THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. 1935.
MANCHESTER CITY AND STOKE WIN BOTH MATCHES
ONLY SENIOR TEAMS TO TAKE FOUR POINTS
IN OPENING FIXTURES OF HOME FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
VISITING TEAMS SCORE SEVERAL VICTORIES YESTERDAY
London, Sept. 4.
Manchester City, the winners of the English Foot- ball Association Challenge Cup two years ago, and
Stoke City, winners of the Second Division Champion. ship three years ago, are the only two First Division teams to have won both their matches on the opening days of the English Football season this year. Manchester City, no of the host [tion: English
Teams playing in
the
Today, is eonsidered one of its clari run-t likely to depoe the Arsenal if The Lendojies nie to be depaserį. Maksi year. Agning West Bromwich, unj other formidable combination. Itheir side on Saturday won by! The only goal proved and fo-day the City bent Liverpool at Annel Floar! ly vo ekar goals
The little men from Stuke lannght:
oft aereditadele Bent when they weal
INCLINED
TOWARDS
LINKS
to Stamford Bridge and there word BABE RUTH GIVES
five goal games theta whi nelleus three times. Stokel on Saturday, won from Led at Vietna found by
throw goal to 199
Following the defent
of Sunder
Lood, last year's rumnere-up by the Anmal Saturing, the Vonkelste The Hawtinen di day
, Akle wer? Yo
wind th
at West Bromwich Allen
tay ther conia to one, Anuthur away fake full punt Today was -Aston Valin who bege Riddle Gemench
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JOEY
Portsmouth was the Tvrdon inb to win on hoge eromenal. frating Borton by two goal to mil.
West Bromwich Albion 1- Semor de te have Faded 1 o point either fixt
The only
Blackpool, Munchester Tinted and #hein Newensile, all plugin hefur own supporters Matt Theti mules : the Second Division, these branky 19 eaty Seemal Division games down for, derinou tu-dwy,
In the two Thid bien ons visiting | trans had a fairly successful time, Hewart, Watford and Oldham win
ing their witches on foreign soil marile Queen's Park, Gillingham and
abinil each took one point. Crystal Palace suffered the heaviest defest of tine day when the vale seem down to Southend. and of the en clected toamne, by ser guid to ong at The Stadium.
Blackpool, Southampton, and Tat.
Lenham Hotspurs are the only Second
UP DIAMONDS
GOLF IS NOW HIS PASTIME
New York, Aug. 30. Babe Ruth, baseball's greatest drawing attraction of the past twenty-one years, is now proving that he is still one of the public's favourites.
This year be wa given an unl. right Felease from organized base* - ball because be was copgistered ali through as a baseball player and s an attraction. Ruth had other ideas uhan being thepongch,
Daring the winters while not play-
luisehall,
"Babe had tried Through his co- ordination
power, he developed into a good geffe;, and at times, posted cores on par with some of the well. known goffers. When invebalt veralt
dris, And
Ralf chil
hi
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The
SHANGHAI INTERPORT
NOEL HAMMOND
A TENNIS TREAT
SPARKLING DISPLAY IN SHANGHAI
BY JAPANESE PLAYERS
Shanghai, Sept 3. When a set extends over 24 games with the pace of the first game as fast and furious as the last; when each player puts his best into each stroke and directs each ball with a mind trained to out-place his opponent; and when the players
concerned are the two first ranisers of Japan in opposition to the two first string men of Shanghai, it is not un- reasonable to claim that such an exhibition of tennis must be, accorded a class by itself.
friendly
Such was hand, and in the wighed OUT Arst tournament Ruth played, many thousand people braved bard rain storm to sep him make o creditable "core of 81 in a driving rain.
12
So great is the popularity of Ruth that the papers were all praising him
Division tenis to have W19 buthi for his metinere score, while falling
sume
to pay any attention in, a man who
for
cir- cumstances 'nad in the sune fourna mat
anatchee valle Doncaster and West Ham are the only pointless sides.
There is no Southern Section Third: sorod 71 Division team which has won both matches while elules which have nol vel won a point are Laton and Tre- In the Northern Section quay. Wroxham, Chester and Stockport are the texts with full points while Rotherham, Aceringlun, Gateshead nie 010 club, which I've lost both malchen,
Today'a results follow:
FIRST DIVISION
3 Stoke
Chelsea
Leeds Liverpool Middlesbro' Portsmouth West Brom.
0 Man'ter C.
WONNOW
5
0 Birmingham 0
2
1 Aston Villa
2 Everton
Sunderland
3
Blackpool
2 Norwich
1
Man'ter U.
