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THE CHINA MÁIL SATURDAY, JULY 28; 1934.

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LAWRENCE MAY SHATTER COLONY 100 YARDS SWIM MARK

GERMAN CLUB HOW COTTON WON GOLF TITLE TRIUMPHS

On Thursday the Chinese Recreation Club defeated the Club de Recreio by sets to 2 in the deciding "B" Division Lawn Tennis League match of the season. The CR.C, have now heid. the title on eleven successive decu. sions-(King's Studio).

INDIANS AGAIN SUCCEED

"A" Division Victory Over C. C. C.

WET COURTS TROUBLE·

PLAYERS

CHINESE ATHLETIC AQUATIC MEET

Swimming Gala Next Saturday

RACE FOR JOURNALISTS

*

WIN AGAIN

South China Retain NEARLY DISASTER IN LAST ROUND AS

100 Per Cent.

"C" DIVISION LEAGUE TENNIS

Only three "¿" Division Lawn Tennis League Matches were played off yesterday, rain upset- ting the remaining fixtures. Of those played, only two

were

SARAZEN'S RECORD EQUALLED

BREWS SECOND AND PADGHAM THIRD

(By GEORGE GREENWOOD)

SANDWICH, JUNE 30,

completed, although the match HENRY COTTON WON THE BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP AT between South China A.A. and

ROYAL ST. GEORGES HERE TO-DAY WITH 283, A SCORE the University reached a definite conclusion before it was aban- EQUALLING THE RECORD ESTABLISHED BY GENE SARAZEN AT doned, South China leading by PRINCE'S TWO YEARS AGO.

6-nil

K.C.C. BEAT INDIANS

At Kowloon, the Kowloon Cricket

S. F. Brews, the South African champion, ↑ was second with 288, and A. H. Padgham third Club defeated the Indian Recreation with 290. There was a triple tie for 4th place, at 292, between two Americans, Macdonald Smith "Smith and J. Kirkwood, and a Frenchman, Marcel Dal-

lemagne.

Club by 6% sets to 22.

Scores:-

W. Gittins and (K.C.C.);— drew with F. Khon

Khan

J. S.

and M. A.

beat M. el Arculli and Y. el

Arculli

lost to S. A. R. Bux and R.

Su Tiad

(K.C.C.):-

beat Khan and Khan

S.

6-6 Cotton has thus broken the American mono- 75 poly of the championship which has run for ele- J: 4.8ven years and has virtually been in existence

Capell since the War.

J.

IN TRIAL INFANTRY

COMPANY

FAVOURED

VOLUNTEER GALA TO-NIGHT

LADIES' RECORD MAY

'BE SHATTERED

(By G. L.)

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COMPETITION for the

supremacy at to- night's Hong Kong Vo- lunteer Defence Corps 620 yards, Cotton was pin high Swimming Carnival has with a No. 2 iron shot, but in the been stimulated under rough to the left. This was an other.

the new scheme whereby re the Corps is divided into

However, the stroke-was

deemed at the short sixteenth (163 yards) where. Cotton put a No. 5 four Units. mushie four feet from the stick and holed the patt for a 2. success struck

The new classification has had This the effect of distributing the an encouraging talent very evenly and many note, for at the seventeenth (423 keenly contested races are pro- yards) he hit a beautifully con-mised.

The Portuguese Company (the ten feet of the Aug and holed the Infantry Unit), will now be seri- ously challenged by the Statio putt for a 3.

The came the mishap at the Machine Gunners and the Mobile eighteenth for which a woman Machine Gunners.

RECORD ENDANGERED

trolled No. 4 iron shot to within

The Chinese Athletic Associa tion's second swimming gala of the The Indian Recreation Club season, which was to have been held recorded their fourth victory byinst Saturday, will take place next defeating the Cralgengower Cric-Saturday evening at 7 o'clock, at the ket Club by 5% sets to 3% in the Club's bathing beach, North Point.

