1939-07-27 — Page 32

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELERCAPH

July 27, 1939.

PAIRS CHAMPIONS BEATEN IN BOWLS TOURNAMENT

SILVA, SOARES ELIMINATED BY TWO CLUBMATES B.W. Bradbury Wins His Singles Tie With Ease

(By "Abo")

The champions of the Open Pairs (C. M. Silva and F. X. Soares) and the Open Singles (B. W. Bradbury) were seen in action yesterday in the Colony Bowls Championship. While Bradbury got through his first round match comfortably, Silva and Soares were eliminated in the third round of the Pairs by their club-matos, L. J. Silva and J. F. V. Ribeiro, who won by 21-19.

The defeat of the Pairs champions wir duo to their poor start. In the At woven heads, they wore succo32- ful only on the second when they scored a two; In the other six, they canceded 13 shots. With this lead of 12-2 after the seventh head, Silva ang Ribeiro were always in front.

At the 10th, the score was 10-4, but hereafter the champlona staged a good recovery, and in the next four ends they collected ten thots which, lipwever, at left them two behind their opponents.

Four singlen in a row placed Silva and Ribeiro 20-14 in front at the 18th, and though the champions had a single on the 10th, followed by, a four on the 20th, they falled to score. in the last head--and thus they made i Ueir exit from the competition.

Silva and Ribeiro were 'playing] splendidly together, and their victory was in a great measure due to the fact that Leo held his namesake very well as lead.

Ribeiro, who played badly in his singles match last Monday, returned tà, his usual form and was a match for the steady Soares,

TIMELY THREE

Results Of Matches Played Yesterday

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The following were results of matches played in the Bowls Championships yesterday:

OPEN PAIRS (Third Round)

L. J. Silva and J. F. V. Ribeiro beat C. M., Silva and F. X. Soares" 21-19.

J. Fraser and E. C. Fincher beat. W. Melrose and J. C. Chalmers 26-12.

H. A. Alves and F. V. V. Ribeiro beat. V. Ramsay and R. Lapsley 19-18.

OPEN SINGLES (First Round)

B. W. Bradbury" beat M. F. Alarcon 21-4 on the 15th,

D. Fitches beat C. M. Alves

A timely three on the 20th head21-7 on the 15th. when they were still a'idiot behind enabled I, A. Alves and F. V. V.| Ribeiro to beat J, V. Ramsay and R.|| Lapsley by 10-10. There was very Hifio in it all the way, and the final scores give a good indication of the closeness of the struggle,

W. S. Dall beat R. Edwards 21-6 on the 17th.

Xt the fifth hend, the score was 0-5; at the 10th It was 10-8 in favour of. Älves and Ribeiro; at the 15th, it was 13-11. A thres on the 17th and another three on the 19th, however, syung the advantage over to the other alde and when the 20th

B. W. Bradbury

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E. Kirman beat J. S. Howell 21-20 on the 20th.

C. C. Pereira beat H. E. Stranga 21-14 on the 25th. S. Eccleshall received walk-over from J. R. Soares.

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HOW'S YOUR FORM?-Grooming for the 1940 Olympics, to be hold in Finland, are Ruth Jump, Los Angolos College girl, at loft in upper loft panel, national high divo champion, and Marjorie Gastring. right, Los Angeles High School pupil, Olympic and national springboard champion. What looks like superb form is shown

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during practice at Samarkand pool, Santa Bar bara, Cal, as Miss Jump does a half twist, uppor right, and Miss Gostring oxocutos a back diva. Lower loft, Norman Spear, Jr., 14, youngest candidate for the team, doos a front one-and-a. half from a low springboard. Both the girls aro outstanding candidates for the foam.

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played Ramsay and Lapsley were [leading 17-18.

With a three on the 20th, Alves and Ribeiro regained the lead and in

A great surprise was caused to-day by the defeat of the Wim- Dock the last head the Kowloon men could not score more than bledon champion, Bobby Riggs, and Elwood Cooke, Wimbledon

Q single, which still left them a shot in finalist, who together won the men's doubles at Wimbledon, in the tournament at Seabright, New Jersey, which has been arranged to select the United States team for the Davis Cup competition.

arrears.

