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HONGKONG - TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1934.

TENNIS LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP WON BY THE C. R. C.

DAZZLING

TENNIS

HOW PERRY BEAT MENZEL

WONDERFUL WIMBLEDON TIE.

CROWD AMUSED

London, June 30.

The first real epic match in

the 1934 Wimbledon lawn tennis championships was played yes-

F. J. Perry beat R. of Czecho-Slovakia, at 0-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2. And what a match!

We have pinned our faith to Perry and we have pinned our faith to a grand fighter. I thought once that he was loxing but-well he did not lase, writes Frank Poxon.

PERRY'S BACK TO THE WALL.

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. Perry does not lack the great asset of knowing how to fight when his back is against the wall. Two years ago in Paris Menzel Bent Perry in a match which start- al There were about 30

noon. spectators at that unearthly hour. and Perry could never get going. Yesterday, he played to a capacity crowl and he kept the Union Jack mast high.

The play

Wan crowded with thrills and the packed Centro Court role" to it.

The determining "factor was that Menzel was the heavier man, and he tired in the last set. Perry was limping as the result af n jarred knee, but he carried on.

TOMMY WATSON LOSES AUSSIES

TITLE.

FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION| DEPOSED BY TARLETON.

London, July 26, Tommy Watson, holder of the British featherweight boxing championship. lost his title at Liverpool to- night.

Meeting Ned Tarleton of Liverpool," the Newcastle boxer was outpointed over 15 rounds.-Renter,

TWO TEAMS BLANKED OUT

GIANTS WIN AND LOSE

LATEST BASEBALL

RESULTS

New York, July 20.

HELD TO

A DRAW

KIPPAX HITS UP CENTURY

BRIGHT BATTING BY DURHAM

London, July 26.

Durham forced quite a credit- able draw.with the Australians at Sunderland to-day, Continuing their. overnight score of 210 for three wickets, the Australians quickly captured the Durham attack, and a further 104 runs were added without further loas.

Kippax hit up 101 not aut, and Ponsford remained undefeated with 66 to his credit.'

Facing the big deelt of 241. Durham batted a second time, bat performed much better, and at the

Two double headers were j close had put 206 on the board for played in the National League the loss of six wickets. - to-day, when New York Giants shared the honours with St. Louis Cardinals,

Phi- and ladelphia Phillies and Pitta- burgh finished a leg-all,

In the first match, French dis the some smart pitching, for Pirates, blanking of the Phillies on three hits,

Adamson and Hickman were tending scorers, both having in- nings of 52.

THE GENTLEMEN LEAD.

At Lord's to-day, the Gentlemen gained a sight first innings at vantage against the Players, when they hit up 277. Yesterday the Players were dismissed for 203.

Baron Gottfried Van Cratim.

GERMANY'S TENNIS

PREDICAMENT

HASTY ACTION MEANS 'LOSS OF STRONG DAVIS CUP TEAM

Now that Baron Gottfried von Cramm has leaped into the first rank, hurdling over barriers that a month ago.might well have been deemed unsurmountable, the minds of all followers of the game go back to the hash that has been made of Germany's Davis Cup opportunities, says American Lawn Tennis. With Prann as a tried and true team mate France would have been

IN AMERICA

at the mercy of the Teutons and VON CRAMM MAY PLAY not even Australia could have been. certain of overcoming the later threat. . Twice has Germany reached the penultimate round of the competition-in 1929 and 1932, when she bowed to United States Sam Jones of Chicago Red Sox

in the Interzone contest. Now the celebrated his 42nd birthday by

J. H. Human, this year's CamGermans are out of the run- Sena-bridge captain, and G..0. Allen, ning for the team champion- To say that the spectators were shutting out Washington

batted sturdily for the Gentlemen, ship of the world, and the fact that staggered when Menzel took the tors, the Red Sox winning Arst set at 6-0 is to express one-fortably.

muy awalt von Cramm. must, or self mildly.

should, add to the chagrin of the German governing body.

| UMPIRE IN STRANGE MIX-UP.

Yankees obtained

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Championship Entry Expected

CARRY OFF “B”

DIV. TITLE

FOR ELEVENTH TIME

EASILY DEFEAT RECREIO IN

SEASON'S LAST MATCH

For the ninth year in succession, the Chinese Recreation Club have won the "B" Division of the lawn tennis league.

Yesterday they clinched the title, when they over- came their only, rivals, the Club de Recreio, defeating them by the decisive margin of seven sets to two.

. The team has thus gone

through its programme of acven

SET UP

matches without losing a single WORLD RECORDS point, and has the impressive record of winning 56% sets-an average of a fraction under eight sets a match, with only 7 seta scored against them.

