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COUNTY CRICKET SEASON COMES TO AN END

Surrey are Runners-up

London, Aug. 31.-The final series of County Championship games for the season ended today, and while Glamorgan had finished last week to win the title, interest wäs maintained until the end because three counties had the chance of finishing second.

Surrey gained this distinction, with Middlesex. Inst year's champions, third and Yorkshire, surprisingly beaten after leading on the first innings, fourth.

Another Yorkshire

Hutton

century Have At Claction: Essex drew with Esex 614 and a good start and they Northamptonshire.

181 for 7: Northamptonshire 481 had declared their first innings at

315 for nine," When the new re-(Broderick 115 not out). Reuter, cruit, Foord," took the Arst four Sussex wickets for only 12 runs, the Southern skle were in trouble and they were out for 102.

Button, suffering from lumbago,

Heavyweight Fight Cubs

New York, Aug. 31- The heavyweights Joe Baksi and Ezzard Charles have signed for a ten round bout at Madison Square. Garden on November 12, the 20th Century Sporting Club announced today— Associated Press,

could not open the Yorkshire second yings, but went in when half the side were out for 55. Spin bowlers, however, continued to dominale the play and with Yorkshire out for 110. Sussex were left to gel 243 for victory. This they did for the loss of only half their wickets and with time to spare.

Baseball

New York, Aug. 31.-Chiragov

handed the National! Lengue pennant hopes of Brook-j lyn Dodgers a double jolt today when they swept 12 double header from the League leader. 2-0 and 7-2, before an overflow crowd of 45,531.

The opening game shutou! which snapped Dodgers' seven-game win- win streak was the masterful one- hit pitching performance of veterin Honk Horowy. who faced only 27 ballers.

The only muno get on buse, Gene Bermalaski, singled in c second taning and was thrown and stealing.

The double win by all-end Cubs' was reminiscent of the twin awerp: they scored last Thursday against

Boston Braves, who also were tear- ing the League at the time. Chiengol well! pitchers today were the same as atj

that time.

Surrey had not started too apotust | Hampshire. Towing Three wickets for 24, but Parkers adi Squires each scored his second ce tury of The season to improve fu position with a partnership of 2381 in three hours 40 minutes.

Able to deelnee after tils fine re- covery, Surrey forced Hampshire to follow on mainly through the sound bowling of the left arm slow bowler, McMahon, and proceeded to Innings victory.

This was an Inglorious frilah to Hampshire's season for they st their last three untches onit during the year lost four out of five games played ut Bournemouth,

all three Cub, mns, Lade scatterval

Catcher Bob Schelling drove in! ne Dodger hits to score his third war in the nightcap Halph Bronen, coming back after an injury,

W#: koncked out in the second inning ; when he walked three men anti saw all of them score on Emil Ver- ban's double, Cubs were helped by three Dodger errors.

THE SCORES

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Brooklyn

McMahon's match record was ten Chicago

for 150, but I was Alec Bedser who i Brooklyn "(nigheap) Anished off Hampshire with the last

with

Successive

three wirkets for only eight nuts. two being taken balls.

BLAZE OF GLORY

Middlesex finished in a blaze of glory even though rolled of the Arst - rummers-up position. The nings century by Edrich and two three-figure partnerships put Middle. sex on top und nnt Until they followed on did Warwickshire show real flsht. Then they saved the wnings defent, mainly through Ord's bethliont 134. but the first Innings arrears were too many nud

no diffleulty

Chiesugo

· THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH,

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1948.

SATCHEL PAIGE PAYS OFF WITH $500

Satchel Paige (middle), fabulous Negro hurler of the Cleveland Indians, hands: over a $500 cheque to Carl Goerz of Cleveland after Goerz furnished proof that Paige played pro baseball before 1927.

Tribe President Vill Veeck (left) looks on in his Cleveland office. Paige made the offer several weeks ago. Goerz found Satchel's name in a box score in the Memphis Appeal of May 17, 1926—AP Wirephoto..

OLYMPIC GAMES

The American Sweepup In Men's Swimming Was The Cleanest Ever

By "RECORDER"

The Men's Swimming at the London Olympic Games will be longest remembered før a clean American sweep of all eight events and the fact that competition from all other parts of the world was, comparatively, so poor that had it been the question of a dual meet-the United States versus the Rest of the World-the Americans would have won 69-8 on the generally accepted dual meet score basis.

Japanese competition was missing and Japanese attempts in a series of meets held in Tokyo coincident with the Games proved that the Nips, had a challenge to offer.

