1939-07-17 — Page 32

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH July 17, 1939.

UNION BREWERS NOW ASSURED OF BASEBALL FLAG

EASILY TROUNCE

CHINESE B.C.

IN THE LEAGUE

(By "Bingle")

Almost ideal weather greeted players and fans out at Carolino Hill during the wook-ond, and, although the much-touted CBC-UB tussle turned out to be a fizzle, the other two tilts were well worth the money.

Another Argument Over Local Ground Rules

Beer Baron Chet Bennett's Union; Brewers are assured of the local fag. and, ns far as I know, they will be the first sponsored team to win the toen baseball lengue. Unhenter so far-and Chet inzisis that that's what UB also stands for--they deserve the pennant.

It has always been a wonder to

RAMBLING RECS

GIVE MINDANAO

me how much a ball team was REAL SURPRISE

their Anger! Without Earl Wong, the Chung Hwa squad

in:

WCIC

just

plais nuthin' n-tall. To make mat- A splendid opportunity is at my ters worse, Wilbur Wu also didn't disposal to exhor! "I told you sol" show up, so two bushers had to fill to some doubling Thomases, because Baze Chinn and Johnny Lee. I have been raving about the Tight infield play dk not help Rambling Rees that if they'd only Chung Hwa any when they went put their old-timers in the line-up, down to a heavy 10-2 defeat at the they'd win ball games. They did on hands of Beer Baron Bennett's Union Saturday, and nosed out Ú. S. S. Brewers. It was a shambles after Mindanao 0-5 in a stirring battle. the second inning! It must have The Portuguese led all the way. been because he was not playing in when three markers crossed the plate fust company that made Chung com- on only one blow, an Annie Oakley mit those two awful miscues; I cannot and two bobbles. With bases choked remember the Ume when he ever

and none awny, unfortunate Ruel played as badly, while unfortunate tile Crooner walked the next batter. Johnny Lee probably had the jitters Bases loaded again, the amurt Nick In this, his firal, baseball game. Beltrap took one on the shoulder. a kid. Chung Hwa connected for Well, it was like taking candy from

The 1st Bn. The Middlesex Regiment, D.0.0. Battalion Noylees Boxing team..1038-30, runners up Command Novices Boxing Champion- ships. Back Row (left to right) Pie. Fawcett, Plc. Roberts, L/Cpl. 8elon, Pic, Maloney. Ple. Emery, Pte. Huggonson, Pie, McElbation, Centre.- 1/Cpl. Dormer, Pie. Frenchum, Cpl. McGrady, Lt. Col. L. A. Newnham. BLC., Capt. 11. Marah, Ads, Pte. Lazard, Pie. Lusham. Front Row- L/Cpl. Jones and Pie, Williams.-- Ming Yuen,

New Record Sutcliffe Reaches His

Created In Hurdles

Milan, July 16.

A record for women's 60 metros

and stil none away. Flinger Ruci Testone, who was clocked at 11.6 Two tallies, bases once again choked, burdles was set up loony by Claudio

seven hlts but only crossed the pan was on the well-known spot, no less! secs. twice, while the Beermen nicked two But the next three were, luckily Chinese hurlers, Wally Ching and Nip Lum for 12 blows to garner 10

runs.

Several exciting incidents happen ed during the course of this game A free-for-all almost got under way ulong the leftfeld foul line after All had to grandstand a rush

for the sandrs, just one, two, three! The former record waa 11.6 seca,

held jointly by Fraulein Engelhardt,; short Mindanao replied with rally in the next canto, scoring twice of Germany, Signorina Valla of Italy on two safeties, a walk and a mis and Miss Barbara Burke, of South cue.

When the Rambling Rees came

Africa-Reuter.

Miss Burke, the South African

BRITISH ATHLETES

50,000 Runs Of Career WIN MEET

London

When he had completed 107 runs of his fourth succes-

Yorkshire and England cricketer, marked up his 50,000th sive century this season, Herbert Sutcliffe, the 44-year-old

run.

He went on to make a total of 175

in first

in Yorkshire's first innings against nings showed that he is still the Middlesex at Lord's and in his in-

master batsman.

