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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

May 30 1939. ⠀

GERMANY TO CLASH WITH VICE-PRESIDENT HAGEN COMPARES MODERN

GREAT BRITAIN

IN DAVIS CUP

SWEDES DEFEATED WHEN MENZEL WON HIS MATCH

Berlin, May 29.

Defeating Sweden by three matches to two in the Davis Cup tie to-day, Germany qualified for the semi-finals of the European Zone and will accordingly meet England in Berlin next week-end. The contest will commence on Saturday and con- clude on Monday.

The last Angle-German contest in ) to two and thus qualifled to meet Berlin took place seven years ago | Belglum at Agram in the European whm Germany qualified for the Zone semi-finnis. semi-finals in the European Zone by defeating England by three matches to two.

anary

Having won the two open singles and lost the doubles, Ger-

clinched the malch when Roderich Menzel beat Karl Schroeder. Swiden's No.

1 player, in four sets. After losing the first set by

forn And Menzel struck his best proved cure

entirely superior his

to Swedish rival, winning the next three sets 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.

3-0,

Henner Henkel did not play the thal gaine against Hultman, so that Sweden took this point on default. fratend Hultman played Goepfert, of Berlin, but lost the match by 6-2, 6-2. The full results of the match weret

SINGLES

Menzel (Germany)- bent Hullman 6-0, 6-2, 6-1.

tirnkel (Germany) beat Karl Schrunvier 6-7. 3-6, 6-2, 8-0, 0-3.

Menzel (Germany) beat Schroeder 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.

DOUBLES

Schroeder und Rohlson

(Sweden)

bal Henkel and Von Metaxa 0-2, 1-6. 6-3, 6-3.—Trans-Ocena.

Italians Lose Their Tie

Milan, May 29.

with

With the scores- deadlocked at 2-2. the deciding match between Puncer and the Italian Canepele was inter- rupted by darkness yesterday the scores 13-11, 6-1 and 5-4 in favour of the Yugoslav. This match was resumed to-day before 3,000 spectators.

The young Italian did remarkably well to-day and offered desperate resistance, Anally winning the third vet at 1-8. However, in doing so he seemed to have over-exerted himself to such an extent that the Yugoslav had an easy task in the next set. which went to nine games.

The pal scores were 13-11, 6-1, 6-8, 0-3 for Puncec.-Trans-Ocean.

Belgium Drops One Game

Brussels, May 29. Belgium, whose victory in the Davis Cup tie against Norway was elinched yesterday, to lay shared the last two singles with their opponents.

The Belgian, Naoyaert, defeated

OPENS SEASON

YORK

DEMOCRATIC CURVE-Vico President Garner opens baseball season in Washington. With him, left to right: Sonator McNary, Orogon: Senator Glass, Virginia; Bucky Harris, Washington Sona- tors manager; Postmaster General Farley, and Joe McCarthy, manager of the New York Yankees.

ENGLISH LADIES MAKE CRICKET TOUR

OF AUSTRALIA

(By R. Mallard Stead)

London

Betty Archdale, Master of Law-very few women

the Norwegian, Huanes, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3, have obtained that legal distinction-is to captain a team and then Geethand, of Belgium. Sinished the match by beating Hinde of English lady cricketers on a tour in Australia next 6-), 0-1, 6-0. However, this point winter. An undertaking for which she is specially quali- Davis Cup to-day by three matches had played as substitute for Lacrols.fied by virtue of the fact that she did just such a thing on the occasion of the only previous expedition of this kind- in 1934-35.

Yugoslavia detented Italy In the

was conceded to Norway as Grelhand

U.S. Athletic Officials Make Drive For Funds

Minneapolis, Minn., April 28.

That tour marked the dawn of reluctance among male cricketers to the "test match" era in women's admit that the game really could be play. I was a great success, in all played, as it should be played, by respects, and the sequel was the women. visit to England in 1937 of a sile of Australian girls, who lost only one match in a programme of 18. Their

PAY TRIBUTE Thirty-five State Chairmen and 17 Vice-Chairmen were named defeat was in the second test of a kind were fald absolutely int. The Well, in 1937 à doubts of that yesterday by Franks G. McCormick, Athletic Director at the Uni-seca side novice one v. for folk who came to scoff-or, at any versity of Minnesota and Chairman of the National Collegiate the summary of women's England-rate,

and one draw. Making Athletic Association Finance Committee, as the co-ordinators for the nation-wide drive among colleges and universities to raise $100,000 for the 1940 U.S. Olympic team.

