1932-06-25 — Page 5

SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1932.

BOXING.

Larry

Gains Beats Primo Carnera In London.

Giant Italian Too Slow And Cumbrous

ITALIAN'S HANDS ENCASED IN WHITE GLOVES AND NEGRO'S IN BLACK.

CAUTIONED FOR ELBOW PLAY

London, May 31.

THE R.A.0.C. REMAIN

UNDEFEATED.

It

Beat R.A.M.C. in H.K. Area Tennis League.

BY G SETS TO 3.

THE

CHINA MAIL.

TO-DAY'S LAWN BOWLS PROGRAMME.

Champions Visit Bowling Green.

CIVIL SERVANTS v. TAIKOO.

DODGERS DEFEAT

BOSTON.

Hack Wilson Hammers

Out 14th Homer.

Crawford Wins Tennis Title In London

GIANTS LOSE TO PHILLIES. Also Partners Hopman To Win

The following were the results of to-day's games as cabled by Rou- ter's Amerjean Service:-- National League,

At Sookunpoo the Royal Army Ordnance Corps.defeated the Royal Army Medical Corps by 6 sets to 3

A-full Lawn Bowls League pro- in the Hong Kong Area Tennis this afternoon and one or two most

gramme has been arranged for Philadelphia 11 New York *League, 1

....

to

Melvin Ott hit a home run.

0 Brooklyn Hack Wilson hit a home run. Pittsburgh 4 Cincinitati

Condr. Mitchell and S. M. Ander-teresting matches should ensue.flv son won all their three seta

The following is the programme ensure an R.A.0.C. victory, whilst

with the home team mentioned Cpl. McCall and Cpl. Davis collected

first:- two sets for the losers and only narrowly defeated in the third set.

Scores:-

were

Condr. Mitchell and S. M. Ander- son (R.A.0.C.).

A crowd of over 70,000 people were present at the White City Stadium when Larry Gains, the coloured British Empire Champion, beat Cpl. McCall and Cpl. out-boxed, out-generalled and out-witted Primo Carnera, the giant Davis contender for the heavyweight crown, to gain a points decision beat Q. M. S. Landau and

S/Sgt. Parkinson beat Sgt. Carmichael

Cpl. Knight

after ten three-minute rounds.

Carnera was slow and almost lamb-like. Absent, even, was that ferocious grin accentuated by his gum-shield with imitation teeth. Never for a moment did there appear any likelihood of the Italian breaking loose and staking everything upon a vicious on slaught such as he revealed against Young Stribling two or three years ago at the Royal Albert Hall..

First Division. Craigengower v. Kowloon Docks, Kowloon E.G.C. Y. Kowloon C.C. Recreio v, Police R.C. Taikoo R.C. v. Civil Service C.0. Second Division

Yacht Club v. Taikoo R.C. Kowloon G.C. v. Craigengower C.C. Civil Service v. Recreio. H.K. Electric v. Kowloon B.G.C.

PROBABLE TEAMS.

1st Team.

TABLES TO DATE. National League.

Chicago Boston.. Pittsburgh

Percent:

P. W. L age

6

Doubles Title

SIX NATIONS REPRESENTED

THE

FOUR FINALS.

BRITISH LADIES'

WIN

London, June 18,

Jack Crawford, Australia's No. I ranking player defeated Hans

.61 34 27 657 Timmer, the Dutch champion in the Final of the London Tennis

New York Philadelphia

.62 33 29 ..55 28 27 .5T 29 28

.532 .509 ,508

.67 34 38

St. Louis Cincinnati

.58 .27 31 ..67 30 97 American League.

6.4

6- 2 K.B.G.C.:

and

R. Duncan, D. W. Phillips, R. S. Nichol, and A. M. Holland (Skip).

H. F. Stoneham, CS Beat, H. New York Nish, and W. Russell (Skip)..

Washington

+

6- 1. Condr. Mitchell and S/Sgt. Norris (RA.O.C.), lost to McCall and Davis..... 4-6 J. G. Meyer, and E. W. L. Hogbin Detroit beat Carmichael and Knight. 8-6 G. N. Mitchell, A. K. Taylor, Philadelphia beat Landau and Parkinson. 6-4 (Skip).

Cleveland 2nd Team. S/Sgt. Sanderson and L/Cpl. G. H. Sherriff, J. S. Logan, Chicago

St. Louis Smith (R.A.0.0.),

W E. Hale, and W, S. Drake 6- 4 (Skip).

