WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1927.
SPORTS
HOBBS' NEW RECORD.
Review of County Cricket
Matches.
SOME HEAVY SCORING.
Penalties of "Wasting.".
A BASEBALL NOTE,
W. E. Merritt's good bowling for the New Zealanders at Maidenhead will increase in terest in this very young bowler's first appearance at Lord's. Merritt, who is only 18, has had only one season of senior club cricket, and his
THE CHINA MAIL.
DOUBLE CENTURIES.
Bates and Bowley Shine With Bat,
HOBBS AGAIN.
Surrey and Yorkshire Lose Points.
by the scoring of a couple of double centuries, an unusual feat. The cricket matches over the week end at home were signalised Bates of Glamorganshire and Bowley of Sussex were the batsmen. Hobbs turned out for Surrey after a fairly long absence and created another first class cricket record, that of obtaining 100 centuries in strictly county games. There was a lot of high scoring, and also some good bowling, one team being dismissed for less than 100, selection for the New Zealand
London, July 12. Worcester made 227 (Higgins team after a special trial before
Warwickshire-Somerset 123) and, following on, 41 for two. the selectors was the greatest match, which was commenced at Low. Derby Scoring.
Birmingham was abandoned surprise of the New Zealand owing to rain after Warwicks had Derbyshire by seven wickets.
Leicestershire at Leicester beat season. It surprised no one scored 241 for two, of which Butes more than Merritt himself, but made 118.
it was in accordance with the
selectors' policy of picking young
The
Win for Lancs. Lancashire, at Southampton players. The average age of beat Hampshire by ten wickets. the team is only 24.
gee an-
(By "Stalwart."), The home County cricket matches which were commenced on Saturday Inst have produced some interesting results. First and foremost, there is Hobbs
Next September will new record. The great Surrey batsman has signalized his re- other international contest for turn to first class cricket after the Westchester Polo Cup. The a lengthy "lay off" owing to in-challengers are the British Army disposition in a wonderful man-in India, and the contests will His hundred centuries is take place in America, at famous the first to be obtained for Meadowbrook, The Army's Surrey, and, I think, the first ponies are at Aldershot at pré- that has been obtained for any sent. County. Hobbs, of course, has :scored considerably more than 100 centuries-142 to be exact. I - seem to remember him passing the hundred mark four or five years ago. W. G. Grace, through
net.
out his career, scored 126 een- for his not all turies, though county, Gloucestershire,
and Tom Hayward made 104 in first class cricket; C. B. Fry got us far as 94 and "Ranj!" 72,
Jack Hobbs, Surrey.
Lancashire made 297 and 50 for no wickets.
Forty of them are to be sent to the United States early next!
Hampshire scored 139 and 207, month, which menius that the Bri-MacDonald taking seven wickets tish team will not be getting in for 78. any London matches prior to the The tests across the Atlantic, side is due over the water in:
and will July
practise on "enemy" territory.
I hear that Vicente Zofra,
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Northants Lose. Essex beat Northants at Col- chester by 61 runs.
Essex scored 184 and 163. Northants scored 157 and 129, Russell taking five wickets for 32. Bates Big Score, Glamorgan took first innings Filipino baseball player, who is points from Worcestershire at now connected with the Filipino Kidderminster. Baseball Club in Hong Kong, is 200 not out).
Glamorgan seored 390 (Bates desirous of joining the Filipino baseball squad which will repre- sent the islands in the Far East)
Derby made 263 and 84, Geary taking six wickets for 18 runs.
Leicester scored 281 and 67 for three wickets.
BOWLEY'S 220.
: Sussex won on the first innings against Gloucestershire at Brigh-
ton.
Sussex scored 374 (Bowley 220) and 169.
Gloucester made 298 and 44 for no wickets.
Blackheath Duel.
Kent took first innings points From Surrey at Blackheath.
Satelife, Yorks.
Kent made 467 (Chapman 113, Legge 104).
Surrey made 245 (Hobbs 121.1 thus scoring the 100th century for Surrey and his 142nd. in first class cricket).
