THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1983.
THE FIRST TEST MATCH
LAWN TENNIS HISTORY
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WILL BE MADE TODAY AT WIMBLEDON
London, June 22.
Lawn tennis history will be made today when the 67th Wimbledon Championships open on the picturesque All-England Club ground.
For the first time in these Championships-virtually the Amateur Champlon. ships of the World-the respective top seeded players are both only 18.
Ken Rosewall, dark-haired, this year, then none of the other of the draw, and Vie Seixas, Australian stroke styllet, heads 127 Men's Singles competitors the American Davis Cup cap
while
injn. the men's
Miss will be in the hunt. Maureen
Connolly, the tennis
writers Mont British tennis from San machine
Diego, believe that only a bad attack California, is worthy favourite of Centre Court norves, or lack to Buccessfully defend the of atoming to last the gruelling
titio nhe deservedly
pace of a
fortnight's high- powered tennis, could stop thie İlkeable youngster.
Women's won last year.
Rosewall, primarily #buck- court player, has superb control
his
grutin powerful strokes, and if he can reproduce
which the form
won him the Australian
und French titles
over
Should Rosewall, falter, then the men next favoured to win Jaroslav the coveted tile are
former 31-year-old Drobny, Czech, who la in Rosewall's half
ON THE RECORD
Splash Angry
A rather angry man we ran | dividual who insisted that into yesterday was the Chair man of the Hongkong School Sports Association, a powerful in-
Athletic
Records Keep Falling
London, June 20. Gordon Pirie, the British Olympic runner. broke his own British all-comers' nu- tional and English native records by three seconds when he won the Southern Three Miles Championship |
we
should quute him but not iden-
ty him further than by ference to his office.
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HIS LAST CHANCET
Drouny, who first made appearance at Wimbledon as a Ind of 16 in 1930, has twice rescked the Anal. This may well be his lost chance to nehieve his ambition.
Today's play will consist entirely of Men's Singles first) round matches. Unlike last year, when two seeded players were eliminated on the opening day, there are few cases of class players clashing today,
of the seeded players Drobny has the toughest match, opening the Centre Court programme with a match against, French international, Bernard Des tremat
are
Other
anatches 200d between sixtli seeded Australion Lewis Hoad and Russell Sev- re-mour, South African Davis Cup player; and Brazilian Champion Armando Vieira and
lanky George Worthington, of New Zealand-Reuter,
The Chairman of the HKSSA is quite recovered from his arm | trouble- Chinese bone twister Is believed to have helped con- siderably and is out to emulate Mrs Von Vliet in coming out of long retirement ant taking the Colony Shot Put Championship He is actually. next season. curiously enough, Mr. Van Viel's Junior in years by a very small margin.
HOAD BEATS ROSEWALL
London, June 20. The Australian Champion, Ken Rosewall, top seeded for Wimble- don next week, was beaten m the Men's Singles final by his team male, Lewis Head, sixth seeded at Wimbledon; by 8-0 and 10-8.
Hoad was never in the slight-
The HKSSA Chairman Wis angry #t one of our fellow- columnists who took the HKSSA est trouble after recovering from to task for the non-participation
of several schools in the Inter-
last week.
School Swimming Championships
"You can quote ine," he said, in 13 minutes 41.8 seconds"that one of the children who 27 years of at the White City, London, as a winner was
hla age. I happen to know today.
exact age."
His me wos B.4 seconds be- hind the world record of 13 tninutes 22.4 seconds, set up in 1942 by
Gundar Hacky of Sweden.
Sprinter Emmanuel Mac- donald bailey from Trinidad ensily won the 100 yards in 9.8 seconds.Reuter.
2-4 deficit in the first set.
His most telling shot was his service. Apart from the num ber of points brought him through clean aces there were three in succesalon in one game It also had the effect of nettl- ing Rosewall, who could never return it with confidence.
Rosewall is not the first Wim- bletion Tavourite or eventual The HKSSA Chairman further Wimbledon Champlon to lose at explained that miny of the Queen's, Since the war only Colony's greatest aquatic stars Ted Schrader and Frank Sedg- were engaged in School Leaving man have won the two succes- and Matriculation Examinations. sive Championships.
