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LAWN BOWLS
THE CHINA" MAIL, “MONDAY, ""JUNE
1955.
BANNISTER TO WED
KCC AND TAIKOO TAKE OVER FIRST AND SECOND DIVISION LEADERSHIP
By TOUCHER
Although only four teams braved the uncertain weather on Satur- day in playing off their scheduled Lawn Bowls League Fixtures, two new League leaders came from among their ranks.
In the First Division Kowloon Cricket Club handed the much-vaunted Police Recreation Club squad one of their worst defeats in years, to overtake Kowloon Bowling Green Club at the top of the League table."
The Kowloonites took to the
fook over
the
and Tony Alvs
into the risk as
In scoring a total of 82 shots, I the Kowloon Crieltet Club who green without F. R. Kermani. gathered the maximum Ave Don Phillips points in this match set a new skip's role high in aggregate score for the was grabbed season. For the custodians of No. 3 at the law their '33 shots are the Both lowest so far by any team in through this season.
being
the eleventh
hour.
cane
bowlers these
with flying colours, prominent the afternoon
with
throughout
some
The match. Itself was a disap-excellent drawing shots. Staple- peinting one, and the score was on and Thompson were off and
fair, iniication of the play.
on but were always that shade Kowiconites Whereas the
than their eppessite producmg
well above average superior farm, their opponents hopelessly lost on the heavy
Ware
numbers.
Tommy
Motor Sports
Club Hold Gymkhana
Bad weather failed to dis- courage the 27 drivers scheduled to compete in the
Car Baker was in grand Motor
Gymkhana, green, and except only on the form in leading his rink to organised by the Motor 1%xtT{e!" heads were just 32-10 win over
Benny Good foundering about in their inman's four. He was lucky on a Sport Club, at the parade abilly to get the right weight few
occasions but played the ground of the Royal Hong- tight aggressive game en the kong Defence Force yester- heavy green.
day.
sari green,
Og the nine front men in the Poste side perhaps only the two lende, Bobby Laurel and Roża Yu, and Tom Regnolds at No. 2 gave any sort of assistance to the three skips. For the greater part of the game, they were con stantly Quibowled by their respective numbers and a word of praise must be given. for the exemplary patiene:
shown by the Police skips, who time and again were down to bow with a count against them.
Peter May
To Lead Test Team
Len
Hong Sling's frent men had a field afternoon against those of Ren Bodie. D. F. Sequeira played a fine consistent game as lead, but it was No: 2. Red Symons who stole the spotlight by being there near the jack on practically every head.
SECOND DIVISION The Second Division game between Kowloon Cricket Club and Talkoo
saw, on the contrary, an extremely close tussle despite the fact that Taikoo emerged the vietors by a
five.nl margin...
The contestants, at the wheels of at least 20 different makes of car, had to pass difficult tests in four events.
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The drivers were tested parking, reversing, vision judg ment and figure driving. Mr M H. Delinapole, who breezed through all tour despite weather hazards, won the day.
Driving a Dellow, he scored 379 cut a possible 400 points. Mr R. E. Harper, who comman- decred a Ford Anglia, came second with 309 points. THE RESULTS,
The results:
Britain's four-minute Miler, Dr Roger Bannister, photographed with the Swiss artist he met a year ago and whom, it is announced, he is shortly to wed. She is 26-year-old Miss Moyra Jacobsson, of Basle. Her mother is British, and her uncle is Sir Archibald Nye, High Commissioner in Ottawa-Retterphoto.
FRENCH TENNIS TOURNEY
Miss Hard
Hard And Forbes
Win Mixed Doubles Title
Paris, June 5.
18 DOCUMENTS TO COMPLETE
Marathon Race
To The Rainbow
By HARRY PRICE
When a selection board meets in Eastern Europe, or in the Soviet Union to choose teams to compete in sporting events in the free world, it is almost certain that one of its most influential members will be a man whose knowledge of sport goes no further than an occasional game of cards.
!.
