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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1949.

INQUEST ON THE TESTS

Walter Hadlee-Among The Greatest Captains

In Cricket's

History

By PETER DITTON

That

a

The fourth and final Test match of the present series between As I forecast before the series England and New Zealand has finished. began, neither side has been able to register a solitary victory. reflects great credit on the New Zealanders. But as far as England is concerned it is merely another smudge on an already dirty postwar copy-book. How did the home country, which has probably got cricket-playing community equal to the total population of New Zea- land, fail to win even one match? Now is the time to hold the inquest. First and foremost the blame must be laid at the feet of the English batsmen. Test matches can be finished in three days but not without a much helter display of initiative than that which we saw. Even in the final Test when England passed the Tourists' total on the second day, and Len Hutton scored his double century, the later batsmen falled to press home their advantage against a (ired attack.

It is

Even the grent Yorkshireman himself is not immune from criticism. true that his second hundred appeared on the board in 80 minutes but don't forget that it required 200 minutes before he reached his first century and that he was 45 minutes in the nervous nineties at a time when England needed runs quickly.

Even "Cavalier" Compton Rabone and Burit.

containing

was not his usual majestle self as it did, not one real match- in this Test serien and was winner. Yot so skilfully did he often forced on the defensive by place his field and so magni- steady, but never briant Acently did he inspire his men attack. The only exception to in the field, that England's best

like

were

the gonern criticism, apart | batsmen were subdued.

batemen from the later

who Evans and Bulley

to have a go," always ready

Simpson the was leg amateur. In the two matches in which he played he was always looking for, and getting, quick runs. He

NOT IN THREE DAYS!

Test When stories Notis

this of series come to be written in the pages of cricket history. Hadice will probably go on record

Kreatest was the un- one of the doubted And of the series and must be borne in mind as future England captain.

qs

captains

ever; a tribute which is heartily endorsed by Arthur Maliey, the famous Australian spin bowler, and his men had one fixed in- when tention in their minds they sailed from their native

The fallure of England's early batsmen apart, the second real- Ty big reason the home entantry did not succeed in winning was shore. the brilliant leadership of the touring captain, Walte Halle, He arrived in this country 10 play a series of four three-day Tests Deainst the might of En- limited land. He knew the

capabilities of his four-man at- fack comprising Cave, Cowie

SWIMMING

Mamie Leung

They were not going to

Waller Hadlee

Sets Record be beaten by England in the

In the

ST. LEGER

DOUBLE?

Martin Donnelly drives Trevor Bailey for four at Manchester.

FOREST HILLS TOURNEY

Gonzales Beats Parker To Enter Final

Forest Hills, N.Y., Sept. 4-The defending champion, Dick Gonzales, today scored a comeback 3-6, 9-7, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Frankie l'arker and the slender Miss Doris Hart knocked off the Wimbledon queen, Miss Louise Brough, 7-5, 6-1, today to reach the finals of the American National Amateur tennis championship.

Miss Hart had little difficulty in scoring her upset over the top-seeded Miss Brough.

The Women's Doubles crown! was won by Mrs B. Musluoglu and Miss Mualla Gorodetzky of Turkey, who beat Mrz Peggy Dawson Scott and Misy Joan Cury of Great Britain 8-1, 6-3,

But for a while it appeared that Gonzales, one of America's Davis Cup stars, might tumble before the experience of the veteran Parker. Parker had changed his old baseline tactics by charging the net to win the first set from Fancho and grab n 4-1 lend in the second.

Then Gonzales rallied and} London, Sept. 4.- Mr

started to fre big service William Woodward, Chair which kept Parker from the net man of the New York Joc as ho straightened out his game key Club, may walk away and surged to victory. from the St. Leger, Bri- Parker, National Champion in

1042 and

and 1047, broke through tain's oldest classic horse-1044 and 1945 and runner-up in-Associated Press.

