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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1935.

BOWLS PAIRS RUNNERS-UP GIVE POOR DISPLAY

MATCH WITH Baseball

DUNCANS

UNFINISHED

WELL BEHIND ON TWELVE HEADS

SIX CONCEDED ON LAST END

(By "Sugar"}

In striking contrast to the bril- liant bowls match on the previous day, the contest yesterday on the Kowloon Dock R.C. green be tween the runners-up, W. K. Way

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Setback

For Tigers DETROIT LOSE TO

SENATORS

HIGH SCORING MATCH

New York, July 10.

The Detroit Tigers received a temporary setback to their re cent recovery in the American Baseball League.

The Browns to-day beat the Athletics and the Red Sus won from The White Sox.

To lay they met the Senators and were beaten by twelve runs to eleven, they thus suffering their first defeat since June 28 when they went down to St. Louis Browns and A. 5. Gomes, and the Kowy nine runs to three. loon Bowling Green pair, L. A. R. Duncan and R. Duncan, was one of the worst matches in which such prominent exponents of the game have figured, particularly as the match was played in the quarter-final round of the Pairs Competition.

-A shower during the middle of the game used an adjmurament !

in the National League, the Giants won easily from the Pirates while the Cubs beat the Braves,

The results of today's matches, as cabled by Reuter, follow:

NATIONAL LEAGUE.

and immediately after the rain had New York cleared away and the interrupted Pittsburgh heal concluded it was decided to i

postpone the match until next!

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by 16-6 on the twelfth head.

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Gomes play for the first time yea Philadelphia terday they would never believe that the pair reached the final last year or that the game was in such an advanced stage as the quarter final. Neither of the runners-up played in anything like his bel form and had the match been fin- ished there seems little doubt that they would have been henten as their opponents were always a shade the better combination.

The younger Duncan WIN the pick of the four and was constantly out-playing Way whose deliveries were more often than not too short to be of any use to his skip. The number of occasions that Way} really showed true form could be counted on one hand.

L. A. R. Duncan was erratic at times but as compensation for some very wide woods he was resting the jack more often than any other

player. He made matters easy for his father but the skip could not Luke full advantage of the positions crented. Duncan senior

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tainly brought off some clever shots | at times but on quite a few ocen alons he was lucky to draw shots with the help of wicks. On one! bend his wood wicked off three woods before laying the shot.

Gemes had a diffeult task to per- form but he was rarely equal to the occasion and seldom proved danger ous as a skip.

The runners-up were trailing be- hind throughout the twelve heads and were led by 6-1 after the sixth but they were only one shut behind A two on the tenth on the ninth. by the Duncans was followed by single and then a six on the last head before the adjournment.

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Detroit Washington

(Charley Gehringer scored home run for the Tigers).

The match between Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees was postponed on account of rain.

CHINA'S

NET STARS IN U. S.

ELIMINATED FROM COMPETITION

KHO SIN-KIE AND L. CARSON

Harold Larwood, who has intimated that he does not desire to be con. sidered for representative cricket in

Future.

Interporters To Clash To-day

MEN OF MARK

FRUITFUL COMPARISON

OF CRICKETERS

PLAYERS OLD & NEW

London, June 16. The twilight of a county cric- longer keter's playing life no begins with the inte thirties. At the moment a strong side could be selected from men of over forty, and some of them would

William Voce, the Notts bowler, who line also announced his retiro. ment from representative cricket.

be in the shadow of the fifties, AMATEURISM

writes "Watchman" in the forn

mg Post. Mead at the age of

forty-cight has a lordly looking IN SPORT

average; Woolley, only two

months his junior, is still hitting DEFINED

scen

of A MEETING HELD

IN BRUSSELS

of

RULING FINALLY ARRIVED AT

a mer-

gay boundaries; Hendren, who has turned forty-six was rescuing Middlesex the other day, and equally late in life Freeman

his crop continues to take

all conditions wickets on pitches. Indeed, we have grown so accustomed to the success of the veterans that men of thirty

of as "promising, are spoken and when a youth in the early twenties leaps to the front his case is regarded as phenomenal.

