THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1937.
BUDGE AND MAKO MAY PLAY HERE IN DECEMBER Expected To Be Nominated To Represent America In Japanese Championships And In Australia
HARRY HOPMAN
FASTEST SCORING IN CRICKET
75 RUNS HIT IN THREE OVERS
London.
A recent 105 hit up-in 45 minutes by Mr. H. Brown of Wansford (Northamptonshire) has resulted in something of a competition for the highest score in the shortest time.
Mr.. L. D. Elcombe of Farningham near Dartford, claims to have scored) 105 In 35 minutes for the Broadway Club in a Southampton Wednesday League game in 1935.
But the record is surely that of Mr. Frank Mende, who, playing for Catford Wanderers against the Con- cert Artists' Association, rattled up 193 in 45 minutes, the last 110 com- ing in 21 minutes. He scored 75 in three consecutive overs.
CLASH OF GREATEST MILERS PLANNED Hopes Of Arranging A Lovelock-Cunningham Race At Stockholm
London.
The organisers of the Stockholm games, to be held at the Stockholm Stadium from August 4 to 6, aro hoping to arrange & maleh between Glenn Cunningham, holder of the world's mile record, and Jacle Love- lock, the Olymple 1,600 metres champion and world record-holder,
HOPMAN AND SCHWARTZ TO PLAY TWICE IN HONGKONG
(By "Veritas")
Following the announcement that a squad of
German tennis players is to visit Hongkong in the late Autumn, comes the tidings that Donald Budge, world's amateur tennis champion, and his United States compatriot Gene Mako, are almost certain to come to Hongkong and play here before. the end of the year.
What is more Harry Hopman, former Australian Davis Cupper, and the young Australian "hope", L. Schwartz, will play in Hongkong during November and again when they return from Japan.
to Australia in
This interesting Information I have Japanese players received by air mail from Mr. Nor-, 1932 when T. Harada, en dogen of mun Stockton, member of the Tele- the Japanese tennis courts, the late graph staff, who is now on holiday Jiro Satoh, and R. Nunoi, played in
the Commonwealth. in Australia.
Mr. Stockton interviewed Hopman
tennis
This will 201 be the first time In Melbourne recently and elicited Schwartz has officially represented Australia in overseas tennis cham- Two years ago he was pionships.
and sent, with E. F. Muon, to the Philip- pines to represent Australia. proved a great attraction as well us meeting with considerable success.
HOPMAN'S CAREER
the above news from the player.
Quoth Hopman: "The Lawn Tennis Association of Australia has decided to accept the offer from Japan for two Australian players to compete in the Japanese national
icants championship
November. La Schwartz and myself have been in-
in
Hopman, who formerly played for vited by the ALTA. to make the New South Wales, but is now a tour. The fact that Japan requires Victoria representative, is 20 years WAS age, and two years ago
He is the Association from ranked sixth in Australia.
slightly built, but possesses sending the Davis Cup players (i.c. short, Jack Crawford, Vivian McGrath, more than average staming. He is Adrian Quist or John Bromwich excels at volicying and smashing and well equipped in stroke play, but because of this is a brilliant doubles been playing in He was
ASTMAN players late in the year of
BUDGE AND MAKO ALMOST
CERTAIN
He has player, "We will be accompanied on theirst class tennis since 1020 return journey to Australia in De- cember by two or three Americana member of the Australian Davis Cup teams in 1920, 1930 and 1932. players" sald Hopman.
has won several Australian
"The Australian L.T.A. has invited ampionships, principally doubics
the United States Association to send
GENE MAKO
Invitation have been extended to three players on a tour of Australia. the United States athletes who will "Donald Budge and Gene
and
also
be competing in London on August Mako are almost certain to make
to Lovelock. In addition, Karl Heln, the German winner of the trip, after competing in the
an Olympic gold medal, is expected Japanese
to
compete, and the Swede, they do
championships. 50, Hongkong
If
en-
Warngoard, will have on opportun! thusiasts should also see them in ty to take revenge for the defeat
in the Olympics.
Among the many countries to
action.
"So far as Schwortz and I are con- which invitations have been sent cerned, we shall be delighted to play for the Stockholmn games ls Russin, In Hongkong both on the upward and It is hoped that obstacles con- trip to Japan and again on the re- nected with Soviet relations to the turn."
International Athletic Federation The projected Australian tour to will be overcome.
Japan is in response to the visit of
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DONALD BUDGE IN ACTION
THE CORINTHIANS NOT DUE NOW UNTIL FEBRUARY 15
WILL STAY HERE A FORTNIGHT
(By "Verlias")
with Jack Crawford.
Among the his greatest achievements was defeat of H. W. Austin in a major In 1934 and 1935 he the Australian Davis Cup teams to Europe an a newspaper there correspondent, and while figured in several important tournn- munt the Corinthians delaying SMAILES CHANCE OF
Latest news received yesterday concerning the visit of the Islington Corinthians to Hongkong is that they will not now arrive until February 15—a fortnight after Chinese New Year.
iments.
