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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1935.

EX-HONGKONG NAVAL OFFICER WINS AT WIMBLEDON

TENNIS TITLE GOES TO

LIEUT. MUSPRATT

HOARE BEATEN. IN SEMI-FINAL ROUND BY THE CHAMPION

AN UNEXPECTED BUT DESERVED WIN FOR THE NEW HOLDER

Lieut. W. D. F. B. Muspratt, who was sfationed in Hongkong a couple of years ago, and who took part in local tennis and other sporting activities, is the new Royal Navy and Royal Marines Lawn Tennis champion, he having won the title at Wimbledon this month. In his passage to the final he eliminated Lieut. R. R. G.

Hoare, another ex-Hongkong Naval officer.

Lieut. Muspratt will be remembered as a

competitor in the Open Mixed Doubles Cham-

pionship organised by the Chinese R. C. twoj

years ago.

(By H, S. Scrivener)

London, Aug. 2.

As was the case last year, tome

difficulty TR being experienced in arrying through the Royal Navy and Royal Marines championships in the allotted three days. It WAA the challenge round of the Davis Cup

met the Navy's applecart by clam

.. as it had the right to do, Velusive use of Wimbledon on the i first two days of this week, Formatly. when our people had to gu cup-hunt-

NO EXHIBITION TENNIS

Japanese Team's

Short Stay

It was announced this morning by the Hon. Secretary of the Lawn Tennis Association (Mr. C. J. Tacchi) that it is impossible to stage an exhibition with the Japanese Davis Cup team which passes through on board the Hakone Maru en route to Japan from Europe.

A CENTURY DEBUT

CANTAB'S FEAT AT SHEFFIELD

P. A. GIBB MAKES 157 NOT OUT

TOTAIS

IN THEIR ANNUAL match with a team of Hongkong bowlers Wanstead were defeated for the first

time last month. The twa rinks are shown above.

Manila Plans A Tennis Interport

Both New York PROPOSAL Teams Beaten TO INVITE

At Baseball HONGKONG

YANKEES LOSE IN 15 INNINGS

TIGERS SHARE TWO GAMES

New York, Aug. 26. Once again the New York Baseball outfits had a bad time to-day when the Giants lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League and the Yankees were beaten by the Chicago White Sox in the American League. P. A. Gibb, the Cambridge Bluc, The Yankees were scheduled to made history yesterday when he play the White Sox a double header scared a century on his feat appear-hut the second match had to ance for Yorkshire-a feat which abandoned after the seveni'.

London, July 30.

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no other player, either amateur ornings owing to the first math professional, has achieved. He was taking fifteen innings. playing against Notts at Sheffield.

The Detroit

Although he was missed behind the wicket when four, he gave no other chance until Larwood gave him another life at slip when 138, Gibbs batted afi fold a lttle over four hours and his principal strokes. were two 6's and'eighteen 4's, snys the News Chronicle. He made 168 not out in an innings of 421.

Tigers, Oresent

Itesuits of today's matches follow:

AND SHANGHAI TO COMPETE

EARLY NEXT YEAR

year.

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LOVELOCK BEATEN

HIS SECOND DEFEAT BY

S. C. WOODERSON

FIRST TEAM TO WIN ESPLEN CUP

ENGLISHMEN MAY VISIT COLONY

TO REGAIN THE TROPHY

London, Aug. 3.

ALLISON AND VAN RYN SECURE TITLE

BEAT MAKO AND

BUDGE

U.S. TENNIS FINAL

Brookline, Aug. 26. Gene Mako and Donald Budge, the youthful American Lawn Tennis combination, fully justified their reputation of being the A team of members of the second best doubles pair in the Hongkong Lawn Bowls Associa- United States when they extend- tion, for the first time gained a ed the Wimbledon runners-up, victory over Wanstead Bowling Wilmer Allison and John Van Club in the arinual match for the Ryn, in the final of the U. S. "Esplen"

16 shots to 14 shots.. In many quarters · Mako and The mntch was played on. the Budge are considered an even better Wanstend Green.

combination than America's Davis it was the sixta mutual match play-Cup doubles team as they have pre- ed between the two clubs, and the viously beaten, not only Allison fourth in which the "Expton" Cup has and Van Ryn, but also L. R. Stoefen been competed for.

and G. M. Lott, Wimbledon cham- pions of a year ago.

winning by on Friday evening, Doubles Championships to-day.

VISITORS ENTERTAINED

To-dny's match went to the full After the match the visitors, to-five sets before the winners were gether with their ledics, were enterable to claim the title. The scores fained to supper to the Golf Club were 6-4, 6-2, 3-8, 2-6, 6-1.-Renter. house which was ance more kindly

ATTACK ON MILE Wanstead Ginlf Club,

RECORD

(By FRED DARTNELL)

Mr. William Stuart, president of Wanstead

Bowling Club, welcomed the visitors on behalf of the club, and re- marked that he was always pleased to welcome the Hongkong team,

This year, for the first time, the visitors were going to take the eup back to Hongkong, and he was gis that they had an opportunity of doing

S.

