HEXANGULAR RUGGER TOURNAMENT
THE CHINA · MAIL.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1957.
DOUBLE VICTORY
CLUB AGAINST NAVY IS THE PICK OF THIS AFTERNOON'S GAMES
Says "PAK LO”
After last week's interlude we return once again this week-end to the Hexangular Tournament with three games scheduled, each and every one of which promises to be a close and hard battle.
As already mentioned in this column, the game between the Club and the Navy has been switched to the Causeway Bay ground and will kick off at 8.30 p.m.
On the same skle of the har- | should give their halves more South have made one change at bour, in the middle of the rice of the ball, especially from the full back where Keefe comes in ecurze, the Club "B" and incouts and the loose, and the Kanlere "D" again meet at the Club three line has two power- same lime, to wit, 8.30 p.m. ful wings who are almost cer- tain to score it given a chance.
Over on the Kowicon side, on the Army ground at Boundary Street, there are two Limes Atranged. The first, at 3.00 p.m., is between the two Army sides, And since the last time they met the re u was draw his pro mises to be a really interesting moteli.
Following this match, at 4.15 P.m., the
Police and the RAF will clash, and here again eloso result is expected,
CLUB NAVY
a
With Roberts back to cover
of
and rince Kute for Reintjes, has proved his abililles over the lust jew matches it can sutely be 13 19 raid that Army South strong as ever,
41 be as
anki
up their errors, the Club threes Normally, with Barker hook- will be able to congra'rote ring, they would get the larger most
Intely wholly on atlock. and share of the ball, but with the Navy getting less Barker seems to have lost his the ball and with their three touch and while he should take so strong the Club more of the sot serums than the not should win this one, but what- Southgate the advaninge will not
ver the cutcome it will be
great as Army South battle royal and is my selection hopes. for the best game of the day, Cerininly int Sharpe
"B"-Kaniere Thomas the Southerners have of the Club
can be said, the Letter half back combination "B" match tie
for Turnbull has been too un- it is,
steady intely to be relied upon
Phipps should, however, take most of the lincouts, glving his side n plentiful supply of the ball, but Army North have the stronger and faster threes, which will make a big difference.
though the Club "B" are again
such main at full strength.
and with the inclusion of new
In the Club side the change is the retum of Roberts to full back after a few weeks off due to injuries, and Lloyd is the only one missing from the line-up of the threes,
In the forwards Langley re- turns so that the Club is almost back to full strength, now. though this week Valentine is a shaky Injury,
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comer Dawson as fly half should mage to fake the laurels from this game.
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On the whole Army South's threes, with a larger share of the ball, should do fairly well, but I just cannot see them beating the
the fairest result here.
starter, due to a knee two to give them viclory. Nørh, Another draw would be
The Navy, on the other brand, have made only onve change with Baker coming into the wing threequarter position in place of McDougal.
The Club pack la faster and heavier thon the Navy's and
The Kaniere "B", while fast and hard players, lick cohesion in their threes and though they have a good scrum half in Halba and a grand wing forward in Eriwata they cannot rely on
Certainly if
can re- Kiivert can peat his amazing efforts of last Club "B" will week-end the
axt have plenty of the ball, that is aff they need to win.
ARMY MATCH In the Army match Anhy
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
SEVENTH RACE MEETING
Saturday 19th and Saturday 26th January, 1957,
(To be held under the Rules of the Hong Kong Jockey Club)
THE PROGRAMME WILL CONSIST OF 16 RACES. The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m, and the First Race run at 2.00 p.m. on both days.
The Secretary's Office at Alexandra House will close at 11.45 an. on both days.
MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE
NO PERSON WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED. All persons MUST wear their badges prominently displayed throughout the meeting.
Admission Badges at $10,00 each per day are obtainable from the Club's Carh Sweep Office, al Queen's Building. Chater Road only on the written introduction of a Member, who will be responsible for all visitors introduced by him.
