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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, AUGUST

1934.

HELEN JACOBS WINS U.S. TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP

CHANNEL CONQUERED

TEMME DOES IT AGAIN

AUSTRIAN GIRL'S ACHIEVEMENT

London, Aug. 18.

The English Channel has been conquered twice on the same day, by the English swimmer E. H. Temme and by Miss Vacmma Faber, an Austrian.

Temma landed at Cap Gris Nez to-night, after swimming the Channel in 15 hours and 64 minutes. This A record for a swim starting from the English aide of tho Channel, and the fourth time that the Channel ins been awum in this direction.

Edward Temme is the first man to have swum the Channel both ways, As he swam from Cap Gris Noz to England in 1927, in 14 hours and 20 minutes,

The intropld swimmer entered the water at 6.11 a.m. and landed near Calajn at 10.05 pm.

The

AUSTRIAN SWIMMER.

lady swimmer, Austrian Blies Unemma Faber, started on her Channel swim from Cap Gris Nez at 030 a.m. and landed at South Foreland at 1.16 p.m.

If this time in officially recognised,

it will beat Miss Gertrude Ederle's women's record of 14 hours and 34 minutes by four minutes-Renter and United Press,

INTERPORT SWIMMING

Hongkong Candidates To Appear On Sept. 1

Candidates who took part in the open Interport Swimming trials al the V.R.C. during the past week, in for the forthcoming preparation

Interpart swimming Triangular contest in Shanghai, will be seen in action at a special V.R.C. gala on September 1, commencing at 9p.m.

This will be the last opportunity of the Colony's aquatic stars before their departure, for Shanghai on September 9.

neeing

The programmo is as follows:

Interport Candidates:

50 yards free style.

100 yards free style.

440 yarda, free style.

Edward H. Tamme.

100 yards back stroke.

100 yards breast stroke, Diving. Water Polo-Interport team v Rest, Other Events?

100 yards Boys' handleap.

100 yards back stroke, members. Team race (Interport candidates excluded).

LAWN OUTPLAYS MISS PALFREY

BOWLS

TOURNEY

DUNCAN PLAYS

WEDNESDAY

RINK MATCH NEXT SUNDAY

It was officially announced this morning by Mr. Harry Hampton, Hon. Secretary of the Hongkong! Lawn Bowls Association, that to- day's match between R. Duncan and D. Rumithn, in the quarter- final of the lawn bowls singles has been re- championship,

It arranged for Wednesday... will be played on the Club de Recreio green.

The rinks championship match between G. C. Moss's and A: W. Grimmett's teams, which should have been played yesterday, but was abandoned on account of the weather, has been fixed for next

the Sunday at

Cricket Club..

Miss Helen Jacoba

Craigengower Sir Malcolm

Campbell's

GERMANY MAKES New Bluebird

CLEAN SWEEP

In Davis Cup Match

Berlin, Aug. 19.

Germany made a clean sweep of the board in the Davis Cup match

SPEED RECORD ATTEMPT IN 1935

Sir Malcolm Campbell has with Roumania, as a result of decided to defer his next at

which she

either will meet

Denmark or Switzerland in the tempt on the world's land-speed third round of the 1936 qualify-record until early next year. ing competition.

To-day Henkel and Von Cramm won their remaining singles with- out being in the slightest bit ex- tended.

Henkel beat Hamburger 6-2, 6-3, 6-S, and Von Cramm conquered Schmidt 7-6, 7-5, 6-1-Reuter.

The third round draw is now as follows:-

Sweden v Holland, Poland Austria or Grocco, Hungary v Yugoslavia er Spain, Germany v Denmark or Switzerland.

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DEADLY IN SERVICE

Challenger Loses Heart

Miss Helen Jacoba, America's No. 1 ranking women- tennis player has won the United States women's singles cham- pionship for the third succes. sive year. Yesterday she de- feated her Wightman Cup colleague, Miss Sarah Palfrey, in the Gral in straight sets, the scores being 6-1, 6-4,

Forest Hills, Aug. 19. Miss Helen Jacobs retained her title to-day, beating Mias Sarah Palfrey 6-1, 6-4.

The champion chopped her way to victory in characteristic style. She sent over a mixture of shots which Miss Palfrey was unable to solve and continually netted.

Miss Sarah Palfrey.

GERMAN TENNIS PLAYERS SUCCESSFUL.

Hamburg, Aug. 12. Gottfried von Cramm, Ger. many's premler tennis player, to-day beat the American Bur- well 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 in the interan- tional tennis championships for Germany. In the mixed' doubles the German pair Frau Sperling and Herr von Cramm won over the English pair Scriven-Tuckey 6-2, 6-1.

