1936-07-29 — Page 8

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1936.

PERRY SMOTHERS CRAWFORD TO WIN DAVIS CUP

CUP

Quist's Gallant Effort Proves To Be Of No Avail

RETAINED

WITH STRAIGHT

SETS VICTORY

FOR FOURTH YEAR IN

Great

SUCCESSION

Davis Cup.

of the

BASELINE CONTEST

xtart Rain delayed the Quist v. Austin match for 90 minutes, and when the pinyers got to grips they

battle engaged in

n

on

similar.

Britain beat victory. He scored a break through to become 3-4, but Perry held his Australia by three matches next service for the match and the

at Wimbledon to two yesterday and so retained the Davis Cup for the fourth

successive year. the final and deciding match of the series, Fred Perry overcame Crawford in three straight sets of 6-2, 6-3, 6-3.

atlant tight But what Australia.made for it! Two rubbers down on Saturday they looked certain for a 5-love or 4-1 defeat.

But Quist and Crawford respond- od whole-heartedly on Monday by winging the doubles and yesterday quist made a stupendous effort in in his Austin defeating H. W. second singles.

And so the result depended entire ly on the last match-Perry v. Crawford-and If the Australian had been meeting anybody else it would have been easy to obtain odds on Australia winning...

Dut with the irrepressible Perry i was quite a different story, and, in accordance with expectations, ne smothered Crawford in three sets and so kept the Cup in England for another twelve months.

It is not without interest to note that only once before since the com- petition started in 1900 has the Davis Cup remained in England for four Great Britain, successive years. then entered as the British Isles, won it from 1903 to 1900 inclusive,

United States still holds the record of retaining the trophy for seven years, while France held it for six and Australasia for four from 1908 to 1911 Inclusive.

PERRY DICTATES." Although Quist's unexpected vic- tory over Austin yesterday had paved the way for a spectacular Anish to the series, the concluding matel hardly provided the climax

expected..

Perry was in such perfect form that he monopolised the court, die- Loting the terms throughout and winning with comparative case.

both enncentrating ok long railles, says Reuter, They sent sweeping drives to the corners, waiting for the other man tu nake

Austin drove better

errura.

Quist on both hands, but was

weak overhead, whereas the Austra llan smashed brilliantly and served exceedingly well, apart from three double-faults in the

ret, which appeared to upset him.

Austin netually ed 5-3 In the

second

Complete Davis Cup Results

the The complete results in Davis Cup Challenge Round Just ended were as follows.

SINGLES

1. W. Austin (Great Britain) heat J. H. Crawford (Australia) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-1; lost to A. Quist 1-6, 6-3, 5-7, 3-6.

F. J. Perry (Great Britain) bent Quist G-4, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2; bent Crawford 6-2, 6-3, 6-3.

DOUBLES

Crawford and Quist (Austra- Jin) bent G. P. Hughes and C. It. D. Tuckey 6-4, 2-6, 7-5, 10-8.

Fred Perry and Jack Crawford, who yesterday met in the deciding match of the Davis Cup Challenge Round, snapped after one of their many historic matches. The Englishman emphasised la superiority by once again winning in three sets.

How Miss Jacobs Reached Final

RESOURCEFUL AND CLEVER

Mrs. Sperling Unimpressive

(By I. 8. Scrivener)

barrassing brink

you

ARSENAL'S £36,000 PROFIT

GREATEST EVER MADE

BY BRITISH CLUB

London, July 12.

Arsenal Football Club last year made a working profit of £30,000.. "This is the greatest profit ever made by any Brislı club, says the Sunday Dispatch.

The balance-sheet, issued yesterday, London, July 3. this stage of the proceedings had shows that this is an increase of It was almost inevitable that elected to reduce her pace (that em roughly £1,000 on the previous year.

of success again,

Gate receipts the largest source of third set, mainly on Quist's errora,

the semi-finals of the women's don't his

think?). Miss he

Jacobs revenue to the club-total over £81, fost subsequently but length and accuracy, netting back- singles at Wimbledon yester-wisely followed suit, and, reverting 000 but this takes no account of tho away percentages and missing easy smashes. handers

day should suffer by compari-to her famous twiddly ones, chipped

matches. son, both from a speculative her way to 6-4. and a spectacular point of view, with the two in the men's event,

TRICK GOLFER which gave rise to such won

CHALLENGES PADGHAM

And Is Taken

(For received

A plea put forward inst year by the Sunday Dispatch for a simpler and more open balance-sheet has had no effect.

