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Week-end League Cricket

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1950.

STILL WAITING

THE COMMANDOS ALONE STAND IN THE SCORPIONS' WAY

BY "RECORDER"

The Championship of the Senior Division of the Cricket League will be decided on Sunday if the Scorpions don't permit the Com- mandos to beat them at Chater Road. It may be decided on Saturday if the Army do not beat the RAF at Saokunpoo.

the The best will have to be seen from Dakley & Co., recent conquerors of RAF, if they are to heat the Scorpions. Such, however, is the uncertainty of cricket that it is not impossible. Should the Commundes win it will be a wonderful ending to a season that saw them lose their first match to the Royal Navy at King's Park by seven wickets after being all out for 36.

term full of batsmen who take turns in coming off with The RAF, n respectable scores and howlers who also take turns at taking the wickets, are more Army than Are Commandos of capable of beating, let alone drawing, with the beating the Scorpions.

Hongkong's Schoolboy Interport football team is still waiting for the neces

and the sary visas for entry to Manila. It is hoped that these will arrive soon first Interport match between schoolboys in this part of the world take place,- Photo by Mee Cheong

The other, matches should see POLKA DOT PANTIES THIS TIME? The Chater Road match on Army's hope is their new de-1 Sunday is likely to be over by mag spin bowler, J. Cullen, who batting averages go up. George four o'clock if the Commandos has taken 25 wickets in four Souza, K. M. Rumjahn and Raj He may dislodge the will have hel crack at the bat rat and everything goes matche

wrong. Frank Howarth should RAF balting,

Corfield's bowling TUN 4 bowlers

be in action on the way to tak-is of a type familiar to the Air-

ut Happy Charles Huang and will have a chance of Cullen, who looks more like areeping back into the averages champion Jockey than a demon edust Billimoria (bewling bet

Crabtree and the bowler, now has the remarkable ter Intely).

ing his 09th and 100th League men wickets of the season and some mare after that.

The only posibiliby I can see

of the Commandos winning is analysis of 3.44 runs a wicket.other Arthy will be unleashed |

Beside this, the Junior Division

Nool if they win the toss and send

on his home the Scorpions in, keep the reare bowlers took like they are being against Recrea

with batsmen of ground with nothing to lose and stown, bat second, and keep confronter

Dunne is Even

sume Recreio batsmen hovering scoring steadily.

ut more on the brink of the averages may pull up into the 20.00 class at the expense of the Optimists' howling.

wicket.

Test calibre. The Commandos have both now trundling along the bowling and the batting for than five runs a an outside chance at succes od there Incles, Waldey #13

Brits have been known to put Chess Tourncy

a respectable partnership for

the first wicket and, once they Bet started,

to the stage Bet where they score at a repre-) table rate though precious few run get up on the board to the Orst 30 minutes.

Then there is Jukes-still-la rome off one of these days with

handsome

score.

Tausz Looks

Set For

Finally, Kitchell and Madár may re-establish themselves right

on top of the Colony's batsmen at the expense of the Navy atlack-a tough propost- tion when there's not only Len While around but both Morgan and Isaacs.

TEAMS

The following: teams have been selected to represent their

Finally Third Place clubs this week-end

there is also the tail. In their last match with the Scorpions. They the tail put ou 34 runs, were caught off guard by Frank last but Howarth,

took sho

eight wickets for

Eugene Tausz won his one match in the tournament for the Cham- 45 runs that day, pionship of the Kowloon hat there was only one duck in Chess Club at the Peninsula

Oakley, who made 54 against Hotel

as not tu

that tail

Cooper.

RAF Army at Sookunpou 10- marrows-S/Ldr. Call (Cap!), W/Cdr. Panton.. FL. Ball. F/0 F. Matiger, P/Sat. Crelin, P.11. Cunnington, Set Dunn, Sat. Daven- port, Cpl. Burn, AC. Tyrer.

