THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1936.
Four More Australian Test Invitations
FAGG, COPSON WORTHINGTON
DUCKWORTH
Three
Excellent Batsmen
London, July 29.
Four additional players to the seven announced last week have received invita- tions to join the M.C.C. cric- ket team to tour Australia during the coming winter. They are:
Duckworth (Lancashire) Worthington (Derbyshire) Copson (Derbyshire) Fagg (Kent)
It was further stated to-day that The MCX would! issue no more in- vitations before Augart 9. Reuter.
012 the Eleven players are thes boks for the Australian Test nutch LOVER. G. . Allen will lead the side and experts to have the fullowing ot his disposal, R. W V. Robins, Ham- mond. Leyland, Verity, Fishlark, Hardstaff as well as the four players mentioned above,
Copson and Park are essentially hatsmen, while Duckworth magnificent wicket-keeper who has consulerably improved his batting, Worthington in a useful all-rounder, though chiefly known for his bathing. Ils form this summer has been ex- ceptionally good, as has that of Pare, the young Kent professional.
The selectors have clearly isoned these new Invitations as a result of performances in the second Test match against India which encluded on Tuesday. Worthington signallsed the occasion by coring 87, while Fugg pinyed faultless cricket for hin
10.
Kay Stammers Going To America
"SEEKING TENNIS
HONOURS
London, July 20, Miss Kay Stummers, this year's winner of the English hardcourt championship, and who reached the quarter-anals of the women's singles at Wimbledon, has been nominated by the Lawn Tennis Association to compete in the American Chamsion- ships at Forest Hills in September- British. Wirclean.
LEAGUE TENNIS
BIG PROGRAMME
TO-DAY
LEADING TEAMS WILL NOT BE THREATENED
Although there in a full pro- gramme of "C" Division tennis league matches this afternoon, it is not likely to make any con. tribution towards solving the struggle for the championship. Hoth Kowloon Indians and Club de ensy Recreio have comparatively matches, and the winning of the title Alepends entirely on their inatch. 11 is believed that this encounter will not take pince unt) Kowloon [ractinus have met South Chinn, nu in the championship will probably be in the balance until the est match of the para:53.
the
Thanks to a big win over Indian Recreation Chuli Turschey Recreio go to the top of the table with the maximum number of points from right matches.
Today's list of matches
particular
nf
euntains interest, i take 11
nothing K.C.C. (E) camo hope to point from the K.IT.C., and although C.R.CZ, are on their own courts, and have her showing somewhat better
Tate, they sappene to form of donard to defent at the hands Recreio,
The protramine foliuws.
K.LT.C.
Kowloon Tong Y. LR.C.
"C" DIVISION
3. K.C.C. (11
University
$
S.C.A.A.
ና.
Beerclo c.c.C. Y
K.C.C. (2)
A.T.C.
Consequence
C.R.C.
C.S.C.C
In matches,
be of !
the
JAPAN IN THE OLYMPIC CITY
The Japanese Olympic team, which was the firs; to arrive in Berlin, is seen above marching in the Olympin City with its fing and accompanied by some Carmen Sports leaders.
Foot-Faulting At Lawn
Bowls And How To
Avoid It
By I. S. Burrows? Hous-Chronicle
An mjunction has gone forth from
E.BA, 1:
my l1:4
Its amater
that in important Anals, MORE U.S.
watchers muert be appointed to behinel players and to look closely for foot-faultin
These "spotters" have been itt! formed that ere they take action; they Tuesday's must clearly warn the men, as a¦ Whilch Recreio bent | whole, that the penalty for faut-
wood! RC and K.C.C. (2) drew, with the faulting- Le for delivering University, the amended league table with both feet off the mat is that now reads as follows,
the wood shall be stopped either by the serer marking the singles or!
scend "spotter" sitting at The by other hand.
LEAGUE TABLE
Sela
A.
Pts.
It
14
3 45 27.
