THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1933.
THE CHINA MAIL.
ALESporting Page 52
Vines Blames Himself For Davis Cup Defeat
RECREIO TROUNCE His Captain Not Callous And
S. CHINA
"B" Division Win By
8 Sets To 1.
CHALLENGE TO C. R. C.
The Recreio overwhelmed South China by 8 sets to 1 on the latter's courts at King's Park yesterday in the "B" Division of the Lawn Ten- nis League.
Indifferent: Reply To Press Criticism
(By A. WALLIS MYERS)
Paris, July 28, 1 The crowd had good value for Davis Cup their money in the stirring duel To-day the three teams, French, British. and Ameri-between Austin and Allison, What- Vines may have said ar The Recreio. who have played can, lunened together in the Bois ever
of the French thought. I doubt whether he was fit at the invitation Federaion. Borutra
Austin enough to play a five-set match un- and
der a hot sun and before 10.000 were the only absentees.
Boratra was attending to one afspectators. his manifold business engagements outside Paris, while Austin,
three more matches than the cham- pions, now lead the Chinese Rc- creation Club by 4 points in the League standings. They have two more games to play.
Yesterday's results were
low:
K. H. Chan and F. M (South China):
lost to A. V. Remedios and
217-
ax fol. xinus to escape from a tennis at- mosphere for at least forty-eight hours, borrowed a set of Boomer's rolf clubs.
Won
L. A. Ribeiro
1- 6
lost to H. A
Barros and 1..
A. Carvalho
3.
lost to C. A. Barretto and
E. A. Noronha
2.
Sav
The rules permit the suhstl- tution of a deputy, and either Van Ryn or Lott could have completed in the last match. I am quite sure the British cap- tain would have acquiesced. By the way, In the coming chal-
KATHLEEN STAMMERS BEATEN |
WHY MERLIN PLAYED IN DAVIS CUP.
Christian Boussus Unfit.
Jean Borotra offers the fol lowing suggestion for the in- troduction of Andre Merlin in- to the French side to defend the Davis Cup:
"If Christian Boussus had been in perfect physical con- dition he would probably have been chosen. But he does not appear to have shaken off the effects of an attack of German measles three months ago.
"In Davis Cup matches phy- sical condition is all-import- ant. Merlin's condition is un- doubtedly perfect; he could last seven sets.
year he "I agree that this has not accomplish anything phenomenal, but he is playing very well Indeed in practice.
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SWIMMING
FRANK HADLEY
HADLEY THE SHANGHAI SENSATION
Northern Paper Nominates Him Greatest Star In East
HOLDER OF
AMERICAN
RECORDS
Frank Hadley, whose sensational formances. of note, Hadley - has record-breaking sprints in local been hailed as the coming cham- tanks recently has brought him re- pion.
cognition as the Far East's Swims For Many greatest aquatic star, and whose Clubs In U.S.
JACKIE BROWN DISQUALIFIED.
World Champion's Low Punch.
EXCITING SCENES AT MANCHESTER
London, July 26. Jackle Brown, of Manchester, the world's dy-weight champlon, was disqualified last night in the
form by next year may draw eyes While in the States, Hadley seventh round of his return fight of the swimming world Orient-swam for Hollywood High School, at Manchester with Micky Mc- ward,, to-day is the holder of a Galilic High School, Hollywood Guire, of Newcastle, for an alleged number of American sectional re- Athletic Club, Olympic Club, Chi-¡low_punch.
McGuire received a potats ver cords and two unofficial Shanghal
cago Athletic Association. Central marks, writes the China Press, ¡Y.M.C.A. of San Francisco which diet over Brown
A year ago, but Hadley is a China-born American is rated as only second to Stanford there was no title at stake either boy who made good.. Crossing the in Northern California.
then or last night, when the pair Pacific to the United States, Had- Hadley received expert coaching met at 2st. 2ib. ley went in for swimming in a big from Swendson when he was 17 Brown fought in hurricane style way. At 罪 Los Angeles high years old. His rise was pheno-from the start, and although the school, the youth smashed the 50 mens but under the coaching of Tynesider retaliated with yard record. clocking it in 25.9, Whittaker, he soon burned himself good blows in the second round he and set up 57 4/5.
