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TELEGRAPH, HONGKONG
TUESDAY,
MAY 31, 1938.
SPORT ADVTS.
THE HONG KONG
JOCKEY CLUB.
THE SIXTH EXTRA RACE MEETING will be held (weather permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY on SATURDAY, 4th and MONDAY, sih Jane, 1938, commencing at 2.00 p.m. on Satanlay, and at 12.50 p.m. on Monday,
The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m. on the First Day and at 13 o'clock Noon on the Second Day. The Tin Interval will be after the second race (1 p.m.) on the Second Day.
MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE
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men
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&c.
The Secretary's Office, 1st floor, Exchange Building, (Tel. 27794) will closed at 12 o'clock Noon on the First Day and at 11 am. on the Second Day.
Timns are obtainable at the Club House provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy. Tele- phone 21920.
AUSTIN LOSES HIS TENNIS TITLE TO CHINESE PLAYER
Kho Sin-kie Triumphs In Bournemouth Final
By A. WALLIS MYERS -----
London, May, 2.
China mado Lawn Tennis history for the first time at Bourne- mouth on Saturday. H. W. Austin, the holder of the British Hardcourt Championship, was defeated in four sets by Kho Sin- kic, a Chincac hailing from Java, 24 years of age, who is not yet in the world's first 10.
obligingly
to
be the
Her fourth finol was lucky for Austin
scored a double Mles M. C. Scriven. Only a missed fault. China for the first time had "sitter" at the net divided her from won a major title.
On 1034.
Mias Scriven seemed the championship in
Lo n greater predestined winner of the women's Saturday, opposed strokemaker, she beat Miss Nancye singles. A finalist three times be
finest woman fore, she did not lose a set in her Wynne, Australia's player, in two sets, of which only quest this year, I thought she might the first was close.
do so when Misa Wynne, having There was a full house to see five become reconciled to that serpentine finals. Three were international. forehand, so peculiarly effective in The centre-court gallery included the wind, recovered from 42 down Sir Samuel Houre, President of the to 4-4, and had saved a set ball with PUBLIC ENCLOSURE
LT.A., who did not begin to play a confidently brilliant smash in the The price of Admission to
lawn tennis until after the war, yet tenth game, repeating this stroke doy Public Enclosure is $1.00 per including tax, for all Persons, includ-made such progress that he partner- again with even
ed Yvon Petro, then a schoolboy, at minute later, ing Ladies, and is payable at the
the latter's Brst open tournament at Sailors Soldiers and Gate.
Dinard.
But the young Australion's con- Uniform are admitted Half Price.
not Was
equal Guste of wind, often swirling the sistency By Order,
sand, made unenviable conditions for courage. Errors of timing-some of C. D. BROWN,
Secretary. play. Both the Chinese and Miss them imposed by her opponent's
defence Seriven employ the top-spin fore-exemplary diligence in Hongkong, 30th May, 1036.
Ultimately they hand drive, and in cach final, opposed began
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Swiss May Not Take Part In Olympics
Zuerich, May 31,
The Swiss Olympic Commit- tee decided to recommend the National Sports Unions not to participato in the Olympic
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VICTORY OUR WINDOW DISPLAY WITNESSED
Games at Tokyo in 1940 in the Memorial Day
event that Japan should still
be at war one year prior to the opening of the Games. Trans-Ocean.
Baseball
NEW YORK GIANTS TROUNCED
Lost Twice To Boston Braves
Motor Race
Indianapolis, May 30.
Floyd Roberts, of California, push- ed his Red-Black Bird Special to one of the most brilliant victories in history in the Memorial Day motor race held here to-day.
Roberts set up a record of 4 hrs, 15 mins. 30.4 secs., at an average of 117,200 miles an hour. He
rande only one halt, a record one of 30 seconds.
Roberts held the lead for more than half the race, and won the major prize of $20,000 as well as the $2,000 Tap prizes.
