THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1959.
Another US Olympic Champion In
He Umpired Prince
Philip's
Cricket Match
By TONY MYATT
There may be thousands of cricket umpires in the world today, but, only a very few have had the rare distinction of umpiring in a match in which HRH the Duke of Edinburgh has participated.
One such umpire is in the Colony at present. He. is-Bert Mellowes, who for some unknown reason is more often referred to as Michael.
Bert, who halis from Kent (England), is an umpire of high standing among the
cricket
clubs in that County, and han been highly recommended by the Association of Kent Cricket Clubs.
On Panel Of Umpires
BERT MELLOWES
The Making
JOHN THOMAS NOW REGARDED
CERTAIN TO WIN THE NEXT
WORLD HIGH JUMP EVENT
By BOB SALMON
Boston.
John Calvin Thomas, the 17-year-old boy who astonished the sports world when he won back for the United States the world high jump record taken by a Russian, wearing. special shoes, has a serious "flow" in his jumping style. Who says so?
Thomas says so himself. So do his coaches at Boston University, where the slender son of a Boston bus driver is a fresh- man.
continued
Thomas duplicated that seven- foot jump n week later in the New York AC meet and this me the officials remembered their duties.
Thomas, who never
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Farewell To Karol
Fageros?
KAROL FAGEROS
BY DEREK JOHN
Sad news this week for tennis supporters who like to see plenty of glamour at . interna- tional tournaments. I hear that blonde and beautiful Karol Fageros is thinking of quitting top-class ten- nis.
Remember Karol, a 25-year- old sun-tanned model from Miami? She's' the girl who tripped round Europe last year in a pair of 24-carat gold panties.
But the panties do not reem to have brought her much Juck. She was given a Hollywood film fest-willlout success. And she
has
slipped from fifth to four- teenth place in the US national rankings..
Illness prevented Miss Fageros from
competing in the US Championships. But she com→ peted in 15 tournaments last year, including Wimbledon,
She had wins Over Maria Esther Bueno and Sally Moore.
MACAO HOCKEY Hr defents included those by feet, 11 inches. That eclipsed seven feet, 1% inches in the CLUB TO PLAY
This admission must come as, ches by mid-summer of next Disappointed but undaunted, a shock to track and field tonn, year. who figure Thomas is one of Amerien's brightest hopes for Thomas, who stands six feet. over 4 Inches, Iterally calopulled supremacy Russia in that sport in the 1000 into the sports headlines on Olympic Games in Rome. The January 10, when, during an game between Lord Braybook's Bert started umpiring by neway Thomas has been breaking ordinary dual meet against predictions, broke that rule XI, for whom the Duke played, 'eldent when the regular umpire every record in the book, you'd Dartmouth, he high-jumped six when he forecast he would leap and Meraham Le Hatch.
certain club match talled never guess he was doing some Bert exchanged conversation to show up. He decides to take thing wrong,
the world ladoor mark of 6-10- National AAU meet in New with the Royal cricketer, who, il seriously because he knew
set six years ago by Navy's York, Feb. 21, and thus sel a he recalls, took his game very, there would come a time when
Ken Welsner.
world record. seriously. In this particular he would not be able to play any rame he told me, the Duke more and he loves the game so
cured
rusts and look much that he all wanted to be p few quite a few wickets with his medium pace swing bowling.
Loves The Game
31.
He admits he has made maany wrong decisions in his career. "but then every umpire does"
He is not, however, a County, cricket umpire, as he pointed out "You have to be an ex- county player before you ta qualify {
county has also umpired in the he said. umpire
Kent County versus the Kent Combined-Clubs XI Encounter, in which such famous players
matches,"
He has, however, undergone a six-week course with the A- sociation of Kent Cricket Clubs ond qualified for a position on the Panel of Umpires for Kent and all other County cricke: clubs.
A couple of year ago, he was called upon to umpire in the
Godfrey Evans, Cowdrey, Arthur Fage, Lealle Bert was so here, 25 years Amei, Howard Levitt and go when he played for the George Fenner participated. In BAF both in cricket and soccer, fact, he has seen nearly all the He will be here for the next top English cricketers in action, three years, during which time many of whom, are his close he hopes to be able to play and friends.
umpire as well.
