THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1935.
THRILLING TEST CRICKET: W. INDIES' RECORDS
TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
LIKELY
DOUBLES FINALISTS
CAPT. MANNERS AND FINCHER
WARWICK SHUTE BELOW FORM
(By "Veritas").
If Captain Manners can tighten up his volleying and overhead, he and E. C. Fincher will probably reach the final of the open doubles tennis cham- this year and they pionship will give the Rumjahn cousins a good rum for their money. Yesterday Manners and Fincher patored the mi-final as a result of beating Llasg Sal-wa and F. II. Kwok, in straight sots. The winners showed very promising form with the excop- Lion of Marinera not work which was variable and through which he com- mitted a number of unexpected errors. Captain Mansers' drive la' one of tho best in local tennis. His short swing! and use of a flat racket in highly reminiscent of E. D. Androwa. The pace which be obtained off the ground frequently disconcerted Linng and
Kwok who found themselves driven out of court by the axcollent length of the shot.
Hnd Manners allowed Fincher to! take a more prominent pince in the net exchanges the two would have But Manners won much easier,
blatantly poached, and, being some. what unsteady, from the forecourt, fost several points.
FINCHER'S COOLNESS
Fincher was cool and resourceful
MY FORECAST
SENIOR SHIELD
TO WIN-
Police Athletic
JUNIOR SHIELD
TO WIN.-
TO WIN
Navy
East Lancashires
LEAGUE
FIRST DIVISION.
Fusiliers
Navy
SECOND DIVISION.
TO WIN-
University Athletic Fusiliers
THIRD DIVISION.
TO WIN:-
Engineers R.A.M.C..
Petersen To Fight In
Lighter Class
GIVEN AWAY TOO
►
MUCH WEIGHT
(By Geoffrey Simpson)
"Jack Petersen's future, tem. porarily, is likely to be spent in the light-heavyweight class."
WEEK-END SHIELD
FOOTBALL
Club Must Feed Bickford
To Beat Police
ATHLETIC SHOULD WIN
(By "Veritus")
With the Police at full strength and the Club turning out the some team which sensationally beat South China “A”, to-day's Senior Shield semi-final at Caroline Hill not only ensure a huge crowd, but a ratling good match.
THE JUNIOR SHIELD
HEADLEY 270 NOT OUT
|W. INDIES SCORE 535 FOR 7
WYATT SEVERELY
INJURED
ENGLAND GOES TO PIECES
2 OXIN A som jag de un punta ILA Bos som flori de pe
no oth
So far as forocnating the result is concerned one is forced to the can-1 clusion that anything may happen. Although the Royal Engineers have The Club cortainly havo incirļa very nice record, 'I do not expect magnificent second round victory to them to survive their semi-final ties to give them moral encouragement, but in the Junior Shield against the Navy
ne Police, are capable of rising to to-day.
fin occasion.
upon purple pokrytino
"SIW 'vojszy
Two records were broken during the
If the Club have learnt anything By the same token, with a forward day's play. Headley, by scoring 270 of value from recont matches they line which includes Sandford, Ridings not out registered the highest in- will make certain that Bickford is well and Griffen, all of whom played individual Innings ever made by a West in Test the Army trial this week, I anticipate Indian against England supplied win passer une part that East Lancashires will bent South cricket, while West Indies total of the fact that in his own right tick-Ching juniors in the other semi-final 536 for 7 declared is the highest Bickford in a more dangerous winger
at Sookunpoa, to-morrow. Fowler, I cannot see the jetter making a great deal of headway against sven experienced men as Parker and Chris Pie. The Chub can expect to prent much more by concentrating on the left wing.
South China played splendid foot- ball on the same ground to beat the Artillery in the previous round, but this time they are against a different proposition, and un East Lanenshires I should make it his duty tov. Navy Brial is indicated. see that Bickford la given chanco. The Inside left has been The players expected to participate making the mistake of playing too in the week-end Shickl nntches are: for back. Allack in the thing which
wing matches.
Init 0
perfor-
SENIOR SHIELD
Judged by comparative
Club: Rodger; Gamble and Strange; mances this year, the Police appear Robertson, Skinner and Duntan: to be a slightly better balanced team, Fowler, Forrow, Howe, Hill, and Bick- and their forwards aro certainly ford.. livelier. Moss, Pile, Stephens and Police: Perkins; Blackburn and C. Johnston need a lot of stopping Pile; Brooks, Gough, and Parker; T. their Pile, Stephens, Johnston, Green and once they have jumped into
Mon
stride.
