CHINA MAIL WEDNESDAYS
1935
Sporting Page
OVERSEAS CHINESE MUST NOT BE IGNORED FOR BERLIN GAMES
The American football ambas- sador to Mexico is Millard “DixieTM
Howell (above) who has been
NEW TENNIS STARS OF
TO-MORROW
FRANCE IS FINDING NEW MUSKETEERS
ENGLAND'S REPLY TO FOREIGN DEVELOPMENTS
(By F. L PERRY)
London, June &.
WHO will be the great lawn tennis players of the world of to-morrow? Already I have told you about the rich promise of lads met during my wanderings in America and Austra- lia. Now one of biggest surprises I have had,
named coach of the University of after twelve months away from Europe, has
Mexico grid squad. He won All- American honours with Alabama last year and is now playing pro..." fessional baseball.
“SHUT-OUTS”
FEATURE US.
been the change of personnel of the competitors in the French championships. Some of the ripening new talent will be on view at Wimble- dön.
Last year on all sides, particularly in France, one heard When misgivings about the future of French lawn tennis. BASEBALLe Four. Musketeers "dismissed" the French authorities began
Benge And Hallahan In Limelight
GEERIG HITS HOME-RUN
It looks like the parting of the best of friends, bet a few hours after this picture was made Man- ayer Bill McKechnie (left) of the Boston Braves issued a statement blaming Babe Bath (right) for the team's low morale. This pic tore was taken Bath left Basten
working quietly among the juniors. Now, in 1935, the fruits ENGLAND of their labours are ripening, and there are three or four splen
did colts in training.
BEST AMONG THEM IS PROBABLY BERNARD DESTREMEAU.
A TALL. FAIR PRODUCT OF PARIS. THIS BOY HAS SHOWN EX-
FACE DURING THE WINTER
BEATEN
CELLENT PROMISE MORE PARTICULARLY ON THE WOOD SUE BALASKAS
HE IS BLESSED WITH A TYPICALLY FRENCH STYLE, BITT- THE ING THE BALL CLEANLY ON THE FOREHAND WITH USUAL CONTINENTAL GRIP, AND ALMOST SLAPPINGTM IT FROM THE BACKHAND WING. HE IS RATHER PRONE TO HIT EVERY THING HARD, WHICH IS NO DEMERIT IN A VERY YOUNG PLAY- ER, BUT THOUGH THIS OFTEN WORKS ON WOOD, IT IS NOT SO the EAST ON HARD COCETS,
New York, To-day. Two "shut-outs" featured yes- terday's programme in the Na- tional Baseball League. when: Dodgers blanked Braves. as the result of fine pitching by Benge, while Halla- han gave the Cardinals victory
the
Another French hope is P. Pelizza, a dark well-built youth
over the powerful Pittsburgh LAWN BOWLS RINKS He, too, likes to hit everything
combine.
Joe. Medwick scored
the only circnit-clout game.
their own way against
of the
the
CHAMPIONSHIP
Clash
The Giants had everything Silva And Omar To Philadelphiars, Melvin Ott clost- ing his 17th four-bagger in the home-run parade.
BEST GAME OF SEASON
EXPECTED
AND LANGTON
..
LEE WAITONG MAKES
SUGGESTIONS
COLONY AS VENUE FOR FINAL SOCCER TRIALS TOURS HELP SEARCH FOR TALENT (By "Referee")
NOTHING definite will be known about the
All-China Football team for the World Olympiad at Berlin until the Chinese National Games at Shanghai on October 10, when the combined form of all players in China will be studied,” said Lee Wai-tong, China's famous soccer star in an interview yesterday evening.
"Realising the difficulties which would confront the National Federation in their task of picking a team, I wrote to the department concerned and advised them in the manner they were to go about the matter," he continued.
TI SUGGESTED THAT A NATIONAL FOOTBALL COMMENTED BE FORMED OF MEN AND PLAYERS WHO HAD A VAST KNOW- STELE: LEDGE OF THE GAME AND WHO WERE FAMILIAR "WICH
THS COMMETTRE VARIOUS PLAYERS IN EACH COUNTRY. WOULD, OF COURSE, HAVE TO BE FORMED SOME TIME BEFORE THE NATIONAL MEET WITH A VIEW TO FORMULATING SOME SORT OF COMMON WORKING IDEA.
