1939-08-09 — Page 8

PROGRESS MADE

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Wednesday,

HONGKONG. TE LEGRAPH

August 9, 1939.

RAIN

AGAIN AFFECTS THEY TRY AND FURTHER

TRY AGAIN

PLAY

IN

IN HOME CRICKET TIES

YORKSHIRE, GLOUCESTER CONSOLIDATE POSITIONS

Although rain once again caused a curtail- ment of play in the County Cricket Championship programme which concluded yesterday, nover- Yorkshire theless several matches were finishod.

and Gloucestershire were amongst the successful counties, the former beating Lancashire for the second time this season and the latter defeating Somersetshire by an innings.

Curious Incident In

Cricket Match

Young Harry Daer, the Essex medium-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 bais- 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- rian to be run out. And "down" means that a bail, at least, has to be struck off. Would it have been "run out," or "not out"?

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.

Robert Pencock und Douglas im hoff, of Berkeley, Calif., the nutiunul Intercollegiate doubles chuunpluns, de- feated Felicisimo Ampon and Amado Sanchez, of the Philippines, 6-3, 4-6.1 6-3,

In a first round singles match yes- terday-Russell-Bobbitt,-of-Atlanta, Ga., eliminated Ampon, 6-4, U-8, 6-2,

Johnny Is A Lawyer Now

For Gloucestershire's victory, Tom Goddard was chiefly responsible. Taking fee wickets for 15 runs in the Arst innings and nine for 44 in the second, he helped to disinisa Somer- selshire for 108 and 114.

No fewer than four inatches were abandoned because of the rain, while Derbyshire took points on first inn- ings from Warwickshire.

Yorkshire Two

players dis- tinguished themselves in the match against Lancashire at Lerds. Robin- son bowled well in both innings, tak- ing Ave for 10 in the first and eight for 35 the second, while. Hutton scored 105 not out in a total of 147 for five in Yorkshire's second knock. The following results and scores are cabled by Renier:

SUSSEX. MIDDLESEX

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

draw.

Middlesex-328 (Edrich 161). Sussex.-203 for 9.

LEICESTER. NORTHANTS

At Leicester, the match between

Leicestershire and Northants abandoned.

Northants-300,

Leicester.-83 for 3.

KENT. HAMPSHIRE

was

At Canterbury, Hampshire defent- ed Kent by seven wickets.

Kent.-161 (Baring 5 for 07) and 83 (Baring 5 for 43, Knott 4 for 23). Hampshire-135 (Lewis & for 38) and 111 for 3.

. GLOUCESTER, SOMERSET

At Bristol, Gloucestershire defeat ed Somersetshire by an innings and 100 runs.

Gloucester320 (Emmett 96). Somerset-100 (Goddard 5 for 15) and 114 ( oddard 9 for 44).

SURREY. NOTTS

At the Deal, the match between Surrey and Notts was abandoned as a draw.

Notts 248 for, 3 deeld, Surrey.-138 for 6.

YORKSHIRE, LANCASHIRE

At Leeds, Yorkshire defeated.Lan-! castire by five wickets,

Lancashire 217 (Robinson 80) and 92 (Robinson 8 for 35).

Yorkshire.--163 and 147 for (Hutton 100 not out),

DERBY Y. WARWICK

for

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The United States polo four defeated 'Great Britain by a score of 0 to 6 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. 1, 53 years ago. Shown here during the presentation of the trophy to the United States tean sure, left to right Stew Iglebari, Michael Phipps, Winston Guest and Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., of the United States tram; Ms. Robert E. Strawbridge, Jr.: Gerald Balding, Aidan Roark, Robert Skene and Erle Tyrrell-Martin of the British team, and Robert E. Strawbridge, Jr., chairman of the United Stater Polo Association. The group is shown standing around the trophy.

Here And There With "Abe".

