1939-05-03 — Page 8

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

May 3, 1939.

BADMINTON INTERPORT WITH SHANGHAI SHORTLY?

RECREIO TEAM'S TRIP TO NORTH BEARS FRUIT

Financial Consideration Is The Chief Obstacle

(By "The Bird")

The recent visit of six Club de Recreio bad- minton players to Shanghai provided a gratifying fillip to Hongkong badminton, the entire Shang- hai pross and other independent crítics being Jimmy Braddock, the former most onthusiastic about the performances of the heavyweight boxing champion of the world, is almost broke again. He visitors. wants to return to the ring in order to make another fortune. See below.

BRADDOCK BROKE, RETURNING TO RING

"MAYBE I WILL K.O. LOUIS"

New York, play 2. Jimmy Braddock. former New Jersey longshoreman and holder of the world's heavyweight boxing 1037 championship from 1035 to

is almost broke again. He was on rellef before he won the tile from the Max Baer in 1035 in one of greatest upsets a ring history, but sista fortune when he held the

CrowTi..

He announced to-day that he is returning to the ring in an attempt Tommy Farr, Max Schreling and Tony Galento,

to blast dollars from the hides

He stated, "I might fikt my

In fact, one of the most important: results of the vialt has been tenta- tive, but very cordial enquiry about | the prospects of an interport between Hongkong and Shanghai being ar- ranged next season.

Add to the Remedion-Oliveira combination, P. K. Hui and K. L. Yong, and M. S. Lim and P. S. Bun, and it would seem that Hongkong has three men's doubles more likely to win than to lose against the Shanghai combinations,

Shanghul frankly confess that they I did not realise Hongkong's standard Neither is there any reason to be | you as high as that demonstrated by Hieve that we should prove vastly, if the Portuguese visitors, and when it any, inferior in the mixed doubles was learned that there are other line. We have Hul and Miss Khoo, players here of an equal, if not a who have for three years proved beller calibre, there was on im-themselves just a trifle better than mediate cry of "Why not on Inter-Oliveira and Miss Silva, and we can mort?"

augment them by Yong and Miss naturally cannot take definite shape until next season, but Shanghai's keenness is such that unless the obstacles are extremely formidable, every effort should be made to bring about an Interport.

The possibilities of such a contest

Cheung, or one or two other pairs

Those aspiring to break weeti records in low hurdles are not recommended to model their style on those of these three youngsters. The one in the middle, for instance, has never seen an action plcture of For- rest Towns, one feels sure. This pisturo was taken at one of the school athletto meetings held over the week- end-Staf Photographer.

who are decidedly up to average.

Senna, Eardley and Meise are probably the three best Shanghai Home Cricket singles performers, but against them we can pit Hul, Au, perhaps Patrick Wong if he returns to the game bext season, and Oliveira. Oliveira is not our best singles exponent, but he was good enough to extend Senna when they met at the Club Lusitano a fortnight ago.

NO PROBLEM

OXFORD U. BEATEN BY 5 WICKETS

London, May 2.

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OXFORD COX MAKES ERROR OF JUDGMENT

London, Apr. 3.

THE Beat-raco: was'ns. good as over two minutes after · It started on Saturday.

Cambridge's four-length vlc» fory was due to the shotic tactics of Sandford, their stroke, and the faulty tactics of Massey, Oxford coxswain.

Whatever advantage Massey's light weight gavo to Oxford

was lost at the most critical stage of the race by keeping too far over on the Middlesex sta- tion.

The Dark Blues had to row In practically dead water. Sandford grasped the situation at ones, Cambridge, shot part - while their rivals were still plugging away as if their boat was being pulled against a lot of dead weight,

I bellove it would have been so exciting race if Massey had not unexpectedly erred in fudg- ment, says an English writer. No'expert was prepared for one of the tamest contests in the history of the bridge's time

Succ

roc. Cam- 10mins,

HELEN JACOBS PRACTISES FOR

Lou Gehrig Volunteers TRIP TO ENGLAND

To Stand Down From N. Y. Yankees' Outfit

SHANGHAI TESTED While in Shanghal, the Recreio players were given the opportunity of testing themselves against some of the pick of the Northern city's performers. The Shanghal men's

