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NEW GOLF RECORD CREATED

RALPH GULDAHL WINS AT LAST

AMERICAN OPEN FINAL RESULTS

Birmingham, Michigan,

To-day.

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Ralph Guldahl, runner-up Johhnie Goodman in 1933, yes- terday won the United States Open Golf Championship with a record score of 281, his last round of 69 enabling him to se- cure victory in the closest finish in the history of the event, and to beat Tony Manero's 1936 re-

D.F. LOPES

D. F. Lopes, above, energetic Hon. Secretary of the V.R.C., made his first appearance in League lawn bowls for two seasons last Saturday week.

cord score by one stroke, estab-and returning a score of 290. lishing what is generally rated Guldahl's final round was a rare as a new world's record for an combination of courageous recoveries amateur open event.

The winner automatically be comes a member of the United States Ryder Cup team to meet Great Britain in England. Hec- tor Thomson, the former British Amateur Champion, faded away badly after a record round and finished well down the list.

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Johnnie Goodman, who won title in 1933, finished up eighth în the final placings, being the highest placed amateur in the competition

and miraculous making of difficult shots, which sent a gallery of near- ly 8,000 people wild with excite-

ment.

The following are the final scores as cabled by Reuter:-

Ralph Guldahl 71-69724-69 =281;

Snead 69-737071=283; Bobby Cruickshank 73-7367 +72=285;

Cooper 72+70-478-71-286; Ed Dudley (Philadelphia 70+ 70-71-72=287;

Al Broch (Farming Dakny) 74

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 14, 1937.

K.I.T.C. TENNIS

TOURNAMENT COMMENCES

'The annual tennis tournament of the Kowloon Indian Tennis Club commenced on Saturday, and was continued yesterday, when the first round matches of the Singles cham- pionship and Singles handicap were played.

The competitions will be resumed on Saturday and Sunday next.

The following are the results of the matches played:

SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP

I. Mahan Singh beat. M. A. Khan 6—2, 6—3; G. M. Khan beat L. X. da Costa 6-3, 6-3; Firdos Khan beat M. Ramzan 6-2, 6-2. Gurbachan Singh received a walk-over from Dr. H. Ma- han Singh.

SINGLES HANDICAP · M. A. Khan received walk-over from Dr. H. Mahan Singh;

Firdos Khan (-40) beat S. R. Sal-

U.S. RYDER CUP TEAM COMPLETED

Ten Players Sail for England

on June 16.

Birmingham, Mich., Yesterday. Sam Snead, Byron Nelson and Ed. Dudley have gained places in the U. S. Ryder Cup team on the basis of their total scores in the U. S. Open just concluded, and their play in the P. G. A. qualifying round.

Thus, with the six already se- lected, and Ralph Guldahl, who automatically walks into the side, the team of ten to meet England is selected. They will leave June 16 for England.-Reuter.

TWO MIXED DOUBLES

leh (-3/6) 8-6, 7-5; S. S. Hussain MATCHES

(-30.4) beat M. Ramzan (~15) 6-3, 6-1; S. A. Hussain (-40) beat Gur- bachan Singh (~30) 6—4, 6—0.

+73+68+73=288.

Johnny Goodman 70-473+72+ 75-290;

(Eighth and highest placed ama- teur);

Gene Sarazen 78-6971+74 292;

Densmore Shute 694-76+75+ 72=292;

Henry Picard 714-75-7274 =292;

Hector Thomson 74+66+78+ 78=296;

J. Revolta 75-784-754-73= 296;

Tony Manero 764-734-77474 =300;

-Reuter.

Local Sport Jottings From Here And There

Gregory Returning To Hockey?

is rumoured that C. L. Gregory, one of the popular jockeys of the Jockey Club, will be taking up hockey again next season after a lapse of two sea- sons. It will remembered that Gregory figured prominently in the Sim Shield hockey series when he turned out for the Hong Kong Club.

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Miss Trudy Hing, who just cently arrived in the Colony from England, is taking a very keen interest in the game of badminton. She has been seen practising down at the Jockey Club.

Kwok Not Playing Tennis

AVID Kwok, of the Hong

gity,

presented St. John's Cathedral in the local badminton League, will not be seen in any competi- tive tennis this season. He has decided not to take part even in the inter-hostel competition.

Suffiad Unable To Play

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R. SUFFIAD, who was forced to give up cricket owing to pressure of business, is suffering from the same dif- ficulty this summer, and, as a result, will not be able to repre- sent the Indian Recreation Club in the "C" Division of the Ten- nis League. Suffiad has shown himself to be a very promising player in both departments of sport.

