FANLING Sports Diary
GOLF
C.E. Ross (00-20=Nett 70) work Stabinford competition played over the Old Course at Fanking during the week-end with a soare of 37 points, Lt. P.J. Hughes and M. O'Kelly
TODAY
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TOMORROW
Water Polo Waler-polo___Knockout competition
calortuna v Chimess "y Army v Rastern,
Dow's
Third Division League: Filipino being joint runners-up with 30 club Kude at King's Park. points followed by W.A.1. Balfour with 34. C. E. Rosi poored 23 of his points on the second wine; his gross stroke re- turn for these holes being 39, three over pur.
The play-off for the August Qualifier for the Captaiefs Cup wan played over 18 holes, at Funting on Sunday and resulted In a win for E. C. Drown by ac stroke. the returns being E. C. Drown 88-14 Nett 74; A.F. Sutcliffe 10-5-Net 75.
U.S. NATIONAL TENNIS
Acropolis Remains 2-1 Favourite For St Leger
and a
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY,
DAVIS CUP
AUGUST 16, 1955.
Australia Scores Winning Point In Doubles Match To Enter Challenge Round
RYAN By CONNIE
Philadelphia, Aug. 15.
Australia clinched the Inter-Zone Final of its Davis Cup tennis match with Italy today, but the Italian doubles team of Orlando Sirola and Nicola Pietrangeli gave Lew Hoad and Rex Hartwig a bitter 7-5, 18-11, 7-5 battle.
a Por much butte best in
on placements as they showed a entirely different match; And
an
London, Aug. 10.
Australia had won both opening Singles matches yesterday, so today's victory Backers, still.uawaiting decisions
in the Doubles clinched the best of five scries and assured that Australia will play the about plans for the French colta Vimy and Phil Drake, showed United States in the Challenge Round at Forest Hills, August 26-28. nu interest loọ last night's second
Australia's Doubles team and ↑ Eight of St. Leger collover at the Victoria
Sirela's points came "Those four set points In the Wimbledon Champions, describ~ | on
Each placements.
of the second sel-had we won any of Club here.
ave pels them-it might have been Acropolis, who had an impres-ed by the Italian captain, Vanni Australians scored Easy First Round vera gallon over a mile
the world-much than attack.
thought that Sirola was the best half at Newmarket on
any American team," had been The second set showed sum of all out there today, He was a remains favourite at
player." - United Win For Traberte odtis about the Ally heavily favoured today over the of the finest tennis seen at the wonderful
are beat Italons, who
on elay Gerinantown Club since the Press. Meld were cut to 5 to 2 from courts.
Davis Cup play in 1930 when And Vic Seixas available a week ago.
But the Italians, despite the Australia won the Cup from winner, Phil
somewhat soft, condition of America. the grass courts at the German- lown Cricket Club, battled
ult h: bitterly
way and the Australians proved to be only a whade better in the
anol analysis,
The Derby Drake, went out to 10 to 1 from his previous odtis of 7 to 1.
Brockline. Mas, Aug. 16. Tony Trabert, who has recently recovered from a shouder injury,
Following his five lengths win and America Davis Cup team-
over 13 furlongs at Newbury on mate Vir Seixas had an
asy Saturday, True Cavalier was out win in the United to 100 to 6 from 26's, Arst round States National Doubles Low
Вгут American owned coll the Tennis Champlonships at Longwood Cricket Club here to-and the Aga Khan's Shiker 11, second and third respectively in a mile race at Deauville, France, last Sunday were introduced at 25 to 1..
day.
They beat Bill Talbert, cap tain of the American Davis Cup tean,
and Maxwel Bron 6-0,
Closing odds for the one mile 0-3, 0-3.
six furlongs and 132 yards Trabert said his shoulder did classic to be run at Doncaster nut trouble him.
Wednesday, September 7,
Japan's Davis Cup players, Kosel Kamo and Atsushi Miyag Leal Al Everts and Dow Man- chester 7-5, 6-1, 6-4.
Raymunda Deyro and Juan Ma Jose (Philippines) beat Bob Kerdash and Ai Martin 0-4, 6-1. 0-3 Reuler.
Egyptian
on were:
2 to 1 Acropolis; 5 to 2 Meld; 9 to 2 Vimy; 10 to 1 Phil Drake; 100 to 6 True Cavalier; 26 to 1 Practorias, Marwari, Carding- ton King, Byrn and Shikar II: 40 to Monastir, Beau Price and Nucleus, China Mail Special.
Army Officer
Wins 1955 Cross Channel Swimming Marathon
Dover, Aug. 15.
Egypt's Abdel Latif Abu Heit won the 1955 Cross Channel swimming marathon from France to England to day. He swam the 20 miles in 11 hours and 44 minutes.
America's Thomas Laurie Park of Long Beach, Cali- fornia, was second in 12 hours and two minutes.
