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A BRIEF SKETCH OF SOUTH AFRICAN

CRICKET.

[By R. ABBIT:1

Note: This short sketch does not claim to be an original contribution to ericket history, but is compiled for the information of my readers from various sources. Chiefly, however, I am in- debted to alr. H. S. Altham's splendid "History of Cricket." No. keen cricketer should be without it. It was published in 1926 by George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 40, Museum Street, WC. 1.]

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WIRELESS AND THE POLICE FORCE.

SCOTLAND. YARD; EXPERIMENTS,

FIGHTING THE MODERN

CRIMINAL.

A plan for wireless communica- tion between al police forces and Scotland Yard was referred to by Major T. H. Vitty, the engineer to the Metropolitan Police, at the annual general conference of the Chief Coastables Association at Brightan.

NEW CHURCH CONFLICT.

MOUNTAIN GODS CURSE DEFIED.

GREAT “PATRONAGE". · SACREDNESS *** OF MOUNT

CONTROVERSY.

PARLIAMENTARY MEASURE A

FAILURE

con-

SANJOGADAKE.

ENDED AFTER NEARLY SEVEN CENTURIES.

For nearly 700 years no woman

A MODERN DRAMA OF CAIN AND ABEL.

POST-WAR GERMAN TRAGEDIES OF THE YOUNG..

· INSPIRING : FUTURE PLAYWRIGHTS AND NOVELISTS,

CASE

FOR PSYCHO-ANALYSTS.

German pedagogues are refusing to regard Manasse as a typical case, Since time immemorial pilgrims ed Germany from Russia after the seeing that be and his family enter have climbed Mount Sanjogadake Revolution and that during his to worship at the shrine on its sam-schooldays he and s

London, August-A-new

Another case has been added to Tibor Foldes, a former friend of the long list of tragedies of the very both, joined Waldemar in general troversy between rival factions in

young in which post-war Germany corn and dislike of Manasse, who the Church of England, which set food on the top of the sacred has gained so distressing à repata found himself isolated in the family

The trial of the nineteen- |éircle, threatens to become as bitter as the Mount Sanjogadake in Yamato tior.

Prefecture because of the terrible year-old Manasse Friedlander at Lasuccessful at school, and grow. dispute over the revised prayer

the Criminal Court, in Berlin, foring more reserved at home, the elder book, has broken out over the ques who should do so. For 694 years or and his friend of the same age in a career and chose Press photo- ourse of the Mountain Gods on any shooting his eighteen-year-old broth-boy begged his father to start him tion of 'church patronage,

women were forbidden by Govern-dead in his parents flat occupied graphy as suitable to his tastes. The conflict aros, over the pur-ment order to set-foot on its slopes over four days' heazing. chase of "advowsons"-the right to and for the last 50 years none has 611 vacant church offers. High dared attempt it, until a week ör

men were seeking to gain control of Church officials alleged low church so ago. the church by cornering all avail able "advowsons" and filling the tion, Oficials of the low church. Brainst his the same charges

high churchmen.... The purchase of advowsons had 75-Miles-An Hour Cars. been viewed with disfavour for some time. For centuries church offices There is no technical obstacle to could be sold much the game as land, that range being extended, Indeed, but in 1994 parament confirmed a apart from the coat, there is no

measure passed by the church quarters in the country should not reason why every provincial head-assembly, declaring it illegal to sell be in communication with one an- other and with Scotland Yard by

He said that two or three years ago experiments which might lead were carried out, and he hoped, that to inter-communication in this way the experiments would soon be inter-communication by wireless is coming. The wireless installation at present in use at. Scotland Yard has a radius of 50 to 100 miles..

