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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB THIRTEENTH RACE MEETING 1951 AND
FIRST RACE MEETING 1952 Saturday 29th December 1951 and Tuesday 1st January 1952 Held under the Rules of the Hong Kong Jockey Club) On the 13th Race Meeing 1954, the First Bell will be rung at Hist 1.30 pm and the First Rare wil be run at 2.00 pm Race Meeting 1952, the Past Bell will be rung at 11.30 10 and the First Have wal beran at 1200 NOON; the Tifa Interval wi!! be after the 4th Race !!30 pm at this Meeting.
13th Race Meeting 195) on the There te 8 cares at the 29th December, and 1 aves it the 1st Meeting 1952 on the 1st January
Theragh Tickets at $16 for the 13th Race Meeting 1951, and $20 for the At Barr Meeting 1952 may be obtained at the Com- pradore Ofic of the Tacostians, 1st Flen. Telephone House, als Tickets for The Speed Cash Sweig on the Pearce Memorial Cup" scheduled to be rựu en 1815 February, 1952
TICKETS MAY ALSO BE OBTAINED FOR A SPECIAL CASH SWEEP ON THE LAST RACE OF THE 1ST RACE MEETING ON
195/ 1ST JANUARY
THERE WILL BE NO SPECIAL CASH SWEEP ON THE LAST RACE OF THE 13TH RACE MEETING ON 29TH DECEMBER, 1851.
Through Tkets reserved for both of the above Meetings bui not par by 10.00am on Panday 28th December, 1951, will be sold and the psal Valady cancelled for future meetings.
To avon congestion of the Club's Office at Telephone House, non-members are requested to gan chase then swrep tickets at th Club's Branch Offices at
& D'Agular Street, Hong Kong
OF
382 Nathan Road, Kuwluor TOTALISATOR
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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1951.
GAMBOLS
by Barry AppBaby
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TWO AUSTRALIANS JOIN FA Cup
THE EMPIRE'S GREATEST EVER PARADE OF MILERS
By "RECORDER"
Two Australians have joined the Empire's greatest ever parade of outstand- ing mile runners, Up to a year ago only 10 Empire milers were listed as having beaten minutes 12 seconds for the mile, only Tour had ever beaten 4:10.
This year eight have beaten 4:12, six have gone under 4:10. can present half-a-dozen outstanding challengers for the 1.500 Metres champion- ship at Helsinki
DITK
The Empire
47. C. Kay (N. Zealand).
47: 5%
46:11
(England) Tony Lethbridge
(England)
47.8 Ian Poimear (Australis) 47.8 | PE. Goldsmith 48.0
46:10
SHOT PUT
Replays
London, Dec. 201
The following were the results of FA Cup second round re- plays today
Newport
County 3, Leyton-
stone 0.
tles
Scunthorpe 3, Millwall 0. Workington, Witten 0. The revised third round on January 12 as the result of today's replays are:
Peter Wilson Saya
Let's Abolish The Word 'Amateur' At The Next Olympics
Sheffield United v. Newport | County
Scunthorpe United v. Totten- ham Ho spurs and Liverpool v. Workingin
The Football Association have decided that the second round FA Cup tie between Blyth Spartans and Tranmere Rovers, 46: 84 the
replay of which Was abandoned through bad light in 46: 8
extra time yesterday, shall be 40: 7
4.Jayed on the Carlisle United ground on January 3.
