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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH:

May 17, 1939.

RAIN INTERFERES WITH COUNTY CRICKET MATCHES

SUSSEX, YORKS ONLY TEAMS TO WIN FIXTURES

NO PLAY POSSIBLE AT LORD'S FOR TWO DAYS

London, May 16.

Rain interfered with several matches in the County Cricket programme and only in two matches was a definite result reached. Sussex defeated Leicestershire by seven wickets and Yorkshire beat Kent by 101 runs.

Somersetshire, Derbyshire, Notts and Hampshire had to be content with points on first innings. No play was possible again to-day in the match between the M.C.C. and the West Indies, and the game was abandoned as a draw.

LEICESTER. SUSSEX

At Leicester, Sussex defeated Lel- cestershiro by seven wickets.

Leicestershire scored 229 and 216, while Sussex mudo 301 for nine wic- kets declared (Harry Purks 141) and

for three,

YORKSHIRE Y. KENT

. Al Leeds, Yorkshire defeated Kent by 101 runs in a low-scoring match. In their first lanings, Yorkshire were dismissed for 169 but Kent re- piled with only 100, Iu the second, Yorkshire declared at 171 for nine and Kent were sent back for 130, Robinson taking six wickets for 42.

LANCASHIRE, SOMERSET

Saturday, the M.C.C. h up 435 for seven Welcets, but no play was possible on Monday and to-day owing to rain-Reuter,

Kay Stammers Faltered At Roehampton

By Gordon Wesley

London, Apr. 18. Miss Mary Hardwick, officially At Manchester, Somersetshire took ranked No. 3, bent Miss Kay Stom- points on Arst Innings from Lanca-mers, ranked No. by 7-5, 6-4, in the fan of the women's singles Somerset declared their Arst la- in the Surrey hard court lawn tonnis nings closed at 372 for six wickets, championships at Rochampion yester- Harold Gimblett scoring 108 and Lee day. 155 not out.

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Lancashire were dismissed for 181, Hazell taking seven wickets for 65 runs, and in the follow-on they had made 131 for one when stumps were drawn.

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DERBYSHIRE ▾, SURREY

A Chesterfeld, Derbyshire won first innings points from Surrey.

Derby scored 209 in the first in- nings, Gregory laking five for 40, and

It was noticeable that Miss Hard- Wick's drives huid more speed than those of Miss Stammers and, more- over, they were produced with less effort. But more noteworthy, in the first set, at any rate, was that Miss Hardwick outwitted her opponent.

Miss Hardwick took an early lead of four games to one in the first set. I could not help wondering why Miss Staminiers, with her wealth of experi-

63 for one in the second, while Spr-ence, allowed herself to be caught rey made 190 in their sole Icaso of

in those traps. But hardly had I

the wicket. Copson captured Aive thought that when Miss Stammers Surrey wickets for 47 runs.

NOTTS. GLAMORGAN

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had her turn in doing Miss Hardwick down by equally clever tactics.

FELIXSTOWE TITLE

At Nottingham, Notts took points

At 5-pl the initiative changed on first innings from Glamorgan.

Notts declared their first innings hands and Miss Hardwick, playing at 480 for soven, Gunn scoring 110, beautiful tennis, won the set in the and in reply Glamorgan marle only | 12th gamo. Miss Stammers Anttered 130, Butler taking five for 43 and only to deceive when she rushed to Voco four for 43. In the follow-on, 3-0 in the second set with some nice the Welshmen had made 167 for drops and excellent volleys. wickets when stumps were drawn, HAMPSHIRE, WARWICKSHIRE

F. J. David, with the eyes of most At Portsmouth, Hampshire also of the Lawn Tennis Association's won first tanings points from War-selectors on him in view of the forth- wickshire.

coming Davis Cup match between Britain and New Zealand, beut D. C. Coumbe, one-of-the--New-Zealand team, by 1-6, 6-3, 6-2, 0—6; 8—8, in the final of the men's singlés.

Warwick scored 103, the Rev. J. w. Steele taking six for 62, and 152 for five while Hampshire made 250 for six wickets declared, Crease contributing 104.

CAMBRIDGE. v. MIDDLESEX. Cambridge University abandoned their match against Middelsex as a draw owing to rein. The scores were Middlesex 290, Cambridge 244 for eight (Thompson 133 not out),

... M.CC. ▼, WEST INDIES

Miss B. Nuthall led Mrs. K. J. Underwood by 0-0, 5-~-2 in the Ainul of the women's singles, at the Felix- stowe tournament yesterday, and was thrice within a point of victory at this stage, but in the end Mrs. Under- wood won a remarkable match by 0—6, 13—11, 6-4.

The M.C.C. v,. West Indies" match E. J. Filby beat L. Sham by 9-7, was also abandoned as a draw. On|6–4 in the men's singles final

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A group picture taken last week of the Radio and Postal Sports Club hockey team which reccully won the Hongkong. Hockey Association Tournament. The team went through the Tournament without a slagio defeat, Awlar Bingh, the captain, is seated in the centre of the middle rowing Yuen.

