ARMY SPORTS
PARADE
The winning of the Annual New Year's Day Race is this week's subject for spotlight treatment and a well deserved tribute is paid to Sgt. Len Barnes of 11 Infantry Workshops, REME, an athlete of alivious
chility.
Still on athletics, several people have in the past criticised the running of the HKAAA's athlelle meetings. and when they have been told that these are or runised by just a handful of enthusiasts who put in a fantastic amount of voluntary work in an effort to at least have a meeting. muay have expressed willingness to help.
Well here's your chance, The HIKAAA nerds every bit of west-tance it can get. The Com- mitice are fully aware that their
port meeting car bu proved upon, and they would be The inst With YOUR help pressing need is for a Secretary, a really "cager braver" type for preferenze, and if he has couple of prls so much the bet- ler. He can honor them with the title "Asshtam SeerELANY", oring them in and make them work, The need really is acule. But for a very very low civilian entharingia, athletics would die in the Colony, and we in the
make it Army should
our bilavas to we that does not
happen
All you have to du is drop a line to the Chairman, IKAÄA, PO Tox 200 and indicate in what sphere 308 are prepare to help. Secretory. announcer, timekeeper, frack or the judge starter, afeward and FO There are plenty of july 9 tu rally round.
Shooting Season
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1958.
FULL JUSTICE HAS
Ibbotson And Wilkinson Merit The Sportsman And Sportswoman Awards
London.
Are we becoming far too record-conscious in this age of supersonic speed? Are we paying too much attention to the individualists who smash through record barriers and not enough to the sportsmen who achieva greatness loss spectacularly in team games?
These thoughts are prompted by the results of a nation-wide poll to elect Britain's Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year. The winners: Derek Ibbotson and Diana Wilkinson.
Both, you will note, emmpete In sport as Individualists. Both have blazed their way to glory this year by breaking records.
Thbotson ran the fastest mile the world! hart ever Wilkinson became the first British girl swimmer to break the elusive one-minute barrie over 100 yards.
reen.
Undoubtedly acry achieve ments have extra appeal. The
CVET" makes
David Woodhead C CENKIL time, bax 1 von gained promo- Tim to L/Cp! and was pre- ninent in the unit back ne with Sgt. Ted Mullins and Cpt. Hola Kebey, and forwarde WO Jan Chempion, Cin Ted Good-label "fastest wh. Sgt Jock Hamiltou, S/Set Special impression in the age of
gimmicks and speed. Don Gri arid Chi Tour Harris al tried hard, ni Flea Buttensla.
baok
I look forward to the replac Erich well be held at King', Park Monday Jan 13 with The boliy olf at 1500 hrs,
In the other semi-final thee gulicnt run of the Command at lost been Oilled las F hafted by a resolute Comman Workshops, by a score of 3-1
The answers are to be found in the 1087 list which has just been produced by the rankings committee of the US Lawn Tennis Association. Nearly all of the top stars are veterans on present-day lawn tennia stand-
rds.
Son
of
.
Thus, think, sportsmen who partake in tehm games are at 201 immediate atisadvantage, Mca like Peter May and Dol Rees have given outstanding! Bervice to Britain this year, is
sera qunities playing tradership And sportsmanship | In the Beld of conquest.
their But
achievements the create
sensation carcely atud mass-appeal of one man or
succeeding where woman
11E others have fulled.
This
After watching them practise. Sir Donald himself went to the
10 play soma netti
brillant strokes for 30 minutes against some of Australia's best bowlers,
24
BEEN DONE
THIS AFTERNOON'S RUGBY
Field Regiment Favoured To Win Inter-Unit Final
By "PAK LO"
This afternoon at 3.00 p.m. the Army Inter-Unit Final will bo played off at the Police ground in Boundary Street. The two finalists are the 24 Field Regiment, and the 1st Royal Tanks. For half an hour before the match starts the Band of the East Lancashire Regiment will entertain spectators with selections from their repertoire.
with
There leave been reporla from Adelaide that he may play
hape Australia in
On (irst- for South
paper, ankl from their steady if not outstanding three and it is his expressed
the semi-line, in
should,
thefr; that he will manage to make it Replacing Hamilton Richard-
If he does, he play last week class cricket. at No. 1 is that velena't do any worse than in his finals, there is little doubt that forwards superiority, win by a round 30 years before he re-
tires from Hongkong. enmpalgner Vic Seixas, who,
the 24 Field Regiment will take reasonable score. at 34, gets top ranking for the third time. Seixos is a great ghter and deserves this place, But there can be no doubt that be is slowing up on court.
