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COUNTY CRICKET RESULTS.
Champions Lose Points to Warwickshire.
YORKSHIRE WIN..
London, Yesterday.
programme was lost in the Test Match sensation, but some "Inter- esting play was witnessed on various grounds. Notts, the champion county gave points to Warwickshire, and Kent were only able to take first innings' points. Yorkshire succeeded against the lowly Somerset hy the margin of 170 runs.
The conclusion of the mid-week
A large proportion of the gúmes were left drawn on account of
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THE ROMANCE OF CRICKET.
A Great Bowler's Struggle.
SHAMROCK V.
SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1930.
SPORTING NEWS.
The Rugby Union made a profit of BRITAIN'S CHALLENGER TO nearly £27,000 from the interna
LEAVE FOR US.
tional football matches at Twicken- ham and the trial matchey last sea-
READY FOR THE CROSSING.
son.
The match with Scotland produc- jed a net gain of £12,484, and that with France £12,424, both record Rugby, Yesterday.
Ogures.
The greater part of the profit Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock the Fifth, the British Challenger will be used in loans at a nominal
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for Americs at the end of next purchase of grounds. week. She is at present at Gos- Considerable alterations
BOXING.
CARRYING OUT RULES MADE BY OTHERS.
NEW BOARD OF CONTROL:
management of boxing in Great An important development in the Britain was the subject of a special for the American Cup, will leave rate of fiterest to clubs for the meeting of the British Boxing
Board of. Control on June 13. to the The proposal was to constitute a
minister the regulations framed by An stewards, whose task will be to ad-
the present board.
"It is desirable to make it clear,"
Clarence V. Grimmett, the 37-port, undergoing the modifications Rugby Union headquarters at new board of control composed of your-old father" of the Austra- necessary before the racing Twickenham are to be made.
yacht can safely face the rigours additional tier is to be erected on lian team, who is having such a sensationally
The the west stand, the south terrace is of the Atlantic crossing. successful senson, has written a book on his life Cup has been fixed for September which will allow for stoppages of Mr. C. F. Donmall, secretary of the first of the seven races for the to be extended, and automatic' clocks
13. British Wireless Service. | play-installed.
The Welsh Rugby Union's balance correspondent, "that no reflection at B.B.B.C., said to an Evening News sheet for last season shows a profit all is cast upon the present board, of £3,477 and total assets £15,419, which has, in fact, been sitting for of which £13,280 is invested. The five months to draw up the regula Wales versus England match at Cardiff realised £7,215; and the Irish match at Swansea £6,181,
and the art of bowling.
He dedicates it to "the Cin- derellas of cricket," doubtless be- chuse his own career has a Cin-1 derella-like romance. The story of his rise is
one of amazing -courage and persistence.
He tells how he started ob- scurely in New Zealand, went to Sydney, and had to begin all over again with a club third eleven, worked his way up to the first)
WATER POLO.
-A
GAME ABANDONED
FIASCO.
The Chinese
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tions which are to be administered by the new board.
For some months past boxing has been controlled under these regula- Whether Max Schmeling's name tions, which have been administer- presented by William Muldoon and up. Some time ago it was suggest will be engraved upon the trophy led by the Board as they were drawn Gene Tunney to the world's heavy-ed that there should be a governing weight champion is now of doubt.
a matter
Mr. Muldoon, the veteran member
With the Fukien Club leading by the prolife scoring, Oldroyd of eleven, and then, in 1917, migrat-2.goals to nil, and only a few min. Yorkshire claimed the highest in-
ca to Melbourne, only to encoun-ates to go, the referee was obliged dividual effort, acoring 164 not out.
ter every sort of bad luck and to call off their match with the
body of stewards, and when certain against Somerset.
blindness on the part of the selec- V.R.C. in the Second Division of Below are appended
people were approached they said tora. the most
the Water Polo League.last night. of the New York State Athletic they could not control unless some noteworthy fenta achieved in the
Consider his first inter-State! The first half was interesting Commission, according to the New
regulations were drawn up and matches just concluded.
match:
enough, with the V.R.C. men meet-[York Evening Post, has stated that agreed to by all sections concerned In the first innings Macdonalding worthy formen. and Ironmonger dismissed New South Wales for 89, so I was put on to bowl. In the second: New South Wales wanted 396 to win, and got, the runs for the loss of four wickets. I was given only five overa In the match, in the second of which 1 lost a wicket by a missed chance of stumping, and failed to get a victim.
