Thursday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
June 8; 1939.
SOME GOOD MATCHES PLAYED IN BOWLS TOURNEY
KIRMAN,BURLING
IN FINE FORM: TOTAL 45 SHOTS E.G. Post & A.E. Carey Require An Extra Head
(By "Abe")
Ten more matches were decided in the first round of the Lawn Bowls Open Pairs Championship yesterday, the results being more or less as ox- pected. The most convincing win of the day was scored by E. Kirman and W. J. Burling over F. X. Delgado and Dr. C. W. Lam, who were beaten by 45-6, and the closest that in which E. G. Post and A. E. Carey had to play an extra head before they eliminated their club-mates, W. Campbell and G. Perkins.
W. Groves and A. L. Eastman heads they led 20-5, before Khan and defeated 5. Hodge and C. Gowland Abbas started scoring again, by 2-20, but when the last head was alurted the former were already leading 21-17 and victory was almost cerlalo.
Kirman and Burling were for to consistent for Delgado and Lam, and scored two fives,, two fours, flye singles threes, four twos und four against their opponents'
twus
anit two singles,
two
his
Burling was playing a particularly Hood game and was deadly in drawing to the Jack.
Campbell and Perkins had a ding- dong struggle with Post and Carey. After the first Ave heads, they were leading 0-1, and though Post and Carey drew level at 6-0, they forged Into the lead once more, being 13-0 up on the 13th, At the end of the 17th, the score was 18-0 in favour of Campbell and Perkins, and with four more beads to go victory for them seemed fairly certain.
GOOD RECOVERY
But then Post and Carey staged a wonderful recovery, and in the next three heads scored one, three and five, which enabled them to pass their the reales Thus opponents' score. had turned with a vengeance, and hend to play with only one more Post and Carey were leading 10-16.
In this vital. head, Campbell and- Perkinu scored a couple, and as the cores were tied, an-extra head was played.
The light was very poor by this Lime and when Campbeli and Perkins Inid two, the game seemed as good as over as it was hardly possible to end. see the jack from the other Furthermore, Carey had only one more wood to play, but with this he Caune up nicely to take the jack into the ditch to claim two shots,
On line adjoining rink MY Adul and A. R. Dallah were playing for too well for D. M. Khan and M. I. Abbas, When Adal failed Dallahı and on many occasions came off, when Khan and Abbas were lying! two or three, Dallah would come up either to take the jack belt or for first shot. Adal gave his poriner adequate support, and they fully de- served their victory.
LED ALL THE WAY
P. McCarthy and P. Morgan led M.
Junior League cricketers of the Club de Recreio, who were in the running for the Junior championship until the last few weeks. Standing (left to right) are Mendonca, G. N. Gonano, Gonsalves, Barros, Remedios, Noronha, Scaled:—Prata. A. V. Gosano, F. II. Carvallio (Capt.). Remedios and Gonsalves-Steg Photo- grapher.
E. Purvis and M. N. Rakuen 13-2 on Baseball the 6th head, 18-3 on the 11th and 19-17 on the 17th. Then they drew
Results Of Games Played Yesterday
the
The following were results of yesterday:
matches played
E. Kirman and W. J. Burling. beat F. X. Delgado and Dr. C. W. Lam 45-6.
W. Hillyer and J. Hollidge beat J. H. Gelling and A. Brooksbank 21-15.
P. McCarthy and P. Margan beat M. E. Purvis and M. N. Rakusen 28-21.
E. C. Post and A. E. Carey beat W, Campbell and C. Perkins 2-18 after extra head. L. . Silva and J. F. V. Ribeiro beat J. McCutcheon and A. Jillott 24-16.
M. Y. Ada! and A. R. Dallah beat D. M. Khan and M. R. Abbas 22-11,
W. Grove and A. L. Eastman beat S. Hodge and C. Cowland 21-20.
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J. A. Luz and L. F. Xavier beat F. P. Anslow and R. Edwards 32-6.
GS: Ladd and 1 Pau beat Y.-H. Tang and J. N. Wong 27-18.
V. N. Atienza and A. E. H. Castro beat F. A. Cheesman and J. 5. Beach 19-14.
away once more, with four, one and four in that order to win by 28-21.
