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SPORTRAI
"As far us
can gather, Gerald, the new hem ne will be about three inches lower than that gentle.
man's.
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1958.
SOMETHING OF AN ENIGMA Joe Brown Scores
ANNUAL BOAT RACE
Cambridge University Name Crew To Meet Oxford
Cambridge, Feb. 26. Cambridge University Boat Club tonight announced its crew to meet Oxford University in the 104th annual: Boat Race, to be rowed over four miles 374 yards on the River Thames on Easter Saturday, April 5.
Only one varsman, Club Preal-sons of former Combridge crew dent J. A. Pitchford, is relaiu feneribers.
crew.
ted from last year's winning Ritchie, an Australian, who at Number {will probably row
Five. was preferred I "big" Fou others. D. Riek, Jim Meadows, the American Carver, R. G. Ritchie who occupied that position in and Coxswain J. S. Solley-arest year's crew.
*. 1
London Laurean Deltie
NOTICE
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
SPECIAL NOTICE
MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE
NO PERSON WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED.
Admission Badges at $10.00 each per day are obtainable prior to the Meeting from the Club's Cash Sweep Offices, at Queen's Building. Chuter Road and Nathan Road, Kowloon, only on the written introduction of a Member, and on production of his Guest Record Card. Members are limited to 6 guests each Ruce Day, and will be responsible for all guests introduced by them.
In view of the possible delay in the issue of Guest Badges at the Race Course on Race Days, Members are strongly advised to obtain their guest budges at the Queen's Building or Nathan Road ofllcen of the Club during the week preceeding each Race Day.
A. E. ARNOLD,
Secretary.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB NINTH (ANNUAL) RACE MEETING Saturday 1st, Wednesday 5th and Saturday 8th March, 1958 To be held under the Rules of the Hong Kong Jockey Club) THE PROGRAMME WILL CONSIST OF 30 RACES. The First Bell will be run at 11.30 an, and the First Race run at 12.30 Noon each day.
The Tulin interval is after the Fourth Race (1.30 pan.) ench day.
The Secretary's Office at Alexandra House will cluse at 10.00 am. vechi ang.
MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE
NO PERSON WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED. All persons MUST wear their badges prominently displayed throughout the meeting.
The Crow
The crew was listed alphin- betically, as the final rowing order has yet to be decided:
IL RD. Carver (Eton and First and Third Trinity), D.C. Christie (Elen and Pembroke), A.T. Denby (Radley Magdalene), JJL Giler (Win
chester and Emmanue}}, Maltby (Bedford and broke). J.A. Pitchford
Rickett (Elon
Reuter,
M.B. Pem- (Two-
England Can Snatch Lead In International Rugby Matches
By JOHN COTTRELL
London, England to beat France, Ireland to beat Scotland. That's my forecast for the international rugby matches at Paris and Dublin this Saturday, And if it proves correct, we forget about France and Scotland as far as the International Championship is concerned.
can
At present the pattern of the five-country competition is far from clear. England and Wales sit at the top with three points (one win and one draw each) Scotland come next with two points (one win) Ireland and France have only played one match each and are still pointless.
Weatherstone.
and served remark-
KO Win Over Cuban Champion
Havana, Feb. 26. Lightweight Champion Joe Brown, unmolested by Cuban rebels, floored Orlando Echeverria twice for a first- round knockout tonight in the polico-ringed, New Sports Palneo before a crowd estimated at 9,000, eách of whom had beça “frisked” for weapons as ho entered.
Echeverria was counted out at The Cobon Sports Commission 2:60 of the Brst round in the estimated tonight's attendance scheduled 10-rounder that was at 14,000 with a gate ut $80,000. the first fight ever televised Dig gaps at the expensive ring- from "oversens" to the United side were observed. Unlied Stales.
Press.
Brown, whose title was not at stake because each weighed more than the 135-pound limit. scaled 1354; Echevarria: 1304.
Southpaw Echevarria, the 27- year-old Champion of Cube, tore after font-stopping Brown as the first round opened and
For
KINGSTON TEST
Pakistan 274
Four Against West Indies
Kingston, Feb. 26.
Pokiston had scored 274 for four at the close of play on the opening day of the third Test against tho Wast Indios at Kingston,
drove him into a corner with a baitago of hooks to head and body.