ATHLETIC SHOULD WIN
To-morrow should see the Athletic find their way into the final. They expect to be at full strength, wasch means that Tsui Ah-fai, Chan Chun-
+
JUNIOR SHIELD
aggregate ever compiled by West Indien ogninst England.
Egland made a disastrous start R.E.S. Wyatt was knocked out by a blow on the jaw In attempting to avoid a rising ball from Martindale, and the English skipper had to be
to hospital conveyed
X-Ray examination.
for
After that the visitors lost Ham mond, Paine, Holmes and Townsend for 27 runs.
BIX SIXTH WICKET STAND Continuing their overnight score of 235 for two, a further 59 runs were added by Sealey and Headley before after the former was clean bowled scoring 91. Constantine acore! 34
out of the next 48 runs added for the
WALI
POPULAR BRITISH MIDDLEWEIGHT
Here is the popular British middleweight champion, Jock Me- Avoy, during training for a recent bout. His training, quarters aro at Manchester where he is seen going through bla peces. McAvoy in a smart boxer, and a stiff puncher and is very popular among British fight fans.
INTERNATIONAL GAMES RALLY FOR. DEAF
UNIQUE SPORTS EVENT TO BE HELD IN LONDON THIS YEAR
ENTRANTS FROM 17 COUNTRIES
deat
I think that Robertson is capablo Athletic:--Suf Tim-lim; Wong Shek- fourth wicket, and after Fuller and of holding up Tommy Pile, but Gamble ping and Mak Sui-hon; Ng Tak-wing, Moodle had left with only 29 runs This was the surprising de-may have an anxious time against Trui Ah-fal, and Ho Chor-yin; Lee added, Headley and Rolle Grant Associated in a prolific and bis doubles game does not appear claration by the British heavy-Stephens, who is one of the cleverest Hun-ching, Yeung Kan-po, Ho Ka- became
London, Mar. 15. for, the deaf athlete. It was In Caper- scheniera in local football.
keung, Chan to have suffered much by his rather weight champion's father and
Chun-wo and Fung partnership which yielded 147. Rolfe The Police have a slightly more
Deaf people from all parts of hagen in 1905 that a Swedish club met Grant helped himself to 77 before dis King-yu. infrequent association with the tennis
the world will hold an inter- Danish club in the first athletic courts during the last few months. manager, Mr. J. T. Petersen, ellcient half back line, but in defence
S, China "B":- Pau Ka-ping; assal.
national Chung Chi-ying and Yu Hing-yuen; With the score at 335 Cor 7, the
Rames rally here match for deaf teams from diferent He whipped out the same old decisive when I discussed with him highere is nothing to choose.
countries. In 1900 it became a full Lee Kam Lau Tak-po anil Henry Innings
declared cloard. shots from the pot and made grest
August 17 to 24.
international match between Sweden play with his chopped backhand drive son's plans.
Young; Young Shlu-yic. Lai Shlu- Headley carrying his bat for a
There are seventeen nations affil- and Denmark. In 1907 Finland came In the first set ho lobbed almost per
kam and Lee Shek-you. wing, Tang King-ki, Cheuk Shek- brilliant 270 which included 30 iated to the Comite International desis, and in 1910 Norway made it a "It may as well be stated now
boundaries. foctly, passing Liang Bai-wn' every
Sports Silencieux (International Com-four-cornered match. time, but in the second stanza Liang that Jack's weight is little above
Martindale proved almost unplay-mittee of Silent Sports), and fifteen In 1916 Vienna and Hudapest began quietly moved back a couple of yards the light-heavy-weight poundage of
able when England went into bat of them are definitely competing a long series of association football and was able to deal with the lob 12st. lb.," he said. "In fact, I
wo and Ilo Ka-koung will be on view. Navy:-Phillips; Betis and Beard: After Wyntt's injury, the fast bowler These are Austria, Belgium, Czecho-matches, and in 1922 France and Liang and Kwok made a fairly wood think it ought to be stressed in Against such a team South China White, Bower and Wright; Dodds, captured the wickets of Townsend, Slovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Belgium played the first international showing in the second set, but the view of all the criticism which was do not Acem to stand much Banstead, Ryan, Bennett and finder. Paine and Holmes in quick succession, Germany, Great Britain, Halland, Hun- football match confined to former could not get his ground strokes poured on him after his defeat by chance. It was the same team which R. Engineers-Selleck; Stack and and enused an England debacle, gary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Sweden,players. operating properly at any stage and Walter Neusel last Monday week. all but beat South China first string and Budley; Budden, Denham and
Switzerland. The United States and In the first comprehensive inter- Kwok did most of the point winning.
in the lungue a few weeks ogo, and Royling: Callard, Hurst, Derby,
Japan are also expected to send teams. national games in 1924 France swopt They seemed to be beaten by paco as "My boy's weight that night was it was the Athletle players who play-Howlett and Creagh
The track and field events will cover the boards, thanks to a vast super- much as anything else.
