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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

AMATEURS SHYING AWAY FROM BRITISH OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

London, June 18.

Rarely has there been such a lack of first-class amateur talent in a British Open Golf Championship as is the case this year.

While many Scotsmen are taking the opportunity to play in the event, at Troon starting July 3, the recognised big men of British amateur golf are, to use a somewhat hackneyed expression, conspicuous by their absence.

Couse,

the

The reason, no doubt, is that the average amateur just cannot afford the time and expense these days. Many professionals, too, cannot afford what it costs but in their case they are, more or less, duty bound to compete and in a number of cases they do receive something towards their expenses from clubs.

This is not, of recognised thing an as prize money accompanying the Open Championship falls far for the Riven below that average professional tournament noboly makes money out of se unless he is on or very near The top of the list at the Onish,

ONLY GLORY

Amateurs,

only glory

of

course,

to ene

Championship and

have from the because of

the heavy increase in costs compared with

prewar days

It is not, perhaps, surprising to are thein few in number.

It is a pity, as participation

In the Championship

the

against

Philippines

Routed

In Davis Cup Tie

Stockholm, June 18.

Sweden completed the rout of the Philippines in their European Zone quarter-final of the Davis Cup today when winning both the singles to take the con- test by 5-0.

Ragmurio Deyro Today Sven Davidsson beat 6-1, 6-0 and 6-1, and Torsten Johansson bent Felleisimo Ampon by 6-8, 9-10, 6-4, 6-1 and G-1.

-

mod janverfat opposition OPEN RINKS

from all parts

the world

nust be of great benefit to Beir

an

This year it would have given the pro pective candidates for next Walker Cup team valuable preparation and experience but while costs letzte to ach an extent it can be realised why they refrain.

RESULTS

Davidmon played, better than yesterday and Deyro was swept off the court by the Swede's services, which al times were sred intakealde. heavily

A forehand whieh maintained per- Dyra feel length ales catred trouble and when the Filiping dared his tall rival by going

effort in cut off The Lawn Bowls Open the net in ar

dow of driven Davidsson Rinka elatopionship opened the yesterday when the follow-was equal to the emergency. ing matches werk played:

Deyro was never able to test

the Svete's backhand.

FOOT-FAULTS?

At least one-third of Davich

WWW

RCC- R. R. Davies, B. It is worth noting that Prank At

who has ulerady W. Armrr, IL G. Stade and . Strandan,

C A son's services appeared to be win the British Amateur Cham- Howking Tool 19 plowship, aul Jimmy Mellate, interes, C. E. Marques, A. F. foot faults for he constantly a strong im-Noronha and J. E. Noronha, dragged his hack leg over the who made such

Α. R. line. Only oner. however, M. 1. Razack, pression in that event, are not 35.

Minu, K. M. Omar and A. M. he penalized and that was inte Charir pitting losing the chance of Ekill against the best of the pro-Omar lost to 11. R. Piana, G. A. ln the third say when the maleh

C. 12. Harto and C. E. was virtually over, Noronha, fessional talent,

V. C. The nicent Bght pat up Horn Pereira, 19-26.

mainst Johanson It is within Use realms of run, A. Bailey, G. Norman by Ampon pobility that Stranahan could J. G. Megry last to R. M.justted the match as a whole. equal the record of Bobby Jonesboro, E M. Alarcon, A. A.This was a three hours battle-

I. E. V. Ribeiro, a David and Goliath encounter and win both the Open and the Lopes and amateur utles in the same year.ing.

i

At RBGC.-M.

BETTER THAN EVER

He went very near to taking

the Open hatours three

years

is nowadays playing! O and better than ever,

F

of rapier against stedre-ham)- mer, which held the spectators

after

lo

Haplis pellbound ¡A M. Souza, 1. F. Faiz and J. Swedish dinner time.

A Law lost to K. M. Rumjalin, I

Each of the art three

the

rels

A H. A. Rahman, M. B. Hatsan started with one or the other and U. A. Rumjahu, 11-20.

