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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY,
JUNE
7, 1938.
AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS BEAT ESSEX BY 97 RUNS
SLOW
BOWLERS
SKITTLE OUT COUNTY TEAM
NICHOLS' FINE FEAT AGAINST TOURISTS
London, June 6.
The Australian cricket tourists have won their match against | Essex by 97 runs.
La
Esmex << weil to diniss visitors in the first inning for only 145 min, but they themselves only Denced 114 in empty.
in the serond knock, the Aus- 108 For Fix trailan, after scoring
for 15% wickets were all
Nichol, the Essex fast bowler, wat in a Hery mood and took six Aus- tralian wickets for 25 runs. ile was very ne ecurate and gave a brilliant reply to the English Selectors for his Bitsion from the Test team.
Stanley McCabe played a fighting caning of 50, made in 75 minutes. hitting six botndaries.
The Australians combination of jeft and right slow bowing: proved lex much for Essex, however, and the county alde was sent backt for
nly 87 runs,
1. B. Fleetwood Smith, and
A Ward, Derlie Grimmelt's surges-
wo, had four for 20.
CLAY WITHDRAWS
London, June
J. C Clay, the Glarnerian amateur bowler who was selected as one of the 13 for the first Test match against the Australians at Nottingham (24 Saturday, June 10,
from the team.
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Gloverster
Stufeld (RA). bowler, has been stre 1 replace
Router. May
It was at first stated that Clay had withdrawn from the England team without giving any reasons for duti 50, but a later message stated that as withdrawal was caused by ex trouble,
WIN FOR LEICESTER
London, June 0. At Leicester, Leicestershire defeal- Northamptonshire by ae innings and 143 runs in the County Cham- pionship.
Northants scored 103 and 125 (Walsh seven for 46), while Lelces- ter made 371 for right wickets declared.
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Prenure (F.), the Leicester open- ing batsman, scored 154 not out. Tetired burt-Reuter,
TO-DAY'S BOWLS MATCHES
Some Interesting Play Promised
Several interesting matches sa the erorul round of the Open Phirs bowls
Colony chainionship of the been Bxed for to-day The full pris Kama mn follows
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KOWLOON FC
McKelvin
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Ramsey and J Paul and J K Shan CJ Terhi and R A. Harding v HF Stoneham and €
CVs and Basto Steth and J W M. Brown.
A S Howell and R G Chair A
J Cartha stl 3 Puu
TAIKOO R.C.
2 W Laon and NP Krundi s 1 Els and F Hooker
4. F McGowan and J Deakin v MJ Mltna ond J Cavanagh
1. A. Volfyer and J. Purvis v A S Gomes and RM Omur
HONGKONG F.C.
J. 1. Xavier and S. Lilllerup & Iflyer and J. Hollage.
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P. D. Crawley and W. J. Burling
Basto V. J. J. Ribeiro ond J
3. Orem, of the Police, directing his skip in the First Division bowls match between the Police and the Kowloon B.G.C. at Happy Valley on Saturday. The visitors won the encounter by 19 shots. (Photo: Pictorial News).
BOXERS' UNION THREAT TO Tennis
THE BOARD
POSITION IS NOW
SERIOUS
effect of the holding Imek of a Beener for the tournament until the promo- ter recognised the N.B.A, and com- plied with that body's demands
The Board hon atrendy taken Betion in this matter, for yesterday one of ita stewarde, Sir faln Col- quhoun, asked the magistrates to re- VITAL STRIKE CLAUSE eriven deputation from the Board
of Control,
By Baroid Lewis
Landon, May 11 British busing is threatened with one of the most serious upheavals in its stormy history as the result of the activities of the Boxers Union. now known as the National Boxing
Latest Association. The
of these activities has led to the hold-up of the world's fly-weight champlotiship fight in Glasgow between Benny Lynch and the American challenger, Jacky Juriel.
The hold-up is an outcrop of the general Betivity of the union body. and, whatever
over happens
the
THREE MATCHES
IN LEAGUE
CAN THE MILF BE
RUN IN FOUR MINUTES FLAT?
Sydney Wooderson Thinks It Can Be Done
(By Geoffrey Simpson)
London, May 12.
Appearing on the White City track yesterday to begin train- ing, Sydney Wooderson, solicitor's clerk and champion atlilete, talked hopefully of running a mile in four minutes. "It is the ambition of my life to be the first to do it," he said.
And with that, off he went on o slow trot. Of course, for anyone to run a four-minute mile, the event needs to be must carefully prepared, and It Wooderson uchieves 11, he will do to somewhere about next Augiest.
The question has been debated bath sides of the Atinntle since the American university miler, Glenn Cunningham, dk the journey in Amin, 4.8sce. True, that remarkable time was put up in an indoor arena on wood, minus wind resistance but it demonstrates the possibilities
a four-minute mile.
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One man said that Cunningham's effort probably represented the limil of human achievement, but Wooder- son disagreed. "Given deni condi- tions, I do not ser why Cunning- ham's time should not be benten on- doors." he stated.
most
There's The rub. The claborate preparations for a record attempt can be knocked sideways by
a track made heavy by rain, and the athlete is beaten before he starts.
