THE HONGKONG.
TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, 'JULY 25, 1934.
FIVE COUNTY CRICKET MATCHES LEFT UNFINISHED
TEAMS' FEATURELESS COMBATS
RESULTS AT A GLANCE.
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP.
Surrey (419-9 dec.) bent Hampshire (349 and 115-0) on first innings.
Derbyshire (326) beat Worcester (76 and 288-7) on first
Innings.
Sussex (238 and 32-0) beat Leicester (107 and 310-4 dec.) on first innings,
Middlesex (288 and 39-11 bent Essex (219 and 211-2 dec.) on firal innings.
Lancashire (499-8 dre.) beat Notts (278 and 201-6) on first innings,
Glamorgan (361 and 65-1) bent Somerset (103 and 320)
by nine wickets.
Yorkshire (296 and 130-2) beat Kent (142 and 283) by eight wickets.
Warwickshire (336 and 56-0) heat Gloucester (185 and 226) by ten wickets,
TEST MATCH.
England (200 and 229-6) and Australia (584) drew at
Leeds.
Here is the Australian Davis Cup team, now playing America in the Inter-Zone final. Reading from left to righti-V, McGrath, A. Quiat, D. P. Turnbull and J. H. Crawford,
BASEBALL PLAYER'S China And
DEATH
Montford Cross Noted Short-Stop
The World Olympics
SENDING SMALL
DELEGATION
h
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 Wimbledon, when rain 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.
London, July 24.. with condence, responding with County cricket was compara-349 and 115 for no wicket.
Philadelp, in, July 18 Derbyshire should have beaten tively featureless during the
Mentford Cross, one of baseball's past three days. Five of the Worcester, but failed to make the cleverest pinyers, who had several eight matches were decided on best use of a good position. Put-years service as a major leagun first innings, the results affect-ting Worcester out for 76, they shortstop at the beginning of this
Sanking, July 17. ing both Sussex and Lance went on to score 326, obtaining a century, has died from heart trou- The China National Amateur shire, who are leading in the lead of 150, but Worcester imbe. In his 64th year, Gross hind Athletic Federation will hold championship table,
proved considerably. in their been out of the game for many meeting in Nanking early next Outstanding Individual achieve-| secund knock, playing out time by season, but his play, in his heyday, month to discuss China's par- monta were also few. Iddon's hitting up 288 for 7.
particularly during the eight years ticipation in
World the 1934 The scores and individual per-he served with the Philadelphia Olymple Games, the chief purpose 7-6, and then rain fell to interrupt At one stage in this set he led innings of 200 not out was a fine piece of batting for Lancashire formances were cabled by Reuter. Athletics, placed him on the list of being to determine the events in the game. In what could almost agninal Notts, and Clay led the
really brilliant in-fielders.
which Chinn can be expected to be described as gestures of pique, Cross also played with way among the bowlers with an
the make a good showing. The ques- Crawford literally threw points aggregate of ten wickets for 117
Phillies, and with clubs in Balli-tion will guide the selection of Glamorgan for
against
Detroit: Pittsburgh, St. delegates.
Somerset,
BLIND MAN AS A WRESTLER
J
YORKSHIRE'S REVENGE.
Leader Amongst Yorkshire took jample revenge
American Amateurs for their dofent by Kent earlier: in the senson, when in the first!
Seattle, July 18. match of the Maidstone Cricket The most amazing athlete Week, they
the hop the overenme
University of Washington, and, perhaps, one of the most county by eight wickets.
Kent's batting failed them. Dis- amazing in the world, is Bill Dent, a wrestler, who is totally blind. missed in the first innings for 142. they could only just double this in He asks no quarter in his bouts, the second. Yorkshire built up and gives none, and he is
one of substantial advantage by scoring the leading wrestlers in the heavy. 296 in their initial visit to the weight division in Seattle amateur) crease, Davidson contributing 128, eircles. and hit of the required 130 runs His conch, Frank Vance, de- for the loss of a couple of wickets.clared:-"le has the makings of
LEADING PERFORMANCES.
