SPRINT RELAY WINNERS
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1952.
The King George V School 200 Metres Free Style Relay team, winners of the event in the Middle School Girls' section in the Inter-School Aquatic meet held at the Ritz pool under the auspices of the Chinese Amateur Swimming Association. From the left, they are Vanessa Giles, Nicky Kamerling, Molly Williams, and Helen Bendall. Nicky, who beat Vanessa in the 50 Metres Free Style, is probably a challenger In this event to Cynthia Eager, and, if she can beat her, will rank as the Colony's Fastest Feminine Human- through tho water-China Mail
Photo.
Mercedes Benz Entries Finish First And Second In Le Mans 24-Hour Race
Le Mans, June 15.
Two Mercedes Benz cars finished first and second in the 24 hours Le Mans endurance race which ended today.
This was Germany's first major postwar motoring victory, and the first appearance of the Mercedes Benz in this race since 1982.
The winning drivers were Healey) 3,534.03 Kms. (2,208.75 Hermann Lang. and Fritz Reiss miles).
who covered a record distance 4. Briggs Cunningham and
ham) 3,339.040 Kms.
of 3,733.780 kilometres (about | William Spem (U.S.; "Cunning- 2,320 miles) at an average speed of 155.574 kilometres per hour (about 97 miles per hour), beating the 3.301.193 kilo metres (about 2,242 miles) and
5. Andre Simon and Lucien Vincent (France; Ferrari) 8,- 381.810 Kms.
0. Louis Valenzano and Um-
an, average speed of 130.400 | berto Castiglinai (Italy; Lancia) kilometres per
hour (about 93 3,342.420 Kms. m.p.h.) set up by. Britain's Peler Walker und Peter White- head in
Peter Clark and Jack Scut (Britain;
Aston-Martin) Jaguar last year
3,335.780 Kms (2,084.8 miles). Second were Theo-Helfrich 8. Fellee Bonetta and Enric and Helmut Niedermeyer with Aselmi (Italy; Lascia) 3,320,44 a distance of 3.720.200 kilo- Kms. metres (about 2,310 miles) al
Andre Morel and Andre speed of 155.911 Chambas an average
(France; Talbot) kilometres per hour (about 30
3,155.230 Kms. m.p.h.).
10. Roger Peacock - Peter (Frazer-Nash)
Colony Rinks Championship
The following were the re- sults of first round games In the Bowls Rinks Colony LawII Championship played yester
day:
At IIFA.-E.A. Romelet, F. Leo, C.H. Rossolet, J.S. Landolt loss to A.M. M.Y. Adal, O.R. Sadick. Rumjahn, B. Yurut 10-21; T, Kav- anagh, J. Goodman, K. Bodie. W.R. 2illyer fext to A.E. Costes 7. J. Hunt, L.B. Silva, R. Basa: 17-71. | AL CCC.—J.H. O'Grady, LO Young. F. Maralali, A.L. Roberts ket to A.H Seemia, M.A. Wahab. A.R. Razack, A.M. Wahab 11-77; G. 11. Augusto Veulllet Ex-Watt. T. Reynolds. J. McDonald. A. mond Mouncke, France (Porsche)
Sauter beat W. Chambers, W. Gaff- 2,955,400 Kms.
Lesile Johnson and Tommy Wilson, Britain Wisdom (Britain), Anished third; 3,021,530 Kms. in a Nash-Healey car, covering 3,534.030 kilometres (about 2,190 miles) at an average of 147.251 k.ph. (about 91 m.p.h.) over the eight miles and 675 yards Sarthe cireult.
Alberto Ascari, in Ferrari.
had the fastest lap, In the second hour he lapped in 4 mins. 40.5 secs at an average speed of about 107 miles per hour to beat the 1951 record of about 105
miles per hour by Stirling Moss of Britain, in a Jaguar.Reuter.
OFFICIAL FLACINGS Official placings. were:
1. Hermann Lang and Fritz Reiss (Mercedes Benz) 3733.78 Kms,
2.
THRILLS BUT NO FRILLS AT HEADINGLEY
By ARCHIE QUICK
The good earthy folk of Yorkshire know their cricket; they even appreciate when it is slow as long as it is interesting. It is not surprising, therefore, that the Headingley ground is as downright and uillitarian as the dour industrial, city of Leeds which encompasses it,
1
Not for the people of the West Riding the rural pleasures of Horsham or the picturesque scene of Canterbury. They want to see cricket and no frills. Conse- quently, there are no frills at Headingley-or on any other Yorkshire ground como to that, except the Scarborough Festival enclosure.
