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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1952.

ENGLAND NEED 37 RUNS TO OLYMPIC TORCH Cricket's Biggest

WIN SECOND TEST WITH

NINE WICKETS STANDING

Mankad

Again Carries India

With A Glorious 184

London, June 23.

Vinoo Mankad, Indiais. brilliant allrounder, again carried his side

on the fourth day of the second Test here, at Lord's.

But England', despite his great efforts, are all set for victory, The Indian second innings closed for 378, of which Mankad made a glorious 184 and, England, needing 77 for victory, made 40 for the loss of Bimpson's wicket by the close.

Munkad, apart from a dour supporting Innings by his captain, Vijay Hazare, claimed, all honours of the day. He gave India a fighting chance. But as in the first innings, the middle batting failed, to carry on his great example,

Starting the day with his score at 86, he drove, cut and brilliant swept to leg, with

the 48870salon to give one of most magnificent postwar dis of batting seon at Lord's.

off-breaks and they broke the stand with a ball which came inside the bat es Mankad slashed at an attempted cover drive.

This was Laker's first wiket in the match but it could prove So ended a stand of 211, which equalled the previous highest third wicket partnership India against England.

Pankad nover looked in dim- to be the most important of all.

qully.enginst all the pace, wiles and accuracy of the English at

tack.

In the end only axhaustion de- feated him.

HIGHEST FOR INDIA

He scored 184 before being bowled by Laker and it was the Dest individual score in, a. Test

year.

the winter atiduol Test Innings he did not

for

and over-pitched balls he had given Ramchand, by wrocking his wicket at 377.

Ramchand hit all round Cood length ball.

run

A fine catch by Hutton at mid- off gave Trueman his fourth wicket of the innings, one later and brought India's resist- ance to a close, for 378,

This meant that England, at this stage, needed 77 to win.

Elghty minutes play was left that England's best too policy seemed to be to push ahead match and try and finish the before the close in case of rain during the night.

HANDED OVER

The Olympic torch, together with the first Gold, Silver and: Bronze medals for the forthcoming Olympic Games, have been handed over to the Finnish Olympic Committee.

The torch was flown to Athens on June 18. On June 23. it was lit, and left Athena by air for Copen- hagen. From there it will be carried by runners, to Helsinki Stadium vin Sweden.

Bogy Is Cricket

Says HAROLD MAYES

Sport, is, full of bogies. There are Soccer teams who always find that another. side, or a particular ground, always offers sorte sort of heodboj for them; there are golfera who never do well on particular courses; there are fighters who, however good they may be, find one man who always baffles them t

But everyone connected with promotion is finding a bogyman whose strido lai even bigger than that of track star Arthur Wint. Just one stop, in fact, reaches from Alexandra: Palace, to Kirk o' Shotts.

over

Yes, it is our old friend-or should I say. enemy?-Mr T. V. Fans enjoyed watching the odd from Headingicy even though they were; cheated of that. lout- wickets-for no-runa; spell, because our other friend, Mr Normal Service, had not got cracking.

JUST AN ALBI Well, if they did, and are thinking that next season they may have, the opportunity of watching the green-capped men from Australia in armchair com- fort instead of from some of those slatted contraptions county cricket

committees, choose to çail seals, I fancy they'd botter

In the queue

ucue for Test tickets

Row.

in a British ring. I know one ring as coloured. American Aaros, manager of champions who awaya Wilson...

takes something of that kind late Wilson proved speedily that the center, except that his. basa bludgeon-lika punching is stul for the mixture is coffee instead more, effective than boxirig of orange and lemon..

Ballylibo. Too bad for likeable -50 I asked- Mr Waltham-Ray, who has been mora, a this was the beginning of a new victim of circumstancos, then, of, plan of vigilance.” “No,” he said, his own shortcomings as "I

your Inspectors see anything fighter.. they regard as doubtful, they are With no chance of a

take a challenge, always in Doultion rim Bur step.

having and Jack Gardner

a Wilding

in his licence, "And I feel that it will have Johnny Williams, spending his at least other Drst week-end in the States, done good, for fighters coming from America looks set for a long reign as our will realise that our regulatioraj, hoavyweight champion without which are in line with their own; the formality of frequent des

fences.

