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BRITISH OPEN GOLF PREVIEW
Peter Thomson Is My
Choice To Win
To Win The Battle Of Champions
By JOHN COTTRELL
A clash of giants is promised in this year's Open Championship, which began yesterday at Royal Lytham and St Annes,
For the seventh time since the war the prize money has been increased and the result is á record entry of 862 - two more than the previous best at Hoylake in 1956.
tad
The Open, which onee
Ameri- There are seventeen prize money totalling £100, is cans entered, 45 other overseas now worth the record mm of players, and 68 amateurs includ- £4,850-4 fir three places ing the British champion, J.B. being valued at £1,000 £600. Carr, and £50 respectively.
the Picking the winner of The men who can battle their Open is a hazardous business a way to those places will have the best of times. This year it esined every penny of their is more difficult than ever.
the prize money. For this year the Thit my choice to win feld Inetales tremendously Battle of Champlons must be utrobg overseas challenge and Peter Thomson, who, at 28, has seven former holders of the title this incredible record in the -Bobby Locke, Peter Than Open; a hat-trick of victories, nou. Fred Daly, Max Faulkner, three times runner-up, and ne Henry Catton, Richard Burlon fifth plaer-alt achieved in and Gene Sorazen.
1951.
Three of the lending Ameri- can professionals are taking part
Excellent Chance
Uhe
Dr Cary Middlecoff, twice Thomson, who failed to win winner of the American Open, the Australian Open at the end Frank Stranaban, three lines British Amateur champion, and of last year, was going through Vic Chezzie, who fled for the bad palels until recently. But
now he hoa come out of American Opest 111le in 1946.
rough and, provided his No. 1 Other Challengers
clacs not eeny, hay-fever, Other strung chuilengers in the launch on untimely attack, 1
he has an Open include Norman Von Nida believe
excellent of Australia, Harold Henning of chance of winning his South Africa, Dave ThomUR of Open. Wales, und the members of Thomson has quickly Britain's victorious Ryder Cup winning form in Britain team-tees, Brown, Mills, Allins has so impressed the bookies Bourefeld, itunt, O'Connor and that they have made him 2-1 Bradshaw.
Open favourite.
elvo
Thomson Shatters Course Record
Lytham, June 30, Peter Thomson, of Australia,
fourth
struck ad
Wisely, the bookies second place to the painstaking Bobby Locke, For who can be sure that the 40-years-young
South African will not win the
Peter Thomson is shown here being congratu- fated by his wife after receiving the BritishTM Golf Open Championship trophy in 1956.-Reuterphoto.
County Cricket
SURREY OUTPLAYED
BY HAMPSHIRE BOTH IN BOWLING AND BATTING
London, June 30. Hampshire deserve their exalted place at the top of the English county cricket championship table that was emphasised today at Guild- ford, where they outplayed Surrey, the Cham- pions, first in bowling and then batting. With Derek Shackleton tok-175 of which Ing seven wickets for $4 runs Poter Arnold. and Roy Marthall (40) #nd Jimny Geny (47 not out) hitting sensibly, Hampshire gained first Innings lead ant the bonus points, fuishing four runs ahead with eight first innings wickets to fall.
Were
scored by
Sussex were 112 for nine at the close.
Best Performance Brian Lobb, the Somerset fast-medium bowler, returned to form with a vengeance at Lords today after resting from Shackleton,
fast-medium three championship matchen, right-hand bowler, gained no and he achtoved his best per- help from the soft pitch but he formance in first-class cricket swurk the ball perceptibly in by taking seven wickels for 43
runs in a Middlesex the murky atmosphere.
total of
10
Bowlers were also on top at 162. Kettering, where 18 wickets fell Lively accurate and able È in the match between Northamp-make the ball move disconcert-
tonshire and Sussex.
ingly off
Lobb danip turf, troubled all the batsmen except the stylish Jack Robertson, who fled the varied Somerset at- tacks for two hours 20 mirules while scoring 63 out of 110 for Ave,
Medium-paced Sussex bowler Ted James tool, seven for 54 to help dismiss Northants for 167,
Second Test Reflections
NEW ZEALAND NEEDS MORE
TESTS NOT FEWER
By PETER DITTON
Somerset batemen showed grooter enterprise and were only 08 rung behind with nine wielrets etanding at the close.
