1935-05-28 — Page 20

THE

HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, MAY 28,

1935..

FORMIDABLE CIVIL SERVICE BOWLS PAIR BEATEN

DERBY

YANKEES'

CONTINUE BASEBALL

SUCCESS

COUNTY CRICKET TOP OF AMERICAN

TO WIN

CHAMPIONSHIP

YORKSHIRE ALSO

VICTORIOUS

London, May 27.

Derbyshire, Yorkshire

and

LEAGUE

WHITE SOX ARE

DISPLACED

New York, May 27. The New York Yankees have Worcestershire improved their at last qualified for the top posi- positions in the County Cricket tion of the American Baseball Championship by convincing vic-League, their victory against De- torics gained in matches which troit Tigers followed by the de- were brought to a close in two fent of Chicago White Sox, giving

them the necessary percentage. days.

Neither the Giants nor the Cubs Derbyshire, who are at present atį the top of the table, had Exsex as were engaged in the National League, their opponents at Brentwond, the the top positions thus being left un visitors winning by four wickets, altered. Bowlers held the upper bund stud when

Essex went to the wickets they natycalled by Reuter fallow: managed a total of 116 runs, Copson taking five for 29.

Eastman was in deadly form for

Sizing Earx and took five

3-4

wickets when Derbyshire were dia. had missed for 150. After Essex made 219, Derbyshire scored 18t for Look another Nix Bustman nix. wickets for 60 runs,

VERITY SHINES AT LEEDS Medley Verity, the Yorkshire and England bowler, and W. Barber, the Yorkshire batsman, were responsible for the comfortable victory secured Innich by the Northerners in their ngainst Sussex at Leeds,

When Yorkshire compiled the huge total of 421 runs Harber made 191 before dismissal and then Verity took Tour wickets for 16 runs to dismiss Sussex for 86. In the follow-on Guasex were all out for 212, they thus toning by an innings and 123 runs.

WORCESTERSHIRE VICTORY

Results of silay's matches

H

AMERICAN LEAGUE

A group of athletes from Wah Yan College who won the championship at the annual Inter-Scholastic Union Sports Meeting held at the Caroline Hill Stadium last week. (Photo: Ming Yunn).

R.

II.

E.

Chlenger

Philadelphon

[1

Detron

1

3

New York:

St. Laws Bett

S

11

R

3

(Brima scured a home on for the Browns)..

Cleveland

Washington

E

12 []

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Philadelphia

Tittaturgh

Boston

Cincinnati

11. #1

+

16

12

1

9

1

9

14

0

(Kam Pouris scored a home run for the Heds),

The tie between Brooklyn Dodgers and Chiengo Culis, was postponed on account of rain.

Woollam Wins Golf Championship

TIPPED TO WIN THE

DOUBLE

Hampshire entertained Worcester ubire at Southampton and were beaten by six.wickets in a low scoring_match, The match between New York The honts were dismissed for 136 Giants and St. Louis Cardinals

for 59 Howorth taking six while Worcestershire lost their Inst Was also postponed on account of land

mina,

wicket for 133 runs. Forks took Hix for 36 when Hampshire went to the wickets for their second innings which

rain.

BRITISH GOLF TITLES

A CINCH FOR LITTLE

former

realised but 97. With six wickets in BOBSLEIGH MAY NOT might as well spend the two

hand Hampshire knocked up 101 for victory-Router.

JOHNNY KING WINS

Bantamweight Bout

At Manchester

START

Pulls Up Lame After Trotting

weeks playing cricket!

HOW HE BEAT FIDDIAN

ENGLISH AMATEUR

CROWN

HOLLINWELL FINAL

J. Woollam beat E. W. Fiddian by 2 and 1 in the final of the Eng- lish amateur golf championship at Hollinwell on May 4.

A

Chicago, May 2.

Fhiding finished the first half of the Tommy Armour, Scottish-born match with a lend of three holes. The bugey of the course is a generous 77, American Open and it is indicative of the standard of champion, thinks that Lawson play in the firul lust Fiddian had a Little's rivals in England for the core of 81, while Woollam took 47. British Open and Amateur titles Rarely, if ever, has a worse exhibition seen in the final of a of golf hon championship. In the first ten holes the players hetween them had two 7's and four 6's. The golf was reminiscent of that seen in the 1983 final of the sume cimmpionship, when Woollam beat T. A. Bourne after a match in which neither player seemed able to keep the ball on the course.

first drive, Fiddian topped his which ran through a bunker, and he was fortunate to have the hole in 4. Wooltam took three putts at the next and was one down, and Fiddian should ever, took four feelde shots from just short of the green, and allowed Wool- lam to halve the hot in G. The match Lille has already won the British was squared at the third, where Fid- dian nude the same mistake. - Ench Amateur Championship.

player in turn threw away his chance. at the sixth, and eventually, after ni shocking dispiny, Fiddian wan it in 6 to Woollam's

"Anything can happen is a golf championship," he said, "but I think Little is a cinelt to sweep both British "And incidentally," championships." he added. "Bobby Jones thinks the same way about it."

Armour declared that there was not Bobsleigh pulled up very lumea weakness in Little's game, every after trotting this afternoon and shot in his bag was equally fine.have won the nest as well. He. how-

London, May 27.

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London, May 27. the prospects of it partaking in In

round boxing (the Epsom Derby to be run Afteen context nt Manchester for the June 5 are almost hopeless. British bantamweight champion- It is expected that its name will whip Johnny King, of Manchester, be missing when the final aceep- won against Len Hampston, of tors are announced on May 29 Leeds, on points.-Reuter.

