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HUNG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1935.

WIMBLEDON OPENS WITH LAWN TENNIS RESULTS

The

A SENSATION

Allison Beaten By

Wimbledon

1

McGrath

the

London, June 24.

tennis lawn championships to-day opened in sweltering heat before an atten- dance of approximately 6,000 spectators. There was a sensation In the first round of the singles championship when Vivian Me Grath, the young Australian Davis Cup player, who lost all his recent matches

this competition. eliminated Wilmer Allison, leading American player in four sets. A number of notable names appear, among the first round win- ers, Fred Perry, the present holder of the title, G. von Cramm, the German champion, Jack Crawford, the Australian champion, Sidney Wood, the American player and Jean Borotra, still the idol of the Wimbledon crowd, all entering the second round.

Jiro Yamagishi, the Japanese Davis Cup player, had little dim- culty in accounting for H. L, de Morpurgo, the former Italian Davis Cup player, and now of the Belgian Congo, by scores, of 6-3, 6—–—–—1, 61. The Japanese quickly realised "that his opponent, who has not been playing much serious tennis of recent years, was out of touch with his back hand strokes and Yamagishi hammered this depart- ment of the Italian's game mer- ellessly..

De Morpurgo's main stroke was his first service which was ex- cellent and which he exploited successfully to obtain many points but his second service was singu- larly weak

The Italian tried desperately to evade the back hand shots by run- ning round them but he not only

Indians Defeated

Several tennis matches were played off last evening and the most interesting was perhaps the game between L.R.C. and H.K.C.C. at Sookumpoo. The Rumjahn. cousins, as expected, won all their

afert in the final of the Italian sets but Championship.

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Jack Crawford, of Australia, beat Jacques Brugnon, the French Davis Cup player, by 6–3, 6-1, 6-4 and G. von Cramm, the German Davis Cup player, won from Deleon, of South America, 6-1, 6-0, 83.

ENTIRELY CONFIDENT

S. B. Wood, the American Davis Cup player, easily eliminated the Japanese player, E. Itoh.

Pereira and Abdul- Curfeem taled badly thus giving the visitors a 5-4 victory.

The scores were:-

F, D. Pereira and J: S. A. Cur-

teem (LRC):

The American player was entire S. ly confident of his superiority, and showed his ability to win when and how he liked.

He almed piercing returns. Into the far corners of the court and quickly rushed to the net and

deals as he liked with the Japanese player's returns,

Wood ran away with the first set taking five games without a reply. from his opponent who seemed de- moralised and made many mis-" takes.

The final result was:-

Wood heat Itoh, 6-2, 6-2, 6-0. G. Palmeirt beat Hideo Nishimura 6-2, 3-6, 63, B4,

Palmeir's extra dash prevailed in a splendid match in which

neither

player spared

himself.

lost to J. Pote-Hunt and E.

Bathurst

U. S. BASEBALL

Giants. Beaten

THE BRITISH OPEN

Fine Golf Scores Returned

London, June 24,

TWO BROTHERS

Captain And Pilot

New York, June 24. The New York Giants. failed to beat Reed and Remedios ... 6-0 ] maintain their winning form in

Shanghai, June 18. beat Noronha and Noronha 6-4 | the National Baseball League to-

By a coincidence, when the The British Open Golf Cham-Canadian Pacific liner Empress of A V. Remedios and J. Gon- day when they played Chicago

salves (Recretó "A");

Russia came up-stream yesterday Cubs, to whom they lost by a plonship's first qualifying "rounds

had were played at Gullane and Muir-afternoon, she was piloted by the beat Remedios and Silva · 6-0 single run after the game

field courses to-day and there were brother of her commander, Captain bear Reed and Remedios..... 6-4 been extended to ten innings, beat Noronha and Noronha 8-0- However, they have a command-some exceptional scores among the w. T. Kinley. Her pilot, Captain J.-T. Kinlay, is a member of the Ing lead and the Cardinals' victory 300 contestants.

