THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1934
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ARTHUR MAILEY'S PLAN TO COMBAT LEG THEORY BOWLING
REVISION THAT
IS REQUIRED IN
WELSH RUGBY
OFFICIALS OVER ZEALOUS
PERNICIOUS RULE
London, September 26,
in a recent match between
Alberavon and Bridgend a`play- er from each side was sent off the
field by the referee.
It has since been asserted that the unpleasantness was caused by the fact, that a player who had assisted Bridgend in one or two games had, for reasons of his own, decided to play for Abera- von, and, tactlessly, as it turned]. out, played his first game against tis old club.
As a result, some critics have solemnly rebuked the Welsh Union for permitting a state of affairs which allows a player to change his mind when he feels like it. They Say the Union must stop this kind] of thing. I hope the Union does nothing of the kind:
Already Welsh players are hedg- e round by all sorts of regulations and restrictions, and any further interference with their freedom of thought and action would be into- fernblc.
Game For Amateurs
The zealous officials who เนด club Rugby in Wales are fast for-
A melee during the all-American polo Gaal.
MOTOR RACE WON
AT 104 M.P.H.
DIXON WINS CLASSIC 500 MILE EVENT.
HIGH SPEEDS IN DOWNPOUR
OF RAIN
London, Sept. 24.-
F. W. Dixon won the 500 miles race of the British Racing
getting that Rugby is an amateur Drivers' Club at Brooklands on game played by amateurs primari his special enlarged Riley. He ly for their own amusement, and
had been very confident of vic- that whom they choose to play for tory before the start, but in the is entirely their own affair.
end he was a lucky winner after
Last week the Monmouthshire appearing doomed to be a most clubs, inspired by certain of their unlucky loser. The final placings treatment by, and representation were:
on, the Welsh Union, decided to 1. F. W. Dixon, Riley, time 4hr.
press for an
amendment of the 58min.
constitution, which would ensure.p.h.
48sec, average spoed 1048
2. A. W. K. Von der Becke and E.
the election of two vice-presidents McClure. Riley. 5hr. 1 min. 35aec.
Lo represent Monmouthshire.
At present, vice-presidents are elected without reference
to geographical
boundaries,
the idea. being to elect men whose outstanding services to Welsh Rugby are universally recognised.
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WORLD SPORT CHAMPIONS Grantland Rice Brings
Them Together
speed 101.65 ni.p.h.
3. A. T. G. Gardner and J. D. Ben- jafleld, M. G. Magnette, 5hr. 13min. 15ace, speed 97.85 m.p.h.
The rain, at first a drizzle and
L. W. NEWMAN SETS CLUB CRICKET RECORD
3,380 Runs In Season And 142 Centuries In Career"
By scoring 3380 runs in one sca- son, L. W. Newman, the leading Alexandra Park batsman, hoa get up a record for club ericket. His ten double centuries also tute a record. So far Newman has an aggregate of more than 40,000 runs and 142 centuries.
consti.
then a downpour, spoiled what OLDEST RACEHORSE
would have been a great struggle between Cobb, George Eyston and the ultimate winner. Cobb, who started favourite at even money, set off at a tremendous расе. He averaged 131 m.p.h. for this second! lap, and he and Eyston's Magnette were soon well exceeding their handicap speeds.
Then down came the rain in
QUEEN'S THEATRE ENTERPRISE "fed, up.".
IN TRAINING
Mr. J. Baylis's Lacock
Has Done 14 Years
AN OLD VETERAN'S RACE
offhand
Can anyone. say which is the oldest racehorse in training?
The answer is Mr. Joe Baylia's Lacock, who is 14 years of age."
PROHIBITED AREA
TO BOWLERS
ELIMINATION OF SHORT BUMPING DELIVERY
THOROUGH TEST AT LORD'S
London, Sept. 22.
WHEN the committee of the M.C.C. meet the re- presentatives of the Australian Cricket Board of Control to-day at Lord's a scheme will be placed before them which, it is believed, will solve the leg-theory controversy.
This is hoped to be achieved without compelling any expres sion of opinion from either ruling body on the merits of what is called "body-line bowling."
