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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY,

JUNE 17, 1935.

HOW CHAMPIONS LOST IN BRITISH AMATEUR GOLF

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SURPRISE DEFEATS IN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

ENGLAND

BATSMEN

BEWARE!

BRITISH OPEN TOURNAMENT

ST. ANNES LAST MONTH

AT

OBJECT LESSON AT LORD'S

NOTED PLAYERS BOW TO INEVITABLE. ON THE FIRST DAY

By Vagrant, at St. Annes

London, May 20.

Ross Somerville, John Woollam, Jack McLean, and Hector Thomson beaten in the first round! An astonish- ing day's play in the Amateur Championship which opened here to-day. The biggest surprise of all was very near this evening when the holder, Lawson Little, was taken to the 18th green by T. H. Parker, of Fairhaven, who, could he have holed one or two vital putts and taken his chances in the early stages, might have a much envied scalp to hang on his bag.

A lovely south-easterly wind was 1 making the outward half a long one. it was a wind that had not blown during practice al with ters not used

this,

in practice.

LOVELOCK

found many competititors puzzled IS BEST

and

MILER

BEATS RIVALS IN MEETING

INTERNATIONAL EVENT

The course, attacked by leather- jackets now happily repulsed, beari Barry sights of the title, there is, in fact, something macabre about. it, reminding one of some elderly beauty with her make-up sadly awry living on past glories.

me wit The halfer played shots and some poor ones--he misa. Not ed putts is under three feet. until the 10th did he really hit a short. drive then he was little The 10th is 340 yards. His seconds ¦

Parker. rarely found the screen. despite plenty of loral encourage- mont, was plainly, in the toils of the big occasion. After a gond re- covery from a bunker at the first, he missed the first of a series of holeable putts, which were to have a big bearing on the results. Little played a poor chip from the edge of the green, and a half in 4 start- ed a game which was always excit-ther tempered by a brisk breeze, and ing to watch. Little went out in was watched by a cruwd of 40,000.

It was one of the most thrilling 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 4, 6, 5, 3, and was then one up, being lucky to bule a putt race ever seen, and the title "Mile described it. of 7 feet to win the 9th, the ball, a Century" truly off the line, cammoning in off his though no record was broken. opponent's.

THE SHOT BUNKERED Little won the second and third, Parker missing a four-footer at the 2nd and missing his drive at far from running away

the next.

Princeton, Tune 15, J. E. Lovelock, the New Zealander, won the "Mile of the Century" race in four at the International Meeting here by secom, ten yar's from Bonthron minutes 11 and two-tenth Cunningham was third, half a yard behind Bouthron.

BOB WYATT

SUCCESS OF TWO TOURISTS

London, May 21,

To say that the match at Lord's between M.C.C. and the South Africans ended in a draw is, in itself, true; but it is a truth con- cealing another-that, on a pitch which lends aid to bowlers, South Vincent Africa have, two men, and Langton, who may overthrow

ENGLAND'S the full strength of England, if

TEST COLLAPSE

FOLLOWING GOOD START

WYATT COMPILES

MISS DOROTHY ROUND

AN EASY WIN

CRAIGENGOWER RINK QUALIFY

STRONG QUARTETTE SURVIVE IN BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIP

ELIMINATION OF KOWLOON' C. C. COMBINATION

(By "Sagax")

By playing a much more consistent standard of bowls than their opponents, Craigengower's strongest rink, con- sisting of J. Cavanagh, B. W. Bradbury, H. Beer and U.M. Omar, qualified for the third round of the Open Rinks Lawn Bowls Championship on the Club de Recreio green yesterday afternoon when they defeated a quartette from the Kowloon Cricket Club composed of H. Gittins, E. Kern, N. J. Bebbington and R. P. Phillips, eight There

Ahots without change, but he drew the first were

final scores, sbo with his second wood. difference in

WINNERS FALL AWAY ning by 25-17, stage

the game, the Kowloon

From the ninth head the Craigen- that a nevere trouncing seemed inclination to alackun down but it was stare for them. However, they re from this stage also that Gitling

they are lucky enough to catch England on a similar surface.. It must be remembered, too, that Tomlinson, an accomplished bowl- DOROTHY ROUND BEATS the Craigengower combination win-

er of leg-breaks and googlies, was not once called upon.

