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BOWLEY'S BRIGHT CRICKET
BRINGS DOWNFALL OF GLOUCESTER.
SUSSEX PLAYER MAKES 280 & TAKES 6 FOR 31.
1.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1929.
PARLOUS PLIGHT
OF SHIP.
VICTORIA ASHORE WITH BIG GRAIN CARGO.
MAY BE JETTISONED.
Shanghai, May 14. Serious consequences for sufferers in the famine area may follow a shipping casualty which has occur: red near Shanghai.
The vessel concerned is the 8.8. FINE BOWLING FEATS. Victoria, which has on board ap- proximately 7,800 tons of Canadian wheat which was destined for the London, May 14. Several bright batting per- Famine, Relief Committee, The formances, notably Sussex's 410 Victoria went badly ashore on the for two wickets against Glouces- Tungsha Splt on the 10th, and all ter, does not materially affect the efforts to refloat the vessel have fact that the wicket in the past, proved unsuccesful. three days has largely favoured bowlers.
Eight matches were concluded to-day, seven of them in the county championship. as the result of:
It is thought unlikely, so badly Is the ship stranded, that the Vic- toria will be able, to get off be fore May 22nd, then the next high tide will occur. Sagre Hi d
The question therefore arisen as" jettison her valuable cargo.
IMPORTANT GOLF TOURNEY.
THOUSAND · GUINEAS COMPETITION.
WALTER HAGEN SETS NEW RECORD FOR COURSE.
GOOD BRITISH SCORES.
London, May 14.
Fresh. from his Open Champion- ship triumph, Waiter Hagen, the Amerienu captain, played a superb round in the qualifying com-" petition for the Thousand Guinens Tournament which opened at Monr Town to-day.
Hagen led the field at the end of the day's play though a whole host of British players are close up.
which Lancashire go to the head to whether it will be necessary to Hagen broke the record for the
of the table, with Sussex cload behind.
Efforts to refont: her are being E. T. Killick scored his recond renewed and lightera are now un- successive century, playing for loading her cargo as rapidly as Middlesex against the South possible in the hope that she will Africans, while Bowley hit nise sufficiently tightened by the 22nd, double century and made the to enable her to get off. highest acore of his career. There are many outstanding bowling per- formances also. The principal individual efforts were as follows:
Batting.
Bowley (Sussex)
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280*
Leyland (Yorkshire)
134
A. W. Carr (Notts)
123
E. T. Killick (Middlesex)
111
Parks, J. J. (Sussex)
110
• Not out.
Rowling.
Rhalos (Yorks.)
D. P. Morkel (S. Africa)
Sinish, (Gloucester)
Bowley (Sussex) ...
R. Tyldesley Lanes,)" Hopwood Lancs.):
Root (Worcester}
P. G. H. Fender (Surrey) Gilbert (Worerster)
3. C. Allom (Surrey),
Tate (Sussex)
•
SUSSEX TRIUMPH.
In the event of a storm, however, it may become imperative to setti- run the grain in order to save the
selur Own Correspondent,
NAVAL DISARMAMENT DISCUSSION.
course, as reconstructed recently, returning a card of 69. He was bunkered at the first holu, which cost him strokes, but he went on to play perfect golf, making no error till he dropped a stroke short at the eighth and then took three putts to hole out.
Perfect Fours,
He holed a five-yarder at the four. teenth, and then, finishing in a rain- storin, secured four perfect fours. He went round in three under | Fis, spléndid performance. Watrous, another American Ryder up player went round in 70, while Abe Mirbell and Archie Compston thed with Leo Diggel, for third place
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PRESIDENT HOOVER AND 1LS. with 73 ench.
PROPOSALS.
9 for 20
Washington, May 14. for 61 It is maderstand that President 7 for 98 Houver has expressed the opinion for 31 at no further disarmament re- for 14 tin can be taken until the naval 5 for 19. Powers have made a more detailed
6 for 37stody of the American proposals
for 38 whlet, were submitted by Mr. Hogh
5 for 42 Gibson, the principal U.S. delegate, 1 Geneva-Renter's American Ser-
3 for 44 5 for 52
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Terrific Hitting By Bowley.
Sussex scored a brilliant victory. Lover Gloucester at Brighton, the
closing stages of the game provid-) Ing some of the brightest cricket of the season, and wonderful per
and all by formances with bat Bowley:
Gloucester lost by 374, rung, the scures being.
