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U. S. LAWN TENNIS TOURNEY
SUTTER'S
THRILLING
STRUGGLE
#
Almost Overcomes Vines In U.S. Tourney.
ALLISON LATE IN STARTING AGAINST COCHET.
Ellsworth Vines easily account-
ed for Henri Cochet in the Final
finest tennis of the day, as both 64 AUSSIES" players atrova for every advantage, both in het play and from back-
court. "Allison dropped the first
two games, but then played more carefully, and after capturing a
A
of long deuce games, and breaking through Cochet for third, held his lead with his ser vice to 53. Cochet managed to win the next two, and then service wen to 10-all.
Cochet was at set point twice in the fourteenth game, and once two rames later, but Allison stopped
Round of the American Champion-Kim each time, and finally took the ships by scores of 6-4, 6-4, 6-4, and thus won his second major title of the year. Below are given full de- tails of the two semi-final games and the Final,
Special from Monitor Bureau.
The battle between Vines and Sutter rivalled in "ine terest and features the famous battles which have studded the national cham pionships of past years. For two hours and thirty- seven minutes of actual play they battled. A total of 175 games, 40 to 35 and 474 points, 241 to 233, shows the closeness.
Sutter of the contest, with leading until he was several times within two points of vic. tory, though he never actually reached match point.
set at 12-10. A curious feature was that both players made the same number of points, 76 each. Allison broke through in the initial game of the third set, and held this to the end, though Cochet turned him back at set point four times in the ninth and tenth games before the Texan finally wan,
BARRACK
DUCKWORTH|
Memory Of 1928-9 Tour Still Remains.
M.C.C. TEAM ARRIVES AT FREMANTLE,
Eremantle, To-day. The M.C.C. cricketers with the exception of Maurice Tate arrived here at 8 am. yesterday morning and were welcomed by a large erowd at the wharfside. George Duckworth, the little Lancashire stumper, WHE the recipient of The officials took up the matter friendly barracking of "How Zat?" of stopping the match during the fas. he disembarked... intermission, but objection to its The team have had five weeks suspension was expressed by the at sea to recuperate, from the players, and the match continued, effects of this exelting season though the ball was barely visible from the time of leaving England to the linesmen and spectators on September 17.
Finally, after 3-all, Cochet took In the past. the tourists had no the set at 6-3, and further play sooner found their and legs" proved impossible in the gathering after the first match in Perth than twilight. Cochet won the match on the following morning at 7-5. Only once did Vines falter in his match with Cochet In the . Final, as a trio of double faults came from his racquet to lose the second game of the match, after he had broken through Cochet in the opening session.
they had to spend three days in the train" to Adelaide. On this oc- casion, however, they will remain a week in Perth, playing first West Australia,. then a combined Austra- Vines Slow in Starting.
lian team. They should thus have Vines, as usual, was slow in hit-
a better opportunity of settling ting his stride in his match with
down before facing the harder the New Orleans player, and pot
tasks in the Eastern States. until the middle of the second set
Their Australian opponents will did he show much of the
Cochet was playing his usual not be feeling jaded, for A. A. skill which has placed him lin the forefront of world backcourt game, but, with Vines Mailey's team have completed their ¡tennis.
inclined to covering the court well, was un-tour in America and Canada.- net frequently, playing from back-able to score a single earned point Reuter. court for the most part. and Sut until the eighth game of the first
He WAS
During the 1928-9 tour under ter, as in bis matches with H. W. set, when a volley put him within Percy Chapman, Duckworth and Aussie Austin and George Lott Jr., used a point of 6-3. But this proved Larwood incensed the
his undoing, as Vines, who had crowds during the Testa, Duck- his backhand play with fine effect, coupled with
ad been content to work along on even worth for his numerous appeals terms to that point, suddenly de-and Larwood for his "dangerous" vances to the net. to sake
It is doubtful whether the first Bet
after trailing veloped his finest drives and vol-bowling.
some
at 3-4, by two breaks through leys, and ran out the set in straight the enthusiasts "down under" will the service of the champion, and a games, scoring four placements and ever forgive Larwood for breaking Ponsford's finger, and it will not servite game. Neither was trying two service aces in the process.
he at all, surprising if the Notts for placements, only three orned
fast bowler will receive an early points being credited to Vines,
share of whatever barracking while Sutter made only two.
there is.
