1937-05-03 — Page 21

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 3, 1937.

HOME RUNS FAIL

TO SAVE

YANKEES

Yesterday's League Baseball

New York, To-day.

Lou Gehrig and Bob Selkirk, of the New York Yankees came înto the baseball picture yesterday when both scored four-baggers against the Red Sox, who, however, just nosed out the World Series' winners.

The Senators were again featur- ed in a high scoring match and beat the Athletics by 10 runs to 7, while G. Walker clouted a home run for the Tigers, who nosed put the White Sox.

Results as cabled by Reuter, were:-

NATIONAL LEAGUE

New York

Boston

Philadelphia

Brooklyn

Pittsburgh

Cincinnatti

St. Louis

Chicago

R. H. E.

A. Hyde-Lay, above, formerly of

the K.C.C. First Division League lawn bowls team, will be seen out for the H.K.F.C. this season..

HISTORY MADE IN BILLIARDS

YOUNG AMATEUR'S 549 BREAK

3 13

3

1

4 Q

1

3

5

18

0

10 1

7

11

1

2

0

TWICE BREAKS

1

3

I

4

8

1

OWN RECORD

London, April 8. Billiards records were set

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Boston

New York

Lou Gehrig and Bob

5 10

1

4

10

LOCAL BASEBALL SEASON OPENS

H.K.B.C. Defeat Japanese

EXTRA INNINGS

PLAYED

The local baseball season opened yesterday, when,

Caroline

ARMY INDIVIDUAL BOXING FINALS TO-NIGHT

Weather permitting, some excel- lent boxing should be witnessed at Murray Barracks to-night, when the finals of the Army Individual championships will be held, com- mencing at 8 p.m. Patrons of the noble art of self defence are ad- vised not to miss this, event which is one

of the high-lights of the - local sports world.

Hill, after Major V. C. Duclos, the Canadian Trade Commissioner, had pitched the first ball, the Hong ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Kong Baseball Club defeated the Nippon Club by 14 runs to 11 after eight innings had been played.

The Japanese should have won this game as they were two runs ahead in the last innings and two down, when Takeda made the great error of trying to tag a runner at the home plate, instead of securing the batter at first base.

Both players were saved and in the extra innings the Hong Kong Baseball Club scored four runs to which the Japanese could only re- ply with one.

MCCA

!

THE DAVIS CUP

First Round Ties Completed

U.S. Clean Sweep

London, To-day.

All First Round ties in the Davis Cup competition were completed yesterday and

featured in the encounters will beveral interesting SIX OFF McCALL

Second including the North Ameri- can Zone Final where the United McCall started the pitching for States, conquerors of Japan, will the Club and did well, though in meet Australia, victors over Mexico, the fifth innings the Japanese and this match will probably chalked six runs off him. Relieved vide the probable team to meet Gt. pro- up later by Howard McCall, he was Britain in the Challenge Round. 2 by K. Kennerley, the young seen at short stop where he played Selkirk hit player from Birmingham, who well.

last night won the English Ama Smedley scored

At San Francisco yesterday, the the first home United States completed teur Championship at Burroug run of the season with a hit to cen- sweep against Japan in winning the a clean hes Hall.

tre-field, and a few minutes later, At the final session Kennerley H. McCall homered through the left in straights sets, Budge beating two remaining singles encounters completed a break of 549, the field.

Yamagishi 6-2, 6-2, 6-4, while 1 highest total by an amateur of- The Japanese were clever with Frank Parker more than justified oficially recognised. His total base-stealing and played a cool his inclusion by

score of 4,703 is the highest ag- game, Amasaki started the pitch-Nishimura 6-0, 6-3, 6-2.

defeating Hideo gregate in any amateur compe- ing, but was later taken off for tition:

homers.

Washington

10 12

1

Philadelphia

7

8

4

Johnson hit a homer,

Chicago Detroit

10 to

5

10

▾

11

G. Walker hit a homer.

-Reuter.

Hungary by 3 matches to 1, while Switzerland unexpectedly beat Ire- land by the odd match in five after 8.12 4-14 runs being 1-2 in arrears on Saturday. 6.0 0.1 11 runs -Reuter.

By his break of 549 he smashed prominent with his fielding.

Koga. Minkuni at short stop, was At Budapest, Belgium eliminated

his own record, set up 24 hours Scores by innings:- |previously, of "805. He made 47 breaks of over 100 in the present

1 2 3 4 5 6.7 8 competition.

0130 His opponent was Joe. Thompson, Nippon C. 130 1 of Workington, last year's winner.

H.K.B.C.

FINAL SCORES

NEW WORLD'S AQUATIC MARK

FOR WOMEN

Copenhagen, Yesterday. Soerensen, the Danish girl

The final scores were:

Kennerley

Thompson

4,703

·3,633-

The aggregate of 8,336 was the biggest ever set up in the cham- pionship.

Kennerley began his big break yesterday afternoon. At the inter Inge val he was in play with 499 to his swim-eredit. On the resumption at night

mer, to-day swam the 500 metres he carried the total to 549 before breast-stroke in 8 mins. 1 9-10 secs. being beaten by a difficult cushion to beat the world record of 8 mins. (cannon..

3 8-10 secs. established by Miss During the final session Thomp- Mayehata, the Berlin Olympic cham-son played very confidently and pion, in Tokyo, in October 1983.-- Reuter.

25-KILOMETRE

scored 850 points to Kennerley's 603, but he was too far in arrears to have a chance of winning.

ONLY AGED 23

The new champion is 23 and has

WALK THROUGH been playing billiards since he was

BERLIN

Won By Britain's Olympic Champion

Berlin, To-day.

15, at which age he made his first hundred. A native of Congleton, in Cheshire, he developed his re- markable skill in a local institute and the Conservative club.

Last year he was beaten in the second round of the amateur cham- Harold Whitlock, the British pionship, but many who saw his Olympic champion, yesterday eas-play predicted his future success. ily won the 25-kilometres walking He is storekeeper at Richards contest "right through Berlin"

Lloyd's engineering works. By per-

Whitlock's time for the event was mission of the firm his fiancee, Miss hours 2 minutes.

J.

Gladys Smith, who is also employed

A German was second and a Lat-at the works, was able to be present vian third.

Over 100,000 spectators lined route through the city to see contest.- -Trans-Ocean.

the

to see the final day's play.

"It is all very wonderful, and you the do not know how proud I am of

(him," was her comment.

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