THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1955, 0
China Mail Presents The Story Of Another Sportsman Who Enriches And Is Enriched By Sport Softball Season SPORT MADE THEIR FORTUNE Officially Opens
After Six Years Fangio The Fearless The
She Is Champion Former£1-a-month Garage
By PAT BESFORD
Margaret Edwards, after six years of bitter dis- ́appointment and near misses, is at last back-
stroke swimming champion of England.
This greater of the British, seventh National Championship swim who have never won | meeting.
u major tic, beat her fellow
Boy Who Makes
By JOHN MELVIN
Good
She has been second or third Every morning, from Monday to Frigo Aires office for a
International, Sylvia Lewis, by | every year, never before the
a yard at Binckpool last Satur-
day to win the 110-yard back- stroke championship,
first girl home.
"I thought my time to win muxt come though sometimes Her Bne Une, imin 12.5sers is was hard to have to walt sai was only 3/5 of a szennd outside · long," a mest excited Margaret | Judy Grinbun's
lold me. world record,
and only 1/5 slower than 10 "I didn't start training unl!! own personal best performance, June this year. If I had swum Margaret, 20 years old, from in the early Internationals, like Heston, Olymple bronze medal- | the other girls, I would have Hist, European and Empire, silver been dead by now. And my medalist, breaker of five world dream would never have come records, was swimming in her truc,“
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a plump, bow-legged businessman arrives at his Buenos twelve-hour working day. Every Saturday he drives 400 kilometres to visit his parents in the country. On Sun- day he rests at his luxHTIOUS
His life is all well-ordered routine, the unexciting daily round of most businessmen who divide their time between the office and their family.”
n
But turn back the clock 18, sport, make such B fabulous! mathn and this middle-age success of motor-racing? baking executive
the 164 victim of pensational kid- Speaking through an inter- | napping plot. Go berk two prefer this Inngunges are Italian
years and he
the fastent and Spanish), he toid me: Tracing εἰπίνα in the worth "Seventy per cent good ears -
scorching round the Grand Prix and a lot of luck." circuits of Enrope—the Idol anillions.
The
Win
Juan Manuel
Fangio of Argentina, five tinter champion' racing driver of the world before he 56- tired last year at the peak of his fame.
Fantastic Record
to
One year was enough establish him as Argentina's topdriver. To becanib
Prestilent tiational hero; Peron showered him with honours, red
Tie-In 1949 he made
his
| European debüt, racing ob ono In really, the modest of his country's three. "Mercedes Fahrlo had never won any drivers and winning every race thing by lock. And he serin which hoisted: The tainly has not always been following year he was runner-up blessed with the world's best to Farina in the world cham- OLTE...
pionship. He won the world Litle br 1981, 1054; 1955; 1956 and 1957.
...
There was no luck at Le Mans In 1955, when "El Chucco" was close on the tail of cars which crashed and killed more than 60 Former garage hand, greasing reflexes, and Incredible skill
people.
Qulek thinking, ghin monkey and bus driver. Juan "The Cat" Fangio spring from steered him clear of the multiple obscurity to racing daine at the pile up.
Courage as well as sldi! took fearless Fangio to the top-the brand of courage he displayed 1953, when many drivers were in the Argentine Grant Prix of forced by the scorching heat to | retko from the wed.
Ordeal
tripe age of 38, and retired from; And it was not only a great (motor sport nine years later car which enabled Fongloat jrater winning 24 Grandes 48, to win his greatest race, the Epreuves and finishing second in 1957. German Grand Prix at
Surling Moss dropped out nine others- fantastic record Norrgring. After the twelfth with sunstroke. Ascari crashed. which may never be surpassed tap he came into the pits for a
But "The Cat”, playing a cun or oven equalled.
wheel change and fuel, lasing ning, waiting gome, pounced into No rucing driver has so the lead for a second time to the the lood with only a few laps to greatly
enriched the aport-or Farrari wonder boys," Haw-go. And he won after driving himself.
thorn and Collins.
alone for three hours, while the third and fourth curs Fangio, son of a poor Im-i The world champion, who had second, migement Italian plasterer, told over a minute to make up, broke were brought home try relays of
e: "I am not millionatre. the lap record text times to But I own
companies match a seemingly impossible leading In moico cars and victory. property—and I have the con-
4
Lwo
ressions for Mercedes in three Superb Cornering
Howers"
His profit from motor-racing
u personni secret,
drivers.
Few people realised the ordeal The had suffered. At every bend The winood in pain as his right
touched a red-hot structural
tibe in the cockpit. The burns,
D
JUAN FANGIO 'Seventy per cent good curs — and a lot of luck'..
SPORTS QUIZ
1. In what game 18 The
maximum score 3017
2. Which sporls would you be watching if you saw sho following competing: (a) a Dragon, (b) a southpaw,
3. Which world athletes re- cord is held by: (a) Parry O'Brien, (b) Jesse Owens?
4. With which sport do you
associate Dwight F. Davist
common?
6. Nute three soccer players who have captained England since the wET.
1. Who played both soccer and rugby for Ireland in 19467
Tomorrow
By OLLY VAS
Weather permitting, the 1959-60 softball season opens oficially tomorrow at King's Park with the traditional ceremonies associated with occasions of this nature."
