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RIDICULE LEG THEORY'S STRONGEST
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FOR MACAO,
TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1933.
GOSSIP IN SPORTS WORLD
Ranji Learns Cricket From A Scot Grand National Winner's Future: M.C.C. Finances. By ROVER
"Ranji's" Early Days,
THE death of "Ranji” is made all The more tragte or it
Six Events On Cardness.
For Sunday.
FOURTH EXTRA MEETING
HE following are the entries
T and
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Auction Bridge. Blue Plane Bold Lad Cheerful Sun Gold Bridge Jupiter
lbs. 140 130 -130 130
140 140
It is 44 years almost to a day since a slim young Indian went up to Trinity armed with a bag of bats and a burning ambition to play for Cambridge..
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ambition of his life, he must now be allowed to stand on his record for the race.
He will, however, make one more appearance this year. In order to give an opportunity of seeing him to their many friends and his many backers, Mr. and Mrs. "Brose" Clark are sending Kellsboro' Jack to be shown in the paddock at the
He will be seen in fine fettle, for
then is the
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London, April 24. jchanged ruling which would de-
These were days of strong colour
}/THE_ question of lag-theory clare out a batsman who stopped Jockey Club's Fourth Extra Race his business very quietly. He had
bowling is going to create with his legs any ball, wherever Meeting, to be held at Macao on Richardson and Lockwood, whom he he has entirely got over. his another storm, and it may be the it may have pitched, from hitting Sunday.
Jalways considered the greatest "National" exertons. dominating issue of the forthcom- the wicket. A ruling of this sort1. (Unofficial). The Ladies' Race bowler in the world, to bowl at him ing English season, as it was in would not in itself be sufficient to
"E" Class--Once Round.
evey April.
Now For Cricket! the Australian Test, There is stop fast bowlers using leg-theory
In order that he might master T. PAUL'S SCHOOL are having strong evidence of a rapidly chang- tactics. It certainly would help all:
fast bowling in its most dangerous triumphant sporting year, ing front among English cricke-bowlers, but a man like Larwood
form, he had the wicket made for after going through the Rugby, tera, and it is stated that concerted would not benefit to the same ex-
especially bad. In his fourth year season undefeated, and turning out action is to be taken by many tent as the spin-bowlers and those
he had his reward. Stanley Jack-one of the best eights competing for of the first-class cricket counties. who deliver In-swingers). : Left
son gave him the coveted Blue, The first step will be a recommen-[handers, such as Voce and Fisher, dation at the first meeting of the who bring ball into the batsman. |Advisory Committee that hody-line may give up leg-theory and con- bowling is not in the best Interests centrate more on the wicket. The of the game and that it should beļman who really would benefit ruled illegitimate.
(would be the righthand off-spin Those who conduct first-class bowler, who had been downtrod- cricket realise that, coming on top den for so long, and who, if thè of the dreary defensive batting 1.b.w. rule is changed, will come in- which has for mo long done Italte his own again.
worst for the game, this leg-theory Jupp Sibbles, Astill, and Macau- bowling is likely to kill interest in lay no longer will need to exploit county cricket, G. J. V. Welgall, the leg-theory to obtain wickets. Gilligan, Jack Hobba, and P. F. They will be extremely difficult to Warner are among those who at play when they are bowling in an one time or another have deplored orthodox manner. Those balls
the practice, and more than one pltching outside the off-stump and famous batsman has said that the turning into the batsman, which disciples of body-line bowling can beat batsman's bat but are kept have his wicket. They will not run out of the stumps by his leg, will the risk of standing up to it. B. with this proposed rule, give the H. Lyon, the Gloucester captain, bowler a wicket-Reuter, has openly stated that he will kill
body-line bowling by ridicule. He jintends to face it clad in a suit of BOXING.
armour, which has already been made for him.
WATSON TO MEET CHOCOLATE.
World Title At Stake On May 12.
POSTPONED FIGHT.
Secretaries Auxious, Meanwhile, club secretaries, jviewing alarm the decreasing re- ceipts at county matches, are won- dering what will happen, for exam- ple, when Larwood and Voce adopt their methods against Hobbs and Jardine in the Bank Holiday maten at the Oval, Carr, the Notts cap] tain, says that it is up to him to adopt every legal Method on be- half of his county, and he will of two world's boxing titles, and continue with these tactics, but, he Samuel Thomas "Seaman" Watson, jdoes not approve them.
British champion, have been match-
New York, April 21. Kid Chocolate of Cuba, · holder
It will be remembered that ed to fight for the New York Box- there was trouble at the Oval ning Commission's featherweight last summer, when Hobbs was sald championship on May 12,
the Surrey and Yorkshire mateh
to have protested against the In the encounter the Cuban will methods employed by Bowes. Thle be defending champion, as he holds incident also drew a strong pro-the N. Y. Boxing. hody's feather test from P. F. Warner, who said: crown, which he annexed last Oc- "If all fust bowlers were to adopt tober after technically knocking out this method, the M.C.C. would be ||Lew Feldman of Brooklyn. compelled to step in and penalise December, but because of Choco- The pair should have met last; the bowler." After such a chorus of disapproval it is certain that something will be done by
the M.C.C.
The L. B. W. Rule. Players In England and
late's difficulties with American immigration officials the bout was postponed. The Cuban, with his manager. Luis Gutierrez, was later, permitted to re-apply for admission Aus-into the United States,
tralia also are discussing proposals In the intervening time. Fidel for an alteration of the I.b.w. rule. La Barba, former dyweight cham-] There is plenty of support for a pion, was substituted for Chocolate]
The China Mail Sports Diary.
