1935-08-15 — Page 4

THE CHINA MAIL THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1935

Sporting Page

SURPRISINGLY POOR BOWLS IN SEMI-FINAL OF OPEN PAIRS

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Paavo Nurmi, or "The Flying Finn as he is known, has been reconciled to the Swedish Amat- eur Athletic Association and has commenced training for the 1936 Berlin Games.

GOOD SWIMMING

WITNESSED AT RA.

AQUATIC TRIALS

Lt. Withers Shines In Sprints

ROYAL ENGINEERS CAUSE MINOR SENSATION

Excellent swimming featured the preliminary heats in prepara- tion for to-day's finals of the 8th Heavy Brigade's (RA) annuai swimming championship at the European pool yesterday, the outstanding feature of which was the success of Lt. H. C Withers in the 25 and 50-Yard dashes,

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Gar. Harris, the Brigade's water-polo captain and one their finest all-rounders, was in fine fettle and was featured in practically all the events. He

was very unfortunate in the 150 Yards Medley when he was dis- qualified for a purely technical offence. if it was even that, turn-

WIGHTMAN CUP ing over on his stomach on the

TO-MORROW

completion of his first length in the backstroke before he had reached the wall, in spite of being

Draw Announced Forwell in the lead.

-2-Day Encounter

(Continued on Page 5) The following have qualified for the finals which take place this

JACOBS STAMMERS DUEL TO afternoon:

OPEN 1935 SERIES

Forest Hills To-day. The draw for the Wightman Cup contest between Great Bri- tain and America which com-

100 Yards 8th Heary Brigade Cham-

pionship:

Gar. Moones. Gar. Harris. Gur Halliley and Gor. Cartiledge. Plunging Final:

X. Szt. Swatton 52 ft. 2 ins. St. West 42 ft. 3 ins.

Gar. Stevens 42 ft. 1 in.

mences at Forest Hills to-mor-50 Yards Free Style:- row has been made as follows:- TO-MORROW

Gnr. Harris, It H. C. Withers. Edr. Collings and Sgt. Bilton

Diving Championship:

(Final)

Grr. Mooney

-Singles: Miss Helen Jacobs Brigade (US) v. Miss Katharine Stam mers (Gt Britain). Mrs. Amold! (US) v. Miss Dorothy Round (GŁ Britain). -

Doubles: Miss Jacobs and Mrs. Fabyan (US) v. Miss Stammers

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Bdr. Hall

Gur, Sell

4. Bdr. Collings

Yards "Dash:

Gar. Harris. Sgt. Bilton, Lt. E CI withers, and Bdr. Collings.

and Miss Freda James (Gt. Bri-150 Yards Medley (Breast. back and tain).

SATURDAY.

Miss

free styles):

Grr. Mooney, Gar. Halliley. Gnr. Withers and Bdr. Taylor.

and

Singles: Mrs. Fabyan (US.) r.

150 Yards Free Style Invitation Relay Mrs King (Gt. Britain),

Royal Engineers: Pearse. Revill, Jacobs (US) v. Miss Round (Gtje. Jordan, L. Jordan, Crossen

V. Goble. Britain), Mrs. Arnold (U.S.)

East Lancs Smith, Gorman, Miss Stammers (Gt. Britain).

Doubles: Miss Caroline Babcock Roberts, Hardy, Turnstall and Me-

and Mrs. Andrus US:) v. Miss

Lyle and Miss Dearman Britain)

Carthy.ANA

H. M. Submarines: Lt. Woodward.

Windsor Lad, Mr. Martin Benson's Derby winner (the horse was then the property of the Maharajah of Rajpipla), finished a splendid career before being retired to the stud by winning the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park in the presence of Their Majes- ties the King and Queen. The borse is here seen being led in after its: Derby, victory...‚·

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BRITISH TENNIS LOSS?

FRED PERRY

RECEIVES A

NEW OFFER

GUARANTEED SUM OF £5,000

LIKELY TO RECONSIDER CHANGE OF STATUS

New York, July 22

RODRIGUES LEAVES THE COLONY

Excellent Hockey Record

TRIPLE INTERPORTER

MEDINA & CAVANAGH SUCCESSFUL

MUST IMPROVE IF THEY ARE TO WIN TITLE

A

NOT ONE SHOT DESERVING OF

HIGH PRAISE

(By "Skip")

LTHOUGH M. J. Medina and J. Cavanagh eliminated S Eccleshall and J. Shepherd, on the Kowloon BG.C. green yesterday by 23 shots to 14, and qualified to meet L. AR Duncan and R Duncan in the Final of the Colony Lawn Bowls Pairs Championship, the will have to prove on their performance of yesterday if they are to win the title held last year by A. W. Grimmitt and F. J. Jones.

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Their display was far below the standard they set against the holders..

Not one of the four bowlers on view justified reaching the semi-final and throughout the game not a shot was played worthy of the description of brilliant.

