THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH ~~ WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1934.
HOW ENGLAND WON AT
EXCITED CROWD ACTS
AS UMPIRE
MIS-HITS GREETED AS CATCHES THRILLING END
TRIBUTE TO GENIUS OF VERITY
The thrilling finish of the second Test match at Lord's, when England won by an innings, is vividly described here by Robert Lynd, the famous special correspondent of the News-Chronicle, In this article he gives tively pen pictures of the excitement which gripped the crowd on the last day of play, when Hedley Verity swept through the Australian batsmen,
There was some excuse for the Soon afterwards Chipperfield caught
the n wild rush of the crowd on to
knock nasty
the groln ground at Lord's when the last Aus- from a ball by Hammond, and was trailan wicket had fallen, and Eng- obviously in great pain, but, a drink land, contrary to all anticipation had having been brought out to him after beaten Australia by an Innlugs and a delay of a few minutes, ho stood up to the bowling again. Ho at once 38 runs,
took his revenge with a boundary amid terrific cheering.
Male and female, they raced across the field of play towards the players and the pavilion like a horde of an- elest Britons ululating into battle under Queen Boadica,
The players ran from them as cata might run from pursuing dogs. Ilen- dren, who had seized one of the alumpe, was caught in the wild whirl of humanity, and had to be arrested by policemen who pushed him through] the crowd to the pavillon,
The mob, folled of its prey, gathered round the pavilion gate in ever-in- creasing thousands and howled, "We want Verity. We want Verity."
DROWN THE FIRST VICTIM.
This was nothing, however, to the how that went up when Verity ap- peared, and more fats than I thought existed in London were waved ecstati-} cally in the air in homage to the Mon Who Won the War.
Then the unplayable Verity had Oldfleld caught at 23—7 wickets for 268.
PLAYERS MEET THE KING.
Australia now needed only 83 runa to save the follow-on, and three tail-; end batsmen were left to make them. Could she do it against Verity's bowl-
on such ing Jewellery of bowling, called B.
LORD'S
SURGING INTO THE TAPE with a magnificent burst of speed, Glenn Cunningham, Kansas Univarsity star, kére is shown at he won the mile run at Princeton's Palmer Stadium. His time 4:06.7, bent the previous world record by nemely a second, and he led Bill Bouth-
ran, of Princeton, by some 40 yards.
Lasky-A
a pitch--the perfect Baer
as someone
When the King came on to the field ta bo introduced to the players, one almost feared that the interruption might have the name "fatal" effect on the batsmen na the tea interval
The crowd was now breathless with excitement. It breathed only to shriek "Out!"
every ilme fielder in the slips held a ball off a bateman's pads. If the crowd had heen umpire, it would undoubtedly have given the entire Australian team out twice over before lunch- time.
It may be argted by some, I sup- pose, that the real hero of the match was the English climate. But, just as the defeat of the Spanish Armada is no less stirring an episode because This was a measure of the tensity the English weather came dutifully toot keenness with which the spectators the aid of the English side, so Eng-watched a match that had become as land's defeat of Australia was none exciting as a neck-and-neck the less thrilling yesterday because the game was played on a plich that would have undone the batsmanship) of W. G. Grace himself.
When 1 arrived at the ground in the morning I was in doubt whether we should see any play at all. The English fielders came out punctually
McCabe and Brown, and no sooner did the batsmen take a look at the light
race.
Possibility
BOWLS TOURNEY
Former Champion Beaten
A. W. Grimmitt, of the Civil Service Cricket Club, entered the fourth round of the open Bowis singles champion ship yesterday. A favourite for the titlo, ho beat L. A. Gutierrez, of the Club de Recreio, former champion, by 21 shots to 12 on the 20th head.
FOURTH TEST MATCH WASHED OUT
RAIN BRINGS ENCOUNTER TO A MISERABLE END
London, July 24. Scores cabled' by Reuter nro
Showers during the night had made follows:
the wicket soft on top, when tha
fourth day of the fourth Test Match ENGLAND.-19T. INNINGS. dawned to-day. The sun made Atful
ficki
appearances, but it was cloudy when Walters, e and b Chipper- play was resumed before a crowd of five thousa 011
ground.
the Headingley W. W. Hooton, c Oldfield, b O'Reilly.... Grimmett and O'Reilly opened the E. P. Hendren, b Chipperficki W. R. Hammond, b Wall... attack, and sent down two malden R. E. S. Wyatt, st. Oldfield,
overs ouch, when rain come down again and stepped play for twenty
ive minutes.
