THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
TUESDAY,
1934. JULY 24,
ENGLAND STILL FIGHTING HARD: GLIMMER OF HOPE
HOME
COUNTRY BEST OF
HAVE
EXCITING DAY'S PLAY
BOWES BOWLS MAGNIFICENTLY: THE TRAGIC LOSS OF HAMMOND
VESTERDAY'S Test
of
chiefly a chapter "Didn'ts" and unrealised expectations.
RADMAN didn't beat his
Bove batting record: Aus
tralia didn't top the 600 mark: they didn't even have a chance of declaring: England didn't perform well enough to suggest | the possibility of their saving the game.
BUT
on
the positive aide] there was Bowes' bowling. which did stamp him as a first class player: England's field- ing which did show no little improvement: Walters' innings which did stamp him as the most consistent English bats- man in the present series of Tests.
THATEVER happens, Eng-
llshmen will be able look back on the third day's play of the fourth Test with a preciation, for it marked the dominance of an English fast the Australian bowler over human scoring machines.
BRADMAN'S cross-bat, which on
cross-bat
accurate
Saturday became a magie wand for scoring runs, was yesterday purely and simply against the fierce and deliveries of Bowes, and the bats man had to pay the price with a spreadeagled vicket, when with in 30 of equalling his record.
(By Veritas"):
BRADMAN'S' INJURY.
"NOT SERIOUS" REPORT.
hit from
• Fielding a Hendren yesterday after- noon. Don Bradman strain- ed his thigh and was forced Limping to leave the held. badly, he was assisted off by
took and McCabe,
the day's further part in play.
по
A message from Renter status that Bradman was subsequently examined by a doctor, who atthough do- claring that the injury was not serious, barred him from taking part in cricket for ten days.
Bradman will therefore be unable to go on the Scottish tour..
EXCEPT as a point of interest, however, not too much notice should be taken of this, it is a common
necurrence in cricket when one or two hatsmen make big scores, for the remainder to fail.
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THE plain ungarnished fact is that England played real good lighting cricket yesterday, marred by one tragic incident.
With
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jeause an opposing captain the
concern. greatest
TENNIS MATCH OF
86 GAMES.
An extraordinary match of 86 games took place in the first round of the men's doubles at Wimbledon, when J Denker and H. Herkel (Germany) bent L. de Borman and A. Lacroix (Belgium), 16.14, 7-5, 4-6, 5-7, 12-10. It
is the longest match in the championships for at least 25 years, but whether or not it is an absolute record ennnot be verified.
Successfully | DEAN'S
exploited they mean that the
bowler is being knocked off his VICTORY
length and drained of his offcctive- ness.
OCITATION on the dismissal
of Hammond, only leads to the introduction of fs" and "buts",
PITCHING
which are of no assistance in trying AIDS DEFEAT OF
to assess England's chances.
PRANKLY, even in the face of
the good cricket played yester-
N. Y. GIANTS
day, one cannot regard England's YANKEES RETURN TO
position with any optimism. They
I have, at the outside, four batsmen who might stop there long enough to play ou time. And to be per- fectly candid only two of them can A defensive really be regarded batsmen of the type capable of with- standing an attack for a number of hours.
THERE a glimmer of hope for
English supporters, not in creased by the knowledge that the wicket is being used for the fourth day. Without wishing to under- extinto the potentialities of either seems to indicate that it will be Ames or Hopwood, the position necessary for Leyland and Hendren to stay together until 3 o'clock to day if England are to thwart the Australians of victory.
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HOPWOOD has not yet "come mainly. I think, because HEN Walter Hammond was,
apparently foolishly, run out, he is out of position batting at No. He splendidly in the second and third England's hopes of saving the 8. Ames, of course, performed
He is game depreelated 50 per cent. was batting with the utmost con- Tests, but he is essentially a player fidence at the time of his dismissal, who has to go for runs, handling Grimmett and O'Reilly as sort of Perry of the cricket field.
