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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, " JUNE 20, 1936.

VERITY'S 15 WICKETS FOR 100 RUNS

MAHMOUD'S

GREAT DERBY WIN

'SMIRKE SHOUTS "WHOOPEE!”

AND BREAKS DOWN

(By W. F. Sanderson)

London, May 28,

Mah-1 Half-a-million people saw maid win the Derby yesterday for: the Aga Khan. As the grey horae) sped past the winning post many in the vast crowd an Mahmud's Jurkey. Charlie Smirke, waving hi

A few heard bbs Joy. ful shoot: Whoopee! Whoopee! we've done it again." But none know that two seconds later Smirke was crying.

ΠΥΡΩΝ ΓΙΑ 1,

This extraordinary display of emn- tion by one of the yoket and most experienced jockeyn--the winner of a previous Derby and other great races

was due to the fnet that Smirke's horse won when nobody thought he could te so, aut also because a few) seconds before Stalks himself thought he had blunderal and nullified his chances.

This is what he told me:

WHAT STEVE SAID

"There is only one way to tell you the story of my second Dérby victory, i and that is from the very beginning from the time when I had my choice of mounts.

"I was not naked to ride Taj Akbar.j and perhaps that was hirky for me.

"Bu between.tire Aga Khan's twol other horses, Mahmoud and Bala Hissar, there was never nay doubt, │| told Mr. Butters, the trainer, I want to ride Mahmund; I don't think the ather has a chance,"

"And how I laughed when people? kept on saying Mahmond cannot stay. I knew he could, and Steve Donoghue, who rode him to second place, in the Guineas, settled the mat-! 1ሇት .

"Charlie, Steve said to nie, 'You'll Just about win the Derby, and he told When me how he would ride him. Stove says things he that and tells you how he would ride at #penm x) wise Jockey listens.

"So to the race.

I knew what to

alo. I did not want to hurry my horse get him a nier plase coming down the hill. .. let someone else make the running, and then, when well! up the stynight, tet him go.

That is what happened, except that The horse did the "racing. I never touched him or held him back a vård. Right to Tattenham Garner he did exs netly what I should have persuaded Į him to do---if he had had other ideas. "SHOCK OF MY LIFE"

"But when we rounded the beni I had the shock of my life, and so dhi) the other jockeys on fancied horses-! Thankerton was lengths ahead and go- ing like a re-engine.

9/48 IN ONE

INNINGS

Wonderful Bowling

London, June 19.

Hedley Verity of Yorkshire, England's greatest spin bowler t-day, achieved another dis- tinction to-day when, in the course of two innings against Essex, he captured 15 wickets for 100 runs.

I was his superb bowling in the second innings which made possible

(Continued na Page 15.)

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

Leicester (179/6 dee, and 2273 dre) beat Hampshire (233 and 33/2) on Grst innings.

Middlesex (181) bent Northants (299 and 14178) on first innings.

Glamorgan (281 and 48/0)" bent Lanenshire (225) on first innings,

Surrey (386/7 dec) drew with Sussex (174/7)..

Yorkshire (125 and 327) beat Essex (184 and 127) by 137 runs.

Worcester (237 and 31/2), beni Gourester (88 and 182) by" eight Whelets.

OTHER MATCHES

All-Judia (192) best Minor Conn- Ges (286 and 12) by an innings and

1 runn

BATTING

Mushing AB (AÏ-lodia) v.

Minor Counties Merchant (AR-India) v.

Minor Contin

Smart (Glamorgan) v.

135

95

Lancashire

121

Dai Davies (Glamorgan) v.

Lancashire

100

166

119

Gregory (Surrey) v.

Sussex

· Harling (Surrey) v.

Sunsex

Dempster (Leicester) y.

Hampshire

Hakewell (Northants) v.

Middlesex Hendren (Middlesex) v.

Northants... Compton (Middlesex) v. Northants cada

* indicates not out

BOWLING

Verity (Yorks) V.

