1939-05-24 — Page 8

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

May 24, 1939.

RECORD ENTRIES FOR LAWN BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS

ALL CHAMPIONS ARE DEFENDING THEIR TITLES

TOURNAMENT PROMISES TO BE INTERESTING

(By "Abe")

All previous records in the matter of entries for the Colony Lawn Bowls Championships have boon beaten this year. At a meeting of the Competition Sub-Committee held yesterday ovon- ing, it was announced that 122 players have entered for the singles; 84 couples for the pairs;| and 46 rinks for the rinks championship.

The figures in every case are an (Police N.C.)

those of previous P. Morgan

F. McCarthy improvement of years: It is interesting to note the Police R.C.) entries of the various events since D., M. Khon 1030:

M. R. Abbas

M. H. Parvts

v M. N. Hakusen

M. Y. Adal

vA. J. Dalinh

(Cralgengower C.C.) P. Anslow

Singles Pairs Rinks. A. Luz

L. F. Xavier

(Indian R.C.

F. G, Pont

A. E. Carey

v R Edwards

Campbell

v G. Perking

McCutcheon

Craigengower C.C.J

V. Ribeiro

1930

70

1031

40

1032

1933

97

1001

01

52

24

1035

00

49

20

1030

100

31

A. L. Eastman

1037

110 73

41

W. Crove

1038

108 83

30

122 84

40

1039

From these pures, the growing

popularity of the game may be kauged. As betting a senson with

20 teams participating in the League,

J. Blive

longkang F.c

YA. Jillot

S. Hodro

Hongkong F.C.)

1. Tang

N. Wong

v C, Gowland

V

(Kowloon Docks)

G. S. Ladd

Pay

A Chaman A. E. 1. Castro

9. Beach

(Kowloon Docka)'

Thursday, June 1

V. V. M. Atienza

entries have shown an improvement R, E. Lee in every event. Particularly gratify-N. AE. ing to the Sub-Committee are the

L. A. Collyer v F. Hynes

Friday, June 2

C. Vas v. M. Alves (Craigenkower C.C.) C. Remedios

Mosa C. C. Pereira

entries in the rinks which exceed[0. C. Mons last year's Agure by seven.

Following old customs, the singles championship has been put back to the preliminary rounds in the Open L'airs and Rinks Conipetitions.

The Fairs Competillon will com- mence on Tuesday, May 30, and mutches will be played throughout the rest of the week. Fourteen | mutches in the first round of the

W. Hallanda

J.

(Kowloon C.G.) Forrest

J. Orem

(Kowloon C.C.)

#:

S. Itu sell

G. Cooper

(Kowloon F.C.)

v W, H. B. Muskett

A. Calman

J. C. Brown

II. Bicknell

y H. Morgan

The following palrs drew byès-

W. Melrose and J. C. Chalmers;

Open Rinks will be decided on Sun-w. Glendenning and W. Mair; J. S. day, June 4.

DEFENDING TITLE

Riddell and J. C. Atkin; R. Ellis and

D. Fitch McD

F. C. Channing and C. Dowman; J. McDonald and H. Brown; T. Ferguson and and J. Gibson; V. Chittenden and V. Simpson, W. Field Petherick; J. Hoosen and A. R. Minu

W.

J. E.

F

H

Decisions Reached In

All

The boxing team of H.M.S. Medway and the 4th Submarine Flotilla with their trophies won during the 1939 boxing championships of the China Fleet—A, Hing.

FORMER CHINA CHAMPION OUT OF BRITISH

TENNIS TOURNAMENT LEAGUE

GOLF

M. W. BUDD DEFEATED

BY DICK CHAPMAN

London, May 23.

M.. W. Budd, the former All-China golf champion and at one time holder of the Hongkong championship, was eliminated to-day from the British Amateur Golf Cham. pionship by Dick Chapman, the American golfer from Greenwich, Conn.

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RESULTS

In a League tennis match yester- day the Club de Recrelo lost to Kow- loon C.C. “A”, 4-5.

County Matches Gibbons Hits Century

In Each

Innings For Worcester v. Hampshire

London, May 23.

Definite results were reached in all the seven matches concluded in the County Cricket Championship to-day. The successful counties were Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Kent, Sussex and Somer- setshire.

