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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

WEDNESDAY, JUNE

29.

1938...

THREE AMERICANS MISS STAMMERS Australia ELIMINATED BY Kept On MRS. H.W.MOODY

FOREIGNERS DOING WELL IN WIMBLEDON TOURNEY

Miss Kay Stammers, the only English girl left in the Women's singles at Wimbledon, was put out yesterday in the quarter-finals by Mrs. Helen Wills Moody, seven times champion, and who is now attempting to establish a new record of carrying off the title for the eighth time.

The four left In the women's Jacobs, of singles are Miss Helen America, Mrs, Sperling, of Denmark, Miss Alice Marble, of America, and Mrn. Helen Wills Moody, of Amèrien. Miss Incoln meets her compatriot, Miss Marble, In the arrai-final, und Mrs. Mounty will clash with Mrs. Sperilog. An all-Amerkan final s more than likely.

Moody

Mrs.

'outclassed Miss Stuminern in a mediocre game. Mins Strminers hind one of her crratic daya, belag uncertain on the truck- hand, double-fmufting, netting and 101 aver-driving. Mrs. Moody WILS extended and did not even trouble to remove her cunter,

In another quarter-not match, Ming Alice

wax

Marble nccounted

the

for Modanur Mathieu,

French A strong champion, in straight sets. wind

blowing

Risk: during progress of the match, but in spite of this piny to this encounter was the best seen in the women's singles to date. Miss Marble was brilliant in her serving and powerful cross-court Zorrland drives. In the second set. Mailume Mathieu led 3-1, as a result of neat drop shots and drives, best then the Anerkenn girl settled down to win the next five games in a row for the set and intch

HOLDERS WIN

Donald Budge and Gene Mako (United States), hollers of the men's doubles crown, were successful in both their matches yesterday and advanced to the semi-finis In the third round they necuated for that veteran French pair. Jean Borotra straight and Jacques Brugnon, In nets, and in the quarter-finals, they defeated Hughan and You Swot, of Holland. Borotra and Brugnon put up a due fght, but age could not stand up to the power of youth

Another fancied pair to do well were Henner Henkel and George vun Playing Metaxn,

Germany. of ngalust Eric Filby and Ronald Shayes, the young English players. Henkel and Metaxa combined beautfully nud won in four gets,

By this time the wind was ap- proaching gule forec, musling play very difficult.

England scored

well-deserved

success in the mixed doubles when F.H.D. Wilde and Miss Whitmurid

won their way into the fourth sound by beating Gopfert and Froulein Kraus of

of Germany after three seis. "Bann Austin and Miss Mary Hardwick, of England, put up resistance against Jacques Brugnen

Thelma (France) und Miss

Chyna set tu

love and taking only three games in

(Australia), losing the first

the second. Austin never Enve

Al

glimpse of his true form

Jean Borotra (France) and Mrs. Wilis Moody (America) won

their

Diss Kay Stanumera

she struck a bad patch.

fourth-round the against Lysaght and Miss A M. Yorke, of England.

The two Japanese Davis Cuppers. Kurants And Nukuno, were eliminated in the second round by Cema of Czecho-Slovakia and C.E. Malfroy of New Zealand.

Descriptions of matches were cabled by Reuter.

Yesterday's Wimbledon Results

were

following The

results of matches played at Wimbledon yester- day.

WOMEN'S SINGLES

(QUARTER-FINALS) Mrs. Belen Wills Moody (America) beat Miss Kay Stanımers (England) 6-2, 6-1.

Alex. Sperling (Denmark) beat Nirm Saralı Palfrey Fabya (America) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Miss Allee Marble (America) beat Madame Mathieu (France) 6-2, 6-3, Miss Helen Jacobs (Amerlea) beat Mile. Jedrzejowska (Poland)

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Renewed Clamour For Timeless Tosts

Sydney, June 28. The dramatic ups and downs of the Second Cricket Test between England and Australia nt Lord's kept Austra- lia on tenterhooks today. but the sequel is a renewal of the clamour for timeless Test matches.

Alan Kippax, the famous Austra- linn Test batsman, said Don Brad- captain, must man, the Australian have missed Clarrie Grimmett ter-

Tibiy

A. Noble, the former Australjan captain, pays tribute to Eddie Payn- ter, the Lancashire left-hander, who, he says, is one of the greatest fighters in cricket history.

l'aynter scored 216 not out in the Firat Tent, and 99 and recond-Reuter,

43 in the

EX-BALL BOY

IS SINGAPORE CHAMPION

Three Tennis Titles For Yadi

new

Singapore's

men's singles young tennis champion is Yadi, Malay ex-ball boy who learned his Brst tennis with an old ball and a wooden bat on the old Y.M.C.A. courts.

LADIES'

Walter Hammand, the England Test captain, in an unusual pose; one

of the most reliable slip-fielders in the world, he has just missed N, W. D. Yardley in the recent Test trial at Lord's. When Hardstan was hurt, Yardley was selected to take his place

First Test against the Australians at Trent Bridge, but did not play.