HENDREN'S BAD LUCK.
Grimmett.
M. Leyland, Lb.v., b O'Reilly
LE. G. Ames, & Oldick,
Grimmett
L. Hopwood, 1.b.w., b O'Reilly
When play was resumed; Hendron, T. B. Mitchell, at. Oldfield, who appeared to have dug himself Grimmott
Extras
in, was unfortunats je put his leg in}H Verity, not out front of a straight one from O'Reilly W. 5. Bowes, c when trying to turn the ball to the Grimmett leg, and was given out. Hendren had scored 42 runs. The total was then 100 for five wickets, and had taken 207 minutes. 190-5-42.
Total
Ponsford, b
10
No No No SE NON A
200
Fall of the wickola: 1 (Keetan) Leyland, with a single Ane leg, for 48: 2 (Walters) for 85; 8 (Ham- sent the 200 on the board, after play mond) or 195: 4 (Hondren) or 136: had been in progress for 286 minuten. 5 (Leyland) for 108; 0 (Wyatt) for Play was very slow, and both Leyland 170; 7(Ames) for 189; 8 (Hopwood) (Mitchell) for 200; 10 and Ames, who succeeded Hendren, for 189; took no riska with the bowling,
(Bowes) for 200.
Bowling Analysis.
0.
AMES SOON GOES.
Wall
213 McCabe
of O'Reilly
Ames left with the total at runs, being caught by Brown Grimmett at deep square leg, with Grimmett his score at eight. Brown had just Chipperfield' who refused to be lured out been placed there to stop Leyland, by Grimmett's slow tose ups, but played back. 218-0-8.
M.
R
W.
18
1 67
1
4
9
35 10 **
3
30.4 11 57
4
2
18 € OG
AUSTRALIA~IST. INNINGS, W. A. Brown, b Bowes.. Hopwood Joined Leyland, and sur. W. II. Ponsford, hit wkt, b Verity vived an appeal for leg-before-wicket, W. A. Oldfield, e Ames, b Bowes and also an insistent appeal for W. M. Woodfull, & Bowes catch by Wall off O'Reilly at forward D. G. Bradman, b Bowes
the S. J. McCabe, b Bowes .. short leg. The fieldeman held ball inches from the ground. Hop-L. S. Darling, b Bowes ... Wood continued, but WAN twice A. G. Chipperfield, c. Wyatt, morally bowled by O'Reilly, and then
Verity torrential rain fell, making pools all. V. Grimmett, run out over the ground before lunch.
W. J. O'Reilly, not out No further play was possible be- T., W. Wall, l.b.w., Verity fore lunch, and it was raining heavily.
Extras The lunch time total was 229 for six wickets.
At the lunch interval, Leyland was
two.
EARL
COMBS
INJURED
BASEBALLER
CRASHES FENCE
LATEST RESULTS
New York, July 24. American Major League base-
ball to-day was marred by a nasty accident which befell Eart Combs, New York Yankees' veteran outfielder.
In attempting to field a big hit, he crashed into the fence and was rendered unconscious. He had to be carried off the field.
The result of the match between the Yankees and St. Louis was a win for the Intter.
Fine pitching by Farmelee saw
St. Louis Cardinals blanked out and New York Giants win easily.
181
15 Johnson of Philadelphia Philfes was also in good form, blanking out
9 Pittsburgh Pirates.
E
304
12
Full results, which were cabled by Router follow,
NATIONAL LEAGUE..
(Continued from Page 8.) "It's a good thing Baer wasn't well," laughed Jack Dempsey in
In his score of 21 shots, Grimmitt his apartment here after the title fight. The Man Mauler, with the scored three threas and four twos, remainder of the boxing world, while the former champion scored was having his chuckle ut the three twos in his twelve shota. expense of Bill Brown, the Gray
Early in the match, Grimmilt was Eagle of the Catskills. It will lending by five shots and he gradually be recalled that the New York increases his lead. On the 17th head Boxing Commissioner, petitioned he was leading by 10 shots to 9. the Governor to call out the
On the 18th head Gutierrez scored hospital corps of the Sixty-Ninth horse-
Total
584 Fall of wickets.—1 (Brown) for 37; Pittsburgh Regiment to cart the remains of a single point, bringing his total to Baer from the Garden Bowl after 10 shots. On the 19th head, Grimmitt undofcated with 49 and Hopwood with 2 (Qldfold) for 30: 3 (Woodfull) for!
