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THE CHINA MAIL,- WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1951
TWO GREAT VICTORIES AT FOREST HILLS 16-Year-Old Maureen Connolly Upsets Wimbledon Champion
Forest Hills, New York, Sapt. 4.
Two great victories were registered here this afternoon whon Frank Sedgman (Australia) become Singles Champion of the United States and Miss Maureen Connolly, a 16-year-old girl from California, reached the women's finalo by knocking out Miss. Doris. Hart, the Wim- bledon title-holder.
A
Sedgman, following his wonder tennis to eliminate the men's champion, Art Larsen, for the loss of only four games in his semi-Qual yesterday, dealt almost similarly with Vic Seixas (USA) Today,
Seixas did take four games in the first set but he managed to collect only one in each of the others to be. herten 6-4, 6-1, 6-1.
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Connolly. Miss
when here, which has gone overseas of the tennis championship to- semi-loni vos resumed today, for, the first time since Fred day by upsetting the Wimbledon Miss. Doris Hart of continued to play brilliantly and Perry won for Britain in 1936. | queen,
Miami, 6-4, 6-4, In the playoff rain on cut the
of the motel halted
by. Monday,
rau
winner against
Miss Hart 6-4, 6-4, so qualifying!
Shirley Fry,! mect Miss 10 runner up at Wimbledon, in the finals tomorrow.
Sedgman is the first Austra lian ever to win the American
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YOUNGEST IN HISTORY Forest Hills, N.Y., Sept. 4. Sixteen-year old Miss Mau- reen Connolly, determined to become the youngest champion Into the finals in history, rote
FINALISTS DECIDED FOR OPEN PAIRS
SINGLES AND
One Open Pairs and two Open Singles quarter-final matches played yesterday brought the two events of the Colony Lawn Bowls championship into their semi-final stages.
The sturdy like Callfornis
player, Is
year star, already the nation's 10th ranking
Miss Holen younger than was Wills, when us "Little Miss Poker Face" the won her first United States crown'in 1923,
Miss Connolly will meet Mins Shirey Fry in Wednesday's Anal,
Frank Sedgmanı and Mise Hart won the Mixed Doubles by beating Miss Fry and Mervyn Rose, 6-3, 6-2. That gave Sedg- man B sweep of the United Slotca triple crown-Singles; Men's Doubles
Mixed and Doubles.United Press.
DAVIS CUP TEAM
Forest Hills, Sept. 4.
A six-man squad headed by
A. E. Coates and B. W: Bradbury scored a surpris-Vie Seixos of Philadelphia and ingly cusy 25-16 win over the Omur brothers, K. M. and A, M., in the Pairs to qualify for their semi-final match against G. J. Perkins and W. J. D. Cameron who had earlier eliminated A. H. Seemin and A. M. Wahab.
K. M. Omar, the lasing skip, U. A. Rumjahn led all the way i
to suffer the on several to win by 23-13 in his singles was unfortunate match against M. B. Hassan, but extra mortification the other singles game between occasions to promote an oppas- southpawing wood to first shot with a W. Jong Slitg and A. A. Lepes produced the mes good count in his favour. exciting bowls of the day.
confidently, Hong Starting Sting ran into a 7-1 lead on the Arst five heads, and maintained it at 11-2 on the 8th and 13-8 on the 11th headi
The Portuguese player came. -back determinedly and gradually narrowed the gap to 13-14 on the 17th, 15-16 on the 10th and 10-18
on the Dist hend..
The winners, however; play- form, fully ing above average
the Wimbledon Champion, Dick Savitt, was named today to the Davis Cup team which will at regain the Cup from Australia in December. tempt to
The remainder of the squad: Includes Budge. Patty, Bill Tal- bert, Hamilton Richardson and Of the group, Tony Trabert. only Talbert, veteran doubles player, has seen service in the challenge round.
The Selection Committee deserved their win. Contes was ignored Art Larsen, 1030 cham- the more brilliant of the com-plón, who was knocked out in the first 15 the semi-finals here, and Herb was beaten in the. nation and for Leads gave his skip the lie on Fum, who
current quarter-finals.-United at least 12 heads.
Fresi.
