THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1935.
EXCEEDINGLY BRIGHT TENNIS IN DAVIS CUP TIE
BRILLIANT FEAT BY
SINFIELD
SCORES DOUBLE
CENTURY
AND TAKES NINE WICKETS
London, Aug. 23.
- With the exception of York- ahire, whose match against Wor- cestershire in the county Cricket Championship was brought to a conclusion in two days, Glouces shire was the only county to take the full fifteen points during the series just concluded. The match was played at Cardiff where. Glamorgan lost by an innings and 63 runs.
Rain in many parts of the country interfered with the fixtures and most of the games had to be abandoned without there being any play to-day.
Gloucestershire's success was dus in no small way to Sindeld, who enn- tributed a score of 200 runs before at 440 for
the inning warheing i
rine wickets, the
not out at the close of the innings. valuable Sinfield Harnett Kave
Assistance and the pair were an
Anciated in 11 huge partnershizo.
The four playars who took part in the doubles exhibition tennis match. Reading from left to right they are:-Lee Wai-tong, Khe Sin-kie, S. A. Ramjahn and E. C. Fincher. (Photo: Ming Yuen).
AUSTRALIA WIN TEST
Barnett war aot dismissed until he SPEEDWAY RACING
to the
had taken his score
to 128 rum. When
went Glamorgan wickets it was against Sinfield who was the outstanding player of his side.
4 took four wickets for 47 runs out
of
AT WEST HAM
a total of 238. Goddard had four TROUNCING FOR
a
10. In the follow-on, Glamorgan
for 130 runa.
loat her
lant wicket Sueld this time had five victims for 56 runs and Goddard five for 65.
Sussex and Surrey each Look four points from their match at Eastbourne, where the home county registered a total of 480 runs of which John Langridge made 111, A. Melville 110,
Parks 100 not out.
and
Harry
"At the close of plus Surrey had 330 for nine wickets, James Langridge having taken five for 98.
In the Essex match with Ham shire no play was possible to-day, and Essex in consequence take first in- ninga paints.
Batting first on Wednesday the Hampeldre side made 223, Nichols taffing, wickets for 43.
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Essex replied with 247, the veteran bowler Komedy taking wickets for In their secand venture Hampshire put up the very fair score of 209, of which Arnold made 131.
There
ENGLAND
un
Before attendance of 71,162, Australia gained brilliant victory over England in the fourth speedway test at West Ham on July 30, by de points to 40.
A SECOND DEFEAT
FREDA JAMES AND KAY
STAMMERS LOSE
U. S. TENNIS TITLES
TENNIS EXHIBITION MEDIOCRE
HEAT HANDICAPS PLAYERS
KHO SIN-KIE AT CHINESE R.. C.
(By "Sagax")
Glimatic conditions yesterday, with the strong sun shining un- sympathetically upon the players,
Kho Sin-kis forcing the pace from the base line. (Photo: Ming Yuan),
AUSTIN'S DEFEAT OF BUDGE
Briton Wins Fourth Match In Davis Cup Contest
(By "Veritas")
H. W. Austin (Great Britain) beat D. Budge (United States) 6-2, 6-4, 6-8, 7-5.
The Centre Court, Wimbledon, July 30. With the Davis Cup already won and lost the match between Austin and Budge resolved itself into a more or less personal affair. Austin was smarting under an
were far from conducive to goodSchoolboy Row unexpected defeat by Budge at Wimbledon and was
and the exhibition
was staged at the Chinese Re- creation Club with Kho Sin-kie, the Chinese Davis Cup player, as the star turn, suffered accord- ingly, the standard produced being so low that there was never any really interesting periods during the 100 minutes that the
exhibition lasted
The heat was severe throughout the afternoon and when the singles matchi between Kho Sin-kie and S. A. Rumjahn was played it was evident that the players were greatly handi capped and not able to give of their
Again Shines
For Tigers
SCORES HOME RUN FOR TEAM
OPPOSITION
BLANKED
New_York, Aug. 23. "Schoolboy" Rowe, the Detroit
naturally prompted to wipe it out, while Budge, not only desirous of repeating the performance, was faced with the task of trying to keep Britain from achieving a grand slam.
