SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1927.
SPORTS
PROFESSIONAL GOLF.
WHITCOMBE AND JOLLY IN FINAL
Leeds, Yesterday.
Tournament
In the semi-fans of the £1,000 Professional Galf
Tommy Armour, pro of the Con- gressional Clah at Washington. new open golf champînin n. the United States.
.Reuter.
DISCO."
NEW GAME REQUIRING LITTLE SPACE.
London, July 5.
LOCAL SOCCER.
TWO SERVICE GAMES TO-DAY.
cause.
"LORD'S."
ABIDING GLORIES OF THE GAME,
THE CHINA MAIL.
ish, game-viz, the running from atumps to stumps; and while it does no violence to A Bense of humour to see a boy or a young this engaged, a middle-aged man does seem rather out of place in "Leather-hunt-
CRICKET ROMANCE STILL LIVES, such a pastime.
MANY HAIRDRESSERS.
MR. SEYMOUR HICKS WITH THE.
SCISSORS,
Wyndham's Theatre was filled with hairdressers recently to sco Mr. Seymour Hicks in the part of a hairdresser in his amusing play "Mr. What's His Name?"
first act. "Still, I wish I had his ways with my women customers. I should make a lot more money than I do."
ing." too, however heroically per severed in. does not exhibit ma- I wonder whether the word ture proportions to the best ad- "Lord'a" still means as much to Vantage. Eton boys an it did to us in the It says much for the abiding sixties. In those days it had a glories of cricket that its romantic the country for the special matinee; They came from various parts of Bignificance which surpassed that aspects are not lost under our there were hairdressers from Kent, A campaign for funds in aid of of any other spoken sound with modern conditions, and that there Northamptonshire and Lincoln- the expenses of the Colony's which we were acquainted, con- is still so great a magic in the shire, in addition to hundreds from utheletes who will take part in the juring up visions, as it did, of the setting of the scene the hushed all parts of London. Far Eastern Olympiad has been most tremendous event of the year, expectation as the time for play
In the play. Mr. Hicks has to go conducted by the Chinese the cricket match between Eton approaches, the thrilling sound of through the business of dressing Amateur Athletic Federation. and Harrow, writes an old Etonian the bell, the gradual clearing of
Mias Mary Merrall's bair, and his The match played last Saturday the "Observer." It so happen- the field, the slow egress of the handling of acissors, combs, tongs, against the R.A.M.C. was for this that when I went to Eton, in umpires, followed in due order by and so forth, was very critically
1805, the school had suffered a the fieldsmen and the batsmen-watched. To-day the Association is stand-possibility of reversing the verdict a flourish of trumpets to make it said one of his audience after the series of grievous defeats, and the spectacle which seems to lack but "Very clever-but pure fake," ing down in favour of South that had been given against ua for resemble that of the lists in China, who will play two games at three years in succession was being an ancient tournament, as in a' Sookumpaa, the first against the discussed with an anxiety im- picture out of "Ivanhoe." Such Cameronians at 4 p.m. and the mensely more serious than any are some of the recollections socond against the 15th Infantry which is nowadays felt about the awakened in an old-fashioned cr Brigade at 5.30 p.m. The pro-possession of "the ashes."
thusiast by a mention of the name ceeds will go towards the same To us the matter was far too "Lord's." fund.
Krave for a metaphor: I know of
· These service teams have not no words that can adequately ex- been seen in action in the Colony, press our feelings as the time of and their records are unknown. the match approached except The 15th Infantry Brigade will those of De Quincey concerning. be represented by the following:
a dream of great solemnity:- -Guardsman Jackson; Dr. Morris (R.AS.C.), Sgt. Hooper (Queen's); Pte. Cantor (Queen's). Dr. Turner (R. A.S.C.), Guards- man Reid; Pte. Stanley (Welch); Pte. Gibbons (Northants), Pte. Wright (Northants), Pte. Larkins (Queen's) and Pte. Stanley (Welch), Reserves: Guardsman Johnstone
and Pte. Gandy (Welch).
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.
174,000 Sports Scheme.
The scheme for the provision of
LOCAL BASEBALL.
