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THE CHINA MAIL,
TUESDAY
BABUR WINS THE LINCOLN
Jockey E. Hide brings. Captain S. Riley Lord's Babur past the post to win the Lincolnshire Handicap, first big race of the new flat racing season, ut Lincoln Just Wednesday,
Following, to take second place, is W. Snaith on Major I. B. Holliday's Setting Star, while coming into third place on the rails is Mr J. S. Gerber's Nicholas Nickleby, ridden by J. Gifford.-Reuterphoto.
NELSON EXPECTS TO DO BETTER THIS YEAR
FRENCH HORSES SHOULD BOOST HIS CHANCES
By RICHARD BAERLEIN
Peter Nelson moved to Kingsdown, Upper Lambourn, his present attractive stables in Berkshire, on January 1, 1955, and in that year he saddled 38 winners. Last year there were 26 winners. This season his team of 45 includes several horses bought in France.
Probably the most interesting of these is the four-year-old SIBOUR, because he is a half-brother by Sicambre to Tyrone, who is at present favourite for 2,000 Guineas and the Epsom Derby.
the
APRIL 1957,
NEXT SATURDAY'S INTERNATIONAL
Matthews And Finney Are Just Too Much For The Scots
Says DON REVIE
This coming Saturday Wembley stages the showpiece of Home international matches-England v. Scotland. I mean no disrespect to the Irish and Welsh who have made tremendous strides in international football in recent years. But the fact remains that the one cap an England player prizes above all others is the ope against Scotland.
Since the end of World War II England have won five and drawn three of the ten games played. This has caused many English fans to feel that they are the soccer supremos of British football,
must say the team spirit 16 terrific.
How short the public memory will tum the.gome England's for my own elab Sunderland I is. The plain truth is that way, alace the game between the countries was Inaugurated in 1872, Scotland have won 31. matches, England 24, and 18 have been drawn.
the
WORTH 21,000 EACH
We are all delighted at the Congratulations Lo Matt way Ray Daniel, Welsh inter- Busby and
Manchester nailonal centre-half, has bravely United players for reaching the settled in to play the un
All along role of centre-forward. Ho la Now Scotland is producing Final of the Cup. great ball players as they did have folt they were good now nicknamed Nandor Daniel, between the wars when they
but I nover thought In tribute to Nandot Hidegkuti, enough, had Hughle Gallacher,
Alexey
would make It because the the famous Hungarian centre James, Jimmy Dunn, Alan strain of going for the League forward. Morton, Alex Jackson, John Championship, FA Cup und
Ray scored his first gool at European Cup is terrific.
Now lots of peope think that Chelsea, ard Ray nearly jumped But the bly talking point in: United's players will rake in a over the crossbar with delight. Can Scotland at fast halt Eng-small fortune
Cup We are now going to pin up a from the land's run of success? Scotland through newspaper articles and notice over Ray's lecker in the
television last won at Wembley in 1951.
dressing room: and Roker Park appearances
"Only 00 to go Ray to beat worth are
Dean's lenst Dixie
scoring
McPhall, etc.
Well, I would fancy theirg, etc.
ot chunces this year but for one
a man already for the record!"" thing: The scourge of the Scots, great boost they have given to
azala
British football. But the facts
Final teams have a pool in
Take are simply these, Most Cup looking forward to our summer
Stan
Matthews, is onge on England's right wing. it from me the presence of Stan and Tom Fanney will be causing the Scottish team quite a head- ache in trying to plan how to stop these two great ball players.
and
have
The Sunderland players arg tour in Russia. We play is which all money made from Moscow and Leningrad. I advertising and publicity la never been behind the Iro distributed among the players, Curtain and the one place I am in recent years the average cager to see is the Moscow Stadium where I has worked out at about £100 Dynamo
understand they have an indoor Only the electric atmosphere!
What a scramble there is at pool to coach Olympic rowers; of the Cup Final surpasses at the foot of Division I as Ports- & gym for coaching Olymple England-Scotlanul gama att Wembley. I know, because one city battle to avoid the drop in
wrestlers; and a hall, where men mouth, Sunderland and Cardiff
It of the greatest moments of myte Division II. He was when I played there as partner to "Stort Matthews Inf I wouldn't say it is a happy position to be in-but speaking
com:
Sibour, still a malden, ran plus and develop into 1 Cup race, and I like CHIROPODY, | 1955. only once in 1955 and once the horse. He could not look better. a daughter of The Cobbler. following your.
