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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 "Abo")

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 the worse.

for both swimming and bowls.

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

Two of the players selected, A. E. Carey and W. S. Dall. In view of the are members of the Hongkong: Police Force. 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. 5. 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.

Here And

There

With "Abe".

Wightman Cup Hopes Of English Girls

U. M. Omar

The NOT.

Grand National

Handicapper Has New Instructions

London, Aug. 0.

LOSER RECOVERS SPLENDIDLY BUT ENDS UP POORLY Former Champion Led 13-4 After 10 Heads

(By "Abo")

A. J. Hall

the loser.

Though interesting at certain stages, the match in the fourth round of the Open Bowls singlos 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 tic

between Omar and B. W. Bradbury. Play was For "Booing"

Of Rideout

steady throughout but there was nothing that was really spectacular.

And the ending was rather tame; sreund or third shot.

The following after the tight had promised to be a close one.

4-13 after the head by head:

Trailing

recovery and was 14-14 on the 17th

from

The official start of the new jump-st ten heads, Hall made a splendid Head U. M. Omar ing season and the announcement of head. But on the 23rd head, when new conditions governing the Grand Omar was leading 19-16 and lying National, reminds us that the winter two with the jack two feet away is not far away (we haven't had any the ditch, Hall was short with two English woods. real maner?}, sys writer.

In

future the Grand National handlemiper Is not bound to give the top-weight as much as 12st. lb.

course.

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

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18

20 21

That will please a lot of people!

Haf did not of the scoring on who do not like to see good horses the short and medium heads, but he beaten by a burden which they re-

was not so good on the font endis gard as not a racing weight at all.

which Omar favoured. When he had. There is no doubt that it the jack, Hall was invariably only a tremendous task for

horse carry twelve and a half stone to victory foot or go away from the kitty with

frst his

wood, and On

10 several over Aintree's 41⁄2 miles

occasions he was lying two or three But then the pace, unlike some when Omar had his last wood to roll. others in the calendar, was never the latter, however, more often than meant to be won by the best horse.

got managed to save, elther taking What will happen if the handi- cupper takes advantage of the new ruling and refuses to give the top- So the captain goes abroad with weight more than 12 stone?

practical certainties in her! conflict regarding the dates of tree

It is apparent that the top-weight more often for he the Wightman Cup match this year mind-the leading singles player, will win much between the leading. Indy lennis Mirs Stammers, and the two doubles has enly to give 25lb. to the worst players of the United States and partnerships, even though one of horse in the race. Grent Britain. Ont report, from them 1s untested in the top-class America, says the match begins at play. Forest Hilla to-morrow and continues

TWO reports I have in front of me

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

That the matches stari to-day and THE uncertainties are the second conclude to-morrow, However, the

and third singer whether Miss

the

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

and Miss Scoll only one two teams chosen!

verso.

matches

or vice

ONLY A FEW SEASONS Thus the character of the rare as

a handicap in seriously weakened, and raeini; men say they cannot see the new instruction to handicappers lasting more Linn A few seasons unless the bottom weights are dras- tically reduced.

were the

London, Aug. 9. stores! Binine Rideout, United States Athletic far, who was alleged to hate A. J. Halbumped Sydney Wooderson in the Princeton Mile of the Century mee, figured in another track scene nt the White City.

Magnificent Double Century By

Compton

By Kenneth Rankin

London, July 28.

Hideout got the worst of some jostling as the runners in the mile crossed the line for the last lap, but the nearest gretions of the 60,000 erowd apparently blamed the Ameri- can for the trouble and booed him.

All Square In

Inter-Zone Davis Cup Final

Brooklines, Mass., Aug. 24. Australia and Yugoslavia are one all in the Inter-Zone final of the Dayk Cup Competition, John Bromwich, the Australian No. 1, was sensationally beaten by F. Puncee.

In the opening match, Adrian Quist of Australia defeated D. Mitic of Yugoslavia in straight sets by B-0, 6-4, 6-3.

