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"
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
USED IN
FINLAND DECIDES TO HOLD
OLYMPIC GAMES
CRICKET
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 view of the war, the number of countries participating will be Imited 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 Committeo will meet at the end of this month to take the final decisions which will be referred to the International Olymple Commkee in May.
AMERICA HAS A
A MAN
lot of body into it, but that was because my sight-and WHO MAKES A
skill-were so defective that I seldom know much about
the ball after it had pitched, and if I did happen to time OFF THE
one it was pure joss.
And that reminds me of my the Pavilion at the Oval if I am not biggest drive. It was not any mistaken, thing like that of "The Rough," minority of one as regards the ques- I rather fancy-Mr. Davidson is in a but it was made when I was over tion of wrists. forty, and I think must have many batsmen who can hit a six off There are a great 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 late 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 late cuts with his shoulders, sort of house which serves tho North do not believe it.
pushing down on them. I personally Devon C.C. as a pavilion.
LIVING
PARI-MUTUEL!
(By Henry McLemore)
Inter-Unit Cricket Finals
Sappers Hope To Securo Two Army Trophies
The Royal Engineers who have one of the most powerful.crlekeling aides In many seasons, have reached the finals of both the Small and Large Unita Knockout Competitions.
The Sappers (40th Coy. R.E.) wili meet Royal Army Ordnance Corps In the final 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. Parsons, L. C. Pope, Bgt. Megson, St. Carpenter, Bgt. Denyer, Sgt. Shipp. Spr. Halley, Spr. Pelham, Spr. Tropp and Spr. Goss. Reserves. Spra. Pike and Tale. Scorer Spr, J. M. Cooke.
LARGE UNITS FINAL
On Tuesday, March 20, the Royal Engineers will meet the Royal Ariti- ery in the Anal of the Large Unila Knockout Competition on the Soo- ground, commencing at 11 m. with the following team: Capt. D. C. E. Grose. Major
w. w. Parsons. Capt. F. L. Freeman, Capt. M. L. Wlkinson, Sgt. Region, Sgt. Denyer, Bailey, Spr. Patham. Reserves. Spr. Itenth and Cork. Scorer:- Spr. J. M
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 11 (UP).-Given health and kunpoo carfare I am going out to-day and try to locate Richard G. Scott of this city.
Cooke,
Mr. Scott may look as other men do but he has quali-38. Shipp. Cpl. Shaw, Spr. Ratclino ties, which certainly lift him above his fellow men. Yes. 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.
H. E. The General Omcer Com- manding the Troops, Major General A. E. Grasett, will attend the final of the Small Units competition on Thursday.
Cricket Club Eleven
A Point Of Law In his complaint (and can you im- and ask for the wrong number, or I have scarcely mado a run there
agine anyone complaining about bio-beat the, odde down to len centa on since as I have been trying to restore I AM NOT SURE if I haveing kept out of a track?) Mr. Scott the dollar by letting everyone knew the symmetry of the bulding by referred to this point before, but said that his superler, knowledge of what he is betung. geiting one over the Window of the room sacred to the Visiting Team, it will do no harm to repeat the living out of the parimutuel ma-
race horses enabled him to make a As I write this I can nimost hear The following will represent Hong- the angry gnashing of teeth by leong Cricket Club second cloven which requires a lot more look in law as to 'dead ball. When the chines.
many good burghers of Los Angeles against Cralgengower second eleven the drive. I
I fear this vill never ball has come to rest in the hands
when they picked up to-day's pa- 'n a friendly cricket match on Satur- come off now..But I babble...
It is "The
për, and read about Mr. Stolt. day at Happy Valley: Rough's
of the wickot keeper the ball le really fault
Hero ho has been, a' man with he started reminieng To return to dead, and remains, so until the
knowledge of how to beat the races, strong, C. W. E. Bishop, d. P. Chariton,
tron Mitchell Cap. I. A him,
I am interested in the opinion bowler starts to deliver the next
right in their midst since the open-4. T Dow, R. U. Gillespie, Brig. T. ing day of Santa Anita.
Macleod, R. S. W. Paterson, D. O. Pons, D. B. Robb and E. W. Stout.
of bady
AS
When you stop to think how many parimutuel machines have made a lving out of all of us, ex- cept Mr. Scott, my desire to get a look at him is understandable.
NOT A 'PHILANTHROPIST
PM not one of the big race track philanthropists, but, some of the denomination. Darimutuel
I'M
as I should have sold that he was a ball. This means that when the batsman who put a tremendous lot bowler receives the ball he can-
ady weight into his drives. I seem to remember once when he was not run the batsman but at his playing for the Gunners against the end. Civil Service, who had declared with
But he can run that batsman out smaller 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 in his nicely for years. They never were Ing horse, and so did Harold Paris run at the wicket he finds the bots- quite able to go around with the $50 and Wiltshire. They got the runs man out of his crense, because the and $100 parimutuel machine get, As regards the general point, while ball is in play from the moment he but they belonged to a modest coun- there are more methods than one of starts his run. driving the ball, the general consensus
If the try club and were able to send parl- There is one exception.
mutuel Jr. to boarding, school-iote
of opinion is 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 is 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 dead. But of Dick Hancock hed it and per-this intention the umpire is the role haps A. A. Claxton of the players judge. remember here.
