THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1934.
FRED PERRY AND BETTY JAPANESE DAVIS CUP
CUP TEAM NUTHALL BEATEN
ARRIVING TO-MORROW
AMERICANS
WIN
CLOSE TIE
MIXED DOUBLES TITLE
TO MISS JACOBS
AND LOTT ·
German Town, Aug. 26.
The elimination of Fred Perry and Miss Betty Nuthall in the semi-final round provided another all- American final in the United States national mixed doubles tennis championship here to-day.
George M. Lott and Miss Helen Jacobs opposed Lester Stoefen and Miss Ryan in the final and won after three gruelling sets, 4-6, 13-11, 6-1.
The defent of Perry and Miss Nuthall by the ultimate winners of the title was accomplished only after a terrific match extending over the full distance and demand- ing the playing of 36 games.
A fine action study of Lester Storing and George M. Lott, who retained
the national doubles title at German Tawn on Saturday,
alternating between the The English pair won the first testants. Lott and Miss. Jacobs set at 6-1, and very nearly clinck-ended it by capturing the 24th ed the second, but were finally pull-game to win the set at 12-11.
ed back and headed at 8-G, Lott The final set was a procession. and Miss Jacobs were sent all the the fosers putting up but a slight way in the final stanza, but they resistance." remained the steadier of the two pairs and eventually clinched the match at 7-5.
REMARKABLE SECOND SET.
A remarkable second set from which Lott and Miss Jacobs emtorged the fresher was the turn- in point in the final.
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Sthefen and Miss Nyau sneaked away with the opening breaking through to win in the enth gume. Then followed an un- usual struggle, with the advantage
The scores as cabled by Reuter,
MIXED DOUBLES.
were:
Semi-final
G. 31. Lott and Mies H. Jacobs (U.S.) bent F. J. Perry and Miss B. Nuthall (Britain) 4-6, 8-6, 7-3.
Final
Lolt and Miss Jacobs beat L. Stoefen and Miss Ryan (U.S.) 4-6, 13-11, 6-1.
SATURDAY'S CRICKET SCORES
YANKEES IN BRILLIANT FORM
WIN SMART. DOUBLE HEADER
LATEST BASEBALL
New York, Aug. 26. Two brilliant victorica by Now York Yankees at the ex- penac of Chicago featured to- day's baseball "in the major leagues. Ruffing blanked out Chicago in the first match, i while Gehrig scored two homo runs in the second to clinch the issue.
The Giants sustained a reverse,) and Cincinnati improved them- selves by winning both games of 12 double header against Philadelphia Phillies. Brooklyn Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals finished all square in
a double header. Washington
Senators! were twice beaten by St. Louis)
J. Yamagishi, Japan's best tonnis player, who arrives in Hongkong to- morrow, and will, if all is well, be seen in action.
Browns, Gineholder blanking out LAWN BOWLS the Senators in the first game.
Scores as cabled by Reuter fol- low.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
R II E
Boston Pittsburgh London, Aug. 25. Appended are the clure of play Philadelphin- Scores in the county championship Cincinnati
Philadelphia Lord's-Middlesex 412 (A. E. Watt Cincinnati ... for 96): Kent 78 for four,
(Bottomley homered)
Bitches:
Oval-Laneshire 348 for five (J. New York
L. Hopwood 151) v. Surrey.
Taunton. Somerset 211 (A. Staples) for 39): Notts 76 for none. Bournemouth Yorkshire 342 for nine v Hampshire.
Worcester. Worcestershire 312; Leicestershire 11 for one.
Bristol-Essex 312 (M. S. Nichols (116); Gloucestershire 30 for neuc.
Reuter.
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BOWLING GREEN LOSE
INVITED TO GIVE EXHIBITION
ARRANGEMENTS IN HAND
K. C. C. VENUE
PROGRAMME OF THREE GAMES
If the Japanese Davis Cup players reply favoura- bly to a wire despatched to them on board the Terukuni Maru, they will be seen in action to- morrow at the Kowloon Cricket Club.
They have been invited to play in exhibition matches dur- ing their few hours stay in the Colony en route back to Japan following their summer tour of Europe.
