1948-05-26 — Page 6

ENGLAND'S ANNOUNCED

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1948,

TEST

Barnett And Young The Only Newcomers

London, May 25-The teams for the Test trial match nt Birmingham beginning June 2 were announced today as follows:

The England team is built around men who went to Australia In 1946-47. Nine of them are given places under the captaincy of Norman Yardley. Barnott, who only to- day found his true form, and Young, the left arm slow bowler, complete the team.

Broderlek, the Northants slow left orm bowler, is the youngest player. at 27, on either side.

The teams are:

ENGLAND

N. W. D. Yardley

(Yorks

{ain)

W.

3. (M'sex)

THE REST

F.

R. Brown

(Cap-

(Surrey)

(Captain)

Edrich

S.

Griffith

(Sussex)

C. J. Barnett

(Glos)

J. Hardstuff

(Notis)

-L.. Hation (Yorks)

C. Wankbrook

(Lanes)

1). Compion

(M'rex)

At Worcester: Worcestershire beat Surrey by @ wickets, Worcester- abire 353 for declared and D for 2 (Cooper 53 not out); Surrey 188 and 244 (Fishlock 43, Squires 58),

AI

Hove: Leicestershire

Sussex by 0 wickets, Sussex

beat 237

and 98 (Walsh 7 for 27); Leicester- stire 252 and 32 for one.

K. Cranston At Cambridge: Cambridge Uni-

(Laney)

versity drew with Middlesex. Cam-

C. Palmer (Wor-bridge 303, for I declared; Middlesex

cester)

153 (Brown 60 not out, Urquhart 4

L. Fishtock for 21) and 254 for 2 (Brown 03,

(Surrey) Sharp, 81, Mulcoins not out).

A. Fagg (Kent)

W. H. Copson

JL

A.

Bedker (Sur- rey)

(Derby)

(Notta)

T. Evans (Kent)

D. V. P. Wright

3.

(Itent)

A. (5)'sox)

Young

Butler

J. D. Robertson

(M'sex)

G. M. Emmett

"(Glos)

V. Broderick (Northants)

Neuter.

76

AL Bristol: Glouc:stershire beat Yorkshire by 6 wickets. Yorkshire 312 for 7 declared and 247 for 8 declared (Lester 110. Wilson 57.

141,

Goddard & for 10); Gloucestershire

171 and 302 for

Emmett 91, Crapp 58 not out).

At Gillingham:

beat Derbyshire Kent by 168 runs. Derbyshire 311 and 171; Keni 171 and 143.

At

Swansea Somerset by 137

runs.

Glamorgan beat Glamorgan

At Birmingham: Warwickshire

COUNTY CRICKET 257 and 227; Somerset 249 and 48.

Lomion. May 25-Worcester-beat Essex by twa wickets. Essex shire

their first 228 and 174: Warwickshire 140 and registered

County championship win of the 255 for 8.-Reuter,

Reason at Worcester today,

thanks to Howarth and Jenkins,

whose le spinners brought BADMINTON about n collapse in Surrey's accond innings.

Cambridge University made Middlesex follow on 240 runs behind at Fenners, but big partnerships for the first and second wickets dis- pelled all hopes of the University forcing u

the County win over leaders.

LAST NIGHT'S SEMI-FINALS

Last night's games at the Club de Recreio in the Badmin-

on

A hurricane innings by Charlie ton Championship semi-finals Barnett paved the way for a glorious went very much to form though Gloucestershire triumph at Bristol the Low and Vanar v. Tay and against Yorkshire. Set to get 389 Hui encounter was decided to win at an average of 86 runs an

the best of three games. Gloucestershire won hour,

Power- with 43 minutes to spare.

Six ful driving brought Barnett a and 18 fours.

easily

THE SCORES The results of games which ended today were:

At Manchester: Lanenaltire drew with Hampshire, Lancashire 451 for declared; Hampshire 271 and 311 out. for B. (Arnold 55. Hill 60 not Talle 50, Cager 07).

FINALIST

KCC's W. Gillies who will partner S. Saul in the Junior Doubles Badminton Final

BASEBALL

Detroit Pitchers

Give 22 Hits

The University pair were much the better combination and led 11- 5 in the Best game when Tay and ful staged a surprise ratly to take 10 points in a row.

close

сл-

The second game was ough, though Low, and Vanar kept the lead all through. They were nly two points ahead at 12-10 but took three in a row for the game.

The third game saw the Univer- sity players at their best runnleg through ensily to win ni 15-5.

