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“MUSPRATT WINS AT WIMBLEDON
CHAMPION OF THE ROYAL NAVY
LAWN TENNIS TITLE
(Continued from Paga 8.)
Buzzard, who had won an easy morn- ing match, before the day was much older. Both semi-finals were necord- ingly postponed until this morning at 10.90.
A ONE-SHOT PLAYER
Mockler, who was admitted to the
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qualifying competition for Wimbledon Midget. Wolgast Defeats
this year, but failed to qualify, in what
in anually known one-shot player. He has Q really forceful forehand punch, which he controls well by im- parting a
fair amount of "hook" tu
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Watsonville, Cal, Aug, 25. A fust ten-round bout between Midget Wolgast and Young Gildo here to-night resulted in a win on pointa ferr Wolgust,-United Prenk.
LIGHT-WEIGHT CONTEST
LOCAL SWIMMING
Championships Start To-morrow
The Annual Swimming Champion- ships of the Colony, organised by the Victoria Recreation Club, wili com- mence at the V.R.C. bath to-morrow and will be continued on Thurwiny, Friday and Saturday,
and runs round his back volley whenever he can. He rarely unless forced to do no, and then plays the ball with almost precisely the same action ho employs when playing it off the floor who has figured promin
Hollywood, Aug, 25. Roces on Wednesday, Thursday and Vavasour,
A light-weight contest between Pan-Friday will start at 6 p.m., but Satur ently before now in the Navy's juntor | cho Leyvas, of Yuma, who weighed day's events will commence at 9.15 singles, and is still competing in them, 120 pounds, and Young Tommy, who, is more of an all-round player, and turned the scales at ti8 pounds, was, The following is the programme will probably strip Mockler before fought here to-night.
for each day:
SAILOR BEATEN
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he in much older. He was not deter- The fight, which went t red from playing a virile volleying rounds, ended in Leyvas being award. game by Mockler's big drives, and wared the decision. as good a loser as I have ever watch- -ed-in-a-Services match. His last- ditch effort in the final set was par- ticularly fine. Morkier only needed one point for 6), but Vavnsour held him at bay for that game, and three more after that, only capitulating (after saving another match point) at 6--1.
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Lieut. Hoare showed how his gnom hus Improved by the way in which he beat Cir. Agnew, who was runner-up Cdr. filover last year, by 6-3, 6-1, and will to-day meet Lieut. Musprati, whose defent of Licut.-Cdr. Chevallier was tear easily achieved. I
*xpect
that the winner of the Buzzard Mockler match will be the new cham- plon of the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines.
Hinges Championship. 4th
(1.J. 1 Commu
A. W. Hand best EngComm, A. Evelegh. G-D, -1 Burg. 1. Comm. F. J. Morking beat Hubelt. G. W. Vavante. A N.
L. R. R. Hoar, R.M., bent Comm
W.
. Agnew, 6-3, 6-1 ft. W, D. Mu pital bent Fa.Comni. P. F. Chevallier, A
J.
Problem Championship, 2nd. 1L: M-Com
Com. C I..
F. 8. Chevallier and Com, E. G. Clifford Leat Enge Com. A. Erelesh mad Blerton. 6-3, 6-1; Burg; 14.-Com. H. A. Gap And 14. G. 1. Whoades beat 2nd 1.4. 03. Patch, L.M., and Lt. D. W. Chubh, 4. 4. W. G. Alte nnd IA-kam, P, F. Downbeat Sub-lt H. D. Turner and Natl Lt. K. 9. Sporway. 6. 2, 64: At. Thackar d Mil. at Sun. Lt. Cm. D. 0. Smithy and Inate, Com. M. 11. Moles, 6
7.63; Com. A. W. Buzzard and Subtl
3.
Is, another fight, Manuel Davíða (165) gained a decision over Frank Remus (163), of the U.S. Navy- United Press.
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28
K
100 Yard Free Style. Throwing the Polo Bali.. 100 Yard Back Stroke.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 9
100 Yards Free Style Bauline Championship).
880 Yards Free Style, Tram Race (Open), four men, bu yards free style each.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 10
100 Yards Free Style (Boys, 16 years and under), Open.
220 Yards Free Style Open. Long Plunge.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 31
50 Yards Free Style Open.
100 Yards Breast Stroke.
410 Yards Free Style Open. Diving.
Last year's winners in the Colony Championships were as follows:
60 Yards Free Style.T. L. Paget. Time: 26 4/5 secs. (Record).
Fence.
100 Yards Free Style.-W. Law- Time: 57 4/5 secs. (Record). 229 Yards Free Style.-W. Law- ronce, Time: 2 min. 27 2/5
воен.. (Record).
