· SPORTING GAM
STALLS
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1950.
By Reg. Wootton
Britain's
Star
Distance
Runner
Wears Heels
On
His
Track Shoes
White City athletle There were (wo proud fathers at the first day of the championships. One was bald, retired Mr Ben Aaron, of Leeds, who puffed at his record pipe as he watched his son, Dr Frank Aaron, win the six miles in a new time.
He had every reason to be proud, for his other son, Arthur Aaron, gained the posthumous award of the VC when he landed a bomber hit over Turin, on an air- field in North Africa before dying from his wounda.
The other father was Mr Fred Moran, president of the Elre Athletic Unlie, whose thoughts) must have been with his son Freddie play loft
an amateur
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South Wales Northern Rivers, and will also be on the lookoul fur any promising boxers he finds.
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F.R. Brown To Lead
TWELVE PLAYERS INVITED FOR MCC TOUR OF
AUSTRALIA & N.
& N. ZEALAND
London, July 27.
F. R. Brown, of Northamptonshire, will captain the MCC tour- ing cricketers in Australia and New Zealand next winter, it announced today.
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The following players have been invited to four Australia and New Zealand with the Marylebone Cricket Club party this coming winter:
F. R. Brown (Northamptonshire) captain:
Reg Simpson (Nottinghamshire).
Trevor Balley (Easter),
John Dewes (Middlesex),
Alec Bedser (Surrey),
G. Evans (Kent),
Cyril Washbrook (Lancashire). Eric Hollies (Warwickshire), Douglas Wright (Kent),
Gilbert Parkhouse (Glamorgan). Len Hutton (Yorkshire), and
Denis Compton (Middlesex).—Reuter.
Australian TWO “DUCKS” FOR STOLLMEYER
Scott now weighs 18 state.
NO PROTEST
Dublin.
James Langridge, captain team beaten in Young Fred in 37 and a dis-
of the Sussex Uniguished all-rounder,
single day by Lancashire, has equalled Von Nida's first round as a three-quarter, his .88 sec.
yards in 1837 In made no protest about the Old xcore, and that of Da Heen in far the 100
the Irish
Trafford wicket. native record; Between 1938 and stil! the second.
I have The only statement nga he two weeks
made is that the old Trafford 1940 he won 10 Irish rugby caps and only
came to Northolt to win the pigeon shootinst British clay
wicket was not good enough for a three-day match," he told me etiampionship-with burraved
nt his Manchester hotel.
Big Plans For
The Softball
Season
Kun!
START AT 30
On
Dr Aaron, who is our emss- country champion, is 30, yet this is his first real season the teach. Sie would have start- ed last season but for achilles tendon trouble.
It was Dr Woodard, adviser to so many of our leading athletes,
Me Donald Hailey, The coming season will shading
who gave him, a tip which has for ti be an importan!
enabled him to get over this Hongkong softball players, trouble. It was to wear heels on At the Annuni General his track shoes,
"the Peninsula havo heels
All our distance men should Meeting at
(37) their shoes, Hotel last night, they learn- mys Dr Aprun. "Otherwise ed that they had been allo- there is considerable risk of cated a ground of their own. their having
Ever since the Hongkong Softball Association
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the same trouble
us have had."
MINISTRY SAYS NO founded in 1938, they had to Along the gasometer site of barrow pitches on which to Kennington Oval new terracing badly needed, The Surrey Now it is play their games. has obtained the old Recreio club, with money available from their centenary fund, are willing to spend £13,000 on the work right away, but the Ministry of Works will not let them have
Ground at King's Park.
This will over a lot of work for all of us," Dr F. J. Molthen, President of the Association, told the licence-which is a pity. about 40 members at last aight's
The application has gone in inceling "We have about $7,000 three times, it has been relused
At present, which is the biggest three times.