K

A establishing a lead of three or did four games and Johansson Rimedios and C. C. Ferrin beat not save the third sel until he

Pereira, J. H. Xavier, 3.

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3. Tunt, G. Lee, T. Look and Whad survived five match junts.

Mar- Ampon's tactics Both Stranahan, son of a mit-Hong Sling, 18-13. W.

1. stonewall and made Johansson uthokay, A. Campbell, W. llunaire, and Mellal: Wark

were

MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1950.

OUT FOR THE

DOUBLE

Frank Stranahan, of Toledo, Ohio, winner of the British Open Amateur Championship, will try for goll's most elusive double when he plays at Troon in the Bri- tish Open Championship. The only amateur to have achieved this double success so far is Bobby Jones.

Frank Sedgman Favoured

For Wimbledon

Singles

Ted Schroeder, Wimbledon Champion of 1949, will not defend his Wimbledon le this year.

Entries have closed and doubts about the entry of this limbering Californian refrigeration engineer were resolved when Lieut-colonel Duncan Macaulay, secretary of the All England Club, received a letter from Schroeder stating that business commitments made it impossible for him to come over.

The 1100 Schrockler us

challenge of well по Bob Falkenburg, the winter in 1948, one of makes this Wimbledon

the most open for years. AUSTRALIAN FAVOURITE

Australian,

The 22-year-old Frank Sedeman, will probably toke his place $14 favourite though only by a close murgla over other entrants like Billy Talbert, the

second-ranking Ameriran amateur, Jaroday Drobny, the left-handed Czech, Egyptian, a naturalised rnr! third-ranking American, Gardiner Mulloy.

nchieved reluctance to He won the

ΣΟΥ

Schroeder

otoriety for his defend his title.

has

American Singles Championship in 1942 but did not play uguin in the American Nationals until 1940.

AMERICAN ENTRIES

lut out of the Arst Four American amateurs will be at Wimbledon. Thry ure: Billy Talbert, Gardner Molloy, Arthur Larsen and Victor Sixas. Other Amerleau entries include Fred Kovalevsky, Irvin Dorfman, and 10-year-old Trabert,

The American women's entry acides no fewer an eight out the top ranking ten-Mrs

Old Trafford Test

Centre Of A Storm

BY

ARCHIE

QUICK

prostaty. Tony

Wicket Again

the Old Trafford Test

wicket is

The centre of so many storms in the past. again causing controversy because it "took spin" from the very opening day of the First Test between England and the West Indies.

Jack Kidney, manager, and John Gödilard, captain of the tourists, have gone into print as saying that it was bad and unfair: that it was underprepared, and that the dice were always heavily loaded against them.

Noor Again

Outruns Citation

the name losing no oppertunity Mender and J. V. Hamsay run for drop shots, thus rap-Albany, (Calif), June 18. of competing against tough op-heat I. S. Silen, R. A. Campes,ping his strength. Position beside practising fiduously.

the

Ier.

:-ame

aS E. Souza and H. A. Ozarlo, j

14.

him.

the On

Noor, The Irish-bred PLAN RECOILS

22-10.

In the end, however, the plan who came third in the 1948 recaited for Ampop was tagging Epsom Derby when owned At Recreio.-C. Pope, S. Mar-1 When Britain's amateurs hove

Opportunities and vin. H. Brown and W. Camermi before the 10 minuter best, by the Aga Khan. scored mighty tonell set in order to extend

America's over they will not presumably until heat F. Luz, V. Rhein, L. Can he had to throw away the his third successive victory when yesterday exposes tumble tilho and M. Nunes, 2-13. taxation ani

Both men went all out in the Citation down-there may be a livelling Russell, C. Pile. . Willerton the time for his recovery,

Ampon started he won the $10,000 (about up in amateur golf as between and W. Maclardy beat W.