Interport Bowls Trial Washed Out By Rain

MANY people, myself amongst them, who had looked forward to seeing the Interport Bowls trin! last 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 inany reasons, (1) there being 24 names submitted, the three rinks would have consisted entirely of Interport candidates; (2) how the Interport Selectors would have fixed the positions of the players; (3) and how the candidates would have fared with the eyes of the Selectors upon them I am presuming, of course, that all the Selectors would be present at all the trials to be held by the Association). I have already 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 trial been held, an idea of the, eventual composition of the team Shanghal might have been possible by now; but as is we shall have to wait until next week 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. Cycling Fever

com-

FEW followers of sport realise how popular cycling has become in Hongkong. We all know that weekly runs are held, but apart from the reports of these runs in the news- papers few people have any idea how much the sport. has "caught on in the proof

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

Derby-214 (Grove 5 for 70) and the Colony. If any 46 for 0.

Warwick.-118.

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Cincinnati, O., Aug. 3. Johnny Fischer, former amateur golf champion, is a lawyer now. Jie recently was awarded his law degree "As of 1038" by the board of direr- Cincinnati. tors at the University Fischer was prevented from Laking: his final examinations last summer because he was, in Scotland at the time representing the United States! Worcester.--204 (Peter Smith 7 for in the Walker Golf Cup matches. 05). United Press.

Interport Football

WORCESTER «. ESSEX At Worcester, the match between Worcestershire end Essex was aban doned.

Essex.-100 for 8.

Team May Be Weak But It Will Be Sent To 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 (4) No reply had been received at the sub-committee meeting of the from Eastern whether their players Hongkong Football Associatlon hetd would be available; East evening to discuss Interport prospects.

The following anllent facts emerged from the discussion:

(1) The Royal Navy, because of the uncertainly of ship movements,

(B) 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 handicaps, it was

could not release playoes to go to felt by the sub-committee that sum- Shanghai with the Hongkong team:

clent material would be left to send (8) No guarantee could be forth-a team to Shanghal. The majority of coming from the Army that military the players, therefore, will have to players, if chosen, would be able to be drawn from civilian clubs

It is unnecessary to add that the 'make to trip north;

(3) South China A.A players, team will not be the strongest that who bave formed the major pertion Hongkong can send, but at the mo- of the Hongkong Interport team in mont the Association seems deler- The last few years, would not go to mined to send a team to Shanghal Shanghai If choses;

this November.

popularity of cycling in Hongkong was needed. It was amply provided at Caroline Hill over the week-end when the first organised meeting was held. Besides giving cyclists an opportunity of competing against one another, the meeting had a worthy object inasmuch as the entire pro- ceeds are devoted to the Society for the Prolection 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 proceedings. In the Ten Minutes Pursuil Race-in which three clubs, the R.A.S.C., Hongkong Cycling Club and the Youth Industrial Cycling Club, took part-the last-named club apparently misunderstood the rules governing the event, and the upshot was that it was disqualified. Later

ILA. G. Keates

best cyclist in Colony,

South China Win 6-3 At Selangor

OPEN BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIP

No Real Surprises In Second Round Of Singles Tournament

(By "Abe")

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

Madar took 27 heads before dispos- Ing of Xavier on the Kowloon B.I.C. green. He played very consistent bowls and, except for one stage when Kavler ted 9-8 on the 13th hend, was always in the lead. The score stood at 8-3 in Mackir's favour on the h but Xavier "chalked up three singles and a three on the four subsequent heads to take a short-lived advantage.

With three on the 14th, Madar was back, in the lead again. thereafter he was never headed. He was 15-10 on the 18th, 19-12 on the 21st, 19-17 on the 25th, and with two singles was out.

Encle player scored three, but the rest of the heads consisted of singles and twos.

On the Police R.C. green, U. M. Omar, a former champion, finished well against S. Eccleshall, whom he defented by 21-13 on the 22nd. head. Actually Eccleshall held his own for the first 14 heads, at the end of which

lead-

he

was

Kuala Lumpur, July 31. Proving much too selenuine for the scratch Selangor side, against whom they were matched at the Stadium this evening, the South China foot ballers won by six goals to three. ing 12-10; but Omar then had n good spell, during which he scored a The loent side included only six

17-12. After conceding a single on the organisers held out an "olive State players, the remaining members ree, a two and two singles to lead 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 DIT by the It was therefore a one-sided game) Hongkong Cycling Club and the except in the second half, when the a two and two more singles, Youth Industrial Cycling Club, but Chinese relaxed their pressure and local side to press the offer was not accepted by the allowed the