But at the office of the Press photo- rapher to whom he was apprenticed be displayed such intenso resentmens joined the firm that he was given a young relative who suddenly. notice constant This occurred at much the same time as a girl friend of all three German boys, and appears to have Manasse, was spoken of in too light disregard of what his masters girl, Manasse bought a revolver one only differed from them by his terms by the other two. Despised by mother, disappointed in the thought and said of him.

time the game has flourished ex- they collapsed and followed on, and resumed. There is no doubt that offices with men of their own facmit, but since 1950 A.D. they have struggle with the German language boys, highly catcemed by the ahe

from matting to grass, than from grass to matting. It will therefore In 1844, after the first occupation be seen that their side was pretty of Natal in the preceding year, the good when they won 21 and lost 4 45th Foot were playing cricket after throq Tests were dramatic matches only out of a programme of Pietermaritzburg, and from that In the first we had made 428 and ceedingly. The first Club to be Hirst bowled Shalders for a duck. Then Sherwell proceeded to make established locally was probably then hundred in an hour and a half "Western Province Cricket Club and rain saved them on the third which was founded in 1964, with its day. This was at Lord's

The second Test was on a rain beadquarters first at Rondebosche

damaged wicket at Leeds, and the and later at Wynberg. Orickes, conditions suited their bowlers. however, remained provincial until They shot us out, largely owing to

Faulkner, in the winter of 1888-89 an English Blythe, we got them out for 110

for 76. Thanks to team captained by "Round the

A dour struggle ansued. We final- Corner" Smith went out thanksly set them 199 to win, and Blythe largely to the enterprise of the "Castle" Line. They were much too good for the local mea, though only of weak county strength (but they had Bobby Abel and Johnny Briggs!), but they gave the game An enormous impetus and Frank Hearne remained behind, to coach.

weat right through them for Eng-wireless.

so in the match. land to win by 53! He took 15 for

Shalders,

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Major Vitty suggested that before wireless was installed, by the pro- vincial police they should consult Scotland Yard so as to ensure & standard service.

a church benefice more than twice.

Much Needed Reform. The measure was intended to end the same right of sale catirely with in the course of years. All parties

in the church agreed on the desir ability of the reform.

all bean men. What started the be- But Manase was brought up among lief is lost in the past, but at that rible and permanent carse which time the popular fear of the ter- the Gods of the Mountain were said to put on, say woman found upon bring an official ordinance for its slopes was strong enough to bidding the mountain to them.

As

night in one of those dark quarters' This drams of Cain and Abel asked. He had begun, he stated in

Resorted to Bullying.

of Berlin where no questions are will find a place in the books of all court, to study night life." In the sixth year of Meiji, 1974, psycho-analysts and be the subject

Farental Remorse, the order was rescinded, but the of many aspiring German play- fear of the curse remained and none wrights in the near future with very, who was very musical, was playing One afternoon when Waldemar, of the priests at the shrine ever. little embellishment, so full of

woman there. dramatic possibilities is the setting friend Tibor, Manasse arrived home „** the piano in the presence of his dreamed of seeing

Just recently, they were at devo- Manuaer and his brother Waldemar, to find the fat otherwise empty. tions as usual when two pilgrims one year younger, were the best of One of Waldemars scoro ful e appeared. They were clad in hik. friends antil the younger, Wal- ing costume and at first seemed demar, began to dutstrip his elder marks was flung at him as bo pass.

ed the door. perfectly

in sine, strength, and personal ordinary pilgrims. they neared the marine, however, it beauty.

Two minutes afterwords MonasHD was seen that they were women.

apposred again with his revolver. He had a swifter intelligence, so and shot both, boys dead, leaving that he was placed in the same the bodies as they fell to go and class as Manasse, who was dreamy inform the nearby police stafide of The self-reproaches of both par-. though, Waldemar excelled in box- ing, an art which he began toents, who own to have preferred the practice with the youthful en-younger to the elder son, and their thusiasm evinced by maay boys in pleading for the judge to have Germany to day.

Manasse home again, loved and. When resentful of Manasse's repardoned, have illuminated the marks he paid him out in corporal, bome life of those families which panishment, reminding him of are trying to build up a new exia- earlier days when his elder was the tenee in post-war Germany.