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Australia games look like this:

what

toy be rather superior-re- mained to pay. To pay tribute to they saw-Interesting enter- Won by

prising batting sustainedly efficient bowling; admirable England Australia Drawn short, women's cricket, was at. Jast felding. In "nccepted" by the English public us o serious sport and a laudable phase at the national summer game.

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So it is not just women cricket will buy their evening

team is

not

Northants Win By An Innings

London, May 29. The County Cricket Cham- pionship match between Northants and Leicester ended to-day with the former win- ning by an innings and 193

rums.

Leicester scored 134 and Northants, in their only visit 183 (Meritt 6 for 56) while

to the wicket, declared at 510 for eight, Brookes contributing 187-Reuter,

GOLF WITH GAME

TEN YEARS AGO

Resents Suggestion That Present-Day Players Are Better Than Old Brigade

New York, Apr. 26.

Though he's celebrating this summer the twenty-fifth anniversary of his first national open golf triumph, Walter Hagen still gets the light of battle in his cycs at the sug- gestion there is a new breed of "super-golfer" trodding the fairways these days.

Specifically, the Halg thinks het That can't be me, so it must be the and the Bobby Jones of a decade ball." ago could have trinuned the current crop of hotshots, with their stroke- saving sand wedges, their "10-mile" golf balls and their neatly. mani- cured courses that never give a bad

Ne.

NUMEROUS TITLES

and not

In passing.

necessarily to clinch his argument, Walter men- tioned that he had won the British open four times, the U. S. open twice "Do I think Bobby and I could and tite P. G. A. mutal play title have held our awn in a series of five Unies, He wouldn't even guess matches with Ralphs Guldahl and at how many championships Bobby. Sammy Snead?" gasped Walter. his potential partner against the up- "Why, I'll tell you what. If Bobby starts, had salted away in his time. would be willing to take off a year. "Thousands, anyhow," he said. from business right now and get himself in supe for a match with those fellows, I would do it, too—no fooling."

STILL SHOoting SOUNDLY

Walter sounded exactly like he ngant It, and he probably did. He's still shooting sound gulf, despite handleups, and never a golfer ved had the gall and confidence of the old muster,

"Sure, they're shooting a little better average scores than Bobby and I did in our prime," he con- ceded.

"But that doesn't mean any- thing. This sand wedge they're using now is enough to account for the difference by flself, not to men- tion that the modern bill rolls 30 or 40 yards further.

"Why, when I think of the ability

"Let's give these boys a little more time to see what they can do about winning championships," he suggested. "Bob and I want à ren! run for our money when we chal- lenge 'em to that match."

33 Drivers Qualify For Big Race At Indianapolis

Indianapolis, May 20,

Jones had in those days and the Thirty-three cars and their drivers confidence I had, I don't see how any have qualified and are ready to start of these kids could have beaten us. in the annual 500-miles race on Tues- We had to have more 'courage than day. they need nowadays to win, and Pl tell you why,

SAND WEDGE HELP "With this sand wedge in their bags the kids don't have to be scared

COUNTY CRICKET of traps. After knocking their

PLAYER KILLED

IN CAR CRASH

C. H. Bull Of

Worcester

LONDON, May 29.

When

his

drives a country mile they can shoot right at the pin with thele seconds every time. So they get lots of short putts and lots of birdles. They Imow if they do hit a trap they still can scrupe "the ball out "with" their wedge and probably get a par, any- how. Anybody can bang the ball with confidence now.

BETTER FUTTERS

It is anticipated that, given fair weather, a crowd of 150,000 will see. one of the fastest lelds in the history of the race. The average of the 33 qualifying starters was 123.547 miles an hour.

hour.