BATTING.
Iddon (Lancs) v Notts 200* Davidson (Yorks) ་
Kent
128
Hulme (Middlesex? v Essex
108
Santal) (Warwick), v
Gloucester
O'Conner (Essex)
Middlesex..
* indicates not out
BOWLING.
Clay (Glamorgan)
▾ Somerset
and
nore,
-
America's chosen for the Davis Cup match against Australia
are pictured here. Reading from left to rightt-5. B. Wood, L. R. Stoefen, F. X. Shields and G. M. Loit.
JUPITER PLUVIUS PLAYS 12th
MAN FOR ENGLAND
Weather Beats Australia
AND SAVES HOME TEAM FROM BIG DEFEAT
that
(By "Veritas").
from NONE the less it was fortunate that the last word was with the umpires.
Leeds last Friday stated Keeton had been selected as twelfth man for England, Now we know
better. Jupiter Pluvius was the gentleman in question.
away after the restart. hitting FIRST messages Louis, Savannah, Syracuse (N.Y.) It is almost certain that China everything out of court in sheer Milford, Delaware, and Lebanon will send only a very small de abandon, and allowing Wood to 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
With Crawford leading by one, Phillies in 1897 and four years aquatic events, as good swimmers game to love in the third set, later transferred to Connie Mack's are incking in this country. Pre- further rain fell, causing play to
term. a long Athletics for
Heparations for China's participn be abandoned for the day. retired in 1908, but always retained tion are in the hands of the China The match will be resumed this; his interest in the game."
Athletic As-afternoon from the score of 6-3, 9-7, 0-1, which in in Wood's favour.
WOOD ON TOP.
BASEBALL TREAT FOR JAPANESE
RUTH AND FOXX a truly great wrestler. He has vice-like arms and a variety of TO PAY VISIT holds. It is almost impossible to get behind him, in spite of his
Tokyo, July 18.
·loss of sight, and he knows whint) "Babe" Ruth, the-home-run-king his opponent is doing every se-of the New York Yankees, finally has nccepted an invitation from the
cond.
LASKY-AN BAER
102 HARD
друка
for 44
5 for 73
Allen (Middlesex)
v Essex ..
6 for 17
Hollies (Warwick)
v Gloster
Smalles (Yorks) v Kent
Parkinson (Lanes) v Notts
PUNCHING
CHAMPION
MAY FIGHT NEW MINNESOTAN
New York.
The next Battle of the Century may be larger edition of the Benny Leonard-Lew Tendler meetings of 1922 and 1923. If Ancil Hoffman, has his manager of Max Baer, way, the next challenger for the heavy-weight crown will be Arthur Lakofsky, who, like the new cham- pion, has the six-point star Jerusalem embroidered Ifa tights.
on
of
6 for. 50
6 for 56
5 for 19
Leicester easily held their own against Sussex after being led on the first innings. To Leicester's Lakofsky, otherwise Lasky, Initial score of 167, Sussex a tall young man from Minne- responded with 238, but Leicester apolis. Ho came to New York made light of the attack at the highly regarded, but failed to second time of asking, finally delive up to all the nice things said claring at 340 for 4:
about him in taking a decision from plodding Hans Birkle
March 31, 1983.
LANCASHIRE UNLUCKY. Lancashiro were a trifle unlucky not to take 15 paints from Notta. Thoy had the Midlanders In the palm of their hands.
A wonderful innings of 200 not out by Iddon laid the foundation for Lancashire's score of 490 for B declared.
Is
on
TOPPLED KING LEVINSKY. Lasky, who had stirred trouble for Prime Carnera a year before, went west, young
27.