POSSIBLY the selectors will be he handled the hot
able to draw some profitable in 1928-29. Without taking the conclusion from the fact that alightest risk he was adopting Five of Bowes wickets were forcing tactics of the type which
clean bowled.. In fact the ob vious effectiveness of fast bowl ing against the Australians--al least in comparison to the ordin ary medium and slow stuff-may encourage them to appreciate the usefulness of having a speed trundler at each end of the wickel,
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WINNING FORM
New York, July 23. "Dizzy" Dean, leading pit- cher for St. Louis Cardinals, had the distinction of pitching in his tenth consecutive victory and his 18th of the season_to- day, when he helped the Car- dinals to nose out New York Giants.
Home run hits by Gehrig and while double Crosetti enabled the Yankees to
were recorded by beat St. Louis,
gures
the
Sox and Philadelphia Athletic Senators against Chicago Red against Cleveland Indians, both sides scoring eleven.
The results, as supplied by Rex- ter, follow.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
15
13. 0 Chicago....
(Hartnett and Grimm homered) 10 2 (Frederick homered) Brooklyn ... Pittsburgh
Cincinnati Philadelphin
2
10
2
11
- 4
4
G
0
(Schulmerich and Slade
ection on sluit his wil Penge homered) freedom to exploit his wide rangeme of natural strokes, he potters about
the wicket, his downfall imminent. St. Louis
Astonishing Wrestling Match Scenes
, men.
Johannesburg (Transvaal).
When the final gong sounded, Astonishing scenes were wit- nessed at the wrestling match at men swarmed into the ring and Bob two Press tables collapsed, for- between Wanderers
anyone."
IN meantime hals off to Bowes the
"Bullet" Myers and Ben Sherman,
tunately, without serious injury to
. POLICE BODYGUARD.
0:
2 9 6 16 .0
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Benjamin Bangs Eastman, lanky blonde ox-Stanford University star, celebrated his return to, thà' track in Princeton University's invitational meat by setting a new world half-mile mark of 1 minute 49.8 seconds. Eastman, running for the San Francisco Olymple Club, is shown at the tape in his record Five yards behind is Indiana's famous Charles Hornbostel, also inside of all previous recorda in 1.
minute 50.7 seconds.
· run.
HAS JACK CRAWFORD MADE AN UNNECESSARY
SACRIFICE?
Appearance In Yesterday's
Davis Cup Doubles
MAY HAVE EFFECT IN TO-DAY'S SINGLES
(By "Verite").
Of course America won the doubles encounter in the Davis Cup Inter-Zone final against Australia at Wimbledon yesterday, and in view of the almost cer- tainty of the result, the only puzzling feature was that Crawford was called upon to play.
Nevertheless, Crawford
BADMINTON.
K.C.C. DEFEATED
SMART DISPLAY BY STOCKBROKERSTM
CHOY BROTHERS
IN FORM
An auspicious initiation into badminton match play was made by the Hongkong Stock- brokers Association last even-. ing, when they visited the Kowloon Cricket Club and beat a strong second team by five games to four and 112 points to 98.
The two remaining pairs man“ aged to capture a couple of games. between them. The most Role-
worthy performance was the de- need fext by A. Nissim and M. Weill of
The brothers Choy proved for too good n combination for any of the home pairs, and won threy games. with little dimeulty.
W. C. Choy, who plays for the Critics have been unanimous | AMERICA'S FIGHTING CHANCE.
America have a good fighting (and they include Harry Hop- man, who is with the team chance of pulling the match out of Jockey Club team, was in great the fire. If McGrath goes ba first form, his agility about the court
the success of the brothers, (Dizzy Dean itched for his writing for an Australian news-to-day, there is a distinct possi- and admirable control over all his tenth consecutive victory and his paper) that the chief danger to bility that the result will depend shots being the chief influence in
too much high on Crawford's last encounter. 18th of theseason. Collins Crawford is
Shields, of course, will have to NOTEWORTHY PERFORMANCE. homered)
tension tennis."
play tennis above the average to 5 10 New York
It therefore strikes une curious beat. McGrath on his Immediate AMERICAN LEAGUE.
