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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 tourists and Somerset at Taunton.

Somerset were dismissed for 110 yesterday or the Australian innings resumed to-day with the score nt 100 for none. The tourists took their totul to 464 for #ix wickets before sieclaring,

Of this Bradman made 202 in n sparkling innings. Don opened out after a slow start and was nt the grense for 225 minutes, bitrag 32 boundaries.

Badcock, whose form Test

JAPANESE ESTABLISH

GOOD LEAD

matches has been so disppointing Two Up In Davis

was at his best and contributed 10 to the tul. He showed powerful

pulling and culting during his stay of

155 minutes. Ia best scoring strokes were 4 boundary hils.

Slun'ey McCube punished the

the end bowling towards

of the Australen innings and scored 50 in quick time.

Going in a second lime, Somerset had lost six wiekels for 119 runs when stumps drawn. Thus Somerset

are sufl 235 ruus behind with four wickets in hand and

lonings defeat appears Imminent.--Reuter.

MAY BETTER RECORD

When he visited England in 1030. Bradman ggregated 2,600 runs dur- ing the season. In his reond visit he was not so phenomenally success- ful, totalling 2,020. 11 total of 2,060 in 1930 represents the record agregate for an Australian visiting Enginud.

Earlier this month, this amazingly consistent batsnun reached his 2,000 for the season. With more than month to play before the present

Don Bradman ... may better 1930 aggregate.

Australian tour ends, Bradman has good opportunity of improving his 1030 record. His best uppa scores on the tour are:

Cup Match

Montreal, July 28.

Japan has established a good lend against Canada in the first round of The American Zone in the 1930 Davis Cup competition,

Furnltero Nakano

ch Jiro Yamagish. the two leading Japanese slukies players, both WOTI their matches to-day without the loss of in sest,

Nakano defented Ross Wilson by 0-2, 6-3, 6-2, while Yamagisht heut Bob Murray by 0-1. 6-3, 6-3.--- United Press

ONLY PROVEN ATHLETES WILL BE SELECTED

U.S. Departs From Olympics Tradition

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

1940 depart Olymples will

from the tradition of maximum representa- tion in all sports.

QUES

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

Oxford Makes Good Primo Carnera Makes

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.

Artistic Debut

as

as

Milan, July 23. Primo Carnera, known the 'Ambling Alp' in his hey- day world heavyweight champion, made his artistic debut before a large crowd in a local theatre to-day. The

the audience, according to papers, did not very much op- preciate the theatrical efforts and talents of the former pugilist-lavas.

Encouraged by this unexpected good fortune, Oxford has 213 EDDIE SIMMS

runs on the board with only three wickets down, and there was a certain lack of enthusiasm apparent among Cambridge supporters.

are to come.

The American Olymple Committee

An innings of 94 by Lomas, a fresh decided, last night that instead of

man from Charterhouse, gave dis- first, second and third-place finishers tinction to the cricket. It must be in the anal team tryouts, only those little distressing for Cambridge to whose performances could "promise reflect that Lomas has three more creditable showing" would be summers at Oxford, for he is clearly falten along.

a player of more than usual promise, with the uncompromising correctness of stroke which suggests that he knows very well what he is about.

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any

SUSPENDED BY COMMISSION

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 Coirespondent)

Following is the second of a series of four stories on attempts by former heavyweight boxing champion to win back the title. The series was inspired by Max Schmeling's fight with the champion, the brown bombertohen Schmeling also failed.

New York, July 10.

Or. August 14, 1003, when he was Jim Corbett might have been the almost 36, Corbett fought Jeffries only man ever to regain the heavy-agnin at Mechanic's Pavillion, Sun weight title If he hadn't decided to | Francisco. Jeffries weighed 220; be a "killer" at the wrong time. Corbett 190. It was obvious from "Gentleman Jim," the former Sen the start that Corbelt was a "hollow Francisco bank clerk who was the shell," Jeffries dropped him in the second Marquis of Queensberry second round. The champion amazed champlon, wats the Best 10

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."

Corbett bad taken the title by bat- tering the great John L. Sullivan in 1892. He lost it to Bob Fitzsimmons 1897 and Fitz, in turn, yielded to Jim Jeffries in 1890.