The mutter was referred to Football Association when to agree on whether the match should be
the
the
staged on the Blyth Spartans'
ground or at a neutral venue.— Reuter
The Australians have always, Morris Curotta (Australia) 47.7 D Stewart (5.Afrlek} . lagged behind the other Com-Jim Lavery (Canada monwealth countries in the J. Anderton (S. Africa) quality of their distance run-Dires Pugh (England) They are sull behind W. Chivel (S. Africa) New Zealand, who have pro-
880 YARDS duced Jack
Cecil Arthur Lovelock,
Wint (Jamaica) 1:49.6 Matthews, Vernon Boot and Harry Pariel (England) 1:51.6 W. Sykes (Australia) Bill Savidan among others Jim Hutchins (Canada) 1:52.1
The new Australian season, Bill Pamel (Canada) 1:52.7 John Savidge (England) 54:5 however, started with a new A. Webster (England) 1:52. Jan Giles (England) 49:4% nale record,
clubs failed 21-year-old John Roger Bannister (England) 1:52.9 Peter Hanlin (Australia) 97:10% Landy, a Melbourne University Frank Evans (England: 1:53.2 Trevor Evans (Australia) 47:74 student, bringing the mark Tom White (England) 1:53.5 Merk Phardoh (England) 47:6% down to 4 minutes 14.6 seconds. Hon Morley (England) 1:53.8 F. Herm (England) 47:6 Schoolboys can take encourage-Don Macmillan (Australia) 1543 John Short (S. Africa) 47:1 ment from the fact that LandyLD.C. Garner (England) 1:54.8. Hills (Canada)
indo' beat 4:45 in school. E. K. Robinson (England) 1:54.6 H. Drummond (Sec- Two weeks later Landy came! up against Don Macmillan, who Roger Bannister (England) 4:07.9 C.R.G. Neville (England) 45:11
Mudan Lal (India) 1 Year run 4:12.7 in New Zea-Bill Nankeville (England) 4:08.6
45:2 land The
DISCUS twe reeled off the
Don MeDwen (Canada) 4:09.0 Lastest
Metres
lan Reed (Australia) 157:9 run 11 Don Macmillan (Australia) 4:09. H.). Duguid (Seo:land) 155:3% Australian history. Macmillan Harry Parlett (England) 4:08.2
Mark Pharaoh being ihned in 3:51.8 and Landy Bi Parnell (Canada) .. 9:08.0 4:09.6
(England) both qualifying for 3:52.8
150:8% John Savidge (England) 148:9% Olympic selection by beating the officially set mleimum standard
. 146:3 S. du Plessis (S. Africa) 143:11 A. Silbury (Erg-
142:11
1.500
mark
1 3:53.0.
Macmillan continued to the
in 4 minutes Mijle
Landy secom/s
stopped at the 1,500-metre mark. changed His Yund at t on to fish in 4 18. Had he not stopped, he could have
unde: 4:31.
been
Les Perry, a three-miler, finish-
i
ex second in 4:15.
Perry a week earller had set new Australian record of 14 mirates 184 seconds for three miles and is set to qualify for the trip Helsinki
Marmian Enished with last quarter of 59 seconds.
а
He
ONE MILE
4.10.6
lured)
THROW
Len Eyre (20 Bob Adams (Canada)
Alan Parker Chris Chataway
4:11.9 4:11.4
Ron Morley (England) 4:13. Frank Evans (England) Doug Pirie (England)
THREE MILES Roy Beckett (England) Chris Chataway
(England)
40:74/4
40:5
"Jungle Law" Warning To Golfers
In 56 days the Winter Olympics will start at Oslo.... and 166 days later the XVth Olympiad proper begins in Helsinki,
At the opening ceremony for both the Winter and Summer Games a famous athlete from each competing nation will mount the rostrum and take the following Olympic Oath-
in the true
over
"We swear that we will take This is straight subsidisation part in the Olympic Games in and, of course, has nothing to luyal competition. respecting do with amateurism. And I am the regulations which govern❘ very glad to see H. them and desirous of partici- The day
the amateur, pating in them
apart from friendly garden par- spirit of sportsmanship for the ty or village green sport. is honour of our country and for
glory of sport.
