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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1934.
DAVIS CUP TANGLE: WHAT DO THE NATIONS WANT?
END OF QUALIFYING COMPETITION
IN SIGHT
OLD PROBLEM OF CONGESTED
ZONE INEVITABLE
BIENNIAL TOURNAMENT MAY
MATERIALISE
YET.
(By "Veritas").
THE JOCKEY CLUB SWEEPSTAKE.
ALKEADY ESTABLISHED A
HUGE SUCCESS.
Over 30,000 tickets in the Picnic Bay. Special swoopstake have been sold by the Hongkong Jockey Club.
Tickets can still be obtained from the Jockey Club "They are $1 each, and books, of ten can be purchased for $9.
Rugby Union, And
Austria, Soccer Pros.
•
NEW SWIMMING POOL
FOR SHANGHAT IN 1935
summer
COUNCIL APPROVES
When the next swimming season opens, Shang- hai will have a new pool in the Western District, according to an announcement issued by the
GLOUCESTER · ATTACK CAPTURED..
AUSTRALIANS SCORE FREELY: WOODFULL'S CENTURY,
London, Aug. 1. Gloucester, spent an energe tic day in the field against the Australians, who at the cluse had scored 264 for the love of two wickets.
Woodfull found the Bristol ground to his liking and com- piled 131 before dismissal, while Ponsford gave him good Hupport with an innings of 54--Reutor
Shanghai Municipal Council THE GIANTS
last week.
The Shanghai Times understando that the new pool, construction work on which will start in Decem. her or January, in sufficient time
WIN
for the batha to be ready for open- DOUBLE HEADER
ing next summer, will occupy ap-| proximately the southern half of Singapore, Park, and will be of Olympic dimenelens, that is 50 Įmetres by 25 metres.
VICTORY
MALAY PROFESSIONALS PETITION
UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION
BY S.A.F.A. COUNCIL
At a recent meeting of the Coun- upon to meet the Malay team at cll of the Singapore Amateur Foot- full strength, ball Association,, consideration A further proposal was put for-. was given to a letter signed by 16 ward and is under consideration of the Malay footballers who that to record appreciation of the were concemod in the charges of correct and sportsman-like at- professionalism, which were the titude of these players, efforts. subject of inquiry in March lost, should be made to arrange a nsking for early consideration of spacial game to mark their return an application for reinstatement to local amateur fantball, the sides as amateurs,
to be ono made up of the players The letter, was very sympathe-who are to be reinstated and the tically received and on the motion other selected from the remainder of Mr. E. E. Colman (M.F.A.). of Singapore. soconded by Dr. J. S. Wabstor, it
The recommendation for rein- was agreed to recommend to the atatement will be considered by
of
Football Association of Malaya the Football Association that permission be granted un- Malaya at Kuala Lumpur on played at the date of their rain-Saturday, Aug. 4. statement. This decision Was taken to avold any possible hard-
Sponsors of the scheme under which the qualifying competition of the Davis Cup saw the light of day, are faced with the prospects of defeat. A body of opinion, led in the first place by countries such as Czechoslovakia and Switzerland, has now grown to dimensions sufficient, apparently, to cause the abrupt ending of this new feature of the Davis Cup competition. VITAL CHANGE. The decision reached by a big) Nevertheless there is a growing majority at a private meeting feeling among the countries that
OF LAW of the Davis Cup committee, blennial event is the nolution It may be possible in the future The baths will be situated on needs only the support of a to the various problems few nations who were not remonstrated by the voting at the to take part in Association foot-Kinachow roads, only a block from
na de-for a British Rugby Union player
the corner of Singapore and presented, for the qualifying
private meeting.
ball against Soccer professionals competition, which was
In a later message, received without becoming a professional the new playing fields which are
New York, Aug. 1. troduced as an effort to meet att i understood that twelve voted Rugby football,
morning, Reuter says that.
now under construction and' will'
Chicago Cubs had a bad day difficult situation, to become a for, and eleven against, the hold-
thus be convenient for player after An alteration to one of the laws games,
to-day, when they were blanked thing of the past.
ing of a biennial contest, but no of the game dealing with this
out by Dean, famous Cardinals This would complete the dis-i
change in this direction will be matter was supported at the
Provision for the construction pitcher. But New York Giants illusionment of Britain, who made, since two-thirds majority is annual meeting in London last of the bathewill he made in the celebrated with a double header THE HORSE THAT WAS for four years struggled with
Works Committee's 1935 Budget. victory at the expense of Boston month of the Rugby Union.
