ARMY SPORTS
PARADE
The Sports Parade Spotlight this week is directed on that nost sporting Unil, The Hongkong Signal Regiment, who for the second year in succession, and the third time in the past five years have won the Major Units Knock-Out competition, and it will be a complete reversal of the form book if they fall to win the play-off with the winners of the Minor Unit competition for the title of Army' Champlons Hong- kong, and thus have the honour of representing the Colony in the FARELF Championships which will be played here this year, probably late in February. For final, with every excuse for nerves, both teams produced excellent hockey, and runners-up 1'Royal Tank Regiment were unlucky to meet Signals at the top of their form, however as some consolation I will On the make a forecast that their name will be trophy before they leave the Colony,
Opening the game as though: [in the line up Command Work- seriously cozi- inust be shops seunwoiter wzuk! ry
sw med sidered as the ultimate winners oppom the 14BTR
if u con did take the with the attack and in the first even
รร 1 20 minutes had much the belter | honours when they the!
in fact league match a couple of weeks of the exchange, and drew Best blood when from a ago.
1.ui. Trevir penalty corner Ralph stopper the ball without neurring the displeasure of the Umpire, and Larut. John Wett smote it well and truly into the poak.
This score remained until her resumption time, and Signals took over the role of
ou the
tackers and they in turn, the
In the foolball world, the two Corps REME and RAMC in the hurly burly of Division two of Civilian league are often the
no doubt overlooked and
feel far as newspaper Peglected so tecognition is concerned.
THỂ CHÍNH MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
1958.
'MASTERS OF TENNIS'
Russians Are Determined To Become A First Class Power In Lawn Tennis
Says DEREK JOHN
London.
So the Russians are coming to Wimbledon. For the first time Soviot Masters of Sport will be playing on the lush green courts of the All-England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
It will be a wonderful boost for this most famous of all Lawn Tennis Championships. But fans who expect the Russians to dominate the world in tennis as they have done in some other sports are going to be disillusioned.
the at least, In tennis, Hussians lag far behind most ather countries. It is a young and little played sport in the They have no Soviet Union. publie courts as we know then, st visitors to Russia never see one at all unless they happen to visit a workers' club nr a garmtorium.
But the Russians are deter |
Brst-clas to become mined power in international tennis- Sud they are devoting a great deal of money and thought to that end,
times Wubledon Champion, to cunch their star players.
Now Moscow is planning a big
Too 'Passive
Only Dick Saviti (105) has the ability to win again, but as a business man he has no time for the necessary round of tournaments.
to
So, in welcome news that star Australian tennis the Mervyn Rose is not, after all. turning professional.
A
BRIDGETOWN TEST
Fighting
By Recovery
Pakistan
Bridgetown, Barbados,
Jan. 21.
A patient 161 not out by opening batsman Hanif Mohammad has helped Pakistan make a fighting recovery in the first Test against the West Indies hore,
With two days lett for play, they need 134 more runs to avoid nn innings defeat with eight second lanings wickets in binnel
In the five hours' play today, the fourth day, they scored only loss Allmud- 177 for the din.
Club - Police To Meet In Postponed Pentangular
Rugby Match
Tonight
By "PAK LO”
This evening on the Club ground the Club meet the Police In their postponed Pentangular match at 6.30 p.m. As usual at this time of the evening the game will be played under the Club's floodlighting system. The Club are almost back at full strength tonight, for Valentine and MacTavish return to the centre of the three line, displacing Dalgleish who moves out to one wing in place of Cooke, while Gunn is dropped alto- gether, as he did not seem to settle with the senior side.
With
Ingils on the other trans In the Turnament, wing this is a very fast and but since the Police were Just draw by the Army dangerous combination for the held to
the other week, it will be in- teresting to see what they can do against the other top ranking
Police to overcome. Penman will also return to wing for- ward, replacing Gault, but the former has a lot of leeway to en- make up after forced iny off, and his sport is Other- not what It used to be. wise the Club pack is un-
changed. of
were 142
his long
The Police are hit by injuries
with both
and
wise they are fairly strany.
in-
It is rather unusual so early Test against on in the season for a point of reference to be available in re- card to the chances of the two
Two Top Teams
icain.
