Page-6
Drobny receives
the trophy I took him eleven altempts to win from the Duchess of Kent.-Reuter-
photo.
LEAGUE
BOWLS
Recreio "Blues" Strengthen Their Position At The Top Of The Table
By "TOUCHER”
Saturday's League matches were featured by the near knockout blows dealt at each other by Craigengower and Recreio,
In the first Division, the Recreio "Blues" produced some of their best form of the season to score a com- fortable 4-1 win over the Happy Valley Club.
KERU
This time I was more than, convineiing triumph as the "Bum"! KIC
won hundsnely on
iwo rink
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JULY 12, 1984. ."
The Wimbledon Fans Made Drobny Win On
His
11th Attempt
+
By JOHN PAUL
The young woman sat in the stand in front of me, tense, scarcely daring to watch. Occasionally she thrtist her fists into her eyes ds if the agony of the Centre Cour! drama were too much for her to bear. But before the last ball had bounced into the net she was on her feet, making her. way to greet her husband of 14 months, Jaroslav Drobny, Wimbledon Champion at last at the eleventh attempt.
ho "I knew he would do it," she said breathlessly. "I know that this time
But it was 80, would beat the shadow, that has been over him for years. exhausting, I don't believe I could go through it all again,
He
"Hla futura?. He has quite a "Jaroslav had been cool and "There isn't a kinder man confident all day, now I look nicer husband anywhere.
lot of fingers in the pie, First, back on. He slept well,
"This past week has been one he was offered a job as a cotton salesman by an Egyptian, who had had a good ham-and-erg of the happiest in our lives.
Now he breakfast-and when he drovo
"All sorts of peoplo-abso- is a keen tennis fan.
been has started his own export and Lያኝ here, ho ផង
strangars have chirrupinglute
In France writing and sending with good humour all the way.
tele- Import business
nt pre- Twenty-four hours earlier, in grams saying they are praying mostly in sports goods the calm before the storm, and for Jaroslavy to win, willing him sent. And he has lots of ideas, to win, Ahoy arc earnestly He is becoming quite a business In a house at Lingfield that had hastily-scribbled "No Visitors, begging him to win. Please" notices ou the doora, 1 had sat quietly with this woman trying to analyse the pheno- menon that is Jaroslav Drobny -the gallant fighter who just p wouldn't give up.
And Un is what she told me:
SPURRED ON
"No one knows that the bad luck which has hamled him for
so long nearly 101 blin down again this year. Three months age he had in attackt of ነ severe Rind of dysentery
The doctors told him he should not play for six months. THAT MEANT-NO WIM- BLEDON But Wimbledon
has
"I don't think anything helped my husband so much of this knowledge that
man.
BABY "Ho will not retire from tonnia, Ho will come back again. Tennis is his life.
"But he would never turn professional, I would not be possible,
"Professional tennis in almost invariably played in artificial not see could light. Jaroslav mun
but properly in his glasses with the reflections and the smoky thosphere.
how
at
"His immediate plans are to go to the Cominent or a month for another tournament.
"He did not want to go frat of all breause of me
Su many are on his side.
atmosphere LET the Centre Court is so intense that it the crowd isn't in nympathy with you,
you feel you are s just playing against the the other side of the net, against 14,000 tans as well.
"Let me tell you about last year when he WAS injured. Only a few people knew very badly he was hurt during the game with Budge Patty.
"He was in dreadful pain. He tere a muscle and ruptured an artery in his thigh.
only "wasn't wasturmbly
high was bleeding.
"But he would go on. He Could anything make Drobny Yes-10 know would not let the people down happier now?
that nows of his triumph hod by quitting. And for a fortnight afterwards he was on crutches.reached his mother, stáll
1 was errified clot of Czechoslovakia from which blood might get into the artery exiled himself five years ago,
so were the doctors. But you seo-he Ivela SU responsible to the people who give him such support.
Sep- going to have a baby in to Jarosiny.
tember. I persuaded him, though. when he will be no the after
means everything He wouldn't give in. He at Look no notice of the doctor's warning.
He was ptured on by overwhelming encourageineje af teoamands of total stranger.