£10,000 IMPROVEMENTS

revenue

balance

SOOS EKIALAKUTEZOMINCIUNACHORRUDA | LEague tennIS,

Our 'Daily Golf Hint

The theorist in golf invari- ably slips up because he has overlooked one little some- thing that wrecks the whole.

-Harry Fulford.

| LEADING RACKET WIELDERS

IN "A" DIVISION

Beta

T. W. L. D. E. C. and E. P. Fineber (K.C.C.) D 90G A. V. Hemetios and J. Gonsalves

(Heerela) **,

K. F. and K. Kli

(8.C.A.AJ

A.

0 0

15

Bullivan and Goldman (U.B.K.C.).............. ED

G. Butiker and C. Clark (K.C.C.) G. Bewell and 11, Owen-Hughes

T. A. Pearce and D. McDougall

(Jr.K.C.C.)

Taul Wainui and Tal Yun-pul

(C.R.CA) ..............

Luk Ding-ebeuns and Wong Shui-

log (C,G.1)

F. Grose and A. RP. Great

(K.C.C.)

w. io and K. H.

H. D. Rumiahn and A. 11, Madar

(1.1LC.

15 F

1587

2

2

PLAYERS SAY NO THEN YES

SO MATCH WASN'T PLAYED

CURIOUS DECISION AT THE K.C.C.

With the players assembled and knocking-up preparatory to starting the match, a heavy shower of rain fell at the K.C.C yesterday afternoon sending the C.R.C. and K.C.C. "A" Divi- sion league teams scampering back to the pavilion where 'it was generally agreed that play would be impossible.

However the two captains inspected the courts as soon as the rain had 6 Ceased and pronounced them to be

unit.

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1,9

P

Yang

* 4

1

4 0

4 *

6

3 3

Bung

(1.R.C.1)

F.

N. Wong

and C. p

(S.C.A.A.)

Withington and Milne (RC)

B. A. Innti asid . M. A. Razack

1.2.0.1

la Tak-check and W.

T. K. Leung and F. N. Wong

(S.CA.A.)

M. O. Housen and F. D. Perdra

C

J. J. Remedios and 1. A. Barros Wonk Chen and F. N. (SC.A.A.)

A.

3 2 1 D

3 3 1 0

"JEWS MAY FLY GERMAN FLAG"

An Olympic Games Manoeuvre

Berlin, July 2

0

·

Wisin ten minutes of this verdict, eight of the twelve players were out on the courts Indulging in practice.

So, for the third time this penson, this match was postponed, though, in view of the players' apparent willing- ness a continue on courts not greatly affected by the rain, it was difficult to understand why exactly the encounter was put off.

I asked one captain and he said the players didn't want to play. I asked the players and they sald the captains had decided. It was all усту

confusing.

Perkaps the best way to settle this match is for the players to get into a neutral clubhouse and "shake" for

it!

ELEMENTS BRAVED

The elements were braved, how- Down at ever, at two other clubs. Causeway Bay, which is notorious for the munner in which the courts re- main wel, Chinese Recreation Club Bond string entertained US:R.C., and

while were beaten 6-3, the Hongkong Cricket Club, South Dr. Goebbels, the Minister for Pro- China somewhat unexpectedly finish- paganda, has issued an appeal to the ed at the losing end of the score. to greet the thousands of the Cricket Club snatching the odd. nation

The deciding set was that between foreigners expected for the Olympic set, Games with an "especially brilliant

Bathurst and Leys and Wong and example of German hospitality."

"I am sure," he states, "that every Leung, the respective third pairs.. German will make it a point of honour The Cricket Club combination won to be obliging to every foreigner (all with ease, and with the ollier two of whom are under the protection of pairs each obtaining. a couple of and when they sels, two useful points were earned.. the Gelp.to render it with advice require help. to

and deeds.'

PVLELA

LEAGUE TABLE:

Scis

Pls.

3 3 0 20% 61% 6.

3

3

,0

21

4.

