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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1995.

HELEN WILLS MOODY MAY REPRESENT AMERICA

MRS. HELEN WILLS-MOODY

RECORD GOLF FEAT

PERCY ALLISS WINS

SCOTTISH OPEN

IN TENNIS

CONTEST

Selection Is Tentative

U. S. WIGHTMAN

CUP TEAM

New York, June 16.

Mrs. Helen Wills Moody was to-day tentatively selected as one of the players for the United States Wightman Cup sqund, which will meet England's best at Forest Hills, New York, un August 16 and 17.

The other members of the American sqund who have been tentatively selected are Miss Helen Incobs, of Berkeley, California; Mes. Sarah Palfer Tubyna. Miss Carolin Bab cock, Mrs. Dorothy Andrus and Mrs.

Ethel Burkhardt Arnold.

The actual waming of the team will at take place until a week or so! prior to the international matches, Paited Press,

TO PLAY AT WIMBLEDON

Plymouth, May 19. Mrs. Hylori Wills Mondy, the famous Californien lawn Jenn player, wehn naded here to-day from the American1 London, June 19. Her Manhattan, told me that she will, Percy Allisa, of Beaconsfield, definitely play in the Wimbledon this year". Her Best Won the Scottish Open Golfchampionships

appearative there wag in 1983, ay* Championship at Gleneagles to-W. F. Sanderson. day with a record low aggregate score for a first class champion- "No matter what happens now," she.

įsaid, “I shall play this sumuner. ship. Alliss also created a new record in the final round.

For the four rounds Alliss took

a total of 273 strokes, which is a

1 an it again, for my back trouble has gose, and all need to know now is! my tennis form.

"I intend to go to Wimbledon tosi record low aggregate, while in the morrow to have a talk with Major final round he established a new Larcombe, of the All England Tennla course record with a 66,--Reuter | Club, and let him advise me, abonti Special.

minor tournaments in which I 'n play before Wimbledon,”

LAWN BOWLS TO-DAY

Last Year's Runners-Up

In Pairs To Play

Only two of the third round matches in the Open Pairs Lawn Bowls Championship will be de- cided this afternoon.

The more attractive of the two Bxtures will be that between the runners-up, W. K. Way and A. S. Gomes, and A. A. Razack and W. V. Field, the conquerors of J. Pruser and

played on the Taikoo It. C. green.

tuit her old form had gone she would} still play at Wimbleshin.

The above picture shows the other selected members of the U.S. Wightman Cup team. In the contre is Misr Helen Jacoba, America's No. 1 player: at top left a Mra. Sarah Palfrey-Fabyang button left is Mrs. Dorothy Andrus; top right is Miss Carolin Badcock and bottom right is Mrs. Ellol B. Arnold.

RAIN SPOILS CRICKET TEST MATCH

INTERESTING STRUGGLE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND TOURISTS

SOUTH AFRICANS ONLY CHANCE WAS TO PLAY FOR DRAW

(By R. Abbit)

for 14 runs. Even Verity, whom

T. T. MOTOR CYCLIST KILLED

REGAINS BOXING TITLE

JOHNNY KING IN COME-BACK

LEN HAMPSTON BEATEN

(By Geoffrey Simpson)

Baseball

Fixtures

Postponed

RAIN PREVENTS MATCHES

YANKEES WIN EASILY

New York, June 19.

Rain again interfered with the major Baseball Leaguo fixtures to-day although there was not the same complete washout as yesterday.

London, May 28. Defying the boxing tradition that a dethroned champion never In the National League Chicago comes back, Johnny King, the Cubs and Boston Braves were engaged 25-years-old Manchester boxer, in a double hender, the honours being regained the British bantam shared. The Braves were blanked weight title at Belle Vue, Man-t in the sevend game by pitcher chester, last night-a champion- There were no other matches in the ship be last held 15 months ago. National League, the postponements Cincinnati Batt and Brooklyn

Billy Lee.

