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Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 25, 1939.

U.M. OMAR BEATS A.J. HALL IN BOWLS TOURNAMENT

INTERPORT PROSPECTS

NOW UNCERTAIN

(By "Abe'"')

The present uncertain international situation has caused doubts to be raised as to whether there will be any swimming or bowls interports between Hongkong and Shanghai.

Hongkong has already selected teams to go to Shanghai The swimmers are due to leave on Sunday. Inquiries made yesterday reveal that they will go as scheduled unless the situation in Europe takes a turn

for both swimming and bowls.

for the worse.

As for the lawn bowlers, who are not due to sail until September 10, the position is not so cerlain.

Two of the players selected, A. E. Carey and W. S. Dall, are members of the Hongkong Police Force. In view of the situation, their leave has been cancelled, and they definitely cannot go to Shanghai.

In the normal course of events, the two reserves, S. M. White and J. S. Landolt, come into the team automatically. However, White is connected with the Air Ministry, and if the present tension continues, he may also find it difficult to obtain the necessary leave to make the trip to Shanghai.

Furthermore, when questioned yesterday the other reserve, Landolt, would not say definitely whether he would be able to join the team. And to make the position even more uncertain, at least one of the other players already chosen does not seem to be so keen on leaving the Colony now.

And There

Abe"

Here

With

Cup Hopes Wightman

Of English Girls

U. M. Omar

the winner.

Grand National

Handicapper Has New Instructions

London, Aug. 9.

LOSER RECOVERS SPLENDIDLY BUT ENDS UP POORLY Former Champion Led

13-4 After 10

(By "Abe")

Heads

A. J. Hal .. the loser.

Though interesting at certain stages, tho match in the fourth round of the Open Bowls singles championship between U. M. Omar and, A. J. Hall on the Kowloon F.C. green yesterday No Reason

lacked the excitement of the third round tio

Play was For "Booing"

between Omar and B. W. Bradbury. steady throughout but there was nothing that was really spectacular.

And the ending was rather tamej second or third shot,

The following after the fight had promised to be a close one. Trailing 4-13 after the head by head: Arst ten heads, Hall made a splendid Head

The official start of the new jump-recovery and was 14-14 on the 17th ing season and the announcement of head. But on the 23rd head, when new conditions governing the Grand Omar was leading 19-18 and lying National, reminds us that the winter two with the jack two feet away from is not far away (we haven't had any the ditch, Hall was short with two English woods. real summer!), Say writer.

Art

the Grand National In future handicapper is not bound to give the top-weight as much as 12st, 7ib.

That will please a lot of people who do not like to see good horse beaten by a burden which they re gard as not a racing weight at all.

There is no doubt that is tremendous task for a horse to carry twelve and a half stone to victory over Aintree's 44 miles course.

FOMC

But then the race, unlike others in the calendar, was never meant to be won by the best horse

What will happen if the hundi- advantage of the new copper takes ruling and refuses to give the top- So the captain goes abroad with weight more than 12 stone? Two reports I have in front of me

In her practical certainties conflict regarding the dates of three

It is apparent that the top-weight the Wightman Cup match this year mind-the leading singles player, will win much more often for he between the leading Indy teanls Miss Stammers, and the two doubles us only to give 25lb. to the worst players of the United States and partnerships, even though one of horse in the race. Great Britain. Ohe report, from them is untested in the top-class America, says the match begins at play,

Forest Hills to-morrow atul continues

on Sunday, while the other report. A Chinese Puzzle from London, states quite definitely

that the matches start to-day and

conclude to-morrow. However, the THE uncertainties are the second and third singles-whether Miss

dates of the matches are not very Hardwick shall play two important anyway. Here are the

ind Miss Scolt only one two learna chosen:

Brown and Miss Rita Jarvis.

versa.

matches or vice

ONLY A FEW SEASONS

Thus the character of the race as handicap is seriously weakened, and racing men say they cannot see the new Instruction to handleappers |

a few seasons lasting more than unless the bottom weights are dras- tically reduced.

And if that is done there is the problem of getting Jockeys under 10 stone with enough experience to Great Britain-Miss Betty Nuthall It is all a Chinese puzzle for any make the trip to Aintree with rea- (Captain), Miss Kay Stammers, Mrs. | captain. At first glance It seems sonable hope of success. Freda Hammersley, Miss Mary Hard- that Mies Scott has made herself This year the minimum weight is wick, Mlsa Valerie Scott. Miss Ninaafe for the larger responsibility by increased from 10 stone to 10 stone her recent victory over Miss Stam-3b, which makes the range ridicul- United States Miss Alice Marble,neers at Frinton. But that is not the ously small if the handicapperi Mra. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan, Miss end of the argument. In other Eni-still to try to get all the horses in Dorothy Bundy, Mlas Katherine Wheeler, Mrs. Workman, Ming Vir- ginia Wolfenden-Arnold, Miss Telen Bernhard and Misa Patricia Canning. In a recent survey of the prospects, an English writer had this to say:

When-on

has paper-our tean: looked like beating the Americans it has failed year after year.