His total of 30,000 runs up the back again with another three mis- Olympic and Empire Games runner; class cricket includes every Innings bank for an irretrievable ball. It cues, the best the Mindanaons could is the girl who held a world record played while on tour with the M.C.C. was several minutes before he game do was to garner one run in their fur four years without knowing it teams in Australia, South Africa and ould get under way again. Rum- holt of the inning. There was plenty At the South African championships Jnmaich, and it has been reached in ours sinte that some of the non-pay-of excitement in this frame: Char-In 1935, Miss Burke beat the national 20 years, compared with 20 years Ing cual customers refused to budge lie Horton miscued twice, and Spotty record by covering 100 yards in 11 taken by Jack Hobbs, 31 by Patsy a blue dart seconds dead. Some time afterwards Hendren and Mend, and 32 by Frank from their unlawful station, and Pereira, who clouted that's how it started!

within inches of the fair line at third on athlete oficial, reading a report Woolley. Sutcliffe, Hobbs, Hendren, CASUALTIES AVERTED

base, forgot to touch first when he about the official holder of the record, Mead, Woolley, and W. G. Grace are A few casualties were narrowly rounded the initial cack Alert noticed that the time was inferior to the only batsmen to have scored Correspondence be 60,000 runs in first class cricket his- All, moved over to centre Horseface Douglas had him nalled Miss Burke's. field, stopped a nasty grounder which there after Alves had crossed the tween the Northern Transvaal) tory. had him bent over for some time, plate. It was bad luck all around! Athletic Association and the South and Babe Chinn missed his footing and just

averted.

at the bank at eightfield

missed one which looked like it bad

a handle on it.

were Out:

Ayer, 52.43

Two Cricket Families' To Be United

London, July 10. The engagement has been announced between Mr. E. R. T. Holmes, former Surrey cap- tain and England cricketer, and Mrs. Judeth Vaughan, daugh- ter of the Rev. and Mrs. F. A. C. Leveson Cower. Thus two famous cricketing families are to be united.

Mrs. Vaughan is a niece of Mr. H. D. G. Leveson Cower, who was captain of Oxford in

African Association followed, and a FIGURES FOR 20 YEARS EXCITING FINISH ·

few months later the South African

Sutcliffe's cricket Agures for 20 Leading 6-3 In the last inning, the Association officially applied to the

Athletic years read us follows: Amateur

Times Nat two. International one.

Federation for recognition of Miss innings. Only two bobbles were chaliced up Portuguese

Out Best No. Runs 123

50,003 1.078

J13 In Yorkshire's match against Lol-1896. captain of Surrey__in] cester, Sutcliffe's innings of 234 not

1908, and captain of the out, obtained in five and a half hours,

M.C.C. team of South Africa in 1909-10.

Wison

to the Brewers, while Chung 11wn three. had five Lum, Chung-3 and Lec 2 The sailors started will. Daddy Burke's record. But fielding honours go to Obear Horton who grounded to short for Arcuill who ran into the crowd along on easy out. Next, Cecil "Fine the third base foul time to catch one thing!" Douglas tripled for a long on a bingle. Two runs in.

In blazing sun that fatigued oven lying on the ground,

one to left field. Ruel walked, and also singled but when pinch hitter was a brilliantly perfect display. the Ramblers tried some fancy stuff Paget grounded to Nick Belteno the: on him when he was ambling slowly game was over. Nick certainly re-the spectators, he showed no hint of to the keystone sack because of deemed himself there. With a finshy weariness and gave as superb an sacker Beltran muffed the throw, out, he slammed the ball to Hank could have wished for. and Douglas crossed the pan. One Barros for the third and last out to run in. Chase, next, brought in Ruel tuck the game away by a nose.

Mindanao Men Douglas presence on third. Second tagging of the runner for the second exhibition of stroke play as anyone

Recover Well To Win Game

Yesterday's nightcap was as inter- esting a game as we've witnessed at Caroline HIN. Trailing for five frames, V. S. S. Mindanao came from behind a large defeit lo nose out Nam Hwa 9-J.

South China counted frst in the initial inning and Mindanao retallat- ed with one also. Then Nam Hwa jumped ahead in the third with an-

with other marker and rallied grand merry-go-round in the fifth with a tally of five runs on four blows, four errors.

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But although the gobs only scored once in that loning, a dashing rally in the next knotted the score to start the seventh with a 7-7 tie.

more

run

Undaunted, Nam Hwa scored one on calcher Paintpot Thomas' wild throw to second, but Mindanao brought their stock up one ahead of them when Terrible Terry doubled to rightfield. There was some argument about ground rules In this piny, and I doubt if, at this late stage of the game, all the um- pires knew what it is all about,

Committee Probably even the Ground Rules don't agree on all the many rules that confront the poor unfortunates who play ball in dear old Hongkong.

