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AMERICANS COMPLETE

DAVIS CUP

CUP SWEEP

New York, Sept. 6! The United States today made a clean swoop in the five-match Davis Cup challenge round when Frankie Parker de-feated Adrian Quist of Aus- tralia, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3,

Eight Rounds Only

For Woodcock

London, Sept. 6.-European Heavyweight Champion Bruce Woodcock's comeback bout against the American Lee Oma September 21 will be only eight rounds, it was revealed today,

Jack Solomons, promoter of the Harringay Препа bout, sald "Woodcock wanted a stiff night for his first one but was a litite worried about the distance. He turned down

Even though the United States has clinched its hold on the Davis Cup, Ted Schroeder of La Crescenta, California, continued hils team's winning ways by trouncing the Australian Billy Sidwell, 6-2, 0-1, 8-1.

A sparse crowd at 5,000 at Forest Hills stadium watched Schroeder play inspired tennis as he brought home the fourth straight victory In the current Davis Cup challengo round.

The victories in the opening two singles mriches and Sunday's doubles assured the United States hold on the Cup, making today's matches academic-United Press.

contexts with continental boxers LAWN BOWLS

over longer distances in, favour of Oma in a hard test.”—Brilted Press.

FIGHT FOR TURPIN

London, Sept. 7. Laurent Druthile of France will fight Brl- tain's classy young middleweight Randolph Turpin in on eight round bout ut Harringay Arena оп September 21.

It will be a preliminary to the heavyweight contest between Brucc Woodcock, European champion, and Anierican L Oman. Associated

Press,

ST. LEGER

Second Division Play-Off

THE HONGKONG · TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 193.

RINGMEN GATHER IN NEW YORK

Boxers who will meet on the same card in Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, N.J. on September 21 shake hands before signing contracts in New York City.

Left is World Middleweight Champion Tony Zale who will meet French Title- holder Marcel· Cerdan (right). Second from left is Joe Walcott who will oppose Gus Lesnevich (second from right). In a heavyweight bout-AP Wirephoto.

The play-off for the Second Division of the Hongkong Lawn FESTIVAL CRICKET Bowis League will be decided on Saturday, September 11, at the Kowloon Bowling Green Club commencing at 3.30 p.m.

The game will be between long- kon: Cricket Club, winners of the "A" Section, and Club de Recrelo,

My Love Shortens winners of the "B" Section.

As Favourite London, Sept. 7-My Love, safely in residence at Doncaster for the Classic St Leger next Saturday, shortened slightly as favourite on Monday to 11-8.

The French colt had been 6-4 at the previous call over last week at the bookmaker Victoria Club. A by the secrecy ban was imposed bookles and they did not disclose as they usually do how much money was wagered.~.

Champlon Jockey Gordon Richards' mount, Noor, cased out to 15-2 but rematried second favourite.

Other closing prices were:

B-1 Black Tarquin;

10-1, Royal Drake;

100-9, Solar Slipper;

18-1 Vic Day:

20-1 Alycldon;

25-1 Captain Fox;

25-1, Olloman;

33-1 Angelok.

Eight other horses were entered. ---Associated Press.

Interport Cricket

11

The following will represent the HKCC:

L. F

J. Mount, P. Kennedy, W. Wi- Janison, J. Prentice, R. Phillips, E. J. R. Mitchell, R. A., Edwards, A. W. Brown, G. W. Sewell, Lammert, R. R. Davies, R. II. Wild. IRC TEAM

aat to meet

South

Of England At Hastings

Win At

of

London, Sept. 6.-While the South England beat the North by five wickets in the the major Festival fixture at Hastings today, North are having the better of the encounter at Kingston, where they gained first innings advantage.

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New Tarzan

Helsinki, Sept. 1—A handsome Finnish actor, Tapio Rautavaar, who won the Olympic javelin throw, may replace Johnny Weis- muller ag Hollywood's favourite "Tarzan," it was disclosed today.

