Wednesday,
NANCY
HAW--- SOME INDIAN; YA CAN'T EVEN MAKE A FIRE BY RUBBIN", TWO STICKS TOGETHER!
--ER-- MAYBE YOU'RE
·NOT USIN' THE
RIGHT KIND
OF STICKS!
YEAH-- MAYBE
DAT'S D' REASON!
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YOU TWO
OTHER STICKS!
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
April 12, 1939.
By Ernie Bushmiller
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WAR TO BE WAGED ON "SUPER WICKETS"
Aftermath Of The
Recent Timeless
Test At Durban
Edinburgh, Mar. 15.
The neatest comment so far on timeless Test matches appears to be that made by Herbert Sut- cliffe, discussing the game at Durban yesterday. "Perhaps," he said, "in the next series of Tosts they will play one innings in England and another in South Africa.”
will be taken AS encouraging | fal way in which her players adapted news by most people, however, that themselves to the grim conditions to something is to be done about Test which they were not accustomed. match wickets, Sir Pelham Warner, speaking yesterday, said:-
1s
"This problem of wiekets undergoing careful conskleration. and I think that before the summer a definite move will be made to make the fight between bat and bail more even,”
Sir Pelham had led up to this re- mark by saying "There is a tot of rush talk about timeless Tests, but
"Words cannot adequately give
credit to the astounding revival on Friday, yesterday, and to-day, but the finish added a taste of grote.que to match which had already touched the heights of absaretlity,"
Nelum, in the Rant Daily Mail! qalatains that England were, on the but South Whole, the better side, Africa were not far behind.
"Un-
they are making the game more less the Imperial Cricket Conference test of endursnee. Personally 1 would like to see five-day Tests in can find some satisfactory solution
regarding over-prepares very few Tests in future will be cam- pleted in four days," he said.
England and six-day matches in Austraila and South Africa, It Seems that the character of the play in these matches has changed in recent years,
wickets,
"The great individual achievements and that many batsmen disregard by both sides were eclipsed by fan-
natured methods for unneces= į tuale
freak their
設 played on cricket
sury caution. In addition, the wie wicket that cheapened Test match
kels are much too good. I am toldi values," ail Linus Dufus. "Rain that those in South Africa this wis-i twice rejuvenated the pitch, which ter have been marvellously perfect. was too good when the match started. This wicket-something of 30 nine- day wonder--ghould change
cricket history. Neither the toss, the stoleal endurance of the South Afrizans, nor
M.C.C. PLAYERS MOBBED
There is also told of war
00
wickets from Australia. A big effort
during the ton of the
to speed up wickets in Sydney is 1h batamen proved of any avail. be inade by the New South Wales Association. The authorities of all
The trent lesson learned from the
grounds on which grade cricket to match is the need for the reform of played have been asked for reports super-wickets." from their groundsmen, giving the following information:
1. Methods adopted in preparingt| -wickels; weight-of-roller; soil-used,
&c.
ગ
2. Opinions on methods of making wickets faster.
AUSTRALIANS UNREPENTANT
ON
JOVIAL WALLACE. BEERY
Wallsen Bery, whore theatrical start was with a circus, in new one of the top-notch stara ju the molion pieture deid. His most recent picture in with Mickey Rooney in "Slavlomics."
PONIES CLASSIFIED
Latest Alterations Made In Local Lists
Win For Britain At Rink Hockey
Montreux, Apr. 11.
ATHLETIC SPORTS
Wah Yan Past Students To Hold Meeting
The Wah Yan Past Students' second Association will hold its Annual Athletic Meeting at Caroline HI (S.C.A.A. Ground) by kind permission on April 30. The first event will be run off at 11 a.m.
There will be a 400-Metre Relay Bare open to the Colony, and teams that desire to participate should send In their names before April 20 to Mr. Tam Sik-poon c/o South China Morning Post. A 100-Melve Roce will be held specially for people working in the Press (English or Chinese), post entries only.
Members of the Association should get in touch with Mr. Tam if they intend to join in the sports, before April 20. Further particulars and full details of the programme will be announced in due course by the Sports Sub-Committee.
