THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1932.
De Stefari Gives Italy Victory Over Egypt
Grandguillot's Grand Effort
HENRIKSEN FEATURED IN TITANIC STRUGGLE AGAINST SCHAEFFER,
DENMARK SECURE
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ADVANTAGE
THE CHINA MAIL.
MIRACLE UPSETS BACKERS
FOR THE DERBY.
Victory In Newmarket Stakes For Lord Rosebery.
(Reuter's Special Service.)
London, Yesterday.
The Epsom Derby situation has been made perplexing for backersby, the easy win of Lord Rosebery's Miracle in the Newmarket Stakes.
Miracle. (10-1) entirely re- versed his Gulness form to beat Rolling Rock (71) by Bulandshar four lengths. (6-4) came third, being three-quarters of a length be- hind Rolling Rock.
lian on the Leeds right wing, was
clent pace to reach him, but Harris.
EVENING CRICKET MAY GET REAL TRIAL
Supporters Among Workers.
INCREASING POPULARITY,
י.
How many county cricket clubs. will take advantage of the revision of the rule enabling them to play antil a later hour?
It would certainly be no bad thing in thickly populated industrial centres, for it present, except for holiday periods and Saturdays, the artisan classed get little opportunity of witnessing the first-class game and, se far as week-end is concern- ed, there is powerful competition from the League clubs,
May Improve,
A man who finishes the day's
at present.
NUN'S VEIL TRIUMPHS-AT-
NEWMARKET,
Lady Harry Filly Boaten * By Two Lengths,
Newmarket, Yesterday. In the Two-Year-Old Stakes run here to-day Nun's Vell (11-4) came home two lengths ahead of Lady Hurry Filly (1) from a field of fourteen. Volcanius (100-8) secured third place, being one and a half lengths behind Lady Hurry Filly-Reater.
YANKEES WIN AGAIN.
Strong Bid in American Baseball League.
FIELD FLOOD AND RING
Harrow's Success,
By Athole
Australia v Çuba.
A
Australia had favoured New York or New Orleans for the competf- tion, but Cuba's wishes prevailed.
Harrow, for the second year in The second round encounter in succession won the Public School American. Zone of the Davis Cup be Rackets Championship when R.tween Australia and Cuba is to Pulbrook and J. H. Pawle defeated commence to-morrow at Havana.
Rugby School (R. A. Gray and R. F. Lumb) in the final at Queen's Club by four games to two (15-18; [18-12, 156, 11-15, 159, 15
12). They won the title last year, and as Pulbrook is, I am given to understand, staying on for another
Gustavo Vollmer, who has parti cipated in various Florida tourna menta recently, Ricardo Morales) Lorenzo Nodarse, Jose Aguero, and year and Pawle for two more years, Joaquin Pardo are among the oute it seems likely that Harrow will standing candidates for the Cuban THREE GAMES IN HAND,
guard this championship for some team. Flay will continue сл New York, Yesterday. time to come.
Saturday and Sunday, The following were the results
Champion Recovers.
Playing
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0
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Egypt made a great but unavailing effort to defeat Italy in the first round of the Davis Cup at Genoa yesterday. Commencing the day a match in arrears Pierre Grandguillot placed his country on terms after having conceded the first two sets in a surprising manner. Tense excitement prevailed during the final match, but De Stefani was too ex- sent careering away towards the labours at five o'clock has little to perienced a player to allow the occasion to get the Swinton line. Rees bad not suffi- induce him to rush off to the county better of him and succeeded in giving Italy a nar-had yet to pass Scott, the Swinton ground for, perhaps at most, half
an hour's play. full-back, running diagonally row victory by 3 matches to 2.
Assure him of play until eight across the field to meet him. It
o'clock he might eventually be as At Copenhagen a magnificent game was witnessed when was a tense moment, but the Swin-
strong as the after-lunch brigade is of the Baseball games played to-Light Blues for Olympiad, Henriksen and Schaeffer took the Court in the second round match ton man was a fraction of a second
day:
National League.
The selection of crews to repre- between Denmark and Yugo-Slavia. After a very indifferent stort too late and Harris avoided a tac-
Which, inferentially, is of itself Henriksen displayed brilliant form to stage a remarkable recovery kle and scored the only try that'
Cincinnati 4 Philadelphia'
1sent Great Britain in the rowing an argument for later start. At and to give Denmark the lead. Fifty-six games were contested be- Swinton have conceded throughout;
3 Brooklyn most matches the morning crowds St. Louis fore Denmark's No. 2 ranking player emerged victorious. The other the whole of the competition.
