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HE CAME OUT OF NOWHERE, BUT
THE
As A Matter Of Fact, Jack Fleck Looks Rather Like Ben Hogan
:
Says HENRY LONGHURST
Those who follow the golfing, news from the United States with a microscope the.only instrument with which to detect it abroad-will have been taken aback, a few days ago, to discover that the name of the new American Open Champion is Jack Fleck,
Furthermore, he not only finished ahend of Hogan, who was trying harder than ever in his life before-if such a thing be possible-in order to be the first mun to win five U.S. Opens. He also beat him, personally and individually, in a play-off, As a matter of fact he looks rather like him.
Fleek, who is 32, 1s variously
described as a bronzed
CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1955.
THE RUNNER-UP
Before the Championship ho"came sweeping out of nowhere Iowan was unable to break 80 and had on a wave of birdies" for a 67 with a nondescript golfing back-to forgo even the customary and a tie with Hogan.
bets with his practice ground: a gangling Davenport, (modest
itself, Jowa, nimeipal course operator: partners. In the event
lean. hungry-looking he opened with a 70-the veteran of the Normandy In- of the Olympic Club, San Fran- vasion of World War II,
cisco, being 70. In the end, he
JI
par
Tough Going For Riders. Over Vosges Mountains In Fifth Lap
Colmar, July 11.
The British team had their first taste of mountain climbing as the fifth lap of the Tour de France snaked over and around the Vosges Moun-
tains.
2,900-foot high
HARDENED, PERHAPS The prospect on the morrow circumstances, was not, in the
to condudive
a good night's sleep, but hardened, perhaps by memories of the eve of D-day, Fleck was suficiently calm to tum to a friend on the practier ground and utter words which In their humble why deserve immortality, "In this play-off match play or medal?"
today he naked.
re-
It's medal," the, friend plied. "You play just the same as you did yesterday,"
Ten thousand people turned up and no one could say they
did not get their money's worth.
zih ter before llogan could A rabbit had to be chased off drive; the play was twice held
up by swallows; a boy fell out of a tree as they were putting
on the 15th; and half-way round
It was tough going for them over Charbonniere Peak. But they slogged up it and cautious-Joe Dey, master of ceremonies
iy rolled down the other side,
Tany Hoar of Emsworth nipped over the other side. In Hampshire had its frst taste of the rush, he had the card carry- For the ing his number torn from his French level crossings, race. train-time tables were back. altered to keep the level cross- ing open for the riders.
Hoar skipped over the bar- rier, lugged his bike across and
Roberts-Pierce To Start All-Star Game
Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
July 11. Rugged Robin Roberts
and ittle Billy Pierce were named the staring pitchers today for the 22nd annual All-Star Game which gig under way here to morrow.
It was the -Art All-Star
Afterwards Boar jolted, "The train whipped it off my back as f scrambled across."
Suffering from the scorching heat Hoar wasted no time in replenishing his light weight
bolile with beer.
The British team made use of other riders when Stan Jones of Birmingham had a puncture at
50-mile the
mark. French Champlon Loulson Bobci, n bunch
Belgians of Spaniards had punctures at the same line so the British boys let Bobel and the other riders pace Janes Into the pack.
and
Later on Hour trailed, follow-
and
the
for the USGA, stopped the play threatened to call whole thing off if the fans did not stay behind the ropes,
Having no equal in the iron art of concentration,
Hogan might reasonably have reckoned this to be Just his day, but it WOR Fleek who, with seven straight pars, was one ahead as they went to the short Bih.
Hogan' was 35 feet away with his tie shot, Fleck seven. Hogan holes for a 2-one can see the
the great man and eight to play, He lost one, regained it, lost it again, then, at the 17th lost another. Only one ahead now, and
to one
go.
thought he was "dormy he
At
starting assignment for Roberts, ed in turá by Jones, Fred Krebs end rate, ice cold to the
Philadelphia Phillies hurler, by lefty and tied a mark rel Gomez. Gomez was the start- 30 American League pitcher In the 1033, 1934, 1035, 1937 and 1038 All-Star contests.
Roberly set a new National when he started League record for the National League last year at Cleveland.
Denmark's Kurt Nielsen, "dark horse" of the was beaten by Wimbledon Championships, who America's Tony Trabert in, the Singles Anal. Trabert won 6-8, 7-5, 6-1-Central Press Photo.
