1939-07-28 — Page 9

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

July 28, 1939,

By Ernie Bushmiller

NANCY

OH, MR. BROWN-- YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT, 'ART-- WHAT DO THINK OF THESE) PITCHERS

TI DREW?

SORRY, SLUGGO, YOUR STUFF

IS SHAPELESS

AND UNBALANCED---

IT'S TOO ANGULAR

AND FANTASTIC--- IT'S REALLY WEIRD--- MUCH

TOO CRAZY AND DIZZY !

MAYBE I'M.. CUT OUT TO

'BE A DESIGNER)

OF LADIES'

HATS!

Jel.

SUMMER Jch. 28151.

SALE

PROCEEDING

BARGAINS IN THE LADIES SALON

LUNG - 29-

RICHARD BURTON BECOMES NEW CHAMPION

Great Finish In High Wind In British Open Golf Championship

London, July 8.

R. Burton, of Sale, Choshire, won the British open golf championship at St. Andrews yesterday with an aggregate of 290 for 72 holes. Making a strong challenge after having lost his overnight lead. Burton played a magnificent last round of 71 and won by two strokes from the American J. Bulla, who had been congratulated on all sides as a probable winner.

Bur-

November 1937. Burton, who is 32 and a bachelor, started his golf career as assistant to his brother, toh, who was professional at Darwen, He was Inter appointed professional at Hooton (Wirral), where he re- mained eight years before being appointed to Sale to succeed the Inte R. S. Fernic.

Burton's four rounds in the pre- sent championship were 70, 72, 77, 71, and the worst of these, played in a rising wind in the morning, seemed to have cost him the chance of win- ning. He started the last round four strokes behind the leader, J. Fallon, of Huddersfield, and level with Bulla, The American went round in 73 at the last attempt for an aggregate of

'Burton won the Northern profes- 202, and at this time the wind had increased so much that few of the sional championship in 1034, the spectators expeeled Burton, a late Dunlop Northern tournament in 1935, starter, even to equal this score and and the Dunlop Southport tourna- He was a member of force a tie. Bulla himself was appre-ment in 1937. hensive as he sat in the clubhouse, the Ryder Cup team in 1935 and 1937, and has played for England in but his chiet worry, was about R. Whitcombe, the holder, who ultimate-internasional matches during the past three years. He was fourth in the ly finished with 204.

open championship last your.

THE TURNING POINT Burton storted his last round with only a small gallery, and three putts nt the first hole did not augur weli for his chances. The turning-point came at the seventhi, where he played

INDOOR BOWLING

a fine approach and holed a putt of Washouts' Beat 'Champs'

seven fect for a "birdie" three (one under par). He got n, three at the eighth, holed from four yards for another "birille" at the ninth, and was out in 35. The most dimrult

In Friendly

Match

half of the course was yet to come, In a friendly match played at the but the wind, although gusty, hudongkong Bowling Alleys yesterday, shifted to a slightly more favourable the "Washouts" beat the "Champs" by quarter, and Burton's length was 38 points, the latter thus sullering! used to the full.

their second defeat.

The Washouta"

770

3321

He holed from six feel for a two. 11. Doddridge

100 170 183 138 170 070 at the eleventh, and when he heard] J. S. Landoit ... 130 173 173 158 190 837 "at"the"next" hole whitˇhe hial" to në" Albert Cdell 10 100 200 147 130-832-

147 complish to win the news only made Jack Quest

Tatal him more determined. He played the long fourteenth carefully for his Ernie Henrther.. Ave. and was equally cautions at the Doe Molten seventeenth, where he played un ron Gene Fazgland for his second to the foot of the green

and ran up for a par five.

