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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1952.
SMIRKE'S GRIN OF VICTORY Peter Wilson Describes Some Of The Olympic Races
The Qutch saw the Aga Khan's magnificent colt, Tulyar, ridden by Charlie Smirke, üdd the £27,000 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes to his Derby and Eclipse Stakes victories at Ascot, Berkshire, on July 19.
Mrs J. V. Rank's runner, Gay Time, with Lester Piggott in the saddle, was again sétbhd with Mr R. B. Strassburger's Worden II (G. Bougoure up) third.
Picture shows Charlie Smirke us he brings Tulyar first past the post (centre) while Lester Piggott "puffs" his way into second place on Gay Time (left). At right is Worden II with G. Bougoure in the saddle.-Central Press Photo.
SCHOOLBOYS' BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS TO BE RUN IN TWO DIVISIONS
By “ARGONAUT”
"IT'S ZAT MAN AGAIN"
Was
After Six Laps It
Obvious That Only A Superman Could Beat Him
BRITAIN'S FRANK SANDO RAN THREE MILES WITHOUT A SHOE AND FINISHED
FINISHED FIFTH!
Helsinki, Jaty 20.
The fabulbus Czech steam engine, Emil Zatopek, 30-year-old army major, provided the first searing, sizzling, scorching sensation in the 13th modern Olympic Games by winning the first Gold Medal in the 10,000 Metres race (six miles 376 yds, 1 ft. 21⁄4 ins.).
Under a northern sky, in this bright, glittering Olympic Stadium looking like a multi-coloured birthday cake with its tiers of spectators in colours as gay, as parakeet plumage, this incredible man returned 29 minutes 17 seconds, chopping 42.6 seconds off his winning time in the 1948 Olymples.
Zatopek, in fact, was only 14.4 secs, outside the world record which he put up at Turku, Fifiland, two years ago, He took the lead after six laps and after that it was obvious that only a superman could beat him.
a man
Lap after lap, kilometre after kilometre, mile after mile, the slight, blond Czech, steamrollers round the brick-red track, his ince twisted into a grimace, of
like agony
being broken his eyes on The wheel,
stalky, his head penduluming from side to side, his right arm pumping up
and down as though to force the oxygen into his heaving Jungs.
on
OUR MAIN HOPE
vest seemed to His crimson set fire to the dial, and in the bright sunshine the crowd swam in front of my eyes as I watched him go round and round..
Eehind hlin, sallow in his blue track running vest, came Alain Mimoun, the French Algeriah, and loping after him
was Gordon Piric, the 21-year-bid Coulsdon bank clerk, on whom our main hopes were pinned.
But..
...I would rather fight п As a result of the active progress of the Hongkong, than race against this iron Schools Sports Association, the Colony Open Schoolboys'
hurse.
Just after the halfway mark
Badminton Championships will this year include two divi-Pirie's top seemed to turn into Böhs, the senior and oke junior.
The schoolgirls will in all likelihood also have the same number of events.
something, which looked like a crippled, crawl by comparison.
He fell back into the ruck of runners who had been lapped, WGS
by other sweating Passed
The Schoolboys and School- Championships are expected to minikins, and so passed his hope girly* Championships, which react: a record number, were limited
of victory.
Only Mimoun was left, and | gradually the feet between him and Zatopek turned into yards, yards becaitie crickel-pitch the length, and when Zatopek. Hined savage burst of on His that,
to competitors ASSOCIATION SHOULD HELP under 17'years of ago, were in the past run by the Hongkong In agreeing to the Sports As Badminton Association, but an gociation's request, the long application will be made shortly keng Badminton Association can to this governing body by the also renler helpful aid in an-speed there was more than 100
other important direction.
yards between them. Sports Association to allow the
the Badminton.