Big-time international sport Furthermore, no doubt, in a
is now so much matter of prominent place, will be dis- national prestige that outstand played the ideal of
Baron
ing athletes are now amnbassp- Pierre de Coubertin, who redors-at-large. vived the Olympic Games 1800, which reads:-
We cannot afford to have our "The important thing in the ambassador falling from con- Olympic Games as hot winning | tinent to continent through lack but taking part. The essential of funds, which have hamper thing in life is not conquering ed them in obtaining facilities etren and, indeed, in getting but Aghting well."
the necessary time to prepare themselves properly for events like the Olympics.
in
High sounding words; Fine sentimental Noble, lofty aspira- tions! And Blas. 40 much hooey!
In the words of Viscount Much #s 1 regret to say i Templewood; "In these difficult this, I believe the time has | days, no one has the time, the come to abolish the very word teisure, or the money to de- "amateur."
vote a life to any gamë.
LOST ITS MEANING
ALL THE BEST
It has lost all its original | And as the Olymple Games mearing, and I do not believe are, in fact, world champlon- that one athlete in ten from ships for a great many sports. some of the Continental coun-I want to see the best athletes, tries-and I suspect from Rus- | whether amateur or profes- sta-could put the hands on sional, representing their re- their hearts and swear that spective countries. they were deriving no Bnancial benefit from their status Olympic stars.
Great Britain on the whole will probably be the most pure-
I know that the idea of the pure amateur is an admirable one, but unless every national truly abides by it the Olym- ly amateur nation in the Olympics become sordid affairs in piad, and that is at least one which those nations who try to reason why our successes in keep to the spirit are humbled the recent. Games have been by countries who have decided so infrequent.
that "The important thing in who gomeone
takes the Olympic Games is win- fively interest in this problem | ning.”
As
put it to me the other day: Oddly "Conditions have so changed throughout the world that amateurism is in most cases impossible and in all Improbable."
In the Winter Games our athletes--for the most part re- people
coses
enough the Games have by no means always been amateur, for long before the original ones were suppressed by the Roman Emperor Theo- New York, Dec. 18.
Goslus in AP. 393, they h
had The United States Golf
become professional, Association warned local clubs
greatest athletes of the
then of that any softening today
known world competing. penalties in the
Tules stricted to those few new
This wealthy enough to afford brief
19 what I would like to a "Jungle
These in happen winter sporting holidays abroad new golf
-will have to compete against Games-the realism which code, which will bring the U.S. rules into
from prompts the often. despised with conformity those of the rest of the world,
4:14.0 4:14.4
14:02.8
lani) J. H. Drummond
(Scotland)
......
141:10
T. H. Berratt (England) 14:02.0
140:1044
would bring about Law" in golf, The
D.HH.G. Pirie (England) 14:03.0 Janes Rates (Australia) 140:4 Alan Parker (England) 14:04.4 E. J. H. Brewer (Eng- 14:18.0
138:10
|H.J. Hicks (England)
land)
JAVELIN THROW
(Australia)
Philip Morgan (England) 14:12.4 A. Jansons (England). 197:104 R.F. Robins (England) 14:18.8 Alec Olney (England) 14:15.0 Aleksis Hakelis A.S. Forbes (Scotland). 14:15.0)
208; 8% Len Eyre (England) 14:16.4. Veitch (S. Africa) 199: 7%
M. J. W. Dalrymple Les Perry (Australia)
(England) HIGH HURDLES
14:16.4
is 24 and 6 feet 3 inches tall, Peter Gardner (Australia) *14.0
M. 3. Denley
Di aleuds be paid on the winning and placed ponies which makes him the biggest Ray Weinberg (Australia) *14) Colln Murraylee
Biven su declared by the Stewards when the "All Clear" The "All Cler" signal wid be indicated by a white light and for a white sphere at the Totalisator Tower, BACKERS ARE ADVISED NOT TO DESTROY OR THROW AWAY THEIR TICKETS UNTIL AFTER THE "ALL CLEAR" SIGNAL HAS BEEN EXHIBITED.
