Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
July 17, 1939.
UNION BREWERS NOW ASSURED OF BASEBALL FLAG
EASILY TROUNCE
CHINESE B.C.
IN THE LEAGUE
(1)y "Bingle")
Almost ideal weather greeted players and fans out at Carolino Hill during the wook-ond, and, although the much-touted CBC-UB tusslo turned out to be a fizzle, the other two tilts were well worth the money.
Another Argument Over Local Ground Rules
Beer Baron Chet Benneti's Union Brewers are assured of the local flag, and, as far as I know, they will be the first sponsored teain to win the local baseball league. Unbeaten so for-and Chet insists that that's what UB also stunda for--they deserve the pennant.
It has always been a wonder to
ne how much ball team will mis their finger Without Earl Wong, the Chung Hwa squad were
int
Just
RAMBLING RECS
GIVE MINDANAO
REAL SURPRISE
plain nuthin' a-toll. To make mat- A splendid opportunity is at my ters worse, Wilbur Wu also didn't disposal to exhor! "I told you so!" show up, to two bushers had to fill to some doubting Thomaces, because Base Chinn and Johnny Lee. I have been raving about the Tight infield play did not help Rambling Rees that if they'd only Chung Hwa any when they went put their old-timers In the line-up, down to a heavy 10-2 defeat at the they'd win ball games. They did on hands of Beer Baron Bennett's Union Saturday, and nosed out U. S. S. Brewers. It wa Bhambles after Mindanao 6-5 in a stirring battle.
runs,
Ed
ever
The 1st Bri. The Iddlesex Regiment, D.C.O. Battalion Novices Boxing team, 1038-39, runners up Command Novices Boxing Champion- ships Back Row (left to right) Pte. Fawcett, Pie. Roberts, L/Cpl. Seton, Pie. Alaloney, Pte. Emery, Ple. Huggonson. Pie. McElhatton. Centre.-- L/Cpt. Dormer, Ple. Frenchum, Cpl. McGrady, Lt. Col. L. A. Newnham. M.C., Capt. H. Marsh, Adji., Pie. Lazard, Pte. Lusham. Front Row- L/Cpl. Jones and Pte. Willams.-- Abg Yuen.
New Record Sutcliffe Reaches His Created In 50,000 Runs Of Career
Hurdles
Milan, July 10.
run.
He went on to make a total of 175 in Yorkshire's first Innings against Middlesex at Lord's and in his in- nings showed that he is still the master batsman,
London.
Two Cricket Familios To Be United
BRITISH ATHLETES WIN MEET
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Now Record Sot In Women's Relay
Paris, July 16.
was
A now world record for 3 x 800 yards relay race established to-day in compati- tion by French women athletes at Monte Carlo,
The team of the Paris Sports Club. consisting of Mlies. Lu- cas, Vincent and Fize, covered the distance in 7 mins. 22.6 secs.. thus beating the old ro- cord of 7 mins. 32 secs. held by the Italian club, Vanchi Unica.-United Press,
Australians. Too Good For Philippines
Long Beach, Calif, July 14. The Australian Davis Cup Team defented the Philippine team in straight sets in the first singles games of the North American semi-Anali
Adrian Quist, of Australia, defeat- cd Amado Sanchez, of the Philip- pines, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. Quist was calm alongside the apparently nervous Sanchez, and took the opening with a deadly succession of baseline drives, keeping his opponent defence- less. In the second set, Sanchez had moderately recovered his confidence and crashed through Quist's service, taking a two-love game lead, but - then dropped off.
set
John Bromwich, of Australia, de- feated F. Ampon, of the Philippines, 0-6, -7, 0-3. Ampen appeared doll- like beside the towering Bromwich, and in the opener Ampon wielded his forehanders as if he were swinging
White City, July 15. the Inter-University athletic meet held here to-day, Oxford and Cambldge beat Harvard and Yale, a baseball bat. of America, by nine events to three. 100 yards, 220 yards, 440 yards, half
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Adrian Quist and John Bromwich in the
doubles by 7-5, 6-4, 0-2---United IRISH CHAMPIONSHIPS Dublin, July 15. The finals of the Irish Lawn Tennia Championships played to-day suited us follow:
Women's singles.--Miss Alice Mar- ble beat Miss Noel 6-2, 6-4.
mile, one mlle, three miles, the high Press, jump, the long jump and the 220 hurdles. The Americans won the 120 yards high hurdles, putting the weight; and the pole vault.-Reuter.
