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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 17, 1937.
HAMMOND SHINES IN TEST TRIAL
(Continued from Page 19)
IBROWNS
NOSE OUT
ATHLETICS
YANKEES STILL
WINNING
New York, To-day. The following were the results
major League baseball
yesterday's
games:-
Cleveland New York
***
14000
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K.C.C. TENNIS
TOURNEY RESULTS
ENORMOUS
CROWDS AT
ASCOT
King's Horse Makes Unavailing Bid
London, To-day.
The weather was dull and threat- ening for the second day of the Ascot meeting, but the crowd was
Two matches were played yester-again enormous. day in the K. C. C. annual tennis Fairey, the King's horse, made a tournament. In the second round great attempt to win the premier E. of the Handicap Singles "B", R. T. race of the day, the Hunt Cup, but Broadbridge (rec. 3/6) beat W. M. after leading at one time, the horse Gittins (owe 30) 6-3, 6-1.
[faded out and finished eleventh.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
R. H.
1
6
4
8
1
2
5
0
3
7
St. Louis
Carey and Clift hit Philadelphia
Werber hit a home run.
3 9
i
home runs.
2 10
1
1
8
2
8
1
6-1.
IN TROUBLE The North were obviously in trouble, and to make it worse, Robins was finding a length at the Nursery end. Pope, it is true, hit him for a swinging four past mid-off, but when he attempted to repeat the stroke without moving his feet he Chicago gave Compton at deepish mid-off a
Boston catch which, was taken head-high.
Robins then proceeded to polish off the innings. The third ball of the same over was the leg-break, and Verity jumped to it, and was quietly stumped. The last ball was the wrong 'un, and Hollies covered up to it in the old-fashioned man- ner, and was 1.b.w. Robins' figures for the morning were: 62-15-3, the North were all out for 271, and at 12.20 the South began their re- ply.
Detroit Washington
The game went to 12 innings.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
5
00.00
In the Handicap Singles "A" Fairplay, owned by the million- 1A. E. P. Guest (owe 30.1) advanced aire cigar merchant, Mr. Robert into the semi-final, beating A. L. Middlemass, won the event, catch- Fisher (scr.) by 6-1, 6-1.
ing Couvert at the post after a very In the ladies' handicap doubles thrilling race. Mrs. Knight and Mrs. Sweeney Backers. generally were success- (owe 15) beat. Mrs. Goodwin and ful, favourites turning up consist- Mrs. Fincher (owe 3/6) by 10-8, ently.
£30,000
418 WAGER ON
15
12.
7 14
3 GOLFER
BID FOR FOUR TITLES
Mr. Anthony Rothschild's Suzerain at 13 to 8 won the Chur- chill. Stakes, Major Courtauld's Solfo at 8 to 11 won the King Edward VII Stakes. The Aga Khan's Takir at 5 to 1 was winner of the Chesham Stakes, while Sir John Jarvis's Gainsborough Lass at 4 to 1, won the Coronation Stakes. Mr. Malcolm McAlpine's Diplomat at 7 to 2 won the Fernhill Stakes.
Nevertheless, favourites such as His Majesty's Jubilee at 7 to 2, Lord Astor's Penicuik.at 15 to 8 and Lord Charles Montague's Water Bobby Locke, a youth of 19 Bird at 11 to 8, were unplaced. came and a clerk in the office of a min- Maher, Fairplay's jockey brought ing company in Johannesburg, off a double, winning the Bess- is the first favourite for the Bri-borough Stakes on Mr. Lester's tish Amateur Golf champion-Games Master at 100 to 6, as well ship, which opens at Royal St.as winning the Hunt Cup.--Reuter. George's here to-morrow.
Voce, bowling over the wicket Klein and Arnovitch hit home runs. from the pavilion end, troubled Bar- St. Louis nett and Gimblett considerably, making them play hurried strokes
The games between Boston and Chi- cago, and Brooklyn. and Cincinatti and finding the edge of the defen-were postponed owing to rain.-Reuter. sively prodding bat.