There is really no problem con- doubles champions, V. de Senna and 11. Eardley were met and beaten by fronting Hongkong as to the playing J. J. Remedios and M. A. Oliveira, strength of a team, but there are while Oliveria and his partner Miss certain to be other vexing questions, A sporting declaration by Oxford M. Silva enjoyed the distinction of chick of which will be finance. This University in the second innings en- beating the Shanghai mixed doubles would have to be thoroughly in-abled Gloucestershire to win to-day

Following 2,130 consecutive games in the Major champions, Henry Eardley and his vestigated and fair and amicable by five wickets. sister, Decima.

reached. While Shang- Itt their Brat Innings Oxford scored Baseball League, Lou Gehrig, the New York Yankees' These results, of

course, do not to ngements Fition to stage an mean that Hongkong would be per Interport from the viewpoint of tot 215 for eight declared, reped first-baseman, has voluntarily asked Manager McCarthy

there

Declaring their second knock at to put him on the bench. make a successful 132 for eight wickets (Goddard four

repre

way to another meeting with Joe tain to beat Shanghai in

him, sentative match, but it is fair enough Louis. Maybe I. will Ro.

Meanwhile no maybe not.

other to assume that our players would heavyweight can do me harra."- completely hold their own, whether United Press.

playing hero or in Shanghal.

Rainy Start Made To 1939 Tennis Season

Professionals At Olympia

BY F. R. BURNOW

London, Apr. 2.

It may well be hoped that the opening days of the season of tennis out of doors were no augury of what the season of 1939 has in store for us. With everybody eager to get to work-or should it be play ?--in the open air again, and Press photographers in attendance to snap the first pictures of young competitors at the Herga tournament, which opens the season, the rains descended and the winds blow, and the first day of the season was as blank as the score of the Dingley Dellers in the match against Muggleton. The second day was not much better, but the third began to make amends, and the task of compressing six days' play into four was entered on with a zest, the reward for which will be known by the time these lines appear.

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It was particularly unlucky for a terror to his adversaries, hle pace the Herga Club that such an unfor- about the court does not appear- tunate start befell their tournament, materially to have lessened. and for many of the best players at years have only added strength to his present in the country were engaged, always superb strategy. and the entry was large as well as

The maximum of effect with the good. Particular interest attached to the first appearance since she won minimum of effort is still almost his the championship at Wimbleton in monopoly, Cochet has lost a good 1037 of Mrs. D. Little, then. Misa deal of the "abandon" which used to Dorothy Round.

Her fatention. I characterise his game, and seems to she finds that more than a year's ab- tire much inore rapidly than he did sence from the game has not knocked in the days when five-sets matches all her game out of her, to return were his delight, and he was known fifth set in to it in scorch of new honours, is as the best player of encouraging to any hopes we may the world. Of the others, Nusslein If there have of being able to regain the is far the most impressive; Wightman Cup: for even if she is certain stolidity about his game find herself unable to under- is by no means purely defensive, take the voyage to America in that though, since be prefers to woge endeavour, the very fact that she is war from the base-line, It has that playing again can hardly fail to prove appearance. At that time of writing an incentive to the younger players he and Tilden are the only two out, who may have a chance of distin of the eight competitors to remain guishing themselves given to them undefeated, and it seems quite likely this year. Not many home-made that the match between them, care champions are to be seen on our fully arranged for the last contest courts nowadays; it is well that the of the tournament on Tuesday oven- memory of them should not be al-ing next, will deelde which of them lowed to fade too soon.

secures the first prize of £350,

AT OLYMPIA

MASKELL'S GOOD FORM

his

I have pald several visits to Olym Particularly of interest to English pia during the fortnight's professional players has been the good forn, tournament which ends next Tues shown by Maskell, professional to day.

I wanted particularly to see the All England Club. It might have how the passing of the years had been thought he would have been dealt with those great players of the rather overweighted by the galaxy. twenties, Tilden and Cochet. It is of talent assembled at Olympia; but eighteen years since Tilden won his his victory over Kozeluh in the first championship at Wimbledon, and opening match of the meeting, his nine, since he won his last, just bo- subsequent defeat of Palmieri, bi fore he went over to the ranks of capture of a set from Tilden, and his.. the professionals; and if ever there coming within a single point of de TYRE, B testimony to the value of feating Cochet demonstrate that he

Is in a better court and spectators

hal is in a

16

on

201, Tom Goddard taking five wickets

ere with

the

Detroit, May 2.

