THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1980.
CHAMPION
A special 'quiz' and two FROM UNKNOWN TO
major games highlight today's rugby programme
By PAK LO
The fixture cards have again been rearranged for today's and tonight's rugby games, but the main thing of interest to- day is not a rugby game, but a "quiz”.
At 8.00 p.m. this evening in the Football Club clubhouse, the Referees' Society is entertaining players to a cocktail party, and following this a panel of the "experts" among the referees will attempt to answer questions on any and every aspect of the game.
This
semi-nals of
Players win beat them by Following this at 5.00 pm, In another Army game, pusing an unanswerable que Way foon are elding a team time one of the tion, or one on which the expert ; agiinst AF Kal Tak makes stake will recrive prize.
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This is xpected to entice most players who always, know more, In their own opinions, than any referee.
Major games Insead of the briginally scheduled matches, the two major games today are at the Club, The first of these in
at 4.30 p.m. when the Sappers and the lanes will meet in the semi-final of the Army Cup Knockout Competition,
French tennis
championships
Paris, Feb. 0. Britain's Angela Moritmér and Ann Haydnu won easy G-1, G-2 and 6-0, 6-2 victories over France's F. Bonnlard and I. Leffrig respectively, today. In the women's lagles first, round of the French tennis championships.
The British women's doubles team of M. R. Clarke und V. Cax, however, fost their quarter- final match ti France's S, J. BR- laz and Mrs M. Galtier 6-4 and 0-4.
Later Sposter teamet up with: Lundquist 1 bent France's B. Boutbide and Pilet 4-6, 6-4, 6-9 and 6-4 in a first round men's doubles match.
In the quarter-finals. Knight and Wilson defeated Germany's W. Bingert und P. Scholl 6-2,
6-3 and R-3-AFF.
Sports Diary
-TO-DAY
Hacets
Peruvians › PKFA XI, Hongkong Stadium, 8 pm
Tennis Colony Crane Court tenuls cham lunan doubles at ROC, 6 pm,
TO-MORROW Sleeking ASY & OC meeting, B.C.M. Poet board room, 5/6) p..
Tehni
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Colony Grass Court tennis cham planship (blen) at HKCC, 6 p.. 1.K. Open Chess Championships, Peninsula Hotel, 60.
NOTICE
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
Speelal Cash Sweep on the Pearce Memarla! Cup
This the Plate Competition, Wander- STIGATE utes and REME plny at 3.15 pm. gune is simply a Chabling Wayfuong to test their on the Army Boundary Street strength out against weak opground. Wanderers should win be roatien, before they take on convincingly but it should ine Club in the nun match. noted by the authorities that The Waylong pack is quite these two teams have reached strong! with Leonard
and this position without playing a wing-forwurde single gama, due to a stendy Uility to the and should do well in the loose, series of cancellations. This is Behind them at scrum-half symptomatic of the Army's keen
their interest in minor games, there, Winett, But strength ends, for their backs of are unknown, and as threa the three-quarters aro Portu- abilities this their ruese, respect are unknown, though it 15 repented they have plenty of speed. The Altmen stand a good chance of victory here.
this
To digress slightly, at potat Taking into considera- tion the fact that these Portu- guese youngsters are wiling to play and that
a great recep- tion was given our touring am- bassadors, the Whitfield Wan- dorers, in Macno last year, the answer to greater popularity of the game in the Colony inay well He in interesting our local Portuguese in the gons,
New approach Every other attempt han been mainly based on attract ing the Chinese as players and on the whole this can be suld to be, so far, unsuccessful.! Therefore new approach needed. and these very playern could be the nucleus of Portuguese-feum,
a
it would indeed be a line thing if both the Wanderers and Way- Coung could take the eredit for spreading the gospel to our loesis by this method.
FAMOUS RACE
HORSE OWNER DEAD
London, Feb. 9. Dorothy Paget, race harso owner, died today at the age of 54,
Miss Paget spent more than 10 in!llion dollars to realise her winning of both ambition-the the Grand National steeplechase and the English Derby. Peerless Golden Milier won the 1934 Grand National for her in the Her record time of 3:20.4. Straight Deal took the Derby in
1943.
Her huge furtune was inherit- ed from an American grand- father, the tale William C. Whitney.
SUDDEN
ut the bottom of Wally Swift, three months ago just another name
fame in his home town of Nottingham fight bills, last week rocketed to by completely outpointing British welterweight champion Tommy Molloy over 15 rounds. Most critics agreed that Molloy failed to win a single round in the face of Swift's classical boxing, though he probably drow three or four. Photo shows Swift's powerful straight left finding its target.--London Express Photo,
FLOOD DANGER AT WINTER GAMES SITE ALL OVER
Squaw Valley, Feb. 9, The 24-hour flood alert at this Squaw Valley site of the Olympic Winter Games was cancelled today after an opportune snowfall.
