1939-01-23 — Page 9

NANCY

BOY!-- SOME SNOW STORM LAST NIGHT!

OH, AUNT FRITZI--- I'M GOING OUT AND SHOVEL

A PATH!

Monday,

HONGKONG

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GOODNESS!--- YOU CERTAINLY MUST FEEL AMBITIOUS!

By

WELL---

I FEEL LIKE

GETTIN'

SOME EXERCISE!

January 23, 1939.

Ernie Bushmiller

THERE!--- NOW THE LI'L BIRDS CAN WALK

IN AND OUT!

Jel. 28151.

WINTER

,

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#timate. Se,

Eight-Ball Over Recommended For Colony

Greater Chances Of A Definite Conclusion

(By "R. Abbit")

Talking over the results of matches in the evening of Saturday last I came across a strenuous adherent of the eight ball over and I must confess he has got me thor- oughly talked over. As a girlish enthusiast said to me the other day, I hate draws, and in at least two games on Saturday last, at K.C.C., and at the Civil Service ground, the eight ball over must have brought about a definite conclusion.

The

time question cannot be here where we take Our cricket worked out definitely as it depends rather unhustled.

on whether your bowler takes a

long or short run, and on the rate

SATURDAY'S GAMES

and method of the batsmen's scorint. The Army met with an almost in-

But it is a mathematical fact that

six overs of eight balls cqual eight credible disaster

vers of six balls in the number of

bulls sent

down.

The

iwo extra

not up

to

at the hands of

Retrein though I know they were full strength. These things happen, but it must be admit paratively speaking, and so you gained that the Reervin bowelers brought

balls will take very little tine, com-

all but two overs in eight of the old very fine piece of work. The six ball over.

Novy had only Firth and Kennedy first side and they stuckt

The number of evers of their real under our present rule has

been to their policy-the only one possi- stated to be twenty per hour though, bie ander present conditions of not as I said before, it depends on other calling upon their second eleven but non-constant factors. That is, eighty in a fou: Hour game, excluding filing any as best they might, They tervals. The gain then in the 8-ball the second beat the I.R.C. comfort- haul the satisfaction of knowing that over scheme would be twenty overs less the total time it took to bowlby, thanks to a day out by Carless whose figures WOTY 9-3-25-1.

all the extra balls, which I will Smith and Clayton gut most of the runs but the former must learn to judge a run better.

call X.

X.

5

These Lovies Go Sleuthing

Supporting Barbara Stanwyck and ilonry Fonda in "Tho Mad 'An Manton." these seven beauties nid in solving a serio-comic surdor mys tery. Thop aro: flower row Linda Torry, Frances Morcor, Vicki Loster: Second row) Ann Evere, Catherine O'Quin, Eleanor Itanacu: (Top) Whitney Bourne.

Craigengower Seconds Hold Kowloon C. C. In An Exciting Finish

New C. B. A. Clubhouse Now Opened

have much pleasure in declar- ing this pavilloa open. I wish the Central British Association ni suc- cess." With the se words, Mrs. Handyside opened the Association's new Clubhouse at King's Park yes- terday by unlucking; the door at the main entrance with a silver key.

Mrs. Handyside is the wife of air. W. L. Handyside, who, until the re- turn from leave of the Rev. G. E. S. Upsdell, was acting Headmaster of the Central British School.

After the opening ceremony, Mrs. Handyside was presented with a bouquet of flowers by little Mary White, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. White,

the new

Although small in size. Clubhouse is designed to cover all the normal activities of sporting club.

It has

a covered verandah

Which affords an excellent view of the sports field, a bar, men's dress- Jug room, Committee room, and a boys' room. A feature of the build- ing is the series of "bricks" with the names of the dunors to the "Brick Fund.

Before asking Mrs. Handyside to open the Clubhouse, Mr. Upsdell ad- dressed the large gathering and out- lined the history of the Central Bri- tish Association.

SPECIAL BARGAINS

LADIES'

DAY AND

EVENING

FROCKS

SUMMER AND WINTER

HATS

TO CLEAR

AT HALF

THE MARKED

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LANE CRAWFORD'S

The House of Quality & Service

INDIANS' BATTING COLLAPSES

Navy Beaten In Lai Wah Cup

(Continued from Page 8.)

game is that far too many petty in- fringements were allowed to pass unpunished. As a result dangerous

He said that in 1924 some pupils Wood And Carless play crept into the game, especially

Much Too Good

the second half. Teamst

Chinese-Tam Kwan-kon; Ho

Chung-wan,

of the Central

British School, then known

the Kawloon British School, approuched the Headmaster with a request, and this resulted in

Yung-sung, Lo Wal-kuen; Chang the forming of the Association. In 1930 the first pavilion was erected,

Lee Wing-chlu, Hsu The Indian R.C. seconds, who per- King-shing: Chan Ping-to, Cheuk portly by funds from pupils of the formed so creditably against the Shek-kam. Lee Wal-tong, Chow Schoot and partly by funds from Hongkong C.C. the week before, Man-chi and Hau Ching-to. members of the Association.

came a terrifle cropper when they Navy. Hazard; Bellis, sun; Owing to the searelity of old pupils, met the Navy seconds, champlona of Honeywell, Dixon, Fisher; Armstrong, the Junior Cricket League. at Soo-Spiller, Hendy, Thorburn and Hunt. kunpoo on Saturday and were beaten by 58 runs.

