CRICKET
Gentlemen Of England
Need A Miracle
Lords, London, Aug. 26,--The Gentlemen of England put up good resistance to the Australian bowling here today and were 237 for nine wickets at the close of play in reply to Australia's 610 for 5 declared.
•
Only a miracle can prevent them from following on to- morrow and defeat seems certain, but they have not been beaten in two days as was thought likely at one time.
Don Bradman surprisingly did not declare at the over- night score, but batted until lunch today, and Lindsay Hassett proceeded to scoro 200 not out. This took him five and a quarter hours, and included 18 fours. Simpson and Edrich Gentlemen an encouraging start Loxion. and there were some bright patches In the rest of the Gentlemen's Innings, although they were fighting a losing battle. Simpson hit a very
gave
sound 60 before being eatight.
the Barnes
Brown and Griffith, who have no!
2
4
--Router,
County Cricket
London, Aug. 20,-County teams
far added 23, batted doggedly generally found conditions good for prevent the last wickel falling tonight,"
A good opening and appear Hikely when Simpson and Edrich passed the 50 Confidently. Lind-
MCC Honours
The Don
even
bafting today and some sound per- formances were accomplished though Yorkshire finished off their match with a victory against Hamp- ahire inside two days,
Even here, the Hampshire tail
proved difficult to dislodge. enders Bailey and Herman, in particular,
well to each batting
hit several boundaries.
Yorkshire were set to score 113 if they were to win today and they did this In 103 minutes, Hutton London, Aug. 20.-English cricket,claiming 76, including eight fours,
вяза the Marylebone represented
claimed John Langridge, Sussex, Cricket Club paid its tribute to Don 108 out of 218, but the best batting Bradman, explain of the 1948 Aus-feat belonged to Essex, for whom
Horsfall tration team today.
Avery and
In a ceremony in the Pavilion at County's fourth wicket Lords, Bradman's health was 271 by hitting 200.
broke the record
of
NW
the
tousted in champagne and the Earl T. N. Pearce, the Essex explain of Gowrie, President of the MCC, who
set the record with Jack presented the Don with a special O'Connor 17 years ago, copy of a book by Sir Pehlam record 89. Avery scored 214 not Warner and a birthday cake. Brad-out in six and a half hours with man is 40 years old tomorrow.
22 fours, while Horsfall's 122 in- The book "Lords 1787-1945" bore cluded nine boundaries รา on- the Inscription "Presented to Dan Bradman on the occasion of his 40thcupied four hours,
Jent
with
One outstanding bowling birthday by the President, Com-was McMahon's eight for 4 mittee and members of the Maryle is left-arm spinners for Surrey. bone Cricket Club in
memory of
I CLOSE OF PLAY SCORES
the great pleasure he hun given at Lords since 1938 to countless lovers! of cricket."
Bradman after cutting the birth- day cake said "to ptd farewell to cricket on this great ground is for me a very sad occassion.
1 1тре however to come to England again. though not as a player, and watch
nnny Tests."-Asociated Press. ·
PANURATIONINIUMĖammoudinzervacUMENTENCE RUNTLEDA.
wall did not bowl at full speed at the start, but when he did he rap- pod both men on the pads. The pilch was ideal for scoring und Simpson, particularly, looked
ut
case and scored the faster.
Two powerful off-drives by Ed- rich of Ring showed perfect timing, but at 65 he made no attempt to play a faster ball, which went through and took ls off slump.
Palmer joined Simpson nnd used his feet to smother Johnson's of- breaks, but living scorett only three ise returned a catch to that bowler and two wickets were down for 70, Donnelly and Simpson then enr- ried the score to 03 by the tea in- terval. with Simpson 43 not out, having shown excellent form as un opening bat against the Australian attack:
Simpson was fourth man out for well-played 00 before Brown made a splendid catch, Shortly ofterwards the new ball was taken and the beer speed of Miller and Lindwall sent Yardley and Mann back to the pavilion.
The close of play rentes were! At Hover Nottinghamshire 398 (Sims 176 not oùt; Sussex 218
John Langridge 108 not out).
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1948.
