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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1951.
LINCOLNSHIRE. WINNER
RICE-POWERED WRESTLING PROGRAMMES ARE THE RAGE OF SINGAPORE
Say's MILTON MARMOR
Singapore, Apr. 9.
Wrestling bouts between ungainly monsters wallowing in their own suet have
become the social rage of Singapore.
曾
The better elements can be seen Saturday nights at the Happy World covered
stadium Singapore's Madison Square Garden -- revelling in the grandiloquence of the rice power programmes and-beaming-good wishes on such darlings as Andre Adorce whose "Impeccable conduct in the ring" has stamped him as a "sportsman of the highest order."
They heap invectives, on the conduct does seem so unbecom- other hand, upon the bald and ing when one considers his 300 burly beasts as King Kong (a pounds of bulging porkiness. human) whose unsportsmanlike
HASHIM KHAN
BEATS KARIM
9.5,
9-0,
followed the referee's instruc- tions to the letter.
INSUFFERABLE PAIN And when aroused these He withstoo insufferable enthusiastice followers of the pain and punishment to stand noble art of rasalin" release like the mon he waUG ngainst themselves of such scorchers as: the brute Khiz Kong, whose
"Ulier Nonsense," beard se would "Rubbish,"
never, never "Never on your life."
The Happy World stadium is
-King Kong lacked the very the scene of such varied events prestige of aportsmanship. the Singapore Dog Show. He took advantage of every
of boxing matches, exhibitions Indian classical dancing by the pening and he quarrelled in-
cessarily with the referee.
SE
pull
So
9.0 darlings Lalithu, Padmini and much so, in fact, that the re-
London, Apr. 9. Hashim Khan, of Pakis tan, beat Mahmoud Karim, the Egyptian holder, 9-5, 9-0 and 9-0 in the final of the British Open Squash Championships at the Lans. downe Club here today.
In beating Karim, who has held the title for four Hashim Khan years, achieved a notable treble on his first visit to this coun- try. He has now won the British Professional,
Ragini; badminton contests, feree had to jump atop the two musical competition, trade fairs, gladiators several times to basketball, beauty contests and break them even a flower show.
the moaning and the the "THE BIGGEST EVER"
cating that Alled stadium: the mat pounding and cially when the wrestling on the
Familiar? Yes, indeed, espe- the agonised appeals to reason; and the pachy- nouncements
sound like this: dering
necks entangled in "Ladies and Gentlemen: We the ropes-ah, the vintage of are happy to present what is 1941, Laurel Garden, Newark, probably the biggest wrestling New Jersey. contest ever staged in Sing-
A young Chinese lad, seated It brings together King behind a British gentleman ot- apore. Kong,
of Cham tired in a formal dinner jacket, Champion plons, and Andre Accrce, un- seemed to know how to meet the USA" defeated since he arrived from the drama of the situation. The youngster was dispatching paper Sit tightly wedged on port-wadded missiles out of an-im-
rubber provised wooden chairs
band pea
theablo
between
Scottish Open and the Bri-10,000 perpiring sports lovers shooter in the general direction
tish Open.
The fastest man scen on B
for quash court here
many years, Khan seemed a little overwhelmed by the importance of the occasion when the match
began
Karim took the first service
but then made an error which
and you never left the Unit
ed States.
The 10,000 miles from tele- vision do not Feem to have changed much,
gir smell.
of the blubber-choked ring
THE HONEST TRUTH Incidentally, Adoree either
Mr H. Lane's outsider, Barnes Park (J. Sime up) winning the Lincolnshire Handicap from Newton Heath (H. Jones up) and, right, being fed in after the race. -Central Press Photos.
Normal Tests May Not Detect A New Drug
Used To Dope Horses
Says "THE SCOUT"
JOHN IKIN IS READY TO TAKE HIS PLACE IN THE TEST TEAM
London, Apr. 9.
With England's cricketers back home after their Australasian tour, the next major thought will centre on the composition of the team to play against South Africa in this summer's Tests.
In thinking of that tour, while the rain still patters down in the cold, dreary days of an English winter's clos ing weoks, one thought comes to mind.
Will Denis Compton's knee useful change bowler but batting stand-up for the season and, if is his strong suit. not, is there another batsman ready made to take his place in the team?