While other members are considering a candidate's prowess during training. and calculating his ability to help the team to victory, this odd man out, will be examining his political dossier and checking his record as a good Communist.
trainers! They include Jaroslav Drobny. Zatopek
Wimbledon
However
strongly
nreliability.
that
tighton
champion, record
himself solemnly to beat the world for 10 kms. and the
and experienced selectors may the Czechoslovak tennis player undertook
inclusion, and recommend aman's the Party's representative has Wladislaw Skoneek, the Polish national record for 3 kms., and the final, unquestioned right to tennis player, Bogden Ladny, to strive for the classification
Polish swimmer. and of "outstanding"" suspicion of the
in Purty Miroslava Nachodska, the political, education.
BETTER FTTTED The Communists have some Czechoslovak skating star, times
political denied
Zatopek's marathon" outlook im- To
still further indoctrjemtiam plays portant part in i a
their ideological grip on Com. on life fits him better for this sportsman's training but
reports from re-munist athletes, and in the hope role than the more nimble stars fugess and in the Communist that their example would be re-t tennis court and ice rink. press indicate that it does. Bected in the efforts of ordinary Here, say the Party leaders, is
Team
athletes citizens, the Czechoslovak Party man who, against all hardship and individual
ever started
a "Zatopek and fatigue will press are sext abroad to enhance the leaders.
erwards towards the finishing Communist Movement" in 1954,
tape.
prestige
of
regime and propaganda. visiting East
chooses West, as
* .
the
make But each time a European sports movement pledged themselves the end of the course, but the the to increase their performances ideological finishing tape which freedom in many have done in in athletics (in the manner of Communist workers are urged to recent years, a serious blow is shock-workers) and to increase run for is no easier to reach than
the rainbow, struck ut Communist prestige their "ideological maturity",
political Athletes who Joined the Zatopek can at least arrive at
TRANS.
at home.
narne *
MANUEL FANGIO WINS
BELGIUM GRAND PRIX
Spa, June 5.
Argentina's World Champion racing driver, Juan Manuel Fangio, won the Grand Prix of Belgium auto race when he crossed the finishing line eight seconds ahead. of Britain's Stirling Moss at the end of the 508,320 kilometres course here today. Italy's Guiseppe Farina in a Ferrari was third.
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Fangio and Moss were driving Mercedes over the fast and dangerous 14.12 kilometres imp course on the Fran- corchamps track which winds through a pine forest on the Belgian-German frontier.
The Czechoslovak newspaper Miada Pronta said on May 30, 1952; In the training camps, attention will be paid not only to perfect technical preparation and to the state of health of our also to representatives, but their ideological growth, in that all pre- order to ensure
the successful conditions for participation of our teams in the Olympic Games at Helsinisi are fulfiled."
Before the political repre- sentative will allow a man's Miss Darlene Hard (United States) and Gordon
be entered on the collective passport, '2 Forbes (South Africa) won the final of the Mixed teum's
series of questionnaires has to Doubles when they defeated Miss Jennifer Staley filled "in. (Reports trom suggest that cach (Australia) and Luis Ayala (Chile) in the French Hungary
athlete has as many as 18 docu- International Tennis Championships here today by ments to complete).
The candidate has to supply
information In the Men's Doubles, the American team of Trabert-detailed
of his Seixas won relatively easily from their. less experienced family and friends, and to de- clare whether he has any rela- Italian opponents.
tions or acquaintances in the
Hu covered the 36 laps in two. [« In the first set, the Italians The
might persuade er young American-South West who
hours, 39 minutes and 29 seconds appeared rather nervous at African team combined well to aid him to defect.
at an average speed of 191.237 'meeting a top-ranking world take the Arst five games of the
The Party leaders fear the kms an hour, and improved his pair in an important Anal, and second set in a
Miss Inducements and attractions of own lap record of 193.941 kms the smooth playing US leam Hard's volleys and ace services the tree world: for even if aan heur set up en this course won by 6-1.
drew gasps of enthusiasm from man has no connections in the in 1951 when he covered the the crowd, unused to see a West, he will not be allowed 14.12 kms today at an average IA the second set, the woman player hit so hard.. abroad unless he has close rel speed of 195,057 kms an hour. Americans made a lot of faults,
latives at home who can serve had Hitle Forbes and Hard particularly "Trabert-who was nevertheless brilliant at the difficulty in clinching the matter as hostages against his good ber
haviour.. net-and the Italians seized at 6-2 in the final set-France- break Presse. their opportunity to through Trabert's service led 4-1 and 5-2.