SPECIAL CHEER In the past. latter to take over the School-
has
thesh run
By now It was impossible to boys and Schoolgirls' Cham- Association
Inpped and Schoolgiris bli who had been Schoolboys' and with pionstilps, and together these the challenge trophies for Championships at a loss, charg-who was finishing, but a special 21-year-old Frank cheer for Sando, from Kent, who finished sith, Beluga newly formed body, despite losing one shoe half
these events as well.
are
ing only the nominal fee of $1 per event.
entry
These Championships scheduled to begin around the it will be extremely difficult
of October. The Senior for the Schools Sports Associa middle
tion to do the same, and con- events will be upen to all
sidering the healthy financial students studying in schools state of the Badminton Assocta ablated to the School Sports tion, a donation of a sufficient Association und the Junior number of shuttlecocks towards
the running of these Champlon events to students of those
ships will be a suitable gesture.
schools who are under 17 years of age as well as under five feet four inches in height.
The Schools Sports Association is also ilkely to meet with some
way frough, in 29m. 51.85- good enough time to have won any previous Olyitiple 10,000 metres.
One was our best hope, 23-fornia) breaking the 20-year-old year-old Welsh schoolmaster Olympic record with his hurl of John Disley, and the other was 73.78 metres (242ft. 0 in.), and the former Cambridge president Willidh Miller, a marine from Chris Brasher.
Arizona, coming in
Disley won his heat in a near photo-finish from the Finn Olavi Rintenpaa, and Kih time of Briins. 80.4secs. was.4.4secs. better than the previous Olymple best-yet the slowest of the three hentai However he had quite a faw
in hand. yards in
Braalier got fourth place in the 9.03.2—just a qualiderin fastest heat of the lot, which was Horack won by the American Ashenfelter in the magnificent time of mins. Bisces.-12.8secs. inside the record. inside there the only record
That brought Archesond.
gold medals up to ten.
total of
GREATEST RACE
Helsinki, July 24. Let me tell the story of the greatest track struggle I have seen for 10 years the final of the 5,000 metres., This winner kit's Zat Man Again"-- Was Zatopek, the Czech steam engine who last Sunday took the 10,000 metres.
The 30-year-old Czech was the Victor, Blit the herb was our own Chathway, Chrls. 20-year lord, who was eyes cut beaten in this because, as one of the first four until the last
pointed out, bend: lotular American
And then he hit the concrete Vergo and fell half off the track, his taco salt-white; his legs mobing as your own do in a, nightmare, his lungs at Bursting point, his head whirling and his stomach turning over.
any
ARTIE'S HEADLINE
the first ilme at this must be
Olymples that a, Communist
an F... mari- had trailed Ashenfetur holds that job in Newark, New Jersey.
RECORD TIME
MARJORIE JACKSON WINS HER FIRST
Marjorle Jackson wins the final of the 100 Metres sprint at Helsinki to win her first Olympic Gold Med).—Central Prëss Photo.
Seven
Northamptonshire Declare
At 365 For Against The Indians
Northampton, July 30.
On a hard and true pitch, with most of the Indian regular bow- lerk testing, Northamptonshire löök Füll töll and were able to declare at 385 for 7 in the match with the Indian toufists here l'oday.
In the few minutes left for batting the Indians fared distrously for Roy was beaten by the sheer pats ht Tyson, a newcomer, to the County, and at the end of the day had only three runs for one Wicket on the board.
They thus will bat agalit tondorrow, 862 runs in arrears with nine wickets standing.
The value of winning the toss was quickly seen when Brooke's and Oldled began to collect runs steadily.
A useful total was the requi folding and more than one chance was missed.
and then Surrey had a thock Sarwate bowled well with ns three wickets went down for This was really four ds 1ts support and often caused the batsmelt some dixlety on the Her wicket-keeper, McIntyre, They put on 100 runs to the
carried from the opening partnership, despite they put a Durham University had to the perley Lanings, struck accurate Indian bowling hot fast bowler who joined the between the eyes. by a Losko they were helped by slipshot County stait earlier this month, delivery and his further part-
certainly showed Indian fielding.
that he has elpation in the match is doubt pace when He opened the ful Northamptonshire bowling in the closing minutes.
Brookes continued to bat at- tructively and he eventually hit up 150, which included 16 fours, if was his sixth century' of the
season.
