1939-07-10 — Page 20

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

July 10, 1939.

EXCITING MATCHES IN LAWN BOWLS TOURNAMENT

AN EXTRA HEAD

REQUIRED

IN

TWO GAMES TO DECIDE ISSUE

A.W. Grimmitt's Lucky Shot Turns The Tide

(By "Abo")

Two very exciting matches wore scon yester- day in the quarter-final round of the Open Rinks Bowls Championship of the Colony, and in each

Both "Jock" Orem (left) and Carlos Siva, Police and Recrelo "A" pleased as they watch a wood coming up to the Jack.Staf Photographer.

gamo an extra head was required to decide the skips who met in the Bowls League on Saturday, appear to be vers issue.

Strangely enough, both matches

played at Happy On

the Civil Service,

two

were clefy stingy Valley, on Results of Matches Middlesex In

Police rinks clashed, F. A. Channing, R. Ellis, W. Moir and J. C. B. Fender (skip) beating J. M. Forrest, J. Hendridge, G. Perkins and J. Orem (skip) by 10-18 on the 22nd head, while on the Hongkong FC. green E. W. Simmonds, J. Deakin, S. Eccleshall and A. W. Grinmitt (sklp) defented J. W. Leonard, K. M. Ömür,

Played Yesterday

The following were the re- sults of matches played in the quarter-finals of the Open Rinks Championship yester-

A. E. Contes and B. W. Bradburyday: (nitip) by 20-10, also on the 22nd bend,

The match between Bradbury and Crimmitt was a very fine one indeed and, considering the trickinem of the green, the standard of play was extremely high. There was never very much in it as can be judged by the scores, which showed 5-6 on the 6th hend, 8-8 on the 9th, 12-12 on the 13th. But on the 15th, 16th and 17th heads, Bradbury scored a two, one and three to lend 18-13.

E. W. Simmonds, J. Deakin,

S. Eccleshall and A. W. Grim- mitt (skip) beat J. W. Leon- ard, K. M. Omar, A. E. Coates and B. W. Bradbury (skip) 20-19 after an extra head.

F. A. Channing, R. Ellis, W. Mair and J. C. S. Fender (skip) boat J. M. Forrest, J. Head- ridge, G. Perkins and 1: Orem (skip) 19-18 after an extra

The turning point in the match was seen on le 18th when a lucky

head. only pre- wood by Grimmitt not vented Bradbury from taking four shots all beautifully drawn woods but gave his side a single, and the score, instead of being 22-13 favour of Bradbury, became only 1-14, and the fight was still on.

LUCKY SHOT

It was a definito bit of luck for Grimmitt, with Bradbury lying four, he was narrow with his last wood but he had just the weight to cut In a side wood which became the shot,

F. A. Machado, C. M. Silva, J. F. V. Ribeiro and F. X. M. da Silva (skip) beat W. Mel- rose, R. Main, D. Munro and

1. C. Chalmers (skip) 26-10. A. Calman, M. Ferguson, R. Morrison and 1. C. Brown (skip) beat C. F. Remedios, A. P, Guterres, J. J. Basto and B. Basto (skip) 25-6.

the mosi consistent

Out Twice

And

Twice In

Under 42 Hours

By CRUSADER

Lord's: Yorkshire beat Middlesex by an innings and 246 runs

London, June 12. Trapped on a venomous wicket, Middlesex cut a sorry figure against the champions and were dismissed twice in 4hrs. 20min. for the paltry aggregate of 184.

hands.

to

HEAT AFFECTS PLAYERS IN

LOCAL BASEBALL LEAGUE MATCHES

Two Athletic Records Set By Germans.

Berlin, July 9,

A new world record for the 800 metres was set up by Rudolf Marblg at the German Athletle Champion- ships here to-day. Marbig covered the distance in 1 min. 49.4 secs, which is two tenths of a second faster than the time of the previous record holder, the American Elroy Robinson;

In the 400 metres kurdio Hoelling Drisiau set up a new Euro-

race,

more than the present world record Ume.-Trans-Occur.

