THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1937,
CEYLON ELEVEN DISMISS SINGAPORE FOR 85
Belgian Wins His Third World Professional Road Cycling Title
Waregem, Aug. 18.
Henr International cycling's great all-rounder Rik Van Steenbergen of Belgium today won his thirel World Professional Road Racing title at the age of 32.
Van Steenbergen covered the 285.6 kilometres of the race in seven hours, 48 minutes and 10 seconde, at an average speed of 87.210 kilometres per hour.
Chinese Girl
Clears 5:71⁄2 In High Jump
Berlin, Auk. tv. *Tsen Fun-yoke, virl student with
Chinese athletics team touring East Germany, broke the Chinese Women's high Jump record today with # Jump of 1,72 metres 16
feet 7 inchies).
The old record was 1.65 Tsen, was taking part in an athletics match against an East Germak club in East Berlin, Be- cording to the East German
News Agency, ADN, Reuter.
metres. three, over two minutes from the malt A group of six riders, Belgians and three French, pack in the fifth lap and attr broke awhy from the leading (three had dropped out, a trouga jack in the last top and Bnished of teur composed of the Nether- of lands riders Pic: Van Est and 1ogether, 12 seconds ahead
Daniel De Gron, France's And Italy's Jacques Dupon! Alfredo Sabbadin sinck out in front until the beginning of the 11th Tap, when they were joined by a group of about 27
the other riders.
Oficial
were give as follows:
1. R
placings
Vin
(Belgium)
ca
2. Louis
7 hrs.
Eobot
same time.
same time.
and
times
Steenbergen 43 mins, 10
(France)
3. Andre Darrigade (France)
4. Herri
Van
gium) same time,
1.ony (Bel-
riders.
the
Wout Wagmans
then made Netherlands solitory effort, but was caught In the last up. After a seri of skirmishes between about ten
Belgians
5. Alfred De Bruyne (Be)-leading ldts, thre gun) same time,
6. Jacques Anqueti! (France) same time.
Vin Doelt (Bel slum) 7 hrs, 43 mins, 22 sees.
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Death Trap For Favourites At Newport
Then
Reply With 161 For Five
Singapore, Aug. 18. -
The touring cricket team from Ceylon, the President's Eleven, today dismissed a
in 141 Singapore eleven for runs minutes on a placid pitch, and by the close had made 161 runs for five wickets on the first day of a two-day match against Singapore.
In the morning, the President's Eleven, by their exceptionally fine fielding and tight, effective bowling claimed eight Singapore wickets for 69 runs in just under two hours.
wicket.
he
After Ceylon's opening bow-,20 runs in an opening stand of 1er. medium fast Alwis, had 43 h 55 minutes. He played]
Grindrod caught in the slips, 18-fluent strokes all round year-old schoolboy Sonny Yalu wara really started the rout and he ended the innings when he had Max Hanrahan caught be hind the wicke
Yaloware, with his right arm medium-paced off breaks which came sharply off the pltch, took Ave wickcle for 12 run: in 12.5 Newport, Aug. 18. Lovers and
of his victims four Australian tennis ply Mai were clean bowled.. Anderson today won the Man'r Abril Latir, reputed to be at the Newport) Ceylon's beg. batsman, scored Casio tennis tournament.]
n death- which proved to be trap for all the favourites.
and three Frenchmen took the lead four kilometres from thei flush and, holly pursued by 3 pack of about 16 riders, reath. Singles title the studium la compete in the
8. Germain Derycke (Rel-sprint just 12 seconds ahead of Elum) same time.
9 Julien Schepens (Bel- alum) same time.
10. Marcel Ernzer (Luxem- burg) same time.
Only 34 riders finished out of 69 starters.
Von Steenbergen, who will be 33 next month, is toll, well built
and the father of five children. He won his frat Belgian national tle 5 juntor sprinter way back in 1942 and he's sinee won mumerous national titles in the
spelet. pursuit and road-race categories.
- great turn of speed has won him most of his successes and bis three world titles (1940), 1950 1957) were all won in sprint inishes. Today lie beat ince other renowned speedy- fishers in the French riders Bobet ord Darridgade, and Bel- glumn's Van Loe,
14
MULTI-STAGE TOURS
Van Steenbergen gleaned successes in most of the single-stage classies and has
also
}
also won muy stages in the big
multi-stage lours. Last year he i netched up no less than six stage wins in the Tour of Spain and this yene he won five stages in the Tour of Italy.
