1949-12-19 — Page 6

Week-End League Cricket

THE___HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1949.

RECREIO PROVIDE FOR

CHAMPIONSHIP

BEING

RACE

INTERESTING

BY "RECORDER"

many

The holders of the First Division Cricket League Championship, Club de Recreio, beat the Army at Sookunpoo on Saturday, as had expected they would, to be the first team to take four points off the League leaders.

Recreio's victory put three more teams back into the Championship race. The Royal Air Force, who could have drawn level, just falled to bent the Optimista and lost three valuable points. The position now, after eight matches, is Army, 25 points; RAF, 22; Scorpions, 21 (with one game in hand); and Recreio, 21.

In the only other Senior League match played on Saturday, Craigengower had the better of a drawn match with the KCC, Soft wickets gave prominence to bowlers who have not being doing too well and the afternoon's cricket produced also good performances from batsmen who have not had a very good season so far.

Recreio's victory was con-person, was Recreio's most suc- fributed to handsomely by the cessful bowler with four wickets Gosano brothers, Gerry carry-for 17 runs in nine overs. trig his bat for 50 to record his highest innings of the nepsom, Ho has been consistently in the 20s and 30s so far, but this was his first time over 50 in the cur rent competition.

Dr E. L. Gusano, who has not been quite in his form

of inst

In

reply to Recreio's 135, Army were at one stage 47 for two wickets, but were finally all out for 93.

The opening partnership of Laurie Kilbee and Noel Arthy took a long time over their first wicket stand of 70 rung ngalast

INDIA FACES DEFEAT

IN SECOND

TEST

Bombay, Dec. 18.-Defeat stared Indla in the face at the end of the third day's play in the second unofficial Test at the Brabourne Stadium when they were all out for 289 runs in 370 minutes—159 runs behind the Com. monwealth total of 448.

Vijay Merchant and R. S. Modi began confidently, the former especially treating the crowd of nearly 50,000 to spectacular straight drives and crisp late-cuts off all the bowlers.

But when stopeng for drive | Nontulkor

Fe, however, Merchant Cought a Barth

I beg wan kirgassert

Marchent's

stup upro<>l<<!

to see

Harantitausent

d work, but Livingston, call- the tri in on Petford for tine in minutes before lunch. for his ndroit was rewarded Juve

EASY CATCH of his very first bail, which length, Modi wns of a short stroked half-heartedly to Rive Lambert art squnge leg nu easy ratch.

FOILED

the RAF at Chat Road, but of the Alinen's the inability attack to separate them coal went them the match. Arthy on to make 78 and the Optimists- declared at 130 for five wickets.

Though F.J. Moorhouse play- ed a very pollshed innings for! RAF in hitting up 00, drawing the Airmem of stumps found three runs short of victory with six wickets in hand.

BATTING SIDE

Out to

prove that Craigen- power does not have a strong bating side in the match the Valley.

CANC Dent lex, KCC enough to success al one singe wickets as ve Craigengower were down for 58 runs. Souza.

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Nayudu Fan undefeated and very fast 20

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'backar who tried f farin the bowling to prevent a eul- Tapse WAN tuled

when the felders clopoil In on him for the od ball of the day, which he drove into the hands of Free

to the Australian run out Rangachari while the latter was

starting for a quick single.

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SPORTING. SAM

THEY KEEP ON HOPING

The

By Reg. Wootton

London Express Barrios

Government May Get Around To Paying For British Teams' Travel

BY

VERNON MORGAN

London, Dec. 18.-The final net profits of the 1948 Olympics held in London will be approximately £15,000. This is after deductingall charges and all taxes.. What is to be done with the money? Lord Burghley, the former Olympic hurdier and Chairman of the Olympic Organising Committee, told me that the British Olympic Association will use the money to equip and send a first class team to the 1952 Olympic Games at Helsinki.

proposed by

It looks, therefore, though it be banked until that time nr-, sporting associations, as was at is not definitely decided, as if rives and that there will be no one time

the individual Olympic officials. the whole sum of money will distribution to

JOHN MACADAM'S COLUMN

NAT

KNOWS ALL

um. Ingt, Rumjaha and Hon Chay were in the pavilion.

