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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1957.
LUZ BEATS MA IN THE SEASON'S ESPLEN CUP
BEST GAME TO
Baker Beats Tommy Baker
Leslie For A.. Semi-final Berth
By "TOUCHER”
Raoul Luz of Recreio and Tommy Baker of Kowloon Cricket Club yesterday became the other two qualifiers for the semi-finals of the Colony Open Singles Lawn Bowls Champion- ship by virtue of quarter-fingl victories over C. C. Ma of Craigen- gower Cricket Club and G. F. Leslie of Kowloon Bowling Green Club.
They joined U. A. Rumjahn of Indian Recreation Club and R. Gourlay of Kowloon Dock in the last four of the event.
Played yesterday also were four second round matches of the The twelve other matches in the Colony Open Triples Championship. same round of this event, which were scheduled to be played last Sun- day and which were called off on account of rain, will be played off by mutual arrangement during the next few days.
DATE
FLOODLIGHT LAWN BOWLS!
The following will represent the Kowloon Cricket Club in a friendly floodilght lawn bowfis match tonight against the Hong- keng Football Club at the HKFC commencing at 9 p.m.-
W. Baker, J. A. White M. I. Simpleton, T. E. Boker (Skip).
R. P. Brown, G. Ladd, D. C. Symons, W. Hong Sling (Skip).
A. B. While, S. Smith, G. W. S. Edwards, R. J. Taylor, Divacha
Mudar J. Duffield (Skip).
Phoenix, M. J.
(Skip).
C. Evans, E. P. H. While, J. N, Wong, R, S. Capell (Skup).
Indonesia To Hold Asian-African Soccer Tourney
Djakerts, Aug. 7. The Indonesian Football AS- elation cnnounced Inday it hoping to organise O Wis
touna-
The Federation also said that
it was sending a soccer eleven to Kuala Lumpur to compete in tho Menicka Games organised 10 celebrate Malaya's indepen- dence on August 31.-Reuter.
Yesterday's programme
From 12-15, Ma drew closer | Asiza-African 50-1 Luz followed this up with a; det en of the finest ingles single und a three, to lead by 8-0 to 13-15 en the next head. Withment in Indonesia next year.
It is proposed to invite teams Japan, India, Ceylon, matches ye! 14 n this year in the↑ Ma opened his scoring on the Luz lying two shots, Ma drew in clasit between R, F. da Luz of fourth head by successfully pro- the rat shot about 10 inches from
He followed Burma, and Malaya among other Recreio and C. C.
of moting his own wood, and on behind the jack. Ma Cralgengowe which resulted in the afth head he chalked up on this up with a two on an almost countries. a win Jo: Jaz by 21-19, other two with two well-drawn full 17th head to draw level at It was pity that these two shote, ene about a feot jack-15-15 amidst loud appaluse from a toucher, the Roc number of spattators bowlers had to play on a tricky bigh and the other Breca,
but despite this they put Luiz was wide on the backhatid present. us an extremely high standard with his first three woads and his lost wood just grozid off the 1 bowls and it wag a pity
shot wood, again that son had to be a
Banul Luz's victory cams in dramatie fashion on the 23rd and last head when the score fend at 19-19. Having lust Four on the 15th head, a two on another two OB The 1716
Luz went ahead to 8-3 with shots on the sixth two drawn bead, and a brilliant resting shot gave him another count of two on the next head.
Luz showed the cociners and chaun- steadiness et a renoned pion when he came back with a two on the 18th head to regułn the lead at 17-15.
On
in
to The next short
Ma drew the medium head. first shot about two inches in front of the jack and Luz coul
Eastern Share Honours With
th-19th by continuing is phay 9th head after 1az had drown a just nut ba thice second: With Aussie Team
wide-drawing for chand toucher.
his last wood Ma drew to within in inches of the jack for a count
Ma came into his own on the
Wit his third wood toward the Cral-he tapped the shot wood which
fullspron the juck a couple of feel of two. On almost
Despile a blocker put in head and being narrow
moet buck.
drew the dret shot
point town Longower end
of De time,
he took a cal- by Luz, tal;a: tisk by switching on within six inches of the jack,
the Inst head
to the backhand that had been tricky from short to a medium head,
PAID OFF
Ma followed this up with single to take his score to 3-10 and on the 18th head, with Luz tying the shot, Ma promoted bus own to chalk up two.
