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THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1994.
WIGHTMAN CUP CONTEST STARTS THIS AFTERNOON
Miss Betty Nathall, complets with shorts, in action.
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BODYLINE BOWLING MUST GO
ART OF A SPECIALIST'S WHICH IS DETRIMENTAL TO CRICKET
NOTTS WILL HAVE TO TAKE HEED
OF WARNING
ENGLAND TEAM SLIGHT FAVOURITES
BOLD POLICY ADOPTED BY THE SELECTORS
MRS. L. A. GODFREE'S "COME-BACK".
AMERICA HAS A FORMIDABLE COMBINATION
England's quest to wrest the Wightman Cup from America begins to-day at Wimbledom, and will be continued to-morrow.
No. 2 singlas player.
Both countries are strongly represented in this the world's premier Miss Margaret Scriven, England's women's international tennis contest, with the odds slightly in favour of England both in view of the fact that the encounter is at Wimbledon and that ́ America 'is without the services of Mrs. Helon Wills-Moody,
The English selectors have made | two very bold moves. They have included Miss Naney Lyle and Miss E. M. Dearman, neither of whom have played before in Wightman Cup contests, to the exclusion_of such experienced players as Mies Kathleen Stammers and Miss Mury Heeley, while they have introduced Mra, L. A. Godfree, whose atar was generally thought to have set three years ago.
ways been stronger than
the Americans in the doubles, and two pairs such as Miss Dearman and Mb Lyle, and Mr God- free and Miss Nuthall would appear to be strong enough to maintain this record.
This would leave Mins Dorothy Round ami Mias Alargaret Scriven free to concentrate on two singles cach, with Man Nuthall, as da previous years, playing as third
Mrs. Godfree has been brought | string. in to strengthen the doubles. She
is playing remarkably fine doubles
of
THE AMERICANS.
this season judging by homeside The American team consists only reports, and all the critics agreed that in the trials she was the out- standing player.
FINAL SELECTION.
OPPONENTS BLANKED
OUT
EASY FOR CTANTS AND YANKEES
LATEST BASEBALL RESULTS
LEAGUE TENNIS IN THE RAIN
RECREIO, GRADUATES AND
K.C.C. WIN
PORTUGUESE ASSUME LEADERSHIP OF "B" DIVISION
(By "Varitas"},
In spite of the rain and generally miserable conditions, three matches were played in the "B" Division of the tennis league yesterday, resulting in wins for the Recreio, K.C.C, and Graduates.
The latter, who played against | ....--
HIS FIRST CENTURY
South China, had only time to AND AGAINST THE
finish six sets, but as the Graduates won 5, this WILE Auficient to give them the two points.
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AUSTRALIANS !
NORTHANTS MAN HITS OUT
At the Indian Recreation Club, | The homesters and K.C.C. pinyed in continuous rain, which became heavy downporte daring the Bast end of the three sets. At the
London, June 14. second round, the visitors had won J. G. W. Davies, the Cam- Cour sets, and the 1.1.C., sportingly bridge pinyer waited to meet the agreed to continue, with the result Australian before accomplishing that the Kowloon players finally anything outstanding in first claus cricket, and A. W. Snow-
captured six sets.
F. D. Fereira and O. loosen den, the Northants amateur has
the home followed suit.、 played splendidly for club and thoroughly deserved to however, lacked balance, and the win their three sets. The team, K.C.C. hnd no difficulty in winning from the other two pairs.
dve players. Last year Miss
New York, June 14. Helen Jacobs and as· Sarah Both the New York Giants and Palfrey played first and second Yankees blanked out their opp singles respectively, aut although ents to-day to win comfortably, Miss Alice Marble has this year Schumacher Recomplished the The final selection of the English been given precedence over Miss pitching feat against Cincinnal Perhaps the most surprising thing about the alleged protest { doubles partnerships may
in the national ranking Reds, and Brouca followed his Palfrey 'Cause
R. S. Capell made a worthy deputy it IR probable that example for the Yankees,
for P. O. Dunne, and in partner- by two prominent counties against "Bodyline" bowling is that it a lot of the hard thinking for the list.
