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MANX GRAND PRIX
RECORD TIME
Rider Achieves Double
THIRD IN HISTORY OF RACE
London, September 10. Maurice Cann, of Leicester, yes- terday won the Senior Manx Grand Prix
the at motorcycle race record average speed of 81.65 m.p.h. for the 226 miles.
He also won the junior race, and is thus the third man in the history of the event to achieve the double..
K: Bills, second in the junior race, was second-yesterday, and W. A' Bowell, of the Peveril Club, was third. All three rode Norton ma- chines.
COURSE RECORD
T. McEwan, also riding a Norton, set up a record for the course of 83.92 m.p.h. He was thrown on the third circuit and retired. S. W. Cooper, of Wolverhampton, also crashed, and was more seriously hart. He was taken to hospital,
PROFESSIONALS NEW GOLFING RULE
Ball Not To Be Lifted
On Greens In Stroke Play
The Professional Golfers As- sociation announce that in all stroke play tournaments held un- der their auspices from next -January no ball may be lifted on the putting green. The bull nearer the hole, if it interferes with the line of the putt of the out - other ball, shall be holed
Ärst.
In stroke tournaments there is a rule which carries, a two strokes penalty if a player's ball,
from within a range of 20
yards of the hole, strikes the flag stick, or, if on the putting green, strikes the other player's ball. The R. and A. rules of golf allow the competitor far- ther from the hole to have the other ball lifted or played at the option of the owner.
THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 12, 1937.
ENGLISH BID FOR AMERICAN TENNIS TITLES
FAILS
MISS STAMMERS BEATEN
IN QUARTER-FINALS
(By A. WILLIS MYERS)
Forest Hills, N.Y., September 10. THE two surviving English competitors in the American singles championships Miss K. E. Stammers and Miss R. M. Hardwick were beaten here to-day. Miss Helen Jacobs defeated Miss Stammers, 7-5, 6-3; Mlle. Jedrzejowska beat Miss Hardwick, 6-4, 6-2.
MISS STAMMERS FIRED HER LAST SHOT IN THE WO- MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP WHEN SHE LED MISS JACOBS BY 5-1 IN THE FIRST SET. IT WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY CON- FINDING THE TEST FULL OF LIGHTS AND SHADES. AMERIGAN, LACKING BOTH FIRE AND TOUCH, MISS! STAM- MERS LOOKED FULL OF CONFIDENCE AND STAMINA: BUT SHE FRITTERED AWAY THIS BIG LEAD BY INCOMPREHEN- ✨
CARLETONNICANGASTSIBLE ERRORS.
ANOTHER
where it was stated last night that RECORD
there was a slight improvement în his condition.
T.. Cogan-Verney, who crashed in Tuesday's junior race, was still gravely ill last night.
FOR COTTON
At 5-8 and 40-15 she missed a smash for the set, and was then trapped by a low chop-shot. So the decline continued until Miss acobs, naturally farming the big slump, had taken six games in sequence and advanced to 3-1 in the second set.
Miss Stammers then made some sort of a stand and bravely saved three match balls in the Henry Vienna, September 3.
eighth game. But far too many Cotton, never having seen the course before, set up a new professional volleys were slashed into the net and Miss Jacobs had only to Tokyo.-Baron G. Von Crama record of 70 for the Vienna club's maintain her sound defence for and H Henkel, the German course here to-day. Count John de
the end to come. A brilliant Davis Cup players, have accepted Bendern, the British amateur cham-
start, but a tragic finish. an invitation from the Japanese pion in 1932, also had a 70. Cot-! DEVASTATING FORM L.TA. to play a series of exhibition ton was partnered by R. Blackett, The Polish champion began in against Miss games in Tokyo, Nagoya and the English professional of the club, devastating form Osaka. They are expected to ar-who had a 73, while de Bendern's Hardwick and was soon 5-1. Miss rive here from San Francisco on partner, H. J. Hemingway, of Hardwick struggled in vain to October, 19.-Renter.
America had 76.
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parry Mlle. Jedrzejowska's top-spin. Relief came when expresses..
aim tem- Mlle. Jedrzejowska's porarily fell, and three games were collected, but the tide flow- War- ed strongly towards saw, and, concentrating more in the second set, Mlle. Jedrzejowska raced out at 62. So the British. challenge faded out.
on
FARR CHALLENGED BY NEUSEL
Return Fight Unlikely. (By Harold Lewis)
London, September 10
the British Tommy Farr, heavy-weight champion, was challenged last night to a re- turn fight by the German heavy- weight, Walter Neusel, whom he defeated in three rounds în Lon don in June. A side-stake of $1,000 was suggested by Neusel.
It is most unlikely, in any even, that. Farr wall bod in this country for a considerable time. He is under contract to Mike Jacobs, who promoted the recent Farr-Louis championship fight in New York, and has been pro- mised the chance of another title fight. The easy nature of There were four matches
Farr's victory over Neusel ren- to-day's card, each admitting the
ders a return match unattrac- winner to the semi-final. The first
tive. It is probable that the was uninspiring. F. Parker beat J.
German will be given a British Van Ryn in three sets, only the
opponent in London this autumn. middle set yielding a close fight. Parker's forehand looked ungainly | ummum CONTEST GLAZURIZINZERZI042191TITAN after the flowing drives of Von New Yorkers relish, yet strike Cramm and Badge, but it lasted their blows without any arrogance well, and threw up enough lobs in of gait or gesture. Moreover, their the sun to yield many points. Van conduct, off the court as well a Ryn had a bad break in the second
on has been exemplary. The offi set, in which he led up to 10-9, but cials yesterday were just as sorry he wilted under wear and tear, and to see Hare lose as they were glad the third set was merely nominal. to see Von Cramom win.
JUNIOR OVERAWED
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HARE'S CHANCE SLIPS So far the day had not yielded a
Emerson has said that the whole fight, and another wast crowd was of heraldry and chivalry is in sighing for
a square meal The courtesy: These two, English and have Budge Hunt match did not provide German knight-errants, it, the champion winning 6-1. proved themselves young 6 2,64 The junior champion ap-vars, and their influence on peared overzwed and only offered American game may well be salu- any resistance in the third set. tary.
Whoever wins the men's single Hare was beaten when within. championship on Saturday, K. L. sight of victory, but he was op- Riggs and C. E Hare, who finish-posing the second best player in ed their fifth-round match in the the States and the finest fifth-set dark last night, while London was player in the country. He com- steering, have indicated that either pletely dominated Riggs in
darkness had not may win the title in the near fa-two sets, and if ture. These youths, of 18 and 22 intervened, causing him to respectively fought most gallant-one or two vital volleys just over ly to the bitter end, forcing 10,000 the Ime in the fifth set when her people to miss their trains and led 5 4, he would be playing Von dinners.
Cramm to-morrow.
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