THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1936.
AUSTRALIA DEFEATS AMERICA IN DAVIS CUP Hazardous Volleying By FILIPINO OLYMPIANS' FORM
Crawford Does Trick
JACK CRAWFORD
VON CRAMM'
TAKES REVENGE
BEATS PERRY IN FIVE SETS
Auteuil, June 1. Von Cramin has waited a long time for his first import- ant success against Fred Perry, England's leading tennis player, but it came to-day when he beat! his old foe in the final of the French national championship after a five-set match rendered unusual by the scores.
The German won 6-0, 2-6, 6-2; 2.6, 0-0, this being the first time Perry has ever lose championship final by conceding the first and last seis to love.
INSPIRED BUT VAIN EFFORT BY ALLISON
BUDGE WALLOPS QUIST
IN THREE SETS
Germantown, Pa.,
June 1.
United States fought to
the utmost to avoid defeat to-day in the American'
DONALD BUDGE
Zone final of the Davis Cup TO-DAY'S
but failed. Jack Crawford! beat Wilmer Allison afteri
five sets of nerve-racking
tennis in the first match of the day to give Australia aj winning lead of three rub- bers to one.
Afterwards Donald Budge| went on the court and slew the] youthful Quist in three sets, but j there was little interest in the .result.
saya
that
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LAWN BOWLS-
MATCHES
In Pairs Championship
UPSET BY BAD CONDITIONS
But Impress With
Exhibitions
Never before has Hongkong seen in simultaneous action such a galaxy of athletic luminaries as yesterday when, on the occasion of the visit here of the Philippine World Olympic delegation, exhibitions were given in swimming, track and field events, basketball and boxing. Unhappily weather conditions were unfavourable and in neither swimming nor athletics, did the visitors come within distance of Olympic time records.
PROGRAMME
No Records On Heavy
- Course
Albeit they gave some extremely TRACK AND FIELD entertaining performances. Natural- when iTL y they swept the board opposition to Colony talent. A typical example of their superiority was given when Wilfrid Lawrence, Hongkong's best distance swimmer, was left over a length in arrears by J. Adjaluddin. The Filipinos Also filled first and second places in the So much rain fell during yesterday
timo 100 yards free style with Norman-morning that at one
doulds were expressed whether it Lee of Hongkong awimming third.
would be possible to singe the athle
But Lau Po-hei gave a creditable per- tica at Careline Hill Stadium, formance in the 100 yards backstroke eventually the weather cleared Authi- and but for misjudging his distance ciently, although the track was very would have made a closer race of it. heavy and rendered impossible the* N. Christiansen, who last week es creation of important reconds. tablished a new Far Eastern record in this event, demonstrated a magni- ficent style and great power of stroke.
One of the most attractive swim- mers on view was A. Alped, who de round putised for T. Ildefonso in the 200
yards breastroke. He turned in irst class performance to win at the expense of Wong tuman and Fung Chung-yu, in 2 mins. 34.2/5 secs.
The detailed results and
Lo bo morn-
follow.
A Reuter message Crawford beut Allison 4-6, 6-3.) The six outstanding first 4-6, 6-2, 0-2. while Budge
beat matches in the Hongkong lawn bowls Quist 6-2, 6-2, 0-4.
pairs championship are due The Americans made gallant played this afternoon. This
the greens effort to retrieve a well-nigh hope-ing's rain is bound to leave less position. Alison played tip-top very heavy, and unless the weather tennis for three sets, but Crawford, improves it is possible some of the driving Immaculately wore down the matches will not be pinyed. Texan. As he did
nguinst
Kowloon. Dock green in the venue Austin in the Challenge Round
ro others ge Round last year. Allt- for two matches, while "His
Police, Son
the being played at K.B.G.C. after ten minutes interval between the Civil Service and Hongkong Football third and fourth sets, whereus a Club, refreshened Crawford increased the If any, or all of the matches can- pace of his shots and launched at- not he played to-day they will be tack after attack to monopolise the automatically transferred to Monday, court.
