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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1959.
The Men On Patterson's Trail
Sports Diary
TODAY
Rugby
Blarney Stone <wnpetition et Club
Eround, 840 p.m.
adminton
Colony Junior Championlupa ni CL 1.30 pmn.
Tennie
Culony Gram Court Tennis Cham- plora a HCC 5,30 p.
Chene
Colony Chee Championships, first round, Peninsula Hotel,
TO-MORROW
Teni
Colony Testin Claenpionships at HRCC A 531 pan.
Hughy
Barney Stone rumpetition at Club ... 6.40
World lee-Hockey
Canada Move Up To First-Place Tie With The Czechs
Prague, March 11.
Canada today moved into a first-place tie with Czechoslovakia in the world ice-hockey cham- pionships when she beat a strong Soviet team by 3-1 in a final pool match.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
9TH (ANNUAL). RACE MEETING Saturday 28th February, Wednesday 4th and Saturday 14th March, 1959
(To be hold under the Rules of the Hong Kong Jockey Club) THE PROGRAMME WILL CONSIST OF 30 RACES. There will be 11 races on each of the 1st and 2nd days and Braces on the 3rd day.
The frat bell will be rung at 11.35 am, and the first race run at 12.00 Nuun on the 1st and 2nd days. On lita 3rd day the first bell will be rung at 1.30 pan and the first race run at 2.00 pan.
The fin interval is after the fourth roce (1.30 p.m.) on the 1st and 2nd days.
The Secretary's Office at Alexandra House will close at 10.00 a.m. on the 1st rid 2nd days and at 11.45 aan, on the 3rd day,
MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE
NO PERSON WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED. All persons MUST wear their badges prominently displayed throughout the Meeting,
Admisalon Batipes at $10.00 each per day are obtainable 'prlor to the Meeting from the Club's Cash Sweep Onlces, at Queen's Building, Chater Rond, D'Agullar Street and Nathan Road, Kowlcon, only on the wellten Introduction of a Member, and on production of his Guest Record Cord. Members are limited to 6 guests each Race Day, and will be responsible for all guests Introduteed by them.
GUEST BADGES WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AT THE RACE COURSE ON RACE DAYS,
Tins will be obtainable at the Club House if ordered in advance from the No. 1 Roy.(Tel. 72811).
The 0th Floor is restricted to Almobers, and Ladies wearing Lady's Brooches.
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 seventeen years, Western Standard.
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE
The price of admission will be $3.00 each per day payable af the Gate.
Any person leaving the Enclosure will be required to pay the requisite fee of $300 in order to gan 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 dulies. They may on no account use the Betting Booth or Pay Out Booths in the Enclosures,
CASH SWEEPS
The Third day of the Meeting previously advertised for Saturday 70 Merch has been postponed to Saturday 14th March, , and all Cash Sweep tickets dated 7th March. 1959 will be valid
for the Meeting on 14k March, 1959,
Although Through Tickets cannot normally be purchased for each day of n Meeting unless there is an Interval of at least fivy days between each day an exception is being made for the Annual Race Meeting Through Cash Sweep tickets, therefore, at $22 each per day for the 1st and 2nd days and $10 for the 3rd day. or 800 for the three days of the Mecting may be obtained from the Cash Sweep Offices at Queen's Building (Chater Road) and D'Aguilar Street during normal office hours and until 10.00 a.m. on vach day of the Meeting.
Particular numbers within the series 1 to 3,000 may be reserved for all race meetings as Through Tickets. Such tickets wil be issued com.ecutively only and the right is reserved by thu
Stewards to cancel any reservation for Through Tickets for particular Meeting for may not reach the number reserved in the series 1 to 9,800,
Tickets reserved nhd nvallable but not paid for by 10.00 a.m. "on"Friday"-27th February 1959,-will-to-sold-and the reservation
cancelled for future Meetings.
Tickets over 3,000 will also be issued consecutively but particular numbers cannot be reserved as Through Tickels.
The reservation of any particular number does not confer on the registered holder any rights whatsoever unless the ticket bearing the appropriate number is issued to and can be produced by the holder.
The Stewards reserve, the right to refuse any subscription a150 the right to remove any name from Subscription Lists without stating reasons for their action.
