TELEGRAPH. THE HONGKONG
TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1931.
YORKSHIRE HOLD THEIR OWN AGAINST AUSTRALIANS
THE FASTEST HUMAN
CALIFORNIAN COLLEGIATE SETS NEW SPEED MARK
100 YARDS DASH IN 9.4 SECONDS
Berkeley, Cal., July 3. A new fastest human- mild- mannered youth, perhaps the young cat ever to wear the crown-has grasped the top rung of the world sprint ladder, sealed earlier by a host of western champions.
mark of 126 feet with the discus.
Technically, he'll bring a com- posite style of his three predeven- sors to the track. Starting fast, feet wide apart, he's out of his holes first most of the time. By the time the field has strolghtened ajup, he's flicking cinders at the vanguard. In the 200 he frequent ly "emats" to the 160 yard mark, then closes with a drive equal to Kical's smashing finish and Pad- dock's leap at the tape.
He is George Andersoh, 18, University of California freshmna, who blazed his way to the top one breath-taking 9.4 seconds sprint in the 100-yard dash during the West Coast Relays recently.
Anderson's immediate predeces sor was "Bullet Bob" Klesel, tow tieader Kingpin of the speedstera.
West's
Anderson, newest
As a result, addition to the West's great,pa- Tade of record shattering sprinter
An his ability to run doesn't
friend's remark. outdo his desire, an evidenced by a
"Ran? That guy lives it. He'd go anywhere to get a race."
was expected to take up the banner THE WORLD SOCCER
carried for so many years by the West's impregnable succession of dash mon.
Charley Paddock, the original "fastest human," was among the first to recognize Anderson is his potentini successor,
In 1932, when Paddock was training for his projected Olymple Games comeback, he saw the gang- ling. six-foot youth run for Muir Technical High School at Panade ta. Paddock prodicted he would be "the world's greatest 220 mun.
California Brutus Hamilton. couch, believes his protege hae "unlimited possibilities and haan'l begun to reach his muximum pèr formance yet."
In high School, Anderson's best mark was 9.7 seconds. Last year he was California Interscholastic champion and his 21.3 record was the fastest time turned in West of the Rockies.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Italy Wins Exciting Final
the
ore
per-
Frank Shields.
BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE GAMES ONLY
THE YANKEES WIN
AGAIN
New York, July 16., No matches were scheduled in the National Baseball League to- day, but a full programme was played in the American League.
Boston White Sox and Chicago Red Sox shared a double hender, while the Yankees beat Cleveland Indians quite easily.
Washington Senators hit up ten runs against Detroit, who replied with eight circuit hits.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.·
R H Ď 13
Forty thousand excited specta- tors, with Signor Mussolini at their head, saw Italy. win the "world Saccar championship," by defent- ing Czechoslovakia by 2 goals to 1 in the final at the Fanclat Party Stadium. The game provided a striking contrast between the cool and well-co-ordinated play of the Czcelioslovakians and dashing and, individualistic formance of the Italians, who won because they were the faster,
half-way Not
until through the second half was the Best goal scored, when Pac Found this year, the net. The loss of a goal stirred Entering California
ten minutes Anderson sprained his ankle and the italians and in was inte gutting into form. He they had equalised. The game Boston rounded into shape rapidly and in then noticeably quickened, but, the Stanford-Cal. fresh meet he despite great efforts hy both teams. the second half came a second the end of clipped two-tenths of from Kiesel's moet record of 99 with the score still 3-1, and seconds, then pared a full secódi exira half hour (15 minutes each from the 22 flat record In the fúr-way) was played,
So great was the exeltement that long.
Physically, Anderson is a direct it was feared at one time one of the opposite of such runners ns Pad-standa would collapso under the dock, Wykoff and Kiesel. He's strain of countless stamping feet. than nix feet--and At another point it seemed the tall-more weighs around 165 pa nus. Broad-apoctators would stumpede on to shouldered, he can heave the 12- the field, and a cordon of police Philadelphia
was formed to keep them back. St. Louis pound shot over 50 feet and has a
U.S. DAVIS CUP TEAM
FOR INTER-ZONE FINAL
STOEFEN-LOTT IN DOUBLES
London, July 16. Mr. R. Norris Williams, tho of the non-playing captain United States Davis Cup team has selected the team to oppose Australia in the Inter-Zone Final which starts at Wimbledon next Saturday.
The four players are: Frank X. Shields Sydney B, Wood Lester Strefen George M. Lott
The current form of the players suggests that Shields and Wood
Wood And Lolt.
will be used for the slagles and Lott will be given Stoefen as his partner in the doubles,
Lester Storfen.
BRITISH GOLF FAILURES
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EXPERT PROPOUNDS CAUSE
GREENS ARE TOO LARGE
SELLARS HITS CENTURY
DON BRADMAN SPARKLES
COUNTY TOTAL
340
London, July 16.
