THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1935.
GREAT BRITAIN LEADS IN WIGHTMAN
More Heavy Scoring In Home Cricket
RESULTS AT A
GLANCE
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
Surrey (409) beat Warwick-
shire (371 and 261 for 5 wkts.)
on first innings,
Leicestershire (501 for 9 wkta. dec.) beat Hampshire
TEST MEN
SHOW FORM
WITH BAT
HAMMOND
(305 and 169) by an innings MAKES CENTURY
and 27 runs.
Somerset (289 and 94 for 3 wkts.) beat Notts (288 and 294) on first innings.
Middlesex (300 and 226 for 6 wkts.) bent Gloucestershire (344 and 180) by four wickets.
Lancashire (484 for 5 wkts. dec.) bent Suntex (245 and 134) by nn innings and 105 runs.
FRIENDLY MATCH
Essex (245 and 134) bent the South Africans (250 and 223) by seven wickets.
WYATT ONE RUN SHORT
London, Aug. 16. Once again the County Cricket matches throughout England to- day were featured by some heavy scoring, batamen holding a de sided advantage over the bowlers. Two of the men selected to play ngainst the South Africans at the Oval to-morrow distinguished themseves, W. R. Hammond scor. ing a century while R. E. S. Wyatt fell short of the three-
JOYCE WETHERED: figured mark by a single run.
PRAISED
The highest senge of the series wat put up by Leicestershire although it fell to lancashire to make anure ruti per wicket. Leicestershire had runs or the bourd when the enptnis declared their innings closed again! Hampshire Lancaster 1st only
BEST WOMEN GOLF five wickets in putting up a total of
PLAYER
A EULOGISTIC ARTICLE
19.1.
Feicestershire was visiting Ports. El sen revented mouth when her their best form to rattle up their 501 runs for the wickets declared W. Smith and Berry were the chief con tributors, the former claiming
th without losing his wieket and Intter 161. Detroit, Michigan, Aug. 8.
Hampshire made a gallant attempt | Following her recent appear to overtake the score but her batsmen ance in Detroit, as part of her were only able to reach 305 before exhibition tour of America, Mr.he last wicket fell. In the follow-on
the Hampshire side was dismissed for i Lloyd Northard, sportswriter of 185 rana, to lose big nu innings and the Detroit News, has written 27.
some highly eulogistic things WYATT UNFORTUNATE
about Joyce Wethered.
BEST PERFORMANCES
DATTING
Berry
Hanta)
(Leicester บ
151
Fishlock (Surrey v. War-
wick)
137
Tyldesley (Lanca V.
Susacx)
137
Hardstaff
(Notts V.
Somerset)
128
W. Smith (Leicester v.
Hants)
125*
Hammond (Gloucester v.
Middlesex)
........
124
E. L. Dalton (S. Afrien v.
Essex),..
(Lancs. Paynter
Sussex)
117
V.
113
99
Wyatt (Warwick
Surrey)
*Not Out
BOWLING
Stephenson (Essex vi
S. Africa) Pollard (Lancs.
Sussex) Sibblen (Lanca.
Sussex)
7 for 66
5 for 31
5 for 66
TEAM FOR LAST TEST AT OVAL
SOUTH AFRICANS DROP BELL
SIEDLE RETUNS TO SIDE
London, Aug. 16. The South African captain this morning announced his team
"Minn Joyce Wethered, of Suffolk, Surrey, playing against Warwick- England, is the world's greatest shire at Birmingham. seured first woman golf player. In all the world innings points by scoring 403 runs in there isn't another who can approach reply to an opposition total of for the final Test match which ber either as a shotmaker or in Wyatt was unfortunate not to reach hitting the ball off the tee" he says, the century and made 99 for Wat wickshire while Fishlock contributed In his opening paragraphi.
When He then goes on to describe the 137 towards the Surrey seure, match in which Mins Wethered and stumps were drawn Warwickshire had Walter Hagen were defeated, four mad 261 for ve
wickets and three by Al Watrous and Mortie, rond innings.