Navy ANY THE

TO-MOTOW:--

wait, Cap White. Sure L. Mor

Surk. Lt. Mallows (Capt), SCPO

Fan. Lt. Cdr. Harris, L. Tordof. last night against Step. Lt. (5) Leag, REM Ines, Li. Cullus, Lt (5) Brown. Umpire, Surg. Cur. Carlton. Scorer.

the Scorpions before being out Jacob Ramler and looked Jeg before, is likely

moke mare runs than that.

as CEO, Jefferies.

set for third place Briggs and Jukes make 30 hef Schure, challenging for that tween them or the tait makes position,

vuns in the ride.

adjourned his

Navy v KCC to-morrow at Cox's PathLt. Hire (Capt), Lt. Car rocker, Car. (E) Mack. L. (E) Cockelt, P.G. Uden, 1/Airmen P

chelt, 11.F.M. Wilson, Lt. Venerables, move at a pasi-2.0. Colcs, Lt. Cdr. Murray: Lt. ka, Umpire, Supt. West, Seater. tional disadvantage,

P.O. Empain.

CCC University to-morrow at Happy Valley:-G.A. Sousa. G. Hong Choy, M.J. Divecha, K.M. Runjab, 1.J. Furia. P.. Bagi. A.15. Ismail, 1. Readrean, 11. Creenstarle.

68, the Commandos have 170 game against V. Zrinsky on

The problera will be to pet the 43rd The Scorpions down to 135 by

One Tanz did not have an eary the time tea is served.

and the way to do that will be to spread vletory from Ramler, the field out and keep theater looked the wlaner n one

stage. boundaries own.

In the only other games Crabtree, AN. Other. Umpire,

Scorer, G.. Jorge. played, I. W. Borsodi beat M.GS. Ladl

Prednisty King George Y Danenberg

School at the School en Sunday, commencing at 145 ppt

LOOKS EASIER

HAF look like a much better! Feld and Ilay prospect to take three or fourent R W. Carter. peints from the Army.

Their batting is inconsistent- true enough-bul cemes the day)

when they forget

HOW THEY STAND

WOLP

10 - 2 10

10

-

210

02

3 10

8 4

about out. W. Borsodli one particular batsman havin: H. Klughardt his afternoon and two or three E. Tauz

Schure off and have a very respectable A. Biriuket

of

Airmen score up.

come

the

K. Prokopov

Army's batting in good, but It W. Carter.. similarly unreliable, though C. Danenberg will probably be reinforced by V. Birmsky...

H. S. Wilson, who made RP. de Carvalho against the Commandos and A. D. Turkia

runs before J. Ramber quite a few

K.

madies

in reprezentative matebes

7 157!,

4 3 4 5

E. M. Marchefti 2 RAFS howling is of the same

type as their batting.

4

M. Feldman

1

FL

215

1

There are

V. V. Kolatchoff but A. Archangelsky

Defaulted four gumes.

2

wicket-takers In the side

they can't get together.

EASY ON ICE

Andra McLaughlin, 15, who represented the United States in the World Figure Skating Championships.

M.S Heevers (Capi), ATI. Finnell, MLA. Free nutner, A. Kuru J.G. McFarlane, B. W. Campla. nert. P. Ribotson, K. Withey,

Calling and . Parsons

Easy Win For Australians

Wellington, Mar. 30.- The Australian cricket team touring New Zealand under the

of captaincy

W. J.

ኒነ። Brown beat Wairarapa day by an innings and 476

runs.

A feature of the match was the display of Alan Davidson, the New South Wales left-arm fast medium bowler, who fallowed his 10 wickets for 29 with a not cut innings of 157.

Australia declared their first innings at 013 for seven after the local side had been dis- Wairarapa missed for 10 and were out a second time for 07.

Other

members of the Australian side who made cen- lurics were Brown (123) and Johns (not out 118), while This was that the. won with

Howard scored 96.

the

malch seven Australians had

innings to spare and they are unbeaten on the tour.-Reuter.

Wimbledon Braces Itself For Another Shock From Gorgeous

Gussie

London, Mar. 30.-Just as no County or Test cricketer would dream of turn- ing out for a match on one of the famous grounds in anything but white flannels, so the established custom at Wimbledon for the Lawn Tennis Championships is "all white."

John Macadam's Column

THE ANGLO-GERMAN BOXING ENTENTE GETS

A COLD RECEPTION

It would appear that Ted Broadrilib, back from his trip to Germany with his plan to renew the Anglo-German. boxing entente, may be regarded as having tossed a large spanner into the works,

་

It is not for this reporter to take any part in the tautening of old enmities, but it must be said that per- sonal conversations and references to official bodies In- dicate an immediate reaction against the resumption of sporting relations.

