THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY,
· JANUARY
1936.
English Tennis Has Year Of Ups And Downs
MEN DO WELL BUT
THE LADIES-
Another Davis Cup Triumph
London, Jan. 9.
A mixture of glorious achievement and dismal failure attended Britain's lawn tennis efforts during 1935. In the course of the acason Britain gained the French men's singles championship, retained the Davis Cup and the Wimbledon mm's singles, lost the Wimbledon and French women's singles titles and the United States and Australian men's singles, and failed, for the fifth successive year to re-capture the Wightman Cup from the United States.
United
Outstanding events of the year were fland, Belgian and British hard, court. the finding of a strong men's doubles championships. He was less success- team for the first time in many years fol in Aurtialla and the and the retention for Fred Perry, States, losing the titles he held. world's first ranking player. In the amateur ranka.
GREAT TRIUMPHS-
Porry and Wilfred Austin scored Krent triumphs in the challenge round
Britain women stars wero erratic and generally disappointing over the whole season.
Dorothy Round, Britain's tennis-
playing Sunday school teacher, lost Mainstay--"Bunny” Austin, English
of the Davis Cup at Wimbledon, euch her Wimbledon title when the rising nian winning both his matches against Australian star, Joan Hartigan, bent Wilmer. Allison and Donald Budge.ber in three sets in the quarter-final. the turn, was beaton in An even greater triumph, however,
who staged
an the victory, of George, Patrick emi-Onni by "Queen" Helen Wills Hughes, and Lieutenant
Raymond
And
-Johns after nearly two
frstry out and the Hoval key's]
a successful
year
Tuckey
Allison over
was already abronce from competitive lawn tennis Van, Ryng
Davis Cup doubles by regaining the Wimbledon crown. erienced
Margaret ("Peggy") Scriven lost зная but it
the French title she had hold for the two previous years when she was unable to resist the challenge French Madame Rene Mathieu in the semi-final at Auteuil.
lieutenant von his spur in a blaze of glory. He did more than his sham in securing Beitalit first Davis Cup Challenge round daubles victory for years. Thus Britain twnoty ulght acored a crushing win over the United States of five matches to nought, the first time the Davis Cup had been won by nuch an overwhelming score since
of
British women, after taking a two to one lead on the first day's Play failed to secure the Wightman Cup at Forest Hills, the United States team winning three of the retaining four matches. They failed again in The United States championships.”
́BRIGHT FLASHES
Davis Cup player.
́CORRESPONDENCE
R. Abbit Replies
to
side B when the urticle was al-
Pressmen In Epic Soccer Encounter
SUNDAY'S UGE ATTRACTION.
Believe it or not, the Press "gang" in Hongkong like to practice what they preach? At least, they try to And if you have had a sufficiently early in on Sunday and feel like satisfying yourself on the point, all you need to do is to in ainng to Caroline Hill where you will find: the cream (if It hasn't curdled) of Bongkòng's I'ress football talent on view. The match is English Press Vursus, Chimese Press, and the kick off la 2 o'clock No admission fee, nothing barred and winner takes all
Edward Kelly was to have written
it up for the Telegraph but be get shirty because the teams refused to: play Australian Rules and he was left
out
of the gaine. But our readers can rely on a full and ne curate report capecially if "Veritas" stores a goal!
The teams are taking this game seriously, though it may be lucky won't. Here in the English Press outfit, with italien an' all! for them that the spectators (if any)
S. MacNider (Daily Press); A.^M. Omar (Morning Post) and O. M. Omar (Daily Preae): G: W. Giffen (H. K. Telegraph), R. Goldman (China Mail) and A. R. Marker A. E. Mackay (Daily Press); (Daily Press), 0. C. Burnett (China 8. A. Gray, (H. B. Telegraph. Bratl), M. 1.Abbas (Morlup Post) and Angus (Daily Press).
P. S. Would any prominent local footballer care to referes this epic encounter? Thank you very much! Applications will be dealt with in rotation.