That was the He has now
Remember? Of the three-year-olds, 1 like
stable In recent years the been gvided and it is hoped he PREFAIRY best, He is a son of has had two top-class two-year- day England won 7-2 and Stan will develop into a useful stay- Precipitation, from a Foxhunter olds in Weeber and Whistler. turned in a Command Perform- ing handicapper. He will bemure, and should therefore stay and while it would be unwise ance for England which sten at Liverpout in the first any distance. He is a typical to predlet that any of the two-pletely knocked the Scottish
Precipitation coll, and could year-olds will reach that stand-team off their game. develop into a high-class three-ard, foel quite sate in saying the season pro-thai Peter Nelson will beat his lout year's total of winners with considerable
week of the season.
year-old
roses.
Other French importations for the current senson are SAPHOS and NYSOS, who have already done good service for the stable
DUVIDAL, a half-brother 10 aid the five-year-old AHMOSE, Whistler, who did so well for who has not yel run in Bri- the stable. was Father dis. tain, but 110s won five races | appointing last season, though in Franço La the past area he was placed in his last three
seasons.
ATTRACTIVE
But the most attractive of all the horses over the age of three
is the Irish St Lefer winner of last year, MAGNETIC NORTH.
stay
rates
Without growing much, he is still an attractive colt and will win be most unlucky no to some useful races.
SO UNLUCKY
his
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the banquet after the game, Sir George Gratum, secretary of the Scottish FA; paying tribute to the England team and Stan Matthews, "sald: "All the Scots would like to see Stan play for years to come-but not against Scotland!"
SLOWER BOOTS
Seixas Again Says He Will Retire why think England will win,
Vic Selxas, two miles but it is questionable whether
Mrs Dower Thinks Dai Has Had Enough
London, Apr. 1.
Mrs Dai Dower, wife of
go,
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so
from his
he
current
ever.
The
a man.
Japan
and women practise dancing.
is truly a meeting place for all types of sportsmen and sports- women. We could do with this sort of thing in Britain.
Beats England 5-3 In Table Tennis Match
Birmingham, Apr. 1.
Japan beat England by five matches to three in the first of their three international table tennis matches here tonight.
· JAPANESE SWEEP?
"NATIONAL" WINNER
Champlon jockey Fred Winter, riding Mrs G. Kohn's Sundew, won the Grand National at Aintree, beating Wyndburgh and Tiberetta into 2nd and 3rd places. Picture shows Sundew coming over the last fence-Central Press Photo.
Royal And Ancient Permits Itself A Major Revolution
By LEONARD BELSHAM
London, Apr. 2.
A charge of old-fashioned conservatism, sticking to tradition and refusing to move with the times can no longer be leveljed at the Championship Committee of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, St. Andrew's,
In several small ways these men, most of them, "moderns" who have played under present day conditions, Have made beneficial contributions to the manngement of the game, and their decision to have qualifying rounds. for next year's British Amateur Championship at St. Andrew's is, perhaps, their major revolution,
It has met with universal round in qualifying may not curn approval from the British crilles him a place in the Championship and from players, and the more fold thought one gives to the new Another virtue situation the more obvious it is liminaries that it will add status to the well produce new golfing per- Championship,
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of the pre- that they may
sonalities stars of the future
continued
Even at 42, I guess Stan will still have the same power to demoralise the Scots That's
The Japanese players, who will be competing in the although I don't expect there to be more than a goal in it. English Open Championships for the first time this week,
as men strive to do their Magnetic North won three There are still hopes of
No longer are any limits im-
best in order to gain a place won the first two singles matches through their World roces last senzon, and it is to be running in the 2,000 Guineas, Kingston, Jamaica, Apr. 1.
