1934-08-21 — Page 4

THE CHINA MAIL TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1934.

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ENGLAND FACE HUGE TOTAL IN CONFIDENT MANNER AT OVAL

LAST 8 AUSTRALIAN WICKETS ADD 226

FAST BUMPERS BY BOWES TROUBLE BATSMEN

KIPPAX RESENTS DECISION

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Set the task of scoring the en- Both Oldfield and McCabe com ormous total of 701 to equal the pleted their 1,000 runs in Test Australians first innings score, cricket in this match. England had added 90 without the AUSTRALIA—la! Innings, loss of a wicket at the close of w. H. Ponsford, hit wkt., b Allen. 266 play yesterday.

W. A. Brown, b Clark

10

In spite of fast leg-threory de-D. G. Bradman, e Ames, b Rowes 244 liveries, Clark was not as RUC-S. J. McCabe, b Allen cessful as C. O. Allen and Bowes, W. M. Woodfull, b Bowen

A. F. Kippax, bw, b Bowes

who were responsible for the A. G. Chipperfield, b Bowes ... comparatively easy dismissal of W. A. Oldfeld, not out

the balance of the Australian C. V. Grimmett, e Ames, b Allen team.

H. J. Ebeling. b Allen

The Australians continually up. W. J. O'Reilly, b Clark

reared uncomfortable in the face

of the fast deliveries of the Eng-

Extras

Total

10 19

33

701

lish bowlers, Woodfull and Pons- Fall of the wickets; † (Brown) for ford being jeered several times 21; 2 (Bradman) for 472; 3 (McCahr)

for ducking to the fast bumping (Woodfull) for 626; 6 (Kippax) for bails of Bowes.

631: 7 (Chipperfield) for 638; B

for 488: 4 (Ponsford) for 574; 5)

In spite of leg-theory howling (Grimmett) for 676; 9 (Ebeling) for seven Australian batsmen were 682; 10 (O'Reilly) for 701..

clean bowled, Ponsford was out

Leeds, trendlug on his wicket.

in the same

he was way as

at

Bowen

Allen

Boundary That Was Not

Clark

Ponsford's splendid, if risky in-Hammond Rings, came to an end when, hit-Verity ling a boundary off Allen he fell Wyatt on to his wirket.

Kippax, who was given out leg-before, appeared to resent the decision of the umpire-he sturted running for leg byes. C. F. Walters and Sutcliffe open- ed well for England. Batting confidently, they appeared to have mastered the Australian attack from the start.

The England batsmen did not find Ebeling or McCabe trouble- some, although, when Woodfull put the on O'Reilly and Grimmett scoring slowed down considerably,} the hatsmen treating the slow bowlers with far more respect.

Leyland

Bowling Analysis, ·

0. M. R. W.

38 2 164 4

34 5 170

37.2 110

12 0 53 0

13 7 123 0

4 0 28 0

3 0 20 ENGLAND—1st Innings

C. F. Walters, not out Sutclife, not eat

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Fighting to a draw in their title "engagement In Boston, Jim Londos, Inset, right, and Ed Don George, Ingel, left, met again in Buffalo in an attempt to determine the heavyweight_wrestling championship on August 1. Above is a Hcene from the Boston

battle, which ended when the two grapplers, afler each had won. ane fall, were too tired to go on. The Buffalo bout, which Londos won, was a one-fall affair.

SHANGHAI CRICKET AVERAGES

TO AUGUST 15 INCLUSIVE

BATTING

1. n.. Tul. H. Ave.

BATTING

I... Til B. Ave.

Total (for no wit.) 90L. F. Stakes.... 10 2 842 115* 80.52, A. J. Willis ....

-Reuter.

PERRY AND WILDE SUCCEED

R. Booth

F. Marshall

1. H. Kendall

D. W. Leach.

R. D. Gillesple

A. J. Barson

G. B. Elliott

8. R. Kermani

10 3 410 126 58.57 H. A. Coward

1 180 102* 45.00 P. Madar

3 2 37 33" 37.00 F. Kelloer

12 0 408 78 34.00 K. Foot

80 236 143 29.50 L/C. Smith, 121 304 51 27.64 A.3.11. Bowerman

2.110 42 27.50 F. P. Bailey...

