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Yankees Lead Red Sox By A Full Game

New York, July 26. Johnny Mize emerged as hero for the second straight day on Wednesday when he smashed a two-run double with two out in the ninth inning to give the Yankees a 2-1 triumph over Cleve- land Indians,

Mire lashed the eighth inning homer on Tuesday to give the Yankees a 3-2 triumph over the Indians.

dal McDougald opened the Yankee ninth with a single off Mike Garelo, but Ger Woodling struck out Joe DiMaggio. Yogi Berra then singled

to centre,

sending McDougald to the third. whereupon Mize delivered the double that gave El Lopat his 12th victory and New York a full-game

over Blue Sox, who dropped a

decision to White Sox.

full-game lead second

14

In pacing White Sox to vic- tory, Ken Holcombe pitched five-hit ball while his team- mates racked three Boston pitchers, beginning with Parnell, for twelve hits.

Don

Lenhardt slammed including second

three

hits,

0

Mel

three-run homer in two days. Orestes Minoso collected

double and two singles.

a three-run lead

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Don Johnson spotted Detroit In the first inning and then went on to pitch Washington to a 7-4 victory for his sixih triumph of the year.

BROOKLYN NINE AHEAD Brooklyn widened its. Na- tional League lead to

nine gothes by beating the Chicago Cubs 0-2 s pitcher Preacher Roo hurled an eight-hit ball for his 14th victory. Eddie Miksis put Chicago in the lead with a first inning homer, but Gil Hodges tied the score with his 19th homer of the year in the second.

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ENGLAND THE FAVOURITES

TO DEFEAT SOUTH AFRICA

IN THE FOURTH TEST

Leeds, July 26. England, though making six changes, are the favourites de feat South Africa in the Fourth Test which begins at Headingley to-

morow.

Victory would give England the rubber as they now lead by two winą tą one in the series of five matches.

In spite of the general shuffle, England appear to have a better balanced side than that which won the Third Test so 'decisively at Manchester.

South Africa have a superlor The Headingley pitch has the attack, but this is largely offset reputation of being fast and by suspect batting, particularly favouring the new ball bowlers on a wet or turning wicket,in the first hour, after which and their inability to master the it favours the batsmen,

Rain can make it violently tricky, so much depends on the 10.

intricate, swing of Alee Bedser

Bedaer needs only one more wicket to beat Maurice Tate's 155 Test wickets, Only two bowlers in Test cricket history

Borries Shiney

(189) and Clarrle Grimmett (Australia) (216) have better Agures.

Another personal milestone which should be reached in the match is the reaching of 5,000 runs in Test cricket by Len Hutton, England's opening

hatsman.

He needs only nine runs. The other players, to reach this gure are Jack Hobbs and Waller Hammond, of England, and Sir Donald Bradman, of Australia.

TENNIS LEAGUE

CCC Ladies

England's six changes are Denis Compton, Trevor Bailey, Malcolm Hilton, Peter May, David Brennan nd Frank Low- in place of Graveney, Statham, Luter, Simpson, Evos and Hein.

zon

Engilah-born Perry Mannell, for Fullerton, is South Africa's unly change.

The leans:

ENGLAND: Brown, Ballcy, May, Brennan, Hutton, Comp ton, Bedser, Lowson, Watson, Tattersall und Hillon. 12th man is Graveney,

The

SOUTH AFRICA: Eric Rowan, Waite, Van Ryneveld, Nourse, Cheethain, McLean, Mansell, Athol Rowan, Mann, Chubb, McCarthy: The 12th man is Melle.Reuter.

shine on a perfect pitch a Portsmouth against Hampshire today. Jack Robertson and Syd In a sparkling Brown shared opening stand of 233, runs, scared in 100 minutes,

Robertson maintained ·hla're- for consistency by putation

of getting his seventh Hundred the year

and Brown jumped into form, hitting right back 104 runs.

