Monday, HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
July 31, 1939.
GERMANY ELIMINATED FROM UNION BREWERS WIND UP
DAVIS CUP COMPETITION
Yugoslavs Annex Last
Two Singles To Win By Three Games To Two
Agram, July 30,
Loading by two matches to one at the end of the second day's play, Germany to-day dropped the remaining two singles in the European Zone-final- in the Davis Cup competition against Yugoslavia ́and were eliminated by three matches to two.
French Horse
Wins German Derby Event
Munich, July 30. The "Brown Ribbon of Germany," a horse race over 2,400 invires for a prize of 100,000 marks, along with the Derby, the most important inmal event in German horse racing, wos run for the sixth time on Sunday at Muenchen-Riem rnce course and was won by the French stallion, Goya, belonging to the Boussac stable.
The horse was ridden by Elliot and had a hard tussle against last year's winner, the French horse Antonym, and the Italian champion, Procle.
AB the result of their victory, the Yugoslavs will in aff probubility meet Australia in the Inter-Zone Buat for the right to play the United States In the Challenge Round,
To-day's two remaining singica were played in a heat wave before a vast crowd of fanatic) ternis entusiasts. The herces were D. Mille and F. Puncce, of Yugoslavia, who respectively defeated Goeplert and Henkel, of Germany, Guepfert, who is still a player of the younEGA"
generation and who had unexpectedly
more {ኚ-
to take the place of the pertenced Roderich Menzel, lost his quickly rst set against Mitie so that in the second set, When he opportunity 10 repentedly had the
cure, he did not recover the necess Jary: concentration.
Comrequently Alitie won easily by 6-1, 6-2, 6-3.
HENKEL SUCCUMBS
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011
Germany's hopes in the European Zono final yesterday" rested Puncee and Henkel put
Henner Henkel (above), but he was beaten by Franz Punece (Yugo- fantastic Oght in the deciding match Mavia) in straight seis in the fifth and deciding match of the series. The The best German Horse was of the aerles. The game was played Yugoslavs will now in all probability meet Australia in the Inter-Zone Oleander, son of Sonnenorden, bei murderous pace, both fighting al tonging to the Muelhens stable, who with the utmost stubbornness, put up a magnificent fun and came The Arst set lasted fourth, followed by Schlenderhaner, Octavianus, Waldfreider and Blasslus. Fifteen horses were saddled for the race, including five French, one Itungurlan and one Italian,
The race was very exciting. When the straight was reached, the horses were clustered together in n dense nas, Tacing wildly towards the Onish. Goya was full of fire till the close and won casily by half a length Trans-Ocean.
England Wins
At Bowls
London, July 17.
an
un-
England, by defending Scotland 08 shots to 84, won the International bowls championship with beaten record at Lensbury Club, Teddington. England last held the title in 1029. Final positions in the championship are!
England
Wales
W. L. F. A. Pts.
over
40
had
minutes and was really the decisive one beenuse both players put themselves under such compuls- ion to give of their utmost Unt in the next two sets their play relaxed more and more.
lenkel appeared to suffer the more of the two because he was un- accustomed to such phenomenal heat and because of the psychological effects of the fanatical attitude of the spectators. Consequently he played very weakly in the third set, so that Puncee won by scores of 10-0, 6-3, €-0.
This wis Pancee's greatest victory of his career,
The following are the full scores of the five matches:
SINGLES
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Latest Gossip From Home Soccer Fields
London, July 20.
As the Home Football season will start shortly, the following items of news will be found of great interest to followers of the game:
JAMES Anderson, the 23 year-old the Appeals Committee have reduced
Queen of the South left-back, the fine to £100.
been signed on by Brentford
has
F. Pierc (Yugoslavia) beat F.C. at a fee stated to be between Goepferl (Germany) 6-3, 6-1, 6-0, £3,000 and £4,000. He joined the Henner Henkel (Germany) beat Scottish team from Blyth Spartans, D. Mitic (Yugoslavia) 6-0, 6-1, 4-6, the North-Eastern League side. 0-4.
