THE CHINA MAIL MONDAY, JULY 22, 1935
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SILVA'S RECREIO RINK SUCCESSFUL AGAINST OMAR QUARTETTE
AMERICANS
BEAT JAPANESE AT BASEBALL Thrilling Play In
Last Inning
BIG CROWD WITNESS GAME AT CAROLINE HILL
1
Yesterday morning at Caro- Line Hill the American baseballj team following a spectacular last inning rally, defeated an exceptionally strong Japanese nine by G runs to 4.
Although the game was only aj practice, a large number of spec- tatars were present and voted the game one of the most keenly-con- 3 Jocal tested they had seen an diamond.
For three innings Amasaki, of the Japanese, and Pearce, of the in a Americans, were engaged pitching duel. Both teams were! plaving air-tight ball, and no one à clean was able to connect for
kit The Japanese opened the the fourth inning scoring in
DACTY
VANCE
Dazzy Vance, Brooklyn's big relief pitcher, one of the most colourful veterans of big league baseball is fast approaching the 200 win mark. He now $2+187
to major league sictories credit.
when two nice Autres shied by an American error, pushed Take- da, across the plate for the first run. In the next inning the Japanese increased their lead to three runs. Murata and Ohkawal scoring on hits by Takeda, Mikuni, FRANKIE PARKER
and Kusana
The Americans.!
however, evened the score when Harris long drive to centre field! brought
and Hirsh.
Gordon. Thompson,
Amasaki's Homer
The big
moment
TRIES NEW SHOT
PEIPING TENNIS
TEAM DEFEATED
BY CATHAY CLUB LOSE THREE OUT OF FOUR MATCHES GORDON LUM IN ACTION
Shanghai. July 14. The visiting tennis stars from the Tsinghua and Yenching uni- versities of North China met with a setback here yesterday after noon on the courts of the Cathay Tennis Club, when they lost three matches out of four.
Incidentally this was the second defeat in their tour to the South, having for the series in Nanking! a week ago by two matches to four-
Three
Lam Featured
played matches were cut the fourth being abandoned), after Gordon Lum had won the first sett by 6-1 from Lo Hsiao- kee.
One of busiest men in Ameri- cs now is Joe Gould, manager of the heavyweight boxing cham- pjon, Jim Braddock, as promoters beseige the new titleholder with Six months Igo Gould. was finding it hard to get into anybody's office with a proposi
offer
tion.
In the other singles match D. CHAMPIONS RETAIN
K. Chang defeated Lo Hatao-chao by 6-2 and 6-2. The game was rather one siced the winner his
difficulty in periencing little
downing his opponent.
ex-
In the doubles match between 3. Benavitch partnered by Goi-l
and the Lo brothers don Lum
of Peiping the local pair again dominated throughout the test Lum and Benavitch
IN TOURNAMENT easily by 6-2 and 6-2
VERY DECEIVING
in the first!
TO THE EYE
balf of the sixth innings occurred
Doubles Saccess The othe doubles
con-
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THEIR TITLES
AAA. WALKING CONTESTS
HOLDEN AND COOPER AGAIN VICTORIOUS
London, July 12.
WHY FRED PERRY
JOINED SYDNEY
SPORTS BUSINESS
“SIGN NOTHING' CABLE
GIVEN CONTRACT FOR 10 YEARS
London, June 26.
There is a story behind Fred) Perry's acceptance of Slazenger's) offer to him to go to Australia to- wards the end of the year.
Statements have been made that negotiations were begun bef tween Perry and Slazenger's when' Perry was in Australia nearly a These are not quite
year ago. accurate.
ed
This is what hapen-
LT. A. Cables ~
When Perry was in Hollywood on his way home from the Aus- tralia visit. he was approached by: a ilm company with a contract.
He was considering going into
a cable
films when he received from the Lawn Tennis Associa tion saying: "Sign nothing until you see us."
So Perry refused the Elmente tract and came home.
In mid-
On the Berenaria. Atlantic, he received another cable from the LTA. This ope said again: "Say nothing to the Press.
