THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1955.
BILL TALBERT HAS PROVED
HIMSELF A MATCH FOR HARRY HOPMAN
Record books tell us that at Sydney last month Tony Trabert and Vie Seixas won back the Davis Cup for America. They are right-up to a point. Each won a singles and, together, a doubles match against Australia's Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall.
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not only on it Win
that America broke monopoly. They scored a victory outside the field of play.
Now he has met his match. At Sydney he was oulsarted by
Talbert,
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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
ANNUAL RACE MEETING
Saturday 15th. Wednesday 19th and Saturday 22nd January, 1955.
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Band knuder The Hudle of the Hong Kong Jockey (lub}
FHI, PROGRAMESH WILL. CONSIST OF 36 RACES
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Australia's
Oth
tennis
the ball on the volidy and play on Rosewall's forehand."
was the Talbert plan. Selxní won in
his second four note,
victory over Rosewall nine meetings.
Hopmnt wilk
Fut advise Hosewall. But he could n think of anything to counter the Talbert plan
Talbert whe "Probert's four-act win over BLACK Another sur- Jorize this. Ar former Wim- bledon Champion, Jack Kramer
Takert bear a
Whe busically
a beller player. *** victories surprised Australia,
most of the terrain world-but not Talbert's clony friends They know him
a mud who knows feeds
desetibed as "the must complete player in the game. For Talbert's tennis comes from the book le kimwa every page. And he has 21 American tes to prove it.
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V. Sadolin House will close at 30 DAY
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their employers' boxes except for They may on no account use the Betting Hall. CASH SWEEPS
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acatiber reserved in the series 1 to 4,000
Paketa deserved and available but not paid for by 10.00 a.m. vn the day preceding the Rare Meeting for which they are reserved will be sold and the reservation cancelled for futuře Meetings
Tickets over 4,000 will ulso be issued consecutively but peuticular Hunders Camel be reserved as Through Tickets.
The reservation of any particular number does not confer un Be registret holder any rights whatsoever unies the ticket bearing the appropriate piber is issued to and can be producert joy the holder
The Stewards reserve the right to refuse any subscription also the gh to remove any name from subscription lists without Blatung Telotis 10 their actDIE
SPECIAL CASH SWEEP
Taket, by the Special Cash Swoop on the Pearve Memorial Cup schedult bonar vaan met 22nd January, 1955, at $2.00 each, may be oblament from the t us Shwrep Ofres.
Thre wiele of these trokets will close on Friday 21st Januwy at-
132. Nuran Rd, Kowloon
3. ỪAguila: Sheet
Queen's Bandant. (Chater Road)
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Playing the 1950 French Championsh4JUN pumped in too much,
NEW JOB FOR JOE LOUIS
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Former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis has signed a five- year contract to train the German Boxing Champion, Peter Mueller. Here he poses with Mueller in a fighting stance, The lady in the centre is only ornamental. -Agence France-Presse Photo.
Pat
THE BEST
OF 1954
Smythe Challenges
With A Record Jump
By DESMOND HACKETT
William Amrose Wright, captain courageous of England and Wolverhampton Wanderers, first gentleman of football, is proudly presented to you as my Sportsman of the Year for 1954.
There is the air of a knight in whining armour when Billy Wright goes into his football joustings. There is an enduring, endearing charm about his modesty and friendly spirit off the field. He remembers only the kindly things wrliten about him.
While there are masters of sport who have had their blazing moments of glory and achievement in 1964, Billy Wright has filled overy match with his energy and end your. 130
And Wright, for all his tremendous success he is England's most- capped payer—has come up the hard way.
Paris In
He came
on court suffering from a black- out. He could hardly recognise forehazki from a backhand. He was soundly bouer by fcrowd seeing some poor Fenn
and not knowing the reason
There were no booo when Bil Well on win the notch and Inke the French Mile
Strange thing is that without Mabetes, which has prevented in reaching the pluscle in his career, Talbert would have been a tennis player
As ten-year-old, the doctor advised him to take up the game to expend energy and burn up the extra sugar in his system
dig that nil right as a Jo player. Now, as a non-playing he has scorched captain, Australia off the courto
Lundur Kapress Service )
Two More Speed Skating Records Fall
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Backers + QU not to destroy throw away the The kepta ummal alter the fall clear" signal hus been exhibited.