MIXED DOUBLES TITLE

Brookline, Aug. 26. In the final of .the. Mixed Doubles Championship, Mrs. Sarah Palfrey-Fabyan (America) and Enrique G. Mater (Spain) Katharine Stammers beat Miss

BOWLS FINAL POSTPONED

MEDINA. UNABLE TO PLAY

The final of the Open Lawn Bowls Pairs Cham- pionship which was fixed for this afternoon, has had to be postponed as M. J. Medina, one of the players, is unable to play.

· Manila, Aug. 21. A proposal to invite Shanghai: and Hongkong to participate in an interport tennis tournament in Manila next January or February

Londen, Aug. 5. will be taken up by the Philippine There were memorable scenesans. Islands Lawn Tennis Association on Saturday at the. Glasgow, It had been a very enjoyable game; at its meeting Friday. The pro- Rangers' big sports meeting.

and he thought that it might offer posal will be made in view of the Over 50,000 spectators at Ibrox

an opportunity to some of the more fact that it is not certain whether Park saw Jack Lovelock beaten

well-to-do Wanstead members to the interport series which has for the second time this season

vixit Hongkong and re-capture the спр. been conducted between Shanghai by S. C. Wooderson.

Mr. Stewart handed the cup to Mr.

Randle, and Hongkong will be held this

skip of the Hongkong Three weeks ago, Wooderson had wrested Lovelock's British mile cham-

Randle, in reply, thanked the The Philippines applied for participionship from him at the White City members of the Wanstend Club for leaders of the American League rear ago and the application was meeting Lovelo-k

pation in the inter-port series over AL the A.A.A. dinner after the made graceful

their

hospitality. were also engaged in double

nrerpted. Recently, however, brader, the honours for which they P.I.LT.A. addressed a better in the triumph. hat added that it

the acknowle

ledgment 55 Wooderson's kone only wished that more Hong- members could have been ure. would shared with the

sent to witness the match. Philadelphia tennis officials of Hongkong request- never orar again.

Mr. Randle remarked that Ee wast Athletics.

details of this

The implied threat failed to come this year's competition

under the impression that the cup was and reply was received that the series off the rate specially framed to will be held in Shanghai, Communi- enable either Woogerson or Lovelock for annual competition at the

Wanstead Club only ention was addressed to the Shanghai to be at the latters British record of officials but no reply was received.4 min. 12 see, muce at Oxford three THANKS TO MR. A. MCNEISH Shanghai had previously advised years ago. Neither of them, running Ji.

PILT.A. ocials that the compeli- from scratch, won the race, which In conclusion, be referred to the tion this 22

year weukt be held in went to A. V. Reeve of the Poly, who work of Mr. A. MeNelah, who always Hongkong.

off the 25 yards mark returned 4 min, helped considerably in organising the Newspaper renders, especially of

P.LL.T.A. offcials believe that an 10% sec, time good enough to sug-1 match.

Three other inbers of the long- sporting news, have good memorice, Herman scored a home run for Inter-port organisation which would gest that he would have been troubling

men if he had started kong Team, Mr. J. F. Lunny, Mr. G. E. cumulet an annual tennis series be the scrutch says the News Chronicle. Mr. P.the Reds), Huwkawell, of West

tween

Shanghai Hongkong.

and level with them.

Eliot-Haywaril, and Dr. V. N. Atienza; Norwood,

Pittsburgh writes with

ch, the Scottish champion, who all spoke briefly and thanked the Manila would serve to stir up a great reference to P. A.

Riddeh, ine to Paris, the Navy had five days;

New York

deal of interest in tennis in this see- hnd 35 yards start. was second in Wanstead-Club for their warm wel In which to settle their differences,

Gibb's century for Yorkshire in his

tion of the world and would provide 4 mins. 11 sec., but so far as the huge | come, Testerday the effort to reduce the first innings for the county:

Traynor, Padden and Jensenkeen outside competition. Should the crawl was concerned the rent ruge Mr. Roberts Leeder, honorary last eight to two was frustrated by a "You are wrong when you state each scored a home run for the ongkong to play here early next who fatshed this End fourth in 1 min: posed the toast of "The Ladies, and to invite Shanghai and was between Wooderson and Lovelock, secretary of the Wanstead Club, pro- beng and exhausting match between that he is the first Yorkshireman Piratest. Jarg. Lt.Cdr. Mockler and Sub. Lt. to do this feat. VATASOUR. It would have been far debut for the county in 1921 scored St. Louis

| year be approved at Friday's meel-12 7-10 sets and 4 min, 15 3-5 sec., gave a shart account of the matches C. Tyson on his

ing, invitations will be sent to those respectively. A gap, of nearly

that had been played with Hongkong better if this match could have been

ports immertintely no that they may

fur the yards separated the two stars it the

"Explen" Cup -played

in the morn in

but, doubtless century (against Hampshire) in morning

make preparations.

inish.

The trophy was given In 1911 by Grent Britain) and Roderick for some good and sufficient reason, it the first innings and 80 not out in

Mr. James to Mr. Wooderson fuiled by 7-10 sec.