A. W. Ramsay and R. S. "A"

A very attractive programme has Division Lawn Tehnis

(K.C.C.):~ League at the C. C. C. yesterday.ben drawn up, which includes an lost to Khan and Khan

3-8 HE HAD ESTABLISHED SO ENORMOUS A LEAD THAT J. M. Razack was a notable ab-open event to local journalists, abeat Arculli and Arculli 6- IT SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE ANYONE COULD CATCH HIM. sentee from the Indians' team, be-"Tug-O-Wor", and waterpolo bent Bux and Suffind.. 6- WITH THE LAST ROUND TO PLAY HE HAD A CLEAR AD-

F. A. Broadbridge and W. Peddie VANTAGE OF TEN SHOTS OVER THE

NEXT MAN. IT ing replaced by A. K. Sufila, afmatch, probably against a team from "B" Division player, while the the Victoria Recreation Club.

6. 3 SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING IN THE NATURE OF A C.C.C were deprived of Y. Hachfu- The prizes for the winners of the bent Arculli and Arculli 63 TRIUMPHANT PROCESSION, BUT AS THINGS TURNED OUT ma, who was replaced by C. Luck. Kala will be donated by Miss Hubent Bux and Suffiad

IT WAS ALTOGETHER DIFFERENT. SOUTH CHINA CLEAN SWEEP 1. D. Rumjahn and J. Cassumb Muk-lan, daughter of Mr. Hu Han-

As the strokes began to slip shot less had not a woman stand-camera fiend was wholly respon- hey were the best pair

themin, the well-known political lea- couris, winning two and drawing der.

Entertaining the University, South away Cotton became fidgetty and ing behind Cotton when playing &sible. Still, there was nothing of In the open 100 yards event, W. China A.A. won by 6. sets to nil, restless, and on one occasion he little pitch. from the rough to the which to be despondent in a round Lawrence, the champion of the when the match was round tennis and splendid under-'

abandoned even went so far as to tell aflast green thoughtlessly clicked a

Colony, is expected to shatter the 400 metres (Open to journalists) jowing to continuous rain. standing. In their set against A.

spectator that he knew his own (cament.

||Padgham Loses Ground existing record of the Colony-59 50 metres (women) (representa- Scores:---

With business and required to be left V. Gosano and G. Lau, they started

suddenly Britain's second favourite, Al-5 seconds, held by D. Lyon. Athletic F. N. Wong and H. Wong alone. Cotton's progress on the broken Cotton hit the ball clean fred Padgham, was fully expected

Lawrence is in great trim at poly, losing the first four games, tatives in any National

the moment, and in an unoffi- but, by a splendid recovery, fore-meetings except).

beat C. P. Lo and C. K. Quek.. e. downward path was not arrested off the socket to cover point.

1

There was that awful pros

cial trial last week bettored beat H. T. Bee and F. T. Kwik. 6-3 until the 13th hole was reached

P. K. Kwok and C. N. Tsang where he was seven under 4's. pect of a 6, his first in the

this time, recording 58 3.5 for (B,C.ATA) S

championship, but fortunately

the distance. this was avoided as he chipped over the bank on to the green and holed a putt of 7 ft. for a

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one wel. They displayed good all The following is the programme

100 metres (boy beginners)

ed a draw. Gonaño's service was superb, while his partner's net play won them many points.

J. W. Leonard and R. Choa, the C.C.C's No. 1 pair won their first two sets, but were troubled by the wet courte in the third.

A K. Suffiad combined well with A. R. Minu, who's swerving ser- viecy were very successful.

Scorca:-

J. W. Leonard and R. Chon (C.C.C.):1 beat 3. A. Rumjahu and S. A.

Karnail

200 metres (men's).

100 métres (children's Derby ruce Tug-Of-War.

(S.CA.A):—

It was a critical position, but to

200 metres breast-stroke (wo-bed etcher, and K. S.Tour 7-3 his everlasting credit he made a

men's).

200 metres breast-stroke (men's) ,400 metres (open to Colony).

Water Polo (probably v. V-R.C.)

SUSSEX ARE AGAIN HELD IN TITLE RACE

(Continued From Page 1)

-

4- 3 A magnificent recovery in the

beat C. P. Lo and C. K. Quek. 6- 3,

GERMAN'S SECOND WIN

concentration

of 72.

to offer a stern chase of the loader: Hitherto this year the positions, of these two young men have been reversed and now that Padgham was the pursuer he was less forceful in his methods than was Cotton.

Nine strokes seemed a heavy, Catton's play for the first three handicap, and the plain truth was holes was indicative of the grip that Padgham was not equal to he had on himself. He was off the the task. He lost rather than green at each, but chipped up and gained ground, and with 75 be holed the putt for the per figure. came 12 strokes in arrears.