DICK METZ LEADING WINNER

Golf Pros' Winter Tour Tourneys

Asheville, N. C., Apr. 10. The big winner of the 1839 win-

ter golf tour la Dick Metz, 27-year- old Chicago professional, who has pocketed U.S.$5,605 since Jan. 1.

stretch Anish.

lead.

Here And There

With "Abe".

Filipino Davis Cuppers Playing Here To-day

New Timing

Method Now Being Sought

sored

Cleveland,

Don Budge Opens English Tour

Wembley, May 16. Donald Budge, former Wimbledon champion, opened his English professional tennis tour to-day, beating W. T. ("Big Bill") Tilden at Wem bley Stadium by 6-2, 6-2.- Router

MIXING OF COUNTERFOILS IN IRISH SWEEP

Dublin, May 16.

The mixing of the counterfoils for the Derby draw, which began to-day in the Dublin, Mansion House in brilliant colourful set.~ ting, attracted thousands of spectators, including many from the United States, Canada and Australia who happened to bo over here on holiday,

Two hundred pretty girls, attired In graceful and picturesque costumes specially designed for the sweep- stakes, fed the counterfoils to the two big pneumatic mixing machines which were invented by one of the Trust's own engineers to ensure that every scrap of paper worth potential fortune has a fair chance of win- ning one of the golden prizes,

The setting on this occasion repre- sented Lady Luck as a benign per- sonality bestowing upon humanity. the means to obtain happiness, and all the usual good luck mascots are interwoven into ingenious design

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svill each.

A simple pendulum-an iron ball both at the entrance to the Mansion historic Hound and a wire is swinging back and House and in the forth in a Cleveland offee. Its Room where the mixing is now taking Oscillations threaten to break into an place and where the draw explosion among the world's track commence on Friday morning. and swimming stars.

The International Amateur Athle-

As usual the prize fund, the exact tle Federation is trying to establish mount of which will not be made n "standard deviation"

known until the morning of for time-draw, will be divided into as many the Of his total winnings, $1,200 SCHEDULED to participate in a Salgon, he created a surprise by de- keepers in the two sports. It pro units of £100,000 as the total sum represented top prize money in the tennis exhibition at the Hong-feating the Bret three players ranked poses to recognise future record- Asheville open tournament, which kong Cricket Club to-day and to./ahead of him, namely Sabthez, Gavia sinashing marks only when they ex-divided so that drawers of the first permits, and theso will be sub- and Juan Ladaw. Jr. His victories cred existing records by a fixed horse will he won yesterday with a thrilling morrow are'"' Amado Sanchez and over two foreigners who

minimum agure, or deviation, set up Drawers of the second horse

receive defcated

£30,000 each. get Felicislino Ampon, the Filipino Davis other Filipino players in Manila also to allow for error.

The pendulum is the idea of Floyd third horse £10,000 each.

£16,000 each and drawers of the Metz had a 72-hole aggregate of Cup players, who are passing through boosted his stock. In the last P. 284 for the tournament, played over United States to meet the winner of Jav

the Colony on their way to the International series, he defeated Sam Rowe, Physical Education Director boedjo Hoerip, national champion of of Cleveland schools and member of

In addition, there will be 50 re- three Asheville courses. His last

a special research commitice spon sidual prizes and a great many cash and conqueror of Gavin, 10 round par 72 gave him a one-stroke/ the Mexico-Australia tio in the North annex the championship. He was Daily he and other trained athletic, prizes of £100 each.

by the international body. American Zone of the 1039 Davis also the only one to defeat Franjo

Drawers of horses not in the first Cup Competition. As No. 1 ranking Kukuljevic, the Yugoslavian Davis ofcials clock the swinging ball for Bracketed behind him in second player of the Philippines, Sanchez's Cupper, who was in Manila last year. Their computations to date disclose receive approximately £397

a specific number of oscillations, three as well as non-runners place with 285's were. Ben Hogan place in the two-men team was 08 and is probably one of the youngest due principally, Rowe concludes, to morrow and on Thursday-Inter-

Ampon is only a boy, being barely 17, an average deviation of .052 seconds, of White Plains, N. Y., the 34-hole sured long ago; but Ampon's selec-players, if not actually the youngest, timers' mistakes in

mixing will continue to- leader, and Johny Revolta,

of tion became certain only after a trial ever chosen in the Davis Cup.

starting and national Press Bureau. Evanston, 11.

match in which he defeated Leonar- Previous Challenges

stopping a stopwatch.

EXTENSIVE TESTS Revolta had two bills of trouble din Gavia, who hurt his hand and)

"So we should deduct at least that during the tournament that possibly was unable to play off the remaini-

much in the future when we estab- cost him victory. The first rounding two matches that had been ar- THE Philippines have sent two members of the research group. He he took six strokes on a hole, after ranged to enable

Hish records," he has advised, other getting on a par 3 green. Yester choose a man to accompany Sanchez. Cup matches. In 1920 Francisco and with watches to ascertain

delegations to previous Davis also recommended extensive tests day one of his drives hit a spectator We in Hongkong know Sanchez. He Guillermo Aragon were sent to com-mechanical deviation may exist,

what and caromed into the bushes, caus- ing him to play a safety shot.

is the present national champion.

