OPEN RINKS
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JULY 23, 1950.
LUZ BROTHERS' DEFEAT WAS YESTERDAY'S BIGGEST UPSET
By "TOUCHER”
Two reputed combinations, one from Recreio and one from Kowloon Cricket Club, were eliminated yesterday as the second round of the Colony Open Rinks Lawn Bowls Championships got under way.
Heavy rain during the early part of the day and the previous night left only the two-weather-proof greens of Kowloon Bowling Green Club and Taikoo available for play.
In the seven matches played length from the very start and out of the scheduled 10, the big-sulled to a 6-0 lead on the first Rest upset was the defeat of the three ends, Luz brothers by their clubmakes,
to
After missing with his first drive, Omar crashed into the an in-cluster with his last wood and
wood, and got on right up the jack.
As the KCC frontmen began
A. A. Guiteres, C. F. Renicos, to find their weight,
Lake
A
From then on the KCC four От seemed to fall to pleces the next head All rested an count opposing first-shot for of three. This stayed as Baker went narrow and Hong Sling fell short with both woods,
F. X. M. Sliva and L. F. terasting tussie ensued between shifted the jack backwards and Xavier by the score of 17-20. the two skips, Omar and Hong to the right for a count of four.
Although the three younger Luz Sung on the next few heads, very both executing some brothers have not been playing ns well as they have in previous brillant shots. The KCC four years, it was thought thot with held on to 6-10 on the 10th head. Ravul Luz as skip they would
On the 11th head, Sequeira still be capable of going for in
and Gaffney gave their skip a the Chumpionship.
lie of four. Asked to draw Better drawing by Sequeira The old timers combination
preferred heavy and Gaffney enabled the KCC close, All Gutters, C. F. Remedios,
drive to
the jack and four to pick up two twos on the Silva "Spuggy"
and L. falled in both his attempts. way to remain within striking Xavier, however, showed that
to get into the distance at 10-20 on the 18th Omar fatlod there
was
little wanting of count after a good blocking- head.
vital the
19th head, them in experience and match counter by Hong Sling tacties, and they will bt a com-the KCC four with a count of Sequeira fald the first shot a
foot in front of the jack. bination to be reckoned with, Ave.
played through the shotwood At Taikoo, a fine battle was
and shifted the jack slightly to between the IRC four of J. Hoosen, A. K. Minu, I. All und A. M. Omar and the KCC four of D. Sequeira, W. Gaffney, T. E. Baker
W. Hong and Sling.
HANDSOME DIVIDENDS The more uggressive play of the Indians on the heavy green puld handsome dividends and factor in their was the major convincing 20-10 win,
and left
On
Ali
From 10-10, the KCC tour forged ahead to 12-10 with one side to register a count of
next head to brace on the result of two good woods by Baker trailed Tommy Baker.
count of three the Juck for a
fourth. and added
Hong Silng put in a fifth shot, but a heavy drive by Omur took out two of the shot woods. With is laat wood Omar rested the third shot to concede only two.
a
TURNING POINT
In contrast, the KCC four
in suffered conspicuously from The turning paint came Umid play
at and attempts the 12th heauf, when the KCC perfectly-drawn
on shots
front-men gave their skip a lie they did cuifficult and irresponsive green, of three. Although Woctully short Woods were not get near the jack, the IRC always thut were Only Bill frontmen result, often the Gaffney provided any sort of yard or two. through with their match to the Indians' aggressive } woods, shols,
counter, Hong Sling Hovelling on the heavy, green, the IRC frontmen found their shade "heavy with
one, He added a second shot and Omar made it three as both Baker and Hong Sling failed to get near.
With the game practically Indians added three over, the
shots un the last two more heads to emerge victors by 26- 10.
Was
n
the
his second
MILD SURPRISE
LEG STUMP
GOES
Tyson, the English faså bowler, shátters the leg stump of Winslow of South Afries in the third Test Match at Old Trafford. The visitors won the match by three wickets with five minutes to spare-Central
Press Photo.