Tom Finney will be 35
posed apart from a necessary hoped he will
Cupper and former champion of will be the oldest man ever to
veteran
Davis day before the International. He Singles Champion, Toshiaki Tanaka, and Fujie Eguchi,
qualification of a man's ability among the selet: 200. There will, of course, bo certain te will reach this standard,
the U.S. and Wimbledon, said lead an England forward line---
Their first upect, however, was Miles Watanabe beat Miss by taking his handicap into exemptions, probably past win-
HEDONIST,
today that he would retire from but years have not who Was
dimmed the defeat of Keisuke Tsunoda, Joyce Fielder 12-21, 21-7, 21-16. consideration and it will be a tennis when
championship open to the world. nets and nominated men from overseas. countries, perhaps 20 unlucky not to win at Kempton competitive
Finney's brilliance. I honestly the Chuo (Tokyo) University
Ogmura and Tanaka lost to:
The bare. facts aro that the five returned
was beaten by last year, when he was
the in all. think he is playing better than former world champion Johnny 21-18, 15-21-Reuter.
student, who
Bergmom and Leath 16-21, handicap of would-be compell- lengths In front with 100 yards Caribbean tour,
tors has been raised for 1958
is not new) ex- Qualifying to
Leach, Is still in the Derby. He
The 33-year-old star, ranked
from two to four and that ceps to the British umatour. It. chestnut son of Big Game, third in the US, for 1950, sald
Tomi Okawa was beaten by It is most noticeable when
qualifying rounds will provide a has been sticcessful ⠀ In the so I cannot share his owner's he would quit to devote his full England play Scotland that the Ann Haydon, runner-up to Miss
London, Apr. 1.
Championship field of 200.. United States for many years hopes; chestnut Big Game colls time to business. He has been English use a lot of long passes Eguchi' in this year's "World
and was ongo tried in the Japan's Toshiaki Tanaka and
Not that a handicap, in self, Brillah Open, a have proved most disappointing associated with his father in a as a surprise defence-splitting Championships at Stockholm.
on
district Ichiro Ogimura look likely to Nevertheless, Hedonist acts plumbing supplies business, move, The Scots, with wonder-
Miss Haydon won 21-9, 21-13 night out the final of the men's has any direct place in the basis Ag suggested for the well on the hard ground and is;
ful ball players lice Bobby after being 5-9 down in
arrateur. Seixas
the singles in the English Open Championship. is playing in the Collins (Celle), Jackie Mudie second game. Just starting to do well.
But it considered that if o Table Tennis Championships
Why It was not Eighth Caribbean Champion- (Blackpool), Willie Fernie
phryer has a landicap at his club nobody really knows but per Miss Eguchi and Miss Kilko which start here tomorrow. WYNDUST ended the season | ships, starting the British and Empire with a victory in a nursery
"today, at (Celtic) and Bobby Johnstone Watanabe beat Miss Haydon
of up to four he is a worthy at Montego Bay. He was seeded) (Manchester City) still use and Miss Kathleon Best in a Nobody else in the event enough player to be entitled to haps. It will return if next year's experiment is a success, Flyweight Boxing Cham Newmarket, at 25-1, Although with Mervyn Rose of Australia their old style of calculated women's doubles match, but looks to have the power to stem bid for the Championship. pion, said today she hoped she la rather small she has done in the upper bracket of the short passing.
and Ichiro Ogimura
Tanaken the advance of. the Japanese Last your, when only 200 It would certainly prevent the Dower would hang, up his well, and will once again Day
singles, with Austraila's! men's
for the cluttering up of the course by Leach were beaten
and pair, with their Roshing foot entries were
accepted Don Candy. and Brazil's Why then have the glovos for good after
handicap will men who have no possible Scola Richard Bergmann in a men's work, dynamic forchand attacks Championship, Armando Vieira heading the falled so often in recent years? doubles match.
chance of success, or even and lightning speed,
Somit was two, as will be the qualifying, a point which 80 unsuccessful world title bid
lower ball.