In the loose the two sets of dankerous wing forwards are and fast, but Steward is the scrum half, and with betier O'Kelly behind him should get The latter lls threes moving. are better in practically every uspect than the Pollee and
It was the bustling tactles of the Police which upset the Army's orthodox three line, but tonight these same tactics ara unlikely to pay off, for the Club tustling international tennis tournament to be held between July 20 and
are well used pa anch Amerienn This year's Wimbledon is pure
uf forwards, and their English
West Indies 570 week
Shelley set Scores are: Bul another sell-out. be 27. tennis stars will be invited.
Negotiations are also going on make no mistake every defec- for nine declared; Pakistan 198/evd Stevens in hospital, the strong forecful pack is not like
inter with a broken ankle, At ly to bow before the Police at- English pro- tion of an established Wimble- and 330 for two. for a group of
batted even present the Follce XV bus that tack. There should be little to Hanif, who has the star
more
Ret 10
serums, fessionals to go to Moscow to don
bottom Soviel tennis. advise on Grass courts are almost un-
Perry spectacular professional game is hours 35 minutes, has hit 13 well known player A.N. Other choose in the
content to score In the lock position, but other though Shaffer is the and loss to the world of globe- | fours, being
hooker by a small margin, and through singles known. Soviet tennis is played is among those invited.
we mostly "sbamateurism”
should have a slight advantaga And us a preliminary lo Wim-trolling
twas in his highest Test mainly on cuvered courts, exropt
over Cunningham once knew. Georgia, where is bledon, matches will be held in in South
nings. the Soviet between played all the year round in the Moscow
Hanif, whose previous Union, Rumanian, Czech and
centuries Polish Champions.
India and 103 against New Zealand, completed his thousand His los: would have dealt runs in Test cricket when BG.
He has dgured in two een- What is Russian termis like?revete blow to amateur tennis. Victor
leading At the age of 28, he is an out-tury partnerships-152 Kolegorsky, E
Imtiaz Ahmad (91) for the standing doubles player and a
dangerous fighter infest wicket and 112 with Alim- dour and
uddin
and Giced (37). Ahmad (20 not out) have put on, 75 for the third wicket.
Resuming today at 182 for
Oslo, Jan. 21. Bcored very Pakistan one, slowly, but the pitch behaved Forty cars left Oalo tonight will be practiently
on the first leg of the Risch cannot get away fast due better than it had the previous
to Lellott's long slow puses day.
27th Monte Carlo Rally the base of the serum, and Only 57 rutis were added in
with freezing tempera-though the Police defence wit before lunch, the 90 minutes
rugged_game, tures and roads covered play it's usual and 76 in the two hours be-
with snow and ice report. they are not likely to hold the Ifanif tween lunch and tea.
strong Club threes for ever, and the Norwegian ed over sole boundary hi scored the
a narrow margin win for the section of the hazardous Club should be the result. In the morning's play.
endur. to his old form after breaking a finger a month ag Alimuddin butted with similar patience in Hanit in: scoring 37
Inst
Ingies.
At last year's Wimbledon he as the only player to take n set off champlon Hoad,
He
with
MONTE CARLO RALLY
backs,
they get going will be extremely hard to stop.
