THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, AUGUST 22,
1935.
F. J. PERRY BEATS A LIFELESS DONALD BUDGE
WIMBLEDON CHAMPION A Baseball
WINS EASILY
ENGLISHMAN IN CASUAL MOOD IN
DAVIS CUP COMPETITION
NERVOUS OPPONENT OFFERS LITTLE OPPOSITION AT WIMBLEDON
(By "Veritas").
F. J. Perry (Great Britain) beat D. Budge (United States) 6-0, 6-8 6-4 6-4.
Record By
Lou Gehrig
SURPASSES FEAT OF BABE RUTH
HOMERS WITH FULL BASES
New York, Aug. 21.
A baseball feat performed by Babe Ruth and which has not been beaten for many years, was surpassed by Lou Gehrig, the former team-mate of the King of the Swat, when he scored a home run with all bases full against St. Louis Browns to-day.
New York Yankees batsman, and
The Centre Court, Wimbledon, July 27. After Austin's scintillating match with Allison, the game between Perry and Budge was, comparatively speak- ing, like soda water after champagne. Here we saw Perry in his most casual mood and Budge, obviously, rendered nervous by the occasion, very much below the form which earned him inclusion in the team at the expense of Sydney on which Gehrig has scored a home Wood.
The tennis brightened, in the sevend and fourth arts, but it seemed that Austin, and Allison had set ʼn standard far beyond the means of their cul leagues, and even the crowd foumi It hard to show any cathusiasm
Perry careered through the rat mot to love in eleven minutes and if he had been knocking up he could not have obtained his paints with low resistance. Budge, his strokes work- ing like a typewriter with its slug":
all out of
SCOTLAND BEATS ENGLAND
alignment, spent those JUBILEE SOCCER
eleven minutes hitting two yards be-i yond the baseline or sending the ball into the bottom of the net.
"THIS IS TOO EASY" During this period Perry played file a world's champion but at the end of the set one could almost hear him fur in the say "This is too easy,"
An still following three sets (and
know why he lost the nazzled to second) he was dilatory and fretful, two very unhappy features of a player
himi whose normal gaine makes world-beater.
fact, the crowd, realising that Ferry must win, turned its sympathies towards Budge, and he ivas loudly cherred when he fought back to snatch
tch the second ret.
As a matter of
CONTEST
BY FOUR GOALS TO TWO
Glasgow, Aug. 21. Approximately 70,000 specta- tore watched the International football match at Hampden Park to-day between a strong Scotland eleven and one of the best avail- ablo England sides,
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The match was played contribution to the Jubilee Fund These fourteen games found the and all who watched the contest, whose including the Press, were required
tall red-headed a more-to pay for admission.
vicious strokes and
are the
ment about the court counterpart of Ellsworth Vines, getting nearer than at any other time during the match, to the form which has prompted the critics to nominate him as future world
Scotland won by four goals to twn after having and the lead by three goals to nil at half time.
Scotland
almost attacked throughout the match. England, whose forwards lacked cohesion, amazing Hia whipped across that
only showed International class backhand drive (which incidentally is far more potent from midcourt than during the last ten minutes of the game, whereas Scotland combined
champion.
from the baseline) continually to leave well, both in defence and attack. Perry Atanding. But his forehand seldom worked smoothly. It was an
excellent stroke but lacked correct
The home side scored, through
This was the seventeenth occasion run with all bases full and he shat- Tered Babe Ituth's lifetime record of sixteen huone runs with all bases full.
The Yankees ensily won their dur! with the Browns, whom they bent by fourteen runs to two, Lary scored a home run for the St. Loule outük,
However, in the secund match of a double header, the Browns trounced i the Yankees, even though Lou Gehrig : ingain scored a home run.
Several double henders were played
off to-day. The Detroit Tigers Look both their games from the Boston
Red Sox while the Athletics and the
Indians shared their two matches.
;
During 12 years in the fight ring, Jimmy McLarnin, former wolter champion, answered the ball many times. Wedding balls rung for Jimmy at Vancouver, B.C.. recently, when he married his childhood awentheart, Lillian Cupit. The newly weds are pictured leaving for a Hawaiian honeymoon on the Empress of Canada.
SHARPLY
DIVIDED
OPINIONS
The Giants, in the National League. CRICKETERS ON
Cincinnati Reds 3
three
beat runs to nothing, Schumacher blank- ing out the Cincinnati club.
In double hender Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies ench won ione match.
