1939-06-21 — Page 20

Wednesday,

THREE YOUTHS LIMELIGHT IN GOLF TILTS

IAMES BRUEN MASTERS L. G. CRAWLEY 4 AND 2

From F. J. C. Pignon

Hoylake, May 23.

This was youth's proud day at the amateur champion- ship meeting, here on the Royal Liverpool Club's sun- bathed links. Two 19-years-old players, James Bruen, of Cork, and Tom Hiley, of Southport, and Kenneth Thom, 17-years-old Essex boy champion, stole most of the ad- miration of the big crowd for their amazing feats of golfing skill.

Bruen figured in what may be regarded as a key

match to the championship when he defeated Leonard Crawley, a golfer of vast experience and undoubled ability, in ainust convincing manner.

It was a battle in which Crawley was soon enmeshed in the strangle- hold of Bruen's relentessly accurate golf. Crawley's putter, the only club that night have saved lilin, served fo stave off his

the 10

only inevitable eclipse. apparently

Young Bruen, trained monient--and having lost about 2st. in the process-is sturdy little fellow, but Crawley, hero of many cricket matches, famous golf and with his sandy hair, bristling moustache and powerful build looked every inch a powerful athlete

in a bunker. He siraply stepped into the sand and banged a shot of about 150 yards on to the green.

This shook Crawley, who proceed-

to take three putts.

RAN AWAY

From that point Bruen was always in the lead. The long third was halved in a "birdle" 4, the next in 3, and then Bruen ran away. 1e be-

4-yarderi came two up by holing for an "eagle" 3 at the fifth, won the sixth, where Crawley was rather untuckily bunkered over the green, ud alat the short neventh, where Crawley's putter was about as much use to him as a burge pole would have been.

Crawley, his first success at the ighth, a hole of 527 yards, where FINE SECOND SHOTS

chipped Behr Physical strength was not to be theth were over the green with two

shots, and Crawley enough to get his four; but he took three putts from four yards and lost the ninth to be four down again--out in 40

30. sgainst

deciding factor. On the whole, Bruen had slightly the better of the long driving, but it was the fact that the youth so frequently outplayed his controlled opponent with

Perfectly second shots of length that gave him his advantage.

Of the two, I was the more ex- perienced golfer whip displayed the nervous tension of the great match, and he did so by frequently leaving s long putt short or failing to hole a putt the length of his club.

Bruen is a poker-faced youth who displays neither pleasure nor annoy- It was impossible to read in Als face any algn of anger, when his long drive to the second hole finished

ance.

Noronha And Rodrigues

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

June 21, 1939.

TAKE LEADING IN HER PHILIPPINES

FATHER'S PONY

Miss Dallas Lee Franklin, daughter of the American chairman of the Shanglial Municipal Council, lead- Ing in her father's winning pony "Applejack" the race meeting held at Shanghal last week.-South China Photo Service.

Here And There

With "Abe".

Cricket

BOWLERS

SENDING

FOR

ENGLISH FOOTBALL

| PROFESSIONAL COACH

P.A.A.F. Determined to Lift Level of Game in Islands

Manila, June 15.

The move of local athletic officials to boost football here is now definitely taking shape. Philippine Amatour Athletic Federation officials have contacted with Secretary Rous of the British Football Association for the purpose of hiring an experienced English professional football coach. According to arrangements, the English coach may arrive here in Soptomber.

The imported English professionalj football conch will help organize leagues, demonstrate, officiate and generally help improve playing technique in the Islands. A year's contract 1 being offered by the PAAF to the right party.

Appleations from football coaches from Austria, Germany and from other European countries have been received in Manlin, but the PAAF refers un English coach, PAAF om- cials point out that an English coach will be easily understood here.

SEASON'S PLANS

Football is due for a real break

COME INTO beginning this senson, Various sug-

THEIR OWN

First Perfect American Rain Interferes

Polo Team Assembled

Retains Old Skill

Arst "hat

With Matches

with

Rain interfered several matches in the Coun-

which concluded

gestions of the PAAF football com- milice were approved at the meeting committee of the PAAF executive last month. The most important Item was the proposal to hold an annual football tournaraent between soccer- playing countries in the Far East.