A HUGE GALLERY Everything turned on Burton's last,

hole-4 was needed to win.

time crowds had deserted

By this.

every

other player on the course. Every

Dick Venezin

Total

The "Cham

GOODWOOD CUP

Warner Baxter dons again the sombrero and silvermounted guns of

his most famous character in "The Reluru of the Cisco Kid,” 2011 Cen- tury-Fox picture, now showing at the King's Theatre,

Lawn Bowls

INDIANS LOSE IN PAIRS VICTORY FOR DUNCAN, GILL

The heavy green did not suit 3. floosen and A. R. Minu when they met G. Duncan and W. Gill on the Civil Service C.C. green yesterday in

the Third Round of the Open Pairs Bowls Champlunship and they were defeated by, 24-16.

Starting off with two couples, Duncan and Gill established 'en early lead, but by the fifth head, Hoosen and Minu had avertaken them. However, with two threes on the 7th and 8th heads, Duncan and Gill were 10-0 ahead, and from this stage on- wards they were always in front.

At the 15th head, the secre was 15-12 in favour of the winners, and they made almost certain of victory by scoring a four and two singles on the next three heads to lead 21-12.

One postponed match in the Open Singles was decided on the Indian R.C.

where G. Parkins green, eliminated W. H. Hobba by 21-18.

The winner made a splendid re- covery after being down 9-17, but with a four on the 19th head, follow- ed by a single on the 21st, another on the single on the 22nd, a three 23rd, two on the 24th and three an the 25th, he reached his game.

NO MAILS Annual University

16-Year-Old | NO MAILS

Boy Creates

An Upset

ARRIVE

Delphinus Delayed At Hanoi

Carrying malls for Hongkong. Im-

Cricket Match

(Continued from Page 8.)

A. II. Brodhurst, e Maclador, b Mars.

-P. M. Studd. b Marshamn

P. J. Dickinson, run out

KC, D, Downes, b Evana

D. W. Gillespie, LOMAS, Evans

nat aut AC, Ghizreff, e

J. Webster, c Blagg, b Macinde

Lb 3. -b 2 ....

Tolal

2nd Inniars

D. Carris, b Pether....

G. Mann, c Bale, b Pether J-n-Thompson-b-Evana Sergey

P. Blake, c Stanning, b Blacindoe

A. 11. Bradhurst, b Evans

J. Dickinson, a Pether, b Evans

K. D. Downes, not out

D. W. Gillespie, ob Evans A. C. Shirreft, b Evans Webster, Pether

Jack Hale, a 16-year-old Hull boy, provided the biggest turn-up in swimning for several years when he won the English long distance cham pionship at his first attempt on July Perial Airways' Delphinus left Bang-B. He covered the 5 miles and 50 kok later than usual yesterday and yards course from Kew to Putney did not arrive at Hongkong accord-3. in the fast time of 63 min. 30sec. ing to schedule in the afternoon. M. Sledd, o Blage, b Macindoe But for slark water after passing Instead she was held up at Hanoi for Hammersmith Bridge Hole would the night and will resume her journey have broken the record of 62min. to-day, arriving this morning.

The report that the Delphinus is 3,263 57.3sec. established by Ceel Deane,

the holder, two years ago. In fact bringing Mr. A. C. Campbell-Orde. up to this point ffale was swimming Chief Operations Manager of Imperial at such a fast gail that officials were Airways, Is incorrect. It is now expecting him to beat the hour. learnt that Mr. Campbell-Orde will

Deane, winner for the past five arrive on August 7, remaining hero Webster years, was a strong favourlie, but until August 11. It will be his first Dickinson he was no match for the Yorkshire visit since 1923, though he has had le boy and was forced into second much. Eastern and Near Eastern Ex-Carri place, J. Brennan, Huddersfield, }perience,

Mr. Campbell-Orde left Southamp webster was third. Hale, who told me that

London, July 27. Rout was here to see the Anish us The Goodwood Cup was won to-day Burton drove from the list tee by Dubonnet by a length from Senor. tremendous ball that landed Len Contreven! was third six lengus be- yards short of the green.

It is safe hind.

to estimate that 10,000 people looked, Five ran. Betting: 6-4, 8-1, 100-30.

оп.

