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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY,

JUNE 20, 1938.

HELEN JACOBS FAINTS AT WIMBLEDON

UNABLE TO

TO PLAY: GAME POSTPONED

Spectacular Win By

Kho Sin-Kie Against Von Metaxa

Choy Holds His Own Against Roderick Menzel

Sensation-mongers at Wimbledon yesterday were not disappointed, when it was announced that Miss Helen Jacobs, United States No. 1 woman player, had fainted in the dressing room just before she was due to take the court against Miss Joan Ingram the British Wightman Cup player.

Miss Ingram, says a Reuter report, sportingly agreed to postpone the match, which will be played to-day.

The day's schedule was confined to further progress

in the men's and women's singles, the feature being the Here is a fine action study of Miss Helen Jacobs, the sturdily-built entry of Miss Alice Marble into the last 16, she being the American champion, who fainted in the dressing room At Wimbledon yesterday and had to have her match with Miss Joan Ingram postponed. first player to reach this important stage.

several

Amerlen

enjoyed

between NON-

Roderick Menzel, the CLASER. Ammg the men, Budge and Czecho-Slovakian glont and W Gene Mako advance into the Bird Chay, the slightly-built Chinese) round, while among the women, Mrs. Davis Cupper. Choy started magni-

him! Moody, Mrs. Surah Paltrey Pubynn, theently against Menzel, lending him and Miss Alice Marble alj won.

0-2 in the first set, but the Czechia- only American reverse was the de-Stovaltian made a

recovery. feat of Mra. D. D. Andrus by Missablefly due to his serving and took Betty Nuthall, after the English girl had conceded the first set.

evercoast

Any

The

that the

A Reuter message weather at Wimbledon yesterday was bright but warm, with periods, and finally roin came to put n sudden end to the day's play. It caused the abandonnient of the match

Miss Joan Ingram, rocond round opponent to Miss Helen Jacobs, who sportingly agreed postpone the match when she heard that her rival had fainted in the dressing room at Wimbledon yesterday.

LET US SHOW YOU

the

set at 7-5. Choy restonics! bellinally to win the next set at 6-3 and the players were two-all in the third set when rain stopped play for the day.

Kho's Great Display

Properly

The day's chief results follow

MEN'S SINGLES

(SECOND ROUND)

H. W. Austin (Britain) beat J. Darkinx (Britain) 6-4, 6-4, 6-4

G. Maka (1.5.) heat C. E. Malfray (New Zealand) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 8-2

t Henderson

ROSEWELL WINS IRISH DERBY

London, June 22. The Irish Derby was won to-day Brooks (Britain) beat| Koch (Germany) 4-4, 1-6, 4-6, 9-7,,y Rosewell, a two to one favourite. Golden Sovereign, Joint favourite 8. Ollin

nt the same odds ran

second,

and (Britain) beat Abe

Manorile at 0-1, was placed third. (Japan) 6-1, 6-3, 6-4

5-0

Kho Sin-kle went further to justify the ranking committee's Judgment by brating G. von Metaxa the German Celerar (Czechoslovakla) beat Coombe (New Zealand) 6-0, 64, 3-6, player by 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. Kho, says Renter, gave a spectacular dis-4-6, 6-3 play, although the German's kick- II. Henkel (Germany) beat M. ing service in the first set bathered Deloford (Britain) (-3, 6-1, 0-3 the Chinese. However, Kho show-i ed amazing entlelpation and soon broke through service.

Both men fell flat in their effort to retrieve fast aide-line passing shots,

In the second set Mextaxa led 3-1 and deserved to win the set, in the

Pance (Yugoslavia) Rinde (Noreay) 6-1, 6-4, 6-1

beat 1.

D. Budge (U.S.) beat F. Billington (Britain) 7-5, 6-1, 6-1

11.

Nine ran, and the winner won by wo lengths, while three-quarters of a length separated the second and third horses-Reuter.

NEWBURY, PLATE

London, June 22.

EDRICH AND COMPTON

IN STAND

Middlesex And Gloucestershire Tie On First Innings

By C. W. Packford

London, May 13.

Lord's: Gloucestershire 478 and 23 for 0; Middlesex 478. The days when nothing delighted a Lord's crowd more than a happy batting alliance between Patsy Hendren and "Young" Jack Hearne are surely to be repeated in the future?

rice bw b Sinfield Sims e Cranfield b Goddard

Natural successors to this great patr are undoubtedly "B" Edrich and Denis Compton, two youthful footballers of promise, but already, Smith (3) b Sinfield

R. Felton e Hammond & Goddard Nevell b Ceildard

7 lb 2

afler EL comparatively brief ex-ray not out perience of hrst-cing cricket, re- ; cognised as among the best batsmen

In the country.