He went on

MISS STAMMERS

KENT TENNIS FINAL

of

only

the

but

ene

pinyers were so completely outplayed gower C. C. players showed an in-

ravered as the match progressed and although they were never a danger to their opponents they held their

own after the eighth head and re- dured a deficit of 16-2 to a final mur-

rin of right shats.

For the first eight heads the Cral

frum

Form

was howling with more accuracy and was causing the flomekong side con- stunt worry. He embled the side to scure several valuable shots and re- duce the defelt. Bebbington iso slawed a turn for the better and al- though he was not at the top of his he was sending down decidedly

heads.

useful woods thin; in the earlier Except for a few occasions Keen was never in the picture and wasted many woods. At the end of the lavour of the Cralgengower C. C. sistent heal the score was 19-14 in players, but a three gave the long- kong tenni a commanding lead again.

ister Gitting reproduced his best form In the Men's Doubles final, C. and reversed the position. It was and they eventually won by 25-17.

dendly who was proving the more

k of the leads during the latter part the game and but for his accuracy the Kowloon C. C. rink could never have crept to within eight shots of their opponents.

Tuckey and F. H. D. Wilde caused a sensation by defeating H. W. (Bunny) Austin and Fred Perry, the Davis Cup In the Men's Singles final, the players, in three sets, 6-4, 6-2, 7-5. Japanese ace, Yamagishi, defeated Collins 6-3, 6-1.-Render.

The day's play was confined to some 13 hours and twenty minutes. Dur- in that period these bowlers had 12 wickets for 150 runs, and 61 of thei were nude, or rather nequired, by Price, Vincent, with an action that is almost one af Shakespeare's more ediente sonnels, bowled from the

London, June 15. end. the slope helping his

gengower players, not combination, -spinners.

Miss Dorothy Round, the Wimbledon could in nothing wrong and were CENTURY

after Crisp who daily

imprese chumpion, anexed the Kent Cham vastly superior to their opponents, more had gent down 2 or 3 overs.

opposite Stamers, the British hard court pletely overshadowing his England made a fine start in the in twenty uvers Vincent bad 5 wickets inship by defeating Miss Katherine each of the Happy Valley men com-

number. champim. and conqueror of Mrs. numbe First Orial Test match with South for 47.

Cavanagh opened the first head At the other end Langton, though Helen Wills Moody, by straight sets. Afrin nt Tront Bridge on Saturday, scoring 118 for one wicket by lunch his funi analysis was loss overwhelm-6-2, 6-0 at Beckenham to-day. Miss with it toucher and was always lets time and 951 for the three wickets at in, was quite as difficult to play. Round only took half an hour for ter than fittins at the beginning but the ton interval, but a collapse then In future years, when the men af to her viclery. followed, and at the close of play lay have their faults overlooked, their Langton even wielcets were down for 354 runs, merits richly remembered,

among the The play before lunch was featured may well be spoken of

for the first great medium-paced right-handers. by a century stand

English captain. The cut it from the off, and he can hold wicket by 11. W. Sutcliffe and R. E. S. Ile can cut the ball from log, spin and air put on 118 runs before Sutcliffe back flighted delivery with con- Wyatt, the

sumninte deception. was dismissed far fi runs.