The latter exuminations
this
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Hond had previously beaten year are reported to have been Mervyn Rose in the semi-finals. particularly dificult. To ma---Hauter. triculate in Chinese for exam- ANOTHER FAST MILE
to translate into ple, one had the best Mandarin such brain- Lincoln, Nebraska, June 20,
children of the examiners as Wes Santee of Kansas ran the
"cow parsley
Judi- flowers", mile in 4:03,7 minutes tonight,
cious neglect, "the luxury of breaking-the-American-record afternoon tea at Oxford" Collegiate record NCAA Meet recordi
"seven league slippers" quite Santer's time was slower than best Olympic swimmXTS.
a collection twisters for the hits 4:02.4 minutes per mile of Compton, California, earlier this spring-United Press.
and
DISCUS RECORD
the
Lincoln, Neb., Junie 21. Sin Iness, of the University
and
Nell Harvey béldg taught by Denis Compton off Alec Bedser's bowling in the First Test Malch at Trent Bridge-Central Press Photo.
Yorkshire And Some Rain
Foil The
Australians
Sheffield, June 20.
Yorkshire foiled an Australian gamble today, when, after being put in to bat un a pitch affected by recent rain, they scored 252 for the loss of only five wickets on the opening day of their match against the tourists here.
Golf's Greatest Player-But
His Temper
For
Las Vegas, Nev, June 20.
The terrible tempered Tommy (Thunder) Bolt blow his lớp during the rich Tournament of Champions recently, and thus came about another setback in the reformation of possibly the world's greatest golfer.
By the admission of the nation's top touring pro- fessional stat, Bolt may be the finest golfer of them aile aside from his temperament.
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"Tommy may be the world's | fans Ikke to watch-always in greatest golfer, if he could con- the hopes of seeing him pet- trol his temper." sold Som form some of his magnificent Snead, himself something
shots, on the fairways,...' but, wadder In the golfing firma- falling in that, hoping to watch ment. "But I doubt that he him blow his top-United
of n
over will He just can't help Press. texploding. Ho isn't mad at anybody, but himself when he explodes that way."
CLUB SMASHER
Golf fans who watch tho touring professionals all around the country have seen the ex- Texan, playing out of Maple- wood, N.J., smash bin clubs. In his second round horo ho stashed his putter on the 10th green; and the fans following hun saw him bend his driver all out of shopa on the 12th. It was
a alightly insane Way of displaying his displeasure
mit
at a
|couple of missed shots, in view of the fact that it possibly cost him quite a bit of money,
Snags Seen In Indian
The
Offer
Sheffield, June 20,
Indian Crickot Board's attractive offer of a "But Tommy has the mark-s000 bonus to each player, ings of a a true champion," says
Ear! Stewart. "I mean by, that conveyed through President that ho expects to make every
G. C. Mukirwan from Cal- shot he attempts, including 00 cutta and flashed in the foot putu. The only thing that English afternoon papers keeps him from being the
the cham-
for an unofficial Australian team touring India in the ensuing winter, has been favourably received here,
pion is his
Tommy in his own worst
is his temperamcat.
a. Dr Jekyll
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However, mony Australian cricket bigh-ups, playars, pil-f ally, and commentators
Udak
It
enemy. He has and Mr Hyde personailly. Some thing clicks when he goes on the golf course; when he comes off it clicks again. Then he is the nicest man you ever met.
they cannot accept the offer. Four months ago, when he may be recalled that in February, Keith Miller, captaining the Australians for the first time on the tour, won
won the San Diego Open, Bolt | this But heavy showers a quarter
the Indian year,
board's the toss and gave the county first use of the wicket.
announced that he now had his official invitation to Australia on of an hour after the start may have prevented the pitch from developing the
temper under control
the advice, if not the assurance, But his fine display of dis- of Sir Don Bradman, himself a awkwardness for which Miller hoped.
regard for the cost of golf clubs, member of the Australian board,
the tournament here was turned down. three and a quarter hours. With during Emrye Davis, 77, he put on 178 proved again that he will con-
chief reason for the "red in two and a quarter hours for tinuo to remain the man the jection seems that the Austra the third wicket,
Hati board was relticinat to have their domestic cricket Interfered with, which the acceptance of the Indian tour would have necessarily involved.
For a long time his bowlers were wet ball and handicapped by a even when the sun shone and the turf dried they could not turn the ball quickly enough to make #really duffleult.
his captain and the pair stayed together until the close. frutton, . Tallon b. Johnston Yorkshire 1st tunings Towson c. Hill, b. Ting wilon, B. Johnston, Halliday bw. b. Ring Watson, D. RING Sutcliffe, not out Yardley, not out
Extras.....
