OLYMPIC GAMES
IN BERLIN
DISCRIMINATION
DENIED
GERMAN OFFICIAL
IN AMERICA
found the majority of American athletes and officials are of the ranie opinion and are planning to
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THE GOVERNING BODIES
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Berlin next year.
OF CRICKET
Ntutements
who
the programInd
Questioned on the
made by American oficials
duxire to withdraw their team from
the Olympics if they are held in INTERESTING FACTS REGARDING
tiermany, benmitz repiled:
PROMOTING WORLD PEACE
"The statement made by Ind Mahoney,. Amateur Athletic Union president, does not particularly alarm me. I have covered nearly thia ten thousand miles while in
mont country, and I found that sportsmen are of the opinion that
United States should carry out plans for the Olympics no matter where they maybe held. All the New York, Sept. 8. Charges of racial discrimina-athletes of the country are both awaiting tion by Germany in selection of preparing and anxiously athletes for the 1936 Olympics the Olymples in Berlin in 1930,
The German official feels that the were said to be groundices by games will do much in bringing the Erst Schmits, member of the bout a better feeling among organizing committee for the younger generation by their Berlin games.
ciation with the youth of different "Of course this will not smooth out all the dimeulties facing foreign diplomats, but every bit of friendli- pess will be an important factor to the ultimate goal of all nations- world peace," added Schmitz,
us,
will have
Germany's
CONTROL IN ENGLAND
MACHINERY OF TEST ELEVEN AND
ITS CONCOMMITANT DETAILS
PUBLICITY
did not serve on
it
AMATEURS
and at test
GERMAN OPEN GOLF TITLE
RECORD SCORE BY A BOYER
H. COTTON ALSO BREAKS RECORD
score 72.
score
WYATT'S GAMBLE AT THE OVAL
WINS TOSS IN FINAL TEST
POLICY PROVES UNFORTUNATE,
400 runs.
ours, was still there--and laipertub able,
READ KEEPS IT UP.
Read was doing his utmost on malah an impossibla wicket from a fads: bowler's point of view. His Bigs hearted endeavours formed ons af tis features of the day,
At six o'clock Read was bowlgi- his heart out in a grand nitempi tonkittle the South Africans, buò, an I have said, the groundaman að the Oral is responsible for makingą a wicket which would last six days and not three!
Mitchell's innings, with that bonuks ful leg glance and an creasional of... drive was easily the best thing of the day, and I admired very much his defensive work when the occasion demanded.
Last week I explained at some got £27 per man against South Africa,
Bad Ems, Aug. 18, length the position of the M.C.C. as while the reserves went up to £18. In regards Test Matches and dealt fully 1930 the Australians visited England
Augusto Boyer, of Nice, to. and again and the players reached the with the constitution, powers, history of the Selection Committee 1934 rates. £40 per match with the day won the German Open Golf
(By,A. E. R. GILLIGAN)
Nours looked to be baiting really ince 1808. To-day I propose to gomme figures for 12th man and re- Championship with an aggregate
of 280 for 72 holes, a
Kennington Oval, Aug. 18.
well, but the England skipper brought- into some interesting details of the serves.
Wyatt made a gallant gamble of magnificent catch low down, machinery of a Test eleven and its
In 1931 three-day tests against. New which beats the record aggregate concommitant details, and to note the -variations in particular points-Auch Zealand were the order of day, and of 283 made by Gene Sarazen
as the remuneration of the players the players got £20, and the reserves, when he won the British Open when after winning the toss he left-hander, in the gully, off Bowen Mitchell was approaching his con and others. I trust also to be able to as well as the twelfth man, £14. The Championship in 1932, equalled put South Africa in first, but as with the score 181. Schmitz has been travelling around
give some account of the Advisory same figures were applied in 1932 for by Henry Cotton in 1934, by events turned out it proved un-
But frat the test matchen against India. In Willy Bolger in winning the 1934fortunate. He took a very goodtury and with two 2'n to leg and then a lucky snick through the alps for the United States and has obtained much valuable data on the past
County Cricket Committee.
