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WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIPS
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JULY-
AN ALL-AUSTRALIAN MEN'S SINGLES FINAL FOR THE FIRST TIME?
By AUDREY
HIGGS
London, July 2.
Two Americana and two Australians out of the original entry of 128 players from 27 countries tonight remained to fight out the final two rounds in the Men's Singles at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Champlonships here.
In the semi-finals on Wednesday, Australian Champion Lew Hoad, the number one seeded player, will oppose sixth seeded Hamilton Richardson, the American Davis. Cup International.
The other clash will be beat A. Morris (United States) | T. Fancutt (South Africa)
Ken | 13-11, 0-0, 0-3. between second
Beeded Ronewall of Australia and Vic Seixas, American winner of the title here in 1953, who seeded eighth this year.
On form, everything points to on All-Australian final for the first time in the long and colour- Tul history of Wimbledon, but the tennis form book has been turned almost Inside out
L. Hond (Australia) beat M. Anderson (Australia) 4-0, 0-1, 0-1, 13-1.
I. Richardson (United States) ben N. Fraser (Australia) 6-3, 9-11, 7-5, 8-4.
Women's Doubles 2nd Round
and Miss D. Seeney (Austraila) kroat U Schmidt and Mrs B. Quibrandsson Sanden (Sweden) 6-4, 6-4.
S. Glammalva (United States) and Miss F. Buding (Germany) beat
Guiney (South Africa) R. and Mayrin H. Bouchet (France) 6-2, 6-2.
9. Davidson Sweden and Mise (Australia) beat Becker and Miss M. Smith (Britain), 1-6, 7-5, 6-2,
M. O'Donnell in
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Mrs D. Knode (United States) earlier rounds this year. Only In Miss C. Mercelis (Belgium) today's quarter-finals ald play at Mrs W. Brewer (Bermuda) run according to plan
and Mrs R. Hopman (Australia) 3-0, 7-5, 6-3,
THE LAST FOUR Though Australla have had a large share of the laurels 141 world tennis in recent years. 12 3 only the second line in eleven post-war Wimbledons that the Commonwealth have two men aming the last four.
Borewall reached the fissa) in 1854, the year Jaroslav Drobny achieved his cherishetl
23-
tions. Hond, though potentialEs the greatest amateur player the world, has yet to resteb angles final here,
Seixos to the Sirly Champion remaining Philadelphian, who
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in the semi-nuts fra the third time, s bidding strongly to come the first man since the wor to win the title twice.
Hoad today carried too much power for his fellow country- hun, Mat Anderson, and won in Rosewall completely four sets. mastered Sweden's Ulf Schmidt
the
-the sole surviving European... and won in straight sets. Ham Richardson was kul on contre court for two hours 20 minles
by Australian
led.
hander Neule Fruser before win- ning in four sets
s
Lew Hoad bas rei rrach
Singles
10
Finol.
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Mixed Doubles and Round
Garrido (Cuba) and Miss L. Snow (United States) bent and Mrs
Mark
HOH)3 0-2.
E. Schumiti
J
J
Drobny (
9 and Mrs
beat B.
prostralia) and Miss S.
Gulley
Ken (Britain) 6-1 6-3.
Wotens
V Seixas and Miss S.
Fry
(United States) beat D. Butler and Miss It Bulleld (Britain) 6-3 6-
8-1.
G. Mulley and Miss A. Gibson beat K. Meyer (United States) (Australia) and Miss O. Eyre
(Britain) 6-2, 6-2.
R. Howe (Australia) and Miss D. Hard (United States) beat J. Parma and Miss V. Puzejova (Czechoslovakia) 9-7, 8-0.
L. Ayala (Chile) and Mrs T. Long (Austraila) beat R, Krish- nan (India) and Mrs A. Thomas (Britain) 6-0, 6-1.
SCRATCHED
Mrs Beverley Fleitz, who is mond-speder for the Women's Singles at the Wimbledon Lawn Terinds Championships,
scratch- ed with her American partner,
Darlene Hard, MISS
from the Women's Doubles event today.