True, the Oghters suggested are Alf Gallagher and Jackie Marr, the Australlan heavy and ertiser-weltthis,

who are free

In this matter.

agents in thes

The British Board of Control

ban

not

con-

INAUGURAL DINNER

Inter-Varsity Alumni Tennis

League

on Anglo-German tests-laposed in concert with the European Boxing Union last 10 October-lues

apply Dominions boys.

Nevertheless, the principle appears to be the same, and all those with whom we have spoken have been vehemently behind the ruling bodies in the

The Inaugural dinner of the hencompromising attitude. The Inter-Valversity Alumni Tennis Amateur Boxing Association League was held at the Banker's take the same line, and so do Club, Bink of East Asia Bulld- the AAA

ing, yesterday evening, and was Even those companionable attended by a large gathering. characters of the Variety profes- Members of the League are sion have stopped another five-principally past students of the year period on the one they Lingnam, Shanghal and Hong-

imposed after the war.

kong Universities. The League NOT AFFILIATED

organised a tennis tournament Now this is not a matter that a January and a Challenge Cup can be readily settled except on was donated by the Nanyang

and

the very highest legislative level, Brothers Tobaco Company and

the crux of the

matter called the Nanyang Challenge. that, since the Cup. appears to be Germans

are not members of

Mr Too Yiu, Chairman of the the recognised ruling League, raid that most of

prople hodles, such as Soccer's FIFA after leaving school or univer-

any

bex

and amateur boxlag's AIBA,

sity look little or no part in country can then no member

to their various with them or play football sports due

duties and environment. Middle The same applies to Forest Hills (United States), the Roland Garros Courts

with

them. (France) or any of the other national tennis arenas, yet the doubt that Wimble

"So far as I am concerned," aged men were not particularly don tradition might be broken arose because Miss Gertrude Moran played in black

says Jack Solomons, "the quest for violent sports but ha be good The Ger- thought tennis would shorts in Egypt.

People began to wonder tion does not arise.

Mr Tso thanked the Nanyang whether "Gorgeous Gussie", as mana are not affiliated, and that's for them, being less strenuous, she became known, was likely an end of the whole malter so

unto herself and far as British-born Bighters are Brothers Tobacco Company for

Challen to be in law

the donation of whether she would, dere break concerned."

So much for the regulations of |Cup. the unwritten rule nt Wimble-

the case. There is also the per- don.

sonal angle, and that is the one

Gussie in action in the All-India Tennis Champion- ships. That was between the lace panties at. Wimble- don and those shocking black panties at Cairo.

-Lorton Express Service.

No New Stars Emerged

From American Indoor

Athletics Season

By CORNELIUS RYAN

Gallagher

with

3

SECRETARY'S REPORT

in

She caused a particularly big on which it seems any resump-

In his report, Dr George Choa, would be stir at Wimbledon Inst year tion at the moment

the Hon Secretary. Gald purt: with frilly panties which she is Ukely to perish, for the feeling reported to have said she will roes very deep indeed.

Ted

In December last year. Meantime,

Broadribb's not wear again on the tennis

provisional Plan is to match few of us, principally past stu- courts.

Rax. who dents of the Lingnam, Shanghal Perhaps it was because of that smashed Jack Petersen's old foe, and Hongkong Univeralites met statement that people wondered Walter Neusel, the other day, to discuss the idea of having an

with

Hoeppner, of inter-varcity Alumni was going even and Marr whether she further in the matter of dress

be subsidiary to the proposed ceived by many of our friends

Joe Walcott fight with Jersey

who

were old studcats Centre Court in black.

Heln

Ten

Hoff, the German various Universities in China. A Committee to dr- champion, to Berlin on May 28.0

Broadribe himself appears to

was this league

Tenala

by arriving on the Wimbledon Hamburg. These fights are to League. This idea was well re-

YELLOWISH TINGE

There

Bike It

ure those who would made one of the ditions of entry to Wimbledon

con-

of

"

Sub-

10:

e been have

received in Berlin with the utmost cordiality, and quently formed with Mr Too Yiu as Chairman, Dr Gestre A "Forelen12. quotes

not only

Chon and Mr Editie Chan Jon. that only white attire should be offer official," but also British Sect

Secretaries, Mr Lau Kal Hon. who all ex- wor It is customary to wear military oficials white and nobody has

pressed hopes that the two thought of anything though

ever

with a more

sume players have ap-iries would get together

sport. in attire

that there It is a fact

for Iveling Whitehall schenze.

