1950-07-28 — Page 6

· SPORTING GAM

STALLS

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1950.

By Reg. Wootton

Britain's

Star

Distance

Runner

Wears Heels

On

His

Track Shoes

White City athletle There were (wo proud fathers at the first day of the championships. One was bald, retired Mr Ben Aaron, of Leeds, who puffed at his record pipe as he watched his son, Dr Frank Aaron, win the six miles in a new time.

He had every reason to be proud, for his other son, Arthur Aaron, gained the posthumous award of the VC when he landed a bomber hit over Turin, on an air- field in North Africa before dying from his wounda.

The other father was Mr Fred Moran, president of the Elre Athletic Unlie, whose thoughts) must have been with his son Freddie play loft

an amateur

Sportsman's Diary 1AFEDITE BY

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in the in stages of the Irish Op

chatupionship Holt

Who

South Wales Northern Rivers, and will also be on the lookoul fur any promising boxers he finds.

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F.R. Brown To Lead

TWELVE PLAYERS INVITED FOR MCC TOUR OF

AUSTRALIA & N.

& N. ZEALAND

London, July 27.

F. R. Brown, of Northamptonshire, will captain the MCC tour- ing cricketers in Australia and New Zealand next winter, it announced today.

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The following players have been invited to four Australia and New Zealand with the Marylebone Cricket Club party this coming winter:

F. R. Brown (Northamptonshire) captain:

Reg Simpson (Nottinghamshire).

Trevor Balley (Easter),

John Dewes (Middlesex),

Alec Bedser (Surrey),

G. Evans (Kent),

Cyril Washbrook (Lancashire). Eric Hollies (Warwickshire), Douglas Wright (Kent),

Gilbert Parkhouse (Glamorgan). Len Hutton (Yorkshire), and

Denis Compton (Middlesex).—Reuter.

Australian TWO “DUCKS” FOR STOLLMEYER

Scott now weighs 18 state.

NO PROTEST

Dublin.

James Langridge, captain team beaten in Young Fred in 37 and a dis-

of the Sussex Uniguished all-rounder,

single day by Lancashire, has equalled Von Nida's first round as a three-quarter, his .88 sec.

yards in 1837 In made no protest about the Old xcore, and that of Da Heen in far the 100

the Irish

Trafford wicket. native record; Between 1938 and stil! the second.

I have The only statement nga he two weeks

made is that the old Trafford 1940 he won 10 Irish rugby caps and only

came to Northolt to win the pigeon shootinst British clay

wicket was not good enough for a three-day match," he told me etiampionship-with burraved

nt his Manchester hotel.

Big Plans For

The Softball

Season

Kun!

START AT 30

On

Dr Aaron, who is our emss- country champion, is 30, yet this is his first real season the teach. Sie would have start- ed last season but for achilles tendon trouble.

It was Dr Woodard, adviser to so many of our leading athletes,

Me Donald Hailey, The coming season will shading

who gave him, a tip which has for ti be an importan!

enabled him to get over this Hongkong softball players, trouble. It was to wear heels on At the Annuni General his track shoes,

"the Peninsula havo heels

All our distance men should Meeting at

(37) their shoes, Hotel last night, they learn- mys Dr Aprun. "Otherwise ed that they had been allo- there is considerable risk of cated a ground of their own. their having

Ever since the Hongkong Softball Association

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the same trouble

us have had."

MINISTRY SAYS NO founded in 1938, they had to Along the gasometer site of barrow pitches on which to Kennington Oval new terracing badly needed, The Surrey Now it is play their games. has obtained the old Recreio club, with money available from their centenary fund, are willing to spend £13,000 on the work right away, but the Ministry of Works will not let them have

Ground at King's Park.

This will over a lot of work for all of us," Dr F. J. Molthen, President of the Association, told the licence-which is a pity. about 40 members at last aight's

The application has gone in inceling "We have about $7,000 three times, it has been relused

At present, which is the biggest three times.

