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Thursday,
HONGKONG TELERGAPH
July 27, 1939.
PAIRS CHAMPIONS BEATEN IN BOWLS TOURNAMENT
SILVA, SOARES ELIMINATED BY
TWO CLUBMATES B.W.Bradbury Wins His Singles Tie With Ease
(By "Abo")
The champions of the Open Pairs (C. M. Silva and F. X. Soares) and the Open Singles (B. W. Bradbury) were seen in action yesterday in the Colony Bowls Championship. While Bradbury got through his first round match comfortably, Silva and Soares were eliminated in the third round of the Pairs by their club-mates, L. J. Silva and J. F. V. Ribeiro, who won by 21-19.
The defeat of the Pairs championa war due to their poor start. In the first cover heads, they were succeiu- they ful only on the second when scored n. two; in the other six, they conceded 12 shols. With this lead of 12-2 after the seventh head, Silva and Ribeiro were always in front,
At the 10th, the score was 10-1, but hereafter the champions staged a Food recovery, and in the next four ends they collected ten shots which, however, illi left them two behind their opponenta.
Four singles in a row placed Silva and Ribeiro 20-11 in front at the 18th, and though the championa had a single on the 19th, followed by four on the 20th, they falled to score in the last head--and thus they made their exit from the competition.
SUva and Ribeiro were playing splendidly together, and their victory was in a great mensure due to the fact that Leo held his namesake very well as lead.
Ribeira, who played badly in his singles match last Monday, returned to his usual forn and was a match for the steady Soares,
TIMELY THREE
A timely three on the 20th head when they were still a shot belind enabled H. A. Alves and F. V. V. Ribeira to beat J. V. Ramsay and R. Lapsiry by 10-18, There was very Little In It all the way, and the indi scores give good indication of the closeness of the struggle.
At the fifth head, the score wa 5-5; at the 10th it was 10-8 in favour of Alves and Ribeiro; at the 16th, 11; was 13-11. A three on the 17th and another three on the 19th, however, wung the advantage over to the other side and when the 20th
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Results Of Matches Played Yesterday
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The following were results of matches played in the Bowls Championships yesterday:
OPEN PAIRS (Third Round)
L. J. Silva and J. F. V. Ribeiro beat C. M. Silva and F. X. Soares* 21-19.
J. Fraser and E. C. Fincher beat W. Melrose and J. C. Chalmers 26-12.
H. A. Alves and F. V. V. Ribeiro beat J. V, Ramsay and R. Lapsley 19-18.
OPEN SINGLES (First Round)
B. W. Bradbury" beat M. F. Alarcon 21-4 on the 15th.
D. Fitches beat C. M. Alves 21-7 on the 15th.
W. S. Dall beat R. Edwards 21-6 on the 17th.
E. Kirman beat J. S. Howell 21-20 on the 20th.
C. C. Pereira beat H. E. Strange 21-14 on the 25th. S. Eccleshall received walk-over from J. R. Soares.
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played Ramsay and Lapsley were leading 17-18.
With a three on the 20th, Alves and Ribeiro regained the lead and in the Just head" the
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HOW'S YOUR FORM?-Grooming for the 1940 Olympics, to be held in Finland, aro Ruth Jump, Los Angeles College girl, at left in upper toft panel, national high diva champion, and Marjorie Gostring, right, Los Angelos High School pupil, Olympic and national springboard champion. What looks liko superb form is shown
during practice at Samarkand pool, Santa Bar bara, Cal., as Miss Jump does a half twist, uppor right, and Miss Gestring executos a back divo. Lower left. Norman Spear, Jr., 14, youngest candidate for the team, does a front one-and-a- half from a low springboard. Both the girls are outstanding candidates for the team.
RIGGS, COOKE SET Tennis Stars
A PROBLEM FOR U.S. SELECTORS
New York, July 26.
May Visit India Soon
Calcutta, July 10. There is every probability that a team of very well-known lawn tennis players will visit India in the cold weather at the invitation of the Calcutta South Club for whom the negotiations in England are being representative in the International It is fairly certain that the follow- Lawn Tennis Association. ing trip will be in the team:---
G. von Cramm, the former German" finalist at Wimbledon,
A great surprise was caused to-day by the defeat of the Wim-made by Mr. J. Chinna Dural, India's men could not score more than a bledon champion, Bobby Riggs, and Elwood Cooke, Wimbledon single, which still left them a shot in finalist, who together won the men's doubles at Wimbledon, in the Leading all the way, J. Fraser and tournament-at-Seabright, New Jersey, which has been arranged to E. C. Fincher eliminated W. Melrose select the United States team for the Davis Cup competition. and J. C. Chalmers by 20-12 on the Cralgengower C.C. green.
