FIRST TEST MATCH
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1948.
ENGLAND ALL OUT
FOR
Looking at the Games
165 RUNS PUNCHER FROM PAKISTAN
IS A POET'S SON
Laker And Alec Bedser Washington Crew Prepares To Defend Olympic Title
In Ninth Wicket Stand
Trent Bridge, June 10.-England were dismis. sed for 165 runs in their first innings of the first Test match here today and when stumps were drawn the Australians had put on 17 runs without loss.
There can be no excuses. England were let down by their recognised batsmen when the first seven men mustered only 57 runs and eight wickets were down for 74.
Then came a dramatic recovery with 20-year-old Jim Laker, Yorkshire-born but nowadays a Surrey bowler, hit- ting 63, and Alec Bedser, one of the Surrey twins, knocking up 22 runs. The pair put on 89 runs for the ninth wicket and changed the picture.
respectable after those shocks of the afternoon.
It was Laker's highest score in the pavillon and England's total was Arst-clous crickel and came when England's troubles were serious. By their display Laker and Bedser em phasised the lamentable efforts of those who had gone before, as both played the bowling easily.
Another
personal
enjoyed by Bill Johncmph
TEST SCOREBOARD England-First Innings Hutton, b Milier Was Washbrook, Brown, b Lind-
wall
the 26- year-old tull lef:-arm fast medium
Edrich,
b Johnston
bowler from Austraila, who in his Compton, i Miller first Test match against England Hardstaff, e Miller, b Johnston bowled 25 overs and claimed
runk.
0
with 11 maidens live wickets
for 36
also com-
Harnett, b Johnston Yardley iw, Toshack Evans, Morris, b Johnston Laker, e Tallon, Billler Bedser, e Brown, b Johnston Young not out
Extras
Miller and Lindwall tributed to England's discomfiture, although Lindwall retired later with
pulled muscle. Miller bowled with particular and got rid of Hutton and mpion.
rain seems likely now to ald Only England for if the weather is Ano Australia may well build up a man- Lindwall
which towards
their Miller. muth Ecoro opening pair have already started in Johnston confident fashion.
Toshack
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University of Washington's varsity crew work out at Seattle, defending its Olymple title.
The crew will be
Crew (left to right) Ed Hearing, John Audett, Bob Young, Bill Works, Norm Buyick, Don Lunden, George Johnson, Charles McCarthy and Bob Lee, cox.-AP Wirephoto.
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Clouds lifted during the lunch in-Inn Julinston
resumed Morris and play was terval
Byes 5, Leg byes 5. but t punctually,
was soon obvious that the batsmen would have to pro- ceed warily as there appeared to be
on top of the wicket. moisture The light, however, brighter, but the
some
manded great respect.
With
bad
much wns bowlers com-
two runs added England only
Washbrook
setback, another
sweeping at legside off a ball from
being caught by Brown,
17
for no wickets.-Reuter.
Australla had about ten minutes
bus round the boundary edge batting before the close of play for
who raced
beautifully, to judge a high catch This brought Compton in, and the Middlesex Twins" were there lo try and stem the tide running against Eugland.
As Edrich and Compton raised the score steadily towards the first 50, were It seemed that the "Twins"
one of their part about to repeat
often saved nerships which have England and Middlesex teams. BRILLIANT FIELDING Compton brought cheers from the crowd when he hit the first boundary noticeable of the innings, but it that the Australian fielding was of a brilliantly high standard.
Lindwall changed ends, but the case and confidence of the batsmen suggested the life had gone from the phie
Lindwall showed signs of tiring Bill after a lengthy spell and Johnston, who had been introduced to the attack, was switched to his end.
Compton sent him straight to the boundary with his favourite stroke, full-blooded drive off the back "foot-past-coverpoint.
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feld.
and
the first day and Barnes and Morris scored 17 runs without loss before stumps were drawn.
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DAVIS CUP
CHICAGO CUBS NIP THE BRITAIN LEADS
TOP-PLACED YANKEES
New York, June 10-The last-placed Chicago Cubs made it two-out-of-three over the pennant-contending New York Giants in the National League today, beating the New Yorkers G-4.
