1927-06-25 — Page 11

SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1927.

SPORTS SECTION

WEEK-END SPORT.

LOCAL AND HOMESIDE ACTIVITIES.

BIG CRICKET SCORES.

[By "Stalwart."]

TO-DAY'S RACES.

BACCARAT, LOCH RANNOCH

AND UKELELE.

"STALWART'S" SELECTIONS.

afternoon:-

1.

Customs H'cap "A":

Following are my selections. for The races, baseball, tennis and the fifth extra race meeting this Inwn bowls comprise the sports for to-day, and although it is threaten- ing to rain a little as I write, it looks as if the sun will prevail this afternoon and allow the pro- gramme to go its set course. To- morrow there will be baseball and- tennis, with an Army Club golf match of eight aside over the old Fanling course.

Shanghai Friend..

Hon. Sin.

Battle Eve.

1. Customs H'cap "B":

Dragon Boat, Bright Eve. Tangle.

Rain is Interfering with sport at home at present. At Wimbledon (3. only the centre and the number one courts have been in a fit atate for play, and most of the cricket. matches that opened on Wednesday

Customs H'cap "C":

Bing Boy. King Alan. Pottenbush,

last have had to be abandoned. 4. Sutton Stakes:

Despite wet wickets and small bails (if the teams are using them) some pretty hefty scores were put up in these matches, as witness the de- tails cabled through to-day appear 5. ing in another column on this page.

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Here are some of the big scores referred to above: Lancashire's 413 against Middlesex, Surrey's 556 6. against Cambridge University. Hampshiro's 521 for eight against Yorkshire, and Essex's 414 against Oxford University. These are single innings' scores, mind you.

"Baby Betty" Nuthall, the six- teen years-of-age British tennis player at Wimbledon, has provided | the biggest surprise of the chan pionships so far in defeating Mrs. Mallory. The American player said afterwards that she expected to lose. Perhaps she did, but the spectators did not, and neither did her youthful opponent. It is the women this year who are worthily carrying the British flag. So far as the singles go. our menfolk are Just about eliminated. Three have to play, but they are up against top- hotchers, and are not expected to get into the last eight. As in the men's singles we are experiencing bad luck in the draw for the wo- men's singles, Mrs. Godfree goiting i up against Mias Colyer and, as was to be expected, beating her. The late Miss McKane, and present polder of the women's singles title, has to meet Mias Ryan in the next stage, and should win.

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Tilden goes easily from match to match, and now has to dispose of Brugnon before he gets the semi-final. Cochet is due to meet Hunter, and in this match we may get a surprise almost as sensational as that furnished by Miss Nuthall. Hunter, both in his singles games and his doubles play with Tilden, is putting up splendid tennis at present and is certainly a hard man to heat, being tremendously aggrea- sive on the fore hand drive and volley.

Baccarat,

King of Troy. Little Sit Tang,

Lend Mine H'cap "B":

Dobbin. Mowgli,

Barley gras8.

Pineapple Flate.

Loch Rannoch: September. Lilac..

7. Fotaumun Plate.

Borderer. Yorks.

District Call,

8. Lead Mine H'enp "A."

Ukelele.

San Diego. August.

HOME CRICKET.

RAIN STOPS MANY MATCHES.

KENT DEFEATED.

London, June 24. Sussez at Horsham defeated Kent by 30 runs,

Sussex scored 160, Beslee tak- ing four wickets for 55, and 292 (Wensley 66, A. H. Gilligan 66).

Kent made 250 (Hardinge 105),

AT WIMBLEDON.

BRITAIN FARE BADLY IN SINGLES.

WOMEN DOING WELL.

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1 Wimbledon, June 24. Wimbledon reopened in

others were saturated.

In the fourth round Tilden beat Boussus (France) 6-1, 7-5, 6-2.

Britain's Doom. With only Greig, Campbell and C. Philcox remaining in the singles, they are doomed to fall in the fourth round to 'Kozeruh, Borotra and Timmer.

THE CHINA MAIL.

as having even an outside chance of giving Mlle. Longlen something to do to win.

ART OF FIELDING.

MORE ACTUAL PRACTICE NEEDED.

with his head, as far as possible, still.

Fieldsman in Attack.

EXCHANGE.

Hong Kong, June 26,

finest fielding combination in England when Notta won the Ideal Positions.

Championship, in 1907, and Mr. At one time and another she has

The ideal position for the hands Gilligan galvanises Sussex to ex- given the Frenchwoman a close

in receiving ground hits is just hilarating effort. This much is game, at any rate for one set; but It was naturally only when Mlle.

