THE
HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1988.
THEY KEPT DAVIS CUP
NAVY DISCOVERS
Australians Only Just
Failed To Win The Davis Cup
Budge And Mako Are Not An Invulnerable Combination
By F. 1. Burrow
London, Sept. 12.
At last the long-drawn-out struggle for the possession of the Davis Cup for 1938, which has been going on ever since the middlo of May either in Europe or America, has drawn to its conclusion; and the Cup remains in the possession of the country of its donor. Of all the nearly thirty would-be challengers for it, Australia came out lop; but to wrest the trophy from the hands of the American holders proved just too hard a task for them-but only just. Budge was too good for either of his opponents to win a single from him; but, as I anticipated last Sunday, the American second string, R. Riggo, was able to win one of his two singles, and so made up for the loss of the doubles.
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It was a great performance on the the world. It is safe to say that, if part of the Australian poir, Quist he had been "taken in hand" carly and Bromwich, to win the doubles in his against Budge and Mako, especially | after the overwhelming defeat the two Americans had inflicted on them only a few days before in the dual of the U.S.A. doubles championship: but anyone who follows the form of Budge and Maka must know by this time that they are by no means in- vulnerable—nothing like so reliable
o pair as Wilmer Ällison and J. van
"goached," career and
The four members of the American Davis Cup squad which retained the trophy for Uncle Sam against would never have risen to the the Australian challenge. Left to right; Joe Hant, Dobby Riggs, Donald Badge and Geno Mako. As ex- eminence which, he relieved. Great
peeled, the burden fell on Budge's shoulders; he won both his singles, and though he and Mako lost the players are born, not made; lucky doubles, the viclery secured by Rigas over Quist gave the Americans a 3-2 success. are those who are strong-minded and self-confident enough to resist having their individuality "coaclied" out of them.
DAVIS CUP MEETING Well, no more Davis Cup this Ryn were a few yearn ago. They year. But before Anally leaving I entered on the match with two wins it is not uninteresting to note that
The Aral single of the "final" day | Wis
which
settled matters finally in America' could
of months ago. It will be
taynur.
for
U.S. PICKS MARGOT
LUMB AS HELEN'S SUCCESSOR
in the singles on the previous day to the official organ of the game has at hearten them, but their defeat threw
rew last published a report of the meet- the issue into the melting-pot again. ing of the Davis Cup
Cup natlons was held London
in
more than rers remembered (though doubtless there According to the reports cabled over here, Budge's victory are hopes that it may
haye been Vice forgotten!) over Quist was largely owing to the
What the main subject Australion
"put off his game" discussion was whether the Davis lessly Cup competition should in future be foot-faulted. These hieldents are un-held annually or blennially, Ameri- fortunate; but if a man consistently an
ean opposition to the biennial pro- foot-foulla tand Quist has posal was, naturally,
very strong;} long
known as an in- well been
and the resolution was lost by four- veterate foot-faulter) it is only right teen votes to seven, although all the ultimate women's champion at Wimbledon-a British girl.
be penalised.
Britisit strength
by being ally and relentlessly
that he should be
of the
Players eminent enough to play the very natural Empire (with)
By Stanley N. Doust
London, Sept. 14.
The United States already sees a successor to Helen Wills and
She is Margot Lumb, who surprised the tennis world by beat-
of Ircing Miss Helen Jacobs, No. 1 seeded player, 7-5, 6-2, in the third
Germany,
What Australia Needs To Rotain "Ashes"
London, Oct. 11 W. A. Oldfield, the veteran Australian wicket-keeper who arrived in England to-day, told Pressmen that Australia would need, if she is to retain the "Ashes", a new slow bowler, a new fast bowler and a new opening bat before the next Test series.
for their country certainly ought to land! was cast in favour of I, 10- round of the National Championships of the United States at Forest Should The of the አክሱ
me; and it is no excuse for Greece, and Switzerland. All the Hills on Monday.
school themselves to obey
breaking them to say
may
rules Kether with the votes of
rule
two-
the
Cup matches. It would be indeed surprising if the 1939 competition found no team from Great Britain among the entries.
