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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER ( 25, 1953)-
WHY AUSTRALIA SHINES SPORTS JL Manning's Column.
IN THE SPORTS WORLD
Although Australia,” on A population count, ranks
one of the "'world's countries, In
amaller
sport it must be con sidered as a major power.
The population Is only
10,000,000′′ but
It's The Climate
Early Training
Aus-and wrestling; silver medals in
tralia's amateur sportiman all but bowls and weightlifting
and sportswomen hold 50 world athletic records, Sixteen of those records are track and field events, and 34 for swimming
OVET ard above these, young
from Sydney, Stuart Mackenzie, is the acknowledged world culling champion.
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In the track and fold section, 12 individual world records are held by four men and four girls, The other four records are for relay events.
and bronze medals bowls and boxing.
in all bu
Elcyen gold medala, wern won in swimming, 10 in athletics, (wo epch in boring and cycling. and one each in rowing and medals wejghtntung; ex silver were won in timing, six in athletics, four In fencing two each in rowing and cycling, and one each in boxing and great.. ling: ve bronze medals
six swimming. won in athletics, two cock in rowing and weightiliting, and one each
fencing and wresting.
Wome
in
By Jack Talbot
school may balt in the In the summer.
tru
prefer rugby foot- winter and ericeket
The Dow conception physical education disters widely from the old system *30 WT
"P.T." (physical training) which WILI Liccia moce than an elementary system of physical exercises, unimaginative and mechanical form of training.. The modern system is design- ed as a complement to academic education. It aims at pro- At the games Australia also meting to muscular develop
of setting ment of the child while at the lind the distinction
developing ita four now records three in mame time
It seeks to swimming and one in athletics; emotional stability, all through of Alling all three places in the Physical activition. Grat
cultivale sportmunohi, con- mile trock race, the men's and women's 110 yards
freestyle fidence, leadership, co-operation, races, and the and helps to create good cltizons swimming women's 440 yards freestyle; and a well on good aportamen and of becoming the first nation sportswomen, ever to hold the marathon and and half- the six-mile, mile mile track titles simultaneously.) The Inot that such a "small".
In swimming. 20 Individual world records are held, also, oddly enough, by four mom and four girls, the cight other recordo bring for relay events, It must not be supposed from
below the table showti niring and swimming are the mly sports pecupying the at- tention of Australian sports men and sportswomen.
QULTY
Just About
sport known la played, and usually played well, throughout the continent, In
international field, the Australians hayd also die- tinguished themselves in tennis, golf, cycling, hockey, ice skal- and ing, erkkel, motor-cycle car racing. Rugby union and Rugby league football, billards, badminton, and allter sporting Dctivities.
outstanding exponents of A
COMPULSORY
compulsory physical outdoor sports moral
The education and
in the assist greatly country can produce so many adjustment of the children The recreational activities of their wide variety of sports has young days Prepare them for astonished the world. Buch later life. athjella prowess results mainly from early training, climate and a high standard of lty
Ing.
START FROM SCHOOL The specialised training starts in the primary school where, for the Arst two years (Arst and
(6-8 year-olds).
They are taught to play hard but to conduct them- polves with modesty, to try to win by superior skill or turtles, to take their victories humbly and to lose gracefully..
Consider the 1950 Olympic Games In Melbourne, In the unofficial ally of total points Australla Anished third to the U.S.S.R. and the USA.
Leaving out the impressive list of firsts, seconds and thirds in track, Beld and swimming events, Australia won a fret and a third In cycling (2,000 metres tandem and 1,000 metres scratch race), econd and two third in rowing (single sculis, double sculls and steal culture is directed by the 50liers of the future. eight cars with cox), a third ordinary boxing (welterweight), and a second and third in yachting (12 and 5.5
metres einss
+quere metres class).
ONE OUT OF FOUR
There were even better resulta
per-
In short, the primary and high schools all over Australia cultivate the child's natural physical energies to a pattern second grades), 90 minutes 2 conducive to gaining the maxi- education of the very young mits his athletic skill and In- week are devoted to the physical | mum benefit, and which
clination to develop, it is here the foundations are laid for the zuccess
of the runners, swim- mers, tennis players, rowers, When the youngsters leave high school and either enter the their first university or Binrt
of life has beva Jobs, way treated which they seek to per petuate in some form of sport- Ing cilvity.
