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HONGKONG

PH

DAY JULY

NO UPSETS CAUSED IN

IN YESTERDAY'S BOWLS TIES

HIGH STANDARD MAINTAINED IN MOST MATCHES

'BOB' DUNCAN ACCOUNTS FOR R. F. DA LUZ

(By "Abo")

No real upsets were created yesterday in the second round of the Lawn Bowls singles championship of the Colony. In nearly every case, results were according to expectations.

Nevertheless there were some very close finishes, and all to all ligh standard of play was maintained.

On the Cius de Errtelo ren. J. C. Brown, John Watson and T. Coleman Won their matches, Brown beat R. A. Harding fairly comfortably. taking 17 heads to do so,

After the

Arst few beads, Brown was always in the lead, and helped by two fours and two threes, he was Hever In Trouble.

The game between Watson Gud Field was a close one and the Issue was in doubt right to the end. On the 26th head, the score was dead- locked at 19-19, but Watson registered two singles to win out.

In spite of a four, scored an the 10m fiend, S. M. White could only tally nine shots against Coleman, whp established a substantial fearl froin the Afth to the eighth, hönd, during which he scored tenshots. Coleman was playing H consistent gome throughout.

B. Hosking, it is understood, received

from Mulcahy.

walk-over

ዓ.

À DISAPPOINTMENT The game between A. R. Dalish and A. G. Cooper on the Kowloon B.C.C. which was expected to be one Areen, of the best of the day, proved to be disappointing, the former being far thu steady for his opponent. Scorlig two fours and a three, Dillah needed only 16

10 heads to beat Cooper by 21-6. The latter was successful on unly five heads,

E. Zimmern accounted for E. Tuck by 21-10 after leading all the way, while C. F Remedios,

former Shanghai champion, beat A. Steven by 21-11. Steven led 11-0

on the 13th

head, but could not score again. Meanwhile

his opponent chalked up 2, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2 and 1.

Accounting for a club-mate in the Arst round,

B. W. Bradbury mel W. J. Bagley, and

another

Junior player from the Craigengower C.C., and won by 21-7. Only 16 heads were played, Bradbury claiming no fewer than 13. Bagley had a four on the 14th end.

BATTLE OF GIANTS

were

As expected, the

the meeting of R. Duncan and R. F. da Luz, two former Champlons, produced some splendid

The

well- play.

Players matched, but Duncan proved a httle steadier of the two and won by 21-17. Duncan's best spell was from ther 14th to the 17th heads when he took two singles and two twas to establish

lead of 17-8 which was good enough to carry him through. At onc stage, the winner ted 20-12, but Luz, 4ghting buck, claimed a three and a two to get to within three shots of his opponent. However, he was unable to prevent Duncan from

Ketting

single for the match on the 25th head.

E. W. Lines took 25 heads to beat

Yesterday's Rosults

At A Glance

The following were the full results of matches played yesterday:

j. C. Brown beat R. A. Harding

21-10 on the 17th.

John Watson beat W. V. Field

21-19 on the 27th.

T. Coleman beat S. M. White

21-9 on the 17th. CB Hosking received a walk- over from W. Mulcahy,

B. W. Bradbury beat W. J. Bagley 21-7 on the 16th.

C. F. Remedios beat A. Steven

21-11 on the 20th

E. Zimmern boat E. Tuck

21-10 on the 20th.

A. R Dallah beat H. G. Cooper

21-6 on the 16th.

H. A. Alves beat V. N. Atienza

21-3 on the 11th.

C. M. Silva beat W. Ward

21-7 on the 17th.

E. W. Lines beat J. M. Jack

21-17 on the 25th.

R. Duncan beat R. F. da Luz

21-17 on the 25th.

A. E. Coates beat J. F. V.

Ribeiro 21-15 on the 23rd.

A E. Carey beat W. Mair

21-18 on the 24th.

A. Hyde-Lay beat M. R. Abbas

21-18 on the 21st.

