BUREN
THE PERFECT
SWISS WATCH
CHINA MAIL
ENGLAND APPEAR WELL
ON THE WAY TO VICTORY
Cycle Rnre:
Hugo Koblet maintains lead
Rome, June 10, With only three more laps to go, the Swiss cyclist, Hugo Kubiel, today held his lead in the gruelling round Italy evel ruce, increasing his chances of becoming the first foreigner to Win the Giro d'Italia Race in all its 33 years of history.
Koblet, however "Jost Jain. nt hits lead over his etesryt val the italia favorite, Game Fur- Today' metastabius Frengto-Arjarila lagi tever like ster, Appennine pieses
tuli.
Manchester, June 10.
The West Indies, with six wickots in hand, aço 263 runs behind England in the first Test, which ends hare on Tuesday,
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England carried their second innings score to 288) runs, to make a grand total of 600, and the West Indies have followed up their first in- nings' knoc of 215 with 122 runs for the loss of four wickets.
Unless the pitch improve tremendously over the week-en er England's bowling falls M
pieces, the West Indies are alino: 1 certain to find the task of gettin» the remaining 204 runs beyond
them,
As it was, only a superb dhe play by Jeffrey Stameyer, the talt, degant opeaing halimar ant a series of remarkable o rapes enabled them to use mire than four wickets in thei serend lemmings. 1le batter nearly two ana bult Taurs for 67 nu net out.
Bartelt. Hals's crack mountain
ruiming only 5370 celist. I mus rips, 12 seen. Juhind the Swiss.
*T Swiss, Kubler. troppet today tom third to fourth bice Is the general elas dication. Th was the Halian, Alfrego Martini whre Is 19
4 res, behhin Fobiet.
af
Today's lap was
Ly Won Italian, Gianemala Astra, with a time of 5 hrs. 3 mln. 20 sets. $1:1 rante another Hallan Lariano Maggini, 5 minst betoni. ht thirds. Desire Koteleer, ei Belgium.
Į
Thould have been stumpel off Berry, but Evons failed to gather a dimeult ball, and Worrell ex- emped a chance of stomping when jumping in, he missed à ball from, Berry which Kot so high
that Edrich had to jump high at slip ta hold . II.
Eventually Worrell danced 11 to drive Hollies, falled to con nect and was stumped at 08 Weekes did not stay long, pre, viding Hollice with a leg-before- viction to a ball which he mad an attempt to play. Walcott. was bowled round hi
at 113 runs, when trying to sweep Derry to leg, but Stollmeyer and Christiani played out time.
The West Indies at that time were
203 runs beblad with sixi wickets in hand.
never played an admirable Stollmeyer fighting innings, With four oll Berry he completed 52 runs and raired the hundred in 130 min
England also had her heroertegs at 113 Despite the pain he suffered from his badly bruised finger. Len Hutton defled the attac!! for two hours for his 45 rune and maintained his reputation as one of the world's outstand ing
on a difficult spla ners wicket. Bailey
did grand work For two hatıra again for 33 and five minutes he mixed a right) Tomwrew's tap will take the draiskat defence with na enger interceptance of the chance to hit a
Leally bad tall,
raining 201 Cangolarso North East Nupler mountainous ovly 120 in fes, in retching le
The last two lapa will take the evelists from Compi Busso agut then on to tome en Tuesday for what promises to be a neck-and neck finish between the Swiss.
Koblet, and the Italian, Bartali.- Reuter.
US. OPEN GOLF:
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Lloyd Mangrum in final round
Ardmore, June 10. Lloyd Mangrum, the winner in 1940, went into the final remind of the United States Open Golf Championship today with a one-stroke lead. If had a third round of 69 today on the Merlon Golf Club course for a 54-holes' total of 211.
Just behind bin was C. Har rison who, 4 Atla 73 made to hit
A gripping battle
fo a gripping battle, England comodated their adsuge remarkable wicket.
