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THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY,
JUNE 11,
1935.
DAVIS
CUP TIE FOR
CRAWFORD WINS
Jack
Crawford, who Won
the
Davis Cup tie for Australia against
France.
BOWLS FIXTURES FOR TO-DAY
ONLY JUST BEATS BOUSSUS
FIVE SET MATCH
IN PARIS
VIVIAN MCGRATH AGAIN LOSES
Paris, June 10. Australia climinated France from the Davis Cup Lawn Tennis Competition to-day, by three matches to two, Jack Crawford beating Christian Boussus after a hard fought contest and Vivian. McGrath losing to Andre Merlin in four sets.
The Commonwealth will now theet Germany in the semi-final round and The winners will oppose the winners! of the tie between South Africa and Szech-Slovakin.
Two Interporters Down Crawford and to give of his best
To Play
Six matches in the second round of the singles lawn bowls cham pionship will be played off this afternoon.
Frouchman
to overcome the young who offered the sternest resistance in an endeavour to take the issue to the full five runtches. He played the letter tennis in the opening set which took at 6--2 but try as he did he he was able to prevent the Australian and then taking from drawing the lead in the third sel.
Bussus fought back brilliantly and None of the fixtures has anything with Crawford conserving his energy outstanding by which to recommend for the fifth set the Frenchmans won it although a couple of Interporters! the fourth at 6-3. There was will be seen in action. Fred Cullen ding dong battle for the dual set and the Kowloon Dock player, who re it was anly elineheat by the Australian presented Hongkong in 1931 and who after 16 games had been played. won the singles championship
It was just as well that 'rawford
to
1925, in to incet H. Gittins on the won the match n Vivian McGrath Club de Recreio green.
disappointed by sing
singles
Gitting is one of the Kowhon C.-C. best leats and Hae anne creditable victories to his credit but unless hr
T
Merlin
The matches were:
J
scores
of
to-day's
H. Crawford (Australia) bent neprades his very host form he Christlan Boussus (France)' 2—6,; should And Cullen more than a match; 2004, 6004, 3-4, 9—1. for him.
Andre Merlin (France) tent Vivian (Australia) 64, 6-7,
McGrath 6-3, 6-4-Reater.
Fifty thousand racing fans braved weather threats to gaihor at Churchill Downs and were re- warded by a stirring race in the Glet running of the Kentucky Derby, in which Omaha romped away with the honours, paying his backers 5 to 1. Bebind him in their finishing order are Roman Soldier, Whiskolo and Nollie Flags
NEW TEST PLAYER
Mitchell-Innes Scores
Brilliant Century
FORM AGAINST TOURISTS
LEICESTER WIN BY INNINGS
COUNTY CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP
BERRY SCORES CENTURY
London, June 10.
BOUSSUS BEATS AUSTIN
FRENCHMAN WINS IN PARIS
INTERNATIONAL TENNIS
Paris, May 19. H. W. Austin, England's second ranking player, was surprisingly beaten by the young Frenchman, A century by L. G. Berry, the Christian Bousaus, in the match Leicestershire opening batsman, between the International Clubs and brilliant bowling by George of Great Britain and France here Geary, the Leicestershire and to-day. The former England bowler, enabled 6-3.
score
was
AUSTRALIA
ENGLISH BOWLS DEFEAT
SOUTH AFRICAN TOURISTS
WIN FIRST TEST
'FIXTURE
London, May 20.
That one lion-hearted man can- not carry three others was proved
BAER SHOWS
IMPROVED SKILL
|CHAMPION AMAZES RING EXPERTS
TRAINING FOR
FIGHT
Asbury Park, N.J., June 4. With a little over a week to go before he risks his crown with again in the international bowls James J. Braddock of New match between England and Jersey, Maxie Baer to-day was South Africa at Crouch Hill on rapidly rounding into perfect con- Saturday. That one rink going dition.
down, well and truly, will bring The world's heavyweight chum- about the cancellation of all the pion is amazing ring experts with good work-and it was superla-his vastly improved boxing skill. tively good at times-done by the He is also unusually serious for a remainder, was also borne home training alege, indicating that de- to thousands of watchers who spite the fact he is an overwhelm- shivered as much from the effects ing favourite to beat Braddock he
is taking ur chances. of the collapse of No. 5 rink as
Baer spars five rounds almost they did from an icy north-east wind that blew across the green. daily at his training camp which The lon-hearted man was F.is fuented on the grounds of the Hal Biggin, whose three-hour task was P. Sims estate. Sims is a noted forever saving shots, handsful of bridge expert.