Second in the men's singles ratings is that wily Californian, Herbie Flam. At 29, Flam re- lies on cunning and court craft le make up for his lack of speed and power,
Th
Oldest Ever
doubles top-ranking pale are Gardnar Mulloy and must be Budge Patty. They the oldest pair over to achieve this hongur; their combined eges total 75!
This according to the forni bunk should give a quod final,
year, however,
that full justice has always supposing 6 CÓD pull it | believe
done. Ibbotson and off in the replay, and presuming hern
Wilkinson mert the award not picture this to be the case I witnessed
their record-Althea the final when Up | because of preview of on.
two sides met Jure last week. It ended with COD vietnes by an odd goni in three, gould this be the result of The final, or were Workshops holding something back?
#
Inst innings.
On his forewell appearance, the held the favourities; for
The Tanks have Leppard In pack they have a very strong with went DEE
cannot be cx- to by Wynn, their captain, defence, but he "iftick".
to do everything, and Bradman
with such well known names in preted
24 should
Et past him Its Linham, and Horton, while the Oats, the 48 Brigade hooker, is sufficiently to win. in the front row as hooker,
Britain's -Nu.
hangier thrower, Mike Ellis, who has been working.
temporary pestman over Christmas, le try- ing a new training method In the
of hope
brealding The world's record next simTITAN".
Future Fixturos
Colony Football League Standings
nie
the
and
The Royal Tanks hooker bas
The following not shone to any great extent so Some news of future fixtures
Oats for. and
should
соте easily have just
to hand. On Hongkong Football Association 13 beat him to the ball in the set January
are League standings up to Club B ECTUIN. With such a strong scheduled to play Newcastle on Including Desember 31:
24 Field should get the Club ground at 6.30 pm, pack the
January 15, two and on the lost the Ion's share of the ball.
rights later, Woytoong take the
eld against the Club at 0.80 KM p.n. under the floodlights. This Squi game will also be on the Club zamern
rc.
this
left
Ellis reta new British cord of just under 212(t September and next season he Tha Tanks handling and plans to ieach 225 ft justinckiing in the semi-inals
in, better than the present much to be desired, and the world best.
24 Field ftegiment, with a He is now training with an In the women's rankings the
18 lb hammer 2 lb heavier is not
so bud. than the normal implement quite Gibson joves up from and will continue with a league tietenking alone, but also because No. 2 to become the first colour-weight until the end of January
of the ine
ored girl to achieve top ranking; when he should be reaching example
but stil they have dis- She is 30 years old
20011. sportsmanship played throughout the year.
very powerful and agile, the Tennis player in No athlete has shown more best woman
the world. teenness and devotion to Kun- Ring as Derek Ibbotson. Indeed, he has been guilty of urer-keenness. He runs for the jey of it and just doesn't see to know when to slop. He hms run with blisters; he has
run And he has when over-tired. run until he has become state,
To decide who shall meet the Hongkong Signal Ret. in the senior competition 1/BTR took on 21 Field Engineer Rgt. RE and in
where the a game
looked the always
The shooting season is with us again and with Hongkong Bistoy looming up, S/Sgt Arthur Clarke REME of 6 COL seems to be warning off callerusers that this year he is not likely to be con tent with taking second place."Tanks" when he won, with a record better alde they came out easy score of 509, the Colony Small-winners by a 4-1 margin. Bure Hide Championship. The
Incredible Year
In second place comes the so fanlar name of Louise Brough named in the who how beca official rankings for the past 1
is now years. "Broughie"
34 and most lethargic on court,
And in the women's duubes? Why, Louise comes out on top again with her lifelong partner, Mrs Margaret du Pont, another star, who Will CIETAT
30
Then he will go back to the 10 lb luminer to find out the result.
We are
lighter using the hammer occasionally,
says his conch
Dennis Cullen. "50 we can make sure that what Michael is learning with the 10 lb harmor can be used with the lighter one."
that
No More "Knee”.
man
Two Colony Golfers For Far East Open Tourney
Two
Manila, Jon, 0.
players amateur golf from Hongkong will take part in the sixth Far East Open Golf Tournament which starts here on January 10.
