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WERE THE MANUSH STILL LEADING

AUSSIES

HITTER

UNLUCKY? Gehrig And Foxx Share

Home Run Honours

REFLECTIONS ON FOURTH TEST

LONDON CRITIC'S

COMMENTS

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

INTER-CLUB AQUATICS

Y.M.C.A. TEAMS

TO MEET

Originally the Inter-Club Swim- ming contest between the Euro- penn and Chinese Y.M.C.A/s were to be held on two separate nights and were comprised of 12 eyents.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1934.

MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION WINS

VINCE DUNDEE GETS VERDICT

Now York, Aug. 17, Vince Dundee, widely recognized as world middleweight champion. took a decision here to-night from

New York, Aug, 10. A slump in the last few days trimmed Heine Manush's batting average but the Washington Senu-Owing to lack of swimmers the Tony Brescia, of New York, in 10

tor, slugger still lends both major leagues with a mark of 380; the weekly official averages released to The following interesting comment on the fourth Test day showed. match was made by the special

Just a week ago the veteran cricket representative of the Manush was credited with 391. London Observer, and approa- ches the question of Australia's Second in Charley Gehringer of bad luck in that match from on the Detroit Tigers, who averaged

.874. new angle.

In hits thus far tħla senson Gen. After the tension of four days of Test match cricket at Leeds ringer leads the American 'league care-free with a total of 162 compared with the comparatively play at Lord's in the Gentle 160 for Manush. men, and Players match was like a breath of fresh air.

Lou Gehrig of the New York The sympathy of everyone who Yankees and Jimmy Foxx of the still regards a Test match as a Philadelphia Athletics, both first game rather than a form of civil sackers, share the home run hon-

to the Austra-loura with 37 apiece. war was extended Hans, for they did In truth have

Vernon "Lefty" Gomez, of the the

game in

the hollow of their hands when the clouds burst: not Yankees, continues to lead the race just one cloud, but several of them for mound honour, with

19 vic-

all together, and crowling and con-tories and three defeats this season centrating over the top of the compared to Wesley Ferrell's record of 10 wins and two lossen. Headingley ground as If ench assert his claim as an honest Eng. The veteran Wes is now with the lish cloud to wash these Austra- Boston Red Sox. lans c the fleld.

In the National league Manager Bill Terry of the New York Giants

lends in hitting with an average of 366, with Paul Waner of the Pitta burgh Pirates second again with

304.

One of the first remarks I heard when I arrived at Lord's after hideously uncomfortable journey from Leeds. was the challenging voice of one very old member to another more juvenile member: In hita Waner has 161 and Ter "Nomenso, my dear sir; nonsense.ry 158. A game le never won until it is lost." Nobla British sentiments, but if he had seen England batting on, the first day of the match he could very nearly have said that the match was lost na Roon as Cardinals has 26.

had been begun. D

i,

Mel Ott, of the Glante, in cred- ited with 30 homers to lead the senior loop In this department. while Jim Collins of the St. Louis

Jerome "Dizzy Dean of the

cats have been cut down and it rounds, adding another to the long is now proposed to hold the gala string of victories he has gained on September 5, at the Chineas since copping the crown Inst Octo- Y.M.C.A., Bridges Street, com- ber from Lou Brouillard. mencing at 7.30 p.m.

Dundee, who halls from Newark, The following is the tentative N, J., scaled 162 pounds to 163 for programme with the European Brescia. His title was total YA1C.A. representatives given in stake. brackets

60 Yards Free Style (H. G.

Lange and R. B. Wood). 120 Yards Medley Relay, Back, Breast and Free Styles (F. Anslow, W. F. Kerr and E. F. Selk).

Long Plunge (S. Fowler and H.

F. Lange).

220 Yards Free Style (H. G.

Lange and W. F. Kerr)

100 Yards Breast Stroke (R. B.

Wood and G. Fowler) Fancy Diving (E. P. Belk and R.

Goldman)

Dundee looked a lot better than he did Aug, 10 when in his frat setback as champion he dropped a decision at Lieperville, Pa., to Tom. my Rion, of Wilmington, Del

"

PORTUGUESE FEATHER WEIGHT

Knocks Out Filipino Fighter

San Luis Obispo, Aug. 17.

60 Yards Back Stroke (F. J. An- ! Johnny Pena, tough New York

alow and H. F. Lange) 100 Yards Free Style (H. Lange and R. B. Wood) 160 Yards Free Style Relay (teams of 4) (R. B. Wood, G. H. Fowler, . Goldman and E. F. Solk)

Portugese Featherweight, knocked Gout Vince Venturillo, Filipino fighter, in the fifth round here to-night. fle weighed 128 pounds to 126 for Venturile.