Khan and Abbas scored on five of the first seven heads and yet were down 0-5, as the result of giving After somewhat shaky start, in
head. on the fourth
the course of which they conceded away a ve Thereafter Adal and Dallah drew Ave shots in the first two heads, L. J. mway, and 'scoring on the next seven Silva and J. F. V. Ribeiro made a
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New York, June 7.
The following 'were the results of matches played in the Major Base- ball League to-day:
Japanese Youths Beat Jack Medica
American Star At Honolulu
Boy Refugees May Become Footballers
Here And There With "Abe"
Something About West Indies' Cricketers
સ
IN Tuesday the West Indies cricket. D. G. Leveson-Gower put
team now touring England com-
side against them. There strong pleted the best performance of their was nothing untoward about the present visit by defeating Middle-Progress of that match until the last sex, one of the str
strongest county morning when the English team had teams in die country, by an to go in to get 20 runs to win. Hobbs nings and 228 runs. Prior to this was dropped by Austin, two decisions match against Atiddieses at Lord's, desperately incwent against the the tourists' record for the visit had only four wickets left when the 28th Belding side, but the Englishmen had not been
Impressive, as they had won only two, drawn three and lost run was scored after an undignisted three of their eight games.
with and panicky scramble, John and pace
this victory, their record looks Francis bowled at frightfal little better; they have now beaten and as a West Indian team has. Oxford University, Essex and Mid-perhaps, never done anything better
drawn with Lancashire,
since, the score is worth reproducing! (mutchi abandoned)
and and lost 10 and Glamor-
M.C.C.
wiesex; Cambridge Worcestershire,
gan. Past experience of the visits of West Indiles cricket teams tu England has shown that the weather plays a great part in their matches. Cold weather affects them to extent which has surprised
many whereas warm weather
people,
Habba, bw, b Franels G. T. S. Stevens, a John, Francis Tyldesley, crowne, b John ......
J. W. IT. Douglas, not out
Rhodes, Dowhurst, b_Francis A. P. F. Chapman, b John
F. T. Mann, e Jolin, b Francis
P. G. H. Fender, not out Leg Bye
out the best in their cricket. Glorious Defeat The
success of some of the batsmen, particularly George Headley, bugurs well for the side, for it is in the batting department that they appear most uncertain. In all other phases | of the game, they can hold their own.
Something About Them
IN view of the part the West Indies If certain League football clubs
cricketers are likely to play in can get round the regulations, some England this summer, the following of the Basque boy refugees who are article appearing still being cared for in Britain wil!ut the Cheketer, and written by S. F. in a recent issue be "earmarked" for professional Hayes, is of interest:
careers herc.
THAT match epitomises West Indian cricket as we have come to know it since. Glorious
defent has been its portion on far too many occasions. Often they have played iinely up to a point but rarely have
to their colour. I think it could be
they shown the capacity for sustain- ed effort which is necessary through the long and often dull ebb and flow of a full season's play abroad. This is freely and rather glibly attributed more sensibly attributed to the nature of their own scatchy
cricket West Indian cricketers There is a tendency-regrettable, organisation. Some of these young Spaniards in surely to regard its success in the have no preparation for four months Honolulu, May 30.
of six-days-per-week cricket. Their refugee camps have shown a talent Test Matches as the measure of
pluy consists team's ability. The partu
of rather haphazard Jack Medica, American Olympic for football that has amazed
their touring
club cricket, in no swimming ace, to-day bowed to two
English guardians.
which West Indlung have played in
way comparable Australlon
grade cricket, for Hawaiian-born Japanese high school |
modern cricket cannot fairly be students who splashed their way to appiled for permission to "adopt and yard-stick. West Inding teams have
ase the phon
absence of an English touring victory in the finals of the 220-yard train" two Basque lads now quar-toured England in 1000 and 1908, but tean, consists of three matches, one free-style event in the last day of tered in Hampshire. the Duke Kahanamoku Swimming
they
had been ambitious efforts, out-year in Barbados, next in Trinidad, side the familiar Meet.
cycle of Inter-next in British Gulana, Months of The refugee centre in Cuericon, national cricket, and had left
practice and preparation work up Kiyoshi Nakama, 18, inished Bust South Wales, has been visited regu-lasting impression. The West Indians intense enthusiasm, but in the event with the fast time of larly by League scouts, which is not reached Test Match ranic largely as only sure of two innings, and then iwo minutes and 11 seconds, while surprising, seeing what the Dosque
El result of the 1923 tour and the he waits twelve months for another Cincinnati
Hirose, 17, thrilled Japanese specta- lads have been doing to Welsh teams.
which chastened Philadelphia
reports tors by easily pulling away from They have been stationed ln Caerleon teams brought back across Brack homered for the Phillies. Medica to take second place. for two years, and the football team Atlantic. Batteries.Reds, L. Moore, Lom-
they formed has developed into a bardi.
first-rate combination.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R.
