8
Johnny
WHO'S
Goodman,
who playing with W. Little defeated Talley and Wethered 8 and 6 in the Walker Cup match at St. Andrew's yeater-
day.
SWIMMING GALA
The European Y.M.C.A. have or- ganised their first monthly swimming gala for to-night, commencing at
THE HONGKONG
AFRAID OF
TELEGRAPH.
THE BIG
BAD HEAT?
HEAT? SAY THE
BADMINTON PLAYERS
ENTHUSIASM FOR GAME WAXES
IN SUMMER WEATHER
ENTERTAINING. EXHIBITION BY THE JOCKEY CLUB AND K.C.C...
(By "Veritas").
E don't mind the heat. We a little disconcerting the match like the excercise." This was started at 6.30, and the first
is the cheerful manner in which round played without the nid of numbera of local badminton artificial Hghting), but the gener players are regarding the summer al appointments of the courts met would part- weather which is now upon us, so with full approval. that it looks as though several cularly commend to the notice and clubs will
be carrying on the consideration of other clubs, the Kame through what normally type of lighting which adorns the should be regarded as the close; Jockey Club courts. The glare of the lights is sent upwards as a re- sult of shading, with the result
are neither shadows:
season.
AL
-
LL of which is most heartening, that there
for it must envitably ensure over the court, nor naked lights
the gradual expansion of the to blind one's sight of the shuttle.
game in the Colony, and guarantee) an enthusiastic start to the sen sun-proper next autumn.
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40 clone was the match, that the
result might easily have gone
in favour of the visitors. In fact
SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1934.
Quimet, partnered by Dunlap, figured among the losers when playing against McClean and Chuy McRuvis in the Walker Cup contest, ONCE again Sousa and
played brilliantly. Soura's from middle overhead, which
BRILLIANT BOWLING BY PEEBLES: 11 FOR 160
RESULTS, AT, A GLANCE.
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP.
Gloucester (351 & 119) beat Middlesex (213 & 197) by co TURN,
Warwickshire (215) bent Surrey (213 & 226-0) on first innings.
Sussex (220 and 168-2) bent, Exsex (197 & 289) on first innnings.
OTHER MATCHES, Oxford (256 & 112-6) drew with Yorkshire (351 & 161-2 declared). Australians (481-5 dec.) beat Cambridge (158 & 160) by innings and 163 IIIN,
GIANTS BLANKED
·OUT AGAIN
CARDINALS DO THE TRICK
DODGERS IN BIG HITTING MOOD
AND in proof of the very keen had Gray and Broadbridge pulled interest which la now being off the one game they were ex- shown in the game, let me quote pected to, the result would have, examples. On Tuesday last the been reversed. But the Jocker Francia Jockey Club and K. C. C, engaged Club deserved their win.
London, May 11. a match which provided excel-
St. Louis Cardinals again nosed fent undminton, while the week
out New York Glants in a National previous, St. Andrew's and K.C.C.
League baseball gathe to-day, bui Second teanus also did battle un- der none too comfortable atmos- court, is a certain ace every time,
the feature of the programme was that evening the performance of
Brooklyn pheric conditions,
was responsible for vital points, but I was also very impressed, with Collin's guile was fully exploited Dodgers, who, in registering 13 FOR the really keen player, of Choy, who seems noticeably to and played a notable part in two runs against Chicago Cubs, hit no
games
10 date
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BUT MIDDLESEX LOSE
O'CONNER SAVES ESSEX
OXFORD HAVE AN ESCAPE
BEST PERFORMANCES.
BATTING.
F. H. Chalk (Oxford V
Yorkshire
O'Conner
Вивясел
Leyland
Oxford
(Essex)
(Yorka)
Cox (Cambridge), v Aus-
tralians
BOWLING.
I.A.R. Peebles (Mid- dlesex) v Gloucen- ter
and...