Judging by the scores, the play- Shanghai Licenced Plots' Associa“ against Brooklyn Dodgers, has not

ers found the harder course at tlori. made a great difference in the re- ixture, K.C.C. playing at home, delative positions of the two leading Muirfield, where the championship Naturally, the occasion merited Zested S.CAA, by six sets to three.

proper commences Wednesday. R. some form of celebration, and Can- C. E Watson and R. A. Capeli

Burton, the professional of Booton, tain and Mrs. J. T. Kinley were (KCC.):

broke the record for this newly-guests of the Empress of Russia's constructed meeting place of goll celebrities with a smart score of 70.

"C" DIVISION

In a rearranged "0" Division

teams.

The Yankees, in the American League, won against Cleveland In- dians thus further widening the gap between the two top teams.

Results of to-day's matches as cabled by Reuter follow.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

3-6

lost to A. MacDougali and G.

Gamble

3-6

lost to A. L. Sullivan and T

A. Pearce

3-6

A. Ismall and A. H. Madar

(IR.C.):

lost to W. T. Lee and S. L

Lau.....

4-6 beat N. K. Ma and S. Chan 6-2 beat C. H.. Ung and W, C. Lee 6-1; G. A. White and W. Gittins

K.C.C.):

い

lost to J. Pote-Hunt and E.

Bathurst

beat Lee and Lau

7-5

beat Ma and Chan

6-3.

St. Louis

4-6

beat A MacDongali and G.

Gamble..

beat Ung and Lee

6-1

Brooklyn

B-4

D. S. Green and J.. S. Smith

H

((K.C.G.):

lost to A. L. Sullivan and T.

A. Pearce

lost to Lee and Lau

3-8

4-6

Dodgers).

beat. Ma and Chan

6-3

Cincinnati

beat Ung and Lee

6~2

Philadelphia

beat

J. Pote Hunt Bathurst

and E

6-2

6-3

4-3

Play continually covered the whole" court and both players indulged in low. backhand volleys, many of“ which were picked up and return- ed almost from the baseline.

Nishimura, imparted' more spin to his backhand shots but his posi- tioning was weak and long rallies frequently ended in Nishimura be- ing beaten by yards but stil gallantly chasing the ball.

Nishimura showed signs of being

3. A. and H. D. Rumjahn

(LRC):

beat A. MacDongall and G.

Gamble

beat A. L. Sullivan and T. A.

Pearce

HONOURS EVEN

On the C.C.C. ground the home team shared the nine sets with C.R.C. "B", the scores neing-

G. J. W. Leonard and

Lal

(C.C.0): beat P. Kong and S. W. Liang 7-5 beat F. E. Kwok and H W.

Lee

6-2 beat T. L. Iu and L. F. Hon. 6-4 R. Choa and F. R. Zinutera

(G.C.C):

lost to P. Kong and S. W.

Llang

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lost to F. H. Kwok and HL W.

Lee

1-6

lost to T. L. Ia and L. F. Hon 4-4

last time but became outpositing very tired in the fourth set, but. M. Drysdale and A. B. Hamson

ed.

There was a close struggle for the first set although the Japanese only lost three games, but the second went to the Japanese with comparative ease

The Italian made a fight for the third set but Yamagishi's quick- ness on the court and brilliänt drop shots won him a deserved victory.

De Morpurgo lacked his pristine power and was rarely able to pro- duce the form of his Davis Cup days

D LIGHTNING SHOTY

after holding his service for four games, the Italian player broke through to finish the set and

match.

In the first round, C, E, Malfroy (New Zealand) beat W. C. Choy (China) 6-2, 62, 01.- Reuter

PERRY CHEERED

London, June 24. The Wimbledon Championships, the greatest event of the tennis year. dpened to-day in glorious summer weather, the temperature

By exploiting his brillant the handed back-hand shot: with one time exceeding 84 degrees. lightning pace and great accuracy. Fred Ferry, the world champion, Vivian McGrath, the 'young 110- was in the first match on the cen- seeded Australian, furnished tre court and received a great ova- sensation on a glorious first day a

sion from an enormous crowd of the Jubilee Wimbledon by defeat- enthusiasts. He defeated the Cana- ing Wilmer Allison, America's lead-dian champion, Rainville by 8-1. ing player, by 8—4, 6—3; 7—9, 7—6-1, and 6-3 and all other seeded There was a record crowd, in-players who appeared to-day safely cluding Mrs. Helen Wills-Moody, surmounted first round.-

(0.0.00:

drew with P. Kong and S. W.