Reuter.

Reuter.

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TEAMS TO MEET AT TENNIS

LUZ AND BEER

REVEAL

DEADLY FORM

CONVINCING WIN AT THE TAIKOO R. C.

SIMMONDS & DEAKIN OUTPLAYED

THROUGHOUT CONTEST

(By "Sagax")

A definite superiority, maintained throughout the game, gave R. F. Luz and H. Beer, of the Craigengower Cricket Club, a convincing victory in their Lawn Bowls Pairs Championship match at the Taikoo Recreation Club green yesterday afternoon against E. W. Simmonds and J. Deakin, of the Civil Service Cricket Club, who were beaten by 26 shots to 13 in the second round of the com- petition.

The two Civil Service C. C, re-p presentatives were so completely

out-played that it may truthfully DIANA

The said then they

were

indeed

fortunate to have reached double

figures in their score.

The superiority of the Craigen- |

FISHWICK

gower pair was more proud ELIMINATED

although

in the lealing thau in the skipping! of the partnerships Deakin was invariably inferior tu! Beer,

It was Laiz who was largely res ponsible for the combination's

TO-DAY'S LEAGUE victory for he was always more

MATCHES

that a match for his opposite number. There were few heads which Simmonds had the To-day's "A" Division Lawn Craigengower player beaten. Luz consistently was playing some Tennis League matches will see the two Chinese R. C. teams good bowls and more often than clashing at Causeway Bay, where not he lay two or three shots when nominally, the "B" team will be the skips went to deliver their

at home.

In their Brst maleh of the senson

woods.

The uncanny bowling of

Luz

NEWCASTLE GOLF SURPRISE

BRITISH WOMEN'S OPEN EVENT

London, May 27. The British Women's Golf Championship was started to-day at Newcastle, County Down. The biggest surprise of the the senior combination beat the Club made it extremely difficult for round was the defeat of the 1030 de Recreio "A" comfortably by seven Deakin to score and many were champion, Miss Diana Fishwick, by sets to two and the panlor six brought the occasions when he was direct-two up by the youngest competitor, off a creditable draw ngalist the Ined by his lend to open the head in the eighteen-year-old Irish girl, Miss dinn It, C. enmiination, which includes

the Rumjahn cousin, the Colony's order to give himself a chance of Charry Tiernan. doubles champions.

seeing the position better.

The Sookunpoo side will visit the Kowloon C. C. to-day and unless they find the Peninsula players of form, may not win more, than three sets.

The full programme for to-day is a follows:

v. Chinese "A"

Recreio "B"

Chinese "B" Craigengower U. S. R. C. Kowloon C. C.

".

Recreio "A"

V. Indian R. C.

CONSISTENCY OF WINNERS

Brst:

Other outstanding results were as follows:

Miss Mary Brown (Argentino) beat Miss Elsie Corlett by one up; Mlle. Even when the Civil Servico Francine Tollon (France) bent Mins and one to piny; Mre, Holm (holder) pair secured the count or when Grace Amory (America) by three up shot the Craigen- beat Mrs. Greenless by three up and they drew a gower pair were always lying the two to play.-Reuter. three, and very often four, next best woods.

During the earlier part of the game Beer was Inclined to be short Winning the next two holes, Wool with his deliveries but no, the Jam beenme one up for the first time match progressed he showed bet- a lead which he immediately lest and ter form and time and again drew never regained. The eighth was a brilliant shots. He wna atendier

curious hole. Fidilinn cut an iron than his opponent who, however, sent the next shot cut of hounds. He than a drive to break up the head. close to a boundary fence, and then was rarely left with much more

THE AMATEUR CUP.

holed a long putt for a 6, but it was of no use, as Woollum was down in . Fiddian squared at the short ninth with a 3, his opponent boing bunkered on the left.

GOLF BECOMES WORSE Each reached the turn in 42 as against a bogey of 38, an:l from this point Woollam's golft. become even worso. Twita he hit a tree at the tenth, and took an approximate 7 for the hole. Missing his second shot to the next hole he became two down. Woollam hit two find wooden club (Continued on Page 9.)

PRESENTATION TO-NIGHT

Farewell Gathering At Kowloon C.C.

open

On one occasion Deakin had four -successive drives but none Was

The committee in charge of the anywhere near the objective.

The Civil Service skip had some annual competitions have arranged no championship lawn bovis very fortunate shots with his matches for this afternoon, purposely, heavy deliveries and on at least because of the presentation which is two occasions saved a huge count to take place at the Kowloon C. C. by lying the shot from a wick. On this evening,

Those who might have forgotten of the 16th head after Beer, with his

the presentation are reminded that last wood, had taken out the first local bowlere in conjunction with the shot which Simmonds was lying, Hongkong Lawn Howls Association the Craigengower players were are presenting to Mr. Harry Hamp. lying five shots, but Deakin with ton, former Hon. Secretary of the one of his famous wicks tralled Hongkong Lawn Bowls Association, a the jack and secured the count. pocket watch in appreciation of From the outset Luz had his, the work he did during the past two opposite number beaten and the years.

Mr. II. Nish, President of the A- Craigengower pair took the lead noriation, will preside. It is hoped at the first head, where they that there will be a good turn out of scored two. A single and a bowling enthusiasts, at 7 o'clock this

(Continued on Page 9.)

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