TO-DAY
Billiards-Soldiers, Club Tournament
20th Battery-
Royal Artillery. "A" Company South
Wales Borderers.
Chess
of sixth round open
K. Area League.
and met Watson, losing to the. Briton in a 12-round bout Held early this year in New York.
The New York Boxing com- mission first questioned Wat- son's ability as a fighter but later approved of him after the British Boxing Board of Con- trol protested against the treatment accorded the British: champion.
The bout between the two is expected to be a thriller, as both are willing fighters, rugged and
Kowison Section, "B" Company hard-hitting.-United Press.
Lincolnshire Regiment v. Headquarter Wing, Lincolnshire Regiment Hong Kong Section, Company S.W.D. v. R.E, & Signals. TO-MORROW
inter-School.
Billiards Garrison League EAMCY.
South Walen-
**Borderers" """" Royal Engineers Small Unita v. Royal Artillery.
Lawa Tempisi E. Arcs League,
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Royal Signals V
Lincolns
Hong Kong Section
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the Head of the River, they have now gone through`a boxing season unbeaten in spite of turning out five eparate teams against other schoola ANI learned his cricket at and a team of six without match
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Shanghai Beau
Smiling Commander
Half A Mile
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Circus Eve
Blue Plane Dashaway Green-Jade
Happy Man
Rajkote, the college for Indian Princes. What few people know is experience won the Scouts Cham
district The pionship of the that his mentor was a Scot, called schools beaten by St. Paul's includ Macnaughten,
ed Brighton, Harrow, Felsted. At Cambridge he made three Haileybury, Eastbourne, Merchant separate hundreds In one day-the Taylora', and Mill HIM. Incidental- first in the morning at Saffron ly, Paulines have in the past year, Walden, the second in a college secured Blues at cricket, Rugby. match for Trinity, and the third in rowing, running, and golf, while a 140 the evening for the Cassandra Club. boy still at school swam for Eng
"Ranji" the cricketer Wie
Bland in the Olymple Games. household word. As a ruler, as the:
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Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, he was an Tour Profits.
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3. The Macao Handicap.-
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New King Pure Music Shimmy II
So On
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THE county clubs will greet with considerable rellef the news that, financially speaking. the
thin of the re
Visitors to Nawanagar had ample M.C.C. tour has been almost as Iba. evidence of his popularity. Daily great a success as the last one
The drove round his estate in a Ford, In 1928-20 A. P. F. Chapman's
careering skilfully over fields of team returned with more plough and stubble and followed £30,000 as their share everywhere by a cheering crowd of venue. No official figures are pub-
Ifahed, but it was Indians.
then estimated that the profits were in the neigh- bourhood of £20,000.. On that oc- casion M.C.C. donated an invaluable 500 each to the first-class countles
4. The Calowan Handicap-
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Melody
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ibs.
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Glen, Shee Golly Eyes.
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Teasing "Duleep." ITE was a judge of diamonds and
bought a wonderful collection of rubies and eapphires from the Rus sian Crown Jewels. He was, too. keen student of gardening, and his roses at Jamnagar · House, ́ at Staines, were among the finest in: England.
in
Association.
A Timely Windfall.
THIS
THIS time the revenue is ap
proximately the same, but the additional expense of the New Zea
"Ranil's" best cricketing friends land visit and the consequent pro among the professionals were Albert traction of the tour means that the Relf and Hobbs, and among the profits will be a little less. I gather amateura Archie MacLaren, C. B. the revenue la computed at £33,000, Fry and "Gerry" Weigall, whose the profits at £17,000, father painted the portrait of the I imagine, however, that the mar- Jam which appeared the sin is not sufßcient to prejudice the Academy.
counties' chances of being granted His nephew Duleepsinjhi was his the same amount as before. Neither pride. He expected a high stán feel sure, will the professionals' dard from him, and on an occasion bonuses, more especially in the re- when he fell below the standardmarkable circumstances, be any the telegram came from Nawanagar: lesa. "Suggest you give up cricket, take To the weaker counties, of course,- to tennis and challenge Betty the money from these tours comes Nuthall."
as a godsend Without it several
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ANJI" had an attractive
probably would by now bu ̈ ̈ nous existent
peculiarity. Frequent asocia Tolley's Appeal.
English his younger days, with M. CYRIL TOLLEY, British
professionals had led him to
amateur golf champion” in
pronounce certain cricketing terms 1920 and 1929, has arrived back in with a slight cockney accent.
England from the United States,
One occasion when the M.C.C. where he has been for the last 18 team had just arrived at a state months. He is on a four months function a Nawanagar. "Ranji, holiday. He intends to play in I magnificent in his bejewelled robes the golf championships and as many of state, was on an elephant. The other tournaments as he can ft in.. janimal'stumbled, and the Jam made He expressed the opinion that, the
somewhat undignified descent.
amateur championship conditions
Not in the least disconcerted, he should be altered so as to have a went up to the team with a beam qualifying round end then matchas on his face. "I say," he said, "have over 26. holes. Piny over 18 holes. you read Trumble's article on the was not an adequate test of golf, he Lucky Star
152 Australian bowling?".
said, and did not give competitors N.B. If top weight, does not start, Be
the chance to retrieve early mis all weights to be raised 5. Iba.
tokes.
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