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Blind Men
Men In Scotland Show Increasing Skill At
At Lawn Bowls
By “ALL-ROUNDER”
A man needs a pretty sharp eye for a game of bowls, but there are two Glasgow parks groups of blind men who show increasing skill at the game they "play by ear".
They have a man standing beside the "jack" who claps his hands repeatedly so that the-blind bowler can judge its location before trundling the wood. Some of these players were bowlers before they became blind and this has helped them tremendously.
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 22,- 1953.
FIRST DIVISION LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP MAY BE DECIDED THIS AFTERNOON
By "TOUCHER"
One more League title may be decided this afternoon as the Colony Lawn Bowls League matches continue in all divisions after a rather cur- talled programme last week.
Having already won the Second Division Championship, Club de Recreio will play what is likely to be the deciding First Division match this afternoon when they clash with Cralgengower at Happy Valley.
A win for them by any mar-
second League ille for the SCORON, as of their three rc maining opponents, KBGC, Tal koo and KDC, only KBGC are expected to put up sistance.
There are altogether 24 bünd | sérvices this acáson of their muller' round his neck in spite | gin will make cerlain their bowlers divided equally between veteran all-rounder Tommy the greens of Alexandra and Smith, who has decided to retire from the game after serving Queen's Parks, where they are charged only 3d each and id for them for 30 years, overshoes. They have accepted challenges for fixtures from two blind men's teams in Edinburgh,
Although his recognised posi- tion, was at the base of the scrum, this veteran bas figured in almost every position since he
Blind welfare officials believe that eventually à rink in every | joined South Wigston In 1923. Corporation green in both cities will be needed to satisfy growing demands of players.
the
blind
NO STEAKS OR STUNTS;
Steaks and stunt-training will not be part of world sprint stor E. McDonald Bailey's aims to turn Into Rugby League winger for the Leigh Club.
He plans to retsin his present weight of 1st 7lbs. during his playing career
and to train on orthodox lines. "Naturally," he
"I will have to says,
take exercises for
strengthen- ing the muscles and toughen myself up for a game which I am told is rough and lough, and I want to get on with the job us quickly as possible,
He is eager to get down to learning the game and realises that it will entail a lot of hard work.
He topped the club's points scoring for many years, and also skippered the side, on a number of occasions. For 13 yours, Sirith was n member of the tem which was considered one of the most formidable in His eluss in the county, but since the war he has been one of the gallent few who have struggled to keep the club going. He retired with the knowledge that South Wigston are on a much firmer footing, and are on the way to regaining former glory.
NEVER MORE COLOURFUL
Keighley Feast week usually provides stay-at-hoane Yorkshire holidaymakers with an attract- ive local cricket fixture from a team of well-known players, but no tourists have been as colour- ful as the Australian aboriginals who delighted the local cricket fans
1808 in
with their Bailey, however, does not boomerang throwing, spear
will make the exercises and colourful attire. doubt that he grade. He hopes to confound those critics who say: “He is too
wore white The aboriginals old to learn, and anyway we've trousers, blue caps and scarlet
men before who could shirts, each having seen
a different catch pigeons on the track but coloured stripe over the right couldn't do anything Uke it on shoulder for identification. the Rugby field."
Among them were Redcap, Bullocky, Tiger, Twopenny, Dick
a - Dick, Charley and Mosquito. In reply to Keigh- ley's 118, the visitors scored 101, Mullagh batting with ភាព thick
a
VETERAN RETIRES
South Wigston rugby football club, Leicester, will not have the
of the summer's warmth,
Keighley's second innings yielded 140 and on the second day the match was drawn with the tourists 142 for eight. Each day the aboriginals brought out their spears for exercises and their boomerangs for that deadly throwing which was reflected in their fielding.