Tickets for the Cash Sweep on the last race of the Meeting ot $2.00 each und Tickets for the Special Cash Sweep on the Hong 'Kong Derby scheduled to be run on 2nd May, 1859, nt $2.00 each may be obtained from the Cash Sweep Offices at;
Queen's Building (Chater Road) and 5, D'Agullór Street Hang Kong on:-
Week-days, Mondays to Fridays Saturday 21st February...
.. to 5 p.m.
9 am to 12.30 p.m.
Saturday 20th Februmy and Wed-
{
nesday 4th March
9.a. to 10 a.m.
Ba.m. to -..
Saturday 14th March
King's Road, North Point, Hong Kong and 362 Nathan Road, Kowloon on:-
i
Week-days, Mondays to Fridays.. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday 21st February
Saturday 14th March
TOTALISATOR
a. to 11.40 am. 9. to 11 ..
.
Backers are advised not to destroy or throw away their tickets until after the "all clear"" signal has been exhibited
ALL WINNING TICKETS AND TICKETS FOR REFUNDS MUST BE PRESENTED. FOR PAYMENT AT THE RACE COURSE ON THE DAY TO WHICH THEY RETER, NOT LATER THAN ONE HOUR AFTER THE TIME FOR WHICH THE LAST RACE OF THE DAY HAS-BEHR SCHEDULED TO BE RUN.
PAYMENT WILL NOT BE MADE ON TORN OR DISFIGURED TICKETS, A
Bookmakers, Tie Tac men, etc. will not be permitted to operto within the precincts of the Hong Kong Jockey Club.
By Order of the Stawarde,
AE ARNOLD,
Hong Kong, 21st February, 1959.
Borstary.
*
The clash between the strong Soviet and Canadian trams high- lighted the day's play with fascinating bliteriy fought
hockey.
The Canadians pulled two conds ahead in the first period due in their speed and physical hiness but the Russians caught held in the second and dominated play most of the time.
The third period wne about equal but the Russione high
shooting errors.! percentage of prevented them from following ihrough to victory on numerous
offensives.
A Drubbing
Boucher, Benoit andTM Hilde-
WATCH OUT-HENRY HAS
LEARNED TO SWEAR!
By DENNIS HART
Henry Cooper, the man who only two years ago had to go back to work as an £11 a week plasterar to eke out his ring earnings, is now in line for an evening's work that could bring him in £50,000.
And all because he learned to swear. His swearing is not a pugilistic variation of psychological war-
fare. It is a sign that Henry has grown up.
lade and their elder brother, Bernard.
There 11 no floor-artubalng now for Mrs Cooper. And her council house days will noon de over. Henry plans to buy his parents their own house.
At least, his manager. Jira oul, and was inevitably defeated. | fast-growing
The Wicks, thinks so, "Last year,"
ond careers of Henry twin brother George seemed to he said, "I suddenly natleed a change in Henry. He had be- be following the same pattern, come a man. He had dropped | Grorge. WAS a professional his baby ways and oven, began boxer, but after a series of eye using the odd swear word." injuries had given up and, turn-
ed in his licence.
But what are Henry's chances in the world title struggle? It is possible to over-emphasise the merit of his Victory over London, The former champion. fed with o' his chin against 1 Cooper's ram-rod left.
It was in such lite thing outside the ring that Wichs Coorge and Henty had always noticed the change. It was in done everything fogether. They mammoth derds innide the ring st revealed Astic promise that Heary Cooper showed him-] when, as belligerent 12-year- self to be a full-fledged fighter. olds, They used to scrap on the
Last September lue tut of green outside their home in the flour to hand out a thrash-routh London ing to that rolld chunk, or Together, on one memorable Worthy Contender Welshman, Dick Richardson occasion, they repulsed a gang i He came from behind lo out of local toughs. point American Zora Folley. then leading contender
brand scored for Canada and Floyd Patterson's world life. Yakushey..or the Soviet Union.
Slates,
which
Greatest Triumph
for
The United drubbed Finland
the 10/3 in ther final game, was standing But his greatest triumph was the Soviet Union that sensational win over Brian forth. Sweden the United London, which earned him the Slater vielim yesterday, was British and Empire henvyweight
third
und
filth and Finland cix,
In the consolation pool for 7th to 12th places, West Germany seventh moved up a notch to
by beating East Germany 8/0 al Kladno.