The winners led all the way 13 23-0 at the end of the 10th head. Whatever chances the lesers had of making it a close CRUCIAL SERIES finish wore ruined on the 17th
A three on the next head gave head. Lopes the lead at 19-18, but Hong Sling recovered with a two
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on With a lic of four in his went K. MOmar the 23rd head and succorded la favour, the next narrow on getting the single
and heavy on his last head for match.
wood to promote an opposing shot for a single. Although they managed to chalk up the biggest count of the day live on the next head-the match was 100 far gone by then.
OMARS OFF The Pairs quarter-final be- tween the Craigehgower pair of A. E. Coates and B. W. Brad- bury and RC's A. M···Omır and K. M. Omar turned out to. be a disappointing affair, with both the Indian, bowlers cool pletely off hele game.
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SEMI-FINALISTS
The following are the semis finalista now for the Singles and Polis:.
To
OPEN SINGLES
Olympic Peace Sept. 11 at the KBGC: -World Peace? Ribeiro
London, Sept. 4.
An Olympic official from behind the Iron Curtain
U. M. Omar v U. A. Rum- jabn.
OPEN PAIS
Yankees Will Shoot The
Works
TOOK IT TOOK HIM 45 SECONDS Bob Appleyard Takes
Wearing the Lonsdale Belt, Tommy McGovern, pictured immediately after his 45-second knock-out victory over Billy Thompson at Wandsworth on August 27 to win the British Lightweight Championship.. Central Press Photo.
ARSENAL
SOCCER
200 Wickets In
His
First Full Season
"London, Sept. 4.
Bob Appleyard, the 27-year-old Yorkshire bowler, set the seal to- day on a magnificent first full season în top class cricket when he cóm- plated the capture of 200 wickets.
make No other bowler has taken so many wickets in his first season, the previous best being 141' to the credit of Wilfred Rhodes, another Yorkshireman, in 1898.
Appleyard, who bowls fast medium and can switch to slow off-spinners, had
1,"
an attack of pleurisy earlier in the season, which caused him to miss a few matches, which adds to the excellence of his performance,
Loker of Surrey.
'.
Appleyard is the first player to capture 200 wickets since Tom Goddard took 238 wickets for Gloucestershire four years in. ago. Before this season, Appid- yard's first clase experience confined to two matches last year.
(uns
when the
Trueman
Is A Test Hope
Otherwise, the would un May, Insole, Doggart and Balley doubtedly bave been the first threatened is beat Appleyard. player to reach 100 wickets This batting also enabled the}]} this season, instead of Jun MCC to stop u_threafcaed}}" 4
innings defeat and innings closed with two catches giving Appleyard the wicketa that he required, Yorkshire 00 runs 10 were set to Ecore
Time was aginst them, how- ended ever, and the match
a draw somewhat tamely in after the earlier excitement,
COUNTY. CHAMPIONSHIP The County Championship programme for the Anished with a dreary no de- cision game, for no play was From an England point of possible at Bournemouth in the
view the big question after Hampshire Sussex match. which Hampshire had scorca the five Test matches: 148 runs for four wickets.
against South Africa is: Tha County
Championship "Has
the standard of placings, therefore,
un- English cricket improved altered.
He claimed the last two MCC wicke'a in the match against Yorkshire at Scarborough (oday and thereby reached a total of 200 for the sensati. “
He wanted three at the start of today's, play and, soon re- duced the number by getting Edrich. Then other bowlers and some doflant batting by the quartet of Cambridge Blues,
NEWS THEIR GREATEST IN YEARS
END TALENT HUNT
Arsenal aren't taking any chances. Tóm Whittaker's scouts have just com- pleted the most intensive probe in years, and the men Arsenal MIGHT buy have been pinpointed.
Highbury youngsters like Cliff Holton, Ben Marden, Dave Bowen and Arthur Milton will get first crack.
Tom Whittaker needs wingers and wing halves.
"
Jimmy
were
Benson
In
a
Says HERBERT SUTCLIFFE
1
Devastating bowling by Gind- since Freddie Brown's splen- win, the tall 'Derbyshire
pace did victory against the Aus men, put the North in a wine tralians in the final Test at ning position against the South at Kingston, Surrey, when:
Melbourne?" tame draw had seemed likely. My answer is "yes," but we His nine wickets for 64 runs need a ict more improvement were toisen in 13 overs, two of before the Aussies get here in which conceded 20 of the runs, this comparatively new England
1953.