James Lomax hit eight fours end was undefeated with 51.
The Scores
Close of play stores were:- At Lords: Kiddlesex 152, (3. Robertson 09, B. Lobby seven for 43), Somerset 60 for one, 13.
Open for the fifth time and join The ruthless almost contemptuous manner in which England Lomax 61 not out). Rain chded
the select company of Mesurs
Tam Morris, J.H. Taylor, James
Braid and Harry Vardon?
Last year, Thomson! WAS the
are running away with the Test series against New Zealand is being highlighted with much criticism,
favourlic and Locke beat him It is the old old story of England being on a hiding to nothing and
into recond place by three strokes. And much the sume thing happened in 1952 when the Open was last played at St
Annes.
victorious old Master.
Thomson, whose scorecard in- cluded an unhappy 77, fldshed with 288, one stroke behind the three times winner of the
Current form does not favour title, shattered the Royal | Locke. But when
A goling Lytham course record with gentur of his calibre puts his inind to winning the Öpen, cur- rent form does not mean
a magnificent 63 today the first qualifying round
of the British Open Golf Championship.
Thomson had "eleven, birdies
Aralion's SCOTE WAR
great dent.
Rest Of Field
Of the rest of the field
Mickleof
in
R
the
selectors to say nothing of newspaper editors-are being inundated with well intended advice from armchair critics on how best public interest can be maintained in the remaining three games of the series.
play.
At Guildford: Surrey 100, (L Shackleton soven 34), Hamp shiro 110 for two (R. Marshall 40, J. Gray 47 not out).
At Worcester: Worcester- shire 243 arid 100 for four (M. tatton 62, Outschoorn 57 not out). Cambridge Univer
slly 08.
At
Colchester: Nottingham- shire 138 (C. Poole 87) Essex 108 for six (G. Barker 40).
Again
Something New From Karol
After gold panties, America's Karol Fageros wears attofher creation to startle the tennis world— a new Teddy Tinling dress which she wore at the international tennis gathering at Hurlingham Club, London, on the eve of Wimbledon.
The Satin Terylene one-piece dress has loose, A cumberband is embroidered with pleated back. tennis players in gold.
WORLD OF SPORT
Kettering: Northampton-JOHN CHARLES MAY SPURN A
Franicly, an I see it most ut elsewhere by ruising and threw his wicket away by sheer the critism is either purposeless developing the cricket standards recklessness.
These butting fallures served At or merely patronising to New on the home front,
That must be the paramount only to throw into still bolder shire 107 (P. A Zealand,
for $4). Sussex There cannot be any doubt objective and surely it is not an relief the two excellent knocks James seven that the team led by John Reid ideal beyond New Zealand's played by young D'Arcy-a112 for nine.
At Swansea: "After all many world courageous little player and by have been completely out of grasp,
Glamorgan 190 their depth in the Tests.
have worn the far the most improved member and 183 for-six (B Hedges 01, They famed players
3 Pressdee 43). Derbyshire 237. have been outclassed and over-Kiwi binzer with distinction. It of the team.
the bounds of Not only did he defy the best-Reuter. whelmed and there is little hope is well within
Immaculato
Press Reports Refuted
London, June 30,
reply to
the captain!
LIRE FORTUNE TO
RETURN TO ENGLISH SOCCER
By JOHN DEREK
of an improvement in their re- possibility that worthy succes-efforts of England's attack for ta Dempster, Dacre, 60 minutes in his Arst innings and nine single putts, He slashed would name Harold Henning of
cord in the Tests that lay ahead. sors
Reid and and for just over two hours in four strokes sit the course re- South Africa, Britain's Bernard done, that the tag Test Matches others will be found,
But to suggest, as has been Donnelly, Sateliffe,
the second but he demonstrated cord set up by Fred Daly of Hunt and Scotland's Eric Brown should be removed
Indeed, ever from these
out of the how well be had absorbed me Ireland, in 1952. The Ausas men ikely to be well in the games or that Engload should wreckage of the present Text oxcellent advice given ham by
£1 [2. tataing for honours,
All have play their "Second Eleven" series, something at least has Sir Leonard Human after the eard for a qualifying retrad been returning excellent igures would be a humillation to the bee,
John Charles, leading scorer in Italian footbail and one of salvaged, gh on the Edgbaston Test, in trish Open.
