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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1935.

FOOTBALL INSURANCE

COMMITTEE'S BIG TASK

FOR PLAYERS

AUTHORITIES DEFENDED AGAINST RECENT CRITICISM

ALWAYS GIVEN MEN SQUARE DEAL AND ALWAYS WILL

(BY FRANK M. CARRUTHERS)

The football world is crowded with critics who are ever eager to rush to the attack and put the blame on some- A proposal may be brought forward and all the forces of bias and prejudice are let loose to fight it.

onc.

Now the finger is pointed at the League Management committee, and they are arraigned because of the break down in the insurance not matter regulations. It does that the trouble was not of their malding.

No

me

They ought to have foreseen 1. the or they ought to have put position right at once. troubles to think that the insurance. of five thousand professionals is a tricky, business when it has to be arranged within the financial limita of all the clubs.

Arnold for breach of his contract mean that they would simply would rob themselves of his aer- vices still further.

Fulham are, of course, very dis- seeking they are satisfied and olliclul advice as to how they should treat the matter.

I do not think the trouble would have arisen in its acute form if they had not been told that "Cricket must come first."

Here is the Hampshire slew of the position. Sir Russell Bencraft, president of the County Club,

It might be thought that Mr.writes: John McKenna and his collengines i had deliberately evaded the quus

Arnold has been a full-time ser- the lampshire County

vaut of

Helen Will Moody, the reviving tennis queen, may turn to golf after retiring from the courts emulating Mary K. Browne, who made the change successfully several years ago, make golf look easy and had her

BOXERS

CHAMPION

COUNTY

YORKSHIRE'S MERITED

CRICKET SUCCESS

DETERMINATION & TENACITY

Rain dealt a coward's blow at many cricket matches yesterday: but none was more brutal than that which prevented a ball from being bowled at the Oval, writes the Observer's Special Corres- pondent.

Yorkshire should have been batting bowling there, and Yorkshire for the eighteenth time in their history; are, the champion county. The gla- mour of success was over them once more, and there were many who de not as a rule take more than a mild interest in enunty cricket who

were

keen te soe for themselves of what stuff these persistent champions are made.

There are some people who still believe that Yorkshire's batsmen are dull. It might as well be said that n bullding is dull because when once! he has got a grip on the enemy he will not let go no matter how often he is kicked in the ribs,

The finest quality of Yorkshire cricket is now, and has long been,

tion, being content to leave, the Cricket Club for seven years, being Mra. Moody watched Joyce Wetheredity. They believe in building a!

players and the clubs at the mercy

in of the accidents which are separable from the gume.

A SQUARE DEAL

The players have always had a square deal and they will get it

now

paid full summer and winter wages.. He was given permission to play football for Southampton on con- dition that he fulfilled his obliga- duly tion with us, which were nbserved,

When he was transferred to Ful-; ham the position was explained to I fully expect that an annomee-thens, and their then manager ac ment will be made this week-end cepted Arnold's signature knowing the condition, so my committee fail which from Portsmouth,

the

nagement committee are to visit

for the opening of the club's new stand, and it will then be seen that they have been active in tackling and finding a solution for the problem.

to see that the Fulham club have

ans grievance,

FUTURE IRISH STAR

A year or so ago in Glasgow someone suggested that Doherty, forward

firal lesion.

comes,

G. 0. ALLEN MAY several of their

CAPTAIN ENGLAND

foundation. But they can do

ting when the things in a hurry

Last season Yorkshire unaccount. ably slumped., They dropped to sixth place among the counties, their lowest for years. The fact that often side

ad- claimed by Test matches was vanced us on

But it had! frequently been said of them that they had a satisfactory deputy for any of the stars. This season they lived up to that banst, by accomplish- ing some of their best performances

excuse.

AGAINST AUSTRALIA when hurt of half their regulars."

NEXT YEAR · Australian-born G, O. Allen, the be the Middlesex player, may

YORKSHIRE'S RESOURCES The strength of their resources has seldom been better illustrated than on the day when Sutcliffe and Ley

DEFY CONTROL BOARD

Hankow lawn bowls team suffered a setback in its initial appearance in Shanghai recently, the Clube Lusitano repeating their last season's triumph over their guests and winalng 22-16. Above, the visitors are T. Cameron Wood, H. B. Wilmer, J. W. Crooks (skip), E. Owens and S. J. Godwin.

