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Spanish Champion's Great Match With Crawford

COCHET OPENS STRONGLY ·

SEEDED MEN SAFE

(By A. Wallis Myers)

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ATHELTICS

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SHATTERED IN

N. CHINA MEET

Peiping Leads In

Men's Events. SHANTUNG LADIES FIRST

Peiping, July 13.

Britain Wins Ryder Cup On Last Green

Easterbrook And Densmore Shute In Dramatic Finish

HOW AMERICA WERE BEATEN BY ONE POINT

(By George Greenwood.)

London, June 28. narrow margin of one point on the Ainsdale course here to-day. CREAT Britain won the Ryder Cup match, beating America by the The eight singles were halved, each side winning four, and the contest being decided on the foursomes, which Britam won by the odd match. The Prince of Wales was an inte rested spectator.. He saw the lead- ing game in which Sarazen defeated Padgham, and then crossed over to watch Hagen's great and successful fight with Lacey.

Three national records were shat- tered on the opening day of the 17th annual North China Track and Field meet held at Tsingtao yester- day, according to Chinese tele- London June 27. borance; but he settled down to a graphic advices from the Shantung W VIMBLEDON opened yesterday steady, compact game, sailing home. port.

is a favourable breeze. Austin love In the men's senior division Wu

G under a fitful sun, before a led the lines against W. A. R. Co Pi-hsien of Hopei established a new record crowd for the first day, and fins; he was constantly raising with Jack Crawford, the champion chalk with winners,

national record for the running high The Scot of Australia and the second seeded found a great improvement over-jump by clearing the bar at 1.82

meters. mian, fighting for his life against Enrique Maier, champion of Spain. SUTTER BEATS ITOH The two other national marks The centre court gallery were in Clifford Sutter, facing his baptism'set up were in the running high luck; they witnessed match of fire on the centre court, had only jump and the low hurdles for wo- Finally, the Prince saw the tence with which Padgham outdrove - which, in quality and quivering ex-one stiff set against Itol. The men. In the first event Miss Chu same which settled the issue. It his opponent Down-wind there citement, was worthy of the final American's well-balanced round. The turf, covered at night with its graded length, was too good. Tien-tseng of Shangtung cleared the drew the entire crowd of 25,000 was not much in it, but against the people, and provided the most the wind the different was some- and on many daylight hours during for the young Japanese, but Itoh bar at 1.355 meters. while her thrilling episode yet associated times as much as 50 yards. I do

fired up in the second set, tempor- team-mate, Yun Shu-kuen, won the with the Ryder Cup.

not think Sarazen bargained for arily surprising Sutter by his agile 80 meters low hurdles in the records. Easterbrook, of Bristel, and this, and in the end he gave up at-- defence.

time of 14.3 seconds.

Densmore Shute were the princi- tempting to compete with Padgham· · Like Nunoi, he has cultivated] In addition to the three national pals in the drama. Shute manoeu- in the matter of length. Cochet's habit of opening the rally records, many new North China vred himself into the position of Instead, Sarazen concentrat- ed on the short game, a policy that paid him better than struggling to hit the ball 300 yards. Heyholed the putts and left the big hitting to his op ponent

#

the rains of the last week, WAE thirsting for a hardening sun; it was slow and slippery; it did not suit the Australian; it favoured the "man at the net"

game,

with a guileless ball, relying on

,,

But the brilliant Spaniard did mobile footwork and a quick brain rocords were set up in the men's one up with four to play, but Eas- not really glisten until Crawford to anticipate the explosive reply. senior and junior and women's terbrook promptly squared by had won two sets. He had tasted But if he got to the ball a second divisions.

holding a putt of five yards for a blood with his bullet-like service, before his opponent expected, he had

The first day's results show Pei-2. Then, amid great excitement, the ball carrying a vicious break, not Cochet's accuracy. But Itoh de ping in the lead both in the men's he holed a putt of six yards at the but he was

mixing his expresses served more games than Sutter gave senior and junior divisions with 23 next for a half in 4. with deliveries that were more him.

and 87 points respectively. In the tamable. When Crawford had re-

women's events Shantung was first with 26 points followed by Teing tao with 23 points. Peiping was third with 18 points.-Reuter.

duced an adverse lead of 4-1 and had taken the set with two service areaks, his sliced attack on Maier's back-band looked to be the secret. of victory.

A rude awakening came to Craw- ford and the crowd. Maier last the second set to two, the backhand Hapses increasing in number; there were beautiful shots from both, but the greater control was with the Ausralian.

