HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, JULY
1985.
DERBYSHIRE DROP BACK IN COUNTY CRICKET RACE
RESULTS AT A, GLANCE
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
Lancashire (288 and 178 for
BEATEN BY SUSSEX
3). best Glamorgan (243 AT DERBY
194) by seven wickets.
Sussex (415 and 84 for 3 wkts) best Derbyshire (24% and 256) by seven wickets.
Middlesex (184 and 148) beat Hampshire (233 and 146) by 53.
Notts (436 for 3 wkts. dec.
BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTING
Northants)
Hardstaffe (Notts
172*
Bakewell (Northants v..
Notts).
143
H. W. Parks (Suason v.
Derby)
119*
BY A MARGIN OF SEVEN WICKETS
Chapman (Kent v. Somer-
set)...
107
Walker (Notts v. North-
_ants)
105
♥..
100
V.
95
and 103 for 4 wktas), boat ANOTHER CENTURY Northants (213 and 324) by six wickets.
FOR HENDREN
London, July 26. Derbyshire, in the bid for
Somerset (167 and 268) beat Kent (266 and 117) by 52 runs. Yorkshire (260 and 294 for B wkts. dec.) beat Gloucester-county cricket championship hon- shire (203 and 154) by 197 runs. ours, lost valuable ground to-day Essex (160 and 220) beat when they were beaten by Sussex Surrey (261 and 84) by 35 runs. wickets, whereas Yorkshire, who at Derby by a margin of seven ars at the top of the table, won fairly convincingly from Glouces- terabire at Hull
ARRANGING
BOXING TOURNEY
INTERNATIONAL EVENT
FOR HEAVYWeight. EXPONENTS
Sarasota, Fla, July 20. An elimination heavyweight tournament, international in scope, is being planned for this city in February, 1936, the next year from now.
The plan was first advanced by Karl Blakel, former president of the United Press and wintor resident
here..
Boq would be held for three days, with heavyweights from all parts of
The Parks brothers were engaged in a huge partnership for Sussex and it was due to their brilliant batting] that the visitors to Derby were able to rattle up a total of 416 runs. James Parks, the elder of the two, preceded his brother to the wicket but Harry Parks was in better form and had 110 to his credit without being out. James Parks contributed 93 before dismissal.
Derbyshire failed to save the follow- on. They were dismissed for 212 runs] and then for 266,
Sussex scored 84 runs for the loss. of three wiekots.
HEAVY SCORING BY NOTTS
Notts batamen were in scoring mood at Trent Bridge where they beat Northants by Bix wickets afler averaging 77 runs per wicket. In their first innings the average was 145.33
per wicket!
Northants had arst loase, of the crease and scored 213 runs, in reply to which Notts knocked up 430 for the loss of three wickots declared, Hardstaffe, one of the players asked to attend at Manchester for the fourth
against the South Africans, con tributed 172 without losing his wicket, while Walker 106 runs to his
bad credit when dismissed.
Tent
In their second innings Northants
Hendren (Middlese
Hants)
Lavis (Glamorgan
.Lancs)
Watson (Lancs v. Glam-
24
22 23 SER
J. Parks (Sussex V.
Derby)... Nichols (Emex v. Surrey) 84 Barber (Yorks v. Glouces-
tor)
and
Smith (Derby v. Sussox).
*Not out.
BOWLING
80
Sims (Middlesex v.
Hanti) Andrews (Somerset v.
...... 8 for 84 Kent)
6 for 84 and
6 for 65 Boyes (Hants
Middlesex) Verity (Yorks Gloucester) Todd (Kent v. Somer-
set)
Voce
V.
6 for 48
.6 for $3
6 for 72
6 for 113
5 for 10
5 for 57
(Notts Northants) Eastman (Essex v.
Surrey) Lavis (Kent v. Somer.
set)
ART LASKY
NOT IN RUNNING
America competing the winner to be put on 324 runs, of which Bakewell, BEATEN BY AN
rated as one of the leading heavy weights with possibly a chance at the
title.
bo
Jack Dempsey has been approached on the plan and he is said to be highly
enthusiastic, He would secured to referee the main bouts on the closing night, with other sports figures in charge of other bouts.
occasion.
who has taken the place of Mitchell among England's nominated players, made 148 runs. Voce captured six of the wickets for 113 runa..
Notts made 103 for the loss of four wickets,
Lancashire, last year's championi, won against Glamorgan at Swansea by seven wickets.
UNKNOWN
JEWISH BOXER'S TITLE QUEST
AUSTIN'S DEFEAT BY BUDGE
Wimbledon Battles Royal Before The Queen
By H. S. SCRIVENER
London, July 2. Her Majesty the Queen came to Wimbledon yesterday and was enthusiastically welcomed. She arrived shortly after 3 p.m. while the first match on the centre court was in progress, stayed to tea and for quite an appreciable while after 'that.
