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FIRST TIME IN HISTORY

Sydney, Jan. 7.

Olympic Champlon Lorraine Crapp today narrowly defeated Australia's latest. swimming wonder, 13 year old Ilea Konrad, in the 440-yards free- style final of the Women's New South Wales Swimming Cham- plorabips here.

In the first race in nwimming hlatory la which two girls faished the quarter-mile dis- tance inside five minutes, Miss Crapp clocked 4:59.2 and little Ilsa, daughter of Latvian dry- migrants, 4:50.0.

Outside figure skating, it was probably the most amazing per- formance in postwar sports.

The two Australian giris clearly won their duel with the visiting Dutch mermald, Corrie Schimmel, the only other female swimmer who has cracked the Ave-minute barrier for the She finished a quarter-mile. doappointing third today, clock- ing 5:13.5.

SPORTRAIT

ENGLISH & AMERICAN HEAVY WEIGHT

"Let's have it again, Bud, that very humorous quin about American satellites

London Kaprejo derctco

Indonesians Lose

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1958.

Aussie Touring Cricketers Dismiss County XI-

Pretoria, Jan. 7. Australia's touring cricketers dismissed a County Eleven. for 103 here today and then scored 22 without loes before the close |of the first of two days play,

The last six wickets of the Home alde fall for only 26 runs after the scoreboard had shown 138 for four.

The Australians whipped out the Home batamen in four hours despite the handicap of a muke- shift attack.

fast. bowlers Alan With Davidson, John Drennan and Inn Mcckiff atl receiving specialist treatment, in Johan- husburg for arm and leg in- Juries, the tourists Helded just

on.c

recognised bowler-ali- rounder Richle Benaud, and even he was restricted to "sca- mera" because of a sore spin- ning finger.

batsman

Djakarta, Jan. 7. Tho touring Czechoslovak team, Redstar, from soccer

Most damaging Australian bett on Indonesian

Bob Although a new world record Bratislava had been expected to result Armed Forces team 1-0 yester-locker was from the clash of the three day in Dandung in their second Simpson, who sent down his leg

breaks for 20 overs to take five; "ander Ave" wimmers, Mies match in Indonesia.

for 81. Crapp's winning time was 9.0 The Redstar's outside-right seconds off her world record.-- | Gajodoz scored Just before United Presă.

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SEEK HIM EVERYWHERE Time And Possibly A Few Defeats Will Tell Whether

Spinks Has It Or Not

By GEORGE WHITING

London.

this London lad

They seek him here, they seek him thero, they seek him

darn near everywhore. I am referring to Terry Spinks.

ago, What a difference a year makes. Just 13 months

with a delicate air was pacing nervously up and down a patch of dusty Australian grass soliciting advice on how to avenge himself on a thick-shouldered Russian who had bedevilled him in Moscow's Dynamo Stadium a few months earlier.

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a sweetshop on the way is Britain's suosion,

pretty fair start for the ikeable youth I once heard described in

baby chop him to pieces, the experts Moscow as "the sald, when he persuaded a tear- carries the bomba."

Olympic flyweight from Morgan So frall, so pale, They'll Street, Canaing Town, "How can Ix him?”

I suggested the hit-and-hop-ful Mum to let him go out and 1 routine, and Sputnik Spinks, play professional punching with describing diligent circuits the older boys.

round the representatives of Pekistan, the Argentino, Russia, France and Rumania, won him self a gold medal.

Somehow or other, the news leaked, and Master Spinks arrived homo to open bazaars, cat official dinners, model for Tussaud, and have a große named after him.

Eighteen-year-old Terry was swept along on a tide of publie acclaim, and now, down in the tiny house in Morgan Street, you have to pick your way through the glittering flotsam of pols, pans, pleutres and illumin- Lied addressca.

Progress Report

Note to burglars: The loot is Jocked up at night, and Terry's father,

"Tich bookmaker

Spinks, carries the Olympic medal around with him when the house is empty,

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What they never knew, ol course, was that this wall-like Cuckney had quicksilver in his legs, packed a fairish wallop. was afraid of nobody, had been punching his elders on the noga since he weighed 3st, 111h., and had once broken the rib of a senior Inyabout who picked the wrong moment to make Jokes.

Were the woe-brigade, right? Noj yet, anyway. At 10. Terry Spinks has squared up to 11 professional opponents"in eight months, Heked the lot, and Lecome popular with promoters for his ability to sell £200- worth of tickets every time he istrips.

His Business

On the business side-and how that boy likes his business! Master Spinks is already find- ing out about income tax, Не received £200 for his first com- Imercial fight, aporta seven suits

and

from 14 pairs of shoes Shaftesbury Avenue, can afford long-playing Sinatras, has begun the purchase of a confectionery store, and is dreaming dreams of a nice ittle property out

way for Mum and Wanstead Dad,

And since the Olympics? called for a progress report, and that state categorically Terence George Spinks, Just one from what he year away inelegantly calls the "eup and saucer" boxing of the amateurs, is more than holding his own among the allegedly rougher

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Pugilistic purse-money is, of course, treated as top-secret by the gents with thin lips and thick ears, but I would say that Terry Spinks has already earned himself "£2000, And I would also say that you would get a rudo auswer it you offered his management less than £200 per appearance-large halls or im- portant opponents, up to £400.

"I like this lark a lot better than clock-watching," says this nimble nipper, who, in his time, hns

away from racing stables, looked with disapproval on the commercial bottling of gi, walked out of Ingat mar- ket, and stepped down from the pedestal of lorry-driver's mate.

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Round The World

The Spinks history book tells of fights in Australia, Russia, Poland, Finland, Germany and Switzerland. He has dropped in on New York and San Francisco. He dresses nattily, but is no Iutter-day Edwardian fop. He Aghts because he was bom to fight though he would sooner talk about the horses he once exercised across New- market Heath.

Above all, he has brains enough to work at his chosen trade. If you doubt it, watch for his tiny. logs belting towards the allotments on the Beckton Road at 6.30 every morning, rain or shine; then follow him to Joe Lucy's gymoasium in Bermondsey every noon.

At the moment Terry's off- duty hours are more concerned with food and films than with the opposite sex-though manager Bammy McCarthy and trainer Snowy Buckingham have made their point that steak, eggs, chips, cream cakes and lea are not the ideal hors d'oeuvre for a professional Right,

Time To Learn

With two years to go before the boxing law permils him to challenge for a Championship. the boya from Morgan Street bas time to absorb experience round the lesser rings, to build a bank balance, and to avoid the lumps and bumpe that fall to the lot of those who would run before they can walk in the boxing business,

few

Time and possibly a defeats-will tell whether Terry Spinks, has what it takes to make an Immortal. For the

FA CUP REPLAY

Bristol, Jan. 7, Bristol City boat Accrington Stanley 3-1 in their Third' Round English FA Cup replay, here this evening at p

In the Tourth Round Bristol City new away to Notts County.

Tulloch Under Veterinary Treatment

Sydney, Jan. 7. Champion racehorse, Tulloch, for whom an oversees trip to Engiend and America is planned for later this year, la under a cloud.

Tulloch hogboom ander valerinary treatment for a skin complaint for some weeks, and despite a statement by В veterinary

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been programme has planned for the New Zealand bred colt, his main aim being the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, who which will be witnessed by the

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