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Gloucester's Fine Charles Barnett Hits Up 90 In An Hour: 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 sparo.
It has to be admitted, however, that, Cropp, not out Yorkshire's declaration was a most ninett, b nowes
4, 1-bi sporting one. The champions had
obtained a first innings lead of 28 runs, and Sellers went all out for victory.
batsmen Scott The Yorkshire sacrificed their wickets in order to Barnett score quickly, and when Sellers de Goddard clared Gloucestershire fuced the task Sinfield of making 180 in 100 minutes.
Ecolt
Total 14 wkls.) YORKSHIRE.-First Innings
10.7
100
Q
Second Innings
Barneit
GLOUCESTERSHIRE-First innings
Bowen
Hammond accepted the challenge, Goddard and Barnett proceeded to punish the champion's attack in merciless fash-smalles lon. The two England bowlers, Verity Bowes and Verity, came in for severe Robinson treatment. Within 25 minutes the Leyland total reached 55, Barnett claiming 50, nowen and altogether he batted only an hour, Smalles being first to leave after scoring 90 Verity
Robinson out of 132.
Leyland
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BOWES HIT FOR SIXES
In spite of his fearless hitting, Bar- nelt gave no semblance of a chance and his strokes included four 8's and Two of his 's came in one eight 4's. over from Bowes-one being a hit over the square leg boundary and the other a drive into the pavilion enclosure.
Barnett was attempting his fifth when he fell to a brilliant catch by Mitchell, who held the bail inches short of the boundary.
50
For a long time Singeld, Barnett's artner, held a watching briet partner, completely was he, overshadowed, but he played his part well. There were five 4's to Sinfield's credit and when he was third to leave after bat
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Umpires: Chester. Smart.
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British Purchases Of Japanese Salmon ·
Questions In Commons Anticipated
Win Over
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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 19.
In the first round of the Wim- bledon qualifying tennis champion- ships, the Argentine player, Elchart Great beat H. C. McCarthy, of Britain, to-day by 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.
*Sixty-four players entered the men's singles, including the Argen- tine player, Russell, the title-holder, "Bunny" Austin, the former Germon Davis Cup star, Baron Gottfried von Cramm, and the American, Robert Riggs. United Press.
Krakatau May Erupt Again
A REPORT from Batavia says that the volcano on Kraka LONDON, June 19.More tau Island, which is situated may be heard in Parliament and between Java and Sumatra, has elsewhere of an article in the been showing increased activity trade journal the "Food Indus- during the last four days. tries Weekly," asserting that a
GERMAN'S GREAT
FIGHT AGAINST DONALD BUDGE
(Continued from Page 8.)
Three superb volleys gave him the match at 13-11, 2-0, 0-4.
Lord Aberdare, when he presented the Wembley Cup to Budge, wos right in describing the contest as of
Its Wimbledon pattern.
nearest that was a five-set analogy, although the three-set Instead of
set match, was the great American-German struggle in the Davis Cup inter-zone final of 1937 between Budge and Von Cramm, whom Nussicin bad coached, of course, Von Cramm had a better service than his coach, and used it to build up his 41 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.
Baseball
CURTAILED PROGRAMME DECIDED
New York, June 19.
The following were the results of matches played in the Major Baseball Lengue to-day:
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
R H. 12.
Brooklyn
Chicago
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Hack homered for the Cubs. The game was called in the eighth inning owing to rain.
The matches between New York Glants and St. Louis Cardinals, and between Boston Braves and Cin- cinnati Reds were postponed owing to rain.
AMERICAN League
Detroit
New York..
5 #
13
McCosky, Higgins and Kress homered for the Tigers, while Dickey and Rolfe repiled for the Yankees. Batteries.-Yankees, Hildebrand and Dickey.
St. Louis Washington
2
11
0
2
2
Fourteen innings. Batteries-Browns, Kennedy and Glenn.
Si. Louis Washington
****
Game called in the eighth owing to darkness. Batteries-Senators, Kra- kauskas and Early--Reuter,
Finnish Dissension Reported
Helsinki, June 19. According to the newspaper "Uusi Suomi," Field-Marshal Mannerheim, has offered to Premier A. K. Colon- der his resignation as head of the National Defence Council,
,
80 minutes, Gloucestershire re- quired only 20 more with 20 minutes left.
Hammond and Hopkins Joined in the fun, each helping himself to al six, and Gloucestershire, getting the runs in 95 minutes, gained their first number of British firms last were killed in the last cruption of -2, 10-8, The American cham-staying outside the capital, and con- win over Yorkshire since they beat them twice in 1934.
YORKSHIRE
Sutcliffe, c Crapp, b Goddard Hutton, a Wilson, b Scott Mitchell, e Neale, b Scott Leyland, e Emmett, b Scoli Barber, b Scott
A. B. Sellers, b Goddard Smaller, e Wilson, h. Goddard "Wood, e Hopkins, b Goddard Robinson, a Wilson, b Goddard Verity, not out: Bowes, e Goddard. b Beott
134, 1-b 1
Total
rond innings
YORKSHIRE -Second "Sutcliffe "a" Crapp, b-Scott-
Hutton, b Scott
Mitchell, e Crapp, b Bcoll
Zeyland, b Scott
Barber, not out
A. B, Bellers e Barnett, b Scott
Balles, e Wilson, b Goddard
Wood, not out
Robinson, b Septi
L-b
Total (7 w., dec.) GLOUCESTERSKIE
Barnett, b Bowen
Bingeld, e Hutton, b Bowes
Hopkins, o Mitchell, b Smalles
W. R. Hammond, lbw b Robinson
Neale, e Verity, b Smalles
Crapp, ibw, b Verity.....
