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KID BERG DEFEATED ON POINTS

PLUCKY FIGHT WITH

FRENCHMAN

WORLD TITLE HOPES DASHED

Paris, Feb. 22.

NOTTS POLICY

DECISION ON DIRECT ATTACK BOWLING

FOOTBALL RESOLUTION MADE BY

DERBY AND SURREY

(Continued from. Page 4),

Sandford would probably have been more effective than Horner on | yesterday's, showing; the former's

London, Feb. 27. THE Advisory County Cricket Committee meet-

superior speed, bustle and shootlug ing at Lord's yesterday decided to defer any needed requirement on the right March 21, when, at their annual meeting, the powers would have supplied-much-action against the Nottinghamshire club until Notts policy as to "direct attack" bowling can be

KID Berg's hope of forcing his way back into the world championship zone of light weight boxing was shattered-and shattered fin-wing ally-at the Palais des Sports here to-night, when Wong Wing Uneasy he was beaten on points by the French cham- For South China, Wong Wing declared. pion, Gustav Humery.

The verdict was greeted by catcalls, whistling, and boos from 12,000 Frenchmen, a rather tragic accompaniment to Berg's swansong to international fame.

What had displeased the crowd no one seemed to know, for it was a magnificent fight. a replica of that great battle between these two at the Albert Hall last month, when the contest was stopped in Berg's favour after the eighth round, owing to a dan gerous cut over Humery's left, eye.

handled the ball quite frequently

throughout, though not often troubl Yesterday's meeting was called at the re- ed with a difficult shot. He played quest of five counties, to consider matters affect- safe game, but was clearly uneasy ing Nottinghamshire cricket consequent upon the small chance of stopping the five vote of "no confidence" in the committee passed

at a recent special general meeting of members.

on the slippery ground, and had

goala, sent past him.

I

to

$88,313 FROM THE TESTS

Nottingham Lord's

Manchester Leeds

£14,569

· 23,225

16,227

15,633

Oval

18,658

The total is £11,032 in excess of the

The defence was not all it should have been, though Lau Mau gave a The Advisory Committee, polished display at left-back; clear whose resolutions were imme in his lines well with effortless diately confirmed by a

subse first-time kicking and clean tackling.quent meeting of the Committee Tam Kong-pak, though a versatile of the MC.C., decided on the as- This time Berg was fairly and worst. But many terrific blows forward, is not a fullback, and fall-surance of the Nottinghamshireland and Australia last summer yielded The Ave Test matches between Eng-. [squarely beaten. Let there be were driven under his left arm to ed to give his partner very sound representative that "no

gross gate and stand receipts of £88,313 no mistake about that. Those in the heart.

support, though his headwork and fidence" vote was not approval

con-128, 5d. The official figures gre: · his corner complained bitterly Berg produced a finish which kicking did at times inspire a certain of "direct attack" bowling, against the referee because he can only be described as amazing.confidence.

He had a hard task in defer their action. twice cautioned Berg for holding, Dospite the severe punishment he stopping the bustling Higgins, and The resolutions in Tult (a, b, c. and they also maintained that had accepted he challenged found the wiles of Ridley. beyond and d were proposed by Middlesex the boxers

were parted when Humery to another punching match him

and seconded by Lancashire) were 1930 tour. Berg had the advantage.

in the eighth round,' similar to that The strength of the Chinese lay as follows: Unwise Announcement in the fifth, and he had the better in their intermediate line where "What was not liked intensely, of it. After a ninth, in which Lim Tak-po, as the pivot, introduced however, was an announcement both were obviously tired, Berg in the place of Henry Young, gave through loudspeakers, to a terribly again rallied in the last round and a sound. all-round performance in excitable crowd, at the end of the dominated the boxing. seventh round, that Berg had been warned. From that moment the

The wing halves, Leung Wing-

Splendid Wing Halver spectators gave him neither peace of the two after this most gruelling chui and Tong Kwan, gave him nor fair play.

of fights, and there was genuine splendid support, and were quick and Berg was beaten by a margin respect and sympathy writen in which, though not large, was un-his face when, after the verdict clever in their tackles and intervèn- mistakable. At the same time, he was announced, he came across to must have won the respect all congratulate his beaten opponent. almost from the kick-off, and during The Chinese attack settled down fair-minded Frenchmen by his Berg had been promised a match those first 30 minutes, looked magnificent courage.

for the European Bight-weight title good for a dozen goals. Berg's Ringcraft

If he beat Humery, and that match Berg's great experience and might have led him back to Lai Shui-wing, his partner on the Yeung Shui-yick, and especially ringcraft saved him from much America in quest of the world right-wing, played a dazzling game, punishment. Indeed, ho won the championship. At 28, however, he swinging the ball in and out with first round and kept the second must now bid adieu to auch hopes ease and precision, even, cutting, Humery's nose with and settle down to defend his Bri-

Humery Exhausted-- Humery, was the more exhausted

tish title.

a left upper-cut and avoiding many of the Frenchman's fiercest blows, But Humery's amazing strength gradually overcame Berg. Humery literally forced his way throu; hi his opponent's arms to plant). » mighty blows to stomach and hea Berg, however, decided to test him in the fifth, round, and therein made, a mistake which was nearly fatal.

