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Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

June 14, 1939.

ANOTHER CROP OF CENTURIES IN COUNTY CRICKET

BUT ONLY FOUR ELEVENS WIN TIES OUTRIGHT

WEST INDIES TOURISTS FORTUNATE AT DERBY

Another crop of centuries was produced in the County Cricket Championship programme concluded yesterday, a feature boing the number of centurions who remained undefeated. Of the eight matches played in the champion- ship, only four ended in definite results, the other four being won only on first innings.

As already reported, Yorkshire ånd Gloucester won by an innings over Middlesex and Essex respectively, the mutches inking only two days.. Sur- rey and Kent also completed their fixtures yesterday by beating Starex and Leicester respectively, each by iine wickets.

Lancashire declared twice in an attempt to force a win against Notts at Manchester but had to be content with the points on first innings.

After scoring 141 in reply to Hamp- shire's total of 304, Warwickshire made a good recovery in the follow- on, which reulised 400 for five wickels,

The West Indies tourists were in a bad way against Derbyshire, but managed to hold out to a draw. At close of play the tourists were still 95 runs behind with only four wickets to fall.

Results and details of matches are cabled by Renter.

LEADING PERFORMERS

The following were the lending performers in the programme Just concluded:

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RESULTS IN BRIEF

The following were the results of matches in the programme concluded yesterday:

Lacnalilro (493 for 4 doeld. and 188 for 4 docid.) beat Notts (315 and 23 for 0) on first Innings

Surrey (354 and 221 for 1) beat Sussex (205 and 300) by nine Hampshire (204) beat Warwickshire (141 and 400 for 3) on first innings.

Worcester (546 for 0 decid.) beat Northants (311 and 216 for d) on first innings.

wickets.

wickets

Kent (385 and 138 for 1) best Leicester (201 and 231) by nino Glamorgan (574 for 7) beat Somerset (385) on first innings). Yorkshire (430 for 5 decld.) beat Middlesex (02 and 122) by an linings and 240 runs.

Gloucester (425) bent Essex (150 and 182) by an innings and Derby (300 and 104) drew with West Indies (204 and 54 for 6). Cambridge (339) drew with Free Foresters (287 and 202 for

93 runs.

3)..

:

Here And There With "Abe"".

Organised Baseball's

100th

い

Anniversary

ORGANISED baseball at the United seared 2.305 runs

on

10

club

Can You guess who this is? He is In unfamiliar guise, but' some of you inay recognise Jean Boroira, the famous French star. The former Davis Cup player is now an artillery captain, photographed at a dinacr given in honour of the French Army officers who wero visiting London Just month.

Fenske Beats All Rivals In Mile Race

to 574 by op- States celebrated its centenary ponents. The

won 24 Monday when, according

inore United Press, "baseball's bigwigs being beaten

consecutive games in 1070 before heroes of the past and present, and

by Atlanties of 15,000

spectators"

Brooklyn, 8 to 7, in 11 innings. The gathered

Memphis, Tenn., May 13. first professional league started in Cooperstown to do the game honour. 1871, the National Association of the books fo-day-a defeat of Glenn Chuck Fenske marked up one on Since Abner Doubleday, a cadet at Professional Ball Players, with the Cunningham, Archie West Point Military Academy, drew

Sin Romani up the first cruite rules and laid rules stipulating a player had to be and Don Lash, three of the country's out a field for the first game of base-

president. The Athletics of Phila-leading milers, ball played by his former school-delphia won the first pennant, This was the forerunner of the National mates at Cooperstown Classical and Was

WHITCOMBE CRASHES IN GOLF CHALLENGE TIE WITH BOB LOCKE Gained Early Lead But Lost By Six And Five

By F. J. C. Pignon

London, June 2. Bobby Locke, South African champion, beat Reginald Whitcombe, British open champion, by six up and five to play in an international challenge match for £1,000 yester- day on the Coombe Hill course, Surrey.