Results of tonny's matches follow:
NATIONAL. LEAGUE
S Louis Boston
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NEW RULE
ATHLETIC MEET AT MUNICH
GERMANY BEATS BRITAIN
A KEEN CONTEST THROUGHOUT
"AND SO TO BED!",
South African Cricketers Win The Rubber
(By R. Abbit)
The fifth Test Match has coine and BROTHERS
gone. The South Africans have ut lant achieved their ambition, or rather! they have achieved their two ambl-. tions in une summer. They have beaten the full strength of England
In
in England. It was a big thing this. have beaten England often enough in South Africa, but then the English team never represented the
TIE FOR
GOLF TITLE
at strength of the Mother Country: UNFORTUNATE END
Moreover, there was always the slight advantage they hold from the differ ent nature of the wickets on which the visiting English elevens had tel piny. And they also went on to their second ambition and won the rubber whilst playing in England. History: hus heen made.
CAUSE OF SUCCESS
1.
It was many
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BY KENYON
BEATEN ON LAST ROUND
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An unfortunate finish by a And how has their, success been player who almost had the title brought about? To my mind they in his pocket" and yet failed, left have had a very far seeing Board of Ernest Whitcombe (Meyrick Control in South Afrien. know Park) and R. A. Whitcombe that there has been what might termed 'domestle Trouble in various (Parkstone), two brothers, na can trace, it has joint leaders when the 72 holes of ways, but so far as
reached serious proportions. the Irish Open Championship con- The seeds of success were sown when eluded on the course of the Royal they chose the young team for the County Down Club at Newcastle 1920 summer. then since they had henteis Englundh Co. Lown), yesterday. They will replay to-day over 36 holes. E. WII ("Bob") Kenyon was the nor did they beat England then.
strokes But they did in South Africa In
failed. Thier player who 1930/1931, and six of the 1929 side ahead at the end of three rounds, he have played against England in the needed a seure at 71 in the afternoon Out in 36 he tour. Moreover present successful
Over to win by a stroke.
round, but he even more than six of the present seemed rufe for the team-eight I believe, to speak some- Cventually Look 76.
the what at random-were
The concluding und members of
of several players. the team which toured Australia, breaking 1931/1932. True, they got licked Ang hopes there may have been that badly. But they were most of them an tranman would at last win the getting their big match experience in title crashed when W. Nolan took 81, for he had been the only native player their early twenties, which seldom happens at home. Thus the present with a real chance after three rounds. team, though it averages under 27 He reached the turn in 38, but on aix mostly made up of successive greens from: the tenth he years apiece, veteran cricketers: Our Test team in took three putla, to return in 43.
Syd Easterbrook pinyed steadily the game under review averages well over thirty-one years each and it is for a round of 74, but though he then remaining 23 the best total. very interesting to note that the two fed with 208, there was little chance newcomers to the side 1. D. Read of of that rezu
E. WHITCOMBE'S, BAD LUCK Essex and J. C. Clay of Glamorgan are respectively the youngest and. Within fifteen minates, Emest oldest area in the team. Rend Is Whitcombe
had put the title holder twenty-five while Clay is a blushing out of first place by returning a score debutante of a less than thirty-seven of 72 for an aggregate of 202. With any luck, Whitcombe would have been favourably placed. He failed THE FINAL TEST
with a yard putt at the short fourth, tonk three putts from two yards at R. E. S. Wyatt (captain of
As regards the composition of the the sixth, and missed another short xide, taking into consideration the one
one at "the ninth, to be out. in 30. England and Warwickshire):
fact that something desperate had 10 lomeward, he was brilliant.
Start- "Although there is something to be
outstanding be done, I am inclined to think that must the
ing the journey with favour of the rule being continued benehievements was Friedrich Schaum- the Selection Committer will come in putt for a two at the tenth, he had the enuse it encourages bowlers to bowl burg's victory over Reeve in the 1,600 for less adverse criticism than has a "birdie three at the eleventh and, of-breaks and in-swingers, resulting metres flat race, which was fun by been the case ax regards any Test apart from pushing out a shot at the
it was a in less off-side play and also affecting the
lers twelfth, which cost five, be secured policy to winner in three minutes 63.9 team except the first.
bowlers upon the book shot. One thing in favour
seconds.
