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SPORTING NEWS AND NOTES
Baseball Played By Sound HAMMOND AND
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AS BLIND TURN TO SPORTS
"Sound baseball," which may
be best described as a cross be-- tween hockey and indoor base- ball, has
promoted In been Dakland, California, by Robert. V. Chandler. Superintendent of the Industrial Home for the Adult Blind,
The sport has become so popu- Iar, that Mr. Chandler has C- ranged for its formal adoption by the American Foundation for the Blind, and to have the rules of the game prepared for distribution by
the Braille Institute.
toward the batter, who swings at it by sound, as the ball his "jinglers" in it so that batters and Belders may locate it. Nine Selders of the opposing team kneel behind the baselines. and upon trapping the ball, must roll it across the baseline in front of a batter or runner to make a |put-out.
Double plays are not infrequent, and excitement of the game and typical arguments over close de- cisions are as frequent as in regular games, says Mr. Chandler.
He explained he got the idea of The game as it is played, consists the gume, as a result of the Inter- of a regulation Indoor, baseball est shown in baseball by inmates diamond. At each base is a buz-of the home.
the
ser of different tone, controlled by "I believe the game demonstrates the umpire who can see. The um-to the public," he said, "that it is pire pushies electric buttons to possible for a person with sound the buzzers, which serve to physical handicap of blindness not help the runner locate the base only to work in the various trades, and to tell the sightless fielders but to participate in sports if eer- when a runner is approaching.
tain changes are made to permit playing of the games by sound rather than by sight."—(Christian Science Monitor),
A regulation hockey stick l used for a bat, and the pitcher. who is not blind, rolls the ball
WIMBLEDON GOLF!
COURSE SOLD
U.S. BASEBALL RESULTS
of
Wimbledon Borough Counc!) re"
New York, August 4. cently decided to buy from Admi The following
results are Sir Reginald Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-traseball matches played yesterday: Drax the freehold interest in the
NATIONAL LEAGUE land belonging to him and now leased to the Royal Wimbledon Golf Club, together with a further 40 acres of adjacent land:
Chicago
New York
3 11
R. H. E 0
8 12 1
The land is to be preserved as
(Ott. Bartell. Mancuso and an open space. The purchase price is £151,000 plus solicitors Seeds homered for the Giants)
costs and the deal is subject to a loan being sanctioned by the Min- istry of Health.
Conditions of the deal are that
The Connell accepts the offer of the golf club to assist in the purchase by leasing the land" it now occupies for 60 years at -an--anqual-rental-of-~£2,080.- and that financial assistance from the Surrey County Coun- cil is forthcoming to the ex- tent, of 20 per cent. of the net cost of the land. after deduct--- ing the capitälised value of the
annnal rent to be received
from the golf club.
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Pittsburgh.
9 18
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Boston..
+ 10
3
Pittsburgh Boston :..
5
101
3
8 1
10
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12
2
Cincinnati.. Philadelphia
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York ... Detroit
10
17
2
7 15 8
(Eleven innings were played. Rufing and Gordon homered for the "Yankees).
At the Council meeting, several
Boston amendments by Socialist members, suggesting that the price should Cleveland
be fixed by arbitration, and that
a plebiscite should be held, were defeated.
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During the proceedings a man in the public gallery, who asked, "Why don't you have a plebiscite?" was ordered out.
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Philadelphia Chicago
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3 6
2
14
18
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2 10 1 (J. Johnson homered twice for the, White Sox),
Washington St. Louis..
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BRADMANTM
Both Have 13
Centuries
SELLING FALSE SUSSEX MADE TO
TEST MATCH
TICKETS Operating For Years
W. R. Hammond. the England It was stated at Marylebone the recently that captain, playing for his county police-court Gloucester. against Somerset. | authorities ALL Lord's cricket scored 101 not out in the second ground, where the second Test was Innings. He thus reached his" played, have for years been striv- 13th century for the season
anding to find out how falso pass-out
this
far.
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FOLLOW ON
But Bartlett Hits Sixes Later
With practically all the first day lost through rain a finish between Kent and Susger at Tunbridge Wells recently WIS unlikely, especially as, owing to the long hours arranged for the first two days, stumps were to be drawn at 430 at the latest.
