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July 31, 1939,

GERMANY ELIMINATED FROM UNION BREWERS WIND UP

DAVIS CUP COMPETITION

Yugoslavs Annex Last

Two Singles To Win By Three Games To Two

Agram, July 30.

Loading by two matches to one at the end of the second day's play, Germany to-day dropped the remaining two singles in the European Zone final in the Davis Cup competition against Yugoslavia and were eliminated by three matches to two.

French Horse

Wins German Derby Event

Munich, July 30. The "Brown Ribbon of Germany," a horse race over 2,400 metres for a prize of 100,000 marks, along with the Derby, the most Important annual event in German horse racingt, was run for the sixth time on Sunday at Muenchen-Riem race course and was won by the French stallion, Goya, betonging to the Housane stable.

As the result of their victory, the Yugoslava will in all probability meet Australia in the Inter-Zone fàal for the right to play the United States In the Challenge Round

To-day's two remaining singles were played in n hent wave before a. vast crewd

fanatical of

tennis enthusiasts. The beroes were D. Mille and F. Puncer, of Yugoslavia. who respectively defeated Goepfert and Henkel, of Germany, Goepferi, who is still a player the younger generation and who had unexpectedly to take the place of the more perienced Roderich Menzel, lost his first set against Mitle FO quickly that in the second set, when be repeatedly had the opportunity to score, he did not recover the necess nry concentration.

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Consequently Mitle won easily by 6-1, 6-2, 0-3.

HENKEL SUCCUMBS

The borse was ridden by Ellot and had a hard tussle against last year's winner, the French horne Antonym,

Germany's hopes in the European Zone final yesterday rested on and the Italion champion, Procle

Puncec and Henkel put up a 1enner Henkel (above), hut he was beaten by Franz Puneec (Yugo- fantastic fight in the deciding match slavia) in straighi sets in the fifth and deciding match of the series. The The best

horse Germon

was of the series. The game was played Yugoslavy will now in all probability meet Australia in the Inter-Zone Oleander, son of Sonnenorden, beat a aurderous pace, both fighting nak longing to the Muelhens stable, who with the utmost stubbornness. put up a magnificent run and came The first set Justed over 40 fourth, followed by Schlenderhaner, minutes and was really the decisive Octavianus, Waldfrelder and Blasius. one

Fifteen horses were anddled for the - race, including Ove French, one

Hungarian and one Italian,

The race was very oxelting. When the straight was reached, the horses were clustered together in a dense mass, racing wildly towards the finish, Goya was full of fire till the close and won easily by half a length Trans-Ocean.

England Wins At Bowls

London, July 17. England, by defeating Scotland 08 shots to 84, won the International bowls championship with an un- beaten record at Lensbury Club, Teddington. England last held the titie in 1929. Final positions in the championship are;

W. L F. A. Pla.

30 313 252

England

Wales Scolland Ireland

0

2 1 283 281 4

1 2 278 202 2

0 3 262 311 0

Wales, winners for the past two years, beat Ireland by 07--00 in their last match. Our Own Correspon-

-dent.

bernuze both players hnd put themselves under such compuls- on to give of their utmost that in the next two sets their play relaxed more and more.

Henkel appeared to Builer the more of the two because he was un- accustomed to such phenomenal heat and because of the psychological effects of the fanatiesi altitude of the Lepectators. Consequently he played very weakly in the third set, so that Puncee won by scores of 10-8, 0-3,

This was Puncee's greatest victory of his career,

The following are the full scores of the five matches:

SINGLES

F. Puncee (Yugoslavia) beat Goepfert (Germany) 6-3, 6-1, 6-0.

Latest Gossip From Home Soccer Fields

London, July 20.