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Lynwood "Schoolboy" Rowe, Detroit Tigers' pitching acc, hurled all he knew in the World Serles, but St. Louis Cardinnis clinched the tille..
CAPTAINS OPPOSE
TWO-DAY CRICKET
PROPOSITIONS
The scheme, which is regarded as the best proposition yet put forward, comes from Mr. Arthur Mailey, the Australian cricketer and writer on the game, who has been following the recent series. of Test matches.
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Strain Too Great And
Lose Of Revenue
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POLICE SECURE
FIRST MAMAK
HOCKEY WIN
Beat Signals By Three Clear Goals
BLACKBOURNE AND PILE OUTSTANDING
In their second Mamak Hockey Tournement. ` match yesterday the Police, champions, defeate:l the Royal Corps of Signals by three clear goals on the Police Training School ground."""They drew with the Royal Engineers in the first match last week.
The winners scored two goals in the first half through B. 653
and Parker, Wass adding the
third goal in the second half.
The Police defence was the out-
standing feature of the team, Black-
hourne being exceptionally sound In his clearing. C. Pile na the Įright wing did good work in
forward line.
tho
The Signals' forwarda · Jucked combination, but were well sup
In yesterday's "China' Mail"" 'Mr,'ported by Dley at centre-half.
HE PROPOSES THAT DIAGONAL LINES SHALL BE MARKED INNOVATION WOULD BE STALE FROM POPPING CREASE TO POPPING CREASE. THE LENGTH OF THE PITCH ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE LINE RUN. NING FROM THE LEFT-HAND OF THE BOWLER'S WICKET TO 7. A. Higson, chairman of the Lan Fielding was the-notable absentec THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE BATSMAN'S WICKET-WOULD cashire County Cricket Club and an from the Signals' team, being on | England Teat selector, made the the injured list after a football BE CONSTITUTED A PROHIBITED AREA TO THE BOWLER.
suppestion that first-class cricket match. · His place was taken by matches should be limited to two Cord, the soccer goalkeeper. llc The result would be that a bowler could not bowl a short, days.
played a ́steady game, but was not bumping delivery directly at the bataman, because to do so he
N the whole county captains, up to the standard of Fielding,
Perkins and Jessop were also miss- ` when asked for their views ed from the Police team. would have to pitch the ball in did not favour Mr. Higson's pro
and the prohibited area and would be posals. The following opinions Kushi Mohanted; Tate, Gough and no-balled
PATAUDI MAY
PLAY FOR INDIA
IN TEST CRICKET
READY TO FOREGO QUALIFICATION
TEAM MUST BE SELECTED ON THEIR MERITS SEVA
Bombay..
The Nawab of Pataud! who arrived in Rajputana to-day, says that he is prepared to forego his English county cric- ket qualification the played for Worcestershire last season) if invited to join the Indian team to tour England in 1936, pro- vided that he is satlafled that the Indian team are selected on merit..
.
Pataudi has not previously played for India against Eng- land. He has, however, play: ed for England and 'went to Australla with the M.C,C. team in 1932-3.
KOWLOON PREMIER LEAGUE
¿SOCCER TEAM
The ne running from the right- hand side of the bowler's wicket to the left-hand side of the bats-
man's wicket would only come into use for a left-handed bats.
man.
The two diagrams show how the Ishorter a ball is pitched the fur- ther away from a line with the batsman's body it must be
A Thorough Trial ·· This plan has been put to a thorough test at Lord's in. the pre- sence of Mr. P. F. Warner. one of the members of the M.C.C. com- mittee; "Patay" Hendren, the Middlesex and England cricketer: Mr. R. Alrd, assistant secretary of the M.C.C., and Mr. Mailey. The bowler was J. Smith, the Middle sex professional.
The advantage of the plan is that it does not restrict the bowler in any way, save that in bowling directly at the batsman he must pitch the ball reasonably well up--somewhere beyond the half-way line" Mr. Mailey explained.