Totalisator Tickets should be examined and checked be- fore leaving the Selling Counters as mistakes of any descrip- tion cannot be rectified later.
Cash received in respect of Dividends should be checked before leaving the Pay-Out Counters as no claim for short Dayment of the value of tickets presented can be entertained once Investors have left the Counters.
All winning tickets and tickets for refunds must be pre- sented for payment at the Race Course on the day to which they refer, but none will be paid later than one hour after the time for which the last race of the day has been scheduled to be run.
In my circumstances will any Dividends be paid or re- funds made unless a ticket is produced. Payment will NOT be made on torn or disgured tickets,
MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE Members and guests are reminded that they and their ladies MUST wear their badges prominently displayed throughout the Meeting.
NO ONE WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE.
Badges admitting ladies not in possession of Brooches ur Season tickets and gentlemen, non-members of the Club, to the Members Enclosure and Club Rooms at $10.00 per day including tax, for ladies or gentlemen are obtainable through the Secretary at Telephone House, on the written or personal Introduction of a Member, such member to be responsible for all visitors Introduced by him, and for payment of all chits, etc.
Only limited
number of badges Enclosure will be on sale at the Rad
admitting to Members* Race Course, The Branch Offices and the Treasurers' Compradore Office will close at 11.00 am, the 1st Day and at 10.00 a.m. the 2nd Day. Secretary's Office will close at 11.45 a.m. the 1st Day and. at 10.00 4.m. the 2nd Day. The Treasurers' Compradore Office and the Secretary's Office are situated at 1st Floor, Telephone House.
A limited number of tiffins will be obtainable at the Club House provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 27818).
NO CHILDREN WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE CLUB'S PRE- MISES DURING THE MEETING."
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE-
The price of admission to the Public Enclosure is $3.00 each day including tox for all persons including ladles, and is payable at the Gate.
Iwc other
have
class mile runner in the world. Bill Steward (Canada)
Besides Macmillan and Landy.lan de Jongh (S. Africa)
Australians
Ken Doubleday (Australia) qualified for the Olympic team. Peter Gardner going over the Charlie Green (Australia). high bundle, in 14.4 seconds and Nico De Wet (S. Africa) John Vernon clearing 6 feet 4 Peter Hildreth (England)
F.J. Parker (England) inches in the high jump.
South
African Donald Finlay (England) Season has produced no put-John Holland (N. Zealand) 14.9 standing mark other than a 33.7-
LOW HURDLES effort over second hurdles
The
new
the low
by P. Greyling of However, Orange Free State. no fewer than 12 South Africans have already beaten 49 seconds for 440 yards and competition in this event is going to be very keen.
will become effective January
the
see
next
professionals top countries where ski-ing and table tennis to draw no firtick- similar activities are virtually ing distinctions between pational games. The foreigners amateur and professional, but will be known ON "ski to call everyone "players" and teachers."
lel each competitor more or
in the Soccer, which is part less decide his own status. arid
of the Summer Olympics, we
I.
Most important changes in the new rules will be the elimination of the stymie 199: 6 the increase in the out
bounds
penalty from one 197: 4% two strokes
(England)
14.4
(Australia)
14.7
W. F. Wall (England)
196: 6 193: 3
A. F. Hignell
14.7
(England)
189:
4
14.9
J. Achurch
34.8
(Australia)
189: 3
14.8
G. N. M. Fisher
14.8
14.0
(Scotland)
188: 11
J. A. Redgate
(England)
188;
ง
180: 8
179: 10
John Holland (N. Zealand) 52.8 Geoff Goodacre (Australia) 53.6 Harry Whittle (England) 53.8
Greyling (S. Africa}.. P. George Gedge (Australia) 53.8 Angus Scott (England) F. J. Parker (England)
Davis ( by D. K. Gracie Empire athletes this year follow: W. H. Clephan (England)
100 YARDS
Danny Boon (Australia)
The best perfonnances
J.