Change of Name

dismiss the Navy batsmen for only Cat Back 18 Months

But

Later

COMING TO BRASS TACKS

SECOND LEAGUE Now turning to our Agures for last Saturday. Seventy one overs in all: In other games the Civil Service were bowled in the Club vs Civil hung on to draw with the Club, but Service and the extra bowling overs they were lucky to do so. The Club would have been just an eighteen, total seems unnecessarily large but overs minus X There is little doubt 3 deduce that a lot of them were that one more aver fond more of made quickly at the end as they that anon!) trick. Now for the T.C.C. seconds Servants 3 The Police at Army avoid defeat against the K.C.C., in a junior division cricket match at was deeply grateful

would have done the bowled 40 overs as against the Civil

the dours of the Association were The most important factors which enabled Craigengower to Association greatly appreciated and opened to outside people, and the va Craigengower. In all 60 overs second, B. C.

Pay. new Police were sent down, and in the proposed Cadet getting sifty, and the Com- King's Park on Saturday were the bowling of George Winch, which Joinet, for the assistance they gave. to those who scheine the saving would have been missioner of Police, who must be was to accurate that he kept the K.C.C. scoring well behind the

The home players did very well to a shade over seventeen overs inA1642

all cricketers in of Colony now, hit up thirty, Riho clock during the first hour, and so prevented an earner declaration,

105 in spite of the fact that the and the stout-hearted batting of H. P. Lim, who for an hour defied.

sailors were one man short. only drew with For purists let me say I use the match of individual performances as all attempts to dislodge him.

the Varsity in 21

In 1981, continued the speaker, when they themselves went In 10 the School's name word over both 204 equal to wix G. N. Gasano (50). R. Soares (20)

was changed to bat, they found the bowling of Wood balls" and to "the thne taken to bowl and A. R. Marques (21) made most Without these two players Craigen-

that of the Centrul British School, und Carless much too good for thein six balls."

Centerbrook, Conn. Again in the Club of the runs for Recreio, while K. Y. gower would have been in

and the Association was then known and were all out for 47. Lim made a splendid contribution as the second game vs Civil Service no less Tam (48) and J. Gong (33) held the plight. As it was they managed to other batsmen came and went, and old Clubhouse, and the present one

Central British

Time means nothing to Dick, the Association. than eighty-two overs were bowles, fort for the Varsity. Gegn got

sorry to this end, remaining in while seven The typhoon of 1937 destroyed the Navy did not look as if they would Dolpli A year and a half ago the AL one stage of the gaine, the family cat of Mr. and Mrs. Richard where there would have been a sav

hold out in an exelting Anish, for 32 from them.

the baiting faultlessly for his 30 runs. was built

cat wandered away. Then it came Ing of Just

see the 100 mark. They had lost six back, rattling the latch on the door ninth wicket falling in the last but Afterwards, Irance proved a tower of efforts of the Committee,

through the tremendous one over with the home side enjoying strength in AN UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT lead of 2. minus X.

wickets for less than 50 runs, but as it always had done to gain ad- defending, and, very was, still a small debt to be paid,

B. Smith and EA. Chyton stayed mittance to the house, and settled CONTRARY MINDED, IF ANY? I was indeed sorry to hear that no means represented his fine bowl- literally crouching over his bat,

Winch's final figures, 2 for 55, by the last over with the K.C.C. felders help by purchasing a "brick" in

properly refusing to run, played out and members and old pupils could together for half an hour, by the down as if it had been gone only

end of which period the Navy stock for the night. Norman Mackay had broken his

the

always been that the eight-ball over loss. He had srored 22 at the time in a second spell, when he bowie K.C.C. to amass 154 for 6 declared, paid a warm tribute to Mr. J. J. | cepted, and he went on to make a

Actually the serious objection has nose when mis-hitting high full during the early phases of the

had risen considerably, Smith gave main hall of the Clubhouse for $10. Consistent batting allowed the ile conceded most of the ruas

Before concluding, Mr.