Tiffins will be obtainable at the Club House if ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 72811),
The 6th Floor is restricted to Members and Ladies wearing Lady's Brooches.
NO CHILDREN will be admitted to the Club's premises during the Meeling. For this purpose a Chlid la a person under the age of seventeen years, Western Standard.
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE
The price of admission will be $3,00 each per day payable at the Gate.
Any person leaving the Enclosure will be required to pay the requishe fee of $3,00 in order to gain re-admisión.
MEALS and REFRESHMENTS will be obtainable RESTAURANT.
in
the
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By Order of, the Stewards,
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KAF V. POLICE
In the RAF-Polleo game the Airmen turn out unchanged in line-up from their tost outing. but the Police have made three changes, all in the forwards,
The best news the Police have had for some time is the return of Bryan to the for. wards, but the fact that due to Injuries Purves and Colborne have been brought in means the Police pack is a little weaker than usual in weight and speed,
The Alimen, on hand, while not perhaps such strong suite as regards forwards, are the more dangerous behind where Macnamara and Read form. a much better combination than Lewis and Lloyd, the lätter being cur- rently off form though he may suddenly plek
#t up moment.
the
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Italy's new promising skling ace, Carla Marchelli, gaining her second victory on the second day of the Ladies' ski races at Grindelwald, Switzerland. With her win in the two runs of the special slalom, she proved the best woman skier, and beat the well known Austrina ace, Puzzi Frand, by a sixth of a second.— Central Press Photo.
SPORTS ROUND-UP
Yolande Pompey Wants Another Crack At
Archie Moore
MANY LIKELY TO RUN
French Horses Will Strongly Challenge British This Year
Says JEAN DELACOURT
Paris.
A strong contingent of French horses is expected to challenge the cream of
· British racing stables on British race courses during the 1967 kenson,
Apart from known "threats" and classic winners, there may be several sur- prises, for many of the big stables in France only ruce some of their best hopes when
they reach the age of thrée.
OTHER RUNNERS -
The 1050 Epsom Derby wine, chinco in the Two Thousand jably include M. Boussic's ner, Lavandín, and the 1900 Guineas, Derby winner, Phil Drake, and the 1936 Oaks winner, Bicarello, did not run at two years of age, The aim is to keep the best hurees out of early racing, which often ruins young horret.
Other
runners in the Two Thousand Guineus are expected to come from the stables of the Agn Khan and Mr Ralph Beaver
Genutiful colt
But on the basis of the best S.rossburger, the American. Mr 1958 performances by two-year- Strasburger's
Petion out of oks. these are the possible Wayne, by French entries:
Aurelle,
certain to be a prominent
runner in the race. For the Two Thousand After a brilliant debut in Guineas at Newmarkel;
maiden race, Wayne
not did run until October, when he The principal French favourite finished a brilliant second at for this mee is M. Jacques Lorgehamp and Ühen come Pueror's brilliant and powerful second again in the Middle Park bay colt Tyrone, brother of Stakes at Newmarket. Tosco and Soleil Royal. Tyrone
beat all cpposition in the Grand Two other Orst class colts in Criterium, the best Feeneli race the Strassburger stablo are mile, Bantry and Mourne. Bantry is for two-year-olds over and though his relatives were still something of an untried non-stayers, he appears to be an hope, but Mourne has already Ideal horse for the mile or even shown plenty of quality in a mile and a quarter.
classic byents,
Trained
by Etienne Pollet, Two solid horses for the Two
who has already saddled one Thousand Guineas from the AB
Two Thousand Guineas winner, | Khàn's stable 'are; Thunderhead. Tyrone is the leading French hope for 1057.