Boston

Petherick, and F. L. Rapley (Skip). S, Ashworth, F. V. Whitta, T. Gooding, and H. H. Rose (Skip). Talkoo' R.C.:

Guins's 14st, like that of Me is concerned, such blows are of beat Landau and "Parkinson Corkindale, who had forestalled little avail-in fact, tend to lead lost to Carmichael and Knight 5-7 him unsuccessfully a few weeks to severe reprisals at close quar-lost to MeCall and Davis... 3-6 ago, was not nearly enough toters-unless followed up with the make it a really good match utmost speed and determination. physically, but he was able to in- Carnera, in fact, replied vigor-1 troduce into the contest two im-jously enough to each attack, portant things which the South hammering Gains's ribs with the

Judging by

more

This

LEAGUE TABLE TO DATE.

R.A.M.C. R.A.S.C.

W. Venables, V. Labrum, V.

*

1st Team.

Championship at Queen's Club to-day in four sets.

In his semi-final game Crawford beat Jiro Satoh, a much fang ,507 cied competitor after a ding dong struggle. Timmer beat K. C.

Gandar Dower, the Light Blue player.

.465 447

Percent: P. W. L age .60 41 19 683

Crawford followed up his singles success by winning the Men's Doubles in partnership with Harry Hopman. The Australian Davis Cup proved far superior to Satch and Miki, whom they beat in .571 straight sets.

.63 36 27

..64 36 28

.562

.57 32 25

.661

62 32 80

.516

Londony June 17. ", A unique feature of the 59 30 29

508 The champions of Australia championships this season is .60 28 37 383 and the Netherlands will meet that six nations will be repre .58 11 47

189 to-morrow afternoon for the sented in the four finals to-mor ran parade are as follows: Home Run Leaders.

London City grass court singles row. Australia is favoured to The leaders in the 1032 home championship, at the Queen's carry off both men's events

Club.

while Poland is expected to cap Chuck Klein (Philadelphia Phillies). 20 day, Jack Crawford eliminated only very open event will be the

National League.

Before a crowded gallery to ture the women's singles. The Hack Wilson (Brooklyn Dodgers) 14 Jiro Satoh after a keen struggle. women's doubles, which is ex- Jimmy Collins (St. Louis Cardinals) 12 The score was 5-7, 6-4, 6-8.pected to produce a close strug Melvin Ott (New York Giants)...13 The Japanese fought the Ausgle.

American League.

The two teams are very: tralian every inch of the way, evenly matched. Jimmy Foxx (Philadelphia Ath.) .27 Babe Ruth New York Yankees)..22 offering the sternest opposition Lou Gehrig (New York Yankees) .18 for every point. Al Simmons (Philadelphia Ath.) 14 In the other semi-final, Hans B. Mickey Cochrane (Philadelphia A.) 12 Timmer, the young champion of Holland, defeated Gandar Dower.

W. Weir, D. B. Bone, J. Watson, and W. Wotherspoon (Skip).

A. Stalker, J. Polson, J. Russell, and J. Chalmers (5kip),

G. McLeod, J. Sloan, J. Chapman, and D. Munro (Skip).

2nd Team.

Hong Kong Area.

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Fast Hockey Game on Marina Ground.

TEAM FOR MONDAY.

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W. Brown, C. H. Summers, G. H. Stewart, and R. MCA. Keown

4. MacIndoe, T. Swan, S. Hope, and C. B. Matthews (Skip).

E. Greenwood, J. Waid, T. Grimes, and H. McKechnie (Skip).

Club de Recreio:

*

1st Team.

#

F. Xayier, R. R. Robarts, C. E. Marques, and R. F. Luz (Skip),

F. V. Ribeiro, J. M. M. Aivea, A, S. Gomes, and L-A. Gutierrez (Skip),

F. X. M. Silva, 0. A. Lopes, L, C. R. Souza, and C. G. Silva) (Škip).

2nd Team.

LIM BONG-SOO WINS FOR THIRD YEAR. Singles Championship of Singapore.

Singapore, June 17. By winning the singles section of the Singapore lawn tennis championships last night for the third season in succession Lim Bong Soo, the Chinese player, became the winner outright of the cup for that section. He defeat-

ed Lye Kwang Chun in two. straight sets, 6-3, 6-4. His victory was

well deserved.

