Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
June 12, 1939,
HIGH SCORES IN SATURDAY'S LAWN BOWLS GAMES
AN EIGHT, SEVEN AND TEN SIXES IN PROGRAMME
INDIANS SURPRISED BY CLUB DE RECREIO "B"
5
(By "Abe")..
One eight-the first of the season-one soven and ton sixos wore recorded in the programme of matchos played in the Hongkong Lawn Bowls League on Saturday. Scoring was high on the whole, now marks being set up for the biggest team and rink victories.
Pinying on their own green, the Taikoo R. C. defeated the Hongkong Football Club in the Second Division by 20-42 - a inniyin of 54. Then in the First Division, J. C. Fender's
South China Soccer
Police rink overcame J. Deakin's Team Win At Saigon
Clell
Service rink by 40-7, which bettered A. B. Dalini's record for the season by four shots.
The honour of scoring the Arst possible of the season fell to the Falkoo rink of W. Melrose, W. C. Boyaird, T. F. Stainton and J. C. Chalmers, who performed the feat against J. S. Howell, E. L. Strange, J. Beach and Dr. J. A. R. Selby, of the Hongkong F. C. Each member of Chalmers' rinit deserves his bottle of whisky from Messrs. Gande, Price.
Besides this eight, a seven was re- corded by W. Groves, A. Eastman, P. Younghusband and T. Fergusson, of the Kowloon F.C., ugatust V. Glen- dinning, N. Fraser, J. R. McWalter: and J. S. Riddell, of the Police R.C., while ten sixes were scored during the afternoon.
Not for a long time, has such tall scoring occurred in the same after
toon.
INDIANS SURPRISED.
There wero some Interesting results. In the First Division, the hitherto unbeaten Indian R.C. camo ai
The South China A.A. foot- ball tourists played their first match at Saigon on Saturday when they defeated the Salgon champions by three goals to two.
The tourists were in arrears in the first half, but in the so- cond Fung King-cheung scored twice. The winning goal was scored when a Saigon defender put the ball into his own not!
F. Channing, H. Brown, W. Malr and J. Fender, however, had a day out against R. R. Davies. R. R. Wood, L. A. Collyer and J. Deakin, The play in the first few heuds gave no hint of the debacle to come, although by the end of the eighth head, Fender was leading by 7-4.
been
Then came a spell of scoring for cropper against the Club de Recreio Fender which, has seldom "D" who thanks to victories by J. J. Basto and B. Busto, won by nine equalled in League bowls. These shots. The game, like every other figures tell their own story:
one played during the day,
Was
marred to a certain extent by rain, which drove the players to shelter on several occasions and made the green very tricky.
F. X. Soares was the only home
1. 4, 3, 4, 5, 1, 7, 1, 1.
By the end of this spell, Fender was leading 30-4 and he finished the game with a 40-7 victory.
M. N. Rakusen conceded two sixes skip to bo beaten, but then he was in his match against Jock Orem,
ogainst
Inst the Indians' best rink, who won by 30-10. skipped by A. K. Minu. The gamo
the twelfth
was fairly close until
head when Soares was leading 12-8. Thereafter he could score only one
TWO MATCHES OFF
The morning rain had affected the more single, while his opponent, Craigengower C.C. green to such an helped by a five on the 13th, went on extent that both the matches fixed
to total 24, thus finishing by 11 shots to be played there had to be post-
good,
J. J. Bosto's men were playing
to
tho
poned.
salic
"very well against the rink skipped
by M. R. Abbas and it Onc
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#pell
ell of scoring they were successful
henda on seven consecutive
which lead
the gave them
of 17-2 on the tenth. Though Abbas scored on eight of the remaining 11 heads, he could do no better than singies and twos, and at the Anish was still nine shots behind. This was his rink's first defent of the season.
The match between D. Basto and A. R. Dollah would have been con- siderably closer had the Inter not conceded a five and three tours. C. F. Remedios, the former Shanghai champion, played a very consistent game as lend for Basto,.
CHAMPIONS WIN AGAIN With the Indians' defeat and their own victory' over). Kowloon Docks, the Club de Recreio "A", last year's champions, are now the only team in the First Division to have ΑΠ unbeaten record. All three rinis were successful at Kowloon Docks, the margin of victory for the whole team being 20 shots.
Once more, Carlos Silva's four did best for the Recrelo. Against R. Lapsley's rink, they won by 28-7 after loading all the way. They were leading 4-0, 6-3, 17-3, 24-6 and Anished up 20-7 to the good. HA Alves had a hard fight with R. and though he was leading three more heads to
Morris
17-12
do only on the last end gave
10-17.
Hum
by
victory FX.M. da Silva, last year's champion skip, had one good spell against H. G. Cooper. When leading 10-0, he scored on six consecutive heads, and though the highest tally was only two, he nevertheless had forged head by 18-8 by the time the sequence was broken, He wound up winning by 10-18.
