HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. -MONDAY, JULY!
1935.
"VERITAS" COMMENTS ON TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
"WIMBLEDON
Baer And Wife At Parting Of Ways? CHAMPIONSHIPS
MAX DAER
ANOTHER DEATH IN T. T. RACE
REPORTED Yankees Lose SEPARATION To White Sox PROPOSAL At Baseball
DIFFERENCES OF
RELIGION
DENIAL BY THE BRIDE
BLANKED OUT BY
TED LYONS
DOUBLE HEADER
SHARED
New York, July 14. New York, July 10.
The Now York Yankees, Max Baer, said the New York now being offered a serious Daily News in a copyrighted challenge by Detroit Tigers for story, announced last night he the top position of the American and his bride of 10 days have Baseball League, to-day suffered parted company "because of re- | another defeat when playing the ligious differences.”
Chicago White Sox. "But the wife of the former world! heavyweight champion, the crat-while double header which was shared, Mary Ellen Sullivan, quickly denied the Yankees winning the there had been a
First of Series of Articles
The first of a series of articles on the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships by Veritas," the well- known sports writer of the Hongkong Telegraph, ap-
"Veritas, pcars to-day. for the opening rounds, will confine himself to the Japanese players because, until the later rounds, they are of more interest to local. readers, to many of whom they are known personally, than some of the European players.
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The teams word engaged in a SOUTH AFRICAN'S
GREAT RECORD
second
The News sald Baer and his wife contest after having been blanked would confer with regard to a separa-out in the first by Ted. Lyons. tion later this week, before he enters
D. J. PIRIE GOES crown to Jimmy Braddock.
OFF ROAD.
APPALLING MIST PREVAILS
(1) Stanley Woods (Guari); time, Sh. 41m. 298.; average spten, 71.56 m.ph. (2) H. G. Tyrell Smith (Rudge), Sh. 44m. 178., 70.07 m.p.. (3) G. E. Nott (Rudge), 3M, (sm. 30., 69.37 m.ph. (4) S. Wood (New imperial), 3h. 49m. 278., 60.08 m.h.p.
By Kirkstone
The
Detroit Tigers, however. IN LAWN BOWLS
a hospital at Baltimore for treatment were also bonton to-day, the for his hands. He injured them in Philadelphia Athletics winning a the June 13 battle in which he lost match that went to ten innings.
A match between Cleveland In- The Livermore Adonis, said the Daily News, announced the alleged dians and Boston Red Sox had to the scores rift at a party which he attended in bo abandoned after company with Mary Kirk Brown, his ware tied, the Sunday law prevent- former flanceo. Mrs.
Baer
meaning the match from going beyond while was at her home at Long the tenth innings Branch, N. J.
CONCLUDE TOUR OF ENGLAND
JAPANESE AT WIMBLEDON
NISHIMURA'S DEFEAT BY PALMIERI
YAMAGISHI QUALIFIES AGAINST DE MORPURGO
OPENING DAY ON WORLD'S FAMOUS
TENNIS COURTSTM
(By" "Veritas")
Wimbledon, June 24.
Hideo Nishimura (left) and Jiro Yamaglibi:
Nishimura, the Japanese Davis Cupper and BOXER No. 2 national ranking player, although to-day enjoying the distinction of appearing on the No. TURNING. 3 court which is bounded on one side by the new
free concrete stand at Wimbledon, failed either FILM STAR to realise expectations or to live up to his re- putation as an international player destined to become as famous as his late compatriot, Jiro Satoh.
Playing a nervous type of game and almost completely devoid of the
MARCEL THIL AS GANGSTERTM
In the National Lengue, the Now HONOURS EVEN subtleties and finesse which out GREAT GOLF BY STARTING CAREER
to
IN WALES
"She wanted to get married again York Gianta were beaten by Pitts- by Catholle priest but because I was refused." Jerish.. I
wasburgh Pirates by four runs Max "Then-well. I never know two. quoted.
Results of to-day'smatches, ng he took religion so seriously.
Mrs. Buer laughed later us shejenbled by. Reutar, follow: denied she and Max had had
AMERICAN LEAGUE trouble.
any
"There's nothing to it, she said.