Chan Takes Up Riding

CHAN, the South China

A. A tennis player and

Kowloon Tong Club badminton player, is taking a keen interest in riding. He now spends most of his leisure moments in the saddle.

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Choa May Have To Rest

OBERT Choa, for many years a stalwart of the Craigengower Cricket Club senior League tennis team, has- not been too well of late and it is doubtful whether he will be able to play regularly in the League, games.

Y. Segalen, the footballer, who some years ago was resident in the Colony, is now stationed in Shang- hai. He is playing a great deal of tennis and has entered for the Mix-

ed Doubles Championship of Northern port.

Broadbridge Not Playing

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A. BROADBRIDGE, prom- inent member of the Kow- loon Cricket Club's "C" Division League tennis team last season, has told me that he does not in- tend to play League tennis dur- ing the present season.

The hockey team of the Radio Sports Club will miss the services of Awtar Singh, their ⠀ centre-for- ward, next season as he goes on Home leave early in October.

Lay To Play Bowls?

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T..Lay, the K.C.C. opening

lony last week by the s.s. Rawal- pindi. He was showing con- siderable promise at lawn bowls prior to his departure and is likely to resume his activities in

the game.

Miss da Motta's Bad Luck

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T is unfortunate that Miss T. da Motta, a fine tennis play- er, who learned the

game in Swatow, was forced to withdraw from the Recreio tennis tourna- ments. She was considered to

excellent have an

chance of winning the ladies' handicap event.

Lopes Returns To League

D.;

F. LOPES, the popular V.R.C. Swimming Hon. Secretary, made his first appear- ance in League lawn bowls for over two years when he was in- vited to play för Craigengower juniors against Club de Recreio in the Third Division last Satur- day week at King's Park. Lopes used to play for Recreio's Second 'Division team and he showed last Saturday that he has not. lost touch with the game alto- gether.

Devan Now In Canton

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M. V. DEVAN, who did most of the spadework in placing the Kowloon Indians' Tennis Club at the top of the

Division "C"

League tennis table last season, is at present in Canton, where he has recent- ly been transferred.'

Two New Courts At U.S.R.C.

HE United Services Recrea-

Ttion Club See building two

new grass courts on the Jordan Road side of their ground. These two courts have already been wired off and can be seen from the roadway.

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Miss M. Xavier, the badminton player, has entered for the Re- creio tennis tournaments and is expected to do quite well.

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K.C.C. FAVOURED TO BEAT C.R.C.

BUT U.S.R.C., SHOULD WIN OTHER TIE

Two Mixed Doubles League tennis matches will be played this afternoon with the pro- viso, of course, that weather permits. Kowloon Cricket Club (1) will be entertained by Chin- ese Recreation Club at Causeway Bay, and, though on the form they have so far displayed, Kow- loon should win with the great- est of ease, the absence of Miss R. Perry from the side is bound to make a tremendous difference.

Miss Perry, who has left the Colony on leave, will possibly be replaced by Mrs. Knight, from the junior team, who will part- ner Teddy Fincher.

Mrs. Knight is a very useful player, but she can hardly be com- pared with Miss Perry, who is without doubt the finest lady player in the K.C.C.

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This will mean, that instead of the three sets, which K.C.C. have been confidently able to rely from their first string, they will now have three pairs of about the same standard.

CHINESE WEAK C.R.C., however, are but, a sha- dow of their team of last season. They have not the lady players, and the superior balance of their visitors should suffice to give them a comfortable win.

U.S.R.C., who encounter K.C.C. (2) at King's Park, should be able to indulge in some stroke practice, as their most ardent supporters can hardly concede the K.C.C. even an outside chance of winning against such a fine team as the Services have proved themselves to be in their last two appearances.

MOTOR RACING Rosemeyer Sets Up

New Record.

Berlin, To-day.

A new record was established at the international Eifel motor race yesterday afternoon at Neuerbargr- ing before 30,000 spectators, when Barnard Rosemeyer, in a German Auto Union car, covered 230 kilome- tres in 1 hour 42 minutes 11 1/5 se- conds.

Rosemeyer's average speed was | 133.5 : kilometres an hour,

Second was Rudolf Caracciola, in a Mercedes-Benz, and third Hitsch, also driving a Mercedes-Benz. Trans-Ocean.