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▲ Quantity of Miscellaneous Goods
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hardly seems necessary to make was a pleasant social affair of Domado a point of late to watch cricket more popular, writes great importance and with no great play near the green by as many of "Sevens" in an Australiau paper. interests involved. That may love these players as i could, and the Yet the contrast between then, and was the case at one time, result of my observations has been crowd of a test and the few who but it is dunhtfat whother it can very interesting to me. watch a district cricket match | truly be said to be so now. Figures, It has shown me that three faults should not be forgotten. Yet when bey are looked into, ure muse nearly all of the trouble. They league football match, as import-instructive. We shall probably bere: Hurrying the stroke, üfting ant in the football world as thet for serong (says the Singapore the head and stopping the forward district cricket match, is in the Pre Press) when we say that ricing | movement of the hands in the swing C. E. WARREN & CO., LTD cricket world, draws a test match in Malam ineluding stakes paid, toxo m Lifting the head nearly money passing through the tote, the always follows hurrying the stroke. Enthusiastic as a test match ali sweeps, the big sweeps and The trouble is, the player mentally crowd is, yet there are many who intteries, mens turiver of not begins, to hit the ball as soon at times grow bored. Only the far short of four million dollars ahe starts the club back. He fails magnitude of the event holds the year. A rough estimate of the to first take the club back and then interest. A variety of bowlingid value of horses at the moment his the bulk. He tries to make the may be seen, but only two batgin Malaya would probably come to thing all one uninterrupted action, | men when Hobbs and Sutcliffe ut $150,000, and Singapore which, of course, can't be done. alone has a fine on hand which The remedy is ample. Concontrate stay in all day.
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Suggestions have been made, at various times, some amusing, some serious, for improving the a spectacular point game from of view. For instance, as the wickets are now made so true, the trainers etc., is a much bigger
thing then may people think and I don't mean to say that a certain skilled, the bowlers' task has become formid little doubt that had the fumons necessary. It is. But it should he is steadily growing. There is amount of wrist action is not able. Hence there are stone-freights vote gone the other way what I may call restrained action. wallers and colossal
scores. Singapore would have developed a | The wrists innut he kept fairly Arm. Reduction in the width of the bat racing centre of its own in a com- And at the same time the hands by half, with a corresponding paratively short time. The money must continue to go forward until increase of the height und width is here and the membership is here. they are well past where the hall of the wicket, would certainly and whilst there has been stem-lay. Observe for yourself, when help bowlers to get wickets, but pory shump in loend owning you had a player fluffing these shots. the crowd like not only to see the that would soon have been, eured, hadly, and see how often he actually wickets fall, but also the batsmen whilst enquiries which have come to stops his hands at point opposite "knock the ball about,
lund, from Australia and Ceylon as where the hall lav, or even a bit What about putting the bats- to stake values and conditions, show back of that point This is all man on piece work, so to speak? that Singapore could draw on con-wrong. Make provision that if, at the end siderable outside-entrants and it is through. And if the player haa The hands must go on. of half an hour a batsman is not, phain that we bave nearly reached formed a habit of stopping them too say, 15. he is out; if at the end of the stage when we could have soon, the best thing he can do is an hour he is not 35 he is out; if formed
separate aren, That, to start in practising bitting on after an hour and a half he is not however, is now unnecessary and through, and keep it up itil it GB he must retire; if after two Lenoperation with the other centres becomes a babit with him to do so. I
Meanwhile the This is practice that can be done in and thereafter he must make 50 Club, is progressing. The new the room and no ball is even needed,Ě every half-hour. If this does not stables are rapidly approaching to carry it on.-G. Sarazer. give a bright enough display, the completion, the up-to-date Hutchi- above figures could be altered. on scales have been installed, im- It might also, in such circum-provements have been effected in stances, be necessary to speed up the starting gates, the electric tote the bowlers. Time might be scheme will, we hope, go through if taken off, as in football; or, better founcil arrangements can he com-. still, impose a penalty of so many pleted, and considerable reductions) runs per minute waste time, and of the already low entrance fees give them equally between the will, if the Committee should decide batsmen in.
