1948-12-30 — Page 6

TEST MATCH

SOUTH AFRICA FOLLOWS ON

Johannesburg, Dec. 29. South Africa are in danger of suffering their second defeat in the Test series against England. They were dismissed hore, today in the second Test for 315 in reply to England's first innings total of 608, followed on and were 28 for the loss of Owen Wynne's wicket at the close of play.

'The match ends tomorrow when South Africa, with nine, wickets standing, need 265 runs to save the innings defcat,

South Africa's batting broke down when Bruce Mit- chell was dismissed after batting four and a half hours for 80. They lost five wickets for 95 runs between lunch arid tea.

Walter Wade, who scored 85 in three hours 30 minutes, and Lindsay Tackett, who scored 38, pul on 30 for the eighth wicket, which was followed by a ninth wicket partnership of 40 between Tuckelt and Norman Mann, who made 23.

Following on, South Africa made another bad start by losing Wynne for four, with only 15 runs on the board.

England gained the mastery after lunch when the score was 178 for three.

When the game was resumed, four South African wickels fell for 67 runs but a stubborn eighth wicket partnership held up the England bowlers until the last ball before tea when the lotal was 273 for eight- Reuter.

EARLIER PLAY,

Fighting back ofter losing Dudley Nourse's wicket for the addition of only one more run on resuming their innings this morning, the South Africans were 178 for 3 at lunch time.

Bruce Mitchell, one of the finest defensive batsmen in the world, and Walter Wade, the wicket keeper, by , resolute anil correct methods: wore down the English attack in an un- broken fourth wicket stand of 82.

At the interval, Mitchell was 92 nol out, Wade 40 not out. Doug Wright got Nourse leg before for 32 with the fourth ball of his first over, R googly which through..

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Sheffield Shield

Melbourne, Dec. 20.-New South Wales had to be content with a frst Innings lead over Victoria in their Sheffield Shield match which ended in a tame draw today.

The final scores were: New South Wales 354 and 200 for six wickets do- stared.. Victoria 187 and 93 for four.

TIC expectation that New South

Wales would attempt to force victory faded when only 70 ruta were added before lunch, New South Wales, 63 for two overnight, did not go for the nuns even when they were 250 ahead and ironical cheers greeted ho Occasiona)

ingles.

J. Melloney scored a not-out century, which included seven fours, In threo hours. Arthur Morris made 3.

Victoria, set to get 344 in 165 minutes. concentrated on playing out time to gain the one Shield point for a draw.

F. Johnston claimed three of the four Victorian wickets which fell at a per- Minal cost of 32 rune-Reuter.

OLD-TIMER LOCATED

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER. 30, 1948.

BOXING DAY TEAMS AT CRAIGENGOWER

The Bachelors beat the Benedicts by 16 runs in the annual Boxing Day match at Cralgengower. Here are the

teams: '

Standing (Left to right): U. Thadani, A. Kuruneru, F. Woodier, T. Leonard, J. L. Youngsaye, J. C. Koh, Ľ. M. Omar, N. Leonard, S. A. Fowler, J. Starkey, J. E. Mogra, S. J. Pestonjce, Lloyd Wong and T. Ramchand.

Sitting (Left to right): A. M. Omar, Robert Tay, G. Hong Choy, C. W. Lam, B. W. Bradbury, S, Ramchand, E. H. Esmall, T. Crabtree and S. Leonard. Golden Studio.

ARCHIE QUICK ON THE HOME FOOTBALL FRONT

Photo by

The Football League Will Not Be Rushed

A short while ago the Secretary of the Football "We are League, Fred Howarth of Preston, said to me, not going to be rushed into anything by the Players' Union, sympathetic as we might feel towards them."

Those words came true at the much-boosted trian- gular meeting between the League, the Football Associa- tion and the Players' Union after the third round Cup draw in London.

George Bodiker representatives,

Union

When I saw the Players' representatives, Jimmy. Guthrie, the Chairman, Jimmy Fay, the Secretary. Frank Broome, of Derby County, Vice-Chairman, George Swindin of Arsenal, George Dalton of Chester- Old Hongkong tennis players will feld, Douglas Low of Norwich and Fred Collingridge of Shemeld United remember George Bouiker,

them, coming out from the

In Hamburg

for

Look out, therefore, for a drive to popularise the Southern League. The Arst move in this will almost cer- tainly be a revival of its Second Division, which lapsed when all the joined the Football big sides League's Third Division.

