1939-01-18 — Page 8

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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

January 18, 1939.

BADMINTON LEAGUE

PLAYERS

This picture was taken at Talkoo R.C. last week when 51. Andrew's "A", now favourites for the championship, defeated Chung Wah by 6-3- In the "B" Division of the Itadminton League. Chung Wah players are in the front row and the Saints are at the back-Photo by Mec Cheung.

JOE LOUIS EXPECTED TO KEEP BOXING TITLE Challenger Concentrating On Speed In Training

New York, Jan. 17.

Joe Louis, the heavyweight boxing champion of the

world, is a 13-5 favourite over John Henry Lewis in the all-negro title fight at Madison Square Gardens on January 25.

Louis has been idle since he beat promises to out-box rather than out- Max Schmeilng last June, and now slug the champion. weighs about 209 lb. compared with his challenger's 185.

A capacity house of $100,000 is anticipated.

John Henry is training at Madame speed, and Beys, concentrating on

Joe is training at Pompton Lakes. He is seeking no speed.

Here And There

With "Abe".

America's Davis Cup Hopes Are Fair For 1939

ROBBY Riggs, America's top-1 strenuous. The Board reported that ranking amateur tennis player the M.C.C. agreed to their sugges since Don Budge turned pro, has but tion that the playing and financial burning ambition these days: conditions of the last two tours in keep the Davis Cup in the United Australia and England be standard States. And he thinks it can be conditions in the future subject to done if the Brst light candidates for any alteration at the request of of the Cup team "get into perfect con-

con-either party. dition and make every effort to reach Cricket Scoring

If Joe wins, he will probably meet

Toles, another negro, Roscor Detroit, in March.-United Press.

POLICE RUGGER TEAM DEFEATED IN DEBUT GAME AGAINST SCOTS

1

Britain's Poor Year In International Sport

Interport Hockey On Chinese New Year Day

Foreign Challenges Too Strong To Resist

(By II. L. Percy, United Press Staff Correspondent)

London, Doc. 30. Britain had a bad year in international sport,

Mr. R. Henderson, Hon. Secretary of the Hongkong Hockey Association, has rc- ceived confirmation from Ma- cap that the Interport match will be played at Macao on Chinese New Year Day.in 1938. February 19.

The first trial to select a

team to visit the Portuguese colony will be held on Sunday. January 22, at 10.30 a.m. on the Club ground.

TENNIS PLAYERS RETURN

Enthusiastic Over

Lawn tonnis, golf, cricket, horse-racing, and rowing, all saw the flags of foreign countries at the masthead on nearly every occasion there was a foreign challenge.

And the stars and stripes of the United States was the flag most often

run up.

Biggest sporting disaster of the year for the British was the loss of the mythical "Ashes", in the series of five test cricket matches against Australia,

Australia In the 1937/38 season Australia scored 242 and 107 for 5, and England 223 and 123, collapsing in the second innings on a bad wie-

et

With nothing depending on it, the nfth and final snatch at Kensington Oval, London, was a finsen. Under the rules, the last match is played

And biggest success was winning to a falsh, however long it takes, the Walker Cup, trophy for the bland as England, batting stendily through Saturday, Monday and anal amateur galt match between Britain and the United States, for Tuesday, put up the all-time record score of 903 for 7 wickets declared, the first time since its inception in

it was coon dubbed "The Marathon 1922.

Test."

Treatment Received single major tle in the year,

the

Most complete defeat was in lawn tennis. Britain failed to obtain a She, of course, stood no chance in the Davis Cup competition, and Wightman Cup was once again won A. E. P. Guest and Szeto Dick, two by the United States women, while members of the Hongkong L.TA. the United States clean swept all team which participated in the Far ve ütles in the All-England chur Enst tennis championships at Saigon,pionships at Wimbledon. returned to the Colony yesterday afternoon by the s:s. Hellkon.

line.

George Choa, the third member of" the team, stayed behind to see through the championships,

ON THE TURF

Sucresses by foreign horses, pria- elpally French, in other important races, have astounded racing circles hitherto convinced that the English horse was practically supreme on Its

Australia replied with 201 and 123. playing with little heart against such a formidable task, and lost by an innings and 579 runs.

WALKER CUP GOLF

Britain won the Walker Cup golf match by 7 games to 4. with one halvest, but the United States level- Jed things up by winning the British Open Amateur Championship. Youthful Charles Yates of Atlanta, The two bit popular races of the Georgia, did the trick, benting the

Irish the Grand National Steeple burly.

