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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 1939.
** In the World of Sports
How Shayes' Brilliant Defeat Of Destremau Gave Britain Davis Cup Tie v. France
LEAGUE BOWLS SELECTIONS
Some Teams For Saturday
lawn
The following are some bowls teams for Saturday's League
MATCH OF THRILLS WENT TO MAN
Axtures:- BETTER TEMPERAMENT WITH
Great Britain's win over France in the quarter-final round of the European Zone of the Davis Cup at Wimbledon appears to have been in the nature of a pleasant surprise for Home sup- porters Below a special-English-correspondent writes_on_the last two singles games. Britain, it will be remembered, were badly beaten by Germany in the "semi-finals a few days ago.
(By a Home Correspondent)
LONDON, May 28-Great Britain, to our delight and may-ˆ be astonishment, overcame France in their Davis Cup-tle at of Wimbledon yesterday, and so pass into the semi-final round the European Zone-a match for which they have to travel either to Germany or Sweden next week-end. R. A. Shayes settled it in the first of the two singles by beating B. Destremma in' four sets, 6--3, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5,' and while high tribute must paid to Shayes for his courage in -curbing daring strokes- courage that often seemed to be at breaking-point-lt will re- main one of the strangest matches ever played in the petition."
be
com.
Having so splendidly won the doubles on the previous day. odd match up, so, after all, the the British team were the issue was not to hang on the last match, in which C. E. Hare. after all his exertions. would have been faced by C. Bövarus, and. since he has never beaten Boussus in his life, misgivings about a well-earned Actually Hare took the outcome were justised. rest, and Shaffi came in to play Boussus in a match that had no more than academic intereat. Boussus won 6-0, 6-2, 7-5. and so the tle went to Britain by three matches to two.
1ST DIVISION
Club de Recreio "A" (home) v. C. 9. C. C.-C. M. Silva, J. E. V. Ribeiro, LJ. Bilva and F. I Silva -(skip); J. Luz A. F. Gutteres, R. F. Luz and H. A. Alves (skip); L. E J. E. Xavier, CE Marques, Noronha and C. G. Silva (skip).
Craigengower C. C. (home) v. Police R C.-J. W. Leonard, K. M. Omar, A. E Coates and B.. W. Bradbury (akip), A. M. Omar, W. Ward, J. B. Landolt and U. M. Ömar (skip); A. A. Razack, L. C. R. Souza, C. S. Rosselet and R. Basa (skip)..
2ND DIVISION Crafgengover C. C. (homey v. Tal- koo Docks:-J. H. Xavier, D. A. Rozario, H. W. Randall and M. A. R. Souza (skip); A. J. Coelho, F. X Delgado, E Zimmern and J. Cavanagh (skip); W. J. Penny, Dr. N. P. Karanja. T. Locke and W. K. Way (clip).
Kowloon Tong G. C. A. (away) 7. E. F. C.-C. Mose, H. Y. Hsu, J. L. Stephens and A. Spary (skip); Y. Abbas, A. E. Castro. A. J. Kew and A. H. Basta (skip); J. N. Wong, T. K. Lim. W. J. Howard and H. Gittins (skip).
television cameras.
Members of the West Indies cricket team before the BBC's
Jack Kidney, manager of the team, I on the extreme right, and Rolph Grant, the captain, is back centre. Other players in the picture are L" N. Constantinė, "G. Headley, E. A. Martindale, G. Gomez. J. E. D. Sealey, and J. B. Stollmeyer. (By courtesy BBC),
Sporting Fixtures
TO-DAY
İTENNIS.—C' Division. Radio. Pos. tal Sports V. Craigengower, South China V. Central Brt. tish. Kowloon Tong v. Recreio, Chinese v. Indians.
TO-MORROW TENNIS-D Division (1), Kow- loon Dock Kowloon Tong. Kowloon Indians v. Indians B..
The Shayes-Destremau match in spite of a double fault he "held with its astonishing phases of good on to hts serve for 4-2 and 5-3. and bad, beggars description. The land again he served out the set
3RD DIVISION strain of the occasion rested to love.
