1934-06-21 — Page 4

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1934.

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MERLIN'S BRILLIANT PLAY IN FRENCH TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

LORD DERBY'S BIG CHANCE]

SAI NAM IN

GREAT FORM AT

SPORTS MEET

12 WINS BEAT OUT WAH YAN.

COLLEGE ATHLETICS TO BE CONTINUED TO-DAY

WITH 12 WINS THE SAI NAM COLLEGE IS LEADING IN THE HONG KONG INTER-SCHOLASTIC LAND AND WATER ATHLETIC MEETING, WHICH COMMENCED AT THE SOUTH CRINA ATULETIC ASSOCIATION GROUND, CAROLINE HILL. YESTERDAY, EIGHT WINS GAVE THE WAH YAN COLLEGE SECOND PLACE.

Owing to the heavy rain in the afternon, the games were abandon- ed, but they are, however, being continued to-day,

The aquatic events will be de rided at the South China bathing pavilion, North Point, to-night, commencing at 7 o'clock.

The following were yesterday's

resulte:

ORD Derby's Hyperion, L

winner of last year's Derby, in record time, is the chief

English contender against Mate, Crapom and Thor II, the American, Italian, the and French entries for Ascot Gold Cup to-day.

110 metres low hurdle. (Heat) UNIVERSITY

Boys "A" Group:--

Chan Yuk Wah Yan College)

Me Chan-chung (Ying Wah C.)

Mei Yung-fung (Ting Wah C Boys' "B" Group: -

George Chan Wah Yan}

Young Pun-wah Ting Wah)

Wu Sick-woo (Wah Kiu College) Boys' "C" Group (80 metres low

hurdles.) (Heat),

First Group:-

George Lee Wah Yan)

Mei Ho-chi (Ying Wah)

Yu Ting (Sai Nam College)

Second Group:-

Ho Kwai-wa (Pun Lap School)

Ma Mui-fong (Sai Nam)

Lee Wai-ting (Wah Yan)

WEIGHT-PUT

BIG FOREIGN

CHALLENGE FOR

ASCOT GOLD CUP

HYPERION'S ́ HUGE TASK.

AMERICA, ITALY AND FRANCE INTERESTED

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(By YARRAMAN)

An extra interest has been pro- vided this year for the big event of Royal Ascot, the Ascot Gold Cup, which will be ran to-day, by the entry of three first-class foreign hortes, the American, Mate, Crapom from Italy, and Thor II from France. To withstand this foreign challenge is Hyperion, Lord Derby's winner of last year's Derby. Chatelaine, winner of last year's Oaks it also entered.

Mate is a six-year old, and in three seasons in America Won £56,700,

RS

Crapom recognised being the best horse running in Italy at the moment. He won the Grand Internationale at Ostend, the Prix du l'Arc

RECORD GOES de Triomphe, in France, and

OXFORD CRUSHED

BY A.A.A.

four classics in hio own country.

Chequered History

The Royal Race meeting at Ascot

FIVE AMERICANS IN OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE TENNIS

Choy From Hong Kong Plays For Light Blues

Of the twelve players in the recent Oxford and Cambridge lawn tennis match no fewer than five were Americans.

Four of these were in the Ox ford side.

The Cambridge side was more cosmopolitan, if less Anglo-Saxon. It had an American, a Siamese, an Indian, and a Chinese, from Hong Kong. Each university had two Englishmen in its team.

BIG MONEY IN FOOTBALL

Football Association's £149,535 Assets

£15,863 PROFIT LAST SEASON

REVERSES FOR BRITISH DOUBLE-HEADER FOR

PLAYERS

HARE MEETS INSPIRED

OPPONENT

McGRATH'S GREAT RECOVERY

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(By A. Wallis Myers.)

Auteuil, May 23.

GIANTS

Indians Well Trounced In U.S. Baseball.

ATHLETICS HOLD REDS

New York To-day. The New York Giants, world champions. defeated the Cleve- Land Indians twice in their double-header in the major league American baseball yes- terday. In the first game the Indians were nosed out by a 3 to

ing were fanned for nine score-

THE French championships, in which the British Empire are de-2 tally, but in the second meet-

fending four events, opened to-day in inviting weather.

Neither Austin nor Perry had a match in the singles to-day, less innings by Red Ruffing of but Charles Hare was down for a contest against Merlin, whom he the Giants.

The Philadelphia Athletics and had defeated at Bournemouth a month ago. The young French-

the Cincinnati Reds also met in a man took ample revenge, winning in three sets, with only a little dis-double-header, sharing the honours. comfort through Hare's eleventh-hour stand in the third.

In the first meeting Koenig hit a

Merlin was in tiptop form. Having played in the centre court homer for the Reds to win by a against testing opponents, including Perry and Austin, for the last margin of 6 to 4, but Todd hit a four days, he was a fully-trained and confident warrior.

