COUNTY CRICKET
AVERAGES
Alarming Dearth Of Boxing
End Of Season Talent
Figures
Below will be found the final aver- ages of some of the clubs competing in the county cricket championship NOTTINGHAMSHIRË
Hardikit
Keeton
NATTING
1
Ente, ut Fun Tane. Aver, 19.88 BM.07 11.06
Time
Nol
82
3144 145
11
Sierra
47
01236 15,
945 64
24.02
il now lea
467 104* 22.23
Walker
2 71
21.02
JLC
21.35
ADI 121
19.0
Voer...
T1
100
274
17.6. 10.6G 15.84 13.70
172
1.2*
11.40
V
24 70
10.00
[
76
22- 4.33
Beatles
Alller
C. R. Maxwel
G. P. Henne
Larwood
Woodheat
Wheat
Buller
Ale balled: June 1 met 4; and (i. W. Hobinson D.
Larwood
, W. Robinwon 106.4
12. 15.00
19 127 19.83 172 Rd 23.00
BOWLING
856.1
Butler
827,4
79
M. It W. AVST. 118 12.2 1470 478 121
7 10.4N
Voce
LOGA.
202
Maplen
... 40%,2
107
G. F. H. Hewne
Woodhead
493 1
1-5
#7 x28
Knowi
Hartla
106.
43,4
5
для
GLO * 28.56
949 #1
3 30.27
20 31.05
PROMOTERS ARE
UNEASY
to
New York. Boxing promoters through- out the nation are becoming genuinely alarmed at the singu- lar lack of new talent in the fight game, despite the robust ring renaissance enjoyed dur ing the past' year. Month by month it is becoming
difcuit for more
promoters fashion attractive curds for the faris, who now are ready with their dollars leather-slinging and enger to sec shows. In general the belt and block business in in healthier condition now than at any time since the depres sion began, because of Improved economic conditions and fight Inter- ent stimulated by the rise and foil of Joe Louis and several bang-up big-time bouts.
But the fans want action for their And that's the big problem money. facing the promoters--to find fads 753.47 who will furnish action. Promoter 127 127.00 Andy Niederreiter at Ebbets Field, Alec bowled Hardataff 2-0-19-0; Keel Brooklyn, worked day and night for
6-0-27-0.
SURREY
ΠΑΤΤΙΝΟ
Time
Not
Fishlak
Int out Run .... 4
Higher!
Inse.
ก
F. T. Holmes.. 39
1372
1506 143 172
Aver. $1.75 10.15
Jaring
Sandbar
Apoy
Heutred
.. town
McMurray
Parket
Writ
more than six weeks seeking a top- fight main event, and then quit in disgust to promote weekly run-of- the-mine law-priced show's.
to
"It's getting tougher and tougher find worth-while preliminary 1027 $73 16.07 fighters, even after you get your 1427 173 3.07
Tom J261 160 20.0% 1217 VS 27.04 McArdle of the 20th Century Club
main
119
23.66
ZHZ
12
20.1 10.40
Bald.
Hobey..
Q
#3
H. M. Gariand-W
105 44
Daley
605 116 29.47 40 16.40 18.12 12.75.
trooks
301
10
១៤.មក
Gover
A
20
Kina
19
Berry
20
15
8.30 5.00
Whitfield
13 K 1.AG
DE
event," Matchmaker
Hymic Caplin, manuger of a string of fair fighters, made this threat, "I guess I'll have to take off my cont and go into the gymnasiums in my shirt sleeves and try to find and talent. There 16.47 develop some new
don't seem to be any coming up."
THE REASONS WHY
Abo batted: B. It. Cooper, 11: Fierpaint. Sula and Wilson P and 0.
48 24.27
DOWLING
D. M
W. Aver
Clover
108.8
160 262
17 15.42
Walte
140 19
Ho
2.84
Bomy
-42
0
98
4 24.00
Lielvy
256.1
63 1044
F. R. Druwa.... 41.
54 1618
50 27.07
Parker
4158 $5
662
28 .28.78
Klar
tiregary
177.2 +5 ZIR.1
445 63 6.31 25 603 26 46.20
34 29.04
50 at.nt
3. M. G. Welke..
Siguiren .....
5R 27
13 205
2 102.80
104
1 104.00
E. R. T. Hesten 211
You can survey almost every one of the eight divisions in the benk- burling industry and count "natural" matches on the fingers of one hand-even if three fingers have been chopped off in a taxi door.
THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
FRIENDLY HOCKEY Y.M.C.A. Draw With The H.K. Hockey Club
Playing the European Y.M.C.A, In a friendly hockey fixture on their own ground In King's Park, Bic Hongkong Hockey Club drew with the visitors, each side scoring ono goal.
a beginning of the season . For match, the play was quite good, the Club belog stronger than the Y.M. C.A in attack though the Y.M.C.A. defence held out well..
through Brown and the Club equalised just before the interval, Fowler scoring a good goal.
The YM.C.A. scored
There was no scoring after the interval, but the Clubs forced many corners. Shielda had little to do in goal for the Club, while Bond clear ed well.
Austin and G. Moss played well and Brown ful for the Y.M.C.A. through several times, only to be robbed of the ball in front of goal. Price sent in may good passes from the left wing.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1936.
RIFLE ASSOCIATION
Mid-Week Spoon And
Practice Shoot
Ranges at Kowloon City, when fur the rst time this season the num ber of entrania, who were using the rifie "as issued" or the S.R. (a)
Marriage Test SPORT ADVTS.
type of rille, as it is better known, Attracts 300 °
Was such that two spoons were. awarded to those who made the beat handicap scores in this cinse. Scoring on the whole was de
although, Nearly seventy members of the finitely on the low side,
Association took it must be confessed that from the longkong Rifle part in the mid-week Spoon and point of view of weather and Practice Shoot which was held yes. visibility, there was little cause for terday nfiernoon
the Army 1 complaint.
Order Rank
תם
Name
1 Licut L. B. Holmes
Lieut. Ratcliffe
UNI NNG
3 Sgt. C. Jones
4 Fus. Richards
5 Cpl. Tankings
0 Major Edwards
7
Cpl. Elvingstone
8
L/Cpl. L. Usher
O
SIM. H
Str.
10
C.Q.M.S. Wallace
11
L/Cpl. Hinvest
12 C.Q.M.S. Cheetham
13 R.S.M. Slater
14 L/Sgt. D. C. Jones
15 Mr. Johnson
16 Spi. Downing
17
L/Cpl. Peters
18
Spr. Daniels
19
L/Cpl. D. E. Hairs
20 Lieut. Pattullo
21
Club.-H. F.
Rin. J. Murphy
Tie teams were:
Hockey Hongkong Shields; J. Rodger, V. Bond: G. W. A. Reed, J. E. Cotes- Sommers, worth; Starbuck, H. Owen-liughes, S. A. Fowler, B. I, Bickford and 1. P. Tamworth.
Y.M.C.A.-H. H. Moss; Tremlett, Henderson: E. Fowler, Bates, Cox; G. Moss, Hughes, Austin, Brown and Price.
LOCAL YACHTING Sweepstake Race Won By Mrs. Persse
Diana, sailed by Mrs. Persse was the winner of yesterday's sweepstake race arranged by the R.I.K. Yacht Club. Isabel, safled by Major Dixon was second
The course was Channel Rock (P), Kowloon Rocks (P), Channel Rock (P), Kowloon Rocks (P), N mark on line (S), Kowloon Rocks (S), and Club line, a distance of 0.4 miles. The race started at 14.45.
The full results follow: Yught
Finished Corted Pos, 16.53.53 10.39.47 4
10.47.03 16.32.57 2
་
Lobo
the
(Mrs. Edwards)
Isabel
(Major Dixon)
Dinne
10.31.01
(Mrs. Porsse)
Rolla
...... 10.33.39
10.31.01 1
10.33.29 3
(Col. E. St. G. Kirke)
Sirius
D.N.F.
(Capt. G. Thomas)
Eunice
D.N.F.
Niederrelter, McArdle and Caplin had their reasons for this dearth of new talent. But I think Caplin's reasons are the best. Although only
Alan bawid Barling, 1-0-0-0; Pierpoint in his late 30's, Hymie is an old head 33-1-70-2: Baham, 1-0-3-2; and Whitdeld. 35+5.VD-2
Time
Aver. 30.61 BR,19 Nat
SUSSEX
BATTING
Highe
Nat
A. Metville
lana, eut uns Inna. .... 17
074 125
Langridge (Jan) .. 47
D
1422..167
Parke (15.)
44
10
1344
1024
Tarka (J.)
1170 107
20.73
Cox ...