"It' bewildering to why 19% Jaroslav's popularity as leapt
exciting --. jup is wonderful,
even a little fright oing...
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and were up by no fewer thun, TIRIC 30 shots on the oggregate,
Only a fine and dogged dis-
blay by J. S. Landoll and l
veti Ge
bowlers fr
blupked out.
Craigengewe! bring completely
With thin vetory, the "Blues")
only not
strengthened Choir position
At the Lengte alde bul
Top of The also almost from
eliminatest Cralgengower the the of for the Chumpot-
ship.
over
Malayans
Retain The
Ride Trophy
The University of Malaya
"He feels such tremendous esponsibility, trying to live up to the cheers en the courts anci The hundreds and hundreds of letters and telegrams that have poured in from an over Britain. ADORATION
Vision
а
patuful dangerous. swollen with
"Bot know that His comes back there the more travels until baby is born."
NO WORRIES
"He feels just the same way He Ande about his opponents,
someone he
1 so hard to beat likes very much!
Only Kowltif Cricket Club, Who brilliant 4 to win
Kowloon Bowling Green proved once again too good Club on Baltray put thera within 3 points of the lenders for the local University at with one game. 19 in hand, cricket by comfortably win-trier.
Perhaps it is because he is my within reach of the Recreio ning the two-day match
such a good sport. Perhaps "Blues"
which ended yesterday by because he hasn't a naughty men nine wickets to retain the temper (not now, anyway!).
But whatever the reason is L. T. Ride Trophy,
The Malayans who declared for his popularity, Their 1st hins at 200 for six thing he deserves it, wicket on the Art day
Craigengower relafluted iv handing Recreto the arm mar gin of defeat in the Second Division.
Thought in fourth place at the moment, Cralgengower are only two points behind the Lengue- Jeading Hongkong Football Club and with one game
ham! against Kowloon Howling Green Club, whom
they expected to beat by at least a 4-1 murgu --seem to be valually 3 The leaf.
аге
One other unreported match on Saturday was that between Hongkong Cricket Club and
after
the latter mars had been all out the 89 man, carried their} supremnes trio the rond day.
Taking vend leane wieftet, the Humaktan University batsmen could only chalk
of the
| 123 runs, with II. T. Henh, D. Pod nnd A. Yau tailing man- K
fully for their 30, 15 and 35
respectively.
ended in a 4-1 win for the Cricket Club, The Police Club's only point came from Will- cox's rink who registered a nur- of 23 runs. row 17-16 win over that of F.D. Angus.
when Hood.
Inquiry Into
Rugby League
in
he
Game Ordered
CENTURY AGAINST PAKISTAN
Denis Compton on the way to his century against Pakistan at Trent Bridge. -Central Press Photo,
Bob
Appleyard'
Great Fight Back
Sydney, July 10. The New South Wales Rugby League Management Committed has ordered an inquiry into a gaine between New South Wales
British
team touring
brawl which ended in a firrCO this afternoon.
The referee
By JOHN RALPH
The "Miracle Man" was packing his bag for the Test match na he told for the first time the full story of the fight that took him from a sanatorium siekbed to a story-book triumph for England.
Constance, Bob's pretty blonde wife, was ironing his white shirta and
Bradford, singing to herself in the kitchen of their little house near two-year-old Rosemary and five-month-old Elizabeth were sleeping.”
Upstairs,
Hard, to belleve that this find out if something is wrong, was a Lancashire man!" little household, radiating happi- so the dootors can take the
nes and triumph, had not so disease early, it would all have
and been worth while." long ago known dateness near-despair.
"But phase-don't write any thing sentimental about me," said big Bob. "It was nothing wonderful I did. I just did as
was told, that's all. It everyone else. They were won- derful."
choerlcas
wedd
盛典 "The
There
'Bass,"
too, Reuben
Short
1
There boys"
of
were
the
from
his
team ...
In those long months in the the was fought sanatorium
"War of the
grimmest-aver
Roses" a battle in which both
Yorkshire and Lancashire triumphed.
And both Yorkshireman and Lancastrian are "in the game" again for England.