R. H. E.

4 7

(circuit clout for the Athletics in the second game enabling them to win now by a margin of 15 to 10. This was Hare's debut in Paris; time, took risks, and Hare,

with and playing

Results as cabled by Reuter were. The balance-sheet of the Foot-everything was strange to him, lobbing more

National League ball Association makes remarkable including the French scoring and more circumspection put up a rea! reading.

the alacrity of the best ball boys fight.

Philadelphia But he could never get a good Cincinnati The Association's aaseta amount in the world. But I do not think to £149,535, of which £101,664 is in he was actually nervous.

winning lead, and Merlin showed There were no double faults signs of generalship in using and gilt-edged securities. The head-

and very few mistimed shots. It varying the flat drive with the New York quarters of the Association, 22, 1 Lancaster-gate, W., are valued at was a case of Merlin's practised chop. The end came in the twelfth £14,698, and the sum of £14,562 is hand on a familiar surface and an attack, in on loan to clube for the acquiei-inspired volleying

which the drop volley with spin tion of freehold grounds.

Confident Frenchman

The profit on last season's work-scored again and again. ing was £15.863, of which £5,070 represents interest from invest- ments. The surplus funds have

game.

has had a long and chequered his thus been raised from £133,672 to/izdently and usually on the rise of did not rouse himself to serve with

G 7 0

Koenig hit a homer.

7 12 2

9 15

0

Cuccinello hit a homer. and St. Louis

Rothrock hit a homer.

5 11

2

Boston

Wally Berger hit two homers,

5 7

G 15

15 18

3

12 18 0 Melvin Ott (2) and Moore bit homers. Three of the Australians, in-Chicago cluding Crawford, lost sets before surviving their first match. As Brooklyn

his last year, Crawford opened Taking Hare's service quite con- campaign on the soft pedal,

Anne who Lory. It was Queen

aany real vigour. the ball, Merlin came in like commanded the holding of the first

The F. A. share of the Cup Finalstreak of lightning to exploit his

Crawford's Relapse meeting on this historic course-profits was £5,081; from the Ama-wrong footing" volleys.

But the holder looked in fine phy-Pittsburgh In July, 1711, it was announced, in teur Cup Final they received £822. might have used the lob to check

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The International match account there rushes, but he was doubtlesssical condition, and all his friends The Entries

shows a profit of £16,324, of which thinking of the passing shots which elleve that his form in 1933 in Philadelphia the A.A.A. team gained an The following are the entries £13.384 was derived from the Eng-had proved so profitable at Bourne-lurking in the background and it

land versus Scotland match at overwhelming victory over a de-for the Gold Cup:

Canon Law, Cecil, Barinere, Mate, Wembley.

'VARSITY ONLY ABLE TO FIELD WEAKENED TEAM

Oxford, May 23.

AT the Iffley Road track to-day

Boys' "C" 50 metres. (Heat). pleted Oxford University team by Thor 11, Golden Glen, Young Lever,

First Group:—

Lau Kai-fu (Sui Nam)

Ta Kit-ying (Wah Yan) Chung Wu-yi (Fan Nam) Second Group:-

Kwak Lok-sing (Sai Nam) Leung Kam-chi (South China)

Tai Ho-fong ("y" Day School)

Boys" "B" Long Jump Final:—

Chung Lam (Wah Yan) Chung Wan-chor (Wah Yan) Kwong Yat-wing (Tung Fung C.) Boys' "E" (50 metres).

First Group:

82 points to 26.

Crapom. Sans Souci III, Agrifolio, Hyperion, Thrapston, Canaletto, Sana

Felicitation, Peine, Nitsichín, This was only to be expected. Yang, Paper Cap, Gusto II, Gainslaw. for, in addition to the absence of and Chatelaine.

E. Lovelock. N. P. Hallowell and

$149,535 during the year.

TSUNDERLAND SHOW

G. Pilbrow, the redoubtable DERBY HORSE WINS.

C. F. Stanwood was forced to

confine himself to high jumping Colombo's Jockey Before and that very tentatively.

Nevertheless, brilliant sunshine and an absence of wind provided a perfect setting for some first- (Heat)rate individual achievements which amply atoned for the ab- sence of match interest.

No Sui-nin (Sai Nam) Keung Man-hín (S.C.A.A.)

Luk Pik-leung (Ying Wah) Second Group:—

Wong Kai-no (Sai Nam)

Ma Wan-song (South China)

Yee Sui-tan (Ying Wah) Third Group!-

Wan Po-wing (Pui Ying College) Llo Kan-yee (Sai Nam)

Mei Ping-nam (Ling Tung C.)