E. McD. Bailey (Trinidad) 9.6 J. G. M. Hart (Scotland)
9.7 9,7
55.5
$5.0
HAMMER THROW
D. McD. Clark
(Scotland)
Reidy
173: 31 162: 8% (N.
53.7 E. C. K. Douglas
(Scotland) 54.2 P. C. Allday 24.2
(England) 55.2
Dreyer (S. Africa) 55.5 C.
Ireland) 55.9 Keith Allen 55.6 (Australia)
Keith Pardon
- (Australia) A. R. Valentine (England)
with the wind HIGH JUMP
9.7 Alan Paterson (Scotland) 6:6
9.7
N. B. Osagie (Nigeria) 6:5 Ron Pavitt (England)
... 6:5
Dave Sandler (S. Africa) John Treloar (Australia) Bill de Gruchy (Australia) W. Nel (S. Africa) Bill Job (Australia) Bob Hutchison (Canada) John Bullock (Australia) Flector logon (Australia) 9.8 K. Wyeth (S. Africa)
9.8 John Vernon
(Australia) 6:4 8. Peter Wells (England) Bruce Moore (Australia) Andre Bester (S. Africa). 98 Doug Stuart (Australia) 8:4 Brian Shenton (England). 9.8 Norman Gregor (Scotland) 0:3 H. Wilkinson (S. Africa)..
D. Blair (Canada) 9.8
POLE VAULT 220 Yards
9.7 lan de Jongh (S. Africa) 8:4%% 9.8 O. Majekodunmi
(Nigeria)
6:4
0:4
Neville
Gadsden
(Australia) [D. N. "J. Cullum
to
In making available the new code in booklet form, the USGA strongly urged uniform observance of the rules by all local clubs-United Press.
Accountants'
Golf Match
The annual golf match of the Association
of Chartered Ac- countants in Hongkong was held at Shek-O on Wednesday, by kind permission of the Chairman and Members of the Committee of the Shek-O Country Club.
After tiffin, the golf match, which was divided into two 158: 4% sections, main competition and novices competition, was played 158: 2% in extremely good golfing con-
158: 8
187: 8
156: 44%
(England)
156: 2 D. Anthony (England) 151: 1
Gavilan To Defend
4:3
13:0
19:3
Title Against Charles Humez
Kid
Paris, Dec. 20. Gavilan (Cuba) will de-
fend
title
E. McD. Bailey (Trinidad) 20.8 Norman Gregor (Scot- George Rhoden (Jamaica) 21.1 land) Herb McKenley (Jamaica) 21.2
(S. Andrejas Burger John Wilkinson (England) 21.3 Africa) Bill de Gruchy (Australia 21.5 G. M. Elliott (England) 13:0 John Bartram (Australia) 21,6 Peter Denton (Australia) 12:8 Jolin Bullock (Australia) 21.8 Tim. Anderson (England) 12:8 Nick Stacey (England) John Treloar (Australia). 21.0 C. Brigham (Canada) 12:7%
21.0 Bruce Peever (Australia) 32:7 Edwin
Carr
21.8 B. Blommaart (5. Africa) 12:8 (Australia) Norris McWhirter
George Broad (England) 12:0 21.0 N. E. C. Dear (England) 12:0 (Scotland)
II. Feuillean
(En-and) 12:0 LONG JUMP
47.2
YARDS George Rhoden (Jamaica) 40.3 BOOKMAKERS, TIC TAC MEN ETC., WILL NOT BE PER- Herb McKenley (Jamaica) 46.4 Dents Hasenfuger
(5 Africa) MITTED TO OPERATE WITHIN THE PRECINCTS OF THE HONGArthur Wint (Jamaica) KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
Schalic Booysen (S-Africa) 47.6 LG.H, Walker
(England); "Biljon (B
(Nigeria)
van
Africa)
MEALS AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE OBTAINABLE IN Loui THE RESTAURANT IN THE PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.
