1937-05-31 — Page 19

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 31, 1937.

PLAYERS

BIGGER

BONUSES

CONFERENCE OF LEAGUE CLUBS

SOCCER SCHEME OUTLINED

London, May 1. Players will have higher talent money in the Football League and F.A. Cup games next season if proposals outlined at yester- day's London- conference of the League clubs go through.

As the result of a proposal by Huddersfield Town to increase the bonuses paid to players in the Cup ties, the League Man- agement Committee announced. that they are to propose the fol- lowing scheme of talent money payments for next season:

In the First and Second Divisions the clubs to be allowed to distri- bute amongst their players the fol- lowing amount: Divisions 1 and 2: Champion £275, runners-up £220, third team £165, fourth $110. Third Division: Champions £220, runners- up. £165, third team £110. It is ex- pected that these awards will be- come operative.

"MISERABLE FEE”

Mr. Bendle Moore, of Derby County, asked the League Manage- ment Committee - to use their in- fluence with the Football Associa- tion to secure that players taking part in the England v. Scotland match receive $25 each instead of the present "miserable fee" of £6.

·Mr. C. E. Sutcliffe, who presided, pointed out that fees in inter- national matches were uniform^all-| round among the four countries,

TWO-REFEREES. SCHEME

are

Two contenders for the world heavyweight boxing crown seen above in a unique pose. They are Joe Louis, the colourful Ne- gro sensation from Detroit, left, who will meet James J. Braddock at the Soldier's Field, Chicago, on June 22, and Max Schmeling, right, the German heavyweight, who beat the Brown Bomber in a sensation- al clash last year, winning on a knock-out. Schmeling is supposed to meet Braddock on June 3 in New York!

BARNETT HITS 101 IN

AN HOUR

FASTEST CENTURY FOR SEVERAL YEARS

LONDON, MAY 7. ARNETT, ONE OF ENGLAND'S MOST SUCCESSFUL BATS-

ISPEED

RECORDS

AND LIMITS

AIMS OF BRITISH

DESIGNER

BEST CARS FOR OUR ROADS

(By A. G. THROSSELL)

London, May 7.

The indefatigable Capt. Eyston has been making more records, one of them being 99 m.p.h. for 24 consecutive hours on a car driven by a heavy-oil engine like those used on London" 'buses.

So long as British law and British roads forbids the use of speeds of over 30 m.p.h., the feat is mainly of academic inter- est, but it does emphasise once more how much of the potential efficiency of motor transport- is allowed to run to waste. In this respect aviation is better circum- stanced.

the

The time must come when capabilities of the internal-com- bustion engine will be as fully utilis- ed on land as they are in the air or as those of the steam engine on rails, so that the efforts of Capt. Eyston and others towards higher speeds are not as pointless as many people suppose.

It may be that the heavy-oil or diesel type of engine is the type of the future, and if petrol prices development continue to rise its will be greatly stimulated, if only because its m.p.g. is so much sup erior to that of the petrol engine. But whatever the power unit

of the future car, it is, I think, cer-

have two aims, greater speed and greater comfort.

and were governed by a decision B MEN ON THE RECENT AUSTRALIAN TOUR. SCORED 101 tain that all changes in design must of the International Board, but he would use what influence he IN EXACTLY AN HOUR FOR GLOUCESTER AGAINST HAMP could in this matter.

SHIRE AT SOUTHAMPTON YESTERDAY. IT IS THE FASTEST CENTURY SCORED SINCE SIR WALTER LAWRENCE'S

“PRACTICAL LIMIT REACHED" Another debate on the two-re TROPHY AND PRIZE FOR THE FASTEST THREE-FIGURE INN- feree scheme took place. Mr. W. C.INGS OF THE SEASON WAS INSTITUTED, AND BARNETT HAS

In the United States they are Cuff explained on behalf of the THUS EARLY MADE A STRIKING BID FOR THIS SEASON'S

talking of having reached the prac- PRIZES. Management Committee, the F. A. council's proposal to the Interna-

Barnett played superb cricket. In 10 minutes before lunch he tical usable limits of speed. Such tional Board for permission to try scored 26; he reached 50 out of 57 in another quarter of an hour, was a recent declaration by a tech-

the practice games and made his runs out of 132 scored while he was at the wicket. Henical director of General

But ere is a reason for that and also in three selected League was out in the same over, caught at extra cover off another big hit.

which does not apply generally.“ games next season, with the con-

cars have all adopted sent of the clubs concerned.

