THE CHINA MAIL TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1935.
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JEAN BOROTRA BEATEN AT WIMBLEDON AFTER
ALFRED PERRY NEW GERMANY
GOLF CHAMPION EQUALS RECORD SCORE AFTER ROUND OF 67 DRAMATIC CLIMAX TO THE BRITISH OPEN
(By George Greenwood)
Muirfield, June 29.
ALL SQUARE
WITH AMERICA
Allison Bows To Von Cramm
BRILLIANT TENNIS
London, To-day. In the Davis Cup competition at Wimbledon yesterday Gottfried von Cramm (Germany), beat Al- lison (United States), 85 63,1 6- to level the scores following Henkel's defeat at the hands of Badge on Saturday.
LFRED PERRY, of Leatherhead, Surrey, won the British Open Championship here to-day with a total of 283 for the 72 holes. He equals the record for the open, made first by Gene Sarazen at Prince's, in 1932, and then by Henry Cotton at Royal St. George's last year. }
von Cramm served many back- hand winners at first, while Alli-
son repeatedly brought off specta- enlar volleying shots.
Allison twice saved set points
bat in the tenth game tragically served three double faults.
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In the fourteenth game Perry's four rounds were 69, 75. 67 and 72. He held a Cramm gave a perfect back-of- clear lead of four strokes over A. Padgham, of Sundridge Park.the-court display. who was second with an aggregate of 287. C. A. Whitcombe In the second set Allison was inclined to storm the net and was
forced into (Crews Hill) was third, one stroke more
errors.
Perry laid the foundation of his great victory by a woa- repeatedly derful third round of 67, a score that equals Hagen's record Allison recovered in the third set and led 3-2, but von Cramm was for the course, made six years ago.
From a lowly position Perry jamped into first place with favoured by numerous lucky net- a slender lead of one stroke over Whitcombe. Those who corders. thought that Perry would break under the great strain of the
Making his American ring de bet. Jack Doyle, Irish heavy- weight fighter and singer, knock- ed out his opponent in the first round of their New York boat. Jack here shows his bride, Judith Alles, the Slm star, how he did it with his right. ·
SPANISH ACE EXPLAINS
Too Tired After Game Both were giving a display - off. With Miss Thomas last round were mistaken. Playing like a bero, and taking fierce all-round hitting with great
WIMBLEDON WITHDRAWAL what at times seemed fearful risks. he finished in 72 glorious effort.
GIANTS SLIP
Cardinals Inflict Latest Defeat
U.S. BASEBALL RESULTS
A volleying and counterpassing
shots.
Von Cramm, with a brilliant Only once did he falter, but a marvellous 3 at the tenth gave burst of play, finished the match him fresh inspiration, and from on his service with a love game that point nothing could stop-Reuter..
58 GAMES
K.C.C. "A" TEAM MENZEL VERY NEAR
FLATTERED IN
MIXED DOUBLES
TO DEFEAT
Oppenheim And Mrs. 15,000 SEE DING-DONG
Knight Do Well
ERNIE FINCHER AND MISS GRIFFITHS SHINE
The second clash between the Kowloon Cricket Club tenues in the Mixed Doubles Lawn Tennis League resulted in a clean sweep win for the "A" team, following their 8-1 success eather in the
season, on the K.C.C. courts ver terday afternoon.
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Scores:
AGE
STRUGGLE
HANDICAP TOO GREAT FOR
BOUNDING BASQUE"
(By A. Wallis Myers)
London, June 27. SUNSHINE returned to Wimbledon yester- day, bringing with it enormous crowds and piece de resistance of the day - a mag- nificent five-set match between Roderich Men-
EL C. Fincher and Miss 0. Datel zel and Jean Borotra on the centre court.
(KCC “A) -
best AW. Ramsey and Mrs.