StyleW. Law. 3/5 c8.
letected a certain anunt of cure- 440 Yards Free Hesanese, which is more politely deserence. Time: 5 nina. 27 |cribed as lack of concentration, when (Record).
hay Time: 60 4/5 seeS,
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6. W. Your beat Mult. V. J. Darbova he was in a winning position. After 880 Yards Free Style-W. Law- shire moul Sub-la, W, E. Click o 1,62; Lt. W. D
winning the first set at 75, Buzzard rence. Time: 1 mins, 55 2/5 seer. Muspratt and LR. R. Home only wanted a point for 4 in the se R.M.. bent Com. E. Jeffery and lot. Neund, but bet it, and, though still a
100 Yarls Backstroke.--- service game to the good, squandered hin lend, and eventually allowed Moeklee to bronk him again for 7-5.
Muckler' tenacity was remrkable.
tatty
2.4 4.6 1. il . M prett and Itory best trackern wol Abake, 44.63: Chevaller and Cliffard beat Major M. Webbelkowens and Capt. R. 11. West, IL.M., 3-6 K 4, 62: Hurrent and Vavanur bent Guna amt - Whender, E-3, 0
#7-fic Autom mini Dhawan at Lt. C. D. Lene and Cadet T. .. He relies almost entirely upon that Itlege. 4. G. 3. Semiast: Agarw and vicious forehand hook of his, and even- Dawson beat Muspratt and Hare, 64, 6-2;tually it carried him home. Buzzard
petually led
Hozan met Vevanour" beat Chevaller and Cllifunt, & 3,62
A DESERVED WIN
Lundo. Aug. 3. The championship of the Royal Nuvy at the Royal Moines was yesterday deservedly, but perhaps a little anexpectedly, by 1t. Musprat, who beat Surg. 1A,Chr. Mestler in the final by 6, 14. The loser wh
100 Yards Breast Stroke. Kwok Chun-hang. Time 72 sees (Record). Long Plunge E. H. Koh. Distance: Throwing the Water Polo Ball.--T. L. Paget. Distance: 71 ft. 6 ins
Diving-El, da Roza fEighth year Thy 5 and 10 15 in the in succession). final set, but lost it, and, upon my 100 Yards Ladies' Championship. word. Klubbornly though Mockler Mrs. L. Rend. Time: 68 3/5 secs, played Buzzard, only had himself to: blther, though passing shuts in the last few gates:
MATTE of Auckler's MISUNDERSTANDING CAUSED bordered on the mingnificent. This: A misunderstanding has arisen be- tel lasted for about an hour and tween several members of the C.B.C. 50 minutes.
and the V.R.C. in connection with the championships. On account of their Enilure to turn up for the heats, they
FORCING THE PACE
When he canse to play - Muspel | have been disqualified. shortly after 2 pm. Mockler soon be
gun to how traces of his gem uphill | The swimuners affected are Letting fight of the dorsing against an op-Shui-man and Tsang Ho-fook in the
fray in the afternoon Seder din his was worth and wines crisp and clever werkday, but, as there were insufficient
fellow Haulist.
The victim of a gun of undsubtest merit. He was al to some extent the victies of eirconstance it wa neressusy to play them.6nal in the morning and the final in the arce.ponent who, grasping the ituation, 50 yards free style, and Mui Chee prou, na! Mapratt came up for was vart to for the pace for all he cheng in the 100 yards free setyle,
Itents were to have been held last dilesing helped him to dà il success- He is strongly built, but a panel, fully, i was level pegging up to the entries present when mover, and obviously one of those fire eighth game, When Muspratt won called, heats were required for the ** wen! less picople who can at times be se Muckley's service for 5 and west 50 yards and the 100 yards. very tiresome. He had had a tought on his own 6 --something of ani job in the morning to best L1, Hoore,
The Chinese complain that and only took the first set at 10-8
they vicissitudes in the se. Were not notified that the heats were game autost an equal number of twier) of service games while they after each man had held the 'vantage condt and captures and recaptures times, Muspruit eventually got it were going to 7-7, tivercome by once too often for Honre. After this Hoare rather faded away, us some- times happens to the lager of a very long fire set, and Muspratt was not much the worse for wen
.
There were
at the day of the heats was given be swam off, but Mr. C. A. Lopes, Hon. Secretary of the V.R.C., tes mausam as the result of his exertion. on every entry form. and the extreme heat, Mockler had to stop playing for a bit, but he was
on ip and doing again. He lost his mander Dawson and Commander Ag- service for 8 but raptured Mus new, being beaten in a breezy final by their more youthful adversaries, Com- Muspratt in a strong finish
1988 fine serap in which both Vavasour, by 7-5, 6-3, after which ent ou sander Bazzard amf. Sub-Lieutenant played themselves automaticallyanto Vavasour went on to win the junior the Navy's team,
changed bands, this holters, Com-geelid in taking a set off himn.
singles, beating Cadet Rigge by 6-3, The men's daubles championship ul-6--2. Nabody in this event had suc
In the meantime Mockler was wig-pratt's for 8. 8, only a respite. for Inga desperate battle with Com nander Buzzard, who, strickly accord ing to the book, was the man who was going to win. He failed because of a curious and, to me, quite inexplicable Inck of power to clinch a longish lent.
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