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Thursday

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

NO HOPE OF COMING

THROUGH!

WHAT A FINISII!--The poor chap in the middio is having a tough time getting through. The finish of one of the boys' races at the Children's Annual Sports held at the Kowloon Cricket Club on New Year's Day-Photo by A. A. Kahn,

Here And

-With

There "Abe".

Better Umpires Needed For Junior Cricket

connection

or

seeing

ARMSTRONG FALL WAS BIG HOAX

Los Angeles, Dec. 23. "Homicide" Henry Armstrong re- vealed to-day why he caused the his bout with postponement Ceferino Garcin of the Philippines Nov. 2 to Nov. 25.

January 5, 1939.

SECOND CRICKET TEST ENDS IN TAME DRAW

"THE PILGRIM” TAKES

A HOLIDAY

As "The Pilgrim," our Hockey Correspondent, is on holiday, no Hockey Notes are being published to-day, nor for the next two Thursdays. "The Pilgrim's next contribution will appear

on Thursday, January 19,

Henry Cotton Asks £2,000 For Five Weeks' Golf Tour

(By Geoffrey Bluinson)

London, Nov. 25. WITH a new four-years contract with Ashridge Golf Club in his pocket, and the way clear for him to

W travel abroad, Henry Cotton, the man of surprises, has

given his fellow-professionals something else to bite on He is requesting a payment of £2,000 for his proposed five-weeks tour of America.

You can imagine them saying "What! £2,000 for Ave weeks. Why

-that's £400 a weelt for play BADMINTON

golf. What a nerve ho's goil"

Even the American P.G.A., who are offering to cabling Colten now arrange a playing schedule for him, are liable to be surprisect. In the The Negro welterweight and light-United States they are accustomed to weight champion said he knew he their sporting stars setting the pace was not in condition when he thish-in the matter of fees, but here is a ed training for the welter le bout Britisher out-stripping them all. with the Filipi

alo puncher." Knowing he

Morcover, ot give a fight

Our Henry wants his fans, he took expenses paid. "I think a fair re- couple of good vy falls in front muneration for a five-weeks tour in of several witness." to cause post- the States would be £2,000 clear," ponement of the bout---United Press. he says.

that would satis

Own umpires WITH the Junior League matches their

starting on Saturday, thin la ns to it that the people they send out to lake charge of a patch know good a time as other to bring up a

£1 with cricket something about the laws of the point in matches in the Colony to which game. A little pain taken in this sufficient attention, I feel, has never muiter at the start night save a great been paid. I refer to the question of deal of embarrassment and even un- umpires for our League matches. pleasantness later on. It is all very While many senior teams take the well to say that an umpire's decision trouble to bring along their own is haal, but when one is given out know much about the laws of cricket, one cannot help doubting the correct ness of the decision.

the over before. When he got back

"I shall be losing money, anyway,

tournaments-and then there's my

by not taking part in the early British

umpires, few Junior sides do; and by an umpire who obviously does nail to the pavilion, he maintained that work at Ashridge."

consequently the cholec of officials in Junior games generally depends upon who is present on the ground when innings commences or what

an

players are available to officiate Queer Decisions haphazard procedure wh

not

Captain's Duty

which should

ap-

who

and and

was

was asked for.set

shots.

ENVIOUS EYES

LEAGUE RESUMES

St. John's defeated St. Andrew's "B" by 9-0 in the "B" Division of the Badminton League Inst evening.

AT CAPE TOWN

After the failure of the M.C.C. to dismiss the remaining South African wickets before lunch yesterday, the Second Test, played at Cape Town, fizzled out into a tamo draw.

In reply to the M.C.C. total of 559 for nine wickets declared, the South Africans mado 286 in their first innings, and in the follow-on, they had scored 201 for two wickets when stumps were drawn.

Capetown, Jan. 4.

The weather was glorious lo-day when a crowd of only ០ БОН Balaskna and Nourse resume the batting. The wicket was wearing slightly at the ends and promised to assist the spin bowlers, whom Hammond brought into action im- mediately.

Only one run had been added to the overnight score of 213 when

Paynter off Verity's third over.

very aggressive and hit

Verity, who had been bowling very accurately had an analyals at this stage

Balaskas was caught at mid-off by Although he had scored only 29 he had been

ave

fours.

of one wicket for four runs in seven overs, five of which were maidens.

