No Surprises In Stirring Cup-tie Clashes.
- London, Feb; 23.
The enly surprising feature of today's English P.A. Cup Bth cod (ies and Seoffish Cup' third pound games was that there were an surprises.,
In the south Arsenal unil. Portsmouth, joint favourites, and: Newcastle Cup holders, all got through safely. North of The border, Rangers, flauta nid Dunder continued their triumphant' progress,
or the giant, killers" jousta Earth person steve News reagain. All "ilure Thii Divi-cs.dle, bil lave played one made. ston Clubs were beaten. Southe¦ moda, na ang ofness. This in the and lost at herse to Shastheid Davison.
Unitest after folding a enregoal!
Interval lead; Leyton were no match for Arzinai, who
three times withond reply, Swo don, after a malbost deld, wine? acaien 3-1 by Luton
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ni gata a day 3+ away vies Any over Weicesticampy', on,
The cat,
chance of
to the top the Buhund Don but they wete in aten
Michle for
Berwick Rangers, the type : Southcmpan and so the club net from the two premten | leli is hip remaingu divisions concerned in the Scot fra Saturday sange Devyme tish Cup, put up the best pic & formance of the day. They held
Dundee to a solitary al
steading, who beat Northam
Newcastle bad several an=) ban 3-0 away, narrowed the go xious moments at Swanson far- by two posts being the Third fore winning their game. Mit- Division Southern leathers Ply
Who Wera chell scored the only goal five macdi 648 painkt) minutes before half-time,
without a Lipgure game to-day. Had
In the Northern (seetla Lia- Swansea been able to finish oft
their Lad their moves, they must surely cala City greed Have won, for they had 70 jærl cent of the play.
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with, a
a 3-0 win over Traniera Ravers, They now hure 50 points three ahead of Strettport
A crowd of 50,000 saw Black-wau dropped a valuable pont ad burn bent West Bromwich Al- amwere We
sasha hili tach
bion 1-0. The passport to the sixth round was a penalty sue-1 cessfully converted by Egland full-back Eckersley ve minutes from time,
Player Sent Off
An unfortunate incident at Portsmouth, when Doncaster were soundly, beaten by four goals to all, was the sending off in the closing stages of Dan- cogier left-half and plain, Miler.
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to a goalless draw,
B. third round the Bes on Cup alar taled to produce any surpat, rugults, though Dun- vine Waterf w.n. Dupa fing Aberdeen,
in the
Belted drew level long pages and had a great chament of antelling vi hary when day were awarded a penalty but ine inside-left Bunsaiore, failed with the kick,
Airdrieonians'
decisive 4-0
win over Murton-was-marked by a hat-trick from Seawright, recalled to the left wing as Me- Culloch was injured,
Several times during the game the referee spoke to players about robust tackling.
The day of shocks was re- served for the League games. In the League games,
Si. In Division II. Coventry won at arren lot, at home to Purch Rotherham
to climb further
Thistle and are now in danger of the bottom, while gaton. Celtic, with, are away from
ໄ Leicester, who lost by two goals menkputer off for they also home to Raith wood dog at Hover
to nil at Southampton, demped back in the promotion race.
In
Third Division South, Rending's fine 3-0 victory Northampton
Division
File-a Glasgow
At the top of the 11.berman fell to Bus put them only resul;
which two points behind Plymouth | Rangers in the championship Argyle, who were without a
game.
Tá in Third Division
won convincingly against and gained another
point's advantage over Stock- bort.
who
were
surprisingly
held to a home draw by Wrex- ham,
Pare. Iteuter.
Present League Standings
London, Feb. 21.
The defeat of Hibernian
The following are the League. the Scottish Leagle has If football standings after, pestors Nungers with on nutside chance | davlat gamest
the of takky
championship.
Third Dickdan, Sauthern
Celtic, beaten 1-0 by Raith
Rover, are now in the relega- ! plymath tion dünger zone ter more. Ten
United
A furlousty cunt.sfid game a Leods. resulted in the and Chelsea phordisk two goals. The strenuous tussie brought 4ts antrics but none was serious. Milburn, Leeds' centre forward who used play full-beek uit
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on it
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Southend
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Town
quite recently, went off with a culchester head injury in the second hall ist Le but returned 15 minutes later Watland
after having three serted in the wound.
stitches inpswich
Painge
Ahlerstont Torquay
As expected, Portsmotik, who Gimigliam Somo consider to have a good Exeter cheres of completing the Cap Port Vale.