Consul General Arvo Hisberg who headed the Olympic delegation, said he negotiated for a contract during his recent visit to film

Hollywood where a the

are

The following will represent the

No fewer th 23 wickets fell Club In Indian Recreation

today at Hastings, where the pitch League match ("A"

Divisior:} was rain affected and, though on the against Club de Recrelo, (away) on

the North losing side, Broderick,

bowler, (Players Saturday at 4 p.m.

Starptonshire left-arm spin b the requested

the feature of the match Ferry Wharf, Hongkong side, at by becoming the third player this 3.15 p.m.)

the to complete

double of season to

hundred taking

wickets and scoring a thousand runs.

There was

Bluctuating cricket at Kingston, where the North appeared likely to have a bigger lead unill Surridge, of Surrey, took five for three in an inspired

spell, which threatened them with a defleit, but their last two wickets put them in

M. B. Hassan. M. Y. Adol, K. M. RumJahn, A. K. Minu (skip); A.

R. Kitchell, A. M. Wahab, S. Yusuf, J. Hoosen (skip); M. I. Razack, A. J. Hussain, A. R. Minu, U. A. Rum- Jahn (skip).

HOME FOOTBALL front.

London, Sept. 7-Results

in

Monday night's English League soccer matches (home teams first): FIRST DIVISION

Blackpool Bolton W.

Sheffield U.

Burnley response to on invitation' sent

by the Shanghai Cricket Club, the Hongkong Cricket Club will send a team north next month.

The Interport match has been tentatively fixed for October 8, 9 and 10.

The team will be cuplained by T. A. Pearce, well-known Interporter. who led the Colony team to a fine

Derby County

1 Huddersfield

2 Sunderland

1 Preston N. E.

SECOND, DIVISION, Coventry City 1 West Ham Leicester City 0 Brentford Luton Town 2 Blackburn R.

+

THIRD DIVISION (Southern)

victory In the Inst-Interport-in-Port Vide 3Swindoni November when Shanghal were dis- inlased for the record low score of 45 runs in the first innings."

FILIPINO CLUB

.v. KCC

The Filipino Club and the KCC will play off their postponed Second. Division League Lawn Bowls match the Filipino green tomorrow al (Wednesday) evening, starting at 5.15 p.m.

The KCC rinks are:

Tindall, R. Leigh, J. Tibble and

.

A. Steven (skip).

W. H. Colledge, C. Champelevler,

• THIRD DIVISION

(Northern) ·

Mansfield T. Rotherham U.

0

Crewe A.

1 Southport

Doncaster R,

3 Oldham

|

2 Halifax

1

2 Hartlepool

RUGBY UNION Barnstable 3 Welsh A. Northampton 12 Cardiff Redruth

1

17

27

3

RUGBY LEAGUE

Lancashiro Cup

RUGBY LEAGUE

14 Lanelly

S. C. Trueman and A. E. P. Guest | Belle Vue R. 6 Rochdale 1.

(skip).

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$

0

Associated Press.

IL Glitins, L. Brezny, It. S. Capeil ¦ Workington T. 7 Hunsuct

and C. Pope (skip).

In the Scarborough match, the tourists for South Africa gained an adventage over Leveson Gower's XI, manly through a grand Innings by Erown, who had been honoured with going in first. He engaged in two good stands, first with Pearce and then with Donnelly, while bowling 6 honours went to Denis Compton, who took three of the last four wickets for only 38 runs,

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CLOSE OF PLAY SCORES

The close of play scores were:

F

0

0

| harve

Appleby

THERE -THERE - DARLING BRADMAN-COMPTON -HUTTON WACHBROOK – THEY'VE ALL BEEN BOWLED FIRST BALL AT SOME TIME OR OTHER

At Scarborough: M. C. C. South African Tourists 347 and 14 for no wicket; Leveson-Gower's XI

273 (Brown 123, Complon 3 for 28).