In Los Angeles during the winter he established himself as one of the biggest cards ever to show in the Golden State, and reached his peak out there only the other. night in decisively defeating King Levinsky,
National Amateur sociation..
season. It was
fine brand of
•
Now for the fifth and findl
Test, to which there is no time limit. Reference to it brings back a flood of memories of a similar match in 1930, when the redoubt- able Don Bradman practically won the game for Australia of his
S rain came to aid England own bat.. !A
in her victory in the second
-
to
Yomiuri Shimbun, a local dally According to a Reuter message Test at Lord's, so it came to BOB Wyatt has cause to remem paper, te vialt Japan this autumn Wood played a after the completion of the major tennis, especially in the first set, save the home country, yester-ber the ovent, it was the baseball league.
when he had Crawford continually day from the ignominious fate first time he captained. England, ucing brought in displace also announced that Jimmy Foxx, running from side to side with of an innings defent.
A. P. F. Chapman, whose hand- the foremost slugger of the Phi-series of brilliant drives down the
ling of the English team in the Indelphia Athletics, will visit Tokyo side lines. with Rath.
He earned the 'majority of his
four previous games had not given NO! You can't say England universal satisfaction. The "Bube" made 687 home runs poltts from thean ground strokes.
hasn't enjoyed her share of during the 21-years-ending with __Crawford improved__in___the
Juck this year. 1933, while Foxx made 68 in 1932 second set and led 7-6 when rain and 48 in 1933.
Interrupted the play, after which the hit out every ball..
POSSIBILITY
:
Baar is a difficult man to hare a chat with these days,'ns this picture shows; when" a prominant, New York sports write called on the new heavyweight champion, who was resting after his Gght
[with Curwaka
HARVARD MEN LEAVE FOR FAR EAST
Tatsuta Maru Carries Baseball Team
VYATT therefore, had to take over the responsibilities with EVERYBODY will sympathise public feeling thrown in, and in a certain amount of antagonistic with the Australians. The the knowledge that any sort of: final downpour after the dis- mistake might prove fatal to En- afternoon was the only thing that could rob them of thoroughly earned victory.
missal of Leslie Ames yesterday glish hopes.
WHAT happened is now history. Australia won, but it was not Wyatt's fault. The Warwicks amateur emerged from the ordeal- THICY played the better cricket bably itching now to get to grips with colours flying, and he is pro- throughout. In both batting with Woodfull and his man at Tokyo, July 19,
and bowling they had, over this the Oval to enjoy his revenge for The N.Y.K. m.v. Tatsuta Maru match, proved immeasurably. left San Francisce
that 1930 match. yesterday superior. In the end It was Aux- the weather. Just
[ afternoon, with a large number tralia versus
of passengers for Japan and bad jong,
China, including a party of the
Harvard University baseballers
and also a party of picked Ameri-
BUT if he is to have this salis- fuction, he will have to be supported to the full with the
can swinimers of World Olympics I England lose tre rapid wickets must now see that one fust bowler
was, hot surprising to see best team possible. The selectors
fame.
The Harvard baseballers are wicket favoured the bowlers, over-fielent. Bowes must have at least in the morning. The pre-lunch in the English attack is insuf- visiting Tokyo at the invitation night rain having left the surface one comanior,
of the Kelo University baseball somewhat soft. Later, of course,
team, while the American swim the bowlers were, if anything, THERE must, of
mers
course, bo unlikely that Hopwood - will be retained, and Mitcholi cari be dropped without much loss. If Sutcliffe is fit, as he should be By then, Keeton will go,
are participating in the handicapped by the extreme wet- be changos. in the team. It la forthcoming All-fapan Aquatleness of the ground, which en- Sports Championships.
forced the constant use of saw- Close heats are expected to be dust, while the pitch threatened witnessed in the swimming ebam to turn dead. pionships, when the world-famous Japanosa, swimmpra compete with the visiting Americans,
MILITARY AQUATICS. Small Units To Hold Gala In Y.M.C.A. Bath. The Small Units have booked Thursday, August 9, and Friday,
.
