THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
WIGHTMAN CUP TRIALS: WHAT
LOVELOCK NOt running
AGAINST AMERICANS,
J. E. Lovelock, the Oxford University President and holder of the world's mile record, will be unable to run for the combined Oxford and Cambridge team to meet Princeton and Cornell, at the White City Stadium on Saturday, July 21, as he will be in Schools at the time.
BOWLS TITLES
SEVERAL TIES IN OPEN SINGLES
GUTIERREZ WINS
The first round of the Open Singles lawn bowls championship was com menced yesterday afternoon when several ties were decided.
On the Police It. C. green where L. A. Gutierrez of the Club de Re ercio met B. E. Maughan the Yacht Club player, the game was very even throughout and it was not until the 2nd head that the former champion qualified for te second round. On the diet head the scores were 13-19 and then the Portuguese representative scored a two to give him the neces sary 21 points.
T. F. Stainton of the Talkoo R. C. ellminated Y. Abbas of the Craigen- gower C. C. by 21 shots to 11 on the Hongkong Football Club Green,
E. G. Post (Police R. C.) qualified against Neil Drummond (Taikoo R. C.) on the Craigengower 4. C. green, winning by 21 shots to 15. Two Craigengewer players in 'J. Cavanagh and M. J. Medina were opposed on the Civil Service green where the former won by 21-10.
At the Yacht Club. T, Armstrong of the Civil Service C. C. won against W. H. D. Muskott of the Hongkong Electric. R. C.
A surprise was created at the Club de Recreio green when H. Git- tina defeated R. P. Phillips by 21 shota to 13 on the 20th head.
On the K.B.G.C, green, R. A, C. Basto defeated W. Maje by 21 shots to 18. The game was concluded on the 23rd head.
In the first session of the Bnal of the Consolation Prize round of the Contract Bridge tournament, r. Abesser and Cheung U. Pui lend M. B. Lo and Horace Lo by 2,670 pointe.
Walter Neusel, the blends Gorman boxer, just managed to beat Tommy Loughran in New York, and thereby intensified the com petition For Primo Carnera's hearyweight crown. The above picture shows Neusel and Loughran, with the American fighter an the left.
DERBY ENTRIES
EPSOM CANDIDATE IS WITHDRAWN
London, June 4. The Ruthless Abbot, a BG to ono Derby candidate was scratched from the Epsom classie A few minutes before t o'clock this afternoon.- Reuter,
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PROBABLE STARTERS.
London, June 5, The probable starters and jockeys for the Derby are as follows:
Colombo (Johnstone) Umidwar (H. Wrogg) Easton (Gordon Riharda) Windsor Lad (Smirko) Admiral Drake (Elliott) Tiberius (Nicoll) Alisha (Perryman)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE
6,
1934.
CRITICS SAY
Dazzling Doubles Form By Mrs. Godfree
ENGLISH GIRLS IMPRESS WITH EXCELLENT DISPLAYS
The Wightman Cup trials were held last month, and critics generally agree that they were highly successful, revealing that on form, England has rosy chances of winning back the trophy from American at Wimbledon this year.
Mr. H. S. Scrivener and Mr. Frank Poxon, two well-known London critics offer interesting opinions, which are set out below. A wise man once wrote: "Of conclusive of very much.
It was also somewhat boming that Miss Round and Miss Nuthall, who had played together each day two matches on and had won
all things there cometh satiety," and although women's doubles were not, as far as I am aware, invented In his time that does not prevent his dictum, when applied to them, from being apposite, krites H. S. Thursday and one (rather luckily) Serivener in the Morning Posts on Friday, should have lost both The ladies who took part their matches on Saturday; but us in the third day's Cup 1 have already suggested, I fancy me of the Wightman
practice games at Wimbledon satiety had something to do with it, start The features of the play were
on
Saturday were, to
with, as keen as the proverbial the two victories gained by Mrs. condiment; but, having regard to
what they had already gone through Godfree and Miss Dearman, and on Thursday and Friday and the the double defeat of Miss Nuthall existing altitude of the thermo- and Miss Round, writes Frank meter, it was hardly to be wonder. Poxon in the News-Chronicle. ed at that, although only four matches had been set for decision, Mise Round and Miss Nuthall, Mrs, Godfree and Miga Dearman and Mrs. Pittman (who played first of all with Miss James and again with Miss Scriven), were all good deal the worse for wear be fore the Inst ball had been struck.
Mrs. Goodfree, who had played so finely on the previous day, was again in splendid form, her court- craft being admirable. It seems practically certain that she will be picked for the doubles In the Wightman Cup.