The Australians Hungary proved easy second bests;

sent enough! over anyone else and the British swimmers to the Games in case the team surprisingly did better than question should be raised that they Austraila to turn in the best Em-¡ were pushed out by sheer weight of pire team performance.

| numbers.

THE SCORERS AT EMPIRE POOL

B. Bonte (Netherlands)

S. Nemeth (Hungary)

Roy Romaine (Britain)

The British swimmers, unlike the Australians, had stars, but there was consistent balance in all events and, even from the point of view of European competition, J+ which Britain generally does not -excel, they were not far behind Hungary and France and were head of the all-star (by European, standards) Swedes,

SOUTH AMERICANS

2:40.1 The South American challenge 2:47.0 proved more formidable than ever 2:48.2 but, on a dual met basis against 2:49.4 Europe, they would have scored only 2:49.5 10 points against 53. 2:50.4

( 3 # 0

# # 10

9 3

United Petes.

100 M. FREE STYLE

4.

E

Ahmed Kandili (Egypt)

2:43.7

5.

Bob Sohl (USA)

HITS

100

1.

Wally itis (USA)

57.3

W Jordan (Brazil).

2.43.9 2:13.D

Keith Carter (USA)

57.6

T. Cemar (Yugoslavia)

Alan Ford (USA)

57.2

4.

Alex Jany (France)

57.0

G. Kadas Hungary)

58.0

10

6. Per Olaf Olsson (Sweden) 39.1

11.

M. Lusien (France)

Bruce Burke (Australia)

59.1

12.

A. Nakache (Frater)

L. Gamal (Egypt)

51.4

9. Z. Szilizare (1mm-

Kary

50.6

Brige Harlan (USA)

10.

HR, White (Argentina)

60,0

1. A.A. Isane (Mexico)

60.1

Mickey Anderson

(USA)

12. A. Boghoşalan (Brazil)

60.9

3. Sammy Lee (USA)

400 M. FREE STYLE

5. R. Mulinghausen

1.

Bill Smith (USA) .....

4:41.0

(France)

2.

Jiminy McLane

(USA)

4:42.2

3.

the

G. Mitro (Hungary)

8.

4:45.0

4.

J. B. Marshall

(Australia)

4:47.7 9.

5. G. Kadas (Hungary)

G.

4:47.8 10. 4:513

in

Middlesex had. scoring the few runs necessary for victory. Sims had "a" "malth record for Middlesex of seven for 115.

Glamorgan's defeat in two days was almost sensation, but lowly Leicester, refused to be intimidated by the honours which had gone to their rivals

and,

perlinps,

Welshmen, with the Championship

"In the bag" relaxed.

al-

of

All honour to the Lelcester tack, however, which got rid Glamorgan twice in one day, with Jack Walsh, the Australian leg break and googly bowler, taking 14 wickets for, 86 runs. Famed this season for their fielding, Glamorgan saw Leicester revealing brillance in this department, ridtäbly the 25- yard throw by Walsh which got rid of Wooller.

Batsmen were always on top In the drawn Essex versus Northamp- tonshire game, with Essex compiling their highest score of the season- 514-while Davis, with 120. hit is best over score for Northampton- shire.

The only other match of the series saw Gloucestershire defeat Kent. The struggle for Arst innings lead was one of the game's highlights and Tom Goddard, usually relied on as a bowler, took

soine of the honours by defying

efforts to 1 dislodge him as the Gloucestershire score gradually mounted to pass Kont's.

The value of Ames to Kent was again emphasised for the 66 and Fage 106 had a big second wicket stand in the first innings, and Ames scored a century in the second, but it of no avall because Glouces

Was

200 tershire hit off the necessary for victory in about two and a quarter hours for the loss of only one wicket, Emmett having. nof out century,

THE RESULTS

runs

Ted Williams, (above) Boston Red Sox hurd hit- ting left fielder became the first American lenguer to hit safely 100 times this season. AP Wirephoto.

Hongkong Boxing Association May

Be Revived

Boxing fans held a meeting at the Sports Club yesterday to discuss the future of the sport in the Colony. Among those present were Mr H. D. Benham, Mr J, C. M. Grenham, Captain Varley, AFC, Mr C. M. Me-

Alex Jany (France)

7. Jack Hinle (Britain)

SPRINGBOARD DIVE

Nevertheless, only the European stars were abend of them, and a | very respectable number of South 101.64 Americans made the top 12 in each

167.29

4.9; D-Copilta · (Mexico)-141.79

event.

