TWO
ELIMINATED-
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1950.
Billy Talbert (left), seeded No. 2, was eliminated in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon in four sets by Budge Patty, and Art Larsen (right) went out in five sets against Frank Sedgman of Australia-Central Press.
Two Upsets At
PATTY,
Wimbledon
SEIXAS,
SEDGMAN &
DROBNY THE LAST FOUR
Wimbledon, July 4.
Frank Sedgman, and Two Americans. Budge Patty and Victor Seixas, an Australi, Jaroslav Drobny, the self-exiled Czech who now plays for Egypt, today won their way into the set-imals of the men's singles in the All-England Lawn Tennis Championships.
-AND ONE STILL
IN
Frank Sedgman, still playing with an injured wrist, seeded No. 1. was taken to five sets and 63 games by Art Larsen (ahove right).Central Press.
LAWN BOWLS
Rumjahn
Fanling Golf
COUNTY CRICKET
Yorkshire Top Of The Table
London, July 4. Yorkshire's thrilling vic- lory over Surrey today by Ove runs in the last few minutes of the mateli brought them to the top of the Cricket Championship table. This win brought their total to 92 points from 14 games, enabling them to displace Warwickshire, whose four points from their match against Leices- tershire gave them a total of 88 points from the same number of games.
Lancashhe, who beat Somer- set, follow with 72 points each. They are the leading pair in o block of nine Counties which felled to notch a point from this series.
In the case of some, this was due to rain preventing a decision in their matches.
Notts excling 0:10 wicket victory over Derbyshire wan their Arst of the season but they still remalu last in the aple with only 4 points from
13 games.
Derbyshire took Arst haings points, enabling Them to rise
Jer 10th above Surrey into place with 52 points from 14 matches.
THE RESULTS
Torluy's results were.
At Tanbringe Wells: Kent w with Worcester. Work ter 321. Rent 217 for eight (Anes 07).
at Retiering: Kotthangalenie WILN Chanoryan. 33:4 fur Sozinatoptonchite 100
L
for (Watt, median ince
wire, five for 40).
L Bath Lanephire Lont
Seaners. 1
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ENGLAND BEATS CHILE
England's one victory in the World Soccer Cup series in Brazil came in the first match when the English team beat Chile 2-0. Here Livingstone, the Chilean
goalkeeper, does a nose dive to avert a goal.
British Open Golf Championship
THE OVERSEAS CHALLENGE
One of the upsets of the day was the five-set vies tory of Seixas over Erle Sturgess the South African 15 m.net by an ungs and to 133. and 2412 Seeded No. 12.
1. newshire 270 for five Su Champlon, by 9-7, 6-8, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5.
scraped flared. Seixas, playing in his first Wimbledon, just
The Late home after apparently nearing collapse in stages of the match. The 26-year-old player, who has been playing tournament tennis since the age of 10, can now be regarded as the "giant-killer" of the Cham- pionships. He added the scalp of fourth-seeded Stur- gess to that of the fancied Australian, John Bromwich, seeded No. 8, whom he defeated on Saturday. semi-finals Seixas will meet Budge Patty, who is seeded fifth.
A Bristel: Gloucestershire drew with Banbringe Univer- ty. Gioneesterse 373. Cant- bridge University 335 for eight Sheppard 101, Dogart 159 not vul).
AL Cuychley: In the
Patty pulled another surprise by toppling second- seeded Billy Talbert the leading American at Wimble
Patty, leading 5-2 in the dun, by 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3. third set when play began today after bad weather had interrupted the match last night. was always in command of Talbert.
Jaroslav
Drobny
(Egypt) The other semi-final will be
Gardhur Mulloy (US) between the favourite, Frank Leat Sedgman, who is top-svoded, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
(US) bent and Drobny, rectied No. 3, saj whatever happens one American Sturgess (South Africa)
4-8, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5.
must play
in the final,
Sedman had to fight hard to
hands of Art
avoid another upset today at the Larsen, of the
United States. Larson 10-8, 2-2 when play
Vic Seixa
MEN'S DOUBLES Third Round
Warwickshire
Lai drew with Leicestershire. cestershire 265 and 04 for four Pritchard, rght-arm fast bow- ter, four for 23). Warwickshire 334 for seven declared (Dollery 33, Gardner 84, Wolton 2 not Dut).
