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THE FIRST JUMP AT
AINTREE
THE CHINA MAIL WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1953.
The first jump of the Grand National course at Aintree, Grand Truce (No, 30) is down, Knuckleduster (No, 15) gallops on, while Parasol II (17) stumbles by and Walt and Sée (27) takes violent evasive action.
Australian Tennis Team Undergoing Course Of Hard Physical Training
Sydney, Apr. 7.
The Australian tennis team is having a course of hard physical training in preparation for a round of tournaments in Britain, Europe, and the United States. The players Mervyn Rose, Ken Rosewall, Lewis Hoad, Clive Wilderspin, and Ian Ayre will leave Sydney on April 25 with manager Harry Hopman, Their first tournament will be the Italian Championships in Rome, starting May 3.
quarter-Anal A week before they are due Hardcourt to leave, they will assemble in at Rockdale, Sydney. Hopman will give bim them a week of intensive train- ing, with only a fraction of the time being devoled, to tennis.- Associated Press.
Hopman insists his players (Bromwich in the should be 100 per cent 1, and of the Australian his attention to this has been Championship credited with playing a big purt Sydney. Bromwich beat In Australia's Davis Cup Suc-8-6, 6-1, 6-1, dessen of recent years.
Rosewall, Hoad, and Wilder Hopman started
fitness splu also are doing their campaign in early March when physical training in Melbourne. ordered Rose to Melbourne Ayre did his first two weeks' for a week of running and training in Brisbane under the gymnasium training. He did engle eye of Hopman himself, this straight after Rose's poor who wis there couching a class. showing against veteran John of juniors.
the
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Deserving Victors
Sir, must take exception to "Recorder's hockey write up in your Tuesday's edition,
It appears to me blased and unjust.
He Infers that the standard of ladies hockey has deteriorated to the extent that a schoolgirls become the Ladies'
team can Hockey League Champions.
turnout of all the available best talent, much of this talent be ing half-trained or untrained.
The original King George V
first in his School team-the
the First tory to play in Division (we haven't forgotten the old CES) was well couched, the bec: but were up against players available in the three years of the postwar league.
Why has a sports welter be come so biased that he cannot season give credit where credit is sure- Suzanne ly due?
Any team In any reaint of sport which can play 17 games, lose one, scure 80 goals with only seven scored against them, de- scrvce credit,
Has "Recorder" realise
paused
of the
Marjorie
COLONY OPEN PENTATHLON CHAMPIONSHIP IS THE
OPEN EVENT OF THE YEAR
By "RECORDER”
The Colony Open Pentathlon Championship this coming Sunday is the most open sporting event in years. There is no picking the winner in the men's event and Jennifer Hart is not as certain a bet as she looks in the ladies' all-round test.
With entries open to Friday, the initial field is already full of surprise-com- petitors and more may be expected to come in.
Here are the entries to date: of South Chan Wai-chuen China Athletic Association, the Colony Shot Put Champion and tho Discus record-holder In
the Throw, is also, strong in Javelin and reputed to be a better
than
average high His. Jumper despite his size. weak event will probably ba
three
of
the 400 Metres run, but he will score well in al Icast events.
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Jump very high or far or put, jumper.
Her potential in the bus Ae shot much beyond 25 feet other events is unknown,
it is this potential thut whil to come well up in the scor-
the good 1. count the most as Ing.
Bst. G. J. Harrison of tho javelin thrower and shot put Royal Engineers has a Shotter will score. Put of 39 feet 10 inches to his credit this year and should do well also in the Javelin.
Lo Wing-chuen of La Salle Chinn College and the South Athletic Association was Colony Champion last year in the 400. dis- Metres and has run that Chang
Yat-hung, also SCAA, is the Colony record tunce
this year in 54.0 seconds. holder in the 110 Metres Hure should do reasonably well dlcg and former Colony in the jumping events and wil record-holder in the Hop, Step not lag too far behind in the
throws. He has never ap- and Jump
Clian Pul-yeo of SCAA is better known B3 ย high jumper, but she is also a red- sonably good thrower and will score as well in the sprint and long jump.
Kita Hall of King George V School i the HRAAC is the Colony Champion and record- holder in the 100 Metres Long Jump, a reasonably good high Jumper when in form and
5.
and
Vielor Lal of the Hongkong|",
a strong-armed javelin thrower peared in serious competition in iniversity Athletic Club is the only she throws in the right | Colony High Jump Champlon d ova Junniter Hart in throo
the five events of the Pen- tathlon, but he is a natural athlete and should score wall, particularly in the jumps.
Major B. D. Chapman of the Royal Norfolk Regiment is an outstanding long jumper and will score heavily also in tho High Jump. He is an outsiand- ing diver nnd has the bulld for reasonable performances in the weight events.
