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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1935.
DESPERATE EFFORT TO SAVE BOWLS MATCH FAILS
COMES
AND WAY
Wimbledon Sees D'Artagnan With Tennis Racquet
ELIMINATED TRIUMPHANT
BEATEN BY THE DUNCANS
LOSERS AGAIN IN POOR FORM
(By "Sngax")
DEFEAT OF BOROTRA
PASSING OF THE BASQUE
GOOD-BYE TO THE CENTRE COURT
(By Frank Poxon)
A desperate effort by W, K. Way i and A. S. Gomes to pull their umeon cluded Bowie Fir elampionship match against 1.. A. R. Duncan nod R. Duncan put of the fire, after being dawn by 16-6 on the twelfth head. failed miserably yesterday afterason when last year's runners-up were once again out-played to such an extent that their defent was never in doubt, They were beaten by 25-12, the matching it was being continued on the Kowloon Dock
green,
Yesterday's mateb was the last of the quarter-final fixtures and now the four Pairs who will context, the semi- finals Arol and 1.
M. X. da Silva and 4. Silva, S. E
T. A. R. Bancon and R. Donend.
M. J. Meding nudd J. Cavaugha
and
| Gomer yesterday resumed their hatch from the twelfth head at which stage it was abandoned week perint ly when the Duncans were trading 16 shots to six after having out-pinged their opponent»,
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London, June 27. This is the story of the passing of the Basque-and what a pass-
da nt think Jenn Berotra will ever again play in singles at Wimble. don.
But if ever a man went down to defeal with fing mast high, that mon
The scene
is Born of his triumphant defent
was Wimbledon's Centre Court. HE opponent of yesterday was Roderlek Menzel, from Czesko-Slovakin.
The crowd was pro-Borotta. It was, watching a man who was trying to get back the ardour and strength of a few years ago.
STRENGTH LACKING
With nly wine tends to go not tring ten ahots down it was freestars that the runners-up of last yens, score early and seure frequently And so Tenriy succeeded.
iş
lie-could-recapture-the-ordour---
they were to qualify for the simi
not the strength. But how he tried
Borotra won the first set at 7--6, | finnt. On the first two heats they lost the next two at 1-6, 2–4, and
wim the fourth at 6.2. gave every indication that they were capable of conceding a ten-shet feudal final set coming up.
to the Duncans on the heads, hot after the second head there was never any doubt as to which was the better pair on the day's play.
Wouds
The fifth
Borotra End the service; he lost that first game, and he lost the second en Menzel's service,
WHITE-FACED Then his old elan enme back and he squared at 2-all,
PROMISING OPENING Wag opened promisingly and on the very first head played Rame good was not "yellow."
to Iny three sholm after trailing the Jack but he away and once again he was seen in his erratic form of the previas Wednesday when he was almost al ways akort.
His face was white but his spirit
"He enfleil on something hidden from fell | all but himself and drew out to 1-3. Menzel, a giant of a man, won the
ighth gane; his service was verising.
of
36011
Gomes was forced to resort
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- desperate bowls--bowls that allowed the Duncans to assume fall commnd of the hends, when the c. C. «kip failed, in hir attempt to break up hends, on which the Kowloon II. G. C. players were 1ying
After he had found!
the green Doncas Junior was easily the better
pul-
enlling “enough.”
Jike that. waiting a mument. But it was over. Menzel went out¦
Jean Borotra falls from sheer exhaustion at Wimbledon after making
a brilliant amash in bis match against R. Menzel, which he lost.
YOUNG GIRL'S
FEAT
MISS G. HOAHING IMPROVING
WINS FURTHER LAURELS
A feat which went unnoticed in the daily Press was the perform- ance of Miss Gem Hoahing at Surbiton recently.
of 3/6 and also claiming the
of the two leads and gave his father at 1 for the match against one of Surrey championship singles. the necessary Pupport to eat the the most gallant la opposition. He
cons atent played
A deur Borotri Brilliant hut on being
bowls without
of heals sent down soŽNE
whats,
a number very accurately placed
The elder Duncan was in This
element in forestalling Gomes with same perfect blockers when the posi tion was in the Duncans' favour and en many heads when Gomes resorted to driving R. Dunean drew shot after shot to replace any which, Gomes succeeded in dislodging.
IN SHEER DESPERATION On the 17th head when Way ah- nounced to his skip that the Dunenus
fying two the were
Craigenpower akip drove with his first, three de- (Canthued on Page 9.)
a matter of two seconds or so, but I know what he was thinking.
thinking: "Good-bye,
Centre Court."
