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Thursday
HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH
January 5, 1939,
NO HOPE OF COMING THROUGH!
WHAT A FINISH-The poor chap'in the middle 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. Kalın.
Here And There With "Abe"
Better Umpires Needed For Junior Cricket
Own
umpires
or
ARMSTRONG FALL WAS BIG HOAX
SECOND CRICKET TEST ENDS
"THE PILGRIM" TAKES
A HOLIDAY
As "The Pilgrim," our Hockey Correspondent, is on holiday,
IN TAME DRAW
AT CAPE TOWN
After the failure of the M.C.C. to dismiss the
yesterday, the Second Test, played at Cape Town, fizzled out into a tamo draw,
no Hockey Notes are being published to-day, nor for the next || remaining South African wickets before lunch. two Thursdays. "The Pilgrim's" next contribution will appear
on Thursday, January-19.
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
Henry Cotton Asks had scored 201 for two wickets when stumps were
£2,000 For Five Weeks' Golf Tour
(By Geoffrey Simpson).
London, Nov. 25.
WITH a new four-years contract with Ashridge Golf Club in his pocket, and the way clear for him to
drawn.
Capetown, Jan. 4. The weather was glorious to-day when crowd of only 500 saw Balaskus and Nourse resume the batting. The wicket wan wearing slightly at the ends and promised to Rssist the apin bowlers, whom Hammond brought into action im- mediately.
Only one run had been added to the overnight score of 213 when Balaskas was caught at mid-off by Paynter oft Verity's third Although he had scored only 20 he
over.
W travel abroad, Henry Cotton, the man of surprises, has had been very aggressive and hit
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 five weeks. Why
-that's 2400 a week for playing BADMINTON
Los Angeles, Dec. 23. "Homicide" Henry Armstrong re-golf. What a nerve he's got!" yealed to-day why he caused the his bout with postponement of Ceferino Garcin of the Philippines row Nov. 2 to Nov, 25.
Even the American P.G.A., who are
cabling
Colton offering lo arrange a playing schedule for him, In the are Hablo to be surprised, United States they are accustomed to their sporting stars setting the pace in the matter of fees, but here's a Britisher out-stripping them all.
Moreover, Our Henry wants his expenses paid. "I think a fair re- muneration for a five-weeks tour in
he says.
The Negro welterweight and light- weight champion said he knew he was not condition when he finish ed training for the welter title bout seeing with the Filipino "belo puncher." VITH the Junior League matches their
Knowing he could not give a fight W starting on Saturday, this is ns to it that the people they send out
know that would satisfy the fans, he took good a time as other to bring up to take charge of a matchi point in connection with cricket something about the laws of the couple of good heavy falis in front matches in the Colony to which game. A little pain taken in this of several witnesses" to cause post-the States would be £2,000 clear," sufficient attention, I feel, has never matter of the start might save a great ponement of the bout-United Press. been paid, I refer to the question of deal of embarrassment and even un- It is all very matclics. umpires for our League cs. pleasantness later on. While many senior teams take the well to say that an umpire's decision
When he got back trouble to bring along their own is final, but when one is given out the over before.
slump the ball was outside the leg umpires, few junior sides de; and by an umpire who obviously doce not to the pavilion, he maintained that consequently the choice of officials in know much about the laws of cricket, at the time it hit his pads, und junior games generally depends upon one cannot help doubting the correct-muttered something to the effect that who is present on the ground when Ress of the decision.
commences of what an innings
players are available two oficiate Queer Decisions haphazard procedure which should
not be allowed to continue in im-EW cricketers not playing in but in the next over from the same portant matches. Everyone will ap-
In the Junior cricket
the umpire did not know what be was doing. His team-mates merely laughed, thinking that it was just the complaint of a disgruntled batsman: Colony end, the umpire was seen frantically most difleuit for the League
supply to
Only this season I have had it the ball! The umpire was umpiring is. the umpires for every match; but at same time, it is equally obvious to een some very peculiar decisions hazy about the rules after all.
umpires who given by who knows anything about! anybody
about very tle In local knew the standard of umpiring Junior games that something should Three weeks ago, I heard an "um-
preciate that 1 would le not realise how poor the standard of signalling a wide after the batsman
Captain's Duty
clsewhere
and
the fact remains that
who
do
obviously
cricket Worth The Trouble
This
fair as
"I shall be losing money, anyway, by not taking part in the early British tournaments and then there's my work at Ashridge...