H. D. Thoreau, managing director for the Games, declared: "We're back on schedule. Now we have to go back to packing the courses." Snow continued falling today! and the new pack, expected, lo fotal 33 inches, must be packed horu on the ski race coURSES,
Shortly after Thoreau declar- ed that all facilities were in flood danger on Monday during ainstorm, the rain turned to slow. Rain creates L threaten ing situation since it melts ow and both run ofl.
The temperaturo had dipp- ed to 12 degrees Futhrenheit and by night was down to 25. It was 28 this morning.
Blizzard conditions continued, ¦ but that wasn't the main worry, Course for In fact, a practice The Nordic skiers
be was to
A good
omen?
Squaw Valley, Feb. 9. Europeans felt sorry for the organisers of the 1900 Olym plo Winter Games here, and some of them, possibly a little superstitious, sald this par- tho tends good omen for Games themselves,
what "We have now, seen nature cati on here. We have
opened at Mckinney Creek, been shown its ugllest face, country now we are waiting for s
scene races.
of the
Cross
site," one said.
Austrian
Thoreau also said the Navy's
Sepp Sulzberger, preliminary cheek of the huge compacted snow packing padceech, said "I feel really sorry holds promise. The pad, located for the Americans who under- in the lowland meadow, was a went such louble to make these sea of water on Monday,
"As soon as the water prob- lem started to subside, the main
Gumes go well.
"The place and everything is
which has been terrible,"
new danger was over," Thoreau de- here. It's just the weather
Wally Swift, Britain's newer war
welterweight king
By ARCHIE QUICK
Irish boxer still undefeated
Another romanic chapter in the story of the Prize Ring was written at
Nottingham Ice Rink when local boy Wally Swift made good by win-weight from Belfast, Northern ning the British welterweight championship after being an "unknown" | Ireland,
Martin, pi
until a few weeks ago.
in fact. It can be said that he rounder." He graduated to eight; was a nobody until he "arrived," rounds, and immediately lost to Miss und deprived Liverpool title modest Liverpool performer Then he Kald holder Tommy Molley on points named Tony Smith. sudden though of the right to make the had a run of six successes, but West Indian Louis St Boswell. dropped a decision to
Sir Francis Cassel, Paget's racing manager, her death was
Once reputed
Lonsdale Belt his own property.
he had diabetes for years. She felt quite well when she went to bed last night. Apparently she A third notch on that Belt and Molley would have qualified for died of a heart attack.
to own about a pension at the age of Blity. Of 600 race horses, she spent huge course, he can still toke the Belt If he should ever sums of money on bloodstock in and pension
back outdistancing even win
the championship the 1930s. the buying of the late Aga Khan, which is doubtful after the way
Swift so decisively beat him.
In the game at 4,30 pm. Sop pers face strong opposition. Both stdes are fairly evenly balanced, but Lanes have a big advantage in the threes which should give However, thece them victory. minor Army games are always AP.
this spiritedly fough: out, orch
could turn out to be quite a thrilling emerging victorluza.
game. with Lanes Greta Anderson
Construction work begins on Asian Games stadium
Djakarta, Feb. 9. President Sukarno today opened
construction work
the on main stadium for the 1962 Aslan Games.
The stadium is being built in the Indonesian capital
Saturday, 13th February, 1980 | Soviet aid.
The President in
with
to swim in marathon event
*Buenos Aires, Feb. 9. Danish-born long distance Ander. swimmer Greta son has arrived here to compete in a marathon
Spare time boxer
True, Bwifi was Midland Area champion a distinction he will now be forced to for- felt by rule--but he was only a spare time boxer with his major
income derived from his job as an Assembler in a local cycle works until he rained that sensational points Africa'n victory over South
weeks Wille Toweel a few ago.
The break
Only Then came the break.
Oght Albert a week after that Carrell withdrow.from his fight with Toweel, and Swifi was contest transferred from one lower down on the bill to sub- stitute. To the astonishment won! of the boxing world Now he is champion after only 24 contests! There is a moral there somewhere. Perhaps it points to the present low ebb of British boxing, although I would rate Swift a distinct prospect.