The idea is not to crease balance that the Aclation has

by accommodation

Very ever had, but it won't be enough, the

to Rive

people a betler and more comfortable

to rehabilitate our new ground. nay, but We aim to build stands, a Club-t house with shower and other view of the game. Two or three taellities and put up a fence all more terrace will be built as round the ground. Altogether it

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Ministry av the yes and under them will be burs and cloakroom accommodation.

will cost us about $25,000,"

MOST SUCCESSFUL

In his report. the Hon. Secre- tory, Mr F. W. Hollands, paid,

namerous

Tenzance,

RUGBY CRICKETERS Cambridge University rugby The present anton has been men have been doing well as without doubt the most succes | cricketers, They have just re- ful of

successful turned from a tour in Cornwall 1 am not exaggerating where they won all her three when I say that the Association matches against has already a registration list of Teure and the Cornish Chulfs. COD netive player. This gives The party included last year's the largest body of active play-rugby captain and Scotland ing members of any sports or-serin-ilf, A.F. Darward, and

nisation in the Colony,

the England wing three-quarter competitions | JV.

Cablaju Smith. Eight different svere run through lust season J.B. Wiliams. the University and a total of 112 different centre firee-quarter, who is prizes and awards were distri- Cornwall and Penzance player, buted at the Presentation Bas and was cricket caplain at

The Ladies' League had a Rugby School. Sensor and Junior Division and Other school ericket captains this was run successfully.

In the Junior League, a triple

tie occurred for the first limo.

:

Thic

set the high standard of play that was shown throughout the

scazen.

Was

a

in the side wers the brothers

1.S. and L.G, Glong, of Oundle.

NO-GOALS MYSTERY

Park Balfour

badly. Penalties have

doing

Lime after ting been missed

put the bali when sure shots A Midget League was begun over the bar.

been Now Ho mystery has towards the end of the season and the standard and keenness solved. In a cup match recently hown fully justified the tune Claude Brink, former Springbok there was goalkeeper, thought and money, spent.

The followint were elected something odd about the goal. Offlec-bearers for the coming Investigation showed the cross- bar to be 4 Anglies too low. will now ba Two eup xtures

"A match will never last three days on such a wicket, but jet It was the me emphasise that same for both sides."

Mr Geoffrey Howard, secre tary of the Lanchashire County Cricket club, said that the ab

wicket normal dryness of the following heavy rain is because the ground is so hard that the water cannot percolate and removed by evaporation.

"If anybody is the loser, we are," says Mr Howard. "It has cost us two days' gate, two days Jos of catering profits, two days loss on our car park receipts and sale of programmes."

The only thing that is likely

Durham County Draws With West Indians

Sunderland, July 27.

The

by the

The West Indies were held to a draw in their two days match with Durham County here today. County, playing against nine howlers tried tourists, scored 205 runs for four wickets when set to score 127 runs for victory in about two and a half hours always an impossible task.

Earlier the West Indies had declared at 214 runs not enforced the for four wickets after they had follow-on.

This gave Trestrail the chance to complete his second century of the match and when he had just reached the hundred Goddard declared.

Durham, all out for 163 Fung | were 212 runs behind on the dest innings and they marked being let of the follow-on by getting Stollmeyer's wicket be. fore the West Indies had open-

cl the score.

Tigers Lose

County Cricket

London, July 27,

The following were the close of play scores in first class cricket games played today:

At Lords: Gentlemen 325 and 31 for no wicket. Players 308 for nino declared (Dollery 123, Alec Belser 50).

At Maidstone: Kent 532. (Aines 112).

Essex 313. 132. Hear

53.

TO

CROSS THE ATLANTIC

BONNE

Captain Tom Eastwood, 71, is attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean in this 20-foot gaff sloop. He sailed from Hull, England, for New York and had food for four months and enough water for 200 days.

FRENCH ENTRY WINS THE GOODWOOD CUP

on a raco 10 from start

AL Manchester: Lancashire 191 and 106 for Ave (Grieves Middlesex 200 83 not out). (Cooper 51, Hilton, left-arm alow bowler, six for 44).