ALL WINNING THKETS AND TICKETS FOR REFUNDS MUST BE PRESENTED FOR PAYMENT AT THE RACE ENGLISH ON THE DAY TO WHICH THEY REFER, NOT LATER THAN ONE HOUR AFTER THE TIME FOR WHICH THE LAST RACE OF THE DAY HAS BEEN SCHEDULED TO BE RUN.
PAYMEN IN
NOT WILL
BE MADE ON TORN DISFIGURED TICKETS,
OR
Bookmakers, Tie Tae men, ole, will not be permitted to operate within the precincts of the Hong Kong Jockey Club.
By Order of the Stewards,
H. MIBA,
NOTICE
Secretary.
THE HONG KONG Jockey Club
SPECIAL CASH SWEEP ON THE
PEARCE MEMORIAL CUP
Saturday, 22nd January, 1955.
Over 550,000 tickets sold to date.
The Sale of Cash Sweep Tickets on the above will close on Friday, 21et January, as follows
B82 Nathan Road, Kowloon,
D'Aguilar Street,
Queen's Büllding, Ground
Floor, Chater Road,
at 4.00 p.m. at 5.00.
pm
at 6.00 pm.
Betting
The Draw will be held in the Pu
Hall at the Race Course, at 10.00 am, on Baturday,
22nd January, 1955.99
"By Order of the
PEAT, MARWICH
clocked
in
He is not a natural footballer. Watch Galloping Gordun-he world than those simple words Sine, 15 o tearful kid of 15, will be THE world athlete of
he was told by Major Frank- 1958. Buckley he would have to Ko. he bus rolled up his sleeves and battled on to become master of arts In The Rome he tas devorated so richly.
Last year he has aptained
waters to the Football League Championship. anci captamed
agminat
FINAL BUKST
But if I had been afforded the chance to perform any sporting act in 1984, I would give every town bowler hat ever made to inve been CHRISTOPHER CATAWAY that crisp October evening at London's While City when four deathless strides, when, in his head back seeking that fal past urge of energy, he swept Russian world 5,000 Metres re- Billy, that was
Ford holder Vladimir Kuc no 21 wonderful show.' And he |replies: "Thanks.
00,000 people exploded in I am glad the lade did well,”
crazy, dancing, crying hysteria of joy.
Therma successfully Rusla's Spartak and Hungary Honved to gain the unofficial club championship of Europe.
You tell him
Never: "I did always his team.
well"
I have not forgotten ROGER BANNISTER. He will never be
BILLY WRIGHT 11 is privilege to name you man of
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the
Bannister H 11
the Your
sports im- Queen's Champion of Sport. morial, the first man on earth It was the same Billy Wright to break the four-minute Mile brand of courage and refusal to barrier. recugnise danger of defeat that
for
orise, Sir Sunley.
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Bishop Auckland Reach Fourth Round Of The FA Cup
London, Jan, 12.
Bishop Auckland, a leading northern amatour side, swept into the fourth round of the English Football Asso- elation Cup Competition today.
They outstayed and outplayed their Division Two opponents, Ipswich Town, to win 3-0. The match wns one of seven Third Round replays played today on frozen snow.covered pitches.
Bishop Auckland, seven times | Hartlepools sharing tur goals winners of the Amateur Cup. They (00 will play again on now have
to neutral ground next Monday.
THE RESULTS Resulta
Football of today's Association Cup third round re- plays were;
a great chance make FA Cup history bay be
ening the first amateur team to reach the Ofth round.
club. situated
the county of Durhain, not fur from Newcastle, next meet York City thes other Thirvi Round "giant killers" who, on Saturday. elhainntod the former Cup holder, Blackpool,
Bishop Auckland 3, Ipswich Town 5.
Bradford City 2, Brensford 2 (after extra time).
Darlington 2. Hartlepool United 2 (after extra ime). Liverpool 1, Lincoln City (after extra line).
Manchester United 4, Trading:
TOLET 1.
Torquay United, lowly placed the Third Division) South. also provided a replay upset by toppling Leeds United by clear goals, despite the efforts of Wolsh International centri forward John
Charles to rally
He Division Two tram.