ENVIOUS EYES.
There is no doubt that the spectacle of Colton pulling down £5,000 a year causes envious eyes to be cast from
And the quarters.
way certain things are moving for him, his income is going to make a further upward jump.
LEAGUE RESUMES
St. John's defeated St. Andrew's "B" by 3-0 in the "B" Division of the Badminton League Inst evening.
Scores:
five foura.
Verity, who had been bowling very
of one wicket for four runs. In stago seven overs, five of which
word maidens.
accurately had an analysis at this
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- the tro! to-day rojected M.C.C.'s proposal to limit test matches in Australia to 30 hours. Thoy welcomed, how- ever, a suggestion to play five- day matches against England.—— Reuter,
and hit seven fours. Nourse hud 19. Scores:
fours. He then became most aggres-batted for three hours for his runs sive and sent several to the fence. At lunch the score was seven for 283, Nourse having complied 120 and Melville, who was batting with a runner, 20,
KLC.C.
550 (for deeld.)
1st Inna..................
42
37
A crowd of 000 saw the resump- tion of the game and early disaster for with the first ball Verity got
S. AFRICA --1ST INNS. Nourse leg before. The ball hit
B. Mitchell, b Wright Nource's toe and he started to run for a leg-bye but the umpire upheld P. G. Van Der Byl, e Valentine, b
Verity Verity's appeal. Nource had batted
Wright to gather his 120 E. A. Rowan, b for 200 minutes
a six and had hit
and 12 fours. A. D. Nourse, 1.b.w., b Verity 120 Grand cutting and driving marked A. W. Briscoe, 1.b.w., b Goddard F. II. Kwok and R. Besyen best A his batting.
W. W. Wade, e Edrich, b Verity 10 Bliss and J. Tomlinson 21-0, beat 8. A.
The end came soon afterwards. A. B. C. Langton, 1.b.w., b Broadbridge and F. I. Stokes 21-0, beat L. Gibson and S. Darby 21-10;
Melville was bowled by Verily for Goddard 23 and Gordon was stumped by X. Balaskas, e Paynter, i Verity 20 M. Smith and P. Wilson beat Dlls and Ames from Goddard for a duck.. Melville, b Verity Tomlinson 21-4, beat Broadbridge and Stokes 21-0, beat Giboon and Darby 1-1. The Innings closed at 288 and South G. Gordon, st. Ames, b Goddard
Africa followed on.
E. Q. Davies, not out
Extras
21-31
D. Kwok and B. Newman beat Bles and Tomlinson 24-11, beat Brundbridge and Stokes 21-19, beat Gibson and Darby
K. TONG, V.R.C. At Kowloon Tong Inst night, Victoria Recreation Club beat Kow loon Tong "B" by 6 games to 4.
N. A. E. Mackay, and A. Chan (K.
4
Total
206
Bowling Analysis
R Q.· ·M.
W.
13
3 37
0
6
15
D
38
15
04
20.0 18
EARLY MISFORTUNE The South Africans met with early misfortune in their second innings.: Mitchell, who opened us usual with Van Der Byl, snicked the fourth ball
an out- Farmes of Farnes second over, swinger, into the hands of Ames after Edrich scoring only one run. The total was Goddard
Wright In a short while he starts a stage Tong "B") lost to T. Xavier and S. two.
After this, however, Van Der By Verity appearance at the London Callscum A. Rumjahn 15-21; beat W. Fisheri
Fall
of wickets:-1 (Van Der Byl) at £300 a week. It will be aand A. Ulrich 21-7; beat F. Castro and Rowan batted confidently. They i
holsted the 60 after 60 minutes, and for 68; 2 (Rowan) for 79; 3 (Mitchell) straight-forward golf show. He is and O. el Arculli 21-12.
at tea they were still together with for 181; 4 (Briscoe) for 160; 5 expected to give a talk on golf technique and demonstrate different
shots.
gress for 97 minutes.
a. sore
80
19
J. A. de V. Scares and J. Tsang (K.the score taken to 87 for one wicket. (Wade) for 178; 8 (Langton) for be done in the matter. It is only reming what the six chip in THESE are only a few examples of
Van Der Byl had 47 to his namo | 177; 7 (Balazkas for 214, 8 (Nourse) the umpire's gown were fort
Tung "D") lost to Xavier and Rum- the sort of thing which junior fair to both batsmen and bowlers same "umpire" knew nothing else cricketers have to contend with here.
john 13-21; beat Fisher and Ulrich and Rowan 38.
