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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1935.

CAN PERRY AND AUSTIN BRTAIN THE DAVIS CUP?

MENZEL AND. MAIER IN

LUSTY MATCH

Last Eight In Lawn Tennis Championships

(By H. S. Scrivener)

London, July 1.

The tale of the last eight in the men's singles at. Wimbledon is complete. Three of them, F. J. Perry, D. Budge, and G. Von Cramm, had emerged on Friday, and the other five áre R. Menzel, who meets Perry in the first quarter, J. H. Crawford and 5. B. Wood, who meet each other in the second, H. W. Austin, who meets Budge in the third, and V. B. McGrath, who plays Von Cramm in the last quarter. The unseeded survivors are Budge, who beat W. Allison (seeded No. 5) in the first round.

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One of the real altret juis

the Jeremely Crawford's play fashion in which he makes his beauti ful strokes. On Saturday the femure

little linexa neemad

overdone. I

expecially as 20 WEN 12in^.

FURTHER

IN

Fughes, an opponent who can / DELAY

awn with anybody and is emphatical- ly a man with, whom ne liberties can fe taken.

CRAWFORD UNENTER, RISING

In the fral two sets gben wRS the mure' enterprising, abrieb is not saying very much --but fenterprise At any ra enabled lan

mak considerable treadway, partly through Crawford's errors, but also by tinvily to le volleying attacks which had

refully made lavales of Crae ferif', pricci Array of

shots:

Crawford himself was content to play sinust entirely from the baseline, and

BOWLS TIES

ALL GAMES PUT BACK A WEEK

W9143 wani m

't Lat

er he eventually HIRT

sing to blame him in Ring th afternoon.

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RAIN-CAUSES. POSTPONEMENTS

For the second day this week, there was no bowls played yester day, owing to the rain.

will cauw ་ The pasiporenett week's delay in the competitions * all matches have been put back for the corresponding day next week.

He was within a point of winning Hughes' service for 6-4 and fucked, but was sucessful at his next attempt After winding his own. The second wot went, deservedly to Hughes, who dropped one service game, but bagged two of Crawford's, t. 64, whilst in the third we raw Crawford gradual the following matches will be played:

ly gaining the upper hand, though!

f only won it at 6-4 au the result

On Wednesday July 31, therefore,

of some rather featureless play. The M. J. Medina

JCwentagli

PALS

W

S. Ecclestini

Khephen

fourth he won to two, aclueving comte- Day 11. G. C tinent thing more like ble top form.

TWO LUSTY HITTERS

A

HINGLES

Areulti

A. Iny

M Belland

Kerler € C, Greens From a upretacular point of view ip colle The munich between Menzel, of #Club de Reerela Greeni Czechoslovakia, ared Mnler, of Spain, i The following fixtures pustponed Bro large ten who hit hastily, was from yesterday have been re-arranged more atisfying. Both are diable to for Thursday, August 1: Inpses, but Menzel is the more reliable |

of the two, and he justified his selee- |

Lion as one of the wreded right by j n

R. 34. Hendbury

MINGLES

A. Mortarlane

12. G. NHve firment

winning a rather {R!tEHIkW ;ttarl uf real Steereks Greeted match against the man who nearly Tiken R. C beat Crawford, the eventual winner. w

in the first round in 1933,

The taplure of Maler's service for

2 in a very level first set put Mehzel

63. He followed this op

love

come up at

with brilliant

in

which

Thero was no holding hini and then.

an often happens-especially to great men-in such circumstances, reacted {

a bit and I was Maier's turn to come i eul on tap in another love set

MAIER'S TUMBLES

After all the freworks they settled down to a fourth owl which! was more like the firul Menzel got! the 4-2 fend and later bagged Blaier's ¦ service again for 6-3 in a game in which the Spaniard twice fell heavily put him at a disnelvantage,

K. Way

v. J. P. Brown Chill Servier C. C. Green)

ANOTHER

BASEBALL

INVASION

AMERICANS MAY VISIT EAST

PLANS TO PLAY IN MANILA

San Francisco, July 17. Lefty O'Doul said to-day he would be glad to take his Pacific

wrough

In the first match on Court I Wond boat Hopman in his usual rather cock- are fashion, but not very convincing. ly. Hopan seemed rather chary nt. first of using his beat weapon, the volley, until the third at, when he used it with telling effect to sail out al 0-3. Wood led by 4-1 in the fourth sot, lat did not ce at all safe when Hopman picked up to 4 Coast League all-star baseball However, Hopman then played into team to the Philppines late this hawls by horaming suddenly year following the projected trip Austin made his many admirers a

to Japan in October. hit anxious while losing the first set somewhat carelessly to Andrews at

hig

erratic.