Outstanding features of the programme were the double century by the Kent amateur, B. H. Valentine, the undefeated century in each innings by Gibbons of Worcestershire against Hampshire, and the fine bowling of Perks, who took eight Hampshire wickets for 59 runs and of F. R. Brown, the Surrey amateur, who dismissed eight West Indian batsmen for 94.

ESSEX. YORKSHIRE

At Ilford Yorkshire defeated Essex Davis Cup

by seven wickets.

Essex totalled 200 (Leyland 5 for 74) and 105 (Verity & for 27), while Yorkshire mode 141 (Peter Smith for 31) and 237 for three.

MIDDLESEX v, GLOUCESTER

At Lord's Gloucestershire defeated Middlesex by three wicketa.

Middlesex scored 230 (Goddard 5 for 83) and 207 (Goddard 0 for 68), und Gloucester repiled with 207 and 230 for seven wickets.

WORCESTER, HAMPSHIRE

At Worcester, Worcestershire de feated Hampshire by six wickets.

Hampshire scored 310 (Arnold 179 not oul) and 197 (Perks 0 for 59), and Worcestershire made 202 (Gib- bons 111 not out) and 255 for four wickets (Gibbons 100 not out and Martin 102 not out). WARWICKSHIRE. LANCASHIRE

Germany Defeats Poland

Warsaw, May 23. Germany won the Davis Cup tie against Poland to-day when Henner Henkel, Germany's No. 1 player, defeated Count Bavarovski, of Poland, by 6-4, 6-2, 0-3 in the de- elding singles match,

on

The match was interrupted Monday because of darkness when Henkel was leading by 6-4, 6-2 and 1-1 in the third set. As play was resumed to-day before 5,000 specta- fors in the Military Stadium, the At Birmingham Warwickshire de Polish player took the lead and ran A. M. Silva and L. F. V. Ribeiro feated Lancashire by seven wickets, to a score of 3-1 before Henkel Recreio) lost to A. V., White and F. 141) in the first innings and declared stride, the German clearly dominated Lancashire hit up 383 (Oldfield' found his touch. Once he was in his Grose 5-7; beat W. M. Giltins and B. their second at 200 for two, while the play and won coally,

Germany will now meet Sweden Soltau 6-2; beat N. A. E. Mackay and Warwickshire scored 289 for seven R. T. Broadbridge 6-3.

declared in their first knock (F. E. in the next round of the European M. A. Oliveira and L. A. Carvalho S. Wyalt 115, Nutter 5 for 04) and Zone-Trans-Ocean.. (Recrelo) lost to White and Grose 277 for three wickets in their second 4-6; lost to Gittins and Soltau 5-7; (Santall 156 and Hill 99 not out). drew with Mackay and Broadbridge. H. F. Gonsalves and W. A. Reed (Recreio) lost to White and Grose 13-6; beat Gittins and Soltau 6-2; drew with Mackay and Broadbridge

NOTTS. KENT

At Nottingham, Kent defeated Notts by, nine wickets.

INTERNATIONAL BARTER TAKES A NEW TWIST

C. M. Silva and F. X. Soares, last year's winners in the Pairs, are do fending their title this year. They have drawn, a bye.

3. S. Howell, co-runner-up with

J. Ramsay and R. Lapsley; A. F. R. G. Craig, has entered the com- Noronha and A. M. Rodrigues, O. P.

Remedios and E, de Souza: petition in partnership with N. J. Bebbington as Craig is away from Noronha and C. G. Silva; F. A

Machado the Colony on leave.

chado and F. X. M. de Slivo; X. Soares and C. M. Silva: A. Steven Chapman got through this second 2,000 who were following his match. Most of the leading pairs of lot and J. 4. R. Selby; G. Duncan and round encounter by five and three,United Press. year have entered once again for A..

YOUNGSTERS DO WELL the competition, and in adellion W. Gill; A. A. Razack and J. S. thus qualifying to meet Charles

London, May 23. there are several formidable pairs Landolt; A. E. Coates and W. B.Yates, the holder, on Wednesday in

Two boy prodigies cornered the

Netts were dismissed in their first- who have teamed up for the first Bradbury; K. M. Omar and U. M. the first All-American match of the

limelight to-day in the second round

Innings for 78 (Lewis 6 for 18) but time. Competition promises to be Omar; T. L. Locke and W. K. championship.

