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THE" CHINA-MAIL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1958,

WHAT MAKES A CRICKET

BALL SWING?

-IF IT

IT DOES

Scientists And Commentators Disagree By PETER LOVEGROVE

The first class cricket season in Britain and what an exciting time we've all had during every one of the five Tests with Australia-- has just ended.

But if the "professors" have left the playing field-to rest, to prepare for the West Indles tour, to coach In indoor cricket schools or In sunnier climes, to sell insurance ar cricket bats, to run pubs or whatever else cricket professionals do in the dark days of winter-other professors have kept thoughts of the game alive a few more weeks through the correspondence columns of some of Britain's leading papers.

They have been

other are very closely interdependent. He was supported by scientifically, or flippantly, correspondents who pointed When a fast yowlor is on, and water especially early in his spell, the probing one of the mysteries of out that the density of

must hall vapour was nearly Ave-eighths batsman makes a cricket--what swing? And has bumility got anything to do with It?

port in the

play.

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earnestly,

move

very

CYCLE TOUR OF BRITAIN

-Road racing cyclists of four countries started on the first stage of the 1,624-mile Daily Express Tour of Britain cycle race on September 6. The race that of dry air at the same quickly to get behind the ne

passes through 32 counties in two weeks. This picture, taken from an Evening temperature and pressure, and of flight of the ball. that it followed therefore thus:

Standard helicopter, shows three of "The least spatial movement

the cyclists in the race.-Express Photo,

The

of

his head

estulls

a

comply

move-

slightly

"Io cannot see straight,' and ho bajt may appoar to do' anything. As the batsman his eye In', more or less quick- ly, ha merdly establishes a lem- purary conditioned reflex whereby, while keeping his cya on the ball, he brings his head, and therefore co-hls balancing apparatus in the ino Inner car,

corresponding trim'".

automatically

DANISH CRICKET COMES OF AGE ON OCTOBER 1

Copenhagen.

The dream of Test matches between England and Denmark being played at Lojd's and the Qvat has been brought a step nearer to realisation.

For some years past, the joyous sounds of the bat striking the leather ball and shouts of "How's qt?" in Nordic accents have been increasingly heard here.

On October 1 next, Danish cricket will come of age. That is, it will secede from ita parent body, the Danish Ball Games Association, as tennis and football did many years ago, and form its own "Danish Cricket Association."

Last Night's Boxing

By "PAPERWEIGHT"

From the courtyard and tho, balcontes of the four- storeyed building of the Missions to Scamen a good crowd

of approximately 700 spectator, yesterday watched the Charity Boxing Tournament in nid of the dependants of those who died on board the ill-fated Naval Patrol Launch 1823 last week,

Among those present were Commodore A. H. Thorold and Mrs Thorold.

Although the tournament was arranged at very short notice by the Rov. Halg-Brown, Chaplain of the Missions to Seamen, it turned out to ben great success and provided not only an excellent evening's clean entertainmäent but also the sizable sum of $1,476.70 to the fund.

The Fundi is still open and Englor easily hold Wong abay |donations, which wit bạ ex-in the fret round as the latter tremely welcome, may be made led to iggu sgth his left and to the Rev. Laig-Brown, c/look for the opening with his Missions to Segmen

heavies right. The round wie The evening'a programmo alightly for Engles who landed s opened with the playing of number of lets hoolts

at the "Abide With Me”, which was

Changing his tactics followed by the officials, part! beginning of the second round cipants and spectatore observing by leading with his right, Wone one minute's silosco during met with better success and got which the "Last" "Past" and through his opponent's defence. "Rovelllo' were sounded by with a cracking right and left Jone

nftes he had socked in a left- bugler.

hla oppone During the interval the Rev. upper-cut from

in а left job, Haig-Brown, seldressing the Eagles got

Wong cleverly Iointed one crowd, said that no expence the body and followed this up whatsoever ware incurred in

with a telling right and left to night's show, and

mro. everything Elver would go to Having gol the measure of his the fund.

