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MONTE · CARLO RALLY“
THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1960.
Sweden's Nystrom & Lundgren first home
CCC retain Mixed Doubles shuttle title
in the first stagem
Monte Carlo, Jan. 21.
A Swedish crew led the weather-scarred cavalcade of Monte Carlo rally cars into the finish of the 3,550 kilometros marathon of day-and-night driving hore this evening. First home in the world's greatest road driving test, which started on Monday night, were Per Nystrom and Eric Lund- gren, in the mud-spattered red Ford which they drove from Oslo.
and
Nystrom, #red-looking with three dies of stubble on his chin, coscribed the rally "tougher than last year,"
Lonight
had
The travel-weary Brews arriving here Just come through one of the toughest ordeals of the rally the 570 kilometeres final wiretch from Chambery Monte Carlo,
to
The Ice-treacherous; -twisting Alpine roards tried to the ul most the skill and stamina of The 177 Brown who reach
208 of Chambery, survivors original starters from nine different points in Europe.
Clean sheets
Nystrom and Landgren had Lccurred 30 peaulty points up to Chambery. The second crew to reach the Balshing fine here, Rene Trattumann and Gerard Chevron of France, had lorned the vicious run from Allens in their Citroen to reach Chambery without penalty.
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In all, G3 of the 177 arrivals at Chambery had clean sheela to that point,
Among these were three Ladies' Cup crows who were irst Monte Carlo among the arrivals-Pat Moss and · Anry Wisdom (Britain, Austin), holdi- ers of the trophy. Mrs Greta Mulamur and Mrs Helga Lund berg Norway, SAAB) and Mrs Anne Hall and Miss Vlaeria Donico (Britain, Ford).
Mrs Molander, competing in her 18th Monle Carlo Rally, has won the Ladies' Cup twice,
in 1037
She stild and 1952. after finishing today that she thought this spust be her last Rally, intich
the clriving in it.
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Argument
loved
My Hall, with Mies Sheila Van Darmin, captured the trophy
1955.
Bisa Moss and Miss Wisdom ran Luto argument
for
Cricket their
The results of the three-day road test will not be announced unti, noon tomorrow. Surviving crews will not know until then whether they are among the UG with the feast penalties who will qualify the Rally's secund
Craigengower stage, 1
night drive. around two
Chib clrcuits of a 286
retained
Senior Mixed kilometres (179 les) mon- Colony tain course above the principal-
Doubles League title last ty.
night when they defeated Chinese YMCA in the final playoff at Ladies' Recreation Club by six
Photo gumes to three, shows the champion team. They are: (from left) Chu Sal-wah, Mrs E. Tsok, George Ma, Miss Mary Wong, Miss Helen Kwong, Wong Wai-hung. China Mail photo.
Competitors were stil trick- Eng in over the hors after the first arrival. 1 WAR Keting Colkiitions looked colder, and
ike being more difficult for the lale finisher..
with officials as they pulled in to the finishing line here, Officials sald they had halted their red Austin within ten metres of
line the
be and would under the penalised
rule which prohibits this. The British girls, who hind stopped to "kill time" because they were ahead of schedule, Cullelloni elnimed they had been asked to come in.
Hopkirk and
Lust
winners, Paul 'year's
and Pierre Alexan- dre of France, went off the road on the way down from Chum- Purdy
Juckery, to which point they had Caftelloni shvel, Scoll, of Northern Ireland, had had a clean
escape when their suki on arrival that he did not cftances of retaining Sunbeam overturned and went fury his over a ellff on the drive from the trophy. Chambery
Monte
u Darrow
10
Carlo.
at Monte
They were unhurt, but the ne-i Of the 177 who reached Chain- cident put them out of the hery Rally.
Second stage
crew in
Another Irish works Sunbeam, Ronnie Adams and Ernest Macmillan, sold they thought they might have got through the whole road test of the Rally without being penalised. If they did, Adams would stand an excellent chance of winning the Rally for the second time--he was top prize wimer in 1960.
152 arrived
| Carlo-Router.