Golf

WITH UNBROKEN Cotton BASEBALL RECORD Beaten By Ten Starts In League And

The Ladies

was unexpectedly

London, July 17,

T. II. Cotton beaten In his

now annual match

Ten Victories Registered

(By "Bingle")

Saturday's tilt was called on account of rain, against three Indy champions, at and yesterday's leaguo tussle barely finished be- Maylands, near Romford on July 15. fore a downpour descended to spoil the friendly fixturo. Playing on a soggy fiold, Bear Baron Chet Bennett's Union Browers copped an un- broken record of ton starts without a defeat when

The Indies were Miss P. Barton, British champion, Miss J. Anderson, Scottish champion,

and Miss Morgan, former holder of the Bri

tial title. They won by one hole

after a whirlwind start by Colton,

Miss Anderson got a 3.

who won the first feus they drubbed Club de Recreio, 11-5, before a Miss Morgan stopped the rot with small crowd at Caroline Hill. The Royal En following a long drive, she pitched fifth when rain washed it out.

beautiful 3 at the fifth, where, gincers-Tigers battle was called 'a draw ́ in, tho

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five feet past the hole. This re- duced Cotton's lead to three up. He Tost another hole, the seventh (500 yards) where he took 4 to get down near the green. With two lived, Cotton turned two up with a teore of 33. The best-ball score of the Jadies was 35.

SAPPERS

After scrambing a half in 4 t CHEATED OF

the tenth, Cattan lost the twelfth, where he hooked a simple pitch shot many yards wide of the green. Ha took 5 while Misa Barton and Miss Anderson each had a 3. The women were now more than holding their ¦- own, und with Colton bunkered at the. short thirteenth and taking 4, the match was all-square. After. Col ton's flying start this was a most

development. unexpected

There 'were more sturprisen to come. The next four holes were halved in the correct figures, Miss Anderson say Ing the side at the seventeenth with a 4 after her partners had falled to flod the green with their second shots. It was Miss Anderson who won the match, for at the eighteenth (200 yards) she put her tee shot six feet from the flag. Although falling to hole the putt for a 2. a 3 was Kood enough, as Cotton took three putls, missing one of four feet and a half. Cotton's score for the inward half wns: 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, equals 37 total, 70. The best-ball score of the ladies was 34, this figure being accomplished by Miss Anderson, und 69 for the completed round.-Our Own Correspondent,

FULL GAME

Rain Interferes

With

Play

The

Starting the game three-quarters of an hour inte, the Brewera led off in the first frame with one tally when All crossed the plate. Thero were no hills, but one wild throw by Mentionica,

In the next, the Beermen romped home three times on three safeties and two bobbles by Jimmy Remedios and Old Marse Hank Barros.

The Rambling Recs took a 4-3 lead in the first, half of the third when four Ramblers tallied on only two blows and two miscues. Al Alvares, Arst up, received a life when George "Strawberry" Souza multed a short By and came home on Dutch Again the Royal Engineers were plate. With Figuereldo, Tony Alves Lingenbrink's wild throw to the cheated out of a full game. Homantin Tigers didn't feld their and Nick Beltrap loading the sacks, Spolty Pereira belted a honey that full line-up, but managed to get a bounced back from the leftfield fenco nine together to give the Sappers a battle in which rain spoilt it in the or a gem of a triple to chase in the nth with the score knotted, 0-9.

three runners. In an effort to steal home, Spotty was nalled by a throw from skipper Dave Leonard to Hal Wingice and ho died at the plate. The Portuguese had the makings of

swell rally here.

and

scored

Tigers batted first twice on a hit, a walk and a passed ball. In the next they tailled once on no hits but one error by back stop Heath, who dropped a third strike. The Sappers rallied in their Beermen kept the lead with three In their half of the third, the half of this frame and nine crossed more markers on only one hit and the plate before they were retired. Three errors. Unlucky Henry Barros Five of the Tigers' seven' bobbles fumbled Terry "Heart-throb" Leo- were committed in this inning, and nard's lazy grounder and threw wild the Engineers only made two hits. when Stan Leonard was coming in They did not score any more after from third. It was a bad day for this, however.

