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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1033.
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REMARKABLE TENNIS ACHIEVEMENT
FORMER MISS MUDFORD GOES FROM SUCCESS TO SUCCESS
ROEHAMPTOW LATEST WIN
"The King can do no wrong." mention that Mrs. King achieved Since Wimbledon, where she two volleys in the course of it.
FOR SECOND TIME. was defeated by Frl. Krahwin- kel, Mrs. M. R. King has com-
Winning the event for the first poted in ten open tournaments time, although he has played at and won the singles at all of Rochampton often enough, D. H. them. Her tenth success was Williams beat D. G. Freshwater
after scored at Roehampton last in the other singles. The match, A promising opening, month, against Miss Noel, who resolved itself into a procession of had achieved the rare distinction games for the winner, who, from of taking a set off her at East-1-3, went straight out with a run of alevon. Freshwater was hitting bourne.
as hard as he hit when he bent Mies Noel, at Eastbourne, won 'Stedman In the semi-final; but it the first set; at Roehampton she was one of the days on which that rather alapdash forehand driving failed to win the first set, but of his was not coming off sufficient- renched 5-2 in the second. In both ly often.
her
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SEVENTY NINE HOURS IN THE WATER..
Rangoon, Oct. 25. The bongail swimmer, Chose. created a new world's record for endurance to-day when he completed 79 hours 24 minutes in the water. He was. fed during... the day by a boat's crow which accompanied him.- Router..
GORDON RICHARDS ISN'T
WORRYING
GOES QUIETLY ABOUT TASK OF LOWERING ARCHER'S RECORD
WIFE REVEALS THAT RACING DOESN'T INTEREST HER
There is only one man in the Marylborough countryside of training stables and galloping racehorses who openly professes that he is not specially interested in whether Gordon, Richarda beats Fred Archer's record or not.
CLUB WIN simply don't think about the
AND HE IS GORDON RICHARDS1|
S.W.B. BEATEN AT HOCKEY
BY ONLY GOAL
one
the
occasion
matter." Gordon Richards told n News-Chronicle correspondent.
We were chatting outalde his) home at Bornfield, on the outskirts of Mariborough, and his two nons, Jack, aged 6, and Peter, who is
WORCESTERS LINCOLNS
V
2% were playing on the lawn Football Matches on
near by.
Saturday
With the arrival, of the Troop-
on-
A CHANCY BUSINESS. "You see, horse-racing is such a haney business that it is a sheer ato on whether I can break tho vaste of time and energy to specu-ahip Nouralia delayed until to- ccord or not. I don't even know morrow, owing to the ship he horses I shall be riding, so it is countering bad weather, the pro- posed football matches between mpossible to estimate chances.
"I had two day's without a winner
Worcbsters have been postponed Friday and Saturday. I have two teams of the Lincolns and the
until Saturday. ridden over 40 horses in succession without winner before now; you
over know your luck."
Gordon is something of n fatalist.
HIS JOB.
They will be played on Satur-
football.
Ind the advantage rule. boen matches she held her own as long Williams had something to do piled, the Hongkong Hockey as she could run about at full with this, for his own drives have Club seniors would have scored tilt and retrieve with accuracy the the merit of getting up very little at least two more goals against ahots which Mrs. King was slam-which is not what Freshwater the South Wales Borderers whom ming down into the corners. Her likes. But, apart from that, they defeated by a goal to mil on chief assot, apart from
Williams was a sort of male im- the U.S.R.C. ground yesterday accuracy, is her power of anticipa-personator of the methods of Mrs. afternoon. On both occasions tion; though not conspicuously King on the adjoining court-J.. Potter, the Club inside-left the quick on her feet, she almost in- variably arrives on the, scene in power coupled with preclálon, and former half-back, was time to get the ball, back safely, There was no particular need for unfortunate victim. He should
Worcesters and Lincolns meeting no matter how well it has been him to try and force the pace, nave netted twice in the first half His aim is to make every horse a day morning at the Kowloon Foot-
skill, and all the courage, grit, and placed, and she is hardly ever because Frestrwater was doing for Frank Lammert had scored winner, and when he has put all his ball Club ground, the Boys of the perseverance of his wiry little first, followed by a match between caught running in the wrong direc. that without making much of a the deciding goal,
A re-shuffle of the Club for body into the effort the rest is in the first elevens of these two re-
giments. tion. Added to this, she knows. fist of it. Willams was thus able how to vary her gamo; after to concontrato upon shots which ward line, changed from Tetley, the lap of the gods.