The bigger children in from third to Sixth grade are given 120 minutes a week. This phy-
primary school- Leathers, who receive a certain
amount of basic instruction from the physical education sections of the Education Departments of
The various State Governments.
The training is Intensifed in
In a total of 94 events, they achieved 27 Arsts, 23 seconds and 17 thirds, finishing second only basketball,
Talla
to
Australia's climate encourages at the British Empire and Com-high school, where 160 minutes this urge. Tentils can be played monwealth Games in Wales in week-two 40-minute periods on open courts all through the
devoted to 1958, where the Australians won twice a week-are approximately one out of every physical education, conducted by year. Swimmers in the southern part of the continent can USC specially trained instructors, and four possible nedals.
a full-day a week le such out- open-air pools with comfort for dour
eight months of the year and in activities 18 football.
the northern part all through baseball, hockey,
European football and a wide the year, to England, which won 29 Aris, cricket, swimming
teams visiting Australia in the 22 seconds and 20 thirds. Aus variety of other sports. The
been known won medinis in every children can make their choice winter have branch of sporting endeavour from a range of recreations. For complain of the heat.
The average yearly tempera- represented at the games, except, example, one boy may want to lawn bowls.
play soccer in the winter and ture range (Falirenhelt) in the the five capital cities that are the Victories Included gold medala, cultivate his swimming in
at the suction's main sporting venues unather In all events but bowls, fencing'summer;
Is: Brisbane, 78 to 08; Perth, 73 to 55; Adelalde, 72 to 53; Sydney: 71 to 58; Melbourne, 88 to 50. The average daily hours of sunshine over 12 months is Perth 7.3: Brisbane 7.3; Adelaide 7.0: Sydney 0.8; Melbourne 5.5. MUCH SUNSHINE
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY
་
IST. RACE MEETING
Saturday, 3rd October, 1959
CLUB
(To be held under the Rules of The Hong Kong Jockey Club) THE PROGRAMME WILL CONSIST OF 16 RACES
The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m. and the First Rect
run at 2.00 p...
The Secretary's Offee at Alexandra House will be close 11.45 ..
MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE
at
ter of a million men and women
No person without on admission badge which must be minently displayed throughout, the meeting will be admitted.
Admission Badges at $10.00 each are obtainable from the Club's Cash Sweep Offices, as Queen's Buliding, Chater Road, 5, 10,000 D'Aguilar Street, King's Road, North Point, and 302 Nathan Road only on the written introduction of a Member.
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And
Betty Cuthbert in the finishing sprint of one of her record-breaking runs.
the athletic season (October to March) he will compete in the inter-club meetings, striving for the hotlour of representing his club at the State championships In February and then the na- tional championships in March.
BETTY CUTHBERT ·'
of
ditioning la carried out in long- course outdoor pools. Suprimer December, 79 dag;. Fariumry, 11; Fobruary, 711 March, 70) 16 devoted to food, preparations, and State and ristiotial chan= ptonstips,
Apart from hand tralaing at viral times, Joten, Konrads arat his sister Hea uzually cover about five miles each day at the baths near, their homa, · They rien at Ave, cycle to the baths, wžim a couple of milés, return home,
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QUIZ
1. William Harrison are tha] christian nates of a former: world heavyweight cham plan. How is he better! knowat
the
played?..
will 3. Who'
captain United States Ryder Cup team against Britain in November?
4. Who is captain of Yorkshire, England's new 'county cricket charripions?
Down A Street Called Alice
London,
On what surface is curling Alice Street is like most of the terraces which shape and turn the hills of Swansea into a town. Even No. 6 is not all that different from the others. Its folk have often shared hardship and unemployment with neighbours when the tinplate works have closed. But there's often been an exciting way out. 5. Great Britain hos nevér Football. It grows in Ihla pàdviser. In "Swansea AND an beaten New Zealand. In an town like apples on a, trée. agent in London, has his burly International rugby football | Apples you can sell in day face plastered all over the town
market in the world.
liite election posters. All in ald *For 'Instahed butaldo No. 6 of smoking' k when I stroll elong. Was
UNKIND parked the. £1,000 Car of
| have breakfast and go to school. After school they swim apolher .three
match. True or false? miles. heldentally, the youngsters have voracious
6. Which immortal rugary foot petites. They bar no food, but
baller was nicknamed "The they concentrate on. green
Flying Blay"?. yegetables and milk.“-
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While sporting officials and coaches in Australia sometimes differ on methods or training they all agree on one thing-and that is that the quality of the boys and girls in their charge is the result of the early school programme, a favourable climate, a healthy diet and the highina- tional standard of living..