PIS. Two o'clock is the. time, boys!
HOLE IN ONE
Mrs. Hillier Does The Trick
Playing over the New Course at Fanling yesterday, Mrs, W. S. Hilllor, well-known Hongkong golfer did the
(Continued from Page 8.). formed of the fact was, I now know, due to a misapprehension. When wrote my article on Monday I was infornied by the official of the Club' that the gentleman in question was cloc The statement was made by tion proposed, seconded, and up for
when no records wore phone, hand, and it in obviously easy for such A mistake to occur. But it was not until about ten or so on Tuesday
There were two bright flashes,
set up and no change could however, in the otherwise dull season be made, that he managed to com bath provided by the inspired play municate the actual facts to me. I left-handed Katherine said then as I say now, that it makes Stemmer Kay as she is known not the slightest difference to the eighth hole in ore.
Is a 170 yards hole and so far as only the second time to her friends, surprised the world-
matters in to-day cricket is known this Fand herself-during the Kent cham-explain but I should of course have!
pionships by beating Helen Wills-article. But I cannot allow a charge the hole has been accomplished from facts which I know to the tee. Dr. A. B. Stewart was tho. aking the of stating Moody in straight acis,
the have during
no Justineation to pass un- frat to bring of the feat about three first set to love. Then,
years ago when the course was nowly Wightman Cup contest, she staged refuted.
opened. another very creditable performance
Mr.. Hayward's last paragraph
STARTING TIMES by beating Holen Jacobs, United
touches the ono point on which I am
Fanling starting times for Sunday
follows: States champion.
These feats were mainly responsible: prepared to assume the candle and
Old Course for "Kay" taking a jump from third the white shest. If I have in any place on the official British ranking way hurt Mr. Growder's feelinge, or 24 C. C. Black, M. H. Turner.
A H. McBride, N. K. Littlejohn. list on joint arst with Dorothy Round, enured him annoyance, I am terribly Masy consider her worthy of a higher sorry. But it appeared inconceivable 9.82 J. 9. Dykes, W. Peterson.
0.80 A. Anderson, A. 0. Brawn.. Rule
9.40 R.
Valentina, D. Forbes.. K. A bright Flash--Miss Kay Stammers place than the Sunday school teacher, to me that any one should read
England.
United Press.
9. A. Ritchie, A. B. Putres. it a reflection upon Mr. Growder, 9.48 H. S. Hille, F. Tod.
Jeffries, G. V.. T. Mar- 9.52.C. personally, it seems to me unthinkable.
shall. 9.56 E, des Voeux, Col. Matthews.
A. K. Mackenzie.
the United States beal France at Philadelphia in 1925.
whe
It is still uncertain, be
laten rol
as
JAPANESE SWIMMERS
Two World Records During 1935
criticism; save of the
Into my article, and as for
Even there had been a reflection on
the Club, which there has not, it could
are as f
9.28
D.
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Professional, football players in England undergoing training for a cup
tie game, despite the wet, socalker conditions.
RIFLE SHOOTING
Spoon and Practice Shoot At Kowloon City
LOCAL CRICKET
In a friendly cricket match on the
Bolo Ground, Kowloon, on Wednes day, the East Lancashire Regiment bent the Diocesan Boys School by 36 runs, after scoring 115 (White- head 71, Sargent five for 28) and then damianing the School for 79 Elvin three for 30, Whitehead two for nine and Baker two for 28).
WEEK END FOOTBALL PROGRAMME
INTERPORT TRIAL ON SUNDAY
Offelah for the Shield football matches on Saturday and the Inter port trial on Sunday have been ap pointed by the Hongkong Football Association.
The following are the fixtures and ofleinis for the wook-and:
SATURDAY:
SENIOR SHIELD
St. Joneph's v. Police (Causeway Bay), 4 p.m. Referoo: 11. F. Scrut ton. Linesman: W. Brierley and J. Butterworth.