When the proliminary estimates
Braves. The Giants topped the of the Health Department were
in this
necessary.
It is further understood thatị
YANKEES BITE THE DUST
the problem of conducting the Germany and France opposed the to be sanctioned by the Interna- considered last February, an item idouble figure mark in each
Davis Cup on less complicated change, although nothing kan heen lines, and has met with only reannounced officially. buffs from the countries for which so much work was being carried out.
BRITAIN'S BURDEN. While practically the whole of the competing nations in the European zone in 1930 and 1931 agreed that the exlating method of conducting the tournament badly needed ravision, causing at it did congested fixtures and unfortunate clashings with im portant championship dates. It was left to Britain to produce two concreta schemes.
tho qualifying com One was petition as it exists to-day, and the alternativa a biennial tournn- - ment South Africa were warmly In favour of the latter, and in 1982, when turning down tralia's suggestion for the forma-¦ tion of a South Eastern zone which would include South Africa, Australia and Now Zealand, and wrote to the English LT.A., that "In South Africa the feeling is very strong that the present
Алин-
method of playing for the Davis
Afrien
han
STALEMATE.
The proposed change will have
tional Board.
of
$7,000 in provide for additional engagement.
Yankees suffered another set. dressing room accommodation at Another proposed change deals the open air swimming pool in back, being beaten by Boston Red So that at the moment with the unconverted try. In Hongkew Park was deleted as the Sox whereas the Senators won stalemate exlats, the competitors future it is hoped to distinguish Committee was of the opinion that comfortably against the Athletic. seem to want neither one nor the this from a placed goal by a drop inasmuch as the congestion at the other scheme by which it is kick from the centre instead of pool was great it was preferable to follow
Scores
ጊዜ cabled by Reuter claimed the problems of conduct-placed kick when play is resumed. provide another pool rather than ing the tournament will at least
NATIONAL LEAGUE. be lessened.
It is also proposed that when to incur additional expunditure on player, after leaving the field the existing one.
R. H. E. But whatever the ppusibilities through injury, desires to return
11 10 1 of growing opinion in favour of he must seek permissiou first from a bennial competition, it does seem
1 the referee. fairly conclusive that after this year, the qualifying competition. will be a thing of the past. noble effort by Britain tampled under foot."
HELEN HICKS REGRETS
CANNOT PLAY IN ENGLAND
New York,
A
OLDEST CHAMPION
LOSES TITLE
C. A. Picket New Holder Of Welsh Pro. Golf Championship
PROPOSAL ADOPTED.
It was accordingly decided that consideration should be given during the current year to the acquisition of a site for an uddi-| tlonai swimming pool, and the Cominissioner of Public Works was requested to present a recom- mendation thereon.
New York Boston
New York
2 9
The 15 players are: Salleh bin
ship on teams which might be in Yusoff, Mahmood bin Jalil, Mat the running for honours but still Noor bin Kassim, Sarip bin All, have to meet the Malays. Those Kassim bin Jalil, Dollah bin Ah- clubs who have already concluded mat, Yusof bin Ahmad, Abdul heir fixtures with the Malaya, Aziz bin Haji Jafar. Said bin playing against the weakened afde, Sidik, Said bin Yusof, Zarknei bin would, but for this cond'tion, be faji Ibrahim. Noordin bin All, placed at a pronounced advantage Omar bin Tahir, Amin bin Kechil over clubs which might be called and lamali bin Rasol.