Whatever the answer to the Arst part, the second provides a decided afirmative answer and
This popular Lancashire player was almost an automatic choice for England between 1946 and 1848, but was then dropped. True, ho hnd
10447, but now he appeare
a spell of the Australian tour
tho man in question Is Johu of Ikin, of Lancashire.
few
Even with Compton ft. Ikin, In the opinion of many people, should. find.n.place in the Eng- land team
and
there are quite a Cricket enthusiasts who are saying
"We told you so" when Ikin was not considered for the Australasian tour and, instead, went to India with the Commonwealth side.
OUTSTANDING ·
Ikin was one of the outstand- ing batsmen of that tour, with an average of 40.14 for 33 inn- ings in which he was not, out
five times and aggregated 1,202
runs.
Only Frank Worrell, of the West Indies, finished ahead of him so tar
as the
men who played from start to finish of the tour were concerned. Ilcin ean, on occasion, also prove a
Ben Hogan
atter
to be back to his best,
Just as in horse-racing, those animals who have wintered over hurdles are fitter in the early.. works of the flat racing season. so Ikin, after the spell of sunny weather in India, is Urely to be in brilliant form from the start of the English season in a few weeks time--Reuter,
Essex CCC Investigating Economies
Essex County
Cricket
Club, like many other coun- ties, have financial prob- lems. Last season they lost £2,267. Now they have ap- pointed a committee to in- vestigate possible есопо
Wins Masters' mies.
Tournament
Augusta, Apr. 9. Ben Hogan added a sensa tional flourish to one of the
No doubt they will consider the balance-sheet that "WID presented at the annunt moet- ing of the club in Londoni It Included: Secretary's commodation and salary, £606 salary, £500, 12s, Od: assistant secretary's
plus car lowance £175. In addition,
The=
The.French have produced some magnificent horses in the last dozen years. won, lost or gained a draw in It would be churlish to allege that many of these have been doped. The wrestling this great return match with There is no doubt, however, that some French trainers do dope their horses, contest despite the fact every King Kong. Their first meeting ano involved, including the nu-
The French authorities are not so severe in their sentences. diences, the press and the pro- ended in joint disqualification and very efficiently, too.
In fact, they and won the Arst two points moters, insist they are on the because both kept on the wrong apparently see nothing incongruous about warning off a trainer for doping and still
up and up-have an old nostal-side of the ropes too long.
allowing him to supervise the training of "hla” horses-under a different name.
There
not the same great comeback sagus in £789 was paid to three clerioni money-molive as
in Britain sporta yesterday when he assistants. Except on
Д big-race dnys
The secretary,
until his re- won his first Masters golf cent resignation, was R. F. T. French owner has no of bringingg off gamble of championship with a near Paterson. The assistant secre- any magnitude.
record 280.
tary is the England amateur, Botting in confined to
Trevor Bailey, who plays - bote. and normally individumi race-pools are so small that a tional's treacherous acres with
Hogan subdued Augusta Na- Bularly for Essex.
Khan quickly seized. This ap" The impeccable Adoree, billed peared to restore all the con- fidence shown in the past week by the Pakistani player and he took the next three points.
CLEARLY SHAKEN Karim was playing confidently but he was clearly shaken by his opponent's ability to return shots that seemed certain win- ners.
Khan scored with....perfect lob to the back of the court and then Karim hit wildly to lose the next point and the first game,
and
into
Khan won the next two games without losing a single point and was clearly thriving on the amount of rimning he was forced to do. He hustled the Egyptian out of his dominating position in the middle of the court gradually forced Karim making desperate shots which were far below the usual stand- ard of the Egyptian's
Clutching his trophy firmly after the match, Khan said without the alightest suggestion of concell "I played well today."
Game.
He stated his intentions of returning to defend his title next year. He leaves for Pakistan in the first week in May.
Commenting on the standard of squash in India and Pakistan. he said it did not approach that of Great Britain. All the courts and had no light, he were open added. Reuter.
-fLondon Express Service.)
THE
ARSENAL INFLUENCE
AT BURNLEY
Former Arsenal
wing-
half and Scottish Interna- tional Frank Hill, Burnley manager for the last two seasons, has not forgotten the lessons he learned at Highbury. That is why he has been so successful in keeping Burnley's habit of sound defence.