135
112
100
O for 107
5 for 53
B for 132
5 for 72
Y
-3· for 31
Goddard (Glouces
ter) v Midd Paine (Warwick) =
Surrey Fleetwood Smith
(Australlons) Cambridge
London, May 11. First class cricket in Eng- land during the past three days rather featureless. The Cambridge v. Australian match had to end tamely, although the Cantaba made some sort of effort to retrieve a hopeless very subdued in their second ven- position, and by adding 92 for ture and wore sent back for 110, the last four wickete,
but Middlesex falled to make hay were able to exceed their initial whilst the sun shone. and were total. Cox carried his bat for dismissed for 197 to lose by 60 an excellent 51.
Gloucester succeeded in obtain ing an outright win at the expense of Middlesex in the face of some very fine bowling by Peebles.
runs.
WARWICK JUST DO IT. Warwick's match with Surrey was chiefly a fierce struggle to gain first innings mustery; and, Wan So far as Middlesex were con-wick won by the narrow margin of cerned Peebles bore the whole two rans.
Glouces brant of the work. In ter's Brst innings ho took 5 for 107, and in their second sent back
TO-DAY'S CRICKET
MATCHES.
The following programme County and frat-class
less than seven of them in the eighth inning. really Kew could develop a
Another defent for the Senn-matches starts to-day. hard overhead, he and Ernest tors, and a close
enil for the White Fincher would quickly become Yankees against Chiengo one of the most formidable pairs Sox were prominent results in the in the Colony. But Kew la in American League. clined to hit up at the "bird" when
Scores as 'embled by
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
course, a temperature of 80 have developed his game in the and a plus humidity means no course of a fortnight. When I thing, so long as play is confined saw him before he appeared essen- to doubles, and there is a gold tially to be a baseline player, but shower and a comfortable change on Tuesday he took the net with Cer- great confidence and made many to be obtained afterwards, tainly of what I have seen of the skilful shots. The programine will be as follows: badminton just recently, the con Men's 60 Yards Aggregate Handi-ditions, which tempt one to give COLLINS and Guest, the K.C.C.it la overhead, and only when right fo
lending pair had a fascinating an at the net does he succeed in cap for the Wood Caps Ladies' so the game the miss in baulk, have Yards Aggregate Handicap; Exhibi- had no really detrimental effects match with these two. I believe getting on top of the feathers.
Collins has yet to taste the fruits tion Invitation Diving: Mixed Reiny; on the standard of play.
FINCHER has a of victory when opposed to Sousa. Mon's 10 Yards
1.m.
Breast Stroke
(scratch): 60 Yards, Mixed Novelty AT the Jockey Club on Tuesday. In this case it was touch antittle. It is clean and well placed. Race: Five-a-Side Water Polo.
for instante, both teams The Jockey Club pair were slight He was in fine fettle on Tuesday showed decided improvement only the better in combination, and
superior finishing shots. and covered the court in amazing
fashion. their initial meeting. Some of the ind K.C.C. players found the daylight Guest, I thought, played his best
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Cincinnati... 6 (Hafey homered) Philadelphia +1 Pittsburgh
11
12
11
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11
(Gussubr homered. There were tea innings)
2 g (There were ten innings) Brooklyn..... 13 (Leslie homered) Chicago
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THERE is a suggestion in the air, (mude as a matter of fact. at the close of Tuesday's match) for (hu.K.C.C. and Recreio second teams to get together in the near future. I also believe the Jockey Club could turn out a mixed team and I would like to see them in apposition to the K.CC.. Recreio and St. Andrew's outfits. Posa- bly something will come of the suggestion:
New York St. Louis....
