SPORTING SAM
眼
By Reg. Wootton
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1951,
It's Not Cricket To Hit Sixes
Says IVAN SHARPE
While I have been casting a fly in the Scotland so few of us really know, an atom bomb has fallen on cricket.
A young man named Wardle has been hitting sixes, right and left, in the Roses match!
This gave Yorkshire four points. Good, but not good enough, since anyone who hits even one six in this annual exhibition of safety-first deserves a plaque in the pavilion.
All this, of sorse, will be funds doesn't tmpopular in the immer circles.erowds. The hitter is taboo. He is not "a batsinan": he is "a Jer."
NOT DONE
In Arst-class cricket now-I days isn't done. They look down their noses at it, especial- ly when an opponent does the
litling.
The truth is, of emirse, that cricket is blinded by science. Rightly, the stroke player the star. But the hitter should inve far more respect.
is
30
an hour at half,
FIREWORKS
So little is known of
much of these men. That he hasn't, that he is re- Parted with a condescending they back-numbers and out of riate, that I flash a few of their smile by his clubmates and
fents: Jessop scored 191 runs fver by the opposition, is one reason why county cricketain 90, minutes and 101 in Pofessional pastime needing mmutes: Fender hit 113 in 40 scoring has steadily declined.
SHIRLEY FRY BEATS
DORIS HART
HART IN FRENCH FINAL
40
THERE'S NOTHING MORE It's Good News!
WEARISOME IN THE GAME THAN KILLING TIME
Says HERBERT SUTCLIFFE
There's nothing more wearisome than killing time. When it's being killed for you it's even worse. That's why I'm taking Lancashire to task for not going for those runs in that dreadful, dreary Roses match finish. No, that isn't just a bit of Yorkshire pique. I'm speaking just as an ob- server with the interest of cricket at heart.
1
• The looker-on, 'tis said, sees most of the game. He can see it all if he doesn't get too fed up with it, and I never want to see the day when the people-who choose Cricket as their form of specialor sport will just not want to know.
It could never happen. Of course you'll say that, but it might surprise you to know that on the first day of the Lancashire-Yorkshire game at Old Trafford, after Frank Lowson and Harry Halliday had set about the job of retrieving a bad start caused by Len Hutton's early dismissal, I heard a voice saying: "Herbert, this slow play is just nobody's business. What about going to Maine-rond to watch a decent game? I've got two tickets."
Speaker was the chairman of Test on television last summer. "watching" but not all Leeds Rugby League club, A. B. say Sharman, and you will probably the time, because even at that had some- begin to understand what I'm age the youngster driving at when I tell you that, thing of the same approach that in a fish, I said "Let's." What's friend Sharman and I had. more, had no regrels about
Rugby League WEST INDIANS KNOW HOW
Kane.
קה
!
He watched less than a cou-
Now when a man steeped as ple of overs when England were Ian is cricket can say that, batting, and ran away to play there's something wrong. That's Later in the day he joined his why I have a lot of sympathy father at the screen when the with the people who feel a lot West Indies were al the wickets. more strongly about what hap- and continued to watch. pened on the final day.
I must say that at the time I wasn't being thrilled by the slow progress.
My mind went to when buck over the years.
crowds.
It,
of
copy, as far as he is able, every- thing he does.
"ATTACK" THEIR
MOTTO County committees, too, can help, by giving real encourage- ment to fellows who show that "attack" is their motto. If a player gets a hundred one day by enterprising methods, there's
riced
#he for long faces
because gets a duck next day. there'll be more big scores than small ones for players who fight all the time.
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of Grace and
It's
one
why
bemoaning
of the when the were
help
the final stages
3
draw the minutes; and Alleison 189 In going to
there They wan the gates, Blog-highbrows, in order to pay for their staffs and their profes-
They all in threworks, and onals, but they are still too unfortunately pyrotechnics have
Perhaps it would be asking tuff-necked to acknowledge practically
disappeared from
too much of the older hands. that the hitter is 'an essential rst-class cricket, which in con-
An hour later he was still long established in championship feature of cricket and that, sequence is now holding official with 90 percent of the paying | Inquest and Inaugurating
there, and his father was won and even international cricket, mast special drives to keep the coun-
dering what the reason could to change their tune now, but public, he is by far the popular man of the party,
ty game alive. What they need
be. He said to the youngster I do say there's a real future The game needs more War-
ie much inure drive in the bat-
Why are you staying hers?" for many of the younger men I'm watching the cricket now playing regularly if they without soylug thux. des--it goes
1, too. nd bored Roses match was the reply.
will only
about think deeply that it needs 212020!