opponent, Wong went confident- At the conclusion of the pro-ly into the third round and gramme, Mr W. Stoker, Chair again scored with right hook man of the HKABA, thanked and a straight left. Although the Referees, CPO Herrett Eagles Erled to wrest tho (HMS Tamar) and Commis offensivo, he could not stop sioned PTO Kearney, and thein

the

ciona

that

to

stalf of judges, and other oft-Wong from scoring reportedly clals for the fine job they had with long rights and leata that

took him to a cloan decision. "He also complimented the Rev. Halg-Brown on his amaz,]. ing ability in arranging things at | 24 hours' notice:

OVAL TEST STARTED IT The damp atmosphere on the of a given atmospherie pressure of first morning of the flunt Test the density of humid air was mentary macment of his eye- actually less than that of dry balls. However, he musi keep Oval at the

started 11

hty eyes of the ball. If such Neville Cartius, the most dis-

Another learned reader of oculas

this movements tinguished cricket writer of the

are not comple present day, wrote in the Mau- the Guardian writing from the necessitatce

to the bead of Science, imentary chester Guardian that "the pt-Imperial College

The batsman ls, no more mosphere of the morning, Any leading player will sub-equilibrated than

rushed la Mr Cardus defence: Resting of autumn's ripe pre-

basic point that drunken max sence and the approach of foot scribe to the

effect on the humidity hus, an late encouraged the ball.

cricket ball. Sinon swinging ball, and The Timesaving of

Aro ap- correspondent wrote of the day your carroopandents

parently dispiling the fact on being "overcast,

And ominous ariel sultry, so that Bedser, Trueman

theoretical plane, it might ba

well to stale a low Balley und

able were

to ciples. move the bail about disconcort-

The drug force on the boil ingly in the

theory which was given repeated supmoving through air is equal to

a drog broadensts of the the product

efficient, tensity of the sh frontal area of the ball and the A Fellow of Jesus

"As he develops this faculty College, square of the speed of the balt.

coefficient Cambridge, sceptien) of the in-

drag

will the ball ceases to awing, and at Quence of weather on the be depend on the surface texture about this time a disgusted op

hund day going

the haylour

With their enthusiasm for all bone Cricket Club, and all the will probably be to arrange an of cricket

Ip of the bail. On a balls

captain examines

In competition. fight. promptly

baile, All-Denmark the

Invisible

remarkably equipment, ball, indo-not

wickets, sporta unnaturally

and their Suggested The Guardian that it is

globules of wwer and so the that the shine has gone off, and quick eye for ball games, the stumps, bats and pads pep which eight of ton of the best clubs will be placed in the first that this piece of the mythology density increases os clues the brings on the spinners!"

Danes have shown themselves English,

dlylsion and play each other. This of fast bowling was examined; drag, and the new ball, with its

this amphu- argument was

to be quick learners of

Mr Kurt Nielsen, President of The, weaker clubs will be group- when

resim-feally refuted by another cor- It will be found, I be raised seam, gives the *when

traditional English game.

the "Many

Danish Cricket Ased in other divisjons, and every leve lleve.

the barometric ance a better chance of acting respondent:

county pressure and the hygrometri: than an old bali.

Unlice golf hers in Denmark, sociation, and Chairman of the year clubs. will move up and penin bowlers seem able to de- state of the air con

the dif have so

*****With the seam in a verüical liver u ball outside

cricket has not been spoilt by Erem club, may practically be down as in the case of English little to do with the ball's be plane and inclinet at an angle to stump, yes cause it to swerve the taint of snobbery. Many called the father of Danish League football.

they are negli, the line of wickets this "force |In the air so that it passes oul- thousands of haviour that

young Danes, crickel has a lateral component. The side the leg slump.

ngtably students, at the Univer "Elther may, of courre, affect denser the air, the greater this "Did not one famous balaman sities and high schools, now the batsman, slowing his eye componen

the more the describe a delivery of George play cricket every summer.

from or retarding his adjustment to swing."