J

Women's Singles,

Mrs. Dorothy Burke, of Stam

The Finals.

London, June 18. The London tennis champion- ships were

concluded at the Queen's Club to-day.

J. Crawford, the Australian champion, won the men's singles

ford, Conn., and the new tennis championship, defeating "Haus

sensation, Mlle. Jedrzejowska, Timmer, the champion of Hol- the Polish champion, will contest land, by 1-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4. the women's championship to Mrs. Burke (America) cap The Polish girl only tured the women's-singles title, became known this season, when defeating the Polish champion, she beat Miss Helen Jacobs in Mlle. Jedrzejowska, by 1-6, 7-5, the German

morrow.

championships. 6-4.

She disposed of Fraulein Krah The men's doubles resulted in winkel this afternoon in easy another Australian victory, Hop- fashion.

man and Crawford easily defeat- ing the Japanese Davis Cup There will be an Anglo-Americouple; Miki and Jiro Satoh, can final in the women's doubles, The score was 6-4, 6-1, 6-1. Mrs. L. R. C. Mitchell and fiss

Women's Doubles.

Dorothy Round qualifying to-day to meet Mrs. LA. Harper and

Round defeated Mr. and Mrs. Miki (Japan) and Miss Dorothy

Crawford in the final of the Mix-

Miss Sarah Palfrey (America). ed Doubles by 6-4, 1-6, 80

African had lacked the quality right and half-beating through Royal Engineers. 3

P. W. of speed and a first-class negro his guard with short-arm jabs and R.A.P.C. boxer's cunning in countering, upper-cuts. A monster elbow Obviously, unless Gains wished also was bought into play once "D" Co. S.W.B.

R.A.0.C. to feel repeatedly the full weight or twice and for that Carnera ug Co. S.W.B... 4 of Carnera's short-arm blows, was cautioned in the fifth round.HQ." Co. S.W.B. 4 he must box for openings. Gains Does Not Force the Pace, may or may not have been sur-

what occurred prised that his huge opponent when he did so, it was surpris-12th R.A. decided to do much the sameling that Carnera

often "A" Co. S.W.B. thing, but he certainly can have did not force the pace and go.in 40th R.E. obtained little satisfaction in the to fight. His enormous advant. "C" Co. S.W.B. affair of long lefts that occupied age in height and reach enabled: most of the 10 rounds. Allow-Thim to stand over his man, and ing for the fact that Carnera the difference in punching power RADIO DEFEAT THE still is very inclined to box with was terrific whenever he let fly! the open glove and to cuff instead and landed the kind of punch that of punch. it was clear enough, was not mere gymnasium work. to the writer at any rate, that The temperament of a giant Carnera's left hand, shot out to however, is not that of a Jack the full extent, reached home Dempsey, and Carnera, except to the face many more timca at intervals, was quite content than the swifter dashes, of to hold his own comfortably in Gains. Carnera's hands, it the exchange of lefts. should be added, were encased in amiable content no doubt cost white gloves and the negro's in him the fight.

On the Marina ground yesterday black, and many an argument.

afternoon in a fast hockey encoun- followed as to the wisdom and

ter the Radio Sports Club defeated Every now and then, as in the the 3/9th Jat Regiment by three Basto, and C. H.. Basto (Skip)..

L. F. Xavior, F. Prata, J. J. He showed a definite superiority in fairness, or otherwise, of this sixth round, for instance, Gains goals to one. K. Singh, Gurbachan

most phase of the game, but it

Men's Doubles.

while. the women's doubles went The two. Japanese Davis Cup to arrangement.

M. A. Carvalho, J. M. S. Rosario, was mainly his ancannily accurate

the British players, Mrs. Itallan's Failing.

unbalancing his huge opponent the Radio, whilst Awtar Singh de- (Skip). mals is successfully, and, by Singh, and Awtar Singh netted for J. G. Ozerio, and A. H. Basto placing that won him the match players, R. Miki and Jiro Satoh, Michell and Miss Round, who Where Carnera failed, how for a few thrilling moments, flected a shot into his own goal to

Lye Kwang Chun played a spondid will meet the Australians, J. beat Mrs. Harper and Miss ever, and Gains wan was in the created the atmosphere that give the Jats their solitary point. Remedios, and Dr. R. A., C. Basto more fortune go far as netted re- the final of the men's doubles.

