FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1932.
THE CHINA MAIL.
TO-MORROW'S HOME FOOTBALL GREAT PITCHING BY THE H.K. AREA TENNIS
Arsenal at Home in Last Game
Everton and Pompey
ENGLISH LEAGUE.
First Division.
HOME.
Portsmouth
Liverpool.
21 14 3 2 37 31 30 2013 4 4
Birmingham 21 13 T 5 Newcastle l'alted 20 13 25
Chelsea...
Blackburn R. .21 12 6 3 57
Derby County ...21 13
Middlesborough 20 12 6 2
Manchester City 21 10
Sunderland
Bolton Wanderers 20 14
Leicester City
West Ham U.
Blackpool Grimsby Town
..21 11 7 3
21 9 7
21 11
21 9 B 1
19 10
6 3 31 25
English League.
Arsenal
First Division.
Blackburn R.
Y.
Aston Villa V. Huddersfield T. Bolton W.
Chelsea Everton Grimsby T
v. Liverpool
v. West Ham
v. Portsmouth
Newcastle U. v. Birmingham
"LEFTY" GROVE.
Star Twirler Leads Athletics to Victory.
SIX MORE HOME RUNS.`
y. Wednesday
New York, Yesterday, The following. Baseball results:-
were
to-day's
Middlesbro'.
v. Leicester C.
National League.
Shefeld U.
v. Blackpool
Bradford City v.
Millwall
Cincinnati- 9 Boston
Lombardi and Schulmerich hit home runs. Chicago
&
1 Brooklyn
2
v.
Notts Forest
St. Louis
10
V.
Wolves
Second Division.
Burnley Charlton A. Leeds United v. Notts County v. Oldham A. Plymouth A. Preston N.E. 52 Southampton
Goals Total APts Pts
56
50 Stoke City
អ
v.
V.
V.
Port Vale Bristol City Barnsley Chesterfield Tottenham H. Manchester U.
v. Bradford v. Bury
Third Division (South),
Y. Cardiff C.
36 Southend U.
36 Watford
Third Division (North).
Barrow Carlisle U.
301 Chester
Crowe A.
V. Wrexham
6 New York Billy Terry and Blades hit home runs. "Lefty" Grove, the famous pitcher, "fanned" five men in the seventh Inn- ings.
American League.
3 St. Louis Boston
Jelly hit a home run. Philadelphia 15 Cleveland
11
LEAGUE.
RA.O.C. Defeat S.W.B.
Team by 5-4.
EXCITING FINISH.
FIELD FLOOD AND RING By Athole
situated in England or in the Colonial Empire.
*
In Use Last Night.
The Royal Army Ordnance Corps gained a narrow victory Bradman for Hong Kong? yesterday over "D" Company,
Arrangements have been com- South Wales Borderers, “by
pleted for a strong. Australian five sets to four in the Hong cricket team captained by A. A. Kong Ares Tennis League,
Mailey to tour Canada and the- As the result of this laxity, United States this Summer. Six- which is so in common with the Major Shillington and Staff Sgt. teen matches have been arranged. activities in Hong Kong, a last The Australian team, will in- minute adaption to the new con Sanderson, the weakest pair in the R.A.0.C. team,
some clude Don Bradman, W. H. Pons- ditions has had to be made. The caused anxiety, when they lost all three ford, A. F. Kippax, C. V. Grim- Hong Kong Cricket Club have par- matches, but Condtr. Mitchell and mett, V. Y. Richardson, S. McCabe, chased a set of the larger wickets S.M. Sanderson made up for their A. A. Malloy, L. O'B. Fleetwood- and they are to be used in Satur defeat by annexing all their sets, Smith, and L. Nash. J. A. Christy, day'a Practice Match. Last night and Staff Sgt. Mitchell and Staff the South African batsman, has they were used at the Net, thuni Sgt. Norris won the match by cap-been invited to make the trip and contributing a new chapter to the turing two of their three sets. will probably accept,
history of cricket in the Colony This may provide an opportunity | Patterson, the Hong Kong wicket- For the losera Lt. Stacker and Lt.
