THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1952.
SPORTING SAM
By Rog. Wootton
The Olympic Winter Games
Brilliant Figure Skating Display By Britain's Jeanette Altwegg
Oslo, Feb. 17.
A new Olympic record for the 5,000 Metres Speed Skating-first new record of this year's Games-and a brilliant display by Britain's Jeanette Allwegg to head the women figure skaters in their compulsory figures, featured today's events of the Sixth Winter Olympiad here.
SING TAO PAY DEARLY FOR TAKING THINGS TOO EASILY AGAINST EASTERN
By "SPIV".
The three crucial First Division Soccer League games during the week-end brought one stunning upset, when Sing Tao paid the penalty for taking things too easily and lost to Kitchee by two goals to one.
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South China with a reinforced line-up defented Eastern by 3-1 to maintain their lead in the League table, but their win was far from being an impressive one. Only Army of the three teams displayed a form anywhere near that of 'n champion team, with a decisive three-nil win over Navy.
A heavy
continuous drizzle was outpositioned, had ho, let suffered most from the slippery and heavy cross winds rendered the ball pass.
ground. Hsu King-sing found it good football Impossible on For the rest of the game, the practically imposalble to move Saturday, particularly at Caro- Eastern team
and so did Lau Chung- the more about, line Hill in the match between handicapped the wet round, sang. Botly forward lines were Eastern and South China
being amable to make leng almost even in the number of.) Even with these factors taken stearances, and put into effect scoring chances, with probably into consideration, It was con- their along the ground shot Sing Too having slightly the spicuously evident that South passing movements. China's reshuffled forward line
of Szeto Man, Chung Fook-loon, Ko Po-keung, Lee Yuk-tak and Mok Chun-wah was a huge
fallure.
Only one forward was playing and that was Mok Chun-wahi
were
more.
Lack of shooting power in
THROWN AWAY front of the goalmouth cori them at least two goals, on both On the slippery ground yes- occasions, one of their forwards terday, their usual precise short
ying to take the ball still passing movements,
only nearer to the goal when about five yards from it.
BETTER FOOTBALL
however, were not too successful. und hen they did try to utilise the wings, some grand chances were thrown away by errntle arst- timers.
Hjalmar Andersen (Norway), winner of the World and three European Cham-Chung Fook-loon proved that he pionship Medals, and world record holder for 5,000 and 10,000 metres, was the speed was essentially a half-back, and
Ko Po-keung, although he tried The Kitchee-Sing Tao match
The Kilchee forwards capit- skater and his time of 8 mins, 10.6 second knocked nine seconds off the Olympic hard to play an unselush yesterday produced better foot-ased on their speed to the full- record set in 1936 by Ivar Ballangrud (Norway).
game, was too clumsy to tell, although the ground condes: advantage, both their goals
tring Individual efforts.
Anderaan established his Tuomi (Finland) finished in 8 world record time of 8 mins. 7.3 mins, 40 seconds. seconds at Trondhen last year.
skaters
with a reconds.
6. Ecti Nieminen,
into short-passing tactles. DEFENCE EARNED VICTORY
Finland 211-7 4. Ollar Gjermund-
ahaug, Norway 123-1
208.
200
0. Paovo Korhonen.
Finland... 208-5
206.
of
9. Alfons Supersaxo,
t
Kees Brookmin (Nether- Best of the Japanese speed lands) took over second place was Yoshiyasu Gorni with 8 mins. 21.8 seconds, and
Biannsbrath time of ming. 38.6 | Arthur
(Austria) got among the leaders with mins. 30.3 seconds.
Ken Henry
(United States), Metres yes- who on the 500
ochind terday, finished well today with a time of 8 min., 59.9 seconds.
Sugawara finished fitteenth in 8 mins, 14.4 seconds,
Miss Altwegg, with a substan tal leart over 24 rivals at the completion of the compulsory figures in the Women's Figure Skating, appears a certainty to add the Olympic honours to her World, European and British
titles.
on
Sigvard Ericsson (Sweden) returned 8 mins. 40,0 seconds.
Holwell (Britcin) returned a time of 8 mins. 44.5 seconds, and then Sverre Haugli (Norway) took over third place behind Andersen and Brockman with a time of mlns. 22.4 seconds.