a 100 yard mark of out and went stale. Finally, he was down in the next for a count
Holds International
:
Y. M. C. A. Record
воше
The champion had establish-
ed a decided lead on points
ELLIS BEATS REES AT BILLIARDS. Vines, who departs from New York with the American team and lenge round there are likely to be Borderers' Title Won By their officials to-morrow, has a three players out of eight wearing
was guided by George Madera, a of eight seconds. exhaus- shorts. Cochet is now a convert,
129 Points.
young baseball player who can put most recovered from his tion of last Sunday, 1
"al and Merlin has followed his cue. In
many swimming coaches to blush
when the sensation occurred however, Austin's two singles match there! Iran,
Recording breaks of 43, 31, 27 When the Y.M.C.A., meet was and who Improved Hadley's form most" because no
half way through the seventh young and strong, can spend his will probably not be a covered leg and 25 L/Cpl. Ellis ("B" Company) held this year in that oy, Hadley, until he left the States for this
round. There had been a spell of fighting at close quarters, C. L. Tsang and C. Y. Tso (South-hysical and nervous energies so on the court, unless it be the legs beat Pie. Rees ("C" Company) by tuned up his six-beat Rutter to the country.
down 500 points to 371 in the Final time of 24 flat in the 60 yard The local swimming sensation of freely as the Californian did in his of the umpire when he gets China):
and McGuire received a punch from which he went down. lost to Remedios and Ribeiro - unhappy match with Perry with from his chair between the sets to Round of the South Wales Border-sprint, and set an international re- 1933 uses the accepted American ers Battalion Billiards Champion-cord for Y.M.C.A.8. In the Junior crawl with a six-beat kick and a
The referee (Mr. T. Gummer). heat Barros and Carvalho... 6. out requiring some time to regain measure the net,
ship at the Soldiers' Club last National swim regatta, Hadley was slightly faster recovery of the lost to Baretto and Noronha 2-6 normality.
GIANT OF BATTLE
'night.
rated second to Cummings, who is arme, and in his initial per- immediately intervened and award- Vines was suite cheerful to-day,
At the conclusion of the match hailed as the coming Weismuller.formances at the Shanghai Rowing ed the decision to McGuire.
Exciting scenes followed the an- lecking forward to the sea voyage j
Lt. Col. G. T. Kaikes, D. S. O., Com In San Francisco, the youthful Club, his style aroused consider.
eject lost to Remedios and Ribeira 2-6, and even anticipating, with the Win For Nusoi In Japanese Final manding Officer of the Battalion, aquatic flash, with his team mate, able favourable comment and ad-nouncement, and the assistance of
WAS recorded 88 the fastest miration from the spectators and the police was required to eye, early
presented the prizes: lost to Barros and Carvalho. 4. glini of battle in his
In the women's final at Frinton The prize-winners were:
sprinters in that city, outside of officials of the Shanghai Amateur several men who were inclined to
rush the ring. last to Baretto and Noronha 2-6 tournament matches on the other
tournament Mrs. Whittingstall beat
The Swimming Association side. He proposes to defent theMiss K. Stammers by 6-4, 6-2.
McGuire has besten Young Perez Individual Billiards Competition. one Olympic Club man.
Olympic Club in America's Certain Choice
the Tunisian from whom Brown Newport Cup, which begins
Coy); The winner gave a flawless exhibi-Winner. L/Cpl. Ellis ("B"
varied strokes. Ker pace runner following tion off Aug. 14, and then the
took the world title. up, Private Rees foremost athletic association. How For Interport Team (often caused Misa Stammers to hurry
ever, Hadley, the week before he j That he will be chosen for the week, with Keith Gledhill at Bosher strokes, and the variety of Mrs. Coy.): semi-finalists, Private Wal- left for China, triumphed over local interport team to compete in ton. to try to keep the American Whittingstall's length kept her
opters ("B" Coy) and Private Wil-these two mea in a trial race. the Kobe contests is a
foregone WORLD CHAMPIONS doubles championship in a strong ponent guessing. Both hit out with liams (“A” Coy).
