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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MAY 6, 1935
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ENGLISH WOMEN GOLFERS RECORD FIFTEENTH ANNUAL VICTORY
HARRY MIZLER
DEFEATS CLARKE IN
VERY POOR CLASH
FOURTH ROUND SEES FINISH OF FIGHT
CAPLAN'S WONDERFUL DISPLAY
·AGAINST DAVE CROWLEY
London, April 13. Whether Harry Mizler, the former British light-weight champion, will ever return to the position he held only 18 months ago as the finest exponent of boxing in this country is still in some doubt,"
He fought Peter Clarke, of Liverpool, at the Albert Hall last night, and won in the fourth round, when his opponent was disqualified for striking low. And on this brief performancë' I would not be prepared to say that Mialer is the boxer he was That Straight Left
He boxed well enough up, to a
Officers and men of the Royal Artillery who took part in the recent Hong Kong Area Athletic championships at Sookunpos. This photograph was taken at Lyemun Barracks with the trophies won in both the Open and Individual events-(King's Studio),
RECORD LIKELY TO BE UNCHALLENGED KATHLEEN GARNHAM'S BEST AGGREGATE ENGLISHWOMAN'S BEST ROUND
(By GEORGE GREENWOOD)
London, April 12.
FOR the fifteen year in succession England won
the Women's International Cup, at Rane- lagh, yesterday. The trophy goes to the country with the best aggregate of eight scores over 36 holes.
!
England's winning total of 570 was 31 strokes
FINE DRIVING AND PUTTING FEATURED better than Scotland, whose total was 601. Wales
point against a rugged, hard-hit TENNIS SCHOOL FOR ANGLO-FRENCH WIN
ting apponent, who was more than willing to accept three or four pun- chea in exchange for one mighty! swing Mizler used to be able to shoot out a. beautifully straight right to the jaw, the never did so last night.
Mixler Takes A Count
SHANGHAI
NEW VENTURE BY R. CANAVARRO LONG-FELT WANT AT LAST FULFILLED
Shanghai, April 30, Fulfilling a long-felt want
* long count when the vital punchstruction and practice of pupils.
light-weights.
i
in
IN SUNNINGDALE
GOLF FOURSOMES HOLDERS BEATEN
IN. FINAL
A MAGNIFICENT END
(By F. J. G. PIGNON)
London, April 13..
was third with 616 and Ireland last with 620.
This long succession of victories by England is a record in the realms of International sport that will probably remain 'un challenged for all time.
LEAVES COURT
FOR TELEPHONE FILM AMATEURS
"BAN DEFEATED
HITCH IN F. A. PLANS ĮDANIEL PRENN
FOR JUBILEE SCOTLAND TO MAKE CANADIAN TOUR IRELAND TO MEET WALES AT LIVERPOOL?
WES
C. J. ‘HOVELL'S GRAND PERFORMANCE
MRS. PITTMAN'S INJURY PROVES OBSTINATE
BY OPPOSITION
MAJORITY OF ONE NOT ENOUGH L.TA. SECRETARY ON “MORAL VICTORY”
Paris,
Of - England's nominated Garn- (players. Miss Kathleen
ham, of Walton-on-Naze, had the best aggregate with 143. She followed up her 69 of the pre- vious day with a 74.
The difference of five shots in
.on
the two rounds was due mainly to a tragle 6 at the short eighth. Bun kered from the tee, Miss Garnham, inatead of getting the ball out at any cost,. concentrated more putting it dead. The result was that it remained in, the 'bunker.
Miss Garnham played one m terly shot. Having alleed her drive at the eighteenth "on to the a tree.
indead, he never properly stopped Clarke with a well-timed punch. and although he was leading on
(By THE PIVOT) points when the disqualification oc-
London, April 8. (By STANLEY N. DOUST) aurreil there were many who were]
“Everybody" in Soccer, of course,
London, April 1·3. doubtful whether the blow was low. Shanghai, a tennis school was
opened last Wednesday by Raoul The Anglo-French partnership of foregathered in Glasgow at the
Lawn tennis in a,gale, such at Canavarro at Brooklyn Court, Francis Francis, of Sunningdale, week-end, and an attempt Clarke's body-punching troubled Route des Soeurs, where four hard and Auguste Boyer, professional at made by F. A. officials to smooth prevailed at Roehampton yester- Mizler, who had just come up from courts are available, for the In Nice, gained a splendid victory in the way for a Jubilee international day, favours those who are capable Czechoslovakia's proposal to lift road, she was stymied by
worthy of the occasion.
