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SPORTS PERSONALITIES
THE CHINA MAIL FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1958.
THERESE WAI
Hongkong's
Self-Taught
Woman
Golf
Champion
By TONY MYATT
A golfer steals the personality spotlight this week, and a very attractive She is Mrs Therese Wai, who learnt her golf the one she is at that. hard way, through hard times, but, whose "fascination" for the game has carried her to the very top of the ladder in this field.
Het loves for the sport deve- loped after a few rimo-swinging ments in Shanghai during the secund world war years.
"Ish flowination
disease." Now
Kive o
:he 1954, and won it again in 1955, became a
1950 and 1857., This year she pest cont
"What made you want to, wad runner-up. i play guit
Grised ber. in that it'sÍ se different. Yinz never play the shut ant
A light world Stroke Twit morcment of the hud, bulan of weigh: or the shifting hands along the club can make
salte
COMAR
of
UVL2
alt the difference," she tolel mes
Therese's poli BUL
exrevr suffered a nporary setback when the Japanese the course is this time_how- over, the golf big har titles her hard, so hard in fact, that to put it in her own words. "It
Mervyn Rose's Suspension Now Official
14.
re-
West Germany. Aug. Merevn Tuse, The Australian Doyle Cup player, today rrived official notice of his the Australian suspension by Lawn Tennis Association withdrew
From
und
Whit Pavariou
Truth
Aussies Failed To Beat World Records In Yesterday's Events
JAPAN NATIONAL SWIM MEET 100 Metres Freestyle Century By John And Butterfly Stroke
Finals Today
Tokyo, Aug. 15. The highlight of the second day of the Japanese national swimming championships today will be the finals of the men's 100 metres freestyle and the 100 metres butterfly, to be fought out by Japanese and Australian swimmers. Earlier in the afternoon; the men's 100 metres freestyle and butterfly heats will be held and then the semi-finals. All tickets for the 12,000-capacity-pool-stadium have already been sold, despite signs that there would be a continua- tion of the rainy weather which marred the first day of the four-day championships here yesterday,
The driving rain failed to three times running in the same- chase away the 10,000 spectators day and were showing signs of yesterday and they stayed
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the end.
The Anals were held in the floodlit Mejt Shrine Olympic
whose
temperature- Pool, owing to the sudden weather She told me that in Novem-change-dropped to a in the deal place?!
cool 21 shu suffered is Well we Weber last year,
degree Centigrade. outside sipped dix. This hindered ¦ had nothing to do, her game considerably for sub- so 'decided to play golf." conciously, she dared not swing Therese has never looked back as hard as sie used to. For fron making excuses for not on her decision.
After the liberation of Shang-winning the championship this bai in 1941. Therese and herer, she admits being beaten
incidental- husband John, who
by a better player. 15 in alir a very keen golfer. carse to Hongkong.
Only Played Golf
Once in the Colony, she tlid nothing else but play- gull. It's only natural therefore that her game improved tremendously Iured t practise seven days week and well....if you dl and dig, you are bound to get through," she said.
A
When one looks boek at ber brilliant record, il may seem
wage that There never look
Jesen in her life.
"I used
Very Modest
TELES
"TĪVO PRO ARme holds 1 lofrial coure record among our indy golfers, with a "72", as well as the lowest handleap of there. These achievements are set to be bettered.
I gathered during the course, of my interview with There-e that she was modest to the very extrem. For no matter how i tried, she just would not admit
at she was oven a good golfer.
She 42, and told me she felt
for red books and just prae. She wa: getting on in years and that her game was not getting
thed the course, zuid even at home on the carpul," She acny better. I personally am in mils, however, that whenever cinesi doubt this very much.
the saw a player make a Road stroke she would approves the person rancied for advice.
Bri the
5 Times Champ
Followest, years at she boned the Regal Hongkong Golf Club and diplod playing Today, her Hose added that he wanki 3y | rompetitive gol. to leave for Australia tomorrow living roo by air.
elampionships here.
bourne autouflect
is entered with
tas Trophies pho
WIN1
in
Regular '70'
Her one
she ambition now told me, is to be able to play a regular 70. She feels that she should now drop back into
Che Bronze beginners' stage or Division.
