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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1938.

BRADMAN HITS DOUBLE CENTURY AGAINST SOMERSET

TOURISTS IN A GOOD POSITION AT TAUNTON

BADCOCK HELPS CAPTAIN TO PUT UP FINE SCORE

London, July 28,

A double century of 202 by Don Bradman, the Australian cap- tain, was the feature to-day's play in the cricket match between the i tourists and Somerset at Taunton.

Somerset were diaminsed for 110 yesterday and the Australian innings resumed to-day with the score at 100 for nonc. The tourists took their total to 484 for six wickets before declaring,

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Of this Bradman made 202 in sparking Jonings, Don opened out after a slow start and wos at the creuse for 225 minutes, hiting 32 boundaries.

I.. Badrock, whose form in Test

has

JAPANESE ESTABLISH GOOD LEAD

END OF THE TRAIL-Here is the sudden and precipitous end of the heavyweight bout in New York. when Max Schmeling, German challenger, left, was defeated in the first round by Joe Louis, Detroit Brown Bomber, right, Schmeling's seconds threw a towel into the ring, acknowledging defeat before the count. Referee Arthur Donovan is stooping to throw it out.

miches for ben so disppointing. Two Up In Davis Oxford Makes Good

was at his best and contributed 110

to the total. He showed powerful

palling and cutting during his stay of

155 minutes. His best scoring strokes

were 14 boundary hits.

Stanicy

McCabe punished the bowling towards the end of the Australians' Innings and scored 36 in quick time.

Going in a second time, Somerset had lost six wickets for 118 runa when stumpa drawn. Thus Somerset are still 235 runs behind with four wickets in hand and an innings defeat appears imminent.-Ieuter.

MAY BETTER RECORD

When be visited England in 1930, Bradman aggregated 2,680 runs dur- Ing the senson, In his second visit he was not so phenomenally success- ful, totalling 2,020. Tils total of 2,000 in 1030 represents the record aggregate for an Australian visiting England.

Earlier this month, this amazingly consistent batsman reached his 2,000 for

the SCRSOTI With

more than present

h month to play before the

Don Bradman

may better 1930 aggregate.

Cup Match

Montreal, July 28.

Japan has established a good lead against Canada In the first round of the American Zone in the 1938 Davis Cup competition.

and

Fumitero Nokano

Jiro Yamagishi, the two trading Japanese won Thir players, both singles matches 10-day without the loss of n set.

Nakano defeated Ross Wilson by 6-2, 6-3, 6-2, while Yamagisht beat Bob Murray by 6-1, 6-3. 0-3.→ United Press.

ONLY PROVEN ATHLETES WILL BE SELECTED

U.S. Departs From Olympics Tradition

Start In Annual University Match

But Last Seven Wickets Fall For 104 Runs

London, July 4.

The law of averages began to reassert itself in the University match at Lord's on Saturday, and Oxford won the toss for the third time in 13 years, writes Howard Marshall.

Primo Carnera Makes Artistic Debut

as

Milan. July 23. Primo Carnera, known the 'Ambling Alp' in his hev- day a5 world heavyweight champion, made his artistic debut before a large crowd in a local theatre to-day. audience, according to the papers, did not very much ap. preciate the theatrical efforts and talents of the former pugilist.-Havax.

EDDIE SIMMS

The

Encouraged by this unexpected good fortune, Oxford has 213 runs on the board with only three wickets down, and there was a certain lack of enthusiasm apparent among Cambridge supporters." SUSPENDED BY

After this excellent start, however, Oxford slumped rather regrettably, and were all out by 0.15 for the somewhat disappointing total of 317, This left Cambridge 35 minutes' batting, since stumps were not drawn until 7 o'clock, and in that uncom-

fortabile period they lost Carris' valu-

Vable wicket, and made 18 runs.

New York, July 27. For the first time in 40 years, the United States team in the 1940 Olympics

from will depart

the tradition of maximum represente- tion in all sports.