THE XIV OLYMPIAD CLOSES
Sir Frederick Wells, Lord Mayor of London, holds the Olympic Fing as the State trumpeters blare the official end of the Fourteenth Modern Olympic games in Wembley Stadium in London.
At Wells' right is J. Sigfrid Edstrom, president of the International Olympic committee. Right foreground is Lord Burghley, chairman of the Olympic organising committee. AP Wirephoto.
CANDID OLYMPIC 'INQUEST'
We
-BY HAROLD PALMER
are 'Champion Runners-Up'
Britain's gamble in staging the 1948 Olympic Games has had 'one pleasant result. As the full cast crowds the Wembley stage for the, ceremonial of the close of the Games today, we can reflect that in organisation and performance Britain has put on a good show.
Our organisers did a grand job. They housed, fed, transported and entertained some 5,000 competitora and officials in a way that brought only the most casual of complaints.
Perhaps tho least we can say 13 that the way the Games have been conducted here did much to foster the true Olymple spirit. Only the boxing produced any untoward incidents, and tht through no fault of our officials.
Now for the performance of our athletes,
At Bournemouth: Yorkshire beat Hanshire by 10 wickets, Honts 71 and 176; Yorkshire 135 and 114 for no wicket (Ilulton 70
ton 70 not out). At Gloucester: Combined Services 223 and
and 298 for 7 (Manners 117); reasonable Gloucestershire 234 (Wilcox 52,#148 and 1936. but in Berlin we had
Shirreff 6 for UU). Graveney
four firsts, This time we have had Worcestershire 306 three.
Gard
and 10 for 3; Essex 422 for 6 de clared (Gray 32. Avery 214 not cut, : Horsfall 122).
for
At Manchester: Kent 105 and 8 278 for B de 3; Lancashire claced (kin 72, Cranston 82). At Leicester: Lefcestershire
207
and 36 for 2: Warwickshire 443 for D declared (Maudsley 90, Wolton 02. Grove 104 not out).
At Kennington Oval: Surrey 170 and 206 (Constable 73, Alec Bedser
not out); Northamptonshire 175
McMahon 8 for 46).-Reuter.
Shanghai's
Bowls Team
Shanghai, Aug. 20. Shanghai tonight chose the follow- Robins and Bailey added 40 for ing interport bowlers:
the eighth wicket, the second best
First came, September 12.-R. S, stand after the first pair and then Duff, D. MacCallum, Peanut
Robins hit across the flight of an- off-breaks and was bowled. He had
the
garlier amused the crowd by bend
to evold. Ing almost double bumper of Miller and Lindwall.
It seemed that the Gentlemen would be all out and perhaps start their second innings tonight, but a
A.
F. O. Madar
{skip).
Second game, September
Mar-
15.-J.
shall. F
C. L. Passos, C. A. Danen- Rocha, berg. A. M. Souza (skip).
18.-A. Third game, September Maclean, W. Hall, H. A. Ozorio, E. A. Souza (skip).
The leams
chosen were
after
stubborn last wicket stand "by trial match between three rinks Brown and Griffith was unbroken, least half the players
of probables and possibles, with at chosen un
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THE SCOREBOARD The close of play scoreboard rend: Australiana, Ist Innlogs
for 5 declared Gentlemen of England Simpson, e Brown, h Johnson Edrich, b Ring ......................
60
OPEN SINGLES
I suppose it is difficult to make between Compariso
SIX SECONDS
At Bertin we hnd two successes in the athlettes.
Harold Whitlock won the 50 kilometres walk, and our team won the 1600 metres relay. We also had three seconds.
Ideal Handicap?
Dublin, Aug. 26.--Olym- pic champion Fanny Blankers-Koen equalled her work sprint record for the 100 yards, returning 10.8 seconds from scratch to heat Dorothy. Manley. Reuter.
Los Angeles. Aug. 26.- Army Lieutenant Glenn Davis yesterday set world. record of 10.8 seconds for the 100 yard dash in full football equip- ment and carrying a foot- ball. Associated Press.
This time we had no fewer than six seconds and one third.
with all his experience he would i have avoided that trouble.