Club De Recreio Defeat Hongkong B. C. Nine

(By "Bingle")

A very small crowd of jitterbugs went out

pean record with the excellent time to Caroline Hill during the hot week-end to soo of 81.8 secs, which is but one second the ball games, and those who stayed away didn't miss much. Players were almost prostrated while out in the torrid sun for over two long, weary hours.

Scores wero: Chinese Baseball Club 8, |South China A A. 6.

German Wins The French Grand Prix 9.

Rheims, July 9.

Club de Recreio 17, Hongkong Baseball Club

Hongkong 11, Royal Engineers 1.

Covering a course of 248 miles in 2 hours 21 minutes 11 zecs., the German

Yesterday's only lengua game and also showed that he know more driver, Muller, driving an Autounion,

resulted in boost for. Club de Re- than a little about the game. won the French Grand Prix to-day crelo when they easily went to town All in all, the Royal Engineers dis- with an average of 169.381 kilometres against the weak Hongkong Base-played that they con amount to some- Lan hour.

ball Club nine. And, there were thing in baseballdoen if they keep on Wakefield, driving a Maserati, was only nine of the Hongkongmen out practising.

second.

Armandhug, of Switzerland, won

there yesterday!

the Sporting Commission's Cup, On this occasion the score was 17 covering 184 miles in 1 hr. 50 mins.to 9. The Rambling Recs connected 21.0 secs, at an average of 150.535 for seventeen safeties off the easy kilometres an hour-Reuter,

'Spurs Get Dix for £8,000

By Arbiter

deliveries of youngster Billie Clogue, who, however, did the best he could under the circumstances. This was Be's first time up and no one could have blamed him if he had contracted buck fever.

with

Game Called By Umpire

On Saturday

Recreio scored seemingly at will, except In the second and fourth,

Umpire-in-Chief Charlie Horton's Their Arst-Innings total of 62 sings he was caught off his first ball

when they were blanked. Starting calling of the game between Chung the lowest in a county championship from Bowes, but in his second knock

four in the first frame, the Hwa and Nam Hwa in the first of match this season-one less than he collected a boundary off Robinson

London, June 12. Hongkongites replied with only two, the last inning on Saturday had the Sussex made against Surrey at the before lifting the ball into Hution's

of the fans. Charlle approval After having spent last season and knotted the count in the next Oval on June 2.

stated

that the Nam Hwa boys pull exploring the position, Mr. Peter when they tallied another two, to After the week-end rainfall Sellers Sims had the audacity

weren't giving all they had to the had no hesitation in declaring, leav-Verity for two 4's in succession, and McWilliam is now to make a supreme the Recreiomen's 0.

game, and most of the spectators ing Middlesex to face the perils of Peebles drove the same bowler to effort. to pilot Tolienham Hotspur

in a huff when George Wu plich on which the ball kicked the rails. This pair provided the back into the

was put on the mound in that sorry viciously and spun quickly.

inning.

Derisive yells of "This stinks to and "Peuh!" from high heaven!" the grandstand accompanied Chor- lle Horton's 'decision of calling the Nam Hwa in the first of the last inning on Saturday,

COMPTON'S 1,000

YORKSHIRE Pirsi Innings-430 for 5 dec. (Butcliffe 15, Leyland 100 net out).

Bowing-Smith for 65, Gray 1 for 110, for the Court, Fables for 70 Sime for 62, Compton 2 for 40.

MIDDLESEX First Innings

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First Divialon, and In the third, the Portuguese come brightest stand of the day by put- he made his first move yesterday in back with a devastating cally that ting on 21 in 12 minutes for the ninth signing on Ronald Dix, the Derby netted them six runs, five of them

County inside loft.

çarned on four hits and four passes. There Was one passed ball. The The only ray of brightness in the wicket.

