THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18,
1935.
WHAT WILL DUNCAN'S REPLY TO SELECTORS BE?
BOWLS FINAL
TO-DAY
MEETING BRADBURY IN
OPEN SINGLES
CLOSE AND INTERESTING MATCH· SHOULD BE SEEN
(By "Sagax")
The final of the Open Singles Lawn Bowls
will be Championship
decided this afternoon when "Bob" Duncan, the Kowloon
Green
will Bowling
player, face B. W. Bradbury, of the Craigongower C. C., on the Club de Recreio green, with two objects in view. He will not only endeavour to claim the title, which, if he is successful, will be the first Singles Crown he has secured during a residence of over 30 years in the Colony, but he will also make every effort to pillory the Interport Solec- tion Committee for the error they made in omit-
One hundred Pacific Northwest Indians, representing 10 tribes, fought their annual battle over a three- mile course in Puget Bound for the International War Canoe trophy, The Question Mark, fourth from the camera, manned by paddlers of the Nooksack tribe, recaptured the trophy they held in 1932 and 33 from Fifteen thousand spectators, cheered the Indians on their test of the Sannich tribe of Vancouver Island.
speed and endurance.
ting him from their rinks which have been Yorkshire
chosen to meet Shanghai.
LOCAL ROWING REGATTA
SHANGHAI TEAM SELECTED
TO COMPETE HERE IN NOVEMBER
At a meeting of the Shanghai
As indicated yesterday the omis sion of Duncan from the Interport teanis was a contingency totally unexpected and if he wins the singles title to-day the Committee might be made to regret their error, He will, of course, have to show form which will produce a standard of bowls worthy of such an import- ant match..
JAPAN AT THE OLYMPICS
TWENTY FOOTBALL
PLAYERS
PICKING THE TEAM
Cricketers Beat The
Rest
FIRST TIME World Series
Baseball To Start Soon
IN LAST 30 YEARS
SECOND VICTORY
IN SERIES
ARRANGEMENTS FOR MATCHES
ANOTHER RIVAL FOR LOVELOCK
BOBBIE GRAHAM AS MILER
JUBILEE SPORTS MEETING
(By FRED DARTNELL)
London, Aug. 26. It was unfpetundio that the weather broke down so as to affect the atten
Giants Lose
Tie Through
Bad Fielding
CUBS OUTHIT BUT TRIUMPH
BASEBALL IN
AMERICA ··
New York, Sept. 17.
By beating the New York Giants to-day the Chicago Cubs were able to forge further ahoad in the National Baseball League
to-day.,
The Cubs were outhit by their
daner for the Jubilee sports necting at the White City. The roin mady the truck heavy, too, but some good performances were registered and opponents who registered eleven with the issue of the international hits against the Cuba' seven but natch open until the last event, the Chicago outfit converted their whereas the England, with Alford of Wales assist-hits into five rans ing in the half-mile, beat Scotlarul Giants were only able to register
A win for by 514 pts, to 48% jts.
three runs. It was errors in the Scotland in the mile relay would have feld which gave the lenders the made attic, but with F. S. Whitting match.
Bill
ham turning a. 10yds.urrears into an Syds. lend over the last "leg" of a
The St. Louis Cardinals were quarter mile, the result was as stated.zraged in a double hender with
"oberts's
record was the Brooklyn Dodgers hat they ompting quartet to not successful. The condition of the were only able to finish one of the track and the moderate quality of textures, the second being called owing to darkness. The position he met were all ughing of him beating 48aee. or even equalling Cardinals still maintain their it. Roberts made hacks of every position us challengers, to the body, however, and raced tume batt Cubs.
uzen yards in front of Whitting-
ium.
The Detroit Tigers suffered This is, the sixth time this season | defeat at the hands of the Boston has beaten 49sec., and I am sure Red Sox in the Ameries League he ima now done enough for riary while the New York Yankees won uat next senson and the Olymple
from St. Louis Browns by the odd run in seven,
Games.
Fine work was done in the mile and the three miles. Bobbie Graham, the Scottish runner, showed the class of a ma who has done 4min. 12sec. by |healing Reove, of the Polytechnic, by five yards; grand time considering the conditions.
He led at the half-mile in min 7.8see, and the three-quarters in 3min. 16sec.
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RANGELEY BEATEN
Towing Club Comniittee held last not considered Duncan a player the Japan Amateur Athletle An-Rest of England in the annual | Park, probably at Navin Field, yards. Here we have another for.
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Results of follow:
to-day's, matches
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R.
