Europe's star athletes clash today in Cologne International Meeting
Cologne, June 1
THE CHINA" MAIL WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1960.
South Africans send h Africans send for extra player for extra player
Port Elizabeth, June 14.
Mr Arthur Coy, spokesman for the executive committee of the South African Cricket Board, said here tonight he had received a telephone call from England asking for an extra player to be sent to reinforce the touring side.
A good proportion of Europe's star athletes and India's The call had
“miracle” runner Milka Singh are among the record number of more than 200 competitors for the International Athletics Meeting here on Wednesday evening.
If the fine weather, which has returned to the Rhine Valley, holds out, several National and European records are ex- pected to be broken.
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For the German athletes the 200, 400, 800 and 1,500 metres, Die 400 metres hurdles and the long jump will be pre- Olympic test; The home com- polilors are therefore going to give very little away to their opponents.
Top form
their first meeting this season. Against them will be France's Jocelyn Delecour now back on top form and Czechoslovakia's Mikluscak.
A
In the 400 metres, home run-
ner Carl Kaufmann will attempt to better his own European re- cord of 45.8 secs set up on the same 500-metre track of the Cologne Stadlum last year.
Harry will also be in the 200
If France's Seye and India's metres where he hopes to break Milka Singh are also at the of start the record is almost cer; Germor's European record 20.4 secs. Delecour will betain to go by the board. against him as well as Milka
The lineouts of the middle But it remains to be distance races Singh,
are still uncer- seen whether the Indian who tain. France's Jazy and Poland's arrived here last week has Orywal have
still not decided Both hold the European re-adapted himself to the European whether they will run in the cord, Germar beat. Harry in climate.
800 or 1,500 metres.
i will be another duel be- tween Germany's Manfred Germar and Armin Harry in the 100 metres sprint,
Upset defeat for
Luis
Ayala in
Kent tournament
London, June 14.
Sergio Tacchini of Italy today scored an upset 6-2, 6-3 victory over Chile's Luis Ayala in a men's first round match at the London Lawn Tennis Championships. Ayala has been seed- ed fourth for next week's Wimbledon tourna- ment.
The
tournament
at
Roger Moens, Belgium's 800 metres world record holder will be competing over his distance against Germans aiming Olympic qualifying times and perhaps against Jazy and Lenoir of France, Orywal and Switzer- land's Wegli.
All-star field
come from Mr Foster Bowley, the Board's vice-president, who la In Eng- land with the South African team and who today had a conference with team man- ager Dudley Nourse and other member of the team's tour committee.
Mr Coy all the request would be put before the Board sa soon as posible, "Bug I can-
not my anything further st this stage."
Fred Davis still.
unbeaten in World Snooker Championship
Brisbane, June. 14.
(The requested addřiložni play» | Fred Davis, of England, re-
er is expected to be a puca bowler, though this pelther confirmed nor denied by Mr Bowley in England or Mr Coy in South Afrien.
tained his unbesten record in
Spate of
drawn
games in County Cricket
the 1940 World Open Susaker YORKSHIRE KEEP CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD
Championship here by beat- ing India's Wilson Jones to- day.
One of the South African fast Jules became the first player bowlers, Geoff Grifin has had to take a frame off the English- Horrective treatment" for man in this tournament, Davis' alleged "throwing,” but he winning margin being five has lost some' of his original) frames" to two-109-14, 34-72, speed. This has thrown 80-46, 65-48, 48-71, 73-34. great burden on Neli Adcock, 77-43. · South Africa's other speed bowler, who has had to bowl marathon spells in the pur- reat Brst Test China Mall Special
THUNDER, LIGHTNING AND
RAIN FEATURE DRAMATIC
ASCOT OPENING
By VERNON MORGAN
DAY
Ascot Heath, June 14.
Thunder, lightning, rain and sunshine featured the opening of Royal Ascot today and it was fitting that horses with names like Blast, Shatter, and Typhoon should win three of the six valuable prizes.
It was a day packed with drama for in the top race of the day, the Ascot Siakes run over two and a half miles, two horses fell
Spain's Barris, France's Bernard and perhaps Jazy will be against an all-star German field In the 1,600 metres.