Al Burton: Derbyshire 201 risht-arm Surex. 89 (Jackson, fast medium bowler, five for 27)

Goodwood, Sussex, July 27. and 236 for two (John Lang-

race when 00). France won yet another major British ridge 128 not out, Sheppard

At Bournemouth: Northamp Mme Suzy Volterra's four-year-old Val Druke raced to tonshire 129 and 321 for six

a two lengths win in the historic Goodwood Cup here Livingstone (Brookes

$100 Brice 82 not out). Hampshire 114 today.

Clark, left-arm fast medium The French Tricolour was expected by most to be bowler, five for 30).

curried to victory by the four-year-old filly, Bagheera. A Worester: Worcester 104 and 158 for elx (Bird 55 not & heavily backed 13 to 8 on favourite, who was runner- out) Surrey 345 (May 118, up in the Ascot Gold Cup. Fishlock 57).

Owned by Mr Richard Stan- But the race proved her un-1 Bull;

348, Yorleshire

of Parliament, At

She finished last. Nel-ley. Member doing. Gloucestershire 108 (Allen 68, ther of the four_runners, two Northern Lino was making her Hilton 62, Coxon, right-arm fast Drilish end two French, wanted initial appearanco medium, six for 43) and 88 for

to set the pace and they dawdled track and tod ve.--Reuter,

past the packed stands to the finish.-Reuter. accompaniment of Jeering,

Richards, on Miss

London, July 27. Dorothy Paget's Aldborough, New York, July 30,

Ten horse have been de eventually sent his mount ahead Letts tel Parnell, going

บ] And opened

12 lengths eured probables for the Ches- the full nine huings for the first

lead. After half of the 21 fur-terfield Cup, the mali evcat racing at Brst tune since July 1, had the bel

been covered Ald of the final day's ients had ier of Art Houtteman in

borough was eased and Charlie Goodwood tomorrow. pitching duel to-day na Boston

The race, which is run ovCS Red Sox edged Detroit Tigers (From Our Own Correspondent) Smirke, on Bagheera, was forc-

ed to go ahead,

10 furlong is timed to start 3-0 and moved to within our

London, July 27. Bagheera relained her lend at 3.10 p.m. EST. and a half games of the Ameri-

McKelvie's rink, until three furlongs cut when lead. League making his first start since he which tomorrow represents Injured his shoulder

the 10 days Hongkong In

Esplin ako, tave up only live hits as Cup match Wanstend, he evened his record at seven victories and as many defeats. today lost to an Ilford Bowl. wasing Club four by a score of The Kame's lone run

second Inning 21-12. scored in the when Bobby Doerr hit his 31omer of the year. Boston

Tuade 100 only rix hits off Houltemaa,

This was Stollmeyer's second to make the Lanesshire commit-duck" of the game and, as in tee modify its determination lo

have this kind of wicket is the tonings, it was

loss of gate receipts.

Whether the umpires, Messia A.E. Pothecary and J.J. Hills. will make any observation to the MCC remains to be seen.

11

UNDER A CLOUD

second ball of Jackson's over which got him.

FINAL SCORES

WEST INDIES 1st Innings 370 runn DURHAM

ist Innings 103 rans WEST INDIES 2nd Inninco

Austin

c.

The football club of Pont des Demoiselles, romantically named village near Toulouse, is under eloud. Goalkeeper has been

two years' hind Stollineyer, sentenced to

abour for having over a period Jackson

13 bicycles Marshall, b. Carey made away with

charge. Is being restrail, not out Now another

hid against him-that of selling Walcott, h. Owen gouls at 400 francs each,

Williams, b. Owen Jones, not uut

Extras

5.

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To Red Sox

can

ran

tight

Parnell,

Jock McKelvie's Rink Loses

At Ilford

Jock

nt

16th

The Ilford rink was skipped Champlon. former EBA by a

The Hongkong rink played well The only other day game in but could never overcome the

10 the American League, Washington of a three and a four un

It is alleged that in the last match of the season against the ess romantically nained Car.

Total (for 4 declared) 214 bone.

hax treacherously allowed the ball to pass into the

1-0 2-02 Pall of wickets: net five times, and for this has 3-177 and 4-203. received what most people will

Bowling rather paltry sum consider the

of 19.

London Exprean Serulce.

French

2 ton nt Chlengo, was called of the ninth and 10th heads. 4after two and a half scoreless Triples and pairs were also

innings because of rain.