At Hastings: South of England beat the North by 6 wickets. The North 183 and 115 (Mallett U for 42) South of England 199 (Roberston 73, Barnett 4 for 8) and 105 for 5 (Broderick 4 for 3).

At Kingston: South of England 210 (Nutter 7 for 62) and 93 for 2; The North 255 (OldЛeld 124 not out, Constable S1. Surridge 7 for 82).— Reuter,

spokesman told him "Weis- muller is too old."-United Press.

First Round Upset

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In Irish Golf

Belfast, Sept. G---John Burke, the defending champton, was bealen by Brian McManus two and one in

Amateur Golf Championship today.

Promotion Headaches For Lincoln City

By ARCHIE QUICK

When ex-trainer Billy Anderson took Lincoln City's Northern Section side of part-time professionals into the Second Division in his first year as manager, it was the end of one long headache,

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With another season approaching, William onça more renches for the aspirin. Lincoln's trouble at one time was money. Prosperity, however, has since solved that prob- lem and now the trouble is now players.

that the

Anderson believes in parients, onel. The supporters' joy in of which still haunts bla Sinelt bank'old-time. local Derbys, Lincoln offices. In 1031-32 Lincoln got into yeraus Grimshy, aro, renewed. the Second Division and were back again in Third Division next season because they failed to strengthen the side.

slen In the year that Lincoln City Grimsby moved into First Divi- were relegated, from: Second

and

now, after 18 years, the reverse has together Bill recalls, too, the rise and fall happened and they are. of Doncaster Rovers for a similor gain. xi. reason le also remembers that Lincoln's Sinell Bank, which has from 1825-33 his Grimsby neigh-one of the Onest playing pltches of bours shot up from Third to First all the Divisions,.. I assuming Division status, and now, they are New Look. More terracing has been back again in Second Division,mide and the ground capacity has guilty of the same omission.

been increased to 30,000,

My enilengue, recently back from Lincolnshire parts, tells me that the flahermen have s0 far made no close of Season captures to strengthen their ranks and bolster that rugged defence 50 pitifully punished Inst season.

WHITHER GRIMSBY?

Already there are moan that Grimsby are

Baseball

THE SCORES

American League

Third North-bound. Philadelphia. Football Association selector Arthur New York Drewery told me that Grimsby Town intend to make captures and

Philadelphia

are prepared to spend money but New York that they will not have a pistol held

Boston

at their head by other clubs who Washington know of their plight.

(nightcap) 0

Boston (nightcap) At Lincoln the signings are, not Washington nearly suffelent to keep the imps

in better company. So far they have Detroit only three full-Ume players St Louis inside-left Hutchinson, who scored

24 goals for them last season: Detroit (nightcap) Jimmie

ai St Louis Grummett, Tight-half, 26-year-old 0-foot RAF demobee;

and Tommcy Eremry reserve Cleveland contar-half, who has interested Chicago several clubs litely..

Cleveland (nightcap) port-timers. Chiengo

All were formerly Others who continue as part-timers are goal-keeper Moulson Grimby fish-frader, right-back Sillyard; Left-back Lester, a Sheffield plumber;

St Louis English Amateur International inside-

Pittsburgh post forward Harry Parr, a local office engineer; and wee 5-ft. 2inch St Louis. (nightcap) Windle, Rotherham miner and Pittsburgh Lengue foot-bull's smallest player.

Pakistan Wants the first round of the Irish Open played with the United,

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(T innings)

Chiengo Cincinnati

Chicago (nightcap) Cincinnati

4

3 3 1

Q 7 1

2 7 1

(B Innings)

National League

4 13 1

3 11

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THE SKIPPER

They will be captained by that Johnson, stand personality, Tom electrician in Sheffield where he once

who was reckoned the Northem Section's best New York'. centre-half last season.