THE CHILDREN'S CHESS EXPERIMENT

MOST GRATIFYING WAS THE GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP

By “GAMBIT”

The Children's Handleap Tournament at the Kowloon Chess Club, probably the first of its kind in Hongkong since the turn of the present century, was completed yesterday 'evening with walkovers being awarded on the basis of attendance in the small percentage of games not completed.

Twenty-three children, varying in age from eight to 15. took part, more than three-quarters of them playing off their ties with all available opposition.

The winner by n half-point was John McLellan, 12, who suffered but one defeat and proved to be in a class by himself as a positional player. His insight into positional possibilities and preference for a careful game should carry him far in chess and he was the only one of the 22 competitors who is ready for the experience of a more serious tournament.

Runner-up with one game lost and one drawn was Bruce Gordon, 13, who is not In the same class with McLellan. Temperomeutally m aggressive player, he would with sounder combinative perception. be more promising,

A

another fow weeks and would be glad to have: parents' view on the wisdom of prolonging the classes.

Mr Karel Welks, who is taking charge of the closses. Is particularly keen on continuing with the top 11. in the tournament, all of whom show surprise third- was Patrick promise of developing into better- Young. 11. the only competitor tothan-average players by local ston- beat McLellan, and a much better dards. prospect for the future than his

Some of the younger children record of three losses and a draw who failed to make the top half of would suggest.

the tournament are also worth more instruction and this will not be denled any of the others who still keen.

His younger brother,

nine, who was not even

Andrew, familiar

with the moves when he started, did

extremely well to anish in the top

HOW THEY FINISHED

aro

half of the tournament nud bas Final standings in the top half of shown an end-game aptitude parti- the tournament are: cularly rare the whole group of John McLellan (12)

23.

W D L PIS

. 21 0 1 21 The two Chinese boys, the only Bruce Gordon (13)

20 1 1

2014 two in the tournament, suggested by Patrick Young (11)

10 1 3 18 their play that their race probably

Sasha Huber (12) 14 4 4 10 holds a weight. of talent for

William Calvert (14) 15 1 0 1515 Ann Gordon (10) kame.

15 1 0 151 Athanasius Riazansky

(15)

the

LITTLE GIRLʼMakes GOOD

Best of the kiria was Ann Gor- don, 10, who finished with a loss of 51 points, Ave of these on walic -

Swim

15 1 0 151⁄21⁄2

14 1 7 142 14 0.8 14

Jack Rubin (11) Andrew Young (9) Eugene Rinzansky (0) 13 2 7 14 14 0 8 14

Igor Turta (15)

Schoolboy Just HOME FOOTBALL Fails To English Channel

Dover. Aug. 31-Philip Mickman, 17 year niil schoolboy of Osset, York- shire, tonight abandoned his attempt to swim the Channel after being over 12 hours in the water and within about five miles of his goal.

He entered the sea at Cap Gris Nez on the French side early today and was inking good progress until a freshening breeze made the sea too choppy for him *lo continue.—Renter.

overs conceded, after suddenly de- ciding that she didn't like tourna- ment chess.

She preved to be the only one of the 23 with a natural tilent for

evolving middle-game combinations and, were her positional play deve loped to the level of that of was McLellan, could emerge as a ches was layer of almost unlimited possibi- fact, ities. Than

145.52 A comparative surprise

Egypt. The standard:

there this never low but, despite

much better they did very was expected of them.

119.00 Best of the Asiatic countries was has much to

Syria, with a meagre, three points play. 114.59 scored in one of the diving events, 114.13 the only three points that went to

126.55 6. S. Johansson (Sweden) 120.20

K. A. Tussan (Egypt)

4:51.4 11. 4:53.5 12.

T. K. Christiansen

(Denmark)

G. O. Athans (Canada)

F. J. Gosling (Bermuda)

M. Buzin (Brazil) F. Worisch (Austria)..

PLATFORM DIVE

113.80

the whole of the continent that did 11300 have at least one ether nation that has. beside Japan, made a name for 112.14 ilselt in Olympic swimming annals,

the Philippines.

London, Aug. 31-The results of soccer and rugger games played to- night were:

Burnley

FIRST DIVISION

0

Charlton

THIRD-DIVISION (Southem)

Southend U.

o Exeter City

THIRD DIVISION (Northern)

Halifax Town

Barrow Tranmere R. 2 Doncaster B. SCOTTISH "A" DIVISION

St. Mirren 3 Aberdeen

SCOTTISH "B" DIVISION Stirling Albion 2 Cowdenbeath

RUGBY LEAGUE

Batley Oldham

19

0

0

1

1

5

9 Keighley

Liverpool S. o

Reuter,

My Babu To Race

Citation?