In the discus event, Wuer and eventually to play the whole lot ar figures to return in 33,
Reginald Whitcombe joined his of the rule is that it does make batafelsdobler (Germany) emerged winner of them to the exclusion of two bats brother at 292 by brilliant round of men play at are balls outside the with a throw of 49.36 metres, the
Keunenberg being second with 44.18 menfor Holmes can hardly be rank-a, matie up as follows: off stump.
na Test Match howler. And then
Out: E. 4, 5, 4, 3, 3, 2, 6, 5-36. A. Brian Sellers. (Yorkshire metres, none of the English competi- comes the staggering news that after run for
3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 6~~$3. Home: captain):
Wyatt had put the Totat, 69. winning the South Africans in upon a perfect He was hooking second shots at the Oval wicket. We shall probably
but always drove well and in-
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(Martin scored a home run for the professional Cardinals).
LEADING PLAYERS GIVE VIEWS Sharply divided opinions were given by leading amateur and last cricketers month on the experimental 1.b.w. rule which has now been in operation for three months.
While players, however, are by no i means agreed on the subject, tulk
with leading umpires have revealed that those ofcials are largely in scored favour of the retention of the rule
for the good of the game,
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a vulnerable point of the American's from a penalty. Gurney and West-
armament.
BRILLIANT RETURN OF SERVICE
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Munich, Aug. 11. Ideal weather conditions pre- vailed here this afternoon, when 15,000 enthusiasts crowded the Dante Stadium to see the fourth international light athletic con- test between Germany and Eng land.
The contest was a keen battle from the start right to the finish with ex- cellent sporting rivalry on both sides. Germany ultimately scored a victory 70 points against 61 won by Eng-
Among
tors reaching even 40 metres.
CLOSE RACE
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I think the new 1.b.w. rule has come to stay.
1 have found it help the In the pole vault two Germans, bowler a great deal. There are a Mueller and Hartmann defeated all good many batsmen who have got out the visitors, both of them passing the never know if the decision was his,
or was that of the Selection Computing between the fifth and The Football Association meet-
when playing at the ball which last four metres mark, while in the 100 Perry's return of service is, of ing at Sheffield recently chose the
(Johnson scored a home run for year they would have padded off or metres race Wilhelm Leichum (Ger- mittee, or even one arrived at before-ighth holes gave him three in eight minny), beat Sweeney (England), hand as a definite plan of campaign shots. Coming home nothing went left alone." represent the Athletics course, the finest in the world to-day, following
and Trosky for the and no matter how lackadaisical he England :- Hibbs (Birming Indians).
E. R. T. Holmes (Surrey cap-covering the distance in 1015 seconds, after consultations with many ex- og spart from slight carelessness the German champion Barchneyer be perts. It was said that Wyatt's at the sixteenth. He flicked the ball somewhat casually from eighteen in- tain): may be playing, this stroke always hum); Male (Arsenal), Hapgood
action was approved of by the old ches and failed to hale out. Philadelphin seeps to be operating flutally; which (Arsenal) (capt); Brition (Ever-
"1 am not in favour of the new rule in third
hands. If so, there must have been Compston, Busson and Brews failed Cleveland ...... 3 was why Budge's
great deal more known at home being continued. I say it has not
· Rervice,
which ton), Barker (Derby), Bray (Man-
to do sufficiently well to disturb mat- (Trosky scored a home run for the achieved its object. It puts a pre-
than is known out here, against most players would be a fine chester
ters. Compstot, with 73, was LWO City): Morton (West Indians while Brown blanked nut themius on forward play. It has made In the 800 metres race there was
There are so far as I know only shots behind the brothers. He was weapon of attack yielded but little in {{am), Carter (Sunderland), Athletics). the way of direct points.
little difference to forward players, a thrilling finish, the English repre-two reason for putting your op-vul in 37, and marred his card with The Englishman's return
was in Gurney (Sunderland), Westwood
but has curtailed strokes of Jack ntative, J, C, Stothart, just beating
in firat, (a) because then six at the ninth, where he pulled New York..... 11 16 variably deep enough and sufficiently Bolton) and Boyes (West Brom-
players considerably. It hasn't helped Wolfgang Deoseeker by 1-20th second petents
I don't in one minute 54.4 seconds, Hans wicket seems likely to grow better into the hills and, on the green, miss- well pinced to prevent Budge from wich Albion). Reserves to travel
me personally as a bowler.
45 the game goes on and so they, ed from two feet. following in, and although the Ameri Smith Leicester City) and Brook the Yankees and Lary
(Lou Gehrig scored a home-run for think I have had a new rule decision Koening coming in third and Sering bat on a dificult pitel which Busson, with 74, tied with Comp- (Continued on Pape 9.)
Manchester City).
will roll out easier for you; and (b) ston, but would have been level with Browns).