Mitle (Yugoslavia) beat Goepferi (Germany) 6-1, 6-2, 6-3.
F'unceo (Yuroslavia) beat Henkel
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Me perturbed at the association
[ANY ofleinl trade union leaders
of the union movement with the new company formed to run football pools-Maiust Pools Ltd. of Jermyn Street, W. Opposition to the company JAMES Guthrie, caplain of Ports is based on the allegation that the mouth Football Club, the Cup promoters are using trade unión con- winners, received very serious head nections to foster a private enter- injuries in a car accident while ro-prise. Mr. Clarence Millar, how- Henkel and Menzel (Germany) | turning from the F.A. summer train-ever, the managing director of the years, beat Ireland by 07-80 in their beat Puneco and F. Kukuljevic ing comp at Leeds during the black-company expressed the opinion that Jast-match-Our-Own-Correspon---(Yugoslavia)-9-7-6-4-3-6-7-out-Two-Everton-players G:| this was-the-nentest-approach-to
Scotland
freland
3 0 313
232 0
2 ! 283
201
4
(Germany) 10-8, 0-3, 6-0,
2
278 202
Z
2
3 262 311
0
DOUBLES
Wales, winners for the past two
dent,
Trans-Ocean.
Gloucestershire Complete Double Over Yorkshire
By Spartan
Bristol: Gloucestershire beat Yorkshire by 7 wickets
London, July, I.
Just before one o'clock yesterday Gloucestershire had gained their second success of the season over the cham- pions and the area in front of the pavilion at Bristol was packed with a throng of jubilant spectators demanding a speech from Wally Hammond. He gracefully acknow- ledged the tribute to his side and was clearly elated over the double triumph.
Thompson (captain) and Willie nationalisation of football pools It Cook, the Irish International full was possible to get. The pool will back, were also injured, the latter be publicly owned and accounts will more seriously, but were able to re- be published annually, Two per turn home after treatment.
cent of the money received each week will be ̈kölléd to a trust fund to aid educatiónál, sociai, sports and charitable objects. Among those 66NO inore motor-cars" is the order "NO
who have expressed disapproval of just issued to members of the the scheme are Mr. Herbert H. Elvin, Portsmouth Football Club, by theex-chairman of the TU.C. and Club itself, and Mr. Tian, the secro- secretary of, the National Union of lary-manager, has told them that Clerks
Works, and Ainistrative
VON CRAMM
they must get rid of them by July and Mr. George Lansbury, M.P. Sir 25. Commenting on this order, Mr. Walter Clirine, general secretory of Curtis, Brentford manager, stated the T.U.C. would pass no opinion tint players are prohibited from run- without further details,
ing cars by the rules of the hand- book, and if they disobey the rule and get insured, then it is their own responsibility. Charlton Athletic de not ban the owning of cars amongst their members, neither does Crystal Palace, though the 19tier dó not al- low one player to drive other players in his car in case they all shouki get injured. Mr. John. of West Ham, however, states that motor-cycles are banned, but not ears, although players are urged not to use their cars more than is essential, not bo- cause walking is better exercise for 15 completely spolled a fine pro- cause of possible accidants, but be- them.
has been imposed on another
STILL THE SPORTSMAN
Incessant thunder showers on July gramine of Bnals at the Edgbaston Club, Birmingham, and after a dreary wall until late in the evening all the championships of the Midland Coun- ties had to be divided.
It is not given to many sides to not at the crease when the winning THE "no-driving ban or playres defeat Yorkshire: twice in the same hit was' mude, season-Gloucestershire themselves A beautifully judged entch by football club Tranmere Rovers. Baron Von Cramm, considered the
were the last term to accomplish the Norman Yardley sent him back after This time the restrictions are even outstanding amateur lawn tennis fent in 1934—and what was more this the fieldsmen and raced in from more severe, for the players must player in the world was beaten 6-4, latest success was thoroughly de-long-on.
not even be passengers in a car.0-2, the semi-final by H. F. David, served.
