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Grading Plan Should Be Tried In England
(By George Tribe)
One of the chief differences I find between English and Australian cricket is that you don't try to make players hero in the sense we do at home, My experience in England is that the county au- thorities wait until a player forces himself to the forefront by performances in his own porti culor league or association before they have a look at him.
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CHINA MAIL
HONG KONG, Tuesday, August 2, 1949.
U.S. Swim Shirley May, Inc., To SPORTS IN
Stars Due Swim English Channel
Here Today
The American Olympic swim- FINDK lem is the her from
Monil today at 2.30 p.m. by air.
It was officially announced last
rain night, that
or shine the Briginal programme at The Ex will be carried out tonight and tomorrow night.
Reservations for $0 and $20 Tickets will be accepted nt the China Emporium up to 3 p.). today and tomorrow, After 3 pm. for
made at be reservations may The Ritz, tour #es. the Victorian Assocation this English Puny
To my rund that as a mistake. My view is shared by Lindsay
to Aus-Howell, Australia's captum
which he
South African the plays of every kind, gond, winter, who tok bad in different, is encouraged Junior Cricket
14~55 fonts the bestning - the
week that the year phate,
habits with system is not nearly as efficient but at ball we tortues and the ti
players
inter-state Trapradialantas of a creer lad,
Rain Halts Cricket Match
ely 20 minutes when rain stop-i ped the game and there was no more lekel before lunch.
district
“ዓ
star prentuck
cricket B in Australia,
Lands was earnet when he fold the meeting that Australia's) einckel future is safe while junior ej leker associations remon well singgasinert,
Meanwhile United Press ro ported from Tokyo, the lan arm of the American Amateur Athletic Union reached out to Japan today to impose a boy colt on the planned exhibition here by eight American swim- more.
Dover, July 31.
Shirley May France, Incorporated, has arrived from the United States to swim the English Channel. The 16-year-old American girl and her retinue
incorporated under the law-hit England with a big splash of publicity and Shirley swiftly told the press: "I just can't lose."
Shapely. smiling Shirley will try sometime after August 8 to swim the 20 chilly miles from Cap Gris Nez, France, to Dover. She wants to beat Ger- trude Ederle's record of 14 hours, 34 minutes for the cross- Channel swim.
She took her first Irial plunge Inter the Chummel today. The waler was very choppy, so she made it a short dip.
When she tries for the record she will swim in the nude, says hese conch, Harry Boudakian,
BRIEF
Cranfield, July 31.
A 28-year-old Finn, Arne Silo, sude representative of his country, won the Blue Riband of model the Wakefield streraff racing!, Cup, here tonight.
it was stated to be the largest
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Lose To Bosox
New York, July 31.
incoling of its kind in the world, Masterful pitching by the huge negro rookie, Don
with
representatives competing
I Fo 18 countries.
Elllla
1.-A. The results were:
549.8 seconds duration (Finland).
2.-E. Sadorin 530.7 seconds
Nowcombe, gave the Brooklyn Dodgers a 4-2 · · victory over the League leading St. Louis Cor- dinals in the National League today.
duration (Italy), 3.-W. Fletcher Thus the arch-rivals for the League leadership play- 539.1 seconds duration (U.S.A.)
Italian Wins Reuter
Grand Prix In Holland
Zandvoort, Holland, July 31. the Italian Luigi Villores!,
the Grand driver, today won
ed each other to a standstill in their three-game series. Each won one game and the other was
Them
Yankees and Sux dividert
Prague, July 31.
a tie, cut short by League curfew. Czechoslovakia has been re-
The New York dicted fa
The runner-up Dodgers -| a "tennis Cinderella whose only hope lies in a large- main 1% games behind the the Chicago White srale training programme fur Cards. Newcombe tunned six honours in a doubleheader. The youngsters from eight years up and held the Cards to eight hits. Yankees scored two runs in the ninth, one of ward, according to "Prace," the three in the final inning, when but all of the
homer by leftfielder fully Union Trade
лемкрат the Cardinals scored twice,
Handes do Johnny Lindgil, to win the open. today.
Shortstop Gran
er 3 2. The country's plight, it said, in bied and stored on first basemon
Shortstop Luke Appiing homer- Prix motor race on the Zand-due to the flight inte exile of the Dick Sister's single to give thed with we out, and one on base voort circuit on the sea coast, Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Philadelphia Phillies a 3-4 win near Haarlem.
Drobny and Vladimir Cernik.--
over the Chiengo Cubs in 18 In- The suspended splashers wer-
Villoresi, " Suggested that Shirley dive
driving
Ferreri. Associated Press.
nings. expected to arrive in Tokyo late!
