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OXFORD SAVE GAME OUR GUIDE

IN TENSE FINISH

AT LORD'S

Pitch Helped Cambridge, But Bowlers Were Not Good Enough

By toward Marshall

OXFORD fought their way to a draw in the 100th University match at Lord's yesterday. Heavy rain delayed play until 4 o'clock, and Oxford, 108 runs behind, carried their score to 126 for six wickets when stamps were drawn at 7.15.

There were some agonising mo- Grover deled Cambridge stolidly. ements in the Oxfort innings, for the Whitehouse was dropped of Carris wicket was extremely unpleasant. at short-leg when the total had been and the ambridge slow bowlers carried to 107, and at 112 Grover, nade the bell ft viciously. Oxford with a dimcult job well done, was lost four wirkets, for 43, and complete bowled by Carris, collapse scomed Inevitable, but There were sundry appeals against Grover, Egk and Whitehouse be the light, Whitehouse and Young put tween then averted the final dis-their bats doggedly as near the ball As they could, and at 7.16 Oxford

aster.

The truth is that the Combridge had finially moved the match. bowling was not good enough, and Oxford were allowed to erempe. were, perhaps, lucky to have cricket at all on such a miserable.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY We 1. 11. Dixon, e Wild, b Hewan

Lomas, File

day, and the 311⁄2 hours' play was at For, run out

Jenst exciting.

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WICKET SPECULATION It was four o'clock before Ialthful tow spectators were reward- ed, and by that time the sun wast shining, und Uylard were wondering.

what the wicket had in store for them.

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OXFORD UNIVERSITY

2nd INNS

M. Walford. Carris,

D Eggar, 1w, Bewat

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before D 11 we haft D Hewan come on at the Pavillon end. bowling bis oft baraks and the wicket to a ring on sun daily close short-legs.

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an uncomfortable Lask interci them.

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Hewan

Yardley Yardley had a short spell himself. Carria

Hern-Davies and Eggar hooked him stoutly to the no-Unis. boundary, and then Yardley brought Wild on

on, and moved Hewan 10 theek-Davies

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anxious about Yardley ning to look really this plethora of apin, and at 3 Carris

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Dixon was caught at leg-slip of "CAMBRIDGE UNIV =Fir« Janlags Hewan.

Dixon hind resisted dourly for 14 hours, and Cambridge must

Darwall-Smith have been glad to see the back of Young

Pershke him.

of Whitehouse was, indeed, #t period severe crisis for Oxford. Kimpton, one. Anding that the ball was standing up most unpleasantly, risked no strokes. but prodded defensively, and three runs later a rather hurried pred at Wild gave Yardley an easy catch in

the CONFIDENT GROVER

Hewan

Perste bowled

Umpires: Newman, Hordstaff.

CYCLISTS OPEN YEAR

record Over

This was a tame denth for Kimp- The 1038-30 season of the Hong- ton, of all people, nud with four long Cycling Club opened with an wickets down, Oxford were strug- unsuccessful attempt to establish a

no new showed ing horribly. Grover

the Kowloon- signs of panic, however, and prompt-Shataukolt and back route (53% ly drove He

with elmirable miles) by R. H. MeDowell. Armuess past mld-off to the boun- Despatched by the President of the dary, a stroke widelt seemed to give Club, II. A. G. Keates, McDowell, -Oxford fresh confidence.

formerly of the Cyprus Cycling Club, he score slowly mounted, both Northern Ireland, set a fast pace until batsmen hit fours of Wild, and al-reaching the hills At Talpo, having though

Gruver's covered 16 miles in sightly over an nn scraped

of il draw haur, he was forced to abandon the the prospect

apparently The wicket was attempl,

flue to growing more mischievous, and the increasing heat.

Hewan

endly increased.

ball rose uncommonly sharply, but

and Grover

the

Due to the arrangements for the

the Cambridge bowlers were unfeng time trist, the Club's informal outing tain of their length. and Eggar stood their ground with was commenced early in the morn

lng Instead of at 1,30 p.m. Lunch admirable courage.