Edrich Scores Century Against Pakistan
Manchester, July 10. Lancashire supporters
bod Old
"Even people who have seen
"1 work for him him only a few times on tele-
as a lit have been caught up in
salesman when I'm not play- this wave of feeling.. adora-
Ing cricket," said Bob. And the "That was his danger tion, you might almost call it
1 thought back to the cold, moment he heard the news "I'm always trying to work he played young Lew
La so fond of Lew
day at Taunton in my illness he rushed to tell us It might sole out why people love him
1952 when Bob Appleyard first not to worry about money, that I would be kept on full pay. but I've never found a satisfac casily have upset his game.
his telling "Everyone has been
fell ill. The year before Lory answer,
BLASOT in County **Perhaps 12 # because he me: Your husband has played
Artfull Crickcot, he had. taken 200 than over be- the better this year has tried Poolian to win
So He is no relaxod. fore, Championship - Wimbledon
wickets and Imd been hailed as England's new hope. Then came confident. and the British people love
"They are quite right. The
the bitter blow: from the Taun ton match they sent him straight reason is very simple. Be-
And to a doctor.
for a tast "My skipper Norman Yord- plenty to cheer them at Wimbledon il fure the
tourna-
asley, Len Hutton, Brinn Close Trafford hare today where Jaroslav
walked off the bowler, the verdict segmed made
his up
a death-sentendo...
and the others--they all came Geoff Edrich scored his first mind not to worry about win- fald, declaring the game "with final as
regularly to the sanatorium to century of the season and Jack [aing,
out decision" as the 13 players TB,
Ikin returned for his first ap- ***He just decided to play his of ench side boxed and wrestled
DOGGED DID IT
pearance since A and enjoy beat
bimself. The on the rain sodden
pro-season 63 down fart he was scaded right
Bob Appleyard had the cour-
operation and knocked -at No. --helped him,
Angry Australian players, for-
against the Pakistan tourists.
Lancashire batted all day and "He wasn't killing himself to mer players and sports writers and the Lockshire doggedness I was all part of the game
gril, to fight backo-back, to blamed
all out at the win.
for 324. British the Yorkshire team this season
clare He wasn't strung right tonight
And there were "the were al "treating the whole and
Pakistan started well, dismiss- up. He was absolutely relaxed.side for
Incredibly only throo
girla” as well ... ing akipper Cyril Washbrook to play for his
Winston Place and
for country.
only 21, "Mrs Hulion and the other Mahmood Hussain taking both But he is the first to tail you wives kept my mind t
caso wickets at Wag not his
because I know they were only alx alone.
to help
I know one
Sir Gordon In Hospital
Lordon, July" 11.
D
A hospital bulletin today on Slr Gordon Richards, Britain's champion Jockey, who was in jured in the packlock in San- down Park yesterday when Ally owned by Queen Elizabeth reared backwards and roiled on said he had "n comfortable the him
night and his condition is about the same."
Y. Meghandan of the Malayan Pollen of Chater Road, which Unversity was in deadly form with the ball and accounted for seven wickets at a personal cost Set to make only 13 runs for victory, the Malayans easily hit up the required runs after loss of one wicket.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
First Division
P W D L
Pis
Recreio
"Blues"
В
7 0
1
30
7 1
0 1
2012
050 3
4
23
21
7
4 0 3 10
KCC CCC Rovio
"Whiles"
IRC
C1
05
7 2 0 5 14/2
FC
KBGC
#
3 0 5
PRC
KDC
THE SCORES Hongkong University
ist Innings
2nd Inninga
T. Lo, b Selvarajah
T. I. Barma, b Meyhandan
H. T. Heah, b Meyhandan
88
too.
held.
the
He has enjoyed himself Im-game as a joke from the start." months later,
and I don't remember mensely
The Committee called the
him playing better tennis, fight blot on the unblemished that the victory
Richardson
Presses Seixas
record of New South Rugby League,”
Wales
To The Limit. They and others of their tour-how to tell her
see me.
They joked with me, chatted with me, brought me the latent cricket news and made me feel
com-
00
a personal cost of rups,
Edrich doing all they could First of all, there Comic ... vialling her in hos ploted 50 in 85 minutes and hla
third wicket The British side were forbid-
pital when she was having baby
partnership with den to talk about the brawl.
was his wife..