THE CAPTAIN'S EXAMPLE. in front of both feet; for catches, sure; that the team which strives Lenglen withdrew her competition

just in front of the breast bone after the highest fielding stand- from Wimbledon that Miss McKane

It is hardly n libel (writes a In actual practice of these essen-ard will reap their reward; they was able to write her name on the special correspondent of the tials the coach should constantly will greatly strengthen their re championship roll. It is a little "Observer") to suggest that much vary the range and trajectory, sources, they will enjoy their sun-difficult to say in what the fascina- of the club or school fielding prac. and angle of his hittings; close cricket to the full, they will be shine following heavy rain in the tion of Mrs. Godfree's (as she is tice in England consists in a man range work makes for quickness constantly sustained by a con- morning. There was a fair attend-now) play consists. Watch her in taking a bat and half a dozen balls of reaction, a long range for fidence and enthusiasm which le ance at the centre and number one an ordinary single, when she is and hitting a succession of more judgment. He should try also to infectious and makes for esprit courts, which are protected. The winning fairly comfortably, and, or less high catches, varied by an "foul-hit" the ball with "cut," for de corps, and they will be sure of nearer the alde-lines than those of ground hits, to a semi-circle of ficult to catch than a true hit of who watch them. Fine fielding except that her drives go much occasional round of hardish a sliced or pulled ball is more dif- the support and sympathy of all her opponents, there is little Bug-Heldsmen, There is value, of twice its height. For slip fields is at once beautiful, inspiring and gestive of the champion about her game,

course, in such a business; it there should be a slip-machine, dramatic. Personality.

accustoms the fielders to judge preferably wetted or oiled; fail- It is in her personality that her the flight of the ball in the air, ing that a roller is useful. real strength consists, rather than hardens their hands, and teaches in her play. The consolation of Britain must big occasion, she often

Except on a really them their primary duty of get- seems ting some part of their person at be centred in the women's part, rather bored than otherwise with last in the way of the most un- where the lairings in the fourth the game; but that really big occa- compromising drive. But real round, so far as are available, showsion steels her purpose, and calls folding is almost as much an art Mrs. Godfree against Miss Ryan, out the fighting power she pas as batting or bowling, and it has and Senorita de Alvarez against senses, but is sometimes insuffi- an art's subtleties of technique, Miss Watsen. Miss Peacock's and ciently interested to use. Joan Fry's opponents have not yet woman pinyer is a better fighter and demands systematic and in-run-out but to maintain a con- Credits 4 months' aight 2/-15/16 been decided upon.

losing battle than Mrs. telligent practice on gradually stant restraint.upon the batsmen Documentary 4 months* Miss Willa Wins.

months sight Results of the third round are as the two matches by which she won

Godfree. One has only to recall progressive lines.

and support and encouragement The first business of the fields for their own bowlers. The moral On Paris- follows:-Miss Wills beat Elleen her two championships, to demon-man is to stop and to catch the effect of a fast, intelligent, and On demand Bennett 7-5 6-3.

strate this fact. In the fourth Godfree beat!

ball, and to this end the "old aggressive side in the field is Credits 4 months' sight 1810 In 1924 she had what appeared fashioned" method which we have tremendous. Nothing so encour- On Berlin- ¡Colyer 6-2, 6-2. Mias Ryan beat to be a dead lost, match against sketched has its merits; but it ages the bowlers to feel that, if On demand Miss Harvey 7-5, 6-1. Miss Pea-Mike Helen Wills-four games to needs careful watching cock bent Miss Maltby 6-3, 6-2. one and three times within a point

it is to they do their duty, their field will

On New York Fry defeated Bouman, the Dutch of 51 down in the second set, be successful even within these support them and make the bats On deriand

48% holder of the French hard courts "having lost the first."

men fight for their runs. Imper primitive limits. title 2-6, 6-4, 9-7.

Credits 60 days' sight 50 ceptibly, almost, Miss McKane'a

Use Old Balls.

Now, the saving of runs by

On Bombay- driving became regularly an inch Old balls-not new-should aggressive fielding demands a Wire inalde instead of an inch outside be used, for new balls bruise special technique, which has to be On demand the court, her resultant volleys the hands much more readily; learnt and practised. The fields- were safely put away instead of the

pace of the hitting man must not only make ground Wire point and game after game was gulated to the being merely returned; point after should be most carefully re- to the ball, but get into such aon demand

Gregory Beaten. Hunter (America) beat Gregory, the English international, 4-6 7-5, G-2, 4-6, 6-8,

Tilden and Brugnon.

In the fourth round Cochet bent de Kehrling (Hungary) 8-6, 6-3, 6-2. Brugnon beat Kingsley 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. 6.2.

