THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 2, 1938.
Records
Topple At The White City
LONDON, TO-DAY.
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AT THE WHITE" CITY, CROWD OF 35,000, NECESSITAT- ING CLOSING OF THE MAIN GATE, WATCHED A MINIATURE OLYMPIAD BETWEEN THE 18 COUNTRIES COMPETING.
SPEEDY KNOCK-OUT
London, July 18, Eric Boon Knocked out his Belgian opponent, Raymond Re- nard, in 30 seconds on Satur- day. The loser had to have stitches inserted in an eye wound afterwards.
RAINS HOLDS UP PLAY
In the course of the meeting, four British records were broken, Sydney Wooderson, British holder of the mile record, won the half- mile in 1 minute, 50-9/10 seconds, beating the record set by Dr. Otto Peltzer. of 1 minute, 51-1/16 seconds, established in 1926; Godfrey Brown (Britain) Play was considerably curtailed won the 440 yards in the record in the cricket match at Swansea be. British time of 47.6 secs., Fritz tween the Australian Tourists and (Canada) being second in 47.7 which Glamorgan: also beat the old British re- cord..
London, To-day.
When a heavy storm during the tea interval caused play for the day Patterson (America): won the to be stopped, Glamorgan had 440 yards hurdles in 53 seconds, score 148 for 5 to which Emerys while Varszegi (Hungary) won the Davies had contributed 58. javelin throw in 237 feet, 234 inches, both British records. Reuter.
KENT BEATS HANTS One match concluded yesterday, Kent scoring a smashing victory over Hampshire at Canterbury.
Kent batted first and compiled 407 to which C. 'H. Knott contribut- in- ed 112. Hants in their' two nings scored 102 and 197 respec- tively.
THE LEEDS TEST
(Continued from. Paye 18).
Bowes has been allowed to bowl Waite have looked like unsenting hobbling that careful batsman.
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The O'Reilly is pinning Barnett to the block hole, I would rather see our huncher risk his High drive.
Edrich does drive McCormick and for four and that wipes out, our de- ficit. We are three runs up with all our wickets intact. ^
The Don now stands at 96. He is in complete possession of the situn tion. He has infused his notable Half an hour to go and the light vitality into conditions, which have now quite pleasant. The duelof deadened the efforts of all the other O'Reilly versus Barnett is still on. batsmen.
The crafty Cornstalk is keeping a He has had no loose bowling to teasing length and is trying every help him. He has scored his runs off device. With 40 to his name Charles good balls.
would be driving the balls he is now carefully playing with a dead bat. To Farnes after all fell the cura-
Edrich is handicapped by his want tor; the caretaker had amassed three of stature in dealing with McCor runs in about an hour; but his pre-mick's bouncers, but he is standing sence at the wicket was a blessing up to him with alert confidence. to Bradman.
At 6.5 O'Reilly gives the ball Fleetwood; but I dare say O'Reilly will merely change ends.
Now we may declare the hutch open in spite of O'Reilly's big innings at Lord's. · Austrália leads by nine runs with seven wickets down."-
able batsman.
to
Fleetwood is pitching the ball well up and is twisting in from the off.
Yes; O'Reilly has changed Wends, displacing McCormick, There is no screen behind his arm this end.
We have scored 20
runs, in 86
minutes.
Bowes attacks the Don on the edge of the Don's century; and the Don wins home with a stolen run.
We have seen a great innings by this shrewd, adroit, and universally
Both batsmen are now. playing Bill Bowes bowled the hero middle well. I hope they will not let O'Reil stump all ends up. I never saw ly drag them forward into a mistake. more complete "clean bowled." It was Fifteen minutes to go; 83 runs on a fast one that pitched on the middle the board. and leg. I daresay it swung in the air.
Immediately afterwards O'Reilly is beautifully caught off Farnes by Wal- ter Hammond at first slip:*:*
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Fleetwood at once hit a steepler which nearly dropped in his blockhole; Farnes claimed the catch and arrived in time for it; but other fielders were round about; and Fleetwood had 1 great laugh.
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The Don and Fleetwood are hatch- ing some plot. But Edrich hooks a fourer. I wonder if the idea was a long hop for a catch at long leg?
CLOSE OF PLAY CRICKET SCORES
Fleetwood is still laughing because the ball found the turf off Farnes's chest. He tried four other steeplers, 5 but did not connect.
London, To-day.
At Swansea, Glamorgan 148 for v Australians.
So Bowes bowled McCormick. After all this to do, Australia leads v Somerset 401 for 7 dec. by 19 runs.