The Russian-Jewish element may have prevailed in the composition of the Freidlander family, but the

He said that when he was ap pointed in 1930 the Yard's feet of motor-ears numbered 30. Now there are 20 cars and the fleet would soon be largely increased,

and forgetful. Above everything, bis deed. "The Flying Squad's cars now be

The third Test was a draw in our favour, largely thanks to 0.B. Fry, but it is clear that the South African team was one worthy to grapple with the best England could produce. I cannot resist give ing the names, as some of the older cricketers here may be interested. Three years later Walter Read

P. W. Sherwell (Captain), A. took out a strong side and won all Nourse, W.A along the line. And then in 1894 Hathorn, G. A. Faulkner, J. H. ing supplied are of heavy construe Sinclair, R. O. Schwartz, L. Ttion, capable of carrying four police came the South African's first visit Tancred, A. B. E.Vagler, J. J. officers at a maximum speed of 75 to England. They played mostly Kotze, G. C. White, S. D. Snooke, miles an hour on top gear and at second class cricket and the tour

5. J. Snooks, C. D. Robinson and A speed of 55 to 60 miles an hour H. Smith By the way, those in- on third gear. excited little interest, but they gain-terested in googlies should read ed experience. E. A. Halliwell, the R. E. Foster's article in the 1908 well-known wicket-keeper, made his Wisden, which records 1907 cricket. debut and proved as good as any Cue in England.

In 1896 Lard Hawke took out a strong team including Lohmann,

CB. Fry, A. J: L. Bill and Tom Hayward The side won all three Tests, but J. H. Sinclair and C. B. Llewellyn showed promise of the form to which they subsequently

attained Two years later Lord Tyldesley (JT) Trott and Haigh in his side. They won, but had to fight hard.

Hawke returned with Plum Warner,

in an

"The chief feature of the cars is quick acceleration. They will se- celerate from 10 to 60 miles an hour in 15 seconds. The colour of those now in use is constantly being varied. Registration numbers are changed and special cowls are fitted to the radiator so that their shpa can be altered. It is possible, to change the colour in 24 hours," he said.

Faulkner and Vogler Again, The next M.CC. side went out in 1900-1910 under H.D.G. Leveson Gower Hobbs Rhodes, Denton, Woolley, Buckenham, Thomson, Simpson-Hayward and Blythe made up a strong nucleus. But the fast remains that England lost three

Gang of Women Caught. and won two only of the five Tests. | Faulkner and Vogler, were the great Major Vitty explained the value heroes of the South African success. of wireless co-operation between The former was freely spoken of as | Sectland Yard and the Flying the greatest all-round cricketer in Squad At all hours of the day the world at that time..

and night men are on duty at Kotzé's Expresses, · ·

But this was the zenith of South Scotland Yard sending out, and re- from Flying African cricket. They did fairly ceiving messages Immediately after the Boer War the second S.A. tenun visited Eng.

Australian tour, but the Squad cars and fast vans

As an example of how the Flying laad, with Murray Bisset as skip-googly lost its terrors on Australian

constantly catching per. The weather was against them wickets. The visit to England in Squad are at firat, and it was only after the 1012 for the Triangular Tests was thieves, he said that, recently in public had rather Jost interest that disastrous. The old generation was formation was received at Scotland they struck their true form. Halli dropping out-the new one well was magnificent behind the sticks. Hathorn, Shalders, Tanored and Sinclair batted Anely and Kotzé was admitted to be the fastest bawler except Kortright, who had yet been seen. Sinclair bosled well and turning the ball tory he had prafted largely four and drew the fifth. Test match very well by the coaching he got fromHW. Taylor their present skipper Lohmann. On their retura, Dar- was the only man to increase his ling's Australian team of 1902 visit-reputation ed them and taught them a great deal. The matting wickets proved ne stumbling block to that very fine

side.

Pauline.

zave

WHE

Yard at 1.5 am."that a car had

not coming along. All the Tests (one by Wireless, ads were broad a draw against Australia cast the stolen car were defeats. Then, to prove that with the thieves in it was caught climatic conditions were not alone at 1.13 m.