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OPEN SINGLES B. W. Bradbury.
singles the champlon, played his Arst match in defence of his title on the Indian R. C. green yesterday, but did not re- celve much opposition from M. F. Alarcon, a Third Division player from the Club de Recreio. The match, however, wag not sided as the final score of 21-4 suggesis; for
dlu Alarcon
not have any luck with his heavy woods. Perhaps he was a little over-fond of this shot and several occasions when he might have drawn he preferred to play a pound on. This was un- avalling inasmuch as Bradbury more he won his first round match often than not was lying more than one shot, and even if one was taken
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Bobby Locke Picking On The Champions
Bobby Riggs was beaten 7-5, 0-4 by Frank Guernsey, a youth from Florida, who had never been heard of so far.
Cooke wsa defeated equally casily by the 17-year-old Jock Kramer, 0-3, 0-4.
The defeat of the two Wimbledon champlons makes the formation of the Davis Cup, term even more dif- Since the time of Donald Budge, It has been felt that the United States players, though good quite often, have always fucked reliability. This criti- clsm is now confirmed by the case of the two Wimbledon, champions, who were beaten to-day by unknown youths in the first tournament for which they have entered since their return from England.-Tranz-Occant.
London, July 26. The South African golfer, Bobby Locke, who recently de-ncult. feated Reginald Whitcombe. the British Open champion of 1938, was five up on Richard Burton. the 1939 British Open champion, at the end of 36 holes to-day in their £250 a-side 72-holes challenge match on the Mere Course, Cheshire.
The remaining 36 holes will be played to-morrow-Reuter,
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out he was still left with the lie. Of the 15 heads played, Alarcon successful in only two, a three on the fourth and a single on the seventh, Bradbury claimed two threes and four twos.
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AB JENKINS BURNT AFTER SPLENDID FEATS
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Bonneville Salt Flats, July 28. On the salt flats here to-day Ab Jenkins, the famous American racing On the same green, D. Fitches motorist, was seriously burnt in the eliminated C, M. Álves by 21-7 on the right arm and leg when his 15th head. The heavy green did not caught Are after breaking four of his worldt recorda-the 500 sult the older man but was no hand-own cap to Fitches, whose heavy woods kilometres, 500 miles, 1,000 kilometres changed the lie on many occasions. end three hours respectively with 171.31 Starting off with a three and a four, 177.11 kilometres an hour, Fitches was always in front and was miles an hour, 172.3 kilometres on hour and 171.41 miles on hour.- never in danger of losing.
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A GOOD RECOVERY
C. C. Pereira, of the Club de Recreio, made a good recovery in his Crafgengower C. C, green, and won
by 21-0. match. against H. E. Strange on the
But there was a close match in ön Police green, and after being down adjoining rink between 7. 8. Howell in the early stages of the match, and E. Kiman, the latter winning by scored on the last six heads to win 21-20 after the scores had been dead- by 21-14 on the 25th,
locked at 20-20 on the 19th head. K
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Strange led B-0 after the first four Howell had the advantage at the heads, and was ahend by 11-3 after start, Kieman made light of it in the the 12th. At the 18th, the score was middle stages of the game, and with a level at 12-12, and with a two on the "possible" on the 11th head, had not 19th Strange regained his lead. From only wiped off the deficit but was atage onwards, however, he actually in the lead by 13-0. With never scored again, while
his Kirman leading 17-11 on the 15th, opponent ran away with a single, Howell obtained his revenge on the two, single, two, single and two to 16th by taking a four, but on the very win out....
next head he dropped a three, and Kirman thus led 20-15. On the 18th: Howall obtained a three and on the (Continued on Pago 9.)
W. S. Dall had a comfortable passage against R. Edwards on the
Here
And There
With "Abe".