Total (for five wkts)
Bowling
Engiazki captain, Len Hutton, and Frank Lowson, candidate for o test place, gave the county a good start by putting on D9 for
Hutton, the first wicket,
the more aggressive partner, hit 07 in two and a half hours before Lindwall Johnston being caught at the wicket. Left-Hale hander Wille Watson was the ting 31011 next highest scorer with 01.
Miller
Leg byes 1. wide 2, no-ball 4.~ Reuter.
The fifth wickot stand of 75 in 85 minules between Waison and Billy Sutcliffe (31 not out) was the brightest partnership of the day.
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COUNTY MATCHES ..
the
Middlesex, who have ousted Surrey from the championship lead, made a good start against Gloucestershire by scoring 201 for six declared and then claim-
for 23 by ing two wickets close. The batsmen had to fight for runs on a tricky pitch, and at one stage -three Middlesex Denis wickets fall for one run. Compton
scorer for was top Middlesex with 57.
Summoned To
Buckingham Palace
Queen
London, June 22.
The
Stretching that point, it i dificult to see how anybody who is somebody in the Australian Sheffold Shield can make the Indiaz tour. True, the Aus- trallans M uro
all amateurs st
which ex
least supposedly
plains the Indian board's 'use vi that cautions expression "bonus
|but the Austrailens think that un-written law can have a
an
cricketers oro
CLOSE OF PLAY SCORES
Elizabeth will but Close of play scores were:
bestow the accolade on two stronger grip than a written famous sportsmen-jockeyjono. London, June 20.
At Lords, MCC. 155, (In-
Perhaps by 021
"uroffein!" Cricket gram five for 55). Gentlemen Gordon Richards and cric- Surrey, the County WOMEN'S SINGLES
the Indian Board are Jack Hobbs
tam, at thinking in terms of "have Sutellffc used his footwork to Champions, who have so often of Ireland 108 for six (Pollock keter
dismissed other counties for 82). Two-day match.
Buckingham Palace on June beens" on the model of former. London, June 20. good purpose in driving, and
themselves low Ecores, were Mrs Jean Rinkel, the British. Watson, strong in on-side strokes,
At Derby, Surrey 01 (Surridge 30, her first investiture Australian Test captain Jacks dismissed for 81 by Derbyshire Wightman Cup player, won the joined in the free scoring. Watson
Ryder's team to india in 1936- 51, Jackson, right-orm fast since her Coronation. torbyshire's in the was at the wicket for almost two
fast-mexlumn medium, five for 34, Gladwin, Most of 300 people summoned 30, which included that cele Women's Singles Inal London Grass Court Tennis hours before being bowled by bowlers, Leslie Jackson and tight-arm fast-medium swing, to attend received their awards brated Australian, C. G. Macart Championships at the Queen's | King. playing forward. Ring Cliff Gladwin,
Similar caused such Ave for 47), Derbyshire 132 for in the Coronation Honours List,ney. Clubs here yesterday.
Had the best bowling figures, havoc on the fast plich that three.
though several named in the Sydney Barnes, Bill Brown, and claiming three for 57.
Surrey lost nine wickets for 48.
list have already received the the "mystery boiler", Juck At Tenbridge Wells, Kent 116, accolade in private audiences. Then the tails, James McMahon
Iverson, But if 16 such cricke and Surrey's captain,
Stuart Thompson right-arm medium-
About 60 new nights will ters cun be assembled Surridge, attacked the bowling fast four for 24). Sussex 169 receive the accolade and only say,
Sir Don Bradnian, for two (Sheppard not out 94, then will they be properly ad- would make all the difference. travely to put on 35 for the
дл dressed last wicket. Surridge hit 31.
More important still; in view Jackson and Gladwin
Gordon Richards, England's of their rejection of the oficial took five wickets, Jackson
Champion Jockey, is the first of tour, can the Australian Board his elling to be knighted. And be 34 and Gladwin for 47,
persuaded to give their Derbyshire secured first in-
70-year-old Jack Hobbs, hero of blessing to such a tour, composed nings by scoring 132 for three AL Swansea, Glamorgan world cricket a generation ago, of active cricketers and flex- by the close.
Somerset, Glamorgan 434 for is the first cricket seven (Parkhouse 141, E. Davies to be so honoured, professional cricketera? This is the question raising considerable the Investiture, the doubt in the muïds of tho Aur~. Queen will present awards for tralians here-France-Presse, gallantry to the next of kin of
-Who Servicemen posthumous awards.