a hard return catch to Abbas carly Upsdell

le bis innings but it was not ac- is going to. put too much of a strain und it is hard luck to pick it from the opposite end, and was quite Mulenby who hit up a merry 36 not who had done many years' excclient / Painstaking 24. Apart from him and on to the bowlers and especially on bad luck like that on one of the few obviously tired. But his first 10 out, and the stability of McKenzie, work for the Association, and who but It was the forcefulness of King, Hon. Secretary of the Club, to the fast bowters. Well, I don't oeensions on which he has been able over see any serious bowler here going to turn out. Kowloon were solid in hid the home batsmen strictly who obtained 29 in good style which was indefatigable in placing the in- to be worried by sending down two their bating and had the better f from round the wicket, he swerved a safe position.

in on the defensive. Bowling wide out enabled the home side to obtain such terests

jeam did anything of note with the more bails per over in the space of C.C.C., though Ernie Zimmern (48) disconcertingly with the shiny ball,

of the Association Time

that

anyone bowls for in Satur-and A. K. Ismail (23) saved the side, and always struck a good length. So good at the start. Winch being ably side for opening the Clubhouse, Mr.

fore. day afternoon

The Craigengower attack was very

Normally 105 on the I.R.C. ground cricket. The other I am glad to see Frank Goodwin is quiet did he keep the batsmen that supported by Omar, but when, the Upsdell mentioned that it was hop- thought so on Saturday had reckoned Just hefore thanking Mrs. Handy- would have been an easy task for objection is that it is changing the back and playing cricket again.

the Indians: but rules of cricket. Well, the rules of

the Arst 50 runs took

those who had an hour to former was brought back for cricket have been changed before

make, and although the rate of scor- second spell he ANOTHER ACCIDENT

aed the old pupils of the School without Wood and Carless. now, and this change is peculiarly!

Alec Penree was unlucky in the easy. The first third at least of

sociation.

ALL AT SEA W.G.'s Cricket was played with a Civil Service v Club game to split

aver

twenty

present arrangement came in.

THE CHANGE

overs

opened

rather

game,

were

There

| Clayton, nobody else in the Navy

bat.

to the

Ing increased when he was taken off, į ravalier fashion by Mulcahy, while rally to the help of the As-

Was treated in would the K.C.C., could never catch up with Way was punished by McKenzie and the clock.

Guests present at the function In- four ball over. Then five balls came finger. I gather he took a very putedly strong in batting.

Because Cralgengower

Baldwin. Craigengower fielding was cluded Mrs. G. E. S. Upsdell, Mr. Wood bowling are re- much below par, more than one com- W. L. Handyside, in and not so long afterwards the hard hit and the seam of the ball claration could not be matte until 150 and these mistakes proved expensive, the Misses Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. R. dificulties from the start. The fest fastish left-arm the deparatively easy catch being dropped, Higgs, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Hunt and

the Rev. J. Rround the wicket and Carless, turn- took him exactly where he had pre-runs were on the board,

ing from the leg, had the Indians in viously split the skin and

and this Kitchell and Broadbridge were two L. Webb, Mr. and Mrs. R. Hender- up badly. He came back later to Wis not until ten minutes past four.

offenders, and there

wicket fell at 15, the second, at 25, I do not think It possible for the his damaged hand. The Civil Ser

the third at 35 and the fourth at the play o

a very good innings in spite of

OFFERED SPORTING CHANCE

opportunities which more enterprising and Mrs. J. G.. Hooper,

other son, Mr. and Mrs. R. Meadows, Mr.

same felding might have turned to useful Mrs. G. A. White. Mlas M. L. Whit- Leugue Committee to

Mr. and

score. Thereafter little pro- make the vice perhaps gave the Club

Even so, the visitors were offered

gress was made by the Indians while change this season 85 League mat a short time to bat but it must be sporting chance of making the runs,

account.

ley, Miss H. Bockler, ches have already been played.

Miss P. W.

their batsmen staged Jittle proces- But remembered the Club won the toss undoubtedly these would have been

BRILLIANT CATCHES

Brown, Miss B. Gidley, Miss S.

slon to and from the pavilion. Nine to my mind it should certainly come and put them in. Their innings was attempted had not early

Whitley, Miss J. Felshaw, Miss. C.

wickets were down for 41, and into force next senson. I do not say marked by

successes K.C.C. that it should be used in Triangulor Richardson and McLellan and be thrust Craigengower back strictly on took splendid catchies, and little was Fowler, W. Muir, W. Mutealy, K.

come the way of the K.C.C., which strongly. two stands, between

Aelding

though A. R. Markar and Y. T. Bar- contrasted very one, Miss M. Smith, Miss E. Find- Brokenshire and White ly: Messrs. L. R. Ildefonso, for the last-wicket partnership, they ma stuck in for nearly 20 minutes Tournament games, though I think it tween might well come in there too.