The result was a match featured points with a series of crisp by some exceedingly bright tennis. volleys.
Both players boast an array of Just when it appeared certain exquisite ground strokes and these that the match would go the full
dominated the rallies for the first distance Austin raised his game. two sets. Budge was not always cloverly aflxing pace, length functioning perfectly on the fore- and direction and drew up from 1-4 hand but his superb backhand was to lend 6-4. working like a well-oiled machine and seldom failed him.
BRILLIANTLY ACADEMIC Austin was brilliantly academic
Budge, dispirited but still fighting, drew level on a service game, but Austin was now the master, and after rattling off a love game won the match with a succession of
won the
chief
best under such trying conditions. The players might easily and with justification have been accused of not attempting to play their best tennis but
there will be few who would, for Tigers pitcher, again distinguish-without losing anything in effective-ghining net raids.
His favourite, and highly FUTURE MENACE TO PERRY ne moment, blame them for the life ed himself by scoring a home runes. less exhibition that was served up to for his side against the Boston successful, form of attack was n
It was happy, breezy tennis with the many enthusiasts who watched Red Sox and then blanking out stream of punishing cress-court
backhand driven followed by Austin's experience standing him in the matcher.
the opposition.
Bashing shot to the forehand corner good stead against an enterprising Fresh from his recent visit to The New York Yankees also which either forced Bulge into ajand skilful young exponent. Aus- Amerien where he had represented won their fixture against the St. false return or made it possible fortin undoubtedly Chins in the Davis Cup competillons Louis Browns but only after Austin to advance to the net for a laurels among the singles players Brookline, Mass., Aug. 23. and richer by the experience gained
in this Challenge Round contest. For the second time since their there, Kho Sin-kie was expected to be thirteen innings had been played. winning volley.
In the National Lengue, the Budge started slowly as he did In bath matches he ralsed his game The Australians gave a wonderful recent victory in the women's seen even better form than when
Giants suffered an-against Perry, and Austin, without to astonishing heights of brilliance,- display of
of whirlwind riding, and doubles championship at Wimble-he passed through Hongkong in March New York
him five other defedt, losing to the Cubs any undue worry or effort, took the and it is doubtful whether, against speeded and outpointed England from dan, the title holders, Freda fast but those who unw Kincl thin, gave his teams a
The Cardinals won two Brat set with the loss of two games, such form, any player in the world for finish. Huxley, the caps James and Kay Stammers, have months nge were sorely disappointed by 7-1.
great start
wasi would have beaten' him. with this display yesterday.
matches from the Brooklyn Dod- A Dayla Cup record Here and they are now well on the probably by breaking the track records which suffered defeat.
established in the Budge's two defeats did nothing had stood for over
year, in the
heels of the Now York team. first race at a spied of 44.313 m.ph
second set when Budge, all injure his reputation and ac Results
games, complished much in enhancing his though securing four and Australia went on to win 18 of
did not win a single service prospects for the future. That'
Austin was only given development on the right game, while They threw caution to the winds and took every risk.
lines he will one once successful in serviec.
day become But Budge was lowly tighten-second Vines can hardly be ques- ing up his game, often leaving histioned. He will certainly constitute apponent alanding with terrific just as blg a menace to Perry as backhand drives down the lines. Von Cramm at next year's Wimble Austin clinched the set by remain-don. -
the 18 races,
In the seventh race Johnson, at-
tempting to fly round Abbott, went headlong into the fence, smashing 20 yards of the boaring into pieces. Yet
came out Inter to win his three
other races with ease.
tralians throughout.
PLAYERS DISAPPOINT
tione
The Wimbledon champions were; surprised In the Wightman Cup
was his great repertoire of competition last week when Missstrokes and against 8. A. Jahn Helen Jacobs and Mrs. Sarah in the singles match his one and Palfrey-Fabyan beat them 6-3, only forte was his service, on which 6-2 and HOW they have been he relied entirely for the two of the eliminated from the United States three sets played. And he was Tennis Championships by another reproducing his last form, but one who matched against a player who was of America's Wightman Cup pair, was likewise suffering greatly from
Miss the intense Mrs. Dorothy Andrus and Carolin Babcock.