ITALO-GERMAN CONTEST
Romo, July 15. At the Italo-German light athletic contest which is being held here, R Harbig, of Germany, to-day ran the 800 metres in 1 min. 46.4 secs., creating a world record and beating: Sydney Wooderson's effort of 1 min. 48.4 secs-Reuter.
the second inning! It must have! The Portuguese led all the way. been because he was not playing in when three markers crossed the plate fust company that made Chung com- mit those two awful miscues; I cannot on only, one blow, an Annie Oakley and two bobbles. With bases choked remember the time when he
nway, unfortunate Ruel played as badly, while unfortunate and none
When he had completed 107 runs of his fourth succes- Johnny Lee probably had the jitters the Crooner walked the next batter. Bases lended again, the smart Nick in this, his first, baseball game.
Beltrao took one on the shoulder.
The British universities won the beat Sanchez and Ampon A record for women's 0 metres sive century this season, Herbert Sutcliffe, the 44-year-old a kid. Chung Hwe connected for und still none away. Flinger Ruel Testone, who was clocked at 11.5 Yorkshire and England cricketer, marked up his 50,000th
Well, it was like taking candy from Two tallies, bases once again choked, hurdles was set up to-day by Claudia seven its but only crossed the pan was on the well-known spot, no less! secs.
But the next three were, juckily twice, while the Beermen nicked two
The former record was 11.6 oec., Chinese hurlers, Wally Ching and for the sailors, just one, two, threel
held jointly by Fraulein Engelhardt, Nip Lum for 12 blows to garner 10:
Mindanao replied with n short of Germany, Signorina Valla of Italy "Several exclting incidents happen- rally in the next canto, scoring twice and Miss Barbara Burke, of South ed during the course of this game. on two safeties, a walk and a mis- Africa-Reuter. A free-for-all almost got under way cue.
Miss Burke, the South African
His total of 50,000 runs in first along the leftfield foul line after All When the Rambling Recs came had to grandstand a rush up the back again with another three min Olympic and Empire Games runner, class cricket includes every innings bank for an irretrievable ball It cues, the best the Mindanaons could is the girl who held a world record played while on tour with the M.C.C. was several minutes before the game do was to garner one run in their for four years without knowing it teams in Australia, South Africa and There was plenty At the South African championships Jamaica, and it has been reached in could get under way again. Rum- half of the laning.
Char-In 1935, Miss Burke bent the national 20 years, compared with 20 years, ours slate that some of the non-pay-of excitement in this frame: Ing cash customers refused to budge Ile Horton miscued twice, and Spotty record by covering 100 yards in 11 taken by Jack Hobbs, 31 by Palsy from their unlawful station. Fereira, who clouted a blue dart seconds dead. Some time afterwards Hendren and Mead, and 32 by Frank that's how it started!
within inches of the fair line at third an athletic official, reading a report Woolley. Sutcliffe, Hobbs, Ifendren, base, forgot to touch first when he about the official holder of the record. Mead, Woolley, and W. G. Grace are narrowly rounded
to saek. Alert noticed that the time was inferior to the only batsmen
have scored A few casualties
the initial
Correspondence be- 50,000 runs in first class cricket his- averted. Ali, moved over lo centre Horseface Douglas had him nailed Miss Burke's.
the Northern Transvaal) tory. feld, stopped a nasty grounder which there after Alves had crossed the tween had him bent over for soine time, plate. It was bad luck all around! Athletle Association and the South African Association followed, and a and Babe, Chinn missed his footing Just
few months later the South African nt the bank at rightfield and missed one which looked like it had
Association officially applied to the International Amateur Athletic Federation for recognition of Miss Burke's record.
CASUALTIES AVERTED
..a handle on it.
were
and
Only two bobbles were chalked up to the Brewers, while Chung Hwa had five Lum, Chung 2 and Lee 2. But Belding honours go to Obear Arculll who ran into the crowd along the-third-base-foul line to catch one lying on the ground.
Mindanao Men Recover Well
To Win Game
Yesterday's nightcap was as inter-
esting a game as we've witnessed ai Caroline Hill. Tralling for Ave tromes, U. S. S. Mindanao came trom behind a large defelt to nose out Nam Hwa -9,
South China counted first in the Initial inning and Mindanao retaliat- ed with one also. Then Nam Hwa jumped ahead in the third with on- other marker and rollled with grand merry-go-round in the 8th on four with a tally of five runs blows. four errors.