With Martin Lauer, Ger-
One of them, Solo Singer, of the world broke many's holder
a leg and had to be 200 metres hurdles destroyed, His Jockey, Norman 110 and records still suffering from = |Stirk, was taken to hospital sprained ankle, Yugoslavia's Larger and Holland's Kamer- beek will be the favourites for the 110 metres hurdies. Poland's Siclo and France's
be against Macquet will
the the Germans in
became a Miss Dawn Thomas of Aus-best of the board-floor air when rain tralia, 6-1, 6-1. made it dangerous to play on Today's results were:
Men's Singles courts. the slippery grass Tacchini didn't
First Round appeur happy when his match with
S. Tacchini (Italy) Ayala was moved indoors but Ayala (Chile) 6-2, 6-3. wore a big grin after upsetting
Second Round the Chilean. Ayala was serded second in this tournament,
Rod Laver, the Australian who is seeded first in the men's angles, gained the third round by defeating Manuel
of Spain, 6-3, 6-1.
·Santana
Minor surprise
In another
second men's
beat L.
R. Laver (Australia) beat M. Santana (Spain) 0-3, 6-1.
W. Knight (Great Britain) (Nether- beat P. Van Eysden lantis) 6-0, B-1,
R. Kristinan (India) beat W. Woodcock (Australia) 6-3, 8-0.
F. Stolle (Australia) beat J. Brichant (Belgium) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4.
round C. Fernandes (Brazil) beat singles P. Eisenberg (US). 6-4, 7-5, Ramanathun Krishnan, of R. Emerson (Australin) heal
match in the
India, beat Australia's Warren I. Buding (stateless) 6-2, 6-3,
Woodcock 6-3, 8-8.
At this stage
the weather
had improved and play was switched back to grass, where
C. McKinley (US) beat A. Segal (South Africa) 6-4, 6-2.
R. Holmberg (US) beat T. Lejus (USSR) 6-4, 6-3.
R. Osuma (Mexico), beat
Fred Stolle, Australia, рго- J. Cranston (US) 7-5, 7-5.
vided a minor surprise by beating Jackic Brichtant. Belgium, 3-6 6-1, 6-4, in a
second round match. In the second round of the women's singles Britain's! Wightman Cup player, Mrs Shirley Brasher, overwhelmed
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A. Gimeno (Spain) beat T. Ulrich (Denmark) 8-6, 6-3,
J. F. Prost (US) beat N. Mozer (U.S.) 6-4, 6-1.
J. Douglas (U.S.) beat J. Pearce (Australla) 6-0, 6-4.
J. Javorsky (Czechoslovakia) beat R. Barnes (Brazil) 6-4, 6-3,
WOMEN'S SINGLES
Second Round
Mrs C. Brasher (GB) beat Miss D. Thomas (Australia) 6-1, 6-1.
Miss D. Catt (GB) beat Miss L. Hutchings (South Africa) 6-4, 6-3.
Miss E. Buding (staleless) beal Miss I. Rjazanová (USSR) 7-5, 6-2.
Miss M. Hellyer (Australia) beat Miss N. Marsh (Australia) 6-0, 0-6, 0-2.
Miss P. Hird (GB) beat Miss K. Frendelius (Sweden). 8-6, 0-0.
Miss S. Armstrong (GB) beat Mrs G. Rosin (Sweden) 0-0, 6-1.
Miss R. Schuurman (South Africa) beat Miss C. Mercelis (Belgium) 8-2, 4-6, 6-3.
Miss F. De La Courtle (France) beat Mrs J. Cawthorn (GB) 6-3, 3-0, 8-6.
with head, leg and arm injuries,
The winner of this race was
a 100-8 outsider from Lewes aptly named Shatter. He won a thrilling race from Lord Derby's Elysium, also 100-8, by a neck.
javelin and it will be the same As the Coventry Stakes were for Poland's Grabowski and about to be run a thunderstorm Rain over the course. France's Brakchi in the long broke
East Germany's Pre poured from the skies on the jump. ussge is not expected to have flimsy summer frocks of the any serious trouble from Yugo-fashionably dressed women; t or the West soaked the grey toppers of the slavia's Lesek Germans in the pole vault smartly dressed men. AFP.