Hirst as "coming at you AN OPTICAL ILLUSION? the direction of cover point? A sudden changes of ball Meht. But I should be surprisexi tu The phenomenon of swing cricket ball swerves bgcquise it leath that a ball, as delivered, wrote a Scotsman, was all postervas a fin in the shape of owns anything but a velocity optical illusion, "the explona- 3. Fast-cam. A swing bow- of translation' and n

Jer delivers the ball with certain tion of whitch is simpla." rotation peculiar to the hand

Here it : "Ocular

senm upright and facing the bots- discharging 11"

ments and the sense of balance man, and at the instant of de- livery must drag his mladla finger along the scam, impari- ing a ball.

xible,

In

time

contains Dir

and

move-

GERMANY AND JAPAN MAY

MEET IN ATHLETIC MATCH

AT TOKYO NEXT YEAR

Frankfurt, Sept. 15. Germany will meet Japan in October, 1954, in an international athletic contest tentatively scheduled for Tokyo, German Athletic Association President Dr Max Danz revealed here.

The official. added that the Japanese athletic official and former Olympic Hop, Step and Jump star, Kenkichi Oshima, had recently negotiated with him on the possi bilities for such a mest,

Oshima accompanied the Japanese students' athletic team which took part in the recent World Students' Games at Dortmund in the industrial Ruhr valley.

"Japan_is very keen to play also take place in the final host to Germany at an athletic) stages of the year,” the official meet, Danz declared, "and wel cicclared.

backward spin to

the

As visiting English cricketera have found to their surprise, and sometimes to their dismay,

new

4 gps works engineer profession, he has played the stante most of his life,

and their

keen-

The Danes are

very keen to

improve their game.

Their weakness now is their bowling, because most Danish FAST SCORING

bawlers rely too much on aim. Mr Nielsen

is particularly rather than body retion. One of

Dontmark's

Mr J. Hankinson of then Dances who play cricient proud of the sporting spirit of Cartha's most var eicker

Danish teams il remarkably play

well.

Wimborne, nuthor of "Cricket for may safely be said that a Danishness to force a finish, This often Schools", who has visited. Den team is likely to prove more trade to rates of scoring which marks severni tanes and organised than a match for a scratch

would do credit to many intergive coaching.. eleven- from visiting British English county sites. warship or one composed of the younger members of the British Embassy with a few British residents.

In the

This spin keeps the ball in straight tight due to its gyros- cople action, but as soon as the friction of the air on the rough seam

rotatice ins slowed the sufficiently the

boll swerve. Hence the mor

more backward spin the later the swerve.

This day his explains why a humid to swing bow- lers, since damp air is lighter ihan dry

therefore and less able to check the relation of the hall, cousing it to swing even Inter. For similar reasons a new ball which is polishad will swing later than on old one which is slightly rough."

And it went on. One cor-. respondent described the gyros- pic principle, based on New- ton's First Law; another quoted

gures of the density of

50

the

B recent match between There arc no professional Copenhagen and Jutland clubs, players or coaches here owing to one Copenhagen player, Edgar the cost-China Mail Special. Dahlin, knocked up 106 runs in 75 minutes and enabled his sten 41 CRICKET CLUBS

to win by six wickets.

awv to Good umpires are not my There are 41 cricket clubs in

play. Denmark today, running up-find as everyone wants to words of 80 teams. The KB I league matches, they pro (Copochen Ball Club) ponds appointed from neutral clubs.

Copenhagen cut four regular teams and AB

Greater (Academie Ball Club) has five, eight cricket clubs, and Zea of which three are in the sentar land, the island where

capital stands, comprising # division and two

separate group, has nine.

the junior.

Nearly all the serious games are played in organised "com. petitions, The clubs are grouped geographically, the groups being Copenhagen, Zealand, Tyn and Jutland.

