Japan's Team Captain Predicts U.S. To Retain Davis Cup
Glen Cove, New York, July 31. Takechi Harada, captain of the Japanese Davis Cup team which faces Australia here this week, predicted the United States would retain the Davis Cup.
"There is not much difference between the Ameri. cans and the Australians,” the Japanese star of the twenties said, "but the Americans are playing at home- and that is a big difference.
"Also, they have Tony Trabert,”
Harusia said he fell cvrtala Trabert, if able to work out the presret kink in his sha shelter. should buble to win both his
mutehus.
Crabert is the best in the world right now," htadelel He hits deep and he hits a beavy 111.
return."
or his own who back in
Rive mingles
hard
1:1
fram, Burla, PRE WOR
Sureces- fruit 21 f
Rette La Coste and Hema Cochr and they were. "you; and iicxperienet. but eager
Fraser's
Breat
INTERNATIONAL TENNIS
Britain's Moitram Eliminated In Second Round
Hamburg, July 31 Principal rufts in the securial run of the Cosmin Ener Trend
Whirl
V
Tennis
Croatianand Toflow
{ht
Chatoploskvips today
Men's Singles:
R Haber levaminy a hen R Pery (09) 4-3, 2-4 6-1 $4
V Stonek (Steele sa
1. Vermiank
0-4, 6-3, 6-4
11 Steward AUS) beat : Balestra (Switzerland) 8-2. 6-小
£15.
A Segal (South Aftcai bent
A Huber (Austral
4-6, 6-2, 6-2
L
Ayolu
44201
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3-6
J
Bade hack (Gronmuya B-2, 6-2
M Fox US hept A tom Brila.nr 2-1, 6-2, 7-6, 4-3
Women's Singles
Mis E. Voilier (Germany) beat Mass I Pericoli
6-3, 6-1.
Miss J
Sul M M
Kertuina (France)
Caster (Austra
Ha 2-5, 0-4.
Miss F beat Mes it
6-2.
S.
Miss bout Mes 1.
6-4, 3-0, 6-2.
Miss H
Bazzarino (May) Tuisw (Germany)
Penrose (Australia)
sarit
"We would be happy to win
voint." one
"That he said. would be a moral victory
NO GRASS COURT The Japanese captain although Japan ham no curts. bolh la proteges 11
chapter! their games well the surface.
tu
Int
"Wo are used to clay Japan-or En Tout Cas (all- weather suface, an our boya love grase, they play well un
In their first Americ tournament this year, the in- vilation at Southampton during the
the Japanese past weeks
each 23 and just ares,
941 05 there. college, both acquitted
selves WCH,
Koei Komo, Who Jur n a tack ampate
| carinor bald-type
That frame, encrivel EAN
| Niray kuna, of Trenton, New Jersey, Ito the tout je
21
-
He won the Aryt set fish i At the hand in a les balle 7-5.
Then hes el las teammate,
Mayagi
the
startend Pobles Frond by beatout Kul Nielsen, af Beranak and flerbar Hills Cost- Flem of Hovely formada, 5-7, 1-2, 7-5
Created
it
trerie
The match controversy.
With the seose 1-4 in favour of Note and Pam in the third 25 Nietsen served what ap- pearest to be
on match
pant The ball kicked up dust, The end test out a loud groan whe
cailted the
buf
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of
14 the
..
then
it
right
the away But even then, I doubt if we pad get another man here in Time The stalebes are sche- duled for Friday, Saturday
hen; Ms A. Segher (Frones) Sundas,
6-4, 6-4 France-Presse.
Yunk.
at Glen Cove,
and
New
Levels The
Pat Smythe
Smythe Levels
Score With Palethorpe,
Her Greatest
Greatest Rival
the
Horsewoman Pat Smythe has levelled score with her greatest rival Dawn Palethorpe, new woman's Champion.
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1955..