The Pittsburgh Pirates and the this week ers route to the United nude because a suit will rub hack a great battle with his com
The 011 D
Men's Softball League Boston Braves spin a longchafer- off the layers of grease used to patriot Alberto Ascarf, exhibitions in Mo-
The Braves won the cold wa-Ferrari, until the latter retired may have another team entering heurier. and Hong Kong and the protect her from
this season in the El Cumbanchers with only five laps to go. ter," Boudakian explained.
-1 when they expiolet & opener
Brooklyn Japanese Swinaning Federationi
Graf-outfit. Emmanuel de beartily Shirley
Baron
for six runs in the seventh, Bil" | St. Louis had planned to sponsor exhiba-
fenried, of Switzerland, Ülled training.
The El Cumbancheros have
AND NO in the eighth other fra-class players is any guide i tons against Japan's best.
at which the "She needs a
mare in the ninth. steak a day, second place in a Maserati, with held a meeting as well worth exaramlig.
Pinch
Tom Saffol hilter question of Joining the League said Boudaklan, "but we don't Pince Birla, of Siam, also in know how
No derision has single home the tying and win- was discussed. to find them over Maserati, thira. here with the meat rationing
vel been faken.
three-run ninth ning runs in the way
it in."
inning to give nightcap G-5.
System Has Never Failed States from
Austrailan
system
The different, and if the output
namke
Beauty
ds
Glamorous Beauty
while
presa
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The Italian, Giuseppe Farina, on a Maserati, actually finished second but was penalised one minute for xturing too soon and fell fourth place..
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to give the White Sox n 2-1 vic- Tory in the second ganie.
Scores --
National League
RE
4 10 2
2
13
Whining
pitcher Dart New- cobe, laser Gerald Staley, Philadelphia
?? Chicago
Winding pitcher Jim Konstanty, The Picades the foger Bob Muncrieff.
Boston (1st game)... The New York Glants blanked | Pittsburgh the Cincinati Reds in both ends Winning pitcher, Juhnny Sain, of a doubleheader. 10-0 and 9-4, Josey Cliff Chambers,
expert pitching by Larry Boston (2nd game) Jansen and Adrian Zalala, The Pittsburgh Glunts scared all frie
runs in
D 12
7 1
5 10 0
0
{1 Harry Gumi Whing pitcher the opener in the Brst two in-pert, Insel Netsom Polter
15 0 New York (Jst game) 10
4 0 Cincinnati
Winning pitcher Larry Jansen,
The Barnes. Bradinasi,
Masa Tabata, President Miller, Brown and Thurk may
the Federation which only re- have ceappratet from Australian cently regained Americas Anna- duzen or 50 tem Athlëtte Union rezingatio, tanut sides, and a Swansea, August 1
Paris, July 31. mullflestion received telegraphic The New Zealand cricketers of Australia's top net rosy
Jean Lacouse Lamboley, of in a from the
AAU day that the first continued their
inningsaclist as professionals
France, the 1948 world champion, Lat selectors re not barnstorming swimmers were on ngast Glamorgan, the county j cihte,
the AAU know that the
two day wop the 100-miles motor Shirley has been front page The event begun with They
Tast serad se elastus, here today in despandeni
should news in the British papers. They heats, each over 5 miles. Thir paced cycling suce at the Pare de 131 Per
youngsters dated
teen competitors weather which was threatens
went forward Princes here before 8,000 specta assured by the Austration Lande sponsor their appencances, Tabata noted that her entourage includes
lors in 2 hours, 15 mins, 22.8 secs. ing but the.wicket was good.
to the dual. 15 stem,--which - Jins--power sauled quickly complied, apparently kill-business.. manager and
trainer,
Villoresi, who had won
Gus his conch, ing all chances of their perform= | agent,
He wa Plax had been
Wis followed by (2) pruttens Tu
Sher vet
10 hical, covered the final run of 108 Meu chaperone and a friend.
Meuleman of Belgium, at nings. Australian grade cricket pro against Jupanese winners.
(3) Paul
of Chocque, Reporting her arrival in Lon-miles 1 hour, 21 mins, 7 secs. laps,
Third baseman Sid Goelen hit: every opportunities for
sald:
124.00 speed of nt on average
France, at 23 laps, (4) Jacques two homers in the second to don, the London "Stur" until Improve player
"Tawny huly as glamorous as kilometres per hour (about 77 Session, the Swiss champion, at ning of the nightcap, when the renches the top grade, from
31 laps, (5) Louis Menard, of Giants scored all their runs. any film star's swept her white miles per hour). which Teat and Btate aldes are
Baron de Graffenried was only France, at 34 laps, andi (8) Jan fox fur collar and she flashed a selected.
smile as brilliant as a tooth-paste 30 secs. behind, with Prince Stacket, the Dutch champion, at
Birin a further 11 secs, away.
