Friday.
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
August 25, 1939.
U.M. OMAR BEATS A.J. HALL IN BOWLS TOURNAMENT
INTERPORT PROSPECTS
NOW UNCERTAIN
(By "Abc"}
The present uncertain international situation has caused doubts to be raised as to whether there will be any swimming or bowls interports between Hongkong and Shanghai,
Hongkong has already selected teams to go to Shanghai The swimmers are due to leave on Sunday. Inquiries made yesterday reveal that they will go as scheduled unless the situation in Europe takes a turn
for both swimming and bowls.
for the worse.
As for the lawn bowlers, who are not due to sail until September 10, the position is not so certain.
Two of the players selected, A. E. Carey and W. S. Dall, In view of the are members of the Hongkong Police Force. situation, their leave has been cancelled, and they definitely cannot go to Shanghai.
In the normal course of events, the two reserves. 5. M. White and J. S. Landolt, come into the team automatically. However, White is connected with the Air Ministry, and if the present tension continues, he may also find it difficult to obtain the necessary feave to make the trip to Shanghai.
Furthermore, when questioned yesterday the other reserve, Landolt, would not say definitely whether he would be able to join the team. And to make the position even more uncertain, at least one of the other players already chosen does not seem to be so keen on leaving the Colony now.
Here
And There
-With "Abe"-
Wightman Cup
Hopes
Of English Girls
WO reports I have in front of me So the captain goes abroad
practical certainties conflict regarding the dates of three the Wightman Cup match this year mind-the leading singles between the leading lady tennis Miss Stammers, and the two players of the United States and partnerships, even though Great Britain. One report, from Uvem
the is untested in America, says the match begins at play. Forest Hills to-morrow and continues
on Sunday, while the other report, from London, states quite definitely that the matches start to-day and conclude to-morrow.
A Chinese Puzzle
THE
with
top-class
U, M. Omar
the whiner.
Grand National
Handicapper Has New Instructions
LOSER RECOVERS SPLENDIDLY BUT ENDS UP POORLY Former Champion Led 13-4 After 10 Heads
(By "Abe")
A. J. Hall
the loner.
Though interesting at cortain stages, the match in the fourth round of the Open Bowls singles championship between U. M. Omar and, A. J. Hall on the Kowloon F.C. green yesterday No Reason lacked the excitement of the third round tie
between Omar and B. W. Bradbury. Play was For "Booing"
Of Rideout
steady throughout but thore was nothing that was really spectacular.
the were
And the ending was rather lume; second or third shot.
The following after the night had premisel to be af close one. Trailing 4-13 after the head by head: drst ten heads, Hall made a splendid Head The official stort of the new jump-recovery and was 14-14 on the 17th'
London, Aug. 9.
!GR
I future The Grand National handicapper is not bound to give the top-weight as much as 12st. 7ib.
Ing season and the announcement of bead. But on the 23rd bend, when! new conditions governing the Grand Omar was leading 10-16 and tying National, reminds us that the winter two with the juck two feet away from is not far away (we haven't had any the ditch, Hall was short with two! Treat
!).
English woods. writer.
Omar started well, and his lead 13-4 after ten leads must have a great deal of confidence. fiven him Hut when all staged his recovery ind got on level terma on the 17th.
was anybody's game yet. That will please a lot of people who do not like to see mod horses the short- and medium heads, but he Hall did most of the scoring on benten by a burden which they re-the
was not so good on the long ends gard as nol a racing weight at all.
which Omur favoured. When he hadi There is
no doubt that, it is a tremendous task for a horse to carry the Jack, Hall was invariably only a twelve and half stone to victory foot or so away from the kitty with first wood, and on several over Aintree's 44 miles course.
occasions he was lying two or three
But then the ruce, unlike Some when Omar had his last wood to roli. others in the calendar, was never The latter, however, more often than meant to be won by the best horse. not managed to save, either taking
What will happen if the handi- capper lakes advantage of the new and refuses to give the top- weight more than 12 stone?
ruling
in her It is apparent that the top-weight! player, will win much more often for he doubles has only to give 231b. to the worst
one of horse in the, race,
A FEW SEASONS ONLY Thus the
character of the race us handicap is seriously weakened, and racing men say they catûnot ree the new instruellon to handicappers
Sew lasting more than
seasons
However, the uncertainties are the secondtess the bottom weights are dras-
dates of the matches are not very important anyway. Here are the two teams chosen:
and third singles-whether Miss Hardwick shall play two matches and Miss Scott only one or vice
versa,
captain. A!
tically reduced.
18
19 20
U. M. Omar
scores
London, AuE. 5. Bluine Rideoul, United States Athletie star, who was alleged to hike A. J. Hall bumped Sydney Wooderson in the Princeton Mile of the Century race. figured in another track scene at the White City.