With the exception of Cleve-ship wtih Sinpleton, won two sots. comes as no surprise. If, a year ago, the same complaint had selectors. Miss Dearman and Miss Miss Palfrey will gain play as
land Dodgers, scoring was low. As generally expected, the Recreio been made everybody would have asked with amazement what Lyle have certain claims, being re-second string singles. it was all about. But the question has been thrashed out inter- doubles at Roehampton. On the once again to came in
successful visit to the cent winners of the women's This will allow Miss Babcock They beat the Athletic after hit-paid a
ан third ting eleven runs. The Cardinals University, and no a nationally. The M.C.C, as the parent budy of English cricket, other band Mrs. Godfrey and Miss string singles, while the doubles also rattled up a dozen against lead the division with the maximum has, at the request of Australia, initial sufferers of this so-called Lyle appeared to be the most useful will probably be Miss Jacobs and Boston Braves,
number of points from three form of bowling terrorism, rejected it..
Miss Palfrey and Miss Alice
cabled by matches.
The detailed scores and present Marble and Miss Cruickshank.
league tablo follow.
If therefore, Harold Larwood and other members of the Notte team have persisted in its use during the present seasón (and it | is the first Intimation that the out- side world has hud of this), then protest was only a matter of time.
Betty's
14-oz. Racket
PLAY THE GAME, OR—1 The complainants-and-for some obscure reason they have not been named-have taken a very deter- mined attitude, which can be sum- med up in "play the game, or don't Miss Betty Nuthal, England's play at all." Notts are not only most popular lawn tennis girl, la threatened with a boycott in 1986, trying a new experiment.
F. J. PERRY'S TIP
but with opposition teams walking She. fs playing with a man's off the field this year if the "hody- | racket, and the man who gave it to line" style of attack is. persisted her is F. J. Perry, the best player with:
On
the fate of it there seems
in-the world.
The racket weighs 14 ouncos;| to be little in favour of “bodyline" the average racket used by a wo- bowling, although it appears èqually | man is between 13% and arguable that in itself, this form ounces.
of bowling is hardly more detri- -mental to cricket than the two-eyed stance and pad play of modern bats rien: or for that matter the existing unsatisfactory ruling on Lbw,
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Was
Mies Nuthall said "I dubious about using such a heavy racket, but it has come off trumpe and 1 feel that I like it. It gives. me greater pace on my drives.
The principles of "effective" "After all, when Fred Perry!
bodyline bowling appen to be, first-
ly, sustained accuracy on the leg stump mail secondly, with balls so
gives a woman player a tip it would
be unwise to ignore it, for he knows what he is talking about.
delivered that they bounce from "It took me some time to get used
halfway down the pitch. Remove to it, but now I am going to steal
the
combiuntion in trials,
Full scores Reuter were:
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
R
H
E
9
0
4
101
Last year Miss Dorothy Round was forced to play three matches,
a doubles as well as two singles, England will depend very much but it would seem wise on the part on the doubles. Two wins here of the selectors if they allowed will mean that only two out of five
New York ...... 1 her to-day to concentrate on the singles will have to be secured for singles.
the trophy. On their form it is Cincinnati Alina
Retty Nothall is a brilliant fair to assume that both Mien
(Schumacher pitched) doubica player, and would un-Round and Miss Scriven are cap Brooklyn doubtedly provide excellent able of beating either Miss Palfrey Pittsburgh partner for Mrs. Godfrey.
and Miss Marble, and in any event
(There were ten innings) The English women have al- of Miss Nuthall being too good
for Miss C. Babcock. Miss Philadelphia Nuthall beat her last year, while Chicago
6 10 Miss Round also defeated Miss (Klein, F. Herman and Hurst Palfrey.
