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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER

1934.

SUSSEX FINISH RUNNERS-UP TO LANCASHIRE

COUNTY

CRICKET

CLOSES

Rain Upsets Programme

DERBY FINISH STRONGLY

Sussex finished runners-up to Lancashire, champions of the county cricket tournament, as a result of the first innings defeat of Yorkshire at Hove to-day. This decision also had the effect of keeping York- shire down to fourth place, both Derbyshire and Warwick tak ing precedence over the .1933 champions.

Raine throughout the country hindered the list three days' pro- grammo of county cricket, and in only one match was a definite result obtained, Derbyshire boat- ing Lolcenter by 42 runs to finish third in the table,

Yorkshire more than held their own against Sussex, acoring 263 and 225 for 8 declared. Sussex replied with 289 and then rain prevented an outright verdict. The only outstanding individual per- formance in this match was J. Cornford's 6 for 57 in Yorkshire's first inninga.

NOTTS UNLUCKY -

Low scoring featured the match

Below Fred Perry and R. Manzel, who figure to-day in the' U.S. singles tennie, championship. Perry defends his title.

RESULTS AT A GLANCE

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP. Sunnex (289 and 13-1) heat York- shire (263 and 225-8 dec.) an let inns.

Derby <181 and 243) beat Leicester (189 and 179) by 42

runk

Middlesex (238 and G1-3) beat Notis (229 and 252-5 drc,) on Ixt Inn

Surrey (220) heat Glamorgan (173 and 148-4): on 1st inn. Hampshire (269-9 dec.) drew with

Worcester (137-7).

FRIENDLY.

Kent (21-2 dec, and 74-7) drew with Amtralions (197-1 dec.)

between Derbyshire and Leicester. SENATORS LOSE

Dorby collected scores of 181 and 229, to which Leicester could only "reply with 189 and 179.

*Nolts were a trifle unlucky against Middlesex who took first Innings points. Noits oponed the batting and aggregated 219, Mid- desox just topped this with 238. Notts batted freely in their second attempt and applied the closure at 252 for 5, Walker hitting up 111. Middlesex were somewhat hard nut to save the game, losing three wickets for 64 runa before elone,

BEST PERFORMANCES.

the

AGAIN

YANKEES RIGHT ON TOP

GIANTS WIN

WELL

ASPIRANTS FOR U.S. TENNIS TITLE

LESSONS OF BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES

CANADA SHOWS THE WAY WITH. SOME

MAGNIFICENT SWIMMING,

OVERSEAS FORM AN EYE-OPENER TO ENGLISH COMPETITORS

(By W.

Howcraft).

TENNIS PLAYERS PAST AND PRESENT

MODERN GIANTS DEFENDED

Op left "Ditay" Geant, one of America's landing young challen- gera to Parry, und below Bar- kolay Ball, unther' prominent competitor.

TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

CLOSE WITH A WIN

K.C.C. IN TENNIS LEAGUE

BEAT VARSITY IN C DIVISION

RECREIO LOSE

The Kowloon Cricket Club wound up their programme in the "C" Division of the tennia league yesterday, when they defeated

the University by the

odd

set in nine.

The teams were level after the second round, and anally the, re- sult rested on the last match of the

day, when Capell and Peddle succeeded in beating Touw, and Fletcher by 6-4.

The KC.C. finish among the leaders with nine wina and five defeats in fourteen matches.

Yesterday they were without Collins and. Broadbridge, but Peddle and Bonavia made excellent aubstitutes, contributing towards · the winning of four seta.

Scores:-

W. Gittins and J. S. Smith (K.C.C.) baat S. F. Chân and C.K. Quck 6-1; lost to Touw and Flet- K. T. Kwik 2-6. cher 0-6; lost to M.C. Yatehin and

TUNG SHAN CLUB ISSUES INVITATIONS

Canton, Aug. 31. The Yuet Sau Club nt. Tung Shan are inviting entries for in ternational championship matches,

A. Crawford and Major Bonavia both singles and doubles, to boj held on their club courts com-(K.C.C.) beat Chan and Quek 6-4; mencing about the middle of next to Yatehin and Kwik 0-6.

beat Touw and Fletcher 6-1; lost

month, September, when all the best players in Canton are expect.

