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FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1929.

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GEARY SELECTED

TAKES TATE'S PLACE IN TH

TEST MATCH

TO-MORROW AT THE OVAL

COUNTY CRICKET

THREE MATCHES DECIDED IN

TWO DAYS

GEARY TAKES 16 WICKETS

Three of the six county cham- London, Yesterday. G Geary Leicestershire has pionship matches begun at Home Wednesday were concluded been selected to take the place of on M. W. Tate. (Sussex). who is yesterday, in two days. num- had a field day, suffering from leg trouble, in theber of bowlers

who is Fifth Test Match against South Among these wax Geury.

to play for England once more Africa at the Oval to-morrow.

to-morrow. He took 16 wickets in To-day Geary took all 10 wickets

GIRL SWIMMER

THE CHINA MAIL,

CROSSES LAKE GENEVA END TO END

LAUSANNE TO PORTNOIR

Geneva, Yesterday.

SCENE IN COURT

TEAR GAS TO SUBDUE A MADMAN

JUDGE THREATENED.

One of the most astonishing A Datch girl, Miss. Leibbrand.scenes in the history of the Ameri- entered Lake Geneva at Lausanne can courts of justice took place in at 6.30 a.m. yesterday. She swam the Wayne Circuit Court, Detroit, right down the Lake to Portnoir, where Judge Frederick Lamb sat on the bench and Geneva and left the water at 5.50 calmly alone

wrote a letter to his wife for nearly p.m. to-day-Reuter.

half an hour, waiting for court at tendants, who had quietly slipped out, to rescue him from the menace of two revolvers which a madman was levelling at his head.

HOME RACING

LORD HAMILTON ON ITS SUCCESS

"TOTE IS THE PUBLIC"

"The Tote is the public," declar ings, when he (literally) "walk-

ing at Glasgow at a luncheon under c" through the Glamorgan side.

Nutts, one of the contenders for the auspices of the Racecourse

Betting Control Board. full the championship, secured

His assailant, Roy Wynkoop, aged forty-six, released only three months ago from an insane asylum, was' finally subdued when atten

by dants, accompanied quietly returned to the courtroom

bombs,

HORSE SHOW

THE WORLD'S BEST IN JUMPING

PARADISE OF FLOWERS

As though at the touch of a magic wand, Olympia, Kensington, W., became a paradise of Rowers, when the gardeners began their preparations for the International Horse Show. At 9 a.m., there was a desert, but daring the day the wilderness blossomed as the rose.

The vast walls of the Arena were decorated with a frieze, on which appeared different views of Low- ther Castle, Lord Longdale's home, and the blue hills of Westmorland.

Round the ring were banks of flowers. Red roses, white daisies with golden hearts, hydrangeas massed police, blue and shell-pink, are

amid foliage of many shades of Scores of golden privet bushes lent another touch colour, and there were quantities of pink geraniums.

Massive Gates

in an innings against Glamorgan, all, 10 of which were in one inned Lord Hamilton of Dalzell, speak- armed with revolvers and tear-gas green.

--Reuter.

The team will therefore be as follows:

A. W. Carr (Nolis) captain.

R. ES. Wyatt (Warwick).

J. B. Hobbs (Surrey).

H. Sutcliffe (Yorkshire).

W. R. Hammond (queester).

F. E. Woolley (Kent).

M. Leyland (Yorkshire).

L. Ames (Kent),

A. P. Freeman (Kent),

E. C. Clark (Northamptonshire).

G.. Genry Leicester).

12th mab: J. O'Connor (Essex). Tate had played, England would have made rive changes as com ared with the Fourth Test. The four who are Hulbs, are "capped" this time Hammand, Ames and Clark, t› the exclusion ut

(Sussex),

Bawley

j points, They stood third in the

table. Lancashire

If

are

Shot in the Arm Wynkoop was only captured and He said that the Tote. had made his weapons taker, away from him its bow to the public in after the police had subdued him England, and had met with a re-by throwing the bomb into the ception that was highly gratifying-courtroom and shooting him in the He had felt sure the Tote would left arm.