Since the war Burnley have hall only 200 goals
scored against them in 204 Lengue games. No Arst-class club can rival that record, but it in- cludes their Second Division promotion year 1946-47, when they had only 20 goods against them in the whole season.
at the French Canadian Cham- plon, comported himself as only a gentleman can in the face of of the ugly the provocations mannered King Kong. Adorce blic or gouge. He refused to
Len Eyre Looks Forward To
Racing Bannister
Man who was badly missed by the English cross-country team for the international race at Newport was Em- pire three-mile cham- pion Len Eyre, who has
valuable been a scoring member of the team for the past two
geasons."
Eyre decided to quit cross-country this sea- son in order to give an injured knee a chance to recover in time for the track season.
Eyre, who aims to fast produce really times for the mile this summer, is already looking forward to re newing his duels with his rival Bill Nanke-
He is ville.
also anxious to have his first race against Roger Bannister,
-(Lordon Express Service)
the truth must be
known, King Kong was the viator.)
But, fear not, you who have tura television dial, but to these two shall meet again- here in this tropical island on of Asia the bottommost tip where the cultures of the Engi and West have merged.-Asso- ciated Press.
She's After The Women's Golf Championship
Blackpool's Team
Is The Centre Of Soccer Interest
Says ARCHIE QUICK
£9
J
chance
the
-£200-bet-makes a substantial difference to the final odds.
a grim
last and meticulous round 68, four under par golf
· FRUITFUL"
On the other hand, the "bad that burned off all op ahead | asloed at the meeting what ser-
type of France racing man 14 about the
breathing.
meanest Creature
OVER THREE IS BUSPECT
of
Egal, the
Mr Hubert Ashton, the club's president and chairman, was He finished two alrokes
Robert (Shee)
vices Bailey rendered for his from freshman professional Tulsa, Oklahoma, who posted a salary. He replied Bailey had worked largely in connection 70 shortly after lunch
and then The Binckpool team is right bang in the centre of
with
the county's coaching Many of our trainers have stood around suffering as re- Golf international Miss football interest just now. Their inside half, Allan Brown had
scheme. His services had been experience of French ports of Hogan birdles and pars fruitful. Jeanne Bisgood had two
has been selected as left half for Scotland against England horses who have been treated." drifted back to the clubhouse,
Pressed for more information, great ambitiona -to pass at Wembley; Harry Johnston has been voted "Player of to buy only young horses in Open champion, winner of that ceived previous notice of the
That is why, now, they prefer
The
38-year-old National Mr Asirion, who had not Tw her examination for the Bar and to win the English the Year" by the Football Writers Association, and goal-French. Anything over the age crown twice and the PGA as original question, said: "I will
many times, thus completed his give full details
of major American pro they can be got out." championships.
Associated
---{London Express Service)
women's championship.
arc
of
keeper Farm has been chosen as reserve for the Scottish of three is suspect.
Alam team.
The job is done well. There A, round of golf made her
The honours to Johnston and Brown provide football and feel ready to sit down
certain experts, both in Press "cram." She succeeded in the romances, A year ago I saw Brown play for the Scottish Francs and Belgium. The best former and good judges of League against the English League at Middlesbrough and thom ig a man connected with trotting-racers. It is not golf believe she is on her way said at the time that here was a star of the future. But
unusual for to be a champion."
a horse-box, to one af the Paris She is one of our best match in a week or two, he had refused Dundee's terms and is way players. Her
and would not re-sign. He took a job as a labourer and said meetings, to draw up stylo crisp hitting took her to the that he was prepared to sacrifice his playing career for "consulting voor" last green in the Curtis Cup his principles. "I will not be a slave," he is reported to match at Buffalo, New York, have said.
fine
against Peggy Kirk, one of America's leading players. She wns beaten by a styrale.
Iri the British Women's championship of Harlech years ago, she knocked out the favourite, American champion Grace Lenczyk, In the round.
chosen team to go to the U.S. efter in her performance last year the internationals and the
She
for the
championship at Royal County
Down
-{London Express Service)
So from being "The Forgotten Man," Brown emerges to make
and
owners
on
at bis
The
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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY
NOTICE TO MEMBERS
FOURTH RACE MEETING
as soon as
CLUB
Saturday 7th & Saturday 14th April, 1951 The First Hell will be rung at 1.30 p.m. and the first race will be run at 2.00 p.m. cach day.
There are ten races each day (20 in all).