Nourse reached his century in 242 minutes, including a six and nine

Australians Reject M.C.C. Proposal

Melbourne, Dec. 29. The Cricket Board of Con- trol to-day rejected the M.C.C.'s proposal to limit test matches in Australia to 30" hours. They welcomed, how- ever, a suggestion to play five- day matches against England. Renter.

fours. He then became most aggres-batted for three hours for his runs sive and sent several to the fence. and hit seven fours.' At lunch the score was seven for 283, Nourse having compiled 120 and Melville, who was batting with a runner, 20.

Nourse had. 10. Scores:

AL.C.C.

42

87

A crowd of 600 saw the resump-

1st Inns..... 659 (for @ decid.) tion of the game and early disaster for with the first ball Verity got

S. AFRICA-IST INNS. Nourse leg before. The ball hit Nourse's toe and he started to run B. Mitchell, b Wright for a leg-bye but the umpire upheld P. G. Van Der Byl, e Valentine,

Verity Verity's appeal. Nourse had batled

b Wright for 206 minuter to gather his 120 E. A. Rowan, b and had hit n six and 12 fours. A. D. Nourse, Lb.w. b Verily 120 F. H. Kwok and R. Beaven beat A. S. Grand cutting and driving marked A. W. Briscoe, 1.b.w.,; b Goddard

his balling.

W. W. Wade, c Edrich, b Verity 10 The end came soon afterwards. A. B. C. Langton, 1.b.w, b Melville was bowled by Verity for Goddard 23 and Gordon was stumped by Ames from Goddard for a The Innings closed at 200 and South Africa followed on.

Scores:

Bilas and J. Tomlinson 21-0, beat S. A. Broadbridge and F. H. Stokes 21-8, beat L. Gilson and 9. Darby a1-10:

M. Smith and P. Wilson beat Bliss and Tomlinson 31-4, beat Broadbridge and Stokes 21-9, beat Gibson and Darby 31-1.

D. Kwok and 8. Newman beat Bilas and Tomlinson 21-11, beat Broadbridge and Stokes 31-19, beat Gibson and Darby

X. Balaskas, e Paynter, u Verity duck. A. Melville, b Verity

G. Gordon, st. Ames, b Goddard E. Q. Davies, not out ...

Extras

2

286

Total

Bowling Analysis

0.

M. R. W.

13

3 37

5

1 10

38

15 #14

20

30.0 13

Fall of wickets: (Von Der Byl) for 60: 2 (Rowan) for 79; 3 (Mitchell) for 101; 4 (Briscoe) for 100; B for (Wada) for 178; 0 (Longton)

J. A. de V. Soares and J. Tsang (K. the Der Byl had 47 to his name 177: 7 (Balaskas for 214, 8 (Nourse)

Tong "B") lost to Xavier and Rum- Van John 13-21; beat Fisher and Ulrich and Rowan 38.

for 283, 9 (Sordon) for 283, 10 Gibb, the Yorkshire and Cambridge (Melville) for 283. A. E. H. Castro and J. Tang (K.player, kept wickets after the tea Ames had A core Tong "B") lost to Xavier and Rum-edjournment as Jahn 3-21; lost to Fisher and Ulrich finger. 20-23; lost to Castro and Arculli 8-21,

the ball was outside the leg stump

EARLY MISFORTUNE at the time I hit is pads, and mattered something to the effect that he the umpire did not know what

There is no doubt that the spectacle.

The South Africans met with early was doing. His team-mates merely of Cotton pulling down £5,000 a year

K. TONG. V.R.C.

misfortune in their second innings. laughed, thinking that it was just the causes envious eyes to be cast from

Mitchell, who opened as usual with And complaint of a disgruntled batsman; certain quarters.

the way

last night, Van Der Byl, snicked the fourth ball Al Kowloon Tong be allowed to continue in tm-NEW cricketers not playing in but in the next over from the came things are moving for him, his income Victoria Recreation Club beat Kow-of Fornca second over, an out- Farmes portant matches. Everyone will

Junior cricket in the Colony end, the umpire was seen frantically is going to make a further upward loon Tong "E" by 5 games to 4. swinger, into the hands of Ames ufter Edrich preciate that it would be most

standard of signalling a wide after the batsman | Jump.

N. A. E. Mackay and A. Chan (K. scoring only one run. The total was Goddard realise how poor the dicult for the League to supply

Only this season I have had hit the ball! The umpire was

In a short while he starts

Wright stage Tong "B") lost to T. Xavier and S. wa. umpires for every match; but at the umpiring is.