20
10
"
4 45% 30
37 3
35
P. W. D. 1... F. Recreio ..8 80 0 50% 12% 16 K.LT.C. 7 7 8 0 54 SCAA 7 6 0 140 RTGICA. #50 ATC 9 50 K.C.C. (A) & 4 1 H.KU.T.C. 9 4 } R.C.C. (1) 9 ccc... 0 2 0 CS.C.C. # 1 1 6 19 CRC, 7100 25
U LR.C
4 34% 4516 # 4 405 4014
ANOTHER
In a most raportant singles event devided in London revently, one of <rth four semi-finalists fout-faulted several occasions, and, a stern valce
across the green "No how!, rang As a penalty each wood so decinred WAS ต
Hifted on to the bank by the
7
2414
56
4
53
3
38
0 9 15%.65 %
0
WORLD'S RECORD GOES
New Time For 1,000 Metros Walk
London, July 29. Competing in the London Athletic Meeting to-day, the Latvian Bernhard Fred Perry, world's champion; has broke the world's record, 1.600 metres already indiented his intention to walk when he retard. the brillin participate in the men's championship He will endeavour to win the title for the third time which will give him the right of permanently retaining the cup,
in the
thate of 3 miantes 49 5/10 seconds.
The old record of 3 minutes 51 6/10 stronds was established by Altimani af Italy as long ago as 1913-Renter.
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Novices should always take o quick look down at the position of their toes_in_the_process of making¦ ready on the mat for their delivery FOUR ESSENTIAL MOVEMENTS It sbouk! be an automatic process
to:
(1) Look at the jack and the lay ut of the obstructing woods or of your own that need sighdy pushing up;
OLYMPIANS
SUSPENDED
Two Boxers
Are Sent Back
Our Daily Golf Hint
A club with a long blade of say, three and seven-eighth inches makes putting casier than would a short blade club.
4. Park.
LEANDER 8 CHOSEN
FNGLISH CREWS FOR BERLIN
Leander's
crew,
runners-up
to
Zurich in the Grand Chaltenge Cup Anai at Henley, have been chosen to represent Great Britain in the eights! at the Bern Olympiad,
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BOXERS WANT £100,000 GUARANTEES
Schmeling v. Braddock Difficulties
(By Trevor Wignab
Daily Express,
New York,
Joe Louis, young negro heavy-weight whose pugilistic star fell from the sky when he was so sensationally knocked out by the German, Max Schmeling, has disgusted certain people in this country by refusing to claim that, before the contest, he was. doped, injured, poisoned or otherwise rendered unfit to fight. Silly stories have been going they scoring two knock-outs over para- Countr pver since Lottis RO up-lysed Prima Carnern, but the most expectedly betrayed the clinks in his thought of him was that he is a fistic armour. This wountry is seems | fulr: second-rater.
farge all of men who made fortunes AL Boston San Francised heavy- Con the resit, but prior to The contest į weight, Phil Brubaker, vho had been there was not a single person I met | spoken of as the best while Youngster who gave Schreling #71 outside in the world, was easily beaten by chance of winning.
veleran Jack Sharkey, who in the To the intense surprise of the ring has always wept better than American
newspapers Louls deelines he has fought. Shurkey is engaged to talk to anybody or in attempt to in a game-back, and his thefeat of explain his crushing defeat, His Brubaker pegs the neweomer so far managers have declared thud the only back that now he can scarcely be poison administered to him was that | pren.
Efforts I have made to get pro- contained in Schmeling's right glove.
For some days after the eclipse moters interested in Jack Petersen Louis talked about retiring with the have met with no success. Nobody fertune he has collrefed. That phite ¦ seems to want him' even for a pre- Now he wants to meet ¦ Himmary hout, and the only answer bas passand Schmelhut agale. He will not do I receive is that he must prove him- that until next summer at the earliest, | self before travelling to this side.