W

In the National League, Ralph played, the Hongkong repre- Branca rushed in to relire theentative being W. Frost, C.E. Terry, S.A. Gray and I. de st three batters in the ninth tome. alvaging a victory for starter Don Newcombe as Brooklyn Dodgers heat St Louis Cardinals

The victory was Dodgers'

TEAM SELECTIONS

Gordon

Winning warr-Mine. Suzy Volterra.

she suddenly dropped

The following are further beaten. 12th of the season in 17 games team relections for this Satur- 42

1ainst the Cardinals this year, day's 15

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Paris, July 27, The French Foreign Office

Irooklyn drove starter Hairy

game;

FC

CHESTERFIELD CUP

The probables, with jockeys,

are:

Krallao (Gordon Richards), Courier (Edgar Britt), Burnt Brown (W: H. Carr), Wition (W. (Doug Smith), Sandastro

Morry Month Anderson).

Grani (F.

(Lester Plott),

Barlow), Rapid Motion

Smith). Burnt

Grass

(Eph

(Jack

Thompson) and Fel Ami (8.

Wragg)-Rouler,

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DERBY DATE

London, July 27.

Next year's Derhy will be run

Wednetday, May 30,

originally arranged,

Suggestions that the date be bark.altered were discussed at Good- wood Races today by the Epsom Val Drake and Aldborough had Stewards, who decided to adhere Lawn Bowels League sharp duel to the post with to the original date. The last the French horse gradialy out- i Wednesday Derby was in 1940.

Britisti by Brencheen out of the box in the

two when Airborne won-Reuter. staying the second inning, Babby Morgan's | 2nd Division (home) v., IRC at lengths. triple and the first of two home pin.-F. G. de Luz, R. J. Mana- A 100 to 6 outsider, Native |

Basa (skip1; Byes 1, en-byes 2, nu-bait runs y Jim Russell produced as, M. T. Nanes, R.

funt. F. D

C. Castilho, Heath, the other British rubner, runs in the Arst.

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was five lengths behind third. Delgado, J. Colton skip): V. A. Campanellie's two-run homer Neves, A. Y. Lee, F. Hodrigues, Val Drake, who started joint

Peewee Reese W. J. Howard ekip).

Beserves: second and a triple by

Ald- favourite with parked a three-run Dodger Santo, 1. S

POC

borough at 4 to 1, took £3,307 outburst in the second. Carili

2nd Division thome) v. TDC at back als fought back into the game 1.30 p.m.-E. Gemmell. L. Mc- Volterra's share of the prize. with three rung in the eighthand | Tvis. M. Senti, J. McCutcheon when Newcombe walked Blarly skin: J. W. Horrak, J. Masten. 7. F Bums, G. Woodwarri (skip); batter in then. Mutter. A. Salmon. D. Marion, the first

Nell Branca then struck out W. . ligin iskip). Reserve: A. two

three batters ht G. Band. At the red to save the raine. Sut Maglie, only recently prs. moted to starting pitcher, Rave

DURHAM

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inth.

the winning run with a seventh inuing single 03 New 1-316, Glants

2nd Innings Clarke and b. Matshult Keeler, c. Walcott b. Mar-

hall expressed For three years goalkeepers today officially

Ransom, not out CLOSE AFFAIRS

playing at

regret to the Italian Enfall, e. and b. Stellmeyer 10 Africa, South

Ibw b. for the in- Coverdale, competitions, Johannesburg. various were, with one exception, al have been saving sparkling as-bassy in Paris

cidents involving Italian meyer

Carey, not out doso affairs and this helped plays and prominent forwards

riders in the Pyrenees stare of the Tour de France bicycle race and promised an inquiry into the incidents.

The Halinu national and the Talian cadelli (Juniors) withdrew from the Tour after Tuesday's stage as a result of series of incidents which culminated when the Italian Plere ceriler. Gino Barta'i, had to Jones be protected from spectators 30mez by officials REMEMBER PHIL SCOTT?

when crossing the Walcett'

Stol meyer Phil Scott, British heavy- Aspin Pass.

