1936-06-08 — Page 4

THE CHINA MAHL, MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1936

Sporting Page

G.O. ALLEN HAS CHANCE TO PROVE HIMSELF AS TEST CAPTAIN

PUI CHING TRIUMPH BASEBALL IN M.C.C. GAME WITH

OVER JAPANESE

COLLEGIANS DISPLAY SPECTACULAR FORM

CHESTER KING'S SPLENDID HOMERS

(By "Infield") -

WHAT was expected to be a close encounter in the League Baseball tie between Pui Ching and the Japanese Young Men's Associa- tion at Causeway Bay yesterday resulted in a one-sided affair in which Pui Ching won easily by 15 runs to 1, though the clash was featured Colony Mixed Doubles Lawn by some spectacular play on the part of the Chinese and by individual brilliance by several of the Japanese players.

Mr. J. F. F. Kayll and L Goldman, above, who held

Tennis Championship

the

in 1934.

and who were also partnered in

the Mixed Doublen League that season without conceding a set, will be seen this

action

afternoon

CR.C.

in

at

against the Causeway Bay. ("China Mail"

ACE

is

a

Foll

ALL-INDIA

ENGLAND LEADER MUST

HAVE FREE HAND

COUNTY PLAYERS IN FORM

(By Howard Marshall)

London, May 13.

ON Saturday the M.C.C. play All-India at Lord's.. An interesting and important match. The M.C.C. team contains several play- ers, who must be considered as possibilities for the Australian tour.

I see no reason, though, why we should jump to conclusions or try to force the issue. The authorities have announced, more-| over, that the question of the captaincy will not be definitely con- sidered for some time yet.

It includes, moreover, G. O. Allen, R. E. S. Wyatt, and E. R. T. Holmes, three men whose claims to captain England are said THOMPSON, the Hon. Se- to be considerable. Allen is at present apparently favourite, for! he leads the M.C.C. on this occasion, and we may be justified în ¡J.

cretary of the. Hong Throughout the entire game Pui Ching played like a cham-Kong Baseball League and pitcher taking the fact at least as an augury for the future. pion team. The pitching of C. King was very good and the of the American team. other members of the team gave a sparkling display in the field. graduate of the Erasmus The Japanese became unnerved after the first innings and lost High School, Flatbush, New York, confidence in themselves. Their fielding was not up to their end of New York University. usual standard and their display was, on the whole, ragged.

We are concerned, naturally,{ Mikuni, the Japanese pitcher, experienced an off day and he participated in all forms of with England's prospects and this had an unsettling feeling on the team. Amaskai, who came part with varying success, excell we shall be interested to learn BOWLING GREEN WINS US. OPEN in to pitch in the fourth innings, did not improve matters, as ins at baseball and handball. He in due course what the selectors GOLF TITLE Pui Ching still continued on their hitting "spree." "collecting nine started playing baseball first as an have decided about the

photo).

TONY MANERO

Course Record Twice Broken

WINNER'S ASTOUNDING

ROUND OF 67

Springfields, New Jersey,

Tony

Yesterday. Manero won the United States Open Golf Championship here yesterday, aggregating 282 for the four rounds, his reading 13, 69, 73 and 67, which is

scores

a record for the event. His victory

runs off him.

EASTERN

CHALLENGE

PUI CHING NEWCOMERS GIVE GRAND DISPLAY

M.` ARCULLI AGAIN IN LIMELIGHT

(By "INFIELD")

good for a home-run.

most

All through his scholastic career

cap-

RINK WIN Open Lawn Bowls Competition

Demands Of Captaincy

Whether Allen will make a good

Reich Sports-Lender тос Tachammer und Osten, above.

has been responsible for all the arrangements in connection with the coming Berlin World Olym- peid which will commence on August 1 and conclude on August

16.