Yorka Drop Points. Nottinghamshire, at Bradford, took first innings points from Yorkshire.
Notts scored 343 184).
169).
(Whysall
HOME OPEN GOLF.
CYRIL TÖLLEY TAKES THE LEAD:
DUNCAN FAILS TO QUALIFY.
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with 144.
BARONET JAILED.
BLACK BOOT POLISH CASE SENTENCE.
TRENCH FEVER EFFECTS.
SHARE MARKET.
OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS,
Hong Kong, July 13, 1927, 10.30 am
Stock
London, June 28.
Sir Gerard Maxwell-Willshire, Bt., TT. on London.
Hong Kong
Stock Exchange. 1/114%
St. Andrews, July 12, Talley playing brilliantly and equalling for a few minutes his old pleaded guilty at the Maidstone T.T. on Shanghai ..... 37834
Assizes to having assaulted Miss
Banks. record on the new course set Jones Jean Olds, and was sentenced to six Hongkong Bank $1086 b & sa 71 to get and headed the qualifiers months' imprisonment in the second
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Chartered Bank
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Mr. Norman Birkett,
K.C., Mercantile A. & B.... £31 turned 145, Melhorn 146, Jones 147, defending, said that Willshire do.
£13% Kirkwood 148, and Tweddel! 149. during the War, which occasionally
contracted virulent
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Earlier messages stated:-Lon- don, May 12-At 5 o'clock yester-Yangtzo Insurance ... day morning a a young London wo- man called at a house near Sitting- bourne, and alleged that a titled China Fire Insurance $210 gentleman had conveyed her in a H.K. Fire Insurance.. $600 car, ostensibly to dinner and a
Shipping. dance at Maidstone, but stopped in
known Americans falled, together
with Duncan and Wethered, the latter returning 181-Reuter.
TUNNEY'S PLANS.
THINKS HE WILL RETAIN TITLE,
SHARKEY'S CHANCES.
Fire Insurances,
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[$279 Ba $40 M.
$314-
A lonely wood in which, after Douglasea struggle, he stripped her und tied H.K. Steamboats $ezy her to a tree, coated her with K. Tugs & Lighters 1.10 black boot polish, and drove off, Indo-Chinas (Prat) ... $30 She freed herself and
do. staggered to
(Def.) $40 nhouse, where she was given food Shell Transports... and
a bath, and returned to Lon-Star Ferries don, Sir
Water-beata Gerard Maxwell-Will- shire, Bt., who is an actor, WZM
Refineries. charged at Maidstone to-day, with China Sugara ... indiceently assaulting Jean Olds, Malabon Sugars"
New York, June 18. Distressing news for the sur- vivors of the heavyweight eliminad 22, an assistant, employed at I London hair-dresser's firm. Will- ation tournament is being spread shire strenously denied the charge Benguats
Mining
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Gerald Maxwelli-Wiltshire, Bt., sur- do. (Single)... 19
months' vaudeville tour.
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Gene proposes to knock his rendered his bail at the Maidstone Shanghal Exploration. T3% next opponent as flat as a blue tailed evidence that she met Will-Rauba
Court to-day. The prosecution de- Shanghai Loans..... T8 note from a saxophone in order to shire first at a hotel at Maidenhead Trenah Mines wipe out the impression that on Sunday, He called at ber Ural Caspians Tunney wears a high hat and is boarding house in London next Docks, Wharres, not a killer.
evening, and she accompanied him Godowns, &C. Tunney is a trifle tired of the on a motor car ride, arriving at a
Al-Ke-de-Ky Wharves.. $108 footlights now and ready for hotal in Maidstone at one o'clock HK & W. Docks in the morning. They proceeded Hongkows ...... to drive to a lonely wood, where Now Engineerings she alleged the events which formed
Shanghai Ducks ..... T97 the subject of the charge occurred. Lands, Hotels & Bidgs, After that, chad only to shoes and H.K. & S. Hotels $8.90 stockings, and smeared about till Hongkong Lands
$66 she reached a house at 4.30 o'clock Hongkong Realty $6 in the morning. Willshire
H.K. Territoriale... $1 committed for trial at the next As Humphreys Estates. $12 sizes. Bail was granted.]