Lending all the way, J. Fraser and E. C. Fincher eliminated W. Melrose and J. C. Chalmers by 20-12 on the Craigengower C.C. green,

OPEN SINGLES

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B W. Bradbury,

singles champion, played his first match in

defence of his ulle on the Indian R. Bobby Locke Picking

On The Champions

C. green yesterday, but did not re- celve much opposition from M. F Alarcon, Third Division player from the Club de Recreto. The match, however, was' not 113 one- sided as the Bnal score of 21-4 suggests; for Alarcon

did not have any luck with his heavy woods. Perhaps he was a little over-fond of this shot and several occasions when he might have drawn he preferred: to play a pound on, This was un~! availing innemuch as Bradbury more

¡ he won his first round; match" often than not was lying more than

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London, July 26. The South African golfer, Bobby Locke, who recently de- feated Reginald Whitcombe, the British Open champion of 1938, was five up on Richard Burton, the 1939 British Open champion, at the end of 36 holes to-day in their £250 a-side 72-holes challenge match on the Mere Course, Cheshire.

The remaining 36 holes will be played to-morrow.-Reuter.

out he was still left with the lle. Of the 16 heads played, Alarcon Was successful in only two, a three on the fourth and a single on the seventh. Bradbury claimed two threes and four twos.

Bobby Riggs was beaten 7-5, 6-4 by Frank Guernsey, a youth from Florida, who had never been heard of so far. '

Cooke wsa defcated equally casily by the 17-year-old Jack Kramer, 0-3, 6-4.

The defeat of the two Wimbledon champions makes the formation of the Davis Cup team even more dit- fietsit.

Since the time of Donald Budge; it has been felt that the United States players, though good quite often, have always lacked reliability. This criu- cism is now confirmed by the case of the two Wimbledon champions,, who were beaten to-day by unknown youths in the Arst tournament for which they have entered since their return from England.-Trans-Ocean.

AB JENKINS BURNT AFTER SPLENDID FEATS

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Bonneville Salt Fiala, July 20, On the salt flats bere to-day Ab Jenkins, the famous. American racing On the same green, D. Fitches motorist, was seriously burnt in the eliminated C, M. Alves by 21-7 on the lit arm and leg when hit 15th head. The heavy green did not caught Are after breaking four of his world records.the 500 sult the older man but was no handi-own cap to Fitches, whose heavy woods kilometres, 500 miles, 1,000 kilometres changed the lie on many occasions. End three hours respectively with an hour, 171:31 Starting off with a three and a four, 177.11 kilometres Fitches was always in front and was miles an hour, 172.3 kilometres an

hour and 17141 miles Дл hour. never in danger of losing.

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A GOOD RECOVERY

C. C. Pereira, of the Club de Cralgengower C. C. green, and won Recrelo, made a good recovery in his by 21-0. match against II. E. Strango on the Polico green, and after being down adfolning rink between J. S. Howell But there was a close match in an in the early stages of the mate and E. Kirman, the latter winning by scored on the last six beads to win 21-20 after the scores had been dead- by 21-14 on the 25th.

locked at 20-20 on the 10th: head. If

Strange lod 5-0 after the first four Howell had the advantage at the heads, and was ahead by 11-6 after start, Kuman made light of it in the the 12th. At the 18th, the score was middle stages of the game, and with a level at 12-13, and with a two on the "possiblo" on the 11th head, had not 19th Strange regained his lead. From only wiped off the dedcft but was 13-9. With this stage onwards, however, be actually in the lend never scored again, while his Kirman leading 17-11 on the 18th, opponent ran away with a single, Howell obtained his revenge on the two, single, two, angle and two to 10th by taking a four, but on the very win out.

next head he dropped a three, and Kirman thus led 20-15. "On the 28th Howell obtained a three and on the

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W. S. Dall had a comfortable passage against R. Edwards on the

Tennis Stars May Visit India Soon

Calcutta, July 10. There is every probablilty that team of very well-known lawn tennis players will visit Indin in the cald weather at the invitation of the Calcutta South Club for whom the negotiations in England are being made by Mr. J. Chinna Durai, India's representative in the International Lawn Tennis Association.

