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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1936
Sporting Page
"BUNNY" AUSTIN REMINISCENCES ON GLORIES OF HIS TENNIS PAST
JAMES J. JEFFRIES
ON BOXING ·
OLD-TIMERS HAD EDGE ON TO-DAY'S BEST
MAN WHO RETIRED UNDEFEATED
JAM
(By John W. Dunlap)
Burbank, California, June 14.
AMES J. Jeffries, king of the heavyweights for six years at the turn of the century, is con- vinced that modern fighters don't measure up to the old-timers, and that Fitzsimmons, Corbett or "most any of the boys" could have taken Joe Louis in their prime.
Big Jim, still the powerful giant of 35 years ago, was found puttering around in Jerries barn, his amateur fighting arena here on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Jeffries, not 50 pounds over his former fighting weight of 206, has lived on his 100 acre: rand for some 30 years and keeps his hand in the fight game by refereeing the Thursday night card in his remodelled barn.
We sat on folding ringside chairs while Jim recalled such ring immortals as Bob Fitzsimmons, Jim Corbett, John Sullivan. Tom Sharkey and all the other old-timers. A gray hat was slouched over his eyes and occasionally a big, brawny hand lifted a cigarette to his mouth as he spoke:
Cpl. Fildes, above, of the East Lancashire Regiment, is one of the Army's best breast-stroke swimmers.
UNIVERSITY TAKE
TWO POINTS
K.C.C. A Beaten In
Last Match
"The fighting game is bad, 1very bad. All the boys think of is money. The gate means more than the love of the game nowadays. That's bad.".
(Continued on Page $)
RECREIO WIN OVER K.C.C.
Needle, Game In
"A" Division
At the K.C.C., Club de Recreio beat the Kowloon Cricket Club by 6 sets to 2% in the "A" Division of the Lawn Tennis League,
E. C. Fincher and E. F. Fincher (K.CC.);
lost to A. V. Remedios and J.
Gonsalves
beat A. V. Gosano and C. A
Tables turned! The above picture shows Jack Peterson, British and 'Empire heavyweight boxing champion, standing over. Ben Foord, of South Africa, who he knocked-out in the 19th round at the White City two years ago. This position was unhappily reversed last Monday night when the South African won both titles on a technical knockout in the third round after displaying marked superiority.
PAIRS FINAL TO-DAY
Bowls Classic. At Civil Service C.C.
RECREIO PAIR FAVOURED
TO WIN TITLE
CRAIGENGOWER BOWLS
Three League Teams
For Saturday
Weather permitting, the Final of the Colony Open Pairs Lawn Bowls Championship will be play- ed on the Civil Service Cricket Club green this afternoon when R. Duncan. one of Isst year's finalists, and S. Randle (KRG.C.) meet J. E. Noronha and F. X. M.gower Cricket Club Lawn Bowls
League teams for Saturday:
de Silva (Recreio).
The following are the Craigen-
J. S. Landolt, Dr. V. N. Atienza, |J. Cavanagh, C. S. Rosselet (skip),
All four players are experienc-"A" team v "B" ed bowlers and to-day's Final should produce one of the best struggles seen throughout the series, with the odds slightly favouring the Recreio combine.
How They Reached Final The following shows how they reached the final:- :
J. E. Noronha and F. X. M. da Silva (Recreio):
L. C. R. Souza, F. J. Smith, A. E. Coates and R. F. Luz (skip).
A. S. Gomes, A. B. Hamson, D. Rumjahn and R. Basa (skip)....... "B" team **A*
J. W. Leonard, H. W. Randall, F. E. Modi and W. A Way (skip).
J. R. Soares, W. Phelps, E. el Arculli and E. V. Pearse (skip)..
A. J. Coelho, B. W. Whiteman, M. A. R. Souea and W. V. Field (skip). 25-14 "C" team Yacht Club (at home):
J. Pau, H. Fox, J. Fitzgerald and 16 6y. Abbas (skip).
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Barretto beat H. A. Barros
Remedios
6-3
beat C. Dowman and C. Pile beat L. A. Guttierez and A. A.
Remedios
and
J. J.
6-2
beat A. W. Grimmitt and
Strange
C.
G. Clarke and G. Bodiker (K.C.C.):
beat L. Glendinning and J.
Shepherd
N. P. Karanjia, W. Atkins, W. J. 16-18 Bagley and W. Ward (skip).
beat J. E. Henson and S. A.
...3-61
Bright
Gray
R. Duncan and (K.BG.C.):
- S.
-27-15
24-15 Randle
D. K. Kharas, F. X. Delgado, E. McNay and A. E. S. Alves (skip).
Beserve: H. J. Tollervey.