On the same green, A. K. Mint, of the Y.I.C.C. although

Hongkong modically.

the Indian R.C., scored a Bur- Cycling Club agreed. It is doubly The Arst goal

after ave unfortunate that such an incident

prisingly easy victory over J. minutes when King Cheung, the Landoft, of the Cralgengower C.C.. should nur what would otherwise

visitors right inskie, slammed the

cume

SURPRISINGLY EASY

S.

have been a completely successful holi in from a melee. Three minutes winning by 21-6 on the 15th head. mering. After seeing the enthusiasm shown by the competitors, one feels after they went further ahead when This match was expected to produce confident enough to predict that other Shiu Wing left inside, slipped through the Selangor defence and meetings will follow.

scored a nice goal with a splendid drive.

New Sprint Star

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

Claiming a four on the fifth head and led 19-3 on the 6th, 10-4 on the

the

Results Of Matches Played Yesterday The following were results of matches played in the second round of the Bowls Singles Championship yester- day:

T. A. Madar beat L. F. Xavier 21-17 on the 27th.

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

1. C. Remedios beat E. de Sousa 21-16 en the 23rd.

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

A. K. Minu beat. 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

St. Paul, Minn., July 31.

9th and 10-6 on the 12h. He finished Dick Metz, Chicago professional the match with two twos and a single. und new St. Paul open golf cham

On the Kowloon F.C. green, M. R. plon, pocketed $1,600 prize money

A mistake by Talb saw Tak Fal, You You saw in the Telegraph yester-Chinese centre-forward, add to the day picture of Clyde Jeffrey, score with a pretty grounder. A free the new sprint star from the United kick against the visitors saw Talb Abbas was a little too steady for here to-day to bring his total 1939 States the country which seems to find the net with a hard grounder R. P. Phillips and won by 21-10 after earnings to $7.037 to top money men have the monopoly of producing the and shortly after Taib further re-21 heads. The game was very even among professionals this year.

humans." world's "fastest

A bleduced the local side's defelt byut the beginning, but Phillips fell off

He outdrove, outputted and out- amicable youth of 19, Jeffrey is be scoring from a penalty kick.

after the first eight or nine heads. lleved to have the makings of a world

Leading by 12-8 on the 12th head, shone 200 of golfdom's leading stars In the second half the Chinese got champion, and his coach and other

W. 10,000. His 72-hole total of 270 D. the 19th when he played experts in America are of the opinion two more goals through Loo Ter W. Ward did not score again until to win the meet before a gallery of that he will be a worthy successor to Wung and Tak Fal, while Selangor's Waterton on the Kowloon FC. green, bettered par by eighteen strokes and al-smashed a tournament record set by Charles Paddock, Eddie Tolan and third gent came from Govindsambut by the time the latter was

through their Jesse Owens. Jeffrey has fulfilled who forced his way

re-Harry Cooper in 1935-United Press. The two which he (ready 10. both the defence to score. expectations by winning

18 tered on the 19th enabled Ward to 100 and the 220 yards at the athletic McCrow played a splendid game (reduce the deficit to 14-10, but he meeting at the White City on Mon for Selungor and saved several hard could not prevent Waterton from day, and it may turn out that his shots. coach right after all, Jeffrey "is o member of the American contingent which went to London specially for the August Bank Holiday meeting at the White City. When he enrolled nt Stanford University, it meant little to the organization, until it was revealed that at his high school Jeffrey had run no less than six consecutive 100 yard dashes in 9.0, two-tenths of a second above the American mark credited Jointly to Frank Wykoff and

Owens. Jesse

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America's Cup Helmsmen In

Splendid Race

their biz yachts

NO POLO TO-DAY gelling a two on the 20th. On the Last hend, Ward' was having one when Waterton rolled his last wood. The Owing to the softness of the turf K.B.G.C. man came up heavy with and unsettled weather conditions, the the intention of pushing out Ward's start of the polo season, scheduled Street, ha9 shot for two. He got what he wanted, for to-day at Boundary but was trifle lucky in that been postponed. The date has not

yet been decided. he was helped by a wick,

Ward's greatest weakness was his fondness for the heavy shot even when the lie against him was a yard jor so from the Jack. On a few ocenalons a steady draw might have avalled him more.