A "CERT"
Lamed While Leading Half
Mile From Post The most surprising upset of
the racing season occurred in the Champney Plate at Gatwick last montli
There were three runners-The Sage, who had won all his thro races in effortless style, and two moderate platers, Chelsen Reach and Tarquinius. On form, The and Sage was a certainty. He started!
at 1009 08.
10 14 I (Ott hit two home runs Schumacher one) Bonton
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh Cincinnati
NO 2-**
3
Hi
J
4 10
2
४
11
12
12
(Hafer homered)
6
2
0
0
(Dean pitched)
St. Louis Chicago
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Washington.... 11 14
(Susko and Manush homered) Philadelphin 7 14
(Gramer hit two home rung
The Commissioner of Public Works submitted to the Works Committee a plan showing a pool at the south end of Cad. Lot 5970, Singapore Park. He stated that it was not proposed to proceed with CA, Pickett, the twenty-five-this provision during the current year-old professional attached to garding the site were approved, year, but that. If his proposal re- There is one thing that Miss the Creigiau Club, won the Welsh the construction of the pool would Cup is too lengthy for an annual Helen Hicks regrets in connec-rofessional golf championship be included in the 1936 estimates. event, and that playing it biennially.Į will tend to increase the intereation with her startling decision seventy-two holes when the event mencement of this work in Decen- and Higgins one)
with-an-aggregate-of-296-for He requested authority for com to become a "businesswoman was concluded on the Swansea Bayber or January next in order that in it, and will be for the ultimate good of lawn tennis throughout golfer," and that is that it Club's course recently. the world."
the pool would be available for renders her ineligible to compete South
(Werber homered) Pickett was successful by us at the commencement of the elung in the British, Women's Golf margin of two strokes from Fred 1936 summer season. tennefouly to the den of biennial Championship again.
Colling (Llandudno), the veteran Competition, and when the smaller
After brief discussion, the Com- So far the British champion-holder of the title. Pickett, who mittee recommended the Council European nations began protest- ship has defied all attempts by had been three strokes behind the to adopt this proposal. ing against the imprácticability American women to win it and it leader at the end of the first two of the qualifying competition, it is the only major Inks event for rounds, returned scores of 72 and will be similar to thong at Hong- It is understood that the baths seemed that the biennial event women that Mina Hicks has not 71. would be the natural alternative.) won."
kew. and will be provided with He was one over fours on his efficient filtration systems which FINANCE ENTERS,
The loss of Miss Hicks Amer-Just round with only two holes to will ensure a supply of pure water, But once aguia finance has in-ican women's golf is a keen one.be played, but he secured a fine truded itself, and has motivated, Her decision came like a bomb-two at the seventeenth, where he not only the abhorrence of the #hell to the thousands of players; put an iron shot a yard from the European nations to the qualify- and followers of the game, who pin. ing competition, but also to the adore her. idea of the Davis Cup being com-
"How about the women's inter-
RECORD EQUALLED.
pated for but
every two national team?", was one once
Collins, who was a stroke behind years.
rst questions asked by leading Pickett at the end of three rounds,
of the
1
SENSATIONAL GOLF
To the small countries such as women golfers. They referred to started his last round with 3, 4, 2 K. LAFFOON WINS BY Switzerland, Monaco, Austria, the team which will oppose the and was four under four after Spain, Denmark, Yugoslavia, visiting English team at the seven holes.
RECORD MARGIN
Buffalo, July 26.
0
4
Half a mile from the finish The Sage was lobbing along in front; with the other two being hard- ridden to get on terms with him.
Then there was a gasp from the erowd, and I picked up my glasses to see The Sage last, hobbling on three legs.
HUGE SPORTS STADIUM
NEW SHANGHAI PROJECT
BIGGEST EVER IN FAR EAST
►
Plans has been announced for the giant Greater Shanghai Stadium Group which is to be built in the Municipal Park at the Civic Centre at a cost of $1,000,000.
The contract signed calls for completion of the work by May next year in order that the He had broken a fetlock in his ground may be ready for the hind leg, and was so badly Injured National Athletic meeting to be that
his jockey, R. Dick, im- held in July.
mediately dismounted. The horse
had to be brought back in a float.