After this, however, Van Der Byl Verity same time, it is equally obvious to seen some very peculiar decisions hazy about the rules after all.

obviously

appearance at the London Coliseum A. Rumjalin 15-21; beat W. Fisher

It will be a and A. Ulrich 21-7; beat F. Castro and Rowan batted confidently. They at £300 □ week. nuybody who knows anything about Kiven by umpires

cricket. Worth The Trouble knew very little about

He is and O. el Arculli 21-12.

hoisted the 50 after 60 minutes, and the standard of umpiring in

straight-forward golf show. local

talk on golf

at tea they were still together with junior games Usut something should Three weeks ago, I heard an "um-

tcore taken to 67 for one wicket. be done in the matter. It is only ire" asking what the six chips in UESE are only a few examples of expected to give n

the umpire's Kown were for! This the sort of thing which junior technique and demonstrate different fair to both batsmen and bowlers that greater discrimination be shown me "umpire" knew nothing else cricketers have to contend with here.

"middle stump" when a bals- except

If you want to play a round with 21-13: beat Castro and Arculil 21-12. All these would not have arisen if the in the selection of umpires where

shown greater man wanted his guard

dis him at Ashridge it costs you £2, points are at sinke.

completely mystified" hen "two-leg" capting had

crimination in the choice of umpires. though I believe be accommodates Judent by flic results of matches club members at the cut, rate of £1. gave two men out

played during the present season. While he was standing closer to mid- junior teams seem to be fairly evenly-

Money comes to him in other ways, THERE are many cricketers here on than to the stumps! There was matched and competition is certain so when he is invited to break into and elsewhere who do not another Instance of an umpire who to be very keen. In the circums his routine for a job such as this be taken American trip, he takes the attitude believe in the League system. But gave a man not out in the following tances, extra care should the fact remains that we have a circumstances. A batsman jumped that decisions given are as fair ស

"My price is so-and-so. If you' can't pay it, or don't wish to, then we League competition in Hongkong, and out to hit a ball and missed it; the can be: It would be extremely un- this being so, it is only right that it ball nto beat the wicket-keeper and fortunate if hed decisions

wan't bother each other further." not was deflected to first slip, who allowed to affect the result of any be conducted properly. 1 am

avold this.

INDEPENDENT suggesting that the League should promptly threw down the wicket with League

Rome. To come forth now and appoint

two the batsman still out of his creuse, captains ought to pay a little mire

Do you blame him? I don't. And: Of An appeal, of course, was made and attention to the question of umpires if some of those who are so ready to umpires for every official game. course, this would be the best step the umpire's verdiet was "Not Out." The rouble is worth it.

attack his assessment of himself dendi and one of these days per- His take,

would only stop to think, they would haps we will see it done; but at There was another classic example Snooker Record

realise that Henry Cotton is doing the present moment the next best of ignorance of the rules which thing would be for the captains proved extremely anusing at the

TO selle all arguments regarding a great deal to raise the standard of

the golf professional. either to follow the foot-steps time to everyone except the batsman "What is a record break at of the senior skippers by having who had been given out Ibw. only snooker?" I have ellcited the off- The Cotton methods pay. Though cial views of Mr. J. C. Bisset, chair- not at present the open champlon, man of the Billiards Association and he earns more than any of his con- Control Council, writes Geoffrey temporaries. Simpson.

to

rcason:

the ball was

At the Banquet held at the Guildhall, London, on Wednesday, Nov. 9th, 1938, Sir Frank Bowater, Lord Mayor, the follow- ing wines were served:-

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Не owns house which cost

A He agrees that the maximum c05- £5,000, ond eight acres of land. He sible under all normal circumstances is heavily insured, and by his attitudo is 147, that being 15 redis, 15 blacks, towards those in search of als ser and all colours up to the black. vlees he has evidently reached the

"But it is just conceivable," he happy stage of being more or less pointed out. "that a player might financially independent. score a break of 155. If one player

And he is only 31. committed a foul and left the next player could then pot a colour (counting as a red) and the black, to collect the 147 in and proceed addition. In the event of such a thing happening, we should have to recounisa it as a record break of 155,"

Standard

TO

NO settle another argument, all world record breaks have to be made on standard-size tables. The difference in pocket aperture be- tween the official standard table and same club tables la often quite small. but an eight of an inch can moko ́a vast difference is a first-class pro- fessional.

Joe Davis's new world's record of 138. made recently was accomplished on a standard table, and the table has already been officially measured.

One More Attempt WALTER Hagen, four times win- ner of the British Open Golf title, does not intend to retire until he has had at least one more shot at the championship.

At the age of 40 the famous Amer- Icon golfer was said to be contem- plating retirement but he said that he wis keenly anticipating a trip to Britnih next year.