He is a track specialist end has won any number of "American-type"
six-day and
races,
The pace of today's Protes- sional Road Charoplonship was relatively slow until the last two laps. when the real rare began. The cireult, with one hill cilmb, was not severe enough to make
u selection earlier.
Netherlands rider, made most
of the running until the
lap, Seven zier, 100%; a lead of
Following his dismissal, the rate of scoring fell and for the Orst line the young visitors showed
weariness they
at having tessi must lave feit then four hours sleep after
riving morning.
ut 1.30 01.11. 1110
The teams were:
Slugsporc-A Grindrod, J. Marions. J. Woodhouse (eupinin), C. S. M. Arkell, R. de Silva, L. King, A. E. Delikan. P. Wilie. de Kretser, M. Hanrahan.
in the finals. Anderson br Ken Venturi Wins Kram. P
the chasing pack.
Vou Steenbergen
Tin won sprint by wheet from Bobet British Davis Cup player Mike and the Belgians achieved 452 | Davics by 4-8.d-1, 6-4, 6-2. In font of punchg seven of their yesterday's semi-final Anderson Sight-muin n in the first 11 had eliminated the Number One)
American player, Ham Richard-
places, and all eight in the
Dist wenty.
Belgium come out best in the World Cycling Championships which concluded here today, taling thre of the seven tillés al stake.
801,
Other international "big-
St Paul Open With
Prevident's Eleven R. Reld, -A_C....... M. Laf, A. Sethupathy, C. Iromen. C. Weerasinghe, D. (captain), P. 1. Pieris, S. Yata- wara, S. Alwis, J. G. C. Perla, Reuter.
A 22 Under Par Weerasinghe, H. K. Fernando
us to fall in the tournament were Australia's Number One,
St. Paul. Aug. 18. Ashley Cooper, the Australian's Ken Venturi of San Fran- Neak Fraser and Royal Emer-cisco shot a 68 today for a Cup players, Mike Shin Glammalvp.
Fronce, with two winners, Son and the American Davis | record-tying 72-hole total of
was next best scorer, followed by Italy and the Netherlands with one win euch. The first three in cach event were follows;
2.
3.
Amateur Sprint
(Italy).
Professional Sprint
f. Jan Derksen (Nether- Jands).
Green and
DROBNY WINS
266, 22 under por, to win the
St Pau Open. It was his
firat title since he turned
Bad Neuenahr, Aug. 18, professiond lust November. Egypt's Jaroslav Drobny defeated Franco's Pierre Darmon Venturi,
fornyer amateurį
Women's
Californian Puts Thailander Out In Fifth Round
1. Michel Ruysssau (France). In the finals of the Men's Singles star who turned pro after finish- Guglielmo Pesenti (Italy), of thẹ Baxi-Neuenahr Intering second in the 1958 Masters,
Bangkok, Aug. 13. Valentino Casporella national Tennis Championships was almost flawless in winning
American Billy Walker knock- here today. The score was 6-1, his initial crow,
His closing out
Suphchai Lukmantel of 4-0 6-4.
68 came after rounds of 06. 87
Thalland in the ith round of the
Singles, and 5,
their scheduled ten-round bout Angela Mortimer (Britain) de-
On the Arle Van Vilet (Nether-feated Patricia Word (Beta) slipped over par twice, once on
final round Venturi here tonight. 6-1, 8-0.
Aght, the par three 220-yard 15th hele: In the Men's Doubles, Drobny where he missed
Rajdamnoen n, four-fcoti and Legenstein, a Yugoslav in utt
ond again
on the 17th one-sided affair. evile, deleated the British Davis green where he faded his second Cup
team of Roger Becker and shot, Albertus Geldermans Billy Knight by -4, 6-2. (Netherlands).
In the Mixed Doubles, Ward
2. lands).
3. Roger Guignard (France).
Amateur Pursuit
1.
Carlo Simonigh (Italy).
2.
3.
Franco Candini. (Italy).
Professonal Purnoft
1.
Roper Riviere (France),
2.
