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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, · 1934.

ENGLISH TENNIS GIRLS CONTINUE TO WIN IN U. S.

ENTER

4TH

ROUND

For National Title

MISS STAMMERS & MISS JAMES

GIVE FINE DISPLAYS

Forest Hills, Aug. 15.

Miss Kathleen Stammers and Miss Freda James, the English Wightman Cup players, are: still going strong in the Ameri can women's national singles tennis championship.

To-day both survived third round engagementa without being the slightest bit extended.

Miss Stammers met a doughty tournament pinyer in MIAH Katherine Winthrop, but the English girl, touching best form. romped away, with the rantch, winning in straight sets and conceding only three games, nii in the first sei.

EXCELLENT ACHIEVEMENT.

Four campelitors taking part in the U., Wanien's tennis' championship at Forest Hill. Mi. Katherine Winthrop, who was beaten yesterday by Misa Stammærd, is second from the right. The other playera aro, reading from left to right:-Miss Norma Taubele. Mies Juno Sharp and Miss Florence LeBoutilliar.

ENGLAND WINS TENNIS CONTEST EASILY

JAPANESE PROVIDE OPPOSITION:

KEEN DOUBLES MATCH.

PERRY AND HUGHES IN CONTRARY, MOOD, AT EASTBOURNE

Britain beat Japan in an in-1 ternational tennis match at Eastbourne last month by five matches to nil The encounter was run on Davis Cup lines, and on the first day Perry beat Fujikura and Austin outplayed Yamagishi.

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This was indeed an excellent achievement and has considerably lifted Misa Stammers' stock. Miss Winthrop has played with signal Huces this summer. She finished runner-up to Miss June Sharp in both the Mason and Dixon and

The doubles between Perry and the Hot Springs singles champion. Hughes and Tamagishi and Nishi- ships, while at the former meeting mura was a five sets affair, from she was also runner-up in the which the Englishmen wore ludica doubles and won this event trifle fortunate to emerge success- at Hot Springs.

ful. Their play, was not in the Miss Freda James met Miss feast bit impressive. Hunt of Los Angeles and won very The game is described as follows confortably without being extend-in the Morning Post: en to the third act, The manner

Great Britain duly won the dou of her victory impressed very

ules this afternoon, Perry and much.

On the other hand Miss Helen Hughes beating J. Yamagishi und Jacobs, reigning champion, was H. Nishimura to make sure of the sent the whole distance by Mrs. match, but the score, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4, Harris, another prominent tour-8-6, 7-6, was hardly encouraging nument player, and actually lost from the point of view of the Davis the first set.

Cup challenge round.

Mra. Harris' was in excellent fetile during this early period and broke through to win at the But the effort twelfth

Kame. proved her undoing and she failed to withstand a withoring attack of chop strokes and volleys from the holder, who went away with the next two sets with the loss of five Kames.

MISS JACOBS WEARS

SPIKED SHOES.

According to a Reuter message, Mias Jacobs was permitted to wear spiked shoes for the first time in the history of the championships because of the very slippery state of the court.

She expressed fear of injuring her left ankle which was in band ages owing to neuritis.

The results as cabled by Reuter

were:

Miss K. Stammers (Britain) bent Miss K. Winthrop (U.S.)

6-3, 6-0.

Miss F. James (Britain) beat Miss Hunt (U.S.) 6-2, 6-4,

Miss H. Jacoba (U.S.) bent Mrs, Harris (U.S.) 6-7, 6-2, 6-3.

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ARMY TENNIS TITLE

Licut, Tuckey Wins

Fourth Time

BRADMAN BACK AGAIN

HIS FIRST GAME SINCE LEEDS

SMITES THE ARMY ATTACK

London, Aug. 15.. Don Bradman returned to the cricket field to-day, his appear- ance against the Army at Alder. shot marking his first ou1ing Since his injury in the fourth Test match at Leeds.

He was in fine fettle and raftled up 74 In no time, en- abling the Australians to beat) the Army by six wickets In one-day match.

The Australians butted on after scaring the necessary runs to win, and finished up with 194 runs on the board for the loss of seven wickets.

The Army, batting first, could make no headway against the com bined onslaught of O'Reilly and Bromley. The former took 3 for 17 and his colleague 3 for 21. The Army were all out for 110.- Reuter.

ARMY ATHLETES

Records Equalled And Broken

The concluding portion of the Army Unit Team championships | was decided on the Command Central ground.