I do not know who was chlofty
But the majority of the spectators, responsible for asking her to play of whom there was quite a good in these trials, but it was certain- muster, rewarded these devotedly an inspiration which is likely to women by staying on to watch their have very beneficial results. efforts to the bitter end.
The patent fact, already obvious
on
FINE INTERCEPTIONS.
by Friday and emphasised
The player whom I would place Saturday, was that Mrs. Godfree next to Mrs. Godfree, on the form is the best women's doubles player shown in these trials, is Mrs.
we have. She knows 60 much Whittingstall. She and Miss Lyle | about the game that I don't think it matters very much with whom she plays. On Friday she und Medieval Knight (Steve Donoghue) (after having led two match points) Miss Scriven were narrowly beaten Valorius (Jones)
Bondsman (Childs)
Badruddin (Fox)
Patriot King (Bezant)
Kathmore (Benry)
Primera (Ray)
Hornsey Risq (Taylor) Un Top (Caldwell)
Baron Munchausen (CHT Richards) Pride of the Chilterns (Herbert) Fleettoot (Wells).
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played brilliantly on Saturday while beating Miss Nuthall and Miss Round by two sets to one. net was up to the standard of
Mrs. Whittingstall'e work at the
by Mias Round and Miss Nuthall, good man doubles player. Her made with who were pretty obviously the interceptions were selectora No. 1 pair. On Satur- lightning speed, and she always day she and Miss Dearman won "put the ball away." Miss Lyle huth their matches. They first played her usual role of being beat Mrs. Pittman and Miss James | absolutely safe. which, though likely to happen, WAB
be
ex-
not by any means a thing that Both Miss Lyle and Miss Dear- was bound to happen, and then man have strong claims to they beat Miss Round and Mlas ranked as two of the best doubles Nuthall, which was, undoubtedly players in the country. They do "some fent," although the lasers not scintillate, but they are had just previously lost a desperate tremely sound. tussle with Mrs. Whittingstull and Miss Lyle, and were a bit jaded in consequence as well they might
be,
After this match Mrs. Whitting stall threw an S. O. S. She place against Miss Stammers and Miss Yorke, who were both fresh, was filled by Mrs. Pittman-very wenry but still game as she always is-as Miss Scriven's partner.
A LUDICROUS FAILING. One of the great faults of English lawn tennis nowadays is that our people won't have a bang for the match when the chance presents Itself, but prefer to play as though they were try ing to stave off defeat, and their
Mins Stammers and Miss Yorke played much better than on the previous two days while beating Mrs. Pittman and Miss Scriven in straight acts; but Miss Stammera is far more likely to play in the Wightman Cup singles than in the doubles.
Intense
Interest
In Tests
inability to clinch sitting match WORLD WIDE DEMAND
points is becoming positively iudicrous.
Mrs.
Now for a few statistics. Whittingstall and Miss Lyle, who made a sympathetic pair-though I
FOR TICKETS
London.
Interest In the Australian
doubt very much whether Miss cricketers is not confined to this Lyle ought really to be "divorced" country and their own. From all from Miss Dearman-covered them over the world letters are being re- selves with glory while defeating ceived requesting tickets for the Miss Round and Miss Nuthall by Test matches.
7-5, 4-6, 6-4. They nearly The match at the Oval will not made a muddle of the first set, be played until mid-August, yet which they might have lost after already enough foreign money has leading by 5-2. Losing the
come in to start a burenu de second, in which they made change on a small scale. belated effort to pull up from 2-5 Mr. A. F. Davis, the Surrey down, they went ahead at 31 in secretary, says that quite a num the third and held their lead for ber of Australians are making the B.
trip and have taken the precau-
are
Mrs. Godfree and Mas Dearman tion of booking in advance. only lost seven points in the course Lord's Cricket Ground has had of the first get of their match with several requests for blocks of Mrs. Pittman and Miss James.tickets from Holland, where there As so often happens after an easily are one or two teams which have won first set, the weaker pair got played against touring sides from
look in in the second and made this country. the most of it. But after that the stronger two
ussorted their For the five Tests thousands of superiority to the extent of 6-2. tickets have already been sold and The winners, to my mind, were many hundreds of pounds even more convincing in their changing hands for reserved seats, match with Miss Round and Miss which are being rapidly exhausted. Nuthall, whom they beat by 6—2, 7-6 after leading by 6-2 in the accond set. This was a fine win.. Mra. Godfree, though" tiring rapidly, showed grent determina- tion, and her partner, volloying and smashing nearly as well, backed her up ably.
Mies Stammers and Miss Yorke, both full of life, played dashing tennis ngainst Mirs, Pittman and
Miss Scriven while benting them
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