Cubs Are

Baseball

Champions

BEAT CARDINALS IN QUAGMIRE

RAIN HOLDS UP PLAY

WELLARD HITS MORE 6'S

50 RUNS IN 11 STROKES

BRIGHT PLAY - AT TAUNTON

WATSON & DALY SCORN PURSE OF £175

THE LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

(By GEOFFREY SIMPSON)

London, Sept. 3. Jack (Kid) Berg, having reign- ed for almost a year as British light-weight champion, is greatly concerned that he has had no op portunity as yet of defending his title. He is beginning to think that his championship instead of being a capital asset is a useless burden.

Ito anxiety will not be lessened by the news that a deullock has been renched in the Board of Control's long-drawn-out eliminating tourna ment which was to provide Berg with An opponent.

The

Scaman two survivors are

Watson, one time feather- Tommy weight champion, and George Daly, of London, and they have been order- alty neet ut Newcastle for a pure of £175, which the board has seen at to approve,,

Whereupon Watson and Daly de- vided to present á flat refusal to the |conrd. And quite right too. If men of Watson's class are to engage In Jind it not been for A. Weliminating championship fights for Wellard, Somerset would have fared$175 purses the death knel of bux- most disastrously in the cricket can be rung.

Split on the usual 80 and 40 per match at Taunton against Sussex New York, Sept. 27.

cent,

basis, this means £106 for the Rain The Chicago Cubs

prevented play have recently.

As the loser could expect to dis gained the necessary points to until after lunch and then half the ner and £70 for the unlucky one. ensure them the National Base-side were out for 28. Wellard then pose of £60 in training expenses, what bail League Pennant for the joined the patient White and at incentive has he to pursue the match? Daly received £10 for a previous

season, a victory against the once attacked the bowling.

Wellard began by hitting Pearce match in the same eliminating series, St. Louis Cardinals to-day making them the undisputed for two 4's, which was followed by Watson has engaged in one for a £360 champions and entitling them drive right over the sight-screen pursu; yet for the final and most in- off Tate, and renched his 60 in halfportant fight they are expected to American to challenge the

Accept £176 between them. League winnere for the, World an hour with another G.

Altogether be obtained 08 out of Series title. This is the third time in alx 77 in an hour and made 50 of his scoring strokes, years that the Chicago Cubs have runs won the pennant and the four-three 6's and tight 4's.

Fulham have shown enterprise the Blackpool player, was the best future captain of England cricket land of their batsmen were far away teenth accusion since 1876 when !

in protecting their own interest, and they had gone further than had been thought possible in: in- suring their men.

I know of another olub whose players are all insured, but the policy only covers them fick. In this case a considerable

HUTT WANT

off the

who had come out of teams.

Mr. Peter MeWilliam declared

Ireland for several years.

that there was one who had the promise of becoming even better, but he refused to reveal his name.

"Gubby" Allen has played very little during the past season be cause of a strained thigh musele. But if this injury yields to trent-

at Test match and Yorkshire were

championships eru in- at Lord's at the meeting Middlesex time when the feather-jacket perilaugurated. The Inst the Cabal was at its height. Lord's was sup- won was in 1982 when they inst posed to have the worst wicket in the to the New York Yankees in the easy by comparison, it was said.

Fine fielding and good pitching world. A public common pitch was World series.

in eleven

NEW SWIMMING

RECORD

ANOTHER BREAKDOWN

As the Dave Crowley-Johnny Mc- Grory anal feather-weight eliminator looks like breaking down for a simi lar cause, it is time the board asked Įthemselves whether they should

meddle

any longer with the financial side of the sport.

Before the board existed a fighter's earnings were fixed as between boxer and promoter. In championship and eliminating contests a boxer is now. deprived of this bargaining power. The board make the matches, invite fight for them.