The swimmera named have not yet consented to compete although the Y.M.C.A. hope to be able to field their team na given above.

This is, incidentally, the first Inter-Club swimming contest to take place for 24 years.

HUMAN STORY OF

BRADMAN'S INNINGS AT LEEDS

(Continued from Page 8.)

THE SWEATING PITCH. Cardinals, suspended two days ago playing for individual honours, by Manager Frankie Frisch along but we are playing for our side." It has been suggested that the with his brother Paul. "Goofy" That was the keynote of the pitch, which looked to the eye sim-Dean, has 21 pitching victories to little celebration at the hotel last; ple enough, was, in fact, umpleable credit, offset by five losses. night. santly cold and sweating due to the Hal Schmucher of the Gianta in manner of its preparation and sub-second with 18 victories and five sequent protection. Certainly the defeats.

bait was turning and occasionally

keeping low, and certainly

no

wicket is so dimeult as that from

Listen to Bradman.

126

On the same card, Joe Paraiso, pounds, of Manila, kayoed Speedy Espitia, 125, of Mexico, in the third stanza.

Lucius Sloet, 117, of Los Angeles. hammered out a decision in six round over Young "Urela, Filipino scrapper.

KID CHOCOLATE AGAIN

Easy Kayo Against Panama Boy

111.

Washington, D. C.,. Aug. 17. Kid Chocolate again seemed his old self here to-night when he knocked out Andre Sarilla, of Panama, in the seventh round.

The Cuban Negro fish, trying to regain the heights he once attained, scaled 132 pounds to 130 for his "I am not out to make per- foe. It. was his Brat appearance sonal records. My side rein the national capital which only quired the runs. I am not go- a few months ago legalized boxing. The Cuban Bon Bon, less than ing out an Monday with the in- tention of breaking my former three weeks ago at New York, won record. I am going out in the a decision from Buster Brown of spirit that we Australians want Baltimore in eight rounds and the to win this match."

ringsiders said he may get back on That explains the caution which top yet. He took a licking in the And another reflection of the domo observers detected in Brad-metropolis July 11 from Petey ploy, but when the pitch cannot match is were the Australians man's play yesterday. The alde is Hayes, of Brooklyn, a virtually un- minke

. up Ita mind whether to receive really so unlucky ns all the big-in the heartfest spirit that ever I known, but previously had shown the ball with a cold, ungenerous hearted people say they were? have seen them. Until Sheffield promise since starting his new heart, or to send it on its way to-Could Woodfull not have declared they had worried about Don, on campaign early in the spring. wards the wicket with a twinkling his innings closed some time before whom they counted. for runs.

They are immensely glad that he eccentricity, the batsman has his luncheon on Monday, irrespective work cut out to show his strokes. of whether his champion batsman has struck the luck, and at what

had a chance of breaking his chan-was the critical moment,

which the ball only occasionally batamen could not hit a ball which does this or that. So long as the was always coming off so tamely.

ball is always turning, as well as spinning, u batsman, if he possesSCA them, knows what strokes to em-

WERE THEY SO UNLUCKY?

INDIAN RCRINKS

Meet Club de Recreio

This Afternoon.

The following will represent the Indian R.C:

J. Hoosen, M. L. Razack.A. ΑΣ. Omar and A. R. Minu (skip); A. H. RumJahn, D. Khan, A. M. Wahab and K.-M. Omar (akip) :"A. O. Madar, S. O. Bux, M. Y. Adal and A. R. Dallah (skip).

cham-

At Leeds, on that dismal Friday. pion record? And was not an the aun-never-peeped out, and the hour and a half on an admittedly wicket therefore remained clammy.unpleasant pitch enough for good: whreas on the following day, when bowlers to have finished off the the brutal Australians were quietly, match before the rain came down

Game Postponed. The open singles bowls and never ostentatiously, grinding to swamp everything and every- the English bowlers to powder, the body out? Perhaps the Austra

plonship between D. Rumjan, of the wicket woke up, the ball came on lians, after all, were

The Indian R.C. will meet the Club Craigengower Cricket Club, and R. not so des-

Bowling to the bat, and strokes could be perately unlucky, for I

de Recreio in the Junior Lawn Bowls Duncan, of the Kowloon can lengue at Sookunpoo to-day commen-Green Club, which was to have taken made. All of which sounds senten- remember several incidents during cing at 6 pm, sharp. This game was place yesterday at the Club de Re- tiously technical, and does not in the game which the least explain why the English their way.

certainly went postponed last Saturday on account crelo green, was postponed on

Tof the weather.

count of the weather.

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