Essex

"Now put yourself on the back of Mahmoud. What would you do-go after Thankerton or pray that he would fail back 7- Hemember, he was f--- lengths in front. A Jockey has split second in which to decide.

1

"I took a chance. I changed, my plans. Mahmoud had to acto make his effort-long before I wanted to do it. It was a sheer gamble, and

it came off. A couple of taps with the (Continued on Papo 13.)

Ruel

Amar Singh (All-India) v.

Minor Counties

nud. Perks (Worcester) v. Gloucester uns ima Pollard (Lanenshire) v.

Glamorgan ..... Nissar (All-India) v.

Minor Counties Nichols (Essex) v.

Yorkshire Jackson (Worcester) y.

Gloucester

100

CRAIGENGOWER CONTINUE THEIR GOOD FORM

SETS NEW WORLD MARK

Archie Williams' 400 Metres

In 46 1/10 Seconds

HOW FERRIER LOST THE

BRITISH AMATEUR GOLF TITLE

H. THOMSON, of Williamwood, beat J. Ferrier, the Australian Champion, on May 30, in the final round of the Amateur Championship by two holes, and if the youngest boy who saw the match lives to totter round on a shooting stick at 100 years of age it is very certain that he will never see a better one, writes The Times Golf Correspondent.

UNIVERSITY STUDENT

Chiengo, June 19,

RADIO WELL BEATEN In Tennis League

Craigengower consolidated their

position at the head of the "D" D

xion tennis league table yesterday by beating Radio Sports Club. But

South China are hot on, their heels,

registering a vietary at the expense

the Police.

The Best drawn matches of the Bedron were recorded yesterday. KJ.T.C., and C.II.A. shared the spils in the "D" Division as did R.CE. (2) and Reerely in their mixed doubles play.nif.

Results and amended league tables follow.

RESULTS IN BRIEF

S.C.A.A. C.B.A. C.C.C. A.T.C.

C.C.C.

+ |

5% P.R.C. 41⁄21⁄2 KIT.C.

6 R.S.C.

a 6

1 LR.C.

LEAGUE TABLE

Mets.

Our Daily Golf

Hint

The golfer who is not equipped mentally for the game has no chance in the highest form of competitive play, no matter how talented he may be.

-Herbert C. Fally-

BUDGE REACHES

BURRELS

TWO FINALS

Possibility of

A Third

London, June 19. Davis Jones and Donald Bulge. Thoth Americans, will contest the final 31⁄2 of the London termis championships Queen's Club. To lay they negotinted semi-final hurdles without being seriously * ́extended. Budze |bent: Josef Caska the Czechoslovakian player 6-4, 6-2, and Jona scored Jagainst Marcelle Polra of France

0-3, 6-1,

P. W. D. L. F. A. P.

Q 023% 12% N |S.C.A.A. 4 3 0 1 23 18 320

2 1G 1}

Archie Williams of California to day established a new world's record mark for the 100 metres returning Th mazing figures of 46 1/10 K.C.C. seconds which heats the previous re cord set up by William Carr in 1932

by one-tenth of a second-teater,

1 1 1 2. 161⁄2 101⁄2 211 10

Я

3 1 0 2 11% 15% 2 1 0 1 8 036

4 0 1 4 91% 26% 2002 711

MIXED DOUBLE

P.R.C.

KIT.C

jn.s.c.

[ke.c.

I.B.C.

CB.A.

A.T.C.

(2)

44 Reerela

LEAGUE TABLE

Sels

P W D L F

2 0 0 13

1 1

0 0

0 1 0 1

Williams, a negro, recently scored i a double for California University! against their old rivals. Standford U.S.R.C... University in the annual meet at C.R.C.

Recreio Standford.

The above picture shows Williama K.C.C. (2) wigning the 220 in the time of 21.8 K.C.C. (1)

Running against un right-mite wind,

Kneubuhi second to him is im

(Stanford) and third is Ray Dean, also of Stanford.

