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Wimbledon-Seventh Day
BRITISH HOPES FADE
AT WIMBLEDON. --
Austin And Hughes Eliminated.
BERNARD BEATEN IN "ALL-ENGLAND PLATE.
London, July 4,
THE CHINA MAIL.
TO-DAY'S BOWLS
K. DOCKS (51)
CIVIL SERVICE (61) KOWLOON.G.C. (57) BOWLING GREEN (41)
RECREIO (53)
FIRST DIVISION.
POLICE (49):
V.
V.
CRAIGENGOWER (88) TAIKOO (53)
V
CIVIL SERVICE (70)
SECOND .V.
DIVISION.
KOWLOON C.C. (81)
V.
British hopes were completely YACHT CLUB (—) extinguished in the Singles of the ELECTRIG Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon yesterday, for both K.
| W. Austin and G. P. Hughes were
beaten in the fifth round.
The semi-final round, which will in all probability be played. to- morrow, will therefore include an American. the champion, Ellsworth Vines. an Australian, J. H. Craw
RECREIO (55)
BOWLING GREEN (61) POLICE (-) INDIAN R.C. (—)
Lawn Bowls League Tables To Date..
Bowling Green. (8) Police R. (7) ford a Frenchman H. Cochet, the Civil Service (3) former champion, and a Japanese Craigengower (1) player. J. Satoh, but once again no Club de Recreio (2) Kowloon Docks (5) English player, Vines will meet Cochet and Satoh will play Craw Kowloon C C (4)
Taikoo Docks (6)
ford.
Both English players met their Craigengower (1) fate on the Centre Court and, Bowling Green (6) though the stands were crowded to Civil Service (3) watch their play, there was nothing Club de Recreio (4) like the congestion and the over- (Police R. C. (-) flow that were to be found around Yacht Club (2) passages, the entrances, and exits H. E. Electric (8) to Court No. 1, where Cochet and Kowloon C. C. (7) Vines won their victories over Indian R. C. (-) Stoefen and Menzel.
The following are the complete re- sults in the seventh day's play:
SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP (Holder-H, E Vines) FIFTH ROUND
*H. Cochet (France) beat L. R.) Stoefen (U.S.A.). (3-6, 6-4, 6-3. | G-1).
FIRST DIVISION
Shots Shots P. W. L.F. A. Up D. Pts 11 8 688 587 101 0 16 11 7 4 655 663* 10 8 14 10 6 4 605, 568 ST 0 12. 10 6 4 576 540 36 0.12 11 56 618 627 0 9 10 4 7 611 625 0 14 8
628 11 4 7
648 0 20. 8 11 3 8 599 722 0 123
6
10 7 3
10 8 2 646 11 8 3 740 603
0 16 0.16
6 5 672
SECOND DIVISION
492 154 619 121 540 63 0 14 11
688 84 0 12. 11 5 G 579 665, 10 86 10 10 4 6 537 572 0, 35 8 10 4 6 540 587 0 47 8 10 4 6 518 601 € 83 11 1 10 543 714 0 171 2 Figures in brackets denote positions held, by the respectiva clubs at the conclusion of last season. The Police and Indian R C. are newcomers to the junior division in the absence of the Tal- koo second string.
8
SATURDAY,
AUGUST 5, 1933. 4.
[POLE VAULTER WINS ~ AFTER
45 MILES CYCLE RIDE.
Brilliant Feat In S: Africa,
A SHOT THAN AN
WORRIES
The Pitch Over A Bunker.
BY ARCHIE COMPSTON
In his Golfing Secrets, Archie Compston points not the correct method of playing the short mashie shot over a bunker.
NE of the shots that always! worries the handicap golfer
Cape Town
The height of determination was illustrated at the Western Province Athletic Championships when A. Verloo, 1 well known pole vaulter, after missing con- veyance by car, secured
A push bike, rode 48 miles from French Hock to Cape Town, and arrived at the meeting just in time, to tie for first place in the pole vault championship.-Reuter.
NO MONEY OFFER TO VINES.
Rumour Of Tour With Tilden.
MUST WIN US TITLE.
Is the pitch over a bunker biting into the edge of the green. In this situation he has to make the ball draw up qulekly if it is to stop anywhere near the pin. In that case, the only shot to play" is M high lob that will make the ball season brought a denial from to turn professional after this
drop like a poached egg.
London July 28. Reports of an offer of $100,000
Ellsworth' Vines that it had been The way to play it is to explode actually made to him though he the club on to the ball, checking added he might seriously the blade immediately after the aider" such a proposition.
cott-
blow is delivered. You don't want The young American teanla ace the right wrist to climb over the repeated his intention to remain left at all. I find that by checking an amateur. at least so far as the blade immediately after the present plans go.
shot is struck I make it easier to keep the blade of the club open.
