THE · HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1997.
LAWN BOWLERS FERVENTLY HOPING FOR BETTER WEATHER CONDITIONS
HAMMOND TOPS AMERICA'S
2,000 MARK
Farnes (Two In) Put
One Over
The Brake On
London, July 15. At Lord's-Players, with three wickets standing, lead Gentlemen by 23 runs.
(By William Pollock)
JUST when it looked as if the Players would end the day with the Gentlemen more or less comfortably in their pockets, Kenneth Farnes and Freddie Brown came along with a late bit of bowling.
Farnca got Hammond and Ames in an over, Brown got Paynter and Compton (a duck, I regret to say).
It changed the face of things, and this morning they will start with nothing much In it, either way.
GREAT CATCH BY COMPTON
SIXTEEN FINEST |ATHLETES
Iowa City, In.
Sixteen athletes from scattered
LEAGUE PROGRAMME IN ARREARS
TO-MORROW'S BATCH OF
MATCHES
Lawn bowlers aro fervently hoping that the weather will show sections of the country have been sufficient improvement to-morrow to permit the league programme named by George T. Bresnahan, Uni- being resumed. The schedule has been somewhat disorganised by versity of Iowa track coach, on his the continual Saturday afternon rains and better conditions are re- annual All-American collegiate track quired if the season is to finish within reasonable time. team for 1037:
Stanford was the unly school to To-morrow finds Recreio engaged W. Randall, B. W. Whiteman and 11. place more than one man on Bres at home to the Bowling Green and V. Penise (skip); N. P. Karanjin, A. nahian's team. The Pacific Coast the Portuguese should win. Kow- J. Coelho, W. J. Bagley and W. K. conference school was represented by loon Docks have to visit Civil Ser-Way (stip),
Jack Weiershauser and Peter Zugur vice and may easily be upset. Net- Indian R.C.-S. M. Ruminha, A. in the 220-yard dash and the discus, ther con Cralgengower be said to M. Wahab, A. O. Mader and A. R.
Three Big Ten conference stars, have an easy match in prospects.
Dallah (skip); J. Hoosen, A. Bakar, Sam Stoller, Michigan dush
A. K. Minu and A. R. Minu (skip); man; having to visit the Football Club. Don Lash, Indiana, "holder of the Below will be found the pro- Albritton, Ohio State, joint holder of teams. world's two-mile record, and Dave gramme and some
of the selected
the world's high jump record, won places in their specialties.
TO-MORROW'S GAMES
SECOND DIVISION TITLE MAY DE DECIDED AT VALLEY
"SPEC" TOWNS NAMED
Bresnahan also selected for his team Olymple chumpions Forrest -Dempsters. He was making surely timed and directed strokes off the inversity of Pittsburgh 800-metre ranged
I thought there was only one really top-class innings from the Geats (Spec) Towns, University of Geor- gia hurdler, and John Woodruff, fast bowling when he got that one in the diaphragm which took the windstar. oul of his saita. He never smiled again, and he was wonderfully caught at short leg by Compton.
The following
morrow:
are
the matches the League
to-
for
FIRST DIVISION
v. Cralgengower C.C. v. Police R.C. v. Kowloon H.G.C.
SECOND DIVISION
v, Club de Recreio
v. Kowloon C.C.
v. Indian R.C.
v. Hongkong F.C. DIVISION
Following are the men selected: Hongkong .c. Compton did an acroballe jump as the hall went over his head,
100-yard dash-Sam Stoller of Kowloon C.C. turned round, and caught the catch left-hand fully extended off his Michigan: National Collegiate and Civil Service C.C. V Kowloans Dock B.C.
Club de Recreio balance.
Big Ten champion. Best time, :09.6. Kimpton made top-score, but I did not think too much of his inn-- 220-yard dash-Jack Welershauser Kowloon 1.0.C. Ings. He chucked it away trying a very casual sort of stroke. He was in of Stanford: National A. A. U. 200-Poilee B.C. nothing like the form he was in the Varsity match. But then the bowl-metre champion, Best time :20.9. Craigengower C.C. Ing was different, of course.