STAMMERS
Katherine Stammer's
一段
good-
looking English tennis star, flash- ed her tennis skill with telling effect against Mrs. Helen Wills Moody, the American ace, and broke Eelen's string of comeback victories
Kent, England Katherine literally left-handed her off the courts by 6-0, 64
Perry obeyed, the injunction, and 3. T. Holden, Great Britain, reas soon as he arrived at home bel tained his title for the six-miles was invited to lunch with two off, ONE MIXED match was walk when he covered the dis-cials of the ITA so that they the only close-affair of the after-tance in the final to-day at White could discuss plans. noon S. C. Lin and M. H. Chu City in the British Amateur Ath- winning by 6-4 and 7-5, from Khooletic Championships, in the time
when Amasaki picked out one of COACH SUGGESTS HE SHOULD Hooi-hye and TM. Hsn. The of 30 minutes and 54 6-10 seconde
Pearce's deliveries particularly to
EXPERIMENT
CO-
No Offer
One official failed to keep that
other was
DOUBLES LEAGUE
.J
MATCH TO-DAY
J. A. Copper, Great Britain appointment pleading a business TWO K.C.C. TEAMS
local pair displayed poor
walk engagement but the holder of the two miles
there bination and Hsu was erratic. his liking and stored a home run.
Chicago, June 22.
Mrs. S. X. Wu, wife of the title. also retained his laurels by The second half of the sixth in- ning proved almost as spectacu-
Frank A. Parker, a star still in Chief of the Bureau of Social Af-winning the final in the time of lar, however, as the Americans
the experimental stage as far as fairs of Shanghai, presented sou-thirteen minutes 46 6-10 seconds. second baseman, Dreyger, hit a
which scored and his coach were concerned. venir trophies to all the contes beautiful triple
was the target of cheers and jeersants at Cootes to even the score
The seventh and final innings alike yesterday as he adopted a natches. found Pearce tiring rapidly, so."guinea pig role in the midst of
with two away,
Lawrence wasi
his fight to regain the United cham- brought in from left field to pitch States clay court tennis
the last out.
Americans Lucky
pionship.
At the request of his coach. Mercer Beasley, the 18-year-old At their final turn at the bat. Milwalkee youth experimented with the score level at all, the with a strange shot, a new fore
Americans were definitely lucky hand with a twist that gives it to have the heavy end of their the effect of a delayed chop.
The stroke starts out like any batting line-up at the plate. Hirsh started things favourably by re-other forehand, meeting the ball Harris again flat, but a quick cut under the ceiving a walk.. clean hit to deep centre, advanc-pellet gives it the chop effect, the ing Hirsh to third base. Heartber, ball floating with "greatest of
ease" at his opponent.
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So far the crowd and Parker's Detailed scores were:
The Line-up
opponents have been outspoken in Japanese
H. Etheir criticism and resentment of AB R
Kanamurs 3rd Base. 4
Morata 2nd Base
Ohkawa 1st Base
Takeda C.
Mikuni R. Field Kusana L Field Yamasaki C. Field Amasaki P. Hachimura SS.
Americans Thompson C. -Firsh S.S.
Harris CF. Bearther 1st. B. Lawrence LF. Cootes 3rd B. Dreyger 2nd B. Pearce P.
Gordon E, F.
1
1
0.
15
the shot.
The change in sentiment be- cause of one experiment doesn't bother Parker ope whit, however, critics as he believes the same will cheer it later on.
the conclusion
He had no offer to make to Perry!
The hop, skip and jamp title of the went to Petera of Holland, who covered a distance of 45 fee: 17 inches.