3
Chariton
0
-Newcastle
0
SECOND DIVISION
Barnsley THIRD DIVISION' (SOUTH) Bournemouth 2 Luton Brighton 1 Queen's P. R. I Bristol C. 1 Newport Exeter
1 Watford Potts County 3 Gillingham *Southend 7 Crystal Pal.
Swindon 4 Torquay
'THIRD DIVISION (NORTH) Darlington 1 Walsall Hartlepools 0 Oldham Wrexham
5 Mansfield
Renter,
2
1
The Babs is quite enthusiastic about: gulf. After that first tournament he said that it was like hitting a home. run every time a golfer leed ff. He also male the statement that there are few golfers who cannot bất a golf ball farther than he ever hit a Laseball in his best, years,
Golf has for some time been draw- ing the crowds away from baseball
influence Possibly the unrks. Babe Ruth will draw more people A stimulate publie away as well opinion about this recreation. Many young people do not play golf be- they feel that it is "an old man's game." But now that their hero has taken it up so whole-heartedly, their golf-playing views my very likely change.
Ruth intends to practise, diligently every day to attempt to lower his score. If he can do this be will enter more actively nil the tournaments possible. He claims that he has not hnd sufficient time to devote practising but tint he will be able to find more time in the future, what with his baseball career well behind
hin
to
Babe Ruth may prove that he is greater than golf just as he was greater than the game he was king of for twenty-one years.-United Pren.
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At a meeting of the Shanghai Amateur Swimming Association.
held last night, the following were Selected to represent Shanghai in the fortheoning interport – swim-; ding meet against Hongkong in! The Colony on September 19, 201 und 21:
Xhel Hammond And Archie Logan (British), Wadie Welz. Tommy
Britton,
TRIB
(American), Jappy Grilk (Nether.)
ARCHIE LOGAN
OUR SOCCER FORECASTS
lands), Stan Starkovsky (Russian), Home Teams Favoured
Sie Bok-klen thinset and Wol- frang Wagner and Hansi (German).
men have
l'ark
Jeep
The selected. elingen for the following events:
30 yards free style: and Britton.
To Win
The following is a forecast off Hammond Saturday's matcher in the Hame!
Football Leagues!
V.
INVALUABLE CALL-OVER FOR
TENNIS RECORDS
ST. LEGER
AYRES'
ALMANACK NOW OUT
DATA BROUGHT UP TO DATE
(By "Sngax")
Containing as it always does a wealth of information for the tennis fan. Ayres' Lawn Tennis Almanack, which is now in its 28th
has year of publication, just been received in the Colony by Messrs. Harry Wicking & Co., Ltd.
BAHRAM. QUOTED AT 4/7
FAIRBAIRN AT NINE TO ONE
London, Sept. 4. Bahram remains odd-on favourite for the St. Leger which is to be run lover one mile and 1,472 yards at Doncaster on Wednesday, September
11
The latest call-over prices are as Follows
477 Bahram (laid and wanted) 2/1 Fairbairn (0) 19/1 Pussy (0) 100/9, Planny (t)
1/7, Field Trial (t and o) 15/1 Sar, Ray (t. and o)
Nairan. (9)
25/1
Buckleigh (n)
/ Flash Bye (o)
66/1 Pry II (0)
The Ayres Almanack is to ten-10071 Bartholdi nis what Wisden's Almanack is to 10071 Raudni (0) cricket and there is not a single fea- ture of any importance which is omitted from mention in chis an- nual publication by F. H. Ayres Lid. There is a ne more complete re- ferd of all the outstandin, cham-
ships of the world than Arres
Almanack while the international competitions, including the Davis [Copland Wightman Cup Competi- tions, are given alue prominence with full resulls of past contests,
The renaissance of "British lawn |
Reuter.
CHAMPIONSHIP
ATHLETICS ·
RECORD BREAKING
PERFORMANCES
tennis last year is emphasised by WOMEN. the Editor in an article "Hours For the Homeland" in which ho! temarks that the victory of the! Davis Cup team in the same year as both Men's singles titles went to Great Britain marked the opening Fof a new epoch.
100 yard free style: Ham
FIRST DIVISION mond and Logan,
Arsenal vards free 220)
Style: Ham- BIRMINGHAM v
BRENTFORD Huddersfield mund and Fagran,
-4-16 vands free style: Logan DERBY
V. Bolton GRIMSBY
Chelsea and A. N. Other.