Chess News
Schoolboy takes 18 wickets in a match
Sydney, Jan. 21.
schoolboy Fifteen-year-old bowler, Gareth Bledes, took 18 wickets for 68 runs in an under match 16 competition.cricket
here.
Flying for suburban Manly- by LEONARD BARDEN
Warringali against Northern Solution No. 6755: _R-Kt51, Districts, Bledes took 10/14 oft BPR: 2 B-K6, 8-KI:30 balls in the Brst innings and Q-R7, with unavoidable mate. 8/44 in the second lanings.
China Mail Special,
London Express Garolos
FOUR D. JONES
by MADDOCKS
CHIEF
COMPARS, YOU'RE BAÉK- AND WITH A NEW ROCKET
"IT'S NOTHING) TO THE ROCKET WE'RE GOING TO GET, MATE
OH, MY GOSH, IP
THAT'S SPACE TRAVEL YOU
CAN KEEPIT,
FERDINAND
NANCY
AUNT FRITZ!--- MY PLACE CARDS
ARE ALL
SET
BRICK BRADFORD
WHATE GOTTEN INTOJ YOU MEN? WHY DID YOU LET THEM DESTROY OUR INSTALLATION T
I HOPE YOU
INVITED IRMA TO. YOUR PARTY
WE HAD NO PEGIRE TO STOP THEMÍ AÐ A MATTER OF FACT THEY PUT
US ABLEEP!
I'M SURE
'VE LOST MY
PERSONALITY.
YES-I INVITED HER, BUT I'M
STILL MAD
FOOLS! THEY WON'T. PUT MB ABLEGP! ATTENTION, ABOARD SHIP FIRE ON THAT "CRAFT AND DESTROY,
IT AT ONCEJ
AT HER
YES COMRADE, AND I'VE LOST MY LEADERSHIP!
By Mik
By Ernie Bushmiller
དཾ-ཨིདཾ-1-
KRIS!'LOOK! THAT SPACESHIP
IS AIMING A
CANNON AT THE TIME TOP/
IRMA
By Paul Norris, ·
THEY'RE OUT OF RANGE OF OUR GAS GUNS! WE HAVE TO
DO SOMETHING FAST!
H
TEN-PIN BOWLING
COMES TO BRITAIN
By ARCHIE QUICK
London.
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WEEKEND'S SOFTBALL GAMES NOT LIKELY TO
AFFECT TITLE RACE
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By OLLY VAS
The results of this weekend's softball games will have no bearing on the championship race as only the 'also rans' will be involved in most of the league fixtures in all the three divisions. The potential champions in the Junior section, Fred Diesta's Dodgers conie up against the still win- leas Austers from Shatin in the opening match tomorrow, at 2.00 p.m.
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The Dodgers must drop A Senior, match takes place two more decisionn to at 12.00 a.m. when the Saints erable their noarest rivals come up against the US, Navy, the Indians to force * tie und with only the Stardusts, Cardinals and New Asia Col lge to play against I cannot foresee this happening to the Flipinos.
They should notch up another ensy triumph over the Austers
who really shook them up in
The ex-champions shut out the sailors 5-0 in their previous meeting. The Navy boys arg still without a win and they certainly won't get it now at the expense of the Saints.
'Grydge' match
The only afternoon match is
the first round meeting only top in the nature a 'grudge' en- fade away later on in the game. counter as the
First meeting
Tho
Pandas and Indians Eurot for the first time this sca- son, at 3.30 p.m. The depistora could go elther way as both sides have not shown any con. sistency in
matchca.
forman геред
The SCAA ladies open Sun- day's programme with a game against the Toreros whom they trounced before to the tune of
| As an antidote to emptying cinemas, Great Britain 10 rune to one. In five starts
Glants will be going all out to avenge дп carler defeat at the hands of the Stardua's.