of driving through it. But the con the ban on lawn tennis amateurs But she played a clever cut shot was. delivered.. Mizler is definitely Canavarro needs no introduction the Open Foursomes at Sunningdale,
The difficulty is that Scotland some ditions were unpleasant for every appearing in instructional films, has round, the tree, and finding the weeks ago completed their arrange not yet, back to the front rank all to the local sporting world; for yesterday.
been rejected by the International green got a 4 after all,
Best Round twelve years, from 1920 to 1982, heIn the final they defeated last ments for an ambitious Canadian one."
One of the best performances
Another to contribute to Eng- The best of many exciting gblawa Shanghai tennis champion, year's winners, Rex Hartley and tour, and their departure had been was that between Benny Caplan either in the singles, doubles
A two-thirda majority was or Abe Mitchell, by 2 and 1. fixed for the Wednesday in Jubiles of the day was that by C.-J. Federation at their meeting here. (St. George'n) and Dave Crowley mixed doubles, and in 1929; in com-|
Although their success occasionweek. England wanted a full in- Hovell in his match against D.
ton, of Formby, who, as Mise, Bory! Actually
Brown, held a monopoly of the Lan- the Clerkenwelt feather-weight any with Carl Tavares, he
won cd some surprise, I anticipated it ternational against the Scots on Prenn, a former German Davis needed to carry the Czecho-land's success was Mrs. H. V. New cashire championship for many Caplan won un points by aheari
after watching the tremendous hit-the Monday (May 6) at Wembley Cup player, but the match had slovakian resolution. local doubles competition. jevery
For the resolution.. 42 votes. merit of superior boxing skill. His
years. She had a 68, the best score Hovell Retaliates Memorable Interport ting of the young amateur, a forma match, which would pack the rather an unfortunate ending. the voting was:
Agains!... 41 votes. left-hand punching is, without
Scotland Proposal
Pronn was expected to win easily, Although it was known by all the of the meeting. Accuracy was the doubt, the finest in England at nur In the last tennis interport in er Guarda officer, and the magnis. Stadium. weight, and the more Crowley tried the Colony Canavarro and John Gent putting of Boyer,
Scotland, at the moment, will and he ran away with the first set delegates that the future of F. J.Keynote of Mrs. Newton's golf.
Mrs. Newton luckily escaped A Tremendous Drives not consent, but have offered to put at 6-2. But the tall strongly buli Perry, the Wimbledon champion to rush him off his feet the faster Wade, the two veterans, brought most prominent professional.
where she hooked her drive against that stabbing left shot nut to his back the Taggart Cup from the Co-
lony.
It was a magnificent final. Each another eleven in the field. Clearly, boy, who is the Surrey junior cham and British Davis Cup player, de-major disaster at the eleventh. Not only is Canavarro the owner side held the lead in the opening a second-choice Scottish team is not pion, hit his services magnificent-pended on the vote, his name WAB the bank of the tennis courts. Chip Famous Pluck
of the new tennis school, but he is skirmishes, Mitchell putting his what the occasion demands, and ly, drove into the corners to keep not mentioned during the discus-
ale to get a 5. Crowley's pluck is famous.
la coach. He will be assisted by side ahead with one of the longest there is some danger of the two Prenn busy retrieving, and went to sion. The question was considered ping out sideways, she was fortun
as one of principle and not an one
Kit Cat Gold Medal has never been more in evidener specially trained Chinese markers, drives I have ever seen. With the F.A.'s being unable to arrive at a 5-2 in the second set.
then asked and received Hovell's
Mr. Newton thus took the Kit Britain
Czechoslo than it was last night. He fought who will be available for practice wind behind he drove a ball so close mutually satisfactory arrangement. Prenn took the eighth game, and of individuals.
