THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, AUGUST
20,
1935.
RECORDS BY JACK HOBBS AUSTRALIAN CRICKET FACING
WALLY HAMMOND
TO REMAIN WITH THE
Y. M. C. A..
PENDING FURTHER
NEGOTIATIONS
MR. C. M. TOBIN
OF SHANGHAI Mr. C. M. Tobin will continue to act as Physical Director of the Shanghai Foreign Y.M.C.A.
Hi continuation in his present that no to the fact office is duo inutually acceptable agreement has yet been reached. The proposal made by the Board has been rejected by Mr. Tobin, while Mr. Tubin's counter- proposal in likewise not acceptable to the Trustees. In view of this dead-; lock, the situation will remain in status quo until mutually satisfactory arrangements can be arrived at.
The following statement has been)
FALLING
HAMMOND
BEATS AGGREGATE
AGAINST SOUTH
AFRICA
London, Aug. 19.
In the same way as the English cricket records created by the Inte Dr. W. G. Grace began to fail to Jack Hobbs, so the records of Jack Hobbs, now retired from first class cricket, are starting to tumble to other Englishmen.
In the final Test match at the Deal where
is playing England (South Africa, Wally Haramond, The Gluteestershire batman, unlified as the player who has scored the highest number of runs fur England against South Afrien, in International cricket.
4 was when Hammond became associated with Maurice Leyland in the fourth wieket that the Gloucestershire batsman sur- passed the previous aggregate number of runs scored by Bobby against the South Africans during his career of thirty years professional cricketer.
វា៩ ន
When Hammond had scored | 52 runs he Increased his aggre- i gafe in Test cricket against South Afrien to 1,563, which is,
5 Lee Wai tong (left) photographed with Me. Kho Sin kie, the Chinese Davis Cup tennis player, who returned from his recent vial to America. Mr. Kho leaves for Batavia next week following A visit to Canton and paraible exhibitions in Hongkong.and Canton. (Photo: Wah Kin Yat Po).
FOURTH TEST
the highest ever made by any POOR FIELDING BY THE
hatsman against the tourists. Jack Hobbs had made 1,562 runs against them before he retired
at the end of last season.
Hammond and Leyland took the
SOUTH AFRICANS
SURREY'S VICTORY
AT. YEOVIL
SOMERSET LOSES BY 8 WICKETS
Isated by Mr. C. S. Franklin, chair-score from 98 for three wickets EARLY CATCHES BOWLERS COMMAND
man of the Hoard of Trustees:
to 240 for four when Hammond
In common with many business con.I was dismissed for 65.
were
Wan
time.
scored 245
cerns and public organisations in'
Leslie Ames joined the York- Shanghai, the Foreign Y.M.C.A. hasj found that in the interests of sound shire batsman and the pair played Lyland's twelfth administration drastic though regrett table retrenchmeals have had to be boundary sent up the 300 which made.
minutes after The Board Ims bean wrestling with the innings had started. Leyland featuring his innings by this problem for some months, andi has been putting various economies beautiful off-driving and reached into effect, including large salary and his century in 125 minutes.
At the close of play the score Recently it became evident that in was 313 for four wickets, Leyland order to balance expenditure with being 19 not out and Ames 25 receipts and to take care of a deficit not out. which Jus nceumulated during the past year, more drastic retrenchments.
staff reductions.
Forced to Aet
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would be necessary, even at the cust of the loss of the services of one or more of the senior members of the 10 Mr. Tobin for the termination of his contract. Mr. Tohin WAR Hot stoff.
disiniased
વાંક
contract hin broken. The proposal made to Mr. Definite action along these lines Tobin was not acceptable to him and Board was finally forced by the Internationa) his counter-proposal to the
The altun Committee at home who hold title to was also unacceptable. the property and who refused per- tion therefore is that Mr. Tobin wit
mission for a loan upon the property be called in to retarties can until further reductions in staff were until such time as the parties can
agreed to.
under normal
W the Board felt they had no other
alternative.
DROPPED
London, July 29.