"VARIUM ET MUTABILE
Fair-haired and blue-eyed, Miss Lumb has taken the United States by storm.
A 'BREAK' SERVICE
W. Oldfieid Writes Book On Cricket
his
Fox Be Exterminated?
USEFUL
BOWLER; KOWLOON
ALL OUT CHEAPLY
Hongkong v. Kowloon Game Revealed Nothing Of Note
(By "R.. Abbit")
I was very sorry not to be able to get over to the match on Saturday at King's Park when the Navy played Kowloon. As a matter of fact I would have given the latter part of my engage- ment a miss, had I known that the game was going to be played, but the first I know of it was when I opened my paper on Sunday morning. Judging from the scores I do not think I missed very much.
seem
The K.C.C. who
to have played many times before but only in the last twenty been at full strength, with perhaps sporadically
Fincher, years, I think. The game on Monday the exception of Teddy made a most terrible mess of it. was spoilt by the weather and also Actually, nm told this newcomer by the absence of three prominent Moores is A particularly useful players at least, Teddy Fincher, H.
bowler and an looking forward to Owen Hughes and T. A. Pearce, the
Intter of whom is, seeing him in action. My old friend
I gather, mixed
to Paxton, whom I flatter myself I can up in this billiards gone keep out of my wicket on matting i can send a golf teant it seems at Fanling. Incidentally, It Shang-
for
so long as I don't, try to get any runs, seems to have found the length a pity that they cannot send a cricket tua. His Bgares were 3 wickets for
tean.
I suppose nge and weight will tell 16 as compared with Moores 5 for 10. I did hear he bowled 114 well as
To revert to the game. It was Moores. Anderson and Eric too wet to start until after tiffin Fincher were the only two to get and I am afraid that a lot of damage Into double figures for Kowloon; in has been done to the newly laid tri
they were the only two to make ground. In view of the great efforts more than three runs. A dreadful that have been taken to get the Club business.
pitch into passable order, it is rather a pity the game was played at all as it taught us nothing, and was not very brilliant.
When the Navy batted 5 wickets fell pretty cheaply but Commander Taylor got 24 and Talbot made a similar number, while Moores picked
up
Anderson and Mackay opened for Kowloon at 1.34 p.m. to Minu at
37 not out. No-one else seems to have run into form, und Whit the Naval Yard and Beck bowling marsh has not hit als proper form the other end-the wrong one for yel. Manners picked a good 'un
him of course. The former bowled a nice length and turned the ball early on. It always takes the cracks
as well, and both batsmen fell to some time to settle down.
silp catches. Beck, I gather, caught his with his cheat, Fincher started CRAIGENGOWER COLLAPSE
confidently and made his half cent Recreio did fairly well against tury just under the hour but apart
ut Cralgengower
King's Park. from Gosano the batting was not of the Rodrigues, Reed, Soares and E. La very high order, and even Gosano ali got double figures to start latter scratched about a bit at first. with and the side totalled 140 runs, Madar made a couple of fine catches Sousa was the leading bowler with in the slips and Minu bowled well. do not seem to 5 wickets for 32 runs. Personally I Stokes and Perry never can see that he is anything have caught my informant's eyel more than a change bowler, but he does seem to come off in a
a surprising way. Billmoria who, to my mind, is. twice the class only managed to get 3 for 47. When Cralgengower went into but it was a dreadful busi-
S1 50 for B wickets, thanks to a gallant 21 not out by A. K. Ismail. They pulled off a draw with 2 wickets to go. No less than seven bowlers svere tried out and Ozarlo with 3 for 12 did best.