Буда

THE DAVIS CUP AND ITS DEFENDERS

H. W. Austin, and F. J. Perry, on whom Britain will rely to retain the much coveted Lawn Tennis trophy.

INTERNATIONAL ATHLETICS

IN SCOTLAND

EACH WINS 7 EVENTS

NARROW WIN FOR FINLAND

(BY FRED DARTNELL)

DOUBLE CENTURY BY KILNER

WARWICKSHIRE WIN EASILY

S. A. CRICKETERS IN ENGLAND

The tourists

c.

The

ап won

Baseball

Fixtures

Postponed

RAIN INTERFERES WITH PLAY

GIANTS BEAT CARDINALS

New York, July 25. The majority of the baseball matches in the major leagues to- day were postponed on account of the rain.

in

The 1

London, July 25. South African cricket London, June 29.

easy victory Although each side won seven against Northumberland to-day in the international when they beat the English side events

A two-day at Hampden by eight wickets in

No game was played contest athletic Park, Glasgow, between Great fixture.

American League while the fix Britain and Finland, the visitors county eleven baited first and beat us by 78 points to 70 points, were dismissed for 1948 runs, R. 1. between the Boston Braves and Cincinnati Reds. in the their superiority in the field Crisp, the fast bowler, taking six of National Championship, was post- events turning the scale in a most i

poned. The South Afrleans replied with a enjoyable meeting which attract- | total of 829 and then Northumberland ed over 20,000 spectators.

made 222 in their second innings. For Opinions differed as to which was

made 101 runs. the best personal performance of the

ting, W. Roberts did 48 4-5 sec. in winning the quarter-mile and A. W. Sweeney returned a yard inside yens for the 100 yards it the visitors themselves thought that A. V. Reeve's triumph over the great Olympin, Isu-Holin, in the mile, was the out. standing achievement,

At the banquet given to the teams by the Corporation of Glasgow after the match the Pinn's manager present. ed the Polytechnie nun with a hand- some cup which they had brought with them for recognition of the best feat! recorded by their opponents.

RAN LIKE A 'MAN INSPIRED

Reeve's finish was amazingly fine and all the more gratifying because The and Riddell the Scottish "champion; had not run with the best judgment/ gainst Holo and his colleague Hog- kert. They had run too much on the outside of their rivals and when Hulle went away at the belf to gain a com manding lead it seemed all over bari shouting.

Fifty yards from home, however, ; i Reeve finding some reserve from marzan- where ran like a man inspired and slowly but surely be 'eut down they Finns lead of ten yards to win on the very tape by inches in 4 mins. 18 secs, and a few yards wild have trovered the four competitors.

Roberts' success was assured right;

far too fast for nway. He was

Strandvall who is said to have done

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the wickets for 41 runs.

the loss of two wickets the burists

The New York Giants have been slowly warding off the challenge which the St. Louis Cardinals have been offering during the past BATSMEN REVEAL FORM mouth and when the two teams Sparkling batting by Kilner and again clashed to-day the New Santall, both of whom topped the York outfit won a double header. century mark, gave Warwickshire n

Results of to-day's 'mutches fol- comfortable victory against Worres- tershire at Worcester to-day when the low

TEST PLAYER DROPS OUT

A. Mitchell Reported To Be Unfit

. London, July 25. A Mitchell, the Yorkshire batsman, has on- nounced to the English. Cricket Selection Committee that he is unfit and will not be available for the Fourth the Test Match against South Africans at Old Trafford on Saturday

A H. Bakewell, the Northants opening batsman,

former and

International cricketer, has been asked to attend in place of Mitcheli.