RESPECT
London. Aug. 19. A magnificent hundred by Deadly bowling by F. R. Brown, Robins, the good innings of the Surrey amateur, and A. R. Bakewell, Hammond, Leyland Gover, the young professional, and Tate, the excellent bowling gave the county an eight-wicket of Bell and Crisp, and the faulty victory over Somerset at Yeovil catching of the South African in the County Cricket Champion- slip fielders provided a day of ship to-day,
The hosts had first knock but, thrills at Manchester in the Fourth Test match, writes A.E.R. with Gover taking six wickets for Gilligan, the former England runs. they were only able to captain.
England has made a bold bid for Surrey replied with a score of 188, victory and our score may prove to A.W. Wellard taking six for 69, be an extremely useful one when the match has reached an advanced stage to-morrow.
EXHIBITIONS IN
∙COLONY
KHO SIN-KIE MAY PLAY LOCALLY
STAY EXTENDED FOR WEEK
(By "Šugax")
Contrary to original. Arrange menta Ki Sin-kie, the Chinese Davis Cup phyer and native:
nut champion, did
deare for Batavia this morning but has! decided to extend him stay in Hongkong for a week.
He has now decided to leave next, Tuesdny and in the interim it is possible that he will give a series of exhibitions in Hong kong and in Canton.
Notaing definite has yet been sarranged as it was almost of the eleventh hour that he decided not
to sail today for the south,
A. W. WELLARD
WELLARD'S 23 SIXES
CRISIS
LEADING STATES
MAY SPLIT
FROM CONTROL BOARD
Melbourne, July 25.
The autocratic attitude of the Australian Cricket Control Board is likely to result in a breakaway by New South Wales and Victor- in, who object to the power exerted by the smaller States.
! When they combine these maller States can defeat the wishes of the two main cricketing erntres,
la reevnt months the Board has placed inmorable obstreles In the way of Frank Tarrant taking a team of 15 players to India, na the guests of the Maharnjah af
It arrangements can be minde he 10 Off the Kent Bowling Patiala, for instructional purposes.
wild play in a series of exhibitions at the Chimpa Recreation Club wither to-morrow or on Thursday, -while he hopes to visit Canton and
there play a series of matéhog : during the coming week-end.
On hia visit to Canton he will be accompanied by Lee Wai-tong, the well-known – Jucat Chinese football idol and tennis star, who will probably take part in doublex matches.
N. Y. Yankees Regain Little
Lost Ground
DEFEAT DETROIT
TIGERS
IN BASEBALL LEAGUE
New York, Aug. 19. duled to-day
Only two matches were sche- in the National Baseball League, the Giants beat-
at Mote Park
Wellard, at Maidstone, last month hit six sixes while scoring 70 runs against Kent. In five consecutive innings he has scored 23 sixes-four at Wells, ning at Clacton in two innings against Essex, and ten in the present match at Mote Park. On each of these five occasions Wellard has scored 50 or more with an
aggregate of 334.
TO RAISE FUNDS FOR OLYMPICS
U. S. TO HAVE DRIVE
NATIONAL WEEK NEXT MAY
Chicago, Aug, 17.
WOODFULL AND PONSFORD
The Board now annoances ita re- fusal to permit Woodfull, Pon+- furd. Rigg, Oxenhum, Nitschke,
pux and Chlivers to Join Tar raht's team.
Woodfull, Ponsford and Kips pax have all retired from big cricket, while Rigg just missed selection for all the touring teams.
Even oyster-lipped Woodfull broke his usual silence when in- ormed of the decision, remarking: "It is just what I would expect from the Board of Control."
SPORTSMEN SHOULD RULE Chilvers was very blunt.
"Cricket is supposed to be a free game but from the look of this it is not." he said: "We are tied up. "Sportamen are supposed to play the game and sportsmen should rule it."
LOVELOCK IN STOCKHOLM
Wins 1,500 Metres Race
register a total of 149, to which ing the Reds and the Cubs win- be set aside next May to help· Without Going All Ont
In the American League, the ning from the Phillies. In their second innings Somer-ew York Yankees regained some of their last ground by defeating set's batamen were all dismissed for the Championship leaders, the 196 runs, Brown capturing seven Detroit Tigers, by seven runs to wickets for 70 runs.
