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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE G 1934.

WIGHTMAN CUP TRIALS: WHAT CRITICS SAY

LOVELOCK NOT RUNNING]

AGAINST AMERICANS.

J. E. Lovelock, the Oxford University President and holder of the world's mile record, will be unable to run for the combined Oxford and Cambridge team to meet Princeton and Cornell, at the White City Stadium on Saturday, July 21, as he will be in Schools at the time.

BOWLS TITLES

SEVERAL TIES IN OPEN SINGLES

GUTIERREZ WINS

The first round of the Open Singles lawn bowl championship was con menced yesterday afternoon when several ties were" dreided.

On the Police R. C. green where 1. A. Gutierrez of the Club de Re- erolo met R. E. Maughan the Yacht Club player, the game was very even throughout and it was not until the 22nd hand that the former champion qualified for to second round. On the 21st head the scores were 39-19 and then the Portuguese repræsentative scored a two to give him the neces. sary 21 points.

T. F. Staliiton of the Taikoo R. C. eliminated Y. Abbas of the Craigen- Rower C. C. by 21 shots to it on the Hongkong Football Club Green.

E. G. Post (Police C.) qualified against Neil Drummond (Talkoo R. C.) on the Craigengower C. C. green, winning by 21 Shots to 15.

Two Craigengewer players in J. Cavanagh and M. J. Medina were opposed on the Civil Service green where the former won by 21-16.

At the Yacht Club T, Armstreng of the Civil Service C. C. won against W. H. B. Muskett of the liongkong Electric it. C.

A surprise was created at the Club de Recreio green when H. Git. Una defeated . P. Phillips by 21 shots to 13 on the 20th head.

On the R.B.G.C. green, R. A C Buxto defeated W. Mair by 21 shots to 18. The game was concluded on the 23rd head.

In the first session of the final of the Consolation Prize round of the Contract Bridge tournament, F. Abesser and Cheung U. Pui lead M. H. Lo and Iloraco Lo by 2,670

points.

Walter Namel, the blonde German boxer, just managed to brat Tommy Loughran in New York, and thereby intensified the com- petition for Primo Carnera's heavyweight crown. The above picture shows Neutel and Loughran, with the American fighter on the left.

DERBY ENTRIES

EPSOM CANDIDATE IS WITHDRAWN

London, June 4. The Ruthless Abshot, a 68 in one Derby candidate was scratched from the Epsom classic n few minutes before 4 'clock this afternoon. → Reuter.

PROBABLE STARTERS.

London, June, D. The probabic starters and Jockeys | for the Derby are as follows:

... the suava moster mind of baffling crimos... operating behind a screen of

gay London society,

Colombo (Johnstone) Umidwar (H. Wregg) Easton (Gerton Richards) Windsor Lad (Sourke) Admiral Drake (Elllott) Tiberius (Nicoll) Alista (Perryman)

Bondsman (Childs)

Badruddin (Fox)

Dazzling Doubles Form By Mrs. Godfree

ENGLISH GIRLS IMPRESS WITH EXCELLENT DISPLAYS

The Wightman Cup trials were held last month, and critics generally agree that they were highly successful, revealing that on form, England has rosy chances of winning back the trophy from American' at Wimbledon this year.

conclusive of very much.

Mr. H. S. Scrivener and Mr. Frank Poxon, two well-known London critics offer interesting opinions, which are set out below. A wise man once wrote: "Of all things there cometh satiety," and although women's doables were not, as far as I'am aware, invented In his time that does not prevent bis dictum, when applied to them, from being apposite, writes H.. S. Scrivener in the Morning Poat. on Friday, should have lost both The ladies who took part their matches on Saturday; but as

in the third day's program-

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Wightman

It was also somewhat baffling that Mias Round and Miss Nuthall, who had played together cach day and had won two matches on Thursday and one (rather luckily).

Cup I have already suggested, I fancy Wimbledon satiety had something to do with it.

in Saturday were,

it

start The featuren of the play were with, as keen as the proverbial the two victories guined by Mrs. condiment; but, having regard to

what they had already gone through Godtree and Miss Dearman, and on Thursday and Friday and the the double defeat of Miss Nuthall exiting whitude of the thermo-Poxon in the Wein-Chien Frank

Net-Chronicle. was to be

ed at that, although only four Mrs. Good free, who had played so matches had been set for decision, finely on the previous day," was Miss Round and Miss Nuthall, Mrs. again in splendid form, her court- Godfree and Miss Dearman and craft being admirable. It seems Afra. Pittman (who played first of practically certain that she will all with Miss James and again be picked for the doubles in the with Miss Scriven), were all a Wightman Cup.

I do not know who was chiefly

good deal the worse for wear be- fore the last ball had been struck. But the majority of the spectators, responsible for asking her to play of whom there was quite a good In these trials, but it was certain muster, rewarded these devotedly an inspiration which is likely to women by staying on to watch their have very beneficial results. efforts to the bitter end.

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| Mrs. Pitinian and Miss Scriven in After this match Mrs. Whittingstraight sets; but Miss Stammers is stall threw an S. 0. S. She place far more likely to play in the against Mins Stammers and Miss Wightman Cup singles than in the Yorke, who were both-fresh, was doubles

filled by Mrs. Pittman-very weary

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Miss Scriven's partner.

A LUDICROUS FAILING.

One of the great faults of English lawn tennis nowadays is that our people won't have a Inng for the match when the chance presents itself, but prefer to play as though they were try- ing to stave off defeat, and their

Intense

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7-5, 4-6, 6-4. They nearly The mulch at the Oval will not made & muddle of the rat sel be played until mid-August. reti which they might have lost after already enough foreign money has. loading by 5-2. Lexing the came in to start a bureau de second, in which they made change on a small scale, belated effort to pull up from 2—5 Mr. A. F. Davis, the Surrey down, they went ahead at 3-1 in secretary, says that quite a num- the third and held their lead for ber of Australians are making the trip and have taken the precau- Mrs. Guifree and Miss Dearman tion of booking in advance. only lost seven puiats in the course | of the first set of their match with several requests for

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