To return to Price. It was a gal Bob Wyntt went on to score 149

by the ant effort; an innings that contained runs before being caught

Africa captain Wade of some good honks and pretty late cuts, South

but I cannot member, in any class crisp. Together with M. Leylandi. of cricket, seeing a batsman who scored 69, Wynit established a dotedly pursed by Fortune, is record for the fourth wicket against survival in the Arzt half hour of play the Springboks by putting on runs, beating the previous record of was quite incredible, the edge of his 122 established during the 1895-6 hat revealing a resilience not usually

wood. armelated with mong

Nothing happenes in the morning, a The South African team was an den of talk and sawdust, 20 Walters 162201 Price went to the up before the math as Caner wicked. The weather was fine, bu 11. F. Wade (captain), 1. B. Cainly very cool, with halon, it. J. Crisp, A. B. Langton. B.

Crisp breeze.

whose first slip Mitchell, A. D. Nourse, E. Rowan,

Lielson, K. C. Villeen deep, the other four in a pronounced are, was at the Nursery end: Langton, with

inkl-wicket a silly point, silly.

nd non- and silly mid-on (otherwise no

Walters hit Crisp for 3 to mid-| sense at all), was at the other. wicket. Siedle, parauing the ball, on he tregeherous surface, like one who runs in a dream, Langton once hear,

The race was run in sizzling wen;

From the firing of the gun, Man-tour. gan, the American three-quarter mile record holder, shot into the lead with- Lavelock fourth. Halfway round the

Lovelock lap

went into first pince. Meanwhile Cunningham taken the least, with Mangan second.

Before the end of the first

in, Mangan bund

position, running

with the game then, Little bunker- 1 Jock gol but aswood back, and Love, und C. L. Vincent.

remaining longer

with

139

The omission of A.J. Bell caused n successful bowler to date. surprise, as he has been their most

WR8

more

Rain Causes

Baseball Tie

To Be Called

DOUBLE HEADER

INTERRUPTED

INDIANS WIN' TWO GAMES

New York, June 17. Rain prevented a double header from being played at Chicago to

Lawn Bowls. Championship Fixtures

SEVEN MATCHES

BRADBURY IN FORM Throughout the match Bradbury maintained a high standard of bowl- ing although there were not a fow censions when he was inclined to be short but the opposition he re- ceived from Kern was so wenk that he easily carried if the hangers of the position. He bad his "green" down to perfection each time and only

Seven matches in the Second spoiled his standard with his short shots. When he was not short he Round of the Open Singles Lawn was well on the jack and constantly Bowls Championship are due to drew shots to make the work of both be played this afternoon. Beer and Omar much lighter than it There are a couple of interesting

would otherwise have been.

FOR TO-DAY

In the beginning of the game all matches, the principal attraction that Beer and Oise were required to being that between E, el Arculli... Ro was to send down blockers and pre-and D. Rumjahn, Inst year's final- vent

dantage

being caused byist. This game will be played on Bebbington or

Phillips and both the the Civil Service C. C. green. Craigengower's last two men were One of last year's semi-finalists, egal to the occasion, They were V. Petherick, of the Kowloon Bow-

als

any

drawing shots when necessary ling Green Club, is to meet A. A.

had

was out. Then Vincent relieved Crisp day when the New York Yankees "ut oth Bebbington and Phillips Razuck, of the Crafgengower. C. C.....

M.

red.

Of the Kowloon C. C. players on the Hongkong Football Club The full programme is as fol- were to have met the Red Sox in Phillips was the mod consistent of green. The two teams had started on possibility resting too heavily on his lows: the American Baseball League. the four hut he found the res- their first match of the double shoulders. The and again he saved E. ad Arcol header but rain fell and it had to shots but it was too much to expect. J. J be abandoned in the last half of ie man to carry three players who

of them on the next green auttamiing. Bonthron with a gallant! RATE), W. E. Bowes (York-cat was observed to be munching about the fourth innings. The Yankees were not always giving him the best 6. E. P. Thỏmpenn found him so far from convalescent The first lap was covered in 019 on the 8th that he pushed a littleeconds, the second inp in two minutes (Essex) and J. Iddon (Lancashiresket. It was suggested that White, the were then leading by eight runs support, except, has been stated, |

third tap in 3

P. E. Knight

W. K. Why

D. Rumjahn

(CW Servier C. C. Green)