20
Lange (John).. #!
Cook
2
PTA 95
Talo
1146 02
31. Quinmitg
Hammond
A. J. Holmes
Carnford W.)
Wrigley
Oakes
Nyn
Cornifunt (22)
83 504
SA.5% 704 155 20.40 225.04
368 G7
yo,44 103 20.11
11U
in the fight game-und u very prac- tical fellow. He learned
and the businese the hard way. Ho rose from the city's slums 45 Bghter himself, jockeyed Al Singer and Lou Salica into championships, and made a lot of money with such ringsters as Sid Terris. Abe Feldman, etc. He specialized in developing new talent, and usually had about 10 fighters in his stable. Now he had only about
There's two things that put the Blond 14.38 blink on new talent," said
Hymie. "The foist was this ticket selling business that came in at the small clubs during the depression, and the second is this new fangled
up."
Also batte: Eaton, and Tuppin 10 and 0. *Not_out.
107
367
42
NO
89 50
28 12
75 15
12,28 6.35 4,63
BOWLING
Lankridge (John) 32.2.
Cook
Tale
Parka 130
Hammond
Cornford (4)
Langridge
Ny ***
Wemley
A. Melville
Onke
0. M. it. W. Aver.
7
No
44.1 6 132
5
17.00
(Mr. F. Anthony)
MOSLEM ORPHANAGE
FOUNDATION STONE TO BE LAID BY MAULANA ·
When His Eminence Maulana Mohamed Aleen Siddiqui, the well- known Moslem theologian, possed through the Colony last May in the course of his lecture tour in the Far East, he expressed surprise that there war no Moslem orphanage in Hong- kong.
whatin'ell Idea of the boys cotti Since then the Board of Trustees.
Caplin explained that during the 20.00 depression, the small clubs were se 33 2 hard pressed for money that they started the vicious practice of card-
24 21.72
20.52 1913 24 37.42
74.1 $32
200 1620 1730
77 22.84
484.3
1070
40 23.62
704.6 142
100
Jj 709.2 -194
1430 60
27.0 30
250.4 61
30.4
75
11
166 214
5
1. Cumming
A. J. Holme
ing lady for the preliminaries and fometimes for main events-solely because of the ability of those luds } 40.00 to sell a flock of tickets for their
lights.
$1,60
117.09
0 13
Alsu bowle: Tuppin 33-4-177-3.
D. H. Whene
N. Vere Indre
I. Crawley
O'Cunts
T. N. 'ITO
Nickola
C. T. Ashton
Khemell
K. Farnes
*Taylor
Smith (1)
Whe
Cutmure....
ESSEX
BATTING
Times Not
313
Jana, aut Runs Inna.
2. W. A. Stephenson
Eastman..
1. 1. le
Smith (B.)
A 1. Quick
Eve
well
C. Bray....
0
Avet, 42.67 41.60
16
1 696 133
144 77
212
33.00
1287 127 31.30
10% 81.04 1224 nor 220.85
JON
24.16 22.20
10.60
18.30
It didn't matter whether the key had any genuine boxing ability. If he had a lot of contacts and friends In his neighbourhood where he could dispose of a flock of pasteboards, he war, matched up, usually with some other lad who also could sell tickets.
RACKET ABANDONED
of the Mosque, and members of the Indian Muslim Society, Hongkong Islamic Union and the Shin com- munity have got together and have decided to erect an orphanage.
the The
ol laying ceremony foundation stone will be performed to-morrow at 5.30 p.m. at the Masque by the Malana, who is now in Hong- kong on his return journey to India.
All members of the Moslem fraternity and friends are invited to witness the ceremony.
Caplin insisted that this ticket-sell-me in evil spread to small clubs throughout the country, ruining the incubators of talent. With good times returning, most of the promo ters have abandoned this racket, urd are searching frantically for talent. That's why so many foreign boxera AD 1200 are being imported, he said.
78
16.02
GH 16,80
45
14.15
216 6 12.44
65
דג
12.03
20 11.00
ลม 9.10
And the few non-ticket sellers we rose from the amateurs during the 5.06 past four years-lads of promise
H,33
22
5.00 12- D
Also batiedi 3. N. Dennia, 14 and 24′′; Bat.
