THE CHINA HAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 80, 1959
Weekend League Lawn Bowls
SEVEN TEAMS OUT TO KEEP UNBEATEN RECORDS
Kowloon Dock Takes
Takes On Craigengower In Best Match Of Afternoon
By ROBERT TAY
Three first division, two second division and two third division tdams will bo out to maintain their unbeaten records as the lawn bowls league season enters its fourth week this afternoon.
The two only other unbeaten teams, Hongkong Football Club in the second division and Kowloon Dock Club in the third division have drawn byes for the weekend.
Of the three unbenten teams first division, league- In the leading Kowloon Dock Club will be given the toughest assign- ment when they entertelts
fourth placed Craigengower Cricket Club on their home green at lunghem.
The dockmen opened their season quietly with expected 4-1 wins over the weak IRC "B" and Filipino Club sides in the Ars two weeks, but came into the headlines last Saturday when they blanked the strong KBGC twelve by 5-0. Whether their victory last week was a
fash in the pan remains to be seen this afternoon.
Hard To Beat
Personally, I maintain thai the Dock twelve ore an ex- tremely
hard team to beat on their own green and this opinion was confirmed by ono of the KBGC, skips who played against them last week, "The well. Dock are an extremely
side," balanced
he addled, "and all of them are capable of producing very good bowls",
Craigengower, whose cham- pionship challenge was blunted by a 4-1 defent from champlons Recreio "A" In their first match of the slason, have by now recovered from their curly act- back, having taken four points from Taikoo and five from Kowloon Cricket Club, but the majority of their players are sthi far off from the form they are capable of.
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The draw is not likely play important deciding the INGLIC. buf the advantage of playing on their faster and shorter home green will definitely swing The balance
SPORTS QUIZ
1. An American team has re-
cently beaten a British team to win un International Cup for the seventh successive timg What is the trophy?
2. Who
were the No. 1 seeds and
In the men's sugles women's singles of the re- cen: French Championships In Paris?
3. What are the surnames of these sporting twins: (a) Alse and Eric, (b) Jack and Berl?
4. Who was the last unɛeeded player to rewithe man's singles final et Wimbledon?
B. What sports do you associate with the following terms: (a) hand out, (b) baulk, (e) soll inf
a. What
be
would you watching if you saw; (a) (b) Liona attack. Kiwis, Pensioners clash with Wolves?
7. Where did Herb Ellait run his world record mile of 3 mins 4.5 ROCKS?
World
8. Who won the
Speedway Championship in 1951 and 19527
9. With which sports are these famous tamilica' associated: (a) The Lindruma, (b) The Choongs, (e) The Edrichs?
10. At what sport might you Just mlas añ, albatross und got an cogic?
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Best Form
into the Duck's favour. Craigengower bowiers' practices and this afternoon they will be hieve been confined to their afforded a grand opportunity of comparatively still heavy greens overcoming bad luck with good adjustbowls. and their inability to
On their form so for, themselves quick enough to the they are fully capable of falding faster Recreio green was one of the decision from their guests, the factors which caused their who ore fielding this season one of their weakest terms in years. The remaining first division match
KBGC between C. C. Ma's four, their only Filipino Club and Recreio "B" unbeaten four up to date, have will not be without interest as shown the best form so for both teams
are well in the among the Cralgengower twelve, danger
zone of "relegation", but the other two fours shipped although at the moment Taikoo by George Souza and Stanley Club and IRC "g" are rtili Ionard are very doubtful there below them, The Portu- quantities. George Souza, who
guese Club, however, are the took over the skip's role from slightly better side all rund Alfred Coats, has proved his and although expect C. A. lity by leading his four Coolbo's four to pat up a good victory in their last two outingfight, tecreio "B" nrc Rood aud P. Manson and P. Ragi have produced fairly good form enough for four points. In of their games but the others in the two fours have yet to prove their rent worth.
The gained so far in three matches
the
clash
could An interesting materialise from the match and that is an encounter between (wo Hongkong Empire Games bowlers Hob Gourlay and c. c. Ma. Ruth have been playing excellent bowls since their return from
Cardin
With league-leading Hong- kong Football Club enjoying a bye, main interest in the second division games will be foccursed Ton second-placed PRC "A's" match against Hongkong Cricket Club at the Valley.