During the first two months of last Middlesex debacle was provided by

season Dix jumped into the £10,000 Molthenmen came back with three Compton, who had the satisfaction

Was markers in the same Inning on two clus of inside forward and of completing his 1,000 runs for the season when he had scored 22. He

largely responsible for the outstand blows and a bobble. ing success of Derby. County during

Leading comfortably by 13 to 8 in

It might have been Nip Lum's gave a masterly display of defensive

that period. In the deterioration of the last, Recreio scored four more cricket and was concerned in the

the play of the alde he did not fully times to cinch the game. In Hong absence-it might have been any- e sub b Bowes .... best stand of the first innings- Robertson e Robinson ↳ Smalles

maintain his form, but he is a great kong's last chance at bat, they only thing at all-but the Chinese Base- had to wait until the mere 20, it is true with Brown, who Edrich Smalles. b Bowes

constructive player, and I understand garnered one run before the game ball Club

last came before they emerged made a few stylish strokes before Campion lbw b Bowes...

that his Ice was £8,000, Rev. E, T. Killick e-Mitchell b Verity

ended. rash hooking. Hulme e Sutcliffe Dowes

The transfer was arranged at the

with the long end of an 8-0 mar- paying the penalty

With Compton's departure at 52 no Pries e Wood Verity

end of last season, but it was not Spotty Pereira fanned six and glo, besting South China A.A., In further resistance was offered and Bims Wood bi Verity

Smith e Mitchell b Bowes

carried through owing to the un- walked six, while Bille Clague struck, baseball in which the umpire called the inst six wickets added only ten A. Perhidu ollution b Verity ¦¦

settled state of the politica! sun-out two and walked seven. Sluggera the game because he thought ano Gray rot out

trying very hard to runs-four of which were extras.

tion. Its completion yesterday, when for the fray were two-base hitters team wasn't In his second spell of four overs

Mr. McWilliam met Dix and Mr. | Poretra, Mendonca 2, J. Alvarea, win. Yes, sir, baseball history was Verity claimed four wickets at a cost

Hearther and Higgins. made out at Caroline Hill on Satur- George Jobey, the Derby County Carvalho,

day.

Hardest bit of the day."was" Wally spell Bowes captured three for a Brown o Wood Bowes

Ching's second homer of the season Bowes did not bowl at anything like Edrich e Wood B Bowes

Compton and b 'Verity................

when he rapped his fastest pace, but he made the ball emer. Killick low & Robinson

another circuit clout that was a grass cutter all move both ways and it was he who Ruime e Smalies b Robinson got Middlesex on the run.

Grimmitt followed it up with an- other single and then a four to take. the lead by 19-18, but in the inst Was

man in the winning rink and gave his head, with Grimmitt lying one, Coates drew a beautiful shot with skip all the support he wanted. his first wood and just falled with Neither Deakin no: Simmonds was his second to take the jack through really reliable. Denkin redeemed a to give his side a count. Neither somewhat erratic display by some at the right time, skip could change the position and Hood woods an extra head, therefore, had to be especially on the 21st head when his Best wood prevented Bradbury from played.

Both Simmonds and Deakin were taking a count, "a"yard through with their woods, Leonard" was handicapped-by-his-of-only-2-runs while laastening-Robertson a Buteline Bowes-

and when Eccleshall went up to inability to play at all on the back- bowl, Bradbury was lying three, hand. Omar had his moments and firft shot being Omar's wood, which was best when asked to draw in was Jack high. Eccleshall came up the jack, on the backhand which for some{

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reason, had, been studiously avoided Until the 10th head, Bradbury and by Simmonds and Deakin, and he his men gave the impression of being laid a beautiful shot two inches away a little steadier than their opponents, but after their bad bit of luck, they from the kitty.

"cracked" up.

This proved to be the winning shot, for neither Coates nor Bradbury was able to take it out or beat it.; Bradbury, was narrow with both his

woods.

short

ALL IN VAIN

SIX VICTIMS TO WOOD Yorkshire were magnificent In the field. Seventeen of the wickets fell to catches, and Wood, behind the stumps, himself 'dismlised six of the batsmen.