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Magnificent Double Century By Compton
By Kenneth Rankin
London, July 28.
A magnificent innings of 214 not out by Denis Compton at Lord's enabled Middlesex to declare at a total of 447 for seven.
Rkleout got the worst of some Jostling as the runners in the mile crossed the line for the last lap, but the nearest sections of the 60.000 crowd apparently blamed the Ameri- ean for the trouble and booed him.
All Square In
Inter-Zone Davis Cup Final
Brooklines, Blass.. Aug. 24. Australia and Yugoslavia are one alt in the Inter-Zone final of the Davis Cup Competition, John Bromwich, the Australian No. 1, was sensationally beaten by F. Punere.
In the opening match, Adrian Quist of Australla defeated D.
Milic of Yugoslavia in straight arts by d.0.
6-0, 6-4, 0-3. However,
ม!
the second singles, Puncèe, who won both his singles in European Zone final against Germany, defeat- ed Bromwich 0-2, 8-0, 0-0, 6-2. -Reuter.
The winners of the rubber will play United States in the Challenge Round.
Home Cricket
THREE MATCHES CONCLUDE
Yorkshire Beat Kent Easily
London, Aug. 24. Three matches In the County Cricket Championship were con-
Rideout finished a bad fourth Included to-day after two days of play. the race, which was won by the 23- The successful teams were Surrey, year-old Scolland Yard clerk, Denis Yorkshire and Essex. Pell.
The booing was renewed after the race, when the unnouncer came to Rideout's name, but it stopped when Pell crussed to shake hands with the American.
Here is what tey said:
Denis Pell: I was most annoyed with the crowd. I thought the boo- ing thoroughly unsporting. If it had Thappened to me I should have felt
like turning it up.
Blaine Rideout: The crowd made me feel, sore, hut tell even more sore with myself for letting Stanis- zewsk: cut in right nerass me, and come I had to thiago my stride round.
Sydney Wonderson (who was one of the Arst to reach the dressing room and congratuinte Pell): I was sorry for Rideout. He had, to come round the field, and he did not touch
anybody.
And If that is done there is the problem of getting jockeys under 10; stone with cnough experience to Great Britain.-Miss Betty Nuthali It is all a Chinese puzzle for any make the trip to Aintree with rea- (Captain), Miss Kay Stammers, Mrs.
first glance
sonable hope of success. it seems Freda Hammersley, Miss Mary Hard- that Miss Scott has made herself This year the minimum weight is
Derbyshire, GRIMCRACK STAKES wick, Miss Vaterie Scott. Miss Ninafe for the farger responsibility by increased from 10 stone to 10 stone Brown and Miss Hila Jarvis. her recent victory over Miss Stam- 3lb. which makes the range ridicule who went in again 337 behind and with 190 min-
But that is not the ously small it the handicapper is end of the argument. In other Eng-st to try to get all the horses in utes to bat made the bravest of starts, for, thanks
with a chance.
to a slashing 96 by Smith, their closing score was mieux by a length from Star Dust. 222 for four.
United States.-Miss Alice Marble,mrts at Frinton. Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan, Miss Dorothy Bundy, Miss Katherine Wheeler, Mrs. Worlunan, Miss Vir- inia Wolfenden-Arnold, Miss Helen Bernhard and Miss Patricia Canning. In a recent survey of the prospects, an English writer had this to say:
When on paper-our team has looked like beating the Americans it has falled year after year.
this
No wonder, therefore, that side, which certainly does not look the better on paper has adopted "fope On, Hope Ever" as its motto.
I will be in accordance with the contrariness of lawn tennis if they triumph for the first time since 1030. American girls, the Perhaps having been successful eight times in sequence, will lose through sheer boredom or pity; but somehow I do not think that will be their outlook. They will hold the Cup until we raise a team strong enough to beat them on merit.
The "Key"
THE
HE key to the whole situation is our entertaining friend, Miss Alice Marble, champion of Wimble- don and thus far the "great invinci blo" of the lawn tennis year. She will be concerned in three of the seven matches making up the com- petition.
Na Kay Slammers
Water Polo
CHINESE TEAMS SEEN IN A POOR ENCOUNTER
ESSEX. NOTTS At Clacton, Essex defeated Notts by seven wickets.
Notti 271 (Hordstatt 117, Nichols 5 for 34) and 74 (Kenneth Farnes 5 for 30).
Essex. 233 (Peter Smith 102, Voce 5 for 70) and 113 for 3.
GLAMORGAN », SURREY
tlefeated
At Swansea, Surrey Glamorgan by six wickets.
Glamorgan-195 and 93 (F. R. Brown 5 for 48. Parker 4 for 7).
