WIMBLEDON
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
Louise Brough And Doris Hart Will Contest Singles Final
AUSTRALIAN DOUBLES PAIR ELIMINATES PARKER AND FALKENBURG
Wimbledon, July 1-Miss Louise Brough and Miss Doris Hart meet in the all-American final for the Wimbledon women's singles title on Saturday: with the defeat today in the semi-firtale of the holder, Mrs. Margaret Osborne DuPont by Miss Hart, and of Mrs. Pat Todd by Miss Brough.
Miss Hart, who from her youth has suffered from a leg disability, avenged her defeat at the hands of Mrs DuPont, then Miss Osborne, in last year's final, winning today by 6-4, 2-0, 6-3.
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Miss Brough, the American champion, beat Mrs Todd by 6-3, 7-5.
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The players had to cold conditions and a tricky wind which blew the length of the Centre Court.
Both the curly-headed Miss Hart and the blonde Mrs. DuPont made a duct and number of errors in their for two players so experienced in big tennis seemed rather nervous. Neither
strokes player's ground came up to standard of their fore- court play.
Mrs DuPont led 4-3 in the first set, only to drop her next two service ganes. Miss Hart was very erratic in the second set, but in the decider the Miami girl quickly struck her best forehand and, driving from wing to wing, ran into a 4-0 lead.
Mrs DuPont, full of night, drew up to 3-5 with a fine smash down the middle.
The other semi-final was closer than the score would suggest, but it too was marred by errors, especially In the case of Miss Todd, who failed at crucial points.
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Louise Brough, USA, beat J. B.
the quarter-finals of willcinson and Mrs Mary Prentiss, women's doubles, Mra N. W. Blair the British-American pair, 6-3, 6-1, and Mrs E. Bostock, of Britain, bent G. Hoahing and Mrs L. J. MI while Jaroslav Drobny, of Czecho- slovakia, and Mrs Pat Todd, USA,aborne, Britain, 0-1, 2-0, 6-2, while Miss Scofield and Mrs H. Itihbány, beat D. W. Butler and My Kay USA, beat Mrs E. Walter and Mrs W. E. J. Halford, 6-2, 6-2,-Reuter. Menzies, Britain, 6-2, 0-3.
BASEBALL
Johnny Sain Pitches 10th Win For Boston Braves
New York, July 1-Johnny Sain became the first National League pitcher to win 10 games as he hurled the Boston Braves to 4-1 victory over the New York Giants. A base-clearing double by Boston right-fielder Tommy Holmes in the seventh broke a deadlock.
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Miss Brough's superior control | Philadephia Phillies to WON the deciding factor, but her percentage point of fourth place in policy of going up to the net at every the National League opportunity paid big dividends.
Mrs Todd produced some lovely passing shots and made some daring net interceptions, but she could not bring her strokes fully under con- trol.
John reached a second final when, with his
compatriot, Frank
Bromwich, of Australia,
Sedgman.
the Brooklyn straight loss, 4-2.
the Philadelphia Rowe pitched
within one Brooklyn
4
2
12 1 0.0
(Winning pitcher S. Rowe)
as he handed Chicago
4 11 2 their Stint Louis.....
11 0 Dodgers
3 the Phillies winning
(Winning pitcher Jess Dobernic)
Pittsburgh
5 12 Cincinnati
(Winning pitcher F. Ostermuelier)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
3
9 13 3 G 11 0
Sensational leiding by short stop Eddie Miller kept Rowe out of hot waler,
The Chicago Cubs defeated the they eliminated the American pair Saint Louis Cardinals 4-3, sweeping of Frank Parker and Bob Falken a three game series. Third base- burg in the semi-finals of the men's man Andy Palko delivered the win- doubles, after a great five-set Centrening blow when he slammed out a Court battle.
three-run homer off Cardinal pitcher Murrзy Dickson.
The Australians won by 6-2, 6-8, 4-5 0-4, 6-1. The American pair, who had hitherto not dropped a s were the favourite, but the greater steadiness of the Australians its late.
