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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1936

BAER-PETERSEN BOUT LIKELY AT WEMBLEY

Mrs. Sarah Palfrey-Fabyan, left, was eliminated in the First Round of the Women's Singles Championship at Wimble- don, but Miss Helen Hull Jacobs, right, is still very much in the running.

Cricket News From

Near And Far

2 Malayan Interporters Strike Good Form

MAGNIFICENT innings of hoped that he would be able to do

STEAM LAUNDRY Malaya cricketer who visited Hong bowler, Gover, who

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MISS E. WILSON IN SEMI-FINAL

Narrow Win With Miss Wade At Wentworth

FORMER CHAMPION TWICE

BUNKERED

London, May 28.

Miss E. Wilson, the former Bri tisk champion, and Miss P. Wade, an English ex-champion, yester day reached the semi-final of the Wentworth Women's Foursomes

Tournament. In the third round they defeated Miss B. Moses and Miss A. Scott by 2 and 1.

The other semi-finalists are Mrs. H Guedalla and Miss A. Regnart,, Miss N. Halsted and Mrs. J. D. Crosthwaite, Mrs. A. H H. Gilligan and Miss K. Garnham.

R. H. MOORE'S BIG HITTING Umpires Send In Twice For New Balls

Twice while E. H. Moore, the Hampshire, captain, 'was batting against Kent at Southampton last month the umpires had to call for another ball

One big hit by Moore crashed

and Lall Singh are well-known to

local followers of the game.

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WORCESTER'S: ANXIOUS

MOMENTS

century

Max Baer, above, whose box- office appeal has been challenged by Mr. Arthur Elvin.

Gil gave no chances at all and batted with the utmost confidence. highest score for that county, His score included five boundary were features at Old Trafford last hits and was "s correct, polished month, when Lancashire took and confident innings."

Woresster, and Horton FRANKIE PARKER

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HUMILIATED

Loses Clay Court Title In Straight Sets

ONLY SMALL SUM IN

WAY OF FIGHT

ARTHUR ELVIN SHOWS DETERMINATION

MAXIE'S PERSONALITY TESTED

THER

London, June 1. [HERE' is now every possibility of Max Baer, former world heavy-weight boxing champion, meeting Jack Petersen, British and Empire champion, at Wembley next month.

A matter of only £500 stands between the promoter, Mi Arthur Elvin, managing director of Wembley Stadium and Baer Mr. Elvin's first offer to Baer was 30 per cent of the gate, with £5,000 guaranteed, tax free, plus transportation for four."

The guarantee was later increased to £6,000. ever, demanded £8,000,

Baer, hos

To this Mr. Elvin replied: "It is £6,000 or nothing so far as

I am concerned."

Yesterday Baer changed his mind, stating:

"If Mr. Elvin will add £500 travelling expenses to his offer jof £6,000 I am willing to go to London to fight Petersen.

"In addition, I should expect the normal percentage

on wire. less, picture and exhibition-train- ing revenue.”

Baer's manager. Ancît Hoffman, also showed eagerness to accept the offer, which is regarded in American sporting circles

!genervus.

"I think it would be fair for Elvin to pay our travelling ex- penses," Hoffman said, “because we should have to take a party of six, including Mar's wife, his brother and trainer.”

Informed of the new develop ment last night, Mr. Elvin was in- sistent that a £6,000 purse was his. last word.

A Fair Offer

"In the present condition of

Jack Petersen, above, is hoping to meet Max Baer at Wembley nert mouth.

boxing in this country I do not SECOND HALF

feel justified in offering a penny LEAGUE BOWLS

more.

"I consider my offer is a fair one. It is 30 per cent of the gate, with $6,000 guaranteed.

"Baer must take a chance, as I am prepared to do. If Baer is the box-office draw he thinks he is, he will make considerably more than £6,000.

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BEGINS TO-DAY:

Holders Again Favoured

JUNIOR CHAMPIONS SHOULD AVENGE DEFEAT

This afternoon's Lawn Bowls League matches mark the opening

LEROY HAINES of the second half of the season,

BEATEN

Unexpected Check By Italian

and, as is only fitting, a very in- teresting programme of matches has been arranged.

points for first-innings' lead..