Now another phase opens up for the Nottingham boy,, Will he leave his cycle works
the Now he is in
mones? Already the loquacious Mr Biddies is talking of an Em- pira title fight with the Aus irallan holder, Goorge Barnes, and he does not seem to care Nottingham whether it is in
or Sydney.
race at the seaside resort He must have been helped by of Mar Del Plata on the fact that Toweel had come
straight February 21.
from a winning fight Today she swam for four with Harry Matthews at Madi- hours in a local pool and plan-son Square Garden, New York, a speech
was out-
There are also hints of Euro- by ned to leave for Mar Del Plata but the performance respected
Miss standing all the same, and justie ther nations, we must think of tonight or Wednesday.
Which s not let Anderson told reporters she is fed all the grandiloquent things pean and World bouts in the not re in sport. Do
George Biddles has too distant future.
for cham- this work cannot be carrying a gold key sent by the Manager
champion Wally cumplea
time. Don't Mayor of Long Beach, Cali-been saying about the boy for a just plain nonsense,
while. Biddles is the plon of kng Mayor fornia, for the
Leleester publican who steered Swifi is still in the apprentice- should be a i say to ourselves that we
Buenos Aires, conaci nish the job.
Hogan Kid Bassey to a world ship atago: there born in tle.
large for learner badge on his dressing gown. citizen.-
The Sale of Cash Sweepeeld: "To Tickets on the above at the Club's Branch Oflices wili Felday, 12th close February, 1960, on follows: 382 Nathun Road, Kowloon at 4.00 p.m. King's Road, North Point.
Hong Kung
at 4.00 p.m.
5 D'Aguilar Street, Hong Kong,
at 6.00 p.m.
Buliding, Ploor, Chuter Road,
Queen's
Hong Kong,
nt 6.00 p.m.
Ground
The Draw will be held on the Ground Floor, Public Betting Hall at the Race Course, at 11.30 n.m. on Saturday, 13th February, 1960, By Order of the Stowurde, PEAT MARWICK MITCHELL & CO. Treasurors.
"I kope Dnt by the time of The opening of the Asian ROS
nothing will be left undone."--Reuter.
Miss Anderson was Denmark but la no turalised American -AP
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Still the fact remains that a "six # your
ago Switt
A HORSE THAT DOPES ITSELF
Washington, Fox. 0.
Star Ice is the racehorse that can't help winning--because
FOA-
he dopes himself. The only snag is that he is banned.
for the reo- Trouble began
year-old with his first away win. Sallyn tests showed that he had been spurred on benze- by a liberal dose of drine.
The horse was disqualified by the New Jersey Rooing Com- mission. Ils celebrated trainer.
Harraway, Tommy
wan suspended. And his owner, Mr Lewis Thompson, Decial
THE GAMBOLS.
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TO EAT AT HOME!
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assistant to the Becretary the 0.8. Air Force, was told
found. And again trainer Harraway was suspended.
that the horse was barred in The commission decided to keep
the horse for observation. Now Jersey.
Kiven several WAN Then the commission found two | Star Son
time that
Every work-outs, and admitted Frooms who
benzedrine wero traces of they may have been taking a
found. The commission camo nap when they should have
to the conclusion: This horse is been watching Star fee.
a freak. The commissioners decided that
someone must have slipped │It is carrying bim the drug while the grooms and All bans were asleep, Bu Derulons were lifted.
next FACE- Star Ice won his
this time by 10 lengths. Again
dose of bongedring
P
wasi
or no
I sincerely hope that ikke so many others before him this modest boy is not broken on the wheel by being rushed over-matched fights.
Into
Russian betters own world hurdles record
Leningrad, Feb. 9.
Walter Hammond in car accident
Pictormaritzborg,
Feb. 9. Walter Hammond, formor England cricket captain, who is in hospi tal horo after a car de- cident, was said today to be "satisfactory,"
Hammond, who is 56,
·recoivad serious hoad Injuries when his
car overturned last Friday,
China Mail Special.
London, Feb. 1. John Caldwell, unbeaten dy-
knocked out Young Spain, former European champion, in the third nound of their ten rounds con- text at Streatham ice rink here tonight.
non-
It was an impressive "warm up" by Caldwell for his L'e fight against Risio Lanic- koken (Finland), the European champion, at the Empire Pool, Wembley, in a fortnight's me. -Reuter,
West Ham beat Olympic XI
London, Feb. 9.
Sulzberger, French conchi Honore Bonnet, and other out- cials said the heavy snowfulls dan't matter. "This will not interfero with our training," Bonnet said. "Tho track may be a bit heavy at the beginning, but if snowfalls stop as forecast, we would have fine tracks dur- ing the Games,”—AP.
SHEFFIELD SHIELD
NSW beats W. Australia in hectic finish
New
Sydney, Feb. 9.
