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"Yesterday at Peking
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BRITAIN TRIBUTES CRICKET
DOUMER
OUTRAGE CONDEMNED
IN PARLIAMENT
London, May 10.
Bowlers Still Favoured
Warm tributes to the memory of Four Championship
the late Proaident Doumer were paid by both Houses of Parliament today. In the House of Lords, an address requesting the King to ex- of the House, press on behalf adhorrance at
and the crime sympathy with the Government of people of France in their grief,
Victories
BIG NOTTS SCORE
EXTRAORDINARY BASEBALL
FOUR CLUBS HAVE BLANK DAY
New York, May 10. Some extraordinary baseball was witnessed to-day. Chicago and Borton in the American League were crushingly defeated, being blanked out, while their opponents, Philadelphia and De- trait respectively scored 9 and 11. Dykos hit a home run for the
Results:
National League,
Athlotics. London, May 10. was moved by Lord Hailsham. He Except at Nottingham, where said the whole world was shocked Notts put up the large score of at the news of the murderous at-491 for 8 wickets, bowlers had tack on President Doumer and its
matters very much their own fatal outcome.
That a noble life given to public way in the course of the first- service should be atruck down by class cricket matches which con- the Irresponsible hand of an as-cluded to-day.
Cincinnati Chicago
0 Philadelphia 9 New York
American League. N.Y, Yankees 10 St. Louis
@ Chicago 0 Detroit
sassin was a shock.to the moral Four of the county champion- Philadephin sense of civilised communities. ship matches were brought to a Boston The late President had left be- definite conclusion, Northampton- hind him a memory of personal shire, Lancashire Gloucester, and integrity, patriotism and unflinch-Kent registering outright vic-j
courage which could only torica. deepen for the French people but which their sense of loss,
Ing
surely would be an inspiration to his country in the days to come.
and Ronding Lords Ponsonby supported the motion.
In the House of Commona a similar address was moved by Mr. Stanley Baldwin and seconded by the Opposition lender, Mr. Lang- bury.
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bowling being thoroughly trounced. Keoton contributed 142 and Arthur the The best batting performance Staplen made 100 not out, was aebleyed by young Keeton of innings being declared closed at Notts, who made 142 runa, while 101 for 8 wickets. Freeman and Parker ench took
and Sussex replied with 283 thirteen wickels for less than a Notts went in a second time, ob- hundred rans.
taining 137 for 5 wickets,
A SHEPHERD CENTURY. Surrey defeated Somerset on the first innings, at the Oval. Both molions were unanimous-
Somerset batted first and com- isa approved
silence.piled 236 runs, F.R. Brown, the British Wireless.
ly
EXCHANGE MARKET
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Gloucester defeated Worcester by 143 runs, at the Victoria ground, Cheltenham.
It was Gloucester's first mutch Cambridge Blue taking 6 wickets of the season and Parker, their for 76 runs. Surrey replied with famous left-hand bowler had 305 runs for five wickets, Shepherd splendid opening, taking thirteen
Worcester wickets for 97 runs. contributing 107 aot out.
dia- Gloucester mnie 176 and missed Worcester for 155 (Parker 7 for 62). Batting again, the home county made 254 for 8 declared, and sent their opponents back for 132. Parker taking & for 46 In this innings.
JUPP IN FORM. Northamptonshire opened their championship programme with a 105 runs win over Glamorgan, at Northampton.
V.W.G.
EASY FOR KENT.
Kant defeated Leicester by ten wickets, at Leicester.
Batting Brai, the home county put up the useful total, on A Although silver is up both in dangerous wicket, of 188 runs (J. London and New York, the Hong-C. Clay, 7 for 69) and dismissed kong dollar remains unchanged Glamorgan for 99 runs, nt 18. 24d. The market is life-Jupp taking 4 for 37.
Leicester began well enough. less locally.
In their second innings, North-They scored 221 rune in their Silver is up 1/8th in London, ampton compiled 202, Mercer tak-first innings, quite a good score spot and forward, Speculators ing 5 for 69. Glamorgan going in in the conditions. Freeman took hought and China sold at the rise, requiring 290 rana to win. Their 7 wickets for 60 runs. Kent re- the market being quiet. After the lanings was, however, brought to plied with 284, in spite of some official fixing, buyers' require a close at 184, V.W.C. taking ments were satisfied and the for 55 and Adams 4 for 21. tendency of the market was un-
certain.