Towards the end of the sea- Бол, the winners of the local. competitions compete for the honour of being. the champion Danish team.

air in grams per litre. A thing! cited the theory of ballistics. AN AUSTRALIAN VIEW it seems a

The championship pity that none of

has only been in existence' for six years Alco Bedrer's many Australian

and this year for the third time running it has been won by the AB club of Copenhagen.

are very interested, too, in such EXCHANGE AGREEMENT victims contributed a practical

but a

has

the

One of the first acts of tho new Danish Cricket Association

a. contest since this will certain- Danz sajd Germuny and view on sorpe of the ly help to further promote good Japan also reached a tentativo upderstanding between the two agreement on the exchange of countries."

While ordinary competitiop young athletes which will come

+

Panz said he had agreed "inite effect for the first time in principle"

to come to the

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1054.

opinions, fellow-countryman of

Aero- theirs, the Professor of

aution at the University of Sydney, did join the lists in a letter to The Times.

"That the ball awings for-

Japanese capital in October ofj According to tentative arrange-thest in damp ale may be

NOTICE

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

BC-

mand-

been

has

the

Cor:

rather

EIGHT BALL OVERS, Danish cricketers have al ready paulpfer the Australiaris

Match Play Championship

'At Ganton

wore

Chelsea's Coup

the

Jost

ONLY KNOCKOUT

a negro

The only knockout of the cyệning cajng fù the sixia bout The boxing programme Itself which was between A.B. Baxter consisted of 10 bouts under the of HMS Tamar, the Navy Light- rules of the AIBA. Each bout heavyweight Champion of 1950, was, of three rounds, the first and Seaman Coleman, two being of 141⁄2 minutes and boy from the USS Nobic.

of two minutes,

Pill Baxter carried round of With the exception of anothe

right into Coleman clvillan ail. the other who was never able to utilise boxers who took part in the his longer reach to advantage, evening's

programma wern Although Coleman succeeded in volunteers from all the British landing a rasping right, fowards Services stationed in the the end of the first round, Colony and the United States Baxter, had already piled up a Navy ships in the harbour. good lead with short lefts, ansi

rights CURTAIN RAISER

Baxter again flustered Cole- The curtain raisar between an with his fast, closa punches two lightheavyweights A. B. the second round and as

Coleman just came out from?” Cutler (HMS Unicorn) and Ldg one of these in-fights, he walked

Mounis Seaman Finch. (HMS Bay), provided plenty of action. right into a left and

a right Both fighters como aut fighting haymaker that sent him down at the opening beil with Cutler on the canvas for the full count. scoring with straight lefts and the heavier built Finch counter-

ing with more telling right

hooks.

འ

Cutler had Finch cornered

with a durry of lefts and rights at the end of the first round, but Finch weathered the almast even round.

Hat Trick By

Lee Yuk-tak

At Singapore

Cutler assumed the offensive in. the second round, and plasterest Finch with rimnight lofie and rights which, however, fulled to shake his opponent. · Finch_ro- covered with two good left upper-

Singapore, Sept. 10, outs but was a duty behind

Playing better football, Cutler at the end of the second the South China team scored

rfound.

Culler again took the offen-n 3-1 victory over the Singa sive and there was a wild cx-pore "A" side: yesterday. change of swings for a time Feature of the game' was a with Finch utilising his weight hat trick by Lee Yuk-tak.

to good advantage.

were so keen

London, Sept. 16. One of the sensations of the summer of 1953-one of

As they came out of clinches. The game was fought bub st Britain's busiest ever soccer summers was the coup Finch landed tired left to the a very fast pace from the start byClicksen jaw and followed these up with and exchanges brought off

a left jab and a right hook.

that two players--one from each manager Ted Drake in sign-Another right to Cutler's nose sido had to be carried off the ing England's amateur cap-

drew

blood and, as Cutler field just before half time for weakened, Finch ehsily gained medical attention after they tain Derek Saunders to s

The decision for the roundi and colded with players, of their professional contract.

match.

ówn aldo.