Gonzales delivery the first two times his Los Angeles neigh- our served, by lobbing. Pancho back while he went to the net behind his own delivery to roll

race. next Saturday with more money than any other owner has ever collected for two races in this country,

Black Tarquin won the St.up a 3-0 lead. Leger last year, dropping into Gonzales managed to handle Ar Woodward's pocket the re- the lobs in the fourth game tu card purse of

£15.288. His break back but Parker used the American-bred Lane Eagle is the same tactles to break his service to 2 favourite to win the race in the seventh and ninth games this year.

for 6-3.

If, as expected. Lone Eagle romps home Arst, Mr Woodward Jean colleet another £14,900-

giving him a total jack-put of more than £30,000 for the two rares.

1 may or may not have any significance.

but the St Leger was first run in 1776-the year of the American Declntation of Independence.-Reuter.

Khan's

In view

Scottish League Cup Standings

Division "A" SECTION A

Rangers Celtic

Farker ran up a 4-1 lead in the second set by smashing Gonzales' service. Bu! then Pancho started to get the feel Aberdeen of them ani with a big service, | S1 Mirren which produced! 11 ares in that set, battled back to a 9-7 win,

PWD

11 3 2

SECTION B

Hibernian Third Lanark

After that it was a romp with Porker steadily losing his touch Falkirk

committing even

errors.

Miss In contrast, triumph was an inspired Unlied Press.

0 2

во

Queen o' South. Go 2 more

SECTION C Partick Thistle Hart's Motherwe!! one.-Clyde

Dundee

Doris Hart Boats Louise Brough

New York, Doris Hart,

0 1 3 2 1 #1

SECTION D

East Fife Hearts: Sirling Albion s Raith Rovers

27

GJ3 20

2 0 4 13 01011

Division "B" SECTION A

1 12

Berg

HINDOSTAN IS OUT space of three days. They sue- A new Chinese Nationalceed in their aim and without

London, Sept. 4.-The Aga St Leger candidate, record for the Women's 100-doubt, in the future they must

be nilotted four day matches. Hindostan, developed a sore metre free-style was estab-

Yet, slow-scoring though the foot during a trallag run to lished yesterday when the English batsmen were, and brilday and will not now run in the second day of the heats for lantly as Iudlee led his

men, big race. equally

Hills, Forest of the mishap, to the Open Chinese Swimming there was a third and which

important consideration

4. Miss en Hindostan, Johnny Longden, Sept. Championships, under the

farcicul stalemate. the American champion jackey, third ranked American player.i fed sponsorship of the Hong-That was the weak bowling dis- will not now ride for the A today provided a major upset Forfar Athletic. 43 3 0 2 3 Chinese kong

Amateur play put

by the home Khan in the race. up

the He was to in

United States Lawn Stenhousemuir Albion Rovers by de- have

Hamilton Acad. 0 0 Aga Khan's Tennis Championships Swimming Association, was players. Trevor Bailey did his

SECTION B held at the Chung Shingest, but his best was not out second string, Dust Devil, while feating the Wimbledon Cham- enough. Alee Bedser was not a Hindostan was to have been pion, Miss Louise Brough 7-5.

Airdrienontons 4 1 1 Benevolent Society Swim tan and Leslie Jackson of

Dunder United, 04 O 0-1 to reach the final of the ridden by W. Jolinstone..

Dumbarton-0---1--3-32·14- ming Pavilion at Kennedy Derbyshire showed that he will

Under the circumstance, the Women's

Singles.

0 7 0 8 not fill the gap which has exist

in are

the Arbroath Both Town.

St Aga Khan feels that he must let

playera Forusa

SECTION C ed ever since Kenneth

ride Dust Devil United States Wightman Cup was unfortunately killed in the lone

Reuter,

team te meet Britain on Sep- Cowdenbeath ... 04

041119 0 war. Doug Wright in his ono

1ember 9 and 10. Test showed just how erratle he can be, and Eric Hollies, while

The record-breaker was Miss Leung Ol-mui, of Chung Shing, who covered the distance in min. 19.8 secs.

ridden the

The previous record, created commanding the greatest Rumanians Lead

by Mian Wong Yuen-ching dur-respect, never seemed the com-

ing the Ching National Athletic pleie

meeting

1 min. 20.4 seconds.