Brown cume oul of the corner: Vielory in Paris would leave poor game against Ireland and means that. Scotland again have and
at-land, in a Iurious exchange, England sitting fairly pretty, tia only explanation of his selec- no recognised goalkicker, With only Scotland to play, they | tion is the fael that he is a fine though captain winger, dropped Echeverria on his back
Arthur Smith,
for a count of eight. The Cuban would stand an excellent chance passer.
Lone after the of retaining the championship, Horrocks Taylor, younger and nuty well in this capacity rose and again
elumpion and struck him with a would look like faster, is far more dongeninis in against the Wallabies. bridge and Christs), P.D. While France
hard straight left. They ex- and First and taking the wooden spoon agala mack and he made a promishog
Dut It's in the centre that|changed savagely, Richie
This season, Scotland have International debut against! Third Trinity), R.G.
Brown knocked him back on France, Wales have Wales. But he preferred të kick!
McClung will be most dearty ralssed. Against Australia, The to his heels with a left-right to (Geelong, Australia, and Cor-beaten
Sulley beaten Scotland, and England during the 20 minutes he was Sectttah backs did not combine the face. They exchange, with pus Christi J. S.
So, by the Held ngainst Australia logical deduction, England should despite his having been told to all well. Vital passes were Echevarrlu landing two rights
Tumbled
Then Brown and the centres still to the houd. C. Rulleys and Sciwyn), have drawn with Wales.
Imtkoz Ahmad, Pakistan'a France, But it's not shovel the ball to his centres. Ponquer
falled to employ the speed and amashed him on the chin with | wicketkeeper and opening bats- quite simple
The English selectors, natural-
n straight right and dropped man, scored 122, and shared In The fact is that England are by reluctant to change a winning of wingers Smith and G.
him flat on bila back oguld. Ho | century partnerships with Boerd something of an enigmu this team, have once again kupt the
Will counted out.
Ahmad (52) and Wallin Mathias Jear.
They are still winning diang pack. But it the fur- Scotland have a splendid Hy- matches and they have not been | wards fail against France,
The crowd roared its approval (70 not out). Italt in G. IT. Waddell, who, of the exciting action, but! beaten in their last seven inter- would expect come heads to roll the age of 20, shows extraordin there appeared
Franz Alexander, West Indies to be no dis- | coplain und wicketkeeper, nationals. Yet somehow they for the first time since the aryactical sk8, and passes turbances in the heavily-pollced caught three of the four bits- are failing to convince even their 1964-65 season.
swiftly and accurately. And palace, The Pulics protection men. Few would argue with the their forwards are a fiery bunch. xtended own supporters that they are as
Into the working great a side as they were a yeur | selectors! choice
press section, ៦០.
pack, 'except for the #y-half
quarded by $2 Yet I do not think Scotland
uniformed police. position. The only change is on will wlu in Dublin, tw right wing where the have an excellent threequarter brilliant Peter Jackson, unit for Ine, which combines experience the match against Ireland, res) and great speed. And, after the turns in place of Internatioun deplorable performances in the sprinter, John Young,
trists, the Irish, forwards have
themselves proved dangerous, with 6 ft. 150, J, R. extremely Kavanagh the outstanding man.
-London Express Service).
(COPYRIGHT)
Japan's Leading Golfers To Play In Masters' Tournament
Chief Architects ·
a certain
behind
the
Apart from a positional switch, the French team is the same as that beater 11-9 by Scotland at Jackie Bouquet. Murrayfield, who played in the centre against
to
Ireland
PlayerToCompete In British Open Tourneys Only
On reputedly the fastest pitch in the Caribbean, Paktision were hove a sovere expected testing against the cast bowling of Ray Gilchrist; Tom Dewdney, and Erie Atkinson, Orleans, 32, But after Bn anxious Arst Brown of New
which they his dressing hair hour, during was escorted to
detail
Hunit of lost
Mohammad with room by a small police; although there seemed only four on the board, Pakistan little dangersince his fight copied well with the speed was finishealthat he would be attack. kidnapped by rebels, as was rong champion Juan Fangio of Argentina on Sunday, on the eve of Cuba's Grand Prix race.