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necuracy and the so-called it are sure Fred wil not send Miss Dorothy Round, England's first danger of bodyline disappeura: by me in court."
the same token remove the short bounce and the delivery becomes a
perfectly fair one in every respect
of that wide-meaning word "cricket".
ART OF SPECIALIST,
In other words bodyline howling the art of a specialist. That specialist is Harold Larwood, and there is small doubt that once having restrained him from the practice of bodyline bowling, such a form of attack would do a natural death.
It
Cricket will not suffer by the absence. of bodyline bowling. was used as an experiment, and it has never got beyond the expert- mental stage; by no
stretch of
string player.
Lawn
Bowls Programme And Teams
TO-MORROW'S ENGAGEMENTS IN FIRST
& SECOND DIVISIONS
Kowloon Bowling Green, lead ers of the first division, are not engaged in the lawn league to-morrow, and this should give; the two Craigengower teams a chance of improving their posi tions. The Craigengower first string visit the Police and this is by no means a cinch for the "Craig”.
The I.R.C.,
It. Haan
and Civil Service, F. B. Hooker
(skiy) imagintion can it be said to have should be able to win their matches
Kowluan C. G. v. Civil Service.
Browns
proved itself vital to cricket.
The determined attitude of some of the countles at this early stage of the threatened permanent adop- tion of bodyline bowling is com- mendable, ensuring as it is almost bound to, the slamping out of a father undesirable element in the
game.
As Mr. "Plum" Warner han right- ly insisted, the Inst thing One wishes to see is the general adoption
In the second division, but the Police will have to be at their best
overcome Craigengower on their intler's rinks..
R. P. Phinka sahip)
The full programme and some of the teams follow.
The programme for lo-morrow is as follows:
SENIOR DIVISION. Police It C.
Craigenzower "A" Kurion C. o.
Civil Service C. Club de Heere Craleswer "B" Taikon R. G.
JUNIOR DIVISION.
Police R.
Kowloon Dock
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C. C. Y Kowloon Q. C
Indian R. C
Yacht Club Football Club
of bodyline bowllag in the Public Calengower Schools and club cricket, yet if the Gist de Recrea counties are allowed to give the Hongkong Electrio lond in this direction, it is perfectly H. d. C.
Balceted team.a for to-morrow are feasible for the Junior clubs to follow sult
appended;
SENIOR DIVISION.
If bedyline bowling can contri- Poliro I. C. buto nothing towards cricket but ill-fw. Nolan will, malico and reprisals, thon it
Tereta
W, Hallands is far better to wash it out, even 0. Fo If it does deprivo ǹ county its most epherd effective form of attack,"
BUN
14. Mon
One thing certain in that Noits A. 8. Clark cannot afford to ignore the red Tulen light.
tat
W, Hair
v. Craigengower "A"
W. V. Find
1. Rumiska
(skip. W. Bradbury takluk
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J They
(sklo) U. M. Dosar
3. H. doll
A. A. Iteract
# 1 Luk
T. Armalm
Champelovfer
It. Whent
A. W. Grimmie
taki
A. Howr El. Batun
Naight H. E. Alternar Clot-Heywood J. Hloilige
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Takip
f W, Bimmons
1. E. Imincet
B. Ferienhall
C. J. Taschl
A. . Desw
J. Fener (skip)
F. 1. Jes
A. F. Rikstone
TE. GILES
Kowloon Docks v. Club do Recreio,
4. F. Nuronla
'O. Ji. Dastu
It. A. Alve
О. П. НПта
A. Golezeles
5. 03. Uzoria
.. E, Matejben
tskip)
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M. da Silve
J. Bitra
Xavier
V. Julito
The teams selected are:
America:-Mas Helen Jacobs,
homered
Bastou
St. Louis
3 13 2
1
5
3
២៥
9
18
12
16
LR.C. . K.C.C.
result new
To-day, batting against the Australians, he scored his firat century, in first class cricket,' - and it was one of the brightest efforts at batting seen on the Northampton ground for a long time.