DREAM SHATTERED

The end came in the tenth, Jeffries, who had been fighting from a crouch, went after Corbett standing up

straight and without hesitation, Corbett tried to back away. There

At the age of 34, Corbett decided to come back in November, 1899. He was 35 by the time he stepped Was a burst of lefts and then Jeffries

Into the ring for a 25-rounder on

May 11, 1900, against Jeffries at the old Seaside Athletic Club, Coney Island, NY.

made B vicious

us pass at Corbett's solar plexus. Corbett went down, gasping, for a count of nine. He staggered to bis feet and caught another one in the stomach and a He trained to the jaw. He

was

Jim figured that speed would beat the burly leholder. faithfully for six months and In prime condition when they enter- ed the ring on a sultry night before a crowd of: 8,000. Jestries weighed 210, Corbett 182. Jeffries was a 2-1 favourite and be and his friends had bet heavily that he would win by a knockout inside of ten rounds.

TOO FAST

Jeffries went after Corbett in the But

AL

San Francisco, July 22. Eddie Simms, Negro heavyweight and from Cleveland, was suspended for

one year to-day by the San Francisco first round, seeking a knockout. Buxing Commission as a result of his Corbett was too fast for him. poor showing in a bout on July 13the end of the sixth round, Jeffries with Phil Brubaker in Oakland, was worried. He told his seconds Slams purse was confisented es a to tip of his friends to hedge on their ten-round knockout bets, Cor- result of his poor showing. Brubaker was exonerated of similar charges. bett was way out in front on points

at the end of the tenth,

"I

In was

they 35

inter.

a jam," Jeffries sald

The champion slowed down after the tenth. He was waiting for a home knockout chance to send

used but was his only hope.

went down He TOSC at seven but his seconds threw in the sponge,

After

a minute, Corbett walked

ring and shook hands with. across the

conqueror.

his

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

Benny Lynch May Fight As Featherweight

Lessons Of Bout With Jurich

By Harold Lowis

extravagance, though ist 10 After this excellent start, however, Oxford siumped rather regrettably, Walford might have been caught t and were all out by 6.15 for the square-leg off Kaye, trying his luck somewhat disappointing total of 317. at the Nursery end.

This left Cumbridge 35 minutes' The batting was circumspect and batting, since slumps were not drawn the bowling undistinguished,

mul?

7 o'clock, and in that uncom- when Hewan appeared with his fortable period they lost Carrie' valu-spinners instead of Kaye, the scoring uble wiekel, and made 18 runs. slowed down still further, and Cam- So the match is very open, unless bridge gave the quite erroneous im- rain over the week-end plays into pression that they were bowling on Oxford's hunds. It is possible that a really sticky wicket. Cambridge will be struggling to-day, Walford did drive Wild suddenly though Giob looks very resolute, and

to the long-on boundary, a promising Yardley and other excellent batsmen stroke, and Hewan

then bowled round the wicket to four short-legs, boundary and was well caught on leaving us to assume that he wus the ropes by Thompson.

therefore Cambridge had

taken turnin turning the ball considerably.

47 In the first hour

wickets for runs were the last seven Oxford scored, and Cambridge cannot have 104 runs, which must have cheered been very optimistic when Walford them up considerably. was gon

moreover, that It seemed, was gonded into having a bang at Hewan, and shied the ball to long-would survive their awkward

minutes batting without disaster, leg, where Langley took the catch.

If this encouraged Cambridge sup- but just as we were going Macindoe porters, Lomas very soon damped straightened one out and had Carris them down again by a long period 1.b.w., much to Oxford's relief.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY of severely competent watchfulness.

E. J. Dixon, e Wild, blewan.... Yardley switched his bowling about, M. M. Walford, e Lantley, bliewan.. The first part of his innings was

but Oxford were immune from temp-7. M. Lomas, e Rees-Davies, b Kaye.. exceedingly careful-for 28 minutes, The test, the committee said, Indeed, he did not score a run-but tation, and by the luncheon interval R. C. M. Kimpton, e Carris, & Kaye

J. D. Exgor, run out

J. N. Grover, h Kaye that was hardly surprising on his the total was 103.

have

expected more P. M. Whitehouse, & Thompson, We might of any qualifying uthlete "to equal first appearance

this anxiety- or better the performance which laden match.

runs, perhaps, and the cricket had scored eighth place in the

Far more significant was his ap-been unquestionably slow, but the Olympic Games in his particular pearance of maturity, and Cambridge fact remains that Oxford had started . F. IL Darwait-Smith, c Yardley, event.

