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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, AUGUST

1934.

AMERICAN WOMEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP STARTS

ENGLISH GIRLS

Maurice Bonovitch, Gerdon Lum, i.. D. Carson and Guy Cheng photographed on the Tientsin courts with the Taggart Cup at the end of the tonals Interport last week. The Shanghai team rec

tained the trophy by defeating Tientsin by three matches to two,

TRIBUTE

TO PERRY

GENEROUS U.S. CRITIC

MAY BE GREATER ·

THAN TILDEN

never

Some

men achieve fame quickly and

have to go | through an intermedinte períod of struggling

and

striving.

THE PICNIC. BAY SWEEPSTAKE

JOCKEY CLUB DISPOSES. OF 40,000 TICKETS. The success of the Hong- kong Jockey Club sweep- stake on the. Picnic Bay Stakes is assured. Already the Jockey Club has disposed of 40,000 one dollar tickets in five weeks-an average of 8,000 a week-while this does not take into sideration the tickets sold in the various sports clubs throughout the Colony.

con-

Others take years to reach their FORMER ORIENT CHAMP goal, now going forward, then stopping or even retrograding.

Johnston was an example of the former method, as well as Williams. Larned and Tilden belonged in the _sseeruben!””Coender and Crawford

shinped along the same lines.

In Perry, writes the Editor of

MAKES GOOD

Filipino Wins Bout

VI Points

Fresno, Cal., Aug. 7. American Lawn Teunis, we have and welterweight champion of the Flashy, Kid Moro, one-time light a player who almost reached the top Orient, took another scalp to-night when young at the game, and then by hanging up s 10-round decision vacillated violently. He came to over Sammy Brown of Fresno, United States in 1930 and accom- plished nothing especially note- Moro, his usual clusive self worthy. The next year he threa-tipped the scales at 135 flat. his tened to win the American title but "pponent at 130.. failed after having Vines almost

RECREIO NOW SECOND

IN "A" DIV. OF TENNIS LEAGUE

DEFEAT C.R.C. THIRD TEAM

The Club de Recreio jumped into second place in the "A". Division of the lawn tennis) league yesterday as a result of n decisive victory against Chin- ese Recreation Club third string. Playing on their own courts. the Recreio won by 7% sets to 1. and by virtue of a superior average in sets, take precedence. over the K.C.C, and South Chinn.

- Remedios & J. Gonsalves (C. de It) beat F. II. Kwok & T, F. Lo 6-1; bent S. W. Liang & M. K. Lau 6; beat Li Lok & Y. H. Fang 6-0

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WIN WITH EASE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY MISS STAMMERS

MISS HELEN JACOBS IN AN

UNCOMPROMISING MOOD

Miss Betty Nuthall, Miss Kathleen Stammers and Miss Freda James, the three English players officially nominated for the American Women's singles tennis championship, won first round matches in style yesterday.

Miss Stammers recorded the best achievement, when she de- feated Miss Heine Pedersen, re- cent winner of the New Jersey State girls championship, and

Notts Lose

runner-up of the national Their

door championship. Miss Stam-i megs won in straight sets, al- though she was taken to twelve games in the second.

Advantage

WICKET

Miss Nuthall, seeded" player, COLLAPSE AT THE had stoke practice against Miss Priscilla Merwin, and Misk James hnd a similar experience against Mrs. Serb.

Miss Helen Jacobs, favoured to retain the title, won at the expense of Mra, Wills-Moody last year, was in an uncompromising mood against Miss Sachs, winning in straight sets.

The results, as cabled by Renter were:

Miss B. Nuthall (Britain) beat Miss Priscilla Merwin (U.S.) 6-1, G-L.

Miss Freen dames (Britain) beat Mr Serb (U.S.) 6-2, 6-1.

Miss Helen Jacobs (U.S. hold ur) beat Miss Sachs (U.S.) 6-0, 0-0..

Miss Kathleen Stammers s. 17Jou Halan:Feder. sen 6-3, 7-5.

