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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.

Dofcating 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 mect England in Berlin next week-ond. The contest will commence on Saturday and con- clude on Monday.

The lust Anglo-German contest in to two and thus qualified to meet Berlin tok place seven years ago Belgium at Agram in the European when Germany qualified for the Zone semi-finals, semi-nals in the European Zone by defenting England by three matches to two.

With the scores deadlocked at 2-2. the deciding match between Puncce and the Hollan Canepele was inter- rupted by darkness yesterday with the scores 13-11, 0-1 and 5-4 in favour of the Yugoslav. Thla match was resumed to-day before, 3,000 spectators.

ifaving won the two opening singles und lost the doubles, Ger-

many clinched the match when Roderick Menzel beat Karl Schroeder. Sweden's No. 1 player, in four sets. After losing the first set by 2-3.

form Monzel struck his heat

anel The young Italian did remarkably

his well 10-day and proved

offered desperate to superior entirely Swedish rival, winning the next resistance, finally winning the third three sets 6-3, 6-3, 0-3.

set at 8-6. However, in doing so he seemed to have over-exerted himself to such an extent that the Yugoslav had no easy task in the next set, which went to nine games,

Tenner enkel did not play the foal game against ffultman, so that Sweden tople this point on default. . Instend Hultman played Goepfert, of Berlin, but lost the inntel by 6-2, 0-2. The full results of the match were:

SINGLES

Menzel (Germany) beat Hultman 0-0, 0-2, 0-1.

Henkel (Germany) beat Karl Schroeder 5-7, 3-0, 6-2, 0-6, 0-3.

Menzel (Germany) liest Schroeder 2-0, 6-3, 6-3, 0-8,

DOUBLES

Schroeder and Robison

brut Henkel and Von

(Sweden) 8-2,

Bletuxa

1-6, 6-3, 6-3.—Trüsis-Õ¢ŝan.

Italians Lose

Their Tie

Milan, May 20.

Yugoslavia defcaled Italy in the Davis Cup to-day by three matches

The final scores were 13-11; 8-1, 6-8, 0-3 for Puncee.-Trans-Ocean.

Belgium Drops One Game

Belgium,

the

Brussels, May 29. whose victory in Davis Cup tle against Norway was clinched yesterday, to-day shared the last two singles with. their opponents.

The Belglan, Nacynert, defeated

OPENS SEASON

NEW

YORK

DEMOCRATIC CURVE_Vies President Garnor opens baseball season in Washington. With him, left to right: Sonator McNary, Oregon; Senator Glass, Virginia; Bucky Harris, Washington Sona- tors manager: Postmaster General Farloy, and Joe McCarthy, manager of the New York Yankoos,

ENGLISH LADIES MAKE CRICKET TOUR

OF AUSTRALIA

(By It. Mallard Stead)

London,

Betty Archdale, Master of Law-very few women the Norwegian, Haancs, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, have obtained that legal distinction-is to captain a team and then Geelhand, of Belgium, finished the match by beating Hinde of English lady cricketers on a tour in Australia next 0-1, 0-1, 6-0. However, this point winter. An undertaking for which she is specially quali- had played as substitute for Lacroix.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.

was conceded to Norway as Geelhand

U.S. Athletic Officials Make Drive For Funds

Minneapolis, Minn., April 28.

Thirty-fivo State Chairmen and 17 Vice-Chairmen were named yesterday by Frank G. McCormick, Athletic Director, at the Uni- versity of Minnesota and Chairman of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Finance Committee, as the co-ordinators for the nation-wide drive among colleges and universities to raiso $100,000 for the 1040-U.S. Olympic-team.

