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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH,

FRIDAY, AUGUST

5, 1938.

FIRST WHITCOMBE TO WIN THE OPEN GOLF Britain and Norway

CHAMPIONSHIP

REGGIE'S TRIUMPH

IN A GALE

From Charles Buchan

Sandwich, July 8.

"Thank God, for the sake of the family," said Reginald Arthur Whitcombe, winner of the 1938 British Open Championship, as he stood in the clubhouse at the end of his last round.

Hegge, an early starter, wan wait- ing for 16

unfortunate rivaln to flash the battle wit: the elements, knowing they had the chance of toppling him from his pedestal, The youngest of the famous brotherhood!! - to 10 Hoggle is the first Whil-' embe to win the Championsłup, j though be, Ernest ami Charles - tween that have captured every other posible honorus.

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AL Lord's. against England Australia loses her first wicket in the Second Cricket Teal match Fingleton played a fast leg-break from Wright to Hammond at first slip, and the English captain 1s seen here making the catch, while Ames and nearby flelders look on.

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hibition" off the

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tille right out of the Championship.

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Forest) 1933.

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could nG French (West Sur: 772 04 86-318 hardly have been worat. Frailly

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777 3ls Rees and A. 1. Locke could not keep Norman Sutton (Leigh) 72 75 87 15-310 Uhele balance when attempting to T. Haliburton (Pest-

wick St. Nicholas) 72 74 89 07-320 play their shots.

J. J. Pennink (Autdown

Fest)

home

Whitcombe's splendid physique-↑ vi Greenhaigh (Prent-

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in good steuds Taiding inanite pains,

waggling his club four or five times ing, ke boxers and footballers do. while he settled the destination of Don Curtis bore this out when he the shot in his mind, he played the won the Southport tournament last bold game necessary for the occasion, Never has courage been more suit- ably rewarded.

SELF-TAUGHT

May.

In U.S.

Some Impressions Of Second Cricket Test

The following impressions of the Second Cricket Test played at Lord's between England and Australia appear in the July 2 issue of The Cricketer:

Another drawn game emphasises the desirability of New York, Aug. 4.

Five days would not Five-Day Test matches in this country. Tin Interfered with the Baseball League pregranane to-day, a couple

interfere with county cricket any more than four days. Surely England v. Australia should dominate everything. et atelies being postponed on this account.

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2. England's batting need cause no worry, but the bow!- It was "untidy" and some of it received York Giants New

ing gives cause for anxiety. trouncing in the National Section,

unintelligent-the batsmen's favourite strokes being given too being linked out by the Chicago

Length was often lacking, and a more accurate much scope Boston Braves just nosed out Cubs. Pittsburgh Pirates.

attack is essential.

In

American League, New th: York Yankees beat

Detroit Tigers 8-4, and the Chicago White Sox hnd a double victory over Philadelphin Allletics. Scores:

NATIONAL LEAGUE

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Pittsburgh

12 Boston (DIMaggie homered for the Boston

Chicago New York

Success did not come 10 Whit- combe without stern challenges, first from James Adams and then from Henry Cotton. By a curious coln- | Braves). In his hour of triumph Reggie's cidence Whitcombe and Adams were first thought was for his young days. the first pair to start and they pro- when J. H. Taylor, the ex-champion, vided a great duel.

Reggie's

Breat tadged with his parents at Burnt-round of 75 gave him a precious lead hom. It was Taylor who gave at the end of the third round, one Reginald his first club, attic old stroke ahead of Dick Burton, two of that be prized for Adams and seven in front of Cotton. Whitcombe started the last round

fashioned fron

many years.

The Great War interrupted Reg-badly by taking four pults on the gle's progress, for he joined up fest green, mainly owing to a gust under 10 years of age, but of wind that at the name time blew when after demobilisation he became as his wife (who accompanies him on sigiant to Ernest, his eldest brother, every round) off her shooting stick. at Came Down, Dorset. From there he went to Parkstone, Bournemouth, where he has been fur the last 11 years.

Reggie told me that he has never had a lesson in his life. Unaided, he has developed his own particular style, standing low, hands low, and body braced, and punching the ball with the accurate timing of a boxer. Frequently he has differed from his brothers when discussing some part of the awing or some theory of the

game.

The set-back did not

set Reginald and he reached the turn in 39, Adams in 30-good figures, in the conditions.

Wonderful pitching and putting enabled Whitcombe to get the correct figures at 10th, 11th and 13th and Adams kept pace with him.