I who were second) MP not engaged. who Gloucester leaders). playing Sussex, fail to win out-

be popular with racegoers; he The threatened attack followed right, Notts will have retrieved thought his confidence was justifi-the judge's refusal of Wynkoop's first position after a momentaryed, and was just as sure that, given application for dissolution of an lapse Points obtained by the time, it would bring about all the injunction against him. The mac- the latest re-beneficent results that had been man. after all the other parties to

prophesied for

jeaders (including sult) are:-

Notts Gloucester Lancashire

Games No. of Played Points.

23

23 24

181 126 126

At Lord's,

Middlesex v. Essex

London, Yesterday.

Middlesex defeated

Essex

(2nd and

on.

The turnover on the four days at Newmarket and the three at Carlisle was £67,300. Many lessons had been learned, and the public would learn as time went There could be no doubt that the Tote had taken on with the casual punter. The opportunity given by it and not hitherto provided by the bookmakers of betting "for places

the junction preceedings had left the courtroom, advanced to the bench, waving two revolvers,

"T want justice," he yelled. There is too much fooling in the courts, and I want action. I want you to sign this paper."

Judge Lamb and the clerk of the court attempted to quieten the man, but when the clerk saw that their efforts were proving futile be told Wynkoop: "You stay here and

Hendren (Misex), Durkworth Essex by six wickets. Scores:- (Lancashire) and Barratt (Netis).]

152 runs (1st innings)

innings) 165 runs (I. A. R. Peebles took 5 wickets only" seemed very popular--as well

it might be with a placed horse re-I will go and get the file on your turning over 200 to 1.

Big Tennis Upset

at Wimbledon. The young Americans won by scores of 7-5, 3-6, 3-6 and 8-6.

LAWN TENNIS

for 56 runs).

Middlesex (1st innings). 197 runs and (2nd innings 128 runs for 4 wickets.

Warwick v. Notts

At Coventry, Warwickshire lost to Notts by an innings and 68 runs. Secres:

Notts 811 runs 193 not out).

(Walker made

case.

"And besides our own patrons," "We will look it over, and then Lord Hamilton contioned. "it is I am sure Judge Lamb will see that clear that the competition of the

you obtain your rights." Tote has had an indirect effect in the alternative betting market, which has been most gratifying to those who use it.

Overpowered

of

The arena was guarded by two massive gates, which were opened to the sound of trumpets as the competitors entered the ring. Two thousand loads of soil covered the floor to a thickness of ten inches, and over this was spread a layer of tan

Every afternoon and evening there were jumping competitions. Gala performances were planned for the afternoons of Monday and Thursday. when the King George V. Gold Cup and the Prince of Wales's Cup respectively were com- Eered for by officers of several The "Daily Mail" Gold countries. Cup was awarded on the closing night.

LEGION'S REPRISAL

SEQUEL TO SLIGHT ON LADY HAIG

A sensation was caused in Belfast Wynkoop agreed to this, and the clerk wrote a note describing his by the announcement of the local "I have been racing ever since I plans and slipped it before the naval branch of the British Legion arrived at so-called years of disjudge. The clerk then went out, that they would take up no part this (Voce 4 for cretion, and I cannot remember and Judge Lamb, left alone with year in the civic ceremony of lay- 21, Staples, S. 5 for 34) and, cutsiders winning at such generous the madman, drew some paper from ing wreaths at the Cenotaph, on the following-on, 172 runs (Voce 6 odda as were laid recently at New-his desk and wrote a letter to his anniversary of the Battle of the for 76, Staples, S. 4 for 70). market-33 to 1 in a selling race wife, believing this show of uncen- Somme.

with seven runners and 100 to 1cern would quieten Wynkoop.

Warwick 71 runs

Glamorgan v. Leicester

runs,

At Pontypridd, Glamorgan lost Lo Leicestershire by 15 Scorest-

Leicester 102 runs (Ryan 5 for 38) and 141 runs (Clay for 53). Glamorgan 180 runs (Geary 6 for 78) and 68

(Geary's analysis in this innings was 16.2 overs, 8 maidens, 18 runs, 10 wickets).-Reuter.

runs

U.S.A. v. GERMANY

FIRST YACHTING RACE IN 16 YEARS

GIRL SKIPPER TAKES PART

Marblehead, Mass..