880 yards free y le Grik and; Leeds
Blackburn
H. S. Scrivener, the well-known Everton Lawn tennis authority traces Sin Rok-hieu.
Aston Villa progress of lawn teanis during the
past fifty years "From William Middlesbro'
the William T." that is from the Wolves
100 yards back, bruke Han-
d and Wagner. 100 yards breast -troke: Welz and Warner,
Relay four men each 50 yarder: Britton. Starkon sky Hammond, and Loats,
Medley Relay: Britton (free jy kolor, Welz breast, langmoed
The nut muficent exhibi Dabar 11. tion on Shanghai Lawn Tennis A
Divine: Bumber and Grilk, zocation's court yesterday_affertorat ||
ftentative): Water pulo tram the 10 dame Davis Cup yazer: svladar
Grill. Park: Logan: players of 1934 and 1935, Ya
Yamagishi and Nishimura, who were passing Welz, Hammond, Starkovsky, through this port for Japan, clashed with Lewis D. Carson wul W. A. H. Duff, defeating them by 13-11 in the first set, being forced to abandon the serand, owing to the fuiling light, with the score standing at 5-2 in their favour. In all the above match called for a gumes without a rest.
Previous to the above exhibition, the two Davis Cup players opposed each other in one set of singles, Jiro Yamagishi defeating his colleague Hideo Nishimura by 6-4. This was followed by a further singles'exhibi- tion when Yamugishi defeated Lewis Carsen in a magnificent game by 6-2. The first loables exhibition was given students, I by the two Japanese Kinoshita and M. Tuskuda, who have just completed i tour of Jaya, with G. : Lum and M. Benavitch
as. the opposition. Play in this watch was very even, the Shanghai couple taking the first set by 6-4 while the students took the next,, 6-3.
Approximately 1,000 termis en thusiasts were present to witness the play. The standard of tennis in the concluding match of the exhibition between Yamagishi and Nishimura and Lewis Carson and W. A. H. Duff. 'was of the first order. No drive, no volley, half-volley or smash was
xerated
without
precision
and
Baseball
Stopped
By Rain
AMERICAN GAMES POSTPONED
3 NATIONAL MATCHES
V.
V.
บ.
V.
Liverpool PORTSMOUTH v. PRESTON WEDNESDAY «.
MANCHES- Sunderland
TER C WEST BROM. v. Stuke
SECOND DIVISION
V.
time of William Tilden.
RUNNERS
(By ACHILLES) With weather conditions ideal, women athletes were Boon On the record-breaking path at their A.A.A. championship meeting at the White City Stadium.
In the feat race Max Hiscocks
100
new Britzl rerord for
of William Renshaw to the London Olympiades) established The modern developments of theatre in a runaway victory in her game in Japan are treated in heat. Her bine lowered the pre- interesting article by dire Itoh, thevious best held jointly by herself Editor of the Japanese Monthly and M. Menzies by sec, and
who
P
"was only 1-10 outside world re- rcord.
SHEFFIELD U. Magazine "Lawn Tennis,”
describe the development as Hull V.
BLACKPOOL markable as, 1920, there were no!
Miss Hiscock did not reproducų. other organisations than one soli-) Charlton
tary club and one university that this time in the final, though she Barnsley
catered for lawn tennis as the experienced le difficulty Southampton people understand it to-day.
Learrying off the championship for There is a glowing tribute to the third successive year. the late Jiro Satoh who was lostes in the 200 metres final, in She also revealed her best quali-
Bradford BURNLEY Bury Doncaster FULHAM LEICESTER Manchester U. v.
v. PORT VALE Swansen 'SPURS
V.
V.
V.
V.
Y.
V.
V.
Bradford C. Plymouth NORWICH joverboard whilst on his way to Newcastle
WEST HAM v. Notts Forrest THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH) ALDERSHOT Y. Brighton Bournemouth V. Northampton Bristol C.
Bristol R. Cardiff
READING COVENTRY Gillingham
LUTON
Millwall
V.
V.
v. 'Newport
v. PALACE
v. Southend
v. Watford
NOTTS COUNTY v. Orient
SWINDON v. Exeter TORQUAY
New York, Sept. 4. Rain prevented all the Ameri- can Baseball matches from being played to-day although the wea ther did not interfere with the National Championship fixtures.
The New York Giants and the Crewe
+
irt
Europe with the Japanese Davis/which she recaptured the title lost Cup team last year.
last year to Miss Halstead. She The popular "Bijou Biographies” I had only inches to spare in a grip- Section is made more interest-ping Onish, but bor time was only. ing than ever with the in-1-10see, outside British record. clusion of the names of many more Miss Halstead did not defend of the rising players in addition to her 200 metres title. She prefer those who have already made them-| red to concentrate her energies on (selves known through their partici. the 800 metres, and in this race pation in International competi-she created a new British record, tion.
2 7-10sec. Better than Gladys Conn's previous best.
CRICKET TOUR
Without a doubt. Nellie Halstead
is an amazing athlete-she won the English cross-country cham- pionship earlier in the year.