A day of keenly interesting cricket ended with Yorkshire and the Australians on fairly level terms, Yorkshire having scored 340 in their first innings, |
Australian
to which the replied with 314 for 7 wickets, The feature of the early part of the play was the batting of A.. B. Sellars, who carried overnight score of 49 not out to 104 before diamissal.
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Yorkshire started the day's play with 238 runs on the board for the loss of six wickets, and an well did the Inter batsmen support
Sellars, that 104 runa were added for the last four wickets.
Woodfull and Bradman savod Between them the Australians. they hit up 194 of the. 314 runs. after Woodfull lost his wicket acoring 64, but Bradman went on London, July 10. to reach his century, finally being
remarks have dismissed for 149.
Kolf
DEATH OF A. B. GEORGE.
ENGLISH RUNNER WHO WON USA. AND CANADIAN TITLES.
Mr. A. 1. George, the famous runner who won, twetro athletic championships in Amerles, Canada and England, died at his Bourne. mouth home recently at the age of sixty-six.
It is understood that in de- ference to the wishes of Mr. George bis nahes after eremation wilt be scattered from #. moku~ ment on the Wiltakire Downs by his brether. Mr. W. G. George, holder of the world's professional running record for one mile, and one of his greatest friends, Mr. Arthur Turk, a vice-president of the Amateur Athletic Association.
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Shanghai Cricket Averages
REV. E. K. QUICK HEADS BOWLERS
Shanghal, July 11.
the Shanghai- Following are league cricket batting and bowling averages, to date. The
most
Some trenchant been made about. British
At the close of play the Austra-noticeable, change in the week is arroara, the advance of the Rev. E. K. course by Mr. A. W. Tillinghost, lians were 20 runs in
Quick to the top of the bowling. the founder of Ridgewood, Winged with three wickets in hand.
Ilst. Foot. Fresh Meadow, and other well-known American courses. Ac- cording to him, British golfers compote on wide open links with
as big as a cireus tent top.. hereby making the
game mucha The difference between and British gulf. he
It is unlikely that Australia will ensiar. make any changes in the team American which beat Czechoslovakia, and thinks, can be measured by the Crawford and McGrath can be ex-discrepancy in green sizes.
SINFIELD AND GODDARD
BATTING AVERAGES.
L. F. Minken
PL Bouth
Et.
D. Gillesple
Q. . Elli
M. J. Divecha
their B. R Kermani H. Meston.... to-day,
Itev. EK Gulch
A. J. liarson ... by an II. Rogerson
0.0. ShowUN
Completely Wreck Leicester Painting to the sixth hole on
continued Gloucester at Ridgewood, ho course said:-That green measures some wonderful run of success
my greens when they beat Leicester 70 by 85 ft. 1 build small to promote accuracy. Yet, innings and 221 runs.
their Saturday's Continuing if this one-shot hole were in
innings which closed at 449 for 7, 11. P. Madar Could have double those diinen- Gloucester reached 464 for 93
the closure. F. Shroff applying Blons and almost four times as before
the Walter Hammond (114) and Dacre blu an area. No wonder British amateurs cannot put their (106) were leading scorers.
do.
Boston Chicago
(Bonura and Simmons homered)
8
3 ported to figure in the singles and Crawford and Adrian Quist in the doubles. Reuter.
the
2
7
O
(Simmons homered) Chicago .......
8
3
GRASS COURTS TO AID England or Scotland, the
弦器
Washington ......
(Kross, Sowell and
homered) Detroit................
(Greenberg homered) New York Cleveland
10
13
0
Schulter:
AMERICANS
8
18
a
10
1
9
0
(Trosky homered).
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Three Castles
Famous for over 50 years
US. Davis Cup Team To approaches up as close as our men
Regain Trophy?
that Mr. Tillinghast added
grew British golfers naturally Black with their Iron ahota, be- New York, July 10. cause they were content merely President Walter Merrill Hall of to get home, whereas the tightly. sharp- the United States Lawn Tennis trapped and relatively tiny Ameri-
ean greens encouraged Association believes that grass cuurlo will enable the United shooter's precision. "Instead of States to win the coveted Davis making the cup larger, as has been Cup, bringing it back to the United suggested, my motto is "Make the green smaller," he declared. "A States late this month.
His reason-grass. For seven properly contoured small green. years the Americans held the Da- which throws an approach shot vis Cup-1920 to 1927-and de-in towards the pin, la
In 1927 they target than a flat huge green that fended it on grase,
For seven slopes away from the shot." Jont to the French.
Americans have lost-on years clay. This year's interzone finals and
challenge
a better
round will be played FOOTBALL MEETING. at Wimbledon, which is carpeted.
"Grass is suited to the Ameri The first meeting of the Council of can game, hard and fast, "Hall the Hongkong Football Association said. "Even in years when we lost for the acason. 1934-15, will be held at Roland Garros our players won in the Association offices, Hongkong Sports Club, next Monday, at. 5.30 at Wimbledon."
pan.
HOPWOOD AND THE FOURTH TEST.