SECOND SUCCESS

Miss Jacobs Wins The Doubles

JIMMY FOXX HURT

BASEBALL PLAYER CARRIED OFF

LATEST BATCH OF RESULTS

New York, Aug. 19. Jimmy Foxx, famous Philadel. phin Athletic. home run hitter, was carried off the field with a leg Injury against Cleveland Indians to-day, He will be in- capacitated for at least a few day's,

Results went in favour of the louders in the major baseball leagues. The Yankoes clinched; a double header against St. Louis. Browns and the Giants boat Cin- cinati Reds. Doirolt scored two more victories, both at the expensa of Boston.

Complete scores, ns cabled by Renter, follow:

NATIONAL LEAGUE.

It. H. E.

Brooklyn Pittsburgh.

2

12

1

5

3

嚆

2

6. 0

12 4

10 14

0

Philadelphin Chicago Philadelphia, Chicago

(Hurst homered)

Boston

(Jordan and Berger homered). St. Louis..

9 17 0

(Frlach homered. St. LouÎN

used six pitchers).

Boston

St. Louis

1 7 1 301 (Collins and Medwick homer- ed).

New York

Cincinnati..

G 150 4 10 0 (There were eleven Innings).

AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Miss Jacobs was deadly in her service delivery, and her ability to ing love-40 disheartened her young pull up and win games after trail-

Ever since he

raised the opponent, whose skill in extricat-

ing herself from difficult position i world's Innd-speed record to suddenly deserted. her-Reuter. 272 m.p.h. In February last year

Forest Hills, Aug. 19. CYCLES OF THREES. he has been planning to put the!

A second auccess in the Ame- speed at a still higher figure.

thus romains in rican women's tennis champion- title The Almost immediately after he re..

Cleveland ...... 5 Only once during day, when, partnered by Miss Sarah turned from his triumph at Day- America for the sixteenth year ships fell to Miss Helen Jacobs to- tona he began to organise in a since the War

the last seventeen yeara has the Palfrey, she the doubles for the noxt

crown. aclentifie manner

They defeated Miss Carolin Bab attempt, for his long-cherished American championship gone over-

Nuthall, in the absence of Mrs, cock and Mrs. Andrus in the final ambition is to achieve a speed of seas. In 1930 it was Miss Betty

It was decided to build an en- Wills-Moody, then reigning cham after a strenuously contested who accomplished the best three-set match, the scores being 300 m.p.h. tirely new "Bluebird," one of the performance of her career in win- 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

pssential features of the new car

won

being a super-streamlined body toning the title.

regain the title they won in Since 1918, Mrs, Wills-Moody, Miss Jacobs and Miss Palfroy reduce wind resistance.

We hoped that the work would formerly Miss Helen Wills, has 1932. This is the second timo Mies be finished by September." Sir won the championship seven times, Jacobs has annexed the doubles, The first time sho Malcolm said, "for in spite of the, which is easily a record. It is a while it makes it Miss Palfrey's

Jate date it would still have given point of interest to note that with third success: championship was!

me time to make a further attempt three exceptions, the title has been carried off this

won in cycles of three years. Miss in 1930, when she partnered Mas this year.

"It has now been found im-H. Hotchkiss was holder in 1909- Betty Nuthall..

Miss Nuthall and Miss Freda 11, followed by Miss M. Browne possible to complete the great took in time, and 'Bluebird' can- (1912-14), then Miss M. Bjurstedt James, who were the holders, lost not be ready, until November, (1916, 1916, 1918, thoro being no in the semi-final to. Miss Babcock

in 1917)..

Mrs. and Mrs. Andrus after a match which is too late in the season competitioin

Wightman broke the sequence-in-which-went-the full distanco. for me to make another effort. "Because of this, I have decided 1919, but it was re-started by Mra, Reuter.

Mallory (1920-22), continued by to postpone the attempt until early Miss Helen Wills (1928-24), inter- in the New Year."

rupted: ngain by Mrs. Mallory in 1926, and resumed once more by (1927-29). Mies Helen Wills

"FEEL I HAVE BEEN Betty Nuthall broke the sequence

INSULTED"

Kirkwood And Irish G.U.

Offcials of the Golfing Union of Ireland strongly resent the outburst of Joe Kirkwood, who alleged that his ball was twice trodden on by a steward during the second round of the open championship of Ireland at Port- marnock, County Dublin.

Kirkwood's reply to this was:

in 1930, and after Mrs. Moody had rocaptured the title the following year, Miss Helen Jacobs started her run of three successeN..

LIST TO WINNERS.

The complete list of winners follows:

1887 Miss N, F. Hansell 1888 Miss B. Townsend. 1889 Miss R. Townsend.

1890 Miss E. C. Roosevelt.. 1891 Miss M. E. Cahill. 1892 Miss M. E. Cahill. 1893 Miss A. M. Terry, 1894 Miss Helwig. 1895 Miss J. Atkinson. 1896 Miss E. H. Moore. 1897 Miss J. Atkinson. 1898 Miss J. Atkinson, 1899 Mlse Marion Jones, 1900 Miss McAteer. 1901 Miss E. H. Moore, 1952 Miss Marion Jones. 1903 Miss E. H. Moore.