It's difficult to sum up As a result North were left, for even though the South
with
more than two hours to
scorg
with
85 runs, which they did
Africans inspired,
have, at times, ben nearly an hour to spare much interior to Australla
rate both, countries for the loss of six wickets.
and Earlier
North had won an. the West Indies exciting struggle for Arst Much of the play on both sides Innings lend with their pair to-in this series was not up to. Test gether. — Reuter,
standard. I is a different pro- position scoring against McCarthy, Chubb, Rowan, and Co, as oppos ed to Lindwall, Miller, Bill John- ed to ston, and Iverson, although I |consider Athol Rowan as good an off-spinner as any in the world. Apart from Alce Bedser and disappointing
THE RESULTS
London, Sept. 4. The following are the results .of first-class cricket games
played today:,
At Bournemouth: The match
Northampton he saw Jack | Lanark and Scolland inside.for- | Wednesday, Derby County and i between Hampshire and Sussex Jim Laker our bowling has been
Felix ward,
John Yo
was abandoned, there being no There was no play decision. today DA the wicket was saturated with rain. Hampshire 143 for three,
At Kingston: North beat
series of Tests' proved that many batsmen ora turns ing wicket displayed form even below
If they don't measure up, then Nicoll, the Brighton inside man. They have bien Flewin conscious
for some time. Arsenal know where to go.. Brighton still aren't parting,
Watching brief, Shefeld Mason, the Third • mol Keltering Town Newcastle have all watched Tony English
the Pole, and
officials to discuss their £20 a Emery, the Lincoln centre half. Storascik.
No Main reason of his visit how-week coaching offer.
Harris shelved his dif- Mason, who has not re-signed ever, was to assess Jimmy Davie,
county class. It is all former Preston and Kilmarnock for the Scottish club, is also sit-ferences when he re-signed for
Chelsea.
very well to hit centuries on half-back.
T lush couldn't stand around South by four wickets. South wickets like those at Leeds and und sco them in trouble," he said. 277 for nine declared and 108 Nottingham, but
The other things can wait. If (S. Brown 60 Gladwin, right worth persevering with is the the player Chelsea need me, I'll be there."
arm fast medium bowler, nine one who can show his skill for 64). North 289 and 88 for when the bowler is given an Southend are sure that hex (Eric Redser, right arm slow equal chance. have another Eddle Hopgood in offspin bowler, three for 26). full-back Andy Anderson, siga-
At Bearborough: The match a Perthshire Junior between Yorkshire and the MCC ed from side. Our authority: Wilt Copping was drawn. MCC 158 and 273
and he should know.
(May. 56). Yorkshire 333 and 29 for one-Reuter.
Cheleza, 150, would like to do business at Northampton.⚫
over
But any bid they make for Arthur Dixon, former Hearts inside forward, must be
£12,000 before Bob, Dennison, will even start to listen.
QUICK DID
the
Hull City were one of first teams in the chase when Coventry decided to put £20,000. Tommy Brizgs on the transler list.
for
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CONTRIBUTORS: Stanley Matthews, Denis Compton, Alex James, and Andy Cunningham. EDITED BY: James Connolly
-(London Express Service
DEEP WATER BAY GOLF
8.40, 21,
am
not criticising. Peter May's second innings knock at: the Oval because I consider him a really great player, and a good aghter, but I should like to see more of lum on difficult wickets,
The standard
English cric
is higher than South
fair reflection of play.
EUROPEAN TITLE and the result of three wins to FIGHT ARRANGED The difference might have been
fght.
1:
one is
had
the to
1035
In
FINAL PLACINGS IN THE
Ratch Carter needs goal ting on
a nice offer from the scoring centre badly.
Kalian club La Zio, New York, Sept. 4.
Jimmy can collect a £4,000 New York Yankees open 'Spurs' directors will eampaten signing-co bonus if he goes to
Paris, Sept, 4. even more pronounced for substitutos
Injured Rome. what they consider one of
M. Glibert Benalm, The Freddie Brown won Two attractive propositions,
The following is the draw and matchmaker
of Dudley instead at the Palais des four times their most crucial series of players.
They want goalkeeper subs to but he would rather stay with
announced today Nourse. the season against Boston be allowed throughout the match, Third Lanark if present snags starting times for the Deep Sports here,
Water Bay, Cup Competition to that he will open the winter My final word is this, Red Sox on Wednesday, and and other substitutes for injured can be overcome.
be played under the auspices of
European Welterweight
title who will play for England with- be played on Tuesday, manager: Casey Stangel an-players up to half-time.