As far as I have been able to ascertain, 19 teams have signified their intention of taking part in the various leagues. There are five in the Men's Senior Division, nine in the Men's Junior Section and five in the Ladies' Division. The Drst league games are Standard come up against the scheduled for next Saturday and Oficjale of the HKSA. Sunday:
The latter will be well served It is tearned that the Senior by a number of veteran 'Ball divialon players will not be seen players and the team taking the In action until some time later, deld will be picked from sa ail league activities for the sliva. Fred next few weeks will be confined Codio, Romeo Hamet, Brother Diesta, Caesar to the Junior and Ladles Edward, Peter LAW.
George sections. I hope to be able
10 Pang, David Lo, Leo Chee Hong give C proview of Blue
and Chan
Yue Fai. "Doc" Molthen will be coaching different teams' prospects during bunch of old crocks from the the coming playing season as sidelines with chairman Bill soon as I gather some more fit | Who chipping in his two ite formation on their line-ups. worth as assistant coach.
An entertaining programING
this
has been arranged for fans Experience v. Youth
-0%.
who may take the trouble to 50 up to the ball park morrow.
Opening Parade
It would be almost impossible
to forecast the outcome of this game as it is a case of experi- ence being pitted against youth. The Press team are a compara- tively younger group and they league teams will
A grand opening parade, of will be out to avenge their last be staged year's 6-0 defeat when the AR- after the teams, in full uniform, soclation pulled a fast one on
5. What do the world feather-samble at 2.00 pm. sharp. The them by piting them bgainst weight and light-heavy-1938-1959 league champions in a team of officials and teatn weight champions have in the different divisions will lead managers that would have done the teams in their respective credit to any Senior league side, groups in the march past the Your guess as to the eventual stands. After this there should winner is as good as mine, be the usual round of 'booing, all a fun on in the past, when that prominent softball person-
The other game will be he allty, Commissioner of Softball twech two topnotch teams 9. Who captained the success-"Doc" Molthen makes the usual China and Portugal. The names
ful West Indian cricket team speech to usher in the scan both teams were
of players invited to represent which toured England in exhorting all players to "get at the time of writing and so I
there and Play Ball." this spectators can lean back in will not venture to forecast the the stands and watch two a result. Suffice to say that both hibition matches.
teams will probably be at full strength if only for reasons of Tho first game is down for prestige since both aides havu 2.30 pan. when a Combined dominated the International Pros team nadó "tip of} softball.socne for years and this players from the South China | could be a pre-view of next Morning Post and the Tiger Easter's International final.'
19502
9. Who was the first player to Learn 3,000 runs and take 100 wickets in a season of first-class cricket?
Ice-cold nerve combined cutting deep inte flesh, took 10. But with Immende àrength and three months to heal. And the amazingly quick reflexes, have penas are tall there the only played
estimate that the worki tithy was worth more than £25,000 a year to him.
"the major part in ones on his body. Fangio's success. They chablod him to take comer at a'speed few of his contemporaries, clared even approach.
cor-
For severul years he was freelance, able to communal foo of about £1,000 from cor manufacturers for a single race -plus bonuses and all expenses.
His superb, high-speed Then there was appearance Money, over £100 for a top-of-nering developed after instruc- the-bill Grand Prix personality. tion from the great Nuvolari. His And while prize monty relaxed style in the cockpit owes much as £3,000 for first place something to the influence
go to the car owner, Fangio Farina, the first omelet world would certainly have been given Champion. In generous share.
Finally, as world champion. ho could attract the fatest publicity "perks" from firms wanting him to sponsor their petrol, all, tyres, spark plugs, ! brakes and other motor parts.
Investing Wisely
of
mountzio
'ERW
Another experience affcct- ed Fanlo 'more 'deeply--in the? Buenow:** Aires-Carson rape of 1948 when he escaped with 'severe culs and braises stier
srashing (on a "forty
bend Ho Daniel Urullal co-driver and close friend-killed. "
Says the ex-champion: "I was terribly upset. I didn't But each lands of motor- want to give up racing, bụi racing only helped to put the was frightened that I might final polisi an Fangio's bril-have lost my nerve completely." Jiant' technique. He was a na- Juan Fanglo is a determined tural-born driver, and when driver, but he has never been ho firzi Invaded Europe in
a ruthless one, never taken a 1049, he had behind him
*ncedicas risk, He once refused quarter
of a century's ex- to race in the Mille Migila in perience with car
Italy because it was "too den- Brought up in the potato- gerous." And when his car in All the time that
Balcarce,
the lead was withdrawn from Fungio was marsing his great growing country of
from Buenos
the tragic 1955 Le Mans, he fortune, he was investing wisely, some 256 miles
un !spending carefully. So,
Atres, young Jian became today,
portant things in this world the former £1-a-month purus apprentice mechanie at 12
ihan fluishing a raco." hand is a business tycoon zich had his first race at 21-driving enough if he wished to enjoy converted tox! which broke comfortable rotirement for the down when he was in sight of rest of his years:
victory.
