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TRADITION OF LORDS
BOXING
Tribute To Lord Harris: Wisden OXFORD DEFEAT
And L.B.W. Rule
OUR
Records Overhauled
CAMBRIDGE.
Brothers Thesiger Both Win.
(By W. ROBERTS.)
OXFORD defeated Cambridge
MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1933.
GOSSIP IN SPORTS WORLD
French Govt. And Gambling Betting On Tennis Larwood's Gifts.
By ROVER
Brighter Gambling. Diana Fishwick's Win.. Ocean dying with the iden M English golf champion, gain-
NCE again the French Govern.
ISS DIANA FISHWICK, the
of restoring roulette and trente-et-led an easy victory over the Cana quarante to French casinos, Indian, Miss Loran Blackburn, by order to enable them to compete with Monte Carlo and Ostend.
Only by such a concession, it is
in argued, can Deauville, Cannes and
UR good friend "Wisden" is.] as always, delightful. And
In the other section of the booki Charles Stewart Caine, the Edi-the usual features of "Wisden" tor, trips merrily through the are adequately dealt with. But pages with the youthful zeal of there is one point of importance the annual inter-varsity boxing Biarritz regain their attractiveness the true cricketer. Fifty years"Cricketing Records" have
to rich foreigners and supplement and more of Lord's is as nothing: been thoroughly overhauled tournament at the Oxford Ice Rink, it is the old spirit of Rabbi Ben revised and consolidated"-by by 5 events to 2.
For twenty years now the gen- Ezra--" grow old along with Mr. J. A. H. Catton, who has ex-
steel, rococo town of Enghien, a The really deciding factors were few miles outside Parla, has ra me! The best is yet to be." tended the lines on which the the victories gained for Oxford by minded deputies and senators. of The boy on Rugby Close who de-late F. S. Ashley-Copper so long the brothers Thesiger. The first the melancholy casino on the banks scribed a Free Foresters team and so zealously worked. It is
the falling revenues of the State.
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six and five, in the frst round of the match play," stages in the East Coast Champion- ship at St. Au- gustine, Florida.
THE following team of Ameri
a Test century at the Oval, when Pilch giving E. M. in at Canter-and did well in the opening stages, tennis champion, has returned holders and Olymple champions.
"You have
Other British wo- men to win were Miss Kathleen: Garnham, who beat Mrs. Har thus: "All of 'em have not grey good to get some views of the two fights had been won compara of an ornamental lake, which
Miss Fishwick baugh (U.S.A.), none at all," thought afterwards And Frank Chester, the old Wor- when McCready had won the light-of Enghien in the gambling days, beat Mrs. Lawler (U.S.A.) by four hair except three, and they've much abused (silently) umpire.tively casily by Cambridge, and waits a roulette concession in
by five and four,. order to revive the gay splendour and Miss Barbara, Pyman, who "they could play a bit." Age iscester cricketer-the War maim-weight for Oxford and Bibra had not of much count in the cricket-ed him and stopped him from be-lost a doubtful fight for Cambridge, deputies have introduced legisla
But as regularly as sympathetic | and three. spirit.
ing an England player-has come
tion to help the town, as regular- In Fowler's year at Lord's we words of wisdom to lay down. malters looked very even.
alt P3, Tucciger Wex aggressively has the Bill been opposed by an athletes will tour Burope saw many aged Etonians throw Umpires are oft-times the butt of up their toppers in their joythe "funny" man; but most of us from the start and before the first successive Ministers of Finances.
this summer; W. Carr, J. Bausch, and some never saw more of are very respectful to umpires. round was through he had floored
His oppon-ALLSWORTH VINES, the Ameri-G. Spitz, and possibly G. Saling..
B. Eastman, G. Venke, B. Metcalfe, them. That's how the cricket Every one versed in cricket his man three times.
can and Wimbledon lawa Most of them are world-record spirit takes you when Jessop get lore knows the story of Fullerent, Groves, had the longer reach, Larwood helps himself to 90 of bury to start with as he "want-but Thesiger soon succeeded in from his Australian tour very
The team will sail directly after the best at Sydney.
ed to see the young man bat coming to close fighting with a tale.
the national championships at Chi- "I am 'tennised' out," he says, cago early in July, and will first "Wisden" and its Editor are and the young man helped him-powerful right hook, and Oxford
And that gained the third verdict before I have cut the strings of every visit Sweden, whence came the ori steeped in the Lord's tradition. self to 200 or more.
racket I possess, as this is the best ginal invitation to the Amateur And so we naturally get the first other E. M. Grace story: Thorn-two minutes had elapsed.