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At Lords: Middlesex drew Essex. Middlesex 156 and 112 for five. Essex 301 (Insole
WAS HARDLY DISTURBED
Troon, Scotland, July 4.
The overseas, challenge to the British Open Golf Championship was hardly disturbed on the Troon Old and Lorhgreen Courses today when the 36-holes qualifying test ended with 93 players surviving for the 72-holes Championship proper, which apens on the 244 Cogres - Tomorrow.
Scorer for the past few days are now wathed out. but from tomorrow on- wards every stroke counts wards the fund appregale and the guillotine will fall again after two rounds, so that no more than 40 players will contest the last 36 holes.
Jetweights
Why Not
And Rocketweights?
By GEORGE WHITING
What are we going to call the two new boxing cate- gories devised in Copenhagen by the Association Inter- nationale de Boxe Amateur? The semi-official sugges tions of "light-welter at 9st. 131b, and "heavy-welter" at 11st. 2h, strike me as being both clumsy inspired.
and un-
Why not make use of the modern idiom and call them, say, "jet-weight" and "rocket-weight"? Or have readers ng less warlike suggestions?
100, Forugher 71 COMPTON BETTER
out, Young, left-arm slow bow- ler, six for 54).
At Sheffield;
Yorkshire beat
Erle Surrey by five runs. York-
Five
English
9-7. shire 271 and 147 for six de- Test Cricketers
Out Of Action
Johnny Bulla, perhaps the tinosterous of the Americam bandi, led the qualifiers with an
create of 140, we stroke houl of Australia's Normon You Nida, with South Africa's batter, Bobby Locke, England's Wally Smithers and Belgium': Flory Van Donck'sharing third place at 112,
18 FROM OVERSEAS Eighteen oversena players rel 2017 and none of the best fancied failed to et over the qualifying hurdles. There were escapes, Khattab Hassan, of Egypt and Eric Morve, of South Africa, being in among the last qualify- ing places. which J. J. Crulics- hank, from the Argentine. had only a stroke to spare.
Sergeant Rotar,
from
the American Foreca in Europe,
one or two narrow
The new categories come failed but the United States into ffect irt Britain with have their orginal strong quartet the start of the new amateur of Johnny Bulla, Art Clark and Frank reason on October . They have the been introduced to lessen the Stranaham and Jimmy McHale,
between Repo
the former light while Australia's famous pair. (fat. 91b.) and welter (10st. 71,) Ossie Pickworth and Norman classes and between welter and Von Nida, are fit and ready to
iddie (11st. lb.) By increase give battic. ing the number of divisions, il is thought, fewer boxers will have to give away weight lo
considerably Feavier opponents.
GREATER DANCER
AMATEUR RECORD He had played " a storming
clared (Halliday 79 not cut), 198 (Constable 60 not Surrey
right-arm fast- out, Coxon, medium bowler, Ave for 69)
London, July 4. Juta Bromwich and Adrian
and 215 Wardie. eft-arm мow
Denin Compton, who has reamed today Quist (Australia) beat Torsten bowler, five for 75).
ring En-
been out of cricket Fori At Ilkestont Notts beat Der- and won the second set by 1-5 Jobanston (Sweden)
(Argentine) 6-2.
Derby several games, including the. below Sedgman rallice to win cique Morea
byshire by one wicket. sire 302 and 94 for no wickel last Test, today the last three 7-5, 6-1 and 7-5, 6-2 and 8-2.
Vladimir Cernik (Egypt) and declared. Notts 214 for nine ale- The only match which went
M. Malous beat C. Hovell and cared (Simpson 71, Winrow 97) other trial of his knee on trease is that of boxers beng title who hopes to add the Open completely according to Jones (Britnin) 6-1, 2-0, fl-1 and 243 for nine (Sump on 76, which he had a recent opera- tumpled to "onil w Drabnya straight
ket vie wer the American, Gard- and 6-2. Mulloy, Drobny, who has J Bricman!
na
not dunk a set on his relentless washer (Bium)
My
it
the
A
was experid, the United Australia) beat States are trunating the webin
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crel
ren's imples, event. They have (Swalen) 1-6, 6-3, 0-6 and 13-(South 81).
seven suels in the last eight, the ondy Fival: remainan being Britain's No. 1 player, Mrs C. Harrison (formerly Mes Betty Hilton).