Don't run away with the idea the Royal Hongkong Golf Club season on September 24 with a Yorkshire we have a fast bowler With an action im, two years. nounced that he would The international match sehrs-that Soccer chiefs will admit on Sunday, September 9,
8.30, J. Aliken-R. Firkins; 8.35, A
contestania will be similar to those great speed W. Hong Sling v J. F. v. "shoot the works" by start- | dule starts in Detcher. Walter how wrong they were over that c. Lochtle-R. M. Campbell: Charlos Humez, the French' and pren Larwood and Lindwall,
G. C. Knight-D. R. Ryde; ing his three ace pitchers. Winterbottom, the, England team live-broadcast bar.
manager, watched Portsmouth Many important clubs think it D. Hunter A. G. Donn: 930, 11 D. European Champion, and Emile his lad, Freddie Trueman, will, Bidwell W. Staker; 955, J. J. Cow; Deimine, Belgium's contender. with Bedser and Laker, make He said it would be. Vie v. Blackpool recently.
was right and will stick to it.
perthwaite 1. A. Watson; 9.00,
The fight will bo over 15 up a trio of great bowlers rendy Ranchi on Wednesday night and Scottish selectors saw Black-
puzzled
Watson, L Macintyret, P., J. a. whan Kite. D. Mackie: 9.10, K. B. Rrounds-Reuter
far the Aussies. Ed Lopat
Were you and Alllo Reynolds poos v. Portsmouth in the re
forbertson-J. 21, Park; 9.15, G. & for a double header on ThurS- turn game.
Wolves stepped in to bid
Hamilton-T, IL. MacLean: 9.20, R. A. Focite was on Allan Brown Bradford winger Billy Elliott?
Wickerson A. Todd; 9.23, D. B. Robb Truth is that Stan Cullis, if het. C. Gardner: 9.30, T1. S. Barry Manager Steve
O'Neill was
and George Farm.
signed the Park Avenue fler H. H. Mundy; 9.33, C3, Waung expected to start rookie Kilo
• Chelsea are hoping to sign meant to play him at wing half. Smith; 040, A. Disscheck-
Goldman; 4. W. 8. Vaughan, N. Kiely in the night game on
the Brian Jackson,
brilliant his original position. Wednesday and Bill Wight and
Kent: 950, J. C. Brown-C. 5. Ing Could Arsenal have had the horn: 9.85, F. L. Groome-G. M. Mac young Leyton Orient right win- Ray Scarborough in the double-
gir..but Portsmouth have more tier Elliott? Interesting thought collle: 10.10. 6. Kirman vies when they went whinnie; 10.00, L. Jackson-R. M. notion header.
Keown; 1055, N. E. Arthy J. R. than 'a passing fancy for the aer BACK IN LINEUP
10.10. J. M. Deadley-W. G. Davies, bay.
Eddie Russell, young Wolver. 10.30, J. I. Deaf. Markiiam,
The Committee request the Slugging Ted Williams and
hampton wing half is fairly cer Managers have their worries, tal to re-sign over the week-courtesy of the Green from 8.30
to noon. The Open Tripics final be-hardhitting Clyde. Vollmer are
be back in the and don't ever forget it. tween R. Basa, C. R. Ros-expected to
a star
In view of the large entry. After chasing
player
Still a good bet, though that competitors are requested to teo round the country, a famous K. M. Omar Williams was sidelined by fu
at their allotted starting publication at the IOC publish A. M. Omar,
manager got through to the house he will be away from Molineux off and U. M. Omar, which was while Vollmer left the club
timen ed in Lausanne, Switzerland.
viewing stage before the snags this season. last Sunday, will because of his father'e death.
cropped In an article entitled "Olympio postponed
most likely be played of on Peace-World Peace" Dr. Mezo linked
the history of the Sunday, September 18. ancient and modern · Olymple Games to the history of
The following are Club Soloc in. the world and con- prace cluded that the two went hand tons for League Lawn Bowls
[matches this week-end:
A.. E. Coates
To be played on Sunday, predicts that Russia's entry Sept. 9 at the KBGC: into the Olympic Games will make 1052 a year of peace Bradbury v G. J. Perkin and and B. W.
and friendship."