Dutra
In match at the Red Run
in the
starts at the Oval to-morrow morning. The match will be continued on Monday and Tues- day only.
The tourists will be folding the
his story, said to Miss
Wethered, sus the Notts batsman,
and following eleven:
Cours here.
the
Hagen, quoted by Mr. Northard inj
of Somerset, carried off the
itt for the match West-
where Somerset toolt first "When Miss Wethered in playing maings points from Nottinghamshire. only medinera golf she can still give After Notts had minde 288 runs, stroken to ang seoman golf player! Somerset senred 289, Cameron
C in the world.
tributing 111, while in their second "Ihen she is at the top of her immings Notts had 294 cans 4 th [ame
world who will be clote to, lardstaff was responsible for
a woman player board when
Somerset had 94 for three at re close of ploy.
She
there isn't
the last wicket
II. P. Wade (enpt.) /
KATHARINE STAMMERS
N.Y. Giants
Blanked Out
By St. Louis
DETROIT TIGERS
BEATEN
SENATORS WIN EASILY
SUPRRISE CAUSED
KATHARINE STAMMERS WINS FIRST MATCH
BEATS HELEN JACOBS
New York. Aug., 19. With spirited driving down both sides of the court and keeping her. opponent constantly on the eta as a result Miss Katharine Stammers,; the British lady lennia star, created a surprise to-day when shef beat Miss Helen Jacoba in thei Lopening match in the annunt
Wightman Cup lawn tennis contest : at Forest Hills.
CUP CONTEST
TALK ON FIFTH TEST
CHANGE OF TIME FOR TO-NIGHT
"R. Abbit" is to give a talk over ZBW to-night on the fifth Test match which is to be played between Eng- land and the South African cricketers at the Oval to-day.
It should be noted that the talk will be from 7.30 p.m. to 7.45 p.m. and not at 8.03 pm as on previous occasions
PEACOCK PROVES day and of these Great Britain won WORTH
Three matches were played to
two, the two singles, and last one, I the doubles. Four ties are to he played off to-morrow (Saturday).
Miss Stammers won by 5-7, 6-1. 9-7.
The watch was played in scorch- ing heat and during the first set Alise Jafobs, with sizzling drives down both wings was able to out- New York. Aug. 16..
play her opponent after twelve? Reverses were suffered by the James but in the second set Mis New York Giants. the Chicago Stammers, with some spirited driv-i Cubs, the Detroit Tigers and the ing and volleying, had the Ameri-j New York Yankees, the four lead-cân woman running all over the ing baseball teams in Americnet. to-day.
As a result. Miss Jacobs
Way
WINS AGAINST JESSE OWENS
THIRD TIME OVER 100 YARDS
New York City, Aug. 1. Eulace Peacock of Temple Uni- versity, has proved himself the master of Jesse Owens of Ohio
The Giants, who are at the top forced to met the ball or hit it out State University, in the hundred of the National League.
were side. blanked on! by the St. Louis Cardinals, who won by scoring
In the third set Helen Jacobs
NOT A FIGHTER AMONG THEM
JUST BUNCH OF CAKE-EATERS
PRESENT DAY'S "HEAVIES"
San Francisco, Aug. 11. Sailor Tom Sharkby, famous pugilist of forty years ago, who fought them all from John L. Sullivan to James
J. Jeffries, thinks Max Baer is finished, and that the entire crop of heavy- weights to-day are “just a bunch of cake-eaters, not + fighter among them."
The bull-necked, barrel-chested terror of olden days, mude a partial exception in the case of Joe Louis, Negro heavyweight, whom he des- cribed as "a great fighter but great only because there are no good onen in the ring to-day."
Baer's "Teeblo effurt” in losing the tilin to James). Braddock, Sharkey said. "must have been a shock to every living ex-champlon. I didn't see the fight but the moving pletures told me
enough. Baer arted like he was rehearsing a skit. I used to think that perhaps Baer had the makings of a champion, but I guess he's all washed out now. You can't hurn the candle at both ends and expect to keep winning fights.
