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INTERPORT
TENNIS
Philippines To Take Part
CAMPBELL WINS
Good Effort In 400
Metres Race"·
W. 7. Campbell, the Army Swim-
added mung. Champion,
to his laurels on Sunday night when be beat the Chinese star, Shek Kam- put by a touch in the 400 metres race at the Chinese Athletic Asso- clations Swimming rala.
There will be an added interest In the Interport Lawn Tennis series to be staged in Shanghai in the near future in view of the ac- ceptance by Shanghai and Hong
Shek Kam-pul held the lead Kong of the Philippines' entry
until the last 25 minutes, when into the series for the first time.
Confirmation of this was publish- Campbell went ahead to win. ed in an article of the Manila By clocking 8 minutes and 15 Bulletin recently and in view of seconds Cheung Hon-wah, Chinese this new entry, there is a possi News Agency, led Wong Cheung- bility that the Interport title willming of the Wah Klu Yat Po, to enter into new hands for the first win the 400 metres event open to Lau Min-tao, also Journalists. time in the coming series."
It
The Philippines possess some excellent players and with the de- cline in the Colony's tennis looks very much as if the ultimate. result will rest with Shanghel and the newcomers.
from the Chinese News Agency, secured third place.
At the conclusion of the events. Miss Hu Muk-lan, daughter of Mr. Hu Han-min, donated the prizes.
The following were the prize
The Pilta (Philippines. Lawn winners:—
Tennis Association) made the ap-400 metres (open to Journalists)
plication for membership to the Interport.series with the intention
of affording their players with
more foreign competition.
The following extract from the Manila Bulletin is interesting in that it is the. Arst news we have had in the Colony of any inten tion by Pilta to take part in the series.
Manila Reports
Manila. August 2. The application of the Philippine Lawn Tennis Association for mem- bership in the international inter- port tennis association which holds annual competitions has been ap- proved by the Shanghai and Hong- kong tennis bodies which compose the, association, Acceptance of Pil- ta's application has just been re- celved from both ports and local tennis players have been invited to participate in the series which is to take place in Shanghai soon and in the Hongkong series which will be held next year.
Hongkong's acceptance of the Philippines membership in the in- ter-port loop is contained in a let ter from B. A. Gray, honorary Lec- retary of the Hongkong Lawn Tennis Association, while Shang- hat's acceptance was made by Khoo Hooi Hye, executive secretary of the Shanghal Tennis Club.
"Most Welcome"
1-Chang Bon-wah
2-Wong Cheung-wah
3-Lau Min-tao
HONG KONG DAILY
PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1934.
"ALL-IN" WATER POLO
DAVIS CUP TENNIS
U. S. BASEBALL
LAWN BOWLS IN LONDON
British Empire Games.
HONG KONG PLAYERS PARTICIPATE
London, August 6.
R.A.M.C. And East Lanes Draw
Third. Round Entrants
Holland. Poland and Hungary A water-polo game more resem-
entered the Third Round of the bling one of those all-in wrestling 1935 Davis Cup Qualifying Compe- matches, took place in the Eurotation at the close of Saturday's pean YMCA. Swimming Bath
Medical Corps shared two with "B" Company of the
Pirates Win Twice.
New York, Aur. B. Pittsburgh Pirates were victori-, ous in their double-header, the St. Louis Cardinals being ousted in a rather low-scoring games.
game in their double-header by Cincinnati Reds won the first Derringer banking the Chicago
A Hyde Lay, of the Kowloon yesterday, when the Royal Army Play, accordingly to detali, cabled Cubs, but the latter avenged them-
c.C., Iawn bowls Colony champion last year, participated in a lawn
bowls encounter in London.
The largest assembly of inter- national bowls players ever gather ed in England opened the bowls section at the British Empire Games to-day.
Lancs.
goals
East
From the start of the same could be seen that the methods of tackling and swimming
over &
man, were bound to have some sort of repercussion sooner or The Dominions are playing Pad-later, and-just before the interval dington Club, the Home countries several of the players from both sides were pulled up for this. » ..
and Temple Club.
Macdonald of Canada played Hyde"Lay of Hongkong, the former winning by 21 shots to 5.- Reuter.
London, Later.
other re-
The following were sults:
100 metres, boys' and girls' hand!- Englan dby 21-13.
cap
I-Tang Pul-him..