Mrs Fleitz,
in the runner-up Women's Singles last year, had sight attack of Influenza and spent the day in her Londont hotel. But she expects to be fit to play Britain's Mis" Angela N. Kumar (India) and Mrs Buxion in the Singles quarler-
Hoad (Austraila) beot B.finals tomorrow. Bowman (Airstralia) and Miss
Miss D. Spiers anet Mrs G. Winter Britain! wikked. over Mrs J. Feltz und Miss D. Hard (Meded pair), seratched Sebus had
Mixed Doubles 2nd Round
Pickard and Miss J. Watson
beat (Britain) Hocket! and Miss Vio Sullivan (Ireland) 7-5 6-4.
the cutest task of the four, as opponent Alien Morris, so United States, aggravated an old leg injury early in the second set and afterwards could hardly chuse a ball Selxas won in three sets.
THE RESULTS
Men's Singles Quarter-Finals
V Seixas (United States)
L.
J.
7-5 6-4.
Middleton
BRITISH OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
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Taiwan's Golfer Goes Round In 73 At Hoylake
Liverpool, July 2.
Chen Ching-po, of Taiwan, had an excellent score of 73 over the 6,960 yards Hoylake Course today in the first round of the 36 holes qualifying competition for the British Open Golf Championship.
His round put him in second place among the early finishers at Hoylake. Bruce Crampton, 20-year-old Aus- tralian, bad turned in a 70.
he liked
Chen putted well, and sold round, and then a maximum of afterwards that
The 100 go forward to the Cham- Hoylake greens much more than pionship proper, to be played at those at Wentworth, where the Hoylake Canada Cup was played,
LU ROUND IN 77 "They are much slower, and Lat Linng-huan, playing over like them that way," he de- the
Wallasey nearby
course, clared
could not match the 73 of his He started rather shakily, but fellow countryman at Hoylake Bottled down to play soundly but was round, nevertheless, in
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Mrs Fleitz and Miss Hard
were seeded fourth
the ir Women's Doubles. Their op- ponents, Miss Doreen Splers and Mrs Gerald Watter, both of Bri- lain, received a bye into the
third round.
BASEBALL
Cubs Hand The Cardinals A Third Straight Defeat
season
the
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BRITAIN'S GAMES PROSPECT
Wine
Latest portrait of the 15-year-old sprinter Madeline Weston, a schoolgirl who will be 16 in July and has already made her claim to the Olympic Games in Melbourne this year by beating many of Britain's top line women sprinters. Last year as a junior she won the Surrey Championships, the Southern Countles National and the All-England Schools' Championships,
Central Press Photo.
For French Olympic Competitors Team To Take Own Supply
By MORGAN WILLIAMS
Paris.
French Olympic officials have just returned from surveying the Olympic Games arrangements in Melbourne with two worries:
Australian bread is under-cooked; Australian wine will not suit the
·French competitors who will have to take their own French wing" with them.
on
several national having cen, broken
pre-Olymple trials,
A
young bas
Apart from these gastro-“: Fournier Brst moved to the M. Loute. Duchemin, Secret- nomical problems, France has [fore when he jumped two|ery-General of the Simming great hopes of successes in the mainer (Gft. 6% Inches) last Fedoration, has complained that France's swimmers neod mdre Games, hopes which are based | your“.
Without records Guy Huston, who holds the specialised · trainers. by recent Fraich record for throwing the these men, it will be difficult Hammer *(50.45 motre or for young athletes to reach 180.193 feet), is another athlete International standards." he said. who is making a name for him- The French Basicetball Federation is the only, one-to
drawn M. have
up so the an prosent "Olympic Programme," A group gold
Macquet, of 20 players will train for n Fournier, and Husson for their fortnight during August in
Tho pick of will be brought wirtually
цр to
He
The Education Minister, Rene Billeros is 10
medals to
distinguished work in athletics. them
South of France;
The three maji are
to
the
Macquet, Michel aircraft factory worker, raised France's Javelin throw- ing record to 79,01
metres (259,219 feet). Macquet, who hos clearly moved into the international class. is tackling his pre-Olympics training in a determined, serious manner. has left Paris to go through a certain to figure on the list of form at the end of October in
in training month's
Pajulati, 25 athletes sent by the French Paris. On November 5, the team
Mel- leaves by air for Melbourne, Finlend. When he is in Paris, he Athletics Federation
bourne. trains every night ofter. putiing
Selection of the weightlifting In a ten-hour day at an aircraft Several leading French, sports team will be made during the factory in Southern Parls.
