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HONG KONG DRAW
IN INTERPORT.
SLOW SCORING AND POOR WICKET.
SHANGHAI'S ATTEMPT AT SPORTING VICTORY.
[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY. I'
SHANGHAI, May 23. After a rest of three days owing to rain, the hterport cricket match with Hong Kong was resumed to- day under rather unfavourable con- ditions.
GOLF.
ROYAL HONG KONG GOLF
CLUB.
| STARTING TIMES FOR SATUR
DAY, MAY 24,
9.15 am. A. E. Lissnman and §. C.
Feltham.
Starting Times for Sunday, May 15. 9.10a.m. D. Gilmore and J.
Stuart.
A. Leach and C. Mycock.
1. H. Geare and W. C. Shields.
4. D. Humphreys and 0. Eager.
D. J. Keogh and J. P. Hollingdale.
G. E. Ellame and G. W. Sellers.
8.20
9.21...
"
A. Sommerfelt and D. S. Robb.
0.28
9.32
The weather was sunny, and then, became dull and overcast, while the wicket was soft, half the ground being under water.
9,36
17
0.40
9.44
Shanghai decided not to carry on with their batting. On the first day they scored 291 for six wickets. They declared their innings closed and gave Hong Kong their turn at the wickets.
0.45
A. H. Alexander and A. T. Lay.
0.52
J. M. Walker and F/Lt. Boumphreys.
Painfully slow play, with bats- #neo not prepared to take any risks, marked the commencement of Hong Kong's innings. Runs came in slowly between long intervals, and
val:
6 Runs in 30 Minutes.
K. S. Morrison and E. D. Lawrence.
AMAZING GOLF.
TEN BIRDIES" AND, AN "EAGLE."
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1930.
ever
U.S. BASEBALL.
SENATORS BACK IN THE LEAD.
[UNITED PRESS.)
New York, May 17-Defeating the world champion Athleties by an overwhelming score, the Washing ton Senators once more assumed leadership in the American League to-day with a percentage of 667 while the Athletics who have re- (cently led the league until they tied with the Senators yesterday drop. Ped to .620.
Elliott, pitching for Brooklyn, kept the Phillies hits scattered. The second game was featured by some sensational fielding by the Dodgers, who won in spite of home runs By Klein, McCurdy and Sigman of the Phillies.
Pittsburgh's Pirates nosed out a 2-1 win over the Reds at Cincinnati, each team making eight hits and the Pirates contributing the sole error. Brame, the Pirate's pitcher, hit a home run and a two-bagger. scoring twice, for the only two Pittsburgh scores.
The Cubs and the Cardinals split a double-header at St. Louis, the first game going to the visitors 9-6 and the second to the Cardinals $-2. Wilson of the Cubs distinguished himself by whacking out two home
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in the initial contest, while Cuyler tripled and Douthit of the Cardinals also hit a home run. the second, Hafey of the Cards and Bell of the Cubs hit homers.
The Athletics played very loose ball, committing four errors and
The following are the detailed re- making 10 hits to Washington's 14.sults of to-dayis games:— and the Senators took, the game 18
1.5.
'Cleveland's Indians dropped both games of a double-beader with the White Sox at Chiengo. Burnett's
two errors in the sixth innings of the initial game turned a single and a sacrifice bit into two runs. It would have been a shut-out had not Averill of the Indians doubled in the ninth to drive in one run, the Sox making four altogether,
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
R. H.
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0
3
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1
3
0
3.
*Clubs. New York Boston
Cleveland Chicago..... Philadelphia Washington
St. Louis, Detroit postponed because of rain.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Clubs.
R. H.
E
3
1.
3
6
3
3
The second game went to Chicago Boston (first game) 4 6-2, with the Cleveland team total-New York ing three errors and inaking only three hits to Chicago's nine.
Detroit walloped the Browns 12 to 7 although the Tigers made two errors, the Browns topping them
with three.
Boston (second game) New York..... Philadelphia (Erst
game) Brooklyn
Philadelphia (second
game) Brooklyn Pittsburgh
With the score tied 9-9 in the ninth inning of the Yankee-Red Sox game, Lazarri of the Yanks singled, Gehrig walked and a single by Dickey scored Lazzeri, for the win- ning run. Gehrig had previous
The hard-hit- Cincinnati made a home run. ting Babe Ruth neither hit or scored. The Yanks made three errors, Boston two.