03

5 3 2 21 24

3 2 1 14 13

4:

5 1 4 10% 23%

5

14 15 19

5 0 5 74.28%

TWO MATCHES DECIDED

THE LAST CHANCE Mile. Jedrzejowiska's last chance of holding

Jewish shopkeepers have received or less vanistied on more ́derful-and- exciting tennison when she lost the first two games.of

Lan official notice informing there that

they May the second set after being within a

fly the German flag durlog Wednesday.

Items on the expenditure side are

the period of the Games. Among the Recreio

K.C.C... In the first place close students of point of I-1. She won two games

laws passed at Nuremberg Inst C.R.C. (1). 30:13 42 0 the book were expecting to see Mrs. on her own service, and then, serving still too cumbersome to arrive at an

forbidding Jews the score at 5-2 she accurate net profit, though the balaSeptember was one 11. Sperling beat Mme. R. Mathieu again, with

to fly the Gorman flag. Its temperary I.K.C.C. overcome saved a match point befure succumb un revenue account is a mere £850. and Miss II, IL Jacobs

This is after paying £10,000 for Mile, J. Jedrzejowska. And this is ing.

being taken to persuade the credulous S.C.A.A. Miss Jacobs has achieved many ground improvements and 55,000 for suspension is but one of the measures R.C.

U.S.R.C. the what actually happened. In

foreign visitor that the Jews are nol C.R.C. (2) second hardly anything conducive to engineering" triumphs, and this was income 17.

She has Actually, the thrills, or excitement of any kind one of the best of them. occurred in either match. Both, to already figured unsuccessfully in four should be £10,850, which shows that treated as harshly as reported..

Wimbledon finals, and they are, the clubs is in a very healthy slate put it quite, frankly, were one-sided perhaps, worth setting out as follows: finurcially since the total capital is. and in neither had the winner every. Miss Helen Wills (as she was then) only £5,789. Golfers everywhere are so much any real cause for anxiety.

Heserves tolal £81,000, or Impressed by imperturbable · Alfred

But I think it may fairly be said in 1929; v. Mrs. Moody in 1932; v. Padglum and all his victories that that Miss Jucobs proved herself the Miss D. E. Round in 1934; and v. Mis than fourteen times the subscribed

for ed the final so far as they are concerned he can cleverest and most resourceful player Moody in 1935. Mrs. Sperling rench-capital!

when, she, was Frl. of the four, and that Mrs. Sperling rest peacefully on his pinnacle."

With one exception. Joe Ezar, the rave further evidence of the fact that Krahwinkel, in 1931, against Fri.

Aussem, and was in the semi-final) American, having viewed Mr. Pad she is not the mere stonewaller that last year when she lost to Miss Jacobs. ham and

praise she is thought to be by so read the fulsome showered upon his modest head, re-people. She gave us a good illustra- Crawford played as well as Perry mains unconvinced.

tion yesterday of the way in which let him. The Australian ac-

Ezar has so nastered the intrica- she can speed up her game when it casionally scored with sharply eles ut golf that he has become one

is fairly safe to do so. angled Volley, bul Perry's keen of the greatest trick-shot players in Reption enabled him to return, the world. lle can maite a golf ball

everything.

do almost anything except talk.

Crawford gave an improved dis- play on that of last Saturday, but he was clearly the servant of tennis magician and scrambled for

he collected. games

the few

A Router telegram says that Ferry hit his best form. He varied his pace and length judiciously smashed with unerring accuracy,

and

Surrey Invite Hobbs And

Hitch To Return For County Cricket Match

London. usiting if the Welsh county would Surrey, who were weakened release itch. by the calls of the Gentlemen vs. Players match at Lord's upon

TWICE DEFEATED

many

INTERPORT BOWLS

PLAYERS WHO ARE AVAILABLE

12 Names Submitted

more

NEW BUILDINGS Erection of new stands and provi sion of better accommodation has cost the club 23,320, according to the balance-sheet, but actual expenditure Is probably twice this figure. stands are valued at £137,540 in the balance-sheet, but this is after £10, 000 has been taken from profits to write down the value of the building. This constitutes yot another hidden

and

HOLE IN ONE Mr. A. K. Mackenzie shot a hula in one at Deep Water Bay on Mon- day when playing from the eighth tee,

Death Of

Arsenal's freehold grounds A Great

Teserve.

