PAGE 2-HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1939.
2 In the World of Sports
IRISH OPEN GOLF TOURNEY
Bruen Leads Field
Oxford Win In Great Wimbledon
12
4
University Match
After Two Rounds P. J. Dickinson Joins Century Scorers With Brave Knock
-NEWCASTLE, COUNTY DOWN, July 20 (Renter)-James Bruen, the young Irish Folter. bad a second round of 74 for an aggre- gate of 140 and leads the field after two rounds in the Irish Open Golf Championship.
leading. The
60 competitors qualify for the final two rounds.
"Lees, with 72 yesterday to aggre- gate 141, is second, followed by Daly, of Derry, with 71, aggregating, "143; P. J. Mahon. 78, aggregsting
ing 145.
LONDON, July's-Oxford best Cambridge at Lord's yesterday
RIGGS LACKS ENTERPRISE
Wins, But Cooke More Impressive
LONDON, July 8-Bobby Riggs," |U.S. No. 1, best Elwood Cooke, his fellow-American, 2-6, 8-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. In the final of the singles at. Wimbledon yesterday.
Cooke felt the strain so much that he almost collapsed in the
by 45 runs after as noble a game of cricket as will be seen all this summer through. They bad the better o the argument almost throughout the game, but so gallantly 'dia Cambridge fight yes- terday that their last wicket did not fall until five minutes past seven. There was a time when Cambridge, seemed 'set to save the game, even to win the match, but in the and they were bea-dressing-room, and a doctor was
called. ten by bowlers who, almost at the state of exhaustion, could still bring some life out of a quiet pitch.
A mixed doubles he should have' played was postponed until later in the evening. Partnered by Mrá Fabyan, he finished, on the win- ning side in a three-set match
One interesting point which
from
two hours
There can have been few braver Cambridge in first thing in the 144: White 78, aggregating 145: innings in the "history of the morning to make 430 runs to win. Reginald Whitcombe. 69. aggregat-match than that played yesterday when the luncheon interval ar- by P. J. Dickinson, and there was rived Cambridge had done more never an hour of crisis so well than well, for there were 94 runs emerged tackled as when he was in with on the board with only one wicket. J. Webster.
A. D. Locke, of South Africa, the holder of the title, had a 74 to-day to aggregate 147,
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Winner and loser seem equally glad. They are the two" friends, Bobby Riggs (left) and E. T. Cooke, who fought out the men's singles final at Wimbledon.
twenty minutes' final was that at
Hayward was a veteran in the and Cooke had scored 178 VETERAN SURREY
days when Jack Hobbs, first played points, as against 174 by Riggs, CRICKETER DIES Things were evenly onlancea, Riggs's game was almost a nega-
for Surrey, and it was under his Cambridge scoring well and Oxford tive one. It was Cooke who show-
LONDON, July 20 (Reuter)-Tom coaching that Hobbs, who often bowling with the threat of a wiced the initiative. Admittedly, it Hayward, the former England and opened the innings with him, de- ket, supported by splendid wicket was not easy for Riggs to force his Surrey cricketer, died yesterday." veloped his batting so remarkably. keeping and keen fielding, when i way to the net in the face of drives Mann falled to play the hall suffi- that were often clipping the base- clently dead and was caught at line three or four times in suc- short-leg. This was a wicket which cession. Oxford had striven ur and rightly But one "does not expect cham- ⚫gained!
Soon afterwards Blake plons to wait for easy opportuni- was caught in the gully from one ties. Budge or. Perry would have of the few balls which had jump-made them for themselves, but ed, and four wickets were down Riggs engineered very little. That was the amazing part of it all, for when Bobby did get to the net he was almost always successful.
for 155 runs,
Cambridge were now placed in a horrible position when their cap- tain, generally the man for such
·He played a very clever game to win from the baseline, but it was
and it sulted Riggs book to walt and let him make mistakes.
2 situation, was caught at the far from being an inspiring one. wicket before he had scored, A It was Cooke who took the risks, great stand, followed and a firm challenge to Oxford. Dickinson had not been in long before he hit Not that it always paid Riggs, a ball from Marsham into the stand at long-on, while Brodhurst, quick on his feet, was taming the bowling by playing it to the off or Iquietly turning it to leg.
The runk came almost ensfly to the 200, and when in the middle of an over Evans was given the new ball Brodhurst at once hit it. for
6 to square leg and Dickinson hit It away to long-on to take some, more of the shine off it. Brod- hurst hit yet another 5, a grand sweep to leg.
