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·DULEEPSINHJI MISSED BY THE SOUTHERNERS
(By White Willow.)
GORILLA JONES
LOSES TITLE.
N.B.A. Decide He Was Stalling.
TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1933.
ATHLETICS
Has The Human Limit Been Reached?
AMAZING
year,
FEATS AT OLYMPIAD
(By Arthur Simmons.)
was 3mins. 61.2secs.exactly" was one second better than J. F. over Comes. (Great Britain) and Ed-
the wards (Canada),
Field Events.
Lansing, MICH, May 14. For stalling in a bout with Ben Jeby at Cleveland on April 19, Gorilla Jones. Akron Ne- LOVE athletics, and I have The nearest to Hampson were gro, was to-day declared non- title holder in the middle-
spent a fascinating half-hour Wilson (Canada) and Eastman weight division under the Na-
examining figures in the "Bri-] (U.S.A.), each timed at 1min. tional Boxing Association.
tish Olympic Journal" of the 50secs. for 800 metres.. London, April 26. USSEX are bound to begin the Keretofore Jones was recognized
world's best performances last The honour of being the world's will be turned on IS
now season with great expec- champion by the National Boxing the world's best tens in track goes to Beccall, of Italy. A These achievements of record holder at 1,600 metres ALL eres
Nolts cricket when the season tations after their thrilling fight Association by virtue of a seventh and field events are the most re-superb. mover. Beccalf landed begins, and for the first few for the championship last year, round knockout win he secured markable in the history of the the Olympic event. His time weeks, at any rate, the interest when they were defeated by York-over Sammy Slaughter on January everywhere in the doings of the shire only in the closing week of 30 this year.
sport. county that finished fourth in the August,
Jeby, the New York Boxing Record after record championship last summer will be! But they will take the field Commission's title-holder, annexed smashed and spread freely abnormal.
under a handicap, for the with-the crown on January 13 after these marvellous feats are There is hardly any need to say drawal of. S. Duleepsinhji teshaically knocking out Frank letters U.S.A. why.
diminishes in no email measure Battaglia of Canada in the 12th The Americans indeed had a Larwood's doughty deeds in Aur-their power. How serious his ab round of a scheduled 15-rounder wonderful year. Metcalfe gain-wonderful list. Best, man at So we proceed through this tralia, and the possibility that, sence may prove is suggested by at New York.
ed the great distinction of show-15,000 metres. -Lehtinen (Fin- with the continued support of the palpable decline of the side April 19 Jones and Jeby were ing the best time ever for 100 land)-how these Finns de train, Voce, bowling at the other end, his in their concluding matches last brought together in an attempt to metres and 200 metres. His best fnan at 10,000 metres, sensational success with the ball season, when they were already establish a universal · champion. time for the sprint was 10 2-10 Kuscocinski (Poland). will be repeated in the county without his leadership and assist-The two stalled and did little in secs. for 200 metres 20 3-10secs. matches, even if his methods are ance in batting and fielding. the way of fighting, resulting in Such figures are phenomenal. field events.
We pass from track events to different, hug brought about a Bowley, of course, was also bad- the fight being declared a no con-One hundred metres is equal to where, of course, for Tisdall, the
Great Britain no situation little short of epoch-fly - missed, when he found himself lest.
103.3yds., 200 metres to 218.6yds. hurdler, and O'Callaghan, the making
It Happened.
hammerthrower, top of their What running! When Harrold respective classes, belong to Ire- Abrahams won
the Olympic land, games 100 metres at Paris in Field event distances and times 1924 in 10.3-6 sees., most people amazing.... A string of world'ą - were confident this distance records. Javelin, Jaryiven (Fin would never be run in faster land), 242ft 10,2ins. shot putty time. Well it has happened, Douda (Czecho-Slovakia). 53ft. Billiards--Soldiers' Cluby Tournament. and students of track athletics 1.8ins.; pole vault, Graber, R.A.M.C. v. Small Units (6 pm) will appreciate the amazing pace (USA), 14ft. 4.4ins.; long
Lawn Bowls-Open Championship
of Metcalfe in clipping Abra-jump, Nambu (Japan), 26ft. J. MacDonald v. J. S. Logan
hams' record by two-fifths of a 2.2ins.; hop, step, and jump, second.
Nambu Japan), Gift. Tins
summer.
unable to play through indisposi- .*
tino, and it is good to know that He has now recovered. R. S. G.
Scott will lead the side in Duleep. The China Mail
sinhji's absence, and, as he will have under him all the other men who fought so strongly last sum- ¡mer, it can be taken for granted
that they start with optimism.
Full Fixture List. That they have
too not been
HOW THEY STAND NOW,
The
BY 1st inna No PWLW. L. Result Pts.