St. Andrews was just restaging an- other of its "big occasion" scenes. From behind the tee round on either xide, divided by the vast green space of the twin first and last fairways, the crowds formed a completely nolld chain 10 and 20 deep, culminat- ing in a tightly packed and nimost Immovable masa on the roadway, be- side the green and on the terrace at the back. Truly A memorable spectacle, worthy of a wonderful per- formance.

After such a drive the and the Championship seemed so terribly safe for Burton that ns, he walked up to

ac-

his ball he cheered all along the ine

ала as the winner. Calmly, with no studying or careful address- ing of the ball, he pitched on to the green three yards directly behind the hole, and then walked up and holed the pult for 3. That was the Champlonaliip won, and reaction came. Burton could acarcely knowledge the cheers of the crowds: as he left the green, and he was so exhausted by o winning battle against the wind that he had almost to be carried by two police constubles into the R. and A. Clubhouse, the frat British professional since the war to enter that clubhouse as the winner of the Open Championship. Here are the details of his round:

Out- 4 4 4 5 4 3 33-35. In-4 2 4 4 5 4 5 5 3-30-71.

The Anal Leaders were:

R. Burlon

J. Bulla

J. Fallon.

W. Shankland

A. Perry...............

final

70.72 77 71-200

72 71 71 73-292

71 73 71.70--204

72 73 72 77-204

71 74 73 70-204

R. A. Whitcombe. 71 75 74 74~204

S. L. King 74 72 75 73-294 SALE PLANS A WELCOME Members of the Sale, Golf Club are planning a reception for Burion to. Sale. Ho has "When he returne

been professional at the club since)

Iteuter.

Bilsabeth

Bergnor

with acts axquisite poignancy In STOLEN LIFE," in which she co-stars.with. Miobasi Redgrave.¦¦A. Paramount. Release.

B 1, -67 W4

Total OXFORD UNIVE

Shirrelt

Brodhurst

Carris...

Second Innings

he had never swam farther than a ton on July 8 en an inspection of the Dickinson mile and half before the rage, present Imperial Airways services Shirred Juinped into the lead right at the which will cover Europe, Africa, Gillesple start and was soon showing the rest India, the Far East, and Australia. Gillerple of the field a clean pair of heels. The inspection requires two months CAMBRIDGE UNI Denne tried hard to catch his youth-jof air, travel and has been undertaken ful challenger but it was of no avall. with view to co-ordinating the The further they went the more operation departments of Imperial Hale increased his lend. At Barnes Airways and British Airways in the Bridge, Hale was 10sec. ahead. He new organisation, the British Over had increased it to 22sec, ut Chis seas Aviation Corporation. wick Steps.end was a further second aband at Hammersmith Brige. He

finally won by just over 35sec.

Hale was coached throughout the

Trans-Atlantic Mails

London, July 20. The Postmaster-General has

an-

race by his brother Victor, who wanounced that from August 3, a weekly

in the accompanying boat. The

winner was so far in the lend that British trans-Atlantic air service will. he was talking to his brother to-be introduced. The route will be wards the finish.

Deane times.

from Southampton to Botwood, Non- five real, and Now York.

the race had won

There will then be two direct Details: L. Hale (63mins 60 2sec.) weekly air mail services to North

1: C. T. Deano (Penguin) 64min. America, one British and one Ameri-

35sec.) 2: J. Brennan (Hudders-can-Reuter.

feld) (07min. 5.35sec.) 3: K, Dun- gler (Maccabi) 4: F. J. Gill (Lean- der) 5: F. C. Oldman (Plaistow) 6.

Our Own Correspondent.

BOXING TITLE FIGHT

New York, July 30, The Twentieth Century Sporting Club announced to-day that Fred Apostoll and Ceferino Garcia would meet for the world middleweight litle on October 2. at Madison Square Garden.-United Press.

ST. ANDREW'S CLUB BATHING PICNIC

AIR SERVICES

Macindoo Evans

Pother

Marsham

Evans bowled two no-balls.

Evans Alcindoo

Pelher

Marsham Eagar

Second Inninge

26

Evans bowled three wides, Marshum one, Umpires: lardstaff, Newman.

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