Following were, the resulta

various beats:

answer

to

14

England's Tour Of Poland

the

of dismay of what havor the West de Poland cycle road race team Indians next summer, and the prize when they began the anal tead of more lap today with than 40 minutes over their nearest rivals, Italy.

Men's 50-metre Free-style.-1leat 1; | Austrailans, in the 1. Chan Chiu-cheung (Ching Wing)

following

blood

2, Chol Kwok-kwong (Ching Wing reason, will wreck. New

(Lal Truit); 3, Miss Chon

23.8 secs.

Timo. Iniu.

Men's 400-metre Free-style.-Itunt

1: 1. Wong Kwai-chi (Ching Wingi;

Leung Hin-yon

Lam Kwan-nga

(Ching

Wing).

Tine. 8 min. 54,4 seen, Heat 2; 1

open

left arm spin bowler

Livingston For

Northants?

Nicolescu

Wong Kam-wahi (Ching Wing): 2, London, Sept. 3.- Living- Lau Kam-bor (Ching Wing); 3. Lo

Crans-sur- Sierre, Yu-chong (Chung Shing), Time.ston, the New South Wales!

cricketer, who will captain land, Sept, 4-Marcel

Empire British

of France, team magne,

min. 38.2 seca.

Women's 300-metre Breast-stroke | the

d'Alle-

the local

Miss Hart's brilliant delivery

gave her a distinct advantage

Not once during the match

Morton

Ayr United Alton Athletic

SECTION D

could Miss Brough break ser-nunterm)ine

vice.

Queen's Park St Johnstone Kilmarnock

****

19

6 3 0 3 9 11 0 2 9 4 10 10

-Neuter.

aron

**

LAWN BOWLS McKelvie & Omar In Final Of Open Triples

BEN HOGAN'S "POWER GOLF"

12.-Wood Shots For Distance

Golf, to my way of thinking, is broken down into three departments, woods, Irons and putts. And euch department Is equally as important. If there is department that is more important than the others, how- ever, it would probably be the wood shots.

one

Supppose I tell a little story here to prove my point, comparing golf to the game of billiards. In billiards the player must control his cue ball at all times to set up his next shot. It's. the same in golf, the player must control his tee shots in order to set up his next shot.

astray use for wood shots and It the wood shots go

the you could be the best

iron swing you use for Iron shots?" player in the world, but you is a question quite frequenily would have no real chance to asked of golf instructors. The prove it because you would be answer, as far as I playing from out of the rough cerned, is that there should bo and bunkers or from behlid no great conscious difference in trees all of the time. Whereas, the swings used. Once you've if your tee shots are controlled rooved your swing you your Iron play problems will shouldn't be conscious of mak- De much simpler:

Which ing any fundamental changes, means, In turn, that your short no matter what club you are gome nnd putting problems are using. also simplified because you can always be on the offence in- stead of the defence..

SETS UP THE SECOND When controlled, a tee shot sets up the second shot and Since the second simplifies it. shot is simplied, it stands to reason that the third shot, which normally is the putt, will be relatively ensy.

dif-

"What are the chlof ferences between the swing you

Two Starters Of Nine Beat Channel This

Out

The Year

am con-

50

Strictly speaking, of course, there are differences in the swings, but they should be slight as to be relatively unim- portant to the over-all idea of the swing. Very few golfers, ac- tually swing exactly alike, but there are any number who fol- low the same fundamentals. in pinying the game.

club

is

ACTION IS SLOWER Naturally with a wood the action of the swing slower because the swing longer. With an fron the action of the swing is speeded up, but fundamentally it is the sanid swing. When you use your wood clubs you are trying to hit the ball as far as you can, whereas when you use an Iron you are trying to combine dis- tanco and accuracy so efficient- ly that the ball will drop into the cup.

you

When you are shooting at green with a wood club must remember that you have a much smaller target because it is very difficult to hit the green with a wood club and hold the ball on it. That's because the ball cores onto the green off the wood club very fast and with very little bite, or back- spin, on it.

