Sports News
U.S. BASEBALL RESULTS.
[RECIER'S AMERICAN SERVICE.
NEW YORK, June 30. The following are results of the baseball matches played yester
day:-
National Leaqua.
St. Louis.
Bt. Louis
3 New York
3 New York (1st inaings)
(2nd innings)
Chicago
Cincinnati
5 Brooklyn
Boston
...(Tst innings),
Cincinnati a 'Boston
(2nd innings)
American League.
* Cleveland
3. Philadelphia
3 St. Louis
New York
Detroit
Washington
(1st innings)
Boston
Boston
10 Chicago
1 Chicago
(2nd innings)
ST. LOUIS SWAMPED BY NEW YORK.
ATHLETICS PERCENTAGE BETTER THAN EVER.
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New York, Jane Two victories by the Philadelphia Athletics in 1 double-bender against the White Sox thrust the leaders into their best percentage since beginning of the season, with a tally of 643, though the Washington Senators similarly scored two wins and rose to 600, with the Yankees (who split a double-header at .376). Brooklyn also moved up in the National" ejrevit, with a percentage of 6 gained by to-day's victory over the Pirates, Chicago running well be- hind with .576, and New York third with .399.
WATER POLO.
V.R.C. "A" BEAT KOWLOON SENIORS.
JUNIOR GAME A FARCE.
In the Y.K.C. pool yesterday, the Club's first string defeated the Kowloon Swimming Club's senior team by three goals to mil.
Fast play characterised the game. At the end of the first half V.R.C. were a goal ahead, thanks to lovely shot by Roza Pereira. Git- tens added two further goals for V.R.C. in the second half.
The game was somewhat spoiled by foul play on both sides. The referee bad occasion to stop them 6 frequently, had this took away 8some of the interest of the tussie.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1930.
Hong Kong at Play.
SPORTS NOTES AND COMMENTS.
[BY "-BROADCASTER".]
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League lawn bowls matches ́on Saturday furnished two surprises in the defeat of both the Bowling Green and Civil Service junior teams. after they had successively beaten seven teams, and among them some of the strongest in their section. The Bowling Green team, undoubtedly a better combination than their Valley rivals, went down ch all rinks at home to Kowloon C.C., whom they defeated by a large majority in the previous match. Taikoo seconds, who up to that moment had lost all except one match at Craigengower, performed a creditable feat in lowering the colours of Civil Service. However, Civil Service, and the Bowling Green are both heading for the champion ship, and perhaps some more sur-
Soares and Weill, as was to be expected, proved too good for the Kowloon forwards, but Stewart bad all his work cut out to stop Kerr. More than once Kery gol through Stewart's defence, but not sufficiently to threaten any danger to the T.R.C, Citadel. For Kow-prises are in store for them from joon, Kerr and Kearne played good their weaker colleagues. The Yacht Club's defeat at Club de Recreio games.
was as fol-
was also The V.R.C., team
unexpected result. Weill Soares, lows: Kaight.
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Japan, most of the games are play. ed on clay courts which are perhaps faster, and it is a well-known fact that all players from Japan like a fast game, e
ARE HORSES BEING DOPED?
STEWARDS' ACTION AT NEWMARKET RACES.
The rest of the Meiji team wero, franky, disappointing, but it must be said in their, lavour that they showed flashes of brilliance at times. Perhaps they will now.play better on grass courts after week's stay here, during which horses,
time they had the use of the courts
STEEPLECHASE BY OCTOGENARIANS.
£1,000 CHALLENGE BY,
COLONEL OF 85%..
GIRL RIVAL TO BOBBY " JONES.
U.S. GOLFEN 2. DOWN AT
THE FIFTEENTH.
""Bobby" Janes, the famous American golfer one of the most formidable in the world-bad a novel experience in a four ball match at St. Andrews last month." He had to play an uphill game
The sight of two octogenarian Are racehorses being doped? A. recent allegation that a drug, sportsmen riding a steeplechase match for stakes of £1,000 a side akin to cocaine but practically un- traceable, was being used to tem-will be witnessed in London if a a porarily increase the speed of some challenge issued by Colonel E. R. against a woman with Miss Joyen
recalled when WAS
the
Stewards of the Jockey Club sprang at several of the local cluths. On a surprise, at Newmarket Jast the whole they gave the impression month. that they were all sportsmen wher ever they went, and no doubt, "all tennis fans will wish them goed. luck in their, tennis tour."
Before the Chesterford Plate race
Gregge-Hopwood is taken up.
