NANCY
BOY!-- SOME SNOW STORM LAST NIGHT!
OH, AUNT FRITZI--- I'M GOING OUT AND SHOVEL
A PATH!
Monday,
GOODNESS!--- YOU CERTAINLY MUST FEEL AMBITIOUS!
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
January 23,
By Ernie Bushmiller
WELL---
I FEEL LIKE
GETTIN'
SOME EXERCISE!
THERE!--- NOW THE
LI'L BIRDS CAN WALK
IN AND OUT!
Cher, 1310 30 United Fretina Berhade Tar
1939.
Eight-Ball Over Recommended For Colony
Greater Chances Of A Definite Conclusion
(By "R. Abbit") ·
Talking over the results of matches in the evening of Saturday last I came across a strenuous adherent of the eight ball over and I must confess he has got me thor- oughly talked over. As a girlish enthusiast said to me the other day, I hate draws, and in at least two games on Saturday last, at K.C.C., and at the Civil Service ground, the eight ball over must have brought about a definite conclusion.
The fine question cannot be here where we take our cricket worked out definitely as It dependsįrather unhustlegt,
on whether your bowler takes a
SATURDAY'S GAMES
The Army met with an almost in- at the hands of
long or short run, and on the rate and method of the batsmen's scoring. is a mathematical fact that But it six overs of eight balls cqual eight credible disaster avers of six
ball
in the number of Recreo though I know they were
extran
balls sent down. The twe
balls will take very the time, com-
up sto full strength. These things happen, but it must be admit
off
of
and
paratively speaking, and so you gained that the Recreio bowlers brought all but two overs in eight of the old very fine piece of work. The alx ball over. The number of oversy hid only Firth and Kennedy
their real first side they rule has been to their polley-the
stuck stated to be twenty per hour though, bie unter present conditions of not only ne posst- as I said before, it depends on other calling upon their second eleven but non-constant factors. That IS. eightya
Alling up as best they might. They
under
cur
in a four hour game, excluding in had the satisfaction of knowing that tervals. The gain then in the 8-all the second beat the I.R.C. comfort- over scheme would be twenty overs ably, thanks to a day out by Carless less the total time it took to how! whose gures all the extra balls, which I will Smith and Clayton got most of the pimps but the former must learn to judge a run better.
call X.
OVIT
were 0-3-25-0.
SECOND LEAGUE
overs
AN UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT
Nermin Mackay had broken his
was indeed sorry to hear thot
now, and this change is peculiarly
These Lovies Go Sleuthing
Supporting Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda in "Tho Mnd Mino Mantun," these seven beaution ald or solving a serio camle Birder mys tery. They are: flower row) Linda Terry, Frances Moreer, Vicki Lester; Serand tow) Ann Evers, Catherine OK tinn. Eleanor Hansen;, (Top) Whitney Bourne.
Craigengower Seconds Hold Kowloon C. C.
In An Exciting Finish
disconcertingly with the shiny
the clock..
Because Craigengower
Q
FIRST ROUND OF JUNIOR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
The following are the fast-round results in the Junior Championship of the Royal Hongkong Golf Club: I. N. Willamson beat J. W. May- hew at the 19th.
N. K. Littlejohn beat R. M. lien- derson 3 and 2.
J. Forbes beat J. Harrop 4 and 3. C. H. Burton beat T. J. Price & and 3.
J. L. C. Pearce beat 1. M. Wylie at the 20th,
W. W. C. Shewan brat C. M. Stark
7 and 5.
T. F. R. Water beat E. Faggiano
Jone up.
J. S. Dunnett beat C. D. N. Walker
4 and 3.
BOGEY POOL
The Bogey (Par) Pool, played on the Old Course at Fanting over the week-end, resulted in a win for T. I. Rowell (18) with score of one
LAY.
There were 25 entries
OUR GUIDE TO THE CINEMAS
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INDIANS' BATTING COLLAPSES
Wood And Carless Much Too Good
wickets for less than 50 runs, but A.
at the
20KG#
STAND UP AND CHEER FOR FUN.
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TOUCHDOWN
ARMY
HOLD THAT KISSI
A Paramount Picture with
JOHN HOWARD MARY CARLISLE Robert Cummings, William Frawley Benny Baker Directed by KURT MEUMANN
TO-MORROW.