Kent took first, Irinings points.
INDIAN HOCKEY TOURISTS
Triumphant Tour In New Zealand
The Manavadar Hockey, team Peter Fernandez did not play." S. that played in Colombo on their M. Hussain (2), Ahmed Khan (2), and Shahabudin way to New Zealand have been Sultan Khan meeting with much success so far were the scorers Hussain was des- The First Test match will be play-cribed as the outstanding player ed at Christchurch and the Second on the alde.
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Test at Wellington. The anal Two days later the Manavadar Test will be played at Auckland team beat South Taranak! by B on August 27, a day or two befora] goals to 1. P. Fernandez was in the Manavadar team start on their great form and scored 4 goals. return voyage..
Feroz Khan scored the other 2
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In this connection it is interesting tickets for big matches came into to note that D. the possession of hawkers outside G. Bradman, the the ground:
On June 18 the tourists beat goals..
to The effects of the rain proved Wanganui by 4 goals
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AT WELLINGTON Australian,
The police said that a gang of transient and though Sussex's first Although the ground was poor for has also: 13 hundreds six or seven men were engaged in innings ended just before lunch for Hockey the tourists played well tourists playing at Wellington on a crowd of 10,000 saw the credit thus selling these worthless tickets out-157, which meant that they had Feroz Khan scored two goals and better ground.
side the ground during the Test to follow on 289 behind, there Abdul Latif and Lajpat Ral one team are reported to have played The Manavadar would ap-match: The tickets were hawked
never seemed any real chance of pear, therefore. at prices varying between 8s and their being put out again, and each. Wanganut are the present as fine a game as the 1835 Al- holders of the Inter-provincial India side. Manavadar scored six that the chances 10s, each.
both these Hler Johnson. 49. salesman of
trophy. Shahnoor Khan, Fernan-
goals in the first half and at the dez and Sultan Khan played bril-final whistle they had scored 12 batsmen beating Tudor-street, Cardit, and Albert
fantly.. Jack Hobb's 16 Edward Bristow. 31, clerk, of in a season are Brondesbury-villas, Kilburn, who extremely bright were stated by the police to have though
is been operating with the gang in doubtful whe-hawking the tickets, were charged ther
or before Mr. Ivan Snell with attem either of thempting respectively to obtain sums will set up a new aggregate record of 8s and 10s from persons un- the present one being held by known by false pretences. Tom Hayward (3518) set up in 1906.
Bradman
... the wizard
both
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GRACEFUL TRIBUTE
A graceful compliment has been paid to England's captain, W. R.
Hammond.
Although he has not played. as an amateur, in sufficient matches for the M. C. C. to qualify for membership, he has been invited to become a member of the club. Eari Baldwin, the president of “the M. C. C. was the instigator of the invitation..
Membership of the
but Johnson pleaded guilty. said that the tickets were offered to him by a "gentleman," and he did not think he was doing wrong in trying to earn a few shillings.
He was discharged under the Probation of Offenders Act with
a caution.
ed him.
Bartlett made merry at the close to the tune of 63 in 50 minutes He hit three 's and seven 4's, and his 6's went so far that two balls were in alternate use, lest either might prove irrecoverable.
Sussex with their score"at 44. for one, were 402 behind when play began at eleven o'clock, and H. Parks and Bartlett were both out when but 5 more had been added, before the přich had decided to behave fairly reasonably."
Chalk was not long, in bringing on his slow left-handers, and we had the pleasant and reminiscent spectacle of Woolley sending down
HUSSAIN OUTSTANDING.
goals. Oumaram Singh played an amazing game and Hussain was The tourists then defeated brilliant. Lajpat Rai was also at North Taranaki by 5 goals to 1. his best.
On June 28 the Maravadar team beat Nelson by 7 goals to 1. They played one short, in the second
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AUSTRALIANS APPEAL half as Feroz Khan had strained
TO AUTOGRAPH HUNTERS
The demand by the public for Autographs of the Australian cricket team has grown to such an extent that it has become a bur- den on the players.
thou
Mr. W. H. Jeanes, the manager. five overs, three, of which were The magistrate gave Bristow the maidens, from the Pavillon end. has pointed out that on the voy- benefit of the doubt and discharg-But it was Lewis who began to do age from Australis some
sands of autograph sips had been the damage.