Rosemary, to talk about babies Alan Wharton put on 107 in 95 --and cricket!”
minutes before Wharton was but their managor, Tom Hos-
"She was going to have her keth, apologised and promised
All the time Bob. himself was Pakistan's "no fighting" for the third and first baby," said Bob, "when I
bowling WRE about fighting back
with patience steady, but apart from Hussain,. final Test game noat Saturday. had to break the newe
about me, I hardly knew | and determination,
It was never really hostla Baby was
"I was able to walk a little an easy-paced pitch. ing players were. at the Rugby going to be born in three weeks"
in Edrich made his century at first, Then they let me do a Longue Ball tonight and time.
and three-quarter" (hours, three Indianapolis, July 11.
looked cheerful.
"I had to go away and He tile putting. After a while I
which included a before was able to go on to a course Yours. He was fifth man Top-seeded Vic Seixas of
quiet for alx months
could operate, be ap-Philadelphia was pressed to.
But she and play a couple of holes, then The muddy battle started In
three.
and hit a total of 134. the first 15
the stood it like a brick--gave me minutes of peared in great pain. He suffer- the limit yesterday by
"It was slow, very slow, total was then 268. second half, soon after the re-confidence and hope. ed concussion and was badly young Hamilton Richardson feree, Mr A. Oxford, sent Bri- "And as soon as she could, nearly a your all told, but I He had batted for four hours
of the she used to visit me ond, tell felt I was getting better before winning his first tish player Ray Price
all 20 minutes, but gave chanoës the time, Asked last night whether she Western
me all about baby
And there were so when 99 and again at 180. Tennisfeld.-Reuter. Singles
Scores: many friends : I ~ couldn't ··· let would retire from 36 thought ho
★ And then, there, was down?
Langeshire Lab Innligs riding, Lady Richards replied: Championship 7-5, 3-6, 26,
Washbrook, o Alimuddin, b Mah- the doctor
Commio One day 0 "I think we had better leave 16-1.
took
mood KursMĀTI Boby wonderful achievement began spinning is between division women's
cricket-bail along to him. He face, hw, b Matzsood, Pappain to him."
Edrich. his
o Bhakoor Almeda by Mahmood Hussain said: "I think you can take it pion when Miss Lols Felix, 13th Wins Irish Onks doctor's too the first long fingers. And it was there, waarbon Chriscos Anmed, b
shujaaddin
D
S. M. Tch,
b
C Ylap Khin-yin Meyhandan
Poli, C Selvarajah b Mayo
15
+ 3 0 3 14 B. K.
B I 0 1
Second Division
13%
10 6 429
0 0 4
20
10 0 0 28
HKFC TC Recreio
10 0
9 0 0 3 27
KCC
8. 5 0 3 25
INC
8 5 0 3 221⁄2
USRC
9 40 5 222
HKCC
B
8 4 0 4 21
KBGC
8 3 0 6 14
PRC
10 1 0
Third Division
IRC
FC
A.
Yêu, c Ung Tat-hean b Meyhandan
H. Ching, lbw Meyhandan
N. Peters, lbw Meyhandan
S. A. Vmx1", hit wicket
Mayo
A. M. Wahab, c Ratnam
Meyhandan
c. H. Chow, not qui
Extras
When Sir Gordon was taken to hospital yesterday
bruised
The A close fond of Sir Gordon produced a now. Western Cham-
woman player in the
also Pantomime Queen
35 for granted that Sir Gordon ranked
21h hospital bulletin said ho Antonio,
12
*
..
six and be
But there was one 3. Basixthem, b Mamnood Hus other helper" that T. Greenbourn, a Waqar. Hamach, Bob will never forget 'n. Bet not aut
Shujauki
doctor who could ever say: In the sanatorium, that he **That's oné of my olt: developed the spin bowling K. Grieves, law, Shoroddin 8) Richardy had finished with-rfd- {mation from Connecticut, do-
saratorlum patients playing for that has helped him to his brilian, e Imtiaz Ahmed, h. Blu- feated Miss Ethel Norton, a Sun this season,
The Curragh, Bire, July: 10.