Samwinny and League double, had an easy Wawan victory over Doncaster Rovers.
After being subdued for a lime
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Gateshead ilarow
Southport
round.
Burnley were the more com- Bradford pret side in their all-Lancashire Chestes field match with Liverpost- und, be-York cause of their ability to take Crewe Alexanitra chances bent their First Division Traninere colleagues by two first half goals isradford
There were only two games Wrexham
2nd Second Scunthorpe each of the 'First
Recitale Divisions,
Chester Workington Darlington Accrington
Spurs Beat Prentar In the senior League Totion- ham Hotspur, with a 1-0 victory over Prosion North End; went in
Savitt Wins
Indoor Tennis
Championship
Dick
Scottish Division “"
10bernian East Fife Rangers Hearts Raith Rover Partick Thistle Aberdeen bundes'
0's.
well
St Mirren Airdrie Celle Morton
Third Lunac Surling
New York, Feb, 24. Savitt, second ranking"
Falkirk.
Hential Divis
US player, captured the National Clyde Inddur temis championship - Ayr Bid. day by dethroning Billy Talbert
in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4,
Dundee vlá Dunfermine
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1952. THE OLYMPIC FIRE IS LIT
The grandson of Frithjof Nansen, the great explorer, fighting Hire Olympic fire at the Bislet Stadium in Oslo for the opening of the Winter Olympies. (Cen- tral, Press).
The Olympic Winter Games
Bergmann Wins World
Ski Jump Championship:
Canada Tops Ice Hockey
Gardner Going On The Farm
Market Har- borough, Feb, 24. Jack Gardner, British heavyweight and Empire baxing champion, Липе bought a farm of about 40 Market Har- acrest near
horough.
Gardner sald, "I have no intention of retiring yet but I have to link of the
time wilteri
boxing my days are over." — Reuter.
Stadium to witness pionship encounter.
Canadians, defending
Oslo, Feb. 24.
Mistake In
Wahoos Make No
Pennant Tilt: Saints Get Narrowly Home In Key Game
By “GRÁNDSTAND":
The Wakoos are the first to be declared champions this year when they annexed the Ladies' Senior title by outhitting- the Squaws to register a 12-5 triumph over the workend, while the Pooi To College girls nosed out their rivals from Carolino Hill by 9-8.
Both of the "A" Division tussles in the Senior League were close affairs as the Saints shaded the Madcaps 4-3 on Jindoo Hussain's timely hit in the final semester while the Canucks who were well on the way to an upset victory finally succumbed to the Overseas 7-6.
Two hitless shulout perfor- mences featured the, Junior league programind ns Jimmy Herchck of the Pandus, turned bock the Griffins '11-0 with elever strikeouts to his credit and Rennie Barretto of the Blackhawits mowed down. 9 Dragons to register his third shutout game of the season.
Wahoos 12 Squaws 5
The
RESULTS AT-
A GLANCE
SENIOR "A”, DIVISION Balnis
4 Badoups Overseas 7 Capacks
BENIOR "E" DIVISION US Navy 9 Dodgers
JUNIOR LEAGUE
Wahoos unleashed [ terrife onslaught of bone-hits to register, their firth consecutive Rexes title in the Ladies League when Pandas thley Bubdued the challenging wildures Squaws 12-5
one
Noronha
Aces
21 Gels
"
ness, in the sixth inning, W. 15. Weng, J. C. Wong and R. C. Leung loaded the bises in a Barratto Inci difch rally, but was equal to the occasion and fanned C. Ng with three blister- ing pitches.
The Bantams were happy aver their 13-12 noseout, over China which lifted them out of
cellar. Things started well for the Bantams as they gained
lead after Ola seven-run
tura Janings of play, but after lapsing Inta carelessness the Caroliners pushed ahead with a nine-run splurge to leave them trailing behind one run.
0
0 7 Blue 'Sox
Blackhawks 14, Dragons Delawares 17 Dodireta
LADIES LEAGUE
0
0 South China 8
one to Jindso
text an easy Hussain wid in promptly parked. It out centre-field for Harry Kwok To comp over, the plate with the winning run.
capz
Kelly
In the crucial sixth inning, their bals come to life spaln and
a couple of timely bingies gave them aailm
one-run margin to work on, which they
protected until the end.