15 1 from this distance that Australia's form, but he is more likely to ac 11 Washington .*****
(Cronin homered)
chief hopes in the singles, should complish this than Wood. 10 5 Chicago
(Dykes and Madjeski homered be demanded to play in the doubles,
74 thus entailing three strenuous only reproduce the game he played Wigs and Simcocks. The K. C. C. against Shields last Saturday to pair secured a useful lead at one 2
matches,
make him a winner against Wood. stage, but could not sustain it, be the visitors taking a row of points Boston
(Carl and Reynolds homered)
Wimbledon is lucky to 7 11 0
have played Detroit
11 15.. Philadelphia
(Foxx hit two home runs and yesterday at his own request, assured of such a thrilling finish, From Welll's service to overhaul
hoping that he and Quist would although my confidence in Aus- their opponents.
unshaken. 4 14
1strike top form. Yet as it is tralia to pull through remains Cleveland
generally recognised that the best Higgins and Coleman each)
(Trosky homered)
5 + 0 Australian doubles combination to- New York
day is Crawford and McGrath, and Gehrig and Croseli komercd)
2 8 1that it was, of course, quite out of the question to contemplate such a pair for this tie, Crawford would appear to have made some- thing of an unnecessary sacrifice. A GREAT COMBINATION.
the name lion-hearted work,
First the crowd were surprised
Mr. Carter announced that next His figures are really impressive. Yesterday, while the last six Aus- to be told that Emil Dusek, the tralian wickets were putting on 90, heavyweight, who was billed to week a free show would be given
placate the crowd. rune, Bowes bowled 15 overs, five meet Myers, was ill, and was un-as compensation, but this falled to of which were maidens, and took able to appear.
They were more surprised, then three wickets for 43 runs. Yet in
A bodyguard of police was view of Australia's prolific scoring chagrined and finally angry when on Saturday his figures for that Sherman failed to give his custom-
even more cloquentary thrills, and foiled all Myers' formed around. Mr. Carter, who St. Louis
found his way outside the ground, period are
Pennies, barning cigarette ends,where he was hemmed in. Bowes then sent down 15 overs, attempts to make a "go" of it."
With playful sallies he kept: eight being maidens, and conceded i
match-boxes, cushions and hand- kerchiefs filled with Rand pelted only 99 runs for his two wickets,
humour. He mounted a turnstyle and offered to hand out tickets: several times,
Community singing broke out there and then. This was still re- Team, because of the unusual and derisive tants and clappingceived with scorn, and then Myers and Anally arrived and, mounting the same became general, achievements of Bradman. Re- flection on Australia's present; score will probably invite them to hundreds of people surrounded the turnstyle, said:" Buggest it is now a Two-men Teaming clamouring for their money
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IN 1930, jealous critics described the ring, hitting the two wrestlers that around him in fairly good
the Australians as a
One-man
back.
"Please don't make a fuss about.
it. I have done my best as usual. As an indication of my good faith and intentions, I would
not
To advance the theory that one or
CONTEST STOPPED. two players alone can win Test
Mr. Harry hesitate in giving my end of the matches is foolhardy. Albelt it
They surrounded
By now the crowd were begin fact that Ponsford and remains
between them con- Carter, M.P.C., chairman of the Bradman tributed 486 of the side's 584, and Transvaal National Sporting Club, nurse for distribution among you." with 17 extras to be taken into who had taken the unprecedented ning to go home, some carrying account, it loaves the rest of the atop of stopping the contest in the chairs with them "to get their
middle of a round to admonish the money's worth." team scoring 82 between them,
HEA
Pacific coast blades swept up the first two places in the intercollegiate crew clhozić at: Pough keepsie, N.Y, Following Max Baer, Helen Jacobs and Har Eastman's performance of the wask, Univer sity of California took another title for the Golden State by winning the varsity race with Washington University less then a length behind. Photo shows the Deari 'and Hyskjes at the Anish of the thirag.
mile grind.
