THE CHINA "MAIL FRIDAY, JANUARY ÷ED,⠀⠀ 1958,
THE START OF
RANGERS ARE FAVOURITES FOR THE SCOTTISH LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
Celts May Help Them Win The Flag
By JIMMY CARABINE
Rangers are favourites to win the League Championship-and old rivals Celtic may help them to do it. East Fife and Hibs, the two clubs above Rangers at present, visit Celtic Park on the last two Saturdays in March,
And long before then the injured stars Boden, Fallon, Balflie and Walsh' are expected to be back in the Parkhead team.
Apart from this, the Ibrox men seem to have an their two rivals,
At present East Fife, with 27 lead points, hold a one-point over lbs with the same num- ber of games
But the played. Methil club have sill to visit Enster Road.
Rangers are two points be hind us and three behind the teaders, but have two games in hand of both-und East Fife ure due at Ibrox on Saturday week.
REMAINING FIXTURES
Here are the remaining fix tures of the top three:
earlier programme than
East Fife: Home Aberdeen, j It all three clubs win their Partick Thistle, Airdrie, Celte, remaining home
and games
of St. Mirren; Away-Hearts, average a point from cach
Rangers Rangers, Dundee, Third Lanark, their away matches,
will Anish Champions with 44 Celtic Hibs.
Flic, points. East Fife will total 43 Rangers: Home East Falkirk, Clyde, Motherwell, and Hibs 42. Heuris, Airdrie, Dundee; Away Dunder, Queen of the South. Raith Rovers, Aberdeen, Pur- tick Thistle, Motherwell.
Hib: Home-Clyde, Third Lanark, East Fife, Partick Thistle, Raith Rovers; Away --- St. Falkirk, Airdrie,. Dundee, Mirren. Celtic, Abertieen.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB EIGHTH RACE MEETING 1952/53 Saturday, 7th February, 1953,
(Høld under the Rules of The Hong Kong Jockey Club)
There are Brices. The Find Dell will be eng of 1.30 p.m. and the First Rare will be run at 2 p.m.
KELEGATION ZONE
Now to the relegation zone, where any of the bottom nine Clubs could take the plunge in- to 1 Division. Let's look at the button four clubs.
Lanarke My old club Third
20 have played
and, games with only 13 points, look doomed. Also in great tanger are Roth Rovers," Dundee and Hearts.
Raith are only one point be- kind Dundee with the same number of games played (18). Hearls have point more than the Dens Park club and two more than the Kirkcaldy club, but they have two games more
ing fixtures:
Through Tickets (8 Races-$16.00) also tickets at $2.00 each played. Here are their remain-
for the Cash Sweep on the last race of the Meeting as well as the Special Cash Sweep on the "Hong Kong Derby" scheduled to be run on 2nd May, 1953, may be obtained at the Cash Sweep | Office of the Club at Queen's Building, Ground Floor, Chater Road,
Through Tickets reserved for this meeting hat at puld for by 10 a.m. on Friday, 6th February, will be sold and the reservation! cancelled for future meetings,
To avoid congestion at the Cash Sweep Office at Queen's Building, sweep tickets may also be purchased at the Club's Branch Offices pt:-
5 D'Aguilar Street, Hong Kong
10
382 Nathan Road, Kowloon
TOTALISATOR
Hearts: Home Dundee, Queen of the South, Aberdeen, Raith Rovers, Clyde, East Fute. Away-Celtie, Falkirk, Mother- well, Hangers,
“TURPIN SPECIAL”
Danger ahead for Belgian cruiserweight Victor Dhaes (right) as Randolph Turpin prepares to send over a "Turpin special" in the sixth round of their fight at Birmingham.
content to const along For most of the fight the British Champlon was steadily. But this time he meant business. It was a portent of things to come. Within a minute the Belgian was being counted out. Express Photo,
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GEORGE WHITING'S COLUMN
Ankarah? No,
No, A
Thousand Times No, Say McCarthy's Backers
ал
Sammy McCarthy, one of the very few rising stars in the 1953 boxing firma- ment, takes time out from greengrocery and gymnasium training to knock ambitious idea squarely on the head.
