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HONG KONG. DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1936.
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LANCE CORPORAL PEARSE WINS ARMY
ARMY HARBOUR SWIM
EXCITING FINISH
each: 4. 1st Batt. Royal Ulster Rides 79 points.
The oficials were as follows: Chier Judge: Lt. J. P. Wuliams
EYSTON'S RECORDS
BROKEN
WITNESSED
(Bast" Lancs.)
Assistant Judges, Fudes C.S.M. Wilson.
and
Jenkins Motor
FRED PERRY GIVES
INSPIRED DISPLAY
EASILY DEFEATS
GENE MAKO
WINS FIRST SET ··
IN EIGHT MINUTES
American Tennis Championship
!!
Forest Hills. Long Is. Sept 7. Fred J. Perry. Wimbledon title holder for the past three years. thrilled a crowd of one thousand spectators' to-day when in an in- spired display he advanced to the quarter-finala ut the American Champlonan as disposing of Gene Mako, the American Davis Cupper, 1. four sets.
"U.S. BASEBALL
Double Header, Win For Yankees
New York, Sept. 7. The following were the results!! of the
Deague major
Baseball matches played to-day.
New York
NATIONAL LEAGUE
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R. H. E.
6. LI
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2
14 14
1
Melvin Ott homered. Philadelphia
New York
Ott and Burtell homered.
Philadelphla
11 19 2
Brooklyn Boston
2 10 0
1 4
0
Brooklyn Boston
1 7
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4
"8
1
St. Louis
5
3
Moore homered
Pittsburgh
4
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who won the
St. Louls
1
Pittsburgh
14 18
· Perry won 6-0. 6—3. 3—6. 6—2. So brilliant was the Wimbledon champion, that he swept the Am- crican T the court to win the first set to love in eight minutes. Gene Mako was helpless against the stream of brilliant volleys by
Perry.
Elsworth Vines. Wimbledon championship in 1932,
was among the thrilled spectators. "I am glad I am not out there against Perry to-day." remarked Vines.
Henry Culley. of California, de- feated Sidney B. Wood. Wimbledon champion in 1931, and American Davis Cup star. 6-4, 7-5, 3-6, 6--3. Culley will meet Perry in the quarter-finais.
British hopes were further rals- ed when Miss Kay Stammers dis- posed of Mrs. John Van Ryn by the scores of 6-2, 6-1. to enter the quarter-final round of the women's singles championship.--- Reuter.
INTERPORT BOWLS
Hong Kong Defeat Shanghai R.C.
Shanghai Sept, 7.
The Hong Kong Interport Jawn bowls team beat the Shanghai Re- creation Club by 24 shots to 21 to-day in their first match in the northern port.
The Hong Kong team comprised A. E. Contes. J. F. MacGowan, H A. Alves and A. Hyde Lay (skip)
Hong Hong will meet Shanghal to-day on the Police Lawn Bowls Club green in Hongkes Park I the First Interport match... Rruler.
HONG KONG BEATEN
Shanghal, Sept. 6. The Club de Lusitano beat the. Hong Kong team by 24 shots to it to-day.
Reuter.
HOME FOOTBALL
Bolton And Preston In Goalless Draw
Jensen hit a home run,
"Chicago
2 11 0 6 મ. 1
Chicago
Cincinnatti
F. Herman hit a home rùn.
Cincinnatti
4 10 3 8 12 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia
Pinkte Higgins hit a New York
3 9. 4 homer.
Philadelphia
New York
4 4 1
3 € 0 8 12 2
Lou Gehrig. Salt and Guver
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homered.
Boston
4 11 3
Washington
6 14
Buston
8
.9
0
Washington
3. 10
0
Detroit
8 17
0
Walker homered. Chicago
Detroit
7 15 2 Goose Goslin. G Walker and Gehringer hit homers. Chicago
14
0
8 18 2
!!
6 8 1 4 10 4
St. Louis "Cleveland
Weatherly and Earl' Averill
hit home runs.
St. Louls Cleveland Reuter.
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HOME CRICKET
All India Draw With Cahn's XI
MUSTAQ ALI HITS FINE SCORE
London, Sept. 7.
Lieut. J. M. Calvert
Beaten By Touch
TWENTY EIGHT SWIMMERS
PARTICIPATE
Lance Corporal Pearse, of the Royal Engineers beat Lt. J. M. Calvert of the same regiment, by a touch to win the annual Army cross harbour swim under the auspices of the Hong Kong, Area Sports Board which took place yesterday commencing from the Railway Pler at 4 p.m. Pearse's time was 24 mins 9 secs, and Calvert was 2/5 sec, behind.
