THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1948,
SECOND TEST MATCH
England Needs 490 Runs
To Win Test
London, June 28.-At the end of the fourth day of the second Test at Lorde, England, in their second innings scored 106 runs for the loss of three wickets in reply to Australia's lead of -695 runs.
Australia once again have proved themselves the better team, and there is no question that only rain can save England from defeat in this match, which concludes tomorrow.
There will be a possible six hours' play tomorrow and how the wicket will roll out is problematical, but this for wear. The fast evening it was looking the worse bowlers, Ray Lindwall and Bill Johnston, made some dell- veries kick up and the batsmen were constantly putting spots.
Australia's baiting is more stable, and in Lindwall, Bill Johnston and Miller they possess
three pace
SECONG INNINGS: Hution, e Johnsan, b Lindwall Washbrook, e Tallon, b Toshinck 37 howlera far superior to any Edrich, e Johnson, b Toshack.. England, also it must be remembered Compton not out that, so far, Miller has not bowled Dollery not out
In this match.
When England began their second innings 595 runs behind, Brst Hutton and then Edrich were scratching for
trut Washbrook showed
runo,
welcome return to his old form by playing a grand inning of 37 in one and three-quarters hours.
stubborn
Washbrook offered a defence and punished the right ball, hitting three fours. He survived an appeal for Π catch behind the wicket, and greatly relieved, he momentarily lapsed from concer- tration, swished at a fast full tos and Tallon Anished him off.
Compton, inckled the situation
caliply and Dollery gained such in- spiration from his talented partner that he helped to put on 41 in the Jast half hour.
TAIL HITS HARD
When the match
was resumed
this morning Lindwall began to hit the bowling hard from the start and, with Lindwali altacking so vigorously, Miller found fewer opportunities of scoring. When he awept Laker to leg ni 445 he fell to n good catch by Bedser at square leg.
Miller batted just over two hours)
and hit one six and five fours.
Ian Johnson came in to hit Bed- ser for six, but when Lindwall was stumped in the next over from Laker, Bradman declared, with Australia leading by 590 runis, England were left with just over nine hours to bat.
During the Interval between the innings rain again fell, and the start of England's second innings was delnyed.
No sooner had the Australians arrived on the pitch for the start
Extros
ANN.
21
100
for thred
Eowling to date:
Lindwalt
O
MR W
13
3 47 1
18
10 27
11 1 28 2 -Reuter.
Johnston TeLanek
COUNTY
CRICKET
London, June 28.-The close of play scores in County cricket matches today were:
At Portsmouth: Northamptonshire 105 and 71 for 3; Hampshire 274 (Enger 105, Nutter 7 for BU),
At Tunbridge Wells: Sussex 334 (B. Edrich 5 for 43); Kent 193 for one (Fagg 09, Todd 70 not out),
At Chesterfield: Yorkshire 44 and
15 for 3; Derbyshire 277, No play today owing to rain.
At Manchester: Lancashire
170;
From 7 Wickets
A "Lean And Hungry" Sugar Ray
Chicago, June 28.-A lean and hungry Sugar Ray Robinson, world's welterweight champion, tonight tossed his title into the ring against sharp-shooting Bernard Docusen.
The fight was set for 2100 (0800 GMT Tuesday, 12 noon Hong Kong time). The twico postponed fight will be rescheduled for Tuesday night if rain forces this action. Showera were intermittent all afternoon between bursts of sunshine and more showers were forecast tonight.
Robinson, by starving himself for two days, made the welterweight limit of 147 pounds. Docusen, the Filipino swifty from New Orleans, easily tipped the beam at 145%, same weight he made a week ago when the bout was postponed. remained a 4-1 betting favourite up to gong time.
WIMBLEDON
Robinson
ANOTHER SEEDED
SEEDED PLAYER
PLAYER ELIMINATED
Asboth Takes The Measure Of Tom Brown
Wimbledon, June 28.—Josef Asboth, of Hungary, provided the upsel in today's play in the Wimbledon lawn tennis champlonships by eliminating Tom Brown, the American runner-up in last year's tournament, in the quarter-finals of the men's singles.