Hero is the programme for this losing game |
duc in the last two sets which the Aus- afternoon, all games being trallin won with the total loss of i start æfi o'clock. four games.
touch
Allison was playing
WHIRLWIND BUDGE
make the Budge, determined to
set about final score look better, Quist in the same way as he did about Crawford on Saturday, bul this time met with feeble opposition and swept through three sets to a spectacular victory,
Quist could make no impression on the lanky Californian, who sent | over a stream of punishing drives on The success was all the sweeter both hands and made judicious raids
German to the
that it to the net with telling results. In ace wiped out his defeats Inst year by Perry in the final of the French championship and at Wimbledon.
CRACKING PACE
Budge rushed through the first two! sets winning each in the eighth game. Quist made a bit of a stand in the third set, but he could only extend
to the tenth game,
Thus Australia qualified for the Such a cracking pace, was set, ob- Inter-Zone final which will be played serves United Prats, that Ferry was at Wimbledon on July 10, 20 and 21. exhausted in the final set and scored This will be the fifth time in which only seven points. Earlier fortunes Australia has contested an Inter- had fluctuated in a beir
bewildering man-
final during the last 13 years. Zone ner. Von Cramm pushed his way she reached this stage in 1934, but through to love set at the start of the match; Perry retaliated by lost to the United States at Wimble don after Crawford and McGrath winning the second in the eighth had game; Von Cramm improved his posi-won the first two singles. Prior
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1934 Australia vlud figured in three tion by winning the third set at the inter-Zone finals and two Challenge same score, only to see Perry return
divided and annex the fourth by a simlar Rounds. In 1923, the first year in
which the competition was into zones Australia beat France in the Inter-Zone final, and lost to Round. America in the Challenge The following year this was repeated, for France frat being beaten, only
the the Australians to fail, before Americans. In 1925 the Inter-Zone final was again renched, but then France took revenge by winning.
Everything points to Germany
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Bargit. But the fresher Von Cramm had the Englishman at his mercy in the Bnal stanza and won at will.
In the final of the women's cham- pionship, Mine. Sperling scored a fine Auccess over Mnie. Mathieu of France, beating her in straight sots 6-3, 6-4.
Attractive Tennis
FOR FIRST Programme TIME IN
A full programme of "A" Division tennis league matches, have been arranged for this afternoon, but it is extremely doubtful whether any will he played owing to the sodden state of the courta.
K.CC. are at home to the Chinese Recreation Club. frst string, thin be ing the chief encounter of the after-) noon, but another extremely interest ing tie is that between LLC and Club
de Itecreio at Sookunpee.
HISTORY
United States Loses Final
Jane 8.
times
grave
Chief interest lay in the fact that. Nemesio de Guzman beat Antonia M. Salcedo in the 100 metres for the first time in his life. But it was ac complished in the slow time of 11 second Salcedo being a fifth second behind.
of a
Nile Christiansen, brilliant Filipino backstroke swimmer.
Ramirez made an attempt to bent the Colony record for the long jump (22 ft. 3 ins. established by Ong Cheng-au of Diocesan Boys' School), but he found the geing too heavy ful Chi-chun; 4, Leung Kam-to. Burther he was distinctly unlucky at
Time: 56 3/5 seconds; b7 seconds; be over- his second attempt when balanced and touched the ground with 60 seconds. one of his hands which shortened his 200 Metres-1, Nemezio de Guzman jump by more than a foot. Actually (PI); 2. Antonio M. Salcedo (P.I.); tamirez measured ft. 1 in. which 3, Mak Shiu-hung; 4, Leung Yuen- was an excellent effort. under the hung. Time: 23 1/6 seconds; 24 275
circumstances,
50 yards free style handicap (members only),-1, Simondsen, 2 E. Guterres. Time: 33 2-5 secs.
100 yards free style.-1, J. Adjalud din (P.L.), 2, 3. Obial (PL), 3, Norman Lee, Time: 60 1-5 neck.
