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Tuesday,
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YEAH IT'S JUST LIKE FINDIN' A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK,·
AS TH'
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June 20, 1939.--
By Ernie Bushmiller
HM-- THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HE'S LOOKED HAPPY SINCE I BOUGHT HIM AT LAST. HE'S BEGINNING
TO LIKE ME!
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Gloucester's Fine Win Over
Hour:
Charles Barnett Hits Up 90 In An A Sporting Declaration
London, May 20.
A splendid exhibition of enterprising batting on the part of Charles Barnett caused the down- fall of Yorkshire at Bradford, where Gloucester- shire gained a remarkable victory by six wickets with five minutes to spare.
It has to be admitted, however, that Yorkshire's declaration was a most sporting one. The champions had obtained a first innings lead of 28 runs, and Sellers went all out for
Crapp, not out Emmett, b Bowes
victory. The Yorkshire batsmen Scott sacrificed their wickets in order to Darnell score quickly, and when Sellers de-Goddard clared Gloucestershire faced the task Sinteid of making 180 in 100 minutes.
El 4, 1-b 1
Total (4 wkts.) YORKSHIRE—First Innings
Scatt
Elarnet! Goddard
GLOUC Bowes
Itobinsan
Hammond accepted the challenge, and Barnett proceeded to punish the. champion's attack in merciless fash-Smalles Ion. The two England bowlers, Verily Bowes and Verity, came in for severe treatment. Within 25 minutes the Leyland Lotal reached 55, Darnett claiming 50, nowes and altogether he batted only an hour. Smalles being first to leave after scoring 90 Verity out of 132.
BOWES HIT FOR SIXES
In spite of his fearless hitting. Bar- Brit gave no semblance of a chance and his strokes included four O's and clatit, d's. Two of his 6's came in one ever from Bowes-one being a hit over the square leg boundary and the other driva into the pavillon
briot Go
wns attempting his fifth & when he fell to a brilliant catch by Bitchell, who held the ball inches short of the boundary.
afogame Sinfield, Barnett's parther, prid a watching complelay was he overshadowed, but he played his part well. There wert Ave 4's to Sinfield's credit and whistle was third to leave after bat- ing 60 mintus, Gloucestershire re- quired only 20 more with 20 minutes left.
Hommand and Hopkins joined in the fun, each helping himself to u six, and Gloucestershire, getting the runs in 85 minutes, gained their first win over Yorkshire since they beat them twice in 1934.
YORKSHIRE
Butcliffe, e Crapp, b Goddard Hutton, e Wilson, Scott Mitchell, e Neale, b Scott Leyland, c Emmett, b Scott Barber, b. Scott
1A. D. Sellers, b Goddard Smailes, o Wilson, & Goddard
Wood, e Hopkins, h Goddard Robinson, a Wilson, b Goddard
Verity, not out, b fcott Bowes, e Goddard,
B4, -b 1
Total
YORKSHIREsecond innings Buteline, e Crapp, b Scott Itutton, b Beolt
**
Mitchell, e Crapp, ↳ Scott
Leyland, b Scott
Barber, not out
A. B. Bellers, c Barnett, b Scott
Smaller, Wilson, b Goddard Wood, not out
Robinson, b Scott
L-b
Total (7 w... dec.) GLOUCESTERSHIRE
18
162
Barnett, b Bowes ret
34
Binfeld, Hutton, b Bowes
Hopking a Mitchell, b Smalles
TW, R. Hammond, lbw, b Robinson
Neale, Verity, b Smalles
Crapp, lbw b Verity
Emmett, e Sellers, b Verity
Haynes, b Robinson
Wilson, not out...
Goddard, e Robinson, b Verity Scott, e Robinson, b Verity
BD, - 9, n-b 3
Total GLOUCESTERSHIRE-Second innings. Barnett, e Mitchell, b Robinson Sinfeld, e Wood, b Bowen
Hopkins, st Wood, b Leyland
W. I. Hammond, not out
"Great Ziegfeld" of the Icel
The ICE FOLLIES
starring
OF 1939
Robinson
Loyland
Second inning
Becond Innings
Umpires: Chester. Smart.
Indicates Captain.
Wicketkeeper.