Asboth beat Brown 4-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1.
Brown was the fourth seeded player in the championship. Asboth, who was unseeded, meets John Bromwich, of Australia, in the semi-finals. The other semi-final is between the Americans, Gardnar Mulloy and Bob Falkenburg.
In the other quarter-final today. Bromwick scored a surprisingly easy win over the American Budge Patty, winning 6-4, 7-5, 6-1.
Mrs Nelly Landry, France, beat Mrs Vera Dace Thomes, Britain, 6-3, and 8-6.
Mulloy, as expected, eliminated they casily took the set 6-1 despite 4-0. 3-4 and 0-4. the last surviving Briton, Tony desperate efforts by del Bello to Mottram, by 6-2, 1-5, 7-5, 6-1, while stop them. Bob Falkenburg put out the Swede, Lennart Bergelin, who had earlier Frankie Parker, the favourite, by 0-4, 0-2, 3-0, 0-4, in a battle of the giants.
beaten
Whether they ran themselves out in the cold wind with its hint et rain or whether the two Italians finally took a grip on their game, one could not tell. But in the third set the Italians triumphed 1-0.
Asboth. 30-year-old Budapest bank clerk, outwore the Californian
Nothing seemed lack of practice, Brown, whose owing to his law studies, told its tale in the closing stages.
The Hungarian won the last five
Gloucestershire 135 for 8. No play games in a row for the match, the today owing to rnin.
At Loughborough: Leicestershire 470; Essex 90 for 4. Play restricted owing to rala.
At Gulidford: Surrey. 418 for declared (Constable 54); Oxford University 25 for no wicket. restricted play.
Rain
At Birmingham: Cambridge Uni- versity 250; Warwickshire 153 for 2. No play today owing to rain.
last of them to love.
to go right for
Deyro and Ampon, Cucelil's game improved and his service was almost unplayable at times.
Miss Louise Brough, States, beat Miss Edith Middleton, Britain, 0-0 and 6-1.
Women's' Singles Fifth Round
Madison Square Garden To Be Rebuilt
By JAMES HUDSON
New York-Madison Square Garden, the historical landmark which has seen the rise and fall of champions, will soon go the way of some of its fallen heroes. It will be replaced by a $25,000,000 modernistle sports arena, parking garage and convention hall,
The exact fate of the heir to the old Madison Square Garden, where Sid Terris, and Johnny Dundee fought and where first convened the "Congress of Beautiful Women," has not been decided.
But, we're going to build a place that can handle any crowd and which will really be up-to-date," George E. Spargo, general manager of the authority making the plans said.
Much af some old will hate to see It stop progress. Not Street. Tho now occupying two entire will straddle arcade.
Garden tana And thero should be room nothing car enough for all, The new Garden even 50th will be able to handle 25,000 box- building log fans, 24,000 basicetball fans city blocks, and 22,400 hockey fans, all for 59th Street with an more than the present building.
Spargo explained that different
the varying
The reason for building A new seating arrangements for different Garden lles In the fact that New Sports York is losing too many paying attractions, which can't be squeezed Into the present building.
ocensioned maximum capacities.
The now, arena started out as parking lot project. "Soon we ran
"The largest conventions are going into the Madison Square Garden away from here to Atlantic City, People who were looking for a way Cleveland, Philadelphia, St. Lolus, to build a new garden. The two Kansas City, Chicago, San Francis-ideas seemed to fit," Sparge sald. co, and Buffalo," said Willam Riordan, chairman of the board of it from the Tri-borough Bridge **They'll run the Garden and lonso
the New York convention burenu.
0.
crowds
Authortly, which will build it,"
THE OLD GARDEN
The new Garden will face Colum-Spargo said. bub Circle. Its new sports arena will accommodate capacity of about 25,000, The present handles about 17,000, by squeezing them into small seats.
one
The old, old Garden-the grand- daddy of them all-started as sort of parking lot too, In 1794 p onca triangular plot of ground at the present site of Madison Square was
on
selected by the city fathers for a burlat ground."
