Thursday,
HONGKONG TELERCAPH
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 "Abc")
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-matos, L. J. Silva and J. F. V. Ribeiro, who won by 21-19.
The defeat of tho Pairs champions. was due to their poor start. In the first seven heads, they were succe's ful only on the second when they scored a two; in the other six, they conceded 12 shots. With this lead of 12-2 after the seventh head, Silve and Ribeiro were always in front.
At the 10th, the score was 10-4. but hereafter the champlona staged a Rood recovery, and in the next four ends they collected ten shots which, however, sill left them two behind their opponents,
Four singles in a row placed Silva and Ribeiro 29-14 in front at the 18th, and though the champions had a single on the 19th, followed by a four on the 20th, they failed to score in the last head--and thus they made their oxit from the competition.
Silva and Albeiro were playing splendidly together, and their victory was in a great measure due to the fact that Leo held his namesake very well as lead.
Ribeiro, who played badly in his singles match last Monday, returned to his usual form and was a match for the steady Soares.
TIMELY THREE ·
A timely three on the 20th hood when they were still a shot belind enabled II. A. Alves and F. V. V. Ribeiro to beat J. V. Rainsay and R. Lapsley by 19-18. There was very little in it all the way, and the final scores give a good indication of the closeness of the struggle.
At the Afth head, the, score was 5-5; at the 30th it was 10-3 in favour of Alves and Ribeiro; at the 15th, 1 was 13-11. A three on the 17th and another three on the 19th, however, swung the advantage over to 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.
was played Ramsay and Lapsley
leading 17-14.
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HOW'S YOUR FORM?--Grooming for the 1940 Olympics, torba held in Finland, are Ruth Jump, Los Angeles Collogo girl, at loft in upper left panal, national high dive champion, and Marjorie Gestring, right, Los Angeles High School pupil, Olympic and national springboard champion. What looks liko superb form is shown
RIGGS, COOKE
A PROBLEM
U.S.
during practico at Samarkand pool, Santa Bar- bara, Cal., as Miss Jump does a half twist, upper right, and Miss Gostring executos a back divo. Lower left, Norman Spaar, Jr., 14, youngast candidate for the team, does a front one-and-a- half from a low springboard. Both the girls are outstanding candidatos for the foam.
SET
FOR
SELECTORS
New York, July 26.
Tennis Stars
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" made by Mr. J. Chinna Dural, Indin'a representative In the International Lawn Tennis Association,
With a three on the 20th, Alves and Ribeiro regained the lead and in the last head the
A great surprise was caused to-day by the defeat of the Wim- 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-Jersoy,-which has been-arranged to--ing trio will be in the team 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 Craigengower C.C. green.
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OPEN SINGLES
Bobby Locke Picking On The Champions
B. W. Bradbury, the singles champion, pityed his first match in defence of his title on the Indian R. C. green yesterday, but did not re- ceive much opposition from M. F. Alarcon, a Third Division player from the Club de Recrcio. The
London, July 26. match, however, was not as one-
The South African golfer, sided as the final score of 21-4
for suggests;
Alarcon
Bobby Locke, who recently de- did not have any luck with heavy woods. feated Reginald Whitcombe, Perhaps he was a little over-fond of the British Open champion of this, shot and several occasions when
1938. was five:up on Richard Tie might have drawn he preferred to play a pound on.
Burton, This was un- availing inasmuch as Bradbury more he won his Arsi round match often than not was lying more than
with ease.
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B. W. Bradbury
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The remaining 36 holes will be played to-morrow.—Reuter,
out he was still left with the lie. Of the 15 heads played, Alarcon Was successful in only two, a three on the fourth and a single on the seventh. [Bradbury claimed two threes and
four 'twos.
Bobby Riggs was beaten 7-5, 6-4 by Frank Guernsey, a youth from Florida, who had never been heard of so far.
Cooke wsa defeated equally easily by the 17-year-old Jack Kramer, 0-3, 0-4.
The defeat of the two Wimbledon champions makes the formation of the Davis Cup team even more dif- flcult.
Since the time of Donald Budge, It has been felt that the United States players, though good quite often, have always lacked reliability. This criil- cism is now confrmed by the case of the two. Wimbledon champions, who youths in the first tournament for were beaten to-day by unknown which they have entered since their retum from England.-Trans-Ocean.
AB JENKINS BURNT AFTER SPLENDID FEATS
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Bonneville Salt Flats, July 26. On the salt flats here to-day Ab. Jenkins, the famous American racing: On the same green, D. Fitches motorist, was seriously bumi in the eliminated C. M. Alves by zi-7 on the right arm and leg when his 15th head. The heavy green did not cought fire aflor breaking four of his sult the older man but was no handi own world records-the 100 cap to Filches, whose heavy woods kilometres, 500 miles, 1,000 kilometres. changed the lle on many occasions, three hours respectively with Starting off with a three and a four, 177.11 kilometres an hour, 171.31 Fliches was always in front and was miles an hour, 172.5 kilometres an never in danger of losing.
hour and 171.41 miles an hour. Reuter.
A GOOD RECOVERY
C. C. Pereira, of the Club de
Recreio, made a good recovery in his Craigengower C. C. green, and won match against H. E. Strango on the by 21-0.
