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JAPAN IS RATHER BEHIND
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THE TIMES IN HER OUTLOOK ON TABLE TENNIS
Says ERIC NICHOLLS
Japan leads the table tennis world—In the playing, sepse,
But some of the.
recent reported comments, from her top players and officials suggest that she is rather behind the times, in her outlook on the sport.
First Ichiro Ogimura tells us that the leading manufacturers and playera want sponge banned only to protect their own personally endorsed bats.
Invited For The Malayan Tour
The names of the 14. cricketers invited to represant. Hongkong in the forthcoming tour of Malaya, selected on Sunday evening, were released to the press this morning.
The 14 invited are: F. Findlay (Captain). P. V. Dodge (Vice-
Captain).
Capt. H. S. Bedson, Cpl. M. H. Birley.
B. C. N. Carnell.
B. P. Dhaber.
Tpr. W. Greenhalgh.
Pie. D. W. Pettit,
G. A. Bouza.
1. 1. Stanton,
L. J. D'Almada
Remedins.
Sut. A. Taylor. Capt, P. D. Tidey. WỖ D. Welch,
Dutch Girl Lowers Two World Swim Records
The Hague, Mar. 19. Tineke Lagerberg, a 16-year- old Netherlands girl, tonight lowered 1w0 world butterfly breast-stroke women's swim-
ming records in a 25-metre pool ut Naarden.
She clocked 2 minules, 38.0
seconds over 220 yards, beating
the previous world record held
by America's Shelly Mann, with
from the Japanese
The fact that most sponge the most expensive prizte word bats are sponsored by players, | gifts. plus the fact that one leading Embassy! table tennis manufacturer in likely to be left with over 2,000 sponge bats on his hands it the
bat Ja banned in England,
speaks for itself.
But now the holders of the Swaything and Corvilion Cups have put their Oriental foot in } again.
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Something old, something new. Right now the emphasis in cricket is on the now ideas to Improve the general standard of the game, and in doing so to bring back some
of the game's lost public appeal.
Latest move in this respect World is by the MCC who plan to Japan is pressing the Table Tennis Federation to bor launch a new competition for professionals from amateur second elevens of firal closa tournaments.
Counties which would take them An
Minor Counties admirable proposal you out of the night think. one that can be approved, or
Minor even voted on for that malter,
bo For
the simple fact remains that in table tennis there is no such person as a professional or an umateur. In theo
days when, on the one hand, sports legislatora, particularly the British, Bre criticised for their "true attitude towards amateurism, and on the other, sinto sponsored countrica, particularly
behind the those Iron Curtain, are being branded professionals In amateur cloth- ing, table tennis slands out as
example to all.
But it is hardly Champd leave the
Table tennis refuses to dis- criminate. As far as this sport is concerned, all are players,
That is how it should be. But I'm rather surprised at the world champion country's lock of knowledge.
ODD END When before The World Stockholm, Championships in the Japanese team protested that several of the prizes for exceeded the authorised spend lng limit, it was discovered that
Good Neighbour
Tennis Tourney
competition to Counties fought among minor counties, strictly so called
Provided the idea gets the
of backing the clubs, it should come into force in 1980.
NOT 80 LONG AGO
Athletic
There was a day, not so long ago, when South African amateur footballers dreamed of coming to England to play for n Football League club. Foriner Charlton manager Jimmy the bull rolling shortly after the war by bringing over top-liners Hike Syd O'Länni, Eddle Fitmani, John Hewle, Stuart Leary and Ken Chamberlain,
Scod started
Then Sunderland secured the bombshell of a centre-forward. services of Ted Purdon, a blond
to
O'Linn and Leary made their mark in county cricket as well. And then Firmani moved moro remunerative soccer circles In Italy.
nt
from First At Miami
2 minutes, 44.4 seconds, and Miami Beach, Florida, Mar. 15.
for
the women's 220
Herb Flam swept her own 200 metres record of 2
past two
Good minutes, 42.3 seconds.
