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SPORTING
SPORT
TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1938.
NEWS AND NOTES Down Through THE YEARS
LAWN BOWLS SENSATION
Landolt And Bradbury
Beaten At P.R.C.
HOOSEN AND MINU WIN
19-18
A sensation was caused yesterd 1y in the third round of the Colony Open Lawn Bowls Pairs champion ship when J. Hoosen and A B Minu. the well-known Interpart cricketer, defeated 3. $. Landolt and B. W. Bradbury, a strong co ubination from the Craigengower Cricket Club.
ITALY WINS TITLE
Paris, June 20. " won the
Italy yesterday world football championship for the second time by defeating the Hungarian team 4 to 2 be-. fore 10,000 spectators in the Colombes stadium. (Trans- ocean).
"TENNIS LEAGUE
The Indian Recreation Club pair won by 19 shots to 18 On the
HE DIED AT HIS WICKET
"W.G.'s" Son Hits Boundary
Then Drops Down
Major C. B. Grace, son of Dr. W. G. Grace, greatest of all then fell dead st cricketers smashed a ball to the boundary his wicket at Bexhill, Sussex, recently, writes a Home correspondent. He had walked to the wicket ten minutes before. The score was 283. Steadily it mounted... 290... 296. 296.
Spectators roared their applause. Could the score reach 300, a record for the club?
"Give us a boundary, Majer!" one supporter shouted.
last head, the Craigengower pair eded three shots to clinch the Kowloon C.C. Lose li Grace's bat flashed.
issue but only managed to score two.
The match was played on the
Police Recreation Club green.
On the same green three other GOLD CUP CLASSIC
ties in the same competition were
decided.
A. M. Omar and U. M. Omar Wanted By
holders of the title, elfiminated V. į
Mixed Doubles
Playing away against the United
The bowler's arm swung, Major, works team to strong local eleven, The ball sped died scoring the runs that gave it
A record.
His wife was in Switzerland. A tragic telegram from England sent
hurrying home.
to the boundary.
The crowd rose to cheer. "Then the batsman fell.
"We thought for a moment heiher Services Recreation Club the Row-had lainted with excitement," Mr. loon Cricket Club "A" team lost J. Hubbard, secretary of the club, told me "But to our horror we Oakland by 5 sets to 4 yesterday,
found he was dead.
Scores:-
Hamsay and J. McKelve, of the Yacht Club. In 1939 L. Goldman and Mrs. Baines
Kowloon Dock R.C., by 21 shots tu
while M. J. Medina and J. Cavanagh defeated G. Duncan and W. Gill by 22 shots to 14.
W. Hillyer and J. Hollidge beat H. Stoneham and C. B. Hosking. of the Kowloon Bowling Green Club. by the easy margin of 23 shots to rine.
on
The Pacific Coast, and particu- larly the Oakland Yacht Club con- tingent, will be pulling for a Call tornia "victory when the 35th re- newal of the Gold Cup, America's blue ribbon motorboat classic, is run the Detroit River next Labour Day.
The Pacific yachtsmen. in addi- tion to the honour of winning the historic prize, above all would like to make the race a featured fix- Harvey and Hall beat Smith and türe of the 1939 Golden Gate In- Brown by 26 shots to 15,
KOWLOON MATCHES The following matches were de- elded at Club de Recrelo yester- day.
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ternational Exposition to be held
(U.S.R.C.):
14
lost to E. C. Fincher and Mrs.
Williams
5-7
beat E. F. Fincher and Mrs.
Burnett beat G, C. Burnett and Mrs.
Sweeney
Miss and Major Baines
Criffitha (U.S.R.C.): lost to Fincher and
Williams lost to Fincher "and
Humett
6-4
6-3
01.
Mrs.
0-6
Mrs.
5-7
beat
Sweeney
Burnett and
Mrs.
6-3
F. Howell and R. Craig beat in San Francisco Bay. says the p. C. Misra and Mrs. R. Holmes Phillipe and Fraser by -ahots to Christian Science Monitor.
13.