W. Thesiger started off poorly, way of removing any temptation to Athletic Union of Americs. real portrait of that great cric-bury's opponents had done well wicket-and
during the first two rounds Baines get back on to the court. I shall ket Chieftain, Lord Harris, of 150 odd for one
[scored continuously with e quick, rest for at least six weeks," whom Lord Hawke says: "To going into lunch the Thornbury straight left. He got home five him, Lord's was the breath of umpire remarked:
times in the first round and four in his nostrils: he loved every nook not been asking so much as us- the second with some dangerous Tennis Betting.
ual this morning, Doctor?" E. M. lows, and If the fight had contin- and corner of it."
said nought. After lunch his red on the same lines the verdict lobs were deadly-the side was was clearly his.
the international amateur tennis a smaller hole should be used, at This portrait drawn by twojall out for another 20. Moral
But in the third, Thesiger tournament there.
least on pitching - and -putting great Etonians and C. S. C. is no respect the umpire! "Quid" laid
In the men's singles Baron von courses, and the iden is to be. mere adulatory epistle. We see that down in the Dark Ages, at changed his tactics, and during
the German player is given a trial at the annual Short the man from his boyhood on Lord's, in his "Jerks in from some close fighting Baines became Krass,
very distressed and eventually lost favourite at evene. H. W. Austin Course Professional Championship, Upper Club to the last days de- Short Leg."
is quoted at 5 to 2 against. which will be held on the Palace voled to cricket. It was he who But, there, this "Wisden" is in the deciding contest.
In the women's singles Miss Hotel course at Torquay on May purged cricket of the chuckers to exluustible. C. S. C. is true to Moser's Powerful Right
6hella Hewitt, the 18-year-old Eng- 23, 24, and 25. The idea of the begin with and when the disease the Sydney Purdon tradition, and In the bantam weights, Obeyese- lish girl, is joint favourite with Short Course Championship is to recurred backed Sydney Pardon Sydney's plane was high. and Jim Phillips in stamping it of the last thoughts of the last kere, brother of the former Cam-Mme. Mathieu, the French cham-provide a test of accuracy in the out for ever. C. S. C. pays a tri- of the "Walkers of Southgate" bridge captain, found little opposi-pion, at even money, while Miss approach shots, and it remains to bute to Lord Harris comparable (R. D.) was to get his friend, A. tion for his advantage in reach, Peggy Servien and Fraulein Aus-be seen whether the smaller holo Moser, of eem are quoted at 5 to 2 and will detract from the value of this with the beauty of the Harris tri-J. Webbe, to tell him of the new and won quite easily.
| tent by making it too" difficult for bute to W. G. Grace in "Wisden" "Wisden." And the great Har-Oxford. In the next bout, had little three's.
if any defence, and had he not oud- Several players are indignant the player of the perfect approach of 1915. And here how W. Find-row, Oxford, and Middlesex men lay tells of his courage:-Will-"passed" it. And
unexpectedly over what they describe as the "in-to "cash in" with a two. This those who heard him ever forget this latest work.
powerful right in the third round dignity" of the business.
year the Short Course Tournament he would have been more severely
is to be held in conjunction with his reading of the Lesson at the
punished by the Cambridge Memorial Service for Lady Har-
cap-LASS elephants in miniature an open professional tournament tain. ris?....A few days later I re-
are among presents received on the course of the Torquay and marked on his courage.
I was inclined to doubt the ver-by Larwood, the England fast South Devon Club at Pettitor. dict in the third fight. Traill cer-howler, from admirers in Austro-
Throwing Suppressed
His re- ply was:-She never funked any- thing, and I made up my mind I would not, otherwise I could not have done it.'"
Lord Harris lives again in these "Wisden" pages.
"South Sea Bubble“
The Editor's Notes on the great
Lars
One
we "pass" denly revealed an
Shield Goal Scorers
of us dub another Navy Marksman Heads
Final List.
THIRTY-NINE SCORERS
Langmead (Navy)
SENIOR SHIELD
Davis (Borderers) Jones (Borderers) Forley (Borderers) Wirth (Club) Wong Mel-ahra (B. China) Leung. Tat-wing (8. China) Baldry (Lincolus) Usher (Navy)
questions of the day commonly reflect the feeling of cricketers as a whole. So that every one will be keen to see the essay on what, some "South Sea Bubble." Body-line bowling was merely a stunt for. gingering up an artificial inter- est in the Tests. Even the Board. of Control was caught out and was rushed into sending momen- tous cables to Lord's. It is all
The following is the complete list of over now. But what a joke! And goalscorers in the Shield competitions the illustrious people who were this sesson: netted, not only in the clubs but in Downing Street!
