THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MAY 25, 1953.
TWO COLONY RECORDS GO AT THE LAST MEETING OF THE HKAAA SEASON
By "RECORDER"
Officials of the HKAAA decided after the last meeting of the Hongkong Amateur Athletic season at Kai Tak yesterday that the humidity, if not the heat, would knock the best out of local track (if not field) talent until September next year.
It was not impossible yesterday evening for every type. In the Colony 10,000 Metres championship, four men broke the standard time of 40 minutes, including "Curly," allerwise known as Chan King-yin, in the really spectacular time for the distance, the track and the sheer weight of accentuated gravity of 37 minutes 56.2 Heconds.
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persibility have been changed with a terrific "Curly," an inspectacular inquiring about the
preinl 440 Yards Hurdles Cotton-Hurlbatt race round the runner-though he affirmed the of
bewildered Riia gonerul regard of the HKAAA being pay on as an afterthought. bend and a
Two for
Colony records best bet
were laying it on thick over the last the second
Lam Kak-lan Hongkong
broken. One was to the credit 80 yards to pip the Cur
Asian next
year was of "Curly. No faster time for with 30 yards to go.
been Rita, a modest girl if ever ever to klini enough
drug three the distance
Standard turned in Hongkong: though the there was one, likes the challenge other runners 10
University stage n. 10,000 properly laid on with plenty of Medals for an unfamiliar di-
of Metres Fiet every year" and time to accelerate. Ken Milburn tance Cpl. ile RAF. Cpl. Cyril Harding, there have been in the course
Gamer
of the Willshire Regiment and of the past two decades, about Ramany had been in the race, the teammate Lee Kam-hung of the half-dozen of the summe put South Chin Athletle Associu-on by the SCAA,
Lion
told
"Curly" managed to lap only tactical" ofther Lam Kak-lan
the
it Jennifer Hart or Lynn whole story would have to be For sheer over again.
however, the betting is on Had "Curly" varied his pace, one of the six starters in
or Deborah In any ruce over this three others might have failed 10,000 Metres (six miles odd).
A Kui Tek Ind, Cpl. Ken Mil-distance in which a surprised to run the distance unler mantes, Zilupek may be able bun, mished second in a very Hita is not running.
38 minutes 45
THE "TOUGU18" to run it under 36 minutes,, respectable but Zatopek in the same canseconds, with Cpl. Cyril Hard- of the Wiltshire Regiment ditions would have been happy
Kom-hung
to have completed the Course an
in under 33:00.9 the ATFS South China Athletic Assocla- (Association of Track and Field, tion huma with a good
mnie to Spare Statisticlan) won't see it.
about Medal time. runs he wouldn't
of
of the principal admirers Curly" have seen hin
Caroline 14111
Before closing. sonte mention
the
a
made of two of the mtst be men's field events. RAF'S Cpl. rezily half-Ralph won a
grent victory in the Javelin Throw when he oft Standard
renched out to
to 148
feet 10 Inches The -Lesterad
against the wind and against two COLONY RECORD
Chan that
160-footers, "Curly"
Wai-chuen and One other Culuny record was Sgt. C. H. Smith of the Dorsets. change his pace whether it war 100 Yords ur
The broken. Experts were called in 40 Miles.
The Latter Regimental affilia- the to judge on the One Mile Race
tion may be repeated rather legend runs true most of
that Walk and the viclor was CSM
often in these columns, but why except for the fact
tbe fact Wells of the Dorselshire Regi-
remains that neur in the Colony record and
of
Regiment has Dorsetshire lime practising Sandard Medal
habit of contributing outstanding the 110 Meire Hurdles and minutes 39.3 seconds.
great race for athletes to the earliest sport ever There was a have been, if we must borrow
in by men-running, Li. Indulged between place from foreign parlance, "Mightly-stepnij impressed.
Spooner of the Royal Army Pay jumping and throwing.