ALL-IMPORTANT

MIXED DOUBLES

TENNIS CLASH

infield and then as a catcher and taincy. The one bright spark in the has at one time or another played in every position on the field. He Japanese fielding WES when

was a member of the Erasmus Hell Yamasaki brought off a spec-High School team which won the

C.R.C. ENTERTAIN tacular catch at left-field from schools championship and also the captain we do not yet know. That A Kowloon Bowling Green Club|

U.S.R.C. TO-DAY been quartette,

B. S Ja hit by C. King, which looked eity title. During the summer helis, no doubt, why he has

comprising

J. S C. Hamilton, played for semi-professional teams given charge of the M.C.C. team Rogers, K

selec-Logan and J. G. Meyer (skip), de- RECREIO MAKE THEIR DEBUT King's Spectacular Play and was very mucessful with the on Saturday, so that the

Hefeated D. C. Alves, C. E. Raza AGAINST K.C.C. (2) It can be said that C. King al-Delco and Dorchester teams. This tors may see him in action.

Faipare him plenty of opportunity to has still to prove himself, for he Pereira, E. M. Remecios and F. won this game for

has had little experience of X. da Silva, in the first round of

(By "REFEREE") Ching. He shouldered the burden travel over New York State and

The most important match in of the pitching throughout and had Connecticut and he played against leading first-class sides, and cap- the lawn bowls open rinks com

petition by 21 shots to 16 yester-the Mixed Doubles Lawn Tennis A successful afternoon, hacked as such well-knower teams os The taincy is a tricky business.

on League will take place at Cause It demands more than a compet-day, the game being played he was by a team who were play-Crescents, Morris Park, Don Boscos ing at their best.

has ent knowledge of the game, and the Kowloon Cricket Club green, way Bay this afternoon, when the Added to this, and Maplewood Thompson

23 f In their score of 21, the win-holders, the Chinese Recreation, King was in great hitting form been playing in Hong Kong for far more than personal ski was a last-minute surprise, after

and his two

home-runs were the several seasons and has often um- batsman or bowler. The greatners had no less than seven twos Club, meet their strongest, chal- the record had already bees

captain must have the qualities of and a three, while the losers had lengers and this season's fav- The League Baseball game bebest of the season, while he had pired League games here.

Services Re- broken by Harry Cooper, who re-tween Eastern and Pui Ching-it hard lines when he was prevented His greatest successes have been the great soldier, and great soldi-a five and three twos.

recorded at handball, having been ers are rare. turned an aggregate score of 284 was the latter's second yesterday from registering a third, being

The Chinese are likely to be One other point, it seems to me. for scond place.

morning following their triumph caught in the left-field by Yama the winner of several indoor and

cutdoor competitions. He 1008 alis worth making. 14 a captain is

fweakened by the absence of their over the Japanese was on of the ski

There has been a re-arrange captain, W. C. Hung, who has just` The holder of the title, Sam most exciting seen at the Cause

surely Tommy Kim played an extraor-member of the team which won the to be successful, he must

ment of one match in the open recovered from a bout of illness, Parks, Jr., failed to qualify for

Nera York City championship have the final say in choosing the Singles Lawn way Bay ground this season. Eas-dinary game at short, stop, and,

Bowls Champion

there is the final stage of the champion-tern held their own up to the fifth who was next to C. King in bat members are now rated as fifth The Selection Committee's main

a likelihood jalthough two of the original men who are to ply under him.

ship programme for this week

that he will turn out for this all- ship. In his last round Manero'a innings against a more experi-ting honours and displayed

The fixture between F. J. Jones important tie. astounding 67 was five strokea benced side, bat, the Chinese broke markable speed

in the national ranking of handball task, in fact, is to decide upon aand A. Hyde Lay (on the in Gelding the

Foat. The holders will probably re- low par for the course, and his ag

in the next to score

three balls.

He is by far the fastest doubles players" in America!

ball Club green) was originally tain the same partnerships which gregate of 282 compared with the runs for a well-earned victory.

dia- short-stop seen on the local

Thompson started tennis three

Having so decided, they mustarranged for Wednesday, but overwhelmed the Kowloos Cricket previous best winning score in the

Eastern's pitcher, M. el Arculli,mond for some time.

years ago, and last year played

the Kowloon C.C. play-Club (2) on May 25, although to- American championship of 286.

performed well and had the Pui This game places Pai Ching in for the Kowloon Cricket Club in Bive him a free hand to pick thes

sort of team which is most likelyfer has a rink game on that date day they will be up against their Ching battera popping the ball up a strong position for the League the "B" Division of the League.

to carry out his conception of the the singles match has bees toughest opposition. jjato the waiting out fielders' championship, and a reproduction hands, while E. Wong, also pitch-of this form will make them an 73 69 73 67=28zjed well and up till then the clash extremely hard team to best. 71 70 70 73-284 resulted in a pitching.