He is working out at top speed them, or finding himself with posi tions that were hopeless for Eng-and despite five fast rounds dots land and all to the South Africans' not even broathe heavily. More- over he has taken most of the loop seldom that. Biggin's from his punches and is shooting IL WIN
fast straight hard lefts. three men got him position, at or behind the jack, which enabled him to build solidly. When they did, IT Fairlamb, the third man against him, blotted everything out. Fair- lamb and his skip. A. G. White, did
He is still nursing his right be not put down one bat bowl, which meant that they missed nothing cause of an injury sustained in an and so the score on this rink grew exhibition bout nearly a month like this:
advantage.
10 22 28 35 41 11
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S.A. E. Amazing consistency everyone will agree, on the part of the winners, who must be praised 9-7, for the way they played up to the half-hearted work of the English- Inen. To be down 24 shots was too
London, May 17. Oxford, and in this we must include a crowd which grew in numbers and enthusiasm through A. E. Silkstone, another interporter
out the day, will long remember and the conqueror of R. F. Luz, in to
GERMANY QUALIFY N. S. Mitchell-Innes's batting play A. 0. Brawa on the Craigen-
Berlin, June 10, against the South Africans yes-the county to beat Northampton- France, who led by seven wins to gower C. C. green and after his form
meet Austerday. Germany qualified to
shire in a County Cricket Cham-three at the end of yesterday's piny, against the former Club de Recreio
pionship fixture in two days at won the encounter by 12 matches to It
University pinyer. he should not meet with any train in the semi-final round of the
to this was left
7. This is the first time she has been great diffleulty in eliminating the Davis Cup Competition by beating
the first century Northampton. 10 Ithly by four matches one, student to score Civil Service C. C. player,
against the South Africns in their Leicestershire won by the con- successful since the matches | Reuter,
present tour, and it was his total of vincing margin of an innings and first played in 1930. 168 which virlunity curried his side 12h Puns, made possible by to a first innings lead a distinction Northants being dismissed for 85 denied to all the tourists' apponents in their first innings and 79 in their second in which innings The value and merit of his isnings Geary took seven wickets for 30 cannot be understood by looking at runs,
Two officials
Hongkong of the Lawn Bowls Association will fight, out a duel on the Kowloon Dock R. C. Green where . J. Tacchi and C. B, Hosking meet.
The full programine is ne follows:
V FL 19 B. Muk
3. Belehall
H Glttina
UI Tech
(Tado R. G. Greena
F. Calfe Hihih de Irvin Green)
G. E. Erkinse Kolon Dock 11. C. Green)
M. Omar
T Farris Honkong Electric R. C. Green),
V A. O. Bruw
(Craterezorer 6.-6. Gremi).
A. Silikatane
J K Hom
F. Gwin (Hongkong F. U. Gevent
UNPOPULAR DECISION GAINED
MIDGET WOLGAST
BOOED
Pirates'
Baseball
Victory
DEFEAT REDS BY WIDE MARGIN
ONLY FIXTURE
PLAYED
so for this season.
He
wer
Was
Austin's good tennis brain pulpably better
than his museles, He intentions were excellent, but he did not seem to have the strength to enrry them out. Boussus put plenty of speed into his drives, and, if ho had not sometimes failed with his finishing strokes, he would have won
a
wider margin.