In the 100 metres W. Roberts (Eng-te ensure the best chance of a definite the Whitcombes had he got his five at the ninth. Instead, the hole, after land), ran a brilliant race, coming in decision when your team first in 17.7 seconds, A. G. K. Brown doubtedly a marked superiority over trouble in the sandbills, cost him being second in 48.4 and Hamann your opponents, and time may be a reven.
vital question.
course (This of
Brows put himself right out of the "In my opinion the new role has (Germany), third in 49.1 seconds.
operates very largely here in our sunning by returning 77 for his Anal been a great success. It has aided
At the close of the sprint events, Saturday afternoon Lengue cricket) round, leaving him with an aggre- the bowlers who must needed help England was leading by 26 to 18 One might possibly suggest a third gate of 297. A quick hook was the namely, the fast and fast-medium, and has made batsmen play forward at the ints, but the score began to change reason, namely (e) that if our shock cause of his trouble, for he was often trilling in the long rough, which took its full good length ball pitching just outside in favour of Germany with the field tacties put them out for
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OFFICERS FOR 1935-36
St. John's Cathedral Badminton Club
At the annual general aweting of the St. John's Badminton Club held
THE NEW BALL
T. N. Pearce (joint-captain of Essex):
J. W. Seamer (Oxford Univer- sity
and Somerset):
shaw fmarth.
GERMANY CAINS
into first-class cricket an almost obso lete acoring stroke. On the other hand, the rule has been a little severe After throwing the discus, the on opening batsmen playing against score stood at 20 to 20 points, from the new ball."
then continuing to be points, from then continuing to be more and more in favour of the German competitors. In the high jump the Germans Welnkoutz (1.00 metres) carried off the first two places, while the 110 metre hurdle race was won by Finley (England) in 144 seconds, who de feated Wegner by three-tenths of a
think that, on the whole, the altered leg before wicket rulo has had a good effect on the game. It has put an end to interminable first wicket partnerships"
A. Fagg (Kent):
in the Cathedral Hail yesterday the "Batsnien must play forward. I de second. The Olympic relay race wee fallowing were elected office-bearers' for the ensuing year:
not think the change is doing any won by the English team in three
THE BOWLER'S VIEW
Patron, The Rt. Rev. Ronald Owen harm. Thinking about the rule gets Hall; Honorary President, Rev. II. you out." W. Baines; Hon. Vice-Presidents, Lady Pollock, Ist. Col. I.B.L. Dowbiggin, 0.0.2., Dr. E..W. Kirk, Mr. L W. Amps, 0.0.E, Mr. H. R., B. Hancock, Prof, L. Forster,
Chairman
Raland Koh; Hon. Treasurer,
minutes, 28.8 seconds.
A noteworthy, feature of the meet- ing was the cordial way in which the crowds responded, when before the beginning of the contests Doctor "The new rule mostly helps left-armtish guests, called for three cheers for Ritter von Halt, in welcoming the Bri- bowlers and right arm round the King George, then
for the British wicket, aff-spinners. Left-arm bow-
Andrews (Somerset):
Mr. W. C. Clark, Hon. Secretary, Fiers are able to bring the ball across nation and finally for the guests of H. Kwok; Captainn, Miss Murieland that is the most dangerous ball the day. After this a triplo "Hell" Smith and Mr. F. H. Kwok: Com-to play under the changed mitice, Mr. H. C. Tyson, Bilas Bobby Blake, Miss Doris Hunt and Rev. J. A. J. Sims (Middlesex) said he followed by spontaneous singing of tho
Bennitt.
GOLF FOURSOMES
rulo."
thought the new rule helped him in bowling to a left-hand batsman. As regarda batting, he had not noticed
much difference,
was given for Chancellor Hitler,
catlonal anthems.
makes left-handed batsmen play balls J. Lee (Somerset) said the new landed in the "rough" of the bowler's bals left-hand rule was "ruining the game." All the "run-up." (Nichols batsmen's coaching has been wasted and bowls right)
C. P. Mead (Hampshire); "I don't like it at all. It's apt to. make a bateman too fidgety,"
thinks
In the final round of the second and one has to start all over again.
J. O'Connor (Essex) has littl 1935 Happy Valley Summer Four- somes, played yesterday, D. S. sympathy with the alteration. He bowlers a big advan- River Edward (3) and T. R. Chassels (8) tage and detracts from, rather than helps him as a bowler, but being
L. J. Todd (Kent) inds the rule beat L. Goldman (7) and R. F. adds to, stroke-play.
left-hander has little effect on his bat Clark (12) by three up and two to M. S. Nichols (Essex) stressed ting. "The moral effect it has on bats. play..
the unfairness of the rule, because it mon is probably the main trouble."
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