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THE CHAMPIONSHIP
RACE
Yorkshire's Great Recovery
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London. August. 5.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1935.
U. S. BASEBALL
Cardinals Win
New York. Aug. 25. The New York Giants' Baseball | outfit in the National League, :8) now only two games ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals, who won
It was when P. G. H. Fender was double header, from the Dodgers
SCHOOL BOYS
BOW FEAT
7 Wickets For
41. Runs
CRICKET
Sussex In Trouble
(Special Air Mall Service) Sussex have lately developed the häbit of winning matches and of decling in the championship tahis. Singapore, Aug 19.
thanks to some obscure mathemai- The three-day cricket fixture becal law in the process, but at the
There were great years when the put on at 53 that the game bright-day while the Giants went down tween the S.C.C, and the Com-close of play yesterday at Hove it
are
result of a match between Surrey and Nottinghamshire decided the
times championship. Those leng past, but the meeting of the old rivals retains some of its an-
clent glamour, and people journey many miles to see it. All this was proved "again" yesterday, for there was a big crowd in spite of weather that threatened rain.
tened. No bring county bowler, who 15 allowed to operate, except as a crisis, sends and down so many bad balls as Fender-and such an orcasional good one." For a period, he was" dogged, but he broke the Partnership-Waizer c and b for a steady, but not uneventful 33.
bined Schools on the Padang ended la a single contest to the Cubs.
The Pirates also won the matin a draw yesterday. ches to-day beating the Braves in At the end of the hour's play on double header, comfortably in Friday, the Combined Schools, who the first and narrowly in the sec-took first knock, had 57 runs for
the loss of four wickets, end.
Honours in the double header
Unfortunately no play was possi- between the New York Yankees ble on Saturday owing to the rain and the Chicago White Sox in the and resuming their innings the American League were shared and Combined carried ther score to 104. us Detroit Tigers won from the R. Thoy top-scoring with 37 while
tributed a useful 29. Athletics, the leaders increased his school mate, W, Ferguson con- their advantage slightly. *
Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Against the bowling of Watts and Browns both down double head-Sundram, who bowled unchanged. ers, the former at the expense of the S.C.C. collapsed in the first the Cleveland Indians and the innings and were bundled out for latter against the Washingtona meagre 53, Sundram accounting seven wickets at two runs
RELIEVED FROM DULLINESS Lunch tune came with the total Yet, some of the old glamour was at 84 for two wickets--not bad absent.. For long periods the game going, since rain had curtailed the was carried on in allence) and even time, but Hardstaff was soun bow when the batting was dull-and at ed by Gover, and the total showed. times it was very du-the voice 39 for three. It was at this point of the barracker was seldom heard. that A Staples introduced a little Men, and even boys, yawned in-hitting, chiefly with the assistance stead of splitting the atmosphere of Fender, and at the other end with ironical "cheers. And yet Harris wert on playing cricket there are people who say that the which was relieved from duliness. Results of to-day's matches as aplece. younger generation have no man- by the excellence of his off driving. cabled by Reuter follow:
AMERICAN LEAGUE hers!
Their stand produced 88,
New York, afwyp ard they were both out at last in an
R. H. E. attempt to make a forcing stroke.
3.3" Neither had played exactly nu.. ricane cricket, but at least they
and
In spite of their dull periods, Nottinghamshire reached a total of 345 for eight wickets, which is about the average rate of scoring for any county match. Neverthes kept the game alive. With less, it was passing strange to see bowling, which had been hit as if "it were schoolboy tosh by Kent and the South Africans only a few days Defore so politely treated.
their departure the batting went to sleep for same time. Indeed, there were moments when it appeared to be stone dead... Beane took twenty minutes to score his first It was this force of contrast, per-run. and Knowles was idle for long hans, which made the Nottingham-periods. But brighter things came and when Knowles Was shine.batting appear less enter- later,
caught the seventh wicket stand prising than it actually w25.
had produced 90 runs in an hour and forty minutes.
"LAUGHINGLY ERRATIC The Surrey bowling had its curio alties. A good deal of. It was wide ut the off-stump, a policy which does not win success against bats
ren of discretion, and the man who brought salvation to the side when things were at their worst was P. G. H. Fender, who was at times almost laughably erratic, but who still has a brain behind his
arta.