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SIX FOR 238
Six wickets down for 23%, and there followed & slump when Shir. reft, sent in above his normal place; was caught in the gully before he bad time to show what he could do. When Shirreff was out the game was as good as over, Not
for in the first two games" of the first set Cooke won after he had got himself 15-40 down each time by unsuccessful aggression.
Riggs's methods prevailed in the end hat it is difficult to get enthusiastic about a Wim- bledon final which degenerates into a war of attrition."-
US. BASEBALL RESULTS
NEW YORK, July 20 (Reuter) —
The following are the results of games played in the Major Base- ball League yesterday:
NATIONAL ·LEAGUE
R. H. 10 19 1
E
3
2 0
yet, though, for then came the Pittsburgh great, stand between Dickinson and New York Webster. Webster for the most Vaughan and Fletcher homered part was content to stand at the for the Pirates and Kampouris ron-striker's, end watching his for the Giants. partner hit the ball and ready at Battery: M. any time to run up anu cown the Berres,
pitch. When he had to play out Chicago.... an over he did it admirably with Boston
a straight bat and all the conf- dence of an opening batsman."
LAWN BOWLS SELECTIONS
Some Sides For Tomorrow
Brown and
B Q
3. 10... 2 Battery: Shoffner and Lopez.
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
berger.
9
2 „9 Battery:-Moore and Hersch
33
2
5
St. Louis Philadelphis
Battery: Sunkel and Owen.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
8
4.
Boston represent Chicago
The following, will Kowloon Football Club in league. Foxx homered for the Red Sox. lawn bowls matches to-morrow Battery: Knott and Tresh."
2nd Division v. Talkoo. D.R.C. Washington
&
3
11 14:
Battery: Rowe and York.
Boston Chicago
0 8
C. Pile, B. Thomson, J. Gibson, Detroit W. Field; W. Groves, A. Eastman,] P. Younghusband, T. Ferguson; B Evans, W. Simpson, V. Atienza, V. Chittenden.
3rd Division v. Yacht Club
"Battery: Rigney and Tresh.
The game between New York
W. Mills, C. Woodcock, A. Moss Yankees and St. Louis Browns was
J. Rosa; Wang, D. Izatt, W. Ex-postponed owing to rain.
cell, V. Petherick; L. Bones, F. Mc-
Carthy, R. Hughes, P. Morgan.
KOWLOON TONG
v. Civil Service (Away)
C. Mose, H Castro, 3. L Stephens, A. Spary; W. J. Howard, A. E. Castro, A. J. Kew, A. H. Bas- to: R. Lee, J. Tang, J. N. Wong. H. Gittins,
.... CRAIGENGOWER: TEAMS The Craigengower Cricket Club teams for League lawn bowls matches to-morrow are as follows:
A Rozario, Dr. N. P. Karanja. W K. Way (skip).
3rd Div. v. Kowloon C.C, (Home).
E. McNay, E Kerrison, W, Phelps, G. 8. Ladd (skip); G. R. Payne, F. Petersen, Dr. C. W. Lam, John Pau (skip); 8. R. Solina, F. X. Delgado, A. B. Hamson, AE. B. Alves (skip); Singles Result
Flaying in the first round of the End Bly. v. Police (Home) 4. p.m. Open Lawn Bowls Bingles Cham- JH Xavier, A. J. Coelho, Tptonship W. Ward of Craigengower Locke, H. W. Randall (skip); W. 0.0. beat T. W. Carr of the Kow- |McNeill, L. Gaddi, E. Zimmer, C. loon C.C. by 21. ahota to six The
8. Rosselet (skip); N. Lemard, D. match took 21 heads.
HB
Sporting
Fixtures
TO-DAY
+
BADMINTON. Y.M.C.A. Bad-
minton, in the West Lounge. 8.30pm
LAWN BOWLS. Singles Cham- pionship, first round, G.C. Moss V. A Eastman (Kowloon Co.); 1. S. Riddell v. E. Gitting; J. N. Wong v J. A da Luz Kowloon FC.); B. Basa V. N. B. Fraser, J. E Noronha v. F. E. Channing (Talkoo R.C.). RIFLE SHOOTING. - Annual Meeting, Bongkong Rifle Asso- clation, China Fleet Club, 5.30
SWIMMING... Y.M.C.A. · Mixed
Swimming, & pm. ... WATER-POLO-Meeting of Hong- kong Water-polo League to draw.
Extures of up second half season, Victoria Recreation Club, 5.30 p.m.
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