This is because Bie Coronation
affected the steamship service and
their departure from England 1 fortnight,
Lan Schwartz is a 20 year-old South China A.A.. however have South Australian, who plays a dush
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CRICKET DOUBLE
written to the footballers intimating Yorkshire Fast-Medium ing game. He is a good valleyer and that Hongkong will be happy to re- has excellent ground strokes. Perceive them an February 15. formed well in the 1935 Adelaide The Corinthians have stated they City championships and in Inter will be prepared to stay in Hongkong State maiches. He won the South for two weeks, and it is certain that Australian doubles title with Don. this will be the length of their stay Turnbull in 1932.
In the Colony,
no
H.K, LTA. SHOULD ACT NOW
If what Hopman says is true, the Hongkong LTA. should lose time in communicating with the United States Lawn Tennis Assoclu tion with a view to checking up on this Information und endeavouring to discover whether Budge and Mako, or whoever is sent to repre-
Davis Cup For Women Proposed
London, Aug. 1. At a meeting of more than 20 representatives of Davis Cup nations, the chairman of the L.T.AA. (Mr. Norman Brookes) proposed a women's competition on the lines of the Davis Cup..
com-
It was decided, after a dis- cussion, to appoint a mittce to consider the pro- posal thoroughly and to report to a meeting in Paris in July, 1933,
*
Bowler Feature Of Northern Cricket
London.
Homeside County Cricket
TEN WICKETS IN AN INNINGS Great Performance By Goddard
THE LATEST RESULTS
London, Aug. 10.
No more exciting and fascinat- ing contest for the county cricket scen championships has been
between than the present one Yorkshire and Middlesex, which became more and more intensi- fied to-day when both teams won their matches.
Keeton (Notis) v. Lancashire .. Smart (Glamorgan) v. Somerset R. C. II. Kimpton (Worcester) v.
Wallace (N. Zealanders)
Essex
Gloucester
Ames (Kent) v. Sussex Mayer (Somerset) v. Glamorgan Ball (Worcester) v. Gloucester Ashdown (Kent) v. Sussex .... Allen (Gloucester) v. Worcester Sutcliffe (Yorks) v. Warwick
Middlesex, after being put in a dangerous position, managed to beat; Surrey by thred wickets md thus Hatton (Yorks) v. Warwick maintained their decimal per centage Tato (Sussex) v. Kent lead over Yorkshire, who beat War- wick very easily.
Worcester
BOWLING
and
Sussex won comfortably against Goddard (Gloucester) v. Kent, although the Hop County did well to set their opponents 02 to win; after being as many as 258 behind on Verity (Yorks) v., War- the Arst innings.
Gloucestershire and Lancashire helped themselves to convincing wins, with Walter Hammond again to the fore, senring a masterly 178.
wick
and
White (Somerset)
Glamorgan Dunning. (N. Zealanders)
v, Essex Evans (Essex) v. N. Zea-
landers
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92
88
84
83
81
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78
75
75
73
10 for 113
O for 80
D for 43
5 for 40
G for 52
6 for 1
5 for 67
(Lanes)
5.
Notts
for 00
(Somerset)
Glamorgan
5 for 65
Essex Pope
Northants Mitchell
(Derby)
(Derby)
5 for 60 V.
8 for 43
v. Surrey
4 for
€ for 03
5 for 52
5 for 35 61
New Zealanders on the eve of the hal Test match did very well to beat Essex by four wickets. For this they Wilkinson were not a little Indebted to W. A. Hadlec who hit up 100, and to Dun-Mayer ning and Cowle who took @ for 71 and 5 for 66 respectively in the two Cowie (N. Zealanders) v. Essex innings.
Only one of the county matches was left drawn. Glamorgan taking first innings points from Somerset.
CODDARD'S BOWLING
Most brilliant individual achieve ment was that of Goddard, the Glou- cester and England bowler, who cap- tured all ten wickets in Worcester-: shire's second innings for 113 runs. in the entire match Goddard took 16 wickets for 181 runs.
highly successful Verity also had match, taking in all 14 wickets for 02 against Warwickshire.
The results and leading perform- ances with bat and ball as sent by Reuter, follow,
-
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
Middlesex (151 and 230/7) beat three (170 and 209) by Surrey wickets
Derbyshire (402/0 dec. and 11/1) beat Northants (253 and 159) by nine wickets
Yorkshire (282 and 106/1) beat South China have mapped out A feature of Northern cricket this Warwickshire (205 and 180) by nine tentative programme of matches, season has been the manner in wickets which naturally is subject to con- which Smalles, the Yorkshire fast- Sussex (552 and 62/0) beat Kent Armation by the Hongkong Football medium bowler, has shouldered a (294 and 317) by nine wickets Association, and may, in foot, be heavy burden in the absence of amended by them. The suggested Bowes. S.C.A. Rchedule is:
Islington Corinthians
Gloucestershire (190 and 317/7)
three wickets
Northants Owen-Smith (Middlesex)
Sims
Surrey
(Middlesex)
Tate (Sussex) v. Kent
RACING
DRIVERS
CLUB'S 500.
