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LENGLEN'S WIN:
GREAT TUSSLE AT CANNES.
SUZANNE IN TEARS.
Cannes, Feb. 16.
bent
At the Carlton Lournament, in the ladies' singles Anul, Malle. Suzanne Lenglen
Miss Ileler Willy, G-3,8-6,
There was sunshine and a very light breeze, and a crowd queued up for the unreserved seats at an curly hour. Kinema operators stationed themselves at all available windows
the neighbouring in buildings.
The crowd, chiefly consisting of youths and'American students, raided the courts and tried to
storm
PLAY AND PLAYERS.
́HONGKONG'S. INTERPORT GOLF DEFEAT.
BY WANDERER."]
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
Hongkong went down heavily to Shanghai in the second contest of the triangular golf interport | " between Hongkong, Shanghai and Mantin. After securing a valu- able lead of 4 points to 14% in the singles, Shanghai yesterday made a clean sweep of the best- ball foursomes, and concluded the day with a 10%-1% points_vic- tory.
LENGLEN ON THE MOVE.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1926.
Suzanne Lenglen, the French tonnis wonder, who has just beaten Helen Wills, is here seen in a characteristic action picture.
in the trees on the other side. The conditions were against Malcolm plaged the hole badly. good golf. The competitors found] On the green in two, he took four
utts. judgment difficult against a high wind, amounting at times to half] a gale and which for the most
were was
the gate. They thrown back by gendarmes, after making a large breach in the
fence.
The appearance ot Mdile. Lenglen and Miss Wills on the court
the Was
Riyal for 1473 authorst of cathusiasm.
Rrator.
THE PLAY
In the match between Mlle. Suzanne Lenglen and Miss Helen Wills at Cannes, Miss Wills led in the first set by two games to one. Then Mile, Lenglen took the games to 4-2, and after the score had reached 4-3, went on tq, take the next two games and set.
The second set was most excit ing, Miss Wills leading by three games to one. The French chum- pion then drew the scores, level at 3-3, and the games went ding-dong to 4-4, 6-5 and G-4. Taking two straight games, Mlle. Lenglen won the gel at 8-6.-Reuter, ...).
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blowing-
across the
course. Shots which under nor mal eircumstances would have been distinctly useful clune to grief continuously, and the grugne were also playing curious tricks. Shanghai's success was fully deserved: Ax a combination their representatives were superior to the locals, and Ferrier and Blink were almost as much at
The results yesterday wore: J. W. Budd and A. R. Blinko (Shanghai) beat A. H. Ferguson and I. W. Shewan (Hongkong) by two up and one to play.
J. B. Ferries and H. R. Malcolm (Shanghai) defeated W. Douglas and R. M. Smith (Hongkong) 3 and 2.
L. Parbury and J. (Shanghai) defeated Pendered and A. K. (Hongkong). 1`up.
Malcolm placed Shanghai two) up with a bogey at the Turn, and after two further holes bad been halved, Ferrier made it three up at the Gem after alighting in the sand bunker on the right of the
green.
INTERPORT GOLF.
'MANILA LEADING AGAINST 'SHANGHAI
Fellowing on their rather sweep ing defeat of Hongkong, which has already accounted for Manila, the Shanghai interport golfers were At the 2nd Shanghai expected to have a comparatively were dermey four, but the Hong-easy task against Manila in the kung pair took the match to the final match of the interport series 34th befree admitting defent by which opened at Fanling this three and two.
morning.
Countrary to expecta- tion, however, the match up to the age at the first 18 holes of the singles, has gone in favour
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Our representative, telephoning and Pilcher. The Hongkong pair got off to a bad start, being four from Fanting at the tiffin interval, down at the Turn in the morning. stated that Manila were up on four Pendered improved considerably of the games and down on two, the in the run home and with Mie-details being: kenzie also playing up well, the lead was not only wiped out but the Hongkong paif went to tiffin F. Pilcher leating by a hole. Mackenzie T. 1. Ewon the tenth, Penderes halved Mackenzie the eleventh and took the Gem in a splendid three. Pendered gut a remarkably good two at the sixteenth, Mackenzie requiring three and the Shanghai men four. Pendered put Hongkong one uf the eighteenth. In the afternoon. fortunes fluctuated though at no time was either side. more than one up. At the Saddle, Hongkong were one down, they
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Pilcher them to the last green. Shanghai the match." get down, in a four which gave
"THE PLAY!
under
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3
Mason (Manila) seven down to Blinko (Shanghai).