At the same time, however, don't underestimate the value of learning how to control your wood shots. The errors you make on the tee probably won't impress you as to Just how much they have

in cost you strokes as much as errors

you have committed much closer to the green. But break down your scores and you will find your tee shot errors pro costly enough.

A DRIVER THAT FITS

value

For instance, I covered my own experiences while reeking a new driver to fit my game in the chapter. Clubs....Selection. and Uce. However, the of having a driver which is your game and thus enables you to control your tee shots moro

powerfully illustrated then in the playoff Calais, Sept. 4.-For the first time in 74 years of between Lew Worsham and Sam

Snead Channel history a pair of swimmers were tonight attempt States Open Colt Championship ing the crossing to Dover. They were two Egyptians, ht, St Louis, won by Worsham, Abd El Moneim Abdou and Fahnu Attallab, who waded so let's discuss that match.

Snead, like yours truly, elect- into the water at Cap Gris Nez, near here, this morning, ed to use a brassie off the tee

was never

for the 1947 United

that

Channel swimming, once the prorogative of eccentric in the Open because he had Englishmen. has become a fashionable International been having trouble with his pastime. There have been nine attempts already this drives in the tournaments prior to that vent Sam drove with year, and others are still in the queue.

beautifully

club The most sensational crossing of the year has been during the course of the regular matches, but the gamble he one of the only two succeses-that of the 18-year old

made when he drove with Yorkshire schoolboy, Philip Mickman, who made the brassie in lleu of a .driver youngest-ever crossing last month from Cape Gris-Nez caught up with him in the play- to Dover, 12 minutes short of 24 hours in the water on,

The brassie has more loft his second attempt.

than a driver. It gives you The above picture (an AP Wirephoto) shows Philip more height, which means that

if the wind happens to William H. Mickman. at Kingsdown, England on August its mercy than you would be 24 after swimming the Channel.

sticking out his tongue as he poses with his father, blowing at all you are more be

the swim he

afier

up his after

with a driver.

had

at

shot

in China, in 1940, was prayer for a leg-spinner.

If this is the best attacking

Warsaw, Sept. 4.Rumania Going up to the net at every The finals will be held this side England can put into évening and to-morrow, feld, one can only think with seemed certain to win the Tour opportunity, Miss Hare planed her opponent to the backcourt. As the game progressed, Miss Brough became nervous and her play particularly over-head suffered.-Reuter 3. Tam for (Chung Sling), Time.is needed, and quickly. A 220.6 sece. Heal 2: 1, Choi Lee-hang | spearhead must be found to The position in the individual

MRS DUPONT WINS (Ching Winzl; 2. Lau Ping (Chi Wing): 3, Lo Wan (Chung Shing). oper the attack, and a first rate classification was wide open os

is another only nine seconds separated Mrs Margaret Osborne Du- TIME. 70 BECK.

Women's 100peire Free-style-essential requirement. England the leader. Locatelli, of Italy, Pont, defending champion, en- feat 1: 1. Misa Leung Ol-mul (Chun Shing); 2 has twelve months in which to from the Rumanian, Nicolescu tered the Women's Snals against The winner of the sevenih Miss Doris Hart by defeating

