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KING'S

OPENING TO-MORROW

LORETTA

YOUNG

ER

BAXTER

VIRGINIA

BRUCE

WIFE, DOCTOR

NURSE

with

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JANE DARWELL Gloriously played!

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TO-MORROW QUEEN'S

THE

HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY,

SUSSEX CRICKET NEEDS ANOTHER MAURICE TATE

Two Important Changes Made At Warwick

By Ronak T. Symond

London, Apr. 12.

A. J. Holmes will continue his able captaincy of Sussex cricket this season, and his vice-captain will be R. G. Stainton, who hopes to play frequently. Maurice Tate will be the, only notable abacntce, but his place will be hard to fill. Bowlers of his typo are rare the world over, and particularly in English

county cricket.

Thirty-two centuries were hit forjenpable of making their 1,000 runs a Sussex last year, and no fewer than season.

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Cox

on

Baseball

MAY 11, 1938.

NEW YORK GIANTS ADVANCE

Easily Defeat Chicago Cubs

New York, May 10. Rain and cold again caused the curtailment of the National and American Baseball League pro- grombie to-day.

New York Giants, who were un- able to play Chicago Cubs yesterday. had their chance to-day and won by

12 "safeties' B-1, connecting for against the Cubs' five.

Brookdyn Dodgers had a comfort- able win over St. Loula Cardinals, by 10-2, and Cincinnati Reds beat Phil- adelphia Phillies 7-3.

Only one match was played in the American section, Washington Sena- fors beating St. Louis Brown 8-6.

All other matches were postponed. Scores:

NATIONAL LEACUE

{

Cincinnat

seven batsmen topped the thousand A new roof has been added to the

the Leicester runs. James Parke and James Lang-popular stand ridge had a good all-round records ground, and the club now has

(given by the Philadelphia any player in the country, and broadcasting van

progress during chairman, Mr. W. Lhusay Everard), made wonderful his first full season with the team, which will be used to give publlelty The club need therefore fear no lack before and during matches, and for

ns H. T.playing music during the intervals. Cambridge cap-

of

runs.

Bartlett, the

But the

lain and Surrey player, will now also be bowling is not strong)

to piny. enough unless fresh talent be forth- coming. Variety and persistent hos-i tility are lacking. The exacting Sussex programme (they play every county, including the universities and the Australians) seems to have the effect of taking the sting out of the end of Augrist. team towards the

This plethora of matches is almost essential in view of the large nHUT- ber of Sussex cricket "werks" but it in in part responsible for the failure

of the team to keep up its best form! throughout a season.

WARWICKSHIRE

Two changes of importance have been made in the structure of the Warwickshire

P. Cranmer. the Rugby football International,

tern.

Rugger As Played in New South Wales

New Scrum Rules For League

Sydney, Apr. 14.

The New South Wales Rugby

takes over the captainey so long held League has decided to revert to by R. E. S. Wyatt, wille Kilner

the club to

to carry out the the old rule allowing half-backs

leaves duties a Brst-class umpire.

of a

In

The survices of Wyatt will still be to put the ball into scrums. Avellable

except in those matches an effort to "speed up" League which overlap the Tests. Kilner's

place in the team will be filled by gamca, oxperiments have been Hill, who made excellent progress |

batsman last season.

215

made in Sydney trial games with

The team did not realise its fult possibilities last year chiefly owing the referees putting the ball into to the falling off in form of Paine,

the

Blow left-arm bowler, who in serums. such an important factor in the Hmited Warwickshire attack.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

St. Louis.... Washington

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(Lewis homered for the Senators). The matches Chicago v. New York, Detroit v. Philadelphin and Cleveland v. Boston were not played owing to ruin.--Keuter.

LONDON STOCK

EXCHANGE

London, May 10.

The Stock Exchange opened firmer to-day in sympathy with the rally on Wall Street, but subsequently be- come irregular.

Cilt-edgeds were dull following the announcement of the new London City Council £10,000,000 loun at 312

per cent.

