Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
Júly 3, 1939,
BRITISH OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP STARTS TO-DAY
ARGENTINE AND AMERICA HEADS FOREIGN ATTACK
Nearly All British Pros Are In The Tournament
(By ...L. Percy, United Press Staff
Correspondent)
St. Andrews, Scotland, July 2.
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The United States and Argentina head the foreign attack on the 79th British opon golf cham- pionship starting horo to-morrow, July 3.
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Argentina is represented by a team of six, captained by tiny, smiling Jose Jurado. United States' entry is also six, including such re- nowned names as Gene Sarazen, Lawson Little,
Sam Snoad and Tommy Armour.
At time of writing, however, only: Lille is known starter among the; Americans. A believed that thei others will not be coming over.
Another South American entry Is Emilio Serra, un Argentine by birth, but entered from Uruguay, where he is open champion. Serra did pur- ticularly well in the recent York- shire Evening News tournament, and; is regarded as one of the "menices"
for the open.
Martin Pose, of Ituzaingo, Argen- tinn, Is the most formidable of thei Argentine squal. He came over
here with one idea only to win the British open-and his showing in the Yorkshire purnament, in which he aeached the semi-final, Indicates thai he will be a serious challenger. His. recent success in the French Open also strengthens ils claims.
AMERICAN CHALLENGE Snead-if he comes-and Little are ranked at the head of the United States' challenge. But there is u possibility of a repetition of the 1831 open at Carnoustle when Tominy Ar- mour won by one stroke from Jose Jurado,
On that occasion, It will be re- called, Jurado needed a tour and a five for the last two holes to beat Armour. He
old of the was not position, and Anished with a six and
Cotton Favourito
For Championship
- St. Andrews, July 1. Henry Colton is favourite for the British Open Golf
The Championship.
odds quoted against him are 5-1. Odds on Bobby Locke (South Africa) are 6-1, and those on Lawson Little and johnny Bulla are 8-1,-United Press,
All the Brat-cinos British profes- alonnls, with the exception of Alfred Pargan who left his entry too late. and among the 254 entries-14 loss bun kat year's open at Sandwich, Kent.
Reginald Whitcombe is defending the title he won then, but he is not purtieularly fancied for the double event
Favourite is, as usual, Henry Cot- ton. elulined here as the best golfer in the world. Then there is Bobby Locke, the South African champion, who would rank close to Cottan in a world's best ten", and, among the
a five. To this day they argue 54 amateurs, the Irish boy wonder, whether the litte Argentine should James Bruen, Only three amateurs, hove been told what he needed.
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Australia Wins By Three To Nil
Mexico City, July 2 Having won both the open. ing singles, Australia won her first round match in the North American Zone of the Davis Cup Competition against Mexico to-day by taking the doubles as well.-Keuter,
CHAMPION DEFEATS W. T. WANG
Exhibition Tennis At Chinese R.C.
(By "Abe")
WILS
Conditions were indeed very trying yesterday when the exhibi- tion tennis programme arkanged
ciation in aid of charity played on the Chinese R.C. courts at Causeway Bay. The day was hot and the blistering sun made the spectators uncomfortable enough, let alone the players.
Most interesting notch of the series, of course, was the meeting of Trui Wai-pui, the singles cham→
plon, und Wang Wen-tsing, a former champion of Shanghal, who helped South China A.A. to beat the Chinese RC. In the “A” Division of the Tennis Langue Inst week. It was a splendid nate and produced the finest singles tennis seen in Hongkong for a long time. The ralles, good though they were, would have been even better bad the conditions not been so trying; lor after the opening set, both Tsui and Wang secned tired.
Fully Extended By Nam Hwa
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W. Mactariane (left) and F. X. M. da Silva, two of the ships, watching a wood coming up in the match between the Kowloon B.G.C.
Macfarlane Saturday,
won and the Club de Recreio "A" on match by five shots, but the K.B. G.C, were beaten by seven shots on the whole matel-Staff Photographer.
SEVEN TIES PLAYED
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POTENTIAL CHAMPIONS CONCEDE EARLY LEAD BUT EVENTUALLY WIN
(By "Bluric"}
Although one of the week-end's tusslos was a one-sided affair, yesterday's gigantic struggle between the Union Brewers and South China Athletic Association had the fans at Caroline Hill on their feat for soven long innings. What should have been a push-over for Beer Baron Bonnett's organization proved a startling surprise when they barely nosed out Nam Hwa, 9–8.