35 laps. advertisement at the crowds."
Mrs. Willy C. Van Rijse of The British driver, Reg Par- Holland, who tried last week tonell, on a Maserati, winner of swim the Channel, met Shirley the second heat, finished sixth and gave her some tips.
but had the distinction of the "After
79 miles 23 shampoos I still fastest lap-over
per haven't on the grease out of my hour-Reuter. hair," said the Dutch housewife, who plans to try again.
The
cat
COD
amir'esplaista. Most of
• Fusion among the 15,000 prela=
to t OWIng shelter em the genand. then were hunder in the agen lu provising what pantection they eesid.
There was no incident in the
The new belef period of play, ball, which had not been tamest on Saturday, was called for mediately
and but Wallace Marcy both shapert confidently, with Morney claiming 14 of the 16
scored.
SCORES:
New Zealand, ist mning.
Sutcliffe, e. Wooller, h, ever
vities
to
he
or
IR
To astride the point. A youngster, say, in the Manchester Association may have the qualities for making a good pinyer, but ualess be is outstanding ale in some way to call attention
the chances ciminiy cricket are reaching Inailed).
Automatically Moves Up
himself.
Sam Snead Wins
Western Open
St. Paul, Minnesota,
July 31. Unrelenting Sammy Snead never gave the others a chance today as he blasted par to win
the US$15,000 Western Open: The two women have one thing
Golf tournament 266 strokes,
BIT
i
record
Lin commoHS:
They both swim in the nude, coded with grease.—Associated
in Aus- The sana youngster tralia would stormatienily move
The cool White Sulphur Springs Press. up to the next bigher grade, affording buds better apposition, nec elipped 20 strokes off pur fur
State erkeket was his Maint
72-hok! total--two strokes not fud the better than a previous tournament reached he would
and record set by Johnny Palmer at difference great, having vored experience on the way up. Australia. automatic in
1580
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Scott, e Clift, b. Bever
Hallee, Walkins,
39
Wallare, not out
149
Donnelly, h. Watkins
39
Salt Lake City in 1947.
Smith, Low, Iz Heyni
Rubane, am g
Hooney, not out
14
if
You can't help gaining re. cognition
27
for the game.
378
Extras
Tutal (for six)
--Reuter.
Bromwich Beats Vega In Davis Cup Game
Wilmington, Delaware,
July 31. John Bromwich, of Australia, beat Armando Vega, of Mexico, by 6-0, 0-1 and 6-4 in the first
Today's remaining of
two singles in the American Zone final of the Davis Cup competi- tion here, to increase Austra Jia's lead to 4-0.
hud mace Australia alrearly certain of winning the match,
match Australla ran out the with a 5-0 victory when Bill Sid- well beat Miguel Varela by 18-2, 0-2 and 3-1 in the final singles.
Australia now meets Italy, the European Zone winners, for the right to challenge the holders, the United States.-Reuter.
Cary Middlecuff of Memphits. you have a flair Tennessee, coored, from behind
Those in the with a seven under par (85) to top rank must be good or they day to grab second place montey
with 272-stroke totul. would not be there.
own
an
experience iş example. I started playing at 12, and at 14 moved up to another
until gade, and so ou
the lov wus reached.
Says London Bout To Decide World Title
one
Meadow Club Tennis Tournament
Elie Forslo and Andre Le Linert, the champions of Italy and Belgium respectively, retired from the race-Router.
Von Cramm
won the singles final from Bucholz by 3-6, 7-5, G-1 and -0,--Heuter,
motor
boot
'Indians Lose
Maury
Eddie
0
er Kent Peterson. 1 10 1
New York (2nd game). Cincinnati
0
4
Winning pitcher Adrian Zabala, Inser Ken Raffensberger.
American League
Cleveland Boston
# 0 3 a 0
Winning pitcher Maury Mc- Dermott, loser Gene Bearden.
5 0 St. Louis Washington
Winning pitcher loser Cliff Fannin. Detroit (1st game).... Philadelphin
7 12 2
Sid Hudson,
3
9
1
4 0
+
Ted
Gray,
G 13 1
0
Winning pitcher Detroit (2nd game)....... Inser Alex Kellner. Philadelphia
0 5 Winning pitcher Fred Hutchin- got, loser Lou Brissle, Chleage (1st game)... 2 0 2 New York
Winning pitcher Ed Lopat, Inser Bill Pierce. Chicago (2nd game)... New York
7
10 0 Winding pitcher Bob Kuzaya,
2
-Associated Press.