"The new seats will be roomy 20 to 22 Inches, The old were 10 to 19," Spargo said.
will park 2,000 cars."
"And to boot, the new Garden
Neighbours didn't agree, After People will park their cars United
the neigh- any part of the building. three levels, then take escalators to three years of protest,
bours won. In 1953, the area was enclosed by Signor Franconi who The planners have taken into at-operated a hippodrome, featuring count the men who have sat in the such entertainment ns chariot and rear of the old Garden and come ostrich racing. out asking who won the fight.
In 1075, P. S. Gilmore, a band Spargo sald,
leader, converted the site into "Everybody will be able to see, Gillmore's Garden, used for con- no matter where he sits. The en-certs, operas and America's gineers will see to that with trap-beauty contest, "A Congress of sits, tape lines and spirit levels, Beautiful Women." "It's a science."
Miss Jean Quertler, Britain, beat Mro Shella Summers, South Africa, 7-3 and 6-2.-United Press.
in the last set the Filipinos fought back bravely but their best efforis could not stem the Italinn on- Josef Asboth (Hungary) beat Tom Bromwich, the top-seeded player slaught which by now was working | Brown (USA) 4-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1,
not particularly
well. remaining, did Inpress in beating Patty. He made many errors.
There was a real surprise in the far, women's event, the first so when Miss Jean Quertler, of Britain, beat. Mrs. Sheila Summers, of South Africa, In the fourth round.
The eight women remaining in At Cardiff: Glamorgan 273 and the tournament in order of the 136 (Young 4 for 38); Middlesex 135 draw are Mrs. Margare! Osborne (Hever 5 for 30) and 57 for. no DuPont, USA, Mrs. Jean Nicoll wickel
Bostock, Britain, Miss Doris Hori, USA, Mrs. Nelly Landry, France, Miss Quertier, Britain, Mrs. Pat Todd, USA, Miss Shirley Fry, USA, Miss Louise Brough, USA.
At Bath: Nottinghamshire 115 and of England's second innings then a 129 for 7 (Harris 05
not out); sharp shower drove them in again Somerset 338 for 8 declared (Gim and play was delayed for a few blett 105, Castle 50 not oul). minutes.
Bowling to three slipo, a gully and two short legs, Lindwall ocun-
Router.
ed with a maiden to Hution, but he BOXING
seemed worried by his groin, which
he rubbed vigorously on the way back to his starting-point-after every delivery.
This time cricket lasted for a quarter of an hour, during which time each bowler sent down two
Lindwall overs.
on his third after an unsuccessful appeal against the
ight by Washbrook. Kaln stopped the game again.
wa
Play began again at 4.30, leaving two full hours, the tea interval being taken during the last interruption.
Hutton was missed in the gully
before scoring. BIN Johnston tempted him with a short rising bail outside, the off stump, which Hutton went after. He did not succeed in keeping his stroke down, and the ball went chest high to Lindwall, who hurt a finger lu trying to make the catch.
First Coloured
Boxer To Win
British Title
FILIPINOS MEET THEIR MATCH
The two tiny Filipinos, Raymundo Deyro
Felicissimo Ampan, and Anally met their match today in the men's doubles at Wimbledon.
The te men managed to save three games out of the nine, draw- ing cheers from the crowds with whom they havo become popular favourites during their first visit to England.-Associated Press.
THE RESULTS
Here are some of the scores of the day's play:
Men's Singles
Bob Falkenburg beat Lennart Ber-j: gelin (Sweden) 6-4, 6-2, 3-0, 0-4.
Gardnar Mulloy (USA) beat Tony Mottram (Britain) 6-2, 1-0, 7-5, 6-1,
John Bromwich., (Australia) beat |Budge Palty (USA) 6-4, 7-5, 0-1.
Joseph Asboth (Hungary) Tom Brown (USA).
beat
Women's Doubles Gianni Cucelli and Marcel Del
Third Round Bello of Italy beat them 6-4, 1-6.