GOLF BALL DIMPLES
So those dimples on golf balls are not there for mere effect! It would appear that they
really do help the ball to go farther and straighter. A golf ball weighs 14 oz., which that it cannot be given a great deal of momentum; on the other hand, it is small in diameter and thus offers little wind sistance...
means
JC-
A smooth, spherical bail has a larger wake than a dimpled one. The dimples alter the air-flow around the flying ball and plo- crease the frictional drag of the atmosphere. Thus it more stable in light and its runge is increased.
becomes
century,
Back in the 17th when golf was so popular that it interfered with archery, golt balls canslated of a bundle of feathers with a leather cover. Only comparatively recently has the golf ball become a herd core surrounded by many yards of tape wound on under tension, all costed by a tough outer skin of gutta percha or synthetic resin."
central
any
Division League, which bas al-. ready boen won by Rocrolo "A", to its penultimate stage.
A good game should be seen
Recrolo between
"B" and Filipino Club. The FC bowlers scored ro-
magnificent 4-1 win over Recroia "A" last week and although they cannot do better citer than finish thied in the League, they will end their BC0.30m gloriously they can repeat their last week's proformance against Recreio "B" this after- noon.
It the closeness of the first round encounter between these two clubs is any criterion of what is in store in their re turn match today, then some good bowling and a close and hrliling finish should be the order of the day.
Recrélo won the first Inntch by 34-1. but only by the skin of their teeth by virtue of the excellent recovery on all rinks on the last two heads of the mateli,
THIRD DIVISION
The Third Division matchow continue, this afternoon with IRC enjoying the comunanding advantage of having two matches in hand although they are 1 points behind Craigen
gower.
this afternoN will depend on the draw and the form of Jou Xavier's rink.
Recreio, who are 3 points behind Cralgengower with one game in hand, should bo able to
keep their neck-and- neck position with Craigen- gower by claiming at least four, points from Prison Officers.
OPEN RINKS
The Colony Open Rinks semi- Anals will provide Nome in- teresting speculation Dy to whether the 1952 Champions, A.R.A. Rahman, K.M.
Rust- Jahn, M.B. Hassan and U.A. Rumjahn, will succeed in being the first rink to ever win the title two years ruining.
Championship twice, in
The Omar brothers won the 1940 and 1951. Of the other 12.semi- With a number of bowlers
.F.V. Ribeiro from both teams sull
With IKERC as their op- finallats only the
they
lius ever been in a champlon Colony Championships in differ-ponents this afternoon,
should easily maintain that ad- | rink. ent events, all the six rinks are in tip-top shape and much will vantage it not further increase
it by taking depend on the form of the day. points.
The result can be anything from 5-0 to 3-2 either way willi only win of a few shots оп the aggregate, but is more like- ly to be 4-1 in Craigengewer's favour this time.
may
Both IRC and KBGC should CORIC out with at least four
cach points
in their gameH against HKFC and Talkoo, but Kowloon Cricket Club meet with strong resistance from Kowloon Docks whom they just managed to edge out by 3-2 in their first meeting,
Three
more postponed matches to be played off this afternoon will bring the Second
SKIPS TABLES
FIRST DIVISION
1 290.184
J. F. V. Ribeiro (Rec) 12 10
2 283 222
281 228
3 200 195
207 134
280 208 4-236-221
4 211 172
the maximum
Cralgengower will be at home to Kowloon Cricket Club whom they overwhelmed by 5-0 in the first "round. Whether they can repeat that margin of
victory
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TODAY'S GAMES -
First Division Taikoo v. KBGC CCC v. Reerelo KCC v. KDC IRC v. HKFC
Second Division. KCC v. IRC Rec. "B" v. FC. KDC v. KBGC
Third Divialon FC v. HKFC [CCC° v, KCC
HKERC USRC v. PRC POC v. Recrelo,
IRC
TOMORROW
Colony Open Minks Semi-finals
A HKFC, starting at 4 p.m.:
Roza-Pereira and J.F.V. Riberiro
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1⁄2 the fight between Peter Keenan and Johnny Kelly for the British Bantamweight Cham- pionship.
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Ter Sagar, Everton and former England goalkeeper, was recently presented with cheque for £1,000 by the club in recognition of his fine service during 24 years อย a player.
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