But down the years since the| against Australia, and England Macartney got his hundred before first Test.pt. Leeds in 1890 there has never won one of them, the lunch, Hobbs was ill with in- have been some momentous hap- same as Australia has never won fluenza and could not bat, and ponings there. Nine Tests have A Rugby League football Test on the "Thunderbolt Twins," been played on the ground the pitch that adjoins the cricket Gregory and MacDonald, did the'
ground. England v. Australia at rest. Leeds have seen four victories for Australia and five drawn games......
THE TEST TEAM
Recall Of
Ikin Poses A Problem
In 1020 there were a lot of runs and a draw with Hobbs as acting captain, and drawn cames were to continue to be the fashion until 1938.
¡Headingley, however, will always be chiefly associated with In 1930 and 1994 Bradman got Sir Donald Bradman, for he 334 and 304, this against on t- never played In a Test or
tack which included Tate, Lar- county match without scoring wo
wood, Geary, Dick Tyldesley, century, and has an average of Hammond and Leyland on the 130 per innings. for the ground! Arst, occasion, and Bowes and He twice scored over 300 there, Verity on the
A like his entertaining pre-hallstorm alone saved England in
second. cessor. Charlie ("Governor- | 1034. General")
"Macartney, delighted Yorkshiromen with a century be- fore lunch in a Test. Oh yes, Yorkshiremen are delighted to see good cricket whether it comes from friend or foe.
FULL CIRCLE
SAD TO RECALL
The 1038 mnich was won by Australia by five wickets, and it is and to recall that the only survivors of that last prewar game now playing cricket ore Compton, Hardstaff,
The appointment of Leonard's two spearheads of
a
|
attack
and Hossett, and that
Verity, both gave their lives in Ken Farnes and Hedley World War II. Bradman got his Inevitable century, and O'Reilly and Fleetwood-Smith took the
wickets.
London, Juno 15. The recall of John Ikin of Lancashire, if he is among the final England eleven to play India in the Second Test etarting at Lord's on Hutton as England's first selected Thursday, would solve the professional captain since the problem of finding close to MCC and the Board of Contro the wicket flelders but took over the organisation of would confront the Selec-Test Matches sees the wheel of fate turn full circle, for it was tors with a problem in de-a Yorkshire captain, the late Lord ciding which of the winning Hawke, who said: "May I never Leeds XI they should omit. see the day when a professional England's defeat in 1948 came
captains England."
through the home country allow-. In the First Test, Hutton had only five men as recognised Yet it is a Yorkshireman and Australls to get 404 for three in the fourth innings an innings experts in the slips and short not the county captain at that notable for young Nell Harvey leg positions, and as three of who succeeded to the lustrious getting hundred in his Test
and, then did a fair share of bowl-line,
by
getting further debut. Need I add that Bradman ing there were often only four coincidental irony, it was on the helped himself to 173 not out of available,
self-same Yorkshire ground that the winning last innings total? A professional Jack
Hobby skip- sad defeat
for England that, three the first
Tests pered England against Austraila against South Africa Just sum-In 1926. But that was only after seeing that in the first innings mer Ikin held 12 catches close Artbur Carr had been appointed washbrook (143), Edrich (111). she had scored 400, thanks to
captain and was taken i follow- Hutton Another point in his davour
(81) and Alec Bedsor Ing the announcement of the (70), followed by a declaration his left hand batting teams on the day of the match at 365 for eight, Ghulam Ahmed tho Indian offspinner, was England's big and could not, therefore, with- gest problem at Leeds, and น was not until the left-handed How the reactionary, dlehard, Compton both scored centuries Watidins went to the crease that graybearded ghosts which haunt in the first innings and Wash- Ghulam Ahmed was mastered. the pavillons must shudder at brook in the second.
the honour bestowed on Len
African-series at The South o'Pudsey after ho has played Leeds started in 1907 when Eng- confronted for the first exactly 100 Test Innings, for land, confro 5,140
runs and an average of time by the bowling combination 50.47—this after starting his in- of Schwarz, Faulkner, Vogler, were out ternational career, with a "duck" White and Sinclair,
for 76 and 102. Two brilliant against New Zealand in 1930.
bowling efforts by the late Colin Blythe (15 for 99), however, gave England victory by 52 runs.
Sydney Barnes took wickets in 1912 for an England win by 174 runs, and Tate,
In
to the wicket.
ta
draw.
In addition, Ikin is a useful right-amm leg-break bowler, who Has the habit of breaking stubborn partnerships.