ONE MORE LAP— Even 50, Tom Richards, the Mitcham male nurse, might have won if he had been told he had a chance. "It had been running in n foreign country, I could not have got less information,” he told me.
When entered the Stadiumt be
he thought he was lying fourth. Had he known how near he
to winning Не could have made greater effort. "One more lap and I would have caught the winner,"
he says.
TEA PREFERRED
was
A
Mr A. Golby. catering manager at Wembley, said today: "I have never known anything like it.”.
He had estimated that he would sell about 100,000 dozen bottles of beer during the fortnight. Actually the total will be only about 10,000 dozen.
Seven thousand dozen bottles of
mineral waters were sold on three heat-wave days.
mingrats
of ten will have been drunk.
BASEBALL
Boston Red Sox Move Up To Top American League
New York, Aug. 26-The fight for possession of first place in the American League was settled temporarily to- day with Boston Red Sox on top, due to Bobby Doerr's timely homer..
That eighth inning clout with two teammates on baso provided Boston with an 8-4 victory.
With the scoro dendlocked at 3-9, Boston scored two- more runs to clinch the contest and take a half game lead over Cleveland Indians..
New York Yankees moved to Philadelphia within one game of second-place Pittsburgh
Indians with a 6-2 decision over
Inst-place Chicago White Sox.
-12 2
11 10 2
Philadelphia (2nd game)
4 10
2
0
1
Trailing 2-1 in the eighth after Pittsburgh Chicago starter Frank Papish re New York ......................
tired because of the heat, Yankees
scored five runs against relief pit-St.Louls. clter Glenn Moulder. Billy John- Bostort son's triple with two on was the Chicago. big blow of the inning.
LOSING STREAK CHECKED
Boston (2nd game) Chicago
7 15
NN NO OP
. $ 0
4 14 0
2 10
0 500
HOW THEY STAND
National League
Fourth-place Philadelphia Athit- ties checked a five game losing streak with 4-3 triumph over Detroit Tigers. Pele Suder's double with bases loaded In the eighth | Boalen provided the margin of victory. Brooklyn Brooklyn, who have not lost n St Louis game in Cincinnati all senson, beat New York Reds 0-1 behind the effective seven-Pittsburgh hit twirling of Joe Hatten. Dodgers Philadelphia sewed
game in the fourth Cincinnati when Peewee Reese homered with Chicago Jackie Robinsoit on base.
Last-place Chicago Boston Braves National League lead Boston to two and a half games Leating Braves in both ends of a New York double-header,
up the
Cuba
W 1. Pere.
08 51 .571
62 51 540
04 03 547
60 54 4/20
00 52
.C30
444
52 65 50 08 .424 40 70 407
American League
72 47 .003
cut
Ith
the
season outpitched
Bill
Cleveland
Philadelphia 5-1 and 5-2.
Detroit Doyle Lado o 10 opener erlied from Los Angeles
In mid-St Louis
by de-
Washington Chicago
scattered nine hits.
Voiselle and
Chicago routed rookie Vern Blek- ford with a tour run blast in the: third inning of the nightcap.
Andy
Palko mi a homer for Cubs in the
sixth
with none on.
Pittsburgh Pirates moved Into fourth place with twin trlumphs over Philadelphia Phillies, 11-4 and, 4-1. It marked Philadelphia's
71 47. .002 70 47 .608 69 31 .975
50 59 401 404 40 08 45 73 381
78 339
40
Big Changes In
Callover Prices
London, Aug. 26. -Big
eighth and ninth straight losses.
Wally Westlake's
grandslam changes were made in the prices homer in the sixth inning. of the of the leading St Leger candi opener helped Rip Sewell to his dates at the callover on the race ninth victory while Del Ennis homered for the Phillies.
at the Victoria Club tonight. In the nightcap Ralph Kiner was Royal Drake, previously offered the whole show as he tripled in the at 5 to 1, was pushed out to the first to start a three-run rully and ten's, whereas the favourite, My then cracked his 35th homer in the Love, shrank from 11 to 4 to 2 to eighth.