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The finish of the 220 yards at White City, in which the Cam- bridge University man, E. 1. Davia, was lucky to get the verdict from R. J. Kane (Cornell) for they seem to be breasting the tape

together,

DETROIT DEFEATED

END TO BIG RUN OF SUCCESS

YANKEES CAUSE AN UPSET

New York, Aug. 15. Detroit Tigers' phenomenal run of success in the American -Leaguo como to an end to-day when they were beaten by the Now

York Yankees. Rain

upset

Bome more matches, but Chicago and Philadelphia Athletics in the American League played a double header which saw the Athletic win twice, while Brooklyn Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds shared honours in a double honder In the National programme. Another deféni was sustained by the Giants, who were nosed out by Pittsburgh Piratos la the second game of a double header. Albelt the New York team won the first

game.

cabled by Router,

Scores, RB follow:

NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Brooklyn Cincinnati

BONTHRON & LOVELOCK Brooklyn

IN RACE FIASCO

WORLD'S LEADING MILE RUNNERS

JUST JOG ROUND TRACK

CROWD BORED BY PERFORMANCE IN INTER-VARSITIES MEET

That what should have been the greatest mile race on record ended by being a miserable farce is revealed by Guy M. Butler in his description in the Morning Post of the meeting between J. E. Lovelock and Bonthron, the American record smasher, in the annual Oxford and Cambridge v Princetown and Cornell Varsity athletic meeting last month.

Cincinnati New York

LOO ON

R. H. E.

7

7 14

12

4. 12

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*1

10 3

3

9

4

(Jackson and Torry homered)

Pittsbugh

New York

Pittsburgh..........

(Vaughan homered)

The matches between. Boston and Chicago and Philadelphia and St. Louis were postponed on account of rain.

AMERICAN LEAGUE,

Chicago Philadelphia

(Foxx homered)

Chicago

Philadelphia

4 8

712

7

(Williams homered)

2 10 Detroit New York....... 8 11.

(Crosetti homered)

The Army Sport Control Board challenge shield was won by the ist Bb. Oxfordshire and Bucking- hamshire Light Infantry with a total of 129 points at Aldershot with the Training Bn. Royal Engineers only seven points be Lt. C. R. D. Tuckey (B.E.) won hind, while the 1st Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers, last year's winners, were the Army Singles for the fourth third with 111 points. consecutive year, at Aldershot, į In the first event Grenadier last month. He also retained the Guards ligh Jump pair, L.-Cpl. Inter-Regimental Doubles Cham-Smith and L.Cpl. Howlett, broke

the record with. pionship for the Royal Engineers Smith's contribution being 5ft 9in. when, in partnership with Captain Two other records were equalled, G. S. Hatton, he beat Lt. H. Horne by the Lancashire Fusiliers with Mr. Butler writes as follows fairly briskly, but Bonthron, with und Lt. R. Kirwan, of the Royal min. 31 9-10 sec. in the half-mtio concerning the race, which Love Lovelock nt his shoulders, follow- ed in a more leisurely manner, Artillery.

relay, and by the Training Ba. I. lock won in poor time.

The second race on the pro- the first lap being covered by. Singles Championship.-Lt. C. Engincera with 8min. 9 3-5sec. in R. D. Tuckey (holder) beat Capt. the two miles relay. The quartet gramme was the mile, which has them both in 63 secs.. and the Washington match to be post-

who won the half-mile for the aroused. I suppose, more interest half-mile in 2min. 7sec. J. Clynton Reed, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3,

Lancashire Fusiliers turned out and debate than any athletic event

Lt. C. D. Tuckey (RE) pionship Capt, G, S. Hatton and

Inter-Regimental Doubles Cham-again and won the 440 yards relay. in England since the War. The LOVELOCK FORCED INTO LEAD.1

result was a win for Jack Love- Half-way round the third lap, lock, but I am sorry to say that Bonthron slowed down to auch an (holders) beat Lt. H. Horne and

the fact of his success was the extent that Lovolack simply had 14. R. Kirwan (RA.). 6-4, 6-3, 12-19.