Kopling as well as the Special Cash Sweep on the
от
Kowloon. 382, Nathan Road, MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE
The authorities in Britain have been notably courteous in An obscuro London club, a dual appearance at Wembley, their attitude towards the dope- Cup Final testing of French-trained horses. Croydon Rovefs, tried to sign for Scotland
Through Tickets at $40.00 each may be obtained at the him as a £16 a wool player-Blackpool,
The only instance which "FOLLOWS MERCER
Compradore Office of the Tro
Treaners, 1st floor, Telephone House, the last minute coach but at two
can recall of a French horse also tickets at $2.00 each for the Special Cash Sweep on the laat Hanry Johnston follows Mat being swabbed in England was race of the negotiations broke down. Then be turned up in Chrilift with his thews, Johnny Carey and Joe at Newmarlost in 1940.
"Hong
scheduled to be rum on Saturday, 12th May. "Footballer af horse was the sprinter Boree Welsh-born wife. His name was Mercer, as the third
Through Ticicati reserved for this Meeting but not paid for, associated with the City Club the Year." Season after season Tests proyed negative.
by 10.00 am, on Friday, 6th April, will be sold and the reservation but nothing happened.
he has been the ideal one club
cancelled for fubire meetings. It would, however, be intoler- Smith man though all be bas to show Then Manager Joe
To avoid congestion at the Club's Offices at Telephone House, din and signed him last for it is one England Cap. Billy able to subject the horses of non-members are requested to purchase their sweep tickets at
and the Club's Branch Offices a December for £25,000 and the Wright of Wolves the England leading French
tests rutile their mediately in Blackpool's favour, and Tom Finney Aide of success turned-in-captain was second in the voting trainems to
5, D'Agullar Street, Hong Kong of Preston opposite numbers in Britain
enjoy immunity. North End third.
There also Johnstone with on in the Scotland team at FRENCH HAVE MORE TIME haside-right Here is romance
MEMBERS ARE INFORMED THE 1951 SETS OF MEMBERS There is & acare too, Fale-faced
now that AND LADIES' BADGES NOW SUPERSEDE THE PREVIOUS fmadi, wer the French have a new dope ISSUE. Bobby of Hiberian was the which cannot be detected. We
Members and guests are reminded that they and their ladles Arty cloven's side-right last
will hear and the season betone,
anore of this next MUST wear their badges prominently displayed throughout the He безоп
year. was always.a grund bail:
Meeting.m player
Doping by outside agents is but no-one could have predicted far less
the his elevation to, the National Channel,
French trainers are side so rapidly. To
Badges admitting Indies not in possession of Brooches or keep out more fortunate than ours in Jimmy Mason of Third Lanark that they have ample time to Bembers Enclosure and Club Rooms at $10.00 per day including Season tickets and gentlemen, non-members of the Club, to the indood a feat. He is the only devote to the supervision
cap,
tex, for ladies or gentlemen are obtalaable through the Secretary their horses. Travelling is con- on the written or personal introduction of a member, such member There is disappointment et fired within easy knits. Arsenal where it was confidently
to be responsible for all visitors introduced by him, and for pay- expected that Alex Forbes would Our trainers, on the other ment of all chils etc. rotain his
place in Scotland's hand, spend a large proportion
Badges benn
and that Jimmy Logie of their worldng fimo in trak
at the RACH would gain his first Cup-o re- or car. This doubles their
which applies similarly diffioulitics.
Gremlins' Opposition Narrowed Down
16 Players
To
is
After two trials, the selectors of the Rest side to play the Champions of the Senior Division of the Ladies' Hockey League have narrowed down the Gremlins' probable opposition to 16 players.
Here are the records of the Pirat Division clubs with ..fowest goals
against in the four seasons since Burnley were promoted. Manchester
However, they still want 16 On Wodnesday, April 18, the Gremlins "A" will play Vic- United lead with 170 gonis
players in attendance as the selected 10 will be required to torians and King George V against in' 101. gamen, Burnley game will be the most important attend at the Recreio ground to | School "A" will play Recreio have played one more gumo at the Ladies' hookay season and play in a practice match against Ladies in the afternoon, com- and hhvỡ had one, more goal they desire an adequate number a team to be selected from the mencing at 2.15 p.m. score against
them.
Next of reserves to allow for every allowing players, who are nisu best are Amenal (180), Black-position being. pool (186), and Portmouth accustomed by a player requested to attend, at King's Park at 6.45 p.m. on April 18: (190).
