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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1934.

LOCAL TENNIS PLAYERS TO MEET OLYMPIC STARS

OXFORD'S

DEBACLE

AUSSIES WIN BY INNINGS

EBELING TAKES. 4 FOR 34

DE SARAM HITS

A CENTURY

London, May 21.

Yet another member of tho Australian cricket attack came

H. 1. EBELING.

into prominence to-day. When, UNIVERSITY COURSE IN

playing against Oxford Uni- versity, whom the Australians defeated by an innings and 33 runs in two days, H. 1. Ebeling, the young Victorian trundler, took four wickets for 34 runs.) The Australians"completely out- played the Varsity, whe mude such i a poor showing in their initial visit to the crease that Ebeling and Fleetwood-Smith sent them back for 70.

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ATHLETICS

British A.A.A. Plans With

Summer School

TO-DAY'S LEAGUE TENNIS

AN. ATTRACTIVE PROGRAMME

I.R.C. MAY BE EXTENDED - BY U.S.R.C.

(By "Varitar"},"

Although it is a little too early to claim that the teams have sorted themselves out, last Tuesday's results lend valuable guide to prospects for this afternoon's "A" Division league tennis

pro-

Kramme.

There are two or three very London, Linteresting engagements. The A University course in athlelies! United Services, who a week ago such A fine showing the Hongkong Cricket Chub, visit Sookonpaù to oppoen the new formations of the Indian Recreation Club

That is what the Amateur Athletic, put up who hns

Association has arranged in con- junction with Loughborough Col against lexe Summer School this year.

Fleetwood-Smith. already proven his value on English wickets returned the imposing figures of å·for 30.

DESARAM'S CENTURY.

Following on, the Oxenians dia little better, but not sufficient to pass the Australians 317, and the last wicket fell at 216.

F. C. de Saram, former All Ceylon player, proved that the attack could be hit if it was met in the right way, and his innings of 128 was exceptionally fine under the circumstances.

This will be the first Summer Course in Athletics ever held in this country and it will open on August 18 and continue txt September 1.

The .R.C have every reason to be satisfied with their experiment, and there is little doubt that the The Course in Athletics will be Ramjahn cousins will split up in charge of Webster and be will have as Razack.

Captain F. A. M.agait to, nurso Cassumbhoy and tutors such famous athletes Indings may not have things en- Nevertheless, the 1. M. Abrahams, C. P. Best, tirely their own way. Last Tues- Howland, E. A. Montague, M. Greatly strong pair to overcome any Dalrymple T. Hampson, R. L

day indicated that it required a Nokes, B. G. D. Rudd and A. Sf the U.S.R.C. combinations, and everything points to the whole of The fee will be £6.0.0. for the the responsibility of winning fall- whole fortnight or 3.10.0 forng on the shoulders of the Rum- MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF her the Arst or second week, Johns and their partners.

Clarrle Grinumelt was the thorn in the side of the University in this second innings, although his suc-Turk. cess was not gained cheaply, seven victims costing 109 runs.-Renter

CRICKETER

MAURICE NICHOL

London. May 21. laurice Nichol, The Worcester ericketer, 29 years of age, was found

•đóng in hìr bod at the hotel where he staying. The cause of death is not yet known.

Nichol, a popular member of the eleven, played against Essex in the match of Saturday last. Yesterday he was golfing and apparently in thi best of health-Reuter,

An interesting picture taken when Parry and Doussus mat in the International tennis match in Paris last year, showing the players crossing over between the games. On that occasion Perry won easily

Yesterday, on the same court, ho was well beaten by the Frenchman.

FRED PERRY BEATEN

BY BOUSSUS

Listless Display Against Bright Opponent

Paris, May 21.

Spectators at the Stade Roland Garros to-day were

electrified to see France's No. 1 singles Davis Cup

TSUI WAI PUI IN SINGLES

RUMJAHN COUSINS

DOUBLES

THURSDAY'S BIG ATTRACTION

Hongkong best

tennis

talent has promised to turn out against the Japanese Olympic players

at the Kowloon Cricket Club on Thursday afternoon,

Taui Wai-pui, local champion,

who will play singles. S.D. and H.D. Rumjahn, dou- bles champions, who will figure in a doubles, probably against Hyotaro Satoh and Amagishi.

L. Goldman and E. C. Fin- cher, who will also play in a doubles.

Subject to the approval of the Japanese team, the tennis pro- Krumme will consist of two doubles and one singles, each of two sets.

Taul Wal-pul will probably meet Satoh in the singles.

Prominent local athletes will also participate in the track and field events which precede the tennis. It is hoped that the Army will be well represented, 118 well as the University and other clubs whose membership includes outstanding athletes.

