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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JUNE

20, 1938.

ITALY BEATS HUNGARY IN WORLD

As I See Sport

By "Abo"

WIMBLEDON COMES ROUND AGAIN TO-DAY

Women's Singles Most Open Of The Various Events

THE

HE tennis world, and even these very pussing who have but Interest in the game, becomes Wim- bledon-consekrus to-day, and during another page this next fortnight will be written In the annals prodigious Centre-Court deeds.

of

the now-comparatively prosale "ren antional upreis," the falling t favourlles and the inevitable "Dis- covery." To those in Hongkong whe have enjoyed the thrills and ameni ten of the Wimbledon meetings. there will be recalled vivid recollec- tions of that cluster of emerald green lawn courts which nestle at the foot They of the winding Church Road. wil easily

recapture the scenes of bewildering trade mazes up the his- torie Wimbledon Common filli and iv-live the spirit of enralval which reigns both briskie and outside of the All-England Lawn Termis and Cr- quez ("liza As has been truly rand,

Mrs. Helen Wille Moody At 32, she is still at the top,

Wimbledon is something more than a sports meeting. It is a social event: a fashion parade. It combines the dignity of a Royal Garden Party, the colourful display of Ladies' Day at an Eton and Harrow cricket match, the thrills of an Engilsh Cup Final. America's Task

the

T Wimbledon -- Kathered the greatest array of tennis skill in world. The tourment opens to-day with first round inen's angles matches on all of the 10 courts. ม America will be defending the men's singles the men's doubles and the mixed doubles. In all three of them Donald Budge, the red-haired whirl- wind from California, will figure prominently. He holds the men': singles crown, with Gene Malo the men's doubles and with Miss Alice Marble the mixed doubles. England won the women's singles lust year through Miss Dorothy Round (now Mrs. Douglas Little). The title vacant, for Mrs. Little is not defend. unlikely at ing it. While it seems

Budge will the present

moment that replaced in the men's singles, there are many contenders for the women's crown.

Mrs.

Helon Wills Moody returns to the scene of her earlier triumphs and has shown form good enough to justify the Wimble- don authorities to "seed" her first. it is an honour which she richly de- serves; since her "come-back," has only been

be

she benten twice. The

MIS

That of

first time was by Miss R. M. Hard- wicke, of Great Britain, who was not even à member of the British Wight- man Cup team, and the second time only on Friday by Mrs. Sperling, a former

Annat. Wimbledon Moody will have plenty rivala there is not the shadow of a doubt.

Mra Heine Miller, the South earlier re- Africus champlon, was garded as one of the favourites, but English courts have not suited her; at least she has not been as succesS – ful during her present visit to Eng- innd as South Africans had hoped. There are the other girls from the United States, ench of whom is good Miss Alles enough to beat anyone. Marble's game is said to have fren strengthened considerably, but as

yet de has not yet proved L. Mins Helen Jarobs strained Janrscl Just before the Wightman Cup contest, and may not be at her best, but in Mes Sacal Palfrey Fabyan, Misat Dorothy Tandy and Mirneyn Wheeler the United States will have Grent Bettatr a fair reja mantation herself will put up Man Kay Stam- mers, Miss Peggy Seriven, Miss Mar- Karet Lumb, Miss Evelyn Dearman Miss Freda James, Miss Hardware and Mrs. M. R. King besides other Lesser lights, while Australia has Miss Dot Stevenson. Miss Nancy Wynne, Mia Theline Coyne, Mrs. 11. C. Hopman and Miss Jon Hartigan. Then there are Senorita izan, Mil Jedzrejowska Mis Sperling

ond Madame Mathieu, all of whom have been playing qutie well of late.

Donald Budge

ills supremacy is undoubted.

Open Event

BY

OY far the most open event, com- ladies's singles petition in the promises to be the most interesting

Mrs. Helen In many years.

Wills Moody, despite the fact that she 32 and has been out of serious tennis made for three years, has been favourite for the title, She is con- eeded a 5-3 chance of winning, while Mina Alice Marble is being backed at odds of 3-1. But many people are supporting Mile. Jedrzejowska, of

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FOOTBALL

A tense moment on Saturday in the important match between the Uralgengower C.C. and the Club the Beercia in the First Division of the Hongkong Lawn Bowls League. Plcture shows A. A. Remedios directing his skip. H. A. Alves, in their rink match against U. M. Omar. With a four on the last head. Alves failed by one shot to reach his opponent's score, but the Club de Recreio won the encounter by four shots (Pictorial News),

England's Team For Second Test

London, June 19 England's representatives for the second test against Aus- tralia at Lord's on Friday will be selected from Hammond. Farnes, Verity, Hutton, Ames. Wight. Barnett, Paynter. Comptor. Edrich, Hardstaff, Wellard and Sinfield,

Wellard, a fast to medium bowler, has already secured 67 wickets at an average of 18 68 He is also a hurricane hitter. Renter

BRADMAN STANDS OUT AS ENGLAND'S TEST PROBLEM

But Australia's Other Batsmen Are Vulnerable

By Howard Marshall

FINAL

WINNERS' DASH TRIUMPHS OVER COMBINATION

ENCOUNTER WATCHED BY 50,000 SPECTATORS

Bowls

TWO RINK MATCHES DECIDED

One Shot Decides In Each Case

Paris, June 19.