At the Kowloon Cricket Club
The Oakland Yacht Club #ll! sponsor the. Italian team. if for
and resulted as follows--—
green three matches were played elan entries are forthcoming again this year. and hope to have an added threat in Dan Arena. Faci- bc Coast Inboard champion for the past two seasons.
and Ferguson
Colman
bent White and Randall by 21 shots to 16.
Lines and Duncan wall by 22 shots to 11 In their match against J. Luz and Basto.
Ribeiro and Alves beat. Ribeiro and Basto by 22 shots to 16.
US. BASEBALL RESULTS
New York, June 20. The following are the results of aseball matches played yester- day:--
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(Twelve innings were played).
arena, who viewed the 1938 cup event in Detroit from the specta tor fleet to observe the interna: tional style of competition. plans to enter a new boat for the coming championships.
EXPECT FIELD OF EIGHT
A feld of eight American and Canadian challengers now is in prospect for the Labour Day re- chances appear and the gatta
invasion by good for a second French and Italian drivers,
The French will race under the colours of the Detroit Yacht Club and Oakland is backing the Ita- Ellans. In the event that one ot 2 foreigners wins, the trophy will gu 4 to the sponsoring club.
R.
H.
.St. Louis
8 15
New York
î 16
St. Louis
• 10
New York
2 7
1
(Bartell and
Ott homered
the Glants).
ů
Cincinnati
Boston
for
Herb Mendelson. the defending title-holder of Detroit: Horace E. Dodge, also of the Detroit club; Rels, former thrice cup George winner of Lake George. N. Y., and Pasadena, Calif.; J. C. Fischer: Cincinnati, O.: Jack Rutherford,
14 15
1 4 (Berger and Craft homered for Yacht
the Reds.
Pittsburgh
Philadelphis
(U.S.R.C.):
lost to Fincher and Mrs.
Williams
beat Fincher and Mrs. Bur-
dett
beat Burnett
Sweeney
and Mrs.
MATCH ABANDONED
His son Henry aged twelve was told later how his father had died. Marion Grace, the "dead man's fourteen-year-old daugh- ter, to whom he was devoted, is at school in Bexhill.
Mr. Douglas Carey, secretary of
Dr. W. G. Grace, black-bearded the opposing team. from Bidley.giant, dominated cricket in Eng- said. "We all ran to help him as land for thirty years. he fell. When we found he was
His son, never famous. In cricket, dead the match was abandoned at was devoted to the game, and to ance."
his father's memory. Mujor Grace was fifty-six, An intimate friend said: “He managing engineer, of Weald Elec-lived for cricket, told great stories tricity Company.
For his immortal father. Be sure of founded He
the company's this: This is the way a Grace cricket team, raised it from a small would have wished to die."
THE WALKER CUP INDIAN TENNIS
3-6 Great Britain Wins.
At Last
6-4
6-4 SOME GREAT SCORES
WIN FOR RECREIO Playing at home. the Kowloon Cricket Club "B" lost to Club de Recrelo by 5 sets to 31.
Scores:-
S.
A. Gray and Mrs. Clarke . (K.C.C, "B"):
lost to A. V. Remedios and
Miss M. Ribeiro
drew with J. Gonsalves and
Mks A. Remedios...
6-8
5-7
beat A. V. Cosano and Miss
A, Roza
8-4
5-7
A. E. P. Guest and Mrs. Knight
(K.C.C. "E"); lost to
Gonsalves and Miss Remedios lost to Remedios and ML33 M.
1-8 Ribeiro last to Gosano and Miss Roza 3-6 E. Blum and Miss V. Bradbury
(K.C.C. "B"):
beat Gonsalves and Miss Re-
medios
drew with Remedios and Miss
Ribeiro
6-4
B-5
drew with Gosano and Miss
Roza
6-6
B.
15 14
4.9
3
1
| Wilson, of Ingersoll, Ont., are listed as the likely American and Canadian contenders for year's honours.
ARMY TENNIS
this
(P. Waner and Rizzo homered
tar the Pirates and Arnovitch,
3 commodore of the Palm Beach
Club. and Harold
BUILDING NEW BOATS Wilson and Fischer are having
Davis and Martin for the Phillies), new boats built for the champion
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
16 10
3 10
is, reported to q ships. Mendelson
have a new defender under con-
(P. Waner homered once Rizzo twice for the Pirates).