The one danger to the Club is Rinch, but if the Club wing itrwards can smother him by then the game
won,
fast breaking,
They began by joining the Russian tennis oftelat, says, "Our Lawn Tennistons In the past was too passive International
After our ob- Federation in 1906, Then they and positionul. I seem to remember reading
tuit two new tennis stadiums, į servery came back from recently n report of the poor
18,000 year's Wimbledon, we changed accommodating e: ch better part of play until Major sportsmanship shown by the
to a more enenelic style with Jiminy Webber received a PASS | KEME side
spectators, know this and
Lan your they staged their all the emphasis on attack." in the circle and made nu mis-
comment was deeply
Wagner, resented
Mr Theodore lawn tennis ist international
New Zealand's cricketers, for take in equalling up the spore-by the team. All I would say
to manager of a sports goods Dr,
their history. Following tais couple of
tournament, sent observers that the writer should have
accompanied Perry to the Brst time in Wimbledon, and obtained the whe
Theire to fly to England for their minutes later with other peal
ไก theni delion against
Fred Perry, three | Russia lust year, says:
1058 tour. by Cpl. Harkins, mung the
Valley Sports
services of In The Junior
best players are in the extreme
are due to arrive on They "Tanks" out of their defensive Shield last Saturday. I inve
They have some Te groups.
commence their play, and try it turn roared
seldom seen a more sporting XI
road players between 30 and 33 April 15 d
friendly with
one-day fcur into attack, and Signais did velf and they took many seemingly
and some promising teenagers.
London, New well to hold them at until the
deliberate fouls against
matches against them
But nothing special in between." #na!
unded by whistle was
without in any way retaliating
As the song says, "They're Zealanders and an eleven raised Umpires WO'S Taylor and
and on two occasions in the
either ton young or too old." by the Duke of Norfolk,
ance and reliability test. The party has not been select- Hesketh who had controlled the closing minutes could well have
A this year, at least, it seems match in exemplary fashion, been forgiven for appealing for
the Russians will be content toed, but the New Zealamlers penuity awards,
Marathon Match
The Marathon matcli ni-inal of the Sma Knock-Out
competitics. Long last been settled COD overcoming
In the
Units ims at with District Workshops REME by three clear goals in the second replay which also went to extra. time. It took the winners 270 minutes, or for who like their time. in those hours, 4 long hours to achieve this and the bluhest praise should go to really small Unit District
with Workshops who nly forly-ndd to select from nearly pulled off the surprise of the season.
seen
Greatly superior they were two-one up al half time thanks to goals by Cpl. Gnoch and Cin. Strachan, und were coasting to a when Sgt. comfortable victory Grin and Pte. Laidlaw added to the total early in the second Then the first item of period.
Just outside arose. comment
HEME the penalty
the ball defender cleared, but struck the referee, rebounded to The foot of a Valley Sports player who accepted the gifi and promptly scored.
area
Yes, Nobody Else But Cynthia
concentrate on Junior bledon only,
are
Back
He
off
hia
two
2,970 kilometre
The Teams Police:
EXHIBITION MATCHES
1011
Taiwan Girls To Play Colony At Softball
Johnstone, O'Regan, As the
were 40 starters
two Scott, Lloyd. McNiven, Blach, out of Oslo st nagged ir. two hours 45 minutes, Wim-have already suffered one blow.
Cunningham, ten crews Lelliott, Bryun, intervals, Their best all-rounder, John
then fell
at the minute lo a catch
were leaving Athens with roads Walsh, Forsythe, Brown, Waker, wicket off Sobers. players Reid, has been advised never to I they sent senior
Club: Hoorn, Dalgleish, Saeed was uncomfortable at reported in good condition and A, N. Other, Miller, there would be no guarantee bowl again
start, but he then settled weather forecasts excellent. that they would play at Wim-
Last season Reid was unabio the
He
The first car to leave Oslo Valentine, MatTavish Ingli
Steward, Williams, 14 O'Kelly. The young lady you may bledon. Russion players would
was the ta play in many matches and down into dour defence.
Volkswagen NR
Shaffer, Whiteley, Ross, Howe, meet who looks very much have to show reasonable form in
hus diagnosed his was on 10 nearly an hour.