U.S. DOUBLE VICTORY QUICK START

IN DAVIS CUP

AUSTRALIAN'S RECOVERY

UNAVAILING

ERRATIC PLAY ENDS MATCH

(By A. WALLIS MYERS.)

'LONDON, JULY 21-

BY WOOD GIVES

HIM ADVANTAGE

Crawford Settling Down

en Rain Comes.

AMERICAN "DOES NOT RELY

ON STEADINESS :

(By A. WALLIS MYERS)

July 24, The Davis Cup Inter-zone match between Australia and America M. LOTT AND L. R. STOEFEN, DOUBLES CHAMPIONS was adjourned at 6.30 last night T OF AMERICA AND GREAT BRITAIN, BEAT J. Hwith the first singles match be- CRAWFORD AND A. K. QUIST BY THREE SETS TO ONE (6-4, tween J. H. Crawford and S..B. 6-4, 2-6, 6-4) IN THE INTER-ZONE FINAL OF THE DAVIS Wood unfinished. But the scora

G.

CUP YESTERDAY.

at the final halt and there had

The stands were sparsely occupied; the occasion deserved a been two previous stoppages-was bigger crowd. In the committee box were Princess Alice and all in favour of America, for Lord Athlone; beside them; with his daughter, sat: Mr. Dwight Wood was two sets up (6—3, 9—7) Davis, donor of the cup, who had competed in the first Davis- Cúp doubles match.

on the champion of 1983. Gerald Patterson, a former Australian champion, was there gession, requiring the tarpaulins to During yesterday's disjointed to support his countrymen, while Andre Gobert, the old French champion and a former doubles winner at Wimbledon, came over occasions and the players, so from the international golf match

CORBETT WINS

OVER WALKER IN

10 ROUNDS BOUT

"Toy Bulldog" Badly Outclassed

ONE FLEETING GLIMPSE OF VICTORY

San Francisco, Aug, 14. Young Corbett III, former world

10 0 133 .59 13.30 welterweight champion who is 10 1 118 44 13.11 now campaigning in the middle- 90117 36 13.00 weight division, won a clean-cut

7 3 52 23. 13.00

5 26 19 13.00 decision here to-night before a

be hauled over the turf on threa to

|speak, to go “off the boll" just when The first two sets, both won by they were hottest on the trail, there America, were similar in design was some magnificent play. and result. In both Lott and Beautiful Ground Shots. Stoefen captured Crawford's ser- ablé wound.

vice game and made an unheal-

Having seen Wood and Crawford

in the American championship last Possibly Crawford was holding year-and their duel was the most himself for to-day's more critical stimulating, match of the meeting singles match. He did not serve-I was prepared for an intellec- with anything like his gusto of tual treat.

Saturday, nor were his ground In no championship contest In shots as keen or well distributed. (the recent fortnight did such His disposition to hang back near beautiful ground shots, such re the service line made his legs the finement of touch, come from two target for many of Stoefen's dyna-players in the same engagement. mic thrusts. All through these It was not the hurricane tennis,

not that Perry, Borotra and Shields can provide but there were strokes Jacen in the two sets that none of these three has exploited, and there

Bret two sets Crawford did sparkle.

Quist More Alert.

His partner was more alert and was a brilliancy and a variety 60 77 22 12.88 buge crowd from the veteran overhead he hit with a fra finish; them comparable to the famous pugnacious. Anything reachable about the driving bouts that made

10 1 115 23 12.67 Mickey Walker, in 10 rounds.

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his backhand volleying was sound, series of struggles between Tilden

13 1 326 85 27.17 C. EM. Thomson 7 0 84 23 12.00 Walker, aging "toy bulldog" of and he was particularly effective and Johnston. In many rallies it Sgt. Sevenoaks. 9 1 217 81 27.12 J. E. Fairbairn 71 72 49 12.00 the prize ring who once held the when he ran back to handle a high was lawn tennis de luxe. 37 27.00 N. K. Crawford. 6 2 48 24 12.00 world middleweight title, downed lob, amashing the ball on the re-

N. W. Keyworth 40 108 A. C. Sinclait .. 9 2 188 98 26.86; F. A. Pitts R. W. Edwards

8 094 29 11.75

10 0 266 88 26.60 F. R. L. Carey 60 70 59 11.67 the younger and stronger Corbett

IN MINS DOUBLES '

(Continued from Page 1).