McDermott pitched the Boston Red Sox to a 3-0 triumph over the world cham plon Cleveland Indians in the American League. Only one Cleveland baze run- Munich, July 31. ner reached third against Me- The American temis star, Earl Dermott, who fanned seven and Cechell; and Gottfried Von walked three in
hree in winning his ofth Crumm, Germany's leading ace, victory and second shutout. today
to str the teamed up
Two homers by second base
and an- men's doubles Utle in the Munich
Sherry Robertson man
first baseman tournament with a 6-3, 7-5, 3-6 other by 10-8 victory over the German-Robinson liftel Washington to a over the St. Louis Austrian combination of Bucholz 7-3 victory und Huber,
Browns.
The Delrail Tigers blanked the Southampton, New York,
Philadelphia Athletics 3-0 and July 31.
both ends of a double- 6-0 in Naresh Kumar, the young!
header to move into fourth place Calcutta player, and his Fili-
in the American League pemant Detroit, July 31. pino partner, Felicisimo Am-
The 4-game head of The United States successfully ruce,
It was Detroit's the pon, were trailing two sets to defended the Harmsworth Trophy Athletles,
against Gardnar Mulloy on the Detroit River when the consecutive shutout over Phila- London, July 31.
lapse delphia, giving the Athletics 27 Joser Duane Pillette. The London boxing promoter, and Billy Talbert, the Amerl- race was renewed after a Three players-Jimmy Demaret Mr. Jack Solomons, said on his can national champions, when of 10 years.
consecutive scoreless Innings. of Oful, California, Lloyd Man- return
his darkness called a halt to their here today from
Skip Alung, 'n grum of Chi
Chicago and Chick South of France holiday that, semi-finals doubles match in owned
wned by Mr. R. Stanley Dollar, ulert of Detroit-tied for third in spite of all the moves being the Meadow Club tournament be done on at 273, while bespectacled Skip similar lines in England? I don't Alexander of Lexington, Ken-made in the United States, the here last night.
London bout on September 61 Mulloy think the stoutest supporter of tucky, trailed them by three English county cricket will deny strokes to take sixth place hon-
between Bruce Woodcock and strenuous 60-game singles match second and third, Lee Savold will be for the against Richard Gonzales earlier there is room for improvement. ours in the four-day medal play
world heavyweight title. In the day, but be and Talbert Miss Canada IV, had superchar Lancashire have been in the tournament. doldrums. They are not the Arsl
Referring to reports of Ameri- won the first two sets by 6-4 and ger trouble and finished last of club to
lean county
strike a
vletory toslay gave the can moves to stage a world utla 8-2, and held eight match points the four competiton-Reuter. perlod, and won't be the last, but long-driving Southerner his third fight between the winner of the in the third.
Woodcock-Savold contest and But Kumar and Ampon, who when you have been a power in major championship of the year-
it is dimcult to eat previously he had the land
won the either Gus Lesnevich or Ezzard have shown excellent form in the
rounds, played Solomons declared: National PGA and the Masters Charles, Mr.
previous humble pie.
ent raised his 1949 earnings to "I am back ready for the fray great doggedness and won Fine Opportunity
third, Bet at 15-13. I think Lancashire have a neling professionals.-nited Press. whales or Lesnevich are inter-today after the singles Anal $23,550, highest among the travel- and the winner on September
will be the world champion. If The match will be completed opportunity on their doorstep for developing talented youngsters,
ested afterwards, we can talk. The winning pair will but not through the leagues as at
Joe Louis himself in coming meet Gonzales and Hugh Stewart
In the final. present
ent constituted.
Angeles, for the fight and all the American of Los There is room and scope for
round In the quarter-final big guns will be in London that bridging
Kumar and, his diminutive par- competition the gap between league and
With Mr. Solomons was Savoldner bat belen Tony Talbert and county cricket.
and his manager, Mr. Bill Daly. Andy Paton, Junior, by 6-3, 3-6 The American heavyweight goes and 6-4.
training
The singles final will be bs- to his new
camp In Scarborough, Yorkshire, on Tues- tween Gonzales and Billy TD-1
bert.-Reuter, day. Router.
Can anything
*
Merchant To Captain Indian their
Cricket. Team
new
Bolton.
andf
could be played two
Hig
Gymnastics Display 'In Stockholm
My suggestion is the formation of new competition on district. lines, starting with six Leams.
