THE CHỈNA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1955.
SURELY “THE” SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR
THEY CALL HIM THE GRANDDAD OF SPORT
They call him the Granddad of Sport. He has been a Colonel, Member of Parliament, racing motorist, yachtspan, scientist, air pilot, He is Lord Brabazon winter sportsman, chess expert and industrialist.
of Tara, Man of Speed.
John Theodore Cuthbert Moore-Bra hazon, M.C., was
71 this week (Feb, 8).
It is almost a wonder he has Hyed that long. For he is an adventurer-in sport and
politics with danger his partner.
feeling the
Instead of celebrating his ripe | slowly, you know, olet nge in my num-chair burled way and all that.
"Brat' with "But let her rip uxl inade in a newepaper, wift in your l of speed. 1 VCzy koud speed. This helpen the Over ail me in the handicap
three runs and bull up my time me the tremendously to make winner.
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anather speed viclary
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He averaged 43 miles an hou The thire-mortei course to win the handicap 11. WA NINETEEN aerest rival And FORTY.
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special kore ༢.! "
mein-ban keti lying head Brst on Fimit si "keleton"
Broken certainly know the
davo bet n 1 has PROSTA MANLY year, excliating the War. Notice 1907 1
thought of retiring
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And what did Lord Drabazon think of his competitors? "Dash- ed good lot of riders this year. my boy. Dashed good
Lord Brabazon does not go !!? for Bernich reing any more. [ camarot go of as well as I did whn was younge
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circular mile in an all-English achine in 1909; or won the dew Ardennes motor Circult race in 1907.
A new instrument of speed is like a new lay to Lord Brabazon --somthing that must be Inves-
guteel
"Yont rer you have to go ten Tech bekinti the starting push like hell and then to
fat on our machine. yourself With my fat stomachi 1 connal de that any more
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It has been that way all »long. So it was not surprising when the world's largest aircraft---the Benbazon-was named after him,
Lord Brabazon la no sport. ing play-boy. He is chier of Associated Commercial Vehicles of the Hoyn! group. President fistiřution, a past Chairman of The Royal Aero Club, past Pre- sident of the Royal Aeronautic- al Society," former Parlin- 'Secretary mentary Ministry of Transport.
A personality himself, he all- mirez the Rehlevements others 1 has itch said would gladly have give
his Sir Winston Churchill for whom I war arbetat ty Private Secretary"); Laird Perchard under whom I served in a Junior and
for golf efleient offer") willer Berhard Darwin ("Bern- and the great and invatske"
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boyish span of adventine. Were he as young as he felt- on February 8, Lord Brabazon i
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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
SEVENTH RACE MEETING
Saturday 12th & Saturday 19th February, 1955. (To be hold undor the Rules of the Hong Kong Jackey Club)
THE PROGRAMME WILL CONSIST OF 18 RACES. The First Ball will be rung at 1.80 p.m. and the First Race run at 2,00 p.m. on both days.
The Secretary's Office at Alexandra House will close at 11.45 a., on both days.
MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE
throughout we meeting.
NO PERSON WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED, All persons MUST wear their badges prominently displayed
Admission Badges at $10.00 each per day are obtainable thringa ne Secretary of the written or personal tolaoduction vi Member, such member to be responsible for all visitors introduced by Jum.
Tuins will be obtainable ut the Club House If ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel 72811).
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NO CHILDREN will be admitted to the Club's premises during the Meeting. For this purpose a Child is a person under the age of seventeen years, Western Standard,
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE
The price of admission will be $3,00 each per day payable al the Gale,
Any person leaving the Enclosure will be required to pay the reqitishe ice of $3.00 in order to guin re-adınisawan,
door.
London Express Serulea)
111-
Boxing Show This Evening
(By a Boxing Correspondent)
Lord Brabazon ready for action. -
Express Photo.
WEEK-END SOFTBALL
Portugal Meet Pakistan Tomorrow
PENTANGULAR RUGGER TOURNEY
Police Could Beat The Club Today
Says "PAK LO”
On the Police Recreation ground at Boundary Street, the Army, winners of the Pentangular Rugger Tournament, dipsh in one of their remaining Pentangular games, with the Navy at 3.00 p.m. this afternoon. Following this the Club and the Police will meet at 4.16 p.m.
The Army have made one surprise charge in their fifteen this week. Instead of Brentford, Keir is playing at fly half. Kelr, it will be remembered, shone in the finals of the Inter-Unit Knockout Competition when he captained the King's Own against the 72nd LAA.
Rugby Competition, easily over-
the coming
other Analists, REME-Singapore by the rather colossal neove of 40 paints to 3. As a result
of this they will shortly arrive in the Colony to through the
wenk compete against the 72nä LAA
in the final of the Competition. from drops buck
They are due to arrive here end full back
on March 5 and will depart on should become the stumbling, March 20, During this period block to alt attempts to score by the Club.
