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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1961.
MAY, COWDREY PLAN TEST SPEED-UP
Warning: Don't expect village green hitting
by FRANK ROSTRON
England cricket captains Peter May and Colin Cowdrey, backed by chair- man of selectors Gubby Allen, are determined to make this year's entertainment memorable Test series against Australia the most
1 English fans have had for a long time. May and Cowdrey told me of their keenness to duplicate the thrills of the Australia-West Indies series that has just ended, while they discuss- ed their hopes and fears for next summer.
Peter May
We all
want
Lo
speed up cricket
and make it entertain-
ing.
But the two Englishmen are also facing the series realistical- lyund warn against cricket followers expecting 80 runs an hour or a dozen wickets a day whatever the conditions.
I like the balanced пла modest attitude of this like- able pair of sportsmen. When I interviewed May, le silpu- lated: "First, I would like to emphasise I am not England's captain and I have not yet
been selected as even
*
quoted on any polley unless
Colin
Cowdrey
I am certain every effort towards at-
player. I would not like to be tractiveness and action Cowdrer's generally will be made
by us all.
1 shail do all in y power to open up the
you Conie, as, no
doubt, Richie Benaid will want to do. But it is not perhaps as simple as recent events anoke
it sound.
Colin
FEL views as well,"
Obvious solution
caretaker
can equal the ex-
of a tie like that in and all the ensuing
amazing
BURNLEY IN FA CUP SEMI-FINALS
London, Mar. 2. Burnley defeated Shefeld Wed- Besday 2-0 Lonight and entered the semi-finals of the English FA Boccer Cup for the first time in 14 years. The two teams drew 0-0
Stiefeld on Saturday,
#f
Hamburg on Wednesday next week.
Sheffield United, the only team to reach the semi-finals as the first attempt on Saturdaƒ, lost their place at the top of the Second Division on goal over-
AMERICANS AT HOCKEY
Touring Privateers outplay KCC in
opening match
By NUMPERE
JOHANSSON
OR
PATTERSON?
sre to Ipswich Town, who best The Privateers raided the Kowloon Cricket Club Ingemar Johansson
them 3-1 af Sheffield today.
In the sixth round replay at
Burnley, the home tram grab-Ipswich were a goal down
bed two #cond-half goal to
set a partisan 49,113 roating with delight,
Burnley now
crowni
meel Tottenham
-half-time,
Results
pf
Hotspur or Sunderland (who | Resulis replay tomorrow) for a place
in the final,
The two Burnley goals came through Robson - his 34th of ilie season – and Irish inter- national Jimmy Mellroy from A ponally. The penalty was Awarded after Mellroy him- self Was brought down 1:cavity. Burnley has
How enhanced its chance of snatching an un- usual double. It is in the midst of a quarter-final battle with Hamburs Sportverein of West Germany In the European Champion Clubs Cup. Burn ley won the first leg in Bri- tain 3-1. The second leg is at
At
tonight's British football matches were
ENGLISH FA CUP Quarter-final replay Burnley 2, Wednesday 0." (Win- ners meet either Sunderland or Spurs).
ENGLISH LEAGUE Division I Leyton Orient 1. Plymouth
Argyle 1.
Division M Bradford City 0, Colchester 1.
SCOTTISH`LEAGUE Division I Motherwell 4, Dundee 3. (Post-
poned from February 23).
Division I Sheffield U. 1. Ipswich 3. (Post-
poned from March 4). AP & Reuter,
U.S. swimming
ace retires. at age of 17
New York, Mar. 7.
So I contacted Cowdrey, the But perhaps it is too much man who took over the Teat to hope we Fortunately, the conditions captaincy when Peter had to citement and the outlook of the players stand down through health Brisbane proved to be ideal in Australly. alt last year. Colin said imhris in that recent But in England neither side mediately: "I have never re-series.
