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TUESDAY, AUGUST, 29, 1939.
A In the World of Sports
Americans Win Wightman Cup: Britain Beaten By
Five Matches
To Two
U.S. BASEBALL
RESULTS
WATER POLO | AMES AND WRIGHT WATER POLO
LEAGUE
Chung Shing Beat Chinese B.C.
Displaying better combination, NEW YORK. Aug. 28 (Reuter)-Chung Shing emerged winners in ALICE MARBLE The following games in the Major their Water Polo League match Baseball League were played against the Chinese Bathing Club last night, at the latter's pool. by the odd goal in seven.
AGAIN DEFEATS yesterday KAY STAMMERS
FOREST HILLS. Aug. 28 (Reuter)-In the Wightman Cup Competition, Miss Valerie Scott Fabyan (U.S.) 6-3, 6-4.
(Britain) beat Mrs.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.,
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HELP KENT TO
EASY WIN
Kent beat Gloucestershire at Maidstone by 98 runs, the losers, who had been set to make 202, being all out for 103. . This was Kent's third consecutive victory, and for the manner of it, after such an even first day, they owed nearly all to the batting of Ames and the bowling of Wright.
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Ames in the morning. before, a purpose, the utility of which was either the pitch or the bowlers had obvious when Chalk was bowled quite made ip their minds what in the same over.
they intended to do, by magnificent After Valentine had been caught Although Chan Sik-pul, one of
and repeated driving scored 79 out and bowled, Todd punched Goddard the Chung Shing's formidable for-|
of 111 in 54 minutes, hitting three for three boundaries in an over. Ewards was absent, his place was 6's and ten 4's. When Gloucester but was bowled playing forward 0well led by Wong Ki-leung, who went in Wright, who has troubled at 160. and then Stifleld took a 3 made many opening for his team. them before this season, bowled ve emphatic, hand m matters. R. Chan and Errique Chan irresistibly at his fast pace and with three wickets, while 10 runs the Reds and Hafey for the Glants showed brilliant form for CBC.! took six wickets in a row for 20 were pût on. Longfield was caught
Chicinnati ¡New York
Craft and Goodman homered for
Battery: Derriger and Lom- bardi.
Miks
bent
Alice Marble (U.S.)
Miss Kay Stammers (Britain) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
2 10
1
3 B 1
Battery: Fitzsimmons and Todd.
Pittsburgh Brooklyn
9 15 2
5 11 11
OUT-GENERALLED
out
4-0
Miss Scott out-drove and generalled Mrs. Fabyar. with clever angle shots and led in the first set. She trailed 2-4 in the second set. after which | she gave a brilliant, exhibition of
Koy homered for the Dodgers. Battery: Blanton and Mueller.
back-hand play and was superiorist. Louis in all phases. '
Miss Stammers
in the first set
Irresistible WIS and with deep placed back-handers forced Miss
Marble to make errors.
Boston
4
10 4 10 10
0
..
Majeski homered for the Braves Battery: Posedel and Lopez.
Thereafter, Miss Marble steadied St. Louis ...
.and won with
up
drives.
MISS JACOBS WINS
In the next singles. Miss Helen Chicago
Jacobs beat Miss
3
42
50
| Fins. but lacked support.
one-handed the deep. Foster Chalk helped Ames to take Kent's lhw and Harding taken from a Scorers for Chung Shing were; Pun Ping-man, Chan Kee-chung score to 124 before the second skier at mid-on.
wicket fell but they were. all out (2) and So Tin-moo,
for 189. A couple of short showers Yam Mong Hung. R. Chan and kept the pitch in a state of respon- Chan Fook-to scored for the siveness, and as Harding started. losers...
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WATTS HITS A SIX
That made 170 for eight, and what Wright completed and as though Watt hit a 6 and Wright Hammond again fated to come off again batted with resolution the and as some good catches were held innings ended for 189, when, just [Gloucester were always "the under after lunch, Crapp, at short leg, made a catch. Brodhurst, as on dog.
Baturday, distinguished himself by smart fleiding.