Perry and Hollidge who On batted very well(much better hon the whole I think it should become he fielded), and will make a very Laurence took a good catch in the bowlers to return such good figures. MacNlder, K. Forrow, M. Manning, playing back to Carless who was

ven away on the ground. It was Hussain, G. W. Arnold, J. J. King, added only six runs. this keen support which enabled the H. W. King, T. R. Ingram, S. the general rule here!

The Indians made the mistake of good player with perseverance who had previously taken 6 for 27/usual and merited his four wicketa / Summera, A. E. P. Guest, J. A. E. and silps to send back Ride. Longfield, Simpson bowled much better than T CHANGING THE BOWLING experience. Perry played a splendid

Whitley, W. H. G. Hirst, A. keeping a good length and spinning captain's innings. Unlike others of and done the hat-trick, failed but for 24 runs, and Baldwin always had Peters, B. 1. Bickford, W. A. Smith, got bowled

thein from the leg. Four batsmen When talking with my very en- the side he is always at his best Haymes and Scoones looked like get- the batsmen playing off the back foot. A. J. G. Taylor, A. F. Austen, V.

In this manner, being thusiastic friend he raised another for the C.S.C.C. There

ting the runs when

beaten by the spin. point, as to the amount of ima curious incident in McLellan's in-drawn. I hear there was some dis-had the encouraging figures of two

en slumps

were Taylor, brought on at the last minute C. Bond, J. Odell, D. T. Smith, H. wasted whenever the bowling was nings which I heard from the square cussion as to this and someone point-overs, two maidens, no runs, and two

Millington.

Wood also was giving a good ne changed. The captain went into a leg umpire who gave him not out. ed out as the teams were going in wickets.

The Association's Committee mem-count of himself at the other end. bers for 1938-39 are: The Rev. G. He kept a good length inost of the So far as the Cralgengower hat-E. S. Upsdell (Chairman), were moved about. Nowes and after he had started for a pointed to

time, but his speed prevented the obviously a captain must consult his chort run it was seen that a ball hat! Well, what the Jockey Club clock in a manner suggesting runs. Ile Woolley, Miss G, MacNider, G. W. him even when he sent down loose Indians from taking 1lbertles with bowlers about their feld when pul- fallen. The umpire, however, was says isn't evidence. The time is was very confident, but he could get Arnold and W. Muir. ting them on, but my friend's point satisfied that McLellan had complet-ruled by the umpires' watches which nobody to stay with him. Winch ed his stroke, and that he knocked should be synchronised before the might have made a few; but he was

WX15

ng yarn with the bowler and then he batsman played one to square that the Jockey Club clock sting was concerned, only Lim shaped King (Hon. Secretary).

people

two minutes to

six.

J.

J.

Mles I. L..

ones.

It was a miserable display by the Indians, who had only themselves to blume for this wretched balling ex-

Capt. Corless at taken six wickets for 10 runs and one stage had

hibition.

was that cach captain knows pretty off the ball when stepping back to things. If there is only one per-magnificently caught off a big hit to wall not only what bowlers he will use but also what fieldsmen he will DAVIS CUP TOURNEY hove at

at his disposal, in League Mini-or perhaps I should say to get a ter ches anyway, of which alone I speak.

quite well, had the mortification of The one kick off for his start. Given the curious thing to me is that anyone being brilliantly taken by White at The idea is thrt before the match facts as stated the decision was per- should be able to rend the time on off werd point, the ball travelling Yamagishi And Nakano Tonally finished up with six for 25.

the Jockey Club clock at six o'clock off the bat like a bullet.

plans of the Beld should be worked fectly right. out for all the bowlers likely to c used and then circulated to the 129 nelders as well as the bowlers. It

"THE LAST OVER"

terminated by his watch.

K.C.C. may, perhaps, count them-

the

Represent Japan

Tokyo, Jan. 22,

participate in the Davis Cup tour. rament thla your.

on a January evening when on the selves a trifle unlucky to have been C.S.C.C. ground! Usually you can't denied three points, yet credit musi Owen Hughes (30), Jolin Pearce the defensive. After diree-quarters manner in which they held out.

see the Jockey Club event may sound a lot but it really should (30) and Alee Pearce (24)

be given to the visitors for take very little time once a begin-chlet scorers for the Club.

were of an hour it was clear that the issue

The Japanese team, as last year." ning had been made. But I fear it the running of the Pearce brothers keep in long enough

I hear would be whether the visitors could OUR SPELLING BEE (see page 7) day announced

The Japan Tennis Association to Both players represented Japan.in. will take part in the American Zone, is a thing that will never be done between the wickets was masterly, defcat."

to slave off schottische scintilla-floriculture Jiro Yamagish! and Fumiteru Nakanoed by Australter in the Appl.

the appointment of Inst year's contests, but were defeat- allude retrievable-ailure... Ins members of the Japanese team to Domel.

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