THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JULY
Sporting Page
STORM HERALDS KING'S JUBILEE DAY FUND AT WIMBLEDON
A group of Chigago sportsmen strue
that
cash parse
01.
man
can. bath Channel the ways, and they have put up 1 their to back-up opinion. Marvin Nelson Iowa farm boy and world champion marathon swimmer, is going to England to seek the prize. The distance is 22 miles each way-21 the crow fies
CHINESE B. C. GALA
"A" Team Beat “B” In Open Relay
HOLLAND'S RINK IN SEMI-FINAL
HENDERSON'S FOUR
OVERWHELMED
LOSING SKIP ONLY ONE TO SHINE
(By "Skip")
THE general standard of play inclined to mediocrity in the match between A. M. Hol land's quartette (P. T. Farrell, R. Duncan and J. C. Brown) and the rink skipped by M. J. Hen- derson (D.W. Waterton. W. E. Hale and J. L Tetley) who met in the quarter-finals of the Colony Lawn Bowls Rinks Championship on the Recreio green yesterday.
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Although Holland's rink managed to secure victory by 25 shots to 11, the winning rink was not so vastly superior as the score suggests, for none of them repeated the form they dis- Holland was decidedly on played in the previous rounds- his off days and showed an inclination to be narrow through- -out. Despite this however, he played some very good shots at intervals in the game. Taking all things into consideration Henderson was the best player on view, robhing the opposition of several shots on different occasions with his accurate driv-,
KEEN COMPETITION Favoured with good weather and featured by some close races, the third swimming gala of the Chinese Bathing Club held lasting. night at North Point before large attendance proved a great
success.
a
At the conclusion of the swim ming the prizes were distributed
by Mr. Tao. Kui Sau..
The following were the results:
GAME YES-
WATERTON PLAYED A VERY MUCH IMPROVED TERDAY, AND HAD HIS MORE EXPERIENCED OPPONENT P. T FARRELL BEATEN ON THE DRAW ON MORE THAN ONE OCCA- SION. FARRELL HAD RELAPSED RAPIDLY ON YESTERDAY'S SHOWING FROM THE FORM HE STRECK WHEN HE WAS BARELI BEATEN BY HOLLAND IN THE SINGLES LAST WEEK.
Duncan, perhaps, was the only 500 Metres Open Relay Race (Men) one of the winning four to reach Young Companions (H. Leong his usual standard, but Brown The main reason for Holland's sue-
A. Hussian, X. Lee and W. Lawrence; also played a fair_game
Chung Sing
2.
Time: 6 mins. 17 2/3 secs.
200 Metres Open
1. C.B.C.
CBC. "
Reisy Race (Ladies) cess was the better combination of his rink, who, individually. were not superior to the losers.
me: 9 mins 41 7/10 secs. Time:
100 Metres Free Style Handicap
(Boys and Girls)
1. Master Ng Kam-yung
2 Master Ng Kam-fai
Miss Ho Sai-bo
Time: 1 min. 51 2/5 secs.
200 Metres Breast Stroke (Men)—
1 Mai Chi-chering
Chan Chen-hing
3. Chan Mau-po
Time: 3 miss
Diving for Plates
1.
13 3/5 secs.
Chan Wing-chuen (7 plates)
2 Ip Koos-yin (5 plates)
100 Metres Free Style (Ladies):-
L
Leg Miss
Tuk-chan
2 Miss Ng Suen-ying
3. Miss
Woon-ying
Time: 1 min 29 2/5 secs.
Ladies Nomination Race.
1. Miss
Loo
Tuk-tong and Mr.
Miss Ng Scen-ying and Mx. Tp Koon-yin.
25 Metres Battery Stroke (Ladies):
1. Miss Leong Yak-chan
2. Miss Ng Saen-ying
& Miss Chan Yuk-tai
Tune: 20 secs.
496 Metres Free Style (Men):-
1. Chan Chen-hing
2. Lo Wing-moon. -
Chan Wing-chuen
--Time: 6 mins. 8 2/5 secs.
K.C.C. SHOULD WIN "B" Division Tennis Game Against C.B.A..
Weather permitting, the Cen-; tral British Association will meet
the Kowloon Cricket Club in their postponed "B" Division League this Lawn Tennis encounter afternoon.
were
Rain interfered with the play towards the close of the game so that on the resumption the latter in semi- played heads idarkness.