A total of 150 was considered л

R. H. Leivers, of Longton, lower-purse offers, and instruct boxers to triumph, and match after match was by Dizzy Denn enabled the Cubs

to beat the Cardinals to-day by sixed the A.S.A. half-mile record by Then there entered two Yorkshire-runs to two. The game was play-6 1-5sec, when he won the Northern

Should a man declino to fight for

Mr. Chas. Watson (secretary of the Irish F.A.) promptly retorted:ment he will almost certainly cap-finished in two days.

It was tain England against the India received through the "He's not your secret."

which is coming to this men to score 207 for the first wicket. ed under most awful conditions Counties Championship for this considerably less than he normally had the same player in mind and country next summer, and will be They did not see a leather-jacket be- after 30 hours of rain had made | distance in 10min. 43 4-5sec. at the receives he is liable to bo struck off tragic death of a member of the then a question of whether they team staff.

Mr. McWilliam admitted that Mr. offered the captainey of the Eng-and only once, this year have they the field almost a quagmire. Watson was correct when he gave land side which will go to Australia disgraced the initial letter of the player's a year hence.

ainu.

£10,000 MANAGER

There is, too, & manager who is insured for £10,000. This, I think, is most unusual, but the club de- cided that this sum might be re- quired to meet the upset if his place had to be filled.

Then there is the trainer who holds a substantial endowment policy which matures in ten years. But this I take it is in lieu of a benefit and an insurance against the loss of his services.

THE ARNOLD CASE Mr. Peart, the Fulham manager, told me yesterday that the Arnold

When I met Mr. Watson in Liver-- pool last week-end, he told me that the young player, Norman Kernog- professional

ban, hnd become a with Belfast Celtic, and that he was playing as an outside-right.

Kernoghan will not be 18 until the middle of this month and while playing for Belfast Celtic he is working as printer. under- stand that he has not grown much, but he in a stocky, sturdy youth.

AUSTRALIANS ON TOUR

TENNIS PLAYERS

IN S. A.

Durban, Sept. 2. Australia defeated South Africa by four matches to one, with one unfinished, in the second lawn tennis test. Results of to-day's matches follow:

hind

any

'arm. bowler's

Once.

A

New Brighton Bathing Pool. The Chicago fielding was sensa- Norman Wainwright (Hanley), themselves. That was

who previously held the record in when they were bowled out for 31tional.

After their victory which gave 10min. 50sce., finished second and runs by Essex, had many runs bit

second them the pennant the Cubs played heat his own time by four seconds, against them, collapsed

the Cardinals in the second game time, and lost by an innings,

That mutch, however, may be at of a double header and won by five growing feeling of revolt against the

many freaks of bere among the

purse-approving system, and an ex- cricketThe Australians. for runs to three. instance, were once bowled out on a The New York Giants were also amination of it in all its aspects in perfect Lord's wicket for 18. Such engaged in two matches, their overdue. things simply happen.

opponents being the Boston Braves

The best of Yorkshire was shown with

the whom they shared when Derbyshiro were still close, up honours.

to them. Everyone expected, a close A double header between the St. game when the two team met at

Louis Browns and Cleveland Indians: Scarborough. Dut Yorkshire, most formidable when most severely tried, in the American League was post- proceeded to "show up" their nearest poned on account of rain while a rivals by gaining an innings, victory. match between the Detroit Tigers It is easy to detect flaws in York-and Chicago White Sox had to he Mr. Tom Muley. one of the

shire's cricket. Verity does not flight postponed on account of the wet the ball so well as he once did he condition of the diamond. case had not been further con-founders and early players of

J. II. Crawford (Australia) beat in danger of becoming a negative I do not think. It will be Glasgow Celtic, died in Glasgow

Results of to-day's matches) until the player arrives at Craven recently in his 72nd year. He was C. d. J. Robbing, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2; bowler; and the new-comers of the are of Coltage.

brother of Mr. William: Maley, the A. K. Quint (Australia) beat N. Gattack, although successful,

Celtic The club might take disciplinary famous

manager, and Farquharson, 6-2, 6-4; Crawford that stereotype new school, Just a

little above" "medium

who pace, action, but they can only do this formerly managed Manchester City and Quist beat Farquharson and swerve more or less when the ball is

V. Kirby, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3, 9-7.

new, and then are apt to pass into at their own expense. To suspend and Bradford Park Avenue,

oblivion.

sidered.