A splendid game had been expected, moments for all that. Briefly the exceeded the point of the first twelve holes was 14 Jund for once reality

wildest expectation. Willie Auchter That Ferrier was putting beautifully 144 long had said of a match on Friday and Thomson, if not putting exactly

that there was no rooth for

Just before this race Williams had alip, was yet unt at his best. He was 145 in it is an admirable phrase and inclined to be short and never looked equalled the meet record of 18 seconds

never more applicable than to this likely to hole the counting puts.

at for the 440, thereby being the He was not short at the first hole, only double winner of the day, nu. Play went on, hole after hale, with almost mechanical precision and for he palpably went off a "half- But he could not prevent Stanford dauntless courage on both sides. Shot cock" with his first approach putt, from winning this 3rd annual meet-, answered shot till the spectators felt always, a horrid business, banged it ing by 76 points to 5. inclined to screw in nervous excite- Bft. past the hole, and missed coming men. Anybody who made half a back. However, he quickly squared: For 52 mistake was almost inevitably doom-int the serond, where Perrier played 3 for 48 ed, and when the match ended by n wenk, slicing second, and he won Thomson laying a long mashie shot the Urd in a perfect 3. Ferrier being 4 for $2 three inches from the Home Hole it caught in the Cartgate bunker. The 5 for 12 seemed no more than a fitting end fourth was well halved, and an in- to such a battle. Every bit as much partant hole followed when Ferrier 8-for-13-credit-la-duo to Perrier as do the win. Chooked... Into the Benty, buuker, gut.

ner, and they will occupy pinnacles well out, and hit a grand brassey shot

Thomam could not 7 for 57 of exactly equal height in the memory home,

[of all those who saw the match, manage his 4 and Ferrier deservedly

The first round represented in the gained a valuable half. end only a process of making time, for 41 the sense that the players ended to appreciate. Ferrier squared at the all even, but it had been full of Heathery Hole with a fine, bold putt 5 for 19 interest and of

intensely crucial for « 3, after a skilful yuuning ape)

5 for 24

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MATCHES Craigengower's Balance

For the second year in succession Allison and Van Ryn and Budge and Mako will context the final of the men's doubles. To-day Allison and Van Ryg bent P. Pelliza and Marcelle Petrs (France) 6-4, 6-1, and. Budge tarte Mako oustes Beratello and Gappa (Argentine) G-1, 10-8.

Budge had an excellent chance of figuring in a third final. He ad- vanced another stage in the mixed doubles toxiny when he and Mrs. Sarah Fabyan beat Del Castello and Jena Saunders 6-4,6-4,-United Press.

FOOTBALLER

DIES AFTER VOWING,

NOT TO PLAY

Breaking a yow made seven years

Na upsels were created in yester-go never to play football again, Mr. day's programme of "D" Division John Thomas, aged 38, of Dawson matches in the Tennis League, aled out at centre forward for the Park, Prestatyn, North Wales, turn- the stronger teams winning as ex--xrried" against the bachelors in, a peuted. The Central British Asso-

churily match. Seven ciation and the Kowloon Indians had Prestatyn

an interesting tussle, the match end-minutes after half-time he collapsed ing in a tie.

and died.. The Craigengower C. C, and the Mr. Thomas had made the vow South China A.A. won their matches after seeing a man seriously injured against the Radio Sports Club me in match in which he was a goal-" the Police respectively, while the In-keeper.