World junior welterweight
EASY WIN
Favourite for the race was Typhoon, an Irish juvenile that none could help barking under the conditions, His easy win at even money at least com- pensated many punters for their sooking.
"Blast" was the expression used by many as they saw storm clouds roll up, and rain begin to fall as the Royal pro- of cession made its way down Europe's top boxers for a the course, the landaus making decade, takes his first shot at a splash of colour against the
luscious green of the course.
fight today
San Francisco, June 15
Daillo Italy's
Loi
это
a world tille tonight when he fights champion Carlos Ortiz for the junior welter- weight orowIL,
Despite the fact he has been beaten only once in ill boule, the stocky scrapper from Milari probably will enter the Cow Palace ring a 9-5 underdog for the 15-round bout that decides the 140-pound title.
Ortiz, the classy boxing Puerto Rican from New York, carried a record of 31 triumphs in 33 pro bouts. He has lost only to Johnny Busso Kenny Lane and reversed, the outcome with both in return matches.
and
Beth Ortiz and Loi hope a victory. will lead to a title bout against lightweight champion Joe Brown and more lucrative Engagements-AP,
A BOWLS RECORD?
What is believed to be a bowls record was created by Mr t K. Newton, of the Wolstanton Mrs E. Shenton (GB) beat Club, playing for Staffordshire Miss G. O'Brien (Australia) against Shropshire, He won 6-1, 6-1.
such his game 21-0 and no Mrs H. Segal (South
(U.S.) beat score by an "away" player can
Africa)
equal that in be found to senior bowls-Banews Service. 2-6, 6-2, 6-1--UPI & AFP.
Miss K. Hantze
THE GAMBOLS
I WILL
NOT
STAND
FOR IT
AVE WRITTEN A VERY
STRONG REPLY
So what better horse could there be to back in the opening race, the Queexx Anne Stakes, than Blast, He duly obliged at odds of 100-7.
few years ago, after lightning had struck the whole of the wire netting on the far side of the course, Today the loudspeaker told the pubile to keep away from all metal rails and metal objects-Reuter.
SPORTRAIT
"That's right, dear-help to keep Britain tidy, ram our liter down that little
hole"
London Express Sarsion.
Russia has
another Stepanov
Moscow, June 14. Today's thunderstorm brought back memories of the fatal ac: Soviet Russia's Victor Bolchov eident during a similar slonn a
last Sunday' cleared
Sports Diary
TO-DAY Bowls
2nd Division: VSRC ▼ HECC, 5,50 p.m.
3rd Division: KBGC ♥ HERC, Fc V PRO (44 KBGC); HKCC v Úsic at $30 pm.
awing St-George's School annual swim- ming gaiq, dun_Club Pop), 3 p.m.
Tennis Men's "C" Division. Section "A":
HKCC V CRC KTOKA V KCC 11), CRC (2) UC DOG (1) ♥ PORC
Section B”: BCAA V CCC (2), CRO (4) V KCC (4), USBC ♥ Cac (1), IRO Y LRC (a).
Mixed A Division: KOC v CRC, CCC v SCAA.
TO-MORROW
2.18
metres (72%. 1-4/5 sns) but his hand alightly touched the bar and exured it to fall.
Jocke
the
London, June 14.
On a third day in which some of the eight County Championship cricket matches were affected by rain, all but one ended in draws.
OKL
It was partly due to rain at Nottingham, most impressive 100 for Lord's that Yorkshire, the being Maurice Hill's champions, drew with Middle-Nottinghamshire.
to beat the posted
The only de brilliantly sex. agadest slightly off-form Davis,
match Yorkshire maintained their weather and win their and took the second frame to lead with 9.80 points in spite was Surrey, who beat Kent at level at one-all Davis then of Middlesex raining two the Oval by an Innings and 38 went into a 3-1 lead by taking points, bringing them to 9.76, runs with slow bowler Tony the third and fourth frames, for first innings lead,
Lock taking six wickets for 90 but was pegged back to 3-2 in The match was abandoned at after Kent had followed the fifth. However, he took lunch when Yorkshire, set 207 Sadly outplayed. Kent saved a to wis, had scored 15 for obe, little face with a sixth wicket Jest two frames com
Yorkshire pace man Bob Platt stand between -Peter Jones (45) fortably, to win the match,
which Earlier, Australian amateur took four for 65 in Middlesex's and Alan Dixon (H) Frank Harris beat his pro second innings, and returned realised runs. tesse,onal compatriot Norman match figures of ten for 88.