On that display it is nut ca-, theres arad has been unable to tirely surprising Lo Bec him replace them given a cliance today, especially With Lloyd at serum half the since the Army can afford to try Police threes should get a good out different combinations
18 | service and they are capable of for next preparation
season, pinhing down the Club alincks without affecting their claim it
and going the Pentangular
should Club defence they
Carpenter returns to the fall back the pack to position, while Reid is this week selected to be the hooker again, In preference to Burker. Hurrl- son is the one change in the three line, taling Edwards' place on the right wing, while Edwards moven into right rou- ire berth.
Putin
has
SIX NEW MEN Although the Army brought a total of ax new men Lulo the lineoul, every
one of them has been baitling for place in the team for some twe pust and the Army today is only ery slightly weaker than they have been of late.
make
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The Navy has Also had to
few quite A
changes. Seven in all, due, of course, to ships having left port recently. Nu New Zealanders are in the team this week, but a lot of
old faces have returned to take their places in the team.
Lloyd moves up to the centre The Portugal v. Pakistan Men's International Serles semi-final match will be the main feature of this week-three postion, while Fleet will play either on the right wing end's softball. An added attraction will be the Delawares tangling with CAA of the Senior "A" League.
Barton
The Club pack is far superior to the Police one, and anould Het the larger share of the bal
but the Wire) in everything, Jine und halves du not look
furvive
Spencer on the wing is in proving with overy, game but uves bol ace enough of the ball. Petrie, who did well against stufts the Army at full buck, back to his old postlian of witg forward, and this 1 feel in tactical error,
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While it increases the power of the strong pack it does so at the expense of weakening thu already weak defence,
Peama Is shifted 433 tx By luif, whlie Hickson drops back once again to full back,
Obviously to Win the Club
The Portuguese team is drawn from some of the best players from the Braves, St. Joseph's, Blackhawks "A" and Warriors and will be captained by Arturo Ozorio of At last those two teams intet the Saints. Heavy sluggers and safe hands are here in moves in to Barton's previous Should
abundance.
Included in the Portuguese
This evening after the muany challenges REME have thrown out. The Navy have quite a strong team, which includes two knep are moundsmen Brebatter LAC John-Vic Pedruro of the Saints and RAF boys, amely 2 and LAC
Cameror, these wizard Formando Marques of the Warriory. Behind the pluto are two lady take on Cin Legerton
Manuel Guterres sturdy Cfn. Mullen respectively, but on form tip, REME to win Hayes and lanky Curvus Souza
Blackhawits fler the brilliant Way they
On the defeated the RAF
base stations will be # couple of
neiders 25 outstanding weeks ago
Curiau Ivanovich of the Braves. loftle Eric Remedios of Black-
It must als be taken into consideration, that REME have a
had five Inds in the Land Forces Chaniplenship andis, and walked away with the tight mikile and
weight divisions, middle
ind were unlucky not 10 take the
bantamweight flyweight Cluss
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a
fairly
all four
Jorge schedule has been arranged for them.
They will play Im games, as follows;--
Wednesday, March 0. versus Combined Civilians,
Friday, March 11, vermus 72nd LAA (nut March 3 as previously
arranged.)
Moeday, March 14, versus the Colony,
Wednesday, March 16, versus Combined Services.
Sports Diary
TODAY
*Яoccer
Senior Shield Semi-finals: Anny (Club) 340 p.m.
Club v
Junior Gield Schul-finals: Eastern
✓ Army (Club) 4 p.m.
D
in
Div. 2 "A"; KMB v Club (C) 230 Sing Tao v Police (Navy) 2.30 GAA » Western (Navy); RAF St Joseph's (Bkp). Both matches utp.n.
Div RAMC (Skp: Telephone V Tram- Both matches at 3.30 whys (IV). pin. CMB y Prisons (HIV) I p.m.
Div. 3: Fuisco and
Roadworks (BV) 230 p.m.: KMI Hollandia (HV) 4 p.
4 "A"; Little Sai Wen V
must rely on their forwards almost entirely and, while they may score, th comparison with the Poilee threes it will not be or at full back.
latter lp to
rough. position he has played for
Unless the Police repeat their should old mistakes vf breaking Devonport Service, so
either spot. 100
the scrum fast from be of great use in
fly ls promoted from
going offside, there is nothing half to serum half, and Allwood
to stop them from winning.
however,
27 ILAA Annual Athiotic Meeting give
Ladies' Hockey will take full KGV "A v Dorians "A" (KP)
v Gremlin 3.45 pm. Dorians and his chances
(S) 230 pm.
"Kav "B" V VIC- irina (KF)
Rugby Novy v Army Police v Club.
Badminton Betole Chanipfonaiipo
ILACINE
They
Athletica
Petries they can be / Boundary Street 130 p.m.