1933 once more there rates were paid. Australian Championship, and chance, but owing to the over
by A. Perry when he won the preparation of the wicket, he four he registered his second hundred Olympic games held in Los Angeles
let us deal with the Tests.
British Open Championship this never had the slightest hope of in the present Test. series-- fav en effort on his part for the Springboku. In 1942, as well as material on plans
dismissing the opposition
Viljoen, as formulated in this country for the
year. The length of the couras such In the old days it was said that the
at Manchester,+ wan a delightful feather-bed coming international competition.
It is one of the laws of the Board Another interesting fact brought
In laxly supervised-and
though he was ever in trouble with "As far as I know there has been no discrimination against dewish | by Schmitz attempted to show the of Control that no statement or report/expense accounts of Amateurs were is 6,125 motrea, and the par pitch for anything under about i superb and at no time did he looke n
Why is it necessary in these Test the Henry Colton was placed second
good length, had not; an athletes on the part of German untrath of many of the reports about 48 reguvis the Tent Matches may be rather
contributed to the Press by any mem-County Cricket no doubt there were
chance on thie bateman' olymple officials. Schmitz said. "At the racial question in
ber of the Selection Committee until one where this was true. But the the present time Jewish men and preparution for the Olympics.
German team has not been the end of that particolar season in Board has never been guilty of this to Boyer, and his aggregate of 282 matches to do averything against the cowling, which, though of a d
since it was founded. From the start,
aiso, beats the record. F. Cavalo bowler? which the Committee is functioning. I believe, the amateur has been allow Jun., of La Boulle, was third with Thero were hundreds at the close parents.. women have instructors supplied by
Mitchell, of Yorkshire, and Katre the state to train them for the forth selected yet. We are still holding It was & Warn for this reasoned first class railway fare and £2 a 280, and three others. A. Lecs, Mark of play who condemned Wyatt right!
elimination contents which will like- coming Olympics."
Germany intends to keep politlesly continue until the early part of that P. 1.
the athletes the Committee in 1934 as he reported day for expenses. Possibly before the Seymour, and. C. S. Denny, tied for and left. Don't, however, blame the mend made two nice catches off Rene the Text Matches. I think for the war this latter suns was less as the fourth place with aggregates of 287, skipper, or the Selectors, but put the who, un an ordinary pitch, woul out of athletics throughout the pre- next year. Not until
cost of living was so much lower,
R. S. Walker, of Deeside, was the onus on the fine South African bat- have had at least five or six wickets
The English folding was extremely paration for the games and during in cities and other centres are train-
goon much further as a condition if thirty shillings a day. It is interest-
best amateur, with an aggregate of ting.
It is no casy to do wise after the sound, quick and clean, but I thought. the games themselves; Schmitz has sufficiently will final eliminations frig Post. And the restriction But in 1933 the E2 was cut down to
start. They are held States heriting is made with every player ing to note that this is the sum pay which lets the pitvlous amonteur event, but there are many skippers that our throwing-in was not too good ««manner, the United
beats
held by who would have done what Wyatt Leyland will remember a particular theirs. One Jewish athlete, Scheidt, invited that they to comply winable daily to members of the Selec- which beat the
Course Fame restriction. That,
is return when Ames had to run back tion board (plus first class fures)
ald. The state of affairs now in lighly thought of as a prospect
missed him to in the sprints. He will receive the observed, does not include the reserves when they are away from home on the Brigadier-General II. C. Critchley; that England are placed in a dificult ) and the
ht the by two strokes. H. L. Archibald
Yorkshireman on of selection
on the shin. same training as other athletes, but as the wording of the law runs "any business
(Royal St. George's) had rounds of position to win outright.
