1934-06-18 — Page 21

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH......... MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1934.

SINGAPORE'S FINE SHOOT IN INTERPORT

RIFLE MATCH

RETURN AGGREGATE OF 954

Hongkong And Shanghai Face Big Task

TWO COMPETITORS HAVE SCORES COUNTED OUT

The result of Singapore's shoot in the Far East Interport Riße match is just to hand. The team returned the splendid aggregate of 954, exclusive of two competitors, whose scores were counted out.

Over the 200 yards range, the competitors totalled 310, over 500 yards it was 323 and over 800 yards 321.

The individual performances were:

C. P. Edwarde

J. Nacl nghla

Tamby bin Sallch

R, E. Parrean

L. C. Pehnefather

J. J. Burton

8. T. Carpenter

II. J. Splaks

A. C. Monteiro

W. T. Cherry

200 yds. 500 yds. 600 yun. Total

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103

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COUNTED OUT.

F. 1. C. Rybol

28

132

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81

310

323

321

344

J. F. Galistan

Total

We Must Break Down Those

Cricket Barriers

PROBLEM OF AMATEURISM AND

PROFESSIONALISM

(Continued from Page 8.)

obvious which the man who excels at crickel-and other sports-must pay if he comes out into the open to receive munctary reward for his skill.

He may be able to run a mile faster than any other man in the country, but if he is on the pay-roll of a cricket or football club he cannot run for England at the Olympic Games or compete with amateurs at the local flower show

sports.

There is a difference in the minds of our legislators between the man who wins a 25 tea service at an athletic meeting (and sells it for £4) and the man who gets £5 week for playing cricket and who, If he won the £5 tea service would keep it in the china cabinet.

Every field of sporta activity teems with illustrations of our muddic-headed and hypocritical attitude towards amateurism und professionalism.

FRANCO-

BRITISH RUGBY

Miss Betty Nuthall and Miss Margaret Scriven, two of England's Wightman Cup team, who failed to wrest the trophy from America,

LARWOOD'S. "NO"

SAID WILL NOT

PLAY IN TEST

OTHER RUMOURS

SCOTCHED

London, June 17. Harold Larwood, the England and Notts fast bowler, has no intention of playing in the Second Test match against the Australians on Friday, according to the Sunday Express. which declares that the Test selectors (Sir Stanley Jackson, Mr. P. A. Higson and Mr. Percy Perrin), who are meeting to-day to choose the team, are believed to have intended to invite Larwood and W. Voce to play.

RIFLE SHOOTING

PAY CORPS AND R.A.F. DRAW

UNUSUAL RESULT

A draw was the unusual result of a friendly shoot between the Royal Army Pay Corps and the Royal Air Force at the Peak Range on Sunday morning, when each team scored 307 paints.

By far the best shot was E. A. Paul, R.A.F. who scored 71 out of 76 possible. Ila was well in the limelight at Bisley prior to coming to the Colony.

The following are the Individual

R. A. P. C.

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NOTTS COUNTY F.C. DIRECTORS

TWO RESIGN AS

PROTEST

Two of the directors of the Notts County Football Club, Mr. J. Thraves and Mr. A. Tunnicliffe, have resigned owing to a dis- agreement with the policy of tha board,

Mr. Thraves said in an Inter- view, 1 have resigned because I do not agree with what is going on. I am not "opposed to the engagement of Charles Jones, the Arsenal captain, as club manager. but I disapprove of having the affstra of the club ran by a sub- committee without consultation with the full board.

I had a shock on going to the directors' meeting and finding a now trainer even though the mat- ster had only been discussed by the 47 Rub-committee."

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FRENCH HORSE FOR ASCOT GOLD CUP

The new trainer is Seddon, who formerly, played for the Arsenal and Inst senson with Luton.

BRIDGES AND THEIR 'NERVES

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the minute heat changea CLAIMS FOR NEW METHOD.“

The which accompany the passage of a

accurate thermometers, nerve impulse.

which have brought the old method His colleague. Professor E. G. back to life, enable Professor Coker, of the same college, has Coker to measure a change of tom- now borrowed some of Professor perature of only a hundred thou- Hill's instrumenta, and at his sandth of a degree without taking first attempts has found that they any special precautions.

number of can be used to solve a

Professor: Coker believes that important engineering problema. the method will have two chief. The new method will enable) When any solid material is com- applications. It can be used on engineers for the first time to:pressed, as when carrying a load, full-size structures to measure the A horse of which more may be

Make accurate measurements of it is very siglled out, its tem- the heard in

heated. Equal-changing forces produced when Boussac's Thor, on

this country is M. the strain which is put on a bridgely, when it is

is suddenly altored-par- which Cwhen an express train passes over perature drops. Therefore, if ticularly in bridges Elliott, the English Jockey, won, nit, and to race at Lonchamp recently.