Stockholm, July 31. Liverpool, Manchester,
One hundred gymnastic ex- Burnley, East Lancashire
perts have declared Finland to Presion districts could each form be the best team the five- a team of picked young players day Lingiad (Gymnastics dis- from any league or competition in
play) which ended here to- area, No need to interfere with pre- night, according to the Stock- cent Saturday afternoon dugaetholm newspaper, "Expressen." cricket. The ganics in the com-
The Linglad is a demonstration petition evenings a week at Old Trafford, and not a competitive event. giving the players county atmon- The experts judged the gym- phere and a better class of op-nasts
of the 15 participating position than they nornially come countries on 10 points: up against.
sirength; grace, physical cond!- 1 don't think there would be tion, supplement, precision, endu- any difficdity in making such
rance, orginality, beauty, spirit A former Test captain, Mer- competition pay its way. People and body control. chant, who is 38, was out of first who cannot get away during the
They gave second honours to class cricket for two sonsons due day. when the county side is at to ill health, but has now fully re-home, would be glad to slip down Estonia, followed by Switzerland, covered and is in fine form.
to Old Trafford for two hours' Sweden, Holland, India andi
Belgium, Board of evening crleket. The Indian Cricket Control at its ommual general meeting today decided that the
Bombay, July 31. Vijay Merchant, India's No. 1 bataman, was today selected to captain the Indian XI for the series of five unofficial Trats against the Empire cricket team which will tour India this winter.
day."
won
race,
92,285 clocking miles un hour.
boats were £150 American
The lone Canadian challenger,
tired nfler n WDE
To Eat Roses
with the
then
U.S. To Broadcast
In Cantonese
Washington, July 31.
Dipped In Champagne
Warminster, Wiltshire,
August 1. Nine English roses dipped in will be enten champagne by nine young army officers at a dinner In Warminster, Wiltshire, tonight.
With one fool on a chair and the other on the table, so that everyone has a good view, each will take freshly picked rose from a finger bowl of champagne. The ceremony is part of the traditional Minden Day celebra- tions, of the battalion encambed at Knook Camp, Warminster. Minden Day, August
is cele- I, brated each year by six British army regiments as the anniver sary of the day on which they took part in the Battle of Minden against the French in Germany
Picked Roses
In 1759. their The State Department announced today that its "Voice of America" broadcasts to the Far East will be augmented by a new two-hour program- me and by news reports in the Cantonese dialect beginning tomorrow.
During the battle, the troops walked through fields and pick- ed roses which they put in their head dress. At Knook Camp drums play the Minden March at Far Eastern broadcasts have so reveille and a wreath of roses is The Department said that it fal
colours. an effort to open new channels far been made only in English, placed on the regimental Yorkshire Example
red
or the Chinese Mandarin, Korean and Rusalan. The remaining countries-Aus- of information to
The Department said that the Each man wears working tria, Brazil, Colombia, Denmark, Prople to take the place of the for a season or France, Eire. Portugal and thend other news operations, which la Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta, the two, Lancashire would encourage United Kingdom were
States Information, Service
augmented Far Easter service roartificial because of
the present high cost of rose follows the suspensión by the in his head dress and the drumą United Provinces and Madras.
given
Chinese Communist officials of and band are decorated with and develop fla youngsters The match in the United Fro-county would have a shop win-
The oqual marks. Reuter,
the new Communist regime, buspending,
the United States Information TOECK..! vinces will be played on matting dow into which to look for
Bervice
In Shanghai, The Colonal of the Regiment in The Board approved the follo
Hankow an taking the salute at today's oere- wing tour, proposals: the Invitate future star
potal ward He will also be Nanking
i am convinced that, unofficial Tests should he played on those tines
don to New Zealand to tour India In Yorkshire they make greater 1950-51; a visit by the M.C.Cure of the league by loaning out the young professionals on the
SWIMMING GALA POSTPONED
In 1951-62: And India to our ground start to gain experience in England in 1832-Router the rush of Saturday aftern
Safternoon
The winning gala, which was cricket
Lancashire can go one better to be held at the United Printed and published for the "Propriet
Recent
allon Club Sard, the CHINA MAIL LIMITED, by Cntiring the youngsters have FRANK LESLIE BUBIT, WINGEN, Hoses, the texperience before they start was postpond
The new two-hour Broadcasts
will be heard, Mb 210.........morning} Peping
hours in China (10.00 pm to mid night. OKT) i ant will include it said that these suspension present at dinner at which the nows, commentaries and tontures, and other acts of censorslijpbyond marchés round the tables half" in English and half in Man-"
„during dog.
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