. . . Gomes (Thikon R. G. Green)

v. W. Glendinning *Club de Secreio Green)

V. J. McKelvi (Kowkon B. G, G. Green)

J. Krosut Kowloon Dock Green)

v. J. CATanagh Kowloon C C. Green)

A. A. Barack (liongkong F. C. Green)

ed his tee shot to the fourth and with a fine ensy style at Cunning- got poorly out, and, in the left-to-han's bres. Bonthron was third, and right wind, at the shirt fifth he this order was maintained through-

The English team was as expčeted, -held his tee shot up too much and out the second lap. found the deep bunker and the

At the start of the third lap, Bon except that idon, of Lancashire, maich was square.

thron appeared to tire and started to replaced D. Smith, of Derbyshire, who

i on the injured list. inn Peebles bowled Walters, who was trying &

dropped liaristaf Parker, in a state of indecision drop back. about his club for the second to The crowd roared when Lovelock, twelfth man. The team is as follows: Prier snicked both bowlers for runs the next, took wood and played a who was still behind Cunningham, R. E. S. Wyatt Warwickshire) cap and once cut Langton late and at

rounded the final tain, R. W. V. Robbins (Middlesex), tructively for three. par one. Little played a better suddenly as he

Cunningham's N. S. Mitchell-lunes (Oxford Univer- AFTER LEATHER-JACKETS? darted round curve Recond at last and got the four.

him almost Jeft right side, and

11. Sateliffe, (Yorkshire), sity),

Verity The missed putt virus attacked both

(Yorkshire), H.

About this tice a handsome black Jast

minute burst of seed flashed

when Gittins recovered from a bad Little.into the second place,

shire), W. Hammond (Gloucester.

start, shire), I.. Ames (Kent), 31. S. Nichols field near Dalton at deep mid-wie-

is growlsman, hal trained it to track to love.

During the first five heads the Cleveland Indians won a double The following report of the play in and delete the few remaining leather-

heater from Boston Red Sox, while Craigengower four registered a total. Duneak Jackets, sabled by Reuters

A crowd of 2,000 was present at Price hocked Vincent for four, and in the National League the Cin-of ten shots against one scored byv. Petherick" the start of the match, which was Walters hit Langton high and straight einupti Reds and Boston Braves their opponents, This was chalked up by Phillips on the second head when 17 favoured by fine weather and a arm to the boundary, but when 30, was broke even in their double header: Bradbury lay the hot and Beer sent

A. E. Keeping, the Fulham left- wicket likely to be fast.

W to

Results of today's matches as down two perfect blurkers. Phillips Vincent. Bob Wyatt won the toss, and him-b.w.

played heavily on a hunch of his own back, is next summer to marry a This exit was closely followed by a cabled by center follow: Bself opened the English innings with

NATIONAL LEAGUE.

met when in woods

and promoted one to secure the Swedish Indy he Sutclife, the pair putting on mine procession of two. Wyatt, afer sus- three appeals for Lb.w, from taining

Stockholm two years ago with the count. Bruns in fen minutes, Sutcliffe scoring Langtus, finand the fourth less con-

At the end of the eighth head the Fulham F. C. Writing from five to Wyatt's threr.

Happy Valley men were leading by Stockholm, he says that West Ham, Sor 118

The pitch gave no assistance to the renin-a beautiful ball. Hendren- St. Louis

great player out of luck was New York

1-2 Again the count secured by the who are on tour there, have not a delightful chip. Though Little (Sutcliffe); for 170

(Hammond); bowlers, and Crisp, Langtor, Vincent,

Kowloon C. C. rink was scored by played the little pitch back bigh (Watt); 5 for 125 (Leyland): 6 for once the batsmen had settled down,side of a good hit-75-1-0. Hu and Melvin Ott hit one for the Phillips when Omar's four were ly played as well as they can play, but missed the green at the 12th leg for 170 Mitchell-Innes); 1 for 304, and Tomlinson made no impression brilliantly caught close on the leg

The detailed score is appended: man was gay, adventurous, and apGiants)..

ing three. With his first waad Phil- that Swedish people regard young lips, with a drive, sent the jack to Morton as the best winger they

the ditch, have ever seen, within a few inches of

one out, and again Parker was on 6.7 seçoals and the

minutes 8.3 seconds.-Reuter. terms with bit.