WHAT NOT TO DO
"Sure, so far as I know," Vines said when asked whether he in- tended to continue as an amateur. Because of the quick delivery of "There has been a lot of talk about the blow in this shot, there is al- my turning professional over since - ways a tendency for the left side I won the American championship. of the body to swing, which pro-for the first time in 1931, but I
Lawn Bowls SHANGHAI 100 YARDS duces a shot that finishes to the am still playing amateur tennis.""
J. H. Crawford (Australia) beat G. P. Hughes (G.B.) (6-1, 6-1, 7-5).
H. E. Vines (U.S.A.) beat R. Men-
The following are postponed League| zel (Czechoslovakia) (6-2,
64 matches: 3-6, 6-3).
*J. Satoh (Japan) beat H. W. Aus. Saturday, August 12. tin (G.B.) (7-5, 6-0, 2-6, 2-6, [6-2),
LADIES SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP Craigengower
(Holder Mrs. F. S. Moody)
FIFTH ROUND
Taikoa Docks y Civil Service ✓ Police
First Division
Kowloon Docks
Bowling Green Kowloon C.C..
beat
Mrs. F. S. Moody (U.S.A.) Mile. L. Payot (Switzerland) (6-4,
6—1),
v Recreio
Second Division
Recreio DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP Police (Holder J. Boretra and J. Brugnon) Civil Service
SECOND ROUND
Yacht Club.
v Electric
v Kowloon C. C.
v Bowling Green
v Craigengower
E. D. Andrews and A. C. Stedman Saturday, August 19. beat C. N. O. Ritchie and D. A. Hodges
| (7—7, 8—6, 6—4).
THIRD ROUND
J. Berotra and J. Brugnen beat C. L.. Burwell and D. N. Jones 2—5, 6-4, 8——),
(-4)
LADIES' DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP (Holder Mr. P. D. Howard 'and
Mile. J. Sigart)
SECOND ROUND
First Division
Kawloon Dock's Craigengower. Police Taikos Docks
Yacht Club Recreio
Civil Service
Second
v Civil Service
v Recreio
v Kowloon C.C.
v Bowling Green
Division
v Bowling Green
v Craigengower
v Electric
Indian R.C.
Mrs. D. A. Burke and Miss M. A. Kowloon C.C. Thomas beut Miss M. K. Phayre and Saturday, September 2 Miss O. L. Webb (6-2, 6-3).
"Mrs. E. F. Whittingstall and Miss
THIRD ROUND
Police
Second Division
v Kowloon C.C. v Electric
v Craigengower
v Indian R.C.
B. Nuthall beat Fri. H. Krahwinkel Yacht Club and Mixs W. M. C Bower (6-1, 6-4). Bowling Green
D. E. Recreio
Saturday, September 9.
Second Division
Mrs. M. Heeley and Miss Round beat me. Henortin and Mile.
S. Rosambert (64, 0—4).
Mrs. L. A. Godfree and Mrs. L. R. C.
-
Police
Michell beat Mile. J. Sigart and Miss Craigengewer
Yacht Club
M. C. Scriven (7-5, 7-5).
v.Becrelo
v Indian R.C. v Electric
v Civil Servica
Mrs. J. B. Pitman and Miss J. C. Kowloon C.C. Ridley beat Mrs. P. Bouverie and Miss Saturday, September 16.
3. Ingram (G-3. -2).
Mile. J. Jedrzejowska and Miss K.
E. Stammers beat Mrs. A. H. Mellows Police
Second Division
and Mrs. A. D. Stocks (6-1, 7-5). Bowling Green" MIXED DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP Indian R.C. (Bolders: E. Maier and Miss E. Ryan) Electric
SECOND ROUND
·
H. Cochet and Mrs. E. F. Whitting stall beat R. J. Ritchie and Miss E. H Harvey (6-4, 6-4).
best
A. K. Quist and Mra J. B. Pittman J. S. Oliff and Mrs. D. C. Sho- pherd-Barron (9-11, 6-4, 3-7).
v Civil Service
v Craigengewer
v Yacht Club.
y Kowloon C.C.
D. P. Turnbull and Miss H. Jacob ton Futurity for two year olds at beat A. Jacobsen and Miss M. Burgess Arlington Park to-day by a length Smith (4-6. 6, 6-3).
and a half, stepping the six fur
RECORD SHATTERED
Headley Covers Distance In 57.3/5 Secs.
Shanghai, July 27-
F. Hedley, a local boy who has just returned from America, shattered the Shang- haf 100 Yards Free Style, Swimming record at the Row. ing Club last night when he covered the distance in 57:3/5
Беса.
The feat --was accomplished during the first Interport Trial in preparation for contests against Tientsin and Kobe,
PACIFIC COAST BASEBALL.
Missions Take Twelve Innings For Win.