New York, Aug. 8, Helen Jacobs, the defending (C. de It) beat F. 11. Kwok P. F. Forest Hills, Long Island, in the champion, is seeded at the head of Lo 6-0; drew with S. W. Linng & annual women's national tennis C. A. Barretto & G. Aronha 64 who started play yesterday at M. K. Lau 6-3; bent Li Lok & Y. H. championship tournament. Fung 6-3,

H. A. Barros & A. M. Silva outstanding British contender, alsn Betty Nuthall, of England, an, Lo 6-0; lost to S. W. Linng & M, K. (Cde R) beat F. H. Kwok &T. Fis among those needed. Lau 5-7; beat Li Lok & Y. II. Fung

LEAGUE TADLE.*

6-4.

beaten. In 1982 he lost to Wood1ght furnished by the overhead The islander, glistening in the after whining the first two sets:umps, slid about the arena grace-

the fifth mate in and this was which he lost in the fifth set that fly to outbs his opponent c.it...A” year. Exru in 1933 he failed in throughout, the French and English champion- ships-and then went gloriously to

a lofty eminence.

Miss Jacobs won the title a year ago when in the finals match her fellow Californian, Mrs. Helen Wills-Moody, collapsed from an jold injury to her back and had to 7700621⁄2 101⁄2 14) default.

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Recreio K.C.C. Realizing perhaps that his punch CA.A. wasn't sufficiently powerful to put R.C.

LKCC. Brown out of the way, Moro satis-C.C.C.

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C.R.C. "C" .4040 74 2816 Three years ago I foresaw a great future for the smiling Eng-ver, put up a willing seray, wad- ishman. "The Great Perry" to the Filipino aggressively formed him in these pages, and in attempt to land a finishing produced chapter and book to sub-punch ability to stantiate the assertion, A mer Mero, However, became eyiden a eurial temperament and a certain luck of the seriousness, that is the bout progressed. supposed to be inseparable from the truly great, held the English

corner

Thus, Moro partly won redemp and American champlon back, button for allowing himself to be once the tide set firmly in his held to a draw by Manuel Pancho favour he swam strongly with it. Villa, in Sacramento, July showing himself every inch

Here the veteran found he was up champion. Now, with the 1934 playing season less than half over, against just as elusive an op-

DEUTSCHER KLUB BEATS I.R.C.

"C" Division

Match

London, Aug. 13.

The value of Voce's bowling on Saturday which caused the Australians to be dismissed for the meagre score of 237, was destroyed to-day, when Notts collapsed at the wicket and were all out for 183.

I had boon such a long time since a native son had won the British Open Golf Championship that you could hardly blame amiling and ecstatic crowds' from halling Henry Cotton, the 27- year-old Britisher, as shown here, after he had won the contest at Sandwich to ond the 10-year reign of Americana in the country's greatest golf event. The sportily clad Cotton (lower left) acored 283 for 12 holes to win the match by five strokes.

MERITS OF TENNIS SHORTS DEBATED

Before close of play of Saturday, Helen Jacobs

Notts bad scored 42 for the loss of one wicket, but against Griin- mett to-day they made a very sorry | show, and lost the remainder of their batsmen for an additional 141 runs,

Plumps In Favour

Grimmett secured four victims DOROTHY ROUND

for 70 runs,

BASEBALL

COMPROMISES

CORRESPONDENCE

Ranjhi and "Bodyline"

To the Editor,

Hongkong Telegraph.

Sir-Reference the article on Ranjhi and his remark that "Leg Batting a second time, the Aus

theory bowling is not cricket." tralians scored three runs without. This year's Lowe's Annual, con public know if Ranjhi supplied Do piense let the cricketing loss-Reuter.

talus symposiums on shorts and substitutes from his retinue of "14: on the rest period in matches.menservants, three soldiers, fix Miss Helen Jacobs has contributed footmen ete., etc., to fold for him a. cogent and very well-phrased In the games where he knocked up defence--if it may be so tormed three centuries in one afternoon,

of the bifurcated female gar-For Three Different Teame. mont, which made its debut on the I personally. profer a log theory contre court at Wimbledon in the bowler to a batsman who bats and Wightman Cup contest. The doesn't field, especially when it article is reproduced in full, happens three times in one day.

I am definitely in favour of shorts.