HENDREN'S dismissal is des- AT the present it looks as though erdas unlucky, yet it scoms ony of the best teama the that he deliberately walked in selectors can consider is: Sutcliffe, front of a straight one. It would Walters, Wyatt, Hammond, Hon- acom that he lost his wickat by dren, Leyland, Ames, Verity. faulty judgment, rather than any Bowes, Farnes and Nichols. thing else.
EYLAND batted soundly
HAMMOND has not carned his place on performances. In the
August 10, for their annual swimmhroughout the time of play, 7 last four, Teats, unless one takos
ing sporta, which are to be hold the European Y, M. C. A bath, but Hopwood was undoubtedly as into account his bowling which, commencing at 2 pm. on sach fortunate as any batsmen has a has been useful, and the selectors afternoon..
Next Friday, July 27, the "B" right to be Heaurvived two might do worse than Introduce Company of the Lincolnshire Regi- very, very confident appeals, ons James Langridge for the Glouces
ter all-rounder nent will hold their sports in the for obstruction and the 'other' a Y. M. C. A. bathi and on Saturday, catch by Wall. July-28, the “A” Company of the Lincolnshire Regiment will hold their
Notis replied with 278, Parkin son capturing 5 for 49, and follow ing on, just managed to play out time, scoring 201⋅ for 0.. At the drawing of stumps, Notts were still 20 runs behind with four Baer is under contract to Mad- wickets in hand.
laon Square Garden for one moro: Gloucester suffered another net-fight. It was Hollman's original back, and are having as variable à intention to get this out of the Bonson 48 one could imagine. way in September, and be free.
TANGRIDGE has vital clams They failed in batting against to do na lo pleased. But much of Warwickshire, being sent back for Hoffman's-antagonism toward
both as bateman and bowler, 165 and 220. Hellen bowled woll Ringmaster Jimmy Johnston and be in there again until next sume 1700's. „Medóza, who scaled' only
ONE can readily understand the although chiefly the former, and to capture 6 for 60 in the second the Garden disappeared when the mer,
captain's dinngreping over the his achievements this your only innings.
crown was fitted on the curly "We'd like Lasky. Neither champion of England, which
TO NANKING? state of the wicket towards the go to prove the steady progroup Warwick's stody batting on-black kair of Baer.
Hamas nor Nousel mean much. moant the world at the time. In
end of the day. There was Wood he has made us a first class abled them to ran up a acero of He now suggests that Lasky. Baor and Lasicy are punchers all the years between Mendoza Arrangements have been completed full, with victory within grasp cricketer. 330 in their first visit to the crease, Steve Hamas and Walter Neusel the kind who got the coin. But and Baur, only one Jewish heavy for holding wimming cratest here, and only waiting the chance to and set to score 50 to win, they fight it out for the privilege of Lasky will have to got out of weight made any progress to an end of this month, to which get his men on the fold to clinch WOODFULL --Won't
worry Bradmit will be tackling Baer. p
California and establish himself, spank of. He was the remarkable Xeng Bat-king, who is staying the Issue, while on the other hand Surroy built up what appeared to Max will go to the post in and that will take a few months." los Choynski, who at 73 pounds participahang sa boon Invited to Wyatt, confronted with the grave O.K. by Autust 13, and unless bo a winning scoro, when declared September if they can show us Baor la the frat Hobrow to hold knocked out Jack Johnson and Whether Miss Yeung will accept the position of imminenti defeat, na-liness or injuries attack othe at 410 for D against Hampshire, any money," says Hellman, but, the heavyweight leadership.sinco fought Jim Corbett ve timos. invitation not known yet turally had to demand better members of the do, the team
(Continued on Pago 9.) 2: Central Naoi Agenas),
will assuredly remain unchanged. but their opponents also intted frankly, I don't believe he will Daniel Mondoza reigned in the
obtained the runs without loss.
mept.
168 pounds, was heavyweight and Nanking, July 24.
condiilons: or playing
have to
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