Hagen, who is reputed to have eathed £10,000 during his 20 years' golong career, added that nil he hoped for was "break" in the wether. I'm bound to get one be ford I put away my fools he said

BRADDOCK- HARVEY BOUT NOT SETTLED

New York, Dec. 30, Tex Sullivan, speaking on behalf of Joe Gould, mannger of Jimmy Brad- dock, former world heavyweight champlon, said yesterday that noth- ing whatsoever had been settled and nothing simed for the proposed con- test between Jim Braddock and Len Harvey, the British champion.

"We cabled yesterday." Mr. Sulli- van added, "demanding £5,000, free of tax, three return tickets and alt expenses."

Mr. Armand Vincent, well-known promoter, who is sponsoring the bout, is said to be consulting his Board of Directors 10-day.

The fight, if all arrangements work out satisfactorily, will take place at Earl's Court in London either on May 10 or 11.

Van Der Byl was aggressive and renched his 30 in 01 minutes, having hit live fours.

The 100 went up after the South African Innings had been in pro- gress for 07 minutes.

Rawan

also completed his 50,

which had taken 103 minutes,

S. AFRICA 2ND INNS. Mitchell, c Ames, b Farnes .... Van Der Byl, ht. wkt., b Goddard 87 Rowan, not out Nourse, not out

Extras

Total (for 2 wkla.)

BD

201

Fall of wickets:-1 (Mitchell) for

Van Der Byl having the misfortune 2; 2 (Van Der Byl) for 149.

At 140, a separation was effected,

to hit down his wicket whilst playing

Goddard. He had scored 67

runs

in 130 minutes, his best shots being FornICS

n six and alne fours.

Edrich

BOWLING ANALYSIS

0.

M. R. W.

8

23 I

0

10

18

12 છે 62

11

1

63

0 215

0

Rowan and Nourse continued, Verity steadily until close of play, by which Wright

me the South African total had risen Goddard

Hammond to 201.

had

Rowan's share was 89, He

Royal Scots-Win Junior Shield Soccer Match

In a re-arranged Junior Shield soccer match at Sookumpoo yesterday, the Royal Scots' second eleven only just managed to scrape through against their Third Division opponents, 24th Battery, R.A by the only goal of the match.

As a matter of fact, the Gunners to the superiority of the Stonecutters were unlucky to be eliminated from team, for whom Ferris, Croft and the compollon as they had more of Heap scored. the play than their opponents. How- ever. they had only themselves to blume for not scoring goals; they did everything but put the ball into the Inet.

Easy Rugby Win For Hampshire

It is Mr. Vincent's intention to

The only goal scored in the match match the winner with Tommy Forr,

came within Ave minutes of the former holder of the British titio

commencement. In attempting to A sensation was caused when an- clear, Minshull, the Gunners' goal-

London. Jan. 4, nouncement of the bout was made in keeper, had the misfortune to knock Championship at Portsmouth to-day, Playing in the County Rugby London yesterday, us Braddock had the ball into the net when tackled by Hampshire defeated Sussex by 14 told the world of his retirement some williams, months ago, after defeating Farr- Reuter.

HOCKEY TEAM

ANNOUNCED

On the whole, the game was a rather dull affair.

LEAGUE TIES

Stanley scored

स

comfortable

victory at Happy Valley yesterday

over 6th Brigade, RA, in the "A"

points to nll--Reuter.

EDINBURGH BEATEN ON OWN GROUND

London, Jan. 4.

Section of the Third Division League In the second division of the Scol- by five goala to one. The game was tish Football League, Edinburgh, st

The following team has been select-fast and interesting, but the superior home, lost to Dundee United by 41 ed to represent the "AXI of the marksmanship of the Stanley team to-day-Reuter.

Hongkong Hockey Club against told in the end.

H.M.S, "Hermics" on the club ground

Scorers were Wooldridge (3) and Freer (2) for Slänley, and Saunders

at King's Park at 8 pm on Friday, for the Brigade.

Jan; 6. The Club will play in white shirt.

"H. F. Shields; L. F. Stokes, W.

UNIVERSITY BEATEN

COUNCIL MEETING

Lieut. Skelton, who has been in ting

A meeting of the Hongkong Foot form in nearly every purger match, Schnabel: W Brown, 11. J. D. Lowe The Slonecutters W/B had uttleball Association Council will be hald played by the Navy Tacon (Capt.) A.H. Pontus: G. D. Woolgar, dimculty in bealing the University in in the Association's rooms, the Bank expecially in this Trlingsflowron W. Spencer, E. T. A. Morgan, K. A. the "B" section by three gosis to mil. of Canton, on Monday, January 9, amb Photo By: 'A: Kdhi. ***" | Bidmead and I. P. Tamworth The game was uninteresting owing: at 6,30 p.m.