The Dorsets have a different With the ultin-conservative Caps and G. S. Kennedy Skip-
approach to apart. For example, ton of the European Kai Tak there days, with the former winning by a happened yesterday that Lt.
Blight, who is very precaution
high established locally as
chess player- Jumper and a
run decided that he wanted to more than his previous maximum 440 yards for a change.
Ho duly
!roup of Lower
at
Bowden/Charles 103
"Curly would 201 :hort-mcaired,
outlook
letace.
YMCA.
!!
G.
track-walking.
well
WAN 13kom
Air Kennedy Skipton could Beaten CSM possibly The outcome bave of all this conservative outleWells agahi except for the fact was that "Curly" ran about 16, that he was at pains to con- form with every conceivable yards too long for his remd.
entered the 10.000 The Association vull backs this bye-law of Bowden/Charles
paid Metres race and packed in after With all regard heing 4.
He did double his Yards. after three years experience, it for the private correspondence 880
maximumri running did that simply hus learned to detest the short-we have had on the subject of previous
track walking in the past fort-distance and course. lyne.
night, we also think that there without elther walking for hours The sheral idea is that we can't afford, in Flongkong. 1o was
lot of sheer running go-around a billiards table, bending.
The his back for hours on whole TAAF have the
ing o at most stages of tura
beside walking-in a lawn bowls around on us and say that we are manufacturing records,"
NO, FAVOURITISM
ale has two interpretations: - Even though Me Boween
fa fout on lerra rmn; (b) athlete, an active no longer
the whole of one foot-heel and "Ok" Charles short-ineasured himself by more than a Split olen terra firma.
second add only
race.
.
TA
fortnight
and a day ago when he ran tower qualified.
a tremendous victory
time in Hongkong for place (2:06.6 for 880 Yards or 2:05.8 for 800 Metres).
end-
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TITLE FIGHTS
FIGHTS AT
AT HARRINGAY
Johnny Williams throws a right at Don Cockell in their fight at Harringay Arena for the British and Empire Heavyweight Championship. Cockell won on points.
The British Featherweight title holder, Ronnie Clayton, wearing his second Lonsdale Belt after he had successfully defended his title by knocking out Freddie King.
SPORTS ROUND-UP
Chris Chataway To Lead Oxford-Cambridge Athletic Team In American Match
Ampon Beats Budge Patty At The French Tennis Championships
Paris, May 24.
The only seeded player in the men's singles of the French International Lawn Tennis Championships to fail to reach the last eight is Iudge Patty, of the United States, who was beaten by Felicissimo Ampon of the Philippines,
In the remaining fourth round matches played to day, Ken Rosewall and Lewis Hond became the solo survivors of the six-man Australian team: Both scored easy straight-set victories today, but 'Mervyn Rose, another member of the Australian team, was defented by Enrique Moren of the Argentine.
The line-up in the quarter- Ken Rosewall (Australia) beat Anola will be (in draw order): Windistav Skonecki (stateless) Gardnor Mulloy (USA) vs. (0-2, 6-9, 6-2.
Enrique Morea (Argentine), Vic Seixas (USA) beat Sven Ken Rosewall (Australia) Va.
Davidsson (Sweden) 0-1, 10-1, Felicissimo Ampon (Philip 0-4. pines), Vic Seixas. (USA) va. Lewis Hoad (Austraila), Fausto Gardini (Italy) VA. Jaroslav Drobny (Egypt).
Miss Doris Hart (USA), hold- er of the title, and Miss Maureen Connolly (USA), Wimbledon
and American Champion, both reached the last gight of the women's singies.
Women's Singles 3rd Round
Miss S. Fry (USA) bai; Mis S. Lazzarino (Italy) 6-2, 6-0.
A. Miss D. Hart beat Miss
Shilcock (Britain) 9-7, 6-4,
Mme. G. Bucaille. (France) beat Mille, A. Salvet (France) 2-0, 6-2, 6-0.
ira D. Knodo (USA) bent Miss H. Fletcher (Britain) 0-1, 0-3.