Reuter,

48 3.5 sees, at home but who finished ITZ030 33001 CATALANSARE SEVERALS HET VERO ESSERE last at Glasgow, while Makinen and

his partner just failed by inches to visitors won by nu innings and 121| beat, Ifunter of the LA.C. for second place.

runs.

ing a

The San Francisco Seal's manager 4 after leading by 3-0, and later and former major league star said the 4-3, but went on to win smoothly ten would leave here in October and

It was after Worcestershire had! enough, meeting with but one more play abuuit a month in Japan. After

Leen dismissed for 200 runs, of which A curious thing happened to Roberts Quaife made 86 not out, that Kilner chuck. This was when he dropped award he said they would be glad to after he had just turned out of the rattled up 288 and Santall, who had couple of games after reaching 4--go to the Philippines for as long as first bend about 120 yards from the taken his henefit in the third set before going out at two weeks,

in the previous G-4. He wound up with a spanding

star. Apparently an insect love net.

O'Doul was commenting on Manila his nose and the Salford manat match against Sussex, scored 101 dur

faltering

valuable partnership saying the Philippine momentarily in his stride raised his

between dispatches Amateur Athletic Federation planned hand and vigorously rubbed the in- closed at 519 for seven-and then!

the two. The Innings was declared PROMISE FULFILLED

to juvil the cont leughers to play truder away. It was disconcerting Hollies took eight wickets for 41 to McGrath is a much more accom.faeries with the best Filipino outfits and to a less brilliant runner might plished player and is therefore now in the same manner as Babe Ruth's have made all the difference between dismiss Worcestershire for 108 in their much more at home in England than American league outfit last December, victory and defeat.

sind innings-Reuter. Lie was last year. Hiss eleBent of 'Doul sald he had not yet received Sharpe was no actual surprise, having the P. A.. A. F. Invitation. regard to his previam victory over Lefty, was in Manila with Babe į

easily, with Roberts doing another Allison; but it is noteworthy that he Ruth's aggregation, but did not play. Sweeney got of badly, and Young, | great "leg" in the nkorter distance. nehloved it in three nots. Given

The big lenguera played games at the Scottish champion, led by a yard in the 4 x 880 yarda ovent, Collyer, really true court, Sharpe is the equationuiulu, a series in Japan, performed at the half flutance in the sprint but Powell, Riddell at Stothard gradual of any man in England, har. Percy at Shanghai and then played, thread the Englishman tore past in and ly built up a final margin of over 100

und Austin, and he takes away into games at Manila.

|won by a yard and a half,

yards. private life victory

over G. de The veteran O'Doul is well known Stefani to consolo him.

in the Far East, having coached The two Fans Virinen and U. Sal- BRILLIANT LEAP BY DUNCAN The women's pics has reached Japanese baseball teams for a number the fourth there are sixton, which means that of years.-Annociated Press.

right are English.

survivors, Of these

Four of the surviving seeded geven were not in action on Saturday, and three Mme. R. Mathieu

the other

as the hardest prosned. Ter op.

ponent; Miss: F. K. Scott, whone

WIGHTMAN CUP

county in Suffolk, lost the first set at Mrs. Wills Moody Unable

won the second at 6-1, and roached 32 in the third, to lose It: narrowly at 4,

SET POINT LOST

Miss It. Jacoba did not actually lose net, lub hor English opponent, Bliss Iv; m. Lyle, had not-point chances of

Continued on Page 9./

To Play

Now York, July 25.

Mre. Wills Moody has decided not to play in the Wightman Cup com potition, between English and Ameri- can women tennis players-Reuter

SWEENEY'S GREAT DASH

NATIONAL LEAGUE

New York St. Louis

New York St. Louis

K. II. E.

3

12

り

1 & 1

13 17

2 9 #

MEETING THE AMERICANS AT WIMBLEDON

THE CHALLENGE ROUND TO-MORROW

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ISSUE MAY BE DECIDED BY THE

DOUBLES MATCH

(By "Sagnx")

In 1933, Fred Perry and "Bunny" Austin won the Davis Cup for Britain, and in 1934 the same pair retained the Internationally coveted trophy. Are they to lose it to the Americans in 1935? The Challenge Round will start at Wimbledon to-morrow and will be concluded on Monday and Tuesday, Sunday being an off-day.

The arrangement of playing ties un As Wimbledon champion, Perry Saturday, Monday and Tuesday is un can confidently be expected to win jxxperiment which was introduced last both his matches although Wood and year in order to give players the Badge are both capable of benting advantage of a rest on the Sunday, the Englishman, particularly after His particularly if any one player la re-loss of form immediately after the quired by his country to figure three British championships. Everything matches during the course of any one will then depend on whether Austfi

ran win either of his matchen,

tle.