Club de Recreio (home) v. H. K. heavily upon both men, and it was! Ten minutes rest should have E. R. C.-M. F. Alacon, A. M. really Destremau. whose nerves restored him, for the strain of all Rodrigues. J. R. Soares and O. P. →→ falled him in the crisis.
this forcing was immense. They Remedios (skip); A. F. Noronha, This was not the first time that returned to play one of the F. A. Xavier, C. A. Lopes and E he has lost the match he was strangest sets that Wimbledon has Souza (skip): J. A. Remedios, C. Vas, C. M. 8. Alves and P. A. supposed to win, but it was Shayes ever seen, and pressing him mercilessly on the Great Britain into the semi-final. Yvanovich (skip)."
volley, driving him out of court. through the length and pace of his early, drives, who must .have the credit; and although. Shayes was far from being with. out his purple patches, the finest thing about him was that he could pull himself together just as .he seemed to be going to pieces.
One dreadfully loose game would be followed by drives and volleys of sheer brillance that were beat- ing his man by yards; if only Shayea's return of service smash had been stronger he have rumped away.
and
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C. E. Hare (G.B.), beat B. Destremau (France), 6-2, 6 36, 14-12.
R.A. Shayes (G.B.), lost to
C. Boussus (France), 2-6, 4-manty
- beat Destreman. 63, 46. 64, 1—5..
L. Shafi (G.B.), lost Boussus (France), 0–6, 2–8, 5--1
Hare and F. H. D. Wide (G.B.), beat P. Pellizza and Y. Petra (France), 6-3, 6-3, 3-6. fr3.
it was to
take
Strange Set Destremau now went out for the volleys a rallant challen- rer. Never can "bad shots and fine ones from both men have been 30 indescribably mixed. Destreman, ahead at +1, had points for 5—2; Shayes in one game was 40-0 and lost five aces in a row with the unhappiest shots you ever saw. But Destreman served two double-faults and was 4—3 Instead; Shayes came level in another magnificent burst of volleys, and the match was in the balance.
Cralgengower C. C. (away) v. K B. G. C-5 R Solina, W. Phelps, A. B. Hamson and G. 8. Ladd (skip); G. Winch, F. Petersen, Dr. C. W. Lam and John Pau (skip): E McNay, Kerrison, A E S Alves and W. McNeil: (skip).
MACAO RACES
The June Race Mesting of the Macao Jockey Club will be held at Arela Preta, Macao, on Sunday, June 18, commencing at 2.15 p.m. The first bell WID be rung at approximately 1.45 p.in.
BOWLING ALLEYS TOURNAMENT.
Destremau took the lead for the last time when shayes put out a smash that brought # roar the crowd, but to his eternal credit Bhayes refused to be daunted. Now In a second round game in the the rallies were the best of the Mixed Pairs Competition" played match; Shayes broke through to at the Hongkong Bowling Alleys 15 and made his last great effort. last evening Mr. D. Venezia and Match point at last!-and Shayes Mrs. Miller beat Dr, and Mrs. D. J. fell heavily as he served, and made Valentine by 850 points to 812. it a double fault.
The great diference in the He
had another match ball score can be accounted for by the immediately and was foot- fact that Mr. Venezia" and Mrs. faulted in his eagerness to race in. Eller are experienced bowlers But Destremat put the second while Dr. and Mrs. Valentine have There was nothing in the serve out and flung his racket from only just learned the game. match to equal Shayes's pass-
him, and that was the end of
Game. scores follow:-
ing drives on
France. the backhand when he broke through at match. 5-all; it says everything for him that hand and e7c re- mained tre after he hed fallen heavily at his first match ball and been foot- faulted on the second.
Weakness Or Destremau
A 'most
extraordinary
The Last Watch
Mr. D. Venezia and Mrs. Miller: 1st game 307: 2nd, 339; 3rd, 304. Total, 950.
Dr. and Mrs, D. J. Valentine: iss
The last match did not matter game 202 2nd, 221: 3rd, 188. now; but Boussus was in a mur-Total, 612 derous mood, and one felt that
here, for all the French ranking CHUNG SHING TO
list, was the true first string of
his side. It might have been
MEET V.R.C.
As Shayes and Destremau. arst different, of course, had the tie The Chung Shing Bathing Club string for France, came out to the depended on his match but it pro-will meet the V.R.C. at the latter's' comfortably filled Court 1, we vided an interesting argument for pool on June 15. wondered whether this was the those who have maintained that. The programme arranged is as decisive match, for surely Shayes Shafi should have been played follows: could not be so far below himself instead of. Bhayes.