Worcester declared their second "BABY" ALVIS IN FORM innings closed at 268 for six, and ALVIS, who will be remem-when Lancashire, set 229 to win: bered as the "baby" of in two hours, had scored 103 for the Malaya cricket team which three, the match was left drawn. River Forest, IIL, June 21 visited the Colony in 1933, figured Worcester had some anxious prominently in the match between moments at the start of the day, schoolboy, to-day wou the Na- Bobby Riggs, Los Angeles the Medical College and Royal when Lancashire made a bid to tional Clay Court Championship Engineers at Singapore recently force a victory. Resuming with a when he eliminated Frankie Par- Alvis knocked up a sparkling 76, lead of 31 and nine wickets inker, youthful Milwaukee tennis which included two sixes and six hand, Worcester lost Gibbons, star who is ranked No. 7 in the boundaries, and was mainly Martin and Quaife in 40 minutes (United States. responsible for his side's win by for 25 runs, and four wickets were 7 wickets. Alvis also took one down for 96. But

Riggs' victory was all the more Warne

Philadelphia, June 22. wicket for 5 runs in 12 overs, 10 Horton soon put their side in a Parker by scores

sensational when he disposed of Leroy Haines, Philadelphia of which were maidens?

safe position

of 6-1, 6-4, Negro heavyweight; received in the first round the Happy Valley When 'Lancashire went in again,

severe set-back to his rapid rise to team won by 67 shots to 58, and Hopwood and Iddon were out for defeating John McDiarmid

Then Riggs topped it off by boxing prominence tonight when though the K.C.C. are playing bet Sussex went to the 17; Paynter left at 69, but Wash-reaming with

and he lost a 15-round decision to Alter bowls now than they did' then, brook remained undefeated.

Wayne Sabin and Ettore, local Italian heavyweight. it is very unlikely that they will Gene McGauliffe to win the dou- Haines displayed none of the turn the tables on Craigengower. bles title.. It was a hard strug-sensational form he showed in his

On the LBC green, the Kow.

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SUSSEX AT THE OVAL TTHEN

Oval to meet Surrey in their county championship fixture last month, many went to that famous ground to see if they ERBYSHIRE beat Sussex by DERBYSHME beat Suits at

DERBY'S SECOND WIN

could find out what was wrong. with Sussex who had, up till then, Chesterfield last month. It was lost three matches out of five and their second win in the county had yet to register their first out-championship.

Defeat for Sussex was inevitable right win.

Alan, Melville rejoined the side when play was resumed on the se- in time for the match, and it was fcond day, for with only four wickets -

the ball against a wall and split FAMOUS SURGEON'S

the covering.

Another hall, was brought out, and this one Moore drove out of -the ground, where it pitched in the roadway, bounced into the garden of a house, and was lost.

a sepa

IRISH HORSE TEAM

VICTORIOUS

First In Amsterdam Horse Show Hurdles

Race

EFFORT

May Restore Sight

To Boxer

Sir Stewart Duke-Elder, the Harley-street eye surgeon, is to try to restore the sight of a now al- most-forgotten coloured boxer.

The boxer, George Charles, was

in hand they still wanted 35 runs to

force Derbyshire to bat again. Copson, who bowled so well in the

first innings, hastened the end by

61

.

The best game of the afternoon promises to be that between the champions, Craigengower Cricket Club "A" and the Kowloon Cric- ket Club. When these teams met

le but the Biggs-Sabin combina-two technical knockouts over Pri-icon Bowling Green Club should tion finally won in four sets, 4-6, mo Carnera, Italian giant, Ettore repeat their early season success 6-2, 6-4, 7-5-United Press. won without difficulty in 15 unin-when they won 81-35, but the

teresting rounds.

Indians will probably put up a bet. 2 technical ter showing this time.

RALPH-GULDAHLE'Sockout over Carnera in the third

Haines scored

TRIUMPH

Wins Western Open Golf Title

Davenport, Iowa, June 21. sending back James A. Langridge and Oakes in three overs, while

Esiph Guldahle to-day won the Pope took the other two wickets with a score of 274.

Western Open golf championship for six runk.

Tuns

were

eight

Actually only ∙ 10 scored, and Copson took wickets for 78 in the match.

of a scheduled 10 rounds here on In the second division, the Kow- March 16 last and again in New loon Bowling Green-Club, holders, York, on May 27 last, in the ninth are favoured to turn the tables on jof a scheduled 10-round bout. the Craigengower Cricket Club, Ettore weighed 190 pounds for who beat them. 64-55 in the first to-night's fight, while

Haines round. weighed 198: United Press.