Walte
In the end. after a grim and fluctuating battle of 58 63 games, of which 20 were contested in the final bout, the Czech
champion got home. 64
·Beat T
A. Oppenheim and Mrs. Knight
He was within two points of defeat at one critical stage, beat H. Besse and Mrs. Kirby and at scarcely any point, considering the fighting quality of
EF. Fincher and Miss M. Griffiths both men, was the issue signalled advance. (K.CC. “A”)
*
Borotra has been the darling of the centre court gallery for bea Ramsey and Mrs White 62 beat Oppenheim and Mrs. Knight 6-2 more than a decade, and yester day 15,000 spectators cheered bert Hesse and Mrs. Kirby
2their favourite again. He deserved their salute, for he was A. E. P. Guest and Miss A Mat- fighting not only against a great player, with heart nearly as kenzie (RCC, “A”)--
Sex: Ramsey and Mr. White 63 large as his own, but against the handicap of age. beat Oppenheim and Mrs. Knight 6-2
beat Hesse and Mrs. Kirby - 64] Borntra was conceding eight
MIXED DOUBLES LEAGUE
years to an adversary who pos- sessed a service stronger than his own, retaining its speed to Apts the end, and "whose experience 8,of a turf court was confined to a 6 dozen matches.
TABLE TO DATE
PWLD F
400 30, 6 2:0 23 16 3
1 0 18
6 0 4 49%
SWEEP ASIDE
OPPOSITION RECREIO PLAYERS LACK FINISH
If the famous black berst is never seen in singles again on the centre court its owner may rest content; never in his key- idey has be made such a gallant
effort.
Eorotra's finale in singles at Auteuil, on his home courts,
JOE LOUIS STARTS
TALKING
Pity Braddock Beat Him. In Race To Baer
..
EX-CHAMPION TREATED "AS JUST ANOTHER BOXER.
Pompton Lakes, NJ- Before Maxie Baer can fight-
where rallies are longer and more Joc Louis, he'll have to go out and
exhausting was to defeat both
Vines and Allison in the Davis set himself a reputation for the
Discussing with me last even- ing her reasons for scratching her match in the Wimbledon wo
C. R. C men's single championship to
K.C.C BADLY IN RACE him Brassie and spoon shots WHAT PERRY THINES Miss Susan Noel yesterday, writes U. S. E.
the straight at
Fred Perry, Wimbledon cham-Stanley N. Doust on June 27. KC.C FOR PENNANT were lashed
of the Aag with unerring accuracy. Never have I seen a more cour-pion for the second year in spe Senorita de Alvarez, one
times con-most brilliant players, said: ageous exhibition of golf in cession and three
"I think the authorities are too conditions that might well have чneror of vana Cram, writes:
Von Cramm, since the with-arbitrary here and too great stick- CHINESE R.C. appalled a less fearless player.
surging, ex-drawal of D. Prenn from German lers for rules. Surrounded by a
"I played a very hard match cited mass of 15,000 people, who tennis, has been the mainstay of Idashed hither and, thither in the the team; and intensive training against Miss Thomas on Wednes New York To-day hope of seeing something of the of youngsters to assist him is in day. and now I am feeling the Last year's tale of the National play, Perry had to fight his way progress Now we are seeing at strain.
"So I asked if my game with Baseball League race may be re-to the greens. He took it, all Wimbledon the fruits of all this
Miss Noel could be postponed un- Indeed. The New good-humouredly. told this season.
he industry.
Von Cramm, already well til to-morrow, but the request was York Giants are. slipping and at seemed rather to enjoy the ex- the rate they have travelled dur-perience of strangers patting him known here, has earned by his refused. So I scratched. ing the past few days, it will not on the back and exclaiming brilliant form the second "seed- be long before some other team."Bravo" as he hit long, raking, ed" position. probably the Cardinals, assumes brassie shots to the green. the leadership in the standing
Most players in Perry's position handicapped; he would. I feel sure, have gone to more difficult to beat pieces after taking a 6 at the first courts. On
Not so season he has already defeatedly do otherwise than refuse the tained their 100 per cent. stand- hole in the last found. Perry. He pulled his cap a little "Bunny" Austin and Jack Craw-request. Every competitor musting in the "B" Division of the same dramatic fervour that one League by defeating the Club de saw in the Borotra-Tilden match ford it was his victory. over play when called on. farther over his eyes and
Recreio, by 7 sets to 2.