That four marked the dawn of reluctance among male cricketers to the "test match" ere in women's admit that the game really could be play. It 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 n side of Australian girls, who lost only one match in a programme of 18. Their

Australia gomes look like this:

PAY TRIBUTE

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

runs,

Leicester scored 134 and

Northants, in their only visit 183 (Meritf 6 for 56) while

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

COUNTY CRICKET PLAYER KILLED IN CAR CRASH

Well, in 1937 all doubts of that defeat was in the second test of a kind were inid absolutely flat. The series that provided one victory for folk who came to scoff-or, at any each side and one draw. Making the summary of women's England-rate be rather superior-re- mained to pay. To pay tribute to what they saw-Interesting enter prising batting; sustainedly emelent bowling; admirabla... fielding.—- In |--- England Australis Drawn short, women's cricket was at last "accepted" by the English public as serious sport and a laudable phase 1of the national summer game,

Won by

In Australia....... 2

(by a wickets by wickets)

runs) (by 23 runa)

1.

season ended,

So it is not just women cricket w buy their evening

C.H.___Bull_OF Worcester

LONDON, May 29, CH. Bull, the Worcestershire cident yesterday

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 eyes at the sug- gestion there is a new breed of "super-golfer" trodding the fairways these days,

NUMEROUS TITLES

Speeldeally, the Haig thinks he That can't be me, so it must be the and the Bobby Jones of a decade ball." ago could have trimmed the current] crop

hotshots, with their stroke- saving sand wedges, their 40-mile" and their nently maul- golf balls cured courses that never give a bar

lle.

In passing,

and not necessarily to ellich his argument, Walter men- tioned that he had won the Brittan open four times,, the U. S. open twice "Do I think Bobby and I could and the P. G. A. malch play title have held our own in a series of five times, He wouldn't even guess with Ralph Guldahl find at how many championships Bobby, matches

Snead?" gasped Walter.his potential partner against the up- "Why, I'll tell you what, It Bobby starts, had salted away in his tline. would be willing to take off a year "Thousands, anyhow," he said. from business, right now and. gel himself in shape for a match with those fellows, I would do It, too--no footing."

Sammy

STILL SHOOTING SOUNDLY

Waller sounded exactly like he micant it, and he probably did. He's still shooting sound golf, desplie handicaps, and never a golfer lived had the gall and confidence of the old master.

"Sure, they're shooting ailtiin belter average scores then Bobby and I did in our pelme," be con- ceded. "But that doesn't mean any-

sund wedge thing. This

they're using now is enough to account for the difference by Itself, not to men- tion that the modern ball rolls 30 ce 40 yards further.

"Let's

give these boys a littla more time to see what they can do about winning championships," he suggested. "Bob and I wont a real run for our money when we chal- lenge 'em to that match,"

33 Drivers Qualify For Big Race At Indianapolis

Indianapolis, May 20, Thirty-three cars and their drivers

"Why, when I think of the ability Jones had in those days and the 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 raco on Tues- We had to have more courage than day. they need nowadays to win, and I'l tell you why.

SAND WEDGE HELP

"With this sand wedge in their bags the kids don't have to be scared of traps. After knocking thelr drives à country mile they can shoot right at the pin with their seconds every time. So they get lots of short putts and lots of birdies. They know if they do hit a trap they still can scrape the ball out with their wedge and probably get a par, any- how. Anybody can bang the ball with confidence now,

BETTER PUTTERS

It is anticipated that, given fair weather, a crowd of 150,000 will see one of the fastest' fields in the history of the race. The average of the 33 qualifying starters was 123,547 miles an hour.

Jimmy Snyder won the qualifying prize with 131.38 miles an hour.