He has been batting just over two and a half hours.
Scores:
England: 1st Innings
32
West Indies: Ist Innings .. Enginud: 2nd Innings
215
243
Tit
West Indies: 2nd Innings Rae, e Doggart ↳ Hollies Stollmeyer, not out When the Worrell, st. Evans b Hollies spin bowlers struck certain worn
Weekes, lbw Hollies patches the ball rose and shWaleat, & Berry away at varying angles, demand Christiani, not cut ing intense concentration fran
Extras the batsmen.
Unless hours of slowly rain tait. during the week-end to bid the pitch. England appear well on thự way to victory,
England's last Test win af honse was against South Afrien Lecils in July, 1947.
Totul (for four)
Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-88, 3- ars 4-113.
Bowling:
Fine weather saw the West | Bailey 1. Indles resume with an all-spir | Edrich attack by Ramadhin and Valen. Hollies
tine. with Walcott keeping | Berry
wicket.
Edrich carried the main burzlee the Englanal batting for three bars and had 10 fouts in hi knack of 71.
England finished the morning 299 runs ahend, scoring 202 ru for the loss of seven wickets at the lunch interval.
The West Indies had 50 min- lealing overnight total of 130 utes' baiting before tea, during hat card of 212.
Two-strojes-behind-Mangrum 32 runs, After Bailey and Edrich
which they lost Rao's wicket fo were Jim Ferrier, Johnny Pal-had taken the shine off the ball mer. Ben Hogan and the de- reading Champion. Cary Mid-attack of Hollies and Berry, but Englund resorted to the all-sps Ferrier hadl a third roll of the batamen, ušing watchfit me-
diecoff.
74. Palmer 70, Hogan 72 Mkitle- cof and a third successive 1.
Sam Sneal, the former British
thors, lonkert sufe.
Painstaking innings Rae's painstaking-immings was
Deen Chanptor, was well out of entled in the last over before te
the running with a 54-holes
total of 220.--Heuter.
Beth batsmen had arrow cs- capes early after ten. Stollmeyer
Laker
Byes 4, Wides 1. Reuter.
122
} D 0
3 J 10 0
24 2 43 #
19
10 35 1
10
4. 20
0
HONG KONG, MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1950.
A practice parry
A practico parry under the watchful eye of Colour Ber- geant Herbert Walker of Portamouth, during a fencing bout in Portsmoutn Deckyard, between two W.R.N.S. who are to appear in the fencing team for the Royal Tournament. In the background is HMS Victory, Nelson's flagship.-AP photo.
Baseball:
Tigers crush Bosox; Cards halt Giants
New York, June 10.
M R w The Detroit Tigers took over the American League Icad today from the "losing Now York Yan- kees by crushing the Boston Red Sox 18-8, with a 21 hit attack good for 31 bases. The Tigers wholed starter Ellis Kinder for seven runs in the fourth inning and clinched mat- ters in the seventh when right-fielder Vic Wertz on left-fielder Hoot Evers banged consecutive homers. The final Detroit blast on eight-run explosion against Walt Mosterson in the ninth.
-Ted-Williams hit his. 18th homer-Scores:- of the season for Boston,
MIDDLEGROUND WINS
BELMONT STAKES
WOS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York, June 10.
· Middleground-won-the-Bel-- munt Stakes today before a
The lowly St. Louis Browns, Lights Up was second and Mr. sweltering crowd of 38,132.
blanked on four hits for the rxi Netruit seven innings, jumped on . Alle | Bustön Trouble third.
runs in the Reynolds for Bye
Winning pitcher Middleground, with little Willle eighth inning and went じょうき to loser Ells Kinier, Boland riding him, thus got his beat the New York Yankees 7-2.
of the turf's second portion
Right-felder Dick Kokos fen- St. Louis coveted triple crown. He won the tured the eighth laning uprising New York Kentucky Derby but finished with a three run homer,
Winning pitcher to Hill Prince Preakness Stakes.
loser Alle Reynolds. With a four run explosion ir eighth, the Cleveland. Indian Cleveland beat the Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia 7.3.
second
in the
Hill Prince was among the nine starters today, but finished out of
money.
the tennis Middleground, rated far
Four best women
players in U.S. will defend Wightman Cup
London, June 10.
