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CRICKET NOTES
SPORTING CRICKET AT KOWLOON
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The other day I pernsid, with the greatest care, the remarka of the Director of the Royal Obser- vatory, published after his recent brand-cast talk out Typhoon to my great disappointment found no explanation whatever why our local signals are almost in- variably hoisted on a Friday, and kept up long enough to ruin or week-ends. I am beginning to on visigo a sort of personal devil who has his habitation in typhoons, and about Wednesday or thinks that there are a lot of his pals in the Caling and that he might as well blow in for a werk-end visit. Then about Friday night he begins to holleet what a Hong Kong Sun- day is like and slides off to Swatow or darao, giving us nunt of the unpleasantness that the near pre-
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» sucer of a typhoon always causes. All this, na my readers for the more intelligent amag them) "may have guessed, refers to the dis gusting way in which tricket got jammed on Saturday last.
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was nothing at all wrong. was no more than a fresh breeze, rain only spattered occasionally, an save that the dusk closed in 'a bit early it was 'n delightful day for cricket. Yet as Number Seven signal was up the Navy swung round its bugs in the Harbour and, I anake no doubt, cussed quite as heartily as did the Civil Ser- vier, who have only played one match his year and are badly in int proper Mateh-practice. But it course it had to be off. The friendly game between the Indians and the Club-first elevens-was ale put off. Soo Kun Poy is an awkward place to get to or to leave in heavy rain, though actually of course the gate could have been played perfectly well. I was watch ing the Rugger on the rext ground and there was no more thin the lightest of drizzles.
A Sporting Declaration.
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1932.
GIANT MOTOR
MADE IN SEVEN WEEKS
WORLD RECORD AT
BASEBALL
YANKEES THE GREATEST- IN GAME'S HISTORY
DALE ALEXANDER IS BATTING CHAMPION
could not get them to turn back from the off, and so they 'went
LONDON, Oct. 14. nway clear of all danger for the On October 23 an interesting batsman. There were twenty byes piece of electrical machinery will anang the twenty eight extras, bub | leave this country for the East. A learn that it is hardly fair to Midlands manufacturing firm re- blame Hunter for a good many ofĮceived from an iron and steel firm in India an order for a rolling
Chicago, Sept. 90.-The World mill motor of 7,600 h.p. with a peak Serics of 1022 has trailed off toward load of 18,000 h. The matter was its final resting place among basc urgent and a condition was made ball's legoads, leaving the realm of that the order should be completed | the national pastime once more un- in nine weeks. The whole job was der the absolute rule of the actually completed in seven weeks, American League, and one of the a manufacturing record for produc greatest champion teams in all tion and delivery. Soms idea of the sports history the New York character of the motor may be gain-Yankees. Never before has any bal! ed by the fact that it weighs 10 | etubs approached their amazing re- tons and has a diameter of 28 feet. The overall efficiency reached is 00.3
Il-fated Army Bowling. Mirehouse had À. C. Hamilton the away playing Tugger for Ariny, and Mussom 'was out for the first time, and had not played for quite a long time. I rather think
The missed the last few matches In-t
season, during which he trained his back rather badly on ne ve casion. Under the eirenmstoneet, his declaration at 173 for three on
plumbwicket was distinctly sporting. No one, however seems to have given him much assistance, though he kept a length more or less all through. I find the bowling aunlysis, if currect, difficult lo understand.
Austruther started,
but after fourteen runs had come from his first two overs, he was taken off for Stacker who bowled two for a similar number. The
policy of quick changes is all very well when there are a couple of steady batsmen playing themselves in, though even so two DVETN is hardly enough to let bowler settle down. But when batsmen ar obviously out to score off every thing, it is much wiser to give ones bowlers, a chance-unless of course they were bowling hopeless tripe. Musson was then tried but he had stiffened up and wisely enough was only given one over. Then Dewey had three and at long-last-Ilonas four, during which he got two for thirteen. I ennnot understand which he did not open with Mire- house, to whom he is an admirable contrast, for it is most upsetting to have a left hand leg-breaker at one end, and a right-hand off break- er at the other.
Lay Lashes Out.
p.c.
"BABY" CYCLE'S 100 MILES AN HOUR
BROOKLAND'S RECORDS
BROKEN
LONDON, Oct. 14
cord as conquerors of the Chicago Cubs in four straight games and possessore of twelve World Series iriumphs.