They are Fight Lieutenant Kin Hall and E. M. Wiseley.
England cricketer Tony Lock,
In all, 10 professionals and the
Australian batsmen 10 amateurs will participate in The profes have learned to fear, has made the tournament. a senarkable recovery nons the sionals are led by Japan's Tom- recent "make-or-break"" opera-kichi Nakamura. old-stagersion on his right knee the the younger wonkty knee which threatened 10 end his brilliant oricket career,
"I feel fine-on top of the world-and that's not just art Bet, I mean it," he says.
Now I do not question these in wanking. Indeed, they seem in he extremely realistic. That's
trouble. The continue to put players in the shade,
dropping of only one point in a It took 30 minutes before they competition of this nature is could net their gool however utterly fantaslie shooting, and against a resolute defence ins Diana Wilkinson has had an | again. must maite this modest and | which Sgl Smith andi Capt.equally incredible year, A: We popular all-round athlete a firm Matthesys were outstanding. For age of 13, sho has become the Invonrile
taku 10
The
the whiners the man of the
fastest "woman" swimmer humours this season. which he match was undoubtedly Lieut.
Britain. Watts who lest rather surprisingly last year
А Rave
really REME delightful exhibition of how a to ASM Put Stanbury
team captain who has now on these shores,
should both play and inspire his side, and their victory came largely from his prompting. Guals arrived from Tor Ruchanon, Capt. Rickatson, and two from Lleut. Ralph.
Incidently I notice that Mrs Clarke bas of late been visiting the ranges with her husband, to suply good purpose that she thushed car only and point bes hinel the winner of the "C" Brade practice shoot a few day ago, and if she continues to im- love it this rate, husband Arthur may well have to look
his heures,
I strongly recurunem a visit} to the Kai Tak sanges during this meeting: From January 18-21, even if you are not youé- elt a matkaniem there will be
much of materest for spectators, Ure
..
the boxunmeals
qual to those of last year a very pleasant afternoon is. in
More for you.
•
The theat should be something: worth going quite a distance to Be, and although scheduled for January 15 at Sookunpoo, it is ruleraton that a move is a foot to alter this date, and news of this will be given later.
The Inter Service Badminton ogaln league gels under way after a lenghty Jay off due in main to not avaibility of
courts
the and in suitabl
neanwhile the number of teams competing has been reduce: to six and the competitors for honour are RENE, RAFC. Hongkung Signal Regt., General Hospital, RAF and 3 Supply Depot, RASC.
33
With the time for the arrival of our hockey visitors from Singapore and Malaya drawing Games will be played at si hen, the hal stages of the loun! Georges Army School and the compellion are being reached Concert Hall and some exciting natelies, plus Hospital some surprises
beenThursdays Inve witnessed. Who but an uptimist details of how they would have predicted the result will be given from the to ilme.
of the first muor unit semi- Inal between 6 COD und Dis- trict Workshops REME as draw?
*
Certainly 1 had "written them aft but from this REME unit of
on
OF 33 General Tuesdays and of each week and propress
This afternoon at 1500 hrs the Police
ut Boundary kround Street will resound to the cheers and counter cheers of the sup- porters of Royal Tank Regt. who meet 24 Field Engr. Regt. HE in the Hongkong final of some forty souls, they turned the FARELF Rugby football out an eleven and under the
A lot hangs on competition. watchful
of their Com- manding Officer Major George games for not only do the winnera receive the local award. they also get a free trip to Singapore to meet the local and the Malnyan
for the FARELF.
eve
Williams REME, plus a dozen ur so ardent supporters, kept out the might of the "Ordhunce". and fakeed a replay.
A very Champions ereditable performance releed title.
winners
4
As bolh finalists have reached.
It is true to say that the COD were the better side and slipper this stage contrary to my fore- Major Gordon Newark did more east, I will raake just one merc than his for share in allack and guess and say that 1 RTR should defener, but they are not the order a supply of anti-sen nick so they were carlier in the tablets as I cannot see the season. Having lost several Suppers putting it off. However key players to the curse of all bath teams played excellently Service toamn building aspira- to reach the final and conformed tions, the Troopship, they still your scribe, and after all, this carried too many guns for their is a cup ile so I suppose nerves opponents, and should have won com well play a part. All 1 con more than easily,
say is that spectators are in for a display of determination and good football from, both sides and may the best team win.
