1934-06-02 — Page 12

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, JUNE

1934.

FOUR BATSMEN SCORE 1,014 RUNS BETWEEN THEM

"B" Ashdown, who scored 333 for Kent against Esox.

ANOTHER FINAL FOR CRAWFORD

MEN'S DOUBLES VICTORY

TO PLAY BRUGNON AND BOROTRA

HARD HITTING FEATURES FIRST CLASS CRICKET

KENT, SUSSEX AND LEICESTER WIN HANDSOMELY

SIX MATCHES. PRODUCE OVER 5,000 RUNS

+

London, June 1.

England's "Brighter Cricket" movement, for which the popular writers and public have been making demands for the last five or six years, is beginning to| make itself apparent. Enterprising batting and forcing tactics have been quite a feature of the season to date, and some of the best examples have been provided during the past three days. Despite the fact that five county | Welshmen, hitting up 191 not out. matches produced 4,149, runs, an average of 829 rans per match, and that together with the Austra Hans' remarkable encounter at the Oval, first class cricket saw 4,415)

half 21 dozen runs scored in matches, with an average of 902 Funa per match, only one of the county ties failed to carry with it A decisive result.

Brilliant successes were re- corded by Kent, Sussex and Lefcester, while Warwick trimphed over

Middlesex and Lancashire easily had the better of the game against Glamorgan, Kent refused to rest on their inurets after their epoch-making score of 803 for 4, and proceeded to bent Essex by an innings.

Paris, June 1. Australians will figure in two of the four French tennis championships finals as a result of to--day's matches at Autueil. Crawford has already qualified men back for 203, for the men's singles, and in Frank Woolley played a notable company with Vivian McGrath part in the compilation of Kent's Borotra and score, contributing a characteristic оррове Grugnon in the men's doubles. 172.

Essex responded nobly in their first visit to the wicket, und pat together 408, but Freeman had great spell in the follow-on, and 60, sent the Essex taking 6 fur

will

Adrian Quist and D. P. Turn- bull, last year's Australian Davis Cup combination were eliminated to-day by Borotra- and Brugnon in the semi-final, the Frenchmen taking the match in three straight, after a second set of 26 games.

SOMERSET TOYED WITH.

Leicester scored a smart win over Gloucester, and for it they owed much to Geary, who was in ball, magnificent form with the and in the course of two innings captured 10 for 81.

RESULTS AT GLANCE.

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP.

Warwick (281 and 247) beat Middlesex (225

and 184) by 119 rims.

Kent (803-4 dec.) beat Essex (408 and 203) by

innings and 192 runs.

Sussex (463-5 dec.) beat Somerset (140 and

272) by innings and 51 rune. Lancashire (514-7 dec:) beat Glamorgan (352

and 148-4) on first innings. Leicester (326 and 129.1) beat Gloucester

(161 and 203) by nine wickets.

OTHER MATCHES.

Australians (829)' drew with Surrey 475-7

dec. and 162-2).

RACE SELECTIONS FOR THIS AFTERNOON

"CAPTAIN FOSTER'S" FINAL TIPS AND DAILY DOUBLE

With nine events on the pro- gramme and the course in ex- Gloucester were sent

back cellent condition, race-goers should first time for 161, Geary's figures find this afternoon's meeting one

attractive of heing 5 for 21. Leicester replied of the most

with 326, and then sent Gloucester back again for 293, Geary this time taking 5 for 60.

Acason,

the

My selections, together with the Set to score the modest total of | Daily Double are appended. 129 to win, Leicester obtained the runs at the cost of one wicket.

PERFORMANCES BEST

Ashdown MeCabu

BATTING, (Kent) v Essex (Australians)

Surrey Tyldesley (Lancs) v

Glamorgan

Ames (Kent) v Essex

Dyson (Glamorgan) v Lanes 191* Woolley (Kent)

Casex.. Parks, J. (Sussex) v Somerset 160 Hopwood Lanca) v

Glamorgan O'Conner (Essex) v Kent.. 105" A: Molville (Sussex) v

Sussex, present championship leaders, just toyed with Somerset to win by an innings and 61 runs. J. Parkes and A. Melville did most of the run-getting for the Sussex;

core of 163 for 5 declared. ParksT helped himself to 160 and Melville to 105. Somerset failed badly at

the crease.