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But although the gobs only scored once in that inning, a dashing rally In the next knotted the score to start the seventh with a 7-7 tie.
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Undaunted, Nom Hwa scored one catcher Paintpot on run Thomas' wild throw to second, but Mindanao brought their stock up one ahead of them when Terrible Terry doubled to rightfeld. There was some argument about ground rules in this play, and I doubt it, of this Inte stage of the game, all the um. pires knew what it is all about. Probably even the Committee on Ground Rules don't agree on all the poor many rules that confront the unfortunates who play ball in dear old Hongkong,
These ground rules, as far as I can remember, were made so that they would work both ways: that is, both would not sides would benent, or benefit, by them. Now umpires out there don't know these ground rules, and apparently the loudest voice wins the argument. I sincerely hope that Bort of they'll dispense with any ground rules next season. Then, we won't have any arguments at all, I hope!
BASKETBALL TOUR
Tokyo, July 10,
The all-Japan picked team scorel
a hard-won 34-to-32
victory over
the visiting Canadian Western Basket- ball team in match at the Jingu: ground on Friday-Domel.
were
FIGURES FOR 20 YEARS Sutellife's cricket figures for 20 years read as follows:--
Times Not Innings
Aver. Out Best No. Runs 3.078 123 313 50,068 12.42 In Yorkshire's match against Lel- cester, Sutcliffe's innings of 234 not out, obtained in five and a half hours,
EXCITING FINISH Leading 6-3 in the last inning, the oul: one, two. Portuguese three.
with Daddy The Bailors started Horton who grounded to short for easy out. Next, Ceell "Fine an thing!" Douglas tripled for a long on a bingle. Two runs in. une to left field. Ruel walked, and also singled-but-when-plach-hitter was a brilliantly perfect display. the Ramblers tried some fancy stuff Paget grounded to Nick Beltrao the on him when he was ambling slowly game was over. Nick certainly weariness and gave as superb an
the keystone, sack because of deemed himself there. With a dashy Douglas presence on third. Second tagging of the runner for the second the throw out, he slummed the ball to Hank sacker Beltruo muffed and Douglas crossed the pan. One Barros for the third and last out to run in Chase, next, brought in Ruel tuck the game away by a nose.
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SHUT-OUTER-Tommy Bridgos, Detroit Tigers one-man pitch- ing staff, who caused the New York Yankees to suffer their first shut-out of tho soason. He held the champ; to four singlas and
Truck out 10 man during the gania.
Wicon
In blazing sum that fatigued even- the spectators, he showed no hint of
exhibition of stroke play as anyone could have wished for.
He reached 50 in an hour, yet hit only three boundaries in the first 10p, followed by thirteen 's in the remainder of the innings.
SUTCLIFFE'S RECORDS Among his many records, Sutcliffe has to his credit:--
Four successive centuries this sea- centuries in son, four successive 1931, and three more Iuter in. the sume season. He is the only Eng- 1ish player to score three centuries in three successive Test match in- nings, and the only pinyer ever to make three successive centuries in two successive Tests (Sydney and Melbourne, 1924-25-50, 115, 170,
and 127).
Bisley Shooting
SETTLEMENTS WIN JUNIOR KOLAPORE CUP
The
of
Bisley, July 15. the Rajah results of Kolapore's Imperial Challenge Cup, Junior event, were as follow:
Straits Settlements 553, Kenya 543, Trinidad 541, Malay. States 532. Jamaica and Burma 528, Gold Coast and Uganda 522, Sudan 517 and Sierra Leone 310.
King's Prize Winner
The King's Prize was won by Captain T. Smith, late of the 5th South Staffords, with an aggregate of 282. Miss Foster, a former winner, was second with 378, and Flying Omeer Bunch, late of the Royal Air Force, was third with 277.
LORDS V. COMMONS
London, July 10. The engagement has been announced between Mr., E. R. T. Holmes, former Surrey cap- tain and England cricketer, and Mrs. judeth Vaughan, daugh- ter of the Rov, and Mrs. F.. A. G. Loveson Gower. Thus two famous cricketing families are to be united.