Frince's Building ... $89 Rural Lands
battle.
LAWN BOWLS.
or
Will Club Secretaries Bowls Conveners kindly send in teams for Saturday's League games in time to be published in our issue of Friday? -
Yorkshire made 320 (Sutcliffe the impression of my high hatted-
"I will prove in the ring that|
Visitors Win.
The next item of importance in the cricket results published to-day is the
fact that two players made double centuries, ern Games. A letter to this AFTER DERBY WEEK. the heroes being Bates (200 not effect has heen received In
LITTER OF THE RACE -out), of lowly-placed Glamorgan- Manila.
GOER. shire, and Bowley (220), of Sussex. Bates is one of the There are
An army of men, it is stated, who are unlikely to forget this year's will be employed for several Yorkshire-born players have qualified for the gallant Kempton Park Jubilee Handi-months clearing the litter on little Welsh county. Bell, their cap, which was won by Abbot's Epsom Downs after Derby week, and in getting the course in order leading batsman last year; is/Speed for Lord Dewar during again every foot-mark on the and 76 for 2-Reuter.
wicket. This is & record.
two jockeys who
LOCAL TENNIS.
145.
ness is erroneous, said Gene.
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Miscellaneous.
Hundreds of tons of set up a new record by scoring his/ survivor of the winter boute toffie film is to educate youth in the Chins Lights (comb.) $13.
Playing the East of England "But of course, to reasonable men depicting life in various parts of H.K. Tramwaya at Wisbech, the New Zealanders have only to point my record. I the Empire will be shown, is open- Peak Trams (old) won by eight wickets.
knocked out three men who never ing at the Imperial Institute on Singapore Tractions The homesters scored 177 and before had taken the count Friday.
Barthley Madden, Tommy It is provided from funda given New Zealand replied with 243 Gibbons and Jeff Smith. And if by the Empire Marketing Board.
necessary I'm willing to keep Films will be shown daily, as a H.K. Amusements right on."
supplement to a tour of exhibition Canton Icce Hobbs' New Record.
The champion repressed a smile galleries containing displays of Cements (comb,) Rugby, July 12.
The object of do. (old) when asked his opinion of the Empire activities. Hobbs, Surrey cricketer, to-day.
do. (new) scenery, activities and products of hundredth century for Surrey and his title. He is not given to determine a logical contender for
(old) the Empire. his one hundred and forty-seven "belittling," but he admits he ex- operation with all schools in Lon- H.K. Constructions
The cinema will work in co- China Prov, ....
(new) $74 century in first class cricket-pects to be the titleholder a year don, so that classes receiving in- Dairy Forms Playing against Kent at Black from now and then some. struetion regarding certain coun- Der A. Wings heath, he made one hundred and
tries will be enabled to visit the H.K. Electrica cinema and see for themselves.
Macao Electrics H.K. Ropes (old) The public will also be catered
of the race
SOVIET RACING,
TOURING COMPANY OF HORSES.
To Appear in London.
this
summer. Tunney said he pro- posed to appear in London in an exhibition bout while the last of
PERSIA'S DEBT.
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Watrons
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Nanyang Tobaccos ...
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EXCHANGE.
Was made
On London-
Hong Kong, July 13.
