1935-07-03 — Page 5

CHINA MAIL WEDNESDAYS

1935

Sporting Page

OVERSEAS CHINESE MUST NOT BE IGNORED FOR BERLIN GAMES

The American football ambas- sador to Mexico is Millard “DixieTM

Howell (above) who has been

NEW TENNIS STARS OF

TO-MORROW

FRANCE IS FINDING NEW MUSKETEERS

ENGLAND'S REPLY TO FOREIGN DEVELOPMENTS

(By F. L PERRY)

London, June &.

WHO will be the great lawn tennis players of the world of to-morrow? Already I have told you about the rich promise of lads met during my wanderings in America and Austra- lia. Now one of biggest surprises I have had,

named coach of the University of after twelve months away from Europe, has

Mexico grid squad. He won All- American honours with Alabama last year and is now playing pro..." fessional baseball.

“SHUT-OUTS”

FEATURE US.

been the change of personnel of the competitors in the French championships. Some of the ripening new talent will be on view at Wimble- dön.

Last year on all sides, particularly in France, one heard When misgivings about the future of French lawn tennis. BASEBALLe Four. Musketeers "dismissed" the French authorities began

Benge And Hallahan In Limelight

GEERIG HITS HOME-RUN

It looks like the parting of the best of friends, bet a few hours after this picture was made Man- ayer Bill McKechnie (left) of the Boston Braves issued a statement blaming Babe Bath (right) for the team's low morale. This pic tore was taken Bath left Basten

working quietly among the juniors. Now, in 1935, the fruits ENGLAND of their labours are ripening, and there are three or four splen

did colts in training.

BEST AMONG THEM IS PROBABLY BERNARD DESTREMEAU.

A TALL. FAIR PRODUCT OF PARIS. THIS BOY HAS SHOWN EX-

FACE DURING THE WINTER

BEATEN

CELLENT PROMISE MORE PARTICULARLY ON THE WOOD SUE BALASKAS

HE IS BLESSED WITH A TYPICALLY FRENCH STYLE, BITT- THE ING THE BALL CLEANLY ON THE FOREHAND WITH USUAL CONTINENTAL GRIP, AND ALMOST SLAPPINGTM IT FROM THE BACKHAND WING. HE IS RATHER PRONE TO HIT EVERY THING HARD, WHICH IS NO DEMERIT IN A VERY YOUNG PLAY- ER, BUT THOUGH THIS OFTEN WORKS ON WOOD, IT IS NOT SO the EAST ON HARD COCETS,

New York, To-day. Two "shut-outs" featured yes- terday's programme in the Na- tional Baseball League. when: Dodgers blanked Braves. as the result of fine pitching by Benge, while Halla- han gave the Cardinals victory

the

Another French hope is P. Pelizza, a dark well-built youth

over the powerful Pittsburgh LAWN BOWLS RINKS He, too, likes to hit everything

combine.

Joe. Medwick scored

the only circnit-clout game.

their own way against

of the

the

CHAMPIONSHIP

Clash

The Giants had everything Silva And Omar To Philadelphiars, Melvin Ott clost- ing his 17th four-bagger in the home-run parade.

BEST GAME OF SEASON

EXPECTED

AND LANGTON

..

LEE WAITONG MAKES

SUGGESTIONS

COLONY AS VENUE FOR FINAL SOCCER TRIALS TOURS HELP SEARCH FOR TALENT (By "Referee")

NOTHING definite will be known about the

All-China Football team for the World Olympiad at Berlin until the Chinese National Games at Shanghai on October 10, when the combined form of all players in China will be studied,” said Lee Wai-tong, China's famous soccer star in an interview yesterday evening.

"Realising the difficulties which would confront the National Federation in their task of picking a team, I wrote to the department concerned and advised them in the manner they were to go about the matter," he continued.

TI SUGGESTED THAT A NATIONAL FOOTBALL COMMENTED BE FORMED OF MEN AND PLAYERS WHO HAD A VAST KNOW- STELE: LEDGE OF THE GAME AND WHO WERE FAMILIAR "WICH

THS COMMETTRE VARIOUS PLAYERS IN EACH COUNTRY. WOULD, OF COURSE, HAVE TO BE FORMED SOME TIME BEFORE THE NATIONAL MEET WITH A VIEW TO FORMULATING SOME SORT OF COMMON WORKING IDEA.