Firstly, we need good wen- may fed the situation as shriple. | garded myself as anything but
ther. Secondly, it wil still be during captain We shall play attacking crick-Peter's absence. But if my views difficult if the bowlers again et wherever we can. 190 WL as captain of Kent are of Inter-obtained dominance.
If we get firm wickets, sun obviously can't turn Test mal-est, you are welcome. ches into cay village-streen Nobody knows yet who will shine, and light air thd batsmert "Rogging." So I hope the public be appointed England skipper should be able to open up and won't expect to see batsmen next season. But if May, already we shall be able to prove crick- corelessly flinging their bats in training for top physical fet in England can be as enter-
"The Thrill about in an effort to bit sixes, ness. gets back to form as ex-taining as anywhere else.
gone," the "I decided
how foolish it But if you get dump wickets, pretty. blonde obvious solution
backstroke would be pected. Don't forget that the Austro-uld be to armpit Pelar ente
sacrifice to help the speed specialist from Flushing, New struggle green tops lions
something themselves scored ex-
lack of sunshine, and a York, said today. "The goals already have
attained," she tremely slowly in their last Test tain and his pal Colin Cowdrey men,
grey atmo-I worked vice-captain.
so hard for I have said. un a happy pari- consequent heavy,
"Now I'll enter college when the game nership basis.
sphere enabling the seam bowl-
at Melbourne
was tough.
Don't forget, either, that the!
was at
West Indies bat
last winter.
very slow against in the West
Indies
10T Instance.
the
Murray Halberg
Very often, to run in Japan
they enult nal
even attack the slow Jeg, spin-
last evening and came away with the spoils in a hard fought hand-to-hand encounter. By way of explanation, the Privateers are rather a rarity, an American field hockey team. They cama Into existence five years ago and were fostered with the idea of introducing field hockey into the American sporting_calendar and in it they must surely make their mark.
has knocked out Floyd Patterson. Patterson has knocked out Johansson.
What will happen when they meet the third time for the World Heavy- weight Champoin- ship on March 13? That's sport's big talking point.
At present they are on tour, KCC were now almost con- having already played in Japan, stantly on the attack but in the and from Hongkong they go | 02nd minute Schmidt-Prange to Bongkok and thence to Now collected the ball out the half- Delhi.
way line and ran through, beat- KCC Bro well known ing Chamberlain in the process, locally for their robust brand to send a hard shot past Hor- of hockey but ther were wood and make the score 5-2. given a lesson in their own KCC still applied the pressure aria by the Privateers who and forced two short-comers won 6-2. The score flatters but the Privateers eleared the visitors a little with their their lines on both occasions. last two gosts coming from
on Just
full-time, breakaways but they ther-Schmidt-Prange chased a long On Friday and on oughly deserved their success. bail, caught it, beat Gullford, and then coolly picked his spot to shoot past
Horwood
anxi Little WAG known of the make the final score 6-2 in the
Privateers' favour. Privateers' prowess
It was n the on
their very interesting match which the appetite for
Experienced
ما
Then,
hockey field prior arrival although Major Leach, has whetted currently serving with the Army the Privateers' encounter with in Hongkong, had played with Nav Bharat this evening. them previously in the UK. but they certainly showed that
in
the
The teams
they are a very experienced side. KCC: Horwood, Chamberlain, What they may lack
JAC Nery, Rosa, Tult, Reeve, Guil- trick type of stickwork often ford, Landells, Sloan, Rowan, seen in Hongkong they make up Careysford. for in robust direct hockey and their enthusiasm is tremendous, Even when well in front their 10 score more
Lynn Burke, Olympic swimming champion and one idea was
world record-holder, is retiring from competi-Foals tion-at the age of 17.
Is
to
for
and
I
Privatters: Mendt, Hylkema, Knowles, Leach, Meyer-We:ner, Von Andarza, Danet, Schmidt- Prange, J. Rote, C. Rote, Smith, Their defence was very solid Becks (substituted for C. Rote in with Knowles at left-back ob- the second half.
experienced a very viously player, and Leech supplying a spot of local colour.