12
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Sports Diary
TO-DAY
TO-MORROW.
Lawn Bowls-Open Championship R. Hall v. J. 9. Houghton W. S. Drake v. J. Chadwick
(Recreio green, 5.20 p.m.)]
THURSDAY
Two American sprinters put What (figures! a second slower than Metcalfe was not broken. Wards (U.S.A.)) up time last year only 1-10th of The world's high jump récord
and six were equal to 10 4-10 had as the best of the year a
mere 6ft 7ins. Ten N.S.A
sees.
No British runner gets a place "leppers" beat 6ft. 5ins. O'Callag- in the world's first ten for 100 han (Ireland) threw the hammer, metres, or 200 metres, or '400 176ft 11ins. metres!
As a
glorious win-up-the But as regards the
400 hurdles. It is fresh in the metres, it may properly be ad-
memory how Tisdall pricked thes vanced that Great Britain sure world's best for 400 metres and ly would have had one runner could not be awarded the record very light in the list had Lienten-because he knocked down one ant Rampling been at his best hurdle. Tough luck. Tisdall's This great quarter-miler suffer time was 51.8secs., ed serious setbacks in his train- Hardin and Ing. It was touch and go whe- (USA) are credited with the Taylor (both ther he went to Los Angeles. He world's record of 62secs, dead, could never have felt thoroughly Lord Burghley is rated 2.5sece, wound up.
Seven of the ten fastest 200 dler in the top ten for 400
slower. We have no other hur.. metres were achieved by Ameri- | meters. (cans, and eight of them covered 400 metres (487.2yds) inside 48-the 110 metres hurdles. Keller, We are out of it altogether in secs. Carr, in recording 46.2secs..]
If Larwood's foot injury does not keep him out of the team for the opening fixtures Notts will in all likelihood have recorded two much discouraged we may gather C. E. Marques v. T. Ferguson victories against Worcestershire from their fixture list. They have W. L. Field v. J. G. Ozorio and Glamorgan, who visit Trent undertaken what even Yorkshire
K.B.G.C. green, 6.20 p.m.) Bridge on May 3 and 6-almost are not attempting to play the Lawn Tennis H.K. Area League, before the other leading counties full programme of
Kowloon Section thirty-two 24th Battery, A. v. HQ, Lincolns have begun to swing their bate!
matches permitted under the,revis-
Hong Kong Section ed championship scheme.
H.Q.. S.W.B. v. "D" Co., S.W.B. Danger of Staleness. On the other hand, if Larwood and Voce show staleness, as those who are aware of the possible. after-effects of a strenuous Aus- tralian tour fear they may, the prospect of Notts renewing their Sussex 40 100 60
Notte challenge to Yorkshire may not be so bright The brothers Staples, useful though they are as relay
Billiards Garrison' Leigue |bowlers, would hardly be formid-
evergreen Maurica Tate Small Units v. Lincolns
Royal Engineers v. E.A.MC able if they alone could be called agafr lead the attack. James S.W.B. v. Rayal Artillery upon, match after match-even
Langridge, Wensley and Scott him- Lawn Bowls Open Championship though S. Staples doubled his pro-self, whose fast bowling has be-J. Fraser v. J. M. Jack vious season's total of wickets last Tate's main support. That Lang Lawn Tennis H.K. Area League,
come very useful, indeed, will form G. H. Sherriff v. A. 8. Gomes
(Kowinon C.C. green, 5.20 p.m.) ridge and, in a minor way, Wens- That the county committee are lay are also batsmen is a big ad-HI.K. S.R.A, v. 20th. Battery, R.A
Kowloon Section aware of the danger of relying to vantage. much
on Individuals
Hong Kong Section may be As a matter of fact, part of the LAS.C. v. 12th Battery, R.A. gathered from their list of young prosperity of Sussex is explained players who are being carefully by the capacity of several who are nursed. It includes Oates, a right outstanding with the bat or hand bowler of medium pace, and ball to turn all-rounders when the 24th Battery, I.A. v. Prison officers best,
the Billiards-Soldiers' Club Tournament of course smashed the world's (U.S.A.); world's record 14secs., Butler, stated to be a very promis need occurs, Bewley in particular..
Just flying. I would at the head. We run down the ing right-hand fast bowler, who, J. H. Parks is firmly established in
Lawn Tennis-IL.K. Area League,
(6 p.m.) have given something to see that list. All U.S.A. hurdlers with though only 18 years of age, is re-the side, with his brother Harry."A" Company, Lincolns v. Signals
the exception of one German. Kowloon Section garded as the most useful bowler but Cook has lost some of his re-
And that concludes my half-hour to joint the staff since the appear liability.