7. S. Young and W. F. Foo proved no match for Patrick Wong and C.

Au und lost at 0-15, 5-15.

MIXED DOUBLES

ne-ricio!

The Mixed Doubles remi-final was plu

nair that saw Itober Tay, just a few minutes after a gruelling ree-game struggle In the senior doubles semi-final, partner Alles Winnie Cheung to

15-0, 15-4 victory. against

Patrick Wong and Miss M. Ribeiro.

University's Low Kent Soo meets Robert Tng of Sing Tao at the Club de Recreio at 9 o'clock to-night in Be pestooned Senior Singles semi- Anal. There will be no admission charge.

"Suggsy" Will Not

Turn Pro

Pinehurst, N. C.

National amateur golf cham-

in

pion Louise Suggs says she is "definitely not interested" turning professional at time.

this

The affable Atlantan, feminine golf's counterpart of Ben Hogan, admits there have been offers.

Despite her determination to stay in the amateur ranks, however, she .on women's has definite opinions professional golf.

made them known She

while competing hera in iho 48th annual North and Soulh women's tourna- ment.

She thinks, that with proper professional organisation, women's golf could he made paying pro- position.

HAS APPEAL "For one thing" so

explained,

New York, May 25-In the women's golf has gallery appeal. American League, New York, women just can't compete with men shellacking four Detroit pitchers when it comes to power off the tec for 22 hits in their biggest Therefore, the pay-off is on finesse scoring splurge of the season, the shorter game and on

greens, That can and does furnish plastored the Tigers 16-5 with out benefit of a single home

run.

the

TRIAL

TEAMS

ELMER RIDDLE'S ARM PAYS OFF

PIR

TES

Elmer Riddle shows his new boss, Bing Crosby, that his once ailing arm is okay again. He pitched a two-hitter for the Pittsburgți Pirates to blank the Chicago Cubs, 3 to 0 at Pittsburgh. Slugger Ralphi Kiner (first on left) got his first 1948 homer and Wally Westlake (extreme right) hit three out of four.-AP Wirephoto,

American Basketball Stars No

Tower Of Terror To Europeans

The United States is favoured to win the Olympic basketball champion- ship, but seven-foot Bob Kurland and his American teammates arc towers of terror to Europe.

no

Continental entries among the 27 nations in the cage tournament at the Olymple Games here July 29 to August 14 are gearing themselves to give the Americans a battle for the title they won at Berlin in 1936,

OXFORD-CAMBRIDGE MEET SHOWS UP OLYMPIC HOPES

First view of Britain's, tráck and field athletes in this Important Olymple year came when Oxford defcated Cam- bridge so overwhelmingly in the recent Inter-varsity sports. The 83-43 gave Oxford the biggest marginal win since the present scoring system was introduced ten years ago. It. also gave British fans a reassurance that the two senior universities will continue té be a fruitful source of Olymple talent.

John

last 200

Outstanding British Olymple prospect was Wilkinson, a 19-year-old Oxford undergraduate who, summer in Paris, won the world students' 100 and metres championships. During the winter Wilkinson forsook. his normal pastime of Rugby football, at which he is also outstanding, and received special training from the English Amateur Athletic Association's coach, George Pallett.

now

The result is a vastly improved Wilkinson with his ragged Jerky nction gone and a stylish well- balanced rhythm, replacing it. He maintains perfect leg-drive from start to finish and Mr Jack Crump, Britain's team manager is so pleased that be confidently pre- dicts Wilkinson as one of the six Olympic finaliste.

COMPARE FAVOURABLY

in the inter-varsity aports Wil- -kinson's times were 10.1 sec, for the 100 yards and 22.5 sec. for the fur- long. These

Im- may not sound pressive to students of Olympic form and they do not compare favourably with the best American performances but they are excep- tionally good when taking into ac count that in each case Wilkinson

margin had an easy winning

and that conditions at the White London, on n chilly March noon are not conduelve to fast times.