Perhaps the dual two places in the side will rest between Simpson, Jenking and Idu.
At least England this time had Given the promise of five eleven players, Instead of, as days and good batting condi-
sometimes, ten and an amateur tions, is scarcely Licely Simpson would be omitted, but if the outlook is uncertain and a slow pitch likely, then the Highly tossed slows of Jenkins, which baffled the Indians af Leeds, would be of little uỰC.- ReuterTM
MANKAD TO PLAY
that
London, June 15. Vinoo Mankad will play for India in the Second Test against England commencing at Lord's on Thursday.
captain. It is a long term policy to resist the Australian invasion
next
after
Mr Pomkoj Gupta, manager in
summer.
In the solitary New Zealand
match in 1949, Hutton and
ten
Hendren and Sutcliffe were the chief architects of a nine wickets win in 1924.
Avc
In 1890 Joe Darling and the Hon. F. 5. Jackson were the
and the match akippers
was
England triumphed by drawn, Australia-scoring 172 and wickets in 1920, despite a hundred 224 and England 220 and 19 for from the versatile Owen-Smith, nonc. Hoarne, • Briggs and the 1935 game was drawn, despite Trumble were the bowling stars. the presence of four Yorkshire- The some two captains were in men, and in 1947 England won opposition there in 1905 and again by ten wickets to continue gain the match was drawn, record diametrically opposite to
in the "Jacker"
first the one against Australla on the Innings, and Johnny Tyldesley, same ground.
scored the second, had of the Indian team, said in Belcenturies for England.
In that 1935 match, Barber, fast tonight that Mankad would the first visit of the giant War in the side, and the Yorkshire It was Mitchell, Verity and Bowes were At Talkoo.-A.. Kitchell, J. KX-mcelve his invitation to play wick Armstrong, and he was thread runs right through the chell, A. Kitchell, A. R. Kitchell for Indla by post temorrow "and among the wickets. Pantlycaux
pattern of Leeds matches from Robert Chancel, France (Pan lost to M. I. Razack, A. H. Misu. hard) 2,914,950 Kms.
3. Hooley, A.K: Zimu 15-10; P.J. he will join us in London an
Australia won by 126 runs in the Hon. F. S. Jackson, via Hirst, Bilmoria, P.R., Rag G. Hong
Sutcliffe, 1900 in 13. Maurice Becouart (France) Choy, GA. South lost to C. Pape.
a low-scoring match Rhodes, Mr Gupta would not say whe- which introduced Sydney Barnes. Hayward C. Dewan Ces Wilkins (Britain), Gour 16-22; H.r. Shields, P.
Bowes, Verlty
Halgh, and Gordon (Jowett) 2,818,000 Kms, nedy, F.D. Angus, W. Willardsonther Mankad would take part and Wilfred Rhodes to the Test Yardley to a a certain Mr Hutton,
In the remaining. Tests. Router.public, Fancy a side comprising unique honour of them all.
the greatest and most 14. Pierre
who gained the Kemard-Andre beat Y. Razack. A. Castro, C.W. Dussous, France (Panhard) 2, Lam, W.C. Ogley 20-19.
Fry, Hobbs, Tyldesley, Sharp, ||AL_KBGC.—A.-A. G. Siva, L 802.190 Kms.
M. Rodriguer, C. A. Danenberg, C.
Maclaren, Rhodes, Hirst, Lilley, 15. Ernest
Burnes, Brearley and Regibus. Passos lost to A. R. A. Rahman.
Jessop Marius Porta, France (Renault K. M. Rumishi, M. B. Hassan, U
being shot out for 188 and 237. 2,028,850 Kms.
A. Rumjahu 10–35; L. A. Peres, I.
Armstrong did the damage. A. V. Ribeiro. V. A. Neves, D. A.
12. Albert
do
ney, C.F. Collins, A.E. Elliott 20-14
At Recreio.-7. Marahi, M.:Grim-
16. Roger Gaillard-Pierre. Noth lost to N. Morria, G. Madar. Changel, Franco (Panhard) A. J. Coelho, S. Leonard 18-2. Helfrich and Niedermeyer | 2,608.340 Kms. (Mercedes-Benz) 3,720.26 Kms. 17. Jean Redele-Guy Lappel, J, O. Robertson, W. J. Howard 3. Leslic Johnson and chin, France (Renault) 2,888.050 lost to r. H. Kenant, T. E. Baker, Tommy Wisdom (Britain; Nash- Kms-Associated Press,
Robinson Will Fight Turpin Again
On His Own Terms
Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, June 15,
Ray Robinson, World Middleweight Champion and challenger for the world lightheavyweight title, anid today that he was perfectly willing to fight Randolph Turpin, the British Champion, a third time "provided the financial conditions are settled."