Fire.
EX-CANTON LEADER'S SON MISSING.
FEARED KIDNAPPED. IN SHANGRAI,
The field was a powerful one, in- cluding the majority of the pre- inent professionals who competed. the British Open Championship, most of the American Ryder Cup players being among the number.
American Tears Up Card.
Goklen had a very bad time, and automatically eliminated himself from the competition by tearing up his card after a putrid round.
Thirteen British players p within ve strokes of the leader, Another qualifying round is to be played to-morrow, after which match play will be the rule.
The leading scores at the end af the first round were: W. Hagen (U.S.A.)
old son of Hau-Chung-chi, who was T. Cotton (Coulsdon Court) Sussex.. 280 and 410 for 2 Commander-in-Chief of the Can-E. D. Dudley (U.S.A.)
wickets (decd.)
Gloucester: 134 and 182.
Sussex put up a fair score in, their first innings despite good bowling by Sinfield, who took 7 wickets for 98 runs: Gloucester foll far short of such a total, Tatej dismissing 5 Gloucester batsmen at a cost of 52 runs,
Already on top. Sassex batted with delightful freedom in Their second innings. One wicket fell quickly, but Bowley and Parks in partnership panished the bowl- Ing. Bowley being particularly | #evere. Bowley scored at a Te markable pace' and his personal contribution to the total of 420 was 280, nearly 70 per cent; Parks also reached his century, making 110, and the declaration was made. Requiring over 550 to win,
tonese Army in 1925, was kidnapp-C. Gray (Willingdon)
J. Atkinson (Lees Hal!)
ed yesterday morning.-Reuter,
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Al, Watrous (U.S.A.)
76
A. Compalun (Coombe Hill)
21
Abe Mitchell (private)
71
Shanghai, May 14. Hsu Shih-toh, the twelve-year-
Loo Diegel (U.S.A.)
71
Bert Hodson (Newport)
73
73.
'73
74
G. Duncan (unattached)
74
J. Jurado (Argentino)
74
F. Robson (Coodon Beach),
74
| W. T. Twine (Ashford).
74
A. Boomer (St. Cloud)
7.1
W. Ball, (Lancaster)
74
T. Barber (Cavendish) Horton Smith (U.S.A.) Joe Turnena (U.S.A.)
74.
75
W. H. Davies (Wallasey)
A. G. Huvers (unattached)
76
76
70
76
70
76
THE UNEMPLOYED STATISTICS.
LATEST RETURNS SHOW A DECREASE.
London, May 14.
7. Green (Copt. Heath)
D. Freeman (Thorpeness)
The total number of unemploy-S, F., Brewes (8. Africa)
ed registered on May 6th was. Ballantine (Moor Town) 1,132,700,- this being 31,108 less C. A. Whitembe (Crows Hill) than the week before, but 28,000 Ernest Whitcombe (Bournemouth) 70 more than
A year ago. British. Young (Sonning)
T. R. Cotion (Langley Park) Wireli se,
11. Crapper (Harrogate) R. A. Whiteonibe (Parkstone)
Leicester, where the visitors ob tained points for a lead on the
-PENANGster agony wing & first innings. The scores were:
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'NATIVE ATTACK ON
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She
bowled magnificently taking G wickets for 31 runs,
HAMPSHIRE OUTPLAYED.. Lancashire Bowlers Get Good Figures.
Lancashire, playing at South- ampton, scored a nine wickets vic- tury over Hampshire, whose bat- ting was feeble. The scores were:
Hants: 120 and 53.
Lancashire: 148 and 28 for 1.
Leicester: 147 and 56 for 2.. Derbyshire: 339 for 9 (deed.)
NOTTS WIN EASILY.
Kent Beaten by An Innings,
Noits scored an overwhelming victory over Kent of an innings and 37 rune.
Kent went in to bat frat and compiled 256,
To this Notts repilad with 427, Carr contributing apendid 123.
Richard Tyldesley took 5 wiKent's second kroot only produced He afterwards attempted to throttle her and she fainted away.
kets for 14 runs in Hampshire's 185, Barratt taking A wickets for 44 crawled into the house, but was first innings, and Hopwood took 5 runs. not discovered until the morning, for 19 in their second. when her personni servant at once KENYA CRIME: ARREST OF summoned help, and she was taken
TWO EMPLOYEES.
to hospital.