The 50 world recordo and Australian holders are:
TRACK AND FIELD
Men
100 yards, Hector Hogan, 9.30s (shared),
1300 motres, Herbert Elliott, Sm 36%
Herbert Elliott, Sm
1 mile,
04.02.
2 miles, Albert Thomas, Im 329.
3/miles, Albert Thomas 18m 10.09.
2-hour walk, E. J. Allsopp, 10 miles 403 yards.
4 x 1 mile relay, D. P. Wilson, Albert Thomas, J. M. Murray, Herb Elllott, 16m 25.6s.
Girls
100 yards, Marlene Mathews 10.35.
220 yards, Marlone Mathews, 29.4.
100 metres, Shirley Strickland, 11.309.
200 metres, Betty Chithbert,
In many ways the daily lite, diet and training od Betty 23.ZJ. Cuthbert
Sydney, 1930
440 yards, Belty Cuthbert, Olympic Games sprint cham- 64.3a pion and holder of the world
4 x 100 metres relay Shirley records for 200 metres and 440 Strickland, Norma Croker, yards, a typical of Australian Fleur Mellor, Betty Cuthbert,
44.50. athletics.
4 x 200 metres, Marlene 21-year-old girl rises each day Mathews, Norma Croker, Fleur at 7 a.m. For breakfast she Mellor,
Betty. Cuthbert, im has a pure fruit drink; cereal
This tall, blonde, attractive
30.38.
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with wheat germ, ogg and, (dust, 4 x 220 yards, Marlens and a milk drink. From 8 am Mathews, Norme Croker, Flour to 1 p.m. she works in a plant Mellor, Betty Cuthbert, im 30.9s. nursery preparing orders for
Javelin, Anna Pazera, 188ft, shops, cutting shrubs, planting, ALEL wooding doing anything that is necessary. At lunch-time the cats a vegetable and fruit salad and drinks milk, Sho
finishes work at 430 pm. For dinner the usually has ment with polato and three gročn vegetables.
(distance
SWIMMING
Men
100 metres, John Devitt, 54.60. 110 yards, John Devilt, 56.10, 200 metres and 220 yards, John Konrads, 2m 2.25.
John Konrads, 4m 18s.
400 metres and 440 yards,
John Konrads, Bm 50.68.
800 metres and 880 yards,
£30,000 Cunford Jones. It has a matter of fact, 1:felt rither sorry for Malcolm, the 7, With which sports do you been borrowed by £42,750 third Charles's son He can't
associate tliese young store-Melirn Chatles to delve home
advertise cigarettes because he's a) Karen Hantzo, b) 'Jimny from London wille his own only 15 and he can't be trans Greaves, e) Brian Phelps? £1,200 car was being bitted with terred for £40,000 because ha
6. Ia Boccer ball
in play when, it is rolling along the touchline?·
9. Name the two left-handers in Austrailo's victorious Davis Cup team?
10. How many boxers have held the world heavyweight title since the wor?
(Answers on. Page 17)
SPORTRAIT
|" Yeah, yeah, Aus tézhno- logical achievement — but let's see him sink a poff ball at 25 yards!"
London Easter Service
Sports Diary
a radio,
UNLUCKY:
Inside the bright, alltie boy windowed house-Mr Charles Senior, as she burled about for Most Important Weekend, talked of her. £65,000 son John *who
now has
English after the three nanny to look children in their lovely fat in Italy."!
plays Rugby.
Ior Mei. I also felt sorry Hardly anyone has written a kind word about him since he started playing for Arenal, and tomorrow he goes into hospital,
"The last time 1 had a cortilage done I played on the sixth Satur day after the operation," he said. "I never even had to have a rum cut in the reserves, John had two cartilage operations, then made And her husband, the cheer- £10,000 on his transfer to | ful-faced Ned, in no way resent- Juventus. So why worry? I'll bo ful that two of his three gots playing for Arsenal plenty of ada up to €107,750 in football time to help them win the Cup." Incidentally, when I sakod values, whit he himself catt find work,
said: "I suppose 1 Ray Daniel if he had ever been might have been a good un, troubled by cartilages, he said: "Don't be, silly! 1 never ran about too. I was unlucky."
his wife, he mough to hurt anything. That's boots to dry in the why I'm fit enough to run a pub oven before. an amateur non day and look forward to my ternational trial and couldn't | 21st comeback on Saturday." put them on next day, Mind
"Yes," vald pot bl
you, I mightn't have had him then, and where treuld we be
'UNTRUE'
Mel cannot understand why today without John and Melp' the football writers say he has | The Charleses are not a been a flop at Highbury, "They family on their own in Swansea. seem to think that all I do You can walk up Merlin la to stand around and watch, Crescent and see. (no plaque which, I reckon, is all that the yel) whero Trevor Ford begab writers do."