One Of Strongest
The custodians of the law, having won all their three games Although the Graigengower so far, and with a few former camp are confident of bringing first division players in their
home with them at least four ranks are definitely one of the points from the malch 1 belleve strongest teams In this division the Dock's ull-round strength | this year, and it will be too much and their more consistent play to hope for any upset here. The will
however, corn them their second policemen,
will no season, oubt have thejor triumph of the
the fact that top this tune
rivals HKFC in mind scored a 5-0 win over the same opponents margin.
recently and will go all nut for more than a victory here.
their
by
a probable 4-1
Even Match
individual merils, they Rre Pinos.
This Miler Can Do
3-55, Says Track Star
By PETER CONNELL
Steplien James, who set a new record to win the mile for Oxford University against Cambridge at London's White City recently, will soon be covering the distance in 3min, 55sec.! This remarkable assessment of the potential of 21- year-old James was given to me by Derek Johnson, Olympic half-miler and one of the best athletic judges I know.
James is a worthy successor to such previous winners of this event as Jack Lovelock, Roger Bannister, and Chris Chataway. He dominated an event, in which Cambridge were humiliated, to return new figures of 4min. 5.1sec-1.1sec. better than Alan Gordon's time. After pulling the six-man feld round the trach for 600 yards, James allowed colleague Eples to take over for a lap. Fruln, of Cambridge, hung on until the bell, but when James produced a last lap of 58.6sec, only Enles could keep contact to take second place and re- turn a personal best time of 4min, 5.5sec. James opened this year by winning the A.A.A. junior cross-country title, and has run three miles in under 13min. 45.8ace. Now Johnson forecasts that his mile time will be down to 3 minutes 55 seconds before world record-holder Herb Elliott goes up to Cambridge after the Olympic Games.
James shatters the Universities' milo record with a last lap of 58.610c. at the White City.
THE CHAMPION
HE'S THE
WITH THE
WORST
LUCK I KNOW
By GEORGE WHITING
Champagne for the champion?, That'll be the day. For the time being, however, this particular champion was swallowing yellow calcium pills, sipping palsied tea, and nibbling his way round the edges of a slab of asphalt labelled cake-no push-over when your front teeth have been kicked out by a horse.
Nor was exercise any easier al the other end of the cham- pion. All he could manage was a cautious wiggle of five
with a scowl at the plaster have been six lengths behind monument built round his tibia at the last jump.
"I couldn't hold his head up. and fibula,
"Just when I should be doing but I managed to get within one galler's job on the farm. Not and a half lengths of Mike
a good year for milkers. Poor Scudamore on Oxo, the winner, hoy harvest last summer. Looks Wyndburgh was going like a like I'll have to pass up the hay- bomb at the Bnish, stirrup or no
stirrup."
Horse. That was real riding.
SPORTRAIT
WHERE T "Hehhold on-only seconds out of the ring i
London Express Mervice.
Sports Diary
TODAY
The match between unbeaten
The Filipino Club, unbeaten Indian Recreation Club "A" and Kowlcon Bowling Green Club nt in two outings, will be featured Sookunpon could turn out to be in the best match of the division the match of the week, depend when they moet KCC at Cox Ing on how the KBGC expert Road. This is expected to be a ment of completely reshaming very close game with the odds
out. team works
In favour of the Fili-white toes peeping out from On slightly
inider a sarcophagus of planter slightly superior to the Indians, In the other matches in this wrapped inches thick round his and their reorganised fours division, HKPSA will be much right leg.
for PC "B", but Thus has success come to 30-baling." click as a team, a 4-1 win for too strong
Craigengower, at home to the year - old Tim
As inetfully as possible, I sug- Brookshaw, them is not uniBely
gested he forget the uncertain-manship plus. Wyatt ateeplechase Bew newly-promoted USRC will have Britain's
press-on-iles of the milk yield and try would have yelled for the inaur KCC VTC FGV fecreio "B" the way light til
for
champion with 23
“Ive never seeT HỌC CÓC, LÚC HAY KHÓC possible 4-1 win.
regardless winners in 423 rides. talking like a champlon jockeyance money.
2nd Division: KCC JG, FRC "A" His leg is broken in three In the third divisan, secondi.
YSRC places. Instead of racing silks pinced Hongkong Electric Re-
he is wearing green pyjamas and a maroon dressing-gown. creation Club travel to Stanicy and may have to produce some maintain their clean slate. of their best form to be able to Oil their day, the Stanley Club bowler cati be very nasty with their unexpected shots)
Although the Indiana have won ult the three games so far, A their wins have boun scored oqatest the weak IRC " Heere und Filipino Club rides. On the whole they are a much weaker team than they were last year, being cpecially vulnerable in the lead and No.
ritions.
