OVERSEAS SPORT

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 228, 26 August 1929, Page 8

OVERSEAS SPORT

LAWN TENNIS. (Australian Press Association. —United Service.) NEW YORK, Aug. 24. At Forest Hills, Miss Helen Wills won the National Women’s championship, beating Mrs Watson (England), 6 —4, 6—2. Mrs Watson stubbornly contested every point of tho first set, getting every inch of length in her shots and holding on m tho raliles. She led 3—2 and was often outplaying Miss Wills, but speed and accuracy overcame tho Englishwoman, who tired rapidly. Mrs Watson in the second set was ablo to secure the third game after repeated doucing and won tho seventh at 15—40,' but Miss Wills was not to bo denied. Tho gallery barracked for-Mrs Watson and chocrcd loudly her valiant but ineffective battle. In tho doubles semi-final, which was stopped on Friday on account of rain, Mrs Michell and Mrs Watson beat Miss Betty Nuthall and Miss Helen Jacobs, 9—ll, 6—3, 6 —4. In tho final Mrs Watson and Mrs Michell beat Mrs Shepherd-Barron and Mrs Coveil, 2 —6, 6 —3, 6—4. Mrs Watson and Mrs ichel lagain demonstrated the superiority of English women’s doubles play by boating Miss Helen Jacobs and Miss Betty Nuthall. Mrs Watson then played her hard match with Miss Wills, and shortly after appeared with Mrs Michell for tho final doubles against Miss Covel land Mrs. Shepherd-Barron. Mrs Watson was obviously tired and Mrs Michell was erratic at the net, and their opponents took the first set handily, but the former recovered to win the second and continuo their rally to break through to victory through Miss Covell’s servico in the final game. . . „ .. , (Australian Press Association. —United Service.) NEW YORK, Aug. 23. At Newport to-day, Xildon beat G. M. Lott, 6—2, 3—6, 6—4, 5—7, 6—3, in the final. . . „ ~ , (Australian Press Association. —United Service.) LONDON, Aug. 24. In the final of the ladies’ singles at the Scottish hard court tournament, Mrs A. Robertson (Dunfermline), formerly Miss Esna Boyd, of Melbourne, beat Miss Jean Rankino (Glasgow), 4—6, 6—l, 6—3. BRISBANE, Aug. 25. In the Queensland tennis championships, J. Crawford (New South Wales) won the singles title, beating Moon (Queensland), 6—l, B—6, 6—l. In the final of tho women’s singles Miss Molesworth beat Mis 3 Hood, 6 —3, 6 —l. CYCLING RACE. SYDNEY, Aug. 25. The hundred miles amateur cyclo road race championship of Australia was won by J. L. Gould (New South Wales), in 6 hours 9 minutes 32 seconds. W. McLaughlin (Victoria) was runner-up, his time being 5 hours 10 minutes 11 seconds. Eight started. CRICKET. (Australian Press Association.—United Servico.) LONDON, Aug. 24. _ At Canterbury to-day, tho South Africans in their first innings against Kent had made 491 for seven wickets (Dalton 157, Owen Smith 87, MacMillan 86, Seidle .73), when stumps were drawn. ATHLETICS. (Australian Press Association.—United Service.) LONDON, Aug. 24. At Stamford Park to-day, Germany defeated England -by eight events to four in the first Anglo-German athletic contest since the war. Lord Burghley and Peltzer participated. Germany won the 400 metres relay, the discus throwing, the three-mile team race, the polo jump, the high jump, the long jump, the weight-putting, and tho mile medley relay. England won tho 440 yards hurdles, the two-milo relay (in 7min 43 l-ssec—a British record), the milo and the four-mile relays. SYDNEY, Aug. 25. The ton-mile track championship of Now South Wales was won by Jeff MacKenzio (Western Suburbs), with his club-mates, Frank Bailey and Sid Hosketh, second and third respectively. MacKonzie’s time was 54min 41sec. A week ago McKenzie won tho 10,000 metres cross-country championship. Gainsford, the holder of tho tenmiles title for five years, was abssnt owing to influenza.