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YORKSHIRE BOWLERS DISMISS AUSSIES COMPARATIVELY CHEAP
Sheffield, June 19. ·
Yorkshire's bowlers-were-in-great-form-on-the-open-
ing day of their match against the Australíans. The tourists were put out for the comparatively cheap score of 249 and the County had scored 17 runs for no wicket when stumps were drown.
In the play before lunch Yorkshire Ulmier intend their three Australian wickets were clipnces of splitting a dour seventh
· down for 112, and Bradman wicket partnership of 34 between Hamence, who was dropped twice, and
was out.
AL Suggers, once. period, Humence had batted pains
Orchestra's
Definite Progress
The performance given by the
West Lounge of European on Friday was a de-
Heavy showers, winch delayed the resumption for Ave minules takingly for more than 9 min Hong Kong Light Orchestra in the i munde the wicket burly, and Coxon, fast-medium, anado ball lift sharply.
the
utes for 24 runs.
With the dismissal of Saggers Hauence it out and was nicely Miller edged a balt to Brennan aught with his neure at 48. The inst three Australian wickets railed to retrieve the position,
The close of play scorebuurd
at the wicket in his second over and four wickets were down for 1:23.
Brilliant Catch
WHO:
Confident struke play, parti.
Australia: First innings rularly on the leg side by Harvey, Barnes, b. Aspinall improved matters, but the new Brown, bw, 5 Wordle bull proved too much for Harvey | Hrudirian. when the partnershipi had walled
Wurdle
C
Yardley,
41. Twice he slashed at Aspinall Miller, e Brenana, without connecting. und in
the Harvey, em Caxon
<
Coxon
next over against Coxon, after Florence, Brennan. b being missed in the gully by Coxon 1utton, tvey was raight and | McCoo), Bw, b Coxon bowled by Coxon, who threw taggers, e Yardley, Ward
full length for a budidant) Ring, 6 Azpirall ratch. Half the sele www the Jobaston, být out out for 164, and four runs later | Toshark, McCool was leg before.
Aspinall Extras
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SINGAPORE DEFEAT HONGKONG
Singapore,
June 20.
Hong Kong was defeated by eight wickets by Singapore Civilians when their : two-day cricket
match concluded
today.
The feature of
today's play was the plucky botting of J. M. Gosano.
In their second innings, Hong Kong managed to knock up only 91 runs, Gosano contributing 35 and Little 21.
Colling took three for 22 and Growder 3 for 25.
Set to make 44 runs for victory, Singapore made 46 runs for the loss of two wickets. Thiam
| Siew was top scorer with 20 not out.
Hong Kong lost four good wickets before its first inn- ings deficit of 47 runs was wiped out,
and the whole side
was dismissed before lunch for 91.- United Press;
Aspluall C'exon Smadles Wardle
e
Watson.
Y. M.C.A.
sided Improvement on that of its first appearance at the Kame venue on April 24.
Not only had its cast and re- pertoire been greatly augmented. but the Instrumentalista have made extensive use of their ex-
The result with
that
Bilence was not so apparent.
10
64
The
nt ni created
as on the previous occasion. presentation 20 Washington Post."
nervousness of the players but
40
4
4
22
3
248
the
as the programme proceeded the
musicians got a tighter grip an themselves,
and the finals was
rendered with all the abandon and timbre with which "Show Boat" usually associated.
HONG KONG, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1948.
INTERNATIONAL MOTOR RACE
BRITAIN WON the recent Jarsay international road race, the start of which is shown above, Bob Gerard, of Leicester, driving a prowar ERA racer, finished the 65 taps first at an
He was followed by another British driver, average speed of 87.33 miles an hour.
Prince Bira of 8lam, third. AP Photo
with
Louis Favoured 12 To Five
To Retain
Joan Turville did not appear ompletely at ease when she made her Arst contribution with "On Joo
Wings of Song" (Medelsohn). The mezzo-soprano gave the song La full body last could.net,
W times, help lowering her voice
such
a seale as to become hardly
4 audible. Her rendition of 1
BOV/LING
MR 28,37 H2 26 5 60
10 1 30
20
8 37
3
f
4 17
0 Siltesu), after the interval, re-
vealed her to be the artiste
5
Yorkshire; First Innings
Robinson
Hutton, not out
Halalay, oni otst
. Extras
Tute) (tar no wicket)..
--Reuter.
Parker Wimbledon Favourite
0
Heard You Singing" (Eric Coutes)
and "Un Peu D'Amour' (Leo
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Hat-Trick
By MCC Bowler Feature Of County Games
London, June 19.