It was a timely visit, for yesterday was the day on which the battle of the strong in the men's singles began In earnest. Each pair of combatants for places in the semi-final were either two seeded players or a seeded player and another who had beaten a seeded player en route to the last eight.
The four semi-finallels in their order of opposition aro Perry, and Crawford, wito met in the final last year when Perry dethroned, the title holder, and Budge and Von Cranmı, Budge's defeat of Austin wAS, course, the sensation of the day.
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTER
ba
Tigers Now
At Top In
Baseball
DISPLACE N. Y. YANKEES
A CURTAILED PROGRAMME
CRICKET TEST
ENGLAND DISMISSED CHEAPLY
SOUTH AFRICANS AT LORD'S
(By A.E.R. Gilligan)
SHARKEY DREAMS OF COME-BACK
MAN WHO KNOCKED OUT CHAMPION
WILLING TO MEET BRADDOCK
Boston, Mass, July 16. Jack Sharkey,, like almost London, July 2 every other defeated heavy Test match will always be re- has dreams of a comeback.
The second day of the second weight champion of the world, great day of the 1935 membered
* South Africa's the biggest upset of the boxing world tour of this century by defeating Max Wade's men accomplished their Baer, Sharkey was quite content with, finest feat by dismissing a power-running his tave.
Until James J. Braddock created
ful English batting side for When Braddock was crowned cham- 198. They followed it up by fine pion, however, Sharkey remembered attacking and defensive batting, that he had knocked out Braddock in hitting the loose balls and being three rounds in 1929. content to keep the various types
Encountering a receptive newspaper of deliveries shooters, balls that nounced that he would be quite willing
at reporter his
bar, Sharkey an popped and good length ones to meet the presont champion fe out of their wicket.
could do so without having to battle
If South Africa wins her first Test his way through match in England, it will be due en-tion contests. tirely to Wade's brainy captaincy,
While
A
sorios of elimina-
did not exactly push
Balaskas wonderful two hours and himself he broke down with-
восп
been sparring at the gymnasium
20 minutes' bowling on end, some ex-out being questioned and admitted cellent catches fieldsmen and
by the Springbok that he had recently done seven weeks to Bruco Mitchell's training in Maine, and that he had Wyatt and Hammond deserve fall recently. marks for the way they attacked the bowling
splendid batsmanship...
Runs came
dis-
The former champion's aspirations when play
was resumed. are not likely to be fulfilled, for pro too quickly, for Wade's motors, boxing commissions and those Ilking, and with the batsmen hitting holding the championship are out he showed a very shrewd piece of inclined to give away chances at the captaincy in giving Dalton the ball title to fighters who have not fought at the Nursery end.
their way to a contending position.
Braddock, at the time Sharkey
former..
This was the third match on the Centre Court, and I think that, steer- ing clear of the mistake which Slr Thomas Lipton made, when hʊ, said, "May the best boat win!", I may say that here we had a good illustration
New York, July 26. of the survival of the fitter. After
Only three matches were played Austin had won the Brat set by a off to-day in the major American SUPERB RUNNING CATCH- perfect display of the way in which Baseball Leagues, there being but
makes his volleying openings and one fixture scheduled in the Na- from the South Africa view-point, champion's sparring partner---Reuter.
Dalton removed, the two obstacica knocked him out, was the turns them to
though Wyatt's dismissal was dus to account, at 6-3, the tional Championship. tide turned in Budge's favour when The New York Yankees, in the a superb running catch at deep mid SPEEDWAY RACING the
second set had run to 18 games, American League, fell to the Washing-
wicket by Nourse. Wyatt, let and Budge and won h
ton Senators by nine runs to three add, played From an Austin
point of view that while the Detroit Tigers won eot had lasted just a bit too long. engagement against the Cleveland
There splendidly.
doubt that the Lord's TEAM TO GO TO wicket was Budge is the sturdler man of the two, Indians, and now displace the New to the spin bowlers, but we must give and Americans can stand heat waves York outfit from the top of the table. due credit to two very fine catches by much better than Englishmen. The
Results of to-day's matches follow:
Bell and Bruce Mitchell fact that Austin, even as it was, kons It was, kopt
Bell took the ball inches from the going for over two hours and was
NATIONAL LEAGUE
The Speedway Board of Con-- ground at very silly mid-on, whilst troi have decided to send an official only bosted by 7-6 in the fourth set
Mitchell made an extremely diffegit England tenm the most brilliant young player Cincinnat! of 20 years of age that I have seen in Chicago
catch at slip look very simple when he
to Australia, this England for many long day, shows
that on a ho might
have Budge has a
exhausting afternoon
pass-
their
me
of tremendous assistance
took a ball which was travelling fast winter.
away to his left side and
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up.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
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fairly
high
AUSTRALIA
A series of five Tests have been
Mitchell again proved what arranged, three at Sydney and two really first-class slip fielder he is, and at Melbourne. Eight riders will I would compare him to Jack Gregory, make the journey, leaving in mid- the best slip Australia has ever had. October and returning in April
The England score of 150 for three 2
wickets changed to 121 for when
8 12 2 10
1
3
1036.