Mme. Nelly Adamson (France) beat Miss Angela Mortimer (Britain),8-2, 0-3.
The quarter-final matches in the
will order of the draw bo:-Miss Doris Harl (USA)_va.
Mrs J. Rinkel (Britnia); beat Mrs Jean Quertier Rinkel (Bri Miss J. Sampson (USA) 0-4, 6-2, tain); Miss Shirley Fry (USA)
Miss M. Connolly (USA) beat VS, Mrs Nelly Adamson Mme 8. Jones. Weber (France) (France); Birs Dorothy Knoda 6-3, 6-1.
(USA) vs. Mme C. Dusrille Mme S. Chatrier (France) beat (France); Mrs Susan Partridge Miss Ann Gray (USA) 8-ü, 7-5. Chatrier
VS, Miss Reuter.
(Britain) Maureen Connolly (USA).
THE RESULTS
Today's main results were: Men's Bingtes-4th Round Fausto Gardini (Italy) beat Bernard Bartzen (USA) 2-0, · 6-3, 4-6, 0.4;
Enrique Moren (Argentine) beat Mervyn Rose (Austraila) 0-3, B-8, 3-4, 6-8, 0-3.
Lewis Hoad (Australia) beat Giuseppe Moate (Italy) 0-1, 0-4. 6-2.
LEES BEATS COTTON AT LLANDUDNO
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HONGKONG
BEATEN BY MALAYA
Singapore, May 24. The Chinese Malayan Foot- bali
Association today re- gained possession of the Aw
Ho Cup when the visiting Hong-- kong team went down by two goals to one én a keen and thrilling match before 13,500 cheering fans.
The MCFA opened the scoring almost with the opening whis Ble. Yan Cheng-eng, playing on Aho left wing, gained possession ank beat the visiting custodian with a high lobbing shot.
Llandudno, May, 23.
Nine minutes later centre- Arthur Lees, the British Ryder forward Boon Soong scored the
player, eliminated the
Cup
Ryder Cup captain, Henry Cot-second goal from a melee about ton, by one up in the semi-final 15 yards out.
of the Penfold 2.000 Guineas The Hongkong forwards and Golf Tournament here to-day halves then pressed into the and then went on to win the 18- Singapore area and inside left holo final by two up against Kon Yiu Cheuk-yin gave Hongkong Bousfeld, a fellow Yorkshire is first goal with a powerful rising shot from just outside the penalty line.
MOD.
The standard of play in the final was well behind the brli- Jant
One goal down when play re- scoring of the earlier sumed after the interval, Hong- matches, Lees had
pressure and a.70, and kong maintained Bousfeld 81, compared with 74 forced the home-tean into the But the many scop- scratch, but a high wind made defensive. conditions on the long Marsduing chances that came their way | course difficult.
were thrown away by the Hong- too kong forwards througît Bousfield bent W. D. Smithers,much dribbling-United Press.
a veteran from Bristol, in tho semi-inal by 3 and 2. Bousfield
ATHLETES WIN TRIPS ABOARD
The rule is--one fuot on ter-match-or chasing wildly:
Birta all the time. The travelling cricket balls,
NO "HURDLING". Said It. Blight, "I afford to take seven minutes over a chess move, 1 can afford to Two of the six participants take all the time I want over my Well said! Our plece Derek Cotaurn, ngainst
artilleryman running."
advice was that he should not travel hi speed, ran the pick of the best in Honor the Kal Pals course attempt to gain headway ver kong in the 440 Yards Hnr-
"Curly" by hurdling over him. 2 minutes 5.1 seconds, th elet.