7

鐘

"The second bout between un-

(torrind

even

Mr

LOST, ITS STING

Saunders, now 25; had Ideas of

other two lightheavyweights, The Singapore team hod, many becoming a soccer professional at

A.B. Taylor (Undoorn) and Fahances. In the Arst half, but ..,Ganton, Yorkshire, the Age of 16 and might now be

Trooper Regnard (BTR), ended the bent forwards throw them Sept. 15. a regular player for Millwall, the

in a contfortable win for loft away. The first half ended South Londoni club playing i he

Taylon Although hand-without scoring. Singapore måde Two of the 17 probables Third Division South, but for his

by a shorter roach, two, change; in the second half matches are played only op from whom Britain's Ryder discouraging experiences.

Taylor had the bout well under and Hongkong made one change Sundays, the inter-group games Cup team to meet the United

bis control with him superior when Tong, Sheung substituted DIDN'T THINK go are two-day affairs, beginic States in a few weeks time;

infighting, scuring withe fast for: Lasie. Tat-hee, -on Saturday afternoon.

"I tried out for Millwall short hooks every time he wad» ji next year with a highly com=|ments, a' 50-man Japanese cepted as a matter of observa- Tho clubs generally play will be chosen, were beaten petitive. 16-man squad," "The students' hthletic team is to come ten," ha wrote. "That this

ubout seven league

in first round games when 1044 and played in six garens fored into his opponent, gamos

thele reserve team as an ama- j' ! cost of the trip will be met by to this country next year.

due to abnormally high air

British every season, besides numerous the

Professional says Saunders. "I thought

REAL THRILLER. ⠀⠀

The Singapore attack, which the Japanese

IL the

density

or viscosity is

friendly matches. As The students will live with

The first real thriller came in began so well, lost most of its Danish Match Play Golf Champion: 1. was doing quite well but project man

Danz said.

feally absurd, but we must cricket is played on grounds

the third bout between A. B. sting in the second half, and "Since the envisaged meet is German families during their not discard evidence because also

used for football, the ship opened on the Ganton apparently they didn't think so

Friel (Valery, End A. B. South China slowly took control scheduled for

because they dropped me for ourfour-week stay here and besities autumn,

a false explanation has

pitches have to be matting and course today.

rear and told me to build myself Kirby (HMB Modeste) in the of the mame touring the country in sightsee- athletics can gain much ex-

Viho outfelds are often rough,

division.

Chum opened the scor Houtly "Although humidity

They perience for the 1950 Olympic ng trips, they will appear in put forward,

making high scoring Gants at Melbourne which will several international club meets the effect upon the relative

Charlie Ward, up more. After that, I decided light midwane defence Sanding in the 94th minutė, when · beaten at the 19th hole by a to stay out of the professional Displaying The following your, Danz went

attack fellow cup nominee, Erle Brown, game."

both fighters kept a Leo ukedat alamined a shot ****** | ont 50 Germany student athletes Properties of air, it dos cause

throughout and that went in from the hands of pace changer in

and Jimmy Adams, beaten one Saunders bogan football with were greeted with loud applause the sprawling Singaporn.cur will compete in several athletic significant

hole by George Johnson. his local amateur club, Ware, in by the spectators at the end of todlen. combosis in Jappas and will also geometry of the cricket ball. In four that couiry in sightseeing the seam swell, as your

damp Bir the stitches around.

Six athore, however, survived the Spartan League, but after the Arst round which was fairly Singapore.. evened...ˆup four- |trips-United Press.

minutes later · from a penalty respondent can verify for him with their eight baji overs. their games and entered the three seasons with them decided

wanted to move to a Friel's closer defence, assured, when a Singapore. forward was self by holding the ball aens Cricket in Denmark is quits second round which will be that he

tomorrow, when all--better-class of football.- -.

him the advantage as the accond tackled down in the penalty the spout of a kettle.

strenuous Play starts at 10 played

He wrote to two of the cauri-round commenced, and enabled are too thin:"sikad · "Wind tunnel experiments at am and continues with only her nominated men, appr

him to pierce through Kirby's South Chine took the university this

have

shown half an hour's interval for lunch from Henry Cotton, will be try's top lino amateur clubs, and more open defence"wit a few lokalnih tuo 40118 mimate: KeBugh within a week had played a right hooks and left fab to the Lad-Yuttak, who scared with Cotton is not playing here but, for both of them.

