FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1932.
CRICKET SEASON IN NEW YORK TEAMS
SHANGHAI.
Quayle 105 Not Out in First Knock.
ROLSON SCORES 81.
in the
ARE DEFEATED.
Hack Wilson and Al Simmons Enter
NO CHANGE IN POSITION.
A great undefeated Innings
New York. Yesterday. for 105 runs by Jimmy Quayle The following were the resulta ushered
1932 Shang of to-day's Baseball games as hai Cricket League season. cabled by Reuter's American Ser C. G. WV. Robson, the intervice:- porter who played against Hong Kong last month also opened the season in style with an innings for 81-runs, after being dropped at 29.
F. L. Wainwright, who was n candidate for last month's interport] team, scored 26 for the Police: against the Wanderers, and Sam Isaacs captured 4 wickets for 46' runs. II. A. Coward, the Shanghai vice-captain, scored 20 out of a total of 84 after opening the Wanderers' innings. A..J. Barson, who proved a stubborn bat last month, scored only 6 before being clean bowled.
SHANGHAI C.C. ENJOY GOOD YEAR.
High Tribute Paid to H.K. Cricketers.
MR. GRIMSHAW A LIFE MEMBER.
National League.
New York 3, Cincinnati 2. Ott and Grantham hit home runs. Brooklyn 5, Chicago 2. Hack Wilson and Hartnett hit
home runs. Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh 4. V. Davis hit a home run. Boɛion 1, St. Louis 2.
American League. Cleveland' 9, 'Philadelphia 8. Simmons and Myatt hit home
runs.
Detroit 5, New York 4. Schuble hit a home run. Chicago 5, Washington 6. West hit a home run. St. Louis 2, Boston 1,
TABLES TO DATE.
National League.
Percent- P. W. Lago
THE CHINA
CHOCOLATE BEATS “RANJI" PAYS VISIT BANDIT THRILL IN Britain and the Olymp
SARKO.
"New Scoring Device in Use.
AID TO BOXING CROWD.
TO ENGLAND
Now Out of Touch with Cricket.
of
CAR TRIAL
Competitor Held Up at Night.
POLICEMAN HOLD COMPETITORS..
Games
National Honour at Stake
Stirring Appeal Made for Fun
to Ensure British Entry
soon
It
to
be
DOES NOT LIKE WEATHER: Kid Chocolate, the Cuban light- weight champion, won the decision
London, June 5. from Mike Sarko, west side, in the
The Maharajah Jamsahib
A motor bandit provided the bigg main event over ten roands at the Nawanagar, known to tho, cricket gest of many thrills in the Motor St. Nicholas Arená, New York.
**world as "Ranji,” landed at Folke-Cycle Club's London to Edinburgh; Chocolate ripped into his rival in stone to-day from India, having annual reliability trial. For his charateristic fashion with the come to England to recuperate after nocturnal activities he made an
unwise choice. a solid left to the face, but the lat- opening bell He upset Sarko with a severe illness..
"Ranjl" declined to express his Drawing his car across the road the Yorkshire boundary, he ter jumped erect before a count opinion on Indian affairs, and, when near could be started.
"We want it to be made, possible, bat that questioned regarding cricket, said forced a car competitor te stop, and absolutely clear to the nation very Through the second round Cho- that he had been out of touch with demanded money. When none was that the Olympic Games are, absolutely necessary, to organ
be found colate jabbed and punched his foe, the game. "But at any rate it is forthcoming, he became abusive... for Britain, not
"I was just climbing out of the domestic matter, but a matter of fore many of those Olympic sparta.
ise on a larger scale than ever be but found Sarko ready and eager to, abominable weather for cricket," he mix whenever the opportunity offer-added as he stepped aahore in the car to defend myself," the competi- International and Imperial import that we have hitherto to a lega ed. The same was true of the next rain and cold.
tor said afterwards, "when the ance. The British Government extent neglected. next three rounds. Chocolate tried
whine of a fast engine came to us, agree with that view", desperately for a knockout in the
and the next second the headlights
"There are not, and never can be This striking statement was made enough cultivated playing fields to Afth and battered Sarko soundly.
of three competing cars came round by Sir Harold Bowden, chairman of go round. The sixth and seventh rounds!
the corner. In a flash my antagon- the Council, of the British Olympic were overwhelmingly in Chocolate's
at had leapt into his sports car and Association, at the annual dinner of favour.