Confereners are being held every
The only thing remembered of him. day in New York in an attempi ta
that he was twice stopped by with Jimmy match Schmeling
(Continued on Page 9) Braddock for the championship. Bradlock is under contract to Madison Square Garden. and Schmeling to the Twentieth Con- tury Sporting Club.
RIVALS MAY JOIN FORCES
Offers have been made by both: to buy out the other, but the probability, is that when the arguments are over the two parties will join forces to struge the fight in September,
Dimeutties at the moment appear Insuperable, the chief being Brad- dock's demand for a guarantee of £150.000. Another smag is list
definitely Schmeling
refuses fight at Long Island Bowl, owned by Madison Square Garden, as he considers the place unlucky.
H. A. ALVES
PLAYS GUTIERREZ
TO-DAY
CHAMPIONSHIP BOWLS GAME
W. G., R. M. Laurie, who stroked is conferring the crew at Henley,
It was there he lost his title when
H. A. ("Dick") Alves, one of the
of the ro badly punished by Max Ener. He most promising with his advisers regarding the po5-
younger sibility of changes in the eight, and too, talks of a guarantee of £100,000 school of Hongkong fewn bowlers,
invite which is absurd.
will this has received permission in
afternoon make his big take part Jewish antaganism to Schmeling effort to reach the final of the open men from other clubs to
14 train. It understood that is more bitter than ever, especially singles championship when he meets J. i. T. Wilson, last season's Cam.
since his luncheons and meetings L, A. Gullerrca on the Kowloon Dock Berlin, July 29, bridge president, who rowed in the
with ler were inade known. It
green, More trouble in the American Beat Race at No. 7 behind Laurie.
Both players are members of the was chiefly Jews that caused the receipts of Schmeling's contest with Club de out was not in the Leander beat t
Recreio and the olympie cump was reported to-day.
Louls to he disappointing, but the plays A. E. Coates of Craigengewer Howell King ank de Church, two enley, will be unable to spare the
hoycoll-will-be-greater-slill-It-in the final of the Doded States Olymple boxing time. team have been sent back to Ameri
*y* to misdemeanour, en owing Reuter.
-
the in representatives Britain's coxswainless fours will be the on-
don Rowing Club crew, stroked Edgar Howitt, which gave Zurich a the famous star race in the Stewards Cup. A trial is to be held between R. F. and S. Otter (Kingston RC, and T. S.
This incident, following hard on the Mr Eleanor Hohn Jarret affair, which culminated in swimmer being turned Out of the American and indientes that all is not well with the Americau contin- gent. It is also clear that officinis in charge of the squad are going to to-! (2) Look on the green for a spoi
al which you believe your bias.erate no insubordination." w be at its Inllest, and make the bowl pass over that spot:
(3) Look at your wead to see that have the hias side right, you and
(1) In this downward took carry the eyes still further to see that the middle of the you are in mat,
If you are too far forward on the усло rubber, it follows that when stride forward with your loose leg the tee of the firm foot comes up off the mat and is piercing the green just over the edge of the mat.
As well as damaging the green by this "nipping" process of the sharp toe Just beyond the mat udge, you are breaking Inw 7, section 3 which stipulates that one foot at the point of delivery must remain entirely on the mat.
...
PROS. BANNED
FROM TENNIS
offers for the
Winner
is matched with Braddock.
Gutierrez is up against stift op- Only laughter was created when it
and will need to be at his position and was reported that
very best to prevall. Gutierrez is championship fight had been sent not only a seasoned bowler, but has from Germany, and one thing co previously won the title. Further- tain is that Braddock would not con-
inore Gutierrez has been playing sent to go there. He might agree to consistently well in the tournament. form If both players touch true where his purse is to come from.
and do not allow the ocension to get the butter of them, there should be seen the of the best matches of the shot or championship with only a
Alves is not a quick starter, but two in it at the end. he cannot afford to allow Gutierrez
take too long to
#lend. On the Can unter Gutierrez other hand, establish a big advantage in the early stages, he is most likely to be beaten.