(Continued on Page 9.)

WHY ENGLISH GOLF IS

A study of the amazingly low scoring in the champion ships and big professional and amateur le disheartening to tournaments this year is a the average golfer."

BETTER

BY J. F. C. PIGNON

While the majority of club golf.. establish a uniform standard

score-scheme on which scratch handleaps are based have not eliminated this possibility..

(Trosky homered). Philadelphia

7. 0

9. 13 2 (Johnson and Higgins homer- ed). St. Louis

7

(Campbell homered).

New York

9 13 .2

St. Loula New York Detroit Hoston

8

2

.19. 1

8.12.

1

& 13 4

(Solteres homered).

Detroit Boston

Chicago Washington

4 8

3 9

12

8 14

MASKELL'S SUCCESS

Retains Professional Title At Eastbourne

London, Aug. 18. In the Professional Tennis Cham- plonships at Eastbourne, Dan Maskell, of the All England Tennis Club, re- tained his title for the sixth time in the championship by defeating Jeffery, of Melbury, in straight sets by scores of 6-1, 6-3, 6-1.

In the doubles, Maskell and Jeffery easily beat Poulson and Pearce by 6-2, 6-2, 6-0, Reuter,

VERY MUCH

the whole reason. The fact in we are all playing better golf these. days than we were, say, ten or twelve years ago.

DRY WEATHER DRIVES, There are many reasons for this.

"We regard this as such a grave reflection upon the aportsman- ship of Irish golfers," said Mr. Fitzsimons, hon. secretary of the Championships Committee, "that we have Investigated the matter and are satisfied that there is no foundation for Kirkwood's accu-

Even though we leave this present gation. He had no justification for his statement that his ballers are struggling to beat ninoty

and one or two of them occasional-

Is definito evidence that scoring was interfered with."

ly bent bogey very handsomely

eason out of consideration, there has been getting lower during that the big men in the game are mak-

period. This year, of course, the I think the officials owe me an ing an average of fours on cham. "PLUS SIX" MEN NEXT..

drought has naturally made the apology. I feel I have been in pionship. courses appear like, a sulted, and I will never

For one thing when more ne- game easier in some respects. agala mediocro score.. play in the Irish championship. It is unnecessary to recall the curato golf was demanded of the Almost anybody, who can play at I am not accustomed to being record scoring of almost every big scratch player by lowering the all can drive a bail about 200 followed about as though I did tournament within the past few scratch score of courses, clubs did yards, and 800 yards on baked not know the rules of the game. months to bring home to all golfers something to nullify this by raising fairways is not a really

But for the first-cinas y long drive the fact that the figures returned, the handicapa of

Instead, therefore, playing in British events this season are

drive und am from lower than ever before. In the bis scoring generally it may not be two wooden club shots for a hole tory of the game. Even in oventa long bofore we have players with of 450 yards, a

mashie, are enough which double-figure. handicap handleaps of plus six, unless, of sometimes a-m players contest the Beratch scora course, we revise our ideas of what for most scratch golfers Five

golf by the holes

'80's. become 70's. of courses has frequently been represents perfect golf

cratch player. The annual North China Swim-beaton, and the old invincible

NORTH CHINA SWIMMING MEET

Peking, Aug. 13,

of other days, "Colonel

ith the rapid mont

Par, and not the scratch score, rally become fours,

and

ming meat, was hold here yoster-ce is limping about with Is now really the scratch standard, there are other considerations. The

presentatives provinces of Chihli, Shon-

of the do pride smarting under a will not help the game have made the game casfer. Steel

at

apart from the drought we play to penalise the long handi implements with which tung and Liaoning and the succession of many humiliating, cap

The system of handicap shafted clubs, cane-shafted clubs, Municipalities of Peking and defeats. Tsingtao participated. Chilli

What in the cause of this definite ping might reasonably be revised. specially balanced irons, matched, A perfectas a ball captured the men's championship rise in the standard of golf played. As it is this is a little haphazard. sets, and with 66 points:

tho In the country That the stan. If a man does not take part in chemists constantly engaged in Te

a dard has been raised there can be competition or falla to return a search can make it have simplified;

card, his handicap is likely to re- golf.i score of

Golf course architecture ha no doubt at all. to the extra main unchanged, whether he plays Securing 15 points, Tung Ching I am not referring shua of Chihli was named chem-ordinary returns occasionally golf very seldom or regularly moved with the times. Coursel plon among the male contestants. made, in handicap events. These An inadequate handicapping have been longthened and remodels Min Ho Wen-chin of Tsingtao are, of course, as inevitable to-day system may be partly the cause of lad, tightened up by making addi- captured the women's - Individual as they always have been. Even the occasional remarkable scoring tional hazards, and yet scoring championship.

the efforts of the unions to in handicap events, but that fe not has improved.

"women's champ With

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