1. Noor and Black Tarquin -15
in 2 are now joint second favourit NO CONTEST RULING
Royal Drake was second, to My The National League president, Love In the Derby and Noor was Ford Frick today upheld Pitts- third, and his owner-trainer had burgh's
of protest Wednesday's no comment to make tonight on the Pirate-Doger game and ordered the change in price. He said that he contest to be replayed on September was satisfied with Royal Drake's
performanco at Salisbury
from In the Wednesday game, runners:
replace
The prices
prices Love", tonight were:
1 My
2 to 1
15 to 2 Noor and Black Tarquin: 10 to 1 Royal Drake and Timur;
100 to 7 Solar Slipper,
26 10 1 Alycidon and Vic Day;
21 to 1 Count tendered;
25 to 1 Captain Fox and Ottoman. Reuter.
TASTES CHANGED Then came the rain and storms.121. he public's tastes changed result that, when the Games endin
to hot drinks, with the were on fret and third with two out the ninth when pitcher Carl fonight, an estimated 200,000 cups Erskine relieved Hugh Casey for Brooklyn. Dogers led 11-0 and Joe From a financial and attendance Bockmon came to bat for Pittsburgh, A Wembley reporter writes: The point of view the Games have been He fouled the first pitch and then Gaines will probably go down in without parallel. It Is estimated let three balls go by. history as one of the "driest" on
have Then that nearly 1,000,000 people
Then Hank Behrman record, 50 far as the drinking been to Wembley
lo seu Die Erskine on the mound. Frick said habits of the spectatora are con-athletle, swimming
boxing this was a violation of the rules. cented.
events.
since Erskine did not dispose of one batter.
York, Aug. 26.-Marcel Boussac's Therefore Frick ordere: the game Mlegal won the Great Yorkshire replayed from that point, with the Stukes here this afternoon. de- seine situation prevalling-nen on feating his only rival, Lord Astor's first and third, two out, Brooklyn High Stakes by one length.-Reuter. leading 11-0, Erskine pitching and Bockman batting" with the count three balls and one strike-United
OSLO ATHLETIC MEET
and
LESLIE LAING TWICE BEATS
LLOYD LABEACH
Oslo, Aug, 26.---A two-nation team from Jamaica and Panama tonight set a new unoffelal world record in the 1,000 metres relay in 1:51.2.
The lineup' was: Leslie Laing (Jamaica) 100 metres, Lloyd LaBench of Panama 200 metres. Herb McKenley of Panama 300 metres and Arthur Wint of Jamaica metres.
The Norwegian team was placed second in 2.00.4.
01 S#
The record is unofficial oficial world record was registered in this event.
1
Wood.
400
up ati of the
The lesson is that we missed tilles the form they displayed yesterday, through lack of attention to details,
Children's Chess Two old Interporters, C. M. and here and there through inade Sequeira and Tony Gutlerez, have quate preparation. It is easy enough
There were no upsets yesterday been named as reserves-Reuter. to conjure up excuses, reasonable
evening in the children's handlesp ones, too, but I prefer the overall
The 400 metres opened with chess tournament at the Kowloon picture of useful inlent making o new track record when Jamaica's Chess Club, the two leaders winning
to move 'all their games brave show, generally doing more Herb McKenley beat John 27 Results of the Lawn Bowls Open than was thought possible.
margin ahend rutt's old Norwegian record of 46.8, appreciable 3 Singles matches played yesterday? 15 were:
The leading 10 competitors after The rowing men did better than McKenley was timed in 46.1 to beat rest of the field.
Norway's Bjoen Vade, who was yesterday's games were: A.A. Lopes beat L. G. Coombes in Berlin, with two firsts instead of clocked in 49 seconds flat.
P W D L P Coelho beat A. E. one. Our amateurs of soccer put us
Bruce Gordan (13) 17 151 1515 ja great light.
John McLellan (12) ... 15 14 1 1 William Calvert (14)
10 I 10% Basha Huber (12) ... 14 6 4 Ann Gordon (10)
D 7 1 E. Razmaky (0) Patrick Yeung (is A. Razansky (15) Jack Rubin (31) Kathleen Hardoon
Palmer, and b Johnson
Donnelly bw., b Johnson
Yardley, b Miller
Mann, lbw b Lindwall
Robins, b Johnson"
Wooller, e Jahnson, b Hamence
11
Bailey, Hamence, b Ring
Brown, not out
Griffith. not put
Extras
Miller
Lindwall Johnson Homence Ring
21-16; A. J.