Robinson made the statement at the training head- quartora where he is preparing to fight Joey Maxim for the World Lightheavyweight Championship at the Yankee Stadium on June 28."
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“I would like to fight Turping the camo ́amount for the the next time in England," said World Championship meeting in Reblason, "Ouidoors, of colume Now York last September,
About the financial arrange Incrits, Robinson's
George Gainsford, asserted that they had not received any offer from Jack Solomons, the British prometer, to meet Turpin again,
Gato receipts for that fight
A. J. Kew, W. Heng Sling 10-30.
M KOC.-G. C; Norman, P. Hughes, A, Harvey, R. B. Robert- Bon lost to B. M. V. Ribeiro, F. G. da Luz 11. F. da Luz, 3. A. da Lur 11-20; E. Greenwood, A. L.
Eastmen W. C. Simpson,
Wednesday."
Auriban Wins French Derby
Paris, June 15.
M. Marcel Boussac's crack; three year old Auriban (Pharis-Araiba) scored an McKeivle beat. M. Gullerrez, 3.easy victory in the Prix Du
T. BUya, A. M.. Souza, K. A. Ozarlo
20-10.
At KDRC.-S. O. Dux, J, W. Leo, A. S. Husain, H. 81. Numjahn
Jockey Club, the 'French Derby, here today, breaking the record time for the race,
fost to W. H. College, It. 8. Canal, after losing two lengths at
C. Thompson, Goodwin 19-43.
Maxim Says He Will Knock Out Sugar Ray
the start.
2x
No more matches at Leeds for twelve years, and then in 1921. the greatest Australian side I ever 50W won by 210
runs.
England's Team
For The Second Test
seconda, against Alcantara the Test against Indin at Lord's on
best timo fer the race.
Auriban covered the mile and
London, June 15. | half in two minutes and 29.4 Englands team for the second Second's two minutes and 20 Thursday will be virtually tha seconds in 1917, the previous samo us that which played in the
Grat Test.
The side will be chosen from Riddlen by Rae Johnstone, ha 12 players--the eleven who won won by durea lengths from the in the first Test at Leeds and Aga Khan's - Cordindon, with John Ikin of Lancashire. Paul Duboseg's Slinet a further
The 12 players nominated are longth and a half behind, third
Len Hutton (Yorkshire), cap- in the field of 13.
tain: Reg: Simpson (Notting- Part-mutuel dividends to a ham), Peter May. (Cambridge ten franc stake." worn: win 17| University - and Surroy), ! Denis franes, places 14, 10 and - 48 Compton (Middlesex), Tơm Grâ- trance.
vency, (Gloucester), Alan Wat- kins (Gilamorgan)," Godfrey Aurban Borved at the Evans, (Kent), Roley - Jenkins "I have knocked out heavy-start, as is his habit, but pro- (Worcester), Jim Laker (Sur-
Goresinger, New York, June 15.
Joey Maxim, training here to dotend
"his"-"lightheavyweight world title against Bugar Hay Robicon on Jund `23, says, ho will win by a lockout.
"Ordinarily I am not knockouter,” Maxim, sald, pl
But this time it is different
gressively gained ground, and in foy, red trucema (Yorkshire),
were about $70,000, and Robin-weight and am pleaty, ble
the straight thrust shoad power--and ikingsinntek on, though the challenger, roough to handle Robinson
Robinson,⠀⠀ World Middle fully to win unchallenged. Hila Normars Yardley, chairman of portedly received 80 per cent to weight Champion, will have to victory, irought a prize of the salestora, said that the anal Turpin's 25 per cent.
dequio which title to retain (If nearly 10 million francs to B, composition of the team, would Anited what they would 10- Television and alm rights he takes Maxim'm="älgftTM| Bouszne, who was, winning the be decided on the morning? the quire to sign, Gainsford - said brought in about another $300,-- heavyweight droviza," je Auto-race for the tenth time in 22 match starta" and would - depend that they would expect, about 000-Router,
ciated Press,
years, Reuter.
on weather conditions. Reuter,
No reference to Leeds would bo complete without mention of the bawling.fest listed No. 1 in Wisdena-Hedley Verity's ten wickats for ten runs in.19.overn against Nottinghamshiro in 1932.
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purpose
box and willowcalf Wolfner and Fried Brands
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