The Australians could not get going in the first set which they

Warwickshire 1 on smartly lost at the eighth game, but they offered spirited resistance in the against Middlesex after obtaining second, before finally conceding it a lead of 56 on the first innings. at 14-12. They were again out- They batted more strongly in the played in the third set, winning second innings and with Parsons hit- ting up 101, managed to collect an only two games,

aggregate of 281. Middlesex ninde but a poor effort to obtain the 338. Lewin.. and were all out for 184.

Lancashire

themselves made safe from defent against Glamor wan by rattling up 514 for 7 declared. Tyldesley leading the the opening Won stanza at 6-3, but then the Aus-way with 239, and being supported tralian took three sets in a row, by Hopwood who collected 123.

COMFORTABLE WIN.

In the other semi-final, Craw- ford and McGrath had a four set match with Menzel and Hecht, the Czechoslovakia pair, but won quite| comfortably.

The Insura

oneb with the loss of but one

game.

The American combination of

CEARY'S BOWLING.

But Glamorgan after replying!

Miss Helen Jacobs and Miss Sarah with 352. were never in real Palfrey went a stage further in danger of defeat despite the fact the women's doubles, when they that they followed on.

They play-

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beat Miss Susan Noel, the Eng-ed out time, scoring 184 for 4. Frank Woolley compiled 172 for Kent

(Continued on Page 9.) Dyson again batted well for the

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SWIMMING GALAS.

Y.M.C.A: Plans Formulated For June 16.

TO SUPPORT S. C. A.

NEW WORLD'S WALKING RECORDS.

London, May 26. Two world's walking records were created at the White City Stadium to-day. F. Redman, of the Metro- politan Walking Club. covered 10 miles in 1 hr. 14 min. 30.3/5 sec.. break- ing the 26-year-old record of G. Calloway, of Surrey. He also walked 21 miles 869 yd, in three hours for another world record.

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New York, June 1.

WORLD OLYMPICS NOT WORRYING

ABOUT MANILA DISPUTE

INTERNATIONAL SPORTS BODY SHOWS NO INTEREST

JAPAN PREPARING FOR BERLIN

Manila, May 28. Recent developments haveindicated that world athletic circles in general are not disposed to bother themselves over the dispute in the Far East over the action of Japan and the Philippines, in dissolving the Far Eastern Athletic Association over the protest of China, member of the association since its inception.

Complications in world Olymple | the China National Amateur circles, as a result of Dr. C. T.Athletic Federation will stage Wang's statement that the matter periodic meots In line with a pro- would be referred to the Interna gamme of sports development, or tional Olympic Committee for arbi-ganizing strong athletic bodies tration, appeared unlikely after a throughout China.

| atatement made by Count Henri de P. I. TO IMPROVE ATHLETES. | Ballet Latour, head of the In- In the Philippines. Dr. Regino Lernational sports-governing body. It. Ylanan, secrotary-treasurer of Speaking to the United Press in the Philippine Amateur Athletic Athens, Greece, Latour pointed out Federation, has stated that mem- that the PEAA is entirely inde-bers of the PAAF's standing com- pendent nf the International mittee have been asked to study Olympic Committee, hence that definite plans for improving the body has no jurisdiction over stock of athletes throughout the Oriental sports.

the Philippines country so that may enter a better aggregation for World Olympic competition than it has in the past.

WILL NOT AFFECT BERLIN GAMES.

Latour indiented that the rum-)

In France, the cabinet has al- Fus raised in Manila over the ready promised that a sizeable dissolution of the FEAA would sum will be act aside for the pre- have no effect on the XIth Olympic paration of France's delegation Games to be held in Berlin, and to the XIth Olympiad. that the programme governing there

of

Germany, host for the Games will be the same as that of the hence in 1936, has laid out plans Xth Olympiad held in Los Angeles for a stadium, seeking to outshine where all three disputing Far the magnificent, preparation

the 1932 Eastern nations-the Philippines, Los Angeles, stle of China and Japan, were participa-Games, wherein over 2,000 athle- ting countries.

tes, the plek of 39 countries, vied for world honours.

