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CHAPMAN REPLIES TO CRITICS.

Home Opinions Resented In South Africa.

IGNORANCE DISPLAYED.

Capetown, Jan. 6.

In spirited words Mr. A. P. F. Chapman replied, through Reuter's special correspondent, to the eriticisms in England of the M.C.C. team's ability.

"With regard to the taunt that It is a team of veterans, 1 should like to point out that in two try- ing days of fielding under a broil- ing sun these so-called veterans fielded magnificently. So far from

Tate being a spent force, his bowl- ing during the tour has convinced everyone of his ability.

"I do not sre why Larwood should be brought into the matter at all. Furthermore, English

A P. F. Chapman.

ENGLAND'S BIG SOCCER WIN.

Japanese Team Concede Twenty-Three Goals.

SCOTLAND LOSE.

Shanghai, Jan. 21. There was some tall scoring in to-day's international soccer match between England and Japan, the huge former winning by the

goals. Inorgia of twenty-three Urdmore scored eleven times.

Full results:- Palestine England China Portugal

3 Scotland

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23 Japan

* France

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w.o. Germany

MIDGET GOLF MANIAC.

Runs Amok Because of Missed Putt.

THE CHINA MAIL.

GOSSIP IN THE WORLD OF SPORT

JACK FROST UPSETS SCOTTISH FOOTBALL FINANCE.

IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY BEFORE RUGBY MATCH,

acems

KAYE DON CHALLENGED BY AMERICAN COMMODORE.

NINETEEN ENTRIES FOR DAVIS. CUP.

Following an opera- Cycling tion in a French hos- pital, Pete Moeskops, the famous Dutch professional sprint cylist, has dealded to retire from racing.

Bidding for the Athletics. 1936 Olympic Games to be very strang, as in addition to Berlin and THOSE TRICK SHOTS.

Barcelona, who are each claiming a Games, the Dyt played on a midget golf right to stage the course at Downey. He missed a Egyptian Government is now con- putt. It made him angry. Io aidering asking the International sprinters in history, winning the growled aloud. He missed an Olympic Committee to make Alex-world's championship In 1921- other putt. It was too much; he

andria the venue for the Games 2-3-4-6, and finishing second for the ran amok.

in that year.

past three years.

"I quit," he shouted, throwing the ball as far as he could over n fence, "and so does everybody else. This game's no good!"

Billiards.

It is Walter Lin- drum's intention to apply to the Billiards

Using his putter as a weapon he chased all the other players off the course. Then he started look- ing for more courses to conquer. Association and Control Council in He went to Bellflower, another the near future for official recog town, to find them. After he had nition of his recent break of 3,905

critics overlook South Africa's driven away all the players there damn fine batting.

"I would like to see a match between the veterans of 35 and over and the younger men. I feel. sure the veterans would give ส good account of themselves."

Capetowa, Jan. G.

"There is only one fly in the sweet-savoured ointment of our satisfaction with the result of the secend Test. It comes from Fleet Street, which seized the

op- portunity to exhibit its least sani. tary of attributes just at a moment when England were struggling to nvert defeat," says the Cape Times to-day in a leading article, headed "The Fly in tho Test Ointment."

"England put up a great, suc- cessful struggle, all the same, and all honour to them for having done It with the echo of nasty comment in their cars," says the article. "South Africa, at least, does not

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a squad of deputy sheriffs arrived. It took them twenty minutes to overcome Dyt.

as an official world's record.

An application has already been made by Misa Joyce Gardner, the woman champion, for a certificato regarding a break of 103 which she made in a game against a male professional at Newcastle-on-Tyne. forget the handicaps which work-This is the highest recorded break ed against the M.C.C."

Dyt was placed in the cells under fifteen day's sentence for disturb ing the peace. He also was under! observation for insanity.

He has been one of the greatest

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Mr. Kaye Don, the Motoring. British racing

SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1931.

MALVERN'S FINE RECORD.

Twenty-Two Goals For And Five Against.

GREAT SEASON.

Malvern College, with seven re- maining soccer colours commenc- eil their season in high optimism. The fixture card which we ap- pend below is only up to their ex- pectations:-

v. Westminster 8-0.

v. Ripton 42

*. Bradfield 5-1. v. Shrewsbury 6-2,

JAPANESE ATHLETE

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Legs Too Valuable For Business Trips.