In a relay race between the conclusion. Never has Shanghal great vigour, but the winner had bet
The Inter-Company Novices' Y.M.C.A. of San
IN POOR BOUTS. field.
Francisco and seen a better sprinter performing | ter control over her strokes and avoid. This is the American Athletic Sh
ed any tendency to give away points Competition was won by D. M. G. Stanford University, the 20-year in any tank here, and his presence way-to give battle all the time or through men's singles final P. Nunol Cpl. Fowler, Pte. O'Brien Pte. Wil-in 54 4/6 seconds. With other per- the local team's prospects brighter
Company, whose team comprised old merman covered the 100 yards in the interport squad will make Rosenbloom Has Walk none. Yet all the training ex- perts in Paris think that the men's doubles Ensi R. Mikie and R. liams,
and in the beat P. Miki, 6-2, 6-1,
Pte. Johnson, Pte. Blan- American champion, after his phy-Nuoni beat V. G. Kirby and S. J. J. chard, Pte. Thomas, sical collapse in the inter-zone Robbins, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4.
Char So and Y. S. Chul (South China):
Recreio
TABLE TO DATE.
"B" DIVISION (Holders: C.R.C.)
Sets
PWL D F A Pis
7 5 1 0 4614 1614 12 S. China "C" 8 4 3 1 25 28 Chinese "C" 4 4 0 0 26% 9% U.S.R.C.
40 37% 1
Graduates
20
6
3 024 Kowloon C.C. 1 3 4 031-31 Indian R.C. 7 3 4 0 30% 32% H.K.C.C. 6 2 3 0 15 29/ Civil Service 60516 University. 5 0 5 0 5 (0
RONAN & ANDREWS ENTER FINAL.
Borderers' Tennis Championships.
In the semi-final of the
9
8
South
On
natch, ought to take a longer rest than he himself has planned.
Vines has published a letter in the
American Press to-day in which, with characteristic chivalry. he takes upon himself all the blame for the retiring earlier from his match against Fred Perry.
He
says that he desires "to correct the erroneous impression that Captain Prentice was very callous and in- different to the whole affair."
Vines declares that after he had in the fourth strained his ankle
carelessness.
M.C.C. INDIA CRICKET TOUR
Wyatt Unable To Participate
Those who played that great pair !(Gregory and Macdonald, the Austra
lian bowlers) in 1921, always say that Gregory bowled consistently faster, but that Macdonald varied his pace and London, Aug. 2.1 bowled faster balls than Gregory ever Wyatt's doctor has ordered him knew how. Macdonald was undoubt
fley. therefore he will be unable to par- ticipate in the Indian tour.
to rest during the winter, andbly the greater bowler.-A. M. Craw-i
Mitchell, of Yorkshire. has been Invited to take his place.
"Tick" Freeman is the hardieat an-
Wales Borderers Battalion Singles Tennis Championship at Sookunpou yesterday. Pte. Ronan "C" Cos.) beat L/Cpl. Davis (I. Q. Wing) by 6-4, 2-6, 6-3, and L/Cpl. Andrews set, his captain "urgently request-nual on the cricket field. The reason one else and usually wins the rare for ("A" Coy.) beat Cpl. Duncan ("C"ed me to stop." The plea was re-he always gets more wickets than any- peated several times when he the first hundred, is that he has greater enanged courts. "I felt," he adds, control than any other spin bowler, and "that if I just hung on, I would is fatal to any and all batsmen from finish the maten.
No. 8 downwards-for any but the Freeman is too accurate. top-notchers,
A. M. Crawley, Kent C.C.C.
Coy.) by 6-2, 6-0,
The final will be played at Soo kunpoo on Monday, at 4.30 p. after which the prizes will be pre- sented by Lieut- Col. G. T. Raikes.
GERMAN TENNIS STARS NOT FOR INDIA.
British Or French Team May Be Invited.