,. have to be obeyed."

DO IT NOW: Shall we ever seo Him nighting for the world title? going to, I hope it will be while. Jersey Joe Walcott still holds the

I Becauso think crown. Why? that if the suprame prize la cam-

the Atlantic.. frust

I. durisuure wally won, can, never be them of the present time, at,

Walcott: v. Williams, could ha

២.

But, if there to bo charity in such things, should, i begin at home? I don't think Because cricket, the game | BO. After all, even cold water which was set to stage an all-or- could be more stimulating to nothing appeal this summer, some people: than, all the patent looks as if it is all set to become concoctions. Isn't that a point tho next sport to do a Canute to be considered? Act.

Some people in boxing's, high cannot help thinking that

the

were places said, openly that, it was a when

counties circularised before the Leeds mistake to spotlight this incident Test to keep a watchful eye on at all. But surely the biggest the effects of cricket-on-the-blunder of the recent file past hearth, it was just one more was made by anyone who thought case of looking for an alibi in that Cheshire heavyweight Ray

advance.

On present form county secre taries will approach their get- a cut-and-dried together with alony that television hhs, in fact, affected their gates-some are already grumbling that England's in Yorkshire cost them ything up to £150.in decreased attendances.

Mankad played a thoroughly attractive innings in which he cared little for risk or for the bowlers reputations.

After Mankad's dismissal, for India Hutton sot attacking Belds to

cach bataman.

fine leg, He. and Hazare put on 211 Compton, at short

After toa the Indian and Eng- and so nearly snatched Д for the third wicket

difcult equalleck India's previous best chance before Monjrekar scored. and teams lined up outside the pavilion and were presented to catch in the the Queen by their captains, tor, this, wicket, made by Hazare Then, a smart and. Merchant at New Delhi last gully by Laker brought Hazare's Hazare and Hulton.

Queert The Innings to a close at 272,

congratulated innings, his

batted Hazare

with patience Mankad on his innings of 184 Throughout Mankad played with a delight and the utmost concentration for and Godfrey Evans, the English ful freedom and he battled only three hours and three-quarters. wicket-keeper, on his century,

Les

Hution, the two by for four hours and a half com- This was the first time in the

that he had failed to teams gave three cheers for the pared with the eight hours and serlen

tho bell

elf taken by Hazare when he compiete 50. He missed the dis- Queen as she returned to

tinellon by only one run,

Committco room to watch India hit bla 184 nol out at Delhi in

He was ever which had stood as

aggressivo, but continue their second innings. noed to

to be while

After one over by Ramchand, Mankad took the Mankad went his merry way.

ball and the When Phadkar joined Man-immediately rubbed it on brought his

jrekar, Hutton set an even more ground to remove the shine,

This

Then he and Chulam Ahmed menacing field for Laker. included three short legs posi took over the attack, Uloned behind the wicket and only about four yards from the wickets.

bat, a

a very short mid-off and Such a record must rank a5

Marked struck a length from short slip. Manjrekar never looked com-the start and after opening with one of the finest all-round per-

in Test cricket.

fortable against Loker's spin and three malden overs, continued to Throughout the greater part at 209 he was, well beaten and bowl so accurately, and with of Mankad's innings today. bowled by a bail which nipped such hostility that England were

the other end, back. at

After taking Hazare was

several forced on to the defensive, him

For a time Hutton and Simp- valuable

overs to obtain a good sight of in a versatile batsman the ball, Umriger pulled Laker son tried to hasten the scoring

before last, can keep pace with the twice to the square leg boundary by risky singles but when Roy who best in the world, but with from his middle stump, each threw out Simpson eight, Hut- Mankad in such brilliant at-

time going down on one kace to ton seaned to decide that the tacking mood he preferred to

policy would have to be changed adopt the role of junior part-

the best

until today.