the match but Gutierrez trailed the was lying two shots, enough to win
30; 4 (Ponsford) for 427; 6 (McCabe) Philadelphia The weather was turning fine and for 617; 6 (Bradman) for 550; 7 Jack to register two shots and take
the ground drying, but there will be (Darling) for 661; 8 (Chipperfield) This total to 12. However, on the 20th head Grimmitt scored two shots to
no further inspection before 4.30 p.m. for 657; 9 (Grimmett) for 574; 10 win by 21 shots to 12...
(Wall) for 584 CAPTAINS DISAGREE.
which was completed at b o'clock, the Hammond
the next inspection Bowes Following
bility of continuing. The decision captain's disagreed as to the possl Mitchell
for a further inspection at o'clock. Leyland
Vority was left to the umpires who declared Hopwood
Nobly Chipperfield held on, and the score kept mounting towards the in- dispensable 291 when Grimmett was bowled by a hurricane ball
from Bowes-still 18 runs
short of the saving number.
at it into a soggy mist, followed by BIG O'REILLY'S LITTLE JOKE.
Big Bill O'Reilly came in with the than they appealed against it, and the alr of a left-handed slogger, and players and umpires trooped slowly Verity sent most of the eldern cut back to the pavillon, while a few resto wait for catches on the boundary. tive members of the crowd protested: "No! No!"*
O'Reilly took a terrific swipe at the ball and missed it and then took an Twenty minutes later the proces-imaginary swipe at the ball he had slon returned to the field, each of the missed vicious swipe-making the batsmen wearing a sweater. Bowes, casily amused cricket crowd roar with large of frame, with mop of towy laughter. hoir and wearing spectacles, opened the bowling, and in his second over
After lunch he took another swipe was sent high by McCabe to the 42 Verity and hin bails were flying, Seven runs were now needed to nave the follow-on.
Woundary.
his encounter with Primo Carnera, Or something like that..
One peek at Baer convinced Brown, perhaps the nation's fore- most authority on condition, that the Butterfly Butcher Boy was in Craigengewer green. The standard The game was played on the tinue. He wanted the fight post-ferred short heads, each frequently
of piny was very good. Both are After what transpired it would play Grimmitt fully deserved to win. poned a week, a month, or a year, sending down touchers. On the day'a have been quite all right with Carnera if the thing had been
On the Kowloon Dock R.C. groen put off indefinitely.
G. Perkins beat E. W. Simmonds by 21-18 on the 24th bead,
no shape to start, let alone con-
of
NOT SUCH A SICK MAN.
"Reducing the waistlines middle-aged business men, such na Brown-does, and training Baer arc two nitogether different things," Bald Dempsey.
but he wasn't
line as
V. Petherick beat A. E, Coates on the Club de Recreio Green by 21-18.
All this time a crowd was waiting,
86550
G
St. Loula...............
(Parmelee pitched). New York-****
(Ott homered),.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
R.
H E.
Chicago
6
6
(Grimm homered).
17 Brooklyn..... B
(Frederick homered).
2
0
4
(Johnson pitched),
.0
12
0
(Sylvester homered).
Cincinnati
3
7.
2
Bowling Analysis.
(Hafey homered). Boston
4
9
2
B1.
I. W.
13 142
4
2
店
5 62
1 117
Б
40.5 15 113
3
10
20
ENGLAND 2ND, INNS.
Washington ..
45
(Gill homered).
12
Chicago
7
0
20
Boaton
12
4
44
Detroit
0
49
(Owen-homered).
Philadelphia.....
G
12
3
(Coleman, hit two home runa). Cleveland
10 -18
920 New York
2
6
8
counting the minutes, watching the sky for signs of more rain, for as the time.dragged on it became more C. F. Walters, b O'Reilly and more certain that England would W, W. Keeton, b Grimmett be saved by the state of the grounds W. R. Hammond, run out and that Australia would be robbed E. P. Ilendron, 1b.w. O'Reilly of an innings victory. At times whon R. E. S. Wyalt, b Grimmett the-pitch was-being-examined: excite-{ M.- Leyland-not-out ment was intense and a breathless L. E. G. Ames, c Brown, b Grim- allence hung over the grounds.