**The Committee would be

composed of men who had had

time enough to witness all the SOUTH CHINA football matches during the national games and to study all available material

"It was my idea then to select 50 players, the pick of all com

BEAT DAINTY

AT SOCCER

DO DAMAGE peting teams and divide them un MATCH PLAYED ON

South Africans Win Test By 157 Runs

MITCHELL 164 NOT OUT

really hard One does not hear

Scoring only 157 runs in the as much of him as of Destremeau, but many judges in Paris believe fourth innings, England lost to

into four teams, following which trials would be held in Shanghai following the Games.”

The Real Essence"" "It is most essential that those players in minor teams, whose sides may be hopelessly beaten

SODDEN PITCH

CHINESE FAR TOO GOOD FOR NAVAL TEAM

In spite of the unsatisfactory

California's great sprinter,

George Anderson, finishes the 100 metres at the Intercollegixte : AAAA meet at Cambridge, Moss. in the record time of 105anc. Ben Johnsen, the Columbia. University : negro star, -equxlied Anderson's time in a later heat

YMCA BEAT

EAST LANCS AT

WATER POLO

G. FOWLER SHINES IN ATTACK

MILITARY SIDE LACK EXPERIENCE

(BY: "CRAWL")

A very enjoyable game of water- poło was witnessed yesterday- evening when the European Y-M. C. defeated the East Lancashire

the Games, but who are condition of the ground, some good Regiment by 4 goals to 1 in astre-

nevertheless,

chance.

first-class

per-

football was witnessed at Caro-

line Hill yesterday, when a team

interval by the odd goal in three anous game, after leading at the

The outstanding fexture of the

G. Fowler, at centre-forward, who- scored three of the "Y's", goals,

game was the excellent display of

that in him they have a real find the South Africans by 157 runs oriners themselves, be given from the South China Athletic An-1

After beating R. Longtin, the in the second Test match at] Canadian, in Paris, he went down Lord's yesterday after being From these four tearns it winsociation defeated HL ML S. Dainty in four sets to F. M. Hines, of held to a draw in the first Test be possible to select 15 to 20 men by 6 goals to L. The field, which America. I watched this match at Trent Bridge last month.

This is the first Test to be won should they maintain their pre-water being some two inches deep while H. G. Lange also played a

who will then be notified that, as of sand, was flooded the quite closely, as I had to follow

in parte The Red Sox gained a narrow

on the same court. I was quite by South Africa in England, al-sent form, they may stand an ex-

TheY" on the whole were 50 victory over the Senators in the

astonished at the pace Pelizza ob though they have won 11 matches cellent chance of making the For the first 15 minutes both much improved game.

teams were good, both getting American League when Dahlgren,

The draw for the quarter-tained from so slow a surface.

(at home out of the 58 played to Olympic team. Miller and Werber struck homers

date, England having won final round of the Colony Lawn and helped to nose out their op-

Plenty Of "Cat"

and 16 been drawn. Bowls Rinks Championship was ponents by a 6 to 5 margin.

Scores, as cabled by The Yankees maintained their held in the offices of the Prest He has a nice easy action on bent of the Lawn Bowls Asso- both wings, though the backhand is position at the top of the table

produced with plenty of "cut" the with an easy win over the Athle-ciation. Mr. H. Nish, yesterday.

What were supposed to be two type of shot, one usually finds tics, Lou Gehrig, one of last year's batting stars, hitting his of the most likely contenders for among French players in particu-

eighth home-run of the season.

Results, as cabled by Eenter,

were:-

NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Philadelphia

New York

Po 日 $ 8. $ 10

Melvin Ott hit a homer.

the title this year, C. G. Silva's rick and the one skipped by U. M- Omar, come into opposition to one another, and this gives every pro- 5.mise of being the most interesting xame of the season. Although Omar has three men in front of him who are individually better

| bowlers than the opposing three, the unbeaten Silva has a trick of

o adding remarkable confidence to

his risk.

lar.

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[were:--

away to many swift movements, per cent better than last week 28 It is absolutely fatile to select which brought the defences to the better distribution of the ball be

China's team immediately after fore. But later the sailors lost one of the main features of Reuter. National Games, as there is a control and the Chinese were all the clasher vo

period of nearly six months be over them, after scoring two goals 228 tween that and the Berlin Olym in the opening half.