A hat-trick by Captain J. H. G. Deighton, the Army
"and:M.C.C. fost-medium-bowler, was the fea- ture of a day's County cricket in which broken › weather gave bowlers, generally, the upper · hand:
Deighton finished off the Cambridge University's first innings by clean bowling R. Pearsall, B. Payer and W. Griffiths with successive balls-- two yorkers and a third ball of perfect length. He had an innings analysis of five wickets for 39 runs. Last season,
At Bristol: Leicestershire 252 also at Lords,
Comnock 51); Deighton registered a hat-trick (Prentice when playing for the Army Gloucestershire 97 for 1 (Bamelt against the Navy. His feat to-62).
At Chichester: Oxford Univer- day was the third hat-trick of
201 sity
(Van Ryneveld 80); the season, the others having sussex $7 for 3. been performed by A. C. AS Bath: Hampshire 189.
of Derbyshire, and (Arnold 73); Somerset 138 for Tom Pritchard, of Warwick (Gimblett 88 not out).-Reufer. shire.
Rhodes,
Bedsar's Bowling Rain interfered with matches and at Worcester wicket became
white
many
the
Dg snow
under a thick covering of hail-
stones, which did not melt for nearly
half an hour.
88,
COUNTY
TABLE
London, June 19.
The leading six counties in the The remarkable bowling by County Cricket Championship the England player, Alex Bedner, table up to and including matches accounted largely for the cheap which anded yesterday are: dismissal of Warwickshire by
ΟΙ Surrey at the Oval, where the
Warwickshire wickets
txt in
last five
He
test in
fell for 18 Tons in 20 minutes.
Bedser, who took Bedser,
P-Wrt. D. dec.
* 1 1 Ave for 32, Glatti 9
Derbyshire.6 12. disposed of three men without a disposed of
Warwick-
D. Pis
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personal cost in two overs. personal cos
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Louis and Joe Walcott, 34-year-old negroes who hammered up from obscurity and poverty, -will-clash again for the world heavyweight championship on Wednesday night in one of the ring's most rich extravaganza since the
C. B. Van Ryneveld, Oxford Yorkshire a 4 2 2 ▸ 8 Louis-Billy Conn fiasco two years ago.
University's South African player, Middlesex 10 Amsterdam, June 19. is feeling "much Under the bright lights of challenger
Britain. The helped to restore the University's ex India, Great will better" than he did for the first Netherlands
The leading six English first position Stadium they she Yankee
and Pakistan as
hockey against Sussex. Giving no chance class batting averages are: strongest Walcott is being kept isolated countries have been placed at in a grand 80, out of 201, from
rom the outside world
during the head of the four pools into South African was at the wicket
for three hours and hit eight. Washbrook the final days' training. The which the 17 entries for the fours.
handlers
tournament reported Olympic
Scoreboards challenger's
the and divided by that he weighed 100 lbs.
The close of play scores today D. Compton expects to weigh in at 104% lbs. Hockey Federation at a meet- were:
United Press.
ing here today. Eire's entry
At the Oval: Warwickshire 34 has not been accepted by the Federation.
and thoroughly tieserved the settle a dispute caused by their bout against Joe Louis last De- 12 thunderous applause she received. Brst title fight at Madison cember.
Madame T.P. Yip, the popular pinalet, had a deserved ovation Square Garden on last Decem- ber when Louis retained his 17 with her wonderful execution of
Mozart's Sonata in C Minor (First Crown on a split decision that
Hark the most fans and experts deem Movement), Hork, Lark" (Schubert-Liszt), anded undeserved.
A crowd of 50,000 is expected to witness the
outdoor Arst Aght between
London, June 20. Top-seeded Frank Parker of Los Angeles was made a 5-4 favourite to win the Wimble-
Debussy's "Claire de Lune" and "Minstrels."
In an orchestra of 38 it would heavyweight title
be invidious lo single out any negro principals. The gate is ex- Instrumentalist for special men-pected to range between $900,000 Receipts from tion. The review would, however, and $1,000,000.
and television and the be Incomplete If it falled to re- radio cord hearty reception given to movies may swell the total collec where the flutes and "The Butterfly" (Theo Bendix) tions to $1,500,000.
clarinets Champion's Record
Agured so prominently..
concert.
