THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1935.
DESPERATE EFFORT TO SAVE BOWLS MATCH FAILS
GOMES Wimbledon Sees D'Artagnan With Tennis Racquet
AND WAY
ELIMINATED TRIUMPHANT
BEATEN BY THE DUNCANS
LOSERS AGAIN IN POOR FORM
(By "Sagax")
A desperate effort by W. K. Way and A. S. Gomes to pull their uncon
Pairs championship closed Buwis match against . A. R. Danean and R. Duncan out of the fire, after being down by 15-6 on the twelfth heat, falled miserably yesterday afternoon when last year's runiers-up were onge again t-pluyel to such an extent that their defeat was never in doubt,
DEFEAT OF BOROTRA
PASSING OF THE BASQUE
GOOD-BYE TO THE CENTRE COURT
(By Frank Poxon)
London, June 27, This is the story of the passing of the Basque-and what a pass-
They were inaten by 25-12, the matching it was.
do not think Jean Borotra will
being continued on the Kowinun green.
ever again play in singles at Wimble-
Yesteniny match was the last don. the quarter-final fixtures and now the
But if ever a man went down to
four Pairs who will context the semi-defeat with flag mast high, that man Anal are:-, M. X. da Silva and in Dorotra.
G. Silva, S. Beefetħnil and J. Shepherd,
6. A. R. Duncan and R.
M. J. Medina and 2.
Way and Gomes you
ΣΕ ΣΤΗ
JYRINT
their match from the twelfth bend At which stage it was abandoned week
The scene of his triumphant defent Was Wimbledon's Centre Court. His. apponent of yesterday was Roderick Menzel, Czecho-Slovakia.
from
The crowd was pro-Burotra. It was watching a man who was trying to
erinuly when the Duncans get back the ardour and strength of
by 16 ahots to six after
having out played their opponents.
With only wine heads to go and ing ten shots down it was necessary that the run
runners-up of last year. ar, score early and score frequently if they were to qualify for the semi- final. On the first two lends they gave every indication that they were capable of conceding a lea-shot lend to the Duncans on nine heads, but after the second beni there was never any doubt as to which was the better pair on the day's play,
PROMISING OPENING
fell
· Way opened promisingly and on the very first head played some good woods to lay three shots after trailing the jack but he
ADON away and once again he was seen in fils cratic form of the previous Wednesday when he was almost al ways short.
a few years ago.
STRENGTH LACKING
He could recapture the ardour, but: not the strength. But how he tried- and so nearly succeeded.
The fifth
Borotra won the first set at 7-5, lost the next two at 4-6, 26, and won the fourth at 6-2. and final set coming up.
Ilorotra had the service; he lost that first game, and he lost the second on Menzel's service.
WHITE-FACED
Then his old elan came back and he squared at 2-all.
Ilis face was white but his spirit was not "yellow."
game;
Jean Borotza falls from sheer exhaustion at Wimbledon after making
Brillant kisah in his match against R. Menzel, which be 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 Hoshing at Surbiton recently.
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 duci between the famous French ten- nis player, and M. Didier Poulain, a French journalist.
Berotra was attacked by M. Poulain in a French newspaper for entering the tennis singles at Wimbledon, when he had declined to play singles for France in the recent Davis Cup-tie against Aus- tralia. He was not asked to do so.
I MUST NOT RUN AWAY Boretra, who in 37, replied that he could no longer play five sets on a hard court, although he hoped to continue for some time to play
singles on wood or grass.
M. Poulain took exception to some of Borotra's remarks, hence the challenge.
Borotra, interviewed by Frank Poxon at Wimbledon, muld: "There can be only one answer,
"There is a cole of honour; I ball accept the challenge.
THIRD TEST MATCH
SOUTH AFRICA SHOWS SUPERIORITY
ENGLAND DISCOVERS OPENING'
BATSMEN AT LEEDS
(BY R. ABDIT)
up
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 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.