South Africans 1st Inns

England 1st. Innings

Nourse, EES. Wyatt, e

Dalion Sutcliffe, lbw b Bell; Leyland b Balaskas,

Hammond, b. Dalton

Ames, b Blaskas

ER. T. Holmes, e Bell, b Ba-“

laskas"

Farrimund, b Balaskas James Langridge, e Mitchell,

b Ralagkas

Nichols, e Cameron, b Lang-

Green rink, which already has one SHANGHAI ACCEPT Verity, Ikw. b, Langton

Boston

0% 3

Benge pitched

Brooklyn

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3.

Chicago

15

0

Chuck Hartnett and English hit

homers.

A. M. Holland's strong Bowling-

Cincinnatti

Pittsburgh

St. Louis

Halahan pitched

Joe Medwick hit a “home.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Washington

Boston

Dahlgren Miller and -Werber hit

homers.

New York

13

Ton Gehrig hit a bomer,

Philadelphia

10

0

Cleveland.

Weingarner and -Campbell hit

Chozera.

Gehringer hit a homen

812"

Tables To Date "AMERICAN LEAGUE

or two smashing defeats to their credit, will meet a rink composed of Clubmates and skipped by M (J. Henderson.

The full draw is:

INVITATION

Bowls Interport Fixed

JL Tetley, WE Hale, D. W. A reply from the Shanghaf Waterton and M. J. Henderson (skip) Lawn Bowls Association to Mr. C. ♥PT. Farell, 2. Duncan, J. C. B. Hosking. Hon Secretary of the Brown and A. M. Holland (skip).

D. M. Khan, S.: 0. Bax, Adal Lawn Bowls Association, to and A. R. Dallah (skip) v. J. W the effect that Shanghai would be Brown, EC. Fincher, F. Goodwin willing to send a team of bowlers and A. Hyde-Lay (skip).

down to Hong Kong some time late

S. Gomes and D Eumjahn (skip)

Silva, Xavier, H. Are

A. A. Barack, M. A. R. Souta, A-| in September or early in October

for the anomal Interpart encoun

was received yesterday, The letter also stated that Committee meeting of the SIF had been called for Friday Fall the ils of the tour. |be completed.

and F. VV Bibeira (sáig).

JCavanagh, B. W. Bradbury, Beer and U. M. Omar (skip) v. Je E. Noronha, TX. 30. da Silva, Marques and C G. Silva (sky

STRALIA'S "SOUTH-AFRICAN

CRICKET TEAL

ELECTRIC BOWLS TEAM

Mitchell, not out

Total:

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K.B.G.C. TEAMS FOR SATURDAY

piad.

Bud Spectacular Custodian

Final Trials Here

Ball, in goal for the Naval team, Furthermore, I suggested that made some spectacular and time- about two months before the teamly saves, but his clearances were

Although the score indicates an easy win, it was by no means so, the winners having to fight their way every inch

Lawton's Good Display The East Lancs have a very

18 sails for Berlin, all those players not as good as they could have e team who need only to play who were previously selected be been. His two backs, More and more together to come up to the 5 invited to Hong Kong where Stanley were not very reliable and standard of the other military there are better soccer conditions at times let him down, the first water polo teams Lawton, in 10 and certainly better opposition goal being deflected off the right

Trials will be staged here-pro-|back's legs.

[bably two-and then the final

27 team will be picked

We will then make a four of

10 the South Seas before making for 17 Berlin

"It is my earnest hope that the

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SCOTTISH E A MAKE

$4,379 PROFIT

the pivotal position, gave 2 TUT sound display and it was only in- experience which counted against

McCarthy, at centre-forward, could have scored on several de- casions had he broken away from

his man, but this fault seems to

be a universal one among the

10 Committee will attempt to follow The balance-sheet of the Scot-

these lines as near as possible as fish Football Association reveals military teams who will hang onto their men lite leecher instead of 198 the majority of China's best a surplus of £4,379 on the year's making an opening

players are in the South.

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To Meet LRC. And Electricians

follow

the Kowloom Bowi

and amor. Bowls Saturd

working, and total assets

Football Association

Another factor which played an important part in their defest was the fact that the wingers inUKE- ably passed back to the centre- half with the centre-forward waiz ing for

Gorma

who is well-known

Stage Final Meeting the soccer held, was

The final Council meeting of the their name to the

Hong Kong Football. was held in the Asso

ion Football Club,?

sidered by the t

was still not suf

Fin the Chinese

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and the

and proved.

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