FIRST OF HIS KIND.

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motorist, who I a planning to take the motor-boat Miss England II. to the Britishi Exhibition at Buenos Aires, Argen- hus been chal- ina, in Spring, lenged by Commodore Gar Wood, has insured the legs of a high-

hurdler for Y5,000, through the Miami Beach Yacht: The athlete in question is Club, to go to Florida to race Yoshio Miki, former Keio Univer- sity high-hurdler, who was papu- against his Miss America IX.!

larly called "a one man-powered Sir Henry (then Mayor) Segrave super-engine" due to the speed he won the world's motor-boat speed showed in the 1929 World Cham- Commodore pionship Games at Amsterdam, championship against Gar Wood (following a default of the Japanese-French athletic meet his Miss America VII.) last year in 1929, and the Japanese-German Jack Frost cost Scot-at Miami, Florida, in Miss Eng-athletic meet in the same year.

The ex-star athlete is now work- land II. Football, tish football clubs a

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а stock

Moeskops has informed a friend that he intends to spend his days "among the chickens and rabbits," and take up farming.

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in the New Year. But for his blighting presence Partick Thistle would have been rejoicing in a thirty thousand crowd, with packed stands, at Firhill. It may be im- possible to get as good a date for the match.

Rugby.

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A quiet little ceremony the Osakaya Shoten, took place at Colombes broker firm in Osaka. He thinks,

that his legs before the match be-towever,

valuable merely to use tween France and Ireland.

It took the form of the laying of a wreath at the foot of the statue of Yves du Manoir, the brilliant young French stand-off half, who was killed in a flying accident.

There were very few people

are too for busy and the

trips between his office Stock Exchange, and has decided to let them try their skill at the to take place at Los Angeles in 10th World Championship Games

1932.

TOTAL ECLIPSE OF WALTER HAGEN.

Not One of America's Best Ten.

STILL YOUNG!

Not much more than a year ago Walter Hagen won the British open golf championship for the fourth time. This year he la not Included in the ten greatest pro- fessionals in Amorical And Hagen is still on the right side of forty. The year's ranking of America's professional golfers is as under:

1. MacDonald Sn:ith; 2, Tommy Armour; 8, Horton Smith; 4, Gene 0, Sarazen; 6, Harry Cooper; Charlie Lacey; 7, Leo Diegel; 8, Al Espinosa: 9, Joe Kirkwood; 10, Johnny Farrell.

MacDonald Smith gets his posi- tion for being second to Bobby Jones in the British Open and the

Walter Hagen

After sympathetically referring by a woman on a standard sized win at Hamilton, could only draw about, and it was raining dismaly: tect his valuable legs until the big peerless amateur. With Jones out

to the injuries sustained by several table. M.C.C.,players, and paying A tribute to the bowling and fielding. the paper continues:-"In Fleet Street, 6,000 miles away, critica have been as busy losing the game with their pens as the M.C.C. have been saving it with their bats.

"South Africans reseat this yel

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The Rev. W. Green, of Boxing, the Surrey Chapel, Blackfriars Read, has, Mesars. through his solicitors, Bryan O'Connor and Co., taken

out a writ under the Lord's Day

The Arena Athletic Associi- tion have offered Jack Demp- sey $100,000 to fight Jack Sharkey in Boston next Sum- mer. It will be recalled that Sharkey offered him any rea- sonable time to train for a return Bout.

Observance Act against Mrs. Dick Burge, owner of The Ring, Black friars.

The allegation is that The Bing has been open for boxing on Sun days In contravention of the Act. Mr. Green said his action was in no way associated with any or ganisation for the preservation of the Sabbath or with any of the recent cases under the Act.

Those games which did take place were not too profitable. Leith Athletic, in spite of their wonderful 1,400 people to their Scottish Cup tie rehearsal with Clyde. The gate money amounted to £78, so that Leith had to dip into the cash box to make up the £100 guarantee.

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Johnny Farrell, the Golf.

famous American golf professional, has turned down an offer of £1,000 to make a tour of Australia with Gene Sarazen this winter.