30 Coates 22-20;
237
for 0
Bowling to date
M R W
7 3
18
1
30.
1
23
7
2 23
I
24 "
NONT-
W. C. Ogley beat U. A. Nunjahn 22-17.
REFEREES' CLASSES Football referees' classes will be
held at the Association's office, 211 Prince's Building' (2nd, floor) twice a week, namely Tuesday and Thurs 4 day from 5.30 p.m. to 6 p.m. over a four-week period commencing on Bit 2 Thursday, September 2, 1940.
អគវាំងឆ≡
WOODCOCK'S NEXT FIGHT
London, Aug. 26-The-British fight promoter, Jack Sólomóns, inhounced today that Lee Oma, 31-year-old American heavyweight, will fight British. heavyweight champion Bruce Woodcock at Harringay arenu September 21.
on
1
It will be Bruce's first contest Lee Oma is scheduled to arrive by since he was crushed by American plane on September 6. He will train. Joo Baksi at Harringay in 1047, RA
April
in Solomons West End gymnasium.
Our hockey team did well to ht
to the final. We had three seconds in the cycling. In fact, there was one title Britain won-that of rhum plon runners-up,
The swimmers were a little dia-
appointing: the yachtsmen pleket up one title, as they did in Berlin.
The
the
manajer
In the 100 metres, Laing, was elocked in 10.6 to beat Lloyd La- Bench by 1/10 of a second.
Laing again won the 200 metres in 21.6 to beat LaBeach, who came second in 22.2.-United Press.
FANNY KOEN AGAIN
Dublin, Aug.
20. Mrs. Fanny
British Blankers Koen, Holland's four gold athletics team, Mr Jack Crump is medals Olympic star, equalled her Inadequate own women's, world record of 10.0 tnost insistent
meet tonight.
that
feeding han handicapped British seconds for the 100 yards of a track
won
the 100
competitors more than anything else. He says he notice how the athletes Running on a grass track, the lost their pep hit the strain of com- nying Dutchwoman petition took toll of their limited yards handleap by four yards from store of nervous energy.
Dorothy Manley, the British runner Olympic food parecis had more who ran second to her in the recent moral than dietetic value. If our Olymple Garnes 100 metres ovent, athletes had been as well fed in the These two
from the scratch tast eight or nine years us so many mark.. of their rivals we should not have teen our best fancied' men and women just failing.
ran
.
Press.
THE SCORES AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland Bostan
Chiengo New York
Detroit Philadelphia
NATIONAL
Brooklyn Cincinnati
RHE 10 1
£
MIRGAL WINS
MY BABU SCRATCHED London, Aug. 20.-Fred Ann- strong tonight stated that he had struck My Babu out of the St. Leger-Reuter.
IMPRESSIVE RECORD London, Aug. 20.-It was
on- nounced today that 9
Bruce Wood- cock's opponent when the British 0 Empire and European champion re- turns to the ring at Harringay on September 21 will be. Leo Omu, Bussian-American 31-year-old
10 1 heavyweight.
LEAGUE
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6
10
7
1
Football Results
London, Aug. 26-The re- sults of football games played today were:
SECOND DIVISION Queen's P. R. 4 Leicester City
THIRD DIVISION (SOUTHERN)
Leyton Orient 2 Milwall Notts County 2. Walsall
THIRD DIVISION (NORTHERN)
Dublin Horse Show Hull City
Demenited States and his Jumper. Derry City!"
tan
Portadown
1
2
had an
Oma, whose real name Is Frank Czjewski, lives in Chicago and ho an impressive ring record. He has beaten Tami Mauriello, who oner knocked out Woodcock, and has also beaten Gus Lesnevich and Joe Baksi.-Router.
Race Meeting Dates
The Hongkong Jockey Club has announced its race meeling dates for 1949 as follows:
15
and 22
Annual
January meeting: (Saturday), 17 (Monday), 18 (Tues- day) 10 (Wednesday) (Saturday).