J. Esplen, O.BE who was Menzel (Czecho-Slovakia) was not. It finished at 4.3

president of the club at that time, 3-6, 6-4,--Henter. after Mr. McNeish had brought some Hongkong visitors to Wanstead to Singles Championships will com- The Men's J1133 Women's play bowls, and the cup had been competed for each year since then.

The boat is due to arrive at daylight on Friday but latest ad- vices from the N.Y.K. are that the steamer will sail at 3 o'clock and not at 5 o'clock originally thought.

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SWIMMERS DEPART FROM JAPAN

GOOD IMPRESSION

MADE

equal Levolork's British record, but he best the New Zealander's Scottish all brate the cord of 4 min. 13 2.5 : which was achieved at the Bangers moating two years ago,

1 though Love lock seemed a trite anxious and restless before the start, but Wenderson, an astonish- ingly

grave person for one of his

the

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scores were: Hongkong: Mesars. | Marks, Lunny, Atienza and Handle (skip) 16: Wanstead: Mesara, Curtis, E. Leeder, A. Love and W. Nichols (skip) 14-The Express and Independent,

The match is between L. A R. Duncan and R. Dun- can, of the Kowloon Bowling Green Club, and M. J. Medi- na and J. Cavanagh, of the, Craigengower C. C.

The fixture has accord- ingly been re-arranged for next Tuesday and will be played on the Civil Service- C.C. green, commencing at -- 4.30 p.m.

6-3.

mence at Forest Hills on Thurs- day and conclude on September 6.

when three centuries were scored A rare incident in club cricket occurred on Saturday, August 3

In an innings, II. Hutchison mak- Arsenal F.C.'s balance sheet M. Nelson 102 not out for Finchley ing 102, J. W. Levy 101 and P, J. shows a profit of £8,800.

years, was ideall; composed, The first lap was covered in 01 1-5 see, by Lovelock, who found Wooder- xon reversing his usunt policy of making

Wooder This Ume son hung on elosely to his great rival and at the half-mile (2 mln. 7 1-10- sec.) he was still dogging like fute the flying heels of the man who was out for revenge. Lovelock's thoughts might well be imagined as he raced away. SUPREME EFFORT Yokohama, Aug. 22. We waited breathlessly for the Fifteen of America's outstand-crisis, ing tank artists, headed by Coach Wooderson launched his blow. Conting Suddenly, 209 yards from home, Bob Kiphuth of Yale left Japan towards the final end, he shot away! to-day on their return trip home-like an arrow to gain a couple of ward aboard the Tatsuta Maru. yards lead. As he passed Lovelnek The splashers were in Japan for the latter threw a half-startled glance at his rival and a second or two later over a fortnight.

made & spreme effort to turn the

Although defeated by Nippon's (Darkness stopped play after day meet at the Melj Shrine pool, mighty swimming squad in a three- the seventh innings).

-the Americans made deep impres- The match hetween Washingtonstons on Japanese sports followers. Senators and St. Louis Browns was postponed on account of rain. Beuter.

LAWN BOWLS RINKS FOR SATURDAY

Hongkong Electric R.C. Selection

The Hongkong Electric R.C. rinka for Saturday's Second Division Lawn Bowls League match against Royal Hongkong Yacht Club at Ming Yuen will be as follows:

R. C. Butler, V. Sorby, G. T. Padgett, L. de Rome (skip)

W. Stoker. H. S. McKay, J. Sloan and H. W. B. Muskett (akip); A. P. Tarbuck, J. F. Barron, J. G Haigh and A. Webster (skip).

The reserves will be J. L. King and H. S. Jones.

Sports writers, following the conclusion of, the meet, were un- animous in asserting that only the absence of several of the outstand ing American stars kept them from

winning,

The Meiji pool meet was the only competition engaged in by the Americans although they gave two exhibitions.

“A” DIVISION TENNIS

Programme For To-day

At the

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Lovelock's face was deathly white WEEK-END DINNER DANCES

tables.

and his expresalon was drawn na he forced himself to the shoulders of Wooderson. He could de no better, but the Binckheath lad disdainfully lengthened his stride and swept through to the end, complete master of the man he had dethroned from the charipionship.

Lovelock who at 984. blb, weighs 6. stone

more than Wooderson, was well eaten, but he made no excuses. In congratulating Wooderson he said: had had a fortnight's rest and had tried to build myself up, but it was Ho use, you were too good!"

be meeting the "B" leam from the same club.

The full programme for to-day in

ns follows:

Chinese "A"

Craigengewer

U. S. R. C.

V. Chinese. "D"

v. Recreio "B"

v.

Recreio "A"

The league table to date n

follows:

Chinese "A

neons C.C. Kowloon CC. Inci R.,

el "A" 1, 8, R. 6. Craigengower Karela

title has already been won by the The "A" Division Lawn Tennis Chinese Recreation Club, whose senior combination has not lost a match throughout the season.

To-day the Chinese R.C. "A" w Chinese ""

F. W. D. L.

A. Pi

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