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TELEGRAPH,
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST
G.H. SHERRIFF SCORES EASIEST BOWLS VICTORY
BEATS JACKIE NORONHA
BY 21-1 IN SECOND
ROUND OF OPEN SINGLE
ANOTHER "GIANT" PUT OUT BY C. M. SILVA
(B7 "Abe")
Playing against G. H. Sherriff in the third round of the Lawn Bowls singles championship, J. E. Noronha, of the Club de Recrein and considered by many to be one of the best leads in the Colony, received the biggest trouncing of his bowls carcer on the Hongkong F.C. green yesterday when he was beaten by 21-1.
Contrary to general expectations, this proved to be the most one- sided game in the open champlon- chips to date.
Noronha took a single on the first hend, but thereafter he was com- pletely outplayed. Sherrif scored on the next 13 heads, and renched his 21 with a three, six twos and six singles.
Sherriff himself would probably be the first to admit that the final score Battered him; there were times when Norontu unluckily ether missexl the Juck or one of the winner's woods by a fraction of an inch. On the whole, however, Sherriff was for more consistent on green which turned out to be heavy and trieky Noronhu could not setile down ami won particularly weak on the long kends.
LONG GAME
He started off with a four yester- day and after the tenth bind he was alrendy leading by 15-2. Dunean re- covered some ground as the result of as three, a two and two singles on the subsequent heads.
Silva proved that ils lapse was only by registering a three on the 15th which took him to 18-9. Shugies were scored on all the remaining hends, three of which went to the young Portuguese, who reached his 21 when Duncan had 63,
momentary
HW. Bradbury did not start 100 well against D W. Waterton, bif once he bad got inle his stride he was obviously the better player, fully whening out by 21-10 mm the 22nd head.
A brilliant finish was staged by L
Xavier In this the with A. Brooks- bank and enabled him to win by 21- 14 On the 17th head, the score wi 14-44, but collected two fours to clinch the issue
Though he led 19-15 on the 22nd end. G N. Mitebell could not press hure his advantage winnin
is his match against J. C. Brown and was finally was a very beaten by 21-19 on the 25th head. It was a ding-dong struggle all the way until Mitchell, with two twes and a single, went to 1915; but Brown jame back with a single, a three and two in that order to rench his game.
While Sherriff took only 14 heads to beat Noronha, John Watson of the Kowloon B.G.C. required 20 heads to dispose of E. Zimmern, of the Craigengower C.C., finally 21-14. The match by tight one for 10 heads, at the er 1 of which Watson led 11-10. Then he took
a couple of twos to establish a lead of 15-10. Singles were scored the next few beads and Watson went to 19-14 went
GT1 the 28th. match threatened to go beyond the 29th, but Zimmern, with his
The
Last
wood, had bad luck in knocking out his second shot to give the match to Watson.
By far the more consistent of the two, A. R. Dalah eliminated R. Basa by 21-11 on the 10th. Dalul settled down to the vagaries of the green very quickly and ran off to a lend of 6-0 before Basa opened his account with a brace. Daliah was lying two, with one wood sitting on the jack,
INDIANS BEATEN
BY ARMY
but Base with his last delivery, forced Postponed Tennis
the jack to his two back woods,
Basa made a good recovery after allowing his opponent to lend 9-2 on the eighth head. Drawing well, he took a three, a two, one and three to forge ahead to 11-0. This lead was shortlived, however; for Dalloh came back with
a two, four, a two and four singles to clinch the match.
On the same green, W. K. Way defested A. Warr by 21-18 on Monday, the match terminating on the 23rd hend.
SPLENDID WIN
League Match
Scores:
E. Bradshaw and D J. Adam (ATC) beat M. U. Razack and
Kitchell 6-2; beat A. M. Rumjulin and M. O. Hoosen 6-4; beal M. Madar and M. 1. Razack 6-2.
Latest Results in Bowls Tourney
The following are the latest results of matche's played in the Lawn Bowls singles cham- ponship:
Second Round
W. K. Way boat A. Warr 21-16 on the 23rd.
G. C. Norman beat J. S. Logan 21-20.
G. H. Sherriff beat 1. E. Noronha 21-1 on the 14th.
Third Round
A. R. Dallah beat R. Basa 21- I on the 19th.
John Watson beat E. Zim- mern 21-14 on the 29th.