Forcing his accuracy deserted 2,571) Fortyniners' Handi- the Strahan, Meftales and Kiley, W. Gaffney, A. McInnesth but wher the amateurs of Britain-Reu- and A. Elliott, 21-20.

ether band, when cup. At PRC.-A. J' Quelho, G. Jorge,

W. C. Ogley, M. J.Johansson used his full strength

in service Medina lost to A. A. Guterres, he improvi

Johnnsson P. A. Costa, M. A. Ferreira, overheat.

16-25. G. Hong serving a 2-1 when the umpire with 1 min. 46.8 secs, four-fifths J. J. Baste.

gave a decision against him and of a second better than the pre- S. Leonard, Choy, Leonard, A. E. Contes beal G.Ampon drew loud applause by vious mark.

Noor carried eight stane, 11 Rasgelet, D. Rosselet, R. Ros-throwing away the next point,

pounds and Citation nine stone, selet, C. S. Rossett, 19-12. F.

two pounds, and the five-year- el Johanson went on to vietory. E. A. Souza, Lee, G.

Ampon afterwards "uld inn of Nasrullah, sold to the Jate Charles Howard, proved his Arul, J. S. Lamot last

S. M. Run- was a great match and 1 en- A. B. Kitchell,

A tremendous I think I found my superiority with A M. Joyed it. Madar. Hahn, A. 0.

run afler running at the tail of Teach today but Johansson was Wahab, 19-23.

too strong physically for me."-the bye-horse held until the last

Disillusioned

With Bogota

New York, June 18.

Two British footballers,

"bitterly disillusioned" with

1

10

It cost him the game su

At CCC-D. M. A. Razack, Reuter. their experiences in Bogota, M. A. Wahab, A. R. Razack.

All beat F. Bowarth, A. E.

21-18 M.PITCHING

the

W. Colombin-Roy Paul,

P Guest, C. Thompson,

A. and Welsh Butterworth, Swansea Town

Markar, A. II. International player, und Kadar, E. R. Jack Hedley, of Everton-Abbas. O. R. Sadick beat F. were leaving here by nir! A. Golding, J. O. Stokee, A.

this afternoon for home.

werd

flew They

to Bogota

last to play for week-end

the Chub. Today they Millenarios' stated that. ofter an initial

Noor broke the record for the Jone mile, one furlong journey

Itura

In beating Citation on twa hal ocension: Noor previous FIND beaten the record for the events

OF THE YEAR

Inic

Brooklyn

concerned.

WORTH $6,940

runs and

What is an unfair wicket? than a weller af There is no such thing, for it is inevitable draw. equal to both sides, except that i

The West Indies have three the side winning the toss on pitch that crumbles early has more Tests left in which to prove

As it

their batting worth, and there tremendous advantage.

at Trent be nothing should it was happened, this time

Bridge, the Oval or Lords to Yardley who called rightly and

Stollmeyer, Rac prevent u the tourists had to take fourth

and Worrell Weekes, Walcott, showing their paces.

ENGLAND'S

FOR TEAM

2ND TEST

London, June 18.

were players Twelve

today

the for named England team to meet the West Indies in the second Test cricket match which

Lundon, opens at Lords,

on June 24.

They are:

Norman Yardley (York- xlre) captain: W. J Ed- richt (Middlesex), R. T. Trever Simpson (Notts).

11. Balley (Essex), G, H, Doggart (Cambridge Uni- Len Fulton c). Cyril Washi- brook (Lancashire), Eric Hallies (Warwickshire), (Surrey). Alco Bedser

Godfrey Evans (Kent), R. Berry (Lantasiace), and Gilbert Parkhouse

(Glamorgan).-Reuter.

knock. If it had been the other way round Eugland would have teen struggling.

many of

Trent Bridge

To Be Easier

On Bowlers

Nottingham, June 18. Happenings at Old Traf ford on the occasion of the first of this season's cricket Testa between England and the West Indies may lead change in to a wholeante the preparation of cricket pitches.

Kome Crounds the type of wicket.

There aro where

known as the "fenther-bed," s notorious-Trent

Bridge. Not- Cam- and Fenners, tingham

All too bridge, for example.

they have broken frequently the heart of a quod bowler.

