THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1959.
AUSTRALIA OFF TO GOOD START Mr What Allotted
58 For None At Lunch In Crucial Fourth
Test Match
Adelaide, Jan. 30.
Australia, sent in to bat after Peter May had won the toss
Top Weight In The Grand National
London, Jan. 20,
Mr What, winner of the 1058 Grund National, has been allotted 11st jb for this Year' race at Aintree of March 21.
for England, went off to a good start with 58 without This is 33 1b more than he was loss at lunch on the first day of the fourth Test match here today.
113421.
12th, authentie strokes he had made, sent Stathum to the tapes post Kietardson,
This is Australia's best opening partnership of the present series, beating the 55 put up by the same two batsmen -Colin McDonald and Jim Burke-at Brisbane. The crucial fourth Test, which playg Keith Slate England must win to retain the Ashes-having Fost Two hel drawn one-opened with what commentators described as two surprises: May sending Aurtra- lia in after winning the toss for the fourth straight time and the urmission of Jim Laker from the Englund (eam.
Later, it was explored that the decision to omit Laker was partly due to the fact that is spinning finger bad
yet fully recovered from an Injury.
Bot
May's Gamble
May's gamble had not paid off by lunch as his bowlers had not nehlevesi a break-through during the morning.
At the adjournment McDonal was not out including two fourni Marke 23 not cut.
England bowlers The four
all tried this morning www. splendid and er is near to air- cess several times, particularly Statham's first ball of the mateb. which just skimmed McDonald's Gfstump after beating the bats- man all ends 111.
At lunch Statham bad yłekl- ed 10 runs in foue oyers, True- man 20 in five overs, including one maiden. Tyson 11 in four overs and Bailey live in threw overs.
No Help
When play began before come 24,000 spectators, the pitch was dumplah but flowed down and gave no help to the bowlers as dried under the hot sunshine.
Bath England and Australia included Uree pacemen in their teame, with Bergland dropping Laker from the 12 originally named and Australia
Moore To Fly To London For Fight Talks
Lendon. Jan. 29. Archie Moore, world light- heavyweight boxing champion, Is Blying to London next week to discuss a fight with Henry Cooper. British and British Empire heavyweight champion.
Moore recently said he would personally guarantee Cooper £50,000 sterling for a rht in Britain. He believes that victory. over Cooper would put him in line for another attempt at the world heavyweight_champion- ship, held by Floyd Patterson,
In previou attempts በ ሩ the heavyweight championship, Moore was treaten by Rocky Marciono and Patterson.
If a contest is arranged, it des expected that it will take place at London's Wembley Stadium on June 2-Reuter.
The Teams
The teras arre
Australia:
Maintaining the fast scoring rafc Australia were 31 after 30 minutes
batsmen con- aw the
Benantimed attacking the bowling.
England's frat maiden come after 45 minutes when Trupman, nare accurule than earlier, held in bis fourth Burke reareless
Bichin (Captain), Nell Harvey, Culina MrDani, Jim Burke, Gordon Toke, Alan Davidson, Wally can, Norman O'Neill, Ken Mackor, Ray Lindwal, and Les | uver Favell,
Over-
But Tyron, coming on in England Peter May Cap- Plac: of Statham, gave a four tain, Cain Cowdrey, Godfrey with his first boll, an
delivery, Evans, Brian Stathtim,
Peter plehrd Nirhardon, Trevor Tone Lork.
which
Halley, Meknald sent to the boundary.
Freddie Trueinan, Willie Watan, Frank Ty on, and Tom Gravin.y.
Not Getting Pace
After the first hour's play On a pitch described as Australia had reared 48 without "perfet Mebonald and Burke, off 10 overs, and the wicket rentit 11-including three leged turned casy. byes in strenky strokes in the fist two overs-two nff Statham and ix of Truman
Swinging
Hoth pacemen were swinging, ad Statham had Turke well beaten with his very first bak which narrowly utised the off
Australis 20 went up in many manutey as Bethe rited Trueman away for two.
a
After taking
single off Riley's list over Metald sent Tyron away for a single In send up Aralia's 50 in C8 minutes. Tester was abiz to make rise occasionally waist-high but. like other bowlers, was not getting any face off the pitch.