AMES STARTS BRISKLY
There had been a little rain
Barnett, who had hurt his foot
in the morning, and Scott soon got in the first innings, had "not
came
a ball to third slip via Fagg's glove fielded. but was able to bat, with The Hongkong Boys' and Girls'
Ames, Judging the moment ripe Emmett as his runner. However, Clubs Association will hold
for immediate onslaught. proceeded both he and Sinfield were caught swimming gala to-day at the Chi-to put his plans into execution off rising balls by the time the nese Y. M. C. A. swimming, shed, with so great effect that he made score was 19. and then North Point, from 9.30 am. to 134 out of 52. after which he put another great moment for Kent p.m.
his foot even more weightedly on partisans when Hammond. after The programme of events is as the accelerator and kept there two superb boundaries off Harding Not faddy about whether he kept had his leg stump struck by one Mass singing, by members of the the ball on the ground. he on-that arrived very fast and low.
follows:-
different clubs. ·
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drived Goddard for two 6's in an Another sharp shower intervened over, once over the stand and once briefly, and when it passed Emmett, on to the awning. Chalk, very a delightfully tidy batsman, played boys wisely, did nothing to interfere some easy strokes on either side with these going on, but an of the wicket but at 63 fell to Occasional" » hop or square cut Wright who immediately he was reminded us of his presence, and put on used three ups. By tea the 100 went up when play had time Kent optimism was high, for COUNTY CRICKET DAVIS CUP TENNIS lasted an hour
well-placed Boston
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5
Eight innings were played: Battery: Shoun and Owen.
3 8
Hardwick 6-2. Philadelphia
6
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6-2 and In the
doubles, Miss
50 metres free style.
Marble and Mrs.
Fabyan beat G. Russel homered for the Cubs.
25 metrès free style for
under four feet in height.
50 metres breast. stroke.
2
2
A
1
25 metres back stroke.
Relay race.
Suhr homered for the Phillies.
Battery: Harrel and Davis.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Bind folding treasure-hunt.
Singing Chinese T. M. C.
A
Boston Cleveland
0
4
o Boys' Club.
1
7
0
Refreshments.
faulting
Miss Stammers and Mrs. Ham- Battery: Beck and V. Davis. mersley 7-5, 6-2.
In the first set of the singles, Chicago
Miss Hardwick could not match Philadelphia
Miss Jacobs' steady chopping. Her game was very ragged, her services weak, double
five times."
In the second set. Miss Jacobs again used her chop shots, and though she lost the first two games she won the next games with the, loss of only five points.
five;
Battery: Feller and Hemsley.
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DOUBLES MATCH
Boston Cleveland
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1
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6 9
1
Vosmik homered for the Red
In the doubles match, the Bri- tish pair, after trailing 0-2, won the next five games, Miss Stam- Sox and Trosky and Mack for the
mers winning her service in the third game and Mrs. Hammer-
sley driving brilliantly.
Indians.
Battery: Hudlin and Sewell.
Philadelphia
on Chicago
But the Americans put. pressure and in the second set,
Boxing.
Diving exhibitions.
Prize Awards.
POOR BATTING
W. INDIES
Levett, at the wicket, and Harding]
LUNCH SCORES BROOKLINE, Aug. 28 (Renter)---- LONDON, Aug. 28 (Reuter)-Australia eliminated Yugoslavia in
the Davis Cup competition. County cricket lunch scores are as
Bromwich beat Mitic 6-1, 6-3. follows:-
6-2, in the last singles.
Adrian Quist (Australia) · beat Kukuljevic (Yugoslavia) 6-2, 6-3,
"Ames continued by square-cut-jat short leg. had each made a ting. Goddard for his tenth 4 and spectacular catch, holding the ball driving him straight for his third ches from the ground as they 6. but Goddard just went on like fell over.
man who knows that his time The interval score was 95 for
Essex 206 and 105 for 0 v. North will come. It forthwith did; for six. No sold or flashing partner ants 173: Hampshire 115 v. York- Ames had another go and skied ship was forthcoming afterwards, shire 213: Kent 182 v. Lancashire the ball to Goddard's deep slip. and with Wright's leg-break 262 and 14 for 0; Leicester 30 for 1 This had indeed been batting remaining as deadly as before,, Glamorgan 334 (rain stopped with a vengeance and also with Kent, at 5.15 gained for the second play); Middlesex 185 v. Surrey 234;
time in the Maidstone week a Notts v. Gloucester 395 for 9 dec. Warwick 117 for 5
Somerset 211. Derby 93 for 5: 358. victory in two days.