In A. 35 Then ca

Ismail Divech for a very and M. J

that pastoking partner fly fut on 41 runs. Ismall scored 54, largely on stugles, his first combust Differ 60 boundar

The wicket With manate Diveria Rone after contributing 20.

R Trance held on for

Chaoza nogtower -133 for seven wickets.

It was with interest amounting almost to awe, there Wore it not for an epidemie of fore, that we encountered one. Harry Homer, in the days dropped entry

entres.

before the war and discovered that he had slithered down an Alp and hobnailed it half across Austria to see Eng- because there were five land play in Vienna-largely Arsenal players in the England side.

That enthusiasm has prevail- fordshire, who operated in the first quarter of the eighteenth ed to this day, and Honer must

Soccer globe. | rentury, but never with

quite the same colloquial, resinous authority.

THE ANSWERS

KCC would gualtes probably Kiven Crauengower their first victory

to this

Frimes Zim

mern, top scorer with 44, was dropped off his seemad hall.

WHAT THEN?

1950 What happens for the

Melbourne Olympic Games In when the 1048 pronts will have been exhausted and for Lho other Olympiads thereafter?

Lord Burghley did not know. but he seemed to be very hope- ful that by that time the Go- vernment would be helping sport

with

Anancial grants for sending teams overscus

Mrs Dupont Heads Tennis Rankings

Now York, Dec. 18-Mrs Margaret Osborne' Du- Pont heads the women's rankings for 1949 announced by the United States Lawn Tennis Association. Mrs Du- Pont' won the National Championships at Forest Hills in September.

Miss Louise Brough, the Wimbledon Champion, was ranked second and Miss Doris Hart was placed third.

.

Other women players were Francisco Begura and Frank ranked after these In the Parker. following order:

Mrs Patricia Canning Todd. Mrs Helen Pertz, Miss Shirley Fry, Miss Gertrude Moran, Mrs Beverly Beckett, Miss Dorothy Head and Miss Barbara Scho- feld

Was

The Association, did not rank Kramer, Gonzales and Parker because it did not have suficient data on them. Segura ranked No. B-Reuter

ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

London, Dec. 18,-Six leading

Mrs Magda Rurne, formerly of Rumanla and now of Los British lawn tennis players left Angeles, was tentatively ranked London Airport today for Cal- No, 11 pending final determina-cutta to play in the International tion of her residence sintus Championships of Asia and also

three Indian tournaments.

Reuter.

BEST PROFESSIONAL

New

The players are Geoff Paish, Gerald Oakley, Mrs Betty Hi- Miss

York, Dec. 18.--The United States Professional Lawn ton, Miss Jean Quertier,

ranked Kay Tuckey and Miss Gom Hothing. They were

accom-

Tennis Association has Bobby Riggs as its No 1 player for 1949. Riggs won the pro-panied by Mr J. Chinna Monol. fessional title in 1940, 1947 and Reuter,

HELD UP this year. He has since censed

to become న London, Dec. 18-C. Spychala, playing tennis

of Poland, and Vladimir Vernik, promoter of professional tours.

Riggs is at present touring the of Czechoslovakia, who were to

Jack United States

accompanied Kramer, Richard Gonzales,

with

Gussy's Next

bave

the British Jawn tennis team to India today from London Airport, could not To because they had not been granted visas to travel.

They hope to overcome fuss- port diMcultes in time to leave by air for Calcutta on Wednes

"Gorgeous Gussy" Moran, a young woman who doesn't shunday--Renter publicity, is thinking ahead. It her lawn was her lace-plun

Me

WOMEN'S CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

tennis--that caught attention at Wimbledon last June, What will the girl wear next?

She

from has written

Moscow, Dec. 18.-Women America to Teddy Tiniing, who champion chess players from 12 Red the much-pubilised rations will file into the designed He felt that the Government, garment of 1949, asking him: Army's Central Building here

"What already taking an interest in

about next year?

tomorrow for the opening of sport to the extent of providing | Do you think you'll ever sur- the women's World Chess evaches, pass the ince? Let's dig deepl" Chumpionships, due to last mix

The all-out enthusiast for any sport has long been an

for Athletic object of our special scrutiny, cursed for blessed?) as money

almost i would increase their interest and detached curiosity about we are with a great

everything but professional politicians and no pointed help in a big way.