BATTING.
Oldroyd (Yorkshire)
164*
Whynall (Notts)
158
Walters (Worcester)
Hearne (Middlesex}
157. 144
V. W. C. Jupp (Northants) | 142a
82
Wright (Worcester)
E. W. Dawson (Leicester) 135
134
Parks, H. (Sussex)
133
Santalt (Warwick)
126
105
97
Bowley (Sussex)
Kilner (Warwick)
*Not out.
BOWLING.
Hammond (Sussex)
Sinfield (loucester)
Freeman (Kent)
7- 87 € 69 15- 30 15-136 5- 36 421
Bowes (Yorkshire)
Hardinge (Kent) Rhodes (Yorkshire)
4- 39
TO-DAY'S MATCHES.
July 12th Leyton Essex. Mid-
Kent
dlesex Blackheath - Surrey. Brighton Sussex Hampshire. Nottingham - Notts v. Derbyshire.
V.
Worcester Worcester- shire y. Gloucestershire, Swansea-Glamorgan v. Yorkshire.
Taunton Somerset v. Leicestershire, Manchester
Following this set-back he got a chance against the M.C.C., only (1) to be lamed by a ball from Parkin; (2) have Hendren, who scored 200, dropped off him in the out-field; and (3) have his finger split by hard return
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frein Hobbs.
But Grimmett refused to admit defeat. He got married, laid down a turf wicket in the back- yard for practice, and trained a terrier to wait till he had bowl- ed six balls and then bring them back. He says he taught the dog other useful tricks-probably to no-ball him if he dragged his foot.
But even the success in club, cricket that this perseverance brought him did not move the selectore.
At last Victoria did "discover" him when he had taken 1 for 12 and 8 for 81 against South Aus- trália. But it was too late. Grimmett had already determined to move to Adelaide and Victoria lost the "beat bowler in Austra- lia.
Our Sports Diary
LOCAL
Lawn Bowls-To-day-in Division I-Civil Service v. Kowloon Bowling Green, Police v. Craigengower, Kow. loon Dock v. Recreio, Kowloon AC. v. Talkoo; Division II. -- Craigongower v Civil Ser- vice, Taikoo v. Hong Kong Electric; Kowloon Bowling Green v. Yacht Club, Recreio v. Kowloon C.C.
Water Polo Monday Division 1-Navy v. Royal Artillery; Division I--Univer- sity v. Fulien Club,
Racing-September 27 Seventh Extra Race Meeting. October 10 and 11-Eighth Extra Race Meeting.
Aquatic Sports-July 22- Entries close for Volunteer aquatic sports, noon.
July 26-Volunteer Corps aquatic sports, V.R.C., 9 p.m.
HOME
Third
Cricket To-day Test Match, Leeds.
July 25-29-Fourth Test Match, Manchester,
Racing--- July Stakes, Sandown
July 29-Stewards' Goodwood.
18-Eclipse
Cup,
July 30-Goodwood Stakes, Goodwood.
31-Goodwood
July Lanca
shiro v. Warwickshire.
SCORES AT A GLANCE,
Sussex won by eight wickets. Gloucester: 130 and 298. Sussex: 234 and 195--2.
Yorkshire won by 170 runs. Yorkshire: 161 and 292-3 dec. Somerset: 103 and 180.
Drawn. Warwick: 620 and 125-1 dec. Nott: 391 and 169-2,
Drawn.