After holding the closely until the 13th head. Hender son's quartette fell away. Bezd
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opposition
P. T. Farrell
D. W. Waterto
W. E. Hale
B. Duncan
J. L. Tetley
M.J. Henderson
(skip)
and
1. C. Brawn and AM Holland
(skip)
(Continued on Page 5)
POSTPONED PAIRS MATCH TO-DAY
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Duncans Leading Way And Gomes
CRICKET BAT MADE OF
27,000 MATCHES-
Patience And Ingenuity Of An Australian
Sydney, N.S.W. Patience and ingenuity, it has been said, will accomplish any- thing. Ronald Gerard of Hurst ville. N. S. Wy has just complet- ed making a remaricable cricket made, not of the bat. It was
S.
Katherine Stammers, the Enlish star who defeated Helen Wills Woody in the latter's come back attempt in an English tour- ney, is rated as the most beaute eus of tennis stara
AFRICANS FORCE DRAW
IN TEST MATCH England Bowlers Fail At Crucial Moment
VERITY'S 11 MAIDENS IN 13 OVERS
Loudon, To-day. Set the task of scoring 340 for victory, the South Africans for- ced a drawin the third Test: at Leeds yesterdays scoring 194 for 5 before stumps were drawn.
The first Test was drawn at Trent Bridge and the second was at Lord's by the South Africans by 157 ans. The Mourth Test will commence were
Old Trafford on July 27.
timie-honoured willow, but entire ly of dead safety matches. less than 27.000 matches
No
gfish glae, Mr. Gerard built up a piece 2 inches thick and 44 inches in width, from which he shaped a finely balanced blade, using sandpaper and a piers of bone to achieve a per- fectly smooth surface, which was then varnished. The handle was similarly made, and let into the blade in the usual way and well bound. The bat took three months by make.
POLICE RINKS FOR SATURDAY
To Meet K.C.C. In Both Leagues
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Finding that his regular bowl jers were unable to cause any trouble yesterday, Wyatt, the England skipper, sent down" mum- erous full-tosses which Wade, who was then batting, allowed to pass the wicket-keeper's hands- Mitchell was then tried, while Barber, who was also called os, had Cameron stumped with his second delivery.
MISS WETHERED BEATEN
BY SAM PARKS
Hit Pin From Tee Shot On 165-Yard Third Hole
Cambridge Spring (Pennsyl
vania), June 26. Sam Parks, the new Amort can open champion, deat Miss- Joyce Wethered, the English player, by 4 and 2 in an exhi bition match here today.
AMERICAN LADIES' EASY VICTORIES CHAMPION TESTED BY MISS MCOSTRICH JAPANESE PLAYERS ADVANCE
(By A. Walls Myers)
London, June 26. THUNDER and lightning ushered in Wim- bledon's second day. The storm delayed play for nearly two hours and then only permit- ted it to take place on four tarpaulin-protect- ed courts.
The bad weather was singularly unfortunate, for the had been dedicated to the Jubilee Trust Fund of King Geor the All England Club's former president and the donor of the championship cup.
THE WHOLE OF THE GATE RECEIPTS WERE EARMARKED FOR THE ROYAL APPEAL, AND THE DUKE OF KENT, THE CLUB'S PRESIDENT WAS IN THE COMMITTEE-BOX TÓ MARK"THE OCCA- SION
I gather that, whatever the
total may prove to be, the joint MCCARTHY
committee propose that the, Trust Funds is to benefit by a' sum of not less than $1,000..
To bring more nationals into court on this dedicating day the Men's doubles were started with the Women's singles - a day in advance of normal time. It was an experiment that had virtues for other reasons. Doa- bles, by which lawn tennis first: thrived, and by which the team spirit is fostered, had rather ended, to slip into the background at Wimbledon; they got an earlier stimulant yesterday.
RETAINED
BY YANKEES Giants Lose To Reds "In U.S. Baseball
CARDINALS MAINTAIN CHAMPIONSHIP FORM
New York, To-dzy. COL. J. Ruppert, owner of the famous New York Yankees, year terday signed a contract with Joe McCarthy, continuing the lat-
Rain contracted the programma but it could not reduce the in-ter's managership of the team
throughout 1936 and 1937.
After holding Parks izmetterest of the eager throng, and for 11 holes, Miss Withered when when showers caused fur rowd ther interinptions, the weakened under the hot-siem,
came back to see some acceptable At the 165-yard third hole Miss Wethered hit the jnplay
The ball from her tee shot. hung on the lip of the hole.