None of our bowlers can have very ate of 200, 73 and
As soon as Read-n real, gallant in which he playa." It is very eliminations before he is selected." necessary one. No game has, pro
THE UMPIRES AND SCORERS and Captain Francia Francia 1
of the day, it was more than evident Germany is making extensive preduced a more voluminous iterature,
of 300. L. von Beckernth, who has parations, he said, as all the nations and there has been great licence given It is curious that so few people pay played in the British Boys' Cham- that the wicket was lifeless., intend
and to put the strongest largest team possible in competition. to players to write for or give inter- much attention to the Umpires, and pionship, was the beat German.
followed the play views to the Papers. Indeed the scarcely anyone bothers about the Japan already has men in Germany matter has probably gone too far. scorer. But both of these functions all day,
of Boyer, Cotton, studying the climatic conditions in
latter led by four the sector where the winter sports Quite a long time ago Parkin got into have to be discharged before you can and Lees.
criticising his trouble for
captain play cricket at all. Searers have strokes overnight. Some magnificent are to be held.
Schmitz reported that the sale offter Lancashire nutch, and there varied less than most people but have play by Boyer in the morning round is no doubt that A. W. Curr and on the whole become less well paid. put his into second place with Cot- tickets was
great in Germany
He was out in 33 and home in that it was necessary to suspend the larwood, though neither has broken Until 1930 they got £7-10-0 per match. to
any law. have done cricket great This was raised to £10 for the Aus. the same figure. sale in order to leave enough tickets deal of harm by their publications.tralian visit of 1938, but dropped to for foreign spectators. — Elited
There seems to be a general feeling £5 only for the next three years. Tho lend on the third round handa three times. F. Prens.
in many quarters at home that the They got £10 again in 1834 and it changed less ponderous papers have done a would be interesting to know what Cavalo, 148 overnight, finished early good deal to foster this "sensational" they were paid for this season. The with a G8 and led with 214, but side of cricket journalism. It seems Umpires in 1926 got $18, but in 1928 shortly afterwards Cotton came in to me, however, that this is bound to this dropped to £12, and recovered to with 60 to lend him by three happen, because people like reading £15 in 1929, In 1930 and 1934 it was
strokes. Not for long did Colton the stuff, and will pay to read it. 25, but in the three yeate between hold the lead, for Boyer came along The job of a paper presumably is to reverted to £15. It appeais rough- with a devastating 00 to take a three- print anything in reason) which the ly that the scale is £5 per day plus stroke lead of the Englishman. people who quy it and toothsome a little more for the strain
Umpires and reading. And I am not sure I agree Australian match, with a dictum which I read the other scorers, like the players, are allowed
the third class railway fares. The duy anent the "incident" on Centre Court at Wimbledon. The pointments of the umpires for each writer considered that the innocent particular test match has been by public were led astray by a long ballat since 1928. course of reading unsporting петен
My own belief is that, paper natter, possibly becaŬRO now more people my space watch then play games, the general public are not as a whole ru sporting as they el to be.
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7 for an aggregate total fast howler-sent flown the first ball pleasant memories of the day's play,
SATURDAY'S PLAY
At the end of the first two rounds on Saturday Artha. Lees, of. Dore and Tetley, the Yorkshire Champion, led the fold with rounds of 69 and
70 for an aggregate of 130. I appear to have rather over-run
and I munt reserve the County Cricket, Advisory Committee on the Imperial and a few notes Cricket Conference and possibly on the Minor Counties for next week's article-R. ABBIT."
WATER POLO
His nearest rivala werd Mark Seymour, with whom he shared the lend at the end of the first round, both returning 09's, Henry Cotton and Augusto Boyer, with aggregaten of 143, W. J. Branch, the Belgian Open Champion, and C. S. Denny, both on the 144 mark,
Cotton, who was followed by large crowd, was partnered with L Von Beckernth, of Germany, who hus played over here in the Boys' Cham
the players, umpires and scorers, any Team for Shanghai Match pionship The ex-open champion had
on which the Tests are played, to the Second Class counties who play in thei Second Class Championship, and to the First Class Counties and the M.C.C. The proportionate amounts are thirty per cent., ten per cent, uni sixty per cent. It is a matter of common knowledge that in years when the Australians visit England there are handsome dividends, especially if it happens to be a fine summer.