Mak Tak-kej (Ying Wah)

Fourth Group:-

Liu Kan-ming (Sai Nam)

Man Chor-lim (Pui Ying) Au Fook-chi (South Chins) Fifth Group:-

Wong Yip-shing (Pui Ying) Leung Suf-tsun (Fong Nam S.) Lam Po-man (Pu! Ying) Sixth Group: --

Mak Wai-chor (Ling Nam) • Liu Yat-chiu ("Y" Day School) Wan Man-kel (Fong Nam) Seventh Group:---

Taun Kai-chi (South China) Leung Wing-chi ("Y" Day S.) Lee Kelifu (Ling Nam)

Girls' “A” 50 metres. (Heat).

First Group-

Fai Sik-ha (Sai Nam) Leung Kit-sang (Bai Nam) Yeung Tang-kin (Ling To C.) Second Group:

Lau Shuk-yi (Sa Nam)

Chan Sui-lan (Sal Nam)

Wong Yu-ying (Ling To).

The most impressive running

French Stewards.

LOOKED AS IF HE EASED UP BEFORE FINISH

PROFIT.

£3,842 Last Season. Sunderland made

mouth.

Hare

Todd hít a homer. can be summoned out at the be- Cincinnati hest of a strong opponent.

10 16 3

2. 8 0

American League

Trosky hit a homer

Lou Gehrig and

The Crawford who overwhelmed | Cleveland Satoh and Cochet in the last two {rounds last year wore a thick dis New York

gulse for the first match.

3

0 Crossetti hit

But, as I wrote at the time, Merlin had only just returned · from covered court play in America; he had not found his clay court touch.

Vivian McGrath intrigued a largo homers. To-day he was in another class, crowd who noted the increased and for two acts Hare could make power on his doublehanded back- Cleveland no impression on his cager adver hand. He found a challenging op.i Red Ruffing pitched. Bury.

paneat in Weiss, a young hard-New York In the third set Merlin, thinking hitting Frenchman, who raced 10

his man in record 5-2 and 40-15. McGrath saved the Detroit

set with a series of amazing shots, Washington his drop alternating with his full- blooded drive, and then took the homers. Game went to 11 innings. second set in ten minutes. He be

profit of £3,842 last season after writing off to pollen off la sum of £500 for the new grand- stand. League games brought re- ceipts of £16.072-un increase of nearly £500-nd an income £3,416, representing 20 per Ed.of net gates, was £629 more

the previous season.

Paris, May 20. Le Var, belonging to Baron

the

was done by J. A. Burns in the jouard de Rothschild, one of three miles. T. Evenson, few French horses engaged in the Holden, and C. Healey kept with Derby, to-day won the Prix him to a min. 498ee. first mile and Galles at Longchamp.

of

cent. than

du

stal-

K.C.C. SNOOKER DOUBLES FINAL TO-MORROW

OUTSIDER WINS HUNT CUP.

Favourites Have Bad Day.

33 TO 1 CHANCE THIRD

London, To-day.. Caymanas, (Ray), won the

0 1 2

3 11 0

13 18 0

10 17 *

Manush (2) and Greenberg hit

came careless in the third set and St. Louis

lost it, but the fourth was never Johnson hit a homer. in doubt.

Philadelphia

U. S. Girls In Shorts

Chicago The American girls opened their Boston campaign in shorts. This, I am in- formed, will be mentioned they come to Wimbledon.

when

intent

11 13 I

3 0 3

9 14 3 14 18

DON HURST NOW WITH CUBS

Exchanged By Phillies For Camilli.

a 9min. 44sec. two miles, but after M. Lucien Roberts, Baron Edou that Burns was irresistible, and ard de Rothschild's trainer, everyone receded in his wake. Heed this evening that no decision has

Miss Jacobs, despite a cold, won by 80 yards from J. Holden yet been taken about. sending Le E. C. Fincher and M. N. Rakusen Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot yester

was in merciless form against in 14min. 30sec., only sec. longer Var to England. If it is decided (scr.), will meet C. Wigg and E. Fday, at 50 to 1, leading High- Miss Yorke, who played much than his own (rack record. not to send the colt, forfeit will be Fincher (+15), in the Final of lander, (Weston), at 100 to 7,

better than the score suggests. declared at the end of this week. the Kowloon Cricket Club Snooker by one and a half lengths The American champion made

Le Var's victory to-day was Doubles Tournament to-morrow at Young Native, (Cliff Richards), her shots with a sinister followed by a hostile demonstra-16.30 p.m.

at 33 to 1, was third, three and in trying to recover them in įtion against W. Johnstone (Colom-) :

lengths behind Highlander,

the heat of the afternoon, the bo's jockey), who rode Mon Cher,

English girl had to surrender in:

Chicago, June 11. an unequal fight.