Albert Bouvet (France),
3. Guldo Messina (Italy),
-France-Presse.
German Boxer Knocked Out By Argentinian
Buenos Aires, Aug. 18. Germin Featherweight Cham- plon Rufy Lander did not live
He had a chance to set a new
and Knight defeated Mortimer record when he hit an iron shot
The
#t staged Stadium,
the
戡
ended the fight
ALL SET FOR SPEED:
JUAN MANUEL FANGIO SAYS,
THERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS IN THE WORLD THAN FINISHING A RACE
By JOHN COTTRELL
London.
In appearance he is plump, bow-legged and sleepy-eyed. In mariner he is quiet, modest and retiring. His whole demeanour conjures up n picture of a man slumped in a deck-chair on a dreamy summer's afternoon.
This is Juan Manuel Fangio, the fastest racing driver in the world today, and one of the greatest of all time.
The Senor used to drive buses at a lazy pace in Argentina. Now he scorches his way around the Grand Prix tracks-the idol of motor-racing fans the world
over.
on Becker 6-3, 8-C. France-within eight feet of the partimes, twice for counts of. eight year in succession.
Presse.
AT MUNICH
It is difficult to visualise any-
events.
He has been World Champion | drove u racing bar for the fist Lour fimes. And when he recent- time. At 27, he built his own The California Negro all buty scored a brilliant win to the car from Ford parts and started In the first Grand Prix of Germany he be making his mark in small racing round when he sent the came World Champion for the featherweight fth time and for the fourth ranking Thai sprawling to the canvas three- and the last
time to be saved che so less like the popular con- by the bell.
ception of a top racing driver. Lukmatuli recovered tb lle appears to be almost asleep weather the second and win the us he sits in the pits before a He withstood a birdle barrage | third.
le seldom speaks to But Walker came back big race.
anyone but his mechanics and by a flock of topnotch players to take the fourth.
pays scont
hix attention to during the closing round.
Lautmatul infuriated Walker adoring fans.
second, third and fourth place were each driven by relays of drivers, but he tolled all alone.
Fanglo is, of course, a great fighter. But he is not, as some would imagine, a ruthless whe- at-any-price driver.
Furigio's Ars! important win came in, 1040 in the Grand Prix
In that tragic 1935 Le Mina del Norte. It was one of the
Free, toughest races of his fe. And
his car was withdruwwi it cost him a stone in weight. when he was in the lord. But he did not mind, even though the The course was 5,000 miles de fischt went da. "Therh zure lear, through North Argentina, more hmportant things
in 'this Bolivia, Peru and back again, world fan fishing & race," he across the Pampas, along rough | saki, ronds,
over passen more than
five 462-yard 18th hole. But he missed the cagle putt and had Munich, Aug. 10. to settle for n Birdle and a Mervyn Rose of Australla 10-record. tle. day won the Men's Singles title on the final day of the Intern- tional Bavarian Tennis Cham- pionships here, beating Budge Patly of the US, 5-7, 12-10, 6-4,
Bob Rosburg, who led the in the Afth when he landed a Looking almost bored, he slept |13,000 feet high. The race took And though he drives nt 2-0, 0-4.
64, stinging blow to the Collier into the cockpit as the siren thirteen days and, at one stare, tremendmus speed, Fangio vis I took
the Aussle three hours fleld after his first-round and 15-minutes to defeat the
come back with a 66 for a 208 nion's face. total and second-place
money, with a left hook that sent the less cars in the starting grid. Fangle drove his Chevrolet 807 tull American,
Bosburg regained the Putting Thai down for a count of eight But as the flag goes down he is mics without reiler.
Brst away and never usually The Men's Doubles title went touch which deserted him in the and, when he got up finished eases the pace however great his The next big step in his
him with on uppercut to te lead. second round when he had 70
Both weighed 127 pounds. United Press.
10 Rose and Alex Almiccio of Peru, who beat Patty and
up to his advance billing and Italian Guiseppe Merlo, 6-4, and he carded six hirds on the was knocked out by Argentine 0-1-United Press.
champ leardo Gonzalez in
Jast 18 holes.
Harry
Odell
says
the sixth round of a schedule: ten-vound Bght id the Laina Park Arna here last night.