officials have already been to European Championships in ANOTHER RECORD Melbourrie to look al the Helsinki from June 27–30. The Maurice Fournier set up an-Olymple City. which is being French captain and coach other fine national record in bruit, and to form an idea of Richard Chaput sald that four
lving conditions Algiers when he cleared a High what
the names will certainly be on the ex- seven-man Jump of two mutres five centi-nation's Olymple team cần
Hist. (They metres (6 ft. 8 inches). Hepect
Genber Roger
(lightweight). M. Jean Dame, President of Georges Firmin (middleweight), this raised by two centimetres
the Basketbal! Federation, TC- Marcel Paterni (about four-fifths of on Inéh)
(light-heavy), the previous record set up by ported that the athletes' housing and Jem Debuf in a new light- heavy class from 82 to 90 kilo: Thiam Papa Gallo who lives in arrangements were excellent.
Ho had one grievance about grammes. Dakar, French West Africa, in
the pitely sporting side of what 1950.
ho had seen. The Australians do not appear to appreciate the great popularity of basketball" he said. "The spectators stands
England Must Make
For The Third Changes
Test At
Leeds
Says DENNIS HART
English cricket fans are still staggering under the impact......Australia one up in the series, with three to play. Those Ashes are going to take some holding. And this is the team that had swept all before them. Or had they? Brought back to earth with a severe jolt many now realise just how pre- carious was England's position as world cricket Champions how South Africa could so easily have won the final Test last season and with it the series; the desperate draw gained in the West Indies and how that 3-1 win in Australia was much closer than it suggests.
came
England have for too long | him go. I will, for one, I'm should provide a similar fast rested
on the laurels of her convinced that he could produce surface to that at Lord's.
Aussies bowlers. Australia's victory at the elegant batsmanship and That just suks the Lord's was an act of Nemesis. make runs in Test just as he and I fancy they will go out for
Ironically It
when does in county cricket. But be another win. So must England.
London Express Service). English butting seemed to have has had his chance and now
(COPYRIGHT) got onto D sounder footing someone else must be given after the deeds of Cowdrey and
theirs. Richardson at Tren! Bridge. But of the many words used to describe the batting at Lord's, sound was not among them.
from the selectors. chose him six years ago Indies, drop-
That someone will surely ba DOUE Insole, the free-scoring Essex captain. Invole, the most consistent batsman in England, It lacked guts. True, the Aus- hx6 had most
perfunctory tralian bowling was good. But if treatment
shutters and refuses to play stroloes whenever he mecte ped him after one match and good bowling, well, he just isn't did not consider him again.
Test batsman.
until last year. Then they again DIFFERENT APPROACH chose him for one match and Unfortunately the impression cast him aside. has grown up in English cricket
THE LARGE GAP demand an that Test matches
Test class batsman puts up the host the West
to
African Soccer Player To Join Coventry City This Month
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are much too small."
In
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FINAL SELECTION
Theme will probably be (men and five women
French swimming team at Mel- bourne. The final selection will not be made before August, bul Jean Boiteux (400
OYCLING EVENTS
are
France will be represented in and four cycling track events, road races. The truck races are:
1,000 Metreo scratch, 1,000 Metres standing start ime trini. 2000 Metres tandem, and the four kilometre Olymple pursuit race.
Races, which will serve as selection tests, will be run in until Paris and the provinces Metres the national cycling champion- Chawl) and Gilbert Bozon (200 ships in July. Final team lists Metres
Backstroke) will be will be announced then-Ching certain of places in the team, Mail Special
COUNTY CRICKET
Glamorgan's Shepherd First Bowler To Reach 100 Wickets
London, July 2.
Glamorgan's Don Shepherd, in his first season
as a slow medium off-cutter, today became the first bowler to reach 100 wickets for the season in English County cricket. Shepherd, formerly a pace bowler, completed his feat by taking North-
amptonshire's last two wickets for 59 runs.