Londen.

Solve the complicated problem

It is announced that he is toof, the force set up in a donnered, the forces inside the tests to. mensure the strains In

these small heat changes can be It can also be used in model material can be enlculated. every part of any kind of engin take part in the Ascot. Gold Cup, carrying a lantern or other weight "Curiously enough it is a method | cering structure. In this sphere where he will have as a rival the at its highest point.

that has been waiting more than it will be competing with an ex- American horse, Mnte, who is at: If ever the dome of St. Paul's thirty years for sufficiently accur-isting method which depends on present In England with the object requires further strenghtening, it ate apparatus to make it practical," the rainbow changes of colour of winning this event.

is believed that the new method. Professor Coker states.

produced in a

a model of glass or The Sunday Express says that Voce Thor is by Kaar out of Lasarte will give ach should be taken. more than thirty years ago from is subiectel to strain.

a reliable Indication of was myself working on it other transparent material when it was informed last night.

and is bred to stay. Ridden by the steps Larwood has decided that in no Elliott he ran in the St. Leger The connection with nervés is an engineering point of view when One of the beauties of Professor circumstances will he accept an in- last year but was unplaced. Hie simple. Professor A. V. I, of I was a professor at McGill Uni- Coker's electric thermometer vitation to play against the Aus-record in France however in excel- University College, London, has vernity. Montreal. But the effect technique is that it can be applied tralians. The paper adds there is « ||**

lent. for among other races he been developing ultra accurate itself was discovered somewhore to models made in practically any possiblity that the decision will be followed by the resignation of the won the French Derby and was electrical thermometers to men-ubout 80 years ago.

desired material. Notta captain, A. W. Carr, who bas second in the Grand Prix. always stood solidly behind Larwood. Allegations of political pressure re- Any hopes in France that the: Itailsham Chairman of the M.C.C. in garding the team are refuted. Lord gulf which has for three years an interview with the Sunday Er- totally separated French and ITCER saich, "Any suggestion British Rugby union

political pressure being brought football against Larwood's inclusion in the would be bridged in the near Tests is no absurd it really needs no future have been extinguished answer. I, of course, am not speak- A communication has been re-ing for the selectora or the M.C.C.. but I know from my own experience

DISPUTE

His recent success was run over; 1 course of 2 miles-the same distance as the Ascot Gold Cup.

TENNIS CLUB IN DANGER

London,

ceived by the French Rugby that Larwood's relationship with theThe famous-lawn-tennis-courts.

Federation from the

International Board, to

offert that the latter

the most cordial.

at

I do not understandtional players have fought out of their most exciting cannot why there should be rumours that Home

ree ikeir way to resume playing he is forced out of the Tests. To matches. may be turned into a my personal knowledge such is not the football ground, if n proposal enso."Reuter,

relations with the French. The latter states:

"If your federation has done! much for the recovery of Rugby, we consider it has

not yet done samleient.

"As long as Rugby, us practised in France, in not played in

the right spirit, and in with the traditions of

THUMB

WYATT'S

May Prevent Playing In Second Test

London, June 16.

A blind eye is turned if it be comes known that our women lawn tennis players receive payment for allowing the use of their names for some, publicity purpose, but if a woman lawn tennis champion asked a fee for playing at Wimbledon she

accordance would be ostracised and vulcust,

the game and the Centre Court would know laid down by the home unions, R. E. S. Wynlf's thumb continues her no more.

and above all as long as the to be troublesome, and it has not only A professional billiards chum-present system of competition prevented him from playing for the plon could compete for an Ama exists in France, it will not be teur Boxing Association title, but possible to consider the Lord's but it in extremely doubtful he could never appear in an. Ama-ranging of international or inter- teur Swimming Association team club matches." A paid cricketer can play cricket for England against Australia or South Africa, but a professional lawn tennis player is not permitted to play against either for the Davis Cup.

ROUGH PLAY.

gentlemen of England against the Australian cricket tourists to-day at

before the Municipality is carried

out

The proposal has aroused con- siderable indignation in 'the town, for it is felt that the winter sen- son would lose much of its brilli- Lace if the tennis championship

were to be abandoned.

