1939-06-26 — Page 33

Monday,

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NANCY

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WITH IT?

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WIRELESS PHONE SHIP TO SHORE

June 26, 1939.

By Ernie Bushmiller

WIRELESS PHONE SHIP TO SHORE

MAY-27.

WELL--I KNOW A YOUNG LADY WHO COULD GIVE HIM A

GOOD HOME -- I'LL TRY AND PERSUADE

HER TO TAKE

HIM!

Helen Jacobs Back To Best Tennis Form

Dorothy Round Fails To Stay The Pace

In A Terrific Game

By STANLEY N. DOUST

London, June 1.

In the outstanding lawn tennis match of the season, so far, Helen Jacobs beat Dorothy Round (Mrs. D. Little) in the semi-final of the Priory Club singles, in Birmingham, yesterday, by 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Every seat was sold, and the and not quite so nimble on her feet,

has cultivated

more powerful enormous crowd, though disappointed she that Dorothy did not win, saw a great drives and volleys, and in the first exhibition of women's lawn tennis. sel her touch was so near perfection beaten, than even the Bleet-footed Miss Ja- I think Dorothy, though put up a magnificent performance Lobs had difficulty in getting to the when it is remembered that it is not buil. three months since she began her "come back." After the match she told me she was quite satisfied with

After losing the first two games Miss Jacobs warmed to her work and kept the going well,

het form improving every time I ferisively, using a cut orchard in

play"

she said. "I enjoyed the match us u gaine and as a help to get

nt."

preference to her newly acquired flat one, and won the third game. Gumes went with the service till the eighth, when Miss Jacobs broke through 10 square the set.

Miss Jacobs's back-hand, unlike

Considering the pace she set by her forcing drives, und Miss Jacobs answering-sizzling returns with her forehand and beautiful flat backhand drives, all so well placed that each her forehand, was flat und decisive, had 10 run miles-the exercise Dorothy got must be helpful for Wimbledon.

GOOD START

She began magnificently. Being heavier than before her marriage

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and it was big factor; her serving also was excellent. Yet Dorothy went ahead at 5-4 and won her own service for the set with a beau- tiful back-hand cross-court drive, so fast no one could have got to it.

Miss Jacobs led by 3-2 with the service in the second set, and Dorothy her showing signs of losing

was touch.

Mias Jacobs, playing as well as she has ever done in her life, led 42, and so snappy was her service. that in the next game she aced Dorothy twice in succession, the ball being steered accurately down the centre line.

Helen took the set, and it seemed all over when, with Dorothy making many errors, she took the first two gomes in the final set und went on

A LITTLE HASTY

Dorothy, a great fighter, won the 5th, lost the next, being a little hasty in going for her winning shots, but won the 7th game.

The crowd became wildly excited when she won the first two points for the next game on Misa Jacobs's ser- vice, but grand back-hand shot down the line and two fine services settled the Issue of that game and the match, for Dorothy was out- played in the lust

To-day Miss Jacobs meels Senorita

Anila Lizana (Mrs. R. Ellis) in the final. These two have met only once, and that was in the quarter- final at Wimbledon in 1930, the year Miss Jacobs won the championship, and to get her revenge for that de-

feat Anita will have to play much better than she did yesterday against Miss Diana Wood, the young Devon-

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Men's Singles-Remi-final: Kho Bin Kle bt. B. J. Rilchle, 6-4, 6-0; C, Tanasescil bt. M. Baun, -2, 0-ű.

Women's Hingies.-Semi-Anal: Mia H. H. Jacoba bt. Mrs. D. L. Little, 4, 6-3, 03 Mrs. I. Els bt Mix D. M. Wood, 7-5, 1-6, 6-2,

Von Cramm Wins Queen's Club Title

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YANKEES BEATEN BY ST. LOUIS

New York, June 25.

The following were the results of matches played in the Major Buschall League to-day:

NATIONAL LEAGUE

New York

Cincinnall

R. H. E.

10

B

2

Balleries-Giants, Gumbert and

Donning,

Boston

SB

Brooklyn

G

13

Pittsburgh

5

1

Phelps and Camille homered for the Dodgers. Batteries.-Hamaein and Phelps.

St. Louis

8

5

17 12

1

West homered for the BraveN. Batteries. Braves, Laduin and Musi.

Boston

2

0

St. Louis

Y

Lopez.

Philadelphia

Chicago

NO

Batteries.-Braves, Posodil and

3

8

0

4

7

1

Galan homered for the Cubs. Batteries-Cubs, Passeau and Man-

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RUMANIANS OUTCLASSED

ENGLAND LEAD 2-0,

AMERICAN LEAGUE.

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St. Louls

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New York

10 10

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2

5

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New York ....... 10 13

1

George Headley lives up to his nickname of "Black Bradman" by scoring a century in the First Test match which began at Lord's Saturday between England and the West Indies. He contributed 100 to his side's total of 277.