New York, Aug. 31-The columnist, Mr Al Buck, writing Johnin the New York Post today said that the field for the $100,000 International Gold Cup at Bel- mont Park on October 16 may include the Maharajah Baroda's My Babu.

Best of the under-tens proved to be Eugene Rinzansky, eight, who has promise as a positional player but learn in end-game

general

anticipated,

A surprising fact about the whole experiment was that the standard of the children proved to be much higher than and equally surprising was the dis covery that, practically without ex- ception, the standard of end-game

Most of the children seem to pre-

of

My Babu was favourite for the. Epsom Derby, in which he finished fourth, and was recently struck out of the St Leger because could not stay is one mile

As the distance of the Gold Cup as far as the St Leger, it is doubt- five furlongs, almost ful whether My Babu's appearance the International field is as likely. Mr Bucks suggests.

Buck, however, said that My

Biggest disappointment of the play was abysmally poor. Gomen was Alex Jany, the French star, whose efforts at the Empire fer queening pawn after pawn and Bubu was a sure starter 113.52 Pool, considering the fact that

8.

P. Ostrand (Sweden)

9. A. Yantorno (Argen-

tian)

4:53.8

16.

D. A. Johnston

1.

(S. Africa)

4:57.4

Sammy Lee (USA)

2.

1. W. Heusner (USA)

4:57.4

Bruce Harlan (USA)

130.05 122:30

3.

12. M. Bartusek

Mike Copilla (Mexico)

*

(Czechoslovakia)

4:57.9

Lennart Brunnhage

(Sweden)

1,500 M. FREE STYLE

5.

Peter Heatly (Britain)

1. Jimmy McLane (USA)

10:18.5

T. K. Christiansen

(Denmark)

105.22

2. J.. Marshall (Australia) 3.Gyorgi Mitro (Hungary) 4. Cyorgi Chordars

19:31.3

19:43.0

7. R. Mulloghausen

(France)

B.

G. O. Athans (Canada)

19:54.2

5. M. Stipetic (Yukoslavia) 20:10.1

9.

R. M. Stigersand

6. Donald Bland (Britain) 20:13.0

(Norway)

7. M. Bartusek

10.

2. Y. Shourbagi (Syria)

(Czechoslovakin)

20:10.4 11.

L. W. G. Marchant

8. P.O. Ostrand (Sweden)

20:10.8

(Britain)

20:20 2 12.

K, A. Hassan (Egypt)

90.11 95.33

20:21.0

ed

20-23.3

(Hungary) ...................

9. F.11. Perez (Uruguay)

10. Forbes Norris (USA)

11. William Heusner (USA)

12. F. Vocrues (Hungary)

12. Jack Hale (Britain)

20:31.0

20:31.9

800 M. FREE STYLE RELAY

1.

United States

2. Hanstury

France

4. Yugoslavia

8. Moxien

D. Britain

Ew (Eduenian Denartment. Phy. 10. Spain. sical Training), Mr M. A., da Silva, 11. Canada Commander Robertson-Alkminn, RN, 32. Egypt L. Clarke, RN, Mr James Balney, Mr F. P. Franklin, Major C. W. L. Way. Mr Ezra Abraham and Dr J.

The results of the series ended today were:

bent War-Carey-Hughes. At Lords Middlesex wickshire by 9 wickets. Middlesex 370 and 21 for one; Warwickshire 110 and 208.

1

At Bournemouth: Surrey beat ind 27 An kuings Hampshire by

Surrey 440 for 7 declared; Hampshire 260 and 153 (Alec Bedsor 4 for 40),

rung.

At Hove: Sussex beat Yorkshire by 5 wickets. Yorkshire. 315 for D declared and 110; Sussex 102 and 243 for 5 (Oakes 04, James Lang- ridge 58 not out)..

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Gloucester: Gloucestershire beat Kent by 9 wickets. Kent 232 and 233 (Ames 112, Lambert 5 for 80); Gloucestershire 280 and 200 for one (Emmott -107 Graveney 52 not out).

not

out,

.

