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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1938.

WAYS OF A SELECTION COMMITTEE ARE HARD TO UNDERSTAND

Nicholls And Smailes Bowls Unlucky To Be Dropped Four Players

(By "R. Abbit")

Truly the ways of a Selection Committee are beyond the ken of a poor and unfortunate scribe ten thousand miles away. It is very

Pass On In Open Singles

difficult to understand why, if the Selection Committee were of S. Randle Beaten opinion that Nicholls and Smailes ought, on their merits, to come in to the bowling for the third Test match, they should then proceed to drop them a fortnight later when they did not have the opportunity of sending down a single ball in that match.

1

By C. Dowman

Four more players passed on inte the second round of the Lawn Bowls singles championship yesterday on the Craigengower C.C. green.

The most comfortable victory was scored by L. F. Xavier, of the Club

Recreio, who defeated T. Armstrong by 21-6. Of the 20 heads played, Armstrong scored on six but he could mange beiter than

singley,

no

Xavier

whereas threes and three twos.

had we

S. Randle, runner-up to U. M. Ortar last year, like the champion, has fallen by the wayside. Handle was beaten by C. Dowman, of the Police R.C., who had a stir match before winning out on the 20th head. All through the encounter the two playres kept close to each other and at the 22rd bead the sored were tied at 15-15. Then Dowman scored on the remaining four bends, outching three singles and a three to reach his 21

In their place K. Furnes and W. E. of my readers will remember the old Bowes have been brought In. One reastic reference in a poem. (I am can only suppose that these matters afraid I cannot refer to its author,)

which states that in the old days. are settled upon immediate form County cricket, although it is very

"They don't mind a few stingers, "And they hard to believe that there have been

India-de don't wear Angers." violent differences of furo

rubber between the 6th or 7th of July when However, at may be, we have the players for the third Test Match got the elevens as much the stung as in the third Test Match, with these were selected and the 18th of July when the players for the fourth Test two bowling exceptions and with Match were selected. I do know that the inclusion of N. W D. Yardley Farnes seems to have brought off a vice Hutton injured. It must have very excellent piece of bowling for been a arst occasion when two men. the Gentlemen v Players at Lords, Yardley and 1. A. Gibb, have been and this may account for his Inclusion selected for a Test Match when play in pince of Nicholls. There was a ing members of a Versity eleven. notice which, as I rend it, stated that am quite sure this has never hop W. E. Bowes was not nt for

The pened for Oxford. I don't think 18 fourth Test Match. It is possible that has ever happened for Cambridge, unless possibly Sammy Woods and elther misread this or that there has been an alteration in the medical Gregor Macgregor were picked to- gether in the days when they were oplaton. If so, I suppose the answer

contemporary form both up at Jesus together. If i am is that Farnes

wrong and anyone will prove . has been preferred to that of Nicholls, wr while Howes, now it, has been pre-saying it with Wisden, the drinks are ferred to his brother County player,

on met Smalles 1 believe, although I 21227 not sure, that although Bowes is not a completely fast bowler, he both splos and

the ball as swings does Smailes and bowls ruther faster. Any way it seems extraordinarily hard luck on Nicholls and Smalles Just as it did on George Pope whe was selected for the first Test Matelt provisionally, but did not play and has not since been chosen.

DEPLETED

AD SIDE

now

UNLUCKY GIBB

A. K. Minu won his tie against A. Spary quite comfortably by, 21-10 after 20 heads. The Indian R.C. skip kept in front at the way, and though he never scared anything higher than two, he was winning the heads fairly

As regards inclusions mest unfortunate that Gibb, we now know, is not to play. This brings in Price, who is probably as good as

regularly. rily wicket keeper but i do not think any- where near as good a but. It remains

do not think so.

IX. M. da Silva, the most success»

to be seen, f, of course, Yardley plays, whether he will go in first. Iful skip in the First Division of the Lengur, look 24 ends to beat J re three Smith, finally winning by 21-13. men who are first wicket batsmen to Apart from short period early in a certain extent, and those are Ed-the match, Sitva was always in the The English team has been sadly rich (Middlesex), Price (Middlesex)

Probably the depleted by injuries,

and Yardley, who is not now going in being five shots down after 21 heads lead. Smith had the experience of finest bit of work that McCormick Best, although he has done so. has done

for Australia was to break

not help thinking that it may be de-gh he scored on in fewer than 11 Ames' finger.