Last week came a revival of the suggestion that McCarthy, pending his attempt on the British Featherweight Championship, should stage a grand assault on the Empire title held by Roy Ankarah, picturesquely known to the publicity departments as the Black Flash from Accra.
same
'CHASING SIRES
BECOME FAMOUS
ONLY
By
WHEN DEAD
RICHARD BAERLEIN
The successful "chasing airo Is indeed a forlorn creature. He is either dead or in the last sluges of his Hfe when he becomes famous, and his success brings no profit to his owner, who may have been persevering with him for years.
There is no way of forecasting'a successful 'chasing sire, though the successful ones occupy the stage for a long time once they arrive. Thus we had the era of My Prince, which produced the Grand National winners, Royal Mail and Reynoldstown,
Then came the Cottage era) Devonian, only: 16 and who and then the Steel Point era, has done so well on the flat, Is brought to the fore by Free-gradually creeping up the table booter. Steel 'Point was born under National Hunt Rules. 30 years ago this year. Ho is
still a force though he is dealready produced 11 winners this The son of Hyperion has al-
The success .of Whispering reason, but, as he stands at a Steel at Sandown on Saturday fee of £280, he is not likely to took him into second place in be put to chasing mares, the sire's Bot.
-(London Expreza Service)
Further, he la ilkely to be to the fore for several years to come as Whispering Stoel only eight, and Freebooter's younger brother, Free Lancer, Is only seven.
The present champion site' under National Hunt rules, Factolus, was a purely flat raco bred colt by Pharos, and was trained by the late Matthew Peacock at Middlehám.
TOP CLASS
He was a top - class milo handicapper, and when he went to Ireland to stand at a fee of 210 nobody could have 'fore seen the success of his offspring under National Hunt ulos.
Death Follows
Boxing Match
Exeter, Jan. 29.
A national serviceman, Private J. Lanham of Loyton. London, died, in hospital at Exeter today after talking.part in the REME Southwestern District Individual Boxing Championships lost night,
Private Lanham, who la serving with the REME Basic Training Battalion at Taunton, fought in a lightweight contest against another Londonier, But his osition this year 1 Private Nogle, of the same no nuke. or he was highly battalion. successful last year in Ireland, where his progeny won mino races under National Huut tance of three 3-minute rounds, zules.
1
The fight went the full dis-
Nagle being on top all the time and landing some heavy
After Nagle was declared the points winner, Lanham climbed out of the ring unaided, but He collapsed in his second's arms as he was entering the drewing who room-Reuter.
has already reached the top as a two-mile 'chasèr, and efforts are now being made to frein him over a longer distanco..
Dundee: llome Rangers, East Fife, Hibs, Third Laneric, Celtic, Falkirk; Away-Hearts,
like McDonald
Only His Reverence and Wal-body blows Specialists St. Mirren, Airdrie, Partick
Here, i was pointed out, was ham, one each with Aldershot,
100 metres and vis Bay produced more win Thistle, Queen of the South, splendid opportunity for the Luton and Hull, and two with Bailey in the
ners in Ireland. He is now the ultimate Cup Bannister or Narkeville in the smiling and unbeaten McCarthy Newcastle, Rangers.
to achieve
1,500 metres would assuredly beat rising 18, but this is young as international status winners."
the husky Californian. Nor chasing sires go, Raith Rovers: Home-Partick without jeopardising his chance Thistle, Clyde, Itangers, Fal. of
expected to the winner of
the
COMMENT: Eleven games in could Mathias be
One of his most promising kirk, Airdrie Away - Third forthcoming Championship meel-six rounds is a jolly good show. match such top hurdlers as Peteroffopring is Rose Park, Lanark, Aberdeen, Motherwell, ing between Ronnie Clayton and But Brighton got into their Hildreth and Jock Parker.
with the
Sul, it's a bright Ideat, The attention of Tululisator: Investors is drawn to the Hearts, Queen of the South, Freddie Kinga meeting, In-ninth round Hibs, St. Mirren.
cidentally, for which no pro-number of games. following rules:-
Third Lapark: Honic Reith motorial bids appear yet to have Rovers, Celic, St. Mirren, East been made.
