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BERLIN OLYMPIC GAMES

UNITED STATES RECAPTURES. SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP FROM JAPANESE

A second place gained by Jack Medica in the 1,500 Metres Free Style at the Olympic Games at Berllh was sufficient to give: the United States the Men's Swimming. Cliampionship, which was taken from them by the Japanese in the 1932 Games held at Los Angeles,

The Americans also retained the Women's Swimming Championship in spite of a spirited challenge by Holland's mermaids. They had only three and a half points to spare at

the end..

Many German· successes. were registered in the rowing events, Germany finished a long way ahead of the other. countries, although Great Britain won the double sculls and United States the eight-oar face.

Men's Final Standing.

The following was the final stand-

ing of the Men's Section:

+

Women's Standing

United States Holland

Germany

55 526 2014

Japan

16

United States

83

Denmark

11

Japan

77

Argentina

6

Great Britain

Germany

20

Hungary

Hungary

14

Canada

France

4

Brazil

Great Britain

2

3

2

2

-United PreAR..

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The Royal Army. Ordnance Corps ! Association will hold a swimming gola on Wednesday, 19th instant, at the Y.M.C.A. baths, Kowloon, at 0.43 p.m. sharp.

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Admission is by invitation only, but a small number of tickets are avail- Table for friends of the Corps who wish to attend. Application for tickets should be made to the Hon. Secretary, A charge of 50 cents is made to cover expenses. Cash will not be collected at the door.

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THIRD CRICKET TEST.

ENGLAND MAKES GOOD START

AGAINST ALL INDIA

Magnificent batting by Walter Hammond, who scored 217 runs, and T. S. Worthington, who made 128, enabled England to put up 471 runs for eight wickets in the third and final Cricket Test against India which commenced at the Oval on Saturday.

These two batsmen established a new English Test fourth- wicket partnership in this malch, when they added 266 runs during the 175 minutes that they were associated together at the wicket.

•

Wazir Ali made a costly mistake when he dropped Hammand when the latter's score was only 96. After his let-off, the Gloucester all-rounder batted in magnificent form.

London, Aug. 16. The Indian fast bowler claimed an- England made a fine start in the other victim in Worthington who third and final Cricket Test against also played on to Nissar after scoring All-India at the Oval, scoring 471 128 in a faultless innings featured by runs for eight wickets after batting hard driving. He had been batting the whole of

for 105 minutes and had made 10 W.

Was 437 end of Gloucester, boundary hits. The score It. scored

and T, S. Worthing for five wickets. who ton of Derbyshire, who contributed 128, were almost entirely responsible for England's total, none of the other batsmen, with the exception of R.J. Barnett (43) scoring anything of

note.

The weather was glorious when the terms took the field in the presence of 1,000 spectators, of whom hundreds were in shirt-sleeves, n unusual right this season. The wicket was

perfect condition

ira

The teams were:

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L. B. Fishlock, the Surrey batsman,' and G. O. Allen, the English captain, were now associated, but the latter did not stay very long. 13. runs, he was caught by Hussain of Nissar. 155 for six.

After scoring

The Hussain-Nissar combination claimed their third victim of the day in Hedley Verity who scored only four runs. 403 for seven.

J. Sims was in long enough to see only five runs added to the score before being given out leg-before to

Endland-G. V. Ailen. (Captain), Amar Singh for one. 408 for 8.

Fishlock and W. Voce then played Leyland, Verity, Fishlock, Harnett, Voce, Duckworth, Worth-out time the score being 471 for ington Fage and Sims.

eight wickets at close of play. Fish- Endin Maharaj Kumar of lock was not out with 19 and Voce Vizianagram,

C. K. Naidu, Wazir All, not out with one.

England.-1st. Innlngs

43

V AL Merchant, C. Ramaswami, Scores: Dilawar Hussain, Jehangir Khan, Mustaq All, Basu Jilani, M, Nissar, RJ. Barnett 1.b.w. b Nayudu Amar Singh.