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Chataway forced himself down
The most exhilarating batting the last 100 yards, which must of the day, however, came when have liked a mile long, and Tribe and Reynolds were 1530- across the line where the tape clated, in an undefeated eighth They hit hae, Blds; been broken secöhdswicket partnership. before.
RECOVERED
Then he sprawled on to the centre, his red head on the green. grass, his legs slashing the air
a hal-squished crimson Gradually the colour cardo back to his face and the spring to his muscles so that he was able to the dressing- jog back
Roger semi-
to
room, and later, he amo
out to watch his
Bannister qualify for final of the 1.500 metres.
I thought this three miles 188 yards 81⁄2 Ipches and would be greatest race, and I hope I was right, because, the athletes heart wouldn't apart, my own
of a greater stand the strain one.
"the
The running of these Cham-taining suitable counts for these 383 yards Marathóh. Hds there almost unbelievable time of 10.8o they held it until
Ha who was
24
represents an expansion of the local sport, wili widoubtedly be time cqual to the Olymple record with a superb 10.0 still game and entries in this year's forthcoming.
10
Jap.
at everything, and in the last over, bowled by Sarwate, Tribo hit five boundaries.
The Indian bowlers deserved better Digites for many runs were given away by poor ground.
I'm No Freak,'
Says
Zatopek
Helsinki, July 30, Emil Zatopek, the wonder man of the 1952 Olympic Games, laughed off the idea today that he is some kind of freak.
He beat Roy by sheer pace and might have held another wicket if a difficult Whared "had" "bicen accepted in the lips.
:6
Eric Bedser and Jack. Perker stood in for the day's Anal 45. minutes and Surrey, may yet! got on top. d
Gamorgatt font three wickets for 11 ans before Allan Wat THE SCOREBOARD
king rallied them with a fight The scoreboard at the close of Ing 42, but they are still on the
way to be headed by Natung play read:
hamshire for whom Reg Simp sdm hit a fine, half century, ....
Another collapse was that of Warwickshire, who were not at 110. for badly placed four after the start had beer
Northants-ist fines
Brookes, Shinde Oldfield, & Mantri b Chowd-
hury Livingston, e Mantri
Phadkar
Barrick,
c. Chowdhury Umrigar Norman, lbw b Sarwate с Gopinath Brown
Sarwate Tithe, not out Reynolds, not out
Extras
Todi ot7 Wickets
declared)
İndia-18) iiminki
"There is nothing abnormal about me," he told Reuter, "Roy, e Reyhöjds b fyään
Mantri, not aut just run that is all,"
Shinde, not out
The wiry, sun-tanned Czech GETTY! officer, who established himself as the greatest distance By runner in athletic history \winning the 5,000 Metres, 10,000 Metres and the Marathon in one week, was eating sau- sages and mashed potatoes.
"Ad you tah boot do not even eat more or less than normal peradi," he said in his heitaht English.
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Extrus
Total
COUNTY CRICKET
130
44 too
Bedah, Jury 30.
20 deliyed by a shower. But
their last six wichsta fell for 10 only 18 runs, T. Spencer and J. Coodwin sharing tile bowling 30 hours
17
Dych 50,
bowlers still on
top, Llcestershire finished the
10 day eight runs behind and with
36 only one wicket in Band...
12
A century opening sah. changed the outloog of Somer- ser's innings, which looked liko abs closing for less than 200. IX- stead, it went past 300 before the last wicket fell, with John. Fawrence making 111 in just olunder turée hours and with tờ 3 fours being his chief contribu- a❘tion.
With Lancashire and Middie
CLOSE OF PLAY SCORES At Chesterfield — Derbyshire 214 (Willatt 68), Surrey 00 for three.