The United States' four best women tennis play- ers will defend the Wightman Cup against the British at Wimbledon on Friday and Satur- day, June 16-17.
The Americans have owned this piece of hardware since 1931 and there appears no reason to believe that it will change hands this time. Leading the American defen- come qui on top 13 times In ders will be Mis. Margaret succession with six years out for Osborne Du Pont,
has the war. played 11 matches in the Wight-
ran Cup competition since the) war and won them all.
who
Experience of teams Here is a summary of the Wightman Cup experience of both
buck
Mike Garvin, the California born Mexican, recorded his third In early running, moved up 10 victory
continued and
two fourth on the back stretch and doubles to a 12-hit attack that in- began to pull away at the eighth elurted third baseman Al Rosen's pole to win by about a length-14ht homer. United Press.
CHANNEL SWIMMING SEASON OFFICIALLY OPEN
Folkestone, June 10. Ted Temnic, one of the only two men to swim the English Channel both ways, dipped his big toe into the waters off this
Channel swimming season offi- port today and announced the cially, open.
Temme sold the temperature of the water was about 60 degrees and would not vary much until September, although no actua attempt to swim acruss
First baseman Ferris Fain homered for the Athletics.
Seventh straight win
Washington won its seventh straight victory over Chicago G-1 when Sandalio Consuegra, Cuban rookie right-hander, making his major league debut, blanked the White Sox in a game called atts 4 1/2 innings due to rain.
The Senators scored four times!
the third inning. la the
when left- Belder Johnny
Ostrovski stammed a two-run double.
The St. Louis Cardinale vault. ed into undisputed possession of first plage in the... Nationa' League as they, defeated the New York Giants 6-2,
The victory enabled the Cards is ex- to snap their tle with Brookly
race.
.of
out in
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Referees for International soccer matches
London, June 10, The International Football Association Board's annual meeting at Beumaris, Anglesey, today agreed to adopt the rul- ing of the Federation of Inter- national Football Associations (FIFA) in regard to referees for inturnational matches.
This rule rends: " intor national matches a referee shall be selected from a neutral coun. try unless the Associations con cerned agree to use one of their own referves. The referee nust be chosen from the official list."
Welsh protest
Continuous Quality
Is Quality You Trust
County cricket:
DRINK
Coca-Cola
Batsmen find runs
fairly hard to get
London, June 10.
Batsman found runs fairly hard to get in the 10
first-class English cricket matches which bor, gon today, for although there were some fino bowling foots, only three players managed to roach a century,
The century-makers were all not out at the close.
The Nottinghamshire batsman, Charles Har- ris, was at the wicket all day and hit the Hampshire bowling for 169 runs; Jack Dewes collected 149 runs for Cambridge University against the Free Foresters and Charles Pol- mer, of Leicestershire scored 140 runs against. the County Championship leaders, Warwick- shire.
This decision was arrived at after the Weish Football Associa- tion had protested against the appointment of an English referce for, the Scotland versus England gume at Hampton Park last senson,
Harris altogether batted six years, was playing his farewell The Board decided that
the hours atul hit 200 live and 27 mulch. He ugain opened the in- *delegates should suggest to their fours; Dewes scured his second hugs but was out for '10 runs.
respective Association that the century in successive innings and amount of "cover" in respect of at the close had batted four hours permanent total disablement of a and 13 minutes and hit 17 fours player in an international match while Palmer, in scoring his first should be increased from £6,000 three hours and 10 minutes and for Leicestershire, topl century to £15,000-Router.
European Bridge Championships
Brighton, June 10.