W. Peddle and R.S. Capell

ed to compete for prizes presented (K.C.C.) beat Chan and Quck 6-2; by prominent Chinese officials. to Yatshin and Kwik 5-7,

With Bodiker and Lal Kong- teun now at their best, some

should bo

In the following article, the editor excellent matches

Canada's seven victories in the European swimming events of "American Lawn Tennis" quotes a witnessed. Our Own Carrespon at the Empire Games places the Dominion clear above all other well known player of the past who dent. competing units. There was no question of luck attached to contends that present day tennia any of the successes, which were truly earned by outstanding players are weaklings in comparison superiority.

George Burleigh, the 100 yards equalled or eclipsed their home re freestyle winner, came through his cords. Then there is Miss Hard stiff ordeal in the style of a mastering, who won at Wembley with. AS craftsman, but, in my judgment, something in hand, only fractions the now Canadian discovery, Phyllis of a second outside her official trial. Dewar, was the outstanding figuro The three English sprinters among a constellation of stars. In were on a par at the Games with every race and final she stood out their official trials times, whiles as a stylist. Her gameness, too, K. T. Scott knocked sec. off his was unquestionable, and her effort trial effort. Why, even little 13- of 63sec, over a yards' lap in the year-old Margaret Gomm sliced 100 yards free-style final placed her 2sec, off her test. next in order of merit to the world champion, Willy Den Ouden.

came

New York, Aug. 31. Washington Senators another crapper against the New York Yankees to-day in an American League baseball

BATTING..

Walker (Notts) † Middlesok 111 McCabe (Australians)_ _*

Kent

108

jmatch.

Ponsford (Australiana)

Kent

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Glamorgan

Clay

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Burrey

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Cornford, J. (Burses) v

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Miss Dewar's performance in the The Giants also managed to 440 yards free-style stamped her as one of the best middle distance nose-out Brooklyn Dodgers. -

performers in the sport. Her A restricted programme in-stamina is also pronounced, as she cluded two matches in both of the hardly lost a second of pace in six s for 79 major leagues, the results of hard races held in the three days'

which, cabled by Reuter, follow.

7 for 95

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NATIONAL LEAGUE.

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Surrey's match with Glamorgan was confined to two and a half Innings. Glamorgan had first use of the wicket and totalled 178, P.. G. H. Fender capturing 8 wickets for 70 runs. Surrey came back with 220 in spite of Clay's fine bowling which earned him figures of 7 for 05. In their second innings the Welalimen scored 148 for 4 wickets.

KENT'S DECLARATION.

Kent and the Australiana drawi

Chicago........ 1

(Hartnott homered)

AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Washington

1

2

New York

(Lazzeri homered)

contests..

FULL STRENGTH NOT REVEALED.

The full sirenth of Canada was not revealed until the relays were held at the two last sessions, when Canada gained clear-cnt auccesses against strong opposition in the women's and men's free-style and medley relays, events which are the acid test of a country's strength in every branch of swimming.

Australia, with only four repre- sontatives to carry their colours in the swimming programine, fully justifled the long journey neross the retained (There were eleven innings): world when Noel Ryan

Chicago.

Pittsburgh

2 10

0

3 14

his titles in the 440 and 1,500 yards free-styles, and when Claire Dennis annexed the 200 yards breast-stroke,

at Canterbury, where an attractive HAMILTON GO NAP to break British record in the heat.

Airdrie's Unhappy Experience

and again reduco the time in the Anal

Scotland will, I think, be well satisfied with their trip across the Border. Wille: Francis won the back-strokotitle by sheer

past

fixture was wholly ruined by the weather. Kent'did not trouble to continue batting when a start was made yesterday and, declared at 21 for 2. The Australians replied with 197 for the loss of one wickot, McCabo contributing 108 and Ponsford 82 not out. They declar Hamillon Academicals were in many a lesson in tactics when he ed at this score and than very a great scoring mood to-day when came through to win the 200 yards nearly dismissed, Kent, before the they entertained Airdrie In a first breast-stroke primarily because he division match of the Scottish was the best Judge of pace in the Football League,

close.

London, Aug. 31.

The Hop county actually lost saven wickets for 74 runs, Fleet wood-Smith belug in very fine Hamilton pierced their oppon- form. He took 4 for 30,"

lent's defence five times without The results ohd Individual reply--Reuter, scores were cabled by Reuter,

Lancashire Sussex

Derby

Warwick

Yorkshiro Kent

Gloucester

Noth Burrey.

