THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, ・ AUGUST 26, 1935.
PRESENTATION OF DAVIS CUP TO GREAT BRITAIN
PERRY BEATS ALLISON
IN FINAL MATCH.
AMERICAN OPENS STRONGLY BUT
ENGLISHMAN ·· IRRESISTIBLE
WIMBLEDON CHAMPION NEVERTHELESS MAKES MANY ERRORS
(B) "Veritas")
F. J. Perry (Great Britain) beat W. Allison (United States) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-8.
CASIO
The Centre Court, Wimbledon, July 30. Perry and Allison played exhibition tennis to bring the Challenge Round to an end and with it a five-nil victory for the holders. Allison, fagged out by the strenuous tennis he has played during the last seven days, offered a plucky resistance to a player who was able to take things very lightly.
Allison profited enormously from Perry's mistakes but he was never
YORKSHIRE able to turn ble opportunities to the
PRIDE SUFFERS
TEAM DISMISSED FOR 31
BY H. D. READ AND NICHOLS
London, Aug. 1. Yorkshire pride suffered terrible humiliation yesterday when the side were dismissed for 31 runs, which ranks
as their
fullest advantage.
THE GENIUS DOES IT Perry, of course, as so many writers have pointed out, is a genius, and a igenius can commit the anat comamie.
place sort of errors and still win maich. It was so in this case. There were times when the Englishman pull. İyid out backhand shola which would Juve made a schoolboy blush in em harrassment, st when that extra
of brilliance was spark of Perry provided it.
necessary.
For three sets Alliaes played n though the destination of the Dayls Cup depended on the result. In the first set he service-nced Perry withi regularity and accomplished volleying incursions which thoroughly delighted the big crowd. Perry was content to: And length and once he had done this the American was sent scurrying! all over the court,
LAWN TENNIS STARS who re- tained the · Davis Cup for Great Britain, photographed with their trophy and non-playing captain, Mr. H. Roper Barrott. Left to right: F. J. Perry, H. W. Austin, G. P. Hughes and C. R. D. Tuckey.
KOWLOON BOWLING CLUB
WINS
JEWS AND THE
OLMYPICS
ASSURANCE FROM HERR HITLER
Ignoring the ten minutes interval NO to which the players are entitled after tinued the game
und Allison con
smallest score since they were the third set, Phout a break, and ¦
put out for 26 by Surrey at Ken- nington Oval in 1909.
REJECTION.
Paris, Aug. 6. this final set found the Englishmati In view of the demonstrations irresistible. He made the chalk leap in Germany against the Jewish up from the Inselines and sidelines race, the French sporting news- With the excoption of Mitchell, the with his terrifle forehand drives, paper, ute drew the attention full batting side wore available, and making all of his shots joyously aml of M. de Polignac, the French re- when Sellers won the town on a fast in the knowledge that on the other presentative on the International wicket a score of 300 or an was aide of the net was a player physical Olympic Committee, to reasonable expectation. But they and mentally worn out.
to rout in an hour, and were put
CUP PRESENTED
anxiety being felt regarding the H. D. Read, the Essex fast bowler,
participation of Jews in the Berlin When the much-prized Davis Cup Olympic Games. for 11 runs, Nichols claiming. four for was bed on a gorgeous silver stand
brought on Both bowled wonderfully well.
M. de Pollenne replied that Herr the spectators cheered for several Hitler, the German Chancellor, per-
and as Mr. 1. Roper-Barrett, senally minutes
had the amazing return of six wickets
Some explanation of their, success
So dramatically
did the Essex bowlers anume the mastery that they captured the first six wickets for sine runs and the batting made
Centre Court |
guaranteed that
the
on-
REPRESENTATIVE FOUR TAKE BOWLS TITLE
OPEN RINKS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AT KOWLOON YESTERDAY
SOUTH AFRICA
RESCUED IN
FOURTH TEST
VILJOEN SCORES
CENTURY
SECOND DAY AT MANCHESTER
(By A. E. R. Gilligan.)
A PROMISE TO HER HUSBAND
WHY MRS. MOODY
DID NOT PLAY
IN WIGHTMAN CUP.
CONTEST
It is just as well that the United States won the Wightman Cup otherwise the blame would have been placed at the door of Mr. Frederick S. Moody,
London, July 30. South Africa made a gallant reply to our total of 357, the fen- tures being a very fine chanceless According to W. F. Bullock in century by Viljoen, a Cameron-the Neian Chronicle, it was during Viljoen stand of 99 for the fifth her voyage from Wimbledon to wicket, Cameron's twa 6's off Amorten in the 24,000 tons United Verity, and useful contributions States liner Washington that Mrs. from Dalton and Nourse. The Helen Wills-Moody decided not to bowling and fielding also were play for her country against Great good; in fact, it was a day of Britain in the Wightman Cup Lawn good cricket.
Tennis Competition which Was And now what about the result" played at Forest Hills last week. There is always a chance of the I asked her the reason for this unexpected happening, but I do not alteration in her plans, writes W. think a definite result enn be ob- | F. Bullock. Lained on this perfect Old Trafford wicket.
"My husband," she promptly replied.