Even if the Recrelo lose their last match, they cannot be deposad | from socond place, as they enjoy a superior average,

CHAMPIONS SINCE 1923.

FINE ATHLETIC FEATS

BY AMERICANS

Stockholm, July 26. Since the "B" Division Wha

A instituted in 1916, the Chinese

phenomenal. .running Recreaton Club have Anished achievement marked to-day's champions no less than cloven meeting of athletes at Stock- times. In fact they have reigned hoim. supreme in this division ever since 1923. In 1925 there was no competition. For the first seven years the title was shared by the Recreio (twice), Vanguard Tennis Club, Y.M.C.A., Royal Engineers S.C., Civil Service Cricket and Indian Recreation Club.

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H.K.C.C. LOSE.

Club

Club

Glenn Hardin, magnificent American hurdler, broke all existing official and unofficial records for the 400 metres hür-

when he returned the

"gures of 50 0-10th

A new official world's

hurdles, metres

Humna contributing 66, and Allenatore and even greater honours | French champion, and the man of and were beaten by six acts to was also established in the 110

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further

At the end of this first set there was a completo mix-up on the victory at the expense of St. Louis electric scoring board and the Browns, and Boston White Sox the Detroit crowd roared with laughter assits outpointed

Tigers. different figures kept #'skering up and down.

Full scores na sent by Reuter follow.

The figures kept responding to the umpire's voice and the laugh-

ter got louder and louder.

The set was over at 6-0 and we all know that, but it seemed that the umpire did not. It was one of the funniest things I have such at Wimbledon.

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NATIONAL LEAGUE,

Mitchell of Derbyshire was the most successful bowler, capturing 4 wickets for 94 runs.

Before the close the Players had scored 26 without loss, being eight runs in the lead with all wickets intact.—Reuter,

SOCCER NEWS

TANGLED SKEIN.

This surpassed both his own unofficial record of 51 8-10th 80- conda and Morgan Taylor's official world record clocking of E2 se- The Hongkong Cricket There is a prospect that Baron suffered defeat yesterday, when conds dead.

record Gottfried von Cranim, the new they entertained the University

when. Percy United States and play in the the year so far, will go to the three.

Beard of America, completed the race in 14 3-10th seconds. This American championship.

GRADUATES defeat THE If he

INDIAN R. C.

time also equalled the unofficial Koes he is likely to visit the Pacfic

record figures of John Morris, the Coast and compete in the Pacific

The Graduates Association visited |'American star.-Reuter, Southwest championship at Los Soakumpoo yesterday, and defeated: Angeles, and also in the Pacific the Indian Recreation Club by five Coast clammpionship at Berkeley. sets to four in the "B" Division of The German championship will be the Tennis League, held at Hamburg August 4-12 and Dr. Lion and Dr. F. Y. Khoo were as von Cramm will of course com- the outstanding pair for the visitors pete in it-he is the singles title, winning all their acts, while A. K. holder-there is not very much all their sets

Ismail and A. M. Rumjahn dropped to the Graduates. time to spare, as the American Scorea: championship begins September 1. Dr. Samy and Dr. Sepher (Gradu Efforts are also being made to ntes) lost to S. A. Ismail and A

Although placed secarid In the half secure the entry of the Australian | K. Sumad 6-7; beat A. K. Ismail inilo team race at Shamshulpo yester and Japanese Davis Cup players, and A. M. Ramjahn 6-1; lost to Me day, "B" Company, East Lancashire

O. Hoosen and F. D. Pereira 6. Regiment, secured the Aggregate Cup- who are now in Europe.

Dr. Lien and Dr. F. Y. Khoo in the annual Battalion's sports, with (Graduates) beat Ismail and Suffiod a total of 21% points, rgainst "C" 0-1 beat Ismail and Rumjahn 0-4; Company's 19. beat Hoosen and Pereira 7-6,

It is a tangled sein that the ascendency of the Nazis has made it necessary to unravel ere Davia Cup Germany will again become dangerous. Back of von Cramm and Prenn appear no figures at all formidable.

Since the end of the World War only the lamented Moldenhauer can be linked with von Gramm and Prenn as nearing the first rank.

The worst of it is that Germany's young players get so far and then stop; indeed, the "far" is in their case only a relative term. It is the Mansfield Town has signed A.irony of fate that a greater than Carr, the Middlesbrough centre- Moldenhauer has been evolved in That the punishment fits the half, at what was for them n re-von Cramm and that his mate_1s crime is the reflection-of-many-ause- -cord-free.

in being but not "available." Lobservers.

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THIRD DIVISION RECRUITS

MENZEL'S Lightning SERVICE.