He was given a hard and stubborn including n attle by his Yorkshire challenger, Len Hampstem, of Hatley, but though Dodgers. he finished dend tired as though he had been beset Troubles King

A clear was much points winner that the verdict was

donte hender between.

leville header by weight-mnking Tigers.

The New York Yankees Won * Crom the Detroll

Results of to-day's inutehos

neeeptable even to the thousands of called by Fruter follow: Yorkshireniete who had docked Manchester to cheer flampston.

Perhaps the visitors were content. In Chicago the knowledge that Hampston's Ume Boston will come as it surely will. This

| 20-years-old window-cleaner set such? Chicago

a cracking price and fraught with suchị Bostont fury that at one time he threatened.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

K. A. E.

7

0

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6

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10

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5

Billy Lee pitched for the Cubs),

to saree King out of the fight

A double header between Cincinnati AN OBSESSION

am Brooklyn Dodgers wWAS justponed on Berount of rain as also Lack of knowledge heat Hampston were the matches between Pittsburgh

STANLEY WOODSally, but if he could learn to Pirates and New York Giants, and use his left more and mul be St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphin obsessed by the power of his swing- Phillies,

WINS

IN LIGHTWEIGHT EVENT

ing right, he might well climb toj title heights.

King looked very pale and drawn!

AMERICAN LEAGUE

R. it.

and was not nearly so fast as usual.j New York

13 14

On this showing the bantam pound- Detroit

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0

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age cannot be easy for hini, and in

The clrcumstances he made a mústalic (Lou Gehrig scored a home run for

7 11 Q & 11 1

London, June 19. in so cheerfully joining insite, with a the Yankees and Melvin Fox and Gerald Walker scored for the Tigers). A wet night on Monday and further rain yesterday

The Light weight motorcycle strong, aggressive puncherr

He had to accept a great deal of New York prevented a ball from being bowled on the last day of the Tourist Trophy race over Isle of She added that even if she lost in first Test Match at Trent Bridge. It spoiled what pro-Man mountain course was won for tiring punishment, and not until the Detroit

time by Stanley Woods Heighth round, when he set himself to any of there tournaments and found mised to be a most interesting struggle. England, of

wws riding 2011 Hallan Guzzi femploy his undoubted boxing skill, did, (Crossetti and Chapman cach his average speedKing start winning the contest, scored a home run for the Giants course, could scarcely lose! But it was going to be very machine and

was 71.16 miles per hour. "I cannot tell you why I so sudden interesting to see if South Africa could save the game. ly made up my mind to come to firent] Britain. One afternoon, ten days are, The fall of Stedte's wicket on in my San Francisco home, 1 decided. Monday night had been a great the wicket should have suited well second at 70.67 miles per hour. It came over me like a flash.

one would have thought, only man- "Six hours later I had packed my blow to them, as he is their most

nged 11-18-52-3. Bowes got none the only tennis reliable batsman, trunks, grabbed

Shut had a slip-catch dropped while racquet I had and caught a train they were 147 runs behind, with Robins was expensive. He did from San Francisco to New York-- and here 1 am.

nine wickets to go. What they much better against them in the "I shall certainly have many more needed was an innings of abuut Middlesex match when they prob racquets, 15 or 20 in all, but had to noo and played over sufficient time ally took his measure. tuke that one as it brings me luck. My other racquets I bought in New to give England no more than an York, but I could not wait for their hour's batting at the end of the Our visitors-had the ill-luck to delivery.

The answer, I think, is that they fat us on an easy wicket. They did

EIGHT WEEKS' PRACTICE

But even

THE SOUTH AFRICANS

Hampston displayed sound tactics and Melvin Fox, Charlie Gehringer Tyrell Smith, on a Ridge, was

in fighting sa persistently for the and Greenberg scored for the body. With King's stamina in ques- Tigers). | Lim, that wag the quarter to ntinck. was The Yorkshire boy has an exceptional-j G. E. Nott, on a tudge,

ly wrong right, and after a few third at 69.37 miles per hour.

A New Imperial was fourth, a rounds King's ribs had reddened, and Rudge fifth, and an Excelsior he was blowing hard. sixth.