Floriados, his · 1950” “French- Derby" winner, Phillus, and Baron Guy de Rothschild's fodruzi year-old Pónt Levis and thina- Mail Specini. year-old Astrologue. China
Famous Sports Stars I Have Met
SYDNEY WOODERSON
By Archie Quick
striped trousers, black coat, The Rolled umbrella, bowler hát,
conventional altire Be the
busines
City Al Mabscot, a no bay colt (London which is half-brother to Buisson Thousands of. them Another horse which has aArdent, winner at two of the London Bridge every
morning. good chance in this race is Baron Middle Park Stakes. Al Mabsoot on their way to their offers
from Guy de Rokischild's Astrologue, may become just as good over a
their Suburban homes. by Court Martial out of Aurore mile as over classic distances. They catch the
82010 trhiz Borcale. Astrologue looked Uke He finished second in the Grand every morning and the same
but after winning prove.
of a Criterium and should sull im- back at night, five days every
{week. Prince Tad, a colt which has i 1958, the Prix Robert Papin, ran
There is one of their com run only once, when he won the
however, who found Prix St Pirmin
at Longchamp an izr fine style, 1s certain to greater fume in the realms of sport. A spare little man with become a classfe colt in 1957. are
thick Iensed horn-rimmed face, For the Thousand Gúlneas at spectacles, a thin, wan
thinning hair end 4 alight Newmarket;
frame. A man you would poss The Aga Khan stableling a' in the crowd any day long list of probable entries. A Utlie-raced
good Ally with prospects is Rose Royale, by Prince Bio out of Rose Yeroda.
Yolande Pompey, the Trinidad-born cruiserweight, becoming champlon wants another crack at Archie Moore. His manager, Jack generation, Rurns, is writing to the World Championship Committee the first two-year-old classic ki asking them to recognise Pompey as the No. 1 contender slightly off his form. for the world light-heavyweight title held by Moore,
Henry Cooper, the young London heavyweight, is to have two 15-round title fights within 26 days. The first, which will end Cooper's five months' ring idleness, is at Earls Court on February 19, when Cooper challenges for Joe Bygraves' Empire' title.
Win, lose or draw, any
Cooper will be in Sweden less than month loter-on March 17
The RAF three line is not so strong
an when it beat the Police before but it has rettled down well and with Hope as their most dangerous wing and Corah inside him they should do well,
In the loose the Airmen, it they put their hearts into it, Phould succeed
ceant to play as a pack, which for they have
the Police in the loose have not yet been taught, and though the result should be close the RAF should again take the two points,
TODAY'S TEAMS
or
to Bght lagemme Johansson for the latter's European tille.
Dave Charnley must win the British, lightweight title from Joe Lucy within the next three months
elsc face, the possibility
that National Service may delay his pursuit of a championship for a long ime. But firm Charnley must beat Welshman Willfe Lloyd ol the Albert Hall on January 22. Charnley's seven-year prenticeship
ap- 45 4 bollermaker will be completed in April.
Judy Grinham, Britain's 17- RAF: Gray, Hope, Weekes,
year-old. Olympic Gold Cornah, Wilmot, Read, Mac- Medallist swimmer, Already samara, Watt. Wildman, South-named an "Sportswoman of the wick, Hannam. Elsome, Tuton, Year",
has gained. the BBC Chool, Moody-Jones.
Sportsview "National Sportsgirl
Army North: Pritchard, of 1956" 11tle 49 well as
| Worsley, Goulds, Wyys, Williams, Dare, Turnbull, Grable. South- gate, Coombs, Mander, Johnson, Green, Haggard. Thompson.
Police: Johnston, O'Regan, Scott. Stovens, Reynolds, Lloyd. Lewis, Dunniclife, Purves, Colborne, Bryan, A. Miller, D. Miller, Boss, Walker.
Clay: Roberts, Stevens Cheang. Valentine, Salter, O'Kelly, Steward, Elliott, Millor. Williams, feffan, Longley, Peaman, Wright, Gault.
Navy? Kay, Loyd, Spencer, New- tan, linker, Rakatau, Corner, Selwyn, Thorpe, Stevens, larkess, Judd, Blake, Boeg. Jolinson.
