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Inquest On The "Ashes
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London,' Aug. 22.—An inquest always follows a murder and while it may be a strong term to apply to so sedate a game cricket, England's players were virtually “murdored” by the Australians in the Test series this season, not to mention the succession of wins against counity sides, and the inquest is duly taking place.
A verdict of guilty may not he brought in against, any 'one individual or against a group of such nien as the selectors, but if a severe reprimand is handed out to English erleket generally with a warning that unless there is a decided reformation, the penalty will be more severe next time, some benefit may come,
The punishment could even be a decision by oversens countries that unless English cricket showed a big improvement they would not be too enthusiastic about visits.
OF
That is perhaps a sweeping sinie in the side, there was no real left-1-a rent pace bowler of the Harold ment, but looking at the more recent arm alow bowler available to rout Larwood or Kenneth Farnes calibre, tours, England's
cricket has been the Australians on a pitch that first class but who might revive
and ashes would definitely have paid dividends memories of Maurice Leyland covered with suckcloth and they are not the famed Ashes of for that type of attack.
Eddie Paynter and if they can be success in Test cricket.
It was a blunder and the game's found from the
wealth of minor The lack of vitorning in British history book will
then tell how Aus-cricket of the present day, rattoned food can no longer be given tralla broke recorda by getting the England's team of a year or two Aus- as the reason for defeat and the runs to win that match. But, henee, when the might of truth must be faced that England blunder or not, it does not zolve the train will ogain be faced, may never inoked good Test XI in question of England's major needs avenge the debacle of this reason, this year's series. Efforts were mate to play all-rounders
which
resulted Ja several men being included who were definitely below Test standard.
NO GOOD ALL-ROUNDERS
It should have been realised at the start of the series that England! had no top class all-rounders and so the best bytsmen and the best bowlers should have been chosen. England's best bowlers are de finitely poor batsmen and fe of the eosied hatimien are really "class" bowlers. The selectors were obviously worried about the length of the tail and so, by
Including
only moderate oil-rounders who might be relied upon for a few runs. they had to leave out bowlers,
A long term pottey of giving en- couragement to youngsters and en- į abilug them to receive the oppor- tubes of entering big cricket *
At present there DIY CARRILEY, Indications that county erekel 14 not high enough to produce real Fest
class playc example of this
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Test Match Averages
AUSTRALIAN BATTING:
A. Morris
S. Barnes.. 1on Bradımıza
Toshack... Lindsay Hassett Ray Lindwall D. Tallon
K. I. Miller W. A. Brown
1 Johnston Jan Johnson
ENGLISH BATTING:
Nents Compton
A
NTC
Cyril Washbrook
Le tutton
the lack of a real place bowler to ¦ English crickel so that Tes: players fored Ray Lindwall and Keith Milter with little or no experience of fast bowling. It is easy to see, therefore. how necessary it ka to severeh every possible area for young players with bowling signs of possessing such qualities and then to encourage them Intu cricket's top flight.
NOT IN ONE SEASON
It cannot be done in one seaso 1. but had such a policy been adopted when cricket was resumed after the war, there might well have been i player or two who could love savesl England's face in 1948,
If blame is to be laid at the doors, of the selectors. I could be seen in the choice for
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Jun Laker
Alec Bertzea
J, Crapp
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AUSTRALIAN BOWLING:
Hay Lindwall 27 wickets for 1962; runs apiece; 3311) Johnston 27 for 23.33: K. R. Miller 13 for 25.15: Ernic Toshinek 11 for 33.09; 5. Loxton 3 for 40.33; Inn Johnson seven for 80.14..
ENGLISH BOWLING:
N. W. D. Yardley nine wickets for 22.75 uns aplece: E. Hollies five for 20.20; Alec Bedser 19 for 36.21; R. Pollard five for 43.60; Jim Laker nine for 52.44,
BASEBALL
the Leedt match. BOSTON TAKES TWO-GAME LEAD
where Australin were set the task
of getting 404 runs in the fourth Innings, feat never accomplished | by any team before. But because so-called all-rounders had been puł
Belgian Wins
Pro Cycling
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IN
NATIONAL LEAGUE
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MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1948.
MEDALS FOR VICTORIOUS BEARS DAVIS CUP
The University of California crew (top) wins the final event of the eights in the Olympic regatta at Henley- Britain was second and on-Thames, England. Norway third.
Great
Members of the victorious crew receive their Olym pic gold medals (bottom) from J. Sigfrid Edstrom (right), president of the International Olympic Committee.—AP Wirephoto.
A Chinese Looks At
The
Olympic Games
By K. C. L. LO
there
There was a 30,000 crowd at Wembley to witness the final of the hockey match between India and Great Britain.
