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COUNTY CRICKET
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1949.
WORCESTER BACK AT THE
TOP OF THE TABLE
Warwickshire Hold On To Third Place:
Surrey-Fourth; Yorkshire-Fifth
London, Aug. 9.-Worcestershire's good win over Hampshire today, coupled with the defeat of Middlesex in their vital match against Surrey, enabled them to join Middlesex at the head of the County Cric- het Championship table. Each has 140 points, but Worcestershire have a match in hand, having played 20 to Middlesex's 21.
Warwickshire, with 12 points from their defeat of Leicestershire, maintained third place. They have 132 points from 20 matches. Yorkshire, in spite of their big score, took only four points for first innings lead from their match against Northamptonshire, and have been supplanted in fourth place by Surrey, Surrey have 124 points from 19 games, while Yorkshire, now fifth in the table, have 120 from 20 games.
Surrey, after declaring first thing today and setting Middlesex to make 47.7 in five hours and 20 minutes, dismissed Syd Brown, Jack Robertson and Denia Compton before lunch for 129. R. W. V. Robins hit two sixes in a bright Innings of 24. but Middlesex could not stave off defent. Jim Laker bowled splendidly, for Surrey to take four for 103. Compton completed his 2,000 runs for the season during the day.
At Leicester: Warwickshire TENNIS
Leicestershire by
beat
Two amateurs, Sami Ain- for Lancashire 424 (Gladwin nworth and Charles Palmer, 5 fur 105). played a major part in Worces- tershire's victory over Hamp- shire. When they came together tive minutes after lunch, three wickets were down for 4t and 158 were still needed to win.
were Ret
the
drew
wickets, Lelgestershire 334 and 174 (Kardar 5 for 40);}
340 for 5 de Warwickshire clared and 163 for one (Gard- Townsend GA They gradually wore down ar 76 not out.
bowling and hit off the runs not out).
At Hastings: Sussex in two hours and five minutes.
Kent 462 Jor & I'almer hit even fours in his with Kent.
while Ain-declared: Sussex unblemished 07.
230 and 344 sworth brought his total for the for 6 (Doggart 111, Griffith 52 game to 120 for once aut.
not out)-Reuter. EASY PASSAGE First-class
tearn work Warwickshire હતું Them
by
on
comfortable passage to victory uver Leicestershire.
The able bowling of A Kurdar and Tom Pritchard, alfled
to smart fleiding, forcef out in three Leicestershire hours.
Pritchard, with pace and inte swing. broke the back of Leicestershire's resistance, and the Indian
teft arm bowler, Kardar, stepped in with spells of highly accurate leg breaks.
Kardar had five for 10 and Pritchard three for 56,
When Warwickshire batted again. A. Gardnar and R. Townsend took part in century stand in just over an hour, Townsend puting pixes in sucession aff Walsh.
two
men
the
nípich
50
in
Coxon hit one six and ten fours. Brookes in his first cen- tury against his native York slire recorded 15 fours, and
Smith hit hard to score 25 in with Oldfield shared an 20 minutes, but was then out to broken Northants opening part-
-Jepson-yorker. nership of 208,"
Ampon & Kumar Doing Well
Newport, Rhode Island, Aug. 9.--Felicissimo Ampon, of the Philippines, today entered the fourth round of the men's singles in the invitation grass Casino
Still Good At 56 Eastbourne, Sursex, Aug. 9. Basil Lawrence, the Western
HAWK'S EYE VIEW
Horace Dodge's My Sweetie passes under the Belle Isle Bridge at 89.5 miles an hour in the first heat of the Harmsworth Trophy race of Detroit-
ARCHIE QUICK_EXPLAINS WHY
America Should Retain The Walker Cup
America will probably retain the Walker Cup when their amateur golfers meet Great Britain at the Winged Foot course, New York, next month, but it will simply be because they have eight good golfers to our four brilliant ones, because they will know local conditions better and because they will be playing with their own larger sized American ball which our men are finding difficulties with.
