1939-08-09 — Page 32

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 9, 1939.

RAIN AGAIN AFFECTS THEY TRY AND FURTHER PROGRESS MADE

PLAY IN

IN HOME CRICKET TIES

YORKSHIRE, GLOUCESTER CONSOLIDATE POSITIONS

Although rain once again caused a curtail- mont of play in the County Cricket Championship programme which concluded yesterday, never- Yorkshire theless several matches wore finished.

and Gloucestershiro were amongst the successful counties, the former beating Lancashiro for the second time this season and the latter defeating! Somersetshire by an innings,

Curious Incident In Cricket Match

the Young Harry Daer, Essex mediurn-fast bowler, had a curious experience in a club and ground match recently. When batting he played a ball to cover-point, who threw in at the stumps as Daer had left his ground. Though the bats- man regained his crease, the ball struck the stumps, both bails jumped in the air and, curiously enough, came down exactly on their grooves.

What would have been the decision if Daer had been out of his ground? The wicket has to be "down" for a bats- And to be run out. "down" means that a bail, at least, has to be struck off. Would it have been "run out," or "not out"?

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SANCHEZ, AMPON LOSE IN DOUBLES AT MEADOW CLUB

Southampton, N, Y., Aug. 2. The Filipino entries in the men's doubles of the Meadow Club tennis tournament went down to defeat in the second round here to-day, -

For Courtstersitire's victory. Tom Goddard was chielly responsible. Taking Ave wickets for 15 runs in the first logs and nine for 44 In the [ second, las helped to distalsa Somer-

retshire for 108 and 114.

Robert Percork and Douglas Inn hoff, of Berkeley, Calif., the national Intercollegiate doubles champions, de- feated Felicisimo Ampon and Amado Sanchez, of the Philippines, 6-3, 4-0,

8-3.

In a first round singles autch, yes- terday Russell Bobbitt, of Atlanta, Ga, eliminated Ampon, 6-4, 6-0, 6-2.

Johnny Is A Lawyer Now

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No fewer than, four matches were abandoned because of the rain, while Derbysble took "points on first Inn- Ings from Warwickshire.

dis-

Two Yorkshire ployers tished themselves in the match against Lancashire at Leeds. Robin- son bowled well in both Innings, tak- Im Ave for 8 in the first and eight for 35 in the recond, while Hutton zcored 195 not out in a Jotal of 147 for Ave in Yorkshire's second knock. The following; resalts and scores are cabled by Reuter:

SUSSEX. MIDDLESEX

At Hove, the match between Sussex; and Middlesex was abandoned as a

draw.

Auddlesex-328 (Edrich 101)." Sussex. 253 for 0.

LEICESTER v.、NORTHANTS

Leicestershire abandoned.

and Northants

Northants, 300.

Leleester.83 for 3.

KENT v. HAMPSHIRE

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TRY AGAIN

The United States polo four defested Great Britain by a reore of 3 to 4 at the Meadow Brook Club, thus, taking the second and final game of the International Polo series to win the trophy for the ninth time since the matches were started at Newport, R. L., 53 years ago. Shown here during the presentation of the trophy to the United States team are, left to right: Stew Iglehart, Michael Phipps, Winston Guest and Thonna Gerald Balding, Aldan Roark, Hitchcock, Jr., of the United States team; Mrs. Robert E. Strawbridge, Jr.; Robert Skene and Erie Tyrrell-Mario of the British team, and Robert E. Strawbridge, Jr., chairman of the United States Polo Association. The group is shown 'standing around the trophy.

Here And There

With "Abe"

Interport Bowls Trial Washed Out By Rain

people, myself amongst

At Leicester, the match between MANY, who had looked forward to seeing the Interport Bowls trial inst Sunday were very disappointed over the fact that rain had made the Civil Service C.C. green unplayable. It would have been interesting, from my own point of view, to see the trial for many reasons, (1) there being 24 names submitted, the three rinks would have consisted entirely of Interport quindidates; (2) how the Interport Selectors would have fixed the positions of the players; (3) and how the candidates would have fared

At Canterbury, Hampshire defeat- ed Kent by seven wickets,

Kent.-181 (Baring 5 for 67) and 03 (Baring 5 for 43, Knott 4 for 23)

Hampshire.135 (Lewis 0 for 38) and 111 for 3.