Actually the British pair had a machinery creaked badly in the very narrow escape indeed. The opening play, Hughes losing his service game twice in the first set, and Perry often-failing to the help of a partner who could

the Inter-Unit Singles Champlon- not get going. Japan, on

to ship (for W.0.a and N.C.0.8). other hand, sometimes road great heights, the sealing feat Sergt. Shardlow (R. Sigs) bent occurring whenever Yamagishi

S.-Sgt. Warr (ILE); 8-6, 6-2. could avoid the commission errors, for Nishimura's game com- "Other Ranks" Doubles. Sergt. Shardlow and Q. M. S. Hobbs bent S. M. Atkinson and Sergt Knight. lefthand 7-5, 6-1, 6-0.

bined brilliance with judgment to an unusual degree. His backhand siop volleying in the court played the dickens with the attempts by Perry and Hughes to storm the net, and he also had at his command a streaking straight. forehand pass.

Had Nishimura not become in- greasingly and obviously worried by his partner's orratic play and been lured into the natural mistake of attempting too much at a crisis Japan would probably have' won. They had a point for 3-1 In the third set, match points in the tenth and twelfth games of the fourth set, and a 3-love load in

final set, with Nishimura's service to come.

"Plate" Singles.-Lt. J. Hudson bent Lt. H. Walters, 6-1, 6-2.

INTERPORT POLO,

St. Louis Boston

2 6 6 13 Rain caused the Cleveland v

poned.

New World's

only thing about it that pleased to go into the lead. A dangerous Record Twice

me.

thing-to-do, this, I should have.

I had expected what I may call a thought, with such a runner as the

Week

Trial Match Arranged For August 25

with his second string from the his fast last lap. As it was, Lovelook took the lead and Instead of Friday, August 17, and gun, making the pace a hot one, Lov Friday, August 24, which are the treating every post as a winning never lost it, though Bonthron, him to get ten usual days, pole at Causeway Bay post. As it turned out, the speed having allowed will be played on Saturday, August from the start, though not nearly yards ahead in the course of the was feet only behind him. I cannot 18, Saturday, August 25, it is so slow as the ridiculous one in last 300 yds., finished a couple of

Information has just been received the AAA Championships,

racer Bonthron In One W

announced.

were

POLISH WOMAN'S

PERFORMANCE

Brussels, Aug. 15. Mile. Wajsowns, the Polish Lovelock's woman athlete, kas broken a in the Colony that an Interport triat obviously not going to be worthy agree with those who say that it match will be played on Saturday, of these two great runners. The was an inches finish.

2-G8cc. HIB world's record for discus August 25.

two second strings went away time was 4 min. 15

laps

follows: First throwing twice within a week. 63.2sec, accond 63.6sec., third To-day in the Women's Interna- GGsce, fourth 62,0sec., with which tional Athletic meeting, she as- may be compared his last year's tablished new figures by a throw. figures at Princeton Stadium: of 44.195 metres, which is approx- First, 61.4sec., second 62.280c., Imately 144 feet 11 inches, third 66.1sec., fourth 58.0sec.. giving in all 4min. 7.6sec.

CHANNEL SWIMMERS, NOW MASSING

ASPIRANTS IN TRAINING FOR THE GOLD CUP FOR ENGLAND-FRANCE SWIM

London, Aug. 14.

The hardy annual channel swimming season is here again. precaution that her swim shall be Any day now some brawny man, or muscular woman-for some officially attested. reason or other all channel swimmers are in the 200 pound class- splashes into the water and strikes out for the other coast twenty miles away.

Great Britain broke through the service nine times to Japan's eight, and the service game losers record is of interest. First set: Hughes 2, Nishimura 1 second Bet: Hughes

Namenssemble at Dover, tho

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2.

Perry 2, got:

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WHY THEY FAIL.

So it was that this race, which might have gone down in athletic history as one of the this greatest ever scen in country fizzled out into another miserable waiting race. Even though the final time was min. 15sec. odd, there is no getting away from it, that it was no real test of the abilities of these two-runners over a one mile race, and that, is what most of i wanted to gee.

OFF FORM.

tion for nearly eight hours. It brings

I think A matter of fact. the swimmer very nearly to the western and of the South Goodwin without doubt that Bonthron' wan

This surpasses her brilliant world's record throw of 143 foet 8 inches at the World Games hold

London last week-Reuter.