AT MANCHESTER
Miss
Manchester, Aug. 18. Alticu Gibson, The
There is no veller way to entertain your friends thau to take them to every concert that I promote, It will be, for all of you, an unforgetable expertence.
title singles
BLÍSTERING FINISH.
Tying at 260 were lowie
dond
A terrille right uppercut from Wimbledon Champion, won the John of Houston, Texas, who in the Esex shut today's best round of 64, the Argentine floored the Ger-
and Marty Furgol of Lemont, man for the ten count at one Women's Lawn Tennis Tourna-
Illinois. Johnson was minute 20 seconds of the sixih ment here today.
She beat Miss Louise Brough after the opening day but he
posted
of 70s in the a pulr 9-7, 6-4 in the final-Reuter,
next two rounds and needed the blistering finish to land in
тошай.
Landicr
niready hadi
beca floored for a nine count at the end of the nth round and only the bell saved him from il knockout in that round.
U.S. Wins
YI-KWE! SZE (bass-baritone) performance From the World Cup Pro
Gonzalez had to chase him
round the ring, constantly trying to corner him, but Lan- straight, succeeded in keeping der, with his left arm always him at a distance until the end offth round..
The German gave a very poor
ginning he seemed too cautious is my next arist at the Empire and unwilling to fight, attack- Theatre on Monday, 9thing only sporadically September, at 0.30 p.m. Of him Tho San Francisco Examiner says:-"Extraordinary beauty of voice was matched by noble, warm sentiment in his singing."
The crowd of 15,000 who saw This, like all my other pre- the light boord and laughed af
the German's curious style. sentations,
"MUST", so
Only in the fourth round did book now at International the German cuecsed in Bur- Films, Ltd., Room 107, No. 9, prising the Argentine with two strong rights to the jaw which Ice House Street. Tels.
Gonzalez obviously felt, but it and 91400.
was not enough.
Isa
·
21832
Both fighters weighed 57.100 klos-United Press.
JE GAMBOLS.
AN ELEPHANT BE
Tennis
Vittel, France, Aug. 18. World Cup professional, tennis The United States won the team tournament at Vittel to day by defeating Australia. 'in the final by two matches to one.
Results were:
Singles: Jack Kromer (US) beat Lew Hoad (Australia) by 6-3, 10-8.
. Ken Rosewall (Austrella) beat Pancho Segura (US) by 0-4, 0-3.
Doublés: Kramer-Segura (US) beat Hoad-Rosewall (Australia) by 0-4, 2-6, 6-4.-France-Presse,
show money.
Defending champion Mike Souchak of Grossinger, New
jaw.
Walker retaliated
KMB Team Scores Slimmest Win
In Thailand
Bangkok, Aug. 19. The Kowloon Motor Bus soc-
tearn ccr
or Hongtong had
player
never reckless. As he puts it: would rather be la mitites Bate in this world thon twenty
intalites early the next,"
when he career came 'ki 1949 was chosen by the Argentine
On the other hand, Fangio has This is the other Fungio, the Automobile Club to drive one of the cast-iron determination to shrewd, alert Fangio who has their two Maseratis in Europe. win which is the hallmark of a bec nicknamed "The Cat" be-Fangio won every race in which ye thampion. Only once is he cause he crouches so patiently he finished. behind the wheel, waiting for
Just the right matent to poner TREMENDOUS FEAT and overtake his rivals.
rade
believed to have given a
Way-In the 1955-Brillah Crand Prix, When Stirling Moss, No. 2 Fengib In the Mercedes tein, had his first Grand Prix victory. After the face Mom said: "I
Always, he seems cool, calm This was D tremendous feat and collected, And it is this for he had just previously suffer- coolness, combined with his ed a nerve-shattering experience. inmense strength and amazing-In the Buenos Aires-Curacas would like to thank Fangio In that hos race of 1948, his car crashed on particular, because, believe me, ly quick reflexes, carried him to his present post-n dangerous mountain bend, he is the greatest driver in the Ilon.
Fangio escaped with aévere cuts world and he could easily have and bruises. His co-driver, one care up and maite a different
story of it." of his best friends, was killed.