Jessops,
"But didn't think you liked what I have said. Fenders Alletsons, Jim Smiths Mark the position: Bowling is Let us examine it a little
erloket," said his father. "You It is a lttle difficult to Wellards.
well below standard through more closely for the reusons.
point individuals, but in Glou- these matches weren't interested this morning." most out the world. Wiekels huve First of all, In
It's different, now. daddy," oestershire, where they've in- is bren pampered until there the bowlers always appear to are
was the rejoinder. "I like watch-variably served up the brighter continual outery. Yet, despite specialise in good length bowl-
Ing the men with sun-burned type of stuff, they have a couple these advantages, despite theng all the time.
slamped in the right mould in faces they hit the ball," fact that batting definitely
There's no
Tom doubt about
Graveney and Arsenal Strange, I know, that one so en top of bowling, the rate of
they save
up something extra young should really have put footballer Arthur Milton, for these
HATSMEN MUST REMEMBER particular his anger right on the spol, but BA special Gerald Braudribb gives the
games, and playing against per-you have to remember at he. It is not surprising that ther statistics In 'The Cricketer feet spot bowling, it's very dif-and
and others like him, will be should be forceful
batsmanship Spring Annual. Before 1914 cult to score.
balls the escoring rate for 000
And when an excellent length paying customers one day, and in the county
can't Hummond, and was 290 runs-one for
every
is being kept, the only possible if they don't get the type two bails bowled, and
that thing to do is to hit over the Sulf they want, they'll go cis- feeling that
where for their
major
reasons isn't sensational, judged by top, as Johnny Wardle did.
tertainment, So I would
everyone was the Roses finish, they club standards. Between the I saw 47 of his glorious 70 runs, reach your ladis wars it fell to 276, and
since
and his commanding occupation Fighting spirit-plenty of pro- also applauding the Hitler war it has
of the ereage--how. 1, as a bats- gone
to call it guts-is of the Somerset Gloucester down to 271. Last season
man, would like to be able to ple prefer to
greatest single factor game at Taunton. perhaps lulk of that more often-was į
which will lead to a cricket There are many things people some compensation for some of revival. True, all the fight in the will forget-and some of them the earlier soulless stuff,
world is utterly useless unless are best forgotten, anyway- the skill is there to go with it, about dull periods of a game if spectators can talk about a but there's no reason at all why vanishing point; and (b) there Don't get me wrong, I don't the two shouldn't go hand-in-pulsating finish,
I'm not saying I agree with in throwing away a | hand. has been too much career erle-believe kel, including bread and but- match. Anyone who has ever i The men who are in the top crazy declarations which pro-
artificial big❘ duce
endings, played in a county champion- Hight today can
being ship game would think I had hand in shaping the future, too, they're possible without
youngster manufactured, in three fine days, gone crazy if I said I did, but Remember that the
own so long as batsmen remember do think that, with nothing will always pick out his
"champion," what- to attack, and fight. Let's have to lose Lancashire should have particular
more of that, Cricket needs it. and the sport may be, those for It has to be remembered that
these-days- there is a greater. thing, and I feel that every pos- spirit of adventure in every-
sible chance should be taken
into cricket. of putting it we can't win, you sha
shan'" doesn't seem the right stillude to me.
We're always hearing stories that this
is or that
Soully. having a bad time and are, worried because their share of the previous season's lour profits will not be big
to get enough
them out of trouble.
I say that those counties have only themselves to blame, for they have the remedy in their
Paris, June 3.
Miss Shirley Fry beat Miss Doris Hart, the holder, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the all-American final to the French Women's Singles Lawn Tennis Championship today.
The Men's Singles title was won by Jaroslav Drobny (Egypt) who beat Eric Sturgess (South Africa) 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
to cope
with
is
was 258. Down, down, down.
Why?
Because (a) 1he amateur stake player with nothing at had disappeared almost to
clubs en-
[
NOT THROWING 'AWAY
Kone
ter batting.
Unless county courage hitters until they crase to super the average county ground will continue to be for more than half the time a place of snoozes and sneezes. It was probably the greatest he was unable triumph of Miss Fry's career to Drobny-who-won-easily 6-1.
