THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH. MONDAY,
AUGUST 20, 1934.
HELEN JACOBS WINS
WINS U.S. TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
CHANNEL CONQUERED
TEMME DOES IT AGAIN
AUSTRIAN GIRL'S ACHIEVEMENT
London, Aug, 19.
The English Channel has been conquered twice on the same day, by the English wimmer E. 11. Temme and by Mins Usemma Faber, an Austrian.
Temme landed at Cap Gris Nez to-night, after swimming the Chunnet in 16 hours and 64 minutes. This in a record for a swim starting from the English alde of the Channel, and the fourth time that the Channel In beon awum in this direction.
Edward Temme is the dret man to have swam the Channel both ways, as he #vam from Cap Gria Nez to England in 1027, in 14 hours and 20 minuter.
The intrepid swimmer entered the water at 11 am, and landed near- Calais at 10.95 p.m.
AUSTRIAN SWIMMER.
The Austrian
lady swimmer,
Miss Usumma Faber, started on her Channel awlm from Cap Grla Nez at 0.30 a.m. and landed a Sonth Foreland at 3.15 p.m.
If this time is officially recognised, it will beat. Miss Gertrude Edorle's women's record of. 14 hours and 34 minutes by four minutes.--Renter and United Press.
INTERPORT SWIMMING
Hongkong Candidates To Appear On Sept. 1
Candidates who took part in the open Interport Swimming trials at the V.R.C. during the past week, In for the forthcoming preparation
Interport Awimming Triangular contest in Shanghai, will be seen in action at a special V.R.C. gala on September 1, commencing at D pan.
This will be the last opportunity. of seeing the Colony's aquatic star before their departure for Shanghai on September 9.
The programme is as follows:
Interport. Candidates:
50 yards free style.
100 yards free style.
440 yards rea style,
NEA
Edward H. Tommé.
100 yards back stroke.
100 yards breast stroke.. Diving.
LAWN BOWLS TOURNEY
DUNCAN PLAYS
- WEDNESDAY
RINK MATCH NEXT SUNDAY
It was officially announced this morning by Mr. Harry Hampton, Hon. Secretary of the Hongkong Lawn Bowls Association, that to- day's match betweon R. Duncan and D. Rumjthn, in the quarter- final of the lawn bowls singles championship, has been agranged for. Wednesday. will be played on the Club do Recreio green.
re-
It
The rinks championship match between G. C. Moss's and A. W. Grimmett's teams, which should have been played yesterday, but was abandoned on account of the
OUTPLAYS MISS
Miss Halan Jacobs.
weather, has been fixed for next Sir Malcolm
Sunday nt the Craigengower Cricket Club.
Campbell's-
GERMANY MAKES New Bluebird
CLEAN SWEEP
In Davis Cup Match
Berlin, Aug. 19.
SPEED RECORD ATTEMPT IN 1935
"Germany made. a clean sweep of the board in the Davis Cup match
Sir Malcolm Campbell has with Roumania, as a result of decided to defer his next at
either meet which she will Denmark or Switzerland in the tempt on the world's land-speed third round of the 1936 qualify-record until early next year.
Ever since he raised the ing competition.
world's land-speed record to £72 m.p.b. in February last year he has been planning to put the speed at a vill higher figure. Almost immediately after he re-
To-day Henkel and You Cramm won their remaining singles with-- out being in the slightest bit ex-! tended.
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Brilliant
Variety Of Strokes
DEADLY IN SERVICE
Challenger Loses Heart.
Miss Helen Jacobs, America's] No. 1 ranking women tennis player has won the United States women's singles cham- pionship for the third succes sive year. Yesterday she de. feated
Cup her Wightman colleague, Miss Sarah Palfrey, in the final in straight sets, the scorca being 6-1, 6-4,
Forest Hilla, Aug. 19. Mias Helen Jacobs retained her title to-day, beating Miss Sarah Palfrey 6-1, 6-4.
The champion chopped her way to victory in characteristic style. She sent over a mixture of shots which Miss Palfrey was unable to solve and continually, netted.
PALFREY
Miss Sarah Palfrey,'
GERMAN TENNIS PLAYERS SUCCESSFUL.
Hamburg, Aug. 12. Gottfried von Cramm, Ger- many's premier tennis player, to-day bent the American Bur- well 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 in the interna- tional tennis championships for Germany. In the mixed 'doubles the German pair Frau Sperling and Herr von Cramm won over the English pair Scriven-Tuckey 6-2, 6-4.
SECOND SUCCESS
Miss Jacobs was deadly in her service delivery, and her ability to ing love-40 disheartened her young pull up and win games after trail- opponent, whose skill in extricat
Miss Jacobs Wins Ing herself from difficult position
The Doubles suddenly, deserted hor.-Reuter.
Forest Hills, Aug. 19. CYCLES OF THREES.