the steadiest for local cricketers to see at least keeper; had a spell behind the Crewe-Read were pair, capturing two sets, although four of the greatest cricketers of sticks, but the batsmen were not C.S.M. Lewis and Pte. Lewis were modern times in action, as it is allowing a great many deliveries; only narrowly defeated in the two probable that the team will travel to get past them, and consequent- Percent-sets in which they conceded points. through Hong Kong on their triply he had little opportunity to be P. W. L. age Full results of the match were to Canada. If only the Hong Kong come used to the new conditione. ..17 12 5 705 as follows:-
Cricket Club could arrange a prac Taking last night's practice on the .19 19 6 .684
tice game for the tourists, there whole, the new wickets. did not ,500 Condtr. Mitchell and S.M. would be little doubt of a large at- seem to effect either bateman or
150 Anderson (R.A.0.C.):---
tendance being present; and Brad bowler. .460
man would be able to command his beat Lt. Stocker and Lt. .437
sown, price for admission. It would Crewe-Read 17 7 10 .411
at least provide something towards .19 7 12 .368
7- 5 defraying the expenditure of the American League. "
6- 3
Kanum, McNair
3
and Jimmy
Foxx scored home runs.
-Reuter's American Service.
TABLES TO DATE, National League.
beat C.S.M. Lewis and Pte.
Lewis
AWAY,
Goals
Everton
P. W. L. D. .2018
F. Apts. 1-1 27 0
36
P. W. L. D. F.
21
Arsenal
.20 13 2 3
Wednesday
21 14 3
4
47 15 1 60 27 32
Huddersfield T. .21 11 2
8
47 23 30
'Sheffield United .21 14 4
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17 29 31
West Bromwich 20 12 4
146 20 28
4 32 34 20. 11 8 8 5 38 32 21 A1 18 20 8 10 2 35 20 7 11 2 30 40 16 43 15 20 6 11 3 32
8 12 2 38 33 18
16 Swansea T.
16
•
46 Bournemouth
Aston Villa
.20 15 4
1 62 25 31
10 6 38.41 14
45
v. Torquay U
1.5 15 41 13
36 38 30
225 46 11
43 44
Brentford v. Thames Brighton
48
3 27 45 11
12 Crystal Pal.
Clapton O.
32 28
1 28 36 11
Fulham
V.
Exeter City
20 11 5 4 40
12 425
44 12
Mansfield T.
v.
Norwich City
13 3 32 50 11 15 5 20 30
37, Queen's P.R.
v.
Bristol R.
37 Reading
v. Gillingham
v. Coventry City
Boston Chicago... Philadelphia
..18 9 ง
V. Swindon Town
St. Louis
20
11
Cincinnati
.20
v. Darlington,
Brooklyn
.16
7
9 11 9
v. Accrington S.
New York
Pittsburgh
v. Stockport C.
Doncaster
v.
Tranmere R.
Gateshead
V.
Walsall
21 17 1 3 71
Goals
11
Total
Hartlepools
v.
Lincoln C.
A.Pts.
37
New Brighton v.
Halifax T.
4 3 95 21 27
Rochdale 52
Rotherham U.
Washington Detroit Cleveland
Percent- P. W. L. age
.777 ....18 14 4
beat Cpl. Fowler and Pte.
Ronan
.18 12
в
,22 14
E
.686 .636
Staff Sgt. Mitchell and Staff Norris (R.A.0.0,) :—
Sgt.
.20 13 1.8
46 19. 32
50
23 17 3 2
43 22, 26
4.10 5 27 42 13
49
Bury
1 4
44 21 30
33 19
PRIMO CARNERA MAY Philadelphia
New York St. Louis
.16 10
6
.21 $ 12
.625 beat C.S.M. Lewis and Pte.
Lewis .428
Plymouth A.
Bradford City
3 # 65 39 30 3 6 53 25 26
47
44
GO TO INDIA.
Chicago Boston
.17 7 10 19 5 14 3 14 17
Tottenham H.
