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AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TOUR

BRADMAN AND MORRIS IN SECOND WICKET STAND

Dou Misses Up On Double Century

Worcester, April 29,-The Australian cricket. tourists scored 377 for the loss of six wickets in their first innings against Worcestershire's 233 when stumps were drawn at the end of the second day's play.

Don Bradman, who has scored a double century ench time against Worcestershire in previous tours, was out for 107 and Arthur Morris scored 138 before losing his wicket. Bradman, who was 17 not out). Morris reached his century in at the lunch Interval, got quickly three hours 15 minutes into le stride after lunch and when overs later Bradman followed butt the totul had reached 139 for one, in on minutes less time linn that Bradmian was 34 and Morris 0.

taken by his partner.

Braiman and Morris each gave a delightful exhibition of battling during the afternoon to score un- Antslied centuries by The train- terval.

The Australian captain showed that he had lost none of his batting skill and looked all set for scoring his fourth successive double century against Worcestershire, while Morris, playing his first innings

and two

SPLENDID TIMING

Both

batsmen played excellent cricket, Bradman was perfectly” at home

timed and

his strokes splendidly to score faster

thon Morris, who concentrated more on defence and played a painstaking

Unfortunately. inrings.

Tulo and hall disturbed this baiting feast for Englund, 25 minutes,

but when play was resumed both players continued in

veln. the same

Bradmati went out 10 force matters after tea and was not afraid to take risks. This proved hils. un- doing for swinging his bat at a ball well outside the off stump he pulled on to his wicket. He batted In all for just over two and a half hours, in which time be hit 15 four's besides helping Morrie to put on 180 runs for the second wicket.

became the first batsman to score a first clam century this season, and joined the ranks of those players

have Ecored who

n three-âgure innos 1T their Brst matel on foreign soll.

BOXING

A Remarkable Comeback

By ARCHIE QUICK

Some months ago I walked Inlo the Harringay. Arena dressing room and saw a badly battered world champion lying flat out on his massage table. I never wish to see a face more disfigured by the leather gloves.

His manager

Morris was third out at 207 when

ho was caught at coverpoint of a

mistimed stroke.

.pn

Bradman next put in the players without batting reputation to give English them

practice some wickets. Lindwali scored 32, Mc- Cool 0 and Tallon 4 by the time stumps were drawn.

SCOREBOARD

The scor:beard at the end of the second day's play reads: Worcestershire: First innings:

Australians: First innings:

233

44

S. Barnes, lbw, b Howorth.... A. Morris e Jenkins b Jackson. 130 D. G. Bradman, b Jackson ... was standing R. Lindwall, lbw. & Jackson

over him, saying to me in a pitiful tone, "I am never going to let him go into the ring again. I am his pal and I know when he has had enough."

me then lat that selfsne boxer would be on these shares again in this year of grace, 1948, I would have laughed outright. Nevertheless he is coming and what Is more he is likely to pick up a very useful £20,000 in good English money.

The naine, of course, is Gus Lesne- vich ml, having turned down Ben Smith's offer of £10,000, Ukeable Gus and manager

C. McCool, b Jackson D. Tallon, b Jackson A. L. Hassett, not out W. Brown, not aut

Extras

Total for six .......

107

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1948.

THE HARD WAY IN

AND SILE WON, TOO-Los Angeles' Vicki Draves exccutes perfect diving form during the National AAU swimming meet. at Daytona Beach, Fla. Miss Draves defcated Zoo Ann Olsen to become women's one-meter-board diving'champion.

BASEBALL

Holds On To Cleveland

Unblemished Record

BROOKLYN HALTS GIANTS ·

New York, Apr. 29.-Cleveland kept its un- blemished record intact in the American League while a six game winning streak by the National League's front running New York Giants was rude- ly halted by Brooklyn.

In the American League, the Indians, led by manager shortstop Lou Boudreau, who drove in three runs on a homer, a double and two singles, defeated the Saint Louis Browns 5-2. It was the tribe's sixth win.

Centrefelder Joe DiMaggio's long fly to centro scored shortstop Bobby Brown with the winning run in the 10th inning for the New York Yankees' edge over Washington. The Yanks took the game 5-4. First Baseman George Mc- Quinn, leftfielder Charley Keller and catcher Yogi Berra hit home runs for the Yanks: New York moved into second place on the win. *****

for

homers by leftfelder (FRANCIAS PATENTIRAN MEEDE KASKONNAS KONTURATU DIENA Two run Ted Williams, rightfleider Sam Mele,

LEAGUE STANDINGS 7pitcher Joe Dobson and first base-

accounted Jones man Jake 377 eight runs as the Boston Red Sox ~~~Reuter.

defeated the Philadelphia Athletics 11-5. Rightfelder Elmer Valo and catcher Buddy Rosar also homered for Philadelphia. each with empty bases.