Liang

beat F. K. Kwok and H. W

Lee

... A-2 lost to T. L. Iu and L. F. Hon 4-6 But for the Ane display put up by the Fincher brothers the K.C.C would have been badly beaten by the C.R.C. "A" in the "A" division of the Tennis League. As it was they went down by 6 sets to threes

The Fincher brothers were seen at their best when they won all their games.

The three Chinese pairs were very evenly balanced and all did well to enhance their chances of senior annexing the

once more

honours.

The scores were:-

E. C. Fincher and E. F. Fincher

(K.C.C.):

beat, L. W. Tong and L. D.

Cheung

6-4

beat HK. Law and C. C. Hung

1-5

beat In Tak Cheuk and K.

Yuet Kit

B-2

LAWN BOWLS

M.

Bagh and (K€€. "A");

F.

Goose

lost to Lee and Luk

2-6

löst to Ho and Hung

2-6

lost to Iu and Kit

5-7

who was not engaged to-day British Wireless. see Allison wilt under McGrath's Inspired play. Allison made " a great recovery and won the "third set after being 3-5 down, and then The obtained a 5-1 lead in the fourth but McGrath made an irre- Bistible rally and won six games in a row.

Allison, however, showed a strong hand throughout and made Mc- Grath go all out for victory. "

AN EASY PASSAGE

Basa Beaten

The standard of play displayed by two ex-interporters, R. Basa and J. C. Brown in their open singles encounter yesterday on the Recrelo green was not productive of good bowls. Although Brown won by 21 shoots to 15 it took him

Fred Perry, the holder, has an easy passage into the second round when he was drawn against Marcel Rainville, Canada's No. 1 ranking 2 neads before he could arrive at player, who entered unofficially, the score.

The Wimbledon champion won by Bara was not playing his usual B-1, 6-1, 6-3 without being ex-game and he could not do much sall-after 5th bead when be man- tended.

Bunny Austin. England's No. 2 agad to notch three. Brown

A player, also had an easy task started off by getting two singles against E. R. Avory, a nephew of and a two on the first three heads the late Judge Avory, who died last and thereafter "obained his shots week, Austin won 6-3, 6-1, 6-3. mostly by singles. At the 22nd GP. Hughes accounted for an head Brown was leading by 18 American player named Culley by shots to 12 and Basa managed to 6-3, 11-876-2 but Great Britain match a three on the 25th head lost many players, including F. H with Brown obtaining a single on D. Wilde, Freshwater and I G. the 23rd and 24th heads. The re- sult was never in doubt from the

· Collina,

ROSARIO THROUGH

L. A. Oppenheim and T. Hesse

(K.C.C.):

lost to Lee and Luk lost to Ho and Hung. lost to Iu and Kit

INTER CLUB GAME

3-6

2-6

5-7

The Recreio "A" had no dif- beating their second ficulty in string yesterday. They came out with seven out of the nine sets.

H. A. Barros and F. J. Remedios

(Recreio "A"):

lost to J. J. Remedios and L.

A. L Silva .......

beat W. A. Reed and A. A. Re-

rsedios

2~6

6-2

beat H. A. Noronha and G. A.

Noronha

Bat

C. A. Barretto and A. V. G. Gosáno (Recreio "A"); lost to Remedios and Silva...' 5-7

Club senior team in their league lawn bowls match against the

H. Rasario eliminated J. J. Kowloon Bowling Green Club on Whyte from the competition by 21 June 29, on their own ground- shots to 12 after 23 heads. There H. Gittins, W. C. Simpson, E. C. was nothing outstanding about Fincher, J. Fraser, skip J. W. M. the whole game.

wean Barotra, the French Inter-start. national, who is still the Idol or Wimbledon crowds, dispelled the idea that he is now unable to last five sets by defeating H Henkel, Germany's second rank player, who recently beat both Jack Crawford. and Vivian McGrath in the Davis Cup, by scores of 6-4, 1–6, 8-6, 2-6, 6-2

Rosario was the steadier of "the two.