Inning
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LEAGUE
TENNIS RESULTS
100
Sono oOM NA*ND NOO-
Yorkshire
Charlle McCarthy and Edgar Bergen in "You Can't Cheat an Honest Man," now showing at the Queen's Theatre.
Argentine Player Wins First Match
London, June. 10.
the
GERMAN'S GREAT
FIGHT AGAINST DONALD BUDGE
Baseball
CURTAILED PROGRAMME DECIDED
New York, June 19,
The following were the results of matches played in the Major Baseball League to-day:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Br/klyn Chicago
R. H. E.
B
2
Huck homered for the Cubs. The game
was called in the eighth inning owing to rain.
The matches between New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals, and between Boston Braves and Cin- cinnati Reds were postponed owing to rain.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit
5
$
0
New York McCosky,
13 and Kress
Higgins homered for the Tigers, while Dickey and Rolfe replied for the Yankees. Batteries--Yankees, Jildebrand and
Dickey.
St. Louis...
Washington
*
1
11 G
Fourteen innings. Batteries-Browns, Kennedy and Glenn.
(Continued from Page 8.)
the
St. Louis Washington
In the first round of the Wim- bledon qualifying tennis champion- ships, the Argentine player, Etchart beat H. C. McCarthy, of Great Britain, to-day by 3-6, 6-2, 6-4. Sixty-four players entered men's singles, including the Argen-Three superb volleys gave him tinc player, Russell, the title-holder, matel al 13--11, 2-6, 6-4. "Bunny" Austin, the former Germani Davis Cup star, Baron Gottfried von Cramm, and the American, Robert Riggs-United Press.
STOCK MARKET REPORT
Hongkong Stock Exchange-official summary issued yesterday says:
For the time being the market is The South China Athletic Assoola-
Quela- tion
Hongkong adopting a cautious attitude. accounted for the
of the tions are in the main nominal and C.C. in the "A" Division Hongkong Tennis League yesterday only a few transactions were report- at King's Paric 04-24. V. P. Wang, ed during the day, these, however. a newcomer from Shanghai, was the were put through at the outstanding figure of the match, and rates. was featured in a very nne all-round display.
1
V. P. Wang and H. K. Ho (S.C.A.A.) drew with L. Goldman and G. E. R. Divelt; lost to W. Sander and T. A. Pearce 4-0; beat H. J. Armstrong and J. M. Gorrard 6-3.
Albert Chan and N. K. Ma lost to Goldman and Dlvett 2-6; beat Sander and Pearce 6-4; beat Arm- strong and Garrard 6-0.
K. F. Lul and C. K. Chan drew with Goldman and Divett; beat Sander and Pearce 6-1; bent Arm- strong and Garrard 6-3.
Kowloon C.C. Beaten
At the Kowloon Cricket Club, The Indian R.C. beat their hosts 0-21.
E. C. Fincher and G. C. Burnett last to S. A. and HD. Rumjahn 4-0; drew with A, R. Minu and I. M. A. Razack; beat O. Rumjahn and A. R. Kitchell 6-3.
S. A. Gray and R. T. Broadbridge lost to Rumjahn and Rumjahn 4-0; lost to Minu and Razack 2-0; lost to Rumlahn and Kitchell 3-0.
A. E. P. Guest and A. Crawford lost to Rumjahn and Rumjahn 0-6; beat Minu and Razack 6-0; lost to Rumjahn and Kitchell 3-6.
Recreio Victory
Playing at home, the University lost 17 to Club de Recreio.
S. Wang and Lim Thian-iet lost to J. Gonsalves and A. V. Remedios 24-6; beat A. .V. Gosano and J. V. Remedios 6-4;. lost to H. A. Barros and C. Barretto 4-6,
11
S. H. Ling and P. H. Ong lost to Gonsalves and Remedios 4-0; lost to Gosano and Remedios 2-0: lost to Barros and Barretto 5-7,
Ma Chiu-chong and Peter U lost to Gonsalves and Remedios 3-6; lost to Gosano and Remedios 1-0; drew with Barros and Barretto.
Carpentier To Be Guest Of Honour
Berlin. June 19..