BIAS AGAINST BOWLS? Fife; Away--Motherwell, Hus, Dundee, Airdrie, Clyde, Partick
Ankarah had expressed How much would history have Thisic.
to risk his Empire been altered willingness
had the bowls crown-all that was needed was authorities at Plymouth Hoc put I have a feeling that. Ralth an affirmative from the hard-
up their green fees to Sir Rovers will stay in "A" Divi-headed businessmen behind
Francis Drake? Sion. In the last four matches McCarthy. they have defeated Celtic and Dundee away and at home have beaten Hiba and drawn East Fife.
Dividends will be paid on the winning and placed ponies so declared by the Stewards when the "ALL CLEAR" given. The "ALL CLEAR" signal will be indicated by a white light at the Totalisator Tower, BACKERS AHE ADVISED NOT TO DESTROY OR THROW AWAY THEIR TICKETS UNTIL AFTER THE "ALL CLEAR" SIGNAL, HAS BEEN EX- HIBITED,
Totalisator Tickets should be examined and cheeked before leaving the Selling Counters as mistakes of any description cannot be reelifled later.
Cush received in respect of Dividends should be checked before leaving the Pay-Out Counters as no clairs for shurt payment of the value of tickets presented can be entertained “unce "Investors-have-lett-the-Counters:~
with
KING SAYA 'NO'
Alns for the best laid schemes of men. Jack-King McCarthy's manager, turns down the whole idea with the bluntest and most forcible of negatives.
Hell hath no fury like a bowls player overcharged, and it seems thai Esher Council (Surrey) are defeating their own Anancial object by seeking infleted fees for the local green.
Court Nez la third in the list.
NINE DRAGONS DARTS, TABLE TENNIS FINALS
The finals of the December!
NOT SO RUSTY
South Africa's Duggie Miller. due to fight Rondolph Turpin at but his success is entirely due Leicester on February 16, would to the winnings of Halloween, be wise to ignore all those his only winner. He is a son stories about Turpin being ring of Gold Cup winner, Bosworth, rusty, short of practice, out of and is one of the few success- form, or in any other way in- ful National Hunt sires stand-January Daris and Table Tennis | capacitated.
ing in England,
Competitions organied by the Turpin's six-round knock-out
Nine Dione Services Club But can the are of only one were played off at the club gr of Victor D'Haes, the Belgium winner be called really
suc- terday. champion, atcessful? He is young as "chos- Cruiserweight. "CUT THROAT”
Birmingham, showed us once ing sires go, rising 15 this The Darts Competitions was again how far the man who beat year, and his owner mayat won, by 50 Field Equadron Ra Between now and the end of the reason, however, there are
They have increased season Roy Robinson has progressed in least be able to capitalise this who beat theic bipodenti, tickets from £2 to £3, and the the not-so-simple arts of boxing success for a few years to Squadron. 'HA 14-2, while matches "I know this match has been hourly charge from 9d to 15. 3d.showmanship. several "cut throat" between the botton clubs and suggested, but my answer is no. As a result, Esher Bowling Club, a lot depends on the results of
times, no," he winners of no, a thousand these. But one of the clubs in
the Surrey triples the middle of the League ut
ugus
to perform or entertain opponents couple of rounds. Instead, Tur- and now dead, is enjoying his present could come
"McCarthy will not be fighting on the local green. tumbling
pin gave himself a useful public most successful year. His off- Tumo
Following the matches Mrs down and help the others.
Ankarah in 1853, or 1983. If we
work-out.
spring have won more races so |Odling, wife of the Commanding IL seems casler to pick the were offered £5,000 for the
"Bowls is played mostly by MEMBER'S BADGES AND ENCLOSURE
For Ave rounds D'Haes far than any other sire under Officer of the 72 LA.A. :Hezi- clubs who will be promoted. match this minute, the answer elderly men. Retired men living acquitted himself
with credit, these rules.
nient R.A., Lácut, Col; W, Odling, Members and guests are reminded that they and their Indies Humiliton and Stirling Albion would still be no.
on amall pensions are having but any growing confidence he
OBE, As Wenceslaus and Crudwell trophies to the lucky winners.