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four of the wickets had fallen for The most amazing scores a meagre score. The bassmen then | returned–so remarkable that they warmed up to make the position a would appear unbelievable--were little better before the lunch inter-made at Rochampton, recently, in the 30-holes qualifying competition to eliminate all but 16 players for E. C. Fincher and Duckist oper- the match stages of the tourna ed the innings for Hong Kong. ment for £200 in prizes For some, They held out for half an hour, time past there has been an ac- during which only six runs had been cusation lying at the door of the scored, of which twe came from British professional golfer. It is Fincher, whose wicket was taken termed "inferiority complex," but by Isaacs. The ten was signalled if such ever existed it was thor-innings after a 2-2 tie in the ninth. after forty ve minutes' play, and oughty dispelled, in this the frat it took another half an hour to send professional tournament of the the twenty up: Disaster followed, for with the total st. 24, Duckitt was beaten by O'Hara, his score being 14 runs. Then, after one run had been added. Zimmern fell a
victim to the same bowler-25-3-1.
year.
Those who played two rounds in an average of fours were unable to get a place among the first six- teen of the end of the day and three were forced to replay for the two last places. Never in any tournament has there been such wonderful scoring. Reginald Whit- combe, the youngest of the famous brothers, was the only one of the three playing to secure a place amongst the favoured sixteen.
The appearance of the Hong Kong captain, "Tam Pearce, raised some hope for the visitors, hut, there was much disappointment when he was smartly taught by Pat Madar off "Doc" O'Hara for four runs, total 34 for four wickets. E. F. Fincher and Mitchell bright- | He had a total of 137 atrokes for ened up things a little until the 36 holes, this being the best score ever returned in a first-class tour- lunch interval when they, had car-
nament in England. He had
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ried the total to 36 with 16 runs first-round score of 73 and his ac- each to their 'credit.
The position after "lunch, though somewhat improved, did not hold out much hope for Hong Kong who were all qut for 141 runs. "Don" Anderson, the 'Varsity cricketer, was top-scorer with 28 ruas.
Losing both games of a double header with the Braves, the Giants' hold on first place in the National League to-day became precarious. New York now has a percentage of 460. St. Louis running close behind with 556 and Chicago almost as near with .55 while Brooklyn has .338.
Berger of the Braves was the hero of the first game, which ran to 10 He hit home runs in both the sixth and the eighth innings. In the tenth inning the Braves got two additional tallies and the Giants one. The score of the second game was the same, 4-2 for the Braves, but while in the initial game the Braves got 10 runs to the Giants' right, in the scond the Braves made
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3
7
0
Chicago (first game) 9 St. Louis
Chicago (second
game). St. Louis
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8
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Standings. AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Clubs. Washington Philadelphia Cleveland New York Chicago Boston St. Louis Detroit'.......
Won Lost
Pet.
IS 10
.643
18
-10
.843
13
12
.556
13 12
.$20
13
.458
12
16
.129
10
18
.385
10 19 .357
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Won Lost Pet.
16 12 .571
15 . 12
.636
16 13
.332
17
14
.548
12 12 .500 12- 15
444
15
.444 .400
NATIONAL LEAGUE,
Clubs. Brooklyn. New York
eight runs to 10 for New York. St. Louis The Phillies, walloped Brooklyn | Chicago 14-6 at Philadelphia, Hard bitting Pittsburgh featured the game, with the Phillies Cincinnati chalking up 18 hits and the Dodgers Boston 16. Brooklyn made two errors.
the
Playing at Pittsburgh, Pirates beat Cincinnati 7-5, and only hard luck cheated them out a much longer score. Three times, ends of innings found the Pirates with the bases full. May of the Reds fanned five Pirate batters, however,
The scheduled Cubs-Cards game had to be postponed because of rain.
cond round of 84 improved upon the record of 65 made by Gus Faulkner earlier in the day. The figures of this amazing round. which included one "eagle" (two under par) and ten "birdies" (one
New York, May 18.-Winning under par), read:-
twice over the Phillies to-day, the Out: 4 5 4 4" 3 43 4-35.