Russ Meyer, who has pitched some great ball for the The Cubs Cubs, went the route, scattering seven hits. hammered three Giant pitchers for 12 hits but it was not until the seventh inning that they managed to win.
They came into the inning tied at four to four, then scored two times on three singles, a walls and a sacrifice.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
The Boston Red Sox broke out with the highest scoring inning of COUNTY CRICKET
the season and defeated the Cleve- London, June 10.-While England land Indians 15-7 in the American wickets were dropping quickly at League. They made eight runs in Nottingham, Abdul Kordar, who the third inning at the expense of Each of the was a member of the Indian team pilcher Bob Feller. which toured England in 1946, in Sox except shortstop Vern Stephens scoring a hundred against Middle-contributed at least one hit to the sux became the first Oxford Uni- victory. versity player this season to reach three figures. Kurdar carried his The heftiest wallop was second but for 138 after a stay of two baseman Bobby Doerr's fifth homer hours 35 minutes, and hit two sixes of the year which he sent into the and 13 fours.
nets in left field with two on.
When Middlesex went in Kardar proved the most successful of the
bowlers, University's
and, taking
six for 51, played the biggest part
hi forcing the county to follow on.
Rain
made play impossible Birmingham and Harrogate,
The Philadelphia Athletics ended. a five game losing streak and moved into a virtual second place e with
THE SCORES
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago New York
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12
3
4 7
0
(Winning pitcher Russ Meyer).
AMERICAN LEAGUE
15 12 Boston Cleveland
Winning pitcher Joe Dobson).
10 B 0 Philadelphia
1 4 10 Detroit
(Winning pitcher Joe Coleman). Associated Press.
Graziano An
11-5 Favourite
Newark, N. J., June 10-Cham-
re:
HOLLAND 2-0 · Birmingham, June 10.-Great Bri- tain gained a lead of two rubbers to nit over The Netherlands when the third round of the European Zone of the Davis Cup tie started hero today.
The results were: Tony Moitram bent Van Swol 6-3, 6-4, 0-11, 6-3.
Geoffrey Prish bent Robert Meegeren 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 7-9, 0-1.-
Reuter.
Professionals
Can Now Play
At Wimbledon
BY GEORGE WHITING
Not all the overseas bantam-weight boxers in the Olympics will be strangers. Albert · Perera, of Ceylon, is already a favourite with British spectators.
Now I hear that Pakistan have picked P. E. Raschid, Inst year's Cambridge University first-string against
Oxford, for the
four their
who will not be interested unless they are enticed.
People who have flats vacant in August would like to offer them to vialtors from the Dominions. Prob- ably n department does deal with such things, but the people who have
Except when the Wembley
among Games.
Paul Raschid, who went up to the flats don't know where it is, Selwyn from St. Paul's, Darjeel-authorities como ing, three years ago, now works there seems a lack of showmanship
Civil and of legitimate as a staid and steady Servant
into administration,
for the Pakistan about these Games. Government in this country But life was not always quite so placid for this 21-year-old son of an Indian poot.
When his father died in poverty the tiny Raschid developed an acute inferiority complex--n state of affairs quickly and sturdily taken in hand by the English nuns who adopted him.
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These good folk prescribed punch on the nose--and their ward was introduced without ceremony to the gymnaslum, whence he won the championship of his school.
Operations
adverusement
The general Impression is that wo need, not only on Elvin at the Stadium, but a Cochran or a Gertie in London directing Information and display.
However good our Games seem in the end, they will be handicapped from the start if there are too many queues of people all wanting to nak unnecessary questions in countless languages.
It is not yet too late to alter this, but it soon will be.
No Oxford Eight
on linschid's nose led For The Olympiad
to a suggestion by his doctors that boxing might not be such a sensiblo sport, after all-but the resultant
Oxford are not to take advant-
lay-off was ended when coach Vic age of the split in Cambridge Parkinson persuaded him back to rowing, which has led to part of the record-breaking Cambridge crew getting into one boat, and their stroke into another.
the ring at Cambridge.