Here And There

-With "Abe":

Canada Has Produced

Few Tennis Stars

TOR a country of her size and oue another often enough. The climate, it is rather peculiar that other main reason is indirectly tied the standard of tennis in Canada has up with that. It's the thing that: never been raised to a higher level

than it is at present. The game is Murray, Wait, Wilson and Cameron popular there, it la played all over step aside for this year-business." the country; and yet not a single Canadians, in practically every case, player has been produced who has take the time to tour the circuits and been a world-beater, or

become consistent stars, Mr. Leelero who can be ranked with the top. Top-ranked men in the United notchers of

of the States appear in as many as 40 tour- Dominions, Australia has had her naments a year. A Canadian must unworried about a world-beaters and is likely to carry be wealthy or

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of the Davis Cup this year; New business career if he can play in five Zealand has produced pinyers who or six meets a year. "So the lower have become famous all over the half of the seeded ten sometimes world; and India this year suppiled consists of players who are just a quarter-finalist in the Wimbledon about on a par win others," the championships. But how many little doctor. goes on. Those who people have heard of Canadian are squeezed out in one year may players? Bobby Murray, Laird Watt, get inore chance to play the next Ross Wilson and Doug Cameron are year or may improve just enough to names which may be famous in make up that little bit of difference, for. Canadian Canada, but outside of the country It's not a bad sign little is known or heard about them tennis or Canada In general. Cana- although they all have represented dian players apparently are le country in the Davis Cup. Last intent un business than on tennis and game, on a pretty week-end, Canada, represented by that keeps the newcomers to International tennis, sound level." This may be so, but was eliminated from the 1939 com Canada has yet to produce a Perry, petition by Cuba by three matches a Budge or i Crawford. to one, and the news services

more

bothered only to cable the result of Manchestor's Bugboar

one match: "Morales. (Cuba) beat

Bruce Hall (Canada) 6-1, 6-2, 6-2

in the opening singles cucounter."

Constant Change

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WITH rain curtailing play to such an extent, it was evident that unless one side collapsed badly' thero was little hope of a decision beinst reached in the Second Test match at

15 scarcely comprehensible that Manchester. And this turned out to match concluded on in any country where tennis labe so. The played, all the ranked players of one Tuesday in a rather tame draw. The year should be shoved aside the next. position at the end of England's Yet this often happens in Canada. second innings, which was declared One does not hear of any promising at 128 for six, was that the West player for more than a year or two. Indies had to score 160 in 70 minutes Tulse

look at the recent Canadian to win. England's position, there- tennis championships. In the quar-fore, was very safe, indeed; for on ter-finals were three Canadians, not the sodden wicket and, presumably, One of whom was amongst the ten slow outfields, there was little chance runked players of the country last of the tourists scoring at the rate of year. These three were Hill Pigott more than two runs a minutas do if they were to go of Hamilton, Bruce Hall of Toronto they had and Dr. Georges Leclera of Montreal out for a win-whereas there was a The first reason for the disappear- distinct possibility of the West In- unce of the ranked players, of course, dians being skittied out in the time lies in the fact that all last year's left for play. When R. S. Grant, the Davir Cup players-Bobby Murray. touring captain who did so well in Laird Walt," Ross Wilson and Doug the first innings, got out first ball to Cameron-have practically retired. Bowes, hopes must have risen high the Englishmen's breasts that They did not compete in the 1939 in tournament. However, five of the something sensational might occur. aftor there. And when Hendley got aut 1939 top-ranked men were Those five-Dea McDiarmid of making five, these hopes must have Ottawa, Ron Bideways of Vancouver. risen even higher. But the West In- and Roger Durivage, Roland Longtin dies were not going out for victory: and Lewis Duft of Montreal-were they were playing out time. And all cilminated early on. The Cana-who can blame them? dlan tennis scene always has changed

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D. Mitic, of Yugoslavin, reckoned one of the most formidable pinyers In Europe.

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