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COUNTY CRICKET

OPENING SCENES AT LOS

ANGELES OLYMPICS

SUSSEX AGAIN

NORTHANTS WELL BEATEN

LANCS SMITTEN BY SOMERSET

KEEN FINISHES

London, Aug. 5.

OVER 100,000 CHEER WORLD'S FINEST ATHLETES

MARCH PAST DESCRIBED

Auditorium,

Los Angeles, July 30, } Many In the stands were men. One hundred and five thousandbers of past American Olympic, cheering fans packed the huge teams. Olympic Bowl to its very rim to- The opening exercises wore all day to witness the spectacle of the parado and involved no perform- opening of the tenth modern Olymances.. plad.

The first actual competition of Two thousand of the world's the Olympiad began in the even- finest athletes, many of them Ining at the Olympic THE CONFIDENT manner in individualistic costumes, gathered huge downtown hall seating more which Sussex are maintain-. In the stadium for a renewal of than 10,000 persons, in the weight ing their challenge to Yorkshire the ancient Greeinn games on a lifting events, where" an hispielun is adding a flavour of unusual scale far more pretentious than excitement to the county cricket the ancient Kings of Sparta, Ella championship. No sooner do the and Pisa, or the Roman Emperors cables report a Yorkshire vic- thereafter, ever dreamed of tory than Sussex come along Indians with turban-clad heads, coats. with an equally convincing win the Irish in their and there is small doubt that the Hungarians in red blazers and not last or least the Filipinos in soft destination of championship honours will rest in the meeting trousers, were there to

white hats, blue jackets and white receive of these two teams at Hove on the plaudits of the onlookers. August 27.

The defeat of Lancashire by Somerset provided the sensation of the three day's cricket. It was a match where bowlers were continually on top and it proved a personal triumph for veteran J. C. White, who captured in all 10 wickets for 89 runs.

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP. Notts (290 & 203-2 dec.) bent Essex (196 & 203-4) on 1st innings at Leyton.

Derby

(260237-9 dec.) beat Wor cester (174227-5) #n Ist innings at Worcester, Surrey (275 & 131) bent Hampshire (137 & 140) by 129 runs at the

Sussex (176 & 135-1)hen

bent Northants (99 & 211) by six wickets at Hastings. Somerset 01 & 151) heat Lancashire (182 & 92) by St runs at Weston» Super-Mare.

FRIENDLY MATCH. Warwick (354 & 110-3) drew with All India (282 & 3448 der.) a1 Birmingham.

HONOURS LIST. Batting,

Naidu (All India) v Warwick .. 162 Marshall (All India) v Warwick 102 'Gibbons (Worcester) v Derby .. 101* | Staples A., (Notts v Essex) .......... 100

Walker (Notts) v Esex

Indicates not out.

Bowling.

3. C.. White (Somerset) Y

Lancashire

And

F. R. Brown (Surrey) V

Hants...

95

6 for 46 4 for 43.

6 for 32 Clark (Northants) v Essex 5 for 48 Sibbles (Lancashire) V

Somerset

5 for 55 Wellard (Somerset) v. Lan-

cashire

4 for 16

4 for 29

4 for 29

Parks, 4. (Sussex) v Nor-

thants

Wensely (Sussex) y Nor-

thants

HIGH SPOTS

OF

THE GAMES

FOUR CENTURIES

RECORDED

Set 207 to in. Essex very nearly bent the clock and Notts, the close of the game finding them 94 runs short of their objective with six wickets in hand. Arthur Staples played a lone hand in Notts first innings scoring 100 out of a total of 200, whilst Walker shone with 95 not out when they batted second time and declared at 203 Tor 2 wickets.

B

green

THE MARCH PAST.

for

ANOTHER “HOPE"

LOSES

Another British

disap-

Olympic pointment experienced when

wha

j. E. Cornes the

Long before the appointed hour of the opening at 2.30 p.m. the long distance run Bowl was alled to overflowing aner and holder of the athletes of many nations pre-

world' mile re pared the grand march.

cord was beaten Finally the parado started.

Following the athletes of an- for first place in cient Greece came the Argenti- nians, the Australians with green cants; white trousers and straw race hats, the Belgians and others. marching in perfect order.

Most of the athletes ware blue! conta and white frousera.

The places in the parade were assigned to the countries alpha- betically.

the

1,500 metres

Loo

Angeles.

MOBRANADIANISTA ELITNÍ FORBES BALLE KRAKAT

Olypiad was forecast by the shat- tering of a record.

FIRST BLOOD.

When the sturdy performers from far-away Winland, whose 3,500.000 population turned out Du Verger of France, in the

field a track and

team in the lightweight class, won the LWO «last Olympic games second only arm military press event with a to that of the United States with new record of 214%1⁄2 pounds, re- it 120,000,000, passed the stands cording a lift of 715 pounds in the crowds gave them a tremen-three events, dous ovation.