opponents today. In the
tennis
tournament Another Netherlands swim-Neighbour ming prodigy 15-year-old Ada and most of the other seeded Den Hoon, set a new record stars advanced without dimeulty. Flat, top-seeded, disposed of yorda orthodox
breast-stroke, when Joab Blackmon, 0-2, 0-4, and The clocked
50 Lt. Col. minutes.
T. W. Bonner, 6-4, seconds, the minimum time sot 6-3. by the International Swimming Mervyn Rose and Don Candy, suthorities 10 establish this Australians top-seeded in the record,
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1957:
AMMY TRAINS WITH HIS PROTEGE
Olympic Gold Medal flyweight Terry Spinka (right), now a professional, and a newly-retired Sammy McCarthy, who is hoping to become the youngest manager, meet around; the punchbag at the Thomas A'Beckett Gymnasium in the Old Kent Road, London. Sammy, who has applied, for a manager's licenpe, was at the gym to help with Terry's, training for the youngster makes his professional debut on the Harringay bil next month. McCarthy has followed Spinks? career
for some years.-Beuterphoto.
SIX DAYS TO THE FLAT RACING SEASON
SMYTH PLAYS DOWN SUCCESS-
BUT HIS HORSES LOOK
By RICHARD BAERLEIN
GOOD
Epsom trainer, Ron Smyth hegan our interview by bemoaning, the fact that
he saddled only 16 winners last season. This is a family trait in the Smyths and they. play down their successes,
I answered that he would, not be building 38 completely new, boxes and brand new house if he was not a successful trainer.
said, he wishes A ne range of boxes have as the trainer been built and all labour-saving she was two inches taller.
The trainer will be sending, a POMPEIENNE, very at from strong team to Lincoln including
winner hurdling, CANDE, a
蒜
stable, but the son of Chamós
(London-Exepršky. Satulca }.
(COPYRIGHT),
Eddie Choong Likely To Win All-England Singles Title
That Medal Changes Life Of Brasher
By BOB FERRIER
How farea Chris Brasher? Mr Brasher, as you may recall, is our erudite ateeplechaser who ran and jumped to better effect than the best of the rest of the world at Melbourne and gave us the first British Olymple track success in umpteen years.
And since Brasher's succos; be work, But, In addition, he in the Games came just three hopes lo "write a bit" on months ago, it seemed to me climbing and. ntbletics, but good, time to offer a report on mostly just of "people and the aftermath, and how the vite places, and things.” pnd times of Brasher havé . In 10. meantime, Chris Brasher had to dash off. To a changed.
luncheon appointment,
As beate a rising young oil company.
theso exccutlys in straitened times, Braher la brik, businesslike, very much to the point.
FINAL GRACE
"I had been fooling around in athletics without much success in such a way that a year before Melbourne I decided to have a real final crack at it.
"Life became a round of work, training, and, top/often, 100 Hitle sleep, too little time for 'personal interests, too little time for my friends. I kept con-
soling myself that after Melbourne I could relax and enjoy these things. It hasn't happened that way.
(London Express Service),
(COPYRIGHT)
COLONY BADMINTON
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Lee Wing-foon In Open Singles Final
...
By "TOUCHWOOD" Youth played a dominant role Now I and I have less tree
year's Senior Open time, see less of my friends, and in, this
Last Singles Championship. get even less sleep than ever
night the recently crowned before
Brasher's current score is one wing-toon of the Chung Cheong.
Junior Singles Champion, Let Invitation accepted from every club, became the first junior 10. he receives and even a player to enter the Open that, ho is involved the
Singles final when he eliminated social and laudatory swim at last year's runner-up, M. A least five evenings a week.
Brasher, of course, was the Ebrahim, with convincing scores gent always just out at focus of 15-3, 10-5 in approximately when the cameras hit the track 25 minutes at the IRC court. trilogy Bannister - Chatawny, “.
Lee Wing-foon, will meet the Brasher, but since Melbourne he 1960 Triple Junior Champlon, standa bathed in the full elare George Mo, in the final to of the public foodight, from
This clash
lunch at the Mansion, House all morrow night at the Craigen
Eower Cricket Club. the way to Lime Grove.
badminton
He finds it all exciting, stimu- promises some very tating and, betimes, very tiring. elons
of
Chhaip
as both players are of Like so many of his about the same standard and
tion, Brasher, reilshes, a variety
he has seen
one play. Ho has seen no ballet. OBVIOUS
Hc
จ
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of off-time, interests, He llices the custody of the Singles title climbing. He worships ballet, will hinge on the night's form. M. A. Ebrahim's showing last Post Melbourne,
night was totally an unexpected result as fans had anticipated is still dunned by the pn easy victory for this Borneo- The humiliating dragons, of newspaper and tele born player,
pets: by n vision life, and he counter it all defeat in straight
certain
'bird-chaseŤ". Indicated resigned, junior
Ebrahim has "One that
passed his optimistic melancholia.
for us competitive never complains, of course," he peak
look that makes singles play, is concerned. says, with a
Craigingower's Miss Helen the statement aggressively ob vlous," "and, in any caso, it is Kwong entered the final of the Women' Singles with an easy slackening off alightly now."
