THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1934.
HATS OFF TO AUSTRALIA: THE BETTER TEAM WON
MAGNIFICENT LEADERSHIP
Dramatic
Batting
Work Of The Teams
Compared: Australians
OF
WOODFULL
CURIOUS ERROR..
By curious coincidence, both Reuter and British Wire- teas have sent through Incer- rect individual scores in Eng", Innd's final Innings. Although the mistake cannot accurately be placed, it is presumed that Alfen, who is credited by these news servidch--with scoring one 'run, actually scored more... The Individuat scores as received here total only 124, whereas England's. Innings realised 145.
報日僑華
QH.Bu. O pre
Collapses: Bowlers Supreme On On An
Easy Pitch
WOODFULL.
THE best team won, formed splendidly: "Grimmett and
LET us first pay this
Superior Fighting Spirit
form: the comparatively poor
PONSFORD.
Lott And
53 runs for the last wicket by Stoefen Still
Bound batting.
match. True Ponsford and Brad- man did practically all the run- getting, but four bowlers shared the trundling honours. Ebeling. in his first Test in England, per-
O'Reilly supported their work in the previous matches with a truly
happy performances of Mitchell, Walters was beaten all ends brillant attack, and McCabe made
Hopwood and Woolley. They up by a brilliant McCabe delivery: possible the final collapse of Eng-
were expected to do so much, Woolley, attempting a big hit he tribute to Woodfull and land by taking the first two and they did so little.
fore he had time to get his eye his mighty men before wickets for five runs.
the whys studying
AGAINST this, consolation is was out to a falsely timed strike: and
Sutcliffe was most deliberately found in the magnifleont bat- trapped by Grimmett; Hammond wherefores of this fifth and I the field, Bradman, Ponsford.
ting of Leyland; the consistency last Test match, so full of McCabe Het a standard which of Waltors and the generally good was caught by O'Reilly in an amazing fushion. Nothing wrong strange contrasts and excit- made the work of the Englishmen form of Amen. It is pleasant to about the pitch with the fall of
look very third rate, as indeed it recall that Bowen and Clark "made these batamen. ing interludes.
good" as Test bowlers, and thai in Kenneth Farnes England has
batting of Sutcliffe and the utt. WHAT of England's innings? Winning
wis,
Chipperfield.
Oldfeld and
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the.
are
THE Australians regained the REGARDING the series as a a fine trundler of the future.
"Ashes" because they play. whole and from a purely
of Verity have ed consistently good cricket. impernenal viewpoint, one cannal THE efforts
happlly found their place in Batting, bowling and fielding help acknowledging that Australia nover fell below the accepted throughout had two tricks to
of annala
internation- standards of Test
ul cricket, and grade England's one in practically every dividual achievements
when In- cricket. When
of the player phase of the game. There was a wasn't "coming off”, to
teams
we e stability in batting, lion-hearted find that they are about equal,
compared press it colloquially, his noss in bowling and polish in colleague was. This does not clding which the English teams much as anything that gave Aus- and that it was sheer "guts", në suggest inconsistency, but ex could never quite equal. cellent team work.
trulls their worthily won "Ashes". captaincy To suggest, as did one London
that England A word or two about the was above reproach, and merely fielding "courtesy" teams. Test.
cluding stages of the the responso given by his men was both untrue and unfair. magnificent. A very big con- is much better to face up to the
WOODFULL'S
GRIMMETT.
paper,
Was
It
real facts. Larwood and Voce kicked themselves out of the Tests. Possibly the selectors might have made better use of the rest of the talent available in the country. but that is purely a matter of opinion and it is impos- sible to demonstrate that any other combination would haya. fared better than did those who operated at Nottingham. Lord's, Manchester, Leeds and the Oval.
ECAUSE
BE
England lost the aeries, it is very easy to be lured into curping criticism, yet this would not only be useless but would possibly mean પી very warped analysis.
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VYATT'S captaincy for instance was distinctly good, his only
whole
M
4. ·
OREILLY.
AN
ND while Hammond was la he showed absolute disdain for anything and everything. He came out of that unnatural shell which he had bufft for him- self during the Test matches, probably forgot that it was a Test, and in succession scored 4, 4, 4, 4, 6, 4.
LATEST U.S. TENNIS RESULTS
German Town, Aug. 22. Gene Mako and Donald Budge, conquerors of Perry and Wilde, madd their own exit from the United States national doubles tennis championship here to day, when they were beaten by Gregory Mangin and Berkeley Bell after a flerce five-set match,
The Yah Kiu Yat Po staff who won the recent Hongkong-Canton- Macao fournalista aquatic championship held under the sponsorship of the Chung Shine Benevolent Society. This team won all of the events, and in the picture they are soon with their trophies.