Once again these talented boys played admirable cricket to improve upon nume too good a start by their team.

Middlesex had lost two wickets for 35, of which Edrich had scored 33, and a big responsibility rested upon

But the youthful shoulders. youn

very

pair settled down to play erteket of a high order and were hardly ever in difculties against a sound attock that Included the

pace- bowling of Hammond and Barnet! and the slow spinners of Goddard, Sinfeld and Cranfield.

Totni

53-2-185-3

Goddard

Bowlmond 14-3-36-0. Barnett 11-0-3-0 sinfeld 430-1-162-7, Cranfield 7-2-20-0,

Islington Corinthians Return Home

Manager Interviewed At Southampton

Mr.

team,

A DIFFICULT CHANCE

Perhaps of the two the butting of

Southampton, June 5. Edrich wus the sounder. Not for the

Tom Smith, manager of the reason that Compton gave le slington Corinthian zoveer Wilson a difficult chance behind the who returned here to-day from an wicket with his score at 75-only

eight months' world soccer lour, sakt blemish from the but while 200 runs that in India the players of most were being collected by the pair-teams were barefooted. but because of his slightly better de-

tence.

"They

are

Sarazen Not To Play In British Golf Championship

Now York, June 22.

Gone Sarazen has announced that he is not competing in the British open golf championship this year.

Ho plans to play in the Ameri-

can professional championship at Shawnee - on the Delaware on July 10-Reuter,

CLOSE OF PLAY CRICKET

Gloucestershire Recovery

Rain affected play la nearly all of the first-class cricket matches in ' England to-day, the closing scores of which were:----

Gloucestershire 279 for 5. against Kent (Rain slopped play)

Cambridge 330, Hampshire 2 fer no wichtel

Notts 208 for 2 against Northamp- ton (Rala stopped play)

Somerset 105, Essex 23 for 0 Oxford 412, Sussex 0 for 1

Lancashire 307 against Worcester- shire (Rain stopped play)

Yorkshire Amazingly quick on

104

2 for

It appeared to me that when Sin- their feet" Mr. Smith added, “but the ¦ filamorgan-Reuter Bulletin. fleld, for instance, forced the bats- best pinyers we met were the Bur

элся back. Edrich, by reason of meso. They had all the artistry of superior footwork, appeared less lia-the Indians, and they

ble

lo luse the ball. A small point, harder and better." but not uninteresting, for in going

The result of the Newbury Royal defensive Bitch of the ball, also for 2

Lyttleton Rodgers (Ireland) brat J. Pallada (Yugoslavia) 7-5, 0-0, Plate wgs: 6-4, 6-3

(China) brat G.

Kho Sin-kic

third stands the German indulged in Metaxa (Germany) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4

drup shots, but the lect-fonted Kho not only retrieved them, but scored winners from seemingly impossible returns.

Rater then Interfered with The match, but upon resumption, Kbn's] hard driving forced the German into

errors.

R.

W.

Menzel (Czechoslovakia) fed C. Choy (China) 7-5. 3-6, 2-2 when rain stopped play for the day. WOMEN'S SINGLES

(SECOND ROUND)

Mrs. Helne Miller (5. Aftira) beat Miss Dulce Kitson (8. Africa) 6-1. 0-2

Miss M. Lumb (Beltain) beat Miss M. Heeley (Britain) 7-5, 6-3

1. W. Austin had a comfortable win against J. Darkina, former Evening Nets tourmanent winner, while Gene Mako did exceedingly Mrs. H. Wilfs-Moody (U.S.) beat well to beat C. E. Malfroy the New Zealander, after a five-set encounter, 16-4

Mrs. R. M. King, the British non- playing Wightman Cup captain, offer- ed brilliant opposlilon fo Mile. Jedzrejowska and won the middle set. Mrs. King played Ane aggressive tennis, says Reuter, while the Polish girl's service was not functioning |

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Mrs. H. Napman (Australia)

G-3,

Mrs. Fabyan (U.8.) beat Mra. Ilay- lock (Britain) 6-2, 8-4

Mlie. Jedzrejowska (Poland) beat Mr. 1. M. King (Britain) 6-2, 4-G, 6-4

D. B. Andrus (U.S.) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2

Miss B. Nutha)) (Briials) beat Mrs.