"War" Threatened ness, as they only managed to tot up
In Ireland
cannot continue
K.C.C'S REVENGE
CTC
NOT SO GOOD
denning in that it taught us little. The Hongkong innings was mad- We know that Colledge, Nazarin, Souza and Mader can get runs and that Mina is a slogger that delights be eye. They did their bit. I was glad to see Nazarin get going as
as he quite out of form. Kitchell ho had
a lean patch. Kilbec duck. He did so well in the Trinis got a
that this will probably be very salu fary. I don't know Longfield but I hear he had
CARDS
I do hope I shall get some cards soon. The only ona I have is C.S.C.C. which shows a game against the HK.C.C. on the latter Club's ground on Saturday next, I hope things start moving soon, as there has been an awful smag in the dis- appointment over the Interport.
that the other European countries, as well is a bad rule, Bad it
and India be, and
sind Japan,
voted with In the opinion of most people it is: U.S.A
for the for
maintenance of the but the International Federation has status quo. To them the Davis Cup spent at least four fruitless years in has been the principal agent in
She has endeared herself to the endeavouring to find a satisfactory popularising the game in
in their coun- crowd--and when an American amendment to it: and' until that tries, and they saw no reason what- solution is found, if
playera ever,
for preventing them playing for crowd likes anyone the enthusiasm ever for
is whole-hearted. must
be prepared to put up with every year if they wished to being penalised if they continue to enter. Conversely, there is no ren- Miss Lumb, until last year, when infringe H.
son whatever, if a
a country does not she was selected to play for Britain UNORTHODOXY SUCCEEDS wish to enter every year, why it in the Wightman Cup team, was bet- Australia's Ane night,
however, should not enter every second ter known in squash rackets than in entitles her to good hopes for next every tenth year if it so deatres, It lawn tennis.
It is accepted generally, that no
London, Sept. 20. season's
Quite the fen- is hard to see competition.
"War" is threatened in Ireland. this why
finer wicket-keeper has ever graced country ture of the whole match was the should have supported proposal
She has won., the women's singles the cricket field than W. A. Oldfield, The question at issue is whether the brilliant play of Bromwich. It is which was from the very start in squash rackets four years in suc- the Australian player, whose skillfox is to be exterminated. On the horse- ranged the unfortunate, in one way, that his doomed to defeat. Of all nations cession, and it is sald of her that she has been so much admired in Aus-one side are
In the second eleven game be- bowled nd the consolation of being success should be obtained by the our Association is far the richest, is as far ahead of her nearest woman traliu, England, and elsewhere. In breeders and followers of the foxtween the K.C.C. and the Navy, the turned a lot-one of those balls
book, "Behind the use of such extremely unorthodox and can well afford to send its team rival as Amr Bey Is among the men.
Wicket* hunt. On the other are the smaller methods ns using both hands to anywhere in Europe to play. Davis
he deals with his experiences in a farmers, who are alleging that the color service were all ahot for 44, which, if they are the first ono geis, of which Brownrigg mode 20 not will close most innings. Minu did his racket; but his style is undeniably
happy
out. Baxter took & wickets for not time. them as well as usual but and reminiscent way, and fox is destroying their especially justined by its results. Australia
It is a grave question,
runs In six overs. For Kowloon he had one over from Anderson appears to have unorthodoxy in its
and has helped her tennis as much it is a very pleasant contribution to areas like the County Meath.
Her speed of foot is phenomenal although there may be little that is
really constructive in the publication in the well-known fox-hunting Baxter completed a good match by which read 24. 04. Robert Lee uir. V. B. very
McGrath is, like
as her squash.
The knocking up 49 retired and PT. and bowled well as usual. He and Minu Bromwich, a player who uses
the literature an the
game.