Georges Carpentier, the famous French boxer, and former world
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WAS
nearest
the Wembley Cup to Budge,
Lord Aberdare, when he presented right in describing the contest as of Wimbledon pattern. Its
although that was a five-set analogy, instead of a three-set match, was the great American-German struggle in Davis Cup Inter-zone final of
the
had
better
G
6
B
Game called in the eighth owing to darkness. Batteries-Senators, Kra- kuuskus and Early Reuter,
INDOOR BOWLING
Figure In Four Games
1937 between Budge and Von Cramm, Mrs. Landolt Sets High whom Nusslein had coached. Of course, Von Crammt service than his coach, and used It to build up his 4-1 lead in the fifth set, but I believe that Budge will say that the older German's ground stroke control was superior to that
of his amateur rival. ...
L. Gaddi and Mrs. J. S. Landolt beat J. Odell and Miss Cunningham by 250 points in the first round of the Mixed Pairs Competition played at the Hongkong Bowling Alleys yesterday.
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TILDEN'S. GREAT RECOVERY...
Gaddi had just returned to indoor The big Wembley gallery gave
of illness, when Tilden quite an ovation
ho bowling after a period
excelled while his partner really defented Ellsworth Vines in two sets,
for 6-2, 10-8. The American cham- herself in making 430 points
S S "PRESIDENT COOLIDGE" able three games, which very few of the plon who succeeded him at Wimble- don may have been below his best experienced men bowlers
to do. he had been practising golf nt Hoy-
L Gaddi
182 140 140 468 lake earlier in the day and the serv Mrs. J. S. Landolt 152 165 132 430 ing of two masters at the same time was doubtless
handicap-yet neither he nor the crowd can have
J. Odell expected such a resuscitation of Miss Cunningham. Tilden's dominating vigour.
Total
Total
D07 140 146 126 418 06 7D 58 233
651
BOWLING ALLEY GAME
The veteran, opening with a three- love lead, took the first set in the eighth game. His cause had been aided by a couple of net-cords, but he was unleashing many of his old
A match has been arranged to services and forchand drives, while take place at the Hongkong Bowling his backhand, less sliced than usual, Alleys at 8 pm. to-night between a had an almost uncanny accuracy. team from the US.S. Asheville, and He was in full cry, and Vines was The Champs. The latter aggregation, little slow of foot, behind., who are the Hongkong champions, dragging, But in the second set, sensing the need no introduction to followers of need for reprisal, Vines raced into a
the game, but the Asheville side are 4-1 lead, and most people thought reputed to be up to the best stan- the veteran's challenge had been dard and are expected to fully ex- completed. What a surprise for them tend Molthen's big four. and for Vines! The light of battle gleamed in Tilden's eye. From now until the end, despite, one or two chances missed, he was the champion of old. A more stirring recovery I have seldom seen.
First he broke through Vines' ser- vice to love to reach 3-4, then he from squared with hammer blows his own broad shoulders; next he broke through again to lead 5-4, his own then he was 30-love an service, and might have been 40 love if his nim had not been deflected by n net-card ball.
It looked, when Vines took his own service from 15 to lead 6-5, as if Tilden's effort, after all, would be
Swedish Students To Compete
Stockholm, June 10. The Swedish Students' Association has decided to participate in the
Student
in Games International Vienna from August 20 to 27.
The Swedes will send a team of 30 to 40 to compete. In the light athletics, swimming and fencing.
The number of participating nations has been increased to 17-
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Vines led 7-6 and 87. But Tilden, ever sanguine, had something left.
In the long and brilliantly fought
17th game he gained another vital No Action Against
service break. Could he now serve himself out in the old dramatic woy? The answer was imm
immediate. Two aces gave him victory.
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Swiss Volunteers
Among the spectators were Princess DERNE, June 10-No action will Helena Victoria and Princess Marie be taken against Swiss nationals who was Louise, devolees of Wimbledon, who fought in the Spanish wor, it watched from the crowded restaur- announced here to-day by the Swiss ant. Gato receipts for the three Federal Council.
The days exceeded expectations.
This means that the great majority matches were well umpired and the
Swiss of four
in Spain may return sportsmanship. - Mr. "A.
director at Wembley.
Look they violated the military regulations Job as some risk
in their try to nationals who left the coun
champion, has been invited by An honour student, working herr competitors exempt: Elvin, without fear of persecution,, unless
MOAN-HAWFORD Metzner, leader of the German Box-way through an "exclusivo "Girls' mane in staging an indoor pro- by evading conscription.
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