HAMMOND'S BOLD
2 .6
1
0 7
1
Match With Cahn's
CAPTAINCY
the Britons crumpled. The Battery: Lee and Rense. Americans, played a faster and
harder game, while Miss Stam-New York
mers was obviously weary
her singles match.
from Detroit
Crosetti, Rolfe
13 12.
Worcester
Open Singles Lawn Bowls
BIG WIN FOR U. M. OMAR
A. B. Dallah. C. F. Remedios, U.
M. Omar (former title holder) and
B. Basta entered the semi-finals
of the Lawn Bowls Open Singles
and
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XI. Drawn
0 Good innings by Headley and BRILLIANT WIN FOR
GLOUCESTER
3 ཤ་ 4 Scaly alone redeemed a poor bat-
ting display by the West Indies! Dickey against Sir Julien Cahn's XI, at After an amazing day's play: homered for the Yankees and Fox West Bridgford, where the match Gloucestershire beat Hampshire at for the Tigers.
was left drawn.
Bristol by five wickets. "As únly an hour's play had taken place on the Headley hit nine 4's in his 31.rst two days there seemed little scored in Uttle more than an hour, hope of the match coming to a and Sealy's 51 contained eight definite result, but Gloucester had boundary strokes. In a partnership other ideas.
Battery: Ruffing and Dickey.
Washington
St. Louis
8 17 7 13
Battery: Leonard and Ferrell
Washington
4
9 9
1 hour.
St. Louis
Eleven innings,
Battery: Chase and Giuliani,
Championable yesterday when the Sporting
quarter-final round was played off,
Omar had the earlest passage of
the round, conceding a single shot
to H. White, whom he defeated
for the fourth wicket they put ou 75 runs in three-quarters of an
Actually, a lead on the first innings for them would have reduced their average, and only outright win could have
Few of their colleagues faced the slow bowling of Robins and Walsti kept them. In-second place. with confidence, though the wic- Against deadly bowling by Scott, ket was easy-paced, Walsh came Godard and Sinfield, Hampshire out with the excellent analysis of were practically helpless Their seven wickets for 80 runs.
eight, outstanding wickets tell for
The match was reduced to a 55 runs, and they were all out för one-day game, but, with the time 03, Scott taking four for 18. Iso limited. ng decision could be
Fixtures reached. In face of the West In-
TO-DAX
Bidmin-
21-1 on the 11th head at Club del BADMINTON-TMCA Recreio
Remedios beat MR ton, in the West Lounge 8.30 p.m. Abbas 23-14 on the 23rd head at BRIDGE YMCA, Bridge, 10 am Kowloon Bowling Green Club.
SWIMMING. — YMOA,
Swimming, 6 p.m.
The two other matches were played at Civil Service O.C., Dallah accounting for G, Perkins by 21 shots to 15 on the 23rd' head, and Basto accounting for A. R. Minu 21-8 on the 18th head.
TO-MORROW
BADMINTON. -Cathedral
Badminton, Boyam
Mixed
Hall
The semi-finals wht be, blayed SWIMMING-Area Marathon Team at the Kowloon Football Club on.
Thursday, starting at 5 p.m.
Race, Repulse Bay, 9 pm.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
and Omar will play Basto. The BADMINTONYMCA,
Daliah will oppose Remedios.
umpires will be Mr. V. Chittenden
dies total of 197, Sir Jullen Cahn's XI made 121 for four wickets.
STUBBORN BATTING
LEAD OF ONE BUN
Gloucester also found rum-get- ting a difficult matter on an awkward pitch. but they went in front with four wickets. in: hand, and Hammond promptly declared No effort was made to force with a lead of one run. matters. Dempster was beaten by
His policy proved so successful, aban he attempted to pull, but thanks to more splendid bowling by there followed a stubborn stand by
Goddard and Sinfield, that Mudge and Jackson, and neither Hampshire were put out a Constantine nor any of the other second time in an hour and a bowlers could make dny impression quarter for 68. Gloucester, requir on them until Jackson was caught
to win, lost half their
behind the bowler after the third wickets before hitting the runs.
wicket bad added 49 in 80 minutes,
Innings
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