Way;

B.C.A.A. V. EL.C.C. of the British Amateur Golf Cham- as keen as last year.

hit up 376 in the second, Knowles and A. M. Omar; E. W. J. Penny

contributing Chapman, playing almost faultless-pionship now being played at Hoy-

$3 not out and Hardstaft In the Rinks Competition, last Zimmern and M.

3. Medina J

South China A.A. beat Kowloon 104. Kent declared their first lock --year's champions have made one Leonard and W. Ward; H. Randali 1. profited from Budd's mistakes. lake.

change in their rink, J. A. Luz com- and R. Basa: W. J. Howard and the first and sixth holes, while Chap- of Thorpe Hall, beat S. E. Banks, of

Budd missed the shortest of putts in Seventeen-year-old Kenneth Thom: CCB, 8%1⁄2-1⁄2-

-at-387-for-nine wickets (B. H, Valen- R. E. Lee and E. Eymard (K.C.C.) line 201) and 88 for one. ing in to take the place of Lopes at Gittins; T. E. Robson and .H.

Rio de Janeiro, May 18, Nish;

SUSSEX v.

*. GLAMORGAN No. 2.

The rink, therefore, is as R. Duncan and A. M. Holland; W. man recovered well from the rough. Haliamshire, runner-up in last year's lost to C. S. Dew and W. T. Lee 3-6;

International barter took Budd was twice trapped in the English championship,

by two and lost to W.

Al Hove Sussex defeated Glamor- Ho and J.Hsu 0-0; lost follows:-A. F. Noronha, J. A. Luz, L. Walker and J. C. Gill. SM. White seventh and went out of bounds in one, while 19-year-old Jemes, Bruento H. K. Ho and H T. Bee 1-0.

gan by an innings and 70 runs. twist to-day with the report that J. E. Noronha and C., G. Silva (skip). and A. J. Hall; A. Bower and S. the eighth, but Chapman was twice in the Irish champion, defeated Leonard

ard Brazil arg about to Glamorgan totalled 94 and 277 (E. Italy F. A. Broadbridge and D. Hung In the first round they have been Randle; R. P. Phillips and G. E. F. drawn against a rink from the In- Thompson; E. V. Scarle and d. Wat- the rough in the ninth.

Crawley, the Essex cricketer and (K.C.C.) lost to Daw and Lee 4-8; Davies 97) while Sussex scored 450 negotiate a deal involving a football dlan R.C.

Walker Cup player, by four and two. lost to Ho and Hsu 1-8; lost to Ho for six wickets declared (Harry Player for coffee. son; H. White and E. A. Atkins; P. Budd made too many errors on the

Charles Yates, the holder, defeated and Bee 2-0.

Parks 161, James Langridge 110, E The president of a Brazilian athle- J. Hamilton and E. Pope: F. Good-green in the next three holes. Chop-D. Cameron, of Kirkintilloch, by two A. L. Fisher and J. R. Turner Davies & for win and E. W. Simmons; J. Fraser man hooked the adjacent fairway in and one.

LEICESTER. SOMERSET

tle club mald he was attempting to (K.C.C.) lost to Dew and Lee 1-0 B. W. Bradbury, last season's and E. C. Fincher; W. Hobbs and R. the 14th, but elletted a beautiful spoon

Among the day's spectators was lost, to Ho and Hsú 2-6; drew with singles champion, is defending his H. Meadows: W. Mulcahy and T. shot on to the green in the 15th. 78-year-old John Ball, eight times Ho and Bec. title while J. A. Luz, the runner-up, Carr;. A. Madar and T. A. Madar; H.

winner of the championship. is also taking part. R F. Luz, Overy and J. Hyde; S. Eccleshall and brother of "J. A.” and a formor A. Grimmitt; J, Tuck and L R champion, who did not participato la the singles last year, is playing again Whant, this year and adds distinction to the company.

INTERESTING ENTRIES

Another interesting ontry is that of A. J. Hall, a former champlon of Shangral, who will be a hard nut to crack. U. M. Omar, A. M. Holland, R Duncan, and A. W. Grimmitt are oller former champions who have sent in their names.

OPEN RINKS

YATES THROUGH

W. S. McLeod, the Scottish Inter-

H.