It was something to set down in the record books with 我 proper touch of awe and veneration when the Yankees of 10% and 1928 swept through, first, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and then the St. Louis Cardinals, to win two world titles without a single defeat. Now the Cuba have been added to that amazing record, without having! 1. J. Archer, driving a 250 v.e.
even extended the mighty east of New Imperial motor cycle, broko labe Ruth, Lon Gehrig, Bill three Brookland's records on October Dickey, Tony Lazzeri, and the rest. 19, the first being the Class A It seems now as though the Brums, motor-cycle (250 cc) record. He themselves, though they waged the completed a lap at 100.41 miles an gamest fight they knew, never at any hours Archer completed two cir-time had much belief in their own cuits breaking the record on each ability to conquer the Yankees. On his second lap he reached" a speed of 100.21 miles an hour. This is the first time a 250 c.c. machine has reached 100 miles an hour He then went on to lower other records. Still averaging over 100 miles an hour, ho, raashed the 250 e.c. five kilometres and five miles records. Over the five kilometres he averaged 100.38 miles an hour, and his speed over the five miles was
100.32 m.p.h.
that is between the Civil Service
Irvin Howe, the yoteran baseball statistician, checked and double checked his record books to day and the cold figures showed Dale Alex- ander, of Busion, as batting cham pipn of the American League by .32 thousandths per cent. over Jimmy Foxx of Philadelphia. The final tatistics, largely official, gave the standings of the two close rivals
434-
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144-3373
Games at bat hits Pet. Alexander 124 302 Foxx
154 585
213 .3041
I his 2 years as official statis-
and the Indian, Recreation Chubtician of the American League,
on the ground of the former Club, Howe never has missed naming the batting champion, his semi-official
By way of putting the lid on things a bowler reported as Cragge howled two overs-nestly futi tosses will say at once that I do not to leg-for twenty-seven runs. I think thos the Civil Service's don't know, though I guess, who chance of success is a good one, but he was. All this however dres nos unless their batting breaks down
detract from the magnificent hit-completely they should draw the last minute about the CS.C.C.|ting of Lay who hit sixty-six out gaine. It will be interesting to see
and
ck.
The League Prospects.
ecords checking accurately with the final official averages. That re- cord for accuracy and Alexander's slight lead seemed insurance cough
is no doubt ensier to captain a side as the National League. Even if from there but, he is sadly missed another base bit should be credited ut Cover. Wallington is by no menus bad but he would do better to the Philadelphin firat baseman, at extra, while Sayer saves a whole his average would be .3558. lot of singles just by being there.
There is no hard-and-fast rule in the number of games in which a player must compete to be eligible for the batting championship, but Howe fixes it at 100 or more. Thus, Alexander is easily oligible for the crown, although his record showa that he was in 30 fewer games than the Athletics' first basemman.
match at King's Park, I did not of his seventy in boundaries, with if Sayer's change over to Gelding that Alexander was the HR king of get te m, Liffin until somewhat late one six. He got his rugs in just at mid-on makes any difference. It base hits in the America as well
pletely forgot the K.C.C. under forty-minuter, E. C. Fincher and Army Match might be on. Sot played an excellent knock and instea felephoning over and
I am told neither gave any easy fading out, and so going actus chance. K.C.C. got the rane jast the K.C.C.. I watched the Indian in time, though, as a member of
The Craigangower first cleven is nad' Club (seconds) and after saw the side remarked to me, they did a home to K.C.C. in a friendly the Rugger, thereby missing a
pot deserve to win for their feiding, game and there should be some good cricket. The C.C.C. batting splendid game. The Army wont in
however RÖCIUS a bit wonky this first and found the K.C.C. bowling
year, and when R. Loe starts mnk definitely off coluar while a K.C.C.
This really gives us little to gong his thirties regularly I am dis run informed me that the Belding
I have always known that the posed to wonder if he can keep up was the worst som at Kowloon for Army have a likely batting side, must at present be regarded as one He certainly Lis bowling form. several years. It is said that as and so of course have Kowloon. of our most promising youngsters. many as filtegi cauches were put The whole question of their future By the way, I see I onmitted the down though in fairness to Stocker depends on their ability to produce Saturday. It seems
C.C.C. and University match last have been and Musson one should state that howlers to get wickets quickly, and these were later on. I gather that this calls for good catching and though both and lives, aoither put ap anything sitting. Under the fielding. circumstances, the bowlers had a thin time as the rot spread to tho ground fielding and the ball, was not ever picked up cleanly. Innes and Hung had a day off while Burnett could not pitch his out swingers on the leg or middle stick. On the plumb wicket he
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KING'S THEATRE COMING SHORTLY!
