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SPORT

· WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1938.

ALL THE SPORTING NEWS AND NOTES

P.A. GIBB CARRIES HIS

BAT FOR CAMBRIDGE Great Innings Against The Australians

The Australians in their majestic stride through", the Cathedral and market towns of England disposed of Cambridge University're- cently by the grotesque margin of an innings and 425 runs. Fen- ner's, which had been so full of animation" on the first two days of the match, was almost deserted yesterday morning, and well before luncheon the stumps had been, laid to rest; the benches which had bravely supported a moltitude were bare, and the roller" disconsolate beyond words, says The Times.

It was sad, for the day promis- when N. W. D. Yardley was in ed an afternoon of generous sun- with Gibb, a gesture sufficient to shine, but these Australians do make D. Bradman change his play too well for the bravest. of bowling, which he had begun with University sides. And nonc was F. Ward and W. J. O'Reilly, but it braver than P. A. GIDE, who had the great distinction of carrying his bat through the innings, and carrying it as if he could play Australia's bowling for the rest of the day if he could find anyone else to share his mood.

was only at one end that an ad- justment was necessary.

It was clear that accurate leg- break bowling in the end was go- ing to Anish the game. and Ward served the purpose.

For the first time during this

It was a great innings. and none] tour Ward also exploited the better will be seen this year.

A MILD CHALLENGE

Was

There

"googly"; he was said to be able

to bowl this ball, but this was the

a flourish of chal-first we had seen of it, and he lenge Arst thing in the morning lost nothing in reliability.

Sporting

Fixtures

TODAY

PACKE DARING

Yardley was the first out, bowl- ed by O'Reilly by a ball which might Nave bowied anyone. and the morning's inevitability was ro

lieved by the intrusion of M. St.

J. Packe.

PLAY BALL!

CLIPPER" DELANEY

AT PRACTICE

By F. Mela

Phil S ("Clipper") Delaney, of the Hong Kong Baseball Club, is practising hard for a "come-back" in the old ball. game and I hear his arm (he is a south-paй, incidentally) should be back in shape inside a week or so,

"Clipper" Delaney last played baseball about nine years agỡ but he feels that after some work-outs he should be able to get the old swing back.

On the beach at Repulse Bay "Clipper" alints the ball over the plate. Padre Reichstainer, Maryknoll of the

Mission catches them for him, and a safe pair of hands he has too!

DAVIS CUP TENNIS

French Successes

Marseilles, May 24.

the

FOOTBALL IN

THE RAIN

United Boys Have Close Win

An interesting football match was played on the Causeway Bay ground on Monday between the United" Boys' Sports Club and a team captained by Mr. Telok Singh, the former winning by the odd goal in five..

The ground was under water in most parts and the players were ankle-deep in mug but this 'failed to dampen their enthusiasm and a very keen game was the result.

Gopal Singh scored the first goali for the United Boys but almost im- mediately afterwards Telok Bingh found the net twice in rapid suc- cession. Abdul Rahim, however, equalised for the U,B.8.C.

A ding-dong struggle then ensued and it was not till nearly full time that Nazir Ahmed netted the winning goal for the U.B.S.C.

U.S. BASEBALL RESULTS

New York, May 23. All matches in the American Baseball League were postponed today,

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BACK AGAIN!

FORMER COLONY FAST BOWLER

By F. Melu

A. C. Beck, the Hong Kong Cricket Club and Colony tast Bowler, is back in the Colony again after an absence of some years in Manila.

Beck told me he will be here for some eighteen months at least and is already looking forward to the next cricket season. He had not bad mach of cricket for some time.

It will be recalled that Beck came up from Manila on a Holiday in 1937 but as he had only just recovered from an lines then, he was not able to take part in any games.

S.C.A.A. TO HOLD GALA

The following is the programme of the swimming gala of the S.C.A.A. which will be held at 7.30 p.m. today:-

400 Metres Relay for men (open to the Colony)..

1150 Metres. Relay for ladies (open to the Colony).

100 Metres Relay.

50 Metrea free style in full dress. 100 Metres Relay for old men

In the last day's play of the Davis Cup tie between France and Monaco

the

French players, Bolelli and Bellista, taking

In the National section, Pitts- lace of Destrenau and Petra, both burgh Pirates defeated New York and children.