Norwegians. a specialist
manned by three He made an uppish cut tournaments to like Cynthia Eager is no minor British
They were flagged off the start- Penman, Wright, Campbell, trouble as "muscle fatigue." He place in the senior
must not put undue stress on Sobers with the score at 282,
ing point by Jens Lien, Presi- other than Cynthia Eager justify a
Holder, substituting for
dent of the Norwegian Royal Injured Weekes, who herself, just returned to championships.
But no special qualifications his legs, but this should not pre-but
vent him from batting.
Automobile Club, as the clock Hongkong after five years
for Junior Wim- needed
Club's Now finger, dropped the catch.
facade of the the Reid captained
on the Each country. can
Sabed has batted over away. An Olympic Games bieden.
team who won their Zealand
Eight-nine competitors were swimmer in 1952-sheminate one boy and one girl ever Test against the West and a half hours for his 28 and headquarters pointed to 2215.
Indies In 1950. He has had hit only two tours,
thue to leave Glaszow at 0341 represented Hongkong in for the event:
Seven West Indies bowlers,
and Britain's Sayu Kolegorsky: "Most of several seasons in
in
Wednesday morning 011 the 100 Metres and 400
changed continually
an
ToAd 1ocod equally eult This spurred on the local bays
Motros Free Style at the our older players have shown Lancashire League.
effort to dislodge the batsmen,
eendi Lond
their drive who attacked and notched an-
what they can do. There is not
today bowlod 92 overs of which other to throw the
age of 15%. Cynthia is Rame wide
through Scotland and Englotri. 34 were malders-Reuter,
The remainder of the relly's The REME side certainly had open but the soldiers kept calin
on the temporarily retired much chance of further develop
The Scoreboard list as far as competitive players their end in the closing minutes had
"held of competitors were due uch of the play s
Food school,
to sot out during Wednesday swimming is concerned. epponents and up to the open-several chances to increase their
the circuitous routes to of time to develop.' goal in the fourth minute of lead but the final while came
By sending teenage players, Her fastest times were actual-
Monte Carlo from Liabon, Rome, extra time it was certainly any-with the score 4-3.
the Soviet Union hopes to built
The Hague, Munich and Faris. in England alter ly returned she had left Hongkong, but she up an experienced team able to
FROM ATHENS has been in the last few years rank with the world's best in
Athens, Jan. 21. In Austraila where, she told me five to ten years' time.
Ten 161
cars Jolt the Athens in her now very Australian ne-
starting point tonight, with ronds cent, "I did win a few rices at
91 reported in good condition over the Greek port of their route, Canberra.
37 and weather forecasts excellent. check in at The crews will 20
one's gaine. That they willed Here is an example of a team after this reverse is understand-
rimost loosing due really to the position of the referee and em- phasises
able, but an extra effort at this stage might well have saved the
day.
Centre forward-Wheeler was the man who did all the scoring
even if we
in this game
did
the need for these affeinis to keep well out of the way in the area around the Evol.
Untold Damage
and
wira
JI
even
mani,
But for the younger Wimbledon will be n They have plenty
She
The other Russian at Wimble- don may be Andre Patanin of
New Attraction
Test Rubber
South African cricketers atu new
hoping they have found Owen Smith in Kim Eigle of Durban, who was capped eight times as a rugby centre for Scal- and when he was studying in Britain.
Already he is considered good
*
WEST INDIES
1st Innings 579 for nino declared
PAKISTAN
100
1st Innings
End Lanings Hanif Mohammu, not out Imlinz Ahmad, lbw, b.
Glichrist
c. Alexander Alimuddin, c.
Sobern................ Saeed Ahmed, not out
Extras
b.
on
or
24 Larissa at 0300 and at Evzoni on the Greek-Yugoslav frontier at 0800 Wednesday morning. FROM LONDON
Tolol for two wickets) 339
Bowling
O M R W 24 3
70
London, Jan. 211 Snow and ice-covered roads faced the 80 competitors starting from Galegow tomorrow morn- ing at 0341 GMT;
Glasgow to
The roule from
The
Hong Kong Softball Association announced that tha Yu Shan Ladies' Softball teara from Talwan will be playing a Beries of exhibition witball games against the local ladies of the Association's ground at Kings Park, Kowloon over the week-end.