He heads the County Championship bowling averages with 100 wickets for 1,287 runs at an average of 12.87 per wicket.
Chicago, July 2 The Chicago Cubs handed
Two England Test players and lost their remaining bataneti were in fine batting form. Peter for only 27 runs in 33 minutes. the St. Louis Cardinals their
Johannesburg, July 3.. May. Captain for all the Test In the end Yorkshire were left third straight defeat today,
Stephen "Kalamazoo" Mokone, matches
Australia, 10 score only 28. runs for, a tém against Warren Hacker
the African soccer player who scored 107, his first century of wickets victory. although
has the SUDEON). Is to Join Coventry City,
He batted three A fino molden century was touched for 11 hits in
Charlie winning his second game of entirely different approach to Maybe they don't. We the been granted a passport and will hours, 50 minutes and hit six Champlonship cricket by
Lee helped Derbyshire estabUsh gap which against seven other cricket. That while in large
appears be leave by air for England this fours for Surrey against Kent.
All-rounder vor Baleya
Trevor the
strong position against county games it's all right to tween his bat and pad. But it month.
batted five hours defeats.
20 minutes Leicester and with the score 102 Mokone, bom in Pretoria, 26 Hacker gave up at least one Test matches when danger looms He is a fighter too.
hit one's way out of trouble, in doesn't stop him getting runs.
has been playing for 141 not out for Essex against for one, they wore 32. ahead Whatever years ago, in every hit
the
In his last two when 21. inning but
Hampshire,
torrential downpour then
dig in chaps and sit on the the state of the game he al soccer since he was a small bay
matches Balley has taken 18 stopped play before ten. Leo eighth.
ways strives Detroit
wickets for 172 and scored 231 completed his century in three Chicago plice.
lawn tennis ball. ball, As a result a team which is master oves to make the batstarting on the streets with a White Sox turned four Detroit bowling and fleiding well gete
When he lived in Durban hen three Innings without being and a half hours, hitting 13 Wilde Watson is also likely
fours. errors into seven arned runs
for the "Buchbucks" and benten. Alan Wharton, the
Natal toplay to defeat the Tigers 9-3 right on top.
in ister-
Denis Compton, in his first represented How well this was illustratedLancashire left-hander, may
non-white
cer innings since the serious opera- and move within three and a
at Lord's. 'On'a Moriday mom- {take his place,
BOCD ten for the removal of his right of the League- half games
ever England bring Ing Richle Benaud come in to But whoever leading New York Yankees.
Pretoria, Mokone plays for kno-cap last November, was The Tigers carried a 3-1 lead face an England attack which, in the will not get the best out the Home Stars" He cameCS
out for four when he batted thanks to the fire of Freddy of her players unless a positive. thetron
Hia for Middlesex against Lan- into the seventh before
Trueman, was pulling England approach adopted. If it is, from a sporting - family. for most of the way.
collapse.
back into the game. Bennud 1 think England can retain the mother was a non-white Tennis cashire. He went yards down with his second shol at the first This was a good score in
Champion and his father a well- the crease and had his middle Davo Philley
the could have hung on for dear Ashes. opened hole, he got down with a thip high wind which had sprung up seventh with
and life for as long as he could. At The Auesics, not unnaturally, known African cricketer.
stamp uprooted.. 43. walk
TEMPORARY LEAD and putt for a five, Then a in the late afternoon. La's long advanced on a single by Fred
He is also related to Elijah mast would have given him are cock-a-hoop. They are a
Surrey,
Champions for the 129, Suttle 100, At: Edinburgh the Hatfeld after Sherman Lollar life of quarter of an hour.
for better side than the one Mokone, the South African non- and he took 41 lied out. Jim Delsing batted for Instead he played the game he that landed at Tilbury just over European Featherweight Boxing past four years, took over march the turn. strokes to
Cosh not out 81).Ireland (169 three to reach load the bases.