In their forward line, Danel
on the right-wing was very fast and direct and Schmidt-Prange
ers in awing the ball It is going ached. There is no more In-in New York 1 haven't picked in the centre was ready to have.
to be terribly safely.
hard to attack
Anyway, given reasonable conditions, this summer's Test, I am sure, will be the best Auckland, Mar. 7. am most entertaining for Murray Holberg. New Zea-years.
hers of Ren Barrington as they land's Olympic 5,000 metres seem to have done against Ri-
chie Benard in Austrālis.
Fat the great thing proved in Australia Is that modern cricket! can still be exciting and 1. for one will do all 1 can to encourage it.
bere next
leaves champion, Tuesday for Japan to compete in two indoor athletic meetings,
He will run in a 3,000 metres rece en March 18 and the fol lowing day will take part in a 5,800-metre event.-Reuter.
Brabham to drive Cooper-Climax in
ecutive.
"I'm ohaid, if I continued, swimming no longer would be fun. It would be a bore and a drudgery."
Lynn's sudden decision is a blow to U.S. hopes for the 1904 | Olympic Games In Tokyo.
do some
which one yet-and swimming professionally."
tall and weighs
Lynn, who is 5 feet 8 inches 135 pounds, has aspirations to act in Alms and television.-AP.
At Rome last summer, Bill
Long Island girl was one of the store of the U.S. telin which won 11 championships In the Olymple pool
She won the 100-metre back- stroke in the world record thie of a minute, 9 seconds. She
500 equalled the mark on the open-
Czechs score great Indianapolis '500'
ice hockey upset Russia
win over
Geneva, Mar. 7.
Jack
Д go ot the slightest chance whilst J. Rote and Smith in the inside berths were instrumental in mounting attacks with well- directed passes.
From the bully-off the
Cx-
changes were even but in the sixth minute KCC took the lead when a roll-in on the left wing was sent to Sloan who sent a
Russell wins ard sho: just inside the post.
the Sam Davis
basketball award
New York, Mar. 7.
However, the Privateers were quickly back on level terms when C. Rate took the ball up
Saturday
the
Mail China
will present two arti- cles on the sub- ject, each with an opposite point of view. John Cottrell puts the case for a Patterson victory and Ivor Yorke ex- plains why the only possible winner can bo Johansson.
Last night's Wembley
fights
SURPRISE DEFEAT FOR
WORLD TITLE CONTENDER
the left wing and passed inside The
to J. Rote whe centred and, al- though KCC's goalkeeper Har- wood got his foot to it, Danet was quickly in to score.
KCC were soon back in the lead when from the bully the
ing leg of the victorious U.S. 400-metre relay, collecting he Indianapolis, Mar. 7.
second gold medal.
B Russell, rebound atar of ball went-out to Careysford on Brabham, world motor
She Is recognised as the the Boston Celtics, today was the left wing who cut into the racing champion, was named world's finest woman back-voted the Sam Davis aword by eirele end sent beautiful today as driver for a Coopers stroke swimmer, holder of world the New York Metropolitan reverse-stick shot screaming Climax
by the records in alt car entered
the sprint dis Basketball Writers Association into the net. Royal Automobile
as the "Most Valuable Profes- tanecs-100 yards, 100 metres, England in the 600-mile
200 yards and 200 metres,
sional Basketball Player" of the Memorial Day race.
year.
Club
of
John Cooper of Cooper Car Company also informed the Motor Speedway Cooper-Climax tha! a second
A battling Czech team tonight defeated mighty Indianapolis
as a reserve
Russia 6-4 (2-1 2-2 2-1) in the first big upset may be entered of the World Ice Hockey Championships. for the Australian driver in
mechanical case of
Death of the 'grand old man'
The
of sculling
Sydney, Mar. 1. "grand old man"
trouble
A wildly cheering sell-out during practice and time trials crowd. of 12,000 urged the in May, Czechs
the to victory. And Czechs responded like a fam inspired.