Lancashire displaced Hamp Square by five frames to one,
shire in third position when Freddle Van Renburg (South Africa) successfully
At the Oval: Surrey beat Kent overneme the handicap of
runs. at Manchester, bringing their by an innings and 38
three declared. severe cold in the eye to come total points to 7.04.
Surrey 349 for back from 3-1 down and beat
Kent 98 and 209. Surrey 14 New 65-year-old Clark McCouchy by five frames to three-Reuter,
Results
they gained four first innings Results of matches today were:
points against Worcestershire
Zealander, Match-saving standpoints.
ISF to open inquiry on East Germans' China tour
The Hague, June 14.
Holland's "Jan"
scor-
Although the game ended in At Lord's: Middlesex-York- abandoned n's a a draw, the Worcester batsmen shire match held out all day in
draw. Rein. Middlesex 147 and ing 367 for seven-Derek 101. Yorkshire 102 and 15 for Richardson (87) and Roy Booth one. Middlesex two points. (99) both recording their highest scores of the season,
Richardson, with a six and nine fours, shared in three match-saving partnerships. Booth hit two sites and ten
fours,
by
At Oxford: Match abandoned owing to rain. The Army 289 for nine declared and 161 for six. Oxford University 284.
AI Hove: Match drawn. Derbyshire 259 and 169 for six declared (A. Hamer 11). Sussex 213 and 60 for two. Derbyshire four points.
A fine, undefeated 60 Northamptonshire_pace bowler and tail-ender Frank Tyson De Vries, pre- helped his side score 271 for sident of the International seven in their second Summing Federation and the against
Northampton. Federation's worstary-general The visitors looked set for are to open their fifth victory in six games an inquiry into whether East with a first innings lead of 205 Lancashire 325 for nine declar- - Al Manchester: Match drawn. Germany
should be banned when Northants struggled to 148 ed. Worcestershire 111 and 367 from the Federation, it was for five by lunch. But then the for seven (D. Richardson 87, G. announced here today.
batting lightened and Glou-
At Cowes: Match drawn. Hampshire 281 and 218 for two (R. Marshall 69, J. Gray 92, H inning Horton 39 not out). Glamorgan Gloucestershire at
Spå for eight declared (D. White six for 113). Glamorgan
Bertil Ballfors
They have full powers to take any decision they find fit.
The inquiry has been called for because East German swim mers accepted an invitation from China no longer a mem- ber of the International Federa
two points.
Match
cestershire had to be content Dews 10, R. Booth 99). Laner-
shire four points. with four first innings points.
B Again
draw was the At Northampton: inevitable result in the match drawn. Gloucestershire 302 for between Hampshire and Glamor seven (R. Arnold 52, B. Crump gan at Cowes, Isle of Wight. 54, F. Tyson 60 not out). Glou- Glamorgan declared at theircester four points. overnight score of 398 for eight to compete in meetings at and Hampshire, having scored Nottinghamshire 181 and 329 for At Nottingham: Match drawn. Peking and other Chinese cilles.
Is the 167 needed to avoid an seven (N. Hill 40, M. Hill 109, The Federation's rules speci- innings defeat, had no 'fically ban any such meetings alive but to play out time.
tion
between non-member and member countries, Countries breaking this rule are liable to
expulsion from the Federation.
Replying to questions
High scores
asked Jimmy
alter R. Simpson 88, C. Poole 52).
Warwickshire 308 for nine de-
clared. Warwickshire four points. As Yeovil: Match drawn. Es- sex 207 and 104 for eight (G. Gray and Henry Barker 42). Somerset 256. So-
merset two points.
by the Federation's executive Horton shared a painstaking committee the East German second wicket stand of 140,
Al. Cambridge: Free Foresters Federation said it had not the Gray reaching 92 before being beat Cambridge University by means to control such cases and caught..
of the
five wickets. Free Foresters 400
did not even know the names It was a day of high scores in for six declared and 215 for Invited East German the match between Nottingham- Ave. Cambridge University 319
shiro swimmers.-AFP,
and Warwickshire, at land 214-Reuter.
