Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
AUSPICIOUS YEAR FOR
INTERNATIONAL LAWN
TENNIS IN
1939
Davis Cup Said Likely To Remain In America Despite Loss Of Budge
By A. Wallis-Myers
London.
Provided there is "peace in our time," international lawn tennis, which according to the late Lord Balfour helps to promote peace, will have another auspicious year in 1939.
The dates for the big events have now all been fixed, The Wimbledon fortnight will begin on June 26-six days later than 1938, but still, as usual, on the third Monday in June. The French championships start in Paris on June 8, the German championships in Hamburg on July 14, and the American at Forest Hills on September 7.
covered
The Davis Cup, which is the inter- tical. The Germon team is already! courts. It nailor team championship, begins practising on its first round in curly May in will probably include Henner Hen- Europe, and ends its last round at cel, R. Menzel and G. von Metaxa. Philadelphin on September 4.
on
The challenge round was decided last September on the courts of the Germantown Cricket Club, sauelt- fed by memuries of famous combats, which but the rain-fed turf
hit "W. G." and "Ranjl" used to their boundarles have bred rather too much clover to make ideal lawn The US, Davis Cup tennis courts. committee. I understand, have their cye on another Philadelphia venue- that the Philadelphia Cricket
of Club.
year.
Yet
Menzel has been absorbed with Sudetenland, Melaxa with Austria, but bolh, and especially the first have associations with Germany which are not only linguistic. The leading Jugoslav pinyers have touring in South America and are to compete tu Jamnica with in February. In British players style and training the Jugoslavs are better suited to mineral courts than to turf, but they have been steadily their zest for the advancing and
Goodwin Quite Pleased With Side's Total
January 24, 1939,
Third Cricket Test Won By M.C.C. By Innings
Judging by the smile on his face, Frank Goodwin, the Kowloon C.C. captain. was quite pleased with bis side's scare in the Cricket League match against the Craigengower C.C. on Saturday. E. Zimmern, the CC.C. akipper, is between Goodwin and N. D. Lloyd. The players are shown here walking in after Goodwin had declared the K.C.C. innings.-Photo by Joßer,
F.A. AND SCOTTISH
CUP DRAWS
Newcastle
London, Jan. 23. game is real. game is
The following is the draw of the France still lacks successors to Fifth Round of the F.A. Cup, to be
In Petra played on February 11: "The Four Musqueteers."
v. Preston N. E. and Destremau they found a doubles Cardiff or team this year capable of winning the national championship against Portsmouth the challenge of Budge and Mako, and it is likely that Yvon Petra, Wolves after his visit home to Indo-China, Sunderland will redcern his high promise.
Chcisca
Christian Boussus is still ranked in the first three, I. Bolelll is not far behind, R. Abdesselain is ad- vancing and Borotra is still a cham-Sheffield U. plon on covered courts,
ITALIANS TO CHALLENGE
Birmingham
or
V.
West Itam Tottenham
V.
Liverpool
v.
Blackburn R.
or
C.
or
or
PLENTIFUL RESERVES America has lout Its champion and Ila mainstay, Donald Budge, but its reserves, with California as u fruit- ful foreing ground, are plentiful Only a rash prophet would predict a
v. Wednesday movement of the Davis Cup next
Chester v. Notts Muddersåld Australk, of course, came within But for
Walsall hafling distance fast year.
T. Millwall Quist's defeat by young Robert
Grimsby Rips, for which the state of the
v. Everton court was partly responsible, they
SCOTTISH CUP have lifted the cup. might
London, Jan. 23. aly "under the Budge was obviously
The following is the draw in the The Italians will challenge again. and if weather at Philadelphin, Bromwich had beaten him, as be The new Mussolint Stadium is one second round of the Scottish Cup, to nearly did, and the cup been won, of the stateliest on the Continent, be played on February 4:
V. Motherwell caprice would have played its part and all the clubs have Increased Dundee U.
de Stefani, Edinburgh or America may not have a ready- their membership. G.
Stranraer made Budre to replace the cham- having sought a cure for his injur pion, but it has playem who will ed leg in London, is likely to play Queen O'th. make very useful deputies. Among again. Paroni, Romanent and Cann- them are Riggs, Jack Tidball (who pele have all improved. Palmleri, I han never yet lost to Riggs) and hear, has now resumed his profes, Blairgowrie G. G. Mako, the only man to take sionat career.
Austria has lost. Its separate Aberdeen set from Budze in the American
more Third Lanark championship,
identity and Czechoslovakin
Bitt Even Greater players than either than one of its leading players.