TENNIS FIXTURES REVISED
STARTING FROM NEXT WEEK
COPING WITH THE RECENT DELAY
(By "Sagax")
JEAN BOROTRA CRITICISED
BY WRITER
FOR PLAYING AT WIMBLEDON
AND NOT FOR FRANCE
Criticism of Jean Borotra's actions in competing for the singles title at Wimbledon after having, it is alleged, declined to represent France in singles in the Davis Cup Competition, was the cause of the challenge to a duel between the famous French ten- nis player, and M. Didier Poulain, a French journalist.
Baratra was attacked by M. Poulain in a French newspaper for entering the tennis singles at
THIRD TEST
MATCH
SOUTH AFRICA SHOWS
· SUPERIORITY
ENGLAND DISCOVERS OPENING
BATSMEN AT LEEDS
(BY R. ABBIT)
The fact that the third Test Match was drawn puts South Africa in the strong position of being one up and only two to play. They were
up
against a very similar position as the English team was on the morning of the last day's play and the fact that they rose to it while England did not, seems to me to show that they definitely are a better side.
Wimbledon, when he had defined Indians Win
to play singles for France in the recent Davis Cup-tie against Jus- tralia. He was not asked to do so..
I MUST NOT RUN AWAY Horotra, who is 37, replied that i he could no longer play five sets ¦ on a hard court, although he hoped icatione for some time to play
singles on wood or grass,
M. Poulain took exception to some of Boroira's remarks, hence the challenge.
Borotra, interviewed by Frank Poxon at Wimbledon, said: "There can be only one answer.
"There is a code of honour: I jxhall accept the challenge.
Twice From
The Braves
LEAGUE BASEBALL IN AMERICA
GIANTS STILL WELL AHEAD
New York, July 12. Neither the New York Yankees
were not under Of course, they quite such difculties as England had been. The pitch at Leeds was report- ed to be good still on the morning of the last day, while that at Lord's was definitely damaged, though I could find no very clear account of what was wrong with it. When we have the ful! accuuit uz Goth
pitcher we can rslinute the proportionate difficulties of the respective tasks.
We krow, however, that there was when & shot stoppage for rain England was still batting and another for rain after lunch and one for bad light just before lea. This may cut both ways,
It shortens the time for the play but it might have made wicket harder--though not necessarily
PO.
TOO LATE
"You plensunt good-humoured nor the Detroit Tigers were en- No doubt some people may think English people hugh at these gaged in matches in the American that Wyatt held on too long, but I am things and you are right to do so. | Baseball League to-day, the fixture not one of them. He had to remember "Bat, you see, I am a Frenchman between the Tigers and the Athle that if he did lose the game he lost rubber. und must obey the code of my ties being postponed while the all chances of winning the country. I could not face my Yankees were not scheduled to And he had to remember that the fellow-countrymen if I refused to play,
South Africans had shown themselves un many occasions a very strong bat- The Cleveland Indians and Bosting side with one of the finest hitlers nevet a challenge.
"A foolish custom" Yes, but 1ton Red Sox were engaged in in the game to-day-H. B. Cameron.
double honder which was won by It is possible he crred a trifle on A revised fixture list for the must not run away."
the Boston puifit, who scored the side of caution in setting them various divisions of the local ¦
PISTOLS OR SWORDS
† 13-6 victory in the first game and a 340 runs to win but runs were coming When asked if he had done much-1 win in the second. Lawn Tennis Leagues has now fenefag M. Iorotra replied: "Oh. been issued by the Hongkong, only a few times in the past ten tional League the Brooklyn Dod-Africans had made 194 for. five when
funt at the end and, had he cut it
it to In a double header in the Na-300 he would not have saved mach Lawn Tennis Association, incor years, but as I suppose I should gers won both matches from Pitts-
than1 20 minutes. The South
parating all the matches post-lave choice of weapons. 1 might burgh Pirates, who were blanked stumps were drawn and even then the
close pistols.".
jout in the second tie. poned on account of rain.
M. Poulain, however, claims to be i the offended party and to have against the Cincinnati Reils they The Giants are still winning and choice of weapons, and he says: "Itscored six runs to their opponents' will be swords." He has begun three, sword practice already.
The re-drafted fixtures will come into force next week and if strictly adhered to, that is, if there are to further postponements, the leagues will be concluded by the end of August.
the
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
R
wicket, that
of Cameron, seems to have been thrown away (when the down the pitch to a bowler who prob game was obviously drawn) as he ran ably would have laid a hundred to one against taking a wicket in Test match cricket, let alone taking one at a cost of no guns! So I rather think that nothing mure could have been done by Wyatt.
One cun put it that England did not bowl well enough to get their op ponents
out or that South Africa hatted
It too well.
seems pretty a home run certain that they must have batted for
nbout four hours at least.
R.
R.