HKABA To Send Team To Singapore
The Hongkong Amateur Boxing Association yester- day decided to send a team to the South-east Asia Boxing Tournament in Singapore.
The Hon. Bec. of the Associa- tion is cabling the Singapore the fact that the financial aitun- tion has not yet been settled.
authorities to this effect, despite
To get things under way, the Aswciation decided to invite the following 18 boxers, for train- ing.
Lightweight
Light Welterweight
Welterweight Allison (Army) and Gilbert Hugh.
Light Middleweight Dinning (Army).
Middleweight
Finch (Navy) Colony cham- plon, Cpl. Bowen (Army) and Ross (RAF).
H.K. Gun Club
Leads In The
Pistol League
some
20 Yards Deliberate Team Event ·
LOTTI
THEY CONQUERED PAIN AND BECAME CHAMPIONS
By GEORGE WHITING
How fit (or unfit) do you need to be to hit the headlines and highlights of sport? Must you be a whole man-or can you get by on bits and pieces, laced together with determination?
Len Hutton has for years deffed lumbago and a shortened left arm, and has only now stepped down from England's cricket captaincy.
which we would, do well to
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Ben Horan, the Iron Man of ventricle and myasthenia gravis cap golf, smashes a leg, a shoulder, are other disorders mentioned encourage hmong our patients. an ankle and his pelvis in aby Dr L'Etang as having "failed Both they, and the community,
sports- would gain." road accident in 1910-and lived to defeat international
In my own uncouth and un to lick the world. He retired men."
He concludes: "Their achieve-clinical language, I'd say they Hart, currentment... is the outcome of a had guts. Women's Singles at Wimbledon, personal outlook on their hand. wor crippled as a child.
fost
Monday.
Doris
favourite for the
Colin Cowdrey, born to bats-
Samtent, the hearts of
followers, bul
Ed
wh the
arrived
In
to
of
gamo
has the kind of feet that find no favour with RAF doctors. Furral, whom I saw American Open Golf Champion-
last ship
year, Britain few days
A show
113 the kind played by a man with a wasted a boy- left arm-the result, of hood accident. He competes in and our Open at St Andrews, will take his first look at Eng- A fairways nt Fulwell, Middlesex, on Sunday,
now
HARD-NUT TYPES
The British Isles rugby fifteen, playing International matches in South Africa. have with them in Old Merchant half named Taylor stand-off
ploys Douglas Baker-who contact lenses.
types,
-London Express Service)
Nothing Will Stop Hoad And Wife From Next
Year's Wimbledon
Darwin, July 11.
Australian tennis star Lew Hoad and his wife are planning a return visit to Wimbledon and other. European Tennis Championships next year despite any opposition that might be put in their way by the Lawn Tennis As90- į ciation of Austrajja.
So said young bride Jennifer Hoad when she arrived here tonight from London by plane.
Home un- in Aus-
There has been in favourable comment
tralian tennis circles over thie These hard-nut
Hoad to con-time chosen by Lew temporary instances of sports- take himself a wife that was this year's big men and sportswomen who have on the eve of
Championship grade in Wimbledon tourney for the top the face of physical disadvant-prize in international lawn age, lend topicality to recent tennis.
in this feld, by researches H. J. C. J. L'Elong. BM. DIH, and
related by him in The Practitioner.
made
Jennifer Bald her husband would not turn professional for at least another year because "he wants to win the Wim- bledon and 1 want him to win, i 100."
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Tokyo Awarded World Table Tennis Tourney
Cardiff, July 11. The World Table Tennis
for Championships
1958 will be held in Tokyo from ax- April 2 to 11, I wan nounced here today by Mr Roy Evans, General Secre tary of the. International Table Tennis Federation. Reuter.
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SUMMER LEAGUE SOFTBALL
There are thrée Summer Softball League games sche- duled for this week.
The
best one.will be the clash | bêtween Pandas, three times
winners of A. S. Watson's
Trophy, and the newly form- ed South China Aces which
BAY GOLF should take place at 6.p.m.
today at King's Park.
ENCOURAGEMENT Dr L'Etang gives บริ gory teading, but his 'exhibits" offer
had they fine encouragement to those who She explainedt. may consider themselves ex originally planned to keep their Flyweight
wedding cluded from sport because of eve-of-the-Wimbledon Kan Mo (Colony champion)
illness, Injury or physical sceret until the tournament was and Cpl. Ford (RAF).
over and then have a church Bantamweight
The First Round of the Hong-defects,
Bespectaclest cricketers are not wedding in Australia "for the Hudson (Army) and Fong Ki-kong Smallbore Pistol League
was fired off at the Hongkong uncommon, but how many of us sake of the parente." kong.