City,

afler-

Another athlete who impressed with was Roger Bannister, a miler a long, roking but easy stride who won as he pleased in 4 min. 23.4 sec. This is not a great deal outsido the times turned in by Jack Love

lock in his wins during the 1932-34.

years

Bannister was the surprise of tast year's inter-varsity meet when he won the mile in 4 min. 30.8 sec. He was later invited to join Britain's Olymple "possibles" but declined because he feels that at 19 years of age he is too young for top-grade international competition. The Olympics at Helsinki, Finland, in 1952 are his objective.

seniors and

Douglas Steel, of Oxford, who has been coached by Mr E. J. Holl in his off-duty hours from direeling the organisation of the Olymple "No doubt America will win," countries entered have picked their] being

Johney come latelys, Games, showed up well in his first said William Browning of London, players and they are training hard. bagged the European championship the 880 yards in 1 min. 39.4

year among the

won an authority on basketball

sec over1.predict they are going to moko last year at Prague, the arst time while Raymond Barkway

would here, but. It won't be a walkover. the Americans take notice of tho they entered.

have added

220 yards low Europe takes its basketball very fact that båsketball in Europe lins They won six straight games, hurdles race to his 120 yards high seriously. It's in all the schools. gone up a long way since the United scoring an average of 51 points to win had he not crashed at the last and village teams play cach other,States won at Berlin in 1930."

least 28 for their opposition. In the final hurdle when leading by att mostly outdoors.

they drubbed Czechoslovakia, 1948 eight yards. Barkway's time for the Leam European champion, 50-37,

120 yards high event was 15.6 sec. and the low was won in 20.8 sec. by C-Brereton, of Cambridge.

BELGIUM FAST "Belgium is very

fast

Indeed." Browning sald. "Most European

CHESS TOURNEY

ARTHUR GOMES

HOLDING

Russia, which has the best in Europe, won't be here-unless it | makes a last-minute entry. The Soviets, who have a reputation for

JUST MISSES KARPOVICH

P.. K. Prokopov agreed to a draw splitting score system as againsi afler Johnny Carvalho had revealed | Schure's 634 and Ray Danenbern's his sealed move yesterday evening and "Chico" Sequeira's 6 aplece. in their adjourned Colony Cham-Barnett has 7 points on this sysiem pionship Urtal game from last Thurs- and -Prokopov ́ 5, showing up the dny.

tournament as the closest ever for the Colony Championship.

The game which was adjourned after 31 moves, was an Alokhine's Defence against which Carvalho had

"T

close games.

the

was

Wallace, were K. K. T. Moro, a Now Zealander who was second in the high jump and third in the shot puti: G. B. Batchelor, from the University of Capetown, who was second in the 220 yards low hurdles; and A. A. Jordan, from the United States Military Academy, who was fourth in the pole vault at 0 ft. 6 in. Christian -Sidney Skilton In the Selence Monitor.

TENNIS

· LAST FOURS ·IN·· PARIS TOURNEY

Include Drobny And Sturgess

Paris. May 25.--Czécho- Jaroslav slovakia's

Drobny, South Africa's Eric. Sturgess

and two Americans-Frankie Parker and Badge Patty-beat their opponents in quarter-final the encounters today to earn right to enter the semi-finals of the French International tennis championship.

Drobny, who will meet Patty in the semi-finals, beat Lennart Bergelin, of Sweden, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4,

Bergelin was unable to tame the Czech ace's cannonball

service in the first two sets, but should have won the third set in which ho led 3-2, and later, 4-3. But Drobny's forcing play was too much for the Swedish champion and he was un- able to win the vital ninth game on his own service at 4-4.

Drobny gave adequate proof in this match that he is still one of the leading singles players in Europe.

who is seeded Parker, Frankle No. 1, reached the semi-finals by defeating Glauni Cuccelli, of Italy, 8-1, 6-2, 6-1,

He will meet the South African and beaten Analist in champlon

last year's event, Erle Sturgess, who beat France's No. 1 entry, Marcel Bernard, 6-3, 6-2, 9-7.

The list of nations which have entered baskelball includes; veszi me

Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Bul-

BUSY ATHLETE garia, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Czecho- slovakin, Egypt, Elre. Finland, Busiest athleto of the day France, Britain, Hungary, Italy, Ivar Vind, the Danish President of Korea, Luxemburg, Mexico, Poland, Cambridge. He high-jumped. col- Philipines. Rumania, Spain, Swit-lected his togs, took his turn in the zerland, Turkey, Uruguay, United pole vault; went back again to clear States, and Yugoslavia.

the next height in the high jump; and then returned to pole vault. After

In the women's singles play-off, he had won both he proceeded to all worked out according to plan the discus ring and won that event. for the four top-seeded players, who