5-14 1
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0 7
1
(Koenerke scored.
for the Dodgers). Philadelphia
B 7 0
offended. so
Chiengo New York Cincinnati Boston
5
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6 15 "
3
2
2
NEW BLOOD
The Midddlesex junfor champion, Burotra again led at 6-1, and again now in her fourteenth year, im- he was pegged back. Yet he
was proved on her last year's elfort at three times within two strokes for the the-same club when she won the match.
ladies' singles handicap with a start Borotra then led at 6--5, 7-6 and 12 by winning the women's He fell several times--nature was handicap event again with a start lle made no furs-he is not built women's level singles, an event for He never kept Menzel those who were not included among the 64 players accepted for the
Pyer saw, In the level singles Miss Honhing left the court he lost one set to Miss M. C. Pope, did an odd thing-add but moving but retaliated in the deciding set
31. Poulain in un interview with erowd cheering wildly, the two against her in going to 5-love and
the Ners Chronicle Paris Corres--Bronkiyn players navel off arm-in-arm.
Borotra said: "Just a moment." plo-o with the loss of only three!
Several clubs have made their pandent said: He turned and looked back. It was points all told, eventually claiming rearrangements and in many
"Kontra did not like it when I Pittsburgh love set after a dence call. In the instances these clash with wrote recently that if he is able to Brooklyn final she also won the second set officially revised list. As yet I have play five sets in the singles at Wim Pittsburgh to love against Miss J. Nicolson.
not heard what the position will be bledon he should have been able to If there is a better junior in the but where fixtures clash, the clubs play in the singles for the Davis Well, if it was "Goal-hye" and game to-day of Miss Hoahing's age private arrangements should be Cup this year. I dismissed his think
it is, in singles-the Centre and size, we have yet to learn of Vancelled in favour of the official excuse. Court has lost the presence of
her name, says Lawn Tennis and list, D'Artagian with a racket, a very
ffer gallant gentleman who has endenred Badminton,
ground stroke
However, in some cases matches play is technically correct, and good i himself to the English_publie.
timing enables her to
clubs have been angry, that he wrote a most nasty St. Louis generate re-arranged by surprising pace and speed of shot fixed to be played on days other letter to Auto. The words with her 11% vunce racket.
cular division of the league and declined to publish the letter. than those allocated to the parti-used in this letter were so violent and insulting to me that L'Auto these can be carried out without
they did very last, and sure enough The fact was that they had interference with the revised fix-
"Instead of keeping quiet, Horn-
get themselves rather cluttered up with bowlers, and when one of our fures. In fact the Association took legal steps to force the St Louis wont welcome more private my article. In consequence, as Cleveland
newspaper to publish his reply to Washington--
muindays in the batting was laid mit (Leyland went down with lumbagoj arrangements so long as they do considered myself insulted by the Boston
they brought in n young bataman, not interfere with the official list tone and the words in his letter.
A. Mitchell, of Yorkshire, who knew
I sent my seconds, two of my for the Red Sox).
One of the brighent, features of the friends-M. Joseph Renaud, the Cleveland
match was the success of the now players, who are all pretty young, Jacques Goddet-to his. Paris home, The match between the Detroit carried off the palm with scores of The twelfth hour choice, Mitchell, "As Borotra was in London, my Tigers and the Philadelphia 58 and 72, but Dennis Smith was hard seconds have sent a registered Athletics had to be postponed on on his heels with 36 and 57. It looks letter to him there,"
account of rain.-Reuter.'" "How do you feel, with the pros-
(Continued on Page 9.) pect of facing the Bounding Bas-" que' on the field of honour?" he was naked.
would call Jean Borotra a man who expresses the whole essence of sportsmanship.
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run Committee did not bring someone else
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QUARTER-FINAL TIES
The last of the two Rinks Lawn Bowls Championship matches in the quarter-finals will be played off on Sunday next when the two remaining Craigengower C. C quartettes will be matched against the two rinks from the Club de Recreio,
M. Didier Poulain laughingly re- plied: "I have no fear, I am pretty! good at it, although I am not s 'bounding swordsman.""
"I CANNOT LAST FIVE SETS"
Borotra Declines To Play In-Davis Cup
The following appears in Lawn Tennis and Badminton: "Horotra was given a broad hint that he The more interesting of the two should play again in the Davis Cup. ties will be played on the Kowloon singles when J. Brugnon, speaking Bowling Green Club's green where
The two matches are as follows:
rinka skipped by C. C. Silva and U. at the banquet after the match M. Omar will be opposed. It is ex-between the International clubs of pected in many quarters that the Great Britain and France said:" winners of this match will carry off "If Norman Brookes won all his the title,
Davis Cup singles matches when hel was Borotra's age, we cannot help thinking that it would be very useful for Borotra to try to do the same thing." But when Borotra was asked later if he meant to take the hint, he replied. "No. No, I cannot inst five" seta," But many think it remains to be seen,"
A. A. Barack
M. A. H. Book
A. A. Comes
D. Rumjaho
J. Cavanagh
H.
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Ü. M. Omar
3. J. Hva
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