C.R.C. v. K. Indiana,

Recreation Club best

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Chinese Kowloon Indians 8-1.

A. and S.S. Hussain 0-3, beat F. and

A. R. Azan 6-1.

a new

At Leicester, Somerset defeated sign a player now under contract to a football club of Genoa, Italy. He Leicester by three wickets.

Leicester scored 91 and 304, while said the Italians were ready to release Somerset made 201 (Gimblett 100) the man, but wanted

to amount of 'coffee and 100 for seven.

Press,

MIDSHIPMEN M. Khan 6-1. beat A. Rahrain and for 84) in the Arst Innings and 191

In the second round, Yates defeat-national Walker Cup trialist, beat ed the hard-hitting Scottish Inter-Cyril Tolley, twice holder of the title, nationalist, Donald Cameron, by two by one hole-Reuter. and one. The holder had a hard struggle against this 27-year-old player. He was two up at the end The open rinks matches will be of the Brat nine holes, Cameron won decided on Sunday, June 4, the skips the twelfth with a birdie four and will be responsible

arranging the fourteenth with another birdie four, while Yates "birdled" on the 10th and had par on the 17th.

their own time.-

I. Barnes C. F. Needham The draw, made by Rie Sub- J. Watson Committee last evening, was as fol- J. Gelling lows:

38. Lozen

OPEN PAIRS Tuesday, May 3

G. Mayer

(Kowloon C.C.) C. IL SOUR

C. B. Hosselet

(Kowloun C.C.)

M. Ferguston B. Morrison

(Kowloon F.C.) A Alve

A. Baker

X A. K. Bilnu

.F. Cullen

v C, B, BL, Triom

W. McLeod

V W. Dak

V

F. V. V. Ribeiro

(Kowloon F.C.) J. L. Stepbed. A Spary

(Kowloon F.C.)

Wednesday,

J. H. Gelling. A. Brooksbank

(Polca RC.),' E. Kirman

W. Burling

J. S: Howell A

N, F. Bebbington

CF Remédios

v B. Basto

1

Hey Billyes

W.

w J. Holidge

-X. Delgado

STOP that dog's life

close

for

J. Coelio F. X. Delgado

D. Iozario

v M. J. Medina

L. C. R. Souza W. Ward

(Civil Service) C. Mose

II. Tang

W. Way

V.

V. N. AttenLA

W. Muskett

(Civil Service)

R. Eur

E. Channing

W. Mair

J. Fender

C. B. Rossclet

W. McLeod

W. Dall

E, G, Port

A. E. Carey

(Craigengower C.C.

1. A. Collee

A. Sloven

FIL llynes

J. Holudge

E. W. Simmonds

...V Ebbage

By Eccleshall Y_ASW; Crimmitt

|2)....(Craikengower C,C.)

D. B. Khan

2. Y. Ada

A. K. Minu

A. R. Dallati

(Hongkong F.C.)

J. M. ForreEL.

C. S. Alexander

G. Perkins ..

J. Orem

Hongkong

II. Lapsley AM, Holland

3. C., Gut

.c.)

T. Robson

(Kowloon F.C.)

G. Leo

A. Madar-

A. W. Hamisay

TAA, Madar

Wald W. Beati

v T. Stainton.

IT. AT Alvor

AM. Rodrigues

T. V. V. fubeiry

v L. J. Bilva

W. McNeill

C. W. LamN N. P. Karenjim v E. Zimmern

Kowloom B.G.C.).

E. H. Castro

3. Howard J. Stephon

A. Spary

Kowloon, B.G.C.)

E. En Pape

A

Morton

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(Recrela)

FE.Nah

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07. Remédios EA, P. Guterres

[D., Basto"

J. N. Wong

K. AT

Gittin AIL Dasto

V. Bamsay

Mulcahy

W. CATT

TTRACT

Walker J. HALL Duncan

G. 'Bowden

Smith

W. Hobbs

¡V. B. 8. Meadows

...H. E. Drew

Seario

D. WV, Waterton G. Z. TROMPSON A. Z. Noronha

Noronha 0. Bliva (Continued on Page:9:)

[Kowloon Docks) 5. Floosen Baker

Ö, Madir

3. Abbas (Kowloon CC)...

In the first hole, Cameron took two |- shots to extricate himself from a trop. Yates was in a similar predicament in the third, but pitched desd..