Miss Gem Hoahing and Mrs L. J. 6-1 0-3 and that despite some very Osborne, Britain, beat. Maria Weiss, bad playing by the Italian cham-Argentine and Annalisa Bossi, Italy, pion, Cucelli.
0-3 and 6-4.
dramatically
The match started enough, the first two games going by the service, Del Bello was
th10 while
Birmingham, June 28.-Dick steadier of the two Italians Turpin, British Empire middle. Doyro carried the burden for tho weight champion, won the Bri-wo Filipinos. tish title here tonight when he Aimpon seemed unsure of himself outpointed the holder, Vince on the volley, a surprise to obser- Hawkins, over 16 rounds.
vers. Cucelli could do nothing right. His overhead play was erratic and
He made boxing history
to
become the first coloured man his volleying poor. to win a British title.
Del Bello broke through Ampon's service in the seventh game of the Turpin, already holder of the first set to lead 4-3 and finally the The injury did not affect Lind- British Empire title, gave a classical Italians took the set at 6-4 after the wall's bowling, but before his next performance of copy-book boxing. two little brown men had a long two overs, Miller massaged his He won by substantial margin by dispute with both umpire and lines- exploiting all the known correct man over whether a ball was in or punches and frustrating all the at-out. tempts of his strong opponent to force him out of his stride.
finger.
Washbrook was in fine form, but Hutton did not look happy against ony short pitched risers, and onu of these brought about his dismissal! .at 42.
Lindwall bounced one of the of stump and Hutton steered it into Johnson's hands at first slip.
They won their point and the umpire reversed his ruling by giving ↑ confident at them the point. the outset, did must of the forcing
Hawkins. supremely
He obviously intended to wear down Deyro and Ampon started the his lighter opponent as the fight pro- second sel like match winners, gressed, but in Turpin he found his leading 3-0 and Inter 4-1. ··Out- running and outplaying the Italians,
master.
Hawkins was a gallant laser, for
Toshack replaced Lindwall at 4he fought hard but was completely and, though Washbrook sent up
held by his opponent's shorl
the 50 with a four from his first
ball, Edrich snicked the fifth de-punching bot-work and general LAWN BOWLS TEAM livery to slip, where Johnson took superiority
a neat catch, making two men out for 52.
11 stone five and
khrea
quarter
Women's Singles Fourth Round
Miss Shirley Fry, United States, beat Mrs Suzie Kormoczy, Hungary,
G-1.
Men's Doubles Third Round
E. Morea and A. Russell (Argen- lina) beat Budge Patty (USA) and
Washer
0-4, (Belgium) 0-2,
P.
13-11.
Women's Doubles Second Round
Miss Shirley Fry (USA) and Mrs Mary Prentiss (USA) beat Miss J. Gaanon and Miss J. Quertier. (Britain) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4.
Women's Doubles Third Round
Royalties Wanted From Television
frst
**
WILS
In 1891, a statuo of Dlano unveiled atop the lower of the Madison Square Garden, known to this generallon as "the old Garden." There was a significant huch..
Then Anthony Comstock, well- known anti-vice crusader, found his voice and called chaste Diana an "undruped hussy." The statue way removed.
In 1925. Terris and Dundee fought in the "Old Gardon," and the next On day the wreckers moved in.
packed
By CORNELIUS RYAN
New York, June 18. Having learned a lesson from profiless December 16, 17,000 fans radio broadcasting of their sports into the newly-constructed Garden American athletes are determined the present one) for the formal
to do better for themselves in television, and
are demanding
opening, New York's first
share of the money from this newsional lee hockey game.
source.