supported with a ferocity which was never for beginners and opposition for to the seventh green that Hartley
permission to leave the court as he vakia's resolution, and, although Cat gold medal for the best round, lamed, no matter how severely he more advanced pupils.
wanted to telephone to a business voting was by secret ballot, I un- while Mr. M. L. Clarke, of Hayling was punished.
friend. Prana was absent four derstand that other countries in Island, won the Scotch Medal for minutes; and in that time Hovelj favour of lifting the bun were Bal- the 36 holes, her scores being 70 cooled down and lost his concentra-gium, Australia, and South Africa. and 72 She was out in 82 in diffi tion.. He did not win another game writes a Home correspondent. culty conditions, and appeared to Hard Matter For Umpire,
face...
It
Caplan won the first six rounda
J
with such case that Crowley land- ENGLISH RUNNER'S
ed scarcely a single punch of con-
sequence.
In the seventh round, however, Crowley dashed from his! corner and, swaying in, hit with right and left to the body. Caplan weakened, but he never lost his bead and finished a winner by a sound margin.
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VERITY 12 FOR 96
Yorkshire Beat M.C.C. By 114 Runs
INTERNATIONAL
VICTORY IN PARIS
HOLDEN'S GREAT "HAT-TRICK”
WINS CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP
France's
took his putter and almost holed This run up for a two-the holel measures 410 yards, and they won] it in three, practically with a drive! and a putt.
But Mitchell was not putting
well; he led from a yard at the
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On the other hand, France, op- be heading for a phenomenal score,, The question of whether Promm posed the resolution together with epecially as the inward half is the
eighth, pulled his tee shot at the WEEK-END GOLF AT hold have been allowed to leave America, Italy, Holland, Germany.
ninth and cut a spoon into a bun
ker at the tenth. Even worse. he missed a putt of two feet at the next and became thres down.
Tease Excitement
when
FANLING
Qualifying Matches For Captain's Cup
the court was generally discussed Switzerland and Sweden afterwards. The rule that "play "Not Living in Post" must be continuous" was certainly The arguments of Britain dur Clarke is a courageous player is,
broken. Perhaps Prenn aware of this English rule, Bat
ing the dicussion can be
But a terrible calamity overtook her at the tenth, i hole of 310 yards, which to a player of Mr.
sum the simplest of 4's. Instead, she
Excitement became great
It would have beam hicer act had marised thus: Publicity in amateur took a 7, a mishit ter shot being the Hartley holed a six-yards putt to There were
29 entries for he waited until that set had been lawn tennis has been admitted for direct cause of the trouble, For reduce the deficit to one at the the qualifying round of the Cap-decided.
many years. We are no longer live purposes of accuracy, Mrs. Clarke Paris, March 25. fourteenth, only to lose the sixtenth. tain's Cup on the Old Course át It would have been better still if ing in the past but we must adopt took a cleek and promptly topped den, of Tipton Harriers, scored his hole of their lead at the seven- which W. J. S. Key (84-18-71) from being broken.
The English runner, J. T. Hol: They looked like losing the last Fanling during the week-end, in the umpire had prevented that rule our ideas, to modern conceptions, the ball into the Beverly Brook in
America and France, as the chief mediately in front of her
Courageous Player third successive victory in the in teenth, when Boyer pulled his tee and G. A. Stewart (8918-71) Mi88 3. G. Chuter, a former Kent opposers, argued along the follow- ternational cross-country cham-shot off the green, but he made am- tied. They will play off Junior champion, did well to wining lines: It Is one thing for sma- Considerably shaken by this ex- London, To-day. plonship, which was won by Eng ple amends by holing a putt of P. Morrison (84976) quall- two rounds. In the first match the tours to write books about tennis pertence, Mrs. Clarke lost a couple Splendid bowling by Headley land at Auteuil Racecourse yester three yards. This left Mitchell fied on the New Course from an beat Miss B. M. Smith, by and to allow photographs of them- of shots at the twelfth, and drove Verity, the all-England slow" bow-
with a pult of four feet for a half, entry of eight. day. ler, gave Yorkshire a victory over
He thus equalled the "hat-trick and to the amazement of the crowd the M.C.C.. by 114 runs after only of the French pre-war runner, Jean he missed it. two days' play at the Lord's yester. Bouin, the only other man who has One of the first to congratulate day.
won the ayent three years in sus Francis was his wife, formerly Yorkshire-228 and 125 (B. W. v. cession. His time was 47 mins. Sunny Jarman, who had followed
52-1/5) 8001.