So the match is very open, unless rain over the week-end plays into Oxford's hands. It is possible that Cambridge will be struggling to-day, though Gibb looks very resolute, and Yardley and other excellent batsmen are to come.

The American Olympic Committee

An innings of 91 by Lomes, a fresh decided, last night that instead of man from Charterhouse, gave dis- first, second and third-place finishers tinction to the eficket. It must be a in the final team tryouts, only those little distressing for Cambridge to whose performances could "premise reffect that Lomas has three more

a creditable showing" would be summers at Oxford, for he is clearly taken along.

at though 1 COMMISSION

extravagance, any Walford night have been caught at square-leg of Kaye, trying his luck at the Nursery end.

The batting was circumspect and

bowling undistinguished, The

when

San Francisco, July 22. Eddie Simms, Negro heavyweight and from Cleveland, was suspended for one year to-day by the San Francisco his Howan appeared with spinners instead of Kaye, the sebring Boxing Commission as a result of his slowed down stul further, and Cam- poor showing in a bout on July 13 in Oakland. with Phil Brubaker bridge gave the quite erroneous im-

Simms' purse was confiscated as a pression that they were bowling on

result of his poor showing. Brubaker a really sticky wicket.

was exonerated of almilar charges.

and

bowled

that they

No. 2

HISTORY REVEALS

HEAVYWEIGHTS NEVER COME BACK

But Jim Corbett Took A Long Time In Order To Be Convinced

By Henry Super

(United Press Staff Correspondent)

Following is the second of a series of four stories on attempts by former heavyweight boxing champion to foln back the tile. The series was inspired by Max Schmeling's foht with the champion, the brown bomber-when Schmeling also failed,

New York, July 10. Or. August 14, 1903, when he was Jim Corbett might have been the almost 38, Corbett fought Jeffrics only man ever to regain the heavy- again at Mechanie's Pavillon, San weight title if he hadn't decided to Francisco. Jeffries welghed 220; be a "killer" at the wrong time. Corbett 190. It was obvious, from "Gentleman Jism," the former San the start that Corbett was B "hollow Francisco bank clerk who was the shell." Jeffries dropped him in the second Marquis of Queensberry second round. The champion amazed champlon, was the first to try to the crowd of 10,000 with his speed. regain the championship. He was In the sixth, Corbett went down for beaten twice before he was convinced a count of nine. that "They never come back."

DREAM SHATTERED

Corbett had taken the title by bat- tering the great John L. Sullivan in

The end came in the tenth. Jeffries, 1802. He lost it to Bob Fitzsimmons who had been fighting from a crouch,

and

without

There

Не

in 1897 and Fitz, in turn, yielded to went after Corbett standing up Jim Jeffries la 1800,

straight At the age of 34, Corbett decided Corbeit tried to back away.

hesitation. to come back in November, 1899. He was 36 by the time he stepped was a burst of lefts and then Jeffries vicious puss at Corbell's into the Ting for a 25-rounder on solar plexus. Corbett went down, May 11, 1900, against Jeffries at the

ΟΙ gasping, for a count old Seaside Athletic Club,

nine. Coney staggered to

to his feet

caught Island, N.

another one

in the stomach and a Jim figured that speed would beat right to the jaw. He went down again, He rose at seven but his seconds threw in the sponge.

After a minute, Corbett walked across the ring and shook hands with his conqueror.

the burly Litleholder. He trained faithfully for six months and was in prime condition when they enter- ed the ring on a sultry night before a crowd of 8,000. Jeffries weighed

210, Corbett 182. Jeffries was a 2-1 favourite and he and his friends had het heavily that he would win by a knockout inside of ten rounds.

TOO FAST

Cor-

Punch, for that was his only hope.

and

"Congratulate you, old man," was all he said. He was through-hig dreams of again being champion shattered.