No wonder, therefore, that this side, which certainly does not look the betler on paper has adopted "Hope On, Hope Ever" as its motto.

It will be in accordance with: the contrariness of lawn tennis If they triumph for the drst time since 1930.

Perhaps

American the

girls, having been successful elgbt ilmes in sequence, will lose through sheer boredom or pity; but somehow I do not think that will be their outlook. They will hold The Cup until we raiso a team strong enough to beat them on merit.

The "Koy"

TUIE key to the whole situation is our entertaining friend, Miss Alice Marble, champion of Wimble- don and thus for the "grent invinel- ble" of the lawn tennis year. She will be concerned In three of the seven matches making up the com- petition.

with cliance.

a

Water Polo

CHINESE TEAMS SEEN IN A POOR ENCOUNTER

mem-

thels

Omar started well, and his lead of 13-4 after ten heads inust have riven him a great deal of confidence. But when Hall staged his recovery and got on level terms on the 17th, it was anybody's game yet.

Halt did most of the scoring on the short and medium heads, but he was not so good on the long ends which Omar favoured. When he had the jack, Hall was invariably only a lost or so away from the kitty with

first wood, is

and several occasions he was lying two or three i when Omar had his last wood to roll. The latter, however, more often than not managed to save, either taking

on

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22

23

were

the

scores

U. M. Omar

!

Of Rideout

London, Aug. 2.

Uniled States Blaine. Rideout, Athletle star, who was alleged to he A. J. Hall bumped Sydney. Wooderson in the Princeton Mile of the Century mee, figured in another track scene at the White City,

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Magnificent Double Century By Compton

By Kenneth Rankin ́

London, July 28..

A magnificent innings of 214 not out by Denis Compton at Lord's enabled Middlesex to declare at a total of 447 for seven.

Rideout got the worst of some jostling ns the runners in the mlle crassed the 1ne for the last lap, but the nearest sections of the G0,000 erdwd apparently blamed the Ameri- can for the trouble and boord him.

Rideout finished a bad fourth in the race, which was won by the 23- year-old Scotland Yard clerk, Denia Pell.

The booing was renewed after the race, when the announcer came to Rideout's name, but it stopped when Pell crossed to shake hands with the American.

Here is what they said:

Denia Pell: I was most annoyed with the crowd, I thought the boo- ing thoroughly unsporting. If it had happened to me I should have felt like turning it up.

Blaine Rideout: The crowd made me feel sore, but felt even more sore with myself for letting Stanis- zewski cut in right across me, and I had to change my stride to come round.

Sydney Wonderson (who was one of the Arst to reach the dressing room and congratulate Pell); I was sorry for Rideout. He had to come round the field, and he did not touch

anybody.

Derbyshire, GRIMCRACK STAKES who went in again 337 behind and with 190 min- utes to bat made the bravest of starts, for, thanks to a slashing 96 by Smith, their closing score was mieux. by a length from Star Dust. 222 for four..

All

Square In Inter-Zone Davis Cup Final

Brooklines, Mass., Aug, 24. Australia and Yugoslavia pro ène all in the Inter-Zano final of the Davis Cup Competition, John Bromwich, the Australian No. 1, was sensationally beaten by F. Punces.

In the opening match, Adrian Quist of Australia defeated D. Milic of Yugoslavis in straighi sets by 0-0, 6-4, 6-3,

However, in the second singles, Pancee, who won, both his startes in European Zone- inal against Germany, defeat- ed Bromwich 6-2, 6-0, 0-6, 6-2. -Reuter.

rubber w play United States in the Challenre Round.

The winners of the

Home Cricket

THREE MATCHES CONCLUDE

Yorkshire Beat Kent Easily

London, Aug. 24. Three matches in the County Cricket Championship were cor- cluded to-day after two days of play. The successful teams were Surrey, Yorkshire and Essex.

ESSEX v. NOTTS At Clacton, Essex defeated Notts by seven wickets.

"Notts-271 (Hardstaff 117, Nichols for 34) and 74 (Kenneth Furnes o for 30).

AL

defeated

Essex-233 (Peter Smith 102, Voce 5 for 70) and 113 for 3.

GLAMORGAN ♥, SURREY

Swansea, Surrey Glamorgun by six wickels.

Glamorgan-195 and 03 (F. R. Brown 5 for 48, Parker 4 for 7).