Despite the large undistributed re- squrces of the club, the dividend on

the shares is limited to 7 per cent. which is the maximum allowed by the rules of the F.A.

ARSENAL ENCLOSURE.

Tennis Personality

THE LACOSTE

OF CHINA"

(By. "Veritas")

News of the death of Khoo Hooi- hye comen ́an a great shock to the whole tennis fraternity of Hong:

the

Only two matches were played in the "A" Division of the Lawn Tennis afternoon. The yesterday Lengue Chinese R.C. "B" entertained the (Continued on Page #.)

KHOO HOOL-HYE

She beat Mme. Mathieu recently in Perry led 3-1, then 3-2 in the fist This being so, Ezur Agures he must Paris on "the hard stuff, to which set, bal afterwards sailed along com-use more than an outside chance of Mme. Mathieu is better accustomed, fortably to take the next four games. surprising the master and he has in the French championships, by 6-3

In the second set the Englishnian challenged Padgham to a match for 6-4. Yesterday she beat her by maintained his leads, going ahead at

£40.

6-3, 6-2, In a match which tasted 3-2 and again for hd, while in the third set he was 5-1 ahead.

What Packham thinks about it is only a minute or two more than an There

were many splendid long best expressed by the fact that he has hour, although it contained a good "and rather wearisome

Through the muddle and omnibus £40 and many long rallies in the last set, when Crawford,covered the American's

rallies.

Items are gets the impression of a At a meeting of the Hongkong strong, drucial position, and large playing a hopeless uphill game, went greed to play him on the Selation

In the first set the Frenchwoman, Tawn Bowls Association in the hidden reserves. all ont to. prevent a straight sets | Park course.

without nelmily getting the beller of the deal, was keeping her end up well, S. C. M. Post Boardroom yesterday the personnel of the Interport Com- and won the fourth game for 2-2 from 0-40; but two games later she mister was decided and the nemes of

to Arsenal's scheme to form a club en- players available for the trip could not clinch a vantage point and Shanghal were given.

closure

kong. making hoodway, thought

Khou,. who was one of Mr. Sperling made it -2. flow-

Mr. C.. J. Thecht was in the choir old-time supporters of the game: may ever, Mme. Matica relalluted In- tha and others present, were:-Messrs. look askance at the venture. There finest players ve produced by next game, and then had an in-1, Husking (Secretary), A. O. Madar will be 100 members at ten gainças Chrinu, was 11

well-known figure opportune full which compellet her tu let Mrs Sperling reach 40-30 and (1.1.C.), P. F. Lunny (H.K. Electrie), cach-the dearest season ticket, is five on longkong courts, often play

here during his P. E. Knight, (C.:S.C.C.), J. S. Ridineas and these gilded aristocrats

various tresting take that game as well as the next det (Police), I Overy (K.C.C.). F. af Soccer will have the exclusive right trips between Malaya and Shanghai, to 15 for the set.

X. M... St Recreio), G. Sherrill the directors box in the West In this connection he will probably

passenger lift, refreshment be chiefly remembered for his magni- W. Lock Wel, Paul. Kong and C. K., The second set was a quicker affair. (I. B. G. C.), 4, V. Kansay (Kow-Stand, Mrs. Spering Bot an early winning leen Docka), E. el Argulli (C.C.C.rums to view the football through Auston, the then. Philippines cham- Kont in 1928 and Lum, Kho stainle Brooms, and · Amerièng bar. They ficent display against Francisco Huang in 1924, Gordon Lum and Pout lend, and was soon driving harder and J. Russell (I.K.F.C.). and volleying occasionally in a man- On a motion of the Chairman it rose-tinted spectacles. Guests can be pion, on the longkang Cricket Club and Cuy Chong In 1938) ho certainly ner that carried her to 4- and out was decided that the selected teu Introduced at half a guinea cach.

appeared in more than one of the Fars Ifitch himself stated that he had at.0-2. In the last gante Mine should sall for Shanghai by the Em-

The enclosure is being recondition- Khoo, who could rightly be, de Eastern Cames onoclings, and regular the services of E. R. T. Holmes, not played in first-class cricket since Mailileu saved two match points but press of Asia on September 4, as ed with upholstered rubber-cushioned scribed as the Laceste of Chinese ly competed in China's rational cham

had to yield at 'vantage against her previous correspondence had in seats, and glass screens will protect tennis, was without doubt a very pionships. F. R. Brown, Fishlock, and 1925.