This should be an extremely even match with the Indians enjoying green advantage and the swing Green Club having a slight superiority in playing abilities, that should bring them
to
Hongkong Football Club will probably have little difficulty in chalklag up their third straight win of the scaron against "Regrelo "A" the third ind Inst Cralgengower Cricket the. unbeaten frst division team CCC green to keep their third have the easiest game among place in-tre-league table,
the league leaders. They will be at home for the fourth successive time this season — to IRC "B" and are likely to take the lead of the Brat division today with Ave league after points from this match.
Unluckiest Team
Kowloon Cricket Club, who et with their first defcot last week at the hands of Cragen- gower will take on Talkoo Club at Cox Road,
Last year, the Talkoo bowlers proved to be one of the un- luckiest teams in the league and this season they have again been dogged by the same bad luck, losing their matches by
narrow margins.
They are worth much more then the two points they have
POP-" Square
deal
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Today's Games
FIRST DIVISION Recreio "A" v. 1RC "B" KCC v. Te FC v. Recreio "B" KDC v. CCC· IRC "A" v. KBGC
SECOND DIVISION
KCC v. FC PRC "A" v. HKCC PRC "B" v. HKPSA ccc v. Usne HKFC (bye)
THIRD DIVISION
CCC v. HKFC SC v. HERC KBGC v. IRC HRCC v. TC KDC (bye).
He rides a bedside chair in a London hospital, and his doclor the one who, mended Deals Compton's knee has dropped a pretty broad hint that he will not be riding anything more nettlesome for the next 14
weeks.
'Cowboy'
Earp
ν
Bowin
1st Division: Recreto "A"
TRC
on a diet of calcium and cake, a feat like it was the tribute
pold by Col. Harry Llewellyn, of v KC, PAC v HKPSA, CCC Foxhunter fame.
3rd Division: CCC v RKC, SC HERC, KBGC v Inc, 11300 V TC.
Baceer Come the merry month of
Stanley Shield seven-a-side tour- May. At 3.00 p.m. on the 2nd nament, Fencies inst. Tim Brookshaw was riding
83rd winner of the season TARELF Fencing Chempionatii pa, Chauffeur,
in the Honiton Transit Camp. ma Selling Handicap Hurdle at Taunton.
"Big races, That's where I've been a little unlucky, like, sald Mr B. "Take the Champion Hurdle
at Cheltenham last March. Thero I was, cantering home on Tokoron with only makes a bad mistake. Does his three jumps to go. Then Tokoron
stifte, Hind leg went.
"Then there was that other Free Rides but in the: Grand National
op
Maybe you beard about
The championship was la tho bag. Just a couple more chores uch as that last-minute re- grunds overweight on Turnstone quest ola pel ja put up swen
the 80
'Accidental'
called on Mr B under the
Yes, I hourd about it. Who sympathy with congratulations, and to remind him of how,didn't? There was Tim Brook- when we last met among the shaw, riding his seventh Grandt
lying second on Call It nf accidental ride," Friesians on his Shrophire farm National,
all grimed the gont in green six months ago, he had laughing- Wyndburgh, and looking
the over winner ly described himself as
as he raced pyjamas. like the clappers out of hell luckiest man alive,
(his phrase) towards home.
pun.
Harry- Carpenter
15 FT. 6 IN-11 ST)
Bumps Into Europe's Biggest Boxer
(6 FT 7 IN--21 STI
* Lucerne. -
I travelled here last week with Europe's biggest boxer. He is Bojko Lo- Sanow, 23, Bulgaria's heavyweight representa- Live in the European amateur boxing cham- plonship which took place here last wook.
The Swiss reception committea, who had thoughtfully been ELT- ranging trumpet fanfares at the. local station as Europe's un- paid--battlers rolled in, gaped and gasped when alet, elles Tin Losanow, who poleaxes calle in Soda for a living. unwound himself from train
Losanow mado
tho
broken-
toothed grin and crushed an bystander's innocent Swiss
hand into pulp as a greeting and maybe a waming-to Lucerne.
For you to get some idea of bla size, lot me say ha is an inch taller than one-time tamed Ambling Alp, Primo Corners, and seven stone heavier and four inches taller than Bri- tain's own alatable amateur heavyweight champion, Dave Thomas.