4 6 ..21 11
58 37 28
20 5 10 5 29
Notts Forest
...21 13 4 4 49 27
36
20
3 11
6 33
44 12
Southampton
20 10 6 4 38 29
24
24
21 8 11
2 28
Millwall
21 13 5 3 43 #2
29
20
5 18
40
Manchester U...21 12 6 3 44 31
*2*
20 5'11
4 27 41
1.1
Charlton A.....21 11
5 37 26
27
20 5 11
4 21
38
14
41
Prexion N.E.
...20 10 4 6.34 24
26
21 5 12
4 38 52 14
40
21 11 7 3 43 33 25
20 2 10
8 20 46
12
37
.20 11 3 4 43 22 26
21 4 14 3 28 33
11
37
20 9 7 4 10 30 22
20 3 9
8 31 43 14
96
20 10 7 3 39 32 23
21. 3 12
8 21 50.12
35
20 6 6 8 34 96 20
21 6 14
1 23 51
13
33
21 & G 7 35 36 23
20
4 14
2 18 59
9
Port Vale Bristol City
21 8 9 4 40 33 20
20
13
3 27 56
11
21 4 10 7 36 37 14
20 2 14
4 17 29
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-AWAY.
Goals
Wolverhampton Leeds United Stoke City Bradford
Second Division. HOME.
P. W. L. D. F.
...20 11
P. W. L. D. F. A. Pla. Pls 7 8 5 42 35 19 ફર્મ
10 6 5 42 31 25
5 8 8 22 29 18
Chesterfield
Swansea Town Notts County Oldham A. Burnley Barnsley
Fulham
Reading
21 13 ..20 13 19 10
20 8 9 3 20
21 6 10 5 31 47 21 8 9 6 27.35
Third Division (South).
HOME
Goals
P. W. L. D. F. A.Pts.
20 14 3 3 69 26 .20 18 1 1 63 21 37 18
Southend United 20 11 4
Crystal Palace
Exeter City
Luton Town
Brentford Norwich City Brighton
20 14 0 6 48 12
21 16 2 3 33
.20 16 3 1 61
.20 10 4 6 39
21 12 2 7 31 22
.20 12 5 3 42 21
Cardiff City .21 14 3 2 62 29 Coventry City...21 17 2 2 34 28 36 Watford
20.13_31_15_24.
Queen's Park R. 29 10 4 6
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But Requires £100,000
Guarantee.
INDIAN PRINCES' OFFER.
London, April 16.
Primo Carnera, who is now on every-
32 his way to Italy, is wanted
31 where. His latest offer is from ten famous Indian Princes who want
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him to box against the leading Indian boxers and also wrestle with ench Prince's private wrestlers, in- to cluding Gama, private wrestler A. Pts. Ft the Maharajah of Kapurthala.
Goals Total
AWAY.
D. F.
9 6 6 39
35 24
9
8 32
16 16
3
6
6 36
35 24
4 26
51 16
55 Carners, however, wants
guarantee of £100,000.
6 8 8. 31
20 5 10 5 25
20 1 13
2
6 34 65 9_31_32_18
44 43
26
21
4 11 6 29 43 14
21 # 18
4 21 5 12 4 28 16 14 20 2 14 4 22 49
4.21 43 12
39
36
6 34
48 Northampton T. 21 12 6 3 48 25 27 Bournemouth 20 7 5 8 37 32 22 Swindon Town 21 12 7 2 47 81 20 Bristol Rovers.21 11 4 6 46 30 Torquay United 21 9 6 6 49 39 Clapton Orient ..21 7 6 8 41 Mansfield Town .20 10 5 5 49
Gillingham
Thames
20 2 16 2 18 60 6 34
20 3 14 3 23 62 9 33
19 4 13 2 41 34 20
21 0 16 3 21 63
21
7 6
20 2 16 2 14 54
21
6 9 6 35 36
20 1 17 2 18 83
- Third Division (North).
HOME.
P. W. L. D. F.
Goals
Afits.
*Lincoln City Gateshead
.19 14 2 3 57 20
31
21 17 2 2 58 -22 36
Chester
AWAY.