Yorkshire were always trying, but Last month, Portsmouth FC. banned It was an unsatisfactory match. Ex- Despite their defeat Yorkshire #Ull with the wicket probably a little their players from drivnig only, ceptionally heavy showers hind well remain at the head of the champion- better than at any other time in the following the serious injuries to saturated the court and during the ship table by virtue of the four match the total was carried inexor-half-back, whose car crashed at Har-continuous drifting drizzle.
Guthrie, their captain and second set particularly there was a polata secured for first innings lead ably forward. of eight runs, me
At Bradford Gloucestershire rogate last week. According to Mr. There was f
David. at one time a member of suggestion of the triumphed by alx wickets this time R. S, Trueman, deputy chairman of fantastic. about the win at Bradford the margin was seven wickets and Tranmere Rovers, the restriction has the British Davis Cup team, played earlier in the pengon, but at Bristo! Goddard, B. O. Allen and Sinfeld, in been imposed, not only to avoid in- in steel points, but Von Cramm were better all-round teamwork carried particular, have. reason to regard juries, but because it is thought that only rubbers. He skated and alld for the day...
their work with very considerable riding in a car has a alomating ef- time trying to reach the fine stream
fect on an athlete,
of strokes from David's racket but gratification. NO RAIN TO RESCUE
towards the end of the match, after Smalles, by the way, has injured
one or two falls, he gave up the at- Anxious eyes were turned towards his right knee and may be out of the skier during the morning and the Yorkshire side for a match or MRIE, the Swansea Town centre-tempt to get to any wide ball and
watched it skid away. halt, hng been transferred Kain actually fell for a brief interval, two.
Swindon Town. Before going to but it never seriously threatened to
· At length the reforce emerged from come to Yorkshire's rescue and at no
South Wales Imrie played for Now- his tent, approached the umpire and castle United and Blackburn Rovers, offered to postpone the match if the time was there, the slightest danger at Gloucestershire fosing their grip,
players desired. David left the de- They were much indebted to a
elsion to Von Cramm but the Ger- very, admirable innings by the left- hander, B. O. Allen," who not only slayed for just over 11⁄2 hours, but became easily, the highest, storőr, în the whole match. His 65, which in- cluded eight 4's, were taken out of
YORKSHIRE
First Innings/176 (Goddard 6 for 61), Becond innings-103 (Goddard for sa).
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
First Innings-109 (Vertly 7 for 47).
"Becond Innings
Barnolt a Sellers ʼn Bowen Hinfield a Wood b Layland ....... 1. O. Allen ¤ Yardley b. Verity V. f. Hammond not out Crapp not out
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FOLKESTONE F.C., will not have man. then down 2-5, in the second to pay all of the £250 fine which set,, sald "Ploy on." He was, how- was imposed upon them for falling over, impotent in his rubbers on the other give requisite notice, of with treacherous surface. One
Von Cramun drawal from the Southern League. game and he was out. The club appealed against the deel-would make no excuse.-Our Own
Libe
20
Total (7 wkts.).
Bowling Bower 14-0-46-3, Verily 15.3-
79 and It was a great pity he was la-81-1. Smalles 1-0-1-0-, Leyland 3-1-14.1.ston, und It has been announced that Correspondent,
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Golf
WITH UNBROKEN Cotton BASEBALL RECORD Beaten By Ten Starts In League And The Ladies
London, July 17.
beaten In his now annual match.
Ten Victories Registered
(By "Blugle") •
T. 1. Cotton was unexpectedly Saturday's tilt was called on account of rain, nguinst three lady champlons, at and yesterday's league tussle barely finished bo- Maylands, near Romford on July 15. fore a downpour descended to spoil the friendly
The ladies were Miss P. Barton,
British champion, Miss 3. Anderson, fixture. Playing on a soggy field, Beor Baron Chet Bennett's Union Browers copped an un-
Scottish champion, andi. Misa Morgan, former holder of the Bri-
tish title. They won by one hole broken record of ton starts without a defeat whon after a whirlwind start by Colton, they drubbed Club de Recreio, 11-5, boforo a who won the first four in 4, 2, 3 small crowd at Caroline Hill. The Royal En-
Miss Anderson got a 3.