QUEEN'S
COMING TO BRASS TACKS
Now turning to our figures for fast
The Indian C. seconds, who per- Saturday, Seventy one overs in all! In other games the Civil Service
formed so creditably against the were bowled in the Club vs Civil hung on to draw with the Club, but
Hongkong C.C. the week before, Service and the extra bawling overs they were lucky to do so. The Club
came a terrific cropper when they would have been just on eighteen total seems unnecessarily large but
met the Navy seconds, champions of avers minus XI There is little doubt deduce that a lot of them were
at a baroness. The story, trite in the Junior Cricket League, at Soo- that one more over” (and more of made quickly at the end as they
itself, is made entertaining by the kumpoo on Saturday and were beaten that anual) would have done the bowled 48 overs os against the Civil
quod work of William Powell, An- trick. Now for the K.C.C. seconds Servants 3 The Police at Army avoid defeat against the K.C.C., in a junior division cricket match at Schildkraut and Helen Westley.
The most important factors which enabled Craigengower to abella, Henry Stephenson, Joseph dismiss the Navy batsmen for only
by 58 runs.
The home players did very well to va Craikenpower. In all 6 overs
B.-C. Fay, a TOW Police were sent down, and in the proposed Cadet geiling fifty, and the Com- King's Park on Saturday were the bowling of George Winch, which
105 in spite of the fact that the missioner of Police, who must be was so accurate that he kept the K.C.C. scoring well behind the Theatre, to-day) Ten Walt Disney's but they found the bowling of Wood scheme the saving would have been;
But Features" (Queen's sailors were one man short. a shade over seventeen overs minus dogen of all playing cricketers in the clock during the first hour, and so prevented an earlier declaration, features are put
when they themselves went in to Colony now, hit up thirty. Recreio and the stout-hearted batting of H. P. Lim, who for an hour defied programme for the first time, and were all out for 47.
together in the only drew with the Varsity Int
mond Cariers much too good for them That For purists let me say I use the match of individual performances is all attempts to dislodge him.
This Innovation will prove word over both ns equal to "six G. N. Gosino, (58), R. Soares (20)
popular with the film public
AL there
one stage of the game,
the balls" and to "the time taken to bowl and A. R. Marques (21) made most Without there two players Craigen-|
is very little doubt. Disney's art is Navy did not look as if they would Lim made a splendid contribution refreshing, and here we have some Fix halls." Again in the Club of the runs for Recreio, while K. Y. Rower would have been in a sorry to this end, remaining in while seven of his most brilliant
see the 100 mark. They had lost six second game vs Civil Service no less Tem (48) and J. Gon: (83) held the plight. As it wear they managed to other batsmen came and went, witded to probent ideas congregat-B. Smith and E.A. Clayton stayed than eighty-two overs were bowled, fort for the Varsity. Geng got 5 hold out in an exciting finish, the batting faultlessly for his 30 runs, only for children but for adults where there would have been a save for 32 from them.
together for half an hour, by the ninth wicket falling in the last but Afterwards, france proved a tower of well. ing of just
twenty
end of which period the Navy slock one over with the home side enjoying strength in defending, and, very minus X.
had risen considerably. Smith gave a lead of 62.
Winch's Anal figures, 2 for 56, by the last over with the K.C.C. fielders Theatre,
properly refusing to ruin, played out The Mad Miss Manton" (Alhambra hard return catel to Abbas early: CONTRARY MINDED, if ANY?
to-day). Mystery
his innius but it was not ac- farce in means represented his fine bowl- literally crouching over his bat. which clips and quips along
cepted, and he went on to make a ing during the early phases of the) Consistent batting allowed
the mart pace and keeps you guessing painstaldag 24. Apart from him and always been that the eight-ball over toru.
Actually the serious objection has nose when mis-hitting a bigh fullgame. He conceded most of the runs K.C.C. to amass 154 for 6 declared same of her deb chums decide team did anything of note with the
He had scored 22 at the time in a second spell, when he bowled but it
most of the time. Miss
else in the Navy is going to put too much of a strain and it is hard luck to pick a bit of from the opposite end, and was quite Mulcahy who hit up a merry 35 not solve a double murder, putting
Manton Clayton, nobody Was the forcefulness of on to the bowlers and especially on bad luck like that on one of the few obviously tired. But his Orst 10 out, and the stability of Mckenzie, shame not only the Police but a
bat. to to the fast bowlers. Well. don't occasions on which he has been able overs had the home batsmen strielly who obtained 20 in good style which you reporter. This is
Normally 105 on the IR.C. ground see any serious bowler here going to turn out. Kowloon were sold in on the defensive. Bowling wide out enabled the home side to obtain such mystery we have had for some time, thought so on Saturday had reckoned would have been an easy task for to be worried by sending down two their batting and had the better from round the wicket, he swerved a safe position.
the Indians: bul those who had more balls per over in the space of C.C.C., though Ernie Zimmern (48)
Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, without Wood and Carless. time that anyone bowls for in Satur- and A. K. Ismail (23) saved the side, and always struck a good length. Su food at the start, Winch being ably others help the action along.
ball, The Craigengower attack was very Sam Levere, Stanley Ridges day afternoon cricket. The other I am glad to see Frank Goodwin is quiet did he keep the batsmen that supported by Omar, but when the
ALL AT SEA objection is that it is changing the back and playing cricket again.