He decided to exchange punch for punch, and the fight, which had

EAST LANCS WIN FRIENDLY SOCCER ENCOUNTER

(Continued from Paga 4.)

f

quick ball distribution and good de- fensive-work.

tions.

Fung On Form

In the centre Fung King-cheong!

gave one

(b)

(a) That this meeting, while realis. ing that the internal affairs of the Nottinghamshire county Cricket Club primarily concern the members and trustees of that club, consider that the counties and the well-being of cricket are intimately affected That this meeting considere by the position in general. that Nottinghamshire on ocCH- siona during the season of 1934 did not abide by the agreement. reached at the joint meeting of the Board of Control and the Advisory County Cricket Com- 'mittee held at Lard's on Nov.

23, 1938, whereby it was pected that the question of fast, short bowling on the leg-sido would be settled by good-will and with, the active co-opera- tion of the captains Statement Asked For

That this meeting, while noting the statement recently publish ed that the definito policy of all) parties representing the Not- tinghamshire County Cricket | Club la, to keep and abide by the rules laid down by M.C.C.; in both letter and spirit. Ands)

of his finest displays, leading the line in forceful style, (c) and giving Rowlands plenty to do with many hard drives from all angles.

The left wing, partly held In Afr the resumption the Asso-check by the efforts of Keneghan, ciation took up the attack, but could still managed to get in some effec- not penetrate the sound defence puti

tive work in the opening exchanges, Up Jackson and Willington.. but rather faded out of the picture

Goal Keepers Shine

during the second half when the been one long slog from the start, Although both teams had their to their task in a determined man-i Army defence began to settle downj rose to a pitch which no human periods of attack, no further goalsner. being could stand for long. That were scored due to the sound judg crescendo lasted two minutes, and ment of both the goalkeepers, Wil-side, the Chinese lacked the deter- Though really a better balanced at the end of it both men were ex-liams and Lan Ping-shun. hausted, but unconquered.

mination of the soldiers to fight

Berg Dazed

ingat Lance: Willams; Jackson, Wil- back when losing, and must not (d)

In the next round came the one Kidinga,

eyes tight and shake his head to clear his brain as he hung on des- perately

for few preci sua

seconds.

RADIO DEFEATED IN MAMAK CLASH

(Continued From Page 4).

1

5. China's Early Lead

be made on behalf of the Nol- tinghamshire County Cricket Club as to whether it stands by the resolutions which were passed at the Advisory meet- Ing of Nov. 21, 1934, to the effect that: (a) the type of bowling regarded as a "direct attack" by the bowler, upon the batsman and therefore unfair, consisted in persistent and systematic bowling of fast, short pitched balls at the bats. man standing clear of bia: wicket, and (b) county cem, mittees and county captaina should take all steps in their power to eliminate from the game this type of bowling aa now defined, and first and. second-class umpires should be informed that the above is the official definition of a "direct attack," and that they will be strongly supported in

any action they may take under Law 43 to prevent this type of bowl. ing, being adopted; Derby's Resolution

The following resolution was it difficult to reconcile this proposed by Derbyshire and second. atatement with the proceeding ed by Surrey. As in the case of the at the special general meeting previous resolutions, It was carried of members of the Nottingham-unanimously, Nottinghamshire not shire County Cricket Club held voting:

on Jan. 16, 1935, as reported in the Press.