Het Rumjahn been able to return Kho's services with better
were
hent.
AUCCEAR
|
follow;
of today's matches
NATIONAL LEAGUE
IL. H. E.
Pittsburgh Boston
7 14
0
13
1
St. Louis
C
15
.1
Brooklyn
1
୫
St. Louis Brooklyn
11 17
1
10 · 1
1ing unruffled and waiting for his
opportunities. Budge was hitting WASEDA DEFEATS
harder but with less control, It! contrasted strongly with the
(Stripp scored a home run for Englishman's faultless necuracy.
On another occasion Wilkinson came The games was thus interrupted at from last position to make up over It will be recalled that Mrs. than he was able he would undoubted- an interesting stage, with the offels 200 yards and win.
Andrus and lightly in favour of Hampshire.
Miss Babcock were ly have beaten the Chinese champion, This spirit was typical of the Aus-heaten by Miss Nancy Lyle and whose all-round display left much to NOTTS. WARWICKSHIRE
Mrs. Evelyn Dearman in the be desired. It was not until the eighth heat. Wightman Cup but this English particularly wenk both in his singles
his volleying being the Cardínule). was also no play in the when Charles beat Wilkinson by n
to-day
by game defeated
And in the doubles match match between Nottinghamshire and yard, that England secured her first pair
· Warwickshire on the tinnt-day." -Not-
Croombs won the following America's leading combination, which followed.
He was driving hard on both hands tinghamshire, however, secured arst, and at the interval Australia Miss Helen Jacobs and Mrs.
bul he was not meeting with the Innings points.
Buccess that was expected of him. Both these matches were playedle was invariably ever hitting or in the semi-final of the women's getting with some tame shots.
Rumjahn played quite
well although doubles and both were terminated in the second act.
Warwickshire collapsed in their first innings being all out for 113, Woodhead Enking & wickets for 28. In their second knock they did belter making 200 for three, thanks to an innings of 124 by Norman Kilner. (Reutors by an oversight have for gotten. to send the Nottinghamshire HCOTC).
Lancashire overwhelmed Northants, running up a score of 821 for five wiekots, declared. Paynter made 208,
not out.
win.
led 83 to 21.
Grosskreutz 17 points, Johnson 13, Vau Prang 12 were chief scares for Australia, and for England, Croombs was top score with 9 points. ped play,
Sir Julian Cahn's Eleven made 235 against the South Alpine 4..
Palfrey-Fabyan.
he only occasionally revealed flashes of the brilliance which carried him
17
2 16 1 11
Budge went all out to attack in the third set and by dint of im-.
YALE
proved forecourt play assisted by American Baseballers On
Chiengo New York
Austin's concentration on his back- (Bartell scored a home run for hand which tactics proved merely the Giants).
boomerang, Budge went to 6-4. [The Englishman pulled him back, however, and actually led 6-5, and looked good for a straight sets win.
AUSTIN'S SPIRITED RECOVERY
Japanese Tour
baseball
Tokyo, Aug. 17. Waseda University's team to-day trounced Yale Univer sity's visiting diamond aggrego- ton, 8-5, in a hot tussle.
E.
3
scored
The American proceeded to play
i
It was the frat appearance of
the Americans in Japan.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
R. H. Philadelphia 1 7 Cleveland... 10 11 Into the top position in local tennis. (Trosky, and Mrs. Andrus and Miss Babcock He was serving better than he usually runs for the Indians while Har-now-or-never tennis to draw level
Vosmik which the visitors replied with Di for won from Miss James and Miss Fees and it anys much for his service der held the Athletica to a one- no wickets, when the game was Stammers 6-3, 8-6, while Miss when he need Kho with abandoned.
Jacobs and Mrs. Palfrey-Fabyan second deliveries, an occurrence which run innings). Kent secured first innings points beat Miss Lyle and Mrs. Dearman must be quite unique for him, Washington against Derbyshire, running up 660,|8-6, 6-4.—Router,
particularly when it is remembered Chicago. of which Ashdown made the remark
that he created a personal record dur. able score, the highest this season, of 305, not out.