Mrs. Vaughan is a niece of Mr. H. D. G. Leveson Gower," who was captain of Oxford in 1896. captain of Surrey in 1908. and captain of the M.C.C. team of South Africa in-1909-10,--atom
Mr. Holmes was captain of Oxford in 1927 and played in his first Test match at Lord's in 1936. He also led the side that toured Australia in 1935. In 1934 he became captain of Surrey but resigned last year owing to pressure of business.
German Wins
European Grand Prix
Germany Leads
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Mixed Doubles.-Belford and Miss Noel beat Rogers and Miss Marble 1-6, 6-4, 6-3,
Women's Doubles-Miss Marble and Miss Noel beat Miss Nyerscough and Miss Stoker 6-3, 6-3-United Press.
Milan, July 15. At the end of the first day of the many), 9 mins. 52.3 secs. Italo-German athletic meeting here, High Jump-Langholt (Germany), Germany led by 50.5 points to 33.5, 1.9 metres. Making a magnificent end
Javelin Throw-Berg (Germany), spurt, Rudolf Harbig broke the world's 03.81 metres.
(Ger-
record for the 800 metres in
Hop-skip-and-jump-Koch
1 minute 40.0 seconds, while his op-many), 14.03 metres. ponent, Mario Lazzi, of Italy, covered
10,000 metres.--Spring (Germany),
the distance in 1 min. 40 secs., thus 31 mins. 23.4 secs. establishing a new Italian record.
Other results were:
Hammer Throw-Brask (Ger- many), 68.32 metres.
1,500 metres. Mehlhose
300 metres Hurdles Soelling (Germany), 52.6 secs.
(Italy). metres-Marian!
200
21.2 secs. (Hallan record).-Tan- (Ger-Ocean.
Verity And Gimblett Lose Their Places
In English Test XI A. Fage Anh Tom Goddard Come Into The Team
Hedley Verity, the famous Yorkshire and England left-
handed bowler, who has been
in every English Test team Brussels, July 16.
for the last few years, has The European molor-cycling Grand Prix senior was won to-day by Meler, been dropped from the side of Germany, riding BMW, at
average speed of 90.95 miles an hour, to meet the West Indies in The lightweight mace was won by the Second Test, which is to Meliors, of Britain, riding a Velocette, start at Manchester on July
jat 88.09 miles an hour.
The Junior race was won by Kluge, of Germany, riding a DKW, at an average of 83,07 miles an Reuter.
ALBI GRAND PRIX
Paris, July 18. Wakefield, driving a Maserati, won the Albi Grand Prix with an average speed of 93.9 miles an hour.
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Harold Gimblett, the young Somer- hour.elshire opening batsman, who scored 22 and 20 in the First Test last month, has also lost his place in the side,
The other nlne players who met the West Indies at Lord's retain their places. The new- coiners - are A. Fogg, of Kent, and T. Goddard, of Gloucestershire, opening batsman and bowler res pectively.
Tongue, In an ERA, was second and Prince Bira, of Slam, was third. -Reuter.
Play Unlikely In Bowls Tourney
ton,
Verity
Neither is new to Test, cricket.
A. Farr, of Kent, who will pro-
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J. Hardstaff (Noüs) A. Wood (Yorkshire)
Fags will probably be tried as an bably open England's Innings with It Is rather ironic that after £0 many weeks of clear, if railier hot, opening bat and is most likely to start Hutton against the West Indies at Four members of the House of weather rain should fail so heavily Englund's innings with Leonard Hut- Manchester. Lord had a shooting match with four to-day when the Open Singles Cham
England's icam, members of the House of Commons plonship of the Hongkong. Lownl
due to com- Reuter, is as follows: and won by 32 points. The match, Blowis Association. La which is an annual event, was mence.
No fewer than 20 matches had been Initiated in 1802. The target is at 200 yards range and consists of a arranged for to-day, but it is extreme- moving deer and an effigy of a pirate.ly unlikely that any play will be
possible, ---Reuter.
cabled by
D. V. P. Wright (Kent)
W, N. Hammond (Gloucester), Capt. E. Paynter (Lancashire)
L. Hullon (Yorkshire)
A. Fazz (Kent)
D. Compion (Middlesex:)
1. E. Bowes (Yorkshire)
W. Copson (Derbyshire).
T. Goddard (Gloucester). England won the First Test eight wickets.