A second success in the Ame thug remains in rican women's tennis champion- The title
Henkel beat Hamburger 6-2, 6-3, 6-3, and Von Cranim conquered turned from his triumph at Day America for the sixteenth year ships fell to Miss Helen Jacobs to- tonn he began to organise in a since the War. Only once during day, when, partnered by Mias Sarah the doubles Schmidt 7-5, 7-5, 6-1-Reuter.
for the next the last seventeen years has the Palfrey, she won The third round draw is now scientific manner
attempt, for his long-cherished American championship gone over-crowat. Water Polo-Interport tenm v Rest.as follows!---
In 1930 it was Miss Betty: acas.
They defeated Miss Carolin Bab- Holland, Poland ambition is to achieve a speed of Nuthall, in the absence of Mrs. cock and Mrs. Andrus in the final Other Events:
Willa-Moody, then reigning cham- after a stromuously contested 100 yards Boys handicap. 100 yards back stroke, members, Austria or Greece, Hungary v 300 m...
It was decided to build an epion, who accomplished the best three-set match, the scores being (Interport candidates Yugoslavia or Spain, Germany v
tirely new "Bluebird," one of the Denmark or Switzerland.
essential features of the new.car performance of her carcer in win- 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. being a super-streamlined body toning the title.
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"We hoped that the work would be finished by September," Sir Malcolm said, "for in spite of the late date it. would still have given me time to make a further attempt
this year.
It has now been found in possible to complete the great task in time, and 'Bluebird can- not be ready-until-November, which is too late in the season for me to make another effort. "Because of this, I have decided to postpone the attempt until early in the New Year,"
"FEEL I HAVE BEEN
INSULTED"
Kirkwood And IrishTMG.U.]
Officials of the Golfing Union of Ireland strongly resent the outburst of Joe Kirkwood, who alleged that his ball was twice trodden on by a steward during the second round of the open championship of Ireland at Port- marnock, County Dublin.
Miss Jacobs and Miss Palfrey thus, regain the title they won in 1932. This is the second time Miss Jacobs has annexed the doubles, while it makes it Miss Palfrey's third success. The first time sho carried off this championship was in 1930, when she partnered Miss Betty Nuthall.
Since 1918, Mrs. Wells-Moody, formerly Misa Helen Wills, has. won the championships ven times, which is easily a recad. It is a point of interest to note that with three exceptions, the title has been won in cycles of three years. Miss
Misa Nuthall and Miss Freda H. Hotchkiss was holder in 1909- 11. followed by Miss M. Browne (1912-14), then Mias M. Bjurstedt James, who were the holders, loat (1915, 1916, 1918, there being no in the semi-final to Miss Babcock ~1917);" Mrs. and Mrs. Andrun-after a match competition In Wightman broke the sequence in which went the full distance.- 1919, but it was re-started by Mrs. Reuter. Mallory (1920-22), continued by Misa Helen Wills (1923-25), inter- rupted again by Mrs. Mallory in 1926, and resumed once more by. Helen Will (1927-29): Miss
Betty Nuthall broke the sequence in 1930, and after Mrs. Moody had recaptured the title the following year, Miss Helen Jacobs started her run of three successee.
LIST TO WINNERS.
The complete list of winners follows:
1887 Miss N. F. Hansell. 1888 Miss B. Townsend. -1889 Miss B. Townsend.
1890 Miss E. C. Roosevelt. 1891 Misa M. E. Cahill. 1892 Miss M. E. Cahill. 1893 Miss A. M. Terry, 1894 Miss Helwig. 1895 Miss J. Atkinson. 1898 Miss E. H. Moore. 1897 Mlas J. Atkinson. 1898 Miss J. Atkinson, 1899 Miss Marion Jones. 1900 Miss McAteer, 1901 Miss E. H. Moore. 1902 Miss Marlon Jones. 1903 Miss E. H. Moore.
(Continued on Page 9.)
JIMMY FOXX HURT
BASEBALL PLAYER CARRIED OFF
LATEST BATCH OF RESULTS
New York, Aug. 19. Jimmy Foxx, famous Philadel- phia Athletic home run bitter, was carried off the field with n' leg injury against Cleveland Indiana to-day. He will be in- few capacitated for at least days.
Results went in favour of the leaders in the major baseball leagues. The Yankous clinched a double header against St. Louis Browns and the Giants beat Cin- cinati Reds. Detroit scored two more victories, both at the expense of Boston.
Complete scores, as cabled by Router, follow:
NATIONAL LEAGUE. R. H.
Brooklyn Pittsburgh
Philadelphia Chicago Philadelphia Chicago (Hurst homered) Boston
12
4
3
22
0
12
I
...10 14 0 (Jordan and Berger homered), St. Louis....**** 9 17: .0
(Frisch homered. St. Louis used six pltchers).
Boston
St. Louis
1. 7 3 G .1
(Collins and Medwick homer-
ed).
New York
Cincinnati...
