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HỒNGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 23, 1939.

By Ernie Bushmiller

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BRILLIANT TENNIS SEASON IN AMERICA

Hard Task For Great Britain In Wightman Cup Match This Year

London, July 25.

The centre court of international lawn tennis just now lies in America, where in the course of the next two months as brilliant a season as they have had there for many years is promised, writes an English correspondent.

It will be reminiscent of our own seasons of a year or two back, when the texture and durability of Wimble- don's wonderful turf was tested by a Wightman Cup match, a fortnight's hard championship play, and the inter-zone final and challenge round of the Davis Cup, all within the space of five or six weeks.

Amerien's interest is wider spread, her powers and her two singles were Inasmuch as they do not place all debits that could be written off be- these eggs in one basket.

fore attempting to strike a baloner.

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The Wightman Cup match (Aug. In Miss Marble, whose complete 25 and 20) and the national singles supremacy among women players championships (September 7-10) are was clearly outlined in the second the perqulaitea of Forest Hills, weck of Wimbledon, America New York, the Wimbledon of Am- produred

even more potent the doubles

than championships Wightnin Cup factor erica; (August 14-19) and the inter-zone Moody, because Miss Marble, with inal of the Davis Cup (August 24, her successful Wimbledon partner, 25 and 26) wilt be played at the Mrs. Fabyan, is almost certain to Cricket Club, Chestnut win her doubles match as well as

and the Challenge two singles.

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Club chapter ended at of Miss Nuthall,

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Soccer players of the Headquarter Wing of the 8th Heavy Regiment.Royal Artillery, who will participate

in the Second Division of the Hongkong Foniball League this season. The team is reported to be fairly strong and should hold its own in the Leagur-Photo by Ming Yuen.

WON IN ONE DAY AND

been allotted to the Merlon Cricket Virtually, therefore, the team that

near Philadelphia, call next week under the captainey Baseball The

three down Wimbledon on a note rather like the before they set foot aboard the boat. "to-be-continued-in-our-next" tag of Three clown and four to play, on

thrilling serial.

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CINCINNATI

MISS MARBLE SUPREME conditions, and the prospect of the BLANKED BY

Britain have not won the Wight- Intense humidity that so often at- man Cup since 1930. In those days tends this match in New York, are Mrs, Moody was at the height of seemingly hopeless handicaps.

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PHILLIES

New York, Aug. 22. The following were the results of matches played in the Major Baseball League yesterday:

Yet thero is Wimbledon evidence of a far more satisfactory nature, from the British aspect. Miss Stammers, in spite of her ruthless defeat in the Wimbledon Anal, is in better form now than ever before, and having once taken Mrs. Fabyan's Imeasure, sh10

she should not lose to her. It 1$ questionable whether the same thing can be sald of Miss

MISS Chicago Hardwick, and one would have pre New York

NATIONAL League

ONE HOUR Gloucester's Feat- Thanks to Goddard

Bristol (Third Day).-Gloucestershire beat Hampshire by five wickets.

London, July 22. Tom Goddard, England's spin bowler in the Test match at ferred a more experienced player Moore and Demarce homered for Gloucestershire achieved to maintain their challenge to Yorkshire Manchester to-day, was the hero of the spectacular victory

for championship honours.

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Miss Valerie Scott for the onerous "third singles," even though the Gaunts. Wimbledon has indicated that Misston and Danning. Jacobs' powers are on the wane. St. Louis Brooklyn

the

Scott, net out

Only one hour's play had been! Hopking, hw, b Creese We should win one of the doubles,

Emmelt, e Creese, is Boyes A Martin homered for the Carpossible before yesterday, and even W. R. Hammond, by Creese matchig, though the responsibility dinats and Laviigetto and Camilli for

when

Hampshire had been dis Crapp, not out. again falls on young and inex-

missed for 103 on a rain-damaged (EF. D. R. Engar, e Pothecary, b Boyes perienced shoulders.

Dodgers, Battery-Dodgers. pitch-Scott took four for 18-it did, Miss Brown, who partners Miss Nuthall, Casey and Phelps,

nut seem that Gloucester could hope and Miss Scott should both reap Pittsburgh

for more than Best-innings points. much benefit from the tour, and it Boston is to the Wightman Cup of 1934.

They secured a lead of one however, in 95 minutes, Hammond declared, and Goddard set to work, to make victory possible.

Irather than this year that we shall

8 14 2 11

Brubaker homered for the Pirates.

Bowman Bætery-Pirates,

and

look for a long-delayed British vie-Susee. tory. Even then, bareing accidents, we shall have Miss Marble's three Cincinnati matches to write off.