Mankad. thus

match, aggregate to 250, but his share in this second Test is made all the more remarkable by the fach that between his two in- nings he bowled 73 overs and took, Ove

India's position at the begin

of the day appeared almost hopeless. They, had already lost Roy, and Adhikari and needed 105 to make England bat again. THRILLED THE CROWD But Mankad' soon' had the crowd thrilled. Of the 70 runs in the arst hour, he claimed-50. against eight from .Hazare.

play his stroke.

When Umelgar missed another pull against Laker, the ball also beat Evans and went three byes which made the scores level.

This made certain that Eng- land would bat again.

This robbed England of most of their chance of winning the game today,

and that runs would have to be obtained by orthodox cricket without risks in stroke play or In running.

The odds were that Manked ddkar's off stump with a ball (40, so that England finished re-

before would malce 100 TUS

But tiredness was beginning

the

Mr L. Miettinen, of the Finnish Olympic Committee (right) receiving the torch from representatives of the firm of Kullatoskus, the donators in Helsinki, ----- Express Photo.

Good Bowling In County Cricket

London, June 23.

A fine display of leg-break bowling by. Doug Wright did not prevent Surrey, the County Championship leaders, from taking first innings points from Ient today.

Surrey had only one wicket, down for 168 runs in raply to Kent's 217 when Wright took three wickets in one devastating spell for six runs.

to

25.

With the Aussica they fancy the detrimental effect will be greater still. Well, they're prob- ably. right, but is television the sole reason?

I think not. Have you noticed that three of the counties who screamed loudest about brighter ericket Sussex, Hampshire, and Nottinghamshire - have done. about the least, to provide it?

And when Middlesex and Northamptonshire were engaged. In one of the best finishes of the 'season at Lord's the evening Was it television at headquarters to fewer than which restricted the attendance 500 people, most of whom were

members, anyway?

the worst title fight for customers to watch since Dadë, Efaring, and Rinty Monaghan stayed a long from each other, Lat, way Treigny th October, 1917. But Wilding belonged in the same I think Williams would win.**

Edwin Tsai Puts Up A Great Fight

(FROM QUR QWN; CORRESPONDENT)-

London, June 28. Hongkong's No. 1 tennis player, K. I. Ip, Undasy made his exit from. Wimbledon Singles. He was in good company. Two seeded players, Art Larsen and Humilton; Richardson of USA, were also beaten.

Ip went down in three straight sets, 61, 64, 64 He failed because he could not master Washer's servics and was thus vulnerable to the Belgian's volleying and smashing.

Edwin Tsal of Hongkong. put to a 4-2 lead. He broke through. up a terrifle fight agains: French Halllet's service and won the set Hallet running out winner after man H, Halles in the first round, 0-2 without much trouble. the full distance by 2-0, 6-4, 10-8,

No, of course, it won't. What bas to be learned, and quickly, 4-0 and. 6-1. is that present-day county cricket has only one real bogy

present-day county. and that's cricket.

an

instruction

The second set itn evenly to 2-3 but then Halllet, piching. holes in Tsai's defence with, forceful baseline hitting, clinchak (the sot 0-4,' ..

STRONG VOLLETING Accordingly, he and May were He went on do, fake the first for-22 with his left arm slows,

After the fourth set it looked

The pattern of the third sat was most careful and their slow six wickets which fell at a coat brought his mater, analysis to 10

as if That would beat the French-much, the same. Teil was włos Four more byes in Laker's play brought some ironical for the innings of 116, but good for 85.

The Somerset batsmen mode a

man but Haillet rallied strongly nind his games with his taburule by ·Dave' next over made the extras 33, cheers and slow, hand claps from scores

Fletcher,

STIMULATING?

in the dnat sch. He unsettled net play and was holding": TAG and reflected the amount of

section

Soothing ERVJUN bowler Edrich,, who took tour for McIntyre enabled Surrey officially at 22,000,

"No stimulant other than cold Taal and took the set quite easily Frenchmanla

the previous and powerful for hand;, wildn turn Laker was able to effect...mate of the crowd, estl-Bernard Constable and Arthur poor show against him and fast

Further evidence of, this came By cautious tactics, Hutton draw ahead..

