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THIS IS ALL WRONG

H.B.

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 17, 1937.

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SKIT

BLACK ANTS BITE CRICKETERS

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(By “AUSTRAL”)

Sydney, January 7-

The bright news from Australia is that, during their up country match at Ipswich, the M.C.C. players were attacked, while field- Ling, by swarms of large black ants, and had to turn up their trouser legs.

"My utterly unreliable corresp dent with the team,"

in the London

Daily Herald,

"sends me a code message

veals the whole thing as a plot to prevent us winning all the other Test matches..

"The ants had been captured and kept without food for several days. This, and the fact that they showed a pronounced liking for good Eng- lish flesh after the tough AustraTM lian bush stuff they had previously been existing on, made them parti- cularly ravenous.

FAILED TO DEVOUR

"They failed, however to devour a single English player, or press- man, and have been banished from Ipswich for good.

"An urgent message, asking that white ants shall be sent by plane from Africa in time for the second Test has been dispatched..

"I hope. the local photographer didn't mies his chance' Fictures of M.C.C. cricketers fěkdingTM“ în turned-up pants while waves of black ants break over their ank ought to sell like hot cakes. I'm for this brighter cricket.”

SCHMELING AND BRADDOCK

Rumours About Match

Berlin, To-day.

"I have my contract and insist upon it. The contract completely in order and any can court would uphold it.

Thus Max Schmeling, conqueror of Joe Louis and ger for the world hear spoke to newspapermen day.

shall

German

Schmeling is sailing on Friday for the United States, where he is supposed to fight James Braddock, the holder for the title

Recent reports, however, state

ancelle that the match has been

owing to strong Jewish

tion,

and that Louis will be matched

against the champion instead

Referring to the re

Braddock Louis

said: "I consi

a-rumour with nothing substanti

to back it up.ja

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