Saudia Blant maccom this season,
C. 8. Smith, b. Mahmood Hussain Miss Eileen McLean's Pantos England!" Texas, high school
he
1. Parr, b. zulñquar Akiped 3 would be out of the Enchile for at gymnasium teacher, 8-3, 3-0, mime Queen, a 100-7
chanco Right from the frat least two months and it would|6-2.
ridden by G. Cooney, won the made me believe in myself" "He told me: It's hardly be worth his wille re- Baixas, the 1968 Wimbledon Irish Oaks over 12 furlongs here sald Bob.
nothing we
can't cope with, suming so late in the season." Champion and the nation's No 2 today:
We'll have you back In the amateur behind Tony Trobert, Pantomime Queen,' who had . Yorkshire team-, if you'll be Sir Gordon with 54 winners had to produce all his net ex-won the Irish 1,000 Guineas in patient and do as you're told." 123 this sensor has increased his perience to defeat Richardson. May, beet the Mahorance of Somehow, I felt sure ho” was
total to the world record figure- Richardson started strongly, Baroda's Little Honey, ridklon by right." Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-17, 3-17, or 4870. He has been 20 times displaying excellent network Paddy Powell, Jr. and starting
And with süddon earnestness" 4-50, 5-07, 0-108, 1-110, 8-122, champion Jockey of the English and catching Seixas off guard 100-8, by one length,
he added: "Doesn't it show what 0 5 0 1 22140-122, 10-123.
turz.
with remarkable recoveries. But
can be done these days? No other jockey in racing the pace, soon began to bell, and Bowling Analysis
MRW history has approached his rid Richardson tired as the contest Churchill's ally, Rod, Winter, ak It my recovery dirten en-serving hir.comtry abroad now.
ing record.--iteuter,
moved into its Onal stages. 20-1, was dan lengths, bobinck, couragement to others if it in "a" consulate. We got on 21.1 13 23 7
United Press,
tided in a field of The Beaten . Will make peoplà nót virald to 'grandly--and do you know, ha Houser. 1947. 1
0
8501 25
Total
GERMANY BEATS V. Meyhandon
JAPAN AT GYMNASTICS
Krefeld, Germany, July 11.
V. Selvamjah K.T. Ratnam P. Mayo
0 0 24 0
104 173 Rouen Grand Prix
University of Malaya 1st Innings 200 for six do
2nd. Innings.
A gymnastic mesting between 'clared,
National teams of Japan and
Germany was narrowly won by S. Pathmanatham not out the German Squad with 207.18 Peter Mayo run out to 280,60 points here tonight, Ung Tat-hean not out
The
Japancso gymnasta
who have gone from rice to spaghet!! and muerkraut their European tour, entered the encounter as high favourite after they had won second place
In
Rouen, July 11. Maurice Trintignant of Franco, driving a Ferrari, today won that 18 Rouen Automobilo. Grind. Frix; 14. Covering the 484,5" kilometres 7) (about 300 miles) in thréo hours,
and 40 minutes, 345 seconds.
Total (for 1 wicket) 24 Prince Bira of Siem was Did not bat R. S. McCoy, v. second, in a Maserally but was Selvarajah, V. Meyhandan, S. two laps behind whe Roy Navaratnam, K. T. Ratnam, A Salvador (Britain). lad tha Chandran, Tay Scow-hunh, Xiap north was third, dve. Lape
behind the winner, i Fall-of, wicketa: 1-57,
Trinilenenti allo hod lap time covering Bowling Ansýkla
matrem (about 22: drilrubank” 1.9: mücotidi 20god #2 1141.220 - hour (87.75 TALE
World Gymnaatler Kila-ylfi.
Rome twron
Garminy thien- only, hau dape tuined fourth plow, after holding, second" position behind" Rugs is the compulsory "eticủ
M. Téb
THE GAMBOLS
STORIE: THE TAXIS HERE TO
TAKE OUR LUISaket To
Prime Minister Gle Winslo
STILL IN
AMERICA
"He was the chop I shared arooin with in the 8022- torium,” Bob said. "Ho had been almost everywhere and |with him, there ・ never, soomed to be a dull moment,” He is
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