POLISHING UP
Paul get his Blue, lost on a casting
With the end of Oxford Eights vote to J. D. Straton-Ferrier, and fu now in light training for the big week, it seems clear that no Oxford adventure at Wembley, Any Tues- eight will be manned. The new day or Friday will and him polishing president, A. D. Rowe, is to scull lip a a left-hook at the Regent-street in the Diamonds. Last year's pre- Polytechnic.
slment, D. M. Brodle, and A. J. R. Joining him here soon will be the Puresell, their stroke for three years, rest
of the Pakistan punchers-y-are both in a Leander four, J. W. R. weight Joseph Paul (Sind), light- Gleave, the Blue, is to row with D. weight Anwar Pasha Turki (Sind) G. Jamieson in a pair. and welter-weight. A. Monterria, A challenge may still come from Thames RC, Head of the River at Punjab). Western
Three more
оп their Putney, but they do not seem as fast baniams way to the Games are J. Carruthers, as they were, and P. C. Kirkpatrick Australian "southpaw" from New South Wales: Husnu Ozari, one of
Bob Turkey's team of eight: and Goslin solitary but highly fancted candidate from New Zealand.
Goslin, champion of his country for the last three years, arrives from Wellington this week with a reputa London, June 10.-The Lawntion of 22 knock-outs in his last 27 Tennis Association relaxed a contests. In hlm lie New Zealand the Olymple rule today that will permit pro- hopes of getting back fessionals to appear in exhibi-le list for the first time since E. Morgan trimmed the welter-weights tions on courts of its affiliated in Amsterdam 20 years ago..
clubs.
The decision would allow Bobby The Standards Are
Riggs and Jack Kramer,
should
their world tour touch England, Not Those Of 1936
to reappear on Wimbledon's centre court until now reserved entirely for ninateurs. Both won the singles title there in their amateur days.
SAYS HYLTON CLEAVER
No Olympic Games have been
H. A. Sauell, retiring secretary held for 12 years. The standards of the LTA said that exhibitions by
the New York Yankees by defenting pien Rocky Graziano today Detroit 10-4. Kight helder Pat. Mul-mained an 11-5 favourite to beat leading players created a tremen- by which our meeting in August In homered in the fourth with one Tony Zale despite a 24-hour post-do
dous amount of pubile enthusiasm will be judged are not necessarily ponement of their middleweight and
and would stimulate the interest of those of 1936.
on base for Detroit.
CLOSE OF PLAY SCORES The close of play scores were:
Somerset Al Harrogate:
110; Yorkshire 30 for 5. No play today. GOLF
At Birmingham: Worcestershire
17: Warwickshire. 93 for No play-CHARLIE WARD
123
WINS AT LEEDS
end, today. Toshack was at the other
stump the leg OT
At the Oval Surrey 300 and 48 concentrating
run-saving for 2; Lancashire 176 (Place 51). Д employing while
Al Horsham Northamptonshire Johnston seemed bent ou atinek 343 (Brookes 179); Sussex
Leeds, England, June 10-British Its switch to the other
(Roderick for 36) and. 120 for Ryder Cup golfer Charlie Wardi won end for Aus- (John Langridge 50). proved a grand move
At Oxford: Oxford University 404 first place money in the Yorkshire way for declared (Kurdar 138 not out, Evening News £1,050 golf tourna and eventually beat Edrich. who Webb 35); Middlesex 115 (Robertment with a four round aggregate played at a bail expecting it to swing sou 59, Kardar 8 for 51) and 24 275 on the 0,451 yards Moortown away instead of which it came back for 2. und took his off-stump.
iralla.
He moved the ball either
high
by
later.