GLOUCESTER. v, SOMERSET. At Bristol, Gloucestershire defeat- ed Somersetshire by an innings and

Gloucester.-329 (Emmett 98). Somerset 106 (Goddard 5 for 15) and 114 (Goddard 9 for 44).

100 runs.

SURREY V. NOTTS

At the Oval, the match between Surrey and Noits was abandoned as

draw.

Notts-240 for 3 deeld, Surrey-138 for .

YORKSHIRE v. LANCASHIRE

At Leeds, Yorkshire defented Lan- cashire by five wickets,

with the eyes of the Selectors upon them (I am presuming, of courte, that all the Selectors would be present at all the trials to be held by the Association). I have, already com- mented on the fact that amongst the 24 names submitted to the Association is a preponderance of skips, and No. 3's and a scarcity of regular, No. 1's and 2's. Had the triat been held, an idea of the eventual composition of the team to Shanghal might have been possible by now; but as it is we shall have to walt until next weck before any impression can be form- ed, as the next trial will not be held until Sunday, August 13. All those who have submitted their names for consideration are again asked to turn up at the Civil Service C.C. green

before 3.30 p.m.

Lancashire-217 (Robinson 3 for 801 and 02 (Robinson # for 35).

Yorkshire 163 and 147-for-6-Cycling-Fever- (Hutton 106 not out),

DERBY WARWICK

At Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire took first innings points from War- wickshire, the laiter stages of the mutch having to be abandoned owing to rain.

Derby-214 (Grove 5 for 78) and 40 for 0.

Warwick.-118.

Cincinnati, O. Aug. 3. Johnny Fischer, former amateur golf champion, is a lawyer now. lle recently was awarded his law degree "ns of 1938" by the board of direc

WORCESTER ♥. ESSEX tors at the University of Cincinnati. Fischer was provented from taking At Worcester, the match between his final examinations last summer Worcestershire and Essex was aban because he was in Scotland at the doned. Ume representing the United States'

Worcester-204 (Peter Smith 7 for Essex-180 for U.

In the Walker Golf Cup matches.-85). United Press.

Interport Football

Team May Be Weak But

Be Sent To It Will Shanghai all the Same

Hongkong can and will send a soccer team to Shang- hai for the resumption of the Interport Series in November this year, but what sort of a team it will be is difficult to say at the moment.

This was the impression gathered

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(4) No reply had been received

at the sub-committee meeting of the from Eastern whether their players: Hongkong Football Association held would be available: last evening to discuss Interport prospects.

The following sailent facts emerged from the discussion:

(1) The Royal Navy, because of the uncertainty of ship movements, could met release players to go to Shanghai with the Hongkong teams

(2) No guarantee could be forth- Going from the Army that military players, if chonch, would be able to make the trip north;

(5) Kwong Wah players would be able to obtain leave from their em- ployers, but it is not certain whether they would like to go if chosen

Despite all these handleeps, It was felt by the aub-committee that sum- clent material would be left to send a team to Shanghai. The majority of the players, therefore, will have to be drawn from civilian clubs,

It is unnecessary to add that the

(3) Boath Chins A.A players, team will not be the strongest that who have formed the major, portion Hongkong can send, but at the mo of the Hongkong Interport team in mont the Association seems dater- the last few years, would not go to mined to send a team to Shanghai Bhanghai if shoes;

this November.