Chicago
Brooklyn
Chicago
Brooklyn
Win For The R.A.0.C
In the Small Units tennis league and struction and Rels is rumoured to yesterday the R.A.0.C. beat "D"
be engineering another prospective | Coy, Royal Scots by 7 champion. Dodge has stated he Scotes:-
1 will have two new craft in the Chesterman & Gili (R.A.0.C.):
sets to 2
9
#
12
1 Beld
beat McKenzie-Kennedy and
Rutherfurd will enter his amaz
9
1
Douglas
3
5
2
ing Juno, which recently set up a
beat Jackson and Bell
8-3 6-1
(Demaree and Bryant homered Gold Cup one-mile speed mark of
for the Cubs).
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston
2 11 3 €
Chicago
89.776 miles an hour. The record. approved by Charles F. Chapman. American Power Boat Assockition racing commission, goes on the 1 books as a 732 cubic-inch unsuper- 0 charged standard. Last fall at
(Walker homered for the White Washington Rutherfurd had made
Sox).
Boston
6.
14
1'
Chicago
1.
ๆ
1
New York
9
2 1
St. Louis
10
13
1
New York
T
10
C
St. Louis
7
8 0
a cup class mark of 84.80 m.p.b. with Juno; using a motor of only
025 cubic-rich displacement.
TEAM
Players Visiting England
Great Britain" won the Walker Little has been seen so far in tap for the fird time at St. England of the Indian team, who Andrena recently, winning the aave come over to play at Wimble- singles by Ber watches tu three don and other English tourna- and the fourumes by-two matches) ments. tu one with our match huferd.
"Well,' said an old Walker Cup player to me in the Big Room at St. Andrews, well, we've lived to see the day." writes a London cor- respondent. I shook him "mutely by the hand. It was a great day and a famous victory. Not only to the players are congratulations due. but the selectors who moulded them into a team imbued with a priceless spirit of comrade-
His best player is SLR. Sawhney. ship and to their captain, Beck' who rode them on the snaffle with who recently beat D. Mitic and F. the utmost judgment and, having Ceinar in Egypt, and at doubles a difficult decision to make as to has beaten L. Hecht and R. Menzel the singles did not do the obvious in India. thing and was entirely justified.
They are the first official players- to be sent out by the All-India Association, for previous Indian teams have been largely composed of Government and Army officials on leave in Europe.
The captain, L. Brooke Edwards, has been a doubles champion of India three times and runner-up three times, and has played against visiting teams from Italy, Austria, Japan and Yugoslavia.
Ghaus Mohammed, who had the In the end we did not actually best home, record during the win- need that one invaluable point ter, has beaten A. Stedman: and that we had gained in the four-Ranbir Singh, another member of somes, but, my goodness, there the team, twice beat F. Puncec in were moments in the afternoon India, and took H. Henkel to five when we devoutly thanked heaven sets at Wiesbaden. › Mehta at pre- for it and thought that it might save our necks. Things did go il very i, for a while. but there was always a strong faith in our last three men and nobly they lived up to it
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THE FINISH
The crowd, and it was a very big crowd, had been steadily converg- ing on the club bouse. As Billows played his last shot on to the green there came from every
quarter one immense
rush
sent, shares the national doubles and mixed doubles championships, but has been down with influenza
London,
Others in the team are Yudishtra Singh, doubles champion with Mehta, and Mahmood Alam, the most promising of the younger Indian players.
Was
Fischer was just ahead till he let putt slip at the short eighth. Crawley squared there and people through the valley and up pitiless afterwards, laying a won- the bill till, in a flash of lightning derful chip dead at the 14th and beat Marshall and Purdie 8-3the green was surrounded by a holing right across the green, in- Borcock & Fannar (R.A.U.C.):
vast silent ring of people.
deed from the outgoing to the in-" last to Mackenzie-Kennedy It need scarcely be added that coming green, at the 15th. Finally
and Douglas .........
the losers took their defeat in the Fischer presented him with the best Jackson and Bell.... 6-1
best possible part. and if ever 17th by trying an entirely Innatic beat Marshall and Purdie... 0-4.
there was a ring of sincerity
pitch straight for the pin over the anything it was in the congratula Road Bunker. The ball could only Huni & Nicholson (B.A.0.0.):
lost to Mackenzie-Kennedy
and Douglas ..... beat Jackson and Bell
4-8
tions of F. Quimet, their captain.