A
Only Ave other
ing by his impressive win at Hurst Park, Middlesex, Inst time out. Scotilal - trained Wyndburgh, fourth last year and runner- tip in 1957. appears to have been Elven a reasonable chance again with 10 at 12 lb - 3 ib less than 12 months ago.
The first acceptance will be on February 3 with the second and final seceptance on March 10.
Alven Last year, but only 17 1b more than he actually car- rled, a jockey Athur Fire- man had to put up 6b over- weight.
entries have been allotted 11 st or over. Top weight of 12 st has been given to Kerstin, the North-As umberland-trained whose objectivo likely to be the Cheltenham Gold Cup, the race she won last year.
ia
mare, Ingre
Third in the weights is Done Up ut 11 st 3 lb, an Impast he is well up to carrying judg-
Doghouse Club Membership To Peter May?
Londor, Jan. 29. Peter May, England' cricket will be made дл cantain.
of mcmb honorary
the "International Doghouse Club" if he loses the current Test series against Australia,
SPORTS PERSONALITIES
TONY MYATT
STEPHEN XAVIER
His One
Ambition
Is To Coach The
Young Athletes
78
The scene was the Asian Games in Manila, 1955. The runners lined up
at the start of the 100 metres dash. The starter took his position... "On your marks....get set....
" and then one over-anxious youngster jumped the gun. They lined up again and once more he took off before the gun. He was disqualified.
THE LINCOLNSHIRE was generally expected, the six-year-old Falls of Shin tops the Lincolnshire Handi- cap weights, which were also announced today.
To this young man, who had Falls of S in, runner-up In the travelled hundreds of miles to Cambridgeshire fast reason, is verlielpate in the event, it was set to carry 9st 7lb in the the greatest disappointment of Lincolnshire, the Arst majuris athletic career, All those handicap of the fat racing long hours of training had gone season, to be run over a mile to waste and the fact that he
considered at Lincoln on March 18.
his chances in the Next on the list are Pimpered race as being "pretty gond,"
King (st 3) and Court made It even worse.
both owned Feathers (st),
But certainly wasn't the Mojor L.B. Holliday. end...not by "
long shot Amos, who was tenth in the
However, to Stephen Ronald Cambridgeshire, is also on the Xavier, the diminutive Colony Øst mark.
Flyer, it was a disheartening Acceptances cre
experience never to be forgotten. dates National.
by
Special.
on the those for
China
same the Mail
The club, which has a special Indonesia To Have
J
New Stadium
Antara
Looking Back
'Looking back on the event, our cannot help but sympathise with Stephen
It was the first time he had ever been to the Asian Games
....he was only 20 years old and nervous. He was also dead keen on winning the event and he might have won it, hed he not been quite so anxious get away,
But, it wasn't all sackcloth
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tic, was formed in London last night by two businessmen. Dick Brennan and Terry Schoßeld,
Mr Brennan sald: "It is
Djakarta, Jan, 29. who for one тел for elub
Now Agency said another find them- reason or
this
Indonesia unfortunate today
would
get selves in
Russian technical and financial circumstance."
The tie costs 155 6d, of which.aid to build a stadium for the and ashes. For during the same are meet, ha altained what he con- one shilling goes to the National 1982 Asian Games, which were 58 Canine Defence League China to be held in Djekarta-China oiders, lus greatest athletic
Mall Special,
Mall Special.
Ehly fourth over Tyson beat Burke with a shortish one but an appeal for a catch behind was disallowed, and before the end of the ever he rapped the The first four of # match at twice on the pads.
At Junch Austraila when eme jo the 25th minut
one of the few without loss. MeDosuid, In
FOUR D. JONES
THE PEOPLES POLICE GRA JONES, AND LEAD HIM TO THEIR H.Q....
WHAND ME
HE
NGAD NE PUT ME DOWN
FERDINAND
NANCY
SEOGO
BY ARAG
SILENCE.
CITIZEN POG
by MADDOCKS
I WON'T SILENCË/ GIVE ME BACK MY HOOP
I WANNA GET OUT OP
HERE!