There's ong other hobby is isine artist, inting. She and some of the works she has on display in her home, speak volumes of her inkent.
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The Australian LTA in Mel-numerar competitions, in fact, Tuesday she has we every award in the that they had ruspended, Rose Silver Divisa, which is for the pending alsfaelry" informa- į more alvanced players.
Ladle She has
The tion from hun on his overseas i
Won travelling espemes. The Inter- įshampionship for five yours, national Federation Waw in-feat which few Bave com-carilerl
formed of the ilcuter.
suspension
plished. She won and 1053.
135
It in 1952 runner-up
Jat
TO ERR IS HUMAN
By CHARLES STEPHEN
When Jamaien's Keith Gardner won the 100 yards at the Cardiff Empire Games he run slap bang into controversy. His time of 9.4 sec. recorded by five timekeepers was the fastest ever in Britain. It was also .26 seconds faster than the time shown on the electrical apparatus.
Whether or not the time will For the answer we turn to the
record world's coding athletles' statis ever be recognised as a
remain
to bu SUNNI. Butan, Norris McWhirter. Writing athletics fans are askings "Jus in "Modern Athletics" (Oxford how accurate are humun time-University Press, Кеерста?"
GOLDEN CHURN
CHURN
IC.LMALLANTTICH DTY, LED,
une
But, with all the success the
she has achieved regret, and this is that she did not start playing golf 20 years
Newport Invitation Tennis C'Ships
of
Rhode Island, Aug. 14. Mai Anderson of Australia and Alejandro (Alex) Olmedo feru reached the semi-final round of the Newport. Invita tion Tennis Championships to- day.
Anderson, holder of the UV.S. come Championship, had to from far behind to
win his match with red-hended Rod 21.) he de Laver of Australia, 3-0, 3-0, clares that human time-keeping | 0-4, 0-4, 7-1. feeds to be amecurate to th
Olmedo, senior at the Univer- of a second in favour of the sity of California, defeated on- other Australan, Robert Mark, 7-5, 6-3, 0-2.
Tomorrow Ashley Cooper of Ronald play. Australia will Holmberg of the US and Nealo Australia will meet Fraser of Kosel Komo of Japan In the quarter-finals in the lower half.
sprinter.
HUMAN REACTIONS
It is all question of harum! reuetions in the starting of the stop watches. The timekeepers bave to watch for the flash of the starter's gun, then start their watches.
Yet McWhirter's review of The semi-finals will be held on human reactions reveal that Saturday and the final on Sun- sprinters have covered the 100 day.-U.P.I.
yardstin less than nine seconds
actual running time. For he suys that even the fatest starters
better do not actually move until after 3 seconds after the gun being butter fred.
Cala Agenda | SWIRE & MACLAINE AVD.
That may sound a negligible fraction. But in distance It means, more than three yards to the crack 100 yarda man,
drink
Sunkist
ORANGE in baffles
Sunkis
ORANGE
Day's Highlight
The Australians failed to beat work records mainly owing to the fact that they had to swim
Marciano Tips
Patterson To
exhaustion in the finals.
The highlight of the day was Jon Konrads dramatic neek-to- neck struggle with Japan's Tsyoshi Yamanaka throughout the 1,500 metres freestyle final. was never able to Konrads
his opponent," pull away from despite several altemply but, he Arished the race with only half Konrads second to spare. clocked 17 minutes, 50.2 seconds und Yamanaka 17 ininutes, 36.7 seconds. This was the first time Yamanaka had swum the dis tance in under 18 minutes,
Monckion who won the 100
backstroke metres
event but new world
A
AUSSIES TO WIN
ASHES
By Horbert Sutcliffo
Who will win the marios in Australia this win- tor? My tip Austra- lia, by a short head. The series will be tight.
Reid Highlights
Match Between
Kiwis, Northants
Nothampton, Aug. 14. -
A fine century by their Captain, John Reid, do- minated New Zealand's innings of 267 against Northamptonshire today on the second day of their match here. Reid scored 114 in 170 minutes.
Hitting two sixes and 14 fours, Reid gave a splen- did exhibition of hard driving and pulling which had only one blemish. He was missed by Subba Row after scoring 70.
opening would Northamptonshire's
this batan, Brookes and Arnold, found Hittle sting in the New Zealanders' opening bowling. which could not get much paco from the pitch.