However, in the Beoord singles, Puncee, who won both his singles In European Zone Anal against Germany, defeat- ed Bromwich 0-2, 6-0, 0-0, 0-2. -Reuter,

rubber The winners of the will play United States in tho Challenge Round,

Home Cricket

THREE MATCHES CONCLUDE

Yorkshire Beat Kent Easily

Three

Londen, Aurt. 24. matches in the County Cricket Championship were con-

Rideout finished n bad fourth included to-day after two days of play, the rare, which was won by the 23-The successful teams were Surrey, year-old Scotland Yard clerk, Denis Yorkshire and Essex. Pell.

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

Here is what they sold:

Denis Poll: I was most annoyed with the crowd. I thought the boo- ing thoroughly insporting. If it had Wanpened 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 eut in right across me, and I had to change my stride to come round.

Sydney Wooderun (who was one of the Arst to reach the dressing room and congratulale Pell): I was sorry for Ridecul. He had to come round the field, and he did not touch

anybody.

Derbyshire, CRIMCRACK STAKES

And if that is done there Is the problem of getting jockeys under 10 stone with enough experience to

A magnificent innings of 214 not out by Great Britain-Miss Delty Nuthall It is all a Chinese puzzle for any make the trip to Aintree with rea- (Captain), Miss Kay Slammers, Mrs.captain. At first glance It seems sonable hope of success.

Denis Compton at Lord's enabled Middlesex to Freda Hammersley, Miss Mary Hard- that Miss Septt

has made herself This year the minimum weight is wick, Miss Valerie Scott, Miss Nina sate for the larger responsibility by increased from 10 stone to 10 stene declare at a total of 447 for seven. Brown and Miss Rita Jarvis, Her recent victory over Miss Stam-31b, which makes the range ridicul who went in again 337 behind and with 190 min-

United States-Miss Alice Marble, mers at Frinton. But that is not the ously small if the handicapper is Mrs. Saral Infrey Fabyan, Miss end of the argument. In other Eng-still to try to get all the horses Inutes 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.

Dorothy Bundy, Miss Katherine Wheeler, Mirn."- Workman, Miss Vir ginia Wolfenden-Arnold, Miss Helen Bernhard and Miss Patricia Conaint In a recent survey of the prospects, an English writer hnd this to say:

When-on

has poper our team looked likú beating the Americans it hos falted year after year.,

this

No wonder, therefore, that alde, which certainly does not look the beller on paper has adopted "Hope On, Hope Ever" as its molto.

It will be in accordance with the contrariness of, town tennis if they Iriumph for the first time since 1930. Perhaps thr American girin, having been successful eight times to 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 raise a team strong enough to beat

bem on merit.

The "Key"

THE key to the whole altuation is

our entertaining friend, Mian Alice Marble, champion of Wimble- don and thus far the "great invinci- blo" of the lawn tennis year. She will be concerned in three of the seven matches making up the com- petition.

Miss Kay Stammers

on her Britain's hopes rest,

tournaments ihis year

beaten

If this live wire" of lawn tennis sh falls to win her two singles and, Hardwick has

with a chance.

Water Polo

CHINESE TEAMS SEEN IN A POOR ENCOUNTER

London, Aug. 24.

The Grimcrack Slakes run at York to-day resulted in a win for Tant- Hippius being third. four behind.

lengths

ESSEX. NOTTS

AL Clacton, Essex defeated Notts by seven wickets.

Noits-271 (11ardstaff 117, Nichols

5 for 34) and 74 (Kenneth Farnes & for 30).

Essex

AL

defeated

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

GLAMORGAN. SURREY

Swansen, Surrey Glamorgan by six wickets.

Glamolan195 and 93 (F. R. Brown 5 for 10, Parker 4 for 7).

Surrey. 207 (Multhews 6 for 50) and 82 for 4.

KENT. YORKSHIRE A Dover, Yorkshire beat Kent by an innings ond 14 runs,

Yorkshire-338 (lution 100). Kent-10 (Verity 4 for 32) and 213 (F. G. H. Chalk 115 not out, Verity 5 for 48)-Router.