Lolcenter

Glamorgan

Hampshire Sofporset Worcester Northants

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE

race.

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ENGLAND'S 'SUCCESS..

England's one success the 100 yards back-stroke-was earned by swimmer who had the courage to specialise. If she had been so in- clined, it is highly probablo that Miss Harding could have secured a place in England's team as a free- style representative, but she took chance, concentrated on back-

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to those of a decade or so ago, and then submits that there are leading tennis players in the world to-day, equal to the Tildens and McLoughlins.

-or even

Are the players of to-day less able to stand the gaff than they were one, two three decades ago?· Or, to put it another way, could the pre- stand up sent generation against the hard bitten, net storming players of the past, who played through the season without any mollycoddling or stopping at the umpire's chair at the end of each game?

It is true that a number of over- Reas competitors falled to reproduce their trials in the Games, but the blame should not be laid down to

A First Ten man of more than the Wembley Pool. The loss of form by the South African, New twenty years ago is outspoken on Zealand, and Australian competitors the subject. "Why don't they go was largely due to the fact that to the net?" he asks. Upon my their period of training in London venturing to suggest they might was too short to allow them to be Pught. 4McLoughlin would consistently he hooted at get back to the penk of their form. (tho

Poland's Davis Cup Lead

WIN FIRST TWO MATCHES

London, Aug. 31.

have trimmed the pants off of them, or Williams, Johnston and Murray," he continued. "Could they have passed Vinny Richards consistent- ly? Not in a million years."

The old-timor also paid his res- pects to the players of to-day. who have to drop out of tournament play for a week every now and then. In his opinion there aren't any men who stand out of the ruck, as

beat Touw and Fletcher 6-4; lost

INDIAN, R.C. BEAT RECREIO. 'Playing`at_King's Park in the C.

Division of the Tennis League yes. (Continued on Pago:9.)

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THERE IS PERRY.

Where can you find his like now, Four countries started Davis he asked, and waited in vain for Cup matches to-day to decide an answer. Tildens are scared and which two should accompany likely to remain so. But, there is Germany and Holland into the defents in Paris there is not much Perry. If we pass by his two 1934 competition proper.

to mako allowance for. Fred

At Warsaw, Poland took a lead started just a year ago—after a of two singles against Greece, long period of in-an-outy tennis- while at Budapest, Hungary and to scale the heights; and he is now Yugoslavia shared the two open-on high Olympus. The amount of

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tennis he has played in the past three or four years is amazing, seems to thrive on it.

The English, Australian and

Hebda of Poland cally beat Stalios, the Grock player in the initial match of the day at War American champion does not do saw, winning in atraight acta with the loss of eight games, while things by halves. After a busy Tloczynski, Poland's londlug out a course that will take him to season at home he has now mapped ponent outplayed Zachos to win in the North American continent, three sets, conceding but three

where Ita stores aró layed by the amce.

waters of two great oceans; and then

on to Australia again his visit of less than a year ago

The scoren more!

Tloczynski (Poland) beat Zachos (Greece) 6-1, 6-0, 5-2

Hobda (Poland) beat Stallos bogins to dimi in memory. Predic (Greece) 6-3, 6-0, 7-5.

tions of a breakdown under the strain of continuous big tournament play have been freely made but. they come to naught.

STILL HAVE GIANTS.

At Budapest, after Straub had: 64.00 to score a success in the straight given Hungary the lead" with a 63.00 swimming. Maybe the lesson will comfortable victory over Pallada,

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If there wore glants in the early among the younger Funec of Yugoslavia outplayed century years they have not utterly Gabrowitz in a four sets match.. vanished. What the world lover Tho detalls in these, encounters occasions, who lifts his game when is, a man who rises to the great

Statements have been made that 4648 the water In the Empire 'Pool is 42,01 "heavy," and this accounted for a 41-19 number of disappointing perform- 26.92 ances. I do not agree with this 84:10 view. "One. has only to compare times returned in the Canadian tho

the need for lifting confronts him. Straub (Hungary) beat Yet we should be fair. If Perry la Pallada (Yugoslavia) 6-0, 6-3, lustis, as none will dany, he

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and Bousals in Paris and carried to beat five sets by Monzel and Wood at 6-2, Wimbledon. We have not yet. developed a race of prgulies; urada.

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