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TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1931.

MY WELCOME HOME TO GLASGOW

KID SOCKS, MEMORY

THE FIGHT AGAINST DOPED ADVERSARY.

THE

ENGLAND'S BEST SLOW BOWLERS.

Parker and Freeman Get Their Hundred.

CLOSE RACE

A comparison between the two greatest slow bowlers in England at the present day would not be out) of pince,

CHINA-MAIL.

THE SELECTION OF A

WORLD ELEVEN

WOODFULL CAPTAIN

THREE ENGLISH CERTAINTIES AND FIVE AUSTRALIAN.

I FAIL

TO MAKE WEIGHT

By Elky Clark.)

When I stepped off the train at jed as a favourite in London. the Central Station, Glasgow, on deed. I had come to look upon

sides I was treated decently.

In-

Charles Parker, this year, at the Lage of 47, credited himself with hist

100th wicket for the seaso

..

on

the

Jane 12 when his county

were

Socks, I was met by three or four friends who had come to offer their congratulations.

TWO "FAST BOWLERS

By 1. A. R. Peeblem.]

Middlesex and All-England.]

I was an attentive listener in varieties would be well able to cope

a world's

XI,

bowler, in the

my return after the victory over Capital as my fistic home. On all opposed to the New Zealanders, a cricket dress-room the other day with my butting of equal class

Only on one previous occasion has to an old, but neverthelces in-brought against them.

bowler performed this feat so triguing discussion-the selection First of all comes the fast bowl-

Keuson-when. J. T. of

writeser who is going to open with the carly in the

dit so in 1896. But it I.. A. R. Peebles, Middle now bail. There can be no argu Hearne must be remembered that the Mid-sex

Evening ment that Harold Larwood, bow- Idlesex man was only 20 years old Standard. In view of the recent ling

19 he is at present, Tast match between England and is casily at the time.

first choice for New Zealand, the topic is one of this

post. His achievements peculiar interest, and after careful this year are so tremendous and 20 thought I have put together what well-known that his qualifications I consider to be a fairly representa-call for no comment. tive world.side.

I intended taking a taxicab home, for I was tired after the I was advised all-night journéy. not to.

My training, under the watchful eye of Puggy Morgan, was com pleted without the slightest hitch, and I presented myself for the weigh-in in grand condition. was a good thing I was, for in Morrachin! I met a man who might have beaten me had I been the alightest shade unfit.

"Why?" I inquired. "You'll never get home if you do." was the answer. "The whole of the South-Side has turned out to welcome you. The street where you live has been decorated with Bags and bunting, and there'll be thousands-waiting on you. You'l-2-pm-ceremony-however, I was

quarter of a pound.over, be mobbed."

The weigh-in took place in the foffices of a newspaper. Before go

ing there, Puggy weighed me on a private set of scales, I was half a pound inside the weight. At the

According to the terms of nr. ticles, an hour was allowed to get within the stipulated weight, but thanks to the cuteness of some members of my opponent's party, lost quite a lot of that hour.

I appreciated the spirit of the people who wanted to give me the welcome, but at the same time I had no notion to be crushed half- way to death by hundreds wanting to slap my back, or shake my

"Vait," one of them would say I decided to walk. home hands. and try and slip to my house un-placing a penny on the scales. noticed.

"Yees, valt," would say another, I stayed in Mathieson Street at placing more copper coins of the the time, and as I approached the realm on the scale. I couldn't see neighbourhood I could hear cheer that this would make me any light *ing. I slipped up a skle street, er, and, looking at the clock, but I was lucky, There were"rumbled" what it all meant.

I got angry. scouts out, and they signalled my

I stopped off the arrival. Almost immediately scales, and pushed Morracial's was caught, hold of and swirled manager away from me. My inn- into the midst of a cheering crowd guage was a bit violent, too.

Hearne's full figures were: 108 wickets for 994 runs, average 9.65.

Farker's: 101 wickets for 1229 runs, average 12.16.