In the fourth round today he prevented
all-American The winner of the qualifying quarter-finds by defeating the round for the Captain's Cup for Californian girl, Miss Dorothy the month of May was Mrs Read, by 6-3 and 6-2.
Mrs J. Wal was runner-up.
Brough,!
MIXED DOUBLES Fourth Round
Adrian Quist (Australia) and Miss Gussie Moran (US) beat
Rogers Hits 106 Billy Talbert and Mr. Margaret Off W. Indians Dupont (US) 6-3 and 8-2.
11.
had an-
homeward half of 33 to gain this distinction today of lead- ing the qualifiers but one of To 11y Initid, 3 greater today's best performances was that the the of Stranahan, America's clatger-and one Cingatkan 1183 even in holder of the British Amateur
themselves to to that crown.
more
Renter,
TONIGHT'S BOXING
an attack of lumbags, and he is There are considerable etatus tourney sponsored by the Wal
MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN
This set a new amateur record Kenton 53, Rhodes, right-arition, and came through the reduce their weight.
Por instance, a man weighing, for the Lochgrett Course, which test well Philippe-break, four for 25).
last 410. would under the old had proved the downfall of At Hove: Sumes firew with 11. bent
He alet
many hopefuls who had scored afterwards that bestem have conecura Złu. to a semi-ilmalty Deyro (Philippines)
and Jack Scotland. Scotland 220 and 235
in made-weight at list. 61. ¦ well in the Old Coursg. (WHEAT 95, James Langtritis, | felt fine and was quite satisfied. crushed Malloy by 6-3, 6-4 and Harper (Austalla) 6-3, 0-1 and } {**!!
1 ft-arm low howler, six for The was good news for Eng-| Now he must either giveaway G-1 will his esmonball service 6-1.
48). Sumex 302 for eigh ele- land, when crctor wil be 10 come within the new "heavy- WOMEN'S LAST EIGHT Geoff Brown and Bill Sidwelt [clared and 90 for seven (en- choosing the team for the third welier" category.
L.mart Ber-Betson, four for 13).
Ta on July 16, but bad news Suallarly, a 12-stone boxer At Sandhurst: The Army 180 Frame with the amapavement Ray well Sven Davids..on
do himself Oxford University that Reg. Simplon. Len But-puyucal harm "sweating" down 170 for seven.--Reuter,
OT. and But Edrich are Not to the new ringdle-weight class of bist, lika. Dina he used to by Ilution was unable to play | taceamu; opponents up to the old The following contestant: will etainst Surrey today owing infermer-weight limit of 1251. 76. be seen in ection at the boxing mir: the County's Best for both the old and the new Kin Yat Po, lending Chinese match. Edrich has strained visions.
shoulder and must rest for
For my part-1 have daily, to raise funds for the en more injuries caused by Hongkong Anti-T.B. Association three week, U.A.
While Sampson weight reduction than by weight at the South Chinn Athletic As- abductor musels concession. Southampton, July 4. damured
sociation ground at 0.30 tonight, Geol Brown (Australia) and Mrs Pat Todd
The match between the Westin His left
today when groin (US) beat Hill
Feather weight: Hon Fai (122 Takes Landolt Rola with a nett 76.
Sidwell (Australia) and Mrs II. Indies cricket touring team and he ran a sharp single.
| lbs.) v Li Shlag-chiu (112 The quarter-Anals will be Ribany (US) 4-4 and 6-0. Hampshire was left drawn here He has been advised to rest
I know several might-have-Light weight class: Lok between Miss Lotte To 24th Head ́
Ene Sturgess (South Africa) today, N. Roper, who scored for at least two games,
been champious who lost their (1998) Fong Ki-kong (124). Shirley Mrs A. B. G. Itaig won the L. the holder, and Min
Sonny and Miss Louise Brough (US) 186,
As Trevor Bailey is still not Ramadhin's
chance, not in the ring but in a Fel Miu-lung (132) v Lau Man- Try: Miss Dork Hart and Mit beat Sumant Misis and Mrs C. four wickets for 40 nm were certain to be fit enough for the Turkish bath.