United Press,

Committee To Pick Ryder Cup Team

"College, Jack-awakened to the merit of women's papers in mid-morning next winter/cricketer, was killed in a motor cafe and shot at the back of the with George Jacobus, President of

team

when

cur

Chairmen and their assistants in Cody, University of Florida, Gaines-

It took nerve when Bobby and each State will participate in the ville, Fla.; William D. Funkhouse, In. England

I shot at the pin when there were drive during the next 12 months by University of Kentucky, Lexington,

by ******

traps only a few yards in front of staging beneft athletic events, Ky.; T. P. Heard, Louisiana State When the 1937

1. We knew if we fell short we Olympic

New York, Apr. 26. tryouts and by other University, Baton Rouge, La.; B. O.public opinion here had thoroughly fans who

had lost two or three strokes, maybo Chairmen means.

for 12

Walter Hagen, Leo Diegel,. Olin olher Von Hook Millsaps

a tournament. When we played States will be appointed within the son, Miss.; R. S. Fetzer, University play. And a real eye-opener It was to follow the cabled reports of how collided with a stationary wagon.

Dutra, and Ed Dudley will serve next two weeks.

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

green we usually had much longer the Professional Golfers Association, Cr A. P. McLeod, Furman Univer- were drawn to see it for the first making out. The

J. S. Buller, also a member of the putts. We had to be good putters on the selection committee to name Clarence P. Houston of Tufts sity, Greenville, S. C.; Gordan M. tine. For several years it had scheduled to sull until Oct. 27, but was in the car with Bull,"

is not Worcestershire erleket team, who I'm positive Bobby and I could College. Medford, Mass., was

members of the 1930 Ryder Cup Clark, University of the

was in-have outputted any two you name team, the P GA. announced to polated Chairinair for the Flist Dis Sewanee, Tenn.: Norton Pritchett, men were

South, been generally understood that wo-it has already het peterie Mae Jured: Reuter trict,

of the present top crowd, which

playing at cricket. It there is doubt whether Myrtle embraces several University of

day. States.

Virginia, Charlottes- was not generally conceded, how-lagan-the Don Bradman of English C. H. Bull was born on March 20, ville. Va Fred Thompson, Univer-ever, that they were playing cricket, women's play-will be able to make 1900. In the County championship I drove quite as well as Guldahl and selections on Aug.

"I don't know whether Bobby and The committee will make its States

Chairmen appointed in-sity of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark. The Bitle word "at" having a great the journey. Miss

1 and submit cluded: H. G. Crops, University of and W., J. Bingham, Harvard Un-significance. There was, in fact, the first player to hit up a century in Innings for an aggregate of 497 and bs far, but most of that is due to the Committee. The matches with the Maclagan was matches last season he batted 27 Snead do these days. Certainly not them for approval of the Executive Alabama, Tuscatodan, Ala.; Josh versity, Cambridge, Mass.

an average of 21.60. He was not new ball. I can get out there now British team will be played at tho out four times and his highest con- and drive this rabbit piil as for as Ponte Vedra C. C., Ponte Vedra tribution was 75.

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

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MADE IN ENGLAND

On the way out to open the Innings for her sido is (right) Belly Archdale, captain of the English women's cricket team which is to vist

'Australia' next winter, Braun,

Man

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

In 1936 his average was 10.74 for 50 innings. His highest score was 103 and aggregate 387,

WOMEN'S HIGH JUMP RECORD

Kyoto, May 29, Misa Ris Yamanouch!, of the Chukyo Girls' High School, set a new mark for women's running high Jump in Japan when she cleared the bar at 1.00 metres at the West Japan Women's Track and Field Championship meet held at Kyoto yesterday.Domes

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, Me- gan Lowe, Grace Morgan, P. Sul man, E. Whelan, 'M, Williamson, D. M. McEvoy, Muriel Lowe, Mrs. Hyde -formerly Miss Kynoin-Betty Snowball, and either Miss Maclagan or B. Blaker.

"

Of these, only the Misses Arch- dulo, Snowball and Morgan were in England's 1934-35 touring sido. Miss Snowball, I may say, hended its final batting averages for all matchesugalast Australla; New Zealand and the State olovena. She played 12 innings, not out," and collected 481: runs, with no best knock her greatest fame is as a wicket- of 180 and an averese, of,012. But icdeper the finest that women's pricket has ever produced;

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