J. Cavanagh beat B. W, White- man 21-11 on the 19th.

1. E. Henson beat B. Bostock

21-13 on the 19th,

W. Gill beat J. Landolt 21-13

on the 21st,

R. Basa beat H. F. Harper 21-8

on the 17th,

G. N. Mitchell beat A. S.

Comes 21-10 on the 21st,

BASEBALL

PROGRAMME CURTAILED

New York, July 25.

League

J. M.. Jack at Kowloon Docks, win- Only one double-header in the ning by 21-17.. Lines led

was

all the American Baseball way, but Jack made a partial re-played 'to-day, Cleveland Indians and covery and 'on the 22nd head he was Boston Red Sox sharing the spoils. trailing 16-8. A two on the next Scores:

end took Lines to 20, and each claim-

ed

A heads.

single on the succeeding two Cleveland

After swallowing a whale-he beat!

U. M. Omor, the holder of the title

R04

H. E.

3

0

Boston

2

(Dickeman ond Foxx homered for

in the Arst round-it was not ex- the Red Sox),

pected that C. M. Silva would falter! with the minnow, He did not, and beat W. Ward comfortably by 21-7.

BIGGEST WIN

Cleveland Boston

5

(Keliner homered for the Indians). It was left to H. A. Álves to earn The double-header-between Detroit the honour of scoring the biggest win Tigers, and Philadelphia Athletles of the day. Playing against V. N. was postponed. No other matches Atienza, Alves won by 21-3, taking were scheduled. Reuter, only 11 heads in the process. He

J. Orem, of the Tollee R.C., watching a wood from his skip, F.L.E. Booker, In the Second Division bowla match against the Kowloon 1.G.C, on Saturday at Happy Valley. The visitors won by seven shots-Pictorial News.

HAS DEATH

DEATH KNELL

OF THE OLYMPICS BEEN SOUNDED?

Cost Of

Of Games Out Of All Proportion To Their Usefulness

(By L. V. Manning)

London, July 15.

NE result of Japan's belated realisation that the Olympiad can-

ONE of Tobye in 1940 may be that there will be no

more Olympic Games. Los Angeles.

run

At least on the colossal scale of Berlin and

WH

THREE GAMES ENDED

London, July 25. Three County Cricket Champlon- ship matches finished-tu-day, having talten only two days to complete.

AL Hove, Lancashire defeated Sussex by an innings and five runs.

(Wilkinson Sussex scored 195

for 18) and 212 (Wilklison 4 for 51), while Lancashire made 412 for nine wickets declared. Washbrook hit up 135 and Iddon 95. GLAMORGAN. WARWICKSHIRE Warwickshire defeated Glamorgan by eight wickets.

At

MRS. MOODY'S RETURN TO WIMBLEDON Centre Court Victory Over Mrs. Hopman

Australian Captain's Plucky Effort: Mile. Jedrzejowska Loses A Set

By A. Wallis Myers

London, June 23. THE first rain fell at Wimbledon and at any other time the executive would have welcomed refreshment for their parched courts. But the schedule yesterday was exceptionally heavy.

The last 32 in both championship singles were due for alignment and when the sun departed behind heavy clouds there were qualms about the wather,

By that time, however, many of the big guns had fired their salutes to the crowds, the largest of the week. Mrs. Moody, "cen- tre-courted" won her first championship match since she sur- rendered a title secured for the seventh time three years ago. She defeated Mrs. Hopman, leader of the Australian team, 6-3, 6-4.

Other women victors were Mlle. Jedrzejowska, who was carried to a perilous finish by another Wightman Cup captain, Mrs. King, of England; Mrs. Sperling, who claimed a Call- fornian scalp, and Mrs. Fabyan and Miss Bundy, who make lawn tennis brighter by playing it.