Wood bowling fastish left-arm; the first 50 runs took rules of cricket. Well,
an hour to former the rules of
make, and although the rate of vor second spell he was
was brought back for
"Everybody Slug" (Oriental Thea-round the wicket and Carless, turn- cricket have been chang before
ANOTHER ACCIDENT
treated in tre, 10-day) Fair Entertainment, tog from the leg, had the Indians in Ing increased when he was taken off. cavalier fashion by Mulealy, while with good musle and a comical por- difficulties from the start. The first easy. The first third at least of Civil Service v Club game to split
Alec Pearce was unlucky in thee K.C.C., could never catch up with Way was punished by McKenzie and trayal by Fannie Brice, which is the
wicket fell at 15, the fourth
the second at 25, W.G.'s Cricket was played with a
Baldwin, Craigengower flelding was best part of the show. Others th the the third at 35 and the four ball over. Then five balls camenger. I gather he took a very putedly strong in batting, the de-paratively easy catch being
are re-much below par, more than one com- cast are Reginald Owen, Allan Jones Se
score. Thereafter Httle pro- in and not so long afterwards the hard hit and the senm of the ball claration could not be made until 150 and these mistakes proved ropped, and Judy Garland,
Kress was made by the Indians while Their batamen staged a little him exactly where he had pre-runs were on the board.
expensive.
proces- vicusly split the skin and opened it was not until ten minutes past four.
and this Kitchell and Broadbridge were two
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” slan to and from the
pavillon. Nino badly. He came back later to
offenders, and there were other. (Majestie Theatre, to-day)—David Wickets were down for 41, and Tennis OFFERED SPORTING CHANCE
opportunities which more enterprising Selznick scores again with a techni- though A. R. Markar and Y. T. Bar- flelding might have turned to useful colour treatment of Mark Twain's ma stuck in for nearly 20 minutes account,
boy story, The book's outstanding for the last-wicket partnership, they incidents have been retained and added only alx runs. BRILLIANT CATCHES
whether or not Tom Kelly turns out; The Indians made the mistake of to my mind it should certainly come nad put them in. Their innings was come the way of the K.C.C., which strongly.
to be the Tom of your imagination he playing back to Carless who was into force next senson. I do not say
KCC. fielding contrasted very by two stands, between
is at least a captivating youngster.
keeping a good length and spinning that it should be used in Triangular Richardson and McLellan and be-thrust Cralgengower back strictly on tool splendid catches, and little was Brokenshire and White
then from "the leg. Four batsmen Tournament games, though I think it tween
and Rollidge who
got bowled in this manner, being Perry might well come in there too.
given away on the ground. It was On bailed very well-(much better than
beaten by the spin. the whole I think it should become he fielded) and will mak
this keen support which enabled the
Wood also was giving a good nc- The German covered court tennis a very
the defensive.
After three-quarters bowlers to return such good figures,
count of himself at the other end. championship was won by the Sudeten good player with
He kept a good length most of the German, Roderich Menzel, who bent played a splendid would be whether the visitors could usual and merited his four
wickets
time, but his speed prevented the Henner Henkel to-day by 6-4, 7-5, captain's Innings, Unlike others of keep in long enough to stave off for 24 runs, and Baldwin always had
Indians from laking liberties with 0-4. When talking with my very en- the side he is always that Laurence tools a good catch in the Tayler, brought on at the last minute ed to represent the 1st XI of the
defeat.
the batsmen playing off the back foot. The following team has been select-
him even when he sent down loose The women's championship was thusiastic friend he raised another tor the CS.C.C. There points to the amount of time urk
curious incident in McLellan's in- silps to send back Ride. Longnicki, had the encouraging figures of two Hongkong Hockey
American, Miss G. It was a miserable display by the Wheeler, who beat the Hungarian, wasted whenever the bowling was
who had previously taken 6 for 27 overs, two maidens, no runs, and two Triangular Tournament against the binme for this wretched batting ex- nings which I I heard
the square ho
Indians, who had only themselves to Miks Somogy), 6-4, 6-4 changed. The captain went into a Ic umpire who gave him not out and done the hat-trick, failed but wickets.
Royal Navy on Wednesday, January hibition. long yarn with the bowler and then
en The batsman played one.