One thing of which I am certain is that, giving them Willie Turnesa and Frank Stranahan, they have no four finer players than Max McCready, Jimmy Bruen, Ronnie White and Joe Carr. In fact, Britain has never before possessed four men of such calibre at the same time.
Lucas
I am
And
WILL WOODCOCK RETIRE?
Mr Solomons Holds Out In Turkish Bath
London, Aug. 9 Jack, Solomons, the London box- ing promoter, played lifde and seek on Tuesday with reporters trying to find out if ailing Bruce Woodcock would fight Leo Savold.
To all calls to his home and his office, the reply was the same, "Solomons. went to a Turkish bath last night and we have not seen or heard of him since."
Mrs Solomons added, “Jack | newa. ' .Mr Daly said: "Savold often spends the night at a has postponed his training for Turkish bath when lie has had the time being." We do not a busy or worrying day."
mind waiting tinul Bruce Is His headachie storted on thoroughly fit. Wo wait hirm- Monday when Woodcock, who to be at his best for this con- was injured in a, motoring test." nccident Inst Thursday, told re- Verne Escoe, the coloured porters that he might rotire Canadian heavyweight, hos challenged Savold for a £500. While most of the national purre, which has already been press printed this story, the deposited on hlo behalf. London Daily Mail came out on Reuter.
now.
Monday morning with a front
page report that Woodcock lind
changed his mind and would HEAVYWEIGHT
fight Saveld.
They had been scheduled to
meet here on September 0 for CHAMPIONSHIP
the British version of the World Heavyweight Championship. The
mishap forced postponement which find
of
the
bout
A
been sold out to 50,000 fans, new date has not been rel
Woodcock could not bc reached today for a statement
on his plans, The telephono
at his home in Doncaster is n private number
and the Don- caster operator refused to put through calls.
Daly
CHARLES FAVOURED TONIGHT
New York, Aug. 9.— Savold and his Manager, Bill Ezzard Charles is expected were not at their usual to enter the ring a firm haunts. They were in York on favourite Monday night tion, but returned
for an exhibi-
lo defent
Gus former light to London Lesnerich, early today.
heavyweight champion, In Woodcock's Manager, Tom their 15-rounda. contest for Hurt, could not be reached to the National Boxing Ass0- shed any light on the plans of his
ciation's version of the boxer. Hurst'e telephone at Manchester rang without an World Heavyweight Cham- pionship at the Yankee Woodcock's brother. Billy, Stadium tomorrow night. told a reporter," "Bruce has not made a definite decision either
answer.
How."
Charles, who won the way. He Was certainly de-title less than two months pressed when he left the hos-ago when he defeated Jer- pital but he is more cheerful sey Joe Walcott in Chicago He said that Bruce's family on June 22, is regarded as has decided to give the Brits the title holder everywhcro Champion a "few days to adjust in America except in New himself."
York, State. Meanwhile, they plan to guard him against being pressed for
Woodcock's News of Bruce "n Immediate. decision
the- possible retirement from whether to continue boxing ring was the signal for the In-
Associated Press.
on
ADAMANT
the pos
Lee
KIWIS DRAW WITH NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Nottingham, Aug. 9.-Sec. to seare 224 runa In 130 minutes to courts lawn tennis tourna beat Nottinghamshire today the ment here with a 6-4, 6-3 New Zealand cricketers ran into win over Straight Clark, of trouble, The match ended in a draw and a curiosity was that Pasadena, California. only four wickets felí in each of f Ampon won the hearts of the the four innings, three of which large gallery with his clever were declared closed.
cross-court shots. His change of The touring side declared at pace confused his opponent. their overnight total and in who failed to
to handle Ampon's three and a half hours Notting-sliced returna. hanshire scored 220 for four Naresh Kumar, of India, to- before they, for the second tine day defeated Frank Shields, the in the match, reclared.
former American Davis Cup Poole, with 67 in 110 minutes.star, to enter the fourth round. was the chief contributor to this Kumar beat Shields by 0-4 and total. He and Harris putting on 0-2.