San Francisco, July 26.
The results of to-day games in the Pacific Coast League were follow:-
Seattle
H.
Hollywood
16
1
Portland
11
4
Missions
(12 innings)
Sacramento
5 5
Los Angeles
10
Oakland
G
0
San Francisco
1
left of the pin. When you allow
The report was that Vines would tour with Big Bill Tilden, the former American - amateur ace who succumbed to
the lure of profesionalism. The proposal was credited to a
hinged on
the left side to give way too soon, you come or to the ball from the outside, with the natural result that you haul it round to the left- NE way of guarding'. against
this tendency of the left side business associate of Tilden and to turn is to take the club back vines would retain his United the supposition that with a more upright swing than States singles championship title
10%
you would usually do.
this September at Forest Hills. Different people have different
Vines was approached before but ways of picturing their shots in preferred to retain his amateur their minda, My own secret of status. Associated Presz.
the left HOMETURE
STATISTICS
keeping myself right for this shot is that I try to feel that I am pull- ing the club through with the left hand, keeping the left arm abso- lutely straight at the monent of striking. This idea of "being firm at the ball" is even more importantĮ in these short shots than it is in the fall shots with wood.
ARSENAL'S PROFIT
ON THE YEAR.
Over £75,000 In Three
Seasons.
The Arsenal Football Club made
38 a gross profit of nearly £24,000 last
Lord Derby
OWNERS
Lord Astor Lord Woolavington. Mr. E. Esmond Princesse de
Races No. of Value
Won Horses £
16,022
10
12 G 15,674.
10 ✰ 9.855
7 5 9.650
Faucigny Lucinge 1 Mr. Wm. Woodward Lt.-Col. Giles. Loder Mr. E. T. Smith Lord H. de Walden {Mr.
season, and in three successive seasons the aggregate is well over Lord Derby
Sir Alec Black £75,000.
Lord Astor
At the annual meeting on July In France 10 the board recommended that Sir Richard Sykes £20,000 of the £23,018 In the profit National Stud.....
Woolavington 7 and loss account be transferred to Lt. Col. Giles Lader 3the general reserve.
Lord St. Davids..........
J
1
9.037
8,045 7.528
6.958
5 6.554
6.043
16,609
8.675
J.-A. Dewar
日 4.625.*.
Lord Clanety
BREEDERS
12 16.318.
16.270
14
16.138
8 5
9.286
› 8.474
7,284
8,834
6.672
6.307
20
.32
21 14 23.519
4.503
21 23.558
18 13 20.457
25 19
14,258
9 13,747
12
10.005
9.390
0.037
8.194
5
7,292
1.
77.162
4.466
The actual balance shown is His Majesty .... The following are the standings 4,024, but £11,000 has been put Lord H. de Walden
into reserve for income-tax, and Mr. W. & G. Singer T the clubs after
TRAINERS to-day's £8,481 for benefits and possible P. Darling
transfer fees.
J. Lawson A year ago the club's assets Hon, G. Lambton were stated to be £123,365, and the. Boyd-Rochtert
3. Jarvis gate receipts for 1931-2 were Frank Butters £63,182. Last season the total re-F. Templeman ceipts were £67.154. the average pie attendance at Highbury
FAR STAR WINS $47,000.
Chicago, July 29. Far Star won the $47,000 Arling-
of
games:
Won Lost Pct.
Sacramento Portland
69
48 ,000
68
596
Hollywood
67
47
-588
Los Angeles.
47
.584
Oakland
52
80
.464
Missions
48
414
San Francisco Seattle.
44
380
4171 388
nearly 45.000.
F. H. D. Wilde and Mrs. M. R. King longs in one minute eleven and a beat A. W. Vinall and Mrs. L. G. Owen afth seconds.
Wood third and
(6-1, C2).
C. B.
Kingsley and Mrs. L. A. God- Mata Hara fourth. Eight started. free beat C. Boussus and Mile.. S.-Associated Press. Rosambert (5—7, 6-0, 6—3).
R. Nuroi and Miss S. Noel beat D. N. Jones and Signorina L. Valerio (6~8, 6-3, 6-1
THIRD ROUND
H. G. N. Cooper and Miss E. Mt Dearman beat J. E. Glesen and Mis M. Wilson (6-2, 6-3).
A cricketer, retires from the game at an age when, other men, are just coming to the top of their business. At 35 or 40 his eye is no longer so true or his wrist so supple as it once was. He cannot stay on as a passen-
I. Aoki and Miss B. Feltham beat ger in the old ship. Its crew must all
H. Billington and Miss A. M. Knapp be first-class men. He goes out with (6-2, B4).
*N. G. Farquharson and Misa M Heeley beat H. G. N. Lee and Miss F. James (5–7, 6–4)
out grumbling-Harry Peach.
