TEST MATCH
INDIA'S GALLANT BID FOR VICTORY
Bombay, Feb. 7.-India made a gallant bid for victory against the West Indies in the filth Test here today by getting the West Indies out for 267 and then scoring 90 runs in 95 minutes for the loss of three wickets in a' fight against the clock. On the final day tomorrow India will have to score 271 in 300 minutes if she is to win the match and the the series. A most thrilling finale to the tour can be expected.
India did an excellent job in dismissing the West Indies' remaining seven second innings wickets today for the addition of 110 runs. Bannerjee, the fast bowler, who was only included in the Indian team at the last minute, took four wickets for 50 runs, while Mankad claimed three for 77.
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play commenced When moting the West Indies had their first chock when Alkinson was out to the second ball of the day before scuring.
The Imillan bowlers continued to nake the most of the slightly wearing wicket and batsmen tum- The bied
intervals. at regular opening bat, Rac, was unlucky to he caught on the boundary when three runs short of his century.
Dutch To Stage
A "Wimbledon”
The Hague. Feb. 7.--The lawn tenuis authorities in Holland have issued invitations to about 40 leading players throughout! the world to compete in the in- Lernational meeting to be held strokes, and at Noordwijk from May 31 to Modi improved the position with June 6
ended Wits a stand of 74, which Just before the close with Amurath's dinimal.
India, needing 381 to winter a disastrous start, losing both opening men for nine, but Amanath,
brilliant
with some
Modi anet Hazare remained togel- her until stumps were drawn, when after 15 minutes batting the score stood at 90 for three.
were:
The close of play scores West Indies 208 and 267; India 193 and 90 for 3,--Reuter.
MCC Held To
A Draw
Salisbury, Rhodesin, Feb. 7.— A third wicket stand of 110 between two young batamen, Pretorious and Curran, robbed the MCC
victory of Rhodesia here today when the match was left drawn.
over
Rain prevented n start today un- il 15 minutes before tea mul con- ditions hardly justified play then.
However, was Main, George eager to keep faith with the public anil so started as soon as possible after the rain censed.
The outfeld was then still sodden and the area around the pleh s saturated that bowlers of any pace could not get a foodhold, Gladwears once fell and grazed his which needed attention.
elbow,
Mann would have been justifica in delaying the start, in which case the ball would not have tot so wet and lost its shine to quickly. This might have allowed Bedser to re- pent_bis_performance_of_Saturday,
The Anal scores were: MCC 228; Rhodesla 01 and 101 for five-Reuter.
It is anticipated that majority
of the invitations will be accepted,
SIMULTANEOUS CHESS
the
The Simultaneous Chess exhibition to be given by the leading Shanghai play- er. S. Jiritsky, at
Ilotel Peninsula Floor) on Thursday ing will commence at 8.15 p.in.
(First even-
Mr Jiritsky will take on up to 24 players. The first to arrive and set up their boards will be taken The opposition will not be certain limited below standard ond een former Colony champions are wel-
come.
France,
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1949.
HEN
TEN HOFF
Hein Ten Hoff, Dutch-born heavyweight champion of Germany, strikes a fighting pose in front of a porimit, of Joe Louts, whose crown he someday hopes to wear. The 29-year-old fighter, just arrived in the United States from Hamburg, has scored 14 knockouts, 2 wins and 1 draw in his 17 professional contests.
WORLD TABLE TENNIS TOURNEY
British Women Reach Corbillon Cup Final
Stockholm, Feb. 8-Hungary won Group "A" of the Men's Swaythling Cap table tennis tournament and will meet Czechoslovakin, the winner of group "B", on Monday night for the trophy.
The United States and Britain won the "A” and “B”.. groups of the Corbillon Cup respectively on Monday and will meet in the final match on Monday night.
Result included:
SWAYTHLING CUP Group "A"
USA bent Finland 5-0; Bungary beat Yugoslavia 5-0: Wales bent Luxembourg 5-0: Norway beat Finland 5-4 France beat Norwny 5-0.