An opening partnership of 68 water sprinkled on the body, or compared with at 312, when he knocked back and May carried the total to

Arthur Fogg, Kent's opening and a determined innings by the used as a mouth, wash, shall be batile he had had to subdue the commendable mislitgaard

strong volleying of his Chinese to balaman, scored 81 not out in captain, Charles Palmer, ensured used." in

The set bed gone to 7-7, when opponent. which broke back.

quiring 37 to win with nine wic-the second innings, and by the an adequate reply by Leicester to seconds in the British Boxing From the outset Teal found! Teal with, two, export, phen

"Frenchfiat's close ment had nearly wiped off Yorkshire's first innings of 307, Board of Control regulations Hallet's Service kets in hand-Router.

an obstacle chots along the their deflett for the loss of one though a long spell of well coa That's why. Boord secretary

which he never compiately over-backhand; broke through to lead trolled slow bowling by John Teddy Waltham removed wicket.

Wordle made runs difficult to get from the corner of coloured came. In the first set Teal with 8.7 and had a great ches of Surrey's nearest rivals, Mid-

strong winning the sot Halller ralliesk 'careful placing Eddic Lester and Gerald

American fighter Jimmy Slade dlepox, had to surrender first

were Smithson

concerned

off the court with his str during the White Cily contest 1 volleying at the net ran through to 8-3, then drove the Chibean innings lead to Somerset through the successful slow spinners of Lelcestershire's opening stand, thought, he won, even though he

Teal falled to, hold, his ownK-LEN and afterwards Falmer defied the

the next game and the set, wh Horaco Hazel

who took Ave for attack for more than two hours 801-00) a draw dealston..

to the Frenalina. 59. But Jack Young and Bill and 45 minutes in making 65. Edrich in turn bowled splendidly Wardle got his reword among for Middlesex and Somerset the later wickets, taking six for could only muster. 94 in theft 67-Reuter. 49 second innings,

ske poll. No longer was he crowd,

to

keen to

between race

and put on

APPLAUSE FOR QUEEN

burst of applause from the

which

had

grown to about 25,000, indicated that the wickets, and he made 93 be-presence of the Queen, who been arrived at 3.45 p.m., had the interval..

127 without noticed.

Two balls kter Trueman pro- It was a different, story after-duced as fast a delivery as any dismissal of ho had bowled in the match, wards, with the India's great all-rounder who and, as in the first innings, had made his record 184 out of wrecked Umrigar's stumps, 270 in, four and a half hours and hit one six and. ID fours.

In the next two hours to tea, England captured sik wickets

THE SCOREBOARD.

London, June 23. At the close of play today, the scoreboard read:

Indin-1st tanlogs 235 England-lab innings-537

· Indis-2nd Innings Mankad, b. Laker Ray, b. Bedser This made it seven wickets Adhikari, b. Trueman down for 314.

near.

כי

Hozare b. Laker

Laker b. Boiser India stood only 11 runs

Phadkar & Laker ahead and the end looked to be rigar b. Trucan for the addition of only 85.

With Lakor turning the ball Laket claimed connive victime by hitting the sharply and making it lift, from off-stumps of the tired Mankad, a good length, India's prospects

almost Manjrekt and Phaikar and were

four

suc-

184

10

Hazell, at one time had figurOS

of live for 20 in 20 ovèrs, nine of 14 them maidens.

Jack Young. taking

Ave

42 Somerset second innings wickets

16

Mantri Compton b. Laker Ramchand b. Trueman .... Shinde e. Hutton b. True-,

negligible, and

man

14

3

snap one-handed

also extching Hazare splendidly when Compton, at short fine Ghulam Ahmed now out ...

