WERE THE MANUSH STILL LEADING
HITTER
AUSSIES
UNLUCKY? Gehrig And Foxx Share
REFLECTIONS ON FOURTH TEST
LONDON CRITIC'S
COMMENTS
The following Interesting comment on the fourth Test match was made by the special
Home Run Honours
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INTER-CLUB AQUATICS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1934.
MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION WINS
Y.M.C.A. TEAMS,
TO MEET
Originally the Inter-Club Swim. ming contest between the Euro- pean and Chineso Y.M.C.A.'s wore
Vince DUNDEE GETS VERDICT
New York, Aug. 17. - New York, Aug. 16.
Vince Dundee, widely recognized A slump in the last few days to be held on two separate nights a world middleweight champion, trimmed Heine Manush's batting and were comprised of 12 oventa. took a decision here to-night from average but the Washington Seny-Owing to lack of swimmers the Tony Brescia, of New York, in 10 ter slugger still lands both major events have been cut down and it rounds, adding another to the long in new proposed to hold the gain string of victories he has gained leagues with a mark of .380, the on September 5, at the Chinese
since copping the crown last Octo- weekly official averages released to- | Y.M.C.A., `Bridges Street, com- ber from Lou Brouillard. day showed.
mencing at 7.30 p.m.
Dundee, who hails from Newark, N, J., scaled 162 pounds to 163 for Brescia. He title was not nt stake.
The following is the tentative Just a week ago the veteran programme with the European cricket representative of the Manush was credited with 391.|Y.M.C.A. -representatives given in London Observer, and appren- ches the question of Australia's Second is Charley Gehringer af bracketa: bad luck in that match from a the Detroit Tigers, who averaged new angle.
13747
After the tension of four days) In hits thus far this season Geh- of Test match cricket at Leeds ringer lends the American Icague the comparatively care-free with a total of 162 compared with play at Lord's in the Gentle-
160 for Manush. men and Players match was like a breath of fresh air.
Lou Gehrig of the New York The sympathy of everyone who Yankees and Jimmy Foxx of the till regards. a Test match na aPhiladelphia Athletics, both frat ame, rather than a form of civil sackers, share the homo run hon- ar was extended to the Austra-lours with 37 apiece.
ans, for they did in truth have
ho game in the hollow of their Vernon "Lefty". Gomez, of the anda when the clouds burat: not Yankees, continues to lead the race ust one cloud, but several of them for mound honours, with
to vic-
il together, and crowding and contories and three defeats this season entrating over the top of the as compared to Wesley Ferrell's leadingley ground as if cach to record of 10 wins and two Vossen. ssert his claim as an honest Eng The veteran Wes is now with the ah cloud to wash these Austra- Beston Red Sox. lans off the field.
In hita Waner has 161 and Ter-
In the National league Manager One of the first remarks I heard Bill Terry of the New York Giants hen I arrived at Lord's after a leads in hitting with an average of ideously uncomfortable journey 366, with Paul Waner of the Pitte rom Loeds was the challenging burgh Pirates second again with Joice of one very old member to ,364.
nother more juvenile member: Nonsense, my dear sir; nonsense.ry 158. A game is never won until it in bat.” Nobla British sentiments. Mel Ott, of the Glants, is cred- ut if he had seen England batting|ited with 30 homers to lead the n' the first day of the match he senior loop in this department, ould very nearly have said that while Jim Collina of the St. Louis he match was lost as soon as it Cardinals has 20.
ad been begun.
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Dundee looked a lot better than he did Aug, 10 when in his first setback as champion he dropped, a decision at Lieperville, Pa., to Tom-
50 Yards Free Style (H. G.
Lange and R. B. Wood). 120 Yards Medley Relay, Back, Breast and Free Styles (F. J. Anslow, W. F. Kerr and E. F.my Rios, of Wilmington, Del. Selk).
Long Plunge (S. Fowler and H.
F. Lange).
220 Yards Free Style
Lange and W. F. Kerr)
(H. G.
100 Yards Breast. Stroke (R. B.
Wood and G. Fowler)
Fancy Diving (E. F. Selk and R.
Goldman)
50 Yards Back Stroka (F. J. An-
alow and H. F. Lange) 100 Yards Free Style (H. G.
Lange and R. B. Wood) 160 Yards Free Style Relay (teams of 4) (R. B. Wood, G. H. Fowler, R. Goldman and E. F. Selk)
The swimmers named have not yet consented to compete although the YMCA, hope to be able to field their team as given above.
PORTUGUESE FEATHER WEIGHT
Knocks Out Filipino Fighter
San Luis Obispo, Aug. 17: Johnny Pana, tough New York Portugese featherweight, knocked Tout Vince Vonturillo, Filipino fighter, in the fifth round here to-night. He weighed 128 pounds to 126 for Venturillo.