Ron Thompson, in between "Old" Charles yesterday test time ever returned in
insisting that his good wite The Hongkong and a Kai Tuk record spent the best part of afternoon unter the protective for the Half Mile, though not should get the Standard Medal in the Shot Put, awning of the Recorders tent, for the 800 Metres. Milotarians long due her
fastest improved on his previous best in mudes all the time and never L. Goodburn ron his
second the Javelin Throw with 130 feet
7 inches. mene
he only managed Though fourth place in one of the best fields in this event assembled locally, ho very head It was, otherwise, a
of Derck Coburn afternoon. Dorsets'
won the 100 and Lou Kam-yiu, both of whom Yards and Lam Kuk-lan beat have gone over 140 feet at their Hita Hall, the new Budapest, May 23.
Colony best.
The "blood" match between Ladies' Hungarian soccer International accord-holder,
Chan Wai-chuen and Sgt. G. J.
team for collect the first prize of £400, popular sportsman". to witnces The Australian Jozsef Bozsik, right half of the
Now there is a chance that a Chataway will compete in the
iho Coronation,.. 1952 Helsinki Olymple champion
compete and In the latter race. St. Mary's Harrison in the Shol- Put, which
It was his first major success avoiding for mile and two miles events, full international will be staged Wimbledon will team, has become a member of Joyce Cotton opened up around both have been
at lights
Highbury the leading Americans including
In two years. He beat a former Thillainathan won the title the first turn and that spelled quite a while-various injuries Alan Pinnington of Oxford will under
Sydney the liungarian Parliament.
professional, and the trip by popular voting Stadium. Other floodlit fixtures Vic Seixas and Gardnar Mulloy Royal herself and and other duties thrown in being run in both sprints. Candidate Bozsik had been disaster for both
include FA are also expected to take part. Jimmy Adams, in the drst round in in three-month contest con Jaken into account,-ended in a
The match Is Wimbledon's
after a classic match and was | ducied by the Blagapore Stan- tie at 37 feet ·.·
BACK TO THE SADDLE Charity Shield match between inches.
contribution to
dard and Alfred's Coronation the Borough's equally brilliant against Cotton. Hon. Secretary of the
Geoff Duke, World Motor League Champlons Arsenal and
Coronation celebrations and all
Bouvenirs. Hongkong Amateur Athletic
Cycle Champion, who has been Cup Winners Blackpool, also to
the competitors will be present- Association, Mr Fred Tingay, settled the feud by an appeal to
car racing this reason, returns be played at Highbury, and one to the saddle next month to at Tottenham where Spurs willed with a Coronation sonvenir Miss Rita Holl,
sliver elgaretto case, compete In the Isle of Man entertain the Racing Club
Paris. TT event,
Soccer Player
Becomes MP
ליו ונס
"UPSET" AFTERNOON
MP/Cpl. Crane
"20 Yards.
in the
Mito. nominated by workers
of a
A furlong for the girls in very Budapest industrial plant and is No. 33
the Government's much like 060 (not 440 or 680) ticket
men und toelies Hingle
uf the Budapest yards rare for constituency, heading by Prime play a very important role in the Minister Matyan Rakes. The final result.
really Hall,
of 20
д
whose
The
ever was
list, which recorded occupation
It was a matter of finally de- L«terrife”. performance of candidaton, describes! Bozsik
do- educator", but fans seconds for the distance a fort-ciding upon the winner or
another hope that this does not affect night! ago does not fade for the priving Miss Tall of
Rits, the only It spoon.
double his amateur status.
fact that she did net repeat it Buzsik will be the only repre- yesterday, lost on sheer lack of victor of the day (she improved to South
China's on the Kal Tak ground record sentative of Hungary's world Experience
with a 15 foot 4 inch long jump Pocket-Sized famous athletes in the House,
(Rita is at least and won the 100 Yards) walved where sport bureaucracy will be Pint-Sized) Rocket. Lam Kak- her claim on a second spoon and -represented by Gyula Hegyi, lan, who won in 28.5 seconds. President of the Nutional Sport Tad Rhodesian Rocket "Dibay there was no necessity for de- licately untieing 'a Gordian Council, highest sport authority Hurlbait been in the race, the
knot. of this country.-United Press. whole aspect of the show might
Americans Will Attempt To
Break The Hoodoo Of Hoylake
The
London, May 25.