蟲 leg. took in the gully:

The daring Ramchand then catch from Mantrl at 323, only

produced many cultured strokes.

Extrus

Total

The two tail-end batsmen, Falls of wickets: 3/270, 4/272, Three times he drove Trueman Shindo And Ahmed, remained to

5/280, 0/312; for tour, and with Shindo add-support Ramchand. dd 5% in India's best ninth wieites Tost, stand,

CLOSE OF PLAY SCORES

London, June 23.

The following were the claso of play scores in County cricket mmes today:

At Chesterfield Derbyshire

bottlo

1000

What was in the bottle? When I asked

Today he bold in

contained arange 0x007 honey, and the tiniest spot of brandy.

Had it been used?.

"When the Stewards asked me

that

I couldn't honestly say it

had," he added, "and when

and

Title Fight Postponed

IMMACULATS: TENNIS

In the critical fourth, ent; taillet went completely places and let Taal, build":- lead of 4-4 before he could, wh The world lightheavy.a game Taal at this stage. WREN

playing, immaculate tennis, and running the

the Frenchman

New York, June 28,

Slade's manager, Al Joiner, said weight title fight between

It was for possible use after. the fight because his man had a Jbey Maxim and 390 (Corr 50) Northampton cold, that wasn't disputed Bobinson

shire 110 (Rhodes four for 87,

Door Closed To Women In Minor Worthing Oxford Univer,

9/377, 10/370, 7/314, 8/925 League Baseball

With this situation facing him, Ramchand hit out with all the command, and India refused to give any-power he could

when

field Bedser thing, away

Hutton and although 'deep-set

4 bogen the task

of

drives he found, Trueman stopped several

the covers for Jenkins the last 77.

through off Truetan

Lanker

with; tho

now. ball, Mankad

;

4.

Ray the court THEORY REL

was postponed camo of his.

Wednesday notched three games befores

| Morgan three for 10) and 128 had been used, I can tell you, it night.because of rain and could again take control

for ane (Brookes not out 719.

d for two. Sussex 308 (Fore-

180

sity 364 for nino declared and man 64, Oakman 8a). Bowling Analysis

At Glencester Gloucester Columbus, Ohio, June 23.

nine. declared OM R W

Mr George Trautman, Pre-shire 283 for 28 1300 2sident of the Minor Baseball (Muncer three for 10) and 120. 27 4 110 4

League, ruled today that no for 39:13 102 Minor League club can sign a

woman player. 8 0 20 0

He said that the Commission

of Baseball, Mr Ford Frick, Boned his view.

comment followed the signing of the first wounap organlood baseball history by Harrisburg Pennsylvania. Sen- lators of the, Class "D" Inter-

State Longue,

AND bao. over by Ramchand Button hurried his fielders. Watkins removed the shine by rubbing order to in an extra over Compton it on, the ground and

the fun and when the captain Byes: 20 Leg-Byce 3 No Bulla 4 Ghulam, Ahmed led down the waved Laker to bowl his first batemen.

20,10.

Eugland 2nd Innings

Hutton and Simpson at "non liball in order to ensure the oven Hution,, not out...

The

Extras

27.

Total (for one wickel) 40 Full of wicket: 44:—Reuter.

being bowled, Compton was still Simpson, run out ran sharp singles and at eight running to his place in the deep. May, not out Simpson, was brilliantly run out

however, brought by Roy who threw down

the nod for England. In- wicket from gully

stead, Hamchond tock

11 runs Puter that. Hutton and May from it by means of a four, Allowed BERİ CAM that they three twos and a single and was fed adesions of this 22,000 in position to

the receiva crowds to give them the slow bowling again immediately after Emand Melagine the final 80

asosda Boland made only 40 ton

slow He jumped out to Laker for

admirable

Kainat the ad

-Fog 20 minuten the play - WRE

nearly every ball and several

hite fell only just clear of felds-

Duplicate Bridge

Result Tourney

the two sessions of the Dupli-. cate Bridge Mixed Putra Cham-

321

She is Mrs Eleanor Engle, 2 year-old stenographer-United Press.

two. Glamorgan Lambert five for 60).