On the 11th head Luz drew the Tais paid off, as with his first shot about four inches jack-high, weed Luz drew the shot about Mo was unlucky when he pliced to just behind Luz's eight incher in a 10 o'clock posi- the jack
Luz with his next wood tion and followed this up with wood.
shot cbout 20 inches was a shude heavy and opened a securd
up the head although still lying Jack-high
The lett +ide. These stayed for the count to two shots, Ma managed to rest give him a well-cared victory | the seerand shot through and Luz with his third wood drew un- after a) very close but un- fortunate attempt by Ma when, other shot. coming on the forehand to trail the Juck for a count of three or rept the shet weod, be just sliced it a few inches towards Luz's two woods.
Bath bowlers selected the farchand as their hand of choice going down
The 20th bead proved the turning point. Luz then had e wood about two feet behind the jack and Ma a wood about B similar distance away from the fack on the backhand draw, Is attempting
the to rest
back wood from the forehand, Ma was a shade narrow and instead sliced the jack to just in front of Lutz's wood. This stayed for the count.
Luz took a single on the 21st head to lend by 19-17, but came 22nd very close to detest on
On a medium head he head.
first wood, which bumped his was about two yards and short, Ma drew In a toucher which finally settled down In the two o'clock position about six inches from the jack.
narrow
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Tasmania, Aug. 7. The Hongkong Easter Chinese soccer team drew 2-2 here 10- day with a Combined Australian team.
team.
WANSTEAD BOWLING CLUB
मा
RENK DEND TO "ENUJU EN
MATCH
Group photo of bowlers who took part in the annual match for the Esplen Cup between members of Hongkong clubs en hame leave and the Wanstead Bowl- ing Club at Wanstead on July 26,
The Hongkong team lost on the official rink by 22-80 and shared honours in two other triples games. They won one by 25-14 and lost the other, 22-28.
175 FOR 3, THEN 184 ALL OUT
RAMADHIN AND VALENTINE
SPIN OUT WARWICKSHIRE
Birmingham, Aug. 7.
Spin bowlers Sonny Ramadhin and Alf Valentine brought about a remarkable collapse by Warwickshire here today by claiming the last seven wickets in the space of nine runs and dismissing the county for 184. Warwickshire, who hold the distinction of being the last English county to hent a West Indies touring side in 1950 - were in a strong position at lunch when the total was 104 for two,
the West und end at close, at play the Indies were 32 behind with five
the wickets to fali,----Router,
The third wicket fell at 102, Warwickshire missed many Walcott and Pairaudeau held out
chunces,
Asgaruli and but then started the collapse,
put on GB for bateman Norman Kanhat Opening
wicket before previous second Horner, who in the match against Derbyshire made former was out leg before 152-the highest of his career. Hollies.
Ten runs later Collie Smith
10
The Chinese led 2-1 at half It was cate of the roughest making 98 in 195 minutes. gave a ce-handed return rotch
matches
ever seen
ww
in Hobart,
of the two shots. est either went wide, leaving Luz the winner by 21-18.
three for
YOUTH GAMES
Soviet Lifter Breaks Own World Record
fourth cut a: 175 after There was nobody left to face to Hellies after searing five. both team's using their weight, the West Indias in partner- Kanboi dominated the batting freely.
ship and Ram3shin Bnished when Walcott joined him und a for SIX off the Scorers for the Chinese side
medium- pucer, were Kwok You and L Kwok-with seven wickets for 43 while mighty drive Valentine took
40.indian-bom tai-Reuter,
Ramadity had taken his last glx Swaranjit Singh, lunded in the
crowd. wickets for no runs la 34 balls.
After seorang 74 out of 112 Tea
was taken before the West
in 85 minutes, Kanhui chopped Indies batted.
o delivery from Singh on to kisi
Moscow, Aug. 7. Wilkout
the Ecoring a run,
wicket. In addition to his six, Soviet weightlifter Minaev West Indies lost Gantcaume 14 Kanhai hit eleven fours.
beat the world record for the Lefore wicket when he moved Everton Weckes disappointed three Olympic movements In the other quarter-final across to fast-medium bowler und was out leg before får eight the featherweight category match at Kowloon Dock Club John Bannister In the opening when he moved veròss to Singh with a total of 355 kilns, Luz, trying to drow from
ni 134. For the last half hour Tommy Baker had the better of over. the forchand, Enw his wood
G. F. Leslie by 22-15 after 20 straighten up instead of taking
heads. Baker jumped to a D-0 well last bend and NO wide. Ma drew in the second lead on the first five beads, with shot just
a little wide of the WC, a tree, two singles and forehand draw about a foot in a two, and kept it at 11-2 by the
end of the 7th head. front of the jack.
the
9-0 LEAD
Attempting a rest or a trial, Ma was about a roo, wide and short with his last Luz was wood. This brought Lutz in 12-7.