London, June 18, So gravely has ago come to be

"An Amateur is one who indulges respected that the selection for the first Test match of N. S.in sport solely on nereunt of his Mitchell-Innes, born as recently love of sport, and for his amuse- as 1914, was received with some ment, without wishing in head-shaking and mutteringscenary spirit, to draw from any about “lack of experience."

port any suin, either direct or fa- Experience the presence of it direct. Each international Federa or the alleged need of it-has betion is to regulate and control the come one of cricket's fetishes, red-application of this fundamental

principle." herrings, and scape-goats. As a matter of history there have been This was the ruling finally ar players with less judgment after rived at by the official representa- sixteen international ten years of county cricket than tives of others who have appeared in only federations, and "observers" from half a dozen matches, When the three others, who have been meet- pust right kind of method and the neces-ing in Brussels since May 11 to The entire list of matches poned from Inst Thursday will be anry physical qualities are combin-consider the report of the special played off to-day in the Lawn Bowlsed with a strong nerve and a clear committee set up after the Paris Championship, and this comprises ahead the possessor thereof is better congress to define the status of an

fixtures in the armed to face a Test match ordeal amateur, programme of five third round of the Singles event,

Int the beginning of his career than The delegates, who represented all kinds of sports, passed the fol RD DA NA13 IRENE ZASTRENTELISĖS PLOT:178910113mlowing resolution:

"The congress hopes to see all ANOTHER TEST international federations suppress The CHANGE

money prizes for amateurs. congress hopes that instructors, supervisors, professors, etc. who receive salaries should no longer be considered by any international sports federation as being amateurs in the sport which they teach.

SINGLES BOWLS

MATCHES

The outstanding match of the list is that between the two Interporters, J. V. Ramany, of the Kowloon Docks, and U. M. Omar, of the Craigengower C. C.

The full programme is as follows:

J. Y. Basav

U. M. Omar "(Club de Beerela Greva)

J. K. Skan

v. Arcull (Talco R. P. Green)

17. W. D. Mankell

R. Dawn

32. V. An

v. G. N. Mitchell

Call Server C. C. Green)

v. A. O. Brown

Thumbon Dork fireen)

́9 R A. Alver Craigenger C. C. Greni

CAMBRIDGE WINS

ANNUAL CRICKET MATCH

Chicago, B., July G. Both China entrants in the Tenth Western Tennis Champion-{ ships were eliminated in quarter- final play to-day. Kho Sin-kie, OXFORD DEFEATED Chinese singles champion, going

BY 195 RUNS down to defeat at the hands of Wilbur Coen, 6-3, 6-3, while Lewis D. Carson was eliminated by Art Hendrick, 2---6, 6-4, LEGARD BOWLS

Both Khu anil Carson, previous

to their elimination, had made ex-| cellent showing in the first four rounds of competition-United Preas.

London, July 10.

The younger Duncan, on this head, had rested the jack and lay two shots with Way wide, while Dorothy Round is competing against It is officially announced that Miss the elder Duncan managed to draw the United States in the Wightman two more and Gomes twice knocked Cup Competition. up an opposition wood.

Unless the rumors-up improve upon their form of yesterday they are in for a trouncing.

WELL

E. W. Clark Unable- To Play

London, July 10. The English Cricket Test. Selection Committee have inviled W. E. Bowes, the Yorkshire fast bowler, to replace ₤. W. Clark, the Northants speed merchant, in the Third Test match which starts at Headingly on Saturday.

It is officially announced' that Clark is suffering from

a fractured rib.--Reuter,

The congress notes that certain federations are hostile to the re imbursement of lost wages in any circumstances. the congress also notes that the federations which admit this priciple, Le. of paying a man the wages he has Just through playing on working days, or traveling abroad, neverthe- luss forbid it when it results, directly or indirectly, in pseudo amateurism

and

"The congress considers that it is useful for International sports federations to meet from time to time, and for this purpose, ap-

FORMER CHAMPIONS EXTENDED

HOLLANDS WINS NARROWLY

LAWN BOWLS TIES YESTERDAY

Arthur Hyde-Kay, a former hold. er of the Singles Championship, de feated A. M. Rumjahn, by 21 shola tư 17 on the Civil Service Feeen after a great struggle.