4-0-15-0,

5th 1 w 1 Total

Secoms Innings

19 manager,-in-Derby, indicates that the Four Heerelomen connected for tri- Tottenham directors regard the pros-ples: Alves, J. and A. Alvares" and pects of next season with confidence, Defunto Barros.

with head, they were required to play an showed promise of atoning for his Sweden Succeeds In make their exit the boundary and driving Smalle Bridge Tournament

The Hague. July D Sweden, with eight victory points

and I believe that other first-class: Two double plays were pulled, players will shortly be signed on.

Dix, who was eager to go to Lon- both by the Hongkongites: Clague to don, was a star. with Bristol Rovers Izatt in the second; and Smith to the way nut to leftfield. at the age of 18, when he was trans- Hearther to izatt in the 3rd. ferred to Blackburn Rovers,

It was an unexciting game, but the That was seven years ago, and in Molthenmen had only two errors, the the meantime he has spent five feast amount in any game since the years with Aston Villa and two with campaign started. Derby County..

Cotton Shares Prize With C. Whitcombe

Engineers Lose To A Scratch Side

Prico e sub U Verity .... Suma Wood b Roblasori Smith Hutton b Verity 1. A. П. Peebles not out Gray. Wood b Verity

U to 2

Total BowlingFirst Innings: Bowes 12-3-20-8, Following on after lunch with Smalics, 2-0-3-1, Verity 9-5-17-4, Robinson Jock. Orem and his men made a arrears of 368, Middlesex did little "Second Innings Bowes 8-0-30-3, Smalles Of the two skips, Bradbury played gallant attempt to pull the game better. Bowes got a wicket in his 1-1-0-0, Yardley 3-0-39-0. Verily 9,4-3-20-4, the botter game, especially at the out of the fire in their match against second over when Brown tried to cut: Robinson D-1-36-3. start when he sent down some lovely their club-males, and though they a rising ball and was caught by Wood

four on was actually led by a shot on the last with

the board: Edrich; shots. Grimmitt's wenkness that ho

often WES his tant wood even when the shot extra end. On this head they failed earlier failure by hooking Bewes to was against him. But on several and thus had to

through the covers for four, but ho beads he either saved or drew the from the competition:

had the bad luck to edge a ball from shot.

Fender's rink played more con- Even against n fine player ikke sisters bowls on the whole and were Bowes that kept lower than usual Contes, Eccleshall held his own. He leading 17-10 on the 17th hend. and gave Wood another catch at the and 88 match points, won the inter For the fourth time this season 2

wicket,

national Bridge Tournament which major golt event has ended in a tie. The game arranged with the Royal Then on the 18th, Orem scored n

Yorkshire paid Jim Smith the com- | concluded to-day. two on the 19th, a single; and oni

Henry Cotton and Charles Whit- Engineers, those carnest fans of the

national England, with six victory points

pastime, made the pliment of spreading out their net, the 20th, a Ave, which Score 18-17 for Orem.

which otherwise was drawn tight and 40 match points, was placed sixth, combe each scored eighteen polnis in American

the Penfold £1,000 league tourna barely able to get under way, round the batsmen. In the first inn-Reuter,

ment and shared the leading prize organiser of the tilt was badly let money of £350 at Little Aston, near down when those who had promised

to turn out did not do so. Birmingham, on June 17.

Cotton was unfortunate not to However, the Sappers lost 11-1 in secure the premier award. He did their first time with an experienced seventeen, holes in 61 sirokes the team, and they need not be ashamed lowest score of the week's play-to at the score. They showed a good beat Reginald Whitcombe three and knowledge of baseball although they onc. Clinrles Whitcombe, after being have only been playing the game for one down with two to play, just a month. scraped through to defeat Alfred

Mony of the Soppers were inclined Perry by a single hole. Cotton, who to hit at the wide ones, and trying Rounded captains this year's Ryder Cup team, some cricket stroke that

KEEN GAME IN ARMY POLO FINAL

London, June 19.

The 10th Royal Hussars bent the 12th Royal Lancers in the final of

On the 21st head, Fender registered

n single to tie the scores.