440-yard dash-Loren Benke of Talkoo R.C. Farnes bowled him a shortish ball Washington State:
THIRD Maxwell was good when he played which got up about waist high. liam-legiate 440-yard champlon,
National Col Kowloon F.C the ball down behind the wicket, not mond moved back and smashed it time, 46.9.
Best Club de fiecrelo when he reached forward to it. It with a semi-horizontal bat like
Craigengower C.C. was a little piquan! that Leslie Ames dash of lightning past the bowler Pittsburgh: Olympic 880-metre and
860-yard run-John Woodruft of Hongkong F.C. stumped him.
to straight the pavilion rail.
|ICAA and National Collegiate cham- The field was so taken aback that pion. Best time, 1:50.3. (NCAA
one moved to retrieve the ball till record). Owen-Smith ran all the way from gully for it.
If you could belleve all you hear in pavilions and such places Maxwell
is running Ames hard for the job of
"England's wicketkeeper. Ames had
a good day yesterday.
ALL-EMPIRE SHOW
+
Swimming
Hammond's was the innings.of the rather lean day. He reached his The funny turn of the innings was 2,000 runs for the season, and so be- between Aines and Goddard and came the first to do it. Sellers, Seilers simply could not connect with Goddard and every time ho missed the ball Ames tried to stump him. Once they almost be- came entangled in this late-on-the-. programme interlude und Sellers once nearly tripped over a scattered ball.
The Gentlemen, on the whole, were, not so well-dressed as the Players, and a lot of people in the crowd did not recognise some of them when they came in.
With Dempster and Kimpton to- | gether we had New Zealand at one end, Australia at the other. When Owen-Smith and Kimpton were bat- ting it was South Africa and Aus- tralib.
The Gentlemen had six out at lunch time. The pitch was full of pace and
had a bit of lit in it. Hammond
came off terrifically fast. And Arthur
Wellard bowled excellently and with not too much luck. Goddard did not
have a bowl till after lunch.
The quickness of the ball off the
wicket deceived the eye of some of
Interport May Be
Cancelled
v. H.K. Electric RC. v. Civil Service C.C. v Kowloon Tong.1.C. v Yacht Club
PLAYERS SELECTED
various
. H. Rumjahn, D. M. Khan, M. R. Abbas and M. Y. Adal (skip). Trikoo R.C.-W. Melrose,
R. Wright, T. Grimes and R. M. Keown (skip): W. Cunningham, D. McCol- gan.
J. C. Pulson and J. C. Chal- mers (skip); W. Brown, F. Hulton, 3. A. Watson and T. F. Stainton (skip).
Hongkong FCW. Kershaw, G. A. Rodger, C. B. Robertsen and J. R. Selby (skip): D. W. Palllips, F. H. Glover, L. E. Lammert and A. Brooksbank (skip); E. L. Strange, R. P. Shaw, J. S. Beach and J. Russell (sklp).
THIRD DIVISION
Kowloon F.C.-W. Mackle, J. Dob- son, T. Fergusson and J. Watson (skip); A. Lapsley, W. F. Wright, J. T. Smalley and J. Gibson (skip); J. P. White, J. Lindsay, R. Hall and R. Lapsley (skip).
c.
Club de Recreio.-A. M. Xavier, E. de Souza and H. A. Pereira, de B. Botelho (skip); J. C. Remedios, A. F. Noronha, M. A. Carvalho and C. Roza-Pereira (skip); C. M. Silva, C. E. Xavier, C. M. S. Alves and J. M. S. Rosario (skip),
Civil Service C.C.-J. B. Pengelly, J. Furo, W. Cullips and H. Westlake (skip); M. Purvis, L. R. Whant, W. R. lyer and M. N. Rakusen (skip): M. Cunietti, G. Bentley, J. Cool and E. W. Simmonds (skip).
Cralgengower C.C.-G. Payne, W.