A crowd of 50,000-spectators, including President Lebrun of France, watched Italy beat

Hungary by four goals to two in the final of the World Foot- ball Tournament at Colombes Stadium.

Italy's dash and direct methods overcame Hungary's clever com- bination, and the Italians at half Another miður upset was caused in time were leading by three goals the Lawn Bowls Open Rinks Com-

Midweek, Italy beat Brazil by

petition yesterday when C. Mose, Y to one. Abbas. V. N. Allenza and H W. Musketi defeated L. F. Xavier, C. E Marques, P V. V. Ribeiro and H. A. Alves by 23-22 the Kowloon Dock

R.C. green.

two goals to one and Hungary beat Sweden by five to one in the semi-final-Reuter.

Regarded on one of the strongest rinks in the tournament and one of the best from the Club de Recrelo, Alves quartette started off in fine style and by the Afth head were lead-oosen and A. R. Minu, who have ing by 10-3, which became 14-4 on been playing very well together of the ninth.

Inte, re up against J. S. Landoit and B. W. Bradbury. If Minu proves as accurate in his driving as usual, he

Muskett's rink improved to such good purpose from this stage that by

the 16th head they were actually leatland Hoosen may upset the Craigen- Ing by 18-17. Then with a three,gower combination.

Alves forged ahend again on the next; Another fine game on the Police head (20-181, and the scores were:

Led at 20-20 at the 18th after Munkett, Green should be that in which the had taken twn. Muskett chalked up brothers, A. M. and U. M

defending champlons,, will play a single at the 19th and Alves a braes Ramsay and J. McKelvie, of Kow- on the 20th, which gave the latter the loon Docks. advantage by 22-21,

On the Kowloon C.C. green, E. W. The last head was an exciting one. Lines and R. Duncan, one of the best Already lying two, which would have pairs in the competition, will meet given him the matris unless the lay J. A. Luz nad B. Basto. in young was disturbed, Musicett tried to draw Luz, Lines will have an opponent another one but was slightly too heavy fully capable of holding his own, but and pushed one of his shots out, whether, Basto will be as good as leaving him with one. The scores Bob Duncan remains to be seen. being deadlocked at 22-22, m extra

The full programme is us follows: head was played. Muskett senred a single to clinch the game.

ONE-SHOT VICTORY Another match decided by

Witg played

So far this season Bradman, in his three previous innings, has made 258 v. Worcester, 58 v. Oxford, and 137 v. Cambridge. That gives him 710 runs (once not-out) for an average of 236.60. These fantastic figures need little elaboration. Bradman is Australia. | shot Subtract his 257 from the Australian total on Saturday, and we see the remaining batting strength of Australia in true perspective.

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London, May 16. Close on thirty thousand people saw the Australians begin their Poland, who was in the final last year, first match of the tour at Lord's by making 428 runs for five wickets The confidence in the Polish girl against a tolerably strong M.C.C. side. Bradman's share of this seems justified by her latest

per-respectable total was 257 not out. This was his highest score at formance in winning the London Lord's, where in the 1930 Test match he made 254. Tennis Championships. In the Anal she defeated Mrs. Sperling, who in the semi-nals, had beuten

Mrs. Moody. It appears to be generally expected that the indies' title will go

J floosen, $ to the United States. Nobody seems

M. Humjaho. A. R. Minu and E. to have much hope of seeing an Eng-

el Arculli, of the Indian R.C., de- feating F. A. Cheesman, G. E. F. lish girl carrying it off. In Miss Kay1

Thompson, T, A, Armstrong und A. J. Stammers, however, Great Britain has

Hall of the Kowloon B.G.C. by 10-18. a representative cupable of beating the

After an even start, Arcull's men world's best when she is in top form.

led by 17-8 on the 12th head and on But here's the song. She is so terr!-1.b.w, and if he had gone then Aus beautiful strakes, but be is yulner-When the last head was played Hall McCabe delighted us with some the 18th they were leading by 19-13. bly inconsistent. Her recent victory trulia might well have been dismiss-

and over Miss Alice Marble In theed for a relatively Insignicant total. abir, and Hassett, for all his promise, needle ste

Bradman limped for the rest of the looked far less certain against bowl- three to win. He obtained a single, day, though his quickness of footing at quality. seemed undiminished, I

told kim that his instep, though painful, ia perfectly sound, and will not incon- venience him at all this morning. I is a little depressing to think that cifer- we cannot even mainy him tively!