Austin was net at his best. He was constantly slipping in trying to take fast drives to the corners, and Boussus took an early lend. With Roussus lending 5- and the score all in the tenth game, Austin made valiant effort. He came up, and cut off Boussus returns decisively to
big a handicap for the other Eng- lishmen to carry. On rink 4 W. M. Grice lost by 5 shots to A. B. Ritchie, a skipper moulded in style to the Grice pattern. While all four South Africans showed that they had played themselves in, Grice's men were clearly wanting practice at length finding.
necom-
The best howls was seen on rink 1, and if England will leave this four alone for the 1935 season. they will win more than they lose. DETAILS AND SCORES
Although not hitting as hard with his right as he usually does, Baer is using a short right jolt to the body with plenty of steam be hind it.
sis512.
FRED PERRY
ANOTHER TITLE
FOR PERRY
BELGIAN TENNIS
VICTORY
Counted by scores, England's
was finest performance his score and counting his boundaries. | In Leicestershire's only innings
plished on No. 3 rink where P. D. Far better to say that he weat in Berry contributed 124 runs to
Tomlinson, the Margate skipper, won by 10 shots, leading 8-1, at 11.30 in the morning when num-tutni of 289. Perkins took five bers 2 and 3 had left for 37 and that of the wickets for 79 TRBS.-
14-5, 2-11 and 27-17. Stalid deliberate work was done by all when he walked back to the Pavilion,
threw amid tumultuous cheering, at 3.39 in Reuter,
four Englishmen. Slater Oxforil's score, had į
the first jack of the match across the afternoon xwollen to 291 for four wickets.
the green and it was Tomlinson minutes, and his third fifty enme at
who bowled the lust wood of the Better, too, to add that South # run a mibute.. Africa's howling was never below the
ad helpers and a particularly fine standard which they sot early brave and stali in Dens. The
Kame, when all the rest of the rinks in the tour, and that, who the effect, pair came together at that awkward bring the score to trve all. Austin had finished. This group is assur- of Mitchell-Innes had worn off they took the last five Oxford wickets for point when two wickets had fallen held his own for the next four games, es of its place in the Internationals
for 87, and they were not parted antil Bousse won the next, and was lead. at Weston.
7. and 3D-15 when 35 runs.
Kames to 7. $ o'clock, which time the seeing by 8
at
This took Austin fell full length. It is n simple fact that, on this
had been
been taken to 15. particular New York, June 10.
afternoo Mitchell-Innes
Altogether Benn batted three hours Boussus to set point. There was was master of all the wils which the and twenty minutes, and did not offer short wait wille Austin cleaned his Only one match was played in
hands. Boussus then drove out, t the National Baseball League to- South African bowlers could bring to chance. He revealed great patience Austin netted the next ball to give
were bear, and it must be more than and restraint in tebing brief while fils opponent the set. day while no fixtures
whisper now which couples his unato
or less scheduled in the American Cham-
with future England teams.
his more experienced partner took full oked like winning the second set,
To his present crowns in the pionship.
toll of the bowling. Bean deserved in which he took only three games.
lawn tennis world, F. J. Perry, the highest praise und was unfortun Batsaus in the corresponding match
fast year bent F. J. Perry by 4-6, Joli Wibon, G. S. Hull and P. 4. the English International player, Throughout his three and a hair late to be disuussed when 50. the latter being trounced by hours stay he was always at ease, figures, which included seven 4, did, 7, and in the French chamskip, 15. South Africa: 8. F. Schuber, has now added another title, that
T: 1. Lewis. H. Walters and d. Thertogy (skip of Belgium. 15. fourteen runs to one. Vaughane made his strokes gracefully and not represent the true value of his pionships a few days Inter he defeat- Austin in five sets by 5-7, 6-2, scored two home runs and Gus with that frisurely utterance of the There followed Inter a bright, 21, 1. Surh,
Paul Waner and Floyd hat which denotes that the ball was Young hit one ench
for the coming larger than in ordinary cricket partnerships from Walker and Seamer.
life. Pirates,
The cat and an almost placid per The scores as cabled by Reuter
suasion of the ball from his le brought a lot of his runs, but they uly looked favoured strokes in wire stroke repertoire.