(Sordon) for 283, 10 that greater discrimination be shown
If you want to play a round with 21-13; beat Castro and Arculli 21-12. Gibb, the Yorkshire and Cambridge for 203, 9 in the selection of umpires where cept "middle stump" when a bals-A these would not have arisen if the man wanted his guard and was
captains had shown greater dis-
him at Ashridge It costs you £2, A. E. H. Castro and J. Tang (K. player, kept wickets after the tea (Melville) for 283.
S. AFRICA 2ND INNS. points are at stake.
completely mystified when "two-leg crimination in the choice of umpires. though I belleve he accommodates Tong "B" lost to Xavier and Hum adjournment us Ames had was asked for. Subsequently he Judging by the results of matches club members at the cut rate of £1. jahn 3-21, lost to Fisher and Ulrich finger.
Van Der Byl was 'aggressive and Mitchell, c Ames, b Farnes res gave two men out leg-before-wicket played during the present season,
20-23; lost to Castro and Arculii 8-21. while he was standing closer to mid-Junior teams seem to be fairly evenly- Money comes to him in other ways,
reached his 50 in 91 minutes, having Van Der Byl, ht. wkt., b Goddard 87 hit Ave fours,
Rowan, not out 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
The 100 went up after the South Nourse, not out not another instance of an umpire who to be very keen. In
the circums- his routine for a job such as this
in pro- African innings had been
Extras believe in the League system. But gave a man not out in the following tunces, extra care should be taken American trip, he takes the attitude
jumped we have a circumstances. A batsman League competition in Hongkong, and out to hit a boli and missed it: the that decisions given are as
fortunate if bad decisions this being so, it is only right that it ball also beat the wicket-keeper and can be: it would be extremely un- be conducted properly. I am not was deflected to Arst silp.
allowed to affect the result of any avoid this, game. To suggesting that the League should promptly threw down the wicket with League come forth now and appoint two the batsman still out of his crease, captains ought to pay a little more umpires for every official game. Of An appeal, of course, was made and attention to the question of umpires. course, this would be the best step the umpire's verdict was "Not Out." The trouble is worth it.
dead! the ball was to take, and one of these days per-His haps we will see it done; but at There was another classic example Snooker Record the present moment the next best of ignorance of the rules which thing would be for the captains proved extremely
to follow the
foot-steps time to everyone except the batsman settle all arguments regarding senior skippers by having who had been given out 1.b.w. only
elther
of the
reason:
who
amusing at the
At the Banquet held at the Guildhall, London, on Wednesday, Nov. 9th, 1938, Sir Frank Bowater, Lord Mayor, the follow- ing wines were served:-
"My price is so-and-so. If you won't bother each other further," were
can't pay it, or don't wish to, then we
INDEPENDENT
at
"What is a record break snooker?" I have ellclied the ofl- clol views of Mr. J. C. Bisset. chatr- man of the Billiards Association and Control Council, writes Geoffrey Simpson.
Do you blame him? I don't. And if some of those who are so ready to attack his assessment of himself would only stop to think, they would realise that Henry Cotton is doing
the golf professional. A great deal to raise the standard of
The Cotton methods pay: Though not at present the open champion, he earns more than any of his con- temporaries.
BRADDOCK- HARVEY BOUT NOT SETTLED
New York, Dec. 30. Tex Sullivan, speaking on behalf of Hc owns n house which cost He agrees that the maximum ons- £5,000, and eight acres of land. He Joc Gould, manager of Jiminy Brad- former world heavyweight sible under all normal circumstances is beavily insured, and by his attitude dock, is 147. that being 18 reds, 15 blacks, towards those in search of his ser- champion, said yesterday that noth- and all colours up to the black. vices he has evidently reached the ing whatsoever had been settled and But it is just conceivable," he happy stage of being more or less nothing signed for the proposed con- test between Jim Braddock and Len pointed out that a player might financially, independent.
Harvey, the British champion. 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, and proceed to collect the 147 in addition. In the event of such a thing happening, we should have to recognise it as a record break of 155."