On the 12th head, Luz was a on the
forehand draw. Ma get past him with an 18-inch juck-high shot, faiz was with his strond short again
Ma went wood and
a shade
A THIRD SHOT
the
next head and after traff- narrow as a forehand blocker.
Luz's wood again falled to ing behind 8-15 at the end of Luz succeeded in promoting his
take and was wide. Trying the 11th head. put up hiz Ma own word to lit
1wo and attempting a heavy draw from to put in a forehand counter strongest stand on the next thres
was a good two heads, Luz locker, the
the Cralgengower yard short end throughout the most of the Hame, Both atro teck the slightly jers drawing but slightly ridgy forshund golog up the Sports Rond end.
Luz invariably rolled medium head when he had the Jock and surprisingly Me also chose a short to medium head
ls Buc
toreland, was narrow.
Ma
Leslie retaliated with a four
011
just grazed off the Opposing yards short Changing to a Chalking up a single and two Twos, he narrowed the gap to third shot in attempting to rest heavy backhand
14-7
icad.
Luz took a
AL
draw, Luz
for himsuit from the very Arst head when he won the toss until the last few heads of the game. it through from the backhand was imbered and Mu failed in to draw a third for four and Ma was wide with an attempt win Luz cened
Gimbered that, being
by his through his brilliant all-round his heavy shot.
own front wood.
Had he token pluy, resting, trailing and pro-
chance of With Luz lying two shots on drawing the thing shot right up moting with deadly accuracy on
the 13th head, both about eight to the jack with his third wood. the tricky green and his ability to time and again draw in the inches front the jack, Ma suc- and taken the chance of Laiz another ceeded in resting the jack-high missing with his last wood as nel to first shot or
first shot to take a single, shot with his last wood,
he had with his second and Mu, on the other hand, seoned
result might, with his brilliant drawing to the Jack, particularly in the second Julf of the game, and was un- ta to be able fortunate not reach the same accuracy is his opponent in his resting or trailing shols.
Luz came back with a single third, the final
the next head, after Ma had have been different. missed by a hair's breadth, tak- ing the fuck back for four,
THE ONLY FOUR
The 16th head saw the only ecunt of four registered in the match by Ma.. Rolling the jack o full head for the first time in the game, Lux was narrow with his forehand draw and landed a
on
With the score at 19-10 the less head. Ma rolled medium to full head. He drew two within two feet behind the i Jack with his flast wood. Luz surprised when he suddently look to buckhand and drew the chot about eight inches behind the jack in a 10 o'clock position.
Ma, still coming co the fore-
yard jack-high. Ma drew to hand, was narrow and through within Inches on
IT'S TIME WE CUT DOWN THE TESTS, SAYS
Keason.
DENIS COMPTON
London.
I think we have too many Test matches in this 13-15, only to see Baker draw | country. We now have 25 Test days a season-EVERY
three succes- away again with sive singles to widen his lead to 18-13 and and the match with a single on the 10th head she a three on the 20th head.
RESULTS YESTERDAY'S
At KFC
R. F. da Luz (Rocreio) beat C. C. Ma (CDC), 21-19.
A KDO
T. E. Baker (KCC) beat G.. F. Lesic (KBGC), 22-15.
COLONY OPEN TRIPLES Second Round
A KEGO
J. Chubb, F. R. Kermant, and W. Hang Sling (KCC) beat J. Rull, A. H. Souza Ribeiro (FC), 30-6.
At HKCO
and V.
India, New Zealand, Pakistan, and the rest all take part in five-day Tests here,
It's altogether too much. This surfeit of international cricket threatens to choke the life out of county game.
in
Minacy beat his own world record for the pres movement by 500 grom3, lifting 115 kilos, 600 grams in this movement, but two judges out of three did not arres that Minsev should be credited with his Agure, and The performance
chalked up as 115 kulaz.
Magey then lifted 100 kilo
WON
In the match movement and 140
In the shoulder movement.
Rankings in the event were:
(USSR) 1. Evgeni Minaey 355 kilos,
2. Zelbaki (Poland) 345 kilos,
1. Ali Mangoub (Egypt) 330
kilas.