The
schedule of games la as follows:
Saturday January 25, 330 p.m. Yu Shan'v All-Hongkong.
Sunday, January 20, nun. Yaz Selection.
3.30 Sunday, Janualy
th Yu Shan 1 Combined
Chinese
11.30 Shan v Non Chineco
20.
LEAGUE STANDINGS (Up to and including games played on Sunday, January 10). SENIOR LEAGUE
P W L Peg. 8 0 0 1.000 70 1.857
Dover, through Stanraer and Barny Moor, Nottinghamshire, Saints
entirely covered Warriors with snow, reported in places CAA
1
0
WI Imost
Reuter.
Owen Smith, who played full- Who will the Russians send? back for England and cricket for The once proud COD team
The girl will almost certainly be hiddlesex, helped the Spring fact only a are in
shadow o!
Ann Dimitrieva, a 10-year-old boks to win the Test rubber in Reason for her being at Can Moscow
has schoolgirl, who their former selves and but for
England in 1935. sterling work by their
The second point is I know Anny
berra was that she was in the beaten Russian stars twice her
Now Elgle has been chosen centre-holf
Gordon Major
Australian civil service for a own age. one of my pet subjects but here
has started
to play his first game for Natal Newark the story would un- fit was so pointedly
few months and faler : "don't"
WBS a Intensive training-playing ve against the Australian touring doubtedly have been different, that I was surprised at what
At 24, he has time to secretary to Member of Par- or six umes a week-under Ninade. Admittedly they have two good happened. Outside
ilament. left Cpl.
Tiplikova, twelve, ilmes cham develop into a batsman of inter- players on the injured list but } Clemence was very heavily
After having had enough of pion of the Soviet Union.
national class. they will trave to pull a lot more tackled in the penalty area and government and then polities, cut of the bag to have a chance felf having elearly badly hurt Cynthia tried quite a few other
ough to displace from the Gilchrist of beating fellow finalists his right shoulder.
20 to working in Leningrad, the Russian juntor Nata side Headley Keith, who. Atkinson jobs, Comand Workshops HEME.
factory
that manufactured the champion, or Sergel Likhacheff toured England in 1956 and
D. Atkinson Both are 16. bedsprings to manke Australians from Baku.
played in thrée Tests against Smith feel more comfortable it right.
England year ago.
Valentine Along came a team male, who She stayed longest with a
Sobera hix
Mike Lindsay, Britain's best Walcott right misy many opportunities before grabbed
arm
Gallup Poll organisation. "That
lot of fun." she says, This Russian entry has come young prospect in the discus the fourth hauled him to his feet, success
In came minute of extra
Please, Please, Picase, whent time.
"except when they turned the just at the right moment, forovent, who is now studying at Wimbledon needs a new attrac- Oklahoma University, will ro- followed this up with another will players team to leave those dog on me."
She has seen a good deal of ❘tion, good effort
"14 | Injured in any sport where tiny
Australia, including some of the minutes later and bafore there until the extent, nature, and
Games at Cardiff. Now that Vie Seixas, the 1953 present Scotland in the Empire position of the close of this lengthly gel to-
Injury
Jess le
accessible parts of the champion, has decided to retire, His target with the discus Untold damage gether completet his hat trick establisheel.
continent, and she hopes some there
only two ex-, next season is 180 ft.-betler with an individual effort.
could pr
day done by
To get as far as Alice champions at Wimbledon this than any other Briton has done someone genuinely wanting to help. J Springs. In District Workshops team
(1954 before and 10 ft, 4% ins, better "Best thing Foothull
Patty than the Empire Games record that tried so hard the defence of would commend to
afeers the need to constantly
African B. du Sit.
their ice cream," she says, "and (1950). Both are well past their gel by South Jeff Loveday, and parti-
London, Jarz 21. Then the hiking. You start out prime in the singles game, Plessis at Vancouver, cularly the two backs Wo Fredress this nt frequent intervals.