100 yards free style
in the track events handicap
the Filipino runners delighted with their fino style (members only).1, A. Guterres, 2, A Noronha. Time: 73 3.6.
and case of movement. The local 100 yards back stroke-1, N. Chri- boys, of course, were out of the line totiansen (PI) me. B5 secs.
2. Lou Po-bel: 3, light, though several of them appear- Yeung I-kwan, Time:
ed to run better than in any of their previous appearances, and the
v.
F. Cheeseman and J. G. Gill W. L. Walker and H. A. Rose (Kow- loon Dock Green).
C. Ruza Pereira 'nud C. G. Silva
and A. Steven J. A. R. Selby (K.B.G.C. Green).
F. A. Machado and II. F. Rozario Y. J. MacDonald and A. M. Holland (Kowloon Dock Green).
T. Coleman and G. N. Mitchell v. D. C. S. Alves and F. V. V. Ribeiro (Police Green).
200
2
A. breaststroke-1, yards Alpad (P..); 2. Wong lu-man; 3, perience of running against such high
Time: Fung Chung-yu.
min. class perforniers will without doubt
of be great benefit. 34 2-5 secs,
50 yards
The full results were: Ondles). 33 1-6 sves.
free style handicap Mrs. McMahon, Time:
seconds.
seconds.
BASKETBALL MATCH
The Philippine Islands Olympic basketball team were seen in action
last night when they met and defeat- Men's ed the local Chinese Young Christian Association by 55 points to 38 in an interesting encounter. The winners were the better Leam throughout.
AFTER ALL! Programme Called
Excellent Displays Yesterday
that the meeting had to be abandon- id.
The two soldiers. Gleave and Raven, Provideł one of the best flyhta in the evening and a Atting. conclusion to the programine.
ORKUBARIKOREK MELA PREKYBAGSMUNURIN
Our Daily Golf Hint
If you want to be a good putter, you have got to get down to it and study, the line from both ends.
-Archie Compston.
KILLENNTACIONNULANZICZBEN KANTTICAT D133351 DEBUKINGZDRADZIE
Christiansen. Sets New Far · East Record
BACKSTROKE PERFORMANCE
Manila, May 30. Adolf Lils Christiansen,
the Philippines entry in the 100-metre tho World's backstroke event in Olympic swimming meet, cracked the Far Eastern record in that event yesterday afternoon to turn in the Only record-breaking performance in the farewell appearance of the Philippine delegation before their departure for the Berlin games.
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second
Christiansen, swimming without any competition and against time only, negotiated the backstroke event in 1:10,4 which in four-tenths of better than the Far Eastern mark པ་་་་ set here in 1934 by the Jupanese, Ka- wasu, runner-up in this event at the
Angeles Games in 1932.
Los
It was the fourth time Christian- sen bettered the Far Eastern mark backstroke event since ho in the started training for the Berlin Games. He has been. clocked at 1:07, 1:08 and 1:00,
Fair time was made by Teoflo Ndefonso, veteran backstroker, . in /
100-metra. breaststroke event
negotiated the dia tanco in 2:47.5 which is two_Bec- onds slower than his own Far East- ern and Philippine records. Jikiru Alafudin and Arasad Alpad, two More swimmers, finished second and
miner third. respectively. Jikirum, who paced the trio, lost out in the inst lap when Ildefonso began to stretch out. Jikirum's time
2:40.0 and Araend's was 2:52.5.
Jose Obiul, who will represent the 100 metre event in 1:02, Philippines in the sprints, swam the
400 Metres Hurdies-1, Miguel S. AND THEY BOXED yesterday. He White (P.I.): 2, Teodoro P. Malasig (PJ); 2 W Lawrence 361-seconds 6 Nemezio de Guzman 440 yards free style-1, Adlalud (PL); 3, Leung Yuen-hung. Time: Norman Lec. Time: 5 min. 15 2.6
100 Metres.--1, Bees.
(P.I.): 2, Antonio M. Salcedo (PL): Medley relay race (rce men-50 3, Tam Sik-poon. Time: 11 seconds; Silva and II. A. Alves v. yards).Backstroke N. Christiansen 11 1/5 seconds.