NEW followers of sport realise how

an

popular cycling has become in Hongkong. We all know that weekly runs are held, but apart from the reports of these runs in the rews papers few people have any idea how much the sport has."caught on" in proof of the the Colony, 1 any popularity of cycling in Hongkong! was needed it was amply provided at Caroline Hill over the week-end when the first organised meeting wOE held. Besides giving cyclists another, the meeting had a worthy. opportunity of competing against one object inasmuch as the entire pro- eeeds are devoted to the Society for the Protection of Children. Every- thing went off well, and just when the organisers were beginning to congratulate themselves on the suc cess of their efforts, an unfortunate misunderstanding rather marred the

the proceedings. In

Ten Minutes Pursuit Race-in which three clubs, the R.A.SC., Hongkong Cycling Club and the Youth Industrial Cycling Club, took part-the fast-named club apparently misunderstood the rules governing the, event, and the upshot was that I was disqualified. Later

H. A. G. Keater best cyclist in Colony.

-Photo by Ming Yuen.

South China Win 6-3 At Selangor

IN OPEN BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIP

No Real Surprises In Second Round Of Singles Tournament

(By "Abe")

Further progross was made in the second round of the Open Bowls Singles Championship of the Colony yesterday when sovon more matches were decided. There was nothing outstanding in tho results, although the victory of T. A. Madar over mild L. F. Xavier, the Interport playor, was a surprise.

Mudar took 27 heads before dispos- ing of Xavier on the Kowloon .G.C. green. He played very consistent bowls and, except for one stage when Xavier led D-8 on the 13th head, was always in the lead. The score stood al -3 in Madar's favour on the 9th, but Kavier "clafked" up three singles and a three on the four subsequent heads to take a short-lived setvantage.

With a three on the 14th, Madar was back in the end rain, and thereafter he was never headed. He was 13-19 ou the 18th, 10-12 on the 21st, 19-17 on the 25th, and with two singles was out.

Each player scored a three, but the rest of the heads consisted of angies and twos.

On the Police RC. green, U. at. Omar, a former champian, finished Kuala Lumpur, July 31.

well against S. Eccleshall, whom he Proving much too scientifle for the defeated by 21-13 on the 22nd. seratch Selangor side, against whom head. Actually Eccleshall held his they were matched at the Stadium own for the first this evening, the South China fool- the end of which he wan lead- ballers won by six goals to three. ing 12-10; bul Omer then had a

14 heads.

two and two more singles,

SURPRISINGLY EASY

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The local side included only six good spell, during which he scored a three, two and two singles to lead the organisers held out an "olive Stule players, the remaining members 17-12. After cancelling a single on branch" by offering to allow the race of the side proving below standard the 19th, Omar went to his game with to be run all over again by the i was therefore a one-sided game Hongkung Cycling Club

and the except in the second half, when the Youth: Industrial Cycling Club, but Chinese relaxed their pressure and:

the

local Hide to press the offer vras not accepted by the allowed

On the same green, A. K. Minu, of Y.L.C.C. although the Hongkong spasmodically.

sur- the Indian R.C., scored a Cycling Club agreed. It b doubly The Arst goal came after ave prisingly easy victory over J. S. unfortunate that such an incident

Klog Cheung, the Landoll, of the Cralgengower C.C, should mar what would otherwise minutes when have been a completely successful visitors' right inside, slammed the winning by 21-0 on the 15th head. meeting. After seeing the enthusiasm ball in from a meleo. Three minutes This mattch was expected to produce shown by the competitors, one feels after they went further ahead when confident enough to predict that other at Shiu Wing left inside, allpped ihrough the Selangor defence and meetings will follow.

scored a nice goal with a splendid drive,

New Sprint Star

A free

consistent for the Craigengower man, good fight, but Minu proved far too who failed to settle down.

the

Results Of Matches Played Yesterday The following were results of matches played in the second round of the Bowls Singles Championship yester day: A Madar beat L. F.

Xavier Z1-17 on the 27th.

