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Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

March 19, 1940.

"R. Abbit's" Cricket Comments

BODY WEIGHT

Sixes Are Hit With And Without It

An Occasion On Which The Ball Is "Dead"

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IN VIEW OF THE DELIGHTFUL weather last Saturday which washed out all cricket, it is just as well that I have got something to write about in the correspondence going on in a contem- porary about the drive in cricket, and whether one should put the full weight of the body into it—or somethink like that.

Personally I belonged to the school which did put a lot of body into it, but that was because my sight-and

skill--were so defective that I seldom knew much about

USED IN CRICKET

FINLAND DECIDES TO HOLD

OLYMPIC GAMES

PARIS, Mar. 17. (Domei)~The Soir to-day published a report from Amsterdam stating that the Finnish Olympic Organizing Committee had decided to carry out its original programme for the 12th. Olympic meet with considerable modifications.

In vlow of the war, the number of countries participating will be limited but Finland expects to secure 15 participants, including the United States, Italy and Japan.

A number of special events such as yachting, boating and eques- trianism will be excluded. The Finnish Committee will meet at the end of this month to take the final decisions which will be referred to the International Olymple Commitee in May,

AMERICA

HAS A MAN

WHO MAKES A LIVING

the ball after it had pitched, and if I did happen to time OFF THE PARI-MUTUEL!

one it was pure joas.

the Pavilion at the Oval If 1 am not mistaken.

And that reminds me of my biggest drive. It was not any

1 rather fancy Mr. Davidson is in a thing like that of "The Rough," minority of sne as regards the ques- but it was made when I was over tion of welsts. There are a great forty, and I think must have many batsmen who can hit a six off, been one of the occasions when their back foot and while the fore- I inadvertently timed the ball. arms do a lot of work, so do the wrists. While in square and inte Anyway there is, or was, a little cutting they do all the work, or should round depression two feet above do, though I have heard it stated the window of the Home Team's hat W. G. used to do a lot of his dressing room in the old farm lale cuts with his shoulders, sort of ushing down on them. I personally house which serves the North do not believe it. Devon C.C. as a. pavilion.

I have scarcely made run there since as I have been trying to restore

(By Henry McLemore)

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 11 (UP).—Given health and carfare I am going out to-day and try to locate Richard G. Scott of this city.

Inter-Unit

Cricket Finals

Sappers Hope To Secure Two Army Trophies

The Royal Engineers who have one of the most powerful cricketing sides In many seasons, have reached the Anals of both the Small and Largs Units Knockout Competitions,

The Sappers (40th Coy. R.E.) wil meel Royal Army Ordnance Corps in the Anal of the Small Units Knockout Competition to-morrow and Thursday on the Sookunpoo ground, at 2 p.m. and will be represented by. the following:

Capt. F. L. Freeman. Major W..W. Parsuna Li. C. Tope, Sgt. Megson, Sgt. Carpenter, Sgt. Denyer, 31. Shipp. Spr. Balley, Spr. Polhans, Spr. Tropp and Spr. Gos, Reserves Spra. Pike and Tate. Scorer:Spr. J. M. Cooke.

LARGE UNITS FINAL

On Tuesday, March 26, the Royal Engineers will meet the Royal Ariti- tery In the final of the Large Units Knockout Competition on the Soo- kumpoo ground, commencing at 11 an. with the following team:

Capt. D. C. E. Grose, Major W. W Parsons. Capt. L. Freemail, Capt. M. T. L. Wilkinson, Sgt. Megson, Sgt. Denyer, Mr. Scott may look as other men do but he has quali-St. Supp. L/Cpl. SHAW, Spr. Ruichte, ties, which certainly lift him above his fellow men.

Yes Heath

Bailey, Spr. Patham. Reserves. Spre

and Cork. Scorer:-Spr. 3. M. terday, he filed suit in superior court for an injunction to restrain the Santa Anita track from barring him from that home of the thoroughbred.