2-Lau Po-hang
3-Pang Yen-hing
100 metres (boy beginers)
I-Chi Chok-yu
2-Yip Hon-chuen
3-Lu Kak-him
200 metres breast stroke (girls)
I-Chan Chi-lai 2-Chan Yuk-king 3-Wong King-kah 200 metres.„(men's)
I-Lau Po-hi 2-Yeung Min-kiş
3-Kwok Fung-chan
50 metres (girl beginners)
1-Chi Dip-hin
3-Wong King-kam
3 Chan Chi-hal
200 metres breast stroke (boys')
1-Kan Yee-kim
2 Tsai Wan-ki 3-Lee Hang-fan 400 metres (open to the Colony)
1-W. T. Campbell 2--Shek Kam-pui
Also swam; Chan Chun-nam Riding the Horse
1-Cak Chak-fan-and-Yen-Stu-
ching
2-Lo Wal-pa end Kan Yip-hing 3-Yeung Min-kit and Leung
Chum-shing
Tug-O-War.
Actually, had, both teams settled down to water-polo instead of hav- ing miniature "scraps on their own, the result of the strenuous twenty Ave minutes in the water would have had a better result, but as it was both teams were lucky to cofè.
*
Staples Sprot (Scotland); beat McKinlay
Holloway (Waes) beat Rusk (Northern Ireland) by 21-13.
Walker (Australia) beat Harvey (South Africa) by 21-20.
Baker (Rhodesia) beat Keys points, of the game. (New Zealand),
Among the players was Major Bonavia, the well-known Army stumper and left hand-batsman, who was on the left wing of the Medicals and who displayed very good understanding of the finer
Pairs
In the Pairs. Hutchison and Längford (Canada) beat R. Paley and Cooper (Hongkong) by 18-15. South Africa beat Australia by 28-18.
Bink Game
The Medicals, probably becatise
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by Reuter as under:—
Monaco by 4 matches to one, win-shut put Chicago White Sox to give
At Rotterdam, Holland defeated selves in the return game.
In the American League, Bridges ning the two remaining singles.
Timmer. (Holland) beat bandau the Detroit Tigers 7-0 victory.
6-4,6-1, 3-4.
Knottenbelt (Holland) beat Gallepe
6-3, 4-6, 6-1,' 1-6, 6-4. ' Poland defeated Esthonia by 5 matches to nil, winning their final singles encounters in straight sets.
Scores as cabled by Reuter, were: Tarkowski best Pukk 6-3, 6-4, 6-1. loczynski beat, Lash 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. Strab (Hungary) beat Smith 5-7,
5-7, 6-1, 6-1, 6-2
Gabrovitz (Hungary) beat Haanes
8-2, 6-4, 9-11, 6-3. Hannes and Smith (Norway) beat Fetemery and Zichy 3-6, 6-4, 1-6, 6-1, 6-3.
G. O. ALLEN
of Major Boriavia's participation And His Sensational
settled down to the game early on but threw away countless oppor- tumities by bad passing and over- eagrèness to score.
Just before the interval while several members of both teams
Over
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London, July 20. GO. Alle the England and Middlesex fast bowler, is not to play in the Fourth Test, which begins at Leeds on Friday
In the Rinx game, New Zealand | were settling a private "feud", the beat Rhodesia 20-16-
East Lancs opened the
scoring Beuter.
through Thorpe their left winger, who netted from an unmarked His name was among the 15 position.
chosen 10 go to Leeds, but Mr. Findlay (secretary of MO.C.) stated at Lord's that Allen, not feels that he would not be able to. having recovered his full strength,
LOCAL COMPETITION.
RESULTS
Three games in the Open Lawn Bowls Championships were decid- ed in Kowloon yesterday on the Club de Recreio green.
T. Stainton defeated J. C. Brown by 21 shots to 11 in their Open Singles' encounter, the former playing consistently well although Brown brought off some pretty coups, scoring & threes out of his
total of 11.
"
In the only Pairs Championship game, W. K. Way and A. 8. Gomes
entered the final as a result "of a Both communications state that
splendid win over A. Chapman and the Philippines will be "most wel-
Chan Fan-yin. Li Kam-shing J. Fraser on the 22nd head, the 'come" to participate in the an-
pairs being level with nual inter-port tennis series. Of- and Li Ping-pul.
each on the 21st head. ficials of the Philippine Lawn Ten-Water-Polo Match
nis Association will meet soon to consider the proposals to send teams to this year's series in Shanghai and to that of 1935 in Hongkong.
nil.
Blacks beat Whites by 3 goals to
NET STARS DECLINE P.I. INVITATION
Strenuous European ·
Programme Ahead
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In the second half the Medi- cals drew as a result of a pretty bout of passing, Pike scorini with a lob during a scramble.
The final minutes of the gameplay even if selected.