II. E.
Huston Pittsburght
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(Wally Berger scored a home run for the Braves).
Brooklyn Scotland carried off the 100 yards St. Louts and the half-mile. C. Young was a
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bit too quick off the mark in the form. (Bordagaray scored a home run- er event for Walter Hangeley, and | for the Cardinals. The match Scrimshaw-a-furlong from...homa-in seventh-inuings-owing to dark.
880 yards. Finlay, of course, won the hurdles
the
nesa)..
If the form shown by Duncan in the majority of his earlier matches is any criterion then I am firmly convinced that ke is cap
Chicago, Sept. 17. able of that standard of
London, Sept. 17.
Judge Kenesaw Landis, the Tokyo, Sept. 10. curacy which would make a cham-
For the first time during the Baseball Commissioner, has an Twenty Roccer players including pion proud of being the title holder
Beavers did some comic stuff in the Philadelphia siatou to re- past thirty years and the second nounced that the World Series longer race and was content for a Cincinnati whether that player is his opponent three officials are
present Japan at the next Olymple time since 1903 when the series will start on October 2.
while to let Laidlaw and Wylle maku or himself.
inaugurated, Yorkshire
The first three matches will be the running. Five laps from home phliadelphia I will here and now admit that, at Games in Berlin, according to the was
report, submitted to County Cricket Club beat the taped in an American League, he weat to the front and won by GU Cincinnat the beginning of the season, I had preliminary
(Dolph Camill scored a home by the Japan Football Champions v, Rest match.
the home ground of the Detroit midable rival to Lovelock. with the capabilities of making sciati
To-day Yorkshire crowned The number of those
There was fine struggle between run for the Phillies); Tigers, while the next three will wook arven names submitted as such progress in the Colony's Association.
be in a National League Park, C. K. Allen, of England, and Wylie, af
Scotland, for second place, and the Brooklyn with the victory over the Rent by 140 probably Wrigley Field, Chicago, former had the best of its by a few St. Louis members of the prospective inter- Singles Championship but none will Japanese players is subject to re highly successful season with
in accordance
at the Oval, thus emulating the porl crew to be sent down to deny that he is a worthy finalist, duction
yards. Hongkong were considered but no In the earlier rounds he was not association's budget.
The board of directors of the champion side of 1905, which scored or Sportsmen's Park, St. Louis,
The suventh game will be play- given the unhe opposition which he
Association at aa 65 run victory against the Best edit an American Longue-Park definite decision was arrived at subsequently received although he Japan Football
the following jof the Country. The seven oarsmen are: N. Harris had to qualify against some proved meeting announced
Yorkshire cricketers are the only if the Series goes that far. (English); J. G. Harvey (Scottish), bowlers and it was not until he had five members of the Salection Com-
players who have ever beaten tha! It is noteworthy that no travel w. C. Botha took all the heart out of was called off at the end of the
be necessary. b. Frischen (Gorman), L. Rierstad reached-the-last-sixteen-that-he.mittee:
Shigemaru "Tükeköslii,~~~ Koichi Rest-after-having-won-the-cham-or layoffs will (American) and three Nor-came under notice.
Kudo, Yukichi Hamada, Takeshi pionship. The series was started United Press,
in 1903 when Middlesex drew while Nagano, and Salzo Suite. wegians: P. Wilson, A. Thoresen
The method of selecting the the following year Lancashire also and, T. Thowsen.
He received a bye in the first players will be decided next Decem-drew. Then Yorkshire won by 65 runs and ever since that time the From the above material there round and even when he beat ber or January, nhould be no doubt that the Row-Cavanagh by 22 shots to eight it was
Some favour sending the winging Rest has either won or drawn. not thought that here was a payer team
the Inter-collegiate Yorkshire, on Saturday, had first ing Club should be holding its own who was to offer a serious challenge play-off and adding a few superior knock and the innings realised against the Hongkong, Canton for the title. Cavanagh is joint players selected from the other total of 138. The Rest replied with
a score of 179. and Manila representatives says Colony's Pairs Champion and one oftening.
In the second innings Yorkshire Others favour picking a team the Shanghai Times. The question the best skips the Cralgengower C.
from all The schools and believe declared at 202 for nine vickets, of stroking the representative. June In the "B" tears.