hunting field is, of course, an in- F.A. Broadbridge also retired with are easily the best pair of bowlers handed blow for some of his strokes, No more admirable illustration of Her rise to fame in tennis began Olddeld tells his story from
the dispensable adjunct to the horse-62 and 10 respectively to
their
In the Colony lo-day. al Wimbledon only last year, when beginning of
It his career in a most breeding industry, since is there and very good strokes they are, pos- the difficulty of assessing the "form" ressing the great advantage of con-
well be she extended Senorita of women players could
de" was sorry to see that when the Navy Lizana (as entertaining way, making reference that the young hunters are made it. Nobody else did very much. I cealing their intended direction en- imagined than that demonstrated in she was then) to three sets on the to many of the great ones he has and shown to the best advantage. were batting. Hosegeed was not tirely from the adversary, And the the match played this inst week be- Centre Court thing no English-played with and against. His advice The fox hunt
togiven a chance with the ball. He is greatest of all Australian players, tween the team of Australian women woman had done for 18 months. to wicket-keepers, naturally, must exist without foxes, and it has to be to my mind a better bowler than he Norman Brookes was by no means and their hostesses in the U.S.A. It The selectors were searching for be valuable, and his comments on admitted that in the past the small is a batsman.
model of orthodoxy. It was said was a two-day match: on the of him that he did everything wrong day the Australians by furat new talent to go to the United States the development of junior players is farmers have been very tolerant in for our Wightman Cup team and
Instructive. He points out that in view of the damage which the fox -held his racket wrong, had his feet matches to two; on the second they they chose Hiss Lume on ils per the parks and suburban areas of the undoubtedly does to the barnyard
thefowl. in the wrong position, and in short, lost four out of six, with the result formance.
principal cities of Australin are hundreds of wickets made of con- Just now these committed all the faults it was pos- that the whole encounter ended in
farmers have sible to commit. Yet he was, in his
Their choice has been amply jus!l-crete, over which, before play begins, raised the cry that they cannot stand day, undoubtedly the best player in
type of green coir matting is the destruction of their poultry any stretched to lessen the high bound longer, and they have culled on the She is 20 and left-handed, hits very of the ball, and at the same time local agricultural authority to offer hard, has a "break" service which is protect the ball from being damaged. price for the extermination of the dimcult for women to negalinte-and On such
foxes. pitches thousands of perhaps it was this service that help-jericketers play competitive cricket The Agricultural Committee in the ed her to beat Miss Jacobs,
each Saturday under the direction of county are torn by two loyalties. efficient associations, comprised of They know the value of the fox to delegates from the various clubs the horse-breeder, while they have beat Miss Jacobs, Miss Jacobs beat fielai umpires, who have to pass on
constituting these associations. Of to admit the losses incurred by the fowl breeder. In the end, seems Miss Wynne, Miss Wynne bent Mrs. Examination on the rules, are pro-likely that a compromise will have Fabyan, and Mrs. Fabyan beat Misa
to be reached by which the number of foxes will be reduced and the I beat C, C beat D, and D beat A.
In the eltics and suburbs of This sort of thing, which
to nil the hen-roosts.pro- occurs Sydney liseif there are thirty such damage
portionately much more frequently in everyday associations, comprising almost one
sionately mitigated. tennis than one would believe pos- tho
thousand teams and providing com- Another form of sport which
of tournaments;
ble, the despair of handicappers petitive play for approximately 16,-threatened is that of trout-fishing in the lakes of the midlands. The who could say 000 players each week. As similar which of these four is the best 033oclations exist
case, la G the enemy, in this throughout player? The compilers of ranking country districts as well it can be type of wild duck which has recent- lists and "seeding" committees are realised the wonderful fostering of ly taken up its abode in the neigh- |bourhood of the Jakos. According not to be envied, either. Thele task talent which is continually being to "angiers, is never easy; and when, in a couple carried out
and the
It does more foundation
damage of days, every result is turned up which is being laid for the productian the poachers. The ukase has side down, what safe conclusion can tien of future Champlona. All of one forth, and the unwelcome duck they possibly draw? The only cer tainty
appears
which goes to show the thoroughness is going to have a bad time of it.... to bo 10 adopt of Australia's cricket mind.
Our Our Correspondent. G. D. S.'s npophthegm, "You Never Can Tell."
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Copped for England in all the 1930 internationals, "Obo" will be remem bered for his great pace on the wing. He scored two glorious tales against the All Blacks, and still retains much of the speed that made him the closest marked man in the game,
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