Just before the commencement of the match was a victory ceremony for weight lifting.
Three persons with an enormous width of stepped on to the rostrum and for the first time during the fortnight of the Games, one saw a flag from the Far East rung up over the Stadium: it was the flag of Korea.
Indeed the team from Korea has acquilted itself well during its first appearance aft" nn Olymple meeting.
shoulder
UMPIRING UPSETS CZECH
AS
AUSTRALIAN WINS
Chestnut Hills, Mass., A ug, 22.–Australia won the interzone Davis Cup tennis Onals by three matches to two when Aussie Bill Sidwell completed the defent of the Czech, Vladimir Cernik, 7-5, 6-4, 6-2 in the final singles.
Sidwell won the first set on Saturday evening follow- ing a marathon victory by the Czech, Jaroslav Drobny over the Aussie captain, Adrian Quist-a victory whielt took three and a half hours, Omelals stopped the mutch with Sidwell leading the second set 3-1. Sidwell, who AVTA heavily
favoured, picked up today where he
left off on Saturday, scoring with HOCKEY precise placements. Cernik appeared somewhat nervous and wha obviously upset when linesmen called close decisions against him.
In the second set, Cemnik glaredi angrily at a nezaman who hesitated before calling the shot outside in the
Indians Outclass
Belgium
Brussels, Aug. 22.-The In-
eighth game and the loudspeakerdian hockey team, which won
told the linesmen, "Please speak up promptly and oudly and use hand signals."
FLUSHES ANGRILY
In the ninth game of the second
set, Cernik clapped his hands to his head and flushed angrily when
close decision
the Olympic title, today beat Belgium by eight goals to zero here. Indin led 4-0 at halftime.
the
Belgian National XI. They took the
India hopelessly outclassed
save the Aussie offensive right from the start and on advantage, and stood in that after a series of clever passes be- tween Rodrigues, Latif, Babu and way for several seconds,
He extended both his arms im-Jansen, which had the Belgian de- completely baffled, Babu ploringly to the linesman who made fence
to score after alx not came through the call, then sald something audible in the stands. Then he shook minutes of play. his head and exchanged glances with his coach before resuming play.
Cernik lost the third set as his anger at the officials plus bewilder-
decisions ment at some
caused him to fall into a serien of errors
ner.
Three minutes later, Kishan, taking a long pass from Jansen, broke through to score India's zoni. Lalf added another from point blank range in
the 23rd minute solo run almost after a brilliant from the halfway line. Following
similar run two minutes Duit completed the first hait scoring.
Indin were `agoln on the attack tmmediately on resumption, and after five minutes of play Kilian, their outside right, sent a shot to
defence to score
a
which would have shamed a begin
After the match, Cernik said, "I never anw such officiallug."
EVEN KOZELUH Mr Kozeluh, the Czech coach, agreed with Cernik and asked, "Why were
they changing the Inesmen so often? It seem strange that on every close call the decision the Belgian was ngalust us.
"One would have thought
....
onc
no
answer,
splendid goal,
Jansen addlect
came soon afterwards following a goal mouth melee, Kishan being the scorer.
it
another seven we were right on at least
of
How-minuten inter, and, with a clear goal our protests,
before him. Babu cracked in In- ever
on close plays.
dia's seventh after 25 minutes of maller what we said, the officials the second half. Their eighth goal seemed to know only one
Australia.
Drobny shook his head and said, "I do not say these officials are not good. They are good, I think, but not for Czechoslovakla. I think that's the best way to say it."- United Press.
The Indinos' play throughout was uncanny. It was their sheer speed that carried them to victory and by comparison the Belgian team look- cd
Tous- sluggish. Nevertheless,
home side saint and Mouco on merited praise for their play was deft and elever but they sudly lacked support.Reuter..
GERMAN WELTER
TITLE
BID FOR DAVIS CUP BERTH Newport, Rhode Island, Aug. 22 Steady Billy Talbert of New York today won the Newport Casino Invitational tennis tournament when ho stopped Harry Likas of San Francisco, 4-6, 0-3, 4-4, 6-4, 6-2, to' end the Westerner's string of ama- For her Son Kim had won third Having witnessed a dozen teamazing upsels,
having compared Likas flashed more beliliant tennis, place in the, middle" weight section in action and of weight lifting. He bowed as he their results, I think it can be said but also had spells of poor play, anel
Berlin, Aug. 22.-A crowd of 30,- received the honour and the crowd that except for the team from the the mathine-like Talbert took the
United States which Was out title by simply wearing him down. ·000 Berlin boxing fans today maw gave him a great cheer.