M. R. Abbas beat R. P. Phillips 21-10 on the 21st.

1. C. Remedios best E. do Sousa 21-16 on the 23rd.

U. M. Omar beat S. Eccle- shall 21-13 on the 22nd.

A. K. Minu beat J. S. Lan- dolt 21-6 on the 15th.

D. W, Waterton beat W. Ward 21-14 on the 20th.

H. Nish beat V. N. Atienza 21-13 on the 18th.

DICK METZ NOW GOLF'S BIG MONEY WINNER

Claiming a four on the fifth head and led 10-3 on the 0th, 18-4 on the

St. Paul, Minn., July 31. Dick Metz, Chicago professional 9th and 16-6 on the 12h. Ife finished the match with two twas and a single and new St. Paul open golf cham- On the Kowloon F.C. green, M. R. pion, pocketed $1,000 prize money

A mistake by Talb saw Tak Fai, You saw in the Telegraph yester- Chinese centro-forward, add to the

day a picture of Cyde Jeffrey, score with a pretty grounder. the new sprint stor from the United kick against the visitors saw Trib Abbas was a little loo steady States the country which seems to find the net with a Hard grounder R. P. Phillips and won by 21-10 after have the monopoly of producing the and shortly after Talb further re-21 heads. The game was very even

defelt world's "fastest

bigduced the local side's

for here to-day to bring his total 1930 earnings to $7,037 to top money men among professionals this year.

until

He outdrove, outputted and out- shone 200 of golfdom's leading stars to win the meet before a gallery of

humans." A

by at the beginning, but Phillips fell off amicable youth of 19, Jeffrey is be- scoring from a penalty klek.

after the Brst eight or nine heads.

Leading by 12-8 on the 12th head, lieved to have the makings of a world

In the second half the Chinese got w, Ward did not score again champion, and his coach and other

through Loo Ter the 10th when he played D. W. 10,000. His 72-hole total of 270 experts in America are of the opinion two more goals that he will be a worthy successor to Wung and Talc Fat, while Selangor's Waterton on the Kowloon F.C. green, bettered par by eighteen strokes and al- smashed tournament record set by Charles Paddock, Eddie Tolan and third goal came from Govindsamy, but by this time the latter was

re-Harry Cooper in 1035,-United Press. through their ready 19. The two which ho has fulfilled who forced his way Jesse Owens. Jeffrey

both the defence to store.

gistered the 19th enabled Ward to expectations by winning 100 and the 220 yards at the nthletic

McCrow played a splendid game reduce the defcit to 14-19, but he meeting at the White Cily on Mott for Selangor and saved several hard could not prevent Waterton from day, and it may turn out that his

shots.

getting a two on the 20th. On the conch is right after alt. Jeffrey is a

Inst head, Ward was having one when The member of the American contingent!

Waterton rolled his last wood. which-went-to-London-specially-for

K.B.G.C.man.. came up heavy with the intention of pushing out Ward's shot for two. He got what he wanted, that trife lucky in WALL

the August Bank Holiday meeting at America's Cup

the White City. When he enrolled at Stanford University, It meant little to the organization, unill it was; revealed that at his high school than six Jeffrey had rus no less consecutive 100 yard inshes in 9.0. the two-tenths of a 'second above American mark credited jointly to Frank Wykoff and Jesse Owens. He also turned in the best 220 yards

Helmsmen In Splendid Race

Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith and Mr. H. of 1938-20.5 secs. And in 1030, at 5. Vanderbilt, the two America's Cup the Pacifle Const Conference meet. helmsmen, sailed their big yachts Jeffrey sea a new meet record of 9.6 Tomahawk and Vim neck and neck secs. for the 100-yard event.

Wooderson Hurt

but

he was helped by a wick.

Ward's greatest weakness was his even heavy shot fondness for the when the lle agalast him was a yard or so from the jack. On a few occasions a steady draw might have Invailed him more.

POSTPONED MATCH

NO POLO TO-DAY

Owing to the softness of the turf and unsettled weather conditions, the start of the "puio season, scheduled for to-day at Boundary Street, has been postponed. The date has not yet been decided.

very well indeed yesterday, drawing beautifully on both hands.

