THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY; AUGUST 27, 1934.
FRED PERRY AND BETTY NUTHALL BEATEN
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. Lolt 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 defeat 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.
The English. pair won the first set at 6-4, and very nearly clinch ed the second, but wore finally pul- ed back and headed at 8-G. Lott and Miss Jacobs were sent all the way in the final stanza, but they remained the slendier 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 emerged the fresher was the turn- ing point in the final.
Stooten and Miss Nyan snonked away with the opening stanza breaking through to win In the tonth game. Then followed an un- usual struggle, with the advantage
A fine action study of Lester Stoelen and George M. Lott, who retained the national doubles title al German Town on Saturday,
alternating between the Fun
tentante. Lott und Miss Jacobs ended it by capturing the 24th game to win the set at 12-11.
The final set was a procession, the losera putting up but a slight resistance.
The scores ny cabled by. Reuter, were:"
MIXED DOUBLES..
Semi-final
G. M. Lott and Aliss H. Jacobs (U.S.) beat F. J. Perry and Miss B. Nuthal (Britain) 4-6, 8-6, 7-5.
Final
SATURDAY'S CRICKET
matches:
SCORES
.It
JAPANESE
YANKEES IN BRILLIANT FORM
WIN SMART. DOUBLE HEADER,
LATEST BASEBALL
New York, Aug. 26.
TEAM
DAVIS CUP ARRIVING TO-MORROW
Two brilliant victories by New York Yankees at the ex- ponse of Chicago featured to- day's baseball in the major leagues. Ruffing blanked out Chicago in the first match, while Gehrig scored two home runs in the second to clinch the issue.
The Giants sustained a reverse, and Cincinnati improved them: selves by winning both games of double. header against Philadelphia
Phitlles. Brooklyn Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinala Anished all square in
a double honder.
Washington Senatore
were twice, beaten by St. Louis
J. Yamagishi, Japan's best tennis player, who arrives in Hongkong to. morrow, and will, if all is well, be seen in action.
Browns, Glaeholder blanking out LAWN BOWLS the Senators in the first game.
Scores as cabled by Renter ful- low.
London, Aug. 25, Appended are the close of play Philadelphia- scores in the county championship Cincinnati
Philadelphia Lord's-Middlesex 312 (A. E, Watt Cincinnati 6 for 95); Kent 78 for four.
(Bottomley homered) Oval-Lancashire 343 for five '(3) New York
L. Hopwood 151) v. Surrey.
።።
National League.
1 H
E
Boston Pittsburgh
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6 11
2
1
G
2
5 10
G
11
1
3
Chicago
7 10
0
Worcester, Worcestershire Leicestershire 11 for one.
Taunton. Somerset 211 (A. Staples for 30); Notts 76 for none. Bournemouth Yorkshire 342 nine. Hampshire.
Brooklyn
11 14
0
for
312:
(Cukinell and Kuenecke home-
red)
Bristol Essex 312 (M. S. Nichols
St. Louis Brooklyn
ħ
10
1
2 11
St. Louis
2. 10
Beater,
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
St. Louis
# 11
Washington
0
2
St. Louis
9
18
Washington
5 14
1
Detroit
7 J1
6 8
3
+ 10 13
0
Lott and Miss Jacobs beat L. Stoefen and Miss Rynn (1.S.)110); Gloucestershire 30 for none. 4-6, 13-11, 6-1.
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AUGUST 27TH TO SEPTEMBER 1ST
MACKINTOSH'S
(Glaeholder pitched)
(Greenberg homered) Philadelphia .......
(Gehrig hit two home runs)
0
BOWLING GREEN LOSE
BIG OPPORTUNITY
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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 Toruksuni 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. through here Jast Good Pridny ruit put a stop to exhibitions, and subsequent to that the tragedy of Jiro Satoh's denth was enacted.
· MANY SUCCESSES.
CHAMPIONSHIP NOW HEADING FOR Three players are now on their
THE CRAIGENGOWER
Omar's Rink Turns Scales
Only the combination of two
possibilities can prevent Craî-
gengower Cricket Club ft Beer And The
string from winning the first
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,
2 as Craigengower have yet to visit the Civil Service, easily the most dimeult team to-day to defeat on their own green.
The Bowling Green have two
2 comparatively easy matches, being
Chiengo
New York
Chicago
3
0
(Ruffing pitched)
New York
6
(Chering homered)'
Cleveland
1
Boston
7
8
9
12
Cleveland Boston
at home to Craigengower second
string and away to Kowloon Docks,
Against this Gralgengawer have!
to visit the Civil Sorvice, entertain the Police and play their own colleagues.
REPORTS HIMSELF
FIT FOR TRIP
way back to Japan-H. 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-- ship at Felixstowe, beating C. F. - Auschliman, the Swiss internn- tional star in the final, 6-4, 6-0.
J. Fujikura won the Lalceator- shire title in face of a large in-" ternational entry, overcoming his compatriot, Miki, in the final, who retired after losing the first not 13-11. A. C. Stedman (New Zen- land), F. H. D. Wilde,
English international player and J. B. Gilbert figure in this tournament.
At Bath, Nishimura casily won the singles championship, beating G. 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.
PROPOSED PROGRAMME.
now been dispelled, Beer has fully recovered from the at- tack of influenza which laid
low last week, and an
If the Japanese players are
the following agreeable,
be to
fectly fit and will travel up morrow. First singles:-Fujikurn with the team to-morrow. v Tsui Wai-pui, followed by a The team leaves for Shanghai doubles, between Yamagish and by the President Taft at mid-night H. D. Lumjahn and Nishimura to-morrow.
and Fujikura, and winding up with It w
was officially announced this a singles between Nishimura and morning that the final for the paira Yamagishi. If time permits all U. M. Omar's rink made possible championship of the Colony will matches will be the best of three Craigengower's victory at Austin
THE DECIDING FACTOR.