(after twelve innings.) are merely scattered handsful and game was postponed owing to darkness when Ulrich of Denmark Seven points behind, the situation, the atmosphere is that of a quarter-
American League, from a Swinton point of view filled theatre.
New York 3 St. Louis had lost the first set at 10-8.
Counties certainly seemed hopeless, but with great would not stand to lose by holding
-Reuter's American Service. match, commenced in fast failing tenacity they stuck to their task-up the start, though the leisured light, was left abandoned after Hodgson kicked two more penalty aestions of the community might
TABLES. TO DATE. Kukuljevje (Yugo-Slavia) had goals he never missed a chance, and it cutting in on their social and taken the first set from Ulrich at-Green failed by inches to reach domestic amenities.
National League.__! 10-8. The game will be continued the line, and Butters was held up to-morrow. Geneva. Yesterday.
after a great effort. Henriksen, whose tennis has The winning of the toss decided As forecasted in the China Mail· yesterday De Stefani proved too shown amazing improvement in the match. Swinton had plenty of sections are the present backbone of Cincinnati strong for Wahid in the singles recent months, commenced very pluck, but no luck. Theirs was a able to give shakily in his first big match of difficult, uphill fight all through, encounter and was
the season. Schaeffer
If they are it is because those Philadelphia...23 12 11 broke and they deserve some measure of with less time aro
St. Louis Italy a narrow victory over Egypt
in their defeat and circumstances debarred from giving Brooklyn
New York in the first round match in the through his service in the ninth sympathy
game to give him the set at 6-4 failure to create the record by win- their interest a practical expression. Pittsburgh Pierre Grandguillot played bril-This early disaster caused himning the trophy for the fourth time, The argument that the amateur | Hantly to defeat De Minerbi after some anxiety and he lost the but, at the same time, it la impos-element in the playing strength | Tosing the first two sets. It was a second without securing a game.sible to evade the thought that they would give the experiment the stony grand struggle the result of which / The third set saw him come into did not prove themselves quite as stare is not of sufficient strength to
22 17 Washington placed the two countries on level is uwn and he walked away with adaptable as
combat the obvious advantages New York De Stefani, Italy's No. 1 the set at 6-3. The fourth set pro- tions. Leeds took their chance and which would ensue. At any rate, it Detroit ranking player, however, came to vided the tit bit of the present played better than they have done is worth a trial, his country's rescue and defeated series of Davis Cup matches. for some time. It was their third
ITALY'S NARROW WIN OVER EGYPT.
Wahid Collapses.
Davis Cup.
terma.
Wahid in straight sets.
Egypt will now meet Spain in the
Second Round.
Results as cabled by Reuter wore as follow:
De Minerbi (Italy) 1-6, 2-6, 6-1, '6-4, 6-8.
De Stefani (Italy) bent Wahid (Egypt) 7-5, 6-4, 6-1.
Earlier results:—
Ding dong exchanges coupled with
usual to the condi-
Cup success, and, on the run of the play, it was deserved. They were beaten for possession in the gerum- mages, but proved much more effi- cient in three-quarter back play.
to Swinton their usual freedom of action in the loose.
The attendance of 29,000 and re-
Backbone of Game.
It may be argued that these self- same Jeinured or semi-leisured
the game.
from force of
Chicago ... Boston
for the first time at Milan since her illness and the
Though not quite up to her p
ual form, she nevertheless beat Mme. Bertlet, of France, 4-6, 6-0, 6-4.
evants at the Olympic Games at Los Angeles this Summer is expected operation on her eyes, Fraulein C to be made immediately following Aussem has been taking part in the. the Henley Regatta in July. Many Italian championships. crews are anxious to make the trip, but so far as the eights are concern- ed, many good judges would like to see the Cambridge Boat Race crow given an opportunity of rowing for Percent-their country in the games. There P. W. L. age .23 17 6 21 18 8 .26 14 12
.25 11 14 ..21 9 12 .21 8.13 ....22 7' 15
are difficulties in the way, of course, 739 Competition at Henley is one of the .619 conditions of Olympic selection, and .598 though Cambridge may take part 521 they will do so not as a 'Varsity 440 crew but under Leander Club .428 colours.
.880
318 Nothing. Definite
Percent-
American League.
5
Cleveland Philadelphia
This
good newa lovers of tennis s Fraulein Aus am was last year's lady champion at Wimbledon, defeating Fraulais also of Germany, rahwinkel, by 6-2, 7-5,
Princes For King's Cup.