The Kowloonites were actual- ly well up or two rinks and on the aggregate at the half way mark. At the end of the 11th
1, M. H, Delingpole, 379 points head George Lee's rink were (Dellow); 2, R. E. Harper, 309 leading J. B. Baxter and his men (Ford Anglia); 3. P. S. Noly-5-7, 6-1, 6-2. by 15-4 and Willy Howard washent, 307 (MG TD); 4. M. Fulford, 280 (TR2); 5, A D.. up on J. Kinniburgh by 12-8. Stewart, 172 (Vauxhall 14);
It was only the excellent G. Boyce, 264 (Ford Anglia); J. 253 (Fiat 1100); 8, R. recovery by these two Taikoo J.
(Austin Healey): London, June 5.
rinks In the later stages of the Pennels, 241
(Fiat Hutton, England's game that enabled them to 8 A. S. Cuthbert, 236
110033 10. G. J. C. Geerisema, cricket captain, is out of collect full points.
(MG TD): 11, W. Corts, 217 228
PF. Walters. the side to meet South
215 Baxter, after trailing behind (Opel): 12. D. Africa at Nottingham
on by 10-22 at the enet of the 18th Jaguar 12): 13. H. E. Turner. Thursday because of lam- head, struck a brilliant patch in 182 (Jaguar): 13, C. W. Jet- bago.
the next five heads, scoring two feries, 182 (MG TD): 15, N. singles, a four, a six and fol- Reyrcids, 173 (Citroen); 16, D.. 168 (Vauxhall 12); Steane, Peter May will captain lowed this up with another four J.
Arnold, 157 (Javelin); to lead by 26-22 and eventually,
Lach 158 (Mercury); win by 26-23.
I Birch, 151 (Fiat 1100); In announcing the team,
The
re20 3. Lambert, 134 (Hillman spectacular Chairman of Selectors. Mr
covery was shown by Kinni- Minx): 21. A. T. Wright 133. G. O. Allen, said: "Len Hutton burgh's rink, who were 9-13 (Ford Zephyr); 22, R. McGuire, is still feeling the effects of his
at the end of the 12th 123 (Austin Healey): 23, J. M recent attack of lumbago and head. A scoring spree on the Pattinson, 118 (Volkswagon); 24, does not consider himself suff-xt seven heads took them T. Ingham, 108 (Riley); 25, W. ciently it to take part in a five- 20-13 and a fine 21-14 triumph E Barrett, 104 (Lagenca): 26, day Tes:, The Selectors Com- over Willy Howard's four.
P. Latey, 102. (Lincoln Can tirental); 27. Wong Shek-hong. 101 (Lincoln Continental).
the side.
the
mittee have given him per- mission to play for Yorkshire next Saturday should the Yorkshire Cricket Club so de- sire"
down
KCC
same
HOW THEY STAND
to
First Division
P. W. L. Pts,
KBGC Apart from Hutton and Colin CCC Cowdrey, who is to be invalid- IRC "Blues ed out of the Royal Air Force Rec. "Blues" through foot trouble and is PRC
right out of match play prac-RC "Gold" tice, England's team is that Rec. "Whites" which played in the final Test FC against Australia in Sydney the beginning of March,
Kenyon and
at
Taikoċ Barrington are KDC
the two who come in though RCC they may be considered lucky | HKCC
to get their places through the CCC
of Hutton and HK
ill-fortune
Cowdrey.
Lt. was emphasised in a stale- PRC ment by the Committee
first-class: POC-
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Second Division
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15
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Kevan Gosper
Runs 47.5 For Quarter
and
the i
row.
an Pietrangell
excellent CZECHS BEAT doubles player, kept up
BELGIUM 3-1 morale of his more brilliant but partner much Sirola,
more nervous
"IDEOLOGICAL LEVEL"
After winning this fourth in- Baudouin of the Belgians, wer | ternational race counting for the among the 40,000 spectators who World Championships, Fangio watched the race-France-
as Presse. * now heads the classification this season's leading driver,
European Boxing Championships
Decided
Berlin, June 5,
Moss docker two hours 39 West Germany and minutes and 37.1 seconds, giving Poland were the most suc him an average speed of 191.074 kilometres an hour.