Henley Prepares

Gerard Wins CHINA'S DISTANCE STARS.

SWOTTED UP NURMI

Jersey Race

By BERNARD HAMMERBECK

Jersey (Channel Islands), Apr. 29,-Fred 'Gerard, the | Leicestershire racing motorist,

China's two best trackmen, acknowledging assistance" 'driving a British ERA, today

from Paavo Nurmi and the United States, hope to make won, the International road race a good showing in the distance races in the 1948 Olymples. over 170 miles in which 22 of

They are Wang Chen-ling, a 30- Wang owls an Insurance agency the leading British-and Con-year-old velcrun of the 1936 Olympic in Shanghal, but finds time for finental drivers took part at St James, and 20-year-old Lau Wen-workouts with Lou for two hours Heller. Yet des

*Ngau, who runs any distance from each morning before breakfast, Gerard covered the 55 laps of the 100 moted more experience and parks and occasionally, on the de-

metres to 10

plodding around running paths in 3.2 miles circult at an averagą speed of 87.39 miles an hour.

wo also expect to learn much from serted early-morning roada.

Gootzo Abecassis, In a Maserati, the American runnors," Wang, who was recond at 87.21 miles per hour ran in the 1038 Olymple marathon. and Reg Parnell, in- another told mo Lau, his protege, a deat

and dumb. Maserati, third at 86.07 miles per

LAU BETTER PROSPECT

hour.

His Highness Birabongse, of Siom, for the two, Lau is rated the who races under the pseudonym of *B. Bira" finished fourth at 84.85 honours. His best efficiat time for better prospect for Olymple miles an hour in a Maserati.

TENNIS

SELECTORS

WORK AT USC

Both men considered their tour of the USA a wonderful opportunity. While in Los Angeles they worked out daily at the University of Southern California, where Dean hend USA Olymple Cromwell,

is drilling his USC track

Although Cromwell

is not, ex-

is-31:27 nearly The only accident in the thrilling the 10,000 metres

record.team: WOX

when, S., J. Gilbey's two minutes off the world Maserati overturned and shot Into but unomieinily he has been timed a garage yard after hitting the curb. in 90:50. The Olymple record specially famed for his ability with of distancemen, Wang and Lau have The driver threw himeall clear and 30:11,4, by Janusz Kusocinski

world... mark regard for hlm because of his was practically unhurt.-Reuter. --

Po, and the

by Nummi.

style. Cromwell does not that an athlete change his Wang. Interested in distance.

the coach's running since he was a small boy, style to comply with took

allows the ideas, up the sport seriously in 1932 athlete to keep his natural style, and

but instead when Chinese newspaper printed

ties of out

seeks to improve, that style. The Ta series

articles by Nurmi ex- WALTON UPSETS plaining the Finn's style of running earnest Chinese pair expect to profit Wang clipped the articles and by having worked with Cromwell's studied them religiously. Soon ito squad. had memorised them, and then ho. "We don't know how well we went onto the tracks to practise will do overall, but we are anxious Bournemouth, England, Apr. their teachings. Gradually he per- to run against the best men we can 29.-Bespectacled Howard Wat- fected the style, and has followed it find," Wang said. "China expects to send about 50 nihletes, including fon, dropped from the British closely ever since.

a soccer team, to London, and we Davis Cup team to play Norway WORKED TOGETHER

want to make the best possible Nine years ago Wang met Lau, showing." from May 12 to 14, slapped the British selectors hard today by where Wang took his daily work the Santa Barbara Relays on Murch who was supervisor at the park

Lau won the 10,000 metro run in becoming the only English cuts. When Wang learned that player left in the semi-finaf of Lau liked distance-running, he took may be a surprise at the Olympics. the Men's Single in the British charge of his training, and they have Wang ran in the Boston Marathon

continuously ainco worked together Hard Court Championship.

on April 19, and both fill compete then. Lau too runs the Nurm! style. in the Chinese National Athletic Walton, who went on the court

"We don't have any fancy diets," Meeting from May 8-15, returning knowing he was no longer in the wand aid. "The ordinary Chinese to the USA for the Los Angeles Davis Cup team, defeated the left dict is rice and pork. We eat beef Coliseum Relays on May 21,, Other handed Yugoslav star Kukeljevic, Instead of pork and drink much | American meets may be scheduled

3.7-0. 7-5, 6-4, 2-In another match Eric Sturgess,

milk. That is the only difference." InterUnited Press.