ENGLAND TEST ELEVEN
Tate Included In Side For Old Trafford
London, To-day-
The following have been select- ed to represent England in the fourth Test Match against South Africa, commencing at Old Trafford Manchester. Saturday:
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P. E. S. Wyatt, (Warwickshire) (Glamor- (Captain), J. C. Clay,
W. V. Robins (Middlesex), Hammond (Glon- The advantage in the new de-ganshire), E
Leyland layed chop stroke, Beasley be
(York lieves, it is deceptiveness; its dis-cestershire),
Mitchell (York- o advantage, the players argue, is shire), Verity (Yorkshire), Barber
CANADIANS PLAY THREE RESERVES Disappointing Start To Season
(Yorkshire).
that it slows the game and uses shire), Bowes (Yorkshire), Tate O up a lot of energy for delivery of
such a slow ball
The Canadians had a disap
KING'S PRIZE AT BISLEY
London, to-day-Armourer Staff
(Sussex), and shire).
Smith (Derby-
Twelfth Than Hardstare (Notts)-Beuter.
ENGLISH HOCKEY- ASSN. REPORT LOSS
Sergeant French, late of the Hertfordshire Yeomanry, won the King's Prize at Bisley on Satur their
The
statement of accounts,
GUY CHENG AND PARTNER DEFEATED IN USA
Hines And Culley Win Final Of Longwood Bowl Tournament
Chestont Hill, Mass., July 14. Wilmer Hines of North Caro- Fina and Henry Culley, of Santa Barbara, Calif., to-day defeated Guy Cheng of Shanghai and Gil- bert Hunt of Washington, DC, "in the final round of the men's doubles matches of the Longwood Bowl tornament here.
The match was won in three sets, but two of the three went and gave the to dence games spectators plenty of excitement before the winners were decided After taking the first set, 7-5. Hines and Culley overwhelmed their opponents in the second to win by a 6-1 couit, bot, Cheng and Hunt pashed the score of the third set to 9-7 before succumb. ing-United Press.
AUSTRALIANS WIN
Crawford Defeats Austin
The tennis player was upset
ILT.A and delivered an ultimatum to the
"TO CLASH
USRC. AND C.R.C. HAVE NO FIXTURE
NORONHA EXCELS CONSISTENCY
UNRIVALLED ON THE DAY'S PLAY Craigengower Crack Brilliant In Spasms
“JOSS” WITH THE LOSERS
(By "SKIP")
Playing brilliant bowls yester- day, C. G. Silva's Recreio four (J E. Noronha, F. X. Sítva and C. E Marques) beat the strong Crai- gengower combination. J. Cava- nagh, B. W. Bradbury, H. Beer and U. M. Omar (skip) by 18 shots to 13 in the Fourth Round of the Colony Lawn Bowls Rinks
Championship on the Kowloon B.G.C. green.
It was a ding-dong struggle throughout and one of the most thrilling encounters of the 1935 competition.. A_large-contine gent of local bowls enthusiasts turned out to see the game and were fully rewarded. J. E Noronha has never been seen in better form and was quite the most consistent bowler on view. On nearly every occasion he had his opposite, Cavanagh, beaten either on the draw or on post- Time after time drawing
tional play Noronha's accurate brought a burst of appreciative applause from the spectators.
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Scores:
J. E. Noronha F. L. Silva
C. E. Marques
and
C. G. Silva
Owing to a misunderstanding. "Make su offer before June 2"
between the Hong Kong Law Head he said in effect. "or I shall ac-Tennis Association and the Mixed 1 cept the Hollywood, contract.” Doubles League Clubs, there will
Jane 2 passed and no suggestion only be one fixture to-day- came from the LTA-they had
The Kowloon Cricket Club "B** nothing to offer from the begin team meet their "A" team in their ning and it was only then that Slazenger's stepped in with their offer of a job in Australia
Perry will play in Australia
return encounter and should give) a much better display than in their previous one, which the
and sell Slazenger goods in his senior team won rather easily.
spare time.
He will probably
leave here about October.
Mrs. Knight Improves
Since Hesse, the left-handed
His contract is for 10 years-German player, came into the "B" and his salary is something becide in place of Oppenheži, there tween $2.000 and £5,000.
Can Return
has been a decided improvement in Mrs. Knight's play, and this 19 partnership gave the Chinese Under the contract, he has per good run for their money on the mission to return for the Davis two occasions in which they were Cup and Wimbledon.