Group ""
Czechoslovakia beat Scotland 5-1 and Denmark 5-17.
Austrin beat Italy 5-0; Sweden beat Holland 5-0; Italy beat Brazil 5-3; Austria beat Switzerland 5-0: England beat Scotland 6-0; Holland beat Brazil 3-3,
FINAL STANDING Group "A"
and they have gone to players in the Argentine, Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Britain,
Souttr
Italy. Yugoslavia,
Afrien, india. Denmark, Portugal, Spain and Hungary the United States
Players have been named in the majority of cases, but the United States have been invited to send a team of four men and four women.
The Australians invited are Mrs Bolton. Mrs N. Nancye Wyunc Hopman. John Bromwich, C.-Hop-- man, J. E, Harper, F. Sedgman and W. Sitwell.Reuter.
Cricket For All Matches
Averages
The following are the averages for all matches, League and friendly, in local cricket of First Division standard so far this season:
BATTING:
L. F. Slokes (Scorpions)
USA
France
Yugoslavia Wales Luxembourg Norway Finland
Wins Defeats
1
2
5
6
Group "B"
Wins
Defeats
Czechoslovakia Britain Sweden
Austria Italy
Holland
Brazil
Denmark Scotland
Switzerland
3
6
9
CORBILLON CUP Resulis in the Women's Corbillon Cup Tournament were:
United States beat Denmark 3-0: Hungary beat Norway 3-0; Czechoslovakia beat Yugoslavia
3-0;
Holland beat Norway 3-0.
Group "B"
France beat Wales 3-0; Sweden beat Finland 3-0. "
FINAL STANDINGS
Group "A"
FRANK BUTler's columN
Germans Want
Want To
Fight In Britain
Walter Neusel slipped quietly into London recently to negotiate the re-entry of German boxers to Britain. Back in Germany he is wooing British und American au thorities with some political success because Heln Ten Hoff, Frankfort heavyweight, arrived in New York. Don't be beastly to the Hun?
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Charlton's Jimmy Seed agrees that Westwood (Man- chester City) is the best left back in Britain Italian Police used tear gas to free a football referee from angry Eye-talians when Bologna beat Buston Arizio 2-0 on Monday night. At one time Chelsen fans shed tears weekly..
Over
Baxter's
Thany Appthday
FOOTBALL CAN
MATCH: TO-DAY
TRANSI
LIS
I'M HOPING TO CAPTURE. THEIR CENTRE-NALE TO-DAY
FA CUP
Manchester U
Win Through
Wharfedale Football Sixty-four-year old Owen Moran. |
League one of Britain's greatest feather- (Yorkshire) representative G. B. weights, in reriously ill in his native Baxter says: "I have never heard Birmingham, but the man who drew anything like the language used by with Jim Driscoll was cheerful at the ❘n woman supporter to the referee--- visit of Lee Savold and Billy Daly, and I've worked in a woollen mit
Colin Jones, young printing for years." Who's been putting
Manchester, Feb. 7.-Tho FA scored wool
Mr apprentice from Bath, who
ears Cup holders, Manchester United, ..Balch 48 goals in 12 games as contre for-
Carter. Full
City won their way into the fifth ward for Whiteway Wanderern, has player manager. recommenda round of this year's competition joined Portsmouth as an amateur12 hours' sleep the night
beat Tunney cutely told Sydney before
here today when they Gene
Loula Icast boxing writers that Dempsey was guarantees at
Bradford in their second replay seconds the greatest
test heavy-weight of them sleep the night of the Aght-for by five goals to nil.
the other guy. . . . all. As the smart Me Tunney twice pinned back the Old Mauler's ears. this in a modest way of saying who Gene really thinks was the greatest of them all.
match.
Joe ten
"VICE COAL'
Spanish hamorist
Fernandez Florez has crented a Dow Soccer
Burke put the United ahead in the 20th minute of the game, and after the interval they completely out- played their Second Division op- ponents.
Another
huge Crowd
watched today's match, the attendance being over 70,000.
