1939-09-12 — Page 17

THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 12, 1939.

BASEBALL SEASON ENDS

ON BRIGHT NOTE

(By “GRANDSTAND”)

13 WINS FOR

SPORTS JEAN NICOLL PARADE

Jean

London, August 28 Nicoll, 16-year-old national junior champion, won the triple tennis crown of the CLUB de Recreio have every rea-

son to be pleased with the suc- North when the North of

TWO INTERESTING GAMES over the week-end brought the baseball season to close. On Saturday the Americans collected 16 hits off Denham Crary for a 14-5 cesses obtained in the various com- England Championship

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victory over Great Britain and won the Mamak Interna-petitions of the tional shield.

Macfarlane of the U. S. S. John D. Edwards pitched for the United States and was assisted by "Dago" Costello behind the plate, he whiffed eleven batters although he walked eight.

Great Britain only made one hit off Macfarlane; a scratch hit by Sammy Izatt in the last frame. The Yankees scored in every inning.

J A HOME RUN "Dutch" Lingenbrink, the Yanks' third base-men, hit a home run the ball clearing the left fleld wire fence. Patton, Wilson and Macfarlane ac- each. counted for one three bagger

Great Britain were blanked in all in- nings except the fifth where they scored all five runs without a single hit. After one away, Dave Walker was given free pass to first and Foley | followed to take first when hit by a pitched ball.

Denham Crary loaded

the

AUSTRALIAN OPEN

Lawn Bowls season

nearing completion.

Tourney concluded at Scar- On Saturday, by beating Indian borough on Saturday, Recreation Club, they retained the After taking only 35 minutes to First Division title for the third suc- win her singles final against Miss cessive year while they also stand an Nechvilova of Bohemia-Moravia, a excellent chance of annexing the match so straight-forward that it Third Division championship.

needs no comment, she went on to Their "B" team in the First Divi- win the Women's Doubles with Miss sion are still struggling to avoid re-|A. P. Cardinal of London as partner, Melbourne, August 27, legation but with several games and the Mixed Doubles, partnered by Jim Ferrier, Australian open and more to be played they may possibly Don Butler of Worcestershire. amateur golf champion, retained his favoid it.

She played brilliant tennis through- open title on the Royal Melbourne

Should their third team secure pro-out, refusing entirely to be shaken in it is quite probable her singles with Miss Nechvilova, course to-day with an aggregate score motion

they Ferrier, that

will enter 'for the four rounds of 285.

another despite the stamina and skill the Mid- in this division thus making European girl has been able to display who started a hot favourite, had team

four teams in the League in all. There in previous rounds. rounds of 71, 73, 71 and 70.

Norman Von Nida (New South is sufficient keeness in the club and

Then Men's Singles title was re- Wales) tied for second place with there should be no difficulty in field-tained for England by M. D. Deloford,

(Victoria), each re-ing the teams.

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Martin Smith

of Kent, who repeated the brilliant turning a score of 287.

form with which he had eliminated Eric Cremin,

the Australian pro- N the Open Championships Recreio the holder, Butler,

to beat D. C. have repeated last year's successes Coombe, the New Zealand Davis Cup fessional champion for the past two

have everyone when he and

retained both years, surprised

the payer. Deinford, ranked sixth in the was not among the sixty who quali- Open

titles country, has never played better ten- bases fied for the 38-hole final round. Two though

title nis than he showed at Scarborough,

when he drew a free pass to the initi- al sack. Walker crossed the plate for the first run and Izatt was safe at first on Patton's error.

Pairs and

the

Rinks Singles

other former amateur champions. H. again evaded them and again went to and he had no difficulty in disposing W. Hattersley (New South Wales) | Craigengower. and Len Nettlefold (Tasmania) failed to qualify.--Reuter.

There was another riding accident this morning, happily at the Valley without serious results.

of Coombe in less than 35 minutes. The only competition still to be de-

Partnered by Jones, in a five sets cided is the Gutierrez International men's doubles, however, Deloford was Competition, which was won

by beaten by Butler and Coombe, after Portugual last year entirely composed the match had gone the full distance, of player from Recreio.

taking over two hours.

Final winners were:-

MEN'S SINGLES M. D. Deloford beat D. C. Coombe, 6-2, 6-2.

WOMEN'S SINGLES-FINAL

have

These successes can be attributed

Dave Leonard sky-rocketed a fly which

enabled was muffed and Foley. Crary and Izatt to score. Dave

With the talent at their disposal Leonard scored the fifth run.

The Union Brewers maintained A Chinese riding boy took out New Recreio players should again compose their record by defeating China. Australian Subscription Pony J.C.J.the Portuguese team and they 7-5, in a charity match on Sunday, No. 41 belonging to Tennis for its ex-every prospect of retaining the title. The Brewers were first to score with ercise, but on nearing the mile post the pony threw its rider, who, imme- diately got up, but the pony in the The Chinese replied with two in meantime

and bolted once round the same frame. In the fifth U. B.then back to the stables, where it was scored four more runs. The Chinese caught. The riding boy remounted in replied with three runs, to even the the paddock and completed the exer-

cise,

one run in the second frame.

score.