12at. 10lb. to the German's 14st.
the complete Olympic programme with lority in athletics and cycling. At The Iu brothers fulfilled predictions 21b. He has been giving weight
the exceptionn of the marathon, Amsterdam in 1928 Germany, a new by beating Wong and Ho in three sets away wholesale since he became
juiceplechase, hop-step-jump, cross-competitor, won with 125 points to
country race, decathlon, They mado a alow start as usual, but
hammer-France's 105. Both did well in after the first set went to the attack champion in his efforts to put
throw, and walking. Four compet-athletics, but Germany's swimmers and sustained it until the end. Both British heavy-weight boxing on the
tors from each country may take part | turned the scale. splendid overhead, man,
At Nuremberg in 1931, a young The women will have the 100-metres, Danish team set a new standard for 77high Jump, hroad jump, shot-put, and deaf runners, but again the German
400-metres relay. -
hwimmera outclassed everybody, and There will also be swimming Germany's final score was 200 points neven events for men, and four for to Franco's 178, and Denmark's 148.- women; diving, cycling, lawn tennis, United Press. and association football.
were
brothers although the poor length lobbing of the-losers Resisted them in no small The best tennis was in the mcasure. final set which saw the winners play ing most impressively.
NERVOUS WARWICK
Warwick Shute seemed to be suffer-
"Oh, yes! It has been good experience, but if the opportunity arises for Jack to fight as a light- hoavy-weight and win the world title in that division I think we shall take it.”
ed so well in the Governor's Cup last
Sunday.
South China "B" are again calling Paine
on the service of Pau Ka-ping, at Iddon
one time the finest player in the Colony to den a goalkeeper's BWCK- ter. Pau returns between the
Scores:
WEST INDIES-1ST INNS.
Barrow, b Farnes
Headley, not out
270
Christinal, b Paine
27
56
12
IGH
5
Sealey, b Paine
7 1 24
▸
Constantine, lbw Paine
34
Moodie, b Paine
*
ENGLAND-IST INNINGS
Fuller, bw Hollies
in each event.
Rolfe Grant, c Wyatt, b Paine Hylton, not out
Extras
22
8
11
(7 wkta dec.)
0
Rowling Analysis.
0
1 Smith
6 Farnes
Wyatt
"sticks." and if anyone can stop R.E.S. Wyatt, retired hurt.. the Athletic from winning. Pau is Townsend, c Christina, b Martin- the man to do it.
dalo ....
The match is being played at Soo-Hammond, e Hylton, b Constan kunpoo, and this may upset the tine Athletic, who are not keen on this Paine, lbw Martindale small enclosure, as witness how they Holmes, b Martindale "Pa" Peterson scolta at the aug-lost to the Royal Artillery recently. Ames, not out ing from nerves in his second round gestion that the boy whom
On the other hand South be
China Hendren, not out singlos tie against Y. W. Lee. Cor began to teach boxing when he was ground, and this may determine itseif
scem perfectly content with this Extras tainly he did not find anything like knee-high has reached the limit of his proper forma until the second set his ability. and then, after twice breaking
he lost this
through Lee'ning his
advantage by
own
service.
Leo's good longth driving to both corners constantly found Shute on the wrong foot in the opening stanza, while the schoolboy, failing to vary his direction, made things rather simpler
"Why he's only 231 There's heaps of time yet, and no for the defeat by Neusel, don't.for. get that Jack Dempsey knocked out before he became champion.
тая
"His eye injury? It is healing
for the Chinese who always had plenty fine. It has been treated by a of time in which to position himself.
In the second set Shate brightened specialist and wo have no fears up considerably, and maintaining a about it. Maybe it will leave a succession of forceful forehand drives tiny scar, but all Jack says about which Lee treated in too nonchalant it is that It makes his third cut, a fashion pulled himself up from 2-5 and with three stripes he is now to 4-5 by wlaning Loo's and his own
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(4 wkts)
27 Hollica
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(Continued on Previous Column,)
Fall of Wickets:-1 for 23, 2 for 25, | Holmes 13 for 25, 4 for 27.
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