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BRITONS GO DOWN FIGHTING HARD

MICHELL TOO GOOD FOR NOTTS

Derbyshire's Easy Win

London, To-day.

One County cricket match con- cluded yesterday. At Chesterfield, Derbyshire beat Nottinghamshire by an innings and 23 runs.

Derby had first lease of the wic- ket and compiled 332 for 9 dec. Mitchell then got among the Notts wickets and capturing 4 for 51 and 7 for 74, sent them back for 120 and 189 respectively-Reuter.

TODAY'S TWO VITAL

Austin's Herculean Task Against Budge

Gre Britain's last chance of retaining the Davis Cup Trophy will occur to-day, when H. W "Bunny Austin clashes with Don- ald Budge the Wimbledon cham- pion, who has not been defeated this side of the Affantic this year, while Charles Hare, who gave Budge a magnificent fight last Sa turday, wil encounter Frankie Parker, in the remaining singles.

OPEN PAIRS FINAL FOR

TO-DAY

LUZ BROTHERS SHOULD BEAT OMARS

(By "SKIP")

WHAT promises to be a thrilling game of Bowls will be played at the Kowloon Bowling Green Club this afternoon, commencing at 4.30 p.m. The match is the Final of the Open Pairs Competition and the finalists are J. A. and R. F. Luz and A. M. and U. M. Omar.-

Both pairs have had some easy matches and some equally dif ficult ones. Taking the leads, I would say that on his present.form Joe Luz should generally have the better of his opponent. He is playing a great game now and is of a more even temperament than

Ahnee" Omar.

But his directions, I venture to say, are not as sound as those of the more experienced Indian player. He is inclined to tell his partner which shot to play even when the latter has just seen the head and is about to deliver his wood, whilst I have even heard him telling "RF" not to be short.

As regards A. M. Omar, although

I thinks he will get the worse of the duel of the leads, he will prob- ably make up for some of the de- ficiency by his better ability to in- dicate how to consolidate the head or visualise the best way to save, as the case may be.

RECREIO PAIR FAVOURED The two skips are old rivals and there is little in it as regards all phases of their play. Quite differ- ent in style, they should prove equally matched in skill and the turning point will be, I think, in the leads. For this reason I anti- cipate that the Portuguese pair will win by a small margin.

A big crowd is expected at Austin Road and the game, which is being.

C. B. HOSKING ELIMINATED IN SINGLES

Yesterday's Bowls Results

With

exception of the elimination of C. B. Hosking, by G. H. Sherriff, all the games played yesterday in the First Round of the Open Singles Lawn pionship resulted very

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bove, is making his Sival of any

by his brother, he the final of the Open Pairs Bowls Competition this afte

marked by Mr. J. Bussell, to be full of interest.

PAIRS EECORDS

below

UNITED STATES

TAKE LEAD IN DAVIS

CUP COMPETITION A TUCKEY'S MAGNIFICENT

DISPLAY

LOSERS HOLD SET POINT

IN FOURTH SET!

London, To-day.

The United States secured a valuable lead in the Challenge Round of the Davis Cup Competition against Great Britain yesterday, when Donald Budge and Gene Mako, Wimbledon doubles cham- pions; beat Raymond Tuckey and Frank Wilde by 6-3, 7-5, 7-9, 12-10 in a match featured by thrilling rallies. The United States now lead by 2 matches

to 1 with two singles encounters to be played to-day.

ALTHOUGH GREAT BRITAIN WERE REPRESENTED BY A PAIR WHICH HAD RARELY PLAYED TOGETHER, THEY GAVE A MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY, BUT WILDE WAS TERR BLY UNLUCKY AND TWICE FAILED TO CARRY HIS VITAL SERVICE GAMES IN THE FIRST AND SECOND SETS WHEN THE SCORES STOOD AT 4-3 (US. FAVOUR) AND 515.

Great Britain greatly missed G. P. Hughes, who, with Tuckey in yesterday's magnificent form, would have surely given the hold- ers a vital lead. Wilde's service was not as good as it might have been, while his lobbing against the storming tactics of the Ameri cans frequently left the winners with easy short kills. Tuckey was just the opposite, and gave an inspired all-round performance, his service in the third set frequently aceing his American opponents.

Great Britain led 2 games to 1-Wilde had recovered some of his in the first set, but Wilde lost his old form in this set and had elimi first service game and Budge senated many of the loopholes in cured a love-set on his service to Great Britain's defence, which had give America the lead at 32been only too apparent in the ear- Tuckey then came into the picture lier stages. and levelled the scores at 3--3, from which point the Americans swept

all before them to take the set at 6-3.

The second set was

INTHUSIASM

crowded centre-court

ding-dong affair, Ta thrilling its 15,000 spectators, in glorious

securing

weather, had been worked up to the first game from love on terrific frenzy at the faint hope that service, and Great British took the Great Britain were staging a re- lead at

every alternate game covery and when Wilde won his until the tenth game, when Budge crucial service game with the score brought off a magnificent overhead at, seven games all to give Great Britain the lead at 8-7, crowd's smash, breaking his racket the effort. He seemed entirely at home

enthusiasm know - no bounds. with his new racket and carried his service game to level the scores at 5-all

DISASTER.

isaster for Gres Britam. Wilde was serving

lost two crucial first points, but re- covered to 30 all The fifth poi and saw Wilde come to the net to

tempt to kill past

but the latter bro

America the lead

The records of the players, on their ficent backhand way to the Final, is J. A. and R. F. Laz 1st Round Bye

amb de Recreio) then broke through Wadi

2nd Round beat G. Perkins

F. Callen

3rd Round beat L. A. Gutier

and B. Basto:/

4th Bound beat J. V. Ramsay

and J. McKelvie..

bext S.-Ecclesinil

and the United States took the

for the first

The 12th ga

saw Mako entirel Budge renderi and they

Mako was now serving and took the first point when he scored down the tramlines Tuckey, but

were

the

40 and

at deuce,

losing two opportuni- they held match (Continued on Page 19)

SATURDAY

set

dal and

MONDAY