At Cárálh: Glamorga
sex not engage and Nathump (Stocks four for 40), Notting tonshire playing the Indians, hamshire 130 for four (Simpso only throw of tile first six teams 50). in the County Cricket, Cham- planship werd oh view today
Salido was one of the six who
The only sound you can hear eclipsed Zatopek's 1048 Olymple here, Barring the Star Spangled Chataway took the lead at the record of 29 minutes 50.0 seconds. Banner, is the sound of records start but dropped back to second
After the rach Zatopek Im- | Bully thashed,
place at the end of the second mediately recovered, handed his
Ing with the German; Herbert to his
Take the Women's 80 Metres Schade, leading; the holder, bald Winner's gold medal Javelin-throwing wife, and with Hurdles. In the first semi-final Gaston Reift of Belgium, third; it a bor
a bouquet he had received,
Australia's Shirley Strickland, Alain Mimoun, the
swarthy Now he plans to run the whis antshed this in this event Freich Algerian, fourth, and dimeulty in the matter of ob- 5,000 Moines and h the 20 miles at Wembley in 1948, returned the pionships by an organised body events, but as
these will take ever been such a long-distance etcs-0:4secs. Inside the Olympic
Zatopek. dispiacea record and a such is the School Sports Assa- plage etely in the Colony's bad-athlete?
arth of 4 second Minoth, who was followed by ciation cannot but only have minion season,
THE "BIRTHDAY BOY"
better than the world record Gordon Pirie, and the battle was the support of the blessing of the Badminton such clubs as Cralgengower,
Helsinki, July 23, credited to Fanny Blankers-Koenfeally joined.
During the tenth circuit the Association.
Recreio and St. Teresa's, which Andy Stanfield, the coloured in 1948.
At Bilstol: Gloucestershire, ta Our own Jean Desforges, from lead changed aix times, and at
at Yorkshire 378 for eight, of them, Surrey and In addition to relieving the has in the past always been American
DROPPED OUT
Zatopek, who is nearly 30,
(Hutton 72, Watson. 114). governing body of a job, It also given towards the betterment of today, romped away with the 200 West Hom, London, who is a 29-6 end of it Pitle was ahedd.
metres final in 20.7 seconds--year-old typist with the General
Derbyshire, ware opposed at Nursing Coufficil, split 11 seconds
poph-poohed the widely spread
At Portsmouth: Hampshire 233 Schade, forcing nolly took it suggestion that he has an ab- liesterfeld, fid tih testing which I saw put up by The
and world after 11; and with a lap and normally low pulse rate.
day's cricket ensued.
(Gray 68), Sussex 62 for thirde, immortal Jesse Owens in Berlinds the Olytople
record-but was placed only half to go Reiff, the champion
Generally with few except Leicester: Warwickshire years
dropped his hantis in a genture
ised for yourself" he said, tits, bowters had the bat at 126 (Goodwin And, regrettably, it was "no
five for 04, In the other semi-final "Flying of helplessness and stumbled off holdig out his wrist, medals for
Mac
for our great hope, E. McDonald Bailey, was Fanny" recovered with the aid the track. They'd run the bald pulse of an athlete in training matters in today's times though (Spencer ave for 47), Leicester is usubdy eldwer than the pulse free centuries were completed shire 118 for nine (Faimer 61). beaten into fourth place with all of penicilin traits her carbuncle head into the brick-red rock..
And at the bell it was Zatopek, and blood poisoning trouble,
af an Grillhery healthy man inte in the day,
Al věřebálek. Worcestershire three Americans, Stanfield,
could Anish only second in Mimoun, glistening like a wet wilb. ls, not in a highly trained Burley rechted to be getting 317 for eight (Kenyon 117, Walter Baker, and Jim Gattiero, 11,3secs, to Maria Golubichnaja. olive, and Schade.
condida,"
the measure of Derbyshife, but Bird 61, Broadbent 66), Kent ahead of him.
It acufats like 'Ken....Roun
In the middle of the back
Gdy Willas Us was cap to bat. Mac's time of 21 seconds wa
dbright antiway made His
10 MILES A DAY
fain's innings for the Hole sidq gooth-but
not as good as he gone" for Fabulous Far
was ect. Late in the evening there wit has done this gear and not good
Empire triumph when Easy to say: It was too soon. Zatopels runs about 30 kilo which has won its Just four
mfies) in
Inatcha! and ad moved from for this fast-stepping 24-year-old. enough
Yvette Williams, Anyway, the Copper Comet metres (about 15 company.