International "Ceeli They were supposed to leave Saigon year, on January 10, but the Helikon rchase and the Derby Stakes, were Ewing, by 3 and 2 in the 30-holes

the United States and final. rived there four days ahead of won by

Actually, the United States scored schedule, and they perforce had to France. respectively, Mrs. Marlon take this boat or wait another nine Scott's tiny American-bred Battle- the first point, for the championship days in Saigon. They decided not ship won the chasing blue-riband, was played at Troon, Scotland, in to stay and sailed four days ahead of and the French-bred Bola Roussel the week beginning May 28, while

won the Derby,

the Walker Cup match

tch was

played at St. Andrews, June 3 and 4.

Yates was an outsider for the but the favourites Chumolley

Johnny Goodman, and Cyril others, tumbled each other, and Guest, who was the only member

Yates playing steady golf in the of the Hongkong team who had not

early rounds, had a more

or less been eliminated from the champion-

other comfortable ride in the final ship when the last report of the Cricket out-stripped al

The Americans were favourites at tournament was sent to the Tele-sports in popular interest this year. graph, was put out in the first round Crowds of 20,000 to 30,000 turned odds of about 3 to 1 to retain the by Swatt, of Sium.

out daily for the

fest eup they had never lost, at St. An- four-day mittele. Gates were closed long be-drews, but for once in a way, the Thus Hongkong players had no fur-fore

play was due to start, and British had spent much time and ther interest in the championships ground records went by the board. thought on the selection of a team, and with the Americana Johnny after the opening round,

In fact, the series was literally a Fischer and Goodman off form, Bri- M. Durand, President of the Saigon record-breaking affair, for more tain swept home in the singles, on

the second day. Lawn Tennis Association, went on previous bests were beaten than in board the Helikon to say good-bye the whole of the last quarter of a to Guest and Bick and expressed re-century. The fifth and final match,

to attend the ball which had been hot that they could not stay behind alone, saw about nine records beaten. arranged for January 14.

own tracks.

scored.

good indeed, according to the players. how many runs Don Bradman had They were put up at the Majestic Hotel, one of the finest hotels in Saigon, and a car was placed at their disposal. Both players enjoyed them- selves thoroughly.

TEST RESULTS

The tests occupied the interest of everybody to the exclusion of every FINE TREATMENT their

thing else. They were main story for peak

the International matches.

think," inst

sald,

Both Guest and Bick are enthusias-in all newspapers irrespective of what else WIS happening. Even IT has often been said-and with "that we have an even chance to re- ain the Cup even if Budge is jonu,

some justification that the pre-le over the treatment which they people who didn't know one end of received at the hands of the Saigon a bat from the other wanted to know but I wouldn't say our chance is bet-sent ordinary method of scoring in

officials. The factiles were very ter than 50-50. We should be able cricket matches does not give suf- to round up a good team from the ficient indication of what a batsman's been ke unless it is candidates. I rate Sid Wood, Elwood innings has Cooke, Frank Kovacs, Gene Mako, accompanied by a description of the itsy Grant and Joe Hunt as definite play. For instance, a local balsinan The 50 but makes

150 minutes เก Cup possibilities in the singles, 1 don't know whether all are avail-printed score would appear some- uble. In the doubles, the only thing thing like this:

cive all tan to do is give Landens an ample

T. A. Pearce, e Madar, b Minu 50. chance to show their stuff, then pick The Police, playing against the Royal Scots in their first come ne with the best record. The Unless there is a description of the petitive rugger match, were defeated by only one point (a goal United States is bound to mus Budge play, there would be nothing to

his to make

runa, or how many against a penalty goal and a try) yesterday afternoon at Sockunpoo, and Muko In the doubles, but Mako show that he has taken 150 minutes Royal Scots by no means fielded their full representative team, may be able to find another parter fours he has made. I was, therefore,

who can carry on with him. I hear he's planning now to play with Jack particularly interested to read in an Cuthbertson being a notable absentee.

Austrailan newspaper the scores of between the last a recent match The Scots enjoyed an advantage in ball whilst his touch-kicking was sure Tidbill of Seattle."

Australian Test team to England and the first half when Rose kicked a and of good length.

in team drawn from the Rest of Aus- penalty goal within the first quarter

tralia. This was how the scores

(By "Fly-Half")

*Teams

Going To Europe Phillips, of an hour. This lead was soon in-

Royal Scots-Marshall;

Loughlin; Gibson,

Boo, IGGS, whose initial Invasion of were printed: creased by another three points when Garry,

K Lane, Sutherland, Hoss, for an un-Neudni

the East three years ago bruught Lt. Gibson went over

REST OF AUSTRALIA-First Innings. tuna Min, Four converted try. This score of alx Dourie, McKenzie. Dunsmore, Coombe him 4th place in the national rank-

D Fleetwood ings at the age of 18, plans to skip ng Ibw, points to nil in favour of the Royal and Groves.