Benny Lynch May Fight As Featherweight

Lessons Of Bout With Jurich

By Harold Lewis

Jeffries went after Corbett in the first round, seeking a knockout. But Corbett was too fust for him. At the end of the sixth round, Jeffries was worried. He told his seconds to dp of his friends to hedge_on their ten-round knockout bets. beti was way out in front on points at the end of the tenth. Walford did drive Wild suddenly

"I was in a jam," JesTries said to the long-on boundary, a promising

later. stroke,

Hewan then

The champion slowed down after the ropes by Thompson,

He round the wicket to four short-legs, boundary and was well caught on

WU6 leaving us to

was waiting for a assume that he

taken the tenth. therefore turning the ball considerably.

Cambridge had

it knockout wickets for chance to send home In the first hour

runs were the last seven Oxford

The crowd booed him for "dodging scored, and Cambridge cannot have 104 runs, which must have cheered been very optimistle when Walford them up considerably.

In the 20th round, a thunder- was goaded into having a bang at It seemed, moreover,

storm broke. Water poured into the

London, July 1. a player of more than usual promise, Hewan, and skied the ball to long-would survive their awkward 35 area und flooded the aisles.

Benny Lynch will never box as a with the uncompromising correctness leg, where Langley took the catch. minutes' batting without

Jeffries, still waiting for his chance,

is It this encouraged Cambridge sup- but just as we were going Macindee had a wide-open shot in the 20th flyweight again. The question

soon damped straightened one out and had Curriss Corbett failed to get back fast whether he will even enter in the porters, Lomas very them down again by a long period 1.b.w., much to Oxford's relief. enough after duncing in with a left bantamweight division.

13 Jeffries swung a left book but of severely competent watchfulness.

He is still only 24, and still a very E. J. H. Dixon, e Wild, b Hewan ....

34 missed.

great fighter, and, watching him de- The first part of his innings was Yardley switched his bowling about, M. M. Walford, e Langley, b Hewan

The crowd-and Corbett--figured feat Jurich, I was convinced that ho exceedingly careful-for 28 minutes, but Oxford were immune from temp-7. M. Lomas, e Rees-Davies, b Kaye..

Jeff had shot his bolt. Corbett be could have beaten Johnny McGrory, 3. D. Eggar, run out sold, indeed, he did not score a run-but tation, and by the luncheon interval. C. M. Kimpton, e Carris, & Kaye

came cocky. He decided to win by the British featherweight champlon, J. N. Grover, b Kaye that was hardly surprising on his the total was 103.

knockout. Had he kept away from with ease. more P. M. Whitehouze, e Thompson, b expected We might have this anxiety- first appearance

Jeffries, he would have taken the runs, perhaps, and the cricket had Hewon

D. E. Young, 1.b.w. b Howan laden match.

decision. But he wanted to do a Far more significant was his ap-been unquestionably slow, but the D. IL Macindoe, e Gibb, b Ifowan

good job. pearance of maturity, and Cambridge fact remains that Oxford had started. F. 11. Darwall-Smith, e Yardley.

did not Hewan will have to find some bowlers in the soundly and well. They

137, 1-b 4, w 2, n-b 2 years to come if he is not to plague allow the thought of possible rain to Perchke, not out

make them press, and after the in- them very considerably.

Tatal Dixon made 73 extremely valuable terval Lomas and Dixon went quietly

This move was made by the A. O, C. in approving a "Rules of Pro- cedure for the Guidance of Games Committees," declared by Dr. Joseph E. Raycraft of Princeton, A. O. C. vice-president.

The test, the committee "shall be the demonstrated ability of any qualifying athlete to equal or better the performance which Australian tour ends, Bradman has scored eighth place in the 1936 a good opportunity of improving Olympic Games in his particular upon his 1030 record. His best event. scores on the tour are:

NEW RULES

of stroke which suggests that he knows very well what he is about.

LOMAS' SLOW START

In

4;

b. 2:

OXFORD UNIVERSITY

disaster.

317

farther

Lynch should settle down at once to plan a campaign for another

time world's title this

us a But fighter.

Counting up the losses over the fallure of Lynch to pass the scales than for his defence of the flyweight

at championship Glasgow, Wednesday, must be the worst that British boxing has known for years.