The other recommendations proved are as follows:

ap-

The Improvement of the Rood-light system in the Rizal Memorial Foot- ball Stadium. tional Alms from England.

The purchase of football instruc-

The purchase of magnetic football

The Pur instructional purpostba

I boards

The football series of Ave matches the Islington Corinthians during with the month of February.

Football will also be played by all and Bureau of education oficials have Sussex respectively on Monday, but agreed to adopt football as one of in the County Championship Middle- the events in the 1939 national Inter- sex were the only side to win oul-scholastic programme. With all public right yesterday though in the non- schools taking to football, the sport championship programme, Somerset-

is expected to be as popular as bag- shire defeated Oxford University by ketball and other major sports in the by 210 runs.

Islands in the near future.

Then Crawley did make a fight of it. He won the tenth with a grand chip and a putt, and the 11th, where Bruen pushed out his tee shot. He holed putts of about three yards on each of the next three greens for WHILE preparing for the West-sent sixes sizzling through the beards halves, but even this did not shuke chester Cup polo series against of the pavillon die-hards before the the Irish lad.

It was Crawley who Great Britain, it was the intention sun had burst into splendour. Unty Cricket Championship pro- cracked.

of the Americans to fleld what re- fortunately, Barnett is off-form. A gramme He missed a 4ft. putt and lost the cently became known as their "dream" for Copson, he has been knocking

This consisted of Michael at the door-steps for a long while yesterday. 15th, hooked his drive to a bunker, team

form he has been Kent and Gloucester won their public schools beginning this year. played out into the rough, half-hit Phipps, Ceel Smith, Tommy Hitch-and the good

the his next into another bunker, and cock and Stewart 1gichart, every one showing he took

(Continued on Page 9.) of whom carries a ten-goal handicap trick" of the season-hus deservedly matches against Glamorgan

the highest ranking in polo. The won him a place in the side. plan went

doys awry when, a few before the series was due to start at Meadow Brook, Long Island, on June Cecil Smith was hurt, and at the last moment Winston Guest, a former TF English cricket were not at this Westchester Cup player, was invited

moment so rich in batting talent, the vacancy. Though not a the Selectors might have turned

Rain saved Notts in their match ten-goal player like the others, Guest Herbert Sutcliffe as an opening bats- against Yorkshire. Faced with the nevertheless has had a great deal of man. By his

task of scoring 233 runs to win in performances this

thel: second innings, Notts had lost experience of international polo, and season, this veteran has proved that three wickets-all taken

by Bowes furthermore he is a No. 4 player or even if age is creeping on him he without a run-for only four runs back-just the man the Americans needed; for there was not a player

when rain stopped play. Yorkshire mongst the dream" fearn with much

thus won on first innings. first-hand experience at heading off the opposition. In the first two mat- ches, the Americans, flelding the team of Phipps, Hitchen

Hitchcock, Iglehart and Guest, won and retained the West- chester Cup. In the third game play- ed on Sunday, Smith came into the team in place of Guest, and the "dream" team, conceding ten goals handicap, were benten by 17 goals to

Cause A Surprise In Bowls Pairs Tourney

(By "Abe")

one

Four matches were completed-and- unfinished in the Open Pairs Bowls Championship yosterday.

The biggest surprise of the day was the defeat at F. A. Machado und

re

F. X. M. da Silva by their club-mates, A. F. Noronha and A. M. Rodrigues, lat- at the Kowloon F. C. green. ter, both of whom are comply new to the

not only won but b29-11 after leading all won easily by the way. Scoring on the first four hends they established a lead of 8-0, which became 25-2 on the 12th. Machado and Silva Though covered somewhat, they were never able to get of their bad start. The winners

a four scored a five and amongst their 14 successful heads.

Another Club de Recreio pair, P. Remedios and E. de Souza got through eliminating W. to the third

round by

T. Fergusson, but re- quired an extra head to do so as the scores were tied at 22-22 at the end of the 21 heads. At one stage of the game Remedios and Souza

were a five and a three on ing 16-4, but two successive heads by Simpson and Fergusson reduced the defleit

C. Simpson and T.

alderably

lead

con-

and another spell of scor ing, during which they scored eight

In three hends, shots

actually placed

Simpson and Fergusson

in the lead by 20-19 at the end of the 17th head. Thereafter the alruggle was very close, and when the last head was played the Portuguese were leading by one shot, 22-21. Simpson and Fergusson scored single and in the extra head, Reme dios and Souza had a brace.