Mb D. Bundy (U.S.) beat Miss F. Ford (Britain) 6-2, 6-2

THIRD ROUND

Miss Allee Marble (U.S.) beat Miss Sheila Plersey (S. Africa) 6-4, 0-0 Results sent by Reuter and United

Press.

EARLIER RESULTS

London, June 22,

couli

shoot

school

The seventeen players who arrived to the out

there was here to-day include clerks, purposes,

teachers, and a garage proprietor, nothing to choose between them.

The troubles of Gloucestershire

VIVID MEMORIES Sabot (8 to 4); Elgar (6 to 4); and commenced when Compton arrived Kyo (4 to 1).

to open his ecount with a perfect n-drive to the boundary, for il was

forerunner

others equally profitable. Edrich naturally was the first to reach his century his third of the season, by the way and for a long time there was a neck Compton claimed exactly half of the first 100 of the partnership.

Four ran Won by a neck; four the lengths.—Reuter,

LEAGUE TENNIS RESULTS

Cricket Club Beat South China

Hongkong Cricket Club beat South China Athletic Ansociation 6-4 in the "B" Division of the tennis lengue yes- terday,

of

many

and neck race for runs.

SUPERB FIELDING

What was so attractive was the fact that runs were always coming at an excellent pace, in spite of superb Belding,

This week they resume their o dinary mirsults, with vivid memories of being received by King Farouk of Egypt, an elephant hunt in India, the passage of the Khyber Pass on the North-West Frontier, shooting the rapids in Manila in canoes, and re- relving the hospitality of Victor Me- Laglen and other film stars in Holly- woixi.

of you."

RETAINS TITLE ON A FOUL

against

Amazing Finish To Bantamweight Championship Bout

Leeds June 22.

Johnny King, the holder of the Mr. W. Pickford, president of the British bantamweight championship, Football Association, when we wel who weighed in at 8 st. 54 lbs to- comed the team home to-day, sald: night bent Len Hampson (8st. 51⁄2 "You have carried Association foot-lbs) in the third round, the challen- ball round the world. We are proud ger being disqualified. In this respect Gloucestershire can

The crowd of 5,000 was in an up- compare favourably with their pre- The Corinthians played football in tour. Hampson was down for a brief sent opponents which, belleve me, Holland, Switzerland, Italy, Egypt, count in the second round, and then is a real compliment, Neale, Haynes Indla, Burma, Malaya, the Philip In the third round King took a count and Emmett were all excellent and pines, China, Japan, the U.S.A., and of three. saved many runs by intelligent an-Canada. ticipation,

Опсе the two

boys had settled.

J. J. Ferguson and F. F. Story bent 11. down to arore almost as they liked this tour. Y. Hsu and I, W. Ho 6-2; bent N. K. with no siroke known to the game they won 68 and lost 8. Ma and . I. Lea C-3; lost to 11. T. Bee neglected, one was inclined to be-

and J. Bim 4-0.

A. C. 1. Bowker and B. Deanna drew with I. Y. Hay and 110 4-8; drew with in and Lee 6-0; beat Bee and Rau 7-5.

W. Barton and T. C. Monaghan lost to Hsu and lo 4-5: lost to Ma and Dec 6-6; beat Bee and Tisu -3,

CRAIGENGOWER WIN

Indians lost to Cralgengower 1-0.

In the second round of the women's 9. A. lamall and J. 8. A. Curreem lost singles to-day, Miss Thelma Coyne to A Kitchell and G. Lai 2-0; lost to G. (Australia) defeated

Chon and R. Choa 2-6; drew with F. I Miss Gem Zimmern and W. J. Howard -0. Hoahing (China) 0-3, 6-4.

He rose and received a blow to the They had a remarkable record on body, and the referee ordered Hamp-

OX 95 matches

played son to his corner.

King, who had forced the issue rather come

statistically minded. In India they travelled 8,000 miles with o two-handed attack, looked But mere figures and mes can be in forty-seven days, and played 32 ke gaining an carly knock-out, condensed and yet give some indien-matches, winning 27, drawing four, when this sensational incident oc-

and losing only one. tion of what happened.

curred. Reuter.

EDRICH'S HIGHEST

In 190 minutes the pair put on 304 runs for the third wicket. Compton was the first to go, missing a slow dropping ball from Goddard that had him 1.b.w. It was a rare fight- ing Innings that included a 0 and 14 Gem Honhing was no match for to Kitchell end Lal 2-8: drew with Chon altogether his very rare errors.