Each player bowled in eleven games and all Hearne's work was done at Lord's and all Parker's for Gloucestershire."

narrows

wheat

to

+

C. V. Grimmett is generally a6% knowledged to be the best "googly" bowler at prosent and plays auto- matically. He is an efficient field and a useful bat at number ten. If

The next man to be found in some. The first move in selecting anyone to use the new ball at the other eleven, I imagine, is to pick two end. Although there is a certain opening batsmen. The competitors amount of competition here, I think ich Freeman wild a close second to be considered are fairly numer that Gonstantffe, of the West to Parker, as he captured his 100th (ous. To my mind, however, the Indies, quite deserves preference.

field on June 14..

'down

fiyo He is the fastest boivler in the world This race, if such it may be term-players

presant from to-day, and if he is not so consis. ed, for a three-figure aggregate of justifies their consideration. They tently accurate as Larwood, by rea- wickets, bas occasionally produced are Sutcliffe, Woodfull; Ponsford, son of his tremendous pace and

some bowlers having C. S. Dempster and H: W. Taylor, violence, he is a disturbing element] excitement, missed the distinction by a short the South African.

to any, batsman. head only. (This season, for Sutcliffe at once selects him.

Again, he is probably the best instance, Freeman's aggregate was self as No. 1, and the imaginary fielder in the world, and would be only three short of Parker's on the committee must then decide who is worth his place in a 'less distin- night of June 12). In glancing to partner him. If the match is guished side for that asset alone. thriugh the names of those who to be played on matting, it is pro- He is a spectacular and tempestu were able to claim a hundred bable that H. W. Taylor would best

ous batsman, and when aet hits the wickets frst-enoh...year during the be qualified for this office, but it ball with astonishing power. half-century 1891-1931, many seems that under ordinary condi famous players are recalled to tions Woodfull is the man. Pone memory. Here is the list:

ford must be included in the side 1881, Peate; 1882, Peate; 1883, and would be reserved to strengthen Barratt; 1884, 'F. R. Spofforth; 1885, the middle of the batting. which jostled me. this way and "I'll get the weight off," 1 shout-Lohmann; 1886, G. Giffen; 1887, Bradman's record makes his in there were a possibility of the that. It was all in good nature, led, and made for the machine-Lohmann; 1888, C. T. B. Turner; clusion as No. 3 indisputable. Howicket being wet, making the inclu of course, and I was half carried, room of the paper, which even 1889. Lohmann; 1890, Lohmann; is ideal in this capacity. His desion of a left-hander advisable, I half dragged, in the direction of then was publishing a "special" 1991, Lohmann; 1892, Hearne fence is so strong in the event of think Charlie Parker would be a my home.

announcing "Champion Fails ta] (J. T.); 1898, Hearne (J. T.); an early disaster and his attack so. Certainly there were flags and Make Weight."

1804, Richardson; 1896, Richard- demoralising to bowling that has

popular choice. bunting. I hardly recognised I raced round the machine room, son; 1896, Hearne (J. T.); 1897, lost its sting. Mathieson Street. There was also sweating the overweight Away. Hearne (J. T.); 1808, Hearne The task of selecting No. 4 pre a fosse of police trying vainly to The heat of the place assisted me (J. T.); 1899, Trott; 1900, Rhodes; Benta more difficulties, as here wo keep in check the wildly excited greatly, and within the hour I went 1901. Rhodes; 1992, Tate (3. W.) have several very strong claimants, crowds. I had never expected back to the scales. I passed in 1903, Barnes; 1904, Hearne (J. T.); First there is. Ponsford, who in the one that would cause much contro- anything, like this. And let me say side all right.

1005, Lees: 1906, Hirst; 1907, opinion of many qualified judges verey, but, in my opinion he is I enjoyed it. I experienced great As I have said, it was well for Tarrant: 1908, W. Brearley; 1909, was the best player in the last Aus-worth his place. He is a fine bowl pleasure out of it. I felt that 1 me that I was in perfect condi- Blythe; 1910, Smith (W. C.); 1911, tralian side when the ball was doing er-probably much better than most was one who had achieved some- tion: Morrachini was a terror, Dean and Hirst; 1912, S. J. Pegler; much. thing, and that it was appreciated. In the early rounds, when inside, 1913, Booth; 1914, Kennedy 1919, sound, and he uses most of the and his perfect action gives him

His methods are extremely People give him credit for being.