JAPANESE v. FILIPINOS.
were
The morning was come of a mighty day-a day of crisis and This game had to be called of ultimate hope for human na-yesterday afternoon owing to ture, then suffering mysterious rain when the Japanese eclipse and labouring in some leading by six clear runs,
read extremity. Some interest Туда at stake. some Line-up:- mightier cause, than ever yet the Japanese sward had pleaded or trumpet Kusano had proclaimed.
greater
Filipinos
e.f. Bautista Y. Hachiuma c. Zafra A Tall Youth.
Murata Ib. Harnaer The hopes of Eton at that time S. Hachiuma p. Angeles were centred on
s.5. Cruz a player whose Honda reputation has since become well│Takatomi Lf. Rull established in the annals of cricket. Tajima
I remember how a school-fellow, Koga
3b. Curreem
r.f. Tecson
To-day the H.K.B.C. meet the
who had kindly undertaken to in-Yoshikawa 2b. Leonard struet me, a pew boy, in the things that everyone had to know, point- Recreio and to-morrow the Japan- ed cut a tall youth who wore an ese expression of the off-hand devil clash.
and "Tigers" (S.C.A.A.)
a central sports ground and a boat-may-care order, and appeared to
funds.
CX-
was EL
A3
not
LORD DURHAM,
house for the University of London, be chewing a straw, and said, started by a committee appointed by "That's Bun-Jam." the Senate three years ago, has now To me, utterly ignorant as I was. taken definite shape, and the Lord this information conveyed nothing: Mayor will give a luncheon at the and it was with some impatience, Mansion House to a number of lead-as if I ought to have known what
Lord Durham, who is 72, is one ing citizens to consider the question there, had been no previous chance of the best-liked men in the north of launching a public appeal. Al-of learning, that my mentor of England. Ernest Whitcombe heat Compston eribed, including £5,000 from the nickname for the famous, nitter Club since 1882, and is extremely
ready about £14,000 has been subs-plained that "Bun-Jam"
He is a generous landlord.. He 1.0. and Jolly bent Taylor 1-0, Eart of Rosebery (the Chancellor of C. I. Thornton. whose feats,
has been a member of the Jockey the University), and £5,000 granted then related to me, made a lasting popular with the Durham miners, by the Senate from University impression on my mind. A won-who recognise in him a real sports.
The Prince of Wales has derful hitter he was, even in those man after their own hearts. taken great interest in the proposal, early days; and I think his auda-parted with the Lambton colliertes About 20 years ago Lord Durham and has given 25 guineas.
city helped the revival of Eton A freehold site for, the sporta cricket.
to Lord Joicey. It was one of the ground has been obtained at Mots- He went in first wicket down" biggest deals of the time. pur Park, near New Malden, at a and was not kept in reserve, as
Although Lord Durham has been 'cost of £18,000. It
consists of "loggers" now are, until the edge racing over 50 years, he had twenty-eight acres of grass land, had been taken off the howling:
classic won a
race till and includes a building which can on the contrary, it was for him to this month, when be adapted for a clubhouse. Two inspire courage by his example, the Oaks for him in such fine Beam won With the admirable object of acres of land at Chiswick, with a and to disconcert the bowlers le-a pleasant birthday present providing a game which gives as river. frontage of 255ft, have been in their prime by knocking them in advance. many people as possible the op- bought for £4,000 as afte for the over the ropes.
The match of Lord Durham, by the way, does portunity for recreation on play-boathouse. It is estimated that the 1867, the first of which I was a
not bet. ing fields of limited size, Mr. initial outlay for building, levelling, apectator, marked a turning-point W. M. Short gave an exhibition and equipment will amount to about in the fortunes of the game, for of his invention, Disco, at the £22,000, and it is proposed to in- though it had to be left unfinish- battalion headquarters of the stitute an
endowment fund of ed, it flattered Eton's hopes, as far London Scottish Regiment.
