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HOW CRICKET CAN BE MADE BRIGHTER
Players Must Study The Spectator
COMPLETE REFORM
IMPRACTICABLE
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As is customary during the close season, the health and fu ture of first-class cricket have been scrutinised by many doctors of the game, and by many more quacks, writes a Home coTTER- pondent:
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We are asked by some to believe that the unhappy patient cannot last long without the most potent injections, while others, of extreme and, therefore, inevitably false vlèws, suggest that he should suffer euthanasia, his admired · portrait be hung in the family gallery, and his pretentious, fast-living son be hailed as his successor.
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That this inheritance should be acquired through the Bar Sinister is, of course, of little importance.
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see them.
First, [1] this has happened, Arst-class cricketers adopt, almost | many times, before half of to-day's unknowning. to those who pay to England had been born. There have been seasons as wet as that of 1936, and, therefore, treasuries us empty.
dó so.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1937.
YACHTING
"U. S. Team" V.
"The Remainder"
"The Remainder" won by ve points over the "US, Team" in the race held at the R.HK.Y.C. yesterday over a distance,, of 8.2 miles, the course being Channel Rocks (P), Rumaey Shoal (8),
Channel (8), N, Mark on line (S) Rumsey Shoal (8), Club line.
Details follow:
BASEBALL
BECOMING
POPULAR
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Many New Clubs In England
AMATEUR AND "PRO"
LEAGUES
RUMJAHNS IN THE FINAL
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Yesterday's Tennis Result
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S. A. and H. D. Romjahn quali- fled to meat E. C. Fincher and
WC Bung in the final of the
open doubles tennis champion- ship of the Colony, when thay đé- feated Wong Shul-wing and Lak Ding-cheong yesterday afternoon on the Stand Court at the H.K.
Baseball is growing rapidly in Pn. Pts. popularity in England. The com-
ing summer will see a great in- CC by 6-2, 6-3, 6-3, IL
crease in the number of teams
5 playing regularly, particularly in the northern counties. Promoters are confident that, with an impro- ving knowledge of the finer points oof the game, big gates will result.
In many districts baseball is 7 being fostered by football betting
organisations, who ses in it a opportunity for organising pools throughout the summer which, if not so profitable" as those on As- sociation football. nevertheless will provide considerable revenue.
·
Yacht
Lobo
U.S. "TEAM
Finished 18.28.42
1
Joss
(M D'Arcy-Evans) Artemis
18.33.30 (Mrs. Richards) ·
18.38.35
€
9
3
1.
Mrs. Muirhead) Cicada
(Miss Buckley) True Blue
(Mrs. Ackroyd-Hunt)
D.N.F..
10.32.16
Carpenter
Total: 25 Points
"THE REMAINDER”.
18:30,09
2
9
(Miss Crawhail-Wilson)
Eve
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(Miss King) Isabel
(Mrs. Stanton)
(Mrs. Adams) Kittiwahe
(Miss Whitham)
Total:-30 Points
Remainder "
18.35.01 8
10.30.48 3
3
8
18.32.53. 5
16.34.51 7
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Let county cricketers remember own number, some that, of their are paid to give of their best, others. from their earliest acquain- | Qull There have been, and are, wild anen who offer, their pears of re-tance with cricket nave learned to form before the blind herd of legis- lators, suggesting that two conse cutive overs be bowled from one end, that malden overs should, for some recondite reason, count against the batting side, that if a batsman stay in for an hour with- out reaching ย score of 30 he should be asked to return in
shamel to the pavillon
There are. indeed, those who would paint the sight-screens green or the ball white; though none as yet has been so artistic as to request the umpires to stand on their heads and semaphore the ektras with their feet.
To all such, because they lack logic, no logical answer can be given. They will exist, doubtless enjoy their views, and be disre- garded for generations to come.
But that there are ways ana methods in to-day's first-class cricket that stand in need of Im-
none
mediate change and improvement can deny. Moreover, the proper authorities have recently drawn attention to them.