He makes full use of his height, I was very happy. I was "up in he hit me

some terrifle punches Rhodes; 1920, Howell, 1921, Free-known strokes. Anyone pri- the air."

with his left on the right side of man; 1922, Kennedy: 1928, Tate vileged to

see his hundred In great "life" off the pitch and great Fairfax le: Then, suddenly, I was seized my body. They were sore, and at (3. W.); and Paker; 1924, Tate the last Test at the Oval consistency of length. hold of hy one of my closest times I felt my legs sag a bit (M. W.); 1925. Tate (M. W.): would almost unhesitatingly write a splendid stock bowler who can friends. He whispered in my ear. under the blows. It was not until 1926, Paker; 1927, Freeman; 1928, him down

08 No. 4 in the always be relied upon to keep the I forgot the cheers and the shouts, the fifth round that I discovered Freeman; 1929, Goddard; 1930, world's team.

batsmen quiet for long spells. He the crowd and the tags, I want he was left-handed. I altered my Freeman; 1931, Parker.

ed to get home as quickly as

tastics accordingly, and kept away Walter Brearley is the only Eng Duleepsinhfi and Headley, whose

Hla chief rivals would be K. S. is a dour and sound bat and a capi could.

from the dexter gloves as much as lish amateur mentioned above. He form in the West Indies impressed

completed the task on. June 29, the vialting side so much. 1908.

From the above list it will be

Hammond is probably the best observed that a slow bowler has all-rounder playing just now, and always, triumphed since 1925.

would certainly gain a place. His place in the order would be either No: 6 or 6. If he were No. 6 my selection for a No. 5 would be "Du rep"-and here would end the bat ting pure and simple.

My spirits now were as low as

I could, they had been high a minute pre-

Believe me that Froggie could viously. My wife was at death's wallon. door. So was my boy William................ In the fourteenth round I land- "Let me go," I appealed, anded solidly on his nose and mouth, fought my way through the crowd, and as my glove came back I notic At first they wanted to hang on to ed that there was something like me, but they realised that some vite froth on his face. thing was wrong.. I reached my house and entered,

If the wicket was likely to be Alan Fairfax, the Australian all- hard, I, personally, should pick!

rounder. This choice is doubtless

tal fielder.

would most likely fall between W. The election of a wicket-keeper

A. Oldfield and H. B. Cameron. They are almost in a class by themselves and both are good batsmen. Cameron might be preferred as younger man who may improve aven still further.

Thle substance I brought from his nose and mouth in the subse My wife was in bed, and I saquent rounds. I came to the con- at once how gravely ill she was. clusion he was being doped during My son. I hardly recognised him. the minute's rest. That explained Perhaps its somewhat narrow really fast bowler, a "googly" bowl When, a few days previously, how he found sudden burste of looking blade gave the impression er and a left-hander. A bowling went away he was suffering, they.vitality which frequently caught that any slight Inaccuracy in the side with an expart of each of these told me, from a slight cold. He me on the hop.

swing would pass the club-

The No. 1 iron nowadays takea the place of the old cleck, a club

I think that of this side W. M. that has almost gone completely out

Woodfull is best qualified for the of the fashion, and which only some

almost incredibly responsible posi- of us old Scots golfers seem able to The next problem is to get to tion of captain of the world's cric- use effectively.

gether a well-balanced attack; aket team. The successful manner in which he handled the Australian side on the field is sufficient recom- mendation in Itself.

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was a plump little fellow, the pic. If my memory serves me correct-face underneath the ball, but ture of health

Now he was ly, had Morrachini on the floor it is

a grand club in the mere shadow, the skin tight on his three times in the course of the wind, sending away а Tow, little bones. He was suffering twenty rounds, but when the final boring ball which the breeze from double pneumonia, I

bell rang he was on his feet. just cannot blow off the dead line- told.