Containing seating accommoda- Walter Nightingall, who trains tion for 40,000, the main stadium back to his Epsom quarters in the two 200 metres tracks, a football The Sage, had the horse brought will include a 600 metres track. hope-of-saving him, but-ilsfield, three tonnis courts and three injuries proved to be too serious basketball courts, while sleeping and the horse was later destroyed, accommodation for 3,000 athletes
will also be provided.
World Tennis
Boston
New York
4 10 (Crosetti homered) Chicago
-10 16
0
2
1
St. Louis ***** G 13
0
Stars For Australia
Chicago
4 8 0 Bonurn homered. There were ten Innings)
St. Louis
2 11
1
Detroit
10 17
0
(Owen. homered)
Cleveland
(Trosky homered).
7 14
B
RIFLE SHOOTING
July Event Fixed For The Week-End
VAST GYMNASIUM.
A vast gymnasium with a floor area 20 metres by 40 metres and an Jarched ceiling 20 metres high will contain facilities for indoor tennis, basketball, volleyball and other games and will be' specially heated. The swimming pool will be 20 The world's tennia champions will be seen in action in Melbourne metres by 60 metres and will be
able to during the Centenary Australian depths will range from 4 feet G sent 4,500 spectators. The Championships from January 3 to inches to 11 feet.
12, 1935.
Space has been left for the future The national tennis associations addition of three lawn tennis courts of Great Britain, United States of with seating accommodation for America, Japan. South Africa and 4,000, with a club house close by. New Zealand have already accept- A standard-sized baseball ground Jed the invitation of the Lawn
is also among additions" planned, Tennis Association of Australia toj
best available and seating 4,000 this will also send their. two Roumania etc., whose chances of Chevy Chase Club in Maryland in Ile took six at the eighth, how-
players, while France has also re-have club quarters. reaching the more important September. While the team has ever, and had a similar figure at.
ceived a similar Invitation,
BIGGER THAN MANILAi stages of the competition such as not yet been named, it was a fore the sixteenth, where he took threel The biggest margin of victory in
Germany, Spain, Italy. and the zone and inter-zone finals are gone conclusion that Miss Hicks putty,
the tournament of the New York
Czecha Slovakia have been invited' The area covered by the whole practically nil, the Davis Cup pro-¡ would be selected, at she was in Pickett, who
at Golfers Association
The July Monthly Shoot of the to send has been
ono representative each. group of buildings will be ap vides merely an excellent means 1932, and would be one of the Creiglats for three and a half achieved by K. Laifoon. Playing Hongkong Rifle Club, which was post- and it is confidently anticipated proximately 270 mow and the work
poned owing to Inclement weather, that they will necept. years, had never previously won againat Horton Smith in the first will now take place on Saturday and
will be in the bands of Messrs. The annual elimination of four "Why did she not wait until an important open competition. round, he won by 12 up and 10 to Sunday, August and b.. at 230 p.m. plonships in Melbourne, the visit-been appointed Architect,
Besides the Australian Cham-Chen, Tal, while Dayu Doon has countries from the early stages of after the Interntional matches?" The record for the course held play. the European Zone means chanees, asked Miss Maureen Oreutt, the by R. Waits (Pennard), WIN Horton Smith was the winner: .of on attractive draw being lost. Metropolitan champion, who also equalled when D. David (Llandi-this year of the Masters' Tourna 000 yards.
Deprived of the opportunity of played on the 1932 team.
shon) accomplished a round of 70.ment at Atlanta, beating by ten
strokes the score of Bobby Jones, each range. who returned to competitive golf'in |
of swelling LT.A. coffers.
meeting countries such as Aus- tralia, Japan, France, Germany and Czechoslovakia, แกล Col- fronted with heavy expenditure through participation, the weaker nations feel
that entry into the Davla Cup
competition is Not worth the caudio.