Surrey.-207 (Matthews 6 for 56) and 82 for 4.

KENT. YORKSHIRE At Dover, Yorkshire bent Kent by an innings and 14 runs.

Yorkshire.--330 (Hutton 100). Kent.-103 (Verity 4 for 32) and

113 nol 213 (F. G.-H. Chalk

out, Verity 5 for 48)-Reuter.

Sporting Tit-Bits

London, Aug. 24. KID Tanner, bantamweight and featherweight champion of Bri- The Grimernek Stakes run at York

out Johnny to-day resulted in a win for Tant-ish Guiana, knocked Hippius being third four lengths behind.

Holt, South Africa, in the fourth of ten rounds contest at Liverpool. Early in the fourth round Tanner zent home magnificent left hook to Fourteen ran. Betling: 6-1, 0-11, the body and Holt was counted out, although he just falled to best tho toll and was able to walk to hu Corner.

Compton's score, the highest of his, in his 55. The seventh wicket part career so far, but not probably for nership was worth 119, 81 of which 5-1-Reuter, long, carried his aggregate to 2,114 came in three-quarters of an hour -past Hutton's. Not before had he after lunch. When he was out the scored over 2,000 in a season and declaration was made, just about the this was his eighth century of the time that the crowd heard about the did not hat. present scoson and flic ALL

at defent of Yorkshire, Lord's.

which

THE OTHER DENIS

Smith (J.), Sims and f. A. R. Peebles

DERBYSHIRE-First Innings

W.

Smith Edrich Sims

11.I

Innings

Mitchell

Umpires: Smart, Dolphin.

He batted 4hr. 33min. altogether- Chinese Bathing Club last night on Wednesday evening he had made!

When Derbyshire went in at 3.5 Peebit's MIDDLESEX entertained South China Athletic 94 in 110 minutes and hit one G and Denis Smith began as though there conson Association in a Hongkong Water-

Some of his strokes to Jim Smith and 2) Polo League match and shared two twenty-six 4's. At 155 he was miss was a match to win before the close.. Pope (A.)

ed at mid-on where. likely as not, Edrich may have been a bit streaky Rhodes gonis after a scrappy encounter.

the Aeldsman lost the bail against Both teams were, under strength, the pavilion, and in the last over be- and at 19 he made what should have Townsend South Chinn being without the ser

the fortune

which his boldness vices of Harold Winglee, their skipper, fore lunch when in the 180's, he been a fatal snick, but he deserved while

were twice cocked the ball up. Chinese Bathing Club

jearned. without four of their regular

These were small blemishes in a

Square-cutting, hooking and on- display of all-round stroke produc-driving, he ran to 48 before ten, by bers, including Fung Kwok-wa, centre-half.

it which time Buckston, after a Arst tion and deft footwork, would be difficult to better.

wicket partnership of 64 to which he One of the most impressive things had more usefully contributed than about it all was the facility with his scare might indicate, war out. which he took runs on the off-side. Smith continued with the greatest South Ching relied to a grent extent So perfect was his timing that the bravado and as Alderman not only upon Henry De Sa and Tommy Kew covers were beaten again and again, kept his stumps intact but found for their goals, but the farmer was and when its attitude suggested on-several means of scoring as well, the rarely given an opportunity of bring other boundary in the game direc- Middlesex bowling wore ing his deadly backhand shot into ac-lon he would, by opening the face ent look from Wednesday. {tion and, on one occasion with only of his bat, send the

the goalkeeper to beat, but with a Miss forehand throw, he-completely missed year

Miss his mark. both

Miss Kay Slammers

on her Britain's hopes rest.

tournaments this

If this "live wire" of lawn tennis lish

to win her two singles and,Hardwick has beaten

1

falls

with Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan, her Staminers at Rochampton double, Wimbledon experience will Miss Scott-at Surbiton. prove a faulty guide.

But in the Hard Court

Foor passing by the home team's backs and centre-half and slowness in front of goal cost them many open- ir.gs, while they were extremely lucky to have scored the equaliser through Yam hinh-hong

where no man stood.

bail square

for differ-

Just as everyone was getting ready to applaud à Derbyshire century, Smith was caught at the wicket ENGAGING DUEL

Alderman's watchful innings ended and Poon Yan-keung was the pick of

He began by twice driving Copson at 0 o'clock and with the spin bowl- South Chian's defence, although his to the off-boundary, and then, after ing becoming troublesome, George

Pope fell to a catch nt slip. questionable at times and been caught at the wicket Champion-eties wert ut swimming-over when brown had fut and never-erring Smith (D.), lbw b Smith