Now we have flution, elded, in view of Edrich's fullure one of our opening batsmen away with the bat, that if he is played he from the same cause. This last Injury Will be given a chunee to open with

is

I can-

rather curious. It is stated to Barnett, as he has failed when going have happened owing to a blow from

om | la kater, He usually

opens for

་་

ball from Edrich, presumably dur- Middlesex. Price may well be held

Gentlemen and Ing the

Players back until number B or 0. match, but if this is accurate it must have been at a practice as they are both members of the Players eleven. As during the datea Yorkshire were not playing Middlesex I do not see what

can have happened, but I can only suppose that it must have been a fielding injury when Eurich was bowling. Incidentally it docs seem to me (though its is perhaps

CISC

As I see the matter there will, as before, be one man dropped from the batsmen and one man from the bowlers. From the batsmen I think it will be either Yardley or Edrich From the bowlers If it is a hard wie- ket then I think both Farnes and

question of Wright is put in. Ir

of them.

Australia Makes Bid

For Davis Cup

Bowes must play and it will be a "We Have A Fair

whether Goddard

or

Skyrockets To

Schoolboy

Jump Record

LYNCH FORFEITS HIS BRITISH, EUROPEAN FLYWEIGHT TITLES

J. C. Devall, an Amertean schoolboy, is shown gracefully clearing

the har at 6 feet 8% ins, which is a world's schoolboy record. He is a 314 m. senior of Istrouma 1igh School of Baton Rouge, and a likely member of the southern team in the national A.A.U. meet,

&

BEN FOORD COUNTED OUT WITH RIGHT

LEG PARALYSED

Astonishing End To Fight Against Eddie Phillips

By Harold Lewis

London, June 22.

And Fined £200 For Being Overweight In Recent Bout

Record Score Made By Australian

Round Stoke Poges In Fine 66

By Peter Lawless

London, July 20. The British Boxing Board of Control has fined Benny Lynch £200 for failing to weigh in at 8 st. for his flyweight title fight against Jackio Jurich at Glasgow on June 29.

The fight was for the world's fly- weight title which Lynch hnd won from Small Montana, but as the holder was overweight the fight be- camo a contest at catchweight. Con- ceding nearly at stone, Jurich was Imocked out in the twelfth round.

Under the rules of the British Box- ing Board of Control, Lynch auto- matically forfelted his world's title on account of his fallure to get under the flyweight limit.

It

that

London, June 21. T. S. McKay, one of the Australian team touring this country, broke the 25-year-old amateur record at Stoke Poges yesterday during a qualifying round of the tournament for overseas was thought, however, golfurs organised by the Lucifer Lynch would still retain his British Golfing Society. His round of 60und European flyweight titles as knocked two strokes off the score neither was at stake; but the British bas de- made by R. II. de Montmorency In Boxing Board of Control

clared that Lynch has forfeited both these titles, which are now regarded as vacant---Router.

1013.

McKay, who won the Australian amateur In 1936 and was runner-up In the Open there last year, has had a disappointing time so far in this country, but he has now run right into form.

His figures were: Out-3 63 43 43 44-34; Home-13 3 4 3 4 3 4 4-32. He started by laying a No. 5 iron second shot four feet from the hole, but then had second shot at the next hole, putting his third over the green, and falling with a holeable putt,

At the "third be recovered well from a bunker and holed a long putt.

A pull of 20 yards went down of the ath, and he holed another good one nt the eighth after visiting two bun- İçers.

Although three putts on the 10th green was an unpromising start on the homeward journey, he main- tained his brilliant form, holing

the nasty putt

12th, laying his second eight feet from the pin at the 14th, and getting down with a chip and a pult at the 16th.

FATHER AND SON

63 Players Qualify For Irish "Open"

Cotton Amongst Leading Golfers

Port Marnock, July 20. Sixty-three players qualified

for

the Onal two rounds in the Irish Open Gall

with Championship to-day secres of 163 or better.