6-6
Drew a bye in, the First Round," beat K C. Hamilton and J. G.
16 6 Meyer beat J. McKelvie and J. V.
Eamsey
beat M. A. R. Sonza and W. V.
Field beat W. Mair and C. Greig
25-16
Pokfulum, the University lost to Remedios and Gonsalves 2-6
At
lost to Gosano and Barretts beat the Kowloon Cricket Club lost to Barros and Remedios... 3-6 "A" by 5 sets to 3, in the "C" F.
and S. A Grose Division of the Lawn Tennis Lea- (K.CC):
with Remedios and gue.
Gonsalves
K. L. Chan and M. (H.K.U.T.C.):
C.
drew
3-6
Hung lost to Gosano and Barretto 2-4
lost to Barros and Remedios beat J. Watson and R. S. Capell 6-2 beat A. Philippens and A. L
Fisher
bea: J. S. Smith and R. Lec
6-2
SA Ka and K $. Chang
4-6
(H.K.U.T.C.):
lost to Watson and Capell
beat Philippens and Fisher
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beat Smith and Lee".
C. K. Kwek and K. W. Wee
(H.K.U.T.C.):
lost to Watson and Capell
lost to Smith and Lee
16
INDIANS SCORE
EASY WIN
Club Win Only
Two Sets
In the "A" Division of the Ten-
drew with Philippens and Fisher 6-6 nis League, at Sookunpoo yester
3-6 day, the Indian Recreation Club beat the Hong Kong Cricket Club
"C" Division League by 7 sets to 2.
Table To Date
+
S. A. Ismail and S. & Bumjaim (LR.C.); PW LOF A Pts Seat G. W. Sewell and H. Owen
Hughes Recreio 9. 9 0 0 67% 13% 18 S.C.A.A. 10 9 1 0,624 27 18 beat .D. M. MacDongail and T. A.
Pearce
►
KTIC. 8 8 0 0 60% 11% 15 K.I.G.C.A. 9 6 3 0 54 27 12 Army TC. 10. 6.
40-50% 39% 12 冠装
UZC. 19 5 5 0 38
6-1
6.3
beat E. Bathurst and J. E. Leys 2-5 A. E. Madar H. D. Eunjahn und (L.B.C.):
52
.10
drew brith Sewell and Owen.
Hughes
K.C.C. A 11 4 6 1 44% 54% 9
K.C.C. 'B' 10
.CS.C.C. ·.10 27
1075 492 8
beat MacDougall, and Pearce
B
ALLISON'S DEFEAT LAST YEAR
GREAT GERMAN OVATION IN BERLIN IN 1929
WHEN COCHET WAS TOO GOOD
FOR PERRY
(By H. W. "Bunny" Austin)
London, July 25. IT is a little over ten years ago old age is creeping on-that I was first selected to play for Great Britain in a Davis Cup match. On ad- vice from my elders, however, I turned down the invitation.
Davis Cup tennis, they said, would interfere with what is generally known by that imposing word "studies." And it was not until the spring of 1929 that I had the honour of being invit- ed to play in the team again.
L/Cpl Pearse, above, of the Royal Engineers, is one of the Army's best aquatic all-rounders.
THE TEST
ENGLAND WIN BY 9 WKTS.
Nayudu's Fighting Spirit
The team that year consisted of Gregory, Collins, Hughes G. O. ALLEN IN GREAT FORM and myself. Hughes and I began our Davis Cup career together
London, To-day.
as singles players in Britain's first match of the 1929 campaign The third Test watch Was against Poland, in Warsaw. And here we are in 1936, still to brought to a close at the Oval gether in the eighth year of our Davis Cup careers, a couple of
aged veterans, tottering around the courts. Hughes has been a yesterday when England won by 19 wickets, thus securing the rub- member of every Davis Cup team in which I have played.
A.P.F. CHAPMAN THE JUGGLER
His Amazing Feat With Beer Mug And Ball
London, Angus: 8--The other day at the Oval A.P.F. Chap- man, the former England cricket captain, was induced to tell the tyde story of his amazing juggling feat in a one-day match New Zealand, when tennis and football blues were mingled with cricket celebrities.
Drinks having
been brought
out in a cask, the Kent captain retired to his place in the long- field, carrying a pewter plenished with a second portion
A ball of beer.
was hit commonly high. He drank, the beer, threw the pewter into the air, made the catch and also caught the mug before it reached the ground!
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SANDHAM INJURED
In 1929 we reached the finalber with two wins and a draw in of the European zone, but were the three matches played.
