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MISS YORKE GAINS SECOND FRENCH

TITLE

Wins Mixed Doubles Final With Bernard: Polish Girl's Surprise Defeat

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racket to regain her breath, one doubted whether she would fast out an arduous third set

(BY A. WALLIS MYERS)

Auteuil, May 27, Miss A M. Yorke won her second French title to-day when she and Marcel Bernard defeated E. Mar- tin-Legeay and Mme. Henrotin ja the anal of the mixed doubles. The score was 7-5, 6-8, 6-3.

Coming to Paris as an unofficial player at her own expense. Mis

unbeaten record Yorke, with an in the international field. has arned honours fully justified by her steady hand and high heartja In both her finals, fate looked as

It might rob her of victory, but to-day, as in the final of the wo- men's doubles, she played her best game in the vital third set

Bernard was not in such ane form to-day as he was in the men's Imal yesterday; he looked to be reacting from the strain of that homerie battle.

of his Some poaches were impolitic. and his dgment in calling to his partner to leave balls that did not sail out of court was at fault.

But he reserved his service aim intact to critical games, and it was on his delivery that the Anglo- French pair went out in the ninth

me of the anal set..

FRENCHMAN OUTWITTED The first two sets had been risperately close affairs, with Miss orke often fencing with Martin geay for a winning opening, and one of the shrewdest tacticians in France not infrequently finding himself out-manoeuvred by the English girl.

In the second set, when Bernard dropped his service. the French pair advanced to 5-3, and it was Miss Yorke who saved two set balls the next game. At 5 on Mme. Henrotin's service. Bernard within a and his partrier were stroke of the match. There was a tense rally closed by a shurt lob from Miss Yorke and a smash from the everalert Legeay. The reward of some really clever play by the French couple was the second set A less resolute pair might easily have crumpled after this disap-

and Bernard

Miss pointment. Yorke forgot their lapses, and by a spirited all-court attack, quickly compiled a 4-1 lead in the third set.

Miss Yorke's service returns were particularly sound. and though

Yet she came through the ordeal Even when her magnificently. lead of 4-1 began to melt, and she had sacrificed h chance of a 5-1 lead by a careless stroke, and then lost the seventh game from 40-15, she maintained the high. rich quality of her attack.

She played the eighth game for 5-3 lead superbly. outpointing her opponent with cross drives that clipped the lines and brooked no return. In the ninth game she was 40-15-two match balls. Mije. Jedrzejowska then played two beautiful drop shots to save the match and went on to win the game.

I thought she might pull it off after all for the Spaniard was nearly exhausted. But in the next game. when the Polish girl tried to repeat the coup. her opponent raced forward and hit winners She took with the firmest hand. the first three points against the service and was out from 15.

Nine years earlier, when she was more exuberant, she had lost the French championship at St. Cloud through hitting a ball that was sailing yards but of court. Her victory to-day delighted her many friends.

HONG KONG

DAILY PRESS,

LAWN BOWLS Open Pairs And Singles

Recrela

Piây.ng in the Open Patrs Cham. plonsmp at K.O.C., the Civil Ser- Vice pair C. Strange and A. W. Lirimmitt defeated the combination, J. Silva and H. A. Alves by ona shot in an exciting tussie, The Anal tally read 20-19 and bis in favour of Crimmitt partner. The bowls displayed was ot a high order....

LAST MINUTE RALLY S. Bright and M. J. Henderson Green of the Kowloon Bowling Club defeated R. O. Read, and G. H. Sherdir. the Open Patrs

on the Championship

Recreid Green by 24 shots to 16. The game was evenly contested with the win- ners given a rare fright in the last three heads. Until then they led Read and Sherriff by 22 shots to 10, the latter making a spectacular yet unavailing recovery.

INDIAN PAIR BEATEN J. V. Ramsey and J. McKelvie 27. J. Hoosen and A. O. Madar 7, ot C.C.C.

SINGLES MATCH

D. Rumjahn 21, A. M. Calman 12 (20 heads) at P.R.C.

fire after his

match out of the adversary, with two sets in hand. had gained a winning lead in the third. Hector Fisher's strokes were smoother in execution than Hare's, but he did not possess the Eriglish- man's indomitable spirit, nor did he keep nils best service deliveries for the critical arth set.

In

to-day's thunder-laden at- mosphere. Hare is entitled to every praise for his fine recovery against an experienced opponent.