Robins 5 for 38);" 84 (Varity 6 for 84). H.C.C.156 (Verity 6 for (2).
-Reuter
HL. K. ELECTRIC BOWLS TEAM
every stroke. England's Sixth Win
Boyer's Putter England's victory with 80 points It was Boyer's putter that saved was the sixth in successive years, them in the semi-final, when Allsa and the twenty-second since the and Martin Smith were one up with race was first held in 1908. Scot two to play, for on the seventeenth land were second with 84 points, and eighteenth greens he holed out France third with 102 Wales from fully six feet, while Alliss The following will represent the fourth with 187, Belgium fifth with missed from half the distance to Hong Kong Electric in their bowls 201, Spain sixth with 207, and Ire both holes
|land last with 253. Any
Mitchell and Hartley played league match against the Police st
· Ming-Yun next; Baturday
W. C. Wylle, Scottish compet magnificantly to beat A. H Pady RC Butler, W. Orchard; G. T. pad. tor, covered over eight miles wear ham and General Critchley They ing one shoe. He lost his left shos paved the way to success by accom McKay in the first lap, but continued plishing the Arst nine holen in 34 pluckily and finished in fine sivly to be four up, and actually los Saunderson, Lonly 300 7ards behind Holden, only two holes in the match.
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came
6-2, and in the second she over-selves in action to be taken. If the into the trees at the next hole. It the persistency of Mrs. resolution were adopted it would three holes, she had thrown sway Wheatereft to win by 86, 61. definitely mean that amateurs were six valuable shots. That Mrs. playing for money. Clarke is a courageous player is 20 Mrs. Pittman's Injury Another Devonshire player. Miss M., Pierre Gillon, who presided. shown by the fact that she finished
Bald that lawn. tennis film work the last Ave holes in 8, 4, 4, 8, 4. G. Harry, took the second set from MJ. B. Pittman at 61, driving a wholly incompatible with ama-
tourism. hard into the corners. Mr. Pitt-
"There is a wide difference," he ing about the game are allowed to man told me that the injury she declared, "between the man who illustrate their work by photo
on as those photo-," graphs, but as soon Section LG.U. Monthly Medal sustained at Queen's Club fow writes a book for doubtful profit graphs begin to move on the screen
weeks ago has proved obstinate,
TO-DAY
Royal Hong Kong Golf Club-Ladies'
Competitions GRANULAMA
Snooker Steel Coulson League
and she is to undergo a manipula, and the man who is paid in ad- Prison Warders 1. Engineers -
tive operation next week. She ex-vance for film work.",
"Illogical Altitude" C. and P. O, v.Dockyard Police Garrison Sergeants, Central Pollos pects, however, to be able to play Water, Police v St. Patrick's
TO-MORROW
they are no longer permitted." zg
A diferent view was taken by Jean Borptra, the well-known
at Bournemouth at the end of the After the meeting Mr. H. A French player. He said he sp- Sabelli, secretary of the Lawn preciated the LT.As difficulty, but Tennis Association, said: "There the whole question of amateurism MEXICO'S DAVIS CUP WIN was not such a bly vote in favour was at stake, tr
Football First Division Fusillers Athletic
of the resolution, as was expected. The player, who might be called (Navy, 5.18 pm) South Chhin "B" Recreto hi
Mexico City Mexico eliminated Still, I claim that 5 won a mall in to make a lawn tennis alta, sald (Carolina HJ 6.15)Cuba by five matches to all in the moral victory, and that the attitude Borotra, would depend 96 per Police y East Lancs North American Zone of the Davis of our opponents is illogical cent on his centre-court fame and SALENDER" (Kowloon, 5.15 pm))
For the present Amateurs write only 5 per cent on life intelligence, Cup yesterday,