Switzerland..... 203-5 18. Nyolchi Fujiwara
Japan......... 200-8
Women's FIGURE SKATING
(End of compulsory figures)
'Ordinai Judging
pls. pie.
tion were stil far from Ideal.
I had the occasion of remark- ing once in these columns that Sing Tao would at one time or It was to the fine performance other meet with a costly defeat through their habit of taking things top easily.
It
their defenco
that
the League
their leaders owed
and 201. victory. Head
shoulders
happened yesterday, and above them was left-back Chan 201.
to when they did try really hard, Ka-sau, who in addition scoring the equaliser with one they found themselves up against of his specialties from a free-a team already inspired with the kick just outside the box, was vision of scoring one of the the hero of the team with his upsets of the season.
Yesterday, it was the heavier- accurate tackling and powerful 1.. Jeannette Altwegg.
elearing first.timers.
built Sing Tao defenders
who Great Britain ...... 10 07.023
On
on Albrig1.
his performance 1. Tenley
United States......
and 21 03.200 Saturday
in The
game 3. Sorren Klopter.
against the Danes on Wednes- United States
10.967 day, Chan Ka-sau proved that. Jacqueline Du Bier.
90,407 he is perhaps the best left-back
in the Colony today.-
Another
France
5.- Barbara Wyatt.
Great Britain......
6. Suzannelmorrow.
Connds
7. Vilda Osborn, Great
Britain
7. Virginia Baxter.
Detroit 2. Erika 10. Gund Burch,
Night was fast drawing near as the competition continued, Four years ago Miss Barbara with the Olympic llame at the Ann Scott (Canada) captured Stadium casting a lurid glow. 4. the four Towns" in one year, over one section of the crowd holds, watching the event decided under brunette The British
an average score of the are lights. nine Norman total points awarded by judges, the useful rad of 4.022 from Tenley Albright (United States)
and also has a wide favour in the margin in her placements column.
Surprise of the Agures has been the comparative failure of Mlle. du Biel (France), who got
a point of Miss within Altwegg in the European Championships. She appeared to be affected by the cold here. and was far from her best.
The general impression hero is that Miss Altwegg is the most adept school gure skater Miss Scott Won honours,'
None of the later skaters approached Andersen's time, and the crowd rose to him as he was acclaimed Gold Medalist, followed by Brookmen (Silver) and Haugli (Bronze).-Router.
THE SUMMARIES
Oslo, Feb, 17. Summaries of fourth day's) since events today in the Sixth Winter
19481 Olymp the
Games (top ten inishers). Other events today were the of the jumping competition. combined skiing event, and the women's downhill race.
PACKED WITH FANS
The
Bislot
Stadium packed with 30,000 fans for the 6,009-Metre event, the
Kraft. Germany.....
Germany 11. Marlene Smith,
Canada
13. Vera Virginia Smith
Cariada
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41 20.241
5314 87,400
for South
ASIAN TENNIS
outstanding player TOURNAMENT
China
was Chiu
62 86.567 Chor-wing whose return to the
Caroline
Hill team at right-half CONCLUDES
1814 85.678 118 further strengthened their
05.5 13.10
89 03.554
100.5 82.000
defence,
Indeed, in the words of one of the pressmen at the match, South China-played almost with 115.5 81.222 a four-men team, Mok Chun- wah, Chlu Chor-wing, Tong (Although Erika Kraft of GerSheung and Chan Ka-sau. many had more ordinal points than Gundi Busch of Germany, Pau King-yin at goal พอร the Olympic Press Offee said left with very litte to do, but that the judges
Insisted Miss made one glorious save, which Kraft was entitled to a higher turned the tide of the game. rating.)-Associated Press,
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The Arst goal, which came in the 6th minute of the second half, was the result of a beaull- ful pass by Chau Man-chi from midfield.
After securing the ball in a tussle with the Sing Tao left- half, Chau Man chi drove it along the ground for almost 30 yards, catching Hou Yung-sang on, the wrong foot,
The bell passed him on his left, and Eastern left-winger Leung Wing-kwong cut it, raced with the ball to the goal- mouth and drove it past Yue Viu-ink.
Sing Tao obtained the equaliser five minutes later from a.corner kick. The kick went
Hay Yung-sang to
whose kender was blocked by a de fender,
"The ball bounded to the feel of Lee Hung-kee. who had no difficulty in putting it past Cheung Kcon hàng st prin blank range.