This will renew interest in come outposts of the game in the South

LAST NIGHT'S MEETING

"Unfair" Say The Referees

NO OPEN DOOR TO THE GARDEN

Foreign Boxers Must Prove Their Worth

By CORNELIUS Ryan

New York, Dec. 28—Although New York State has no official ruling on the matter, the State Athletic Commission occasionally may forbid a foreign boxer to take part in Madison Square Garden main event until he has proven himself in the small clabs.

"We have no written rulo which says a foreigner first must fight in a small club," said Commission Chair- man Eddio Eagan, ́

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*The Commission judges each Proteti!, Norway's Harry Berntven, fighter an his contract for a bout Argentina's Enrique Felp!, Abel comes up, and we approve or dis- Cesiac and Angel Solillo, Canada's approve the match no the Sghter's] Arthur King and Spain's Fidel record warrants, That, of course 13 Archulega all made their fist sturta ne true for American 3

in a small club----United Press. foreign fighters"

In yearn gone by, Eoran @X- plained, the commission at times)** made "ght in small clubs' first" an unwritten rulo for foreigners,

FLOOD OF BOXERS

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The American Cross-Country

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"Such procedure would be· In- voked when there was a flood of forcim boxers, most them mo- dlocre, getting_main-bout billing on the strength of their claims "cliampion" of their homelands," NEW YORK, Dec. 20-Trackc The protest against the re- Eagan said.

competition in the USA. 111 ferceing of Mr C. Tunstall. "Our present procedure is to check November was limited to dis

cach man's record carefully when lodged with the Referees Sub- the promoter offers contracts for tance-running, but lanky Bob Committee by the South China our approval. If the man's record Black of Rhodo State College Athletic Association and St is good, ho can fight a main event made it a noteworthy month by Joseph's on December 23, was at the Garden even if it is his first winning all three major races. discussed at the Referees' Asso-American bout." cintion. meeting last night

BAD IMPRESSION

The meeting considered the netion

Comment on the rule first came up of the Football Association the after Olle Tandberg of Sweden made maller as unfair and decided to

a bad impression in his USA debut protect Mr Tunstall's interesis pend-in a 10-rounder at the Garden versus Îng the outcome of the inquiry, Jod Maxim,

Mr A. E. P. Guest, who was in

also

The 20-year-old Black, who couldn't make the US Olymple team last summer, was Impressive in three victories,

of

First he won the Inter-collegiata Amateur Athletic Association America cross-country title, cover- in Marcel Cerdan

made his ing a rugged fve-mile course the chair, remarked that the Foot-American bow at the Garden. Ro- 65:00.4 and finishing 200 yards ahead ball Association was unfair in not bert Villemain of France has signed of second place Horace Ashenfelter Informing Mr Tunstall in advance to meet Jake LaMotta pt the Garden of Penn State College. of the letters from the clubs con-

"That was the greatest piece of in Vulemain's arst match in America, cerned.

and Lew Burston, Garden emissary distance runding I ever have seen," now cd he has signed Hein len Hoff hattan College.

an-sald conch George Eastment of Man- touring Europe, recently nounced'

Mr Guest added that the referees were not fighting the Association but wanted to co-operate with them and to go about the matter in the correct way.

of Germany for two Garden fights.

Engon sald he would make no comment on Ten, Hoff until the con- Mr Tunstall, after reading the let-trocis, are sent to his office for

China and St approval. ters from South

On the other hand, such mén as Joseph's, said that he would say no further until the enquiry had been, Italy's Gino Buonvino and Roberto completed. He said that he was not given notice of the letters until De-

nipped several years undisputed hard co their

faces bore a dazed and West but I still cannot see how i cember 28.

TEAM FOR THIRD TEST

Alan Melville, who captained the South African cricket team which toured Eng- land in 1947, has been recalled by the South African electors for the third Test against England starting here on Satur day.

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Melville, who had suffered from dislocated wrist, is now completely ft.

The team shows only two"elanges from that which played in the first and second Tests. Melville and Mariin Hanley, an off-break bowler, replacing Erie lawan and Lindsay Tuckett,

The Inclusion of Melville should con- alderably strengthen the Bouth African batting.

The team –A. D. Noume (Captala), A. Melville, O. Wynne, D. Mitchell, D. Begbie, W. Wado, . Dawson, A. Rowan, M. Hanley, C. McCarthy and N. Mann, with J. Cheetham twellin man-Reuter.

CRICKET OR HOCKEY?