This £70,000 football trail. In Ant Vers, his wife ("I mot He High Street, and pulling Mel at a party next door,”) plats in the Ivorites Hotel, is confessed: "I've felt like crys 30,000 Ray Daniel, who tells Ing over some of the things the splolest mories in Soccer they've said about Mel. ("I went to Sunderland for the wonder Jolly, don't ba daft man.").
In Lantieg Street is the home of the £50,000 Alchurch brothers. In Winch Wen they'll show you the house of Jack Kelsay.
Not cych No place is cafe, the Jail. Behind its high stone walls overlooking Swansea Town's football groutack, Born
was
the €20,000 TCITY Medwin. His father, was a prison officer.
Yes, it's quite a town, and recently in Alice Street the Charks, family got together for two very important events
TO-DAY
doccer Divide: Eastern – V Парот Valey (CH) Sing Touches (Club). KMB V matches at 8 pm.
Reserve Driados: Bing Tao v kit-second cartilage operaion. chee (Club) 300 pan.
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CHEA
Mrs Melfyn Charles is about to have tr first baby and (19), Meltyn is about to have his If the baby's a boy he'll be able to play for Wales. If the - cartilage operation in i
father will be able to play for Arsenal in ́ulx "wocks' 'time an Distrates company
Diviso v Kon
(CHD) 530 pm Gymnastle, v AFS (38) 0 pm: Chib v RAP Dad Want (Navy) 130 pan; Ho Ying V RAF Kai Tik (Navy) & p Y Takoo (HV) 230 pm;. REME V
and
After the athletic senson ends In March, she trains on only ene night a week for a couple of months, from 6 o'clock to 8.30, during which she does "long John Konrads, 17m 28.7.
1600 metres and 1550 yards, work"
running), general callisthenics, and some Gary Chapman, Geoff Shipton, 4 x 100 metres, John Konrads, weighülffing. She uses only maximum of 18 lb. on the bar-John Daylit, 3m 40.8s. bell, and the purpose of this is Gary Chapman, Geoff Shipton, (iv) mon is not worrying and is prepare
4 x 110 yards, John Konrady, to help Increase her weight. Jolan Dovit, 3m 47.36. From June to October she trains
pm K Godown y
Pov 350 p.mat Mementla Prisons (HỜI 6 pm. “
don: University_v. B & 5 can stop worrying about
240,000 disablement policy. Certainly, the Charles family Bik Ying Hy) 3 pm; UWV TYRAWAY (HIV) &
| for everything. Met even has a three nights a week, doing long Murray Rose, Gary Chapman, Matches at KBGC. REC. Rerrela, Daniel when he dropped in for
4 x 200 metrus, Jon Henricks,
girl's name ready-ho. checked Colony Mixed Championatito: the spelling, of Karen with Ray work In spells of 25 minutes, John Devitt, 8m 23.08. with callisthenics, weightlifting
FUDFC.
a drink. and some sprinting.
And the money's coming in nicely, too. Giel, with a business
ends.
her
Such temperate conditions and so much sunshine encourage people to open air activity, par....
During the season, of course, ticularly sport. And Australian she trains almost every evening certainly use their wonderful as well as competing at week- environment to advantage. Most. of them can swim and there are Miss Cuthbert started nearly 40,000 "serious" swim-career as a runner by ropresent- pro-swimming associations; a quar-trict schools carnival and then mers registered with amateur Ing her primary school in dis-
piny golf, women's softball has carnival. As a school-girl, her at the primary schools annuel registered players; summer choice was tennis. 180,00 men and 40,000 women swimming and running; and her play lawn bowls; 40,000 men winter, basketball, hockey and and 10,000 girls are registered running. hockey players; the amateur' She is always in bed by. 9.30 athletic associations have 9,000 in the evening. registered members; It would be. the scores of thoranda who play unsafe to try even to estimate tennis.
footbal and cricket; even "minor" activities like archery tablo tennis and weightlifting each has thousands of devotees.