The Devonshire side, who had tost the last six League games,
minute an scored in the first never relaxed their grip
A heavy snowstorm at Stole chused the replay between
Stoke City 1. Bury i (abon. doned eight minutes from the end of extra time because of Mow).
Tarquiny United 4. Lith United 0.
Revised fourth round ties (un January 20) as a result of S day's replays are:
Bishop Auckland v. York City.
Stoke und Bury to be abandoned Manchester City v. Manchester eight minutes from the end of United, Torquay v. Huddersleid extra time with the teams still for Coventry. locked in a 1-1 draw.
IRONICAL
The second replays of to-day' drwn third round replays will
10 was ironical than the take place nex1 Monday. mintch started eight mioutes January 17, as follows:
Bradford CHу late, Bury having been delayed
v. Brentford at by now and ley ronda on their Leeds United's ground. Darling- bus journey
ton v. Hartlepools at Madlen- When the teams replay the brough's ground, Stoke v. Bury or a neutral ground. it will be their Afth at Stoke match meeting within a month as they pending a decision by the Font- were opposed in home and away ball Association-Reuter, Christmas Lengue fixtures,
Manchester United convincing-
ky
beat Reading 4-0 to quality to mice
neighbouring Manches
ter City in Round Four.
Another inter-city clash hi
Tanny Campo Keeps
His Title
the next round will be between Everton und Liverpool. Liver pool were taken to extra time by Lincoln City before emerging 1-0 victors.
A
Coal three
ninutes from the end of extra time kept
Tokyo, Jan. 12. alive Bradford Cliy's chance of
Campo of the survival and they
will again Philippines tonight retained meet Brentford next Monday. his Oriental Flyweight Bux- but on neutral ground.
Tunny
The other replay also ended in ing title when he defeated badicek, Darlington › and Hiroyuki Tezaki of Japan
New Club Floodlighting Pleases Rugger
By
"PAK LO”
Fans
on points in u 12-round bout nt Tokyo's Metropolitan Gymnasium,
More than 7,000 spectators, who had expected a spirited bout, wire disappointed.
Throughout the Aght neither Campo nor Tezaki oppeared to be on the affensive.
In the third round, Tezaki slipped to the canvas but was up ugain for no count,
The first blood was drawn in the 11th nound when Campu with a straight The Japanese
right to the nose.
Yesterday evening at the Club Stadium at Happy caught Tezaki Valley the Cluh split itself into two teams, the Odds and challenger's nose continued to the Sods, in order that they might try out the new flood- bleed throughout lighting arrangement.
The Soda managed to beat the Odds by 15 points (3| tries, 2 penalty goals) to 6 points (2 tries) In what can be best described as a light-hearted game,
inal round.
the Lith and
Shortly before the title boat batween
Compo спо Tezaki, Lightweight Champion Masashi Akiyama defeated Flash Elorde of the Philippines on Despite the fact that no great On last night's play they have points in a 10-round non-title honour was attached 10 the quito Ch few good
players fight. almost curned the 1954 Dword But this, I felt, was an ex-
winner, the game was played at available to them,
The fight was more spirited my pin-up girl of sport,periment in the science of
a fast rate withi plenty of exem Penman, the latest recruit to than the title bout, with the PAT SMYTHE, whose leap year athloties, although nobly execu- eltement attached to it
the Club, again stood out, and Japanese fighter on the offensive of fame reached an Everest in ted by Dr Bannister.
At first when the floodlights I expect to rec him in the from the first round, November when she and that I wrote at the time: "There were switched on it appeared regular line-up when the Both fights were sponsored by noble horse, Prince Hul, mode
It crazy excitement
any ball going in the diree Pentangular storts on January, the Japanese newspaper Sangyo that was jusi an English sports tion of the banks of floodlights | 29.
Keizai.—Reuter. crowd on a May evening in would be lost in the glace, but Neither set of threes part- Oxford watching a châp doing a
Scularly impressed, but as the jolly good job."
There are few if any shadows best players were divided be-i left when all the lights are turn-tween the two teams this was Indian ed on, and there is a very decid- but to be expected, ed improvement over last year's lighting.
a world record jump of 7ft. 2ins.