Surrey
-207 (Matthews 6 for 58) arx 82 for. 4.
"KENT. YORKSHIRE
At Dover, Yorkshire beut Kent by an fnnings and 14 runs.
Yorkshire.338 (Hutton 100). Kent-109 (Verity 4 for 32) and 215 (F. G. H. Chalk 115 not Verity for 48).--Reuter.
London, Aug. 24. The Grimerack Stakes run at York to-day resulted in a win for Tant-ish Hippius being third four. lengths
behind.
Sporting Tit-Bits
out; ..
ID Tanner, bantamweight and
featherweight champion of Bri- out Johnny Guiana, knocked
Ifoll, South Africa, in the fourth of ten rounds contest at Liverpool. Early in the fourth round Tanner sent home a magnificent left hook to Fourteen ran. Retting: 6-1, -11, the body and Holt was counted out, although be just failed to beat the toll and was able to walk to fils
Compton's score, the highest of his, in his 55. The seventh wicket part- career so far, but not probably for nership was worth. 119, 81 of which 5-1-Reuter. long, carried his nggregate to 2,114 came in three-quarters of an hour pnat lufton's. Not before had he after lunch. When he was out the scored over 2,000 in a season and declaration was made, Just about tha this was his eighth century of the time that the crowd heard about the present season and the
at defent of Yorkshire. Lord's.
fifth
Smith (.. Sims and H. A. R. Peebles did not hat.
DERBYSHORE-First Innings
Smith Edrich Sims
M.
W.
10
MIDDLESEX.
11.1
First Inninga
42
Conson
1คร
48
THE OTHER DENIS He batted 4hr. 35min. ultogether- Chinese Bathing Club last night
When Derbyshire went in at 3.8 Peebles, on Wednesday evening he had made entertained South China Athletic Association in a Hongkong Water-94 in 110 minutes and hit one 6 and Denis Smith began as though there
Al 155 he was miss-was a match to win before the close. Popo (A) twenty-six 4's. Polo League match and shared twoled at mid-on where, likely as not. Some of his strokes to Jim Smith and Pope (G)
Edrich may have been a bit streaky hoden goals after a scrappy encounter.
the fleldsman lost the ball against Doll teams were under strength the pavilion, and in the last over bed at 19 he made what should have Townsend South Chinn being without the ser-fore lunch when in the
100's, he been a fatal snick, but he deserved! vices of Harold Winglee, their skipper,
the
fortune which his boldness corned.
while Chinese Bathing Club were twice cocked the bail up. without four of their regular mem- bers, including Fung Kwok-wa, their centre-half.
Poor
team's
backs asing by the home
and centre-half und slowness in
These were small blemishes in a
Square-cutting. hooling and on- display of all-round stroke produc-driving, he ran to 48 before ten, by tion and deft footwork, which it
which time Buckston, after a first would be difficult to better.
wicket partnership of 64 to which he
front of goal cost them many open- ings, while they were extremely lucky! One of the most impressive things had more usefully contributed than to have scored the equaliser through about it all was the facility with his score might indicate, was out.
which he took runs on the off-side. Smith continued with the greatest
South relied to a great extent Se perfect was his timing that the bravado and as Alderman not only upon Henry De Sa and Tommy Kew covers were bealen again and again, kept his stumps intact but found for their goals, but the former was and when his attitude suggested un-several means of scoring as well, the rarely given an opportunity of bring. other boundary in the same direc- Middlesex bowling wore a far differ- ing his deadly backhand shot into action he would. by opening the face ent look from Wednesday. on her Britain's hopes rest.
hall square tion and. on one occasion with only of his but, send the the goalkeeper to beat, but with n where no man stood. tournaments this year Me rehand throw, he completely missed
ENGAGING DUEL Hardwick has beaten both Miss 113
mark. Miss Scott-at Surbiton.
But in the Hard Court If Miss Marble does hold her three ships at Bournemouth
If this "live wire" of lawn tennis two singles and, falls to win her with Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan, her double, Wimbledon experience will prove a faulty guide.
list
Miss Stam-
RC was
Just as everyone was getting ready to applaud a Derbyshire century, Smith was caught at the wicket Alderman's watchful innings ended
DERBYSHIRE
events, we shall have to win every-mers bent Mrs. Anita Lizana Ellis. attempting of swimming-over when by the faithful and never-erring Smith (D.), bw, b 6mith (J.)
thing else, which, with opponents after Mrs. Ellis had like Mrs. Fabyan, Miss Helen Jacobs Hardwick.
ami Miss Dorothy Bundy in the field.
will be a pretty tall order.
Still, hope on, hope ever!