The Worcesters are passing several safety shots aha will some; he was reasonably sure of making, MacIntyre, Divett, Potter, Lammert
"Naturally," added Gordon," through Hongkong on route to times send over a real hard one, with the result that his mistakes to Tetley, Divett, Lammert, Potter,
Macintyre, was slightly to the shall be very proud if I can beat Shangnai, where they will rolleye seldom falling to choose the right were remarkably fow.
better. Divett, at inside-right Archer's record. After all, I may the East Lancs, who are to be ball to hit, while she goes to the
TEAM DOUBLES.
shone, while Tetley showed much not have the luck to ride 200 win-stationed in Hongkong. net and volleys well when she sees
The men's doubles final was improved form on his past three were again in a season.
The Nouralla is expected here an opening which does not involve
mather tame. The stirring rallies nerformances on the right wing. "But you must understand that it much risk.
very much to-morrow afternoon, and the which one looks for when four But still his contring was a little does not concern me MISS NOEL'S GREAT EFFORT.
first-rate men are hard at it were weak. Mcintyre of teit ofther way. My job is to ride as Worcesters will first have a route In the first set there was a long not forthcoming. The winners, wing, showed useful bursts of many winners as I can not to march before talding part in the struggle for the fourth game, the, Captain Lewis Barclay and Sted-speed, but his final offort was worry about records."
It is difficult to realise that this acere being 2-1 to Miss Noel. Mrs, man, gave one the impression that on more than King won it after Miss Noel had they ought to have wan more easily bungled. The Club's defence was boyish figure with the kindly brown been within a point of 8-1, and had 'than they did, because of the again up to the mark and little eyes, who is only 20 years of age, is pulled Mrs, King back from Cambridge pair. Young and Fresh fault could be found with its now probably drawing the largest vantage no fewer than five times. water, the former was not pulling solidity. L.D. Skinner, making his earned income of any young man in The moral effect of this was plain his weight, particularly in the debut between the sticke in place the British Isles. He is drawing Against this, of course, his expenses from the way in which Mrs. King matter of position; his proneness of Shields, showed botter an- the greater part of £20,000 a year.
are enormous. went fairly quickly to 6-3, only to advance Instead of retreating ticipation.
AWAY AT DAWN. conceding one of Mias Noel's ser, when his partner put up a lob was
STRONG BUT ERRATIC. often fatal, and he was not quick
Yet he earns every penny of his vico games.
enough in following up his ser- The Borderers, while being a money. At the first streak of take part in the Triangular Cricket The second set opened with half- vice. Nevertheless, the losers. strong combination, were on the dawn the garage doors of his Tournament on the Hongkong a-dezon hard-fought games, of which Miss Noel won the first after making a close fight of the erratic side, their forwards stray house awing open and Gordon Cricket Club. ground next month.
