Wednesday
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
January 18, 1939.
BADMINTON LEAGUE PLAYERS
This picture was taken at Talkoo R.C. last week when St. Andrew's "A", now favourites for the championship, defeated Chung Wah by 0-3- in the "B" Division of the Badminton League. Chang Wah 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'n 105.
Joe is training al Pompton Lakes, A capacity house of $100,000 is He is seeking no speed. anticipated.
If Joe wins, he will probably meet John Henry is training at Madame another negro, Rosco Tales, of Beys, concentrating on speed, and Detroit, in March-United Press.
Are Fair For 1939
Cricket Scoring
DOBBY Riggs, America's top-strenuous. The Board reported that promises to out-box rather than out-ranking amateur tennis player the M.C.C. agreed to their sugges- slug the champion.
since Don Budge turned pro, has but tion 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 Stales. And he thinks it can be conditions in the future subject to done if the first flight 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 peak for the international matches.""
think,"
Riggs sald,
IT has often been said-and with "That we have an even chance to re- tain the Cup even if Budge is gone, some justification--that the pre- but I wouldn't say our chance is bel- sent ordinary method of scoring in ter than 66-50. We should be able cricket matches does not give suf- round up a good team from the ficient indication of what a batsman's candidates. I rate Sid Wood, Elwood 'nnings has been like unless it is Cooke, Frank Kovacs, Gene Mako, accompanied by a description of the Bitsy Grant and Joe Hunt as definite play. For instance, a local baisman Cup possibilities in the singles, but makes 50 in 150 minutes. I don't know whether all are avanthing like this:
ail printed score would appear some- able. In the doubles, the only thing Ito do is give all tandems an ample chance to show their stuff, then pick
POLICE RUGGER TEAM DEFEATED IN DEBUT GAME AGAINST SCOTS
(By "Fly-Half")
The Police, playing against the Royal Scots in their first com petitive rugger match, were defeated by only one point (a goal against a pensity goal and a try) yesterday afternoon at Sookunpoo. Royal Scots by no means fielded their full representativo team, Cuthbertson being a notable absentec.
Royal Scots.-Marshall; Phillips,
The
TA, Pearce, c Madar, b Minu 50. the one with the best record. The Unless there is a description of the United States is bound to miss Budge play, there would be nothing to or how many to make his runs, and Mako in the doubles, but Mako show that he has taken 150 minutes fours he has made. I was, therefore, may be able to end another partner who can carry on with him. I hear particularly interested to read in an he's planning now to play with Juck
Australian newspaper the scores of between the last a recent match Australian Test team to England and a team drawn from the Rest of Aus- the scores how tralia. This was
Going To Europo
The Scots enjoyed an advantage in į ball whilst his touch-kicking was sure Tidball of Seattle."
and of good length. the first half when Rose kicked a
Teams penalty goal within the first quarter. of an hour. This lead was soon in- creased by another three points when Lt. Gibson went over for an converted try. This score of six points to nil in favour of the Royal Scots stood until just after the Interval when Taylor gained possess ion well in his own half and weaved his way through the Army defence to score a good try. Wall converted. Police worked hard for further points without success,
100
13
Gibson, Laughlin; Doe,DIGGS, whos, initial invasion of were printed: Garry, un-Nealn; Ross, Sutherland, Lane, the East three years ago brought
REST OF AUSTRALIA-First Innings. Dourie, McKenzie, Dunsmore, Coombe him 4th place in the national rank
Runs Min. Four ings at the age of 10, plans to skip next. jbw. b Fleetwood and Grover.
Police Wall; McKenzie, Morrison, most of the winter meets this season! Smith
conserve hig energy Taylor, Jackson; Wilson, Lunscombe; and
for, run out
Gregory, lbw, b Fleetwood Wheeler, Cullinan, Rose, Hemaley, strenuous summer. "I've been
want- Smith Ing to go to Europe for two years, Parnes not out Riddell, Oakley, Searle and Jenner,
so I'm going over next year for my Ledward, ibw, b O'Reilly first try at the French and Wimble-Bromley, not out
Gibson was the pick of the Royal Scula' backs whilst Doc was promin- ent with some Individual runs. Ro3, Sutherland and Lane set good ex- amples and were generally thick of forward mauls,
POOR KNOWLEDGE
In the
In the Pollce pack, Oakley thone
Wimbledon Faced With A Crisis
in the loose; especially good was bie backing up. Searle, the other wing forward,
poor played hard. A knowledge of the rules of the game amongst the Police forwards resulted In many penalties being givennis, faces a crisis.
against them which frequently lost them hard-earned ground.
don tilles,
he said, adding that be
Extras (b, B, i.b. 2, n.b.