**
The Surrey team had an un- familiar appearance! Gregory Squires, and Watts of the men who have played most frequently this season. were away. To all their places, Parker and Wilson, two of the
It was Fender who came to the rescue again' to catch and bowl Heane, who, in spite of his dreary period, made nis 77 in two hours. and hit ten 4's, most of them were off-drives, not only his favourite Biroke, but one of the few shots in this locker. Larwood was given his usual enthusiastic reception, as though the crowd consider him a man badly treated. Voce 'entered to applause which seemed to ex- presa a similar kind of sympathy. and altogether a day which at one period threatened to be disappoint- ing ended, on a joyous note.
Nottinghamshire-First Innings Keeton, c Brooks, b Gover...... Farris, c Parker, b Garland-
Wells
county's biggest disappoint- ments, were brought back to the side, and H. T. Bartlett, the Carn- bridge Blue, who played for Surrey once last season, was given a place.
Walker, c and b Fender Nottinghamshire were without Hardstaff, hit wkt., b Gover Gunn, who
surtering: from Staples (A.), c Parker, Holmes
mumps of all things! The game Lilley, c Brooks, b Fender had lasted only half-an-hour, with Enowles, e Glover, b Parker a discreeet 22 produced by Keet.au G. F. Heane. c and b Fender and Harris, when that drizzle which first-class cricketers call heavy ram, stopped the game for fifteen minutes. It was an 10 fortunate interval for Nottingham-
shire. The slight dampness made
Larwood, not out Voce, not out
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NIK
Total (8 wkts,) To bat-Woodhead.
Senators,
New York
Chicago
New York Chicago
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8 12 2
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21
for
In all he bowled 11.2 overs, Ave of which were maidens. Pearse was the only man on his side to reach double figures.
The Combined Schools knocked up 94 for eight wickets and de clared their innings closed, A Pennefather scoring 31 and Watts 27.
was improbable that they worki beat Dertyshire, since Derbyshire had scored 133 runs for four wic kets in reply to a total by Suam of 184. The day was bright and sunny and a large crowd watched, the play:
The wicket at Hove at this time of the year has a way of bebaring oddly during the first hour's play, and Derbyshite have just the right bowlers to take advantage of such a circumstance. Copson and the two Popes, all just over medium in peace, attacked with venom, con- contration, and purpose and three
Parks was out to the second ball of Sussex wickets fall for 35 runs 3. the day, bowled by a ball from Copson which beat him thoroughly and touched his pads on the way to the stumpe "John Langridgė. made 1 and, then was caught "at- the wicket off's ball from G. Pope that rose up at him, and at 35 Cox played back at a ball to which he might have played forward and was bowled.
A. Melville had meanwhile been Asatting as though the pitch and he bowling had been made to his express order (there was grace and certainly even when he made a stroke which had no more militant
Left with 146 to win, the &C.C. (Lou Gehrig scored a home run commenced their second innings for the Yankees).
but disaster befall them from the start and five wickets were downintention than that of keeping the with 30 on the board. H. Gibson ball out of his wicket), and, with James Langridge as his partner, it and Pearse in partnership, how seemed that Sussex, after all, ever, played aut time, Pearse's would make a respectable score. Score being 35.
Melville booked Copson for 4, and when Mitchell came on at the end opposite to the ses he drove him with firmoses and elegance to the boundary. Mitchell, however, wor sried Langridge considerably, and it .93 he had him well caught by Worthington, at silly mid-on.
Bosion Cleveland
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Phillade.phia Detroit (Higgins scored a home run for the Athletics).
Washington
St. Louis
Washington St. Louis
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago
New York
The following are the scores and bowling analyses....
Combined School 1st Innings
J. Ferguson, c Exley, b Whit-
tington
G Clarke, c Whittington, b
Holt
Exley, b Holt
37
2
A. Pennefather, c and b Holt... 12 W. Ferguson.
A
2
12. 1
R Thoy,
3
9 0
A. Watts run out
B
9
Q
Holt
29
9
3. Sundram, c Pearse, b'Wheeler
J. Weber. b Wheeler
Lingam, b Wheeler
R. H. E.
R Cordelu, not cut
4 11
5 8 1 1
B Donough, by Wheeler
Extras
4
Frotal
104
Bowling:-Holt, four
34;
(Melvin Ott scored a home run
SHANGHAI ÀQUATIC
Shanghai. Angust 20. At a meeting of the Shanghai Amateur Swimming Association held at the Rowing Club last even
1. it was decided that in the ent of the Y.M.0.A.” “A” team feating the 0.8.F. team in the water polo league match this even- ing, and thus tying with the Row- Whittington, one for 19: Ashworthing Club "A" for the Ewo Trophy, the match for the decision of none for 11; Mitchell, none for 13; championship is to be played at (Jim Collins scored a home run wheeler, four for 11'Leonard, none the Cercle Sportif Francaise Gals
for the Glants).