The
trio Little Danger
In an
Cautious Start
Now York, Feb. 25. · The chief archileets of Eng- Japan's loading golfers. land's triumphant 1050-57 season But there are Torakichi Nakamura, and are still there. Koichi Ono, will arrive in signs of Staleness in the puck- lack of gusto and the United States naxtaterprise. They remain month to play in the timely competent, but only Mosters tournament at cassionally seem really inspired. Augusta, Georgia from And yet, for my money, England
returny the Scots, are still the strongest of the five
The 12,000 crowd rosted with April 3 to 6, it was an.
at fly-half, countries and can win the Inter-customary place
delight when Gilchrist had nounced here today..
national
Vignes moves Championship but while Christian
ho bad caught when Lightweight Champion Hani! Mr Fred
Imtiaz and Corcoran, Directory if their threequarters are into the centre.
Bouquet is a player of great
had been closely guarded sinconade only three. Golt As- of the International
given the scoring opportunities
the total to 60 in skill and experience, and very
bis arrival, lest he, too, be Saeed (nak
cautious sociation, said: "I thins: a match they deserve.
fast on firm ground. This wise
snatched by Fidel Castro's rebels 73 minutes after between the Japanese and the
The
pre obviously switch will provide n selectora
much
effort to embarrass the start. Enoud-Jimmy
regime Sam
Demaretronscions of this for they have suver link with the centres.
at President Fulgencio Saced fell after putting on 118 Batista. new retolned
Five of the French team are
for the second wicket, and then team would pick tremendous
Ricky Bartlett, interest.
who replaced the injured fly- | new cape this Lesson. They are:
Brown's fight tonight was the antluz was joined by Wallis Phil We are hoping to line up two half
Taylor Vignes;
Johannesburg. Feb. 20. Horrocks
scrum haf Pierre Adnksion Badges at $10.00 each per day are obtainable prior)
featured bout at the opening of Muthins who was 70 not out at Gary Player, brilliant young Havanus new
the close. Imtiaz-Mathias put three exhibitions for the nginst Treland.
$2,000,000 sports to the Meeting from the Club's Cash Sweep Ollers, at Queen's or
Bartlett had a Danos; winger Gerard Maudy South African golf professional, palace-hub of the new Cuban on 101 for the third wicket. Building, Chater Rond and Nathan Road, Kowloon, unly on the visitors and what could be
end forwards, Ado Qunglio and Michel
played in Crauste. written introduction of a Member, and on' production of his Guesthotter than a lacd-to-head duol
English $12,000,000 sports centre.
Imtiaz baited 4 hours 10 As usual, who has
Ke Record Card. Members are limited to ở guests each Race Day, with Sammy and Jim?”
France has a lower of strength tournaments for the past threo
Fangin, released less than 30 minutes and hit 14 hours. d will be responsible for all guests introduced by them.
at full-back in Michel Vannier, years, intends to boycott all hours after his seizure, was at was quick to hook anything who le still playing impressively. future compoillions in Britain the ringside tonight, along with short. Tins will be obtainable at the Chils House if ordered in
Alexander used his spin Forward Michel Celaya is except the Open Championship. Middleweight Champion Carmen advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 72811},
gia captain, and Lucien Mias,
Dasillo, former Heavyweight bowling sparingly, and of the The 22-year-old golfer de- Chanipion Joe Louls, and TV 80 overs 50 were bowled by the the burly lock-forward, has re-
clared here today that senior and lm star Gene Autry. truned after four years In the
three pace men. in Britain professional events wlidlerness. Mias Arst played
The Scoreboard for France in 1951 and hav 16 offered handsome rewards only for the first fow places. Those
rient who finished
the top earned no more than the "also ratis," he said.
"England is not for
ine" "With the exception standing individuals, but they of the British Open I will never have yet shown great under-campaign there again.” standing as a icum. The most
The 6th Floor in restricted to Members and Ladies wearing Ludy's Broaches.
NO CHILDREN will be admitted to the Club's premises during the Meeting. For this purpose a Child is a person under The age of suyvuteen years, Western Standard.
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE
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Any person leaving the Enclosure will be required to pay the equisite fee of $3.00 in order to rain re-admission.
MEALS and REFRESHMENTS will be obtainable in the RESTAURANT,
SERVANTS-
Servants must remain in their employers' boxes except for passing through on their duties. They may on no account use the Betting Booths or Pay Out Booths in the Enclosures.