Bridge Now

Trent the

decided that authorities have

the try to remove they will deadness away from the pitches. there and to give bowlers more nssistance.

This

decision

Sportsman's Diary VAZVEDITED BY

Bruce H

Margaret Dupont, Miss Louise Drough (holder), Misa Doris Hart (new French Champlon), Mrs Pat Todd, Mis Shirley Fry, Mins Gussie Moran, MILS Dorothy Ilead and Miss Barbara Scofeld.

man.

colleges, In addition to which Cambridge as a university-do not row ngainst any opposition other than Oxford the Boat Race. uggested that some college crew might be going, but said it would certainly not be Lady Margaret BC.

Now it is revealed that David Jenners, the Cambridge stroke of 1949, is to take a composite crew from Clare and Pembroke: he will be the only Blue in it. Because of the prior claim of lenler no names can be announced yet.

BELOW STANDARD?

WAD

one of

It appears that the visit men's entry The Australlon ntre tots up to cight out of the suggested when two professors first ranking ten-Frank Sed- from Kiel University,

Felge, Director of Dil them Dr Carl Ken Physical Education, were invited

the England by Foreign Omer to study system of education. At Cam- bridge they talked rowing with Paul' Massey, a Blac and an olympic onr, himselt a member of the Lady Margaret' crew.

John Bromwich, Sidwell, Geoff Brown. McGregor, Adrian Quist, George to Worthington and Mervyn Rose, TENNIS BRUMMEL Badge Patty, who upset form by beating Jaroslav Drobny in the final of the French Lawn Tennis Championships, is American living in France; he intends, I hear, to seek French nationality.

n

British

out

They wanted to see a British crew at Kiel, and when Lady Margaret were unwilling to Te has played at Wimbledon interfere with Henley training,

David Jennena promised to without attracting any streat

what he could ễn, attention, and it is in Paris that

Whether a scratch crew whose he has always shown his best training is bound to be limited form.

Parisians regard this will be up to the standard set "Brummel" of the courts as oneig German onrstner, judging by of themselves.

Frankfuri form, is doubtful.

CHANNEL BID

Rowing

Merrey Liverpool, are

Club. of sending three four-ored grew to Folkestone for a fortnight in August. They intend malding on attempt t row Channel, from Folke- -tone la Boulogne.

Chief aim is to beat the record set up three years ago by the Folkestone RC when they rowed from Folkralone to the French port..

-201127 Express Nermierz

THE LIKELY

SEEDINGS

Lomion, June 18.

the accepted

Now that

Mersey generally row as an cight-nared crew and their first entries for the All-England Champion- plan was to make the attempt Lawn Temis

an eight. But, An

the ships at Wimbledon from advies of the Folkestone

with

Club,

the

they will now use four-pared June 20 to July 8 have been

their craft, which

Folkestone published,

guessing friends are lending them during game is on. their stay.

MP IN THE CHAIR That worthy but much abused the lawn tennis umpire. Arc already laying body of men, plans for the Wimbledon cham- płonships,

for

I; l on Anal one which provokes mueli cominent and excitement revolving around the question of who will be the "eeded" players.

This Year Wimbledon to a much more open affair but taking a Une on current form

It looks as if Frank Sedman, the 12-year-old fair-tured will bo Austraalkan Champion. "No. 1." with Billy Talbert, the

ranked American, Focont No. 2 seed).

ال

I present intentions are car ried out, the men's singles Anais will be unique in that the mor In the chair will be a member af Parliament. He is Mr L.C. Carr, Tory MP for Mitcham,

Of course, the Seeding Com 33 years old and a keen mem-

to may decide

put ber of the Umpires Association.mittee

Arrangements

umpiring Sedan second because of, his spmined wrist. from matches are to be on a different recent

he is now recovering. basis this year, In the past the which choice of umpires and linesmen but it seems evident that they

ગ for from

Sedgman done

entirely referee's offler. This year the Talbert B

Jaroslav Drolny, the former the Centra arrangement: for

and runner-up to Ted Churt and Court One will be Czech

may be Schroeder last year, by exclusively managed

peeled No 1.