"I shall be spending some months in Sydney every year, butj I am not going to live there. Perry said yesterday.
"But I shall be available for any tour for which the LTA wants me.”
NEWPORT SELECT THEIR RUGBY CAPTAIN
featured.
(Continued on Page 5). The following is this week's programinė
TO-DAY
Mixed Doubles ·League KCC "B" v KGC. “A” (King's F1⁄4.) TUE'S DAY
*A* Division.. CR.C. "A Craigengyser Recreio CRC. "B" USRC YIB.C
HKCC - KGC
WEDNESDAY
Division
CRA IRC. With a view to making special HK.CC. v University
CS.CC v KCC preparations for the visit of New Recreio S. Chies
THURSDAY Zealand next season, Newport
DC Division Rugby Club have chosen their
B Division
London, to-day. Jack Crawford gave Australia captain for next season a month KC.C. - KIT.COM
Recreio V 7. C.R.C. victory over Britain in the friend earlier than usual, and haveATC. v University ly lawn tennis encounter at East selected John Evans, who cap Hockey Association, inbourne when he beat Bunny Austained Wales against England in
the 1933-34 season Major Police RC 7 Amy TC tin by 6264, 36, 6 3 00
S. China y KB.G.C. day with a score of 289-Beuter issued to-day, report of a loss of Saturday,
Australia had thus Partridge, the old Blackheath Radio S. C. C.R.C
KFC. CSCC Capt. J. A. Barlow, of the West £163 on the past year's working secured a 31 lead before Fred captain, is the new chairman KDRC, ECC Yorkshire Rifles, won the trophy their balance in hand being now Pezzy, who was beaten by Craw the club.
reduced to $15. last year with a score of 288.
pointment in their first baseball Lawn Tennis President
match yesterday when only six of their team turned up to play the Chinese at La Salle College After securing three spectators to fill
the vacancies they were defented
by 12 runs to 2
Dies While Playing
Sydney
ford in the first singles series. went on the court to meet
McGrath, who lost earlief to AuMiss Wethered Loses To
tin
Golf
was a friend of s playe
Mr. Frank Peach president of One of my The game was rather interest-New South Wales Lawn Tennis hons of ing on the whole, the feature of Association, collapsed and died Harris) the match being the good pitching while playing goll
Air Peach's The Chinese That certainly is a blow to all where steadily hot
said E. Crawford, of the Naws
Eddy
to register
when
Id this nɛWS.”
wichiden.
esantest" recollec
arty 21
the
Perry dropped, the first set
at 62 and won the second at 6-2; befors rain caused the match to be abandoned Benter.
COMBINE SERVICES LOSE SOCCER TO TRANSVAAL
The Combin terum were
Pretoria on
ices football O by North
U.S.A.
ridge Spring
Pennsylvania).
Open Champion
Parks had "birdies", at the twelf and thirteenth which turned the tide in his favour
Sam Parks, the new American Miss Wethered Open golf champion, beat Miss gallery of a thous Joyce Wethered by 1 and 2 in an hit the pin from
the 161 ard third exhibition match
level for ball hung on bered
thebot zun
(skip)
J. Cavanagh
K. W. Bradbury H Beer
and
V. M. Omit
(skip)
Rumjahn's Quartette
Beaten
ALVES' FOUR WIN IN RINKS CONTEST
At Taikoo yesterday the Rec reio rink comprising L J. Silva, LF. Xavier, F.-V. Riberio and H. A Alves (skip) beat a Craigen- gower four composed of A Riz~ Jack, M A. R. Souza, A. S. Gomes- and D. Rumjaha (skip). by ZT shots to 21, in the Fourth Round of the Lawn Bowls Rinks Cham- pionship.
Scores: LJ. Silva LF. Xavier
F. T. Riberio EA Alves
Head
(skip)
A.-A. Razack M. A. R. Souza A S Gomes: D. Rumjahn
(skip)