Giants by 4-3, Cincinnati Reds 200 Metres Breast Stroke won their singles matches.

Bolelli beat Noghes 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 beat Brooklyn Dodgers 8-4, Phil-men. and Bellizza beat Medicin 6-2, 6-1,adelphia Phillies beat St. Louis

Men's 200 Metres Free Style. Ladies' 50 Metres Free Style. Water Polo.

3-8, 6-4.

The two victories cannot of cially be claimed by France and the official result is therefore a lead for France of 3-2-(Trans- ocean),

England Loses

Greatly daring and perhaps LAWN BOWLS-Open Pairs Cham-Bittle caring, he hit Ward twice plonship, Ferguson and Calman away to the leg boundary and v. Campbell and Wright (Kow-once away -past "mid-off, off šur- loon C.C); J. W. Leonard and J. cessive balls, before he' skled 'the R. 3oares v. A. Castro and V. néxť to be caught si extra cover- Atienza (Hong Kong F.C.).

point, TABLE TENNIS.-Y.M.C.A. Tuble Olbb remained stolid and arm, Tennis; Social and Fellowship as if to show that there was some Club Table Tennis Tournament. batting in Cambridge. moking in Kowloon Unton Church "Hall, some beautiful strokes on the off- 8.45 p.m.

side to the ball which was break- TENNIS.--"B" División, Hong Kong Ing away from the bat, but the C.C. v. Chinese R.C.; Civil Ser- rest of the innings was despair. Vice C.C. V. Recreio: Craigen- F. G. Mann had for so good atorday in a ave to nil win for gower C.C. v. South China A.A.player an unlucky match: P. M. Yugoslavia. Hong Kong University v. Kow- Studd can hit hard, but this w loon Indian TC.: Indian R.C..not his occasion: and the rest of

Funccc-Mitle and Butler-Wilde, Kowloon C.C.

the wickets were easy for a Test which was interrupted by a thun- Match team Gibb in his innings derstorm on Sunday, was resumed of 80 hit 11 s. which in itself is at 7-5, 6-3 yesterday when

TOMORROW TENNIS.-"C" Division; Army T.C.

v. Kowloon Tong: Chinese RC

v. Kowloon CC... Recreio v. In- dian R.C.; Craigengower C.C. v. Hong Kong University.

FA

Zage, May 24. The Duvis Cup tle between Eng land and Yugoslavia resulted yes-

The doubles match

an achievement against, a side Englishmen

between

the

won the third and

whose bowling is supported by fourth sets 6-3, 7-5 but lost the such a close displacement of the Afth 3-6. thus losing, the match. Held,

In the singles, Mitic beat Shayes And so ended a match of re- 6-2, 6-3 11-0 and Butler lost to cords. of which Cambridge need Puncec 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 3-6-(Trans-

Even a better | ocean). Police have no shame.

side might have been beaten by a great many more runs.

FRIDAY, MAY 27 TENNIS."D" Division, Radio

Sports Club v. Army TC. R.C.-Y. Central British Asen. Kowloon Tong v. Chinese R.C.; Kowloon Indian T.0. v. Recreio:

Kowloon CC. v. Craigengower

C.C: Indian R.C. v. Civil Service 6.0.

· ADVERTISEMENTS,

THE HONG KONG =

JOCKEY CLUB.

Draft Programmes and Entry Formis for the Sixth Extra Race:

Italy Leads

Milan, May 24, The second day of the Davis

HONG KONG JOCKEY Cup tie between Italy and Poland

CLUB

Classification Lists Alteration

resulted in a two to one lead for Italy.

The singles between Dr. Stefani (Italy) and Tloczynski (Poland) which was interrupted on Sunday "Alterations and additions to the when de Stefan! had won the first- resumed classification lists dated March 16, two sets 8-6, 6-4, was

yesterday,

winning 1938. are as follows:-

the third and the fourth sets 6-4, 6-2. at which point the Italian, who was, not feeling well. had to stop.