Czech Player Wants To Be U.S. Citizen

Hecht Taking Out New Papers

New York. American tennis probably has fallen permanently heir to Ladislav Hecht, the former Czech Davis Cup star and one of the world's most pro- mising young players.

Hecht came over as a member of the Czech delegation to the World's Fair, just before his homeland was taken over by Germany. Now he considers himself a refugee and The smooth stepping Fenske, from intends to apply for American elizen

Academy, Cooperstown League, which, after a preliminary the University of Wisconsin but run-ship, 1930, the game has become meeting in Louisville, enme into being unattached, took the featured

every part of the world. ing at the Grand Central Hotel, New nile in the Cotton Carnival's track The country's tennis officials, faced

Thus ont of the most-talked-of challenge matches of the year ended in the pathetic failure of Die British champlon and another triumph for a. young man of 21 who is rapidly gain- ing the reputation of a world beater.

Locke started yesterday with an advantage of two holes, gained on the first 38 holes of the match on Wed-. nesday, and threw away his lead with a bad first aine in which he did not even equal the bogey score.

Whitcombe squared the match at the eighth. He ought to have beer. one up, but missed a putt of less than two feet the fifth. However, the British champlon did win the ninth hole for the lead and seemed heading for victory.

Then, for some unaccountable rea- son, his game went all to pieces.

Never have I seen a more complete. and utter collapse than the failure of Whitcombe on the dramatic home ward half, Locke won seven of the nine holes, lost one through driving out of bounds, and finished the round with a lead of five holes.

find any reference as to York, February 2, 1870, Morgan G. meet last speed in the stretch. the approaching season since Don On one occasion he sliced fully sixty

when it was first played in Hongkong,

ulkeley, of Hartford, was the first

newith

burst

but it must have been many, many president,

years ago. As a matter of fact, I

think baseball was more popular in Highlights

the Colony in the 20's than it seems

to be now. It is duncul to account

BATTING

Gibbons (Worcester) v. Nor-

thants

222*

Dai Davies (Glamorgan)

Somerset

210

Leyland (Yorkshire) v. Mid-

dlesex

N

180*

popular in

Sutcliffe (Yorkshire) v. Mid-

I cannot

diesex

175

Doliery (Warwickshire) V.

Hampshire

170

Oldfield (Lancashire) v Notts

1474

Smart (Glamorgan) v. Somer-

Get ......****

141

Palmer (Worcester) v. North-

ants

132

Prentice (Leicester).v. Kent

119

Holt (Hampshire) v, Warwick 115,

Brookes (Northants) v. Wor-

ceater

Nutter (Lancashire) v. Notts 109*

Arnold (Hampshire) v. War-

Herbert Sutcliffo

wick

109

Fishlock (Surrey) y. Sussex

107

Foster (Kent) v. Leicester

107

still going strong despite

his age.

Ord. (Warwickshire) v. Hamp-

ahire

105*

Welch

(Free Foresters)

Cambridge

Emmett (Gloucester) v. Essex

104 00

6 for 73

diesex Lambert (Gloucester) v.

Essex Pollard

(Lancashire) Notis Verlly (Yorkshire) v. Mid-

dlesex

and

& for 44

* Denotes Not Out

BOWLING

Copso: (Derby) v. West

Indies

Bowes (Yorkshire) v. Mid-

IN THE ROUGH

with a famine of topnotch talent for Whitcombe was often in the rough.

Fenske moved past Cunningham, und Budge turned professional, have wel-yards off the line; he did not match passed San Romant to win by a yard.comed Hecht with open arms and he | Locke's approach shots and he missed Cunningham, also unattached, anish- already has promised to play in every putts. It would be a mere catalogue ed third, followed by Lash, Indianauding the National championships at in that phase which proved so disas- event of the summer, in- of errors to describe Whitcombe's play State policeman. and Williain South-

Forest Hills. He is not, of course, trous.