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
14 Detroit.. 10 (Cochrane and homered) -
Philadelphia. (Jimmy Foxx
0
Gehringer
5
2
und
Higgins
Cleveland .... Boston
30
3
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3
(There were eleven innings)
St. Louis... 4
13
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Washington 3 (Cronin and Phillips homered. There were ten innings)
8
3
Chiengo
10 11
MRS. Kayll, who has already
established herself a warm homered) favourite for the ladies' singles tenpls title of the Colony this year, ls, I understand, a keen bad- minton player and has had a vast amount of experience of the In England. She has. 1 nm moved in important badminton circles at Home. Let us hope that we shall see her own tecal courts in the very near future,
MRS
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game
cold,
TRS. F. T. Lo, I believe, in an- other excellent exponent, and while in Tientsin stood in a class of her own.
A.
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L. Sullivan, a former Shanghai champion, who by renson of the absence of the game here up
to recently, had to drop it, is said to be interesting himself in it again, and has been practising at the Jockey Club. I am convinced there in a growing wealth of talent
New York (Chapman
were 14 innings)
homered. There
South African Tennis
Championships
in the Colony; talent which shoul N. G. FARQUHARSON'S
not be allowed to run to seed:
FIRST WIN
Won
the
through lack of facilities, and there seems to be no reason why
N. G. Farquharson next winter should not see the game exploited by these leading South African singles champion- players, and put on a firm footing ship for the first time in his career In the Colony.
at Ellis Park, Johannesburg, on Monday when he beat R. Malcolm in the final by 4-5 6-2 6-3 14-12. Last year's champion was C. J. J. Robbins who overcame V. G. Kirby in the last round..
TENNIS RANKINGS.
Swedish National Lists
Announced
Mrs. C. J. Robbins retained the
women's singles championship. beating Mrs. F. H. Lowe in the final by 6-0 0-3, this being the same result as last year when Mrs. The-Swedish-national-tennia Lowe, however, won a act...from ranking lets have been announced Mrs. Robbins. Farquharson was na follows:
also finalist in two doubles events, winning the mixed doubles cham- pionship with Miss A, de Smidt.
Men's Snigles.-N. G. Farquhar- son bt R. Malcolm 4-6 6-2 6-3 14-12. Women's Singlen-Mrs. C. J. Robbins bt Mrs. F. H. Lowe 6-0 [G-3.
MEN.
1. C. Oestberg (owe 30.1}. 2. H. Ramberg.
A. Thoren (owo 30). *
4. S. Malmstrom (owe 15.5).
5. I. Garell,
J. Suderstrom (owe 16.3) 7.5.
3. Karlborg. K. Schroder.
(owo 15.1).
En (Dwo 4/0),
10. E
LADIES.
1. Mrs. D. Aquilon,
2. Miss G. Roberg.
3. Mrs. E. Cederholm,
4. Misa T, Thomasson.
5. Miss 13. Bellander.
6 Miss M. Isneus.
Men's Doubles.-J. Condon' and R, Malcolm bt N. G. Farquharson Jand H. Silada 4.0 9-7 8-6.
Women's Doubles-Misa Smidt and Miss Kitson bt. Mrs. F. H. Lowe and Miss Rodd 9-7 5-7 0-4.
Do
Mixed Doubles.-N, G. Far quharson and Mina Do Smidt bt J. Condon and Mrs. F. II. Lowe 6-1 2-0 0-1.
of
cricket
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP, Surrey v Gloucester at Oval Sussex v Derby at Hove Kent v Glamorgan at Grave-
send
Hampshire v Essex at Ports-
mouth
Northants v Worcester at
Northampton
Notts v Warwick at Not.
tingham Leicester v Lancs at Leices-
ter
OTHER MATCHES. M.C.C. Australians at
Lord's
five players for 53 runs.
But Goddard was also in ex cellent form with the ball, and with B for 132, was chiefly responsible for the losers' first dismissal for 213.
Surrey batted first and compiled 213, Paine bowling effectively to capture 5 for 72.-
Warwick, with their bucks to the wall, succeeded in amassing 215, whereafter the game dragged to an inconclusive end, Surrey scoring 222 for 6 In their second innings."
O'CONNER'S INNINGS.
