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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH,

TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1938.

AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS BEAT ESSEX BY 97 RUNS

SLOW BOWLERS

SKITTLE OUT COUNTY TEAM

NICHOLS' FINE FEAT AGAINST TOURISTS

London, June 6. The Australian cricket tourists have won their match against Essex by 97 runs.

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Essex did well to dimotsa visitors in the first innings for only 145 runs, but they themselves only

ored 114 th reply

knack. ***

Alls-

K

153.

In the second tralians, after scoring 108 for

all wickets, WITC

for out Nichals, the Essex fast bowler, ut a fiery mood and took six Aus tralian wickets for 25 runs He Was very accurate and gave a briliant reply to the English Selectors for 1555 omission from the Test tesun.

Stanley McCabe played a fighting Innings of 50, mude in, 75 minutes, hilting six boundaries.

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The Australians combination of left and right slow bowling proved too much for Essex, however, and the counly side was sent back In only 7 ruMN,

LOB. Fleetwood Smith, and F

A. Ward, Bertie Gripinett' wechse

or, had four for 20

CLAY WITHDRAWS

London, June

J. Clay, the Clamon gun amateur bowler who was selected as one of the 33 for the Arst Test inatch against the Australians at Nuthinghun

Saturday, June 10,

From the team.

withdrawn

Sunfield (R.A.). the Gloucester bowler, has been asled

Clay-Router.

to implace

It was at first stated that Clay had withdrawn from the England team. without giving any reasons for daing!

later message stated that *), but a hin withdrawal win. esued by leg trouble,

WIN FOR LEICESTER

London, June 6. Al Leicester, Leicestershire defeat- Northamptonshire by an Innings and 143 runs in the County Cham- plonship.

Northants scored 143 and 125 (Walsh seven for 46), while Lelers- ter male 371 for eight wickets declared.

Prenter (P.), the Leicester open- ng batsmati, scored 154 not out, He retired hurt-Reuter.

TO-DAY'S BOWLS MATCHES

Some Interesting Play Promised

Several interesting matebes in the second round of the Open Patty bowl hav chumbapanship of the Colony

The Cult pra- [ been Bacd! for fundis Crane is an follow is

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Paul and J K Shoán

Tach, and A Harding v

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J. Orem, of the Police, directing his ship in the First Division bowls match between the Police and the Kayloan B.G.C. at Happy Valley on Saturday. The visitors won the encounter by 19 shots. (Photo: Pictorial Neww).

BOXERS' UNION THREAT TO Tennis

THE BOARD

POSITION IS NOW SERIOUS

efect of the holding Lack of a Bernee for the tournament until the promo- ter recognised the NBA. and com- plied with that body's demands,

The

already token Board has action in this matter. for yesterday one of is stewards, Sir Jain Col- quhoun, asked the magistrates to re-

Saham VITAL STRIKE CLAUSE deputation from the Board

Smith and JA MI Bensen

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A. S Howell and R G Craig "

A. F Coelho and J. f'au

TAIKOO R.C.

W Lin and N. Karanjia Els and F. Hooker

JF McGowan and J Deakin v MJ Medina and ♬ Cavonogh

1. A. Cidly and J. Purvi v A S. Conses and R M Omar

HONGKONG F.C.

J. 1. Xavier and S. Lillerup e. W liyer and 3. flotlidge.

P. D. Crawley and W. 3 Burling v. J. J Ribeiro and J J. Basto

of Control.

The hold-up is an outerop of the general activity of the union body

whatever happens and,

over

the

Lynch fight, the Board have stili to The Lickle the main problem. N.B.A. now claim to have over 1,400 members, the majority being netive Boxers, including most of the pre- sent British champions, and their threat to the authority of the Board is becoming serious.

THREE MATCHES

IN LEAGUE

Chinese R.C. To Play Recreio

CAN THE MILE BE

RUN IN FOUR MINUTES FLAT?

Sydney Wooderson Thinks It Can Be Done!

(By Geoffrey Simpson)

London, May 12.

Appearing on the White City track yesterday to begin train- ing, Sydney Wooderson, solicitor's clerk and champion athlete, talked hopefully of running a mile in four minutes. "It is the ambition of my life to be the first to do it," he said.

And with that, off he went on slow trot. Of course, for anyone to run a four-minute mile, the event needs to be most carefully prepared, and it Wooderson achieves it, he will do so somewhere about next August,

The question how been debated both sides of the Allantle since the American university miler, Glenn Cunninglinin, did the journey h 4min. 1.8ser. True, that remarkable time was put up in an indoor are

on wood, minus wind resistance but it demonstrates the possibilities of a four-minute mile,

One man said that Cunningham's effort probably represented the that of human achievement, but Wooder- son disagreed. "Given ideal condi

tions, 1 do not sce why Cunning-

most

ham's time should not be beaten out- doors," he stated.

There's

rub. the elaborate preparations for a record attempt can be knocked skeways by

The

Dame Nature. A bit of a breeze, or a track made heavy by rain, and the athlete is beaten before he starts,

QUESTION of PACE

Even with track and weather per- feet, the attempt can be ruined by bad pace-making. Accurate pacing und is absolutely essential where are four runners to be found to take Wooderson round, one lap aploce, at a level 00 seconds?