Road on Saturday. The vialtors be played on Sunday next at the sets.
Kowloon Bowling Green Club,' The admission to the ground by were down on the other two rinks. starting at 3.45 p.m. The finalists Cox's Path will be one dollar in- Bradbury's four being one bohind
Hall's rink, and Basa's combina are F. J. Jones and A. F. Grimmitt cluding tax, and a record crowd
is anticipated. tion three down to Guy and his against K. Wey and A. S. Gomes.
THE DAVIS CUP
MATEJKA'S colleagues.
But Omar and his men had the Grimmitt vás superb. His re- Full COME-BACK measure of the Macfarlane
four, and finished eight shots to markable drawing shots continu the good to make a final turnover of ally outwitted opponents. As a team the Police were extra- four in favour of the visitors.
Victory in this game would have ordinarily weak, and Moss alone Germany & Holland
a. normal practically assured the Bowling played anything like
Qualify Even he could not compare Green of the retention of the to Grimmitt, who remained fault- champlonships. Now they have a
leas
throughout the 21 heade.
Copenahgon, Aug. 25. long way to go, with the odds dia
Fred Jones was consistently ace- Germany completed the debacle tinctly . in favour of the Happy curate at No. 3 and often paved of Denmark in the 1986 qualify- Valley team.
AUSTRIAN TENNIS
CHAMPION
REGAINS CROWN
years.
game.
the way for Grimmitt's finishing Ing competition of the Davis Cup Nothing seems to be able to Austria's best player, Franz stop the Indian Reercation Club touches. Both Deakin and Sim-to-day, winning the tie by five mone played well enough to hold clear matches, and at the same the Wilhelm, Matejka, came back from walking away with into his own when he regained second division. Another easy their own against Forrest and time qualified for the competition
Carey
proper. This success of Gelmmitt's rink the national championship of win, this time on a foreign green,
both Henkel, and Von Cramm his country after a lapse of two keeps them well ahead of all
rivals. They can still afford to carried with it the championship won their last singlon in straight aets. Henkel boat Ulrich 6-2, 6-4, lose one match and win the title. tit. and the Spey Royal Cup.
THE PLAY..
G-1. and Von Crumm beat Jacob-, Having won the title five times The Police and Kowloon Bowling by 1931, he failed in 1932 and was Green will probably fight it out gistering a three on the very first
Grimmitt's rink started off by re-sen 6-2, 6-2, 6-0. beaten in five sets by H. Kinzel for second place.
HOLLAND THROUGH. head, and a four on the third head. in 1933.
On this head, Moss was laying eno
Holland qualified for the 1985 shot, but Grimmitt with nico drive Davis Cup competition to-day when removed the shot, to enablo his rink Henk Timmerbeat Oostberg to to gain four shots, Moss with his give Holland lead of three last wood, failed to alter the position.matches to two. In the last on
The fourth head daw the Civil Se counter of the series, Schroeder vice rink laying five shots, and it of Sweden beat Knottenbait, Hol- seemed as if they would get away
In the tournament held at the
AGAIN
Vienna Athletic. Club last month A. W. GRIMMITT he beat G. Metaxa In the final round, 6-2, 6-3, 2-0, 6-1. Metaxa teamed with A. G. Baworowski to take the men's doubles, while Fraulein R. Kraus and Fraulein T. Wolf each had two wins. Tho former gained the women's singles from Mrs. Winkler, 5-7, 6-3, 0-7, and they teamed together success- Tully in the doubles,"
Fine Bowling for Rinks Title
A
with it, but Moss with his last wood land's second string,
Timer required only three cartled the "fuck" with a fast drive
to destroy the head. In the replay, against Oestberg, winning 6-1, 6-3, Arthur Grimmitt, the Civil however, the Civil Service rink re- 6-1, while Schroeder accomplished his tank with the scores of G-1, Service skip and favourite for corded another three,
Grimmilt was again to the fore on 7-5, 6-0. Holland thus won by the lawn bowls singles cham- the seventh head, when he pushed in three matches to two-Reuter, Fraulein. Wolf and M. Haberl
pionship, was the dominating two of his team-mates' woods to give became mixed doubles champions.
figure in the rinks championship his xink a five. In the ninth head also, Immediately after tho champion-
-final at Craigangower Cricket Grimmitt came to the rescue, when ship a team match between a side-
Club
The final of the Battalion Indivi yesterday, when he led he crept in between four Police woods
dual Billiards Championship of the from Vienna and the International
his Civil Service colleagues to to lay the shot for his side.. Club
Moss was loudly applauded on the Bouth Wales Borderers will take of France was held consisting
overwhelming
victory of four singles and two doubles..
against Moss and his Police tenth hond, when he carried the "Jack", place at the Soldiers Club,"Queen's Since the visitors wore
rink. Jenn-
dents and saved his side from being two Road to-morrow between R.Q.MA. shots, down. The Police broke their Jarman ("HQ" Wing) and Omr. Borotra, Jacques Brugnon and
The government sorvants won duck, ou, this head, and thereafter Mathias ("H.Q." Wing), Sgt. Rice Antoine Göntion; . Vienna-
naby · TH ahots to alght, and wore ao scored on four more heads.
will referee with Bet. Organ mo represented by Metaxa, Kinzol; clearly the better bowlors, that The match was watched by a large marker. The Match commences at Baworowaki, Harbert and W. Brosch but for some despera defending gathering, who were treated to as 6.80 p.m. and will be 500, up, - Extra gained a fine victory by winning work by Moss, would have won by ane an exhibition of bowls as they seating accommodation has been, ar- four of the six matchog.
Jan even greater margin.
ranged. Words could have wished to see.
an
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