OVERSEAS SPORT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 220, 17 September 1930, Page 7

OVERSEAS SPORT.

Keen Play in Australian Golf Title Matches. MORPETH IN SEMI-FINALS. (Received 12 noon.) MELBOURNE, this day. In one of the greatest battles .ever waged for the national amateur golf title Hattersley' defeated Nettlefold, twice holder of the : title, at the 38th hole. Sloan Morpeth beat Adams *in hollow fashion, 10 up and 8 to play. Russell beat Apperly, 5 and 4. Edgar beat Rymill, 1 up, after a grand struggle. The surprise of the. professional matches was the defeat of D. Spence by Robertson, 6 and 5. Stewart,beat Howard, 8 and 7.. Naismith beat Downs, 2 up. Fowler beat Wood, 3 and 2.

CRICKET IN ENGLAND. CHAMPIONS V. THE REST. (Received 10 a.m.) V ••'.■ ;■■'.•<• LONDON, September Iβ,. The Rest of England, in the first innings Lancashire County cricket team, made, 263 runs. Iddon took| f our wickets for 31. Lancashire in the first innings made 175 runs, and in the second innings'had made 17 runs without loss when rain stopped play. TENNIS TOUR CANCELLED. PLAYERS NOT AVAILABLE. (Received 10 a.m.) .;■'•,. NEW YORK, September 16. The United States Lawn Tennis Association has declined, the . invitation of the Australian Association for a visit this season by a team of U.S.A. players, on account of inability to get together a "representative team" at the time desired. ' A letter has been sent explaining that the players are unable to leave their colleges or businesses to make the trip to Australia,. . : TENNIS IN U.S.A. PROFESSIONAL TOURNAMENT. (Received 12 noon.) NEW YORK, September 17. At Forest Hills on Tuesday, in the professional lawn tennis tournament, Murray Dolman (White Plains) defeated Pierre Etchebastcr (France), 4 —6, 6—2, 6—l, 6—l. Dan Haskell (Wimbledon) defeated Michael Bolan (Montauk, New York), 6—2, .6—l, 6—l. Karel Kozeluh defeated Valerian Yavorsky, 6—l, 6—o, 6—o; Vincent Richards defeated #ohn Collem (Baltimore), 6—l, 6—4, 7—5; Howard Kinsey (San Francisco) defeated Thomas lannicelli (Providence, R. 1.), 6—2, 6—4, 6—4WORLD TENNIS LADDER. -WALLIS MYERS , CHOICE. (Received 2 p.m.) , LONDON, September 16. Wallis Myers in the "Daily Telegraph" classifies the first ttfn tennis players in the world as follows:—1 Cochet, 2 Tilden, 3 Borotra, 4 Doeg, 5 Shields, 6 Allison, 7 Lott, S Morpurgo, 9 Boussus, 10 Austin. ' ''■'■:■'. ''■'>■■■■■' ■■■■■: ■ ;.• ■-';.•.■■,■.'. .. >V i> \ ..

Myers believes Frank Shields, the New York- champion, /will prove a leader among young' Americans, and says the Australians are disappointing.

BILLIARDS IN ENGLAND. FALKINER V. LINDRUM. LONDON, September 15. * In a two weeks' time limit billiards match between Falkiner and Lindrum, Falkiner (receives 8000) has made 8622, including a Wreak of 120. Lindrum has made 2484, including breaks of 411 and 393.

■ At the end of the second session the scores were:—Falkiner'i927o, including a break of 154; Lindrum 5090, with breaks of 341> and 428 unfinished.

'PHONE ROBOT.

AUTOMATIC MESSAGES. .; : BERLIN, September 12. A new telephone, successfully tried out, records a message in handwriting when the receiver is not. lifted, s'imuk taneously lighting a red lamp, which remains lit until the message is removed.