At this afternoon's session of the European Bridge Cham- plonships, being held her, Italy beat Great Britain by
in
international
seven
match.
the
Iceland beat Ireland by 20, Sweden beat Holland by nine, France beat Denmark by 18, and Belgium beat Finland by 44.
The Championship table now stands:
Italy
• Holland and Sweden France and Iceland Great Bri
fain Ireland' and
Belgium Denmark
Finland
13 points.
12 points cach.
11 points caeli..
10 points.
8 points.
3 'points.
2 points.
Ladies' Championship
Was
30
There
play in the ladies' Championship this after- noon.
The victory points table for
this competition is as follows:
France
10 points.
R 11
起
Great Eri-
18 21
8 13 3. Dizzy Trout,
tafn
9 points.
Sweden
$ points.
Belgium
7 points.
Finland
3 points.
Denmark and
7.1!
Ireland
4 points each.
2
2
Norway
Dick Starr,}
12
3
3 points...
France has played one match more than her nearest rival and O was to meet Great Britain to-
night-Reuter,
Winning pitcher Mike Garcia,j loser Lou Brissie. Chicago
1 Snooker: Washington
Winging pitcher Sundalio Con suegro, loser Bill Pierce,
3
0 R
NATIONAL LEAGUE
#
B 10
0
3
&
7
New York St. Louis
Winning pitcher Red Munger, loser Clint Hartung. Brooklyn Cincinnati
Winning pitcher Herman Weh mcler, loser Red Barney.
Boston
0 Chicago
Wimming pitcher Doyle Lado, loser Deb Hogue. Associated Press,
Standings
10 14 13 15
0
hit 19 boundaries,"
Close of play scores
The following were the close of play scores torloy:
69, L. Compton 603. Lancashire,
At Lords: Middlesex 203 (Shorp
58 for no wickel.
The best bowling feat of th At the Ovalt Surrey 221 (Me÷ day came from the Northampton. Intyre 84, Alee Bedger 66, Nutter shire medium-paced bowler, 7 for 61). Northamptonshiro 101 Albert Nutter, who thoroughly for four. deserved his analysis of 21.4 overs. At Oxford: Derbyshire 265 three maldens, 0 runs, scven (Hamer 01). Oxford University wickets against Surrey.
80 for three.
Excellent form
At Cambridge: Free Foresters 74 (Ware Ave for 35, Walt five for 33). Cambridge University 303 for four (Dewes 149 not out), At Gravesend Somerset 250.
Roland Jenkins, the Worcester Test bowler, was th excellen form against Yorkshire, te Kent 104 for four. bowled unchanged for four ape At Worcester: Yorkshire 238 a quarter hours and came out | (Jenkins, right-arm leg-brenk, with the excellent figures af 42.1 eight for 120). Worcester 71 for overs, 10 maidens, 120 runs, eight one, wickets.
While Bill Edrich was play ing such a fine innings for Eng land in the Test match at Mãn.
At Horsham: Essex 274. Sus- sex 115 for two (Smlih 50 not outz.
At Gloucester: Gfimorgan 303 chester, his youngest brother for seven. Gloucestershire to
At Coalville Leicestershire 327′
Brian, was taking four Somnar | bat. act wickets for Kent for 15 runs.
In this match Leslie Todd, wha
for seven. Warwickshire to bat.
At Nottinghain: Neits 275 for
has opened for Kent for many oight, Hampshire to val.-Reuter.
World Soccer Cup prospects
By C. R. ESCUDERO
-Rio de Janeiro, June 10.
*
England may fall to the Spanish soccer armada. Mexico is a barbada—a cinch, a pushovor. Are the Swedes really good? Never mind the Swiss-keep an eye on Uruguay. · Italy has' it easy. Remarks like those are bouncing off the hills of Rio as radios blore futebol and more futebol, and the sporting chroniclers turn out reams and more reams, now that the draw for the world football championship has been made. While waiting for June 24 to But it should be remembered roll around, hill shanty experts that they did not do well at all and radio and Press pundits have against Mexican all-star teams. taken over. Some say it could not have been better
If it and
JOE DAVIS WINS 'SPORTING RECORD' been handpicked. Quite fair, is a MASTERS' TOURNEY England, easy on Brazil, Italy and
pretty general opinion. Tough on
Uruguay, say others.