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TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME The following is the programme of matches to-day:

At Police R.C.-K. M. Omur v. H. The postponed match between H. in the Solent's first major regaita of Nish and V. N. Atienza was also Ciltins.

played on the Kowloon F.C. green, At Kowloon Dock-C, M. Silva v. the season on July 22.

resulting in a win for the former by A. S. Russell; J. M. Jack v. H. White. Tomahawk Anally won tre 20-

on the 21-13

18th head. After At Indian R.C.-L. R. Whent v. A. miles race 20 seconds ahead of Vin scoring a three on the first head, J. Hall.

Castle, Tomahawk look Night allowed his opponent to re-

V. F.

TN the absence of Sydney Wooder-Off Hurst

At Hongkong FCE. Zimmern v. IN

son, the famour British miller, the lead and at the end of the first gister on the next six ends, and at the A. M. Omar; L. J. Silva another Briton, D. P. Pell, won the round was two minutes ahead, but th Atienza was lending 10-3. After Channing, mile event at the White City on in the second round Vim gained. this, however, Attenza faded out of

At Craigengower C.C.-W. J. Reid the foreign in- the last she took the lead, but on a the picture and was able to score ony. A. R. Minu; A. R. Dallaḥ, v. D. M. Monday against

who was starboard tack Mr. Sopwith judged vaders." Blaine Rideout, responsible for all the fuss

At Kowloon F. C.-J. S. Logan v. made the distance better than Mr. Vander only three heads, ca euch of which Khan.

only singles accrued. But included in the Nish's successful heads at this stage R. Basa; C. F. Remedios v. S. M. after the "Mile the Century run blit

White. at Princeton, was

were a four and two threes. participating in ne first.

Result:-1, Tomahawk, T. O. M. In passing, one might add that the At Civil Service C.C.-F. V. V. the race, but a jostling incident upset bin and he finished fourth. Wooder- Sopwith; 2, Vim, H. S. Vanderbilt: Kowloon F.C. green was playing Ribeiro v. W. Mair.. son did not take part because he 3. Evaine, C. R. Falrey. has been advised by a Harley Street

and Tomahawk crosseri

The regatta was that of the Royal

Club which has

specialist rest his left leg injurymington Yacht until next year. Ho strained part Just received Its Royal Warrant.

of his calf muscle while running at

Newcastle on July 28, and he was

told that if he did any more racing Swimming this year, he might do some per-: manent damage. He wants to be fit for the Olympic Games next year, and so wisely he has decided to leave the track until next spring. 11 was * great disappointment to him, especially as he had looked forwar to running against Blaine Rideout ngain at the White City. In addition to missing Monday's meeting, Woodor- son hins had to cancel an attack on the 600-yards record at Chichester

CHAMPION BEATEN BY BROTHER

Kenneth Deane, the seventeen-year

on August 12, and withdraw from old English half-mile champion, was the British team which is to meet beaten at Great Yarmouth on July 22, Germany on August 20 in Cologne. by his

fourteen-year old brother, Willam, a local 'grammor school boy.

Smooth Tennis Balls The surprise came in the 440 yards

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men's free style midland district] championship. William took the lead: from the start and won by lx seconds in 5 mins,. 33 1-58ccs. Kenneth falled to produce his usual, brillance,

New York, Aug. 1. Waller Paic, chairman of the US. Lawn Tennis Association's supplies Recently he has had no training committee, announced to-day theuwing to the demands of medical heavy napped tennis ball, which examinations. His time of 5 inins. nlayers have. protested, will be re-39 1-5 secs. was 21 2-secs. below placed by smooth surfaced balls for his record of some years ago for the all gross court tournaments for the same race, and still further below Freat of the year--United Prest. This time for the English 440 yards,

One of the trick cyclisis doing his stuff at the Cycling Carnival Caroline III over the week-end. Photo by V. D. Chiang,