Nairobi, April 12.
House Ransacked,
SURREY TOO GOOD.
Always on Top Against
Warwickshire,.;
Surrey always held an advant- Further detalls regarding the The house was found to have been pssault on Mrs. Oakley, widow of compeletly wrecked and ransacked. age in their game against War- the settler who was charged with Pictures, had been torn down and wickshire at the Oval, and they torturing a native and was found a big antique chest had been drag-won by 148 runs. dond while the trial was pending, ged outside and its contente- rifleri. The scores were; Indicate that it was a murderous] A sum of £25 in cash was carried attack of a most serious character off, but articles of jewellery wore by native assailants.
Mra. Oakley had been living
scattered on the ground.,
A finger prints clue has led to the
alone on her lonely farm since the arrest of two native employers.
Mrs. Oakley had no less than
Surrey: 308, and 231 for 9
deed.)
Warwick: 243 and 148, ...
Paine took 6 wickets for 70 runs In Surrey's second innings.
JC. Allom, the Cumbridge Blue,
kola for 44 runs, In their second
tragic death of her husband, al- though recently two native pollco askaris and been detalled to pro- sisteen Sealyham terriers, every played a big part in the dismissal tect her. On the night in question one of which had apparently been of Warwick for 243, taking 5. wie the night askari vanishd, and Mrs, daped. Oakley's dogs are believed to have Mrs. Oakley, in a letter, to the been drugged,
East African Standard, before About 8 o'clock on Tuesday even- tite outrage, refuted the charge that, ing, as Mra, Oakley stepped on to her huband thrushed her. Mr. the verandal to go to her bed. Oakley was acquitted of the charge room, a native sprang upon her of torture a few hours after his and felled her with a heavy stick.] death,
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innings, Fender brought about a collapse, his analysis showing 5 wickets for 38 rons.
RAIN INTERFERES. Derbyshire Get Useful Innings Points.
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Rain Interefered considerably with the progress of the game bo tween-Leicester and Derbyshire ut i
Middlesex Go Down By Eight Wickets,
The South Africans beat Middlesex by eight wickets.
Batting first, Middlesex hit up 182.. Morkel taking no fewer than 7 wickets at a cost of only 61 runs.
The South Africans repiled with
20he second innings of Middlesex produced 240, Killick contributing valuable 111.
With under 20 to get, the tourists
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AMERICAN BUSINESS
TRIP TO RUSSIA..
PLAN TO FOLLOW BRITISH EXAMPLE,
New York, May 14. It has been decided to send a party of American business men to Russia in the summer to study ceon- commercial and industrial emic, conditions there..
The visit will apparently follow much the same lines on the British vinit recently.
It is sponsored by the American- Russian Chamber of Commerce, and it is learned that the party will muster at Berlin on July 15th, and will return to Berlin from Moscow
on August 16th or thereabouta.— Reutor's American Service.
THE EVACUATION OF SHANTUNG.
knocked up 86 for the loss of only TRANSFER EFFECTED WITH- two wickets,
Yorkshire Defeat Essex. Yorkshire beat Essex by an innings tu 87 runs.
Essex scored 195; and Yorkshire followed with 200 for 7 and declared, Leyinud compiling 134,
Essex in their second innings could only produce 67, Rhodes taking wickets for 39, a truly magnificent performance.
A First Innings Victory. Worcestershire kaleed a first - minys victory over Sameraet.
Worccator scored 253; Somerset re- plying with 108, Root taking 6 for 37 and Gilbert & for 42,
piled 81 for b
Worcester went in again and com-
Router.
OUT INCIDENT,
Nanklog, May 14.
Dr. C. T. Wang, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, has received a delegram from the Commissioner for Foreign Affairs in Shantung, reporting that the withdrawal of Japanese cavalry between Tolnan- fu and Chowisang was completed yesterday morning.
Chinese troops have taken over garrison duties and peace and or- der have been well maintained | throughout the procesa of evacua- tion and the transfer has been effected smoothly and without In- eldent.-Reuter.
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Dolores Del Rio
in a Drama of Passion and Intrigue
NO OTHER
WOMAN
·THE STORY OP NOW
A MAN LOST ALU HE HELD DEAR ON THE FLIP OF A COINI
DOLORES
del Rio.
the "Charmaine" of What Price Glory" acores another dra- matic triumph in this powerful story of love and hate in Society's pleasure resorts!
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