Calcutta, July 29. Mr. L. Brooke-Edwards, secre- tary of the All-India Lawn Tennis Association, has received
a cable from the German Association say-
The American champion has issued this statement to rebut the eynical suggestion made openly in more than one French newspaper that the American captain, in oz- der to save the honour of his team i and qualify the stigma of defeat, was all out for a "3-2" verdict.
Even American Journalists have not spared the feelings of the American Davis Cup
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Holmes And Sutcliffe
K. DOCKS
LEAD RECREIO
BY 5 SHOTS
Bad Light Causes Abandonment
- RIVAL SKIPS SHINE
Bad light caused the abandon-
than ever before.
Hadley stepped into the limelight here in the first Interport trial meet held at the Shanghai Rowing Club on July 26 when he broke the
Shanghai 100 yard free style record
Over Match.
“GORILLA” JONES DRAWS
Los Angeles, Aug. 8. Two world champions appeared
in 57 3/5 seconds, clipping 4/5-of in the ring here, to-night, but
a second off Charlie Raven's mark both were engaged in non-title
cffairs. set last year.
A week later, he betbered the 80 yard standard by 1/5 of a second, covering the distance in 25-2/5 seconds.
Records May Hot Be Recognized
Owing to a rather peculiar ruling ment of the Semi-Final Round game of the Shanghai Amateur Swim-
Maxle Rosenbloom. light heavyweight champion, ad- ministered a severe beating to
K. O. Christner and the re- feree called a halt in the sixth round," awarding Rosenbloom a technical knockout.
The champion, who weighed but
in the Spey Royal Cup at the K.C.C.'ming Association,, Hadley's re- 178 lb., as against Christner's 196 yesterday.
cords will not likely be recognized lb. went to work with a will in the After 15 heads Kowloon Docks here. The association's ruling is first round and never let up for a decided led the Recreio, the bolders, by 17 that only records made in open minute until the referee shots to 12. The match will be championship contests, are accept that Christner had received enough continued
punishment. on the
same green a ed as official week to-day, commencing at 5.15 The former Shanghai American
School boy stands fest, 5 Luz, the Recreio skip, played an inches and weighs 150 pounds. outstanding game, and was main. Solidly built, there is hidden power ly responsible for his rink's won-all over his body. Quiet and un derful recovery after being 10 shots assuming, Hadley is bound to be down. F. X. Silva, the Recreio No. one of the most popular swimmers 2, well.
(in Shanghai.
p.m.
Partnership To Be Severed also played of the game the
NE of the outstanding partner-jgate of a thousand runs.
At the outset Recreio team were outplayed, the
Rifle Shoot,
Gorilla Jones, 158 lb., was able to gain only a draw in his ten round bout with Verl Whitehead, 161 lb.-United Press.
BUMPERS BANNED BY ARTHUR CARR.
Larwood's Skipper Takes Action.
· London, August 1. It'has been revealed that Carr and Dawson have agreed to pro. [hibit - fast · bumpers during the
Trent Bridge match between Notts |Hong Kong Rifle Club -monthly and Leicestershire. Kowloon Decks, shoot which was held over the "I do not call it body-line bowl- J. V. Ramsay
captain. O ships. In English county eric to illness and an accident he had heads, Lapsley and at Cafen,
Owing Docks scoring 10 shots after four CHAPELLE'S. 90 OUT “Wilmer. Allison and Vines,” saya a
OF POSSIBLE 100. writer in the "Chicago Daily Tri-ket is to be severed next season. to stand down from ten champion the skip, were outstanding, for the
: Docks, bune" to-day, "were forced to work Sutcliffe of Yorkshire will have to ship games.
There is probably no other bats- The score at the close of Leading Marksman In absurdly hard for many weeks in open his county's innings without order to get themselves into that the partner who during the post man in English cricket who has play was 17-12 on the. 15th head ing that they feel they cannot send state of utter staleness which is war years has helped him to loamed so large in the public eye) in favour of the Docks! The game |
the invariable prerogative of inscribe many notable achieve- and has missed the honour of being will be continued on Thursday The leading scorers in of the a representative team this year American Davis Cup players..
ments upon the annals of the game, chosen to visit Australia. That next at 5.15 pm. and suggesting postponement of "Vines was forced to suffer Fercy Holmes, states a London fact, of course, must be attributed Recreio
wonderful success of F. L. Barros acutely and uselessly for two hours cable, has been informed by the to the in a grind which may possibly rule Yorkerire county committee that the Hobbs-Sutcliffe combination. Barros
his services will not be required at Holmes has played against the C. G. Silva the end of this season.