Robertson, driving superbly and hitting 17 fours in his 135 the opening runs, dominated stand, but Brown, once he had pureed bis century, scored with delightful freedom.

to a Afler. Robertson fell

his first false catch, making tirolie, Brown

his last 94 Lowlers and scored the thring runs in 80 minutes.

four and Batting altogether three-quarter hours, he hit ong six and 22 fours and scored his runs out of 372.

CLOSE OF PLAY SCORES

The following were today's close of play scores in first- class cricket matches,

Just Edge Out Derbyshire batsman, who have ket

Recreio

Craigengower Cricket Club, who share the top of the table

with: Kowloon Cricket Club in the Ladies' "B" Division of the Tennis League, nearly had their bid for championship honours ended yesterday by a fighting Recreio "Whites" squad.

been

COUNTY MATCHES .

At Bristol: Essex 243 (Insole London, July 29.

Ave for 79) Fred Ridgway, the Kent fast 5B, Lambert

and Don Carr, the Gloucestershire 25 for no wie At Scarborough: Scotland 121 chosen to

tour India, Pakistan and Ceylon with the (Johnston 50 not out, Trummon MCC team

this winter, dis-ve for 62, Appleyard three for 17). Yorkshire 200 for ong tinguished themselves in the

(Halliday 90, Wilson 168-not match at Folkestone today.

out).

At Lords: (two-day match) 249 for alx de- clared (Lieutenant-Commander Royal Navy Manners 107 not

outh. The

Ridgway look four Derbyshire wickets with four balls, a feat not accomplished in first-clast cricket since W. A. Henderson (North-East Transvaal) did it in 1997-38 against Orange Free State

at Bloemfontein, while Curr playing attractive cricket, made 103 runs not out,

Derbyshire were making runs that the score so comfortably A winning deciding set by reached 211 runs for three wie- kets, Then, armed with new Miss Rosle Rumlahn and Mrs ball, Ridgway accounted for Irene Souza enabled them to A. C. Revill, J. Kelly, A. E. Gladwin with survive yesterday'a match and stay in the running for the title.odes and C.

four following deliveries. The Valley Club will have Ladies' Recreation Club as their He bowled Revill and the next and last obstacle before other three were held at slip, their final match with the backward short leg and at the Kowloon Cricket Club, 7-0

Four Cub errors helped Brooklyn score is dfth straight victory. A1 Dark's long Лy with bases loaded in the tenth

the Giants a inning gave

victory triumph over Pittsburgh in completion of the suspended game of June 17, but Pittsburgh bounced back to take-a-8-4 decision

regularly in the scheduled contest that followed.

United Press.

WRESTLING ASSOCIATION FORMED

At

a meeting of wrestling,

In sparkling form yesterday were Craigenower's first pair, of Mrs Violet Fowlor and Mrs Shima Chiu, who won all their three sets dropping only games in the process.

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Except in the deciding .vet, Miss Rosic Ruminha was in accountably off, form, while Mrs Norah Castro and Mrs Cissy Noronha - did more than what was expected from them by

taking a vital set.

For the losers, Mrs Olga Silva and Miss M1. Figuercido and Mrs A Silva and Miss M. Xavier gave a credilable Per

each pair winning

weightlifting and body-buildingformance, enthusiasts which was held at

Recreation Club unanimously

the Vitorla yesterday, it was

decided that an Association ba fotbed for the control of these. events.

Gur &. de O. Sales, who pre- sided at the meeting, outlined

the reasons why it was decided

to form an Association such ag that proposed and the benents to be derived from the exis- tence of such an Association.

After a lengthy exchange of views by thoso present, it was decided that another

meeting

be held at which the different Club representatives would pre- sent the views of their members, following which a working com- mittee would be appointed to draft the constitution of the pro- posed Association.

The next meeting has been Aked for Friday, August 3, at

two sets.

wicket.

Ridgway's feat was the 24th time that four wickets with following balls has been accom plished in Arst-class cricket and nobody has taken a greater number in succession.

Army. $0 for two,

At Manchester: Northampton- shire 270 for nine (Oldfield 100, Arnold 68). Lancashire, to bat.