Following on 280 behind, Sussex signed by the team, but that the met immediate disaster, for in his supply of these was now exhaust- Arst over Harding brought across ed.
He appealed to the public for
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LAWN BOWLS TEAMS
The following are some of the premier lawn bowls teams chosen to play cricket club is not easily obtained: tomorrow:- Non-playing applicants have to
wait for many years before ad- mission, and for this reason many fathers enter their sons at birth.
Those who were proposed and secorded In 1912 are not yet eligible for election
First-class cricketers can obtain admission more easily, as they be- come eligible after playing in a certain, number of matches for the club.
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FIRST DIVISION
Kowloon C.C.
of
a muscle. Sultan Khan scored a goals, Abdul Latif two, and Shaha- huddin one goal.
of
Y.M.C.A. ACTIVITIES
The following is the programme activities at the European YMCA, for the coming week:-
Sunday: Discussion Group in the West Lounge at 9 p.m."
&
Whist
Monday: Servicemen's Drive in the West Lounge at 9 p.m. Tuesdays and Friday: Badminton and Mixed Swimming.
Wednesday: Ladies Badminton-in
a really good one to hit the top
John Langridge's off-stump.. sympathetic consideration by re-the morning in the West Lounge,
Thursday: A.R.P. Lecture for Harding for a few overs continued fraining from seeking for players
to bowl well. His direction was autographs, either by asking for women in the West Lounge at 11 good, and, apart from being quite signed slips or sending books or 3.m.
fast, he has ideas about a yorker. 'other articles to the grounds or Saturday: Launch Bathing Pic-
3 p.m.
but at the end of his spell hẹ hard-hotels. to be signed, or soliciting [nic. Launch, leaves Police Pler at
W. Hyde, T. Madar, H. Overy. E. 15 looked so formidable. C. Fincher (skip).
V, C. Labrum, J. Smith, A. W. Smith. E. Kern (skip).
-H. Nah, J, W. M. Brown, R. Craig, J. Hyde.(skip).
Reserve: A. Jones.
SECOND DIVISION
H.K. Football Club (A)
J. S. Howell. J. Ralston, A W. Hodges, J. Russell (skip).
R. P. Shaw. E. Strange, H. V.
VIEWS ON TEST Pearce, G. Duncan (skip).
letters
to the !
BLK. Football Club (B)
W. Buller, G. S. Graver. F. H. The following Editor of The Daily Telegraph Glover. A. Brooksbank (skip). and Morning Post are of interest:"
Sir-Readers have suggested that six days should be allotted One important to Test matches. point has been overlooked, that of the strain or the players.
8. Strange. C. F. Needham, L. Lammert, E S. Carter (skip).
A. Steven, J..Dalgarno. W. Gill, E. Tuck (skip).
Could not a system of allocation J. of points be devised for the Test (Clift homered for the St. Louis series on the lines of the county
DEATH OF MR. Browns)-(Reuter).
J. T. BAINES
Mr. Jack T. Baines, whose death, following Influenza, oc- curred at Cambridge recently, was for many years honorary treasurer of the Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club, and many visiting players of International rank had experi- enced his hospitality.
Representing Cambridge before
RUMOURS OF A BOYCOTT
AUSTRALIANS AT TRENT BRIDGE
S. A. Mansell, C. B. Robertson Beach, J. A. R. Selby (skip).
THIRD DIVISION FLK. Football Club
C. G. Bollis, R. Edwards, T.
championship? It is rather sad that the marvellous first inning's Rowell, H. H. Pegg (skip). effort of the English side in the recent Test can have no real bear-Cressey. V. Walker (skip). ing on the result of the series.- Yours faithfully,
B. J. Lacon, B. I. Bickford. S.
M. W. DRIVER.
Petts Wood. Kent. June 18.
DULL CRICKET
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A. M. Didsbury, A. Thumson, R Fitches, J. Skinner (skip).
Kowloon C.C.