the world's most highly priced players, máy spurn a : British courses The record held of nearly 350 And Henning, one of the great-
this season. New Zealanders which chunot credit side must be placed the
lire fortune to return to British football in a year's players, divided between the est pullers in the world,
be countchanged for u single quality of the New Zealand at- has moment.
jack and especially the seam At Lord's D'Arcy's defence At the end of the second time, when his contract with Juventus expires. courses of Royal Lytham and won nearly £1,000 in four
and was not only immaculate but he
Yorkshire Maybe Gubby Allen and his bowling of Hayes, Blair the nearby Fairhaven Club, are tournaments.
on MeGibbon supported as it has had the courage to treat the oc- day's play between
Sheffeld an eye
Says Big John: "I feel very Manchester United, whose G- batting for a maximum of 100. The American challenge has 50-selectors with
by first rate wicket calonal half volley for what it and New Zealand et places In the Championship been greatly weakened by
declared unsettled. I can't make up my sistant manager, Jimmy Mur- England's tour of Australia in been
This boy with more ex- when Yorkshire had
eight mind. Being in Italy is not the phy, is in charge of the Welsh proper, which begins
withdrawal of Ken Venturi, who, the winter will introduce one or keeping by Petrie, Both at was.
and at Lord's these perience of top class cricket their innings at 238 for Wednesday. They switch courses at 26, is being tipped as a future two now faces but the team is Edgbaston
a great opening Now Zealand captain, John same za being in English foot-toum, is willing to pay il fur tomorrow's second qualify-world benter.
Alos there the dis-Ried made the following state ball,"
Under Halian rule Charles But with Cury expected to remain substantially chops did heir jobs with such could become ing round
or bouquets to Now ments to the press in the gurty, an that which is ridden rough-cmeleney that it is no exaggera-batsman.
What has clearly unsettled is entitial to 12 per cent of the Qualllying coret do
American success cannot be dis shod over New Zealand in the tion to say New Zealand would, tribution
have Beda in these games with a Zealand runs out. All too many various reports concerning some him is mixing once again with transfer fee-£6,000. But if he count In the Championship counted.
first two Tests, and rightly so.
real chance but for pathetically of the other players appeared of the tourists.
his Welsh colleagues. He play-were to move to another Italian proper.
Giant . Welshman Dave More Evan Balance weak batting.
Reid pointed out bemused when facing Trueman,
that it was ed contro-forward for Wales in club, the fee would be much Bobby Locke, South African Thornus, has also been called a
claimed in them reports that the World Cup in Sweden. greater have heard £100,000 holder of the e, returned budding world champion, and he What so many talk overlook England side for 269 on a per-
To run through the powerfulLoader, Lock and Laker,
A temperament which pre-MacGibbon had been offered a
mentioned. 73 at Royal Lytham, despite a touk With place in last year's in their desire to see a more feet batting pitch was a great vents a cricketer producing his profesional post in the Lac Played For Nothing bad bout of hay fever.-Reuter. Open. But he has had a rather joven balance between the two
disappointing season so far and sides in the Tests is that John Performance one which I very best form when this pressure shire League, that
much doubt it any other com- on is, of course, an elliction not himself had also been offered
Dave Bowen, the Welsh left- at present lacks the consistency, Reid and his men BTO stillbination of bowlers could have peculiar to the New Zealanders.an appointment In League half, reports that Charles would I helleve, to Improve on his ploneering in the cricket sense, bettered. But to see their best It has played an enormous part cricket in England, that Darcy keep his Welsh (eam-mates up 1037 position.
And plebeering in almost every endeavors undermined by bat in the defeat of the Australlans had been offered a post
until after midnight gossiping. The Open Championship has walk of life involves risks and ting which except in the case of and the West Indies in recent the Essex club and finally that when we suggested! It's time been held only twice before at courage if the many hazards are D'Arcy achieved nly club series against England.