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(Hartnett homered for the Cubs). The

match between Cincinnat!! Reds and Philadelphia Phillies was postponer owing to rain.

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The 15th was a crilical hole. (DiMaggio homered for the Yan- Whitcombe put his second shot over kers), the green, Adams to the left. Then

The match between Boston Reggie placed his chip dead, but the Sox and Cleveland Indians Scot went one better-he holed his and jumped delightedly in the air, postponed owing to rain-Reuter, Now there was only between the pair.

three

strokes

TWO STROKES SLIP AWAY

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At the short 10th Adams placed

cleck and got his 3. Whlicombe took an iron and a ball Innded in a embedded almost bunker and was

out into out of sight. He hacked another bunker and took 5. Ons

him

from separated now

stroke Adams.

But the 17th Reggie rande atone- a championship stroke. ment with It was

not possible to reach the green at this 441-yard hole with two full-blooded woods, but he played a wonderful run-up within a foot of the hole. Adnins, bunkered with hila second, required

chance had gone.

6 strokes. H'S

E. R. T. Holmes Hits Fastest Century

Bradman Beaten By Eight Minutes

By Kenneth Rankin

3. The fielding was nothing like so good as at Notting- ham-the throwing-in being rather wild.

nised cover-point.

We need a recog-

Paynter, perhaps, could fill that position. 4. Ames kept wicket as finely as he always does, and the fracture of his finger will leave England not only without a great wicket-keeper but a batsman of the highest class.

5. We believe that Compton at the age of 20 is even now the second best batsman in England, Hammond of course, He played magnificently in the second innings being the best. and displayed great coolness at a critical period. In his innings Clear proof of 76 not out he hit no fewer than fourteen 4's. of his wide range of strokes.

6. Verity bowled well in both innings but should he not have bowled outside O'Reilly's off stump instead of pitching on the middle and leg stumps, thereby encouraging O'Reilly's big on-drive?

7.

He is really Edrich should be encouraged to bowl. fast and may well prove a useful addition to the attack if used in spells of five or six overs at a time.

8. England, though winning the toss, had the worse of the wicket, and we believe that it would have paid the Austra- lians to have declared their first innings closed when the rain We came down just after Fleetwood-Smith had joined Brown. should then have had very nearly another half-hour's batting on the wicket which later helped McCormick so much.

9. On paper the Australians may possess a "tail" but in a Test Match the "tail" backed up by à McCabe, as at Notting- ham, or a Brown, as at Lord's, has no existence in point of fact. 10. There were many in Australia who thought Brown But, the judgment of those who was lucky to be selected. urged his selection has been proved to have been extraordinarily sound.

11. McCormick is a fast bowler who is especially danger- It is surprising that one with so ous in his first 6 or 8 overs, beautiful an action and run to the crease should bowl so many no-balls.

like a fault. In 40 minutes his total had rushed up to 71, and we sudden- ly beenme aware that we might be assisting at history.

ELIMINATION BOUT

Small Montano Tries For

Flyweight Title

Altogether, in an hour and a quar- Satur- ter, Surrey increased their day's score of 386 for six by 101, and Sussex, wanting 398 to save the follow-on, hnd 35 minutes before

New York, Aug. 3. lunch. Berry opened the bowling In the first of a series of elimina- with Watts, as Gover is having a tion bouts to determine the succes

rest.

PARKS PARTNERSHIP

sor of Benny Lynch as flyweight champion of the world, Smail Mon- tano, 111 lbs., easily bent Katsumi London, July 5.

The first wicket fell at 54 when Morloko, 101 lbs., of Vancouver, E. R. T. Holmes began the second

Was bowled by British Columbia, on points in day of the Surrey and Sussex match Join Langridge

Parker's slower one. After this, Jim atleen rounds contest to-day. at the Oval with a brilliant Innings Farks showed something approach-

1

Montano will meet Little Dodo in

Then cume a remarkable effort by which brought him the fastest cen- ing his fertility of last year, but his his next fight,-United Press.

Collon. With a burden of seven strokes on his shoulders, he started tury of the season so far,

out so bravely that he reached the

brother was very dour.

Paris (J.).