Rambling Recs Outplayed By Chinese B.C.
In about the most interesting game this season, Union Brewery nosed aut the supposedly weak South Ching squad, 0-8, the winning run coming in the sixth inning after a dingdong batik.
The Beanelimen counted for a run in each of the first three frumes, wallo Num Hwn chalked up four markers in the first and another In the nuxi, and two more in the fourth, Leading 7-3 at the end of the fourth, Chinese Baseballers were a ve knot the count on
South China allowed the Browers to three hits and alarm fire on Saturday when they gave Club de Recreib the works in a bobbles, but jumped one ahind the track-mect score of 15-2.. Within their turn at Lat.
Starting hurler for the Brewers nary a bobble Uroughout the tills Madeen Arculli, who was yanked
THIRD ROUND OF OPEN Chung Ilva ed all the breaks for in the fourth for Dave Leonard, who
RINKS TOURNEY
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a. change, while the Rambling Rec pitched one and a third innings. were truly a disorganized out.
Madeen came back on the mound in have never before seen the Portuguese the sixth, but Dave must be chalked
dish up so ragged a brand of ball.
Neither side tailled in the first up as the winning pitcher.
Hank Chang, Nom Hwa's slabman, frame. Chung Hwa counted for the first marker in the next when Choy Wis not as erratic, and fanned live dumped one for Chan to cross the and only issued Ave walks. He
No Real Upsets But Some plate Recreio equalized whren "Old seemed to have plenty of reserve
Interesting Results
(By "Abe").
Several splendid matches were played yesterday in the third round of the Open Rinks Bowls Championship, and while there were no real upsets there were some interesting results.
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Marse" Henry Barros stole home, yesterday, but his fielders didn't give him the proper backing. Five belleve it or not, Robert Ripley!
Chung Hwn scored again in the runs were earned of Chang, while next when Ching sacrificed to bring the five UB errors brought in only in Wu, and Recreio knotted the score three carned Nam liwa runs.
GROUND RULES when Figuereldo tallied on Alves sacrifice. It looked like anybody's ball game at this stage.
There were a few squabbles about ground rules, and it's a wonder that they aren't understood now that CHINESE RALLY But, in the fourth canto, the we're half way through the campaign. Ramblers brought in Charlie Figue-A batted ball that rolls into the bank However, when both went all out
reido from leftfield to take over at rightfeld entitles the runner to twn bases; and a batted ball that as they frequently did, piny reached
Jands
fly the rightfeld bank on The u very high standard Indeed.
For instance, the rink skipped by Bebbington and A. Brooksbank, of the the backstop duties of Al Alvares, thrown out his arm, and players were well-matched and both U. M. Omar (W. J. Penny, A. A. Hongkong F.C., the final score being who had mode full use of the drop-shot which Rozack, A. M. Omar and U. t. 20-10. The Police four led all the rookie Jimmy Remedios came into permits the runner a three-bugger. the game. A determined rally was, It's quite as simple as that, and it of the one was the most potent weapon of at- Omur), regarded
Altogether seven matches were de- made by the Chinese of four runs on works both ways.
Leftfielder Weng, in trying for a tack yesterday, as only to be expected strongest in the competition, were
one being postponed. I three hits, a,miscue, two walks and
of the foul fly out in the cow pastures, hurt on such a day when neither was in-beaten by the Club de Recreio four cided, clined to do any unnecessary run- of C. F. Remedios, A. P. Guterres, understand that some Kowloon Dock two passed bulls. Three
were on J. J. Basto after an extra head on the players
duty and have tallies came in after there were two his right wrist, but stayed in the game, to the necompaniment of loud ning.
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away, too. CHAMPION EXTENDED Civil Service CC. grem by 23-21.