A Sao Paulo sports writer rates Yugoslavia firal, Mexico sext and Switzerland last in the Brazilian. bracket.
He has his doubts about ¿put- London, June 10.
lng the Swiss on the scrap heap, Joc Davis, the former un-
Ottorino Barassi, prestuent of pointing out that they have won three times and defeated World Snooker Cham-the Italian Football Federation, over England pion for 20 years, proved him-speaking for himself and not in there must be something to them. that capacity, sald in an Inter-- A hoarse fan in anguish during self still to be the master of
view that Italy really has a hard the Brazli-Uruguay play-off game them all when he won the bracket, even more dangerous Iran May 17 for the Cupa Klö £500 "Sporting Record" Mas- it stays as it la now, with threq Branco won by, Brazil 1-0-let ters' tournament at the Leices-teams.
gula whoosh of fellef as the Anal, ter Square. Hall, London, to-
whistle blew. night.
The tournament was decided on points of a series of matches and In the deciding encounter for the £270 first prize. Davis bcat Sid- ney Smith. of Doncaster, by 37 frames to 33.
Says Barasul; "8waden's team is not the Malmo that Brazilians know. Italy's lot is a tough cha for the simple reason that a Swedish national team is alwaya
dangerous
Should be watched
"Puxol" said he, "Those gringon
football, opponent. Ra sure did bring some
that Uruguay meunt member that the Swedea aro
bad stuff on the ball and Smith, who finished second.
Olymple, champions and thole plenty of receives £110, while Fred Davis
team is not on the level of any should be watched, Many agreed gets 205 for third place and
one club but much, superior to that Uruguay could have won just Waller
as well as lost. any of them, Paraguay I al Donaldson, the World 082 Champlon, zcts £55 for fourth ways dangerous, mort
place.
New York, June` 10, ..
Today's baseball standings were;
AMERICAN LEAGUE WL Detroit Tigers 30 14 Now York Yankees 32.15
·Boston Rest Sox ... 30 21 58 Cleveland Indians. 24. 22 522
Pct
.001
Davis' victory brings his sea-
1
group of three countries." Barassi, reluctant to pass jurige 478 on's winnings to 2870. He won ments on teams other than Italy's 354e first prize of £500 In the which he thinks has a wo
"News of the World" tournament | chance but should not be Hated na 310 and 100 in a level terms match the favourite, stresses his poin
with his brother, Fred/Router.
that a national deam is not to bự judged on the basis of club teama He expects them both to do well.
13 28 349:
With her is the same trio that) towns, beat the British here two years U.S.: Mrs. Du Pont in 1940, pected before July. He said there for the top rung as the Dodger ugo six matches to one and in 1947, 1940, 1948, winning eight might be some 30 or more at- bowed to Cincinnati. The triumph New York three years ago seven singles matches and three dou-tempts this seRFOD. matches to none. The three are bles. Never beaten.
also ended a seven game New Temme is trainer in chief for York winning streak. Louise Brough, Doris Hart and Miss Brough played in 1946, the Daily Mail channel Mrs. Pat Todd
1947, 1048, winning five singles which is due to take place Augus and three doubles.
Dodgers lose 20, and in which 20 picked swim- The Eritish side will include Miss Hart played in 1948, 1947. mers will contest the route for homered with one
First baseman Ted Kluszewsk Washington Senators 22 24 Mrs. Betty Hilton, Mrs. Jean 1948, 1940, winning four singles prizes totalling thousands
the Philadelphia Athletics 17 31 Smith, Mrs. Joy Mottram, and three doubles. Lost one dou pounds-United Press.
ninth inning to give last pince St. Louis Browns Kay Tuckey, Joan Curry and bles match in 1948 with Mrs.
