1935-05-07 — Page 22

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, MAY ''

7, 1935.

DARK BLUES BEATEN IN BOAT RACE

UNIVERSITY GALLACHER

BOAT ORDERED

RACE FACTS OFF

OXFORD BEATEN

AT START

STROKE'S FAULTY

TACTICS

FAMOUS

FOOTBALL PLAYER

INCIDENT IN A RECENT TIE

R

The story of the Boat Race of 1935 is soon written. Oxford

London, April 8. were beaten in the first two

Twenty minutes after the intervali minutes. The crew which bad been taught to row had not been at West Bromwich, Johnstone, Sun- derland's centre half, and W. G. taught to race. They were out- Richardson, Albion's leader, had manoeuvred at the start, and tusste for the ball in the penalty area, beaten for pace all the way over. They were at such close quarters that Cambridge van the toss, and took when Johnstono handled the ball. was a Richardson having kicked it directly the Surrey station. There gusty wind coming from the West, at him, I thought the handling might, the tide was running up slowly, and possibly have been involuntary. But the water, though a little lumpy in the referee gave a penalty kick, from Putney Roach, was not rough in the which Sandford-reared.

•Bout Itace Retixa of the word. They

So Sunderland lost a point that

went away to a good start, Oxford would have been a priceless asset in moeting water which was almost and their efforts to, wrent the League! choppy under the Middlesex shoro as leadership from Arsenal; but the that encountered by Cambridge furaequel nay more seriously imperit ther out. in the stream. Oxford's Sunderland's chance of the cham stroke, A, V. Sutcliffe, repeated the fault which he had shown in their fast practice course, and took his men T too slowly. He put in D stroker in the first quarter minute, 18 in the having once warned Gallacher, finally half, and 34 in the full minute. This ordered him

urות

pionship.

men

Protests

Sunderland by against the award were more beated than discreet, and Mr. J. S. Brown,

from the field for

П

was not good enough to hold Cam-alleged "ungentlemanly conduct." bridge, who all along had shown great skill in spurting.

rowed thro Cambridge strokes in their Orst minute, and at ths und of it actually were lending by Hearly length. Oxford made no attempt to fight back. Their rate of striking dropped still further. the end of two minutes they were La lengths down. The Cambridge cox (J. N. Duckworth) began to steer his boat sharply through the rough water over to the shelter of the thoroughly Was virtaally

The loss was a serious one. Gallo-

the danger-pulut in cher was Sunderland attack from which Gurney (on duty with England) and Carler (injured) were missed, Gallacher headed the goal, from a centro by Connor, by which the visiting team led until Sandford's successful penalty

beating) kick, and he went near to Pearson with several shots.

Middlesex bank, and disappointing race

*VIT.

Δε

GOOD DEPUTY

McNab, reserve half-back, proved a

competent emergency

inside

right.

Won

You don't have to be a fighter to take it on the chin-just examine the predicament of the jockey whose spectacular fall was caught by an alert cameraman. Riding "The Dragon" in a race at Cran- ford, England, his steed failed to clear the second jump. He was thrown over it—and out of the race.

Fortunately, the horse didn't fall on top of him.

MAXIMUM || HIGH JUMP RECORD

LIMIT NOT YET REACHED

Cornelius

Los Angeles. Johnson, negro hight

from cam-

CRICKET

VERITY

BACK TO

HIS TRICKS

CAPTURES TWELVE

WICKETS

EASILY

He combined well with Davis, and Jumper of Compten Junior college, several times skilfully took the ball

hopes to reach a mark of 6 feet 11 Yorkshire WIN through the defence. Davis THE COX'S CHANCE

generally foiled in his shooting by inches before he retires

whose positioning and petition, but predicts save one wil Looking back on it one wondes if Trentham,

greatly exceed that mark some day. there was any way by which Oxford tackling were admirable.

The Albion defence generally wast could have retrieval their situation

"In all probability I'll attain my after being slipped like this at the good, but I thought the wing half- start. Some thought at the time that backs, while sound enough, rather be ceiling by the time of the 103 Oxford's coxswain (C. G. F. Bryan)low their forceful best; and this con- Olympies," he said, "but I'm not tall should have ignored tradition and, tributed to a lack of finishing power enough to make the 7 feet 2 inches taking his life in his hands, refused in the attack. Sunderland, it is true, to follow the Cambridge lead over to defended finely-nna with sotne luck which I believe will be the maximum, the Middlenex.shore. Duckworth but Thorpe looked like being beaten It will, I think, take a man nearly

BASEBALL TIES

FROM START

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL

Something Wrong With The Hampden Park Game

(BY ARBITER)

Those who saw the international at Hampden Park must have been convinced that there is something griev- ously wrong. As a spectacle the match was a sorry fail- ure, the poorest exhibition by national teams I have ever. seen. One team might have played as badly, but not two.