It is a powerful combination, While this was going on Mrs. King Young's service In the twelfth lng from positions. Johnson did shoots away in a powerful sports was plying her fine drives for all game, had the service lead at 3-2 good work, with Dutnall, but they car. By six o'clock he is 60 miles
found if difficult to penetrate the away doing his gallops at Benfield with a fine array of batsmonTM and she was worth and Miss Noel was in the second, and consequently a Club's last line of defence, Dand Grove,
A couple of hours later he is handling them with rare ability, good chance squaring the match and Rouger. Cresswell, in the In the seventh game Mrs. King, It almost immediately vanished centre-half position, was impres-acrons, at Fred Darling's, sarving, reached 40-0, but Miss into thin air, leaving the other twa sive, while Watts and Pole held Beckhampton, Home, a bath, and although breakfast. Half an hour's romp Noel won the game for 6-2. And to win, much as they pleased, at the fort admirably,
Pole's Infringement of the sticks with his children and away in the then suddenly the tide turnod., 6-3. Miss Neel could not quito keep it In the women's doubles. two rule was all too frequent.
car, perhape 100 miles, to ride In Another long drive five races. up against Mrs. King's merciless volleyers, Mrs. Shepherd Barron
Dearman. prevailed To date this season, the Club pounding and her resistance and gradually weakened, so that Mrs. against a base-liner. Mrs. King: seniors have defeated the two home and it is bedtime.
"Yes, and Sunday is the hardest a volleyer, Miss Harvey, British regiments, the Lincolns King had a run of five consecutive and games, all won fairly safely, for whilet, whist no decision had to and the Borderers, while they day of all," put in Mrs. Richards. Yet almost every Sunday Gordon the match. I must not forget to be recorded in the mixed doubles. have suffered defeat at the hands makes time to attend evensong at
of both the H.K. Singapore
a little church in Savermake Brigade and the Jats Regiment.
Forest.
four and Mra, King the next two.
first set, which they lost on
Miss
CARNERA CROWNED KING MAMAK HOCKEY
PLACED HEAD OF WORLD'S BOXING 'HEAVYWEIGHTS
Two Matches During The Week-end.
On Saturday, next at 4 p.m. the Gorman Club will meet the Royal Corps of Signals in the Mamak Hockey Tournament, on the Signal's ground, Kowder sinth and ir. G. 1. Joginder and Mr. M.
Khan
POLICE BEAT SOLDIERS.
THE CRICKET INTERPORT
MALAYA'S TEAM CHOSEN
Malaya has selected the team to
bowlers,
The tears is as follows:-
at
NO INTEREST IN RACING. Mra. Richards, auburn-headed and pretty, says she takes no in- terest in racing.
(Continued on Page 9.)
D. C. Burn (Singapore C.C.). W. O. Jonklins (Perak State) R. G. Gibson (Penang C.C.) R. N. Hamilton (Singapore
CC) Captain Fl.-Lieut. Crbome (Singapore
Garrison)
G. Willis (Singapore Y.M.
C.A.)
Eu
L Alvis (Singapore R.C.).
Chow, Telk C.R.C.)
(Penang
L A. C. Morgan · (Singapore
Garrison)
C. A. Speldewinde (Perak
State)
B. S. Gill (Selangor State) N. Bewlcke (Johore State),
EASY WIN FOR CLUB
ARMY XV BEATEN BY SMART THREE QUARTERS
Showing all round super tinction of effeciing one of the iority, the Club "A" XV yester most brilliant. individual moXC- day casay cerealed an Army
ments of the afternoon. He, touched down under the posts XV in a rugby match on the Club ground by 18 points to 5. and Hoskins easily converted.. The Army tacked offectiveness
Only a minute from the time dividuals several stond out with Redmond got away for the Club, reat prominence, notably Lieut. touched down, and Robertson Birt at wing three-quarter and adued the points with a remark-
Minneapolis. no amateur shows extend beyond Recognizing amateurs as the midnight.