OTHER RESULTS
told
In the mixed doubles quarter- Auals, John
Miss Bromwich and
Racing Drivers Killed
Berne, Switzerland, July 1-Two well-known Italian motor-racing champlons were killed during prac tice here today.
Pittsburgh defeated Cincinnati 5-2 behind the steatly pitching of Fritz Ostermuller and moved to within a half game of the second place Saint Louis Cardinals. The defeat left the Reds only half a game ahead of the last placa Cuba
The Detroit Tigers staged a five run rally in the last of the eight to come from behind and defeat the Cleveland Indians 0-5. Hal New- started houser who relieved Tiger Freddie Hutchinson in the eighth, got credit for his 10th win against Elx losses, in the American League.
A seven run first inning proved too much for the Boston Red Sox although they-put-up a tough fight York before bowing to the New
baseman Bobby Yankees. Second Doerr, third baseman Johnny Pesky and short stop Vern Stephens bat- ted homers to keep the Sox in the
THE SCORES NATIONAL LEAGUE
Omobono Tennl took a curve too fast and crashed against a tree. game. Achille Varzi was trying out his formula racing car for the Grand ** Prix de l'Europe when the car aklided on the wet surface of a dangerous curve, somersaulted several times and crashed against a barrier. Varzi was dead when pull-Boston
New York ed from the wrecked car. United Press
Detroit Cleveland
(Winning pitcher H. Newhouse)
New York
11 1 10 Boston
7 0·2 (Winning pitcher Frenchiller)
-Associated Press.
Wanted To Buy: St Louis Browns
Hollywood, July 1-At- torney Max Fink suld today that a group headed by actor Sonny Tufts is trying to buy the St Louis Browns and transfer the franchise Hollywood. He declined to name the "half-a ̈dozen men associat- ed with Tufts in the effort.
United Press.
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HOW THEY STAND National League
PARMENAR
FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1948.
WIMBLEDON
FINALIST
Australia's John Bromwich, who is to meet Bob Falkenburg today for the Wimbledon Singles Crown and
is also on the Doubles Final.
BRITISH OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
Henry Cotton Returns A Brilliant 66 To Lead
American Challenge Trails Badly
Muirfield, July 1.-British golfing prevailed in the open golf championships at Muirfield today when Henry Cotton, by breaking the course record with a brilliant round of 66 for an aggregate of 137, led the field by four strokes with two rounds to play.
His Majesty, the King, who as the Duke of York captained the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, was an in- terested spectator of much of the golf today, and lie saw Cotton; twice winner of the title in the past, accom- plish his wonderful round.
the
The American onslaught on title was definitely resisted, al- though with two more rounds to- morrow, the gap can still be closed.
Charles Ward and Sam King and were second to Cotton today then the first overseas man, Florty van Donck, of Belgium, came, fol- lowed by Britain's "Arthur Less, at 142.
The 143-mark was very interna- tional in character, with Fred Daly, Ireland's holder of the title, Alfred Padgham, England's former
The American challenge, headed by Lawson Little,
Claude Harmon and the amateur Frank Stranahan, willed and fell to far back as to be almost disregarded.
It was left then to a little known American pro-A. E. Clark, a rangy mountaineer with crick in his back, who just catne over here for golfing vacation-to American pack. PRESENTED TO KING GEORGE
lead the
AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TOUR
Surrey Five Runs Ahead With Four Wickets Left
London, July 1.-The Australian tourists were dis missed for 389 runs in their first innings by Surrey who, at the close of play had scored 173 for alx wickets,
With Don Bradman scoring 128 and Lindsay Hassett with 189 in second wicket partnership adding 231 runs, the Australians are in a winning position, against Surroy.
Surrey are only five runs ahead.
Bradman batted two hours and 20 minutes for his sixth century of the
·season and hit 14 fours. Hassett stayed for three hours tind hit ten boundaries.