Featherweight
Gun Club, Kowloon, on Sunday, knew that the immortal Kanjit-
Well, I did not remain a with those "In this kind of race I prefer
Hilton (Army) Colony Cham-July 10, with six teams taking sinhj! carried on
and Lew Hoad, great the chilled French beer to Eng-faint glimmer of a thin, tight-
pion.
part. The scores returned were heavenly leg, glides after losing secret,
the sight of an eye in a shoot-player as he is, still has to win below average as most contes- ish me," he added.
lipped smile as he did it
the Wimbledon. wherupon
non Fleck holed his, too.
Henry Wong (Colony cham-tants have fold off practice for Ing accident?
time. Shooting
Boxing's Sam Langford, the And, on the oth, he holed a plon) and Jones (Army).
America's Budge Patty bent- 20-footer for t 3, and, on the
menced punctually at 2.15 p.rh. Boston Tar Baby, lost the use 10th, 3 13-footer for another, and
the of his left eye in 1917-but him somewhat easily this year Carey (Army) Colony cham-It rained heavily during
but fortu thought so little of it that he in the quarter-finals in straight there he
whole afternoon was, three ahead of plon and Legerton (Army),
nately, the Club's Ranges had fought more than 60 battles in sets. France-Presse.
The folthe next six years. Harry Greb, covered firing points.
smartest middle lowing are the results of the possibly the
of all time, was similarly weight competition:
handicapped
One. eye, No eyes. Robert Allman,
of pre-war captain Pennsylvania University's H.K Gun Club:-H. Orpen-wrestling team, Wis totally Smelle 173, W. Glies
174, blind. So was Jack Twersky, Mabel Wong 139, Wong Bor 120 wrestling champlon ot Now
ore results York. Don Morgan, blinded by
a Comell matches played in the first roundwover, has hung up his gloves reworks, stroked
Sharp of the Deco Water Bay mixed crew. Sightless John performed similarly at Reading Foursomes competitions*~-~- University.
Mr and Mrs J. B. Kile received
They are quite strong in bat- H.K.P.R."A":-K. C. Hoo
a walk over from Major and. Mrating and will keep the South C. D. Elrick, HOME RUN
China folders running. On their Limbs just do not secti to
J. K. Holloway and Mins K. roster are Kenneth Chun, Y, S. 104, S. W. Lec 150, Wm. K. Y. boxers on Thursday 14. Official Eu 149, F. C. Ko 145; Total 608.
R.H.K.D.F. "A" A. Noronha matter. Dr L'Etang reminds us Douglas received walk-over from Liang. Denla Ng, Harold Ong. days for training will be Tues-
Shen, Edward Tao, that Hank Red, the one-armed | Mr and Mrs yon der Touw.**** days and Thursdays at the Mis-156. T. Buckley 188, R. Reme Austrian Lawn Tennis player, to Mr and Mrs A. D. Bury-2/1
Mr and Mrs E. M. Wisoley fest Johnson
Robert Tao, Raymond Tsao, dios 136, F. E. Qush_132; Total
is probably still remembered by Bir and Mrs P. A. Laroche lost Willian Woo, Gary Yen and The ABA hope to send a fun 563.
the older generations
at to Mr and Mrs. C. B. Black Philip Hsu. ten man team. опе boxer in H.K.P.-Wong Kwok Fal: 157, Wimbledon. Pete Gray,
South China Aces have shown Mrs K. N. lost cach weight division, and the Chan Cher Chol 184, Aziz All-American baseball player, wastor and Mrs. W. Brooks- their strength in walloping the
naj selection by a specially
Mr and Mrs N. & Brown treat Flipinos in the opening match elected Sub-Committee compri- med 137, Chan Pat Sheung 130: also short of an arm, but man-
well aged to hit a home run over a Me and Mrs J. C. Brown-/.
week. E. W. D.