Mediterranean Games Won
France
By
Barcelona, July 24.
France tonight won the Second Mediterranean Games when a brilliant performance of track and field entries put the French team out of reach of any other competing team from nine nations.
TOUR DE FRANCE
Entire Pack Of 72 Riders In Breakneck Speed To Finish In The Same Time
Toulouse, July 24.
The entire pack of 72 riders in the 16th stage of the Tour De France. cycle marathon, from the downhill run from Ax Les Thermes, hit up the scorching speed of 26 miles (41 kilometres) an hour over the 77 miles (123. kilometres) for them to finish in the same time of 2 hours, 57 minutes and 9 seconds.
Van Steenbergen of Belgium: had one minute knocked off his own time as the winner and his team time as ä bonus, and Benedetti and the Italian team had a 30 seconds reduction.
win the
FAULTLESS RWE
4. 'J. Brankart (Belgium) 95
bre, 10 mins, 20 seca,
9. R. Geminiani (France) 95 hrs, 12 mins, à secs,
TEAM STANDNGS
Overall Team classification: 1. France 282 hrs, 47 mins, 8
2. Italy, 283 hrs, 32 mins,
Overall times were unchanged.) Benedetti and Spain's Miguel Į Placings were changed after Poblet. Jean Dotto (France)" suffering from maddle sores, and Gilbert Brian Robinson of Hudders- and Tony Hoor of Ems- Scodeller (Northeast France) had held abandoned the race.
worth, Hanta, actled into this Caultless Hoar, who always finishes as city of violets ofter fresh as a daisy despite his monotonous Ionely ride, joked: side over 77 miles at the break- "If the tour went or another two neck speed of 20 miles an hour, secs.
"No punctures, no falls, just months, I could eadly move, up three hours of riding, that's 30 ste into first position and
I like it," said 3. Belgium, 284 hrs, 34 inins, Tour:
It's just n matter of just the way
Hoar, who has now cirned the 16 secs [time,"
4. Holland, 285 hrv, 10 mins, feeble Independent repulation of the joker in the breakaways today werS short pack. He is always inst but is 54 secs.
6. Northeast Central Franco Bernard Gauthier always there,
280 hrs, 31 mins, 25 secs---- (France) and Agostino Coletto
At Ax Les Thermos, an en-France-Presse. to got away
a ten Italy)
Continental photo- thusiastle seond lead at Foix after
and miles (42 kilometres) but the grapher taked Robinson
to keep together in fa- pack soon caught up with them Hoar and the "chain gang" stuck to-day's stage so he could get the gether until the final run into British team on one photo. the Toulouse Stadium.
Some
Hvo
Van Steenbergen spurted out to get his wheel over the finish ing line in front of Italy's Gina
American Wins
The Lisbon Grand Prix
On an adjacent rink, the combined Ornigengower-Filipine Club four of L. M. Neves, R.
Lisbon, July 24, Basa, F. Lee and W. Howard, spranga mild surprise when
Masten Gregory (United With one more day to go in the ten-day Mediterranean they scored a decisive 21-12 win
more than 60 States), in a Ferrari, won over the KBGC four of F.
Lisbon Grand Prix Howarth, L. F. Cosgrove, M. E. Games sports carnival, the French were Purvis and A. Harvey,
points ahead of the runners-up, Italy. This meant that the
race by a frac- Highlight of the match was France cannot lose the Games even if they fail to place sports car Trying to draw in a blocking
tion of a second here today. excellent bowling furnished in all events on tomorrow's card-riding and shooting.
