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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1959.

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What's Wrong With Cricket? Ray Offered

Cricket's Many Ills- And A Simple Cure

By CHARLES STEPHEN

London.

What's wrong with cricket? Just about everything, it scoms. A crop of books listing cricket's ills have greated the opening of the English season.

In "The Ashes Thrown Away" (Bailey Bros. and Swinfen, 16s.)

E. M: Wellings can find little right with the game, or rather with the people who play it and run it.

The Tuthorities, he says, are so canered with winning and The players with material gains that the whole future of the girls jeopardised.

He describes ng "elastic" the consolencea of ruling bodies that countenance Illegal bowling actions and produce pitches to sult their own pailleuler bow- lers.

Modern player, he declares "are on the field for what they can get cut of t .sane inter-

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national players have no sense of responsibility. In numerous the reason for o Cures parently inexplicable loss of form on the part of a leading player is Icilure la tram und |

birelt for the big matches," Another Teok on England's cbortive Australian Tour 13 "Englan Dewn Under" (Soirt- ing

John Handbooks 109.) by Kay.

'Easy Living'

Searching for reasons for King- land's downfall Kay says, "Cricketers today are soft with etsy Bving. There have been hand-omely rewarded

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cricket, that present-day pitches are responsible for game's decline.

slow have to be taken by thore In

The authority.

Since the the evil has

Wellings retorts, "The full-spread and become more deeply

tess a thore in be hit on funl wnd slow pitches alike. Su is the half-valley. The long hop is so much slowed down that the batsman has extra tune whch - 10 whack it. And, though this is something ix

The Rinbition yond

of must present-day bdsmen, the good length ball es be driven

on feather-bed pitches by a player what will at his front leg to

the ball and swing his wards balf to hit it on the rise, for does HOL 1150 above hittable height."

Suspect Bowling

The business of suspect bowl- ing aetions, which sparked rus Australin, is dealt with

rooted in other countries.

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The reason it has gone 213- checked in contained in the story Wisden's tells of Frank Chester and the South African fast bowler Cuan McCarthy during the tour of 1951.

Chester. Ilke many other people, disapproved

Mc- Carthy's action. He cought the guidance of two leading MC.C. committee members. They lett him in no doubt that if he on- forced the laws and no-balled! McCarthy, then they could not kuarantee that he would remain on the panel of Test umpires,

A Philosophy

Is there any hope of all for cricket? Let us take heart, and

by the 1950 Wisden's Cricketers' hope that batsmen do likewise. Almanack (Sporting Handbooks | from 10%).

the werda of one of erteket's great immortals Gratie Gunn, the Nottinghamshire and Wisden's editor reveals that | England batsman who died last it has been a entise for contro-year. versy for over seventy years

New Record At Oxford Meet

At the same meeting, which Ave years ago produced the first four- minute mile, Oxford University versus the AAA, 19-year-old G. A. Miller of the Hermes Club set a new English native record in winning the high jump at 6 ft. 7% ins. The AAA won the match as expected by 102 points to 76.

Photo shows Miller making his record-breaking jump-Times Photo.

Sports Diary

TODAY

Merling JIKAAA Fxecutive Cuminilice Meeling, Education Dept. 30 p.m.

Basketbali FARELT Champinathip.. Queen Elizabeth II Youlli Centre, 10.30 am.

Tannie

Men's "D" Div IKCCSA 11) KTGCA; PORE v KCC: Stanley v RRCCSA (2), LAC V PRC, UC VI RAF, CHC (2) v che (2),

TO-MORROW Rugby

Wisden's candnetext aking Writing an appreciation of esiekosters - these last few years. I campaign ouainst throwing. In bón in Wisden's, Neville Cardus They have played sometimes: 1895 it declared: "Umpires, we recalls Guam's cricketing pallo-Mixed Division: SCAA well, sometimes hudly, but they curding to the laws of cricket.sophy: "Ever since I played the CRC. have seldom taffed to profit."

are the sole judges of fair and ameand I began in 'W.G.'s' unfair play, but for reasons tune-batters have always made readily understood they have in two big mistakes. First of ali, this particular so persistently they take too much notice of shirked their duly that, if Eng- the state of the wicket.... lish bowling is once and for all Then--and this is more serious to be cleared from the stigma-they take too much notice of of unfairness, some steps "Will the bowling."

O first-class erkiset he says that it "carries with it a life of Juxury on four and a life of comparative case at home,"

The third tour book "May's Men to Australia" (Stanley Paul 10s) is written by a eurrent pro- fessional cricketer Alee Bridser, who did in fact make the tour as a journalist. He would not be expected to come out with out- Fight condemnation of men hel will play with and against this slummer,

all

But even Bedier cominents of the casual 'Oh it wa DL

the aight when

Tests 402 along attitude which prevalled among the touring party during Its wwcertain stort.

Only Solution

In ve 1959 Playfair Cricket i Annual, (Playfair Bos 65.) Neville Cardis, the respected: and venerable ercka writer, regrets that "The word cricket is rapidly becoming a synonym for all that is boring and un- gallant in sport, 17. Fer played ¦ as it is now, It is heading for extinction."

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Curdus says solution for the county game in England les with county com- mitives and caplains who inst compel bowlers to try to get wicket with every ball. H argues that batsmen, "Inced with a perpetually offensive ai- tuck, will be bound to retaliate with the same purpose and determination

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Fey for better

Drobny-Extended-

In Rome Championships

Roe, May 6. Former Wimbledon champton, Jaroslav Drobny, had a hard five-sel light before beating ti South African, Farcutt, in the second round of the men's slugles ni the Rome inter- national tennis championships today.