Gnr. Derek
Coburn of 45 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, is the Colony 1,500 Metres and | 9,000 Metres Chumpion anci record-holder. Many may con- sider him a very surprise en try for the Pentathlon, but he is a 140-foot javel thrower and, can run a very fast Metres. He will not have
direction. She holds the edge
and holder of the Sir Gerard Howe Cup
Hongkong's as Athlete of the Year. He is a gout long jumper and should do reasonably well in the throwing events and the 400 Metres.
events, but will have to pile up a good margin in two
- tho Long Jump and Javelin 10 wipe out Jennifers advantage in the High Jump and Shot.
Jennifer Hart, also of KGV9 and IIKAAC, will start favourile. She is the Colony High Jump record-holder and Hurdles and 200 Mewes Cham- in and good sprinter, long
Lau Kam-ylu of South China Athletic Association is a good and improving Javelin thrower and is good for points in the Shot Put. He is good pole vaulter and has the spring for
Jumper and thrower its well, relatively good performances in the High and Long Jump.
Valerio Jillolt of the Vic University Athletle Club is one holder in the High Jump and NE Chuai-wal of Hongkong torians, former Colony record of the Colony's most promising former Captain of the long-jumpers and hop, step jumpers. He is also 400 thrower.
Japanese Buyers Pay Top Price At Sydney Yearling Sales
Sydney, Apr. 7.
Japanese buyers paid top price in the yearling sales here today, 3.400 guineas for a colt, the Sydney Daily Telegraph reports.
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ро
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OVER THE LAST
FENCE
Mr J. H. Grifün's Early Mist (B. Marshall up) 'goeg over the last fence on the way to its victory in the Grand National at Aintree,
MELBOURNE'S TARDINESS CRITICISED BY
IOC CHANCELLOR
Lausanne, Apr. 6.
Otto Mayer, the Chancellor of the International Olympic Committee, said yesterday a report had boen received from the Australian Organising Committee that the 1956 Games would be organised in the "true Olympic spirit."
Mayer urged that the Games be awarded to another nation because of Australian tardiness in completing plans for the competition.
curge V School hockey team, is fur from being outclassed, though she will lag behind Hall In George Saunders the, and Hart in the sprint and long
.of Hongkong Amateur
Athletic and
jump. She will score weil in Club is, like Major Chapman, the High Jump and Shot Fut
A Mexican spokesman, sald outstanding
"It is regrettable that this re- and and, passibly also in the Javelin. shares with him a high score One of the original members port arrived only Sunday, four that Mr Corlines will speak
the games Ing potential in the jumps. He of Hodkinson & Co., she still cars after
werd briefly prior to the Committee's The is also a good shot putler. u the old Georgian spirit of awarded to Melbourne, Moyer routine executive session.
Executive Committee will meet 'commented. two years ago and was tho Shek Ka-lim of South China first entry for the Pentathion.
in the first part of the week to Mayer said he was told by the prepare papers for the main Athletic Association should
Australians that two represen plenary score well in the Long Jump
session beginning on Ng. Sheung-kwal was third tatives would be sent to the Friday and ending on April and 400 Metres and will not lug in the Hurdles in the Colony 100 far behind in the Shot Put Championships and is in large-International Commitico's meet 23. or High Jump. Ke
ing this month in Mexico City is thu ly for the fun of the game, where arrangements for the It is expected that there will Colony Hop, Step and Jump but she will not lag behind games will be discussed. be a lively meeting?" in view Champion.
being M reasonably
of the dispute as to whether Cpl. Tean Kwok-lo repre- | sprinter und Jumper with un- He said the representatives Australia will be able to hold sents the Hongkong Chinese known potentialities in the would be A. W. Coles, former the 1956 Games. The Aus- Truining Unit and is a good all-throwing events,
mayor of Melbourne, and H.trallan delegation is expected under who will depend more
Alderson, president of the Aus- to present its case during the Competitors in the Pentath-tralian Olympic Committee an all-round score than on
early part of the plenary outstanding ability in one orlon are allowed only three Associated Press.
session regarding the progress two events.
trials in the Long Jump, Shot
being made at Melbourne. North-Put and Javelin Throw Yau Fung-kwong of
and AUSTRALIAN COMMENT is also cote Training College
the usual, three tries at each
Reports Indicated that the Melbourne, Apr. 0. an all-rounder, better in the height in the Hi
solved their Australians had the High Jump. They will have to
their best
Mr Edgar Tanner, Socretar Anancial and facilities prob- jumps but reasonably good also In the Shot Put.
within these tries in each of the Australian Olympic Fedeems and are preparing a stif event and it is not
Is not unusual for ration sald today. that he fight before the Committee to Pentathlon competitors to turn thought the Olymple rivalry keep Melbourne as the site for out a personal record in between Europe and the Ameri- the next Olympic Games. event and fall badly in another.