Then Miss Scriven put out Miss Valerie

Mrs. Scott; the graceful Miller, of South Africa, beat a young compatriot; Miss Freda James won a marathon race on the tape against the Belgian champion, Mnic, Meule- meester; and Miss Thelma Coyne confirmed Don Bradman's remark to me that the Australian girls would not disgrace their country on a fast wickel.

The young Johannesburg girl forced many errors by her sound and sanguine defence. Later, when Miss Marble was fcinting as if to volley deep and then, turning her wrist, subtly dropping the ball just over the net, Miss Pierrey was over- borne, and a love sot ended an all too brief item.

Miss Marble lins still to meet and hent Miss Hardwick before she can rehearse her plans to stem the driving of Mme. Mathieu of Miss Wynne, and perhaps by that time, if she has survived, Mlle. Jedrzejowska will have lost those strangely loose phases, which were again In evidence yester- day.

on

the

Her vicious violence on the fore- MRS. HOPMAN'S INDUSTRY hand and her more restrained blows Mrs. Hopman did not mind that the backhand appeared to be

Mrs. King: Then her jockey cap had "gone with the mastoring wind" waen ale raced for Mrs. whole situation was changed by the Moody's widest drives. Her industry stubbornness and precision of her was indefatigable, nor was she with-adversary.

times Without the height or reach of the out sound tactical plans. Many

forced she

the ex-champlon to Pole, Mrs. King exchanged shot for snatch at a running drive because shot so remorselessly that she won her opponent's cool defence placed the second set. the last ball of the rally in the most awkward place.

Glamorgan scored 170 and 114 Though Mrs. Hopman won only (Hollies C for 34), and Warwickshire three games in the first set Mrs. Moody had to work hard to collect mact: 178 and 107 for two wickets.

▼, MIDDLESEX KENT

six. In the second set when the Maidstone, Kent defeated Australian girl, never neglecting to Middlesex by 205 runs,

mix her gume and sometimes coming Kent totalled 210 in their first in to make a choice backhand volley, Innings despite the fine bowling of got to 3-1, husbands in the mem Gray who captured eight wickels for bers' stand, where I was watching, made secret signals to the wives In reply, Middlesex scored only 159, across the court cancelling plans for Watt taking seven for 85.

Batting a second time, Kent made 333, of which A. Fagg claimed 108. out for Middlesex were then put 125, Watt again taking seven wickets,

runs

59 runs.

WHEN the dust has settled I think It was significant that in Paris last body of

It

thet will be found

the March the controlling

Interna-death-knell of the Games has been the athletics empowered tional Amateur Athletic Federation sounded. to world championships.

In its place will be a world's chum- Behind this was the strong feeling pionship meeting organised by the

Athletle this Amateur International that the Games have wandered

the Games, it Reuter. far from their scope and that a dent Federation. Like

out would be held at four-year intervals. of the new wood could be cut

Here again it is more probable the without the Games suffering.

Brst meeting would take place ir Helsingfors--not London.

too

It is not the athletic section of the Olympiad which has caused so much rancour and hot argument.

would say that mast of the

over

football,

The feeling is that athletics needs

1

its own world championships, just as storms have

tennis and golf and other games, and raged boxing and water-polo.

that the attempt to harness on to it dozens of oher sports in one unwieldy The average man thinks first and

merely asking for last of athletics when the subject is Olympiad is the Olympic Games, but with each trouble and confusion.

important Olympiad the programme

the cost of an more unwieldy.

out of all posed to add darts...A good game,proportion to its usefulness to sport. So are skittles and shove ha'penny, 1940 Olympic Games have

(Since the above was written, the but who wants these riven

awarded to Helsingfors,) Olymple status?

grows

Them

15

also

an

For Tokyo it was seriously pro- Olympled 15

HOW WE STAND FIRST thought about Japan's decision is that it could, and should, have been made six months ugo.

Latest

been

The Germans needed the full four Call-Over For

years to prepare for the Berlin Games. Could it be done in two?