It may turn out that Sir Clauds Champion de Crespigar, B, the famous veteran of strenuous sport, will be Colonel Gregge Hopwood's opponent.
The colonel, who, at eighty-five," was won, the Stewards posted a is a keen point-to-point rider, isu notice saying that immediately ed the challenge to any rider of after the race their veterinary sur-his own age, following & discussion geon would examine the winner in a house party in connection with Chester Races. He suggested a Turning bark to league tennis, accordance with Rule 14.
match, over fences, on a two-milą Subsequently they made it clear course. interest seems to log now that the
that there was no reflection at all destiny of the shields a more or upon the owner or trainer of the less decided. It seems a certainty winner. They ordered the examina that the Chinese Recreation Club tlon before the race, when they did will carry off the "B" and "not know which horse, ower or shields, and the Indians are far-trainor would be concerned.
The statement added:-- ourites for A honours.
The examination was under-years' mest open competition is possibly
taken because the stowards are the Mixed Doubles, but here again, I do not think will be called over optimistio if I say that the Indians have just as good a chance of carrying off this shield as any other Club Officially there are only five- games down for decision to-morrow
The
He was playing Wethered, the former woman cham- pion, her brother Regor, and T. A Bourn, the English amateur cham- pion.
Both Bobby Jones and Bourn had A round of 75, but Miss Wethered was only one stroke bébind.
At the end of the first half she was one up on the American champion and on Bourn, and at the fifteenth became two up. They recovered in the next two hales, however, leaving the match with her to be settled on the last Colonel Gregge-Hopwood said that he knew one man who would finish one up. Miss Wethered had green, and they won that hole to take up the challenge like a shot. the consolation of beating her He was Sir Claude Champion de brother by four and two.
"but," added Crespigny,
the Miss Wethered showed that she' colonel, "ha is only eighty-one, and has retained her form in spite of cannot afford to give away four her retirement from championship
She Kolt.
played excellently Sir Claude, interviewed said throughout. She was not ontdriven of opinion that it is in the in- that so far he had received no to any great extent and made up terests of racing that the power challenge.
"As a matter of fact," he said, any lost ground by the accuracy of
her second shots. conferred on the stewards of all
The details of the scores were: race meetings held under Jockey "I am just over eight-three, having
Miss Wathered, Club Rules by Rule 14 should celebrated my birthday a month ago, Should I accept the challenge from time to time be exercised."
Out: 444484434-36." In: 43
4434 58 8-10. Total 76. The rule referred to reads: "The if it were made to me I am
Bobby Jones, stewards have power at any time afraid you must wait for my answer
In: Sir Claude has excelled in many to order an examination by such until a challenge arrives,"
Out: 5 4 3 5 6 3 444-37.
435445454-38. Total 75. of any horse entered for a race, or sports, including hunting, swim- ming, and sculling. He has twice
. T. A. Bourn. broken a leg while ballooning. Ead which has run"in a race."
It was passed as atafeguard
Out: 4 4 4 4 4 6 4 34-37. In: 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 438, Total 73.
Roger Wethered. ing given an artificial stimulant three fingers broken at boxing. when it became evident that the once had a rib broken through a kick from a horse, and on another of
Out: 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 34-38. In: 4 remarkable
certain
58545504-44. Total 50. fnisers with moderate animals was occasion was nearly scalped by a
favourite monkey. to the administration of due drugs.
Stewart, C. Roza Pereira, L Roza Another surprising fact was that afterhoor, but as there have been person or persons as they think fit,
Pereira and Gittens.
Kowloon were represented by the following: Angus, Witchell,
Kearne
the Electric R.C., while soundly beaten at Craigengower, took four
Franks, Baldwin, Bliss, Kerr and of their men over to Civil Service connection I shall be very much against the possibility of horses be three ribs broken while hunting,
The Junior Game.
The Junior Game was a farce; as
the V.R.C. proved too strong for the visitors, and came oft victors by 11-0.
Lawrence scored five goals for his side. Zimmern scored 3, Gosano accounted for 2 and Remedios 1.
GOLF IN SIAM. SIAMESE WINS FIRST OPEN
CHAMPIONSHIP...
The Siamese open golf champion ship, held last week, at Bangkok, was won by Nai Tim, a Siamese, The Athletics barely nosed out with an aggregate of 297 for 79 the White Sox in the first game, boles. This was 25 strokes better
than the second player." which they took by 2-1 after an
The final round was closely fol exhibition of well-nigh airtight pit-lowed by the King, who afterwards ching on both sides. The Sox made presented the trophy.