In it The win projected Talbert Gustav Eder, the, 40-year-old Ger- standing, there is very little between the other teams.
Any team could have beaten any squarely into the battle for berths man welterweight champion, re- the United States Davia Captain his title which he has held for They must have made a deep im- other team. France, which formal-team which will defend the trophy eight years, by drawing with 20-
y ranked second, could easly been
or Egypt, ainst Austraila at Forest Hills, year-old Leo Starosch of Esten. Donten by Italy, China
New York, beginning September 4. which were ranked 17th, 18th and Already leading candidate for a Eder, a former European welter- 10th respectively.
doubles berth, Talbert thus became weight champion, skilfully aide- The nigte befween China and teading
claimant to a spot as stepped his opponent's rushing at- Italy, which was won by Italy 54 ending
tacks and on several occasions to 38, was characterised as much singles player as well.
Munching sugar pellets to give clearly outboxed the younger man loose careless and spiritless on the part of the Chinese as our him energy, Talbert used a strong-Reuter.
Britain the day overhend game as his biggest wea- match-gainst
Likas played aggressively, but previous was characterised by fun, pon.
Talbert was not to be denied the corality and friendliness.
After the latter match, which was title that eluded him last year when won by China 54 to 25, every mem-he lost in the final round ber shook hands with every other Schroeder-United Press. member of the opposing team. In the final match.
New York, Aug. 22.-Power proved more valuable than speed today when Boston Braves used a homer by Clint Conatser to beat Brooklyn Dodgers 4-3 and
pression on the public not only for thus take a two game lead in the National League.
their robust and woll-trained ap-
Dodgers stole
pearance, but by their clean play eight bases and Thurman Tucker
of Indians
and superb behaviour throughout. nearly stole the game, but Conniser homers. lotted the ball 380 feet into the left į FIVE-HIT PITCHING
PROSPECTS FOR CHINA centre Held stands in the eighth Red Sox, with five-hit pitching
Now that inng with Jeff Heath on base to by Mickey Burris, dawned Washing-
the Olymples have Aug.give Braves the win..
ton Senators... 4-1. Bobby Doerr's drawn to a close, reflecting on over 22. Brick Schotte of Belgium
It was a big victory for Boston, 23rd homer with one man on and 100 events whielf have taken place, won the world road cycling beruse it meant the second-place Dom DiMaggio's
two min
single chance led Red Sox at bat. Forrest Thomp- championship for professionals Dodgers have blown their
Sid Hudson A. to overtake Boston during the cur- son and here today; second wILS
pitched for with Thompson the Lazarides of France, only 10 rent crucial series at Ebbetts Field. Washington,
Braves lead the current Deries loser. metres behind.
two games to one and, with
Righthander Vie Raschi pitched a only
New hours, one more game remaining, they are brilliant four-hitter to give Scholte's time was seven
10-0 win
over to leave Brooklyn at least with the York Yankers a 30 minutes 42.5 secs. Third was 1.
The game one-game League lead they had Philadelphia Athletics. Teissei of France.
was billed as the first of a double- Thirty-seven professional cyclists when they arrived.
header, but the second game was from eight nations took part in the
rained out. race which
27 laus was course of 10.2 kilometres.
Belgian riders played a dominant; part in the contest. Schotte was in ile vanguard from the third lap.
elassification for the 270 kilometres race over the Cauber circuit included:
Omejal
over a
1. Brick Scholte, Belgium, 7:30:42.5.
A. Lazarides, France, 7:30:13.2. Lucien Peisseire. France,
7:34:23.7.
4. L. Maggini, Italy, 7:37:35.0. 5. M. Dujon. Belgium, 7:37:51.6. 6. M. Rice, Italy, 7:38:25.8. 7. F.
7:40:35.4.
Ruebler. Switzerland,
TRIPLE STEAL
It was Raschi's 17th win, and he Barrett Charley (Red)
was the
also
drove
in three runs a double with bases loaded. winning pitcher for Braves but he needed eighth Inning help from Fred Sanford of St Louis Browns, lefthanded ace Warren Spahn. The twirled a three-hitter to beat Detroil highlight for Dodgers was a triple Tigers 10-1. Browns made 15 hits steal in the Afth inning with Jackle with Gerry Priddy hitting a homer, double and single. Hal Newhouser, St. Louls Cardinals, with athe first of five Tiger pitchers,
place away suffered his ninth loss. chance to take second from Dodgers, committed two errors in the tenth inning and their
Hame
Robinson riding home.