1
And that reminds me, I was sur- prised to notice that no oão has point-
Sunday Cricket
ed out that one tremendous hitter was I SEE that in spite of the H. D. G. Leveson Gower, and his deluge, they did manage to play nickname was "Shring." I remem- off a League game on Sunday ber reading, in the Cricketer, I think, last, and Recreio second eleven flat he did all his driving by perfect improved their chances by beat- timing, and he has hit the ball over
ing the R.A.F. soundly. It was [rather a day out for M. A.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
HOME FOOTBALL
IN SUMMER?
Clubs Rebelling Against Inactivity
LONDON-Clubs all
over the
RECORD BROKEN AT ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE SPORTS
POSTPONED from Saturday. the St. Stephen's College ännual Now along comes Mr. Scott to
soort meeting was held yester- argue that the parimutual machines country are rebelling against the day, and though the track was are not entirely selfish, and, if ap-apparent inactivity of the football heavy a new record was estab- proached in the proper manner, will authorities and many of them are lished by Wolfgang Yui in the also contribute.
urging Immediate action to an effort senior 110 metres high hurdles. This, if true, is a very important to secure some kind of competition The time 19 seconds. discovery, and Mr. Scott shouldn't to take place at the end of the pre- keep the formula to himself any sent season. more than medical men should)
---Honours of the meet were secured- The latest move is by, Mr. Ston-
PRIVACY THREATENED
ever, are notition to the lead-t
Kal' (Junior) with 18 polnts and 12%
keon crowd-(they must not be tooting any privacy. Someone Willment Committee for a summer tour-ng-gle; 3, Hane Thung. Tine, 641 3/5
beneas of humantiy, Because who suggests a summer cup competi- respectively.
of tick discoveries for the ley Seymour, Newcastle director, tal (Junto al 1 (cator) and I Liere ever were a group of suffer- tion among, say, the four leading ers who needed to "get well" It is clubs of the eight regional sections. Prizes were distributed at the con- the race track bellors.
Some of the Lancashire clubs, how-clusion of the events by Mrs. G. W.
to the idea of re- Pope. SPORT ADVTS. Remedios, as, besides making 29,
stricting the Ing clubs.
contend all
The complete results were: ho took 6 wickets, his figures IF the superior court sides with Mr. Ins
clubs [being 6-2-9-6.
Scott and rules that he can go to man, Mr. H. Booth, is putting a sug-2, Wolfgang Yu; 3, Chan King-cheung- should compete. Stolte City's chair- Hop step and Juop--). Kwok Chi-hung: I regret I have no particulars of Santa Anita as often as he wants to, the match but the R.A.F. are a very he is going to have a hard time get-gestion before the League Manage Distance, 11.20 metres.
nament. "there goes keen) and to put them out for 48 point him out and say, THE SECOND EXTRA RACE is somewhat of an achievement, No Mr. Scott-The Mr. Scott" and a POOLING RECEIPTS MEETING will be held (weather one got into double figures, though line will form in back of him and TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR cup com- Wong Hong-chung 3; Huang Lee-chuan. permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY on except for the not out batsman, no goes to, listening for his cholec in the twenty southern clubs to be called soeng Yiu-ting: 3, Wong Man-wal Time,
o follow him to whatever window he petition ideas are: Meeing of SATURDAY, 23rd and MONDAY, one failed to score. A. E. Noronha 25th March, 1940, commencing at played a good innings of 53 not out race. 12.30 pm. on both days.
to discuss a cup scheme for the south, 7 1/5 sec. for Recreio, while H. A Barros got Then, with thousands of ears lis-running from May 4th to June 1st. Junior high jump-1. Chan Ylu-ming: 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- Their suggestion is for four matches ellen 3. Han Tam«yuan. Noon and the Tin Interval will be declared.
Height 1.82 meires. cision: whether to fool the curious on May 4,
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Small boys' 160 metres-1, Boong lú pooled. Fifty per cent. from each ting: 2. Karter; 5, Wong Man-wal. Time, match in general pool to be divided (142 c.
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TOMMY FARR'S SPECIAL
LONDON. In a somewhat fierce, though short fight sible for all visitors Introduced by in November, Tommy Farr knocked out, Manuel Abrew, him, and for Payment of all Chit, coloured Edinburgh heavyweight, at the Theatre Royal,
The Secretary's
Omee, 1st Floor, Dublin, the end coming in the third round after 7min. Exchange Building, (TeL 277041 close at 10.45 Bath, on both days.e 18secs, of actual boxing..
Tidins are obtainable at the Club The punch that meant the beginning of the end for House provided they are ordered in Abrow was Farr's special one just below the heart. Joe advanes from the No. 1 Boy. (Tel. Louis and Max Baer have confessed that it hurt them. 31920). MTU TO PROLOBUER:
Abrew
just flopped to the canvas.
price of Admission to the
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Genlor ·200 metres-l. Fung Shing-mo; 2. Tan Fnk-kle; 3, Boone Slong-loy, Time, 2000. Junior, Ip Lal; 2. Wong Hong- chúng; 8, Chan Yu-ming Time, st
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Distance, 8.05, moires.
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