OTHER MATCHES

to

14.

Matches Should Start || First In History Not Later Than 5 p.m.

(By "be")

I have been specially asked by. Mr. R. P. Phillips, Hon. Secretary of the Hongkong Lawn Bowls Association, to re- mind competitors in the Open Pairs that all matches must start at 5 p.m. sharp or carlier.

Having seen many of the matches played, heartily agree with Mr. Phillips.

Is the

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has lost little of his old skill. The following are some of his innings this summer for Yorkshire in the County Championship:

125 not out IGS 118

v. Oxford

V. Lancashire

v. Hampshire

"231 not out "v Leicester

+

These feats would do credit to

man at the height of his powers, let the alone a man who has reached twilight of his Arst-class cricket

career,

Mile of Century

TF everything: turns

in the ruce

to

out +9 we dull

from

ITALIAN WINS KING GEORGE V CHALLENGE CUP

London, June 20.

British Boxers In World Title Bout

"

London, June 12.

Len Harvey, holder of the British and Empire heavy- weight champion, will fight Jock McAvoy for the world's lightheavyweight championship in the open air at' White City, on July 10, over 15 rounds, it was announced to-day.

On the same programmo, Jack Doyle, Irish heavyweight, will

oppose Eddie Phillips, former London bus-driver and one of the leading heavyweight in England.-Router.

JOHN COBB HOPES TO BETTER RECORD

London, June 3. While thousands gazo dally at the fastest car on earth, Captain George Eyston's "Thunderbolt," in the Bri-: tish Pavillon at New York World's Fair, a challenge is being secretly prepared by a fellow-Briton in a small engineering shop at Byfleet, In the quiet countryside of the South of England:

It is the car with which John Cobb, London fur-broker and racing motor- ist in his spare time, will challenge: the 357.5 miles per hour world re- cord set up by Eyaton in September, 1038, just 24 hours after Cobb, the rst man to exceed 330 m.p.h., hed beaten the previous record.

Cobb told a reporter that he be

The Middlesex victory was only made possible by a sporting declara- tion by Northants, who closed their second Innings at 343 for nine, leav ing Middlesex to get 286, Robertson (144) and Denis Compton-(111-not out) obtained the runs for Middlesex In the International Horse Show who had lost three wickets when to-day, Lt. Col. Alessandro Bettoni, victory was secured.

of Italy, riding the 14-year-old Bowlers had a better time in this chestnut gelding, Adigrat, won the programme, many splendid bowling King George V Gold Challenge Cup lieves British engineers will ultimate- figures being returned. On the other after a jump-off with Captain Bizard ly build a car which will enable men hand, only four centuries were scored of France, who was riding the ten- to travel soven miles a minute. 420 quite a change from the crop of year-old black gelding Honduras, on miles an hour, the equivalent of the three-figure innings of late.

which he won the Cup two years ago. distance between London and Edin- Details and results of matches are

Captain W. F. Butler, riding the burgh, in 50 minutes. ten-year-old chestnut cabled by Reuter.

Big Sweep, was the best English

with competitor

four Reuter.

The following were the leading

BATTING

(Middlesex) V.

Northants

cashire

shire

V.

144

wickshire Hayward (Oxford) บ

Somerset ..

Worcester

mare

fault-

The car he will take to Bonnevilla Salt Fats, Utah, U.S.A..next August. will be a David to Eyston's Goliath. It will weigh only three tons against the 8 tons of "Thunderbolt." Many believe this makes a car dangerous 0 for 55.

to handle, but Cobb thinks that it is srasli, lightweight car which will 6 for 70 break the world's record. The basic principle of Cobb's challenger is a

0 for 86 twisted single-backbone chassis with and 5 for 60 two Napler Lion engines slung back- Bowes' (Yorkshire) v. Netts 5 for 29 to-back and aslant, one engine driv- and 3 for 0 Ing the front axle, the other the rear

axle. A A 2,000 horse-power car, it 5 fof 31 being "tuned"

V. ་

111

101

DO

Smith (Leicester) v. West

Indies ........