New York reports a rise 1/8th in silver prices.
EGYPT MAKES AN EFFORT
WIN DOUBLES IN DAVIS CUP CONTEST.
of
Geneva, May 10. Egypt won the third of their Davis Cup matches with Italy to- day, having lost the first two. In the doubles match, Grandguillotį und Grandguillot (Egypt) beat Sertorio and Delbono (Italy), 6-2, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4-Renter.
LANCASHIRE VICTORY.. Lancashire defeated Derby at Manchester by 72 runs. Derby gained a lead on the first innings of six runs, Tancashire making 150 and Derby 156. The Manchester brigade mastered the Derby bowling in their second knock and finally declared with 217 runs on the board for the loss of three wickets, Derby had n sport- ing chance of victory, but were dismissed for 139, Hopwood taking 5 for 35.
BIG NOTTS SCORE.
clever bowling by Astill, whe took
four wickets for 27 runs.
Leicester collapsed before Free- man's
second slows in their
104. Innings, being all out for Freeman by taking 6 for 23 obtain. ed un analysis of 13 for 82 In the match. Kent, requiring 48 runs to win, knocked them off without loss.
MATCH ABANDONED. The Lord's game between the M.C.C. and Yorkshire had to be abandoned, no play being possi. ble since Saturday.
On the first and only day of cricket. A keen struggle was witnessed. Yorkshire were dis- Notts won on the first innings missed for 212 runs, R.W.V. against Suveox at Nottingham. Robins taking 5 wickets for G1 The home county compiled the runs. The M.C.C. had made 48 biggest total of the present season for 2 when stumps were drawn in the opening innings, the Sussex Reuter,
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SUN'S EFFECT ON | been forced to realise that the
gradun rise in practicable wave- lengths which has been Laking place since 1928 is in all probability con- neeted with a definite cycle.
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WIRELESS DIFFICULT TIME AHEAD
Wireless enginoors are becoming "The Importance of this alarmed at happenings on the sun,covery from the point of view of The coming period of minimum the necessary re-equipment of the aunspel activity will have repercus.big commercial stations within the alons in the earth's atmosphere cloven-year cycle needs no empha- remains to be seen which may determino the whole sis, and it Future of long-distance transmis- whether at the worst period it may sion on short waves.
not be necessary to return to the Within the next two years the old iden of longer wavelengths and. question will arise whether large whore possible, more power. commercial concorns will not have "The whole trouble is that rais- to rovies drastically their estimatesing the wave-length beyond a cer- for the perlodic reconstruction of tain point loses all the advantages ntations to fit in with the sun's of short-wave transmission-the cycle or even abandon short waves possibility of using low power as a permanent baale of long-dis-and immunity from interferenco tanco communication.
from the electrical discharge of
Sun-spots have attained to com-clouds. Jaerelal importance because they "The most hopeful feature in the affect the sun's radiation which in situation is that the peak of good gura affects the electrically-charged transmission appears to be much layers of the earth's atmosphere. less clearly defined than the peak of These layers reflect wireless waves bad transmission, an example of and determine the distance from which is approaching. This should the transmitting station at which mean that the worst poriod will be they return to the surface of the over relatively soon. parth.
"Another possibility is that dove- As a result of this eleven-year lopments in polarised waves-which cycle the years from 1924 to 1928 vibrate only in one direction-may Haw a steady Improvement in long-provide a solution of the problem, distance short-wave conditions and but this is not yet in alght. A corresponding reduction in the Whatever the effect on practica! wave-lengths which could bo com-wireless, it appears probable that mercially used, for example, on the wireless experience will
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downstairs. She has been a polleo. A Cyclo.of Change.
conditions on the sun. The most "Within recent months the con- recent discovery is the observation clusion has gained ground,” a pro- last winter of what appeared to bo minent wireless engineer explained a subsidiary 32-day cycle of good that these devolopments have been rocoption on the North Atlantic to a largo extent illusory. We have route."
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