He

former

Locke on the other hand played really well and had the last nine holes In a recent practice match Hecht | In 34, which included a six. His had little difficulty defeating Berke- round was 74 against 75. ley Bell, the professional, 0-4, 6-4. and he was far too good for Helen Wills Moody.

for it, but 15 or 10 years ago there SPALDING'S Chiengo White Stock-worth, Butler University. were more teams participating in the ▶ ings and All-Stars were the first The time was 4m. 11.6s, a tenth eligible to play on the American League than there are now. The clubs to make a trip around the of a second under the meet record. Davis Cup Team. gome took a long time to catch on world, visiting. the Orient, Australia, The tireless Lash showed plenty of In England where it was not very Egypt and Europe in the winter of stamina by taking the two-mile event popular at first, but it has now come 1888-80 the Players' League 30 minutes later in Om. 32.85. to stay, with baseball clubs spring-precipitated the Brotherhood War of bested Tommy Deckard. ing up all over the country, The 1800, ruined baseball fortunes and teammate at Indiana University. Japanese, of course, are great en- gave the game a severe setback thusiasts and it is only to be ex-Ban Johnson changed the name of

DOUBLE WIN pected that the Filipinos took to the the Western League to the American versity turned in the only double win, Perrin Walker of Oglethorpe Uni- gaine ilke ducks to water.

League In 1900 . ..the American setting a new 100-yard dash mark League spread to the cast in 1901 for the meet at 0.8s. and winning the

the National Lengue fought to 220 in 21.0. the invader out and the Atheri- cans captured Nap Lajole, Cy Young, diacus throw of 153.9 feet

9 for 20 Fabulous Salaries

keep

BRITISH DRIVER

1

Whitcombe was as bewlidered as anybody at this unexpected landslide,. and it was obvious that the burden of his handicap weighed heavily upon him in the final round.

Locke began this with another cruel thrust, an approach close to the hole and a birdle three, to be slx up. Then

with an inspiring recovery.

Other new meet records included BREAKS 3 MORE Whitcombe flattered his supporters

S in the case of cricket and soccer Flick, Burkett, Keeler and others in land of Illinols, a javelin players in the United States are pro- the

Eame's greatest

1053 of

for 544 In England, the leading baseball | sensational rolds drawing card and a high jump of 6ft., 41⁄2 in. shared

was

WORLD RECORDS

BEST GOLF OF MATCH

He holed two putts of six- or sovon yards, and with Locke in rough and bunker, at the fourth, Whitcombe was Major Gardner broke the world only four down. But Locke was not

London, June 1.

4 for 17 fessionals. But unlike cricket and 4 for 20 soccer stars In the Home Country pitcher in 1914 baseball did its of

came up with the Red Sox as a by Horn of Alabama and Diefenthaler

of Illinois. the best of them, have bit in the World War who, even fixed scales of pay, the top-ranking Ruth, spectacular stugger, was pur-points. Illinois

Babe

•Purdue won team honours with 27 baseball players of America can chased from the Red Sox by New with 26 points, followed by Oklahoma records for one mile, one kilometre, to be shaken off. He played the best

close behind virtually conumand their own York Yankees, and electrified salaries. They hold out some of them, get fees which must by hitting 54 homers SCA. & M. with 19 and Alabama with and five kilometres, all from a yine golf of the match, won the two short

for, and ball

for a new 17. make the mouths of many English team in 1926, increasing his total to

Bish 59 in 1921 cricket and soccer sines water. Im-Sox scandal following the White

ATHLETIC RECORDS BEATEN: STARTING BLOCKS AT WEMBLEY

By Dark Blue

Alterations In Royal Hunt Cup

Start, in the International Class F (1,500 cc. class) on the Bitterfeld-holes, the sixth and ninth, and was Dessau autobahn to-day.

six up again,

When at the tenth Whitcombe, who The records are:-

had bunkered his iron shot, recovered to within

ithin a yard of the pin a cheer went up, but when he missed a yard put for a half there was an air of despondency and resignation about the crowd.

agine getting U.S. $30,000 or $40,000

old Commission form for a season of baseball! Now take government was abolished and the case of the 22 players in a recent Judge in Chicago, was chosen Cam- Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Federnl

One mile--203.8 m.p.h. International soccer match at Hamp-

One kilometre--204.2 m.p.hu den Park between England and missioner with dictatorial powers, in

Five kilometres-200.0 m.p.h. Scotland which attracted a crowd ofsational World's Series victories for

December, 1920

following sen- close on 150,000. Each of these

London, June 13. The previous records were: One Locke was seven up, dormle seven players received

the National League by Bill Terry's. £8 each! Who

The following are the alterations mile-104 m.p.h. (the late Frank with another great approach shot, and wouldn't be a baseball star?