Chicago
7
New York
Gleeson homered for the Cubs, Batteries-Cubs, Passeau, Hartnett. Pittsburgh Boston
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5 4
10 7
2
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Batteries.-Plates, Swift, Berres.
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5 4
MAY SWIM FOR U.S. By this performance, the
twe
One Southern club has definitely measured by that uncompromising instance. Their first-class season, in
The match between St. Luuls Car-youthful boys of Japanese extraction with two victories in a week. The played at night.
Their eleven concluded its season Affected By Cold
10
batsman is
English chance,
the
Selectors Handicapped
dinals and Brooklyn Dodgers will be heightened their chances to place on strat was at the expense of the New THAT important 1923 team was stenderest of dala, and there is fre-
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York Chicago
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3
key.
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TN choosing a team to tour abroad selectors are handicapped by the quently strangeness, one to another, recelved in our most patrons among the players themselves. When School, Ing English manner. Circumstances the 1023 side sailed for
England, against it. There is no cold Constantine had played in three first- leam int were
season in the West Indies, only a class games, Fernandes in only one. wet one; a chilly morning in mid-
The Jamaicans, Nunes, Holt and winter is not uncommon, but to feel Phillips, were unknown to the rest cold
at mid-day almost unknown.
will participate in the port Schools league side; the second
was over Moorland Road
Cardiff.
best schoolboy
the American Olympic swimming team that Twelfth Olympic Games at Helsing-rated the fors in 1940. 0
Petite Fujiko Kakutani, 16
years Batteries-Yankees, Gomez, Dic- old, set a new American shart-course
CLUBS AS "PARENTS" recurd for women in the 200 yard breaststroke-event-by-finishing-inThese successes have made a great three minutes and 15 seconds. impression on Welsh folit. Moorland April and May, 1923, were cold and of the party,Francis,-al-that-time. In professional to the Kensington Club, tour of Australia, while Hirose visit- and league double for the seventh they lost matches.
Nakama recently returned from a Road School recently completed cup several sweaters. They lost heart, Barbados, kad no experience de hot ed Europe as a member an time, and they went through the scu- public was not impressed and in- le did not play in the first match in
The English cricket at all, as professionals do
tournament. in the triangular American swimming team last sum-son against Welsh teams unbeaten,terest for most mer-Domel.
winning
of the season, was England, but from 14 matches and scoring 73
the second his lukewarm. Then gouls against a
August arrived and a solitary one. Yet the Spanish lads
defeated in warmer sunshine the West Indians figures were 4 for 50 and 8 for 33 ans against Sussex; 5 for 27 and 2 for 38 show their began them. No wonder League scouts are Challenor, an elegant off-side player for 34 against Middlesex."
quality against Hampshire; 3 for 80 and 0 interested, Buys Geoffrey Simpson In In the best English tradition, had
Philadelphia Detroit
Walker and York homered for the Tigers, Batteries.-Athletics, Nelson, Hayes.
JOHN HENRY LEWIS TO LOSE TITLE
Bettina Pointed Out As Chief Contender
of
Outstanding U.S. Athlete Named At Fair
Daily Mail."
the "Daily
in Arst-class games 1,550
rlins, average 51.06. Francis had bowled well. Constan-
were
Of course, it is extremely difficult been scoring brilliantly all summer:
his final figures in for League clubs to sign foreign adult footballers owing to the strin- gent tabour regulations. But the case of these boy refugees might be the averaged 15 for less than 500
runs and took 37 wickets, barely amerent.
hint of the of the boys is older than 15, 2
glory to come, but and those who have undertaken their cover-point he was wonderful. On maintenance are keen to see them the first day of August, Surrey were adopted by League clubs, who would shot out for 87 on a perfect Oval act the role of "foster parents."
wicket and badly beaten. Glamor- Washington, May 20.