Body-line and bunkum! The leg and middle stumps are eclip- sed by the striker's body; the bowler aims at an invisible tar- get; the bowler is dubbed un- sportsmanlike because he guards]
McPhee (Pallee) his legitimate action with var-
Johnson fous men close in on the leg side. Mullane (Borderers)
The whole business is closely Underwood (Borderers) analysed in the Editor's Notes Harris (Borderers)
Shiu-hong (6, China) from the time when the rough Cheng & grounds existed in the Sixties-
PJUNIOR SHIELD.
(6, China) and batsmen took much rough|
Pearson precious little smooth. Every
Matthias Borderers). thing is making for an amend- Morris
(Borderers) ment of the law of 1..w that is lawson (Navy). where the shoe pinches nz cricket. Murrell (Navy) And this is how G.S. Csummar Gregory (LA.F.) ies the situation:- Chan
Cleary Taylor (Navy): To the abuse of this law may Loo
Chalwar fairly be traced the trouble which
Bayer (Necreto)
a (Athletic) has arisen in Australia. The Baptos
Tan-ben (8. China) Commonwealth cricket authori-
Benwell ties seem to have lost their sense
(Kowloon) Pang Kar-hing Athletic "B") of proportionattuthe game Loo Cheryl Achimie ""A")
time, all this acrinióny:
Barracions enerated
I fear partly through the papers demandlies a new story daily will rank bete beer entirely pur poseles should it in the long about a return to run bri
ble na to £bw
Clough (Artillery) Hamblyn: (Banderers)
Brown CR.ASCI Tail (RAF) Chadwick (N=77)© Prilchard (Bockorera) Murrell (Navy).
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Or if the striker puts his log The Dutch Lawn Tennis before the wicket with a design have entered this year's Davis Cup to stop the ball and actually pre-contest, Holland will rel
von 'shor
DAVIE, BOAG & Co.Ltd vent the ball from hitting his wie amber on playse, Emmer, and
some young piaries who hava ket by the striker is out " dergo a special course of
Counterblast To Sarazen EORGE DUNCAN has counter-
☛ONTE CARLO is new permit- ed Sarazen's suggestion for a
longer
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tainly did most of the attacking,Jia. They are for his daughter, A Great Captain. and looked by far the fresher at June Frances, aged four, and came the end, but he indulged in some from "A Homesick Exile, in recog obvious holding and the judges nition of your courage, in sticking could not help but be influenced by it under the Brisbane sun," this in their decision. All the same, Oxford were a little fortun-
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7HILE discussions go on about great Rugby captains, the name of W. J. A. Davies, the Eng- land stand-off half of 1913 to 1923, Inevitably crops up.
ate to win this particular contest. England's First Match Davies never led a losing Eng-
The heavy-weight event came on
when Oxford had made the result ALTHOUGH England is favour-land side, and the King himself ably situated in the Davis acknowledged this great Fecord by certain, and a rather clumsy strug Cup draw, her first match against commanding a letter of congratula gle was cut short in the second Spain will provide a stiff fence. tlon to be written to Davies when The fighting had been very even to be held at Barcelona in April, round with a victory for Oxford it, as I understand, the match she retired from big football.
when Clouston landed a blow on the home team will have an advan./half for R.N.E. College, Keyham,
Lee's forearm, which, unfortun-
valuable.
Davies first played as a scrum-
ately, dislocated it and forced him tage which may prove extremely whence came also Engineer-Comdr. E. W. Roberta, the Royal Navy's to retire,, The joint, which had
on the Rugby Enrique Mafer has beaten Aus-representative been displaced in a former fight, tin at the formers home club be- Union's committee, and Engineer- was soon put right, and he was no fore; he is inspired by his own Comdr. Coopper, the Union's secre-- the various others who had more seriously incommoded than
crowd. Spain's No. 1 will, oftary. ... tained swollen mouths, bruised nos doubles, In the latter event ha Believe It Or Not!
course, play both in singles and es, and black eyes. |BANTAM-WEIGHT.-F. W. Obeyese J. Durall; these two have benten
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has found an excellent partner-in
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as "enthusiasm" is concerned. heim (Harrow and Jesuz, Camare: K. S. Duncan (Malvern and At the close of the Test match bridge) ht ... Moser (Sherborne Now College), captain; W. F. Moss at Adelaide Bradmen had a glass and Lincoln, Oxford) on pointă. D
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(Chillon College, Switzerinnd; and
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Oxford beat Cambridge by 774
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