11
Miss Morgon stopped the rot with gincors-Tigers battle was called a draw in the
beautiful at the fifth, where, fifth when rain washed it out.
-following a long drive, she pitched"?
Ave feet past the hole. This re- duced Cotton's lead to three up. He lost another hole, the seventh (500 yards) where he took 4 to get down near the green. Will two halved, Cotton turned two up with a score of 33. The best-ball score of the ladies was 35.
After scrambling a half in 42 the tenth, Colton lost the twelfth, where he hooked a simple pitch shot many yards wide of the green. Be took 6 while Miss. Barton and Miss Anderson coch had a 3. The women were now more than holding their own, and with Cotton bunkered at the short thirteenth and taking 4, the match was all-square, After Cot- ton's, flying starf. this was unexpected development. were more surprises to come. The next four holes were halved in the correct figures, Miss Anderson say ing the side at the seventeenth with a4after her partners had failed to Jind the green with their second shots. It was Miss Anderson, who won the match, for at the eighteenth
most There
SAPPERS
¡CHEATED OF
FULL GAME
Rain Interferes
With Play
Starting the game, three-quarters of an hour late, the Brewers" led oft In the first frame with one tally when All crossed the plate. There were no hits, but one wild throw by Mendonca.
in the next, the Beermen romped homy three times on three safetles und two bobbles by Jimny Remedios and Old Murse Hank Barros.
The Rambling Rees took a 43 lead in the first half of the third when tour Ramblers tallled on only two blows and two miscues, Al Alvares, first up, received a life when George "Strawberry" Souza muffed a short fly and came home on Dutch
throw
the Again the Royal Engineers were Lingenbrink's wild cheated out of a full game. The plate. With Figuereldo. Tony Alves Tomantin Tigers didn't Beld their and Nick Beltran loading the sacks, full line-up, but, managed to get bounced back from the leftfield fence Spotty Pereira belted a "honey that plac together to give the Soppers a battle in which rain spoilt it in the fifth with the score knotted, -9.
three runners. In an effort to steal for a gem of a triple to chase in the home, Spotty was nalled by a throw Tigers batted first and scored
from skipper Dave Leonard to Hal (200 yards) she put her tee shot six twice on a hit, a walk and a pass The Portuguese had the makings of Winglee and he died at the plate. feet from the flag. Although failing ball. In the next they tallied once to hole the putt for a 2, a 3 was good on no hits but one error by back-swell rally here. enough, as Cotton took three putts, stop Heath, who dropped a third
third, the missing one of four feet and a half, strike. The Sappers rallied in theft Beermen kept the lead with three Cotton's score for the inward half half of this frame and nine crossed wus: 4, 4, 5, 4, 4. 4. 4, 4, 4, equals the plate before they were retired more markers on only one hit and 37-total, 70. The best-ball score of | Five" of the Tigers' seven
three errors, Unlucky Henry Barros the ladies was 34, this figure being were committed in this inning, and nard's lazy grounder and threw wild bobbies fumbicad Terry "Heart-throb" Leo- accomplished by Miss Anderson, and the Engineers only made two hits. GD for the completed round.--Our They did not score any more after Own Correspondent.
this, however,
THEY KNEW BASEBALL
In their half of the
when Stan Leonard was coming in It was a bad day for from third. Henry! With two markers in each of the remaining three stanzas, the Tigerg
From then on, the Brewers had managed to draw up to the ninth plain sailing, scoring in each inning tally when Umpire Molthen called to salt the game away.. the game on account of rain, with the score fled at 0-.