On the other hand, the return to status quo means the reintroduc- tion of the problems which benet' the competition up to 1933. The countries have turned down two Behomes for the elimination of these troubles, and if any alterna- tive to them is to be suggested, il will surely have to come from theso participants.
AMERICA'S POSITION.
It is not surprising, of course,
to find South Africa's proposal
mainalays of the side.
been has
Germany's Jewish Athletes this event,
Bar To Be Lifted
IN CONNECTION WITH THE WORLD
OLYMPICS IN 1936
New York, Aug. 1. The International Olympic Committee is convinced the Nazi government intends to abide by its promise to select athletes for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin without religious or racial predjuice, Mr. William May Garland, Los Angeles capitalist and a member of the Committee said,
Pales-
Mr. Garland, who reburned from "The committee admitted the meeting in Athens aboard the tine to competition by a unanimous rojected. Amerlen would naturally ner Rex, said the unanimous į vote.. bo agriinst it, for America's slogan opinion of the delegates was that
"A protest was heard against
has always been "The Davis Cup Germany had fulfilled the assure allowing wonien to compete on the first and last, and any effort to unces of non-discrimination they ground that Olympics are too restrict the tournament would be bound to most with opposition in Vienna last year.
WIE
A surprising defeat was sustain ed by Gene Surazen. He eliminated in the second round by Al Watrous, who won by four and three.
HOME RACING
Claran Wins The Goodwood Stakes
London, Aug. 1. Claran to-day won the Goodwood Stakos by a good margin.
The results were;
Claran
Son of Mint
White Plains
The odd: 0/1 Claron; 7/1 Son of Mint: 100/8 White Plains.
Claran won by a length and a half, gruelling a test. After considera-but only a short head soparted the "I understand there will be atlon the committee decided to next two horses. from the founders of the competi- number of Jews on the German admit them as usual"-United There were twolve starters. tlon.
Olymple team," Mr. Garland said. Press.
Reuter.
and 9.30 am, respectively.
Ranges: 200 yards, 500 yards and ing players will be seen in action Even bigger than the grounda in exhibition matches in the other built at Manila for the For
Games, One sighter and seven to count at capital cities and in the New South Eastern Olympic
the Wales championships.
Greater Shanghai Stadium will be the largest in the Orient, and will be most up-to-date in design and facilities.
Football Coming: Entries For Next Year
SOME NEW TEAMS TO APPEAR
The list of entries for the Football League next winnter gives twelve teams in the Senior Division of the League, ten în the Second Division and eleven in the Third Division.
The cost of the work has been appropriated from the three and a half million dollar loan floated recently by the Greater Shanghai Municipal Council.
-INVADING ANTIPODES:
McLean Joins Britain's Golf Team
South Ching has entered two loon Football Club, Club de Rocrole, teams in the Senior Division, and Hongkong Football Club, Royal Navy, one each in the other two Divisions. Į Lincolns, Police and Chineso Athletic. A new entrant this year in the Second Division-Royal Artillery, Railway Recreation Club, which as South China, East Lanes, Kowloon
London, Aug. 1. entored a team in the Third Division. Football Club, Royel Engineers, East- The Scottish and Irish amatour The Eastern Athletic Association has orn Athletic Association. Hongkong golf champion, McLean, has cancel- Also entered team in the Second Football Club, Royal Navy, Lincoln, led his proposed trip to America. Division, Last year they did not and Chinese Athletic. compete, although they paid their.
where he intended to compete in the. Third Division.-South China, East US. championship.NNA affiliation fee. They competed the Lanes, Radio Sports Club, Royal He has accepted an Invitation to propious two years.
Army. Servico Corps, Royal Engineers, travel as one of the British team The following, are the entries:- Royal Army-Ordnanco Corps, lallway | which will shortly tour. Australia First Division-Royal Artillery, Recreation Club, Royal Air Force, The tour is being organised by the South China (two teams), East Lan-Club do tecrelo, University F. G. Royal and Ancient Club-Reuter cashire Regiment, St. Joseph's, Kew- and Lincolns,
Special.
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