- Kent: 287 and 66-3.
Middlesex: 87 and 833.
Drawn. Glamorgan: 197 and 355. Leicester: 873 and 47-0.·
Drawn Worcester: 501-6 dec. Northants: 329 and 336-
Drawn Hampshire: 240 and 213. Essex: 233 and 80-0,
Router.
"The move was the best I had ever made," he says; and he des- scribes the climax of his career, when he not only achieved his great ambition and played for Australia against England. but began by clean bowling the great Woolley and taking in all 11 wickets for 81. The rest the world knows.
Cup.
Goodwood.
Boxing-July 28-Phil Scott V. Young Stribling, Wimbledon Stadium,
in the second half play degenerated led at the interval by the only goal,
Grimmett's book is written with his characteristic modesty, but his authority is unquestioned. His ad- vice to young bowlers on length. spin, and break will be invaluable, the game off, and it is. illustrated with some first-rate pictures.
"Grimmett on Getting Wickets," by C. V. Grimmett. (Hodder and Stoughton, 3s. 6d.)
DAVIS CUP.
ITALY V. JAPAN,
Genoa, Yesterday," In-the final of the European Zone of the Davis Cup, Italy to- day had to be content with the honours even in the singles matches
Destefani (Italy) beat Y. Ohta (Japan) 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4,- Harada (Japan) beat De purgo (Italy) 6-4, 6-3, 7-5,
THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE.
Yorkshiro Gloucestershire.
POWER
Lancashire Kent
Nótta
HOUSE,
TUOS &
Der
LOCOS
THE KAILAN
DODWELL
NISTRATION:
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1st Inns
L Result P
In the sport. no man winning the title on a foul will have his naine engraved on the
All Represented. "In addition, there trophy. "I am thoroughy
will be dis-
Stewards of Appeal; the present.. gusted," said Mr. Muldoon.
Scottish and Northern branches of have spent two years trying to solve the B.B.B.C. will be reconstituted the heavy-weight puzzle, and now by poll vote, and the present board this has occurred."
will function--after an election by Mr. Farley, the chairman of the poll vote as the Southern branch. New York State Athletic Commis-
It is hoped that more new branches slon, declined to make any state-will be formed in different parts of ment of opinion on the fight.
the country.
Motion pictures of the fight.
"The only people who could draw shown later, conclusively prove that;
up auch regulations were those Sharkey's blow was low, and it is directly concerned in the sport. generally conceded that the Commis. Therefore the Board, consisting of sion will keep its promise and re representatives, of promoters, man- cognise Schmeling as the winner of agers, boxers, referees, boxers' man- the Trophy.
agers seconds, timekeepers, ring- masters and M.C.s, aet to work to frama regulations.
The new champion is under con tract to the Madison Square. Garden to defend his title. in New York State within one year,
"And now it is proposed that these shall be administered by a The Madison Square Garden an-body which has no financial interest nounced that the total number who in the sport.
paid for attendance at the fight
"The administrative stewards (of
was 74,153, and the net receipts whom there will be nine), operating £142,334. Sharkey and Schmeling as the D.B.B.C. will have Col. R. E. will each receive £36,600.
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Myddelton as chairman, and the Earl of Londsdale will serve as There is a suggestion that the President of the Appeal Stewards, Scott-Stribling fight at the Wim-of whom there are six."
Fair Control.
bledon Stadium, London, be brought forward a day and decided on Sun-
Col Myddelton told The Evening day, July 27.
News that he resented any sugges Mr. Jeff Dickson, the promoter.tion that unfair or improper control states that he has received many of boxing had made this change requests to stage the fight on a necessary.
Sunday, and as the proposed change "It was understood from the of date may be made ha cabled formation of the Board," he said, Stribling for his sanction. The "that this change was to be brought reply was: "O.K. with me. Will about as soon as possible, and no- fight anywhere, any time.. Salling hody has been more concerned to July 2, but will come earlier if Introduce it than the present Board necessary."