I was tearing down the road. A the Association last month at which though we gaw chase for two or he presided. three minutes we lost him."
ΙΠ the eighth Chocolate had things all his own way and the same could be said of the ninth and tenth, save for one period when Sarko landed with a wild right to the heart which made Chocolate clinch involuntarily. Chocolate weighed 1314 pounds and Sarko 1364.
Innovation for Onlookers. An innovation in acoring greeted boxing followers in the arena, where. an electrically operated sign above. the ring acquainted onlookers with | the round-by-round distribution of 442 points as the bouts progressed. ..442
.50 30 20 .600 .51 29 22 ..568 .49 26 24 .510 .46 23 23 .500 ..47 23 24
.489 .52 24 28 461 .52 23 20 .52 23 29 American League. ·
Percent- P. W. L age
15 .....48 33
.GB7 49 29 20 .591 .46 26 20 .565 ...51 28 23 ,540 .51 28 23 .549 .48 24 24 500 .47 17. 80 361
An experiment approved by the State Athletic Commission, the scoreboard met with instantaneous favour, in its first trial. Whether the scoreboard is to be adopted per- manently has not been determined by the commission, according to Deputy John T. McNeil.
Chicago Boston St: Louis Reviewing the past year at the Pittsburgh annual meeting of the Shanghai New York Cricket Club, Dr. O'Hara said that Cincinnati the club was in a thoroughly good Philadelphia and sound condition, and they had Brooklyn.... experienced a very satisfactory year in all ways, including financially, except as to weather, which had played havoc with their fixtures. He paid a high tribute to Hong Kong for winning the last Interport match, but regretted that it was not possible for Shanghai to get in more practice before the game, for a particularly good team had been got together.
Tennis had been similarly Inter- rupted and the standard of play had Jimmy Foxx (Philadelphia Aths.) 21 rounds. The rounds are flashed in not been very high, but they hoped Babe Ruth (New York Yankees) 17 white lettering. Underneath is a it would improve now that several Chuck Klein (Philadelphia Phillies) block of letters in red, and beneath of their best players had returned Jimmy Collins (St. Louis Cardinals) 12 that is another block in blue.
Billy Terry (New York Giants)...11 The boxers are identified accord- to Shanghai.
Mickey Cochrane (Philadelphia A.) 11 Hack Wilson (Brooklyn Dodgers) 10 ing to the colour of their boxing Al Simmons (Philadelphia. Aths.) 10 trunks as red or blue, and, as each round ends a courier collects an
Polo or Cricket.
Mr. G. F. Forshaw said that Shanghai was very short of cricket
grounds and so cricket did not re-
ceive the encouragement it should. The Polo Ground always appealed to him as a big piece of ground; largely wasted for the benefit of a few people. Probably the member- ship of the Polo Club was not more than about 70. He suggested that
New York Washington Detroit Philadelphia eveland S Louis Chicago .... Boston
.48 8.40 .106
Home Run Leaders.
OLYMPIC GAMES AT
LOS ANGELES.
Worries for American Officials.
an agitation should be started to in- ATHLETES MAY HAVE TO PAY.
duce the Committee of the Recron-
tion Ground Trust to allow more
Reports are current in Paris that
cricket to be played on the Palo the American Olympic Committee,
Ground and so confer a benefit on in common with those of other larger number of people.
countries, is encountering serious It was mentioned in the course of difficulty in securing funds for the a discrasion that the Cricket Club, games at Los Angeles next month. without any compensation, had sur- It appears a minimum of ap- rendered an appreciable part of the proximately 270,000 is necessary, ground on its eastern boundary to but that only £6,800 has so far been the Trust, so as to allow of the received.
provision of more public tennis Mr. Avery Brundage, the chair-
courts.
man of the committee, is stated to
At this meeting Mr. Rupert Grim-have declared that the committee is shaw's name was added to the very faced with a critical situation, and short and select role of life mem-that the American athletes will have bers of the Shanghai Cricket Club, to pay their own expenses for the as a recognition for twenty-one games if they are to compete. years of yeoman service to the
Club.