The New Zealanders
without have struggled Innings for, although some of the other batemmen gave Reid useful suppoti, na one else suc- cessfully attacked the varied | Northamptonshire bowling.
Soft Pitch
Neither Blair nor Cave could make the ball lift and both bats- man scored steadily off them. New Zealand- Amol, who The bowlers found no pasistans, scored readily on the off- ance in the soft pitch early in the day although Miller was
sitie and
Brookes
made
A
w to Tyson after increasing number of polished atrokes. lk total to 43 in 130 minutes. The pair seemed settled for "tted faurar a sound partner in their second century-opening--
but Meale, who started slowly 03
later made come worthwhile phots.
failed to set up a record (as haped by the Aus—~~No party with an at--
the tralian team), said after swim that he expected to be #much better" in the 200 metres butterly event on Saturday, a new and might possibly set world record on that scension.
Retain Title Japan's First Win?
Ohio, Aug. 14, Former heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano taday picked Floyd Patterson to retain his heavyweight crown in his bour with Roy Harris on Monday at Los Angeles.
Marelano, who flew here yester
day, also had a few commente on the profesion and reaffirm- ed ha continued retirement. "There are as many good, young fighters around today as there were when I came up." Mar. ciano Bald.
POTATO BUSINESS
The former champ, who retired undefeated, said he did not "know anything about Extard Charles' comeback, but i guess he knows what he's doing.” Marciano is in the Queen City for
# week-long promotion of Rooky Marclano potatoes. He recently went into the potato businets, which he hopes to expand to other vegetables on n national basle,
The ex-champ does not know what the outcome of his busi- ness venture will be, but one thing he does know and that is "I am retired and Isiny retired."--U.P.I.
Sports Diary
TODAY
Cricket
Japan is expected to gain its first victory against the Aus- lomorrow in the 100 tralians metres butterfly Anal. Takashi Ishimoto, the world record ilder, is not expected to meet
much opposition [101 with
Brian Wilkinson, Australia's Ishimoto's best effort in the 100 metres is only one-tenth of a second outside the GO veend Barrier while Wilkinson's best performance is one minute, 3.5 seconds,
In the 100 mel en freestylu, the Australians nay make a clean sweep of the first re places with Johri Devitt (work record holder in 54.6 speceds), Gary Chapman and Geoffrey Shipton, Japanese vetera sprinter. Manabu Kopi, will do well if he manages to take a place against this Trio.. France-Presse.
SLAZENGER PRO TENNIS TOURNEY
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London, Aug, 14. Three leading professional tennis players, Lew Hoad, Ken Rosewall and Pancho Segura qualified for The semi-final pro- retin of the Slazenger fessional Tower tennis tourna ment at Eastborne today.
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Only Rosewall serious difficulty las quarter
Annuat Steeling of the .K. final match, when Jack Arkla- Cricket League at HKCC, 530 p.m.
slah) forced him to five sets: Football ΝΚΕΛ Connell Meeting, Sporty
Results of the quarter-finals Read, 5.43 p.m.
were:
Golt Children's wit as Deep Water Day - Juntas Dieksion. B 9.01. to (1 4.91.
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"A", KLGC V The. кой
FC
V
Division: CCC ""ecre
v CCC "A", Recreto "A" * RCC,
KCC, 2nd Division: KFC KIK, KPSA v HKCC. IRC v Negrel, PRC + FG HOP **3rd Divjelon: FC V KEC. 10KFC v KEGG, PAC VIRC, SC v ecc.
Hond (Austrailu) beat J. Cawthorn (Australia) 8-3, 0-1,
5-2,
tack us strong England's It is bet- ter than Douglas Jar- dino's bowling in 1932-could bc G pushover.
But 1 fancy the key to the series is Richie Bonaud, ono of the log-spinner breed ra- pidly becoming ox- tinct. Particularly as our bats-
mon see colittlo-of- this type of attack. I would rate England's chances higher it wa took the revolution- ary stop of promoting Duckworth, George
our baggago man to the tour selection committee.
In different guises George has been to Australia five times. Nobody' in our party knows as much as he does about conditions aut there.