MC,distributed. the MUST wear their badges prominently displayed throughout the sent and should stay there.
on their own" at pre- "out
to forfeit their pleasure because "Why should McCarthy be of this disgusting increase," says destroyed when Turpin dreided Noble Star's name should ap
may have felt was utterly
are only young, as 'conserg· KO, But who is going to win the messed and shoved
secretary A. R. Teague. Ankurah? Let those who want
In the sixth that all concerned
pear, in the winning lists many years to come. British
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 no circumstances will any Dividenda be paid or refunds made unless a ticket is produced. Payment WILL NOT be made on tom or disfigured tickels.
Meeting.
Badges admitting ladies not in possession of Brooches or Season tickets and gentlemen, non-members of the Club, to the Members' Enclosure and the Club Rooms at $10.00 including tax, for ladies or gentlemen are obtwnable through the Secretary at Alexandra House, on the written or personal introduction of a
are
NO ONE WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED TO flag? Accies have 32 points to THE MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE.
Stirling's 31, but the Annfield. club have two games in hand and have still to meet Accies at home. Their programmes:
Stirling Alblon: Home Al-
broath, Hamilton; Queen's Park,
tells me.
about by
Member, such member to be responsible for all visitors introduced blon Rovers, Cowdenbeath, Ar- McCarthy gets his title chance.
by him, and for payment of all chits, ete.
Only a limited number of badges admitting to Members' En-Stenhousemuir, St.
Dumbarton, Forfar Alloa Athletic.
closure will be on sale at the Race Course.
The Branch Offices and the Treasurers' Compradore Ollee will close at 11 am, and the Secretary's Office at $1.45 a.m. The Treasurers' Compradore Office is situated at Queen's Building, Ground Floor, Chuter Roud, and the Secretary's Ollee at Alexandra House, 8th Floor,
A limited number of tiffing 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 will be $3.00 including tax for all persons including Ladies and will be payable
at the Gale.
Any person leaving the Public Enclosure during a Meeting will forfelt his or her right of admission to the Enclosure and willi ́be required to pay the requisite fee of $3.00 in order to galu re-
admission.
BOOKMAKERS, TIC TAC MEN; ETC., WILL NOT BE PER- MITTED TO OPERATE WITHIN THE PRECINCTS OF THE ! HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
MEALS AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE OBTAINABLE IN THE RESTAURANT IN THE PUBLIC ENCLOSURE. (
SERVANTS' PASSES
are
Bervants' 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 auch posses : noë përmitled in the Members's Enclosure except for passing -through on their duties and must remain in their employers' stands. Owing to the congestion in the Members' Betting Hall and at Bootha adjacent to Boxes in the Coffee Room, Box-holders and Members are, requested to ensure that their servants make use only of the Publie Betung Hall. Military Police will be ponter at various points in the enclosure to ensure thint this regulation la adhered to..
By Order
'H, MISA
He could, quite obviously, Have
-come.
The 1931 Cesarowitch
three Chinese drivers of 58
Win
Company ILA,S.C. beat the 99 Medium Battery RA 4-0 sa the
last season, can no longer skort / destroyed the tall D'Haes in a ner. Noble Star, born in 1927 Table Tennis Competition
SOLID PUNCH
A left hook to the riba. followed instantaneously by left
for
and right to the jaw, hnd D'Haes Athletic Records
Ratified
The winning teams were: Dartz-Spr Reblik, Spr’Pardes Robinzon, Spr. Melodyen, Epenyal Col Burnett (50 Flet Squadron RK).
Table Terriz.-Dvr Lenti 120ýting, Dyr Lam Chun-fai, Dve Leung "Wah |(80 Coy NASC).
