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1. Return from abroad. Ouverture
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Luwun.
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Turkey in the Straw
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Artist's Life. Waltz
Streurs.
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Mignon, Selection
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A Negro's Dreami
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London, May 21. IVEN fine weather, and
GIVEN
on
the type the Australian cricket- their ers have encountered tour so far, four days may not he long enough to finish a Test
match this summer.
That is the conclusion I have reached after playing against Australians at Lord's early week.
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This year, on is usual in this can try, the Tests are to be limited to four days each, will the possible exception of the Bft, which will be
played 10 0 finish if necessary; though so far as this is concerned 1 think limit of five days would be destrable to mluimise the chance of
drawn game.
Our visitors are full of runs. They have started their tour in triumph, with big scores and easy victorles, It must be borne in mind, however, that besides batting on ensy-paced wickets they have not yet met much strong opposition,
Indeed, so far from being pessimis- thin the face of their magnificent stort, I feel that the main issue is whether we can get them out cheaply | enough to leave us sufficient ime, within the four days, to get the runs to beat them.
It is quite possible, for instance, that, with good batting conditions, the first three days at Nottingham- where the first Test begins on June 10-muy be occupied by one innlags rach, with something like 1,000 runs scored.
un-
The Australian batting is doubtedly powerful. Now that Drown bus got going. cach ung among the recognised batsmen of the tearn appears to have played himself
grave érror to omit Grimmeti from this touring tenn.
O'Reilly is bowling extremely well, and this tall genius, with his "Bop- ing" run up, his constant changes of pace, and his wonderful control of length, is definitely one of the great-
est bowlers of all time. But I stil
Belleve that Grimmelt at the other have been of infinite and would value to him.
l-arm the Fleetwood-Smith, slow bowler, cannot be sold to have replaced Grimmelt. At times he can be very dangerous to any beismum on any type of wicket, and he la spinning the ball as much as evLT.
the fuct, There is no disputing however, that he lacks the cours- tency of Grimmett Moreover, he tht not strike me as bowling at his best,
Of Ward and White, the other slow bowlers, I have no first-hand know- ledge this season, but at present it seems that the Australian attack will not be strong enough without the inclusion of one of them, and this must obviously weaken the batting
McCormick, the one fast bowler In the side, seems to be curing his un- the fortunate tendency to overstep crease, but he has had to shorten his He still has a beautiful run run. up, and occasionally bowls on ex- But an yet he is tremely fast one. nol up to his Australian form. I AM OPTIMISTIC
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Decision Of The
B. B. B. C.
Londan, June 6. Tommy Farr, British and Empire heavyweight champlon has been
British ordered by the
Boxing Board of Control to pay £750 (o Sydney Hulls, the Harringay pra- moter, for alleged breach of con- track.
Farr has twice appeared before the Board since his return from America, the last time on Thursday, to unswer Farr-Max Hulls claim with regard to the con- tract for the proposed Schmeling fight of 1937.
It is understood that the Board on the have Informed Farr that, evidence placed before them, they found that he did break the contract with Hulls,
Under the rules of the Board Forr may appeal against the decision with- In six days.
Purse ofler of A. M. Creamer, pro- moter.
of Glasgow, to stage the light between Johnny McGrory (holder) and Benny Cuplan for the feather- weight champlonship of Grent Bri- tain and the British Empire has been approved.
case and confidence with THE
which
young Edrich, of Middlesex, scored off McCormick In the M.C.C.' second innings was DOYLE REPLIES TO CHALLENGE really encouraging. It supported my bellef that we need have no unxiety
Jack Doyle, who has put in eight over the making of runs this season. weeks' training, after a long absence Edrich must have put himself in from the ring, has replied to Tommy Farr's offer was for a contest for strong position as a candidate to Farr's challenge, open the innings for England, and with Another
grand young batsman £2,000 a side, winner take all. Brown's big innings at Northamp-in Hutton, of Yorkshire, as his part-
Doyle's acceptance is for £2,000 a ton must have given great satisfac-
ner we may find the important pro-side winner take 00 per cent. and the blem of a good opening pair already loser 40 per cent. which boils itself
well into form.
down to a side-stake of £400.