1
car
Is
Began at 8
" whзn't casy." Miss Burke recalled. "for four years prior to the Olympies, I had to live, breathe and eat swimming,
Crafty
Play continued at a fast pace Russell, Gft Din formar Son and once again the Privateers Francisco centre, will be pre- drew level when in the 26th sentod with the award at the minute Chamberlain
cleared Association's annual dinner on weakly from a long upfeld ball March 13.
which Danet pounced on and contred 10 the Schnuldt-Prange
unmarked from close range.
The Association said the Com-
St
"I had to get up at 5.30 inmittee selecting Russell for the the morning, while there were award also gave high considera- still leleles on the starting lon to Bob Petlit of the blocks. I swam two hours be- Louis Hawks, Wilt The
Chamber- rear engine
three hours after lain similar to the one in which fore school,
of The Philadelphia school every day except Sun- Warriors, Oscar Brabham drove at speeds up The Czechs turned in
Robertson of test here last day. skating
the Cincinnati Royals, and Elgin faster
performance to 144.834 in
4% miles a day, Baylee 107.3-cubic inch, than the Russians and unwinter.
of the Los Angeles IPLમાં
when I was through there | Lakers.-UPI. rettled the precision play or four-cylinder engine is smaller
and no time for dating Was American cars, the Soviet by always furious than in most
the other boys but the car is about 000 pounds social : like
and girls. I
out. was worn Fghter-AP.
Even if I wasn't tired, I had to get my lessons."
ly chasing the puck,
tf
Late goals
Australian sculling. Mr George
Towns, died at Ryde Hospital,
The core was 4-4 with 15
Sydney, yesterday, aged 02. minutes left and it looked as
Mr Towns was twlee chim-though the Russlans would jus! pion sculler of the world from gel the edge. 1901-1000, and fruin 1900-1007.
He continued racing in club evenis until he was 61.
raced
The Czechs
through the Russian defence and scored through Vlastimil Bubaik for a 3-4 lead. The stadium crupted. The Czechs made it 0-4 a lew seconds from the ageln on a goal by Bubnik.
The Russians, desperate 17
Sports Diary
TODAY Tennis
Colony Gross Court championship! Singles semi-final et nccc.
Hockey Privateers v Nav Dhorst at Soo- kunpoo, 4.30 pm.
Meeting JIKFA Interport Sub-Committee mecting at Sportsad. 6 pm.
Rugb
Then he turned his hond to! making racing shells,
Since then the majority of racing shells used in Australia came from his workshop.- get at least a point, pulled the Police Royal Navy (Police China Mail Special,
goalkeeper out of the net in the 3 pm last minute and threw him int7.10 p. un all-out onslaught on thi Czech goal. But it was
CHESS
swam
Lynn began swimming when
by she was 8, taught
her father, Robert, a crack swim- mer himself who conches the
In Aquatic Club
Flushing when not confined to his in vestment business. At 12, the was a top competitor, already with vialons of the trip to Rome.
HANDBALL
RESULTS
Bonn, Mar. 7. Sweden, the reigning chum- pions, beat Iceland 18-10 in o world Handball Championship match at Essen tonight. Sweden led 7-3 at half-time.
Four
who scored
minutes Ister the Privateers took the lead when from 2 roll-in on the right wing Danet cut in and scored. Within
a minute they wont further ahead with a crafty piece of subterfuge. They were awarded a short- corner and Krowles made
Tool obvious
that he
ON from a hand- fooled the
going to shool stop but J. Rote KCC defence ball across to
come with the
by sending the Schmidt-Prange who shot hard and although Chamberlain got his slick to it, the force of the shot look It Into the net.
Half-time Privateers leading. 4-2.