THE HUMAN STORY OF
BRADMAN'S
INNINGS AT LEEDS
the scores reading 4-5, 5-7, 6-3, Carries Wife's Telegram In
6-2, 6-4,
The young Pacifle Coast cham- pions put up a great show, and after winning the first two sets looked safe for entry into the Andent yella for obstruction by
ND this in spite of two con- fourth round. But Boli and O'Reilly. But O'Reilly got him in the end. Hammond drove hard con- and true straight down the wicket, Afth The ball was going away from O'Reilly to his left, but he leapt and brought off à spectacular catch.
Mangin, whose experience of first class tennis is by nu мелиз negligible, rose to the occasion and turned the tables.
continued a leisurely path of vic- George Lott and Leater Stoefen
tory, three suts sufficing for their defeat of Carl Fischer and William
ALL the time Grimmett was Lingelbach.
bowling with that cunning Those erstwhile Davis Cup which invariably means the down-players, Wilmer Allison and Van fall of batsmen: Sutcliffe was his Ryn also experienced no dificulty neatest victim.
For two overs hair making the fourth round, three gradually drew the Yorkshireman sets of 26 games being all that was out of ble crease, till at last he pitched one, just long enough to be needed to efface Wilmer Hynes
played at, but short enough to cause the spinning ball to whizz off the edge of the bat into McCabe's
hands.
INDENIABLY it was a red-
letter day for bowlers. ONE of the anddest figures in the game was Woolley. Brought in the last minute with the sole "intention of strengthening the bat. ting, he failed in both innings, and was then forced to take over wicket
keeping from Amon, from which position he conceded 60 extras!
two mistaken during the sories being committed on that YESTERDAY'S play was in fateful Saturday last. Other tensely dramatic, with attack tributing factor was the Aus thus this be set a fine example in right on top from the first over. tralians will to win. This
was the field. handled his none too In fact so unusual are the figures AND the happiest figure was Bill always more apparent than in mobile attack judiciously, and re- 18 wickets fell for 280 runa-Woodfull, who had the "Ashes" the Englishmen, who, especially mained a courageous optimist to that one naturally assumes that given him for a present to celebrate in batting become tentative and the end.
the wicket went to pieces.
his 37th anniversary. ahy, repressing their natural
was in IIS was not so. It was partial to WE
WELL. played Australia! game for a strange phenomenon ENGLAND'S "shame"
failure of ladividuals from spin, admittedly, but it did whom so much was expected. not play tricks such as did the Hammond's inability to repro- pitch at Lord's in the second Test. duce anything like his current Truthfully the bowling was a little
too good for the batsmen.
known as orthodox restraint.
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ND surely Bowes found a moral in his SUCCESS. Forced to reduce his pace be cause of an injured ånger, the Yorkshireman concentrated on an immaculate length. Result: 5 wickets for 50 runs in 11 Overs
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AND Clark? Well he put tempta- A Lion behind him, cowled
orthodox off-theory and lo and be hold took for 98.
YANKEES GIVE AND TAKE
SHARE DOUBLE HEADER
NEW BASEBALL RESULTS
and Henry Prusoff.
Pocket All Day
"MESSAGE
“GO TO IT DON,”
Harrogate, July 20. inquiry, to be reassured that he This is the human story he was fit and well, that she must not hind Don Bradman's great believe the reports; and that if return to form at Leeds yester. | she waited till the Test match at day ALB the world's wonder Leeds he would "show them." batsman.
He had an lustinct that he would
.
It was revealed to me as I sat then justify his and her faith in with him last night round the himself, and prove how untrue festive table at the Prince of) were the sucers about him. Wales's Hotot here, together with Yesterday morning at breakfast his comrade in record breaking, her reply came. It was a simply- V. H. Ponsford; the two Board of worded cable, What It said is Control representatives, Mr. Hur-private, but it meant for Don in old Bushby and Mr. William Bull, effect this: and other members of the team. "Go to it, Don. I believe in
Don, looking more excited than I have ever seen him, was handling The first of the quarter finali matches was started, when Franka pile of telegrams. One was
crumpled and hardly readable. Shields and Sydney Wood opposed V. G. Kirby and R Menzel.
Owing to darkness the game had to be stopped with the pairs
set, each.
The Americans won the first set |
It had been in his pocket on the field, all those hours when he and Ponsford were pulling the team round. It was from Don's wife..
I have already told the boy and
you."
That telegram Don had in bis pocket all day. What greater in- ducement could any man have to determine him to win through. That was how Bradman said he felt about it.
This message from his wife add- ed that she would be listening to the. wireless broncast all day.
at 6-3, but Menzel and Kirby re- girl romance of the bush which taliated by taking the second at ended.in.wedding balls two-years..... 13-11.