DERBYSHIRE If Miss Marble does hold her three ships at Bournemouth Miss Stamnitempting to spoil. Shek Kam-p events, we shall have to win every-mers beol Mrs. Anita Lizana Es played a constructive game at centre/Elliott, he had a most engaging duel] R. H. Buckstori, e Price, b Sim thing else, which, with opponents ofter Mrs. Ellis had beaten Miss half for the visitors, but threw away with Mitchell, whose lengthevious Warthington, Price, Peobles

many chances of scoring by misdirect- much better than on previous Pope (G), at Price & Bimt Puzzle it all out, and you will have ed passes, on one occasion very nearly evening, and off whom he gave the Townsend (L.), e Mann, b Bima some iden of the difficulty of team conceding a goal as a result of break-unaccepted catch at 155. selection when the girls reaching away to the wrong side of the Indeed, though Copson's analysis Mitchell, a Carris, b Sima

pitch wit

with a C.B.C. forward in pos- is an unusual ene for him this year, Capson, b Sima

Byes session.

Derbyshire's bowling, on an easy! Henry de Sa opened the searing for wicket, was generally superior to

Talai

Ilke Mrs. Fabyan, Miss Helen Jacobs Hardwick.

and Misa Dorothy Bundy in the field,

will be a pretty tall order.

Still, hope on, hope ever!

Three Certainties ·

Amerles.

overs.

two yard: "perching" on the

taken.

Alderman, e Edrich, b Sims ......

Pape (A.), e Peebles, b Bima Rhodes, & b suns "Elllott, not out, an

Recond Innings

Bus

The captain will have to be guided YUR team consists of Miss Betty by the form of the moment In the South Chien in the first half when he that of Wednesday. George Pope Smith (D), e Price, b Compton

conditions. Even different

then swam through unmolested to score

core who has pulled a muscle in his left in. 71. Buckxton. © Perbler, b Simu Nuthall, as captain and probable with so variable a player as Miss from close range. Chinese Bathing

Worthington. not out doubles player; Mles Kay Stammers. Scott to think about, it will be large Club equaised in the second half whce sroin, could send down only eight Alderman. b Peebles Pope (G), e Edrich, who almost certainly will play two

matter of luck whether she Lionel Lo sent the ball to Yom Mon- hong,

Hart made 29 out of the 80 added Townsend (L.). not out singles and a double; Mrs. Freda a

Extras James Hammersley, partner of Miss chooses right or wrong.

It cannot be denied that then ark, and the latter made no m.in less than an hour for the sixth

Total (4 wkia) Stammers; Misc Mary, Hardwick and

wicket, and Price joined in the fun up' "cleaning after

MIDDLESEX Miss Valerie Scott, going presumably Americans,

Mr. Ip Kun-yim refereed and the with four 4's off Mitchell, so that 138 Robertson, a Mitchell, b Rhodes for singles; and Miss Ninn Brown, a Wimbledon in singles and doubles,

had been made, before lunch, when B, D. Cerria, e de b Popo (A) doubles plaver whose regular port-have much less anxious selection teams were:

Chinese Bathing Club! Po King the score was 366. Afterwards Edrich, b Townsend except that they suffer

Compton (D.), not out) ner. Mus Rita Jarvis, has been left

problems,

fook; Sung Ylustaks and Chan Yuet-Compten passed 101, his previous Mar. 1 Popra (A. V). at home by our sage, selectors,

trom a surplus of riches.

fat; Yam Man-hung; Chu Fook-po, best, with a boundary to the of from frown (8. M.). Eliott, Robert Chan and Yung Tat-fun. Copson, and a 4, all run, past mid-on (A. V

Hart, Ihw, b Mitchell 8. CHI : Choo Shtu hung; Lee

*Price, Copson, b hodes Kay-yeing and Poon Yan-keung; gave him his double century,

Price continued to lay about him Tommy Kew and Henry de Sa. iwith rare abandon and had nine s'al

It is presumed, from the fact that ther: won the Relgate tournament together last week that the notion is

Any impartial observer musi back them to win, but lawn tennis-and especially women's lawn temisie to pair Miss Brown with Miss so uncertain a game that we may re-Shek Kam-pul; Wong Chi-hung. Nuthall,

colve a pleasant surprise.

તા.

Total (7 w, deo.)

120

XDONDERS-ON

ALEX James has returned from his

coaching trip in Poland. One thing which has particularly Inter- ested Alex about the Polish football players he met. Is their uncanny kill at heading the ball. "They can run about for minutes on end bounc- ing the ball on their heads" he says. "It's an amazing show to watch, but It would be betler suited to a music ball than a football match.

ON THE CHIN--Billy Conn of Pittsburgh, left, runs into sack on the chin by Mello Bettina of Beacon, N. Yig In New York bout. But Conn speeded up and became now light-hd champ, in 15-round decision.

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