cessful countries in the European Amateur Boxing
Farina W35
third. in two
England and the Soviet
As long ago as 1949 the Polit burb of the Rumanian Workers' hours, 41 minutes and 9.5 Championships here, each (Communist) Party emphasised seconds. Paul Erere of Belgium winning three titles when the importance of political in a Ferrari was fourth.
the finals were decided to training for sportsmen The newspaper Scanteia
Out of the 13 starters, four night. on said June 28 of that year:
The dropped out, including Germany's The Committee of Physical Culture Earl Kling, who was driving the
maining foar titles. All ten and Sport must be careful of third Mercedes, and Britain's Union each won two of the re- the ideological education of the Mike Hawthorn, driving a Van-finals ended in. points decisions. teachers,
trainers and instruc- wall special.
Former King Leopold III of defended titles won in the
Three Champions successfu]lv · tos; it must also pay attention In the third set, the Ameri-
to the raising of the Ideological the Belgians and his wife, Championships in Warsaw cans broke through twice and
Stefaniuk A crowd of about 60,000 level of star players, or those Princess De Rethy, and Prince Seonon took a 4-0 lead. The Italians watched the match, played in who achieve records. от caught up to 4-2 and towards
Brussels. June 5.. Czechoslovakia beat Belgium The Americans broke back to 4-5 but Seixas lost his service by three goals to one in a foof- ball international match here today after each side had scored once in the first half.
and the set 4-6.
the end of this set all four Ane sunny weather on an ideal other success in this Beld” y Albert of Liege, brother of King batamweigh players were often up at the playing surface.
Italians
in
Olympic
for
YET ANOTHER" HUNGARIAN
this
(Poland), Leszek Drogosz (Poland) Hight welterweight, and Algirdas Shadkas (Soviet Union), heavyweight,
One holder was beaters in the Anala, Ulrich Nitzschke (East Germanyy
Erich Losing to the light heavyweight class. Schoeppner (West Germany) in
The Communists pay great oet together and the spectators Belgium were soon on the at- attention to the organisation, of applauded very brilliant fast tack and scored within seven special camps for the physical doubles play, but the Americans minutes when Pluskal, the visit and political training of their won 6-2,
ing centre-half, put through his athletes. Mladd Frontd also said
Budapest, June 4, own goal
On May 30, 1852, that athletes.
The Hungarian athlete, Istvan VITAL NINTH GAME
selected for the Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
Roszavolgyi, tailed, here Czechoslovakia at once went Games would be "concentrated afternoon in his attempt to June 5
In the last set, games went on the offensive but could not
UNIQUE TRIPLE .. Kevan Gosper of Michigan with service until four all the break down the Belgian defence branch of sport, so that they world record figures for the training centres each lower Australian John Landy's
Welterweight Micky Gargano, State, the British Empire break through but failed. Play from a free kick, Trnka scored, selves for their big task."
tried desperately to until the 28th minute when,
can thoroughly prepare them-1,500 Metres.
|28-year-old Londoner, who was Games Champion from was fast and both teams
one of England's · two wiriners, 8 Australia, successfully de- volleyed and served well. In
Roszavolgy! covered the dis-became the Bret British boxer Though attacking for the rest
sportsmen have tance in 3 minutes, 42,8 seconds, to hold a European, an Empire Fefugee fended his Central Collegiate the vital ninth game, Pietrangell of the period, the visitors could stated that there is continuous Landy's mark stands at 3 Games and an English national Conference 440 Yards title is partner double-faulted and halftime when the score was one weeks
developed a slight leg cramp and not add to their tally before training in special camps for minutes, 41,8 seconds-France-dile at the same time, last night with â meet lost his service. The Americans all
or months before 04 Presse. record-breaking
international match
come time of won
the last game and the
Among camps that Belgium opened the second petition. 47.6 seconds on a rain-soggy match without much difficulty.
half weakly and, only their have been mentioned are the track.
The better team won the
in Hungary, and defence kept the opposition at Tata camp Mixed Doubles after Ayala bay. In the 79th minute, how others, at, Bucharest, Gosper broke one of the oldest possibly the best player of the ever, a fader-from, Tanka found Cluj, Timisoara and Oradea in 74 records on the Central's books four-ha snatched the first by its mark 5% and bettered his own record-7-5 by sheer determication and Czechs dominated the game. Co-
the Rumania.