Up to the 13th head Rosario John Van Ryn, the American, was only leading by 10 shots to 8 beat the Australian Davis Cup re and a two on the 14th and 16th serve, D. P. Turnbull, 6-2, 6-3, heads made him 7 points ahead 86 while in addition to Bidney Whyte who had scored a single on Wood, other Americans to survive the 15th head: Rosario obtained the first round are Gene Makoan bis shots with singles or two's Donald Budge and Wilmer Bines while Whyte obtained 7 singles, a The last named (&t present rank two and a three. ed eighteenth in America, five places above his 1933 raziking) re-

B.C.C. TEAMS

cently surpassed himself by a The following have been chosen atraight set victory over G. Pai- to represent the Kowloon Cricket

Brown, R. G. Craig, N. Bebbington,

A. Hyde-Lay, skip; H Overy, F. Goodwin, W. Hyde, R. P. Phillips, skip.

JUNIOR TEAM

Cricket Club to play against the The Junior team of the Kowloon

Kowloon Bowling Green Club on their opponents' green on June 29, has been chosen as follows:

FB W. Smith; J. B. Dinnen, O.

J. Tacchi, W. J. Geall, skip, G. Lee,

C. Fletcher, M. U. Rakusen, TW, Carr, skip, H. Nissim, 8. J. Hough- ron, J. Smith, L. E. Lammert, skip.

"D" DIVISION

When the Police-KFC. match was due to start it was found that they were each one player short 50 the captains decided to play only two pairs each and to share the remaining five sets. The Po- won all Their games, thus lice claiming 64 sets to 23. The scores were:- C. Carruthers and

(Police): beat A Fuller and J. Finch... 6-1. beat W. Knox and V. White 8-1- A.. Baker and H. 8. Major (Po-

Ice):

C.

Pile

beat A. Fuller and J. Finch... 8-3 beat W. Knox and V. White 8-3

R. H. E. 12 18 2

7 13 3..

(Joe Collins scored a home zun for the Cardinals and Fey for the

Chicago

New York

.8

17

4 7

1 2

10 13 0 9 17 0 (Chuck Klein scored a hehe run

for the Cubs and Lieber and Jack- son for the Giants, There were ten innings)..

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Boston Chicago

·

R. H. E 4 9 3 6 11 2 (Carl Reynolds scored a home run for the Red Sox and Bourna the White Sox).

New York

Cleveland

Philadelphia

St. Louis

".

Henry Cotton, the present hold- er, was only one stroke behind. playing a masterly game for 71.

Other noables in the qualifying round ranked as follows:

Jack Maclean, 74: Picard, USA, 77: Lawson Litt.ė, USA, (British Amateur Champion), 78.

AT GULLANE

I At Gullane, Macdonald Smith, USA.. shattered the course re- cord with 66, a very remarkable achievement even on the easter course. Sayner, the professional at Birkdale, had a 68.

new commander at an informal tea on board yesterday afternoon.

Both brothers served their time in sall, Captain W. T. Kinley hav- ing been over forty years at sea, 22 of which have been spent with the Canadian Pacific Steamship Co. Ltd. on their trans-Pacific ser- vice.

NOT FIRST TRIP This is not his first trip on the Empress. of Russia, as he was an officer on board this vessel when she saw service in eastern watery during the Great War as an armed cruiser, and, more recently, as her Staff Captain. In command of the Empress of Canada last voyage

Scores of other prominent play this 19, however, his first trip in ers were:

Percy Allis, winner of the Scot- tish Open Championship last week, tied with A. J Lacey, with 70;

Brews, South Africa, Padgham, Busson, Rex Hartley, Davies and

the Russia as her commander. Mrs. Kinley, his wife, is a resident of vancouver.

Captain J. T. Kinley has also a long record of service at sea, bis last command being the 'China

R. A. Whitcombe ali tied with 71-Mail ss. Nile. He left the sea about Reuter

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(There were fourteen innings).

five years ago, however, to take up the equally difficult and hazardous- task of piloting vessels up the trea- cherous waters of the Yangtze and Whangpoo Rivers.

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