4-1.
to Pittsburgh
dropped Pirates
Elmer Riddle, who started
the Brooklyn winning rally with a single, got his Boston tenth win A$ Babe Young and
Cincinnali County Shaughter made errors. Erv Chicago 9. Raymond Impants; Belgium. Dusak homered for St. Louts' only 7:43:42.6.
8. V. Bartelit, Italy, 7:43:42.5,
10. 11. 7:45:0.0.
Netherlands,
J. Syen,
Only 10 of the 37 starters finished. The rest ove up. incitating the Italian Gino Bartali, winner, of the classic Tour de France of 1948. His countryman, Fauste Coppl and thei world champion of 1947, Theo Mid- delkamp of Holland, were with- drawn for being more than one lap
run.
Pittsburgh
New York Giants took double St Louis header from Philadelphia Phillies,
9-4 and 3-0, the second game being Philadelphin railed in the Inst half of the Afthi New York because of rain and darkness.
12 42 40
A HOUSE AND A GARDEN
London, Aug. 22.-Radio' Ankara reports that the Turkish Olympic wrestling champions will cach receive a house and a garden from the Istanbul Town Council in recognition of their London Olympiad BUC-
cesses.
A National Committee under the chairmanship of the Minister of Education, Mr Tahsin M. Banguoglo, has also been formed to raise funds to reward the wrestlers-Reuter.
there is not a ringle one in which China with its prafulation, which is one fifth of the work, could not have topped the rest.
I cannot believe that there is not.
piny
on Thursday. I believe the Chinese team was de- pressed by the low places they were competing for, which took away all incir interesi, especially when more WHE than half of the delegation already packed for departure.
FLAME EXTINGUISHED
of
to Ted
NE
AMERICAN WINS DANISH GOLF OPEN
Copenhagen, Aug. 22,---Frank Tatum of Los Angeles, Calif., play- ing for Oxford University today
AMERICAN PRO FOOTBALL RESULTS won the Danish open amateur golf
New York,
Aug. 22.-National | champlonship by defeating Alec Hill, Football League pt Pittsburgh: Britain, 7 and 6. Chiengo Bears 28 Pittsburgh Steelers HII is a former member of the 14.
Walker Cup team. All American Conference
was played at Akron, Ohio, Cleveland Browns 35 the Rungsted Golf Course North of
at
The championship
| Buffalo Bills' 21.—Associated Press. Copenhagen.---Associated Press.
closing The
ceremony
the Olympic Games on the final Satur- day, which was a short and snappy affair, like the opening ceremony a ST. LEGER fortnight carller, was blessed with sunshine and the Stadium was again packed to its full capacity of B0,000
peopletween the two
ceremonies,
nearly 1,000,000 people have been ta Wembley to see the Games. But the majority of people who were present the final afternoon probably went as much to see the horse show (Prix, des Nations) as to witness a ceremony, for there feeling of sadness,
in always
were paraded and the anthems of The flags of the competing nations In a country like ours, where the Greece, Finland (the next country to
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AMERICAN
Montin Kennedy was the winner Philadelphia and Dutch Leonard the loser in the New York .... second game. In the
opener, Duble for Washington Giants walloped Walt
'Inning and Boston five runs in the Arst consted home with Sheldon Joncs The second half completed in pouring rain which getting his 13th win, Bob Themson made the descent of the Guelemer-homered for Giants.
behind.
the ruce was
berg a very risky affair-Associated Press.
Bunny
Applily
PLACE ALWAYS
60 LONELY WHEN THEY'VE GONE..
A RAMPAGE
Last-place" Chicago Cubs went on Chiengo
n 12-bli rampage ngalust seventh- Cleveland pince Cincinnati Reds for a 10-3 vic-.
tory. Bill Nicholson of Cubs hit New York 16th homer and Hunk Sauer of Reds ¡Philadelphia clouled his 280. Lefty Johnny
Schmitz, giving up eight hits, gained
his 14th win for Chicago.
In perlaps the most surprising event of the season in the American
HOW THEY STAND
Lengue, the pacemaking Indians lost Boston both ends of a double hender to-of Brooklyn ait people-last place White Sox, 8-1 St. Louis and 4-2.
Pittsburgh
National League
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The twin spill cut Indians lead New York over second place Red Sox to only Philadelphia half a game.