A. B. Kuchell and §. A. I. Bux_font d'%, and good that we can overtook

hard hitting Miss Coyne and was pinned to the base line, retrieving pluckily while Miss Coyne stormed the na voitering cleverly.

and Chan 6-0; lost to Zimmern and Howard 3-0,

A. R. Sumad and A. Rahmin lost to Kitchell and Lal 2-0: lost to Choa and Choo 3-6; lost to Zimmern and ffoward 1-0.

7-2.

K.C.C. v. RECREIO

Middlesex now required only 120

to pass the formidable Gloucester score with seven wickets in hand, a situation that appeared rather

np- peal to Robins.

Gem Hoahing's service was un- certain. She led 3-2 in the first set and after that wan played

At any rate the Middlesex captain out.- Reuter.

adopted an aggressive policy that In the men's singles Budge beat

Kowloon Cricket Club lost to Recrelo Edrich emulated until he made his Billington (Britain) 7-5, 6-1, 6-1.

one and only mistake and was taken Lytterton Rodgers, beat

ot short leg. This 182 is the highest Palinda F. Grose and E. Dum lost to L, A. L. (Yugo-Slavia) 7-5, 0-0, 0-4, 6-1. Silva and L. 5. Tubatro, 1-6; beat 3 core Edrich has yet made-his pre- Henkel bent Belford, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3.

Remedios and A. M. Rodrigues 7-5; beat vlour best being 175 against Lan- M, A. Oilveira and L. L, Carvalho 6-4. Miss Alice Marble beat Miss Sheiln

R. E. Lee and D. J. N. Anderson lost boundaries,

cashire last season--and, hitting 20 Pierces (South Africa) 6-4, 6-0, and narigues 2-8, jeni to Oliveira and slightest encouragement to the field to Silva and tubeiro 1-6; lost to Remedios

he did

not give the Mrs. Heine Miller, South African Carvalho 3-6. champion, bent Miss Dulce

during the 4% he was batting, (South Africa) 6-1, 6-2.

When Robins' merry little innings and Rodrigues 4-0; lost to Oliveira and ended there was an exciting struggle

for the Brut Innings lead, but really fine spell of bowling by God- dard prevented Middlesex from Just ccomplishing what would have been a notablo feat.

Kitson

NIGHT FETE FIXED

FE. Miller nnd Tasurowski lost to Silva and Ribeiro 2-0; lost to Remedios

Carvalho 4.0,

C.R.C. v. K.I.T.C.

Chinese Recreation Club beat Kowloon Indian Tennis Club 74-14.

7. W. Leo and P. Choy beat S. A. and S. S. Hussain 6-4; beat &. Singh and

M. A. Khan 6-3.

Should the match not be finished

Chinese Bathing Club To| 1 M. Singh 6-0; beat Firdos Khan and each side will take two points for u

Hold Event On Saturday

B. W. Liang and D. 5. Sto lost to im sains 3-6; beat Singhs 9-1; beat Khens 6-2.

II. Kwok And I drew with sains da; beat Singha 6-1; beat Khans

6.3.

The Chinese Bathing Club will hold its second night fete of the year on Saturday at 7.30 pm, at North Point. The following events will be

UNIVERSITY V CIVIL SERVICE пред to the Colony-Men's 150 University beat Civil Service 7-2. metres medley relay, women's 200 B. Wong and B. C. Chin beat J, Pen- metres relay, men's 200

-2: beat metres Rolly and Agaturon breast-stroke, men's 100 metres tree- siean and B. Zaker 0-2

Agaturo and . Bendall 6-3; best C. style, and women's 100 metres back-

11. P. Ong and Y. C. Lau lost to Pen- stroku.

gelly and Agaturotz 4-0; best Agafuroff and Bandall 6-2; bent Sloan and Baker 0-1.

Among the various comic events. thero will be a display of Agure formation, the first of a kind to be held in the Colony,

tlo on the first innings.

GLOUCESTER

Hammond 110, Neale 10V, Wilan 130.)

First Innings.-478 (Bartlett 00 W, I.

Second Innings

D. . Allen not out

arnell not out Extras

Total (no, wkts.)

MIDDLESEX

Edrich a Allen b Goddard PC Leo and W. N. Les lost to Pen-Brown (M.) & Goddard ally and Austuroit 1-0 best Agafiroft W. II. Webster a flammend bŝintimid and Bendall 6-3; bent loan and Baker Compton lbw b Goddard

B

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102

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