THE SMART DUCKWORTH "You see," she smilingly added. The strong wind of Sunday had "I promised him I would be home dried
the pitch, which played within two months, and the time. easily Bowes bowled extremely is nearly up." She explained that well, and he found almost an un- she could not get back from Cali- playable ball for Rowan, um formin to Forest Hills in time for mond nid Tate kept a useful the Wightman Cup competition. length, but it was the former who Her decision, Mrs. Will Moody Hent back Mitchell, Duckworth aid- declared, did not mean that she ing by taking a nice catch at the was thinking of retiring. wicket. Duckworth did his work "On the contrary, it is probable......... I very smartly and cleanly, and he almost definite. In fact that was in every way an improvement shall como East for the national
jon Ames.
championships in the latter part The South Africans had lost two | of August." valuable wickets for 41 when "MY SWEETEST VICTORY" Nourse and Viljoen became 480- cinted in productive stand. Nourse made some attractive late cuts, while Viljoen placed the ball splendidly out of the fielders reach. At 91 Verity had Nourse
bw, when he tried to hook a good length delivery.
Dressed in a black ensemble, the famous tennis player wore a taffeta silk hat with a wide fluted brim, flesh-coloured hose, and black silk shoes.
She was full of animation, and
said that she looked forward with
the utmost pleasure to meeting Wade's arrival promptest Wyatt Helen Jacobs, the national cham- to have a silly mid-off and mid-on, pion, again at Forest Hills. hut this nado no difference to the tourists captain, who defended had given her "the sweetest victory well and made
She said her Wimbledon triumph
211 occasional of my career, especially after some
Į. E. NORONHA MOST CONSISTENT PLAYER OF THE AFTERNOON Bowls that was good, bad and indifferent, with the general standard being but
and averago certainly not up to that expected in the final round, was produced in the last of the Open rink Championship matches on the Kowloon Cricket Club Green yesterday when P. T. Farrell, R. Dun can, J. C. Brown and A. M. Holland, of the Kow-up by Bowes and paid the penalty faulled to Miss Jacolis in 1938 loon Bowling Green Club, won the title against | CAMERON'S LUCK
Mrs. Wills Moody humorously South Africa now found hersett disclosed that during the voyage J. E. Noronha, C. E. Marques, F. X. M. da Silva
in 3 different and C. G. Silva, the Club de Recreio quartette,
but she had suffered a humiliating de- beaten al table. by a margin of 25 shots to 14.
was the unusually fast pace of the the British non-playing captain re- Aryans" would have the same rights pitch and its resilience wing to theived the trophy from Princess and liberties as any other compelltar dry weather. They were able to make the ball A3 off at a tremendous pace eten Victorin, he received a pro- in the Games.
The heavy downpour during the longed outburst of applause. and also to make it swing,
am not, however, qualified to tifin interval followed by another just All of the players, together with speak for the Olympic Committee na before three o'clock all but caused the non-playing captains lined up on to whether any further guarantee the postponement of the game as the the court and were presented to will now be required in addition to green was under water in many places Princess Helena and the onlookers the receipt stud chatting for several moments, now in the archives of the Commit- the afternoon and it was possible tr laughed their appreciation when she nonnily by Herr Hitler, and which is quite a strong sun appeared during of a letter signed per- after the first shower. Fortunately
with Donald Budge the red-headed ter possible to state, not with-of an hour late.
he said.
start the game at 3.45 p.m., a quarter and popular Californian.
There was no speech-making, but out difficulty, that we have obtained This pair and Sutcliffe were the lots of press and private cameras from
On the first head another downpour anly batsmen who proved able to keep were in active operation during the that they will respect the rights of was taken but after the rain had
rom the
Germans the guarantee caused a stoppage during which tea the attack at bay for more than a few short ceremony.
non-Aryans' in the Games." minutes, and all that Sutcliffe could)
no progress at all until Wood ur- rived and shared i stand of-18 runs with Turner,
score in half an hour was four!
Road and Nichols bowled magni- ficently and were supported by bril- liant fielding, every chance that could be made into a catch being taken, but; the day's wonders did not cease with Yorkshire's pathetic collapsO.
A HUCE LEAD
WELLARD HITS
ANOTHER 6
FORTY-FIFTH OF
SEASON
IS
M. de
Asked what steps the Commitice and the sun came out it was possible to continue with the game, would take if the guarantee was not there being no further interruption fulfilled,
Polignac
replied: although a slight drizzle during the "We would withdraw the games from intter stages threatened once again Germany. I know that our president to force the players to take shelter. M. de Baillet-Latour, would be un- compromising convinced that a if any exception was Trade,
C. G. SILVA INEFFECTIVE large majority of the would support him."
Committee
ditions. quite unchanged, Nichola Wellard hit his forty-fifth six of ODD INCIDENT IN A
season in the match between
CRICKET MATCH
the seren
NO PENSIONS FOR BOXERS
CONTROL BOARD'S
DECISION
"BELT" DEFINED
On this same wicket, with the con-
Houred a century and Easex gained a
a the tead which placed them on the high Somerset and Middlesex at Taunton road to victory. They began shaklly, in the County Cricket Championship losing three wickets for 30 before recently and then fell to one of the luncheon, but Nichols and B. II. Helle, rast remarkable catches ever seen on who is up at Oxford but has not yet the ground. Hulme held the ball with xained a Blue, followed with a stand both hands above his head when a Ball Fails To Reach The on to secure counters by promoting to remain in Great Britain for a
boundary stroke.
attempt to play a ball pitched wall were said about
But he made no of those unpleasant things that
for obstruction.