George Lott and Lester Stoefen, Wimbledon Doubles champions this M. J. Divecha.. 12 2 256 69 25.60 F. E. T. Marshall O. G. Simpson.. 11 0 273 91 24.82 3. S. Blanford.. year, and holders of the U.S. title, w. E. Grieve.. 84 99 24 24.75 T. H. Wood .. Jalso won through to the Second Lt-Col. Pelly .. 12 2 214 50 21.14 H. H. Morris

Round.

E. P. Humphreys 80 169 58 21.12 J. C. Jenkins... 7 1 122 46 20.83

ALLISON AND VAN RYN

6 0 69 49 11.50 momentarily in the ninth, but was

3 0 34 20 11.33 on the defensive most of the time. 6 2 43 15 10.75

bound.

He did not miss one of these spectacular coups,

The moisture on the surface, coming from the atmosphere--for the canvas tent had protected the court against he heavy after-lunch Clean Cut Win Corbett took the offensive and with their one

The Americans were content atorm-depressed Crawford's game service break-a little at the start and later, when O. M. R. W. Ave. had the edge in eight of the 10 through to clinch their own service points were more precious, he was

4 1 32 21* 10.67

BOWLING

GO 14 137 14 9.79

J. M. Pearson 8 1 141 77 20.14 R. Booth...... 146.4 40 360 41, 9.00 rounds, Mickey showing flashes of Wilmur Allison and John Van H. D. Bidwell.. 12 2 198 73 19.80 F. A. M. Elliot 24.1 2.92 10 9.20 his old form only in the seventh was so obvious that they almost ed balls and the poor visibility.

R. F. Shroff 8 2117 46 19.50 A.. Lingard .... Ryn, holders of the title in 1981, W. R. Wilson 11 1194 71 1940 L. F. Stokes... 197.3 20 280 28 10.00 and ninth. were among the successful pair. J. C. Pullen 6 2.58 22* 19.33 V. W. L. Stanton 50 Allison and Van Ryn are recognis- C. J. Smith ed as one of the World's finest J. A. Janacu

H. P. Madar....

doubles pairs. Besides winning 18gt. 'Mowatt the American title, they have H. Rogerson ...

Sgt. Sellars

paired together to win the Wim-T. H. Darvill

bledon title twice.

13 167 15 10.47

Stoefen Erratic.

|games. Indeed, their objective no doubt affected by the discolour-

became casual in returning the ser- But the Australian got to be Corbett, idal of Fresno, handledvice of their opponents. Since hitting the ball with full confid- 12 0 231 44 19.25 N. D. Lloyd ... 32.2 8.119 19 11.90 the Rumson, N.J., Irishman almost] Crawford lost his first service gamo jence. 13 1 224 .56* 18.67 T. L. Rawsthorne 85 28 190 16 11.87 at will and gradually wore him

9 1 149 45 18.62 D. W. Leach... 230.1 70 491 41 11.99

in each set, the issus seemed to be Wood Quicker Off Mark. 9 2 129 29 18.29 H. Rogerson

67.1 18 239 17 13.47 down.

telegraphed in advance. 8.1 90 28· 18,00 Lt. Col. Pelly 86.5 6 374 27 13.70 The gate was $25.000, repre

Then Wood broke through the 9 1.139 42 17.57|J. C. Jenkins .. 108.3 22 309 22 14.05 senting one of the largest recent

service in the fifth game and made. 7 D 122 42 17.43 T. A. Madar .. 63 11 225 16 14.06 out-pourings of fight fans here., V. W. L. Stanion 30 52 40. 17,33 F. R. Kermani.

the score three-two in his favour. In the third set Stoefen began to Down came the rain after fifteen 72 8 286 20 14.30 Berkley Bell and Gregory Man-R. A. Joscelyne 3 1 121 29 17.29 C. E. Ollerdessen 112.9 17 373 24 15.54 Corbett scaled at 154 pounds to

13380 16 17.56 the 157 for Walker, both being react after his twenty games of minutes play, and there was no in another winning pair, are 3. M. Watson .. $ 0 51 26 17.00 Sgt. Cartwright 61

dazzling tennis. He developed a resumption for nearly an hour. known

one of America's 8. F. Shroff 13. 0 319 46 16.77 F. P. Bailey..107.4 9 386 22 17.54 within the middleweight limit.