WA

Umpires Association,

CREW FOR KIEL

the

Recently I quoted here

Councement that Cum-

a

will bulget

bridge University were to row be

THE OTHERS

The other men readings may

nl Kiel regati in June, and: No. 4-Budge Patty, of the

no Cambrige | United States, who pointed out that University crew no such, is ever French Championships recently;

No. 5--Eric Slurgers, available at this time of year.

for their South African Champion;

All Blues are rowing!

Holden Wins

Polytechnic Marathon

He broke the record for the race with a time of two hours,

won the

the

No. 8-Gardnar Mulloy, of the United States;

No. 7olin Bromwich, Australia; and

of

No. 8-either of the Aus- tralians, Geoff Brown or Bil Sldwell

THE WOMEN

The wonen's seedings

аго

much easier to assess and

tru

likely to bet

No. Miss Louise Brough, of the United States;

No,

2-Mrs Margaret Dupout,

of the United States;

No. 3-Miss Doris Hart, of the United

ited States

No. 4-Mrs Pat Todd, of the United States;

No. 5-Mics Shirley Fry, of the United States;

No. 6-Mrs Belty Hillon, of Britain

Moru,

No. 1-Miss Gussie

London, June 17. Empire Champion Jack Holden looked almost as freshi as when he started G. Gardner, G. Ryder. 31-19. Oshkosh, Wisconsin, June 18,

Where I do sympathise with bass of the

when he trotted into Chis- The victory was worth $6,840 Greenwood, At KFC.-E.

reached Was W C. Dodgers, Brauch Wickey, show-

wick Stadium this evening wicket is completely

County Game | They

L. Eastman, ying by Air A.

# recent after

an and won the annual Poly- France to Pork, Where

they Simpson, La Sykes beat J. K.ed up here today to look over to Nour, bringing his winning the West Indians is that such a

17-year-old pitcher who has tn 11 starts in America to turning

knd ended in a draw with

scored technic Marathon. were expected to arrive 10- Kinnidburgh, A. Mullen, W.

atrectate of 863 ru them have no experience before Mekic, J. C. Chalmers, 31-15. set Major League team owners $173.740. Citation plcked up foreign to them at home, and morrow morning.

only eight wic- for the loss of Into a frenzy of wallet waving. $2,000 to boost his all-time re- what makes it worse

in this country. Branch cord winnings to $920,630. Rekey and his

son,

kets. Rickey, Ju head of the man-

the most It was

equitable

Groundsman Harry Wiliaras

This was the fifth game in 33 minutes and seven seconds, of the United States; and moth

farm Dodger

system, weight difference of their three of Manchester says he gave the

with blistered No. 8-Miss Joan Curry. six played at Trent Bridge this and Onished

Britain-Reuter, atci taik to rectings, as in the Souta Anita wicket normal preparation and to watch

foot. end without young By Hoeft, whose reHandlenp Noor had a pull of the weather was the nigger came putation last week started an

and pounds won over one is the woodpile. To be frank, 1 of offers from inany and a quarice cascade

by one.

heatwave and 1 und a quarter lengths, and in have been at Old Trafford in the Major League teams. The IRC Sunday League

the wicket behave Hoeft lust only one game in the San Juan Capistrano event middle of a Cricket Shield, which was won

high hs

week afterwards he had an never saw

over like this one has done. captained by the Sindal team

three-quarters of a They said that when they by Mr FT. Melvani, was pre-hurled a perfect game recently, advantage of 13 pounds

winncro by Mrs striking out 37 batters.

The two Brooklyn polentatesmile and won by a nose. of the Prest-

will stay overnight and watch

Bull

nominated have been Baseball Wisconsin State the donated by League game between Oshkosh for the Golden Gate Handicap

next Saturday.-Reuter, and Sheboygan-United Press

promise to play on a two-year IRC Sunday League contract for £7,000 between Shield Presented

to sign a

them, the Club tried by various means to get them contract at a considerably lower figure.

refused to sign the Club raised sented to the

all kinds of obstacles to pro-O. Sadick, wife vent them from algning with the dent of the Club, y.sterday. Santa Fe Club, which had made them an attractive offer-Neu-

ter.

