WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH:
1934.
FIVE COUNTY CRICKET MATCHES LEFT UNFINISHED
TEAMS' FEATURELESS COMBATS
RESULTS AT A GLANCE.
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP,
Surrey (419-9 dec.) beat Hampshire (349 and 115-07 on
first innings.
Derbyshire (326) beat Worcester 176 and 288-7) on first
inninga.
Sussex (238 and 32-0) beat Leicester
dec.) on first innings.
(167 and 340-4
Middlesex (288 and 39-1) hent Essex (219 and 211-2 dec.) on first innings.
Lancashire (499-8 dec.) beat Nella (278 and 201-0) on Grst innings.
Glamorgan (361 and 45-1) hent Somerset (103 and 320)
by nine wickets,
Yorkshire (296 and 130-2) beat Kent (142 and 283) by right wickets,
Warwickshire (336 and 56-0) hent Gloucester (165 and 226) by ten wickets,
TEST MATCH.
England (200 and 229-0) and Australia (584) drew at
Leeds,
Here is the Australian Davis Cup team, new playing America
in the Inter-Zone final. Reading from left to righti-V. McGrath, A. Quist, D. P. Turnbull and J. H. Crawford.
BASEBALL PLAYER'S China And
DEATH
Montford Cross Noted Short-Stop
London, July 24. with confidence, responding with
Philadelphia, July 18 County cricket was compara-349 and 115 for no wicket.
Montford Cross, one of baseball's Derbyshire should have beater tively featureless during the past three days. Five of the Worcester, but failed to make the cleverest players, who had several eight matches were decided on best use of a good position. Put years service as a major league first innings, the results affect-ting Worcester out for 76, they shortstop at the beginning of this ing both Sussex and Lanca went on to score 326, obtaining a century, has died from heart trou- shire, who are leading in the lead of 150, but Worcester imbe. In his 64th year, Cross had proved considerably in their been out of the game for many championship table. Outstanding Individual achieve Recond knock, playing out time by seasons, but his play, in his heyday, particularly during the eight years ments were also few. Iddon's hitting up 288 for 7.
he served with the Philadelphia innings of 200 not out was a fine piece of batting for Lancashire
Athletics, placed him on the list of roully brilliant In-Belders. against Notts, and Clay-ted the way among the bowlers with an aggregate of ten wickets for 117 for Glamorgan against runs Somerset,
YORKSHIRE'S REVENGE. Yorkshire took ample revengo for their defeat by Kent curller in the season, when in the first match of the Maidstone Cricket
Week,
hop
The scores and individan! per- formances were cabled by Renter.
BLIND MAN AS A WRESTLER
In
The World Olympics
SENDING SMALL DELEGATION
Nanking, July 17.
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CRAWFORD NOT AT HIS BEST
THROWS AWAY THE SECOND SET
FORTUNE TURNS
TO AMERICA -
IN VITAL DAVIS
CUP TIE
(By "Veritas").
Revealing only occasion- al glimpses of true form, Jack Crawford, the Aus- tralian, was yesterday led two sets to love by Sydney Wood in the Davis Cup Inter-Zone final between America and Australia at rain Wimbledon, when came to put a finish to play for the day.
Crawford, upon whom the chief hopes of Australia are: centred for entry into the challenge round, was for one set completely intimidated by Wood's glorious driving, and only in the second stanza did the Australian touch correct form:
The China Notional Amateur Athletic Federation will hold meeting in Nanking early next
the 1936 World At one stage in this set he led month to discuss Chine's par- telpation in Olympic Games, the chief purpose 7-6, and theu rain fell to interrupt being to determine the events in the game. In what could almost which China can be expected to be described as gestures of pique,! Cross also played with the make
good showing. The ques Crawford literally threw points Phillies, and with clubs in Bulti-tion will guide the selection ofury after the restart, hitting
America's chosen for the Davis Cup match against Australia
ars pictured hero. Reading from left to righti-S; B.Wood, L. R. Stoefen, F. X. Shields and G. M. Lott
JUPITER PLUVIUS PLAYS 12th
MAN FOR ENGLAND
:
Weather Beats Australia
AND SAVES HOME TEAM FROM BIG DEFEAT
FIRST
messages
(By "Varitas").
from No
ONE the less it was fortunate that the last word was with the umpires.