Broad Jump1, Nino T. Ramirez (P.I.) and Lau Po-hei, breast stroke A.. Alpad (P.I.) and Wong Iu-man, (P.1.); 2. Mak Shiu-hung, Distance: free style J. Obial (P.I.) and Chan 22 feet 1 inch; 20 feet 11 inches.
400 Metres.-1, Teodoro P. Malasi Chan-hing. Won by P.I. team. Time:
(1.3.); 2, Miguel S. Whte (PA); 1 min. 22 Rees.
F. M. el Arculli and A. Taker (C.5.C.C. Green).
C. H. Basto and J. J. Basto v. A. E. Contes and J. Cavanagh (H. K. F. C. Green).
"Unmitigated Disappointment"
$ Cup Result
Of Curtis
ENGLISH GIRLS' MENTALITY NOT GOLF WAS CAUSE
:
Off-Then On
In spite of the announcement made
during the morning that the boxing display by the Filipinos would not take place, a last minute decision to the contrary was made last evening. the visitors boxing each other in exhibition bouts. The rest of the programmé consisted of bouts be- Eween Hongkong boxers.
Felipe K. Nunng (111 lbs.) was in Oggressive mood against his com patriot Oscar de Larrazabel, and kept the bigger man on the run most of the time. Nunag gave evidence of being well endowed with a power- ful left which his knowledge of the science of the gume earned a lot of approval from the 200 odd spectators. The willingness of the Filipino. inds to mix in and have a real serap with sparring gloves was a pleasant fea- ture of the programme. In the next fight between Gabuca and de Castro, the former weighing out at
Great Britain and the United, could in Ittle Miss Patty Berg, run- (Miss Maureen Orcutt) lived up to 120 lbs. and his opponent at 146, tongs and were warmly applauded States (holders) halved the ner-up to her in last year's American an unbeaten record in international both men went for it hommer and National Championship, and just the foursomes, That Mrs. Crews had the for a fast and engaging contest. third international match for player to delight the gallery, because better of Miss Barton in length was Gabuca, the Philippines leading the Curtis Cup, and the last putt she is so entirely oblivious of them, perhaps immaterial except in mor featherweight was not in the least of the day, a seven-yarder For her the ball and the club and ale; what was counting was the fluf- perturbed by the extra weight of de which Miss Jessie Anderson, of the hole exist and absolutely noth-fing of chips by Miss Barton and the Castro, lo used his feet and handia
ing
missing of shert putts by Mrs with fine skill and de Castro rarely else in the world. Perth, holed at the 18th to win
Walker. Such is not her habit and landed a telling blow, although it NERVOUSNESS-A LESSON hole and match, saved us from
the American pair, 5 over 4's for the Nervous she undoubtedly was; defeat.
The scraps between the Hongkong even the first hill was not sufficient match, having vot rid of a deficit of cica he possessed a ko. punch.
men were something of an anti- That we did not win, after all the excuse for the puming and pantings 2 carly in the round, never looked
climax, although some of them went high hopes, was an unmitigated dis- which went on us she scaled it, but back.
MISS MORGAN RECOVERS
fall out to provide the onlookers with in the top single, Miss Morgan had some excitement, the golf but the mentality where we to some of our players alightly older got buck her touch and her swing,
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appointment, and once again it is not it never took her mind off the busi- ness in hand-a very valuable lesson
seem to have gone wrong,
than her.
Wanda
Of the American side Mrs. Get The truth had better be told Collett
Vare was heroine, for she not only halved her foursome, but won briefly and at once, Miss her single; of the British, Mrs. Holm Morgan entirely failed to do herself and Mrs. Garon may be said to Justice, and her putting was a thing divide the honours, with a share for to make British onlookers weep in Miss Anderson on account of that sympathy with the weather. Mrs. historic putt.