On top of all this, he has to straight sets victory of 11-1, "pick up business contacts" 11-2 over. lapsed during that three-month
the defending. Olympic
Tripla, Champion, played a very Would that little forceful match, in which she The futury say gai bauble he brought home excelled in her strong backhand from Australia, open the doors returns and neat. placements that had her opponent running of life for him? |
We both, agreed, it might, but | back and forth in the court. were both discreet enough,, to,
For Bracher let it go at that, us for everyone else, there will
MISS SR. A. Hunter.
But it's not all jam and honey
saire comes from Radio Star in the world of play for pay. devices employed. Normally ni GOLDEN CITY was rather who is a prolific winner pro- The South Africans are anding Ron Smyth's slable I expect to disappointing lost season. inducer, and Deep Req will make this out. O'Linn is going home find a large number of speedy that she won only one race, his mark in time,
the end of the senson to selling platers, but the tone of Sho, was bad at the gale but At the end of the season Ron settle in South Africa. He lost the stable is changing and there has done very well and is likely Smyth will certainly not admit his League place at
She is owned to having done well. whatever, with Charlton are some really nico horses who to score again. earlier this season.
will require a little time, by Mr. Gibson, the Tottenham the record of his Borges, but I Ken Chamberlain, who seemed The Canadian owner, Mr. E. P. bookmaker, who also ewms, one shall be very surprised if his all set for great things until a Taylor, who has built the finest of the nleest two-year-olds in owners are not fully satisded, broken leg
leg dimmed his hopes, in raeccourse In Canada near the stable, HINWOOD, a son of with the senson's results. now a
reserve
And Toronto, owns an exceptionally, Krakatao player. this week, Ted Purdon moved nice three-year-old;" OBJEC
Division
This son of Nearco O TIVE. Sunderland to Third Division Worldingion. of the Oaks winner Steady
Firmen! Now
apart, only Aim. cost 5,800 guineas as a Scottish International left back yearling and has yet to see a of three races last season, RIP,
racecourse. dolm Hewle and Stuart Leary
a son of Panoráma,, who begon He is a brother in blood to last season in Paddy Frender- remain in the top bracket. And
club, Charlton,
who did not reach gast's are Immortal,
stablo, and ARGOSY heir cortainiles for relegation to the his best until he was a four- ROYAL, a Golden Cloud colt,
Objective was an who will run in the Brock Second, Division next season-year-old.
enormous yearling, but he has Isby Stakes. London Express Service.
Callae is very now grown up to his size and forward. (COPYRIGHT)
is a most attractive colt,
ATTRACTIVE From his breeding and his Another must attractive two- looks he could be anything, and year-old is LLOYDS, n typical although the trainer has done son of Grey Sovereign. Lloyds little with him to date it will will not be long in coming to be surprising if he does not, win hand. He cost only 400-
Eddie. Choong, the little 25 good races. And he could easily guineas, but there are plenty of year-old law student from become a clousle coit,
four-agure purchases who would Malaya, has a splendid oppor- TWO, FILLIES
bo willingly exchanged with this tunity to win the Men's Singles Mr Taylor also owns two nilies colt. If Lloyds is not a winner in the All-England Badminton Sam. Snood, Bud; Holscher Worthy, of nientlon-the three-then there is no sense in lookins | Wimbledon tomorrow, for the table tennis team tonight de were
Championships, which begin at David Harum, 6-3, 6-4, and and Lloyd Mangrum, fought year-old TULARIA
year-old ATOFFA and the two- at horses. moved through the second round threatening skies and a brisk
A two-year-old who will not fourth time and make the trophy feated a German national loam by default.