SOUTH CHINA IN SYDNEY
In its first match in Sydney, at the Sports Ground on July 23, the Hong- kang Soccer team, South China, had a
runaway 11-1 win ever New South Wales. Most of the leading New South Wales stars were in Brisbane playing for Australia in the third Soccer Test match against the Austrian club team Rapid, As a result, New South Wales had to field a second-best XI against South China.
arc
The skill of the Chinese boys was so great that Sydney Soccer fans cagerly boking forward to another match between South China and a full- strength New South Wales side. During the match, the whole South China Inside-left Yiu Cheuk-yin scored four goals, inside-right forward line scored. flo Cheung-yau scored three, centre-forward Lee Yuk-tak two, and outside-right Szeto Man and outside-left Mok Chun-wah one each.
Here Szeto Man runs for the ball after the New South Wales goalie Centre-half Ko Po-kung is ready to back up falls over it an attempt to save. Szeto while a New South Wales back is ready to defend the goal-Australian
Official Photograph.
OLYMPIC NEWSLETTER
For
Seats Still Available
Overseas Visitors For
Olympic Opening Ceremonies
SPORTS DIARY
Pago 7
IT FELT LIKE COMPETING IN A 10,000 LITRES RACE -AND NOW A SEQUEL
By J. L. MANNING
Russia has confirmed that an athletic match between Britain and It will be the Soviet Union will take place in Moscow during September.
the first ever.
P
ዊኒ
avoided It could have been
ibe Chancellor had r ABOLISHED entertainment ng he did duty on all football, en cricket, instead of permitting EXEMPTION of amateur sports,
Good. I was among the very few present when the preliminary and informal overtures were made. British officials and I dined privately with Russian represen- tatives at their Olympic headquarters during the 1952 Games at Helsinki.
When i say "dined" I do, Wednesday and somehow lust celve you,
for which s was a five-hour his entrance badge banquet, served by evening- he had paid £10. dressed walters at the athletes Expecting to receive a dupli-
he cale high table,
when
arrived Caviare. a: 20s. aspoonful, Thursday his request was met,
"Sorry,
the from Black Sea sturgeon, fresh in effect, with: strawberries flown that day from rules regarding lost badges say
£10, Leningrad, salmon, steaks, wine another
or you've had
Football from the Caucasus, exquisite Royal Ascot for 1955,"
"shamateurism brandy
He paid, but it's a bit steep Club says from Georgia, and cigarettes called "Friend" | having to back yourself £10 has reached such fantastic pro- here portions that I can see nothing ew. to enter a kingdom which reminded me of V's.
to stop it." There was humour too, As on earth,
the our hosts ducked its under rich allks draping the doorway one of them såd “And now you
Wolse
must stop to conquer the Cur- tain."
By the time we had lopped than I felt The vodka Miele must Inve done in last Friday Week's Six Miles. But i did not drop out. stayed to natch hear the internationr! plans made. Now all is fixed,
GOOD FOR CRUM
Next to me sat the editor of He a Soviet sports magazine. asked me if the British athletes I had photographs of Churchill in
their Olympic camp.
I said "Ne." "Who then he inquired. "Of Jack Cramp," I replied. were nt school." "When you was the next question, “did you
Karl rend
Marx
ever
on
Capital
"No," Imid. "Only Adam Smith on the Wealth of Nations and H.M. Abrahams
Athletics.
་་
friends We were good
ori
NOT MUCH What will be done during the season to rid coming football top-class umaleur clubs of those rackets altogether more serious than ever
the pro- fessional game?
re-
But does the issue seriously as I claim? cause Mr Beri Oliver.
of Clapton president
that
arise
Yes, be- who is
1.
Mr Oliver should know what In going on and is right to con
In He has denn
bren amateur football as player and ofell all his life.
SILENT EVASION
Mr Oliver told me
two dayn
to
those in
Not much, if anything. quite a few clubs in the Isthmian and 10 that he is determined
track down any club offering will be Athenian leagues
"terms"
to his amateur players. lleved to hear,
Why does Mr Oliver alone openk up? A few cluba wylil agree with him, but there are others who think silent evasion
As for clubs in other parts of Britain, I am less informed,
06
But I should doubl whether they have shamateurism
wise they would not get ยาง highly organised as it is in the is better for their clubs, other-
Home Countles.
uf
At least, I hope not, because, due to some unfortunate advice accepted by the Chancellor the Exchequer In 1953 these
officials shamateur club under a maximum penalty, 2500 or two yours" ment or both.
players to keep their teams
the forefront,
in
1 have been told frequently that it is very difficult to run a senior amateur club without are paying the players.