"That yard dash, for the third time.
excuse he gave about having a bad hand," Sharkey con- Competing in a meet held at Ohio tinued, "made me laugh. I see it a single run, while the Cubs went | held the Tend at 6-4 and again at Field, New York University, Peacock turned out to be waler on the down to the Dodgers,
5-5 but Miss Stammers won the ran the "hundred" on a rain-soaked knuckle.
Say, I've seen fellows go the next two games with the loss of second, six inches behind his coloured busted hand and maybe water on track in 0:09.7, Owens finishing through twenty rounds with a the only one point. The American
the knee, too. the levelled up at 7-7 but she finally
I fought Jeffries cracked us, however, and lost thei Peacock streaked away from the twenty-five rounds at Coney Island next two games.
others at the starting gun, and at the with four broken ribs and haven't Dorothy Round won her match halfway mark Owens was some feet used it as an excuse for losing yet. against Mrs. Arnold in the easiest behind him. The dusky Ohioan thon Braddock will lose the title to Louis possible manner. conceding but the cat-like smoothness which is his think they will."
started to creep up on Peacock with if they ever meet, and I don't three games. She won the first style, until he was almost shoulder set to love and the second 6-3, the to shoulder with the winner at the; Is employed as a bouncer at a Sharkey, now sixty-one years old, match being over in half an hour, finish.
local cafe, The Americans reineed the de
A nineteen year-old Ind from thei Beit in the doubles match when New York Miss Helon Jarons and Mrs. Sarah O'Sullivan, sprang a great surprise. WITHDRAWS FROM
Curl Exchange, Ed Palfrey-Pabgan beat Miss Stant Ronning magnificently, be finished mers and Miss Freda James 63, third, only one yard and a half be 6-2.--Renter.
hind Owens.
A worki
In the American Longbe. Tigers suffered defeat hands of the Senators and Yankees lost to the Indians,
Results of today's matches follow:
Boston
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R. 1.
E
Cincinnati
2
10
4
(Kampeuris scored a home is For the Reds), Ciniinnati Boston
Chicag Brooklyn
-1
R
0
3
7
E
I
G
1
1
#1
H. B. Cameran (vice capt.) Bruce Mitchell
I Dodgers).
R. J. Crisp
A, B, C. Langton
fell.
E. L. Dalton
18.
A. D. Nourse
E. A. Rowan
K. G. Viljoen
for his opinion of
Hammond once again distinguished is one of the very few himself when playing against Middle- players I have seen who has a sex on the Cheltenhams College Ground perfectly-grooved swing. She never where the boats last by four wickets. The home side compiled a total of changes from that awing except; when she has a rose or a bad le 314, of which Hammond made 124
in the rough."
"Next to
Dutra remarked:--
the ball. Her right shoulder action
1. J. Seidle
CL Vincent
R. J. Williams twelfth man. -Reuter,
Siedle, who was not fit for the while Middlesex made 300. After Gloucestershire had been dismissed for fourth match has been reintro-
SOUTH AFRICANS LOSE
the L'obs while Bucher Currinello
and!
scored for
the
adversary..
The programune for to-day con
recard for the Swedish stats of three singles and one 1,008-metre relay. (Hack scored a home run for doubles matches and is as follows: quartette from the New York Athelitie! Was set by a Mrs. Sarah Palfrey-Pabynn Club. They covered the distance ini (U. S.) v. Miss Phyllis King 1:56.1 as compared with the old record (Great Britain).
of 1:66.7 net by the United States! Miss Helen Jacobs (U. S.) vĮteam at Oslo, Norway, in 1934. Miss Dorothy Round (Great Britain).
St. Louis
New York
5
U
非
3 12
(J. Dean pitcher for the Cardinals).
Rain caused the postponement of the match between Pittsburgh Pirate and Philadelphia Phillies.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
her perfect, whythmic, 180, the visitors lost six wickets induced into the team in the place Washington
of A. J. Rell, the medium tu fast & Detroit swing. I like the way she stays to reaching 220 rung.
bowler.