INTERPORT CRICKETER PASSES

(By "Abe")

Although the news did not come as an entire surprise, it was with a bit of a shock that I learned last evening of the death of Frank Dou glas Pereira, the former Indian R. C. and Colony cricketer, at the Ragama Hospital, Ceylon, on June 14.

arlded Last week he

the singles One of the fastest bowlers the title to the doubles and mixed Colony has ever seen, Frank, as he doubles Utles that he bad nlready was popularly known, falled In won at the Singapore Lawn Tennis health at the end of 1936. On being Association championships,

Ploying on the S.C.C, courts, Yadı beat Yong Loong-chong, the holder, U-4, 8-6.

Yad had his first taste of repre- sentative tennis this year when he was taken to Ipoh for the Guillemard Cup series by Mr. D. H. Kleinman, i hon, secretary of the S.L.T.A.

This is the first year that Yadi has shown anything like championship form.

MEN'S DOUBLES

(SECOND ROUND) Llecht and R. Menzel (Czerl Slovakia) beat 1. Colling and D. McPhail (Scotland) 9-7, 0-1, 0-3.

F. Cejnar (Czecho-Slovakla) and C. E. Malfroy (New Zealand) beat Kuramitsu and Nakano (Japan) 6-3, 0-2, 3-0, 0-3.

THIRD ROUND Heaner Henkel and G. von Metaxa (Germany) beal Eric Fby and Ronald Shayen (England) 0-3, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2,

Frank Pereira ..one of nature's gentlemen.

the

TITLE FIGHT PUT BACK

New York, June 28

It is now officially announced that the title fight for the lightweight box- championship between inst

Lou

SEMI-FINALS

SECOND CRICKET TEST MATCH REFLECTIONS

Drastic Changes Unlikely In England's Team

After the

(By ". Abbit"}

somewhat depressing third day the events of yesterday's play in the second Test Match come a relief to the supporters of Eng- land. The pressure of time prevents any close analysis and I have not been able to listen in to the ball by ball necount. Thus I have to work upon two vague Reneralisations, that the wicket appeared to be damp but grew ensler towards the end of the English Innings: and the other, that there were a lot of dropped catches. This latter statement, If correct, may be of great moment in Auctuations of trying to sum up the dua

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The game, but so far I have only been able to locate one definite miss, when Wright missed McCabe off Farnes. It was hurd luck on the fasi bowler, but It does not seem to have made much difference to the game.

THREE USEFUL KNOCKS

| Ambers (holder) and Henry Arin- The English Innings WAS on the strong, the welterweight and feather-whole very reassuring. Though the weight champion of the world, has wicket whs not easy. and though been postponed till August 18. Ames, Hammond, (who was injured), Ambers bruised his hand in a re- Barnett, Hutton and Edrich did not cent contest and requested past-mnke very many between them. ponement.

Compton and that marvellously con- The_fight will take place on the statent left-hander Paynter both play- Polo Grounds instead of on the Longed most useful innings, while at the Island Bow!, to which bath'managers end England could give the Aus- objected, contending that it is too for

irallons a Wellard for their O'Reilly. from Harlem.

So Hammond was

able

to declare at 242 for eight, I have seen two printed scores; one has Wellard's score wrong and no addition: the other has the scores sight but is a huwired out in the totul, I think, and two in the number

On the other hand, the Polo Grounds are on the edge of Harlem, in easy aecesa to the great negro population.Reuter,

, COUNTY. CRICKET RESULTS

Somerset Beat Middlesex By Nine Wickets

London, June, 28. cricket matches which finished to-day resulted:

County

Somerset bent Middlesex by nine wickets, Somerset 249 (Buse 95; Jim Smith 0-08) and 77-1. Middle- sex 84 (Andrews 7-58) and 241 (Ani drews 6-83).

Yorks bent Notts on the first in- rings. Notts 87 (Bowes 4-7) and 05-5. Yorks 133 (Jepson 4-15).

Warwick beat Gloucester by 10 wickets, Gloucester 140 (Mayer 5 43) and 100 (Mayer 0-32). Warwick 395 (Scott 5-88) and 34-0..

Lanes bent Surrey on (I think this is right

the Orst inninga. Lancs 201 (Washbrook 107). Surrey 125 (Pollard 4-39) and 102-0 (Pollard 4-37),

both the Indians' batting and bowl-of wickets. It's a very awisward dit-innings. Kent 446 (Woolley 102,

ing averages.

IMPRESSIVE RECORD

wickets for six

some years ago.

1034.

also

ference in time that brings wires in Just as things are being put to bed).