I think the answer is simple, in
case this year, and ther
there Scotland their gamo is not so Japen moot England in Lon- If there were any danger 10
had to be a ballot among the often occurs during the first game's greatest fighters, won at Wim- fast as in England; the tackling don next Monday, and the third their staging a repeat of this handicap two men, dor however days of the Open,
World Championship minutes and 60 seconds by
"There again players score 10. bledon in 1953 und finally won perhaps not so swift, and there international will be played at year's World Champion Pascual Percz
the U.S. crown
samo bite
nnal. It would seem most like any places were available after ono Cheltenham on April 11, ceveral times, looks well and
in 1954 after is not the
come from Ivan An- the handicap one men had been the late eighties, and nineties, ly to experiences in English League of Argentan in Buenos Aires.
entered. The raise to four may having entered simply because GAME SCORES will be placed in modest com- missing it in the finals in both football. Add to this the fact
dreadis (Czechoslovakia) or Mrs Dower was speaking to
1951 and 1959. With Doris Hart, that for years England tears
bring as many as 2,000 entries, They folt. It was "the thing”* Zoltan Berezik (Hungary), nowsmen et Abereynin in Wales, pany.
Of the two-year-olds I should he ran up an enviable record in have tried to grork to a definite Results tonight word;
and these two have to meet in hence the necessity of qualifying though their form provides no Toshiaki Temaks beat Brian the quarter-finals before they his will take place in misy Lee-Chins Mail Special. mixed doubler.
justlication Dower's home town, where his say that DENGOLD is the most
wasting their plan, and you will see why friends are preparing a Kala
In 1964 Selxas teamed with Scotland have been beaten so Kanady 14-21, 21-17, 21-17 tackle any Japanean opponents, various parts of the country a Miss Fujle Egucht beat Miss One possible threat will there- few weeks before the "Cham- of Denturlus created keen com-
they Cup from Australia, but
Kathleen fest 24-22, 21-11.
fore be automatically removed plonship is petition at
played at St. last Newmarket
It is obvious after the recent
Keisuke Tsunoda last
Andrew's, starting on May 20, Mrs Dower sald she had not October, and she possesses more were beaten the following year
Tho 12-2121-18,
women's slogies also at Forest Hills. yet recovered from Dower's descope than the majority of the
results in the Under 23 and Johnny Leach. Lo New York, the U.S. Inter-League.
soems, destined to fall to a 1958. that 22-24. games feat but it was up to him to offspring of her ́sire,
It is expected that there will Davis
Billy Scotland have a fine trop Cup... captain,
Japanese player, though there bo at least if such tournaments of decide whether he would con- STARBOARD, a son of Star-Talbert.. said he
Miss Kiko Watanabe and maybe aliter opposition in from each of which it propor- Ainue his career,
was "sur playsirs coming along. dust, also looks
Miss Eguchi beat Miss Ann this event than in the men'a | -7M win prized" at the report of Seixer
tion of qualifers will come, đâu Dower, in a telephone call races as a two-year-old, and I rotiring.
I think for team play at Haydon and Miss Best 19-21, singles.
the By on biserod by, oach |
size of entry lite anothe son of Stardust,
"As far as I know, he is ge- Wembley on Saturday they will 21-15, 21-12.
The main threat, on World ASTROL
Ing to play 'al: Dallas, then be England's.... equals. · But I
Ichiro Ogimura beat Richard Championship
Boction. This will ensure that. should BARLEY is on attractive son Houston, when he gets back," think
form, the presence of the
Bergmann 21-10, 21-16.
come from England's Ann Hay no contender, will have of Orthodox.
said Talbert. "He has retired | maostros, Matthews and Flaney, DENTED PRIDE is a daughter before and 1-belleve it when with their great skill, experimen
don, defeated by Fulle Eguchi travel any great distance, or be Miss Tomi Okawa lost to Miss in the final at Stockholm, but put to heavy expense In bir hid of Denturlus who looks sure to 11 see it"United Press. 25] and fair for the big, occasion, Haydön 9-21,, 19-21.
this le lessened to some extent to quality.
MARIA
last Saturday.
higher way.
COMPETITION
NUTCRACKER, who was not i
Dower was knocked out in two quite good enough to win a race last season, though he ran well
Seixas, one of the
homecoming for their vanquish certain winner. This daughter Tony Trabery to lift the Davis often.
ed hero.
from Buenos Aires, told his family that Perez's punch was the roughest he over took.
He said he had recovered from the match "physically, at least," --France-Prosse,
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in the quarter-finals, Tondi haual to the other men of Dlez, docamide 10
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parative rabbit
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