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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1935.

YOUNG BUDGE IN TENNIS INCIDENT IN AMERICA

REFUSES TO PLAY

AFTER RAIN

Two Sets Down To Grant

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At Forest Hills

New York, Sept. 9.

Donald Budge, the young Californian tennis player, who created a sensation at Wimbledon this year, created another miniature sensation at Forest Hills to-day, but of an entirely different nature.

NEW RACING

BOAT

After having reached.. the quarter-finals of the United States Lawn Tennis Championships Budge was matched agalist Bitsy Grant for the right to meet Sidney Wood in the semi-final,

Grant was leading Budge by

ANNOUNCED two sels and Ewo games to Jove In

the third when n deluge deacetil- į ed, causing a short adjournment. The sky blackened and, despite

REVOLUTIONARY the protests of the officials

CRAFT

“HYDRA-FOIL” TO BE RACED

new

Detroit, Sept. 6. A revolutionary

racing boat, capable of a 145-mile-an- our speed, with which he will attempt to shatter all existing speed boat records, was an- nounced by Edward S. Evanson, Jr., Detroit sportsman and man- ufacturer.

Donald Rudge donned his blazer! and refused to continue with the p match, whereupon the officials i postponed the Axture until to- inorrow (Tuesday),

This will be the only match of the day as the final of the Women's singles and the semi- fans of the Men's Singles will be played on Wednesday, with the men's final fixed for Thursday

When the match was stopped Grant was leading 6-4, 6-4, 20.- Reuter.

ALL AMERICAN FINAL

New York, Sept. 9. There is to be an All-American the "fastest bout in the world" will final in the Women's Singles be inunched on the Detroit River Lawn Tennis Championships" at

The "ydra-Foil," planned to bej

MILLION

TAUKETNIAETTERAUJ ABYMPIA BUREN 1934

DOLLAR

GATES

RENAISSANCE OF BOXING

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Au embossed map showing the course on which the estafette run in to take place at the Olympic Exhibition at Berlin. The Olympic Light," in shape of a torch, is to be taken from the classic place of the Olympia via Athens, Dolphia, Soloniki, Sofia, Belgrad, Budapest, Vienna, Prague and Dresden to Berlin in order to arrive there exactly on the opening of the Olympic Games in 1930.

sometime this month. Evans said. Forest Hills where Miss Helen BROWN

"Our first objective will be the beak: Jacobs and Mrs. Sarah Palfrey. ing of all existing motorboat spredt

rerorda."

The bout continuaton of experi- ments started by Alexander Graham Bell, telephone pioneeris known

Fabyan qualified from the semi- finals against English rivals.

Mrs. Pabyan accounted for Miss Kay Stammers, the conqueror of

the Hydra-Foil" and even with Mra. Heley Willa-Mondy at Becken- small engine of G50 horsepower will; bam, recently, the American Wight- rench 90 to 15 miles per hour, man Cup playor winning after two "Bell, way back in 1915 or there hard fought sets which went to 28 abouts, altempted to toliqroring; boatsi out of the water, or adapt them to the airplane principle of just skim-j ming the surface of the water, Evans said, "He built several houts on that priticiple

To-day's results were;

WOMEN'S SINGLES

SEMI-FINALS

Helen Jacobs

(United States)

LOSES

TITLE

BOUT STOPPED IN SECOND ROUND

BENNY LYNCH

CHAMPION

Tigers And

Senators In

Close Game

BASEBALL MATCH

UNFINISHED

INTERFERENCE BY RAIN

Helen Jacobs encountered less difficulty in eliminating Mrs. Phyllis King, whom she bent in 19 games. but unfortunately icel In the Men's event Sidney Wood before he could complete the project. beat Gregory Mangin to qualify for

We, tool, up where Bell left off, the semi-final stage. “ndded a fuw' of our own ideas and

produced the 'Hydra-Feil' consistiur! of four tiers of "wings" which rest i about three inches below the surface!

London, Sept. 9,

New York, Sept. 9. when the top tier is out of water."

The Detroit Tigers and the| In a fifteen round contest for TO RIVAL-GAR WOOD

World's, European and British Washington Senators were en- The tiers, Evans added, push thei

Flyweight Boxing Championship gaged in a close contest in the hull of the boat out of the water when beat Mrs. Phyllis King (Great Briat Manchester to-night, Benny America Baseball League to-day It reaches high speed, thus reducingį tain) 0-4, 6-3.

