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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JULY 27, 1936
MISS ROUND AND MISS STAMMERS DEFEATED
TOKYO GIANTS TO TOUR
NORTH CHINA
Newspaper-Owned Baseball Squad's Big Itinerary
Nagoya, July 15. The Tokyo Giants, owned by the Yomiuri Shimbun, a lead- ing local paper, will leave here in a few days for Manchuria and North China for a series of baseball games with Chin- ese and foreign teams.
The itinerary of the squad includes Antung, where game will be played on August 1. Mullen, Fushun, Hsinking, Harbin, Soupingkai, Anshan, Dairen and Tientsin. The tour will last a month.. Last year the Giants visited the Pacific Coast of the United States. --- (Domei).
COATES AND GRIMMITT TO MEET TO-DAY
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Alves created a sensation-when.
WALTER LINDRUM'S
WORLD RECORD
Scores 1,796 In 78'.
Minutes
JAMENDED BAULK-LINE RULING
London. July 2
Walter Lindrom, last month at the George Street store of David Jones in Sydney, broke the world's record for * break under the amended bualk-line rule, which! requires the cae-ball to cross the line within the last 20 points of every 200.
When the world's champion set] out, to create new figures, the re- fcord stood to the credit of English
champion. Joe Davis, at 1,177.
The remarkable thing is, that
Australia, Davis and Tom New! man each made successful tempts in England.
-
errors
Miss Kay Stammers, above, made some amazing against Xile. (Poland) to lose to the latter in straight sets in the Fifth Round of the Women's Singles Cham- pionship at Wimbledon.
CHILEAN PLAYER IS MAGNIFICENT
DOUBLES CHAMPIONS
BEAT THEMSELVES
VETERAN FRENCH PAIR TRIUMPH
(By A. Wallis Myers)
London, July 1
Jedrzejowaka DARK clouds again invested Wimbledon yesterday, and although the rain held off the courts bore traces of overnight storms, and steel- pointed shoes were permitted on those "in the country." Perhaps the skies were in mourning for the British.reverses in the women's singles. Both Miss Round and Miss Stammers were beaten in "straight sets," and the four semi- finalists lined up without a home representative.
while Lindrum tackled his task TEST MATCH ENGLAND ALL SET FOR VICTORY Brilliant Batting By Hammond
to
Newman lifted the figure' 1,394, and on the following day Davis increased it to 1,784.
GARCIA KNOCKS OUT KID AZTECA
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The beat the holder, "Bob" Duncan, Hollywood, July 17-Cefering
Pienced a the pan
Miss Stammers was defeated in two nine-game sets by Mlle. Jedrzejowska, the champion of Poland, and Miss Round, after making a gallant effort in the second set to turn the tide, fell to the champion of Germany; Mrs. Sperling, who won 6-3, 3-6. As the champions of America and France, Miss Jacobs and Mme. Mathieu. won their fifth round matches yesterday, the cham- England are well set to win the pions of four different countries are left to bid for the title.
and the rabber Miss Jacobs had the "right of her life" when she encoun-
CENTURY IN 90 MINUTES
in the First Roand, but his subse-Garcia to-night knocked out Kid second Test quent showing in the tournament Azteca, of Mexico City in the against the All-India tourists foltered the little Senorita Lizana for the first time. The centre confirmed the impression gained afth round of their ten-round lowing Saturday's play in the Se-court gallery had its first silence of suspense when the Chilean then that his win over so exper-bout. Garcia weighed 146 and cond Test match at Old Trafford, champion led 4-2 and 30-love in the final set. She looked like bowler was no flash in Azteca 145 pounds. The crowd Manchester, being only 30 runs the reincarnation of Lenglen preparing to deliver the coup de booed the boxers during the first behind the Indian's first innings grace. But her morale was shaken by an untimely fall, and
wickets in hand at Miss Jacobs, inexorable as ever, saved the match. Gutierrez had a fairly easy pas-four rounds, in which both alter-score with “ sage to the Semi-Final Round and nately danced out of each other's the close of play.
The outstanding feature of the eight for the second successive England's eclipse in the last, if present form is any indication, reach and clinched.--(United Aires should win comfortably. Press).
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match was Walter Hammond's un-; defeated knock of 118, the latter year is a retrogression that fought to be checked. The coun- reaching his century after only 30 try teems with promising play- minutes at the crease and scoring
52 runs in 50 minutes. The Glon-
ers and facilities for play.
Is it possible that style is over cestershire star has been at cultivated and strokes developed the wicket for 120 minutes and without regard to the strategic! his innings includes 16
boun-art? And is the will-to-win daries.
ALL-INDIA
F. M. Merchant, e Hammond, b
Verity
Mushtaq Ali, run out
Amar Singh, c Duckworth, à Wor-
thington
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strengthened by the system of wholesale tournament play?
The day brought its major sur-
13 prise when Crawford and Quist, the the Australian holders of
27 doubles title, were beaten in a
Major C. K. Nayudu, Lb.w
Alien
b
16
Wazir Ali, c Worthington, b
Verity
C
Ramaswami, b Verity
Jehangir Khan, e Duckworth, b
Aller
C. S. Nayudu, b Verity
'Marajkumar of Vizianagram,
Robins
R. Meher Homji, not out
weird five-set match by Borotra ļand Brugnon, the French holders €2 in 1932 and 1933 - an “unseeded": 40 pair deemed to be past their
prime
10:
b
0
M. Nissar, c Hardstaff, b Robins
Extras
13
Total
Hard Blows From Poland
Having seen Mile. Jedrzejowska defeat Miss Stammers three times in two sets on the Continent this year, I anticipated that the Polish champion meant trouble on the 203 centre court.
of
Senorita Anita Lizana, Chile, who proved to be the out- standing personality at Wimble don this year, went down to Helen Jacobs, the ultimate win- ber, in a magnificent battle in the Fifth Found of the Women's Singles Championship.