WEST INDIES BATSMEN COLLAPSE AFTER A FAIRLY GOOD START

London, June 24. an appeal for National Service during Losing six wickets for 51 runs in the tin interval. 50 minutes after tea, the West Indies. On the resumption, the batsmen collapsed badly and were all out for were more livelier and 100 runs were

277 in their First Test match against hoisted on the board in 125 minutes. England, which opened at Lord's to Headley was just falling into

UP EASE

.0 England

London, May 25.

Simply toying with their opponents, England wound up their football tour of the Continent by beating Rumania last evening at. Batteries, Yankees, Hildebrand Bucharest. Rejoicing in the fact that they were not called upon

und Dickey.

+

11

0

8

2

Cleveland.. Philadelphia B.-Chapman, Trosky and Heath homered for the Indians, and Ganten- beln for the Athletics. Batteries.-- Indians, Allen and Hemsley.

Cleveland

Philadelphia

2

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10

10

Batteries-Athletles, Custer

Brucker.

to face a gruelling ninety minutes in terrific beat-the match was played in dull, cold weather-the tourists monopolised the play to such an extent that many of their movements carried them down the field without a Rumanian touching the ball.

These def touches combined with poor finishing.

a robust style tended to upset the Cullis played very well and bad 2 Kumanian players, who became soine-in steadying. Influence on him, leam what temperamental. England then when the Rumanians, in desperation and had a 2-0 lead. and conséquently attempted to force their way through

eused up,

Mercer and Male also played soundly CULLIS BARS THE WAY and Wesh, always persistent, took the Z The Rumanian team were so out-eye in the forward line.

classed that the crowd of 40,000-the

eight and biggest

the to watch

scoring after country-became

and Welsh, who came in at pathetically sub- dued. There were one or two UC-inficic-left, set England a second gour theenasions when they were able to cheer eight minutes after the interval from

themselves hoarse, but after getting ernes by Broome, to within shooting distance the Ru- manian team spelled their efforts by

Detroit

7

Washington Batteries-Tigers,

5 Thomas

12

Tebbett

The double-header between

Red

day before a crowd of 10,000 specta- stride and featured his display with Chicago wollte Sox and Boston tors which eventually swelled to grand cutting, reaching 52 in 130 Sox was not played owing to rain

minutes, including seven boundaries. Stollmeyer

20,000 after lunch.

At tea, West Indies looked well set in 135 minutched his half-century |

making

Reuter.

a match in this openen. playing at inside-right,

a very sound for 300, George Headley, the "Black Inpression in this, his first Test wickets after tes for 51 runs in 30 C. B.. Clarke, b Bowes Bradman," contributing an invaluable match. Nine runs inter he fell to a minutes.

p7 at this stage. He eventually went fast one from Bowes. He had given

WOOD

TEST SCORE BOARD

West Indies, 1st. Innings

Copson

Extras

Total

DO

Rumania suffered a great blow in the early minutes, Buerger (right- back injuring a foot in a tussle with Smith. He had to go on the wing, 1 and this, of course, weakened the 15 home defence.

Welsh displeased the crowd once by (left-back) rather 277 Charging Stera

heavily.

Dowling. Analysis

O, M.

R. W.

Bowes Copson

28.4 6

3

24 285

5

D. V. P. Wright 13

37 2 Vorily....... 10 3 34.0-

59

England-1st. Innings

100

Hutton, not out

13 Gimblett, not out

Extras

20

Total for O wkts.

Broome was injured when in one

Buerger, Sferat

BUCHAREST, June 25.

The report that M. Gafencu is pre-` paring a new Balkan defence pact is denied in somf-official quarters. It is 1staled that the alms and results of M. Gufencu's recent visits to Ankara and England players to bat: Paynter, Athens, were clearly and completely 21son, Wright, Wood, Bower, Verity. Ent the time.-Reuter.

1

2

Copson, who is making als Test shire player, who lost by 5-7, ion to complete his century in 225 ja very stylish and chanceless per debut, was the most successful of the minutes, hooking Bowes to the boun formance, being 173 minutes at the England bawiera, taking five wickets

Fall of wickets: One (Grant) for dary for his 12th boundary. This wicket. He reached the boundary on was Headley's seventh Test century three occasions, and his partnership for 85 runs in 24 overs. Verity was 20: two (Stollmeyer) for 147; three raid he was brought down by Junsz against England. He was out to a with Headley realised 118 runs in the only fallure, his 10 overs con-1 (Sealey) for 180; four (Weekes) for and about a quarter of an hour from catch when he had scored 100, snick-140 minutes. Sealey, who joined ceding 34 runs.

220; five (Constantine) for 245; six the end Woodley, in going out lo ing the ball into Wood's hands off

did not last long and was

(Cameron) for 250; seven (Headley) stem an attack by three forwards, Copson's fast bowling.