Gora and Mrs W. Tony Mar Total 578, bing SMI Phillips,
Banbalanced in all departments and. HK.P.R."B":-5. K. Shlu 20-feet fence some 330 feet from
Bowden Jones o to tinez and Bill MacDonald, will
hold a slight edge over their take place on or about August 153, Ramon Young 145, KL the home plate,
Is it really necessary to have dolph and Mrs R. D. Naale-2
Mr and Mrs H. W. E. Heath loss Yu 138, K. C. Wong 135; Total
tough opponents. 11.
two good legs? Middlesex bats to Mr and Mrs D. L. Anderson
6/4. man Harry Lee, Bournemouth
II. T. Susa and Mrs T. X. Scotland League Table
boxer Harry Legge.
Lien beat 11. D. Bidwell and Mrs full-back Tommy rugby
Gray, | M. McCarthy—7/0, BW LDAS. P. American miler Glen Canning- ham-coch had one leg and a “awingor."
of Cambridge und Bob Mait-epparently land, of Birmingham.
..
Alt but Joard managed to joln up with the main pack before the end of the stage.
After the lap the Brilish boys, said they
felt in good shape and were ready to at- tack tomorrow's 122-mile stage National League manager Leo to Zurich, Switzerland, Durocher of the New York | France-Picase. Chants followed pre-game pre- dielions and chose the Philadel phin righthander over Brooklyn's nearly unbeatable Don New- combe,
American
league
Al Lopez of Cleveland
the
experts slightly by over- looking his own early
Wynn
and ning Pleree. He picked
the
little Chicago White Sox
Jefthander to start against
with
Primo Carnera
To Wrestle
In Japan
0
National League lineup loaded
h lefthanded hitters.
said he would follow Lopez Pierce with Wynn. Pierce, who has a 5-6 record this year With the White Sox. started the 1953 All-Star game
ut Clicinnati and gave up no runs and only one hit in three inn- ings.-United Press,
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unmoved in expression and in mind, Fleck hit his ball 270 yards down the middle, tossed an iron up to the green, and finished with a par
00.
4 for a 99.
To round off a perfect story. Hogan ought to have had a putt to the. but the fish, alas, was anticlimax.
Light Heavyweight Travers (Army).
Heavyweight
Postle (Army). CPO Jimmy Herrett
and Sgt
Tye have been appointed official trainars by the ABA and will
his foot slipped, he said-look
lle hopked into the rough-start work with the selected 18 a mighty hack nt the almost Invisible ball and moved it a foot, took another and moved it nyord, and at, last holed a 30- footer for a 6.
In the meantime Mrs Fleck kat by the radio compiling
list
sions to Seamen,
Total 815.
Rosario R.H.K.D.F."B"-E. 128, Pat, George 119, A. Mooney 68, E. Y. Mao 76; Total 403.
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of all the things frem buying which her husband had fobbed her off with "Walt till I win the National Open," and Hogan was declaring to the multitude that Regarding the proposed visit 571.
the All American never in his life would he train of
Boxing or try so hard again.
team, a letter will be sent to Tokyo, July 11.
"From now on," he was say- Mr Daniel Ferris, Secertary of Four foreign professional
American Athletle Unton, KPR "A" wrestlers arrived in Japan bying, "I'm a week-end golfer. I the air today from the United States, want to be around the fellows Inviting the team to visit Hong-KPR
The four, Primo Carnera. Bud and around golf. I want to play kong, but suggesting alternative HKPR "B*** terms. Should Hongkong's terms RHKDF "A" Curtis,
Jesus Ortega and Hardy just for the pleasure of
RHKDY "B" He will find It; I can assure be accepted, the American team Druskamp, will meet Japanese
him, a novel and most interest- is likely to arrive in the Colotty wrestlers here late this week,
Ing pastime.
in late autuma. They will also take part in matches in Nagoya, Central Japan, nel Osaka, Western Japan-Chin Mall Special.
ASCOT STAKES Probable Runners And Jockeys
Willie Toweel To Meet Cohen
In September
025 2
6:08 678
HANDICAP
Following
an 4/3.
war-time
of
Pandas' ace hurier Jockie Well
since the end of last season. So they have difficulty in finding o good substitute.
Las
They
arc
The team consists of W. K. Wong (p), S. C. Wong (c), C. M. Teng (1b), WK. Kam Y. K Chan (3b), K.-T.
L.
and. K.
Dr G. Cho and Miss M, Hare (25); _^ *£#G)+
c. Poon (11), P. C. Wordbys are .. Jost to Mr and Mrs R. McAdam-Loung Chan Richard
riott beat Mr and Mrs D. S. Rabh Loung **1 p.