Hils étoft, aid Schade training every day, much more eighth to fourth place in the from Dunedin (New Zealand) made
table. Yet he beat the bugbear of Uroke the Olympic record for chased bith ard Zatopek man ih dihaty siele. He slow starting and he was level to women's loh jump with a ditur de Germany and the little achieved his remarkable bursts COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE ynk StanBold coming into the
of speed by concentrating on Francesp of man straight.
spalat dintuhoch while te lo prac. Forty yards from the leap of 924 metres (2011. 5ins), forgotten
Mimorin, löngiliened his tipo it still lookb as though
Using on Himning truck. Bot and could make second
comme aur own 20-year- they were bunched on that last instance, he will sprint for 200 place But the spring went out of his old Shirley Cawley, a Bank of Bend. Even from 100 yrirds away metres, then do the next 200 Jugs, his hands drooped from England clerk from Shirley you could see how white was metres at a slow pace, sprint arms limp as black bootlace (Surrey). Shirley's effort of 10 Chataway's face against that red again, low town again, 3rd Race Afceting......... Thurs, 25th Sept. ahe ho was out of a place, Test Binchos was the longest thatch of his, and then Zatopek
When asked about his Atýle if the
NOTICE
THẾ HỒNG KONG JOCKEY CLUB-
Date
AMENDED
Roco Fixtures for the First Half of the
Sat., 27th Sept.
Sat. Ilili Ocl.
Mori, 13th Oct.. Sat., 25th Oct.. way, 20th Oct
Sat,
Mon., 10th. Nov. Bat., 220 Nov.
Sat., De
Bat, 15th: Der.
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Lat Race Meeting....... Thurs., 28jk ÄUS.
Kwanstedr
did Ribe Meeling..... Thurs., 11th Sept.
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SUBJECT TO ALTERATION
Hong Kong, 21st july, 1952.
third.
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streaming away from
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Positions in the County Champhanship Table up to and in-g cluding July 29:
Tinst Inninga
Polali Awarded
1. Surrey
ut
The Birthday Fan with his right leg Bandaged,
Оле of the
do not have tiny, style, I just Horro
Wet my body choose the way that served himself for
this 200 performances of the day was albo in of 14mins 6.0secs, best for it. There is no ume inettes
Anal
ona of the briefest In the broke the Olympic record pub alike of style when you are Off came the bandage and dn
Hats of the 110 up. By Reli Wembley in 1948 running à last race. Il in better Went the speed. It was win.or
Hurdles Harrison Dillard by 11 clear seconds and little just to rank and be natural
up
Hurdles as Mimoun was only 4-3ths of he them lo
hoted
equal socand behind Him, with Schade oth 39.comparison Mac run "under though
the Olymple record of 19.0secs. -- 1.1-0secs: further
back still What & dhat this 3,000 metred Onée more llie Olympie theme And Chitaway? His time was Sleeplechage is going to be in song wis played wheat Americans 13. 18ses, but on the very ho prauiminary heals sovit took the first two places in the fine ho was beaten out of fourth Honers broke the Olympic Javelin throwing, Young, a 13- Plies by Gordon Firies forord=Iwo of them Bhibh, year-old from Moderio" (Call-
By
*(London Express #ervice),
This theory of letting the Body and thushics live their owki wp? Pigbably, the rear for the
gollied, grimaced that appear to Cicchero froin start to amai or a fico Zatopek in-- self has no explanation, Reilin
York
3. Lanter
Derby
3. Nortampton
7. Leicester.
6. Glotzester.
1. Glamorgan
10. Ex
11. Hampshire. 12. Warwickinira Worcester 14. Kont is, Somerse{ 11. Notu
27 Bursex
"The"above" Includes Ja, in which, Warwicks for 1st innings lead, nhà Ehterem à polita, and