will have to find some bowlers in the soundly and well. They years to come if he is not to plague allow the thought of possible rain to W. J. Peralike, not out them very considerably,

make them press, and after the In- Dixon made 73 extremely valuable terval Lomas and Dixon went quietly runs, and once again showed his on until, at 156, Dixon tried to pull king for the big occasion, and Wai- a quicker long-hop from Hewan, ford and Kimpton both threatened and popped up a catch off the splice. D. Yardley, P. M. Studd, J. v. usually, ready for the finishing blow.

wid, F. G. Mann, 3. D. A. Langley, d. E. Jeffries suddenly ticked home a Wednesday, must be the worst task to be really troublesome before they to Wild at short leg.

Hewan, M. AC. P. Kaye, W. R. Rees- long, solid lefi, He moved inside got themselves out.

Davies, J. I. Thompson in bat.

Corbett's guard as the blow landed Oxford University.-First Iranings

Rees-Davies-

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. Raycroft of Princeton, A. O. C. vice-president.

"shall be the demonstrated ability"

NEW RULES

1930

250 v. Worcester; 58 v. Oxfor University; 137

Cambridge V.

In addition, the committee took University; 278 v. M.C.C. 143 v. steps to prevent possible recurrence Surrey; 145 not out v. Hampshire; of controversies which marked the 104 v. Gentlemen of England; 101 30 expedition to the Berlin Games, not out v. Lancashire; 50 and 42 v. It ruled: Yorkshire, 135 v. Warwickshire; 144

V.

Notts; 61 and 144 not out v. England (1st Test); 18 and 102 not out v. England (2nd Test); 103 England (4th Tret); 202 v. Somerset,

COMPTON HAS

A DECISION TO MAKE

Cricket Or Soccer For Young Athlete

V.

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

There will be no post-Olympic barnstorming trips unless sanctioned by the A. O. C.

LOMAS' SLOW START

in

LOMAS RDOPPED

did not

Ilewan ....................

D. E. Young. 1.b.w., b Hewan

pH. Macladoc, e Gibb, b frewars

Hewan

the crowd booed him for "dodging It." In the 20th round, a thunder- storm broke. Water poured into the area and flooded the aisles,

still waiting for his chance, Jeffries, had a wide-open shot in the 2011 as Corbett failed to get back fust enough after dancing in with a left, Jestries swung 11 left hook 34 missed.

73

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but

London, July 1. Benny Lynch will never box as a The question is flyweight again. whether he will even enter in the bantamweight division.

He is still only 24, and still a very The crowd and Corbett-figured great fighter, and, watching him de- feat Jurich, I was convinced that he Jeft

had shot his bolt. Corbett be- could have beaten Johnny McGrory, He decided to win by the British featherweight champion, came cocky.

Had he kept away from with ease. knockout,

the Jeffries, he would have taken

he decision. But

wanted to do a good job.

THEN CAME THE END D7, 1-b, w 2. n-h Z

Total

317

The end came in the 23rd round. Cambride University: "P. A. Gibb, not Corbett jabbed left to out, a. D. Carris, j.b., & Minclude. His right was back farther 4: b 2 tolol (1 wirt.), 18.

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face.

Lynch should settle down at once to plan a campaign for another world's title--this time as a Ust fighter.

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

at championship Glasgow, оп

and he shot the left again. Corbett buckled and sprawled on the

canvas. Corbett claimed the rest of hig

life that it was a lucky punch that Anished him. He retired, but soon Rees-Davies bowled two wides, two no had come to winning. He decided he began to dream of how close he

Umpires: Newman, Hardstat.

A certain amount of rain on Fri-

Dixon had done well, and we day gave the wicket liveliness in the first few overs, and all day there must remember that for much of the was a chance of the occasional lift- Oxford innings threatening No athletes, coaches, managers or ing ball. I doubt, though, whether clouds made the light very poor. other persons connected with the the turf was ever as malevolent us Perhaps that explains why Lomas, official party will be allowed to do Hewan mode it appear by bowling, his score 45, was dropped off Rees- baits. magazine, newspaper or radio work his off-spinners round the wicket. Davies at first slip, an expensive until the teams disband after the

mistake mitigaled somewhat by the HEWAN'S SIX WICKETS · gnincs

gloom and the pavilion buckground. Hewan bowled well, and accounted

Kimpton, in the meanwhile, was No alternates will be taken for for six Oxford batsmen in 30 overs producing strokes, and in one over any team.

for 91 runs, an excellent perform from Yardley he hit a beautiful 4 ance, though it must be said that through the covers and took another Oxford gave him every encourage with an exquisitely wristy late cut. ment to keep a length. He was able The 200 went up at four o'clock, to turn the ball, at all events, and but at 213 Kimpton hit under a short spin is invariably the most probable one from Kaye and was caught at source of disaster in the University short leg. match.