In the final Mrs Rinkel, wife Hongkong athletes can take of Dutch International Ivo Rin- heart at some news from Tal-kel, beat Mrs H, Brewer of Ber- chung The match between the|muda by 0-1, 4-0, 0-2. Philippines and Central Taiwan
produced better marks than have Mrs Rinkel is the first British of Southern California, threw been seen in Hongkong last winner of the flue for 22 years. the discus 100 feet 7/8th inches season only in the High Jump,None of the leading Americas
National Collegiate Pole Vault, 400 Metres Hurdles, women entered for the Athletic meeting last night to Shot Put and Discus Throw and this year, better the accepted world record in the three women's throwing
In
the
of 180 feet 11 inches.
events.
event
It was not an exciting final. Mrs Rinkel was erratie, mixing
Inc, the Olympic Champion, Half a dozen of our sprinters brilliant shots with mediocre made his record throw in his final are in a position to sacer at the ones, Mrs Brower, a left-hander, effort in the competition. It bet-winning times in the 100 and 200 also played below her best form tered the world record made by Metres 11.5 and 23.8 seconds and lapsed Into many errors.— Fortune Gordien of America on respectively.
Router. August 14, 1949.--Reuter,
RECORDS IN GERMANY
on fewer failures,
meeting The upset of the
MEN'S DOUBLES was, the defeat of the Asian Games Champion, Andres
London, June 20. Stuttgart, June 20.
Franco, German Both
In the High Jump. Werner Lucg, the
Philippe Washer and Jackie Franco and Olympic runner, made the best Chon Man-chiu cleared 6 feet 2 pair, won the Men's Doubles tite Talwanese Brichaut, the Belgian Davis Cup 1,000 Metres time registered in Europe this season, when clock inches, but the Formosan won of the London Grass Court Tennis Championships at Queen's ing two minutes, 222 seconds during an International athletles
Club today, beating the "Aus- crack Fullpine sprinter tralians Mervyn Rose and Rex The inecting hare tuxlay,
Inocencia Solls, clocked
nd
Hartwig in the final by 1-4, 0–4 Another German, Heinz Fut- better than 13.4 and 20.2 terer, returned the best Euro- seconds for the
100 and 200 and 8-0 the 800 Metres was pean sprint umes of the souson, Metres, with 10.4 seconds for the 100 won in a slow 2 minutes metres,
Tho Women's Doubles was won by tho Americans, Miss Connolly and Miss
and 21.3 seconds for seconds, the 1,500 Metres in a Maureen
slow $35.0
and the 5,000 Jullo Sampson, who defeated the Metres, in a slow 17:00.3.
the 200 metres.
Wo British pair. Mrs Rinkel and Franz Herman of Belgium have schoolboys in Hongkong Miss Helen Fletcher, by 0-4 and won the 3,000 Metres in who can run much faster than 10-8-Router, minutes and 0.8 seconds-best that. time recorded for this event in the world this season
In a dramatic race, he beat his compatriot, Gaston Relit, winner of the Olympic 6,000 metres in London in 1948, passa ing him in the last 160 yards
Router.
PHARAOH'S TRIPLE
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The Talwanese girls did not shine to any extent, except for Long Jump of 15 feet 11 and another of 16:5 by Miss Ng Inches by Miss Bak Lal-shiu
Wai-san. The latter also cloar- od 4 Icel 5% Inches in the High Jump.
110:0%.
The attendance of 28,000 was Yoricahire's biggest gate of the season Reedpts were £2,995.
McDONALD HURT
Hill opened the bowing after kirsch. From the last bali of the over, Colin Mellonald, feld- ing at cover, to field a ball from Hutton. As he throw the return underhand to the wicket-keeper, Don
Tallon, McDonald fell heavily and lay writhing with pain. He had twisted his aft knee.
anch
Parks not out 61).
At Kettering, Northampton-
forshire 203 (Barrick 50), Essex 31
for two.
77, Watkins 65).
David Sheppard, the Sussex captain and England batsman, completed 1,000 runs for the season when he reached 03 in At Bristol. Middlesex 201 for his innings of 94 not out against 6 declared (Denis Compton 57), Kent. He is the second player Gloucestershire 23 for two. to reach the target, the first being Kenyon of Worcestershire. At Nottingham, Cambridge
19,
Lindwall and de Courcy car- rled him off and Langley came
Univeralty 80 (Dooland right- on as substitute. By then the Sheppard, driving with tre orm leg-break five for gates had been closed with an
mendous power
and hitting 13 Goonesena, right-arm leg-break estimated 30,000 crowd insideours, was at the wicket for five for 31), Nottinghamshire the ground.