Detailed Scores:

Japanese

(Continued on Page 5.)

Detailed scores were:-

Tony Manero...

Harry Cooper Clarance Clark K. Y. LaFooD Henry Picard

AWAY

71 74-70 74289 | Detailed scores:

70 71 74 74289

69 75 71 72-287

(Continued on Page 8)

Eastern

R.

E

Yesuda Mikuni

Takeda

0

Reuter,

Nazaria Ismail

M. el Arcull

SIAMESE TENNIS Kitche

STARS AT L.R.C.

Rumjahn Cousins To Meet Visitors?

INTERESTING MATCHES AT SOOKUNPOO.

Lan

10. el Arculli

Hamet Lenz Abbas Tie

Pat Ching

B. Wong Gong

King

Woo

In addition to the Mixed Dou- Kwong bles Lawn Tennis League fixtures Ong and the heavy lawn bowls card, Chock

Jan

to-day's sports programme will be Chung augmented by the third appear Dang ance of the Siamese tennis play-Kim ers, who, following their doubles E. Wong success over the Colony cham-

HoooCHOONHO |?

NOHOHODHOOND

7

2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

pions, will probably be meeting Scores by Innings the Rumjahn cousins, “H, D. and

0 0.1 0 0 0 0 - 1 runs |

Yamasaki

¡Yajima

Amasaki

Maryyama

Kawaixaro

Naicamoto

Pui Ching

Kim

Chock

King

E. Woo

3. Wong

Gong Kwong

Chung

Jan

R H

15

10

Score by Innings: Ispanese

1 2 3 567

re-

SIAMESE TENNIS STARS AT K.C.C.

Bodiker Weak At The Net

captaic.

necessary tactics.

well

If Allen Is Chosen

This Week's Games

ourites, the United creation Club.

Probable U.S.R.C. Changes

DAVIS CUP

AUSTRIA ENTER SEMI-FINAL

brought forward to to-morrow,

the On Wednesday in

Rink

L. Goldman and Mrs. J. F. F. Championship E. C. Fincher, E. If it is to be G. 0. Allen, very G. Craig, N. J. Bebbington and A.

Kayll, former holders of the Co lony Mixed Doubles title, are Allen knows Australian

of the Kowloon strong enough to secure all three players and conditions, and doubt-Hyde Lay,

(Continued on Page 8) meet W. L.: less has his own views upon the Cricket Club, will strategy which should be employ-Walker. 5. M. Whyte, M. J. Hen- led by an MC.C. team in Australia. derson and G. E. Sherriff, of the Let him, therefore, shape a team Kowloon Eowling Green Club, on E. C. FINCHER AND GUEST

capable of putting that strategy the Kowloon Dock R.C. green.

To-morrow afternoon into action.

J. S. IN LIMELIGHT

The selectors may usefully ad-Landolt, A. S. Gomes, W. V. Field! Although they shared the spoils, vise him, and he would value their and R. F. da Luz, of the Craigen- the visiting Siamese tennis players wisdom and experience, but the gower CC. will meet J. Hoosen. scored a great moral victory over final choice should rest with the A. H. Rumjahn, A. M. Wahab and A. 0. Madar, of the Indian R.C., the K.C.C. yesterday in their ex-captain.

I repeat, though, that we should on the Football Club's green. hibition lawn tennis match, when their leading pair, Samoh and Pra-not jump to conclusions. The sea- chuab, beat Teddy Fincher and G. son is young, and there are other In Bodiker by the odd set in three. candidates for the captaincy.

the meanwhile there is the game not in very best form following their sensa itself to be considered, and consider- jed, I suggest, with some humility. otional victory

Chinese over the

for those who love it best and Recreation Club, although they 5.impressed during

enjoy it most, fancy, are those the opening who realise that they have always

The visitors were

matches.

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 runs Fincher was the outstanding of something to learn. 1010000 = 2 hits the four home players, Bodiker

Cricket is the most complex ofį

Pui Ching 4-2 0 4 1 4 - = 15 runs being at fault at the net.