Both missed the green, too, at

the 9th, but Parker was bunkered. 1. Ames, Viljoen, b Vincent Little wasn't, and champion's luck. Iddon. e Rowan, b Vincent.

the M. Nichols, not out. him the end. AL gave cleventh we saw the real Little-

a glorious drive, a second thumped home 11 yards past, and the putt holed for 3 with Parker dead from

Extoma

Total Hor 7 wickets)

wickets! 1 Full f

in the air and the ball hit the turf th. (Ame; 7 for 384 (Tddon).

to finish dend.

Then Parker came back at him.

missing a banker to find the 14th green and winning the hole in four Crisp after Little had so seriously mis-agon judged his second as to be over Tomlinson the green over the fifteenth tee Mitchell

(Continued on Page 9.)

Vincent

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Bowling Analysis

ENGLAND, IST INNINGS

W.

R.

49

117

181

38

N. 5. Mitchell-bars, 1.b.w..

Mitchell

I. W. SutclifTe, 1.b.r., Langton 61 R. E. S.. Wyatt, e Wade, is Crisp 1 W. Hammond, b.w. Vincent 28

40

60

M. Leyland, e Mitchell, Crisp -Reuter. (Continned on Previous Coloan).

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hit Langton twice for straight. gave a very sharp and Brooklyn painful) chance to mid-on. gent up Pittsburgh

Hastin, Allen and Joe Moore the hundred with a single to cover Philadelphia point, and ran four, runs, off a fate:

scored home runs for the Phillies). eut, in somewhere near level time.

7 10 2 Price reached his 50 at four o'clock, Cincinnati

6 11 with a boundary to long-leg off Vin Boston cent, then lost Human, snapped up in! the gulley.

Hotos was not comfortable, though he opened his score with a hook for four of Langton. At 123 Price was out in the same way as Haman.

WICKETS TUMBLE

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(Wallie Berger and Whitney scored home runs for the Braves). Cincinnati Boston

4 7

12 3 15

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(Goodman, Byrd and Lombardi| I scored home runs for the Braves).

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Robins, with his quick feet and sweeping forward stroke, provided Boston brief entertainment before playing Cleveland .....

from

inside one

Langton. Brow,

R. II. E.

0 1 2

4 10 0

(Melhander pitched for.the Reds

almost as soon as he arrived, rushed for whom Earl Averill scored a down the pitch to run one for Holmes, home run).

and was sent scuttling back-just in

time. Vincent then bent Holmes with Boston

a leg-spinner. Feebies arrived, had Cleveland

3 11

0

9 15

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one ball, then accompanied the rest (Car! Reynolds scored a home

in to ten, the total being 135 for eight run for the Red Sox). wickets,

After the Interval Peebles hit Vin- St. Louis

Washington

17 21 0 8 11 3

cent for one cracking four to long-off,

(Dean scored a home run for

before being very well caught by

Siedle

off a ballooner towards mid-on. the Senators and Solters for the Baxter set out to save the follow-on Browns),

in uno stroke, but missed.

Washington

13 2 10 12 The

second innings of

St. Louis. M.C.C. was

(Coleman scored a home run for intereating just for a few minutes, when both Walters and Price had the Browns.

6

13- 17

2 0.

reme for 12 rony. Thore was then Philadelphia' less than an hour left for play, and Detroit

(Ray Johnson scored a home run though Hudson was bowled, Hendron and Wyatt, if apprehensive, saw to it that there should be no further disas for the Athletics and Charlie ter, and the stumps were drawn at Gohringer and Groenborg scored aix o'clock.

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