£30,000 to meet part of the annual as it went, and showed that the Perhaps the easiest way of running expenses, the total required period of Harrow's marked supre-
for the scheme thus being approxi-imacy had passed. describing Disco is to compare it with Badminton played with over- mately £74,000. size ping-pong rackets, light balls instead of "birds," and with four objects rather like young railway signals standing in the outer corner of each service court. The winning of an ordinary stroke counts one point; the player who succeeds in hitting one of the "diacs" scores five points for his side.
Mr.
Big Hitting.
as
made
There was a relapse in the fol- lowing year, when Thornton,. after hitting Giles over the top of the pavilion, was bowled by him a few minutes later; but his hardi- made by the inventor. Other in 1899 came a triumph for his hood had not been in vain, and wise the four players played a successors, which was the begin- hard volleying game. For this ning of a series of Eton victories reason one is almost tempted to and made "Lord's" a name wonder if the four posts in the glorious in our ears as it had been middle of the court are not an n word of dread. impediment to mobility rather Amusing As Singles.
than an incentive to skill. The Exhibition matches were play- second feature that is at once ap-
We hear much talk nowadays of ed by some excellent players of parent is that disco is an infinitely the increasing dullness of cricket; other games in Mr. C. G. Eames, more amusing game played as a for patting the bowlers once again
and various proposals are Captain H.-C. Evans, Mr. H. E. singles than as a doubles. Skeet, and Mr. Short himself. On Eames had great fun beating by lessening the size of the ball, on an equality with the batsmen, first impression the outstanding Captain Evans after a hard slash-increasing that of the stumps, or fact which strikes the observer is ing game in which both men made revising the rule of leg before how curiously small is the in- some acrobatic shots.
wicket. Auence of the discs upon the As disco can be played all the Would not the best and the game. Granted that at least year round on a comparatively un- simplest remedy be this-to culti three of the players were unfami- prepared surface, in an area one-vate big hitting as what it really liar with the finer points of the quarter the size of a lawn tennis) is, or might become, a fine art, and game, the fact remains that in court and with extremely econo- to have, as a matter of course. the three games of doubles played mical equipment, it would cer several swipers on each side, even there were not more than half-a- tainly appear to bear out the if such policy involved the taking dozen apparent efforts to go for claims of its inventor. Moreover of greater risks. The popularity it is clearly a game which the of the hitter is undoubted; and the Of these only two were success- "duffer" and the nice old gentle-instinct of the onlooker in this ful-appropriately enough, the, man will be able to enjoy equally art of defence, carried to its pre- respect is perfectly sound, for the winning shot in each
case was with the expert player..
the disc.
'GARETYDER E VALENTINA, NË
Looks strange, doesn't it? But it's actually the eminent homa- run hitter, as Acting Superintendent of Police In Boston's rosCZYŃ force, Babe started his duties right by giving the cops a good layout and threatening to discipline some of their number,
sent excess, is turning a sport into a science, a recreation for youths into a business for men, and throwing cricket, more Into the handa of a professional class.
Game for Youth.
For the upshot of the whole matter seems to be that cricket is essentially à game for youth, not a business for middle age. The public school and the University matches are sometimes spoken of na mere "gala days,” but they are much more than that, and they have at least one great advantage in being free from the excessive modern 'regard for averages and records. Who, when watching a county match, has not wished that the "veterans," in spite of the greater expertness they may have achieved, would transfer their energien to golf?ph
The Oxford and Cambridge match is, to my mind, better worth seeing than that "game of the ex- perts, Gentlemen v. Players; and the reason is not far to seek, for cricket, though now it has been built up into a high strategy, is at root a very simple, even a "child-
Despite the heat, the theatre, was full, a large number of women and girls in the hairdressing trade being present.
"Aplendid audience of ex- perts." Mr. Hicks said. "I know that the way in which I handle the tools of my trade-in the play- not above criticism, but, as I ex- plained to one kindly professional me, I have to think about dialogue hairdresser who pointed this out to
as well as about pretending to dress hair."
Newspapers are, of all commo. dities, the most perishable.--Mr. R. J. Webber.
Where shall we find truth if the novelists give, up working?--Sir Philip Gibbs.
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re-
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LONDON EXCHANGES,
London, Yesterday.
124.05
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