Constant of
movement of players from club to club indicates the haggling over "terms."
imprison-
An impression that seats are hard to book for the 1966 Olympic Games following the early rush for bookings was discounted by the Chief night, but next morning I felt.akone have pleaded that it is not prisonment
to punish Executive Officer of the Organising Committee, Lieut.-General W. Bridge-a colleague put it, as if we the State's business
ford.
Seats were available for almost every programme, he said, and quotas had been set aside for overseas visitors,
Austrations bud bouke../ thetr section they in the
wever al and Anals,
DVETARÍS
ceremonies
th
Three night Ti eslope in the section at the swim- ming stadium were booked out and most of the local swimming seats had gone,
of
the
·
to be
rous. library
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litres.
pro-
But Im-
I make these points becauso THE LAW INSISTS
everywhere Soccer is losing its It will not No one would like to see this tnarai character.
of the land raise Its standards until it im- happen. The law that insists upon it. however. Yet proves its behaviour.
is going a bit too far. competed
the 10,000 those who offend against dis-
between tinctions miling Now Jack Crump and Harold fessionalism and amateurism.
Under Lect thel played
explain. Abrahams have full part,
with fellow officers Section 7 of the Finance Act, of the British Athletic Board, 1953, an amateur Lotball club ometal applying for exemption in conquering that curtain,
uf entertainment duty hos congratulate them,
$ign this declaration:
that no payment be made or reward given
of any
£20 A PLACE
me
10
will for per-
HAS ITS SPOKESMEN
To And the sportsman of the week
I must go to Presion, headquarters of the Football League, where are taken the day-to-day decisions of our big soccer administration,
Like the Foreign Office it has Its spokesmen. It is to one of Rules of sport are by-passed
them I turn to chide with so often that cuse of obser- the participation
gentle humour. For he said: vance to the letter bears relat-son in the entertainment ther
"It's nothing to do with us." Ing.
than
of prizes
L reasonable
This, mark you, with reference of Ascol's royal number and value. A member
to Hull City's request to enclosure.
How many club secretaries Middlesbrough that these last 25 years.
the trans- and Athenian fer fee of £5,000 paid for Wii- In the Isthmian changed from frock-coat to the
to would prefer not Leagiles comfort of alpaca after racing on
fred Mannion might be recon- have to answer that question?
sidered.
And with our spokesman I 'NOTHING CAN STOP IT
couple the name of Mr Harold Chairman Hull City Needler. For it is his idea that as Mannion their was with Middlesbrough when he the write that article--Indirect extiso of his suspension-Hu should not be left with only a receipt for the transfer fee. They want
FA Freeze Mannion: No Move Without Fee
By JACK WOOD
It is grossly unfair that they should he put in this dilemma, even it they do рау nmaieur players
under counter,
Sports Diary
TODAY Bowle
Singles: Matches at HKFC: KBGC:
Recreio and Talkoo.
a rebate to go with it.
But
HOW COME?
It's "nothing to
with the league."
Did the League
do
How come? ndvise Hull. when they ntcepted Mannion's
Pairs; Matches at KBGC; CCC and {registration, that there were in-
Talkoo.
KFC:
Open Rinks: Matches at Talkoo: INC and KBGC.
Friendly Match: KCC v OCC Liberation Shield: KBGC V KCC
City's Wil Maanion. Hull
under forward who is
by the Football
at KCC. became
with
the
TOMORROW
Dowls
Recreo and Talkoo.
Singles: Matches at KFC; KBGC; Pain: Matches at HBGC; OCC and Talkoo
Hull quiries afoot? If not, have
and the a grievance League a responsiblity.