The Starduste have always given the top Junior teams wholehearted opposition, They scored a hard-earned 10-9 viɑ- tory over the Giants who are naturmily anxious to wipe ogi, the memory of this humi- Hation at the hands of the youngest and keelest soft- balling side in Junior league history. If determination alone can
Is about to be introduced to a new-style, the Caroliners have scored 85 runs to the oppositions' cight typically American sport in much the same and two of the games went only carry the day then I pick the Stardusts to repeat their earlier way as ice hockey, speedway and greyhound with and a win but we must face facts and
game with the Matadors a" racing were once launched upon the country, double-header
agathst the the fact is that the Glants wield This time it is Ten-Pin Bowling, a game which is
down the played by twenty-two million people in the United States fans who spend more than 250 million dollars a year for the privilege of trundling the heavy woods down lanes in the hope of scoring "strikes."
Pilot Scheme
Two big im concerns in promoted by the hugo Rank Britain have seen the danger Organisation.
at them by signal flashed Television, und the conversion of cinemas to bowling is their reply.
This converalon will Cosi £100,000, and will be a pilot thrine to indieste the
The first of these will be at Stunford Hill In North Lon-larity or otherwise of the den, one of the Associated Bri- new sport, it is a success it His liged to run 4 London tish Cinemas chain, and this
League, Ventures in the pro- followed by a second vines will then follow. will be at Golders Green in February,
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Ten-Pin Bowling is com- pletely different to ordinary bawls. It ts a streamlined version of the old skittle alley game, the 18 ib woods are Ofted with finger holes and these are bowled down a 00 foot lane at ten pins set in a triangle.
Each ne costs £2,000 to Install and is entirely automa- ti for, mechanically, the pins are re-art after being knocked over, the score is indicated and the woods returned to the player.
game consista of ten frames. In coch a player has two woods and the one knock- ing down the most pins wine -tho frame. II he scores 고 "strike" knocking over all ten kellies with one ball he gets a bonus of an extra wood,
Comforts
At the Stamford Hill centre there will be fourleen lanes and sealing accommodation for spectators, a snack bar and even a' nursery, with a closed cireult television where bowling mothers can lodge their children while playing! In America, it is said, housewives play as early os eight o'clock in the morning!! There will also be a small cinema showing instructional flma. The cost? Three shillings for a game which lasts barely halt an hour.
In the United States the con- trolling body for the game has three million members and the number of lanes tus - creased from 44,500 in 1048 to 76,500 in the present day.
Whereas the Rank Organisa- tlon ls going to concentrate upon London, the ABC hope to extend to the New Towns in the provinces, Instructors have been sent to New York for tuition-Banows Service,
Sports Diary
TO-DAY Athletics Kau You College amlotic meeting, SCAA Budiven,_D_xm.
Dda Junior School Sports Day.
"TO-MORROW
Second Day of the Meet-
ing. Happy Valley, 2° pa
Boxing
KABA Charity Boxing Tourna ment in aid of World Itefugee Year Fun, Sooorn Flayground. 8 p.m.
Cricket
1st Dividon: RAF v Brigade. Re srelo v COC, Garrison v KUC, Boor- pions 18C, rollen v Optimika.
iverade v RAT, University v crelo, Contaurs V pas, me ▾ Kav, kóc v Garrison. BOCOM
1st Division: Eastern V. Wond Wah (08) 345 p.m.__
Iteserve Division: Eastem v Kwong Wah (CH 2.10 p.m. KMB V Police 100) 2.16 p.
2nd Division; RAP Bus Wan v Club (Navy) 230 pm: RAF Kas Tak v Boring (Navy) 4 p.m.). Přimona V REME (Stanley) 4 p.m.; Talkoo y RIL (HY) X 900; AFB y Gym
meitaly) 4p.m.
Hed_DWVlion! "Bik Vlog v Mərcan- 18.30 pm Dodwell y C&W. 3:30 1.m.: 6.445 y Univeralty, 4 p.m.j The Long & St Joseph's
Godown, Happy A Toy, 4 pmș (Kek Kong), « p.m.
Squawa to complete the schedule heavier bats. This alone should retain the title they won last Stardusts. In any case this year as they are so far ahead should turn out to be an in-
SCAA are almost a certainty inshable them 10
of the rest of the tleid.
teresting game to watch
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