AL. Blackheath Rent 217 and 110 for one (Fagg hot out 019. stable 62, Melhtyro 81y Wright Surrey 340 heicher 83 Core mix for 110).

Even if such a preparation today until wouldn't have been the first tim

Walcott Charles Fight Film On

Today

cold.

Tho two boxers will have to weigh, in again on Wednesday.

At the weigh-in today. Maxim touched 1744 lbs, to Robinson's 100 lbs.

With the score at - this; favour Tsal scored two set pattIDE. to finish all 6-4.

In the final set Tsal. weskennir alle under th hot sun and Hallibt, was will, ta take a 3-1 lead, The Frericks The new weigh-in is required ann then took full, charge, of the by a rule of the New York State game and never gavh. Thath, Athletic Commission in the case chance to recover.

The tennis throughout The most interesting and ex-of-a- postponement of. 43. hours

Maxim's manager appealed in match was fast and draw a do Charles fight for the Heavy vain, to the State Boxing: Com-of applause from the pro citing dim shots of the Walcott-

of the missioner, Mr Robert Christen-ling of Chiness among the i Championship of At Brentwood. --- Lancashire world will be screened at the berry, to walve, this ruju, artim + cvich-

It has bean a cold, dreary day 206, sex 200 for nine (Grem-Lee Theatre today, w smith 69.):

Joe Walcott, holder af At Bath Somerset 213 and defended his crown successfully in New York. The promoters, the International Boxing Club. for 32, W. against the younger Charles. It 14 (Young Ave

delayed the postponement dedi- Walcott's second consecutive Edrich four for 25). Middlesex was 201 (Sims 52 Bernolt, 60, victory over the man who beat aion for several hours, hopibg Hazell five for 59). and no runs Joe Louis.

The for no wicket.

At Birmingham ~ Cambridge University 200 for nine do

weight

for a break in the drizzle. But Walentt-Charles. Agur by mid-afternoon: 11 Becacho scenes are being shown together obvious that it would be th

night, in the open din of the. with "Three Men and a Girl possible to hold the fight, the gesa Meredith.

clared, Warwickshire 130 (Gary British production: starring Bus: Yankee Stadium.";

aer 61, McCarthy three for 19, Kenny three for 20), and 177 for one. (Gardner not out 90, Ord not out 73).;

At Sheffield, Yorkshir. 207 and 01 for three. Leicestershire 245. (Palmer 66, Wardle six for

OPEN SINGLES SO RESULTS

Table

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Tonnie

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Officials Arrive more thousand people mon

At ton, India, with eight moni A recount of the results of In Helsinki Daward arad Hazan resummed out, for 49 stood 47, ahead.

SEVERE, ON TRUEMAN,

Helsink, June 23. Eight Russian Olympic Ramchand went his merry plonship showed the following ich they any period way after tea. He was specialty top; positions Winners of WA omcials, arrived here today by

In the Open Bingies Lawnment, nights at the Yankee Del sovero on Trusinan off whom he Sheaffer Fea Company Ghicid.

frain from Leningrad.

It is understood they have A Dudley Worcestershire Bowls matches played yesterday, Stadium cannot elakh aurpriangl

Should the weather with

accurate cular hile. Hutton

20314; Runners

193) Nottinghamahiro Min: 21-15; Fi--Ide bont Wi cept Trudman on when a better Plecioto & ViZirinaky 377: allocated to the Russian team bent howing from the nursery and polley seemed to be to bring 3rd Jenelle Zoudbridge & in the village of Otaniem) and 200 for two (Martin 68; Hard-Willamson 41-0) wod G Munsuitable on Wednesday. Where Hon thus dices sime in the matchback Bedber, but use young fant L-Ip-270154401; Mr and to investigate the arrangements raft not out 70, Clay not out Rumlahn beat A.C.C. Stewart will bed further postpchent pocin

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