Lynch (Glasgow) beat Jackie but owing to rain and darkness The drug and friction and allowing, Mrs. Sarah Palfrey-Fabyan Brown (holder) on a technical the fixture had to be abandoned increased specii.

(United States) bent Miss Kathar-knock-out in the second round with the Tigers leading by five Next year Evans plans to enter the ine Stammers (Great Britain) 9-7. when the referee stopped the runs to four. boat as an American defender of the

7-6, Harmsworth Trophy, racing against!

fight.

York Yankees took Gar Wood and whoever may challenge!

After Brown had driven in a stir their game from Cleveland Indians America's supremacy in the inter

left to the face, Lynch sent in a by five runs to three, their victory national race.

terrific righthook to the jaw and being due to two home runs by Brown went down for a count of Saltzgaver and Selkirk. two. He then ran into a right and fell for a count of three.

MEN'S SINGLES

QUARTER-FINAL.

Although Wood, now holds the trophy and held it against

every Sidney B. Wood (United States) Invasion-there is no restriction on beat Gregory the number

Mangin (United

Lynch went in with terrific power and Brown was again sent to the boards. Lynch finished the round nggressively..

of defending bouts States) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6-2--Reuter. Aanerica may enter in the race. If Evans's "Hydra-Foil" should better Wood's speed, the trophy would go to Evans under international rules. of an ordinary airplane wing-six With 800 horsepower in our boat inches wide and eighteen inches long. we can do what Wood now does with Built, in four tiers, resting below thir

In the second round Lynch sent 8,000," Evans asserted.

water line of the hull when inactive. in a right to the jaw and Brown The hull is built to take a 2,000 they lift the host proper ten inches was down for a short count, the borsepower engine. Theoretically, out of the water at sixty miles an referee then stepping in and stop-¦ Evans said, such an engine wondhoter. furnish a speed of from 200 to 250 "I will be able to obtain at least ping the fight to prevent any fur miles per hour, nover yet attained 25 miles per hour more than Gar

ther punishment-Bexter. Wood's record of 124.86, and I believe The Hydra-Foils, necording to the without much difficulty the boat will manufacturer, are similar in uppenc- reach 200 miles an hour," Evans ance to a tri-plans and are the shape concluded.--United Press.

on water.

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The New

Beston Braves and Chleago Cubs in the National League were en- Kaged in a double header with the Cubs taking both games.

Results of matches played to

day follow:

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Boston

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INTEREST BEING AWAKENED

New York, Sept. 9. Spectacular boxing bouts where the gate receipts exceed $1,000,000, vanished since the days of Jack Dempsey and the late Rickard--are again in pros- pect in the United States.

When the great. Dempsey retired from the ring; heavyweight boxing suffered a slump Spectators were nol attracted by the comparatively neslourful matches that were staged Letween meligere aspirants and hold ers of the championship.

WEDNESDAY COLLAPSE

DRAWS AT HOME

BOLTON SHARES FOUR GOALS

ENGLISH SOCCER

MATCHES

London, Sept. 9.

AGAIN

SOUTH AFRICANS AND ESSEX AT SOUTHEND

TOURISTS HAVE

BAD DAY:

(By FRANK THOROGOOD) If the Sheffield Wednesday footballers are to offer A Cheltenham to Southend was challenge for the First Division a far cry for the South African Football Championship this sea- cricketers, nor did this sudden son they will have to show an transition from west to east serve improvement on their present to tone down the acid memories form. They drew two of their of their firat defeat. first three matches and to-day In other words, the touring team, on the Wednesday Ground' they fulfilling their last engagement here were only able to share four prior to the fifth Test, lost four wickets af the bidding of Essex for goals with Bolton Wanderers,

23 runs inside the first three-quarters, Aston Villa, playing at home, of an hour, and were n! out soon James J. Braddock and Joe Louis received a shock when Middles- after 4 o'clock,

Their rapid dismissal was mainly are credited with re-awakening interbrough visited Villa Park and

scored seven goals and conceded due to Lieut. J. W. A. Stephenson, the (est in boxing.

jonly two to the hosts.

young Army officer stationed at Colchester, who

his county cap during

Tony Canzoneri started the rennis. annce of boxing early this season Second Division teams had 2 ruun. Given at seven wickets for when he recaptured his lightweight heavy programme of matches, the match against Yorkshire at Col. titte, outpointing the inexperienced there being no less than nine chester last month, yesterday's per- Lou Ambers after Barney Ross regume played to-day. Newcastle france was easily the best in a short career. He appeared to make linquished the championstrip. Next Ross shook MeLarnin from the welter.and Bradford, both of whom were the new ball swerve much in the same playing away from home, suffered fashion as he did against Yorkshire their first defeats of the season at Colchester. while Hull, at St. Mary's Cham- bers, took both polats from Totten-

ham.

