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TO-DAY'S VERY USRC AND KCC
TALL STORY
Football Team Drugged
OPPONENTS BANQUET WHICH SUCCEEDED
London, June 12
Today's perfectly true footbali story explains how a certain team
IN RETURN MIXED
DOUBLES MATCH
EXCITING CLASH
PREDICTED
HOLDERS MEST CLINCH TO-DAY'S MATCH
Some very good tennis should in a continental country beat an-be witnessed at King's Park this other for the League champion-afternoon when the United Ser ship on goal average........
vices Recreation Club entertain
ALLISON & VAN RYN BEATEN IN DOUBLES HUGHES AND TUCKEY
CAUSE SURPRISE
(By A. Wallis Myers)
London, June 20.
A LONG absent sun returned to Queen's yes-
terday, and a large gallery gathered to
contains some astonishing figures ning score would do, the club team in the Mixed Doubles Le
Knowing that only a big win the Kowloon Cricket Club watch a varied and entertaining programme.
Nor was the day, which started early and fin-
The net receipts of the match invited their opponents to lunch gun. with Wales at Twickenham were before the game-which generous £15.002, & record, and the match gesture, was welcomed with open flost one against Ireland produced $12,57% arms. The Welsh match was attended by! So it came to pass that when clash if they are to retain the American four-doubles champions at Wimble
opponents, must clinch today's was the defeat of Allison and Van Ryn, the 75.000 spectators, the biggest at the match was played the visitors trophy against the Chinese Redon, by Hughes and Tuckey, each a unit in vari- tendance that Twickenham has were giggling drank, and the creation Club challenge.
home team, showing superlative; They are likely to have their ous combinations that are being considered for form, piled on 12 goals.
fall team with the exception of the Davis Cup challenge round.. The figures are the more
The authorities are now hb-F F. Kayll-out this ter markable seeing that they were vestigating this dark mystery, neon, while the ECC will be able because Hughes and his partner had the mortification of It was a most gallant British victory, all the more credit attained in a season when England but no prizes for the solution are fielding the same team which has seeing the first set snatched from their grasp. It is not a good mocal preparation for the second round of a match to hold a 5 3 lead and lose it, then to get the advantage back and to have three set balls on Allison's service; finally to forfeit the set. after much travall in the 20th game
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played throughout the season.
To-morrow, there is no set programme for the "A" Division, although there are quite a num- ber of postponed matches which mutual arrangement. are likely to take place through
PROPITIOUS WITH HUGHES SERVING BETTER ON TURF THAN BUT THE SECOND AND THIRD CHAPTERS WERE MUCH MORE HE HAS DONE FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND PLAYING HIS VOLLEYS WITH A FINISHING STING, AND WITH TUCKEY, THOUGH LESS FLUENT, ATONING FOR HIS FIRST SET ERRORS BY STERLING PLAY. THE BRITISH TOOK THE SECOND SET FROM THREE, AND FROM FOUR.
LOVELOCK WINS THE THE THIRD, AFTER BREAKING THROUGH VAN RYN'S SERVICE,
MILE RACE
(Continued from Pugs 4)
The Americans, of course. have had little practice together -or, indeed, individually on He and his younger brother has checked normal practice. this side of the Atlantic, the rain Floyd were lighting the school And results at Queen's, as last fire and using petrol instead of year showed. paraffin Floyd was killed in the confirmed at Wimbledon, where are not always explosion and fire
five sets instead of three are Glenn's life was despaired of contested. He lost the toes of his left foot and the traverse arch. His right left was shorter...
Hughes Outstanding
Yet at least seven times he has beaten 4 mins. 10 secs. He has combinations, Allison and Van Yet, if it comes to old and tried been doing great running during Byn are partners of many years the winter.
Amazing Figures
standing Hughes and Tuckey were playing together virtually for the first time.
Jack Lovelock, the New Zes- land and Oxford runner, broke
Of the four Hughes was the the world's record on the same best, and certainly the most track, Palmer Stadium, in 1933 canny Tuckey had his loose in 4mins. 7 6-10secs. Before his periods, but he returned the ser- record could be ratified Cunning-Tice steadily and well in the criti ham established the new figures. cal stages: Van Byn's hackhand Lovelpek is twenty-five. He volleying was as good as ever in went to Oxford as a Rhodes the first set Allison appeared to scholar and was soon sending be in need of practice, and, tacti Fanning records toppling. When cally, I think he showed too much The set up his record time he devotion to the centre drive, secured as a souvenir the blank ignoring the lob, which his part- cartridge used by the starter ner often used.
In 1933 he underwent an opera- tion for knee trouble," and it was feared his running days were
uver
Traming To Pla
Lovelock has been training to
a plan. Each of the first three quarber-miles wire to be lapped
in 61secs, and the last in bet-
BRITAIN AGAIN DEFEATS FRANCE IN GOLF MATCH
(Continued from "Page 4)
Hartley's Streng
Lister Hartley started badly ter time if possible. This speed against Chauvot. He was hook would set up a new, recand of ing his drives, and was three arins. 4 aces at must.
Some of his trial rums made in secret.
down at the sixth and two down were at the tum Then he recar
W. R. Bonthron, the Princeton took the lead at the fifteent
magnificently and by steady pisy fier, is another running wonder, Hartley kept up his good for for as a boy he was crippled when and won the match at his legs caught an electric wire hole. He came home in. 36- while he was climbing a tree. His under par recovery amazed the doctors
AMERICA'S CHALLENGE TO
· JAPAN'S AQUATIC STARS: (Continued from Page 1) Tokyo advices, has not to equal his best
Shimma, of Waseda
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Francis Francis, runner-up in the French Open Amateur Cham pionship last year, had an excit fing duel with J. Bourin, who,
brought in for
The result of the cos fed on this
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He has a grievance, and it com- cers Southall's criticism of his Fiding style of “stamping on his pedals no-kill-
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