wieket. He 78 for the fourth
Shields, a finalist i tho found the off-drive
most pro- United States singles champlon- ductive, but was missed at 44 when the bowler, Burtt, falled ship in 1930 and at Wimbledon a year later, is now 38. Kumar, fifth-seeded So complately were the bats to accept a. return catch.
among the over- Poole reached lop . !n
Da seas players, had litle difficulty between Yorkshire and North-minutes, but was out to a smart winning. His game was bel-
ternational Boxing Club, the catch at mid-off, having hitter, and though he trailed 0-3 amptonshire that only one
promoters, to renew their efforts MR SAVOLD'S VOICE wicket fell all day while 340 nine boundaries,
in the first set, he took command
to have tomorrow's fight recog- The County continued for an once his strokes began working,
London, Aug. -Lee Savold nised a for the undisputed runs were scored.
hour After hunch Jet then well-Reuter,
Fold tolay that he would ne- work tille Len Hutton brought his great
not out before declared. Real excitement then
cept an offered fight with the
that They argued innings to 200
winner of the Ezzard Charles-sible abandonment of the declared. He batted began, for the New Zealanders Yorkshire
obviously intended to go for the for six and a half hours and hit { ODV)
Gug
bout Lesnevich
for the Savold-Bruce Woodcock Oght 32 fours, and with Alee Coxon runs. They needed 103 runs an
World Heavyweight champion-in London would automatically added 125 in an unfinished ninth hour, and the captain, Hirdlce,
In the past I have seen the nominated for the Ryder Cup players and the third four-shlo if Bruce Woodcock retires.. turn the New York bout into a hit the first ball from Jepson Area conch of the Lawn Tennis Tolleys, wicket stand.
Wethereds, McLeans | contest, and McCready and some should swing the match. Savold's Manager, Bl Daly, world title match which would through the covers He tried to repeat the stroke off veterans
for four. Association and holder of the and Thomsons, but I have never Bruen beat Burlon and Smithers The ployers available are said that he had just received be recognised everywhere. the next ball, but was
championship ever seen four amateurs go out and six and five and White and Carr Arthur Perownic, Edward Mlll-n trans-Atlantic telephone call behind the wicket.
caught since the war-he is 30-gave give professionals of the class of beat Cotton and Faulkner three ward, Gerald Micklem, Cecil from A Al Well of the 20th Cen-
The New York State Ewing, one of the most Impressive dis- Henry Cotton, Max Faulkner, and one just like that and Laddle
Kenneth Thom and tury Sporting Club, New York Athletic Commission, however, plays in the professional lawn Dick Burton and Wally Smithers level terms. tennis championship which was the father and mother of hidings McCready-and-Bruen were six best pairing would probably be out of here and f
quite offering
bout. Lee the
remained adamant, stating that. frankly,
doubtful. The
"Savold is prepared to fly the winder would be recognised continued here today,"
-fight for the in New York only after he had as our lending four amateurs' did For the addition of only one He was one of the eight at Royal Mid Surrey Club's under fours for the 31 holes they Lucas and Ewing, but it would world title if Woodcock de beaten Lee Savold or another run, Reid was lex before to players who qualified to Join course, Richmond, a few days played and White and Carr four still be a gamble.
cides not to go through with ranking contendos, The results of the games Jepson and three men were out the eight seeded competitors in before they set sall for the under fours for their 31 holes. Skipper Lucas 14 doing their bout", Daly said.
According to Mr Al Welll, the the championship proper, which United States.
It was just too brilliant Cotton everything
to make this our
"Well said that Colonel Eddie IBC matchmaker, the British The Professional Golfers Asso- and Faulkner changed from the best Walker Cup team ever and Egan of New York State Boxing champion's statement will prob
grand spirit ton American ball to the British one there team of
of Commission had agreed to re- ably help.
thoi Charles- difference and I am prepared to after-18-holes, but it made no optimism among them.
cognise the winner of the pro-Lesnevich gate to top $150,000, posed bout there as World because it means we have got wager that Turnesa and Strana-Gen. MacArthurdaghi there, Daly
Daly added.
the only championship fight." han would have gone the same
Earlier, the promoters banned: way In
at the top foursome
sald, it would be a co-promotion television in an effort to attract Winged Foot.