Glants In 1933 and the "Gas House" in the Royal Hunt Cup probables: Lockhart): One Cardinals in

kilometre-148.2 having lost, the short twelfth conclud- 1934, the American

Jones rides Zoltan, Maher rides m.p.h. (G. Furmanik); Five kilo-ed the match with a half in birdie League captured four straight World's Mickle Bulger, Richardson rides metres-139.5 m.p.h. (L. Durny). Series, for the fourth time, in 1035, Belmai, Mullins rides Rose Town.

three at the next. Major Gardner drove the same car 1030, 1037 and 1938, the Yankees es- Blue Star, Chelsen Reach, three straight games.

with world records on Wednesday, with the drawn.-Reuter.

engine rebored.

London, May 15. | History of Game

Several new records were set up and others equalled at the

A.A.A. annual indoor championships at the Empire Pool, Wem- | ALEXANDER J. Cartwright spon- tablishing a new record by winning Star and Husson have be Flying which he used when he broke three that final round. He went out in 34

bloy, last night, when for the first time in the history of athletic competition in this country starting blocks were used for the aprint races.

I

B. Giles (R.A.F.) won the first of thine of 2min. 3.3sec. the men's fat races to be decided, twice.

non-starter In

was

the

༤༣

sored the first baseball club, the Knickerbockers of New York, which was organised on September 13, 1845, the club accepting Cartwright's diamond and rules, as improvement

ase of Doubleday. broken over those

Kame between two teams was played the 70 yds, sprint, but one's sym- A. C. Petti, a City of London at Hongkong, N.J., June 10, 1846, with pathies must go to T. A. C. Scotcher policeman athlete and holder, re-

score New York Nine, 23; Kale- (Southgate); who had beaten Giles turned 3min. 3rec. but a Watford "nces, later runs, then won a game.

kerbockers, 1.

rs, 1. Twenty-one or more In the second round in which he in- railway ejerk, and British half-mile The Knickerbockers were the fest jured himself and so could not con- champlon, A. J. Collyer, betteredb to pete in the final.

D. L. Finlay was

this, doing half a second quicker club to use uniforms. Wearing blue than the 1937 time at 2min, 2.8sce, trousers, white shirts and straw hats. they defeated Washington Club of Yorkville, 21 to 11, in eight innings, June 3, 1851. The Knickerbockers also were the

first team to appear two-column box-score, the New M. V. Blake (London A.C.), 11ft., 3., York Clipper of July 16, 1853, re- A. W. Masters Metropolitan A.Cc), 2; 11. cording Knickerbockers (21). Gotham LJ Evona (Milocarian A.C.). 3 time: 2), in the game of July 5.. The irst organisation in baseball was the A big disappointment occurred in tAchillea A.C.), I; F. V. Scopes (Achlies

Hurdles.-T. L. Lockton Nationni Association of Baseball the 880 yards. Everybody wanted AC.), II. A. Powell (Achilles A.C.), 3; vention, March

formed at Players,

a New York con- 10, 1850 The, As- to see how A. G. K. Brown would imo, 0.0sec. (equals record). be suited by running on wood, and Merz (Achilles), it

Pailing the Weight Liit, soclation adapted most of: Cart- A.. F. Wright's rules, but made the game lind not long to wait. Brown Bandit (Milocarian A.C.), 41ft in, pine innings, with the team huving. dropped out in the thiru lap, BL 4. L. Masugan diendos A.C.), tuning

most ruris at the end of that

the 70-yards hurdles because of an ankle dumuged at football.