CIVIL SERVANTS WEAK The Civil Service C.C., after two successiva defents," sustained a third when they were beaten on their own green by the Police R.C., who won by 10 shots, The Civil Servants, who Anished up at the bottom of the Lea- guo last season, appear to be just as weak this year. In the three mat chies which they have played to date they have lost to
Cralrengower.
.0.0.
by 35 lots;
Indian RO.... bг 40. aliola; Police B.O by 48 shots. They will have to buck a bit,
Buck up.
I am afraid, cross him
J. Holidgo and his men held their own against A., E. Carey'a för and though. 17-18: down with one more head to play, théy-succeeded in win- ning by 19-18 am the result of a tid.
ho: game was very even: right
through as; thene scores will sath:
4-4 on the fourth;: 7-8 on the g 17-13 on the 13th, 17-15 on the 18th
Jack Olber
ABOVE: Members of the West Indļes cricket team before the BBC's television cameras. Kidney,' manager of the team, is on the extreme right, and Holph Grant, the captain, is back centre, players in the ploture are L. N. Constantine, G. Headley, E. A. Martindale, G. Gomez, J. E. D. Sealey, and 3. B, Stollmeyer,
To Be Numbered
Americans Retain English Socceritos
Westchester Cup
New York, June 11. America retained the Westchester Cup to-day by beating Great Britain in the second match of the polo series at Meadow Brook by nino goals to four.
In the first match, played last Sunday, the Americans won by 11 goals to seven-Reuter.
Description Of The Match
Meadow Brook, June 11.
Twenty-thousand spectators sat under a scorching sun and a clear sky to seo America retain the Westchester Cup by beating. Great Britain by nine goals to four.
Britain played dashingly in the first half, but their hitting went to pieces in the second and they were well-beaten at the Anish,
0-1.
The scores by chukker were America 2-1, 0-0, 1-0, 1-1, 0-1, 2-0, 3-0,
Scorers for America were. Tommy Hithcock (4) Mike Phipps (3))) Winston Guest and Stewart Iglehart one cach,
Scorers for Britain were Richard Skene (2), Adrian Hoark and Eric Tyrrell-Martin one each.
The Americans rodo brilliantly in the second half. Tyrrell-Martin played splendidly at back for Britain-Reuter,
Nelson And Wood Tie HOW LOCKE
+
In Golf Play-Off
Philadelphia, Juns 11.
Byron Nelson, ending one of the most dramatic rounds in tournament golf, rolled in a six-foot downhill putt on the final green for a 68 to tie with Craig Wood in the play-off of the National Öpen Golf Championship to-day.
DEFEATED A. PADGHAM
was seldom more H
London, June 5.
Mr. W. C. Cuff was elected President of the Football As- sociation, in succession to the late Mr, C. E. Sutcliffe, at the annual meeting of the Associa- tion to-day. Mr. Cuff's mo- tion for the numbering of players during the forthcoming season was carried by 24 votes to 20.
The bottom clubs in each section of the Third Division were re-elected, these being Accrington and Hartlepools to ,the
Northern Section, and Bristol Rovers and Walsall to the Southern Section.-Reuter,
Three Ties In Tennis League
GENERALS DEFEAT
ADMIRALS IN MERCER CUP GOLF
Winners Survive A Great Counter-Attack by Losers
By Peter Lawien
London, May 17.
The Generals survived a terrific counter-attack by the Admirals, and won the Mercer Cup for the third time at Camberley Heath yesterday,
In previous matches the Admirals have been success- ful on six occasions, and one game has been drawn. Pro- phetically, but erroneously, the cup was inscribed as hav- ing been won by the Generals last year.
It
In the morning singles the Generals finished with the big lead et 17 games to 8, ono being halved. was .ns well for Inem that they did, for the Admirola re- freshed were n very much more powerful force in lie rising (wind after luncheon than they hod been before it in the rain, four four- and, winning the first somes off the reel, they spread a measure of alarm and despondency in the Army runks.
Only the valiant wogging of the Army tall saved the day. Gen. Thorpe making a telling, invaluable thrust when he holed a long-rangè putt on the 18th green.
INSPIRING LEAD
In the singles Gen. Howard gave Ute side an Inspiring lead when he beat Adini. Benson, u St. Andrews- reared golfer of considerable power. In addition to chipping and puting with delightful accuracy, and gener ally proving too economical in the short gome, he brought off some de- of these vastating recoveries. “One where, after his ball had rattled amongst the trees at the ninth and might well have gone on perpetual duty in a crow's dead, recalled those famous words, nest, he finished
"And be these juggling flends no moro believed."