One-mile run-Archie Sam Ro- The following players have been ninni of Kansas State
to represent the Teachers selected College, Emporta.
clubs in the League to-morrow: LASH HOLDS WORLD RECORD
FIRST DIVISION Two-mile run-Donald Lash of Hongkong F.C.-G. Duncan, w. Indiana: Big Ten Indoor and outdoor Gill, A. Hyce-Loy and E. Tuck chumplon. Did not compete in(skip); E. S. Carler, J. 11. Gelling. NCAA or National A.A.Ú, meets A. Macfarlane and N, J. Bebbington J. Penney, F. X. Delgado and A. E. Holder of world's record for 2 miles, (skip); J. S. Howell, E. J. Edwards, S. Alves (skip); D. Rozario, J. Pau,
F. J 8:58.4, 1938.
F. 1. W. Haynes and J. Rodger E. Zimmern and
W. H. 120-yard high hurdles Forrest (skip).
E. Kerrison, J. H. Xavier (skip);} Aikins and Y. Abbas (skip). Towns of Georgia: Olympic and Craigengower C.C.-L. C. R. Kowloon TongC. Mose, L. A. National Collegiate champion. Holder Souza, M. A. R. Souza, A. E. Coates Osmund, W. J, Howard and A. H. of world's record for 120 yard high and B. W. Bradbury (skip); A. S. Basto (skip); J. L. Stephens, J. N. and 110 metre hurdles, :41.1 (1930) Gomes, A. A. Razack.. A. M. Omar Wong, W. C. Simpson and B. Basto
220-yard low hurdles-Allan Tol-
and U. M. Omar (skip); J. S. Lan-(skip); H. Gittins, C. L. Gregory, mich of Wayne University, Detroit: dolt, V. N. Atienza, S. Roszelet A. Spary and S. J. Houghton (skip). National A. A. U. high and low hur- and R. Basa (sitip). dles champion. Best time, :23.4.
Hongkong FC.-E. Casey, W. J. 400-metre hurdles Jock Potter-
and V.
Club de Recrelo.-J. A. Luz, F. X. Buller, R. A. Trengrove son of Rice Institute: National A.A.U. Soares, A. A. Remedios and R. F. Walker (skip); B. A. Mansell, J. champlon.
[day Luz (skip); J. E. Noronha,, C. Barnes, H. G. Wallington and G. E. E. Marques, C. G. Silva and B. X. Stephens (skip); A. W. Hayward, High The Interport Swimming
Jump-David Albriton contest between Hongkong National
of M. da Slivo (skip); L. J. Silva, L. W. Hodges, F. P. Anslow and P. C. Ohio State: National Collegiate and F. Xavier, F. V. V. Ribeiro and H. Morgan (skip).
A.A.U. champion. Joint A. Alves (skip).
Yacht Club.-F. H. King, N. - V. A. and Shanghai may have to holder of world's record, 0 feet 934 Kowloon BG.C.-S. .A. Bright. E. Croucher, R. H. Wild and A. Steven- be cancelled.
W. Lines, J. C. Gill and C. B. Hos-son (skip); H. S. Rouse, T. H. G. king (skip); A. S. Russell, W. Rus-Brayfield, E. S. Abraham and A. sell, J. S. Logan and A. M. Holland Murdoch (skip); J. A. Simpson, E. W. L. Walter, H. F. Stone W. Davies, A. W. Brown and K. S.
SINGLES MATCH
Inchies.
This is a possible reper- KANSAN IN BROAD JUMP
the Gentlemen not in regular bir cussion of the war trouble in Brond jump Kermit King of t
Salt Armstrong and L. Guy Robertron (skip): match practice. That is how I read Shanghai. the whole score.
HUTTON HITS OUT
through in the heat quickly got Bar- nett when the Players batted, but Shanghai intimating
vault-William Sefton
Kansas State Teachers College, Pitts (skip). Yesterday the burg, Kas: National Collegiate and Kowloon C.C.-A. A. Dund, T. Victoria Recreation Club re-National A.A.U.
champion. Best Madar, R. G. Craig and F. Goodwin Farnes, whose shirt was soon wetceived a telegram from Jump, 25 feet 10 inches.