Williamsburg, Va. Helen Hull Jacobs, tennis, star who quit the courts during the winter to write a filstorle

novel here, will returu to competition at Wimbledon la June.

.She is rearming for the British test and a home stand at Forest Hills by running the shoes off William and

Looking trim and in good condi- tion after a fast match, she pulled rcached a on two sweatern and a polo cont a candy bar and said, "I'm ready, you may serve."

-Open

tournament There

Mary College men players.

Lo

Ellsworth Dahlgren has been put nothing particularly wrong with pro

is no valid reason to suppose Hong- kong could not

for 58), the Oxonians left Gloucester- "The whole team is not going so attempt to entertain a representative shite to get 201.to win and the county good. I am not going so good my in his place at first base.

tennis, It's on the up and up and Shanghal alde. Undoubtedly

However, Manager McCarthy said the United States Lawn Tennis. As- public would support it and the only team hit up 208.for the loss of Aveself, and I think it would be better

for me to get out a while," he said it was possible that Gehrig may be sociation is not strongly opposed to in asking Mr. McCarthy to leave him played later in the day to preserve letting the pros lout of the team.

This record.-United Press.

the

real problem would be to make ar

to salisty all rangements potential spectators,

But these are questions which will

entative stage

the arise in due course providing

pos sibility of an Interport advances be- yond ita present While no official letter has been re-1 ceived from Shanghai, a message

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wickets-Reuter.

Southend Trounces Newport At Home

London, May 2,

One reason why he had naked to

benched is that Yankees need more DiMaggio out of the side, while

power in the batting, with Joe

Gehrig is hitting an average of only 143 as compared with his lifetime average of 341.

In addition to his falling-off with the bat, Gehrig is now allowing balls easily.

CHINESE THROUGH

repres would defented Newport by five goals to nii. to get by which he formerly caughtNCE VOKE

contest, Reuter.

was conveyed to the Hongkong As- In the southern section of the Third sociation through M. A. Oliveira, Division in the English Football captain of the visiting Recreio team League, Southend, at home, to-day to the effect

that welcome and badminton players..... con...rest assured that the local Association was largely due to the fact that the will make the proper overtures to Hongkong women were markedly be

low usual form. However, Remedios Shanghai In this connection.

and Oliveira surpassed themselves, VISITORS PLEASED Meanwhile the Recrelo players are mixed doubles, and chalked up one especially in the men's doubles and enthusiastic about their reception in or two outstanding. achievements, Shanghai, and not unpardonably The visit was in every way a great pleased with their performances, us suc

success, and apart from the personal Bome of Shanghai's top notchers. allowed Shanghal to gain a new, und women players apparently possibly more appreciative idea of disappointed and the Shanghai wo the improving standard of Hong- men proved their superior. But this kong's badminton.

DAVIS CUP COMMENCES

they found themselves pitted against pleasure afforded the visitors. It THIS WEEK

The

"keeping at Tilden, now in his is well worthy of a place in such DODGING THE PUDDLER-One look and a hurried skip back porOER forty-seventh year, certainly supplies distinguished company. The success the nooded court was enough for Mum Gi Mathiary a competitor at the It. He can still produce that cannons of this modest and unassuming player first open air lawn tennis tournament of the English peakim ki the Hergs

ball service which was always suchiis vary, pleasant.

Club, Harrow, kasi mouth.

Germany To Clash With Switzerland

MEAN

Berlin, May 2. The contest for the Davis Cup, which is being defended by the United States, begins in the European Zone at the end of this week. All games in the first round will be held from May 5: to 7.

Competitors are:

Germany v. Switzerland at Vienna; Yugoslavia v. Ireland at Agram; Rumania Hungary at Bucharest; Poland v. Holland at Warsaw.

at it.

and amateurs go The difficulty, 'alie added, is Anding an

date open tournament which does not conillet with fixture of one of the older clubs.

Don Budge-"He's the best in the business today, and when he loses lo Perry or Vines It's because he's bod a bad night like a goiter or any ether athlete."

.C

TILDEN GREATEST

Greatest man champion "Tlidon was the greatest courtman who ever

Kho And Choy In lived He had all the shots," "the

· Second Round

speed and the court_ablisty," and "not only that, he was the smartest."