Destremeau opened his Centre Court campaign with a conclusive victory over Van Den Eynden, of Holland. He could afford to let down in the third set, but the way in which he dealt with an adverse

MISS NOEL'S PROGRESS The Spanish champlon's next opponent may well prove to be Miss Noel, who, unthreatened to- day. won her match in two love sets, and will

méet Mile. now Iribarne, No. 2 in France. She should be should survive this test if she match. plays her best scientific game. .*

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1936.

TENNIS LEAGUE

Police Beat K.C.C. In

"D" Division

At the Valley yesterday, the Po- lice Recreation Club best the Kow- loon Cricket Club by 6 sets to 3 in the "D" Division of the Lawn Tenala League.

G "Carruthers and

(P.R.C.):

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C. Pile

THE CHAMPIONSHIPS OF MIDDLESEX

MRS. M. R. KING BEATEN

GOLFER MAKES

23/- EACH SHOT

THE SILVER TASSIE

العنيد

PREPARING FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP

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A second round of 68 and a re- cord aggregate of 140, gave . Ferrier (Australia) a win in the Silver Tassie, R. 8. Walker (Aber- deen) finishing second with 144, Ferrier's aggregate was one stroke better than that of C J. Tolley in

London, May 25. Altred Padgham, "the Ryder Cup golfer from Sundridge Park, Kent, yesterday won his fourth succes- sive

tournament. professional when he finished first in the London, May 28

Dunlop-Southport tournament.

He started this amazing run of There were two surprises in the third round of the women's sing-success last autumn, when, he took les in the Middlesex Champion- the £300 first prize in the "News ships, which were continued at of the World" tournament.

This year he started without 1925. 3-8 Chiswick Park yesterday. In the

morning Mra, M.R. King's the Bri- great confidence. He was fit. 7-5tish Wightman Cup player, was and only entered the finals of the beaten by Miss P. O'Connell, of the "Daily Mail" tournament by holing Melbury LT.C.. and in the after-along putt on the last green in noun Miss Betty Nuthall was bea- the Southern qualifying section. ten by Miss J. Saunders.

beat K. Brock and C. Blum 6-4 lost to A. E. Perry and H. W.

Crabbe

beat. A. E. Spary and J. Fer-

gusson

A. R. S. Major and D. Smith

(P.R.C.):

beat Brock and Blum

6-3

beat Perry and Crabbe

6-4

beat Spary and Fergusson ... B. G. Buker and A. E. Carey

(P.R.C.):

6-4

:

lost to Brock and Blum...... 1-6 - lost to Perry and Crabbe... 1-6

beat Spary and Fergusson

S.C.A.A. WIN

6-3

Mrs, King struck Miss. O'Connell on one of those days when noth ing could go wrong. Against such.

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Many of the British amateur competitors who championship will be at St. Andrews next week, spent yesterday on the Gleneagles" Course where the annual 38 holes... He was still not well in the stroke competition for the Silver inals at Bramshott. But a record Tassie was decided over the King's fast round of 68 brought him and Queen's courses. At the end victory and the £500 prize. Ris of the first round played in fine

good player as Mrs. King it / 48&Tegate over four round was but cool weather, there was a le

284.

would have been useless for Miss

Three weeks later. he took O'Connell to venture to the net on further £200 with his winning

for the lead on both courses, W. Murray (Dunfermline) and S. Mac- donald (Erskine) sharing first

The C.R.C. lost to S.C.A.A., the / anything except the best of drives. total of 280 in the "Silver King" place with 73 on the Queen's

latter winning 7 to 15 sets

S. W. Lang and Iu Tak-jam

(G.R.C.):

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lost to K. F. Lui and H. K.

1-4

lost to K. H. Wang and W. H.

Ho

1-5

lost to T. K Leung and F. N.

Wong......

4-6

Iak

Ding-cheong and Lau Man-ching (C.R.C.): lost to Kul and Ho drew with Wong and Ho... beat Leung and Wong...

F. H. Kwok and H. N. Chau

(CR.C.):

inst to Lui and Ho lost to Wong and Ho lost to Leung and Wong

Such drives were more often to Mrs. King's back- nand than forehand, and they were so hard and deep that Mrs. King was completely unable to make an effective lob,

forthcoming. tournament at Moor Park,

course, perhaps the easier of the With his latest victory he has two, while J. Ferrier, the Australiar now, won £1,315 in the last four champion, Francis and J. Mee- events. Els record in six weeks chan (Scotscraigs), were level with this year is £1.015, for which he 172 on the King's. has played 846 shots in twelve All three played par golf, driving Mies Nuthall, after a brilliant rounds, giving him the brilliant a long and straight ball. while revival which suggested" that she

average of 10 per round.

saving strokes on the greens, A. had really found her best form

That means he has made about D. Locke (South Africa), whose once more, had one of those un- 23s, a shot.

championship

the successes in accountable lapses which have so

"hat trick" in prores Union last year led to his challenge often filled her friends with des-

without parallel for the British title, played "hls 3-0 pair, Miss Saunders, who is play-Padgham's three wins have been first round on the King's. Course 6-8 ing better than ever before in her erowded into six weeks, 8-2ite, thoroughly deserved her vic- The question now is whether he tory. Her confident driving and can keep at it until the Open volleying prevalled over the rather, Championship in June..