(skip); A. E. Silkstone, T. Hunter, In the second round of the singles Pole that
of H. Overy and E. C. Fincher (skip); championship, J. S. Howell defeated the University of Southern California: W. Mulcahy, J. W. Brown, E. Kern S. M. White 21-14 at Craigengewer Howell went on to a yesterday. Colleginte and National and J. M. Jurk (skip).
Civil Service C.CR. P. Phillips, good start and led at one stage 10-0. champion. ford's record percent times, includi. Strange, A. W. Grimmits and J. but White then found the green and ing one vault of 18:11.
Hollidge (skip); P. E. Knight, J. pulled up to 10-14. Gellatly, J. Deakin and S. Randle Shot put-Sam Francis of Ne-(skip); S. Eccleshall, L. A. Collyer, braska: National Collegiate cham-C. Strange and J. F. McGowan pion.
(skip).
A.A.U.
then Hution and Hardstaff showed us owing to the present tension National some proper batting till Hution hit:
over from in Shanghai, it might be a ball. In one Mincindoe He cover-drove three suc- found necessary to cancel the
over
cessive balls to the boundary.
Hardstaff, his father's umpire's eye Interport.
on him, batted with a delightful com- bination of power and artistry. There
was a whiplike crack in his bat when
he booked and drove, lovely flick when he turned the ball to leg.
Hammond, among other character- istic achievements, made the remark- able stroke of the day's cricket,
THE
TO BEST ADVANTAGE AT
ASIACO
SWIMMING TRIAL
broken
SECOND DIVISION
Javelin-William Reitz of the W. Lawrence And A. A. Angeles: National A.A.U. champion. T. Barby, K. C. Hamilton and J. G. (University of California ut LOS Kowloon BG.C.-E. V. Searle, P.
Roza Both Indisposed
Best mark: 224 feet 9 inches.
Discus-Peter Zagar of Stanford; National Collegiate champion.
Meyer (skip); H. L. Lockhart, A. W. E. Davidson. D. W. Waterton and J. E. Henson (skip); J. R. Leltch, Α. K. Taylor, S. M. White and V. Petherick (skip).
Club de Recreio.-F. A. Machado, A. V. Barros, J. V. Ribeiro and J. J. Basto (skip); D. C. Alves, L. A Gutierrez, A. P. Guterres and C. H. Basto (skip); F. A. Xavier, E. L. Barros, P. A. Yvanovich and E. M. Remedios (skip).
POLICE CRICKET
MEETING
A. E. Carey Elected New Captain
The annual meeting of the cricket
section of the Police Itecreation Club was held yesterday with the Hon. Mr. T. I, King, I.G.P., In the chair. The following were elected for the coming year?
In the absence of W. Lawrence and A. A. Roza, both of whom were Hummer-Irving Folswartshny of indisposed, there was no interport Rhode Island State: National AA.U. swiraming trial for the 440 yards champion. Best mark, 173 feet 7% free style last night at the V.R.C. | inches. The only event was the 100 yards. breast stroke in which E. Chan scor- ed a fine win over E. M. Marques,
Marques got off to a fine start, breaking surface about a foot ahead
Kowloon C.CA. W. Ramsey, J. of Chan, but could not hold
Canning, W. W. Hirst and 11. Nish slight lead for more thon
two
(stip); W. T. French, C. J. Tacchi, The World Bridge Olymple Com-A. J. Kew and L. Jack (skip); S. yarda
found them level, Chan mittee has advised the Hongkong Hankin, A. Nissim, J. Smith and V. gradually gained in the last two Committee, that the Far East north C. Labrum (skip). lengths and won by about two feet. south championship in the recent Cralgengower C.C.-J. R. Soares, by Acting Sub-Inspector D. G. Boker His time was 72.1/5, a second ahead World Bridge Olymple, was won by E. McNay, K. M. Omar and M. J. with an average of Marques.
F. A. Gill and L. A. Ozorio.
Medina (skip); J. W. Leonard, II. his 20 wickets.
this
01-KWAN BLDG. DESVOEUX RD. C. lengths. The end of the first 50
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