pon thean, demonstrate Fo The Football Association "ture" To assist batsmen to make owners still further that Singapore quietly but capefully proceeding with more scoring shots, it might help intends to remain the best placer arrangements for the forth- if they had to run every time for owners to.mce in and that any coming our in. Australia,
The ball was bowled, whether it was suggestion that attempts will be parent body will want to know ex-.. hit or
not. In such a case itninde to recoup freights by increase agtly where they stand in regard to might be necessary to make the of entrance fees, is the exact players, and in this project the Asso-|| pitch narrower, and to keep the opposite of the Club's policy, Fenfion has the wholehearted sup. fieldamen from the wicket.
a specified distance
I jark of the Lgagne and particularly Perhaps a
of Mr. J. M'Keum, the President,' batsman might be allowed, say,
and Mr. John Lewis, who is a Vice- President of both bodies, and the F. A. officer in charge of the tour. TO England will be playing at Glasgow, On the day that Scotland and
April 4, the English party are due to embark for the Antipodes:
three balls in which to score. To BOXING NOT A CRIME. prevent the batsman staying too
long, first hop catches might also SPORTSMEN WHO HOPE CHANGE THE LAW.
be allowed to count.
FOOTBALL.
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AUSTRALIA.♥
The practice of quarters in football might, if the above method did not give the desired results, be applied. If each side were allowed, say, an hour in which to bat, it is easy to imagine some hard hitting being indulged ¦ in, without waiting to get set.
Sportsmen like Lord Desborough to the land of the silver. Quite a number of innings, could and the Earl of Lonsdale in the fern. As the trip is to be confided be played in a day, and the crowd Lords, and Lieut.-Commdr. J. M. to Australia, the tourists are due would at least get plenty of Kenworthy, M.P., and Lieut.ack in England on September 8. variety,
Colonel the Hon. Cuthbert James,
The Loudon clubs have generous- Following on the same idea, the Army boxing clanpion, offered the use of players. suggestion might be varied, and the Commons, are among those each bataman allowed a maximum who will throw their influence into of, say, half an hour to bat. Of the scale.
The Bill which Mr. Hurry As New Zealand have not at reston is desirous of having intrepresent offered terms which satisfy haced into Parliament to legulise the Australian F.A. thers is little the position of boxing is assured of probability of the tour of the strong support.
English men being extended
course, if he got out sooner the "T shall be only too plaused to: crowd would have the pleasure of give my fullest support to what I seeing his wicket fall.
BILLIARDS.
hope will be an agreed Bill," said SHANGHAI PLAYER'S BREAK Such-like suggestions might be e humorously added, "I should Lord Desborough, "Otherwise,”
OF 143. continued indefinitely. Imagine have a present-day match on the screen ernment attitude whatever that of the
to support the Gor. C. W. Porter, five times winner with a rapid cinematograph.might
Shanghai Amateur be, for in Probably there would not be new position as Captain of the only man there to win the trophy my Billiards Championship and the enough incident to make it excit King's Bodyguard Yeomen of the outright, added new laurels to his ing enough, but imagine cricket (luard-I am a member of the name recently, when he with played with runs being scored at Government." the rate of about ten a minute,
break of 143 in his match with and both sides having, say, six Lord Lonsdale, that those who get in the Billiards Championship "It is perfectly ridiculous," said F. A. Gomes, the second contest That up boxing contests should be liable series this year. Mr. Porter won
to warnings by the police."
from his younger opponent by
innings each on one day
would interest the crowd!
If that were not enough, there Sir Olard Champion de Crespigny 1,000 to 489... could be side shows around the said: They cannot say it is in öval, bands playing, moving pic-keeping with the times that boxing came in tlie seond session of the The ex-champion's lengrun tures Bear by, and a few such-like should still bear the stigma of match in question. He was play attractions if the game grew dull illegality in England, and the sooner Many mayamile at the the figs is removed the better absurdity of such auggested inter- Pe ferences with the grand old game, yet the present tendency ta toward the other extreme. It is
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