France Beats Britain In Golf Match
Morfontaine, June 11,
In the sixth annual interna- tional golf match between the two countries, Franco beat Great Britain to-day by five matches to four.
This was the first French victory since the inception of the matches in 1934.-Reuter,
Bir Admi.
W. James Vice Adml. D. F.
D
Moir (& 410 4 Rear-Admi, J, St.
G. FABL Vice-Admi..
M. Horton (3 &
D
0
Rear-Adou. E. Rear-Adml. C. A.,
M. Sarel....
Manners (2
holes) Vice-Admi, Hon,
W. S. Leveson
Gower' (3 & 1) I
St. C. Cameron 0 Hopwood (
Vice-Admi
Gen. Casement won the first three holes against Adml. Powlett, was then grimly chased, but got home by Vice-Adml, Sie C. 4 and 3. Gen. Green, Army cham-vice-Admi plon at such distant and wide dates as 1911 and 1921, after announcing that he had holed a spoon shot for 2 at the first in overnight practice, was given a close game by Adml, Pridham-Wippel, who won the 12th and 13th to square the match.
Gen. Basil Hill, relieved from the Taylor................. ↑ arduous duties as president of the Rear-Adml.' B. Rugby Union, wiped out an early
greens.
1
H.
1
0
M. Austin (2 Resi-Adml, R. B.
Drake Vice-Admii. E. A
0
Gen.
Grant 13 & 2) 1 Lt. Gen. Sir D.
Gerzisan-Brookte Ov Maj. Gen. K. G. Buchanan (4 &e
1
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Kirke
Bir
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0
Lt-Gen, Sir E
B. Fawcus (34)
1)
Maj. Gen.***IL
Barstow
Gen. Sie Whigham Lt. Gen. Sir
R.
Wavell (4 & 2) 1
Gen. Bir J. Bur-
nett Stuart
Maj. Gen. B. !
Itobertson
Lt Gen. Sir B.
Fisher (3 & 1) 1
Maj. Gen. G.
Thorpe (1 hole) 1 Maj. Gen. V. H
B. Majendle (0
& 4)
1
Maj--Gen. Bi C.
Mackenzie
1
Watson
two holes deficit, pounced on a cost-
*** | Rear - Admi. ly vital error by Admiral Brooke at Arbuthnot the 10th, and won on the last Green. Pay, Rear-Admi Gen. Grunt, with three 3's and a 2 Bir A. Strickland
(halved) on his card, sank Admiral James, who failed to, navigate the fast Vice-Adml, T, N.
James Vice-Admi,
Blake, (3 & 1}
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Chinese To Play Hongkong C.C.
FIRST NAVAL VICTORY Then came the first of the naval | Vico - Admi. victories, Admiral Moir playing ex- tremely soundly-he completed the Admi. 'J. round in 78-to beat a hunting-field ment casualty in that good golfer Gen. Admi. Sir B. Sergison-Brooke. Some ir Adm
Watson spired putting carried Admiral Sir Haley
the
Deane
Deeded Mal.-Gen.
Morgan
Owen
(9 & 4) Maj.-Gen, E. D.
0% FOURSOMES
Benson and Pri-
0
Fun and Grant G Borgison-Brooke *. * and Fawcus
... 0 Buchanan and
Kirke
0 Whigham and Bure
neti Stuart (3-de-
2)
M. Horton to a 3 and 2 victory over Adml, C. Macia- Geht. Sir W. Kirke, a 2 at the 14th, chlan A. D. Locke, the South African Champion in 1936, played a 36 holes matches will be played in the nis inward half of 37 was good going in champion, and A. H. Padgham, Open
If the courts are fit for play, three where he holed right across
green, being a decisive factor.. His match May 21 on Padgham's Division of the Hongkong Tennis home course at Sundridge Park, near League today.
the horrid conditions.
ham-Wippell (5 Howard and
4). ............. 1 Green. Bromley, Locke won by two holes Chinese R.C
The propratine is as follow:
Benson, who was at the top of his Brooke and James v. Hongkong C.C. form in the afternoon, had his re- (0 & 3). up and one to play.
University
v. Indian XC,
venge when, partnered with Prid-Moir and Fraser Locke did the first 18 holes in 68 South China A.A. v. Kowloon C.C.