In the women's doubles, Miss are laymes and Scoones looked like get- .to square
So far no the Craigengower bat- 25, on the Club ground at King's
Wheeler and the German, Fraulein prople were moved about. Now led and after he had
ting the runs when started for
Capt. Carless at one stage had Hamel, beat the Hungarians, Miza obviously a caplain must consult
was some dis-in a manner suggesting runs. He
V. M. Benwell; W. G. Schnabel, finally finished up with six for 26.
taken six wickets for, 10 runs and Somogyi and Miss Kovac, by 6-4, 6-3 bowlers about their field when put- fallen. The umpire, however, was cussion as to this and someone point- was very confident, but he could get R. V. Reed; H. J. D. Lowe (Capt.),
and in the men's doubles, Roderich ting them on, but my friend's point satisfied that McLellan had completed out as the teams were going in nobody to slay with him. Winch W. A. Reed, N. B. Whitley: S. A.
Menzel and Metaxa beat Goeppert was that ench captain knows
and Beutner 6-6, 6-4, 0-8, 13-15, 6-4. relty ed in stroke, and that he knocked that the Jockey Club clock still might have made a few, but he was Fowler, T. D. Whitley, A. H. Pontius, hew off the ball when stepping back to Well, what the
pointed to two minutes to
magnlacently caught off a big hit to B. I. Bickford and V. C. Bond. Well not only what
In the mixed doubles, the Get- six long leg while Kitchell, shaping be will Ket,hla.balance to start for the run
Jockey Club clock
Umpires by the Army.
mans, Hamel and Beutner, beat Miss have at his disposal, in League Mat- or perhaps I should my to get a says isn't evidence. The time is quite well, had the mortification of
Wheeler and Metaxa 7-5, 6-3 ches anyway, of which alone I
kick off for his start. Given the ruled by the umpires watches which being brilliantly taken by While at
"A" TEAM
|Trans-Ocean. should be synchronised
backward point, the before the
travelling ball Innings. plans of the field
If there is only one per-
off the bat like a bullet.
The following team will represent out for all the should be worked fectly right.
likely to he
manent umpire the match must be selves a trifle unlucky to have been Club against the Royal Corps of
[Yung-manit, Lo Wal-kuen; Chang K.C.C. may, perhaps, count them-the "A" XI of the Hongkong Hockey used and then circulated to the
terminated by his watch.
Chung-wan, Leo Wing-chlu, Hu The one Belders B
curious thing to me Ix well as the bawlers. 11
ne denied three points, yet credit must Simals on the Club ground on Friday, game is that for too many petty In-King-ching; Chan Ping-lo, Cheuk that anyone Owen Hughes (38), John Pearce should be able to read the time on be given to the visitors for the January 27. Bully Of 5 p.m. fringements were allowed to pass Shek-kam, Lee Wolong, Chow may sound a lot but it really should (30) and Alee Pearce (24) take very little time onen begin-chief scorers for the Club. I hear an n January evening when on the OUR SPELLING DEE (600 page 7) Starbuck, A. M. J. Wright; W. Spen- In the second half.
were the Jockey Club clock at six o'clock manner in which they held out.
W. Brown, J. E. Potter, F. H. unpunished. As a result, dangerous Man-cht and Heu, Ching-to. Stokes; G. E. I. Divett (Capt), play, crept into the game, especially Navy. Hazarik Ballis, ning had been made. But I fear it the running of the Pearce brothers C.S.C.C. ground! Usually you can't
Honeywell, Dixon, Fisher: Armstrong, is thing that will never be done between the wickets was masterly, see the Jockey Club event
schottlacho scintilla. Dariculture cer, R. A. Bates, K. Biomeado feel spiller, Hendy, Thorburn the trung allude retrievable allure, A. Morgan and L. P. Tamworth, Chinanda Tintak K
present arrangement came in.
THE CHANGE
I do not think it possible for the
League Committee 10 make the
toolt
piny very good innings in spite of
bis damaged hand. The Civil Ser-
vice perhaps gave the Club rather Even so, the visitors were offered change this season as League mat short time to bat but it must be a sporting chance of making the runs, ches have already been played. But remembered the Club won the toss undoubtedly these would have been attempted had not carly successes
the general rule here.
CHANGING THE BOWLING
་
use but 150 what Bet prelty
but
marked
experience. Perry olarance und of on hour it was clear that the issue Simpson bowled much better than
from
a
Hockey Club Teams For The Week
Club in the
Khort run it was seen that a ball has drawn. I hear there #ps werefting was concerned, only Lim shaped Park, Bully On 4.45 p.m.:
The Ides is that before the facts na slated the decision was per-
"THE LAST OVER"
oncs,
Navy Beaten In Lai Wah Cup
(Continited from Page 8.),
HENKEL LOSES TO MENZEL IN STRAIGHT SETS
by the
Berlin, Jan. 22.
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