Watkins (M.C.C.) v. Cam-

bridge Andrews (Somerset)

Oxford

V.

to develop an extra 300 h.p.-and with this under its 5 for 43 bonnet Cobb, 30-years-old bachelor. and genial glant of six feet two

stroak 5 for 53 inches, expects to

over the

7 for 57 Wright (Kent) v. Glamorgan 5 for 51 Salt Flats at 300 m.p.l.

THIS team is a 40-goaler, the first

in the history of international expect, lite would be very play and the first "perfect" polo team indeed after a while, leaving nothing LEADING PERFORMERS there ever has been. For that matter, to excite us and to quicken our the it probably is the first 100 per cent.

that "mile of pulses. Take unbeatable team ever put together in Century" run at Princeton on Satur- performers: any sport, for the simple reason that day. Nearly

all the spectators were polo

only form of

athletic watching

the Sydney Wooderson, outing that attempts to grade its per- British holder of the

ofcial mile Robertson

Northants formers with mathematical precision. record,

and Glenn Cunningham, the Of these four players, three of them, attained perfection on Long Island's former American holder and one of Timms (Northants) v. Middlesex 120 Mayer (Warwickshire) v. playing fields. Smith is 200 pounds of the greatest milers in the world who D. Compton (Middlesex)

ins clocked 4 mins. 04.4 secs. for the Texan and tough as an alligator. In the mile run indoors. Yet, who won? Worthington (Derby) v. Lan- history of American polo there have Not Wooderson; nor Cunningham. been but 16 players called perfect, But Charles Fenske, an outsider, so Paynter (Lancashire) v. Derby.. and here are four of them teamed up to speak, who was invited to take

"Deotes not out, Phipps was the sixteenth to be elected Far

part in

increase the and is the baby of the team. The

BOWLING interest and to make a race of it. only argument against the team is The biggest disappointment that not one of them has had much

(Somersel) experience of defending. A 10-goat every point of view, of course, was Wellard

Oxford man, as his title implies, is a player the poor showing of Wooderson, who

was last. To those of us who had Sims (Middlesex)

Northants accustomed to leaping on his pony wis and tearing sort of roughshod through expected such great things from this frail-looking Londoner it is difficult

(Notis) v. Jepson the opposition. But then, argues the to imagine that he was so outclassed,

shire other school, what does a 40-goat especially when one considers that Perks (Worcester) V. War team need with a goal-keeper?

the winning time was only 4 mins. 11 secs. and that only a few days Test Selections

before he sailed for the United States he had clocked 4 mins. 7.4 secs. for HAMMOND, Paynter Hutton, the same distance. After the race

claimed Denis Wooderson

he had Compton, D.V.P. Wright and Bill fouled by Rideout and the fact that

The following were the results of the matches completed Bowes were more or less natural he latter apologised shows that this

yosterday: according First Test match must have been so. But choices for the

Kent (248 and 88 for 11 beat Glamorgan (217 and 118) against the West Indies. but the to a cable message, the authorities on that

by nine wickets. selection of Harold Gimblett, Copson the spot, while appreciating and A Wood was not so certain,| Woodorzon lind been fouled, were Wood did very well in the last Test greed that the foul was not inten-

American match against the Australians last tional. Anyhow,

com- summer and probably for this reason mentators sald Wooderson was not has been included to take the place running at his best and would have of Leslie Ames, who is giving wicket been beaten in any case.. keeping a rest this summer. Then

too many ties are commenced later than 5.15. In one match played on Monday, play did not start until 5.30 with the result that the last few heads were played in almost darkness which is not fair to either pair.'

This was the conversation! heard on one green:

Skip-Where's the jack? Lead Here, just, at my foot:

Skip. But where the is your foot?

Is that the type of bowls we want?

At the Civil Service C.C., A. E. Coates and B. W. Bradbury, defeated their club-mates, T. L. Locke and W. K. Way, by 23-14. The game was very even until the 10th head, ut which stage Locke und Way were Meyer should have been played yes- feading 13-12, but in the remaining terday but was postponed until to- hends they were only able to score a day. single whereas Coates and Bradbury

R.

or 11 shots.

sen,

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME

·

Hardstaff.