Should they fail to do so, he | did not know where the money excitability about any one thing.

It had been was coming from. extremely difficult to raise the £20,000 to send not a very large to New Zealand for the British Empire Games through privato subscription.

Cratpengawer discovered that though they hove same more passable bowlers, their elding rank No. is not polished enough to help, trotter. them get the wickets.

CENTURY

team

A much larger sum would to

like required If anything wholly representative team was to be sent to Melbourne.

THE GOSPEL

launched

Buits.

monthis until June 10.

The

the Meanwhile

Wimbledon garments will be taken by their

contestants will each owner to delight Australia, In play one game with every other America the fasition trendrontender, the opening game

by Miss Moran's

being played on Tuesday, "panties" has spread to swim The Soviet Union will be represented by the Soviet

Olga Champion.

Rubtsova GIRLS THEY LOVE Tlaling, who made an outfit (1949). Elizaveta Dykova (1947 for Suzanne Lenglen back in and 1948) and Valentina Belo- 1937 and has made many for vn (1045) and the veteran mas- others since, assures me that ter, Liudmila Rudenko.

A Vera Chudova, the Moscow British public love "the Neshing magnetle personality: Champlon, has been named as both Lenglen and Alvarez had referee.--Reuter,

here than greater following Lord Burghley, who is m

Anywhere else, and Gussy hit Another was the late-lament

greal bellever the good that "Wimbledon just when appeal et Hugh McAlevey, of Belfast,

From his lifelong researches, sports does in this world,

and attraction were at their who, right up to his death, pop-

the gospel at

lowest ebb among the women ped up at the ringside at every Nat has pieced together all the busy preaching

auch history of the world

no dinner night after night. onwards available big fight in

players." Mendoza, Gentlemnun Jackson, The fact that he is as nimble Hm Doubtless he is right. from the days of Abe Atell,

But probably the greatest of Jem Mace, and, of course, when with his tongue as he used to be But for myself-one masculine

to the Dempsey with his feet over the hurdles unit of the British

public with the lot of them is Nat Fielscher, he gels down

Molayan him a much sought "love" a tennis player, without New period and after, he is right on makes 103 the

itte moon-faced

participation. competitions after dinner speaker and gives worrying much about his organised by the Grand Nu- It's all here. Bee morn his own pitch. Yorker, who has

Heavyweight Championship, him plenty of opportunity 10her) flashing magnetic per- more about Nights and knows

by Na Fleischer, prove that he is one of Britain's sonality. the game than any man alive 1710-1949,

Putanm, Iss.

greatest sporting ambassadors.— today.

fleuter. -(London Express Service)

This was the first time of the tour when the Commonwealth's fasty bowler claimed most of Die wickets in an innings. the: Hazare and Phodkar adated 31

mantle generally falling on the tune for the fourth Wicket in spinners, especially Tribe

There was another century, in 69 munties, fut Lauert, Caling

Although im did not get u season that has already seen the new ball to 101, brat and

single wicket today, Tribe ap-four. in the friendly andoff hi bowled fuzare.

dangerous this weekend. ported Vig most the bowler delivery claimed

period

next

usually consistent wor hikari, leg-before

" he pet and

more rugs for the 4th

Lambert obaled

before the now

20

matches

131 1.T. Heah knucked up With the wicket likely University against the Royal

en the fourth | Army Pay Corps. He was no b to help bowlers. add

in pull ask antes reaching it and hit 14 icitet to force a draw. Heuler.

the

before third snecessive wicketą z

Freer, taking over the lot of

abstaining wickets, then

bock Mankad before ten.

Any

1

After the interval he bowled

Record Attempt Unsuccessful

Sydney, Dec. 18-Ming End Nina (32), of Sydney. today fated in atteinpt to break

the world's speedbont 91.cuble inch class record of 84.2 nules per hour set up by Jack Cooper. of California, in 1941

Miss Nunu's boat was travel- ling at 38 miles an have in a choppy sea when it leaped from

water and

the

boundaries.