PALESTINE TO ENTER. Palestine, however, Latour said,

will join the list of nations, to Holiday

compete for athletic supremacy at Berlin in 1936, making a total of 40. Thus the battle which German athletle entities staged some time ago, for non participn-

Cricket At

tion of Jews in the Olympiad, The Oval

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step to which the United States strenuously objected, is to be con- chuded with the irony of having the Jewish nation represented in the anti-Semitic capital of the world.

to

Meanwhile, throughout the Far forward to St. Louis Cardinals were nosed East, nations looked out by Pittsburgh Pirates to-day, extensive athletic campaigns but the Giants improved their bring their athletes to the peak of position by beating the Phillies.

their ability in time for the Xlth The Yankees were soundly Olympic. Games.. beaten by Philadelphia, but the heaviest licking of the day was suffered by

the Senators who

100 JAPANESE TO BE IN OLYMPIAD.

BATSMEN ENJOY

THEMSELVES

London, June 1. With a drawn match inevit- able, the Australians and Surrey, indulged in some real holiday cricket to bring their match at the Oval to a close.. The closing stages of the game saw some gloriously free hitting.

The Australians carried, their

It was announced from Tokyo total along to 629. McCabe scoring

as cabled by Reiter that 100 of Japan's best will make 240 in 375 minutes. His best hits

the trip to Berlin, and probably were 29 fours.

bowed to Boston Red Box 13 to 1.

Scores

follow.

AMERICAN LEAGUE.

many more,

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Detroit

9

2

(Goslin homered)

Chicago

0 }

4

2 10

States

3

(Simmons homered)

New York

Philadelphia

10 12

(Ben Johnson homered) Boston

13 20 2

Young Bromley had

ніх

At the same time athletic en-and seven boundaries in his .57, uities in Japan announced that it while Gover returned the best is their intention to Import track, bowling Agures of 5 for 147. field and swimming stars in the

Surrey played out time in care-

near future, from the United free style, hitting up 162 for 2.

for the Gregory repeated

Home of Arst

elsewhere, and purpose of bring their athletes innings success by compiling 59 Into competition with the best in not out, but it was the world in order that they might who

2 profit from the experience.

Washington ... 1 9 (Cleveland y St. Louis post- poned on account of rain) NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Philadelphia..... 3 11 (Jeffries homered) New York

St. Louis Pittsburgh

Chicago

(ffartucts homered) Cincinatti

2

1 11

0

3 G 1

H 2

# 7 0

1

1

GIRL ATHLETES

JAPANESE ACCEPT INVITATION

The nine girl athletes who have. been sent by Japan at the invitation

A number of Important decisions of Britain to give exhibitions at the were taken at a committee meeting Empire Games in London in August, of the Y.M.C.A. Swimming Section will pass through the Colony un held last night when arrangements June 8.

10.

wero completed for the holding of at They are travelling by the N.Y.K. Awimming galu on Saturday, June ahip, Hakusen Mara which is due here. on that date. They will stay over- night and are anxious to use their The programme will include the time as much as possible to put in following events:

50 yards, aggregato (mon), 50 yards aggregate (Indies), 100 yards handicap · (men).. Mixed relay race.

sonte practice in the Colony. Local Japanese are trying to make arrange. menis to give them this opportunity though nothing definite has yet been arrange,

Dr. Kinoshita is in charge of the party, which includes Miss' Shimeo,

A feature of the evening will be who came second in the Javelin Throw the pole match between the Y.M.C.A at Los Angeles in 1932. and tho combined Chinese.

A dance to the muste of Stott's Band has been arranged to wind up

London, Jung 1. the programme, '

The race for super-charged cars| The committee decided to enter of 1,500 cc. and all cars with en- competitors for events at the charitylines over 1,000 cc, which took swimming gala to be held by the placo. on the "Round The Houses" South China Athletic Club on June course at the Isle of Man to-day, 9 and are co-operating with the Vlo- was won by Brian Lowis in an toria Recreation Club to ralso a team Alfa-Romeo at an average spood of of European pojo players to meet: 70.34 miles per hour-Dritish Wira- the 8.C.A team that day.

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F.. Brown fireworks. povided the Reaching 60 In 35 minutes ho had

On the part of China, athletic the pleasure of carrying his bat authorities have announced that for an attractively played 54.

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