Lave..
Everything depends on the pre-lunch period today, and if Tate and Bowes Ket to work, we may easily find our-
elves on top, but the South Africans two wickets.--Reiter, are great fighters and must not be under-cated in any way.
Surrey scored 160 for the loss of
My prediction that the wicket nt JAPANESE
Old Trafford would be a
green one
PRAISE FOR BAKEWELL
It would have been a bold stroke to]
proved fully true. When Wyatt won the tess be was sorely tempted to put get together and agree upon terin: South Africa in to bat, but after The Board Took action to reduce Duckworth had accompanied his can- Under these circumstances the thesta with great regret as they tain out to inspect the middle, it was Board of Trustees at their meeting feel they will be losing men whom announced that England would take
circunstances, they first innings. in Jung passed a resolution:
"That Mr. Tobin's services should he could ill afford to lose. However, dispensed with as soon as same could be conveniently arranged, and that the International Committee be approneh." An organisation carrying on the have put our opponents in fent
large and varied programme which especially with a week-end interven the Foreign Y.M.C.A. conducts, both ing and i anust confess I was gladi among its members nud in the com- when I saw
and Smith go takewell unity, will be exceedingly difficult out to face Crisp and Bell. to handle with only a skeleton staff. Sensation after sensation follow mel If, however, the friends and members and in 85 minutes, although Eng Pursuant to this resolution com
laud had not lost a wicket nad bud sideration was given to Mr. Tobin's of the Association will rally to its support at this time, the Board forls.
71 on the board, South Afrien bad contract and to netkon taken by Y's it will be possible not only to cope dropped four catches. in other parts of the world under with the financial necessities of the similar circumstances during the de- situation but to maintain a full pro- pression and a proposal was made gramme of activities.
ed with the idea of having him sent elsewhere, time and method to be worked out in the best way possible for him and every consideration to be given to Mr. Tabin."
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It was extraordinary to see their un-
WIN FROM AMERICANS
INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING
CONTEST HELD AT
TOKYO
Japanese Win
The Athletics and the White Rox were emaged in a double header in which the Chicago out-j fit won the fest and the Philadel-! phin Cluh the second game.
Results of to-day's matches Follow:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
A national Olympic week will finance America's participation in the 1936 Olympic games at Berlin.
Jack metres
Stockholm. July 26. Lovelock won the 1,500 international race here 6-10ths of n evening by
from Gene Venske, the
President Roosevelt will be asked to procinin the week. He is henur-
committee. ary president of the Amateur athletic associations and this other groups will conduct meets and accom Monate part of the proceeds to the former holder of the world's in- general Olympic fund.
dor mile record. Erik Ny, the Swedish Olymple runner, Anished third.
While the general committee was in session, the Olympic baseball and inseketball committees met for the Lovelock set the pace from the first line. These sports never before start and it did not seem that he
The have been part of the Olymple pro-was at any time "all out." grannie,
respective times were: Lovelock 57 6-10sec., Venske min. Dr. Walter
E. Meanwell, athletic min. director and former coach of the 58 2-10sec., Ny imin. 0 8-10sec.
In the 300 metres, J. C. Horsfall University of Wirennsin, was elected chairman of the basketball committee. | Cambridge University's Australian- Recond (Herman scored a home rum for He predicted that many other einsprinter, lost by 1-10th of
Cincinnati
New York
the Reds!
Chiengo Philadelphia
R. IL, E. 3 G }
10
tries would send basketball teams 10th the American O'Brien, who re- Berlin, though the spurt still is turnest 31 3-10sec.-Reuter,
.
new in foreign countries,
9 1
The only games committer which
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia Chiengo
Johnson scored for the Athletics). Philadelphia
Chicago
R.
H. E.
2
1
7
0
11 home
run
8 0
Tokyo, Aug. 19. usually safe and reliable slip fieldsen 3 to 27 prints. The Japanese quar- Japan won the swimming meet by
3 putting the bail on the carpet."
