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HONGKONG 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.

America'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 bes these eggs in one basket.

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fore attempting to strike a balance.

even

The Wightman Cup match (AUK In Miss Marble, whose complete

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und the national singles supremacy among women players championships (September 7-16) are was clearly outlined in the second the perquisites of Forest Hills, we.k of Wimbledon, America has New York, the Wimbledon of Am produced

murc poteri erica; the doubles championships Wightman Cup factor than Mrs. (August 14-10) and the inter-zone Moody, because Miss Marble, with final of the Davis Cup (August 24. ber successful Wimbledon partner, 25 and 20) will be played at the Mrs. Fabyan, is almost certain Longwood Cricket Club, Chestnut win he doubles match as well as

Californing and the Challenge two singles. round (September 2, 3 and 4) hus

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been allotted 10 the Merion Cricket Virtually, therefore, the team that Club, Haverford, near Philadelphia, sail next week under the captaincy Baseball

are three down The Continental chapter ended at of Miss Nuthall, Wimbledon on a note rather like the before they set foot aboard the boat. Three down and four to play, on "lo-be-continued-in-our-next lag of a thrilling serial,

enemy territory, in strange climate MISS MARBLE SUPREME conditions, and the prospect of the Britalu have not won the Wight-intense humidity that so often at- man Cup since 1030. In those days tends this match in New York, are Mrs. Moody was at the height of seemingly hopeless handicaps.

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Yet there is Wimbledon evidence of a far more satisfactory nature. from the British uspect. Miss Stammers, in spite of her ruthless defeat in the Wimbledon final, is in better form now than ever before, and having once taken Mrs. Fubyon's measure, she should not lose to her.

CINCINNATI BLANKED BY PHILLIES

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

It is questionable whether the

Hardwick, and one would have ferred a more

experienced

same thing can be said of Miss

Buss Chicago

NATIONAL LEAGUE

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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 of the apectacular victory Moore and Demarer huruered for Manchester to-day, was the hero than Miss Valerie Scott for the the Giants. Battery-Gifts, Mel-Gloucestershire achieved to maintain their challenge to Yorkshire Wimbledon has indicated that Misston and Danning. Jacobs' powers are on the wine,

onerous "third singles," even though

St. Louis

We should win one of the doubles Brooklyn matches, though the responsibility

perienced shoulders,

Dodgers.

for championship honours.

5 15 8 11

Only one hour's play had been Hopking Ibw, h Creer

|W, R. Hammond, I Creese A Martin homered for the Carpossible before yesterday, and even mett, e Creese, a Bayes

when Hampshire had been dis-Crapp, not out again fails on young and inex-dinals and Lavagetto and Camilli forised fue 103 on a rain-damaged. D, R. Espar, e Polkcenty, b Boyes

Scott, not out but Miss the

pitch-Scott took four for 10-it did

Extras (b 2 Jb B) hot seem that Gloucester could hope 1 for

Total 5 wkts › more than trat-innings points.

Howling First Innings Heath 8,10., Brubaker homered for the Pirates however, in 05 minutes, Hammond

They secured a lead of one run, 33, 2w Hatley 11, 1, 36, 3: Boyes

6. 0, 25. 1; Creene 2, 0, 7. 0.

Second Innings: Heath 3, 0, 12, 0: Bailey Bawinan Battery-Pirates,

work 4 1, 11, 0; Crese 3.0, 2, 17, 0 Boye

(2, 0, 18, 2.

Brown, who partners Miss Nuthall, Casey and Phelps. and Miss Scott should both reap Pittsburgh -

much bene from the tour, and it

is to the Wightman Cup of 1834. Bru

rather than this year that we shall look for a long-delayed British vic- tory. Even then, bårring accidents, we shall have M Marble's three matches to write off.

AMERICANS PESSIMISTIC

it is with no desire to belittle the players of Yugoslavia, that 1

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declured, and Geildard set to to make victory possible.

Bowling with rare skill, he had all

0 the batsinen except Arnold at his

In under 80 minutes Hamp Ishire were out for 66, and Goddard- had captured eight wickets in nine lovers for 30 ruas.