In a speech His Majesty said that
the next day, and scored a victory in the first round of the Spey Cup Competition. Civil Service had been very prominent is this com petition during the past two sea- sons, and their downfall at this strong early stage with such a quartette as Grimmitt, Gregory, Hoolidge and Jones, and on their -own ground, is inexplicable.
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so many postponed matches, there are bound to be more, and in this obliged if the secretaries of the different clubs will kindly send me a revised copy of their postponed
fixtures.
The Water Polo League is now well on the way, and it scems almost definite that the V.R.C. will walk away in both leagues. The senior team had a game yesterday with Kowloon, who are their, nearest There was nothing unusual in the rival, but they had no difficulty in senior division resuits, as Craigen-securing a victory. The junior team gower and Civil Service, who are seriously watching each other, took the points again to retain their equal position at the top of the section.
Craigengower
код
at.
Kowloon C.C.-by the comfortable
margin of 4 shots. Civil Service beat Recreio by 19 shots in a close
Success
Dope increases temporarily borge's courage, pluck and energy. Some drugs have the opposito effect, making a horse sluggish and slower.
RHODES TO RETIRE.
THE BOWLER-BATSMAN
RECORD BREAKER.
Wilfred Rhodes, the" England and Yorkshire cricketer, confirmed re cently a statement that he would retire from the game at the end of the present season.
Although Hhodes has captured nearly 1000 wickets more than any other bowler, he is very modest in talking of his performances.
so far has made light of the op- position, and it would seem from present indications that they will enjoy an undefeated record this Beason. There is plenty of confid. ence in both teams, and this factor
He said he had communicated bis alone gives the V.R.C. teams a big decision to Lord Hawke, the York- advantage over their opponents.shire chairah. only five hita, the Athletics, getting this was the first open golf cham- game which, with a little luck for The senior team yesterday were | eight. In the second game, it was a pionship of Siam, and he asked the visitors, would have given them without the services of Laing, and he expressed grati-the points. Luz, the Recreio skip, Kowloon were without Simpson. batters' battle, the Athletics mak to be excused ing 20 hits for 17 runs and the Soxfication that a Siamese had won. again kept his unbeaten record The return match between the two
He hoped the standard of play would improve, and that Siamese while opposed to Grimmitt's rinksides will be interesting and it is would be able to compete in foreign the strongest of the Civil Service hoped that both teams will be fully Perhaps in time they rinks. Kowloon Dock were once represented in the next tussle for countries would produce a Bobby Jones.
more out of luck when they lost superiority. A large crowd, by the There were 20 competitors, ain- bracing Siamese, English. Scottish, at home to the Bowling Green by way, watched yesterday's match, Danish and American golfers. The four shots, following a defeat by the but they must have gone away first five places were secured by a
same margin the previous week at somewhat disappointed at the dis- Siamese, a Scot, a Dane, a Siamese
Craigengower. Taikoo made no parity between the strength of the and an American, in that order.
mistake in adding another to the procession of defeats suffered by the
run
10 hits for nine runa.
Babe Ruth of the Yankees got his twenty-fourth home
in the second inning of the initial contest with the St. Louis Browns at New York. The bases were empty, but it made no difference, for the Yanks romped all over the place and blanked the Browns by 13-0. The tables, were turned in the second game, which the Browns snatched
The following are the detailed re- Police since the beginning of last
by score 10 to 6. Errors were fresults of to-day's games:-
quent, the Tanks committing four
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sides.
West's rink, as usual, was THE DEGENERATION OF well in the game, but the other two
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Philadelphia, June Indica terest in tennis circles was center-tions to-day" point to a capacity
Clubs St. Louis
(first game) New York St. Louis
(second game) Cleveland Washington
(Erst game)
Washington
Chicago
in the second contest and each team making three in the first..
Washington's' Senators won from the Indians by to 3 in the first game of a double-header at Wash ington, profiting by three Cleveland errors, but in the second engage-Cleveland went there was tight pitching on both sides, the Indians making iseven hits and the Senators nine, sad the Senators barely aqueezed out a victory by 3 to 2.
The only single game in the league was between Detroit and Boston and the Red Sox won, by 2 to 0. It was a pitchers battle all the way. Boston making four bits and Detroit but three, and neither icam made an error.
The National League.
(second game) Philadelphia # (first game) Chicago Philadelphia
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"I am nearly 3 years of age," he said, "and I feel the time is dewing near when I should make way for a younger man."