Shce his
COOL NERVES
Europe, TOUGH AND RESOLUTE It enables him to take corners
debut In British Open Champion, Peter York, and the three times their fourth and slimmest win at break-neck speed, and more Fangio has driven Alfa Romeos,
That is Juan Manust Fonglo- of the Thi oson yesterday than once it has saved him from BRMS, Maserutis and Ferraris. Thomson of Melbourne, died at against an All-Thai side, which disaster. For instance, at Le In 1080, in his second European tout résolate on the track, 270.
Souchat showed signs of is to play in Malaya's Indepen- Mins. In 1959, he was close be seeson, he came second to Farinna ten of infinite course who repeating when he went thre" denee Games,
hind the cars which crashed and in the World Championship. In has won the respect, of all his under par efter the first four
killed more than eighty people. his third season, he was cham- rivals on the racing circuits. holes today. But his putter The score was 3-1.
Cool nerves and quick think-plon.
In private life, Is quiet and celle for a 10, his worst round in the first half and outstanding pile-up,
he had to turned south and
KMB was not in top Joring steered him away from the
Fanglo has had to fight hard easy-going. He is married and of the tourney.
to reach the top. He lins nursed has a teenage stu who seems Dave Thomas, the big 22-
Wong Chi-keung was
Juan Fanglo is, in short, n
He also has great yehr-ohl crowd-pleaser from
their the only scorer towards the end natural-born racing driver. Un-troublesome cars-cluding the bent on following in his father's
worst footsteps. London, was
like most present-day cham BRM through
(some say "he, la pa in
the picture of the half.
plons, he was not carefully teething trouble, and has had wealth
in millionaire), having invested his But they mado good in the first nine | alter the
when he
groomed for the racing circuit
¿winning wisely. carried his third straight Avo sexvd haf with outside-left from an early age. Indeed, he crashes. under par 31 on the front side. Lau Chi-lam showing specia- did not enter Europeth Grand In June, 1852, when driving a
Tongio has often Bech told At one point he was tied with cular ball control and the glant Prix racing until he was thirty-BRM at Monza, he crushed and that he ought to retire and coh- Venturi for the lend but а centre-forward Lau Kai-chlu nine years old.
'his Ph But next pentrate bogle on No. 10 and a double scoring twice in quick succes- He was born in Argentina, the season he was out of his plaster interests: Bai he says, "I just bogle on 11 dropped him into clon
son of poor Italian "Immigrant cast and racing furiously as don't want to stop." The team will return to Hong-His father was a plasterer and ever. He finished the season as Be at 271-United
liis Avito, inkės 'n most reason- keng tomorrow.-Reuter.
he was one of six children.
runner-up in the. World ChamTM | able stuitude, "Ho rares with At 17, Judin became an op- plonkhip. prentice mechanic, At 25, ho
another Press.
Barry App Re
WELL, IT WOULE ANY URE TO
WERE NEVER CIKELY TO CUN AN OCEPRANT,
All Heating Problems
Solved
Sports Diary
TODAY Meiling
several
NETOW
broke his neck-bone.
escapes
budiklesz
| my 'assetit "buf not my approval. Iree to it because I know it
It was in the Algéntine Grand Prix of 1055 that Fangio really keeps him happy. He has a passion for racing cars. I have proved bimolt, to be tho greatest meing driver of his
a paasices for clothes."
Juan Fangio will be 47 years ilme. This rate took place in old next month; most of his scotching Hest. Many drivers cloto rivais ore in their had to give up Stirling Mortwenties. But there is still no retired with inštrőlem.
sign that the years "are. Ciking, r But Foridió played a cunning their tollen his, delving will... “When the light do high co Walling game, hanging back for
host of the three-hour race, appear, I expect the fewd Then, "fowards the finish, the Serior will relive promptly. | Ha Fencing Jan Fal) Cat" pounced and romped to is not a man to an uns
Wietdry. M
notedry risks.
He bote end, 913 TAMME-ga "At the "inish, he whs, con- 93-900 mlion in hour onlinZDÁNCH Cambatisë Mesung of pletely wihasartid mid 'only then, Rimiv/drive a bus in Lonöditi
HIYA Interport Cünimiitka Meet-. ing, Apoftoast. 23.40 pan.
Ladies Open Palayurter-finals: Matches at CCC, HKFC, XDC.
EYMCA, BER pa..
TOMORROW
to him wurprise, discovered that