Gimblett, the Somersetshire opening Offer Declined bateman, has scored so many runs

in the current season that his recogni-

been

mendowa, who led 20-13 on the G. S. Ladd and J. Pau v. W. J. ons only just. Blue-eyed boy of AN offer has been made to Wooder- Penny and A. M. Omar (Police R.C.). the Lord's pundits around three years son to restage the race at 15th hetid on Monday, completed their match against A.... A.

E. G. Post and.. A. E. Carey v, G.

emerging from a Randalle Island on Saturday, but Duncan and W. Gill; R. Ellis and D. he la just

eclipse.

Evidently temporary

the the and J. S. Landolt, winning by 27-17.

the Englishman has declined The match between R. Duncan and Fitches v. W. L. Walker and J. C. new

new adventurous cricket-there is offer, preferring to return to London plenty of evidence of it in England to

to take

In the English AAA. part A. M. Holland and L. C. R. Souza and Gill (Indian R.C.). C. Sonsolet

J. M. Y. Adal and A. R. Dollah v. could not be com

Gimblott meet in July. It is extremely un- Bummer autis Mr. pleted. The game was stopped after Fraser and E, C. Fincher (Hongkong admirably. Of him, John Robertson, fortunate that in such a race as that 18 heads with the latter pair leading F.C.).

the well-known English sports writer, Saturday in which so much pre- by 20-18. The remaining three heads W. McLeod and W. Dall v. L.A. recently said, "If this young man is parution had been made and so much will be played to-morrow.

Collyer and F. Haynes (Craigen- not

careful he will again find him- nubiletty given, an incident of this As M. 3. Medina in Bullick, Igower C.C.).

self in a Test team."!. The mind runs sort should arise. From this distance: Zimmern will be partnered by N.P.

N. P. Karanjla and E. Zimmern vrlot conjuring up, what might happen one cannot tell why Wooderson has Karanjia In this competition. Their J. S. Logan and J, G. Meyer (Kow- If Charles Barnett, of Gloucester, and declined the offer, but perhaps he is match against J. S. Logan and J. G. loon F.C. green).

Gimblett opened for England anß| well-advised to do so.

Yoric-

*7 for 79

6 for 271

Martindale (West Indies) v.

Leicester

5 for 57 Goddard (Gloucester) v.

4 for 06 Sussex

and 5 for 53

RESULTS IN BRIEF

Gloucester. (191 and 162 for 6) beat Sussex (225 and 124) by four wickets.

Yorkshire (244 and 108) boat Notts (120 and 3.for.4). on first innings. Rain interfered with this match.

Dorby (356) v. Lancashire (267 for 7) abandoned owing to rain.

Essex. (156 and 248) beat Surrey (110 and 145 for 5) on first innings.

Worcester (271 and 1531 boat Warwickshire (246 and 70 forl) on first Innings,

Middlesex (280 and 288 for 31 beat Northants (222 and 343: for 9 decid.) by seven wickets.

Somerset 1226 and 257) beat Oxford (120 and 144) by 219..runs.

Lalcester (216) drew with West Indies (182 and 314 for 8).

M.C.C. (205 and 193) drew with Cambridge (197-and

: 133 for 6),

England Footballers Return Home

London, May 29. Thirty-two England footballers, laden with souvenirs, and presents, arrived in England yesterday from their tour in Europe. Each had .. brightly, painted flagon, presents from Bucharest, containing Rumanian 11- queurs. A. decretary S. F. Hous, In charge, told receptions in all three countries in which they played--Italy, Rumania and Jugo-Slavin---had been wonderful. Gates had been records, the tributes to British skill and sportsmanship most sincere..

Although they arrived in South Africa only the day before, the England F.A. team opened their tour of the country with a 0-1 victory over Western Provinco at Hartlay vale (Cape Province). Practically the whole town turned out to the match, which was watched by the Governor-General, Sir Patrick. Duncan. The speed and combléation of the England sido completely, classed the home team, and at half- Lime. the score was 8-1-Our Own Correspondent.

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