Drobný nally won by 3-0. 6-0, 0-2 4-6, 0-2.

Other second round men's singles results, were:

Gerard Plies (france) beat Of lando Strata ((taly) 3-7, 1-0, 10-0,

P. Contreras (Mexico) "best A. Magal titaly) 2-0, 6-0, 6-7, 7-3, 0-1 M. Blames (Mexico) beat lay Weeden 15th Africa) 8-3, 7-5, 6-4, G. Merla (Taly) beal Ingemar Ingvormin (Sweden) 6-2, 6-2, 0-4.

DUR Candy (Australia) beat Eduardu Argón (Uruguny) U-4. 0-1. 6-2.

|_ Lala Ayala (Chile) best F. Bonetti (Italy) 6-3, 6-0, (+0.

Peter Scholl (Germany) bent Decker (Brian) 6-4, 11-4, 6-4--6-2. Wladislaw Skocchi (Poland) beat S. Tacchini (Italy) 1-5, 6-3, 6-4.

Ray Emerson (Autre) bost

Gordon Forbes (South Africa) 6-3, 3-0, 0-1, 6-3.

Mike Davis (Britain) beat . Magal (atvi 0-8, 0-0, ù-t,

The following matches were inter- rupted by bad

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Nicola Pietrangell. (Italy) leading Stewart Jacques (Australia) D-9, 7-6,

fiobert Howo (Australia) leading Abe Segal South Africs)" 4-0, 0-4.

* Wiittam. Knight (Britain) leading

J Hewit) (Australia), 6-1, 4-4, 85, Guringipi. (inly) leading Jan "Werthaak (gäuth Africa; 7-8, 8-8--

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FOOTBALL CUP by LEONARD BARDEN

WITHDRAWAL

Singapore, May 6. Burma is the latest of four Far Eastern countries to with- drow from the Asian Football Cup (central zone), an elimination contest for the 1980 Rome Olymples, it was learned here today,

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Cambodia, Indonesia ant Thailand withdrew carller, ord toms, Singgipore, romain. Vietnam and Mainya The start of the confusi hyg been put back from today untli May -AFP.

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To Fight

Carmen Basilio

New York, May 0.

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The Madison Square Garden Company has offered Sugar

Ray Robinson a guarantee of US$500,000, plus percentage of the takings and television rights over the first $400,000, to defend his\world middleweight boxing title ngainst former holder Carmen Basilio, It was learned here today.

Harry Markson, director of Madison Square Garden, Baki today he had submilled this offer to Robinson on Tuesday evening and that the chempion bad agreed it was a good offer, Markson sald that the bout would probably be held in Los Angeles In September.

Basilio's Guarantee

Although Badillo's guaruatro was not revealed it was under- stood to be $250,000.

Baseball Results

New York, May 6. Results of today's baseball matches were:

NATIONAL LEAGUE

031-000-000-3-0-

Chicago................. Pittstrangha 000-000-000—0—2—0 Filiman (2.1) and Neoman, Averill

(03: Haddix, Blackburn 17), Hrith

(0) and Foller. LP-landdfx (2-1). Los Angeles... 000-40-000-4-3-2 Milwaukee ....010-000-2x-12-1 and Rosehore: Jey, Buhl (3), Pizarro Snyder, Klippstela (8), Fowler (0)

10), arggle it), Trowbridge (9) and Crandall.

WP-diggle (1-0) LR- Fowler (3-2),

Meanwhile, the New York Boxing Commission today re- fused to examine with Syracuse (New York state) promoter Norm Rothschild the project Borton

AMERICAN LEAGUE

****** 000-015-60017-10- for a world middleweight tie Detroit 20.000-270---0-12-0 fight betwOOT Carmen Basilio Brewer, Baumann (4) and White;

Foylack, Morgan (6), Suice (2), ond Gene Fulimer so long 5 Burrside 197, Sister (or and Ber- the Commission considered Beret. WP-Baumany (1-0). LP-Foy Robinson as world title-holder. tack (0-4). RBS-Kallie z teh and 5th). Maltone (mh), Reaugh_Lint), Gemert (2nd), Jensen isthi, Gelger American So far, only the

2 flet and 2nd), Bertreret (2411. National Boxing Association Washington 100-00-400-6-10-1

decided not to recognise world Robinson any longer as

the champion and to consider middleweight crown vacant- A.F.P.

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| Chicago ... 01-00-010-11-2

Pascual, Hyde 171, Clevenger +8) and Fitzgerald: Wyhn, Staley (8), Slaw II and Loline. WP-Ï'cusí (2-2). Wynn (3-2). -Alon |14).—UPA,

„WORST GOLF MOMENTS.

MARKER'S MISTAKE

By JOHN "INGHAM:-

Jovlat Jimmy Adams faced A busty committee moeiing was

Instant disqualification - the

loss of the Dunlop "Masters" golf title and all the financial trimmings when he signed hls core card without check. ing the figures,

Adams thought he had played a lost round 70 for a one shot victory over Bobby Locke al Stoneham.

"I signed the card over some- one's head in a crush of people," said Jimmy. **Then the organisers told me my inseker had made a mistake, the real score was 71, not TO,”

called. Minutes prased. "I knew the penally," sald Adams, who hudi been runner-up twice during that scuson and knew the taste of Tar victory to such an ex- tent that he had been labelled

"Champion runner-up." This time he was in luck. om. efols ruled his genuine scare should be allowed to stand making it a tle with Locku. "Thore was no play-off next day as Bobby had booked his Might home to South Africa,“ salu Adams-Londcci Expresa Service.

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