V P.R. Nawab Of Pataudi May Miss Webts met with misfogtang
THIRD DIVISION (NORTH) ACCRINGTON v. Rochdale
New Brigh- CHESTER. v.
ton FIELD
v. York
Manafield Rotherham
V,
Carlisle
V.
V.
V.
LINCOLN Barrow V. Walsall
V.
St. Louis Cardinals, the two top | DARLINGTON v. Hartlepools teams of the National League, | GATESHEAD won their fixtures to-day, thus HALIFAX Judgment. Seldon is such a treat leaving the positions unaltered.
OLDHAM in court play and tactics put before Results of to-day's
Southport local tennis enthusiasts, To watch follow:
STOCKPORT V. the Japanese rush forward from terrific service and take their post-
TRANMERE tions by the net, placing with care
WREXHAM and thoroughness, leading up from cach service to magnificent volleys, and smashing the ball through their
¡ opponents' defence to take a point,
was a treat Indeed. And to watch
matches
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R. H. E.
Philadelphia Chicago
2 8 0 8. X 1
Chester
SCOTTISH LEAGUE (FIRST DIVISION)
(Galan scored two home runs ABERDEEN
Shanghai's best returning the most for the Cuba). difficult of shots, not yielding an neh, and smashing their own way back for the
point, was to sense
a feeling of pride in the high quality;
of the local representatives,
DEXTEROUS PLACING
21
·
New York.... 6
Cincinnati
1 12 裴
Boston
3 8
G
12
St. Louis
22 11
12
(Mowry and Berger each scored home run for the Braves).
-Reuter
II.
after losing three pointe by serving
Albion
CLYDE
v. Ayr
Y. Third Lanark v. Motherwell HAMILTON .v. Partick HEARTS v. Arbroath KILMARNOCK v. Dunfermline QUEEN'S PARK v. Hibernian Queen O'5th. v. CELTIC RANGERS v. Airdrie ST. JOHNSTONE v. Dundee
OPEN SINGLES BOWLS
1
QUARTER-FINAL FIXTURE
In this exhibition each player made his service throughout 2 games. On several occasions the Japanese had. the local players on the run, and with dexterous placing took the point by smashing to the opposite corner after Clayton, the Clapton half- having skilfully headed Carson and back, will play for Bromley next; Duff
In a position of extreme dis- season. advantage.
On the other hand this play was not entirely on the side of the Japanese, for the local men were able to retallate in a like manner more two doubles and driving the ball out times than once,
of court the score stood at love/40. Velley
an outstanding Careful play brought matters up to play was feature of the match. Yamagishi por 30/40 but following
The last of the quarter-final lawn a magnificent ticularly excelled himself in this valloy in which Duff was the target bowls matches in the Open Singles
runch of play, and at times, with a the Japanese, Carson netted back-hand stroke, sent the ball sky tricky ball
Champlonship will be played off to give the Davis Cup to-day when A. M. Holland meets high to give himself time,
players game and set Clover play at times on the part| Without a rest the second set was R. Duncan on the Club de Recreio of the Japanese gave the two Shang-started but owing to the poor light green. hal men
no alternative but to In the match was abandoned. In this Immediately after the match is back, and with smashing as their act the Japanese took the first three decided the draw will be made for strong point the visitors managed to games in succession while the local the semi-final rounds while dates collect many games in this manner players replied by taking the third and greens will alsoTMbo-fixed-for
With the score standing at 11-all and the sixth bringing the score up these matches.
in the first set and with the service to 4/2. A grim battle was fought
Gillingham havo signed Watson,
In the hands of Yamagishi, the Japan- for the seventh game which went to
end were able to take a hard fought the Japanese after several dences, the
to 12-11. Duff's service followed and tion of play-N. C. D. News.
ton.
love game, thus bringing the score up score thus standing at 6-2 on cesan- an inside forward from Northamp
Captain India
In the 80 metres
hurdles final. After returning the fastest heat. winning time of 12ser, she crashed Bombay, August 11.
into the fifth hurdle in the final The Indian Cricket Board of when possessing a slight lead. Control, to-day, approved the pro-She fell heavily, and E. Green was gramme for the England tour of able to run home a comfortable the Indian cricketers in 1936 winner and so carry off the title Although no decision has been for the fifth year in succession. made it is expected that the
Nawab of Pataudi, who has played lian cricketers shortly to tour cricket for England, will captain India.
the team. He is also expected to: A Selection Committee, consis- captain India in the unofficial ting of the Nawab of Pataudi, Tests against the Nawab of K. S. Duleepsinhji, and Doctor Patiúla's private team of Austra Kanga, was appointed for the tour.
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