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NANCY

ARE WE

NEARLY

THERE,

AUNT FRITZI ?

YES, NANCY---WE TAKE THE NEXT ROAD TO THE

RIGHT ACCORDING TO MR. MEDIMPLE'S

DIRECTIONS/

Friday,

I HOPE IT'S A NICE PLACE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

IT OUGHT TO

BE SWELL--

MR. MCDIMPLE

IS A VERY RICH MAN/

August 18, 1939.

By Ernie Bushmiller

Jel. 28151.

THEY'RE COOL

REAL CRICKET TALENT WASTED, SAYS TATE

Coming Youngsters Not Taken In Hand Early By Competent Teachers

London.

Maurice Tate, the former England and Sussex bowler, who is now appearing in League cricket, has a word or two to say on the matter of spotting young talent and in an article in Reynolds News suggests that cricket might do well to imitate the F.A. in giving the summer sport a little more publicity.

"Surely cricket has enough cash care, he must have been cracking up available for just such a ninpaigh huge scores or taking an exceptional us the F.A. have put into opern-number of wickets in Saturday club tion?" writes Tate. "While I am not games. Otherwise he is out."

of those apostles of gloom who say

that the grand old summer sport is Tale quotes the case of a young, dead,

do think that much real bowler who was given a chance in a talent is, year by year, allowed to be championship game. Ife was good enough for the class of cricket in continues, "Because which he had been playing but when are not it came to the "big time" game he

wasted.

he

coming youngsters

In hand by experts, men who failed dismally. He had never been could show them their faults and put told how to bowl to his field, sayı them

Tate. He had never really been told men on

on the righi road.

"As matter of fact, the develop. how to set his field and yet with ment of a cricket star is more often sound coaching he might have than not haphazard affair. A boy turned into a fine bowler. shows promise of being a batsman or

Sussex

bowler while still at school. What "As I see it." concludes the former happens? He is given some sort of

cricketer, "the amateurs, rough and ready coaching by a sports whether you like them or not, are master, on excellent fellow in his coming more into the limelight. In way, but, often enough, without a post-war seasons, most of the county real grounding in the game.

skippers have been mediocre they would not have found a

a place in, let "The result is that a youngster, alone led, teams that included such one with a real aptitude for cricket, stars as Charles Fry, Sammy Woods, is usually spoiled from the start. ItStanley Jackson or Lionel Paileret. is all very well to show a lad how But they are coming along strongly to keep a straight bat or to put his slonal rank.

YOUNGSTERS SPOILED

arm overhigh. That's not enough.

There must, from the beginning, becounts all the time. Unless this is "Belleve me, it is conching that instruction in footwork, and when it done, the game will suffer. It can comes to bowling, in use of the body only live by the introduction of new In that final effort."

blood-and that new blood must be

All that the Kentucky of glorious tradition means-imperious beauties and chivalrous men. magnificent thoroughbreds, long-fought racing rivalry and the famed Derby liself-has been captured in the 20th Century- Fox's technicolour production, "Kentucky," featuring Loretta Young, Richard Greene and Walter Brennan, and showing at the King's Theatre to-day.

DECISION UPHELD BY COUNCIL

Tate goes on to say that while he chiefly transfused into the profes Suspension Now

Is the first to praise the enthusiastic stonal ranke.

manner in which schoolmasters carry

conditions the

out the work of training young "Under modern cricketers he nevertheless fecla that game depends on the money-player this work ought really to be done by and unless he is given every chance old-time professionals, a class that early on then the game will stand really ko

knows the game.

still. And any

game that stands while

the county clubs are still, is, in my opinion, dead." usually crying out that they cannot And young talent," declares Tate, "they make little effort to go out into the highways and byways and look for likely cricketers.

"The whole Бубет Is wrong. Quile upart from any coaching sys- tem, there should be a scouting sys- tem along the lines of that in opera- tion by Soccer clubs.

Too often we find that the future of a

Test star rests on the recom- mendation of a club member. Now

that clubmon

Thailand Team

To Play At Sookunpoo

Confirmed

YACHTING Two Pictures

PROTEST

Previewed

Colour Adds

UPHELD To Beauty Of

“Kentucky”

Mr. G. L. L. Watson, secretary of Royal London Yacht Club, announced al Cowes after A meeting of the club's committee, that Mr. T. O, M.

"Kentucky", a 20th Century Fox A meeting of the Hongkong Hockey Supwith's protest against Mr. H. S. glm which is coming to the King's Association Council was held at St. Vanderbilt's Vim which crossed the shortly, is the type of film which Andrew's Church Hall yesterday. In finishing line first in the 12 metres the absence of the President, Mr. A. race on Monday, July 31, had been goes to the heart of most audiences. A. Dand, the Chair

was taken by upheld, but that it was not a un-emotion a horse race can be made It is really wonderful how much Mr. G. E. R. Divelt.

animous decision.

to arouse in the films and how much Tomahawk holsted a

genuine excitement. the Naval Vice-President, tendering Protest just ut the start of the race his resignation, and nominating Lt. which, on account of scratched en-

The Alm, of course, is a tribute to Cdr. J. O' B. Milner-Barry as histries, had resolved itself into a match the beautiful successor, The resignation

Kentucky between the British yacht and the horses. Much is added by the colour racing nomination were accepted by the crack American boat. The complaint and in the great race the colour is of

was that when both yachts were great importance adding to

A letter was read from Cdr. Rust, Mr. Sopwith's T

Council.

reaching for the line

on the star-

scene.

the

An appeal against his suspension board tack Vin, which was to wind steadily mounting excitement of the for an incident during an Interna-ward, bore down en Tomahawk in- If the courts are At for play the tional game last season, brought by stend of giving way. The disquall- may.

be an excellent visiting tennis players from Thailand G. H. Fowler, was discussed. Fowler fleation Judge of a player, or, as is mere will meet the Indian RC, in a match often the case, he may be merely an at Sookunpoo this afternoon. enthusiastic, but inexpert, follower of

the game. Yet, on his word,

youngster gets a trial.