No individual or volunteer coaches can make the trip with the team: no member of a team shall have special coach.

"BABE" DIDRIKSON TO MARRY WRESTLER

St. Louis, July 22. Miss Mildred "Babe Didrikeson, outstanding woman athlete of Beau-

The rest of the Cambridge bowling

TROUBLE STARTS

was hardly impressive, and despite This was the beginning of trouble Yardley's example, the ground field-for Oxford. Lomas, opening out ing could have been improved on excellently, mistimed the last ball considerably.

before te from Kaye and was The

題 marning was lovely, which Oxford supporters were able found a really good one for Grover

fact caught at mid-off, and then

Some time within the next four mont, Texas and George Zaharias, heard the result of the toss.

to appreciate properly when they and bowled him.

Koyo

Recs- That was five wickets down for

weeks he will have to decide whewrestler, announced to-day Dat 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 suleide" by calling for a no as to concentrate on cricket, or Press. attempt to emulate such as Patay

Hendren, who played bolh games.

to be invited to take part in one, 50

run and busy action, but apart from run to Yardley at backward point, a hitting Walford in the stomach he

very did not appear to be dangerous.

odd and unfortunate mistake. Whlichouse and Young put 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 A bail flew uncomfortably now better face on the matter and play- League footballers will have reported is very much in the balance. for training, Compton is on the

end, could not find a length, and Young was dropped with a bang at Oxford Arsenal llat, and although to-day he

Bottled down with quiet long leg off Kaye when the total was assurance.

mer,

With luck, he should be able to is graded as a reserve, it is felt that play in international and county

205. he has great potentialities as a win-cricket for another fifteen years.

STEADY RUN-GETTING

Hewan had him 1b.w.. at 300, Macindoo was caught on the leg side The most he can earn as a Soccer Since signing on, la celeket basatar la 8 per week-40 in the sum ton, and Walford began as if he were and at 314 Darwall-Smith, having Dixon looked like a young Fingle by Gibb off Hewan at the same total, improved to such an extent that he mer-but hero in much more for really in form. Runs fleked up hit couple of resounding 4, is now generally recognised as one him in ericket.

steadily, and at 17 Wild came on for prodded Iowan to Yardley of the most promising batsiren in the

Kaye, bowling in-swingers to three silly

mid-on. world.

Compton's friends think that he short-legs.

Whitehouse all the while had been There are important cricket tours will announce his wish to apply

Oxford regarded this, with aus-playing very sonsibly, but at 317 ho next winter, and Compton is certain himself solely to cricket,

picion, and refused to be lured Into just failed to carry to mid-wicket

at

to go after the title again.

UES

IIT AND MISS — While stupified Max. Schmisiing, loft, malasida. with a left to Louis' head, in the recent heavyweight bout in NeW York. Louis swings an uppercut to the chin with his right and slams his left into the Clerman's body,

British boxing has known for years.

AN INVESTIGATION

There will be an investigation by the. Stewards of the British Boxing Board of Control unless it is decided that the Scottish branch can deal with it. Lynch will then be asked to explain why he was not able to warn the promoter and the board carlier that he would not be able to defend his title.

to

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

Lynch's

£3,000,

ch's percentage was reduced tom 8714 to 2

are

Out of the few hundred pounds eventually due to him, £250 had to be handed to Jurich as weight for feit: The Board of Control ikely to take up the £200 bond he had to lodge after his last appear- anco 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 championship, but. he will probably stay in this country seeking further matches,

I thinle Jurich will ultimately box for the title here.

Apparently the only flyweight the Board are in a position to nominate to contest the championship with Jurich in Tut Whalley of Hanley, who recently defented Tiny Bostock for the North of England champion- ship. Alternatively, the Board can organize a quicic competition among Brilish flyweights to find an op- ponent for Jurich.

of

(After the investigation the Board Control fined Lyncli,.£200. Lynch's titles were ordered to be forfeited).