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The veteran battery of hurler Terry
and Putsy McDonald proved too tough-for- the opposition and backed Walioos 12 Squaw
than a Pool To by holding tighter
Bouth China tried hard to overcome the Squaws drum.
lend and werD Umited the to two hits for the whole game,
almost successful when Y. T. Hon of them being Thelma suffered a
beat out an infield hit, Lapse in the final pilfered second and third, but Coelho's homerun with the #rst chapter when he pitch, but backed by some fancy
steady Belding by the Bantams who had victory within their ciputing.
the Owls
stepped up the pressure and colleated 12
grasp saved the day for them. taliles on 13 blows, three of the The Sixth Winter Olympic Games came to a
when runs being, nutched up
Cooper on the mound for the Collaco
winners wavered sightly during. spectacular climax today with Canada retaining
blasted Shella
out DULH circuit
The Madcups drew first blood the game when he allowed the blow
with two runners
third the ice hockey championship and Norway made a on base in the inning. when George Saunders received Chinese side to collect several -sweep of the ski jumping, making them the un-Irene Starkey who is leading if on an infield bobble and doringing hits, but settled down
the batting race was in brilliant crossed over with the first tally to stendy-pitching for the rest.. disputed but unofficial champions of the games form when she lashed out three when Sherry Bucks behind the of the game. The triumph
wild pcg to not just belong to the players they hosted. Olympic officials recognise only in-safe-hits in four times. at bat to plate hraved a
for "Shorty" Turner of the consolidate her unchallenged second base. dividual performance.
Another
was Hawks and track-ster McMahon Madeap run position....
shares. of registered when Bernie Silva could justifiably claim shares. America's hockey. team tied Wolver Naes and Germany's Tony The Owls who batted first and Erle Remedios singled in the honour with their coaching, the heavily-favoured Canadians Brutscher, led for fourth and
failed to produce any result as succession, but
the Saints while Lt. C. W. Newman bossing in the Anal three fifth, and Arne Hogl of Norway, they went out in order but the fought right back and grabbed from the bench lent great moral on a goal minutes
Squaws started off with by Jerry Sedin, a 25-sixth
the lead in the third inning and vocal support, his exhorta maker, A Scandinavia, the birthplace of powerful attack as year-old jewellery
Thelma when alternate walks and hits tions seemingly reviving the crowd of 10,000 jammed Jordni ski-jumping, preserved its tradi- Coelho belted, Terry Noronha's
three. a's nudged.
runs across the cham-tional supremacy In the art and first pitch for a
hapeless, round-trippar.
In the fifth frame, the Kate when the cause seemed Norway maintained its record of The Wahoo answer to that
·when equalised vinning Every The
ski jump in was a series of hits in their Silva-Netto worked hurler Tony The Rexes who were fighting Olympic history,
next turn with the. hickory, led Kwok for a walk, stole second to keep abreast of the leaders champions, won the crown on
off by Patsy McDonald's safety and dented the rubbor on in the junior league Recounted seven straight previous victories.
The followed by Irene
for the Aces 7-5. Starkes, Roberto Nunes timely hit, The United States cinched
and Shella The sixth inning passed
a close affair as the Aces was The jumpers put on a great Dolly Maddox second
place in the hockey show for the record throng with Collaco, the latter with a four-rapidly with both outfits play-jumped into the lead with dandings with a G-1-1 mark while Czechoslovakin
the 44 contestants from 13 mester which knocked the winding air-tight ball and after the cluster of runs but after work and Sweden
Saints had blanked the Madcaps ing bord the Rexes managed to were tied for third. nations making two leaps each, out of the Squaw sails.
khot it up -alt at the end of The vast crowd roared 0
in the top of the seventh, Harry
·Czechs upret the Swedes
A couple of miscues on the part Kwok beat out an infield error the sixth. thundering tribute when Berg of the Owls in the third inning to mann, winning like a graceful
In the top of the seventh with a second
game but, a continuation of the potential to-breaker. Omin orice of Infield errors gave u
and I nextstructions Showboat All
two rum to the Rexza also
hitting barrage: In chapter found the Owls ahead down a neat bunt, to advance was at that time that the Aces London, Feb. 24. European champion, since that metre (223 feet, 14 inches).