L. F. Xavier beat A. Brooks- bank 21-14 on the 19th.
B W. Bradbury beat D. W. Waterton 21-10 on the 22nd. C M. Silva beat R. Duncan 21-13 on the 22nd.
C Brown beat G. N. Mit- chell 21-19 on the 25th.
Foul Ends!
Mies Helen Jacobs bad extremely bad luck during the Wimbledon champlowships. Because of an injured nervo In her right arm, she was unseeded in the women's singles, but despite her injury she fought her way to the final, thus becoming the first unseeded player to have done so at Wimbledon. Then the final match against Mrs. Helen Wills Moody, her old rival, her ankle, which had been hurt preylously, Rave way and she was easily beaten. Il re Miss Jacobs is BOCH with other players watching the tournament.
Big Fight YORKSHIRE WANTED
Poor Display By London
By Geoffrey Simpson
ONLY 67 WHEN RAIN INTERVENED
By Spartan
London, July G. Sheffield: Yorkshire v. Australians. Drawn
By far the bitterest blow that the weather has struck at York shire's cricketers for years caused the cup of glorious triumph to be snatched from their lips. The Australians were down and all but out when raiu came to their rescue and enabled them to pre- serve an unbeaten record,
A storm that broke during lunch
aid the damage and although there was a wait until four o'clock the wic- ket hind been left In such a state that the captains had no alternative but to abandon the match.
to their at-
Yellow Ball Not Great Success
VISIBILITY NO BETTER THAN ORDINARY
SPLENDID BOWLING
PERFORMANCE BY KENNETH FARNES
Takes 14 Wickets For 119
Against Worcestershire
London, Aug. 2.
The splendid bowling performance of Kenneth Farnes, the Essex and England amateur, eclipsed everything else in the County Cricket. championship programme which concluded to-day. Bowling against Worcestershire, Farnes captured 14 wickets during the match for 119
runs.
Yorkshire made light of their tasks Manchester, against Lancashire at winning the encounter by an innings and 200 runs, while Middlesex de- feated Sussex by three wickets. A feature of the latter match was the return to form of G. O. B. Allen, the former England captain, who took five wickets for 68 runs in Sussex's Arst innings.
Leicestershire took points on first innings from Northants by virtue of a lend of one run, and Surrey also took first innings points from Notts through being four runs ahead.
GLAMORGAN . AUSTRALIANS
Rain washed out the match bo tween Glamorgan and the Australians at Swansea. The Weishmen declared al 148 for five wickets, Waite taking four for 45, and the tourists replied with 1 for three. The match was left drawn.
The unnt state of the wicket con- fined play In only 90 minutes to-day, GLOUCESTER . SOMERSET At Bristol, Somerset took points on first innings from Gloucester. Somerset totalled 501 for wickets before declaring, E. F. Longrice. the umalcur
balsman, hitting up 187 not out
seven
Gloucester made only 233 in hier | first innings against the bowling of Wellard, who took seven for 80, and in the follow-on, Gloucester scored 250 for four wickets. Walter Ham- mond was 101 not out at the finish. NORTHANTS ▼. LEICESTER At Northampton, Leicester won first innings points from Northamp tonshire.
Kenneth Farnes
he took 14 wickets for 110.
Nutter 6 for 08).
WORCESTER v. ESSEX worcestershire by four wickets,
At Worcester, Essex defeated
Leicester scored 352, of which Armstrong made 125, and 226 for eight wickets declared, Partridge Farnes taking six for 43, and 248, Worcester scored 151, Kenneth taking ave for 54, Northants replied Farnes this time claiming eight for with 351 (Timms 121) and 60 for one. 76. Essex made 200 (Howorth 4 for
SURREY ». NOTTS
At the Oval, Surrey took points on 58) and 200 for six-Reuter. first innings from Notts,
Surrey compiled 447 in their first knock and declared the second at 171 for five. Notts made 443 (Harris 179) and 45 for one.