Avory brought glory to Mid- dlesex by holding the power- ful Stoefen for an hour and a half. Avory's low forehand drive on an oily surface gave little scope to the Californ- Ian's top spin, and when Stoe- fen charged to the net, expect- ing to find a dainty morsel, Avery offered him a disconcer Ling lob

These pawky tactica, unfamiliar |

to the American, claimed the first

China Mail Sports Diary

TO-DAY

A CHARMED LIFE

Lawy_Tennis.—"C" Dielsion. A VOLLEYER IN ACTION.

set and nearly the second. Then Kowloon C.C. v. Chinese R.C. Stoefen, coming in a yard shorter, Deutscher Klub v. Army T.C. The denouement was startling: began to employ

Central British Association v. Kowloon the last act amothering

Docks

There was an amusing incident Easterbrook had a providential about to putt when a lighted ciga- -

af the short eight. Padgham was escape at the seventeenth. He rette rolled down the bank almost: left himself two yards from the at his feet. Padgham stopped, fag and half-stymied, but helpicked up the cigarette and cour- managed to hole the putt for anteously handed it back to the owner. - other half. He seemed to have a At the ninth he holed a surprising charmed life.

ly long putt for a 3 and turned Now we come to the eighteenth. one up, being out in 35 to Sara- the hole which was to settle the zen's 36. From this point things contest and decide the destiny of the Cup. It was pardonable that in egan to go wrong, not so much these exacting

because of Padgham's errors, but circumstances, because of the other's inspired with a vast horde of spectators putting. rushing up the fairway to secure a place of vantage from which to see Sarazen had a 3 at the eleventh, of the drama, the a 2 at the fifteenth, and another 8: players should feel the strain and at the seventeenth to become 8 up. the responsibility of their post- This sort of thing was becoming tion.

Maharajserious, "but Padghame-having-lost Shute drove first and hooked in our holes from the tenth, got one to a bunker. This was Easter back at the eighteenth, where he Brook's chance, but he also pulled rammed in a put from the back of ("y" Bath, 6 p.m.) into a bunker further up the course, the green. ("y" Bath, 6,30 p.m.)ed for the green, but was trapped

Shute, with a mighty effort, play- AN AMAZING MATCH

One of the most remarkable in a bunker at the left-hand cor-matches was that between Mitchell ner. Easterbrook dúg his ball out, and Dutra, a huge, powerful man, and each player arrived on the weighing over 16st and of swarthy. green with their third shot. complexion. I had been told to SHUTE'S MISSED OPPORTUNITY watch carefully this pleasant-look- Easterbrook, putted frst and ing-glant, as he was considered the most dangerous of the United missed, whereupon Shute said to himself, "Now is my opportunity,"| States players. So far I have been and, quite properly, went for the won holes, not because of his own

nothing to confirm this view. hole. But it was a downhill putt.

it nearly shook the confidence out smash. Never losing heart, even if Indian RC. T. Kowloon Indiana of the leader. Maier won the third he lost length, Avory led 3-1 in Filipino Club v. Civil Service! and fourth sets with the loss of the fourth set and took the seventh Craigengower s. Police ZC. 10: 11: only fire games, and went on to game with fine services.

Radio Sports Club. Hong Kong G.G. lead 42 in the fifth.

He was ahead again at 6-5, butj

- Water Polo, when. a roused Stoefen had brokens. China "A" v. Royal Navy through in the thirteenth game the

end was signalled. California crash-| Y.M.C.A. "B" v. University ed home in the fourteenth game. A new environment had made Stoefen! a little nervous.

MCGRATH'S POWERFUL

BACK-HAND.

His attack quickened' fa all departments; pace and accur acy came to him. His length on both wings was so good that 'be could come in behind his wider thrusts. Now we saW one of Europe's best volleyers in action; the ball would be chipped short on to a damp

The double-handed McGrath will, plane.

need the largest arena for his Crawford was trapped I know future matches if curiosity is to be. not how many times by the out satisfied. His opponent yesterday stretched arm which Intercepted, was Charles Kingsley, who kept nim and turned back the Australian's busy for two sels, but had shot hie neatest alices. The angle was bolt in the third.

perfectly judged; it was a finish- By serving to Kingsley's back-

.

BRITISH EMPIRE GOLF TROPHY

Ceylon Player Wins Competition.

ing stroke. On a faster surface hand, his stronger wing, the younglon, won a thirty-six hole bogey

Crawford would

have hit harder Australian lured the Englishman to and moved more quickly; and aim at his unorthodox guard. Here Maler's shock tactics, coming un- the violence of Sydney did its dead- expectedly, surprised him into erly work; the boy's back-hand in- ror and set him panting..