RESULTS,
Scores of the leading matches, as cabled by Reuter, were:-
Loft and Stoefen (U.S.) beat Fischer and Lingelbach (U.S.) 6-2, 6-4, 6-4.
Allison and Van Ryn (U.S.) beat Hines and Prusoff (U.S.) 6-2, 6-4, 6-2.
Bell and Mangin (U.S.) beat Minko and Budge (U.S.) 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.
Motherwell Defeat Celtic 1-0
LEAGUE SOCCER IN SCOTLAND
London, Aug. 22.
Now York, Aug, 22. A programme of nine matches No baseball games were schedul. was played to-day in the first i ed in the National League to-day, division of the Scottish Foot- but in the American programme, ball League, and home teams the Yankees shared M double had the better of the arguments. header with Cleveland Indians; ; to collect the full complement of
while Detroit fall victims Washington Senatora.
Airdrie were the only visitors.
The scores as cabled by Reutor, teams on foreign enclosures who
(Cronin homered)
ago.
It is no secret that Bradman was not happy over the grandmotherly rule which made him leave his wife in Australia.
So minute by minute she heard the happy story of her husband's AUCCESA and well-being and vindication 12,000 miles away. Bradman now hopes that he has beard the last of these insinua- tions about his health,
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DON'S TOAST.
This was accentuated by the. People are sayng that he has untrue and alarming reports con- set his heart on beating his former tinually published here about his record score of 334 at Leeds in health. Although they stung him, 1930, and that when he goes out to he was more upset on account of bat to-morrow that is his alm.. I his wife, for the reports were have his word that this is not so, cabled to Australia and gave her and it is confirmed by what took unnecessary distress.
place in the Australian dressing: Worry of this sort has no doubt room last night. bad something to do with his de Jayed return to form, for Brad- man is by no means an inaensitive, When Don was almost carried in human being.
by two stalwart policemen who had A few days ago the rumours saved him from the friendly crush about his health were revived, and of the crowd, the whole Australian the report was published and, of team gathered round him with a course, cabled to Australia, sug-bottle and a toast "To Don." gesting that Bradman would have Ho would not have it "I am to visit a London heart specialist. Istening to one toast, and that is
He could do nothing. He cabled this To a victory. We are not. his wife, in response to her anxious (Continued on Page 9.)
SPORTS ADVTS.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
Race Fixtures For 1935.
40
points, but Queen's Park, Dun- fermline and St. Mirren were
Saturday,
Monday,
follow.
bagged point,
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
H.
Detroit
8.
The Rangers, at home to Hearts won by the odd goal in three, and Motherwell, entertaining Celile, Ewon a great match by the only
goal scored.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday,
Saturday,
Saturday,
Washington ..
Reuter onbled the following
Saturday,
resulta:
Saturday,
Aberdeen
1 Queen O'South 0
Monday,...
16th February 18th February. 19th February 20th February 123rd February
2nd March 23rd March 6th April 20th April 22nd April
Annual Race Meeting
St. Louis
0
Albion :
0 Queen's Park 0
(Easter Monday)
(Dietrich pitched)
Philadelphia
Ayr
3 Partick
2
2
0
Saturday,
Dundee
1
Dunfermline
1
Chicago Boston
Falkirk
'2 Airdrie'
4
Saturday,
4th May 18th May
10 (Forroll hit two homo
B
Hibernians 0 St. Mirren
Saturday,
1st June
Motherwell 1 Celtic
runs.
Rangers 2 Hearts St. Johnstono2 Klimarnock
Saturday,
14
(Double Tonth)
Saturday,
London, Aug. 22.
Saturday,
10
inne
14
Burnett about four furlongs each, and appear- led to move. soundly-Reuter,
Colombo resumed training to-day, After a preliminary bout of trotting the horse was given three canters of
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Saturday,
Saturday,
Saturday,
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EBELING.
ND in caso there should - atfl)
A be some wrong ideas about There woro ten innings) that wicket lot us explain (a) that Now York Bradman played inside of Claveland perfect longth ball on the log stump, (b) that Woodfull made a
(Gomez pltchod) shocking stroke all across the ball, Now York (c) that Walters made a glorious Cleveland catch to dismiss Kippax, and (d) (Tosky, Hale taat Eboling, and. O'Reilly added homered)
21st September Thursday, 10th October
"12th October -
19th October
2nd November. 16th November 30th November 14th December
1st Extra Ráce, Meeting 2nd Extra Race Mooting 3rd Extra Race Meeting
4th Extra Race Meeting
Gth Extra Race Meeting Sth Extra Race Meeting 7th Extra Race Meeting'
8th Extra Race Meeting
9th Extra Race. Meeting
10th Extra Race Meeting 11th Extra Race Meeting 12th Extra Race Meeting 18th Extra Race Meeting 14th Extra Race Meeting
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