"I am in my fiftieth year," he said, on the third.

dicated that the end of September

the inmates from the, gaze of the talented baselino player. From bure Ho also played for Shanghal against Gover, a week or so ago, made and I do not feel that I could do

vulgar proletarians."

withering drives on Hongkong in the 1931 Interport up win too late for the matches.

ho sent over three-day match,' myself justice in rather startling move in their

bath hands, and more than once he North, when Shangliai won all Ave It was announced that the follow-

drove iongkong champions off the nintches. It was in this series that Asked for an explanation of this efforts to get together a team to

In the other match Mile. Jedrze- ing players were available if select-

court by means of these powerful E. C. Fincher dramatically sustained n bye-law as to whether he could ob- moet Warwickshire in the game try of Surray, sald: "Mr. Holmes jowska played disappointingly, but I ed. V. V. Ribeiro and F. X. M.

an att

attuck of cramp whilst playing at the Oval on the same day. apparently thought, from what he had om inclined to attribute this to the de Silva (Recreio), A Hyde Luy tain a substitute for N. J. Bebbing

For years undisputed champion of Khoo, the pain being so severe that They invited Jack Hobbs, who heard, that "B" Hitch could bowl clever mnaner in which Miss Jacobs (K.C.C.), H. H. Rose (K.B.G.C.), C. tun, a member of his entry in the

other fields when he visited Shanghai | the match. pretty fast for a short time. We have tackled her, varying her tactles in 5. Bossed Sun Run Open Rink competition, who was in Malaya, he subsequently conquered the Hongkong player had to concedo

Ámodest accordance with the needs of the, jahn and W. Ward (CC.C.), P. E. hospital with appendicitis. After re-

Possessing a not received a reply from him,"

Questioned by a Néws of the World situation. At the outset the Polish Kright and J. F. McGowan, (CS. ference to the rules the Committee and carried of the singles title: on

play until end of compell with used be court, hoo became a popular figuro high-spots of the Shanghat tennis whorover, he went. Ife took, victory representative, Mr. Davey said that fitting game, which has carried for Drii (Follec), cadenning and W. Dired fifth substitute, who would moth Gordon Lum wed to use this bleus, personality both on and of the

committee thought a her, Dali

The Interport Committee elected tlon. was allowable.

and defeat alike

a model of The postponement of the semi-

a model Hobbs, declined the invitation, pre- good Idea to re-introduce some of the so far up to now, with success.

old favourites "Hobbs and Hitch," Miss Jacobs was hating hard, too, ccmprleed Messrs. C. B. Hosklag

: PLAYED INTERPORT.courteous behav

His death leaves a vital gay in the forcing not to reappear in first-dinss he said, "are among the most popular and I think she was right. At any (Secretary), J. Russell, J. V. Hamsay, final match between F. X. Mrda Cucket, and Hitch front likely to players the county has ever had, and rate, after lunding by 32 and being GH. Sherriff, E. el Arculll and S. Silva and J. E. Noronha and J. E.

Although it is incorrect to say that ranks of tennis players whose quali Henson and S. A. Bright was it would have delighted thousands of led by 4-3 she won the Jedrzejowska Deacon,

The Secretary reported that A. sanctioned by the Committee. The Khoo played for China In the Davis ties as sportsmen outlive their to - M. 1}' Turnbull, the Clamorgan their admirers once more to see them service for 6-4, and was still pretty

new date fixed was August. S. Cap (hor representatives have been putation as brilliant porfermerp. |socrotary-caplain, received a letter in deffol.)

happy. However, the Polish girl at Hyde Lay hud asked for a ruling on

has not taken part in county cricket since 1934. sud "B" Hitch, the former fast. bówler, who is 30W

lurry out for them,

coach to the Glamorgan club. to

cepta Ala SAMAAN NEUR

HITCH'S "NO"

F.

L

POLISH GIRL DISAPPOINTS

courte in 1930.

atrokes.

scanon.

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