Indians Win
Twice From
The Braves
Of course, they wore not under quite such difficulties an 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 And no very clear account of what was wrong with it. When we have the. full, recounts of both pitches we can estimate the proportionate dimeulties of the respective tasks,
LEAGUE BASEBALL ht stoppage for rain
IN AMERICA
GIANTS STILL WELL AHEAD
We know, however, that there was when Enginnd was still hatting and another for rain after lunch and one for bad Hight just before tea. This may cut both ways. It shortens the time for play but it might have made the wicket harder-though not necessarily
80,
TOO LATE
OR
New York, July 17, Neither the New York Yankees "You pleasant good-humoured nor the Detroit Tigers were en- No doubt some people may think English people laugh 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 "But, you see, I am a Frenchman between the Tigers and the Athle- that if he did lose the game he lost and I must obey the code of my tics being postponed while the all chances of winning the rubber. country. I could not face my Yankees were not scheduled to And he had to remember that the South Africans had shown themselves fellow-countrymen if I refused to play.
on many occasions a very strong bat- accept a challenge.
The Cleveland Indiana and Bosting side with one of the finest hitters "A foolish custom? Yes, but Iton Red Sox were engaged in a in the game to-day-HI. B. Cameron. must not run away.”
double hender which was won by It is possible he erred a
a trifie A revised fixture list for the
the side of caution in setting them the Boston outfit, who scored a PISTOLS OR SWORDS various divisions of the local
13-5 victory in the first game and a 340 runs to win but runs were coming. When asked if he had done much 3-1 win in the second.
fast at the end and had ha cut it to Lawn Tennis Leagues hai now been issued by the Hongkongne, only a few times in the past tentional League the Brooklyn Dod-Africans had made 194 for five when fencing M. Borotra replied: "Oh. In a double header in the Na. 300 he would not have saved much more than 20 minutes. The South Lawn Tennis Association, incor-years, but as I suppose I should gers won both matches from Pitts-stunips were drawn and even then the parating all the matches post have choice of weapons, I might burgh Pirates, who were blanked last wicket, that of Cameron, seems
choose pistols."
out in the second tic. poned on account of rain.
to have been thrown away (when the M. Poulain, however, claims to be The re-drafted fixtures will come the offended party and
The Glants are still winning and
obviously WOR gamo
drawn) as he ran into force next week and if strictly choice of weapons, and he says: "It
to have against the Cincinnati Reds they down the pitch to a bowler who prob adhered to, that is, if there are no will be swords." He has beguncured six runs to their opponents' ably would have laid a hundred to one further postponements, the leagues sword practice already.
of M. Poulain, in an interview with August. will be concluded by, the end
the News Chronicle Parts Corres- pendent. said:
Ilo called on something hidden from all but himself and drew out to 4-3. Menzel, a glant of a man, won the his service was pul- eighth verlaing.
The Midddlesex junior champion, Borotrà again led at 5--4, and again now in her fourteenth year, im Gomra was forced to resort to he was pegged back. Yet ho was proved on her last year's effort at desperate howls-bowls that allowed three times within two strokes for the the same club (when she won the the Duncans to assume full command match, of many
any of the heads when the
Borotra then led at 6-5, 7-8 and Indies singles handicap with a start of 16.3) by winning the women's Craigengowor C. C. skip falled in his
0-8.
He fell several times-naturo was handicap event again with a start attempt to break up heads on which
of 3/6 and also claiming the the Kowloon . G. C. players were calling "enough."
ngono fuss-he is not built women's level singles, an event for lying
like that. He never kept Menzel those who were not included among for the waiting a moment,
the 64 players accepted at 11-9 for the match against one of
But it was over. Menzel went out Surrey championship singles. the most gallant players i ever saw,
In the level singles Miss Hoahing As Jean Borotru left the court he lost one set to Misa M, C. Pope, number of heads went down syns The crowd cheering wildly, the two against her in going to 6-love and did an odd thing-odd but moving-but retailnted in the deciding set
40-0 -with the loss of only three Severni clubs have made their points all told, eventually claiming own re-arrangements and in many a love set after a deuce call. In the instances these clash with final she also won the second set officially revised list. As yet I have
After he had found the green Duncan junior was easily the better of the two leads and gave his father the necessary support to beat the opposition. He played consistent bowls without being brilliant but
very accurately pinced shots.
on
The elder -Duncan was in hia element in forestalling Comes with some perfect blockers when the pa81- tion was in the Duncans' favour and on many heads when Games resorted to driving R. Duncan drew shot after slot to replace any which succeeded in dislodging.