The title went rather unexpectedly

MEN'S EVENTS

to T. L. Lockton (Achilles) after a borough College A.C.) 12ft, 1; B. bentley

Pole Vault W. Yielder (Lough great

race with F. V. Scopes (Loughborough Coll. A.C.), lit. n. 2 (Achilles) who led most of the way, but was beaten in the run in.

A DISAPPOINTMENT

took part in the ten-laps relay raco later In the evening.

The holder, A. C. Peilit, lost his

70 Yorde Spirtnt-D, Giles (R.À.F.), 1;

7.53cc,

3.

10 Yards

880 Yards-G. F. Morris (Thames Valley time being the winner. HI A. C. Pettit (City of London

Police min. die. Vew wetford 1.3, 3. Game Spreads?

Time, record.

title to G, F. Morris (Thames Valley).

D. II. Lock twice broke the record

in the '00-metres for women. Sho wes in a class by horself,

Long Jump-R. A. Powell (Achilles), 21ft. in. 1; ft. G. Walter (Cambridge H., 31, n. 1. C. E. Kiralty (London

A.C.), ift. in 34

The

THE

Excelsiors of Brooklyn were

the first club to make a tour,

High Jamp Newman (Lloyds visiting Buffalo, Rochester, Albany

(Bxt. 1010.) A Fansley Royal yter and Troy in July, 1850, The Civil

B. Reld also set up new figures in Constabulary), 2; H, V. Stubbs (Poly H0 War gave great impetus to the game,

the women's putting the weight, na

ald E. Forster in the five-japs race.

Tho

significance in

for

the wo

was of special women, as talent spotters from

the: Women's Amateur Athletic Association : were

prezent looking

for kely candidates for the Olymple Gamer. Ma

....... Although this was only the third year since the 680 yards champion- ship had been included, the 1937

Locke was almost unbeatable in

and was three under flours for the thirteen holes played.

1: Eletropolitan Police 2: Ponders End both bin and gray ranks. The sport Laps Rota Rate London Paper Mills, which spread like wildfire through AC. D, Emin, SiRico, (n now record). (Herne Hill 11.), ID, O. Percivsi Lon- Alfred J. Reach of Brooklyn was the Two Miles Championship-T. N, Howe continued grow after the war. don A.C.), 1 D. A. Brickwood (Mitetiam first professional player being en- A.C.), 3. min. 27600, (a' record).......

gaged to play for the Philadelphia WOMEN'S EVENTS. Athletics in 1887. The first complete:

Photo of die 1st Bn. The Middlesex Regiment attelle team of 1938-30, winners of die Inter-Tintt Athletle Championships Back How professional Puting the Weight D. Reid (Mitcham Cincinnati Red Stockings of 1600,

team was the famous :(left to right) --*/cpl. Barkway, Pio. Dunne, L/cpl. Bowker, L/epl. Goodair, L/cpl. Merton, Pie. Goodman, L/cpt, MoGrad), Pic. Williams, Pie. A.C.). SOIL, 10ih,- (how record), 1 K

Shaw, Corp. Sturdy, L/cpl. Burbidgo. Middle Row-Bds. Hymas, Dmr. Onslow, L/epl. Poolo, Pte. Blootafeld, L/cpl. Beton, Pie. Berry, Ple. Lever. tley - (hittolam - A.C.), --ten-men-drawing-$9,500. The team Corpla Pace, L/cpl. Hobson, L/cal: Wookey, L/cpl. Perrin, L/epl. Matthews, Pis Binden, Front Row-L/cpl. Dickens, Corul Ruiz, Sorgt. Ponlier;

Continued on Page 9.)

won 65-games, Lied one, lost none; | -P. 8. M. Donovan, Lt. Col. L. A. Ne wnham, Capt. II. Marah, Adjt, M.C., P. 8. M. Ramsey, L/sgi. Hiscooks, and L/cpl. -Noble Ming Yuen, eta