The Prince of Wales and Prince
Mr. H. R. N. Rickett, the Cam-George have entered machines for P. W. L age
bridge president who is also the the King's Cup Air Race on July The race, which is open 772 new Leander captain, declares that 8 and 9, 19 13 6 .684 nothing has been decided so far, to amateurs who have flown for 110 .20 18 7
660 and is not likely to be discussed hours, has so far attracted 48 en- 26 16 10816 until the beginning of the univer-trants....
The Prince of Wales' competing ...21 9 12
.428 alty term. Americans naturally .26 11 15 .423 would welcome the prospects of a fair-craft is
KOWLOON BOWLING St. Louis
Chicago.... .28 € 17 GREEN RINKS. Boston
.....21. 4. 17 Home Run Leaders.
Saturday's League Encounter,
a Cowper Swift and
283 winning Boat Race crew compet Prince George's is Fuss Moth 190 ing at Los Angeleă.
Six Women Enter.
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7International Women's Golf.
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outstanding brilliance on the part of both players caused the set to to twenty-two games before 180
Henrikseni broke hrough his oppon- Pierre Grand guillot (Egypt) beat ent's service to draw on level In addition, their forwards. denicu i
B Terry (New York Giants) Jimmie Foxx (Philadelphia Atha.) 7
Amongst entries for the air race terms at 13-11. With the taste of victory still sweet in his mouth
Babe Ruth (New York Yankees)
The British women's..... team to round Britain there are six women. Averill (Cleveland Indians)
meet America in the International Mrs.-L. H. Rhodes-Moorhouse, Henriksen found little difficulty in
Cochrane (Philadelphia Atbs.) winning the final set at 6-1. `It;
golf match-the first official wo widow of the first pilot to win the Byrd (New York Yankees) was a magnificent recovery and ceipts of £2,450, were a long way
The following will represent the Lou Gehrig (New York Yankees) men's encounter between the two Victoria Cross, has entered eða It was the Kowloon Bowling Green Club in Gehringer (Detroit Tigers) below expectations. augura well for the fighting spirit)
nations at Wentworth, Virginia Moth, and Lady Bailey and Mrs. A. the Lawn Bowls League on Satur-
Water, Surrey, on Saturday, May 21 | S. Butler have entered Puss Moths. Second team v. day:
(2nd) has been announced by the Ladies' Miss Winifred Brown, the winner First team v. Kowloon Dock| (home) :~~.
Golf Union as follows?...
in 1980, la flying an Avian, Miss (away):
G. H. Sherriff, J. S. Logan,
Miss Joyce Wethered (England) Winifred Spooner a Moth, and A. K. Taylor, J. Rodger, R. S. W. E., Hale, and W. 8. Drake (Capt.), Misa Wanda Morgan (Eng-Miis F. P. Crossley, the sixth Nichol, and W Russell (Skip). *(Skip).
land), Miss Enid Wilson (Eng-entry, is the only woman flying a G. N. Mitchell, J. McIntosh, J. G. land), Miss Diana Fishwick (Eng new Cowper Swift... Meyer, and F. L. Rapley (Skip)land), Miss Elsie Corlett (Eng- S. Ashworth, W. Venables, Tland), Miss D Park (Scotland), Gooding and V. Petherick (Skip). Miss Molly Gourlay (England), Prospects at First Gloomy.
Reserves: C. L. Farmer and T. and Mrs. J. B. Watson (Scotland)..
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Grandguillot brothers (Egypt) of the Danish player should he de- smallest "gate" since 1926, and the cide to enter the lists at Wimble. lowest financial return for a Cup
beat Sertorio and Delbono (Italy) 6-2, 6-2, 6-7, 6-4,
De Stefani (Italy) beat Pierre Grandguillot (Egypt) 9-7, 6-1, 6-4. De Minerbi (Italy) beat Wahid (Egypt) 6-3, 8-6, 6-3, 6-3.
HENRIKSEN'S DRAMATIC
VICTORY.
Remarkable Recovery.