Lou Appracicio and walked to knew best attack.
ago. The batting Champion who visited Britain temporary leaf in the Cham- two (Martin not out 84. the finest innings of
last
an Sight but went home with- plonship table with
for two year
not out (Moltin sume, and or which scaled bowlers keep up
victory over Kent with Bergin 67)→ Wicko's the green of the first
out having a light. hole Chen was the essence of con-
Sam Esposito, another pinch the game, and one
Riccurate which coat him a Ave and
Mokone
a day to spare. The Sutter At Burton: Leicestershire 170. tile attack.
christened a sistency over the next poyen
double play England's fate.
and hostile Now everyone Ja not a Richie
prefers to be "spin twins Jim Laker and Derbyshire 102 for one (Leo not Stephen, bu holes which he covered on the three strokes at the third ander, stroked
Will the tourists now take the before taking the fourth
his ball at Harvey Kuenn but Kuenm
fumbled and then throw wildly Bennud. We can't all hit Teus silitede of what we have we known as "Kalamazoo." He is a Tony Lock back up Moy's out 108, Hamer 07, no play after putter
to socond me two runs crossed man for six The lesson for all
Hammanskraal, Konts pocond Department at I don't think so. In that way.
At The Oval: Burey beat Kont' After clearing their run effective
'stud-in a' qualified, tenchèry with a sacrifice By..
hande just as England.did: Into
Mokone, a centre-forward is of only four wickete, Warwick-B (Lock five for 24, Laker Ove England must make changes theirs at Lord's.. And anyway," Chicago adiled five more rune in the eighth on four singles, a Lu improved considerably walk, two sacrifices and
for the third Test at Loeds. Tom the Headingley pitch, at Leeds, beloved to be the first African shire collapsed badly against the for 65), Surrey 220 (May 107 and Graveney will be one to get the where the Third Test will be to play in English football pin bowling of Yorkshire's Ray 21 for two)
filingworth and Johny Wardle A Ketting: Glamorgan 258 on the return journey, covering the eleventh he became level It in 30 which began with
more errors.United Tresa, axe.. Many will be sorry to pod played in two weeks. time, China Mail Special.. fours, but he bunkered his drive par four and par three at the at the twelfth and dropped a tenth and eleventh. At the 487 THE GAMBOLS
wayward drive at the
wna trapped in a bunker
he recorded another five.
A GOOD STREAK
Short a creditable 77,
second game
and outward
one over fours. He never put a foot wrong, and was always
Ho
went
Out
astray in
the
two months
gained confidence,
the
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CLOSE OF PLAY SCORES At Lord's: Lancashire 347 for 50), Middlesex 00 for three, sain peyen declared (Hilton not out curtalled play
At Hove: Cambridge Univer
Suspecc sity 220 and 83 for four, Sus
for nine declarol **** 334
PA(Parks
Scotland -411
splitting the fairways with fine series of errors on the greens, Rivera sent home the lead natural game.
At the short fifth he began the plate to, kunot the score, Jim is that a batsman is at his most hold” and go on the defensive? / clerk the Native Affairs | Sentory by each taking V2, PA (tea, rain, 20" ! drivingched the turn itz
The same thing occurred at 37,
so that he turned having holed a single seven-foot short ninth putt for a three at the 204 yards $1 soventh. With ́n par" three at
when playing his they would play into England's near Pretoria. He matriinnings definit, of 150 for the low by eight wickets. Kent 148; and:
Ho
yards
stroke,
Chen missest a grand chance again three
to
ho
tweed.
however, atone for this mistake of the A birdin four at the 13th got short 13th. He hit a perfect one of these lost strokes back tee shot with a No. 8 ron to and his chly mistake thereafter within five feet of the pin, but was again ut, a short hold the severiteenth where, after hitting no miss the putt. rodeanmself two a fine dee shot, he unco more.
holes later,
down annoofed three putta to get down eight yards putt for a three at his Umerom ten feet, the 400 yanis 18th, but was Golfom i got oir intoyu z good again in a sand hazard at the start today the. 20-year-old 16th where he took a five Gary Player - (South Africa) got down by two putta on set up a new record with 68 for the home green" for a tour, and the 0,960-yand-long in Hoylake and khemed Half of 801224129034
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