Leading placings were by the winning lead, Lionel
1. M. Gregory (USA), Ferrari, Neves, the youngest competitor French athletes set the pace French and Egyptian marka- in the whole Championship. Time in a record-breaking track and men stood out in the. Small three litre, 56 laps, 2 hours 14 and again the young bowlerfeld Nesta at
the sunbaked Bare Prone Shooling contest. minutes 35.31 seconds, average there within one foot of the Montjuich stadium. In every with the boxing and winningspeed 133.39 ilometres per hour
and Bald Anal the annis still ahead, term stand- (82.88 miles per hour). jack invariably with both woods single track
de 2. Baron
Graffenried Games With Lee and Howard, putting Mediterranean
records ings on
a five-three-one points
Swizerland). Maserati, three In the finishing touchts when were broken.
for ist, second, third place, re, 55 lope, two hours 14 French required, the winners were al-
athletes were in the basis were:
133.38 minutes 35,78 seconds, with first line ways a little ahead on most vi
veteran Alain
kph (82.87 mph). the heads.
Mimoun running a blistering 10,000 Metres in 30 mins 23 secs and Guy Cury sprinting home
Britain's New Davis Cup Team Can Ultimately Achieve Greater Honour
London, July 24.
The experiment by Britain's Lawn Tennis selectors in choosing a young inexperienced team to play the Italians in the Davis Cup was a marked
success,
was
Playing quietly, confidently and officiently, the Hecreio combination of George Gut teres, and the three Naronla brothers, George, Henry and
Jackie, steamed their way with machine-like smoothness to 25-12 win over
a
the Craigen- gower four of Peter Manson, J. and Kelleher, A. M. L. Soares
W
The result-Britain lost 5-0--was a poor one on face
Brian Douglass, W. value but the risk the selectors took in playing the four McHardy, J. Baxter and R. B. youngsters-average age under 20-against probably the Marshall led J, W. Lee, K. world's third tennis power, was completely justified.
Nazarin, I. Kitchell and A. M.
Cup.
will make Knight and Becker Their policy in picking these fight hard for their places in four players and dropping those the singles matches of the gallant old hands, Tony Mottram future. and Geoffroy Paish, is clear.
Rumjahn all the way until 14-0
perienced some
and 고
in 53.4 secs in the 400 Metres Low Hurdles final.
In the javelin France's Michel Macquet not only set a Medi- terranean Games record but
1. France, 205-1/3:
2. Italy, 2224.
3.
Egypt, 112-1/3.
4. Spain, 85-5/6.
5. Turkey 52.
4. Greece 29.
7. Lebanon 12.
8. Malta, Monaco and Syrlo,
also racked up one of the best ail all.-United Press. marks ever by a Frenchman
when he hit the 69-Metre mark
on the nail. The French also won the 4 x 400
Metres Relay
in a fast 3 mins 12.8 secs.
The
vic
Metres Relay, the Pole Vault
and the 800 Metres run.
In the relay the favoured
PLAQUE TO
UNVEILED
3. G. Sales (Spain), Ferrari, three re, 55 laps, two hours 15 minutes 26.57 seconds, 132,35 kph (82.36 mph)-China Mail Special.
ADRIATIO. KALLY
the
Hoar cracked back: "You
better start taking your photo- graph the moment we start."
County Cricket Standings
And Averages
But Hoar was at the side of the Continental aces when they
London, July 23. Jarrived here to fool the French,
In Positions the press and his opponents once
the English County Cricket Championship again.
up to and including matches With a touch of a Yorkshire-which ended July 22 are:
Let Ens
nan's down to-earth seriousness, Robinson suid: “We get down: to business tomorrow"
as he Surrey
Yorkshire pondered over a mop tracing Sussex out the next two stages over the Middlemen towering Pyrenees mountains. INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS
Overall individual
tion.
Lancashire, S Warwickshire
·P W L D Lead Pla
1111
|
Hampshire, - 110 matches,
classifica-
points from 10
Derbyshire 98 points from 18 matches.
Leicesterwire to polote from 18
1. A Rolland, (France) 84 hrs, 59 mins, 42 seconds.
2. L Bobet (France) 95 hrs, 4 mins, 35 secs.
3. P. Formarn (Italy) 98. hrs, 6 mins.
DAVIS CUP_
Australia Beats
Brazil 4.1
matches.