UNNECESSARY INTERVALS Unnecessary and excessive inter- vals, the taking out on to the field of drinks, the wasted time occupied in walking to and from the wicket, the drawing of stumps on the third day merely to suit the convenience or this or that team these are all
I know from experience how easily a cricketer's efforts can relax, how pleasantly a 10-minute inter-. val can slide into 18 or 20 minutes how cheering is the thought that the 6.30 train, and not the 9 allock, will carry the team to some far distant town. But such things should not be. They must be altered.
SHORTER PROGRAMME
It would be good the specta. tor, who has stood, sandwiches or sons in hand, for a long time star- Ing, at the board "Play not guar anteed." could be certain that
"The points,
win by 5
An alteration has been made in
the the "programme of
tennis championships organised by the Hong Kong Cricket Club.
The semi-finals of the open singles between 5.A. RumJahn and EC. Fincher will be played to-morrow and the final in this section wll; be played on Friday. The final of the Open Doubles will be decided on Tuesday, May It has been suggested that a re-4, all the matches to be played duction of the county programme on the Stand Court, admission $1. would be I Anancial success. 1 think not. Alternatively, it would be a success 10 small. as to be
when he entered, full and fair play for himself could be assured.
negligible. It would not. of Itself, cure the faults which I have just enumerated.
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Cricketers, who are presumed to be fit, should be able to give of their best in 28 matches as in 22 or 24. It would not 'sult those pro- fessionals the vast majority, who are puld match by match More- over, the idea that it would elimin- atc
U.S. BASEBALL
Cardinals Going Strong
A number of teams have played
oft The Chinese pair started Very well indeed and won the first game with some fine play at'i
then The Rumjahns the net. settled down to play superb tennis and did not let their opponenES have another game until the score 5-1 when following "a stood at rally between "A" and Wong. the latter managed to point necessary to give them the game. The Rumjahns, however, took the next game to win, the set.
win the
The next two sets were very at the big sports centres in Lon- exciting as all four players came don, and it is expected that many up to the net and played spark- new clubs will make an appearing tennis. H.D. proved to be the ance during the coming season. best of the "four players and he which opens in about a month's scored some excellent points. time,
There
RIVAL TO CRICKET
Following are messages from "Morning Post" correspondents North Country towns:
Hull-There are about 40 teams playing here. Many works have their baseball clubs. An elemen tary school league, with 14 clubs, and a women's league, with five clubs, have been formed. is one professional team. During the close season "scouts" have been seeking "ace players," and a number of pitchers and catchers Professionai have been signed.
Association Rugby League and players have proved popular with the crowds, and there are several American and Canadian players in the league baseball sides in the county. Gates have been as high as 10,000.
Had Wong been more depend- able with his service he and his partner might have been able to score more points. The Third set saw the Chinese pair tire and at this stage H.D. was very promin- ent with his overhead work.
In the final between EC. Fin- the
cher and W. C. Hung and Rumjahns a keen tusate is expect-
ed and an excellent game is pro- mised.
REFEREES HOLD MEETING
The final hair monthly meeting for this season of the Hong Kong Football Referees' Association was held at the Gloucester Building last night, during which Mr W. R. Reynolds. Deputy Chairman, pre- sided. The Hon. Secretary, Mr. D. Kossick, was also present.
A general discussion regarding Axtures tok place during which the following matches were Axed for to-morrow:
Liverpool In recent years the game has grown rapidly in popula-} Irity. Last year there were, about 15 teams in the Liverpool and Dis- triet Baseball League. An increase In this number is expected in the coming season. The teams corist entirely of local talent, though
1st Division: 5.15. p.m. Seaforths. the ploneer clubs were trained by
v. Kowloon Chinese (K. 2) 5.15 American and Canadian profes-p.m. R.WF. v. H.K.P. (P. 2). New York, April 25.