(Manush scored two home runs for Langridge and Farrimond came to land captain, will not be available., Eric Langton, the present. Eng- gether. Langridgo faced the position with rare
courago and Farrimond and b, at an early stage. This mis- deserves great praise for the way he take made a colossal difference to the withstood" kean attack.
There was a grimness about Farri-Mitchell had gone at this Juneturo position of the gamo because it Bruce its own; he watched the ball on to his! bat as a cat watches a mauso,
THE BOWLING hero
194 and then Lacashire made 178 for world. saw his hopes of a re-fourth" to make a difference in afand Philadelphia Athletics was post" i mond's-batting, which had a style all anything might have happened.
DAVIS CUP
Anglo-American Match Programme
Rowan helped Mitchell in an excel- lent stand of 104 for the second- wicket, and both batsmen, though not
At the end of the England Innings free, played ideal cricket for their Verity made some pretty strokes, but side. it had been South Africa's morning, with Balaskas as the here. Changing
A FIGHTING BATSMAN Mitchell was perfectly magnificent
to the pavillon end yesterday he want and gave a great fighting exhibition.
De which is a Invia alone defied the Lancashire attack and only by five runs to top the While the arena whore wockly fight century mark when Glamorgan put up
New York, July. 10. bludgeon, and a forehand which is full Washington Art Lasky, the lanky Jewish on his valleying skill, and I can only programmes are staged wil! seat only a total of 240 runs. Lancashire were heavyweight who was one of summarise those extraordinarily long the Senatora).
of fury. Austin had to rely mainly New York About 2,500 it is expected that the only a little more successful and their James J. Braddock's stepping ing shots came into bouls would be hold in the open alz, innings yielded 204, runs, of which stones on his road to the title of tally when Austin's stamina began to Cleveland with bleacher seats from the Kingling Watson scored 84.
four sets by saying that Budge's Brothers and Barnum and Bailey
own oven- Detroit Circus avaliable for the
Glamorgan's second innings realised heavyweight champion of the, fall him-not This would enable approximately three wickets.
appreciably, but just The match between Boston Red Sox 16,000 persons to witness the fighta which would take place just prior to
turn...bout with Braddock fade
set which was lost about as oned until a later date.-Router, the colourful peagoant of Sara de
CENTURY FOR HENDREN here when a comparative new-
narrowly
as a set can be lost. Heta, an annual avent which attracts
"Patsy"
The proceedings had opened on the Hendren, tho thousands of visitors-United Press. England and Middlesex batsman, technical knockout over him.
veteran comer to the game scored a
centre court
match of two hours and a quarter's duration be- scored another century for his county
tween Crawford when playing against Hampshire,
and Wood, who was Lord's.
Ford Smith, a husky young man beaten in the semi-final by Perry Inst Middlesex winning by 63 runs at from Kalispell, Montana, was
the year. The play at first was by no villain of the piece when he cut means up to semi-final standard; two runs in their first innings and they round that the referee decided to stop Crawford was evidently out to win by The Headquarter team fell for 184 Lasky's eye so badly in the fourth many errors, both of judgment and Wolverhampton were not able to dismiss Hampshire the fight.
execution, were made on both sides. in the season 1928-29, and helped until the visitors had made 233 runs,
This is his first hundred of the tour them to win promotion to the First but after Hendren scored his century Lasky was leading on points. The
baseline play and by prodding Wood's
second Until this misfortune occurred, backhand for all he was worth.
against England. London, July 28. Division in 1932. He is a brilliant ho enabled Middlesex to make 284. blow, however, caused the blood to dared and not making much headway, Cup Team, and Allison is, after all, out for 150 in the second innings examples to their sides.
The English bowling was always Wood was volleying as much as he change in the United States Davis val was that South Africa would be He and Wade are two shot, and scored 128 goals in 145 Hampshire were then dismissed for flow freely and Lasky's vision was for his ground play was not good playing in the singles.
There has been a last minute
The opinion during the lunch inter- Watt as the star at willy mid-off. and the fielding superb, with matches during his association 140, leaving Middlesex with a 53 run badly blurred.
outstanding with the Wanderers.
margin.