**The Committee would be
composed of men who had had
time enough to witness all the SOUTH CHINA football matches during the national games and to study all available material
"It was my idea then to select 50 players, the pick of all com
BEAT DAINTY
AT SOCCER
DO DAMAGE peting teams and divide them un MATCH PLAYED ON
South Africans Win Test By 157 Runs
MITCHELL 164 NOT OUT
really hard One does not hear
Scoring only 157 runs in the as much of him as of Destremeau, but many judges in Paris believe fourth innings, England lost to
into four teams, following which trials would be held in Shanghai following the Games.”
The Real Essence"" "It is most essential that those players in minor teams, whose sides may be hopelessly beaten
SODDEN PITCH
CHINESE FAR TOO GOOD FOR NAVAL TEAM
In spite of the unsatisfactory
California's great sprinter,
George Anderson, finishes the 100 metres at the Intercollegixte : AAAA meet at Cambridge, Moss. in the record time of 105anc. Ben Johnsen, the Columbia. University : negro star, -equxlied Anderson's time in a later heat
YMCA BEAT
EAST LANCS AT
WATER POLO
G. FOWLER SHINES IN ATTACK
MILITARY SIDE LACK EXPERIENCE
(BY: "CRAWL")
A very enjoyable game of water- poło was witnessed yesterday- evening when the European Y-M. C. defeated the East Lancashire
the Games, but who are condition of the ground, some good Regiment by 4 goals to 1 in astre-
nevertheless,
chance.
first-class
per-
football was witnessed at Caro-
line Hill yesterday, when a team
interval by the odd goal in three anous game, after leading at the
The outstanding fexture of the
G. Fowler, at centre-forward, who- scored three of the "Y's", goals,
game was the excellent display of
that in him they have a real find the South Africans by 157 runs oriners themselves, be given from the South China Athletic An-1
After beating R. Longtin, the in the second Test match at] Canadian, in Paris, he went down Lord's yesterday after being From these four tearns it winsociation defeated HL ML S. Dainty in four sets to F. M. Hines, of held to a draw in the first Test be possible to select 15 to 20 men by 6 goals to L. The field, which America. I watched this match at Trent Bridge last month.
This is the first Test to be won should they maintain their pre-water being some two inches deep while H. G. Lange also played a
who will then be notified that, as of sand, was flooded the quite closely, as I had to follow
in parte The Red Sox gained a narrow
on the same court. I was quite by South Africa in England, al-sent form, they may stand an ex-
TheY" on the whole were 50 victory over the Senators in the
astonished at the pace Pelizza ob though they have won 11 matches cellent chance of making the For the first 15 minutes both much improved game.
teams were good, both getting American League when Dahlgren,
The draw for the quarter-tained from so slow a surface.
(at home out of the 58 played to Olympic team. Miller and Werber struck homers
date, England having won final round of the Colony Lawn and helped to nose out their op-
Plenty Of "Cat"
and 16 been drawn. Bowls Rinks Championship was ponents by a 6 to 5 margin.
Scores, as cabled by The Yankees maintained their held in the offices of the Prest He has a nice easy action on bent of the Lawn Bowls Asso- both wings, though the backhand is position at the top of the table
produced with plenty of "cut" the with an easy win over the Athle-ciation. Mr. H. Nish, yesterday.
What were supposed to be two type of shot, one usually finds tics, Lou Gehrig, one of last year's batting stars, hitting his of the most likely contenders for among French players in particu-
eighth home-run of the season.
Results, as cabled by Eenter,
were:-
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Philadelphia
New York
Po 日 $ 8. $ 10
Melvin Ott hit a homer.
the title this year, C. G. Silva's rick and the one skipped by U. M- Omar, come into opposition to one another, and this gives every pro- 5.mise of being the most interesting xame of the season. Although Omar has three men in front of him who are individually better
| bowlers than the opposing three, the unbeaten Silva has a trick of
o adding remarkable confidence to
his risk.
lar.
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[were:--
away to many swift movements, per cent better than last week 28 It is absolutely fatile to select which brought the defences to the better distribution of the ball be
China's team immediately after fore. But later the sailors lost one of the main features of Reuter. National Games, as there is a control and the Chinese were all the clasher vo
period of nearly six months be over them, after scoring two goals 228 tween that and the Berlin Olym in the opening half.