**** pele In the series in San Francisco Last December he won the Metro and lost Ave matches to nothing to sults we'll have to adopt electrical "To got 100 per cent. accurato re- Hogan and Revolia were two politan championship and went to the Jon

Japanese teams. In 1928 Lope timing devices clocking 1,000th of a strokes ahead of the next group, Salgon together with Leonardia Gavia Yngayo and Guillermo Aragon re- second," Rowe sald. Gene Kunes of Philadelphia, Jimmy to represent the Philippines in the

Ho observed Thomson, of Shawnee-on-Delaware, Far Eastern Championships. Onipresented the Islands in the tourna- this might mean that records now Pa., and Lloyd Mangrum of Los their way there, they passed through singles match from Artens of Austria ningham, Johnny Weismuller and

ment in. Vienna. Yngayo

won a held by Jesse Owens, Glenn Cun Angeles, who finished with 207's.

when the latter sprained his ankle in other standouts in the two sports League this afternoon. the second set and had to default. might last almost forever. The Austrians won the other

M four "To-day's errors give the per- follows: matches. As Sanchez and Ampon former all the brenks,"

lie added. Craigengower C.C. v. Cen, British Asstt.

LAST STOF

Asheville was the last stop on 'the winter tour.

Besides Metz, other leading money winners were: Byron Nelson, Read- ing, Pa., $4,632; Henry Plcard, Her- shey, Pa., $4,407; Sam Snead, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., ́$4,440;| Ralph Guldahl, Madison, N. J., $4,202; E. J. Harrinson, Oak Park,

$4,150 Ben Hogan, White Plains, N. Y., $3,079; Horton Smith, Oak Park, Ill., $3,925; Harold MC- Spaden, Winchester, Mas, $2,804; Jimmy Thomson, Shawnco, 32,740; Jimmy Demaret, Houston, Tex,, $2,144.

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RAIN INTERFERES League Tennis And Cricket Match Postponed

the selectors to

Amado Bancher,

he's ranked No..1

Tho

FOUR MATCHES IN "C" DIVISION FOR THIS AFTERNOON

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INCREA It courts are it for play, four Division of the Hongkong Tennis matches will be decided in the "C"

The programme will, bo 0.8

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are more than likely to meet Austra- "Eliminate them and the boys will Chinese C lla, who have been Upped to take the have to try a lot lot harder,” Davis Cup from the Americans, they

do not seem to have much hope of surviving, but the P.A.A.F, know that. They are sending Sanchez and Ampon to the States to pick up valu- able experience which will come in useful later.

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An Old Friend

HONGKONG cricketers, in general,

and K.C.C. members in particu- Jor, will be interested to know that F. S. W. Smith, former Kowloon Cricket Club all-rounder, has return- ed to the East, although he has not managed to get as far as Hongkong. Smithy", who was once, to his in- tenso doilght and amusement, de- scribed in a local newspaper as:

think he

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made two successive centuries--18 now in Bombay, complete with wife and family. Incidentally, another Yesterday's programme of four

since "Smith" from these shores. He has Lawn Tennis League was postponed hibition at the Kowloon C.C. With hardly been there long enough, so he because of the slight drizzle which out wishing to be rude, one has to reveals in a letter to a Hongkong prevalled throughout the afternoon. admit that Sanchez that day was a friend, to form much impression of

terrible disappointment. He could do the place, but he belloves he is

is going Continuation of the cricket match little right, and was completely out to like it. He adds, incidentally, that between Royal Engineers and Royal shone by Gavia, whom he bad beaten he had "quite a fair season at cricket Artillery, In the final of the Large in Manila just before they called. last year, I scored 300 runs and Units Knockout Competition, was But I was assured by many who saw averaged 30. Not bad going that, also postponed because of the un-him at Saigon, where conditions are He's a bit doubtful about whether he settled weather. Play will be re- more like those in Manila, that he will get any cricket in Bombay. Not sumed this morning at 11 am, was a different player altogether at because they don't play the game Salgon and played a 100 per cent therel But because. " bellevo the botter there than he had бело in standard is a bit higher than I can Hongkong.

attain." But I, for one, shall be surprised if we don't hear of some doughty deeds by "Smithy" before he has been in Bombay very long, - With a characteristic note ho, enda ́his

matches in the B Division of the the Colony and took part in an ex- den sier has arrived i

DANISH TEAM

WINS

Copenhagen, May. 10.

"Mighty Mito".

DESCRIBED as the most improved

letter: "If there are any of my old player in the Philipplaes this Hongkong pals passing through an The Danish International football year, Ampon who is nicknamed their way home, the with, and I will team beat Wolverhampton, Wanderers "Mighty. Mite,” was recently ranked be delighted to try - and - entertain by three gónia to one in a match to: No, acid the Inlands, but in the try- them. "I can be · faund · practically! day--Router Bulletin.

out matches for the team, sent to next door to the Taj Zinball”

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