1
Fi
Locs controlled the ball better in the final.
Chris Chataway (Oxford) will captain the joint Oxford and Cam-was always the master. bridge Universities athletic team competing in a three-sided match against joint Yale-Cornell and West Point-Pennsylvania teams in New Haven, USA, on June 13.
The match was all square at
Bousheld's delve
the 10th.
Singapore, May: 23.
looked like going out of bounds · A. 1. Thillairinthan, a popular
at the 18th whom it hit a spec- athlete from Ipoh, Malaya, will foot. But Lees had a leave for London, tontorrow
Cambridge men in the team include British Olympic team captain Harry Whittle, who will contest the 220 Yards Hurdles, the Pole Vault and the Long Jump.birdle with a four-yard put to morning as "Malaya's most
But sad news for British enthusiast is that Geoff will represent Italy-at least in the 500 c.c. event.
for next season
EMPIRE GAMES
de
England will send a team of between 80 and 80 to the Em-
Reg Armstrong and Dickde of nine sports-athletics, box-
Ho
will ride for the Gilera pire Gaines in Vancouver next team, whose members include year. It will comprise athletes fancing,bowls, ing, cycling, Dale, former colleagues Duke at Norton's. In the 350 rowing, swimming, weight- litting and wrestling. An ap- c.c. race Geoff hopes to rido British machine. Announcing his peal fund has been launched in London to raise the £40,000 re- decision, Geoff said that al-
costs of though keen on car racing, he quired to cover the
two sending the team. felt the lure of wheels. Another British acé, Les Graham, leads the Italian M.V. Augusta team.
THE RESULTS The results are as follow:
Men co Metres,-1, Hung, Cheesec, 2 Yau Tak-kee: 3,
still Bhek - Wel-iman. Titre: 6.5 nocy.
850 Yards Car Coburn: 2 L Goodburn: 3. Leung Kam-po, Time! 112 mins 16.1 (acco,
100 Yars. T/Cpl Crane; 2. mg Chee-kee; a. Yau Tak-kec. Time! 10.0 Deck.
1 Mile Walking Tace. - 1. CSM
2. 1 Spooner; J. G. S. Kon-
10,000 Meters-1, Chan King-vin: 2. Chi Mišurn: 3. Cpl Harding. Time:
RECOVERED
--(London Express Service)
"The
His selection is a certainty for the Ryder Cup series against America's best professionals at Wentworth, Surrey, in October
-Reuter.
The runner-up, Tan Eng Yoon, of Singapore, will get a two-weeks vacation' in Hongkong. -United Press.
Games Will Go On" Melbourne
Determined
13.06.1
Melbourne, May: 23.
The Organising Committee of the 1956 Olympic Games mot in Melbourne Colcs from the today and accepted with regret the resignation of Mr Arthur W. AFTER COCKELL
Games Control Committee, offered the chairmanship to Mr Patrick Leslie Coleman, State Minister for Transport and member for the Melbourne City Council, and Canadian Heavyweight Cham. plon of Cherokee Indian descent, decided to appoint a paid chief executive officer to run the 1956 Games in Melbourne.
The meeting appointed a sub- Rome would be the most logical returns to Britain at the end of
Acting Premier Lestio Wit- the month after an absence of four years. His mission is to lam Galvin said the chiof committee to inspect alten and lattes for the 1950 Olympic seek a fight with the new British executive officer would be "an come to a "swift firm decision Games It Melbourne, Australia, a swimming pool for the was: forced to glwg them, up, and Empire Champlon, Don outstanding Australian," Cockall. Walls now 24, fights
hour session, Mr Galvin- said: An Australian by birth, he the American heavyweight, Jack Following two and a quarter was a member of that country's / Nelson, at Edmonton, Alberta, “we ironed out practically all the appointment of committees member from Columbia.
our troubles and settled amica bly misutderstandings which exlated."