A. Fag

Hussain, b Amar Singh 8 England won the foss and Allen W.R. Hammond, b Nissar elected to bat, sending out Barnett M. Leyland, b Nissar and Farg to open the innings. The TS. Worthington, b Nissar Halter did not stay long, falling a L.B. Fishlock, not out victim to Amar Singh for eight, being caught by Hussain. The total

wns 19.

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GO. Allen, e Hussain, b Nissor II. Verity, c Hussain, b Nissar J. Sims, 1.b.w.. b Amar Singh W. Voce, not out

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Total (for 8 wkts.)

G. Duckworth to bat.

217

26

120

10

13

11

471

HAMMOND SHINES

olf-driving, perfect By superb timlig and foot-work. Hammond, who Joined Barrett, senred 50 in 7G ninates, including six boundaries, Recond wicket yield: 74 runs in 60 minutes. Fall of Wickets.-1 (Fage) for 18; At 93, however, Barnett Whs sent

2 (Barnett) for 93; 3 (Leyland) for back for obstruction, being given out 156; 4 (Hammond) for 422: 5 leg-before to Nayudu after he had (Worthington) for 437; 6 (Allen) for scored 43. He had played on enter-455; 7 (Verity) for 403; f (Sims) for prising innings, sending the ball to 468-Renter. the boundary six times

1fammond continued to hit out to good effect. Al lunch-time, he and Leyland had taken the scure to,147 for two, himself having 60 and Ley- land 22.

RECORDS BROKEN

(Continued from Page 8.)

Draper, Johnny Woodruff, and Mack Robinson won the Melley Mile Relay (888 yards, 220 yards, 220 yards and 440 yards) in 3 mins. 23,4 seconds, The Bellish team consisted of Shore, Orr, Pennington and Phil Edwards and were timed in 3 mins. 240 seconds.

When the game resuined, 12,000 spectators had assembled to watch England's innings.

Mushtaq Ali, owing to a leg injury, did not field. Only nine more runs had been added to England's total when Ley- and was dismissed. In attempting to drive an overpitched ball from A new British record was created Mohamed Nissar,

lie was bowled for by Earle Meadows, the Olympic win- 28. The sepre-board read 156 for ner, in the Pole Vault, which he won three wickets.

for the United States with a leap Hammond, who was batting very of 14 feet 2 inches Bill Graber and soundly and using a judicious blend Bill Sefton, also of the United Statrs, of aggression and defence, was tied for second place with 13 feet 6 missed when he had scored 96, Wazirinches. The Empire Jumpers were -dropplag a very easy catch. The App, who reached 12 feet 6 inches.. Gloucester all-rounder celebrated his Duplessis 13 feet 6 inches (also ty. let-off I by reaching his century in 185 img for second place) and Webster

12 feet 6 inches. minutes.

Worthington was playing a force- ful gume. He played back very often but he was scoring rapidly, added 100 runs Hle and

Hammond In only 75 minutes.

The Indian captain then put on Merchant to Bowl. Merchant, who According to the United Preat, A. is not a a bawler, was welcomed by

-All-

full

Brooks won the Long Jump for the United States with a leap of 24 feet 10 inches. Clark jumped 23 feet 11 inches. For the Empire, Dickinson leaped 20 feet

inches, Richardson feet 11 inches, and Traynor 21 feet 10 inches-Reuter

G. K. Brown outras Jimmy Luvalle.

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ssed up long In the last lap of the four-men Mile tosses which were. Itops and Iinished by both Hammond und Worthington Hammond reached his 150 after batting for 225 minutes and at tea lime he had 100 and Worthing- ton 89, the total being 336 for thrce wickets.

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A crowd of 15,000 had gathered after tea to see Hammend in magni- Bleent form at the wicket. Apart from several strokes which were played with the edge of the bat, he was very forceful. He completed his double century in 285 minutes. Up to this stage he had scored 26 fours.

With Worthington reaching his first Test century, a record for the English fourth wicket Test partner- ship was established, 208 being put up in 176 minutes.

When the score-board was showing. 422, Hammond's glorious innings came to an end. At 217, he played on to Mohamed Nissor. He had been at the wieicet for five hours and had hit 30 boundaries,

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