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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1948.
"RECORDER” Suggests
FIVE FROM The JOLLY (KEITH) MILLER AUSTRALIA
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LEDSAY HASSETT
NOBODY
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ME
BILLY BROWN
Bedser missed Don-
then
bowled
him
Batting all day on an Oval wicket which was as good as always, the Australians scored 479 against Surrey for the loss of four batsmen. Judged by any standards the score must be summarised
as a good one—well above the ordinary, in fact-but it was rather a quaint day's cricket.
At no time did the rate of scoring seem fast. There
were no displays of enthusiasm by the 30.000 spectators such as big hitting arouses.
There wasn't any big hitting. The answer to it all, I should say, was that the Surrey bowling, generally speak- ing, was such that the runs just came without any neces- nity for really forceful measures.
There were a lot of full tosses Gloucestershire man, giving the ball
other bit more air. from the slow bowlers, and deliveries
lengths of indifferent which asked for, and duly received. punishment,
It will take something with
from the more sting, more venom, England bowlers to dispose of tho best Autralian batsmen.
Morris,
Barnes, Bradman,
and
Hassett gave us further glimpses of their masterly power.
Just a thought occurs to me about for the Don-a consoling thought bowlern wo shall have to And.
Ilis powers of concentration may not stand up to the task of adding to his record of huge scores.
Be got a typleat hundred. After he had been missed by Bedser at 136 he opened out, and was bowled had when 140 by the player who missed
playing a triflo him in
up the loosely. He may summon habitual
of concentration Test matches or be may not
But given good weather he niay thle get sufficient single hundreds Reason to take a record from Denia Compton.
The whole day's cricket saw only One lofty hit by Hussett.
give a word for the Surrey They stuck it well,
Let me
ment.
The Australians did not take com- mand did not dictate, as completely as I thought they might have done. Probably, the ball was not coming 1 them quite quickly enough off the wicket, and, as they could take the runn anyway, why worry?
Just once Alec Bedser discovered
On this pitch he did not make many turn, and those which did time to watch Kave the batsmen them.
For those who like figures, Barnes minutes. got his first 100 in 158
to run Bradınan took 130 minutes
three almost the
Inevitable to figures, and before Squires found Barnes with his leg in front he had registered 18 boundaries. them on the leg side, where all the Austrálians are so strong.
most of
I do hope that the many boys who were watching, and who hope to be real cricketers one day, were taking the lessons In running
which tween the wickets handed out when Bradman there.
bew were was
The short ones were taken in the effort to upset a field well placed by skipper Holmes. The first run also taken at top speed, just The Australians may not force runs, but they certainly don't waste them.
Philippines Object
it case.
The Philippine Amateur
SURREY'S A. V. BEDSER
'AUSTRALIAN TOUR RECEIPTS
China Should Give Her Athletes A Chance Of International Experience
THE PERFORMANCES AT SHANGHAI
WERE PROMISING ENOUGH
China's first post-war National Games have ended and the selectors. are busy picking a Chinese team for the Olympic Games...
While the National Games did not turn up a single Olympic hope, they did not paint too dismal n picture for the future. China has some promising athletes and the Selection Committee would not be too wise should it decide not to send at least a half- dozen of them to London.
Results compare favourably with those in 1936 and are, except for the sprint events and the pole vault, generally better.
Were I to pick China's athletes for seconds flat, four-tenths of a second,
the London trip. I would have no better than the current NAM's best. NATIONAL MEET]
American Legion's G. W. Miller,
hesitation in sending along Chen Ying-long, the Taiwan 400 metres former junior hammer-throw cham- runner, Hwang Chien, the hop, stop pion in the United States, won his and jumper of the Chinese Air specialty with a toss of 43.47 metres.
Pei-lin, China's 4 x 100 Chi Force team,
metres relay team and
edged out the Foreign "Y", winning Tientsin's discus thrower.
All three are of International if not in 44.6 seconds.
Probably because of werk opposi- there in of Olympic calibre and
tion, most track times Get wero nothing better than encouragement
poorer than those in the Seventh as an Investment for the future.
Fiwang
and, Chi returned NAM.
RESULTS performances that could have won them their particular events in Complete results follow:
Track dunt meet with Britain, France,
1. Hsu Tien- Holland, Belgium or Switzerland. 100 metres dnsh:
Wang Sung-too (China). 2. GOOD FOR INTERNATIONAL tch
The pole vault champion, Chang (China) 3. D. Novgorodoff (Soviet Li-long of Taiwan, managed 11 feet Club). 4. P. Blumenschein (J.R.C.). an Olympic Time: 11.2" 044 inches, hardly
BOO
Yu She-wel 1. performance but good for a place in
(China). 2. Li Lin-lung (China). an international meet.