PATTON TO QUIT ·
In the second half of the game goal," which means two goals by Rowley and another by Mel Patton, who won the Olym-term, "vice
an unlucky miss. The term which Burke put the United well on top, ple 200 metres at Wembley, and
hur become the rage of
the and Pearson completed the scoring has run 100 Jards in 9.3 secs.. says the will quit the track to provide Spanish Press and fans would be wear the end. for his wife and daughter. A man ready-made excuse for managers must feed as well as speed....Harry here
rpe United secre- Allcock, Scunthorpe.
has advised Brian Farnsworth, tel-year-old
Sheffield boy who offered his services to the team, to "ent more pudding before he ready for
icotball." I suggest dose takes the
of
K. In having
before
Brian
all-
John Bromwich, Australian tennis ace, who refused to fly to America The aggregate attendance for the for the Davis Cup last summer, may three matches was 183,205, which miss the ten ngala next summer, ylelded over £15,000, because tentative air reservations Manchester United will now en- have been made by the Australian tertain the "Giant Killers," Yeovil L.T.A.
Town, in the fifth round on Satur- Randolph Turpin, coloured Leam- day, Reuter, Ington middle-weight, looked good untl! Lee released a against Lee Savold at Birmingham left hook. whereupon Randolph realized the "r was dropped
In
why Leam-
Australian
eye treatment following months of playing in bright sunshine. He can't blame England for that... .Bruce Wood-
Spar cock insists Johnny Ralph must in- interest in the Bght game in
The sure himself for £1,000 to be at Leicester in the days of Reggie Mech
Johannesburg ele for their proposed
has been revived now that Jack rendezvous on March 26.....
Gardner. Market Harborough's
ON THE RECORD Anatomy Of A Chess Club
Blackpool Nails Were Too Long
London,
in
7-At Feb.
Mo
haif and Blackpool time Stoke City Cup replay on Saturday,
While Hope, is due to tackle Nick the Stokes' manager, R. McGrory, protested to the referee that Black- Fisher at the Gra
Granby Halls on
above the
January 31...Olga Rubtsovn of pool players had nalla Moscow, has become woman chest
chompen of the Soviet Union
the sixth time since 1927. And still the Volga rolls on Olgo,
Swige referee Louis Mellow. point scored By Thompson one ahead of
of Josef Preys, the reluctant Belgina, after Monday's Bleming ham fight. I would have awarde the verdict to the 6,000 Midlanders Tricato tight who kept awake. promoters are rubbing their hands,
and because demand by American Er ish troops for tickets for
Mitri relura Dick Turpin-Tiberio
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that Is so great the Idroscalo Arca
Mr S. Jritsky's simultaneous ex-] of years, but it will always return. hibition against 24 players at the Its symptoms are not unlike that of Kowloon Chess Club on Thursday matario. evening recalls the fact that he is not the first player to give a stroul- taneous exhibition Hongkong, but outside of the world champion, the late Dr Alekhine, no, one has ever taken an so, many here.
-
ith
exhibition was Mr Karel Weiss who
Or, it may have been
nequired during long detention in the small confines of a lighthouse where one either played chess with one's sole matejust under the beacon
Many acquired the bug in prison
SHANGHAI-RUGBY
TEAM COMING
Word has been received Shanghai today that a Rugby Interport XV will definitely be coming down to play this month. The date of their arrival has not yet been confirmed.
quarreled incessantly with him. is to be enlarged to rent 6,000 fans. regulation lengths in their boots.
The referee examined the boots, The batting boys offer 100 supported the protest and ordered Last player to give a simultaneous camp in the Inst war and the chess / Even Rome wasn't bulit ni a do tool: on eight players of Intermediate Population of the world has largely that the Cup Final will be player the Blackpool men to have the nails standard, four of whom have since increased as a result.