Allen was not fit in the last Test were fraught with thrills as both
and did not bowl in anything like teams strove to take the lead, but his old form. His first over at despite two men being ordered out" | Manchester was a sensational one for infringements, neither side in Test cricket. It consisted of 13 were able to score again.
balls - foarno-balls and three widés. In the two Australian innings he obtained one wicket for 136. He made 82 rupa.
The teams were:- RAMC Colledge: Eagle and Horne; Wright; Pike, Adams and -Major Bonavia:
"B" Coy: East Lanes: Fildes; Butterworth and Mackay: Tagal; Arthur, Smith and Thorpe.
14 shots SHIP. SUBSIDY APPROVED
Play throughout was very close and all four men were up to the mark and sent down some accur- atc woods.
But Will Be Cut From Y50 To Y40 A Ton
Kobe, July 23.
On March 3 Allen had an internal operation and it was then expected that he would be out of first-class aricket for several months,
"Mr. J. H. Thomas, at a luncheon in London today given by the Council for England of the British Empire Games, mid: "I want to assure you that I take no responsi bility with regard to the recent controversy (Larwood] respecting the selection of the teams for the Games.**
PROPELLERS" WORTH TALKING ABOUT
In the remaining Championship. encounter tri the Rinks tourna- Plita applied for membership in
ment, G. C. Moss, W, Mair, Casing the international inter-port tennis
At the plenary meeting of the and Forest accounted for W. "E. Matine Commission yesterday, the loop in order to afford local ten- als players more foreign · compe-
Hollands, J. J. Gregory, Haynes and Government proposal to renew the E. G. Post by 23 shots to 17 in a subsidised tition. This is in keeping with
shipbuilding scheme Largest In The World Shipped Pilta's
fairly well contested-game. promotional
To The Clyde * programme
was unanimously approved, with a Manila, Aug. 1. which is intended to further deve-
The winners led from the start slight modincation. Against the Jack Crawford and Vivian Mc-to the 12th head when the oppo-Government intention to meet the lop tennis and stimulate more in-
Grath, members of the Australiansition took the lead for the first private demand of 750 per ton as
(Special Air Mail Servios) terest in the game here.
Davis Cup team turned down the time with a single.
London, July 20. "Also in keeping with Pilta's pro-invitation of the P. I. Lawn Ten-
a State subsidy, the Marine Com With a mightly hoist the world's Hollanda' rink played well and mission recommends a subsidy of largest stup's propeller was lifted motional programme is the or-
ris Association to stop in Manila kept the lead until the 15th head Y48. It is expected that the De-aboard the & Copeland in the ganization of a local, titer-port on their return trip to Australis when as a result of some very one partment of Communications will London Docks, series between Manila "and the
to play a series of matches against bowls by Mair and Moss, Moss rink prepare, on the basis of this re-. principal ports of the Islands. local tennis luminaries."
The propeller is the first of four Cebu Iloilo, Negros, and Zam-
scored a 5 and jumped into the commendation, the necessary designed for the Cunarder 634, and lead for the second time. boanga are among the ports which
to be introduced in the next ses are preparing for the first inter
3 and a 1 for the win They followed this up with a 3, son of the Diet. port series which is being planned by PДfa
The local interport tennis series outat regretted his inability to coupled with the national cham-accept the invitation to the team. pionship and the all-comers
The members of the team are tournament and the International going direct to Australia from Interpart series will afford ample Europe where they made a bid for competition for local tennis stars, Davis Cup honours. It is believed. The competitions. will also provide the needed
.
In a cable received yesterday by Dr. Regino R. Yanan, national physical director and secretary-1, treasurer of the PILTA, the man- ager of the Australian Davis Cup
GAME POSTPONED
will be taken by the Copeland to the Clyde to be fitted to the unier. which is nearing completion.
As already noted, the present scheme aims at the construction of
It weighs 35 tons, has 118 square for play at the Police Ground he 1935, scrapping an equal quantity valued at £7,000.
The rink game which was fixed 500,000 tons within five years after feet of surface, four blades, and is
tween á Civil Service four (Sim- or old vessels. By the above. monds, Deakin, Jones and Grim-grant-in-ald, the Government bur- said an official of the builders; the It is easily the world's biggest," mitt) and a team from the Cra den will be ¥4,800,000 a year, or Manganese Bronze gengower, C.C. di Bradbury 24,000,000 in all New vessels Company, Ltd. "I think the next and Brass
Beer and Omar) was postponed may be registered not only in biggest is on the Empress of They were unexpectedly elimi-No date has been fixed as yet for Japan, but in Formosa, Korea and Britain."
the Kwantung province (leased: territory).
stimulus among prospective tanninated by the United States in the the match;"
stars, tennis officials aver
WOMEN GOLFERS' TOUR
Anais of the interzone Davis Cup play. It is believed that the
strenuous campaign which the Au
tralian conducted in Europe where
they played not only in the Davis
Cup series but also in the Wimble don tournament was the principaA
factor in their refusal to dec
the invitation of the Pilta to play in "Manila.