In another case, Scotland Yard responsible, J.W.H.T. Douglas in

equalling

In this team Woolley failed, as.

BASEBALL.

The measure, however, developed the present conflict. Each aide charged that the other was buying up advowsons and thus obtaining for itself the impermanent right to All certain offices with its own men.

During the past year, prices of advowsons have soared, although the permal effect of the legislation would have been to cause a decrease in value owing to the ultimate than 679 years! inability to dispose of the property."

The Bishop of Liverpool, writing in the Liverpool Reviru, quoted in- stances of profiteering in the sale of benefices.

The cash value of advowsons, creased. This is largely due to the he said, "has been considerably in eagerness with which benefices, while they are still saleable, are being bought up by party societies with the object of imposing a particular colour upon the church in question, irrespective of the parishioners desire."

Among those who charged the low churchmen with inaugurating the scramble for advowsons are the Rev. Arnold Pizchard, secretary of the English church anion, za Anglo- Catholic organization.

The first priest to notice this could not believe his eyes, then thought that they must be man, for Some unknown reason disguised No woman had been there is acc

Ha questioned them and to his horror found that they really were women. One wax Miss Matane Okada, 22 years old, and the other Mrs. Hideko Ishiwatari,-9 years old, both avid mountaineers from Osaka.

stronger.

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The Interiority Complex,

The priest called a hurried con- ference of his confreres and the The elder brother grew more and system of education and the new ladies were requested to descend more resentful of this, more par admiration of athletic prowers was immediately, before some great mis-ticularly as the mother praised the German. The possibility of par- fortune overlook them, or perhaps younger boy's prowess in fulsome chasing revolvers and munition at the shrine through loss of its long terms. He was held up in maternal the next street corner as it were, reputation. They agreed to go but pride to the elder ass pattern of is a feature of Barlin. The rest os a insisted on stopping long enough to what modern youth should be study for the many specialists in powder their faces, have a cap of Sean the two boys did not speak youthful psychology who have been ten and admire the view.

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Although we do not approve the sale of advowsons, low churchmen benefices when they come on the market because it is extremely im Portaat that the church as by law.

1912 took out Hobbs and Sydney was informed by telephone that with at once.?? Barnes (with some others) and ven number of notorious women shop-

lifters were drinking in

The Flying Squad" house. warned by wireless and star were ed outside the public house until the Since the war and before the prgang left.

The bishops abuse their privileges seat tour, there have been two en- The police car followed the women in regard to their own patronages. counters. We had to work very with the result that the whole gang should say that all the bishops, hard out there when F.T. Mann was caught redhanded shoplifting with the exception of four, are It was, however, 1904 that the skippered the side. We lost the ia a large ston. Very recently ex-quietly trying to exterminate the South African side in England first Test, won the second by 1 periments had been carried out with Protestants from the Church of really proved itself. Frank Mit-wicket and drew the next two. In the idea of transmitting by wireless England, ehel! had been living in South the last we led by 100 on the first photographs and finger-prints of

The Bishop of London has com Africa for some years and Gordon knock, but started badly in the so-criminals.

plained about sales to church trusts. "White and R. O. Schwartz made cond innings. But Gilligan ind

Yet he has made a distinct condition their first appearance. With Tan- Russell put on 92 for the last

of the institution of the vicar of cred, Hathorn, Kotzé, Halliwell, wicket, Russell thus

All Souls that he should celebrate and Sinclair to help they were only | Bardsley's record of a hundred in

Holy Communion from the eastward beaten three times out of twenty- each innings of a Test match-and

definitely Roman six matches-nearly all first class. we always just had a little in hand,

ritualism, contrary to the practice On their tour Reggie Schwartz first winning in the end by 103 runs,

of the Church of England.. started his googlies, which he had learned from Bosanquet when they played together for Middlesex Schwartz by the way was an Old