From then on, the Chinese had huzzas, while third sacker George Wu Tsul finally won but as the scores, An extra head was required to decide
everything their own way, and their was limping throughout the game 6-8, 0-1, 0-3, Indicate, he had to go the issue.
pilfering of the cushions had the from an accident that happened last all out in order to win. Wang re-
Chinese rooters gleefully on their Sunday. vealed some fine touches and a rell-
Only one double was pulled off: fect and bowling for the Ramblers' able forehand, though, his service and isin ground strokes on the backhand "appeared "a-trifle weak. But little fault could be found with his court- craft or his play at the net,
OPEN PAIRS -TOURNEY
A good recovery on the part of the Recreio players enabled them to enter the quarter-finals. At one stage of. the game, Orhor's men were lead- ing 19-7 bul they fell to pleces in the laiter stages of the game when, The local champion, I understand, helped by a five, their opponents has not had inuch singles practice | wiped off the defell. The score was since the Hongkong C.C. champion- deadlocked at 21-21 when the lust ships concluded, but he gave a typi-head was completed, and in the extra cal display yesterday, making some end Busto scored a bruce. lovely shots in the course of the three The Indian R C. rink of D. sets. He was leading 5-3- In the Khan, M. Y. Adal, A. R. Dallah and opening set, but was unable to clinch A. K. Minu, who won five bottles of
by E. Zimmern and N. P. Karanjia v. the issue and Wangt drew level at whisky in the previous round 5-5 and finally won in the fourteenth scoring an eight.and a seven, did not R. P. Phillips and G. E. F. Thomson.
W. Melrose and 3, C. Chalmers play so well yesterday on the Police
game.
scalps, if the Portuguese catchers Souza to Terry Leonard who caught fatfooted off first on backstop Ho on, hadn't their protectors buckled
Wong's short-fly, in the-sixth. they'd have been stolen too!
Wally Ching came on the slab in the fourth, replacing Earl Wong, and Several matches are down for deci held the Recrelemen scoreless and smart bingle to rightfield. Babe was son to-day in the third round of the was only nicked for two safeties with brought a pair of spikes by Raymond called Babe Open Pairs. The following is the his easy offerings.
Chong. The umpire programme: M.
Two more rallies by the Chinese "out" because, he said, there were In the sixth and seventh brought two men un one base, and that Chang them nine runs on only five hits, but assisted Chinn by touching him. No play was made on the runner at the four errora
In the sixth stanza, Babe Chinn time, as he was about to put on his substituted for Earl Wong and came shoes then, and the fielding aido This is surely one for up to the plate. minus his shoes. knew it, too. Chasing Wally Ching in with n the book!
AT CIVIL SERVICE C.C.
AT POLICE R.C.
A. Steven and J. A. R. Selby v. A. E. Coates and B. W. Bradbury.
AT HONGKONG F.C.
In the second set, Tsul's game R.C. green against the Taikoo four A. E. F. Castro and V. Allenza. tightened considerably and he won it of W. Melrose, R. Main, D. Munro with the loss of only one game. After and J. C. Chalmers, who won by
short rest, Wang started off the 20-17. third set in great style and led 3-1, I was ding-dong tight until the only to see Tsul reel off the next five closing stages Leading 8-2 after the Bues for the set.
sixth head, Chalmers led 13-7 at Wang was to have partnered H. D. the end of the 13th, but then Minu Rumjahn in a doubles match against scored a four, three and two in that the Tsul brothers, but he developed order to lead 10-13 by the end of the 14th. It was now Chalmers turp and he piled on a single, three and lour to regain the lead at 21-10, and then after conceding a single on the 20th he finished up with a Ove."
W. T. Weng gave a good account
NARROW SHAVE
W. McLeod and W. Dall v. J. C. Remedios and C. C. Pereira.
AT CLUB DE RECREIO W. V. Field and J. Gibson v. A. S. Russell and G. Cooper.
AT KOWLOON B.G.C.
J. Hoosen and A. R. Minu v. O. P. Remedios and E. de Sousa.
AT KOWLOON C.C.
H. A. Alver and F. V. V. Ribeira
A. Calman and J. C. Brown.
J. W. Leonard, K. M. Omar, A Coates and B. W. Bradbury, of the Craigengower C.C., who had a narrow escape from defeat in the previous round against Eddie Souza'a rink, only got through yesterday by the skin of their teeth against M. E. Purvis, W. J. Burling, W. R. Hillyer and M. N. Rakusen, of the Civil Ser-Tonnis vice C.C., winning by 19-18.
As a matter of fact when the last head was played they were a shot in arrears, but two give them victory by a single shat."