However, Duncan continued on that it would result in a stronger Maurice Leyland scoring the last four and pair will probably be his path of progress against leading aggregation.
century of the season by kocking allotted to Paul Wilson (Nor opponents, for, in the third round, Present indications, however, are up 133 runs without losing his wegian) and for the remaining he trounced A. O. Brawn, who, it that the winning team in the play- wicket. The Rest scored 112 runs, three members of the four the will be recalled, climinated A. Eoil will go to the Olympic games, Hedley Verity taking six for 60,
Renter Committee will have before them Luz, Duncan scored his 21 shots
Silkstone, the conqueror of R. F. United Press, six oarsmen of definite promise.
There will be ample time in whilst Brawn was only able to
chalk up a total of five. which to train
11 crew before tho mid-November regatta. at Hongkong and those selected Bhould be in fiue form when the time arrives.
MANY NOTABLE VICTORIES
There was certainly no fluke in either of these victories. He then reached the last sexteen and was drawn against A. Macfarlane. Al- Imost immediately after the draw To find that support has been was announced I had it remarked to forthcoming after the recent dis-me that in the Duncan-Macfarlane appointing rumours to the effect match, the worst two survivors in that Shanghai would probably be the competition had been drawn enable to accept Hongkong's in-against each other. I am sure vitation is indeed gratifying, and many shared this view but after it is to be hoped that the flowing eliminating the Hongkong Football Club will be able to form a first Club player, Duncan went class crew from the material at beat no less an opponent than A. M. their disposal..
Holland, a former champion and one of the best players in the Colony to-day.
Miss Joyce Wothered, the Eng- lish golfor, concluded the North- orn Californian section of her tour to-day by playing the Del Monte course in 73, a woman's record at thres bolow bogey.
un to
REACHES HIS FIRST FINAL !
Then his next victim was G. N. Mitchell, the Kowloon Dock R. C. player; who had beaten such notable (Continued on Page 0.)
after
WALLY HAMMOND
THE FORD V-8 FOR 1935%.
HAS-MORE COMFORT.
FRONT SEATS ARE 4" TO 5" WIDER IN ALL MODELS. REAR SEATS ARE ALSO WIDER
INCREASED LEG ROOM IN FRONT COMPARTMENTS TREADLE TYPE FOOT ACCELERATOR MORE LUGGAGE AND PACKAGE ROOM,
COUNTY
CRICKET AVERAGES
HAMMOND LEADS BATTING
G. O. ALLEN TOPS BOWLING
London, Sept. 17. The final match of the English cricket season, that between York- shire and the Rest of England, was concluded here today and as a re sult of this fixture W. R. Ham- mond, of Gloucestershire, has be come the leading batsman of the year, just pipping Herbert Sut- cliffe, the Yorkshire and England' batsman.
G. O. Allen, of Middlesex, heads the bowling.
The leading first clasa batting and bowling averages for the Ben- Bon are as follows:
A BASEBALL
-MANAGER
BROWNS APPOINT
HORNSBY
New York, Sept. 17. The St. Louis Browns' baseball team competing in the American League have given Hornsby a managerial contract three-year with a substantial raise in salary.
United Press.
G. O. B. ALLEN
BATTING
Timos Not
W. R. Hammond ·
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54
3.
Inns. Out. Aggr. H. S.
262 2,494 212
Aver.
G 2,610
49.35.
48.90
15
1
054 137 46.71
Hennessy Road, Wanchai,
G. O. 3.--Allen-
A. D. Baxter II. Vority.
BOWLING
Overs Maidens
20.1. 200
48 $1,270.2
Runs
Wickits Aver.
74
469
660 0,032
42
6,72 13.00
211 ..14.30
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223 Nathan Road, Kowloon.
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E. Tyldesley
for England, He was in a class by New York ...... himself, but our Scottish Friends Chiongo
nursed a grievance, as they consider he should be running for Scotiunt.
The six-a-side football game were well contested. The Spurs had their goalkeeper, Nichols, hurt in the game with Chelsea, and finished with five
men.
FOOTBALL IN SCOTLAND
MOTHERWELL BEATEN AWAY BY PARTICK
3.
(Terry scored a home run for the Giants).
11 4 7 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
R. H. E.
Cleveland Philadelphia St. Louls New York
Detroit Boston
5
3
7 1
8
4
13
$
4 10 0
14
3
(Greenberg scored home run for the Tigers). Chicago Washington.....
3 .15 1 8 (There were fourteen innings). -Reuter.
1 0
London, Sept. 17. Two First Division football matches were decided in Scotland to-day, Partick beating. Motherwell and Queen's Park winning from four goals to one while Queen's Clyde.
Park won by a similar margin at Partick entertained Motherwell Buth Street, Glasgow, from Clyde. at Firhill Park and there won by Reuter.
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