Perry was "need" four times in the fifth game and the last "ace" of all was on Menzel's second ser-. vice, which was the fastest he had yet sent over.

Menzel was magnifcent_over- head and Porry could not lob him. Nor could Perry storm the net as he likes so much to do, for Menzel to the kept him "pegged down" Jase line, and that type of game never suited Fred Perry,

All at once Perry rallied Dril- fiantly, recovered and went for his man like Perry can do when he is an inspired mood. He sent over the net a stream of fast strokes of low trajectory and followed them up to the net.

NOBODY WENT FOR TEA. Menzel wavered, with the resulti that Perry took the set at 6-3 and squared the match.

Then came a very tease third set,

in which great strokes enme from

the rackets of both men.

It was four-all and then Perry took Menzel's service to lead

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Aldershot's latest recruits are

S. Bowron (full-back) and J. Black (inside forward). Bowron, a native of Chilton Durham), joined Hartlepools on leaving the Army and was five seasons with them. Black had

two seasons with Cowdenbeath before being transferred to Charlton,

Two of Alershot's players, W. White and L. Morgan, have sign- ed on for Carlinje' and Walsall respectively, while the reserve goalkeeper, A. Buckle, has signed for Lloyd's the Kent League club.

Gillingham F. C. have obtained the signature of It. Doncaster, an outside-left formerly with Read-:

The Philadelphia v Clevelanding. Palace and Exeler. The Kent

match was postponed on account lof rain.

Craigengower "B" Beaten By Civil Service

WINNERS ADVANCE IN LAWN BOWLS

LEAGUE TABLE

As a result of their victory | againat Craigengewer "" yes-

C.C.C. "B"

terday, Civil Service move. up to

F. Tork

3. Medina third place in the first division c. R. Be league table of the lawn bowls V. Held Okipt league, taking precodenco

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FARQUHARSON IS S. AFRICA'S BEST TENNIS PLAYER

WINS CHAMPIONSHIP FOR FIRST TIME IN GREAT STYLE

Hitherto regarded as one of the most erratic, just as much as he is the most brilliantly. equipped lawn tennis player in the country, Norman G. Far- quharson consolidated bis posi- tion as South Africa's best player by winning the national singles title for the first time- in his career.

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His triumph broke up the monopoly established ́on the South African Whitehouse, the old Derby play-(singles titles last year by the Robbins er. has been appointed player-family, when husband manager of Worcester City. Last captured the respective champion; BORBON Whitehouse Was with ships Folkesione.

MARGATE AS THE ARSENAL, F.C. NURSERY.

nursery.

Normio Farquharson,

HALF MILE SWIM.

East Lancs Race At Shamshuipo

The Regiment held the major part H W. Chung and T. Pao of the aquatic-mcoting at the (Graduates) lost to Ismail and Y. M. C. A. hath last week, and the Suflad 1-6; beat Ismail and Rum-last event, the half mile team raco Jahn 6-3; lost to Hoosen and Pereira was decided at Shamshuipo yesterday, } 6-7.

The results of the Inter-Company team race

Was-1, "" (8) Com- pany: 2, "B" Company: 3, "A" ComTM pany.

C.R.C.

LEAGUE TABLE.

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A. Pls. 7 7 0 0 65.7% 14 C. de R. 010 36% 18% 10 K.C.C. 0 4 2 0 28 20 II.K.C.C. Gì 1 18 27 University 6 3 3 0 26% 274 Graduates 6 24 0 18 33 I.R.C. 302 20 31 FS.C.A.A....G 0 G 1814 39% -1

Headquarter Wing and "C" Com

pany did not finish the course end, as -- a result, were awarded no points. There was an adverse current flowing. - The winner's time was 17 mins. 26.4/6

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The following aro the final placings of the various companies, "g".. Company 21 pia,; 2) "C" Company 19% pta.; 3, "D" (S) Company 21. pls.; 4, "A" Company and Headquar- ter Wing 8 pts, each.

This was too much of a lead to cause

VOLUNTEERS' GALA. him worry over the loss of the next; two games, and the set was his at 6-2,į

Postponed from last week, the In the third set Farquharson re- Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps peatedly made splendid openings by swimming guin is to be held in the shooting his drives on to the sido V. 1. C. bath to-morrow night. lines and then closing on the net "to Among the guests who are expected finish off the returns. But Malcolm to attend aro Lieut. Col. H. B. L. played well enough to be on equal Dowbiggin, D.BE, and Miss Dowbig- terme at the end of the sixth game, gin, Sir Thomas Southorn, K.B.E.,