When the players
passed
GREEN LOSE through here inst Good Friday
BIG OPPORTUNITY
CHAMPIONSHIP NOW HEADING FOR THE CRAIGENGOWER
Omar's Rink Turns
Only the combination of two! passibilities can prevent Crai- Bengower Cricket Club, first string from winning the first
Scales
Beer And The
division championship of the Lawn Bowls
lawn bowls league, consequent |
upon their defeat of Kowloon
Bowling Green last Saturday. Interport
If the Bowling Green are to have any further interest in the destination of the title, they must win their two outstanding games, and Craigengower must lose at least one of theirs.
This, however, is quite possible, 21as Craigengower have yet to visil. the Civil Service, easily the most
3 difficult team, to-day to defeat on
their own green.
The Bowling Green have two comparatively easy matches,.being
at home to Craigengower second string and away to Kowloon Docks. Against this Craigongower have to visit the Civil Service, entertain the Police and play
their own
colleagues.
THE DECIDING FACTOR..
3 U. M. Omar's rink made possible Craigengower's victory at Austin Road on Saturday. The visitors were down on the other two rinks Bradbury's four being one behind Hall's rink, and Basa's combina- tion three down to Guy and his
MATEJKA'S collongues. COME-BACK
AUSTRIAN TENNIS
CHAMPION
REGAINS CROWN
But Omar and his men had the full
gamo
have
rain put a stop
to exhibitions, and subsequent to that the tragedy of Jiro Satoh's death was enacted.
· MANY. SUCCESSES.
Three players are now on their way back to Japan-1, Nishimura, J. Yamagishi and J. Fujikura. They wound up their stay in Eng- Innd with outstanding successes in provincial tournaments. Just before sailing, Yamagishi won the East of England champion- whip at Felixstowe, beating C. F. Aeschliman, the Swles Interna tional star in the final, 6-4, 6-0.
J. Fujikura won the Leicester- shire title in fnee, of a large in- tornational entry, overcoming his compatriot, Miki, in the final, who relired after losing the first_set. 13-11, A. C. Stedman (New Zea- F. H. D. Wilde, English international player and J. B. Gilbert figure in this tournament. At Bath, Nishimura easily won the singles championship, beating C. E. Godsell in the final 6-2, 6-3. All doubts about Harold Beer R. C. F. Nichols, former badmin- being able to accompany the ton champion of England, and Hongkong lawn bowls Inter- J. F. G. Lysaght, erstwhile Oxford port team to Shanghai have Blue, were among the competitors. now been dispelled. Beer has
REPORTS HIMSELF
FIT FOR TRIP
fully recovered from the at PROPOSED PROGRAMME. tack of influenza which laid If the Japanese players are and an agreenbic, the following pro-
low last week be per-gramme will be attempted to- ounced that ho fectly fit and will travel up morrow. First singles:--Fujikura with the team to-morrow.
Taul Wal-pui, followed by n
The team leaves for Shanghai doubles, between Yomoglah! and by the President Taft at mid-night H. D. Rumjahu and Nishimura to-morrow.
and Fujikura, and winding up with It was officially announced this a singles between Nishimurs and morning that the final for the pairs Yamagishi. If time permits all Championship of the Colony will matches will be the best of three be played on Sunday next at the sets. Kowloon Bowling Green Club, The admission to the ground by. starting at 3.45 p.m. The finalists Cox's Path will be one dollar in- are F.J. Jones and A. F. Grimmitt cluding tax, and a record crowd
is anticipated, against K. Way and A. S. Gomes.
Crimmitt was superb. His re- measure of the Macfarlanem mitt WIP contine THE DAVIS CUP four," and finished eight shota to the good to make a final turnover of team the Police
ally outwitted apponents. As a avere extra- four in favour of the visitors,
ardinarily weak, and Moss alone Victory In this would
Germany & Holland practically assured the Bowling played anything like a normal
Quality Green of the retention of the game. Evon he could not compare to Grimmitt, who remained fault- championships. Now they have a
Copenahgen, Aug. 26. long way to go, with the odds dis less throughout the 21 heads.
Fred Jones was consistently ac- Germany completed the debacle. tinctly in favour of the Happycurate at No. 3 and often paved of Denmark in the 1936 quality- Valley' team.