Smith most of the winter meets this season Scola Blood ant just after the

antl

Len, run out conserve his

for energy interval when Taylor gained possess

Gregory, lbw b Fleetwood ton well in his own half and weaved

strenuous summer. "I've been want-Smith... ing to go his way through the Army defence

Europe for two years, Barnes, not eat to score a good try. Wall converted.

nat olit for further Police worked haril points without success,

Gibson was the plek of the Royal Soola' backs whilst Boe was promin- ent with some individual runs. Ross, Sutherland and Lane sci 10] **** apples and were generally thick of forward mauls.

POOR KNOWLEDGE

in the

In the Police pack, Oakley shone

in the loose; especially good was his backing up. Searle, the other wing forward, played hard. A Door knowledge of the rules of the same amongst the Police forwards resulted

being In many penalties

Riven against them which frequently lost them hard-earned groundi,

The whoic pack played well together and their weight told against the lighter Rogul Scola's eight, despite the fact that for a considerable period they were packing seven for wards owing to Riddell having to retire. Cullinan hooked well - though the ball was now in coming out.

Police-Wall; McKenzie, Morrison, Taylor, Jackson; Wilson, Lunscombe; an Wheeler, Cullinan, Rose,, Hemsley Riddell, Oakley. Searle and Jenner.

Wimbledon Faced With A. Crisis

Wimbledon, famous home of ten- nin, faces a crisis.

so I'm going over next year for my Lestward, low, b O'Reilly

Bromley,

100

ឬផ ( ពផឆ

Total for four wickets 151 175 Fall of wickets: 3, 63, 70, 112.

HOWLING

rst try at The French and Wimble- Extras (3, 5, 1.b, 2. n.b. don tiles," he said, adding that he 1, W. 4) *****KALAN Would also take in several eastern tournaments and, of course, the national slugies competition. Asked it pro tenais might eventually claim him, Riggs said: "I haven't any ideas about pro tennis at all. All I'm McCormick interested in right now is keeping in O'Reilly trim to do my best in helping this Fleetwood Emiti country onto the Davis Cup." Limitloss Tests

Waite

zoon

and

McCormick bowled ono no-ball O'Reilly one wide.

Don't you think you could learn

THE Australian Cricket Board of much more in this way?

Control has decided that it would

Now that Donald Budge has turn-T ed professional there is not a single player of international repute left to be minst the interests of Australian ericket to abandon the Emitless Tests attract the crowds.

Fred Perry, Ellsworth Vines and in Australia. The Board, however, welcomed the suggestion from -Eng- Bill Tilden have all joined the pro-land that Tests there be of five days fessional ranke,

It is uncertain whether Dorothy duration, providing this would not

Wimbledon upset the present rule that the Bradl Round will appear at

match is to be played to finish ini now that she is a mother.

The only other "names" among the certain circumstances. women are Margot Lumb, Rosemary

Thomas, Mary Hardwick and Gem Asked To Report

Hoahing.

American Tennis Players In India

at

Calcutta. Jan. 1. na International Match South Club between India and Amerlea in men's singles Don Mc- Noll (America) beat S. L. R, Sawh- ney (India). 0/2; 0/8, 0/3. Ghaus

Luscombe, at scum-bulf, put in good afternoon's work behind forceful Police pack. Wilson, despite his bad knee, played a

Out of a mosa turnover of nearly ON Bradman, the Test team cap-Mahomed (India) beat O. Anderson resourceful

£50,000 a year, Wimbledon maken. tain, is to be asked to submit a (America) 8/3, 3/0, 6/3. game and opened out play success- fully. Morrison and Taylor, the two un average prost of £14,000, but report to the Board on the Australian

In Men's Doubles Y. Bavoor and

10/0

insides, had thrust and kept the Army will they manage this figure next team's recent tour in England, parts. C. Denty (India) beat C. Harris

cularly with regard to playing con- attack in check. Taylor's kicking year?

That is what Sir Louis Gregg and ditions. He has been invited to at- and W. O. Robertson (America) 8/6, was an outstanding feature of tho game. The Police wing-men were the rest of the Lawn Tennis Asso- tend the next meeting of the Board.

This unprecedented decision by the In the second International match sadly neglected but played pluckily elation chiefs are wondering. in defence.