The Chicago Cubs to-day trad- Nevertheless, Miss Yorke haded 26-year-old infielder Dolph the course open many times for Camilli to the Philadelphia Phil- a winning volley, and the fact that lies in exchange for infielder Don she missed it must be set down to Hurst. the moral suasion of her oppon-

The only record to go was the weight, when R. L. How land added half an inch to the put of 45ft 5in which he accomplished in 1932.

F. R. Webster made a gallant attempt to clear 12ft, 2in in the pole jump, which would have been a record, but he had to be content with 11ft 11in.

Exciting Mile Race.

The mile was an exciting race, but A. B. Leach found three com petent A.A.A. opponents too much for him. They all jumped him down the far stretch of the last

second in the race. Mon Cher look- SWIMMING MEETING POSTPONED

ed an easy, winner, but was puas- ed at the post.

The meeting of the Hong Kong The crowd thought Johnstone Swimming Association, which was had eased up, and the stewards to have been held last evening, was called for an explanation from him, postponed, and will now take place which was afterwards announced on Wednesday next, June 27, at 6 to be satisfactory.

p.m.

lep, and he was lots to attempt to Cambridge Boat Race Coach Enters

The 29 starters were:- Light Sussex (Pat Beasley) Alluvial (Carslake) Solfatara (Perryman) Cotoneaster (Nicoll) Fonab (Gordon Richarda) Commander III (Harry Reasley) Hot Fight (A. Wragg). The Abbott (Childs) Diamantor (Dines). Grindleton (Fred Fox)

Young Native (Cliff Richarda) Tartan (Harry Wragg) Canteener (Beary)

Agreement To Help Dark Blues Rentenmark (Johnstone)

'Oxford, May 29, Thomas, who has few equals in

up

It is officially announced that bringing a racing ⠀ crew

to

pass three men on the bend, He could not regain sufficient momen- tum entering the straight, and all| three A.A.A. men, led by Prica, who was running magnificently, crossed the line ahead of him.

Mr. Peter Haig Thomas, who has fighting pitch. He has been coach- Finlay won both hurdle races coached the Cambridge University ing Cambridge on and off since the Y.M.C.A. SWIMMING MEETING [with great case, He did 15 2-5sec, crew for the Boat Race for several war.

V photonin the high hurdles, and it was the years, has not been invited by Oxford oramen are hoping that A committee meeting of the greatest of pities that Stanwood Cambridge to act in this capacity he will now do the same for them, Mr. Haig Thomas will begin hin European Y.M.C.A. Swimming was unable to do battle with him next season, and that he has

The only other Oxford victory agreed to superintend the training task of resuscitating Oxford row. Section will be held in the Small

ing by taking in' hand an Isis crew, Room, Y.M.C.A., to-morrow at 6 besides the half-mile was in the of the Oxford crew. p.m., for the purpose of discuss-long jump, which K. S. Duncan won The fact that Cambridge has consisting of the best oarsmen at ing the arrangements for a swim with 22ft 4in. after two other won the Boat Race for eleven years Oxford who are not Blues, to com- ming gala, to be held next strong leaps just short of the in succession may be attributed pete at Henley Regatta in July.

22ft marks

(largely to the coaching of Mr. Ha{g}"; month.

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ent.

Cannon Ball Service

Camilli last year, though field- ing, 994, turned in a batting aver- age of but .224.

Chicago, in third place today and Miss Alice Marble, who has ex-struggling hard to regain the lead ported a cannon-ball service from she once held, needs power at the ; 4. California, opened on a subdued bat more than fielding ability, note, and I doubt whether she will hence, the swap.

And the Auteuil court fast enough Hurst, a dangerous man at the for her speed when it is released. Plate, last year delding 985 and To-day she was not seriously test-hit 267, little better than Camilli, ed and one could form no accurate but he is well known as a clouter of home-runs. He holds down first {judgment of her capacity,

Miss Stammers registered a fine sack for the Philadelphia and, "in win against Mile, Adamon, who 1988 was rated eighth best in the

National (had taken a set from Miss Jacobs

League for Belding ability degte at Milan that waska) Enchyhad in set to her credit, after many stren- Įnoui volleys. The ten minutes in- fterval restored the aim and ardour: of; Miss Stammers, and she took the third set very gallantly, using

Morfair (C. Smirk), Tom Tim IIE (A. Wragg) Highlander (Weston) Seraph Boy (Nevett). Earleton (Steve Donoghue) Hot Bun. (Christie) ~Bhrawton (C. Smith)

Spurtle (Ryabr, qan, dos listguard (D. Smith)" Pricket (Wrickaby). Caymanas (Ray) ZT Dilesia (M. Hunter). North Devon (Sirett). Thermidor (Richardson).

Dvo Decagon (H. Foster).

ALL SPORT WASHED OUT

Owing to the heavy rain the

[the drop, shot cloverly against schools" athletica and all tennis and

tiring opponent. The winner bowls matches have been postpol meets Miss Busan Noel.:

to-day.