The idea is not to crease balance that the Aclation has
by accommodation
Very ever had, but it won't be enough, the
to Rive
people a betler and more comfortable
to rehabilitate our new ground. nay, but We aim to build stands, a Club-t house with shower and other view of the game. Two or three taellities and put up a fence all more terrace will be built as round the ground. Altogether it
LOUD
Ministry av the yes and under them will be burs and cloakroom accommodation.
will cost us about $25,000,"
MOST SUCCESSFUL
In his report. the Hon. Secre- tory, Mr F. W. Hollands, paid,
namerous
Tenzance,
RUGBY CRICKETERS Cambridge University rugby The present anton has been men have been doing well as without doubt the most succes | cricketers, They have just re- ful of
successful turned from a tour in Cornwall 1 am not exaggerating where they won all her three when I say that the Association matches against has already a registration list of Teure and the Cornish Chulfs. COD netive player. This gives The party included last year's the largest body of active play-rugby captain and Scotland ing members of any sports or-serin-ilf, A.F. Darward, and
nisation in the Colony,
the England wing three-quarter competitions | JV.
Cablaju Smith. Eight different svere run through lust season J.B. Wiliams. the University and a total of 112 different centre firee-quarter, who is prizes and awards were distri- Cornwall and Penzance player, buted at the Presentation Bas and was cricket caplain at
The Ladies' League had a Rugby School. Sensor and Junior Division and Other school ericket captains this was run successfully.
In the Junior League, a triple
tie occurred for the first limo.
:
Thic
set the high standard of play that was shown throughout the
scazen.
Was
a
in the side wers the brothers
1.S. and L.G, Glong, of Oundle.
NO-GOALS MYSTERY
Park Balfour
badly. Penalties have
doing
Lime after ting been missed
put the bali when sure shots A Midget League was begun over the bar.
been Now Ho mystery has towards the end of the season and the standard and keenness solved. In a cup match recently hown fully justified the tune Claude Brink, former Springbok there was goalkeeper, thought and money, spent.
The followint were elected something odd about the goal. Offlec-bearers for the coming Investigation showed the cross- bar to be 4 Anglies too low. will now ba Two eup xtures
"A match will never last three days on such a wicket, but jet It was the me emphasise that same for both sides."
Mr Geoffrey Howard, secre tary of the Lanchashire County Cricket club, said that the ab
wicket normal dryness of the following heavy rain is because the ground is so hard that the water cannot percolate and removed by evaporation.
"If anybody is the loser, we are," says Mr Howard. "It has cost us two days' gate, two days Jos of catering profits, two days loss on our car park receipts and sale of programmes."
The only thing that is likely
Durham County Draws With West Indians
Sunderland, July 27.
The
by the
The West Indies were held to a draw in their two days match with Durham County here today. County, playing against nine howlers tried tourists, scored 205 runs for four wickets when set to score 127 runs for victory in about two and a half hours always an impossible task.
Earlier the West Indies had declared at 214 runs not enforced the for four wickets after they had follow-on.
This gave Trestrail the chance to complete his second century of the match and when he had just reached the hundred Goddard declared.
Durham, all out for 163 Fung | were 212 runs behind on the dest innings and they marked being let of the follow-on by getting Stollmeyer's wicket be. fore the West Indies had open-
cl the score.
Tigers Lose
County Cricket
London, July 27,
The following were the close of play scores in first class cricket games played today:
At Lords: Gentlemen 325 and 31 for no wicket. Players 308 for nino declared (Dollery 123, Alec Belser 50).
At Maidstone: Kent 532. (Aines 112).
Essex 313. 132. Hear
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TO
CROSS THE ATLANTIC
BONNE
Captain Tom Eastwood, 71, is attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean in this 20-foot gaff sloop. He sailed from Hull, England, for New York and had food for four months and enough water for 200 days.
FRENCH ENTRY WINS THE GOODWOOD CUP
on a raco 10 from start
AL Manchester: Lancashire 191 and 106 for Ave (Grieves Middlesex 200 83 not out). (Cooper 51, Hilton, left-arm alow bowler, six for 44).
Al Burton: Derbyshire 201 risht-arm Surex. 89 (Jackson, fast medium bowler, five for 27)
Goodwood, Sussex, July 27. and 236 for two (John Lang-
race when 00). France won yet another major British ridge 128 not out, Sheppard
At Bournemouth: Northamp Mme Suzy Volterra's four-year-old Val Druke raced to tonshire 129 and 321 for six
a two lengths win in the historic Goodwood Cup here Livingstone (Brookes
$100 Brice 82 not out). Hampshire 114 today.