100, yds, tree style: 100 yds, back as when he met C. Boussins on the Actually. Shafi won only one stroke: 100 yds, breast stroke; 300 first day. And Destreman, one more game against Boussus than yds. (100×3) medley relay: 300 remembered, can crack in the tight Shayes had done. At one time. yds. (50x8) relay, water polo corners, beautiful stroke player when. Boussus, opening with a match. though he is.
love set, had swept to` 5-love: in Destremau, moreover, is a notori the third he looked He winning ously slow starter, and when Shayes even fewer: but then he had ris is in touch there can be a spark little hour and, full of fery bass
of genius about his early drives ing shots and service aces, came and wide cross-volleys.
He open Jevel
NELSON WINS U.S. GOLF TITLE
PHILADELPHIA, June 13 (Red- ter)Byron Nelson, returning a ed with a double fault of 111 omen. He could do no more against the score of 70 against Craig Wood's but so did Deatreau in his first beautiful length and wide angles on the American Open Golf service game, and scon we were of Boussus, yet-free from anxiety: Championship on the second play- in the throes of a tense struggle, of course the strokes In this off. with the strokes of both men loose maten had been of afar higher and wrought up as often as they standard than some of the others were firm and" crisp, lit
After a a gruelling 19 games the players were all square, Shayes hav ing won the first set at 5-8. and dropped the second 4-8-
Bo it went on in the third set, i
we had watched."
U.S. BASEBALL CENTENARY
with both men very erratic-but Now YORK; me 13 Reute Shayes's good shots were better There was no baseball played than the other man's, and he was terday in view of the attacking all the time. It was hic of the centenary of brg! turn to lose a Tead of 3-love, but basebat in the United States..
S.C.A.A BEATEN
“South China Athletic Associa - tion football touring team suffered their first- defest in Salgın, on Monday night when they lost to Nam Khi “A” by fite goals, to three h
South China were not at full "strength owing to injuries Les Tin-
being- unable to play, Be hurt his legs bedly on Saturday
V.
YMC.A.4 Kowloon. South China V. Chinese, Radio- Postal Sports v. Recreio, In -dians A v. Civil Service.
FRIDAY, JUNE 16 TENNIS.—Mixed Doubles. Chinese v. Kowloon A, Ladies' v. Hong- kong, Kowloon B'. v. United Services.
STANLEY
WATER POLO WOODS
LEAGUE
First Match Will
Be On June 26
The official opening of the Water Polo League will take place, on Juhe 26. This was decided at the Committee meeting held at the V.R.C.
JUNIOR
T. T. RACE
DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN, June 13 (Reutor) — Stanley Woods, driving a Velocette. won the Motor Cycling Junilor Tourist Trophy, covering 264 miles in 3 bra. 10 mm. 30 sec. af "ani average speed of $3.192 miles per hour;
·So far only five teams have en- H.L Daniel riding a Norton, tered the League and it was de- was second with a time of 3 hrs.' cided that the closing date, for 10 min 38 sec, ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄an average of entries be extended for a further 83.13 miles per hour; and H. five days for the benefit of Army Fleischmann, of Germany, riding teams.
A DK.W.. was third, in 3 hrs.
Rules governing the League were presented before the meeting.
FIXTURES
The following are the fixtures:- June 26-CBC. Y. YM.Q.A, at C.B.C.; 8.C.A‚A, v. Chung Shing at 9.0.A.A.
12 min. 5 sec., an average speed
of 1251 miles an hour.
*ADVERTISEMENT
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CB.C at THE MACAO JOCKEY CLUB.
June 29-V.R.C. Y. VIRC: YM,C.A. v. S.CA.A. at Y.M.C.A.
The June Race Meeting will be July 6-VRC. v. Chung Shing held at Areia Preta, Macao, on at VRC.
Sunday, 18th June, 1939, com+ July 10-Y.M.C.A. v. VRC at mencing at 2.15 p.m. YMCA; Chung Shing v. CBC. atļ The First Bell will be rung at
11.45 p.m. approximately.
Chung Shing.
July 13-Chung Shing v. YM. C.A. at Chung Shing; 8.C.AA, E. C.B.C. at 8.C.AA.
July 17-VR.C. VRC.
a
S.CA.A. at
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By order,
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