Colombo, Feb. 17. Frank Sedgman, Austra- lia's No. 1 player, won the
THRILLING SOCCER Men's Singles title in the Almost 20 minutes of thrilling Adlan Lawn Tennis Cham-seccer were teen after this, as pionships here today, beat-bach sider came near to scoring, ing Tony Mottram, British with Sing Tao, having the major Davis Cup player, by 6-1, share of the attack, and Kitchée
keeping to the defensive. 9-7, 6-0 in the final.
Two minutes before the end, upfield clearance saw the ball going to the Eastern centre- forward. Lau
Wai-man, who swerved round Hsu King-sing and streaked for the goalmouth.
Eastern put
another Sedgman had to give of his THE STANDINGS
| gallant performance and thoughy best, especially
in the second they failed to make their set, before he overcame Oslo, Feb, 17.
seventh straight wwin, were Mottram, who appeared to tire Here are the standings after first four days in the Sixth Win-stage of the game.
very close to doing it at one near the end. ter Olympica.
1:40.0 Austria
Women's downbiti skling 1. Trude Jochum Beider.
Austria
2.
Annemarie Buchner Fischer,
100 United States
Germany ------
Gana Munizzo, Italy
Erika Mahringer, Austria 1:49.5 Norway
Madeleine Berthed, Swit
1:50. Germany
Margit Vamunen, Norway 1:51.3 Italy
Johanne Hewson, Canada
Evi Janig, Germany.....
1:51.3 Switzerland
1:52.9 Holland
After scoring the first goal in the sixth minute of the game, they had a glorious opportunity of "notching up another goal immediately afterwards.
Chang Yin-ching came across After Sedgman had taken the
to tackle him, but Lau snapped first set without much trouble, Mottam, put up silff resistance hard and jow to the corner of the rebound and drove the ball in th. second. He often had the
the net with Yuc Yiu-tak Australian running from -alde
to site with clever placements making a fuille effort to dive at but after 7-7 had been called,
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Ida Schopfer, Switzerland, and Hannelore
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1:53.0 France
2
past Fok Yue-wah. With only
game and Sedgman
Sweden Belgium
1
the goalkeeper to beat, left-wing went on to take the set. Lo Kwok-tie sent in a perfect
1/4
-Associated Press.
of the skating "classics". United States having won the 500 Metres yesterday.
Ice conditions were perfect for the speed skaters, with tem- peratures two degrees zera, but I was cloudy head and a mist hung low over the Stadium.
below over-
Andersen covered the Arst 600 metres in 58 seconds, and then reeled off lap after lap of 400 metres in times between 38 and 40 seconds.
Andersen was loudly cheered throughout his fantastic run in nwhich, for the first two laps, he was inside the world record.
Best of the other early times was 8 mins. 30.6 seconds Van Der Voort,
Germany, (edi
5,000 Metres speed skating
Canada
1. Hjalmar Andersen, Norway 8:00 Japan
2. Kees Broekman, Nether-
De:
0210
3. Sverre Haugil, Norway 3:22.4 4. Anton Hices, Netherlands 8:28.5
Vim Van
Voort. Netherlands vo
$30,0 6. Karl-Erik Asplund, Sweden 8:30.7 7. Pentti Lammlo, Finland.. 8:310 8. Arthur Marmabarth, Austria 8:36.3
0. Wiggo K. Hansen, Norway 8:37.2
10. Yoshlyasu Gomi, Japan... 8:348
SKI JUMT
LESLIE AMES TO COACH KENT
Best jump. Points
1. Simon Slantvilk
by
2. Sverre Stenersen,
Norway....................... 2223
223
3. Per
4. Hana Eder,
Gjelten,
Norway 210-014
Austria. 11-7
...................... 206-814
212.
200.
207.5
post
with whom Andersen raced in his heat.
John Graham Hearn (Britain) returned a time of 6 mins, 47 seconds,
held third which
Matti Then
place for a time.
5. Heikki Hasu, Fin-
land
A diagonal ground centre from Mottram dropped his service in the right went all the way across the 15th
After this Mojtram appeared
rising drive to the near corner of to tire and Sedgman, with the the goal, only to see the South aid of his fast service and China goalkeeper
coming strategie placings, took the next through with his most specta-six games in a row for set and cular save of the day.
match. Had Eastern got this goal, the result might have well been a different one.
match,
His
It.
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