Gum
IN SHEER DESPERATION
On the 17th head whon Way on- nounced to his skip that the Duncans were lying two the Cralgengower skip drove with his first three de
(Continued on Page 9.)
players moved off arm-in-arm.
Borotra said: "Just a moment."-" Jie turned and looked back. It was a matter of two seconds or so, but know what he was thinking.
the
three.
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"Borotra did not like it when I wrote recently that if he is able to play five sets in the singles at Wim-Pittsburgh wan thinking: "Good-bye, to love against Miss J. Nicolaor not heard what the position will be bledon he should have been able to Centre Court."
If there is a better junior in the but where fixtures clash, the clubs play in the singies for the Davis Well, if it was "Good-bye" and game to-day of Miss Honhing's age private arrangements should be Cup this year. think
It is, in singles-the Centre and size; we have yet to learn of cancelled in favour of the official excuse, Court has lost the presence of a
her name, says Lawn Tennis and list. D'Artagnan with a rocket, a very
stroke Badminton. Her ground gallant gentleman who has endeared
play is technically correct, and good himaelf to the English public.
her to I would call Jean Borotra a man timing enables
generate who expresses the whole essence of surprising pace and speed of shot sportsmanship.
with her 11 ounce racket.
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AN ANGRY LETTER
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against taking a wicket in Test match cricket, let alone taking one at a cost of no runs! So I. rather think that nothing more could have been done by Wyatt.
One
can put it that England did not bowl well enough to get their op. South Africa ponents out or that balted too well. It seems pretty certain that they must have batted for about four hours at least.
NEW BLOOD
(Koenecke scored for the Dodgers). Philadelphia Chlengo New York
The number of men who dropped Cincinnati
cut before the game (four), must bo Boston
pretty well n record. I sald on the wireless the other day that I should. not be a bit surprised if tho Bolection (Tom Moore scored a home run Committee did not bring someone else for the Cardinals).
However, in some cases matches "Borotra got so offended, so re-arranged by clubs have been angry, that he wrote a most nasty St. Louis fixed to be played on days other used in this letter were so violent words he than those allocated to the parti
Jetter to L'Auto. The
eular division of the league and declined to publish the letter.
and insulting to me that L'Auto These enn be carried out without "Instead of keeping quiet, Baro-
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in at the very last, and sure enough they did. The fact was that they had got themselves rather cluttered up with bowlers, and when one of our mainstays in the battine was laid out Leyland went down ung bataman, wn with lumbago) they brought in a
A. Mitchell, of Yorkshire, who knew
(R. Farrell scored a home run the Headingley Ground well.
interference with the revised fix- tures. In fact the Association tra took legal steps to force the St Louis would welcome more private re my article. In consequence, us Cleveland
newspaper to publish his reply to Washington arrangements so long as they do considered myself insulted by the Boston not interfere with the official list. tone and the words in his letter.
I sent my seconds, two of my for the Red Sox).
One of the brighest features of the friends M. Joseph Renaud, the Cleveland
match was the success of the new players, who are alt pretty young, Jacques Goddet-to his Paris home. The match between the Detroit carried off the palm with scores ›DE The twelfth___ hour choice, Mitchell, "As Borotra was in London, my Tigers and the Philadelphia 58 and 72, but-Dennis Smith was hard seconds huve sent a registered Athletles had to be postponed on on his heels with 35 and 67. It looks letter to him there,"
account of rain.-Reuter."
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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 a quartettes will be matched against the two rinks from the. Club de Recreio.
"How do you feel, with the pros- pect of facing the Bounding Bas- que' on the fleld of honour?" he was naked.
M. Didier Poulain laughingly re- plied: "I have no fear. I am pretty I good at it, although I am not n *bounding swordsman.''
"I CANNOT LAST FIVE SETS"
Borotra Declines To Play In Davis Cup
The following appears lu Lawn Tennis and Badminton: "Borotra 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 whore rinks skipped by C. G. 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 hoj 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: Nó, I 7. X. 14, da Blợn cannot last five sata." But many C. G. Bla
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