322.3ktos.
Yun-bo
(China)
5. Vun Hon-lin (China) 322.5 kilos.
Ahmed (Egypt) 320 kilaz
Germany) much Test cricket blunts 315 kitos. One reason is that so players' appetites for smaller fry.
0. Mustafa
7. Miske
(East
of
of
A
In Q
8. Djubanian (Lebanon) 295 Itilos.
D. Ericsson (Sweden). 292.5
SWIMMING
BASEBALL
Roy Sievers Out Of Action For A Few Days
New York. Aug. 17. ́. Roy Slevers, the American League's run-batted-in leader, will be out of netion for a few days because of a bruised. ankie, the Washington Senalars learned today.
At the same. ilme. infelder Bobby Richardson of the Naw York Yankees pulled inusele in his left thigh during the third inning of today's game against Washington and will be fidelined for 10 days to two weeks.
Slevers, who is tied with Ted Williams the Boston Red Sox for the League rome run leader- ship et. 30. tufforod his injury when he was hit by his own ioul ball during Tuesday night's Remo egoist the Yunkces. He 148 a swollo ankle fendion and with be back in two or three days.
musclo while Belding a ground ball hit by Pele Runnels of the Sena- dors in the third inning. He was replaced at sceord base by Jerry Coleman.
Richardson tulled a
FRANCHISE SHIFT
The New York Giants, with San Francisco's formel offer in hund, will present that offer to the club's Board of Directors next week and probably an- Tounce the franchise shiji.
Brooklyn's announcement of Is franchiso Airt to Loa Angeles was not expected to be far behind, since Dodger hopes of a new stadium in Brooklyn just about disappeared yester- day with publication of an engineer's report that i would take from 50 to 50 million dol Jurs to build 'n new stadium und improve its downtown Brooklyn $110.
In meeting with Glont sockholders
Club yesterday, President Horace Stoneham told them it would be in the best Interests of the team to move to
П
Sun Frasicisco.
Slencham went the meeting with 10,283 proxies out of a total of 11,561 hares of Glant stock. so his feeling that would be best for the Glants to move le obviously the course which will be followed.
The Dodgers' President, Wall- mang fer O'Malley, has said. times he will take the team to of Los Angeles if tho city
New
Yorit does not help him gel te stadium he wants at the focation ho wapis. It was: clear the city would not spend 50 milion dollars for it.
That sum is "Impossible and out of the question," according to one member of the city body studying the plans. Press,
GAME SCORES
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Washington
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Detroit
000-300-100- 1 Br? 310-000-000. Gry, Melish (0), Daley Hygan: Tacft 14-0) and Wilson. Ory (1-2)-United Press.
LAWN TENNIS
And
Kosei Kamo And Krishnan Beaten In Second Round
New Jersey, Aug. 8. Kosel Kamo, of Japan, and Hamanathan Krishnan, of India, were eliminated from the Men's Doubler of the Eastern Grass- Courts Lawn Tennis Champion- ships here today.
It is tougher for England Godfrey Evans, of Kent, Toni players with the less fashion-Graveney,
Cloucestershire, kilos, Peter Richardson, able, less successful counties to and
They were beaten by Carlos Djust their game from the Worcestershire, may leave
Fernandes, of Brazil, Soviet swimmer Nikitin broke
andi they have
Whitney Reed, of the United county to Test level, and back Test match where
with boon ogain, then It is for men
of the tree records when he won the tho focal point
men's 1,500 Metres free-tyle States 4-6, 0-2,6-4, in the teama ke Surrey..
sporting world to play
event today in 18 minutes, 252 second round.--Reuter. match In
some obscure part of seconds. This time was a Soviet For Surrey, every game is n ["Test" match. That, of course, people.
England before a few hundred national record and a Games Some sort of reaction record. Nikitin also beat the G. F. Santos, F. Lee and A. means a considerable strain is
Sovint 600 Metres récord during imposed on their players at all is bound to set it,
But either In the old days a player had hi winning swim, when he times. Every side
the clocked o minutes, 41 seconds, to beat Surrey or at least to time to adjust himself to
When 1 2. Strujanov different tempos.
(Savier) 18 avoid defeat against them.
minutes, 41.7 seca.