kin (130), Cheung Pik-shing J.S. Judolt. Tormes Colony G. U. Monthly Medal with
Course. Barbara Scholled; Mr Carga (India) 0-1 and 6-1. the New
the attractions in a short day's next Test, the sectors curtain-
Whatever their effect, the new
(140)
Lưu Hon-khong (LTB), Singles champton, was take n to belt 76 on
Todd; Miss Players are reminded that the rom and Mrs Pat
play in which Hampshire madey have some worries on their ten-weight divisions, replacing Kam Sik-wing (130) Robert 20 heads by IRC's U.A: Rum-
Mrs Mar-
Frank Sedpinan (Australia) 268 runs for seven wickets in minds and will hope that the Jahn, before winning his second. G. U. Medal, played on the Gussie Moran and
unci Mis Doris Har (US) beat just over four and a half hour fuext 12 days will case some of the former eight, must now bei Cheung (136), Hồ Ynt-sun (138) considered as standard through - vA.B. Moore (145), Hemy Wong round some at Hongkong Fact-fast Tuesday of each month and garet Dupont.
In the men's doubles. the Heraldo Weiss (Argentine) and in reply.
nd (134) vamsey Bucks (135), to the West Indies them by better news of the in-
cut the Loxing world,
The boxing will last two ball Club yesterday. As export-continues throughout
Head (US) 6-3 first innings total of 939 runs varids,--Ruuter.
British amateurs secutul seed: pair, Jotui Bream-3: Dorothy
the ed, this proved to be the best mer months.
hours. During the interval Two competitions which had wich and Adrian Quist, of Aus-nud 6-3.
for four wickets.
conform to them in championship Chinese boxer, Pang Fel, match of the day.
will been planned at Deep Water tralia, reached the last eight by
By hitting 12 fours and three-
i bouts and international matches. John Bromwich (Australia)
of his juning, i
Nations affiliated to the A184 give
AIBA Landolt won by 21 sluts to 16 Bay for the month of May were defeating Torsten Johansson, uf and are C. Harrison (Britain) nixes in a chanceless
strength. bad weather. Sweden, and enneclled due to
are under hustructions to adopt i Enrique More beat 11. Wilton
Rogers, the 32--year-old lamp- but at one stage, in the The competitions for July are: of the Argentine.
Entraure will be $2.40 and by 6-2, 6-2 Schmier (Netherlands) 6-2 and
shire
opening batsman, showed
ew classifications before the the new head, I was anybody's game
next
$5,00. Some speelal tickets at European that the West Indies bowling US | 0-2.
championships, $50 each have been sold. with the score at 18-16, Piny Three Clab Medal on Tuesday, and 6-2. While another Aus-
could be punished.
xed for Milan in May 1951.
Ramsey Henry Wong and was oves up to the fifth head, 11th and a Stableford on Thurstan pair, Geoff Brown and ure sceded who
One immediate result in this Bucks will fight over six rounds, cach teering five shots. Landelt day, the 20th. Players will art Sidwell,
own partners for No. 4, were given a hard fight) then scored a three and a two range their
Lennart Ber- by the Sweden, successively to lead 10-5, fur-both events.
Mrs C. Harrison (Britain) 15 gelin and Sven' Davidsson, be- The Glover Cup which ther Increasing it to 15-5 at the 15th head. Rumjahn fought | ployed each year at Deep Water fore winning 4-6, 6-3, 8-6 and beat Ms Dorothy Heud (US) (reached his 1,000
by Mrs F. D. 13-11.
0-3 and 6-2. back pluckily in the next, six Bay was won
Moran Miss Gusnic The day ended as it had be heads, chalking up eight shots Hunter when she bent Mrs J.
Gussie Moran, of the United 6-2 and 6-1,
the sum
it
Mrg and
WOMEN'S SINGLES Fourth Round
saw
the
DICK TURPIN RETIRES
172,
hend
will have 10
demonstration
three rounds.
During his lenings of two
London, July 4. and three-quarter hours, Rogers
Dick Turpit, former British country will be a reorganisation while all other bouts will be score
rise to
of all the
1951 civilian and and with his Last. rust)
Empice Middleweight Services championships, culmin runs of the Champion, today announced
ating in ten ABA frule at Wem- that he has definitely retired bley next spring instead of the from the ring.
eight that have sufficed since Turpin made
history as the 1920, when fly-weights, weiters first coloured boxer to win and crufsor-weights made their was British title when he beat Vince fest championship appearance.