Extra
It will be decided later whether the annual meeting is to be four or five days.
will be held on meetings February 12 (Flat Extra), February 20 (Second), March 12 (Third). March 20 (Fourth), April 18 and 18 (Easter Meeting), May 7 (Flith Ex-
ora), May 21 (Sixth), June 4 and
Meeting), September 24 (Sevenih), October 8 and 10 (Double Tenth Meeting), October 22 (Eighth), November 5 (Ninth), No- vember 19 (Tent) and December 3 (Eleventh).
4
Doncaster H. 2 Tranmere R.
0 Oldham IRISH GOLD CUP Dublin. Aug. 26-Col. F. F. Wing
(1st Round)
Glenavon Democrat,
their
string of
G Cliftonville faultless rounds at the Irish horse show to seven today.
RUGBY LEAGUE This time they shared first and Liverpool S.
40 8 Warrington second places with French Lt. Widnes
2 Salford Lefrant and Marquis III in jumping for the Irish Defence Minister's INDIANS DRAW WITH trophy. It was the third event in
WALES..... which they died for first since the
Swansea. Aug. 26.—India's Olym- show began on Tuesday.
ple soccer eleven drew Both mounts survived the first Welsh silo here tonight,
with તા no Koala faultless in the being scored. and wore
Only their failure to
shoot pre-
round
Misa Jean: O'Reilly, an Irish run-
second. The offleers decided againat nor with 34 yards atart, was third, a jump-off for fear of disabling the vented India from winning.
Mrs. Blankers Koen then went horses for Friday's Ака Khan
0
Berry Appleby
on to win a 220 yards dash by 10 trophy competition. Associated "Outplayed in the first half, the yards from Marley In 25 seconds. Pres. Miss A. D. Williamson, another
PATERSON JUST FAILED. Alan Paterson, from Glasgow, Just Tom Hurst, Woodcocic's manager, could not produce his best big jump Bruce Woodcock since then he said Bruce will be better than ever on the big occasion. Ilin British re- had a lot of hospital, and medical after his enforced layoff. The British cord is 0 ft 75 in. Yet he could treatment for a broken jaw and a heavyweight champion is down to not stop Australian John Winter got- damaged eye;"
190 pounds,
and will be ting away with the Olymple title at AMATEUR CYCLING weight of Gft. Gin. And only two
days woukl
103 Solomons sald Oma Mr
near.
he wan again doing eft. 7in, in prac- Amsterdain, Aug. 20-Messina, of box Woodcock on striefly ¡per-
Italy, won the world amateur "You will see a new Woodcock. He co.
Jack Holden, our marathon hope, cycling pursuit championship with has regained all His confidence and will surprise everybody," Hurst said. had to retire with blisters on hian time of five minuten: 18.7 seconds, -Associated Press. -
feat. You would have thought that beating DuPont, of France-Router,
centage basis This means he probably get £12,000; the count pail to Bakal and Gus Larnovich' for Harringay sell-out lights
bald
biz old and Hurst and pounds by the day of the fight.
later
Welshmen recovered, to give the In- diana a gruelling at 20 minutes,
WHILE BURMA OUTPLAYS
runner, was third-Associated Press ISTANBUL TOURNEY cent Indian goalkeeper.
but they failed beat the magniă- Istanbul, Aug, 20-0. P. Hughes During the first half, the Indiana of Britain today qualified for, the missed a penalty-Reufer. Istanbul International Tennis cham- plonship semi-inals by defeating J. Baccarini of Italy 0-1, 6-7, 6-1 he semi-finals will be played tomorrow and Saturday and Anale on Sunday and Monday. Associated Press.
THEIR RESERVES Calcutta, Aug., 20,--A, Burma soc- thecer team today boat an India Foot
ball Association aide by two goals to one. Reuter.
DARLING-
HALF AN HOUR! "AGO" I'D NEVER EVEN IFARD [YOUR NAME AND NOW YOU'VE MADE ME THE HAPPIEST
GIRL-IN THE WORLD
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