13
St. Louis
89
Brooklyn
33
2
46
for the Cardinals).
18
St. Louls
34
77
21
10
Boston
*32
345
Pittsburgh.
Boston
Surrey-E R. T Holmes, H M
the ball skid off the ground for a Garland-Wells. P. G. E. Fender, H.
time and with h's first ball Gover
got Keeton caught at the wicket ob
a stroke that invited trouble.
MISS GEM HOACHING
Wins Schoolgirls' Tennis Title
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London, Aug. 5. A girl who is just too old to enter for the 1935 junior championships, and another who is still too young. reached the final of the school girls' lawn tennis tournament at Queen's Club to-day. The younger finalist is Miss Gem Hoahing of Twickenham, aged 14 and 4ft., 6in... short; the older Miss Daphne Rowe, the 1834 Junior champion, aged 17 and 5ft, 8n.
J
Each had to struggle for three sets-Miss Boahing for one and a- half and Miss Rowe for two hours --no very good preparation for
their final later in the day.
2
Bartlett,
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
10 13 2.
3 10:
2
for
for 0; Pearse, none for 13.
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8.C.C.-1st Innings
6
11
1.
R A Asnworth, b Watts
1 8
0
F. PE Pearse, b Sundramn
10.
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R. F. W. Leonard, b Sundram
5
9 "12"
2
JE. C. Mitchell, b Sundram ...
6
2 .6 1
P. O'Neill Dunne, b.Watts
GE C. Ash, b Sundram .......
1
# 13
3
H Gibson. b Watts.
5
H. Whittington, b Sundram
3
3. H. Wheeler, c Weber, b Sun-
dram
1
HA. Exley, not out
2
5
53
·5 10 2 (Young scored a home run for
Sandham. Brooks, the Pirates). Barling. Gaver, Fishlock, V. Ison. and Parker
FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION MONTHLY MEETING
A Council meeting of the Hong Kong Football Association will "be held in the Association Offices, at 5.30 p.m. on Monday, September 2. when the following business will be discussed:-
..
To confirm Minutes of Council Meeting No. 1
To receive Minutes of League Management Committee Meeting Nos. 1/3
To receive Minutes of Referees. Committee Meeting No. 1.1
To confirm August Accor nts and pass blils.
Any other business.
'H
After she lost. the first game the Chinese girl reeled off the next
Six.
Miss Rowe, of the hard-hitting forehand, whose enjoyment of the game perhaps interferes with her concentration, had to play almost an extra hour because she missed three match points in the second set.
•
•
Cincinnati
10 12 4 Philadelphia
12 10 (Herman scored a home run for the Reds).
The following have been chosen to represent the Hong Kong Electric Recreation Club in their Bowls League match against the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club on Saturday, August 31st, 1935, at 3:39 pm. at the Ming Yuen ground.
P. W. Holt, b Sundram
Extras
Total
Bowling:-Watts. three for 34: Bundram, seven for 14.
Combined Schools-2nd: 'Innings "J. Ferguson, c Pearse, b Wheeler R Thoy. c Wheeler, Whitting-
ton'
G. Clarke, b Leonard
R. C Butler. V. Sorby, G. T.A. Watts, b Holt Padgett. L. de Rome (Skip): W. W. Ferguson, b Leonard Stoker, #8, McKay, J. Sloan, WA. Pennefather, b Wheeler
A. P. Tarbuck, R. Donough, run out Muskett (Skip);
3. G. Haigh, A. S Sundram, b Holt J. F. Barron, Webster (Skip).
G Weber, not cut Reserves:-J. L. King and H" 8.
Extras!
Jones.
SAYINGS OF THE WEEK
I cannot shut my eyes to what I hear—Mr. Justice Lewis:
Freud was a talented fellow. He was even gifted. "But he wrote, among good things, much that was trivial nonsense: Yes, non sense. Professor Pavlov.
on August 31.