SUSSEX . MIDDLESEX At Hove, Middlesex defeated Sus- sex by three wickets.
Sussex
scored 200 against the bowling of G. O. Allen, who took five wickets for 88 runs,
and in
the second innings Sussex totalled 181, Gray taking live for 22,
Middlesex replied with 178 (Nye
5 for 55) and 301 for seven.
WARWICK v. DERDY
At Birmingham, Derbyshire defeat-
ed Warwickshire by an Innings and
28 runs.
Warwickshire scored 187 (Dollery 113) and 152 (Copson 8 for 30), and Derbyshire made 377, of which A. Pope claimed 103.
Slackness In British Boxing Affairs Alleged
Boxcre
in
The following resolution has been passed by the Executive Committee of the National Boxing Association, formerly the National Union of "The N.B.A. regrets the slacknesa British boxing affairs which has recently cost Britain her only world championship, and calls for a drastic aver overhaul of control. All future contests should be so supervised as to make impossible a recurrence of the Benny Lynch-Jackie Jurich fight muddie.
Clearly outfought by Al Delancy, Canada's young heavy-weight cham- plun, at Now Cross Stadium, Jack London, the West Hartlepool heavy weight, could have had no complaint when he was disqualified In the
low. fourth round for hitting
Delaney was brought down in a state of collapse from a left-hand punch that was so much below the border-line there could be no ques- tion of leniency by the referee.
He disqualified London at once, At Sookunpon yesterday the Army Tennis Club beat the Indian Recren and his decision WAS
unanimously who boord crowd, tion Club by # sets to 1 in a post-accepted by the
The fears of those who had ques- poned "C" Division fixture of the
the ring. London from
tioned Yorkshire's ability to get the Tennis League.
Lention was lucky to escape being 150 runs they needed were practic- ruled cut in the previous round ally set at rest during the pre-lunch when he almed a similar punch at
Llic period. Despite
act that both him. Verity and Wood had been dismissed Delancy's body and floored Delaney was in a bad way from this at 18, the intense keenness which the blow, but, fortunately for him, the Australians harnessed round ended a second two after
Lacking artifices did not prevent it had been delivered and he was Yorkshire from getting within sight On the Kowloon C.C. green, C. M. Silva, the young Club de Recreio
able to make a good renvery,
of their goal, and they were only 67 bowler, continued playing his role of
ALWAYS LOSING
short with seven wickets standing The contest showed London in a when the weather came to Austra- "giant-killer" by eliminating R. Duncan, a former champion, by 21-13
poor light. He was al-Ha's resetie, on the 22nd head. This performance,
ways losing it, so slow was he on his
OLD SUTCLIFFE
New York, Aug. 2. following his victory over U. M
fect, and so crude in the aiming of Those two hours of fighting cricket the first major league baseball team runs.
The St. Louis Cardinals became Omar, the tile-holder, in the first E. Flinter and C. R. Durnford his swings. Deloney, acnt and were notable beyond all else for round stamps him as a bowler of the (AT.C.): beat Razack and Kitchell speedy, was able to step safely in cames of master batsmanship vividly in their match against the Brooklyn first innings for 133 (Robinson 5 for Lynch-Jurich night at Cathkin Fork. to try out the new yellow ball to-day Lancashire were dismissed in the refuse a permit for the holding the and Finosen side London's wild blows and out- reminiscent of the Sutcliffe of old. Dodgers and were beaten by 6-2. greatest promise and he should not 0-1: lost to Rumjahn be taken too lightly.
5-7; beat Madar and Razack 7-5. scere him with Jabbing lefts and
57) and 120 (Verity 5 for 21), while Following this decision, it was trans- When the tourists were threaten- books to the head.
Ing to take command, he stood
It been claimed for the yellow Yorkshire made 453 (Leyland 135,ferred to Palsicy.] solid has Delaney was giving away two as a rock for un nour and 50 min-ball that
it hng a higher visibility, store to a bulky man of 15st. 121, tites und swung the pendulum right but none of the players to-day be so that his was a really smart per back in Yorkshire's favour. When
Then leved it was easier to see it. Most formance.
the wil
wicket gradually became
of them, however, were of the opin In the second round he hurt Lon- and more an ally of the Australian ion that it was "deader" than the don severely with a splendid short spinners, Sutellife's technique and ordinary white ball, because of the right to the body and arter that he discrimination
and dye. were beyond re- was always dictator of a somewhat proach.