& The Tankmen between the 20th Century more spectators. Both boxerR and 200 Wallace being unbeaten with 54 Kramer Beats Segura Mon's "B" Division win the third foursome. They Britain's problem will be to
Sporting Club and the Inter-wound up their training at their ..Tokyo, Aug. 9.-General national Boxing ClubAsso- New Jersey camps two days be-
fore the fight. can halve the singles at four MacArthur will give Japan's ciated Press. Kramer, of the United States, CRC “A” 81⁄2—RECREIO matches .each through the six-man entry in the Ameri-| MR ABE GREENE MAKES Charles, who
scaled 180 beat Pancho Segura, of D.C. Luk and P.F. Choy (CRC:
pounds when, he finished with A SUGGESTION Ecuador, by 2-6, 0-0 and 0-3 in best ILF. Gonsalves and Dat. Hagency of
rigues 6-4; beat LC. Vieira and
id rounds of sparring, will re- professional lawn tennis PA. Yvanovich 6-1; beat C.A. Bar-
ming championships at Los Paterson, New Jersey, Aug. 9. main in his camp until it is time States National to travel to New York for the tournament here tonight. Donald retto and B. Gorano G-1. Budge, of
United States, KM. Au and T.AL. Choy beat
Boxing Association on Wednesday in a cere stoner, Abe J. Greene, proposed noon tomorrow.
Commisweigh-in, which takes place at Consalves and Rodrigues 0-1; beat of the Calle bent
Schroeder, of | Vieira and Yvanovich 6-0; drew
mony marking Japan's post-today Sweden, by 0-2 and 8-2.
that the winner
Lesnevich
completed his war return to international Wednesday's Ezzard Charles training with five miles of read Gus Lesnevich bout be matched sports competition.
with Lee Savold of Paterson if work and is expected to weight Headed by Harvard-educated injured Bruce Woodcock is un-Cincinnatti Negro.
a pound or two more than the whose ability is already Frank Matsumoto, of Hiroshima, able to fight.
Lesnevich Strocbach and Ouwehand (LRC) known, arrived on the and
went to his home at Cliffside, Including lost to B. Yiu and C.K. Chan 3-0 troopship Orduna from the swimming sensation. Hironochin is to be held at New York's New York on
Charles-Leevich nghi New Jersey, prior to driving to The
the moming of lost to 2. Poon and K. Lam 3-8 United Kingdom yesterday. Furuhashi, the team will take Yankee Stadium.
the fight for the. weigh-in. off for Los Angeles on Friday Savold is scheduled to meet | While Charles will probably be. morning,
Woodcock In London in Septem-something like a three to one General MacArthur,
who ber headed the American Olympic
oni favourite, a num
#number of o people The bout would be staged its consider that Lesnevich has the team to the Amsterdam Games England or here," Mr Greene greater punching power. This, in 1928, is expected to remind said "I am not Interested in coupled with his vast experience swimmers in the ceremony in who would promote it but in and the fact that he has little his headquarters office to.
that they are of the to lose and can afford to take morrow at noon
heught situation im-
chances, may be too much for going to America as unometal
and thus ending any Charles-Reuter. sports ambassadors, who will be dispute as to the world title
critically into un'ABACH
by the claimant. Americans.
"I propose that the Interna Furuhash! is given a good tional boxing Club and Jack
THE RESULTS
which ended today wore:
for 30.