In some countries, Britain among between Chielsen and Luton. Hold hammered down.. gradunted to Senior standard. Ills them, chess is thought in schools, suckers, Wembley Stadium lles record for the match was three wins in Hongkong last year the Kowloon between Luton and Chelsea,
losses, a good Chess Club ran summer classes for one draw and four achievement against a strong deld.
children.
has take
Mr Jiritsky
signitied his readless to
on all-comers. standard Immaterial. Te is, actually, far and above the class of all local or four who players, barring three could perhaps, every ten gomes or so, take one off him.
On Thursday, Mr Jiritsky should take on a very assorted crew. Stah- dards vary in Hongkong's comparn- tively small chess community as do our citizens who play chess.
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FANLING GOLF
Who are the men who play chuss? That's a nasty question, because, even In Hongkong. quite a few The week-end-at-Fanling-caw-the the Junior women do. The men who play chess | semi-final matches for
Dr J. B. are, as often us not, happily married Championship in which fathers of families. Their wives, Mackle beat C. H. T. Suen and S.S. in exasperation, play bridge or Gordon bent L. Goldman after a
dour mahjong.
Joe Smith, the Blackpool manager, said: "Our players were studded up for hard ground. The pitch eased during the first half and the top layer of leather came off two or three of the boots."—Reuter.
Scottish-Cap
for
Glasgow. Feb. 7-The draw the third round of the Scottish Cup
February
10. was made today as follows:
Heartu v Dumbarton, or Dundee United
What type of people are they? 20th hole the match going to the pitches, to be played on Saturday, They are everybody under the sun- The final over 38 holes will take butchers and bakers and candlestick-place next Sunday. makers, and I'm not puiling anyone's rounds were played on both courses The Captain's Cup qualifying
and the Old course resulted in o and J. D. A Doted tie between J. Forbes
the New Mackie with 73 and on
Jeg.
72.
on
Morton v Alloa or Clyde Byes awarded to
}
Dundee or St Mirren;
Stenhousmulr or Albion Rovers; Partick Thistle, East Fife, Hiber- utam or Italth
Rovers and Rangers-Reuter..
The Kowloon Chess Club takes At a table over there, deeply en-
fact that more no-grossed in a game, is pride in the Llonniilies are represented 011
weather eye Its neurologist. He keeps of 70-odd members than open to all around him but points course L. C. Saville qualified with roster any other club In the Colony can no accusing finger at the man at boast of.
the next board who has already Good progress was made with both There are members who drop in nade Uree moves while la op the mixed foursomes and the Men's
The latter quarterly ponent i pondering over his first. foursomes, of an evening on their
provided visit to the Colony after n trip utside of tournament gumes, chess another bitter struggle between down to South Americh and others players are permitted all the essen who conceded at Brokes any Robledo Brothers who are there every Tuesday and tricity in the world. Thursday throughout the year.
Wins
Defeats
Q
1
brad
Not.
Highest
Innings Out Buns Score
20
3
110 732
Average 43.00
G. N. Gostino (Itecreto)
18
655
550
42.09
J. M. Gomno (University)
17
+
122
United States
41.53
II. Owen-Hughes (Scorpions)
18
11
434
12
30.16
Hungary
G. A. Souza (Craigengower)
4. 349
34.90
Czechoslovakia
L. D. Kilbee (Optimists)
3 500
102+
31.62
Scotland
339
30.81
Yugoslavia
Holland
14
354
29.50
Denmark
250
28.08
Norway
392
26.13
Group ""
328
25.23
3K 97
Wins
405
2257
23.57
Britain
อ
297
22.84
305
21.78
3
206
47
275
F. R. Zimmern (KCC)
308
208
P. Howarth (Scorpions)
206
57'
18106
10.75 19.04 19.35 Italy
Finland
Wales Sweden
Major C. R. Murray-Brown (Army)
328
18.22
N. Hart-Daker (KCC)
Q
290
18.12
M. M. Lille (Optimists)
215
17.01
D. H. Leach (Scorpions)
20
321
17.83
De F. L. Gosano (Recreio)
T. A. Pearce (Scorpions)
0. J. Kerr (Scorpions)
A/C J. 3. Beime (RAF)
M. Prata (Recreio)
C. long Choy
N. R. Oliver razower)
Major A, R. Dawe
ft. W. Frankin (Optimists)
W/Cdr A. D. Panion (RAF)
Feuresaftbebeeke
40
7178
France Austria
*Not Out. Qualification: 200 runs for an average of over 17,30.