Coston The English teum will be chosen Chicago from the following:
Philadelphia R. E. S. Wyatt, W. V. Robins, Pittsburgh E. R. T. Holmes, H. D.
in the best I have seen.
Her right
Read
F
R. H. E.
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16
1
2
3 10
1
4
13
10
7
11
H
--Reuter.
CHALLENGE TO U. S.
shoulder comer through on her shots || On the eve of the fifth and final perfectly."
| Test match against England. the South African cricket tourists have sutferis] iwo suerrssive defeats. Following their reverse against Glow-
(Essex) J. C, Chny, M. Leyland, ; New York estershire at Cheltenham, they have Mitchell (Yorkshire), Bowes, Cleveland now been beaten by Essex at South- Barber, Hammond, Bakewell,
(Continued on Page 9).
Portsmouth have secured a new outside right, Thomas Bird, who has had two seasons with Hartle- pool United.
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WESTCHESTER CUP POLO CONTEST
MATCH IN JUNE
Mrs. Burkhardt. Arnold. (U.S.) Y. Miss Katharine Stanmers (Great Britain). ·
Miss Carolin Babcock and Mrs. Dorothy Andrus (U. S.) V. Miss Nancy Lyle TLT1
Miss Evelyn Dearman (Great
Britain).
JAPANESE SWIMMERS
THE BEST
SHOULD WIN IN OLYMPICS
AMERICANS SHOW PROMISE
San Francisco, Aug. 10. "The Japanese will undoubtedly be the ones to beat in the next : Olympics. They were in the last," bald Mr. Robert Kiphuth, famous New York, Aug. 17. swimming coach of Yale Univer-. The United States Polo Associarsity, na he set out with fifteen. tion has received In official American swimming stara for! challenge from the Hurlingham international competition with Club Committee for the Westches-awimmers in Japan in August. ter Cup contest to be held at Hurlingham in June, 1936.
There in every expectation of the challenge being accepted by the Americans.--Reuter.
"Our competition with them in August will be a pre-Olymple test of great importance. I look for our boys to make a very creditable showing." he added.
Mr. Kiphuth said that he thought the return of the United States
SPORTS BREACH winning supremacy in the 1936
IN EUROPE
Olympic Games was "not too re- mote a possibility." He said that the present roster of American swimmers shows- more promise than any since the 1928 Olympics
Austria And Germany At at Amsterdam. "Our 800-metre
Loggerheads
Vienna, Aug, 17. All sports meeting between Austria and Germany are to be broken off immediately, following orders from the aports leader, Prince Starheinberg, as a result of Prons attacks on the Austrian Government.
Austria's participation in the Olympic Games is now uncertain.
Reuter.
relay team, composed of Ralph Flannghan, of Miami, Florida, Jack Medica, of Seattle, Jimmy Gilbula of Detroit and Johnny Macionis of Philadelphia, should be the best we have ever had," he stated.
Mr. Tom Bromilow, the Burnley manager and former Liverpool and England International half-back, has accepted the managership of Crystal Palace in succession to Mr. Jack Treandern, who is now with Tottenham Hotspur.
A NEW TENNIS
SHIELD
Presented By Central British Association
The Central British Association has presented a Shield to the Hongkong Lawn Tennis Associa tion to the newly formed "D" Division.
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TOURNEY
Woman Tennis Star Suspended
Fraulein Kraus. Austrian ten- nis star, was about to play in the Welsh championship tournament al Newport (Mon) lust month when she learned that she had been sus- pended by the Austrian governing 'body',
She immediately withdrew from the tournament.
Reasons for her suspension are not yet known.
Jack Lambert, the former Arsenal centre forward, who was not offered terms by Fulham at the end of last season, has decided to join Margate F.C, the Arsenal nursery, and will undertake certain coaching work during the week,
Clapton Orient F.C. have signed Joseph McAleer, from Luton Town, and formerly an outside left,
of Northampton Town.
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