In the last match of the May cricket hus been too cold
Sneezes? Yes. Most of
the in who is beat the title-holder
quarter-finals
mixed doubles, or cricket. The Festival ranked No. 2 in America.
She had Mrs T. Long and Mervyn Britain may have far-reaching of 16 the semi-final
but Miss Shirley 1. Mrs (Australia) beaten America's No.
effects. Feoiball has pushed Margaret Dupont and sheer Fry (U.S.) and Felicisimo Ampoll
(P1) 8-8, 4-6, 6-4. The Au-is nose well into "the merry determination through today. So exhausted did stralian teamwork was the de-month." It may have come to
ciding factor in the hard-fought i stay. she seem after two sets that she mach although the iny Philip- could at times hardly serve the ball over the net in the third,pine but she stuck gamely to her tusking plan was the outstand-
and
youthful
against
the day perienced player.
One
carried
her
vigour carried
Rose
TV OR-
Final
How far will television affect on the court. Mrs A. Barilet, South Africa, Sport? Head this letter from a friend at Trentham, in the Scofield. Miss Barbara ex-and a more
United States, defeated Miss Potteries- friend I can trust.
I watched the Cup notable feature was Miss Nelly Landry-Adamson and Mrs
Australia, 6-2. TV. The camera was dead Fry's greater steadiness in the Thelina Long,
baseline
which | 7-5, duels
the semi-foal of the on the centre line. When Mil- inany
burn
that received women's doubles. chmacterised the match,
forward own hands, if they will only go got the In the other semi-final. Miss pass from which he WALKOVER FOR DROBNY The men's final was virtually Daris-Hart and Miss Shirley Fry, frst, goal he was just over the who United States, defeated Miss line with a blank geld in front walk-over for Drobny
and Quertier
Mrs J. of him. It was most interest- soon realised a backhand weak-Jean
Walker-Smith, Great Britain, ing to see Binckpool backs sud- ness of Sturgess and played on 6-2, 6-2.--United Press and Aa-denly appear in the
picture. 10 good effect.
Some day you will have these Arst sociated Press. Sturgess did inke the
photo-offsides in Soccer, three games of the second set but
the style of photo-finishes lost the next six.
racing.
3
it
Drobny's sparkling placements, powerful smashes and first-class services were altogether too much for Sturgess who had to play according to the way Drobny dietated matters.
So Drobny, at 32, gained his title and wall deserved the triumph.. It was almost on the eve of Wimbledon where he will be much faneled. -Reuter.
SURREY TOURNAMENT
London. June 2.
after
in
contre-
Yet the evidence of the film N. Kumar and N. Nath, India, won the men's doubles title at is emphatic that there was no the Surrey lawn tennis cham-off-side. Such are the plonships, which ended at Sur-dictions of modern science,
Scotland Not biton
long to-day, beating Ong
since Chew Bee and D. Samall, South wanted the Soccer world to try Eng- Africa, in the final by 6-1 and an off-side experiment.
Now land wouldn't have it.
A feature of the other finals
want to alter the ob- won't Jaw Scotland was the treble
success of Miss
young have it. H. Fletcher, the new British hope, who won the I beg to report, women's singles and was on the that the proposal is key winning side in the mixed fail at the International Board
meeting next
month at doubles and women's doubles.
therefore, to
EARLIER RESULTS
Paris, June 2. South Africa's Eric Sturgess and Egypt's Jaroslav Drobny to- Miss Joan Curry, the British Portrush.
was on England are rowing in a day became the men's singles international player, finalists in the French Inter- the other side of the net each good deal with the foreigners,
thest
and days.
Scotland. national tennis tourney.
Wales and Ireland stand
time-Router.
Drobny beat Australia's Frank
Sedgran, 6-0, 6-3, 6-1 in a
Australia's Ken McGregor 10-8,
7-9 8-0, 5-7, 9-7
Drobny seemed to make hard-
05-minuta game. Sturgess beat ITALY BEATS
ly a mistake in the match as
he outplayed the Australian in
every
FRANCE
department. Sedgmen Italy
4-1
Genoa, June 3. eastly beat France by looked completely off his game four goals to one in their soc- International here today after each side had scored once into the net.
Drobny, with his terrific ser- in the first half.-Reuter,
cnough now."
out and play bright and alirac live cricket,
know the County Champion- ship table has to be considered. and it's overy side's ambition to win it, but erlaket doesn't have to worry about Soccer's
Breat
zver
..
the
have a
Robinson Wants
but
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Randolph Turpin Just you try.