'SERVANTS' PASSES
Servants' passes will be issued to private box holders only, who are requested to distribute them with discrimination and to endorse their names on the passes. Holders of such passes ažu not permitted in the Members Enclosure except for passing through
their dulles and must remain" in their employers tanda Owing to the dongestion in the Members Betting Hall
on
Bootha adjacent to Boxer in the comer Dicon pho
· Mambers are requested to.
at varlota points in the enclosure, to manure, that this
adhered
DON'T
WASTE
47.8 Sylvanus Williama
KAB O
The PUTING FREE OR WATER
was
msin competition won by J. Mould, who returned a net score of 57. F.D. Hunter and D. L. Prophet tied for second place, returning a net 84. The novices' competition was won by W.A.P. Thom, who re turned a grass score of 56 for
nine holes.
The winners were prosented
with prizes as mementos of the occasion by the President, Mr D. Black.
CCC TENNIS
shall send A teair of (more
pure
less) amateurs. whereas it has already been that the Austrjan
suggested team which drew with the full professional qúight of England may represent their country.
TENNIS LEAD
Last week lawn tennis gave
lead the
In the war
on “shamateurism”—that unlove- ly word which was largely coined in connection with the tennis racket.
Viscount Templewood, the president of the Lawn Tennis Association, announced that a special committee has been ap- Tennis pointed by the Lawn Association to see how far help be given to really promising young players to continue to play Brst-class ten-
con
nis.
LETTER TO
EDITOR THE
Not Their Own Affair
Sir,-A pat on the back to "Grandstand" from one who. more often than not, does not see eye to eye with him,
I
quote The Warriors
--(London Express Service)
COMING
in the
CHINA MAIL
The Brat article of
weekly instructional serlesi
flelded two players from the on the game of cricket by Red Sox
Whether ther the former Surrey absti
China Mall,
The following tennis matches Americans will, or will not B- England all-rounder, “Alf” his world welterweight in the Craigengower “ Cricket bent against the unfairness of against Charles ̈ Humez Club Intra-Club Champion the deal, is not, as it may scom, Gover, will appear (France), European champion, ships will be played at Happy their own affair, for there is to-morrow's on March 28, 1982 at the Madi-Valley on Saturday, December the danger of a precedent being
Square Garden, New York Louds Sign, Humiéz” manager, ..
has written to Harry Markson,
cable and
exepted with resultant chaos. Championship (sel- It will be interesting
Bakery Joseph note the reactions Director of the International HU, NOT COLT 7:30 pm 24; 64 Boxing Club for confirmation
the ro
103-
pogalble for
Handicap For Chandstand's informa- financial (final); B, W/Choy, and Mrs 1, tion, the state of affairs is not Souza VASL Saites and confined to shall, but to other
sports in the colony as well.
When k benni... In short of
*24:-1/16 repórted that Iluman has P.V. Yap, No. 2 Court-3 pm.
23: 81%
231,712 Hugh Jack (Austraila)
E. Askew England) *28;
HT
(England)
AR
(Kngland)
George Broad (kridtarid), 383 311⁄2
E. Durkow (Beigemench]}}@#:1015
1 НОР ВЕКР
Peter Cox (Australla
B.EX Cross (106) March
offered 175 per cent it the. sate plus 49,000 from television
khle: Humuz ARGENTINE WILL
NOT COMPETE
Bolt Benalm, Faris promoter to arrango two warning up Sghtw.
Reuter
DAY'S SPORT
Buenos #Airey - Dec. 201
nothing of
Khis,
fem unrested or ineligible
| Argentina Will not compete, in the Olympia zootballgatóws : at take note of this and do pomi Helsinki, abeording to the Ar- thing about it. gentine Foosball association. It betwem team.
Cargu- permit the
wer: 20 .dimcult to deter-
Why
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