Williams barrister and Marshall The Corsican Sharkey for

Radical deputy, Maitre Valen- Trestrall heavy-weight cham-

tin de Moro Glaffer, has ask-Rae Rpionship in 1930, arrived

ed for a Parliamentary debate Bill Australia the other day. He is

on the incidents.--Retter. Kong to settle on a farm in New

900304:

President, Dr. F. J. Molthen replayed. (re-ekeled): Vice-President, Mir ED. Robbins; Hon. Secretary. My A. Ablong; Hon. Treasurer,

Mr H. W. Wingler; Committee weight champlen of the 1920's

Members.

MEG Alice

McGowan,

Mar who fought Jack

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American Girl's World Record

In

Archery Copenhagen, July 27.

Miss Jean Lee, of the

com.

The eclipse of Barheer was not the only setback suffered by United States, set up a favourite buckers. Only one world record with a favourite, the speedy Americao-ined long and short round bred colt, Make Tricks, at 2 out of 1,063 points in the The Colony Jawn Bowls Open 1.

World Archery Champion- up only six hits ant drove Triples arranged for yesterday, was successful in the seven

The racing began with a winships here today,

The previous record, for the for Periscope, a 100 to 7 shot. and his surprise

was some two events was 1,398 by

Waterhouse, two-year-old Gai- Miss Barbara followed by way Bay at 106 to 8. The final Worcestershire (England).

Miss Lee's performance put race, the Arundel Castle Private Sweepstakes. which were In her at the head of the women's augurated three years ago after event after two rounds.

at Talkoo, have been postponed races. York edged Cincinnati Reds to next Thursday, August 3. 3-2, in the only other National League day game. Howie Fox

who went the distance for Reds. yielded eight hits.

THE SCOREBOARD

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Boston

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12

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Cleveland

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Universities'

August

between the VRC and he Chi-

nese YMCA will be held on 5. commen- Saturday, August

cing at 9:30 p.m. The venue will be at the VRC pool, and the following is a complete list of the events:

100

Fuccess

a private garden party held at was followed Arundel Cas le, went to a 20 toRichards, also of the

It nutsider, Northern Line.

yards free-style (Senior); 2, 100 yards back-! stroke (Juniors): 3. 100 yards! free-style (Ladies); 4, 100 yards' back-stroke (Sentors): 5, 100 (Juniors); 8, yards free-style 100 yards brens stroke XI(Ladies); 7 220 yards free-style (Seniors); 8, 100 yards breast- The following have been stroke (Juniors); 0, 100 yards, 100 relected to represent the Com-back-stroke (Ladies): 10. bined Hongkong and Malayan yards breast-stroke (Senior); 220 yards free stylo Universities in their cricket 11. match against H. Owen-Hughes' (Juniors); 12, 4 x 50 yards free- style relay (Ladies); 13, 4 x 50 XT at the KCC on Saturday:

B. R. Marks (Capt.), T. H. yards free-style relay (Juniors); Lean, Abdul Hamid, S. M. Teh, 14, 4 x 50 yards free-style relay

Koh, (Seniors). ILE. Seharenguivel, J.

C. L. Huang, R. 9. McCoy, P.

Points will. be reckoned!

L. Thiagarajan, D. G. Honon, separately for the Senior, Junior J. da Silva. Twelfth man, D. and Ladies' sections, and

Chelllah; Scorer, Misa

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and 3 for relay events.

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an interpreter."

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She by Miss Jean United Staley, with 1,448 points and Miss J. Kutrowska, of Poland, with 1,304 points.

Hans Deugen, of Sweden, with chort

a combined long and

rounds total of 1,531 points led in the men's Championship. He was followed by Fer Frederik sen, of Denmark, with 1,430 and of Den- Einar Tangmolben, mark, with 1,425 points.

There will be middle dis- tanco shoot on Saturday, Reu

ter.

28th Infantry Bdo. Wins Darts Final

The final of the Darts com- petillen held at the Nino Dra- gons Club last night resulted in 20th Infantry Brigade,brating X-

110 Battery Sergeants Miss

In the semi-final, i. 2011

tantry Brigade beat the 18:

servation Battery:"B" team an

the semi-final while 129′ mắttery

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