Strokk
But Pietrangel simply could not get his game up to yester day's standards, although his Barvico was as good as ever. However.
Sirols was broken in the first game and Houd in the second game, after which gumes follow. ed service, The Italians gave
their opponents a terrific scare
on Hoad's service in the 10th game.
1
to
DECISIVE GAME Six-foot, seven-inch Orlando
with ኃት tremendous In that game, Italy raced off service, and fine not play, was to a D-40 load, giving them three the star for the Italians, and set polits, but Australia battled Italy probably would have had back
a deuce and then a an upset had Pietrangell, who placement by Sirola gave Italy was so good yesterday against still another set point which was Ken Rosewall in Singles, play mullified when Pietrangell netted
his backhand, ed as well today.
A net by Sirola and smash by Hoad finally gave the game to Australia.
In the 21st game, Sirola was broken on a double fault and a was Pietrangell Hartwig placement, but Italy who was broken
in the decisive came back to break Hond in the game in each of the three sets, next game on two errors and
the
Australians both two placements by Sirola. Hoad and Hartwig played well, Then it was the Australians' although it was Head, whose turn to rally and they broke service
often is rated among Pietrangell on three errors by the best in the world, whohim and a smash by Hoad. Aus suffered the only service break tralla got off to a 40-0 lead in against his team.
the next game, but Italy fought back to deuce. Then the Aus- sies stiffened and won the next two points and the set,
For
it
Hartwig's only weakness came during the middle part of the second set when he couldn't get backhand shots over the net
hi
and
lost every point he tried. Hartwig, after a brief talk with team captain Harry Hopman, touch late in the regained his second set, and both Hoad and Hartwig were at their best in the third set.
lone attempt to cross the Chun-last minute change. nel today.
was
Play followed the same pat- tern in the third set until the decisive 11th game.
After the match, Hopman said, that he was satished with
his teams's showing.
As a
HARD MATCH
WARM WEATHER
"We had expected a hard Tomorrow's concluding Singles match," he said. "The Italians match: Hoad against Pietrangeli are known
good Doubles They have big serves and Rosewall against the Italian team. Champion. Fausto Gardini, and I thought we would not win unless both captains agree to a in straight sets. It would not have been a big upset if Austra- Today's play drew a crowd lia had lost. of 1,600 and the match
"Sirola played very well and played in Sunny
warm I thought that Fletrangell served weather.
The grass
courts, and volleyed very well. Maybe which has been badly cut up in Nicola did not rotum as well Monday'e Singles play when all today on his ground strokes as four players wore spiked shoes, yesterday, but you don't get
been
as much-chance for that in repaired overnight quite and was in fairly good shape, Doubles." although after the first set li Sirola and Pietrangell wers up again and happy they had done, so well some football and had high praise' for the latter part of Australians,
Mexican +wimmer Damain Piza Beltram was the third and only ether swimmer to finish, the Guentis left Cap Gris. Nez rave. Be landed on the English near Calais at dawn this morn- const at 18 02 GMT, about 13 mnding. but was not a competitor in a quarter hours in the sea. the Cross Channel marathon. All the ther competitors An hour from the French coast. abandoned the race because of his motor-powered training bont
ran into engine trouble. His had the rough sea.
The 27-year-old winner of the trainer, Abdel N. Baki followed £600 prize money failed by 54 him for five hours on board minutes to beat the record for rowing boat. Then he gave up the crossing set up by his fellow and for the last four hours of
Guertis Hassan Abci Rehim his swim, countryman of 10 hours
hours und 51 minutes on alone. August 22, 1950.
ile won the right on hold the massive silver prize cup, valued at 1,000 guincas, for one year.
TERRIFIC EFFORT
continued
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UNLUCKY SWIMMER After allogether 18 hours in the water, the Egyptian gave in and was picked up by n train- ing boat escorting one of the marathon competitors.
Another
Ho took the lead from
swimmer unlucky America's 31-year-old Park just
Argentinian the off the English coast, Park had was
Sydir Chuiscordo, whose trainer boat been leading most of the way
Goodwin but had to slacken his breast ran aground on the strokes from 60 to 56, some two sands this afternoon.
began to break the ball took bounces in the the match.
and
In the third set, with the Italians fighting desperately for
"They are the best," they said.
"The court condition was not
a chance to stay alive, games so good, but it is the same for followed service until the 11th both teams," Strola said, adding that the Austrollan pair was the that game Australia game. In
best that he and Pietrangeli then Sirola had ever met. battied to a douce, netled a
backhand and Hoati
The Italian team met the smashed a volley placement to American Davis Cup doubles win the game. Hartwig, with the team of Tony Trabert and Vic match hanging on his service, Seixas in Europe, and when came through with a love game
with lenge Round.
the Americans, Sirola and a half miles from the White He was disqualified for setting to put Australia into the Chalked to compare Head-Hartwig smiled and said, "We are guests Cliffs of Dover, when he started foot-by mistake-on the sand-
six pea bank to feel the effects of his terrine English coast.
miles off the In the first set, games follow- here Despite disquali- ed service for 10 games and
Then,
going into detail, he effort.
the fention Gulscardo continued his then.