A. A Lopes and Mrs Y. R. Leitch
It. Firkins and Misa G. Swallow
Wong
Chan Y
Geoffrey Winthrop Young lost down.
Mr and Mrs 8. Dodwell lost Robert Low, H. K: Chu and war--and a leg in the 1914-18
Mr C. F., to . M. 8. Lloyd and Goldman-4/2. 50 Metre Free Pistol Halfcilmbed the Matterhorn.
'n Wednesday, July 18,
the Course (Individual): K. C. Hoo,
Rugby-player and 243 pts. W. K. Y. Eu, 239 pts, RAF ace Douglas Bader lout both legs and achieved a golf handicap of four.
H. Orpen-Smellie, 230 pts, Wm. Gillies, 227 pts,
the
INSOLE NOT · AVAILABLE FOR PAKISTAN TOUR Ronge on Sunday, August 14,
London, July 11.
D. J. Insole, the 28-year-old Essex captain, salf today that The would not be available for the MCC's tour of Pakistan this winter.
Insole, the Arst to score 1,000 runs in
Arst class cricket in
The next Round of League will be held at the same
commencing at 2 p.m.
ROYAL ASCOT
BROADCAST
Ruptured intervertebral discs, diabetes, valvular lesions of the heart, aortic disease, enlarged
SPARTAK BEATS ITALY 3-0
hard
beat WC. Falconer and Miss M. rookke Filipinos will meet the veteran Jaguars and a lop, Reyjo-4/3
Mr and Mrs C. H. Liang lost to
2015-2
On
A. V. White and Adin D. Walkin-sided game is expected.
Thursday, July 14, the Mr and Mrs 3. D. Clagus lost to strong U.S. Navy will cross Me and Mra C. J. B. Leader-2/1.
The second round is due to be bats with South China Bers. The latter are junior players completed by Thursday, ktet July.
from Caroline Hill together with. Week-end Competition Mr M. O'Kelly, with a relum of several good hitters from the Re down was the winner of Lynxes. Though they have Im- monthly Bogey competition played proved a lot during the past over the Royal Hongkong Golf Club,
THE PROGRAMME Tuesday, July 12 Pandas vs. South China “A”**
Wednesday, July 13-Filipino
Old Course at Fanling, during the season, they will not be able to London, July 12.
week-end. K. A. Perkins and J. compete with the more ex- Johannesburg, July 11. Probable runners and jockeys
South Atrien's Vic Toweel,
Moscow, July 11. B. Marmillan being foint runsere perienced sailors an equal terms. for the £3,300 Ascot Stakes to
former World Boxing Champion,
fighting Moscow up with two down against Boge
win in third and A. Sutcliffe be run over 21⁄2 miles at 1445 will come out of retirement to GMT at Ascot today are:
A commentary on the run- Spartak soccer team. deleated place with three down.
Handicap Revision Darwin (W.H. Carr), Prc- train his young brother, Wille, England this summer, said he ning of the Royal Hunt Cup at Millan's Italian Champions 8-0
for Wille's, World Bantamweight had been approached about the Ancot will be relayed from the before à frenzied sell-out crowd Recent handleap revisions are as scription (W. Rickuby), Little
ulle match against holder Robert possibility of making the tour BBC Cloud (
by Radio Hongkong to of 80,000 pretty In Moscow's Romany Afr (D.
Corydalis
(Cohen of France on Sepiem- but had declined because of morrow from 11,35 to 11.55 Dynamo Stadium,
Spartak lod 2-0 at half time, Romney
Mall p.m. The commentator will be Forle),
(J. Legend
business rosson-China
Raymond Glendinning. Special.
Associated Press. Terry), Crossmount (R. Reader), Bunker II (D. Keith), Wilmer
SmitColt!!
ber 3.
Cohen is due here tonight. Vic Towoci used to bo
(C. Gaston), Manas (L. Parkes) renowned for the accuracy and and Palace Guard (H. Carson), speed of his blows in t
China Mall Special.
Oghting-Franco-Prosse.
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The First Division Lawn Bowls League standings appeared Incorrectly yesterday owing to some confusion as to who won the Recreto Whites v. Blues match on Saturday. The Blues wen on aggregate and one rink, the score on two rinks being tied.
The corrected standings are:
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