MAY BE MORE

WOMEN'S SINGLES

There may be one or two more

more won through to the semi-finals. His three victories earned since a handful of countries in-

total

Madame Nelly Landry, of France, vited to the. Olymples have not yet than a third of Cambridge's

greatest. hent Miss Ann Prentiss, of Americo, replied. Already, there are five ecore, but perhaps Vind's more than competed at Berlin, distinction was clearing 0 ft. 3 in. in 6-4 and 6-3, thus curning the right to meet Mrs Pat Todd, present when basketball was placed on the high jump thereby breaking an

holder of the climpionship, who the Olymple programme as an inter- Inter-varsity record that had stood

for 72 years. national sport for the first-time,

Vind's winning effort beat Italy's Madamo A. Bossi on a Madame Bossi was forced in. forfeit. RESERVE GAMES

in the pole vault was to f. 6 Lou Wilke, chairman of

United

to scratch because of lliness, States Olympic basketball

and in the discus throw, 131 ft. 131⁄2 committee,

The other pinyer to enter the There were Do upsels in the

predicted recently that Canado. Arin.

semi-finals Is Miss Doris Hort, fourth round ot the Reserves, gentina, and Czechoslovakla would Next busiest athlete was the Ox-American slar sceded No. 1, who though two of the intermediates provide the most competition for the ford President, Peter Wallis. Adefeated her compatriot Miss Helen AND ONE MORE provided the senior opposition with Americans in London. Canada was South African from Rhodes Univer- Rihbany, 6-3, 6-3:

runner-up to the United States insity, Grahamstown, Wallis rates the

Miss Hart will meet Miss Shirley mos micrificed a piece for

1036, with Mexico third and Poland second best quarter miler in Britain Arthur Gomes

fourth.

today and therefore he had little Fry, also an American, in the semi- three pawns against L. Karpovich

difficulty in winning the 440 yards finals. Miss Fry beat Madame H. in a Colle System and developed Only one court will be used in with a time of 40.9 sec. Previously Weiss, of Argentina, 6-3, 7-5. a strong attack that could have wen London's Harringay Arena and he turned out in the furlong and In the mixed doubles play-on, through had he not been a tenpegames will go on from morning to had an advantage of 12 yards over Yugoslavia's D. Mitic and America's behind.

night, July 30 to August 13.

the nearest Cambridge man when Miss A. Prentiss hurdled the third anishing 2 yards behind Wilkin- round by defeating India's Subh Entries will be divided into eight icon.

Shawney and Mrs A. D. McKelvie, groups, with a seeded team in each group, The seeding is based on the Wallis, by the way, is likely to be of Britain, by 7-5, 6-1-Reuter. standings in the last Olympics and invited to join the South

INDIAN THROUGH team coming the result of the 1947 European and Olymple Games but says he will South American championships.

have to decline. He takes his. Anal London, May 25.-K. B. Madan of athletic men's singles in the Surrey grass courts championships at Surbiton Three other overseas athletes on today when he beat Bobby Thorn, the Oxford team, in addition to 6-2, 3-0, 0-2-Reuter.

University's S. A. Vanár, who will partner Low Kent Soo in the Senior Doubles Badminton Final.

The gaine lasted 4 hours and 45 minutos and went

to 30 moves. Karpovich had to produce his best defensive play to avert defcat. in what could have been the biggest upset of the season.

R. W. Carter, whose game is rapidly improving, kept the pressur on Birlukoff through a long Slav Defence to the QGD and had a superior position despite being a slipped up pawn down when he badly with an elementary error that lost the game. It was the second time in two weeks that he had lost the same way.

African to London for

the

Thus from groups A to the examinations at Oxford in July and Indias entered the third round of the

seeded teams are the United States, Uruguay, European champion and South American champion.

Canado, Mexico, Poland, Philippines, cannot spare the time for

training.

Each team within the group will play the other once. The winner and runner-up in each group will bracket of 10 advance to a final teams, which then will play on elimination tournament, to determine In other games, D. E. de Carvalho the Olympic champlon-Associated

Kolatchoff Press. best J. V. Tausz. V. V.

beat Jacob Hamler and Karci Welss beat A. Archangelsky.

The latest standings are:

COLONY TOURNEY

2%

BLACKPOOL LOSE

Copenhagen, May 25,--Copen- W D L Pts.hagen beat the English Football As- sociation Cup Analisis Blackpool K. M. A. Barnett 5 2 2 1 3 L' Schuro

G 2

21 2 2 by two goals to one here today.

Blackpool led by 1-0 at halftime. been struggling with doubled J. P. de Carvalho 5 13

5 2 1 2 2

-Reuler.. pawn. As a result of the draw, F. X. Sequeira

51.3 2 24 Carvalho moves up to third place in Ray Danenberg

P. K. Prokopov

6 1 2 2 2 the standings.