---

the South African holder of the title, took only 45 minutes to

27, so it appears that the Chinese

eliminate Geoff Paish of the British THOSE WERE THE DAYS Davis Cup team. 6-1, 6-2, 7-5

DAR

upset in The Women's singles

was the defeat of Joan Curry, Bri- Lish Wightman Cup player and Num ber Опа seed In the women's event. Misa D. E, Woodgule, a Middlesex County player, in a hard driving match put out Curry 7-5, 6-4, to reach the semi Anál-Associated Press..

PAISH INJURED Bournemouth, Hampshire, Apr. 20.-Geoffrey Paish, who "earlier in the day had been selected to play for Great Britain in the Davis Cup match against Norway. was, taken to hospital with a suspected trac-1 turn of the ankle following a fall during a doubles match, in the Brl- lish hard courts championships here. this afternoon-Reuter.

French Horse Loses

When A Four-Minute Mile

Nothing To Write About

Was

If grandpa lets through an odd sncer about our champions of today we cannot be too sure he doesn't know what he is talking about.

A Pacific Coast newspaperman, H.. Archie Richardson of the Christian Science Monitor, has investigated some of grandpa's tales about the era when “men were men" and discovered that at least one of our topical headlines wasn't worth the setting 80 years ago.

Newmarket, England, Apr. National League

29.---A, Glenister's four-year-old

This started a Pacific Coast-wide Won Lost Perc. Sicavo, a French horse trained

controversy on the subject of how 3 .700

in England, upset Marcel Bous- amateur and professional perfor sac's 4 to 11 hot shot Djelal.in mances compared and the old men the-March-Stakes-with-£1,300 began remembering.

New York Pittsburgh Cincinnati Philadelphia Chicago

Floyd Boker's pinch triple in the in- seventh inning, followed by an Brooklyn feld

by crror

second boseman St Louls Eddie Mayo, Rave the

Chicago Boston White Sox the winning run in a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Catcher Aaron Robinson drove In

Joe Vella have By HYLTON CLEAVER the White Sox rung with three Cleveland

Esits, including a homer.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

5

.555

.545

500

445

added today.

.445

.420

.303

FASTER THAN HAEGG

A chance remark by "Dink" by De Kelso for the distance was. Templeton, one of the Pacific Coast's given at 13 minutes 11 seconds. most noted athletic coaches, started the old men. in the rocking chairs

This happens to be just 21.4 off on their reminiscences.

seconds faster than Gundër Haegg's Templeton suggested that running (official world record mark for the times today were not quite what three miles of 13:32.4. Munroe was they could be because there was no reported to have taken second place Incentive to performance. The In-In 13:32, or two-fifths of a second centive, Templeton suggested, should faster than the present world mark, be a fat cash prize.

and Palmer third in 13:30.

Was there any attempt at accurate on and timing? Richardson read discovered that De Kelso had been timed, as well separately at the end He was reported to of each mile. -have-run the-first-milo in 4:1012, The outcome of all this was that the second in 4:214, and the third Sicavo, with the advantage of Richardson decided to investigate in 4:30.

that there eight pounds, won the mile and a for himself, Research in libraries

It is not improbable quarter race by three quarters of uncovered the fact that in be may have been heavy betting on length from Delal with

in which one time as well as placing, 1000s professional running was Richard's mount, Grand Weather, of the biggest sporting attractions of case many a spectator would have of the the day,

been keeping track himself

promoters were time taken. The

confidence of The era had its own nation-wide unlikely to gain the sports paper. The Spirit of the Times, the people who paid for admission Richardson pleiced up a file for 1807 had they chosen not to be strictly and

through of looking Issue for July 6 of that year came

It is possible that the track was across an account of a professional short. Again, the promoters would not have been too popular with the public in not having the COURBO surveyed were there money, involved. The times given within one-fourth of a second are also suggestive of an attempt at accuracy,

Gordon

City of Russia was the last of the field of four.

The winner's starting price was 7

American Leaguo

@

1.000

eight lengths away in third place.

.025

.625

.500

.446

to 2-Associated Press.