M.0.0. Bide Zouteă. Then in 1905 came the first M.C.C. team under P. F. Warner. It was a good side, but to the amazement of every one it was taken to pieces,

Four Shaken and trampled ca: times it met with defeat. Many have said that our men were stale and out of form, but actually it seems clear that the South Africans beat us fairly and squarely on their merits. Halliwell's day was over but Percy Sherwell come in to skip ner the side as well as to keep Though perhaps not so good to fast bowling as his predecessor he was ccnsidered to be the finest eeper to: googly bowling the game had seen. The side was a thoroughly sound ane. Useful as their ordinary bowl ers were and Snooke and Sinclair ivere excellent-it was the googly stuff of Schwartz, Vogler, Gordon White, and Faulkner that undid us And most of them were really fize bats. We had such players as Lecs, Blythe, Warner, Bell, Fane, and young J. N. Crawford, fresh from Itepton. But the googly od the fast matting wicket defeated is

matting did not suit him. It seems The opening game of the Hong consider they are entitled to acquire possible that his omission from Kong Baseball Association has been Chapman's side was due to this postponed to Saturday, August 24. and the

ides that Australian This has been necessary owing to wickets too were not best suited to the wet weather which has delayed him Mead batted well and Ken- the completion of the stand. nedy (who if not so overworked for Hampshire would have been one of our greatest bowlers) had a success fal tour.

The Present Team,

Little need be said about the 1924 side that visited England. Pegler, who living in England, did well, but Hall, Nupen, and Blanckenberg failed to bowl their form on the tarf wickets Taylor batted finely and Catterall, who is doing well this year, made a lot of runs. But they were a disappointing side.

It seems probable from the form of the present side that the down- ward carve of South African cricket is done with, and that im- provement is on its way To judge from their photographs in the Cricketer they all seem very youthful. The one thing that seems really remarkable is that during a space of little more than thirty years they have had at their dis- posal three of the finest wicket keepers who ever put on the gloves In 1907, a very fine side came over Halliwell, Sherwell, and Cameron and three Test Matches were ar are all in the Btorer-Strudwick ranged it must be remembered, class, and it is greatly to be hoped shat the visitors werd under a that Cameron's unfortunate acci- tremendous handicap in England dont at Lords will leave no ill owing to the grass pitches. It is effect upon either his health or his probably more difficult to change keeping.

The opening games will be:- August 24-South Chis Japanese Baseball Clab.

August 25-Hong Kong . Fil. pino Club

WELL-KNOWN - ACTRESS"

DEBT.

COMMITTAL ORDER AGAINST MISS SYDNEY FAIRBROTHER.

established shall be maintained."

The conflict thus far has been be tween individuals but, when the Church assembly meets in the fail the two sides may be organized to

fight to a finish"

VATICAN WIRELESS

STATION.

ORDER PLACED WITH THE

MARCONI COMPANY.

The order for the wireless station which is to be erected in the Vati- can City for the use of His Holi Miss Sydney Fairbrother, the no ness the Pope and the Vatican tress, was called on a judgment State, has been placed with Har- summons at Westminster County coni's Wireless Telegraph Com- Court for a debt of £10 18 3d.pany Limited. The manufacture Mr. Harold Mountford Bet of the apparatus for this station teridge, Henrietta street W.C., who and the plans for its installation brought the claim, said that Miss have already been put in hand and Fairbrother was recently in the will be carried out with the greatest

Devil in the Cheese," at the possible expedition. Comedy Theatre, and was now at The station will embody the latest the Richmond Theatre. He thought improvements in wireless design. that she earned £30 or £40 a week and construction and it is receiv and could pay in seven daysing the personal supervision of the Judge Bir Alfred Tobin: I think Marchese Marconi. Communication I will give her a fortnight, because will be carried out bath by tele- people in the theatrical professiongraphy and by telephony on the are a little haphazard in business short wave broadcast principle and the range of the station will be ways. Twenty-one days committal; suspended for, a fortnight.

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