H. K. Ho and K. F. Lui (8.C.A.A.):— supreme effort to 'pull himself to- beat Fletcher and Tour ....... 6- 2gether and succeeded. The situx- beat Bee and Kwik

5. 6. 1 tion was saved, and playing the next five holes normally he wanted a 4 at the 18th to beat Sarazen's record.

Cotton was bunkered and, tak ing a "5" falled. Considering the enormous strain.he may in the cir- cumstances he forgiven the alip.

The Vital Third Round

At King's Park, the German Club recorded their second League win, defeating the Police Recreation Club by 6% seta to 2%. -

Scares:

beat A. R. Minu and A. K. Suliad 6-4 second innings, in which they Club lost to H. D. Rumjahn and J. A.

Carsumbhoy

W Sander. and B. Soltau (German 3 scored 452 for 7 declared, failed beat H. L. Calthrop and K. Bid.

0

mead

A. V, Gosano and G. Lau (C.C.C.)-to give them victory, only two beat C. Pile and T. Pile .......

beat Minu and Suffad drew with Rumjahn and Cassumb-

hoy

C.R.C. "A" K.C.C.

SC.A.A.

L.R.C.

6-6

6-2

6-4

6. 1 6-4

6- 6

Arriving from all parts of the country a big crowd assembled to

Another player, just a little frightened of himself, might easi 1 have taken 5's or even 6's. So far Gotton had played fifty-seven holes on the St. George's course,

Padgham staried weli enough with 4 4 3 4, but then lost a stroke at each of four holes through inability to hole putts varying in length from 4 ft. to 9 ft.

eighteen of them in a qualifying round, without taking a 6-an al- Putting Difficulties

most incredible record of, efficiency. His First 5

He could not reach the fifth and seventh holes with two ahots, and also missed the green at the sixth and eighth from the tee.

Thrilling races are promised in the team race over 800 yards and the Medley race. The infantry (Continued on Page 51 ENTRIES AND CARD

The following are the entries:--- Event 1309 Yards Team Race - Teams of 6 men, each man to swim 50 yards

Static Machine Guns E. F. Selk. A. G. Dann, J. W. Pote Hunt, S. V. Gittins, J. Anslow and E. Lammert.

Mobile Machine Gun:-J. Sloan, J. P. Whitham, E. M. Critchley, L.. T. Paget, G. Fowler and J. H. Bradford.

Infantry: L. Roza-Pereira, E. da Roza, B. Gozano, F. H. Silva, L. Soarer and J. Bouza. Event 2-50 Yards Ladies" Invitation

Race:

Heat 1--Miss J. Wellor, Mrs. Mead, Mra, H. G. Read, and Miss A. Fowler, Heat 2-Miss D. Hunt, Miss P.

was accurate enough, but when it Event 3-100 Yards Mens' Invitation In each instance his recovery George, Miss W, George, Mrs. W.

Shreuder. came to putting for the par figure

Race

Men:-

Static Machine Gun:-E. F. Selk, A. --

Mobile Machine Gun-J. P. Whit bam, L. G. Robertson and A. N. Other. Small Units:-H. Millington, A. Gamble and H. Dinnen;

lost to Rumjahn and Ismail 3. Kent batsmen having been dis- beat J. Galvin and H. Loughlin. 6- 1see how Cotton would fare in die 7- 5 miased for 92 runs at the close 0. Neidt and C. J. Steeneck (German vital third round, vital because it is the stage in the championship of play. John and James Lang-Club)

beat Caithrop and Bidmead 6- 1 which shows of what stuff the Tsui Yan-pui and C. Luck (C.C.C.): ridge continued their splendid lost to File and Pile

4. 6 leider is made..

The sequence was broken at the lost to Rumjahn and Ismail- sbatting form of the past few lost to Galvin and Loughlin.... 4-8 lost to Minu and Suffiad... 0- 81weeks, scoring 159 and 130, res-

fourth where, on a slope at the G. von Ehren and G. Sommer (Ger-'

Would Cotton maintain his lost to Rumjaha and Caasumbhoy 1. Ospectively.

man Club)

position of glorious isolation back of the green with his second

ahot, he tried to pitch from Although two full innings re-beat Calthrop and Bidmead .... or would he break, as so many "A" Division Table To Date

have done before him?