Cas would block any attempt to
The Commillee's President, The one who does best on take the 1958 games from Mel aggregate points
bourne.
Mr" "Avery Brundage, will arrive in five events is the winner. The men will be
on Sunday from Los Angeles, to On A was commenting competing for a trophy present- New York report which quoted take charge of the forthcoming Chan Chee-yuk, one of the ed by Captain R. McClaren. M. Arruand, French Olymple meetings, which will be private, SCAA's greatest triers, a rea- There will probably bo a Committee president as saying
A spokesman pointed out that sonably good sprinter and now trophy and certainly prizes for that Home would. bid for tha
the "International Committee coming into. her own as a long the ladies' event.
1956-games, wiren the Internatwaye has met behind closed tional Olympic Committen met doors and that tradition will be in Mexico city later this month. kept here. Regular bulletins on
The colt was sired by Midstream, leading Australian sire in the 1951 and 1952 seasons, whose progeny won nearly £500,000 in Australian stakes.
Progeny include the 1951 Mel- bourne Cup winner, Della.
The Japanese buyers also. pald 1,000 and 1,500 guireas for two Midstream files.
and added that racing men are saying that the Japanese would taice the horses to Japan to strengthen. Japanese racing stock.
*
The paper said the Japanese There were no players this bought through the stock agents According to the Daily Tele-
standard of of Dalgety and Company
the Lt graph..
Japanese buyers Claire Whitcombe,
were three middle-aged, well- Nooile
dressed, men who attended the Negus, Adl Tamworth, Simmons and Marie Melklo (as
sale for one hour, They caj in the fan row with other buyers they were last year), Amanda Silva, Peglyn Faber,
but did not speak to anybody. McNelll, Valerie Slade, to men-
One of them took photographs tion but a few....
of some yearlings and they up- peared unmoved when the auctioneer knocked down the Midstream colt to the Dalgety company-Reuter,
A Gremlin, Victorian or Re- the last year or to crelo tearn that these schoolgirls year before was no 6-0 walk- are champions not so much be- over for schoolgirls. Hence our
Hodkin cause of skill and experience nostalgic reference to
were inox- but because of youth, splendid san & Co., who
perienced but determined girls teamwork and unlimited
who usually lost to the "glants" and sometimes scored a victory The Gremlins last week were that was, indeed, glorious. not a dispirited side, they in- tended to win if they could, and they certainly tried.
enthusiasm?
Our reference to other sports ja Dot without point. The first ever King George V School Hockey XI other participated in every other sport going, while the present team are so hockey-conscious that they apparently have no time for other sporte.
Again why bring in forms of sport when "Recorder" can have no idea what sports these girls
are interested in, apart from hockey?
The smear at the abilitles of some
respected newspaper.
swimming
..
Home Rugger Results
London, Apr. 7, Following were the results of rugby matches played today:
RUGBY LEAGUE
Dewsbury 27, Doncaster 8. Featherstone Rovers 7, Hud- dersfield 13.
5.
Keighley 32, Batley 18. Leads 31, Bramley 8. Barrow 41, Wakefield Trinity 4. Belle Vue Rangers 10, Widnes 5. Halifax I, Bradford Northern 5. Warrington 34, Liverpool City.
RUGBY UNION
MRS MOTTRAM TO TAKE A LONG REST
London, Apr. 7... Mrs Tony Mottram, a British Wightman Cup Lawn Tennis player who won several titles in her recent tour of the East, is to take a long rest from the game
Stroud, 0, Mosely 0. Aberavon 15, Davonport Seron her doctor's advice.
The will to win as a team may of be there not to any greater vices 0. members this team is unworthy of your extent than it was with the two
teams that preceded but the Mare 3. will to shine individually is saying absent,
Hence
There is
old an "Recorder", "that the bigger
hockey as to any other sport.
09 да
3.
Bristol 20, Weston Super
Lydney G, Gloucester 3. Penzance 3, St. Thomas Hos- tapital 15.
"Hayle 3, St. Mary's Hospital Abertillery 8, London Welsh 0, Cardin 6. Northampton 6. Cheltenham D, Birmingham & Exeter 5, Leicester 13. Newport 0, Barbarians 8. Pontypool 14, Nuneaton 3.- Reuter,
they are the harder they f
reference the and that applies equally to swimming. That was brought up that acknowledgment some of the girls do swim com- petitively. But the will to win still abcent. This will includes a lot of training and girls like Cynthia Eager und Giles, who train, are so far ahead as a remit,
The whole write up is just, so much journalistle yubaisia.
LESLIE BONES.