Club "Martin, Rureell, Brown, Sun, Sponeer, Dawson, Wiggelt,
New Kitert, Turner, Berger. Brown, Aimstrong-Wright. Graham, King.
Kaniere Crengla, Rald, Puna.
Corkeave, Emps Jaggard, Halho, D. Sbow. Grantham. 5. Shaw, Camp- bell, Beber, Eriwain, O'gulliven,
Array, Bouthi Kaufe, Boorman, King, Riley, Owen-Smitil Thomas, Sharpe, Crow, Barker,, de Cerdova, Robinson. Hunt. Hodge. Phippe. Busby.
HEXANGULAR
TABLE
As by now most of you will have forgotten just where your fifteen stands in the Hexangular
winning the Junior Sportsview Personally Trophy,
NOTTE TOP SCORER Doug 1shman,
Notts the Forest
Arsenal former and Inside-forward, has been placed on the transfer list by his club because he refuses to train full time in Nottingham. Lishman, the Wolfs top scorer, lives in Stoke and
trains
on the Sloke Earlier City
this ground. week he was
requested by Forest either to move to a club house In daily
to training:
with six other players he had been placed on the transfer list by Reading. Said Cross; "It's no more than we expect. That's how footballets are treated like a pair of old boots."
(London Express Service).
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The best two-year-olds in M.
Boussac's stable Marcel Ambar, by the Ascot Gold Cup winner, Arbar, and Argal, also by Arbar. Ambar seems to have rather more' chance than Argel, but might be better on long dia- Nowmarket's tances
than
straight mile.
M. Francois Dupro's two horses with British sires, Lucidon Petillant by by Alycidon, and Petition, will have to improve greatly if they are to have any
SPORTS QUIZ
1. Three batsmen, have been knighted for their services to English cricket. Name them.
9. (a) Jack (b) Press (e) Chisel besides being tools are sporting terms, In what sports are they used?
2. Now give the name
of a 10. Sporting doctors. Who are bowier who received
or were Dr W. D. and Dr knighthood.
R. G.?
Q
3. What sports would you be 11. Nicknames.
watching If you saw the
following being carried out: tacking, the selling of dummies, the catching of crabs (and this answer is not crab catching) dribbling?
She should also be watched
for the Oaks at Epsom,
The Derby at Epsom:
to
The Boussac stable is expected be represented by several urraced colts of good pedigree as well as by Ambar and Argal, Ambar has the stuff of an Epsom colt and is capable of staying every inch of the one and a half miles.
But for all that he is the great Sydney Wooderson, now
hard-working solicitor, but probably the Anest Milo mumer, England ever produced. Some wil champion Albert HELL and his two Olympic tiles, others Roger. Bannister and his sub four-minute Mlle. But with the eclipse of Ken Wood and Brian Hewson the deeds of the frail Wooderson are thrówn into better focus.
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He never enjoyed ⚫the benefits, if that is the right word, of modern training with
Metres. He applied all hig The Aga Khan's Al Mabso¤:j angio Knowledge,
Mr Strassburger's Mourne is its relentless coaching schedules
and new techniques," But In.. a bit slow at the starting gate,| Pu but is a great stayer and a bold the immediate pre-war days he was supreme, although ho misher.
never won an Olymple titie, M. Francals Dupre's Apostol, That honour went at Berlin to by Prince Bio out of Apostille, the late Dr. Jack Lovelock, so has good stamina árd won the tragically killed in the New Who are or
at St. Cloud York subway, but classic Criterium
Lovelock were The Bounding Basque, over one and a quarter miles trained and triumphed for only: The Manassa Mauler, Thein fine style.
one race-the 1936 Games 1,500 Flying Fina and The Emperor of Pot?
to the But little Sydney Springbok attacked by the should be better over the Derby
beating the world in Lion, What current sports distance than any other.