In the

Italians, doubles, the

·

CHINA PONIES Split Hand to D Class. Double Chance, Merry Doer. Yüm

Meeting to be held on Saturday.ing to E.Class. 4th and Monday, 6th June, 1938 of weather permitting), may be obtained at the Secretary's Office, Exchange Building the Club "House, Happy Valley: the Hong Kong Club; the Sports Club: and the Stables, Shan Kwong yesterday unanimously voted 23.

Road.

Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON on Thursday, 26th May. .1938.

By Order,

C. B. BROWN,

Secretary.

MILLIONS FOR OLYMPICS

Tokyo, May 24

The Tokyo Muncipal Council

000,000 Yen for the Olympic Games of 1940."

Toczynski

| Quintavall and Taroni, beat the Poles, Spychala and Tloczynski, 11-9, 26. G-4, 4-6, 7-5-(Trans- ocean).

RUMJAHN

MISS R.

LEAVING

TO HOLIDAY IN INDIA

The amount will go to swell

Miss Rosie Rumjahn, the well- the funds with the swimming stadium, the main stadium, the known lady tennis player, wi Olymple village, the running track, shortly be leaving the Colony for the gymnastic, hall and the train a holiday in India. She will also Visit Singapore and possibly ing field are to be built.

The Construction work will Manila.

6796 begin in October-(Transocean).

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Ms Rumjahn played for the Indian Recreation Club when they won the Dunlop Shield Mixed Doubles) some years ago and Jast year she played in few games for the Chinese Re- creation Club.

still very keen on the game Miss Runjahn plays every week-end at the Indian R.C. with her brother, H. D. Rumjahn, rünner-up in the Colony Championship, with whom she entered the open mixed dou- bles championship some years ago..

WASHED OUT!

The steady drizzle that fell throughout the whole of yesterday resulted in the postponement of the sporting fixtures for the day including the "A" Division tennis match between the Chinese and Indians, as well as the Coloný awn bowls championship matches. With the weather, so uncertain

any games will be possible this afternoon.

Sole Agents: CHINESE TRADING CO. | is extremely doubtful whether

Bank of East Asia Buliding, 4th Floor,

Cardinals 7-6, and Chicago Cubs beat Bastor. Braves 4-1---(Reuter),

BIENNIAL PLAN FOR THE DAVIS CUP COMPETITION

Activities Of Professionals Would Be Stimulated

V

IS THE CHANGE NECESSARY?

Just now the most popular tople in lawn tennis circles appears to be the question as to whether or not the. Davis Cup comp

competition shall cease to be an annual affair and become a Biennial one. Ever since the first of these competitions was held on the old Longwood Cricket Club grounds back in 1900, thẻ tróphy has been on an an- nual basis, writes a Christian Selence Monitor correspondent.

True, it has not been competed for every year since that first meeting, between the United States and Great Britain; but. It has been subject to yearly challenge, and with the exception" of 1901, 1910, 1915, 1916, 1917, and 1918, one or more nations has sent in a challenge.

The fact that no matches were Dwight Filley Davis-put up for played in 1901 and 1910 was simply international tennis competition. due to the reason that no country

cared to play those years. In 4 1901, the United States was hold-

WHY CHANGE?

As to just why there should be ing the trophy. and up to that any need for any change in the time Great Britain was the only present arrangement under which nation interested in the compett- the competition is on an annual ton.

basis is hard to understand. That

In 1910, the trophy was in Aus-the idea of putting it on a bien-" tralia. and. as the United States al basis should have come from had serit a team to that country Great Britain is surprising. in 1909 with the result that the At the start of the competition home team won in Ave straight It looked very much as if the com- matches, the next year found Aus-petition might be confined to Great trilla without an opponent.

Britain and the United States; but

That the cup was not competed this scon proved a wrong conjec- for In 1915, 1916, 1917, and 1918ture. as Australia soon entered the tor was due to the World War. And eld, and now it is open to all the world. In fact; so it is to be seen that. with the pations of the exception of six years, play" has there are some 30 nations which been annual in the quest for the are directly interested in the com- trophy which a` Harvard genfor- (Continued, on Back Page)

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