At last, at 6 o'clock, the captains, L. Hopwood, not out umpires and groundsman made their Extras
production in the United States during June totalled 25,143 short tona. The The crowd roared with jay a mo.
Inet profit of General Foods for the ment later in the mistaken belief that Wall then appeared, and disappear
Was Dempsey worried while first six months of 1934 amounted to McCabe had been caught at the wiced. The ball struck his pad and Brown was stamping and stutter-$5,823,000, which is equal to $1.12 final tour of the wicket. Their deci-
into Sutcliffe's hands. ket. They had not long to wait for went
The Ing and making threats at Baer's per share, compared with 30,343,000, sion was announced a few minutes a victim, however, Brown hit out at a crowd roured with joy, thinking he Asbury Park camp? Certainly he equal to $1.20 per share during the Inter. The game was abandoned. fast ball from Bowes and the ball shot had been caught. He was out all the was,
corresponding period of last year. Reuter. worrying Favourable factors: The from the top of the bat into Ames's name, leg before wicket. Australia along the same
possibility hands. The score was now 203 for 3 had lost the race by sever runs and Now what do you suppose Dempsey yesterday's late dealings is reflecting Brown, that the relative stability of prices in wickets, of which Brown had scored had to follow on.
was worrying about? His head- the sold-qut condition of the market. 105.
thing of an nati-climax after the sen fear that Baer would kill Carnera. the weekly business failures and the The second innings began as roue ache was caused by a terrorizing Unfavourable factors: The decline in mill operations, the increase in sutions of the morning. Brown's wicket went soon, with the score at As a matter of fact, Baer dit possibility of further forced selling Left-handed Darling came in, but 10; but Woodfull, occasionally duck-turn to Referee Donovan in the fullowing yesterday's selback. Buni- he might as well have stayed in the ing to avoid the onslaught of Boxes, eleventh and final round and ask,
ness done: 1,590,000. pavilion, for he immediately spooned played_n. steady and courageous "What do you want, me to do, a ball from Verity gently into Sut-mutch-saving game that stilled ex-kill him?** cliffe's hands. The score was
now eitement.
It seemed possible that, 204 fer wickets.
VERITY STARTS HIS DAY'S WORK
o an improving wicket, he and
Dempsey was the happiest man McCabe might yet save the game. No in the bowl when Donovan Anally From this point Verity took com- sooner did they appear to live got intervened. mand of the match and in about a the mensure of the bowlers, however, minute's time eCnbe had misjudged than AleCabe was brilliantly caught a ball and been caught by Hammond; by Blendren off Verity. 20 runs for 5 wickets.
"I wish Bill Brown would take Baer's temperature now," beam- Then began the procession. Brad-ed the Old Mannssa Man. The crowd was by, now chatter-man, high-spirited and high-shoulder- Ing with excitement like a flock of ed, treated the day as a fine English seagulls. The game had become a day, nud set, aut to emulate Jessop.
raze. Could England get Australia Ile hit the ball high into the air NEW YORK STOCK
out before they had scored 291 runs, towards
the boundary and would
Grain Prices went lower on long liquidation. Bullish conditions pre- vil but buyers are not attracted. The outlook ndmits of only one opinion, namely, that prices must adjust themselves to known conditions." In the com beft the weather is clear and hot.
Cotton: The drought has not yet) broken but scattered rains helped and the Gulf disturbance is moving West- ward. In the East and Central Belte distical position has progress is satisfactory. The sta- not improved. The Textiles' market is quiet. A major weather laturbance is haver- ng off the mouth df the Mississippi. River, which factor in expected to YESTERDAY'S MARKETing its definite course there is the unsettle the market. However, pend-
EXCHANGE
IRREGULAR
also force them to follow on, de- undoubtedly have scored a boundary maralined by disaster?
if the ball had not fallen dead on tho How beautifully Verity bowled.