Sporting Tit-Bits

KID Tanner, bantamweight and featherweight champion of Bri- Gulana, knocked out Johnny

1ish

Holl, South Africa, in the fourts of

a ten rounds contest at Liverpool. Carly in the fourth round Tanner.. sent home magnificent left hook to Fourteen ran. Betting: 8-1, -11, the body and Holt was counted out, Jalthough he just failed to beat the his toll and was able to walk to 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, tong, carried his aggregate to 2,114 carne in three-quarters of an hour -past Button's. Not before had he nfler 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 fint present

season and the fifth nt defeat of Yorkshire. Lord's.

Smith (7), Btme and 11. A. It. Peebles

DERNYSHINE-First Innings

R.

W.

Smith

Edrich Sim

11.1

MIDDLESEX

irst Innings

Mitchell

THE OTHER DENIS He batted 4hr. 35min. altogether-

When Derbyshire went in at 3.51 Peebles Chinese Bathing Club last night entertained South China Athletlen Wednesday evening he had mole

94 In 110 minutes and hit one 6 and Denis Smith began as though thereoton" Association in a Hongkong Water-twenty-six 4's. At 155 he was mies-iwas a match to win before the close. Pope (A) Polo League match and shared two

ed at mid-on where, likely as not, Some of his strokes to Jim Smith and 191 goals after a scrappy encounter.

Both teams were under strength, the fieldsman lost the ball against Edrich may have been a bit afreaky South China being without the ser- the pavilion, and in the last over be-and at 10 he made what should have Townsend vices of Hurold Winglee, their skipper, twice cocked the ball up.

fore lunch when in the 100's, he been a fatal snickt, but he deserved the fortune which his boldness | while Chinese Bathing Club

carned. without four of their regular mem-

were

These were smnil blemishes in B

Square-cutting, hooking and on- bers, including Fung Kwok-wa, thels

display of all-round stroke produc driving, he ran to 48 before tea, by centre-half.-

which it

which time Buckston, ofter a first Poor passing by the bone team's on and deft footwork, imeks and centre-half and slowness in would be dillcult to better.

wicket partnership of 04 to which he front of qual cost them many open-

ings, while they were extremely lucky One of the most impressive things and more usefully contributed than to have scored the equaliser through about it all was the facility with his score might indiente, was out.

which he took runs on the off-skle, Smith continued with the greatest Yam Ban-hong

ball square

with Mr. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan, her Stamuners at Roehampton ---- and Poon Yan-keung was the pick of He began by twice driving Copson at 6 o'clock and with the spin bowl-[

and Miss Dorothy Bundy in the field,

will be a pretty tall order.

Still, hope on, hope ever!

Three Certainties

DERBYSHIRE

Alderman, e Edrich, b Sims

South China relied to a great extent So perfect was his timing that the bravado and as Alderman not only upon Henry De Sa and Tammy Kewlcovers were beaten again and again, kept his stumps intact but found for their goals, but the former was and when his attitude suggested an-several means of scoring ns well, the rately given an opportunity of bring-other boundary in the same direc-Middlesex bowling wore a for differ ing his deadly backhand shot into action he would, by opening the face ent look from Wednesday.

Just as everyone was getting ready tion

and, on one occasion with only of his bat, send the

a Derbyshire century, the

to applaud goalkeeper to beat, but with a where no man stood.

Smith was caught at the wicket Miss chand throw, he completely misse

ENGAGING DUEL

Alderman's watchful Innings ended both Miss his mark. double, Wimbledon experience will Miss Scott--al Surbiton.

South China's defence, although his to the off-boundary, and then, after ing becoming troublesome, George prove a faulty guide.

But in the Hard Court Champlon-tucties were questionable at times and Brown had been caught at the wicket Pope fell to n catch at slip.