Northants made a humble 178 in reply, Hopwood taking 7 wickets for 48. Following on, however, they made Derbyshire made 305 and 121 for 2 .111 for no wicket, and then rain stop. † wickets,—Kenter,
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MEN'S DOUBLES DUEL
Brookline, Aug. 23. In the men's Doubles champion ship Wilmer Hinea and Henry
one of
of
(There were ten
4 10 0 3 B 1
innings.
and finally to go out in the four-
They arrived several days ago teenth game. During the closing for a series of games with the stages of this set Austin's strokes leading Japanese college teams. appeared to have lost a good deal-United Press:
of their sting and it was obvious
ing the recent championships on the Simmons scored a home run for that he would need a decided. Im- Hongkong Cricket Club ground by serving five consecutive double faults the White Sox).
in his first two service games in the singles final against G. R. M. Ricketts,
Culley, of Santa Barbara, Cail-but the doubles encounter later with The singles match went to three sets
0 4 3 6
0
provement after the interval if he were to clinch the issue in four seta.
Boston Detroit
But Badge returned to the fray. forula, defeated Berkeley Bell and Kho partnered by Lee Wai-long scored a home run for the Tigers proceeded to establish a lead of 4-1 ("Schoolboy" Rowe once again inspired by his third set escape and Gregory Mangin by 6-3, 6-4, 5-7 against S. A. Rumjahn and E. Cand he also blanked out
the fourth G-4, and qualified
stanza. To 40- the in the Fincher, who was deputising for H. Bravca).
complish this he played tip-top semi-final-Reuter,
D. Rumjahn, was concluded in straight
tennis, employing his best atrokes.
BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES
to enter
NEW SOUTH WALES AS VENUE ?
THE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
+
16.
neta.
3 11
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NEW ASSOCIATION
For Veteran Taurine Artists.
New York. 6 17
Madrid, Aug. 19. In IL most confident manner. St. Loula...
Former bull-fighters, pleadora Timing his forehand drives better and banderilleros have begun the (Lou Gehrig scored two home and continuing to whip out some formation of a new organisation to miraculous strokes on the back-be known as "The Association of hand, Budge constantly passed the Invalide and Veterans Ingoing Austin as well as earning Taurino Art."-United Press.
of the
There were many who eagerly awaited the doubles match for some relief to their monotony but they runs for the Yankees. There were were due for another disappoint- thirteen innings).
--Reuter.
ment
for the four
our players served up some more uninteresting tennis especially in the first set which went 110 Kho and Lee. In the second set, however, the tennis brightened up. and offered the spectators some com pensation for sitting under a scorching sun to watch the exhiblilon
PUBLIC BORE NO. 1
The scores in the singles match were "Honour" Given To Ely
6-3, 2-6, 6-2, in favour of Kho while Kho and Lee won the doubles en- counter by 6-2, 7-6,
Final Match
The New South Wales State In Local
Government will guarantee £10,000
for the British Empire Games of Bowls
1938, which, it is expected, will;
tako, place here from January 22
to January 29.
The Games will coincide with the OPEN RINK GAME
period of celebrations to be held in connection with the 150th anni versary of the founding of the State of New South Wales.
TO-MORROW
Culbertson
New York, June 23. Mr. Ely Culbertson, the Bridgev exponent, has been voted New York City's Number One Bore.
The Neid York Post, which ran a twelve-day voting contest to decide the winning bore, announced that Mr. Culbertson polled 356 votes. Mr. William Randolph Hearst, newspaper mngnate, and Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, Pre- sident of Columbia University were second and third, polling 328 and 204 votes.
Tho final of the Open Rink The first prize, which will be The Australian Games Assocla- Lawn Bowls Championship will presented to Mr. Culbertson, is a tfon are now applying for permis- be played to-morrow afternoon on complete set of the American sion to hold the games on the dates the Kowloon Cricket Club Green edition of Gertrude Stein's works. mentioned above.
when the Kowloon Bowling Green To Mr. Hearst will be presented It is estimated that the sea pas- Rocrelo.
will be opponed to the Club de as second prize, a slightly shop- sages for the competitors, alone.
worn copy of the Combined Annual will cost £6,000.
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