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"I did not feel like going to New York Chicago with Max and I suppose someone New York seeing him immediately thought the
(Ted Lyons pitched worst. We are very happý, I-talk-|
White Sox). ed to Max at 5 o'clock yesterday after- noon and if there was anything
Chicago Douglas (Isle of Man), wrung then he failed to mention it.
June 19.
Mrs. Baer was the manager of the New York The British motor-cycle Tourist Hotel Willard restaurant at Washing- Trophy races over the Manx Snac-ton until the Californian led her to for the Yankees).
the altar at the national capital on fell mountain course claimed a June 2 Sho wald her home was Cleveland other life today, D. J. Pirie, the London surveyor," aged 93, going aff the road in descending from the mountain and hitting five con- crote posts. _The_mlst was appallingly thick from Ramsey almost to the start ing-point at Douglas, nearly 15 miles' distanca. '
After half an hour's racing the riders had to spoed blindly, trust- ing to luck for their lives.
Pirim at the last moment accept- od an offer to ride the New Im- perial Birmingham machine on which 8. Gleave had crashed in practice.
HIS SEVENTH WIN The Lightweight Trophy went ́abroad for the first time to-day. and Stanley Woods, the Irish ace,
eevonth recorded his
Tourlet Trophy success.
Biding through a thick shroud of grey mist for 100 miles out of 204, Woode, on an Italian Guzzi machine of 250 cc., led from start to finish, and presented Signor Hussolini with a reward for ten
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in Hongkong, Nishimura fell a first round victim to G. Palmiera the! Itailan ace, losing by the scores of 2-0, 6-3, 3-0, 4-67
June 24. Palmiera's ease of style which On Saturday, at Carlisle, the bordered on the nonchalant appeared South African bowlers concluded to have an adverse psychological effect their English and Welsh pro- on Nishimura, who was plainly dis gramme with a victory over Cum- concerted by the Itallan's quick base berland and Westmoreland by 114 line recoveries and his passing drives with which he answered the Japanese shbts to 105, -
volleys and overhead amashoo.
They opened their official tour against Middlesex on May 9, being by 3 shota. Since then they have played 27 English County Associa- ilons, losing only three more mat- ches, and beating England in the Test match. In Wales they played 8 matches, two being unfinished through rain, but, including these, (Hale ssored a home run for the they won four and lost four, and
Wales won the Test match.
Their record is as follows: England-Played 29 matches, won 25, lost four. Shots for 8,564, against 3,031.
Ithaca, N. Y., gave her age as 32 and Boston. Max said he was 20. They went to New York on the honeymoon.
Indians). Max is preparing for bout here
Louis In September with Joe
the Cleveland wha BontonG "black-menace" from Detroit recently made pulp of giant Primo Carnera. Max remarked that Louis Detroit
has everything," but wondered who Philadelphia...... ther "he can take it.”—Associated| Press.
EPSOM DOWNS CONTROL
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The match between St. Louis Browns and Washington Senators was postponed on account of
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Brooklyn Cincinnati Brooklyn
BILL NOW BEING Cincinnati
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Wales. Played 8 matches, won four, lost four. Shots for 824, against 813...
Totals. Played 37- matches, won
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(Whitney scored for the Braves A bill is to be drafted which, and Chuck Klein for the Cubs). if passed, would "regulate and control" the
Philadelphia famous Epsom Downs.
St. Louis years of Italian motor-cycling cll this evening decided that the St. Louis
Epsom and Ewell Urban Coun- Philadelphia effort.
Woods was only six seconds out- Clerk, with the solicitors of the Bide the record of the race, made in 1933, in good weather condi- tions.
Only once since the war have the conditione been so appalling.
WOODS'S ESCAPE
Epsom Grandstand Association, New York .. shall instruct the Council's Parlia Pittsburgh mentary agents to draft a private Bill which it has been agreed to
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ΤΟ PLAY
-NISHIMURA'S
MISTAKE
SEYMOUR
ROUNDS OF 68 AND 67
REMARKABLE SCORING
IN - AUGUST
Paris.