Weather permitting. the event

on Thursday should provide one of player, Christian Boussus defeat Fred J. Perry, leading the biggest sporting attractions English exponent, in the course of the annual interna- Hongkong has cajoyed for a long tional tennis contest between France and England, time, Boussus won 6-4; 2-6, 7-5.

These fees will include board and

IS ALL WELL AT THE H.K.C.C.7 | accommodation and all social and

recreational facilities, such as Auother tie which will excite swimming. Jawa tenis, dancing interent is

Maintainig fine control over that between the and the use of the College gyma Kowloon Cricket Club and Hong- the ball. Boussus was clearly

asium.

Four special courses have been arranked, namely:

Cross-country running, lee- turer, Mr. E. J. Holt.

Dietetics of Athletics, lec- turer, Mr. Adolphe Abrahams, Judging Field Events, lec- durer, Mr. Denis Lyons,

Team Management, lecturer, Mr. A. S. Turk.

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the better player on the day's Incidentally I have

showing. He was up against a| heard Kaunds

dissension within rather listless. Perry. whose the latter's house, Not among shots Incked sting, and who the team, but caused by resent was prone to double

faulting, ment of the Club's policy not to

play home league matches states Reuter. during mid-week. I trust every- ting will soon he smoothed out.

Frenchmen were jubilant at the result, following as it did upon of Boussus in the

、

The K.C.C. are making no changes from last week's team, the successes and unless stronger support tan Davis Cup match against Austria | be given the Duff-Goldman-com-during the week-end. Boussus has bination, the Kowloon team should fundoubtedly improved tremendous- | just about win, although I cannoty during the past twelve months, conceive a very wide margin separating the teams at the close, and promises to be a worthy sue- cessor, to Cochet, the French Davis Craigengower enter the arena, Cup idol. unhappily for them against the C.R.C. fra string. But it is a When, in the Rame home game, and strengthened by Bonssus and Perry met in Paris the inclusion of A.V. Gosano last year, the Englishman won! (although robbed of the services

event,

of Tam Yoc-fong), the three "C"very comfortably in straight sets. may make their presence felt nt 6-3, 6-3.

BASEBALL PLAYER INJURED

HIT UNCONSCIOUS BY BALL

YANKEES NOSED OUT AGAIN

New York, May 21. A serious accident befell Bartell of the Pittsburgh Pirates while playing against the Phillies to-day, in a Na- tional League baseball match. He was hit on the head and rendered unconscious, being un- able to trike any further part in the game,

The Pirates won overwhelming-

The C.R.C. second team enter) Results during the last year, tain the Recreio, and this should however, have indicated that Perry be an excellent game, with the is not a three-sel player. In the ly, while the Giants wore able to result probably depending on the quite recent Test matches in Aus-take odd set. The third string are due

to visit South China, but whether Iralia, he suffered the latter's courts are yet ready reverses in

same measure of revenge

Admission to the K.C.C. will be jone dollar including tax, entrance to the ground being next to the Children's Playground in Cox's Road.

L.B.W. EXPERIMENT

GIVEN TRIAL IN ENGLAND

An interesting experiment with regard to a possible change at some future date in the b.w. rule was tried out at Lord's in the M.C.C. V. Surrey and Yorkshire matches which began on May 2 and May 5 respectively.

SEAMAN ROWLES.

ROWLES AND

EWIN

WIN FIGHTS FOR PORTS. IN

FLEET TOURNEY

KEEN INTER-PORT BOXING

London, April 26. The Home Fleet retained possession of the Inter-Port Cup in the open Royal Navy and Royal Marines boxing championships at Portsmouth last night with 16pts. against 10 to Chatham, 6 to Ports mouth, and 4 to Devonport.

A: B. EWIN. A. B. Rowles (Home Fleet), who' won the heavy-weight title Inst year, was this year, fighting in the light heavy-weight class, and he The umpires were told that won that ttle by means of knock- the batsman may be given out outs in both semi-final and final 1.b.w.

rounds.

Results of other finals:

"If a ball pitches outside the off stump and breaks in hitting Fly-weight.-A/B Ferris (Home the hateman on the pads and Fleet) w.o. would in the umpire's opinion Banim-E/A Burke (Porta-

bent have hit the stumps but for the mouth)

O/S Morris Intervention of the batsman's (Chatham), legs which are in a line between

Feather O/S Prandy (Chut the wickets and wickets."

ham) beat A/D Kentwell, (Home Fleet).

a number of from the Cardinals.

I cannot describe the experi- three me{ : Kuntz, In the American league, both ment as a novelty, because V. W.

I have not heard. Presumably, whereas in five-set contests, however, the match is on,

The full programme, with home

teams given first, follwa:

C.C.C.

"A" DIVISION.

Y CRC. "A"

C.R.C. "B" v Recreio

S. China

L.R.C. K.C.C.