The American

Yesterday. 30 metre yacht "Tipler III." owned and sailed by S. A. Shuman, won to-day's inter- national race with German boats for the President Roover Cup in 98 minutes, 7 seconds.

She was only 9 seconds ahead of "Gluckauf," owned and sailed by Hans Stinnes of Germany.

in a field of five. It has been sus gested that these generous odds were laid as an set of war against the Tote. I do not know how that may be, but if it is a war, I can assure you that it is a war that waged on one side only.

It had that effect, and for twenty minutes, while alone in the room with Wynkoop, Judge Lamb con- tinued writing,

This is a reprisal for the alleged slighting of Lady Haig, widow of the famous Field-Marshal, who dur- ing her recent visit to the capital of Northern Ireland was not accorded the civic reception which, in "iew. of the Legion, was her due,

The clerk summoned three de- puty sheriffs. Police followed with tear-gas bombs, which were thrown

Belfast was the only city visited into the room, and Wynkoop by Lady Halg which did not accord Not Run For Personal Gain

stumbled towards the corridor her an official welcome. "The Tote is the public. It is door. He caught sight of the de-

As her tour was undertaken on not run for personal gain; it is an puties. levelled his weapons at behalf of ex-Servicerden, the Legion exact reflex of public opinion on them, and then three of them fired feel very keenly what they regard as the merits or demerits of each

Wynkoop slumped into a bench

a lack of courtesy on the part of the horse in each race. It knows near the door, blood streaming

authorities. nothing of S.P. jobs or stable com-from a wound in his left arm. He missions, or of the identity of those was then overpowered. who bet with it, and it caros less. The judge, after the flurry of the The union of tea leaf shop em- It provides a dividend arithmetical-attack bad subsided, went out to 2ployees has appealed to the Bureau ly calculated, by dividing the num-delayed luncheon, his own eyes still ber of tickets sold on each horse smarting from the tear-gas. He de into the total pool, after the deduc-precated the attack and dismissed tion of 6 p.e. for overhead ex- merely as "regrettable.” penses, and the provision of a sur- plus to be devoted to sound and worthy objects charities, horse breeding, and the improvement of racing conditions generally."

Mr. C. Ross Wright, the veteran Ceylon planter, sailed for Home, on retirement after 51 July 4 on

So far as the Racecourse Betting Control Board was concerned, there years

without foundation.

He

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child be permitted to eat them East Orange, N. J., startled the tennis points to 10. world by their entirely unexpected vic The American yacht "Oriole." The Racecourse Betting Bill was Hanwels. tory over Henri Cochet and Jacques sailed by Miss Elizabeth Hoover promoted by the Jockey Club with Rakwana District in the nineties unless they are ripe and sound. Brugnon, French stars, in the doubles of Brooklyn, Massachusetts, who the object of providing means by and was for several years on Fruit of any kind which is green, is the first girl skipper in an in-which betting might contribute to Hatherleigh, being Chairman of damaged or over-ripe is danger- Heous, deranging the digestion and ternational race, finished third. wards the maintenance of sport. the Rakwana P.A. in 1900.

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He announced that the first was on Glenesk, Avisawella, for causing such serious troubles as diarrhoea, colic and cholers in- ing events in United States in courses to have the Totalisator in some time and then went

fantum. He served which Germany has participated Scotland will be Lanark and then Gartmore, Maskeliya.

When a chlid has eaten fruit for 16 years. The racing will last Bogside..

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U.S. 18 YEARS GIRL DEFEATS MRS. BUNDY

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BOXING

ARGENTINIAN BEATS TOM

HEENEY

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Sir Ian Colquhoun of Luss, speak ing in the absence of the chairman, Sir Clement Hindley, said he was neither a racing nor a betting man. He accepted a position on the board as he was interested in see- ing sport kept clean

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