Home Cricket.
(Continued from Page 1.)
FANLING GOLF.
Starting Times for Sunday.
The South American touring The Secretary of the Royal eleven under the captaincy of Hong Kong Golf Club supplies the
C. H. Gibson, Sussex and Ali-Eng-|following list of starting times land, met with their first defeat to- for. Fanling:-
day, when they went down to the.
Old Course.
Somerset Gentlemen. by eight|9.24 a:m' W. Mulcahy, C." "W. F. wickets. After holding a lead of
89 runs on the first innings the 9.28 visitors collapsed in their second 9.32 Innings and were only able to set 9.88 the Somerset combination 148 runs) for victory..
Booker.
G. T. Thack, R. Banger. „I. H. Geare, W. G. Shields, H. N. Williamsen,- Lt. H. W. Dawken.
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE TO DATE,
Susper' (4)
Kent (3)
Middlesex
Labeanbire Notta (5) Burrey
·Derbyshire" "(). Leicestershire. (1)
Essex (10).
1st Inna. No - POLL,"! P.-W. L W.-G. Roselt Pts, Pt. 16:40 11 291381
The contraption is an electrically Illuminated board with scoring ap- paratus op four sides, providing for informative bulletins up to fifteen
official vote on the round from the two judges at the ringside and, the referee in the ring, and on the consensus 'Is the round determined.
China Mail Sports Diary.
TO-DAY.
CHESS Open Championship- A. C. Ridlington v. G. M. Sequeira. D. E. Carvalho v. I. A. Boulanin. H. W. Randall v. B. W. Paul,
TO-MORROW...
LAWN BOWLS-League Pro- gramme.
First Division.' Kowloon Docks v. Taikoo R.C. Craigengewer v. Civil Service. Kowloon B.G.C. v. Police R.C. Kowloon C.C. v. Recreio.
Second Division. Recreio v. H.K. Electric. Taikoo RC. v. Kowloon C.C. Civil Service v. Kowloon B.G.C. Yacht Club v. Craigengower.
LAWN TENNIS-League Pro-. gramme.
"A" Division. Kowloon C.C. v. Chinese R.C. Hong Kong C... Indian R.C.
"B" Division. Army T.C. v. Craigengower C.C. University v. South China A‚‚ Hong Kong C.C. v. Civil Service
C.C. Becreio v. Kowloon C.C. Chinese K.C. v. Indian R.C.
"Division.
South China A.A. v. Army T.C., Hong Kong C.C. v. Indian R.C. Filipino Club v Kowloon L.T.C. Recreio v. Craigengewer C.C. University v. Radio S.C. Kowloon O.C. v. Chinese R.C. Police R.C. v. Graduates Axsen.
RACING-Eighth Extra Race Meeting at Happy Valley at 2 p.m.
Theyre still the best
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merely
Room for Recreation. "But everyone who has looked down on England from an aérop ne
Sir Harold, who was replying to know that there is plenty of room A different experience was that the toast of "The Association," pro-in the open country and on the pen of two "lost sheep" of the trial, posed by Mr. Colville, Minister for roads for men to run add to se who stopped to examine a signpost. Overseas Trade, was appealing for tice all kinds of sports that do not From the darkness of a hedge contributions to the Olympic Fund, require prepared tracks: emerged two constables, who de which will defray the expenses of "We are faced with the fact bat manded to see their driving licences. Bending, equipping, and maintain the working day is getting shorter, Only after they had convinced the ing the British team for the Games, the leisure time longer. Summer officers of their identity were they to be held at Los Angeles in July time has given us more daylight. allowed to go on. The police ac-and August.
"The mechanisation of labour) "The whole world," he said, "will processes is steadily reducing the motor bandit raids in the neigh-be present at Los Angeles Stadium.number of hours during which ear bourhood.
"They will be reading the results Population can be productively em from day to day in their news-ployed.