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Before dismissal ho hit up 105, but the significance of the innings was that It was made out of a total of 187 for which Northants were dismissed.
Snowden, carefully nursing the bowling, hit brilliantly to all parts of the fold.
At the close of the 1932 season, Playing at I.R.C. the Kowloon Snowden, who had played in nine. Cricket Club defeated the Indian
R.C. by six sets to three. Pereira matches, had the following batting and Hoosen capturing the losets average: 18-14825-2-10.07. Of him Wisden's Baid "Snowden, at three Bets.
F. D. l'ereira and O. Hoosen (LR.C.) present, is rather limited in the bent 9. A. Gray and L. Oppenhelm matter of strokes but should, im- 6-3; beat R. B. Lewis, and G. C. prove with further couching...." Burnett 6-1; bert C. 1. Stapleton
The Australians thus finished 97
1 and Capell 0-2.
0
9. A. Ismall and A. K. Suflad ruua nhend on the first innings, (I.R.C.). lost to Gray and Oppon and they further increased this helm 0-6; last to Lewis and Burnott advantage, when, on batting a 2-0 lost to Stapleton and Capell second time, they scored 132 for
5 wickets before the close, A. K. Ismall and A. M. Rumjohn
Brown, one of the newcomers, 3-6; lost to Lewis and Burnett-2-81 | played_n_very_sound_innings_aud. lost to Stapleton and Capell 6-7. was undefeated at the close with
73 to his credit.-Reuter.
14-0.
2
Miss_Alice Marble. Miss Sarah (Fisch, Delancey and Durocher (IR.C.) lost to Gray and Oppenheim Palfrey, Mins C. Babeuck and hamered) Miss Cruickshank,
UNIVERSITY v. RECREIO. ***
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On their own courts, the Univer- (Trosky scored two home runssity lost to the undefeated Club de
England; - Miss Dorothy Round, Miss Margaret Scriven, Cleveland Miss Betty Nuthall, Miss Naney Lyle, Miss EM. Dearman and Philadelph Mrs. L.A. Godfree,
PAST WINNERS.
Previous winners uf the
2 versity) lost to J. J. Romedlos and
medios and W. A. Reed 6-4; bent
II. A. Ribeiro and A. M. Silva 0-1.
S. N. Lee and P. G. Leo (Uni versity) lost to Remedios and Car- valho 4-0 lost to Remedios anil 1 Reed D-7:
drew with Ribeiro and Silva 0-6.
AMERICAN LEAGUE,
12
[
7
10
2 Recreio by six sets to three. Scores:
Y. KNg and P. P. Kho (Uni
New York
9
(Ruth homered) St. Louis
L. A. Carvalho 3-6; beat A. A, Re-
0
1
1
Wightman Cup have been:
Brouca pilched)
1923 Amèrica in U.S.A., 7-0 | Chicago ‚1924 England at Wimbledon, | Washington
1
4
I
5
U
6-1
4-1
Detroit y Boston match, post- 1925 England at Forest Hills, poned on account of rain.
"1926 "America at Wimbledon,
-1-3
1927 America at Forest Hills,
-2
1928 England at Wimbledon, I
4-3
LARWOOD TO PLAY?
1929 Amerien at Forest Hills,
4-3
1930 England at Wimbledon,
4-3
1931 Amerien at Forest Hills,
A-2
4-3
1932 Amerten at Wimbledon,
ishly) Miss Helen Jacobs, Amarica's leading'
A, 11. sto (akipi
Cralgengawer "B" v. Talkoo B.c.
M. J. Medina
W. Ward
Tuck
J. J. Whyte
representative.
the
Likely Inclusion
In Next Test
6-G,
+
ALL OVER IN DAY.