"He may have as many fielders as he likes on the leg-side, and he may bump the ball as much as he
The following team will repre-likes, because the prohibited area
ON
were expressed ----
Police: B.611: Blackbourne
Hayward; Pile, Parker, B.653, Wass Mr. A. P. F..Chapman (Kent and and Pennell., former England captain):
Signals:-Cress; Martin and White- head: Buttery, Dilley and Austen; If three two-day matches were ligginsbottom. Cord, May. Hodges played each week the strain on end Larkin. players would be greater than
Y.M.C.A. BEAT RADIO,.
ever. If
'only two two-day matches
were played, most county clubs would find it. ¡m-l Goals by, S. Fowler (2) and W.♫ possible to play the profes-J. Brown gave the Y.M.C.A. victory sional at their present rate. over the Radio by 3 goals to 2.
Two-day cricket was tried and after being led by 2 goala to i at proved a failure' in 1919, half time in their friendly hockey Mr. H. J. Enthoven (joint cap-match at King's Park yesterday. tain of Middlesex);
I would welcome any proposal)
to reduce the fatiguing nature £8,000 FOR IRISH
of the cricket season, or to brighten the game, but I think that the present idea might have financially adverse results, Mr. A. B. Sellera (Yorkshire captain).
I do not think county cluba would be able to pay the same
CENTRE
Would Make Good In English League
Many club officials watched the rate per match to professionals Inter-League match in Belfast, and if play was for two daya instead at least one transfer may follow it, of thres. The suggested altera- if Irish ideas on values are not too tion in points would not make jextravagant, much difference in brightening the game.
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sent the Kowloon Football Club in compels him to do it on the off- FOOTBALL TEAMS
their First Division encounter side.
Reserve: C. Cord.
"The bowler's umpire could watch the ball without any diffi- culty, and if, as it should be, the task of counting the balls were
earnest. Colub's great car shot along like a speedboat in a shower! of spray, and with his eyes half- blinded and the car threatening to
against the Lincolns on Saturday" "It does not prevent him from become uncontrollable he retired, It is surprising how many of at 4.30 p.m. at the K. F. C.- bowling a well-directed short ball
these "ancients" are still perform-
Boyes: Everest, Eastman; Gilchrist at the middle slump. Fortune next turned on Eystoning on the flat. Here in a little Bliss, Whitehead; Lec, 'Eillot, G. White, Hong Kong provides facilities A comfortable lead from Dixon and group whose combined ages total V. White, and Knox. for almost every sport in the his car going perfectly, he came in 130 years: world and, in view of the con-to refuel and handed over to W. L. Lacock (18), Sir Picton (12), Saint] siderable interest tuken in re- Handley. That driver immediately Reynard (11), Desert Shaik (11), Pin- creation by people of the Colony, get into a skid, went within inches ault (11), Bournside (11), Tutbury the production of sport films, of diving over the top of the bank-(10), Lanson (10), Residue (10), Ken featuring the world's best, is ex-ing, but shot down backwards safely Hill (10), Joyous Greeting (10), Joll
ment (19). into tremely welcome.
the sewage farm, whence Some enterprising executive Vary shortly the Queen's Thea- Eyston later sadly recovered the ought to institute a Veterans' race. tre is likely to be packed to capacity car.
The above liat intludes sprinters and for the Grantland Rice "short" on
middle and long distance perform-) world champions.
The race now seemed to be ers, so the fairest plan would be to This morning I spent a very enclose thing between Dixon and strike an average and make the joyable period watching boxing McClure. With about twenty more course one of a mile on weight- (Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney) taps to go the latter, on his smaller for-sex terms.
Dixion Creeping Up
lawn tennis (Bill Tilden and Helen Riley, had half a minute of hin Wilk). swimming (Gertrude Ed handicap left, and Dixon, driving erle and Johnny Weismuller), polo (for him) cautiously, was only (Tommy Hitchcock), baseball (Ba-guining a second or two each lay be Ruth, Walter Johnson, and Ty But he had obviously more in hand,) Cob), American football (Notre for the big Alley was capable" of Dame squad), and golf (Genna Colwell over two miles a minute..