Farrell, known as the "Beau Brumme!" of Amariean golf, laat year won a competition for sar-

torial elegance amongst golfers,

the prize being about £100.

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The title of cham-

Greyhound pion greyhound Racing. for 1920 over all distances, is claim- ed for Maiden's Boy, which finish- ed up a remarkable season by win- ning the Christmas Cup at Wem- bley. This popular animal-still under three years old-was bought by its present owner. S. Young, for £750, and since March last year it has won £2,200 in prize money. It has been first in 24 and second in eight of the 39 races in which it

has appeared This greyhound holds the world's record for 550 yards.

Hockey is as old a Hockey, game as football (writes "Polaris" in the Star) for the very first man who walked with a stick in his hand surely hit at a stone. Thore- fore, it is not surprising to dis- cover that the Red Indians havo played a kind of hockey for many

years.

The French team gathered round

the statue,

and in silence Ribere,

to an officer of, the Kobe Marine

He then hit upon a plan to pro- vent two years hente. According their captain, stepped forward and Insurance Company, the insurer of placed the wreath in position. Then this pair of legs, that Miki is the there was silence for at least a

Grst athlete in Japan to insure his bodily "machinery."

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Mickey Walker, whose middleweight title was re- cently suspended, went out of his class and knocked out Matt Adgie, Philadel phia light heavyweight, in the first round of a ten- round bout, Walker weighed 168 and Adgle -17334-

They use a very long stick, and in different tribes the curve varies. The sticks are often painted or carved. The ball is made of either wood or deerskin. Any number of minute before the players quietly national ex- players take part in the games, and dispersed. Before a play becomes fast and furious. It counter and with their natural en- is also a battle of wits, as the fol-thusiasm, it was great to see the respect paid by the French fifteen lowing instance provea:

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Nineteen nations have

In the middle of a violent strug-to their former fellow-player. gle a pitiable scream was suddenly Dr. Euwe, of Holland, heard in a far corner of the Chess the winner of the ground. The players ran to see Tennis. seat entries for the

Chess Masters Tourns what had caused. I Thereupon

Davis Cup, the premier

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is runner-ingly pointed to one of his own Britain is entered in the Euro- up, Senor J. R. Capablanca, In side, who had been left in posses-pean zone, for which the other a series of ten games, beginning on sion of the ball and was just about entries are South Africa, Greece. July 12. Seven games will be to score a goal.

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A donkey In the Hunting little village of Wig-

ginton, Hertford

Monaco, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Czecho-Slovakia, Japan, and Yugo Slavia, da, bang Entries in the American zone are United States, Argentina, Chile, shire, revealed a taste for fox- Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and hunting A pack of hounds Canada. § was being exercised around a farm at Wigginton when the donkey appeared amongst them. "For a few yards the bounds went after the donkey. Then he settled down he would again challenge for the amongst them, and when a moAmerica's cup au doon as the New ment later, hounds picked up the York Yacht Racing Association In Wallington's drawn match scent of a fox the donkey joined settles upon the rules governing the against the M.CO. in December last them in t run. For ten minutes race. I'd challenge, to-morrow if yeer Dempster compiled an uns he wag with them, In the middle I know what the rules were to be,” finished half-century, which was his of the pack. Then came a check, he said. “I hope, they bar metal aldo's biggest (dual weare of the fox getting into a wire-bound meats. I don't want a metal mast

The Redpath Cup, Cricket, which is awarded an

nually for the best Individual performance in New Zealand cricket, has been won this year by CB. Dempster, of the Wellington, club,

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66, the His sport ended, the donkey re Zealand turned to the tamer Ufe of the

Sir Thomas Lipton Yachtlog. on his arrival at Southampton said

and I hope they make them illegal for the next race, which probably will take place in 1982, If the rules ara sotiled upod.”

Miki said that he never thought to obtain any prominence by so doing, but that high-hurdling often causes injuries and so he has had bla legs insured by the company In order to obtain compensation if this coatly pair of legs does not safely arrive in Los Angeles ac- companied by his body, hea! and bands,

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There is a growing agitation amongst the public-who are, as I have always said, the final arbiters of any argument-that split deci sions should cease.

They must cense. Otherwise, I say frankly that the boxing game will go to ploces Jeff Barr.

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