,400

285

.340

COLONY CHESS

Washington New York to a share of the galo as a

St Louls financial proposition. The Those who think of Henley In the National League. left-

Philadelphia inning Detroit. occasion when I saw Lesnevich so Regatta course bordered by Belder Hank Sauer's 14th completely beaten was, of course, flower decked houseboats, with single after

centrefelder. John Doston when Bruce Woodcock did his best job of work in the ring. Who floating grandstands provided Wyrostek's double gave the Cincin- could

have forecast that

their by punts, skiffs, and motor-hati Reds a 5-victory over the Chicago fortunes would have seesawed so. boats, must prepare for a shock eighth inning horner set-the-gemo

Gus

and when Henley stages the Olympic into extra threatening to retire, and there was

Regatta in August. on top of the world. Now, here

is Gus still world champion, voted Boxer of the Year

There

Bruce

Was..

beaten

No molor-boats,

yachis or

in America by his four great wing pleasure steamers will be allowed over Maurello, Bellina, and Fox, and on the course at ali. here is Bruce, Just out of a Leeds nursing home with his future very much in doubt and that millionaire futuro entirely dissipated as a pipe dream,

Punts and the like will be ned in a small space between finish and the Mile Post, Bucks shore only.

on

Saint Louls

·Cardinals.

homered in the third. Rightneider OLYMPIC HOPE

OLYMPIC HOPE Sequeira Leads

L

Sauer's mugy

Wyrosteit Dinings,

Ston

drove in all the Musial Cardinal runs with a two-run homer

Brooklyn snapped out of a batting and a single good for two runs. pen-slump with a 20-hit attack to end New York's winning streak, defeat- the ing the Giants 17-7. Rookie first the baseman Preston Word hit a homer to with four on and. double. Catcher The tow-path will be free

Bruce Edwards hit three singles those who can reach it, but space and a

Pelo Relser drove in to the Berks bank, and five runs, restricted

a double. FIGHTING BETTER

uns, three on a homer and two is nothing like that between Putney

on a triple. been and Mortlake en Boat Race day. Lesnevich's comeback has

THREE ABREAST

Third baseman Frankle Gustano remarkable for he is fighting better

paced the Pittsburgh Pirates to There will be no stands for the 4-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs at the age of 33, than ever before. How Mills qualifies as his public, other than one to hold 4000 with two singles and a double.

After challenger, apart from the fact that reserved seats at 30s, a day in "B"

first baseman Dick Sheler there

is n lot of money ovidently enclosure. This will be that known homered in the seventh, centro- going spare in England, beats me. as the Competitors' Enclosure At folder Harry Walker hit an inside Apart from his massacre of a Royal Regatta time. number of so-called

Rover tickets will be £1. boxers from

now

:

the Continent, Milla has fought one American negro, Lloyd Marshall, since meeting Gus and we all know what-Marshall did to Freddie in five rounds.

out

F. X. Sequeira beat Ray Danonberg in the only one three games from the second

of

гасе.

the

The race in question took place Toronto, Canada, and featured wo outstanding mile-runners of the day -Sergeant Harley and Private Wood of the 17th Regiment.

FIRED ON BY BACKERS

accurate.

>

Richardson leafed an further through the io and discovered that round of the Colony Open Chess "At the word 'Go!," stated The there was another foot-race on the programme, over two miles this time, Championship final contested Spirit of the Times, "the two army before the Pedestrians Tournament

fast pace endod. men started off at o yesterday.

at the Harley want into the lead Danenberg played the Alekhine half-way mark. Then 'Wood. fired It featured the same set of run- Defence to King's Pawn and could on by his backers, made a brilliantners and they camo in the not find a counter to Sequeira's sprint, passed his opponent and kept order. The times were given at 8 rapid pawn development, resigning the lead to the finish. The time mins 50 secs., 8:50 and 9:04. Tho after 23 moves. The game was the was 4 minutes 2 seconds." brightest of the tournament thus

a

far.

the park four bagger against John Beazley with two on and two out

In the Stewards Enclosure there in the eighth to give the Philadelphia will be priority for members of the Phililes a 4-2 victory over the Bos- stewards and for VIPs from visit-ton Draves. ing nations If there is room guests

AMERICAN LEAGUE will be allowed in at 255.

The selfsame Marshall went back The pleasure bonis are

rebanned

ned Cleveland because of the need to remove the Saint Louis booms and row three crows abreast.

:

RH E 5 13, 1 to America and got himself knocked two rounds by Ezzard

(Winning pitcher Bob Lemon) No one may travel on the umpire's Washington Charles, another coloured man, who

4. 0.1 ta rated as No. 1 challenger to launch other than the umpire and New York

8 3 Lesnevich in the United States. [driver, although attempts are being

Ken

(Winning pitcher Joe Page) Mills and Lesnevich, will now made to have ab least one pressman Boston

11 00 definitely me

the White City laboard to provide a detalled account Philadelphia meet at

100 on July 20 under Jack Solomons of each racer vi

(Winning pitcher Earl Johnson) | promotion and, as part of a par-

ELECTRIC TIMING

Chleage There will be glectric

481 timing by Detroit ticularly weird training schedule, Mills is down to fight two heavy equipment brought specially Crom (Winning pitcher Joo Haynes) weights beforehand-Ralph, South Lucerne and operated by specialists NATIONAL LEAGUE African champion,

Johnannes-

provided by the manufacturers, not Saint Louts

47 0 burg, and

Shaw in a final by old Blues!

