh (0; 66-1 t) toll of his opponent's physical re-Loaningdale, Miracle, Rolling Rock, The above quotations were offer- sources.
and Wyvern-are also starters Infed in London on May 1,
a driving wind the surface rapidly Wragg up). Cameronian's time 33-1 improved. Perry also improved, was 2 mins. 36.3/5 seca.
In the third set Perry began a brilliant attack. Going from strength to strength, he banged his
forehand drive into Rogers's backhand corner, and ad
vanced and eut off the re- turns with wonderful volleys.
If
BILL TILDEN HEADS
U. S. TENNIS STARS
Rogers lobbed he found Perry Vincent Richards Second deadly overhead. Rogers made little effort to get the fourth not after he had lost the first three
| games, He tried to slow Perry
6-2.
on List.
50-1
LOCAL FOOTBALL DISPUTE ENDS
Agreement Between F.A. and Chinese Club's.
MR. KOTEWALL'S WORK
Kong Football Association and the The dispute between the Hong Chinese football clubs has been
settled at last..
the two parties some time ago, anding in the resignation en bloc
The differences arose between;
of the Chinese clubs from the As- sociation."
down in the final set, but it was all William T. Tilden II, who was of no avail, and Ferry won very ranked at the top of the amateurs easily.
for ten years, heade the first rank- Mme. R. Mathieu retained the ing of the professional players to women's singles title by easily be made in America, as issued re- beating Miss D. E. Round by 6-1,cently by the Professional Law
The French woman's game Tennis Association of the United of high efficiency, with its spendic States. variety of strokes and sound Twenty-five players are listed tactics, was altogether too much for in numerical order in the ranking, her opponent, whe was out-gen- and four of those to be found in C.M.G., who was appointed media- aralled and outplayed.
the top ten enjoyed a high rating tor by the two parties concerned. The final of the men's doubles 2 amateurs. In addition to has been. able was not played, the championship Tilden, helder of the world's pro- satisfactory settlement.
to bring about a going to F. J. Perry and John S. fessional championship, the four Olliff by default, as R. Menzel, the include Vincent Richards of Newball clubs was held last evening in A meeting of the Chinese foot- Czecho-Slovakian, could not spare York, Howard O. Kinsey of San the time to partner A. Martin- Legeay in the final.”
The rain put an end to all fur ther play for the day, when Mrs, L. A. Godfree and Miss G. R. Sterry were leading Mme. R. Mathieu and Miss V. H. Montgomery.. by. 5-7, 6-2, 4-8, in the other semifinal
The Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotewall,
the Chinese Merchants' Club,
Francisco, and Francis T. Hunter China Building, at the invitation of New Rochelle, who are placed of Mr. Kotewall, when the terms, in the order named behind 'the
signed by both parties of Friday, Philadelphian.
were ratified. Two resolutions were passed, one expressing thanks to Mr. Kotewall, for his work, and Three other players who won the other thanking Messrs. Wong prominence on the courts as ama- Kwong-tin, M. K. Lo, and Hing,
Other Well-Known Amateurs..
Listed,
of the women's doubles. It has tears are included in the first tan the Chinese, delegates, for their
been decided to complete this match They are J. Emmett Pare of Chi-help in the matter. and play the final in this event. esgo, No. 5; Charlos M. Wood of It is understood that the terms Men's Singles F. J. Perry beat New York, No. 7: Robert Seller of settlement will be published in G. L. Rogers, 4-6, 70, 68, 60, of San Francisco, No., 8; Paul L. due course,
Heston of Washington, No. 6: J. Women's Singles. Mme R. Basil Maguire of Brooklyn, No. 9; Mathieu beat Miss D. Round, 61, and John J. Cardegna of Ardsley, No. 10; are the remaining players Mixed Doubles Mme. Mathieu to be ranked in the select group. and A. Martin Legeay beat F.J. The committee of the Profes Perry and Mlis M. Heeley, 6-sional L.T.A. which compiled the 60
A rankings Included Howard Elbsay, Men's Doubles Semi-final: A Charles Wood and allen Behr Martin-Legeay (France) and R.
ranking of the first ten Mannel(Cocho-Slevakia) best
Pilden 1.
H. G. "Les and
Final: F. J. Perry w.o, Martin-Ler
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Great interest was taken by local residenta in the Empire Products Fair which was opened by H.E. the Honourable Mr. Wilfrid T. Southorn, C.M.G., in the Peninsula Hotel on May 23, and continued on Empire Day. At the opening ceremony a colourful pageant was presented by local girls, representing Britain, Canada, Ar stralia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, China, Hong Kong and the New Territories. Fifteen thousand people attended the Fair, setting a new record figure for any assembly in the Colony. A full report of the Fair, together with an exclu- sive interview with H.E. regarding the function, is published in the OVERLAND CHINA MAIL.
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Hong Kong won the thirtieth Interport Cricket match at Shanghai on May 24, by 42 runs, after a very anxious period had been reached. Shanghai led by 23 runs on the first innings, and in their second knock Hong Kong had lost seven wickets for 53 runs, when A. H. Madar and G. C. Burnett pulled the game out of the fire by a partnership of 79 runs for the eighth wicket. Madar made 59, the biggest score of the match, while Burnett scored 29. In' their second innings, Shanghai could do little against the attack of Minu, who captured six wickets for 49 runs. bowled well for the first innings, claiming four wickets. A He also detalled account of the match is published in the OVERLAND CHINA MAIL.
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On the evening of Empire Day, the Hon. Sir Henry Pollock, K.C., gave an interesting radio talk on the remark- able progress of the Colony since April, 1888. Sir Henry spoke of the founding of the University, the expansion of Kowloon, the discovery of the malarial mosquite, the dis- covery and adoption of wireless and the increase in hospital accommodation. His lecture is reported in the OVERLAND: CHINA MAIL.
The Shing-Mun water scheme was discussed at a meet- ing of the Legislative Council on May 19, when H.E. the Officer Administering the Government gave assurance that, the Government was in entire agreement with the Unofficial members with regard to the necessity of Immediately com mencing work on the second section of the scheme. A full report of the discussion is printed in the OVERLAND CHINA MAILA
There was an enthusiastic gathering at the Peninsula Hotel on the night of May 24, when an inauguration dinner, was held of the three new units of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps The Anti-Aircraft Light Automatic Corps the Army Service. Cadre, and the Anzac Company, H.E. the G.O.C. and Commodore Walker were, the guests of honour, ** A report of the function. is given in the OVERLAND CHINA MAIL.
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