'voe and D. W. Burnford (Jesus Aght in England, but he wisely ass College, Cambridge) to decide who There have been two other upacts Stan Tow in the coxswainless pairs since Selineling astonished every- at Philadelphia. 1 watched budy TH. Tyler (Thames R.C.), run-
Haynes, the heavily-teuton her-up to Rutti (Switzerland) in the Leroy Diamond Sculls, is to join W. E. C. negro, soundly outpointed by the Horwood, the N.A.H.A, nominee and American-Italian Al Eltore. EL L. Warren (Trinity Hall. Cam- bridge) in a 2,000 metres trial, at Henley. The winner will probably
in the Olympic | be thosen to row single sculls.
TOURNAMENT ably be Jack Beresford
By Ulyss Rogers)
London, July 7. Four English professional ten nis players have been compelled by the LT.A. to withdraw from the second international cham- piquships, which open at South- port, Lancashire,_to-day. The Southport Corporation have entered into a five years' undurtak- ing, with "Big Bill Tilden to or- The International Board
recon-ganisè' an annual tournament. mends that hts with ridged edges Last year, the event was a great | should be used in match play and success. The entries, previously; these are gradually replacing the limited to the great and outstanding entirely flat sort which encourages pros, have been extended to include faulty work. On the ridged-edgo four outstanding British players variety, a trifle awkward to fall into Jeffery, Paulsen, Pierce, and Roberts. at first, you gradually and yourself These four were afleially advised your toe for the that it would not be to their advun- "feeling" with raised edge, and automatically move tage to play. Faway from it when the ridge is en-
Wolstenholme, Southport's countered.
general manager of publicity and London amusements, has been and interviewed Mr. Sabell, the secretary of the LT.A
1 have
been asked why
.
green keepers do not fult the spirit of Law 1, which demands that rinks shall be so laid out that their boun- daries are made clear by the aid of white painted markers faid into the banks.
I agree that these marks are help-
to
Britain's double scullers will prob- und Dick Southwood (Thames R.C.). It has beon decided not to send representa- tives for the coxed tours and pairs,
Mr. C., M. Morrell (Thames R.C.) will manage the British team in Berlin, and he will be accompanied !
General Gibbon.
BILLIONS-TO-ONE'
CRICKET Chance
THREE MEN
END INNINGS AT 163
London, July 7.
Three county cricketers made not out centuries on Saturday. Yester- The nominul objection raised was day they went on baiting and that the professional lawn tennis Each of them ended his innings championships ef Great Britata are with precisely the same total. held at Bartburne in August.
in Vuit did Mr. Wolstenholme Here are the scores at close of point out that Southport's champion-
play Saturday:- ships are an international affair.
ful to keep in your eye when the Mr. Sabell referred the matter to Hutton (Tarks v Surrey)
green is full of bias and running and
in threat of displeasure.
154
Surrey)
101
*
11.1
1631
103
The result was the Leyland (Yorks
Worthingtunt (Derby you are compelled to put the wood his commitee. But to the string. It is then that one same.
Warwick) to No English pro. may enter for the should have a mark wide out
tournament under And yesterday:— more international look at, and if there were
Hutton Wafts whitened rink boundary marks
The players nt Southport are Leyland not out existence we should see better draw-
therefore all foreigners, W. T. Worthington e Collin Hollies 163 ing work;
Tilden, L. R. Stocfen, Bruce Barnes
The odds against such a thing Only when greens are fast, how-(U.S.A.), Henri Cochet, Alfred Estre-
Ramillon happening are literally infinite. ever, are any marks on banks use-beau, Martin Plno, R.
or (France), A. Burke und E. Burke is just "one of the things that hep- ful. When the turf is thick. spongy, you must look for a mark (Ireland), and Hans Nusslein (Ger- pen
At cricket. many).
on the green.
REPUTATION ON BEATING CARNERA Haynes gained his reputation
by
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