After scoring 380 in reply to 1 At Pontypridd: Combined Services Surrey's first innings of 221; tho 303 and 174 for soven declared. 'Australians dismissed six batsmen Glamorgan 147 and 4 for one. for 173 in Surrey's second inniriga before the close of play Cambridge University 102 and 280 At Worcester: Match Drawn
(Pepper 00, Elgood 69, Shuttleworth 03, Jenkins five for 103). Worcester shire 248 and 100 for nino. (Young 69, Kenyon 51, Griffith five for 55). At Nottingham: Middlesex beat Nottinghamshire by an inning and 18 runs. Nottinghamshire 135 and 180 (Simm's seven for 72) Middlesex 339 for seven declored (Edrich 77, Mann 116, Lealle Compton not out
Fishlock and Parker scored 81 and 33 not out respectively for Surrey,
THREE IN ONE, 51-Reuter BUT NOT BIRDS
- Wellington, New Zealand, July 1-Dennis Twiss, North Island sportsman killed three wild pigs with one shot from a .308 rifle.
The bullet tore through the back of. the first plg, through the throat of the second and drilled the heart of the third.-United Press.
SOCCER
LONDON HAS A NEW PRO CLUB
By ARCHIE QUICK
London has a new profes sional football Club, Chingford
who failed to maintain a fine second Town F.. C. Already their innings start.
THE SCOREBOARD.
Surrey. 1st innlogs
221
Australia-1st innings Hassett, e Holmes, b Watts.... 130 с Hamence, e Parker, b Watts ... Bradman, c Barton, b Squires.. 120 Miller, c McIntyre, b Surridge Harvey run
out
Loxton, e Surridge, b Parker McCool,
b Surridge
Saggers, b Squires
Ring, not out
Toshack, 1.b.w., & Constable Brown, absent, hurt
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20
12
1
reserve team of amateurs has London been elected to the League in preference to Ches- hunt Ruislip and Dagenham British Legion and the First Eleven have now been elected. to the Southern League.
There are over 200,000 people in the immediate neighbourhood of the Kysex club's fine now stadiumi, and the nearest professional club is Ley- Aton Orient, à 7 d. bus ride away. A group of local business men aro 0 committed to spending £26,000 and
the ground holds 15,000 people,
380
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Total
Bowling Analysis
Surridge Watts
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10 0
Parker
25
20
85 0
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23 1
10 2 24
2
Bedser Constable Squires
Reage
123 2 04. 2
62. 1
Surrey 2nd Innings Fishlock, stumped Suggers, b
McCool
Fletcher, stumped Saggers,
McCool
Squires, e Toshack; b McCool Barton, e Miller, b Loxton Parker not out McIntyre, b Toshack Bedser, stumped Saggers,
Toshack Holmes not out
Extra
The final scheme provides for 60,- 000 people and an expenditure of £300,000. The spadework of, or. ganisation has been going on, these past three years and the stadium ́Is on Arsenal lines, picturesquely fringed with trees and a lily pond at the entrance. It is called Ching- wood Stadium a conglomeration of Chingford and Woodford.
Something unique in football - Is that secretary manager Wright hos been given a 10-year contract. Bil U1 for the past 30 years has been player-trainer and manager with 10 Orient. Now he is going to put his 13 enterprising ideas into being in the 18 neighbourhood he knows so well.
NINE PROS
33
11
Total for six
173 -Reuter.
pro-
Already he has signed nine fessionals, Moodle, Cowdenbeati, goalkeeper, Frost, Fulham, fullback, Page, Spurs, centre-half; Fitzgerald, inside-forward; Dougan, Plymouth, outside-right,
who was Interna tional reserve for Scotland
Williams, Northampton Cardiff, inside-forward;
Middlesex Catching Up 1942
and London, July 1-Middlesex, after Grundy, their shaky start to the season, ere Cook, win-
er, Norman Von Nida, of Aus tralia, and Roberto de Vincenzo, of the Argentine.
- First of the Americans was A. E. Clark, with 145, with Johnny Bulla among several players at 140, while the bulk of the American raiders were still further behind.-Reuter.
Aging. greying Henry Cotton Per broke Waller Hagen's
course re-
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Frank Stranahan, American win
of the British amateur golf championship and Mario Gonzalos
Brazilian, were presented King George this afternoon.
the
to
Newcastle,
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wing-hall
amateur half-back
with
rapidly coming bacis, to form and Orient; and Davis, local outside-right a victory in two days against Not-of great promise. Linghamshire has enabled them to
leaders,
The
The nucleus of successful sido close the gap between their total and there. They are to get paid league
of the championship The King spotted the two entrants that for the British open
Glamorganshire, who have been rates but can work as well. Muirfield Club house after lunch
na they left without a county fixture during re- Club's supporters' section too is
ove already and
a thousand strong. asked club
officials to bring cent days,
There is tremendous untapped them over.