Cincinnati Joe Ilaynes and Howe Judson hold Chicago the Indians in ebeck In the first game while White Sox routed Bob Cleveland Feller who was tagged with his 14th | Boston
Backers In A Quandary
London, Aug, 22-With only just over a fortnight
to go before the St Leger is run, backers have been put in a quandary by the betting market fluctuations of the favourite, My Love, by the heavy support for his stable companion, 'Royal Drake, and by the failure of the former second favourite, My Babu, to stay, one and a half miles nt Goodwood Inst week.
concerning
Ruinours seem to have spread all
was slets that
ali
my
In-
with the
Love after the Goodwood race that he main bull of transport is yet doric play host) and that of Great Britain.
over the thought his owner would let hima by feet and on hunan backs and I were played by the mass. bands of world judging by messages Reuter take his chance at Doncaster. which there or
at least 10,000
Estor, an has received from many countries.
out-and-out stayer, is the Brigade of Guards
While bookmakers people who daily carry 150 lbs. for
extended the rated in France as being six lengths The Lord Mayor of London was
Inferior to My Love, so, My Babu's more than 20 inlles and think nothing handed the Olympic flag for safe price of My Love to as much as chances, should he run, can now be
impersble that there 15 not one who cars walk and cover the keeping before a five-gun salvo and tive to one during the week, the considered negligible. 50 kilometre walking race at a speed the putting out of the Olympic flame colt's trainer, Richard Carver,
There is sure to be a tightening is well faster then the first half dozen made which sank slowly until it
up in the market for such as Noor favourite. at the present Olympiad. In fact, I finally oxtinguished..
and Black Tarquin, who are both jshould not be the least surprised if
SWEDISH PRESIDENT SPEAKS He told Reuter that he is com-reported to be pleasing in their there are a thousand of them.
pletely mystifled by the market preparation for the big raco.y With the sinking flame, hope and opposition to his charge. He attri Hike to see our mag hung up and prospects for the future were ignited buted It 10 a "bookmakers' our anthem played, we should try by the words of the Swedish Presi- manoeuvro";
the stories that My to select our talents especially in dent of the Olymple Committee, Love will not run at Doncaster a cygnts which require extreme power Mr M. Edstrom, who said:
use
own words, "all of endurance, not from the one per claim the closing of the Gomes of
of bunkum." cent who take or have the oppor- the 14th Olympiad and inne-
"We
pro-
to
his
The former with Gordon Richards up, moved well this week when he had his first gallop over the full. distance of Britain's final classic,
The success in the Midland St.
"I only hope he is as well on St. Leger Trial Plato at Birmingham of {tunity to take to athletics, but from cordance with tradition we call upon | Leger day as he is now," "he added. Mrs. Marlin Benson's colt Count
the 09 per
cent of the heavy the youth of overy country to as- Inbouring population of our country. semble
*
results.
In
four
odds.
at
tiders in Caplain Fox and Ottoman.
-
All the same, backers are persin-Rendered has caused his price to years time at Kelsinki there to celebrate with us tently supporting Royal Drake, who shrink from 50 to 1 to half those BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT the Games of the 13th Olympiad.
was runner-up behind him The basketball tournament, con-
Epsom. A ten to one chance lost In this one milo five furlongs, l .553 cluded first of all on a round robin and concord so that the Olympleter odds, and
"May they display cheerfulness week. Royal Drake is now at shor-race furlong shorter than the St. My LagerCount "Rendered beat two displace may 5zabala and later on
knock-out torch may be carried on with ever abu as second favourite after the other well faneled St. Leger out- 01 460 system, produced secullar dri greater cagerness, courago and latter's poor display at Goodwood. 44 07 417 On the final day. Chinn, which had honour for the of humanity
good AA вл 401 defeated Belgium and Koren, WOB throughout the ages!
NO STAYER
Although Uie latter was giving. 11 playing Italy for 17h and 18th
pounds to the winner and payon .000 place, while. Belgium had already. With these words, the 14th Olym-
plad cama to
close and our, eyes
My Babu confirmed for the many pounds to Captain. Fox, ho was rjin-. 603 boen ranked 11th and Korea and thoughts were turned to the critics who have suspected his ning well at the finish and can ba 07 40 .593 playing. Czechoslovakia for. 7th and
four years to come, before the ar-staming the fact that he does not considered to have run a good trini, 5818th places. .480 The Argentine alde which very rival of which so many curtains stay by being virtually beaten out but Count Rendered impressed many 402 nearly defeated the United States, will have been rung up on the in-of sight by Eatoo, the Ascot Gold with the manner in which 10.AC- Despite this, bis celerated two furlongs from the 12.379 by far the strongest team In the ternational scene and in each in Vase winnar.
trainer, "Sam": Armstrong, said Aalsh-Reuter. 342 tournament, was placed 18th,
American League
New York In the nightcap, Frank Papishi Philadelphia saved the game in. A rellet role, Detroit coming in during the nthth Inning St. Louis with two on to get the Inst two Washington outs. Pat Seerey of White Sox and Chleago
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