He reached 50 in sixty-five minutes,
hundred in two hours
Pittsburgh Pirates were gaged against Cincinnati
Hollywood, Calif., May 31. Midget Wolgast won an unpopular decision here to-night in 10 rounds over Juan Zurita, of Mexico. The follow: crowd hoed, thinking the Mexican hud "outpainted the flyweight champion.
It was Wolgast's second victory! over Zurita.
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Rink Finland bent South Africa three shots, Sores--England: R. W. Picketing. skip), 23, South Africa: L. Sink, J. Calder, B. Adan med T. Davidson (skip), 20.
Rink 2---Dogland beat South Afrlen hy four shoe or England: J. Gi. Carruthers,
N. John, H. Stood and 1. W. A. Wright
flok --Eland bent, South Africa by tare
BEATS ARTENS IN STRAIGHT SETS
Brussels, June 10.
The Wimbledon, American and shoty._Scores - Englandi R. Sieter, IFrench title holder competed in the
Read, C. Waltu and P. D. Tomlinson (sklo).
They put on 102 ren for the firth! Later in the day Austin and J. 1. 27. South Africa: . J. fill, J. Main, C. 2. Belgian championship here and Rink 4.-England ling to th Afrin Lybrat II, W. Artens, the Austrlan wicket in righty minutes, and then Crawford won their doubles natch Craft and G. Kinnes (skip), 17. Vincent and his bowling colleagues pgunst Brugnan and Cilaser ofter five abota. Screw-England: A 1. Ball, Davis Cup player. in the final in dil something to warm South Africam losing the first set. They had A. P. Hough, Dr. Fisher and W. M. Gre straight sets, winning by 6-3, 9-7,
Ink, 10. South Africa: 14. Foulds, D. ·6-3.--Reuter. hurts chilled, apart from Mitchell narrow escape, however, and were bathbert, d. Yuill and A. H. Ritchie (skip,
mostly fighting an uphill battle. Innes, by a north-east wind.
GREAT SHOTS IN GOLF DESCRIBED
BRILLIANT FORM BY SARAZEN
PHENOMENAL PLAY IN TOURNEY
MASTERING THE MASHIE-NIBLICK
Cleveland.
A NEW SERIES OF GOLF ARTICLES BY ART KRENZ
"I required a 4 for 71, which I believed would be good enough to
n.
"My drive was 275 yards. I lit the second shot with a No. 7 iron 100 yards to a close green, and was but 10 feet from the cup. The putt was holed for a three, which gave ine an even 70 and a four-round total) of 269.
"I had won the Open-or so every- one belleved.
that
"But suddenly the word got around! A phenomenal tú by Gone Sarazon that Cruickshank had made a tough on the final round prevented T. putt for a 68, giving him a tie with Philip Parkins and Bobby Cruick-me which we would have to play off. abank from playing off for the 1932 Then, just as I began making plans
for the play-off, word came United States Open golf champions Sarazen had burned up the course ship at Frosh Meadow, I. I., after
with
a 06, and finished three strokes. Parkini had hit what he considers under our 289's." the finest mashin-niblick. shot of Mir
Perkins,
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golfers how to career.
master the mashio-nblick, says: "I was one abave par for the round "Uso narrow, square stance. going to the final hole," explains Hit down on the ball with firm wrist Parkins, former British Amateur action, and very little body action, champion and now the professional at Play the ball about the centro between tho fashionable Kirtland Country the two feet. Ifitting against the left! Club on the outskirts of Cleveland, side will keep the ball on the line."
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in
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The Belgian tournament is not, Think Angband lost to South Afrien by 24 however, a championship recognised
shots. Score-Englat Ji F. W. Wade, E. F. Gigen, 3. Crankha and F. Biggs by the International Lawn Tennis 11, South Africa: 3. II. Stewart, N. Hillard, Federation ns are the American, T. Paitian ked A. Q. White (aka), 96.
French, German, Australian and Routes England,
other championships. Africa, 108.
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