| wel grass ns if it had been hit with turning the ball meditatively in his
a ntblick, strong, nervous fingers as he walked score n six off Verity, misjudged his He then made a Пereutern effort to back to begin his run! Gracefully as streke, sent the ball straight up half-
usual bright weather bat a heavy Nijinsky, he took his slow run to the way to the stars, with about six men
precipitation is anticipated. wicket and swung the ball to the bats.waiting to eatch it on its return to
Rubber: The market was · steady man, deceived out of all knowledge us earth. The others Kuve
According to Messia. Swan Cul and quiet, with the Trade showing to how it would reach him.
way to bertsun and Fritz, the New York more interest. It is estimated that Ames, and Bradman was walking back market was irregular yesterday. The Malayan shipments of rubber for this
Street Bromley could not make head or tail to the pavillon ambt a roar of joy over Wall
Journal reports:-| month will amount to 52,000 tons, the the genius of Verity,
After an early fractional improve lowest figure in ten months. After this the стои became ment, a national WAYO of selling Sugar The trade is awaiting the fell you would have thought you were tickern on Wall Street, apparently due General optimism is reflected by the present at a glorious tomedly, Brom-to worry over the Mid-West drought, | steady actual and better demando.. ley scored 1; Oldfield ran like a hure plus the strike in Chiengo, with, live. Dow Jones Averagesti
"July 23. July 24.
01.98- 01.01 18.41 37.00 21.03 ©20.81* 95.12 04.01
of such magic, and, after hitting one excellent boundary, sent the ball into
Geary's hands. Six wickets for 218. hilarious. As wicket after wicket struck the stock market, clogging the outcome of the Cuban Treaty.
ing.
IMAGINARY CATCHES.
Now came a noble stand by Chip back to the pavillon before he had klock handlers ticing up the liva-stock perfield and Oldfield. The crowd neorod at all, leg-before-wicket to market. There was a slight rally, at 30 Industriala greedy for wickets, was tenso with Verity. Grimmett was caught by the clone Curb tocka wore ir-20 Rails exeltement. Every ball was watched Hammond off Verity before he had regularly lower, while bonds, general-20 Utilities by 60,000 eyes an though the fate of scored. It was as If an ear-to-early, were downward. There was a 40 Bonds nations depended on it. No daved turn to his neighbour to ask for round the ground.
man grimace of happiness had spread considerable amount of speculative 11-Commodity Index 69.19.
selling, particularly in Ralls. The
18 Leading Stocka, a match, for fear Verity might take
O'Reilly played like a glant to slow Wheat market was downward as the Amer. Can another wicket while he was not look down the procesion to the pavilion, improving weather caused bulls to un-Amer, Smelting
but Wall was caught by Hendren off load in the belief that better crop ro-Amer. Tel. & Tel,"
Auburn... The crowd now indeed constituted and England had won one of the most
Verity when he had scored a singlo ports will follow.
3. C. & F. New York office.cable: Du Pont
J.J. Case itself into a third umpire. The wish, sensational Test matches that liad The market lost carly gains in the Elec. Bond & Sharo being father to the thought, it saw been played for years. all kinds of imaginary catches taking
lant half hour of trading but nost General Motors place, and every few minutes there Verity, who took 15 wickets for 104 spite of fairly heavy offerings. Mcintyre Porcupine
Ivas a magnificent triumph for Issues showed good resistance, in Int. Tel. & Tel. would be a strangled yell of "Out!" runs during the match. It was alse. Factory sales of automobiles in June Montgomery Ward from the stands, to be followed by the as I have sakla minor triumph for totalled 308,051 vehicles, hearty laugh of men who have made the English climate.
compared Nat, Distillers fools of themselves.
with 831,052 in May and This will do good," great Aus-vehicles in June of last year. The Socony-Vacuum
249,227 NY. Central There was a rear of joy when they tralian ex-Test player said to me world sinc production amounted to Union Pacific thought that Chipperfield was caught after the match. He was undoubted-08,857 short tons In June, compared United Aircraft and bowled by Hammond, but it was ly right. Test cricket has become with 108,179 short tona in May and U.S. Steel
bump-ball.
doubly interesting as a result... 85,676. short tons. In June, 1008. The Westinghouse E
58.33
05
30%
112
2014
40
86% 11%
284
miett
Total for 4 wkts.
Fall of wickets-1 (Keoton) for (Gehrig homered). 28; 2 (Hammond) for 10; a (Wal-|St. Louis ....
-H.B. BEER
H. B. BEER
keeps you up in any weather.
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