222 good pack, but it will be lack-convert their mistakes into three .000ing that touch of "devil" in the
lense which Hata and Newman BBV supplied so well.
With Lloyd and Hewitt in the .800 centre the threes should combate 200 necefully but the Army back 100 line looks, in comparison,
more powerful.
valuable points.
Overall the Police should to- day break thair duck, and win,: but it will be a close thing.
THE TEAMS
Harrison, Potter, Army: Edwards, Kirbulan, Ingal, Keir,
place,
away any
Braves
4 7
3
,571
U.S. Navy
0 2
7
Warriors Delawares
B 2
7
The result of these many sure 222 changes is that the Navy has advantage of
9 0
9
Sr. "B" League
Americans
0.8
1
Blackhawks "A" D
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Pandas "B"
Overseas HKU
10 2 9
10 1 В
Jr. "Blue"
PWL Pct.
of
Dukes Comets Pandas Jr. Wah Ying Overseas Jr 25 Pounders
Jr "Gold" Blackhawks "B"
10 01 1
.900
10 8
2
.800
9 6
3 .067
9 4
5
.444
10 1
10 1
wks, Keystone sack watchmen are veteran Arturo Ozorte and fleet-footed Eddle Lanteiro Braves. Hot corner guardians are Junior Remedios of Bruves and Manuel Nunes of Blackhawks.
In the windy aley are Tony Osmund of Braves and swift Mr
Warriors, foam the CAA Jr. Young Hudson very narrowly X of lost in Pte. Churion of the North outer
will be John P. 1. Dodgers field and earns Pereira, Gerry Remedios and Staffordshire Regt.
match Tony Rodrigues of Blackhawks,
Lynxes In this contest. Cin Smythe Tony Guterres of Braves and
Collaco had to retire with a cut eyelid Joaquim
und Gussie Seventeeners
Ladies' after
first Pereira of the Saints. good
With such good combinations Wahoos "A" roun
can see all these
and well balanced departments, Wahous "B" lock in action this evening at
they are expected to whip the South China the Misions to Seamen,
Pulcistanis by r contfortable Colleens "A" mencing at 6.30 p.m.
Pandas margin. GOOD
Overseas
the chance of a returny
MEALS und REPRESHMENTS will be obtainable in the rou RESTAURANT.
SERVANTS
Servants must remain in their employer's boxes except for They may on no recount use the passing unirvuga on thew duties. belling bootlis in the Members' Betting Hall,
CASH SWEEPS
You
having You
com-
BCAA Jr.
The Pakistan team consists of
from the Saints Colicens "B players.
Bruves, Comets, forner Rexes | CAM and Orifina. Except that their battery is a lie weak, other departments are as strong us? their opponents.
Through Cash Sweep Tickets at $18.00 dach per day and $30.00 for bon days may be outained from the Can Sweep Offices during hornuð oflive hours until 11,00 am, on the first day.
Particulaf numbers within the series 1 to 4,000 may be reserved for all race meetings as Through Tickets. Such Uckets 10 The U.K. on Feb. 14 des- and guarding the home plate is will be issued consecutively only and the right is reserved by the pite the Stewards to cancel any reservation for Through Tickets for a purticular Meeting If it is found that sales may not reach the mumber reserved in the series 1 to 4,000.
in the case of two-day Race Meetings, Through Tickets may be purchased for each day of the Meeting provided that the second day in on a date not less than five days eller the first day. In all other cases Through Tickets will only be sold for the Whole Meeling.
The
ENTERTAINMENT I won't say this is a show you should not fiss, but, it will pro- vide good entertainment and that class boxing. I would like te ndd, that to all Cfn, Mullen's mony fans, this is the last time will have the pleasure to
On the slab is young left. hander A. R. Salich of Saints see him in action, as he returns
of O.K. Dallah of Griffins, persuasive efforts
fo W.0.1 Brennen REME
inflelders are A. Ditta, Sherry get him to stay and fight In
Omar, of Saints the Bucks, Benny FARELF Championships at on bases and Tiger Hussain of Braves roving between bases. Singapore.
All are welcome to come along Patrolling in the outer garden give him a good sendoff will be A. Rhakha, A. G. Ismall, and
the Jindoo Husain of Hongkong will miss this brilliant and young REME Boxer.
Saints and standbys are A.K. The collection from this show Ismail of Rexes, Gary
and will go to Miss Dibden's Bables' Reggie Homet, R. Ostan and S. Home at Shatin, a very deserv-Kadir of Comets. ing Charity.
Though they are individually The promoters of this show not so good as the Portuguese in are nose other than those two ball
teamwork artistry their and understanding are better fine, organisers, W.0.1 George
and C.P.O. Jimmy because they are mostly Saints players, Hernit. It's alce to see these dwo getting together. It must put the Portugal team but will de- They may not upset
on record that the expenses for finitely
give them a stubborn this show have been very kindly night. taken care of by several of the Colony's business houses.
