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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
January 18, 1939.
BADMINTON LEAGUE PLAYERS
This picture was taken at Taikoo It.C. last week when St. Andrew's "A", now favourites for the clumpionship, defeated Chung Wah by 0-3 to the "B" Division of the Badminton League. Chung Walı players are in the front row and the Saints are at the back-Photo by Mee Cheung.
JOE LOUIS
EXPECTED
TO KEEP
BOXING TITLE
Challenger Concentrating
On Speed In Training
New York, Jan. 17.
Here And There With "Abe"
Joe Louis, the heavyweight boxing champion of the America's Davis Cup Hopes
world, is a 13-5 favourite over John Henry Lewis in the all-negro title fight at Madison Square Gardens on January 25.
Louis has been idle since he beat Max Schmeling; last June, and now weighs about 200 lb. compared with his challenger's 185.
A capacity house of $100,000 anticlputed.
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John Henry is training at Madame Beys, concentrating on speed, und
He is sorking no speed.
Are Fair For 1939
DOBBY Riggs, America's top-strenuous.
The Board reported that promises to out-box rather than out-D ranking amateur tennis player the M.C.C. agreed to their sugges slur; the champlon.
since Don Budge turned pro, hus butilon that the playing and financial one burning ambition these days: conditions of the last two tours in keep the Davis Cup in the United Australia and England be standard States. And he thinks it can be conditions in the future subject to done it the first night candidates for any alteration at the request of the Cup team "get into perfect con- either party. dition and make every effort to reach their matches,
Joe is training at Pompton Lakes, It Joe wins, he will probably meet
Roscon another negro,
Toles, Detroit, in March-United Press.
POLICE RUGGER TEAM DEFEATED IN DEBUT GAME AGAINST SCOTS
(Hy "Fly-Ilaif')
of
The Police, playing against the Royal Scots in their first com petitivo rugger match, were defeated by only one point (a goal against a penalty goal and a try) yesterday afternoon at Sookunpoo. Royal Scots by no means fielded their full representative team, Cuthbertson being a notable absentee.
able.
Jor
the international Cricket Scoring think."Rive
suld
Sud,
runs, or how many
that we have an even chance to re- T has often been said-and with
IT tain
Cup even if
is gone, if Budge
some justification-that the pre- but 1 wouldn't say our chance is bel-sent ordinary method of scoring in ter than 30-60. We should be able cricket matches does not give suf- to raund up a good team from the ficient indication of what a batsman's candidates, I rate Sid Wood, Elwood innings has been like unless it is Cooke, Frank Kovacs, Gene Muko, accompanied by a description of the The Cusy Grant and Jou Hunt as definite play. For instance, a local batsman
possibilities in the singles, but makes 50 in 150 minutes. I don't know whether all are ava
are valle
printed score would appear some- In the doubles, the only thing thing like this: ito do
do is give all tandems an ample chance to show their stut, the
T. A. Pearce, e Madar, b Minu 50. pick! the one with the best record, Unless there is a description of the United States is bound to miss Budge play, there would be nothing to and Mako in the doubles, bui Mako show that he has taken 150 minutes may be able to find another partner to make his who can carry on with him. I hear fours he has made. I wan, therefore, he's planning now to play with Jack particularly interested to read in on Australian newspaper the scores of a recent match between the last Australian Test team to Englund and a team drawn from the Rest of Aus- the scores tralia. This was how Boe, DIGGS, whose initial invasion of were printed: Lt. Gibson went over for an un- | Nesln; Ross, Sutherland, Lane, the East three years ago brought
REST OF AUSTRALIA-First Innings. converted try. This score of six Dourie, McKenzie, Dunsmore, Coombe him 4th place in the national rank-
Runs in. Fours b Ings at the age of 18, plans to skip nlng......... Ibw. points to nil in favour of the Royal and Groves.
Firetwood most of the winter meets this season Lee in out Scots stood until just after interval when Taylor gained possess
and conserve his energy for Gregory, lbw, b Fleetwood fon well in his own half and weaved
strenuous summer, "I've bee his way through the Army defence
ing to go to Europe for two years, Barnes, not aut so I'm going over next year for my romits, hat out
Ledward, 1bw, b O'Reilly to score a good try. Wall converted, Police
worked hard for further
first try at the French and Wimble- Extras fb, 5, 1, 2, n.b. points without success,
1, w. 4).... don ütles," he said, adding that he also take in several eastern and, of course, the
The Scots enjoyed an advantage in 4 ball whilst his louch-Eicking was sure Tidball of Seattle."
and of good length. the first ball when Rose kicked a
Teama penalty goal within the first quarter
Royal Scots-Marshall; Phillips,
Loughlin; Gibson.
of an hour. This lead was soon in- creased by another three points when Garry,
the
Gibson was the plek of the Royal Scots! backs whilst Doe was promin→ ent with some individual runs. Ross, {X- Sutherland and Lane set good amples and were generally in the thick of forward mauls.