Before considering the Amateurs new hope of the fight game, the N the N. B. A. approved its new liat tional Boxing Association has re of world's champions, elevating commended a series of district, King Lavinsky of Chicago to fourth On Sunday, the Kowloon Indians atate, area and sectional tourna-place in the heavyweight rating, will meet the Police on the Palice ments, lending up to picking na-notch ahead of Jack Sharkey, ground, Mongkok, at 4 p.m. L/C tional champions in all divisons.former titleholder, who was sound-Mulling and Mr. Awtar Singh will be
ly beaten by the Kingfish recently. In charge of the game, The suggestion camo from the. Enthroning Primo Cornera pa N. B. A. Committee on Amateurs, the king of the big boys and plac-
Max On the home ground at Mongkot and the Association in annual con- ing Max Baer second and
Schmeling third, the boxing moguls yesterday afternoon, the Follco den combination, although as in- vention backed the plan by pro-accepted Barney Ross as the light-feated the RAS.0 by three clear posing a set of now rules design-weight champlon, but rated Tony goals in a friendly, hockey match ed to curb unscrupulous managers Canzonor! third behind Wealey. The score, at the internetted within and he goals were all netted within Fand eliminate fighters merely Ramey, Grand Rapids, Mich, who the last ten minutes of the game,
posing as eimon pures in the defeated Tony in a non-title over- weight match while Tony wore the states affiliated with It.
crown. Mickey Walker, h fow One, in the word of Chairman months back, the master of many Hart, would "provide a closer punchers in the throo heavier check on amateurs and eliminate divisions, was dropped to sixth the possibility. of would-be ranking among the light heavy managers transporting an amateur weights, a division headed by contestant from club to club for Maxio Rosenbloom. two or more exhibitions on the
Gorilla Jones, also a former same evening as is some times champion, was classed as fourth done."
among the middleweights with Lou Broulliard, as No. 1 boxer in that
CARNERA ENTHRONED,
amateur Bouts should not exceed
group,
KENT BADLY BEATEN
IN COUNTY, RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP
Sammonde at serum-half.
The "Threes", however, bassod very poorly, and the handling at times was so feable as to allow the Club easy" chances of règain- ing lost ground.
On the whole the Club played woll, with the three-quarters showln up to good-advantagė, and McLellan, Robertson and Hutchison all performing splendid ly.
able punt.
LINCOLNS DRAW WITH S,W.B. NO SCORING AT SOOKUNPOO Seeds Me
In à pointless draw at Bookun poo yostorday, the Lincolns played THE SCORING:
their first rugby match for six London, Oct. 26. ;
Noblo opened the Club account yours, when they opposed “A” Eastern Counties gained 4 and McLellan added the points, Company of the South Wales smashing victory over Kent in whilst another ins movement be Borderers The convention also urged that {******
The world's champions as re- the county league rugby cham fore the Interval saw the Club The Borderera, although the two-minute rounds preferable; cognized by N. B. A. are: heavy plonship at Leytonstone to-day, increase their lead to eight points better team, found the Lincolns that no amateur be allowed to box weight Primo Carnera; light scoring 88 points without reply. whon Cox went over from Robert very willing, and once Craig Early on in the second half the only to be brought down a fow more than twice in any one wook, heavyweight, Maxlo Rosenbloom; Surrey and Sussex met in a pod's pass brought off a spectaculatrun oxcopt during championship middleweight, Lou Brouillard: county engagement at Richmond, tournaments approved by the state wolterweight. Jimmy McLarnin; and after a brilliant game, Surrey Club added hother five points, yards from the lines commission; that a full report of lightweight, Barney Ross: feather won by 25 points to 19.
Hutchison crossing over with a The Borderdra had opportunities tho determined tackling of the oxpicuise money paid each con- weight, Freddie Miller; bantani- Cambridge University proved clever run and Robertson con- to score, but faulty handling und testant in amateur exhibitions be weight, Panama Al Brown; and much too good for B Bart's Hos verting
· Army's only try, had, the dis-aftor timo madd to the governing commission fluwaight Jackle Brown. Reuter's tek pengine 81 points, to which Lieut. Walker in scoring the Lincolns thwarted them time Bart's replied with Ave.--Router. by the promoting club, and that Sports Service.
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