Tilden thus meets Brugnon and Cochet meets Hunter,

Doubles Play, In the second round of the men's doubles Harada and Washburn beat the Irish Davis Cup players, the Hon. G. Campbell and Mahoney 6-0, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2.

In the doubles (second round) Tilden and Hunter beat Godfree:

WONDERFUL ARRAY OF

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So much for 'defensive fielding, but no eleven with a proper cricket standard will be content On London--- with that. They must also learn Bank Wire the technique of attack, by which Bank On demand they will be able not merely to Bank 30 day a slight seize the occasional chance of a Bank 4 months' sight. 2/-3/

won instead of being lost; and at fieldsman and the stage of prac hand may travel straight back age of the position that, on receiving it, his

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long last victors was snatched tee reached: a bruised hand into the throw; the throw, too. On demand ent, from an apparently dazed oppon- should spell immediate and genial must be no process of winding-up, On Manila-

whose game had remained

On Shanghai-

30 day's sight (private

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constant, while Miss McKane's had release, and, above all, the ground but as near to a forearm and On demand miraculously changed from loose should be such as to encourage wrist flick as possible. Throwing, ness to certainty. Very much the the fieldsmen to get their heads the weakest element to-day in on demand same thing Alvarez last year, though the crisis without fear of a black eye.

against Mlle. de well down to ground fielding England cricket, deservs a thesis came in the final set instead of the

to itself, but all we can say here The greatest fieldsmen antici- | is that the best throwers use both second,

pate so much and move so early the wrist and the muscles of the W. T. Tilden.

that ultimate acrobatica- are back and shoulder, and always and Greig, 6-0, 10-8, the latter pair limbed American will be almost a be taught first to concentrate, as to the wicket.

This gigantic, smiling loose eliminated. Their imitators must throw sideways, never full-front, retiring-Reuter.

stranger to most of the thousands who will throng Wimbledon next the precondition on the power to To Enjoy Cricket. month. Twice a winner of the anticipate, then to move as fast Finally, a side's fielding will Championship (1920-21), he has as possible to what we may call depend very largely on the pre- not revisited us since, and has the "point of intersection" be-[cept and personal example of the consequently never played at the tween the line of the ball's flight captain himself: there was no "New" Wimbledon. terval he has been uninterruptedly ment, and then stoop or stretch earth" when Mr. Sam Woods. leder Native In-

In the in- and his shortest line of move room for the "little mounds of Chinese Copper Cents 6%pm. "Observer" writes:-

7%P.B. the champion of the United States, as need requires, so that the ball Somerset. Arthur Jones convert- Chinese Sub. Coin At least ninety per cent. of the and, in the opinion of most critics, world's most famous players, men the best player in the world, until may reach him firmly based and ed a sluggish eleven into the Hong Kong Sub. Coin par and women, will be there. Many last year, when he was beaten by of them are already familiar to us; Henri Cochet, in the U.S.A. cham- others will be revisiting the championships. pionships .after

TALENT.

SOME OF THE BEST.

A special correspondent of the

some years' To regain his lost laurela, or, in absence; others, still, will be new-the language of his compatriots, J. Parks taking five for 39, and comers. I propose in this, and into make the great come-back," is

172 (Legge 60), Tate taking eight wickets for 68 runs.

Lancs. Leading.

There was no play in the other County matches to-day owing to rain, and all were abandoned with the position as follows:-

endeavour to give an impression one or two subsequent articles,

the object Tilden has set before him in his European tour this the personalities, the play, and the summer. And he has made a good past performances of some of those start towards achieving it by bent- players who are likely to be most ing Lacoste, Master of every prominently in the public eye at strake in the game, and the the Wimbledon meeting of 1927, possessor of as fine a match-win- including both those who have ning temperament as any player already attained the highest hon- has ever had, Tilden may yet again ours and some of those who may prove his auperiority to all others; be expected to do so in the future. but he will have a considerable To the present champion, Jean number of years to give away to (E, Borotra, first place should fitly be some of those who will challenge 115, accorded. Borotra is the personi that superiority, and he is also fication of boundless (and bound-dependent on the good behaviour ing) energy. No more light-heart-of a "groggy" knee.

Lancashire were leading on first innings' play against Middle- sex at Lords.