On

These ground rules, as far as I can remember, were made so that they would work both ways: that is, both ddes would benefit, or would not benoit, by them. Now umpires out there don't know these ground rules, and apparently the loudest voice wins the argument.. I sincerely hope that with any Bort of they'll"dispENBE greund rules next season. Then, wo won't have any arguments at all, I hopel

BASKETBALL TOUR

Tokyo, July 16.

The all-Japan picked team scored victory over the visiting Canadian Western Basket- ball team in a match at the Jingu ground on Friday--Domel.

a hard-won 34-to-32

Froit

UFS

SHUT-OUTER-Tommy Bridges, Detroit Tigers one-man pitch- ing staff, who caused the New York Yankees to suffar their first- shut-out of the soston. He held tho champs to four singlei and struck out 10 men during the game..

He reached 50 in an hour, yet hit first only three boundaries in the 100, followed by thirteen 4's In the remainder of the innings.

SUTCLIFFE'S RECORDS Among his many records, Suiciie has to his credit:-

Four successive centuries this sea- son, four successive centuries in 1031, and three moro later in the samme season. He is the only Eng- lish player to score three centuries In three successive Test match in- nlogs, and the only player ever to make three successivo centuries in two successive Tests (Sydney and Melbourne, 1924-25-39, 115, 170, and 127).

Bisley Shooting

SETTLEMENTS WIN JUNIOR KOLAPORE CUP

Bisley, July 15,

of The results of the Rajah Kolapero's Imperial Challenge Cup, Junior event, were as follow!

Straits Settlements 653, Kenyn 543, 532. Trinidad $41, Malay State Jamaica and Burma 528, Gold Coast and Uganda 622, Sudan 017 and

·Sierra Leone 510.

King's Prize Winner

won by The King's Prize was Captain T. Smith, Inta of the 5th South Staffords, with an aggregate of 282. Miss Foster, a former winner, was second with 270, and Flying Officer Bunch, late of the Royal Air Foree, was third with 277.

Mr. Holmes was captain of Oxford in 1927 and played in his first Test match at Lord's In 1936. He also led the side that toured Australia in 1935.

In 1934 he became captain of Surrey, but resigned last year owing to pressure of business.

German Wins European Grand Prix

Now Record Set In Women's Rolay

Paris, July '16.

A new world record for 3 x 800 yards relay race was established to-day in competi- tion by French women athletes at Monte Carlo,

The team of the Paris Sports Club, consisting of Mlles, Lu- cas, Vincent and Fize, covered the distance in 7 mins.. 22;6 secs., thus beating the old re- cord of 7 mins. 32 secs. held by the Italian club. Venchi Unica.--United Press,

Australians Too Good For Philippines

Long Beach, Calif, July 14. The Australian Davis Cup Term defested the Philippine team in | straight sets in the first singles games of the North American semi-finals, Adrian-Quist, of Australia, defeat- ed Amudo Sanchez, of the Philip- pines, 8-1, 6-2, 6-2. Quist was calm alongside the apparently nervous Sanchez, and took the opening sat with a deadly succession of baseline drives, keeping his opponent defence- less. In the second set, Sanchez had moderately recovered his confidence and crashed through Quist's service, Laklag a two-love game lend,, but then dropped off.

John Bromwich, of Australla, "de- fented F. Ampon, of Pallippines, B-8, 9-7, 0-3. Ampon appeared doll- White City, July 15, like beside the towering Bromwich, In the Inter-University athletic and in the opener Ampon wielded his meet held here to-day, Oxford and forehanders na if he were swinging Cambidge beat Harvard and Yale, a baseball bat.

Adrian Quist and John Bromwich The British universlties won the bent Sanchez and Ampon of America, by nine events to three.

In

mile, one mile, three miles, the high Press. jump, the long jump and the 220 hurdles. The Americans won the 120 yards high hurdles, putting the weight and the pole vault,--Reuter.