On the sixth, Cameron drove into

TO PLAY AT·

SURREY, WEST INDIES At the Oval Surrey defeated the D. C, Luk and C. C. Luk beat S. West Indies by seven wickets..

The tourists mado 224 (Brown 8)

(Parker 5 for 30) in the second, P, F. Choy and K. C. Ng lost to 5. while Surrey hit up 215 and 204 for A, and S. S. Hussain, beat F. and three.Reuter. M. Khan 6-2, beat Rahmin and Azan

0-2.

WIMBLEDON H. Kwok and S. W. Liang beat

Annapolis, May_10.

5. A. and S. S. Hussain 6-2, beat F. and M, Khan 6-2, beat Rahmin and

Midshipmen J. Hunt and David | Azan 6-2,

A. Marka, of Memphis, have been named by the United States Naval Academy to compete at Wimbledon,

a ditch and alsó missed a two-footer i which opens on June 28.

on the ninth.

the

Better

ILK.C.C. v. 0.0.0. Hongkong Cricket Club beat Crai- gengower Cricket Club 0-3.

The game between Story and Fer-

Hunt, who is Number Five in the Yates sunk a 30-foot putt in the national rankings, is tenth. On the 12th, he took two to known of the two players. He guson against Dr. Ha and Yu was get out of a trap, reaching the green reached the fifth round of last year's abandoned owing to Story develop- in four, and picked up the ball to American championships at Foresting cramps in the leg. concede the hole,

tho

and G. Lai 6-4, beat R.

J. O. Leonard 6-1,

E. E. Story and J. J. Ferguson beat Hills, before being beaten by the On the 14th, Yates cut his second Australian, John Bromwich, by 0-1, G. Choa

and Choa shot, put the third through the green, 9-11, 6-3, 6-4.

Marks Number One of

B. O'M Deane and W. II. Jowlit but nearly holed the return, chip,

tennis team lost to Choa and Lal 1-0, beat Chon shouting "Get Inf" as the ball fickled Navy Universities' towards the hole.

Both will play in the singles and and Leonard, beat Dr. Há and F, C. This incident amused the crowd of will play together in the doubles.

MOVING IN LINE WITH

RECENT HISTORY

London, May 15. -

As the rest of recent events in Europe, the International Lawn Tennis Federation, at its annual general meeting in Paris, decided upon an important amendment to the rules of the garn..

In future, Davis Cup players whose country has bem absorbed by some other power will be permitted to play for another country.

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In the past once a player had represented a country he was not allowed to play for another. The new rule, however, makes it possible for him in the circumstances provided for to be regarded as not having previously represented any country,

The LITF., RATO sccordingly smended their rules to bring about this change for international · contesta; and the Davis Cup Committes have -agrood that the now ruin.apply, tó: Davis Cim matches.

BORN FEW WORDS ADDED

The amendon Section Iwo of itale 30 of the Rules of Lawn Tennis now Bida: “A Player having once represented a country shah represent no other, except, if such a country be divided into two or more countries or la, absorbed, by another country ho shall from and after nachs division be deemed for the purposes of ille rule not to, have previously represented any country

The words for ka absorbed by say elher country” have been kidedea Reuter,

Yu 6-3.

Captain A. B. Whatman and T. C. Monaghan lost to Choa and Lai 3-6, beat Choa and Leonard 6-3, beat] Har and Yu 6-2.

K.C.C. TEAM

The following will represent Kow- loon B in the Mixed Doubles League against Recreio at Recreio on Friday, S. A. Gray and Mrs. Smeby, D. J.

N. Anderson and Miss V. Bradbury,

A. V.: White and Mrs. Knight..

WOODCOTES STAKES

London, May 23.

·Starting at 2/5 Tantmieux-won the Woodcotes. Blakes to-day, with the 100/7 'Hipplus in second place and the 100/0 Kinkajout third, bahag

"Eight started in the rice. One and |« half-lengths · separated: frat and zecond, and two lengths' second and third Rentera H

Beehive Brony

a certain boot-United

WIN FOR ARSENAL

Copenhagen, May 23. Arsenal defeated a Danish national football team to-day by three goals to nil-Reuter Bulleth,

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