Menzel's Strategy imerrily on his way as if nothing Crawford in the Davis Cup match
The resemblance was heighten
(Continued on Page 5) Results, as cabled by Reuter
H.
were:-
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R..
Philadelphia
9
1
Pittsburgh
7
New York
S
11
Danning it a homez.
St. Louis
Brooklyn
S 16
14 22 Phelphs, Cuccinello, and Taylor
hit homers.
Chicago
1320
went
had happened. The balance was}
1 restored at the ext six holes, which he accomplished in 4. 3, 3, 114, 4. Superb work in a crisis.
3
Galan, Chuck Klein, and Cavarretza
bit homers, Game went to 11) innings.
Boston, ...
Maeller hit a homer. Cincinnatti
Chicago
AMERICAN LEAGUE
====
Simmonds hit a homer Philadelphia
12
10
0
?
1
6
Bob Johnson and Pinkie Higgins
hit homers.
St. Louis
Boston
W. Farrell hit a hom
1
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At Wimbledon
"In France or anywhere else they would have allowed the post- he is rather ponement, especially so early in
is very much the tournament-but not here. I
on hard cannot understand it."
SHOULD HAVE WON TWO MORE SETS
at
Good tennis was witnessed Causeway Bay yesterday when
ex-champion of the world is just Cup. His great match with Menzel yesterday, although he another boxer to the dark Demp lost it in the end. would be a fit, and not an especially good
lone, at that- ting climax to his singles career
"Baer? Isn't he that fellow at Wimbledon
who was going to come up here
The struggle lasted two hours. and show me how to fight? and 20 minutes and there · was
"Sure, I'll box Baer in Septem- never a dull moment in it Aboutber, but mezarhile Maxie zd
was the same clash of person better go out and redeem himself.
this surface this. But the committée could bard-ithe Chinese Recreation Club reality, the same intensive play, the by whipping a few guys named ́
that laid the foundation of Ger-
man success.
DELIGHTFUL STYLE Gottfried, a Baron in his own right, has set about the task with German persistency of reaching the top of the tree. Diligent LIGHT BLUE SHOWS training and much practice under
PROMISE
Outstanding Golfing Youngster
The Open Golf Championship has given as a new British chaze plon and brought to the front a young man who the experts had 2 for some time regarded as the most promising figure in British amateur golf
This is Mr. P. B. Lacas, the 19- year-old son of the former SARTO-] tary of Prince's Golf Club.
Mr. Lucas, who is a left-hander
1 and handled a club" almost "as soon as he could walk, was- not only the first British amateur at
of
300 to Muirfield. His score
would have won the championship
Cleveland
Washington
The game between Detroit New York was postponed owing inclement weather.
and
Tables To Date
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York
Detz
the eye of H. Kleinschroth have brought him nearly there-
(Continued on Page 5)
TO-DAY'S BOWLS
Three Championship Encounters
4
TO-DAY'S TENNIS
(Continued on Page 5)
Scores
13
Recreio "A" At Home To Chinese "B"
K.C.C. SHOULD BEAT CLUB
of 1930.
Gra
"I'm sory Braddock beat me to Max, because I secretly regarded him as a soft touch and I was hoping I'd be the fellow to bowl
T. W. Lee and K. C. Ng (KCC):jed in that Menzel has the tower him over. Max always talked best A. E. Xavier and A. M.
ing statue of the American and a good fight, but he was overrated Bodrigues
good deal of his arrogant service as champion in my book.” 6-1 power, his' ground strokes - had
beat B. Gosano, and L. F. V
Bibeiro
heat I. Carvalho and M. Oliveiro 6-2 not. Tilden's technique; the Czech
T, P. Taxi and P. F. Choy (CR.C.)uses more top-spin on his drive beat Xavier and Rodrigues on bath wings.
