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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1934.

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BRADMAN'S 304 GIVES HIM TEST MATCH BATTING AVERAGE LEAD

THOROUGHBRED

P. I. DECATHLON CHAMPION TO RACING IN CHINA

LEAVE AMERICAN ARMY

May Looking For Job While Training For 1936 World Olympic

service

Private Daniel May, company, 57th Infantry, outstand ing Army athlete and winner of the decathlon championship dur-

ing the last Far Eastern Games,

is planning to leave the Army

NOW FORECASTED

Shanghai Trotting Races Forerunner?

NEW SPORT COSTS £15: INITIAL OUTLEY

Shanghai is shortly to have Trot-

after the expiration of his enlisting Racer, in addition to the or-

in

Considerable interest has been aroused by the fact that Mr. Peter Muraour and Mr. L. W. Woo, of the Metropolitan Sport: ing Association, have recently visited Australia with a view to! purchasing suitable trotting ponies, gigs and harness, and en-

ment term next October, is the lat-dinary pony racing. est report from Manila. He is

job already looking for a Manila where he intends to keep in trim for the national champion. ships and the World Olympic Games in Germany in 1934, in which he hoper to compete.

DONOGHUE AND aging drivers to commence this

RETIREMENT

"Not Till I have Won

Derby Again.”

SIR VICTOR SASSOON'S OFFER

(BY ROBIN GOODFELLOW)

Newcastle. June 27.

new apart. which is to be run on the C. J. C. track at Yangiszepoo. The first batch of ponies left Australia on July 14.

Doubt in raised in some quar- ters in Shanghai as to the succesă of the new venture, especially as to the quality of pony-bought. The prices paid have been in the neighbourhood of £15, completa with pedigree and performances.

All racing men in Shanghai, however, are keen to see how the the

STEVE Donoghue, inspired by new sport progresses, and,

his great Ascot victory on suggestion has been made in the Brown Jack and his Grand Prix Australian press, that trotting will Triumph at Longchamp on Sunday, be the forerunner of thoroughbred issued a spirited challenge to racing in China. Father Time.

"I am not going to retire until have ridden another

Derby winner," he told me al Newcastle to-day.

I had mentioned to him the] rumours that he was likely to give up riding and begin as a trainer at the end of this season.

Donoghue, who is 49, said that his friend and patron Sir Victor Sassoon had told him that if and when he decided to become a trainer he would send him horses.

Home

AMERICA TO MEET BRITAIN.

Australia Out Of Davis Cup.

The declaration of Bill Brown (left), one of New York State Boxing Commissioners, that Max Baer isn't in physical condition to fight Primo Carners was ridiculed by the result of the bout in which Baer secured the title in the eleventh round on a technical knock out. Here are views of Baer in his training camp in New Jersey,

CHAMPION LADY EARL COMBS OUT OF

SWIMMER HURT

Serious Spinal Injury In

Motor Accident.

LISA LINDSTROM MAY NEVER COMPETE AGAIN

GAME FOR SEASON Yankees Lose Star Outfielder.

BASEBALL DOUBLE" FOR BRAVES

LONDON TO

AUSTRALIA

AIR RACE

DUTCH DESIGNER'S CRITICISM.

RISK WILL NOT JUSTIFY

THE RESULT

Mr. Anthony Fokker, the famous Dutch designer of aircraft, has some tranchant things to`kay about the London-Melbourne Air Race to be held next October.

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According to a Dutch news- paper report he is quoted as hav- ing attacked the Race on the

STELLA WALSH HONOURED IN

HER OWN COUNTRY

Outstanding Polish Athletic Achievement Of Year

Warsaw, Poland, Stanislawa Walasiewicz (Stella Walsh), former Cleveland woman athlete, has "boon presented the. National Sports Prize of Poland for the outstanding. Polish sports achieve-

mont of the year.

The prosentation was made by Colonel Killinski, director of the State Institute of Physical Educa- tion, before a group of national and international sports digni- tarles.

AVERAGES

72.83 PONSFORD AND

LEYLAND NOW

HEAD MCCABE

VERITY STILL BEST TEST BOWLER.

OLDFIELD'S WICKET-KEEPING

FIGURES IMPROVE

DON BRADMAN, W. H. PONS- FORD' AND 'MAURICE LEYLAND HAVE DISPLACED McCADE FROM LEADERSHIP OF THE TEST

ground that it has little value to AUSTRALIANS AT MATCH BATTING AVERAGES, AS

competitors.

"The risk run," he is reported to have said, "whether from the view of men, machines or financial loss is greater than the result of the race will justify. There wia 8 time when the possibilities of such a race were conceivable but to-day everyone realises the inexhausti- ble possibilities of the aeroplane."