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would also take in several eastern Total for four wickets 181 175 tournaments and, of course, the Fall of wickets; 35, 43, 70, 112. national singies competition. Asked
If pro tennis might eventually claim
McCormick
him, Riggs cold: "I haven't any Ideas about pro tennis at all. All I'm Walte Interested in right now is keeping in O'Reilly trim to do my best in helping this Fleetwood Bmith country onto the Davis Cup."
Wimbledon, famous home of ten-Limitless Tests
NOWLING
ONUN
MHODŽ
McCormick bowled one no-ball and O'Relily one wide,
Don't you think you could learn
Now that Donald Budge has turn-THE Australian Cricket Board of much more in this way!
ed professional there is not a single
Control has decided that it would player of international repute left to be against the interests of Australian cricket to abandon the limitless Tests attract the crowds.
Fred Perry, Ellsworth Vines and in Australia. The Board, however, welcomed the suggestion from Eng-
The whole pack played well together and their weight told agains: the lighter Royal Scots's eight, despite the fact that for a considerable B Tilden have all joined the pro-land that Tests there be of five days perled they were packing seven for ferlonal ranks. warda owing to Riddell having to It is uncertain whether Dorothy duration, providing this would not retire. Cullinan hooked well al-Round will appear at Wimbledon upset the present rule that the final match is to be played to a finish in though the ball was slow in cuming now that she is a mother.
The only other "names" among the certain circumstances.
out.
Larcombe, at acum-half, put in a women are Margot Lumb, Rodem Asked To Report good afternoon's work behind the Thomas, Mary Hardwick and Gem forceful Polica pack. Wilson, despite Hoahing.
ON Bradman, the Test team cap-
American Tennis. Players In India
Calculta, 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. Sawb- ney (India) 8/2, 6/8, 6/3, Ghaus Mahomed (India) beat O. Anderson
Out of a gross turnover of nearly tain, is to be asked to submit a (America) '0/3, 3/6, 0/3. £50,000 a year, Wimbledon makes
an average profit of £14,000, but report to the Board on the Australian
his bad knee, played a resourceful" game and opened out play success- fully. Morrison and Taylor, the two
In Men's Doubles Y, Bavoor and inaldes, had thrust and kept the Army will they manage this figure next team's recent tour in England, part-8. C. Benty (India) beat C. Harrls
cularly with regard to playing con attack in check. Taylor's kicking year? was an outstanding feature of the That is what Sir Louis Gregg and dillons. He has been invited to al- and W. O. Robertson (America) 8/6, game. The Police wing-men were the rest of the Lawn Tennis Asso- tend the next meeting of the Board,
This unprecedented decision by the In the second International match sadly neglected but played pluckily clation chiefs are wondering. In defence,
That is why the fixed rule of Board is in consequence of several between India and America, Owen Wall the well-known Police foot- amateuriam for Wimbledon may be Australian players complaining that Anderson beat 8, L. R. Sawhney 1/5,
the^lust "tour -or- England was too|0/2, 0/17 baller, was safe in his fielding of the relaxed.
.10/0.
Britain's Poor Year In International Sport
Interport Hockey On Chinose New Year Day
Mr. R. Henderson," Hon. Secretary of the Hongkong Hockey Association, has re- coived confirmation from Ma- cao that the Interport match will be played at Macao on Chinese
Now Year Day. 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.
TENNIS PLAYERS RETURN
Enthusiastic Over Treatment Received
A. E. P. Guest and Szeto Blek, two members of the Hongkong L.T.A. team which participated in the Far East tennis clnmplonships at Salgan, returned to the Colony yesterday afternoon by the s.s. Helikan.
time.
George Choa, the third member of the team, stayed behind to see through the championships.