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As the records indicate it is easier Aspirants to channal honours Ifo failed in his swim from Dover to swim from France to England than to France. This is recognised last year, but, having gained more from England third

on the because of the flood tide at Cap Gris swimming-off point on this alde of the knowledge of the currents 1; fourth set: Hughes 1, Yamagishi water. They are like a lot of French coast, ho hopes to bo success-

Perry 1, Nishimura 1; Afth set: friends remeeting on a summer vacs-ful after intensive training at Dover. Nez which flows in an easterly direc Yamagishi-1, Perry 1, Nishimura tion. All of them have tried on more

OTHER COMPETITORS than one previous occasion, nome, successfully, yet every year they HUGHES UNCERTAIN. turn up, hoping to knock houra or Adrian Charles Kanaar, 23, a

minutes off their previous time. It medical student at St. Bartholomew's Sands. Slack water follows, and then very definitely off form, probably Hughes was very uncertain over- must be a fascinating hobby this hospital, London, who two years back comes the ebb tide, which runs down stale aftor his tremendous running Just falled in his first attempt to Channel;. but for a much shorter in the States. I hear from his head until the last set and Nishi-channel swimming!

swim from Cap Gris Nez to Dover, period, often less than three hours, coach that he has been out in com- mura and Yamagishi played main

petition practically the whole year GOLD CUP AWARD.

giving up when 14 miles off Dover, ly on to him with good resulta

From the English side, It is this round, including the winter on from Japan's

and fles Mercodes Gleitz, who, in point c

t of view. Every

There is Edward H. Temme, the 1927, swam from France to England, very flood tide with which the swim-indoor tracks. Be that as it may, now and then the English pair order insurance, clark, who swam but who failed twice last year in the or has to contend, usually at the he made exactly the same mistake eatablished the net position in the

reverse direction, are also probable end of the awim when he or she is in the Half-nifle later on in the

afternoon, J. He intends competitors for the gold cup. approved style, and when they did from the French aido in August, 1927,

C In 14 hours 20 minutes.

Stothard, although their barrier of volleye was good to make an attempt to get across

ho has been Ill during the last Mian Jolly Prockter, 17-year-old beginning to tire.

Captain two months, was allowed an cosy driving assault, but when

Dover Corporation golf cup, to be Ramsgate girl, is to make her first gisht found a lobbing length their awarded to the swimmer who swims attempt from Cap Gris Nez, Her chief Matthew Webb became the first man Brat lap of just inside a minute, methods of reconstructing the from Dover to the French coast in the object is to beat the record set up to swim the Channel from the Eng- and then presented with a lend position

short of bril shortest time in one monson. were far

by the American girl, Miss Gertrude Ederio in: 1920, of 14 hours

not al alish side, he battled for six or seven which Bonthron, try though he did Hance.

Ferry could have shortened the who has had two practiso swims in Prockter covered noter sine miles in coast. Since then the Channel has together make up.

Dr. George B. Browator, of London, minules. In a recent trial swim, Miss hours with the tide off the French most gallantly, could

The American's obvious tactics match considerably: by imposing over Harbour this year, also intends four hours,

only twice boen conquered from the his volleying on the Japanese af to make a bid for the cup. Boloro

English skio by Thomas Burgess, in in this race, an in the Mile, wero Mr. & Mrs. Y. Mori

MASSAGE Miss Bunny Lowry, the Manchester 1911, in 22 hours 85 minutes, and by to go right through from the tempt to cow Hughes. As things his next attempt, however, he will

hot were a combination of compara awim from Dover to Ramsgate, a girl, who was the only successful the American Henry Sullivan, in 1923, pistol to the tape at a stendy.

Acupuncture, Moxocausis and Bor but in 20 hours 50 minutes.

pace. I rather think, however, Setting Holder, of Japanese tively extraneous circumstances distance of 20 miles. The doctor has Channel swimmer last year,

attempts to whom fent has not been recognised such as a replayed point, doubtful mado ten unsuccessful

by the Channel Swimming. Associa A record of failures' In one week that his staleness took the form tongkong Gereramant Linensen, Chr line decision, and Nishimura's swim the Channel.

tion because none of its officials were was set up last year. Tomme, Bill of not being able to "hold the sprained Ankies, and Wrist Recen aforesaid exaggerated, conscion-i Another London ampleant in Fro aboard her boat; Is at Cap Gris Nex. ton, Charios Zimmy Zibelman, the gall" In other words, he could nended for many years "byl beke ilousness. formed the bridge for derick G. M. Milton, a traveller for a She intends at the first favourable legioss American, Kankar, Captain sprint at the falah, but he could Hospitals and Doctors

Wyndham Street (1st Boot); escaping from the, bog In which lager brewery, who is recognised as opportunity gain to swim from the George Morrland MINS Gleitzo nilinot maintain a stondy stride of

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enough to beat down the Jamin/Trom tho. English side and win the

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