"Women have successfully in
tivities were the result of recent
Stone Wall Charged.
An accident was narrowly averted papers. on steep Parkrash, near Kettlewell. "They will be hearing descrip- vaded what was previously men's The driver of a sports car waltzed tions by wireless. They will be exclusive preserve. Women's ace from side to side in terrifying watching the scenes in the cinemas.' is no longer, whether we like or fashion and charged the stone wall "If Britain does not play a lead-not, merely the home.
halfway up. After knocking a hole ing part at Los Angeles, nothing "What with machines on the one in it, the car slithered back on to will be more conspicuous in the eyes hand and women on the other, there the road and was able to continae. of the world than her failure to do is not going to be enough work to Nearly 30 per cent. of the cars and so. motor-cycles failed to make a clean, Greater Interest in Games.
occupy our population for what wa now regard as a working day."1. ascent of this hill..
"That is why we welcome the "As the hours of labour gradally Near. Carlisle, G.. Brough, who presence of a distinguished member, decrease, the hours of leisure will was one of the travelling marshals, of H.M. Government." After hav-increase. Something will have to was forced to run his machine into ing made the statement which ap- be done about it.
1
a hedge after swerving to avoid a peara at the head of this column, "The Olympic Games ara dog. He sustained injuries to the Sir Harold continued
stimulus to our sportsmen. The head, and was taken to Carlisle "During the past ten years there Olympic meeting at Los Angelis in Royal Infirmary. The passenger in has been a vastly increased interest a challenge to our prestige that the side-car escaped injury.
in the games in this country, and dare not refuse. “ After twenty-four hours' steady I believe also in all parts of the "And, finally, the Olympic Thea driving the competitors reached world.
contains within, Itself everything, Edinburgh. The awards will not, "The growth of Twickenham has that a democracy needs to Justify however, be made known for a been phenomenal... The applications itself--the physical, moral, and week.
for seats at Wimbledon are out of mental attributes of sportsman hip. all comparison to the pore worthy, because our next
pre-war Because our Immediate motives figures.
THREE CASTLES
CIGARETTES
FAMOUS FOR TIE TA
"The increase in the number of imperative, and because our idealis spectators is merely a reflection of as magnificent as it is simple, ♬ ap2 the increase in the number of peal to you in this room, hand- {players.
through you to all sportsmen, and "The growth of the lawn tennis patriots outside, to help us to habit must be almost as considerable this fund.
as the growth of the cigarette-smok-We want to send a team of 120 ing habit. And it is partly due to athletes to Los Angeles this Sum the same cause. The gentler sex mer, 120 Hving witnesses to the has become less gentle than it was. truth that Malcolm Campbell is not "This year the University Sports' a unique product of British sports, were attended by a crowd of some manship, 120 missionaries for the thing like 20,000, a figure that prestige, the trade, and the milde amashed all records.
resence of Great Britain. "This meeting, indicated the posWe need 20,000 to make our sibilities of a great revival of position secure. It is for our coun-- athletics,
ftry, and it is for an ideal. Could "Spectators, breed players, and any cause make a greater appeal to belleve that it is not only a gathering of Englishmen ?"
WOMEN WIN BIG MOTOR RACE
Grim Struggle Over a 1,000-Mile Course.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
GIRL POSSESSES OWN GOLF CLUB.
First Canadian Professional,
GIVING LESSONS
London, Jane (45)
Canada's first woman golf pro At Brooklands, to-day, Mrs. E.
fessional is Verena Newton, Wisdom"and" Miss Joan Richmond,|
pretty nineteen-year-old girl, who driving a Riley car, won the Junior has just become attached to the Car Club's 1,000 miles handicap Minett Club, Muskoka, Ontario,
motor race from field of twenty-
three. The winners were in fourth-She made her first, acquaintancer |place -ut the "end- of the first half with golf, when a little girl of 14 of the race, but, they took the lead on holiday, at ", Muskóka...” – Bh- at the 750-mile mark and grimly spent most of her time gettiny fil held on to it until the,
They the way of the profissional, and won by four miles at an average, had to be chased out of his shop speed of 84.41 m in hours This ybar, at aṛnew, coursej
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