Most Important and Intriguing
protes-
The history of the Garden has been called "the history of Manhat-
is the effort of the nation's pro-an itself."-United Fress. fessional boxers to get a share of Miss Doris Hart and Mrs
the television money In New York Todd (USA) beat Miss Curry and City, showcase of the sport. Mrs W.-Dawson-Scott,-8-3,-0-4, -
AXixed Doubles Third Round
Pat
The Managers' Guild started the GOLF battle with the 20th Century Club, top, promoter, demanding 50 per- cent of all the televiston royalties. But midway In the struggle an (Britain) beal Dilip Bose (India) even more fascinating thing hap- and Mrs J. Walker-Smith, 6-2, 6-1.pened-the boxers themselves start-,
ed a movement to organise them-
D. Butler and Mrs
K. Menzies
BRITISH OPEN
STARTS
Tony Mottram and Mrs Jean selves into a "Professional Boxers'
Edinburgh, June 20-At the end Dostock (Britain) beat E. Buch and Association."
of the first day's qualifying play in Miss Lutz (Switzerland) 6-1, 6-4.— Reuter.
Steve Belloise, middleweight con- tho British Open Golf Championship lender, led the now group, and ac- over the neighbouring courses of cording to Irving Tell, attorney for Gullane and Muirfield, near here, the association, about 40 fighters today A. S. Tibbles (Birmingham) signed the petition for a charter. fed the Gullano scorers with a new Welterweight champion Ray Robin-course record of 67, while Henry Fon, former lightweight champ Beau Cotton (Royal Mid-Surrey) was at Jack, Tony Janiro, Johnny Colandthe top of the Muirfield list with 89. and Chester Rico are among the signers, Tell said.
Jackie Robinson Wins
was
Intolerance Battle
By CORNELIUS RYAN
New York. When Jackie Robinson made baseball history by becoming the first Negro in the mujor leagues, he asked reporters to treat him just the same as any other rookie.
TREMENDOUS EFFECT
York
Tomorrow, the players will change courses and the hundred qualiflers will go forward into the Champlon- ship Proper, in which the qualifying scores will not count.
If the association is successful, it could have tremendous effect on the
The Championship Proper will Income of managers. New state boxing law limits a manager to be played over the Muirfield course, one-third of the earnings of a boxer starting with one round on Wednes- under his direction. but it's common day, followed by another on Thurs- the Beld will again by knowledge that many mentors take day when
reduced so that not mora than 40
the players will contest
Anal 30
The new
PBA would enable holes on Friday-Reuter. boxer to retain his legal share, and strong would give each boxer a
that he get weapon in his demand
at least half.
the lion's share of television money, since the boxers alone are the whole chow on video.
and co-axial
“LIGHTNING” RULE
He didn't get his wish, because he of many Negro and white organisa- special enso and couldn't be tlons. From s playing weight of 185 Judged by the ordinary standards, to 188, hé ballooned to 220. Reporters realised his difficulties,
when he In training camp he laboriously and treated him gently
Baseball players too are taking made mistakes. Happily for Robinson pared to 200, but every pound since The postponed Second Division and the cause of racial equality, he then has been agony, and he's still interest in the possibilities of tele- At the weigh-in, Hawkins scaled match vs. IRC will be played at the made very few mistakes, either on or around 105. He's slower afoot than vision. Most New York games a}-
ready are televised,
Because of the recent tragedy. In off the field. And thus the biggest in 1947, and his elding and base- cable lines are being extended dally, the Army soccer cup final. when 02 pounds, and Turpin 11 stone two Fillpino Club's lawn at 4 p.m.
July From two balls in succession, Tal-
1, 1948. The following part of the battle against intolerance running are below last year's stan- Within a few years video may be lightning struck the field and most catch at the pounds,Neuter.
players have been selected to re-
dard. A few weeks ago he hurt his available to every elty and hamlet of the people on it, the Royal and lon appealed for a
lunce in a collision with wicket against Washbrook, who was
present the Filipino Club:"*
-base-in America. runner, and that too has handicap- time second
and given out the
ped him. England's third wicket fell at 03. The pitch was giving the left arm bowlers, Toshack and Bill Johnston, some help, and the ball frequently lified from a good length.
Compton and Dollery both por formed well on a difficult wicket and they sent up the hundred after two hours ton minutes' batling.