1 And 27: and N. 7. Wyken, 31,
O'Connot
Eximna
Nichols 2"
K. Fars
BOWLING
Smith (53) .... 661 125 1996 Frank
195.4 50 200 32 28 15.25 Bowel 188
were prevented from developing inte light fighters by their "what- attitude. Their training methods were all wrong and still are, he claimed. They breeze into Ho through [ew gymnasiums.
and then hasten out to a motions, mo movie or to a dance hall. Instead of whanging away at the light and heavy bogs for half an hour or so, learning how to punch, instead of
the rope mping the for nine or 12 min- utes to develop their legs; instead of doing five or six miles of road work in the morning: instead of boxing four
or five rounds intelligently with tough sparring mates.
"They don't train no more," Caplin concluded. "They don't learn how to box and they don't learn how to take 14.30. Is it any wonder we have to go into the mothballs for old timers to put on cards?"-United Press.
70 24.94
0. M. RW. Aver.
1 28.56 $14
76.3
ተዚ
163
19.21
Smith (IL)
22 31.13
604.4 193
1187
3
10
139 713.1
1993
108
18.47 C. T. Ashton'...
14
306,2
1145 fil 18.77
19.81
Alas bowled: L. G. Crawley, 4-0-11-0: T. N. Pearce, 3.2-0-26-0: and D. R. Wilen, 3-0-1-0.
3
41
JW.A Steph'son 278.3 P1 972
i L/Sgt. Clarke
2 Cpl. J. Watson
3 L/Cpl. W. Wilson
4 Cpl. H. Stewart
5 Lieut. Ratcliffe
S.I.M. Hill ..... 7. Sgt. Rattenbury L/Cpl. Ganly
DL/Cpl. Bainborough
||កកកមពួក 1~២
Couples
New York, Sept. 21.
SEVEN-YEAR mar- riage experiment to which types are best suited to mate-blonde
HONGKONG CRICKET
LEAGUE.
The Annual Meeting will be held at the Urban Council Room, Post Office Building (by kind per- mission), on, Thursday, 1st Octo- ber, 1936, at 5.15 p.m.
I
A. H. MADAR,
Hon. Sccrolary.
and blond or brunette and longkong, 28th September, 1936. blond, and so on-has just
been launched..
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(b)
'cap 200 yds. 600 yds, 000 yds.
Ass'n Score at Score, at Score at Aggregate
Score
Scr.
30
33
31
D4 (0)*
decide
32
20
D4 (0)
32
93 (a)
01 (a)
01 (0)
00 (a)
89 (0)
AD (n)
(a)
EXCHANGE RATES
(a)
86 (a)
Dr. E. Lowell Kelly, of Connec ticut State College,..hrranged the
text,
Sept. 20. Sept. 30,
Paris
COUPLES INTERESTED
He has been quietlý investigating
Geneva. Berlin.
21.51
12,57
85 (1)
on a small scale'for a year.
(a)
Nuw, he has decided to widen the Onlo.
field of activity,
Athena Milan Shanghal New York. "I want to analyse marital com- Amsterdam. patability." he said to-day,
10.00
1/2.11/32 1/2.11/32
:
4.95
Vienna
2014
Madrid
Nom.
"Those who took part in the first Lisbon. test found it both interesting and Hongkong.
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valuable." United Prest.
Bombay...
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(a) Signifies that the "1014" rife was used.
"Nett Spoon. "Handicap" Spoon.
The
Beauty
$28858 39999
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FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS
HAVING YOUR HEAD CRACKED
IN AN ACCI-
DENT OF THIS SORT IS NO
FUN!
I'M SORRY, MISTER.... I DIDN'T
MEAN TO DO IT!.
MY BROTHER
IS
WHAT
HI ME
THREW A BONE
/OVER THE HEDGE,
TO GET RID OF
THIS THE BONE
?
IT! I GUESS YOU
JUST HAPPENED
TO BE GOING
BY!
Mystery
By Blosser
YES SIR! OUR DOG'S BEEN DIGGING UP
BONES AND BRINGING THEM
INTO THE HOUSE- IMOM'S MAD ABOUT!
IT!
DIGGING UP BONES: RIGHT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD? -
GREAT CAESAR'S GHOST/ THAT GIVES
ME AN IDEA!
STRANGE. THAT IT NEVER ENTER- ED. MY HEAD BEFORE !!
GEE, IT COULDNT HAVE, MISTER...... THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I EVER THREW
IT!!
WHAT
IS THIS BONE?
15 THERE
SOME MYSTERY
CONNECTED:
WITH
IT ?
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