The answer is yes, if any nation is prepared to pay the price of rushed work. I doubt very much if this country la, and it is more likely we shall support the Finns in their re- quest to stage the Games in Helsing- fors.

But it cannot be an Olympiad in the Berlin or the Los Angeles sense.

Ours is the only country in which Coverie athletics has never had = Government sending out tubsidy. Not oven for

teams.

scored three possibles, a three, two 20-14. air, however, came back with twas and two singles, while his op-a four on the next head, though he ponent collected only three singles.

taking could not prevent Carey from But for the fact that he conceded a single for the match on the 24th. two fours and

Some splendid play a three, M. R. Abbas

was seen in might have had a chance of suging the encounter between A. E. Coutes

J. F. Ribeiro. Some of an upset on the Service green when he met A. Hyde-Lay, a heads were very good indeed. Coates, former champion. As it was, he because of a little extra steadiness, scored 11 heads out of the 21 played, won by 21-15 on the 23rd head. and was beaten by 21-10 after the G. N. Mitchell outplayed A, S. Gomes and won by 21-10 on the 21st scores had been tied at 18-10.

Two players from the Police R.C., head. W. Mair and A. E. Carey,

R. hard

Basa, W. Gill, J. Cavanagh and faht before the latter emerged suc-J. E. Henson were successful in their

If there is no official application. cessful by 21-18. Carey had a fine matches on the Police green. Gil's run from the 13th to the 18th head, performance was the best of the lot from the Finns then London comes scoring three singles, a three and two as he accounted for J. S. Landolt, into the recitoning if there is an ap- the plication to the International Com- braces to establish a lead of 18-13, who is regarded as

had

one

of

STADIUM CHIEFS READY TT is important to remember that the Games are not allotted to countries, but to cities. Helsingfors has Orst claim because the capital of Finland was in the final voting with Tokyo.

and on the 22nd head he was leading steadlest drawing men in the Colony. milice, and this is by no means eer-

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Arthur Elvin and General Critchley both told me yesterday their stadiums were at the service of the committee.

THE HOUSING SOLUTION is true that when Italy dropped out 1008 wo put on the Games

In London at two years notice, but they were only shadow games com- pared w

with

modern Olympiad. Thero are

thousand people to house In the athletlo

alone. Bectiona There would be no

bu no London pro-

blam

tho size of the stadium. Nor would there be any track troubles.

Stewards Cup

London, July The following is the latest over from the Stewards Cup:

8/1 Gunboat (t. and o.) 10/1 Mixture (t. and o.) 100/8 Watersmeet (t. and o.) 100/8 Old Reliance (t. and o.)

100/0 Davy Doolittle (t. and a.) 100/7 Carnival Boy (E. and 6.) 100/0 100/0 Harmachis (t. and o.) 18/1 Bold Den (1. and o.) 18/1 Lohengrin (0)

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Nor was she through by any means. She caught the confident champion of Middle Europe after she led 4-0 in the final set and when I came to King, watch the last phase Mrs. despite her effort, looked quite pre- pared to play a fourth set. Her heart was on the same high line as Mrs. Hopman's.

Miss, Helen Jacobs was down to meet Miss Joan Ingram, who has ex- tended hor both at Wimbledon and at Forest Hills. She held indeed a The No. I seed had served a double winning lead in both matches. But their third meeting was, adjourned fault in the fourth game and other until to-day. Before play could start wise disturbed her supports by allow- Miss Jacobs was taken 111, and a ing Mrs. Hopman to smash three lobs sympathetic committee decided, after out of her reach. A love game to consulting her opponent, to allow her America cased the situation, but the time for recovery. sixth game was so full of deuce and Mrs. Fabyan, Miss Bundy and Mrs. vantage points, and gallantly Miller all had

easy tasks, and Miss striven for by the Australian-she Lumb continued to use the court as was

within

stroke of it four times a running track so effectively that one felt she was holding the crowd the beat Miss Heeley in two sets. us Mrs. Moody.