BUYING REJECTS
Like Billy Wright, Miss Smythe has had the going hard
the the all
to way
usable afford a decent horse or training facilities 2x schoolgirl .. buying up racehorse, rejects and training them to world fame.
£
While Pot Smythe was leap- ing to her world record in
Wug
по
MAGIC NAME
this was not the case.
EASIER TO FOLLOW
The Club is still obviously
Tourists
short of a full back, neither of In Commanding
last night's being particularly outstanding.
No sporting roll of honour can over be complete without the man who has brought such joy to Soccer-going crowds-Eng- land's perpetual juvenile lead,
The forwards should be even In fact with the lighting on it better than before in the future, STANLEY MATTHEWS.
Is even easier to follow
the with Penman in their midst, and 18 magle. very name „The I most athlete
game than during a bright sun- Those
long awaited return fcot
of light day. entrancing
The white ball was
Farquharson. Matthews have written his fame very easy to see, and gave off football fields of the world. in rich, glowing letters on the no reflections from the lights. But the trees have still a Even the fact that one of the long way to go to become the wearing dark blue equals of a team ilke the Army. jerseys had no effect on they
TAIPANS GAME were easily pleted out.
the
Position
Hyderabad, Jan. 12. An innings of 95 by Polly of Umrigar, the Test batsman, and some ker bowling placed: the Indian crickét tourists in a com- the after manding position
Moscow, Jun. 12. Soviet speed skaters have bottered five world records during the meeting at Alma which ended today.
Tass, to according Soviet news agency.
Their latest successeR were achieved on the final day when both the men's and women's 2,000 Metres records WETU broken.
Yevgeniy Grishin
1 Brussels, the minute 22.8
the admire, seconkis
Puff-Puff GORDON men's 1800
beat by 5,6 FIRIE, was a few miles away secondo the record held by G. making a comeback, after a foot
injury.. Tunberg, Finland.
scoond day's play in their three Four other skaterstwo
And this he did by running
day match against Sind Cricket Russians and two Czechs →→ also beat the old record today Juset Kovacs, conqueror of Emil
On Saturday afternoon there Association here today. Zatopek, Into parchment-faced
will be what is now unofficially At the close, Sind required 156 but werd below Grishin's
exhaustion,
Football is Britain's No. 1
Features were quile clearly known as the "Talpan's" game. nuns with six second innings mark.
Having thoroughly -Eight Russian akaters bettered
licked sporting entertainment, but no visible at a fairly long distance, This will be between the Com- wickets in hand to avoid an 1,000
seven miles of professional footballer has ever and infringements easily mander British Forces XV, and innings defcat. tho women's
Metres Kovaca
rugged country, Pirie been honoured.
noted.
that well known sportsman and rooard today. Best of them was rough.
Replying to Sind's first innings observed to the speech-
May I sincerely and humbly As one result of this of yes Club supporter W. (Bill) Btoker's total of 97, the tourists declared Tamara Rylova, who yesterday coldly
"Wasn't suggest that the name of Stanley tiny bent
evening's game,
at to today at 203 for five it is XV. world less, breathless rival: the 500 Metres
Matthews be included in
However, the hoped that the Club "B" will 1 minute
more of this on wickets. They then captured rocort. Bhe clocked 33.4 seconds, which was n 2.0
New Year Honours 1st?
once again get going, and play Saturday morning with the full four Sind wickets for 30 runs Nothing would bring greater a few matches under the flood-teams and the CORRECT ground before stumps were drawn.-- Joy to sportsmen all over lights on Wednesday evenings. and times of kick-off.
Rouler.
to
over
fast, was 112”
That's my boy
deliberate,
seconds advance on the previous less.
determined ...yes, and ruth-
neoord hold by another Russian, Khalido Schegoloyeva.—Reuter.
Reg Perks To Lead Worcestershire
Worcester, Jan. 18. Reg Parks, 48-year-old fast- imedium bowler, has been ap pointed captain of the Worcester- shire County Cricket adde for. In succession to Para, who is the first pro-
appointed to
the
hla" explainey, joined Coghty. Be years ago and has taleen more than 2,000 wickets. had miked the Com- po considered
appolnord je clad elbtain of
the
Eleven-China
In 1938 Stanley Matthews will be 40. He will have completed 25 years of professional football.
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