Thereafter, In Hampshire's first innings Sims Smith had little trouble in outboxing Crawford's passing shots were pretty ther his current form has been good bowlers, Verity in particular, would retirement with
Ford enough to enable him to do so ami
the reason being that the wicket had There have been doubts as to who broken and that the England spin Sutcliffe trod on the
trying to save a boundary took eight wickets for 84 runs,
bali Maidstone.
good. He lost a service game which enough.
and on his Somerset beat Kent by 62 runs at
would have given him a 5-3 lead, although he scored two service aces,
reap a harvest.
#strained muscle The following is the draw:
But
Hart, of Middlesex (England's twelfth give Crawford the first set at 0-4. and later he lost his next service to and Perry versus Budge.
the Saturday: Austin versus Allison wicket remained precisely the samO RE
roverso happened. The man) fielded well in the deep.
Amos, of Kmt, is also suffering Monday: Hughes
it had done during the pro-lunch from a pulled after Wood, with the score at 4030 versus Allison and van Ryn,
and Tuckey period, but the South Africans batted all hope dereuty, that there
muscle and.wo mut against him, had plopped an
better than the England team had stalwarts will be fit to-day for the two Tuesday: Austin versus Budge, and done. volley into the not.
DASY Perry voraus Allison. In the second set Crawford, withly to retain the Cup. Perry is ex-KATO
Bruce Mitchell played a very fine
great taak in hand. Critics agree that Britain in like-Innings, but the turning point of the ed that 20,128 spectators paid for Wood still playing indifferently, walk-
The offcial figures yesterday show- саме when our own Tom admission and the estimated attend-
William J. Hartiil, Wolverham ton Wanderers: centre forward, has been transferred to Everton. Hartill joined
F. Parker, inside right of Post Office Engineere, has signed amateur forms för Crystal Palace.
Somerset batting first made 167,
(Continued on Page 7.)
the veteran.
►
Lasky lost a decision to Braddock fight before the latter mot and best In Madison Square Garden in his last Max Baer for the title.
Slazenger's
Sole Agents
THE
GLEAMING WHITE RACKET
HERE'S ITS AMAZING 1934 RECORD Men's and Ladies' Singles Championship and All Four Mixed Finalists at WIMBLEDON, followed by All Four British Victories in the DAVIS CUP CHALLENGE ROUND, as well as the Championships of U.S.A. and Australia.
1935 SUCCESSES INCLUDE The Men's Singles Championship, Wimbledon, the International Cham- pionship of France; the Championship of Belgium.
John D. Hutchison & Co., King's Building, H.K.
on bowling to the end, his figures during the second stage being: 20 and his avere,
6 maidens, 42 runs and wickets.
When
ed away to 1, but then handicap-pected to win both singles, and Mitchell missed a not too difficult cance was 30,000. ped himself by losing his service to Austin at least one. love. Ho very nearly lost another, go to Allison and van Ryn, who are The doubles will almost certainly
but managed to hold it for 3,
WOOD. HITS BACK
considered the best pair in the world.
The matches are being played an
In the third set Wood raised his grass courts at Wimbledonenter. game appreciably, and, after a serios
of give-and-take games, in which
Crawford sacrificed a 1-0 service and rhythmical type as that of Aus- Wood, having just won his own tin, while beating the young Austra service to loro, captured Crawford's lap, BicGrath, of two-handed fame, for 8 d.
and the unseeded over-thrower of Allison, America' No L
Crawford again sacrificod an early service lead in the fourth sat, but got another later which he ought to have for a while after winning the first McGrath was obviously mastered held; but Wood, now volleying with three games and was 6 and 6-2 deadly concentration and taking down when he literally took his cour good deal out of himself while so do
him back and later
age in both hands whenever he could broke him for 7-5 on the second which he won by holding a 4-2 lead and wont all out for the third net, sot point Bat he had about reached for Gd. But after that von Cramm the end of his tether and Crawford, won a G-1 sot which very few other realising this, now began to come up people could have won as relentlessly himself and to throw in a judicious as he did from McGrath. drop stroke here and there. The up- shot was an easy 0-1: set to Craw- ford.
MENZEL'S TENACITY
MRS. MOODY'S LOST SET
In the women's singles we had no actual surprises, but some narrow Forry on Court 1 took some time to escapas, Mrs. Moody was concerned shake off Menzel; but did it very in one of them. She dropped the thoroughly a con as the fury of first set to Sleen E. Cepkova, of Menzel's early attack began to abate.
The three guinee with which Porry in personasia, who, since her arrival|
won the first set from 8-7 down were high reputation. Realising that do has enhanced an aireddy won to 15, to 15, and to love. Hensel or die methods are the best to essay then opened the second Tet with against Mrs. Moody, she hit so lurdly love game, but Perry only lost one
that she had won the first set before point in the next 8,
while going out ethral four more Mira Moody could rise to msituation Another which threatened to become seriour, Cum 16 to Party Grund, int Mansel she was not safe until she had
this
la tine manged to couch deuce hard-won cold weaked
the other seaded play
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