A hundred and thirty thousand been due to the poverty of England's How back, people looked on with nothing to thrill attack. Cummings, the or excite and very little to please. was a success, but he had no do There was scnreely a Arst-class team fensive help from Brown. movement in the mintch.

But there was no cohesion in the We have always believed that inter- tenni, and the forward play was very sational football was different from poor. I was told that £20,000 will ather types, that it represemed all now be required to obtain the trans- that in bent. But in this game the fer or Walker. On this occnsion ho men brought to bear the stopping, started battly, and throughout ho spoiling methods they are accustomed looked an ordinary player. 1 can be to carry out in their League matches. lieve, however, that he is far more This was the most disturbing aspect capable than he appeared on this occa of all, and it appeared that players sion.

are becoming so fixed their habitsi It was significant, ton, that there that they cannot change them,

were nearly as many failures in tho Scottish team as in the English, and It seemed to the that the teams I think that even the players will went on to the field, as in no muny want to forget the moteli, League matches, determined nut to let each other play, and they succeed i up to the hilt, There were many of the usual tricks, pushing with the elbows and impeding with the hips, and worso still, the stopping tackle If the bail was missed. In one case a man, in my judgment, Was

ro-

POSTPONED "ponsible for a foul five timen, out of

RAIN INTERFERES AGAIN

ONLY TWO.GAMES PLAYED

six when he challenged for the ball and, as he might have said, he usually "got awhy with it."

The dry ground am the high- bounding ball played into the hands of the spoilers, but this was a poor excuse to offer.

WERE THEY FIT

Scottish official

Control Of Football Games

TWO REFEREES. APPROVED

(DY ARBITER)

of

A responsible described the English team as the

I am able to announce that the poorest in technique and craft he had seen in 30 yentė. Ile was perhaps management committee of the Foot- League have unanimously correct. In my view only Inpgoo ball

the introduction and Barker aproached the average approved

that they on- standard. The wing scond refores and international helves and forwards were weak in thusiastically commend the clubs to

adopt the arrangement.

The official statement bearing on the question does not go as far as position. Mr. that, but it is John McKenna, the president of the League, did not express his views

New York, May 6. Once again the majority of the London, May 6, Hedley Verity celebrated the major league baseball maches to-day King's Jubilee by another brilliant were postponed on account of rain.

programme bowling feat for Yorkshire who

In the National League the

I double whether either Hibba following matches were not opened their cricket

or Bastin was fit enough to play. Cuba V. The county side won by 114 played:-Chicago

New Bastin's knee went again for the against the M. C. C.

the extreme.

the

went over' very aharbly because no only once, when he made a great three inches taller then I to do the runs on a wicket that was c88cn- York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals .fourth time, and although he was owing to the fact that he is a mom- · It may not be achieved for ally a bowler's paradise, York- Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds off the field for only two or three ber of the International Board, who 25 years, but It will be some day. of the match with a frst innings/ 1hiladelphia Athletics, while the minutes, I do not think it is pos- will have to give the final decision

doubt he thought the water worse save, late in the game, from W. G. stunt. than it was in reality. Hnd Oxford's Richardson. cox kept on under the Surrey bank) they would have saved themselves

shire knocked up the highest score

dismlased

for 81. Hedley Verity captured

E

kees

V Chleago White Washington Senators v. St. Louis Browns and Philadelphia Athleties v. Detroit Tigers.

It is a curious case. I am assured that it is definitely not cartilage trouble. may however, be a supp ing ligament which causes the knee

JUSTIFIED

Mr. C. E. Sutcliffe was, unfortun Some fellow standing about rix feet of only 228 runs while the M. C. C. following American League fixturessible for him to do himself justice

were postponed:-New York Yan- when he is bound to fear that it ately, unable to attend the match with Sox, may let him down at any minute. Scotland owing to illness, but I be not responding. At six will come along some day and do were any longths and would not have this crew were

Leve that he, too, is in favour of the of the Hammersmith Bridge (7min. 42sec.) it." much through being out

scheme. madorato tide. This would have been there was some popply water and Johnson stands feet 3 and weighs taking a chance, but there was no Bryan rather skilfully came over le 180. He scaled 0-8% in tying Waiter

Avoid it. other way of their recovering the lost the Surrey station to distance and being on terms agala at Following behind Cambridge in the Marty for the national championship amooth conditions, Oxford dià contrive Hammersmith.