Now and again a full-pitch would was Parlaken at Shataukok shortly be despatched to the boundary, but after noon, and the party, including with the score

69 Eggor was bw. McDowell

to Hewon, and

and Kontes, lett the border town about 1 p.m. for an easy once again Oxford homeward Journey. The "half- were in danger. Eggar had stayed century" run was brought to a con-

and! in valiantly for 100 minutes,

clusion at 4.45 p.m. Whilchouse, who followed him, was

Future week-end outings will equally stubborn,

from the Alhambra A storm hovered near, and to the commence

10.m. appropriate accompliment of thunder Theatre, Kowloon, at

Hghtning Whitehouse and Sunday.

and

TO THE CINEMAS

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WEDNESDAY,

New Sports Editor For United Press

"I'l Talke Romaniec" (King's

New York, Aug. 3. Theatre, to-day)-Miss Grace Moore The United Press Association has demonstrating, in en nrch romance appointed Harry Ferguson as Sports with musle, that

Cameron, a Metropolitan Editor to suecced Stuart prima donna may be able to sing the who is Joining Stove Hannagan classics in three languages, speak Associates.United Press. fluently, in four, and still nak noth- ing Aner of life than to he kidnapped by a young publicity agent from Buenos Ayres, played by Melvyn Douglas.

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"Love, itonour and Behave," (Queen's Theatre, to-day)—An al- tractive film which owes much more to cast and production than to story and whose principal merit is the in- traduction to, motion picture diences of Priscilla Lane, sister of Lol and Rosemary Lane. petite, volatile, determined and re- freshingly different from the run of-the-mill Hollywood Indles.

She is

REICH NEEDS MORE TAXES

Berlin, Aug. 3.

AUGUST

NEW YORK OUTFITS SUCCEED

Both Giants And Yankees Win

New York, Aug. 3.

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Both New York teams were suc- censful in the Baseball League to- day, the Giants beating Chiengo Cubs the National section and the Yankees defeating Detroit Tigers in the American.

in

∙1998.

A feature of the matches pin, .d in the National League was the double success of Pittsburgh Pirates, who improved their position considerably by beating Boston Braves twice. The Scores:

A further step to increase the the Government Companies' Tax, has decided to appropriate some of the muntelpa) tax revenues, from the municipalities and added to profitable local beer tax will be taken

aly Yours" (Alhambra the existing Reich beer tax.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Boston

Pittsburgh Boston

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The Reich will also claim a por- Chicago to-day)A battle of witation of the local tax on sales of real New York on an ocean liner filled with crooks estate and municipal business enter- (Ott, Bartell, Mancuso and Seeds after faranus diamond. Good en-

And waler-homered for the Glanta). tertainment, but nothing really out prises like electricity

works, which will be taxed like of the ordinary about the theme. Ceant Rumero and Phyllis Brooks ordinary companies-Reuter Special. Pittsburgh supply the romantic interest.

"Dangerous

Know" (Oriental Theatre,

Akim with an exedient cost, this is a slick to-day). Suave

Annabella, French we- Tamiroff is

who melodrama. big racketeer seeks to enjoy society life as well stress, plays the daughter of a banker Cincinnati politient and financial control of the who linn been financially ruined and elty in which he lives. Fast, well- killed by crooked partners. She de- ricted hokum. Gall Patrick, Annu termined to seek them out and as- May Wong and Harvey Stephens sumes several disguises to do so. keep the film at a good peer.

Aiding her re Romney Brent, David New York "Dinner At the Ritz" (Majestic Niven, Paul Lukas and Francis 1. Theatre, to-day) -Müde in England Sullivan

Philadelphia

AMERICAN LEAGUE

10 17 Detroit

7 15 (Eleven intygs were played. Kung and Gordon homered for the Yankees).

Boston

Cleveland

Philadelphia

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White Sox).

Washington

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CRICKET SCORES

London, Aug. 3. Lunch Fricket scores lo-day were: Public Schools 1oU-4 against Army.

Exox 31-3 against Notts.

Gloucester 125-1 against Glamor-

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