On the Craigengower C.C._green, J, Forrest, J. Hendridge, G. Perking and. Orem, of the Police n.C., eliminated L. Lammert, G. E. Stephens, G. Duncan and W. Gill by 23-20-after an exciting match. The scores were very evan throughout, especially in the first ten beads, at
Important Match In League
which stage the score was 7-7. By Indians To Play
the 13th, Örem was leading 14-8, bus
In the next three heads Cill had a
three, four and one to lead 10-14.
However, the Police playera regis-
South China
of himself In the exhibition tennistered a five, one and three to regain A match which may have an im-
match against Teal Wal-pul at the Chinese R.C. yesterday, but never theless was beaten by the odd set Staf Photographer.
cramp after his singles against Taul Wal-pul and this necessitated
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Baseball Rules Changes Since The Begining
(By "Bingle")
As this is baseball's centenary. | Rockford, Ill, being credited with celebrated on June 12 in the Unlied the first official steal. There was no States, 1 have a collection of interest-rule against it and the fathers did
rule ing data regarding
changes not institute one. They seemed to
Ike the idea. since 1830, collected at random.
In 1880 the catcher was first re
The 15-inch square canvas base If few of Gen. Abner Doubleday's buddies of a century ago, were to was introduced in 1877. return from the long sleep to take: part in another game of baseball, quired to catch the third strike on they would go about it in a manner the fly in order to retire the batter. much like our modern players. At least, you would recognise their activities ar a game of ball.
Baseball in fortunate in that it has undergone few basic changes over the hundred years since it was first played ut Cooperstown, NY. There have been rule changes, of course, but the fundamentals of the game. have been unaltered.
In 1830 na player receiving money for his services was allowed to play ...P. S.: the rule didn't last long.
The rule that a player was out at
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SCHMELING KNOCKSOUT HEUSER
Arzt base if the first baseman got the Wins Heavyweight
ball before he renched that slation has been in the books-unchanged- since 1848.
The nine-inning game came into
the lead at 23-10, and though Gill had portant bearing on the championship vogue in 1867 with the formation of a single and a three in the last two of the "A" Division of the Tennis the first baseball association and the ends, he was still three shots behind League will be played this afternoon compilation of the first rule book by
at the conclusion of the match.
TOUCHING BASES
Boxing Titles
Stuttgart, July 2,
A crowd of 170,000° 89ictators now Max Schmeling, the German heavy- weight boxer, innking his Brat up- pearance in the ring slaco he was badly, battered by Joe Louls a year
Scoring on 13 hende against their at Sookunpoo where the Indian R.C. Henry Chadwick. opponents' eight, another Polles R.C. will meet the South China A.A.
If the Indians win to-day and also In 1058. the base-runner was not rink, F. Channing, R. Els W. Malt get through their remaining fixtures, chango in the programme. Rumjahn and J. C.'S. Fender, got through to they will play oft with the Chinese required to touch each base. In ago, win the German and the Euro- then partnered Tsul Yun-pul against quarter-finals at the expense ofn.C., who have beaten them but have 1864, the rule insisting he touch all pean heavyweight boxing champion Tani Wat-pul and Szeto Bick.
J. S. Howell, R. P. Shaw, N. J. lost to the South China A.A. I bags was Installert.
The following were the scores of
the matches played;
ships by beating the German holder, The same year, Chadwick insituted Adolf Ileuser in the first round to- the first set of scoring rules and in night.
vicious attack Schmeling started 1803 the players began worrying about their batting averages.
and finally floored Heuser for the. It was not until 1000 that the full count after the fight had Insied V. Bouth China A. stolen base arrived-Robert Addy, of only 71 seconds-Reuter.
South Chin wind' to-day, they wil play-off with the C.R.C. if they win their remaining games, H.D. Rumjahn and Tour Yun-pul club de Recreta
Tsu! Wnt-pul boat Wang Wen-tsing Yeung Wol-bun 6-4, 6-4. 0-5, 6-1, 0-3.
Lau Fook-kl and Mrs, Chiu Chun- beat Taut Wal-pul and Szeto Blck tongkang 0.C. chlu beat Dr. Philip Tyou and Miss 16-4, 7-5.
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Indian 1.C.
V. Chinese It.C. ..University