Although

MIDGET WOLGAST BEATEN BY FILIPINO BOXER

FLYWEIGHT BOUT IN CALIFORNIA

CROWN NOT AT STAKE

Sacramento, Cal., July 3. Small Montano, Filipino fly- weight champion of California, to-night assumed the world's crown, in the eyes of most ex- Won the former champion and to fight hard for his peris, by badly beating Midget. shuts, for the young Indian player Wolgast, the recognised cham gave so brilliant day that, he pion, in a 10-round non-title clash surprised oven his many supporters.] here. Had it not b for โห่ง Tuant Ring followers pointed out that de which W215 very weak, Rumjahu pite the fact Wolgast's championship would probably have-wen, for his was not at stake, the clever islander, forehand shots were more consistenti who has yet to lose a bout on the and accurate Finn his opponent's. | mainland, was well within the 112 It was in thin direction that the pound limit. n weight limit which young Indian player scured most of Wolgast has been unable to make for his whats In the first ten henus, it months.

ter on, Hyde-Day

rt༥ shrewd

Table Dane, compatriot of Mon- enough to force him to play his ass, recently decisioned Wolgast by

that he with the result

wi wide margin, but neither he nor BeGreat often as he did | Wolgast was within the 112-pound

limit.

backEnd failed to

in the previous rada.

Hyde-Lay was rather shaky at the POSTELAOTECTent int

Improved—con- Muntanu revealed it was his in- tention to seek a bout with Sixto niderably as the game progressen. Esenbar af Puerto Rico in the near He had n great advantage over

Rumjaha In experienes for the latter future. Escobar is world's bantam lust many valuable shots through weight champion in the eyes of the playing woods in the wrong National Buxing Commission. tlon.

However, experts doubted If Mon- and would get a cruck at Escobar Rumjahn led by

nine shots to ano three when the ninth head was reach before Lou Salica, Brooklyn young- ed, and at our time it was thoughtster, who recently won that right by he would provide the biggest sensa trimming Dano in a California bout.

Unfortunately fornited. Preas. tion this seas1. him. Hyde-Lay staged a splendid

DECISION BOOED recovery and bowling with greater ne-

Sacramento, Calif., July 3. curacy and at the same tone fore-j

Sinall Montano, fast developing in- ing his opponent to use his weakest weapon, the backhand, drew level) to one of the outstanding Filipino and eventually took the lend he scrappers now campaigning qu the West Coast; took a close decision here the former champion never back and although he allowed Rum Wolgust, the world flyweight champ. Jahn to get within one point whențian. the score was 18-17, he scored n The outcome was displeasing to a three in the 22nd hend to win the large section of the crowd "which match.

hoped the decision lustily. Both fought well within the bantamweight class, Montana scaling 116 pounds to Adam Holland was given a hard for the veteran Philadelphian.

Montane hacked all comers in fight in the third round of the recent months, his last previous vic- Open Singles Championship hut hetim being ne Fleken, whom he beat accounted for P. T. Farrelt by the 10 rounds at San Francisco May nnrtow margin of one shot on the 24 though giving away elght pounds. Club de Recreio green yesterday. He beat the Japanese Korean also on A large number of spectators saw March 8 at Sacramento. He also the Kowloon Bowling Green Club decisiones Augie Cartis and Tony men play the match off, the score Marino late last year,-Assnciatert being: Holland 21, Farrell 20.

Bebring a four. From then onward to-night in 10 rounds from Midget

HOLLAND BEATS FARRELL

MATCHES REARRANGED

The following Lawn Bowls matches in the open championships, have beenj re-arranged for next werk:

SINGLES

TUESDAY, JULY 18

1. Roa

J. C. Bromi (Kowloon C. C. rett) | IL, Overv

J. Tacchi (Club de Berrela green). A. Marfurie

1 E. Kalaht Chowkan 1, G. C. Kreen).

PAIRS

MONDAY, JULY 18

M: J. Medina

1. J. Joriy J. Carapach

VA. W. Grim (Taikoo 1 C. man),

Preas.

BILL TILDEN IN TWO FINALS

French Professional Lawn Tennis Championships

Paris, July 5.