When the youth came ashore į August 22.-the Dutchman,

TEE SHOT BETRAYAL Ngan-hung (Lal Tun): 3. Mim find them. It she is successful

A. L. G. Eastman, W. C. after

coughed Dik Scherner, gave Wong

she stands a chance but lap on Saturday was the Dono, Britain's Mrs Betty Hilton, 6-2, Yucu-sang (Ching. Wing).then

his father mins. 58-2 Tane. 1 min. 19.5 secs. (record). ||f

During the Snead-Worsham ECCB.0-3. unsuccessful-the Olsch, in 3

his France-England attempt she Heat 41. Miss Wong Yuk-thought is too horrible.-Lon Locatell third. Olsen is now

Simpson & J. McKelvie will alightly, told

playoff it seemed that second Bod was

every Mrs DuPont and Mrs Hilton oppose K. M., A. M. & U. M. to was dry and exhibited it nearly five hours in the water.

for the elder Mickman to sec. August 24-Mickman success-

time Snead Assumed A com- mi (Chung Shing: 3 Ms So Odon Express Service.

The youth, whose third in the total aggregate, bad a slugging battle through Omar in the final of the 1in (Ching Wing).

manding morgin his tee shots two pre-ful. wind which bothered

him. For instance, just over a minule behind the strong

August 27-Mrs Van Rijsel betrayed DuPont Colony Open Triples Cham-vious attempts were unsuccessful leader. Heuter.

both players. Mrs

Awam the grueling distance from failed again

nearly 17 stopping onto the sixth tee he charged the net to breakt Mrs plonship.

Cap Griz Nez. France. In 23 hours' swimming,

n two stroke lead on Wor- Hilton's service twice in the

hours and 40 minutes.

but drove Into the sham, August 26.Mahri Hassan rough: By the time he got the Swiss Golf Tourney first and in the

undi seventh

Both McKelvle and Omar had

YOUNGER YET

Hamad, a 30-year-old Egypilan inth games of the second set. cluse victories yesterday, the

ball into the cup at that hoie he Switzer-United Press.

former beating A. A. Razack, J. The youngest

an, Army Warrant Officer, gave up of them

was over par for it and had lost Bradley and J, S. Landolt 17-10 America's 17-year-old Somerless than five hours from Dover

his margin of lead. Again af set Ankara Tourney

school after 14 hours in the water. at Club de Recreio.

(Massachusetts)

September 3-Moulin success-

the tenth, eleventh, thirteenth. (Analists)ties Cheng Set-ying in India, Pakistan and professional, today won the

McKelvic led 17-6 at the end girl, Shirley May France, arrived

fifteenth and seventeenth, (Chloe Wing). Cheng Yin-ying. (Ching WLORY Wang Yuk-bing Ceylon during the winter, may Swiss Open Golf Championship,

Ankara, Sept. 4-The Ger- of the 14th head, to hive Landoit here this afternoon with her ful. Lai sun), Kivok Camengor (La play

September 4-Frederick Perez, Snead's tee shots strayed off for Northamptonshire

aggregate of man ace, Baron. Gottfried von with 72-bolcs

catch up to 13-17 on the 16th trainer and planned to enter the *Twon). Chan Ching-mul (Chunk

Northampton-270. Club.

water at 5.00 3.1. to-30, first Frenchman to try since line. That's a lot of tee Cramm, Shing), and Wong Xilk-ching a County

and Jack Harper of and score a three on the Anal morrow from Tordinghem, thros | 1928, gave up his France-Eng- errors to make, in a match for tho Ho beat Aldo Casero,

the shire are to Trun).

to apply to the Mary-

Australia today won the Men's head.

U.S.. Open Championship. land'

attempt after four hours. 100 metres Men's

Backstroke lebone Cricket Club for the Italian professional,

Doubles title of the "Interna one

think that (Finnlints)-Chow Liten

a French The only men to swim both and I have to The spurt that almost caught Ching special registration of Livings- stroke. A Frechman, Ado, was tional Tennis Championships of

(Eng- cast Sam the title, “ Shing), Wong watch! Wing, Pau Koon-kul (Ching Wing) ton, who has been playing for third with 277 and Flory Van Turkey by defeating the Aus- up was due to fine bowling by swimmer, abandoned his attempt nys are E. H. Temmo

Sam's miscue at the fifteenth Innd) and Tom Blower, of Not- Cheung Ming-hong (Chung Kin. Royton in the Lancashire Donck, of Belgium, was fourth trian pair, Fritz

swim the Channel at 0.15 a.m. Weiss and Razack and Bradley,

tingham (England), who plans tee was particularly disastrous. Chan Cheuk-wah (Chung Shine)

with 282-Rueter.