FOUR D. JONES
Using 'Belly Roll'
are
First To Clear 7 Ft
The next stop on the road to
-indoors.
A Cinch
SERIES OF
GAMES IN H.K.
תם
is
Mary Ann Mitchell, Murgarot Varner, Suzanne Le Besnorais, Pat Ward and Heather Brewer Segal.
Little Mo's Prodigy
Although Wimbledon may lose Karol Fagoros this year, li will gain at least one very attractive player from the United States. The newest American star, 16- year-old Karen Hantzo, la plan-
"I'm using the belly roll form now." Thomas explains, "bul
He made good on that forecast. it's not as good as it should be the stratosphere was 0-114 in and thus topped not only is the K. of C. meet at Boston. And own world indoor record but
Macao, March, 17. "I have to shift my angle of
Club then, in the Millrose games in riso the world outdoor record of The Macno Hockey to the npproach to the bar over
New York, John Calvin became seven feet, 1.2 Inches held by making an excursion to Hong-ning to make her debut at the and The only difference left,
keep my body "and my
the first athlete in history to Yuri Stepanov of Russia. The | kong during the weekend, March | All-England Club. › straighter," he said, between a good umpire and a
clear soven feel-once con- Stepanov record a one that has 21, to play a series of games Karen will be the most in- bud umpire is that the good legs have got to be stronger."
sidered an "anpossible" height rited US officials, because the against Hongkong siden. The teresting newcomer at Wimbie- umpire makes less mistakes, ho
Thomas' conches
de-
hussion made the jump while contingen!, consisting of don. She has been conched by Colin quipped.
liberately limiting the number This triumph resulted
shoca. in a wearing built-up
The players and camp-followers will Eleanor "Teach" Tennant, who of meets in which he will com- typical track rhubarb because record was nccepted, but future crrive in Hongkong the tips her 4B a future world pele while they bring him along meet oficials were so busy use of such shoes was barred, moming of the 21st and the two champion.
If hard work can insure an slowly with the 1960, Olympics Founding Thomas on the back
selections, "A" and "B" will en- Mcreover, she has recently as their target. Nobody is after his record leap that they Olymple triumph, America's age the Combined Services, the been practising under the expert predicting out loud but it is forgot to measure the height of "Jumping Jack" is a cinch for a Nav Bahrat, the KCC and the eye of Mrs Norman Brinker, Dutch Hockey Club, during their better known as Muutreon. “Lit- fondly hoped that Thomas will the bar. The next competitor title.
in the British be clearing' seven feet, three In-knocked it down.
Thomas, who is reticent with two-day stay
tle Mo" Connelly, triple-winner | Interviewers, will reveal it colony-France-Presse.
of the Wimbledon singles. pressed that he is the eldest of *hree children, that he lives in
Miles Standish dormitory at { Bosion U. with several dozen ether freshmen, that he. likes to cook and spends his summers as a chel's assistant in a boy scout camp in the White Mountains.
He's got a stocit answer, too, when you ask him about big high-jumping goal-"I always try to do my best and never their think of height."-U.P.I.
"HOLD ON A MINUTE, BOC)
CHEF TIGER BAY WILL KNOW WHAT TO DO
RIGHT YOU ARE,DAI.
DON'T KNOW! OUT OF OHS MESS AND INTO ANOTHER-FIRST 1904 AND NOW THIS.
Klock
KHOCK
Knock:
I'M UPSTAIRS HAVING
A WASH
FERDINAND
NANCY
AUNT FRITZI---CAN
I BLOW OUT THE
CANDLES ON
MY CAKE?