(Continued

on Page (1)

That this meeting, having in NOTTS CLUB WILL view the County championship of 1985, considers it essential FIND WAY OUT

that an authoritative statement

No Support For "Direct Attack" Bowling

Jington; Smith, Crooks, Eckersley; Evans, horpe, Johnson, Carroll and consider themselves unlucky to really dramatic moment. Humery shun; Cheng Kam-hai, Wong Wing-

Fai Sing Athletic Assn.: Lan Ping-encounter.

have lost se even and enjoyable an landed a sudden right hook to the nim; Wong San, Cheung Sui-fal, Chong jaw; Berg clinched. He

was no Kom-tong: Jp Yen-po, Leang Kan-chi, more than six feet from me at that Wong Kam-won, The Kan-hong and the first minute, Lai Shui-wing toristic run through the Chinese de- South China were one goal up intime when Ridley made a charac moment, and I saw him screw his Lau Tin-sun.

acering from 20 yards out with a fence, finishing with a quick pass! (By Thomas Moult)

plendid drive which had Rowlands to Higgins, who shet hard into the It is fortunate that the Notts re- well beaten all the way.

top corner, Wong partially stop-presentatives

were able to attend Eight minutes later Lal Shut-ping the shot.

the meeting of the Advisory County Humery did not seem to realise

wing neatly headed in South China's South China were not beaten Cricket Committee. the damage he had done, and Berg

second goal, following a corner kick yet, however, and fought back to Otherwise, the interpretation bluffed him further by charging

by Yeung Shui-yick.

equalise with a rather lucky goal which Derbyshire and Surrey appear into an attack as soon as they were was no match for the opposing de-

The Army defence was bewilder-scored by Cheuk Shek-kam, after a to have put on the "no confidence" parted:

fence.

ed by the awift thrusts of the good centre by Yeung Chinese attack, and only the splen For a few minutes South China Notts club against their committee vote passed by the members of the Fighting For K. D.

From the beginning of the game, But as soon as the Frenchman's and after ten minutes Gurbachan

the K.I.T.C. took up the offensive did work of Rowlands kept the acore attacked strongly, but were frus-might have been accepted by all the chance came to attack again he dis-Singh netted their first goal with a

[down.

trated by a robust defence, which counties. E covered the Londoner's weakness.neat flick shot from short range,

Ridley was working hard, endea-wasted no time in kicking well up, No one who was present at the vouring to get cohesion into his for-feld at every opportunity. Amid a deafening clamour he went The next goal came from the same wards.

meeting held in Nottingham on. for a knock-out. Never have I op: player after beating Souza to net

Last Minute Goal se January 16 can say with any justif preciated the stout heart and loed into an empty goal.

Higgins then forced his way The Chinese realised their near-cation that the proceedings indicat- through and passed across the brain of Borg more than at that]

Radio: Souza; Pardumar Singh and goal to Ridley, who deftly turned to defeat, and brought Lee ed "an approval of a type of bowl- moment. He stood hie ground, and Bhagwan Singh; Tavares, Hassan and the ball into the net from an acute Shek-yau into the half-back line to ing contrary to the spirit of the by clever defence avoided the Kitchell; Jogeet Singh, Surfin Singh, angle.

strengthen the defence, but this game.". Awlar Singh, Kalwant Singh and

failed to deter the confident sold(ers)} The feeling of the members, the Kemp

Five minutes after the resump and from a centre by English, Rid-majority of whom were elderly, KIT.C. Ramzam: Karnail Singh tion of play in the second half ley secured and sent in a hard serious-faced men and women, was and Kishen Singh; D. Noronha, Taram South China went ahead again drive which flashed past Wong off simply one of overwhelming indiga Singh and Mahindar Singh; Harbachan when Fung King-cheong-beat Row- Singh, J. Noronha, Gurbachan Singh, lands with a splendid long shot. Mau to give the soldiers the tion that their committee should

lead, and the match,

i have thought fit to apologise for the The Army fought back grimly, and were rewarded after a brief The attendance was good, and the actions of a bowler in whose fair spell of attacking when Morton onlookers were treated to a splendid ness they staunchly believed, "even sent in a perfectly-directed pile- and exciting match, with a glut of it," as one speaker put it, "he "did goals, and capable handing of the forget himself, for one over in many driver from 25 yards,

players by the referee. The match years, one r The only definite opposition to Army On Level Terms He was set in motion by the Hon. Dr. (Continued on Page 11) the proposal ao far comes from the One minute later, English quickly R. H. Kotewall donor of the Cup, United States. France has not yet robbed Tong Kwan and transfer Army Rowlands Swain and Steele; IRELAND AND GERMANY decared her hand, but M. Pierre Fed Higgins, who in turn passed to Horner, Higgins, Ridley and Baldry FOR SOCCER CLASH

Keneghan, Morton and North; English, GILOR, president of the French Ridley for the inside left to righ S, China Wong Wing; Tam Kong 8 p.m. LT.A speaking in an unofficial, the ball to the roof of the net pak, and Lou-Mau; Leong Wing-chul Capacity recently; said he did not and place the Army on level terms. Lim Tak-po and, Tong Kwan; « Yeung

Cheuk Shak-kam and Lee. Shok- cheong change the amateur

the Army went ahead for the first ye

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