Floyd Patterson in fine physical and mental condition says doctor
Newtown, June 14,
Could Challenger Floyd Patterson is physically fit and in a wonderful frame of
Sports circles in, Moscow, tỏ- day belleved Bolchav easily become the next high jump world champion.
Bolchov, 21, was taking part in an athletic meeting at the
Lenin Stadium in Moscow.
He and Khrachilov were the only, two men who cleared 2.00 metres. The bar was raised to 2.11 metres.
Balchov missed in his first attempt but succeeded in his second. He then asked that the bar be raised to 2.15 metres.
He missed it in his first and second attempts and cleared it in his third.
Bowls Colony Championship: Open P'aire The bar was put up to 2.18 matches at 1580C, PRC HKPC metres. Again Bolchov missed KCC, Recreio, HKOC.
his first and second attempts,
Tennis
At his third attempt, how- Men's "D" Division: ÚC ▼ CBC (1).. HKU v HKCCSA, OCC (1) Y
ever, his body, easily kec, Recreio BROC, CCC (2) v
cleared the bar but his hand slightly KTGCA, VO V BAT
Marting
'touched it and, to the astonish Hongkong Schools Sports Associe-mant of all those present, made tion anal meeting. Club Lusitano,
It fall,—AFT,
p.m.
by Barry Appleby
GAS FOR JOY
mind for his approaching bout with heavyweight champion Ingemar Johansson, an examining doctor said today.
"He doesn't seem a bit attitude and condition just one nervous about the fight," said hour before the fight. Dr Alexander Schiff, who gave the challenger а thorough, check-up. "All the time I was examining him he was yawning and seting as if he'd like to go to sleep.
'Relaxed'
"I never saw a man so relaxed before a big fight."
The doctor said. Patterson's reflexes were perfect and his blood pressure excellent.
TIMES HAVE CHANGED
The Swedish champion Is counting on the advice of Dr his personal Josta Carlsson, physician Sand expert On athletics... Dr Carlsson. Indicated he gave Ingo the same type of There will be 20 nations re- last-minute briefing before the presented in the record field of fight with Patterson last year. over 400 at the Centenary Open Golf Championship Bt St Dr Carlsson spoke readily of Andrew's in July, and only one his assignment. Last year, he Scotsman, Eric Brown, said, he went into Patterson's really be said to possess & dressing room and watched the chance of lifting the title for bandaging of his hand, and
the country which invented the Look a good look at Floyd'a
game. physical bearing.
"This time" he said, "I
com
"From the examination, I would my Patterson could fight 15 rounds" without the least difficulty, the doctor study, more the physical reac-held totalled six and the winner,
said. "He's in fine shape,” Patterson boxed six rounds and did four miles of road work,
tions."
Last year
Was
Camp attaches said he wasn't He said he noticed last year breathing hard enough to blow that Patterson
under a out a candle when he had strain, more 80 than Eddie finished,
Meanwhile, rain caused, can-
Johansson in Europe.
How different. It was at the first "Open" in 1880 'when' the
Willie Park, was handed five golden sovereigns for his work. This year's winner will get £1,250,--Banews Service,
Machen and other opponents of The Queen to watch second
cellation of Johansson's usual "I looked at his neck, where road work this morning but the the pulse, can be guessed by world heavyweight champion pressure points, and 1.saw it was prepared to increase hip | was fast. There was no doubt sparring session, punching the for me Patterson was terme, bag and doing general exercises not having control, physical Indoors later. In the day.
• and mental, for the best kind of a fight,"
Test match
Queen
London, June 14 Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh: will watch
"I fool that I am 20 to 30 per- cent better than I was this time Dr Carlsson relayed this part of the second Test matchs Last year," the confident cha opinion to Ingemar.
between England and BouY Dion wild. "I'm prepared to go
Africa later this month, t Afteen rounds if necessary, but
was announced today,
"This year"
the doctor said of
I think the fight will finish Patterson, "Twill not be sur much faster" he added.
griked it tie does not have the He expects to have a good pure. He must remember
Patterson's the beating P
They will see the game: at
Land's enoket groun Ladon, on Monday, Jurné. 27 - Reuter,