And so has Mannion. He has been suspended only because he won't attend a meeting of the League's Management Com- ¡mittee, "He
could reconsider
THE VERDICT Nielsen protested briefly, asked The referee
wanted change his decisiem and
verdiet with accepted the
The shrug of the shoulders.
the oul 1 Japanese pair quite and then won the set argi match.
Miyagi
Japanese C
although
repre- Nigerian athletes have recorded M-National
pul Hugh Weir, Australian Kame tennis experts consider
on 7 seconds for the 100 yards. for 1 upeaing | sentative on the 100 suid the better player beenuse of his
return Melbourne Cricket his
From the recent strong attacking game.
Olymple athletes wiH use a Ground. the Main Olymple Paris congress of the 100, that They
tar only I wa
tu send modern all-purpose sports Statum. All the highest priced Russia was expected hand. Japanese
the playeus
400 athletes also,
built Many Asian | centre
by vate 423-45-9 had been bizaked nightmanes over Tanda bas (Italy)
in the Australian section for countries will be deling their University of Melbourne, what is maght do it one shut
tenis ars Olympic the aldeties programmes. From | biggest
It will provide facilities for un ap with an injary.
athletics,
boxing. were history.
swimming, 10,000
25.000 tu
avata "Dollar -
Mare 1
wrestling, gymnastles. football, available tokian at prices We wh. you kee
2/3/- 1 EPI J anging
Bob Hope looked over Mici- cricket, hockey, squash, and couldn't banal aver Mirelle (Australia)
substitute.
1 45.000 orne's Olympic -117,000
preparations other sports. Every Duvar Cudia B-4. one my players heame di
be at the curing his recent visit to Aus-; Outstanding feature will tickets would be sold hun wild have to get a
turnstiles for Manding room. train After visiting the Mel-the Beaurepaire Physical Educa- trans-Parithe phone
overseas visitors, from bourne For
Cricket Ground and ton Centre financed by a gift Sir Frank 5.700 10 7,400 site work avail-Olympic Park sports rentre, he of £105,000 by
Marn abl
for booking at the
romate 1. "I've had a wonder-Beaurepaire, Melbourne business Stadium for the Opening and ful view of the Games set-up.man and civic leader and former star. The You couldn't better your pre. Olymple awimming classic athletic programines. paritions," Rob Hope said he building will house an indoor 25 There were plenty of seats for intended to come to Melbourne metre swimming pool, a gymna-
for the Games next year. "I" slum, dressing hockey semi-Anul
be back for the javelin throw-and trophy hall. and I'll throw Sinatra" he The Olympic Games Organis
shure the ing Commitice will quipped.
3 MILES CONVOY
cost of an athletic erenu laid with will be Six thousand competitors and cinders tracks which
used for training by Olymple officials will be transported in Bookings were available for 200 buses 7 milles from Olym-athletes at the Games. soccer, hockey, basketball, gympic Village to the Main Stadium
Reports abroad that State Ceremony of mesties, boxing, eveling, weight for the Openfig
would prevent the the Olympic Games on Novem-legislation lifting and wrestling. ACCOMMODATION ASSURED ber 22 next year. The convoy Introduction of rearme for the
31⁄2 miles. Olympic shooting competitions star "No intending visitor to Mel- will extend over bourne for the Olymple Games Teams will travel in the order were discounted in a statement suspension
Intely Committee League, the Organising being in HOL
which they will morch in by need worry about
for the Melbourne Games in centre of a new Snecer storm get able to
accommodation." the parade of nations with
London, flash-points in This assurance was given by the Greece leading und Austraila June.
"The position is that firearms Hull, and King's Lynn, Melbourne following up lust. chairman
between are admitted with the excention alented discussions
his position AFTER he has seen City Council's Civic Olymple
them--and still play football. Councillor Maurice OLYMPIC VILLAGE of .22 pistols," the Chief Exe- Hull City manager Bob Brockle Committee,
of Paut and
Todd, Licut.-General | bank
WEDNESDAY cutive Officer,
It's time this silly business Nathan
ended with the King's Lynn.