George could be an ace.
Heid was particularly severe on Allen and Tribe and in the early part of the afternoon, runs came so freely that the nth wickel stand put on 120 in 120 minutes before Mcale (28) was Jbw to Tribe.
This partnership Was the highlight of the innings. After- wards the bowlers began to take command.
partnership in muccession but, with 64 scored in 70 minutes, Arnold was run out, Brookes sent film back, but Sparling's return was too quick.
Two Young Players
Brookes, apparently unsettled, resumed the next ball to Cave. This
two brought together young players, qualifying for Ramsamooj Northamptonshire, from Trinidad, and Guy from New Zealand, and they faced Tyson returned to have Reid the situation well. Ibw with his second ball at 233.
his determina- Guy showed Soon afterwards Tyson Jarred |tion by quickly taking ten off an the pair over from Moir mul continued to hit freely to avoid
an ankle and let the fetu,
Bright Stand
any idea of a New Zealand At the close break through.
total to 133
Sparling and Blair shared a they had added 69 in no hour bright stund of 22 which was and increased the the outstanding feature of the | for two. later part of the inning be fore, Tribe had Blair stumped,
Scores were:
New Zealasail; Ist innings 267 (eid 114, Miller Subha Row, the Northampton 43, Meate 28, 3parting 23, Tribe caplain, came on to dismiss Moir 13 for 83),
In his second over and finally
at 207, Spurling enterprising
Northants 1st innings 133 for inning of 23 ended when he two (Brookes -20, Arnold 21, was caught at the wickel to Ramsamooj 33 not out and Guy breeme Tribe's 100th victim of 20 nol out).
the season. It is the seventh successive year that Tribe us achieved this feat.
The match ends tomorrOW,-- France-Presse.
HAMPSHIRE SKITTLED OUT
FOR 23 RUNS IN FANTASTIC
DAY OF COUNTY CRICKET
Lowest County Score Since 1939
London, Aug. 14.
In a fantastic day's cricket, 39 wickets fell for only 251 runs on a drying wicket at
Burton today where the pace bowlers really had it easy.
one
Derbyshire beat Hampshire, Harold Rhodes (four for 12) and (shire, set 135 to win, mustered championship Les Jackson (five for 10) to be nuly 55 in their second innings. Ken Rosewall
coumly (Australia) the
23--the lowest | against the pace bowling of bout Jack Arkinstall (Australia) leaders, by 103 runs in pruc-álomlased for
1990 when Jackeon (four for 15). Rhodes 20 county score since deally
day-only 3-0, 6-3, 1-6 6-4, 6-4.
(three for 20) and Derek Mor- Pancho Segura
(Ecuador) minutes play was possible yes- Derbyshire themselves hit only
Tho (three
for four). gan 20 against Yorkshire.
could bent P. Molloy (Australia) 0-3,terday.
cost Hampshiro Derek Shackleton (four
Only Derek Morgan, with 40 inalet Tony Trabert (U.S.) beat G. 36) and Malcolm Heath (aix for out of 107, faced Bhackleton dear in their championship bid as Surrey are now only four (Australia) 3-0,35) whipped Derbyshire out for three for 62) and Heath (even Ladies League ist Division: CCC Worthington (Aust) 30.24 then fuel tratamen fulled for 82) confidently in Derby-points behind.
twin menace of hire's second innings, Hampe
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gainst the
by Barry Appleby
WIGIZE SZLIKEL
ON THE BEACH
AS USUAL
WE GO
for
Time on your hands...
RADO
SWIM MADE
Biggest Upset
The Hampshire collapse was the biggest upset in a day of crashing wickets, At Weston Super Mare 20 wickets fell for 207 runs and Somerset ended the day 74 runs ahead of Lab-- cashire" with four wickets left. During the Lancashire iETMADIS of 89, of spinner Brian Lang- ford tool nine for 20, the bost of his career.
Alen Hurd, Cambridge Uni- versity off-spinner, will always remember his debut for Esadx ut Clacilan mainet Kent. He took a wicket with his first ball In championship cricket and played a big part in Kenta dis- missal for 100,. Anighing, with the impressive figures of six for | 15,----Hauter,
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