The point is: Will the Govern- gan and Somerset were beaten. Nor The National Boxing Commission
ment sanction such an arrangement folk annihilated. Kent won. but announced to-day that it will order! John Henry Lewis to vacate his
reach and, the tourists were invited to play English football when they Eight-heavyweight title negro fighter ean pos3
the York World's Fair "Golden Laurel" signing age (17)? And what will the in the Scarborough Festival where a complete wreath yesterday as the outstanding Football League say about it? physical examination by three phy-athlete of the United States atclans.
unless
Honour Goes To Donald Budge
New York, May 2.
He
(The rest of the article will be continued to-morrow),
ROYAL PLATE RESULTS
London, June 7. Llandaff wan the Royal Plate to- day by four lengths from Port Royal. Snowy Owl was third, the same Uls-
Don Budge was awarded the No..and allow the lads to take jobs in people were beginning to take notice | tahce away.
year.
last
The presentation was made by
The N.B.A. also said it recognizes Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, Chair- Melio Bettina of Benson, N.Y, as a number
Henry's title.
one contender for John man of the Fair's Sports Advisory
Committee, at the formal dedication, of the Academy of Sports. Betina is recognized as the world A nation-wide poll of sports champion in New York State which writers and
ruled that Lewis relinquished his the winner, ficlul declared Budge
title
by virtue of
of his victories
when he fought Joa Louls, in the four major tennis tournaments world heavyweight champion.
-the
American, Wimbledon, French The
Lewis is suffering from bad eye- and Aust orbianpionships.
"sight, having twice failed to pass boxing commissions physical exami-order by by
was trailed in Vander Meer,
Big Sports Stadium For Montreal
nullons in recent months. He recent- double no hit game pitcher of the May Be Completed In
ly returned from England where he Cincinnati Reds; Davey O'Brien, the had to cancel his bout with Len Texas Christian University football Harvey because of his eye defects. star: Glenn Cunningham, the track -United Press.
star; Henry Armstrong. who won the the world's featherweight, light- weight and welterweight boxing good recovery in their match against titles; Joe Louls, heavyweight cham-
Time For British Empire Games
Montreal, May 25.
A huge sports centre, with accom-
3. McCutcheon and A. Jillott on the plan; Joe McCarthy, menager of the modation for 100,000 people in its Hongkong F.C. green and eventually World's Champion New York Yan- various sections, is now under con- won by 24-10. At the end of the kees: Jimmy Foxx, voted the most struction here, and it is hoped that Seventh, they were 11-5 in the lend valuable player in the American it will be completed in time for the and from that stage they were never League, and Sammy Snead, the 1942 British Empire Games, which
in trouble.
Scoring two fives, one on the 11th and the other at the 20th, J. A. Luz
golfer.
have been állotted to Canada.
In addition to the main amphi theatre, the plans include a base- ball stadium seating 32,000; lawn
and L. F. Xavier defeated F. P. An- Couvert Favourite tennis courts with accommodation
slow and R. Edwards by 32-0. The losers scored on only Ave heads, their highest tally, being a. 1W9. maj
TO-DAY'S GAME
In Hunt Up
London, June 7. Only une nutch will be decided to- Couvert is the favourite for the the latest
for 10,000; a swimming and diving pool for 11,000 spectators; an open- air theatre for 3,000 and a gymna- atum, bowling green and rugby and Incrossa pitches.
· Montreal celebrates its tercenten- ary in 1942, and officials in chargo arrangements
CALDBECK MACGREGOR & Co., Ltd. day in the Pairs Championship. Royal Hunt Cup. In
N. A. E. Mackay and R. E. Lee will call-over, the horse has been offered of the celebration
meet L. A. Collyer and F. Haynes on nt 10/1 and all others have been worked hard to get the Games award the Kowloon F. C. green.
offered at 100/0/Router.
to the ally-Reuter.
Seven
ran. Betting 0-4, 100-8,
100-6.—Reuter.
Leago
. Above are the three players who were chiefly responsible for the success of the Club de Recreio in the First Division Cricket during the 1938-39 SORSon The "Big Three" are left to right Dr. E. L Gosano, Dr.A: M. Rodrigues and Dr. IL L. Ozorio. Their cricket blos Romed during their undergraduate days at the Hongkong University. Staff Photographer,