Canada Has Produced
Few Tennis Stars
FOR a country of her
size and one another often enough. Tho ellmate. It is rather pecuilar that other mal reason is indirectly tied the standard of lennia in Canada has up with that. It's the thing that never been raised to a higher level Murray, Watt, Wilson and Cameron then it is at present. The game is
popular there; it is played all over step aside for thts year-business." the country; und yet not a single Canadians, in practically every case. player has been produced who has take the time to tour the circuits and been a world-bester, or even one become consistent stars, Mr. Leclere who can be ranked with the top States appear in as many as 40 tour- saya. Top-ranked men in the United notchers of the world, of the Dominions, Australia has had her naments & year. A Canadian, must world-beaters and is likely to carrybe wealthy or unworried about a off the Davis Cup this year: New business enreor if he can play in Ave Zealand has produced players who or six meets a year. "So the lower have become famous all over the half of the seeded ten sometimes world; and India this year supplled consists of playerB
who are just others," the Those who
n quarter-finalist in the Wimbledon about on a par with championships. But how many little doctor goes on. people have heard of Cenadion are squeezed out. in one year insy players? Bobby Murray, Laird Wait, get more chance to play the next Rass Wilson and Doug Cameron are year or inay improve just enough to be famous in make up that little bit of difference. may names which
for Canadian Canada, but outside of the country It's not a bad sign little is known or heard about them tennis or Canada in general. Cana- although they all have represented dian players apparently are the country in the Davis Cup. Last inient on business than an tennis and game an α pretty week-end, Canada, represented by that keeps the newcomers to International tennis, sound level" This may be so, but was eliminated from the 1938 com- Canada has yet to produce a Perry, petition by Cubn by three matches a Budge or a Crowford.
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and the
services news
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bothered only to cable the result of Manchester's Bugbear
one match: "Morales (Cuba) beat
Bruce Hall (Canada) 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
in the opening singles encounter."
Constant Change
WITH rain curtailing play to such
an extent, it was evident that unless one side collapsed badly there was te hope of à decision being reached in the Second Test match at
on
IT is scarcely comprehensible that Manchester. And this turned out to in any country where tennis is be so. The match concluded played, all the ranked players of one Tuesday in a rather tame draw. The end of England's year should be shaved aside the next, position at the Yet this often happens in Canada.; second innings, which was declared One does not hear of any promising at 128 for six, was that the West player for more than a year or two. Indies had to score 160 in 70 minutes Take a look at the recent Canadian to win. England's position, there tenuis championships. In the quar fore, was very safe indeed; for on ter-finals were three Canadians, not the sodden wicket and, presumably, one of whom was amongst the ten slow outfelds, there was little chance ranked players of the country last of the tourists scoring at the rate of year. These three were Hili Pigott more than two runs a minute-as of Hamilton, Bruce Hall of Toronto they had to do if they were to go and Dr. Georges Leclerc of Montreal, out for a win-whereas there was a The first reason for the disappear; distinct possibility of the West In ance of the ranked players, of course, dlans being skittled out in the time les in the fact that all last year's loff for play. When R. S, Grant, the Davis Cup players-Bobby Murray, touring captain who did so well in Laird Watt, Ross Wilson and Doug the first innings, got out first ball to Cameron-have practically retired. Bowes, hopes must have risen high the Engilahmen's breasts that They did not compete in the 1839 in tournament. However, five of the something sensational might segur. there. And when Headley got out after 1933 top-ranked men were Those five-Den McDiarmid of making Ave, these hopes must have Oljawa, Ron Sidaways of Vancouver, risen even higher. But the West In- and Roger Durivage, Roland Longtin dies were not going out for victory; and Lewis Duff of Montreal-were they were playing out all eliminated early on. The Cana- who can blame them? dian tennis scene always has changed quickly, and if the present outlook Title Fight Film on the game is kept, it always will. The Explanation
timo. And
IN the past we in Hongkong have
Davis Cup player, three times losing Leclerc, who has played in the to custon, the recent title fight be-
were
been fortunate enough to sce many tillo flights on the screen, and ISTEN to the explanation of Dr. it is to be hoped that in accordance- (Two- F. Puncec, of Yugoslavia, who Canadian championships since 1929: tween Joe Louis and Tony visited India few years ago with "In the first place, It has always Ton) Galento will also be down on happened that the first four or five the local screen. From all accounts, the Central European team.
the D: Mitic, of Yugoslavia, reckoned men in the rankings have been the this fight was one of the best in
able to which
present heavyweight one of the most formidable players rei gond men who
take in most of the country's big champion of the world has figured in Europe.
Their right tournaments.
to be since he won the title from James Strong efforts are being made lo induce Klio Sin-kic, the Chinese ranked at the top, particularly in re-Braddock, and the film is bound to cent years, Isn't disputed anywhere,prove populor with all the boxing Davis Cup player, who has in the
Right after, them, though, camo enthusiasts In Hongkong. I know past two seasons beaten practically
players whose comparative ability for a fact that the Bght, was filmed: every leading player in Europe, but can't always be proved in the tourna- Universal Pictures Inc. released it in at the moment he is on the doubtful
don't Some of them
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enough and all of them don't meet will see it here soon. Sin-kle that a visit to India at pre- sent would be very much appreciated In view of the keen sympathy that is being felt throughout India for his country in this time of her troubles,
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