ITALO-GERMAN CONTEST

Rome, July 16. At the Italo-German light athletic contest which is being held here,

100 yards, 220 yards, 440 yards, half doubles by 7.-2.nited

IRISH CHAMPIONSHIPS

Dublin, July 13. The finals of the Irish Lawn Tennis 70- Championships played to-day sulted as follow:

Women's singles.-Miss Alice Mar- ble bent Miss Noel 6-2, 0-4.

Mixed Doubles.-Belford and Miss

R. Harbig, of Germany, to-day ran Noel beat Rogers and Miss Marble the 600 metres in 1 mln. 16.4 secs,,| 1-0, 6-4, 6-3. creating a world record and beating)

Women's Doubles-Miss Marbla

Sydney Wooderson's effort of 1 min and Miss Noel beat Miss Nycrocough 48.4 secs-Router,

and Ms Stoker 6-3, 6-3-United PrCIS.

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Germany Leads

Hop-skip-and-jump-Koch

Milan, July 15. At the end of the first day of the many), 3 mins. 32.3 new.

High Jump-Langhoft (Germany), Italo-German athletic meeting here, Germany led by 50.5 points to 33.5 1.0 metres.

end Making a magnificent

spurt, i

Javelin Throw-Berg. (Germany), Rudolf Harbig broke the world's' 03.01 metres.

(Ger- record for the 100 metres ing 1 minute 40.0 seconds, while his op- many), 14.63 metres.

10,000 metres.-Spring (Germany), ponent, Mario Lanzi, of Italy, covered the distance in 1 min. 49 sees., thus 31 mins. 23.4 secs.

metres 300

Hurdles establishing a new Itallan record,

(Germany), 52.0 secr... Other results were: Hammer Throw-Brask (Ger-

200 metres-Moriani many),-50.33--moires,

21.2 secs. (Italian record)Trans-

1,500

metres Mehlhose (Ger- Ocean.

Soelling

(Italy)..

Verity And Gimblett Lose Their Places In English Test XI A. Fagg Anh Tom Goddard

Come Into The Team

Hedley Verity, the famous Yorkshire and England left- handed bowler, who has been in every English Test team Brussels, July 16.

for the last few years, has The European molor-cycling Grand Prix senior was won to-day by Meler, been dropped from the side of Germany, riding a BMW, at

average speed of 00.03 miles an hour to meet the West Indies in The lightweight race was won by the Second Test, which is to Mellors, of Britain, riding a Velocette, start at Manchester on July at 86.00 miles an hour,

The Junior race was won by Kluge,.

22.

Harold Gimblett, the young Somer. of Germany, riding a DKW, at average of 83.07 miles an hour-tetshire opening batsman, who scared Reuter,

ALDI GRAND PRIX

Paris, July 16. Wakefield, driving a Maserati, won' the Albi Grand Prix with an average peed of 93.9 miles an hour.

Tongue, in an ERA, was second und Princo Birs, of Slam, was third. -Reuter.

Play Unlikely In

Bowls Tourney

22 and 20 in the First Test last month, has also lost his place in the side.

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ton.

Verity

The other nine players who met the West Indies at Lord's retain their pinces. The now- comers are A. Fagg, of Kent, and T. Goddard, of Gloucestershice,

opening batsman and bowler res- pectively.

Neither is new lo Test cricket,

A. Fagg, of Kent, who will pro-

Manchester.

Fogg will probably be tried as an bably open England's Innings with It is rather ironie that after many weeks of clear, if rather hot, opening but and is most likely to start lutton against the West Indies at LORDS V. COMMONS Four members of the House of weather rain should fall so heavily England's innings with Leonard Hut

1.J. Kardstaff (Notia) Lord had a shooting match with four to-day when the Open Singles Cham-

Englund's team, as cabled by A. Wood (Yorkshire) members of the Ilouse of Commons plonship of the Hongkong Lawn

due to com-Reuter, is as follows: and won by 32 points.. The match, Bowls Association is which is an annual event, was | mence.

No fewer than 20 matches had been Initiated In 1862. The tergot sa at 200 yards range and consists of a arranged for to-day, but it is extreme- that any play will be moving deer and an effigy of a pirate. by unlikely

possible. -Reuter,

W. R. Hammond (Gloucester), Capt. R. Parnier (Lancashire) L. Hulton (Yorkshire)

A. Farg (Koni) 1 Compton (Middlesex)

D. V. P. Wright (Kent) W. E. Bow (Yorkshire)

W. Copson (Derbyshire) T. Goddard (Gloucester). England won the First Test eight wickets.

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