When told of this qualified necep- tance Farr would not hear of a shar- ing of the purso.
tion to his captain, who was being faced with the problem of Anding solved.
partner for Fingleton to opin the I also liked immensely the con- innings.
Brown proved himself a
Adence shown by the other young fine opening batsman here in 1934. Middlesex player, Compton. It was It may sound trite to say that our the first time that he, too, had, met greatest problem lies in our ability the Australians in the field, but it he said. "My £2.000 is there writ- or otherwise to dismiss Bradman
he was clear, at the very beginning of ing to put down whenever Doyle is cheaply, But to a large extent he is innings, that he has the big-ready, and if he thinks so much about result of the rubber docs depend on match temperament.
this. Remember that of the Austra- linna total of 502 against the M.C.C. al Lord's Bradman scored 278.
As I forecast would be the case, Bradmon to-day, though he may be less brilliant than of old, is proving
The winner must take the lot,"
hls chance of beating me he should
I have always taken an optimistic not cavil at my stipulation."
Farr explained that he had to go view of our chances in the coming Test series, and this optimism has back to the United States to meet Al not been diminished by anything I Ettore next month. saw at Lord's.
There remains
major
far sounder and therefore more diffl- probien moins only the one mole
cult to get out than ever,
I noticed at Lord's that lie used
much less frequently his old favour ite hook shot, a stroke which, though profile of runs, always carries a cer- lain element of risk for the batsman.
O'REILLY'S GENIUS
HIS
IS big Innings in the M.C.C.
match was against quite good bowling and very keen fielding, and no batsman would have found runs easy to make at any time. The bowling was never collared, even by Bradman, and was not loose, yet it never put Bradman in difficu.ties.
As regards the Australian attack, however, the bowling We saw at Lord's should not cause any siderable worry to our Test batsmen. I am still convinced that it wes
con-
miss Bradman cheaply.
The Austrailans are a very happy family and are thoroughly enjoying their games under personality of their enptnin; but no team were ever more serious about
their cricket,
the confident
BOWLS TOURNEY
"Perhaps it could be arranged for me to come back specially if a fight with Doyle was fixed,
he added.
Farr's challenge to Doyle has also brought replies from another claim- ant to the Welshman's tities.
"Let Doyle prove himself before he is allowed to fight for, the British championship," said Len Hurvey.
"Farr has repeatedly ignored my offers to fight him, and yet he says he is unable to get a contest in this country.
"I will fight Farr for £1,000 a side, and I am ready as soon as he That offer goes for
In the pairs bowls championship says the word. yesterday K. M. Omar
und A. S. Doyle as well." Gomes entered another round of the competition when they beat A. W. Hodges and A. Brooksbank 33-15 at the Civil Service.
R. Ellis and F. E. Booker beat F, Channing and C. Dowman 10-14 after an exelting game,
Japanese Davis Cup Captain Sails
Tokyo, June 15.
Confident that the Japan Davis Cup team will give a good account of itself in the forthcoming matches, Jiro Yamagisht, tennis ace of Kelo University, sailed from Yokohama for America this afternoon aboard the 8.5. Talyo Maru
Bronzed from weeks of hard training. Yamagish! was optimuslic over the chances of the Japan team ir the matches witch will begin in Montreal, Canada on July 29.
He will join his three team mates in New York on July 11 and the four will proce
Montreal to proceed to play egninst the Canadian team in the Arst round of the American zone mathes. The other three Japanese Davis cup players are Fuinlteru Nakano, of Hosei University; Yasu- mine Kuramilsuv, of Kwansol Univ ersity, and Tamio Abe, captain of the team and a lecture at Waseda University. They are now making a tennis tour of Europe, taking part In exhibition matches before going to the United States.-Domci,
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