Journey ran concurrently
This was the longest jump of again and to make sure of things, Kwok into scoring position but found it fit to blame each other Racegoers at the Bir-
with the day matched by Falkanger, another series of devastating hits with the play at first base art
was thumbed out on interfering for their fallure. Apparently the Olympics. mingham meeting early last
agreement could not be The decision to play off both These two gigantle efforts came in the fifth increased the lead to
within ten feet of the record for an unassailable distance,
Omar struck out in reached as to the cause at the week may well have seen titles, according to Rudolf
Holmenkollen Hill-233 feet.
connect for the downfall, and when one player Stockholm, of
Batting humours were shared hit and it Vice the eventual winners of the Eklow
was refused to carry Devlin had the longest jump by the new champlons with Irene left to Jindoo Hussain, to deliver couldn't finish the game with a they President of the International Lincolnshire Handicap and Ice Hockey Federation,
of the Americans when he Starkey with three in
fous
Dolly the the Grand National Steeple-based on a new
tule IIHF
sailed 200 feet and nine Inches, Maddox, Patsy McDonald
Roods,
complete and
side After looking over a' strike
awarded to the Rexes ke were. chase in action.
which calls for playoffs instead but he lost ground on style. Shella Collaco with two in four. Hurssin fouled the note but in by forfeiture, 14 is understood of goal averages as a means of Tokio's best jump was 200 feet, the latter accounting for the next attempt he belted, the that the Association with be Mr Bernard Abbott's four-settling European Dr world84 Inches while Wegeman did Wehoo homer,
For the Squaws heeschide to year-old Titian scored an in- championships.
203-7.
Wegeman scored well Thelma Coelho clouted a hemer pressive win on his malden out-
form.Auscciated Press. and the other hit was made by Harry Kwok who was off with behaviour. ing over the hurdles and withi
the hit, spiked, the homo-plate The official placings were: Benita Remedios.
tor the winning run.. → 1-Bergmann (Norway) with
In a restonption of their league unfortunately, Alte an aggregate of 228 points for Saints 4 Madcaps 3 The Madcap setback eliminates games but 2.Jumps..
them from: the current day Blue Sox disappointed them by 2. Falkanger (Norway)
A capacity crowd watched chasp leaving the Saints with fielding only eight players and 221.5 points.
Madcap hopes for the flag fade ski a flicker of hope in the thus gave them an empty 3.-K. Holmstrom (Sweden)
Titian Hits Form For Lincolnshire
Victoria Club callover.
a 100 to 6,
It was В
The
4-0.
GREAT SHOW
.
They will play off tomorrow bird, clinched the championchinput, the Squaws back into the perch on first base with the
for the third position, and their
game
WAB
will decide the
was
CA
leap Of
the
tempt.
...on
game
and the points
centre-field and vestigating into the discont
Wildares turned out in full
when they bowed to the concluding stages of 'the' ráte, Saints in a 4-3 noseout, and the
tied cd battle of sluggers was that
Lawn Bowls Finalists
strange thing about the expect Junior League Games
Topping Junior League activi of ties over the weekend, are tho, to two
brillant pitching, per-
the
victory.
Surprise In
formances by Timmy Herricks of Women's Tennis
points The five
in hockey the announcement that he would raised the United States over- de ridden by the champion all team total to 89%, well jockey, Gorden Richards, in the ahead of third place Finland. Lincolnshire, he was ometally. But the Sixth Winter Games installed us the 10 to 1 favourite cannot be consigned to history the same night at the London in Poland and Norway 219.5 points.
yet. The hockey
away Rame postponed until Monday 4. Brutscher (Germany) The former
point-to-point because of soft ice at Dallenenga and G. Nues (Norway) chaters, Teal and Pearly Prince, Rink and will be played before each with 210.5 points.
en a cracking Grand National formal closing ceremonies.
A. Hogl (Norway) 215.5 of the Big Ten sludding
powerhouse lincupa trial in a steeplechase over three
The wave of humanity that points-Reuter
these two outfits, managed and a half miles, Teal winning flocked to Holmenkollen and
get
scratch single. even "a after a tense duel.
stand for hours in the snow
This included Rene Sequeira, the Pandas and Reno Barretto "Teal's price was
Dave Leonard, Buster Wade of the Blackhawits, both of knocked constituted the largest crowd
Bombay, Feb. 24. down to 20 to 1 at the, callover ever to watch a winter sports:
Edo Almeida, Feie McRae and these master-moundsmen regis-Straight Clark (US) today, bot while Pearly Prince was offered spectacle. The previous high
George Saundars.
tering hitless shutouts that were Vladislav Skonecki, exiled Pofe mark was 130,000 which at-
With gardener George Souza dependent on sheer hurling ; ' in the men's single final of the tended the Olympic sick-jumps
and catcher Modest Khan out fine day's racing, at Garmisch-Partenkirchen,
JimmyHerrick who is fast western klia tennis champlon of the lineup' due to linges and coming shortly after the re- Germany, ip11930.