At Cheltenham: Gloucester- This caused Wallace and starts tomorrow. Lawrence
raised a
shire beat Essex by 253 runs. Mooney to exercise caution, but beat his doubles partner, S. ciation Gloucestershire 340 and 250 for Mooney was templed down the Evans, by 6-4 and 7-8 to quall-players, nine of whom have been 8 decleared; Essex 140 and 198 (Pearce 55 not out, J. Graveney pitch by Harvey, missed and ly
Meads stumped, him-tour for As 11 amateur Lawrence 6 for 45).
At Wellingborough: North- amptonshire drew
with York shire. Northants 334
for none (Brookes 104 not out Okifeld 77 not out); Yorkshire 328 for 8 declared (Hution 200
not out, Coxon 05 not out),
At Portsmouth: Worcester- shire beat Hampshire by seven
57.
was a Cambridge Blue,-Reu-
Wallace was joined by Raboneter. and this pair played out time.
League Tennis
runs to his credit.
The final scoreboard read:
FINAL SCORE NOTTINGHAMSHIKE
let innings 323 for 4 declared.
wickets. Hampshire 305 and' 2nd innings. 179 (Jenkins 7. for 91); Woree-Keeton b Burke
and b Burke aterstitre 280 and 203 for 3 Simpson c (Palmer 67 not out, Ainsworth Poole e Hadlee b Cresswell Hardstoff c Burit b Burke. do not out.)
At Tho Oval: Eurrey Dent Harris not out Middlesex by 212 runs. Surrey Stocks not out
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444 and 207 for 7 declared:
Middlesex 175 and 204.
At Manchester: Lancashire
drew with Derbyshire. Darby-
shire 421 for 7 declared and 182
BASKETBALL
NEW ZEALAND
41
42
07
10
37
23
Stockholm,
Aug. D. Jack
In a doubles match, Kramer and Budge 'beat Segurn
and
9 Dinny Patis (Australia) by 6-0
and 6-2-Reuter.
220
for 4 declared
IRC RINKS
with Barretto and Gesang 6-8.
Consalves and Rodrigues 7-5; beal C.K. Lee and C.S. Wong beat
Vieira and Yvanovich 6-1; boat
Barretto and Gosano 6.2.
Jost
SCAA 9—LRC. O
A. Wet and CM Tahi 1-0;
Baul and Bonnerman lost to Wel and Tsang 3-6: lost to Ylu and Chan The following have been selected 1-0 lost to Poon and Lam. 3-0.
Ramiet and Flurbinit lost to. Wet 1st innings 320 for 4 declared. | to represent the IRC on Saturday:
1st Division KCC at Bookun- and Tang 1-61 lost to Yiu and Chan 2nd innings.
pon.-M.. Razack, J.M.A. Hamjahn, 4-8 Inst to Poon and Lam 1-6. 1. A.R.
A capacity crowd of about Hadlee c Meads b Jepson- 3,000 witnessed the encounter Reid lbw b Jepson between the Seven Tigers Smith b Jepson Basketball team of Kwellin and Wallace not out
SCAA
*A* Last evening, Mooney st. Meads b Hor- which resulted in a draw-cach
Rabone not out
side netting 37 points.
The visitors have won games and drawn one since their arrival
Colony. In this They are scheduled to meet the Combined Hongkong team - to- night at 8.15 at Caroline Hill.
THOG MR.SILT-MY "BACKER, IGNORE RIM. DARLING EVERY ONE BAR ELEG DOES!
vey
Extras
3
Local
the leading
four
is a
can national outdoor swim-
Sport Is Angeles a personal send-off The United Reinforced
A number of boxers,
but little is known about the other fields of sport as the units, like their predeces Mum Men's "A" Divisionsors, contain large drafts of
new troops. HKCC 6-KCC 3
However, it was expressed 1. A. Ayres and M. leonan that all units are keen to get in (RCC) beat E. C. Fincher
as much sport as possible al M. F. Turner-Cooke 7-5; beat L. F Stokes and 8. A. Judah 6-3; beai | though It is realised that the T. E. Baker and A. Fung 6-3. primary object at the moment
Sellors is to weld all ranks beat Fincher and Turner-Cooke 0-3 efficient fighting formation. Jost to Stakes, and Judah 3-5; beat Baker and Fung 0-2.