Australians broke sald: "The Australions are With the rest
of the sur- vivors in the race strung out swim and was the fourth and Pietrangel on cross court place much the better."
ments which forced him into in the Challenge Round, I two criors, one off his backhand think the Americans may got and the other off his volley.only two points Tony Trabert's Hartwig held his service at lova Singles," said Plotrangell. "The to close the sot.
Americans have no second player and they cannot beat this Australian Doubles team."
The
last competitor in the marathon behind them, the two lenders to land on English soil without were caught in the treacherous help. currents sweeping round
He landed this evening at coastline. They balted for near Saint Margaret's Bay between ly an hour to do the last 1,000 Dover and Deal.
with Heft gradually
yaret mudging ahead.
SYRIAN SWIMMER
Helf won by 18 minutes Tho Syrian swimmer ahead of Park, Well out to Mohammed El Soussi, who last ses, the one other woman and year completed the crossing in eight men left in the race were 17 hours
und sb minutes, struggling on to complete the abandoned after 12 hours and crossingFrance-Presse.
13 minutes in the sea. A few
natca
carlier Mihit Sen, a
Egyptian Swimmer Joseph
BALANCED ATTACK
In this set, Sirola scored 11 earned points and Pietrangeli only two as the tall Italian dominated the play and the net.
Guerils swam for four hours un- 26-year-old Indian barrister, Budge Patty Wins
accompanied before giving up his abandoned. Sca had postponed
U.S. Retains Wightman Cup With 6-1 Win
his wedding to compete in the rece. His Polish born fiancee,
Bella
Weingarten was
Bavarian Singles
Miss aboard the boat, following him. Title At Munich
Britain's Frederick GILL and
Hopman sald that Hartwig | and Neale. Fraser would be the only Australian entrants in the US National Doubles
Cham- plonship at Chestnut Hul this wook. They will leave, for Boston tonight, and the rest of the Australian team will go to Forest Hills tomorrow. night after the concluding singles at Germantown
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SPORTRAIT
MAROCH **Wouldn't surprise me. way things are going, 17 in the very near future
we don't have pleasure of beating the English in a Test match {"
London Express Servies.
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MALAYAN TENNIS
Ip Koon-hung, resign- Ing Hongkong Lawn Tennis Champion, loft for Malays yesterday by CPA to play in the coming Malayan Lawn Tears Championships in Ipoh.
THREE REASONS WHY
Tennis Professionals And Amateurs Can't Play In An "Open"
New York, Aug. 15.
Mr James Bishop, President of the United States Lawn Tennis Association, rejected proposals for an open lawn tennis tournament today.
Mr Bishop sald the question had been brought before the public "more forcibly than in other yours,” and added: "It is, I believe, high time that the careless talk and loose thinking on the subject again be answered.”
He listed three reason for the fed to the development of tennis, rejection:
They would lose their tax- exempt status if they tied up with the professionais;
1..the USLTA was a member of the International Lawn Ten- nis Federation, which prohibited amateurs playing with pro- fessionala,
2. The Association
was
3. The
amateur body Was
made up of thousands of unpaid
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Hopman said his team pro- Munich, Aug. 15. other two men to abandon.
Egypt's 21-year-old Gabrielle
United States Budge Patty bably would practice at the. Vegni was the only woman com-
tonight won the Men's Singles Westchester Country Club this title petitor left in the race.
the International week since the courts there Den- Rye, New York, Aug. 15.
marks 37-year-old Elmm Ander
Bavarian Tennis Championships have been groomed for The United States Women's son falled in her eighth attempt by defeating his compatriot Art Wightman Cup matches and Lawn Tennis team retained the to cross the Channel after being Lamen
Larsen 6-3, 6-3, 6-3, in the should will be in excellent simpa However, -Ainstenlia / probably Wightman Cup when they beat in the water for 7 hours and 38
The 3,000 spectators watched wilt practice at Forest Hills Loe Britain by six matches to one minutes.
"final" "week" before the here today.
Earlier, Britainya Madre Ma- rather uneventful tennis. Largen
Challonge Rotunk. Beginning the day with a 2-1 grafth 30-year-old mother was a slow starter and appeared
Italian captain / Canapele i ser- lead they won the four remain-making her. Arst attempt, nervous,
abandoned.
The Men's Doubles crown was bunood that Sirois will replace ing matches.
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and nearly four hours.” Angela Buxton 0-3, 6-3,
Morts and Jan Verman who Bowall in the first match the United States took a win- The last woman swimmer, left defented Britain Champton wall plays, Hond, in the hing load when Miss Louise in the race, Egypt Gabrielle Tony Mottram and his German second match Brough, the Wimbledon Cham- Vegni,
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