HSINKING MEET
Tekyo, Apr. 11. The plan for the international athlelle meet between Japan, Man- chukua and China was claborated at a meeting of sports officials Monday afternoon.
on
According the plan, the tri- partile international meet will take place at Hsiaking, capital of Man- chukuo for three days from Sep- lember 1. Two players from each country will compete in ench of 15 athletic events, including 100-metre, 400-metre, 800-meire, 1,500-metre, and 10,000-metre runnings. 800- metre and 1.600-metre relay races, high hurdles, shotput, discus-throw, javelin-throw, running broad jump; hep, step and jump, pole-jump, and running high jump.
Football, basketball, and volleyball matches will also talte place.- Domet
:
Prize
KISHI MEMORIAL PRIZE
Tokyo, Apr. 11. Kohri Murakoso, tie Japanese distance runner who successfully The World and European Rink competed in the 1,000-metre and races In the Berlin Hockey championship Anal resulted 10,000-metre
in 1036, hús весл in Britain, the holder, winning both Olymple meet The following alterations and ad- titles and beating Italy 4-1, thus win-awarded the Kishi Memorial.
for the best achievement in sports ditions have been made to the pony ning all six matches.
Britain was unbeaten in the inter- for 1938, it was announced by the Despite what happened at Durban, classification lists issued by the
national competition for 12 years. Japan Athletic Federation to-day.
The Kishi Prize has been estab- the majority of Australians are un-Hongkong Jockey Club on March 20:
Australian ponies.--Murrumbidgee--Portugal. met Italy earlier. In the repentantly in favour of timeless Test
Portugal was declared the shed to the memory of the late Dr. mulches in order to assure decisions, and Scarlett O'Hara to "B" Class; A match
A. G. Moyes in the Sydney Sun Roaring Time and Baffin Bay to "C" winner by 2-1, but Italy protested Kishl, former Japanese member of Com- was replayed the International Olympic Later, it is intended to hold a can- suys it is pure camouflage and non-Class,
China
ponies-Jennifer to "B" privately, when Italy won by 5-1-mittee and the pioneer of Japan's
Geordie, Gold Reuter.
sporling world-Domel. ference of groundsmen to discuss the sense to suggest that timeless Tests matter comprehensively.
must necessarily breed sleeping sick- Class: Cuban Love, It is generally agreed that the slowness and suppression of all instincts Coin. Green Bay, Jack O'Lantern Night View, Sea wickets have had their influence on of batsmanship, while Alan Kippax, King's Worthy, Wild Cat to "E batting, and have resulted in a fall-, the former Test player, Says that ing-off in stroke play.
Tests should be played out, but that As regards the closing scenes at sportier wickets are needed to give Durban,
the M.C.C. players were the bowlers a 50-50 chance. On the given boisterous Farewell when other hand, C. G. Macartney, an- They left by train for Cape Town. ather old internationalist, says that Many officials and past and present tinseless Test matches will soon spell Springbok players gathered to see the doom of Test cricket.
A.R.P. AMENDMENT
*Class.
The Air Raid Precautions Officer
RACE PROGRAMME Events For Third Extra Meeting On April 22
The following is the programme for the Third Extra Race Meeting, which will be held at Happy Valley on April 22:
them off. The players were nearly mobbed by the huge crowd, and which the train left on the Brst stage of their homeward journey they were given a series of tremendous cheers. South African crities generally are antagonistic towards timeless Test announces that all persons in posses- matches, though one or two of them sion of A.R.P. Handbook No. 2 (Third point out that the match Was nat Edition) should amend the last longs. dull.
paragraph of page four to read as follows:
"GRIM CONDITIONS"
The Natal Mercury's cricket writer "Nasal douching with warm weak says: South Africa is entitled to sodium bicarbonate solution (60 grs. 100 per cent. marks for the wonder-to one pint) is sometimes helpful."