Following are the results of the absence of mentor Art becoming the
minor circuit's ships, 6-0, 0-3, 3-6, 2-6, q~1. tumption of the sport in Bri-
the Hong Pairs Lawny Bowls Ozoria, the Saints fielded a No. 1 elcbster had the Griffins
In the mixed doubles tain following three blank U.S. FAILS TO PLACE
semi-final matches played at scratch team confident that the eating cut of his hands as he finals, Mias Doris Hart..(US) The Americans falled to place the Kowloon Bowling Green age-old hex, they had on the muzzled the hard-hiting lineup and Skonceki beat Mrs.
Club yesterday:
Madcaps would see them with 11 gbibrous victims, the Hawley (India) and H. Horyaan Titian showed a fine turn of in the ski jump. Their top-per- S. H. Strange and
C. through,
only ones of the opposition to get. from camo, finishing speed in winning his formance
(District Adored! Simpson
Tony Though unexpected source whon Keltition, N.T.) beat T. Kavanagh for victors
Kwok toed the rubber } en, best were two walks, sucd (Germany), 8-14 burdles venture,
Miss. H. and Miss P and although he and cn inned error. exporlenced at the timber-topping Wegoman, 20-year-old Denver and K. Bodle (Police) 32-15. faltered on a couple of occu In the case of Barres his (India) caused a surpriso upst game, he showed a clean pair of University student, outshono heals to the opposition when the Uncle Sam's veteran
R. Morrison and J. McKelvie alone, managed to hold the pitching stint was no less Im in the women's doubles. Anal, aces 'to
(Kowloon Doolt) beat Bailey mighty sluggers in check, Kelly persilva as he claimed nine of beating Miss Shirley. Fry" (US) capture 12th place in the field and McKreill (Barrack, Stores) Silva-Neito on the hill for the the Dragons at the plate and and Miss L Woodbridge (India) TONIC TO RICHARDS
lasers wan equally effective but as an indication of his steadi-j'0-4, 5-7, 6-1-United Fress. Japanese entrant -Tatsuo 29-12. This evidence of his well Watanabo placed 27th. Three of being must have been a tonic his countrymen 'ranked to Richards, who la now back follows: Ryochi Fujisawa, 34th In England after his Swiss Hiroshi : Yoshizawa, 38th, and holiday and recuperating from Kozo Kawoshima, 42nd,” S an attack of influenza at hip Marlborough, Wiltshire, home.
wirelta.
running was reached,
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of 44.
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YOU, STAY IN BED A BIT LONGER, DARLING, ...PLL BRING YOU UP SOME TEA AND. TRAST,
GOOD, THE">PAPERU) ADDIVED
four-time Art Devlin, the U.S.
champion from Lakeo His trainer, Mr Lionel Elwelt, Placid, N.V. could do no befter who was very pleased with the than 15th, while Art Tokle's horse's performanco, said that best was a lín for 18th, Tokle he would give him another is the Norwegian-born Brooklyn: rice over the hurdles before carpenter who holds the pre- the Lincolnshire...
sont national championship."- His owner, Mr Abbott, in- cidentally, Isa Lincolnshire Bergmann af Narway won the, farmer
Jump with 226 pointy, based on style as syall as distance, which Titian did his best work last gave him a declded, edge over his year at the beginning of the fellow countryman, and test season, and "with his touch of friend, Torbjoern Falkangar, who Division tables the wack owing to house to
There are no First and second class he looks to be justy, the was, azcond with 221 5.34 CA wm the spring Swedan's Kari Holstrom was the tinierend ee the
Handicap,➡ Reuter,"
thira, followed by Vu Harilay's.
- Kilmarnack
Cowdenbeath, The women's singles crown was
Allog taken for the third straight time Dumbarton: by Mrs Nancy Choftes Kiner, amiton
tit Voleston wius downed the former, indoor Fort. 11tle holder; Mrs Patricia Todd, Queen' 6-4, 6-2.
Talbert and Budge Patty won the men's doubles crown beating Eesty and Bevia Dortman, -4, 86-3-0-0-3-United Press
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