POOR KNOWLEDGE
Going To Europe
PoliceWoll; McKenzie, Morrison, Taylor, Jackson; Wilson, Lunscombe; Wheeler, Cullinan, Hose, Hemsley, strenuou Riddell, Oakley, Scarle and Jenner.
Wimbledon Faced With A Crisis
Wimbledon, famous home of ten- nis, faces a crisis,
Stolth
been want- Smith
100
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Tatat for four wickets 150 Fall of wickets: 35,
179
3, 20, 113.
BOWLING
national singles competition. Asked pro tennis might eventually claim him, Riggo satd; "I haven't any ideas about pro tennis at all. All I'm McCormick
White interested in right now is keeping in oneily trim to do my best in helping this Fleetwood Smith country onto the Davis Cup.” Limitless Tests
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McCormick howled one no-ball and
O'Reilly ono wide.
Don't you think you could learn
In the Police pack, Oakley shone in the loose; especially good was hin backing up. Searle, the other wing forward played hard. A poor knowledge of the rules of the game amongst the Police forwards resulted in many penalties being given against them which frequently lost ed professional there is not a single
Now that Donald Budge has turn-THE Australian Cricket Board of much more in this way?
Control has decided that it would them hard-earned ground,
layer of International repute left to be against the interests of Australian. The whole pack played Logether and their weight told agains: attract the crowds.
well
cricket to abandon the limitless Testo
Fred Perry, Ellsworth Vines and In Australia, The Board, however, welcomed the suggestion from. Eng-
fessional ranks,
the lighter Royal Scots's eight, despite om Tilden have all joined the pro-and that Tests there be of five days the fact that for a consklerable period they were packing reven for- wards owing to Riddell having to It is uncertain whether Dorothy duration, providing this would not
Cullinan hooked retire.
al-Round will appear at Wimbledon upset the present rule that the final well
match is to be played to a finish in though the ball was slow in coming now that she is a mother.
The only other "names" among the certain circumstances. out,
women are Margot Lumb, Rosemary Thomas, Mary Hardwick and Gem Asked To Report Honhing.
Out of a gross turnover of nearly ON Bradman, the Test team cap-
lain, is to be asked to rubmit £60,000 a year, Wimbledon makes
an average profit of £14,000, but report to the Board on the Australian
American Tennis Players In India
Calcutta, Jan. 1. In an International Match at South Club between India and America in men's singles Don Mc- Nell (America) beat S. L. R. Sawh~ ney (India) 0/2, 0/0, 0/3. Ghaus Mahomed (India) beat O. Anderson (America) 6/3, 3/0, 6/3....
In Men's Doubles Y. Savoor and
Luscombe, at scum-half, pui in п good afternoon's work behind the forceful Pellee pack. Wilson, despite his bad knee, played a resourceful game and opened out play success- fully. Morrison and Taylor, the two Insides, and thrust and feept the Army will they manage this figure next team's recent tour in England, part-9. G. Benty (lidin) beat C. Harris attack in check. Taylor's kicking year?
That is what Sir Louls Gregg and ditions. He has been invited to at and W. O, Robertson (America). 0/0, was an outstanding feature of the game. The Police wing-men were the rest of the Lawn Tennis Asso- tend the next meeting of the Board. 10/8. adly neglected but played pluckily ciation chiefs are wondering. in defence.
That is why the fixed rule Wall, the well-known Police foot amateurism for Wimbledon may baller, was safo in his fielding of the relaxed.
cularly with regard
The unprecedented decision by
the
In the second International mätch of Board is in consequence of several between India and America, Owen be Australian players complaining that Anderson beat S. L. R. Sawhney.779,
the last tour of England was too 0/2, 6/1.
Britain's Poor Year In International Sport
Interport Hockey On Chinese New Year Day
Foreign Challenges Too Strong To Resist
(By H. L. Percy, United Press Staff Correspondent)
Mr. R. Henderson, Hon. Secretary of the Hongkong Hockey. Association, has re- celved confirmation from Ma- cao that the Interport, match will be played at Macao on Chinese New Year Day.in 1938. February 19.