Goala Total
P. W. L. D. F.
A. Pta. Pts.
.21 17 2 2 68 13 36 20 11 6 3 40 30 25 61
10 7 4 36 30 24
6 9 6 24 38 16
Crewe Alexandra 21 16 2 3 68 Barrow
Tranmere Rovers
Wrexham
Southport
York City Hull City Darlington Walsall
Accrington S. Stockport C. Doncaster Rovers Hartlepools Halifax Carlisle United Rotherham New Brighton Rochdale
Motherwell
Rangers
Celtic ....
19 15 3 1 47
5 2 36
9 6 4 47
18 10 3 5
.19 8 4.7 97
20 10 7 3 41
.19 8 74 26
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6 11 3 31
12 15
96
27
12 0 30
14 2 19
8 21
4 14 1 21 49
20' 5'15 0 22 60 10
20 3:15 2 26 67
21 2.16 4 26 59
18
3.15: 0 17 48
20 20 0 17 3 13 63
.19 4 12 8 33 59 11
19 0 18 1 18 61
4
SCOTTISH LEAGUE,
First Division. HOME
Goals
P, W. L. D. F ̈Ã:Pu .19 18 0 1 70 11 87 19 16 1 2 60 11 31 19 19 4 2
2 64
21 28 Third, Lanark 19 15 8.1 61. 29 31 St. Mirren
19×18, 4.12, 49′ *23 ̧ ̄ 28. Partick Thistle .19 11 53 · 33 66 25 Aberdeen
19 10 3 8 33 15 26 19.134 2 60 26 28 19 10 4 5. 85-18 25
Kilmarnock
Hearts
Cowdenbeath
Hamilton Arti Dundee Clyde Airdrieonians Qaeen's Park
19 11 4 438 28 28
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Marton #Ayr United
AWAY.
Goals Total
P. W. L. D, F A.Pts Pts. 19 12 25 49. 20 29 66 19 12 48 51 28 25 59 19 7 6 6 30 26 20 15 6-10-8-31 52 15 19 7 10
2 28 34: 1644 19 8 10
8 10 1 25 38 17 42
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197 12 28 43 LE
19 41104 23:53:113
19 8 11 3 80 28 13
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Our Sports Diary.
TO-DAY.
.411 beat Cpl. Fowler and Pto.
Ronan .263 .176 lost to Lt. Stocker and Lt.
Crewe-Read
CHESS Open Championship. TO-MORROW. BOWLS-Full League Pro-
gramme,
t
CRICKET-Interport XI. Mr. A. Reid's XI. at H.K.C.C. at 2 p.m.
HOCKEY Mamak Shield Radio S.C. (Champions) v. Reat.
COLONY'S OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.
To-day.
A. C. Ridlington v. I. A. Boulanin D. E. Carvalho v. P. T. Rozario v. G. W. Greene S. L. Husain
SHE TYPIFIES
Major Shillington and. Staff Sanderson (R.A.O.C.):~
lost to Cpl. Fowler and Pte.
Konan
lost to Lt. Stocker and Lt.
Crewe-Read
lost to C.S.M. Lewis and
Pte. Lewis
tour.
Interport Recalled..
*
The 1.b.w. Law..
The wording of the new rule ásț passed by the M.C.C. Advisory. Committee in 1980 ·reada as fol- lows: "The stumps shall be of equal and sufficient size to preventi R. N. Hamilton, captain of the the ball from passing through, noti Singapore Volunteers XI, was less than 27 inches nor more than 7. 5 responsible for a hurricane innings 28 inches out of the ground." It which › produced· 192 runs in 50 will also be interesting to know minutes against the bowling of the whether Shanghai intend, enforcing Gloucester Regiment in Singapore the new leg-before-wicket which recently. Included in his innings has been adopted in England. were eleven slxes and and ten This rule states that if a ball is. boundaries. He scored 132 out of played by the batsman on to his Sgt.
pads and would have broken the wicket had not. the pad obstructed its path, the batsman shall be given out. leg-before-wicket, "The old rule stated that the bataman
7. 5
3- 6
ม
240.