SCORES EVENED

The Brewers scored the two win- ning runs in the last frame while the Chinese were blanked in the sixth ball off Ali's bat to go through his

legs. and seventh innings.

Immediately after the game Mrs. Earl Wong pitched well for the Chinese but the support he received Luk, vice-chairman of the Hong Kong from the fielders was poor. The most Women's Soldiers Relief Association, costly error for the Chinese was by presented the U. B. with prizes donat- Tommy Chan, who allowed a grounded by the Gregg Publishing Co.

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to enthusiasm and keenness throughout &-2.

Miss J. Nicoll beat Miss Nechvilova, 6-3, the season. Except for exceptional reasons there have been few changes M. Jones and M. D. Delpford, 7-5, 4-6, 8-6, of players or positions.

With all the present talent and new members taking the game up earnestly it seems likely that for many years · Recreio will be the outstanding lawn bowls club of the Colony.

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MEN'S. DOUBLES D. W. Butler and D. C. Coombe beat C.

4-5, 6-3.

WOMEN'S DOUBLES Miss Nicoll and Miss A., P. Cardinal beat Mrs. R. D. M'Kelvie and Miss B. E. Clo. ments, 7-5, 6-3.

MIXED DOUBLES

D. W. Butler and Miss Nicoll beat O, An. darson and Misa R. Jarvis, 7-5, 7-5.

BOYS' SINGLES-

W. S. Mathias boat T. R. Miles, 64, 6-3.

GIRLS' SINGLES Miss D. M. Litherland beat Miss J. Mac-

JACK (Kid) Berg, ex-light-weight champion of Great Britain, was due to arrive in Britain, a few weeks kenzie, 6-3, 04. ago not for more fights, but as a seek- er of hidden talent.

He is coming home with the inten- tion of finding a budding young heavy-weight, whom he will groom for a bout with champion Joe Louis,

Berg is of the opinion that some- where in the British Isles there is someone capable of defeating Louis. He is to commence his search by go- ing to Eire, and then on to the Isle of Arran. "I intend to search among the big. husky, six-foot farm boys about 17-18 years of age,” he said.

If he succeeds in finding his man, Berg will take him to America for training purposes.

The Whitechapel boxer, however is not retiring from the ring in favour of a trainer's job. After his visit to Bri- tain he will return to New York for more fights. He is to sign up with the military authorities while in Britain. "Tell them I'm ready to fight or Bri- tain whenever they call me," he con- cluded.

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OPEN EVENTS-MEN'S SINGLES J. B. Griffith beat G. C. Pratt, 9-7, 6-1. WOMEN'S SINGLES Mica D. Litherland beat Miss A. Crow- ther, 6-3, 6-1.

BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIP CUP

Bowls enthusiasts will be interest- ed to know that the Phil Knight Memorial Cup has arrived from Eng- land and is now on show in the window of Messrs. Ullmann and Co., Chater Road.

The Phil Knight Memorial Cup was subscribed to by personal friends of the late Philip Eric Knight of the Sanitary Department and has been accepted by the Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Association to be competed for annually as the challenge cup for, the open singles championship of the Colony. The winner of the competi- tion this year is Mr. U. M. Omar of the Craigengower Cricket Club who is now visiting Shanghai as a mem- ber of the Hong Kong Interport Team.

"AT various times in recent years I have thought of playing cricket as an amateur, but latterly I have not

HUESER LOSES TITLE thought about the matter at all” With these words Herbert Sutcliffe, renown- Adolf Hueser, who recently lost his ed Yorkshire and England opening European and German heavy-weight batsman and maker of 50,000 runs in titles to Max Schmeling, forfeited his first-class cricket, recently rejected the European light-heavy-weight title suggestion that he is to leave the pro- when he failed to pass the scales for fessional ranks and become an ama-his championship bout against Merlo teur.

Preciso, the Italian, at the Sports Palace, Berlin, recently.

""The suggestion that I intended to make the change because of the pos- sible retirement of the Yorkshire cap- tain, A. B. Sellers, is a complete hit in the dark" declared Sutcliffe. “There is no ground for the suggestion at the present moment whatever.

In the

the first place it is not fair to Brian Sellers, and secondly, as I soy, I have not considered the matter at all since August of last year."

Many years ago, it will be recalled, tha Yorkshire County Committee, after considerable negotiation with Sutcliffe,

made the proposal that he should turn

At the weigh-in Hueser was over the stipulated weight, and as a result he was not permitted to defend his title.

amateur, and that he should be given the captaincy of the Yorkshire team. That was before the appointment of Brian Sellers, and the proposal was strongly opposed by members of the county club, and in the end nothing, came, of it says

Sutcliffe, stated that, if he ever did come to a decision to turn amateur, hë we I make the announcement openly