1935-05-02 — Page 8

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, May

1935.

SIRDAR RUMJAHN WINS FOURTH TENNIS CROWN

Sirdar Rumjan making ona of his typical back hand strokes. In his match against G. R. M. Ricketts in the lawn tennis singles final yesterday. (Photo: Mee Cheung).

Penultimate Matches In English Soccer

BOLTON WANDERERS' BID FOR PROMOTION STRONGER

London, May 1.

MATCH THAT WAS MEDIOCRE

IMPRESSIVE TENNIS BY

THE WINNER

STRAIGHT SETS VICTORY IN

SINGLES FINAL

(By "Sazax")

G. R. M. Rickatla is shown here in the match on the Hongkang Cricket Club Court yesterday agains! 5. A. Rumjaha. (Photo:

Ma Cheung)

Never has S. A. Rumjahn opened in such an uncertain manner in a singles final in the local tennis tournament as he did yesterday when he lost his first service game by four consecutive double faults in his match against G. R. M. Kowloon

Tennis At

Ricketts, whom he beat in straight sets to secure his third crown in four years and his fourth Cricket

title since he first entered for these annuall competitions.

For a player of his standard Rumjaha's service has always Even though the championships of the various been atrociously weak and he English football leagues have already been decided has never been able to utilise it

several matches played to-day had quite an important as a weapon of attack but spec- bearing on the relative positions of the teams concerned.

Four teams in the upper half of the First Division were engaged but both premier places have already been decided and except for the Wednesday's and Grimsby's advance to slightly higher positions the results were without significance.

It was in the Second Division that

had the to-day'n matches

most Important bearing on a team's status. Holton were engaged against Brent- Lord,

already who have

won the title, and, by a two-goal victory at Burden Park, Bolton, are now one point ahead of West Ham. If they can manage to draw with Blackpool at Blackpool on Saturday they are nsured of promotion.

Gillingham male their position in the Third Division, (South) safe by drawing at Luton Southend and Newport will now have to apply for re-election next season.

Reading suffered a serious reveras against Southend at Kuranal whyre they went down by six goals to one. The runners-up honours of the South- -ern-Section of the Third-Division-now-

remain

very open with Reading. Coventry and Luton all with practi- cally equal chances, although the first named icam have a point in hand.

The

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FIRST DIVISION

Evarton Grimsby

2 Wednesday

2

3. West Brom.

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Sunderland Wedrenday

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SECOND DIVISION

Bolton

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THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH).

tators were dumbfounded when he served four consecutive double faults in his opening service game. Actually he served five "doubles" before he recovered from his temporary lapse.

ENGLISH GOLF SURPRISES

In all other departments of the WALKER CUP MEN

game Rumjahn

showed a Hu- periority over his opponent and except for one brief period during which Kleketts won five of the first seven games in the third set, Rum- jaho was able to dietate terms for at Kreater part of the match. He was playing vastly superior tennis during the rlosing stages when he turned a score of 5-2 into one of 75 which gave him the set in

match.

90 17 30 Taken on the whole the nutch 9 47 65 was not of as high a standard ng 78054 have been other finals in the past F456 4 but there were frequent periods of brilliance during which players in turn excelled as the master mind. Rumjahn was the stendier of the two and because of his greater experience and superior stroke pro duction he was able to wear down his opponent, forcing him to commit errors or make Inferior returna which were instantly tucked away in some.corner of the court.

Aldershot Luton Southend Swindon

1 Clapton O.

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2 Gillingha

2

6 Ronding

0 Coventry

0

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THIRD DIVISION (NORTH)

Darlington

1 Mansfield

full results

cabled by Naveport Reuter are appended together with the records of those teams whose positions have been affected by the results:

40 2013 84 48

19 11 10

10 10 12

RICKETTS THE MORE ACTIVE

the

Kumjaha always selected right moment in which to force

6 the pace and when he took the 4744 initiative in a rally he followed up

31 any advantage gained without re- laxation and brought off a timely kill whenever the opportunity offer- ed. He maintained સ perfect (Continued on Page 9.)