His philosophy as a racing When I met Fanglo, the busi-
Lack of funds delayed his driver would rather be ness executive, he was sipping a glaws of water in un hotel bar progress. He was 28, when most ten minutes late in this world well-groomed, shortish (ft racing drivers are at their peak, than twenty minutes early in 7in), broad-shouldered
before he could afford to con- the next"
Ford Off the track, he has the quietly dressed in a pin-striped struct his own cat from
parts. In 1930, friends clubbed same easy-going opproach outh with receding hair brushed her to raise $1,000 to buy life. Nothing rules him; he straight back.
There was no hint that this him a car for the Argentine was not even annoyed when kidnapped and and he rewarded Cuban rebels elegant, soft-spoken gentleman Grand Prix,
held him for 20 hours, making hud left school
him miss the Grand Prbe In
figure,
12 to bring in them by Anishing th pesos to help feed the six
and
children of a humble Hallan im- First Great Triumph
sald: There are more im-
His Philosophy
vand
How many countries have won the Davis Cup?
(Answers on Page 17).
After
not available
LAWN BOWLS SEASON DRAWS NEARER TO ITS CLOSE
Colony Men's Open Championships End Tomorrow With Singles, Triples Finals
By ROBERT TAY
With the Colony lawn bowls league practically completed last week, the
local lawn bowls season now draws nearer its close.
In the league, only two matches remain to be played-Filipino Club versus Craigéngower in the second division and Hongkong Electric Club versus Indian Recreation Club in the third division.
to The
Fangio has no falso film». sions about mator-racing. Ho laves the sport, but known li what it soon' of the toughest, most dangerous and demanding professions in the
for
worldzan
That is why he says he would
migrant family. There was no sign that he had dominated the Next, by running a lottery, oll-und-dust world of motor-Fangio raised the capital to buy racing for five post-war years. Chevrolet for the "Gran Only the werk-famous profile Premio International del Norte" confirmed that this was the im- - 13-day event which Looki mortal Fenglo who
0.000- became drivers over a Òprtuous world champion after crashing mile course, on rough roads 'and and breaking his neck at Monza over 18,000-ft pames, through | In 1852...who won the Belgian North Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, never encourage his 20-year- Grand Prix in a Maserati with a hnd back' again across the bit son to follow in his foot- broken front suspension who Pampas. *. *
steps, "I wouldn't stop him, won a fantastic Mille Migila. for
bicouse racing has given me a Allo Romcas after covering Fangio lost a stone in weight great deal of satisfaction. But more than 500 miles with only on that marathon, but won I wouldn't give him any help ono wheel steering.
enough money to set himselt up at all; ** ** How did Fango, a compárá- |as aŭtactng"driver: It was is"He would have to tive oldster in a young men's first great feltiniph.
goud'un his own"
POP-Goes to the head
"TAKE TIVO
BOTTLES
OF CLO
A
A JIDGET,
ANOTHER OF
SHERR
MON- NUTMEG-
The FC-CCC match actually I understand that arrange- ; of scoring a "double" in this took place inst Thursday, butments are being made, to have year's championships. was interrupted by,"main after this game played off on Satur. nine heads had been played. day, September 19 at the PRC For Scuz there will also be
game will probably be | green.
that exira incentive to not only finished next Wednesday,
Tomorrow the men's'eventa | win the tlo for the first time of the Colony Open' chans but also to pave the way for prababips will be concluded his wife who is already in with the finals of the Singtes ladies' singles final to complete à Unique accomplisjunent of both husband and wife winning the singles titles in the same year.
The Hongkong Electris Club versus Indian Recreation Cluă match will decide the only us- Geelded title in the frague.
and the Triples.
Both matches are scheduled Last Wednesday, the Electric fo be played off at the Hong- Club bowlers missed in golden kong Football Chib Kween opportunity of almost assuring commencing at 4 pm. themselves of the third-division
Contestants in the singles title when they went down to final aro George Sours of Kowloon Bowling Green Club.. Craigengower Cricket Club and M. Hassan of Indian Recrea-
Loogue Final
C
tho
The triples final between the Grilrengower" combination "of W. C. Younk, F.. Leo and D. 07. Na 'and "widon Dock Club's A. Ekcool A. Lapsley and A. E. Elliott promises" to, be one of the best pateties in this. ¿hámrpichkhhpu' this year. Ptt H
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Evenly Matched
tford Club, Harshit, ` 'a' former champion and a Colony Empire As they are now only half a Games representative'will prop- point ahead of the Indiana and į obly... starp at favourite, bar now need 21⁄2-pointar from their Souza who led his four to
Both teams are almost evenly last match to clinch the title, the a fine win in the rinka na majched being probably a shado HERC-NIC game will be its the last Sunday, has been playing
strongdrb paper with the nature of a fast with the wit- como very good bowris during Dock three and the Craigeh maite nors' (by any margin) "claiming the championships and will In
wor bowlers the championship.
my opinion have a 50-50 chance'ight advantage of playing on dia comparatively heavy HIFC STOCH.
By Gog
LAND BRUINM
|THOROUGking
HAIR.
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they say: lo game and it
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