TYKE They are n natural evolution of women's tennis dress from a costume comment is, unfortunately, the (The correspondent's facetious that hampered their freedom of result of hasty reading. The re- movement to a costume that allows ference in question stated quite for the greatest facility of action. clearly that Ranjbl scored his Personally, I approve of shorts be-1

ONLY ONE GAME PLAYED

SENATORS WELL

BEATEN

to

New York, Aug. 13, cause they improve my game at least three centuries for three different Only one match was played thirty. They make me more conscious teams in the one afternoon while in major leagues baseball to of my footwork, and they enable me his own team was completing its take especially long strides when lanings. There is, therefore, no day, the remainder of a res-necessary, and to leap for shots reason for suggesting that Ranjhi tricted

programme being that cannot otherwise be retrloved, abandoned owing to rain.

did not do his share of fielding Skirta blow about in the wint, when the time came for it- catch on the racket, and act as wind | Sports Editor, H. K. T.). and resistance when one is running. I were have often lot important points when

Philadelphia

Athletle

Washington Senators schertuled for.

#double-header, my racket has caught in my skirt she has been chary of doing so in faecond match,

conservative length and not appeared in Lowe as follows: any more immodest than dresses I have found that shorts are more In the first game, the Athletic which are worn very short by most confortable and less Inclined to Oakland, Calif., Aug. 8.

won with ease, scoring nine runs players and which blow in the wind. amper movement during play, but Maxie Rosenbloom added an Marcum blanked out the Senators,

from 16 hits and one error, while Icat, shorts remain constantly from the point of view of appearance.

whero they aret other 16 his long string of victories who recorded only eight hits and

I think a neat tennis frock takes a here tonight when he won

There has never been any question flot of beating. But, after all, ond's decision from Prieto George, of Visiting Sookunpoo yesterday - Buffalo, N. Y., in 10 rounds, si ternoon, the Deutscher Klub

bathing costume, abbreviated play is more important than one's op- though it has become. I cannot see pearance. .. five sets to four in the Division weight crown was not at stake. meeting, rain putting

I the only National League means to easier tennis, are any less point, and alap on, account of its.

that shorts, which are merely n feated the Indian Recreation Club by

Partly because ar

Its pith and game arranged, Cincinnati and appropriate than bathing shorts which brevity, Lady Wavertree's view Is world light heavy-Pittsburgh had to forego their are worn to facilitato swimming. of the Hongkong Lawn Tennisle-weighed 184 pounds to 177 for to the match-Reuter," **s Lengue. Scores:

Miss Dorothy Round has worn

also quoted, viziju M. A. Khan and Y. al Arculli George.

shorts In the United States, yot the sport of women on the courts Shorts have certainly not increased and have not improved their ap pearance....,

Retains Light Heavy but the weather put a stop to the during a rully, Shorta can be made a England. Her views are express Weight Crown of World

de-

he is so much the man of the year ponent, Villa forcing him to the 1. R. C.) lost to TV. Sonder and B. that there is no likelihood of his utmost.

being displaced. I have many limes since; inst September ex- *pressed the opinion that John Frederick Perry was destined to acquire even greater honours, even to become the Tilden of his genera tion. He is a great player and very human person. He cought my look of encouragement in the laat agonizing match at Stado Roland Garros lust summer, and he madb remarks to me at Forest Hills when he was at grips with Crawford. These were small things in themselves but revealing

of the many-sided nature of the

HOME RACING

Maxie's

Soltau 5-7 bent 0. Neidt and Gsia" aluce he lost a non-title go It was the first start for "Slap- July 31 at Los Angeles to Loe Ramage, of San Diego, in their third meeting: Ramage was vic- torious niso in the second meeting but the first resulted in a draw. The New Yorker did not risk his titlé in any of these encounters,

Professional Criticises U. S. Davis Cup Team

MARTIN PLAA SUCCİNTLY SAYS

WHAT HE THINKS

J. Shoeneck 7-5; beat W. Poralta

and G. Sommier 6-4.

LEAGUE TABLE.........

one error.