4
R. Miki and Miss D. E. Round beat G. E. Godsell (6-2, 6--3); V. Tandau
M. Bernard and Mme. Henrotin (3-6, beat D. MacPhail (6-2, 6-1); F, H. 8-6, 6-21.
ដខមកតត
Night Travel In Motor
France being w, Jarvis
Race Round Germany
D. Waugh
0. M. D. Bell
T. Horg
G. Richards H. Wragg T. Weston B. Donoghue
W.
JOCKEYS
Wins, Ttl. Mts.
100 397 40 226
0.013
Pit. & Loss
· (£1 stake)
20 12 3. 6 17 S 18.4 5
22 18 9
287-122
36 237 32 82-287 29.
28 5 3
27 281 25.185 28: 221 20:229 19. 1024
54 12
.95
Al Jones
49 148
Berlin, July 23.Herr Dittmar had a bad fall near
Elsterwerda, and broke his right, Dines
However, he took only. Perryman' D, Wilde beat 7. Reddall (4-8 The most difficult section of the arm JJ Condon and Miss J. C. Ridley 6-1, 6-4); R. J. Ritchie beat E. 1,300 miles race round Germany, enough time to have his arm put E. Smith.. to B. Caralake beat E. Itah and Miss R. M. Hardwick Maier (6-2, 6--3); RK Tinkler which began at daybreak yesterday into splints and continued on (756-8).
beat S.
Rodzianke (6-4, 6-2); C.-M. at Baden-Baden, has now begun, Berlin, a distance of 86 miles, que beat C. J. J. Robbins and Miss J. (9---7, 64); J. B. Gilbert best
H. Tipimer and Mile, M. R. Conquer-Jones, Junior, best B. W. Finning namely, night travel. The or where he was compelled by the|---- | Ingram (7-5, 4-5, 6~2).·
France (2-3, 6-4 6-3); J. D. Fjganization of the race and the stewards to go into hospital. This Borotra and Miss B. Nuthall Wheatley beat D. H. Williams (6-2, discipline among the nearly 500 incident is regarded as characteris beat H. C. Fisher and Mile L. Payot |2—6, 6—3).
66-1 and Mile. J. Sigart beat
ALL-ENGLAND LADIES, PLATE Participants in the race so far hastic of the sporting spirit prevail-
The race was ing among the "Brown Shirts, MA TAU WEI ROAD, KOWLOON proved faultless, G. Girby
First Round Miss J. Saunders beat:
H. F. David and Miss A. M. Yorke scratched; Mrs. A. H. Mellows best-
Miss M. beat P. Grandgalllot. ready: (61, 6, 12-10),
G. Chuter Mina: S. ALL-ENGLAND PLATE Second Round-E. C. Peters beat E. E. Macready beat Miss A K
and Mro. E. Mac-Roundner Goldschmidt: beatjed, by the morning fog. The van One of the chief objects of this
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Dr. J. C. Gregory and Miss M. Ma, B. G. Corell, (6-3, 3-5, retired) especially difficult after passing whose proud tradition is faithful-| Thomas (6-2, 6-
G: von Cramm, and Fri. H. Krah- Miss P. G. Brazier beat Miss M. Whit Brunswick Forest owing to the ness to duty to the last degres, fo Altogether, 288 racers, had pass-- winkel best R. Jourua and Mile. 1. mazab (0-4;6-4); Miss N. Adam-narrowness and steepness of the | Goldschmidt (6–3, 6–2), 100 son w.om Mrs. D. C. Shepherd-Barron track, while in other section, the led Mannheim at 4-o'clock this
LESSONS IN RIDING, JUMPING & HORSEMANSHIP, 6-2), Second progress was considerably hamper afternoon.
Mrs guard thus reached. Cologne half race is to test the endurance BEBAKING IN & SCHOOLING OF an hour later than was expected the various makes of cars in order PONIES & HORSES UN Higgs :( 4 (-4); B. Asmussen (6-2, 6-3); Miss Adamsa L One Heroic example of devotion to gather practical information to gTABLING OF PONIES & HOLSES
6. Burious scratched; H. G. E. Goldsworth scratch; Mrs. L. H Cooper beat 1 2. Giesen (6-3 Wheatcroft: beat Miss Cunninghams to duty was given by one of the be used in the building of about PONIES & SADDLERY POR-BALAH,
Dajd best Ex-SP-3)-Men Stork beat Mms competitors, Herr, Dittmar of Hat 6,000 miles of motor roads all avar (6-2, 6-2); 11 Jouras beat P. B. LE. Drew (6-16-8)
on the Saale, belonging to the Germany, which was just started FGlover (6 68, 6-1, Third 720 (Complete results of the eight
storm-detachment motorcycle sssas part of the anti-unemployment BoundP, Grandguillot beat. M. Ber-jy day's play ill be published in
tion,
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