1937-07-06 — Page 18

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.. TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1937.

How Tommy Farr Knocked Out Walter Neusel

GOLF RECORDS BROKEN

By Boomer, Horton-Smith In Qualifying For

British Open

Carnoustic, July 5.

After yesterday's thunderstorm which swept the COUTS es at Carnoustic and Burnside and

VICTORIES

turned the greens into pools of FOR KENT

water, conditions changed to-day

and were perfect for the start of & SUSSEX.

the two qualifying rounds in the

British Open Golf Championship.

One round was played to-day and

- another will be played to-morrow, after which 140 competitors will take part in the competition proper on Wednesday.

Leading returns at 4 p.m. to-day at Carnoustie showed that Archie Boomer and Horton Smith had both broken a course record by returning 69, the previous best being 70. Early returns showed several other pro- minent players to be a long way in arrears. Picard had a 73 and Charles Whitcombe needed 75. Both Ernest Whitcombe and Johnny Revolta took 70.

COUNTY CRICKET MATCHES

KEEN BOWLING

London, July 5.

Kent, who have experienced a very lean time in the county cricket championship this year, appears to be staging a revival. Following their victory against Leicestershire last week, they polished off Worcestershire to- day by an innings and 110 runs.

At Burnside, Gene Sarazen and

To Kent's innings of 380 (Leslie another of the Whitcombe brothers went round in 70. Walter Hagen had Ames 125) Worcester replied with a 71, Ed. Dudley and Manero needed | 108. Wright taking 7. for 27 and then 72, while Jack McLean, Dallemagne, they were dismissed a second time A. Padgham and Reginald Whit-for 104, Leslie Todd bowling his left- combe all returned 78.

hand breaks effectively to capture Mahon, the Irish professional, play- | five wickets for 02 runs. ing against doctor's orders, had a

SUSSEX WINS wonderful round and turned in a card of 70.

Sussex also scored

A

Champions of the Hongkong Basketball League for three successive years, this picture shows the Chinese Y.M.C.A. team after they played the Filipinos last wask. Chinese "Y" are current champions of the local basketball longue. (Photo: Ming Yuen).

MRS. KRENOV AND MRS. TAYLOR TO-DAY'S

:

WIN SHANGHAI TENNIS TITLE

MISS TAVARES AND MRS. COLLACO FADE AFTER SECOND SET RALLY

(By T. E. Baker)

Shanghai, June 28.

Greater experience and steadiness took. Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Krenov to victory In the Shanghai women's tennis doubles championship at the Association Courts yesterday when they won by 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 from Miss C. Tavares, last year's wo- men singles champion and Mrs. Thelma Collaco, a former title- holder.

LEAGUE TENNIS

NOT MUCH PLAY LIKELY

GERMAN'S FIRST DEFEAT IN BRITAIN

TOOK COUNT SITTING UPRIGHT

London, June 16. While 13,000 spectators were shouting with frantic joy, Walter Neusel, German heavyweight wrecker of so many British hopes, was counted out, sitting upright and staring dejectedly at his manager and seconds, after eight minutes' boxing in his fight at Harringay last night with Tommy Farr, the British champion, writes Harold Lewis in the Daily Telegraph.

The end was dramatic in its swiftness, and astounding in manner to those experienced in boxing. Neusel had been com- pletely outclassed in every phase during the first two rounds, and the signs were that he was growing desperate, and confused.

Ho had been punched more times than any man could count, not with the crushing "haymaker" typical of the heavyweight, but with well-timed, stinging blows to the face and to the liver.

There was nothing to suggest, fellow who had crushed to powder however, what was so soon to follow with his massive fists any chance Neusel was breathing hard, boxing that their idol, Jack Petersen, ever crudely, and wore his usual expres- had, and who had similarly an- sion of dark dismay, all of which nihilated the hopes of other British- at last on the floor, was the of the third round

In the

were normal to this deceptive fighter, magnlicent thing that had events nic with sensational happened for many a year.

swiftness. Coming from a clinch,

a short left and a short right, one

beaten for the first

Was bea Neusel

Farr clipped the burly German with time in this country, and beaten by

of the jaw But from Farr's point of view it

on each side of the

two fine, accurate

British ch

champion.

į stoggered but rec Nousel was unsatisfactory, to say the least:

To get a different perspective on that scene, imagine the uproar, rever- berating for years afterwards, if the man on the floor had been the Briton. It would have been a ter rible blow for British boxing.