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mail week. The jockeys, con-running and exercise grounds will another "Tyke" by birth. Bates cerned are J. Marshall, who rode have to be lifted with a fork, the has never scored a double cen- Abbot's Speed, and N. Carrol, turf replaced and rammed down tury before, though he has been who had hard luck in not riding by hand.
paper will have to be collected a consistently good bat for a the mount instead. Marshall, and burned-sporting editions, number of years. Last year he to take the mount, had to de- bookies' cards, and race pro was one of the two Glamorgan clare two pounds over weight, grammes lay 80 thickly
that great patches players to run into four figures which was as low as he could go
of the as a season's aggregate.
to scale.
not be seen at twenty-one: Hobbs is first bats-1 Carrol was told he grass could
all. The ditches were filled, and man to complete hundred cen- could have the mount if he could against the railings, the booths, turies for his county team-Bri-satisfied to prove his fighting for by travel films, one of which,
It may be that Tunney will be Rowley is one of the Sussex reduce himself to the handicap and the buildings, and in the pad-tish Wireless Service.
heart by causing some British "Sport in India," has been lent by mainstays. Last year he scored weight-7at. 6lbs. With this docks and on the lawns the litter
heavyweight to dive for the re- the High Commissioner for India. goer lay in deep 1,419 runs, having an average object in view, he put in some drifts.
sult at Wembley Stadium of 30.84. He is a Surrey man strenuous work before racing! ""The meeting was very suc by birth and his first match for began running round the track. cessful in every way," said an Sussex was against Somerset in The sweltering heat helped him official to a Press representative,
the heavyweight contenders in BRITAIN'S OFFER TO REDUCE 1912. He has made a double to lose the necessary weight, but "and I heard nothing but praise for the new stand. Some people
this country were completing the Horse-racing in Russia, which business of elimination. century before, when he com- unfortunately so reduced his thought there ought to be lifts before the war was organised on "When I return it will be to
strength that he was unfit to to the three tiers of private British lines, was at first stopped fight for Tex Rickard, of course, that Persia with a balanced Bud-
London, June 30. piled 228 against Northampton-undertake the mount. J. Mar- boxes, and unless it is found that by
A Labour member's interjection shire at Brighton in 1921. On
the Bolsheviks as shall therefore rode, Abbot's there are technical difficulties in "bourgeois" institution. Of late, bound by my contract and any than Great Britain
being aand no one else. Naturally, I am get was relatively more prosperous that occasion he and Maurice Speed, and although carrying the way, these will be installed in however, owing to the initiative of thing to the contrary is without during question-time, in the House Tate added 385 for the second the two pounds extra he won The stand was really built for one been re-established on
time for the next Spring meeting.a group of military chiefs, it has foundation said the champion. Sussex easily from Embargo by three day in the year. The crowd on lines-ie., "without the admix- tive merits of the remaining con- Britain.
Soviet
of Commons in raising the question On the matter of the compara- of Persia's Indebtedness to Great lengths.
the hill and other parts of the ture of bourgeois ideas of bet-tenders for his title, Tunney re- course was very big on Derby ting," says the "Daily Mall."
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, mained discreetly silent. Day, but I don't think it was big-
Mr. Winston Churchill explained Such at least is the ukaze on ger than that in the boom year paper; in reality betting goes on,other sore," he said.
"If I praise one I make the that Great Britain had agreed to "When I reduce her claim in respect of of 1920. It is absolutely impos- if not on a large scale, at any rate was a contender and Jack Demp- various loans to Persia exceeding sible to estimate the number ac sufficiently widely to be taken nor said anything favourable 24,500,000 to £2,000,000, payable in curately."
tice of by the authorities. "Theout Harry Wills "If the public would be more considerate," said Mr. C. J. Lang: not walk about on the running lands, Clerk of the Course, "and ground and throw broken glasses J. Chan and Pong Pun-fong lost and bottles on to it, it would help Bonavia 3-8, lost to Q.M.S. Goad On the Sunday before the meet- to Major Flood and Captain the management considerably. and S.S. Sima 6-6, beat Sm; Simmons ing some thousands of people and S.S. O'Fitherty 9-217-16.
went to look at the new stand. Ma Chiu-chong and Cheng Kim They marched up and down the last to Major Flood and Captain running ground continuously, and Bonavia 3-8, beat Q.M.S. Gond and: By soundly defeating Hamp-S.S. Sims 7-4, beat Smi. Siinmons this was one of the primary causes of the course being board-hard." shire, Lancashire maintain their and S.S. O'Fiherty 8-318-16.
