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BRADMAN BOOED BY OVAL CROWD

Excitement In The Pavilion And Its Surrounds

There was a terrible hullabalo at the Oval because the Aus- tralian captain did not make Survey follow their innings. Such ex- ellement ̈wia, caused in the Favition and its surrounds that an official statement had to be lesued, writes, a London correspondent. It comes to a pretty pass when a captain has to make public apology. D. Bradman is captain -appointed" of his team; his duty is to, conserve the energy of the team and app action he may see it to take is no business of any other person in the world. So far as one can make out his bowlers-and he has a rather slender re- source are at the moment physically defective. In that case he was right to spare them the labour of howling again against such a bat- ting side as Surrey,

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As it was, the day's cricket was; and O'Reilly came on again after dull and had no meaning what-a rest of a few minutes, and when- soever. Australia declared their ever he is bowling there is interest indings closed after Barnett and awakened even if the match is Badcock had made runs at their dead. leisar-very much at their leisure leaving themselves only an hour and a quarter in which to get Burrey out.

MOMENT OF SHAME.

I never believed that. I would hear anything so distressing, but when the Australian-team took the feld their captain was "booed" all A possible mistake the way out in tactics is no excuse for gross insult to the greatest cricketer of the age. It was a moment of shame for the Oval.

Surrey were soon out in the morning, and before midday Gover

Ward bowled his leg-breaks - as accurately as usual, but the left- handert Fishlock placed his bat straight against the spin, and once with a fierce stroke, nearly knock-

New Bowler Humbles Tourists

Nevell, a young right-arın medium-fast bowler in his first season in county cricket, humbled the mighty_Austra- lans at Lord's recently,

Taking the wickets of Brad- man, Badcock, and M'Cabe at little cost, he helped Middlesex to dismiss the tourists for 132, their lowest total against a". county side since. 1930. "...N In August of that year Glou cestershire tied after dismiss - - "lug the touring team for 157 and 117, and that is the nearest a county elavan has been to beating the Austra¬ llans since the war.

Middlesex's spin bowlers worried the Australians, but threw up too many loose balls

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U.S. BASEBALL RESULTS

NATIONAL LEAGUE

New York, June 9. The following are the scores ed O'Reilly's head from off his of baseball matches played yester- shoulders. Twice in one over he day: drove the ball to the long-of boundary, and in the next pulled not immoderately short balls from Ward to leg. Even, better was a stroke when he lay back and hit the ball hard past cover-point, a stroke he followed with a 6 over New York long-on's head and another 4 past Chicago

mid-wicket. He had then scored

New York Chicago

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4 31

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2 7. 2 (Otts homered for the Glants).

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10 1

1 6

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4 10 1

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and Watts were pounding again at 70 out of 80 runs, and had made Boston the Australian batsmen. B. A. 93 out of 104 when he was out to Pittsburgh Barnett and . L. Badcock went in a splendidly judged catch at long- frat, but their pleasant exhibition. Fishlock scored his last 43 was interrupted-after a quarter of runs in 12 minutes. His scare in- -an, hour-hp-rxing the covers came cluded two 6's and twelve 4.

out and the policemen put on their raincoats. They were soon cut again, and no sooner but than the score had been taken from 21 to several of the Australian players Chicagu 50. with Barnett hitting the ballre suffering from early season New York cheerfully away to leg.

STATEMENT BY MR. 'TEANES Mr. W. H., Jeanes, the Australian manager, stated at the Oval that

Chicago

AMERICAN LEAGUE

1

2

10 12 0 New York

6 10. 3 (Gehrig and Gordon, homered for the Yankees).

Detroit ....... Philadelphia

3 10 2 1 5 .0

10 14 oreness and stiffness.

(Walker homered for the White FORMAL DECLARATION.

Neither McCormick nor Fleet- 18ox and. Rolfe for the Yankees). The Barrey captain tried aquires. rood-Smith is quite fit. In Brad- Tound the wicket, always a possible nan's view it would have been un- solution of his bowling troubles, ise to make Surrey follow on. It but this time the batsmen were in- would have meant O'Reilly' and exorabje... | Barnett cut Watts fero-Ward bowling for the best part of ciously: Badcock, although perhaps the day, and with the first Test a Uttle hurried in playing his Match only just over a fortnight strokes, kept pace with his partner" thead he had to pay attention to Barnett it was who, reached his the need to keep his players as ût

•Cuffpry buth of 192 or the board as possible. hilitate lovely off-drive; and it was Badcock soon afterwards who was first out, caught at short slip

Garland-Wells had been giver. generous, spell of, bangling from ndih, prés., and petor, when his Jurn came, managed to make the ball spin, abruptly, and he had the French

WOMEN'S LAWN TENNIS

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Tournament

Paris, June 8.

(York and Labs homered the Tigers).

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SPORT

THE OLYMPIC GAMES

Britain Unlikely To Go To Tokyo

A decision is likely to be reached in the near future whether the Olympic Games are ever likely to be held again. As at present arranged, Invitations to the Olymple Associations of more than Afty countries will be issued shortly, asking that teams shall be en- tared for the Games scheduled to take place in the Japanese ċapita!" from September 31 to October 8, 1948**

The British channel for acceptance or refusal is the British Olymple Association, on which the various British governing bodies of sport are represented. All the governing bodies have their say. hut it would be idle to deny that the British Amateur Athletic Board has not got a dominant influence.