7-5
"Division Table To Dats
6-21
3-6
6-2 7-5
This afternoon the Chinese Re-beat Gasano and Beiru
lost to Carvalho and Oliveiro --- 45 creation Club should retain their S. W. Wang and F. K. Lan (CRC.): 100 per cent record when they lost to Xavier and Bodrigues entertain Craigengower in the "A" beat Gosazo and Ribeiro Division of the Lawn Tennis Lea-beat Carvalho and Oliveira gue at Causeway Bay, while the United Services Recreation · Club should account for the Indians at King's Park, despite the fact that the Rumjahn cousins have been c. C... separated to secure better balances CAA
Recreio in the Sookunpoo team
The Recreio "A" will be fully CS.CC extended against the Chinese "B" H K G KCC and will have to take full advant- FKUTC age of the fact they are playing 1 R. C at home. This should be the CBA
closest struggle of the day.
the
In the only other game Hong Kong Cricket Club are en- tertaining their Kowloon Trivals. Providing the weather is kind. The mainlanders should win, but in 1920 and in 1924. It would three Fourth Round Lawn Bowls it will be a close match have tied with Hagen's and Singles encounters and one game Barnes's winning scores in 1922 in the Semi-final round of the
and 1925..
pairs will be decided this after-
Mr. Lucas, who has just finish-noor. All show every promise of
being interesting games.
636 ed his first year at Cambridge, The following is to-day's pro-
where he took the first part of his honours degree in economics, has
36 1962
or 44 482
an ideal goling temperament.
At Stowe, he was expisin of both "Engger and cricket
EVERTON SECURE HUGHES
Hughes,outsi County, has
to Everton
with Chesterfe
gramme
T. Armstrong 1.
B. Overy WAMAL
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Duncan
CHINESE-AMERICAN GIRL
STIRS CRITICS AT ELEVEN
Gamex
PW D.F A Pts
0 23 21/ 16.19%
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4 SIXES AND 44 BOUNDARIES
336 Partnership In 165 Minutes
OVERHEARD AT WIMBLEDON
Gene Mako Causes Amusement
London, June 27.
An admission by 19 that some- thing can be learned from 36. Very unusual Recorded by Gene Mako, over here from America
for the first time, as we sat side by side at Wimbledon watching Jean Borotra doing 150 minuter S. C. Newman and CE Max- of acrobatic volleying" against well continued their great seventh Roderick Menzel, writes a Home 291 wicket partnership for Sir Julian correspondent.
8 542 0 Cahn's XI, against Leicestershire-03, Berg (to-another Ameri-
KOWLOON RINKS
FOR SATURDAY
at West Bridgport on June 21 and emy if I could volley like this gay
at I'd never speak to you again, der when the stand- was broken
Peach, thatonekust like the 533-they had added 335 runs în
Does I did in my grime.log 2% hours
Two and a quarter hours: They're Newman fust reached his cenhorging the Centre cours between tury, and Maxwell had already them
Matches Against Docks made the highest individual score When Boretra, at match point,
In Bowls Leagues of the present season. He scored had a "net cord" shot:
268. The total of 567 was also Sure, he must say his prayers
The following will represent the highest innings score of the every night, he's a good-living man. the Kowloon Cricket Club in the season
lawn bowls leagues on Saturday. Maxwell hit four sizes and Senior Divinan▼ KDRC at KCC fours
H. Gitting AWAMA Brown, N.
Bebbington and AE Silestone BRITISH RIDERS WLI (skip)
At Fifteen She Will Be la Line For B. S. Title
Miss Henrietta Jums, a 11-
win
merican national
H. Overy
Fincher and J. Prze
Jakis)
G. Lee, F Good
20d A Eyde-lay
Sumer Division
PS Smith,
Smith and P
fight Rakusen and
Hyde and LEBENDA
Simpson,
And so on—wi a ring of ad-
44 misation running through
ing of wise
Gold
not pretend to set down iterally.
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