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Twenty
eight swimmers part. represenung uve regiments stationed in the Colony, and while the Royal Engineers took first place | with individual performances, the 2nd, Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment carried off team honours, the fourth fifth, sixth and seventh places. being occupied by this re- giment.
The finish was most exciting; the crowds thronging the Royal Army Service Corps Camber Pier, near the Nayai Yard. shouting themselves hoarse with cries of encouragement to the first two swimmers who finished the last
ew yards side by side.
As a matter of fact the final
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decision in favour of Pearse came as a surprise, as many had thought that Lt. Calvert touched arst.
Certainly viewing the finish from a motor boat within twenty yards" of the pler, it looked as if Lt. Calvert won by a touch.
He deserved to win, although Pearse lead from start to finish. Calvert chose to swim a right hand course towards Hong Kong, which meant battling against the cur- rent, but when nearing the pler he had the assistance of the current to bring him in. Pearse, on the |other hand, was carried somewhat Fout of his course by the strong
·cross current, and had to battle the last few yards, to bring him to the official finishing spot.
RACE DESCRIBED Twenty-eight swimmers got, ok
to a good start and for the Arst two hundred yards were bunched together. Gradually two WWII- mers, Pearse, followed by Hailley drew away from the rest, swim- ming directly for the camber., Lt. Calvert with Taylor on his heels struck out for No. 1 buoy, well to the right of the camber, and soo these four swimmers had assumeri a lead from the rest that was nevet likely to be overtaken.
Until the half way mark, the rest of the field (apparently in an ef- fort to obey Instructions received before starting) endeavoured to keep in the track of Lt. Calvert and Taylor. Pearse and Halliley, there- |fore, were two lone swimmers keep- ing to the left. These two split company half way across. Halllley striking out for the stern of H.M.S. Adventure, while Pearse was con- tent to drift further left. At this stage the leaders were as follows: 1. Pearse 2. Lt. Calvert; 3. Halllley; and 4. Taylor.
Calvert keeping steadily to his course passed close to No. 1. buoy swimming strongly. He gained ap- preciably on Taylor. Pearse 50 or more yards to the left of 'these two passed buoy 6 leading, Halllley, who was by now some. 25 yards to his right.
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This' was kept up for some time, until it was noticed that Taylor The cricket match played be- was suddenly on the heels of tween All India and St Julien Pearse, having apparently drifted Cahn's XI at Loughborough Road.with the strong current away from Nottingham, ended in a draw.
Calvert. He was swimming with The match commenced on Batura fine rhythmical stroke, and look- London, Sept. 7.
the tossed as if he might overtake Pearse In the First Division of the foot day. The Indians won
and batted first but had made aome ten yards in the lead. ball league. Bolton playing at
PEARSE IN LEAD home to-day, were held to a goal-only nine runs when rain preven-
less draw by Preston.
There were several other drawn matches.
ted further play,
A quarter of a mile from home,
On Monday the weather cleared it seemed still apparent that Pearse and the Indians continued their had a slight advantage in lead innings. They scored 242 for over Calvert but the former was
The following were the resulta: nine wickets, declared. Mustae heading far too much to the left
Bolton Charlton
First Division
Second Division
D
All being the highest contributor and would have as a conséquence with 8 runs to his credit..
to make up by swimming diagon-
0 Bir Julien Cahn's ΧΙ had ally against the current for the
@ Preston
2 Stoke
Aston Villa
1 Notts F
1
Barnley
• Fulham
2
scored 138 runs for six wickets: when stumps were drawn,--- Beuter.
Southampton
1 Doncaster
0
Swansea
-2 Coventry
0
Third Division (South)
Luton Notts C.
2 Walsall
@ Crystal P.
1
Afghan Olympic Team
Crewe
Halifax
Third Division (North)
Oldham
Port Vale
Rotherham
Stockport Tranmere
Reuter
1 Chester
2 Barrow
1 Lincoln
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HOME HOCKEY
Defeated
London, Sept. 5.
narrow "official","finish (the, right hand landing step of the R.A.S.C. pler.)
Taylor now commenced to drift left towards the praya wall in Wanchal, and was frantically, in- structed by followers in rowing bonis to keep right." He had con- sequently to make up much leeway and fell behind to some extent.