4
Brooklyn Dodgers stepped over the -3 4 3 3 2 3 4 3 4 20. ID:
Giants heads into National League Henry Cotton, who recently releadership with a percentage of 371 Hong Kong fallowed on at five
turned from the Argentine, and W. as compared with 558 for New o'clock and there was an extra I. Twine shared second place with York, .352 for St. Louis and .338 för fifteen minutes' play. The wicket 138. Notable failures
the Chicago Cubs. however, remained alow, and at the chie_Compston, Ernest and Char- close of play, the visitors hadles Whitcombe, and the three veter- ana, Alex Herd, J. H. Taylor, and totalled poly 35 runs for the loss Harry Vardos
of four wickets.
The scores were
Shanghai: 1st innings,, 201 runs
for 6 wickets, dee.
Hong Kong 1st Innings.
E. C. Fincher, b Isaacs...
E. R. Duckitt, b O'Hara... F. Zimmern, b'O'Hara...... T. E. Pearce, e Madar, b
O'Hara
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were
Hong Kong 2nd Innings,
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E. C. Fincher, b Isaacs ....
0.
0
0
14
T. E. Pearce, Eb.w., b
Leach
20
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E. JR Mitchell, b Leach 18
E. F. Fincher, b Stokes ....
E., F. Fincher, b Isaacs
F. Zimmern, 6 Isades
E. R. Duckitt, not out......
E. J. R. Mitchell, not out...
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DEATH OF ALFRED HAYHOE.
TRAINER OF
RACE WINNERS.
FAMOUS
Won in Thunderstorm. Hayhoe won the Derby eight years later with St. Amant. This race was run in a violent thunderstorm. St. Amant jumped off in front and was never headed. It was said that he had been frightened by the storm into giving his best running He failed in the St. Leger, won by the famous mare; Pretty Polly. The Doncaster race had, however, been won by Hayhoe with the un fancied Doricles in 1801,
The Amateur Swimming Associa- tion Committee met in London re. DODGERS IN FIRST PLACE IN cently, and, in consequence of the
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
withdrawal of the Austrian A- sociation from organising the Euro- pean Games proposed for Vienna, the important and interesting deci sion was arrived at to send a party of men and women swimmers, to compete in the Empire Games at Hamilton, Ontario, next August. It was announced that the best swimmers in the country are avail- able for the trip.. Intimation had been received from Canada that
Mr. Alfred Hayhoe,, the former there would be no water polo event, trainer of racehorses, who had been and an invitation from Germany ill for some time, died at New
He was 79 for a water polo team to take part market last month. in an international tourney at years of age. Nuremberg from, August 25 to 31 Hayhoe was appointed private The Yankee steam-roller passed was therefore accepted. The other trainer at Palace House, Newners of the big handicaps, and as a
countries that will compote are Belgium, France, Germany, Hung
In the American League the Athletics won over Washington and tied the Senators for top of the league. each having a percentage of 843 while the Cleveland Indians ran far behind with .556.
over Boston to the tune of 11-0 to day, with Ruth and Lay making home runs while Gehrig and Chap- man tripled. Each team made anry and Sweden
market, in 1881, to Baren Alphonse de Rothschild and Mr. Leopold de Rothschild, and he trained are The following were elected, as the markable sequence of winners. error, while New York hit 13 times International Selection Committee:
The Rothschilds, who had big in- to the Red Sox' three... ..
J Hodgson (Liverpool), E." Crap- Cleveland defeated the White Sox 20
of the French. 7 to 4, Morgan of the Indians mak-per (Scarborough), and W. Gterests in Paris, were very keen on ing a triple for one of the few with a request from the Nederserved them well, winning the
Emery (London). In connection winning some
classics. In this respect Hayhoe extra-base hits of the game. Three landathe Zwembond for annual French Two Thousand Guineas on White Sox errors contributed large water pole matches between Eng four occasions and also the French ly to the Indians' win.
land and Holland, the hon, secret-Derby and the French Oaks. In The Athletics' victory over.
continue 1899 Hayhoe won his first: English Washington was hard won and by ary. was instructed to a score of 1-0. By bunching their negotiations with a view to having classic with St. Frasquin in the 8bits, the Athletics made the single the fixtures."
tally in the sixth inning. There were only eight hits in the whole game, Philadelphia getting three and Washington. five.