Clark, left-arm fast medium The French Tricolour was expected by most to be bowler, five for 30).
curried to victory by the four-year-old filly, Bagheera. A Worester: Worcester 104 and 158 for elx (Bird 55 not & heavily backed 13 to 8 on favourite, who was runner- out) Surrey 345 (May 118, up in the Ascot Gold Cup. Fishlock 57).
Owned by Mr Richard Stan- But the race proved her un-1 Bull;
348, Yorleshire
of Parliament, At
She finished last. Nel-ley. Member doing. Gloucestershire 108 (Allen 68, ther of the four_runners, two Northern Lino was making her Hilton 62, Coxon, right-arm fast Drilish end two French, wanted initial appearanco medium, six for 43) and 88 for
to set the pace and they dawdled track and tod ve.--Reuter,
past the packed stands to the finish.-Reuter. accompaniment of Jeering,
Richards, on Miss
London, July 27. Dorothy Paget's Aldborough, New York, July 30,
Ten horse have been de eventually sent his mount ahead Letts tel Parnell, going
บ] And opened
12 lengths eured probables for the Ches- the full nine huings for the first
lead. After half of the 21 fur-terfield Cup, the mali evcat racing at Brst tune since July 1, had the bel
been covered Ald of the final day's ients had ier of Art Houtteman in
borough was eased and Charlie Goodwood tomorrow. pitching duel to-day na Boston
The race, which is run ovCS Red Sox edged Detroit Tigers (From Our Own Correspondent) Smirke, on Bagheera, was forc-
ed to go ahead,
10 furlong is timed to start 3-0 and moved to within our
London, July 27. Bagheera relained her lend at 3.10 p.m. EST. and a half games of the Ameri-
McKelvie's rink, until three furlongs cut when lead. League making his first start since he which tomorrow represents Injured his shoulder
the 10 days Hongkong In
Esplin ako, tave up only live hits as Cup match Wanstend, he evened his record at seven victories and as many defeats. today lost to an Ilford Bowl. wasing Club four by a score of The Kame's lone run
second Inning 21-12. scored in the when Bobby Doerr hit his 31omer of the year. Boston
Tuade 100 only rix hits off Houltemaa,
This was Stollmeyer's second to make the Lanesshire commit-duck" of the game and, as in tee modify its determination lo
have this kind of wicket is the tonings, it was
loss of gate receipts.
Whether the umpires, Messia A.E. Pothecary and J.J. Hills. will make any observation to the MCC remains to be seen.
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UNDER A CLOUD
second ball of Jackson's over which got him.
FINAL SCORES
WEST INDIES 1st Innings 370 runn DURHAM
ist Innings 103 rans WEST INDIES 2nd Inninco
Austin
c.
The football club of Pont des Demoiselles, romantically named village near Toulouse, is under eloud. Goalkeeper has been
two years' hind Stollineyer, sentenced to
abour for having over a period Jackson
13 bicycles Marshall, b. Carey made away with
charge. Is being restrail, not out Now another
hid against him-that of selling Walcott, h. Owen gouls at 400 francs each,
Williams, b. Owen Jones, not uut
Extras
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To Red Sox
can
ran
tight
Parnell,
Jock McKelvie's Rink Loses
At Ilford
Jock
nt
16th
The Ilford rink was skipped Champlon. former EBA by a
The Hongkong rink played well The only other day game in but could never overcome the
10 the American League, Washington of a three and a four un
It is alleged that in the last match of the season against the ess romantically nained Car.
Total (for 4 declared) 214 bone.
hax treacherously allowed the ball to pass into the
1-0 2-02 Pall of wickets: net five times, and for this has 3-177 and 4-203. received what most people will
Bowling rather paltry sum consider the
of 19.
London Exprean Serulce.
French
2 ton nt Chlengo, was called of the ninth and 10th heads. 4after two and a half scoreless Triples and pairs were also
innings because of rain.