INNOVATIONS FOR ANNUAL RACE
Many innovations are to be beat Worcestershire (310 and 292) by found in the regulations for the | British Racing Drivers' Club's Lancashire (347 and 120/0) beat "500," to be held at Brooklands He is playing a leading part in!
on September 18. v. South China A.A Yorkshire's fight for the chainpion- Notts (199 and 370) by ten wickels v. Civilian XI
ship, and there was consternation Glamorgan (243 and 190 v. Combined Services among the county's enthusiasts Somerset (191 and 183/9) on first in-
XI
when it was learnt that he had nings Interport wrenched his shoulder at Lord's.
v. Colony
XI
English Cricket Is On Up Grade
London. "English cricket is on the up sent America in the Japanese cham-grade. There is no need for about the forth- pionships,, will be ready to play in pessimism Hongkong.
coming visit of the Australians."
It has already been reported in Thus Sir Pelham Warner, at a the world Press that United States dinner recently. has accepted Austrolla's invitation to
send players to the Commonwealth "In choosing English test this winter, but this is the first in teams we have timation locally that she will send
come to think
those players first to Japan, visit of four players of the Budge, Bradman," he said. "I have Mako. Hopman, Schwartz calibre in tried to dissuade the committee mber would provide the Colony in thinking so much about Brad-
one of the greatest tennis
man." ats of all time, and it would be
The almost exclusively in terms of
December
in
Bumulated by the prior appearance "Plum” also complained: "Thero la here of Baron von Cramm and Hen- too much
defensive bowling kel, the German tennis "aces", whose modern cricket-too much bowling visit now seems to be fairly certain, that is short of a length. Good
The coming months prof
*promise to length bowling is everything. Let' offer the Hongkong L.T.A.
unequalled
caus get back to i." for
Bome staging tennis exhibitions and "Jack Hobbs, was the greatest every effort ahould be made forth-batsman on all types of wickets," with
to make certain that these he sald, and "Sidney Barnes and illustrious players are not allowed to Frank Foster were the finest pair of pass through the Colony unacknow- bowlers who ever bowled for ledged.
England."
FRIENDLY
beat
Smailes is also batting belter
New Zealanders (368 and 12878) than nt any other time in his eareer. Nothing better has been beat Essex (256 and 239) by four
seen In Yorkshire's batting this wickets season than Smalles' powerful driv ing when he made 05 and 80 not out against Kent at Bradford.
BATTING
Hammond (Gloucester) v Wor-
center
Yorkshire supporters believe that Langridge, John (Sussex) Smalles, will perform the cricket- Kent
er's double this year. Not since Place (Lancs) v. Nolla 1026 has a Yorkshire player scored Wilcox (Essex) v. New Zea- 1,000 runs and taken 100 wickets in landers
a season. He has already more than W. A. Hadice (N. Zealanders) v. 400 runs to his credit and over 40 Essex
wickets. With a little more pollsh Parks, Jas (Sussex) v. Kent in his elding it is belleved that Smith (Derbyshire) v. Northants Smailes may take rank with the best farris (Notts) v. Lancashire of Yorkshire'a all-rounders.
Pope (Derbyshire) v. Northants
:
Seven Catches in
One
Innings
London.
The distance has been reduced from 500 miles (101 laps) to 600 kilometres (112 laps). *
In the past It has been noticeable that most of the incidents and retire- ments have taken place in the first two or three hundred miles.
Another novelty is that Instead of the small cars starting before the scratch machines and covering the 178 same distance, all cars will start together, the slower machines being 159 allowed a number of credit laps. 137
The 1,100. unsupercharged cars, on 110 the limit mark, will start at the same time as the over 8-litres, but 100 will only have to cover 90 laps as 100 against the 112 laps of scratch 104 machines,
103
Fred Price, the Middlesex wicket-keeper, recently caught seven men in Yorkshire's innings at Lords. The achievement is unequalled in first-class cricket-a record.
E. J. "Tiger" Smith (Warwickshire) and Farrimond (Lan- cashire) have each taken seven behind the sticks in an innings, but their seven included stumpings.
+
It was Frico's field day. When he had made his last catch Patsy Hendren patted Price's back all the way to the dressing room, while the wicket-keeper was busily occupied in stuffing the historic ball into his pocket and lifting his hat in the drizzle which had set in.
Middlesex played a new medium-paced bowler in this match. He was N. F. Turner, of the Eton 1933 XI. Turner bawled in
■ cap, a Fròs Forester cap. Despite this he took two.wickets.
The race will stort at 2.30 p.m. and will terminale when the fourth finisher has been flagged, or at 3.45, whichever is the carlier,
0
Any competitor who is still run- ning when the race is stopped, and who has covered four-fifths of the. distance, will be regarded as finisher if he crosses the finishing Hno during the five minutes immo- diately preceding the stopping of the race.
GOING BALD?
TRY
Danderine