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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 v. SUSSEX

Saturday, the M.C,C. hilt up 435 for seven wickets, but no play was At Leicester, Sussex defeated Lei-ponsible on Monday and to-day owing cestershire by seven wickets.

Leicestershire scored 220 and 210, while Sussex mnde 301 for nine wic- itets declared (Harry Parks 141) und 53 for three,

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YORKSHIRE v. KENT

At Leeds, Yorkshire defeated Keni by 10 runs in a low-scoring match. In their first innings, Yorkshire were dismissed for 100 but Kent re- plied with only 100. In the second, Yorkshire declared at 171 for nine and Kent were sent back for 139, Robinson taking' six wickets for 42.

LANCASHIRE ». SOMERSET

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Kay Stammers Faltered At Roehampton

By Gordon Wesley

London, Apr. 18. Miss Mary Hardwick. ofcially At Manchester, Somersetshire took fanked No. 3, bent Miss Kay Sinm- points on first lanings from Lunca-mers, ranked No. 4, by 7-8, 01. saire.

Somerset declared their Brst in- nings closed at 372 for six wickets, Harold Gimblett scoring 108 and Lee 155 not out.

Lancashire were dismissed for 181, Hazell taking seven wickets for 05 runs, and in the follow-on they had made 131 for one when stumps were drawn.

DERBYSHIRE ▾ SURREY ·

in the Anal of the women's singles in the Surrey hard court lawn tennis championships at Roehampton yester- day.

It was noticeable that Miss Hard- wick's drives had 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.

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At Chesterfield, Derbyshire won Miss Hardwick took an early lead first innings points from Surrey, of four games to one in the first set. Derby scored 209 in the first in-¡ I could not help wondering why Mias nings, Gregory taking five for 40, and Stammers, with her wealth of experi- 63 for one in the second, while Sur-ence, allowed herself to be caught rey made 108 In their sole lease of the wicket. Copson captured five Surrey wickets för 47 runs.

NOTTS ▼ GLAMORGAN

in those traps. But hardly had I thought that when Miss Stammers had her turn in doing Miss Hardwielt down by equally clever tactics.

FELIXSTOWE TITLE

At all the initiative changed hands and Miss Hardwick, playing beautiful tennis, won the set the 12th game. Miss Stammers flattered only to decrive when she rushed to 3-0 in the second set with some nice drops and excellent volleys,

A Nottingham, Notts took points on first innings from Glamorgan.

Notis declared their first innings at 489 for seven, Guan scoring 110, and in reply Glamorgan made only 130, Butler taking five for 48 and Voce four for 43. In the follow-on, the Welshmen had made 157 for wickels when stumps were drawn. HAMPSHIRE. WARWICKSHIRE F. J. David, with the cyca of most At Portsmouth, Hampshire also of the Lawn Tennis Association's won Arst innings points from War-selectors on him in view of the forth- wickshire.

coming. Davis Cup match between Warwick

scored 183, the Rev. J. W. Britain and New Zealand, beat D. C. J. Steele taking Rix for 02, and 152 Coombe, one of the New Zealand for five while Hampshire made 209 team, by 1-6, 6–3, 6–2, 0—0, 8—8, for alx wickets declared, Creese in the final of the men's singles. contributing 104.

CAMBRIDGE. MIDDLESEX Cambridge University abandoned their match against Middelsex as a draw owing to rain. The scores were Middlesex 398, Cambridge 244 for eight (Thompson 133 not out).

M.C.C. v. WEST INDIES The M.C.C. v. West Indies match was also abandoned as a draw. On

Miss B. Nuthall led Mrs. K. J. Underwood by 6-0, 3-2 in the anal 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 0-0, 13-11, 6-4.

E. J. Filby beat L. Sham by 9-1, 6-4 in the men's singles final.

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A group picture taken last week of the Radio and Fostal Sports Club liockey team which recently won the Hongkong Hockey“Associaślon Tournament. The team went through the Tournament without a single defeat. Awtar Singh, the captain, is seated in the centre of the middle row-Ming Yuen.