Foreign Challenges Too Strong To Resist
(By' . L. 'Percy. United Press Staff Correspondent)
:
London, Dec. 30. Britain had a bad year in international sport in 1938.
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.
And the stars and stripes of the United States was the flag most often run up.
the 1037/38 season. Australia in Australia scored 242 and 107 for 5, and England 223 and 123, collapsing in the second innings on ʼn bad wie- ket.
Biggest sporting disaster of the year for the British was the loss of
With nothing depending on it, the the mythiel "Ashes", in the series [arth and final match at Kennington of five test cricket matches against Oval, London, was Nasco. Under | Australia,
the rules, the last match is played
And biggest success was winning to a finish, however long it takes, as England, balting steadily the Walker Cup, trophy for the bind
through Saturday, Monday and annuni amateur golf match between Britain and the United States, for Tuesday, put up the all-tine record the first time since its inception in score of 003 for 7 wickets declared, it was soon dubbed "The Marathon 1est."
1922.
Most complete defeat was in lawn Tiennis. Belfain falled to obtain a
no title in the year. She,
of course, stood no chance in the Davis Cup competition, and the Wightman Cup was once again won by the United States women, whille the United States clean swept all ve titles in the All-England cham- ptonships at Wimbledon.
ON THE TURF
Australia replied with 201 and 123, playing with little heart against such a formidable task, and lost by an innings and 579 runs.
Walker CUP GOLF
Britain won the Walker Cup golf match by 7 games to 4, with one halved, but the United States level- led things up by winning the British Championship. Open Amnicur Youthful Charles Yates of Atlanta, The two big popular races of the Georgia, did the trick, beating the
Irish
Cecil international the Grand National Steeple-burly They were supposed to leave Saigon year, on January 16, but the Helikon archuse and the Derby Stakes, were Ewing, by 3 and 2 in the 36-botes
shend of won rived there four days
United States and final. by the chedule, and they perforce had to France, respectively, Mrs. Marion Actually, the United States scored take this boat or wait another nine Scoll's tiny Americun-bred Battle- the first point, for the championship days in Saigon. They decided not ship won the chasing blue-riband. was played at Troon, Scotland. In to stay and called four days ahead of and the French-bred Bois Roussel the week beginning May 28, while
won the Derby.
the Walker Cup match was played at St. Andrews, June 3 and 4 Successen by foreign horses, prin-
Yules was on outsider for the cipally French, in other important Championship, but the favourites Johnny Goodman, and hitherto convinced that the English Guest, who was the only member horse was practically supreme on its
Yates playing steady golf in the of the Hongkong team who had not own tracks
carly rounds, had a more or leas been eliminated from the champion-
comfortable ride in the final. ship when the last report of the
out-stripped oll ather
The Americans were favourites at to retain the graph, was put out in the first round Crowds of 20,000 to 30,000 turned by Swalt, of Star.
daily for the four-day test cup they had never lost, at St. An- matches. Gales were closed long bedrews, but for once in a way,
much time and Thus Hongkong players had no for- fore play was due to start, and British had spent ther interest in the championships ground records went by the board. thought on the selection of a team, and with the Americans Johnny after the opening round.
In fact, the series was literally a Fischer and Goodman off form, Bri M. Durand, President of the Saigon record-breaking affair,
for moro
tain swept home in the singles, on the second day. Lawn Tennis 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 ɑnal motch, fret that they could not stay behind alone, saw about nine records beaten. to attend the ball which had been arranged for January 14,
races, have astounded racing circles (Cyril 1mbled each other,
Cricket
others,
|
tournament was sent to the Tele-sports in popular interest this year; odds of about 3 to
out
what
Was else
The tests occupied the interest of everybody to the exclusion of every FINE TREATMENT
thing else. They were main story Both Guest and Blck are cathusias-la all newspapers Irrespective of happening. Even tic over the treatment which they people who didn't know one end of received at the hands of the Salguna bat from the other wanted to know officials. The facilities were very Rood indeed, according to the players. how many runs Don Bradman had They were put up at the Majestle Hotel, one of the finest hotels Saigon, and a car was placed at their disposal. Both players enjoyed them- selves thoroughly.