A Point Of Law In his complaint (and can you Im-and ask for the wrong number, or

the

agine anyone complaining about be- bent the odds down to ten cents on I AM NOT SURE if I haveing kept out of a track?) Mr. Scott the dollar by letting everyone knew the symmetry of the building by referred to this point before, but said that his superior knowledge of what he is betting. getting one over the window of the roon sacred to the Visiting Team, it will do no harmi to repeat the race horses enabled him to make a

living out of the parimutuel m which requires a lot more hook in luw as to 'dead ball. When the chines. the drive. I fear this will never ball has come to rest in the hands come off nowBut I bebbie.

of the wicket keeper the ball is he started reminiscing. To return to dead, and remains so until the him,

interested in tlic

opinion bowler starts to deliver the next

or

It is "The Rough's" fault really as

am

drives,

When you stop to think how many parimutuel machines have made a living out of all of us, ex- cept Mr. Scott, my desire to get a look at film is understandable.

NOT A PHILANTHROPIST

not one of the big race track)

na I should have said that he was a ball. This means that when the bateman who put a tremendous lot

into his.

of bowler receives the ball he can- of body weight into seem to remember once when he was not run the batsman out at his playing for the Gunners against the end. Civil Service, who had declared with something like two hundred for two when he has started to deliver the machines have lived off me quite or three

wickets, he hit like a klek-

next ball if when he arrives la bis nicely for years. They never were Ing

horse and 80 did Harold Paris run at the wicked he finds the bats- quite able to go around with the $50 and Wiltshire. The

They got the runs, man out of his creuse, because the and $100 parimutuel machine get, Ав regarda the general point, while ball is in play from the moment le but they belonged to n modest coun- there are more methods than one of starts his run.

try

club and were able to send part- driving the ball, the general consensus There is one exception. If the mutuel Jr. to boarding school-teto of opinion in that timing, combined wicket keeper throws the ball back to boarding school, of course, with a full swing and follow through the bowler with the obvious intention in the secret of the graceful drive, of running the batsman at that end which is as long as it is graceful. out, then the ball is not dend. But of Dick Hancock had 1 and per this intention the umpire is the sole haps A. A. Cluxton of the players Iļjudge. remember here.

Manthropists, but some of the But he can run that batsman outsmalfer denomination parimutuel

And that reminds me, I was hur-

ed out that ene tremendous hitter. was.

Sunday Cricket

prised to notice that no one has point- I SEE that in spite of the H. D. G. Leveson Gower, and his deluge, they did manage to play nickname was "Shrimp." I remem-off a League game on Sunday ber reading, in the Cricketer, I think, last, and Recreio second eleven that he did all his driving by perfect improved their chances by beat- timing, and he has hit the ball aver ing the R.A.F. soundly. It was SPORT ADVTS. Remedios, as, besides making 29,

THE HONG KONG. JOCKEY CLUB.'

rather a day out for M. A.

he took 6 wickets, his figures being 6-2-9-6.

IN

Now along comes Mr. Scott to argue that the parimutuel machines are not entirely selfish, and, if ap- proached in the proper manner, will also contribute.

This, if true, is a very important discovery, and Mr. Scott shouldn't keep Use formula to himself any more than medicat men should keep secret their discoveries for the bonest

of humanity. Because if there ever were a group of suller- ers who needed to "get well" it is the race track bettors.

PRIVACY THREATENED

2000

Cooke.

.

H E. The General Ofeer Com- manding the Troops, Major General A. E. Grasett, will attend the final of the Small Units competition on Thursday.

Cricket Club Eleven

As I

The following will represent Hong- write this I can almost hear

second cleven gnashing of teeth by kong Cricket Club angry many burghers of Los Angeles against Cralgengower second eleven when

in a friendly cricket match on Satur- plcked up to-day's рд per, and read about Mr. Scott.day at Happy Valley: Here he has been, a raan with

E. J. 1. Mitchell (Capt), H. J. Arm- knowledge of how to beat the races, strong, C. W. E. Bishop, G. P. Charlton, right in their midst since the open-A. T Dow, R, D. Gillespie, Brig. T Macleod, R. S. W. Paterson, D. O. Parsons, Ing day of Santa Anita.

D. S. Hodb and E. W. Stout,

T.T. Hockey Match Postponed One Wook

The return Triangular Tour- nament hockey match be- tween the Army and the Hongkong Hockey Club. which was to have been played to-morrow, has been postponed until Wednesday week, March 27. on the Club ground at 5.15 p.m.

HOME FOOTBALL

IN SUMMER?

Clubs Rebelling Against Inactivity.

RECORD BROKEN AT ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE SPORTS

POSTPONED from Saturday, the St. Stephen's College annual soort meeting was held yester day, and though the track was heavy a new record was estab lished by Wolfgang Yui in the senior 110 metres high hurdles.) The time 19 seconds.