ADMISSION BADGES WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AT THE RACE COURSE ON RACE DAYS.
Tiffins will be obtainable at the Club House if ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 72811).
NO CHILDREN under the age of seventeen years, Western Standard will be admitted to the Club's premises during the Meeting.
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE
The price of admission will be $3.00 each payable at the Gate, Any person leaving the Enclosure will be required to pay the requisite fer of $3.00 in order, to gain re-admission.
MEALS and REFRESHMENTS will be available in the RESTAURANT.
CASH SWEEPS
Through Cash Sweep Tickets $20.00 each may be obtained from the Cash Sweep Offices at Queen's Building, (Chater Road), and 5, D'Aguilar Street during office hours.
Tickets reserved and available but not paid for by 10.00 .. on Friday, 2nd October, 1959, will be ioid and the reservation cancelled for future Meetings.
ALL-YEAR SWIMMING The swimuneris keep going_53) through the year, also,
*The swimmer's' winter in Sydney, for example, covers the months of May, June, July and August In the latter month the water temperature is 60 deg. Fahr. During this period they engage callisthendes, weightlifüng.
Leirare is plentiful, too, in which to follow a chosen sport in
or recreation. As part of its and general athletic, pasulta high standard of living Aus- tralla enjoys a 40-hour work under the arpervision of their ing work, which gives every.) respective coaches, and have sms ample time to participate Very resiloted swarning in
indoor
In poulo
spring in athletles, swimming, yacht-
(Soptimber, October, Novem- ing, football or anything rin0 bar) when the welc tempori- that appeals to Blis—or her.
ture varies from ca deg. Falır. The high standard of living to 300, base training and con also makes avaliable to every- body the dot essential for phy- atent vigour a plentiful supply
Special Cash Sweep Tickets on the Kwangtung Handloag of meat, tritter, chetat, ges scheduled to be run on 17th October, 1959, at $2.00 each may be mille and a wide variety of obtained from the Club's Cash Sweep Mees at:---
fruit and vegetable all through
Queen's Building (Chater Road) and 6, D'Aguilar Street, the your
Hong Kong un
Weak-days, Mondays to Fridays .. Saturday, 20th September Saturday, 3rd Deicber.... King's Road, North Point, Hong Kong
Kowloon on?-
Week-days, Mondays to Fridays... Saturday, 28th September Saturday, '3rd October
0 am to 5 pm:
9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. 9am to 11 a.m.
and 302 Nathan Rond,
10 am to 4 pm.
9am to 11.45 am Dim. to 11 .m
By Order of the Stewards,
A. E. ARNOLD,
Becretary
∙Hong Kong, '20th September, 1939,
It has been explained. that most forms and sporting activity start in the schools.
running will probably join his A poungster who likes track
district athletkä club while bhay - Sat | still a schoolboy. As well, - caus competing in inter-chool turné- vals, he will also take part dá á
asb-junior" In Instag-club- carnivals on Saturday atitre, noons. After has towns achgol he will graduates by naw, to his club's Junior ranks, then to the "adrafor." Every wook-end during
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POP The Old, Old Story,
MA- LOOK AT
ROBIN
4 x 220 yards, John Konrads,
(Cont. on P 17)
OH, HEB ONLY. GOING THROUGH A PHASEN
Friendly Optimists.
Dowis
Cricket
Scorpions
JE TRUKT WHIL PROBABLY, LAOT:
FIFTY YEARS
football writers wives cry over what we may about their husbands?! And that made us all laugh.
Before going to cd iko. Charles family I had asked George Bwindin if this car- illage opération' was just a masquerade, so afro Mel rest from the newspaper, st» - tacks. "Absolute
nonsetise," Swindin. "Some people renky have nasty minds. You don't write out £40,000 choques for a player then put him in hos- pital as a deep-laid plot. It's terrible luck."
mald
What do I think?. I am crea tain that Mei is one of th great players of his generation, him of his play. It is the pre- The prejudice in not against judice. aghinst any footballer being
DA valued
muuch £40,000.
Major Franic Buckity, who once had both the Charles boys. at Leeds, let Mel go because he was homesick. but kept John for the price of a new overcoat.
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He would have bought two and a couple of suits if he had had a chance,
For the sturdy lads of Alice Street have come a long way. since then. And Mela best football is yet to come.
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