Three Certainties
to
Stammers at Roehampton -- and ! Poon Yan-keung was the pick of He began by twice driving Copson at 6 o'clock and with the spin bowl- South China's defence, although his to the off-boundary, and then, after ing becoming troublesome, George Champlon-tetles were questionable at times and Brown had been caught at the wicket Pope fell to a catch at slip.
spoil, Shek Kam-p Ellett, he had a most engaging duel n. 31. Duckston, c Price, b Sims played a constructive game at centre-with Mitchell, whose
Alderman, e Edrich, b Sims beaten Miss half for the visitors, but threw away much better than on the previous rope (0.), st Price, hims
length was Worthington, e Price, b Peebles chances of scoring by mary
misdirect- Puzzle it all out, and you will have led passes, on one occasion very nearly evening, and off whom he gave the Townsend (E), Mann, b Sime some idea of the difficulty, of team conceding a goal as a result of brenk- unaccepted catel at 155. selection when the girls reaching away to the wrong side of the America.
The captain will have to be guided
cannot be
尥
Pope (A), e Peebles, b Bima Thodes, & Blin *Elliott,_not_out Indeed, though Copson's analysis stitchell, e Carris, b Bima pitch with a C.B.C. forward in pos- is an unusual one for him this year, Copson, b Bline Bession.
Derbyshire's bowling. on Henry de Sn opened the scoring for wicket, was generally superior to
слу an
Dyes
Total
Second Innings
Covers.
Alderman, b Peebles Worthington, not out Pape (G), a Edrich, b Bims Townsend (f), not out
Extras
Total (4 wkto.) :....
MIDDLESEX
OUR team consists of Miss Betty different conditions. Even then, swam through unmolested in score that of Wednesday, Georgo Font:
to score who has pulled a muscle in his left Smith (D.), a Price b Compien ..... Nuthall, as captain and probable with so variable a player as Miss from close range. Chinese Bathing doubles player; Miss Kay Stammers, Scott to think about, it will be large-Club equailsed in the second half when groin, could send down only eight t. 1. Buckston, e Peebles, Bima who almost certainly will play two
ly a matter of luck whether she Lionel Lo sent the ball to Yam Man- singles and a double: Mrs. Freda chooses right or wrong.
hong, "perching on the two yard Hari made 29 out of the 80 added James Hammersley, partner of Miss
denied that the ark, and the latter' made noʻm.3 in less than an hour for the sixth Stammers; Miss Mary Hardwick and
"cleaning
wicket, and Price joined in the fun! up" taken. Miss Valerie Scott, going presumably Americans, after
Mr. Ip Kun-yim referced and the with four 4's off Mitchell, so that 138 Robertson, e Mitchell, Rhodes for singles; and Miss Nina Brown, Wimbledon in singles and doubles,
had been made before lunch, when n, D. Canin, u & b Pope (A.) doubles player whoso regular part have much less anxious selection teams were:
Chinese Bathing Club:
Po King-the score they suffer
was $66,
Afterwards Edrich, b Townsend nor. Miss Rita Jarvis, has been left problems, except that
fook; Sung Yiu-lak and Chan Yuet-Compton passed 181, his previous rad. Mann, b Pope (A
Compton (D.), not out at home by our mage selectors.
from a surplus of riches.
fat; Yam Man-hung Chu Fook-pe, best, with a boundary to the off from Brown (B. M.), o Killott, Any impartial observer must back Robert Chan and Yung Tat-fum:
Copson, and a 4, all run, pust mid-on, LA, VS RELEA 8. China: Choo Bhlu-hung; Le gave him his double century,
Hirt, lbw, b Mitchell they won the Reigate tournament them to win, but lawn tennis and
"Price, a Copson, b Rhodes together last week, that the notion is especially women's lawn tennis Kay-young and Poon Yan-kung:
with Mins so uncertain a game that we may re-Shek Kam-pul; Wong Cal-hung Price continued to lay about him to pair Bits, Brown
celve. a pleasant surprise.“
Total (7 w. dec.) Tommy Kew and Herry de So. Iwith rare abandon and had nine 4'2 Nuthall
It is presumed, from the fact that
4
Pope
Michel
Umpires: Smart, Dolphin.
corner,
ALEX James has returned from his coaching trip in Poland. One thing which hus particularly inter ested Alex about the Polish football their uncanny players he met, is skit at heading the ball. "They can run about for minutes on end bounc- the ball on their heads" he says. ing "It's an amazing show to watch, but It would be better suited to a musle hall than a football match.
ON THE CHIN-Billy Goan of Pittsburgh, left, runs Inta a sock on the chin by Mello Bettina of Beacon, N.. Y., In New York bout. But Conn Tpeeded up and became new light-heavyweight champ, in 15-round decision.