Union Jack Table Tennis
the
four
.C...
were International
the
Nut
Inne, ouis Hand Innk. Arge,
(Lancashire)
* 1,009
200 77 #1
7. Crupp (Glou- cestershire).
17
(Middlesex) 20
lution (Yorkshire)
wickshire) W. Zones
Glamorgan) 17
3. 904
127 44.57
1.158
252 64,30
2
UTE
174 62.30
19
.. TH
107 68.57
1 534
111* 58.37
(Alec Bedser 5 for 82, Laker 8. Dollery (Ware
for 24); Surrey wicket.
nine for one
The four pools are as follows: Pool A-India, Austria, Argen- At Brxton: Lancashire 67. for tina, Palestine and Poland,
rook 31 nout) against 2 (Wo Pool B-Great Britain, Cze- Derbyshire. chontovakia, Hungary and Spain.
Poot C. The Netherlands, for 4. Afghanistan, Switzerland and tho United States. The Union Jack Club Table
Pakistan, France, tournament has
Pool not
and Denmark. Belgium interesting
The programme the best
was arranged as
July 31
31-Indla V Palestine,
and
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of one
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matches ol ns follows:
_Czechoslovakia
บ
120
w/chohire)
** not outy
The leading six-bowlers are:
0. M. E. W. Avro At Brentwood: Middlesex 102 D. Gladwin
@inst Essex.-
|--Derbyshire) 229.2 88 605 33. 11.47 .. (wo days' match).. Wardle
Univeralty Cambridge
449 (Yorkshire)
188 Louis is favoured 12 to 5 in
01 60 16.35
Mudame O. Pekrovsky, the ac-the latest ouds to retain his Tennis
(Deighton for 39, including T. Pritchard (War dan men's championship today companist, couributed in no crown
403.0 85 1,068 68 15.70 1 record areaking reached In
rick); M.C.C. 13 one one." hat-trick); as the cream of world tennis email degr
defence. Louis la
At Nottingham: Nottinghamshire. Pape
324.4 56 719 47 18.89 stage
(Derbyshire) 30
countries thegree to the success of twenty-fifth amateurs from
brillant favoured because of his
(Wooller 5 for 61); Glam-., Muneer 138 gathered for the 62nd annual The high quality of this per record of 60 victories In 61 progames of the competition took
(Clatoorgan), 480,4 150 1,014 60 10.90 formance
reflected the greatest fessional Aghts; also because he place during the week between Argentina v
Poland, Great Bri-organ 161 for 5.
At Worcester: Northamptensira V. Jackson (Lei- classic which begins Monday. redit on-Inspecto: "Bill" Apps, achieved knockout triumphs in the Club_and_Signals.... - tatv... Hungary...
London's leading bookmaker:
148-(Oldfield - 60); Worcestershire! cestershiraj... 265234.ESE 39 47,0€...... was between v whose return bouts agalnyi every one of, The first game Douglas Stuart, made 32-year-old the energetic conductor.
Belgium, Spain, Pakistan
Reuter. 16 for 2. must the nine men
and who fought him Nichols (U.J.C.)
Richards France v Denmark. Parker the leading choice to gain unquenchable enthusiasm
orchestra to twice. the crown which was won last have inspired his
(Signals). Nichols played a good August 2--India year by Jack Kramer, also of Los give of their best.
Louis expects to light at about game with well placed backhand Austria v
Richards' superiorlands v Sw Afghanistan who has turned II the attendance could be 215 pounds, four more than in flecks" but 11 has since tently taken as a criterion of the Oches- December.
driving enabled him to win. In v United States. America's top ranking amateur.
tra'a growing popularity, a full
for support Walcott the first game he won by Stuart
be expected towered the betting price in the points and the second after deuce. Austria also established Mrs. house could safely Margaret Osborne, seeded first in when it makes lis next appear-past week from 14 to 5 to 12 to Gond defensive play by Cham- v Spain, Czechoslovakia Hun- the women's division, as a 3-2 unce at the Kowloon Cricket 5. Jersey Joo's backers claim borlain, of the Club, enabled him
gary. Pakistan v Denmark. favourite to make a successful Club, Cox's Road, next Saturday. his ringeraft and punch wil bent to beat Coates by 21-18, who ulso
August The Netherlands v defence of the crown which she
Louis this time because he will won the second 21-17 after some United States, France v Beiglum. won last year.
not repeat his
Amashing shots towards the end. December mis-
August Austria v Argen- takes,
Playing Rine "spin" gome Two weeks
ago the stocky, Froggatt (Signals) easily won the tina, Palestine v Poland, Great Britain V Czechoslovakia, Af- bull-shoudered challenger appear- first game from Rundle, who
Aug
Stuart's surprise second choice
in the men's competition at 2-1 was. Jaroslav Drobny, the stocky Czechoslovakian champion who is seeded fifth In the tournament.-- United Press.