Marcel Thil, the world middle- weight boxing champion,' will soon turn film-star.
After his fight against Candel, at the Stade Roland Garros on June 28, he will have four more open-air fights, and will then be come a "gangster."
This bald-headed, amiable boxer has often said that if he was not world champion he would like no- thing better than to play gangster roles on the screen, and now he is to get his chance.
Nishimura, encouraged by the state of the court which called for hard hitting, endeavoured to drive
A day of remarkable scoring in the Italian off the green rectangle:| bat this was Nishimura's supreme the open championship of the
He will star as a "tough" in e. mistake. Palmiera thrived on his Western Isles, on the Islay links, opponent's driving which was not ended with Patrick J. Mahon, the full-length film after the type of Gaston Le- of the best length and usual young professional at the Royal "Cheri-Bibi," with ly managed to add more pace and Dublin Club, returning a brilliant roux.
Mr. Alex. Taltard, his manager, get nearer the lines in his reture 68 to win the event with 283, a shots.
acore which equals the British states that Thil's film career will Palmiera's baseline game was
dessa stárt during August. Bound
that it required more streke championship low record.
Meanwhile he is in training at Yet Malion'a great finish was variation on the part of Nishimura to beat the Italian. Nishimura, however, eclipsed by Mark Seymour, who Jeff Dickson's camp at the Ile St. losing confidence over a couple of un began the day 11 shots behind Maurice. successful net excursions early in the James McDowall. the Scottish match and unwilling further to risk champion, who then led with 142 mistakes by the adoption of more
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Seymour made up 14 shots on ENGLISH TEAM ACCEPT dellcate drop shots continued to alam McDowall in two rounds, breaking the ball to
to the feet of the invulnerable the record in the third with 68
Palmiers.
Nishimura attacked strongly in the and then breaking his own record send set, Dua Palkida rover appear
with the lowest score of the tourna Stanley Lunt Appointed
ed to be worried and smilingly lost ment,. 67, in the last round.
errors, He jumped into third place with the set chiefly on his own It was the Italian who forced thean aggregate of 288. pace in the third and fourth sets when Tom Collinge, the young Swin- he continually pierced the armour of ton Park professional, had 287, a rapidly tiring Nishimura. Palmiera and W. H. Davies, having missed exposed an unsuspected weakness in Nishimura's array of strokes when he short putt to break 70, joined attacked his backhand court with him with a similar aggregate."
Then came William Nolan, the series of stinging backhand drives. Irish professional champion, to Palmiers was unhesitatingly the better player: he possessed a great variety
of shots and made much better use of the court.
Captain
All members and reserves chosen, to represent England in the Interna- tional matches at St. Anne's (Royal Lytham and St. Anne's course) from August 7 to 9, have accepted the invitations to play.
of the three
All will take part in at least two
and Wales. land, Ireland matches, against Scot- Stanley Lunt (Moseley), last year's England champion, has been appoint
is: Bentley (Besketh), B. W Fiddian ed captain of the team, which
8. Lunt (Moseley), captain, H. G. (Stourbridge), R. W. Hartley (Royal St. Georges), "P. W. L
Risdon (Coombe Hill) T. Thirsk (Brid- Ington), 1. S. Thomas (Formby), A. Wm. Tweddell (Stourbridge), S. G. Thompson (Aldeburgh) Doy Woollam Walten (Blackpool), J
Dr.
by). Reserves: C, Stowe (Penn), C. W. Timmis (Royal Liverpool), H. L Holden (Bowden), C. D. Gray (Royal Mid-Surrey), H. N. M. Fogg (Royal Liverpool), and J. E. Gent (Brad- ford Moor).
make a triple tie for second place. A feat unequalled in champion- ship golf in this country was ac- NICE WORK BY YAMAGISHI young professional at Lanark, who complished by William Spark, the
Yamagishi's win at the expense of had the first nine holes in the amaz
II. L. de Morpurgo was Baron
asing score of 30 shots. against a Two postponed lawn bowls cham comfortable as he could expect against bogey 36. pionship matches, one in the Pairs a player with such an impressive Players have had nine holes in competition and the other in the International
ord, After En record.
in-81 in major championships, but 80 Singlen, will be played off this different start during which period he is unprecedented. afternoon.
found the outside confines of the conirt promote for the regulation and were recognised on Epsom Downs.
more often than the inside, Yamagishi Sparks holed a little chip shot | (Hooton), and J. P. Zacharias (Form- control of Epsom Downs and In future enclosures would be
In the quarter-final of the Pairs found his touch and proceeded to drive and one long putt, but apart from Walton Downs.
compared with the map.