London, June 3.
Ray Robinson, the World Middleweight Boxing Champion, has frequently been quoted as saying "I will fight anybody, anywhere, anytime for my championship." He should add a few rather important words, however
"provided the money is right.”
Right money as far as Robinson is concerned, at any headache, the question of relega- rute for a fight with Randolph Turpin, the British and tion, and nobody really grizzles European Champion, seems to be the almost prohibitive about a team finishing low down
wa sum of £30,000.
in the reckoning so long as the
provide cntertainment.
always maintain, too, that all cricket is entertainment so long ay it doesn't become laboured.
There's nobody who'll com- plain about slow scoring it's
a question of a real battle b tween bat and ball, but I think the people who pay to watch are entitled to see enterprising otion batsmanship much more than they do, for all of the bowlers aren't world-beaters all the time.
coaching, I would like to sea
Ortiz Loses
A Double
Decision
The
Mr
London promoter, Jack Solomony, could afford to
pay this, if Rebinson were the only
fighter appearing on the bl. Bruce Woodcock and Lea Savold were reported to have shared £35,000 when they fought for the British
the World Heavyweight
but Championship,
Turpin's services could not bo had cheaply.
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Mr Solomona argues, that as Robinson received £10,000 challenger to Jake Lamolta when After a Hatices contest which he won the title, Turpin is at figure the lads who will have to carry | drew boos from the crowd of least entkled to the inson.
the fellows who are moulding
for
Manila, June 3. MADE TO LOOK GOOD
Manuel Ortiz of El Cen- tro, California, lost a double Quite in few of them, I'm
decision last night his Borry to say, don't come into that category to-
any of the time, Oriental featherweight but a lot of them are made to crown to Tirso Del Rosario the I gather, it will be in look heaps better than they and his right to fight in the
really are. this
Affair. Scotland, Wales and Ireland will say: "Too In these days of specialised Philippines. confusing. Rofereeing is ard The proposal
on telling them that a cricket 13,000 in the early rounds, the as the challenger to will, therefore, be defeated by
was a certainty Philippines Boxing Commission ball is made to be hit.
"If it decision three votes to two. That's the
Those coaches are the men made an on-the-spot
Turpin to beat Robinson and prompect.
The foreign players de who could make a world of dif- that Ortiz take his slow-motion bring the title to Britain, I would much pushing? Yes, but that's
ference to our cricket over the dance elsewhere in futuro,
be ready to forgo all proft and because their referees are to next 10 or 15 years. I would
work for nothing," Mr Solomons THE ONLY APPLAUSE woals and should be pushed tell a lad that it is possible to
"But there is no certainty, think Turpin stands a The Commission decision drew though be eggressive and sill be a good know what I mean.
batsman.
the only applause of, the even-very good chance." am I?
Still, Mr Solomons is confident Free hitting isn't just a mating Bad-tempered, At Rollar Hockoy
wouldn't bel "The one that
that his offer, "a very substantial ter of throwing caution to the notorious. But I winds, and stroke execution Del Romario's performance one", will be acceptable to -Madrid, June - 3.
wway
the say that in
doosn't have to be discarded was not much better, but he did Robinson. France bont England by six am here to scoring three games in a row,
Meanwhile, Turpin is eager to Just because the ball is really circle around the ring during: mostly with smashes at the not, goals to one in the world roller bonniest spot in Scotland. I
the 10 rounds and won the de- | fight Robinson.. "He is in great. ahape and stronger than he has But leading 4-3, Drobny at-hockey championships here to have just missed two fine sal- | hit.
The story comes to my mind cleton mon in one day. Two got away.
Both fighters weighed 125 jever been" contends his mana- Lacloed again at the net to win day.
of a three-year-old boy watch iTo Wales 1 went to petit co
ing an England v. West Indies pounds-Associated Press.
and kept hitting balls out or cer
vice,
his deap drives and hils
brilliant net play, took 10 games
100
in a row to win the first set France Beats England into the nearest canal....If you
0-0 and lead 4-0 In the second set. Then Drobny seamed to
take a rest in his all-out, attack
Sedgman
and
sucoreded
in
0-0. In the last set, Sedgman Tranch led four goals to tood only is marvies game when at half-time--Rauter,
Who
venge, and couldn't find a flah.
gor, George Middleton-Router.
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