At the Oyals. Leicestershird 203 (Palmer 70, Harron 89). Surrey 25 for no wicket:

At Portsmouth: Middlesex for four wickets declared 478 (Robertson 135, 9. Brown 184, Fairbairn 85, Sharp 51 not out). Hampshire 14 for no wicitet.

At Folkestone: Derbyshird 240 (Carr 103 not out, Reville 75, Ridgway six for 44). Kent

for two wickets,

4B

80,

At Wells: Warwickshire 307 for nine (Ord 125, Hitchcock Wolton, 94). Somerset to bat:

Sussex At Hasting*:

207 Blake 50). (Sheppard 60, Glamorgan 115 for three

At. Worcester: Nottingham- (Poole 62, Cox 84; shiro 300 Ferks seven for 111). Worcester 37 for one (Kenyon 01 not out).

Curiously, 3 Derbyshire bowler was the last to do it in England: W. H. Copson taking Reuter, four Warwickshire wickets at Derby in 1937.

Ridgway, stockily built, frst played for Kent five years ago, and has steadily improved.. He toured India with the Common- wealth team last winter.

Ridgway's anal figures today were 22 overs, five maidens, 44 runs, six wickets.

Carr, who was only invited to make the tour to India today, celebrated with a stylish cen-

full lury of good strokes and containing 12 fours.

THE SCORES

Mrs C. C. Chiu and Mrs Violet Fowler (CCC)-beat Mrs Olga Sliva and Miss M. Figuereido Before Revill became Ridg- way's first victim in his spell. he helped Cure to put on 159

LAWN BOWLS

.

TEAMS

The following ard Club: rinks for League Lawn Bowls 6x- tures on Saturday, July 28, an games cotrimenting at 3.30 p.m. sharp:

PRC

Ist Division v Hongkong Football Club at Happy Valley, A. Stewart,

Howlett, II, D. Dewar, C. Dow man; B. 1. Martin, G. Bond, C. File, W. R. Hillyer: T. Kavanagh, D. Fliches, G. Perkira W. J. D. Cameron, Resolves.-15. Finidy

______GETTING

DOWN TO IT

It's Too Early

Warwickshire's

To Count 's Chickens

ALL DEPENDS ON PRITCHARD AND GROVE

Says BILL

EDRICH

Warwickshire stay ahead. Smugly-and rightly-content to be ignored by the claims of Test Matches and other representative games. like Gentlemen v. Players, they tot up the points which may well give them that élusive Championship. And I wish them every success,

Getting down to it W or one way of getting round a sharp_corner. L. Kraus and B. Huser of Munich, Germany, riding a BMW, won the 500cc Sidecar Race in the Schottenring International Motor Cycle Races on July 15.- Associated Press Photo,

Full House For Table Tennis Tournament

Another capacity crowd watched the third day's matches of the. Colony Table Tennis Open Singles Championship final round

at the Southorn Playground basketball court yesterday.

Only once in the long stretch of years--away back in 1911-have the "Mid- landers taken the honour; and it is high time they had it again. Early in the sea- son, it may be recalled, I doubted whether they would have the stamina to see it through. Last season they started off with a wonderful, burst, just as they have this time, but, they "blow up" at the preciso moment when they should have been able to produce that extra bit of strength to see them through the last lap

They might easily blow up

I have been particularly since then he has been one of prain this year. It is no easy struck by the success of 21-year- the most prolifte scorers in the thing to keep on and ort, com old Ray Hitchcock. This young side. The moral of this story pelling victories

against sides New Zealander worked his is, of course, thats batsman country on a

Hilchcock, mist keep to who seems especially determined passage to this

The final round games, which beat you just because you order to take up a week's trial stylist like Button; and bo three years

ago in character. By nature he is

round hilter

He will never be a will be played on a

10 robin system among the happen to be leading the table. order to

he

players who have survived the Particularly when your striking at Edgbaston, in the hope of

winning through to play first should never try

Ho power Hes in the pace of the wing cricket. The lad has guts. should trust to a keen eye and time every hight for the nest

eliminating rounds, will Warwickshire's lles in the speed of Tom. Pritchard And my goodness, xoesn't he strong arms. By all means learn eight days, starting each night

he hits the selection—be able stop tho and Charlie Grove. It may well hit hard

at 8 p.m. develop an ball as hard come down

uà anybody in unhitable ball; the simple. Issue-***

element of discretion=but, for first-class cricket doxley... these two keep it up.