Remorse Over Tragedy

SUNDERLAND

Fleetwood Smith Has 7 For 21.

BROMLEY SCORES 97

London, To-day.

THE RESULT OF. THE FOURTH TEST, WHICH CONCLUDED IN A DRAW AT LEEDS ON TUESDAY.

Bradman's acore of 804 carried

leap,

his average from 26.60 to the lead- ing figure of 72.83 in one while Leyland although he has fallen back slightly on figures, has remained far enough ahead to exceed McCabe's average.

Ponsford's magnificent score has

With seven wickets in hand the almost doubled his average,

Mr. Fokker goes on to instance Australians are leading Durham place him third in the list.

to

the case of the American planter by 137 ruhs on the first Innings in Although he did not do as well Mr. Dole, who several years ago their two-day match, which opened in this as in previous Tests, put up a larger prize for an air at Sunderland yesterday.

Verity still loads the bowlers by race from San Francisco ta Bowling with devastating ac- comfortable margin, while Hawaii. Many lives were lost and curacy L. O. Fleetwood-Smith took O'Reilly retains his second post- Mr. Dole admitted to Fokker that 17 Durham wickets for 21 runs, be-tion. he still felt remorse tragedy,

Et the ing responsible for the home Complete statistics for the frat

"This new race again pre- sents great risks," he con-

tinues to comment.

team's dismissal for 73.

·

H. Bromley was the principle Australian scorer, hitting up 97 before he was dismissed.

four Tests are as follows:

BATTING

1. R. h.a. n.o. Avg.

Bradman

€ 437 304 0 72.83

Ponsford

Scores, as cabied by Reuter, Leyland

McCabe

"The London-Melbourne Race la

a gamble, especially for the small were: single and two-seaters (in the Durham: 73 (Fleetwood-Smith 7. for Allen

21). speed contest). The larger ma-

Butcliffe chines, particularly those in the Australiano: 210 for 3 (H. Bromley Walters

97). handicap contest, have a much

Verity greater chance of coming through

Hendren

successfully, because of their PLAYERS ALL OUTipperfield"

New York, To-day. Earl Combs, the veteran New Royal Dutch Air Lines. York Yankees outfielder, who was

CRAWFORD AND McGRATH FAIL IN FINAL SETS

Detroit, July 20. After winning the first two Lisa Lindstrom, the famous singles matches in a convincing American ( girl swimmer, may He has considered this sugges- manner the Australians were never compete again. She is suf- knocked unconscious when he crash- | tion, but he is not yet convinced sensationally beaten by

the fering from a

compression frac-ed into a fence in the major league that he would be doing the right Americans, by 3 matches to 2, ture of a vertebrae, sustained in a American baseball game against the in the Inter-Zone Final of the motor car accident on June 10, and St. Louis Browns on Tuesday, will thing if he gave up riding.

Davis Cup Competition yester fa now in hospital convalescing. **Except for Sir Victor's

day. offer," Donoghue added, "there

The accident"

occurred hear Is nothing definite or subatan-

America will now meet Great Ithaca. New York, but her injury Britain in the Challenge Round, tial in any thought I have had

which commences

was not apparent until five days on the No. 1 about retiring."

Court at Wimbledon, on Saturday. Play will continue on Monday and Tuesday.

TALLULAH'S ORDERS

Full scores, as cabled by Reuter, were:

:

later.

Miss Lindstrom is a world's

stroke and Was

5 281 181 1 70.25

... 6 351 153 1 70.20

7 403 137 67.17

1: 61 610 61.00 6 238 69. 1 59.50

7332 82 1 55.22 8 304 132 0 50.68 5 91 60 3 45.50 7:288 105:10.41.28 6 181 95 1 138.20 6'228 120 34.00

4 96 44 0.28.00 816673 0 27.66 # 78 30 3 26.00

Ames

larger crews, .

Several Fokker air liners-have- been entered in the Race by the

FOR 263

{Wyatt

Woodfull

O'Reilly

Leyland And Amés

Geary

3 62 53 0 20.06

Prominent.

Keeton Hammond

2 37 26.0 18.50

€ 104 37. b 17,33

Grimmett

Oldfeld

Darling

'6 77 37 0 12.43

OPEN LAWN BOWLS MATCHES.

L. R. Whant Beaten By W. Gill.

London, To-day.

With all their wickets in hand, Pataudi the Gentlemen are 228 runa in Bowes possibly be out of the game for

{Mitchell arrears of the players as the re- good, and definitely for this season:

Hopwood sult of the first day's play at Lord's Wall The Chicago White Sox trounced

yesterday.