Grand Team Work
That they did not can be placed to the credit of grond team work by every man of the REME XI, and particularly to the excellent play of the de- Jatt fence, goalkeeper Sgt.
LAWN BOWLS
The Filipino Club's "Formers Loveday, WO Fred Arklio, ond Cup Lawn bowls final will be Sgt. Desmond Dunham who played on Sunday at 280 p.m. stoothared ray attack the followed by tea and pawsentation |
Ord team launched.
of prizes.
In the national championships the she made a clean sweep of all English end British senior and Junior' records for 110 yards and 220 yards women's free-style. In Ave days she set up nineteen new records.
the
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are
Outstanding youngsters not emerging to inke the place
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the veterans. Because of this, the Americans have lost their dominance in work tennis to the Australions,
Nearly all the Australian sturt are well under 30 years old,
Boosted
Hopes of Quilling
il motor-reig
Benson Bre
1958 con-
siderably boosted by the new
Argentine fanuary 1
Prix
Other entries are:
Australia Bruce Crampton and Erie Cremin.
ground.
This Is
1st Division
Chino
Kitche
St Tho Jardine CAA annual fixture Tune Web
which used to come at the end palice of the season, and it has always Cu
Arim been a very good game, and aswang Wah usual it will be followed by ono RAF of the Club's famous **Stenk and Kidney" dinners.
Ren. Division
China
Witches
СЛА
Esstern
Police
2nd Division
Last, but by no means feast, South the Police-Club game scheduled for January 18 wi probably KMB be postponed due to the Police Sing To Sports, until Wednesday the 22nd when it will be played off Tung Wan on the Club ground at 6.30 p.m. Club
This weekend brings another "annual" fixture, to wit, the! "Talpans" game. This and the HAF sai Wan curtain raiser will be played on Nay
Scuth
China the Club ground on Saturday Car afternoon, and as all the best REME players in the Colony take part Prisons in these two matches, two oxympatic cellent gaines should be the out. RAMC come, and a large gathering of Telephon spectators is expected.
LOTTEWAYN
Tolkoo Aircraft C & W is St. Joseph's
The Taipan this
year that well known Hongkong per- songilty, Donald Black, of Mer Peat, Marwick, and Mitchell
now been the Mr Black has
Treasuror
Thailand-Uthal Dabjavibul, Japan's entries are Tortykl "I's only a fortnight since Missoshi and Kazuyuki Ohashi, HonoraTY
my operation, yet I've already Taiwon will be reprosonted by HKFC for nigh on been walking four days. I feel Chang Tang-chang, Chen Yth. no pain, the stitches are out, Kon Lien-shung and Hou Yin- and I can put the whole of my tig
Flight
by Hondcore
out flinching.
Wiseley, and Koren by Hong E. "In frei, I soon hope to throw Han and Kwon Jounghoo.
be sold. away those things," pointing to his crutches.
Crampton is the 1950 Ausira- lian Open Champlon and tied Yes, Tony Lockt, still only 28, for fourth place with Jimmy (US) in the Inter- is rarin' to go-to show that for Demorat from being a back number he is national Trophy competition in as chock full of good blowing Tokyo last October which Naka-
mura won-France-PressO. au ever.
right fout on the groul with- Lieutenant Kim Hall and E. M.
Basilio-Robinson Return Title Bout In March
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Boxer Refuses To Travel Tourist Class
Brisbane, Jast, 7. Warner Batchelor, Australia's | flyweight champion, has cabled the Johannesburg dght promoters that his Empire ütle fight against Denis Adams (Bouth Africa), arranged for January 24, Is 'off' with unless they provide him first class air travel.
Adams is the South African ond Empire Champion.
Barlier,
urly-haired dimple-checked high schoulgiri became the first British woman to win 100 yards in under a minute. Her tira of 59.3 sec Was
second one
insicle Eirilish senior record.
Dlano, who is only 5ft 2in, is now training hard in the hope of becoming the rat British
that the great Juan Fangio is WOMAI to win the European to drive 11 Maserati in the 100 metres title.