GIMBLETT HITS OUT
Barnett snicked one past second
slip, and Voce moved short leg to Maxwell, and Compton over to third slip. Gimblett looked cheerfully in.
like a man burdened with care, a good player not yet in form, though. he hit a no-ball from Voce with astonishing quickness towards Tavern.
the
ASTONISHING CATCH
Wyatt gave Hollies a rest and brought Hutton on with his slow Then he punched Pope
leg-spinners, and Hammond took beauti-
three more fours in an over. This fully through the covers off the back foot, and at 33 Hollies and Wyatt
was rich fare, but Hammond tried came on for Voce and Pope.
one drive too many, and flicked Pope Gim- blett smashed Wyatt to the bound-himself sideways, took an astonish- to first slip, where Voce, flinging ary past extra, had his leg stump ing catch near the ground in his shaved by Hollies, and soon after-vast left hand. wards played back to Hollies as if
the off-stump.
Soon afterwards Voce left the
Compton, in the meanwhile, was
(By George W. Greenwood) Sandwich, May 24.
He is a 10 to 1 chance in a
field of 220 players, and at this TOLALISÁTOR
price has been supported by
many South Africans to win a RECORD
substantial sum.
For an outlay of £100 a syndicate AT ASCOT
stands to win £30,000, the wager being that Locke wins the Transva-
L
on the list.
MAY WIN With the withdrawal of Hector
.
GOLF TITLE
London, To-day. A new record al Open, the South African Open, was established at Ascot yesterday for the leg-break, only to see the field. probably to recover from histhe Amateur and the Open. Locke the totalisator amounted to £144,- and the two British championships when the second day's takings on ball come straight through to take surprise, and Wyatt's already some has already won the first two titles 029 which is a record for any one
what slender bowling was thereby Forty-eight runs - were оп the sadly impoverished.
day.Reuter. board then, and two runs later Bar- nett, who had been playing beauti-shaping with the utmost confidence, Thomson, the champion, Locke may fully, jumped to Verity, but mis- timed the stroke, and was caught cularly sure and
and his on-side hitting was parti-win the British Amateur this week. FRENCH AMATEUR
powerful. He low down by Hollies at mid-off.
The "Open," which is at Carnous- thumped a full-pitch from Hutton tie in July, is, however, an entirely This brought Hammond and Ames for six towards the Tavern, a long different proposition from the other together, and Hammond began after carry, the luncheon interval with a warn-length he hooked
and anything
of a three, and while admitting that
Morfontaine, To-day. ing 4 through the covers off Verity. cilessly.
mer-Locke is a genius at the game, I Jacques Leglise, the French cannot see him beating all the native Amateur golf champion, At tea the South total was 230,famous British and American pro-yesterday beat Henry Longhurst, Ames was not immediately so and Compton, playing excellently, fessionals. If he does Locke will the old Cambridge Blue, by one hole happy, but he did slash Voce square, very quick-footed, had made 48. rank as the equal of Bobby Jones, over 36 holes in the final of the a glorious stroke, and we settled Before long he reached his 50, but the world's greatest golfer until French Amateur Open Golf Cham- down to a duel between these two Edrich slashed across Voce, rather his retirement.
pionship Reyter. fine attacking batsmen and the slow surprisingly, and skied a catch to bowlers, Verity and Hollies. Ver-Dollery at cover.
GLORIOUS SLASH
ity was both accurate and cunning, and Hollies bowled his leg-breaks
short
or pulled
ROBINS' SHORT RUNS Then Langridge was lbw to Pope, from the Nursery end with very little luck, Gradually Hammond began. to and Robins came into dominate the game. He
and top-spinners from the Pavilion who had been bowling end with exemplary steadiness.
a
trickled series of short runs delight- |
Hollies delicately round. to fine leged the crowd.
by
and hit him square with easy pow- The cricket hereabouta was fast er. This, we said to one another, and furious, for Robins jumped out. is real cricket, though Hammond in to everything, and Compton follow- form is apt to make even the best ed his example, and both of them of partners look second-rate
played a sort of tip-and-run, scam- comparison. His driving and cut-pering up the pitch like a couple of ting were superb, and with
Ames terriers. taking a four now and again, runs came in half an hour.
50
Compton fell first, trying to hit a yorker from Verity into the stand, Hammond reached his own 50 a feat which Robins accomplished with a majestic square cut off Hol- before he walked so optimistically lies, but then Ames shuffled for-in front and was lbw. It was all ward to Hollies, missed the leg-up then, and the North had to face break and was stumped (126—3— a quarter of an hour's attack rom 24), and Todd did not last long, Farnes and Gover. before the end of for a flick at Verity gave à 'catch'an enchanting day.
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