By Harold Lewis

London, May 13

Three matches in the "A" Division British taxing is threatened with

of the Hongkong Tennis League will me of the most serious upheavals in

The pro- Its stormy history as the result of

be decided this afternoon. the activities of the Boxers Union,

gramme is as follows: now known as the National Boxing

Chinese B.C. v. Club de Recreio Association

latest The

of these

United Services v. Hongkong C.C. activities tus led to the hold-up of

South China A‚A, v. Indlan R.C. the world's fly-weight championship

The match likely to produce the

Indoor times are not recognised between fight in Glasgow

Benny

best tennis of the day would appear Lynch and the American challenger, The threat, in brief, to oust the to be that between the Chinese and by the International Federation, and Wooderson is still the accepted Jacky Jurich,

Board and to run boxing on trade Recreio at Causeway Bay. Though world record holder as a result of

N.B.A. being the Portuguese have three fairly good his Representations made to the Glas-union principles, the

affiliated to the Trotes Union Con-pairs, they are not likely to trouble is min. 6.4sec. fun lust

I believe in that raco he did two How mugistrates last week had the

the C.R.C. unduly.

laps in about 58sec, each. A four With H. D. Rumjahn now hit and minute mile might not be beyond well, the Indians should be able to him if he could be kept to a uniform take the points from South China at 00sec. per lap. King's Park. The Indians' hopes of

CREMAC

REPUTATION UNEQUALLED

SUPREMACY UNQUESTIONED

HENNESSY

It is no exaggeration to say that from the year of its creation the BRANDY has been acclaimed the world's best.

seriously jeopardised, but they are not yet out of the running. not yet

An even fight will be seen between the U.S.R.C. and the Hongkong CC.

summer.

Personally, I doubt whether

Problem Of ›

British Heavy Boxers

By Fred Durtnell

London, May 11. The problem of the British heavy- weights is rife Just now and I under-

stand that some deßulte arrange- inents are to be made this week.

Much of the speculations concern Tommy Farr. back from America. itle fight contract with the Harringay people to meet the win- ner of the Foord-Phillips eliminator. which does not sound so attructive

He

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might, but the N.S.C. people are running big opening show in June for the exhibition hall at Earl's Court, which holds 20,000 apcctators.

be

to averse Farr would not figuring as the "big" nose on that occasion. Nousel and Jack Doyle ure talked of in this connection and the latter is training assiduously ut Slough. Farr has brought over his sparring partner, Abe Feldman, who used to give him such good work- outs at Long Branch, N., last year, when I was over there. This sounds

ke business.

WALSH V. CROWLEY

Maurice Strickland, the New Zealander, would like to come to England, so I gather from a letter his manager, Bill: Daly, sent me. Strickland had to make a hurried

challenging the C.R.C. have been human pare-makers can be reiled trip to New Zealand to see his father, who was seriously ill, but is return- on for such a task. One solutioning to New York. There was some which may make you smile, but is talk of him meeting Farr in Toronto nevertheless feasible, would be the for the British Empire champion- employment of a mechanical athlete.

etc. ship, but there was nothing in thai, at King's Park. If anything, the For instance, what if Gen. Celtch-1 fancy. I think Strickland erred in visitors appear to be a little marc ley mounted a dummy athlete on evenly-balanced and they may just the electric hare carriage? That about do it.

could be sent round at ti level minute-per-isp from the control tower.

gress.

'ALL-STAR RACE

The way I should like to see the we ever do A field

FIRST POINT OF FRICTION In conversation with Board om-feat, accomplished (if clals, I was informed that the first see it) would be in a race. point of friction concerned a strike including say, Wooderson, Cunning- clause--one usual among

Italian- trade ham, San Romani, the

The American, and others of that type, them produce a four-minute winner without realis- ing they were doing so.

That's the way most track records are recorded.

unions in the Union's rules. Union (as they were then described) might between sought co-operation with the Board over grievances of minor boxers, and while the Board were very willing to deal with representatives of any body of men in boxing, they could not, of course, have any form of ngreement with the Union until the strike clause, in particular, was removed.

An all-champions race is a prob. ability for August Bank Holiday, A big International meeting is fixed for White City Stadium, and invitations have been sent to champions in all parts of the world.

"In fact," it was pointed out, "we might have found ourselves forced Wooderson will definitely be in by agreement to side with the Unlun the mile that day, and so might Cun- ngainst another of our own mem- ningham. Eleven times during the bers."

indoor season this brillant Ameri- The Board has seven branches. con has beaten 4min. 10sec. for the Some of these branch councils consist mile. entirely of men not financially inter- sied. The others have representa-

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BETTRIOR OF BOWL, | CARBONIZELL READY TO PHOKE

It would be one of the thrills of the season to see him racing it out with Britain's great miler,

leaving England Just when he had become a rather likeable proposition.

The fight between Jimmy Walsh (holder) and Dave Crowley for the Frilish light-weight championship will take place In Liverpool and not London. Mr. Johnny Best will stage

it at the Liverpool F.C. ground, Anfield Rond, in June, for purse of £1,280, Peter Kane's bout, dated for May 19 in Paris, with Al Brown, the coloured bantam-weight, hos been postponed until next month, Brown being indisposed.

EVERTON DEFEATS ABERDEEN

Glasgow, June 0. A soccer match played hero to-day between Everton and Aberdeen re-f sulted in a victory for the former by three goals to two.-Reuter.

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