On the same card, Joe Paraiso, 126 pounds, of Manila, kayoed Speedy Espitiu, 125, of Mexico, in the third stanza.
Lucius Sloet, 117, of Los Angeles. hammered out a decision in six This is Incidentally, the first round over Young Ureta, 111, Inter-Club swimming contest to Filipino scrapper. take place for 21⁄2 years,
HUMAN STORY OF
BRADMAN'S INNINGS AT LEEDS
(Continued from Page 8.)
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KID CHOCOLATE AGAIN
Easy Kayo Against Panama Boy Washington, D. C., Aug. 175 Kid Chocolate again seemed his old self here to-night when he knocked out Andro Sarilla, of Panama, in the soventh round.
The Cuban Negro flash, trying to regain the heights he once attained, Listen to Bradman,
scaled 132 pounds to 130 for his "I am not out to make per-foo. It was his first appearance Honal records. My side re-in the national capital which only quired the runs. I am not go a few months ago legalized boxing,
Jerome "Dizzy" Dean of the THE SWEATING' PITCH. Cardinals, suspended two days ago playing for individual honours, by Manager Frankie Frisch along but we are playing for our side." It has been suggested that the with his brother Paul "Goofy" That was the keynote of the Itch, which looked to the eye sim-Dean, has 21 pitching victorien to little celebration at the hotel last lo onough, was, In fact, unplea-his credit, offset by five losses. night. antly cold and sweating due to the Hal Schmuchor of the Giants is manner of its preparation and sub-second with 18 victories and five equent protection. Certainly the defents.
all was turning and occasionally
ooging low, and certainly no
vicket is so difficult as that from
hich the ball only occasionally batsmen could not hit a ball which oes this or that. So long as the was always coming off so tamely. all always turning, as well as
WERE THEY 50 UNLUCKY?
And another
decision from Buster Brown of Baltimore in eight rounds and the ringslders sald he may get back on top yet. He took a licking in the
Ing out on Monday with the In- The Cuban Bon Bon, less than tention of breaking my former three weeks ago at New York, won record. I am going out in the spirit that we Australians want to win this match.” pinning, a batsman, if he possessca i
That explains the caution which hem, knows what strokes to om.
reflection of the some observers detected in Brad-metropolle July 11 from Petey loy, but when the pitch cannot match Is were
the Australians man's play yesterday. The side is ake up its mind whether to receive really so unlucky as all the big-In the heartiest spirit that ever he ball with a cold, ungenerous hearted people say they ware? have seen them: Until Sheffield cart, or to send it on its way to Could Woodfull not have declared they had worried about Don, on arda the wicket with a twinkling his innings closed some time before whom they counted for runs. scentricity, the batsman has his luncheon on Monday, irrespective They are immensely glad that ha Fork cut out to show his strokes. of whether his champion batsman has struck the luck, and at what
had a chance of breaking his cham- was the critical moment.
was not an
At Leeds, on that dismal Friday. pion . record? And the sun never pooped out, and the hour and a half on an admittedly Icket therefore remained clammy; unpleasant pitch enough for good hrena on the following day, when bowlers to have finished off the he brutal Australians were quietly, match before the rain came down nd never ostentatiously, grinding to swamp everything and every he English bowlers to powder, the body out? Perhaps the Austra-| icket woke up. the ball came on lians, after all, were
not so dea- unlucky, for: I
can
INDIAN RC-RINKS. Meet Club de Recreio This Afternoon.
Hayes, of Brooklyn, a virtually un- known, but previously had shown promise since starting his now campaign early in the spring,
The following will represent the Indian R.C;
J. Hoosen, M. I. Razack, ASAM. Omar and A. R. Minu (skip); A. H. Rumjahn, D. 1. Khan, A. M. Wahab
and K. M. Omar. (skip); A. O. Mudar
S. O. Bux, M. ỵ. Adal and A. R Dallah (skip),
Game Postponed,
The open aingles bowls cham- plonship between D. Rumjahn, of the
The Indian R.C. will meet the Club Cratgengower Cricket Club, and R. o the bat, and strokes could be perately
de Recreio in the Junior Lawn Bowls Duncan, of the Kowloon Bowling hade. All of which sounds senten- remember several incidents during cing at 6 p.m. sharp. This game was placo yesterday at the Club de Re league at Sookunnoo to-day commen-Green Club, which was to have taken which certainly went postponed laat Saturday on account creio green, was postponed on
count of the weather.
fously technical, and dots not in the game he least explain why the English their way.
of the weather.
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