REFORM NEEDED

The following programme has been arranged:

"There is too much of the holy-; Sunol, and Capt. Kasom (Thailand) of-holics about county club head-v. Omar Rumjahn and I. M. A. Razack quarters. In very few cases do you (I.R.C.) in a best-of-five set match. find. It possible for an unknown to Munng Roeng and Miss Sanguan come along and show his paces at (Thailand) v. A, H. Madar and A. R. the nets.

Minu in a best-of-three set match. "No, he must be recommended by After the tennis, the visitors will a member, or, as is sometimes the be entertained to dinner by the club.

Hi Clarke. Gabio'and Myrna Loy: in “Too.31of yesterday and coming to the Queen's Theatre to-morrow,

was suspended for six weeks, to date awarded to Tomahawk.

But before the race there is much means that the race is in the film. An old Kentucky home from October I this

year, by the

Is sold up, faithful negroes are In concerned in on Hockey Umpires Board. He was

tears and there are many painful incident with K.

misunderstandings between Loretta Hussain, one of the umpires in the

Young and Richard Greene who are match.

divided by a family feud, The financial report of the Associa→ tion was also presented, and it was stated that the Association's position Was sound.

Following a discussion and after| giving a fair hearing to both men, the Council decided to uphold the verdict of the Umpires' Hockey Board.

The meeting also passed a pro- posal that a charge of $1 be made

Test Girls Have "Dress

Rehearsal"

The film commences in the time of the Civil War and describes the tragedy of commandeering racing horses by the army. Gradually, ex- citement is worked up until the climax, the Kentucky Derby,

Special mention must be made of the fine study of a Kentucky horse-

for all persons wishing to take the England against Australia in the trayal of Peter Goodwin dominates Most of the girls who will represent lover by Walter Brennan. His por- umpires examination, and that the matches in that country when they the whole film and the success of the successful candidate be presented arrive there in November had a story is largely due to his fine work. with an umpires' badge.

practice game on the Trent Bridge The date of the annual general Ground at Nottingham recently. meeting of the Association was fixed

They took part in the North and for September 7.

Midland Vs.

South and Enst match and the latter won comforta- bly by nine wickets. The girls wore their oficial Test match "uniform"

Australia Likes Home Wool

the

which consisted ot white divided skirts, shirt. blouses with short steeves and long while

ings which are compylon stock-

"Too Hot To Handle"

"Too Hot to Handlo" is a newsreel

CANBERRA, Australia (U.P.) Midlands, who learned her cricket trom a story by Len Hammond. It Miss Aline Brown, playing for the melodrama which has been adapted With Australia's wool production from her brother Freddie Brown, the deals with the adventures of rival increased from 148,300 bales 11 years Surrey player, bowled well with her newsreal cameramen and the effect ago to 230,000 bales now, the country slow left-arm round the wicket and created upon them by an alrwoman. remains its own third best customer, ended with a good average of four in search of a lost brother. Only France and Great Britain pur- for 67. chased more Australian wool last Miss McEvoy, the tallest member ly netion sequences and good camera- Expert direction has produced live- of the team who halls from Surroy: work exploits the thrills. will be the team's fastest bowler Clark Gable takes the leading role and the Nottingham crowd were

year than did Australia.

Three Toots, $3

quick to dub her "Lady Larwood as Chris Hunter, a cameraman. - lo Star of the South and East team whom the means matter much less in the match was the diminutive than the end cheating at cards, fak- brunette, Miss Muriel Lowe, who ing shots and generally abusing con- SPOKANE, Wash. (U.P.) Homused honkers beware in Spokane, Police learned her cricket in the town..

to work at Nottingham and idences seeming to be a definite

part of

of his hero role. Myrna Loy Judge Frank Yuse has 1 dilatinet She is in business in London now appears as Alma Harding, the air aversion to auch practice. Ho fined and celebrated her visit to her home C. L. Atkinson $1 for each of three town by scoring a lively 60. tools on his car horn and said Atkin-1 Sproviewed | son's desire to attract a friend's at- terans

"Well played, sir," shouted the ve-

In the pavilion when' tention was no excuse.

played her beautiful leg glides.

she

woman who is searching for bar brother. Ouers in the case include Walter Pidgeon and Leo Carrillo.

The film will be shown shortly at 'the Queen's Theatre,

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THE ROMANCE THAT LIVES IN

THE HEART OF PROUD KENTUCKY. captured in the jewelled hues of Technicolor!

Imperious, beautiful women! Chivalrous, headstrong men! Magnificent racing champions! Thoroughbreds all! Their glams orous drama glows with the warm beauty of the Blue Grass land and climaxes the famed Kentucky Derbył

Kentucky

THE

IN TECHNICOLOR

LORETTA YOUNG RICHARD GREENE

and

WALTER BRENNAN DOUGLAS DUMBRILLE KAREN MORLEY- MORONI OLSEN

“Directed by David Eviler Jaintiału Producer Cone Mackey – Barvon May Aanwer Trant and Achat Tomter, Faste

Mary, "The tank of Legia" by John Talotar Ponto PA'200 Cantúry-Fax Picture

¡Derrýt #, Zenúik in Chargé of Prestacion.

Great tradition. bat inspired ¡great picturet

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