RUNNING RECORDS.

whether he will be able to play in the New Times Established For

Mile And Half Mile.

Second Test match which starta ut Lord's-Reuter.

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thus

The British Board's letter has been awaited ever since a delega-

THE MATCH AT LORD'S.

New York, June 18, Lion of the French Federation

During au athletic meeting at tho London, June 10. some months ago appealed to

Palmer Stadium, Princeton, NJ., a The Australian tourists are meeting new world's record for the half mile representatives of the board in a team of amateur players at Lord's was created by "Blazing Ben" Eust The Australian cricketers will be London to renew the old tick. The English team batted first but man (Olympic Club, San Francisco) with us until September, and in the The British breakaway action were dismissed for 177 runs, C. V. who clocked 1 min. 49.8 secs, next four months perhaps the was due to

Grimmett taking four wickets for breaking his own record. numerous alleged shrewd common sense of their out- | Irregularities in the

76. At the close of the day's play Xane in the Australians had made

The mile record was also broken look on this time-worn question will | France, the

104 for when Glen Canningham of Kansas being pro- six wickets. penetrate still further into the fessionalism and rough play.

covered the distance in 4 mins. 6.7 cobwebbed recesses of our legisla- It la only fair

GLAMORGAN v. WORCESTER. secs. This clips 0/10 NCC. off to say that in tive stronghokis.

Lovelock's record, which was estab certain parts of the country

Glamorgan made a start in their lined on the same track-Reuter and

at United Press.

chier

In the days when the last barrier these abuses of the amateur game match against Worcestershire between the professional and the were only too rife, and prior to Cardir to-day when they ran up a amateur in sport in this country the cleavage led to a split between total of 388 runs for nine wickets at has been broken we shall Bee an the French themselves,

the close of the Brai day's play. G. England cricket team chosen in The British

Lavia and C. Smart were the ris wna: April and sent on tour through the "Put your house in order." The nearers, the former knocking up 164 country as n

team.

It will then be French split was healed, and a and the latter 128. better equipped to face Australia thorough reorganisation effected SURREY Y. SOMERSET, In the Tests at home and abroad. by the authorities. Every effort

In

And

run

altitude

one

throwing out that sug-ins since been made to keep the match against Surrey at the Oval, Somerset had first innings in their gestion I have allied with the game clean. parlata who will howl for my blood There remains, however, the close of play Surrey had lost

where they scored 200 runs. At the all the county cricket presidents

French championship, which is wicket for 70 runs, and secretaries and treasurers

after the manner of League (particularly the treasurers) that

competitions. Its keen, com- ESSEX v. GLOUCESTER, over were or ever hope to be.

character is held to be too dangerous on incentive to Essex and Gloucestershire the visitors In the match at Westcliffe between win matches at any cost.

jat on 200 runs and Essex had made The British letter has caused 100 for two wickets when slunips vero

French drawn for the day.

YESTERDAY'S GAME deep denppointment in

At an

nt-

In a Lawn Dowla rinks champion-Rugby eireles, and there in con- ship match on the Club de tecreio siderable resentment green yesterday, a rink composed of titude' which would dictate how E. G. Post, F. H. W. Haynes, J. J. the game should be organised In Gregory and W. E. Hollands defented France.

SUSSEX CAMBRIDGE. Sussex bad just overtaken their opponents' score for the loss of four wickets when their match against Cambridge University closed at Have

LEICESTER ♥, DERBYSHIRE, Derbyshire, in their match against scored Leicestershire at Leicester, 218 ruins and Leicestershiro made 39 for the loss of one of their wickets when play closed for the day.

NOTTS LANCASHIRE. Harold Larwood took six wickets for G1 runs againgat Lancashire at Nottingham, when the visitors were dismissed for 119. Notts were 125 for six wickets at the close of play. YORKSHIRE. HAMPSHIRE, Yorkshire wore at the wickets all day in their match against Hamp- shire at Bradford, scoring 381 for soven wickets. A. Mitchell scored 182.

WARWICK v. KENT.

Another huge nedra by Kent is in- dicated in their match against War- The undergraduates made 142, Jack wickshire at Birmingham where the Nye, the young fast bowler who comes visitors are having, first innings, At

Brink composed of T. Armstrong, It is very improbable, however, J. M. Purvis C. Strange and P. E.that the Fronch will suppress the Knight by 20 shots to nine, KelThe winners scored on 16 hond.. Championship as it is firmly root from Australla, taking five wickets the close of play they had made 381

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