Len Hutton, the Test record-holder for 250; eight (Barrow) for 201; nine was hurt, in the face, Rumania: Pavlovici; stumps by and Harold Gimbleti, making his who took a catch off Wringi's Test debut as an opening-batsman, for 1770 The sky was overcast and heavy

(Marthdale) for 278; 10 (Clarke) | Vintils, Juzsz, Demetravie; Orza, Ploce-

tanu, Bodola, Reuter, Dobay, with a suggestion of plenty of rain bowling. Weeken

kea followed, but were undefeated for and b, res-

England: Woodley(Chelsea); Mais and for this reason, the gates were he too did not survive the tea inter-pectively, when stumps were drawn.

(Arsenal)

Mercer Morris (Wolves); (Everton), Cullis (Wolves). Copping not opened unt!! 10.45 u.m. when val, falling to a catch by Gimblett,

(Leeds); Broome Villa), Goulden (West there was a half-mile queue. The off

off Copson, after scoring 20

20 runs.

Hom), Lawton (Everton), Welsh - (Chart- wicket appeared to be perfect and Larry Constantine, the famous West

ton), Smith (Brentford),

Referee: M. Langerius (Belgium) had completely recovered from the Indian all-rounder then joined Head-

| Reuter's Special, curlier ruin.

ley and the two carried their bats R. S. Grunt, e Compton, b Bowes 22 Grant won the toss and elected to to the tea Interval when the score J, Stollmeyer, b Bowes ....... bat grat, the teams being the same as stood at 220 for 4, Headley 97 and C. Hendley, Wood, b Copson

J. E.D. Scaley, e Wood, b Wright Constantine O holding the fort. announced earlier.

did G. S. Grant and Jeff Stollmeyer,

H. Weokes, e Gimblett, b not survive very | K. H. Constantine who Just 18 and the youngest long and was given out after scoring London, June 24. Baron Gottfried Von Cramm, run- player ever to participate in a Test 14 runs to an appeal by Copson for N. Constantine, 1.b.w. b Copson 14

J. H. Cameron, e Hution; b Bowes |"leg-before." Cameron joined Head- ner-up at the Wimbledon Champlon-match, opened the Tourista" innings Iships for three years in succession. against the "shock" attack of Bowesley, but was out to a catch by Hutton L. Barrow, 1.b.w. b Copsonight. 22 Hammond, Compton, Hardstaff, Cop-set forth in the communiques isɛurd

E. A. Martindale, 1.b.w. b Wright. staged successful comeback to-day and Copson, before 10,000 spectators. off Bowes for one-250 for 6

Barrow Joined Headley, who was The wicket was very fast and by when he won the Queen's Club

batsmen as nimble as a ballet dancer and who (London) lawn tennis championship no means helpful to the when he beat Ghaus Mohammed who, however, hoisted 20 runs on was scoring all round the wicket, the board in 32 minutes when Grant hooking Bowes for his 12th boundary (India) in the final 6-1, 6-3,

Von Cramin partnered by J. S. was dismissed, Dennis Compton talc-to complete 101 runs in 225 minutes, Oll (Britain) won the doubles ütle ing a left-handed catch, at short-icg, this being his seventh Test century after, he when they beat fan Collins (Scot-off Bowest bowling. Grant had scor- against England. Soon

ed 22. land) and R. K. Tinkler (Britain)

Joined by George Headley, anicked a fast one from Copson into 6-4,

capable hands and his innlags Stollmeyer continued to bat stollidly 3-8. 6-2.

were hoisted in 66 came to close for 106 runs. He Mile. Panna Jedrzejowska (Poland) and 33 runs

Stollmeyer scored nine gave a chanceless display, hooking. former semi-finalist at Wimbledon, minutes. made history when she won the runs in 40 minutes, while Headley cutting and driving powerfully in his to 245 minutes at the wicket. He reach- women's singles title for the fourth took threequarters of an hour year

in succession by beating Mrs. reach double-figures! Both batsmen ed the boundary on 13 occasions.

were relentless, however, and em- Barrow and Martindale were then Hilda Sperlin (Denmark) 0-1, 6-4.

The women's doubles title went to ployed wearing-down tacties.

associated in a very short stand, the a Fronco-American pair when Mme. After an appeal against the light former falling to an appeal for "leg S. Henrotin (France) and Mrs. D. B. had been rejected, lunch was taken before" off Copson's bowling Andrus (USA) bent Miss A. "Billy" with the score at 95 for 1, Stollmeyerroring two runs-281 for B. Clarite Yorke (Britain) and Mile. Jedrz0-44 and Headley 28, being undefeated; foined Martindale, who was out 16 Jowska (Poland). 6-2, 6-2.

The crowd had increased to 20,000 minutes Inter to another appeal for In the mixed doubles final E. T. after lunch and the weather was leg-before," this time from Wright. Hylton joined Clarke, but the latter Cooke and Mrs. Sarah Palfrey- considerably brighter. Fabyan (U.S.A.) beat Robert Tuggs Walter Hammond, England's skipun clean bowled by Bowes for one (USA) and Mile. Jedrzejowskaper, and Mr. Stanley Christopherson, and the West Indies: Innings closed- (Poland) 0-7, 8-2--Reuter.

President of the M.C.C., broadcast for 277 runs. They had lost six

After

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