6-2. G. von Gramm (Germany)

Such a

sional golf is

was much

and finished in 73. So far as driv- ing and second shots were con- cerned, his play was sound, but on the putting green he below form. Seven times he took there were no three putts. and fewer than forty putts in his round.

with R. Sweeny, who "won aggregate of 142 last year, seemed to have lost his grip of the trophy when Enishing in 79 on the King's Course, the last three holes, which

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2-8 cramped strokes of Miss Nuthall. It is his turn to win it. for hi 4-6 Though Misa Nuthall was 'obvious | 1934 he was third, and last year 4-6 ly below her best form it would was runner-up to Alfred Ferty.

have needed quite her best to have beatin" Miss" Saunders yesterday.

The results were:- SINGLES.-Third Round.-T. H. Evans beat Dr. A. A. Fyzee 18-2, 5-7,6-3); J. S, Oliff beat W, R. No baseball games were schedul-cost him seventeen strokes, ending Latham (6-3, 8–6); C. M. Jonesed to-day in either the National or W. J. R. Reddall scratched; R. E. American League. Mulliken beat J. M. Hunt ̈ (6—1. | Renter. 3-8,9-7); K.C. Gandar Dower

bt. H. Steiner (Switzerland) 6-0, 6-0, 6-1. B. Destremeau (France) ER, Van den Eyden Belgium) 6-1, 7---5. A Martin Legeay 6-1, (France) bt: A. Golryn' (France)

(Germany)

lead of 5-3 revealed his ability to 6-2, 6-0, 6-2. E. Maneft (Swit- raise his game under provocation.zerland) bt. K. Lund

This engaging recruit of France 6-3.0—–6, 4–6, 6–1, 5—2. A. Mer will now meet von Cramm in what lin (France) leads H. Henkel (Ger- most fascinating many) 7-5, 6-4, 1-5 (rain stop-

ped play).

Women's Singles Second Round: Mie, Couquerie bt Mlle. Belliard Holland) (France) 2-8, 7-5 7-5, FYL H. Horn (Germany) bt Mile, S. Pan- netier (France) 64, 64. Miss S. Noel (G.B.) bt: Miss Wittenstrom (Sweden) 6-0, 6-0. Mile. Iribarre (France) bt. Mme. Isaac (Belgium) 6-1, 6-1.

RESULTS Men's Singles Three British gains were regis-

Second Round: P.

Pelizza tered in the men's singles. Perry

(France) bt. G. Troncin (France) and Austin won their third round

62. 6-1. G. Stalios matches in three sets. neither be 6-4 ing ever in jeopardy although (Greece) w.o., J. Brugnon (France) Austin required an opening set of ser. Marcel Bernard (France) w.o. 16 games to tame the stubborn Le Hun Ly (China) scr. del Castillo. of Argentina,

Third Round; P. Feret (France) The South American, a great bt G. Metaxa (Austria) 6-3, 6-1. runner, traded in cut drop shots 6-0. C. Boussus (France) di, A. (Argentine) 6-01. 88. and had a provocative service Zappa which kept very low. In the 6-3. F. J. Perry (G.B.) bt, F. second and third sets Austin out Terrier (France) 6-0, 6-4, 6-4. C. E. Hare (G.B.) bt. H. C. Fister classed his man.

(Switzerland) 4-8, 3—6. 7-5, 6-2. 8-6. H. W. Austin (G.B.) bt. L.

HARE WINS FIVE-SET DUEL Hare had another five-set

she got the main brunt of the at- struggle, and this time pulled the del Castillo (Argentine) 9-7, 6-1,

Lack from the other side, she par- ried every move quietly and effl- ciently. Two games were sacrificed before the end came. and Miss Yorke left to catch her aeroplane for England

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MLLE, JEDRZEJOWSKA BEATEN

In the women's singles there was a big surprise-the defeat of Mlle. Jedrzejowska by that talent- ed Spanish player. Countess de 'la Valdene, who under the name of Mile, d'Alvarez. Res for three successive years a finalist at Wim- bledon.