There was no knocking him out. C. B. M'Farlane. The more I hit him the more he

was

I had come home filled with the

sense of victory, greeted by thou came for.

sands of cheering people,, made to

!

But don't think I escaped light-

realise that I had found affection ly. I certainly earned my wages POONA SENSATION. and admiration in their hearts. during the twenty rounds that And they made me ever so happy. night. My face was in an awful And now I think I went... mess. It seemed to me that it was Both my wife and boy were re flattened out. Or maybe it was moved to hospital, and for days 1 swollen and puffed up to a level. was once more in the agony of despoir

I got the verdict on points, I thought I had won, but some at the ringside thought Morrachini de

fixed.

Plot to Murder Europeans.

DIVER'S TERRIBLE ORDEAL.

Trapped in Mud of the Thames.

5

"MONSTERS" 100 FEET LONG.

Find in

of the Giants.”

"Valley

A chain of huge and fantastic tracks has led to the discovery of a veritable: "Valley of the Giants" where enormous historic beasts made their habitat.

pre-

A diver trapped in 15 feet of mud in the bed of the River Thames off Dangenham, had a terrible ordeal recently. Diver Milton, when the tide was running, descended inside one of the great steel cylindera or Geologists carrying out a sur- I could not see how either could served a draw. It was this diver-

caissons, which form, the founda vey in connection with the pro- Poona, July 6. tions of a jetty being built for the posed extension of the Pacifie live. It was all very cruel. My gence of opinion on the matterplot by young anarchiats to new Ford motor works at Dagen Great Eastern Railway found a wife had suffered with me when that led to a return fight being have been revealed, following the walls of the calsson the water inzet in the rock when it was still murder Europeans is alleged to ham. As the tide fell outside the continuous chain of giant tracks, times werd hard. Now that I had achieved something and

arrest of nine youths, all under side exerted such pressure that molten, 34 separete apoors in one could bring comfort and ease intuï Buck at the hotel three or four of the age of 20. Diver Milton was suddenly forced place and many, isolated foot. sur:home, I was to lose her, and my party went for a game of bil- my boy. These were the thoughts liards. Pat M'Greechin was one at Foona and three at Kolhapur. out into the mud of the river bed, tracks were twelve inches in dia- Six of them were arrested under the bottom of the caisson and marks at other places. The

* which dominated my mind, and I of them. It is alleged some of the ar. There he was trapped, unable to get meter, and the geologists estim- "Come down, and join us when rested youths made a statement back, and unable to rise to the surate the beasts to have been ap wanted to be alone I could not you're ready, Elky," he said, as he to the effect that their object face because his air tube trailed be proximately 100 feet long and think of anything else. left Puggy Morgan and me alone

The days slipped past, and with "I don't feel like billards was to break into houses, steal bind him into the caisson. As soon weighing many toria.

arms and commit murder, diss it was realised that something undg their going came hope. Each was Puggy," 1 sald regaining strength. And

The police, In the course & was wrong, another diver, descended

hid myself from everybody,

then, blessed news, I was told that

each was out of danger. They had

I'll bet you don't, he replied, as their searches, recovered four Inside the caisson but found a wall struggling through the mud got a he started to turn out towels. These firearms, including a muzzle-load of steel and mud separating him rope round him. Shortly before he soaked in hot water, and as hot ing gun, books on methods of from his comrade. All he could do four o'clock he was got to within GASINA as I could stand them I had them preparing gunpowder and bomba, was to keep the tubo conveying ten feet of the surface, but he was thought Mrs: Clark was out, applied to? temarked, to one, of

cuttings from the re

won through.

[towel

The fret

of the the air supply free from them being held back by his airtube. efore mid-Calore conspiracy case, also tins the sharp edge of the The danger of cutting him free was

of apparently unmi

some

Sunda

emicals: caisson vall. Then started a grim feit to be too great. Commenting fighting for the life of the diver. In on his terrible, seven hours ordes! the afternoon after hours of furious Diver Milton said he never expected engineers, Bremen, divers to come out alive and if he had had

the man aliot feet: a knife, he would have been tampt

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Men dashed

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Le seemed to be lying

as far as he could rould not have been so

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