DICK METZ LEADING WINNER

Golf Pros' Winter Tour Tourneys

Asheville, N. C., Apr. 10. The big winner of the 1939 win-

ter golf tour is Dick Metz, 27-year- old Chicago professional, who has pocketed U.S.$6,685 since Jan. 1.

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Here

And There With "Abe"

Filipino Davis Cuppers Playing Here To-day

New Timing

Method Now Being Sought

Cleveland.

Don Budge Opens English Tour

Wombley, May 16, Donald Budge, formor. Wimbledon champion, opened his English professional. tenni tour to-day, beating W. T. ("Big Bil) Tilden at Wem- bley Stadium. by 6-2, 6-2.- Reuter,

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 sat- ting, attracted thousands of spectators, including many from the United States; Canada and Australia who happened to be 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 a 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 aro interwoven into ingenious design

historic Round

A simple pendulum-on fron ball both at the entrance to the Mansion and a wire--is swinging back and House and in the forth in a Cleveland office. Iz Room where the mixing is now talking oscillations threaten to break into an place and where the draw will explosion among the world's track commence on Friday morning,., and swimming stars.

The International Amateur Athle- As usual the prize find, the exact tic Federation trying to establish amount of which will not be made a "standard deviation for time-known until the morning of the

draw, will be divided into as many.

stopping a stopwatch.

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Of his total winnings, $1,200 SCHEDULED to participate in a Saigon, he created a surprise by de-keepers in the two sports. It prom units of £100,000 as the total stam represented top prize money in the tennis cxhibition at the Hong-feating the first, three players ranked poses, to recognise future record- Asheville open tournament, which kong Cricket Club to-day and to-ahead of him, namely Sanchez, Gavia smashing marks only when they ex-permits, and these will be sub-

and Jung Ladaw, Jr. he won yesterday with a thrilling morrow are Amado Sanchez and over two foreigners who

His victories Ceed existing records by a fixed divided so that drawers of the first

defeated minimum figure, or deviation, set up Drawers of the second horso get, horse will receive £30,000 each.. stretch finish.

Felicisimo Ampen, the Filipino Davis other Filipino players in Manila also to allow for error.

The pendulum Motz had a 72-hole aggregate of Cup players, who are passing through boosted his stock. In the last P. I.

Is the idea of Floyd £15,000 each and drawers of the 284 for the tournament, played over)

the Colony on their way to the International series, he defented Sam Rowe, Physical Education Director third horse £10,000 each. United States to meet the winner of Hoerip, national champion a special research committee spon-sidual prizes and a great many cash

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07 of Cleveland schools and member of

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

Java and conqueror of Gavia, to round par 72 gave him a one-stroke the Mexico-Australia tie in the North

the championship. annex

He was

sored by the international body. American Zone of the 1939 Davis niso the only one to defeat Franjo Dally he and other trained athletic prizes of 100 each. Cup Compeition. As No. 1 ranking Cupper, who was in Manila last year. Their computations to date disclosa receive approximately 2397

Kukuljevic,

officials clock the swinging ball for the Yugoslavian Davis

Drawers of horses not in the first Bracketed behind him in second player of the Philippines, Sanchez's Ampon is only a boy, being barely 17 an average deviation of .082 seconds,

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 as and is probably one of the youngest due principally, Howe concludes, tomorrow and on Thursday. Inter- of White Plains, N. Y., the 54-hole sured long ago; but Ampon's selec-players, if not actually the youngest, timers inistakes in starting

The mixing will continue to- leader and Johnny Revolta, oftion became certain only after a trial ever chosen in the Davis Cup.

and national Press Bureau. Evanston, I.

match in which he defeated Leonar-

EXTENSIVE TESTS Revolta had two bits of trouble dla Gavia, who hurt his hand and

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

much in the future when we estab- cost him victory. The first round

[lish records," he has advised other he took six strokes on a hole, after ing two matches that bad been ar-

HE Philippines have sent two members of the research group. He THE getting on a par 3 green. Yester-ranged to enable the selectors

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

choose a man to accompany Sanchez.