Australians in an English team, Holmes and Sutcliffe, have been for he was a member of the side the outstanding opening pair of which met Armstrong's team at batamen in English county cricket Nottingham in 1921. He has also writers like since the war, and they have taken made two tours to South Africa Mr. Brooke-Edwards said that dig at authority, and, of course, the part in nearly eighty first-wicket and his 279 not out against the they might invite either a British present occasion was too good to be partnerships of over a hundred Orange Free State in 1928 was the side or a combined British-and-Tost. Mr. Prentice stood to be runs The most historie occasion, highest ever made by a member of
shot at, as all captains do, and the of course, was at Leyton fast an M.C.C. team in that country. broadside has been heavy, season when Holmes and Sutcliffe Holmes is 45 years of age. He
agreement, and a German team will not, therefore, visit India : during the cold weather.
the visit.
The All-India Association are in
him for ever as
a potential net champion, and which certainly drew a huge overdraft on his life- This does not mean that there time deposits of vitality.".. will not be a tour. In an interview
Most American
French alde
One of the biggest draws Wimbledon has ever had is Jean Borotra. By bis unfailing courtesy: his wonderful agi
ing," said Carr, (the Notts cap. ¡tain), · "I préfer to describe the 200 500
deliveries to which we have taken
bead-high Yds Yds. Total exception as
balls. 48: 44. 90 Somebody is going to be killed if 42 42. 84 this sort of bowling continues.
W. Greig
week-end were as follow:!
Class "g"
R.
F. Luz (Skip): F. Cullen (8p) Detailed scores:
B. Lapsely
A. Chappelle
I.
1.
H. C. WatsonTM
.2.
3.
2 R., H. Woodmen 6|C, Kirk
+
38
4
410 Clans “C”*.-
11. L. Tetley 11.D.W. Waterton
#
38-
10.
· JUDGMENT AT FAULT?. "together compiled 555 runs zralost made his debut for Yorkshire in The letters from Vines has vin- Essex, beating the record of J. T. 1918, and his highest score of 815 lity, and his mugaotic infuence, he has dicated his captain's honour. Whe- Brown and Tunniclide, which had not out, for Yorkshire vs. Middle- long been the idol of the Centre Court ther his judgment was at fault is stood since 1898, Holmes ahare of sex at Lord's in 1925, has only 11 crowd. He seems to be in the
most complete sympathy with the spectators another matter. The issue of the this big partnership was 224. In been exceeded by one other York 12, from the moment when he goes American encounter with England spite of this notable achievement shireman, George Hirst, who made 13. through his eagerly awaited little cert- was settled before Vines went into Holmes, for the first season since 341 for Yorkshire against Leicester mony, of donning - his world-famone : Bake
court
the war, failed to reach an aggre- shire at Leicester in 1985. beret, Captain, H. B. T. Wakolam,
14.
12
15,
13 RW. Godson.;
18
Clase "D"
18S. G. Clutton
18 G. Parker":
2 16
39 43 82- Dawson, and myself consider the
39 75 game will be much more pleasant'
If it is stopped: Sooner or later 413something will have to be done, 41. At why not now?” LATARK
Dawson (the Leicestershire cap- |tain) :said that he hoped other
countries would follow, suit.
23 52 20:47.
The backhand is not nearly so dif, A. Chappelle was awarded the calt a stroke ss many people imagine,
15 monthly spoon for high gun in class Lack of conadence is behind the al 15 B and J. L Tetley was awarded Jure of many players, so first of all,
16 the spoon for high percentage in make up your mind that the stroke t 2: 17 class C.
ss_casy to mike as a forehand drive.
-Dan Maskell.