The first trial to select a
team to visit the Portuguese colony will be held on Sunday. January 22, at 10.30 a.m. on the Club ground.
London, Doc. 30. Britain had a bad year in international sport
Lawn tennis, golf, cricket, horse-racing, and rowing, all saw the flags of foreign countries at the masthead on nearly every occasion there was a foreign challenge.
scason.
in And the stars and stripes of the Australia the 1937/38 United States was the ing most often | Australla scored 242 and 107 for 5, and England 223 and 123, collapsing run up.
h the second innings on a bad wie-
Biggest sporting disaster of the ket. year for the British was the loss of With nothing depending on it, the the mythical "Ashes", in the series 9th and inal match at Kennington of five test cricket matches against | Oval, London, was a fiasco. Under Aictralin
the rules, the Inst match is played
And biggest success was winning to a finish, however long it takes, and as England, batting steadily. the Walker Cup, trophy for the bi- annual amateur golf match between Tuesday, put up the all-time record rough Saturday, Monday and Britain and the United States. for score of 903 for 7 wickets declared, the first time since its inception in it
TENNIS PLAYERS RETURN
Over Enthusiastic Treatment Received or course, stood no stance in the
1922.
Most complete defeat was in lawn tennis. Britain falled to obtain a single major title in the year. She,
Davis Cup competition, and the Wightman Cup was once again won A. B. P. Guest and Szelo Bick, two by the United States women, while members of the Hongkong LT.Ahe United States clean mwept all team which participated in the Far five titles in the All-England cham- Eást tennis championships at Salgon, plonships at Wimbledon.
the Colony yesterday' returned to afternoon by the 5.3. Helikon,
ON THE TURF
To 50on dubbed "The Marathon
Australia replied with 201 and 123, playing with little heart against auch a formidable task, and lost by an innings and 579 runa
WALKER CUP COLF Britain won the Waller Cup golf match by 7 games to 4, with one hived, hul the United States level- led things up by winning the British Open Amateur Championship. Youthful Charles Yates of Atlant. Georgia, did the trick, beating the
Irish
International Cecil
The two big popular races of the
the Grand National Steeple-burly
They were supposed to leave Saigon year, on January 16, but the Helikon ar chase and the Derby Stakes, were whing by 3 and 2 in the 30-holes
by the United States and final. rived there four days ahead of won schedule, and they perforce, had to France, respectively, Mrs. Marion American-bred Battle- take this boat or wait another nine Scott's 'tny days in Saigon. They decided not ship won the chasing blue-riband, to stay and sailed four days ahead of and the French bred Bois Roussel time.
won the Derby.
George Chon, the third member of the team, stayed behind to see through
the championships.
Surcesses by foreign horses, prin- cipally French, in other important races, have astounded racing circles hitherto convinced that the English horse was practically supreme on its
Guest, who was the only member of the Hongkong team who had not own tracks. been eliminated from the champion-
out
dally for the
matches.
Actually, the United States scored the first point, for the championship was played at Troon, Scotland. In the weak beginning May 28, while the Walker Cup match was played at St. Andrews, Jung 3 and 4,
Yates was in outsider for the championship, but the favourites Cyril Tolley, Johnny Goodman, and others, tumbled each other, and Yates playing steady
golt in the early rounds, had a more or less comfortable ride in the final.
ship when the lust report of the Cricket out-stripped all other
The Americans were favourites at tournament was sent to the Tele-sports in popular interest this year. graph, was put out in the first round Crowds of 20,000 to 30,000 turned odds of about 3 to 1 to retain the by Swatt, of Slam.
four-day test cup they had never lost, at St. An- Gates were closed long be- drews, but for once in a way, the Thus Hongkong players had no fur-fore play was due to start, and British had spent much time and ther Interest in the championships ground records went by the board. thought on the selection of a team, and with the Americans Johnny Fischer and Goodman off form, Bri- tain swept home in the singles, on the second day.
after the opening round.
In fact, the series was literally a M. Durand, President of the Saigon record-breaking affair, for more Lawn Tennir Association, went on previous bests were beaten than in board the Helikon to say good-bye the whole of the last quarter of a to Guest and Bick and expressed re- century. The fifth and final match, gret that they could not stay behind alone, saw about nine records beaten. to attend the ball which had been arranged for January 14.
