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Members of the public are invited to nominate Hongkong's Footballer of the Year for the current season.
It is a popularity poll organised by the China Mail, and nomination coupons will be accepted until the closing date to be announced later.
The two qualifications for nomination are:
(1) Footballing prowess.
(2) Sportsmanship on the field of play. Nominations should be addressed to the Editor, China Mail, Wyndham Street.
To the Editor, China Mail,
My nomination for Hongkong's Footballer of the Year, taking into account his playing ability and his sportsmanship on the field of play is;
of the
World Chess Championship
Moscow, Apr. 9. Ex-world chess Champion Mikhail Botvinnik naved
The to regaining step closer title when he bent the holder. Vassily Smyslov here today In the 14th A 24-game title sentes, Mostow Rado reported.
Botvinnik now lenda 9 to 3 twyl needs only 3.5 points more the crown which to recover Sinyslov wrested from him a year ago. Both are Russians,
Botvink he won six games, Smyslov two and the six otherr werd drawn--France-Presse,
(Signed)
Club.
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1958.
JACK KRAMER'S BIGGEST GAMBLE
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THEIR FOURTH SUCCESSIVE VICTORY
As Cambridge come in to land, the losing Oxford crew wait their turn off shore at Mortlake on April 5 after the Inter-Varsities Boat Race,
Cambridge notched their fourth successive victory in a time of 18 minutes 15 seconds, third fastest in the history of the race-Central Press Photo.
WALKER CUP
MATCH
Wanted urgently - Baltich amateur golfers
able to give
America a decent game in next year's Walker Cup match in Scotland.
Oppenheimer,
έτι
Raymond charge of a concentrated four- year search for talent, has just 12 months in which to produce a winning team.
CCC Lawn Bowls Team For Taca Maria De Fonte the end
The following players have been selected tu represcot Craigengower Cricket Club in the first round match against Club de Recreio for the Taça Marin de Fonte to played at Happy Valley Saturday,
on
April 12, at 3.45 p.m.
C. K. Sun, A. . Innall, T. A. Leanard, B. W Bradbury (Skip 1. M. Silva Wong Yan
soimaa. Leonard-(Ship)- Honur, P. W. Quickrare, H. K PAYI, A. E. Coates (Skipt: A. F Fos, G. A. Souza (Skip
.. Castro, J. Pau, Santow A F. O. Madar (Skip); W. C. Young W. Leonard – H. A. de “Ü Butelho, G. Hong Choy (Skin).
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Failure to do so may mean
of the Walker Cup} matches, for it is said that if Britain cannot. win at home next year, they never wil,
The alternative? The United States against The Res
"AT!" SHIELD
The Arst leg for the "AU" Shield will be played at the Flüpina Club on Sunday, April 13 at 3:00 p.m. sharp.
The Filipino Club and
the Cragongower Cricket Club will
eldrinks each.
The game of bowls will be followed by a Chinese Dinner.
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Sports Diary
TODAY
Tenala Inter-schonts Tennis: Queen', v si Joseph's, Bi Paula v Dns, King's v KOY. CRC. 10 mm,
Calony Grosacourt Tennis Cham, pionships, RKCC, 3.30 pan.
Notrer
Exhibition Games: 11KFA "D" • CAAF, 630 p.m.; IKFA "A" Y CAAF "A" 0.15 p.m. both matches et XIX Gtadium.
TOMORROW Boxing Earl Halg Boxing Tournament al Macpherson Stadium starting m
Tennis Gericomar! Temale Cham
Colony pionships at HXCC, 5.30 p.m.
Some Goal Average
A Successful Operation On Red Sox
Catcher
+
Boston, Apr. 9. Boston Red Sox catcher Hay- wood Sullivan today underwent
successful
for operation removal of u rupture) spinal
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disc.
Dr James L. Oppen of Lahey Clinte performed the operation at New England Baptist Hospital and said afterward that Sullivan might begin workouts "in about right weeks,"
hoyes
Lew Hoad Has Now Emerged As Number One World Title Contender
By DEREK JOHN
London.
Nine months ago, and three days after retaining his Wimbledon
singles title, Lewis A. Hoad, world amateur tonnis champion; · turned professional for the record sum of £50,000.
It was promoter Jack Kramer's biggest gamble. Many critics said the burly, blond Australian would never live up to that price tag, that his temperament was quite unsuited to the highly competitive pro- fessional game.
But how wrong they were far more Test cricket now than some difficulty locally over their For Hoad, after a shaky start in Woodfull's day.
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In Kroner'a circus, has now emerged as the Number One When Austria's footballers o What must surely be the most discus throw in contender for the world pro- to Sweden in June for the extraordinary
Gnals, they athioic history has taker. place fessional title, long held by World Soccer Cup Ricardo "Pancho" Gonzales will be without their most at Victorville, California.
That £50,000 dent has proved famous player, Ernst Ocwirk, Dick Babia, a 6, 6 in to be the shrewdest move that frequently described
the American, has thrown the dis- Kramer ever made. The tense greatest half-back in the world, cus 200 ft 9 in, nearly a t
than the official world duct between Hoad and Gon-will not be allowed to leave bis more zalea in the 100-match series Italian club, Sampdoria, to play record. for the World Championship is for his country.