Miss Noel claimed a Hungarian Eventually the expected happened victim and Miss Nuthall an Americas, Mrs. Moody won in two sets, hitting winners all round the court But Mrs. Hopman led 43 and if in the final set. she had not smashed a ball out of court to close a long raily she might

been have

trouble. One further could not resist the impression that a few years back Mrs. Moody would have returned a second service with more speed and length.

time for only 35

CLOSE OF PLAY

London, July 25. The following are close-of-play acores in the County Championship: Derby 340; Notts 340 and 30 for 1. Hampshire 352 and 159 for 5; Somerset 447.

Lelcester 200; Worcester 509 for 9.

and Northants 190 and 249 for 6; Essex 514 for 9 declared.

Surrey 204 and 182 for 2 declared; Yorkshire 100 and Reuter.

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Lor one.-

Reflections On Fourth Cricket Test

(By "R. ABBIT")

In

So now we know all about it. the two previous Tests there were batting failures but one or two of the English batsmen managed to come off and disaster was avericd. Now 25.

they have all failed and England were call-badly beaten. The queer thing is that reports have steadily stated that the wicket was good, and even yester- it only said there were a few spets, though

hat it gather that was taking spin. I simply connol believe that there was not something very wrong, for the Australians did nearly, but not quite as badly as we did.

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10/1 Sally Andrews (0), 20/1 (1) 20/1 Hat (o). 25/1 (1)

22/1 Lovely Woman (0) 25/1 Lapel (t. and o.)

and o.) 25/1 Malmscy 28/1 Roulade (0), 33/1 (1)

Gibbons (0) 33/1

Lynedoch

(a) 33/1 Moody (0) 33/1 Jovini Lad (0) 33/1 King of Thrace (0) 33/1 Reviresco (0) 33/1 Monmouth (o) 33/1 Golden Dial (0) 40/1 Killarney Boy (0) 50/1 Frada (0)

----Reuter, AMENDED PROBABLES

London, July 25,

day

WHERE FAILURE LAY

On this occasion at least we cannot blame, our bowlers. They did very weil; and, had their batsmen given them a reasonable chance they might have pulled the game off. But the batting was lamentable, Barnett wil persist in trying to hook fast bowling before he has got a sight of the ball. Edrich stayed in nearly two hours

he

for 28 but I gather was scratching

all the time. In fact his chief quali- fication to play for England seems to

that

he plays for Middlesex, Hardstoft failed in each innings and with Price in the aldo there was room for fallure. The last fiva, meri were not bats, though Verity and Wright

nobly in the first innings, consequently even ous. Ham- and

fallure the six was

dangerous. among

The following is the amended list of probable starters in the Stowards mond cannot do it all himself, though

It de

is amazing how often he doos come Cup:

In regard to the equipment, or Sam Wragg rides Ipsden, Richard off. But he seems to have had a son rides Gibbons, Gilbert rides crack at his first ball yesterday and haa of that finished it. Paynter alone Prada, Christle rides King Thrace, Stevens rides Killarney Boy, come out with credit and with a few batsmen to help him might have and Cursluke rides Monmouth,

Neuvy, Master Blondel, The Yan- raved things. Another atly ked and Luminous Star liave been might have won the match. But it scratched Router,

was sorry business,

The housing problems could be solved by using ships moored in the Thames For the Amsterdam Games both the Finns and the Americans lived in the liners they travelled in.

runs

MISS MARBLE'S SUBTLETY Miss Marble had to play hor eye into range before she could apply summary methods to Miss Piercey.

Perhaps the daintiest, as it was the dourest, encounter of the day was

that between Miss James and Mme. Meulemeester, Both are complete players, both use the whole court for their machinations. The Belgian champlon, now living away from tennis courts, has become a volary of golf, but when Miss James failed to win in two sets and she almost (Continued on Pago 4)

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