At Bristol, Gloucester 168, for 8
At Canterbury, Kent 407 v.Hamp- Allow for the run-out of Joe Hard-shire 102 and 197.
staff and we may call it quits. Date At
They Are Up To Date
The White City!
LONDON, JULY 18.
APART FROM THE PURELY ATHLETIC AFFAIRS AT THE WHITE CITY ON SATURDAY, THERE WAS MUCH TO ADMIRE AND TO MARVEL AT DURING THE PROGRESS OF THE A.A.A. MEETING.
huge results board.
At Manchester, Lancashire The trouble, is we have to face, an uncomfortable hour and a quarter in and 69 for 1 v Yorkshire 215. the evening gloom.
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At Northampton, Northants 251 Leicester. 852 and 85 for 1. At the Oval, Surrey 447 v Notts 319 for 4:
The task of time was reduced by a la quarter of an hour-an immediate ap-v peal against the absence of light.
Then McCormick is trying the haz ard of a big bounce.
Waite is chosen for the other end.
At Hove, Sussex 296 and 181 v Middlesex 178 and 190 for 3.
At Birmingham, Warwick 187 and 140 for 5 v Derby 377.
He is said to make the new ball swerve in the air. But Charles Bar- nett makes it fly dead straight along. the turf; a great drive.
The light is no worse now than it At Worcester, Worcestershire 161 may be on Monday morning.
and 248 v Essex 200 and 127 for Perhaps the most notable ad- should measure.
Edrich has hooked McCormick of
5 Reuter. dition to the amenities for spec-
This year the S.A.A.A. brought Fhis (Edrich's) eyebrow. A brave tators at the London ground was the method
thod by which field events It would youth to act as starter blow; had he missed the ball be would
pay them next year to in-have been another casualty, rese distances were signalled to a spe-
nothing fearsome has occurred in the cial board erected just below the vite Mr. Rottenburg to come northExcept for the short bumping ban LEAGUE TENNIS
and to bring his impedimenta with first four overs. We are now ten PROGRAMME FOR him. It would at long last do runs behind.
I am expecting runs from Edrich; THIS WEEK A portable wireless set, carried something to keep interest alive in he is far too good a batsman not to by a man on his shoulders, sur-the field events. mounted by a small steel aerial, was]
the loud speakers H. M. the means whereby the distance of a throw in the hammer, javelin, Abrahams did notable work and the sooner the Scottish body introduce broad putt, ora
jump,
such a means of communication at was signalled,
The O'Reilly does not really mind C.S.C.C... and
to
the new ball; he always starts with H.KC.C. the average time of only 50 second Hampden Park and invite a man of
W. R. Milligan's qualifications
it for his club in Sydney. was required between the moment a
with undertake the dutes the sooner will
This evening he has started missile landed and the distance was
they be able to draw spectators to his customary maiden; I do not think It signalled on the board.
Well over 20,- he knows how to bowl a bad length K.T.G.C.A. the championships.
ball. remarkable achievement.
000 people were at the White City Edrich has had an escape; he sent K.C.C. was on Saturday, and they were never a stinger to Fleetwood's right hand, I.R.C.
at low down; the stinger stuck not. We C.S.C.C.
OT - &c.,
Another useful contraption
was a
At
the wind gauge used to determine out of touch with proceedings
make more runs than he has found The following is the League Tennis yet in these Test matches,
programme for this week:-
To-morrow
I am liking Charles Barnet to-night; Waite is not employed for long; he he is timing his drive. is displaced by O'Reilly after a couple C.c.c. of overs.
the strength of the breeze either for any. part of the vast G.R.A. are now one run behind.
or against the runners, and the fact enclosure. that it registered a help of two metres per second velocity. in favour of the runners, for example, in the hurdles there was enough to suggest that D. O.Finlay's record will not find favour with the authorities. But how useful an instrument the wind recorder could be. Whether it would ever be out of use at Hamp- den Park is a matter for some con- Jecture, but it would
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manner of future at sure
The whole business-
all
Another Record For Miss Hveger
Copenhagen, To-day.
ment at the White City is in the hands of Mr. Rottenburg, who has
the made a study of the science,
Danish has produced instruments, among phenomenal⠀⠀⠀ 17-year-old them aninge
ous double tape re- swimmer, Ragnhild Hveger, when corder, whi enable him to an- she improved her own record in the nounce
as quickly as 400 metres free style by 2.1 seconds
26th world swimming record and was established yesterday
H.K.U.T.C.
K.I.T.C.
P.R.C.
"B" Division
C.R.C.
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v. I.R.C.
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V. A.T.C.
Y. C.B.A..
v. C.R.C.
v. Club de Recreio
C.C.C.
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