downward lie and failed. mained to be played on the last beat Pile and Pile

drew with Galvin and Loughlin day, the Gentlemen

That the course presented an en-Padgham found the hole elusive. H. L Ozorio, W. Lawrence, L. T. defeated the

The answer was quickly forth-

not tirely different proposition from, Sela Players by 7 wickets at Lord's Australia: 314 for a dec. (H. Bromley coming. Not only did he

He told me he had never lipped Paget, A. A. da Roza and E., B. Roza. PWLD F A Pls.The Players declared when 245

97, A. F. Kippax 101, W. H. break, but he actually increased the previous days was shown by the hole with so many putts which Event High Diving - Teams of 3 Ponsford 68).

the fact that there were three failed to drop. 6 6 0 0 451⁄2 81⁄2 12 had been compiled for 5 wickets,

his lead by one stroke. 65 10 31 22 10 A. Mitchell scoring 120, and Sut-

To-day's Matches

The triumphant procession thus holes, the fifth (451 yards), the Another five came at the ninth, D. Lowson arid A. N. Other. 54 1-0 26% 18% 8 cliffe 65.

Play commences to-day in the fol

proceeded without interruption, seventh (493 yards), and the thir-where his caddie suggested a No. lowing first-class matches;

County Championship

though there was nothing in the teenth (448 yards), which, awing Iron for the second shot, but the way of phenomenal scoring, into a head wind, could not be reach result indicated that a full bang Surrey v. Kent Essex v. Glamorgan deed, it was not a day for recorded in two shots even by a young, with a No. 3 would not have been Infantry: L. Roza-Pereira, E. da Somerset v. Middlesex breaking. A high wind from the and powerful player. like Cotton, too much.

Roza and G. A. Pinna. Derbyshire v. Ramp-

ses made the course four to five who shire.

can pull out a little extra He was two over fours at the Event 5-Pillow Fight: Notts v. Yorkshire shots harder than on the two pro-when it is needed.

and although finishing The Draw: Lancashire v. Leicester vious days.

At the fifth he carried the strongly in 3 3 4 he knew that 75 A First Round Worcestershire v Glou

famous Maiden bunker with Disturbed By Camera

glorious brassie shot, but was a was Yound in 72, a good way short of the green. How- shire (W. Cornford's eminently safe and, in fact, excel ever, Cotton played a deft little benefit).

lent score in the circumstances. It pitch and run and holed the putt would certainly have been

one for a 4.

A long brassle shot at the seventh, caught by the wind, drifted into a bunker on the Jeft, and his second 5 was`TO- gistered.

Recreio

H.K.C.C.

C.C.C.

C.R.C. "B"

C.R.C.."C" V.S.R.C.

19

# 4 29 33 21 8 5.3:20 26

A magnificent Innings by 'R. E.

Oval,-- Clacton.

5 3 2 0 241⁄2 20% 6 S. Wyatt, England's Test captain, 5.140 15% 29% 2 who scored 104 not out, aided by Taunton.- 6 150 18% 85% 2 C. F. Walters, England's opening Derby- 40407, 281⁄2 Ð

bat and deputy skipper, who scor-|

6 0 6 0 14% 39% 0

S.C.A.A. SWIMMERS HONOURED.

Champions Of Canton

Water Polo League,

ed 79, enabled the Gentlemen to Nottingham.-

Liverpool. secure the necessary 232 runs for Dudley, the loss of only 3 wickets.

Yorkshire experienced no dit-Hove ficulty in beating Worcester by 10

cester. Sussex

Warwick- *

wickets, Bowes, the England fast, Matches in progress. bowler securing for 85.

Friendly

Cotton

Lancashire consolidated their Edinburgh- Scotland v. Australians position in second place. In the COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE TO DATE County Championship by beating Gloucestershire by 193 runs. After

Six local members of the Mak the Red Rose. county had declared

Ngak Swimming Union's water-twice Pollard took 6 Gloucester Sussex (2)

polo team, champions of the Can-

wickets for 21.

FRIENDLY

tan International Water-polo

League are laying the Co

Lancashire (5)

Yorkshire (7

Kent (3)

At Lord's, the Gentlemen bent Derby (6) Notte (8)

lony to-night by the 8.8. Tung On the Players by 7 wickets.

for Canton, where they will re-Players: 263 (Leyland 80, Ames, 76 warwick \??»;

ceive prizes to-morrow,

The party are all South China Athletic Association swimmers, baing comprised of Wong Sun- man, Kwok-Chun-hang, Shek Kam-. pui, Kwok Muk-hol, Ho Ping-kef] and Wong Yu-man.