THREE STEAKS
On the pine-fringed ride from Zurich, Bulgarian trainer,
Asparuh Angelov, peeled off further awesome facts about the glant Gofa_alaughterer. "He eats enough for three men,” sold Angelov, "Maybe three steaks for dinner-if he's not He has had 35 too hungry. bouts and wen most, by knockout, In the Melbourne Olympics in 1956 he twico knocked down Lev Moukhine, the Russian champion, before Moukhino got the decision." Moukhne, let it be said, oven- tually wound up as Olymple silver medalist.
"In Melbourne," continues Ango
lov, "poor Bojko's legs stuck out of the bed. It was too amall," Swiss corpenters hastily knock- ed together a special bed for Bojko so that he won't get cold feet,
SPECIAL GLOVES
If that affliction was felt round here I reckon it was among the other heavyweights when they
the spled
Bulgarian blockbuster,
Boxing officials chased roundi to find a pair of gloves, big enough to encase the hams that Bojko calls hands, They couldn't be found and had to. be specially made.
Out of the ring I report this is a gentle glant. He tugged a snapshot out of his wallet, to show me his baby son, eight weeks old. Losanow creased that fearsome -face into a tender grin. But I made sure he didn't pump my hand.
UP
MAKE EMPIRE BOXING
CHAMPIONS GIVE THEIR BRITISH TITLES
Says HAROLD MAYES
London.
Well, it is as good a descrip- tion as any for a horse that muffs its first fence, stumbles sideways and comes to earth Now that Dave Charnley has won the British with Mr Brookshaw's right leg firmly pinged beneath ft,
"Twisted in all directions→→
ke ruddy cow with a
uplod home," said Brookstmw.
Farmer
At that period, I recalled, our Tim bod got away with two So what happenst So Wrud years hospital treatment for burgh's offside stirrup-iron saape atcomyelitis in the left orm, a at the 32nd dence-Bocher's nose broken at rugby football, a second time round and a quick- gap in his icein, a kick in the on-the-uptake Brookshaw has to back, a broken hand, a pushed- kick his loo out of the nearside in fact, a fractured collar-bone, stirrup in a brave attempt to and several free rides in the maintain a balance over
He hopes to be back home at ambulance.
remaining eight fences,
Tern H, Shropshire, noon, And anyone who believes that doing gaffer's jobs in the milk- riding, stirruples over Grand Ing shed. Then a holiday with, National obstacles Is a plenie | his wife in Majoren. Läving äike will belleve anything.
a lard....on one leg and a "Pressed my knees in and
awinger. home like rode
[cowboy." recalled Brookshaw. "Dust
Since then he has become
rather more ambillous, WIE any Jude at all, that right log ol his could become as famous us Len Hulton's elbow.
"Right ruddy nuttance, this let." said Farmer Brookahaw
WIDE TO PAY
CASH
CASH!?
YOULL HAVE
·T5 SES "THE MANAGER.)
the
-(London Express Service).
Empire lightweight title the time looks ripe for the British Boxing Board of Control to give earnest consideration to the suggestion that he should give up his British title. Let me point out that I think heavyweight champion Henry Cooper and bantamweight title-holder Freddy Gilroy should come in for the same treatment.
only
It's a policy which is adopt- Last year there were eight title nights in Britain-four od with great success on the British, three Empire and one Continent of Europe.
European. And illos, after all, Halian promotere, dan joensrple,
are the lifebloed of boxing.
With championship matches often find themselves with eight promoters gơ on makingian and four European cham
and the sport là all the healthier
In Russia can og en smuking ions to piele from the their bille,
they say “pivo"
for a top-liner!" So the more
champions there are in a country for The pollion in Chamler's
the more opportunity promoters
have of keeping, the sport of case to that he's been Brillan
champion" sinbo ing.
more than two years without single defence.
Be Great Success
In Hong Kong they say crown-he should be tonight an well hiberete
Carlsberg
It is my contention that "na If he'burries world ambiționa soon as a British chaengs sizinis en via his newijkson Timpire title, Buspiry, a European porhaps Britain's otheroy lightweights ordered by the Delilah Borizin The Board ·riseds canland Board of Control" to relinquish how! The promotes need' kash. bis British tilie. Then other lede | --I- ziduniknew OR VARKO would have the opportunity of wouldn't tell you that Jind the... fighting for it, and there would way to ensure tangi pet të ia to abo another, champion 2 for pros} mer that there are Lever Bu
mature to play with.
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