O.K..--MAKE, A
WISH AND
BLOW HARD
BRICK BRADFORD
BRICK AND CASEY ME CALL ARE TAKEN TO GENERAL HEADQUARTERS. WELL, WE "MAYBE WE CAN FOUND DR.EASTLAND
GET TO THEO AND NOW WE'VE DISPENSARY TO LOST HIM AGAIN!)); SEE HAA
by MADDOCKS
Here's the gift... Sheaffer's
SNORKEL
Knock tock
CHIEF ITS DAL, TAREV
MOCK
SORRY WE ARE TO BOTHER YOU MAN. BUT WE HAVE A PRISONER FOR YOU TO SEE
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WORLD'S ONLY PEN
WITH "NO-DUNK" FILLING!
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By Ernie Bushmiller
ERNIK BUSHMILLER.
I'M SORRY MISTER
FEW MINUTES LATER.... REMOVE ALL
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CONTROL DEVICE!
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IT MAY BE A
BOHID
???
By Paul Norris
NO! THERE SOLS YOUR TICKET HOME, CASEY, WITHOUT IT, WE HAVE NO
TIME-TOP!
E HAVE A PEELING WE „MISSED THE BUB
ANYWAY!
Professors prefer
SWISSAIR
ROWNTREE'S DELICIOUS
SMARTIES
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International
Badminton
Eastbourne, March 10. Denmark best England 7-0 in International badminton match here tonight.--Reuter,
IS SHE
Karen is a fair-haired gal whose powerful all-court, zame is reminiscent of "Teach" Ten- Dont's first Wimbledon cham- plon. Allee Marble
Like
"Little Mo" the hails from San Diego, California, and last year sho beat euch seasoned campaigners as Lorraine Coghlan of Australia, End Americans | Fageros and Moore.
I predict she will gain a place in the US rankings this year,
No.1 FAN?
It's Soccer All The Way For Barbara
By ROGER MALONE MEET Britain's No. 1 female
Soccerfan.intelligent Miss BARBARA HICKS (left) who combines her job as a London rary with watching Chariton no Secretary matter where the fixture list takes them.
Barbara will attend a match any day of the year. If the game is at Manchester or Millwall, it makes no difference to her. Barbara has, in her loyal following of Charlton, been to every First Division
ground several times. Now follow. The tactics and moves, with only 10 men. We'll never
sho is working her way through the Second Division as Charlton "have had the bad luck to be relegated."
Plymouth Argyle's Home Park is the only ground Barbara has yet to visit among the Third Division South clubs.
Barbara saw the England and Scotland games In the World Cup serler in Switzerland, In 1084 and last summer she was
World Cup viewing in Sweden.
are so similar,
"I can't remember. exactly when But I can remember it was about seven years ago that my interest changed: fram að Interest to an obsession!"
Why is Charlton the lucky club interest-sorry, obsession? 10 receive Miss Hicks's mala
"I suppose it is simply that Chariton's is the nearest League ground to my, home in Eltham," How many Charlton staiches fisa Mia Hicks seen in the last
half-dozen years?
The Reason
“It would be much easier to count the few matches I have Besides Switzerland and missed." Sweden, she has travelled-and Confessed. Barbard: ' "Mind all her travels are at her own you, I aldn't go to Huddersfield expense to Italy, Germany, on Christmas Day. France and Holland. Always the alm's the same. Yes, to aco Soccer.
SURITI 201
The Match
see anything like that again."
Barbara's second favourite club is Colchester where ex- Charlion Benny Fenton manager.
-London Exorans Service),
CHESS
by LEONARD BARDEN
Mias Hicks bamod and bewil-
"But I was on the phone to dered me with her detailed manager Jimmy: Trotter inunt- knowledge of Soccer, as it is diately the game ended, I spent played and by whom.
much of Christmas, evening Why did Barbara Hicks adopt | phòning: other big Charlton Boccer as "the main fiteren; in supporters to tell them about
the Huddersfield gama.” Sheanswore the.... 04-dollar Tho, most exciting match Miam
Hicks hag seen? "I was very keen on hockey Oht that's cosy, Charlton. v. played for the school team, Huddersfield at. The Valley in then the Old: Offls. And when 7 | Resember 1997 2020 HAE finished playing hockey, #occur Charlton, losing '6—1' with " | R-KIL, or 1%. P-47; 2 AXP, accined the logical game to only 20 minutes to go, won 7-d
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