The Freano boy is trying for a wildness that the Australians were soundest doubles combinations, and Lieut. Home ... 6 0 100 29 16.67 G. B. Elliott 107.2 16 342 19 18.00

J. Farrow

12 0 198 42 16.50 J. A. Isaacs... 204.3 85 652 36 18.11 comeback after losing his weiter quick to exploit by clever lobbing. finely, Wood won the sixth game Quicker off the mark and scoring it is considered likely that the title T. A. Madar 12 1 174 58 15.82 K. Foot The composition of the Shanghai will rest between this pair, Allison Sgt. Cartwright 8.3 79 28" 15.80 E. H. Anstice. 106 9 372 20 18.60 crown in May a year ago to Jimmy

When there were points to from 15; another service break, ob- and E. C. Baker 50 94 33 15.67 P. Madar 86.2 6 356 19 18.74 McLarnin in his first defence of rinks to oppose Hankow in the land Van Ryn, and Stoefen

be gathered by Stoofen'a erratained before Crawford had settl-· 8. V. Gash

6091 44 15.17 L/C. Smith. 74.5 17. 227 12 18.32 the title, and is rated highly as a Lawn Bowls Interport next month Lott,

tic play, the Australians had a ̈ F. Heston 10 5 7 26 15.80 E. P. Humphreys 47 8-197 19 19.70 contender for the crown claimed

ed down again gave him the first ⚫ chance to win. 7 1 90 22 15:00 H. Meston..... 80 13 263 18 20.23)

set at 6-3,

SHANGHAI BOWLS SELECTION

RINKS TO PLAY HANKOW.

Are:

A. J. Hall (skip)

N. Harrison

C. Bull'

F. Medina

E. Thurgood. (skip)

G. N. Manley

J. Bradley

W. T. Manley

G, Dunlop (skip)

A. G. da Costa

A. M. Gutierrez

J. Morton Reserves: H. E. Peck (skip No. 3), C. W. Glover and A. A.

d'Assis (No. 1 or No. 2).

18

Roderick Menzel, Czechoslovakian Bigan. Lowe

66.5 9 255, 14 18.21

champion, and J. V. Kirby, South W. L. Cochran 11 0 162 44 1423 T. W. R. Wilson 1782 48 426 21 20.29 by Vince Dundee, of Newark, NJ., S. M. Aston.... 8 1 102 53* 14.67-A.J.H Howerman 77 16 207 10, 20.70 and also by Marcel Thil of Africa's No. 1, swept through to C. E. Ollerdessen 13 0 181 44 13.92 H. B. Cochran

57.4 6 237.11 21.55 France. |convincing straight sets triumph. 0. Moor

30 40 16 13.33 T. H. Wood 76 4 288 13 22.15

Catches

82,000 Crowd See Detroit Tigers

Virtually Clinch American League

•

Corbett's Recent Record

They began to seize it by spik

la

The second set, `until rain called ing the principal gun- Stoefen's a halt, with Wood leading 7-6 and service in the fourth game; and 15-30 in his service game, was a when Crawford, now coming

perfect gem. Neither man ever got A. J. Barson, P. Madar, Lient, Home In his last previous bout Cor-closer to the net, began to attack far in front; every polat was valu- 18); E. F. Humphreys, Sgt. Dalloway, bett knocked out Young Terry of where he had previously defended, able. R. Booth, R. D. Gillespie, Li-Col Trenton, NJ, here last April 30 only eight games were Felly (7) D. Webb, S. R. Kermani. and on

required February 6 decisioned before Australia ran out. H. D. Bidwell, E. H. Austics, H. A.; Cowar, A. C. Sinclair (6); V. Evans, Babe Marine of San Francisco, in J. C. Jenkins, T. H. Wood, E. P. the same ring. Williams, T. H. Darvill, S. M. Aston |(5).

Stampings the S. R. Kermant (9), H. A. Coward

(8), Sgt. Mowatt (7).

seventh.

Youthful Lyn Rowe held help-|

CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT DRAWN

Corbett Defends British And Empire Titles.