Philadelphia Wonderful team spirit enables 11 was the biggest shock of the

these lads, who train at the nearest opening day but Ceell Ewing. Brl-ground at nights and join the Club tish Walker Cup golfer, barely got train or coach en route to the

Carroll by by J. Karachi, Sept. 6.-Commenting on triumph, Joe Carr, another Walker

hole match, to go places this season.

the suggestion made at the recent

Mr Anderson admits that the im- Imperial Cricket Conference

Cup player from Ireland, beat. A.

portance of three or four men of London that India

Pakistan Sinclair seven and six-Associated class is essential for Lincoln's con- should field a combined team for Press.

tinuance in higher spheres.

Its Own Test Cricket Team

and

in

cricket tours and Test matches, Captain SA. Hamid, Secretary of the Pakistan Olympic Association, salt: "We shall never agree to Pakistan-merging-itself-with--Todia- for the purposes of foreign cricket tours or for playing Test matches against foreign teams."

Hamid, who was chef de mission of Pakistan's athletic contingent in The recent Olymple Games in Lon- don, added that Pakistan had secured recognition by 11 inter- national sports organisations, that it possessed as much, and in samne cases better, sports talent than India.

and

"There la

no reason why Pakis- tan should merge its separate identity with India," said Hamici. "There is sufficient cricket Intent in Pakistan to form an eleven of inter- national standard."—Reuler.

MATHIAS HOME FROM GAMES The Indians Laugh

Among the Olympic Games champions returning to the United States Iront England aboard, the liner Washington and landing in New York was Bob Mathias (nböyó), 17 year-old-Tulare, Calif.," high school athlete, winner of the'

Maneler Decathlon title,—AP Wirephoto.

At "Bootball”

By HAROLD. PALMER

The swarthy Manindra Duttaray, manager of the first Indian soccer team to compete in the Olympic Games, and secretary of the All-India FA, made a bright remark when I met him at the Richmond Park camp. "You play 'bootball," he said. "We play football.”

I thought, with some sense of guilt, of beefy backs who bash the ball about without much idea of lis destination. [ could have spared my blushes.

Dultatay's reference was to the fact that his players, except the goalkeeper, prefer to play bare- foot-as they did the Games

The goalkeeper has his boats "In self defence." Others sport stock- ings that start of the heel and hold a shin guard. Some wear nothing

!

on the legs at all.

QUITE USEFUL!

You can, imagine the doinly sort

of football that, goes with bag feat.

Neat control,, short passing, but not

much power In front of goal. The

INDIA'S T. AAO:

coplaints the centre-half, who, O'Callaghan, now Fylhem's asistan! plays an attacking game, the trainer, coached the Indian team at bright-eyed T. ΑΠΟ,

who played Craven Cottage and the Metropoli against Denis Compton's touring tan Police ground at Imber Court. side in India during the war

He remarked on their weakness in Although, he was beres for the the air. soccer, Aso would not disgrace-his Although beaten by the powerful country in one or two athletic | French squad in the first round of events. In one afternoon of ¡hli | Olympic competition the Indians have college sport he did 44ft... in the benten crack amateur combinations of hop, step and jump a 22ft. long Holland, England and Wales, among jump, throw the discus, more than others, In the post-Olymple matches. 00ft. and won the 200 metres in 23, something secs."

WEAK IN THE AIR

The old Tottenham Hotspur and Wales Inside-forward, Tally

The Dally Mall commented today, The Indians make it seem so chay Their short 10-yards, passing has spread-eagled most European defón- sive kysteme,”

one

Cool off

(13 innings)

New York (nightcap) -. Philadelphia

0

(7 Innings)

Brooklyn Boston

Brooklyn (nightcap) 1. Boston

2 13. (14 Innings)

4 11 (7 innings>

AND FRESHEN UP

AFTER THAT LONG,

TIRING JOURNEY

San Miguel Pale Pilsen

Bacle Wike

Both

14oustody, th

SOLD #VERYWHERE San Miguel Brewery Hongkong, Ltd.

BREWED 8. ROTTLED BY

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