A. A. Xavier, F. X. Soares, E. M. game, and perhaps deserved a little Crawford and Harry Hopman, in Sarah Palfrey (Amerika) br general impression created by spells success if the opponent is

! 6-0, 6-8, Surgin Singh, in goal, Hanib, G. (Skip). the boxing. Carnerà boxed at not roused to an even bigger Jack, Guest and G. Singh played. times with remarkable balance counter-effort. Carnéra did well for the winners, whilst Sirdar Craigengower C.C.. and skill for such a huge man, once or twice threaten o pul-Khan, centre-half, and Jalil, left but in the sudden clashes that verize his man, but he never inside, were the pick of the Jats. introduced most of the excite kept up the effort, and, in any Radio v. Borderers.

M. A. R. Sousa, A. E. Costes, play was confined mainly to long ATHLETIC FEATS ON slower than his mark of 464, ment he was gumbrous and slow, case, must have to anyone who

L. E. Lammert, and. B. W. Brad-driving from base to base, and It whereas Gains's brilliant rights, did not feel the effect of his Radio Sports Club Hockey XI in a

The following will represent the bury (Skip),

was there that Bong Soo's placing EVE OF OLYMPIAD. few and far between as they jabs and upper cuts

GL Buchanan, M. O'Brien, i Itold Its tale. He kept his opponent were and of little more than an and deadly than Gaine. Still, Wales Borderers

less swift friendly match against the South C. S. Rosselet, and R. Basa (Skip). on the move most of the time, and irritant in effect, never failed to there was little in the actual ground at 5.30 p.m. on Monday.

on the Marina E. Tuck, W. T. Brightman, E el

30,000 Metres Record straight title. cleverly anticipated the direction of "bring down the house." At scoring of points, and in the last)

Arcuili, and U. M. Omar (Skip). most of his returns, so that he al- frat Gains tried to force. Carnera round, though Carnera met one J. S. Grewal, M. H. Hassan, G. Surjin Singh, Farduman Singh,

(most forced Kwang Chun into the to think more of his stomach of Gains's rushes with a short-Jack, Mohinder Singh, A. E. P. A. V. Barros, and J. Cavanagh

C. S. Summons, F. K. Modi,caused him to forfeit the points.

ultimate misjudgement which than his jaw, but the giant was arm blow that all but produced Guest, Gurbachan Singh, Awtar (Skip). steadiness itself in the spar- the first knock down, he was un-Singh,

Singh... and ring. Gains early on reached able.to rouse himself to the kind Harbhajan Singh.

D. K. Kharas, G. Duncan, W. home with a right, but, as usual- of final effort that might have

Collins, and H. V. Pearce (Skip) Reserves: J. T. K. Gilchrist, happens when

C. M. S. Alves, Y. Abbas, W. Carnera saved him an adverse decision. Attar Singh.

volen el Ward, and A. A. Razack (8kip).

60,000

RUTH HIT TWO HOME RUNS.

Senators Beaten.

Little to Choose.

Kalwant

* *

1st Team.

2nd Team.

See Yankees Sweep Double Bill

Yankees Hit Five Homers.

Lazzeri and Gehrig likewise

turns were concerned; he showed an unhappy knack of putting the ball Into the net time after time at the end of a long and hard rally. The

The game was a model of good afforded remarkable tennis, and testimony of the value of developing That stroke has,

the back-hand.

in fact, been markedly responsible for the success of the Chinese play-

World Records Smashed

for Argentine. HURDLES AND SPRINT TIMES EQUALLED.

www.m

Lovelock in Demand.

21.

now up for recognition as a new world's record.

Southern California scored 85 1-6 points to win, its third Stanford Was second with 42. 5-6, California third with 27 2-3 and the Univer gles next with 9 1-8. sity of California at Los An

30,000-Metres Record,

Buenos Aires, May 23. The Argentine runner, Ribas, to-day-set-up a new world's record for the 80,000 metres, by covering the distance in one hour 40 minuta

ers in both, sections, of the tourna- Bullet Berkeley, Cal, May 23:57 6-5 deconds. LAI ment. In Bong Soo and Kwang of California sophomore sprint The previous record was held by Chun we had two of the cleverest sensation, gained a measure of compatriot: of. Ribas, Juan Zabala,

exponents of back-hand play in the whole of the field.

