SARAZEN ON TOP. CRICKET IN ENGLAND.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 136, 10 June 1932, Page 7

SARAZEN ON TOP.

CRICKET IN ENGLAND.

BRITISH GOLF TITLE. American Still Leading For Open Championship. ALLISS ONLY THREE BEHIND. (United I'.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 2 p.m.) LONDON, June 9. In the British open golf championship 64 players (out oi' 110) qualified for the two final rounds. Sarazen (U.S.A.), with an aggregate of 139, is leading, followed by Alliss ( Berlin-Waneee), 142; Compston, C. A. Whjtcombe and Di-vies, 144.

Eugene Sarazen.

Other scores are:—Armour, Havers and Kobson, 145; Cotton, 14G; Macdonald Smith, 147; Torrance, Padgham and Mitchell, 148; Perry, Easterbrook, R. Whitcombe and Hartley, 149; Hodson, 150; Bradbeer, 151; Curtis, Ray Dobson and McEuvie, 152; Twine, Dallemagne, Taggart and McMinn, .io4.

Among those who did not qualify were:—Miyamoto, 158; Duncan, 100; de Forest, 106; and Michael Scott (no card returned).

Windless, midsummer weather favoured low scores at Sandwich. Sarazen achieved a record for the first half of the championship with 139 against Bobby Jones' 140 at St. Andrewe in 1927, which was the previous best. Sarazen admitted that his great second round was partly due to patches of good luck, but included a number of brilliant recoveries from awkward places.

His greatest 6hot was at the twelfth hole, where he sliced a drive into the thick rough. A mighty 180 yds heavy inushie shot put him on the edge of the green. He laid his approaches dead, needing only one putt on five greens.

Allies and Davies were terribly disappointing. Both had the opportunity of gaining the lead. Alliss cracked up at the fifteenth, and Davies, if he had secured par figures at the last five, would have been GB, but in a melancholy finish he dropped a stroKe at every hole.

Despite Sarazen's lead nobody anywise abandoned hope of a British victory. Macdonald Smith had an uphill struggle, as he began disastrously with a seven at the first hole. Armour had such a disappointing first nine that the crowd deserted him. Nevertheless he came home with a brilliant 33, comprising six foure and three threes.

South Americans Defeated By Eight Wickets. INDIANS' STRONG POSITION. (Received 2 p.m.) LONDON, June 9. Playing against Cambridge the AllIndia eleven made 308 (Colah 90; Rought-Rought five for 71). The 'Varsity side, which was dismissed for 92 in the first innings, scored 214 for six wickets in the second innings (Hadingham 80). Gentlemen of Somerset 177 (Northway 09) and two for 149, defeated the South Americans, 20G and 108 (White six for 23), by eight wickets.

DAVIS CUP

JAPAN PLAYS DENMARK. (Received 2 p.m.) COPENHAGEN, June 9. In the third round, of the Davis Cup, European zone, Satoh (Japan) beat Jacobsen (Denmark), o—l, o—2, o—4; and Kuwabara (Japan) defeated Ulrica (Denmark), o—4, o—2, o—o. AMERICAN FINAL. U.S.A. LEADING BRAZIL. (Received 2.30 p.m.) VANCOUVER, June 9. At Forest Hill in the Davis Cup final for the American zone, Shields (U.S.A.) beat Ricardo (Brazil), o—l,0 —1, 3—6, 6—3, 8—0; and Allison (U.S.A.) had an easy victory over Nelson (Brazil), 6—3, 6—2, 6—3. ' BRITISH TENNIS. INTERNATIONAL MATCH. (Received 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, June 9. At Eastbourne in the Britain and American lawn tennis match Austin (Britain) won in straight sets from Mangin (U.S.A.), o—l, o—3, 9—7; while Wood (U.S.A.) lost a set in disposing of Olliff (Britain), 3—o, o—4, o—4, -6-r-l.

Fraulein Aussem is not coming to Wimbledon to defend her title as AllEngland champion. The German player has been ordered to rest.

TOURIST TROPHY.

LIGHT-WEIGHT PLACINGS.

LONDON, June 9.

Iu the light-weight tourist trophy motor cycle event (at tlic Isle of Man), which was won by L. Davenport on a New Imperial, his average speed of 70.48 miles an hour was a race record.

Graham Walker, on a Rudge, was second, his average speed being 70.07 miles an hour. W. Handley, also on a Rudge, was third with an average speed of 69.80 miles an hour.