Recreio's finger, Spotty Pereira, also had a bad day, le fanned two Benny Goodman and Flash Rat-and walked three, but his mates ellife were on the mound for the miscued six times to the Brewers' three. Spotty's outdrops weren't
EVEN THEN Sappers, and Scoop Smith and Dick working, yesterday, and the Beermen
by
Alves shared the hillock for the Tigers. Bob Laurel received for the found him for eight safoties, four of Don't let this scare you: even in Tigers and Heath was backstop for which were long hits: Bowen's two Bit Shakespeare's day they might the Suppers.
safelles in a triple and a double; have known something about our
and doubles by Souza and Stan national pastime, I'm not
Hits of the pitchers were: Smith Leonard. going high-brow, but take a gander at this: 2, Goodman, Ratcliffe C, will the
striko quis wero distributed "Now you strike like a blind man." Smith 2, Alves 3, Goodman 3 and -Much ado about nothing. Ratcliffe 2. Bases on balls: Smith 2, "Out, I any."--Macbeth.
Goodman and Ratcliffe 1. Thou canst not hit it, hit it! It --------{u!!"—Love's labour"lost:
"He knows the game."-Henry
VI.
"Oh, hateful error."-Julius Cae-
sar.
"A hit, a hit, a very palpable hit!"
-Hamict.
————— ENGINEERS VERY KEEN ————
The keenness shown by the En- gineers should be an incentive for the local yokels. They camo out to the park in a bright blue and red uniform, and I am certain that they Were self-conscious. But, they play-
NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW. THIS
"He will steal, sir."--All's well thated ball and, despite the terrible In most cases in local baseball, a
ends well.
condition of the ground, distinguish substitute runner is allowed for some "Let the world silde."-Taming ofed themselves with almost errorless poor red batter who reaches first.
the shrew.
ball. The only two bobbles chalked I wonder how many
familiar "He has killed * Dy."-Titus up by them were debited to calcher with this problem:
Andronicus.
"What an arm he has."--Corlo
Janus.
club
are
the
Heath, but I don't think he knew the ruling that a muffed third strike
Batsman makes first base on a hit entitled the batter to get to first, ir and his captain asks for a substitute "They cannot sit at case on the he could make li
runner because of a lame leg. Op- bench."--Romeo and Juliet.
posing captain consents. Next mân "Upon such sacriflees the
We shall be sering more of the strikes out, The next halsmai gods themselves throw incense." Sappers, and if they improve with player who is now running for the the same speed that they have so injured man. Opposing captain re- King Lear. "Whom right and wrong hath for shown, they'll be a
to fuses to give him a runner so that chosen 25 umpire."Love's reckon with in the near future. I he can take his turn at bat, and labour lost.
look forward to the time when they wants the umpire to call him out for can put a team in "The play as I remember pleased League, and I have a feeling that refuses to call
the Baseball not taking his turn at bat. Umpire man out, claiming not the million."Hamlet.
that time won't be too distant. More that he is entitled to his bals and power to them!
that opposing captain should give him a runner. Was the umpire right and what was the best way. to wriggle out of this situation?
In almost all professional leagues It is now the practice to ignore the substitute runner rule on the theory that if a man can take part in the gome he can run for himself. But, the rule sul goca in the amateur ranks.
However, a captain who would substitute for a cripple a man who was likely to come to bat in that Inning ought to be shot at sunrise for luck of brains. The only way out of that tangle would have been for the incompetent captain to take out of the game both the cripple and the man, who was put on to run for him, and to substitute in their places a runner who had not been in the game, and also a batsman who had not been in the game to take the place of the players who had been compelled to forfeit his time at bot being made a substitute rinner.
Jumping Record For Women.
Berlin, July 30,
At the International athletic meet- ing here to-day, Fraulein Schulz, of Münster, set up a world record for the long Jump of 0.12 metres,
Miss The previous holder, WAS
There was little chance of "Nick". Beltran being caught out at Arst base, as can be seen in the picture, taken' yesterday morning when tho Union Brewers, by beating the flambling Recs, won their tenth consecutive - Filomi, of Japan, whose mark was' match in the League--Staf Photographer.
16.08 metros.--ficuter,