Shaw, Second Was Wilbur Indianapolis, last year's winner, whe Chet won $10,000. He nosed out Miller, who was third and won $5,000.
Miller mode a belated spurt.
of
It was estimated that a crowd of 175,000 were present to see the race. Early in the race, Emil Andres car spun owing to a defective tyre and killed a spectator name Everett Spence. Andres himsel! jured slightly.
was In-
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MICKEY MOUSE GOODS
New York, May 30. Baseball teams in both sections of the League celebrated Memorial Day by playing double-headers to-day.
In the National section, New York Giants were twice benten by Boston
At the start the weather was Braves, while Philadelphia Phiilles
How- had a double success against Brooklyn threatening, but it cleared up,
St. Louin
Cardinals over, rain fell three minutes after SETS Dodgers.
the spoils with Pittsburgh the race-United Press #hared her
Pirates and Cincinnati Reds did Likewise with Chicago Cubs.
New York Yankees bent Boston Rud Sex twice, and Cleveland Indlans also registered
double
victory, their velims being Chiengo White Sox. Scores,
NATIONAL LEAGUE
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to a flat-hitting opponent, they won ruined her chance, and after squaring with it. It bored its passage through the match at 5-6, she won only two the gusts, almost ignoring them; and more games. One may recall that the problem before both their ad- Miss Scriven was not considered good Britain increased by the enough to represent Great versarica Illusion created They found many In the Wightman Cup inst year nor
maximum with balls, hit
Wynnc in force, to play against bounding Just Inside the baseline. Australia.
That Miss Wynne's day of Euro- AUSTIN'S HANDICAP
come, pean triumph will But Austin, I suspect, was affected petent judge can hesitate to declare. by other factors. His gruelling five-She has a service requiring only a set match of the previous day against ut plane to make it an ace-winner even in the best company, and her Petra, requiring the fullest concen- play round the court has authority Braves). tration of body and mind, must have left its impress. Not otherwise could und an intuitive faculty for selecting Philadelphia
opponent's Brooklyn right spot in her he have missed so many volleys at the
defeated Her talents have falled to recover short range, nor some of the less sinister dropshots of one chaimplon at Bournemouth on a
Can they fall to Philadelphia strange surface. the Chinese.
a more familiar Brooklyn One remembered, too, that Austin threaten others on was playing this Oriental for the Brst court?
was seen in St. Louis
Pittsburgh time. It was a Japanese, Miki, who pership with Christian Boussus
part the subdued him unexpectedly in
In the final of the mixed doubles. same championship some years agThe Frenchman had previously told St. Louis
Kho won the first set to three and
the young Pittsburgh considered the second to four. He was in fine me that he and delicate touch, defending with Australian girl, whom he had watch-
out- Cincinnat! an athlete's mobility and waiting for ed in Melbourne, a player of The right ball to come along to go standing merit. These two, so far
midable in attack, beat Billington for the winning stroke,
Sometimes the finishing blow took and Miss Ingram with something to
apare. the form of a fierce forehand "top-MISS INGram in two FINALS apinner" across Austin's bows as he
It is only fair to Miss Ingram to sailed into the nel; or, if this shot
that this was her second final. beauk- came back, he would holst
Earlier she and Miss Evelyn Dear- would 1. retreat ful lob, Austin in
itsman had retained their titles in the ball, wafted off often and
doubles after an arduous women's wind and spin. W truck by nurmal
battle with Misa Stammers and Miss curling back on to his legs.
Jatoes. The losers made a bold bid at recovery in the final set, winning love games, but they neither as consistent nor as sure in On the holders. the the crisis
of
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VALLEY SUMMER SINGLES
The first round of the Happy Valley summer golf singles was concluded The results were as un May 20 1
follows:
(14) Lleut.-Col. E. D. Matthews beat A. D. Humphreys (8) at 19th,
L. Goldman (7) beat E. Tuck (20)
W. S. Hillier (9) beat A. L. Powell (18) 1 up.
W. J. Dyer (17) beat J. W. May- (hew (11) 1 up.
T. B. Low (11) beat A. H. McBride (12) 3 and 2.
R. Young (8) heat G. W. Reeve (15) 1 up.
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J. Harrop (14) bent J. Cook (22) 5 and 4.