DEINHARD'S LIEBFRAUMILCH 1934 Standard
BOLLINGER CHAMPAGNE
GEO. GOULET CHAMPAGNE
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settle another argument. all world record breaks have to be made on standard-size tables. The difference In pocket aperture be- tween the offeini standard. table and some club tables is often quite small. but an eighth of an inch can make a vast difference to a frst-class pro- fessional
Joe Davis's new world's record of 135, made recently was accomplished an a standard table, and the tablo has already been officially measured. One More Attempt WALTER Hagen, four times who-
ner of the British Open Golf Uile, does not intend to retire until he has had at least one more shot at the championship.
At the age of 40 the famous Amery golfer was said to be contem-
Caldbeck Macgregor & Co., Ltd. plating retirement, but he said that
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Hagen, who is reputed to have earned £50,000 during his 35 years"; Lleus, Skelton, who has been ki fian Holing career, added that, all be form in nearly: ovary, russer match hoped for was, a. "break" in the played byotão "Navy/this scuson. weather. "I'm bound to get one bez
n the Triangule Tourne- fore I put away me topla, heyatini menkamoto by 47 Alfean.
"We cabled yesterday," Mr. Sulli- van added, "demanding £5,000, free of tax, three return tickets and all expenses."
Van Der Byl having the misfortune 2; 2 (Van Der Byl) for 149.
Rowan
50. also completed his
Total (for 2 wkta.)
201
which bad taken 103 minutes.
At 140, a separation was effected,
Fall of wickets:-1 (Mitchell) for
to hit down his wicket whilst playing
BOWLING 'ANALYSIS
Goddard. He had scored 87 runs
0.
M. R
W.
in 139 minutes, his best shots being Fames
six and nine fours.
#
23
1
Edrich
3
5
0
10
62
Rowan and Nourse continued, Verity steadily until close of play, by which Wright time the South African total had risen Goddard
Hammond to 201
Rowan's share was 89, He bad
Reuter..
Royal Scots-Win Junior Shield Soccer Match
In a re-arranged. Junior Shield soccer match at Sookanpoo 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.
Mr. Armand Vincent, well-known
As a matter of fact, the Gunners to the superiority of the Stonecutters promoter, who is spoñcoring the bout, were unlucky to be eliminated from team, for whom Ferris, Croft and is said to be consulting his Board of the competion as they had more of Heap scored. Directors to-dny.
the play than their opponents. How-
The fight, if all arrangements work ever, they had only themselves to out satisfactorily, will take place at blame for not scoring goals; they did Earl's Court in London either on May everything but put the ball into the 10 or 11.
pot.
Easy Rugby Win For Hampshire
London, Jan. 4.
It is Mr. Vincent's intention to The only goal scored in the match match the winner with Tommy Farr, came within Ave minutes of the former holder of the British tile, |commencement. In attempting to
A sensation was caused when an- clear, Minshull, the Gunners", goal- Playing in the County Rugby nouncement of the bout was made in keeper, had the misfortune to knock Championship at Portsmouth, to-day, London yesterday, as 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 Router.
HOCKEY TEAM ANNOUNCED
:
On the whole, the game was a rather dull affair.
LEAGUE TIES
n
points to nul-Reuter.
EDINBURGH BEATEN ON OWN GROUND
London, Jan. 4.
Stanley scored comfortable victory at Happy Valley yesterday over. 8th Brigade, RA, in the "A" Section of the Third Division League In the second division of the Scol- by ive goals to one. The game was tish Football League, Edinburgh, at
to-day-fleuter.
The following team has been select-fast and interesting, but the superior home, lost to Dundee United by 4-1 ed to represent the "A" XI of the marksmanship of the Stanley team Hongkong Hockey Club
against told in the end, H.M.S. "Hermes" on the club, ground
Scorars were Wooldridge (3) and
at King'a Park at 5 p.m..on Friday, Freer (2) for Stanley, and Bounders Jan, G. The Club will play in white for the Brigade,
ahirt,
UNIVERSITY BEATEN
COUNCIL MEETING
A meeting of the Hongkong. Foot HF. Shielai, L. F. Stokes, W.
The Stonecutters W/S had tie ball Association Council will be bold Schnabel; W Brown, I. J. D. Lowe (Capt.). A. H, Pontius; 6. DJ. Woolgar,dimculty in beaung the University.in in the Association's rooms, the Bank W. Bpancer, E. 1. A. Morgan, K. A the section by three goala to nil of. Canton, on Monday, January, py Bidmend and L. P. Tamworth, The game was uninteresting, owing, at 6.30 p.m2
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