Henry'

As the Home Football season will start shortly, the THEY KNEW With two morkers in each of the

following items of news will be found of great interest

to followers of the game:

JAM

TAMES Anderson, the 23 year-old | the Appeals Committee have reduced

Queen of the South left-back, the fe to £100. has been signed on by Brentford F.C. at a fee stated to be between

£3,000 and £4,000. He joined the MANY officiit trade union leaders

Henner Henkel (Germany) beat Scottish team from Blyth Spartans, of the union movement with the new

D. Mitio (Yugoslavia) 0-0, 0-1, 4-6, 6-4,

Aitio (Yugoslavia) brat Goepfert (Germany) G-1, G-2, 0-3.

DOUBLES

the North-Eastern League side.

are perturbed at the association company formed to run football pools Mutual Pools Ltd. of Jermyn Street, W. Opposition to the company Puncee (Yugoslavia) beat Henkel JAMES Guthrie, captain of Ports is based on the allegation that the (Germany) 10-B, 6-3, 6-0.

inouth Football Club, the Cup promoters are using trade union con- winners, received very serious head nections to foster a private enter- Injuries In a car accident while ro-prise. Mr. Clarence Millar, how- Henkel and Menzel (Germany) from the F.A. summer train- ever, the managing director of the beat Punece and F. Kakuljevio amp at Leeds during the black-company expressed the opinion that (Yugoslavia) 9-7, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1-nipson (captain) and Wille nallonalisation of football pools It oul. Two Everton players, G. this was the nearest approach to Trans-Ocean”

Cook, the risi International full was possible to get. The pool will back, were also injured, the latter be publicly owned and accounts will more seriously, but were able to re- be published annually. Two per turn home after treatment.

cent of the money received each werk will be allotted to a trust fund to ald educational, social, sports and 70 more motor-cars" is the order who have expressed disapproval of charitable objects. Among those Just issued to members of the Portsmouth Football Club, by

the scheme are Mr. Herbert H. Elvin, the ex-chairman of the T.U.C. and Club Itself, and Mr. Tinn, the secro- secretary of the Nallonal Union of Zary-mannger, has told them that Clerks

and Administrative Works, they must get rid of them by July and Mr. George Lansbury, M.P. Sir 25. Commenting on this order. Mr. Walter Citrine, general secretary of Curtis, Brentford manager, stated the T.U.C. would pass no opinion that players are prohibited from run- without further details. ning cars by the rules of the hand- book, and if they disobey the rule) and et Injured, then it is their own responsiblilty. Charlton Athletic do not ban the owning of cars amongst their members, neither does Crystal Palace, though the latter do not al low one player to drive other players in his car in case they all should get Injured. Mr. John. of West Ham, however, states that motor-cycles are banned. but not cars, although

Gloucestershire Complete Double Over Yorkshire

By Spartan

Bristol: Gloucestershire beat Yorkshire by 7 wickets

London, July 1.

VON CRAMM

STILL THE SPORTSMAN

Just before one o'clock yesterday Gloucestershire had gained their second success of the season over the cham- pions and the area in front of the pavilion at Bristol was players are urged not to use their packed with a throng of jubilant spectators demanding a curs more than is essential, not be- speech from Wally Hammond. He gracefully acknow-cause walking is better exercise for 15 completely spoiled a

of possible accidents, but bo- ledged the tribute to his side and was clearly elated over them. the double triumph.

It is not given to many sides to not at the crease when the winning THE "no-driving" ban on players defeat Yorkshire twice in the same hit was made.

has been imposed on another

Incessant thunder showers on July fine pro- gramme of finals at the Edgbaston Club, Birmingham, and after a dreary wall until late in the evening all the championships of the Midland Coun- ties had to be divided.

scuson Gloucestershire themselves A heaudfully judged catch by This time the restrictions are even outstanding amateur Inwn

foolball club--Tranmere Rovers. Baron Von Cramm, considered the

tennis

were the last team to accomplish the Norman Yardley sent him back after fcat in 1934-and what was more this the foldsman had raced in from more severe, for the players must player. In the world was beaten 6-4, latest success was thoroughly de-long-on.

not even be passengers in a car. 6-2, in the semi-fhof by H. F. David. cerved.