Bromley the Washington Senators, 1933

Leyland and Ames, the England Clark American League champions, Earn- shaw, the White Sox pitcher, shut- Four encounters in the Open Test players, scored 80 and 76, re-Farnes champion in the 200 metres backing out the Senators for nine inn- Singles Lawn Bowls Champion-spectively, for the Players, while

ings..

ships were played off yesterday. F. R. Brown (Surrey), secured 4

Verity member of

Boston Braves beat. the Cincinnati At Craigengower. J. C. Brown. for 106.

O'Reilly the American swimming team in

Rede twice in their double-header, Kowloon Cricket Club, defeated; Scores, as cabled by Reuter, Farnes the 1928 Olympic Games.

{Bowes She attracted national attention Hafey hitting a circuit clout in his club-mate, H. Hampton, by 21 were:

Players: 263 (Leyland 80, Ames 76, Grimmett in 1927. at the age of fourteen, both games, **.

Brown 4 for 106). Three games were postponed R. Basa. Craigengower, defeated

Gentlemen: 85 for 0... and her first major triumph was

the

women's owing to rain, namely, St. Louis Car-J. Watson, Bowling Green, by 21 metropolitan

dinals and New York Giants, Chi-shots to 17, on the Civil Service A.A.U. 300 yd. medley race. Specialising in back-stroke evente,cago Cubs and Brooklyn Dodgers, Green.

and Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadel-

L R phia Phillies.

Whant, Civil Service, by 21 shots to 15 on the Taikoo R. C. green.

It is seldom that a jockey of Donoghue's experience is given riding orders, but he was told very

J. H. Crawford (Australia) beat F. plainly what he should do by Miss. Shields 6-1, 6-2, 12-10. Tallulah Bankhead, who joined in V. M. McGrath (Australia) beat 8. the conversation.

B. Wood 7-5, 6-4, 1-5, 9-7. "Steve," she said, "you are not. X. Shields (America) beat V. Min

McGrath 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.

to retire before I do, and that

S. B-Wood · (America) «heat J. H. means that you will still be riding Crawford, 6-3, 9-7, 4-6, 62. twenty years hence."

L. R. Stoefen and G. M. Lott she won many titles and set many The following table shows how (America) beat J. H. Crawford and records. the principal professional riders A. K. Quiat 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.

are faring:

Mounts Wianera

M. Bears

169

11

H. Beasley

88

.7

P. Beasley

152

30

А. Вигла

31

J. Caldwell

164

14

W. Carr

58

B. Carslake

101

15

J. Childs

100

W. Christie

143

16

R. DIck

108

J. Dines

153

8. Donoghue

220

F. Fox

202

K. Gethin ..

88

.W.. Gilchrist

H. Gunn

69

F. Herbert

105

H. Jelline

W. Johnstone

121

E. Jones

F. Lane

121

87

J. Marshall

TO

W. Nevétt k

185

G. Nicoll

184

R. Perryman

192

·C. Ray ***

138

C. Richards

164

G. Richards

369

A. Richardson

113

W.. Rickaby

139

J.. Reeves.

J. Strett

177

122.

D. Smith

189

J. Taylor

79

52

T. Weston

A. Wrays

223 -108:

H. Wrigg

240

Vragg

1024

T. Lowrey.

D. McGuigan

C. Bmirke

B. Smith

W. Wells

TRACK RECORD

SMASHED.

Eastman's Feat Over 500 Metres.

Stockholm, To-day.

Ben Eastman, the American. flash, established a new world's record for 500 metres yester. day, covering the distance in 1:2:4, to beat the 1929 mark set by Tavernarls, the Italian,`- at 1:3:0 Reuter.

WINDSOR LAD SOLD FOR £50,000.

This Year's Derby Winner.

London, To-day.

H.H. the Maharaja of Rajpipla

shots to 17.

W. Gill defeated

After a close game, A. Chapman,

1 Yacht Club, defeated A. H. Basto, Recreto, by 21 shote to 14, on the

1 Bowling Green Club's green.

[Scores were even at 18 shots, after] which Chapman forged ahead to 2❘ win.

Results, as cabled by Reuter, were,

National League

Cincinnat

R. H. E. -1 7

Hafey hit a homer. Boston

Whitney hit a homer.

2 Б

Cincinnati

s

7

Hafey hit a homer. Boston

7102

0 71 4. 18

Marty McManus hit a bomer.

American League

has sold Windsor Lad, winner of the Washington Derby, to Mr. Benson, owner of the Chicago Beech House stud at Newmarket, for Earnshaw pitched. $50,000. The next English classic race in the St. Leger.-Reuter."