Norway, which beat Poland 443 at Kelin, was th and tials, which defeated Switzerland 1/4 at Mlada Boleslav, was ninth.
Standings
East Germany Was 10th,
fith nad Switzerland
Poland 12th.
Standings in the final pool
were:
titles.
Compare the man who did all this with the Henry Cooper ell two years ago.
Three times in seven inonths he came within on ace of 10:
council bouse.
They came to public notice together in Army boxing. Henry won the Army and Inter- Services titles in PUZCEKSİVO
years, and In 1952 and 1053
added the ABA title,
He fought a cruiterweight then, taking off weight to give brother George a chance in the heavyweight division.
Inseparable
The Bghting Coopers are inseparable their aims
DE
O
honours. But Cooper hesitated, icy are in their looks. Even lifelong friends find difficult 1o tell them apart.
and lost.
There is one sure way of dis- tinguishing them. If you spot a slight gap in the front teeth, that's George. But this is not easy. Neither twin
Instead of taking the decisive step forward to glory, he held back. And the defents piled up For the Ume being, Joe By- tlile raves ended his Empire hopes; Ingemar. Johansson
It was while training for his blocked his European title bid: habit of talking. and Joe Erakine saw to it tha boul with Richardson that
1. Czechoslovakia. 2 gates, 4/ Cooper did not become British Henry began
points. 12 goals to 3.
2. Canada, 2 games, 4 pts, Hoals to
3. United States, 3-games, 4 points, 18 goals to 9.
4. Soviet Russia, 2 games, 2 paints, U goals to 4.
5. Sweden, 2 games, 2 points, 2 gols to 11.
0. Finland, 3 gaumes, 0 points, 5 goals to 21.—France-Presse.
Standup Cycling Record
champion,
makes
But let me tell you of the who reaction of the spectator
Earl's ime it at Just behind Court. He was a lad from Lay- cashire. He had come to cheer home his fellow Blackpool Townsman and to take back alzeable sum in betting profits.
While Cooper's hand was being raised in victory, the man from Blackpool paused only in applauding the new champlon lo hand over a thick wad of crisp fivers to the Cockney who had bet on Cooper,
Then he resumed cheering
of courage the man who had given such a stirring show shrugging off those early eve injuries and produced a brand of boxing that makes him outstanding British champion and a worthy world title tender.
con-
to develop new ONE UPSET AT
confidence in himself.
Manuger Wicks epooded the
TOURNEY
The golden
promise of his Dghting carlier professional
process by taking Cooper off to QUEEN'S CLUB career collapsed with a resound- ing crash Henry Cooper of see a German physical cultura the classic profile, clear blue eye strengthen his muscles without expert, who helped him to and blond hair, seemed destined 10 down in British boxing getting muscle bound. history as the heavyweight who important, he taught him how to promised most and achieved the relax, even in the ring. icast.
More
Each of the two trips to Ger- any cost £60 in fares alone. But it proved a profitable in- vestment.
London, March 11.
Martin Nineteen-year-old Bround scored the day's top upset when he eliminated Seventh-seeded John Ward in Henry and Goongo are sullraight sets, 10-8, 6-3, 7-5 in round of the men's Apart from his looks, Henry inseparable. They
do the third still appeared to have most of what everything together. Their singles of the British covered
Not Aggressive
HENRY COOPER... after his hard won victory ovor Brion London in January last.
Strong Challenge By Irish Horses
In Grand National
NINE AMONG 37 ACCEPTORS
London, March 11. Ireland has a strong hand with nine challengers among the 37 acceptors announced today for the Grand National Steeplechase, to be run over four and a half miles at Liverpool on March 21.
One of these is the antepost Prices quoted at the Victoria favourite, Mr Dennis Coughlan's Club cullover on the Grand
What, last year's winner National, tonight were: which will be attempting the 8-1 Mr What, 100-8 slippery double last achieved by Serpent and Done Up: 100-7 Reynoldster in 1935 and 1836. Nic Atkins and Oxo; 100-6
Wyndburgh; 20-1 Green Drill, The 37 are survivors of an
the Tiberella, Turmoil and Belsize; original entry of 55 for race, the total value of which 22-1 Mr Goy; 25-1 Cannobie Is £16,630. The actual Lee, Irish Coffee, John Jacques, value to the winner after de- Oscar duction of his entrance and Valiant acceptance fees will be £14,496. Twenty,
Kerstin
The Acceptors
The 37 final receptors with weights for the Grand National Steeplechase are:
Oxo
Kerstein 12 stono, Mr Whal 11.0, Done Up 11.3, Top Twenty 10.13, Wyndburgh 10.12, Silp and John Jacques 11,0,
pery Serpent 10.11, Mainstown and Connoble Lee 10,10, Tiber- K. Nieten (Denmark) beat etta, Mr Gay and
Dondrosa
il lakes in this business of box-favourile off-duty pastimes are court championships at Queen's
ig. Its shoulders are a power going to the cinema, and swim-Club today.