The Middlesex pair had put on 31 valuable runs, but without ad- dition Johnston struck again when Hardstaff touched a ball well out- sido his stumps to be caught ankle
by Miller.
but This was disastrous,
WorkC followed as Miller was brought back and be best Complon with a fast leg break to make half the England side out for 48. Johnston's spell of five overa included three maldena und two wickets for six runs.
returned Lindwall
but appeared to be worried by his grola and bowled only three-quarter pace. When Barnett was Johnston's next vietiin visions of a low England total loomed larger than ever, and at that time Johnston had bad
nine off 11 overs (seven runs scored maidens) for three wickets.
wicket-keeper, Evans, England's was in no mood for defence, but he had some narrow escapes with his aggressive hiling, Bradman twice missing chances of catching him. He was, however, taken by Morris off Johnston, and with Yardley out nl the same total eight wichtety were down for 74. Tea was taken after Laker had added one to that total. LEFT TO THE TAIL I was.
recognised left to two bowlers at the tall of England's team
only
bo
to show that the pitch could mastered and the bowling hit. With
nothing to lose and everything to
nin, Laker and Bedier
to more than double the
the hundred marit safely and then, with Laker doing most of the hilting from ali bowlers, the 150 Was
total. They passed
reached.
Lakor became top scorer when reached 20 and wasted little time in getting to his half century.
With
score at 103, meaning the
that BO runs had been added for the ninth wicket, Bedser was out for a most valuable 22, caught by Brown off Johnston This brought
in Young for the last wicket in a bid to take the total to 200, a possi bility which had never seemed likely
at tea time.
It was not to be, however, for at 108 Laker touched a ball from Miller and the ever-alert Tallon snapped a catch to finish the innings for 105. Laker's great effort, of a8 met with the reception it deserved as he left
course today.
At Ilford: Essex 405 (Vigar 103); Australin's Norman Von Gloucestershire 251 (Crapp 94) and took second pineċ with 278.
75
for 5. At Cardiff:
Glamorgan 310
Nida
title fight that will be held at Rup- pert Stadium tonight.
The unchanged odds surprised many boxing men who believed that the delay might dull the fight ing edge of emotional Graziano.
was expected to retain his sharpness, for the 34-year-old challenger 15 n calm veleran, whose 15-year professional record discloses that he cashed in on At least three important posipone- ments-United Press.
Protest Against Recognition Of
Belgium's Flory Van Donck and World Title Fight
(Pleass 77 not out, Hill 4 for 29):another British Ryder cup golfer, Hampshire 155 for 5 (Lawson 67, Max Faulkner were joint third with Batley 81)Reuter,
Laggregate of 201.-Associated Press.
If He Bowls As Well As He Batted!
Surrey's Alec Bedser, whose ninth wicket stand with Jim Laker gave the Trent Bridge crowd a little con- solation for an England batting collapso that was - most depressing,
juntors.
Much about the Games in Berlin Some tennis writers predicted
then were a bad model of self- that the day was coming when the aggrandisement. There is
fccl- would Wimbledon championshipa
ing here that we are going to the tor become an open tournament
'other
the extreme, and telling Both professionals and amateursworld far too little about the urrunge- Associated Press.
ments we have made.
Constantly queries arlse from
·HARPER-MULLOY FINAL
home and overseas which it is im- Beckenham, June 10.-The fancled possible to answer, because decisions Australian, Jack Harper, qualified to have not yet been made. meet the United States favourite,
In any case it should not be neces- Gardner Mulloy in the semi-final of sary for those we are seeking to the Kent lawn tennis championships, attract to ask so many questions at when in the afternoon's quarter-final inquiry offices.
QUESTIONS ASKED
he beat Argentina's second ranked Heraldo Weiss by 6-3, 1-6 and 6-3,
The fullest Information should be Argentina's Mrs. Marin Weiss beat British Miss Nina Zinovieft by 6-3, given daily, not so much to the 0-10 and 0-1 In a third round match,people who are interested and are -United Press,
making the inquires, but to those
Sequeira Pulls Colony Championship
Pulls Up In
New York, June 10-A pro. test against the fight between CHESS Gus Lesnevitch, the world light- heavyweight champion, and Freddie Mills, the British and European champion, being re- cognised as for the world title, is to be made to the American. National Boxing Association.