Battery. Phillies, Higbe and Mil-merry. Hon.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

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suggest the Davis Cup rents between Philadelphia Australla and America. The trun-Detroit |sition from the slow rubble surface Gehringer homered for the Tigers, which to score 66 runs, and won with

of the Continent to the fery clay Battery-Tigers, Bridges and Teb-20 minutes to spare, courts of California presents a big | betts. jobstacle to the Europeans,

Boston

American visitors to Wimbledon | St. Louis

10 13 1ing the day that 29 wickets went

Bowlers so held the mastery dur- 73 down for an nggregate of 201 runs

were none too sanguine of their Fox and Williams homered for the country's churices of keeping the Red Sox. Battery-Red Sox, Gale- Australlim invnder at bay this time. house and Peacock.

HAMPSHIRE

First Innings The loss of Budge to them was as The matches between New York McCorkell e Scett, b Goddard

Bailey, e Hopkins, b Goddard severe as was the loss of Perry to Yankees and Chicago White Sox, and bike, e Crapp, b Sinfeld Britain.

etween Washington Senators and Arnold lbw b Scott Cleveland Indians will be played at Walker, Scott

But even to_Americans the play j night.—Beuter. 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 live challenge round matches..

T wrote after the Wimbledon Anal that the supremely scientifle

Governor's Team

Loses Match

Creese, Ibw, b Sinfteld Pothecary, e Scott, b Goddard Mackenzie, not out

G. R. Taylor. b Scott Boyes, b Scott Heath, Goodard

Total

Second Innings McCorkell, b Goddard Balley, b Goddard

J. P. lake, Goddard

Although they lost their match, a Arnold e Haynes Goddard brand of "patball" that Higgs put' most enjoyable afternoon was spent Walker, e Fagat, ti Sinfield

Grense, c Goddard, b Sinfeld over so successfully in our cham- by its Excellency the Governor and Pathecary, a Goddard, Binneki plonships had yet to be tested his team of bowlers when they were Mackenzie, lbw, b Goddard against the highest form of controlled, entertained by, the Kowloon Bowling G. R. Taylor, si Witson b Goddard speed.

Green Club yesterday. His Excel-Boyer, bw, b Goddard ency played a good game.

MANTLE OF BUDGE

On the same green in the fourth

A year ago Riggs bent Quist in the Cup match. A more mature Riggs should repeat the performance, und of the open singles B. Hasta but this year he wears the mantle scored an easy victory to beat T. A. of Budge, and whether he can beat; Motor 22-5 on the 18th head. Bromwich is much more problema-

tical.

(Heatli, not out

Total

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:

2 Hearts 0 Rangers

Cowdenbeath

Partick

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Third Lanark

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Bw. Hammond 1, 0, 0, 0: Goddard Dowling-First Innings: Scott 110. 3m., 195, 1, 30, 4; Sinfeld 34, 3, 3, 2,

Second innings; Beolt 6.0, 27, 0. God-

dart 9, 2, 36, 8: Blofeld 3.5, 8, 2.

GLOUCESTERSJURE First Inningu,

Haynes, did not bat

The destiny of the Cup is of im-town tennis and their national cham-Sinhold, e Mackenzie, b. Dalley Iportance to aff the competing nations, pionships, though an even more ex-flopkins, & fleath The competition is one of the few acting task for challenging nations. Emmett, b Bailey that still retains the challenge round, It is only fair, however, that the Hammond, b Bailey

Crapp_e_Blake, b Heath until when the holders are exempted, wheel should turn full circle. AM-E. D. R. Eagar, e Walker, b Boyes

Great Britain and Scott, not out.... as seems probable, it goes backt erica, France, to Australia after a lapse of 20 years, America ngain have held the Cup Neale. not out the next challenge round is likely to since it last rested in Sydney, and bo contested in early 1041. Another no other nation has ever change in the seasons and naturally though Belgium and Japan have each a tremendous uplift for Australian reached the challenge round,

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Total (6 wkts, dec.).

Becond Innings infeld, did not bat Haynes, b Creeso

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