THE NEW DIVISIONS
and gradually crept up to 16-19 Wat on the 18th green in the gun with a surprise, when Miss beat Mrs W. Hutford (Britain) vicious or really helpful,
at the 24th litad. As excitement flonis.
་
Erew. Landolt Lot back into his The foursomen which have Stater, combining exceptionally Mrs Margaret saida and unished the game with been played over the past two well with her famous doubles bent Miss Jent Quertier (Dri-
montis were won by Mrs J. Collls and Mrs F..D. Hunter and Partner, Adrian Quist, of Austaln) 0-4 and -2.
trollo, beat
the second
a single and a two.
THE RESULTS
be held at Deep Water Bay for
1
FULL SCORES
and 7-3-Reuter,
DOUBLES
3D
season.
(US)
The pitch mater became
Ramndhin's performance
Hawkins two
spun
the ball oil, had the batsmen
defended
Ho his title against Albert Finer a year later and lost it to Finch this year.
year ago.
Hin decision to retire followed
bout last night.--Reuter,
New
Old weight weight
st. I st, 13
18
8
Bontam Fenther Light "Light Welter' Welter
a
#
7 8
A 13 B
98
0 13
10 7 10
7
Welter"
11 2
Dupont (US) excellent.
Ramadhin potr the runners-up were Mrs A. E. Billy Talbert and Mrs Margaret Miss Jean Curry (Britain) 6-2 and always
Shirley Fry (US) beat either way, mostly from the Galg and Mrs M. Mackle. Dupont, of the United States.
playing carefully, At Rerrelo-AE. Elliott beat P.
From July 5th to July 31st, by 0-3, 6-2 in the fourth round
Pogers, who had taken two defeat by Finch in a non-litle Fly Lee by 21-12, W. Riley lost to G.C.
WOMEN'S
off fours
Ramadhin NoTontin 10-21.
before AKBGC-WI. Howard beat W. inclusive, a running Eclectic will of the mixed doubles.
Third Round
lunch, reached his 1,000 runs afterworth 28-35.
Miss Gussie Moran and Mrs for the season with a single off
FIJIAN WINS the Ladies. A limit of four AL KCC-1 Greenwood beat C
'The followint wer the re- Put Todd (US) beat Mrs P.the little Test bowler but did
Bydney, July Castillo 21-3; Sykes leat 8. cards to be taken by any one
Knight and Miss E. Sutton no more, 1.c. nine holes per card. | sulls of matches played loday: player, Souza 1-1.
Harry Bray, billed as the No. "Heavy MEN'S QUARTER-FINALS (Britain) -4 and 0-2.
duel by Voman won the
d:feated Middle At KFC-1.5. Landolt heat U.Flayers are asked to read the Humjalin 81-10.
notices concerning the rules of
Budge Patty (US) hent Bill Mrs Thelma Long (Australia)gelting his rival in the deep 1 F heavyweight,
drive. Norman Harvey, of Now South Cruiser attempting those competitions; local rules. Talbert (US) a-0, 6-4.4-2, 0-3 and Mes A. Moltrasu (Britain) when
100 rurk out Wales, in the 10th round of a Flank Scdeman etc. which are posted: in
(Australia) bent Mrs D. Coults and Miss P.Rogers faultless
12 foul and 12-rounds contest here tonight. Heavy Ladies Room at the Club House bent Art Larsen (US). 0-10, Ward (Britain). 0-4 and 0-4— of 172 included
-fouter. Heuter.
three sixes--Neuter, 5-7, 7-5, 6-3, and 7-5. at Deep Water Bay.
At CCC.-A. Floberts best 5.3. Jumala 21-10.
ATALPACAAM. Omar best AP Perelen 21-20; L. All dent A.M. Soura 11-18.
the
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HKLBA MATCHES IN ENGLAND
Three matches
been the Hongkong «rranged, for Lawn Boleh Association play- er now in England.
These are:
Only July
On July
have
20 v, Magdalen
Park at Wandsworth.
27 v. Ilford BC.
On July 28, the Explin Cup
match at Wanstead.
In
now Hongkong players Engiand who will take part in are J MoKcivio these matches (Captain), A. J. Hall, D. W. Bradbury, W. G. Frest, C. E.. M. Terry. b. A. Gray, F. W. Gris- ter, I de Rome and E.. A. Atkins. :