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Club

PROGRAMME FOR

WEEK-END

The annual Kowloon Cricket Club lawn tennis tournaments will bo continued during the coming week- end when several more' matches are

to be played.

On Saturday, starting at 4:30 p.m., three games in the Ladies' Doubles will be decided while on Sunday Mon's Doubles and Mixed Doubles ttes will be played off.

The programme for the two days. is appended:

SATURDAY

Miss Mackenzie and Mrs. Fancy v. Mrs. Hooper and Mrs. Dinnen.'

Mr. Stokes and Mrs. Borner y. Mrs. Blandford and Miss N.

Banker.

London, May 1 There were some surprising defeats in the third round of the English Amateur Golf Champion- ship at Hollinwell to-day.

Sutherland of Landbrook Park beat! Miss O. Dalziel and Miss S. Walker Cup player, Lister Dalziel v. Miss Grimths and Mrs. toy, of Royal St. George's at the Hosford. 23rd hole.

Thompson, of Aldeburgh, against John de Ferest, of Adilington,

W. C. Hung and F. Grose v. former British Amateur Champion,) by Ave up and four to play,

G. C. Barnett and E. Goodwin. Another Walker Cup player wast eliminated when Piper, of Sleaford,

Starting at 4.30 p.m. beat Bentley by three up and two toy. D. S. Green and Mins Griffiths,

V. II. Freeman and Mrs. Hosford play.

won

Stanley Lunt (the holder), Eric

SUNDAY

Starting at 3 p.m.

A. E. Perry and W. Orr v. L.

Fidden and Cyril Tolley, a former Jack and W. M. Gittins. British Amateur Champion, all won

W. C. Hung and Mrs. Flneber v.. their third round matches,Reuter, G. C. Burnett and Miss O. Dalziel.

BASEBALL CLUB'S STRENGTH

PHILLIES ARE DARK HORSES

OUR NEW

FEATURE FOR

BASEBALL FANS

BASEBALL

AMERICA

WEATHER HOLDS UPGAMES

SEVERAL TIES, POSTPONED

CLUB RECEIVE SET-BACK

LOSE VALUABLE POINTS

LOCAL FOOTBALL HONOURS

(By "Signx")

If South China "A" had been barred from participation in the local Football League, the in- terest in the championship hon ours would have been sustained until the final matches are played during the next week. But South Chine "A" had just as much right to enter as any other team and their enormous super- iority over the other terms was, to those other teams, junfor- tunate.

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Long. balore the season had devo- loped into its Anal stages the Chinese alde had won the championship and left fans and the other teams" with nothing more than the minor position with which to interest themselves. And the fight for second place has been full of uncertainty throughout And even to-day there is doubt an to which club eventually secures the lostones

Yesterday's matches made matters. more complicated than over and the defeat of the Club, followed by vic- tories by both the Police and the Club tic Recrolo again brought all three tonnia back into favour. The Club, who were beaten by the Navy by

New York, May 1.. ball leagues were postponed to-day on three geals to one, were out played

Several matches in the major base

account of the weather. Two fixtures and if they lose again to-day they in the National League played owing to the cold while one in of finishing second.

were not will surrender practically all chances

the American could not be decided on nesount of rain.

The Results as cabled by Reuter follow;

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Washington New York Chicago Cleveland

R.

E.

10

2

7

8

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11 11

(Earl Averill and Hal. Trotsky homered for the Indians), Boston:.

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12

2 * -

Palladelphia

(Roy Johnson homered for the Red and Jimmy Foxx for the Athletics).

Ruin prevented the match between Detroit and St. Louis from being played.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Bartell

It.

II.

E.

B

. 11

1

New York Brooklyn

3 7 3 and Melvin Ott (Diek homered for the Glants and Lonnie Frey and Dan Taylor scored for the Dodgers).

St. Louis Cincinnati

2

The Police are now only one polab behind the Club and they have ono game in hand. They met the Royal Welch Fusillery and were without the services of several of their re- gular players. Perkins is still away. on the injured list, suffering from à I damaged shoulder received during the Shield Final while Johnstone, Chris Pile and Parker woro also ab sentees.