THE

THERE'C

The ahield was Mr Mevani.

GORRY, R

GAMBOLS

NOT A RUNGLE TICKET

LEFT COR THE BIG

KIGAT

TICKETS

FOR ALL

SPORTS

EVENTS

NO

SIR

CORRY TOSH,

BOX OFFICE

NOT ONE

ONE MYSELF

Lchool

career

and

miles

·

by Barry Appleby

I'VE TRIED EVERVAHIRE

NICE QUIET EVENIND ALONE

COUND USKA

AND THERE ISN'T AS TICKET TO BE HAD

COB.... AND I WAS

LOOKING FORWARD

WAS

BOND YU MY BACK AND TİTIVATE-

"ANG." DAK" SONETAME UP TO BED ON A TRAV 1.9.6.ROB.

SET PREPARATION?

Should there be a rei prepara- tion for Tests? It is a difficult when approach to question

tremendously grounds vary so

the Oval and as do Fenners, Trent Bridge on the one hand and Bradford Bristol, and

It Southampton on the other.

for thought, however, ย

n matter that the destinies of such im- portant games are in the hands and that it of the groundsman ho chooses to present a "green "un" of a "shirt front" that is his businest,

reason to

cision.

LESS ROLLING

a de

is to be How the change effected will, it is understood, be centred on instructions to the ground staff that the lapse of time between watering and the day of a match thall be con- that alderably extended and there should be-less use of the heavy roller in preparing pifch.

This follows the lines of In

the Old structions given to

but the Trafford groundsmon Nottingham Chairman said that the Lancashire pitch, over which John Goddard, the West Indies captain, commented,

was not discussed before coming to their decision.

But when all the shouting dies down we shall alt back and altee

The third Test between Eng- that this Old Trafford game hus

land and the West Indies starts been a grand match: a battle of

there on July 20 and it is be wits between the bowlers and

The bat-leved

experiments that any batsmen all the time.

ng of Edrich, Hutton, Bailey, with regard to the preparation Evans and Stollmeyer has been of pitches at Trent Bridge will of not affect the strength of the equalled by the bowling

turf expected to be used for Valentine and Berry, and it, has

the Test-Router. bern a much greater spectacle

This was one of the high- this of the annual Kinnaird Trophy meeting which, while the marathon runners were on their way from Windsor, took place at the stellum.

LONG JUMP RECORD

wind

gauge

been studied.

a

ol

Tiberio Mitri To Meet LaMotta

In

New York, June 17.

Euro- Tibrio Mitr), former A leap of 25 feet, 24 inches

paan title holder, has agreed to Williams, Silvanus by

student nt Glasgow meet the World Champion, Jake over 51 rounda, for Nigerian University, set up a new Bri-LaMotta,

which the World Middleweight Cham- tish long jump record will not

be confirmed until pionship rt the Polo Grounds

have on June 28. conditions

this to-day announcing the International Boxing Club competing for stated that they would meet

to-morrow with Polytechnie Harrlers, who with LaMotta MacDonald Bailey,

West hope of getting his approval of Indies star completing a sprint a foreigner as the challenger for

Achilles Club,

Mitri would take the place of double, won the trophy with 72 the Luc.

former Valley

Graziano, Rocky

who suffered Champion.

Williams was

the

polats from the

the Thames 40, and Harriers, 24.

Balley won the 100 yards in

tho

.n

9.8 seconds and the 220 yards fractured thumb during a work-

out, and withdraw yesterday. 21.6 seconds, The other West Indies utar, Arthur Wint,

In

Harry Marchon. managing that

Polytechnic director of the IBC, said Iso helped the Harriers by taking the half both the New York: State Athië, mile in one minute and 55.11c Commission and the National which calablished a Boxing Association had approved proposed LaMotia-Mitri new record for the meeting the

seconds,

Reuter.

bout-Reuter.