Immott,
e Ballers, b Verity
Haynes, b Robinson
wilson, not out...
Goddard, a Robinson, b. Verity Scott, Robinson, b Verity
I, 1-b.9, n-b 3
Total GLOUCESTERBIRE Darnett, a Mitchell, b Robinson Binfeld, e Wood, b Bowes ... Hopkins, at Wood, b Leyland W. R. Hammond, not out
Second
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week purchased 68,000. cases of Japanese tinned salmon, worth | £1,750,000.
TILDEN'S GREAT RECOVERY The big Wembley gallery gave
when Tilden quite an ovation
ho defeated Ellsworth Vinca in two sets, pion who succeeded him at Wimble- don may have below his best lake earlier in the day and the serv- ing of two masters at the same time was doubtless
handicap yet neither he nor the crowd can have expected such resuscitation of Tifden's dominating vigour,
have been he had been golf at Hoy-
It is recalled that 36,000 people this volcano in 1883.
Observation guards withdrawn from the island, and a scientific research expedition has The paper states that the purchase been sent to Krakatau by the Dutch It is stated, however, the territory nearest to the island is not in any immediate danger. Trans-Ocean.
was made for the accumulation of Government. foodstuffs in Britain.
money
The department of food purchase 24 in the Board of Trade declares that nothing is known of the transaction.
Newspapers ask why the was not expended on the hard-hit British fishing industry Instead of going to a nation which has made R self the biggest commercial racketeer In history.Reuter.
British Consul For Bohemia, Moravia
No Action Against Swiss Volunteers
Д
The veteran, opening with a three- love lead, took the first sot in the had been eighth game. His cause aided by couple of net-cords, but he was unleashing many of his old services and forehand drives, while his backhand, less sliced than
Usual had an almost uncanny accuracy.
He was in full cry, and Vines was
the
BERNE, June 10-No action will dragging, a little slow of foot, behind, be taken against Swiss nationals who But in the second set, sensing fought in the Spanish wat, it was need for reprisal, Vines raced into a announced here to-day by the Swiss-1 lead, and most people thought
the
veteran's challenge
nge had been Federal Council.
This means that the great majority completed. What a surprise for them of Swiss nationals who left the coun- and for Vines! The light of battle return gleamed in Tilden's eye. From now London, June 19. try to fight in Spain may
or two The British Government has ap-withrut fear of persecution, unless until the end, despite one
chances missed, he was the champion plied to the Reich Government for thev violated the military regulations of old, more stirring recovery 1 conscription. an exequatur for a Consul-General by evading
Participation of Swiss nationals in have seldom seen.
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Premier Cajander, however, dentes that he has received the resignation. All members of the Cabinet are frmation of the newspaper report is not to be obtained.
Politleni quarters, however, be lleve that Field-Marshal Manner- helm did offer his resignation, pro babi in connection with the Aland Islands question.
It is also noted that General Sk Walter Kirke, Inspector of the Bri- tish Home Forces was invited to dinner by Field-Marshal Mannerheim this evening. Upon his arrival, General Kirke was welcomed by the Finnish Foreign Minister and high Finnish army officers.Trans-Ocean.
S'hai-Rome Radio Service |
afternoon.
Shanghai, June 20, Direct wireless service between Shanghal and Rome will be opened through the wireless station at Chen- here at 3 o'clock this Ju, which was destroyed by the Chinese troops prior to their retreat from the Shanghai area, but which
In the protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, announced Mr. R. A. Butler the Spanish conflict was forbidden in Firat he broke through Vines' ser- Ch
1930 by n decree of the Federal vice to love to reach 3-4, then he has now been repaired and restored in the House of Commons to-day.
He declared that before taking this Council-Trans-Ocean. step, the British Government had consulted with the governments of France, the United States, and Russia.
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Poland
Mr. Butler emphasised that this step did not alter the attitude of the British Government towards the re-
of the protectorate. cognition of
Mr. Anthony Eden attempted to query Butler regarding the French ntillude, pointing out int the Czech Minister was still accre- dited with the French Government, [but Mr. Butler declined to make any
comment-Trans-Ocean.
Carpentier To Be Guest Of Honour
Berlin, June 10.
at
Georges Carpentier, the #famous French boxer and former world champion, has been invited by Dr. An honour student, working ber Metzner, leader, of the German Box-way through an exclusive, all
his own broad shoulders; next he by the Central China Electric Com-
broke through again to lead 6-4, hie own then he was 30-love on service, and might have been 40 love if his aim had not been defected by a net-cord ball..
took his It looked, when Vines took own service from 15 to lead 6-5, as if Tilden's effort, after all, would be In vain. For now, "cing" Vines s led 70 and 6-7. But Tilden, ever sanguine, had something left. In the long and brilliantly fought 17th game he gained another vital
brook.
Could he now serve. service himself out in the old dramatic way? The answer
was immediate. Two aces gave him victory.
Among the spectators were Princess Helena Victoria and Princess Marle Louise, devotees of
watched from the ombledon, who'
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This company has already In- direct wireless servico augurated with Berlin. opened on May 4, which 1s working very satisfactorily.
The newly-opened service with tome is expected-to-provo-equally satisfactory. A further direct ser- vice linking Shanghai and Paris is under contemplation by the same company for completion at an early date, Domel.
Swedish Students To Compete
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The
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