Yorkshire were always trying, but Last month, Portsmouth F.C. banned it was an unsatisfactory match, Ex- Despite their defeat Yorkshire sill with the wicket probably a little their players from drivnig only, ceptionally heavy showers had weil remain at the head of the champion-better than at any other time in the following the serious injuries to saturated the court and during the chip table by virtue of the four match the total was carried inexor-half-back, whose car crashed at Har-continuous drifung drizzle,

Guthrie, their captain and second set particularly there was a polats secured for first innings lead zbly forward. of eight runs,

At Bradford Gloucestershire rogate last week. According to Mr. There was a suggestion of the triumphed by six wickets this time. S. Trueman, deputy chairman of David, at one time a member of fantastic about the win at Bradford the margin was soven wickets and Tranmere Rovers, the restriction has the Briush Davis Cup team, played earlier in the season, but at Bristol Goddard, B. O. Allen and Sinfeld, in been imposed, not only to avoid in- in steel points, but Von Cramm' wore better, all-round teamwork carried particular, have reason to regard juries, but because it in thought that only rubbers. He skated and slid for heir work with very considerable riding in a car has a stagnating ef- a time trying to reach the fine stream gratification.

the day.

fect on an athlete.

of strokes from David's racket but towards the end of the match, after one or two falls, be gave up the at- TMRIE, the Swansea Town centre-tempt to get to any wide ball and

watched it altid away. 11 halt, has been transferred to Swindon Town. Before golog to At length the referee emerged from Second Inning-103 (Goddard 7 for 38). South Wales Imrie played for New-his teat, approached the umpire and castle United and Blackburn Rovers. offered to nestone the match if the olayers desired. David felt the de- cision to von Cramam but the Ger-

YORKSHIRE

First Innings—110 (Goddard 6 for 81).

GLOUCESTERSHIRE First Innings-100 (Verity 7 for 47).

Second Innings

NO RAIN TO RESCUE

Smiles, by the way, has injured Anxious eyes were turned towards his right knee and may be out of the skies during the morning and the Yorkshire side for a match or

Iwo. rain actually fell for a brief interval, but it never seriously. threatened to come to Yorkshire's rescue and at no fino was there the slightest danger at Gloucestershire fosing their grip.

They were much indebted to a very admirable Innings by the left- tiander, D. "0. Allén," "who not only stayed for just over 11⁄2 hours, but. became easily the highest scorer in the whole match. Hlä 66, which in»]

•cluded eight 4's were taken out of 79 and it was a great pity he was 3-51-1, Smalies 1-0-1-0-, Leyland 3-1-14-1. Ision, and it has been announced that Correspondent.

Bammetto Beliers b Bowes man

Binfield Wood b Leyland s

B. G. Allen e Yardley b Verfty .. W. I. nammand not out ..****** Groep not out'

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15

114

Tofal (3 wkta.) Howing-Down 14-0-40×1, Varity 153-

FOLKESTONE FC, will not have man, then down 2-8, in the second

pay the £250 fine which set, said "Play on." He was, how- was imposed upon them for failing ever, impotent in his rubbers on the to give requisita notice of with- treacherous

other surface. One drawal from the Southern Langue. : game and he was out.. Von Cramm The club appealed against the decl- would make no excuse.~Our Own

BASEBALL EVEN THEN

(By "Bingle")

From then on, the Brewers had remaining three stanzas, the Tigers managed to draw up to the ninth plain saling, scoring in each Inning intly when Umpire Molthen, called to salt the game away. the game on account of rain, with Recreio's anger, Spotty Pereira, the score tled at 9-).

also had a bad day. He fanned two but his mates Benny Goodman and Flash Rat- and walked three, elife were on the mound for the miscued six times to the Brewers Sappers, and Scoop Smith and Dick working yesterday, and the Beermen three. Spotty's outdrops weren't Alves shared the hillock for Pie Tigers, Bobs Laurel received for the found him for eight safeties, four of Bill Shakespeare's day they might the Sappers.