(Continued on Page 7) Results, as cabled by
AMERICAN LEAGUE *
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F
Jimmy Foxx hit a homer.
Mrs. Moody and Miss Jacobs, Detroit with two things in common-Philadelphia home in the same Californian town 6,000 miles away, and a de-i termination to win the title opened their campaign on ad jacent courts at the same time. If neither had little more than a parade and enjoyeň z strainless
New York
Chicago
Johnny Allen fanzed
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Han NATIONAL LEAGUE
St.
GOLF "OPEN" IN
FOG: AMAZING
EXPERIENCE victory, the observer noted one or Brooklyn
WHISTLES GUIDE PLAYERS
TERRIFYING EXPERIENCES OF SEVERAL CONTENDERS
(By. GEORGE GREENWOOD) Muirfiell, June 26.
The fifth wicket between Cam-i eron and Wade realised 83 valu-) lable runs im 90 minutes, the former hitting one six and six boundaries in his 49. England. (1st Inas-)
2161 Henry Cotton, the
champion, and R. Burton, Hooton (Cheshire), have bed for the lead in the qualifying rounds for the British Open Galf title. Each has a score of 141.
ENGLAND 2nd Inna. Smith; b Vincent. ----
The following will represent Mitchell, Viljoen, b Vincent
Club Barber, e Dalton, b Vincent the Police Recreation
R.ES. Wyatt Vincent, b Bet against the Kowloon Cricket Club Hammond, not out in the senior and junior lawn Hardstaff, b Bell
Ames b Bell bowls leagues on Saturday:
Nichols, b Vincent
Extras
Senior Terms
EG. Post W. S. Dall, W. Down and W. E. Hollands (skip).-
F. Nolan, T. Tallon, W. 36cLeod and J. Shepherd (sidp), ale
G. Moss, J. C. S. Fender, A Perkins and Machardy (skip).
Total (for 7 wkts, dec.)
Sims, Verity and Bowes did
13 An American,
Macdonald
Smith, from California and |1. J. Basson are second, one 24 stroke behind the leaders-Of not the six Americans who quali-
Fall of the vickets-1 (Smith) for 123: 2 (Mitchell) for 139 3 (Barber) for 148: (Wyatt) for 277; 5 (Hardstaff) for 277; 6. (Ames) Bowling Analysis
win for the visitors who have Championship fixture between B Reserves:- Hunter and Cina for 291; 7 (Nichols) for NOV
Junior Team
G. S. Alexander,
The postponed Colony Pairs Everything points to an easy yet to record a win, although Duncan and L. A R. Duncan, of mings, they have drawn one of their en- the Kowloon BG.C, and W K counters and lost the other, whila! Way and A. S. Gomes, the finalists.
B-McWalter the home side have lost all five of last year, which was stopped ow McKay and W. S. Glendi
ing to rain on the 12th head when their previous clashes.
ursday, will be A. Wright W. Anuther interesting encounter the Duncans were leading by 16 Clarke and S. Logan- should be witnessed on the Recreio shots to 6 last a
fresumed on the Kowloon Docks Glendinning and A. W green(this.
the
Hawaii Already Raising
New Crop Of Swim
however. Lawson Little, a (Continued on Page 5)
LEICESTER F C INCUR $4268 LOSS
Leicester City FC, who
two points about their play
Continued on Page II.)
REVISED DATES
FOR LAWN TENNIS
Louis Washington
Pittsburgh
New York
Lieber hit a hom
Philadelphia
Boston
St. Louis
Tables To Date
LEAGUE FIXTURES Jordan hit a homer. Programme Only Half Completed
DIVISION FEATURES. WELL IN ARREARS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York Detroit Chicago
Cleveland
Boston
Philadel
Washin
The following are the completely League Lawn Temis tre which come into force from
St. Lo
New York
**A** DIVISION
St. Looks Chicago
July 23.
GCC CRC (2) VALEC July, 30
Brookh
Baston
*(2)
CIRC" (1).
the Second Division lost £4,208 on the past KCC.
Crisp
Bell
ing takis
South
B. Mitchell b Rowan b Bowe
Parks Getting Ready
tinued on Page 7)
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VOLUNTEER WATER POLO TOURNEY
Walk-Over For Statics Into Final Round