Gloucestershire 4 points from 10
matches,
Nottinghamshire 72 points from 18
00.
matched.
Kent 7 points from 19 matches. Essex. 54 points from 17 matches. Somerset
points
17 from matches.
Northamptonshire 60 points from 18 matches.
19
alamorgan -matches.-
points from Worcestershire 40 points from Jé
TACOHER
The Sussex "figures include six points for a mate's tied and two points for a tie on first innings in
match lost.
4
BATTING AVERAGES ' The loading dozen players in the |Halting averages araj
NOR HI Ave.
D. McGlew
P. May... H. Bollery D. Compton
F. McLean
Insole
W. Watson....
**Not out.
BOWLING
JÚ 2 969 118 00.41 27 x 1289 11253.70 331492 150 48.12 20 X 897 158 47.21 23941 161 44.80 3641300 329 42.00 21081 170 41.07. 38 5 1430 331 40,20 30 4 1067 337 40.65- 27.3 30 1613813 37 4 2285 178* 28.05 37 10 1018 183 37.70
AVERAGES
Leading dosen in bowling average O. M.
Wardle
185 1108 05 13.01 ..8044 507 1005 120 1Ť:
Len Hutton, Maurice Leyland. / was over a route of 1,402 kilo- ! winning 3-0 lead. Bob. Falken P. Leader... $19 121 900 og 14.18
Reuter.
Reutter.
Louisville, Kentucky.
July 24. Ronald Moreiro, 18-year-old Brazilian reserve, provided major upset of farm today when he defeated Australian ace, Lew Belgrade, July 24. Hoad, in straight sets on the West German riders took the third day of the Australia C. Washbrook drat nine places in the four Brazil American Zone semi-M. Tompkin
K. Grieves ... W. Sutcliffe day Adriatic Motor Rally which final Davis Cup tie here.
Moreiro, putting sting in Park finished at Opatija, on northern Adriatic, today.
his two-handed shots, dominated The winner in the overall the match to win 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. tories came in the four by THOMAS LORD was Werner Engel, in Hond appeared lackadaisical in
Mercedes, 3.005. He Incurred the heat.
But the restit could not no penalty marks.
of 42 compett- affect the outcome of the tie as J. Statham 46.5 130 340 72 1 Twenty-two Roger Becker, Bob Wilson, thened his game and he has an on the 11th head. They ex-French team dropped out when
tors completed the rally, which Australa had already built up a R. Appleyard 55 Billy Knight and Michael Davies | caster action with his service.
Thirsk, Yorkshire, July 24. anxious It spilled the baton on the first
bag, Brazilian Davis Cup cap- P. Sanabury 003 200 3003 TỶ 1 Tose to the occasion and their | Michael Davies, another moments on the next three
changeover, thus giving away
Sutclife
metres (008.44 miles). and other spirited performances indicated 19-year-old, is the first Welsh-heads when their opponents the victory to the Italians. The Herbert
The rally included special tain, had received permission GA Lock 322.3 317 1600 100 14.03 from Australian manager Harry F. Tins 639.5 291 1833 193 24.08 that they may be good enoughman ever
today
D. Shackleton 705.31 300 3301, JALTA. to represent Britain rattled off three successive twos Italian quartet clocked 41 cricket personalities
tests for mountain driving. in three or tour years to win in the Davis Cup, and is also to draw level at 14-14.
seconds for Д new Medier- attended the unveiling here of
of Jose A. Guero,
Cannings 638.4.1/75 1060 3 10.73 the European zone for Britain, potentially the first great player.
rancan Games record, challenge for the Davis that Two countsugi put
plaque commemorating the birth precision driving, and accelernen to play Moreiro instead smitt 0.5 315 10 20 2455 Ken Rosewall beat Falken-C Gladwin 14.10 35.94 200. years ago of tion and braking. at Thirsk
Hotlles however,
Max Nathan, in a Porsche, burg 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 in the other
Best of the South African bowlers them back well into the lead
TURK WINS 809
Thomas Lord, founder of Lord's
and Georg Melor, driving a Sides match to give Australia 18: 1). Tayfield 0073 200 190, 73 17.83 -The again, from which
metric Half Mile was cricket ground, they never
BMW 502, were second and the de by four matches to one. lociced back until the final scor
dominated from the start to end by one of 20-17 was reachedt.