4 10 1 cent, Langton (twice) and Mitchell let of Yuan, Ishiharadn, Makino and
Jimmy Foxx senred a home run were the delinquente. Michell's catch for the 800 metres relay, winning in for the Athletics and Hayes and Nogami shattered the world record was the most difficult of the bunch, but the other three should have been 800 metres free-style, Negamo won
8 minutes 52-2/10 seconds. In the Plet for the White Sox). held.
New York I liked the way Smith and Bakewell touch down from Jack Medien and attacked the rising ball, while quite Ishiharada third in 10 minutes 2-1/10 Detroit
the 100 seconds. In one of the features of the play was style Peter Fick wan, from Yusa and Washington
metrus free- the delightful cutting of Bakewell, Arni with 57 2/10 seconds. A new Cleveland ..... 11 16 1 who played an excellent innings.
Japanese record mark, for the long
7 16
5 11 (
5 13 0
(Trosky and Bart Averill scored
He got right on top of the ball, and pool 200 metres backstroke was won did not make the mistake of dropping by Yoshida from Danny Zehr and home runs for the Indians). his right shoulder when hitting it, but Kawazu in 3 minuten 35-6/10 seconds, both he and Smith should have been a Japanese record.-Rauter. dismissed with the total at 10.
Bell and Crisp bowled splendidly and luck was not with them in that] catch-dropping spell before lunch,
JACK MEDICA'S FEAT
Tokyo, Aug. 19. Jack Medien established a new CAMERON IN GREAT FORM world's record for the 400 metres in
4 minutes 15-2/6 seconds.-Reuter. Hammond gave a brilliant dlsplay of } batsmanship, and some of his back strokes through the covers went to piensant in the pre-lunch period, play- the boundary like a bullet out of ed easier afterwards, and Cameron gun. Crip had an inspired spell in stood up to both Bell the half hour immediately after the Cameron gave another polished dia-]
and Crisp. lunch interval when he took three play behind the stumps and the ene valuable wickets.
with which he does his work stamps The game swung right round in him as one of the great wicketkeepers. South Africa's favour, but luckily for With Tato as his partner Robins England those great fighters, Leyland was within four of his first century and Robins, stepped into the breach for England, which he reached with with the score 141 for five,
a cheeky singin
Sox and St. Louis Browns was The match between Boston Red
postponed on account of rain.— | Reuter,
TENNIS LEAGUE FIXTURES
PROGRAMME FOR TO-DAY
"A"
DIVISION
Three matches have been arranged for the "A" Divizion of the Lawn Hobins, who hit a dozen d's, gave Tennis League for this afternoon. a fine display at a critical period. The Chinese R.C., who have already and he man could have served his won the championship, will not side better.
ongaged although they have two more
hut nything definite to report was
that involving the wrestlers. It said next year when all team concher anıl it had soleted William H. Thom, mangers will be announced.
Invitations have Indiana University wrestling conch
been received to final wrestling tryouts at and world's professional middleweight hold the champion, as each of the Olympic | Oklahoma, Chicago and Lehigh, the ten. C. W. Streit, chairman of the committee said. wrestling committee WHA named The general commitee approved a plan whereby a national newspaper chain will sponsor.
manager.
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Leyland smote the ball forcibly and was always looking for runa. Robins started a little uncertainly, but once he got his eye in he made some glori- ous strokes through the covers.
He and 1 Leyland definitely put Eng- matches to play. The "B" team of Robins specialised in a forward land "on the map" again with a stand the Chinese club, however, will drive which sont the ball all along of 106 in an hour and a quarter, and meeting the Hongkong C.C. at Cause- the ground, just wide of cover point, then some delightful hitting by way Buy.. He made some pretty late-cute and Maurice Tale saw us top the 850. The programme is as follows: England's stock "began to rise when Tate must have been inspired by the Chinese "B" runs came at a rate of two a minute. wonderful reception the sporting Man. Recreio "D"
The wicket, which had not been too cheater crowd accorded him,
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