By VERNON MORGAN London, Dec. 29.-Those who put cricket first above all other games as being, the best sport for youth read with great in-! terest the statement by Don' Bradman' inthe farewell broad- cast that cricket occupies a unique place in the lives of the British people because of the

champion of Canton, and will be Interested to learn that he is alive and well in Hamburg,

A letter has been' received

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him this week by an old friend, and Bndiker reveals that he is married Minutes

and

and has a family of two boys and play vacational training, and any spheres.

two girls.

SYMPATHISED

Mr Guest said that fellow mem- bers of the Association sympathised with Mr Tunstall but would go no further until the Football Assocla- ton had reached a decision.

Rush On For A

Rookie Pitcher

"I timed him in 14:45 for the first three miles. That's very fast, al- though he isn't another Greg Rice

Then, on Nov. 22, Black broke a nine-year-old record when he work the 10th annual National Collegiate Athletic Association cross-coun championship with a mark of for four miles, eclipsing the NCAA record of 20:12.0 "settin 1030 by Greg Rice and indicating Eastment embarrassing may have made an

error in his estimate of Black.

the Southern League can hope to Footbali

Association

compete against its big brother. League

omelals had been

THE OPEN DOOR ry as ever,

Naturally, all its present members The agenda showed five items: will want to get into the Football

convening

the meeting, League when its doors will be open

By MILTON RICHMAN- contracts, the provident to them for promotion to higher scheme,

Mr J. F. da Suva, Secretary, other business.

New York, Dec. 29-One of The only person I know who is pointed out that referees had to buy The meeting never got beyond the opponents and first item. What happened was that aganist joining the Football League tickets for admission to the games the most sought-after pitchers Shrewsbury manager, Leslie with the Koreans during the New on baseball's winter market to- the Football Association Chairman Amos Brook Hirst opened the meeting at Knighton, who is content to remain Year holidays, and it was decided day is Ray Scarborough of Ross of Villanova College was third

to write in for allotment of tickets Washington, who finally rose for referees.

from obscurity last season by Mr Silva also said that the Foot-dint of brain work and a classy

He wishes to be remembered his one-time tennis partners in Hongkong.

Barry Applity

NOT MADAM

NOW

NOT NOW

"grent character building quali-Training

Hes inherent in cricket."

That, as has been stated before, is à matter of opinion and Americans, shall we say are Hardly likely to subscribe to the view that they are any interior to Britons because they play

baseball and not cricket, Indeed, there are those in Britain who would put other sports above cricket as bringing out the best in youth and teaching youngsters to "play the game in after iffe.

The value of football and athletics has been often discussed, but a new plea comes forward from. hockey lovers. There is obviously much to be said for this fine ganto which, although today one of Britain's minor sports, seems to be gaining popularity in Europe, in Holland in particular.

Hockey fans say, and with every Justification, that there is more fun to be got out of this sport than out of cricket, football or athletics. It is rather hard to explain this but It certainly does seem so.

Times

to

(a

football.

ball Association was not encouraging overhand curve. the referees at all. Referees should

allow

Black had a commanding lead at the end of the fint two miles of the NCAA race, which he covered yards in 9:37.6, and Anished 70

of Wisconsin, who waa timed in ahead of second-place Don Gehrman 20:03, for the four mUes. Browning

in 20:00, and Karnes of Kansas

Height for a scycoth-place club for.

was the seam mates cali

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3.30 p.m. by saying that he had to non-League. - eatch the 4.45 p.m. train to Hudders-Increase in specer interest in some There has certainly been a big

fourth in 20:06.5..

feld.

these Southern League centres

Then, on Nov. 27, Binck took the League President Will Cult in-

National Senior Amateur Athletic timated that he could not be present and they are ripe for Fourth Division

Union cross-country championship through Illness and, before they Merthyr, once poor. relations of be admitted to Important games so For four years, the 29-year-oldja a bitter photo finish with Curtis know where they were, the Players' the Southern Section of the Third that the junior referees could have right-hander was just another name Stone of Philadelphia, an Olymple Union delegates were out on the Division, are now averaging gates an opportunity to improve their on the Washington roster. Sudden distance runner. street.

of 20,000 on Saturdays in faraway standard by watching the senior rely, however, he got hot during the —RUMOURS IN THE AIR Pennydarren-Park----

ferees. It had been the practice in 1948-campaign-and-won-15-while. Both runners wore timed-in-30:02 There had been rumours-in-the

the

past even in. Interport games to losing

'the... six-and-one-fourth-mile Gillingham, whom Ipswich sup air that the Foolball Association was planted, are drawing big gates

referees to enter the ground to

us his

course, but the officials ruled, that seats were preparing

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"stop- the naval centre which thinks, with and specially allocated

chict

Black barely shaded Stone for the whereby players would now get a Rochester, Sheerness, Chatham and provided, but recently he was given

He was the fellow usually victory.