POLYTECHNIC MARATHON
London, June IP. 3. T. Holden (Tipton Harriers), the amateur Athletic Association ABANDONED FINALS champion, won the Polytechnic
London, June 19.
marathon over a course from the Castle to of Windsor beavy rainstorm had grounds
in two hours drenched the courts, the finals Chiswick today
After a
Heavy
Louis Confident Pompton Lakes, N.J., June 19.
two
V
Poland, The Nether-
v Argentina,
August Great Britain
Heuter.
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PIRATES TIE BRAVES FOR NATIONAL LEAD...
New York, June 19. Pittsburgh Pirates tied for the National League lead
13 0
todays coming from behind to-edge Phillies 7-6....... ed to be razor sharp in training seemed to be at sea with Frog-ghanistan Switzerland.
August 5-Hungary v Spain, for their sixth straight victory. Piratas are now, nt Grenloch, NJ, but lately he gall's peculiar service, by 21-0, Pakistan V France, Belgium had not been as impressive, He Undaunted, Rundle rallied strong- Denmark.
even with, Boston Braves, who play Cincinnati the second set off expects to weigh about the same ly and won
August 7--India-v Austrin,
Reds tonight. its In December, 194% pounds. deuce 22-20. The third game
Argentina V Palestino. went to Froggatt with a comfort Netherlands
The New York Giants snapped a Boston Red Sox ..... United Press.
7 · 10: 0 ་ Afghanistan, five-game losing streak to Detroit Tigers abla dve point lead.
P. Red Box
Kramer, Ferr Switzerland v United States. trounce Cardinals 10-1 as Joc With the Signals leading 2-1,.
Tekbetla. Gordon got two home runs, two excitment ran high when logers,
The Tracks, White, Pierce . Joe Louis indicated today that captain of the Club, ovened the
Brift singles and a walk. Mice and it Jersey Joe Welrott couldn't
score when he beat Davies in two There was a record field of 144 Leat him last December, he has straight
Marshall also homered,
Washington Senators.. 5
7 games, The obvious
Rookie Bob Rush won his Chicago White Sox D starters,
even less chance of turning the superior game of Rogers did not
Senatore: p. Wens. Harrist, Ferrick, T. Richards, South London,rick, on Wednesday at the Yan-deter Davies from putting every-
second victory as Cubs defeated
Thompson, Candlat; o. Early, Evans. 10 two hours 38
Nicholson set tho Dodgers
3-2. was second
Loc Stadium..
White Box! Pleret. Jiwon 1 e minules three seconds, and S.
thing in the game. Roger, who
расо for Cubs with a home run
Robinson. Jones, Polytechnie, was third in couldn't lick me when I wasn't 16, 21-18.
The champion said: "If he hit freely and accurately, won 21-
as the Dodgers lost their third | straight_gards,
Cleveland Indians blanked Athletics 4-0 after dropping Ave [straight games.
of the London grass courts ten-38 minutes 44.5 seconds. nis championship
Queen's at Club bere were abandoned to day.
The prizes were shared among the finalists-Router.
Purge Of Russian Billiards Asked
Moscow, Juno 20.
The newspaper, "Soviet Sport,” has asked, athletic authorities to purge Russian billiards from foreign influences.
A lengthy article
two hours 40 minutes 49 seconds.
The first three
will almost my real self, how does he expect In the deciding game Ramskill certainly carry Britain's colours to do it now?"
(Signals) soon made it evident The Brown Bomber is going to that Pulling's unorthodox play
In the Olympic event.
Baseball
League
Leaders
New York, June 20,
The race was started by the cat regularly right up to the was having Bttle effect on har Queen, using a silver pistol, By weigh-in and will not attempt to and with hard drives gave Major baseball league leaders, oven runs-with-a-homer-in-ti winning the event, Holden re- "drý out" like before the first Signals victory when he won 21- tained his championship, which fight with Walcott. was-run- for concurrently. ---- Rcutér.
BOWLING Crnigengower Cricket Club
bent Hong Kong Electric Staff by three shots in a friendly Lawn
|12, 21-16.
The latest word from behind i With this win Signals are again Jettey Joe Walcott's "iron cur- in, the lead and some good games |tain" Is that the heavyweight should be witnessed this week.
PROBING WRECKAGE
POSSIBLE CLUES
FOR attacked this is the way the finale for the Bowle game yesterday at Happy
the present billiards set up. Moscow championship wore Valley,
It was titled "Safeguard The organised....." Sport Of Billiards From For- cign Morals.""
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AMERICAN LEAGUE Baiting-Williams, Boston, 407: Boudreau,
Cleveland,' 271,
Rusa batting In-Williama 38, DiMarzio,
New York, 19.
Rana-Willlasa 51, DiMaxxio, Boston, 40 Elite---W{1}{ama' 71, Boudreau 11.