Shepherd was completely and

Ellsworth Vines, one of the the finest tennis players in

first world, recently won his British professional title when

he beat Ball Tilden Zad in straight sets at Southport

decidedly off form, and Eccleshall CIVIL SERVANTS WIN 6-3

although he has been seen to bet-

ter advantage, was the better of

the two.

Medma also put his

partner in the shade and was re- sponsible to a large extent for the win. Cavanagh was patchy and for a bowler of his experience and calibre this means poor.

The game opened with Medina and Cavanagh securing one. but

DUNCAN'S BID

FOR RECORD

Singles Match Against Macfarlane

the others had the shot on the TO-DAY'S BOWLS PROGRAMME

next head. Medina and. Cavanagh, took the lead on the third head with a two, but at the next end they lost it again when the opposi tion registered three..

Three games in the Fourth Round of the Colony Lawn Bowls Singles Championship, which have been postponed three weeks in succession, will be played off this pro-afternoon. PRO

CAUSE UPSET

AGAINST K.CC. IN

TENNIS LEAGUE

Bendall And Agafuroff Prominent

KEEN ENCOUNTER AT VALLEY

"The Civil Service caused

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minor upset in the "B" Division of the Lawn Tennis League when they beat the Kowloon Cricket Club by 6 sets to 3 at the Valley

To Bendall and Agafuroffinnst

Scores

Jack

Cavanagh Takes Shots On the sixth head Shepherd moted one of his woods and had R Duncan, partnered by his the lie but Cavanagh lay with a son, L. A. R. Duncan, has already yesterday good drawing shot. With his next reached the final of the Pairs the honours. They beat bowl Shepherd shifted the jack Competition, and is also No. 2 in 80 over to one of his own woods and A. M. Holland's rink which beat Thompson and Barnett-in no on- Cavanagh beat him once more, and A. Hyde-Lay's four to enter the certain manner to give the home with his last bowls he took two final of the Rinks Championship team a 3-0 lead after the first ahots.

so the game between him and Around, and that margin" decided Eccleshall beat Medina in the Macfarlane is being looked for the match. drew on the next head and ward to with more than usual in- (Continued on Page 5) Shepherd increased this to two-terest. He may manage to repeat

EL. H Shute and J. Barrow Cavanagh then made a fine effort A. W. Grimmitt's feat of last year (CS.C.C.); Dr. A M Rodrigues, the triple to oust them but failed

and figure in every Championship. beat G. Hesse and A. W. Eamsay 6-1

lost to G. C. Burnett and I Colony hockey Interporter, who Medina had the better of his The games zveze

Thompson I am informed that Jack Cur-played against Malaya, Macao opponent on the eighth head to lie R. Duncan A. Macfarlane (Recreio) (Gt Lt. Chapman, L. Berlyn, Sto. Holley, the boxing promoter and has left the Colony for Portugal tially successful attempt to block w. E. Way v J. C. Brown (Civil Ser-

twice and the Malayan Chinese, two shots. Cavanagh made a par- B. W. Bradbury v C. G. Silva (Taikoo beat LA. Oppenheim and L.

(RC) manager of professional lawn ten-where he is to continue his medi-and then drew a third shot with vice) nis teams, is renewing his attempt

This next bowl and Shepherd was to persuade Mr. Fred Perry, the cal studies

He commenced his hockey car-unable to intercept. lawn tennis champion, to become professional, writes a Home career with the Hong Kong Univer 1

sity and then joined the Recreio. respondent.

The ninth head saw Medina He has represented the Colony He is reported to have offered Perry a guarantee for one year of in nearly all the representative playing well and Eccleshall being

sum exceeding £5,000 with games during the past five or six at first short and, too far through Three Clubs Nominate strong probabilities that such years, and made his last repre- Cavanagh added to the score and guarantee would be considerably sentative appearance at left-back Shepherd only just failed to put in

selected The following are exceeded. Mr. Curley, I am told, for the Civilians against the a saver. Cavanagh added another

Saturday's would be willing to make a spe- Shanghai Germans. Among other to bring the number of shots to bowls rinks for League encounters”— cial journey to London to discuss sports, he was an accomplished five and Shepherd was unsuccessful terms in detail if Perry would cricketer, having captained both again through lack of weight- signify his willingness to enter-the University and Recreio sen- tain the proposal

or league teams, and a good bad minton player.

Last year the American ladies won by 3 matches to 2 at Wim-1

land Sto. Mackenzie and Tel. Bybus.

bledon. Betty Nuthall beating U. S. SWIMMERS

Carolin Babcock and Miss Dear- man and Miss Lyle defeating Miss Babcock and Miss Crinckshank to record the only British successes. Britain has not won the trophy. since 1950, and ber only success at Forest Hills was recorded in 1925.

JACKIE BROWN

AND LYNCH FOR

TITLE CLASH

Scotsman's Long Absence From Ring

BUT WILL COMMENCE WITH MORAL ADVANTAGE

(By Geoffrey Simpson)

London, July 23. Jackie Brown, king of the world's fly weights for best part

-SHATTER TWO

JAPANESE MARKS

"LIMBERING UP” PERFORMANCES

JOE GILHULA SUFFERING.