VITAL DOUBLE FAULT.

length,

London, July 12. Mr. M. K. Garnett, of Cey competition at Walton Heath to-day for the British Empire Trophy at the Lucifer So-. ciety's meeting-

nine holes, being at square againet three down

creased in strength as the challenge developed. Kingsley tried to thwart three up after a tie with Lieutenant- Garnett, who was scratch, won by bim by loop drives, and for a time Colonel Minton of India, who had a Esch man lost and won his ser- succeeded; In better practice, the handicap of ten. Garnett won vice at the beginning of the fifth Englishman would have got a better through a better score over the first Bet; when Crawford had conceded his again in the fifth game, serving ja double fault, you saw 4-2 com- ing when Maler served again. "But at this happy period in his pro- greas, the young. Spaniard began to alght victory too soon.Per- hapa he heards the loudspeakers in the Barcelona cafes proclaiming bis triumph

Crawford's backhand: stif fened again; he threw up some perfect lobs: Maier pressed un- duly the hand lost iis con- ning at the crisis." A Spanish double fault helped Crawford to draw level at four-sll, The match' once" more square, had“ an bending, almost bizarre. Crawford won eight points in a row, ⠀⠀| He ́ ́ was steady and staunch, lifting his "game; Maler's --- Last," cartridge –– had gome. In bellliant artistry" # Was a great match, neither man was consistently good all through it; in service strength they give a wholesome Tesson to young England.

Andrews failed

to slay his usual giant on the first day. Victory looked possible when he took sis games in sequence from the tall Menzel, thus squaring the match. But one got the impression that An- drews was not in the best of training.

When the Czech began to atorm the net behind his googly service, directing it to Andrews' back-hand, the debate cooled, and Menzel won the last two sets with something in hand:

g

ROGERS-BERNARD DUEL,

Rogers loves a long fight and must have fought a hundred. It took him... five sets to gubdue Marcel

· Bernard, who was making his debut at Wimbledon.

Thorne: of Uganda, the for mer Corinthian footballer, who Jed by, three up at the end of the 18th hole, finished one down on wo

Не

and, missing the hole, the ball particularly good play, but be ran six feet past Shute studied cause of Mitchell's weak efforts, the line from all angles, then

Mitchell, who was obviously ill putted and missed. nam da

at ease, took some time before he was able to settle down, and dur•· ing this period Dutra picked up three. holes. This was the posi“- tion at the ninth, Dutra being out in 35 to Mitchell's 38. The tenth ́was halved in 5, and then the fun

commenced. '?

Easterbrook, who was only about a couple of feet away, tapped, the ball into the hole amid a burst of tremendous cheering, The Cup had been won from America, and the Prince, la presenting the trophy, said that while he had to be impartial he was echoing the sentiments of all those pre- sen when saying that he was

glad Britain had won."

In a flash, as it were, the game took on an entirely 'different 16- "pect, Mitchel being transformed

ed golfer. Starting with a 3 at the? Mitchell's achievement in beat-eleventh, he won every hole to the ing the glant Olin Dutra is with end, turning a deficit of 3 dawn in-. A dinner for the players took tests. Out of fourteen consecutant encounter it was the most re- to a credit of 5 up. In an impor«- out precedent in International con- place afterwards, which was attend-tive holes he won thirteen. It markable turnover I have ever seen,.. guest of, honour.-Benter. ed by the Prince of Wales as the an interesting fact that Mitchell, and from a feeling of despair the

GOLF ARGUMENT

As

at the age of 46, fs the oldest crowd went into raptures. player on either side. Bunyan Had Mitchell captured hole after hole- a chance of saving the match for the spectators cheered and ""en" America, but was not equal to the couraged him to win "just ans occasion. At the seventeenth be and Alliss pulled into the same

(Continued on Page 9).

WHICH HAND MAKES bunker and the balls were found to

THE SHOT?

be touching. That of Alliss WAS lifted while Runyan played. He promptly hit the shot over the rail George Duncan, one of the most way out of bounds and lost the The young Frenchman encour-

hard-headed and declalve personal-match. eged his supporters by serving bril. ties in the golding world, and one BARAZEN OUTDRIVEN liantly in the opening set, but he of the only two Britishers to win Neither side was able to claim an seemed to be upset by a doubtful the Open Championship since the advantage as regards the morning. decision in the second set. Rogues war, maintained" that golf was a round, each leading in three of Improved his range and strode-for- two-handed game. When pressed the eight matches, the other two No other seeded player was ever ward to recover Bernard ... drop to a decision as to which hand play being all-square. It could he said. in peril, Vises got some useful shots,

ed the vital part he was in no two therefore, that Britain was in more zun-practice against Meredith who, Bernard saved the third set from minds about his answer, b

or less the same position as when match once more square, hud- {5--2 down, after Rogers had a set "Of course, the right must be she left off overnight one point if he only took three games, had point. Danger was spur to the the master hand": he said, "other to the good.

the satisfaction of wining one of young Frenchman, but consistency wise we should all play left-hand. Sarazen, round in 71, finished them with services nearly as fast was not his forte. He nebed too ed. It is the right band which de two up on Padgham, as his conquerors. Perry began a many service returns in the fifth set livers the blow A one-armed given the honour

ttle loosely against Lacroix, And, to make victory possible. fing the court too large for his ex-

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