THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 24, 1937.
KHO SIN KIE'S WIMBLEDON TRIUMPH
Wilde Loses In Fine Struggle
Yesterday's Results
At A Glance
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The following were the results of yesterday's matches at Wim- *bledon: Ma
MEN'S SINGLES (SECOND --
ROUND)
R. A. Shayes (Great Britain) beat W. C. Choy (China) 6-3, 1-6, 5-7, 7-5, 61.
H. Nakano (Japan) beat de Quintavelle (Italy) 6~1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4,
J. Yamagishi (Japan) beat E. S. David (Great Britain) 6—1, 6—4, 6-3.
Kho Sin-kie (China) beat F. H. D Wilde (Great Britain) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 8–6, 6–3.
H. Henkel (Germany) beat R. K. Tinkler (Great Britain) 2—6, 7-5, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3.
Donald Budge' (U.S.) beat G. P. Hughes (Great Britain) 6–2, 6–2, 62.
G. Mako. (U.S.) beat Fisher (Switzerland) 6-1, 6-2, 6-1,
B. Grant (U.S.) beat J. Morton (?) 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 6–0.
F. Parker (U.S.) beat J. Brug- non (France) 6-0, 6-3, 6-1.
Baron G. Von Cramm (Germany) beat C. R. D. Tuckey (Great Bri- tain) 6-2, 6-0, 6-4.
H. W. Austin (Great Britain) beat W. Sabin (U.S.) 6-2, 6-3, 6-0.
Other survivors in the Men's Second Round, scores for which have been omitted by Reuter, were the Australians, John Bromwich, Jack Crawford and Vivian Mc- Grath and Kukuljevic, of Jugos- slavia,
WOMEN'S SINGLES (FIRST ROUND)
(Played On Tuesday) Mlle. Jedrejowska (Poland) beat Miss Susan Noel (Great Britain) 6-2, 6-0.
Mrs. D. B. Andrus (U.S.) beat Miss Nancy Dickin (Great Britain) 6-4, 6—3.
Miss Katharine Winthrop (U.S.) beat Miss M. B. Hosbon (Great Britain) 7-5, 6—4.
WOMEN'S SINGLES (SECOND
ROUND)
Mrs. D. Andrus (U.S.) beat Miss B. Yorke (Great Britain) 6--3. 64.
Miss M. Scriven (Great Britain) beat Miss Scott (Great Britain) 6-2, 6-2.
Sen. Anita Lizana · (Chile), beat Miss Margot Lumb (Great Britain) 1—6, 6—1, 6—2.
Miss H. Jacobs (Holder) (U.S.). beat Miss Mary Heeley (Great Britain) 6-3, 6-1.
Miss B. Nuthall (Great Britain) beat Miss Thomson
tain) 6-1, 6-1.
(Great Bri-
MIXED DOUBLES (SECOND
ROUND)
D. W. Butler and Miss D. E. Round (Great Britain) beat G. H. Ho (China) and Miss (Great Britain) 6-4, 6-0. “
Paterson
Reuter.
TINKLER EXTENDS
HENKEL
BUDGE, AUSTIN AND
VON CRAMM WIN
JAPANESE AGAIN SUCCEED
London, To-day.
Kho Sin-kie, China's first ranking tennis play- er, secured an outstanding triumph in the Second Round of the Men's Singles championship at Wim- bledon yesterday, when he defeated F. H. D. Wilde, who was runner-up to "Bunny" Austin in the Hard Court Championships, and who has been invited to The Chin- train with the British Davis Cup team. ese player won by 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.
Senorita Anita Lizana, of Chile, above, was fully extended by Miss Margot Lamb, the British Squash rackets champion, in their Second Round struggle in the Ladies Singles championship.
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great fight before the latter won,
THE FAR EAST SECURED ANOTHER VICTORY WHEN JIRO tain against Germany in the Davis YAMAGISHI, JAPAN'S FIRST RANKING SINGLES PLAYER, Cup series in 1934. BEAT E. S. DAVID (GREAT BRITAIN) IN STRAIGHT SETS,
Miss Margot Lumb, the British WHILE H. NAKANO, JAPAN'S ONLY OTHER ENTRY, WAS lady squash rackets champion, gave ALSO SUCCESSFUL AGAINST QUINTEVELLE, OF ITALY, Senorita Anita Lizana, of Chile, W. C. CHOY, THE CAMBRIDGE BLUE, AND WELL KNOWN IN THE COLONY, WAS ELIMINATED BY R. A. SHAYES (GREAT while Miss Helen Jacobs, the holder, BRITAIN), A WELL KNOWN TOURNAMENT PLAYER, IN FIVE
progressed to the Third Round, beat- SETS.