The book-well, it isn't inished yet. Carter Braxton, Virginia alguer Bournemouth, May 3. of the Declaration of Independence In the second round of the tennis and an ancestor of the brown-haired championships, Kho Sin-kle beat Helen, will walk through the pages. Gaus Mohammed (India) 6-2, 13-11, She once intended to do his blog- 0-1. The Chinese player was always raphy, but found it too much of a more accurate in ground shuts and task. The book will be her fifth. far superior despite the Indian's "Barry Cort, her first novel pub- rally in the second sef.

Hished a year ago under the nom de In the second round Choy beat plume H. Braxton Hull, was out a Maltroy, New Zealand, 6-3, 1-6, 6-2. month before anyone knew that Miss 6-3.-Reuter,

Jacobs was the writer.

HISTORY OF LAND

SPEED

RECORD

By A. G. Throssell

London, Mar. 30. ing when he was making a lap

Spoed is an adventure, anys Capt. record of 120 m.ph. Dut he had. Chief interest, as far as the first George Eyston, the fastest man on only one acrious crash, which was round is concerned, is in the meeting earth. It is an adventure of the on the road at Boulogne, before the between Germany, winner in the 20th century. A 100 years ago driving chain of his beloved car. in the European zone last year, and

minute was beyond

the

Switzerland. Although the Germscientists solemnly declared that a "Babs" broke and killed him

Pendine.

the

at

Nearly two years later, when Sir

team in the friendly match against capacity of the human frame to the United States last week-end endure. Forty years ago, at when Germany lost, proved disap- beginning of this century, this speed Henry Segrave had stirred America pointing, it is believed that Germany had just

to emulate the speed of his 1,000 h.p. een reached-by on will win against the Swiss. In the Englishman, the Hon. Charles

Sunbeam, Frank Lockhart, another. singles Germany will be represented Rolls-in a petrol-driven car. To-engineering genius, was killed when by Hennes Henkel and Roderich day two men, both also English, have a tyre buret at 200 m.p.h. In 1929 Menzel and by Henkel and Georges travelled at speeds within the tiniest the "Triplex," the biggest record- another American; Lee Bible, driving Metaxas in the doubles.

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fraction of a mile in 10 seconds.

breaker ever built, skidded into the SECOND ROUND

According to our forebears many soft sand which lines Daytona Beach The countries that will participate lives should have been lost in the and killed a photographer and him- In the second round have likewise, acquisition of this new human self, for the most part, also fixed their faculty of moving at great speed. A HIGHLY SPECIALISED ART, Actually tallules have been ro Uncertainty, however, still prevailemarkably to that of an American speed, the struggle to win the land Up to as to the date and place of the con- is recordent Daytona Beach in speed record. But as the present

programune.

to 1914 only one

Four lives lost in the quest for

test between Bobemla and Norway, named Otherwise they programme In the 1903. Between that date, when the holder of that title, Capt Fyston, second round 'latovy

record stood at 104.60 m.p.h.. and makes very plain in his new book, Belgium v. india (on May 20, 21 Parry Thomas's death at Pending "Fastest on Earth" (John Miles, 7 and 22) at Brussels;

Bands in 192 It had been raised to ad), record-breaking Is

aven more specialised art than racing.

Vivid description of Sir Malcolm Campbell's many adventures in hla

Italy V. Monaco (on May 19, 20 171 m.p.h.

|and 21) at Naples;

Sweden v. Denmark Blackholm

at

Franco v. China at Paris.

England will play Now: Zealand at

Brighton from May 11 to 19.)

́ ́PARRY THOMAS'S' MÁNY

** ESCAPES

12 years at the game, of Segravo's

Party Thomas, great in brain and deliberate steering into the sea at English players will be C. E. Hare, muscle, revelled in risks. He used Daytona when his brakes falled, and L Sham, R. A Shayes and F. IL D. to test tyres by lapping Brooklands of Byston's own experience. In

at full speed until the tread, dow off. similar predicament are scattered all He had innumerable narrow escapes over this excellent, complete and as, when a wheel of bis car went lavishly illustrated history of the over the rim of the Brocklands bank world's land speed record.

Wilde

New Zealand players will comprise E. Maticoy, D Coombe, D. Brown and V. Edwards-Trans-Ocean,