The fourth set after the inter-

(Continued on Page 5)

Walker decisioned Maxie Rosen-val ran a strange and mercurial had match ball.

Quist throw up a perfect lob over The service, strangely bloom at Los Angeles on May 8, course..

Stoefen's head. His racket went to govern the but the New Yorker's world light enough, ceased

up nearly thirteen feet from the match. Quist had two service heavyweight erovn

was not at atake. At San Francisco on breaks, Stoefen, Lott and Craw around a foozled shot resulted and the Australians breathed again. April 18 he and Bob Godwin ford each one.

Stoeten missed another volley and The quality of both the service then Lott swung to serve at the fought to a draw,

The "toy bulldog holds vic and its return deteriorated, and in third match ball. An ace down the tories over Paulino Uzcudun and the rallies themselves all four centre line and the contest was weights, and held Jack Sharkey to crisis, made errors of head and King Levinsky, among the heavy-players, perhaps conscious of a over

a draw before the Bostonian be-hand. came champion, but Max Schmel-

Lott was neither so severe nor so brilliant as Stoefen in the first

New York, Aug. 14. Ing victory with a five-run batting A crowd of 82,000 rabid base-tally in the fifth inning and a ball fans, the second largest in four-run batting tally in or the history of New York, to-day

saw the Detroit Tigers virtually toe McCarthymen in the palm of clinch the American League pen has hand in the nightcap, allow- Omar Will Be Welcome nant by taking the Yankees into ng them but four scattered biffs. In a letter to Mr. Hampton, Hon. camp in a twin bill, 9-5 and 7-3 He was superb in the pinches and Secretary of the Hong Kong Lawn The victories were the thir- did not allow the desperate root Bowie Association, Mr. J. Munro, teenth and fourteenth consecutive ing of loyal New York fans to Hon. Secretary of the Northern such that the fighting": Bengals shake his confidence in his ability,

· Association expresses pleasure in have rolled up in the last two Observers conceded after the the selection of the Hong Kong weeks.

Bengal's two brilliant perform-

London, To-day. ing knocked him out nearly two Crawford Main Culprit two sets, but he was the sounder hey guys general and the saviour of the

ur of th But Crawford was the main cul fourth set. team.

Charlie Gehringer, 30-year-old ances to day that there seems Dick Corbett, the holder, and years ago to end his hopes for The fact that Omar is coming second baseman, abone in both litle likelihood of stemming their Johnny King of Manchester, heavyweight honours Associated prit; he seemed incapable of the He also provided the comic re- is one of much pleasure to us all, contests, although sharing the rush during the remainder of the boxed to a draw in a 15 round

necessary spurt. His double-fault lief. On one occasion, having slip- as he made himself so very popular spotlight with youthful Lyn Rowe season. The demoralized Yankees contest for the British and Bri-

in the ninth game paved the way ped, he made a lob while sitting on here apart from his brilliant play in the nightcap,

have hitherto been the only squad tish Empire bantamweight box- SIDNEY WOOD'S ADMIRER

for a final break through,

the turf. Another time, forced to two years ago, and we all hope he Gehringer drove in two of De capable of consistently taking the Ing championship at the Clap-

The end came on Lott's service. the ground, he lay prone while his will excell himself if such is pos-troit's nine-rum total in the opener Tigers Into camp. Their victorleston Stadium last night. - Reu-

see of Sidney Wood He was love-thirty, and afterwards partner defended the court... But sible. That was a grand team you and four of their seven runs in to-day put the Detroiters five and ter THAN

the greater, is

admiration for fifteen-forty down. Crawford the point in the second case was had in 1982, and all good sports the nightcap, smashing out a tera half games ahead of the New Dick Corbett won the British title his play.

the netted and Lott finished a long not a vital one. Lott could afford hope this 1984 team will prove as rific homer in each game.

Yorkers, in junior circuit stand Baldock in 1933, and has since lost ligtates team-3. N. Doust.

after it had been dropped by Teddy cleverest

of the United rally with a centre smash; Quist to use the incident for a quiet rest capable.

The Tigers clinched their open-lings.-United Press,

mistimed a shot and the Americans and reflection. to Johny King and regained if, i

Press.

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