Leeds last Friday stated that Keeton had been selected as twelfth man for England. Now we NOW for the fifth and final
Test, to which there is no time- know better.. Jupiteriit. Reference to it brings back Pluvius was the gentleman flood of memories of a similar match in 1930, when the redoubt- able Don Bradman practically won the game for Australia, off his own bat.
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more, Detroit. Pittsburgh, St. delegates, Louis, Savannah, Syracuse (NY.).
It la almost certain that China everything out of court in sheer Milford, Delaware. Leader Amongst
and Lebanon will send only a very small de abandon, and allowing Wood Ju With Crawford lending by one (Pennsylvania). He was a native legation to the world meeting, gain a very valuable advantage. of Philadelphia. He joined the She will not take part in the American Amateurs
Seattle, July 18. Phillies in 1807 and four years aquatic events, as good swimmers game to love in the third set, The most amazing athlete later transferred to Connie Mack's are lacking in this country. Fee-further rain fell, causing play to
in question. The match will be resumed this a long term. Heparations for China's participa-be abandoned for the day. the University of Washington, Athletics for they overcame the
Wood's of the most retired in 1908, but always retained tion are in the hands of the China and, perhaps, one
National Amateur Athletic An-afternoon from the score of 6-3,
19-7, 0-1. which is in county by oight wickets.
Dis- amazing in the world, is Bill Dent, his interest in the game.
sociation.
favour. Kent's batting failed them.
AS rain came to aid England WOOD ON TOP...
in her victory in the second missed in the Brst innings for 142, wrestler, who is totally bilud. He asks no quarter in his bouts,
According to a Reuter message, Test at Lord's, so they could only just double this in
and gives sone, and he is one of
it came to fine brand of the second. Yorkshire built up a
Wood played a substantial advantage by scoring the leading wrestlers in the heavy-
tennis, especially in the first set, save the home country yester 296 in their initial visit to the weight division in Seattle amateur
when he had Crawford continually day from the ignominious fate crease, Davidson contributing 128, circles. and hit off the required 130 runs
also announced that Jimmy For running from side to side with of an innings defeat, for the loss of a couple of wickets.
the foremost slugger of the Phi-series of brilliant drives down the ladelphia Athletica, will visit Tokyo with Ruth.
LEADING PERFORMANCES..
BATTING.
Iddon (Lancs) Notts 200* Davidson (Yorks)
128
V
Hulme (Middlesex) v
Kent
ERSEX.
Gloucester
Santall (Warwick) v
O'Conner (Essex)
Middlesex ...
• indicates not out
BOWLING.
Clay (Glamorgan)
v Somerset
and
108
102"
V
99*
5 for 44
5 for 73
Allen (Middlesex)
v Essex.
Hollies (Warwick)
v Gloster
6 for 47
6 for 50
G for 56
G for 49
Smalles (Yorks) v Kent.:
Parkinson (Lanes) v Notti
Leicester caally held their own against Sussex after being led on the first innings. To Leicester's initial score of
BASEBALL TREAT FOR JAPANESE
RUTH AND FOXX TO PAY VISIT
n local daily Yomiuri Shimbun, paper, to visit Japan this autumn after the completion of the major baseball league
season. It wa
His conch, Frank Vance. de- Clared:"He has the makings of a truly great wrestler. Ile has vico-llke arms and a
variety of holds. It is almost impossible to
The "Babe" made 687 home runs get behind him, In spite of his
Tokyo, July 18. loss of sight, and he knows-what "Babe Ruth, the homo-run-king..during the 21 years ending with his opponent in doing every su-of the New York Yankees, finally 1933, while Foxx mude 58 in 1932
has accepted an invitation from the and 48 in 1933,
cond.
LASKY-A BAER
HARD PUNCHING
CHAMPION
MAY FIGHT NEW MINNESOTAN
New York.