Cup matches. In 1926 Francisco and with

recommended extensive testa|45|99

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

is the present national champion. Last December he won the Metro-Pete in the series in San Francisco "To get 100 per cent, accurate re- and lost five matches nothing to sults we'll have to adopt electrical Hogan and Revolta were two poilian championship and went to the

1928 the Japanese team. In

Lope strokes ahead of the next group, į Salgon together with Leonardia Gavla Yngayo and Guillermo Aragon resuming devices clocking 1,000th of a Gene Kunes of Philadelphis, Jimmy to represent the Philippines in

Rowe said. He observed second," Thomson, of Shawnce-on-Delaware, For

presented the Islands In the tourna- this might mean that records now Eastera Championships. On ment in Vienna.

If courts are fit for play, four Pa., and Lloyd Mangrum of Los their way there, they passed through singles match from Artens of Austria ningham, Johnny Weismuller and Division of the Hongkong Tennis

Yngayo

held by Jesse Owens, Glenn Cun-matches will be decided in the "C" |Angeles, who finished with 207's.

when the Intter 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 programme will bo 紅醬 The Austrians won the other four To-day's errors give the per- follows: matches. As Sanchez and

he added. Craigengower C.C. and Ampon former all the breaks," are more than likely to meet Austra- "Eliminate them and the boys will club de Recrelo lla, who have been tipped 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.AAF, know that. They are sending Sanchez and Ampon to the States to pick up valu- able experience which will come in useful inter.

LAST STOP

Ashevlile was the last stop on the -winter tour.

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Besides Metz, other leading money) winners were: Byron Nelson, Read- ing, Pa., $4,632; Henry Picard, Her- shey, Pa., $4,407; Sam Snead, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., $4,440; Ralph Guldahl, Madison, N. $4,202; E. J. Harrinson, Oak Park, iu.. $4.189; Den Hogan, White Plains, N. Y., $3,679; Horton Smith. Oak Park, Ill., $3,325; Harold Mc- Spaden, Winchester, Mas., $2,004; Jimmy Thomson, Shawnee, Pa., $2,746; Jimmy Demaret, Houston, Tex., $2,144.

RAIN INTERFERES League Tennis And Cricket Match Postponed.

Amado Sanches.

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【ONGKONG cricketers in general,] and K.C.C. members in particu- tar, 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. "Smity", who was once, to his in- fense delight and amusement, de scribed in a local newspaper as "Hongkong's Bradman"-i think ho

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in Bombay. and family. Incidentally. Yesterday's programme of four matches in the B. Division of the the Colony and look part in an ex-departed from there shores. Ho has Lawn Tennis League was postponed hibition at the Kowloon CC. With-hardly been there long enough, because of the slight drizzle which cut wishing to be rude, one has to reveals in a letter to a Hongkong prevailed 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 believes he in 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 Gavin, whom he find 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 crip et in Bombay. Not sumed this morning at 11 am.

DANISH TEAM WINS

Copenhagen, May 10, 20

was a different player altogether at because they di play the game Salgon and played a 100 per cent there! But because "I believe the better there, than, he had. done. in standard Is a bit higher than I can Hongkong.

“Mighty' Mito”

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 nôto ho «ends, his

DESCRIBED as the most improved letter: "If there are any of my old player in the Philippines this Hongkong pals passing through on The Danish International football year, Ampon, who la nicknamed their way home, the wife and. I-will- team brat Wolverhamptou Wanderous] "Mighty, Milte,” was recently ranked be delighted to try cand entertain by iron goals to one in a match 10- No. 4 In the Islands, but in the try- them; 1. can be found practically day---Réuter Bulletin,

out matches for the team sent to next door to the Taj Mahall

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