A "table of ultimates" recently an The time at the Mile was quite fast something of a gallop and probably for the day-dmin. 26sec with Cam- picked up a length. Unfortunatelynounced by Coach Brutus Hamilton tridgo well ahead and rowing 32 to their coxswain then decided to go back of the University of California sci Oxford's 28. At Harrod's Cambridge on to the Middlesex station, and in 6 feet 11,22 Inches as the greatest wore probably three lengths ahend, going across the tide any advantage height man could reasonably expect

to attalaAssociated Press. and Sutcliffe was trying to spurt, but

(Continued on Page 9.)

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attempt York- shire only mus tered together 126

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Verity. five of the wickets for 38 runs,

The M. C. C. side made a better. effort in their second Innings which realised 155 runs but they were still 114 runs short of York- shire's aggregate total. This time Verity had another six victims for 62 runs, his total for the first match

30 runs. being 12 wickets for Renter..

BIG LEAGUE TRAINING CAMPS

TRAVIS AS STAR, PERFORMER

SENATORS WAX JOYFUL

Only two matches were played, the results as cabled by Renier be ing na follows:

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Pittsburgh Bostan

R. II.

*

12

6

(Urbanski homered for Braves)

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Boaton

Cleveland

R. H.

2

7

1

OUR NEW FEATURE FOR

BASEBALL FANS

This is the most vital pronounco- to become locked,

ment by the most responsible and in- On the journey back from Glasfluential officials in the game, and it gow, Bastin told me that he and Tom is full justification for the beller. Whittaker, the Arsenal traiter, had which I have expressed in The Daily tried in every way possible after the afat that the new system of controll- E.match to make the ligament sliping matches will be introduced into

2 again, and they had been unable to the League next season.

2

I know two cases of players who have had shipping ligaments. One Ehas been troubled with it for several

years, and he is still playing.

1

A JUST RESULT

pul

du su. "At this moment," Bartin The matter is a little complicated. said, "my knee feela absolutely It is now too late to ninko a definite the sound, and I am fit to play again to proposal to the International Board,

marrow."

who are responsible for the rules of the game, but if the English clubs gree! believe the intention is to ask the board to allow the system to be trial during next seaso11. This was the course adopted in regard to the experiments carried out t Chester and West Bromwich, and There was no doubt about the there can be no objection to an ex- netice of the result, but Scotland did tension of the arrangement. not make a shot that might have Neither the League Management brought a goal, and both Duncan's Committee nor the clubs are satisfied winning efforts were from corners. 1 with refereeing at the present time. thought, too, that they should have They are concerned, too, that the play been saved.

is losing much of its appeal as s spectacle through the introduction of It was, in fact, only in defence that methods which make for the negation Scotland's superiority хая marked, of the game, and which referees and lo nome extent this may have seem powerless to check."

In-law, Joe Cronin, to sell to the Boston Red Sox at $250,000 a crack.

But getting back to Joe Engel- "My Poy Choo" certainly can dig em up. The Washington scout not only knows a ball player when ho sees one, but has the happy faculty of being on the ground when one arrives.

Biloxi, Miss., May 5. "Joe Engel certainly can dig

Engel stumbled into Elberfeld's 'em up," remarked Bucky Harris as the rangy Cecil Travis shot a baseball school at Atlanta four three-base hit into right field. years ago on the morning that a Harris, happy in his new-old gangling kid in blue overalls and assignment as manager of the tennis shoes hopped off an old Washington Americans, says the truck and sought admittance. His 22-year-old Travis is just catch-name was Cecil Travis and he ing up with major league pitching, came from the cotton fields around

"And when Travis does catch up Riverdale, Ga.

Travia didn't have to be in uni- with it, what a shellacking it is going to take," amiles Harris. form to look like a ball player. "If Travis pulls consistently, he'll He hit three home runs in his be a .400 hitter.".

bito overalls and tennis shoes the Yes, Joo Engel certainly can dig frst day, and becante the property of the Chattanooga club of the Southern Association, of which Not yet 21, and with only a season and a half of professional Engel finds time to be president experience. Travis beat Ossio, while carrying on his foxy forag- Bluege, one of the neat third ing.

'em up...

basemen in baseball, out of his HITS RING OFF ROOKIE'S BAT job with the Senators.

Eagel pald Kid Elberfield $200 Engel sent Travis to the Now- for Travis in the spring of 1981. port, Tenn., club, a member of a Clark Grimth asserts that he somi-professional circuit, with wouldn't bake $125,000 for the which the cotton plcker hit. 4.30. young Georgian now, but there's Travis reported to the Chat never any way of telling what the tanooga club in September, and Old Fox might do. Griffith's only compiled an average of 410 for regret is that he had but one son. (Continued on Page 0.)

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