Fitszimmans, the Dodgers' pitcher, scrambling struggle until London The outstanding feature of Aus- said the dye made the ball slippery struck hun low.
the ball more tralia's attack was the unremitting and that he found There was greater versatility and Industry and unvarying accuracy of difficult to throw--United Press. selence in Delaney's work. He was the off-spinning Waite, who actually RESULTS OF MATCHES clever in the short-arm dhting, and was not changed throughout either
New York, Aug. 2. at long range is straight lett was Yorkshire Innings, bowling a total
The following were the results of more than London could cope with. of 71 overs.
matches played to-day:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
n. H. 3 11 Q 11 3
A. A. Borton and I. Webb (A.T.C.): bent Razack and Kitchell 6-4; beat
tumJahn and Hooken 6-4;
beat decidedly Madar and Razuek 0-3.
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St. Louis
London was all too obvious and con- The Sxture created history for the fident in his attacks, and, but for the highest receipts ever known at unfortunate ending. I think De-Yorkshire home match, £4,447 be- laney would have stopped him Inside ing taken on the three days from an the scheduled 10 rounds.
aggregate attendance of 02,000.
Bobby Riggs
Seeks His Third Title
AUSTRALIA
First InningS223 (D, G. Bradmon 59, A. L. Hasselt D4; Smaller 6 for 13).
Second Innings-132 (Smailes 4 for 15). First Innings 200 (Walle T for 101). Second Innings
YORKSHIRE
Woud b. AtcCormick
Verity run out
Sutello not out
tution & Fingletons b. Walte
Barber not out
1
Total 13 wkts)
Brooklyn (Camilli homered Dodgers).
St. Louis Brooklyn
E.
twice for the
2 8 4 10
1
(Mize homered for the Cardinals. The yellow ball was used for the first time in major league history),
30
Cincinnat
Philadelphia
Chicago
03
New York.
Bowling McCormick 9-2-31-1. Waite 23-11-34-1 White 14--14-0,
broke open in play, and he was nd- vised not to continue,
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(Bryant pitched for the Cubs and Burgess and Hack homered).
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Chicago, June 20, Bobby Riggs of Chiengo, seelding his third straight National clay- Mulloy reached the finals in a
(Todd homered for the Pirates). court tennis championship, went in- match with Joe Hunt of Los An-
AMERICAN LEAGUE to the finals
when yesterday
his geles, runner-up to Riggs last year.
New York opponent, Bryan "Blisy" Grant of The scort were 2-0, 6-3, 7-5,
Detroit Atlanta, was forced to default box 6-4.
(Gehringer cause of a blistered 'land,
Luter Grant returned to the courts Thiers). Riggs will meet 12th seeded Gard with a bandaged hand ner Mullpy of Miami, Fla., to-day, with Riggs to defent Norman Bickel and paired and a victory would make him the and Norbert Burgess of Chicago in third player to win the event three quarter final match halled by dians). or more times. Big BIU Tilden and darkness the day before after each Grant had accomplished the feat had won one set. Riggs and Grant previously.
Won the match with the final count In the Grant-Riggs' match, Riggs of 8-3, 1-0, 6-3, 6-0, 0-4.
After short reat they faced they were all in the second when
Charles Hare of England and El- Grant was forced to retire because Wood Cooke of Portland, Ore., but a blister, the size of a boif dollar, lost in straight sola, 0-4, 6-0, 0-4.
Vichy-Celestins bad taken the first set 6-3, and
(Keliner homered for the
Philadelphia Chicago
+4 0 0 0 10 1 (Hayes homered for the Athletics),} Washington
St. Louis **
5 11 3
7 (Simmons homered for the Sena- lors) --Reuter,
LANCASHIRE v. YORKSHIRE At Manchester, Yorkshire defeated Luncashire by an innings and 200
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