(4 & 3) Three players took part in the (34 each half) while Padgham was
ham-Wippell, he was on the win- torton and Sarel play-off, but the third, Densmore round in 71 (35, and. 30). The exgramme promises to
Most interesting game in the pro- ning side against Howard and (0 & 0) Shute, was climinated with a 76.
be that at Green. traordinary consistency of the driv- Causeway Bay between the Chinese
Whigham and Burnett-Stuart at Manners and Le-
yeson-Gower ... 0 Wood's second shot on to thing of both players was a feature of R.C., the champions, and the Hong- at checked the retreat when they meron and was apparently heading for the the match.
and Leveson-Gower, Hopwood (1 *& rough. It struck a spectator, Robert than two or three yards; alference kong CC. With W. H. A. Duff and beat Manners
without con-Austin Mossman, on the head and bounced in the lengths of the tee-shots at the L. Goldman playing for them this and slowly, but not on the fairway just short of the long holes and most of them reached season, the Hongkong C.C. have one siderable excitement, the
generals Darko to about 300 yards.
teams they have consolidated and launched their vic-Taylor and Wat- sirongest Podgham
on the second round, fielded for many years, and though torlous onslaught. But as the great son (3 & 2) *** took the lead for the first time at the the Chinese ought to win as they Duke remarked on another course, Power and Nelson and Wood will play of 14th, but lost the next three holes, have by far the better-balanced side, "It was a deticed close-run affair"
which Locke did in 3, 4, 4, to win an interesting match should be seen the match by two and one. Padg-nevertheless. ham played a wild tee shot to the 15th, was short all the way to the 16th, and pulled his spoon shot to the 17th, Locke played the holes perfectly.
green.
Mossman's scalp Wis saverely lacerated, but he regained conscious ness after 20 minutes.
on Monday-United Press.
Sam Snead Fails Near Finish
On the other hand Locke, suffered Philadelphia, June 10, another defent in a four-ball match Byron Nelson, Craig Wood and on May 19. with his amateur Densmore Shute to-day tled with partner, L. Outes, he played 18 holes scores of 284 for the United States against Brigadier-General A. C. Open Golf Championship title and Critchley and H. C. Longhurst at will play-off
Maura-morrow over 18 holes. Coombe Hill, Kingston, and lost on
returning A Banl the last green. score of 285 has the distinction of Locke did the first ning holes in returning the lowest score ever by an 33 and turned one up, but took 30 amateur,
excepting Bobby Jones. Home. Critchley was round in 70 Sam Snead, last year's biggest and his sido had a botter ball score money winner and favourite for the of 09 against 70-Our Own Corres- title, was afth with a score 280. He pondent.
not
took 13 strokes for the last two holes
when 10 strokes would have meant victory with a score of 283. The
collapse of Snead, who is recognised SIAMESE TENNIS
as one of the world's best tourn-
ament players, ́was" nimost Un-
believable to the tremendous gather-
ing of 10,000 spectators.
Johnny Bulla was sixth with 287. ---United PrezR.
YORKSHIRE TOURNEY
PLAYERS TO TOUR JAPAN
Bangkok. June 10.
At the instarice of Prince Addla Dibaba, the Regent of Thal (Siam), Leeds, Juno 11. two men and one woman tennis play the. 36-bola -final of the lers will lonving-Bangkok-on July 1 Yorkshire Evening Post" £750, gult aboard the liner Salgon, Maru on a tournament Dat Hees, of Hindhead, playing tour of Japan Domei, beat John Hargreaves, of Blaming
PLAYERS, SELECTED han, at the 37th atter HargrERVOS The following, will represent Clvil hart been, throp up at the 18th. Bervice in their "B" Division Lengua In the semi-final. Dal Rees beat match against the Club to-morrow. Pose of use Argentine, at the 20th and B. Agafuroff; W13: Eklaner while Hargreaves beat Lees two and and 3. A. Bandall; 8; Feck and J. war eliminated" "one-Router..
dak
of the
ADMIRALS
1
BINGLES
Hear-Adm).
GENERALS
Lt-den Bir G.
Howard (3 & 2) L Maj.-Gen. F
Casement (
Maj. - Gen. W.
Green (2 holes) i Maj.-Gen, B. Wil (1 hole)
0 The Indian appear good enough to H. G. Benson take both points from the University Vice-Admi. H. A. at Pokfulam, but the result of the Powtelt 0 match between the South China A.A. Rest-Admi. II. D..
Pridhiain-Wippeti o and the Kowloon C.C. seems very
Rear Adml. open.
D. Brooke
Hir
I
Wavell and Bars-
tow
0 Thorpa and Mac-
1
Fisher and Decals .
kenzie (1 bolo) 1-
Powlett Vien-Adml. G
Blake and James & Elliot and Admi Str. Cetwode
(2 holes). Casement and
Strickland (8 & 3):1 Halsey and Admi. Sir . Brand (7
JOHNSTOWN TAKES DERBYS bring an easy victory in the 65th runn by, at Churchill Downs, Ky., Johnstown pávies the finish line die lengths: Heather Broom. Colt un
ran the mile and
0)
Majondie and Ho- bertson (1 hole) I Peck and Wau-
chopo (3 & 2).. 1 Deana and Morgan Owen ........Ŭ Giles and Da God, W. Basch 0 Gen. Sir W. Braith- Walto and Kare o