Cincinnati Beds: 4-3 triumph Chicago White Sox 16:31 Jean Quertler-il, veterans of Todd ngoinst Mrs.. Jean Bostock
aver the Brooklyn Dodgers, at least one post-war Wightmani ard Mrs. Molly. Blair.
Third baseman Grady Hatton NATIONAL LEAGUE* Cup match; But not one of the
and left-fielder Donny Litwhiter Sh Louis Cardinals 28 17.021 six has over beaten the Americans
also homered for the Reds and Brooklyn Dodgers 27 18 000 when the Cup was at stake.
Cup
centre-fielder Du
Duke Salder for the Philadelphia Phiules 20 10 891 Dadvers
Boston Braves 24 21333 The Chionge Cubs defeated Chicago Cubs 21
31-22
...100 the Boston: Pravex 13-10 in New York Giants 20 22 478 29, hit slugfest to, anap a three-Fistsburgh Pirates 18 30 375 gams losing; streak, stella Cincinnati Reds The Braves routed Paul Minner
1430 318 -United Press, third, but the Cubs overcome with a five-run, splurge in tha the handicap and knocked out the Boston starter, Vern Bick- Misa and Brową won doubles, beating Peter Mollay and The Falladoras at Pittsburghs Jan Ocele haw, (Australia) in the game was postponed brunuzo final by 0-2 and 0-2 —Router, Araliy
Pairings will be announced on Thursday.
1.
The US, won the trophy, when it was first offered in 1923. By 1030 each country had won four times, ince then the U.S. hay
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Mrs. Todd played in 1947, 1848, 1040, winning two doubles matches and losing one doubles. -mòtch with, Miss Hart in 1948,
Mrs. Mottram played in 1947, 1948, losing ono singles and one doubles match.
Miss Quertier played in 1849, lasing one singles and two dou- bles matches...
GEOFF BROWN WINS NORTHERN LAWN TENNIS TOURNEY
Manchester, June 10. Sument Misra, of, India, was beaten in the men's singles final of the Northern Inwn tennis tournament: here today Mrs, Walker Smith played in by Geoff Brown (Australia) 1949, losing two singles matches.
Miss Tuckey played in 1949, by 6-0 and 6-2. losing one doublea match,
Miss Curry played in 1940, los- Jng one singles match,Aksociated
the
men"
OTHER SPORTS
ON PAGE
POLAND BEATS IRELAND IN
DAVIS CUP.:
London, June 10.
A country cousin
Olympic champion, is not at the Uruguay... former world and
beak of its game. But it hopes to do all right and perhaps win, with luck..
It le being taken for granted. that playing only In Alo and Bao Paulo, Brazil has an ada vantago at the start. "Thero is talk about effect of the heat on déams from colder Jatituries. But the fact Is that
June-July weather is not obnoxi
ously hot, that it is evení coolish The Brazilian fan Inclined to In 620 Jaulo, and can be right worry about Yugoslavia, and dis- down chilly in Horizonte and
Poland today qualified for the Yugoslavia, at Montevideo In The real European Zone semi-final of the 1930 during the first world tour- hogey will be the unfortunator David Cup by beating Ireland in nay, smacked the Brazilians ou/ ment; off: los play in
to two the running when they were equator.necite nen
miss Mexico as a country, cousin, Porto. AICctims of the weathe
In the third round, Warsaw Radio not even concerned about the Since 1910 Brazil has won 27′′ | reported. E [||]Yugoslave. The fooling about kames, lost six and fed nine,
*Poland will now meet the wins Moxico is based on more recent, 12. International encounters, play ** hers of the third round lie between comparisons. Broxilian teams od fritulo and Sao Paulo, morily Eweden, and the Philippines - have); defented | Mexican teams waainst: Uruguay," Argentina and
fairly easily,
Puraguay, Associated Press.