Club.

que Home Press Comments R. C. beat the Army Tennis

How valuable it was we were 5008

Very Favourably

t:

Cricketers will be interested proach, and after twe-lives won hear of the performances put in by both the ninth and 10th. These are{D. W. Lench, former captain of usually regarded as affording the one the Shoughal Interport Cricket small relaxation in a round of hard tears during his sty in Eng- wark, but Thomson played them both land on furlough. Through the with unaccountable" feebleness and courtesy of one of the -keeper each cost him a 5. At the 12th hole feral cricketers. It is learned that Perrier laid a lovely chip nearly stone Leach is playing for the Lancaster 3: dead from just short of the Inst little teum in the Ribblesdale League

in bunker in front of the green; be Lanenshire, and that he celebrated banged in the putt for a nad now his first muntch by knoelting op 24) was three up. A ghastly silener des-runs, not out, and taking 2 wickets) cended on the crowd; just such for 32 runs in 9 overs, silence as nd reigned when Miss The match took place shortly after Glenna Collett had a short puit to

be five up on Miss Wethered on the heavy shower, and special mention:

was made of Leach's performance in vary same 12th green, and, amid a it. The Hole o' Cross was halved teamed that he will play regularly vast sigh of aniversal relief, missed the press, his contribution being top score for his side. It is further in 1, Ferrier once again laying a very with this longae during his furlough. long pult near the hole.

A BLESSED CHANCE

4

Then, unexpecterly, came a sudden

and, from a patriotic point of view,

All even:

well and Thomsen recovered.

his

blessed chance. Full of confidence describe in . so faultless was the Ferrier lashed at his tee shot and Aliced it out of bounds over the wall. Rolf Ferrier pulled not quite so That was an offering not to be re-putting touch. That, in a sentence, fused. Thomson took it calmly and is the story of the round, but that well. Down to two. At the 15th would do faint justice to the glorious Furrier showed himself for the first golf up to the greens. Three halves | time a more or less fallible mau on in four opened the ball, Ferrier re- the green and took three putts. Down covering finely from the Cartgate 10 one. At the 10th Ferrier, a little bunker and holing his putt for a afraid of his latent silce, hooked fare took three putts at the fourth, nway into a hunker, He recovered

nt the splendidly and then missed a short And Thonison did the same

fifth. Still all square: putt. Thomson got his tranquil and THE MOST IMPORTANT HOLE perfect 4, and that was miraculously

The sixth was, to my mind, the Here was much to be grateful most important hole of all Thom- for, but more was nearly to come, son had another of those putts that: for Thomson, might well, have won are so valuable and so difßcult to Aive holes in a row. Ferrier was in hole for a 3 and a win. Let us call the road in 2, still in the road in 3; it 10 ft. For the first time in the thon played a brave pitch, which day he hit the ball quite freely and made the ball fizz at the second holed it, and a sigh of relief went bounce, and holed n brave putt for up from the crowd. "Now he has his G. At the Home Hole Thomson holed one of them he will be all inid his second 6 ft. from the hole, right" was the unspoken thought of but again that critical length, so thousands of Scottish patriots, and easy on some days, so: impossible in fact he never failed to hit à putt anothers, best him. Thus the two well afterwards. Ferrier took three men went to luncheon all square, on putts at the eighth, and that was the whole a just and proper result.two up, but there was no drowing The score want-

Out: Nome:

Out: Home: If tho

THOMSON

5, 4, 3, 4, 5, 434, 9, 6 5, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4

FERRIER

4, 6, 6, 4, 5, 3, 43, 4

away: no symptom of breaking down j by the pursuer: and when Thomson puthia Lee-aho into atrath at tha 11th Ferrier was him like a theer, got bia three, and that was back to one again. The 12th was holed int

4, 3, 3, 4, 6, 5, 5, 5, 1 4, Thainson holing a yard putt, but, morning play had been even so, he was lucky, for Ferrier exciting the afternoon was terrifle.drove the green, 315 yards, with no And yet there is perhaps less to (Continued on Page 11.) · ·

At the inquest evidence was given that Thomas had eaten a "very hearty SOUTH CHINA «. POLICE meat" before he played, and Dr. Kin- Playing at King's Park, the South sells said death was due to heart

failure. (Continued on Page 15,)

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