BASEBALL'S GREATEST of the season, both in the first ington, about 117,000, set a sea- against the Yankee veteran, Lye Kwang Chun fought back beating from: his keeniest rival record of tour, 12 min 1 18 who in Vienna last year broke the revenge to-day for an earlier game. The first of these was the son's record for one series, CROWD OF YEAR SEES stroke that decided the contest's

Washington leading, 2-1, with brilliantly all the time, and there of Southern California in the Lovelock for, Los Angeles 7

which he defeated Frank Wykoff a time of 1 minutes 31 1-5 Yesterday's turnout, however, its unearned tallies. result, coming with the bases was well below the 1981, peak of

was a time when there seemed every 100-yard dash of the annual filled in the fifth inning and the 80,408, recorded on April 19, as sixth.

This advantage held until the kelihood of his forcing the match

Wellington, June 1. California intercollegiates. The score at the moment favouring well as the all-time stadium re- Babe's grand slain began with a he showed a tendency to ease up in time was 9.5 seconds equaling secure the inclusion of the Oxford

The build-up for the into the third set for decision. But

Efforts are being made here to Washington, 2 to 1.

cord of 85,265, set September 9, single by Pennock. Then followed his finishing, and Bong Soo snatch Kiesel came from behind with we set up a British record for

the accepted world's record 1928 M

runner, J. E. Lovelock, who inst fumble on Combs's slow roller ed two or three games out of the Pitching Also a Factor. hit homers into the right-field

by-Myer and a pass to Lary to fire through playing back at him a burst of speed that carried the mile in Imin. 12sec., in the New The Yankees' slugging was fill the bases at pin the later stages of a game him to victory by a yard over gesland team for the Olympic bleachers in the initial combat, fortified far beyond the necessary Crowd Appreciative. At the conclusion of the match the Trojan ace, who is an a while the day's fifth and final degree with masterful pitching The vast crowd seemed to sense Sir William Morison complimented cant for a new world's record of Yankee four-bagger, was second by the noted veteran, Herb Pen- that something was about to har- Lim Beng Soo on his third, trumph 9.4. only to Ruth's first one for dra-nock, and the sensational North pen and he did not leave his ad. In the tournament, and said, the cup Wykoff's entry was al anywhere, about 60,000, sawmatic appeal. the triumphal finish of the ' John Allen, young Yankee Allen registered the second at Brown's first pitch and the Imperty, in accordance with custom the wished off his conchigle Carolina youngster, John Allen: mirers long in doubt. Ha swung would now become his personal pro- minute affair and wholly agai right-hander, broke up his own shut-out of his brief major pact of bat against ball touched The feature of this year's tourn Cromwell and Dr. W. E. Fesle scoreless mound duel with Alvin league career. Crowder in the second game by Lazzari led, the field again in tinued for the remainder of the

of a vocal detonation which con-ment had been the suc of the feam physician. driving the all into the bleachers batting with two doubles besides inring.

nese players, and although he The Trojan printer has been ped it would not be with two on bases in the second be homer in the first game, and The crowd chee

often ailing several weeks with

[strained-back mu. Inning."

tiple and two singles in the four runs empowers

zithdrev

New York, May 22. Professional baseball's

greatest crowd of the year

Yankees' five-game, arst

place series with Washing ton yesterday at Yankee

Stadium. The Yankees won both contests of the double header, 14 to 2 and 8 to 0, and gained a lead of two and

he paid attendance was afterpiece. Ruth, though hitle homer It chem

a balf games over the Sena-58184 nearly three thousand in the nightcap, was the day Texastleaquaz.dou

more than paid for stadium seats leading24 run" driver on the singles April 20, when the at home open

tallien sent and: An

tors.

Responding the stimulus of ing of the Yankee season gather the season's hagest assemblage ed together baseball's larg the Yankees staged exhibition Bar

crowd of the year before yester two days. The total attendance for home runs, his ninth and tenth the three days series with Wan

mera.

of thes

pres

week and stated no dec

made

The New Zealand 'A.A. has offered to guarantee. Lovelock's expenses the trip, and a request has beent to the Olympic Council to Include him in the team-Reuter ay World Records Equalled.

Cambridge, Mass., June 18.

course of trials for the

Olympic Games at Log.

Toppino, ■ Loyola