Police green, and after being down
But there was a close match in an
in the early stages of the match, adjoining rink between J. S. Howell scored on the last six heads to win 21-20 after the scores had been dead- and E. Kirman, the latter whening by by 21-14 on the 25th,
locked at 20-20 on the 19th head. · 12 Strange led 6-0 after the first four Howell had the advantage of the heads, and was ahead by 11-5 after start, Kirman 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 boad, had not 19th Strange regained his lead. From only wiped off the defelt 'but was this stage onwards, however, he actually in the lead by 13-0. With never scored again
while his Kirman leading 17-11 on the 18th, opponent rou away with a single, Howell obtained his revenge on the two, singlo, two, single and two to 16th by taking a four, but on the very win out.
next head he dropped a three, and Kirmail thus led 20-18. On the 18th Howell obtained a three and on the (Continued on Page 9.)
W. S. Doll had 'a comfortable passago against R. Edwards on the
Here
And There
With "Abe"
Canada Has
Has Produced
1
Few Tennis Stars
FOR a country of her size and one another often, enough.
The
climate, It is rather peculiar that other mula reason la indireotly tied the standard of tennis in Canada hing up with that. It's the thing that never been raised to a higher level Murray, Watt, Wilson and Cameron than it is at present. The game is
popular there: It Is. played all over step askle for this year-business." the country; and yet not a single Canadians, in practically every case, pinyer has been produced who has take the time to tour the circuits and been a world-benier, or even one become consistent stars, Mr. Leclere who can be ranked with the top-lys. Top-ranked men in the United notchers of the world. Of the Sties appear in as many as 40 tour- Dominions, Australia has had her paments a year. A Canadian musi world-beaters and. Is kely to carry be wealthy or unworried about a off the Davis Cup this year: New business career if he can play in five Zealand hus produced players who or six nects a year. "So the lower have became famous alt over the half of the seeded ten sometimes world; and India this year supplied consists of players who are just a quarter-Onalist in the Wimbledon about on a par with others,” the championships. Bul how many little doctor' goes on. Those who people have heard of Canadian are squeezed out in one year may players? Bobby Murray, Laird Watt, get more cliance to play the next itoss Wilson and Doug Cameron are your or insy improve Just enough to † names which may bc Canious in innke up that litle bit of difference, Canada, but outside of the country It's not a bad sign for Canadian little is known or heard about them tennis or Conqda In general.. Cano- although, they all have represented din players apparently are moro the country in the Davis Cup. Last intent on business than an tennis and week-end, Canada, represented by that keeps the game on a pretty newcomers to International tennis, sound level." This may be so, but was eliminated from the 1939 com- Canada has yet to produce a Perry, petition by Cuba by three matches a Budge or a Crawford, Ho one, and the TOWS services
bothered only to cable the result of Manchester's Bugboar
one match; "Morales (Cuba) bent] Bruce Hall (Conada) 6-1, 6-2, 0-2
in the opening singles encounter."
Constant Change
WITH rain curtailing play to sucti
an extent, it was evident that unless one side collapsed badly there was to hope of á decision being reached in the Second Test match at 12 ss scarcely comprehensible that Manchester, And this turned out to In any country where tennis labe so. The match concluded on played, all the ranked players of one Tuesday in a rather tame draw. The end of England's year should be shoved oside the next. position at the Yet this often happens Canada, recond innings, which was declared that the West One does not hear of any promising at 128 for six, was player for more than a year or two. Indies had to: score 100 in 70 minutes Take a look at the recent Canadian to win. England's position, there- tennis championships. In the quar-fore, was very ente indeed; for on tor-finals were three Canadians, not the sodden wicket and, presumably, one of whom was amongst the ten slow outfields, there was lttlo chance ranked players of the country last of the tourists scoring at the rate of a minule-a3 year. These three ware Hill Pigott more than two runs of Hamilton, Bruce Hall of Toronto they had to do if they were to go and Dr. Georges Leclere 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, dions being skittled out in the time lies in the fact that all last year's left 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 bail to Cameron-have practically retired. Bowos, hopes must have rleen high that They did not compete in the 1939 in the Englishmen's breasts tournament. However, ave of the something sensational might occur. 1939 top-ranked men were there. And when Headley got out after Those Ave-Den McDiarmid of making Ave, these hopes must have Ottawa, Ron Sidnways of Vancouver. risen even higher. But the West In- and Roger Durivage, Roland Longtindles were not going out for victory; and Lewis Duff of Montreal-were they were playing out time. And 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
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IL fafely certain that the follow- The Explanation
G. von Cramm, the former German Davis Cup player, three times losing finalist at Wimbledon.
F. Punces, of Yugoslavia, who visited India a few years ago with the Central European team.
D. Mitle, of Yugoslavia, reckoned one of the most formidable players in Europe.
. Strong efforts are being made to induce Kho Sin-kic, the Chinese Davis Cup player, who has in the past two seasons beaten practically every leading player in Europe, but at the moment he is on the doubtful list. It has been pointed out to Kho Sin-kic 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,
Bill Bowen
he took seven wickets for 45 rung in the Second Test,
TN the past we in Hongkong have been fortunate enough" to ̋see many Utle fights on the screen, pod ISTEN to the explanation of Dr. it is to be hoped that in accordance Leclere, who has played in the with custom, the recent title fight be- Canadian championships since 1929: tween Joe Louls and Tony (Two- "In the Arst place, it has always Ton) Galento will also be shown on happened that the first four or five the local screen. From all accounts, men in the rankings have been the this fight was, one of the best in real good men who
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