Honours of the meel were secured by Kwok Chi-bung (senior)" and Ip Lal (Junior) with 18 points and 1214 respectively.

Prizes were distributed at the con- clusion of the events by Mrs. G. W. Pope.

The complete results were:

Hop step and jump-1. Kwok Chi-hung: Wolfgang Yul; 3. Chan King-cheung.

I regret i have no particulars of he is going to have a hard time get-apparent inactivity of the football

* Distance, 11.2) moires.

1,500 melder-1, Alox Chang; 2. Tan Nentor 100 metres, Clian King- cheung 2. Se Chin-guan; 3. Fung Shing-

Time, 12 dec.

Amall boys' 50 metres-1, Kaster; 2,

IF the superlor court sides with Mr.

Scott and rules that he can go to LONDON.-Clubs all over the Santo Anita as often as he wants to, country are rebelling against the the match but the R.A.F. are a very

ting any keun crowd-(they must not be to point him out and say, "there goes urging immediate action in an effort

Someone privacy.

will authorities and many of them are Eng-gie; 3, Hans Thung. Time, 0.41 3/6. keen) and to put them out for 48 THE SECOND EXTRA RACE somewhat of an achievement. No Mr. Scott-The Mr. Scott"-and to secure some kind of competition mo, ime. 12 sec. Juniori. Ip Lal; 2. MEETING will be held (weather one got into double figures, though he will form in back of him and to take place at the end of the pre- Wong Hong-chung 3. Huang Lee-chuan permilling) at HAPPY VALLEY on except for the not out batsman, no follow him to whatever window he sent season. SATURDAY, 23rd and MONDAY. one falled to score. A. E. Noronha poes to, listening for his choice in the The latest move is by Mr. Stan Boong Yiu-ling: 3, Wong Man-wat Time,

ley 25th March, 1940. commencing at played a good innings of 63 not out race.

Seymour, Newcastle director, 7 1/5 sec. 12.30 p.m. on both days.

for Recreto, while H. A. Barros got Then, with thousands of cars lis-who suggests a summer cup competi- Junior high jump-1. Chan Yiu-ming: 3. Han Tam-yuan. The First Bell will be rung at 12 38 out of their total of 141 for three tening he will have to make his de-ion among, say, the four leading actres Helght. 15 metres.

Chan King. elsion: whether to fool the curious clubs of the eight regional sections. senior long jump-1 Noon and the Tifn. Interval will be declared. after the second race (1 p.m.) on

Some of the Lancashire clubs, how cheung: 2, Fung Shing-mo; 3. So Chili- both dece days,

ever, are opposed to the idea of re- uan, Distance, 58 metres,

matt boys 100 metres.1. Soong Tu competition to the lead-ting: Kaster: Wong Man-wal. Tume. stricting the comp ing clubs. They contend all clubs 140 sec. should compéte, Stoke City's chair- foons; 2, Chan Lam-hay; 3, Tang Chaak- Prep. school race (senior)-1, Lok Koh- man, Mr. H. Booth, is putting a sug- chuen. gestion before the League Manage 2. Tan Eng-gie; 3, Boone Slong-loy. Time. Senior 200 metres-1. Fung Shine-mo: ment Committee for a summer tour- 20 sec, Junior), Ip Lal; 2. Wong Hong-

chung : Chan Yu-ming. Time. POOLING RECEIPTS

Small boys' eɣg and spoon racemi, Woo OTTENHAM HOTSPUR cup com- Pak-keung: 2, Wong Keng-lun; 3, Mark

twenty southern clubs to be called 2, Jp Lal and lan ram-yuen (dead-heat). Junior Jang Jump-i. Chan Yiu-ming; to discuss a cup scheme for the south, Distance, 5.05 metres.

Senior high Jump 1, Wolfgang Yul; 2,

·Children's egg and snoon race-1, Chan on May 4, eight on May 11, four on Chiu-hel; 2. David Ashe; 3, Wong Yuen-

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LONDON.—In a somewhat fierce, though short fight|running from May 4th to June 1st. Fung Shing-mo. Height, 1.57 metres. sible for all visitors introduced by in November, Tommy Farr knocked out Manuel Abrew, Their suggestion is for four matches him, and for Payment of all Chits, coloured Edinburgh heavyweight, at the Theatre Royal, May 18, two on May 25 and final on inst boys', obstacle race, Wong etc.