3. Lavrinenko (Sovtel), 18 minutes, 40,7 secs.
At mo
New Zealand in 1937, it was
BAD LUCK
extremely bad luck He had on the 20th head, which proved to be the turning point of the
die backs with his second wood and Luz. Coates (CCC) beat B. Van game, and also on the very last hand draw from the forehand added in a second shot just a Zulden, A. Buckley and D. head,
Lalz was live feet through little under two feet in a jack Agnew (UBRC), 31-19. Trolling behind by 17-10 on with his second and Ma made high position. the 22nd head, he also missed in. It two by drawing 10 inches
S. Y Ma was unfortunate with hia
Doe, D. C. Symons But the Surrey and England played in my flz: Test, against corning and J. E. Dumels (KCC) beat golden opportunity of scoring a behind the jock. Liz was nar- third wood when, til four and clinching the game. row and through with his third on the forehand to trail the jack F. Brundbridge, R. Basa and boys are tuned up to concert naturally the biggest moment
Play started
with brilliant wood, and Ma added in the or rest the shot wood, he was a W. J. Koward (CCC), 20-18. pitch, and it is easier for them until then in my cricket life.
to stay there than it is for men first third, two feet in front. Atraction of an inch bowling from the very
G. Boylance, L. Soume and with smaller counties to switch of two er heavy draw by Luz just frozed sliced the jack head, With Ma lying
the leftW. Sousue (CCC) beat S. R. from one type of game of an-game. throw shots, Lax trailed the jack off the shot wood and left Mainches or so towards
Men like Colin Cowdrey and Berce concentration as a ma|| about a foot to register a count with three shots. He comfortably Luz put in a backwood and Me, Solina, A. K. Ismail and M. other.
drew in the fourth.
changing to the backhand to Q. Wong (CCC), 16-14.
can do in modern Test cricket. It was relatively easy to trans- fer back to the normal county championship routine,
of two.
THE GAMBOLS
wide and
a couple
At CCO
Barry Acolely
WORRYING
OW WHAT'S { CAN'T DECIDE WHET
TO HAVE. THAN
GP
I'M WONDRIED ABOUT TIMING DON'T LET IT WORRY YOU LATER HNKURSERYEAR'S BEAGHT | DARLING —I'LL BUY. YOU!
DRE ON THE YEARW.
HOLIDAY
A NEW ONE.
THE SOLAR ONE
BIRARD „PEBREGAUX
CYROMATIC
But it was only a three-day did not exhaust myself in 2 whole week
of
4. Grewlowsich (Poland) 18. minuice, 644 seen..
Czech swimmer Skupilova won the women's 400 Metres free-style event in 5 minuter,
14.8. seconds,
2. Bohultz (Poland)-5 mins. 20.6 sc
3. Schloffin (East Germany) 5 mins. 27.3 secs,
1. Szabo (Hungary) 'B', mine.
What's the answer? Mine would be to restrict the number | 31,3 scés, of home Test matches, rather
2. East Ormany. - D
6.9 1.
European Century Record Equalled
Ludwigshafen, Aug. 8. German
Adentred sprinter
the Gerrast today equalled Europan record for the 100
yands Bath, when he clocked 2.0 scounds at a field and track moet bare,
This record was set up in 1047 by Britain's MacDonald
·Balley.
Gertar is the "European cord-holder, for the 100 and. 200 metres-France-Prz980,
The Soviet Union won the than extend them, against any women's 4 x 100 moldes) medicy country other than Australia, relay race race in 5 minutos, South Africa, and West Indies.4.2 acconda, They could be reduced to three four-day games each, series,
With New Zealand here next 3 Hungary, 5 mins. 24.1 seat, year, the India In 1959, we
4. Scotland 5 mins, 212, sous. The Bovies - Union, temps, also of would have two sensoTİS in which our top cricketers would won the men's 6 x 100 metres be giving more time to their medley relay race in 4 mins $14 counties."
Becs, a new Bovis' record, dire More Interest would "witch 2. Czechoslovakia in, 4 mins. back to the country champion-21.0 won. Cord IPAD MOTR ship, the Helins of our · Arst- 1. Communist China, 4 mine,
class cricket system.
And what could be better,zorl; 4., Hungary cricket than that.
Bottom Beats Top
The 79ra Company webe top
the Birmingham Boys Brigade Cricket Linque, and when they stayed the 87th Com pany, the bottom club, it fooked the all over bar thacabositing badewa - ERIDO evenʻstorted. But Bostock Takes others idee Ka 87th. Company bowler (Jobany took geren wiekuja tee, Swo runs,