FARR THE MASTER

He, too, was crazy with joy. But he Again Farr shot that swift short will find as months pass that his tight to the jaw, and this time Neusel victory will be somewhat discredited was hurt and shaken. Before he by those who remember the last could collect his wits Farr leapt in scene of this fight. K.C.C. HOPES

with an upward left hook.

COUNTED OUT SITTING UPRIGHT Though a drying sun shono all the}

Neusel stumbled and fell. He fell seems unlikely that i many of the tennis courts will have so that he was almost immediately morning, it

sitting bolt upright. recovered from the week-end rain

The din of the excited crowd was count could not be capture of the set by a score of sufficient to permit of to-day's pro-such that the The defeat of Miss Tavares and

G-1.

heard even at my seat, some six yards

It is a pity, too, because Farr was Mrs. Collaco would come as a sur-

But Neusel from the timekeeper.

surely who did not SEL Miss Tavares in this set, reveal-gramme of "A" Division matches. prise to those

Kowloon Cricket Club, hosts to himself happened to be sitting with-so clearly the master, so

paving the way to the most genuine fair-sized cd glimpses of the form that made the match; but to the

the Chinese Recreation Club, believe in four feet of the timekeeper.

Halfway crowd that attended, the result was her champion last year. Her fore-

the count he and whole-hearted victory by science through victory by 175 runs against Somerset as it should be-the better combina- band, lamentably erratle in the that if no further rain comes, it will

first set during which thrice she

I Farr,

have belleve, would could not be possible to play but neither the looked towards his corner, where and craft of the Brat order. services,

his manager grounded easy..

Paul Damski, to-day. Sussex ran up a total of

effective at this Cricket Club, I.R.C. nor Recreio are As a spectacle, the final was not have been more

more rounds, for never was one man him to 287 (Jim Parks 140) despite Andrews'

Drives placed expected to have dried out in time, shouting and waving frantically to stretched Neuser senseless after a few the standard of previous stage of the match.

Neuset up,

answer

was to shake his more utterly bemused and helpless clever bowling which earned him up to

However, here is the programme ilve, requires variety and there was of thern landing perilously Agures of 7 for 82. In their second year. Doubles play, to be attrac to alternate parts of the court, most

"Nothing doing," and night. colloquialism knock Sussex were dismissed cheaply precious little of this in yesterday's the tapes, kept Mrs. Keenov and for to-day, some of which may be glove, the gesture which in the in the sing than was the German last He was never able at any time to turned his head away. Thus he three Mrs. Taylor running. They were played. for 186, Meyer taking 5 for 65. match. Right through the

However, Somerset failed to shape sets, it was a duel waged along the clearly perturbed by having to play H.K.C.C.

their game. Densmore Shuto 71. Rees 73, against the bowling of James Lang-only by its abs met-play prominent on the defensive and were put or

Other leading scores were:-

BURNSIDE COURSE Boyer 72, Henry Cotton 73, Ed. Nelson 71. H, Locke 71. James Adams and W. J. Cox 74, Smead

12.

CARNOUSTIE COURSE

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Guldahl 74. Joe Kirkwood 77, ridge and Hammond and were sent and 127. Alfred Perry 12, A. Dailey 74, back for scores of 171 Arthur Havers 77, G. H. Burton 78. Langridge in the first innings took 5 Lacey 73 and lector Thomson 19. for 67 and in the second Hammond --Router.

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Mrs. Krenov is a polished base- fine player. Her drives, in par- ticular fore-hand, sklm over the net with consistent speed and ac- the receiver i unless curacy and

adept driver, it is fatile #n attempt to beat her at this type of last who same. Miss Tavares, year met Mrs. Krenov in the final of the Shanghai women's singles, should have known of this by experience. It is unusual of her to overlook an opponent's, strongest point.

near

FOOTBALL TOURISTS

South China Players Still Winning

AA. touring The South China football team scored two more suc-

teama cesses against leading. Bangkok over the week-end, winning both games comfortably.

Playing against the "Chalsed"

IL.K.U.T.C. U.S.R.C.

B.CO

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V.

K.C.C. I.R.C.

v. 5.0.A.A

V. C.R.C.

KOWLOON INDIANS

he

to

corner.

was

conse→ sut until the count of ten, when he land a single blow of any

there was scarcely a quence, and was helped

Technically Neusel was knocked second when he was not receiving a sympathising with aut. In

was perfectly con-punch. While scious, though the picture e con- Pare over this premature end, I offer gone misery. He said afterwards in my congratulations. He has never

boxed so brilliantly. hla dressing-room!