The leaders were Arthur Lees with and 74 and 72=146, Cotton 74 75140, Burton 70 and 74150, P. J. Mahon 74 and 77151, Jarman 70 Len Nettlefold, the Australian left- and 81-151, Easterbrook 73 and hander, was struggling hard to quali-78-151, James Bruen 70 and 70-152, fy, despite the handicap of a painful Sid Brews (South Afrlen) 78 and left foot. Playing off+4, he re- 76153, A. D. Locke (South Africa) turned an 02. His right-handed 73 and 80153, Len Nettefold (Aus- father, R. Nettlefold, had n fine tralia) 79 and 84-103.

round of 75. +277.

All the other

Jurman created a new course record Australian tourists mede themselves safe for one of the with a round of 70. 34 places, and ali who qualify for The Australian entry just managed

will 34th place

play in the fol

to qualify. He had on "albalross" stages at Walton Heath on Wednes- from 517 yards in the 10th and

Anished up with a total A more astonishing ending to a fight than that of the Eddie day and Thursday. H. W. Hatters-

of 163. Pipe Ford heavyweight contest at Harringay last night leigh (+3) returned 70, M. J. Ryan Reuter

(+4) 70, and the non-playing cup- face downwards, perfectly conscious, fighting desperately to get to ~ A fine athlete is Hattersleigh, who his feet, his right leg stretched upward behind him, paralysed

due to advancing age) that cricketers hand it la n sticky the other Chance Of Succesg” i has not been seen for many years. In the ninth round Foord lay tain, C. W. Rundle (2) 70.

wicket, I think

regard Verity as a cer-

Sydney, June 27.

A

few seconds before, a punch|

from Phillips crashed into his body

do seen very much more brittle now quite possible that one of the fast than they used to be. I cannot call bowlers will be dropped and that to mind cases of the Old Man or both Wright and Goddard will be "Australia los a for chance of Ranji or any of the "erncks" about played.

success, but we are not going away 1900 being put out of game by tainty. And finally I put on record aver-confident", said the Australian

that brokes Angers. And it is the more

have a horrible feeling that Davis Cup team manager, Harry a5 Fourd, lurching forward un curious as our methods of batsmens' If this match is finished and if the Hopman, when the team left here guarded, took the full force of it,

win the toss, guards are so much beter than they Australians

England | for Americo by the liner Mariposa. were close upon 40 years ago. Some are going to lose.

The referee, Mr. Wilfred Smith, "Budge will provide a big pro-appeared to me to be unsighted, as biem," added Hopman.

must happen at times, and if 1 had had to give an opinion, from a posi- tion none too good (Foord was part-

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With Hopman were A. K. Quist (Vic.), John Bromwich (N.S.W.) and L. Schwartz (S.A.).

"The players are particularly fit," sald Hopman. "All have been carry ing out exercises for ve or six wecks, Bromwich has filled out n little, while Quist seems to have re- covered completely from the illness that affected him last year in the United States,

"Quist is keen to meet players who beat him on the other side last year." He said they would be disappointed It they did not reach the challenge round, to play against the United States.

The Australlan team would first play Mexico at Kansas City and, if kuccessful, would meet the winner of the match between Japan and Canada. The date and venue of this match still has to be fixed. Prob ably it would be played at New York or Philadelphia,

Germany or France, The wlaner would meet US.A. in the challenge round.

the

Bers:

trouble. Leading quali-

T. S. McKay (Australia) (plus 3), 65, E. Daget (Malaga) (3), 72; W. V. Banting (Tanya) (0), 74; W. II. Deoth (15- dia) (5), 75; A. D. Willams (Nyassaland) (1), 76.

did so well in the amateur cham too much plonship, powerfully made, with He started feebly, cringing in the splendidly developed back muscles. and cricket, clinches, and if Foord had had any He has played Rugby boxing science he could have won and

and one of the greatest experts on with a couple of punches. But

surf-board, only

change in Foord frum the Foord we liave watched for so long was that he was perhaps more de- termined and desperate than ever, His crudeness and complete lack of footwork were only too palpable.