Club v. Royal Navy (Club Ground), 4 p.m. Reforce: E. C. Ieley. Lines men: T. Davies and D. W. Ellis.
Royal Artillery, Lyamun y. South China" (Caroline Hill) 4 pm. Referee: A G. Ward, Linesmen: W. Collier and G. E. Goodfellow.
Kowloon v. South China "A" (Kowloon Ground). 4 p.m. Referee: D. Kossick. Linesmen: E. Richard son and J. Tracey.
JUNIOR SHIELD
Royal Engineers v. Chinese Athletle (Carolino, HIH), 2.30 p.m. Referee: W. P. Payne.
Royal Ulster Rifles v. Liga Portu- guo (Kegloon Ground), 30. p.m. Referre: E. Thomas.
Royal Welch, Fusillors v. Eastern (Causeway Bay), 230 p.m. Raforce: R. 1. Evans.
Royal Navy v. East Lancashires (Club Ground), 280 p.m. Referto: :. J.-H. Lawrence.
SENIOR LEAGUE
Club do Recrelo v.. Royal Ulster. Rifles (King's Park), 4 pan. Beferee: K. K. ip. Linesmon: II. J. Bland and IT. Evans.
SUNDAY
INTERPORT TRIAL -
G. 9. Rodgers Team v. B. Gorano's Toan (Ctab Ground), 8.30 pm. Ro fered: W. R. Reynolds. Linement: W. P. Payne and R. M. Omar.
COUNTY RUGBY TITLE
WINNERS OF THE GROUPS
・of the・
NEW WEAPONS POPULAR
By virtue of Wednesday's victory The ordinary mid-werk Spoon and
Hampshire as winners of the South- Practice Shoot of the Hongkong
R.C.O.S. v. RA.M.C.
Eastern Group will now meet Corn Rifle Association took place on the
The following have been selected wall, winners of the South-Western Army Ranges at Kowloon City on
represent No. 27 Company, Group, in the semi-final Wednesday afternoon, when many of to the now 1014" rifles were tried out R.A.M.C., in Small Units fixture to County Championship.
The other cemi-final match will be for the first time,, while other mem- be played at Sockunpob on Sunday, hers shot with the rifle "as issued" commencing at 2 p.m.: Sgt. Castell between Northumberland, champions In view of the impending inter-Capt.), Cpl. Howell, Cpl. Catt, Cpl of the Northern Section and Warwick,
Pie. Apps, LIC. Morris, L/G. Snook, winners. of Midland Group niliated-clubs competition for the Saunders, Ple. Fester, Pie, West: The play-off between Hampshire Belilios. Shield.
the South-Eastern and Surrey for title became necessary as Jusser had benten Surrey and Surrey won from ench Hampshire, those two teams: losing one match during the season.
The final standings of the teams in. Jan. 9. the various Groups are as follow: 74.51/64 15.10%
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Jan. 8. .74.27/82
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To many of those who were using wood,. Pte. Thompson, Pte. Glenden- the now rifle, its accuracy came, as ning and Pte. Harris (12th man). a revelation, and the case with which the accelsary adjustments could be made, both for elevation and for wind, appeared to some, at least, to be almost uncanny. In this connection, the lectures which Mr. Paris. -C. A. Grimes, a Vice-President of Genova. the Aasoglation, le giving to various Berlin. units, proving to be exceptional- Milan ly interesting, if the attendance at Athens. these moetings, and the requests Shanghal. which have been received from many Now York members for more of them, is to Amsterdam.
Vienna.. be regarded as any criterion.
Further demands are being sent Prague... home for the "1914" rifles, parti- Bucharest cularly on the part of the Regular Madrid. Army, and it seems likely that the Lisbon... forthcoming local "Bisley" Meeting Hongkong. will create a record for the Far Brusade. East as regards the number of per- Monte Video aons competing in the various events. Belgrade The Association's new Score-Book, Montreal containing pencil, target diagrams Yokohama. for the new "1996" targeta, tables Rio..
with Perry's appointment to a pest
mot possibly affect him, I trust he 10.00 T. T. Selby, E. 31. Brydon. the Australian branch of a well- known British sports goods, manu-
will believe that there was no inten- 10.04 J. A. R
10.08 W. 18.08 W. N. Buyers, R. A. Rodgers. tion to hurt his foolings. facturing firm was regarded as
110.12.