Invited to be PRESENT AT LEEDS.
London, July 16 Hopwood, the Lancashire all-rounder, is apparently to be given another chance in the Test matches. He has been invited to attend at Leeds on Friday and to hold himself in readiness for the. Fourth Test.
A: Chipperfield and A. Kippax. the Australian players who were taken ill during the last. Test match at Manchester, have now fully recovered and have left hospital.
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BOWLING AVERAGES.
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T. L Rawthorne 11. Rogerson Lt. Col. Peily T. A. Mader * Bafley a. 11. Ellioti
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Beyond the routine, the Council) It will
The Gloucester attack was will have a large agenda receive the Treasurer's statement for its deadliest, and Lelcester were H Cartwright June, and will appoint Treasurera for twice rapidly dismissed.
for Sinfield was responsible the now year. It will also appoint
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"Hall has two other reasons: The Britishers, Fred Perry and Bunny Austin, have been beaten and K. Norris Williams is skipper of the American cup squad.
"For the first time in years an Appeals Board and elect an their first innings dismissal for
187, by taking 8 wickets for 40 FOOTBALL TRANSFERS American players are under Honorary Secretary and Assistant.
An Emergency Committee also has runs, but it was Goddard who Davis Cup star of recent vintage," Hall said, "Dick Williams played to be selected, of three members, wrecked the havoc in the follow- on our Just winning cup team. He League Management Committee of knows cup play and the current five members is to be named and non, enturing 9 for 37, and gonde
Router. lent
cup players. He will be an excel-Res Committee of three will be etericester back for 106
LAWN TENNIS
INTERRUPTED BY RAIN
"C" DIVISION
Ross After Middleweight Title Now
JEWISH IDOL OF AMERICAN RING FANS
Villa Get Allen, But Pay
Record Fee
Aston Villa.renewed their offerts for Allen, thu England and Ports mouth centre-half, and eventually secured him at a feo-believed to be the record one of £11,000.
Cringan, the Birmingham centro- half, has become player-manager
· NOT CONTENT WITH THREE CROWNS
to Boston United, the Midland New York. lightweight, welterweight, middle-League club. Barney Russ, to-day the toast of weight champion?"
Gillingham havo signed Albert. Seldom, in recent years, has any
Inside forward from of the Lawn Tennis league yesterday the entire American fistic world, was interrupted towards the close of
Ha Torquay, and W. Baldwin, an in-..
The programme in the "C" Division
press na Rosa. piny by rain, but although several is not content with being merely fighter been so oulogized in the A. Orr, an sots were abandoned, definite results the world's litleholder in the Amerlean
Junior lightweight, lightweight cleverness, fearlessons, cleanli-
ness in the ring have won for him side forward from Southport and wore reached in all the matches.
The Chinese Recreation Club con- and welterweight divisions.. tinued in a winning vein, defeating
Mansfield Town FC. lost £846 Already he has his eye on an unusual popularity and even the previously witli Oldham,
middleweight most ardent of McLarnin sup the Kowloon Bowling Green by six other title-the
which, he confidently portera cannot help but praise sets to nil. The other three sets were crown,
last year. Blackburn's reserve not played.
of Meanwhile, McLarnin, who is outaide-right, R. W. Dellow, has. Bouth Chinn obtained the biggest asserted, he could take from Vince him.
Dander, ona time conqueror
the ninth welterweight champion joined the Mansfield Club......., victory of the afternoon, defeating Lan Harvey.. the Police by sight sale to nil. On Jubilant, swamped by world-in fucccasion to lose his title in
sot was abandoned.
the Larnin,
L Davies, of Dowlais, a half
Wolverhampton, has been trans- forred to Folkestone.
The Central British Association, wide congratulations, the raven-its first defence, has banked the Kowloon Cricket Club and the Uni-haired Jewish boy who put an end munificent aum of $58,936 as his back formerly with Merthyr and veralty were other winning teams. to the long exfetent idea that no share of the gate recoint.
The total takinge for the evon Jewish nighter could get past UNVERSITY » KOWLOON DOCKS. | "BabyInco
served ing amounted to $194,329, which
Southampton 'made' a profit of Playing at Pokulum, the Univeralty notice on
atlon for boxing, Fan, 89,908 £5,300. This, say the directors. sets to one. One match was abandon- I think Dundee would be easier strong, paid to see the thrilling was only made possible by the Yatskin and Quek (University) drew than McLarnin was, he told encounter, and of the receipts, the transfer of players and has been
"and if the fans would Hearat Milk Fund received with Millard and Duncan 3-3 (un- Router,
liabilities. finished), lost to Tillery and Peakson like to see me fight him, I'm ready. 110,3715 Rõns, as the challenger, devoted to clearing outstanding
(Continued on Page 9.) Wouldn't that be something rettod-$80,836),
defeated the Kowloon Docks by seven monuld fight anyone that he represents a long-awaited rejuven
od with the score at 3-all, Scores:
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