THEN CAME THE END The end came in the 23rd round. 260 v. Worcester; 58 v Oxfor

Cambride University: "P, A. Club, not Corbett jabbed a left to the face University; 137 V. Cambridge In addition, the committee took runs, and once again showed his on until, at 156, Dixon tried to pull;

2: total 1 wkt.), 10. University; 278 v. M.C.C.; 143. v. slops to provent possible recurrence king for the big occasion, and Wai- a quicker lang-hop from. Howan/out, 12; H. D. Carris, Lb.w.. b Maeindoc. His right was back

W. D. Yardley. F. 4. Studd. J. v.sually, ready for the finishing blow. Surrey: 145 not out v. Hampshire; of controversies which marked the ford and Kimpton both threatened and popped up a catch off the splice wid G. Mann, ID. A. Langley, G. E. Jeffries suddenly flicked home a 104 v. Gentlemen of England; 101 30 expedition to the Berlin Games to be really troublesome before they to Wild at short feg.

Hewan, M. A. C. P. Kaye, W. R. Rees-long, solid left. He moved inside not out v. Lancashire; 50 and 42 v. It ruled:

got themselves out.

Corbett's guard as the blow landed Tockshire; 135 v. Warwickshire; 144

and he shot the left again. Corbett v. Nolts; 51 and 144

There will be no post-Olympic

A certain amount of rain on Fri- not out TV,

buckled and sprawled on the canvas. England (1st Test); 18 and 102 not barnstorming trips unless sanctioned day gave the wicket liveliness in the

Corbett claimed the rest of his There will be an investigation by by the A. O. C.

life that it was a lucky punch that finished him. He retired, but soon he began to dream of how close he Rees-Davies bowled two wides, two do- had come to winning. He decided Umpires: Newman. Harestal.

to go after the title again.

out v. England (2nd Test); 103 V. England (4th Tsét); 202 v. Somerset,

COMPTON HAS

A DECISION TO MAKE

Cricket Or Soccer For Young Athlete

London, July 11. Denis Compton, the brilliant young i England cricketer and Arsenal' for- ward, is faced with a most difficult problem.

No athletes, coaches, managers or other persons connected with the official party will be allowed to do magazine, newspaper or radio work until the teams disband after the games.

any team.

lavien, J. R. Thompson to bat.

Oxford University-First Innings

M.

V.

LOMAS RDOPPED

Rees-Davies Dixon had done well, and we

Knye first few overs, and all day there must remember that for much of the

wid was a chance of the occasional - Oxford inninge threatening ralu

Howat! Yardley ing ball. I doubt, though, whether clouds made the light very poor.:

Carris the turf was ever as malevolent 03 Perhaps that explains why Lamar, Hewan made it appear by bowling his score 45, was dropped off Rees-balls.

Davies at first slip, an expensive his off-spinners round the wicket.

mistake mitigated somewhat by the HEWAN'S SIX WICKETS

gloom and the

pavilion

background. Kimpton, in the meanwhile,

Was

Hewan bowled well, and accounted No alternate's will be taken for for clx Oxford batsmen In 30 overs producing strokes, and in one over for 01 runs, an excellent perform-tom Yardley ho hit a beautilul 4 ance, though it must be said that through the covers and took another The 200 went up at four o'clock, ament to keep a length. He was able

to turn the ball, at all events, and but ut 213 Kimpton hit under a short apin is invariably the most probable one from Kaye and was caught at source of disaster in the University short leg.

No individual or volunteer coaches ford gave him every encourage. / with an exquisllely wristy lale tut.

can make the trip with the team: nox member of a team shall have special coach,

"BABE" DIDRIKSON TO MARRY WRESTLER

match

The rest of the Cambridge bowling

TROUBLE STARTS

That was five wickets down for

was hardly impressive, and desplic This was the beginning of trouble Yardley's example, the ground field-for. Oxford. Lomas, opening out ing could have been improved on excellently, misilmed the Inst ball il

considerably.

before ten from Kaye and Was St. Louis, July 22.