Taxation Is Killing Village Cricket

SAYS D. R. JARDINE

The first time we saw Fleis- cher was in the Farr-Louls fight period, when we called on him at his New York office.

A BUSY MAN

It took a little time to get

him, what aromd to

with wrangling with callers, bellow. down a telephone, taking orders for more and more of his "Ring" magazines, and fighting off the deluge of books, maga- varie-

нія

Purchase tax is driving cricket off the village greens,zines, manuscripts, and suggests former England captain D. R. Jardine, in a gated printed matter that con- stantly threatened to spill over chapter to The Sports Book, edited by James Rivers and sweep the lot of us into the (Macdonald and Co., 9s. 6d.).

Costs, he says, are tonding to become prohibitive

for many clubs and villages.

"It is not a question of State; the propelletal which, to ninay at rast, is Three weeks probably neither practiesbie nor blade folded up. ng Miss Num broke the Aus-desirable," he continues,

"The question rather is one tralian record with a speed of of active State discouragement G1 miles per hour.

by means of the purchase tax." that she She said tonight

Jardine pleads for the re- would make another attempt on

moval of purchase tax on the the world record in two months' time.-Reuler.

GOLF'S LEADING MONEY WINNER

13.--Sam

garnes.

"Such games,“

says Jardine,

street below.

Nat Fleischer has lived, eaten. and slept boxing since he was u kid of 12

His output on the of 12. subject

is reckoned tu total Cricket would stand a tretter

Ills 36,000,000 words tu dale. chance of holding is populari-

is the ty, he suggests, if a change were international magazine andle in favour of the bowler, recognised bible of the game,

Jorline's proposal 15 "an niteration in the size of the publication nearly 50 books on ball to something halfway be-boxing and wrestling.

tween the full-size ball present in ust, and the anait bull com-

schools."

and he has added to its regular

As a little sideline to his A ú main

rests, which are writ- talking and refereeing implements of all guidour Team | monly used fn preparatory ing,

collecting nghts, he dabbles in

gane such believe 1 wouldd turn the relies of the "make their fale contribution many bowlers inte artisie, who things as Bob Fitzsimmons silic used for they to the country's exchequer, are Brows HELP

than hat and the gong more

the Sullivan-Corbett fight in 1892 and bigger and ever-bet- ter cameras for taking bigger and better flight pictures.

apart from keeping people tirulges." he adtis. every time the secretary posta

a letter, or a shirt or pair of

flannels are bought.

"We want a nation of playera

nation rather than

of wat-

New York, Dec. Snead, the Unlied States Ryder Cup player, and former Brush

today chers. Open Champion, named as the year's top money "To make the game as cheap

He was also awarded winner. the Vardon Trophy for his as possible goed some way average of under 70 strokes for realising that ideal

"School, village and club 73 10-tiple rounds during the cricket form the backbone of all

year,

40

10

the

-(London Express-Service]

SOCCER PLAYER

DESERTS TITO

CRETE TO LOUIS

It, from this, you get the idea that Nat Fleischer is by way of

Florence, Dec. 18.-Drago being a bit of an authority un Derzig, reserve soccer player of his subject, you are right and the Yugoslav national team, re- you will probably agree with us fused to return home and pp- that his book is the last word piled for International Refugee on the subject of the

heavy- cricket and, of course, Snen l'a

Organisation (IRO) assistance, weight. winnings were Countries know it."

It was reported today.

He has it all, from as early assessed at $31,603 (about

Derzig declared he wanted to as 1500 B. C. Excavations in the £11,280). He won six major

SMALLER BALL

emigrate to America and has island of Creto have revealed Tournaments and finished second or third in seven others. D

Lack of petrol and the high appiled for temporary asylum that even earlier natives had Runner-up in the prize list cost of alternative amusement in Italy pending his acceptance fought with their fists, cham- was Cary Middlecol, the United

plon by champion down to Joe are among the reasons for the by IRO.

IRO sources were not imme- | Louls.___ States Open Champion, with present prosperity wave in first $24,004

Plenty has been written about £8,780)-class county cricket, says Jardiolely ovulable for comment- (about

Associated Press.

the days of James Figg, of Ox-¦

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