J. A. Fisher and T. S. W. Chan) position at the top of the cham-beat Major. Flood and Captain pionship table, Notts only man- Bonavia 7-4, lost to Q.M.S. Goad PERAK TURF CLUB. aging to take first innings points and S.S. Sima, 5-6, beat Sm. Sim- from Yorkshire, despite Whysall's 'masterly 184 out of a total of! 345. Surrey are performing in- differently of late, and hardly deserve to be fourth in the list. Kent still remain below Sussex, Middlesex and Leicester, though there is now not much difference in their percentage figures. Little Glamorgan has climbed
Other heavy scorers were Bates of Warwickshire (118 not out), Higgins of Worcestershire (123), Chapman of Kent (113), Legge of Kent (104); Hobbs of Surrey (121). Whysall of Not- tinghamshire (184) and Sutcliffe of Yorkshire (169). It is noted that the Kent and Surrey match was again played at Blackheath this year, after being switched over to Maidstone last season after a lapse of 23 years,
WIN FOR DIOCESAN BOYS SCHOOL.
Played at the temporary premises School beat the British General of the School on Monday, the Hospital by 55 games to 44,
or Jack
evil of betting," says an official Delaney, I would boil with rage."2 per cent. for sinking fund. proclamation, has been brought
war.
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There is an undercurrent of
25 annuities of £180,000 each, re- presenting 7 per cent. interest and
from London, Paris and New however, that Paul Cuckoskey, promised to submit it to Mejlies into the country by ex-refugees belief in the Tunney entourage, ed this offer in March, 1926, and The Persian Government accept-
York.". This, however, is untrue, the Boston Polack, will be the for ratification, but despite a re- since betting was known and ultimate survivor and the reci- minder in May, 1927, this had not practised in Russia before the pient of the champion's favours yet been done,
some dark September night, The "Derby."
Cuckoskey, whose fighting name several days ago over a course what higher than his fellow Soviet "Derby". was run is Jack Sharkey, is rated some- 2,400 metres long, and seems to townaman, Jimmy Maloney, by have been something of a handi- those close to the titleholder. cap event. Some horses ran the United Press. whole length of the course, while others were given certain starts.
A curious novelty in Soviet! racing is "a touring company of FRENCH ELECTORAL REFORM.
vel all over the country and are
mons and B.S. O'Flherty 8-8-MEMBERS ORJECT TO CHANGE racehorses." These horses tre-f
20-18.
Totals: The Diocesan Boys' School, 55 games; British General Hospital 44.
TO-DAY'S SOCCER.
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ITS QUALITY
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Paris, July 12. featured as performers at local The Chamber of Deputies has "Jigitovkas" (horsemanship dis- finally passed the electoral reform An attempt to avoid confusion be plays on the lines of the Cossack bill by a vote of 820 to 284. The performances in London). Local debates were of a most critica!] tween the Perak Turf Club, the big horses can be entered against the nature and several night long sit professional club at Ipoh, and the
tings were held.-Reuter. Perak Gymkhana Club, an amateur visiting team for special races. club with its centre at Taiping, Moscow, Kieff, and other large was made at the annual meeting of cities have regular racing threa the latter when a proposal on be- or four times a week, and the half of the Sultan of Perak was three star jockeys in the capital moved
to change the name into the are Chudenko. Grigorieff, and At Scokumpoo this afternoon the Taiping Gymkhana or Turf Club, Keyton. The latter is stated to one place, and no longer holds R.A.M.C. eleven opposed the Scots but members strenuously opposing be either British or of British des- the table down, this dubious hon-Guards, the game commencing at the motion it was lost: our falling to Worcester, who 5.30 p.m.
The meeting passed the pro- cent. Before the war many Brit have lost 12 fully played matches watched against a Chinese team for August, including the Sultan's Russian owners both at Moscow The winners will no doubt be gramme for the amateur mest in tish jockeys were employed by the usual Saturday game..
Gold Cup steeplechase.
and in the country.
out of 16.
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