Garon, on the other hand,
WES
A BRITISH OLYMPIC
TEAM CHOSEN.
Mist was driving across the course superb, getting out of the many bun Four Athletes For Modern
when play began, reducing visibility kers she was put into with supreme now and again to the extent of a case, and playing the attacking shots No., 1 iron, When the mist lifted it into the bargain.
Pentathlon
reserve,
WOLD
Cpl. Hull bent "Iron" Bux, Jr. after a hard-hitting but unscientific three- rounds engagement.
"Battling Gutz was awarded the verdiet by
the referee in the Wird round of his scheduled six-rounds match with Young Pancho. It was a milling contest with little or no hood paid to the finer points of boxing,
Two popular. British soldiers, Whelan and Owens wore billed for the next scrap, added interest being invested in the encounter by the fact that they met recently in the Area Championship when Wheelan gained
was because a bitter north-easterly Mrs. Garon's side turned I down
At the conclusion of the British Germantown, Pa., June 1. wind had freshened. Small wonder and lost the next, but America took Australia eliminated the United that both teams took fur gloves for three putis, at the 11th, Mrs. Garan Modern Pentathlon championships ata points decision. Last night they was taining toe-to-toe fighting and quite States from the Davis Cup to-day and between the shots, and Mrs. Chency holed a long run up at the 12th, and Aldershot recently, the following team went in for some vigorous and enter
top coat between the match was square again. For of four, one being a If the ruatches
payed for the first time in history the took refuge in a are
was a happy litle fight which greatly the Olympic Games in Berlin: indications are that C.BC. will beat home side falled to win the North each strfiring of the ball. Small, the second me a stymie came to chosen to reprezent Great Britain at rightly the judgment was a draw. It K.C.C., that I.R.C. will just about nosa American Zone final, says a Unitesi cqually, that their mulch took three Great Britain's rescue at the
Lieutenant J. A. McDougall pleased the crowd. and the side was 1 up after hours to play. out the Recrelo, that Bouth China P'rets message.
Other results were; Wright beat The Arst foursome showed Mrs. the 16th, Then cung one of Miss (Duke of Cornwall's LL), Captain will beat ILK.C.C. and that C.R.C. Although Crawford beat Alison
C. P. D. Legard (5th Royal Innin- Gray on points; "Battling" Rio lost "gain Tow decision ovor after a Bye-set match, Allison played Garon, as always, the supreme and Morgan's tragic little putta missed
killing Dragoons), 2nd Lieutenant to Ross on points; McBeattle lost to U.A.IL.C.
Inspired tennis for three nots. In the perfect partner, and Mrs. Vare con- at the 17th and America was dormy.
A. F. M. Jack (Royal Engineers), Morgan on a technical K. C.; and home last two, wever, Crawford had on varied from the Jistless "don't care" Miss Morgan rose finely to the occa-
and Lieutenant D. A. Pringle (Itoyal Gleave beat Raven on points. many strokes for the American. Itu of practice rounds to an electrifled sion and put her iron third two yards
A these fights were over three Signala). nino withstood the withering pace of wire whose play was n delight to from the pin, so that they won the
Llaut. McDougall won the British rounds. McBeattle was unlucky. In the game better than Allison despite watch You may see the concentra-hole and halved the match,
In the second foursomes, America's championship, and Captain Legard slipping In the first round and the fact that the Amorkan hud enjoy tion coming out as the steps to the
knocking himself out so effectively ed'a;'day'n ɛreati
Bratteo for the big match; so you pair, Mrs. Cheney and Mrs. Crews was runner-up,
Here are the matches, the teams appearing first.
B.C.C. V. C.R.C. (1)
0.1. (a) v. USR.C. ER.C.
V. Recrolo
WAR
Arasad Alpad, who made a deep in- pression with bis powerful swimming yesterday. He is another meinber of
the Philippine' Olympic team.