Tickets reserved and avaliable but not paid for by 18.00 a.m. on the day preceding the Race Meeting for which they are reserved will be sold and the reservation cancelled for future Meetings,
Tickets over 4,000 will also be safed consecutively but particular numbers cannot be reserved as Through Tickets.
The reservation of any particular number does not confer on the registered holder any rights whatsoever unless the ticketBrennon bearing the appropriate number is issued to and can be produced by the holder.
The Stewards reserve the right to refuse any subscription is the right to remove any name from subscription lists without stating reasons for their delion,
Cash Sweep Tickets on the last race of the Meeting at $2.00. each may be obtained from the Cash Sweep Offices at Queen's Building, (Charter Road), B, D'Aguilar Street and 383, Nathan Hood during normal office hours and until 11.00 am, on both days of the Meeting.
SPECIAL GASH SWEEP
Tickols for the Special Cash Swoop on the Hong Kong Derby scheduled to bé tun ôn 9th April, 1805, at $2,00 each, thay t obtained from the Cash Sweep Offices.
TOTALISATOR
Backers are advised not to destroy or throw away, their tickets until after the "All cledi" signal has poen exhibsted.
ALL WINNING TICKETS AND TICKETS FOR REFUNDS MUST BE PRESENTED FOR PAYMENT. AT THE RACE COURSE 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 HUN.
PAYMENTS WILL NOT BE MADE ON TORN OR DISFIGURED TICKETS,
Bookmakers, Tie Tae men, etc. will not be permitted to operate within the precinots of the Hong Kong Jockey Club.
by Order of the stawändą,
FANS.
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UNG KONG
LEAGUE STANDINGS
standings in ali Lelgues are as follows:
Lat
Sr "A" League
Pindos "A". St. Joseph's
POP
P W L Pel.
0.8 1.889
90 1980
10 7 3 700
CHRESA STRAWB – COCKTAIL BAUSAGESI SARONES DU TIDAŠT ANDLE, CHERKINS.
the
The Army should prove the larkinson Bevan, Red, Tindell, better in the forwards and, allakus, Ferry, McGahey, Colty,
HEG. all, it looks like another win
Navy: AN. Other, Marrideth, tor the Army. However, they
Allwood. Lloyd. Hewill, Ficet, muy run into trouble in the
Annandale, Barton, Brampton, 100 form
the Navy's hard
Harris, Janes, Reeves, 9.100 tackling three line, and though
Culverwell, this should be a good game the # 0 1,000 result should
be In * 9 7 2 778
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POLICE CAN WIN In the second game the Police have lost Stevin and Marsh is a .000 rather doubtful starter. Despite this I think the Police can win 0 1,000 today.
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Stubbs,
Morrison, Penman,
2.30 p.m.
DBS
Seventh Annual Ince Mesling að
Happy Valley et
Div. 1: Navy
༈ CCC: HAF
University; Rca Recrelu; Army
"North" v University: HKCC Opt-
mista v Navy
Div. 2: University v Havy: crew v DBS; IRC "A" v KCC.
TOMORROW
Roccer
Cricket
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Senior Shield Semi-final: South Club: Hickson, Spencer, Brom-China y Kitchee (CHI 1.43 p.m.
Jualor Shield Semi-final: South hall,
Kilver
China y Richee (CH) 2 p.m. Cole, Hogers, V. Russell, Slack, Petrie Farquharson, Barker, Campbell. Kerr
Police: Carpenter, Nash, Scott,
A. N. Other Murah, Stevens,
Div. : Army
*
RAF Police v
Men's Hockey
IRC "B".
V Div. 1: Army "D"
RAF "A" (Skp) 4 p.m. Recreio "A" v ko-
Brown, Lloyd, Colborne, May-crelu
Perry, Shelley,
818 It will be touch and go, but get,
Harris,
the beginning of the Dunnicliffe, Dawson, Bryan. 11 8 3 .454 DC1:9011 they have improved '11 47.363 almost beyond recognition, 102 8 .200 whilst the Club, which has
the
FIJIANS COMING From Singapore comes latest news of the Fijians. Last of tor-week they won the Shgapore- of tho FANELF
11
2 9
102
11
1 10
.091
marvellous selection warda, has lost all its good Malaya Anar
MON AND
TTERS,
Recrew) 3.30 p.m.; Nav Bharat v Dutch HC (RP) 330 p.m. Div. 2 Knights v KITC (KP) 11 B.m. Polleo
Bookumpots (Police Ga) 11 a.m.: RAF "D" V Army "C (Rat Tak) 3.30 pm: Soo- kuhpots "" v RN "B" (p) 230 p.m.; C
v HKAAF (5kp) 11
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