Baseball Managers Scour

Boston

Detroit

Philadelphia Cleveland

11

Averill hit a homer

Lazzeri, and Byrd hit homers.. St. Louis

9

Colleges for Promising Talent No York 58

Chicago, July 19. prospect has been overlooked.. Distressed over the marked short Connie Mack, rebuilding the

New

age of pitching talent, the major Palladelphia Athletics, has had his TOUR DE FRANCE CYCLE RACE baseball leagues are conducting an acouts out on diligent searches ever

INDIAN ATHLETES IN LONDON.

Sprinter In Hospital With Cut Leg.

London, July 6..

Four Indian Empire Games

NEW CRICKET LAW McCabe

REJECTED

66. 39 1 13.20

66 23 1 13.20

2 22 12 0·11.00

2 10 10 1 -10.00

3 14 9 1

3 12 8 1

7.00 6.00

5 20 18 1 5.00

2 5 4 0 2.50 1. 2 2 0 2.00

2 1 0

0.56 BOWLING

0. M. R. W. A. 213.8 83 410 24 17.08 274.4 109 547 24 22.79 81.2 16 228 10 22.80 95 22 264 10 26.40 289.9 125 501 17 29.47

· 19 201 5 40,20

17 2034 50.75

101.3 22 293, 5·58.30 148

75 Chipperfield Geary Hammond Well...

Clark Allen Mitchell

88

24 469 6 78.16

81

18 193 2 96.50

44

10 116 1 116.00

37

3 1361 136.00

57

7 225 1 255.00

Hendren

1

04 0

10

1 35 0

Darling Hopwood

16

2 51. 0

32 155 0

Too Much Responsibility Leyland

On Umpire.

AMONG THE FIELDSMEN Hammond (8), Chipperfield Verity (4), McCabe (3), Sutclide (2), Geary (2), Hendren (8), Grimmett (1), Wall (1), Pontford (3), Bromley Walters (3), Darl- (1), Leyland (1),

(1), O'Reilly (1), Sub. (1) and Wyatt (2), and Brown (1).

WICKET KEEPERS Oldfield stumped five and caught six. Ames caught seven.

London, To-day. The Imperial Cricket Con- ference yesterday rejected the Australian suggestion that a new cricket law shoulding be instituted that umpires should declare a no ball if they consider that the bowl- er is intimidating the bats

man.

RUNS PER WICKET England: 2028 runs for 55 wickets 36.87 average

Australia: 2203 runs for 51 wickets (44.96 "average.

GERMANY'S MOTOR

CAR RACE

The conference considered. the suggestion Impractic- able, Reuter.

AGAINST SPIRIT OF GAME

London, To-day. | athletes arrived, in London from Under the chairmanship of Lord Parta, accompanied by a manager. Cromer, the suggested new law

Vernieux, the sprinter, who cut proposed by Australia with regard 1,760 his leg while bathing aboard ship to the bowling controversy was_con- fis, staying in hospital in Paris ridered to be impracticable, but the with a wound aggravated by sun-Conference, unanimously passed the burn, but he hopes to join the following resolution party in a few days.

Enter For Round Germany Event

Berlin, July 21,

"That this Conference affirms the Ten nations have entered alto- The team was met by Sir James principle already laid down by the gether 1,760 motor cars and 2,608 Leighwood, Chairman of the Em-M.C.C. that any form of bowling drivers for the "Round Germany” pire Federation and Mr. Evan which is obviously a direct attack contest beginning to-day. 14 unprecedented raid of the colleges since the first ball was pitched, to Aix-les-Thermes, July 21 Hunter, Secretary of the British by the bowler upon the batsman This event often la described as this year in search of promising college baseball this year. So far Lapeble won the Perpignan to Association and a representative would be an offence against the the most popular motor, race in the players.

they have picked up several good- Aix-les-Thermes lap of the Tour of the Indian High Commissioner. spirit of the game. This Conference world. Scouts of the major leagues al-looking players. Including Jack de France bicycle race yesterday They were also met by Ayres, who is further of the opinion that the Its fundamental idea is not to res ready have signed up more than a Lagger, a North-western University when he covered the 158 kilometre has come from Los Angeles lu controlling bodies of cricket would ward the highest speed attained, score of the foremost players on the pitcher, and Ronald Weaver, of stretch in 6 hr. 47 min. 8 sec. order to train the team who are not permit or countenance kuch but to discover the drivers with the college diamonds, most of them Boston College.j

Second place went to Bestro, and staying in the same bostal as the form of bowling-British Wireless greatest. poweri pitchers, and hardly a single likely (Continued on Page 5). 'third to Cazìollani Ha

young Indian fil

Service.

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