L. C. F. Bellamy (15) beat J. W. Macdonald (7) 2 and 1.
A. McKellar (B) beat J. Gellatly (24) at 20th.
H. H. Mundy (10) bent A Brooks- bank (18) 4 and 2.
W. A. Stewart (10)
Booker (13) 5 and 4.
beat N. J.
H. Smith (11) beat G. T. May (15) 4 and 3,
G. Davies (12) beat F. Buckle (15)
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A. B. Purves (8) bent W. Wood-
The latest date for playing is June the 12.
It was Kho's wonderful command
(Gehrig homered for the Yankees).ward (13) 2 up.
The order of playing the second length and strength, force
round is as above, licately blended with anesc, that previous evening, by the way, Miss Washington worried Austin most; and if the alier Scott and Miss Saunders bad match Philadelphia (Chapman drop-shots--and Lizana never made ball against the champions.
doubles The men's
was a third | Athletics). better looked the more spectacular
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only Charles Hare for Butler, Widie's side Washington Integrating effect, they were
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Only In the third set, which he lied against Kho Sin Kle and Rogers. Chicago
the wind," however, Cleveland won to three, did Austin look like "Gone with the holder of the title. Kho has al was this lead and, as at Brighton ways been a player of moods-it is the previous week, the glant and Chicago Joke among his friends that he can his the little partner proved just never score a match-ball, and he did the sounder and more enduring in actually require 11 before he could the long win the Alexandria championship way out at 04 in the last set, and Detroit
Anal honours on the men's recently and in this bout he seemed the
race.
They
to become wind-conscious for the side at Bournemouth were Chin's. first time,
Finals:
Austin got an early lead of 3-1, (Seeded players in capital_letters)
MEN'S BINGLEB (Holder: H, W, Aus and, serving with more vigour than in the first two sets and improving in) Kho Bin Kie (China) bt. it. W.
AUSTIN, 6-4, 0-4, 3-0, 6-3. his driving length and his volleying, forced Kho to concede nearly all the longer rallies.
A WOMEN'S SINGLES (Holder: Bla. Lizana, Chile) MISS M, C. SCRIVEN bt. MAINS N. WYNNE (Ireland), 7-3, 6-2,
MEN'S DOUBLES (Hulders: C. E. late
In the fourth set Austin was still and F. H. D. Wilde) KHO SIN KIE fighting tautly, but Kho came back (China) and G. L. ROGERS (Ireland) b. The DW. BUTLER and F. 1. D. WILDE, 3-0, at him with renewed zeal.
Chinese hed a stroke for 4-1 and 1-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4.
won the sixth game
WOMEN'S DOUBLES (Holder: Miss E. Jove, to make M. Dearman and Miss 1. Ingram) MISS
R it 4-2, with wizard-like drops. M. DEARMAN and Miss J INGRAM Austin F. JAMES and Miss K. E.
STAMMERS, 0-6, 4-6, 0-3. Then speculation was over. missed an
in the seventh an easy volley game, won
the eighth in his last reprisal, and lost the ninth in a dusi storm. Kho had vainly tried a drop
L.T.A. BALVER (WOMEN'S BINGLE:) nt the first match-ball and driven M. M. Dearman bt, Mrs. R. D. Me-
second. At the third Kelvie, 3-7, 7-5, 0-4. out at the
MIXED DOUBLES (Holder: F. H. D. wilde and Miss M. Whitmarsh) noussus (France) and MISS N. WYNNE (Australia) bt. 11. Blington and Miss 3. Ingram, 6-2, 6-2,
Cleveland
13 15
GC
(Kress and Hughes homered for and the Browns and York twice Greenberg once for the Tigers).
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