The Secretary's Office, 1st Floor, Dublin, the end coming in the third round after 7min. June 1. The gate receipts to be man-wal; 2, Fung Kul-wang: 5. Wong

pocied. Fifty per cent. from cach, King-lun Exchange Building, (Tel. 27794) will 18seca. of actual boxing.

match in general pool to be divided Alex Chang: 3, Hans Thung. Time, 103.4 Bentor 460 metres-1, Tan Eng-gie: 2, close at 10.45 am. on both days.

Tims are obtainable at the Club The punch that meant the beginning of the end for at the end of the competition among Junior Kraviz Leung Kai-wel; 3.

the twenty clubs taking part.

Lit Shen-shut Time, 1.08 House provided they are ordered, in Abrew was Farr's special one just below the heart. Jos Personally I doubt if we shall have King-cheng: 3- Wolfgang Yul. Height, Pole vault-1. Kwok Chi-kung: 2, Chan advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. Louis and Max Baer have confessed that it hurt them. summer football. Our Own Cerres 203 metres (record). 21020).

Old boys" 200 metres handicap -1, NX PUBLIC ENCLOSURE Abrew just flopped to the canvas.

Wel-wah: 2, Tan Khlang-khoo, 1, Young The price of Admission to the

Soong-lu. Public Enclosure is $1.00 per day His head may have been clear, was able to leave the ring. He had including Tax, for all Persons, Include but his legs were gone. He to be carried.

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Abrow was outclassed-so much 60

Farr, who looked much the bigger,

was seconded by Benny Huntman and

Harry Goodman,

Big Ladies, and in payable of the Gate. scrambled to his feet, and im-that it is astonishing to recall that Soldiers and Sallots in Ualform aro admitted Half Price.

mediately a left clip to the jaw It is not so very long ago he took By Order,

sent him on his back.

Len Harvey to 14 rounds, ́O, D. BRÖVIN,

He looked a very sick man. Hongkong, 10th March, 1940.

March, try but he managed to get on his feet at the count of nine. Ho made one wild and reckless lunge at Farr, who jumped out of danger, and at the same time plugged home a venomous right into Abrow's ribs..

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Mixed Foursomes Competition At Fanling

The following were the results in the second round of the Mixed Four- somes golf compelllion, at Fanling rcornily:

Et. Comdr. and Mrs. Linton bent

weigh-in Abrew stepped on the Mr. and Mrs. It. C. Stewart one up: néales and welthed 13st. lib. Forr Mr. and Mrs. L. A. R. Duncan beat refused to weigh-in, alleging he had J. W. Mayhew and Mrs. Smalley two been kept waiting in overcrowded up,

Prep. school's race (Junior)-1, Wong Shiu-al: 2. Wong Shun-tim; 5. Chan Kai-sing.

Janior 110 metres low hurdles~), Ip Chi & Kong Hong chun; 3, Chang On Time, 17.0 sac,

Bentor 110 metres high hardtes-1, Wolf- gang Yu; 2. Kwok Chi-bung; 3, Bo Chin- guan Time: 19 wea, (record).

Pak-keung and Ling Pel-ching: 2, Kaster Email boys' three-legged race,-1, Wong and Fung Kal-wang: 3, Chau Ting-kam and Lee Ching-yue,

Group relay race-1, Dragons; 2, Bulia; 3. Tigers.

small boys' high-jump-1, Kaster: 2.

Song -ting; 3, Wong King-lun. Height, 127 metres,

Bhot put-1. Kwok Chi-hung: 2, Lim

Įmetres,

Tai-im: 3, Loj glan-kee Distance, 10 93

**Kervants' raca-1. Tang Kow: 2. Leung

806 metres-1, Tan "Eng-gio; 2, Alex.

Denior championship). Kwok

The Scot, obviously in pain, went surroundings, Farr stated he had "Mator and Mrs. Williams beat Mr. Wing-nin; 27 Lau Sing down and did not rise within the weighed himself at 14st. 7 lb, that and Mrs. C. C. Stark one up, stipulated count."

morning, and left the building des- Mr. and Mrs. Back in his corner he wept bitter-plta a protest from Abrew's manager. beat L. Jackson and Mrs Towell ly. It was five minutes before he -Our Own Correspondent.

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