GOLDARN IT! HE'S GOT MORE AMMO) „THAN DAVY CROCKETĮ
By Mik
complishment,
Sheaffers
NEW BALLPOINT WITH EXCLUDIVE
STERLING SILVER TIP
де
Running in the 200 metres, was the Colony's lone athletic against much bigger compelltors entry, but he didn't mind for (Stephen is only five feet, three it gave him a chance to train and inches tall), he flashed across moice friends with many famous the folshing line to take third athletes from Australia, includ- place and a bronze niedai.
ng Hector Hogan,
Let's reel back a few years now, to when he first started eburning up the cinders.
When he was a student at La Salle College, Stephen was never really keen on track and field events.
He did, however, play a lot of other sports, including succer.
It was during a soccer game, that he was noticed by the sports master who later 3- cluded him in the school athletic
{rum,
Stephen trained hard....one and a half hours daily and bis times improved with every out- ing.
Specialty
The 100 and 200 metres events became his specialty and ever since he started ruining in the has Colony Championship he yet to be beaten in these two distances. 1s 108 seconds in the 100 metres and 217 seconds in the 200 metres, still stand as Colony records,
In inter-school athletes, ho Was Sentor champlon on three occasions, Despite his height,
he even won the long jump on one occasion with a leap of over 21 feet.
Besides the Manila Asian Games, he has also been to the Asian Games in Tokyo and to
|
Leaving
On the 36th of next month, Stephen leaves the Colony for
Australls to join his father and two sisters, When he gets (providing he here he hopes And the Ume), to Joln an athletic association and go into
ard training.
13is one ambllion in life, how- ever, is to coach young athletes, He has the experience to do it. Bon Voyage and all best, Stephen.
CHESS
by LEONARD BARDER
Here is an illustration (Mozel Y. Botylnik) of how a world champion deals with a prema- turo attack. P-QBi, KC
83; 2 KQ83, P-K3; 3P- K4, P-B4: 4 P-B4, K-83; 5 KB3, P-Q4; 6 P-K5, Kt KK!5; 7 PXP, PxP: 8 Q-KW, Kt Kts: 9 P-QR3. P-BS; 10 Q-R ch, B-Q2: 11 Q-Q1, Q-Kt31: Resigns. The threst is Q-87 mate, and if 12 Q-K2. Kt-Q ch; 13 K-Q1, Q-KIS mate.
Solution No. 5555; Q-KB4 threat 2 R-Q5), Kx R; 2 QxB. or 1 RX R 2R-Q2, or I ...
the Empire Games in Vancouver | KtxR; 2 B-B6 In 1954. At the latter meet, he
London spİRİL SESLİDE
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NO ADMITTANCE
Sports Diary
TODAY
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TO-MORROW Gelt £1,000 South China Moming Post Touraineni, realing, 8.33 .
Ilachtig
Second Day of Seventh Meeting, Happy Valley, ≈ p.m.
Cricket
1st Division: Navy-Dockyard v Optimists, ARCY CC, KCC v Army "Swuth", l'alice ✓ HAF. Amy "North" v Recreio.
2nd Division: Centaurs v Nayy: Doekvert, DUS ▾ IRC, Amy "South" V KOCHLAF Polles, Heerelo
"North", Phoenix Ashes V
Second Day of Fourth Tent at Adelaide.
Jat Division: CAA v Tang Wan (C), Kitchno v Caroline Jml (Club), bort matches at 3.30 p.m.
CAA v Tung Reserve Division: Wall (CH), itahee v Caroline tilf (Club) both atolica at 2 p.m.
Broond DiVİON: AFB V-TEME. (Navy) 2.30 p.m.; Navy Tappy
(Navy) p.in.; Talkoo
Valley (iv) • p.m: Prisons Y
V Koon
Yamways (Stanley) 130 p.m
Dodwell 3rd Division Rediffusion Y 130 Wun 230 Gas 2.30 p.m.; on Ying V RIL 2.3 p.m.; CW University p.2.3 11 BY TLE (TIC) 4 p.m. all mat chies at Happy Valley.
Hockey
Ladies' Iragua: Reerelo "N" Victorians (230 V.: KGVY XCC (KF) 4 pm.
10 Hockey Asociation Interport Trini, BookNBOD.
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