A. A. Dand, A. E. Perry, R. Marks, W. W., Hirst (sklo).
W. Bambro. R. Harding. C. J. Sir-Dull cricket is the result of Tacchi, J. M. Jack (skip). the "no time limit” and the
W. Hobbs, W. T. French, L. Jack,
"doping of the pitch." I have T. Carr (skip). "
seen all the Austrailan teams
There were rumours of a boy. that have been over here since the
see the Australians.
coincides with the introduction of
the "no time limit"rule for. Test
Reserve:-R. Meadows,
PETER KANE
matches," the improvement in de Can He Still Make
fensive batting, and the making of batsmen's wickets.
the war, in which he was seriously cott when only 8,000 people paid war, and each one has been less wounded, he competed in the for admission at Trent Bridge to attractive than the last, This French championships nominated British player, showing his mettle by defeating Tilden and Mrs. Mallory in the mixed doubles, paired with Miss E D Holman, "
Mr. Baines, a member of the International Club, and present at the annual match against · Cam- bridge at Fenner's, had precisely the same scholastic and sporting record at Harrow as his father. who was a contemporary of Earl Baldwin:
LADIES' GOLF
Larwood, who was not fit at the moment,
had said he would not have played against the Australians even if he had been able to as he had not forgotten the rotten accusa tions made against his bowl- ing in Australia
Who can deris that stroke play has suffered and that cricket has become a bore compared with what it was when we had a Jack Hobbs, a Ranil, a Macartney, the It was felt that feeling in re hooks of George Hirst, the mighty gard to this old controversy was hitting of J. N. Crowford, and the responsible for the poor atten- brillant off-play of the late Jack dance but Mr. H. A. Brown, the sharp?-Yours faithfully, Notts Cricket Club secretary, des-
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cribed 'the suggestion as "a mon- Lee, S., June 18.
The result of the July competi-strous invention.". tion for the Captain's Cup "at Happy Valley is as follows:
Mrs. Overy
"Indeed," he added, "considering that it has been as cold as Christ- 107-30-77
mas and that play was stopped 98-1979 three times for rain, it is surprising Medal Pool that as many as 6.000 people turn- (June-July) at Deep Water Bayed up."
Mrs. MacKenzle
The result of the
are as follows:-
Mrs, WatsoT).
Mrs. Margrétt
Mrs. Lissaman Mrs. Cobb...... Mrs. Murdock Mrs. Brown..... Mrs. Belby
41-14-27
41-13---28
Sporting
Fixtures
TODAY
BADMINTON, Y.M.C.A. Badmin-
ton in the West Lounge...
"Fly" Limit?
America is making a deter- mined effort to match the fly- weight championship of the world, recently vacated by Benny Lynch. The Latest de- mand is that Jackie Jurich and Small Montana should meet for the tlile.
The British Boxing Board, of Control had already nominated Jurich, who was matched against Lynch in the night in which the latter pald forfeit for being over- weight, as the chief contender but they were puzzled to know who to name as his opponent.
- Now comes the news that Peter Kane, who was thought to have finished with the flyweight divi- BRIDGE-Cheer Club Contract sion, is willing to make the eight stone limit again if he can secure 37 8 29 Major-General P. J. Mackosy,
Bridge, & p.m.. 43-14-29 who is to be the new commander MEETINGS.-Council of the HK.itle bout. 40-1030 of the 49th Division (West Riding)
Lawn Bowls Assn. in-8.C.M. Post, 40-10:30 Territorial Army, is another En- Board Room, 5,30 p.m. 42-12-30 gineer officer of distinction. "P. SWIMMING-Mixed Swimming in training in about a month. He is J.," as he is known to friends, has European YM.C.A. Swimming convinced that he will not impair his strength and stamina by taken to mechanised "operations POOL
HOCKEY MEETING
Kane's injured hand is mending rapidly and he expects to start
like a duck to water. In North TENNISD Division: Kowloon making the weight; •
The annual general meeting of Russia his broadest smile was the United Hockey Clubs will be when he saw Russian soldiers
held at the European YMCA Kowloon, on Tuesday at 6.45 pm.
trained by British officers beat a British Artillerý team at football.
Tong R.C. v. Army T.C.;. Kowloon Indian T.C. v. Central British Assn: Kowloon C.C. v. Chinese R.C. Indian R.Q. v, Club de Re-
crelo; Civil Service CC. V. Crai Kongower G.C.: Police R.C. v. A. #hing A.A
Individual players.
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