A TAY
TRADE
WALTER WANGER prucente
JOAN BENNETT
KING'S
NEXT
CHANGE
GARNETT Production
the match,
which
U.S. COMMODITY PRICES
1.-2.00 pm.-St. Kilde Handicap, -For Australian Subscription Ponies,
Ponics of this Seacon, May "C" Class. barred. Jockey Allowance. Six Fur-July
LATEST CABLED
QUOTATIONS
New York, Apr. 11. New York Cotton
Opening Closing 7.99/90 7.00/8.00 7.78/79 7/70/76 7.49/49 7.49/49 7.42b/44a 7.44/44 7.42b/44u 7.43N 7.47/47 7,48N 0.74N
15.90b/82a 15.83/85 15.85 /85 15.85N
October 2.-2.30 p.m.-Cunion Handicap. December
Ponles, January First Section.-For China "B" Class. Griffins of this Season, March
From Spot barred. Jockey Allowance. the Two Mile Post Once Round and
Yards). May In (About One Mile 171
will be September Note-One Entry only made for the Canton Handicap (Races December Nox. 2 and 0). Entries will be March divided into First and Second Sec- To-day's Sales-3,170 tons. tions at the discretion of the Handi-
New York Rubber
10.00/00
15.00/95
15.07/07
Chicago Wheat
68/08 May
6844/8034 capper.
0715/074 68 /68% 3-3.00 p.m.-St. George's Plate. July
005/08 A Handicap for Griffins of this Sea- September
"A" son. Ponies classified
Monday's Sales: -9,737,000 bushels. Class,
Chicago Corn barred. Jockeq Allowance. One and
May
475%/473/2 479%/474 n Quarter Miles.
July
404/403⁄41⁄4 4-3.30 p.m.-Fatslinn Handienp-
50/50 First Section For China Pontes, Sept. "C". Clars. Jockey Allowance. Six
605%/60% Furlongs.
01761% 024/023%
501%/60% Winniper Wheat
May July October
GO/002
013/61%
494/196
Note One Entry only will be made for the Fatshon Handicap (Races Nos, 4 and 7. Entries will be divided into First and Second Sec- tions at the discretion of the Handi- the 1 Mile Post (About Half Mile
170 Yords). capper.
STOCK MARKET REPORT
The Hongkong Stock Exchange official summary issued at 4.00 p.m. yesterday, saya:
The market opened very quietly after the Easter recess and remained so throughout the day. Only a very small turnover was reported at prices round the opening quotations.
Buyer
Hongkong Bank $1.360 Canton Insurance $223 Union Insurance $453 H.K. Lunda 331
Caiton Jees $0.95
Entertainments $5.40
ILK. Govt. 4% Loan 14%. Pm. HK. Govt 3 Lean par
Sellers Kengkong Bank $1,330
Falts
H.K. Fire Insurance $183 H.K. Landa #33% H.K. Tramways" $10.20 China Lights (Old) $82 Dairy Farms Right $116 Antamoks PB, 33
Baxulo Gold
24
Benguet Consolidated 11.70
Coco Grove
Demonstrations
J X. L. 80
Itogons 241
North Camarines 50
San. Maurielo 1,74 Suyoc 15
United Paracale 50
SPORT ADVTS
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
Draft Programmes and Entry Forms for the Third Extra Race Meeting to be held on Saturday, 22nd April, 1939 (weather permit-
96.00 p.m.-Kongmun Stakes. 3.-4.00 pm-Broken Hill Handi-
China Ponies, Subscription cap--For Australian Subscription For Ponies of this Season. Winners of Grimns of this Club of this Season. $500 or less in stakes, barred. Jockey Winners of more than $250 in stakes, Allowance. From the Two Mile Post, barred, Weight for inches as per Once Itound and In (About One Mile scale. To be ridden by Jockeys who ting) may be obtained at the 171 Yards).
have not won ten races anywhere at Secretary's Office, Exchange Build- 64.30 p.m.-Canton Handicap-any time. No Whips or
Club House. allowed. From the Two Mile Post Ing; the
Happy Second Section.
(See Race No, 2)
Once Round and In (About One Mile Valley; the Hong Kong Club: the 75.00 p.m.-Falshan Handicap-171 Yards).
Sports Club; and the Stables, Second Section.
Shan Kwong Road,
..
(See Race No. 4)
05.30 p.m.-Hobart Staices.-For
Spurs
Dally Double Event:-Fifth and Seventh RacOS.
Entries close at Noon on Thursday,
Australian Subscription Ponies of this 13th April 1930.
Season, Winners of more than $500
under weight for inches, 2 lb. penalty OUR SPELLING BEE (sco page 7)
Tho
Jn stakes. barred. Weight: 10 b.
for every $100 or part thereof won
in stakes...Jockey Allowance. From
honorarium-portable-honorific portico-portlere-rivulet
Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON on Thursday, 13th April, 1939.
By Order,
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Secretary.
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