One competitor, D. J. Pirle, crashed during race and died of injurius.British Wireless.

day. Could they have done It? lose the toss and to have to bowl Favourites

A. Hyde Lny. This tnatch is being of my tennis form, but I know nothing had rolled out easy, it is just pos-line. If you take Wyatt's 1-49 about it. I have been practising for sible as their batting is pretty runs away from 384 it does not look such a good score! And The other fixture is between the only eight weeks as usual with men strong and the English bowlers Wratt was dropped by Tomlinson Craigengower pair, J. S. Landolt and players, one of whom was Mr. Howard.

had already bowled 117 overs (who, I think, came in for Bell) A. E. Contes and the Civil Servico. | KIBSON, not going to be easy to win among them the day before. On a before he hind scored.

Police combination, S. Eccleshall and J. Shepherd, on the Hongkong Electric R. C. green.

:

rough at Wimbledon this

Miss Dorothy Round is a great player could have avoided defeat.

year bad wicket i do not think they and has improved very much."

Mrs. Wills Moody certainly looks ng though she has fully, recovered from her serious back trouble.

Drake, the Arsenal centre-forward and Hampshire cricketer, has been operated on for hernin, and is making satisfactory progress. He hopes to replied: play cricket before the summer is

over.

Henry Tapping, a 23-year-old back, who has been with Manchester United for the past two seasons, has been transferred to Barnsley. The fee is said to be the highest Barnsley have ever paid for a player. -

Or

THE ENGLISH SIDE

I imagine that there can be very

THEIR BATSMEN

Washington Cleveland

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(Eart Averill scored a home run for the Indians). Washington

G 11 1 Cleveland

.... 10 17 3

TURNING POINT

Hampston had IL grand fourthi round, forcing his man all over thef (Trosky scored two home runs ring, and he won the next three by and Hale and Campbell hit one the same bustling tactics,

each for the Indians). Boston

8 171. It was then that King begun to St. Louis

5 10

nppreciate the situatim and to stand;

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his distance and wait for the York- (Solters scored two home runs shiren's rushes. Whep King stuck and Coleman one for the Browns). out his left, Hampston usually charged

Lose At Ascot

| the delivery of a splendid right hand

counter by Klug in round nine,

St. Louis

ROYAL HUNT CUP

-

WON BY PRIOK

Ascot, June 19, the Royal Hunt Cup

The following was the result meeting here to-duy:

1.

2

event.

of

at the

on to it, but the turning point was Boston

match between the

3 7 4

G 11

2

Philadelphia

He measured his opponent and then Rain caused the postponement of the let him have, a punch on the jaw Athletics aud Chicago Browns.

which not only took all the steam out!

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of Hampston but almost dropped him. King went from strength to strength after that. Taking chances with his dangerous rival, he out-scored him with a straight left and rarely allowed opportunity for a punishing right to pass.

Hampston was nearly out standing- up in the eleventh round, when he was worked into a corner, and his chin exposed for a punch into which King put everything he had.

TENNIS FOR TO-DAY

"C" Division

Fixtures

To Be Decided

C. B. A.

Kowloon C. C.

v,

South China

V.

Army T. C.

V.

Recreio

The South African fielding is said to be splendid, and this was indeed a bit of luck. It is not known at present why Bell was not playing.. but it is pretty certain I asked her future plans and she little criticism of the English side that he is either unwell, or injured, for this game. The selection of Vincent got three wickets and hase, travelled something like on Mitchell-Innes Is obviously at night ky or

Priok (Middleton), 93 to 1. 4,000|

Scattercash (E. Smith), 28 to 1. miles to play at Wimbledon, I can in the right direction; that is, of he had Monday's wicket on which

Lianarmon (Christle), 33 to 1. only tell you that I would rather giving promising cricketers early to bowl.