Atoff ran three times last reach is best until the autumn his own property.. offshore wind today for a three
by five wins to nil in Munich, although she did not is LANCE. under par.00
This pleasing colt andi a three-way win, she performed with credit is one to note.
holder of
players tie at the halfway point of the and is sure to win this season, $10,000
DIOCESE is a useful-looking tonn-titles, he has just won touring. Europe after the World Seminole pro-amateur Tularia, is a daughter of Tulgar son
Championships: in of Migoli who ran in the German Championship is a
Stockholm. →on the small side but per- Ireland last
meet the Danes, um vern they wone Dempret
season and came again likely to
one Women's and one fourth
in feelly proportioned. This la a over for a two-year-old race at Flan K. Kobbero, in the last Mixed, title. place with a 70. Far most attractive ally, Though, Goodwood, back, but still with a chance in
stage and, as he la fast
np Today's results were £1.5 Every stable It.have been inproaching top form, he should follows: Hagan with, 0, 73.
Three-Way Tie
In Pro-Amateur Golf Tourney
foreign draw, mailed to appear Tonight's recorde will be for their scheduled matches, but short-lived, because the Inter-officials reported they were ex- national authorities have de
pected tomorrow, elded that ali records set up in
Vie Soixas, gooded second in Palm Beach, Florida, Mar. 19. 25 metres and other "short"
the
Men's Singles, downed. pools will no longer be valid after May 1st this year. Only 50 metres pool performances will be counted.-France-Presse.
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GOES TO CUSTOMERS
of waiting
m to come to
6-2,
Gardner Mulloy, who won his first-round
match yesterday, eliminated Jimmy Shakespeare,
2.7-5. Eddie Mo Eddie Moylan, sooded third, beat Ed: Bennett, 6-1, 6-4, and then beat Hernando Salas of
Wag
Bogota, Colombia, 6-1, 4-3 .the.. 38-hole event, Wis Ben
Moss was extended to vin from Harry Hoffman 3-6, -win
4-4, before dropping Stanley Cotien 6-0, 6-0.
Gandiner Dickinson Jr, who fired a 72, teamed with amateur William Curran for a team score Darlene Hard, eighth-ranked of 61 and a tie for the lead in woman player and top the pro-amateur division. Curran US seeded domestically here, was
had a
a handicap of 13, pushed to three acts by Eng-
Fled with them were land's Pauline Edward, before
Holscher and
Show amateur
Walker. winning 0-0,4-0, 0-2 to lead whose handicap of nine helped sooded, players into the third them score a best ball; of 61. round of the Women's Singles.
Demaret and his partner, T. In other Men's Singles, Bedford Devic, shot Armando
Vieiro, of Sao Paulo, for
62 to tie third place with Peter 'Brazil, defeated Willlari
Thomson of Melbourne, Austra
Alvarez of Calgmbig, 6-1, 6-lia, and amateur Anthony Wilson, and Marion Lamos of Mexico United. Press. City defeated Andre Donnacion,
US 8-1, 6-4,-United Press,
HOME SOCCER
Carlisle, Mar. 10.
Carlisle United and Acering-
to Stanley drew 2-2 in
ICE HOCKEY
season
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TODAY
International Cup: First Round: PortugalỪ Bigland,
p.mil Combined Tresariand Scotland
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China, both, matches at
KFC Stadium.
dolf
Fred_Barry Cup Golf at Shai-0, First Round
TOMORROW
Basketball
London, Mar. 19. The British fee hockey, team Third from Brighton, tonight defeated Aulbuc Division North soccer match the United States național team | P.O. Box, 280-** played hero tonight. The score by 13-5, in a. majch at Brighton, at halt time was 1-1.
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London, Mar. 19.
German National TT Team Beaten By Japanese
Munich, Mar. 19:
A two man Japanese men's
Tanaka
On her showing Miss Kwon looks set for a repeat: perfor manco in this year's Champion- ships and the only, obatacle. In her path to winning the threo major titles will be Miss Ulian Khoo who is most likely to
night's:Singles semi-fioul,
overcome Diana Yung In to
THE RESULTS, Results of kast, night's games
'Senior-Men's Singita *Log Wing-foon beat MA. Ebrahim 16-3
Senior Men Doubles KC Wong and George Ma beat TT, Chin and K.W. Hun- tar-15-3. 18-3...