-London Express Service.

But

if custom

in

player dared to defy

and appear coloured costume, black, blue,

other valeur yellow-or any

it might lead to an all-colourful which picturesque as would not

medley

It

might

appear, present the lovely spectacle of the "All-White" Wimbledon to which the Championships accustomedi,

arc

**** |

In

Treasurer and Messrs TRO Lau Kai and Eddle Chan (Cap- ain) Lingoon University: Wai

the 2

is Kan-yee, George Lin and Elwin Tsai (Captain) Shanghai Uni- versity: Kan Buk-man, Ho Ka- (Cap'nin) lau and Davių Tɛai St John's University;

Ma Shul hun,

Shuen-man and I.лu

Ying

Lam (Captain)

We Still Wanting University; Eu Tak-cheurt,

A Stadium

Yip Chun-hing and

Choa (Captain) II.K. Universi- ty as members of the General Committee and representatives

the different teams.

A suggestion that two inter-of Jaroslav, Droby, It can be national teams would be a big

in khaki reculled, practised

draw card in Hongkong rather dorts at Wimbledon last year than have one team playing the

though adopting

THE WINNERS

of The matches started in Janu- University Chairman of ary and St John's

with 24 champions HKEA ot a press con- were

Colony found the approval

the

the 1

witile for actual competition. And a Con- tinental player at the Egyptian Air Skinner, the tournament practised in a blue ference yesterday, but he added points, Teams were also enter- truck suit and was requested to play in while.

UNWRITTEN RULE

that this was an Impossibility ed by Lingnom University. until such times as there was which was Becond with

Shanghai University. ac-points, enough to stadium large commodate big crowds at a rea-Hongkong University and Ying

King University. The all-up cost of having one Eu Tak-chouk and GeorgO Into many Choa (Hongkong University)

While there is no written rule enable price.

on the question there is, ap- parently, nothing but an indivi-visiting team runs

and hundreds of pounds and the was the pair with the most dual player's

would own food

points. to decide what present accommodation

It is my earnest hope that this common sense the wearing apparel shall be. not bear the expense of such a

tournanient will serve as on Yet so far as Davis Cup and project.

The Korean team has already example so that past students of

to arrive Wightman Cup players are con.

the many boys and girls schools there are team dress left and is expected

in Hongkong on the ss Telnan in Hongkong will start a similar tournament, With the help of past students and the Lawn Tennis Association, Inter-school matches could be Introduced, It is needless for me to say that all good tennis players must young and start right The prizes were distributed by Mr Kan Suk-man of the Nan- yang Tobacco Company,

Koninklijke

Nederlandsche

cerned, regulations.

These insist on white and so on April 4 or 5.

Sweden has proposed Decem- Gorgeous Gussie Moran might ber 9 and 10 as the dates of

is And that any other colour their matches in the Colony. tuboo and she could, acting on be debarred

Fred Voetbalbond may urrange those regulations, If the 1950 indoor track season, now almost finished, from appearing in anything but matches here if they send

white whether or not they team to play in Indonesia, ac- names will re frilly attachments, but that cording to a recent letter- an accurate barometer, familiar

hove provides

ir another

matter altogether and dominate American track and field athletics this season.

No new stars were uncovered in the long lineup of there winter meets, unless John Joe Barry of Ireland be called "panties" of "new." Barry was racing in America for the first time, 30.-Twenty-but he had won much attention in Europe. Ave Anal acceptors were an- And Barry was not the top Metre Champion, showed nounced today for the Queen's man in his specialty, the mile farm in an

Fred

and Don Wilt

race in 1:11.0, Prize, to be run over two miles race.

Final Acceptors For The

3).

Queen's Prize

London, Mar.

They

are,

with

stone). Le Hero 17:

was an

indoor 600

по

doubt that the of 1949 caused quite

a stir and brought many people to Wimbledon who might not have gone to see the Champlon- good ships first hand.-Reuter. Yarda

the

Shanghai Team

Unbeaten

score

Terry Allen

For Flyweight Title Fight?