South Africans 1st Inns
England 1st. Innings
Nourse, EES. Wyatt, e
Dalion Sutcliffe, lbw b Bell; Leyland b Balaskas,
Hammond, b. Dalton
Ames, b Blaskas
ER. T. Holmes, e Bell, b Ba-“
laskas"
Farrimund, b Balaskas James Langridge, e Mitchell,
b Ralagkas
Nichols, e Cameron, b Lang-
Green rink, which already has one SHANGHAI ACCEPT Verity, Ikw. b, Langton
Boston
0% 3
Benge pitched
Brooklyn
ཝཱ
3.
Chicago
15
0
Chuck Hartnett and English hit
homers.
A. M. Holland's strong Bowling-
Cincinnatti
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Halahan pitched
Joe Medwick hit a “home.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington
Boston
Dahlgren Miller and -Werber hit
homers.
New York
13
Ton Gehrig hit a bomer,
Philadelphia
10
0
Cleveland.
Weingarner and -Campbell hit
Chozera.
Gehringer hit a homen
812"
Tables To Date "AMERICAN LEAGUE
or two smashing defeats to their credit, will meet a rink composed of Clubmates and skipped by M (J. Henderson.
The full draw is:
INVITATION
Bowls Interport Fixed
JL Tetley, WE Hale, D. W. A reply from the Shanghaf Waterton and M. J. Henderson (skip) Lawn Bowls Association to Mr. C. ♥PT. Farell, 2. Duncan, J. C. B. Hosking. Hon Secretary of the Brown and A. M. Holland (skip).
D. M. Khan, S.: 0. Bax, Adal Lawn Bowls Association, to and A. R. Dallah (skip) v. J. W the effect that Shanghai would be Brown, EC. Fincher, F. Goodwin willing to send a team of bowlers and A. Hyde-Lay (skip).
down to Hong Kong some time late
S. Gomes and D Eumjahn (skip)
Silva, Xavier, H. Are
A. A. Barack, M. A. R. Souta, A-| in September or early in October
for the anomal Interpart encoun
was received yesterday, The letter also stated that Committee meeting of the SIF had been called for Friday Fall the ils of the tour. |be completed.
and F. VV Bibeira (sáig).
JCavanagh, B. W. Bradbury, Beer and U. M. Omar (skip) v. Je E. Noronha, TX. 30. da Silva, Marques and C G. Silva (sky
STRALIA'S "SOUTH-AFRICAN
CRICKET TEAL
ELECTRIC BOWLS TEAM
Mitchell, not out
Total:
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K.B.G.C. TEAMS FOR SATURDAY
piad.
Bud Spectacular Custodian
Final Trials Here
Ball, in goal for the Naval team, Furthermore, I suggested that made some spectacular and time- about two months before the teamly saves, but his clearances were
Although the score indicates an easy win, it was by no means so, the winners having to fight their way every inch
Lawton's Good Display The East Lancs have a very
18 sails for Berlin, all those players not as good as they could have e team who need only to play who were previously selected be been. His two backs, More and more together to come up to the 5 invited to Hong Kong where Stanley were not very reliable and standard of the other military there are better soccer conditions at times let him down, the first water polo teams Lawton, in 10 and certainly better opposition goal being deflected off the right
Trials will be staged here-pro-|back's legs.
[bably two-and then the final
27 team will be picked
We will then make a four of
10 the South Seas before making for 17 Berlin
"It is my earnest hope that the
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SCOTTISH E A MAKE
$4,379 PROFIT
the pivotal position, gave 2 TUT sound display and it was only in- experience which counted against
McCarthy, at centre-forward, could have scored on several de- casions had he broken away from
his man, but this fault seems to
be a universal one among the
10 Committee will attempt to follow The balance-sheet of the Scot-
these lines as near as possible as fish Football Association reveals military teams who will hang onto their men lite leecher instead of 198 the majority of China's best a surplus of £4,379 on the year's making an opening
players are in the South.
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To Meet LRC. And Electricians
follow
the Kowloom Bowi
and amor. Bowls Saturd
working, and total assets
Football Association
Another factor which played an important part in their defest was the fact that the wingers inUKE- ably passed back to the centre- half with the centre-forward waiz ing for
Gorma
who is well-known
Stage Final Meeting the soccer held, was
The final Council meeting of the their name to the
Hong Kong Football. was held in the Asso
ion Football Club,?
sidered by the t
was still not suf
Fin the Chinese
Clab
and the
and proved.
de champicu
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