Both players watched the ball right on to the bat and had saved England from a complete collapse in batting again,
Colony Reserves
Tourney
Tonight's games in the Colony Reservea Chess Tournament at the Peninsula Hotel will be:
V. N. Dounaeff v R. W. Carter, D. E. de Carvalho v A, Birlukoff and Jacob Ramier v L. Karpovich.
W. F. Johnston, John Cotton, J. W. Lee and W. Field (Sjdp); Alfred Taylor, F. J. Manalac, H. Y. He and R. O. Hughes (Skip); L. S. da Silva, F. Rodrigues, W. Ogley and Dan Rozario (Skip).
Reserves: C. F. Lee, A. Dean, 3. Delgado, and J. Laidlaw.
RECORD CLAIM
London. Radio Moscow has claimed that - a Leningrad sports- women, Nina, Dyatlova, claimed new world record for the women's javelin throw at 1508 feet, three and. a quarter inches,"
¤
was won.
But all discussion
Jackie Is So this year
being treated as just another. ball-player,
Last year & firm paid $50,000 for And he has proved he is only human,
the World Series television rights. too. Robinson has been surly upon
of Robinson The money went to the commis occasion, arid his playing has been was based entirely on his feats on aloner's office-the
players didn't below par, and he has been criticised the field, his actions had no effect get a dime. in print. No one except - Robinson on the regard in which Negro Larry
has been angered by the criticism! no Doby is held by the Cleveland In- one his fried to re-taktbilst the colour dians. bar, and so quietly that it's almost both a.re
And Doby
SPOKESMAN FOR YANKEES
Ancient Golf Club have decreed that discontinuation of play In a match shall be allowed in case of danger from lightning.
-Hitherto this-licenso, "not only reasonable but essential,"
say the Rules Committee, applied only to stroke play, Until now match play Robinson
has been excluded because players judged thin
Tommy Henrich Le spokesman for sheltering without due cause, may beon unnoticed, it has been proven as players, not 0.41 the first the Yankees on the subject, and throw the whole time sheet out of that playing ability alone can be the Negroes ever to play in their res-other clubs love named player: IC-joint and cause endless confusion. only rulo affecting a man's fitness for pective leagues. the major leagues, **
BAD LESSON
year
that .to. demand presentatives players get fals, share of the "It was agreed," we are told, be divided CHILDREN'S CLASSES
And when Negro catcher
Rey money. The question will be dis- "that the rules should
into sections on a logical principlo Campanella was sent to the Dodger cussed in July at league meetings. Applications for enrolment in the
team at St Paul, making him the
and in an order which the commit- children's chess classes to be held
first Negro, in the American Asso. Baseball and boxing were broad-tee, after much experiment, con- by the Kowloon Chess Club through
It's been a bad season so far for clation, the move was hailed, not cast for years before players and aldered the most expedient. Thus, out the summer months will not be
Robinson, but no one has charged as a stop to break down projudice, boxers became aware of the largo the Etiquette of the Game now op accepted after tomorrow evening at
that prejudico playa, any part. but as a happy event for St Paul revenue the radio, paid to promoters, pears before the main text of the 7 p.m. They should be addressed The old 153 feet 6 inches world Jackie, Justifiably elated at results because Campanella is an excellent The athletes fitially began to de- rules, on the ground that it is a to the Acting Hon. Secretary. The mark was det by Annelise ·Stein- of his first year as ́a Brooklyn Dod- | player. The colour angle just didn't mand some of the money. They hopo golfer's firat duty, even before he for 7 declared Kowloon Chess Club, c/o the Penin-heuer of Germany in 1942, the re-ger player, spent last Winter on the scem important any longer-United to be a little fisler in cashing in on reads the rules, to know the correct England: first, Inpings:
sula, Hotel.·
port said.
banquot circult, accepting nccolades Press
behaviour on the course. video.
THE SCOREBOARD
The scoreboard at the end of the fourth day read:
Australia: first innings
Second Innings
-350
460
215