Sonny Ramadhin, the West return means that Arkle
from Sydney Desmond ...Sgt.
Lindsay's Of the post-war Wimbledon may The RAMC side had a good finish up at Brisbane," Cynthia Champions, Yvon Petru (1046), Britain,
behind world well
Indies Test spin bowler, today Bonham were dutstanding, while
win when visiting Stanley, get hasn't lost her love for ice cream Jack Kramer centre half 9gi. Ted Mullins was
(1948), Frank standards in Geld events since agreed to sign as a professional ting back with a five goal nd.
for next reason for Ashcombe Fundaes and saya che con stin Sedgman (1032), Tony Trabert the war, will be able to make u ฎ tower of strength. L/Cpl.
vantage over the Prison stoff
take seven in a row.
Park, the North Staffordshire David Woodhead one of our
(1955) and Lew Head (1956 and formidable bid for the Games and while far from a spectacu-
Criclect League club. formost cricketers
proved that
A noted collector even while 1957) have all turned profes- discus tille. iar side they are maintaining a
Ramadhin, who lives cricket and hockey do mix, healthy position
111 plonal. in the league
Crompton, near Oldham, recent with the some of his strokes stick would have delighted the and galing valuable experience
ly gave up plans to play for most critical of cricket fons and on how to overcome the local
Kent, because he considered the three-year qualifying period too they certainly seemed to satisfy brand of football. the Umpires.
lung-France-Presso,
very
and
soine
In the Army lengues 65 Coy The dral of this compeililon RASC are now assured of re- will take place on the King's presentation in the play-off for 'Park ground next Friday, Minor Unit honours and the January 24, comunencing at outcome of the Mainland league 1500 hrs and Mrs Brewer, wife is awolted to find who will join of Army Hockey Association's then and 11 Inf Workshops in
in Australia
and you
will be
yearJoroslav Js. winner)
Drobny
and Buitge
in Hongkong, Cynthia has her day coffected everything
Bob Falkenburg (1948) in from art, instelbox
butterflies to aboriginal playing minor tennis in Brazil, covers to ear Ted Schroeder (1049) has be
Kramer's business rings, but is temporarily con- come Jack centrating on her collection of manager. ashtrays.
"RECORDER"
Chairman Colonci E. C. Brower this triangular test to discover Reserve In The Crowd
has kindly consented to prepent the Hongkong Champion. It
the awards provided of course looks odds on that Command Glyn John received an over-
that the Analists con seitled Workshops will be the team but night invitation to attend the things witli only que game.
Ample Room
King's Park line boen chosen as both toamna, come from Kowloon and share a liking for this ground.
n surprise is still possible.
In the Major Units, HK Signol Regt, fine win over RAF Kal Tak makes up for their pre- vious encounter when they were rather unlucky to lose, and the There is ample Green Howards fallure to room for spectators and it is more than draw with lowly RAF hoped. that a large crowd will Island may well cost them turn out, do cheer. for. one or league honoura
other of the analists,
do
Football officers, and reminded With the knowledge that COD that entries for the major me have two invalide unlikely to Minor Unita cup compatillas edcover ir time to tra treludes close tochar.
Welsh Final Rugby Triol at Cardiff. Ale thought the kick off was at 2.30 pm and when he arrived he found the tressirig rooms locked and play · had started. So Glyn palt his two shillings and stood on the terraces to watch the match. Then he went home, and all the while, the Welsh Rugby Union officials nad Press were hunting for him. "Paid a florin and I don't suppono I shall get my un-
Englishman Mark Pharaoh, with a throw of 178ft, 1/4 11., fourth in the Olympic Games, will also be competing.
-(London Express Service).
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