Nell (Manila) two up on Pilcher (Shanghai).
Benedict Manila) four down to Ferrier Shanghai).
TEST CRICKET.
WEST INDIES MAKE BIG SCORD.
! George Town, Feb. 16. At the close of play to-day, the scores stood:-
Four, fives at the first hole in LENGLEN IN TEARS.
the game between Ferguson and Showan and Budd and Ellnko wast Cannes, Feb. 16. Mlle. Suzanne Lenglen's victory bad start, but Hongkong, took over Miss Helen Wills was as the the lead at the second when Fer- victory of a dragon y over a bet.guson holed out in one All Miss Wills' industry, pertina bogey after his drive had alighted in a hazard. The 3rd and 4th city and physical strength were unavailing against 31lle. Lenglen's were halved and Blinko's five at swift darts across the court. the Dip squared the match.
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kong made a big effort taking the bay captained "England" against - strain. Saddle in five, winning the next India. His Highness the Mahara- The M.C.C. were all out for 264 She was severely.tested in this hole also and squaring the match jah of Patiala captained India, and Following on, they had scored six respect not only.
by Helen at the Gem. thanks to Ferguson, "Panji" was an interested spectarins for one wicket at the close of Wills' strong resistance but also who placed beautifully on to the tor.
balanced Miss Wills' hardest drives. It is not only victory of "genius over talent, but a striking conquest, over her own tempera ment,
After Mlle. Lenglen's
play what Bervous
of second
sel
in
some-
in some, minds as to whether her nerves could stand the
the teeth of the wind and made
the hole easily in three.
in the second set when Me, lang-green with a brassie shot into fen led by six games to five and 31iss Wills appeared to drive out side the court, making Mille Len len the winner, The players rushed to the net and shook hands under the fire of a battery a cameras, and the crowd cheered. Then came a sensation. The referee ordered the game to pro- Cred, ruling that Wills shot hai been inside. The
The thirteenth WLS halved, unce more Budd put Shanghai ahead at the fourteen, the Arm- chair was halved and Budd holed out at the sixteenth in three, making Shanghai dormey two. The next being another half, left winners by Shanghai were then two and ung. score
Ferrier and Malcolm commen- went to 6/6. Suzanne, however, I having brushed tears from her f.ced sensationally against Douglas eyes, won the next two games in and Smith. They won the first three holes. From the fourth all-conquering style.
There were amazing scenes more reminiscent of 11 Cup Final. Thousands were shut out when the gates were closed at nine o'clock in the morning. Parties ensconced themselves amidst the chimneys of neighbouring houses, climbed trees and tram standards, while seats on the tops of motor cars and lorries were sold for big sums.
onward the Hongkong pair put up a great fight and at the ninth they had reduced the advantage to
one.
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In the afternoon, the Hongkong | pair squared at the 19th, lost
he 20th and halved the next.
At the Rise, Douglas had pulled his drive and he made a sad
Mile. Lenglen Bald after the match: "There will never again be such a match, I hope. The crowd was most upsetting and drove mistake which cost Hongkong the
me crazy."
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Miss Willa said: "I did my best, but she was too good."-Reuter.
SUZANNE FAINTS DN COURT.
Lator, Lenklen-Wills
After
the
hole. He recovered exceedingly we and was within easy holding distance for a four, but under the mistaken impression that Smith had already holed out in that number he picked up, only to find Fer- that Smith had taken five.
match, Mlle. Lenglen, and rier holed out in four and took Mile. Vlasto beat Miss Wills and the hole. All four found trou- Mile. Contesavios in the final of blo at the Dip and Douglas took the ladies doubles, at the conclu- the hole in fivo. Ferrier's second elon of which Mile. Longion faint ed on the court-Reuter.
had been badly trapped, cost him two to get out and then he was
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