AND A HALF
Yorkshire Defeat
Leicester
Yorkshire took one day and a
Mahan Singh and K. M. Lo (Unik half to bent · Leicester by ton versity), lust" to Remedios and Care wickets. valho 4-0 lost to Remedios and Rood Leicester paid two disastrous 2-6; drew with Ribeiro and Silvaviaits to the erease. In the first they were dismissed for 82, thanks to Bawes, who followed up his 6 for 17 against Middlesex, with another half a dozen victims at a coat of 28 rung, Yorkshire
GRADUATES v. SOUTH CHINA.
Only alx suts were played in the match between the Graduates' Asso- ciation and South China before play
was abandoned on account of rain.
replied with the The Graduates were to be the home mediocre score of 210, but it tenn, but by mutual arrangement] was sufficient. Leicester again the match was played at King's collapsed, being sent back for 127, Park. Scores:
and the winners had only to score F. Y. Khoo and T. K. Lang eleven, which they did without THE LEG THEORY (Graduates) bent 11. P. Chong and loss.
the
London, June 14, Sir Stanley Jackson, Chairman of
English Selection
P. K. Liang 6-3; beat Y. S. Chow! and Y. S. Ung 6-4.
II. N. Chung and Y. L. Pao Commiltcu, (Graduates) hent Chow and Ung when approached by a representative 1-4; drew with N. C. Yung and N. [of the Evening Standard, gave his
K. Ma B-6.
Chicago Cubs
views on the possibility of the in- D.. K. Samy and S. A. M. Scolier Trade
clusion of Harald Larwood, of Leg Theory fame in the next Test,
Sir Stanley said: "If farwood ir fit, he will be asked to play. In the Second Test. It certainly looks from his bowling that he is fit."
(Graduates) beat Chong and Llang 0-2 beat Ung nad Ma" 6-0.
Recreio
"If Lorwood plays, he will play | R.C. under no other conditions or instruc-
LR.C. tions except thone applying to cach,C.C. member of the team."
University "These are simple conditions," con- Gradites tinued Sir Stanley, "and mean that LK.C.C. cach member will be under the orders s.C.A.A. of the Captain and will net on those 3rdors and do his best for the aide."- This statement in taken to menn Chat Larwood will play at Lords in the next Test-Reuter.
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DOUBLE BLUE
De Saram's Uniqué Honour
1933 America at Forest Hills, | 4.3 América have thus won F. C. de Saram, the old Royalist (aktp) N. Brummand (aklotrophyseven times to England's captain, and member of the 8.9.C. who has been awarded his cricket Blue at Oxford Univeralty, is the first
8. Pollock D. Monro
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1. Cavanaab
four.
LEAGUE TABLE,
A... Pla
J. W. D. I F
83 8.0 185 84 8
2 2 0 0 10
14 4
A
4 1 2 1 10 17
3 2 0 1 14
33
41 0 3 14 22
3 1 0 2 10% 13 2011 7 11 3012 64 18%
In-Fielder
WITH PHILLIES
Chicago, June 11. The Chicago Cubs to-day traded 26-year-old Infielder Dolph Camill to the Philadelphia Phillies in ex- change for infielder Doa Iurat.
Camilli last year, though fold- Ing, 994, turned in a batting aver nge of but 224,
Ceyloneso to gain the distinction.
De Baran's century innings against} the Australian Test team carned hum the honour, and few cricketers
ther University could have played
better qualifying effort then de lond she once held, needs power nt the but more than folding Saram's Intent achlovement,
Chicago, in third place to-day and struggling hard to regain the
Having previously, won his Tonnisability, hence, the swap.. Blue, F. C. de Baram Is now a Hurst, a dangerous man at the "Double Blue and there is every plate, last year fielding. 085 and prospect of his earning his Golf Blushit .267, little better than Camilli,. nino in the near futuro,
F. C. da Saram is the first Ceylon but he is well known as a cloutor to score a century against an of homeruns. He holde down, first Engilsh or Australian Tent team, sack for the Philadelphia and in watched with 1038 was rated eighth best in the is career will be rent interest by his numeroas ad- National League
for folding mirare in Coylon."
ability.