The main results today were: house of strength. His Jeft ming. George is also Henry's hand carries speedy destruction chiel
And sparring partner. His boxing brain is quick and watching from the ringside, he ice cold.
that Henry feels every blow takes.
Peshawar. Match 11. Youthful cyclist Zahoor Ahmad today claimed a world record for standup eyeting after he ha pedalled Д Gentless He seemed to get more, and bicycle for 24 hours.
more conscious of the weakness
Ahmad's admirers collected 500 rupees and offered it to hian
OS D reward.France-
Presse.
But in the ring, Cooper lacked that essential aggressiveness,
or his eyebrows, which regularly getting cut,
were
look
So Cooper stood back, more punches than he handed
Sugar Ray May Fight Hungarian Olympic Triple Champion
London, March 11.
George Gainsford, manager of world middleweight cham- plon, Sugar Ray Robinson, confirmed today that he had offered to match Robinson against Hungary's Lazlo Papp for a guarantee of $100,000. Cainsford said he made the feld wanted a world title but offer "threc or our days ogo" or an overweight one. to Bruno Holfeld, of the Vienna Holfeld, opted for In OVLT- Stadium, after Halfeld has ask-weight match and Guinsford ed him it Robinson was willing told bim that it will cost to meet Papp.
Overweight Match
Gainsford
sald
Another Member
MEN'S SINGLES (Third Round)
A. Kumar (India) 0-0, 0-3, 6-4.10.9, Glorious Twelfth 10.7, R. Wilson best "G. Fielder- Green Drill and Aromorial 10.0, man 0-0, 0-1, 8-1,
R.
Wilde Seltown; andi
Spark; 53-1 Top
Lodge
and Eagle
China Mail Special.
Lincolnshire Acceptors
And
Callover
London, March 11.
Irish Coffee 10.5, Eternal. Thirly-three final zcceptera Becker beat E. Bulmar Vigour, Pintall and Oscar Wilde with weights for the Lincolnshire 10.4, Surprise Packet, Vallant Handicap, to be run over one
MEN'S DOUBLES (Quarter-finals)
kin and Kilballyown 10,2, March 18, are:
Amos 9 stone, Midlander 8.10. Richardstown, Stop List, Tur
8.9. Scargill #ndi meil and Nic Atkins 10.1, Sun-Meliton
Nicholas Nickleby dawn, Belsize, Eagal Lodge, Gaucho, Precieus Heather, Who
8.6, Southerntown, Royal Tournt- ment, the Croter
You and Beliborough 8.3. Stat- fold, Master of Boyden and Purcell 10 stone, Welter H Canterbury Bloom 8.1 Marshal Paish6.10, Anna Santa 0.8, Whorley Pi, China and Dambuster 7.13.
George, who boxed under the U-1, 6-0, 6-0, name of Jun Cooper-there was M. Braund beat J. Ward 10-Spark and Seltown 10.3, Pippy-mile at Lincoln, on Wednesday. professionally-has, like Henry, Another George Cooper fighting 8, 6-3, 7-5.
had bone and skin operations to the chances of getting reduce his eyes cut. Now he plans a come-back.
• Another
J. Barrett (Britain) and K. Neisen (Denmark) beat M. Braund and K. Collar (Britain)
member of the 0-2, 6-2, 6-4.
big
Mills and G. family who has played a
in presenting part
Henry (Britain) beat C. Spychata burn 0.7, Cooper as a world title hope is (stateless), and A. Kumar Mum. Mrs Lily Cooper used to Indla) 6-4, 6-4, 10-8-Francò- scold her two scrap-happy sons, Presse,
But during the war, when Dad -wat-may-in-India with
Army, she went out scrubbing floors to provide for the
UK Soccer Results
the
two
London, March 11, Results of tonight's football matches were:
ENGLISH LEAGUE Division I
CHESS
by LEONARD BARDEN
Henry and
Ofspring, Hard and Soft and | Choir -Chin | Chow 712" "Chiet Barker and First Offender 7.11.