Jake Mintz, manager of Ezzard Charles, the
boxer from negro Cincinnall, sald today that he is Aling the protest with Mr Abe Greene, President of the NBA und the various
com- State athletic missions.
"I am going to demand that this be declared a non-lille bout," he Enid. "If it is a tille bout, and if Lesnevich goes through with it, I am going to ask that his title be vaented on the grounds that he has refused to fight the most capable opponent--namely Charles."
manager
F.-X. Sequeira pulled up once more to within a half. point of K. M. A. Barnett as he won.from Johnny Carvallio in a 75-move marathon encounter at the Peninsula Hotel yesterday in the postponed game from the eighth round of the Colony Open Chess Championship final.
Carvalho played the French Defence and play was even to the point where Sequeira gained the upper hand Inte in the end-game. On the 32nd move, Sequeira offered Carvalho a draw which the latter refused.
It was the second time within a wins, he is a valuable half-point fortnight that Sequeira had offered ahead but Schure will also be in the a draw, had been retused, and had running. gone on to win. A similar situation In a Reserves Tourney ganie, The Lesnevich-Milis fight Isarose in the match with Danenberg Karel Weiss beat V. V. Kolatchoff. scheduled to be held at, the White. In the seventh round.
HOW THEY STAND City, London, on July 20.-Reuter.
Toronto,
Sequeira's win makes next Thurs- June 10-Dave Yack,
Standings in the Colony Cham- | day's ninth round encounter between plonship now are: of Arthur King, the CanaIC. M. A. Barnett, with while, and
P W D L Pts dian lightweight boxing champion,
Sequeirn, with the black plecès, the K. M. A. Barnett
0 5 2 1 0 sald today that he is agreeable to
crucial game of the tournament. F. X. Sequeira a transfer 10 London of King's bout with Billy Thompson for the Bri- tish empire lightweight crown,
The fight was originally tively, scheduled to take place in Toronto
on June 20.--Associated Press.
INDIANS ELIMINATED
tentn-
Beckenham, Kent, June 10.---Nath, the Indian Davis Cup player, was ellmininted in the third round of the men'e singles. in the Kent lawn tennis championships here by Frank Sedgman, of Australia, who defeated hlm 0-4, 6-3.
India's other representative the third round, Dilip Bose, was niso beaten. Josing to Moren (Argentina) 0-0, 0-7-Reuter,
If Barnett wins, he is Colony L. Schure Champlon: If he draws, the position Ray Danerberg is oven with L. Schure having on J. P. de Carvalho outside chance as well. It Sequeira | P. K. Prokopov
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NEW LOOK
The Olympic "New Look," n match for Monty. This is how Britain's feminine contingent will look at the Opening Day ceremony.
in now stroking, whereas he is really the best "0" in the country, and would be more valuable here.
So we seem certain to see all our best oarsmen divided among different crews, none of which will be excep- tional, and should they be amalgo- mated at the last minute it will be too late to weld them into a com- bination.
IN A LEAKING BOAT Consider the other side of the picture. Sturges and Pinches, who will probably defend the Double Sculls, the only Olympic rowing title Britain won in 1936, when Beresford and Southwood succeeded, have just been to Paris.
Instead of gaining experience, they
rowed in a borrowed boat and had riggers so which leaked, spongy that it was impossible to do more than paddle over the course behind the others-waterlogged.
Crews
were
there from Scan-
and. dinavia. Spain, Switzerland France and gather they were not very frightening. Yet, while we are boat to use In Paris, borrowing a Kingston have actually lent a four lo Holland, so that the Dutch can train in it, and bring it back here for the Olympics.
BROTHERS, AS PAIR And Tom Sullivan, who would bo useful here is, like Eric Phelps and Ernest Barry, corching abroad.
bas
a sculler named Cainsia, born in Vienna, but really Hullan, and likely, if he comes here, to represent Italy.
Sullivan
Austria's best hopes of Olymple honours rest with the brothers K., mid G. Walzke, rowing as a pair.
By Reg. Wootton