́EXCITING FINISH
Two hundred yards from home, Pearse, and Calvert were level, al-
Q In a match played at Cambridge though about 25 yards separated
3 N. Brighton 1 to-day the Hockey Association the two swimmers. Both were
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2 hockey team, which is at present | amongst the crowded spectators
in England, by five goals to one-lining the pier grew frantic as the British Wirelen..
men approached the Antsh
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Pearse was slightly in the lead but he had to swim at an angle of 45 degrees to "touch" as the right hand landing pler steps. Calvert, who had swum much the "brailer" race struck out straight for the pler and ten yards from home, the two men swam side by side.
As stated previously, so close was the Anish that, it appeared as if Calvert was the first to couch. Certain it was, however, that little separated these two competitors, for only 2/5 of a second separated them. Halliley, in the meanwhile, after having left Pearse 400 yards from the finish, had less leeway to make up than the latter and
finished some 15 yards behind the frs, two.
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Taylor, swimming an erratic course nearing the Island, came in some few minutes later, followed by four other East Lancashire" men. This regiment therefore won the team place, easily.
Recorders: C.S.M, Archer. Time-keeper: C.S.M. T. Grinham, (2nd. Battalion, R. W. Fusiliers).
Starter: Lt. K. W. B. Murphy. 2nd, Batt. East Lanes.)
The following teams participated: 2nd. Battalion East Lancashire Regiment: Lawton. Thorpe, Taylor, Hulme, Turner, Boy Derbyshire, and Sykes.
Royal Engineers: Lt. Calvert. Lt. Baron, L/C. Pearse, L/C. Jor- dan, Goble and Grindley.
Royal Artillery: C. Miller, E. Halley, J. Withers, and Wool- dridge.
Vister
D. Jones,
1st. Battalion Royal Rifles: B. Bumster, J. Bulpin, J. Precautions taken by the au-
Chivers. W. Fleeton. W Young, M. thorities against mishap, were very Bowey, and R. Beggs, thorough Two cutters each from
Royal Welch Fusiliers: B. Roberta, the 8th Heavy Brigade (R.AD. Cordon, D. Davies. Royal Welch Fusiliers, East Lan- Newman, and F. Jones. cashires and Royal. Ulster Rifles, |** followed
least two the race at strong swimmers being included in each crew. Fortunately, their ser- vices were not required.
COMPLETE RESULTS
The results were as follows: Individual swimmers: 1. L/C. Pearse R.E.) Time: 24 mins. 9 secs; 2 Lt. Calvert (R.E.), Time: 24 mins. 9.2/5 secs; 3. Halliley (R.A.); Taylor (East Lancs): 5 Turner East Lancs.): 8. Boy Derbyshire (East Langs.)
Team position:1. 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. 22 point; 2. Royal Engineers, 25 points: 3. 8th Heavy Brigade, Royal Artillery and 2nd Batta. Royal Welch Fusiliers (tled) 63 points
BALLOON RACE RESULTS
Warsaw, Sept. 1. According to the results of the Gordon Bennet balloon race." the Belgian balloon Belgica was first with a distance of 1.700 km. the German balloon Deutschland se- cond, with 1560 kilometres and the Swiss balloon Zuerich third with 1.550 kilometres. These results. however, are not official.
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Great anxiety prevails regard ing the fate of the Polish balloon Lopp of which nothing has been heard since the start a week ago.
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➡THE VIRGINIANS
Speed Feats
Salt Lake City, Sept. 8." Jenkins established the following records it is officially stated: «
200 Miles; 162 m.p.h.. 500 Klometres: 163.73 k.p.h. 500 Mues: 159.03 m.p.h. 1,000 Kilometres: 159.41 kp.h. 1,000 Miles: 158.47 m.p.h. 2,000 Kilometres: 157.18 k.p.h. Three hours: 158.93 m.ph. Six hours: 157.33 m.p.h.. Twelve hours: 152.84 m.p.h.
He covered 1,942 miles in a little over twelve hours when the clutch burned out and he was forced to abandon the attempt-- Reuter.
EARLIER MESSAGE
Salt Lake City, Sept. 7. Ab Jenkins, famous American speed driver, in a Duesenberg- Jenkins Special, is attacking Cap- tain George Eyston's twenty-four and forty-eight hours records over the salt Mats at Bonneville, and so far bas done well,
Already he has smashed Capt. Eyston's Agures for the 200, 500 and 1,000 kilometres. He travell ed a record distance in three and six hours.
Jenkins also improved on his own 200 miles record. and is lap- ping 160 miles an hour now. Reuter.
Soviet airmen are on the search. but rain and Tog make their task extremely dumcult
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