Y C.R.C. “CH Y U.S.R.C. VH.K.C.C.

KOWLOON

CLUB

GOLF

earried all before him, "

HARVEY AND PETERSEN

Light-Stoker Jacobs (Home

Welter-A/B Ewin (Chatham)

he the Yankees and Senators wave C. Jupp, of Northants, told me at Fleet) beat Shipwright Rubbery

blanked out, Cleveland Indians Scarborough last year that he had (11ome Fleet). doing the trick against New York, played a three days match on the and Detroit Tigers being reapon-county ground with this rule in knocked out A/B Breed (Home sible for the Senators' reverse.

force and the whole game was Fleet) in the first round. Scores as cabled by Reuter were: completed in a day and a half Felet) beat A/B Storrie (Chat- Middle-A/B Wakelin (Home

FIGHT IN JUNE FOR

£12,000 PURSE

On the Monday of Derby week, June 4. Len Harvey and Jack Petersen will have their return meeting at the White City. Jeff Dickson is the promoter, and con--

Qualifying Round tracts were signed recently.

For Summer Cup

Two heavy-weight titles will be The Inst competition of the Kew-ai stake, that of Great Britain' loon Golf Club season attracted an which Harvey won from Petersen entry of 28 players for the qualifying last November, and the British round of the Susamer Cup on Sunday. Empire Championship, which he W. M. Groves returned a good card took from Larry Gains 11 weeks of 77-11-66 to head the qualifiers while A. L. Enatman's 73 was the best scratch score of the day.

The following qualified: W. M. Groves 77-11-06. A. L. Eastman 73—0—67,

I. Collings 70—8—71.

L. D. Purves · 83-12=71. D. C. Wilnon 77-6=79.

A. T. Braley 18-0—72.

D. Parsons 80—18—72,

A. J. Dennis 83-10-73. F. E. Booker 80-174.

G. Mine 82-871.

J. J. King 90-15=75.

G. E. Murphy-87-11-TG

S. MacNider 88-12-70.

R..Henlerson 91-18-76.

S. Jux 88-1171.

W. Stoker, M-3579,"

go.

AMERICAN LEAGUE.

It will, however, be something ham).

writes A. E. R. Gilligan,

1. II. E.

9

new at Lord's, and the M.C.C. Com-

0

New York

13 0 Cleveland

14 (Averill hit two home runs). Washington

(Kress homered) Detroit

5 11 0

G 14

0

(Greenberg homered).

Philadelphia

7 11 0 (Foxx, MeNair and Cramer homered)

St. Louis........ 3 7 0

(Clift homered)

Boston

10 10 #

(Morgan · homered)

Chicago

3

....... 10 16 (Jimmy Dyken homered. Thero were 13 innings)

NATIONAL LEAGUE.

The British Boxing Board of Control in giving official recojul-

St. Louis... 2 8 2 tion to the bout as a championship

(Whitehead homered) New York.............. 5 $ 1 contest imposes the condition that the winner agrees

(Jackson homered) * to meet the winner of the bout between George Cook, the Australian, and Don McCorkindule, of South Afrien.

Of the Purse of £12,000 Harvey, as champion will receive. £7,000 and Peterson, DA ex-champion, the remainder. i

Petersen's eye, injured in his last contest, has mended and be will start training at once at Cardif

***

Pittsburgh

11 17 0 (Vaughan and Laengetto homered) Philadelphin

4 10 2 Cincinnati v Boston match post- poned on account of rain..

Chicago ........ 10 16 2

(Phelps huntered) Brooklyn

1 8 (Taylor, Lopez and Koenleke.

Heavy-Tel.

Puddephat (De-

mittee is to be warmly congra-vonport) beat Stoker Mirrell tulated on trying out an experi- (Chatham).

ment which may have a far-reach-

ing rosult and may perhaps cause

in revolution in the laws of the whole wicket with the pads, and the monotony of a batsman putting

game.

The public is nick of the two- the ball harmlessly to the fielders. eyed slunce, the covering up of the within close reach of the alumps.

Philippines Ought To Apologise To China

CURT COMMENT BY MANILA PAPER ON OLYMPICS DISRUPTION

The Far Eastern Olympics of 1934 has ended in disruption. The dissolving of the original Far Eastern Athletic Association, and the formation by Japan and the Philippines of a so-called Amateur Athletic Association of the Orient, has been followed by China's intimation to refuse to participate under such a body.

The Chinese delegation in Manila, in a note to Nanking allege that political influence was brought to bear by Japan regarding the formation of a new Association, with the object of securing Manchukuo's admission.

The Manila Bulletin, in a curtly worded editorial, condemns the Philippines representatives for allowing themselves to be a parly to "such a shabby procedure" as bowing China out of the picture, and suggests that the Icast the Philippines can do is to tender a profound apology to China,..........

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