and is 34 Tom

But the point is essentially goodness sake, keep to nature's Pritchard Charlie Grove is 38. The two Ray B a hard hitter. And as gifts. together, at their best, represent such it is inevitable that he will about the liveliest opening attack have his rusts of quiete failures. in cricket today. And I could Earlier this season he was in one' tell you of many Brst-class of these ruts and had reported, few more Ray Hitchcocks and

layers who feel that Grove is to the fatal system, of trying to i Geoff Whittakers. I would say spin returns that have-etäcke

men,

Con the

to be.

MORE WANTED Cricket could do with quite a

of

con-

Best of last evening's four matches was the marathon dust between the two leading" "de" fensive players in the Colony, Keling Wing-ning and fofmer champion- Cheng Kwok-wing.

Koung'safe lobs and top

take their and wore

notere countered ber

that these two-Hitchcock leit even more dangerous than his play defensively! faster

up such-top-notchers, Dk.“ „Fu colleague from New

handed, and Whitaker,

Chi-fang falled Things were so bad that on Zealand. But can two "quickies" the last day of Warwickshire's

Surrey, right-handed can hit a Ch get through a full season, bowl-

ball ous of the can

ground over game with Gloucestershire-he as they do, six ing as much

and sweetly square leg as made o a anybody's half-volley strokes. Chong tieten days a week, and still hold their

was definitely scheduled for Woolley. And it is one of the freshness and penetration?

spell In the second team. But wool

A TALL ORDER

reputed

short-defence

the sots

the three top-rankding - play-

that was the moment for the most thrilling shots in the game, print it may be that the men to Well, we must wait and see turn of the tide. Warwickshire By the time this article reaches decided on the time limit It is a tall order. So tall, in Needing something like 180 they chosen. I hope they are a strong their des in straight sets.

up to their eyes in trouble pur and this winter whit beers, Sik Shu-chu Ti Chi-teng

*** and Ching Ching-sing, fact, that few men do it. That had lost. their first five wickets com is why the slower, spin-type for only 80 to the lively speed

company. We have been beaten bowlers of Yorkshire and

on every overseas tour we have of Lambert and Graveney and undertaken saxe the war, and Lancashire have so often won

Poople this, I through in the past. They take the game seemed lost.

on the ring side were airend the ling less out of themselves and are talking of a repetition of Wor

last

0-0; beat Mrs Amanda' Silva and Miss Margaret Auvier 6-3; beat Mrs N. Remedios and Miss Inez

usually bowling even better at runs. At one stage they added Soares 6-2.

Miss Rosie Rumlahn and Mrs 30 runs in 10 minutes.

The Middlesex batsmen en-

Irene Souza (CCC)—lost-to Mrs

Silva and Miss Figuereido 4-6 Joyed a field day in the sun-

lost to Mrs Skivä and' Miss Xavier 1-0; beat Mrs Remedios and Miss Soares 0-2.

10.

Mrs Norah Castro and Mrs Cissy Norotiha (CCC)-lost Mrs Silva and Miss Figuereldo. 2-0; lost to Mrs Silva and Miss Xavier 2-0 beat Mrs Remedios and Miss Spares 0-0,

the Victoria : Recreation Club Hargreaves And

at 9.30 pm. and all who pre interested are invited to at: tend.