Before
received
that
No sumumans has yet been sent Cotton Undecided.
About
to Colmel John Hunt, and Mr Edmund Hillary, numbers of the successful British: expedition to Mount Everest,
They may receive the accolade
return to Rugland.—Routes,
two not out 120, at a private audience when they With the total at 50, Hutton which Sussex mado 189 for Martin not out 50).
two.
RECREIO TEAM
· The following are the Club Recreio's selections for their
bowls team to
Playing
In The "Open"
London, June 21.
It is still undecided whether Homy Colton, British Ryder Cup Captain, will play in the British Open Golf Championship ext
month.
His wife and last night that play the doctors treating the 46-year-
on Wednesday old golfer at Viel Spa in the
Tallon
At Birmingham, Warwickshire Earlier Kent had been dis- presented wicketkeeper with a catch. His 67his high-missed by 110, which 49 camo 260, (Spooner 54, Tom Dollery est innings against the tourists from a ninth wicket stand by medium six for 01), Hampshiro 181, Carty right-arm fast- this summer was scored out of the bowlers Fred Ridgway and
10 for no widitet. a total of 99 In two and a half Doug Wright, Ian Thomson, hours.
Sussex fast-medium bowlers.
As Worcester, Oxford Univer- took four wlekets for 24, all of ity 235 (Cowdrey not out 88, them in one spell in which he Jenkins, right-arm leg-break, conceded only six runs.”
five for 42), Worcestershire 180 for ono (Richardson not Gilbert Parkhouse dominated a 98). tive innings of 30 occupied two day of big scoring for Glamorgan bota and 50 minutes. This against Somerset, hitting 141 in a At Leicester, Leicestershire B. E. Pintos, V. A. V. Ribeiro, Earlier yesterday, it was T brought together Wilson and total of 424 for seven. Showing 105, (Lesfor 50, Statliam right- A. M. Bilva: N. A. Belirgo ported in London that Colton! Halliday, the latter being oggres- great versatility in his strokelan fast-medium five for 67), (Skip), J. M. Gutierrez, J. F. would not play in the Open
play, he reached his century in Lancashire 98 for four-Reuter. | Silva, A. P. Reci-Pereira.
Lowson, Joined by Wilson, helped to take the score to 112 and then was well taken at deep square leg. His unattrac-
McDonald May Beve Out Of The Game For Some Weeks
out of the
Sheffield, June 23. Colin McDonald, the Aus London, June 20.
tralian opening batsman who Filipino-Aurello Amante won twisted "Mark. Pharaoh," "tho~~ British
his left knee when Olymple discus thrower, won the Discus with 130 foot 11% Belding against Yorkshire here three events in the Northerts inches, with Taiwanese Lat yesterday, may be Counties Amateur Athletic Kheng second af 120:31% and game for some weeks. Autociation championships at Aniclato Acapulco third at Hull.
This is bad luck for the Vic He took the Diacus with 102
Artemio Cortes won the Bhot torian schoolmaster, whosa im- feet-8% inches, the MamaMET with 101 feet: G'inches, and the with 41 feet with Amante proved form. In recent matches Shot Put with 44 foct 21% second at 40:14 ort Lau Kheng gave him a good chance of selece unches,
third at 89:23. Segismundo tion against England for the Hilao won the Pole Vault at 11 second Test which begins og Ken Jones, the Olymple feet 1 inches," with "Lai Yau- Thursday.
a double and sprinter, acored retained his sprint dies in the talc second at 10:04. The other Weldh
pour by Championships at performances were Cardiff. He won the 1100 yards Hongkong standards.
In 10.2 seconds and th. 920
yards in 22.7 sçcaught-Houtary
""RECORDER"
Lindsay Hassett's troubles over finding. pr opening Test partner for Arthur Morris ura now intensidad.-Beuler.
The now ball became duo but
·Miller persovered with his spla attack, a policy which met with success. At 141, Halliday fell
bw to Ring after scoring 1a..
Wilson and left-hander Wat- sor safely played out time until tes was taken at 148 for three.
Johnston wkih the new ball hit Wilson's stump and four was wickols were down for 173. It then that? Watson and Sutcliffe, the ach wickel pair. did much to Improve the day for Yorkshire.
Watson completed his half. century in 06 minutça, hitting the list aix of the day with a straight, driver of King, and his stand with Sutclife had added 70, when he was clean toowled by Ring. Sutcliffe was joined by
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