་་ to understand retirement benefit of £50 for every Stroud, that they are entitled

that referees were nominated to halt a losing streak. Binek won praise for his gameness year of successive service with a League football as much as Ports-required to pay for admission. He

When the Nais lost 18 straight in in refusing to be beaten by Stone, Club, the money be raised by

had consulted the Secretary of the September, Scarborough was able to who took the lead with 20 seconds mouth and Plymouth.. Colchester

told that be- representative

Supporters Club boasts 17,000-mem- Association and was

to go. ve matchcntioned at the hers

pitch only once during that time cause of the financial position due to an injury. This was never

Block sprinted, in, the last few But meeting.

soccer affairs aro There is a big light ahend for the feroes must pay admission charges

Washington; finally broké thefeet. to beat Stone by an Inch. The heating up. The Players' пере

Union Southern League, but if a Fourth

long losing streak the day that Raythird place runner, Warren Drueiz- representations have been men-Division comes into being, it wil

started against the White Sox.

ler, was a full minuto behind Stone tioned in the House of Commons mean a stronger Third Division.

Rival butters claim that

Sear- and Black. their

is to combine the best gelevances listened to with The idea

borough's overhand curvo

ranks clubs of the North and South and

and

to

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to

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Times taken were:

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There is little doubt that the Section of the present Northern

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Full Programme For Koreans

with

League.

the best

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Black who weighs only 120 pounda

Jimmy

Cup for. Portsmouth the the C before the war, is a determined rer- son and he will never rest until he gets better fanncial conditions Third Division is the graveyard of for players.

He is Incensed, for instance, that the Football League and promotion

Dick was fined

pruned away, the tion for the Korean football has it and is asking plenty in re- suspended for two weeks for asking at its art be for tho wame.

team which arrived this morn- turn. for more than he is entitled to by

ing by the B.. Hupch.

A modest, easy-going athlete, transferred contract when he was

Scarborough laughingly explains from Blackpool to West Ham,

The following football matches that he spends most of his spare people who irulst have been arranged for the visitors: time correcting January 1, v. Hongkong selection; on spelling his first namo R-a-c. January 2, v. Combined Chinese; "Actually, It's Rea-y" he grins, January 4. v. Combined Non- "But I guess it doesn't make too Chinese. All matches will be play- much difference."—United Press.

at Caroline Hill, commenting at

The Boston Red Sox, New York beat a field of 300 rivals in the NCAA run with 70 rivals in the Senior AAU Yankees

and Detroit Tigers are

moet. eager to obtain him from the Sena- A full programme of enter-cager fainment has been arranged by

tors the Hongkong Football Associn-owner, knows a good thing when he Way Clark Grimth, Washington

manis

Guthrie says that every English- man is entitled to ask for more. The London meeting was definitely a widening of the breach and there are less unlikely things than the first football strike next August un-

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The players say they must get more out of the game that cars so much and from which they get so title.

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p.ka. To-morrow at 10.90 Koreans will be driven, round the New Territories and in the after- noon will have light training, at Caroline Hill ground, The evening will be spent at Aberdeen for a sea-) food, dinner.

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| Peak, and on the following day at 7.30 p.m. the official dinner will be held at the Hongkong Hotel Cafo- teria.

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a

Chinees dinner

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a bolder. to adopt

more enter prising policy in the threat of a Fourth Division of the Football League.

A fifteen from HMS Sussex, play centre has been arranged for the In the early twenties, prior to the Ing their last rugger match in the Koreans on the morning of January formation of the Third Division, the Colony before they leave for U.K. Southern Leaguo was almost as defeated a side from HMS Belfast and in the evening at 7 Da

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When this level has been reached, the game becomes one of the most fascinating in, the world to watch ink there was no finer spectacle at Wembley than the hockey final between India and Great Britain.

Hockey ranks with rugby foolball as the most amatour of all sports, which is another good polat in its favour-Router.

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Team championshipa in each of the three meets went to Michigan State College, whose best mon in- cludo Druesler, Jack Dianetti --and Bill Mack

Serious practice for the 1940 in- door track and held season began carly this month, although many athletes bave been working out in formally. for more than a month. The first major Indoor meet is. scheduled for New York, Jan. 5. United Press.

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