On Saturday evening he had come

(3.) After a rainstorm, Parker, Watts turn in 35. Aided by the wind, he in for the Inst 10 minutes to relleve

Fidile (Jan) drove the green at the 11th measur-MeIntyre, in his Orst county match and Berry pounded away, but could Whitfield, e Langridge (Ja.), ↳ Long- ing 384 yards, and followed with of that anxious tasks. In that time not get much quick lift out of the EH. T. Holmes, b another 3 at the 12th, where he put he scored 4. Yesterday, in the Brail pitch and the batsmen were rarely watu, o Langridge (Jn.), b Partin (J.) 33

Berry Langridge (Jns.) an approach within two yards of the 5 minutes he mado 97, so that induced to play forward until at 6.40 McIntyre, not out

century took him nitogether 65 one from Waits did what many Brooks, e Tuppin, b Parka '(3)' minutes, which is eight minutes less others had not, and Jim Parks was than Bradman required against Lan-caught by Brooks for a meritorious cashire at Manchester last month.

hole.

With Cotton three under, 4's, there were visions of another sensation. Could he sinnd the strain when fac- Ing the gale in the last six holes?

GRAND INNINGS

02.

OK-N988 355-35B I

D -b 2, n-b 1

Total

SUSSEX Langridge (In.), b Parker Hla partnership with his brother Parks (), a Brooks, b Waits had produced 95 and the latter went Parks & Brooks. b Walls

H. T. Bartlett, e Gregory, b Squires two Langridge (Jan.), not out tamo way at 102, after It was an innings after the grand the Bravely as Cotton fought, the tasks

He took Malvern manner, memorable not hours' patience, for 37. The pitch 7. J. Holmes, not out proved beyond his powers, urce putts at the 19th and a par 5 only for the speed at which it was was how multering occasionally and

Oakes (C.). Cornford (WJ, Tuppin, at the long 14th reduced his chances made but for the magnificent stroke Bartlett, after a 0 and three 4's, was A pulled second to the 15th and production in which it abounded, caught at cover off the artful Squires,

SURILEY First Innings bunkered tee shot at the 18th meant Waits began the proceedings by tak- Sussex with four men out ending up Wood, Dailed to bat, that he had to finish in 4, 3 io tle. ing 10 off the first three balls sent 848 behind.

down by Wood, after which Holmes,

So

7

BURNEY

Trying the almost impossible, Col with a peach of an off-drive to got lon sent his ball into two bunkers his eye in, took sole command. Fishlock, o Farke (7.) b Langridge nor the green. galianlly he handed over the title to Reggie Drives and cuts wont chasing ono Gregory, b Wood

Hquiros, o Holmes, Oakes Whitcombe, an equally gallant win-anottier from the centre of his bat, Darling, a Cornford, b Tuppin

with never a suspicion of anything Parker, & Langridge (Ina), b Parki

ner.

Extras

Wood

Total 14 wks.)

Tuddin

Langridge (Jav.)

Parks (J.) Difold

Onken (C))

Parks (3.) bowled one no-ball.

Umpires: Ilondron, Chestor.

109

1.Indicates captain, * Wickot-keeper,

In Athletic

Close

Battle

By FRED DARTNELL

London, July 9.

Norway led Great Britain by 30 points to 29 at the end of the first six events decided last night in connection with the two-day athletic match at the White City. This may look good for us, but is not so by any means.

We were benten in the 800 metres, and it was only thanks to the lucky substitution of Carstairs, the Scottish distance clinmpion, in the 5,000 metres that we were able to get the major points for that race.

There was a rather regrettable fallure of organisation in this event. The card at the tape indicating to the competitors that there were three more ups to go was kept up for two lapa arul by some extraordinary over- slight the bell to Indicate the final lap was not rung at all.

WARD FALTERS Nevertheless I thought that Ward had been beaten by the terrific pace set up for 4,000 metres by Hasdal.

install rain and with nobody to ad him. Rasdak pulled his rivals Word WAS along mngnlücently. third, with Carstairs hanging grimly on to the foreigner.

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With four laps to go Ward faltered under the pace. He dozen yards behind, but after an- other lap Carstairs put the issue to

went the supreme trat. He

past Rosdal and the gap between them

radually increased.

A grand gritty runner this Car- autharilles who stairs, and the only got him to the White Clly on a reserve basis will have to think differently now about the Scottish champion."

Our fond expectations that Coll- yer, the English half-mile champion, would repeat his Antwerp victory In the 800 metres were early shattereți, At the bell he and Alford, comfort- lend of about ably together. held

yard over the Norwegian pair, of whom Hoel was last. Round Ørst

bend Hoel began to creep up towards Alford and with an increas

ing stride not only passed him but went ahead of Collyer, who found himself entering the final straight a Collyer could good yard to the bad. not respond and Hoel, much to the delight of a little Norwegian "chorus" in the stand, came home a winner.