CASH SWEEPS
Although Through Tickets cannot normally be purchased for each day of a Meeting unless there is an in'srval of at least five clays between each day an exception is being made for the Annual Race Meeling. Through Cash Sweep tickets, therefore, at 520 each per day or StB for the three days of the Meeting may be abtaled from the Coal Sweep Olliers at Queen's Building (Chater Road) and 5, D'Axullar Street during normal office hours and Lentil 10.00 a.. on euch day of the Meeting.
Particular members within the series 1 to 3,000 may be reserved for all race meetings or Through Tickets. Such tickets will be issued consecutively only and the right is reserved by the Stewards to cancel any reservation for Through Tickets for a particular Meeting if it is found that sales may not reach the number reserved in the series 1 to 3,000.
Tickets reserved and available but not paid for by 10.00 am on Friday, 28th February, will be sold and the reservation
cancelled for future Mcelings.
Tickets over 3,000 will also be issued consecutively but
particular numbers cannot be reserved as Through Tickets.
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Thursday 27th, Friday 28th February, Monday 3rd Tuesday 4th Thursday" Gili. and Friday 7th Morch
Saturday 1st, Wednesday 5th and Saturday. qth March
382, Nathan Road, Kowloon
Thursday 27th, Friday 28th February, Monday 3rd, Tuesday 4th Thursday di and Friday 7th March
9 am to 5 pm.
9 am to 10.0.1.
10 am to 4 pm.
TOTALISATOR Backers are advised not to destroy o throw away their Nickels until after the "all clear" signal has been exhibited.
ALL WINNING TICKETS AND TICKETS FOR NEFUNDS MUST BE PRESENTED FOR PAYMENT AT THE RACE COURSE ON THE DAY TO WHICH THEY REFER, NOT LATER THAN ONE HOUR AFTER THE TIME FOR WHICH THE LAST RACE OF THE DAY HAS BEEN SCHEDULED TO BE NUN.
PAYMENT WILL NOT BE MADE ON TORN OR DIS- FIGURED TICKETS.
Bookmakers, Tie Tac men, etc. will not be permitted to operate within the precincts of the Hong Kong Jockey Club.
By Order of the Stewards,
A. E. ARNOLD, Secretary.
When the Japanese last met the veteran Ainèrienn profes- sionals in last October's Canada in Tokyo, NaKA* Cup matches mura and Ono surprised tho golt world by winning.
score
American Skier Injured During Training Run
Nakamura, 12-year-old dupa- nese Champion, and Ono, 36, won the Canada Cup Cham-
Hinsbruck, Feb. 26. onship with a combined 72-
Lending American skier, Bud hole
of 657; playing warmor, felt during a training against golfers from 30 coun-run Salat Auton am Arlberg tries.
It is thought however the today and suffered a distortion of #gaments in the left knee, zapanese may and difficulty It was feared that he would be adopting themselves to the fost unable to compete in any grons in this country.
further aki avents this season. They will remala the United States until about May I-Reuter.
TENNIS
In
Americans To Compete In
International Tournament
CAPA.
Positional Play
This fteen has some out- he said.
serious fault of the Frenchmen Player, who holds the Aus- at Murrayfield was the post-trallan match-play tile, plans Bud Warner, who distinguish-tional play of the centres who to leave for the United States ed himself during the World were lying much too fut Championships at Bad Gastein attack. carlier this year, was training
for and Australia towards the end of next month. He will fly to
must, I
If the ground is firm and dry. England a week before the for the forthcoming "Kandahar" and if the backs can be linked Britist: Open beging at St competitions at Saint Anton up at top spoed, the French Anues on June 30.-China Mail when the accident occurred.
could prove too fast for England, Special. He had pinned his hopes in this whose undefeated run event as a last chance of win-feel, be checked soon. ning European skil title before
But I still think England 1980. He had planned to go st,ould
win, provided that the Well Known Boxer home after the Kandahar and forwards produce their old fire not to return to Europe before and the backs are well served by Decides To Retire
From The Ring
1808. Wernor's left leg was put in plaster after his fall today.— France-Presse.
New York, Feb. 20. Davis Cup tennis slar Barry Mackay of Dayton, Ohio, and Wightman Cup star Domthy Head Knode at Forest Hills, New York, wil compete at in: TO
ternatiuaal Tennis Tournaments in Cairo, and Alexandria, Egypt, and probably at Casablanca, Morocco, the US Lawn Teunis Association said today.
na-
Mackay, ranked Ah tionally, and Mrs Knode, the nation's third-ranked women player, will leave on March 3, on the tour arranged by the US State Department. The USLTA spid it is considering a "more extended itinerary" players after the government sponsored trip-United Press.
for
both
PASCUAL PEREZ
DEFEND TITLE ON APRIL 19
Caracas, Feb. 20. The World Flyweight Cham- plon, Pascual Perez of Argen- tina, will defend his ille høre against Venezuelan Ramon Arias on April 19.