SWIMMING ENTRIES
ANNOUNCED
Entries for the Swimming Galo and Championships of the Shang- shai Rowing Club were announced yesterday It was also announced that the heats for the 100 yards back-stroke, and the 100 yards free style juniors) will be held to morrow as 8 p.m., the announce ment stressing that all competitors for these events must be present for the heats
The detailed entries follow: 220 yards free style (men):-N. G. Hammond, E. Farmer, A. Logan.
100 yards free style (juniors): B. Roach, B.. Williams, C. Smith, T. Britton, S. Starkovsky, B. 4 Deitz, A. Gravilo.
9
100 yards back-stroke (men) :~~
Kan Yeo-ming, Chau Shui-kai, BW. Wagner, E. McAllister, H. P. 27 Berents, L. Smith, N. G. Ham-
0mond.
31
50 yards freestyle (women) :--
3 W. Donnelly. J. Cannon, S. Karns.
8
1
„Total (for 8 wkts, decį) 94
KLingam and R. Cordeiro did bet bat.
Bowling: Holt, two for 40; Wheeler, two for 22 Whittington, none for 12: Leonard, two for 15; Ashworth, none for 2
BC.C-2nd Innings R. A. Ashworth, e and b Bun-
drám
Miss Hoshing's victory by 4. 6-3, 6-1, was over. MIBE A Car dinall, of St. Paul's School; a head taller than herself and a year of two older. But there is lawn ten- nie genius in the Chinese girl.
In the opening set Miss Car- dinaly was hitting hard and led nearly all the way. In the second B. Johnson, of St. James's School I am accustomed to use the Gibson,,,not out
If you have not got taste in FP. H Pearse, not out music you had better commit sul-RW Leonard, b Watts cide.--Professor P. C: Buck.
J. E C. Mitchell, lbw b Sun- All my plays are masterpieces except the last one They always P. O'Neill Dunne, o Watts
GEO." Ash, b Weber were Mr. Bernard Shaw,
Julius
whip to educate.--Herr Streicher A
The soul is a gentleman whose acquaintance most people have no desire to make. Deah Inge. A
Her very friendly struggle with went on and on, with the resnit apparently beginning to fire, she that when 5-all was called in the sent over many high bouncers which aft, din. found diment to final set I believe I heard a hard
working ball boy near me murmur aballo Oh Lor". surmount. But when h'ttable height came her way Miss
Miss Johnsor nearly two years It is when I see the soild fate wat Hoahing threw all her alx stones the younger girl, hit neatly as
and the meek hair of the man" none for into the stroke and achieved not hard as her senior and brought who really made the big push in only astonishing pace from
more subtlety into her game. She the Putty Crisia, that I furtively diminutive a source, but accuracy actually led 65 in the final set wipe away a silent fear-Mr. and variety of direction as well.
before Miss Rowe iscrambled home Chesterton TIRELESS MISE HUALING at 12-10, 6-288-98
NG
the Anal Man Gem Hodling hibeat Miss Daphne Rowe, 6-2,
In the third set Miss Gardinal'. gamich drooped, sadly th
The meeting was not a big dffair a couple of hundred colour ed people, and perhaps nity white But I have never seen an Albert
Total (for k
Hall meeting which impredsed
assignidestit an 11te gathering in FA street, called to the Emperor Kingsley Martin.
OLD MONEYLENDERS' CUSTOM
Shanghai, August
Refereuse to a well-known custom of Indian money-lenders-that of forcing their clients to sign promis sory notes for double the amuant of the loan, in order to cover them- selves in the event of Court pro- F. 0ceedings was made by R
in H. M. Garcia when sued Supreme Court yesterday by Charu Singh, who claimed #000 on a note signed jointly by Garcia and a Chinese named Dang
35
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3
Charu Singh tried to bring in
8 the subject of police court cao the fact thist Garcia recently wat which was dismissed but this wai disallowed by Judge P. Grant Jones who renared:"Wa may all have criminal charges brought against us, however innocent we may be
García Laid be and Dang signed the notar on November 8, 1934, foi 1600 reserving $300 On November 25) be paid 10 per cent, interest an 230; and: had not paid anything
Judgment was ente plaintiff for $300, 348 for interest, and $14 Court conta
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