England, in the United States event does this signity?
The St. Leger at Doncaster: and
on the Continent season In what sport would you
after season in fantastie
times across (2)
Mourne, Apostol and Ambar less than twenty years ago. sponging and (b) someone seem to be the best stayers 5. Boxing fans. Have you dicing?
among the French pocalbles. Woodcrcon went .to the heard of J. L. Barrow, 14. Nationalities
the whole picture may United States and slammed the please of the have Arnold Cream, Walker
changed by September,great Yankee staras He Went to following sportsmen: Ferenc with the entry of horses Onlo Puskis,
and won the European Vladimir Kuts,
which have not yet run. and Juan Fanglo
Dave
5,000 Metres Championship. He sodic on every invader at the Stephens.
AAA Championships and
and 12.
4 Fill in the missing_name: 13.
Gus Lesnevitch, Freddle
Mills, Archie Moore.
Marchegiano? Nottingham or travel.
Nottingham for
Juck
Harwell Cross, the atomic worker and Reading contre-forward, thinks foot.. ballers are treated like a pair ol old boots. That was his comment when he learned that
Table, the latter is given below A DREARY RECORD and is up to date.
Navy
Cub Army S. Army N... RAF Police
P. W. D. L. A. Pts,
843 40 10
00. 77 7
4 2 74 47 8
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It is strange that today the games are between the top two Palms, the middle two pairs anxi Hexangular Tournament as will the bottom two phirs in the
be noted from the above tablo,
w Bayer's « TONICO
After playing 43 games, Villa Rovers
tho In
Handsworth (Birmingham) League broke a dreary, record. They, won match and they did not have a goal scored against them. That Fins not happened for two years, during which They have conceded 417 goals!
POP
HAD A FIGHT WITH YOUR MISSUS
30,
"Cockc?"
come
someone
But
and
Rocco
they
Smith
Not Think again.
Arc They
world famous boxers. All held world titles since the war. 16. Who cuts off the Eastern But they are their real way, rolls the Western way
How nomes.
are better known?
The Ascot Gold Cup:
Complete the nambe
L..H. T. EL 2.0...17.
ON L.DL.H..D,
7. Iey Road, May 4, 1954 saw sporting history made. What happened?
was
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I suppose you couki call me the dinimý - Wildi Or Athletics' " he said when I put
Another sunner la likely to Breathing,
question of timing
and
This race may well boa iernational meetings Ja Britain In 1957. M. and he found time to set up "French race or twists the Sweeney way?
world records at four different your's
distances. 16. When was the last time an Boussac's Mocip, inst
official world heavyweight Winner, will probably run again, of
boxing title fight was held while the 1050 St Leger win- these famous sportsmen:
ner, Cambremor outside Amu
by Mr America?
owned With what sports or games with a good turn of speed and the point to him. It was a
Stransburger, is a
stayer do you associate the follow-
be a dangerous rivel. ing terms: Body-cheek, could. check-mate, chequered flagi bo Madame Leon
I did not have. Vollerra's 18. Since the war how many four-year-old Vatelle,
strength, Trut I hid playera having Just
one of a through having as good Wimbledon
the Best French stayers, which heart-bear Of singles tillo
one thing Grand Prix de though stood up to pron won the 1950. have won it back?
I am certain, I could Paris. What sports take place at Cowes Henloy, Et Andrews
The Ecliper Stakes at Sandown day methods. They would b
klict me.
After
tha and Trent Bridge?
Park:
formances of Pirie and Chai When does a fly become a feather?
This in another - raco - mucti way in Melbourne 1 dia almed at by French owners,
auro that they are the Horses running in it will prob- "methods."
8. Who are they: SHE gained greater famo than the battleship which occasioned her nickname; HE is a 19. knight of the saddle-with- out armour; HE is without peer on two wheeds, and not | 20. because of his otme,
· Aktwers 'ses Page 17. ⠀
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