Football
was cleared
up, because progress is being made W. Bridgeford, said.
Council Mooling of HRFC Sporta "Hotel rooms are admittedly
Mannion
to goes a "This question has been taker. Midland Lengue club calling an
club outside scarce, but we are offering ex-on the £2,000,000 international
to discuss Road 5.46 pm. Melbourne is building up with the Police and State emergency meeting
Bowls
the League, surely the Football Eng-
Open Singles: Matches at NFC: Association will have to step cellent accommodation in only you
Olymple athletes next authorities. As a result, amend their bid for the former
KBGC; feerelo and Talkoo. gool class private homes
Open ments to the Firearms Act have lund inside man.
Paira: KBGC, 17 months in advance
Until recently they had be-
Talkou, at been adopted to give the Con- Melbourne
club Cunes,
in Heidelberg, a suburb 76 miles missioner of Police discretionary lieved as a non-League offered 9,500
they could sign Mannion with- Games visitors, from the city, over 500 of the power to admit all types of Ar
out any payment to Hull. The amendment will be The Games are 700 brick and concrete houses arms.
But Hull appealed to held, we may even have accum- and flats were under construe-submitted to Parliament soon.",
Football Association, GAMES SOCCER tion at
at the end of June. The
London the FA confirmed modation to spare."
will have all the Melbourne Olympic Games For accommodation-apply toes of a
they had granted Hull City modern resi-headquarters announced in June
holding *special registration dential
and that is that 28 suburb,
nations had
Mannion to them. what it will become after the teams for the Olympic soccer
"Mannion's suspension had Mr Mcl-
competitions,
nothing to do with us," A progress report
He has shopping centre, banks. New rules for the Games pro Brocklebank told me. bourno's preparations for next
office, recreation hall, vide that only 10 teams may not resigned, and we had to get year's Games was unanimously post
laundry, barber shop, compete. Preliminary matches to the FA to do something." endorsed by the Congress of the canteen,
£350 A MATCH Com and restaurant are among the decide the drhl 10 must be play- Olympic International
facilities to be provided.
Mannion cost Hull £5,000 Inst jed before August 1 next year. mittee in Paris In June.
10 Work has already started
He played only on The following 24 teams have season. landscaping the Village, Thou-
games for them and scored one been paired:
with confidence in M.
which works out good, Egypt v. Ethiopia; USA. v. Omeer sinds of trees and shrub and Her win in the Daily Mall
Organising Committee, acres of lawns will be planted. Mexico; Germany East v. Hui of the are automatic cholces Cup was Pat's and Britain's
W. Bridgeford, Adult trees 30 ft. high will gory; U.S.S.R. v. Imaci, Yugo Lieut-General Arealest triumph for she beat the said that progress for the first two places.
was highly transferred to the Village,;
slavia v. Roumanta; Bulgaria v.
days During the past ten There will be hot competition all-conquering aliens.
satisfactory and the IOC's de-
Great Britain; Germany West v. to Turkey Pat
King's Lynn have signed Johnny Nigorin will send a team has succeeded the hard cision
best possible
Cambodia
and third place but with for the
was the
Melbourne The
Games.
Downie (inside forward) served way. Her father died when she WIL White, who hoa
reassurance to people abroad,
China (Com-DI Copewell, (goalkeeper) Nigeria, Mr A Britain
£4,000,000 construction Olympic atteche for
Afghanistan: from Hull City without a fec so well for so many was still at school.
said in Melbourne munist); Iran pro-A. Cooper, year, now 51,
and
Harry no money left for hobbies and
programme on Olymple Llewellyn not competing very she had to take a job as cook jeets was in full swing in Mcl-that the Nigerian Olympic Com Indonesia v. China (Nationalist); nos by your leave. They were
Kovca v. Japan.
on Hull City's transfer ist bourne and was scheduled to be milice expected to send 10 com- seriously, two new riders must housekeeper to pay for her rid-
Australia, India, Poland and £3,000 and £1,000 respectively. petitors for the track and fleld "Wo
the_track come into the final reckoning.
completed by Juno, 1050. Ing.