3-3. From that slage, however, £31.G. and Lady Southorn, Major G. Malcolm driving became unreliable. D. R. Black and hra, Black, Major and it was, with a love game that E. J. R. Mitchell and Mrs. Mitcholl,... Farquharson finish off the third Cost. B. S. 31. Wilkinson, (Adjutant), 1201 64

Ci, and Mrs. Carrington-Sykes and Fet four was both the most exciting, Hon. Mr. W. H. Bell. and the most strenuous of the series. Games went with service until Farqu lineron captured Malcolm's delivery and, winning his own' service gazie

This your Mrs. Robbins, the former "Billie" Tapscott, who is regarded na the best Marathon player among the wonien, because of her tireless run- ning to retrieve the balf and at the. Sir Samuel H Wood. ir. time to wear down her op George Allison and directors of penente retained her title eually. She showed improved from and hit harder the Arsenal Football Club were and more accurately than ever. Mrs. well as the crowd were affected by after that, led 5-3. xuests of the Mayor of Margate, Bobble Heine Miller, who is now a the excitement.

The match scomed over when For Alderman F. L. Peltman, at lunch mother and puts her tennis second,

quharson twice required only act point Farquharson discovered ut in early in the nexi game, but in striving to to celebrate had adoption of the was once again an absentee,"

stage that Malcolm was too steady to finish off the contest he sent a simple. Margate F.C. as the Arsenal's C. J. J. Robbins was knocked out of break down in any rallies when the backhand shot into the net and His the, running in the quarter-final by all came within comfortable striking next drive went well out of the court. Jack Condon, one of his team mates distance. Consequently he had Malcolm was at his best in his uphill "We have suffered much in the in the unsuccessful 1933 quest for the apply pressure by feeling for the struggle from this stage. Twice as part," declared Sir Samuel, "from Davis Cup. Condon's botter condition aidelines, and even then Malcolm got Farquharson charged for the net, inability to experiment with told in Marathon five set duel, in the ball back at unexpected moments. Malcolm lofted the ball behind hi

Farquharson was also hampered by Then he rammed his next lot of shots Cukīp) 12 P. J. Jones (eklos) 16vide that much-needed want."

young men. Margate should pro- the course of which Robbins collapsed

the fifth the fact that his volloying touch was on to the sidelines out of Farquhar an the result crainp set and could not do himself Justice in not Rs reliable as usual, and this James Rumsoy, the former the closing stages of the match. served to counterbalance the advant-n's reach, the score being levelled at Arsonal player and Scottish in- Condon did not, however, survive the ages which he would otherwise have 17ternational, is

to be manager-semi-final, in which he went down to enjoyed because of thin wider range coach at Margate,

Roy Malcolm, who has been his bogey of shots and his exceptional speed on But Farquharson did not crack up, man in a number of local tournaments the court.

though he had some anxious moments, Arsenal playerà to appear there for the past twelve months.

He lost the first not after leading particularly after. Malcolm deprived at 4-2. A number of splendid back-him of the load and was 5-0. Far- GREAT FINAL

hand shots, in which Malcolm had to quharson lovelled the neuro, and then reach low down for the ball, passed the games once again fluctuated for a Tuckett (Scarborough), right The outcome was that Farquharson Farquharson as he sailed to the net period in favour of the half; Carr (Ferryhill), centre- and Malcolm faced each other in the and brought the scores lovel at 4-4. Malcolm loading In turn, 7-4, 8-7, 0-8, forward; Whitehouse (Stour- Anal, which provided magnificent Ther Farquharson bungled his short 10-9 and evon 11-10. 16 bridge), outside-left; Brooks struggle. While Farquharson was volleys into the net, and Malcolm drew The turning point came when Far Chesterfield), left-half; Brophy deservedly the winner, Malcolm was ahead and finally clinched his hold on quharson regained the lend, at 12-11 (Canterbury Waverley), centre- the hero because he fought back to that first not with

the last, the contest ending up with excellent drives to the sidelines, 6-4.

amories of Sheer excitement caused him to throw half: McCarthy (Merthyr Town),

away chances in the next game, but long-drawn out fourth not which Knott (Goole Town), outside-right went into 20 games and lasted over cossful with everything he tried in the by brilliant displays at the net, finally Farquharson was far more suc- thereafter he maintained his mastery an hour, during, which the players a second not, and he soon led at 6-0.laking the fourth set at 14:12,

on their green, were outplayed o rinks, but E. el Arcuill's four A Marchent managed to lend Deákin's rink.

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Full scores and latest lengue

table follow.

Kowloon B.G.C...

Craigongower "A"

Civil Service C.C.

Club de Rocroio

Taikoo R.C. Craigongówer "P" Kowloon C.C. Police R.C. Kowloon Docks.

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