Jimmy Snyder won the qualifying prize with 131.38 miles an

United Press,

Committee To Pick Ryder Cup Team

New York, Apr. 20. Walter Hogen, Leo Diegel, Olin Dutra, and Ed Dudley will serve with George Jacobus, President of the Professional Golfers Association, on the selection committee to name

A. announced to-

In Australia.........2. Chairmen and their asilştants in Cody, University of Florida, Gaines-

(by B wickets ach State will participate in the vlle, Fla.; William D. Funkhause. In England

by wickets)

"It took nerve when Bobby and drive during the next 12 months by University of Kentucky, Lexington,

I shot at the pin when there were (by 31 runs) (by 25 runs) staging beneft alhletic

traps only a few yards in front of events, Ky. T. P. Heard, Louisiana. State When the 1037 season ended, Olympic

it. We new we fell short we tryouts And by other University, Baton Rouge, La. B. O.public opinion here had thoroughly fans who means, Chairnien

C. H. Bull. the Worcestershire had lost two or three strokes, mayle States will be appointed within the

other Van Hool Millsaps College, Jack-awakened to the merit of women's popers in mid-moming next winter cricketer, was killed in a motor ac-a tournament. When

son: Miss.; R. S. Felzer, University play. And a real eye-opener it was to follow the exbled reports of how collided with a stationary wagon.

We played cident yesterday next two weeks.

car safe and shot at the

back of the of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. to many thousands of people who Belty Archdale and Company are

green we usually had much longer C.; A. P. McLeod, Furman Univer- were drawn to see it for the first making out. The Clarence P. Houston of Tufts lty, Greenville, S. C.; Gordon M. tiine. For

J. S. Buller, also a member of the putts. We had to be good putters, College, Medford, Mass., was

several years

It had scheduled to sail until Oct. 27, but

Worcestershire crickel team, who I'm positive Bobby and I could pointed Chairman for the First Die-Clark, University of the South, been generally understood that wo- it has already been picked though was in the car with Bull, was in- have outputted any two you name team, the P. G.

members of the 1939 Ryder Cup irict,

Norton which

several Sewanee, Tenn., mort, Charlottes men were praying consered, how inem bon Dedman of English embraces

at cricket. It there is doubt whether Myrtle Mac-jured.—Reuter,

of the present top crowd. States.

ville, Va.; Fred Thompsen, Univer ever, that they were playing cricket. women's play will be able to make 1000. In the County championship drove quite as well as Guldabil and selections on Aug. 1 and

C. H. Bull was boni on March 29, "I don't know whether Bobby and appointed in-sity of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark.: The little word "at" having a great the journey. Miss

will make its eluded: H. G. Crops, University of and W. J. Bingham, Harvard Uni-significance. There was, in fact, althe first player to hit up a century in innings for an aggregate of 497 and as far, but most

Mnclogan was matches last season

the batted 27 Snead do these days. Certainly not then for approval of the Executive Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Josh versity, Cambridge, Mass.

that is due to the Committee. The matches with the an average of 21.00. Ho was not new ball. I can get out there now British team will be played at the out four times and his highest con- and drive this rabbit pill as far as Ponte Vedra tribution was 75.

C. C., I was hitting them 25 years ago. Beach, Fla., Nov. 18-19.

Ponte Vedra In the previous season, Bull was fourth in the batting averages for Worcestershire with 27.77 for 55 Innings being not out three times. His aggregate was 1,500 and highest score 143.

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In 1930 his average was 19.74 for 60 innings. His highest score was 103 and aggregate 387.

WOMEN'S HIGH JUMP RECORD

Kyoto, May 20, Miss Rle Yamanouchi, of the Chukyo Girls' High School, set a new mark for women's running high jump in Japan when she cleared the bar at 1.80 metres at the West Japan Women's Track and Field Champlonship meet held at Kyoto yesterday. Domel.

a women's "test" and she has done such a thing three times altogether..

TEAM

The players selected for the tour are: Betty Archdale (captain), B. Beeton, A. Collins, F. Iredale, Mo- gan Lowe, Grace Morgan, P. Sul- man, E. Whelan, M. Williamson, D. M. McEvoy, Muriel Lowe, Mrs. Hydo -formerly Miss Kynoln-Betty Snowball, and either Miss Maclagan. or B. Blaker.

A

Now

Of these, only the Misses Arch- dale, Snowball and Morgan were In England's 1934-35 touring sido Miss Snowball, I may say, headed Its Anal batting averages for all matches against Australia, Zealand and the State clovens. She played 12 Innings, 3 "not out," and collected 101 runs with a best knock her greatest fame is is a wicket- of. 180 and an average of 31.3. But finest. that womon's cricket has aver produced.

On the way out to open the innings for her side is (right). Betly Archdale, saptain of the English women's cricket team which is to visitkeeper-tha Austraila', next winter.

day.

The

committee

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