W
In the National League, Ralph played, the Hongkong repre- Branca rushed in to relire theentative being W. Frost, C.E. Terry, S.A. Gray and I. de st three batters in the ninth tome. alvaging a victory for starter Don Newcombe as Brooklyn Dodgers heat St Louis Cardinals
The victory was Dodgers'
TEAM SELECTIONS
Gordon
Winning warr-Mine. Suzy Volterra.
she suddenly dropped
The following are further beaten. 12th of the season in 17 games team relections for this Satur- 42
1ainst the Cardinals this year, day's 15
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Paris, July 27, The French Foreign Office
Irooklyn drove starter Hairy
game;
FC
CHESTERFIELD CUP
The probables, with jockeys,
are:
Krallao (Gordon Richards), Courier (Edgar Britt), Burnt Brown (W: H. Carr), Wition (W. (Doug Smith), Sandastro
Morry Month Anderson).
Grani (F.
(Lester Plott),
Barlow), Rapid Motion
Smith). Burnt
Grass
(Eph
(Jack
Thompson) and Fel Ami (8.
Wragg)-Rouler,
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DERBY DATE
London, July 27.
Next year's Derhy will be run
Wednetday, May 30,
originally arranged,
Suggestions that the date be bark.altered were discussed at Good- wood Races today by the Epsom Val Drake and Aldborough had Stewards, who decided to adhere Lawn Bowels League sharp duel to the post with to the original date. The last the French horse gradialy out- i Wednesday Derby was in 1940.
Britisti by Brencheen out of the box in the
two when Airborne won-Reuter. staying the second inning, Babby Morgan's | 2nd Division (home) v., IRC at lengths. triple and the first of two home pin.-F. G. de Luz, R. J. Mana- A 100 to 6 outsider, Native |
Basa (skip1; Byes 1, en-byes 2, nu-bait runs y Jim Russell produced as, M. T. Nanes, R.
funt. F. D
C. Castilho, Heath, the other British rubner, runs in the Arst.
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was five lengths behind third. Delgado, J. Colton skip): V. A. Campanellie's two-run homer Neves, A. Y. Lee, F. Hodrigues, Val Drake, who started joint
Peewee Reese W. J. Howard ekip).
Beserves: second and a triple by
Ald- favourite with parked a three-run Dodger Santo, 1. S
POC
borough at 4 to 1, took £3,307 outburst in the second. Carili
2nd Division thome) v. TDC at back als fought back into the game 1.30 p.m.-E. Gemmell. L. Mc- Volterra's share of the prize. with three rung in the eighthand | Tvis. M. Senti, J. McCutcheon when Newcombe walked Blarly skin: J. W. Horrak, J. Masten. 7. F Bums, G. Woodwarri (skip); batter in then. Mutter. A. Salmon. D. Marion, the first
Nell Branca then struck out W. . ligin iskip). Reserve: A. two
three batters ht G. Band. At the red to save the raine. Sut Maglie, only recently prs. moted to starting pitcher, Rave
DURHAM
Extraş Total (for Tour)
of
StoJ-
30
57
35
203
inth.
the winning run with a seventh inuing single 03 New 1-316, Glants
2nd Innings Clarke and b. Matshult Keeler, c. Walcott b. Mar-
hall expressed For three years goalkeepers today officially
Ransom, not out CLOSE AFFAIRS
playing at
regret to the Italian Enfall, e. and b. Stellmeyer 10 Africa, South
Ibw b. for the in- Coverdale, competitions, Johannesburg. various were, with one exception, al have been saving sparkling as-bassy in Paris
cidents involving Italian meyer
Carey, not out doso affairs and this helped plays and prominent forwards
riders in the Pyrenees stare of the Tour de France bicycle race and promised an inquiry into the incidents.
The Halinu national and the Talian cadelli (Juniors) withdrew from the Tour after Tuesday's stage as a result of series of incidents which culminated when the Italian Plere ceriler. Gino Barta'i, had to Jones be protected from spectators 30mez by officials REMEMBER PHIL SCOTT?
when crossing the Walcett'
Stol meyer Phil Scott, British heavy- Aspin Pass.