The ler-breaks of Sims wrecked area for professional football here any "The King told me he thought
chance that Nottinghamshire once you leave the Metropolitan might have of saving the game for area. turn my left hand too far over when he hit the stumps five times while
grip the club," Stranahan sald
504 cord today with a blazing 60 and 548 took a four stroke lead at the half-afterwards. "I have never met a taking seven wickets for 72 runs. King before-I didn't know what to the extra half-hour being utilised to
finish the match today.
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4 82 Pittsburgh
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40 St Louls (Winning pitcher Johnny Sain) New York
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500
547 way point in the British Open Golf
Champlonship.
say."
Philadelphia Brooklyn Cincinnati Chicago
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500 Cotton complied a total of 137 and 450 sald today's 08 "came ensy."
LOCKE HAS TREE TROUBLE
Bobby Locke of South Afrlen, the only foreigner in the National Open golf tournament at Los Angeles, uses a shortened swing to knock a spoon shot toward the second hole from beneath a tree during the final round. Locke, whose 139 was only one stroke off the pace in the third- round, got a bogey 5 on the kole-AP Wirephoto.
20 37 431
2B 37 431
American League
Cleveland Philadelphia
39 24 610
40 20 €00
New York
38
Boston
32
21 505 20 525
Detroit Washington
30 34
409
29
34
St Louis Chiengo
23 33
19
30
The informal chat lasted fvo minutes.-Associated Press.
New Course Records BOXING
At Henley
Henley-on-Thames, July
1-Two
new course recards were set up today
400 when the Royal Regalte was con-
377tinued under much more favourable
Solomon's Rival Is A Refugee
Len Hutton scored his third con- secutive century against Essex, hav- ing hit one in each innings of their earlier fixture this year.
Batsmen were on top tri several Kames and when Lesllo Ames reached three figures for Kent, he was the third batsman' among the dest fve to register a century against Northamptonshire,
Two pixes and 12 fours were in-
It is a part of suburbia that is growing daily and you have to go - as for an Chelmsford and Colchester to find any professional play.
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Chess Matches Held Over To Next Month
cluded in his dashing display while A meeting of the Kowloon Kent's and England's present wicket- Chess Club Committee held. keeper, Evans, hit three sixes and yesterday evening decided to two fours in his 35 not out,
Hongkong 'v.
An all-rounder of note is Balley, postpone
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320 conditions, the Belgian pair of Collet Ben Smith who is courageously and Plessens clipping 11 seconds off endeavouring to break Jack Solo- the previous best in the double mon's boxing monopoly is a re- Hampshire's left-hander, who in a Kowloon and the Championship sculls, and Bedford School improving markable young man. Only 20 years spell of 20 consecutive overs today Finalists v. The Reat matches their own record in the Princess of age, he has a flourishing
West claimed six victims. In this match to next month. Elizabeth Cup by 21 seconds.
End business, is a debonair man he has also scored 150 - rung, about town, owns four racehorses,
Tour De France
The Belgians beat the Oxford Blue, B. M. Raikes, and T. D. Raikes, Dinard, France, July 1-A 22-casily in seven minutes, 57 sconds, year-old unknown Italian, Vittorio
Bedford School beat their local Rosselo, today won the second lap rivals, Bedford Modern School, by of the long winding Tour de France three-quarters of a length in seven with a sprint at the end of the 250 minutes and four seconds. kilometre lap over,a rauto followed by the Allied Liberation Armies In 1944.
men
The semi-finals of the diamond sculls will be between Beriram Bushnell, of Britain, and W. Collet, Long distance road racers sute of Belgium, In the top hall, and be- tcred casualties to
and tween Jean Sephariades, of France, machines on the "Liberation High- and Mavyn Jood, of Australia, in the way today as the "Allled armies other ball.. did thrée yeard dğoc-lele
Sephariades, who won the scalls Rain and high winds combined to two years ago, climinated the South make the rough roads more difficult African, Ian Stephen. and the pileup at 10 kilometres from the start this morning, tumbled 20 riders.