Cameron and Viljoen, with some fent-"I
position,
удя
mo when I de-
sume
very fine cricket, gradually pulled tennis." the game back for their side. Cameron hit a beautiful six to the he settled down he made front of the pavillon off Verity, crisp strokes and played a valuable and the 150 went up with the last knock. bali before luneb....
Bowes stuck to his work well, Bowes bowled with any amount and kept the batsmen
playing.
some
of devil on resuming, and at 164 | Yesterday's wicket gave Tate no Bakewell made a goud attempt for assistance. Hammond had
difficult snap catch at short-leg, good spells, but Verity seemed to Cameron being the lucky batsman. be a trifle stale.
Wyatt handled his bowlers well,! and when the new ball was taken,
Robins in the field. He and Mit- chell, of Yorkshire, are the two best English feldamen I have seen in Tests this season.
CRISP'S QUICK SUCCESS The ten Interval score was 293
England when Criar, bowling fast, had Smith plumb out 1.b.w. Crisp was putting them down as though he intended to get a wicket with
There was an early disaster for
at 219. Tate lured Cameron into for six, with Viljoen and Vincent Bowes a "dull" catch. making a false stroke and so gave as partners. Bowest indomitable All this time Viljoen had been Joen's wicket when Verity made a spirit eventually gained him VII- A proposal that the British playing a priceless inniuga for his splendid gully catch, and then Boxing Board of Control should side, scoring with cuts, drives and Langton hit one straight to Bake- supply belts for British champion-leg-strokes, He had an uncomfort-well. ships to be competed for on able period when his total stood at simliar lines to Lonsdale Bells, 96, but with two two's in an over to the tall Bowes when Verity Crisp became yet another victim The margin of diference between and provide a pension of £1 per from Tate he reached the coveted made another fine gully catch. The reflected the margin of week from the age of 50 for any three figures-a display rendered Yorkshire fast bowler certainly difference between the standard of the winner outright, was defeated all the greater because he went in deserved his five wickets for 100. two rinks, although it must be said by 33 votes to 11 at the Board's to bal at an awkward time. Tate had Bell 1.b.w., leaving Eng- too much luck with some of their last month. The scheme was good day's cricket was the work of first innings. that the Portuguese did not enjoy any annual meeting in Manchester Another high-light of a very land with a lend of 30 runs on the shots. This was particularly notice linked up with a new financial ably with the driving of
of C.
G. Silvo. who has always been very deafly with ngement designed to increase his heavy shots. Yesterday he
the revenue of the Board. failed, not only by not achieving his objec-| tive but also by nasisting the opposi boxers may be granted permission agreed that American
woods which were lying outside the count
period of two months (which may The most seven d's, and both he and Nichols County Cricket match between War-well and was revealing form which Permission will be granted for two reliable player in the be extended) on condition that the An unusual incident arose in the lead, who
match was J. E. Noronha, the Recreio hoxer will not take part in more gave superb displays.
was playing consistently than one contest in any 14 days. stumped off Verity when $1 and Eastman and R. Smith, attacked the wide on the leg side, which falled by not already been included among those at circumstances.
During the last hour Nichols, with when Callin bowled a ball to Lavis for Interport honours, if his name has one programme unless in exception- wickshire and Glamorgnts recently will have made him a strong candidate allen boxers only to appear on any Verity made a mess of a simple siin bowling vigorously and Nichols, ninth a yard or more to reach the wicket, who are being considered by the catch off Bower when the left out at 334 after batting four and a
quarter hours, had two O's and sixteen Hayhurst picke up the ball and Selection Committee.
returned it to the bowler, whereupon
The regulations were altered to Bowes was strangely ineffective and point whether the batsman was not comparatively small margin of differ/and eliminating contests must be
the umpire signalled n wide. The land, who had suffered draatle punish- it was well after six o'clock before deprived of making a stroke led to thee in the scores of the two rinks, over 15 three-minute rounds.
Noronha was responsible for the provide that all area championships
for, without his amazing bowling, Mr. Jeff Dickson, the promoter, which, at times was so deadly, that was the only voter against the ac- he was far and away the better of ceptance of the balance sheet which
vigorous pull seemed likely to land
af 174 for the sixth wicket.
Both batamen enjoyed some Juck, the ball over the boundary for another | Belle, when 30, hitting a ball from X. Fisher which was rather too hot for Bollers to hold at fine leg, and just afterwards he put up a ball which
Leyland was too late to reach.
Nichols, too, should have been
hander wan 09. It was well after the tea interval d'e in his grand 146. before Bolie was disposed of by Ley- ment from Nichols. Belle claimed he secured his first wicket.
Batsman
much discussion.
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BUDWEISER
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