On the extra end, Ellis, No. 2 for. Fender, Inid a shot two feet from the Jack, and this remained the shol despile the efforts of the other side, to shift it.

UNEXPECTEDLY EASY

J. C. Drown's Kowloon Dock rink the Inter-Regimenial tournament scored an unexpectedly easy win Hurlingham on June-17 by eight gonls over B. Busto's four +on the

to six after a keen but somewhat Kowloon C.C. green, getting through sticky game. This is the fourth time by 25-6. Basto's rink had beaten that the 10th have won the cup, their U. M. Omar's quartette in the previous victories being in 1880, 1893 previous round and were conceded a and 1937. The 12th won in 1914 and good chance in this match, but they 1036, being beaten in the float last could only score six singles yester- year by the Royal Scots Greys. The day

The Kowloon Dock men had the Greys oro in Palestine and were not

among the twelve teams to compete lead from the very start and kept in this season's tournament.

their noses in front all the way.

It was only in the final chukier leading by 7-2 on the eighth head, that the ultimate winners showed any 21-4 on the 17th and 21-0 on marked superiority, for at the Anal 19th.

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chango of ponies the score stood at The highest count was a six on five goals all and up to this the 12th the 11th end, and Brown finished up seemed to have a little in hand. The wil two iwo's.

losers had the advantage in ponies! After an even start, FX.M, da and were quicker on the ball in the silva's four defeated J. C. Chaimers early stages of the game. For the Talkoo R.C. rink by 20-10. The winners. Captain Dawany Was in score on the fith head was 4-3 la splendid form, hitting, four of their favour of Chalmers, but a two, four, goals, while.. Captain Archer-Shee two and three on the next four enda and scored twice and the other two mem- gave Silva a 14-4 advantage, bers of the side once each. Captain from this stage the Recreio men never Hobson hit three goals for the Lan- looked back,

The score was 18-8 on the 14th cers, Captain Horsbrugh-Porter two,

after and Captain Kidston one. The Cup head, 20-9 on the 18th, and was handed to Captain Dawnay after conceding a single on the 10th, the the match by the Duchess of Glouces-Recreio rinis finished up with a two for-Our Own Correspondent.

and a four.

Miss Kar Stamnem, of Britain, waa not good enough for Mise Alloe Marble when they met in the final of the women's singles at Wimbledon on Saturday. The English girl, seen above, could take only two games in the iwe pečat.

London, June 19.

was The

hus seldom played so well as he did like to the slips," or some'n', but sgainst the open champion. He hit they only made two less hits than a straight and long boll and made their opponents' Seven. few errors on the greens. Charles This tilt also marked the first ap- Whitcombe looked like losing to pearance in a long, long time of the Perry when, on the first stretch, he old Maestro, Johnny Mayhew. Time was three down with seven holes may march an, but I'd like to have played, but Perry made numerous Johnny on my team right now. errors in his iron play on the follow-the'd want to play and if we could ing holes. Bert Gadd, who finished get him to play, Johnny was out third with 14 points, went round in there for four and a half innings. 68 to beat Sam King on home green.

Our Own Correspondent.

Indians To Play

Recreio To-day

To niest to the fact that the.Sap- pers have a fairly good. knowledge of the game, they pulled one double play in the fourth when, with one away, Madeen Arculli grounded to shortstop Mellwraith who threw him out at Orat. Doc Molthen, on his

As far as can be ascertained, only way from first on the force, got out one match is being played in the "Aat second when Mack Shaw zoomed Division of the Tennis League this the ball afternoon. It is the postponed fix-for the third out.

|ture between the Club de fecrelo and

down to mentor Welford

Two of the Suppers alolo bases,

the Indian R.C. The match will be but the honours go to "Honest Tom" played at King's Park.

Some importance is

Fox who was credited with three. attached to Yes Sir, he was playing baseball out the match because the Indians, who there yesterday." have lost only one match, are still in

Another Sapper, Wilcox,

Bubati-

the running for the championship. tuted for Obear Arculli la the third

Mi

Aloe Marble

she fulfilled two ambitions.

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