He has now qualified for the pro- "I had a recurrence of cartilage

In my right knee, and I could mised match with Max Schmeling, trouble in not get to

my feet. A pinch put me the former world's heavy-weight down, but the leg hurt, and I could champion, at present ranking second among the world's heavyweights; and that is an honour to which no Neusel, It is true, has worn elastic bandage on the knee for some heavyweight in this country has been He staggered really entitled since the days of Dob years when boxing. awkwardly.

Results In Club Tennis not get up."

Tournament

received

room.

SPECTATORS SATISFIED

To

an

Fitzsimmons. A

By his victories over Bacr

and six

The following are further results

It is a thousand pities, however, Neusei, Farr steps into the first of of matches played in the Kowloon

that the fight ended as it did, with or eight of the world's heavyweights, On any other day perhaps, Miss

Indian Tennis Club tournament:

the defeated man sitting listening to and the match with Schmeling, if it Tavares might have successfully

Doubles Championship: 1st Round. the count, waiting to make his way matures, will give him an opportuni- carried out a base-line duel against

—S. A. and S. S. Hussain beat S. A.

mediate challenger for the world's Mrs. Krenov, but she had such un-

Not that the spectators were dis title. Seven months ago, Farr was certain control over her fore-hand team of Bangkok, the Chinese woh Rumfahn and 1. Mahan Singh 7.0, as quickly as possible to the dressing-ty to bound Into the position of im- yesterday that following the loss of by three goals to one. Goal-scorers 6-4, 6-4; Jahan Dad and S. R. Sallch

for the tourists were Lai Shiu-wing received W/O from Dr. H. Mahan satisfied. To them it was a memor- just an ordinary fighter, worth £80

(Continued on Page 9.) should have

ste this huge ahr the first set,

Singh and Y. A, Wahab,

able moment. changed her game and by adopting a (2) and Lee Shek-you.. bold net-attack might still have

Against the champion team of Singles Championship: 1st Round. saved the mutch Miss Tavares and Bangkok, the tourists attracted a re-Jahan Dad beat Ahmed Khan 6-3

5. S. Hussain Mrs. Collaco did take the second cord crowd and won by 5-1. Ho Ka-5-1, 0-41 set, but it was not through employ koung was in brilliant form and ra- W/O from Y. A. Wahab, ing storming tactics that they won.

gistered four goals, while Lai Shlu- MRS. TAYLOR DEPENDABLE

wing netted the other. The fourth principal in the final

So for the tourists have played Mrs Taylor, simply relished balia

winning six and within comfortable seven matches, that pitched

In the only match in reach, for she can return shots of drawing one. this type with flowing cross-courts which they were held to a draw thant

disconcerting conditions were strange to the tour always carry

ists as the game was played at night length. She is another out and out base-liner. Mrs. Krenov could not in floodlight. They were three goals possibly And more dependable down at one singe, but recovered to: ally in all Shanghal than Mrs. Toy- share the honours, 4-4. lor for a driving attack.

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The couple had their nesses, an apparent that of slowners.

weak-

Junior Championship: 1st Round,

Pyara Singh beat P. N. Pereira 0-0,

8-1; P. Vaswani beat S. S. Mamǝk 6-1, 6-3; U. A. Rahman beat S. L. Shroff 6-0, 6-8, 7-5; N. Singh beat C. Pinto 6-1, 6-3; J. P. Noronha received W/O from K. B, Vaidya; J. Pinto received W/O from B. S. Dhaliwal.

LEAGUE TENNIS

the KIT.C.

In the

The following players have been Goal-scorers for the side are Lai) Shlu-wing (11), Chan Tak-fal (7), selected to represent being Fung King-cheung (4), Ho Ka-keung against C.S.C.C. and LR.C Bleed shots, specially if they land short, always(4), Lee Wai-tong (2) and Lee Shek-"B" and "D" Divisions tennis league

you (2)."

games on Wednesday and respectively:

Friday

had them bothered.

Mrs. Collaco in the second set The committee of the South China

received an invitation "" Team (Home).-S. A. & S. appeared to have stumbled on the A.A. have chinks in her opponents' armour from Hanoi to send another team of 8. Hussain; Firdos Khan & I. Mahan and by varying the length and footballers there in October for a Singh; M. A. Khan & Feroz All. pace of her shots, with chops and month, to play about five matches. aliced labs put in for good mea The invitation is being considered by sure, she paved the way to the the Association.

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