W. J. D. Caméran; *• Doctor Ferenc Mozo of Budapest, Hungary's only re- 1. M. Omar and U. M. Omar presentative on the Internation-y J. A. da Luz and R. F. da
L
al Olymple Committee (IOC), Luz,
SUP
the
made his prediction Lπ September.
of the Bulletin De Conite Inter-
national Olympic". official selet and J. Landolt and Boston Uneup for the series.
CLUB TEAMS
Stangel and most Yankoe players are said to feel that it will be Red Sox rather than the League-leading Cleveland Indians they will have to beat out to win the American peti pant.
The
Indians, who moet Chicago White Sox at Cleve. 1st Division v Talkoo Chý at Tai- land tonight in the day's only wrote in disesinifig, Art Weapon P
Xo
Colledge. Leo, C. Major League game, lead Yan- tion of Russian"".
Goodwin; AN Olymple Committee and a sub- Lopest, Rosselst, BS, Call, keen by half a game. Red place, four Sax are in third sequent recognition by the IOC, Weng, 2.2. Bakar, W. Tag dies and a half games behind "that the splendid resolution at
Indians and four behind. Yan
in
AND
am deeply convinced, he
the
the sports leader of the Soviet
Kec
1st Division: v: Indian Recreation | kces-United Press.
Union followed by the Wiss Club at Sooku solution of the Toc: vii, make ne Shaw Ne Raktsen, M. the next Olymple Year of 1839 WOODEN CLONE
an era of peace and friend-Tuck
ship,"
Baker, R.C. THIN
Dr. Mozo gald Chat before the Ca 43 manlyy 1948 Olympic Games in London audier, Foun ho wrote a Hungariad sports | 0'ünde; P. Dot magazine that
"the futuro sange, Olymple Games can only be of valke if the prominent.. People
of the Boviot youn
of the greatest ape
'ono
tako párt. 100, anch in the synth
of all the fair-mixinde tuilone fat the world shaka maande, bedience and after?
brotherly loves Associated
dieford.
Calost
KA.
HOME SOCCER
London, Sept.:4. The following were the results of football matches played to- dayilli sady
THIRD, DIVISION S7 Northern
Rochdale, 1 Mansfeld Town, 0 GLASGOW CUR
TALE OF WOE.
up.
and.
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
London, Sept. 4. The final placings in, the English County Cricket Championship table after the last match between Hamp- shire and Sussex today worez♪
1st Inpa. Lead
Warwickshire
Yorkshire Lancashire
Clubs are stacking bids for reserves. Small wonder, After which he listened to with international Sammy Smyth Harris Confirms Worcester
*thesz*
lines Wangue, on
suppose my curtains and Ray Chat Ham, Denis Wilshaw carpets would f...can't afford and Ken Whit Field there.
want. Wolves don't now ones.....furniture might be
Milan
Victory
Glamorgan Surrey Middlesex to part, but
Manchester, Sept; 4 bft short, too.....had thought of with other youngsers coming on
Hampshire: opening a little business for they won't hold back any eslab Heg. Harris, the World Profgz
Hshed players
slonal Sprint Champion cyclist, Shane when I've. inished playing.”
confirmed his Milan victory Derbyshiro 'So another
big deal fell
With Jack Froggaft playing so tonight when he best his rivals Gloue
.....
through
well, there isn't much back as Bellenge World No Maybe you noticed that Colin Reg Flowin getting back as Bellenger
in a print Latcentershire Walker and Albert May's, keen Portsmouth's centre-half. tackling young Derby wing No ill feelings, Portsmouth series,
dle beat both riders in a two- halves, originally played inside appreciate the service the former
A po captain has given and wont up series and, then in a thret-up it, the" right junal came from behind in a noil I was just a Stuart McMillan land in his kuse far speeding them after comes way unge in a ball
I might, from Sunderland. Patterson by a wheel Reuter
forward
He starts the youngsters off in the forward. Une and they find thosvitak yard
Ored: Monk's -kroñest i
"
crities - is his father) Mr Monk taken bir holiday in the foolbalt season to come up from Guld- ford and as his to play for Bretford.
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Na Doc. BIJ
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and Sussex Trocords include two point for a tie In a match that was drawn. All counties play.
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