Detroit, June 5.* tying mark run here last year
Buddersfield Town and Sunë footwork. 21% for the victory,
ordination among the Belgian
derland drew 2-2 bere tonight. In spite of the care taken over Staley was
While his Australian partner players tell away and, Trnka,
It was the third time within and with a long pass to Kraus, who political indoctrination, however, six days that the teams had carely ran for balls, the Chilian shot hard along the ground to a number of athletes from the finished level. They drew In Pietrzykovaky, Poland. player dashed all over the court beat the Belgian goalkeeper, Communist States have taken earlier matches at winnipeg to retrieve the accurate smashes paved the way for the third and advantage of a trip abroad to and Toronto: China Bialikov, Soviet Union-China Mail or Forbes and Miss Hart
final goal-Reuter,
FC
USRC
3
0 3
0
that
Cowdrey had aot been
con-
Third Division
sidered because he
has
not KDC
0 17 3 1 14
KBGC HKERC PRC
3 2 1 11
4 2 2
912
3
9
2-2
0 4
4
Laken part in any matches this season..
BLOW TO ENGLISH Hutton had "been appointed FC Captain for all
the five Tests HKFC his USRC Africa and against South absence will undoubtedly be blow to England, He is Eng- land's most successful caplain and has’led "his country on 23 occasious
would
Next week's match have enabled him to equal Sir Donald Bradman's feat of lead- ig his country 24 times and Hutton needia, two more pearances as captain to equal the record of Bill Woodfull (Australia).-Reuter.
ap-
France-Presse reparts the team
selected is:
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KCC
Fiorenzo Magni Wins Round-Italy Cycling Classic
Milan, June 5. Fiorenzo Magni, of Italy, won the
Round-Italy Cycle race, which ended here today.
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Wendall Davis of Pittsburg (Kansas) Teachers set the mark of 47,8 in 1933. It also was tied Last year in the preliminarles by Harold Griffin of Rica,
Bill Nieder of Kansas set 0 new meet record in the Shot Put with 54 feet 25% inches. The throw was more than a foot bet- ter than Joe Morgan's record of 52 feet 11 inches, set last year at Ohio State.
Bill Constantine of Missouri defended his 120 Yards High
His aggregate time was 108 Hurdlen Championship in 14.8
P. B. H. May (Surrey) Cap-hours, 50 minutes 12 seconds. seconds to nose out Bil Biber- tain, aged 25 T. E. Bailey It was his third victory in this stein of Kansas. The time was (Essex) 30 R. Appleyard Italian cycling classic,
one second of Constantine's (Yorkshire)90, B. Barrington
second off the meet record.
(Surrey) 24, D. C. S. Comps Fausto Coppi of Italy, was 1854 time and six-tenths of a ton. (Middlesex). 37, T. G. second, only 13 seconds behind Evan (Kent) 34. T. W. Gra-the winner. Another Italian
(Gloucestershire)
rider, Gasione Nencini, was
veney
Kenyon (Worcestershire) 31,
B. Statham (Lancashire) 25, F H Tyson (Northampton sirire) 25, di Wardle (York- Spire) 32.
Twelfth man is C. A. Milton (Gloucestershire) 28,--
third.
Constantine was leading. handily in the 220-Yard Low Hurdles but fell on the last hurdle and then again, just before Today's final stage in the the finish line. He aruggled gruelling Marathon was won by to his feet in time to finish "Swiss "Champion Hago Koblet, | fourth. Jack Mathews of Iowa who finished tenth in the over won the event in 24.3nited all placings-Reuters. Press
very
slow
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Special
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TO-DAY DE MUST TAKE LUNCH, DEAR
ELEVATORS
THAT SECOND HELPING YOU HAD LAST NIGHT RUNS AN
ÍNÍCH, FOR TODAY:
The other English winner 19:28 featherweight Tommy
| Nicholls. a last-minute choice | for the team, tha
Winners of the other titles Were.
Flyweight: Elgar Basel, West Germany,
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Lightweight: Harry Kurschat, West Germany,
Light Middleweight: Zbigniev
Middleweight: Genadly Chat.
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