Bartlett,
Echavarria suffered his recond knockout and 20th defeat in G. bouts. Ho had been stopped by Hockey Randell in the sixth Found on April 28, 1956,
Brown, favoured at 5-t, cx-Hanif tended his unbeaten string (con- taining one draw) to 16 bouts as he registered his 00th victory and
ist knockout in 94 starts.
Four English |League Matches Postponed
The
PAKISTAN
First Inninge Mohammad e Alexan- der Gilchrist
༞་་་་་་ཋཱན
Imtiaz Alimet e Alexander
b Gilchrist ....... Sared Ahmad e Weekes b
Smith......................... Wallis Mathias, not out Alim Ud Din e Alexander
b Alltinson
A. H. Kardar, not out
Extras
3
123
ค
Total (for four wickets) 274
Fall of Wickets:
3-223, 4-240.
London, Feb. 20. four Engilsh football League matches due to be played today were postponed because Dewdney of snowbound pitches.
matches were:
1-4, 2-122,
Bowling
O
Gilchrist
15
The Atkinson
12
Gibbs
Smith Sobers
18
Reuter,
League One Portsmouth v West Bromwich Albion.
England have the advantage of having played three tough in-. ternationals in the past six weeks, with
a much-needed
Hartford, Connecticut, two-week rest since their en-
Feb. 20. counter with Ireland, Franco Teddy "Red Top" Davis, 战 Agure in Inter- have played together only once well known this season.
national postwar boxing, han England last won at the State decided to retire from the ring. Colombes la Paris in 1952. In following his deleat last night Router. the 32 previous meetings, Eat the hunds of Steve Ward in and have scored 23 wins, 12-round bout for the New Frange B.
| England" welterweight_tillc.
*Con Scotland break the Dublin hoodoo? They have not "Red Top" Davie, who is 35, fought against Paddy De Marco, won there for 25 years.
League Two
Bransley Sheffield United; Middlesbrough v Leyton Orient, League Three Bradford City v Gateshead.
ICE HOCKEY
Stockholm, Feb. 20.
Sweden beat the Unlled
Budapest In European Cup Semi-Finals
Budapest's
Budapest, Feb, 20.
"Vasus" BOCCER I don't think they will be any Tony Demarco, Willle Pep and The fight will beheld in the
In 1935 be States 5-3 in an international team qualiaed for the European are without eenire Thad a crack at thes Olymple Stadium of the Caracas inure successful this year. They other champions. University City.
Perez sent his signed contract| McClung, who, for the fourth featherweight title, but
by the this season, is unit for an bouten
Champion from Buenos Aires to promoter
international. His Oscar Ibarra,-United Press.
absence Saddler-France-Fresse.
THE GAMBOLS
I'LL GIVE YOU A ||RINGS AT HOME [TO-NIGHT
"MAKE IT
B O'CLOCK
SHARP
Barry Appleby
PIERRERCALL WASH AND J.
TRANSUR SO. THE SPHONE
YOU ALMORY LEFT LATE
world ice hockey match here this Cup semi-final when it beat
waa | evening.
Amsterdam's “Ajax" Squad 4-0 Sandy Period scores were 3-2, 0-0, in a return quarter-final game
here today. 2-1,--Reuter,
Time on your hands..
RADO
SWIN MARK
The two clubs tied 2-2 ia their first match at Amsterdam Other qualifiers so far for the semi-finals are Real Madrid and Manchester United, which lost about half its players in an air crash this month in Munich.
The fourth quallaer wili boj the winner of the coming return game bolwoen Borussia Dort mund and Milon A. C.-FranOS Presse,
-TABLE TENNIS
West Germany, Feb. 20. West Germany and England drew 6-5, in their International table tennis match at Burg? kunstadt" tonight, mi
England won the women's matches 3-0 but were beaten 0-2 in the men's" qventium Router,