America ideals of steering and springing which tend to make high speeds un-- safe.

the method în

He appealed to the clubs to give this scheme a trial. That was all they asked for—a trial. Everything would still be subject to the club's final decision. Leeds United and Newcastle United supported, and Derby County and Wolverhampton Wanderers opposed.

NOT ENOUGH

Mr. George Allison (Arsenal) said a trial in three League matches was not enough. The system should be tried if at all in a League match a week throughout the season. No decision was taken but Mr. Sutcliffe said the Scottish League were so interested that if the trials tock place in England they had informed him they would attend them.

Mr. Bendle Moore întimated that at the annual meeting he would re- new his plea for four clubs instead of two to be promoted and relegat ed each season. "Tam fully con vinced it will be carried this year,"

he declared.

MR. H. D. G. LEVESON-GOWER

AND SURREY'S POLICY

E.R.T. Holmes' Men Always Play To A Finish

"Surrey woul

rather sacrifice a match than play dull cricket,' stated Mr. H. D. G. Leveson-Gower at the annual meeting of the Oval yesterday..

Mr. Leveson-Gower was refer- ring to Surrey's surplus last year, of £493, when, owing to the bad weather, most of the counties lost money. He said that the with- drawal of the entrance fee for one year, which brought an influx of new members, and E. R. T. Holmes' policy of always going all out to finish a match had created a new interest in Surrey, cricket. --

number players in League matches was heavily defeated. Mr. Bendle Moore remarked: "If a player is good enough he numbers himself,"

Preston and Mr. J. I. Taylor, of North End, added: "It savours of numbering greyhounds.”

ENTERTAINMENT TAX A Tottenham Hotspur resolution urging the revision of the enter tainment tax was carried. Mr. G. Wagstaffe Simmons pointing out The conference also requested that the Football League clubs paid the League Management Committee £300,000 a year, and that the tax to consider a scheme for introduc- caused some clubs to suffer a lossing standardised goalposts and on the season.

crossbars, and the marking of the Tottenham Hotspur's proposal to goal line.

Off and on drives were Barnett's best strokes; the fieldsmen at times could only stand and watch the ball flash past them. He hit Herman into an adjoining orchard and lifted a ball from Lawson out of the ground. Altogether he hit four sixes and a dozen fours.

The hearty innings followed a Hampshire breakdown. The home county started the day 94 behind with six wickets in hand, and were all out for an addition of 62.

HANTS COLLAPSE

Motors.

are now

I am told that attachable handles, like those on the steering wheels of steam traction engines, sold in the States, so low-geared has steering been made in order to ensure lightness. That is pro- bably a libel, but not a gross one; anyhow, most American cars definitely less stable and less easy to control at high speeds on any but

dead-straight and dead-flat roads than British or Continental

Creese played a good innings, but cars. his colleagues could do little against the accurate slow bowling of Sinfield and Goddard, who bowl- ed unchanged throughout the morn- ing... The last three wickets fall at the same total.

The chilly weather, which caused

are

STIRRING STRUGGLE

The duel last Saturday Earl Howe and the prince before the volved in his first at Brooklands was as stirring

of racing

spectacle as followers have seen for a long time.

Siamese was in- accident

many of the players to wear sweat ers, could not be plamed for Hamp shire's poor display. Creese hit one ball out of the ground and sent an- Bira, in Whitney Straight's old other into the ladies pavilion to but doughty Maserati, was definite- show what could be done with the ly the faster, but Howe stuck to him most gallantly, and driving bowling, but he had no emulators.

Hammond, who seemed likely to with the utmost verve and abandon rival Barnett's quick century after passed him on the 20th lap, and scoring 50 in 45 minutes, was out then for five laps fought off all his forcing the pace, having hit one six efforts to regain the lead, and seven fours.

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