100 M. BACK STROKE

Alan Stack (USA)

2. Robert Cowell (USA) . 1:06.5

3. Georges Vallerey

places in

Irr

for

the.

problems.

a

He added that if that visit proved

he connot discover for themselves the was ill throughout, are short of the rudimentary principle of limiting races until the Muhatajah recently 108.02

it magnificent. 105.29 that he wasn't

was a pity, indeed, the king's escape area and forcing had to return to his state from At

to break enously.

simple mate by bringing up their Britain to settle domestic political into the American

own king. Fighting hard for last

On the other hand, there is the heats of the swimming events general tendency for seeing middle successful, then My Babu would be 103.01 were the formidable (in numbers) game traps that is uncommon to running for the Gold Cup. It is 100.90 teams of India and Pakistan, the the general run of the adult player reported that Citation, America's summer-thawed Icelanders and a who in his constant worry over champion three-year-old, will be in 07.03 little 20 square-mile spot on the map maintaining the structure of his the field.-Reuter. 97.81) called Bermuda.

position foses a keenness for building up the trap.

Point Scores In

the point

BOOBY PRIZE Surprisingly, the Bermudans slay

opposition. They did

ginners. have gradually discovered However, it was Bermuda by the trial and error method how Bowls Open Pairs Champion-

to open safely anct some have ship were: velopment that is, usually, far from managed even an imaginative de-

One department where instruction Open Pairs Results

does not appear to be particularly necessary is in the opening, lost

Results yesterday of third of the children, even the rank be: round matches in the Lawn

this manage to creep into score. that gave the sole Chinese swim entry at the Gurnes the right to tell his grandchildren that he didn't come in Inst. There was a Bérmu- dan wallowing behind him.

For the Bernludans, the effort to. send n team of about a half-dozen swimmers was a magnificent one, Little Bermuda

one-twentieth

the size of Hongkong in area and one-sixtieth in population.

being unsound

MOST GRATIFYING

Mosi gratifying of all han been the general keenness and

beat S. Yusuf and M. Y. Adet 32-15: W. Hong Sling and A. M. Ompr

R. F. da Luz and J. A. in Luz beat T. A. Mndar and C. S. Rosso- let 23-20;

L. C. R. Souza and M. J. Medina -

A beat A. H. Seemin and a sense

Wahab 25-10:

а

of sportsmanship surprising in group that comprises nearly a dozen

A. R. Minu and A. K. Mhau bent When all the splashing was over, nationalities. A very small percet. M. Omar and K. M.

Omar two Olympic swim records stoodi tage of the starters fell by the way-26-14;

Evidently there is no one side and most have expressed a dis A. E Coates and B., W. Brad- within our Olympiad who could appointment that the tournament is bury beat A. A. Razack and J. S.

touch two old Olymple stars, Kusuo over.

Landolt 18-14: Kitamura and Adolph Kiefer, in the The Kowloon Chess Club's F. V. V. fubeiro and C. Rozn→ 1,500 metres free style or the back- Children's Classes Committee would Pereira bent A. J. Hall stroke.

like to continue the experimght for Fraser 20-11,

8:46,0

8.48,0 9:07.0

Olympic Games

0:12.4

5. Sweden

.9:12.0

6. Argentina

9:16.0

Men's Swimming

7. Brazil

0:10.0

9:23.4

United States'

2001

0:26.6

Hungary

0:28.3

France

64% 63

0:43.2

10:25.0

Great Britain

41%

Intact.

Sweden

40%

Australin

Mexico

1:00.4

-Yugoslavia

36 3314 29

(France)

1:07.4

Egypt. Argentina

22

211

Jack Wild (S. Afrien)

1:08.5

Brazil

5.

M. Chaves (Argentina) 1:00.0 4. Meila (Mexico)

21%

1:00.0

South Afrien

7.

John Brockway

Denmark

12

(Britain)

1:09.1

Canada

8. A. Kinnear (Britain)

1:00.2

Czechoslovakin

9. II. Patterson (USA)

1:00.3

10.

E. S. Fonseca (Brazil)

1:10.0

11.

11. Silva (Brazil)....

1:18.0

Uruguay

C. Klevit (Netherlands)

1:10.0

Norway

200 M. BREAST STROKE

Spain

Bermuda

1. Joe Verdeur (USA) :.

2:30.2

2. Keith Carter (USA)

2:10.3

Syria Austrin

3. John Davies

(Australia)

2:43.7

Major Way took the chair and Bir Wigging neted as honorary recretary for the meeting and, 4. after a general discussion, it was teelded to elect n Committed to ex- plore the possibilities of reviving the pre-war Hongkong. Boxing An- scviation,

The Committee comprises Messra Willams Waghorn (Chairman). F. C. R. Wiggins, T. H. Bowman aħd¦ 12. Sky Rainey, with Mr Silva as ad- viser.

The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, September. 14, to resolve the report and recommenulations of the Committee.

Netherlands

SPORTING SAM

By Reg. Wootton.

And

J.