Lord Cobham, President of third-China Mini Special. of Turkey's promising One extremely Interesting guard of young middle-distance the MCC unveiling the plague, Twenty-year-old Bob Wilson | Teatro
postponed Singles match was
runners Ekrem Kocak, who said: "Many people think at played off.
clocked one min 60 socs. The the present time cricket is in INTERNATIONAL TENNIS This SOW one of the USRC's N.
Pale Heaton,
Vault
was the afternoon's need of a new infusion of blood. "
event as the They think that posibly legis most former
Cham- queror
gruening
had to sweat it out lation should be introduced to competitors pion C. C. Pereira, edging out
for n
half make it
more attractive full three and s IRC's promising bowler Sherry
before Italy's Bucks by 21-20 after 20 heads. Chless made the winning vault
Giulio spectacle." hours
Lord Cobham said the MCC of 4.20 metros.
The track and field events were loath to alter the rules overshadowed everything else on and added: "No rules can cool today's card but for the partisan the fierce heat which plays to Erlangen, Germany, July 24. Spanish crowd
the biggest day upon the Test cricketers
Jaroslav Drobny of Egypt. moment seemed to be Spain's 61 nor quieter the voices which brushed off Australia's Jack to 55 victory over Egypt at describe in detall every bail Arkinstall 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 to win basketball. This gave the Spani-bowled, every stroke made and the Men's Singles tile of the ards the Games basketball title. every ball felded or mlafielded International, Tennis, fournament
Seven thousand excited fans
here. I believe that in timerkkinstall ister "But who
Jammed
Municipal the Sports Palace in sweltering heat our Test players will get used with his fellow countryman behaved as if at a bullfight to the spotlights some have Howe to win the Men's Doubles
Philadelphia, July, 24. 80 already and will -7, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 over Drobny when their team came from be done
Tony
Trabort swarmed hind to pile up a
winning mar realise that the best cricket and Hugh Stewart of the United over his U.B. Davis Cup team- gin over the Egyptians.
The Riso the most brilliant, that
Cerusany's Eriks Water wormate Vie Seixas to win the 38th crowds falled, whistled, waved tops, play is the core of bets. their handkerchiefe and shower-manship and that the spirit the Women's Singles by maylvania Lawn Tennis F.L. Rodrigues, J.A. Tibble, M.T. Nunes and I.A. Ribeiro (FC) lost cd the players with flowers, has governs the game rather than defeating Miss Beather: Brewer Mone Singles Championship in Bakor, R. Trail and 1. Ruddles
---China Mall Special. (USRC) 10-317
Britain needs a four-man team
for the future; two to play the is 'one of our most promising four singles matches and two to players but also
form a doubles team.
The Lawn
tion's decision,
and Wilson
the
of
Colt con-
most erratic, tending very much Tennis Associato
to be a right-handed version send Becker Bill Knight. to
He is the only to the United Cup player who has not been States
to compete in the
on a winter tour to Australia Singles
Doubles
Cand probably the player who
In a game of fluctuating fortunes and
and form, Heaton was well in plonships next month, is an- would derive the most benefit other step in their plan to give from one. He is not physically
the lead in the first part of the class
to the most as strong as his team mates but game. He was 10-3 up on the experience
7th head. promising of Britain's players. has, perhaps,
greatest Joh Barrett, the former potential.