Miss Stame was guilty of swimming-over when by the faithful and never-crring smith (D.1. lbw b Smith If Miss Marble does hold her three chips at Bournemouth events, we shall have to win every-mers beat Mrs. Anita Lizana Falls attempting to spoll. Shek Kam-p Elllett, he had a most engaging duel R. H. Buckrian, Price, bbins beaten Miss played n constructive gone at centre- with Mitchell, whose length was worthington, Price, b Peebles thing else, which, with opponents after Mrs. Ellis had

half for the visitors, but threw away much better than on the previous pope (0.1, Price, Bim like Mrs. Fabyan, Miss Helen Jacobs Hardwick.

many chances of scoring by misdirect-

Popa (A), e Peebles, b Sims Puzzle it all out, and you will haveed passes, on one occasion very nearly evening, and off whom he gave the Townsend' (L.), C. Mann, b Sims

Rhodes, e'&b Bims

Elliott, not_aut skle of the some idea of the difficulty of team conceding a goal as a result of break-unaccepted catch at 150. selection when the girls

Indeed, though Copson's analysis, Mitchell, e Carris, b Sims renching away to the wrong

piich with a C.B.C. forward in pos-is an unusual one for him this year. Coptan, b Sims America.

Derbyshire's bowling,

nyes session. The captain will have to be guided Henry de Sa opened the scoring for wicket, was generally superior to

Total UR-team consists of Miss Betty by the form of the moment in the South China in the first half when he that of Wednesday, George Pop Amith (D.), e Pries, b Compton ...

different conditions. Even

then. swam through unmolested to score who has pulled a muscle in left it if Bucksinn, o Peebies, 3 Suns QUB Nuthall, as captain and probable with so varlable a player as Miss from close range. Chinese Bathing doubles player; Miss Kay Stammers Scott to think about, it will be large-Club equalised in the second half when roin, could send down only eight not out who almost certainly will play twly a maller of luck whether she Lionel Lo sent the ball to Yam Man-

Popa (0,), e Edrich, & Bima two yard

Extras Hart made 29 nut of the 66 added Townsend 1). hot out hong, "perching on the aingies and a double: Mr. Freda choosen right or wrong. James Hammersley, partner of Miss

denied that the ark, and the latter made no m.in less than an hour for the sixth

Total (4 wkts.) It cannot be Slammers; Miss Mary Hardwick and

wicket, and Price joined in the fun

MIDDLESEX after "cleaning up" Miss Valerie Scott, going presumably Americans,

"Mr. Ip Kun-yim refereed and the with four 4's off Mitchell, so that 138 Robertson, e Mitchell, b Thodes Wimbledon in singles and doubles,

had been made before lunch, when R. D. Carri, e & b Pope (A.) for singles; and Miss Nina Brown, a doubles player whose regular part-have much less anxious selection teams were:

Afterwards Edrich, b. Townsend Chinese Bathing Club: Po King- the

WAR 360. score nor. Miss Rita Jarvis, has been left problems, except that they suffer

fook; Sung Yiu-tak and Chan Yuet-Compton passed 181, his previous Compton (D.), not aut

F. G. Mann, b Pope (A, V.) at home by our anga selectors.

from a surplus of riches,

fat; Yam Man-hung; Chu Fook-po, best, with a boundary to the off from Brown (S. M.), a Elliott Any impartial observer must back Robert Chan and Yuhg Tat-fun.

Cupson, and a 4, all run, post mid-on, V

Hart, lbw b Mitchell 8. China: Choo Shlu-hung: Lee them to win, but lawn tennis-and especially women's lown tehnis-is Kny-yeung and Foon Yan-keung: ave him his double century. ·

Wong Che-hun Misa so uncertain a game that we may re-Shek Kam-pul;

Price continued to lay about biry ceive a pleasant surprise.

Iwith rare abandon and, had nine 4'5. Tommy Kew and Henry de Sa.

It is presumed, from, the fact that Reigate tournament they won the together last week, that the notion is to pair. Mim Brown with Nuthall.

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Umpires: Smart, Dolphin.

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LEX James has relurned from his coaching trip in Poland. One thing which has particularly Inter ested Alex about the Polish football players he met. is their uncanny skill at healing 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 better suited to a musle hall than a football match.

UFS

ON THE CHIN--Billy Conn of Pittsburgh, left, runs into a sock on the chin by Melio Bettina of Beacon, N. Y., in New York bout. But Conn speeded up and became new light-heavyweight. champ, in 15-round decision.