Falkirk
of these three-greater on the big the remaining Czechs have both Dundee
Hearts the former occasions that is-are
faith and courage, and the country Davis Cup player, S. D. Wood and is certain field a Davis Cup team, Rangers Frank Shields. Both are only 27 though it may not be as strong as Montrose years old the same age as Tilden the Inst. when he first won the championship at Wimbledon. If their business plans permit, one or both may con- celvably be defending the Davis Cup
V
V. St. Mirren
Babcock and Wilcox or King's Park Nithsdale
Buckle Thistle Queen's Park Cowdenbeath or
Partick
V.
V.
V. Clyde
V.
Elgin City V. Hamilton
v. Cellio
v.
Duns
v. Airdrie
v. Kilmarnock Alloa received a bye into the third round.-Reuter,
ENGLISH LEAGUE
Here And There With "Abe"
Shanghai Mistaken About Hockey Interport Series
be resumed after a lapse of
a
And 13
Runs
SOUTH AFRICAN "TAIL" UNABLE TO KEEP GOING
The Third Cricket Test of the present serios between the M.C.C. and South Africa, played at Durban, onded on the third day of play yesterday in a victory for the Englishmon by an innings and 13 runs.
The good start made by the South Africans in in their second innings was not maintained, the later batsmen failing against the M.C.C. attack, Only three wickets had been lost for 223 runs, yet the whole side was out for 353.
Dalton
Durban, Jan. 23. victim to a magnificent one-handed The sun broke through the clouds catch by Hammond in the slips off as Mitchell and Rowan
The score then stood at 306. resumed Farnes. South Africa's second innings at one He had batted altogether for 105 for 73. Early in the morning there minutes and had hit nine fours. hod been a slight driz
drizzle but it had Further disaster was in store for not materially affected the wicket the South Africans, for with the and general opinion was that it would addition of only two runs. not usist the bowlers. Hammond, was sent back. He was brilliantly lers, and when they made no im- the slips to however, brought on his spin bow-caught left-handed by Hammond in to Verity's howling. Ile pression
on the balsinen, he switch-had made anly eight. ed his attack in short spells,
Al 345, Langton was bowled by- All tactics failed to dislodge the Wilkinson after scoring 12, and one for the century run later Gordon batsmen, however, soon appeared. Mitchell then open- Edrich off Verity. ed out and, full of confidence and
reached with great drives, Agures after 150 minutes at the wic- ket. He had scored 14 fours.
Was
caught by
The
end soon came, Al 363, Wade three stepped in front of a straight one from Farnes and was given nut leg-
The partnership yielded 100, after 110 minutes, and when lunch was taken at one for 157, the pair were still together, Mitchell being 100 and Rowan 33.
A crowd of 5,000 saw the resump- tlon of play after lunch in glorious weather.
MITCHELL DISMISSED Mitchell did not stay long. After adding only three runs to his total,
Mitchell's innings had been
a
before. He had made 28.
Davies had two not out and extris totalled 10.
Scores;
M.C.C.-1st Innings, 409 for wkis, declared
+
South Africa-1st Innings, 103.
S. AFRICA 2ND INNS.
13
B. Mitchell, e Ames, b Fornce 100 P. G. Van Der Byl, b Verity...
C Amca, Hammond... E., A. Rowan,
Farnes
Extras
Total
EN 62 PARONG
he spicked a ball from Farnes and A. D., Nourse, e Ames, b Edrich 27 was held very low down by Ames K. G. Viljoen, e Hammond, b Ha wicket fell with the South
E. L. Dalton, e Hammond, wickets.
Verily "IF the present plans of the the rivalry between the two ports African score standing at 185 for two A. Melville, & Wilkinson
Association will Shanghai Hockey are realised, there will be no less two years. The women's hockey stolid and chanceiss one, occupying W. W. Wade, 1.b.w., b Fornes Un three visiting teams here to interport was inaugurated in 1935 190 minutes. He had hit 14 boun-A. D. C. Langton, b Wilkinton
N. Gordon, c Edrich, b Verity daries, participate in a quadrangular series when Shanghai sent a tedin to the In that year, the local team Cotony
Rowan, who had meanwhile been E. Q. Davies, not out during the Chinese New Year holi-
bated stendly. Joined by Nourse, days. Two old rivals will be long-won by 1-0. The following year.