6-0 6-0
THE LEAD AT LUNCHEON
beat Marshall and Purdie... 6-1
Sporting Fixtures
TODAY
(Game was called, in the eighth BADMINTON-Y. M.C. inning owing to darkness).
Philadelphia
Cleveland
4
2 7
Badmin
ton, in the West Lounge.
AND BILLIARDS
DARTS-MC- Evan-Younger League, R. A. Lyamun Y. R.AMC.; Royal En- gineers. R. Scots "A": Garrison
1 a
(Moses tamered for the Athleties and Campbell for the Indiana),
Indian T.C. Y. Chinese RC.; Kowloon €.C. v. Club de Recreio: Indian R.C. v. Cralgengower C.C... University v. Civil Service CC Hong Kong C.C. v. South China
THURSDAY, JUNE 23
A.A
indians) Mess v. Middleser R. Scots "B" TENNIS Division, Kowloon
MAX 10 11
Washington- ..ti. Detroit
29 (Ross homered for the Tigers). (Reuter).,
FANLING GOLE
The Bogey (Par), Pool played on the Old Course, Fanling during the -week-end resulted in a win for R.] E. Nelson (15) with a score of "all square."
There were 29 entries.
R. A. Stonecutters. MEETING-Kooon Chess Club,
at Peninsula Hotel, 5.30 p.m. SWIMMING-Mixed Swimming, in
Y.M.C.A. Swimming Pool... TABLE TENNIS.-Cheero
Table Tennis. - TENNIS"A" Division, Kowloon O.C. v. Chinese R.C.; Indian R.C: v Club de Recrelo;-Bouth China AA. v. United Services F.C
Club
- TOMORROWLAN TENNIS-"3" Division, Kowloon
C.C. v. Army TC.; Indian R.C. v. Chinese R.C.; University v. Club de Recreid; Kowloon Tong R.C. v. South China A.A..!
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end in the Road, and there it did end.
Bruen played very well. against Now let us see how things stood Yates, but not quite well enough.
because the amateur champion went round in 10 to be three up.
·STEADY GOING
at lunchedn. Superficially they were excellent, for Great Britain led in five matches out of eight and there was that one priceless point gained in the foursomes to
Peters was thoroughly steady fall back upon. At the same time two of
the leads were of the abd good to be three up on Rey- shortest and one small malignant nolds Smith, Stowe also played turn of fortune's wheel might finely to be at one time three up alter everything. The best golf of on Kocsis. He lost all his lead the morning on the British side rather through his enemy's bril was played by H Thomson, who lance than through any fault of was flawlessly magnificent, almost his.. and then recaptured the leadi magnificently dull, for his 69 or by holing a fine putt for a 3 at 70, and made Goodman look.com- the Home Hole, whereupon he monplace.
· FRIDAY, JUNE ZA Z
CRAWLEY PLAYS WELL TENNIS.-"D" DIVISIon, Army T.C. Crawley played almost equally,
v: Chinese R.C.: South China A.Awell against Fischer, who is
a
leaped in the air with joy. Kyle, for once, started admirably, and was cut in 38. He went on play- ing well till he was three up with two to go, and then Haas had a
at the Road Hole and 3 at the
v. Club de Recreto; Radio Sports very fine golfer indeed, and to be Club. v. Craigengower CC: Police four up on him was great work last. Kyle had played a truly Ra v Civil Service: CC), Kow-There was some sparkling golf lovely pitch to the Home Hole, but loon Tong R.C., Ladian R.C. going on Crawley Winning the Baas holed ruthlessly before him, Kowloon Indian T.C., Kowloon second in Fischer counter and Kyle never reached the hole
attacking with a 3 at the third from 6ft 0.0.
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