"SUNSHINE SUSIE "
The Sunday Game.
to The Volunteers took over
rather a colourless draw, Lee got runs for C.C.C. but they definitely had the worst of the exchanges. They were however without Omar.
Big Match on Club Ground. The Club are at home to a Ber-
Babe Ruth's Record. Base Ruth, participating in tom Word's Series in a period of seven- ten years, has hatted the pitching of National League champions for. a series average of 303. He joined the Yankees in 1921. While a
member of the Boston Red Sox, he served only as a pinch hitter or as
pitcher and in his three World Series-classics with that tag.be made only one hit, but he ob
King's Park on Sunday last what vices teams, but though the fatter, looked like a pretty useful team as mublished, is useful enough it is but they got an awful hiding from hardly representative of the Ser- the Navy. L. T. Ride, Mackay, vice full strength. If I am correct. F. B. W. Smith, Grithe and F.
in supposing that the Lieut. Garth- Baker only got eight runs between waite is the Naval Officer who has them, and Mitchell and Munro recently been making a lot of runs participated in five games, going to alone did any good. The side was in Service cricket at Portsmouth, the plate eleven times. The one out for eighty-one runs. There were no extras and I must con- gratulate the Navy stumper, don't know who he was though suspect Stannard-Holland usual bowled very well, though the Volunteers committed suicide large ly by trying to hit him in the air, and across the break. Jenner-Fust also did very well.
Eden Comes ON.
there are no less than seven of the
Senior Service in the team. Mire-hit, against the Cubs, was a smash- house, for what reason I know not, ing three-bagger, and was the be is not playing and I was amazed ginning of his career as batting to and Jenner-Fuat Only first rechampion.
garve,
Carver. I take it will keep Ruth's greatest year ir the World.
for them. The Club are turning Series was in 1928, when he wound out a pretty strong side, and I am up with an average of 625. delighted to see H. R. D. Hancock
is turning out for them.
Congratulations.
HONG KONG FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION
The Naval Authorities-in cricket Thare is a notable absentee from -have been waiting for, Eden to the Club side in the person of Alan moke runs as be has a big-reputa-Reid, of the Chartered Bank-By- tion and obviously some very nice the time these lines appear in shots Last Sunday he justifiedrint I understand that he will to play in an Interport trial match himself and retired for a nice have entered the ranks of the forty-six-which, I gathered from Benedicts, and I say convinced that the Volunteers, impressed them con-all Cricketers here will wish, me to siderably. Higham and Yates got express their, as well as my, 35 and 33 respectively and, incid-heartiest congratulations to him cotally each secured three catches And, knowing Alan, as well as a whon fielding..
do at, cricket, we extend no less hearty congratulations to his wife. To-morrow's Games
We all sincerely hope that the Club will not lose a cricketer but gain There is only one League Game down for decision to-morrow and yet another spectator in the Ladies
(Continued on next column.)
R. ABBIT
Tent.
The following have been selected-
gunsta
team to be selected. latch to be played on Caroline Hili ground on Tuesday, November 8. Kick-off 4 p.m. sharp,
Rodger: Martin, Etrange (Clib); Bliss (Hakleon), Barber (Lincolns), A. Duncan (Club) B. Gosano (St. Joseph's), Wong Hee Shun (South China) Johnson (Police), Suen Kam Shun (C.A.A.), and Baldry (Lincolne).
Reserves: Mullane (8,W.B.), Bel trao (St. Joseph's), Jones (B.W.B.)
HELENA MAY CONCERT
DELIGHTFUL MUSIC AND.
LARGE AUDIENCE
Les gave us some delightful music on the piano, And Mr. F. Griggs and Mr. Ronald True played the accompaniments for the singers.
Airs, Lockhart's rendering of "Spring goes a roaming," early A very enjoyable concert was in the programme was particularly given at the Helena May Institute charming, but Mr. Anderson did yesterday, a large number of musio not miss his share of applause lovers being present. The vocalists Virgin Rose" his last song wore Mrs. H. L. Lockhart and being particularly well received. Mr. C. R. Anderson Mrs, Amelia Mrs. Amelia Lee delighted every.
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one by her piano solos but was hard hearted enough to refuse an encore to Bird Song at Eventide" which everyone would have been glad to hear again.
A song and piano recital will be given on Noveinber 17 by Mrs. W. Mathieson and Mrs. A. M. Bowes- Smith, all admirers of Mrs. Bowes- Smith's delightful art will be glad to know that she is RO 100% to Using to them again,
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