The innovation nisu gives a singles

BUDGE HAS BEATEN AUSTIN player an extra day's rest should he not be playing in the doubles, unless,

It will be remembered that he was of course, there is rain on the Satur, beaten by Donald Budge at Wimble- day and the tie is postponed until dors during the course of the Ameri Monday Tuesday and Wednesday as was the case for von Cram in the can's progress to the semi-finals and Mabsequent form has shown Budge's Inter-Zone Final in which he was that his victory over Britain's No, quired to play on three successive

ranking player was no fluke. days.

He won in four sets and wa

was only The customary arrangement of two! eliminated by

who was von Cramm runner-up ta Perry. Since then, will be followed and to-morrow bath however, Badge hus avenged hin singles being played on the first day Austin and Perry will match their Wimbledon defent by the German,

Wood is ranked No. 2 in America prowess against Donald Badge and

who Sidney Wool, while on Meday thenud only the brilliance of

Budge, doubles will be played and then the is No. 1 ranking player, appears to

have kept him cut

him out of the team

against last twu singles on Tuesilay,

Germany, unless it was that he was not quite fit. The former Wimbledon champion reached the last eight and lost to Jack Crawford in fivo sels,

AMERICANS DO WELL The Americans, in qualifying for the Challenge Round, have surpass ed all expectation but their victories have been of such a convincing nature that the confidence Wilmer Monday and if that proves correct Allison placed in the team when it then the Americans should recapture departed from the United States fr Cup which they last held in 1996. might easily be borne out.

It would seem that the entire insur will depend on the doubles match on

Ile indicated that he would spring surprise on the country by taking the Cup back across the Atlantic when followers of the game were leant ex-

it. pecting

Tru the Americans did not meet with any serious opposition until the Inter-Zone Final when they encoun- tered the Germans but for a team to win four of the five matches against Gottfried von Cramm and Heiner Henkel, who eliminated the Austra- lians by the same convincing margin. is nican feat and never has Amer-

ica's prospects of Fegaining the Cup

GJ. Collins scored a home run ica's for the Cardinals).

Brooklyn Chicago

Philadelphia

Pittsburgh

5 2

10

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8

II 0

.9 13 X

Dolph Camilli scored a home ran for the Phillies).

The Boston Braves-Cincinnati Reds match was postponed on ac- count of rain,

been more hopeful than this year.

The players forming the Aurienn

i team have all been seen in action dur-

art.

from the, States,

ATTACK OF HAY FEVER

MITCHELL-INNES AFFLICTED

BUT SCORES 132 ON RECOVERY

Overcoming an attack of bay

ing the past month or two and they fever N. S. Mitchell-Inges, who had have all given impressive exhibitions to decline a place in the England In all the tournaments in which they eleven against South Africa in the have, taken

Second Test match went in at a it can readily be said that original perind when his side had lost three idens about the selvelion of the men for 29 runs. The influence he American team have been some bad on the Varsity score is illus wint modified since its departure trated by a blameless innings of 482 not out, including sixteen' 4's, and he got the mujority of his runs by driving, cutting and leg hitting. The following matches were all ranked number twe pair in America: Oxford had six men out with only Seamer helped to add 50, but postponed on account of rain: one place above Donald Badge and

Gene Mako so that it was considered 164 on the board, and the Cleveland Indians. Washington that either of the two pairs would turning point of the innings came Senators; Detroit Tigers v. New

represent the United States with the on the arrival of Singleton. This York Yankees; St. Lopin Browns v. Boston Red Sox; Chicago White Preference for the latter pair as All-player, driving on both sides of the who is America's No. 1 ranking: wicket with great power, got eleven Sox Y. Philadelphia Athletics-player, would be required for the 's in his 69 and helped the top singles with Sidney Wood, who is No scorer to add 124 runs in an hour Kenter,

ranking player.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

AMAZING BATTING IN ENGLAND

Leicestershire Score 603 Runs

named is an actor-athlete, and is re-best ever, but it was not good enough of the present season. minen lled the rear pinces. The Int

Of these

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BUDGET'S BRILLIAR

W. Allison and J. van Ryn are

real

However, the brilliant play of and a quarter.