IN REPLY
Vanessa
Individual
Three King George V School
There was, quite definitely, 1st XIs have tried to win the more spirit to Metroen Hodkin Ladies Hockey League.. Cham-son, Valerie Jillott and their pionship since the League was teams, particularly To-glaried 30 months ago and spirit and much team spirit the present, one has succended. The teams led by these two girls More power to them. As Mr depended on a small number of Bones points out any team well to watch the smaller by
WEIGHTLIFTING RECORD SET
NI
London, Apr: 7. Nikola!' Sakeonov, second to. another Ruslan for the Olymple
try featherweight weightlifting tillo
which can score 80 goal, ele chipping in and making a go of last year, broke his own words are deserving of victory an
to Digame against opponents record today for the two hands Last year's team was also whom they conceded a lot In Continentiaf snaich, according to deserving of victory size and weight, and more in a message received in London from the offcial Soviet news,
very
They bad
no couching, and skill,”stid, experience mat "gency Tass.
they were playing against Our main point 'wag
Exceptionally irons teams hockey, after all Lan't every Sikmondy was competing in which were very well conceding and Hodkinson & Co the Soviet Army, Champolnships. and ably led.
would, have been such mate, za Balig held in Riga and None of the teams at the paving victors had they won led 107,8 llogrammes (230,8 Eresent Fear': KOV School in their season.
RDER"
b) tolent, his record of 100 kilogramimka (233.5. 158). set up 1st April in Finlanditeter.
Her husband, Tony Mottram, Britain's number one player, said tonight;
on.
THE GIRLS
There are only six entries to date in the girls' events and the final deld is unlikely to be more than a duzen. Already entered are: .
thre
one
HOW GOOD MUST ONE BE
Ho
the Com-
Regarding the detailed report the progress of our work will
be issued through on plans for the games, sent by ittee's Chancellery." -- United At the Pentathlon Championship of the Hongkong the Australian Olymple Com- Amateur Athletic Club in January, the winner
mittee to the Chancellor of the Press. was IOC in Lausanne, Mr Tanner Jonathan Royce with 246% points on the scoring system eald this did not contain a volu
to be employed on Sunday and the runner up Quentin tion to the equestrian events Almao with 243 points on the same new scoring system.
problem.
A 12-lb. shot was used, but, much more than 70 feet). the convertibility of this late a
That
"But a scheme for a pool of trained horses in Australia may means, Royce and be put before the International 10 lb. performance is the 12-lb. | Almao, both of whom would Horse Federation" added Mr performance multiplied by four- | have had an excellent__chance | Tanner, Biths--not by three-quarters. of winning Sunday's Pentath-
The world's best weight men ilon, averaged have never put a 12-pounder event.
formance were:
49 points par
mean Their performances as against a
49-point рег
SP. 25: 6
HJ.
4:11
J.T. 94:10
17:0
400m. 55.7
24: 0 27:10
4:11
94: 5
17:8.
57.4
4:10 109: 0
10:0
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any chuen and Harrison will seora
Shot amble.
Royce Almao
49. Pls..
"My wife is very tired follow- Both scored more points in Weight men like Chan Wal- log our successful tour of the the 400 Metres than in East Though we only competed one of the other four events. in about half a dozen tourma- Thus, a faster 400 Elctres run-a hundred points in the
may afford to ments, it was extremely tiring ner than either, like Lo Wing- and owing to the very hot weather chuen for example, can afford through a 400 Metres in about and we also played quite a lot to put the shot about 24 feet, go seconds and jump about 4 of exhibition matches."
Mrs Mottram's victories in-the javelin just under 50 foot feet 6 inches in the High Jump eluded the Indian, Pakistan and and long Jump 16% feet and and 10 feet in the Long Jump Philippines title-Reuter.
still win.
and still win on aggregato.
high jump 4 feet 8 inches, put
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INDONESIAN:
SOCCER TEAM COMING HERE
Manila, Apr. 7,
Sultan Hamengku Buwono of S. Kent Hughes, Mr W.
former Defence the Australia Jogjakarta, chairman of Olymple Committen said hero Minister, will head the Indone
sian fooball delegation to Hong- today he could not
see any the Inter-kong in late April, the Indone grounds. on which national Olymple Comunítica slan Embassy announced to-
night. could take the 1956, games away from Melbourne,
The Indonesian footballers, on Mr Kent Hughes declared that a Far East goodwill tour, will Australia bad done everything arrive here on April 16 for a brief asked of her in preparing for visit before proceeding to long- the Games-Reuter,
kong.
READY FOR DEBATE
Mexico City," Apr. 7: The Mexican: President, ME
will in Adolfo Ruiz. Cortines,
In the 27-man party-dre In- dangalan Government oficiais, newomen and 18 players.
The Indonesian will pass augurate the 68th meeting of through Hongkong. Bangkok and the International Olympic Com-Burma. The team will participate mittee which begins here next in the Asian games in Manila in week, it was, disclosca today, May, 1954-Router, H
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