sionals. Gates last season were St. Louls Cardinals remain the
those of cricket most consistent team in the Na- comparable to
the district. On the whole the standard of play is high feated Chicago Cubs-four to no- thing to-day, Jerry Dean, brother for this country. The baseball clubs are independent of the foot- of. the spectacled sensation, "Dizzy," holding the Cubs to dye ball clubs, and have created a
completely new public. hits. Chicago committed
affairs not of laws but of manners, game which is run on the League tional League to date. They de-matches in
quite little affairs to the Cricketers themselves, but sources of cumula
tive irritation to spectators, who rightly feel that an unwritten con- tract has been broken,
And cricket spectators are the fairest and most tolerant of crowds patient; sometimes by na- ture undiscerning, but anxious to discern; eager to see keep play; gradually disgusted at the sight of apathy, of lack of consideration, of a certain superior air that so many
"KOWLOON GOLF
CLUB
Bemi-Final Round of the Open Foursomes resulted as follows:- R. K. Collings & A. A. Lopes beat
T. D. Paton and A. J. Dennis 5/4. F. C. Barry & C. G. Anderson beat
F. E. Lawrence and F. A. Z 6/5. Starting times for Squier Cup Qualifying Round, Sunday, 2nd. May, 1937,
8.42 a.m. M. A. Calina and W.
Kerabaw
8.46 a.in. J. McKelvie and S. Jex 8.50 a. C. G. Anderson and J.
Hedrian
certain fixtures of inferior "drawing" power is faintly ridi- culous. In any competition in any or. Table system there must be a uniber of matches that do not greatly attract the public. As in businesses, so in games, we can- not expect a pront on every deal.
ave
St. Louis batting strongly,
This leads me to the contempla- erors tion of those who would alter the whole structure of first class crie-counted eleven safeties for their ket, who would exchange its noble four runs.
Boston Braves out-scored the architecture for some jerry-bullt. garish palace which would catch doughty Giants, though each hit the eye, Indeed, for a short time,safely only six times and the Bra- ves had three errors. Boston 'scor- but assuredly disgust before long.
ed three times and the Giants once. New York, giving away one error.
only
At
2nd Division:—3.15 p.m. R.U.R! V.: R.W.F. (P. 1); 5.15 p.m. Club v. Kowloon Chinse (H. 2); 3.16 p.m. R.E.'s V. Seaforths (8.. 1).
3rd Division:-3.15 p.m. R.E's. ‚V.. R.A.0.C. (K. D).
The next meeting will be held on September 13,
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ballers are
being trained in the summer game and have been able to draw wages from it.
and While
" IN YORKSHIRE Scarborough is able to support one basebali team. The Scarborough Seagulls have created so much interest in the game that in the summer one can see every.
Leeds has both amateur where children playing baseball with paper balls and broomsticks. professional league clubs.
first the difficulty was to there are indications that the educate the public. This was large-game may catch the public im- ly overcome by providing running agination, gates have not so far commentaries on the game by.ex- been large. Eric Harris, the Aug- perts through loudspeakers. The tralian Rugby League football public, which, with a knowledge player, is a member of the Leeds team. It is hoped by of cricket was disappointed at the basebni! comparative absence of big hitting, adding other well-known players, has now begun to appreciate the to increase local interest. A charity the good "pitcher." The Scar-exhibition game on the Headingley Wet-grounds prevented the Cla-borough team is a member of the ground attracted 5.000 spectators, here to-day by one goal to nil cinnati.Pittsburgh engagement. Yorkshire Baseball League which,
HOLLAND BEATS GERMANY
International Hockey
Amsterdam, April 25. Holland defeated Germany in the international hockey match
The Dutch forward play was the feature of the match which
"In a wild eleventh inning rally. Brooklyn took the measure of the Phillies. ten to six. Manush and Basset hit home runs at the crucial moment. The Dodgers hit thirteen and Philadelphia ten. Each had one error.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Ja
in turn, has close connection with the county Football League. Foot-
New York Yankees whipped Bos- attracted four thousand spectators.ton, nine to three, hitting 13 to Westerkamp scored the only goal the Box' eight, and benentting of the match for Holland.- Transocean News Service,
largely by the Boston errors. There were four of them. Doerr hit a homer for the yox.
SOCCER BATTLE
Hanover, April 25. In 11 innings, Cleveland beat st Germany's football team defeat- Louis five to four in another slug- 8.54 am. B. Basto. and W. Taylored Belgium by one goal to nil in ging match, bitting 15 to the 8.58 a.m. F. R. Booker and A. 8.
a closely contested game which Browns 14 Cleveland had five Read
attracted a
errors. large number 9.02 a.m. F. A. Hill and R. K
spectators. The match was played Collings
at Hindenburg, Transocean News Service."