'The backbone of an Olympic meeting is the athletics. The attitude of the British Amateur Athletic Board will, therefore. be of paramount importance wher. the British Olympic Association comes to consider the impending Japanese invitation.

Ultimately, of course, the decision depends upon the psycholo- gical reaction of the British amateur sporting public towards the idea of Olympic Games in Tokyo-and, indeed, anywhere else. The B.Q.A. is hot. therefore. likely to move without calling a general meeting, as was done during the "broken time" crisis,

Without Britain. the Dominions, now reached the stage in Great und the United States, an Olymple Britain when it is agreed that there meeting would be meaningless. remains practically no chance of And if Tokyo should be abandoned the British Olympic Association and the four-year sequence of accepting the Japanese invitation. Olympic Games be broken in peace The trend of International time, it is extremely unlikely that opinion" may be deduced from an the Olympic movement would ever enactment of the recent meeting again *becombe":"-endowed with enough enthusiasm of a common nature to lead to a revival

The

of the International Amateur Ath- lette. Federation in Paris. rules of the LAAF. were delibe- rately altered so that world cham- pionships, other than the Olym- pic athletic eventa, may be held No more is it likely that an in future. alternative meeting-pisce could provided against the day-pro- Thus a loophole was

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be agreed upon in the event of bably not far distant-when the Tokyo being rejected." As was LAAF.

seon at the meeting of the Fede-Games.

ration Internationale de Ski in

boycotts

the

Olympic

The Olympic Games have really Finland, when the F.I.S. falled outlived their usefulness and re to define an amateur to the definitely fading away. The voice satisfaction of its members, the of British amateur sporting opinion Japanese, 'Germans, and Italians should speak with force, unity and hang together in conferences unmistakable clarity to that effect relating to sport as well as the when the decision is taken.

more obvious forms of politics. Ski-ing being "as integral a part of the Olympic Winter Games as athletics are of the Games in the summer. the Japanese winter Olympics are already us good as dead.

In fact, the time has now come for when it is to be decided whether the Olympic Games" shall con- tinue. The British amateur sport- 1ing public and áfficials must, there- tore, make up their minds what

(Foxx homered twice for the course this country should take Red Sox, and Hale and Bolters one in solving the crisis. Britain has each for the Indians).

St. Louis Washington

reward of Chipperfield's wicket, ngver an easy one to take. By that time the damage had been done, Bradman had not come in himself, or the French Lawn Tennis Cham and the declaration when it did pionships, Miss Conquerque of the actige, was purely- Sema). No one Netherlands defeated Mlle. Gold- else needed any batting practice. Bet:midt of France by 6-2, 6-1;

In the women's quarter-finals GIVEN VICE-

11 12 5 A (Reuter),

CAPTAINCY OF

RUGBY TEAM

lent her prestige to the Olympic 1 movement from the beginning 1land. cannot escape her respon

siblity now. And it is, a big re-. sponsibility.

WORLD OPINION

The Arst doubts 25 to the wisdom of holding the Olympic

V. G. J. Jenkins (London Welsti Games in. Tokyo were expressed has been appointed in Berlin in August, 1936. after

MERKIER MOMENTS (A. Madame Landry of France beat and Wales) Surrey when they went in. Madame Henrotin of France 6-2, vice-captain of the British Rugby the International Olympic Com- goyts de the more pass the 6-2; Madame Halff beat Mile team now on the way for their mittee had invited Japan to or- evening away, not very pleasantly Pannetier of France by 2-6, 6-4. tour of South Africa. or happily for Gregor, who was 5-3; Madame Mathieu of France

ganise the meeting in 1940, and It hit on the head by a ball from beat Miss Dorothy Stevenson of that already a committee has been was known

A message from Madeira says the Japanese had accepted.

that the supreme Walte, whe bad started the bowling Australia by 6-4, 6-0. from the Paviliod end: with first

appointed, consisting of Malor B. Japanese military authorities had Miss Couquerque ricw meets Hartley, honorary, manager, Mr. said they O'Reilly and then White at other Madame

would rather spend Landry, and Madame H. A. Haigh Smith, assistant hon- £2,000,000 on 3 Half meets Madame Mathieu in orary manager,

new battleship 5. Walker the ecmi Anals.

(Tre-than on any sports meeting. land (captain), V. G. J. Jenkins

It was also feared that the dis- the water) (vice-captain), E. J. Un-tance from Japan, apart from the men's singles, Puncec of Yugos-jwin (England) and J. A. Water considerations of climate and ac- Lavia defeated Cejnar of Czecho- (Scotland). slovakia by 3-6. 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, and Roderick Menzel of Czechoslovakia beat Mitic of Yugoslavia by 6-0. 6-0, 6 1-(Reuter),

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N. ZEALAND RUGBY stacle to many of the smaller sending representative teams, Japan's representative, Rugby football in New Zealand Count Boyeshima, was able to will be played under International disarm opposition, and Japan ob rules in 1938, decided the New tained the Games without practi- Zealand R.U. at a meeting re- cally the slightest objection from icently. They will pack 3-4-1 m a single member of the Inter- Brown (8. M.) made his Arst the scrum for representative national Olympic Committee. appearance in County cricket for matches-instead of the tradi.

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