AMERICANS PESSIMISTIC

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Totul 15% KİSƏ Bowling-Ph Innings: Heath 4.10., that. 33. 2w.; Halley 11, 1, 30, 3: Doyes 0,0, 23, 1: Creese 2, 0, 7, 0.

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Bowling with rare skill, he had all the butsmen except Arnold at his Battery-Phillies. Bigbe and Minierey. In under 80 minutes Hamp- fshire were out for 66, and Goddard

hnd captured eight wickets in nine!

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

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overs for 30 runs.

Gloucestershire had 70 minutes in

suggest the Davis Cup rests between ; Philadelphia Australia and America. The tran-Detroit sition from the slow rubble surface Gehringer homered for the Tigers, which to score 60 runs, and won with of the Cantinent to the flory clay Battery-Tigers, Bridges and Teb-20 minutes in spare. courts of California presents bigbetts. obstacle to the Europeans.

Boston

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Bowlers so held the mastery dur-

13 1ing the day that 29 wickets went 3 down for an aggregate of 291 runs.

American visitors to Wimbledon St. Louls were none too sanguine af their Fox and Williams homered for the country's chances of keeping the Red Sox. Battery-Red Sox, Gale- Australian invader at bay this time. house and Peacock. The loss of Budge to them was as severe as was the loss of Perry to

Britain.

KAMPSHIRE

First Innings The matches between New York McCorkeli e Scott, b Goddard Yankees and Chicago White Sox, and J. P. Blake, Crupp. b Sinfeld

Halley, Hopkins, b Goddard between Washington Senators and Arnold bw, b Scull

| Cleveland Indians will be played at Walker, Scott

But even to Americans the playnight-Reuter. of Riggs and Cooke was something

¦ of a revelation, and hope was in- spired that with the artistic Riggs on court anything might happen. It seems certain, moreover, that Riggs will be on court in three of the five challenge round matches.

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Wimbledon

Governor's Team

Loses Match

Creese, bw, b Sinfield

Pothecary, & Scott, b Goddard Mackenzie, not aul ... G. R. Taylor, Scott Boyes, b ́Scoit Heall, Goodard

Total

Second Intriga McCorkell, b Goddard Halley. Goddard

2. P. Mlike.. b Goddard

I wrote after Anal that the supremely scientific Although they lost their match, u Arnold e Haynes b Goddard brand of "patball" that Rigns put most enjoyable afternoon was spent Walker, e Eages. 5 Binfeld aver so successfully in our cham- by His Excellency the Governor and pothecary, Goddard, b Sinfeld

Orecte, Goddard, b Sinfield pionships had yet to be tested his team of bowlers when they were Mackencie, low, b Goddard against the highest form of controlled entertained by the Kowloon Bowling G, R. Taylor, at Wilson b Goddard speed.

Green Club yesterday, His Excel-Boyes, tw, b Goddard lency played a good game.

MANTLE OF BUDGE

Heath, no out

Tota!

Second Innings: Hentai 3, 0, 12. 0; Bailey 4, 1, 11, 0; Creese 3.6, 2, 17, 3; Hoyes 2. 0, J, 2.

SCOTTISH FOOTBALL RESULTS

London, Aug. 22. The following were the results of matches played in the First Division of the Scottish Football League to- day:

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A year ago Riggs beat Quist in ¦

J On the same green in the fourth the Cup match. A niore mature Riggs should repeat the performance, round of the open singles D. Bastown First Innings: Scout, load but this year he wears the mantle cored on easy victory to beat T. A. 195. 2. 30. di Binfeld 14. 3. 13. 3.

Budge, and whether he can beat Madar 22-5 on the 18th bead,

Second Innings: Bestt 6, 0, 22, 0; God. Bromwich is much more problema-

for

dard D, 3, 300; Sinfield 3.5, 0 8.

ULOUCKSTERBIKE First Innings

Haynes, did not bat

tical.

The destiny of the Cup is of in- lawn tennis and their national cham-Sinfield, c Mackenzie; b Bailey portance to all the competing nations, plonships, though an even more ex- Hopkins, u Heath. The competition is one of the few acting task for challenging nations. matt. b Bally that still retains the challenge round, It is

Crapp, e Illako. V II«ath] until when the holders

turn full circle.

Am . . . Eager, e Walker, b foyes are exempted.

Great Britain and scott, not out If, as seems probable, it goes back crick, France, to Australla after a lapse of 20 years, America again have held the Cup Neate, not out

-Extras (b) the next challenge round is likely to since it last rested in Sydney, and,

Total (6 wktu. dec.). won It, be contested in early 1941. Another no other nation has ever

Becond innings change in the seasons and naturally though Belgium and Japan have each

Ainfeld, did not bat In tremendous uplift for Australian reached the challenge round.

Haynes, b Crease

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