Fall of the wickets-1 (Mushtaq She is not a supreme tactician lost the match was a double fault. AL) for 18; 2 (Merchant) for 67: 31ke Miss Jacobs or Mrs. Sperling, Tet between these disasters catne (Amar Singh) for 13: 4 (C- B. Nayu but she is a dealer in withering glorious play, and, if Miss Round du) for 100; 5 (Ramaswami) for 161;
form
6 (Khan) for 164; 7 (C. S. Nayadu) biows, and she has now cultivated had only found her best for 181; 8 (Maharajkumar) for 188; the complement of stubborn de- earlier she might have subjugated 19 (Wazir AE) for 190; 10 (Nissar) fence.
the most ruthless player in for 203.
Allen
Gover
Hammond
Bobins
Verity
Bowling Analysis
Worthington .....
15 239
0. M. R. W. 14 3 39
"
34
1 34
41
0
ENGLAND Gimblett, b Nissar Hammond, not out Fagg, b Mustaq Ali Worthington, not out
Extras
Total (for 2 wkm.)
Encourage
Moreover, ber top-spin forehand Europe. drive, dipping abruptly, did not Mrs. Sperling did not need to the volleying attack play particularly well in her pas- that Miss Stammers courted. The sage through the first set, and ball more often than not trapped took an ominous lead of 5 -2 in her in an untenable position. the second.
Mille. Jedrzejowska also bad ber
Her opponent · fed her score service under firm control, and sheet with many unearned points, 9 since the receiver could only reply especially when she attempted a 118 to it with a robust return the risk forcing shot off a half-court ball.
39 of misadventure was always there. But Mrs. Sperling, trying to draw Miss Round forward with a slow,
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Few Tribulations
Sadden Reprisal
It was a match that had few checked retmen, frequently nerted 173 tribulations for the winner. After the ball in a way that she rarely Fall of wickets-1 (Gimblett) for leading 3-1, a service ace carried does on the Continent. 12; 2 (Fagg) for 146;
ber to 4-2; she broke through England: G. 0. Allen (Middlesex) (captain), R. W. V. Robins (Middle her opponent's service from 30 in sex), Hammond (Gloucester), Wor-the seventh game, and was thington (Derbyshire), "Verity (York with a love game in the eighth. den surge of strength which came shire), *Fishlock (Surrey). *Hardstaff England's cause looked more to Miss Bound in her desperate (Nozia) Duckworth (Lancashire), hopeful when, with Poland in reac-plight. Fage (Kent), Gimblet (Somerset)ion, Miss Stammers led 3-2 in Length and aim both returned;
and Gover (Surrey)..
* players invited to tour Australia the second set. ander the captaincy of. Aller
INTERESTING MIXED DOUBLES
TIE TO-DAY
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I imagine that Mrs. Sperling out was quite unprepared for the sud-
.
to
Miss Round; coming to the net, But Mile. Jedrzejowska, renew- made a stream of beautiful volleys. ing her forceful campaign and She lost only one point in each of finding loopholes down her adver the three games gathered sary's backhand line, did not lose square the set. There was riotous another game. She made some applause at this reprizal amazing shots and her opponent Undismayed, as she always is, The K.C.C. will probably be some amazing errors. The victory Mrs. Sperling replied by serving finely in the 11th game. She was fielding the same team which was richly earned.
Miss Round's Recovery forced to yield the 12th, but, trounced Recreio last week by 71⁄2
Miss Bound's encounter with the tenacious as ever and racing for sets to 14 at home, while the
German champion had a depres-ward for the insidious drop that Chinese will not be making any changes from the side which beat sing start stad a gloomy ending; no other player would have re- for mistimed shots came freely covered, she took the next two the US.RC. a fortnight ago:
Ernie Fincher and Miss M. Grif- from the English racket in the games, the 14th, as I have men- opening set, and the stroke that tioned, with the aid of a double fiths will probably offer the Chinese the greatest resistance pairings, although the margin"in ****** land; providing both are on form, their favour will not be
should be able to capture's get or
great.
FIL Horn Fails
Mme Mathien was very lucky-
to escape with only a two-set tart
two, while the two other pairings (Becreio and U.S.E.C. will be against Fri. Horn, the present. No. jare good enough for one set each. featured in an interesting
Favoured
in view of the fact that the With Mrs. Chin Chun-chiu play-will have to rely on the saine
In Germany for Mrs. Sperling
ia, of course, now domiciled in Denmark Ang
By patient all cont play, her scoring no less than her
ing at the top of her form and which was crushingly defeated Tsui Wai-pui, the Colony chan the Chinese The Portuguese are pion, at his best, the Chinese weak in their ladies, but, with the drives, Fel Horn came steadily to should be able to secure victory experience gained to date should set point in the first set. with the aid of their two other give their opponents a good game, (Continued on Page 83