A/C D. Graham (RAF)
TA. Pearce (Scarpions)
J. C. Koh (University)
G. N. Casano (Recreio)
Dr E. L. Gosano (Itecreio) CPO L. White
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are
G.
W.
Newcastle U. Bags
Groves and J. Pattinson, the latter
Newcastle United, who placed Do people play chess because it is winning on the 20th green,
With the Members reminded that a11 players on the transfer list Members are of every race, colour an inexpensive game? fat creed.
volumes of chess books and maga- | cockta'l párty is being held at Deep to "thin out",their staff, have The
incks n Club
en its zines placed on sale in our book- Water Bay on Friday, February 18. signed two new men at a cost of Luxembourgian or a Turk membership roster, but, to balance stores every time a ship comes in, when prizes will be presented at 7 a genuine Siberian usually snapped up within the week, p.m. for all outstanding competitions. gome. Tickets may be had on application tu Sets and boards cost money, chess the Club Offee. (Tel. 32340).
5
tint it has
chess is not an inexpensive
tr besinon Kamchatka.
from the
Tegkon
of
clocks cost more.
mis-
Chess players like
The gentleman is usually Defeats taken for a Mongol Prince. On in
quiry, he will Impression in one of several
-Associated Press.
guakes.
correct that
mis-
to think thni they are indulging in a poor man's game and chess club fees throughout lun- the world are usually the lowest for uny type of recreational club,
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An Interesting point that arises here is that the Kowloon Chess Club is rather multilingual.
on
Golf Or
Politics
Lordon, general
Feh. 6.-Should election
more than £20,000.
The recruits, both from Barnsley, are 22-year-old Chilean-born George Robledo, centre forward, and his 20- year-old brother Ted a reserve left half-back.
Newcastle received £18,000 from Middlesbrough for Andy Donaldson,
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Yet, chess players, taken on an
a also a centre forward, so took part taire place
in in transfers involving at least £40,- average, are far from being short of
during the the wealth of this world. They de England
coming 000 a week.
in a
recently vote so much time to chess that, as summer, Britain's golf team will be George Robledo, who has evening you may hear, Czech, u often as not, they never get down to robbed of a most popular captain. been played at inside right, has been garian, German, Italian, Rusalan,
by many This is because P. B. Lucas has sought for two seasons on anything Portuguese, French
Dutch spending any money and
been chosen to lead Britain against clubs. He has obtained 13 goals in else. everyday spoken there, let along Rinty Monaghan
Staten in The Anal question, and one that the United
this year's League and Cup this season and had languages like English and Can
kcops lonese.
tops cropping up, is: Do chen Walker Loses On Points
find every form player over tose their mental also prospective match, but he is four for the F.A. V TLA.F. at High-
candi- Also, you may
bury Inst October. The answer. to that one dale for an
Ipan Outer London con- Although his mother is. English he of chess played there. At one table, balance? Harringay Arena, London, two players are engaged in n is that they do, but to no greater lituency at the next election.
is not eligible to play for England. Lucas hus let the political authorlie was brought to Baronley when of quite D high extent than do golfers, and lawn. Average Feb. 7. Twenty-four-year-old friendly game Muldens Runs Wickets
lies for his constituency. Imow that seven years old, spent a season with Londoner, Terry Allen, the standard with a group of three or bowlers
They can read the signs. and he will not go to America with the Huddersfield, and signed for Barnsley champion of Southern England, four looking on.