Hong Kong Section ance of Larwood." "In addition to
R.A.O.C. v. "C". Company, SW.B. these the "colta" include Taylor University captain, H. E. Ham- A. Melville, lust year's Oxford and Knowles (batsmen) and mand, Cox (G.), and Cornford (3) PITTSBURGH PIRATES BLANKED Wheat, a wicket-keeper, all of will all be at hand to fill likely whom may be given their tril vacancies. In Duleepsinbji's ab- during the coming campaign.
In batting, however, the county one of the regular team.
sence-Cox may have his chance as has already a solidity which few The first thought of Sussex when sides can equal. It is no exagger the season opens must be to tion to say that nine out of the stabilise their. regular eleven are capable of hitlavoidance of changes cultivates
eleren.
Their Hing up a 50 if not a century and the team spirit, without which no
Pittsburgh even if we have seen the best of county can hope to prosperor
{8}--Louis". Walker and Carr, who will again wis the championship.
Their New York be the captain. Keston Harris other great, saser has been the Brooklyn" G. V. Gonn, Hardstaff and Shipton capacity to enjoy their cricket. Cincianatți are all players with a promising Financially the county are in a Boston fature.
Walker's Benefit.
mess
FRIDAY
Continued from Page 1.)
TABLES TO DATE:
National LeaFUS,
Per.
run.
Cheer For Britain,
with the record-breakers. Many All America so far. Now a of these athletes appear to have cheer for Great Britain. Tom reached the absolute limit. But Hampson moved magnificently have they? You never can tell. (874.4 yards). The pace of the to win the Olympic 800 metres
race was terrific record-break-
ing. The time was 1min. 49.8 secs, Hampson when he carried the tape became the first man to get inside Imin. 50secs, for the distance.
Hampson must have returned 11.645 thanks for the Games being at
W.
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American Leagu
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healthy condition. The mortgage, Chicago
of £7,000 ea the Hove ground has Philadelphia The patient manner in which at last been cleared off, and the some of these young, players are club is free from debt being encouraged, in apife, alor
casional disappointments, deserves YORKSHIRE'S TRIUMPH · OVER Washington the happlest reward,
LEICESTER
(Continued from Page 1)
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
TAILE TO. DATES:
George Gunn, I understand, Hopes to turn out now and then, and Willis Walker, who also made This first appearance for the county] before the war, will continue to play regularly. He takes a bene fitakin year, and has chosen for i the Tancashire match in July Since 1922, when he became firmly established in the eleven, Walker Sukro Has scored over 12,000 runs for Yorkshire Notta, including twenty-three cops Lancs, turies.
Warwick Visitors to the Trent Bridge Middlesex ground will see some pleasing a Surrey terations All the pathways- have Derbyshire been asphalted, and a new mem gloucester bera entrance, comprising a set of Netw ornamental gates, will be formally Glam opened" and " dedicated -
memory of JAA
Stanley Jackson on May 2, the first
of the season.'
LW. L. I. P
¡Cleveland
Philadelphia Chicago
St Louis Detroit Boston
558 Los Angeles. The t climatic con- 548 ditions there are perfection Arell 517 Buchungures possible in this 468 country? Who can say? If 457 I say no, some one will contradict 441 me and Insist that it is all a ques 411ftion of training long enough and
on the right lines.
RODOSTO'S QUALIFICATION FOR THE DERBY,
Princess de Fanci Lacinge's Entry.
Paris, May 15.
In view of the victory WORL by Bodonto to the course of a recent contest for colts, Frin- cess de Faucigy Lucinge, owner of the colt, yesterday decided to send Rodosto to England where the colt will compete in the forthcoming Epsom Derby, Rodosto is favourite for the classic.
Well I am not going into 983 training matters now, except to 588 point out that, generally speak 545ing, we fake our athletics dif 517ferently from the Americans, the 516 Germans, a number of other countries and the Japs. It is 411 997 seldom, indeed, a British athlete will spend months over a pre- paration When this does han: HONG pen-we find the goods
360
BERLIN MAY 15. The German
To return to Tom Hampson.
KONG
It would, please the world if in RIDING SCHOOL,
capital's danss
network of waterways the coming season he had a shot!
TAKE BUSES 24 IN
* 15 may be increased by one carsl as the to beat Imin. bosece,, for the full MA TAU WET ROAD, KOWLOON 20000 80 result of arch for a suitable course half-mile. But I was told some
100.0
1000 80
30 to be
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here
1936.
repairs of the Olymple Gamas time ago that he might not again Because of the hon vai tratto on the bu seen on the track1 hope
Joy the Bpree river" in my informant is proved wrong,
stern sourby English Apart from Hampson, we had
voluntary labour
only one half-miler w/
• class, enough for the, ten fast year. The far 800 metrestin shown the marvelous the men abbed hints runners Por made In
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