Wall, the well-known Pollee. foot baller, was safe in his flelding of the

That is why the fixed "rule amateurism for Wimbledon may relaxed.

of Board fa in consequence of several between India and America, Owen be Australian players complaining that Andersin Bent B. L. I. Sawhney 7/9,

the last tour. of England was too)6/2, 20/1

in

A report of the matches will

the Telegraph: published

be

morrow.

to-

BRITISH OPEN The other two major British tour- the British Open Cham- naments, pionship, had no Americans entered. although there was a fair sprinkling rers in of French and colonial players both.

It is many years since there has not been an American In the British tourney at and this year's Sandwich, Kent, lost practically all open, its interest in consequence.

one of the Reginald Whitcombe, three famous brothers, who between them hove done practically every- thing but win the title, won it with a score of 295 for 72 holes, three strokes ahead of the 1937 champion, Henry Cotton.

Australian Horse 242 for 8. declared, and Australia United States.

Drops Dead

Melbourne, Jan. 17.

the North Wind.

well-known Australian race-burse, which won the Caufield Cup in 1936, dropped dead to-day as a result of a broken blood vessel in the head. He started to day in a race at 00-1.

The first two matches were drawn At Nottingham from June iv to 14. England scored 058 runs for 8 wic kets, declared, and Australla 411 and 117 for 0 wickets. England might have won that match but for the

Mrs. Helen Holm, 1934 champion, time limit.

won the Women's Open, and later The second one at Lord's ground, in the year headed a team which Cup match in the London, saw England score 404 and lost the Curtis 422 and 204 for 0. Australia had a Boxing provided one of the few chance of winning that after Eng-bright spots of the year, Peter Kane, land declared ils second Innings of Liverpool, beating Jackie Jurich, closed in a sporting attempt to force of California, on points, over 15 in win.

rounds, for the world's Byweight The third match at Manchester championship. Britain's only world

title. was washed out, rain preventing a

RESULTS OF YEAR single bult being bowled.

Snine of the important results of the year are:

Australia won the fourth at Leeds by five wickets, and thus retained the "Ashes" which they won

UIS

in

GOLF AT HIGH SPEED)~New multiple-flash light developed at Mama- photographic plate in chusetts Tech makes possible 600 exposures on one second. Here is an action plaisire of Bobby Jones, former grand-slan golf champion. Interval of time between plclurem in 1/100-second and ike, expoettre of each plature is 1/100,000 second.

March 23. Battleship won the Grand National.

April 2. Oxford university beat Cam- bridge university in the 20th annual boai- race by 2 tengils in 20 mins, 30 secs.

April 27. H. E. Morriss's Pasch won 2000 Quinras.

April 29. Sir Hugo Cunu!Te-Owen's Rockfel won 1000 Guineas

April 30. Preston North End beat Hud dersfield Town goal to ni in the foot ball Cup final le

May 20. Mrs. Helen Holm

won the British Women's Open Golf champions · Ahip.

May 28. Charles Yales, of Atlanta, Ga won the British Open Amateur · golk championship

June

1. Hon. Petar Beatty's Bols Roussel won the Derby Blakes.

Jung 3. Sir Hugo Cuniste-Owen's Rockfel won the Oaks Stakes.

June 3/4. Britain won the Walker Cup golf match by, 7 games to 4 with 2 halved.

First cricket test match Juno 10/24, drawn. England 038 for 3, declared. Australia 411 and #27 for 0.

June 20-July 2. All-England_lawn ten- nis championships. Donald Budge, af California, won the men's singles, Mr. Helen Wills Moody won the women'

Jagter, Budge and Gene Mako won the men's doubles. Sarah Fabyan and Alice Marble, won the women's doubler. Budge and Alles Marble won the mixed doubles. * June 24/28, Second test match drawTI, England 494 and 212 for 0, declared. Australia 423 and 205 for 8,

June 20-July 4. Henley royal_regatin, Diamond Seulie won by J, W. Burk, of Penn R.C., In the record time of mine. 2 sees. Kent School won the Thames Challenge Cup.

July 18. Reginai Whitcombe won the Brits Open call championship with a score of 293 for 12 holes.

July 8/12, Third lest match abandonad without play due to rain,

July 29/30, Australia won the fourth tast match by Ayo wickets, Austraila 242 and 107 for 6. England 27 and 15.

Aug. 29/29. England won the filth test match by an innings and 579 runs, Engi Jend 03 for 7 declared. Australia 291 sind Bapt, 7. James Hank's Bodlilah Unioni won the St. Leger Stakes,