Chinese R.C. To Dune Nature. A bit of a breeze, or
Play Recreio
| Lynch fight, the Board have stili to Three matches in the "A" Division The of the Hongkong Tennis League will
tickle
the main problem. NB.A. now claim to have over 1,409 bé decided this afternoon. numbers, the majority being netivegramme is as follows: boxers, including most of the pre- und their rent British ebampions, threat to the authority of the Board is becoming serious,
Chinese RC. v. Club do Recreio United Services v. Hongkong G.C. South China A.A. v. Indian ft.C. The match likely to produce the best tennis of the day would appear The threat, in brief, is to oust the to be that between the Chinese and Board and to run boxing on trade | Recreio at Causeway Bay. Though Representations made to the Glas-union principles, the NBA being the Portuguese have three fairly good How magistrales last week had the affiliated to the Trades Unton Con-pairs, they are not likely to trouble
REPUTATION UNEQUALLED
SUPREMACY UNQUESTIONED
QUESTION OF PACE
Wooderson
1s
Even with track and weather por- fect, the attempt can be ruined by The pro-bad pace-making. Accurate pacing
essential in absolutely
and where are four runners to be found to take Wooderson round, one lap aplece, at a level 60 seconds?
Indoor times are not recognised by the International Federation, and
the still
accepted world record holder is a result of believe in that race he did two his min. 6.4sec. run last summer. the C.R.C. unduly.
laps in about 58sce. cach. A four- With H. D. Rumjan now it and minute mile might not be beyond well, the Indians should be able to him if he could be kept to a uniform taice the points from South Chinu af 00sec. per lap.
The Indians hopes of Personally, I doubt King's Park, challenging the C.R.C. have been human pace-makers can be relied seriously jeopardised, but they are on for such a tusk. One solution not yet out of the running.
which may make you smile, but is An even fight will be seen between nevertheless feasible, would be the the U.S.R.C. and the Hongkong CC. employment of a mechanical athlete. ce at King's Park. It anything, the For instance, what if Gen. Critch- visitors appear to be a little moreley mounted a dummy athlele on evenly-balanced and they may just the electrie hare carriage? That ubout do it.
could be sent round sta level minute-per-lap from the control tower.
Fress.
whether
ALL-STAR RACE The way I should like to see the (it we ever do
San
Problem Of British Heavy Boxers
By Fred Dartnell
London, May 11. The problem of the British heavy- weights is rife Just now and I under- stand that some definite arrange- ments are to be made this week."
Much of the speculations concern America. Tommy Fart, buck from He has a title fight contract with the Harringay people to meet the win- ner of the Foord-Phillips eliminator. which does not round so attractive as it might, but the N.S.C. people are running a big opening show in June for the exhibition hot at Earl's Court, which tolds 20,000 spectators.
Farr would not be
averse to figuring as the "big" noise on that occasion. Neusel and Jack Doyle are talked of in this connection and the latter is training assiduously at Slough. Farr has brought over his sparring partner, Abe Feldman, who used to give him such good work- outs at Long Branch, N.J., last year, when I was over there. This sounds #ke business.
WALSH V. CROWLEY Maurice Strickland. the New Zealander, would like to come to England, so I gather from a letter his manager, Hill Daly, sent me. Strickland had to make a hurried trip to New Zealand to see his father, who was seriously ill, but is return- ing to New York. There was some talk of him meeting Farr in Toronto for the British Empire champion- ship, but there was nothing in that, 7 Coney. I think Strickland erred in leaving England just when he had became a rather liked
Ikeable proposition.
The fight between Jimmy Walsh (holder) and Dave Crowley for the British light-weight championship will take place in Liverpool and not London. Mr. Johnny Best will stage it at the Liverpool F.C. ground, at £1,260. Peter Kane's bout, dated for May 10 in Paris, with Al Brown, the coloured bantamn-weight, has been postponed unl next month, Brown being indisposed.
FIRST POINT OF FRICTION In conversation with Board om-feat accomplished cinis, I was informed that the first see it) would be in n race. A field Anfield Rond, in June, for a purse point of friction concerned a striice including sny, Woodersen, Cunning- Flause--one
Romant, the Italian- trade ham, unions in the Union's rules.
them produce 4 Union (as they were then described) might between sought co-operation with the Board four-tuinule winner without realls- over grievances of minor boxers, and ing they were doing so. while the Board were very willing That's the way most track records
usual among The American, and others of that type,
to deal with representatives of any are recorded.
body of men in boxing, they could An all-champions race is a prob- not, of course, have any form of ability for August Bank Holiday, A arreement with the Union until the big international meeting is fixed for strike clause, in particular, Was White City Stadium, and invitations removed.
have been sent to champions In all parts of the world.
Wooderson
"In fact," it was pointed out, "we night have found ourselves forced by agreement to side with the Union ngainst another of our own mema-ningham. bera,"
The Board has seven branches. Some of these branch councils consist entirely of men not financially inter- rsted. The others have represents
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will definitely be in
the mile that day, and so might Cun- Eleven times during the Indoor season this brilliant Ameri- can has beaten 4min. 10sec. for the mitc.
It would be one of the thrills of the season to see him racing it cut with Britain's great miler.
EVERTON DEFEATS ABERDEEN
Glasgow, June 0.
A soccer match played here to-day between Everton and Aberdeen re- sulted in a victory for the former by three goals to two-Reuter.
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