"Bunny" Austin

He is England's greatest hope, Wightman Cup shows what she capable of doing; but sho has also been known to lose unexpectedly to players far below her class. Less Colourful

Bradman had a very narrow shave throughout his short innings seemed at the beginning of liks great innings, | to be scratching, When Stephenson's second ball to him bit blin on the instep. He was within fractions of an inch of being

WE HAVE THE BOWLERS

can

the scores

PAIRS MATCHES FOR TO-DAY

which still left him one shot behind, Without Bradman, in

the i short, Australian batting need give us no undue qualms. That McCabe and the rest of them will make plenty of runs we do not doubt, but there are batsmen In England who

A heavy programme of matches in keep pace with them, and bowlers the Pairs Championship will be play- who can get rid of them.

ed this afternoon. Four will be play- We do not require any extraneous Brodman remains, a very deelded ei on the Police R.C. green, four on help to deal with the other Austra-| drug on our optimism. What are we the Kowloon C.C. green and two an Jian batsmen. They may be good, to do about this remarkable little the Club de Recreio green, but we have players just as good man? He is as good as ever he was, and better. Brádiñan is the problem,] and perhaps a shade better, for but although we deny his amazing youthful exuberance has gone, and more consistency-in his first 33 Test mat- in its place is absolute control. No

was 141 runs a ches his average

more do we see the sudden extra- mnotch-It la reasonable to suggest vagances of genius which gave that he must fall sometimes. And bowler occasional Isint glimmers of if he falls against England we have | hope.

an excellent chance of victory.

This is assuming, rather rashly, I

games, unless the

venes.

weather

NO USE THEORISING

think, that either side can hope to There was a time when Bradman force a renult 011 over-prepared might choose to be flamboyant and wickets in any of the first four adventurous, even in a Test match. inter- Now, with the responsibility of carrying a young and inexperienced We had presumed that, at Lord's, side on his shoulders, he

has cut sufficient life would be left in the down the possibility of error to a turf to give the bowlers reasonable minimum. It is strokes are often assistance. Events at headquarters beautiful in their swift power and this season suggest that the wicket perfect timing, they are always has been tamed, and on Saturday logical and supremely safe. the ball came through consistently at an easy prec.*

STRONGEST TEAM

Perhaps this may be the aftermath

Many ways of bringing about his downfall have been suggested. You may catch him, they say, somewhere between gully and wicket-keeper off the ball which leaves the bal, and it Is true that Stephenson made him

of the leather-jacket scare, but what-play hastily at the out-swinger once ever the explanation it will be ព or twice early in his innings.

You

tragedy indivéd If, at Lord's of all places, we are to find the kind of must concentrate your fast attack on lifeless wicket which has for tools leg stump they argue, for there

(Continued" on Page 9.) often reduced cricket to a farce in recent years,

The Australians had the advantage of that strangely docile turf, and

they were parlicutngly anxious to do FRENCHMAN WINS!

welt. With the exeption of Ward. they put their strongest side into the field, and yet, apart from Bradiraan, Alx of their butsmen could only score

WIMBLEDON this year will probe 157 runs between them.

ably be less colourful than of This does not postulate invin- yore. Famous players like Fred cibility. "Fingleton, with his severe Perry, Baron Gottfried von Crainm, economy of stroke and his stubborn- Bill Tilden, Henry Cochet and others ness, alded and abetted Bradman for

of

GRUELLING RACE AT LEMAN

Leman, June 10.

Motoring Grand Prix to-day, covering 1,076 miles nt an average speed of 82.0 miles per hour.

of their type are no longer taking may be to uproot, he has not yet driving a Delanye, won the gruelling 21⁄2 hours, but awward though he A Frenchman, Chaboud Tremoulet, port. But

absence oven the colourful personalities cannot mar the given us the same daunting Impres success of the meeting; the tqurna- full or Ponsford di

slon of massive donfination as Wood-24-hour Lemans ment is too well established to be affected to any undue extent by the And who is to pen the Austra prosence or absence of any In-Han innings, with Ringleton? It may dividual. The game will ever prove have to be Badcock, for Brown, Ane greater than the player. Perhaps player though we know him to be, Delahaye,

·

Serraud Cabanious,' also driving a was second, covering

this year's Wimbledon will produce a cannot strike, hia (true form. Bad- 1,958 miles white Prenánt Morel, стор of now personalities. Who cock often opens for South Australia, driving a Talbot, was third, covering

but on Saturday he was shaky, and .1,830 miles-Reuter,

knows?

POLICE GREEN

J. Housen and A. R. Minu v. J. S, Landolt and B. W. Bradbury.

A. M. Omar and U. M. Omar v. V. Romsay and J, McKelvic.

G. Dunean and W. GHI v. M. J. Medina and J. Cavanagh.

W. Hiliyer and J. Hollidge v. I. Stoneham and C. B. Hosking,

KOWLOON C. C.

T. Fergusson and T. Coleman S. M. White and S. Randle,

V.

F. V. V. Ribeiro and II. A. Alves v. J. J. Hibeiro and J. J. Basto.

E W. Lines and R. Duncan v. J. A. Luz und B. Basto.

G. N. Mitchell and J. C. Brown v.

E. Hollands and F. Farlow.

RECREIO GREEN

J. Howell and R. G. Craig v. n. P. Phillips and J. Fraser.

A. Smith and J. W. M. Brown Some of the matches promise to be

than ordinarily interesting. J.P. Barby and A. J. Hall

V.

SAFETY

FIRST!

Danger of TYPHOID and CHOLERA banished through

'TYPHORAL' 'CHOLPEROS'

[BAYER)

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