Copenhagen, Yesterday.
den.
t
A mild sensation was caused
fual since 1923
Teams.
when Ulrich dropped the first set Leeds. Brough; Harris, Moores, to his opponent, but it is under- O'Rourke, Goldthorpe; Williams, stood that the bad light proved a Adams; Thompson, Lowe, Smith great handicap to his game. Den- (R.), Cox, Douglas, and Glossop, Įmark look like entering the Third Swinton. Scott; Buckingham, Round where she will encounter Green, Evans (H.). Kenny; Evans Jiro Sato and the might of Japan (B.), Rees; Strong, Armitt, Wright, fresh from their conquest of Hodgson, Beswick, and Butters, Greece,
Results as cabled by Reuter After a thrilling struggle which were as follow:- lasted 56 games Henriksen, Den- Henriksen (Denmark) beat mark's No. 2 ranking player, Buc-Schaeffer (Yugo-Slavia) 4-6, 0-6, ceeded in giving his country the 6-3, 13-11, 6-1.
lead in her second round encount- Kukuljevle (Yugo-Slavia) lends
er against Yugo-Slavia. The other Ulrich (Denmark) 10-8.
RUGBY LEAGUE CUP FOR LEEDS
Swinton's Rally Broken by Only Try Scored,
Against Them in Tournam
Leeds
REMARKABLE GOAL-KICKING.
Swinton
11
Ing-the-ball fault."
Not only did
8 Swinton have to face the wind during the first half, but an eight The Rugby League Challenge points' deficit so early in the game Cup is in the safe keeping of Leeds, who beat Swinton in the final at was a depressing burden. When Hodgson "kicked his first goal Central Park, Wigan, by four against the wind and made the in- peralty goals and a try to four terval score 8-2 the situation from penalty goals. As the score in- dicates, it was not the ideal con- Swinton point of view was by no
means hopeless, test that had been predicted. Half
a gale of wind, a new and lively, The manner in which Swinton ball on a dry surface, excitement, played in the first ten minutes of and the unusual rigour with which the second half suggested the pos Mr. Peci administered the 'scrum-sibility of a characteristic recovery mage laws wore factors which con- on the part of the League cham tributed to a match that fell below pions, and Hodgson improved the outlook when he kicked his second expectations. N
goal four minutes after the resump. It was interesting without being tion. In the eleventh minute, how spectacular, but it was notable for ever, a free kick enabled Brough, almost uncanny accuracy of the Leeds full-back, to drive back Thompson, of Leeds, and Hodgson, the Swinton attack for the of Swinton, in their kicking of time, and a bungled pass in',
Before the game field RVS was tweifty minutes old the Tends
the
pen"
captain had placed
R. Duncan, F. V. Whitta,
E. W. L. Hogbin, and A. M. Hol-
and (Skip).
"
H. F. Stoneham, D. W. Phillips, H. H. Rose, and H. Nish (Skip).
Reserves; C. Hart and S. Adams: | Harð. '
K.C.C.
Friday 13thALE
BY
ALL REMNANTS
HALF PRICE
ONE DAY ONLY
WHITEAWAYS.
Not Selected Players.
At the beginning of the year, the prospects for the race were gloomy, for the Aero Club had introdused a rule barring all commercial Arms The L. G. U. originally named and pilots from entering. This, twelve players from whom the finslowever, has been withdrawn and selection would be made. Those the finest craft that Britain can not chosen are Mrs. P. Garož
(Thorndon Park), Miss Jean Mc-produce will now be represen Culloch (Troon), Miss D. Pim
(Royal Portrush and Addington) Derby Favourite.
and Miss B. Pyman (Royal Porth-
Orwell, which won the Two
cawl).
The match will be six aside by | Thousand⠀⠀ Guineas, is -- now the singles and foursomes with two re- Derby favourite at 2 He has serves. Last year at Oxhey Brit. already won £27,912 in stakes.
ain beat France by eight games to ⠀ - Last year, as a two-year-old, he none with one halved. we ran in six races, of which he won, The American team, it will be five and was third in the other recalled, is as follows: Mrs. Glena During that time he ran under the Collett Vare, Miss Helen Hicks, name of "Golden Hair O He was Mm. O. S. HIL, Miss Virginia von third in the Great Surrey Foal Wie, Mrs Leona Pressler and Miss Plate and won the Chesham Stakes Maureen Orcutt, with Miss Marion National Breeders' Produce Stakes, Holling 'and' Mrs.. Harley Higher as Champagne Stakes, Imperial Pro- reserves.
dace Stakes and the Middle Park) Stakes.
Hagen Again Competing
Constantine and West Indies.
V
Walter Hagen four times winner Jungmaury
of the British open tournament, will. There is much speculation in the be a competitor for this 2r's West Indies as to whether L event, which wilz, be deci at Constantine, E.St. Hill, and Fran- Prince's Sandwich Hagen has not eis will be available for the West bean as prominent in
off Indles team when heyatour En since his return from Australia with Kirkwood, Fadvices state!” that
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