WEIGHTLIFTING Master Nicky 1.10, Fortunatis
RECORDS SET
IN CANTON
Canton, March 11,
| 7.7, Abbots Star 7.0, My Pal 7.8, +Hasty-Hools-and-Regal-Rock-7;3;=
Chalk Stroarn 7.0, Hinrd as Nals
0.13, Liza Goblin 8.12, Lemon Dip 8.11.
Prices
Prices at the callover at the
Three now Chinese national Victoria Club here tonight on Here is another example of weight log records have been the Lincolnshire Handicap were: the combinativa opportunities sut in Centon nl the 1959 10-1 Precious Heather aid which occur in the early stages | weightlifting contest
o?
the Marshal Pil: 100-7 Chief Bar-
and
New and Statfold; 18-1 Amos, Chino
of the game against the square Communist Chinese People's | ker: 100-0 Midiandor, Offspring KBZ (Cheron v. Polikler).
the 1 Liberation Army, P-04 P-KK13: 2 P-K4, China News Agency reported.
Fortunatis: 20-1 Metition D-K12: 3 KKB3, P-Q3; 4 Li Chi-yuan enatched 07 land Who You; 25-1 Abbots Star. K-33 Kt-Q2; 6 B-QB4 grams, adding one kilogram to Canterbury Bloom, Chalk KKt-B3; 6 P-5. PXP his previous national record 1 Newcastle U. 5
$100,000.
Gainsford said that Robinson Portsmouth was busy preparing for a title W. Bromwich 2 Burnley boul with
world light-
Dividon I
he replied heavyweight champion, Archie Mbrough
Moore, o ony Robinson-Papp
"Yes" and asked whether Hol-
NOTICE
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
Programme and Entry Forms for the 10th (Easter) Race Meeting 1968/59 to be hold on Saturday 29th and Monday 30th March, 1959, (weather permitting) may be obtained at the Secretary's Office, Alexandra House; the Club House, Happy Valley; and the Stables, Shan Kwong Road.
Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON
on Tuesday, 17th March, 1950
By Order of the Stewards,
ALE. ARNOLD,
Borstary.
7
4
0
1 Grimsby T. Division II fight would have to be slaged Accrington 2 Doncaster R. 0
later,
Division IV
He said that nothing definite Darlington Carlisle U 1 was concluded with Holfeld,
SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division I
Papp la 11 former triple Olymple middleweight cham- Aberdeen
plon-France-Presse.
THE GAMBOLS
POOR LITTLE FELLOW-HEG ONLY. GOT THAT OLD. TIN [TO PLAY WITH
3 Third Lanark 3
--Router.
ITS VERY EXPENSIVE-BUT HE MUST HAVE SOMETHING. TO PLAY WITH.
TOYS
of Stream, Chou Chin Chow, Hard PXP. Kt_R4; 8 BXP ch, KXB;
and Soft and Master Nicky: Kt Kts ch, KRt1 telse the 93 Jilor in the bantam class,
Middleweight Chiu Jung-shan 20-1 Nicholas Nickleby; 33-1 queen is lost); 10 Q-Q5 ch.
Offender, Resigns.
pressed 121 kilos, breaking the Regal Rock, Firat Solution No. 5528; 1 K£-QB4 old national mark of 120.5 kilos Master of Boyden and Scurgul; 40-1 Bellborough, Hasty Hook, (threat Q—K6),_K~Q4; 2 in the event, O-RI, or 1... K×P; 20-87. Middleweight Penk Kuo-fo My Pal, El Gaucho, and Dom- or 1.4; 2 KIXP, or 1... bettered the old national record buster; 50-1 Lemon Dip and RXP: 2 HIXXt. Fine effects with a jerk of 163 kilos. The Walter H: 60-1 Hard as from moves of black king and old mark wes 162.5 kilos, held, Liza Goblin, Anna Sonto rooks.
by Huang Chiang-kul-France- Whorleyburn, —— China Presse,
Special.
London Exprean Seralen,
By Barry Appleby
GENEVA
Nails
and