The next Battle of the Century may be larger edition of the Benny Leonard-Low Tendier meetings of 1922 and 1923. If Ancil Hoffman. manager of Max Baer, has his way, the next challenger for the heavy-weight crown will be Arthur Lakofsky, who, like the now cham- rion, has the six-point star of on his Jerusalem embroidered tights,
18.
Lakofsky, otherwise Lasky. 167, Sussex a tall young man from Minne
came to New York responded with 238, but Leloester apolis. He made light of the attack at the highly regarded, but failed to. second time, of, asking, finally de-live up to all the nice things said about him in taking a decision claring at 340 för 4.
from plodding Hans Birkle March 31, 1938.
LANCASHIRE UNLUCKY. Lancashire were a trifle unlucky not to take 15 points from Notts. They had the Midlanders in the
their hands, palin
on
up.
man.
TOPPLED KING LEVINSKY. Lasky, who had stirred A wonderful innings of 200 not trouble for Primo Carnera a year. out by Iddon faid the foundation before, went west, young for Lancashire's score of 499%for In Los Angeles during the winter. 8 declared,
he established himself as one of replied with 278, Parkin- the biggest cards over to show in Notts son capturing & for 49, and follow-the Golden State, and reached his other ing on, just managed to play out peak, nut. there, only the time, scoring 201 for 6. At the night in decisively defeating King drawing of stumps, Notts were Lavinsky.
POSSIBILITY
Baar is a difficult man to have a chat with those days, as this picture shows, when a prominent New York sports write called on the new heavyweight champion, who was resting after his fight with Carnira.
de fines.
the
He earned the majority of his points from these ground stroken,
Crawford improved second-set-and-led 7:6 when rain interrupted the play, after which he hit out every ball.
HARVARD MEN LEAVE FOR FAR EAST
Tatsuta Maru Carries
Baseball Team
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Tokyo, July 19.
NO! You can't say England hasn't enjoyed her share of fuck this year.
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ber the event.
BOB Wyatt has cause to remem first time he captained England, being brought in
It was the
to displace A. P. F. Chapinan, whose hand- ng of the English team in the universal satisfaction.
our previous games had not given
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VERYBODY will sympathise certain amount of antagonistic public feeling thrown in, and in with the Australians. The no knowledge that any sort of final downpour after the dis- mistake might prove fatal to En-
missal of Leslie Ames yesterday gush hopes.
afternoon was the only thing that could rob them of a thoroughly earned victory.
WHAT happened is now history.
Australia won, but it was not Wyatt's
Warwick fault. The amateur emerged from the ordeal
THEY played the better cricket with colours flying, and he is pro- bably itching now to get to grips throughout. In both hatting with Woodfull and his mon at and bowling they had, over this the Oval to enjoy his revenge for
immeasurably that 1930 match.
proved
The N.Y.K. m.v. Tatauta Maru match, left San Franciscu yesterday superior. In the end it was Aus- large number tralla versus the weather. Just afternoon, with
of passengers for Japan and bad joas.. China, including a party of the Harvard University baseballers
and also a party of picked Ameri- TT was
I
BUT if he is to have this satis
faction, he will have to be Hupported to the full with the
not surprising to sea best team possible. The selectors can swimmers of World Olympics England lose two rapid wickets must now see that one fast bowler
famie.
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is insuf in the morning. The pre-lunch in the English attack The Harvard baseballers are wicket favoured the bowlers, over- lielent. Bowes must have at least visiting Tokyo at the Invitation night rain having left the surface one comanion. of the Kela University baseball somewhat soft. Later, of course,
of couras, bo... team, while the American swin the bowlers were, if anything, be changes in the team. It is
THERE must, mers are participating in the handicapped by the extreme wot forthcoming All-Japan Aquatic ness of the ground, which en unlikely that Hopwood will be Sports Championships.
forced the constant use of saw. retained, and Mitchell Close heats are expected to be dust, while the pitch threatened dropped without much loas. If Sutcliffe in fit, as he should be- witnessed in the swimming cham- to turn dead.
y then, Keeton will go. pionships, when the world-famous Japanese swimmers compete with the visiting Americans.