A CLEVER RACE

He had run a clever race, but his time was three-tenths of a second longer than that returned by Collyer in beating him last Sunday at Ant- werp.

the

The conditions yesterday WOTC much better than those on the Con- tinent, and I cannot account for Collyer doing only 1min. 55,2sec.

Coming back on the plane last Sunday night the window by side of the seat on which Collyer sat blew in and the glass was shut- tered on his head. Fortunately he was not cut, but the blow dazed him, and although this is not offered as an explanation of Collyer's defeat, the reaction of the incident can hardly have been beneficial to him.

The pole vault was in progress dur ing this event, but previous to the start of the 800 metres we knew that the visitors had taken the full eight points for first two places,

It was fortunate for our chances that F. R. Webster had hurt his ankle at Portsmouth and could not take part.

Kinalicy, the second string, failed at lift, which was exceeded by a full foot by both Carisen and Kaas for Norway.

FINLAY AGAIN

Lawn Bowls Committee Meeting To-day

A meeting of the General Committee of the Hongkong Lawn Bowls Association will be held in the board-room of the South China Morning Post, Ltd. to-day at 5.30 p.m.

Many subjects will come up for discussion, amongst them being the forthcoming Inter- port with Shanghai, the Gutier- rez International Shield com- petition and the Aitkenhead Shield match.

All members of the Commit- tec are requested to attend,

AUSTRALIANS COMMENCE THEIR SCOTTISH TOUR

Dundee, Aug. 4.

cricketers com- The Australian menced their Scottish tour to-day with a two-day match against Scot- land at Broughton Ferry.

Batting first, the visitors scored 213, of which Stanley McCabe made Symon took five wickets for 33 02.

runs.

The Scots replied with only B3, L. O'B. Fleetwood-Smith capturing four for 21.

At close of piny, the tourists hod scored 21 without loss-Reuter,

to a couple of yards before hand- ing over to Roberts for the 300 metres.

The Manchester man simply flow | along. It was the biggest thrill as far as speed goes of the day. When he made a clean pass to Godfrey Brown there was a clear 30 yards gap from Hansen, the Norwegian..

Brown's task was child's play to him, but what an agonising and hope- less problem for Eldsboo. I was rather impressed by the latter's form ut Antwerp last Sunday, but what could you expect him to do yester- day?

Brown, merely cantering, for him. Increased the lead to 00 yards at the tape and the time was 1min. 57.28cc. Keep your eye on Roberts and Brown next week for that quarter-mile championship. Oh, boyi

RESULTS

809 Metrca-1, O. Hoel (Norway); 2, A. J. Collyer (G.B.); 3, J. W. L. Alford (G.B.); 4, II. Johannesen (Norway), min. 54.9scc. Won by 2ydn, yds.

5,000 Metres 1, G. M. Carstairs (G.B.): 2, O. Rasdal (Norway); 3, P. D. Ward (G.B.); 4, H. Grenager (Norway). 14min. 58.4sce, 35yds., 20yds,

110 Metres Hurdles,-1, D. O. Fin- Thornton lay (G.B.): 2, J. St. L (GB); 3. H. Albrechtsen (Norway); E. Seeberg (Norway), 1550c,

Pole Vault-1, W. Carlsen (Nor- way) and E. Kaas (Norway) (tied), 12ft. 0 in.; 3, A. W. Kinally (G.B.), 101, 4, E. Boyce (G.B.), BIL

Finlay and Thornton came in al-Inches, 6yda. most together in the hurdles. 1 think the Intler was leading at the Inst obstacle by n shade and it was a case of inches, with Albrechtsen and Seeberg following hopelessly in the.j

rear.

Weight-1, B, Thoresen (Norway), 49ft. 25 in.; 2, S. Dahle (Norway), "Great Britain scored a brilliant 471, 44, 3, R. L. Holland (G.B.), triumpl in the mixed relay. 45ft. 13in.; 4, P. Hineka (G.B.), 43ft. Holmes over the first 100 metres 1,000 Metres Relay (100, 200, 300, gained a good yard for Penning-400)Great Britain (C. B. Holmes. ton, wito had to meet Anderson A Pennington, W. Roberts, A. G. K. over 200 metres. The old Oxonian, Brown) beat Norway easily. Imla. inspired by the gift, increased it 57.2sec.

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