FINE TREATMENT
what else
BRITISH OPEN The other two major British tour- the British Open Cham- The tests occupled the interest of naments, everybody to the exclusion of every planship, had no Americans entered, thing else. They were main story although there was a fair sprinkling of French and colonial players in Both Guest and Bick are enthusias- all newspapers Irrespective of both.
was happening. Even tle over the treatment which they people who didn't know one end of It is received at the hands of the Saigona bat from the other wanted to know omcials. The facilities were very how many runs Don Bradman had good Indeed, according to the players. They were put up at the Majestie scored.
Anest hotels in Hotel, one of the disposal. enjoyed Sisigen. Both players entered ther selves thoroughly.
A report of the matches will
in the Telegraph published
morrow,
many years since there has not been an American in the British open, and this year's tourney at Sandwich, Kent, lost practically all its interest in consequence. TEST RESULTS
Reginald Whitcombe, one of the three famous brothers, who between The first two matches were drawn.
them have done practically every- At Nottingham from June 10 to 14. thing but win the title, won it with England scored 658 runs for 8 wic-a score of 295 for 72 holes, three be keis, declared, and Australia 411 and strokes ahead of the 1037 champion, 10-417 for 6 wickets. England might Henry Cotton.
time limit.
Australian Horse 4, England score 494 and lost the Curtis Cup match in
Drops Dead
have won that match but for the Mrs. Helen Holm, 1934 champion, won the Women's Open, and inter The second one at Lord's ground, In the year headed a team which
the' 242 for d. declared, and Australia United States. 422 and 204 for 6. Australia had a Boxing provided one of the few chance of winning that after Eng-bright spots of the year, Peter Kane, land declared its second innings of Liverpool, beating Jackle Jurich, closed in a sporting attempt to force of Califomla, on points, a win.
The
over 15 world's flyweight
for the rounds, Melbourne, Jan, 17,
the North Wind
well-known
third match at Manchester championship, Britain's only world Australian race-horse, which won the was washed out, rain preventing a title. Caufeld Cup in 1930, dropped dead single ball being bowled." to-day as a result of broken blood Australia won the fourth at Leeds vessel in the bend. He started to by five wickets, and thus retained "Ashes" which they won in
day in a race at 86-1.
tho
GES
GOLF AT MIGII SPEED—New multiple-flash light doveloped at Massa- obuselia Tech makes possiblo 600 exposures on a photographic plate in one second, Hero la nn solion picture of Bobby Jones, farmer grand-slam goir champion. Interval of time between pictures li 1/100 second and ibe exposure of each plotura in 1/100,000 second.
RESULTS OF YEAR Some of the Important results of the year are:
March 23. Battleship won the Grand National.
April 2. Oxford university beaf Cam- bridge university in the 20th annual boat. race by 2 lengths in 20 mins, 30 Beca
April 37. 11. E. Morias's; Pasch" won' 2000 Guineas.
April 20. Sir Hugox Cunlife-Owon'd Rockfel won 1000 Cuiners,
April 30 Preston North End best fud=" dernfeld Town 1 goal to nl in the Foot- ball Cup final tie.
won
the
Any 20. Mirs, Helen Hakn British Women's Open Gott champion-
iti.
Atay 26. Charles Yates, of Atlanta, Ge won the Elritish Open
championship.
June
Amateur Coll
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on. Peter Beatty's Toussel won the Derby Stakes
June 3. Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen's Rockfel wan the Oaks Staker,
halved.
June 3/4. Diltain won the Walker Cup galt match by 7 games to 4, with 1
Juno 10/14. First cricket test match declared. drawn. England 990 for Australia 411 and 427 for 6.
June 20-July 2. All-England lawn ten- nis championships, Donald Budge, of California, won the men's singles, "Mrg. Helen We Moody won the women's singles, budge and Gene Mako was the men's doubles, Sarah Fabyan and Alles Marble won the women's doubles. Dudga and Alice Marble won the mixed doubles. June 24/28. Recond test match drawtu England 494 and 242 for #, declared. Australia #22 and 204 for 8.
June 20-July 4. Henley royal_regaito, Diamond Seulia won by J. W. Burk, al Perin RC. In the record time of a ming Zec Kent School won the ThamDE Challenge Cup.
*July 178. Reginai Whitcombe won the British Open Rolf championship with a senen of 305 for 72 holes.
July 8/12. Third test match abandoned without piny due to taki.
July aired, Australia won the fourth test match by five wickets, Australia 24 and tot for 4 England 223 and 12,
Aug. 30/25, England won the fifth test match by an innings and 879 ruma, ng Tænd 903 for 7 declared. Australia 201 and 123.
Bept, 7. James Rank's Boottish Valo won the Bt. Läger SinkOE.
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