Unita
reminded that... the closing date for the February - Con petillons is Saturday, Tatuaży 31.
Practice Sessions
For Interport Hockey Teams
it have it. Our alm is the A 25 per cent drop in member- had had enough.
Championship match ship, plus the probable cancel- against either Clayton or King. lation of many of next season's both of whom Sammy has beaten fixtures, are part of the burden in overweight matches.
Imposed by the now charges. "We plan a fight a month until
MATHIAS MATCHED
on his knees. Rising at "nine" Awaye meets Eugene Servals, of
the luckless Belgian Kilmarnock, Belgium, at the Seymour Hall on
stumbled Bob Mathias, that sandy into a storm of Turpin right- Johnstone,
and has other haired February 3,
Californian medical handers, and took in the region Athletic,
engagements at the Albert Hall student, who won the Olympic of his kidneys because he on February 24 and at Earls Decathlon for the United States twisted--a solid punch aimed at
London, Jan. 28. Hamilton:
in London and Helsinki, is being the short ribs. Home Dundee Court on March 17.
Athletic The International United, Arbroath, Cowdenbeath,
invited to match this athletic
Federation today recognised - 32 Stenhousemuir; Away Dun-
versatility in a
Turpin began the fight with a new world's track and field re- THAT'S THAT.
two-day meeting In India, stene, Dumbarton, Kilmarnock, fermline Athletle, St. John-
competing against partly healed, scar on his nose, cords, including
seven by that country's best individuals in and reported with Stirling Albion.
"The March fighi may well bo the 10 events that make up the enthusiasm that it was
great United States athletes and 14 given which were establishe In the something out of the ordinary, Olympic decathlon.
him by his new spar male Will 1952 Olymple Garnes at Helsinki. The 25 players who have been but rest assured That the op- Arbroath arc chasing the
Glynn, of St Helens. ponent will not be Ankaralı.” - leaders and have
Indian athletic experts reckon 13 gotte
In addition, the Federation selected to represent Houghtong matches, without defeat a great
--Inviting me that 22-year-old Mathias, whose Arid that seems to be that. 7,887 points in Finland set a new young man,
to Inspect this
also recognised 20 new, Olympic in the annual Interport hockey achievement-but I doubt If Personally, I think Ankarah's
Turpin declared marks. The new records which gaines against Mineno "jares ød- Americans visezi that precifees have been they can stay the pace. They shortcomings were sufciently world record "last year, would him to be the most promising were achieved by
cruiserweight he has seen for xcluded the spectacular decath= arranged for Wednesday, have a difficult programme and exposed by the left hand of win by about 200 points. have, still to visit Stirling and Frenchman Ray Famechon : Jast
years. After all, not In England, Hamilton. Service, London Express year to suggest that McCarthy circumstances, he would probably sparring partner set up off the lon, performance of Bob Mathias February 3, Friday, February 6,
would not come to any great lose by at least the game marzo, or to punch Turpin on the up 7,887 polms in the ten 3.15 pm. at Sookunpoo. harm against him.
however well he performed in
podel the field events. Nevertheless, I scc manager, King's point. Sammy. McCarthy shows every sign of becoming a wealthy young boxer-without being exposed to oso highly charged clocirle cels that serve Ankarah ́as arms and legs
COMING
thai sehvive RAM
SOON !
CLAUDETTE COLBERT
JACK HAWKINS
The PLANTER'S WIFE
„ANTHONY STEEL
bg mankang (43 GOFAL
THAT 'BECOND'
Remarks here on Brighton and Hove's "record" of 11 FA Cup ties between October and March, 1932-33, have inspired reminders of other soccer marathons,
Mr
David I. Myddiaton (Henley-on-Thames) writes: "In the 1050-51 Cup sorica, Bristol | Rovera also had to play 11 games, but these they completedbe tween November 20 and the end of February.
They played three matches" with Llanelly, three with Gilling→
In
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THE GAM
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every
(London Klipenta Serules)
of Tulare, California, who piled and Wednesday, February 11, at events at Helsinki, - United concerned are requested to at Press,
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