His work that he did not have to work for Championship, the heklers, F. J. brilliantly on both hands. The draft wili then be submitted The coming of the small car had Jones and A. W. Grimmitt, are in the forecourt was also neat and his astounding figures. Woods had one marvellous escape for consideration by the council enabled people to get to Epsom due to meet M. J. Medina and J. rarely wasted an advanco to the His approach play was so good
of the Grandstand Association, and Downs, and on occasions they t- Cavanagh of the Craigengower other interested persons.
It was a` Yamagishi incomparable to fred the place with paper and with : C, C, on the Talkoo R. C. green. the player seen in a friendly exhibition Alderman Chuter Ede, chairman broken glass that made the train- of the Surrey County Council, and ing of racehorses occasionally a
J. C. Brown, of the Kowloon in Hongkong last year. He was just as volatile but so much more con- of the Common and Downe sub-matter of danger, both to animals Bowling Green, is to play off his tie sistent. He made full use of chey Committee of the Urban Council, and men:
with H. Rozario, of the Club de openings and tinged a display of fine 0. Tonni, the Italian, riding the said the matter was of the greatest
occasional | Recreio, in the third round of the all-court tennis with an The Association had accepted a second Guzzi, drove brilliantly until importance; not merely to the dis-suggestion from the Council that Singles Championship on the Kow-gem of a shot which completely con- the mist killed his chances. He triot, but to the very large public there should be a car park on
loon C. C. green.
founded the former Italian Davis Cup was reoond in the race with little which used Epsom Downs,
player. more than 70 miles to go when, he If the Bill
Epsom Downs, to which admission became an Act it should be free. crashed. He was not badly in-would put an end to outstanding jured.
There would be a provision in disputes,
the Bill whereby the Urban An, agreed map had been pro- Council would, secure a 'majority |pared which showed what were to of the representation on the Board be regarded as unclosures. that of, Conservators to be established.
from disaster.
He was handing for the wall at Governors Bridge when he reñisod the danger, and literally, lifted the
machine from the wall and carried
on.
Another rider who crashed to- day, F. W. 8. Clarke, is in hospital with a badly Inserated arm.
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CREATLY IMPROVED PLAYER
• Not the least impressive thing about Yamagishi's display, was the unbounded confidence with which he made his strokes. There' was a Duency his racket wielding which stamped him not only as an Improved player, but one who might esally become a real danger to any
of the seeded competitors,
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his
My Impression "was that whereas Yamagishi had quickly adapted him- Cincinnati, June 30,
self to the varying conditions of the Charles (Chick) Hafey, a mainstay English grass courts and had, in fact, stroke production, of the Cincinnati Reds, has gone to his improved California home to recover his health Nishimura had found the contrast and probably will be lost to the club anything but to his liking and would for the remainder of the season, it be obviously be a much more powerful came known to-day,
performer on a hard surface,"
Described as a “vory.nick man" by Reds first baseman and
perhaps Haley's closest friend, the "Absolutely O.K.," even if it neces- |plugging. outfielder departed with his aliated, hin quitting baseball.
by automobile for Walnut Creek, Hafay had been froubled by illness In the early part of each season_ever Calif., yesterday,
lald up by a cold in since he came from the St. Louis Haley was Philadelphis about a month ago and Cardinals to the Rskis in: 1988. Brig had been “unable to play since. He * Macphail said that Hafey can apply President of the Na- fection.
tional League, “. Bottomley sald Hafey told him he Voluntary retired * list and can ink did not intend to return gatil he was, that he be reinstated within 60 days”?
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