Full results of to-day's matches follow:

FIRST DIVISION

Aston Villa 2 Middles-

weight throne,

Then the big money men-the heavyweights-awakened interest in their almost decadent ranks, Jinemy Braddock, fresh from the New Jersey relief ralls, took the title away from the playboy champiss, Maxle Baer, Then Joe Louis, the Brown Bumber, defeated the freakish Golinth Primo Carnera, and inter King Levinsky, Braddock succeeded Max Baer.

the heavyweight throne, to the Uner with his light attitude toward Wednesday the ring. was not the best kind of Stoke champion interest in the boxing gaine, When Max wants to, and has not been out of training too long, he is Barnsley a good fighter. He can hit with the Bradford C. best of thent.

Louis is the kind of fellow who Burnley does not care to rent on his laurels. Bury,

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brough

2 Bolton

3 Chelsen

SECOND DIVISION

He wants to fight as often as possible Charlton

and erase all possible opponents from Hull

the heavyweight picture. By defent-Leicester.

3 Newcastle

2 Plymouth

5 Port Vale

0 Man'ter U.

1 Tottenham

3 Sheffield U.

4 Swansea

ing Caruera, he eliminated the freak, Southampton 1 Doncaster the man who was piloted to the cham- West Ham 1 Bradford pionship through peculiar channels,

After his one round knockout of the THIRD DIVISION (SOUTH) exfish monger, King Levinsky, Joe is ready to meet all comere Max Bacı | Coventry... is scheduled as his next rival.

S...... Millwall.

Luton

0 Bournemouth 2 Bristol C. Newport Northampton 3 Aldershot

THIRD DIVISION (NORTH) Lincoln 6 Crewe

BRADDOCK TIE UP

Jimmy Braddock is tied up with Madison Square Garden and does not plan to defend his championship until next June. Under no obligations to Oldham any ex-champion Braddock says ho tions and best drawing card no mnt- Walsall will fight the winner of the eliming- Rotherham

ter

who he may be.

Joc Gould, Braddock's manager, in

Z Hartlepools 5 Southport

4 Darlington

Reuter

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"JOURNEY'S END"

Before the dew was off the gras Bruce Mitchell, Rowan, Nouree and Wade had gone the way of all flesh to the pavilion. In their journeys to the wicket this quartet nd assuredly found

it much better to travel than to arrive.

Late-comers gazed at the scoring board like people in a dream and then suddenly remembered that of all the counties in the championship no other can reneh greater heights and descend as quickly to the com monplace with more regularity thas Essex.

Bruce Mitchell was bowled with the 1 fourth ball of the first over of the day. 2 delivered by Nichols; Rowan, 'Nourse and Wade fell to Stephenson, who, al

0 fast medium pace, got his three vic Itims in eight overs at a cost of 11

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rung.

Meanwhile Siedle bad remained andisturbed by the exclonic events of the morning and the "Gibraltar" of the team now found a partner in Dalton, who helped to add 161 for the fifth wicket in two hours, During that period nearly all the sting left the attack, although Peter Smith had kept an excellent length and it remained for O'Connor to effect a separation. In that success he was ably seconded by Sheffield who took a 2 going-away ball in the slips to dis 2 miss Siedle. In good steady batting Siedle excelled and before he went his 1partner had completed his first cen-

tury of the tour.

It was a hundred worth remember.. ing, for the maker of it had scored these runs out of 168. Soon after-

said, "Braddock had to go through a GERMAN WOMEN'S wards when Nichola took the new ball

a formal announcement to the press tournament to get his chance. I don't think any of the three ex-champions gave us any help on the way up.

"Carnera ran out on us. Schmeling refused to meet Braddock fur

the right to fight Baer. Baer and his manager belittled Jimmy every way they could. Baer was going to kil Jimmy, he would let his brother Buddy fight him, and finally he pro mised the world that Braddock would not last two rounds.

TITLE

ENGLISH PLAYERS TO

MEET IN THE FINAL

Bad Ems, Aug. 14..

be made use of the boon by clean bowing Dalton whose 12 fours will be chiefly remembered for the power of his cover driving and leg hitting.

Faithful to his reputation Stephenson now came into the pic ture a second time with another sensational bit of bowling during which he took four wickets for 17 runs in 19 balls and so closed the innings.