After a face.

ac powerful, drive after outwit.. as captain of the team, is watch-mid-week trial game for Barnet

Kirby was more successful atung: the Singapore defendersk fpg points.

words. in which, in - his own The most spectacular win to didn't ditinguish myself the opening of the third round in the 40th minute. Yuk-idk at the Secretary's amico, possible when the Australians pitching and quoted the photo anashat, although two innings Fred

lelucon brought in broball played; few games are bat one day by a nominated player was he made a far more satisfactory with his long swinging lefts and beat: (tie, Singaporal defenders to 'Alexandra House; the Club were to have started the first of 'graphic evidence of an Amerit sie nhways played ́ ́in one of tha:|Tinning BV 20th hole' sucedes / debut for Walthamstow Avenue | rights catching his opponent #j.toote: the best goal of the match

two two-day matches against can Offloor to

H. Groen Three on the Saturday, House, Happy Valley; and

the mailos Copenhagens clubs, Frey down with five to play, Daly Scotland.

existence of awerve. This fran instance, cul of soven league put in one

After 11 games in their ro the Stables, Shan Kwong

of those typical ference to the USA encouraged sumes this year only two were writing blurals to square the serve team, he moved to the another

to call upon

match and won

there until his decision to turn final decision |boletas, his argument:""On this the angetoltes.

that time he appeared many the propoftiam he started that tha

Wan

of Belgium, winner manager nt Mindy' to the Larish County of four continental flues this times for England's Amateur Hasselt, had won the tomas muud; bestaurant on Broadway, BAY

Who Championship,

being your but who has lost twe XI played in the of the Stewards, decided to bat but as be and log agtech, as

chucker outdoors for murs and our for a mais of the Billica Minich Play Carnes at Helsinki and can agterm withe keten atzerplasia this rival captain were 'retilénion | 'Bould,"

quring her to meore with doce punches and Chapolloniaip: to Daly, hulder tained Theland efecting Secretary, 10 the pavilon, tos, Paid: KÉREDNÉ), ptarmen

ain and rikkomi tanıma Twitter: the | amateur International sontokwa wan" Urinig ko úkale'dir longer

and

Draft Progranumes Entry Forms for the 1st Racu Meeting 1968/54 to be held on Saturday 10th, and Monday 12th October, 10581 (weather permitting) may be obtained!

Road.

***

RAIN PREVENTS AUSTRALIANS FROM BATTING

Paisley, Bept. 15. Because of ralin no cricket was

that spin plays only a second- ary part in swing bowling. To vid faster is the orlenth- Hon of top hen

LA FIN

disprove

until p.m. Some clubs are

Uhinking of introducing a tes, or

rather a coffoe, interval next

your.

As the result of the long houre

35% was sa bhre dienopeint- MARKS Bowler, with amstedshed. This greply adds to Entripa close ab:19/0ʻale che merit, từ thêm: whedgraine Dethalale Demon Bupyond this attraction of the matches, not chid shot at H by holing a first team in 1947 and stayed

NOON of Wedgasday, 1888d

September, 1953, PARLE T Bless, of Lindsay night.

By Order of

when

for the players. Gut. piso, for

Much the samo pošta system w' ho · · meets. Flory professional - in June. During

eight

Olymple

couple of times on the jaw. Friend completed the hat trick to countered with a powerful right bag the final score 3-1-United that

Dent Kirby down on knees and followed this up with two right hooks to take the

The

Joel 15%

fourth houb - zaw

Wong of Chine Henry:

pitted

againnä AFTER

K

DE HMS Unicorn”. Both

ke themselves ** solankific.

RUGBY UNION RESULTS.