The
half continued second in the came vein, with both rides playing hard but KCC In the autumn of 1950 she went match at Krefeld, Denmark de
Championship seemed to have { little. more to California, lived with the
the play although they feated Norway 10-9 after trall-could not find a us!family of freestyle star Chris
way through George Haines of the Von Saltza anl
the Privateers' studied under 6-7 at half-time.
hard tackling Santa
rearguard. Slonn went through Clare Swim Club.
twico
but goalkeeper Meril Last auturm she entered San In Essen: Czechoslovakia beat was quickly out to kick clear. College (In France 25-0 (half-time 11-3)}; in the 68th minute Nery went California) with the idea of In Kdefeld Rimanis beat Ger- very close with a hard drive continuing her career. Then many 12-0 (half-time 7-6) from a short-corner but I went
Reuter. came the big decision.
Just wide of the post.
Brazos v St Bride's Bay (KFC)
TOMORROW Теплі
no good - and the
Czechs
had
State Colony Grass Court champlarship: Jose pulled of a victory that most Doubles semi-final at HIKEČ.
Dadminton experts sald was impossiblċ.-
Colony Junior Championship: Malehe at CCC, 7.30 pm.
By LEONARD BARDEN
AP.
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GAS IS TOPS
SAYS MR. THERM
CHIC CALDERWOOD
London, Mar. 7. world title prospects of Chic Calderwood, Scottish holder of the British and Empire light-heavyweight titles, received a severe set- back when he was outpointed over 10 rounds by unranked Philadelphian Bower Von Clay at Wembley Pool here tonight.
ARTIE
"All right I scared-don't
anyone dure kist met”
London Express Bervice.
Brumel predicts
high jump of
7ft 8.54ins
Moscow, Mar. 7. Valeri Krümel, Russia's Olymple mitver medallist, high-jump today predicted that a bright of 7 ft 5.5€ Ing. would be aohloved in five or six yetti' Almt, according to the Soviet news agonoy Tasa.
Though the verdict WAS greeted by boos from the capacity crowd of 10,500 this was not a "fluke" win by Clay, He twice had the leading world title contender down, dropping him for a count of Ave in the second round and again tog nine a tremendous ftly round,
Gory sight
Bathed In his own blood from head to knees - the result of a burst blood vessel in his noad suffered in the first round --- Calderwood was a gory sight at the end of ten bruising rounds,
Terry Downes, British midd}- weight champion, probably carn- ed another world title ift at Paul Pender when he outclassed Willis Green, champion of New England, The referee stopped the fight with 11 seconds to go In the third round.
Fender's representatives were at the ringside and must have bcen very
impressed by Downes's workmanikke victory In a fast and
furious three rounds,
Downes flung every punch in the book, sornetimes fabbing with his left, and at others sink- ing in resounding body blows. Green could do little to stem the onslaught.
Disqualified
Terry
Spinks, the British featherweight okampion, chalked up another home vlatory when he beat Cana- alan title-bolder Dave Hilton In the seventh round of a 10- round contest,
Tho referes stopped the fight and disqualified Hilton for
"persistent laying on."
What promised to be an
Brumel was speaking here on his return from the USA, where he had become the frat Soviet athleto to win a United (interesting fight between the Sintes indoor title and had also fast moving British champion beaten world record holder utili the slint-Bundling John Thomas in a series of Canadian was badly, marred by competitions.
persistent holling. The referee, He said he would rest for a amateur champion, repeatedly Mr Pat Floyd, a former British weak then start training to warred the Canadian for not lattempt a height of 7 ft 6.57 Ins
and that he thought the height stepping back of.7 0.04 Ins was the highest to break. humanly possible.
when ordered
At the time of the di Earlier, Brumot cleared qualification Spinter was get-
tom 4% in here, but this was not ting woll on
and had recognized as a world record. shaken
Canadlah with a The official world record is series of rights to the hand. Thomas's 7 ft 3% InsRouter, 'Router,
tho