Langton and Bainskas fell to suc

With this awakened interest in alt divisions, particularly in the heavy Young and Miss A. Holmes, both trick by making a lucky snick to the Two English girls, Miss. E. cessive deliver with the new ball

and Crisp only prevented tho hat

weight ranka, boxing will see larger members of the Thorndon Park boundarf... venture so far has been

threaten the

Chicago... (Fletcher scored a home run for gates. They cannot be expected to Club, will contest the final of the the Braves).

Boston

CARNERA NOT TO Chica

MEET NEUSEL

ITALIAN GIANT

DRUGGED?

STATEMENT AT NAPLES

Rome, Aug, 12. Following the decision of Signor Starace, Secretary of the Fascist Parly, to suspend Primo Carnern's

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"Golden Era" when the or no German Women's Gelf Champion distinguished by an excellent display

the second ney-Dempsey battle in Chicago in ship over 36 holes here to- of batting on the part of Gutmore. September 1927 drew gate receipts morrow.

Against a variety of good bowling he

The match between the New-York of ***er in Philadelphia when was that of Miss Holmes, who in the heavy gun-fire practice from an adja- of 32,050,000, or their first match A The best performance of the day played a clover, and watchful innings Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates was postponed on account of rain.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

they grossed $1,805,723

but the quarter-finals defeated Frau E. Sells- steady falling off

receipts from chopp, of Reinbek, winner of the title in 1927, 1928, and 1920, and runner-

year

off of

1927 up to the

is

expected to be

"BACT DAUBock fight |

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St. Louis...... Philadelphin

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and also survived the distraction of

cent garrison.

Sheffield, who made a number of

up In 1933. Miss Holmes gained neat square cuts, helped to add 46 for It seems fairly certain that the surprisingly enay victory by 7 and 6. the first wicket, but a clever bit of In the Remi-final Miss Holmes bent fielding by Langton cut short the "Million Dollar Gates" will not be file. Denise Oury, of Belgium, by innings of Nichols, and at the close just a pleasant memory but a cer- 5 and 4.

Clift scored a home run for tuinty in the near future, if Interest the Brovas). ·

continues at its present pace in the quarter-final before beating

Miss Young was given a hard match wickets in hand. United Prense

Cleveland

3 10 0 6 10 1

New York .... (Saltzgaver and Selkirk scured home runs for the Yankees).

Detroit Washington...

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(The match was called in the

passport, it is now stated that the seventh innings owing to darkness Itrian boxer vill not be allowed and rain).

to fight the German, Walter

Neusel, in Amsterdam next month,

nor for the moment will he be

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allowed to undertake any other AMATEUR GOLF

fight in the United States.

The statement made by Carnera on his recent arrival at Naples, which were reproduced in the Italian Prosa, to the effect that he had been drugged during his fight with the negro, Joe Louis, were regardled with great disfavour in Fascist sporting circles-and-an- order has been issued to the Press that no more auch interviews must be published.

IN U.S.

FRANCIS OUIMET

SURPRISED

Lawn Bowls Interport

ARRANGEMENTS-

TO BE MADE

Club secretaries are reminded of the meeting of the Executive Council of the Hongkong Lawn Bowls Association which is to be held this evening, mencing at 5.30 p.m. in the South China Morning Post Ltd. Board Roomt.

com-

The meeting la to make the final -arrangements for the forthcoming EARLY DEFEAT-ing the approval of a programme Interport with Shanghal, includ- Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 8. which has already been drawn up Playing In the American by the Sub-Committee. The neces Clapton Orient have signed on Amateur Golf Championship to- sary sub-committees for the enter two further new players in day, Levi Yoder, of Washington,tainment of the Shanghal players Edwards, a forward from Bury,boat Franela Quimet in the first will also be appointed. and Taylor, a full back, last season round by two up and one to play The selection of the rinks to with Halifax Town and formerly while Lawson Little, the Amateur oppose Shanghai will not be made with Bristol City, while Searle, Champion of Britain, beat Rufask- until later although it is undor- full back, who did not accept the Ing of Wichita Falls, Texas, by stood that the Selection Commit terms offered him at the close of

up and one to play.-tee will bo meeting almost imme- Last season, has now resigned..

diately to consider the matter,

three Rentor,

Essex wero 111

Fri. Marwitz, of Wannsee, 1 up. In

behind with

the semi-final she bent Miss E. Scott, earlier beaten Senorn

Aix

Gandarias,

of Stoke Poges, by 2 and 1. This was Spanish champion for the past three a notable victory, as Misa Scott had years.

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