15 0 5 Cincinnati Decisions will be Woodcock's title. or for

No decisions

given in (Winning pitcher Harry Gumbert) a remarkable thing that distance; fractions of seconds will New York

77 0: Woodcock has never defended his show the margin of victory.

Brookdyn

17. 20. 1 title since fio

To won it from Jack Henley Town Council have raised (Winning plicher Ralph Kiner)

4100 £3000 by voluntary subscriptions Plitsburgh. London two years ago and,, much as

hinto the thought of Mills going to provide a welcome for the visiting Chicago

27 0 In with any boxer over 12 slobes crews

(Winning pitcher Elmer Riddle)

XM401 no doubt. The Olymple. Regatta inishes on Philadelphia soven pounds, there is that Freddie is the only logical con- Monday, August || D." This", gives a Boston fender for Bruce's crown. He de day of rest between semi-finals and (Winning pitcher Lynn Rowe) Associated Press serves a chance of capturing it. Ifinnia.

·Rog... Harris started racing eleven years ago, found himself In the "Manchester Wheelers," began to win handicaps and scratch races and earned a place in the world championship team In 1909.

Coming out of the Forces in 2013

1943, us won the Engilah sprint championship four years running from 1944 to 1947. In addition

•he "won" the World Amateur Sprint Championship at Paris in- July 1947-6

Ürst Engllahman. to do so for 28 years. If he keeps up this form he is an al- most certain choice for Britain's Olymple Games team this year. He is 28 years old."

same

rea-

winning performance is off Haegg's The time, mentioned as casually as present world mark of 8:42.8, but even a 9:04 effort in the two miles is, The other two games, Barnett v. all that, was three-fifths of a second Carvalho and Schure v. Prokopov, slower than the present recognised today, to say the least, a very

pectable one. were postponed.

world record of 4:014 held by Scores row are: F. X. Sequeira Sweden's Gunder Haegg and Arne 1- Schure 1-0 J. P. de Car- Andersson. valho and P. K. Prokopov 1⁄2-4; R. Richardson wasn't Inclined to C., Dananberg -1; K. M. A view this. bald statement with much Barnett 0-1.

DERBY CALLOVER-

Brazil Asks For

English Refs

credibility. Stop-watches in the 1880s may not have been very ac-

London, Apr. 29.-Brazil has curato Instruments. It might have asked the English Football As- been a typographical error. 1sociation for English referees: might not have been anything more for its big soccer tournaments. London, Apr. 29. Tonight's Vic- effort on

necurate than some spectator's own torin Club callover prices on the timepiece.

an ordinary vest-pocket. Derby were:

leafed same

09 the

mura

The officials are required for the Rio Championship on June 27, and will be engaged until the end of December with the option of a fur-

£100 per

Pay is approximately

8 to 2 My Babu offered,' 11 to 4

Richardson taken and wanted, 6 to 1 The Cob- bler offered, 100 to 8 Jock Scot of through the file and came across anther contract for a year, fared, 100 to 7 taken. 100 to 3 Black account of two more running races. Tarquin, 100 to 0 Pride of India. 20 These came in the issue of October month. Associated Press.

Greetings, 23 10 20 and were from an account of un to 1 Birthday Hoylake,

Fortles

and event billed

Canadian T3 10 1 Djeddah and Pedestrian Tournament. Straight Play. Black Pomers, all offered. 40 to 1 The main feature was a three-mite Solar Silpper taken and offered. 40 race for a prize of $200 and a gold to i Jullan, Hanley, and. Royal Drake, medal. The participants were five 60 to 1 The Senator, 60 to 1 Captain leading Americans, and three Cana- Fox and Usher, all offered.---Iteuter. | dion professionals.

HOME FOOTBALL

London, Apr. 20-In the League Three, Bouthern, Northampton lost

NOTICE

THE SPORTS CLUB Selling Lotteries for the Mount

It was won by an outstanding Parker Handicap (both sections) runner of the day, a Canadian named and the St George's Plate will be De Kelso, with George Munroe of held to-day at 6.80 p.m. sharp... Canada: second and James Palmer,

J. C. M. GRENHAM,

Hon, Secretary.

an American, third.

With no comment whatsoever In

to Bournemouth by three goals to | respect of the winning performance sixReuter,

*being a world record, the time taken-