VINES AT HIS BEST.
In the second set.. Vines was also! inclined to play easily, until Sutter I was leading at 5-1 when the champion began to exert his finest skill in forcing shots of his fore- hand, and though Sutter, was twice! at set point in the eighth game. Vines took four points in
.
Similarly, each used his ser- rice well in the second set to three-all. Then Vines suddenly started in once more, and
Duckworth was also associated though trailing at 40-30.aller.. nated placements and nets to" in an incident which still rankles] win the game and the break ot'
in the Australian's memory. In 7-5, then coasted along once" the third Test Alan Kippax was more on Wis volleys and aces to
bowled by a ball that appeared to fake the set at 6-4. He finish-miss the sticks completely and ed with an ace, this after the
Duckworth. was immediately the famous style of Tilden, for a
central figure of a heated discus- love game.
sion in the Australian press. The break in the final set came. Some" went even as far as to sug- ed with two love rames "to tie at the start, when Cochet found it gest that he had tampered with ter was again twice at set point in impossible to keep the returns to the wicket before the ball had the sixteenth game. it was not un- the wallops of Vines inside the reached the batsman. The stoat- til a series of backcourt exchanges Court, but a burst of brilliant play hearted Lancastrian took every- in the eighteenth game went to the by the Frenchman in the sixth thing in good part, but his humor- terms ous signals to the crowds while on southerner, that Sutter took the game placed him on even
once more, but Vines broke right the field of play only added to his set.
back, on his forcing play, which re-unpopularity. sulted in another series of errors
a row for the game. He follow-
the score at 5-all, and though Sut-
Vines was now exerting his fullest skill in shotmaking for placements, scoring 6 service aces and 18 placements during the battle, to two of each for Sutter.
by Cochet, and using his service
with great effect, polished off the THE LADIES'
match with another final ace which Cochet never touched,
The times of the sets were 18, 22 and 20 minutes, respectively, and
Sutter led at 3-1 in games in the third set before Vines started net play once more, but the next four games went to him as a result of that style of performance, only only six of the 30 games went to
-Vines
First Set. POINT SCORE.
deuce. The earned points were 38 to have Sutter adopt the same kind te eight, which su ciently in of play in turn, and capture the cales the margin of difference. next three. A long deuce battle
The following were the point placed Vines en even terms, though scores: Sutter was twice within two points of final victory at 30-all and deuce. Vines brake through Sutter's, service in the next, but the lat- ter came right back with an- other break, and then service went in order to 10-all, only to have Vines take the next pair of games for the first act won from Sutter during the tourna- ment.
SERVICE BATTLE. The fourth set, following the rest, was a service battle to 4-all follow- ed by a pair of breaks. Sutter then obtained what proved to be his last chances for victory, when he. was within two points of victory once more on Vines's service in the
4 0 1 4 1 3 4 6 4 4-6-31 Cochet
2 4 4 0 4 5 2 4 12-4-28
Second Set.
POINT SCORE...
Vinesheet
HARBOUR SWIM
TO-DAY
Nine Entries Received To Date.
RACE TO COMMENCE AT 4 P.M.
Nine entries have been received for the Ladies' Harbour Swim which will be decided to-day, but as post entries will be accepted up to 4 p.m. when the race is schedul- ed to start from the Kowloon Rail-
2 5 0 4 2 4 7 6 2 4-6-35 way Pier, a larger entry is anti Cochet
-4 3 4 0 4 2 5 8 404-29
Third Set.
Vines
POINT SCORE.
4 5 1 4.0 2 4 4 2 4-6-80) Cochet
2 841442 24-1-4-27
H.K.F.A. COUNCIL MEETING.