Grand
Dja No one in Europe has bettered
Thus ends the "will drive, her national chumpionship
won't drive" Fangio rumours. performances this year and she At the age of 47. "The Cat". Lock is being treated twice a is Britain's brightest hope for as Fancio is known.
who at- is aiming week by the surgeon He European Championships snatch the World Champion-tended Denta Compton for knee- next August.
ship for the sixth time and for trouble, He is also having e In July, she will also gain the fifth year in succession. special boot made, with thick expericace gainst the best
spongy material near the toe swimmers in the world at the The news also quashes ra- and leel, so that when he lands
Empire Games
ports in the Argentine Grand and swivels on his right leg much British Cardiff. By 1980 she should be | Prix, first of the 196S world of the "shock" will be absorbed. an outstanding prospect for a championship series, would nut
hold becouse of tle at the Olympic Games in be
money Britieli troubles. Although the Itoine.
Many boxing fans may be
no comfort in tourist class travel BRM and Vanwall cars will be
Eurprised to learn that the great
New York, Jon. 7. there should ៦០
and I could arrive in Johannes- Willie Pep is stili a very active non-starters,
International Boxingburg with tardly any sleep in competition between member of Brillshlerco
the
fighting Club hope to clage
return Fanglo and Mike Hawthorn and fraternity
two days," said the Australien fight between Carmen Basilio champion. Chino Mall Special. Peter Colleg
will be Indeed. I hear
that the World Middleweight Champion, former world featherweight | and former tille-holder 'Sugar'
scored Hay Collins wat champion recently
Robinzon also drive Ferraris in the Buenos
In Chicago in points victory in Boston over March. Mz im Nori, BC Holland Cup Aires 1,000 kilometres sports Jimmy Connors of Massachus President, said last night that car race on January 20. But sotin. It was his 208th victory television and film rights were
Game this is not
a world champion-
Pep Arst won the world being studied so that a proposi ship event.
In 1942 when he best Chalky tlun could be made to the two Wright in New York. Alto boxers this week. Nine seasonS alter he last gether he won it Elx times, played cricket, the great Don ünally losing it in 1951 to his Bradman is back at the wicket old rival Bundy Saddler. again. In addition to his job ng Australian cricket selectis, he
I only hope that she is not allowed to burn herself out as
promising many swimmers have done.
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Donald Campbell is following in the footsteps of his famous fother, Sir Malcolm Campbell, nut he le doing it in reverse.
Sir Malcolm set new maria for the world's land speed, re- cord and then turned his at- tention to the water spoed recort Son Donald has cap- fured the world's water spod 2000rd; now he's got his eye on the land speed record.
who
| driving Italian Ferrori cars.
Hawthorn and
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The Pakistan cricketers open- ed their West Indies tour with an unpleasant experience at St Lucia today when Windward Islands police Intervened weak up a crowd demanding their money back ofter had delayed play for over two hours.
roln
The tourists are playing the Windwards En 0 two-day match.
Postponed beverell,
The first round Holland Cup hockey match between Army Basilo took the title from "A" Bl "B" which was Robinson in September, when scheduled for Sooku poo to
Was in all. Pop took part in Robinson.
bears postponed guaranized | day has now and eleven world title fights, four $255,000
Basilio $110,000 and will be played as the same is training the South Austra- of them with Saddler.
dollars from theatre TV alone, ground at 3 pm. on Friday. -China Mall Special.
January 10.
At present he is not willinglian State team. to give any details of his plans. "You know what happened to the American Sputnik," ho quipped.
But the
35-year-old water spead king has said that
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Barry Appleby
ho
in
ITD BE A LOT OF KUN A THUG ONE HAS A LOVELY
INVITE
hopes to make his attempt
1030 on the Salt Flats at Utah.
The present record, set
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by the late John Cobb, who did attacking the water spood rectard, stands at 99s my.k. Campbell wants to be the first man to knock up 600 mph.
for the do-
The problem signors of his car is to keep the vehicle on the ground. They don't want their machine to
the be disqualif grounds that is en nemplate.
What's wrong with American tenni? Why bayn.lhə Ameri- COME WIDE #O few of the, world's, major lawn temis
BOAT EAD
were Earlier, the Pakistanis presented to the Windward Inlands
Governor, Sir Colville who flew here from his headquarters in Grenada, 120 miles away, specially to welcome the tourists..
Sir Colylle sukd:
The
| Pakistania are, a any bunchy of boys with a high reputation-for excellent sportsmanship splät“ -France-Presse,
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