It will be recalled that Hamilton narrowly missed the century when trounced the 1- 6 Malaya severely
visiting Hong Kong side in the In 4-6 terport match in 1926. He had scored. 96 before he was clean
was out 1.b.w, if any part of his 1- 6 bowled by the Rev. T. B. Powell, person, except his bat or glove, should have stopped a ball pitch- He and H. N. V. Rhodes (102) were ed in a straight line between the
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associated in a most prolific fifth wicket partnership. In the game.
umpire and the wicket which
control actually means in billiards. Kong wickets for 38 runs in the Wing Forward to Go.
Few amateurs realise what ball match he captured three. Hong Would have broken the wicket. Many who pay, lip tribute to the second innings to give Malaya vic ideal of "playing for position" gotory by an innings and 112 runa.
all out to score as often as not. -Joe Davis.
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All Out for 351
The proposal that New Zealand should become a member of the Imperial Rugby Commission ha been rejected by the New Zealand Union at its annual meeting.
The much criticised wing forward been abolished and
It was in this match that the Hong Kong batting failed so miserably, the whole side being dismissed for 35 rung A. position has Bostock-Hill had the amazing three in the front row of a scrum bowling analysis of 9.1-109 formation has been recommended to In the second fanings Hong Kong the affiliated unions. improved, GR. Sayer (54) A. W. Ramsay (42), R. B. Hancock (36), and A. C. Bowker (45) contributing to a total of 238. Bostock Hill took 3 wickets for 89 runs to bring his figures for the match up to 28.149-19-12.
*
The Larger Wicket.
The meeting decided to allow in jured players to be replaced, if both captains agree, also terms will not leave the field at half time unless the Referee consents.
The Referee who shall be instruct ed as to the rule relating to foul. play must see it strictly enforced.
The Union re-affirmed its willing ness to conform to the rules as laid. The suggestion made by the down by the International Board Shanghai Cricket Club to the effect and stated that until the overseas that the larger wickets should be Dominions are given a seat on the used in the Interport match comes supreme body of control the N.Z. as no surprise. It is indeed sur-Union would continue its "affiliation prising that Hong Kong has not with the English Infan yet awakened to the fact that they are in use in England and are be ing adopted in Club Cricket and
The M.C.C. have approved of the even Public School Cricket. In order to play the game in the true Australian Board of Control's pro- spirit all clubs should give their posal that the final Test match of whole-hearted support to the gov-1924 between England and Aus- erning body--the Marylebone tralla in England 'should be played Cricket Club whether they are to a finish if
INDIAN OLYMPIC SWIMMER.
Attempts to Lower Mile Record. MALLIK FOR LOS ANGELES.
Calcutta, Apm
18.
The Final Test.
if necessary.
*
gone a furlong, Mallik being 8 yards in front, S. N. Day of the National Club paced the champion and the timing for the quarter was 6 mins. 2 secs.
D. N. Day (Sasanegwar) and K. Rakhit (Central) were the next pace-makers and with: Mallik, BAIT keeping in front, the half mile wan Accomplished in if mins, k2 secret
For the remainder of the swin At the request of the Indy Master (College Square and Olympic Association N. C. Mallik, Goswami, 8. N. Day and Rakhit of the Sasaneswar Sporting Club, again entered the water, but the India's best middle distance swim- champion always maintained his mer, tried to lower his mile record lead and the time for the mile was of 25 mins. 33-5 seconds" 14 the returned at 26 mins. 14 secs. College Square tank on Sunday. To Compete at Los Angeles.
There was a large attendance to After the trial at a meeting of witness the swim, but Mallik, who the Committee of the B.O.A. But a month ago had been attacked consisting of Messrs, N. N. Bhose" with measles, was not anxious to N. Alimed, P. K Biswas, S. N. Roy, enter the water, but after a deal of | 3: N; Das Gupta and D. N. Gui persuasion by the Olympic officials beld at the Calcutta University and his friends Mr. P. K Blawask Just "It was decided that they Guld recommend to Indian the starter, got Mallik of.
HOTT The champion was accompanied, by B. Goswami (Central) his frat! pace-maker. After the pair
tion
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