A report of the matches will
In the Telegraph published
morrow.
in
scored.
TEST RESULTS
aud
the
BRITISH OPEN The other two major British tour-
the British Open Cham naments, plonship, had no Americans entered, although there was a fair sprinkling of French and colonial players in It is many years since there has not been an American in the British and this year's tourney at Sandwich, Kent, lost practically all open.
its interest in consequence,
hoth.
Reginald Whitcombe, one of tho 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 856 runs for 8 wic a score of 205 for 72 holes, three bekets, declared, and Australia 411 and strokes ahead of the 1037 champion, 10-417 for 6 wickets. England might Henry Cotton.
have won that match but for the timo limit.
The second one at Lord's ground, London, saw England score 404 and
Mrs. Helen Holm, 1034 champion, won the Women's Open, and later In the year headed a team which lost the Curtis Cup match in the
Australian Horse 212 for 3, declared, and Australia United States.
Drops Dead
422 and 204 for 6. Australia bad a Boxing provided one of the few chance of winning that after Eng- bright spots of the year, Peter Kane, land declored its second innings of Liverpool, beating Jacke Jurich, closed in a sporting attempt to force of California, on points, over 10 a win.
rounds, for the world's flyweight
titic.
Melbourne, Jan, 17.
at Manchester champlonship, Britain's only world North
Wind,
The third match the well-known Australian race-horse, which won the was washed out, rain preventing a Caufield Cup in 1936, dropped dead single ball being bowied. to-day as a result of a broken blood Australia won the fourth at Leeds vessel In the head. He started to by Ave wickets, and thus retained the "Ashes" which they won in
day in a race at 60-1.
-GOLF AT NIGH SPEED-New multiple-flash light devolopod at Msans- chusetia Toph makes ponible 600 exposures on a photographic plate in une second. Here, is an action picture of Bobby Jones, former grand-slam golf, champion Interval of time between plotures in 1/100 »bound and (The exposure of sick picture le 1/100,000 second.
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RESULTS OF YEAR
Some of the important results of the year are:
March 23. Battleship won the Grand National
April a. Oxford university best Cam- bridge university in the 19th annual boal race by 2 lengths in 20 mina. 30 secs.
April 27. 11. E. Morriss's Pasch wom 2000 Guineas,
April 23. Bir
Rugox Cunliffe-Owen's Rockfet wan 1000 Culhens,
April 30. Preston North End beat Hud- dersfield Town 1, zoni to all in the Foot- ball Cup final tie.
May 20. Mrs,
Helen Tolm won the British Women's Open Gaif champlon- ship.
May 98. Charles Yates, of Atlanta, Ge
won
the British Open Amateur goll championship.
Juna 1. lion, Peter Beatty's Bole Roussel Won the Derby Stakes.
June 3. Bir Jługo Cunliffe-Owen's Rockfel won the Oaks Stakes.
June 3/4. Britain won the Walker Cup
Koll match by 1 games to, with 1
halved. ........
June 10/14 First cricket test match drawn. England 650 for B declared. Australia 413 and 427 for 6.
June 20-July 2. All-England lawn ten- nis champlomhips, Donald Budge, of California, won the men's singles. Mr. Itelon Wilte
the" womens fa Moody won singles, Budge and Gene Mako won the men's doubles, Barah Fabynn and Alice Marble won the women's doubles, Bludge and Allra Marble won the mixed doubles."
June 24/28. Becond test match drawn. England 94, and. 247 for 5. declared Australia 422 and 204 for 6,
June 29-July 4. Henley royal_regatia, Diamond Sculls won by J, W. Burk, of Pelin R.C.. in ihm empord time of Antra 2. mes." Kent Bellool won the Thames Challenge Cup.
July 4/8. Reginst Whitcombe won the Brii Open golf championship with score of 200 for 72 holes.
July 8/12. "Third, test_match abandoned without play due to rain.
July 21/20, Australia won the fourth test match by flwe wickaft: Austria zu and 107 for 9. England 202 and 13.
Aug, 20/23, England won the, sith toes' mich by an innings and 679 runs. Ens Innd 903 for 7 dealkred, Australia 301 300- Bapt. 7. Jamon Hank's. Boottish. Usles: won the ft. Lager Blake..