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Triple-BIMscio, New York, #: Con.
Washington, 4. Home run-Keltner, Cleveland, 10; Wit
Hats, 28, Bielen, basse--Coan 11, Dillinger, Bt.
Louis. 5. Birikouste-Drimie, Philadelphia,
Newbour, Detroit, $4.
871
on
Yankee Billy Johnson drove 'in
sixth with one
base and another in the ninth with bases
St. Louis Browns 10-5. loaded, as Yankees ramped over
Spence and Pesky set the paca for Red Sox with
home run
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cach as Detroit Tigers went down
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Philadelphia Athletics 05:3 Cleveland Indians...
Flomat. Athletion: p. McCaben; a Indians P. Muncriat. Christopher:
Hero-United Press.
LEAGUE
STANDINGS
New York, June 20. Baseball standings:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
to a 9-7 defeat. Chicago White Sox mauled five Senator pitchers Boston for 17 hits to win a 9-5 victory durab as Senators lost their seventh Bt. Loule straight game.
Lort
Prize. .503
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40
Philadelphia New York
Detroit
389
Today's scores were:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
A...H. Pittsburgh Pirates... 7 14 DI
Mount Carmel, Pann., Juna 19.* Investigators examined three possibla cluos today in the hope of learning the cause, of one of the United States' most baffling airline disas-Filchlacht, New York, 11: Der Philadelphia Philllès, 6 12 1 AME 'tors—the crash of the United. Statas air finars,
DC-6 hore on Thursday.
den, Cleveland, Gl.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
The clues to the catastrophe have been emptied to put out the Batting-Muela), 89. Louis, 40% Wat In which 43 persons were kill-fire. ed are so far:
"Its four o'clock in the morn. A. Xavier. ing, tired spectators in the Meta billiards (ropole are watching Ivory balls A. F. COLUM The articlo sald R
green table,
(Skip) tournament is being run in the running around Metropole Hotel and commented: Finally with little applause, ero-A. A. Ruark "It not understandable how dentials are handed the winner." 3. 8. Franke The city sports committee ul-B. V. MATTin the Moscow Govizi can rest easy when there exists A blillardsteady must have known that the & Landolt room in the cellar of the Hotel entre, teams were composed of (hip)
lake, Plütsburgh, 340, - Metropole. Here in a stuffyhall, everyday habitues of restaurants, Hailsta
Joseph Fluoti, Chlef Civil Runa-baited in later, Cincinnat, 61: full of smoke, gambling takes and hotels-people who have no- W. Hongeling
Aeronautics Board Investigator all, 4: Kluer, ti.
Kiner, Fittsburgh, -45.- Common with Sovici A. 14. Omar place. Hero dark faces have taken thing in,
Firstly, statements of eye here asked Washington head-Bilal 81, Achbar, Philadelphia concoct swindling port, They are morally decay-(k) refuge and
witnesses who said they saw quarters to send a specialist on ed."
and timeline, : Pittsburgh,. 19. combinations."
The newspaper sald managers:
crash Double Russell, Boston, 1: Meland pieces falling from the big trans. aircraft structures to the "Is it conceivable, for instance,
port plank, before it smashed into scene. Soma: 100 persona are „Märihall, New York, 14., to allow competitions in restaur of the Moscow. Sports Committee,
Belfast, June 19. The electrical transformers, searching the ground along the Tristes-Musial. Waftos, Chicago, ants next to a beer bar? But instead of developing and train
ing young billard players, :Ignore
Alan Brayton, Britain's
Secondly, a possible engine fire. plane's fight path for five miles Home yous-Sauer. 19, Kiser, 17. this penetration of forals in Olympic hope for the high jump Thirdly, the possibility that the on the chance that they may find Bielen baseAshburn, Philadelphia, 16, fluence,"
event, cleared alx feat two in plane's pilots were overcome by some place or places which may Birkeesian Orasen. Brooklyn, The paper called for mass pro- ches, at ati amateur Internation- carbon dioxide escaping through have fallen off In the fight. This duction of billiard | tables, bails al sports moet in Belfast today, the circulation stem from some would be invaluable evidenceTM Tukar er meer." ChicaUARE=POKE= and cuesAssocialed. Press, |- Associated Press,
point in the plane where it might United Press,
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by" WALTER JAMES KEATRO, Wine wie Meyer Heria. Kona,
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Torsos Dostom; 11.
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• Yankee) B. Lopaty a. Berra:for Sy the Philippines, paced the Olym Brownet de Darver. “ Islámún. „Vidmar, plo scoring with 28 pointer--A390-
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