Asked what he intended to do
after his retirement, Rhodes said he had not made his plans, into five figures out of cricket
He has made a fortune running
Rhodes is the greatest record- breaker cricket has ever knowa.
He has taken 4088 wickets; he was top of the bowling analysis in 1919-20-21-22-23 and 1996; and he took 100 wickets and made 1000 runs in 18 seasons, the last time being in 1998.
His highest total of runs in a scason was 2981 in 1911.
In 1000, when he took 281 wickets, a bowler. he played for England as He created a sensation later by a batiman suddenly emerging as as_wre]]. "
In 1911-12 at Melbourne with
Hobbs he made the record Test
He returned as a bowler to the
though it must be admitted that park to-morrow night to watch match first wicket stand of of 323. they rather disappointed their sup- primo Caracra, the Italian man porters when the exhibition matches mountain," and the giant negro
England side in 1920, and in his 41st Test did much to enable Eng-
were played. Only one out of their boxer, George Godfrey, engage inland to win back the Ashes., He
number won his tie,-T. Fujikura,
10-round bout. The two men the Junior Champion of Japan. He weigh an aggregate of more toão showed up extremely well against 600 lb. and, in spite of the numer C. AL Rumjahn, and that he
ous scandals surrounding Cartera's should win by two straight sete American appearances, both are against such a clever opponent given credit for real fighting abil speaks much for his match-playing ify. Carnera has been barred from many important boxing centres,
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Standings.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Clubs.
In the National League, Brooklyn broke loose with some mighty hit- Boston diag and got 23 hits against the St. Louis Pirates for a total of 13 runs, while
the Pirates turned 10 hits into hälf
La dozen ruas.
Fujikurs possesses a very power-but
his backers attribute
the
ful drive, both on the fore and back troubles to misguided management hand, and he shows distinct pro- rather than to any fault in Carnera
secored 28 and 14, and took two wickets for 35 and four for 44.
Rhodes, with Hobbs, is a co-opted: member of the Selection Committee, who chose the England team, for this year's Testa
PLAYING BOWLS AT 106.
CHRISTMAS PUDDING ON HIS BIRTHDAY.
Mr. Beaing Arnold, of Surrey-
be the world's oldest bowler, cale. brated his 108th birthday recently, and strolled about in his garden with his son, Major B. N. Arnold,
miso for greater things. This tour personally and believe that in to-road, Bournemouth, who claims to (from Japan to Shanghai, Hong morrow's battle he will make a Kong and Manila) should help in a strong bid to reinstate himself in great measure to improve his play favour. Pet since he is bound to come across Won Lost
Gnawing a section of fried
a housemaster at Bradfield College. He was allowed to sea two special
-645 some really good men. In Japan, chicken with traditional negro re-friends, the secretary of the Alum
most of the players depend largely lish in his training quarters this on drives to win their points and afternoon, Godfrey declared:"T' they seldom, if ever, exploit the cut bust this big Italian bubble all stroke, with the result that when over North Philadelphia."..
The experts are uncertain as to Rumjaha sent over some beautiful curts, Fujikura was caught the outcome, although most of them! Pet." napping" more times than one tend to the belief that Godfrey is Then there is the question of courts, the better man. Neither of the In a chat with Professor Matsu fighters has a past wholly without
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The Giants blanked the Beds by Philadelphia
Washington 3 to 0, making seven bits to six
New York for the Cincinnati team, who com Cleveland mitted the only error of the con- Detroit
St. Louis teat.
Chicago's Cubs were in fine stick- Chicago.
Boston form and got an even two dozen its against the Phillies just twice
Clubs ns many as their opponents could register and, with the help of three Brooklyn. Philadelphia errors, they won by Chicago
New York 21.-8.
The Boston Brayes beat the St, Louis Cardinals by 12 to 9, in spite of Boston the foot that Boston's hits totalled Pittsburg 14 to the Cards' 18.
(Continued on next Column:)
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492 daira, I was told that his lads were suspicion, however. Some express
not used to grass courts, and the belief that Carnera may have when they landed here, they were been holding back as to his real naturally strange to our courts. In ability.
Chine Bowling Club Mr. Walter
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near neighbour, Collins, and Mr. J. E. Dover,
He is in excellent health, except for deafness.
Mr. Arnold took up bowls at
birthday, eighty, and last played on his 103rd His lunch consisted of chicken by a little brandy and water. He and Christmas pudding, followed wint afterwards for a drive along the Undercliff at Bournemouth, and When a boy Mr. Arnold ran away retired to bed early,+X+Jpk from school at Orsett, Essex, and travelled on a barge to London":""
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