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THE BOWLER'S RIGHTS AND

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We are grateful to Mr. Mailey, "saya. the Daily Telegraph, for expouttling his theory of the bowler's right, to do what he will with the cricket ball before we are in the midst of a Test match season Our players, our captains, umpires, and legislators now know what claims they have to expect, and are given plenty of time to make up their minds to approve or object. Nothing in sport, is less edity. ing than international disputes about the laws of a game during an international tour, Mr. A. A. Mailey, who is well and painfully remembered in England as a bowler of googlies, has avowed and de ferided the use of resin to obtain a better grip of the ball, and the reising of the seam of the ball, in order to keep it in its original shape as long as possible.

TAX ON BETS.

MR. CHURCHILL AND POSSIBLE INCREASE OF AN "EVIL"""

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Churchill, just before Christmas received a deputation which urged the imposition of a tax on betting. The deputation, which included members of both Houses Newton. An official statement issued by of Parliament, was introduced by Lord

the Treasury said:

Mr. Churchill explained that his re- eption of the deputation did not mean that he or the Government had reached

ay decision favourable to a betting.

tax on

"Certainly no Government could con- template any step which might lead to an increase in what must be admitted to. be a wasteful form of expenditure and, as it existed at present, an evil in our social life,

All that he could promise was to examine impartially the question in all its aspects"

WHAT DO BOOKMAKERS TAKE?,

CANON GREEN SAYS £180,000,000 ̃:

FROM PUBLIC,.......

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A NICE DISTINCTION. Both these practices have been formally and publicly condemned by English cricketers of the first authority. Items to us that the dispute involves ques tion of ethics. Mr. Malley is able to show without much difficulty that there is precedent and naslogy for everything The present position in relation to the which he does and wants to do. Resin challenge thrown out to Canon Green by is certainly a substance alien to cricket Mr. Lonel Phillips, a London commis- grounds, but so is sawdust, so are towels

sion agent, that he will pay £100 to a If bowlers may wipe the ball with a charity if Canon Green will subs;antiate towel or use sawdust in abundance, his statement that the annual profits of what point of honour should restrain the book-makers of the country amount to them from using resin1 Wicketkeepers £180,000,000, or even to half that figure, have long used it, or something sti!! was explained by Canon Green in naswe, stickier, to make their gloves more at to a question from a representative of tractive to the ball. It is a nice distine-the Manchester Gucṛdian. tion between the use of one sort of sticky. The matter, it will be recalled, first stuff in order to catch the bat, and of arose apoa a statement by the Rev. J. another sort in order to bowl it. As for Scott at à meeting of the Baptist Union raising the seam, Mr. Mailey argues that of Scotland in Edinburgh. Mr. Scott no one ever thought of objecting to athere quoted figures from Canon Green's "bowler rabbing dust on the ball, rubbing book on gambling, and betting which it on the ground, or rubbing it.on his estimates the profits at £170,000,000. By arm, Why, then, object to an operation, some mistake the figure appeared in the which is only meant to keep the ball in Daily Herald as £150,000,000 a year. On its original shape? These arguments seeing this Mr. Phillips issued his srom sufficient to vindicate Mr. Mailey's challenge, and subsequently said thas it intentions, and the legality of his would hold good if the figure were only practice. But no game can be pleasantly half the amount given.. conducted by formal legality. · Many I have accepted the challenge on two things may be lawful which are not ex-conditions," Canon Green said: "Brst, ardient, and this argument from one

that it is understood that the profits practice to another, from sawdust to referred to are gross profits-the amount resin, from rubbing the ball to prising taken out of the pockets of the public; up the seam, is liable to abuse..

and, second, that the proving of it shall consist in satisfying a competent referee to be appointed by the editor of the The established customs, with the Daily Herald. The editor appointed exception of the wicket-keeper's prepara- | Mr. C. D. Nixon, a well known chartered tion of his gloves, which has always accountant in London, and I immediately seemed to sonic good judges of doubtful sent him my figures. Mr. Phillips saw

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ball or make it anything different from what its construction and the game have ordained that it should be. But resia docs effect a change, and raising of the seam may produce distortion. It ena to us that the game is better without the danger of these devices What is most important is that before our Australian cousina begin their coming tour a clear and friendly agreement shoud be made as to what is and what is not within' the bowler's right over the ball.

FOSSILISED RULE IN TENNIS.

SIR. LEONARD LYLE'S STRAIGHT TALK.

PROFESSIONALS AT OTHER

GAMES,

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A proposal to allow, professionals in other sporta to play as amateurs in law tennis led to a lively discussion at the meeting of the Lawn Tennis Association recently, over which Lord Desborough, presided,

Now he tarza round and says he knows nothing about football betting, and that he did not mean gross profits but net profits; and he has asked me to debate with him. My reply was that I would debato when the matter of the challenge was settled. ·

me GROSS IMPUDENCE."

pretend that I am shailing. My book Now he has the gross impudence to clearly states that the book-makers taki from the pockets of the public by bets on racing, football, and other forms of aport, sad the original paragraph in the Daily Herald was headed Do book makers take £180,000,000 on horse-racing. and betting' He can hardly say, then, that the figure does not include, other things than horse-racing. With their expenses, of course, I have nothing to do. The point that interests me is what is taken from the pockets of the public.

"The present position is that I have. written asking that Mr. Phillips should either send his figures in or else state! a date by which he will do so. I am not going to allow the mat to hang on. If he does not send in his case I shall ask

care at all whether he defaults on his £100. or not, but I do want a competent authority to say whether my figures are correct. As a matter of fact, I believe they Are

Mr. Bruce Blewett, who proposed the for a decision on my figures. I do not necessary alteration of the rules, con- tended that the present position in licted hardship on some people. Two young women members of his own lawn tennis club were debarred from playing matches as amateurs because, us they were paid for teaching physical culture, they were considered as professionals by the Amateur Gymnastic Association

Bir Leouard Lyle who is a member of the council of the association, seconded the proposal, and said there had appear ed in the official organ of the association some livid and ridiculous language against the resolution, which should have been considered on its merits.

Professionals in other sports were generally worthy citizens, and he was certain that everyone would be delighte to play in a tournament with such a inni Jack" Hobbs. Were they, he asked,

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estimate for the total turnover was a much too low. My actual minimum of £250,000,000, but the Board of Inland Revenue gives the minimum of £478,000,000. All my figures are as £350,000,000 and a possible maximum taken from official sources, and it was rather amusing to read the other day an article in which a certain sportsman was advising bookmakers to have nothing to

with me as they do not want to advertise their takings."

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Lathe London Bankruptcy Court last month the public examination was held.: hefore Mr. Registrar Francke of Mr. James Childs Gould, formerly M.P. for the Central division of Cardiff. His state- meat disclosed liabilities £1,140,326, and

part payment of preferential claims.

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