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heats in the World's Professiona Championship was begun Thurston's Hall in Leicester Square yesterday, when Dav.s. the holder, was opposed by A. Brown, a young London player, who was making his first appearance in the competition. The winner of this match, whhh is of 31 games, will play H. Lindrum, of Australı,"in the final heat next week. Of the five games played in the afternoon Davis won four
Greater applause has seldom been heard in a billiard ball than when Brown won the first game Brown of the match at 82 to 23. deserved his victory. Arter gain- ing on a penalty he took the lead with a run of 20, and never lost It. Brown took a pink with the last red ball and the yellow and green in a row, to give him the He made a brit- lead at 47 to 23. liant
stroke fot the brown. boltom from the doubling it cushion tuto the top pocket hen doubled the blue across the table. and took the pink in a run of 15. CLEVER SNOOKERING
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Davis von the second game at 95 to 48, but he had to play at his best to do so. Davis secured a good lead by making runs of 16 and 29. but Brown made a run of
15, and snookered his opponent cleverly. With the red balls taken, Davis led by 66 to 41, but Brown
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another when he gained On
BE CHANGED
CONSIDERATION UNDER DISCUSSION
London. Apell 18. An important new step affecting the amateur law in lawn tennia is being considered within the Lava
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Tennis Association.
Committees, I hear, are to con- sider whether the allowing of ex- penses to competitors in open tournaments is desirable. If "such
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS FRIDAY, MAY -'8, 1936.
YANKEES WIN EASILY
RASEBALL RESULTS
New York, May 8, The following were the results of the League baseball matches played yesterday:--
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York Pittsburgh
a change is adopted it will be a re-Brooklyn. volutionary change in law-if not Cincinnatti invariably in practice.
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The complicated rules about lawn tennis expenses bewilder the gen- eral public.
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National teams, such as the Davis Wightman Cup sides, and partics sent on foreign tours by the TA. have their expenses paid. In certain circumstances, too, teams other than national ones may ob- 1 tain permission for this to be done.
But by LTA rules competitora in open tournaments are not allow ed to accept expenses. beyond a specified rebate on their hotel bills. The rules of the International the give Federation, however, different nations the right to make their own regulations in this mat- Some of them do allow tour- ter. nament expenses.
RISK OF BIG LOSSES
Local tournament committees- on whom devolves the onerous task of making their meetings pay-wil! propably not view the proposal to pay expenses with any enthusiasm. If to their already heavy expenses is to be added the further one of
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MILLIONS FOR TRADE FROM CORONATION
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FACTORIES READY FOR A RECORD
London, April 22. Millions of pounds of extra bust- ness, spread over a variety of trades, will be a direct result of the Coronation celebrations next year.
The Potteries, the Birmingham makers of metal trade, and the flags, hunting, and streamers in Lancashire and Yorkshire are al-
2 ready busy with preparations. They have the lesson of the Jubilee celebrations fresh in their minda, demand and anticipate a record
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit New York
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for decorating materials and sou- venirs.
It is estimated that at least 7,000,000 Coronation mugs and beakers will be supplied by the Potteries for distribution to school-
Vienna, May 0.
England suffered a dramatic de- feat in international football here to-day when her strong repre- sentative team was beaten by Aus- tria by the odd goal in three.
Sixty thousand spectators, in- cluding Vice-Chancellor Starhem- berg cheered Austria on to victory.
England, facing a strong sun 'in the first half was unable to stem the speedy early Austrian rushes. Viertl at outside left scored in the eleventh minute, and Gelter on the opposite wing added a second six- minutes later.
Thereafter England was superior the and relentlessly bombarded Austrian goal. But several chances of scoring were missed and it was zof until the 54th minute that Camsell, English centre-forward. reduced the arrears,- Reuter.
children. A director of the Royal F.R. BROWN'S 7 FOR 35
Doulton Works at Hanley," Star- fordshire, stated yesterday that the value of the Coronation 'pottery alone would exceed £500,000.
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The Pottery Federation offered two prizes of £25 each for the best design and the best shape for a standard Coronation mug suitable for schools. The mugs will probably sell for about 6d each.
makers of high-class Gleeson, Hal, Trosky and Vosmix pottery are preparing designs for limited editions of special collec- be sold at prices 1 tors' pieces to
between 10s 5d and 3 or 4 guineas. Moulds from which these plecés are made will be destroyed after a fixed number of copies have been taken."
hit home runs. Philadelphia
snooker, Davis then having a lead "putting up" those who "make the Chicago
tournament go" then small profits may be turned into big losses.
Moreover, there will develop com- petition among the tournaments, the promoters, bidding against each ather, to secure the best players. The tournament that could afford to "do them well-human nature being what it is--would secure more of the men and women most want ed in court.
The proposal is just another in- stance of the hopelessness of trying
of 20 paints and all the coloured balls on the cable, Brown, how- Davis ever, did not score again.
took the played very carefully. yellow and green, and after gain- free ing on a penalty he had a ball, and that spoll what remain. ing chance Brown may have had.
After some
Play Davis clever won the fourth game at 79 to 37, The play was not one-sided. Dayis made runs of 22, 14, and 10 to
to lead by $2 18, but Brown snookered his opponent, three timea; gaining points on each ocditions. casion, and at that point of the play Davis led by 52 to 33. Brown had a chance to take the last red, and had he done so it could have made a lot of difference. Davis Look it, and with it a pink, to lead by 59 to 33. Davis then gained on a snooker, took the yellow and green, and the blue and plok gave
im the game.