Hans of Austria was second and Then came the Hungarians in Pireni of Italy, third. their red blazers and the colour- ful Indians.

The precise marching of the tarze Japanese contingent was heartily cheered as the Japanese kept perfect formation.

Likewise the one-man leam from China received his share.

Gabetti of Italy won the two arm snatch with a lift of 209 pounds. He also took the two arm clean and jerk with a weight of 264 pounds.

Hosten of France was winner in the light-henvyweight lifts. bousting a total of 303 pounds. Olson of Denmark was second and Duey of the United States third.

GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP OATH.

Hosten won the two arms clean All of the flags were cheered, but with the exception of the Stars and jerk with a lift of 330 pounds. and Stripes, Finland received the Olsen took the two arm military biggest hand. This was because press with a weight of 225 pounds, the crowds wanted to express sym-and the two arm snatch with a pathy over

the fact the Paavo weight of 2361⁄2 pounds, Nurmi. famed distance

Hosten's aggrevate constituted was disqualified by the Interna-an Olympic records.

The International Weight, Lift- tional Amateur Athletic Federa-

ing Federation scored the follow- tion.

runner.

The parade was brought to aline points: France: 6: Austria, 2;

States, climax when the American flag Denmark. 2; United dipped in salute before the presiItaly. 1. dential box, where Vice President Charles Curtis officially repre- sented his absent Chief.

Then the world's flectest and Fatranireat stood in line and heard Curtis deliver the shortest speech of his career, a 14-word address officially declaring the Olym- piad open.

The participants repeated the Olympic, oath of good sportsman- ishin.

The long slopes of humanity which reached from the field high into the sky on every hand like-; wis were colourful.

Japanese umbrellas were every- where to be seen.

NURMI PRESENT.

SUSPENSION OF NURMI CAUSES ANGER

STRONG FINNISH PROTEST

Helsingfors, July 30. The barring of Paavo Nurmi from the Tenth Olympiad by the International Amateur Athletic Federation was the signal for nation-wide indignation meetings the in Finland to-day,

In the stands were many famed Olympians of former daya.

Parve Nurmi, probably

Many indivitluais urged that the greatest long distance runner of Finnish team withdraw from the all time, as here, a disappointed Olympics, but authorities remain but came individual.

Worcester, faced with the hope less task of scoring 322 to win in a short time, boldly attacked the Duke Kahanamoku, the human vised the team to paticipate.

ed firm against reprisals and ad Derbyshire bowling, and with fish from Hawaii, his black locks Gibbons contributing 101 not out etely streaked with grey, was advanced to within 96 of their there. obiective and still had half their wickets intact.

F. R. Brown again bowled splendidly for Surrey, taking 6-32 and played a prominent part in the defeat of Hampshire.

Naidu and Marshall thrushed the Warwick howling and ench scored a forceful century.

(4)

Grent bowling by Wensley for 29) and J. Parks (4 for 20) allowed Sussex to win with case against Northants. Clark, the visitors' howler also met with success taking five wickets for 48

runs.

"Farmer" White was mainly in- strumental in the unexpected de- fent of Lancashire by Somerset, taking 6 for 46 in the first innings and 4 for. 43 in the second. He received valuable support from Wellard, whose four accoad innings victims cost but four runa aniece. Inncaabire were dis- missed for totals of 102 and 92.

to

Many blegrama were sent the Olympic committee at Los An-

transmitting weley.

resolutions adopted in various cities and towns.

Nurmi to Finland is what Colo- Charles A. Lindbergh is to the United States, and outsiders say there is no wonder that the coun- try is up in arms.

The International Amateur Ath- Intic federation, meeting in, Ger many, suspended Nurmi on April 1. but the Finns hoped he would be reinstated before the Olympind. Final action was taken two days ngo, barring him.

The suspansion was caused by large requests' for 'expenso money Trạm Nurmi whorovar ħa nupeared. Much speculation was caused by the attitude of the Finnish Ama- Athletic Association, which refused to suspend Nurmi. The resolution of the Finnish body charged that the international body transgressed its rompotenca in deciding upon an affair which haul la reality fall under the ritiction of the national asso- Leiation,

Somerset did not farm much better, being all out in the first venture for 94 and for 151 in the R. BROWN, the Surrey amateur

Finna ara indifferent to threats return visit. Sibblen proved bowler who met with further sue that the International Association destructive canturing wickets, ceas with the ball against Hampshire, might disqualify the Finnish asso- for 55 runs-Router.

taking 6 wickets for 3 rune ciation because of its dofance,

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