9.00 am. X. 8. Robertson and F. E. Lawrence. 9.10 a.m. J. 3. Baste and F. C.
Barry 9,14 a.m. A. J. Dennis and J. Gel-
fetly 9.18 a.m. J. Smedley, and A. A.
Lopes
9:32 am. A W. da Hoza and E.
Gardiner 9.26 a.m. Wm. Orr and W. M.
Groves
9.30 am. W. C. Simpson and F. J. Hammick
9.34 a.m. G. C. Mass and H. H.
Mundy
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9.38 a.m. E. C. Fincher and E. W.
Loveless
9.42 a.m. 3. D. Thomson and W.
! Stoker
9.46 am. D. J. N. Anderson and J. R. Lelton B 9.30 am.
A E I Castro and T.
D. Paton.
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SKIING IN NORWAY.
Oxford Captain Shares
First Plate
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Other centres where the game has been successfully introduced are Sheffield, Bradford and York.
Sporting Fixtures
TO-DAY-
Meeting. Kowloon Football Club Ground, 1 p.m.
་ ་
Baxing "Army Boxing Finals, Murray Barracks, a pa
Golf.-R.A Golf Meeting (Far- Hing).
Badminton.-Y. M. C. A. Badmin- ton, in the West Lounge. 8.30 p.m. Chicago scored 11- runs to bet-
Meetings-Kowloon Chess Club, roit's seven in another ii-innings St. Andrew's Church Hall; 5.30 p.m. encounter Berger whacking
Snooker.--- Open Championship: home run. The White Sox hit 14. A Noronha . A. J. Osmund (R. and the Tigers ten. The winners N. Y. P. Canteen); G. M. P. Re-Bingles Final: M. Fash v. A. L.
The Washington - Philadelphia medios r. L. V. Antonio (C, F. O.
and PLO. Rec. Room),"9 p.m.
had two errors.
game was washed out by rela- Reuter.
W. D. H. Kessler (Oxford) was 1. Å. Palmer-Tomkinson, the Ox-placed 15th, F. N. Q. Curle (Ux- tord captain and University cham- ford) 25th. J. G. Appleyard (Com- plon, shared first place with two bridge), 32nd, P. J. A. Wrenford Norwegian aki-ers, | (Cambridge), 35th, J. W. H. Cun- front-rank Fossum and Holthe, in the Glad- ningham (Cambridge) 36th. M. R. boepiggen alalom race. He suc- Anderson (Cambridge) 37th, and cass, coupled with his fourth place A. C. Albery (Cambridge) 38th. In the downhill race on the first There were 47 competitors. day of the meeting, gives him third plice in the combided event. ́ ́·
Falmt)-Tomkinson ran an ex: cellent face th the slalom and covered the course in žmin. 50 sec.
Weather and snow conditions wers excellent, but the course was steep and exceedingly difficult, and several of the Englishmen fell and lost time.
Tennis-HK.C.C. Championship
Sullivan (stand court), 4.30 p.m.
FRIDAY, APRIL 39
Tennis. Open Doubles Final: W. Hung and E. C. Fincher v. 8. A. 'Rumjahn and H. D. Rumjahn, or
Tennis-Hong Kong C.C. Handi- cap Mixed Doubles Final: G. Pol-0. glase and Mrs. R. M. Wood v. A. L Sullivan and Mrs. Sullivan (Stand
Court).
Y.
Wong Shiu-wing and Luk Ding- cheong (itând court), 4.30 p.m.
SATURDAY, MAY 1 TO-MORROW
Bowle. Division I: ".0.0.0. Shooting HK Rifle Association)K.C.C., Recreio † 05CD., K.B.G.C. Spoon and Practice Bhoot (Army |Y HKFC, EDEC. v. PEC.; Rahge, Kowloon City), * um Division II: ECC. V. 0.0.0., Tennis Open Bingles final: H, HECY KBG.C., Recreio v. D. Rumjahn v. 3. A. Rumjahn or ERC FRCY IRC: Division 11: E. C. Pacher (REO.C. stand CSPC. V. KPC, Yacht Club y. UDC HEERO Y EIRO, court), 4.30 p.m.
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