The IRC bowler gradually. Cambridge University captoln, Champions create themselves overhauled his opponent at will also compete in the Cham- but teams have to be built. This 10-15 on the 21st head and pionships.
new British Davis Cup team can collected a three and a singlo BIGGEST
achlove ultimately
greater on the next two heads to lead honour for this country than by 20-15. Nineteen-year-old Billy
In a dramatic finish, Heaton Knight, at present serving in can any individual China Mali
Special.
scored three successive twos to clinch the match by 21-20.
THE RESULTS
Open Finks
SHOCK
the RAF with cup colleague Michael Davics, caused the biggest shock of the match the Italians when he Pletrangell, took Nicola
with
who
was in the last eight at Wimble-
American After
Drobny Beats Arkinstall. In Singles Final
Montreal, July 24. Canada made a clean sweep of their tie with`` West Indies in the American Zone semi-final of the Davis Cup winning all Ave matches.
Sports Diary
TODAY:
Footbal
Annual Meeting of the Hongkong Association. Commanding Don Football
In today's Singles, Fontane bent Peter Phillips 0-0, at # p.m. at HKFC, 6-3, 6-3, and Lorne Main best Ian McDonald 6-2, 7-5, 2-6, 6-4.
Canada will meet Australia in the Zone Final here next FT dayReuter
TRABERT WINS
don, to five sets. In fact, Knight Campbell's Water Botherton Hart, and paper balls at the game's the technique, however, sound of Bermuda, 6-2, 6-ostered straight 90, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3-
nearly beat him in three gets,
If Knight can be taken in
hand and taught how to curb
his natural inclinations to get
the
matches
Speed Record
over and done „Las Vegas, Novada, July 24.
Ray Crawford
A.M. da Lut, F.Q. da Lust,. J.A. da Luz and R.. da Luz (Red) Jost to A.A. Guttares, C... Berne dos, X.M. Bilva and L..", Xavier.
17-20.
said Lopez and Cat Holet (CCC) brai
JJK, Gutterres, A.M., Sigma, Mar
(Red)
with in three nota, then it is The California speedbout (B) 17or 1.G. Lowrie, AV, he, and not Roger Becker, who racer, may be our future top player. yesterday that he would change ques and C. · Boza-Pereira
Knight goes "flat out" from the contra of græcity ces him 4,000 20-10 the atart of his matches and horsepower Zephyr Fury before. Pervine 5.2. Bouls, C usually takes the lend; but he trying to break any record with Pereira, CE. Famos (Rea) bent C sa tohausts himself that he it, wills too soun and is OVOTTUN,
Xavier, A, Corino, CA. Coalho land XB, Bilva.(FC) 28-197
•L.M. Navan, R. Bam, 79 Lee, W. 3. Howard (CCC) 31 bans
In 'trial runs, the powerful Good conching end experience boat failed to ride the water Warth,
satisfactorily.
will teach him to mix his show,
save his energy and make the Crawford said. Thin wan
·
· Eupreme effort when it is re-matice: of weight distributions, quired.
Ho hopes to correct the defect.
Roger Backer, by compart When the modillondon work son with his team mates, is a is completed, Crawford intende cup veteran and is now entitled to try to break the 202,32. t to the position of Britain's No 1. record w
Becker's tour of Australia Campbeste by Dom
and the United States That turbook
England in the
wirrben han maturea' shd:string" | China: Mat kouz
end,
THE GAMBOLS
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TOMORROW
Man's "D" Division: KTOCA (1) PRC KCC (2) RC; CSRC (2)
KTGCA (2) PORC CRC (3) TRC v CCC; CRC (3) V ORD (1)
CCRC (1) KCO (1) Y
Meriing Annual Meeting Football' Referees Association NSAFI club at a p.m.
Lawn Bowin Opm Pairs Championship matcher Let fic, HKFC, KDC, Becjelo, CCC, "Talkoo; KBGC, KA
WEDNESDAY
Lawn Bowls
Open Binene mutañes at KDC,
Taikoo
UGG, Recrylo
Hongkong Hockey Club Meeting
at the Hongkong Cricket Clus `8.35 p.m.
Try
Money
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