No, 8 RASC Company will
JB Hawthorn and J.
the Japanese
watched
of
9. Yusuf, K.M. Rum- Jahn, A.K. Mina (skip); M.D. 28- 2. O. Sadick, A.R. Kitchell, U.A SA flumjahn
2nd Divisio
V CCC at Bookun 200,--D.BL.A. Razack, I. All. ARA, Itabunan, MY. Adhi (skip): 9.6. Bux. M.A. Wahab, A.M. Humjahn, 1A.M, Wahab (skip); A.M. Kadir, ER
Marker, S.. Rumfahn, Alt. Razack (ap)appinshaw will be held on for 4 Sunday, August 14, at 3.30, p.. D. Nolan and J. D. Mackle lost to. be turning out four boxing chance for winning the 400, 800 Salomons get into a huddle im-
bombers who wish to participats
teams of all weights who wili ]*nd- 3,800-metre free-style mediately. Associated Press. are requested to be punetust. En- -Reuter. trance fee $1.00 per head:
do battle with all-comers.
events and the Japanese relay Major Mitchell, commanding team is belleved to have an ex- the IASC, who besides being cellent chance at setting a world an Army International Rugger
record in the 000-metro relay player, was Provincial heavy- United Press. weight champion of India for
105
Mister Conquest
MY CARO-
MQ.CONQUEST
DAMONDS
THEATER DIRT
EXTERPROES
Marmion Site
LONDON. PARIS
AMSTERDAM
i.Fincher and Dimer-Cooke 1-8; lost to Stokes and Jur 3-5; beat Baker and Fung 04
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MR SOLOMONS 15
They have two outstanding British Women Doing go through with the Savold
middleweights in Cpl Williams,
Crisis In Italian |Racing Car Industry
Milan, Aug -The Automo- HEARD FROM
bile Club of Milan may refuse.to "Doncaster, England, Auz, D.--organise the European Grand Promoter Jack Solomons visited | Prix, which is due to be held at Bruce Woodcock today and the Monca race track, near hore, conferred for one hour and then next month, it was learned to- said he believed that Woodcock day.
The renion is understood, to WHI
a in the boblerons said, "Bruce will car Industry, and the possibilit Bower, World Championship have a nice rest in bed and that neither
Alfa Romeo nor when he returna ho will any Ferrari cars will competa-in-tho- champion of the Coal Board Paris, Aug 9-Three British when he can fight." and Driver Critchley, who, al-women filled second, third and Woodcock's doctor wald it A definite decision by the though he does not Possess a fourth places after the first half would be two months before Club is expected shortly.—Reu- record will take a great deal of the 70 metre class in the Bruce can box--United Prom ter, of- -beating in the welterweight Women's World's
ex-champlon of. tho Welsh Well In Archers'
Guards and Sgt
ABA champion.
Driver Jones, welterweight
Archery Championship in Paris today.
Bruce
race.
Referees”- Classes
class.
DOCTOR'S OPINION Iwo most outstanding They and B. J. Waterhouse Doncaster, *Aug. boxers in the Royal Tank Rogl (270 points), T. H. Fisher (203 Woodcock's family doctor mid ment are Cpl Jenkins a light-point) and Mr Burr (250) that he did not think the fight The second referees class, of heavyweight and Sgt. Cave, points).
would take place in September, the Ifongkong, Football, Aprecia”, who, with training and more Mrs Burr la the defending "He must be left alone now for tion, will be held at the Asso- experience should make a good champlon. The leader In Mr two or throoɛ weeks and not | elation.rooms: "at" 6. (p.m.; or showing. They hope to have at Ragnhild ·· Windal (Sweden), think about' boxing" he added. Thursday following the meeting least one team of even weights | There are 25 compellors-ÅR Savold and his manager, Elll, of the teams of the Second In the Services tournaments. laociateji Press. »
Daly, were delighted with the Division, an
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