Before the distribution of

Brown 4 for 106).

9 3 20 10 4

8.

P W L

21 11 0 21

-3 -0-

* Ist Inna.No Pts. P

1. Result Poss. Obt. W

1 315 206 63.20 315 · 174 22 300 169 315154

20-8 :19** · :4

4

1 300-143)

0 285-139

19

3

(23 28546 137

22 6 5

1 330 120

810

Surrey (8)

Glamorgan (16)

Worcester (15)

106 24091 270 83 04270

78

Hampshire (14)

255

71

Somerset (11):

0285

68

Leicester (17) Northants (13)

160240

55

10142219 30 270 2285

Figures in brackets denote epeltions

246 for B dec. (A. Mitchell 120, Essex (4) Gentlemen: 277 (J. H. Homan 68 G. Middlesex (12),

Sutcliffe 65).

Gloucester (19)

0. Allen 83, Mitchell 4 for 94) 282 for 8 (C. F. Walters: 79, R. E.

S, Wyatt 104 not out)."

EARLIER RESULTS.

FRIENDLY H

prizes, a water polo match against At Sunderland, the Australians the Canton Foreign Marines will drew with Durham.

be staged at the Yat, Sau swim-Durham: 78 (L. Fleetwood-Smith 7 for ming beach.

6,21) and 204 for 6 (G. L. Adamson

$8.-G. Hickman (52)

1 330 2122701

turn,

awas not a satisfactory third round

core.

Kirkwood Second

There was now an opening for someone to step into second place, and it was gratefully accepted by one of the Americans, J. Kirkwood, who completed the rount in 71.

Realising that he had turned a deficit of two into a lead of two

Cotton was not worrying; he strokes on Padgham, Kirkwood whimsically remarked: This emiled, and walked to the next tee would have been quite a nice party He was bunkered again at the

N. Whitley v. W. E. Peers. M. Soares v. H. Mington.

Second Round: H. Shields. v. B. GOBATO. C. Santos v. F. M. Gilva, F. Dannett v. W. Tiesington. A. Mitchell v. J. Ferguson,

S. Fowler v. L. Bóza-Pereira. A. D. Lowson v. L. Soares. E. Remedios v. J. Sou Event 6-100 Yards Team Race

Teams of 4 Men-Back Stroke, Bide. Stroke, Breast Stroke and Free Style

Static Machine Guns E. Belk, R, J gimpson, S. V. Gittins and A. Dom.

Mobile Machine Guns-L T. Paget,

ninth, and in playing-on-owkward now if Henry Cotton had not been W. Stoker, G. Fowler and Blean

Small Units: Millington, G. shot from a difficult positlan he one of the guests.”

Kirkwood had certainly played a Infantry-L. Roza-Pereira, E. da

Gambe, H. Dinnen and J. Watson. completely lost his balance and

remarkable round, because his 71 Roza, N. M. Marques and B. Goiano. fall in the sand,

included sixes at the seventh and Event T-Corps Ladies' Championship Great cheering greeted the hol-l

thirteenth. He was three under 127ing of a putt of seven yards for a fours for six holes, but at the Post Entries

50 Yards 4 after all. A score of 35 to the seventh took a brasals for his The teams turn was more than good enough

second and hooked the ball round Static Machine Guns-A Salk, A. for the purpose.

his neck.

DEARLANAN Y Donn; AD. Lawson, R. Meadows, D.. Concentration Breaks it came to rest on footpath Sullivan, S. V. Gittins and W. Mobile Machine Guns S. Fowler, [Pote-Hont. |

Event B-Inter-Unit Water Polo:

A slight break in concentration through wilderness of long was noticeable at the eleventh grass, and, not content with that y Stoker, J. Slaan, P. Whitham, where Cotton bungled a little chip good fortune, Kirkwood alleed his c. Aris, I. T. Paget, and G. Fowler, from the back of the green. Phy third and was Clufight ora – Infantry E. Lawrence, Katud.

at conclusion of last jing down wind to the fourteenth, ¦ five.

the Suez Canal bole, measuring (Continued on

Silva, B. Gosana FK SilvaL

Rona Pereira, J. D. Remedion and Me A Baplata