RESERVE TOURNEY Actually, Carvalho could

18 tied tor

there

second to fifth places with three other finalists, but he has now BD. E de Carvalho 3 3 0 points on the Sonnenberg-Berger tie-L Karpovich

the crowds with as much interest and excitement as the longer power

of the men. game Every Yankee, but outfielder Joe "With proper supervision and an

Will adequate series DiMaggio and third baseman

of tournaments, Johnson, got at least two hits. professional

It was make a go of. I. However,

Seven hits were doubles.

women's

Kolf

Vie Raschi's fourth victory of the would have to be a definito series of tournaments and not a hit or miss

ement",ang successor to Babe.

R ¥1 E

30

22

1 Didrikson Zaharlus is No. 1. amateur❘

GOLF

3 in the nation has been playing pres-

sure golf since 1941.

but

The score was:

New York Detroit

12 (Winning pitcher Vic Ruschi)

Associated Press. "Suggsy" is the daughter of a Car- ON DISABLED LIST

rollton, Ga., golf professional Now York, May 23-Brooklyn she says, her dad unduly Influenced Dodgers

today. that her to concentrate on golf.. veteran relief pitcher Hugh Casoy PROMOTION WORKER had been placed on the disabled 11st for 60 days, leaving the club with only seven pitchers,

announced

Casey fell down a flight of stairs at home on Sunday and suffered a sprained back.-United Press.

She is a promotion; worker for qui Atlants Oil Company, where the started work soven years ago as a clerk. She has a four-state tory which she covers la connection with her tournament tefps."

HOGAN WINS

Jacob Ramler

A. Birlukoff

Karel Welsa

n, W. Carter

J. V. Tous2

A. Archangelsky

V. N. Dounaeff Arthur. Gomes Saint Loute. May, 25.—Ben Hogan V. V. Kolalchoff won his second United States Pro-5. Shave fissional Gallers' Association tourna R. Segalen ' ment title today, in beating Mike Turnesa seven and slx in the 36- hole finals an

4 3.0 4 301

3

2 2 0 0 2

3 2 0 1:

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1.0 2

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Brazilian Soccer Star Critically Hurt

Genon. May 25 The Brazilian soccer star, Davide Curti, of the Italian Genoa team was reported to be in "critical condition" today after suffering .brain concussion f Sunday's football game against Bari. here.

Curti attempted to stop Glullo Pellicarl of the Barl eloven,

a

but

was upset and felt so dizzy" that he left the field.

did not

Malaya For Athletic Meet

By RALPH MODDER

In less than ten months from now, athletes and sportsmen in the Federation of Malaya and Singapore will have an excellent opportunity of placing this coun try on the sports map of the world, when the Amateur Athletic Federation of India holds its Asian Athletic meet in New Delhi next February.

This is perhaps what our athletes Singapore A.AA. moet to be com- and sportsmen have been waiting bined, with inter-state tournaments for some really big sports event in for football, hockey, boxing, weight- this part of the world at which they lifting. badminton. swimming can show what Malaya can do.

tennis.

and

FINANCE PROBLEM It has been in the minds of some

sporting Another problem will be the of our more progressive officials to hold a similar meet in question of finance. We have seen which the Malavan Singapore or in the Federation next the difficulty year, though the prospect of a sult Chinese met with in sending their able stadium was as remote as the contingent to the China National Df there being sumelent Games and also the task the Sings- chance Annner to organise such a meet.

pore Olymple and Sports Council is However, India has taken the lead having at present in raising suff- send its representa- cient funds to and a load off our shoulders.

tives, whoever they may be, to the

EARLY YET

It may be a little early to think

World Olympics.

We shall perhaps have only one

of our prospects In India next year, representative from Singapore to seem but it is a fact that Malaya has the World Olympics in London ho fainted plenty of talent to be developed, and Singapore's high jump champion,

we must start organising now. Lloyd Välberg; but it is a start.

The next beat thing, apart from Sumclent. Ume, must be given for

0 0.4 0

His condition "Carvalho and Romler have each serious, however, until taken a point on walk-overs and ¦ In his locker room. Curti wah 'sloctors Dounseff has taken "two. Shave and rushed to hospital where Hogan first won in 1940-Assoeln- Segolen have each conceded two determined the extent of injury the training of our representatives the Olympics is the Asian Athletic

United Press. points on walk-overn

terri-

ted Press.

and the planning

of #

· Malaya- "Meet➡let's go to it.