the score post the is also return game was played in Shanghai The two took kong and Tientsin. There likelihood of a newcomer entering with the same result, a narrow second century mark, but nt 223, Ames oll
Fall of wickels-1 (Van Der Byl) the field of interport competition, victory for the Hongkong ladies. Rowen left, caught by namely Macno, who will be sendent The third of the series took place in Hammond. a hockey team to Shanghal for the Hongkong again, with the Shanghai
The outgoing batanan had scored for 40; 2 (Mitchell) for 185; 3 first time."
girls managing to force a 2-2 draw, 67, the result of a defensive Inock (Rawan) for 223; 4 (Nourse) for 247; Shanghai ladies have never beaten which had taken him 208 minutes. 5 (Melville) for 282: 8 (Viljoen) for 300; 7 (Dalton) for 308; 8 (Langton) longkong in an Interport contest, Not once did he send the ball to lie for 346; 9 (Cordon) for 346; 10 but they feel that they have a great
ralls. chance of doing so this Easter. "Oh, yeah!" say the Hongkong ladles. Service Teams Fall
I saw the above in the Shanghai Tics in one of last week's issues, and was considerably puzzled, as anybody else would have been ino. Hongkong may be sending a hockey team to Shanghai, later in the year, but certainly not during the Chinese New Year holidays, seeing that un Interport match has already heen arranged with Maraa on February 10. If Shanghal officials are expecting Hongkong and Macno next month, they are doomed to disappointment. Ladies' Interport
women's tear
the
353
W.
Farnen
ទ 20.2
B0 3
Edrich Wilkinson Wright Verity
7
2
10
4 103
50
10
71
3
0
11
RUGGER MATCHES
AT HOME
London, Jan. 23.
BOWLING ANALYSIS > Nourse did not stay much longer. (Wade) for 353.
M. After making 27, with the total at 247, he snicked a ball from Edrich) into the safe hands of Ames.
Viljoen and Melville stayed to- gether until the interval, which was the SERVICE teams had a bad time taken at 252 for four wickets,
over the week-end in the Lai Wah former having 23 and the latter one. Cup competition, the Army losing to
After tea the crowd had increased Hummond the Civilians by 3-1 and the Navy to 8.003.
Viljoen reached his 50 by sending going down to the Chinese by 4-1. Because hope was held out in each wilkinson to the boundary and had Denmark have a real champion Dunfermline
case of a Service victory, inasmuch been batting 78 minutes. He had hit A. Jacobsen, who recently delibernian
as the Civilians were an uncertain seven fours up to this stage. teated both Borotra and Boussus on
quantity and the Chinese were field- ing covered courts at Copenhagen.
much-weakened side, DROSPECTS of a
Newport defeated Devonport Ser- from Hongkong are brighter, climination of both teams from the London, Jan. 23. BRITISH PROSPECTS
have proved CHALLENGING TEAMS
The following were the results of according to the Shanghat Times. competition must
to nil, and Abertillery beat Cross great disappointment to their sup- Melville was bowled by Wilkinson, vices at rugger to-day by elight points British team will
evolve matches played in the Second Divi-Preparations are already under way due The prospects of challenging teams itself in
course There sion of the English League to-day:
Viljoen continued to bat ateadily Keys in an exciting game by 7-6-- to receive the Hongkong ladles, portera. Frankly, I did not expect his contribution being only ten.
the Invitation 4 Hongkong
the Army to lose to the Civilians; Accepts must be contingent
clrcum- material, past and present, for a Blackburn I. On
G Bradford (Continued on Pape 9.)
Fulham stances, some of them possibly poli-
1 Swansea
but the soldiers did not play up to until he had made 61, when he fell Reuter. from the north, the match will take
did. form and the Civilians --Reuter,
And place
Easter holidays. the over A CORRECTION
Recently, the Shanghal Ladies' therein lay the cause of the soldiers London, Jan. 23. Huckey Association held a successful defeat. In view of the fact that I The Scottish second division match tea-dance for the purpose of raining had voiced my doubt regarding the played on January 4 was between interport funds. So far, the greatest fitness of Freddie Fowler's selection Edinburgh and Dundee and not problem confronting the Shanghal as the Civilian centre-forward, it is of accom- only fair to say that he played a fine, between Edinburgh and Dundee ofticinis is the question United as previously cabled. Dundee modation for the visitors. If Hong bustling game which played a great
(Continued on Page 9.) beat Edinburgh on the latter's ground kong does send a team to Shanghai, by 4-1-Reuter,
in 1930.
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at
282.
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