Hayes was retiring from cricket for sleep, ho, would any, let's Royai Lytham and St Annes. On to be surmounted and worth-standard must have been a cruel But much as I hute saying it at the end of his tour.
koep on talking. It's nice both occasions it produced a while experience gained.
The New Zealand explain fear Welsh voices,*” there is this vital difference be disappointment. thrilling finish,
From a financial point of view However charitable one might tween say, the Australiana and said that MacGibbon was alone the tour of the present wish to be there was no sound the West Indies and New Zea-professional engineer and at the Charles played for Wales for A Private Duel New Zealand team committed reason for the side collapsingland. Which the former get on conclusion of the four, he is nothing; he did not even redelve
to an outlay of twice for totals of 47 and 74.top they have the batsmen to inking a post-graduato course the players £60 match
that the In 1926, the Open developed the sponsors
thirty thousand pounds. Their
at on Dogfish University, into a private duel between two only hope of recouping them-perfect conditions than England
It is true New Zealand had less hammer home the advantage.
All the evidence so far pho Reid added that Dorcy Was £10,000 he received for sighing Americans who were, by chal selves is by a financially success-on which to but, but the ball dured points to the fact that in accountant and not inter- for Juvents would also partnered together Bobby ful Teat perles, Returns from never turned
really viciously New Zealand just have not suf-ested in professional cricket. Habla tof tax if he earned moncy Jones and Al Watrous,
or the batsman gol defent class Batamén to give He denied that Hoyes was re-from British sources. Five holes to play and Jones the county games are as likely and mont
tiring and said he intendent to was two
out by the wrong them this initiative. strokes behind two as not to incur a loss for it is themselves
truthi that the psychological approach. Brisbane, June 30.
The only solution to this chrry on cricket in New Zealand. holes to play and they were a regrettable
As for himself, the Australian
Tourlet Olympic
It was sad to see players ilke problem is an intensive step up silver neck-and-neck in the lead Then pubile are no longer interestell! medallist, Chilla Porter, may Jones pulled his shot into the in this brand of cricket.
Harford, Playle
Miller in coaching by real experts-not captain said he had an appoint- clash with the world's nest sandy
Watrous Even the great Surrey team
hunched
their, over rough who
stumps second raters-and more, not ment in the oil intiimiry and the County affald so
·won'
There is] was no Kigh Jumpers in
it seemed to trust, fowat, Test matches.
longer interested in Moscow after played firmly to the green. ne Empire. Geiver.
to mako strokes, no substitute for expericneo in League cricket in England. The result seemed clear. But Championship for six seasons themselves
France-PressO, "Porter is hoping to beat the great Jones was not finish-running and are almost unani Reid on the other had twice world class eticket, world record holder Charles ed A brilliant shot over the ously aceltihol one of the Dumas (USA) and the two anndhills took him near the greatest county aldor of all time Russian aces Yurl Stepanov and centre of the green; one puts are not paying their way through Igor Kashurov. Dumbs and and he was down. Watrous took the bumisites. Only a healthy ether American athletes will three putts and Jones went on membership enables them to be visiting Russia in August.
baltice their į budget. to win by two strokes.
Australian High-Jumper
To Visit Russia
which har
And it
Most of the Australian athletes In 1962, Fred Daly, the 1047 can be aceepfod as a certainty for the Empire Games including Open Champion, was in the load that if the tag fest wire Porter and the second Queens with 313 after three rounde, dropped from all games except lander, Morrie Rich, will spend Then came Locks with 21# dad thore With Australie, Soult
fortnight or more in Europe Thomson with $18.
Afdon and the West Indies this after the Games in Card,
But poor Daly look 70 for findnetel, stump here would, be Porter intentia To open the fourth round, while fighting equally disastrous. ringotiationa to meet Dumas and | Thomson. Anumed with 4 spign= That is the Jusufication for the Bunstutskmediately did -70 to Tation's 73, taking the MCC continuing to give New Kftİver OverÍCIES.
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though the ilco is looked This year everything potterogelne the tourists in the pre- to another, thrilling troat for Dent series.
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