D. L. Prophet, J. Forbes. strike which saved the British crack
S. Koy. Finally, for the remainder of the 10.10 A. Sommerfelt, from joining the professional and
Collings becoming ineligible for further Davie
paragraph, I-am completely at a loss 10.20 P. Morrison, R. K.
Shultz.. to understand Mr. Hayward's post-1021 W. E. Hunt, II.1 Cup and other international matches.
tion. He surely does not demand an 10,28 G. Marsoille, Neal Gordon.
1. H. Geare. Tokyo, Jan. 9. ther he will be 20
state that entire immunity from criticism when 10.32 17.
Stark. The Japanese papers
and cricket matterà are con- 10.36 R. Young, C. C cricket hitherto. The Injury he his back in the first set of his semi- Japanese swimmers broke 43 national cerned, and wish to confine the Press 10.40 W. 3. Roberts, H. II. Pethick.
Wilmer Allison records and two world records last solely to a description of the play 7 1044 J. M. Gray, W. J. E. Mackenzie. against final match in the United States championships year, the latter being the 800 metre He has every right to demand that 10.48 H. N. Williamson, T. J. Price,
Hulls this year, is still freestyle and the 800 metre relay-criticism, should be fair, temperate, 10.52 T. R. Rowell, A. B. Reynolds. at Forest
and not malicious. But exemption 10.68 G. H. Bond, W. W. G. Showan Morri giving him plenty of trouble. On Reater's Bulletin,
therafrom โช claim which even 11.00 A. C. I. Bowker, J. A. D. medical advice, Fred does not intend
Governments and Cabinet Ministers do not mako. And when he suggests 11,04 P. II. Suckily, W. A. Connell. that I should follow the example of 11.08 K. W. Jones, O. C. Willson, English journalists and confine, my 11.12 Major Shannon, D. S. Edward. accounts to the actual
play, надр 11.16.S. P. Langley, H. Hutchen.
FM. EUS with Austin and a good doubics JAPANESE BEATEN BY YOUNG with surprise! I should have thought 11.20 T. C. Monaghan,
"SWIMMER-
morning next. never have personal opinions 11.24 R. R. Davies, F. C. Mudie. that team, however, Britain is hoping
been so much ventilated by people 11.28 Surg. Lt. Marks, Pay, Lt. again to realat the challenge of the
Morant England who write about cricket: Davis Cup nations in the 1036,con-
The young Australian swimmer, They are not reporters by the way.
Now Course test.
Percy Oliver, has hung up a now They are not skilled enough in AUSTRALIA'S DECISION
record for the 200 metre journaliam for that! They just know world' American backstroke in the time of 2 min. 40 something about the game and can 'Inekdentally, the Northi
was write fair English, I do not go as zone of the 1936 Davis Cup competi-sec. 4/6. The former record tion · la likely to produce better held by a Japanese-Reuter's Bal-far as they do, or anything like it. matches than have been the case for letin. many years, for Australia is entering
to play any lawn tennis until just before the 1936 Wimblon cham
La now on his way plonships. Is home to England from his Australian
In that zone instead of the European zono na killerlo.
AUSTRALIAN RECORD
Sydney, Jan. D.
I must apologize, Sir, for taking up so much of your space, but. I feel Four cases of Diphtheria, three that a full explanation of the matter Britain, through Perry, won the cases of Scarlet fever, two cases of is demandad. And I hope I may French mon's singles championship Typhoid and one case of Meningitis escape the charge of anonymity even
Health do subscribe myself. in 1935 for the first time. Perry were reported to the local also won the Wimbledon, New Zea-authorities on Wednesday
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