ESPERANTO CONGRESS
MOTHER CRIES: FATHER SNUFFS!
Reactions to Leyland's Test Century
London,
Aid of "Hercules***
Sd bulký, is the propeller that At present cargo vessels only are the Port of London Authority's
entitled to the subsidy, but the doating crane, the Hercules, the scheme includes passenger largest which can get into the
boets.
ST. JOAN
dock, had to be used to lift it on to the ship.
we.
If the propeller had been larger should have had to load the
ship at Woolwich, or even farther. down the river,” said an omefal of the shipping company.
Miss Elisabeth Bergner To
Carefully wrapped in a protec Play In Film
tive covering of sheet-iron and canvas, the screw was a mighty, (Special Air-Mail Service)
sight as the big crane swung it and the other propellers are fitted London, July 20, to 534, the ship will have 140 tons Mr. O B Cochran announced of propellers alone. yesterday, that he has entered into Before the propeller reaches the an arrangement with Mr. George Clyde it win so to Southampton Bernard Shaw for filming Saint and then via Belfast and Greenock Joan,” with Mim Elisabeth Bergner in the leading part
(Special Aff-mail Service)
London July 20, Bcottish golfers and Americans loo-will regret that Mr. A ffolm, the British Woman Chai- Blon, is unable to travel as a mem-
While Maurice Leyland was scor- ber of the team which will play thatches against Canada and the Special to the "Hong Kong Dallying his wonderful Test century at. Press" (Copyright.)]
Manchester recently, his father United States in September Her Absence not only weakens the
Stockholm, Aug. 5 and mother were listening-in on team but reduces to one the re- The 26th International Esperanto the wireless at their house on the presentation from Scotland Mrs. Congress was opened here to-day Edgbaston cricket grouid at Bit Costs may not be the best woman and attended by two thousand formingham, where a Leyland golfer in Scotland but ane te quite elgn delegates representing thirty the groundsman to the Warwick the best putter, so she should not different countries and 8,000 othershire County Cipb.
Blog
Ship's Novel Cargoes Fear that much-vaunted excellence guests from beyond the Bwedun Harold Larwood and Voce were
also in the room when the an- "Saint Joan" will not be pro- Only one propeller is being taken on the greens which every Ame borders. fican golfer la allowed to possess. The opening ceremonies were bouncer said that Leyland had duged until next summer, and no at a time. Another will leave in a to a week, and the remaining two in If the two youthful finalists in presided over by Frau Maaye passed the century. Immediately decision shas been this year's Scottish Championship Gernbacher of Cologne, while the Mrs. Leyland burst out crying and whether it will be made in England August
Strange cargoes Miss Nan. Baird and Miss Jessie welcoming address the frat pot dashed out of the room overwhelm orbe United States.
tald the Copeland, Anderson, had also been included ton of which was given in Espered with pride and emotion. The play in its stege for
in even scenes and lasts three.
conveyed th the team Scotland would have anto was delivered by the Mayor Leyland's father was so pleased hours, but the tim sconto ALM Com
that he went round the ground shows request, will be much mor- and bal regretted less the enforced defec-of Stockholm, Nothin tion of the Champion.
Transocean Kuo Min.
offering everyone pinches of mualiter much more rapid and tragio ing circu
Boston Brooklyn
Boston Brooklyn
FOR
COUGHS
COLDS CHILLS SORE THROAT
FLU etc
PEPS
The following were the results:
National League
R. H. 713
E
2
7. 1
Breatheable Tablets
91
វ 9 1
Wally Berger homered Boston.
for
Cincinnati Chicago
Derringer pltched.
1
2
4- 8
5 11 1
4 10
1
Cincinnati Chicago
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Delancy and Durocher hom-
ered for Et. Louis.
0
1
Pittsburgh
7 13
-St. Louis
2
New York
7 13
0
Philadelphia
47
3
Terry and Melvin Ott homer÷
THE
ed for New York.
American Langue
Washington ................. 2 ID 0 Boston
1 6
Washington Boston
1
9 B 1
10 1
Philadelphia .......... 1 1. 1 New York
3. 8 2 Lazert and Lou Gehrig pitched for New York and Gomez for Philadelphia.
St. Louis
2. 10 1 Clevelanddarme 5-19 —0—
Trosky homered for Cleve→ · land.
Chicago
Detroit
2
7 10-0 Gehringer homered for De- troit. Bridges for Chicago--
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