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JENDREN'S dismissal. is des-
one of the best teams the eriled as unlucky, yet it seems the present it looks as though that he deliberately walked in selectora can consider is: Sutcliffe, MILITARY AQUATICS.front of a straight one. It would Walters, Wyatt, Hammond, Ilon- Amcs, Verity, Boom that he lost his wicket by dren, Leyland, Small Units To Hold Gala faulty judgment, rather than any Bowes, Farnes and Nichola
thing else.
In Y.M.C.A. Bath.
The Small Units have booked Thursday, August 9, and Friday, August 10, for their annual swimm-EYLAND boted soundly throughout the top of play ing sports, which are to be held in the European Y. M. G. A. bath, but Hopwood was undoubtedly as
p.m on each fortunate as any batsmen has commencing at 2 afternoon.
a
Next Friday, July 27, the "p" right to be. He survived two Company of the Lincolnshire Regis very, very confidont appeals, one nent will hold their sports in the for obstruction and the other a Y. M. G. A. bath; and on Saturday, chtch by Wall. July 28, the "A" Company of the Lincolnshire Regiment will hold their mast....
HAMMOND has not earned his place on performances. In the last four Testa, unless and takes into necount hie bowling which, has been useful, and the selectore James Longridge for the Glouces might do worse than Introduce ter all-rounder.
ANGRIDGE has vital claima
still 20 runs behind with four Baer is under contract to Mad- wickets in land,
ison Square Garden for one more Gloucester suffered another set- cht. It was Hoffman's original.
Let me listaman and howler, back, and are having as variable a intention to get this out of the one could imagine. way in September, and be free. season' na
of They failed in batting against to do as he pleased. But much
toward antagonism,
ONE can readily understand the although chloflly the former, and captain's disagreeing over the h's achievements this year only Warwickshire, being sent back for Hoffman's 165 and 226. Hollies bowled well Ringmaster Jimmy Johnston and be in there again until next sum 1700's. Medoza, who scaled only meet.
158 pounds, was heavywolglit GOING TO NANKING? state of the wicket towards there to prove the stondy progress asa first class to capture & for 60 in the second the Garden disappeared when the mer.
We'd liko Lasky. Nolther champion of England, which
Nanking, July 24:end of the day. There was Wood- he has made crown was filled on the curly Innings.
Hamas nor Neuael mean much. meant the world at the time. In
Arrangements have been completed full, with victory within grasp ricketer. Warwick's steady batting on-black hair of Baer.
Ho now suggests that Lasky, Baer and Lasky are punchors all the years, between Mendoza abled them to run up a score of
Mina Young Sau-king, who is staying the issue, while on the other hand 885 in their first visit to the crease, Stove Hamas and Walter Sousel the kind who got the coin. But and Baer, only one Jewish heavy for holding a swimming contest here and only waiting the chance to
Callforals and establish himself, speak of. He was the remarkable at Nanchang, has been invited to Wyatt, confronted with the grave O by Aneust 18, and pleas and act to score 56 to win, they fight it out for the privilege of Lasks will have to got out of weight made any progress to at the end of this month, to which get his men on the fold to clinch WOODFULL won't have to
tackling Baor obtained the runs without loss.
post in and that will take a few months. Jos Cheynski, who at 178 pounds participate in N "Max will go to the Surrey built up what appeared to
Baer la the first Hebrew to hold knocked out Jack Johnson and whether Miss Young will accept the position of imminent defast, no-ness or Infuries attack other conditions for playing by will assuredly remain unchanged., be a winning score, when declared September if they can show us
1 Central Nows Aganoy.: (Continued on Page 0:) at 419 for 9 against Hampshire, any money," says Hoffman, but, the, heavyweight leadership slaco fought Jim Corbett five times. Invitation is not own anyat turally had to demand better members of the alde, the team but their opponents also batted frankly, I don't belleve he will Daniel Mendoza rolgned in the
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