3. E. Berckman (American School). N. Sadilnikoff (Foreign. Y). Time: 0.1"
Q
Chi Pel-lin's winning performance In the shot put and Malaya's Hwang Ninet-seng's in the 400 metres low hurdles were also of international "place" standard.
who
nt
I have not mentioned the distance runner, Lau Wen-ngau of Shanghai, is almost a certainty for the
Hls tcam.
winning times
records, Klangwan, though National were far off what he did in America,
Most
encouraging performance, though, in the whole of the meet was, I think, the effort of Taiwan in taking the 1,000 metres relay, title in 3 mins, 23.2 secs.
This works out at an average of under 51 seconds per leg and is good the enough to beat several of smailer European countries.
the
It is even time good enough to beat teams from many of smaller of the United States and Taiwan is, after all a province rather than a country.
Meet
Where
theNational Committee may have misfired was Decathlon In not stoging EL championship. Looking through the results
several I noticed placed in more than one event and great all-rounders do not necessarily shine in any one.
names
On the concluding day of the meet the Chinese team met a challenge from Shanghai's international com- munity, backed up by men of the
metres:
110 motres high hurdles: 1. Hwang Nien-cheng (China). 2 Hsu Pao- chen (China). 3. B. Jenks (U.S. 4. 1. Lee (American Army).
Arthur Peall says:
ANY stroke played with side must be executed with great cate. A plain-ball shot on spotted black, na. right-hand diagram. leaving cuo-bai;
Hear
cushion, is Iniry
umble.
Different when post- on com pets line of fert aldo to bring cue ball back centre table. The
50
nide la apt to turn cue bali slightly,
but just enough to spoil the shot. Practice is the only remedy-and remember to chalk the cus,
Billiard stroko on left diagenen La = ricochet in-or, played full on white with heavy screw and pocket elde, - No freak shot. One amatour I know is aurprised if to misses a feasible ricochet.
School). Time: 10.3"
Athletic Federation decided to SHOULD ALSO BE A RECORD United States Armed Forces, and Foreign Y. Time:
fake drastic action against basketball players Chen Chin- ten and Chen Chin-chih, and swimmer Chuang Mei-tao for joining the Philippine Chinese National to the delegation Athletic Meet.
that solid left-hander Morris has an McMahon but, and edge to the might have had his wicket earlier than he
wicketkeeper dild 过 McIntyre had not been so eager to have stump him when he might taken a cutch.
Jim Laker, who is on a rather long list of possible-bowlers for the first Test at Trent Bridge, lid quite well without being deadly. He nearly bowled Barnes before lunch.
Goddard Laker is of the Tom
over the type: off-breaks bowled wicket, but a little slower than the
the
D
By JAMES R. CHAMBERS London-Don Bradman's Austra- lian cricket team is likely to be the history of the game. best money spinning outfit in the team, in its opening Bradman's matches in arelle May weather has proved to be the greatest sporting attraction for years. It England gets reasonably dry and warm summer, cricket grounds all over the country won't be big enough to hold all the fans who Australians.
Ti's a certainty-even-now that on which the the cricket grounds Ave England v. Australia games are The Chen brothers are candidates to be played-Noltingham, Lords, for the Philippine Olymple Manchester, Leeds and Kennington
but they refused Oval-won't be half big enough to journey Basketball Team
Press. to report for training.-Central News. holt all the fans.
any
athletes are barred The three
from representing forever Philippines at
international suspended inde competition and initely from participating at PAAF tournaments. However, they may apply for reinstatement after one year.
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who
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to
sco
the
nequitted itself remarkably well in to the identical challenge comparison match in 1936.
comparison of China's National Games performances with those of other countries does not reflect too badly on a country where organised athletics Is, relatively speaking, still
in its infancy.
China,
2.
400 metres relay: I. Foreign "Y" 3. American School. 4. Foreign "y". Time: 44.0
1,000 metres relay:
1. China. 2. 3' 37.6" 1,500 metres: 1. Yu She-wel (China). 2. Yang Lion-sen (China). 3. Jim Scovel (American School)
E. Berckman (American School). Time: 4' 21.2
200 metres dnat: 1. A. Ivano
2, Kisu (Foreign "y"). (China), 3. Hsu Tien-tch (China). 4. D. Novgorodo (Soviet Club) Time: 23"
Shot
put:
Field 1.
Chilh
Tung
Cricket here is riding the crest of the popularity wave.
Record gate receipts were taken In the Australian's first two matches Worcestershire and against
the fans Leicestershire, despite
overcoats to keep
A COMPARISON having to wear warm during the games.
Worcestershire,
Here are China's National ment In its three day
Pet-Un compared to Belgium's (China). 2. Ping Min-isan (China) took ncarly £4,500 marks as
Bolivarian Games game,
3. H. R. Smith (Jr.) (U.S. Navy), Leicestershire, for two days and (1947) and the
(Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, about on
hour's play took £2,250. These figures suggest that English zucia, Bolivia and Panama) at Lima 4 Wu Teng-chung (China). county cricket clubs which received in January this year.
£1,600 from the 1033 Australian
Event tour, may top the £2.000 mark by the time Bradman and his men have ship for their return boarded
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100 metres 200 metres
173.2
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10.5
23.4
22.1
21,0
400 metres
30 0
40.0
40.5
B00 metren
2:00.4
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1,500 metres.