FROM EAR-ACHE

Tokyo, Ang 9.

"Limbering up" in preparation

for their first contest with the

Inadequate Sum Whatever Perry's views may ber Japanese team on August 11, the any discussions in London are visiting American swimmers yes- extremely unlikely, as Perry him- terday easily broke two Japanese self is sailing for New York early

records. Wh

John Macionis of Philadelphia accounted for the first, swimming

200 metres freestyle in 2 minutes 12 seconds, lowering Masanori Yusa's mark by a full second Taylor Drysdale of Detroit was responsible for the second, cover- ing the 200 metres backstroke in

of three years, is a busy man 2 min 33 sec., or 2.8 seconds these days.

faster than the previous cham

is

(Continued on Page 5).

They say he has never trained pion, Masaji Kiyokawa. mare conscientiously than he doing now. I dare say he appre-! ciates that the challenge of Scat- land's Benny Lynch, which he must meet in Manchester on Sep- tember 9, is the most formidable he has had to face since he be came champion.

(Continued on Page 5).

FINCH JOINS FULHAM

NO REST IN SWIM OF 20 KILOMETRES

Kiev, Ang. 9.-Khripunkov, Red Army Commander, recen swam 20 kilometres in 2 hou? minutes in cold, windy without stopping to rest Tas

EMMANUEL LASKER GOING TO RUSSIA

(Continued on Page 5).

AUSTRIAN TENNIS SURPRISE

JOHN COBB'S MOTOR RECORDS.

Tyres That Bore The Great Strain

London, July 19." After his great achievement on

FRAULEIN KRAUS the Utah salt lake bed when y

SUSPENDED

Shepherd Lacks Weight

Medina drew two good shots on the eleventh head and Cavanagh managed to add another, but Shepherd drove "twice and on the second occasion saved one..

1 A Bendall and I. Arafurod

(CSCC);})()

4-6

6.3

3-6

beat Burnett and Thompson

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BOWLS RINKS FOR SATURDAY

6-4

CW. Daley and JW Bradley [(CSCC);

Their Teams

Indian R.C

M. R. Abbar, S.:0. Bax, A. M. Wahab and A. O Madar (skip)

J. Hoosen, A. H. Ramjahn, A. M. Rumjahn and A. R. Minu (skip)-

D. M. Khan, S. M. Rumjahn, M~Y Adal and A: B. Dallah (skip)-|

Kowloon Docks

(Continued on Page 5.)

G. N: Mitchell, R. Morrison, E. G. MJ. Medina Cooper and W. Greig (skip)-

and

J. Lindsay, T. Coleman, R. Lapsley J. Cavanagh and S. Gray (skip).

Seures:

S. Eccleshall

and 3. Shepherd

Head

captured the 24-hours world's res cord and nearly 70 others

RETIRES FROM SEMI-FINAL- OF WELSH TITLE

John Cobb cabled to Mes lop: Tyres satisfa

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V. Hast, J. Revie, J. Kempton and J. McKelvie (skip)----

Taikoo Docks

AJWd, F. Pattinson, W. Canning-

4 ham and J. C. Chalmers (skip).

D. Peoples, T. Swan, J. C. Polson

Fand T. A Watson (skip).

lost to Hesse and Ramsay

beat Oppenheims and Jack

|drew with Hesse and Ramsay - 6-6 Crew with Burnett and Thompson 6-6 6-3

beat Oppenheim and Jade

VARSITY DEFEAT INDIANS

Comfortable Win In "B" Division

The Hong Kong University beat the Indian Recreation-Club- by 6 sets to 3 in the "B" Division of the Lawn Tennis League at Sookungoo yesterday.

Scores

AR. Abbas and M. R. Abbas" (LRC)-----

beaf P. C. Lee and A. L drew with KT Kwok lost to J. Hsu and Y. A Rahmin and A. (LR.C.) ——

lost to Lee and Ti

lost to Kwok and Lee

W. Brown, A.. W. Norrie, D. B. lost to Hes and Chan 12-Bone and T. S. Stainton (skip)."

Dan 10 Dun-

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Police Rinks For Saturday

lopillo very comfortable; jackets + kept heat out wonderfully? 124

It had been antic that the London, July 19:

success of the attempt would de- Surprise was caused at New-pend on the ability of the British port, Mon yesterday by the an-lyres to stand up to the terrific nouncement that Fraulein Kraus strains imposed by the momentum trix, had been compelled to of a car weighing 241⁄2 tons travell- from the Welsh Cham- ing 150-mles an hour and in ing to nearly 120

ps tournament bece

· by the Aus-

HOCKEY MEETINGS THIS EVENING

their lawn

owls league

BOWLS MATCH POSTPONED

Nolan

ST: Ali and S. AR Bar CLE

best Lee and Tssi

lost to Kwok and Le drew with Han and.

BDivision

JEŻ POSIROMED,

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