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Jack Doyle Loses £3,000 After All
may Crawford
POLAND WINS
Tie Decided Within Few Minutes
Within
B
Warsaw, July 23.
few minutes of
brilliance of Stoefen and Lott yesterday was well up to the high standard set by American Tloczynski and Nneyaert taking doubles combinations in recent the court to-day, Poland had years. Not even Van Ryn and Lott won her Davis Cup tie with and, Allison and Van Ryn, who Belgium, and thus advanced to The Court of Appeal has allowed have been two of the greatest, the second stage of the qualify
Tloczynski and Naeyaert had been the British Boxing Board of Con-doubles combination of all time, ing competition for 1936. trol's appeal against the decision surpassed them.
Even when losing the third driven off the courts by rain on Sun- of the High Court ordering the
get to an inspired Crawford, day when the Polish player w was palpably plain that they haddine 4, 10-8, 7-6, and to-day Toyark quickly won the game Board to pay Jack Doyle £3,000, the heavyweight championship content in July, 1933, with Petersen. amount withheld after his British
The Board held that Doyle waa
reserves in hand.
Ja
Lott's service was only equalled accesary to give the rubber to not entitled to receive the payment by Stocfen's impeccable overhead Poland.
the in consequence of his hitting low work. In both departments the With no further interest left
Lacroix took the court for and for which the referee dis Australians found themselves out- in the tio, Hebdn of Poland and
played and continually need. qualified him.
the Belgian The Australians lacked equality last match, which Hebda won
putting up but a poor showing. Crowds Cheer America's inconsistency. Their brilliance three, straight sets,
came in flashes and at varying Hebita won 0-0, 6-4, 6-4, and times, Against this Stoefen and Cup Challenger
Lolt revealed team work second to Poland thus won the tie by four London, July 28.
QUALIFYING ROUND DRAW. Amid cheers from the thousands one, against which possibly no matches to one. Reuter.
The draw for the eualifying who had gathered on all the Borotra and Brugnon at their best vantage points on the shore, and could successfully withstand.
The first tivo sets were taken at potition in Europe, 1934, for the Davis In row-boats and launches on the harbour, the America's Cup chal- G-4, the Americans easily holding un, 1986, war the fly inade by th
and breaking Committee of Management. services, longer, Endeavour, escorted by the their
The second round is to be completed motor yacht. Vita, sailed from through at the right time.
by August 19, and the third round Gossport at noon to-day.
Union Jacks fluttered on the Crawford delighted the hugoy Sentombor. The four num dock side, and a huge placard gallery in the third set with some nalist will qualify to comnete ir
fine tennis, and the lostra de the Davis Cup competition, 1035. wished "success to the Endeavour sarvedly took the set in the eighth
Mr.
The Endeavour's owner, 0. H. Sopwith, and his wife sall game.
The drawe na falinws: Dyer Inte Sweden, Ireland, necon round; by the liner Aquitania on Satur-But in the fourth sot, the Ameri-Holland, Monach, Greece, Austria, day, and will arrive in America cans returned with their battery of Eatonin
Byes into second round: Hungary, before the Endeavour, which is exace services and unreturnable pected to take three weeks on her ille, and went to their points in Norway, Yugoslavia, Spain. Germany, trip across the Atlantic, Reuter, the tenth game.
Silva and Basto rovcaled promise, and caused a big surprise by beating H. Kow. and D. S. Green. Their hitting from the.
ase of the court was excellent,
The heat appeared to have its ffect on the home team, of whom only Kew and Broadbridge played p to form. Kew accomplished somo fine covering of the court in wo games, and Broadbridge was ery effective in spite of a big reverse at the hands of the Choy.
rothers.
A record crowd for the game ailory being well filled. Tho attended the club, the floor and xchanges were keenly followed and appreciated.
Full results
RESULTS.
were: Wigg and Simcoeks' (K.C.C.) to W.H. and W. C. Choy 8-15; to A. Nissim and M. Welli 12-15; beat. P. Silva and C. Basto 15-6.
eat
F. A. Broadbridge and P. White
beat Silva and Basto 16-10. (K.C.C.) lost to. Choy and Choy 4-15; boat Nissim and Weill 16-8;
H. Kew and D. S. Green (K.C.C.) lost to Chey and Choy 2-15; beat Nigalm and Welli 15-18; ost to Silva and Basto 12-15.
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