Among other notable victories were those of Donald Budge, the ing Miss Mary Heeley, whom many Colony enthusiasts will remember, favourite, who beat G. P. Hughes, the British and Wimbledon Doubles Champion, without being duly extended, while Baron Gott-having played here in an exhibition
with Miss Round. fried Von Cramm, the first ranking amateur player at the moment, beat C. R. D. Tuckey, Hughes' doubles partner, comfortably, Tuckey not putting up the resistance expected of him.
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CHOY DEFEATED
W. C. Choy, Chinese Davis Cup H. W. "Bunny" Austin, Great A slow and merciless
player, was eliminated from the Britain's main hope, and the fought out between Jiro Yamagishi men's singles when he was beaten three Australians, John Brom- (Japan) and E. S. David, the Bri- in the second round by R. A. Shayes wich, Vivian McGrath and Jack tish tournament player, the Japan-in five sets. Crawford, all entered the Third ese winning in straight sets. Yama- The marathon lasted nearly two Round, although Reuter's omit gishi kept a steady length through hours. Choy was uncertain at first, to give the scores.
out the match, keeping his opponent but in the second set he spotted his Kho Sin-kie's victory over F. Hon the baseline and slowly and mer opponent's backhand weakness and D. Wilde was a fine performance, cilessly wore out David în an um
hammered it unmercifully. In the and an interesting duel was witness-spectacular two hour battle. led between an evenly matched pair.
third set Shayes was leading 4-1, but Choy staged a recovery to lead David led 3-1 in the second set, 54. Serving well, and with fine Kho, was marvellously accurate the Japanese netting most of his re-passing shots down the side-lines, with his placements while his crisp turns, but he recovered his form he took the set. volleying was a feature of his play, sharply and kept plugging away at and he always managed to entice David's backhand, running up to Wilde to the net and then cleverlykill" the short returns. lob over his advancing opponent,
MARVELLOUSLY ACCURATE.
Kho Sin-kie won the first set with
7
SHARP-RECOVERY
In the last set both players were
LUCKY NET-CORDS
In the fourth; Choy had match very tired and waited for each point at 5-4, but Shayes won the a lucky net-cord after deuce had other's errors which proved fatal for set with two lucky netcords. been called four times. Wilde
David, who completely lost his speeded up his play in the second length, Yamagishi running out
easy winner.
and fourth sets, a snorting service resulting in many aces, while a
TIGERS SURPRISED series of brilliant volleys and sharp-
BY RED SOX Yesterday's Baseball
Results
ly angled shots left the Chinese play- er helpless.
New York, To-day. The following were the results of peatedly applauding the yesterday's major League baseball encounters—
Dickey hit two homers.
Kreevich and Appling hit homera.
MIXED DOUBLES FIASCO
Choy was very tired in the final an set and Shayes, with his backhand working well, led 5 love. The Chinese made a great effort to avoid defeat and twice survived match point.
NAKANO'S WIN
Nakano (Japan) defeated Quin- tavelle (Italy) in four sets, in an unspectacular baseline duel.Al-
The centre-court match yesterday LARGE GROWD
was a Mixed Doubles second round Kho finished a comfortable win-encounter in which D. W. Butler and ner, however, and bringing off his Miss Dorothy Round beat G. H. Ho cleverly concealed drop shots, sore- and Miss Paterson 6– 60. ly troubled the Briton, the large Ho appeared to feel the chilly though the Japanese was promin- crowd which packed the court re-evening breeze, but was very good at ent for his hard, deep driving, he
Chinese the net in the
the first set, when the sometimes allowed Quintavelle to score at one time stood at 4 all. come to the net successfully. Na-
In the second set Ho and
Miss kano Ted 8-love in the first set, Paterson only won five points, the chiefly because of stinging serves match lasting only 20 minutes.
and clever placements, and the Ita- Miss Paterson, who is a young lian's weak backhand. Surrey player, appeared to be ner Nakano led 4-1 in the second vous, as a result of the distinction set, but missed many opportunities, of playing on the centre-court, where due to weak smashing. Quintavelle play finished earlier than anticipat-improved, in the third set, obtain-
ing many forehand winners
and drop-shots. He pulled up from down.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Melvin Ott and-Leslie-hit
star.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
R. H. E.
St. Louis
18
0
New York
New York
.. Berger,
homers.
Chicago
2 Chicago
Chuch Galan
Philadelphia
Dietrich pitched.
Philadelphia
Cincinnatti
Cleveland
13
Mulcahy pitch
Washington::
Travis and Knhel hit homers.
Boston
Pittsburgh
Detroit
12
Greenberg hit a homer.
Brooklyn
10 1
Boston
11
St. Louis
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HENKEL EXTENDED
Heinrich Henkel, holder of both In the last set Nakano over-drove German and French champion- and went into the net on several ships, had a stiff struggle to beat occasions, and his weak backhand the unranked British player R: K. allowed his opponent to take four Tinkler, who represented Great Bri- games.-Reuter.