Don't let this scare you: even in Tigers and Heath was backstop for which were long hits: Bowen's two safeties in a triple and a double; have known something about our

and doubles by Souza and Stan national pastime. I'm not high-brow, but take a gander at this: "Now you strike like a blind man."

-Much ado about nothing. "Out, I say."-Macbeth. "Thou canst not hit it, hit it! 10t

__1}}}"—Love's labour lost. "Ile knows the gome."-IIenry

VI.

2, Goodman, Ratcliffe 6, while the going Hits of the pitchers were: Smith Leonard.

strike outs were distributed by Smith 2, Alves 3, Goodman 3 and Ratcliffe 2. Bases on balls: Smilli 2, Goodman 1 and Ratelife 1.

ENGINEERS VERY KEEN

The keenness shown by the En- gineers should be an incentive for the local yokels. They came out to the park in a bright blue and red "A hit, a hit, a very palpable hit!"uniform, and I am certain that they

---Hamlet.

"Oh, hateful error."-Julius Cae-

sar,

were self-conscious. But, they play- "He will steal, sir."-All's well that od ball and, despite the terrible

ends well.

"Let the world slide."-Taming of

the shrew.

"C has killed Д fly."-Titus

Andronicus.

What on arm he has."-Corlo-

innus.

"They cannot sit at case on the

bench."-Romeo and Juliet. "Upon such sacrifices the gods themselves throw incense King Lear. "Whom

chosen as

right and wrong hath umpire."Love's fabour lost. "The play as I remember pleased

not the million."—Hamlet.

NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW THIS

In most cases in local baseball, a condition of the ground, distinguish-substitute runner is allowed for some ed Uiemselves with almost errorless poor tired baiter who reaches first. ball. The only two bobbles chalked I wonder how many are familiar up by them were debited to catcher with this problem; Heath, but I don't think he knew the ruling that a muffed third strike entitled the batter to get to first, if he could make it.

Batsman makes first base on a bit and his captain aaks for a substitute runner because of a lome leg. Op- posing captain consents. Next man We shall be seeing more of the strikes out. The next batsman is the Sappers, and if they improve with player who is now running for the the same speed that they have so infüred mun. Opposing captain re-

club

to fuses to give him a runner so that for shown, they'll be a

nt bat, and reckon with in the near future. I he can take his turn look forward to the time when they wants the umpire to call him out for can put o team in the Baseball not taking his turn at bat. Umpire League, and I have a feeling that refuses to call man out, claiming that time won't be too distant. More that he is entitled to his buts and power to them!

There was litle chance of "Nick" Beltrao being caught oui at first base, as can be seen in the picture, taken_yesterday morning when the Union Brewers, by beating-the Rambling Recs, won their tenth consecutive match in the League-Staff Photographer,

that opposing captain should give him a runner. Was the umpire right and what was the best way to wriggle out of this situation?

In nimost all professional leagues it is now the practice to ignore the substitute runner rule on the theory that if a man enn take part in the gamo he can run for himself, But, the rule still goes in the

amateur ranks.

However, a captain who would substitute for a cripple a man who was likely to come to bat in that inning ought to be shot at sunrise for lack of brains. The only way out of that tangle would have been for the incompetent caplain to take

of out the gamo both the cripple and the man who was put on to run subsiltuto in their for him and to places a runner who had not been In the game, and also a batsman who had not been in the game to take the place of the players who had been compelled to forfeit his time at bat being made a. substitute runner.

Jumping Record

Women

For

Berlin, July 30. At the International athletic meet- Ing here to-day, Fraulein Schulz, of Münster, set up a world record for the long jump of 0.12 metres,

The previous holder won - Miss stitomi, of Japan, whose mark was 6.00 metres.--Reuter.