In actual fact, the selectors-Mr J. H. Blinko, Mr W. A. Reed and Mrs M. Rend -have' decided to play a team of only eleven against the Gremlina.
ACCENT ON YOUTH
عملة
་
mark
comunión across
NO ONE WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEMBERS ENCLOSURE.
to Members' Enclosure will NOT be on sale Compradore Office will close at 11.00 a.m.
and the Secretary's Office at 11.45 am each day. Both offices at
do Portsmouth's Jimmy Scoular. And yet, undor this inflexible 1st floor, Telephone House. The Scottish team includer nine now rule, they are to be ac-: A limited number of time will be obtainable at the Club of the "Players of the Year." counted responsible and guilty, House provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1: Boy
even when personally innocent (Tel. 27818).
SPIVS ON THE JOD
Australian Featherweight
GREMLINS MATON Championship
Will
NO CHILDREN WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE CLUB'S PREMISES DURING THE MERNING, AND
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE
A faw weeks ago a trainer friend of mine was walking
The price of admission to the Publia Enclosure is 33.00 per oria evening from an outgring day including tax for all persons including ladies, and is payable,
at the Gate." stabeyard back to his house.
Cartoons,
“He noticed a big . Uimousine BOOKMAKERS, TIC TAC MEN ETC., WILL NOT BE PRE- parked in the tone. A glance MITTED TO OPERATE WITHIN THE PRECINCTS OF THE Gremlins - “A” The selected 18 are:
play
at the tough-Booking characters HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB DURING THE RACE MEETING. Mrs L. Brandt, N. Buyerk Fagainst a Royal Air Force team
Sydney, Apr. 9. Inside, reminded him, he 'mos, MEALS AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE OBTAINABLE IN Anna Graham-Cumming (Uni- Coron, Mrs Glas, H, Hale, V. versity), Sy
on Friday, April 13, at Kai Sylvia Brankiin (Vieillott, R. Macdonald, P. Oven Tak
Aboriginal bantamweight of the "epive in some of Giles's THE RESTAURANT IN THE PUBLIC ENCLOSURE
AND SERVANTS", PASSES ARACE Hi recently decided that forlans Roosmary Read (Gred Hughes, O. Ozerlo, D. Sauders,
Will the following ladies Champion of Australia Elley
Sorvants' passes will be issued to; private box holdere only, whiting.. father, thon havo
Louiso Warnkig R. Scott, Mrs Silva, S. Winter- plende moet at the Star Tamy Bennett, 124.75 pounds, to His head man was elgist men (KGV8), MJ Van Houten ton and P. Wright, with average ages of 32 in the (Dutch), Shirley Read (KGVS),
wharf, Kowloon, at 6.80 pim night won the feather. "There's a lad come to apply who are requested to distribute them with discrimination and to |- POINT MATCHES “ bavo toum he would rather
for that vacancy. He references endorse their names on the passes. Holders", of much i proton, aro when transport will be pro-weight Championship. ... Faber (Victorians), D
all not pornitied In the Members Entidae except for passing "sas - good" and eight whooe nges árverged 22- Handyside (Victorians), Shella
All Senior League tous will | vlded:"",
He knocked out previous right," he said,
through on their duties and must rem in their ployers That is why at Stamford Hall (KGVS), Beth McNaught be required to turn out for 10 M Rood, Gerrard," R, Sammipira, ftar Coleman, -120,5, Bridge in recent much ton (Victoriana), Ally Danenberg minute, dach way of polat Kerr. N. Abrahami, Sree Muld take final round of a 1-nound you cano, by
The view: an 18-your (Rscrelə), 12" Barbara Pauline matches" to be played on the cahy, S. Absansen, V
bout on Hyddor, Braham. (Victoriana), Mrs Amanda Giles King George Bobool ground in Bart
be knockout caine 10 woconda downs, the feno mourmon) (Recreio); Lauren Hodkinson, Sunday, April 10,
ald, Bat
arod 220
(800) (KKFVB)d Handth 27oler (VI)
Koriana) by mode UNG VOCworks
J
to ensure that
shork Owing to the present congestion in the Members Bott
Hail, Box-bolder and Membernura proquested. their surrents make use only of thed Fabila nyiting MAILA MILI:* | Follice will be posted at various entrances to stay it out: kaumuro, tint this regulation is afred Bo
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