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Thefth game was won by Davis at 78 to 21. The chief runs in the early part of the play were 13 and 14 (twice) by Davis and 12 by Brown
DAVIS'S LEAD
At the end of a most interest-
ing days play Davis led by seven to thres, having won three
games
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Eve games played at night,
Browa won the first game at 67
to 64 There could not have been a better Anish In the early part
of the play Davis made runs of 19 and 15 and Brown a break of 16. With the red balls cleared Davis d by 57 to 47. Brown took the yellow and Davis the green and brown. The blue gave Brown his chance. and he took it, the pink
and black giving him the game.
Davis was too good in the
second game, which he won at 92
to 24. He made runs of 24, 22. 29. and 16, which included the yellow, and won it easily.
The fourth game was as good as anything could be wished for. It was won on the black by Brown at 84 to 59. With the yellow taken Brown led by 50 to 48, having He then took gained on penalties the green and brown but Davis secured the blue and pink to lead by two points. Brown doubled the black from the bottom cushion to the top to win a great game.
HOME CRICKET
London, May 0 -Oxford University and the Indian touring Test team finished the first day's play in their cricket fixture at Oxford in a fairly even state.
The University batted first and bit up 202, the Indians réplying with 79 for 2 before close of play.
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BOXING TITLE
Londa, May 6. Nel Tarleton of Liverpool re. Cathed the British featherweight ing championship - to-night, when he out-pointed Jannify King
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Manchester bantamweight champion over a 15 round contest how Liverpool football ground.
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sieve-like the tinker with amateur rule under changing con-
The table tennis people bave had the courage to abolish the words
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Much preparatory work, not only the selection of designs, but also Even-in the testing of colours, has yet to be done before the first Corona- tion pottery is produced. Produc- tion, however, will begin in real earnest, in the anturan.
"amateur" and "professional" and recognise only "players.” tually something of the sort may be forced on the International Lawn Tennis Federation, for no one can say truthfully now that big tawn tennis is amateur in the same sense as games that do not draw big gates.
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Makers of tags, streamers bunting are receiving hundreds of Inquiries from this country and the And it becomes more dimcuit Empire. Orders for cloth have al- year by year to keep up the pre-ready been placed on the Marches:
ter Royal Exchange, tence of amateurism.
Cairo. Apr. 19. F. R. Brown, the Surrey all- rounder. took geven All-Egypt wickets for 55 runs in the first M. unemicla; Test with Mr. H. Martineau's XI., begun here, yes- terday.
for Wismissed All-Egypt were 168, and at the close the tourists had made 100 or one. D. R. WIL cox, the Cambridge University and Esrex player. has made 41 not out and R. E S. Wyatt 38 not out.
Some of the larger Manchester textile houses are preparing de- signs for souvenir printed handker- chiets.
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Some anxiety is felt in the de corative materials trade lest goods should be imported from abroad. Union Jacks made in Germany, medals, made in Czechoslovakia
and streamers and fags Japan were dumped in this country A Manchester for the Jubilee. maker of flags said yesterday that make to Germany had begin Union Jacks and a large Colonial order had already been placed thers.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
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1-Grassly extravagant (7), 4-An enormous creature 17).. 9A slight squint (4). 11-Vocal imitation 14.. 14-Bluster (5). 15.-Heavy (3).
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17-To store indoors (3). 18-Contour - (7)
19. The main point (4) 20. Skiltu (4).
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YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION The following is th solution of yesterday's puzzle:-
Across
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1. Icicles: 5. Tourney: 9. I'm- passe; 12. Tapered; 15, Calm, 15 Extol; 17, Done; 18. Bias; Clubs; 20, Viol-(a)-(in); 21. Role: 24, Dials: 28. Peon; 28. Gherkin; 29. And-ante; 30, Poverty; 31.
22-Subdivision of a county (7). Spar-row,
25.-Ooze out (3))
27-An attempt (3.
28-In front of (5).
30-Grievously (4).
32.-Crop (4),
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33.-Fault (7). 24. Money advanced
"permits" (anagram) (7)..
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1. New (5). 2-Scorch (4).
3.-Dull (3). 5.-Unity (3),
6-London district (4). 7.-Mature (8). 8.-Destination (4). 9.-Plentiful 17), 10. Burke (7). 12-Kind of cheese 19. 13.-Issue (7). 15.-Dwarf (5).
16.The dally record (5). 21. A sweeping thing (5). 23.-A hindrance (4), 24-Hem in (5).
26. A thing of little value (4). 29.-Not bad (4).
31-King of deer; (3).
32.-English river (3).
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OLYMPIC CHESS:
"Hong Kong Daily Press", Specia i
Munich, May 6.
Tourna-
The "Olympic · Chess ment in which teams of 13-na- tions are expected to participate. will take place here in the second, half of August. Each team will comprise ten chess masters-and the tournament, which is organised by the German Chess Federation; will thus be the largest Chess. Contest ever staged. For this reason, the Olympic Committee has allowed it to be called
Chess "Olymple Tournament”—
Transocean News Service.
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