Total for 4 wkts.... 35
O. M. R. W.
26
Capt. Reynolds,
Dicecha,.
b O'Hara
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
G. R. More, e and b Roger.
23
800
D. J. N. Anderson, b Dice-
Isaacs **********
10:0
2
5
} 10
..
cha
O'Hara.......
3
2
A. C. Beck, b Divecha.
7
Lesch
15
1.
A. Reid, not out.....
Extraa
... Total
Direchs..........
مند و
В Hong Kong Plays for a Draw.
141.
LATER,
Rain caused postponement of the St. Louis-Detroit game. -
Two Thousand Guineas.
Hayhoe also trained many win- trainer of two-year-olds he had no
superior.
Hayhoe retired in 1905, and was succeeded at Palace House, New market, by John Watson, who trains there now for Mr. Anthony de Rothschild and Lord Crewe
THE BRITISH MIDDLE- WEIGHT TITLE. RETAINED BY LEN HARVEY: {THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, May 22.
In a contest at Olympia to-night. for the British middleweight cham- pionship, Len Harvey the holder, beat Steve MoCall of Glasgow. The refereo. stopped the fight in the ninth round of fifteen round
contest....
The committee appointed to form
Persimmon's Derby.. the new regulations for brighter costumes at public galas was:-
The result of this riiccess was that Mrs. Austin (London), J. Myers St. Frusquin started at odds on for
Harrison (Bradford), and F. (Manchester). Mr. J. Peers (War. the Derby, with King Edward's borse, Persimmon, second favourite. The game was very slow, as HongDouble-headers were the rule in rington) was chosen to referee the In a great race Persimmon won by
the National League to-day, with international water polo match
d neck.
Charley Smith, of Deptford won Fall of wickets: 1/6; 2/24;
The King-he was then Prince of Lon points against Donald Short- Kong with little chance of winning chief interest centring at New York Scotland v. Wales at Paisley on 06/07 wiling to marrow and Bioak The Giants split arrow
double-header with Boston, losing the draw for the national team
lunds in fifteen found heavy, 13: 9/136; 10/141...
to play ford strane but taking the wimming championship resulted and led bis colf back to the weight weight contest. BOWLING ANALYSIS.
The wicket was dead. The second 3-2. Sister of the Braves gat-1, Otter, a bye; 2, Penguin ny enthusressly bald Juliany Euthbert, the bolder p
Domvolante pionship beat Shanghai bowlers had a tiring time a home run in the first game. In Plaistow United; 3, Oldham Po an hour before the excitement, and the British featherweight cham-
the second, Leach of the Giants lice v. South Manchester; 4, South the cheering died down
fifteen, round fight. in the first innings which closed at thee and scored Marshall in the Shields. Bradford Dolphins. In the Princess of Wales's Stakes neinte in
eleventh inning after the Braves Semi-final-winner of a v. at Newmarket, St. Frusquin revers Harvey and Cuthbert both win the had tied the score at 22 in the winner of 4 v. Otter. Final at the led the Derby placings with Persim- Lonsdale belts outright.
In a bantamweightght over Salford Police gala on October 15 mon, and afterwards won inth. Playing on their home diamond, There were 34 entries for the club Eclipse Stakes. He broke down ber fifteen rounds, Dick Corbett the Dodgers walloped the Phillies water polo championship of Eng fore the St. Leger, and did not (Bethnal Green) beat Willie Smith
run again.
(South Africa) on points. game land. 10-and--7-8-
O. M. R. W.
Inaca
35 18 30 20
O'Hara ra
25 +11
32
Léach
20 12
167
18'
Rogerson
Madar
Marshall
Stokes
"Divechata
(Continued on next Colama.)
4.45 pm The second was begun at 6.8 p.m.-leaving Bhanghai 85 minutes to dispose of Hong Kong in order to gain a sporting victory, över Hong Kong."
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