But there's a big snag. The resulting in sell-outs wherever Ironically, Austria has suffered discus went so far that it drop- they
this cruel blow because Italy ped outside the track-and Into
ditch. The rules say It must land on level ground,
Modern Pentathlon
Teams training
from
10 ut least countries are expected to com- pete in the Modern Pentathion World Championships to be held in Britain in October.
play. Hoad has already corner have failed to qualify for the about half his guarantee and hir finals. This means that the contract still has about 18 Italian season will now carry on months to run. This year he to the end of May--and Ocwirk expects 10 Larn more than will thus not be available for
Austria's
special £50,000 with Kramer's circus,
Lew, now playing in the matches. United States,
spending The Austrians have therefore around £50 a week to tele- decided to leave him out of phone his wife in Australia. He their World Cup party. calls two or three times a week
and each call costs nearly £20. They talk mostly about their new baby.
18 Months More Hood has certainly gone a long way since he first started hitting a ball against a wall as a small barefoot buy in Sydney. At 23, he has won fortune a well as fame, and he has only onc more important tennis
wo.id honour professional title.
Can he now break Gonzzles of the professional monopoly Crown?
to achieve the
Stirchley FC have just con-
I believe the ruthless Pancho "Südeil" "their" "programafe" in the
League, The Injury had apparently will remain King of Tennis for Birmingham Schools Champions and unbesten, they wrecked Sullivan
one more year. Hoad has been with his cqual on grass this year, but finished with, the astonishing goal | winning a sturting berth average of 157-2. They wou the Red Sox this season. many of their future matches their final match 13-0,
United PreII.
wooden will be played un boards. And there, I suspert. the experienced Gonzales will for a have the edge on his time brilliant, young rival.
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Golf Champion
Two oiler Austrian stars are also playing in other countries, but will be home in time. They are Stojaspal (now in France) and Proust, who la with a German club,
But there is no one who can
in
This event has not been held Britain on an international
baals since the 1848 Olymple Games, and in agreeing to act as host the British Modern Pen- tailon Association has cet itsel the task of raising £8,000,
The first Pentathlon in Greece quite all the shoes of Ocwirk, in 708 BC included long jump- and Austria's chances of going ing, running, discus and javelin further look that much tougher. throwing, and wrestling. The Especially, as they are in the modern version, instituted in toughest section of all, along 1912, comprises a cross-country with Russia, Brazil and Englans, ride on horseback, a two-and-a- The Austrians will take half mile erass-country run, a players to Sweden and will 300-metre swim, fencing with have four more standing by in the epee, and revolver shooting Vienna In case of emergencies. within five days, The party is expected to include
The Swedes have been the Schmied (goalkeeper), Kollman most successful In Olymple (back), Happel (centre half),
events, although Germany won Hanappl, Keller, Barschande in 1938. Two years ago Russia (half-bucks) and Koerner toolt the lead, but a Swede, Lars (inside-left).
Hall, I still the individual champlan;
Wonderful job
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Meanwhile the Swedes, World Cup hosts, are busy pre- pararg for the final tournament. And I hear they are making a wonderful job of it.
And that's hardly surprising. For they have been making preparations eight years,
for
ever since 1930 when the FIFA Congress in Rio de Janeiro no- nounced that they would house this year's tournament.
This week golf champion will pick up telephone in Johannesburg and book a ghi to London. But this trip will be different from the others, for Arthur D'Arcy Locke, son of a South African draper, hopes it will take him to his ft Bri tish Open title and a place in history alongside the name of lighted by the news. "To- James Braid, Joan Henry Tay-morrow," their spokenen said, lor and Harry..Vardon,
"we shall start to organise." They have been planning and working ever since.
Eoh Bruk and Taylor won the British Open live times, and with Vardon they are accepted the world Over us all-time greats. Now Locke hopes his mos unorthodox swing will bracket him with the golt inunortals.
Swedish officials were de.
Sweden is a small country. I had, In that time, no great stadiums. And it has no great population to draw on. Bul now they are all set for a record invasion.
He is not making the trip for
Two new grounds have been the sake of winning cash alone, bullt, one in Gotherburg with Like Ben Hogan, also trying accommodation for 62,000 people. teentically to win his fifth no-one In Malmo ter 35.000. Árd tional Open, Locke is a man
every other first-class ground in with no financial worries. the country has been extended..
He owns large South African properties, is associated with big
Matches will be played a 12
gold firms, and gives 18-holotrists all over the country, All Exhibition. matches between the terms will be housed in
hotels er the centres where their matches will be played.pn mean fest itself in a Country where holels are none too plenti-
LEG and £100 a time.
Without question, he fins camed more from golf since the war than any
other Common-ful. wenl:1 Professional. His four Sweden's ดาษ World Cup Open Lilles, victories in other chances? major tourniments, and all the on their exiled stars and this They depend largely trimmings that go with playing gives rise to a strange position. winning golf, have carred in Sweden play only AMATEUR more than £50,000 since 1948.
footbell; but their six best men And Locke is not nnished yet are highly paid PROFESSION.
ALS with Italian clubs,
Marathon Test
They have already asked -for the release of these six and there After 20 yenre, Sir Len Hut- is no doubt that the men will be ton's record for a marathon of immense value to their cour- Test innings hos fallen to West try. But, there is certain to be Indian bateman Garfield Sobers. ..And now another long- xlanding cricket record looks like being broken in the next year..
If Abdul Hafeez Kardar cap- tina Pakistan in their next three Test matches he will pass the 23-year-old record of BI Woodfull who led Australia in 25 consecutive Test matches. And England's captain,
Peter May, could also pass this total by being skipper in his coun~ try's next alx anatches.
11 in only natural that this
record should go, since there is
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