GOOD PROSPECTS

When

an

REFLECTIONS

Kent beat Sussex on the Ørst

Valentine 118). Sussex 157 od 125-3.

and advised by his doctors not to spend Colony champlonships a couple of on consideration of this match, taken certainditions there will:

to

His League record in Hongkong

Worcester beat Glamorgan by was an impressive one. On several

ihree, Worcester 71 (Emrys Davies occasions he performed the "hat-

Australla batted England 5-19, J. C. Clay 4-12) and 102. (Emrys trick" and times without number he

continued to do well, and bul for Davies 8-33)." Glamorgan 103 (Mar- saved his side from collapse with his

Bradman would vigorous batting. His best League have won,

in alt probability, tine, 6-40) and 157 (Howarth -5-08). performance when taking of ten of the game was that the batting

An encouraging fenture Essex beat Hants by an innings runs against the

and 22. Iants 194 (Peter Smith 5- Hongkong University at Poltfulum type from that shown at Trent Brkige. Essex 338 (Peter Smith 95.--Reuter. seems to have been quite different in

75) and 122 (Peter Smith 4-38).

his half He did not meet with outstanding! It seems Bradman made

hour! The Engilsh success in the Interport series. He entry in

bowlers seemed to be a match for played for Hongkong against Shang-999

F see two hai in 1931, against Malaya in 1933 everyone else. By the way and against Shanghal up north in men were bowled round their legs is if Verity were still by far the best but in these days of standing plumb slow bowler in England. Wellard did Pereira's sporting activities were In front of the sticks to play the ball adequately and as a slogger is always an asset. Fornes continues to pick not confined only to cricket: he was this is not quite so surprising as it

up his wickets--we don't quite know He would have been thirty years ago. and

11 useful tennis player. Donald Budge

Gene Maka

how many catches have been put (America) heat Jean Boroira and

turned out regularly for the Indian

down off him-and is probably as R.C. in the "A" Division of the Jacques Brognon (France) 6-3, 6-4.

League.

good as or better than any other fast He participated in the 7-5.

The brightest thing that emerges

One thing la bowler in England. Cejnar (Czecho-Slovakia)

Except in the most unusual Mallxuy (New Zealand) beat Olif another summer in Hongkong, ha limes.

in conjunction with the former, is weather

have t and Tinkler (England) 6-2, 7-5, 6-2. resigned from his position in

Apart from his prowess in the field that England seem to have more or be two fast bowlers at the Old the QUARTER-FINAL

South China Morning Post, Ltd., nt of sport, Frank was well-known less settled their eleven. Barring in- Trafford. It is just possible England Budge and Make (America) beat the beginning of 1937, and with his locally as a cricket serbe. Writing juries, It seems unlikely that there may play another spin bowler for the nom-de-plume of "Leg will be more than two alterations, a Wright as the Australians have now lughan and Van Swol (Holland) wife and two children sailed for his "his opinion was always

native Ceylon.

inet him twice. But the less change, The hoped-for recovery failed to respected and many were his vivid batsman and a bowler, the latter be-

decided ing

by the t

type of the wicket.

the better is a good rule. materialise and he sank slowly until descriptions of matches played in the АБ regards the batsman, I cannot see

In view of advocates of playing home and away three failures, n hopeless

fight (England) beat Gopfert and Frau- lein Kraus (Germany) 7-5, 4-6, 6-2. Pereira spent approximately six matches in the local Cricket League, staff Is

The unfortunate thing is that the waiting for a place. He took NATURE'S GENTLEMAN Jacques Brignon (France) and years in Hongkong and during hla

couple

of snap wickets at the end next Test starts on July 8 and Ames Miss Thelma Coyne (Australia) beat sojourn here he made a wide circle During Pereira's sojourn in the

of the game when the Australians connot possibly be fit by then. We II. W. Austin and Miss Mary Hard- of friends, with all of whom he was Colony, I had the honour of share had the match saved. His victims have other wicket-keepers as good

very popular. A natural fast bowler, ing in many of his activities on and

of sport. always fourk! were, Badcock (who, poor fellow, got but shall miss his batting. I fancy he was keeneal on cricket and joined off the feld the Indian RC. Before his arrival blm-and I am sure everyone else a pair of spectacles) and Barnett, who Wood of Yorkshire for the place

especially as he knows Verity so well, the Sookunpoo cricket team had got did as well-to be one of nature's woo lashing out.

Let us fervently hope Hammond is very close to but had never succeeded gentlemen. He always won grace- in winning the First Division cham fully and, what is more important, plonship. With his advent Sookun- he could lose equally well, poo cricket began to look up, and for His wide circle of friends in Mrs. Fobiyan and Alss Allee two years succession, in the 1930- Hongkong, especially his old club- Marble (America) beat Miss Thelma 31 and 1931-32 seasons, the Indians mates and colleagues, will regret his Coyne and Miss Nancy Wynne (Aun-cnrried off the championships of both death and their deepest sympathies tralia) 4-0, 6-2, 6-2,

divisions. The great part which he are extended to his widow (nee Results are cabled by Reuter and played can be gauged by the fact Lalla Kader) and children in their United Press.

that in both these seasons, he headed great bereavement.

6-2, 6-3, 6-0.

MIXED DOUBLES (THIRD ROUND)

16

his

F. II. D. Wilde and Miss Whitmarsh he passed away on June 14. It was Colony. He was one of the greatest Edrich being when Hard-

wick (England) (-0, 6-3.

FOURTH ROUND

Jean Borotra (France) and Mrs. Helen Wilia Moody (America) beat Lysaght and Miss A, M, Yorke (Eng- land) 6-2, 2-0, 0-0.

WOMEN'S DOUBLES

(QUARTER-FINAL)

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