"BIK Bill Tilden, farmer world's singies tennis champion, and Hans Nusslein, the German star, to-day entered the final round of the French professional lawn Lennis singles tournament Til- den defeated Wassdorp of Hol- land, 8-6, 6-0, 7-5, while Nuss-

eliminated Ramirizon of.

points M. Anspach, in collaboration TENNIS FIXTURES France, d, Gand, 2mb, Gomd.

with M. Rousseau, permanent any veteran with the wrong mental secretary, to prepare a report to be attitude and a too impressionable discussed at a meeting to be held during the Olympic

nature.

in Berlin Games."

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London. July 10.

There is nothing new in the cir- their innings Continuing

this morning the Light Blues increased cumstance of a cricketer as young their overnight score of 161 for five Mitchell-Innes being asked to to 223 in the annual cricket match play for England. J. W. Hearne of reflected glory, are now in against Oxford at Lord's and subse was a month short of his twenty-position to say, "Well done, my quently won by 195 runs.

first birthday when he scored 114 boy! Of course you can play re- of 7 wickets for 36.

Legard had the excellent analysis against Australia and, he hnd Rularly for the county. I'll double strokes then that he feared to use your allowance." Death. duties, Set with the English people will thus be glad making 365 runs to win Oxford coLyttelten, C. T. Studd, and

formidable task of later in his career; and Alfred super-tax, many things have made it impossible for the heir to devole that Miss Round has exercised

Nor can men the lapsed very badly indeed and were Jackson among others were at his life to a game. fominine privilege of changing

born into a business now devote mind and reversing her earlier

undergraduates when they made their summers to county ericket decision.--Reuter.

their Test match entrance.

and leave the control of the firm But while some regard with apto a partner or a manager. Com- prehension the introduction of the petition is too severe. very young into big cricket there Well, it is no use to repine. are others, extremists of an oppo-Life is not all bat and hall. Noth- site nature, who would hound outing can alter that.

her all out for a modest 100.

Score: Cambridgo 202 and 223. Oxford, 221 and 109.Renter.

SUMMER

SALE

NOW PROCEEDING

AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES IN ALL DEPARTMENTS

CHINA

EMPORIUM

ECONOMIC INFLUENCE.

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of county cricket anyone over the It is disquieting to find that at age of thirty-five to "give youth least one other fast bowler besides chance." Probably both parties Larwood has cut down the length are wrong. The evidence of a of his run and adopted a pace not man'e birth certificate should much above medium. Larwood never be used against him. It is probably followed his own inclina- the way the limbs move and the tions, but in another case the bow- way the mind works which counts ler changed his method against his in any walk of life. A cricketer will because of the Instructions of le as old as he plays-that, and his county captain: The reason nothing more. If registration of was not that the player might im- birth had never been introduced prove in accuracy and effectiveness what different views we should if he reduced his speed. That was hold about many people!

fa secondary consideration. The trouble arose because the style which brought him hundreds of Unfortunately Mitchell-Innes, in wickets in the past occasionally company with other young players caused the bull to get up breast of big potentialties, will be lost high. And as an unhappy legacy to first-class cricket after he of the "body-line" rumpus, any 'Varsity days. Ho ls to go abroadt, bowlor who makes the ball bump, We hear a lot in these times about which until 1932 was considered to the decline of amateur cricket, but be as much the prorogative of a If young men had not to work for fast bowler as finger spin is of a their living the counties would find alow bowlor, is now suspected of it difficult to know whom to leave ungentlemanly conduct. Appar out. The long and the short of it ently a high-rising ball now alarms is that economic conditions of the the captain more than it alarms the ago-have-their influence upon the batsmen. The captain-is-afraid of game. Very few fathers, proud of "public opinion." Ho says to the a son's prowess, happily conscious (Continued on Page 9.)

Tilden, with his famous protege, Ellsworth Vines, also advanced to the final round of the French pro-

doubles to-day.

Division Programmes fonal tesis tournament men's

"C"

For To-day

They defeated Alfred Estrabeau and Henry Vissault of France in In the "C" Division of the local four sets, taking three without Lawn Tennis League this afternoon, difficulty. After winning the first the following matches will be played encounter, 6-3, "Big B!" and his University v. Kowloon Indians Indian R. C.

partner dropped the second, 8-10, v. Chinese R. C. Kowloon C. C.

but came back strongly to win the Craigengower South Chinn

C. B. A.

next two, 6-2 and 6-2 to capture Army T. C.

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