Leaders at Oxhey were: R. IL-McLellan West Indies) (10), 13. C. J. Guttirle Nigerta), (19), 73; M. W. Kennedy (India) 17 Dr. F. L, Webster (Sarawak) (6), T

(12), 70, C. B. Barvey (Australlo), (3),

Str Arnold Hodson, the Governor of West Africa, became too intimate ly acquainted with O's and 7's to be sufficiently economical for the glories of Walton Heath, returning an 80. B. W. Varlan (Tanganyika) (1), 77 G. The Governor of Nigeria, Sir Ber- J. Matthews (South Africa) 112). 77. nard Bourdillon, and P. Barker, of 35 The as players at Moor Park, where He saw his chance but could not the S.A. Golf Union, also ran into 40, qualified, were led by B. C, Kidd (7). ly turned away from me when it nerept it. In the third round hej happened) should have said the struck an obviously low blow and punch was nearer the groin than the was cautioned. Phillips stayed out the round in evident pain through clever defence,

belt line.

But that shock seemed to net os a cold douche. In the next round he Improved, despite a badly cut eye- brow, and in the fifth round he had fairly found himself,

BOTH BEWILDERED Foord pivoted and fell, and as the referee counted him out Phillips, breathing heavily and half crouch ing, looked the pleture of bewilder- ment. Foord was equally bemused best and straightest left there is in It was then that he produced the

Indiced, as he got up, assisted by Englund to-day, and with it he

Into Phillips, he said to him, "Hard luck!" jabbed Foord

helplessness. Foord, the glant, was now on the re- Both were very candid about the treat, his mouth and nose badly cut, incident afterwards-they are, and completely overwhelmed by the always have been, good sportsmen. monotonous series of vicious, stinging| Foord's version was this: "I

tefts. struck low, but whether by Phillip's

PHILLIPS' VERSION

was

FINE SHORT RIGHT

Hopman expected the Australian knee coming up, or by his fist I do In the next round Phillips started team to win these matches and be not know. I was hit in the groin to produce his fine short right-hand ready to play the winner of the and my protection shield became punch. He sustained a worse cut on European zone, either Yugoslavia, twisted. It felt like severe cramp." the other eye, on the lid itself, but Foord admitted that Phillips was fought better minute by minute.

He was scheming for a knock-out: well ahead on points at the time.

when, early in the ninth round, it came; and when it came he hardly know what had happened. Phillips said he had been practis- This was an eliminating fight for ing a left to the body followed by a the Belilah championship, and Phil-

carned right to the head for this fight. "Atips has now

the right to the finish," he said, "I had only time meet Tommy Farr, whom he beat to deliver the left when he fell. I three times in the light-heavyweight. think the punch landed near the class. solar plexus."

ESSEX IN A

POOR POSITION AGAINST NOTTS

London, July 20.

Len

The weights were: Foord, 14st It was a pity the fight ended that 84 b; Philips, 13st 7lb. way, especially since, up to that

A fight that aroused much interesti moment, it had been ‘an exciting

that between Roy Boon, of The following were the close of battle. But there was no doubt in Was piny scores in the Country Cricket my mind that Phillips would have Chatteris, the new young lightweight who recently beat the champlon, Championship programme which won, at least on points.

and Jimmy Walsh, of Chester, started to-day:

Gloucester 373 for 4 v. Surrey. I have often commented on the Lemaux, of Portsmouth. Lemnux defensive boxer,' but Hampshire 199; Yorkshire 128 for 3. violent attacks of nervousness from looked a good Kent 184 for 0; Glamorgan (271.

which Phillips suffers before and he was quite overwhelmed by the Leicestershiro 148 for 1; Somerset during a fight, but never have I seen cry two-handed attack of Boon and

him in so sorry a plight as when he was knocked out in the first round. entered the ring last night, his chini Boon is a fighter of the hoolding Notts 242; Essex 63 and 8 for 0.sunk on his chest, the living picture type, of great promise, but with Reuter.

something to learn. of gloom.

190.

Northants 377 v. Bummer.

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