South Wales beat Western Australia by nino wickets in a hectic finish to their Shefeld Shield match al the Sydney cricket ground today,
Left to make 28 runs to win. the Shield champlons batted a second time in roin and poor light to snatch victory before a torrential downpour flooded the
Paced by contre - forward John Bond's hat-trick, English first division professional club West Ham United today, defeat-ground. ed the British Olympic football team five to two-AFP.
MCC take on strong
The
Jamaica side in four-day match
Kingston, Feb. 10.
MCC face one of their stiffest matches in the West Indies outside the Tests when they meet Jamaica at Melbourne Park here in a four-day match starting today.
Jamaica will fleld seven Test players Frank Worrell, Easton McMorris, Reg Scarlett, Allen Rae, Chester Watson, Alt Valen- tine and John Holt.
Others in the team are Jacide who vrom rescrVE Hendriks, wicketkeeper on the West Indies tour of India and Pakistan in 1930-59, Vic Lumsden, hard- hitting Cambridge Blue, Tedkly Grithth, who scored century for Jamaica Colts against
and L Mailings.
The Soviet Union's AnatolyMCC Michailov today bettered his world's best indoor time not in
on tests because 1958 for the 110 metres hurdles
it belloves that Blar lee is the by one tenth of a second when victim of a strange series of he clocked 13.8 seconds for the meeting chemical changes which take event in an athletics
place in his bloodstream overy time he runs.
-London Express Service),
Barry Appleby
WHERE WOULD WE GET A MEAL FOR THAT P
HOW ABKUT
MY TIME AT FIVE SHILLINGS
AN HOUR?
organised by the Trud Sports Company hero-AFP.
AIR-INDIA
PARIS-dream of a world for which no cliché le good enough"
Omitted
The MCO
aro
the
Century by O'Linn
.
in S. Africa
trial match
Scores were: New South Wales 470 and 31 for one; Western Australia 203 and 204,
MOST DESTRUCTIVE
Leg-spinner Richle Benaud, the Test captain, was again the
and most destructive troublesome bowler for Now Beath Wales, claiming six Victorian second innings wit- kets
for 44 to finish with match figures of 12 for 148.
Simpson, Bobby
Western Australia's brilliant opening batsman, took his overnight 88 to 181 not out, after batting for seven hours. He was on the minuttes feld for all but 23 during the four-day match, and in his two innings batted for a of 11 hours, 11 minutes.
Sotal
only
His 101 took his season's total in Shield cricket to 902 runs for
dismissals three average of 300 per innings.
VICTORIA LOSE
when
At Brisbane, Victoria's chances of winning the Shefeld Shield dimppeared
they wero beaten by 78 runs in their match with Queensland which, ended today.
Victoria, resuming at 25 for no wicket, neoded 302 to win in Ave and a half hours, but apart from Bill Lawry (02) and John Potter (56), nobody stayed long.
Durhan, Feb. 9.
Scoren were; Queensland 177 Sid O'Linn, former Kent and 202; Victoria 143 and 248 and Charlton (W. Lawry 62, J. Potter 56, P. 4-73). China Mail Athletic footballer, scored Allen
cricketer
an unbeaten century to-Special. omitting Grox Pullar, David Allen, day in the trial at Kings- Brian Statham and Ray SWEL- mead here for the South man Raman. Bubbs Row will open the Innings with Colin Cowdrey to give him' practice mgalnut Watson in esso ho fa
retired O'Linn
ha when required
England's reached his century. With John innings in later Tests on the| Ferrand), Western Province
African tour of England CHESS
tour.
to open
later this year.
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wicketkeeper-batsman, ho
The team ls: Peter May. Colin shared a stand of 102 im just
under 100 minuter.
Cowdrey, Raman
Subba How,
Kon Barrington, Mike Smith, cored 38,
Ferrandi
Ted Dexter, Roy Illingworth, Trevor Goddard scored 37, but Freddie Trueman, Keith Andrew, the other batsmen were not im- Tom Greenhough and Alan pressive against keen bowling Mons.
and tight fleiding:
Best bowling figures were four for 00 by off-opinnor Hugh Tayfold.
Among the Jumalonna, Valen no and Holt will be fighting to force thier way back to the Test team. Good performances might Hain them places Valentino in The teama were headed by place of Chenn Bingh, who Goddard and Jackio McGlow. inade his "Tent debut" in the At close of play Goddard's do ten in the second match of the series, and lied scored 297 for
twelve-a-sido Holt as an opening batman, -----
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Here is a position from actual play: White to move and win. Solution No. 0706; 1 E-404, RXP; 2 QxQP, KIxů mate. ** London Express Basics
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