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This decision was reached to per- is on nodding acquaintances with CLOSE OF PLAY SCORES
Imit players, who have had a gruel- most celebrities, yet has lived in
ling 10 weeks of competitive chess, England only four years.
At Southampton: Hampshire 210a rest before the "big games." and 281 (Balley 88, Eager 70) He was a refugee from Central Leicestershire. 101 (Bailey six for Europe. He went to America to sign 51). Lesnevich and Mills but found that. Solomons beat him, to it by tele- At Worthing: Sussex 339 and 148 the Finalists and tentatively named phone,
for nine. Derbyshire 220 (Reville not out 04, Cornford Ave for 89),
Mr D. E. de Carvalho, the Club Captain, was nominated Captain and sole selector of the Rest team against his line-up as follows: 1. Kür- povich, Alec Nelson, G. S. Coxhend, Karel Welss, V. N. Dounaelf and D.. E de Carvalho.
Ben Smith tells me if flyweight Dick, O'Sullivan wins at Olympic At Lords: Oxford University beat on July 8, he will be matched with M. C. C. by an Innings and 183 runs. Rinty Monaghan for the British and M.C. C. 91 and 100, Oxford Uni- The finalists! line-up will be F. X. World iltics, He is also matching veralty 443 for decihred.
Sequeira, K. M. A Barnett, L Ray Famechon versus al Phillips, Theo Medina v Stan Rowan, Jo Somerset by an innings and one Carvalho and P. K. Prokopov.
At Liverpool: Lancashire beat Schure, Roy Danenberg, J. P. de Cornellus v Danny O'Sullivan, and run. Somerset 182 and 175 (Pol- three or more âghts yet to be ar- lard four for 43) Lancashire 330 either match but the preparations No dates have been fixed for ranged. While foreign contendera con-
(G. A, Edrich 89,' Hazeli Avo for for the Hongkong v. Kowloon en- tinued to do well and both the Ona Smith is trying to get is Phil
100).
counter are proceeding, Every effort American crews, Princeton Univer-Tarranova, former American holder
At Tunbridge Wells: Kent 477-being made to plek as strong a team ity and Ment School, won further of the world feather title, versus for 3 declared (Ames 113), Nor- as possible for Hongkong. races in the Thames Cup, the Swiss Cliff Anderson, and another Dutch-thamptonshire 287 fox & (Brookes crew, the Seo Club. of Zurich, were man versus a selected Englishman. 135). 29
beaten in the Stowards Cup by the
Louis Bobet; of France was second
In today's 250 kilomatre lap. The
n Belgian, Jean
winner was timed at 7 hours minutes and 50 seconds today,
The third WAS Engles.
Engles was leading in the race in the overall placements after two days of racing and Bartall was second- United Press.
ter
Among latest acceptances for tho Hongkong,feam are C.E. Wong and Thames Rowing Club, who rallied He has budgelted £5,000 less for At Bristol: Gloucestershira 178|J. Reynaud, a definite boast to the strongly to win by two and a quar-seats at Olympia this time compared and 201 for one (Emmett 92, Allen strength of the side which will in
lengths in seven minutes, 17 with his show last year in order not out 102), Warwickshire 271 (Ord clude K. M. A. Barnett, Karel Weiss seconds. One of the best races in to provide seats at working peoples'50).
probably, G.B. Coxhead on its and, prospect is the all-British clash prices. There will be only two
top boards. Other Hongkong pro- between Thames and Leander in the front rows at Ove gulicas and many At Westcliff: Essor 232 and 123 babies are 11. W. Randall, To Yu- seml-final of the Grand Challenge at ten shillings. Any step in this for six, Yorkshire 287 (Hutton 103, lau, Dr. Joe Sieur, RW. Carter and Cup.-Reuter,
direction is commendable.
Wilson 09, Price five for 04).
Jacob Ramler