George Worthington, who two years ago was suffering from facial paralysis which he thought would end his sporting career, will compete in this year's Wimbledon.
Davis Cup team in 1949, but is
Ho
now living in Auckland. returned to tho
gamo last November, and is now ranked No. 1 in New Zealand
on May 22.
WIMBLEDON PREVIEW
on
Glories,
United States golfers, who have dominated the Bridy skipton, Time: 6 mins. 335 tish Amateur Championship since the war, will attempt are probable record).
20 Yarda-1. 8. Xavier; 2, thung Time: to break the hoodoo of Hoylake when the annual cham-Chee-ker; 3, 1/Cpt, Crane.
Recording to Jullo, Gelin, Inter pionship bogins over the Royal Liverpool course today 233 C
The meeting also authorised national Olymple Committee (Monday).
31 min. 50% seca. (probable, record)
Shot Putes), Bg5 Harrison and Chan was in-¡the same half of the draw and watchin; 2. LAC Sayers. Distance; Bince
Gelin yesterday! expressed- to deal with accommodation, the event
reception, 30 21. 0 Ins
medical agreement with the IOC Pre- augurated in 1885, 12 champion-likely to clash early,
entering, Long Jump). Shek Wal»man; 2,
transport and technical pro-sident; Str. Avery Brundage, ships have been decided there
chances of a British
Li Palmer, Distance: 19 ft. 115 ins,
blems and communications.J been lossened have and no Amerlenn has yet reach- success
High Jump-1, Gnr George; 51, LA
that "there invt be romething A preview of Wimbledon will through the absence of Ronnie Bugt; 3, Ling Cheung, leight:
The delegates said they were The Organising. Committee be staged on Sunday, June 14, ed the Antal:
seriously wrong In Australls. ft. 8 in.
when a side representing the confident the Games would go chairman, Mr Wilfred Kout But since the Amateur Cham-White and James Bruen (Cork),
He was apparently referring Javelin
Hughes, ald the atmosphere at to the resimuation let the Chair Wai-chuen; Halph: 2. Chan
OFFICIAL RECOGNITIONT plonship was revived in 1940, winner in 1948.
All-England Club will meet a on.
Mr Galvin said the trustees of the meeting Was "pleasan The greatest British hopes. 146 rt 10 in.
International Club combined the title has been taken across
man, Mr W, Coleg, of the Olym The now soccer season 10 and Queen's Colb team.
the Melbourne Cricket Ground, unanimous and enthusibatle.” Cup players 100 Yards Hall; 2, Lam the Atlantie five times and four rest
ple Game Control Committee on. Walker
where the deld events are to be Reuter, of the last six finals have been Joo Carr and
following the Victorian State John Langley, Kak-lan; 3,,D. Hurlbail, Time: 121 | England. may nee floodlit foot-
Nearly every top-ranking held, would meet on May 20 to ball ofcinity recognised for the
to build Clovernment's refusal oll-American affairs,
aswimming pool on a site ap-- America's Harvey Ward, who Carr has been a quarter Yarde), Lam Kak-lari; & first time by the Football Asso-player in the world is a mam discuss the work necessary to
Unitact clation. Hitherto it has beenber of one or another of these transform the Melbourne Crio
proved by the Ion
Iminor games.
posite teams will be elected. Olýzuble stadkaha,) ba
former Victorian.
13. Set Smith. Distance:
Ladies
won at Prestwick last year, and finalist and twice semi-finalist Jump-1, la Tip: 2, Fong permitted only för friendly" TOP three clubs and no two com- | ket Ground - Into the malb
Frank Stranahah, twice winner in the last three years --Réu- and runner-up last your, aro in tor,
Hail; 3. Joyce Cotton *Time: .26.0
SOCK
SK; J. D. Kuribatt, Diatarios;
"BOMETHING WRONG”.
Los Angeles. May 23. Les Ausgeles, Buenos Aires or Presu
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