815 4 10
0 0
(There were eleven inninga),
AMERICAN LEAGUE. Cleveland ... 5 7 0
(Trosky homered). Philadelphin
13 9
2 (Johnson and Higgins homier- ed).
3
13
St. Louis ............
(Campbell homered), New York
St. Louis New York
Detroit Koston
8 12
6 13
(Solteres homered).
Detroit Boston
Chicago Washington
3
1
9 12
8 14
MÁSKELL'S SUCCESS.
Retains Professional Title At Eastbourne
London, Aug. 18.
In the Professional Tennis Cham plonships at Eastbourne, Dan Baskell, of the All England Tennis Club, re tained his title for the sixth time in the championship by defeating Jeffery, of Melbury, In straight sets by scores of 6-1, 6-3, 6-1,
In the doubles, Maskeli and Jeffery easily beat Pouleon and Pearce by 0-2, 6-2, 6-0.-Reuter.
Wo regard this as such a grave WHY ENGLISH GOLF IS VERY MUCH
reflection upon the sportsman- ship of Irish golfers," said Mr.: Fitzsimons, hon. secretary of the Championships Committee, "that we have investigated the matter and are satisfied that there is no foundation for Kirkwood's accu- sation. He had no justification for his statement that his ball was interfered with."
Kirkwood's reply to this was:
A study of the amazingly low scoring in the champion- ships and big professional and tournaments this
amateur
little disheartening to ycar is a the average golfer. While the majority of club golf- era are struggling to beat ninety and one or two of them occasional
ly beat bogey very handsomely
BETTER
BY J. F. C. PIGNON establish
uniform standard scratch score achome on which handicaps are based have not eliminated this possibility.
the whole reason. The fact is we are all playing better golf these days than we were, say, ton or twelve years ago.
DRY WEATHER DRIVES."" There are many reasons for this, Even though we leave this present season out of consideration, there is definite evidence that scoring has been getting lowor during that period. This year, of course, the drought has naturally made the For one thing when more ac game casier in some respects. play in the Irish championship.: It is unnecessary to recall the curate golf was demanded of the Almost anybody who can play at I am not accustomed to being record scoring of almost every big scratch. player by lowering the all can drive a ball about 200 followed about as though I did tournament within the past few scratch score of course, clubs did yards, and 300 yards on baked not know the rates of the game.
I think the officials awe mean the big men in the game are mak- ing an average of fours on cham- apology. I feel I have been inpionship courses appear like a' sulted, and 1 will never again mediocre score.
NORTH CHINA SWIMMING MEET
months to bring home to all golfers
fact figures
"PLUS SIX" MEN NEXT.
But
and
something to nullify this by raising fairways a bones laly long drive the handicape of players. But for the first-cines player.
Instead, therefore, of playing In British events this season are with the rapid improvement in lower than ever before in the his scoring generally it may not be two wooden, club shots for a hole tory of the game. Even in events long before we have players with of 450 yards, a drive and an iron which double-figure handicap handicape of plus six, unless, of sometimes a mashie, are enough players contest the scratch score course, we rovias our ideas of what for most scratch golfers. Five Peking, Aug. 13. of courses has frequently been represents perfect golf by the Holes naturally, hecome fours,
80's become 70's.. consequort from: the drought The annual North Chim Swim-beaton, and the old invincible scratch player.
of other daye, "Colonel ming meet was held here yester-enemy
Far, and not the scratch score, day. Representatives of the Bogey
is limping about with. Is now really the scratch standard there are other considerations. The three provinces of Chili, Shan-wounded pride amorting under a Merely to penalise the long handl. implements with which we play tung and Liaoning and the succession of many humiliating cap player will not help the game have made the game ensfor Sicef Municipalities of Peking and defents
at all. The syetem of handicap shafted clubs, cane-shafted clubs, Taingtao participated. Chihli
What la the cause of this definite pink might reasonably be revised. specially balanced irons, matched captured' the men's championship rise in the standard of golf played: As it is this is a little haphazard sets, and a ball as perfect as with 56 pointer; and Tringtao, the in the country? That the stan. If a man does not take part in chemists constantly engaged in ro-
a search can make i
oft have simplified women's championship with a dard has been raised there can be competition or fails to return
core of 45.
his handicap is likely to Te Golf course architecture has doubt at all. [no
eard, Securing 15 points, Tung Ching- I am not referring to the extra-main unchanged, whether he plays, moved with the times. A S WATSON & CO., LTD.shan of Gnthil, was named cham ordinary returns, occasionally golf very seldom or regularly
plon among the male contestants made in handicap events. Those An inadequate handicapping have been lengthened and remodel- Misa. Ho Ven-chin of Tsingtao are, of course, as inevitable to-day system may be partly the cause of led, tightened up by making addi captured the women's Individual as they always have been. Even the occasional remarkable scoring tional hazards, and yet, scoring championship.
the efforts of the unions to in handicap events, but that le not has improved innu Mian
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EST. 1841
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