POSTPONED MATCH

very well indeed yesterday, drawing beautifully on both hands.

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

At Police R.C.-K. M. Omar v. H Giltins.

He also turned in the best 220 yards Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith and Mr. H. of 1038--20.5 secs, And in 1939, at S. Vanderbilt, the two America's Cup the Pacific Coast Conference meet, belmsmen, sailed Jeffrey sean new meet record of 0.0 Tomahawk and Vim neck and neck The postponed match between H. secs. for the 100-yard event, in the Solent's first major regatta of Nish and V. N. Allenza

the season on July 22,

played on the Kowloon F.C. Wooderson Hurt

Tomahawk finally won the 20-resulting in a win for the former by A. S. Russell; J. M. Jack v. H, White. the 18th head. After At Indian R.CL. R. Whant v, A. mites race 20 seconds ahead of Vim. 21-13 on

Castle, Tomahawk look scoring a three on

Was also

green,

At Kowloon Dock.-C. M. Silva v.

the first head, J. Hall.

IN the absence of Sydney Wooder-Off Hurst

At Hongkong F.C.-E. Zimmern v. son, the famous British miler, the lead' and at the end of the Arat Nish allowed his opponent to re- another Briton, D. P. Pell, won the round was two minutes ahend, but Kister on the next six ends, and at the A. M. Omar: L. J. Silva v. mile event at the White City on in the second round Vim gained. In Atlenza was leading 10-3. After Channing.

this, however, Atienza faded out of At Craigengower C.C.-W. J. Reld Monday against the forelen in the last she took the lead, but on a the picture and was able to score on v. A. R. Minu, A, R. Dalink v. D. M. vaders." Binine Rideout, who was starboard tack Mr. Sopwith judged

made the distance better than Mr. Vander only three heads, on each of which Khan. responsible for all the fuss

crossed the only singles accrued. But included in after the "Me of the Century" run bit and Tomahawk

line first.

Nish's successful heads at this stage at Princeton, was participating Int the race, but a jostling incident upset Result:-, Tomahawk, T. O. M. Were a four and two threes.

In passing, one might add that the him and he finished fourth, Wooder-Sopwith: 2, Vim, H. S. Vanderbit: Kowloon FC. green was playing

3, Evaine, C. R. Fairey. son did not take part because he The regalin was that of the Royal has been advised by a Harley Street Lymington Yacht Club which has specialist to rest his left leg injury just received Its Royal Warrant. untli next year. He strained part

of his call musele while running.at Newcastle on July 20, 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 it for the Olympic Games next year, und so wisely he has decided to leave. the track until next spring. It was great disappointment to him,

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especially as he had looked forward) to running against Blaine Rideout agala of the White City. In addition to missing Monday's meeting, Wooder-

son has had to cancel an attack on

CHAMPION BEATEN BY BROTHER

the 000-yards record at Chichester Kenneth Derine, the seventeen-year

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

William, a local grammar school boy,

Smooth Tennis Balls The surprise came in the 440 yards

To Be Used

men's free style midland district championship. William took the lend from the start and won by six seconds In 5

1-Greco. mins. 33 New York, Aug. 1.. Kenneth falled to produce his usual Walter Pate, chairman of the US. brilliance. Lawn Tennis Association's supplies Recently he has had no training committee, announced to-day the owing to the demands of medical heavy napped tennis ball, which examinations. His time of 5 mins. players have protested, will be re- 30 1-5 seca. was 21 2-5seca. below placed by smooth surfaced balls for his record of some years ago for the all grass court tournaments for the same race, and still further below

This time for the English 440 yards. rest of the year-United Press.

At Kowloon F. C.-J. S. Logan vi R Busa; C. F. Remedios v. S. M. White.

At Civil Service C.C.-F. V. V. Ribeiro v. W. Mair.

One of the trick cyclists doing big stuff at the Cycling Carnival at Caroline Hill over the week-end-Photo by V. D. Chiang.