Lancashire scored 413 Although we have not had it over Tyldesley 101, Watson the cables, I see that Tom Berry Hallows 82, Makepeace 54). has been knocked out in the first Middlesex made 319 (Enthoven

Two Centuries,

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ed player ever went on to a court, i But there la no doubt that he no more cheerful, either as witiner will be the player whom everybody

or loser, ever anme off one. From will-most want to see this year,

Surrey were leading on the first the first service to the last smush whether success in the French

Borotra never

down from. concert pitch.

minute by Frank Moody in a 20139). rounda contest at Pontypridd on June 4. This is certainly an un- usual experience for "old Tom," s he was called, who could generally innings at the Oval against Cam-of a match, be relied upon to go 15 or 20 [bridge University. rounds with the best British and Surrey scored 556 (Jardine 118, foreign heavies or light heavies and Shepherd 126, Peach 96), Irvine then win on points. Tom was taking six wickets for 171. In heavyweight champion of England their second innings Surrey had for years and lost the title themade 59 for one wicket. other month, if I remember rightly. to Phil Scott, the ex-fireman. I Cambridge compiled 361 (Daw-in also see there has been a big tour-son 78, Seabrooke 71). nament at Olympia, and that in a

Hants Big Score.

lets championships attends him or not; On It will be extraordinarily interest-

business, he flies from. capital to ing to see whether he will continue capital of Europe; on pleasure, he to be able to impose his tremendous appears literally to fly about the personality on opponents who have tennis court,

learnt not to be frightened of any- Jean Borotra.

body, whatever their reputation Few are the matches in which, may be. But whether he wins or the superabundance of his loses, he cannot lose his right to energy, he does not alarm the front be considered one of the very select row of the ring of spectators by few.about whom it is argued whe- dashing almost among them in his ther they are or are not the best

15 rounds set-to Len Johnson, bent At Portsmouth Ilampshire effort to retrieve, some wide-player that ever lived. That alone Moore on points and Young Johnny made 521 for eight against York-pitched cross-volley of his oppon- is enough for immortality. Brown lost to Johnny Cuthbertshire and declared (Brown 204, ent. His game

over 12 rounds.

LOCAL FOOTBALL.

SCOTS GUARDS PLAY CHINESE.

There will be a friendly football match between the 2nd Batt. Scots Guards and the Hong Kong Chinese

Dipper's Century.

the apotheosis! Mead 183).

of the unorthodox; his style is his Yorkshire accured 156 for own. One wonders what would three (Sutcliffe 59, Holmes 68 not have become of Borotra if he had been "taken in hand" by a pro- out).

fessional coach; on the whole, per- haps, nothing would have happen- Gloucester scored 240 at Derby ed, for you cannot coach quick- against Derbyshire (Dipper 131). of his matches from the paralysis silver or lightning. He wins most Derby replied with 139 for two into which his opponents fall, be (Storer 80 not out),

cause their best shots are not only returned, but returned as outright winners from any and every im possible position to which Borotra may have been driven.

Warwicks Leading.

A.A. at Sookumpoo this afternoon Warwickshire were leading in first innings against Leicester- The HI.C.A.A. are also arranging shire at Birmingham when rain

nt 5.30.

a scries of friendly matches against

stopped play.

..

He is so terribly" "unexpected;" the more difficult the shot he has

the various regiments stationed Warwick scored 240 (Bates 54to make, the more certainly he

here, and these matches will take place every Saturday at Sookumpoo at 6.30 p.m. The South China

Command Sports Board, under whose jurisdiction these regiments

to these matches 18

Wyatt 61) and 101 for three,

Leicester made 144.

Hipkin Shines.

makes it. Indeed, the shots he is apt to miss are the easy ones; they

CHURCH NOTICES.

A CHARGE OF ONE DOLLAR IS MADE FOR ALL NOTICES UNDER THIS

HEADING

ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL, HONG KONG.

June 26, 1927. 2nd Sunday After Trinity. Holy Communion (8 a.m.) Matins (11 a.m.) Preacher: Rev. H. Copley Moyle. Litany for the Bick (12 noon). Evensong (6 p.m.) Preacher:

do not interest him. He has Rev. N. V. Halward..

beaten, at one time or another, There will be a Social Gathering At Chelmsford Essex scored nearly every one of the world's in the Cathedral Hall after Even- are placed has consented 414 (Cutmore 98, Russell 71. best players; and twice, in 1924 song. Music and light refresh- Chinese players need strenuous five wickets for 103.

the Hipkin 108), Serrurier taking and last year, won the Singles atments. practice in preparation for the Far Oxford made 201 (Cozalet 66, Eastern Olympic Games which are to be held this year in Shanghai Barber 66), Eastman took four during August,

wickets for 26 runs. Reuter.

The H.CA.A.: team will consist

of the following: Pau Ka-ping; Lau Mow, Lo Wai-man; Ho Cho-yin, Lum Yuk-ying (capt.), Ng. Po-lau; Lee Bing-tong, Suen Kam-ahun." Wong Pak-chong, Choy Ping-fon- rand Ng Kam-chued.

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Wimbledon.

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