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Pennsylvania University pos- sesses a very promising young ath
of Control"
lete in the person of "Barney" Ber- MISS GLEITZ'S PLANS. linger, who, it is hoped and expect- ed, will be one of America's repre- GIRL PLANS TO SWIM COOK sentatives in the next Olympic
Games at Los Angeles..
He has already been described as
Mercedes
STRAITS.
Gleitz; the English
one of the greatest all-round field Channel swimmer, is planning to into a "rough house" which became men of all time. Perhaps this is a swim Cook Straits, New Zealand, in so bad that players got to blows. little exaggeration, but his class The referee had no option but to call can be judged from the fact that December, after an attempt to cross
he recently won the septathlon at the Firth of Moray, from Lossle In a First Division game the the Illinois relays, and the decath-mouth to Cromarty (11 miles) the V.R.C. won a very one-sided game on at the Pennsylvania relaya. Hellespont, according to the York- Trish and English Channels, and the
Bathing Club, their opponents, ances by 8 goals to mil.
The Chinese Here are
few of his perform-shire Observer were completely outclassed; and the game was a very poor one,
* LAWN TENNIS.
MIXED DOUBLES RESULT.
Pole vault-15 ft. 4 hs. High Jump-6 ft. 134 ins. Long Jump-29 ft.
10 lb. shot putt-49 ft. 3.5-8th
Ins.
Discus throw-120 ft.
Javelin throw-184 ft. 8 ins. 120 yards hurdles 16 secs. 100 yards-10 2-6 secs: Quarter-mile-54 secs.
He is aply. described at Pennsyl-
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formerly a London typist.
HOBES DOUBTS DULEEP'S CATCH
Once
more Hobbs figured in a vania University as "the one-man peculiar nene batting for Fing
land against The Rest..
The IR.C. defented the Club de track team." Recreio in mixed doubles at King's Park on Thursday by sets to 8. connection with the great, Interna- the slips by Duleepsinhjt, he stared In the International races held in When he was taken low down in One set was left unfinished, owing tional Masonic Convention at Toro-many moments at the Indian, evid to falling light. Scoren were:
was clean.
Ly Rocha and Miss Arsumpcao land, United States, made a
to, Miss Stella Walsh, of Cleve ently wondering whether the catei (Rocrelo); B) Madi Mor-boat S. A Rumjahn and Misa
new Canadian and world record for The umpire said nothing so the R. Rumjahn
6.2 women sprinters.
Issuo apparently lay between Hobbs lost to J. A. Cassambloy and
Mrs. MacCaw
beat. H. D. Rumjahn and Miss
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Mr. MacCaw
beat H. D. Rumjaha, and Miss
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Her time for the sixty metres and Duleepsinhfi. The latter in sprint was 7.2-5 secs, breaking the dicated a fair catch. Then after world record by 1-5 sec. She broke further hesitation, Hobbs walked to the Canadian record for 200 metres | the pavilion. He spoke to White, taking 25.3-5 secs, only 1-5 sec, be the captain of The Rest on the hind the world record.
The members of the English polo team, who will shortly leave for America to compete for the, West chester Cup, were entertained at Britian Sportsman's Club luncheon at the Savoy Hotel by the
way.
N. Z. CRICKET TOUR
The New Zealand Cricket Council: season's M.C.C. tour. There is a Has Isshed the balance-sheet of last
Lord Docles presided, and the surplus of $1,407 over expendituro, guests included the four Ashton and it has been decided to remit" brothers, who comprise the Austra- £1,400 towards the $1,600 due for lian polo team now in this country, expenses and wages of the English
Captain C. H. Tremayne, who will professionala, Adens captain the British team, sald: The report adds that, but for the Wo have got a fins squad of play-rain, which interfered with many era together, and all think of important games, Including the odels is besting the Am ns. We complete washing out of the third
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