India, who were in an almost then beaten by Germany in Berlin by three matches to two.hopeless plight when they resum On the first day Gregory and ed their second innings faced with I both lost our singles to Prenn the task of having to score 94 and Moldenhauer respectively. runs to avoid the innings defeat, took their overnight total of 156 Frenzy
for 3 to 312, thanks to a dogged On the second day, however, we innings by Major C. K. Nayudu, won the doubles, and on the third who scored 81 runs.
day, Gregory defeated Moiden-
Requiring only 64 to win, Eng- bauer. I was left to play Penn land lost Fagg before scoring 65.
in the final and deciding match.
Scores:
ENGLAND—1st INNINGS
It was a tremendous struggle of long-drawn-out rallies played in Farz (Kent), e Hussain, b Amar front of a crowd worked up to a
Singh Hrenzy by excitement, but never- Barnett (Gloucester). Lb.w! 6*
43 theless intensely sporting.
b Nayudu
****
Frequently, after the more e- Hammond (Gloucester), & Nissar 217 26 Leyland (Yorkshire), b Nissar citing rallies, the game was held Worthington (Derby), ↳ Nissar 129 up while we waited for the ap- Fishlock (Surrey), not out .....
plause to subside. After about G. O. Allen (Middlesex), « Hus- two hours' play the match stood at
main, b Nisar
two sets all. Then my old enemy Verity (Yorkshire), e Hussain, b
Nissar cramp attacked me, and the match Sims (Middlesex) Lb.w.. b Amar fizzled out. It was an inglorious *Singh
(ending, but I shall never forget Voce (Notts), not out
the generous reception I was given
at the end by the German crowd.
Early Clash
Extras
13
Total (for 8 wkts. dec.) .. 471 Duckworth (Lancs.) did not bat.
Bowling Analysis
In 1930 we did not have to fight · Fall of the wickets:--1 (Fagg) for Sandham, the Surrey batsman our way through to the European 19; 2 (Barnett) for 93; 3 (Leyland) did not play for Surrey against final before getting our revenge for 156; 4 (Hammond) for 422; 5 (Worthington) for 437; 6 (Allen) for Worcestershire at the Oval owing against the Germans. We were 455; 7 (Verity) for 463; 8 (Sims) for
in the first 468. to an injury suffered in Surrey's drawn against them previous match with Lancashire. round. The match was played at He received treatment at St Queen's Club, and, as in the pre-
vious year, we began by losing the Nissar 19-16 Thomas's Hospital.
first two singles.
Winning the doubles on
the Nayudu second day, however, we saved the Khan match on the third day by winning Mushtaq Ali.
BRILLIANT SWIMMING RECORD
ORN in Canton in 1916, Kwok) Chun-hang, of the Mak Ngah | Association, is one of the finest swimmers ever seen in China, spe- cialising in the breast-stroke, at which he has won world-wide re- cognition.
Kwok took up swimming while at King's College and first come into prominence some years ago when he won a long distance swimming race in Canton. At that time he was using the eraul stroke, although he was onê of the best back and breast-stroke swim-; mers in Canton
Amar Singh Jilani
0. M. R. 25 2 120 39 $ 102
15 4 55
24 1 17 1
INNINGS
the last two singles. I had my Merchant
He won the Melbourne Centen-revenge over Prean by three sets ALL-INDIA-
breast-stroke
Verity
ary 100 Metres
to love. That, however, finished Mustaq All championship in 70 sec., thus being my Davis Cup career the first Chinese athlete to win an After the German individual title in Australia, de-dropped from the team. spite the fact that he lost the Aus tralian 200 Metres breast-stroke: championship.
st. Dackworth,
for 1930. v. M. Merchant, b Allen match I was D. Hussain st. Duckworth, - b
Verity
Back In The Team
|C. K. Nayudu, e Allen, b Você | C. Ramaswami, b ́Sims
Amar Singh, b Verity
b Sims
Extras
Total
Bowling Analysis
O. M. 20 5
12 - 3
25. 12
184 1
2
Flammond
Fall of wickets:
1
·CMzzairtaq · "All) for 31; 2
After preliminary trials in 1931 Wazir Ali Lhb Sims He toured several Australian I regained my place, and had for Jehangir Khan, e Fart. b Sines States with Jean Taris, world the first time as fellow-singles Maharaj Kumar of Vizianigrami, record-holder of France, and Kiyo•| player F. J. Perry. With Perry kasca, the Japanese Olympic back-and Hughes as the doubles team Baca Jilani, not out [stroke, siar, who also competed in we were a strong side, and- went] M. Nissar, é Worthingtom. b. Sims
the Centenary Games, and Saka- right through the European zome {gami, another Japanese mvimmer with the loss of but one match. On his return to the Colony in Then begun the great excitement August of last year, Kwok exter- of the camelading stages in Paris. ed for the Colony Championship Our opponents were the Amer-Voce On coming to the Colony he
and lowerci kis breast-stroke mark icans, and in spite of our record) Allez joined the South China Athletic Association and jumped into the
by five seconds, besides securing against European team's we did
Varity limelight in 1935, when he won the
recognition for the Interport team not in our heart of hearts anti-Sim He won his second Interport title,cipate victory. Why should we?Leriand 6-6 South China, individual aquatic
|having represented the Colony in The American team consisted of 7-5 Championship. He, entered for the
|Shanghat, in " September of 1984, Sidney: Wood and Frank Shields 5drew with Bathurst and Leys.. 6-6 Colony 100 Yards breast-stroke
LM. A. Razack and A. R. Minu event in that year, but only man Swimming Championships, winning when he won the event in 76 3-6 in the singles and Allison and Van Mercat) for 125; 3 (Nayoko) for
the Open breast-stroke event for secs.