But for a bright innings by O'Conner when Essex batted a second time, they would have been beaten outright by Sussex. As it was the South-Coasters had to be satisfied with Arst innings points,
Essex put together 197 at their initial bid, and Sussex came back with 220. O'Conner, batting ex- tremely well, contributed 112 to the vecond total of 289, and although Sussex managed to collar the Essox bowling, time would not permit them to win. At the close they had scored 168 for 2, being still 08 runs behind.
OXFORD DRAW.
There was somewhat brighter batting at Oxford, where the Uni- veraity forced Yorkshire to a draw, To the champion county's 351 (Leyland 100), Oxford repiled with 266, F. H. Chalk batting. brilliantly for 135.
Again Yorkshire hit merrily. and declared at 161 for two Gloucester in the first visit to the wickets, but Oxford, although hard wicket-compiled 351, to which pressed, held out, the close finding. | Middlesex replied with 213.
them 112 for 6 in their second Hammond and Co.. were kept knock.-
Next Week's Programme For
K. C. C. Tournament
|THIRTEEN MATCHES ARRANGED OVER FOUR DAYS
Owing to lengue home matches, Walker beat II. Burson, 6-4, 04; the K.C.C., tennis tournament F S. W. Smith boat L. D. Hume,
G-0, 7-6. programme has had to be some-
Ladies Singles Hanidcap: Miss M. what cut next week; two matches only
belag arranged for Thurs-Grifiths beat Mrs. Kelln, 0-1, 6-2; Mrs. Hosford bent Miss M. Kacker, day and Friday, Tuesday and -3, 0-2. Wednesday, however, have been Mixed Doubles Handicap: Mr. and devoted the usual number of Mrs. Wilson beat Mr. and Mrs. gabien, and the full programme Ferguson, 7-5, 6-2. follows.
TUESDAY
J. Crawford v A: H. Dinnen H,K.C.C. TOURNEY
(J. C.), W. Gitting v. Geo. Lee
(J. C.), C. Wigg v M. Drysdale {J. C.), A. Phillpens v A. Perry (H. B.), W. Peddle v F.S.W. Smith (H.B.).
WEDNESDAY
Rodger Brothers. Win Handicap Doubles
The Hongkong Cricket Club É. F. Fincher v S. A. Gray tennis tournament drew nearer its (H. A.), E. C. Fincher v F. close yesterday, when two further Broadbridge (HA), P. O. Anals were decided, leaving only Danne v W. C. Hung (S. C), two outstanding. J. A. Miller v H. J. Best (IL, 1.), Mrs. Miller Miss M. Grimths - (L. C.), (
George and Jack Rodger, the Kowloon Bowling Green Club players, did "well" to annex "the" THURSDAY
men's handicap doubles · ovent; Mrs. W. H. Wilson v Mrs. D. defeating Capt. Cannon and Rev. Orr (1.11.).
Lewis Bryan in three acts, 4-6, †6-1, 6-17"
FRIDAY.,
D. M. MacDougal] realised the f. O. Dunne and F.S.W. Smith promise he gave in the early C. J. Tacchi and W. W. Hirst stages of the tournament by win (II. D.). W. Mulcahy and D. Orrning the handicap singles HA
F. Broadbridge and N. Mackay beating Dr. R. S. Traill in the (H. D.).
final 6-0, 6-2.
KOWLOON TENNIS
Six Matches Decided. Yesterday
Yesterday's results in the Kowloon
The Club Championship Ana! hns still to be played, but A. L. Sullivan, who in one of the finalists is sick at the moment, and the match has been postponed til next week. Ho will meet L Goldman in the final, and both are past winners of the cham- píonahip.
At the conclusion of yestor-
Cricket Club tennis tournament aro day's games, Mr. T. E. Pearce
Be follows!
Men's Handicap Singles "B", A; E. handed the winners and runnora. Perry beat D. Orr. 6-2, 6-4; R. Jup their trophies...
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