Skip's forecast is given below. Last year's results are

givea Jagainst each team, while, the first Found scores of this season will

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be found in brackets-

Bay Mangrum finished in 277 ALL-INDIA CAPTAIN'S GESTURE for second place, and Byron Nel- son turned in a card of 278.

The captain of the All-India Johnny Revolta, defending cham-cricketers has given £10 to the [pion, finished in 285. --- United testimonial fund for Clark (North-

Press.

jants).

48 Yachts Take Part In

Race To Bermuda

635-Mi

BARNEY ROSS SCORES K. O. VICTORY OVER SHERMAN known in the ring as "Dixie Omaha, Nebraska, June 22. Brown." He was for eight years Barney Ross, world's welter-nes welter-weight champion of the weight boxing champion, 'knocked] West of England.

out Morris Sherman, Michigan For years he was blind in one welterweight, in the second round The Irish, Belgian and French eye, but he fought on. Then, two of a scheduled 20-round bout to- became three up with a 3 at the teams respectively won the first, years ago, during a fight at Bris-night. United Press. seventh At the eighth Miss second and third prizes yesterday tol, the sight of the other Wilson hooked into a banker, and in the hurdle race, closing the went.

Miss Wilson and Miss Wade

won the first two holes in 4's and

Amsterdam, June. 22.

eye

HOLMES'S FINE EFFORT

Newport, Rhode Island, June 22. The finish line is off St. David's - fleet of 48 yachts, including Head, Bermuda.

Skip's" Forecast

FIRST DIVISION ..

(35) KEG.C. 51 (81)

(47) C. de E. 72

(74)

(67) KCC. 42 (58)

(70) C.C.C. 'Bo 84 (52)

K.D.R.C.

LRC. 55

CS.C.C. ST

C.C.C. "A*68

PRC 55

•TD.R.C. --

SECOND DIVISION

nearly a dozen foreign entries The Newport-Bermuda ley of EEG.C.91 sailed to-day on the 635-mile ocean

(64)

S.C.C. 45

(55) C.C.C.-47

cs.c.c.

her side lost the hole, but she Amsterdam horse show.

A Bristol aportsman has sought made amends by sinking a long

Splendid weather

race to Bermuda, whence approxi-the race, one of the most exacting C. de R. 67 attracted ahim out, and as a result of his

mately 18 of the racers will con-jever arranged, is sponsored-joint- crowd of ten thousand spectators efforts Sir Stewart Duke Elder putt for a win on the next green.

E. R. T. Holmes, Surrey, one of tinue on to Cuxhaven; Germany.ly by the Crulaing Club of America | “K.CC. 57′ to the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium was to perform an operation She hit another drive into where the contest was held

on the candidates for the England The race got under way at noon, and the Royal Bermoda. Yacht banker at the tenth, which the op- Bach nation's team consisted of in mail week.

Charles in St. George's Hospital, cricket captaincy, had successive when the trim craft, none of which Clab. The second and invet hatar

*KXFC B-- PEC ponents won, but the ex-chan four riders, each of whom had to

innings of 63, 74, 54, and 171 not is over 78 feet in over-all length dous lap, from Bermuda to Cux-KER.C. 57 pions held on to their two-holes ride the same horse twice on the oculist to the King when he was runs in seven innings, he had a the starting Hne marked by Breais under the joint auspices of the Sir Stewart Duke-Elder, was out, last month, when, with 579 or under 35 feet manoeuvred past haven, a distance of 3,400 miles,

E.E.K.Y.C. 53 lead until the end, though Miss same track, along which nineteen Frince of Wales, and in 1992 help-good chance of making 1000 Iston Reef Light Vessel, just out Norddeutscher Regatta Verein, out on account of rain. These fix- *First round fixtures washed Wade had to hole a seven-yard burdles were placed, the highest ed to save the sight of Mr. Ram May. No Surrey cricketer has side the harbour. The vessels re- Hamburg, and the Cruising Clubtures will be played off at the end: putt to save the fourteenth.” Imeasuring 160 metres-Havas

say MacDonald..

lever performed that feat

of the season.”

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