Iny off for a while. Which reminds golf team if there is an election in
us a pro: when 17. At another board a game is going me of a former champion I met a the late summer.-Reuter. tonight best on points over
few years ago who had retirest eight rounds-at-catchweightson when both opposing kings
| simultaneously under
from the gaine. the world flyweight champion, some six
consecutive Rinty Monaghan, of Belfast. nother, one of the players, exclied
capacity crowd
10,000 at the possibilities of the situation spectators saw Allen give the world on the board!, makes yet one more zound beating, but move before his opponent awakens champion a Monaghan, a well known singer, to the fact that It Is now his turn was not too done to sing to the
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BOWLING:
Overs
Cpt Hart (Royal Navy)
00
20
100
$1.67
105.
26
323
8.72
Lt A. Steptó (Army)
204
AD
503
15
6.90
Chr D. Banton (Army)
222.3
53
508
9.20
70
200.
-0.25-
F. Howarth (Scorpions)
249.1
07
677
71
0.33
118.3
13
120
44
82.3
14
241
24
10.04
180,5
57
397
37
1072
A
(Royal Navy)
177.3
47
428
JU
11.26
L/Cpl J, Jones (Army)
93.4
314
27
11.62
T. II. Lenn (University)
107
35
548
45
12.17
D. McLellan (Optimists)
07.1
0
413
12.51
F/O E. N. Gambrill (RAF)
251.3
770
12.02
A, K. Ismail (IRC)
110.5
18
407
14.03
A. L. Saalth (Optimists)
02.5
16
281
11.05
P. J. Billimoria (CCC)
175
20
14.10
A. el Arculli, Jr. (IRC)
R. E. Leo (KCC)
148.3 153,3
36
403
.10.00
474
31
18.20
F. R. Zimmern (KCC)
152
615
30
17.10
9. M. Toh (University)
107
502
31
10.12
T. Crabtree (Craigengewer). 197.1
31
648
35
10,01
T. P. Mahon (Optimists)
100.0
€48
33
10.51
II. Owen-Hughes (Scorpions) 193.0
478
19.12
Qualification: 20 wickets for an average of under 20.00.
of
nra
check for
A moves.
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the
of
Australian Mile Record Endorsed
a
Football League-
President Dead *
He put it to me this way: "L would wake up in the middle the n'ght in a cold sweat. Was Sydney, Australia, Feb. A London, Feb. 7-Football lost
by personality
the thote
a burglar
house? dead athlete's time for the mito leading
of
Charles Mr William been death would take out the finshlight and 4 minutes 10.0 seconds-itas
Cuff, aged 10. President of the Foot- crowd from the ring at the finials The question is often asked: What scour the house from top to bottom. endorsed on the Australian resident
ball League, Vice-President of the "I am Always Chasing Roinbiws.
"Not a clue anywhere of that makes a man piny chers?
Football Association and a member Any record, Henry Hall, the British welter-
The Australian Amateur Athletic of the International Board. Intruder. I would get back Into, weight champion, beat Tony Jantro, That is a difficult duration to answer. Intru
Mr Cut was The probable reason is that at some bed and try to collect myself. Then, Union has endorsed the time of
Liverpool solicitor the tough Amerleon, on points over or other, in his childhood he like lightning, it struck me what Gerald Backhouse, killed in the and had spent a lifetime in football. ten
international
I was under
under check RAAF cover Germany in 1942, One of the founders of Everton, ho wellerweight contest at ten slone had come grumpy elderly relative was wrong.
Tollowing statutory declaration by served as secretary, director and ten pounds.
who insisted on teaching him the again.”
The man came back to chess two track omeints.
chairman for '17 years until last In the second welterweight fight, game, and then keeping him glued
or three years later and won to the board.
an. Previously there was no written | June, when he retired to devote his Eddie Thomas, of Wolon, beat Billy
record of the time, established in whole interest to the League, Graham, of New York, on points Once the chess big sets in parit- other championship.
Melbourne on February 19, 1038~~- He was the brains behind the over ten rounds at ten stone seven cularly at an early age, it never
United Press.....
League-Router pounds-Rouler,
Jeaves. It may tapse for a number
ал rounds in
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