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Ladies' Senior Doubles Mry M. Gonsalves and Mrs- O. Silva beat Mrs M. Rozario 18-10, T. Champog. 16-10, ***** Senior Mixed Doublés
KS, Low, and Ullan Khoo beat Slu Chuery and Toul Yuen- chun 18-9, 15-7,
Diana Yung R. Tay and beat M. T. Lam and Dorothy Lam 17-15, 15-8.
has offspring of Krakatno that repeat last year's finals success. Meisuke Tsunoda beat. Freun-and wilt win and Ron Smyth's paix, HINWOOD, and CRACKERNUT, The Women Singles title, dorter by 21-19, 22-20.
Toshiaki
(World can, bath be included in this loo seems destined to go abroad. category.
ogain
with Margaret Varner, Singles Champion) beat Selz by ALL OVER won two racca for from El Paso (Texas), attempte 21-16, 23-25, 21417. the stable last season and hoing to achieve a postwar record Tanaka and Tsunoda beal looks as wall as ever, Six with a hat trick of wins. At Freundorfer and Holusek by furlongs is as far as he cares to the other end of the draw is 21-19, 18-21, 21-14. go but he will be placed to was her compatriot, Judy Devilo, Tanaka beat Freundorfer by again.
21-14, 21-18. The three-year-old The tournament, which has Tsunoda beat Seiz by 21-10, MAZURKA, who coat only 300 attracted a record entry of 240 15-21, 21-19 Franco-Freser,
the unofficial guineas as a yearling, came to is regarded as hand late in the season and world championship-France- landod mething of a gamble Fresse. In a mile nursery, at, Newbury though fio started Thou PALL
at 20-1. MAKE MARK
"Hat Trick" King'
Bam Lomax, contre forward
World Chess Championship
Sentor Ladies Strateg Helen. Kwong beat Mrs P. A Hunter 11-1, 11-2.
TONIGHT'S GAMES AT IRO
7.30. p.m
Senjor Mixed Doubles, B. K. L. Lui and Miss W. K. Chen v George Ma and Helen Kwong,
8.45
8 p.m., Senior Ladies' Singles: Diana Yung v Ullan Khoo.
p.m... Senior - Ladies' Doubles Hein Kwong and. Paris, Mar. 10. Challenger Smyslov drew and D. Lam. Senior Ladies' Ullan Kh00 v. Mrs P. A. Hunter
9.15 p.m., Doubler, Diana Yung and Chan Yuct-yuav Mrs. O. Bilyn and Mrs M. Gonsalves,
Bouth Best-Ada Basketball Tourna« |ment: Formosa v Thaliand, Chinese
at. Carolina. ill. p.m.
He proved his elamina and ho Badminton
looks
a stayer He will win Colony Berdor Badminton Cham-again and should
a top pionships: inais aš, CCC, 7.50 p.m. class-hardler:late
----- Athletics,
I noted INDIGO BLUE os a❘ of Langley FC in the Salford Close for the Colony Open likely early two-year-old win (Lanes) Anjour League, and level with Champion Botvinnik
Championships,
ner. Ron Emyll also won with scored 38 goals, in his fourteen today in the World Chess Cham the dam, Bally Blue. She may matches this season. That total plonships when the won the only be a celling, plater, but she includes five hat tricks," two with game of the match on the will be a useful ond,
fours and a five, Osly, all move the Tags news agency times has he been held to fowe announced from. Moscow, then,
threo, gonla
After this game, each, player had won two matches and two have been drawn. -- FrODEO Presse,
The match had been post- Period scores were 1-4 6-1, } } poned, from Jantjary 6-Router. | 6-0 -France-Presse,
THE GAMBOLS
1021 BEFORE CHRISTMAS My wardrobe's getting
FRIDAY Hadminton
Colony Benfor Badminton Cham-DEEP RED is the only horse plonships Presentation at CCC, 0 p.m. Mis C.. Y. Bennett has in the
Barry
GOLDEN CHURN
SPURS BEAT. ANTWERP
D.45. p.m. Senior Men's Doubles R. Tay and R. Young v George Ma, and K. C. Wong.
THURSDAY AT CCO 7:80 my Sentor/Mixed. Doubles Semi-finala EAWA Hunter and Mr Hunter, y X6, Low and Ulfan Khoo,lp: MP Senior Menys Singles George Ma vi Lee Wings Ser or Ladies Senior
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Antwerp, Mar.. 19,. foot
Tottenham Hotspun, the Loni,
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