It in

Thirty-seven ran, a record for the play there than anywhere else in experience of Test cricket. the world,

unfortunate that he failed, and

"C" Division lawn tennis matches The race was won by length "I do not know what I shall do still more so that he dropped a

It was such an effort, in fact, that for to-day are, appended: The weakness of the batting with half a length between second in the remaining rounds King coald Kowloon Indians v. afterwards, whether I win or lose. catch. Bad catching had a lot to At the moment all I am interested in do with our defeats, or failures have a tail of four! England is Negro, we scratched, the rum-aggression. His vitality was waning University seems to be in the fact that they and third.

attempt little in the way of genuino Indian R. C. Faites-Vos-Jeux and is again playing on the centre court." to win, last season, and men who batting down to Robing at No. 9

can't catch most things will find it and her No. 10 is also a very use ners

out Chinese . C. ners, in addition to the three win-fast and he practically "boxed

time." being: Wychwood

Craigengower hard to get places on batting orful bat. Nor do I think that this (Jellins); Flamenco (Jones); Shining- Abbot bowling alone.

can be strengthened from the monor (Perryman): The Blue Boy It was most unfortunate that available unless Balaskas comes (Caralake); Badruddin (Fox): His SWIMMING Dennis Smith was on the injured into form. But down to No. 7 Reverence (Lane); Boethius (Nevett): list. Iddon, who took his place, every man is quite capable of make well); Almond Hill (Harry Wragg);

Bondsman (Benry); Pharian (Cald played against the Australians

century. Dudley Nourse Yaung Native (Rook); Dignitary I think at Leeds-last year but he falled, but there are four more (Gordon Richards); Guinea Gap hardly seems to be a likely Test Kames! player. Last season he finished tenth in the batting with an aver age of 62. In bowling he took less than 40 wickets for about 25 runs apiece.

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But the star selection was, of course, that of M. Nichols, of Essex. A very large number of critics thought that he ought to have been tried well out last year, but for some reason which I have never been able to fathom he never got a chance, though, if my memory serves me, ho was 12th man onco and then they brought in someone from outside!

THE ENGLISH BOWLING

L

(Lowrey); Canteener (Steve Donog- hue); Pepino (Wrickaby): Lawmak are quite as good a side as Eng-Mesa

To sum up, I do not think they er (Westan); Buckland (Nicholl);

(Sirelt); Ildalgo (Cli land, but if they do happen to have Richards);

Pink Wings (Dines); the fuck of the toss and the wicket Llanarmon (Christie); Priok (Middle- I should not be at all surprised ton): Banlaw (Hawcroft); Solden-

thol (Holms); Scattercash (E.) to see them win.

In this first game Smith); Hareni (Humphrey Ferator): we definitely had all the luck there Gallas (Lynch); Felton (Ryan) was going.

BOWLS AND TENNIS

Postponed On Account

Of Wet Grounds

Thermidor (Richardson): Colonel Gaunt (Sutherland); Master Vere (C. 3. Smirke); Pepino (11. Beasley); Golden Toll (M. Hunter); Hornacy Rise (W. Elliott); Monspal (Wing); Colonel Gaunt (D. Smith); British Quota (F. Hunter); Arabia (Evans); Bridgeflend (Cirtis).—Reuter.

Jack Hobbs, who is playing for Merton occasionally this sonson, played a characteristic lanings Ila justified his selection most, Several bowls matches in the Open Engainst Wimbledon at Wimbledon gallantly. He le ( speak subject Pairs Competition were arranged for Park on May 25, and scored 91 to correction) a shade under really yesterday, but on account of the wet before being bowled by H. M. fast, but does a little more with greens they were all postponed. Garland Wells. the ball and this, I imagino, en- abled him to make use of the dry fixtures suffered the same fate." The The "B" Division tennis League

ing plich on which Bowen met with match between the University and the Derby County put on their open-to- Randall, the only player whom no auccess at all. His figures of Civil Service C. C. at Pokfulam was transfer list, has been transferred to 23.6-9-86-6 were..amazingly-good, commoncod, but was abandoned Bristol City To bar played in 52 while he took the only wicket shortly afterwards on account of First Division games at outside-right which fell in the second innings, rain.

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