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On tlac Commodities Market, rubber was frm on better New York bear-covering and the reserve of seliers, Although the Referees Association

The Foreign Exchange Much was in favour of the innovation, the will again depend in the coming sea- Rugby League has decided to rely generally quieter. Forward belgus

the

weakened early, but steadied follow- con on his ability to reproduce

upon the old method. The League days. He also

ing the raising of the Belgian bank great form of his best

derided that the hooker

rate from two, to four per cent. takes his beneft in the match with allowed to strike for the ball with

Reuter Special. Derbyshire on August Bank Holl- either foot. The English rule allow- day.

ing the hooker to strike only with Bowlers who have been added to the foot farthest from the side on the scrum, the nursery stuff are Robinson, wiwo which the ball enters comes from Lisburn, County Antrim, was discarded.

ESSEX

be

to qualify, and Scattergood, who has However, another_English_rule a residential qualification. Several was adopted by the League. In fu-

ball is being played, T.T. London Improvements luve been made to the

wlten ture.

the

Demand at Edgbaston, chief of which one pinyer from each side, to act as ground

T.T. Shanghai. is the installation of a new scare-half-back, will be allowed to stand T.T board, given by Dr. Thwaites, and not less than one yard behind the T.T. Singapore stated to be the finest in England.

All others TT. Japan men playing the bail. must stand at least three yards be- T.T. India It Essex could at

all times turn hind the player acting us half-back. TT.

TT. U.S.A. out their strongest possible team they The English rule, in these circum- TT. Manila might caslly win the county cham-stances, permits men outside a radius TT. Batavia planship for the first time in the of 10 yards to stand wherever they T.T. Bangkok history of the club. An attack led desire. by K. Farnes, J. W. A. Stephenson, H. D. Rend. Smith (P), and Nichols batting of D. R. Wilcox, T.

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would be truly formidable, "Pearce, inte improvement," writes Claude T.T. Australin N. Vere Hodge, O'Connor, Nichols, Corbett, the well-known Australian and Eastman would in regular com- football critle, in the Sydney Sun. bination be almost as impressive as we saw it in England for the first the bowling. Unfortunately, how time during the recent tour, and it ever, it is rarely possible to gather:

n success, wns

except, from one all these players together at one point of view, men being allowed to stand offside beyond the 10 yards This year it is hoped that D. R. radius. Wilcox, who again shares the cap- "In my opinion, that is a definite inlney with T. N. Pearce, will be able

blot. and, I believe, as the result of to play throughout the season.

many

discussions with referees and W. A. Stephenson, who damaged his officials, there will be a move in Achilles tendon last year, is fit again, England next season to adopt the and has already put in some indoor Australian

system. practice. K. Farnes will be avail- "After all, on side' is a basic able during the latter part of the principle of Rugby football, and thebertson & Fritz from their Manila season. Two newcomers, Cray and spectacle of defending players drap- Vigar, have joined the stuff.

ing themselves around the bodies of Improvements carried out by the opponents yards in front of their Southend Corporation will enoble man in the play the ball is indeed Amtamok 12,000 people to see the Australians strange to an when they play at Southchurch Hali Park on June 4.

LEICESTERSHIRE

Like so many other countles, Lel- cestershire are somewhat short of bowling now that Geary and Astill have passed the peak of their effec- great pro- tiveness, Flamson made greas last year, and it is hoped that he will improve still further during the coming season. He and Smith

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immediately referees, there is a 'play the ball' wave back players on both sides, indicating that they must stand three yards behind half-back. Fallure their dummy

penalty. should produce a

"I write 'should advisedly, as it was not always done when the Aus- tralians were in action,

"As the England players do not

Logother make up a useful combina- usually trap the ball with the fool

.

tion of pace bowling, but the supple- and play it backwards, but generally SPORT ADVTS.

mentary resources of the team

In kick it to the side, It was not long before dashing forwards, like Narva and Lewis, discovered means of ex-

mothod. ploiting the

this respect are insumclent.

On the score of batting there is no cause for anxiety. C. S. Dempster, who is captain again, and Berry, who

"They were a revelation in the In to take his benent in the Lanca- manner, they swooped on to the ball shire match, are two of the best bats and burst ahead, unfortunately many in the country, while Arms-times without the support necessary strong, Prentice, and Watson are all to complete the movement."

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