A. E. P.games. It is wartare in minia- 220411-10 kits (Guest was the best of the second|

ture, an affair of plot and counter- plot, in which individual feats string, while G. Clark, the KC.C's of batting and bowling are merely Kome Rans--King (2), 2. 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 = 3 hits Two Base Hit:—King, Kim. - latest find made a welcome come-incidental factors. Pai Ching

001 003 – = 4 vans, First on Balls:-King 1, Mikuni 1, back when he partnered Prachush 10 11 13 - 7 hits } Amasaki 2.

In the absence of Sanoh, who was Two Base Hitze-Kim, B. Wong. Struck Out:--King: 4. Mikuni 4

affected by the heat and as com- Struck Out:-E. Wong 2, Arenli 2 Amasaki 2. First on bails:-E.. Wong 3, Arcalli.

pelled to rest during the second DAVIS CUP WINS FOR IRELAND Double Plays:--Hamet unassisted.

round matches.

AND GERMANY

S. A, ex-holders of the Colony Eastern title for 11 consecutive years, at the Indian Recreation Club this evening.

The Siamese players have fallen into their stride and should give a good account of themselves at Soo- kunpoo, where their only opposi tion will be at the hands of the former holders of the Colony title.

LEAGUE TABLES TO-DATE

It is more than probable that AOverseas Chinese

H. Madar and I. M. A. Razack will Volunteers

team up as the L E. C. second Pai Ching string.

Play will commence after 5 pm, as possible.

8.8

PWL Per C.

BEN FOORD KNOCKS OUT GEORGE COOK

The results were as follows: -- Sanob and Prachuab beat E. C.

(Continued on Page 8)

Fincher and G. Eodiker 7-5, 1–6,) London, Yesterday. — Ireland Cardiff, Yesterday-The Souther

eliminated Switzerland from the 2 2 0 1000 African boxer Ben Foord Inocked Muang Beong and Na Ranong best Davis Cup competition by 2 1 1 0 1.000 out George Cook, of Australia, in A. E. P. Guest and F. Gross 64, matches to 2 yesterday at Dublin

300 their heavyweight, contest. here 4-6, 6-2. 3 1 2 233 last night in the ninth round ofta Fincher and Bodizer 6-4, 6-2

Muang Reong and Na Banong lost while at Vienna Germany entered the semi-finals of the European 000 their scheduled 12-round bouf. -- Prachuab and G. Clark lost to Guest Zone by beating Argentina by

three matches to mil-Beuter.

5

4-1

Japanese, YM.C.A.

| Americans

Canadians

1 0 1 .000

2 0 2

2

000 "Beutes,

soon Eastern

י,

-Jand: Grose 6-3, 6-4

CLOSE OF PLAY CRICKET

Yorkshire Dismiss India For 86

TO MEET FRANCE OR

YUGOSLAVIA

Vienna, To-day. Austria beat Belgium by 4 matches to 1 in their Davis Cup encounter

now and will

meet either France or Yugoslavia in the semi-final of the European Zone. The other semi- final match will be that between Ger- many and Ireland-Beuter.

The winners of the European Zone will meet Australia in the

de-

Inter Zone Final to London, To-day. cide who will have the right The following were Saturday's to meet Great Britain in the close of play cricket scores: Challenge Bound. Australia re- Middlesex 192 (E W. V. Robins cently beat America by 3 matches Clark 7 for 55): Northants 65 for to Z in the Final Round of the Sat Lord's

Kent 165 (Wellard 7 for 61): Somer-North American Zone.

set 81 for at Frome.

Essex 170 (Voce 5 for 54): Notts 11 REPULSE BAY LIDO IMPROVE

for 1-at Nottingham. Leicester 127 for 9 against Sussex-

at Loughborough.

זי.

:.

THEIR AMENITIES

09-

Gloucester

228 for 7

7.(Barnett 139) The Repulse Bay. Lido have against Warwick-st Bristol

availed themselves of, the Surrey 161 (Hopwood 7 for 58): Lan-

improving their carhire 81 for 1-et Manchester portunity of All-India 85 (Smiles 4 for 26): York-sos (Bill) Butt, former honorary

(1. Lidon's -Bennt)..

amenities by signing on W. Law-

Shire 182 for 7—at Bradford. Hampshire 100 for 4 against Glamor

swinning coach to the V.R.C. swimmers,

swimming and goat Swansea.

diving instructor as from June 15.

-Benter,