In addition to Mr Sates, the fallowing

present at werd yesterday's meeting. Mesars KW. Sear, Ramsey Bucks,.' Al- inod Tavares, H. Azedo, J. do Cousto Marcel, Lee, Kim-

kuth Lo Hak-kuen, Lau, Mok, Bo Kit-man and Trat Tah-bee.

Van Donck Lead At Harrogate

Harrope, Yorkshire,

July 25

TONY FOX'S

CULLING

HAT TRICK

and S. Howarth.

A

3rd Division Filipino Club

Valley.. Dusty, T. ĂN flappy Harding, G. Arlina, J. H. Goodmon; Pite. V. Carini, N. Craig R. W. Hollanda J. E. Hayward; 3. Mt Martin, W. Gilles, Jift. Evana. T. J. Hemley. Beserves.-A. E. Jones and W. D. Foster.

WKFC

· Division Patles Recreation Chub at PRC.-K. B. Baxer, · Dr Shaw, N. Nakusen, E. Greenwood: E. Strange, A. Roberts, J. Watson, T. Pile 1. V. Correl, N., Craig; T. Tuck, B. 1. Bickford.

and Divinlah v „Indian, Kecreation Club at Happy Valley,la, Parker,

J. H. O'Grady; 7,

the

SCIFON.

Hope, is where we draw

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THE RESULTS

Fu Chistang (Blog Tip) heat Li Kat-hing, 21-11, 21-12).21-0. Cheng Kwok-wing (SingT90).

(the 10-22, 19-15, 10-17, 16-12. last three games were manished gibi Shu-chu (Sing Tan) beat at the 10-mirite time limit.): Chau Cheung-kow, 21-11, 21-13,

100

of the season than of the wickshire's ', crack-up···at we should do in bent Klang Wing-aing, 22-20, beginning

That is why-with Tattersall and Hilton of Laned- shire in mind, a Johnny

ALL OR NOTHING B

bavo 21-18.

I think it is especially

British residents et there will be desperately grate ful if we do well and do some Wardle and Bob Appleyard 9: But in came young Hitchcock thing to uphold the prestige of Yorkshir

think it is still early He new it was all-or-nothing the old country, ab this: trying to count Warwickshire's for him as well as Warwickshire time. Only those who chickens.

The northerners are So. he started by sinning one travelled abroad on cricket tours Chung Ching-sing (Bing Tao) Ane Anishers.

of Craveney's fastest deliveries can realise the vital, and urgent beat Yu Kwong-min; 21-10,

show But, so that there is no mis-foy sixi. And to dom importance of this point of 21-11, 21-11. g understanding let me emphasise plate Impartiality he had one view. that as long as my own side does of Lambert's bastlest bouncers To so many people in theso not come into the picture there of eyebrows for another six. overseas places cricket is still

Ife raitled, on to a lightning

HOW THEY STAND

L Pia,

Is no club I would prefer totalt contury of power. Crismbolic of England... And it in gib Shu-chu

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to séu

we should win through

Important that than. Wat- more

be Ching Ching-sing 3. Wat which,

allfed wickshire. Under

to the stern strong, and that our team should Fu Chi-fang dala professional London July 25.

Tom Dollery they K. A. Baker R. C. Butler, K.

xed steadiness of Tom Dollery's play bo truly representative. I know Cheng Kwok-wing da mixed.

4 Tony Fox, 22-year-old Forrow: E Cullerades itter, but proudly annat. They carried Warwickshire through to too, that of far more value than Ching Hink-chow thoroughly pleasant and at the other end, eventually tricket is only a game. I know, Klang Wing-ning Cambridge undergraduate, D. Rendell,

bappy are providing the spectators with a thrilling and memorable the winning or losing is the play-Li Phig won the Wingfield Scully Young Reserve Darby.

thrills, in plenity and it is always.

victory

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of the game. But those are Yu Kwong-ming a

Wirining for | Chow, Chork-kow: over the four and a quarter

Ray's second team selection strange times. a good thing, to have the honours

| Lee Kat-hing mile course from Putney to

was immediately cancelled, and Britain, is important. of the game, shared round, Mortlake tonight.

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