|130;.- 4. (Ramarrand) - for 185; 5 2.1ARC):
Byn in the doubles.
(Wasir All) for 187; 6. (Amar Singh) beat Sewell and Owen Hughes, 6-4 aged to secure second place.
the first time, his effort of 77 sect. Kwok remained North after the Wood was the Wimbledon cham the 192; 7 (Himesin) for 195; 8 lost to MacDougall and Pearce 4-6
On the formation of the now lowering the previous record by last Interport and represented pion and had there beaten Perry Jehangir Khan) for 288: 9 Ofizianti- beat Bathurst and Leys
tinct Hong Kong International second!
Kwangtung in the China National Shields had been a finalist and had { gram) for 206;10 (Nistur) for 222. Amateur Swimming Association,
Soon after the Melbourne, Cen-Games held at the Civic Centre, beaten mo. Allison and Van Byn
(Continued on Page 3) Kwok played a large part in
tenary Committer insed an in-Shanghai, where he established, were the doubles champions. Our cementing the friendship between vitation, through the HEIASA new figures for the 100 and 200 chances seemed slender.
ELECTRIC BOWLS TEAM the Europeana and Chinese mem
“On" the first day, however,
The following will represent P. W. L. D. F.
Besides being the breast-stroke thongh Perry was beaten. Aby Angeles, Augus
A. Ft. bere of the Association. He con to wook to participate in the Metres breast-stroke. C.R.C. "A" 4 4 0 0 29 Ceferino
the Association's 100 and 200 Melbourne Centenery Swimming Filipino-born Garcia,
Fords breast-stroke championships, Championships. After some delay, champion, Kwok is also a very fine Shields, I managed to beat Wood, Hose Kong. Electric Recreation Clah
against the Police in the ¡ECC. ./. 343-6.25%% 15% 28 welterweight boxer, to-night
Recreio 4.4.0 822579. Lowering the British Native mark ok accepted and duly left the water polo player and free-style and we finished the day one match League next Saturday: knocked out Leon Zorrita, of Cuba, HK.CC . 7.3.4.0 2541⁄2 271⁄2 in the latter event in the European Colony on December 18, 1984. by swimmer, He won the South all On the second day we were W. Stoker T.-F. Sanderson,
not surprised to lose the doubles, Webster, and W. E. B. Muskett 4.-31.0.2~15)
the s.. Changie. He was accord. China harbour-swim in 1934 TM.C.A. pool.
ed a wonderful poation from thou At present, Kwok is spending and on the third day needed the (skip):
V. Sorby, J. Li, King, G. T. Pad The following year, when South sands of people on his arrival, and holiday wouth, although actually he two lest singles if we were going] China left the Association, Kwok was the central figure at the subse is supposed to be studying in to win. Perry did his woric and fett, and 3.3. Lamy (skip).
Shanghai. took part in his second Colony louent swimming meetings.
"(Continued on Page 6.)
C.C.C.
C.R.C. LE.C.
...10.2
8.1
68
A6
67%
Totals 114-56 56 2512 513 114
GARCIA KNOCKS OUT LEON ZORRITA OF CUBA
Los
6-1
"A" Division League
in the fifth round of a bout, dur] LR.C.
Table To Date
to last 10 rounds. The Filipino U.S.R.C.6 15 019 slimbed
into the zing at 1478CAA:51 21
# 7% pounds and his opponent weighed C.R.C. "B" 54 5 in at 146,-United Press,
·Total 40 20:20 € 180
180
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Bowls
J. F. Barron, G. G. S. Thomson,
STOR, and S. Descon (skip).