Hand Riedl 0-1, 0-2, 0-0.. On the last head Simpson today after suffering from Gevere and Cheung Shu-yan (Lal Tsun), League-Router.

drew the shot, but Landolt attacks of cramp. He had been to try non-stop there and back! Going to that hole Sam had, a one stroke, lead, but after ho took the jack back to count in the water for four hours and one day.

The first man to do the swim drove into the rough hu bogey. lour. McKelvle, with his last. 21 minuto.

shot for

The other swimmer with the was Captain Webb, from Eng-ed the hole and lost his advay- wood, took out

Snead and Worsham Channel behind Is Fernand land to France, in 21 hours and taga victory.

45 minutes, in 1075.-Reuter. were all even at the eighteenth du Moulin, a 34-year-old Belgian,

and Low, won the title, by one. Abdou GIVES UP who did it yesterday, on cham

shot, when he went into the lead The Omars beat A.EP. Guest. | pagne and sausages." -

Dover, England. Sept., 1.-The for the first time during the W. Butterworth Dod-F. E. The oldest napirant this year Egyptian swimmer, Abdol match, Ageng Skinner 10-17 at the Hongkong|was Dr George Brewster, nged Monnin Abdou, gave up his at-

Wille Football Club.

Worsham Is a long- Skinner and 68, who gave up his 18th attempt tempt to cross the English hitter off the tee, getting plenty L Omur were at their best when faced with a choppy sca. Channel tonight a few minutes of roll on his ball after it lands and gava a fine exhibition of

CHANNEL DIARY

after 8 p.m. after renching on the fairways, I am not sure bowling.

won the sixth head gave This year's Channel swiming point four. mites off Folkestone that he would be able to con-

diary reads:

10 miles west of here.-United sistently outdrive Snead the Skinner an 11-4. lead. On the

July 24-Phlip Mickman Press. 13th head he was leading 15-9 failed in attempt from France to und, after some brilliant play, England after 12 hours, be way 17-12 ahead with two July 27-Mrs Willy Groes heads to go.

Van Rijeci, of Amsterdam, Czechs Win Hockey moral of this, of course, is to be However, a five and a two falled France to England; after

sure you pick hy driver to t from the Omare won the day. 1414 hours

Prazuo, - - Supt. - - ś-Czecho- you when selecting your clubs The laat head was an exciting August 18-Antonia Cortings, slovakia beat Poland by LX and to keep working to retain affair, the Omars Jying four and 82-year-old Cuban swam goals to three in an International your sharpness with this club. Skinner taking out two to go half way to Dover in six hours Leld hockey match here today doet zelo ket ADS BUSHION

Reuter.

(To Be Continued --Tomorrow) down fighting.

on and egg and brandy.

YOU MEAN- CONQUEST IS NOT COMING

BACK?

Mister Conquest

NOT IF THINGS GO

CLAN BUT WE MUST PREFART

FOR ACCIDENT

CHGER UP NICOLA!

THAT'S WHERE I COME IN.

"WILL YOU WANT

AND WATCH?

I'D HATE TO

MIGS IT-BUT

I'VE GOT A DATE,

by

THAT'S THE SHIP, AMICO- SHE SALŠ

AT HIGH TIOG

· London Express Barvice

Оле

OMAR.v.. SKINNER

miles from Cap Gris Nez.

Francola Perez.

to

way, he did during that playof If Sam had been able to find a driver to 01 his game bus time for that event. The golfing