FRANK SEARLE FOR
CLAPTON ORIENT
Frank Searle has been signed by
BOWLER
BATSMAN
Top diagram: The proposed leg-theory lines.. Below: Shaded....... portion denotes area in which bowler would be prohibited from pli ching ball to right-handed batsman,
FLY TO MATCHES
English Players Now
Emulate Jockeys
PLANES PLAY IMPORTANT PART
Mr. W. Struth, the secretary of Glasgow Rangers, is a busy man, but being, as befits his position; a football enthusiast, he simply could not miss the Belfast match.
After, Martin's first interna. tional, it may be remembered, £8,000 was suggested as the fee for the centre forward's transfer.
The Irish view of Martin, was
that he is too spectacular-prone play to the gallery; but he would
to
be a big success in English foot- ball, given inside forwards who would support him adequately.
CLUB RUGBY “A” TO -PLAY TO-DAY'
Meeting Borderers
In the ordinary way attending the match would have cost him more time than he could proper- ly spare, but he made, the trip by air and got from Glasgow to Bel- fast in an hour
The following will represent the. Perhaps he got a tip as to the Club "A" Afteen against the Bor value of air travel from Mr. Johnderers "A" on the Club Ground at McKenna. The genial president of 6.15 p.m. to-day:
the Football League, who is in his
coloured light or by the clanging Clapton Orient F.C. from. Ashford. lett-Vare and Bobby Jones); \ Just as we were expecting Dixon He plays at either right or left- The lostructive commentary by to respond to the appeals of his pit back. Before going to Ashford he Grantland Rice, America's most for more speed he was seen coming spent four seasons with Charlton famous sporta writer, makes it un-in with a tyre in tatters. He did doubtedly, one of the best films of a lightning wheel change and shot its typo to be shown here away in grim earnest.
Burch, W. Sharp
left to the scorer, the fifth ball
aighty-first year, recently had to go! G: P. Lammert; D. K. Hislop, RH could be signalled to him by alto Cannes to attend the interna-Griffiths, P. J. Gardner, R., Noble: J. FRENCH RUNNER
tional football conference, so he Hutchison, L. G. Robertson (Captain); of a hell,
G. C. Moutrie, R. G. Castleton, H. O FOR MOSCOW
few from London, made two Bramble, R-1 Cherrill, S. H. Garred. "At the trial at Lord's the only changes on the way, and arrived at M. W. Scott, F. J. McGugan, J. T. Ed- objection raised to the scheme was his destination in six hourskins. Ladoumegue To Meet that of a famous Test match bats-He liked it so tauch that ho now Reserves: W. G. C. Knowles, F. R. man who said the lines would put declares that in future he means Nurmi
Referes-Dr. J. A. R. Selby, abateman, off.""//
to make all his long-distance trips by air. The boxing is perhaps the most
AUSTRALIAN CRICKET, BOARD Now the fates turned on Me-
Jules Ladoumégue, the French
Air Minded illuminating of all. Dempsey, depict-Clure. Three laps from home he F. G. Milton, the Otter and Eng-runner and former, holder of the YOUNG PLAYERS FOR TILBURY |
One of these days we shall see The Australian Cricket Board of ing the acme of attack and attack found his pertol feed choked, had lish Olympic Games swimmer, is world 1500 metres title has left
Southend United have made, an football teams fitting through the Control has re-elected Mr. RA only, is perfectly contrasted with to come in to clear it, and Dixon leaving England this month on a Paris for Moscow, where he will
in Oxlade as chairman, Mr. W. C. sclenthic Gene Tanney, who proved sailed in a popular but lucky vic-business trip to Lagos, West Africa take part in exhibition races. One arrangement whereby their pro-air for long distance that technique could overcome mus tor
If opportunity arises, he will take of his opponents will be Nurmi, the mising young players will assist spite of the present ban by the Bull as treasurer and Mr. W. H
Finn. (Continued on Page 8).
(Continued on Page 6) Tilbury part in swimming events.
cle and physique-C.
ENGLISH SWIMMER FOR WEST AFRICA
Jeanosms secretary.