The Club de Recreio mude several positional changes in the team against the Chinese Athletic and the re-in- troduction of Marques in goal made a lot of difference to the side, The Portuguese were able to reverse last Sunday's decision and they are now one point behind the H.K, Club with two more matches to

Ko.

··

As intimated earlier in the weak the clubs interested in the runners- up position have a heavy programme on hand and following yesterday's games both the Club and the Polize Are due to play-to-day while tho Club will also be engaged on Saturday and the Police again on Sunday.

RACING AT HOME

(Jen Medwick homered for the Two Thousand Guineas

Cardinals).

Owing to the cold the matches be- tween Pittsburgh and Chiengo and Philadelphia anil Bonton were post- poned.

pionship in the accond half, and the Phillies in 1933. Only three win the pennant is the playoff," of the 32 athletes assembled at O'Rourke told Gerry Nuget, presi- this beautiful resort wore Phillies dent of the Philadelphia club, and when Wilson assumed the manage- Wilson,

OUTFIT IMPROVED .THIS YEAR.

This they did, and Galvestonment of the club. Only 10 were gave New Orleans of the Southern

in camp a year ago.

Perennial baseball doormats Winter Haven, Fla., Apr. 30. bowing in the Dixie series.

Association quite a battle before need pilots like Wilson. Jimmy Jimmy Wilson professes to believe that he is like a fellow

(Continued on Page 9.)

hiding in a dark alley with a big club, waiting for the town bully to come along.

Heretofore, "We won't finish loat," was considered an optimis- tle statement on the part of a manager of the Philadelphia Na- tionals, but Wilson isn't that type.

stand 6 feet or more. Bivin is 24 Bivín, Gumbert, and Jorgens years of age, Gumbert 21, and Jorgens 25.

Blvin won 20 games for Gaivos- ton, Gumbert 19, and Jorgens, who Is a brother of Arndt Jorgena, the Yankee catcher, 14.

MIGHTY MOUND STAFF-

In addition to this trio, the "I know other managers don't Phillies have Curt Davis, who think much of our club, but I'm go bagged 10 games in his major ing to show them a dark horse with league how with a seventh-place plenty of foot," says the raven-nggregation last season; Shuftin' haired Wilson.

Phil Collins, who copped 13; Snipe "Deals have improved an outfit Hanaen, a southpaw coming into that was tough to beat in the clos- his own; the veteran Sylvester Ing weeks of 1984. I've 10 good Johnson; Joe Bowman, who show- pitchers. There are harder hit ed flashes of fine form with the ting Infielders than Johnny Vor- Giants in 1934; Euel Moore, the Koz and Blondy Ryan, who came Oklahoma Indian who has de from the Giants in the Dick Bar-monstrated that he can win, and toll tansaction, but I like their Johnny Pezzullo, a left-hander spirit."

who grabbed 16 games for. Rich- The chest of Patay O'Rourke, a mond and two for Nashville laat little red-faced Irish scout, who season. spent his basoball life as a minor Wilson, one of the game's groat- league infielder and manager, catchers for a dozen years com- awells with pride na Wilson sponka rares Davis with Grover Cleveland of his pitchers.

Alexander. Last season Davis Wilson asserts that the purchase made baschall men wonder why he of Jim Bivin, Harry Gumbert, and lingered in the Pacific Const Orville Jorgens, all right-handers, League so long. from Galveston last July is going The Phils' catching is second to to make selection of a starting nono in either lengue, with" Al quartet quite a problém.

Todd, the giant of Troy, N.. Y

Galveston was in fourth place in dividing the assigonient with the first half of the Texas League Wilson Todd, much sought by season when Scant O'Rourke re- Pittsburgh and other clubs dur commended that they be bought. ing the winter, hit :818 in 1984;

"Bivin, Gumbert, and Jorgons will pitch Galveston to the cham

Wilson has proved quite a David Harum since taking command of

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