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3:67.4
4:08.7
8,000 metres.
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15:33.0
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10,000
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32:47.0
12:50.0
33:10.0
High Hurdles:
10.0
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Low sturdie:
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66.5
15.0
High Jump . 5:11
0:0
6:0
Pole Vault ..
11:51
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Long Jump
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22:11
40:3
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40:2
41:0
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134:39
133:4
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Shot Put:
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• Performances accomplished expenses are of course paid by the International meet on May 15 BAORS Sport Board but which beltered those at the National will be the only British touring side Meet.
International
Meet
this summer who will not make
money out of a visit abroad. To two of the party of 22 the visit to Ger- many will be
will not new, Wrexham trainer Charles Leyfield, who also trains the Welsh National side, was over
there with Everton in 1036
Picked Chinese athletes broke while his young brother John, now Wrexham right-half, was with the the China national record for Scots Guards in the drive through lo the discus throw and the Na-Berlin in 1045, tional Athletic Meet record for He was with the Guards Indepen- in the the high jump at the Interna-dent Brigade and played
same team as. Billy Steel, Derby tional Athletic Meet hekl on County and Scotland, and Bally, Saturday, May 16 in Kiangwan Spurs. Stadium.
AN OLYMPIC FIND
Chinese athletes mainly from Tai- Seeing Wrexham off at Liverpool wan dominated the Sino-foreign Street Station I met sprinter Mac- meet, winning all but two of the donald Bailey and he was enthusias fourteen track and field events heid. tie over an all-round athlete in Bri- Chih Pei-lin of Tientsin tossed the tish Guianu, an Army Lieutenant who Charles Thompson discus 42.15 metres (138 feet 3 inches) named
to n new national record, breaking served in the Western Desert during, the old mark of 41.13 metres.
war.
This six footer can leap 23 feet Taiwan's Tung Fel-hsin high- jumped
1.02 metres (5 feet 11 0 inches has done 100 yards in inches) to a new meet record, one 9.6 seconds and is capable of over hundredth of a metre better than the 45 feet at the hop, step and jump. old mark.
Mar Bailey hopes to get him over Blond A. Ivanoff of the Foreign and qualify him for Britain's Olym- ** burned up 200 metres in 23ple team.
SPORTING SAM
CHAMPIONS
100 metres: Hau Tien-tek (Taiwan) 11.1 seconds,
200 metres: Hsu Tung (Tal- wan) 23.4 seconds.
400 metres: Chen Yin-Ion (Taiwan) 50.9 seconds.
800 metres: Yu Shi-wei (Air Force) 2 mins. 0.4 secs,
1,500 metres W. Y. Hsi (Air force) 4 mins. 17 secs.
5,000 metres: Lau Wen-ngau (Shanghai) 10 mins. 0 secs.
10,000 metres: Lau Wen-ngau (Shanghai) 32 mins. 47 secs,
110 metres high hurdles: L.. C. Huang (Malaya) 18 seconds.
400 metres low hurdles:. Hwang Nine-loeng (Malaya)
57.0 seconds.
High Jump: Tung Fel-hsin (Taiwan) 5 feet 11 inches.
Pole vault: Chang Li-long (Taiwan) 11 feet 02 inches.
Long Jump: Hwang Chien (Air Force) 21 feet 3 inches.
Hop, stop, Jump: Hwang Chlen (Air Force) 40 feet 3 inches.
Shot
Chi Pet-lin pui: (Tientsin) 41 feet 8 inches.
Disc throw: Chi Pel-lin (Tientsin) 130 feet 3 inches. Javelin throw": Chen Chi- chuan (Army) 150 feet.
1,000 metres relay:
3 mins. 23.2 zocs.
Taiwan
Hammer throw: 1. G. W. Miller (American Legion). 2. Wu Tseng- chung (China). metres,
Distance: 43.47
Javelin throw! 1. Hwang Sze- yuan (Chinn).
Chang Hsin-
(China),
shlen (China). 3. Hsu. Tien-teh (China). Distance:
4. Wang
Sul 47.02 metres,
Broad Jump: 1. Chang Li-Jen (China). 2, Hwang Chien chúng LA Fin-chung (China). (China). 3.
(Soviet Club), 4 D. Novgorodoff Distance: 0.64 metres.
Hop-step-lump: 1. Hwang Chien (China). 2. Chang Li-long (China).. 3. Chang Li-ion (China). 4. Stock
*Y). (Foreign Distance: 14.1 metres.
High Jump nal: 1. Tung Fel- hsin (China). 2. Chang Li-jen (China). 3. Yong Pel-hul (China). 4. Hosac
(Foreign "Y"). Height: 1.02 metres.
Discus! 1.
2.
A.
Chih Pel-lin (China). Wang Sul (China). 3. H. R. Smith (U.S. Navy). 4. B. Ballerand (Foreign
y), Distance: 21.16
metres,
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