The morning was lovely,

Каус A fact caught at mid-off, and then Miss Mildred "Babe" Didrikson, which Oxford supporters were able found a really good one for Grover outstanding woman athlete of Beau- to appreciate properly when Some time within the next four mont, Texas and George Zaharias, heard the result of the toss. Rees-

they and bowled him. weeks he will have to decide whe-wrestler, announced to-day that they Davies opened the Cambridge attack 239, and three runs later Eggar ther to terminate his football career would be married soon. United from the Nursey end with his short "committed suicide" by calling for a so as to concentrate on cricket, or Prcas.

run and busy action, but spart from run to Yardley at backward point, a httempt to emulate such as Patsy

hitling Walford in the stomach he very odd and unfortunate mistake.

Whitehouse did not appear to be dangerous.

and Young put to be invited to take part in one, po A ball flew uncomfortably By the middle of August all that his soccer career at the moment and again, but Kaye, at the other ed good, confident cricket, though now better face on the matter and play- League footballers will have reported is very much in the balance. end, could not find a length, and Young was dropped with a bang "at: for training. Compton is on the

Oxford settled down with quiet long leg off Kaye when the total was

285.

Hendren, who played both gamca.

Arsenal list, and although to-day ho With luck, he should be able to assurance, is graded as a reservo, it is felt. that play in International and county lie has great potentialities as a win-cricket for another fifteen years,

'ner.

Since gimming on, his cricket haa Improved to auch in extent that ha As now generally recognized as one et the most promising batsmen in the world.

STEADY RUN-GETTING

a

Hewan had him 1.b.w. at 100, Macindoe was caught on the leg alde

The most ho can earn as a Soccor Dixon looked like a young Fingle-by Gibb off Howan at the same totul, star in £5 per week--£0 In the sum-ton, and Walford began as if he were and at 314 Dorwall-Smith, having mer-but there la much more for really in form. Runs ticked up hit a couple of resounding 4's, him in cricket.

stoadly, and at 17 Wild came on for prodded Howan to Yardley at short-legs. Kaye, bowling in-swingers to three Billy mid-un

Whitehouse all the while had been Oxford regarded this with sus- playing very sensibly, but at 817 he picton, and refused to be lured Into just falled to carry" to mid-wicket

Compton's friends think that he There are Important cricket tours will announce his wish to apply next winter, and Compton is certain himself solely to cricket.

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HIT AND MISS -- Wallo stupified Max Schmeling, loft, miases with a left to Louis' head, in the recent heavyweight bout in New York, Lou's swinga an uppercut to the chin' with his right and alams his loft'into the German's: body......

AN INVESTIGATION

the Stewards of the British Boxing Board of Control unless it is decided that the Sentfish branch can deal with it. Lynch will then be asked to explain why he was not able to warn the

promoter and the board earlier that he would not be able to defend his title.

Lynch has lost heavily. He was to receive about £3,000 for the fight. But the receipts, Instead of being more than £8,000 ás expected, were believed to be less than

Lynch's

£3,000. percentage Was reduced from 374 to 25.

bo

Out of the few hundred pounds eventually due to him, £250 had to

handed to Jurich as weight for felt. The Board of Control are Hikely to take the £200 bond ho had to lodge after his last appear- ance overweight. After his training expenses have been paid, Lynch may be out of pocket.

JURICH TO STAY HERE

The title is now declared vacant. There was a suggestion that Jurich would claim the champlanship, but he will probably stay in this country seeking further matches,

think Jurich will ultimately box for the title here.

Apparently the only flyweight the Board are in a position to nominale to contest the champtonship with Jurich is Tut Whalley, of Hanley,

who recently defeated Tiny Bostock

for the North of England champion- ship. Alternatively, the Board, can organise a quick competition among British dyweights to find an op- ponent for Jurich.

(After the investigation the Board of Control fined Lynch £200. | Lynch's titles were ordered to be

forfelted).

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