1940-10-31 — Page 47

THE CHINA MAÍL, OCTOBER 31, 1940.

FIREWORKS

FROM HARDSTAFF

Fage 15

V.C. BOXER WON THE DO YOU KNOW? RIDING

ARMY TITLE IN 1938

AMONG THOSE THRILLED TO READ THE EPIC STORY OF HARRY NICHOLLS, V.C., WERE HIS OLD BOXING OPPONENTS ARTHUR PORTER AND GEORGE PRESTON.

Frank Chester, the well- known umpire, sets this crjo. ket problem, which, he bays actually occurred.

A bowler did the hat trick in one over by clean bowling batsman 1, 2, and 4 with successive deliveries. How was it that Number) 2. was among the victims?

Answer in Column One but think it out before looking.

These two heavy weights both, in 1938, and in the same year won A.B.A titles, and it is a won the Imperial Services cham- tribute to the boxing skill of pionship by outpointing: the hold-

POLO RESULTS never out-er, Corporal J. S. Weaterton, in a Last month the Tront Bridge Nicholls that he was cricket fans had a day to store in classed in his several battles with memorable Anal, thelf memories, writes a Home either champion.

Another of his rivals, Metro- Nicholls lost to Porter in the poiitan policeman L. L. Steven correspondent. They saw 543 runs scored in less than six hours' bat-Army championships of 1937, but son, recently recalled a hard- after hitting tussle he had with Nicholls Joe Hardstaff, playing won his colours shortly for an R.A.F. eleven, smash his wards at Maidstone, where he at Aldershot in 1938... county colleague's bowling all outpointed George Scott, of the Stevenson won when the fight over the field ... a two-run-a..

Nottingham Police,

was stopped in the fifth round: minute, thrill-a-second finish, and

A month later he boxed for the owing to the soldier's eye being Copenhagen and gave weight, injuries which kept Nicholls out height, and a beating to Fritz of the ring during the 1939 sea- Gramstrup, the

ting..

RIDING ACCIDENT

AT VALLEY

By:""Rapier!***

An áccident; which; fortunately. - developed.Into nothing of g-sort- Que nature. occurred to the Chin- CEO riding boy, from the Dynasty. Baskets (Bompas, Chattey, Wil-stable this morning: son and Atkinson) drew 5-all The boy was taking out pony with Evergreens (Peters, Way, No. K79, a new Australian sub- Forrester and Duncan) yesterday scription pony, for the 1941 sea- in the Navy Cup Polo Tourna- son belonging to Mr. Widdecombey ment: Peters (2), Chattey, Forres-for its morning.exercise, andron ter (2) and Wilson (2) scored. reaching the main gate” the Cissies (Lawder, Penfold, Chat- pony threw the "boy" heavis tey. and Yeatman) beat. Dolittlesy, his head striking the sand track. He was carried· back to 10-2. Lawder (4), Penfold (2), Chattey, (4), Fielden: and Fisher condition, but was soon little the scored.

worse for his experience?

In view of the above case, I Hunters Moon IV (Gordon Richards put forward: the suggestion, im up); at 100-3, won the Cesarbwitch the interest of jockeys, trainers, yesterday. Sir Pomm, 33-1 was se and riding, boys, that an ambu- cond and King Legend, 1008, third. Jance be stationed daily near the Fourteen ran and the race was won by a neck and 2 lengths-Reuter, Hong Kong Football Club

discovered, a new star who may Army against the Sparta Club of cut; and it was a series of similar (Smith, Fisher, Fielden and Guest) the Paddock in an unconscious

or

tional.

Danish interna-son

prove to be another Gunn Hardstaff of a future Notts team.

RT. Simpson, a high school boy who joined the police instead of accepting an invitation to join the ground staff, was the new

I. S. Champion hero. Sent in to open the Notts innings in his first county game

Nicholls upset

several fancied with Test star Keeton he defied candidates to win the Army title

the Air Force bowling (which in- cluded Butler, Harris, and War- burton), carrying his bat for 134. With the county captain, G. F. Heane, he helped to add 213 for the second wicket.

When Heane left after making 108, 84 runs were needed with only an hour left. When the win- ning hit was made 20 minutes still remained for play so Notts car- ried on batting.

Hardstaff's Knock

Previously, Acting Sergeant Major Hardstaff had played one of his most attractive innings.

I don't suppose the crowd en- joyed themselves more than did Joe in nearly getting a double century against his own club.

He treated all his pals impar- tially, but singled out Major Gubby Allen, a Notts player for the day, for the indignity of being hit for 6. After getting his 100 he scored the next 50 In 20 min- utes.

Incidentally, Keeton, England's No. 1 bat, revealed unexpected qualities as a bowler. He took three wickets, Including Tom Barling's.

GRAPHIC GOLE

LAWSON LITTLE STARTED COMEBACK

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***It will be recalled that Cpl. Har- ry Nicholls of the Guards was previous ly reported as killed in action How- ever, it has since been officially, an- nounced that he was captured prisoner after being severely wounded in the action which gained him the V.C.

RAIN OR SHINE

MY STANDBY

WON LOS ANGELES

OPEN THEN

HATIONAL OPEN

ALLOWS

SMOOTH SWING

THROUGH

WALL

TRAIL BY ADDING

WEIGHT TO

PUTTER

Weighted Putter.

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By BEST BALL. They still pay off on the putt in golf. Lawson Little, former Open champion, now more firmly convinced of this than ever, Prior to the Los Angeles Open, Little re- viewed his game and decided that something drastic would have to be done if he was to achieve the same fame in pro- fessional ranks that he ́en-. joyed as Amateur. Champion. The big trouble lay in putting. so Lawson weighted the back of his putter with 21⁄2 ounces of lend, nek

The change in his putting stroke and accuracy was sen- sational. Instead of snapping the putter head against the ball, he began to stroke through it straight toward the hole. The balls dropped into the tin with enough regularity to enable him to win the Los-- Angeles Open. Ditto the National Open, the greatest prize in golfdom. And Little has been scoring well ever since:

CRICKET POSER

(860 column four.) Numbers: 1′′ ́ arid" 2" upened tho innings but 2 was injured, and re- tired hurt. Then Number: 3 · join- ed: Number 1.37%

Number 1 was then bowled, 2. resumed his innings,, wag bowled. first ball, and so was 4

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