"Without the safeguard of the events.
One or two women are Slam have drawn byes and will A contrast to They are pretty, 21-year-old
Dawn will be ready on time." he said.
they could special registration expected to be included in the play in the final rounds. blonde Susan Whitehead and Falethorps. The daughter of 45 NATIONS IN GAMES
belave done the same with Man- The preliminaries will to 45 team the rat. to be sent Mes Mary Marshall, the wife of "the rausage king" she has no Up to the end of June,
by 'Nigeria. Funds played on a home and away nion," said Mr Blocklebank.
baals. The first-mentioned coun- the Champion Steeplechase financial worries. She competes nations hind accepted the formal the Games
Player-manager Todd, former Invitation for the sheer love and excite-
from privalo sent out by the would be raised Jockey,
try will have the right to choosely an inside forward with Don- Olymple Games Organising cources, by appeal. The beat of Britain's young ment of it,
But she cannot always con-
Mr Cooper #aith that J. O. the venue for the first match, caster Rovers and Binckburn, Committee in Melbourne to com- malo riders; Poter Robeson and Alon Oliver.
trol her nerve-in thỏ Daily pote in next year's Games, Many Chigbolu Nigerian policeman, Roferees must be from a neutral admitted that the FA
for Hull had como as a blow to Mail Cup, 'MY AMBITION'
she was so excited other National Olympfe Com recently broke the Brush country.
Draws for the float: 10 teams l'his'club. The battle for the title of the she forgot the order of omittees have also indicated their empire high jump record by to play in Melbourne will take Hull af the moment are pro-
Intention to wond teams to Mei- dicuring 6'-01⁄4". The previous place in Melbourne about ten pared to cut their losses world's No. 1 horsewoman' has Jumps.
Lout D'inzeʊ took secoulbourne,
record; 62: 07 was not, at Vare, days before the competitions Mannion and accept now reached its peak.
Italy is reported to be plan- couver by Eleajuns, a. Nigoran begin at Olymple Park on but this it too much for King's ning a team of 400 athletes, Me|undvignity student. Three other November 23 next year,
Pat did it when she won the Daily Mail Cup at the International Horse Show on Saturday last.
ber to And
trophies new posibility has ternational been opened.
eredit, end Dawn Palethorpe, a Until the war Britain's team slight 19-year-old muste student, fr the
Games was are the only serious contestants. Olymple aiwnys
of comprised entirely
The battle will go on without given Army officers usually selected quarter being asked or
the next 12 cavalry regi for
mouths both Art Britain rod en the Continent.
Pat Smythe bcen
the Daily 3:11
CHY Cup at the White equestrian Mall
has been. my
from the crack
nichts.
Women
had
alway the
banned from events
at the Olymple Games recently-t until last year when the rules greatest ambition, since
1047 and a brought her total of vletorics to three International
were changed.
WORLD'S BEST
Now there is a strong possi-trophies in ene week. bilty of an all-women's team of
three representing Britain at
BEAT ITALIANS
have their homes for
By the time
Fast
village
Even of the year,
On residents brds
the Civic Olympic Committee, Town Hall, Melbourne.
00
the Olympic Gomes in Stock- Dawn Palethorpe became the holm next July.
new Ladies' Champion, beating Dawn Palethorpe
Smythe In the Queen's Pat Pat and Singthe have proved conclu- Cup: was the outstanding rider sively
It was 10C's third vote they are not only the for Britain in the team event, world's best women riders but and won two other international uls the Onest British altow trophies.
Jumpers of either sex.
They
What
There was
Pat Smythe, at 20, already and third places for Italy in: veteran with more than 100 in the Daily Mail Cup.
The Chief
of
the 117-acre site
be
The
V.
V.
entered
Vietnam;
Res
and
the In
that
and; travelling expenses
at something like £350 a game and £5,000 goni,
Lynn.
al
support
ATXI CCC
*in7 They're such close friends
of the League.
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