Selected
TRIAL GAME AT V.R.C.
The trials for the Interport water- polo team took place at the Victoria Recreation Club Baths at 6 o'clock yesterday evening.
An excellent game was played, brisk The remuneration to the personnel varica with the times, and also, of and well-contested. Three goals were
A misadventure at the fourteenth on at- during his first round. In tempt to play an explosion shot he hit the ball cleanly and it finished in a wood. Cotton found a most un- pleasant lle, but pitched up a few fnches from the pin to get a 0.
EGYPTIAN
BOXER
At Swansea
course, with the length of the Test scored in the first five minutes, two Beaten By Jimmy Wilde Matches. 1 am not aware of the of them for the Blacks. After that figures for this year but I am quite both sides warmed up, and though the sure that the players will not receive goalies were tested frequently, there as much for the three days' Tests as was no ecero until about mid-way in they did in 1934 for the Australian the second half, when the Whites scored from a penalty. Try as they a140
clement.
At Swansea on August 17 Jimmy
games which cut them out of twould, however, neither side could net Wilde. the Welsh heavy-weight i County matches. But there have been certain variations in the amount the winning point and the game champion, defeated Salah. El Din, which are not due merely to the time finished with the points oven. The the Egyptian title-holder, who re- the tired in the sixth round, Wilde took For instance in 1026 when Selection Committee met after
of (I think) the Australians were the game and following an Interval counts of eight and nine in the first visitors the players who took part in about half an hour the names of round, and was also floored in the the game received £30 per man and those selected to play Shanghai Recond round, while after a bad
In 1934 how were
follows: ELA announced the reserve men £20,
Chan fourth session he was sent down ever, the players got £40, the twelfth Chan Sek Pul (Goal), Chan man £30 and the reserves £20. But Hing, S. V. Gittins (backs), W. Law-again in the next round. He fought in 1928-1 rather think it was the rence (contre-half), C. Roza Pereira, back, however, and in the same New Zealand side who were the Roza Fereira, and D. Laing (for round he put the Egyptian on the visitors, or perhaps the West Indies, wards). Reserves.-W. Kerr, Robert Hoor for nine. There was much (I regret that I am writing this away Chau. from my records)the players get. £20 and reserves $14 only.
In 1929 though the matches were no longer three days only-the players
All interport swimmers and water- polo players are requested to turn up at the V.R.C. on Friday, at 5.15 to have their photographs taken.
FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS
excitement, and the next round saw Wilde lund twice to the chin, while El Din was so badly punished that he retired before the end of the round,
persons whic
but the South Africans have gone for to making the game safe from thoir point of view, and who can blamo them for doing so, after having bern Mont in to bat?
FIRST BLOOD TO WADE
into
NO HELP AT ALL Neither he nor Nichols nor Bowes could get the slightest assistance from
I shall always maintain that this the pitch, and for a full hour Wyatt persevered with his fast attack-with
present South African zide are equal not the slightest effect
There was just a stir when Rend to any conditions, and that Wyatt, bowled Mitchell with a no-ball; but through his bold stroke, did his push the war the Mitchell and Siedle had put up a utmost to
enemy's camp, though without sue-" splendid
at lunch at 10 for
CERA time the score
Wyatt gave Robins only one over Wade, therefore, has war the first- from the Vauxhall end before lunch, coup and I am afraid he has gone and immediately on the resumption long way towards winning the rub- with the total at 116, Siedle seemed to ber.
Words of praise are due to Nichols play inside a googly, which just touched his bat Ames did the rest and Bowes, besides Res, for their Rowan was adjudged l.bw, to a ball great-hearted bowling, and to Robink which pitched on his leg-stump, and for exceptionally fine out-fielding and two wickets were down at the same two quick wickets when badly needed. total. But Bruco Mitchell, who hai Altogether there were about 24,000 before this played an innings of out-spectatora present, of whom 20,681 standing merit for his country against paid at the gates.
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