The match was not down on the day's programme when the official list came cut, and the competitors were advised only in the morning when it was discovered that there would probably be an hour's in- terval on the centre court, before the mixed doubles final, fixed for 4 o'clock, was due.

The Uttle Polish champion would have preferred No. 2 court, but she accepted the situation with her usual galety and, indeed. ap- peared to be on the high road to a decisive victory when she had taken the first set at 62 and was leading 4-1 in the second.

Had she not hit a simple fore- hand drive on to the net tape she would have been 5--2, and I doubt, at that stage, whether Mrs. Moody herself would have caught her.

The tice began to turti when Counteas de la Valdene's backhand drive, once the onvy of every schoolgirl at Wimbledon, began to function with glorio regularity and when, to the great forehand -punch of Poland, she used the

famous d'Alvarez halt-volley.

Then the rest of the match was purity of style and enterprise vin- dicated and the less, orthodox Atroke production of Mile. Jedrze- jowska Anding its limitations.

POLISH GIRL'S ADVANTAGE The Spanish champion was never quite safe until the last stroke had been won. Her opponent was in full match training: her physical reserves were always the stronger: and after the fiercest rallies, when the Countess was leaning on her

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Third Round: Countess de la Valdene (France) bt Mlle, Jedrze- 1owska (Poland) 2-G. 7-5, 6-4

Mixed Doubles Final: Miss A. M. Yorke (G.B.) and Marcel Bernard (France) bt. A. Martin Legeay and Mme. Hen- rotin (France) 7-5, 6-8, 6-3.

beat D. J. Cook (6–2, 6–—3); R. A,

B3).

NO BASEBALL

New York, June 15.

an indifferent display.

R. 6. Walker (Deeside), who won the big Scottish Open Tournament a few weeks ago was well placed. with a round of 73 on King's Course, J. MeCreddie (Mortonhall

Shayes beat M. D. Deloford (6-2, J. S. Quiff and A. C. Stedman beat

̈D. Goodman and R. G. W. Smith also having that score, while G. A. Hil (Sandy Lodge), and Brig.- WOMEN'S SINGLES.-Third (6-0, 8—41. "น

WOMEN'S DOUBLES. Second Gen, A. C. Critchley (Prince's). Round.--Miss 8. G. Chuter beat Mrs. G. G. Honeyman (6-1, 6--1); Round-Miss J. Burritt and Misc were in close attendance with 74. Miss P. O'Connell beat Mrs. M. R. P. N. Morison beat Miss M. Davies each King 18-38-6); Miss R. M. and Miss P. M. Tompson (6-3 R. B Stevenson (Cawder), C. R. Hardwick beat Miss R. Jarvis (64.62); Miss A. E. L. McOstrich and Chrenander (West Hill), and A. beat Mrs. D. A. Paton. Jun. (Largs), each with 74. and Miss N. L. Kelman followed the leaders on. Queen's -2): Miss E. M. Dearman best Miss J. Saunders Miss G., M. Southwell (6-1, 3-6. Alston 6-1; Mrs. J. B. Pittman beat Miss (60, 6-1); Miss R. M. Hardwick Course. where R. W. Hartley (R. M. Whitmarsh (2-8 8-2-8-6); and Miss E. H. Harvey beat Mrs, and A) and E. M' Prain (R, and Saunders beat Miss B. V. Burr and Mrs. E. S. Law (6-2, A,) were among the 758. Miss J.

Third Round.-Misa "J. Ferrier (Australla), 72, 48-140; Nuthall (6-3, 6-3): Miss N. M. | 57, 8—2). Lyle beat Miss N. B. Brown (6–0. j E, N. S., Dickin and Miss P. O'Con- R. S. Walker (Aberdeen), 73," "71," 6-4): Miss E. N. S. Diekin beat nell beat Mrs. C. Welch and Mrs.and G. A H (Sandy Lodge), 74, D. T. Richards (6-2,5-3); Miss 70-144; J. K. Mecham (Scots- Miss B. Batt (63. 97).

72, 75-147; J. McCredle Round.-C. E. M. Dearman and Miss N. M. craig DOUBLES.--Berond

Merton Hall), 73, 75, and J. de Forest (R. and A.), 77, 71-148.

M. Jones and R. A, Shayes beat W. Lyle beat Miss Burritt and Miss C. Choy and J. H. Ho (6-1, 6-21: Morison 161. 3).

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