Williams barrister and Marshall The Corsican Sharkey for
Radical deputy, Maitre Valen- Trestrall heavy-weight cham-
tin de Moro Glaffer, has ask-Rae Rpionship in 1930, arrived
ed for a Parliamentary debate Bill Australia the other day. He is
on the incidents.--Retter. Kong to settle on a farm in New
900304:
President, Dr. F. J. Molthen replayed. (re-ekeled): Vice-President, Mir ED. Robbins; Hon. Secretary. My A. Ablong; Hon. Treasurer,
Mr H. W. Wingler; Committee weight champlen of the 1920's
Members.
MEG Alice
McGowan,
Mar who fought Jack
Messrs D. M. Séqueira, F. W. the world tollants. K. Sequeira, W. Ewins and
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American Girl's World Record
In
Archery Copenhagen, July 27.
Miss Jean Lee, of the
com.
The eclipse of Barheer was not the only setback suffered by United States, set up a favourite buckers. Only one world record with a favourite, the speedy Americao-ined long and short round bred colt, Make Tricks, at 2 out of 1,063 points in the The Colony Jawn Bowls Open 1.
World Archery Champion- up only six hits ant drove Triples arranged for yesterday, was successful in the seven
The racing began with a winships here today,
The previous record, for the for Periscope, a 100 to 7 shot. and his surprise
was some two events was 1,398 by
Waterhouse, two-year-old Gai- Miss Barbara followed by way Bay at 106 to 8. The final Worcestershire (England).
Miss Lee's performance put race, the Arundel Castle Private Sweepstakes. which were In her at the head of the women's augurated three years ago after event after two rounds.
at Talkoo, have been postponed races. York edged Cincinnati Reds to next Thursday, August 3. 3-2, in the only other National League day game. Howie Fox
who went the distance for Reds. yielded eight hits.
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Boston
3
Detroit
ņ
New York
12
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1
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Cleveland
11
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Universities'
August
between the VRC and he Chi-
nese YMCA will be held on 5. commen- Saturday, August
cing at 9:30 p.m. The venue will be at the VRC pool, and the following is a complete list of the events:
100
Fuccess
a private garden party held at was followed Arundel Cas le, went to a 20 toRichards, also of the
It nutsider, Northern Line.
yards free-style (Senior); 2, 100 yards back-! stroke (Juniors): 3. 100 yards! free-style (Ladies); 4, 100 yards' back-stroke (Sentors): 5, 100 (Juniors); 8, yards free-style 100 yards brens stroke XI(Ladies); 7 220 yards free-style (Seniors); 8, 100 yards breast- The following have been stroke (Juniors); 0, 100 yards, 100 relected to represent the Com-back-stroke (Ladies): 10. bined Hongkong and Malayan yards breast-stroke (Senior); 220 yards free stylo Universities in their cricket 11. match against H. Owen-Hughes' (Juniors); 12, 4 x 50 yards free- style relay (Ladies); 13, 4 x 50 XT at the KCC on Saturday:
B. R. Marks (Capt.), T. H. yards free-style relay (Juniors); Lean, Abdul Hamid, S. M. Teh, 14, 4 x 50 yards free-style relay
Koh, (Seniors). ILE. Seharenguivel, J.
C. L. Huang, R. 9. McCoy, P.
Points will. be reckoned!
L. Thiagarajan, D. G. Honon, separately for the Senior, Junior J. da Silva. Twelfth man, D. and Ladies' sections, and
Chelllah; Scorer, Misa
Osound.
pro
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and 3 for relay events.
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She by Miss Jean United Staley, with 1,448 points and Miss J. Kutrowska, of Poland, with 1,304 points.
Hans Deugen, of Sweden, with chort
a combined long and
rounds total of 1,531 points led in the men's Championship. He was followed by Fer Frederik sen, of Denmark, with 1,430 and of Den- Einar Tangmolben, mark, with 1,425 points.
There will be middle dis- tanco shoot on Saturday, Reu
ter.
28th Infantry Bdo. Wins Darts Final
The final of the Darts com- petillen held at the Nino Dra- gons Club last night resulted in 20th Infantry Brigade,brating X-
110 Battery Sergeants Miss
In the semi-final, i. 2011
tantry Brigade beat the 18:
servation Battery:"B" team an
the semi-final while 129′ mắttery
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