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Uzcudun Officially Listed As Carnera's Opponent

HEAVYWEIGHTS TO MEET AT BUENOS AIRES ON OCTOBER 20

It was offelally announced to-

It is given to fow women possess the merits that should with shorts, and it would be true to any that most women look bost int

COM ALT. OPINION.N

lag chapter will be written on the no doubt, an interest influence of the advent of shorts, writes American Lawn Tennis. It scoma Incontrovertible that the

M. R. Abbas and M. ei Arcalliday that Primo Carners, deposed still had plenty left of what it strongly flirough a hard Ave-set He recently displayed that he Austin of to-day who can bear up. much lighter on his feet, arrived service, unusual

Martin Plan, genial as ever and intelligent. Stoefen has a terrified-0; lost to Neidt and Sheenecit -6; the universe, will meet Paulino Max Schmeling, former champion, of 1929 whose cramps were a con- (I. R. C.) lost to Sander and Soltau Italian heavyweight champion of takes to win fights, by holding match resembles Io the Austin recently in Paris. Seen at Roland strokes he doesn't yet know how to

power, and beat Foralta and Sommer 6-8, Garros, he avowed himself well use. Shields is an In-and-outer C.) lost to Sander and Soltau 0-0;

Uzcudun, Basque Wood-Chopper, to a draw in 12 rounds at Bar-stant source of uneasinens to his S. A. R. Bux and T. Hamet. (I. 1. in Buenos Aires, October 20. pleased with the results of his capable of the beat and the worst beat Neidt and Sheeneek 6-3; lost clash between the two, Carnera He has stuck close to Europe for safely be aflrmed hat shorts give Amoriean tour

The match will be the third

A mentors. Regardless of the with Cochet as Latt in stronger than Shields, to Foralta and Sommer 2-6, members

aesthetle point of view, it can of the Tilden troupe. better than Stoefen. He would "Aftar playing 167 matches in make a perfect number two but

having won decisions over the the past two years and the trip to more freedom of action, do not so 40 cities I feel the need of

Braque In 1931 and 1933. In the Buenos Aires, should he make it quickly become saturated with areat,,"" he declared. Tilden

the intrigues of the oficials

Ксер Call-Ovor For The St.doubtedly the best pinyor in the

Intter contest the giant Italian would bo, his firat-lavasion of perspiration and are consequently. un him out (sic)."

P.W.L.D.F.. A. Pts.annoxed the European heavy larger arenas since 1932. 29, of a drag on the legs of an 0.0.0.

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world. I have bekten Vines but

COCHET'S "OH YEAH!"

26 10 10 0 0 0 4 20 weight championship from the could novor get the better of Bill the governing committee of the Recreio

Coincident with Plan's arrival 0.B.A.

Uzcudun still has a score to set active court-coverer, male or K.C.C

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tle with, the Italian. In 1920, he female. Going back to resulte, can- 12 7 5.0'67

60-14 Uzcudun, whon Baer defeated annexed the European heavy wo not lay a part of Boussus": FFLT promulgated a ruling that C.S.C.C. 10 370 30 50% waight championship, offered the Erminio Espalla, an Italian, in and is not Merlin's ability to re- 0 0 3 0,52 29 12 Carnera to win the world's heavy-weight championship by defeating improvement to his use of them, 10 370 464 rack at the crown, In Spain, re decision over him, in 1983, how due to greater freedom of move 10. 6.4.0.44 42 12 American a sizeable purse for a Barcelona. Since Carnera took a trieve the most hopeless winners 1.3 9:1-40 76

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The rapidly-aging Spaniard, 35 dered the European tiilist, Australia doubles, it was Cuts, over, the Italian, has been conel-ment? And then, In the Franco- yours old, has to his credit a doel- Uzcudun has not fought since who alone of the four players wore 10 -0,91 19 10 1 slon over Baor, garnered in 1931, his last appearance against shorts, who carried the burden of 12.0 11.

at Rono, in a 20-round bout Schmoling.

tho Vietory.

London, Aug.-13.

The following is the call-over for

the St. Leger

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9/1-Achtenan (0.)

10/1 Umidwar (0.)

100/0 Trius (6) 20/1 (6)

Router.

WOOD THE BEST.

10 club which Is a member of the University Asked about the form of the Federation may permit a profes-LR.C... United States Davis Cup team, sional tournament to be held on Deutscher the fovini Basque gave his opinion its courts. Nevertheless, Plan Army.

foach member. "Sidney Wood and Cochet are laying plans for a is by far the best, the mastrofessional tournament to regular,most.scientific and most held at Roland Garros, no loss

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