GRADIDGE

MAKERS OF THE FAMOUS "IMPERIAL

DRIVER"

" and

"LESLIE AMES"

CRICKET BATS

Mada by Cricketers

for Cricketers,

FOR

CRICKET

From a startling number of unsolicited testimonals received during the 1934 Cricket Season, we select the following:—

"THE WILL TO WIN"

follow:

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Chienge

St. Louis

R. II. E. 15 2

2 6 B

But there is always Bowes, of (Ilack scored a home run for) whom so many people have heard the Cubs while Dizzy Dean pitched only as a mere "bumper," but who for the Chicago outfit).

bowls so much better for his county!

than he does for any other team, and Chicago

that matter by hitting the stumps.

who so often gets the early wickets| St. Louis

5 1+

3 4

But above all else, above individual New York

1

4

that quality which is variously des Kuston cribed us determination, the will to

6 14

win." and by that graphic little word! New York which begins with a “k”

8 14

Boston

11

batting or howling, Yorkshire love

No one not hopelessly prejudiced

R

will deny that Yorkshire are the best (Weintraub scored a home run team in the country; but many of us for the Giants and Wally Berger regret that Derbyshire did not bring for the Braves).

off the big event after all. It is good!

for the health of county cricket for the championship to wander a little. It widens the interest. When War- wickshire won the championship so unexpectedly n 1911--they hadi Anish- e very near the bottom in the pre- vious year new life was given to the cricket of the Midlands.

like Yorkshire, are a

-Reuters

CANADIAN GOLF CROWN

C. F. WALTERS writes:-"During the last two mahoulders at the wheel," WON BY UNKNOWN BY

years of first class cricketing abroad and in this country. I have used only Gradidge Bats, which have in every way. proved absolutely satisfactory." R. E. S. WYATT says:-" should like to take one or two of your Bats to the West Indies. The one I used part of last season was a beauty."

·S. J. MCCABE, on the ove of his departure for Australia, wrote: "Throughout this tour I have used nothing but Gradidge Bats, making over 2,000 runs, which included eight centuries. I can assure you I have received the utmost satisfaction, and have no hesitation in saying they are better than any 1 have ever used before."

Sole Agents:-John D. HUTCHISON & CO., King's Building, H.K.

TWO. STROKES

the

do not depend upon_ "stars" there is no Hammond, no Freeman to take twice na many wickets as anyone else in the side. Everyone has his A comparatively unknown Ameri- particular corner. They are not a rich club. They have not anything can golfer, Gene Kunes, of Norris-

or town, Pennsylvania, won like the resources of Yorkshire, Lancashire in the way of club cricket Canadian Open Golf Championship to draw upon. And yet they gave with the aggregate of 280 (par Yorkshire a good race almost till the figures) for the seventy-two holes. they broadened His figures for the individual rounds last lap. And so

wero 70-68-74-68. Another cricket's interent.

It is somewhat curious that county American, Victor Ghezzi, of Deal, clubs, financially strong, and rich in what should be the nurseries of cric N.J., was second with 282.

W. Hagón (Ryder Cup captain), hot, troido a case in point. Money Horton Smith, Paul Runyan, and ket, drag behind. Surrey in particu- is there, there is a wealth of club Sam Parks, the American Open cricket, and players, regardless of ex- Champion, were entered, but none pense, are sometimes brought from of them distinguished themselves, other places. Yet Surrey are dan the bent being Horton Smith, who

finishing At the

finished equal ́ ́ fifth. Runyan and Perhaps the only explanation is Hagen tied for sixth place and that success and fallura run in cycles, Parks was eighth...

gerously noar to

wrong end of the championship.

R. A. C.

the championship roll. purse demands I have no sympathy, With boxers who make extravagant but these men are in a strict minor- ly. That there is another side to the question is clearly shown by the case of Watson and Daly and this is not the first of its kind,

In case the board are unaware of it, I can assure them that there is n (Continued on Previous Column.)

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