London, Mar. 30.

meeting

between

A

Terry

stort

On behalf of the St John's University team, Edwin Tent (captain) received the Nanyang Challenge Cup. Cups were also presented to each of the men representing the most successful pair.

The evening was enlivened with flm shows and music,

Allen of London and Honour RINTY MAKES Pratesi, the French Fly-

over 15

stone nt

OFFICIAL

IT

at Kempton Park on April 10. Gehrmann both were timed at 20 SECONDS FLAT

weights: 4:09.3, Bill Mack did 4:11,0, and

Little can be judged of Coubrader (9 stoke Placid (0:

1 pound), Barry did 4:11.5.

sprinters, because the indoor Fedor II (0: 12).

WORLD RECORD meets have only 60-yard 11). Kingsmead (0: B), Honour

Jim Fuchs of Yale University, dashes, but in one of the first

of able II. (8: 8), Mosquito II (8:

USA outdoor meets

the year on the 1048 team, starred in the Charley Parker of Texas did a B). Consternation (4: 7), Nor- who was manton (8: 5), Tornil 8: 4), Olymple

The Warrior basketball team weight Champlon, new world in- Shot Put with

record 20 seconds for 220 world

London, Mar. 30, Rinty Father Thames (8:4), Light of door record of 57

feet 7 yards.

of Shunghai completed their rounds at eight Morocco (8: 3), D.U.KW. (0:

certainly

The should inches, and

mark won't be official tour last evening when they beat Harringay on April 25 may Monaghan, of Bellack, holder of European, British (9: 1).

the World, by Garter Knight

because he had the help of

World and Empire and A Hongkong Chinese YMCA

the be for

British flyweight - Prionium (8: 1), Fol Ami (dominate the outdoor incets.

Robert Richards, whore best tail wind, but it indicated that one point which was obtained

Utles, has officially Informed Sports-

who 11% Parker,

of has been over-through a foul toss in the last European Championships. official 14 feet

Boxing Board The Beconds.

The two boxers have agreed the British Was raster (7: 10). Melecomu (2 inches, is no newcomer to Pole shadowed by Mel Patton, may 30

The visitors have to terms offered by Jack Solo- Control that he has decided to B), Techuggan (7: 8), Pepito 11 Vault fame. Don Laz, Illinois come into his own this year. 49-45.

the London promoter, retire from boxing-Reuter, (77), Better Catch (70) University youngster who bet-Andy Stanseld

steld was the best of not bren beaten since their armens,

rival here.

who said today that he will Dalsson (7: 8), Alomic Power tered 15 feet in a practice the Eastern

Indoor

door printers.

In The

ground was ask the Board of Control to re- Curtis

SCAA Stone was best (7:4), Eastern Saga (7:4) and vault, was far below this mark

3,000 cognize the glit as for the titles! Amiris (7: 2).-Neuter.

in all actual competitive trics, the Two Miles with 8:55.1, one

Junty Monaghan, provided than basketball the tenth of a second better although he won most of

Wit's best for this distance. game which was thrilling from holder of the World, European events he entered.

Karachi, Mar. 30-Pakistan's and British filles, has officially beginning to end.

communicated his retirement to Davis Cup team left tonight by the Board.

air for Manila where they will Several days ago, Monaghan meet the Philippines in intimated that owing to ill first round of the Fantern Zone health, he would retire from the of the Davis Cup tournament ring.--Reuter,

on April 8-Router,

Newport County Wins

Fred Johnson, Michigan State star who missed the Olymple 30-Newport team because nervousness made United him foul In the Olymple trials,

London, Mar. County beat Southend

However, neither the big

fully packed as nearly the

fans watched

Scorers:

5.

Middlo Western colleges or the Warriors-Wa. Cheng-chang

Wing-fond universities on the West Coast Tien Foo-hal 4, Wang participate in indoor track, and 1, Shian Bungyao Shian Sung-

namesling 1, La Ting-hou 11,

Chinesa Y's-Cheung Shue-tone by two goals to one in a Third leads the Long Jumpers with a they may provide new

season progresses.

1. Ns lion 18, Seo Kan-chim 10 football mark of 24 feet 8 inches, and as the Division, Southern,

Mal Whitfield, Olymple 800 | United Press.

Ka Nam-kong 9, No 50-ylu 7.. match this evening-Reuter.

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