A
twelfth game, at 30-all. But Vines tightened up on his net play, and, though Sutter was far steadier, the drives of the champion had more
meeting of the HK.F.A power, and he broke through Sut Council will be held in the Asso- ter in the seventeenth game to win clation Office, No. 20, Ice House his second set. Then Sutter weak- Street at. 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday, ened under the strain, and with when the business will be sa fol-
lows:- Vines sharpshooting with great ac- curacy, the final set was all in fa-(1) To confirm minutes of vour of the Californian.
The analysis showed 72 earned points for the champion, to 18 for Butter, while the errors were 169 to 265 the other way.
Coun
cipated.
The following are the entrants for to-day's event:-
Miss Chan Woon-king
Miss L. Sadick Mr. D. Gliddy Miss Lam To-lai "Miss Lam Peg-wah Mias Ng Yuet-hing Miss Yeung Bau-king Miss Young Bau-chun
Mis Leung Wing-han Swimming Article on Page 9.)
POLICE CRICKET XI.
The following will represent the cil Meeting No. 2. (2) To confirm minutes of League Police Recreation-Club in a friend- Management Committes Meet-ly cricket match against the Dio ing No. 1
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port. Arrangement Committee p.m. sharp:- Meetings Nos. 1 and 2.
MAW. M. Thompson, ASP.
COCHET AND ALLISON. Allison was also slow to hit his}^! stride in his match with Cochet (4) and the latter ran off with the inl- tial set with ease by his careful shooting and greater standiness. (5) while Allison was making many ar-in
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Two European women, one an American, Miss Edith C. Boynton, the other a pretty, little person, were imprisoned in a cabin of the Hong Kong steamer Helikon, while she lay for two days in the hands of pirates off Hie Che Chin Bay on October 14,
They were in desperate straits, when pirates seized the vessel, en route from Hong Kong to Saigon,
No casualties occurred during the seizure of the vessel, with the exception of oné Chinese deck passenger, who jumped overboard in a frenzy when the vessel was seized. and was drowned. A full story is given in the OVERLAND CHINA MAIL.
Pleading guilty through Mr Leo d'Almada, Sr., to a charge of common assault, reduced from one of criminal intimidation against Mr. Raymond O'Shea, editor of "The Critic," Pastor Manuel de la Sala was convicted by Mr. Wynne-Jones in the Central Magistracy on October 15, and bound over in a personal surely for $250 to be of good be haviour for one year.
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The delayed prize distribution of the Diocesan Girls' School, Kowloon, was held on October 15., the Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotewall, CM.G., LL.D., who has just recovered from a slight indisposition, distributing the scholarships and prizes. The school hall was filled to capacity with parents, pupils, and old girls of the D.G.S., while supporting the Headmistress, Miss H. D. Sawyer, on the stage were the Director of Education, Mr. G. P. de Martin, M.B.E.," the Rev. W. Walton Rogers, Vicar of St. Andrew's Church, Pro- fessor L. Forster, the Hon. Dr. and Mrs. Kotewall, Mr. S. M. Churn, and others.
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October 15, a red letter day in this history of the Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Association, witnessed the ringing down of the curtain on the 1932 season, when the Aitken- head Shield was competed for between Kowloon and Hong Kong on the Kowloon Bowling Club green. Kowloon won by 39 shots, making this their fourth victory since 1928. Hong Kong won last year.
No less than 96 local lawn bowlers took part in the game, including His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government (the Hon. Mr. W. T. Southorn, C.M.G.) who skipped Hong Kong's No. 3 rink against a rink skipped by Mr. W. S. Drake, of the K.B.G.C. A detailed report is » "given in the OVERLAND CHINA MAIL.
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At Causeway Bay on October 14, the All-American polo team, representing Shanghai, once more won the inter port polo match. They defeated Hong Kong by seven goals to five.
Brilliant shots were made in the six chukkas. J. H. Keswick played a splendid game for Hong Kong while Judge C. 8. Franklin, captain of the team, and Don. Burdick shared the honours in the Shanghai side.
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