Nothing seems to be able to the way for Grimmitt's finfaking ing competition of the Davis Cup Austria's best player, Franz atop the Indian Recreation Club touches. Both Deakin and Sim-to-day, winning the tie by five Wilhelm Matejka, came back from walking away with the one played well enough to hold clear matches, and at the same into his own when he regained second division. Another easy Caroy.
their own against Forrest and time qualified for the competition the national championship of win, this time on a foreign green,
proper. bis country after a lapse of two keeps them well ahead of all carried with it the championship won their last singles in straight This success of Grimmitt's rink Henkel and Von Cramm both rivals. They can still afford to title and the Spey Royal Cup. lose one match and win the title. Having won the title five times The Police and Kowloon Bowling by 1981, he failed in 1932 and was Green will probably fight it out beaten in five sets by H. Kinzel for second place, in 1939.
years.
In the tournament held at tho. Vienna Athletic Club last month he beat G. Metaxa in the final round, 6-2, 6-9, 2-6, 6-1. Metaxa teamed with A. G. Baworowski to take the men's doubles, while Fraulein R. Kraus and Fraulein T. Wolf ench had two wins. The former gained the women's singles from Mrs. Winkler, 5-7, 6-3, 0-7, and they teamed together success- fully in the doubles.
Fraulein Wolf and M. Haber) | became mixed doubles champlona. Immediately after the champion- ship a team match between a sido from Vianna and the International Club of Franco was hold
conslating
A. W. GRIMMIT:
AGAIN
Fine Bowling for Rinks Title
sets. Henkel beat Ulrich 6-2, 6-4, THE PLAY.
6-1, and Von Cramm bent Jacob. Grimmitt's rink started off by re-sen 6-2, 6-2, 6-0. gistering a three on the very first head, and a four on the third bead.
HOLLAND THROUGH.
On this end, Moss was laying one Holland qualified for the 1985 shot, but Grimmitt with a nico drive Davis Cup competition to-day when removed the abot, enable his rink Henk Timmer beat Oestberg to to gain four shots. Moss with him give Holland a load of threo. last wood, failed to alter the position. matches to two. In the last en- The fourth head saw the Civil Ser- counter of the series, Schroeder vice rink laying five shots, and it of Sweden beat Knottenbelt, Hol- seemed as if they would get away land'e second wiring.
with it, but Moss with his last wood
| carried the "fuck' with a fast drive
Timmer required only three sole
to destroy the head. In the replay, against Oestberg, winning 6-1, 6-8 Arthur Grimmitt, the Civil however, the Civil Service rink re- 6-1, while Schroeder, accomplished Service akip and favourite for corded another, three.
his tank with the scoren of 0-1, Grimmitt was again to the fore on 7-5, 6-0 Holland thus won by the lawn bowls singles cham-
the seventh head, when ho pushed in three matches to two-Reuter, pionship, was the dominating two of his team-mates' woods to give figure in the rinks championship his rink a five. In the ninth head also, final at Craigengower Cricket Grimmitt came to the rescue, when Club westerday, when he to ho crept in botween four Police woods The final of the Battalion. Indivi
Service colleagues to to lay the shot for his side. My dual. Billiards Championship of, tho, overwhelming!
victory
Moss was loudly applauded on the South Wales · Borderers will. take of four singles and two doubles.
against Moss and his Police tenth head, when he carried the jack place at the Boldiers Club, Queen's and saved, his side, from being two Road to-morrow botwoon R.Q.M.S. Bluce the visitors
Jean
rink. Borotra, Jacques Brugnon and
The government servants won shots down, The Police broke their Jarman ("HQ" Wins) and Dr. Brt, Rice Antoino Gontien
duck' on this head, and thereafter Mathias ("H.Q." Wing) Vienna by 39 ahots to eight, and wore 50 scored on four more heads.
will referee with Sgt. Organ "as, represented by Metaxa, Kinzel, clearly the botter bowlers, that The match was watched by a large marker, The Match commences at Baworowski, Harbert and W. Brosch but for some desperate defending gathering, who were treated to as 6.80 p.m. and will be 500 up: Extra, —gained a fiáo victory by winning work by Moss, would have won by fine an exhibition of bowls as they seating accommodation has been ar- four of the alx matches,
T'an oven greater margin. var 3. could havo wished to "noe,
ranged. ..
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