The Brst-class cricket career of Budge during his debut in Europe gained for him a place in the singles N. S. Mitchell-Innes, the 20-years- teams, first to the exclusion of Wood old Oxford University batsman, who and now of Allison, who, it was at was chosen to play for Eng- first thought, might have played in land in the first Test match against both single and doubles as there was the South Africans, may be a brief the intervention of the Sunday to en- one. His present intention is to able him to have

A rest.

.DEFENDERS' TASK

FRENCH GOLF TITLE Sidney Brews Wins Again At Le Touquet

With Budge playing in the singles | take up an appointment in the It has been necessary to exclude Mako Sudan when he leaves Oxford. from the doubles is Allison nad vụn Ryn are better together as a pair, The recent cricket match be- even though Budge and Mako did, on tween Sir Julien Cahn's XI and and Van Ryn, and G. M. Lott and successive days, beat both Allison Leicestershire at Nottingham was L. F. Stoefen, last year's Wimbledon outstanding for a feat other than champions. the seventh wicket partnership which was only eight runs short of the world record.

It is not, however, in the doubles team that the Americans need have When Leicestershire had their

any course for anxiety as Britain janings they complied the huge are none too strongly served in this

Le Touquet, July 3. Syd Brews, the South African pro- Duncan jumped 23f1. 7-5/8in., his score of 603 runs, the highest total

department. Perry hun, in former fessional, won the French open golf years, play

played with G. P.. Hughes, championship for the second year in garded as one of the most promising to prevent Tolamo and Laine from be C. S. Dempster, the New Zea-

but it was considered that this or succession with an aggregate score of comers on the Finnish stage. Ho has ing first and second in the long jump. lander, who is qualifying for

rangement lost for Britain her 293, three strokes botter than Aubrey, recently acted in J. B. Priestley's The Finnish giant, Kotkas, won the Leicestershire, rattled up 207 runs.

chances of winning the Cup earlier Boomer. "Bird in the Hand."

jump off in the high Jump, in which Dempster hit his faultless 207 not

Brews lod from J. C. Stothard did not have to pro-all four competitors had tled at 6ft out in 3 hours, exactly 100 of defend the Cup but it will depend on precision of a well-working machine.

the end of the Three veterans, led by Ferry, will second round, and his game had the duce his usual electrifying burst in and Stan West, of the Poly, gave us the runs coming in boundaries. the half-milo. Powell did good service second place.

Perry and Austin to retain the in making the pace carlier, and we got

I. G. Bentley, of Lancashire, was It will be remembered that in trophy, as it must be in the singles the leading eight

won the discus with a new

amatour. In the Inat points to three in this event. In the three miles, Close and Laid- Alarat in the weight, rains doing like Newman and C. R. Maxwell scor and G. P. Hughes followed the success. Brows 18. Africa) 78 78 78 78-208 Scotilah record, and his countryman, their first innings Sir Jullen that firitain can hope for her three rouxt Mark Seymour and Padgham cach returned 68, a record for the another new Scottish Cahn's XI made 667 runs, S. C.matelies law failed utterly to hang on to record

The selection of G. R. D. Tuckey, courao. Loading scores Sulminen and Askola, and their per

WING

javel sonal duel in

Iso Hollo, of course, won the steelaing 836 for the savonth wick of the pair.against Austin and Petre, Boocour (Bt. Cloud)... 74 27 72 76--205 a lively 50 yards sprint for third place made re difference to chaise. Bearsbrook, the Empire and partnership. The highest score is a recent tournament but at their M. Heymour (Crow Wood).. 13 13 13 256 the positions.

A.A.A. charapion, who was married į ever made for this partnership has first rehearsal in the Wimbledon A. Dover (Nios) ****ine 28 27 26 70-300 Finlay and Filbrow were much too 344 by good in the hurdles for the visitors, is behind the world-beater, who re- Newham, for Sussex. against Esbination succumbed to Allison and and we won both the relay races quite i turned 10m. 15 2-580c.

sex in 1902,

van Ryn without much resistance.....

Kotkan

in the

than 1933.

J. Geist (Chiberta) ...... 77 78 78.78800

108, 11. O. Bentley (Hesketh) and A. de in Tarr (@pain).

306~~A. H. Padgham (Bundridge Park).