THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1961.
Thailand to challenge Indonesia Peter May scores
DENMARK ELIMINATED IN THOMAS CUP ZONE FINAL
Djakarta, Jung 7. Thailand earned the right to moot Indonesio, the holders, in the challenge round of the Thomas Cup International Badminton Competition when they boat Denmark in the inter-zone final hore today by seven matches to two.
Bus carrying
cricketers catches fire
Eastbourne, June 7. Players and officials of the Young Bouth African cricket team now touring Britain
aboard motor bus which caught fre near Beachy Head today,
were
The coach was neverrly damaged but no one was hurt.
As it reached the hend- land Amoke belched from the engine compartment. Aloments later flames shot out. Several of
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players and officials smanlı-- ed the rear windows to get ont. They threw out thele baggage before leaping to safely.
The team, consisting of promising young Houth African cricketers, mainly from the Provinces, is led by Springbok Roy Mclean, ear of the live cricketers of the year nominated by Winden this year-AP.
After gaining u 3-1 lead yesterday, Thailand's young ace Chanmarang Rotanasaong- suang easily Seat Denmark's Erland Kops in the frei singles match today 13-1, 13-11 in 81 | soinutes, to gain
fourth point.
his country's
In the next match of the evening 21-year-old Univer- alty student Narong Bborn chima clinched the victory for Thailand by beating Den- mark's No. 3 Knud Nielsen 15-0, 15-11. This rave Thai- land their winning fifth point in the nine-match Inter-Zone Final.
Throw away
Thais had the psychological advantage of knowing thas the Inter-Zone Final ħad' al- ready been won. Both the three-set doubles matches were extremely long matches with many well-contested rai-
The brilliant
Thai young players will take in Indonesia on Friday and Saturday nights in the Kebajoran Sports Hall here in Djakarta-AFP.
Palmer favoured
over Player
thin the U.S. Open
With victory assured Thai- land's Somsook Doonyasuhanon practically threw uway third singles match of the day to Denmark's Finn Kubbero who won his country's second pulut of the Inter-Zone Final. Sports Kobbero took the match in 13 minutes in two straight sets
13-1, 15-2.
The Thai players then coasted lo easy throo-ce victories in the final two doubles of the tie, Narong and Naphi beat Kops and Henning Borch 5-15, 15-f1, 15-10 and Chavalert Chumkum and Chuchart Vatanatham over came Finn Kobbero and Ham- mergard Hansen 15-4, 13-15,
15-10.
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New York, June 1. Illustrated, America's weekly sports magazine, pre- dicts Arnold Palmer will pre- vall over South African Gray Player In
Open the US Golf Tournament starting June 15.
this
The
appraisal:
maites magazine Palmer, as everyone knows by now, is the most aggressive audi daring player In ment golf. Such a competitor must necessarily be wild at
fourna-
+1
In both the doubles matches | times, and Palmer certainly is, the Danes fought hard but the but he proved last year
Cherry Hills (Denver, Colorado -site of the 1980 Open) that tight fairways and heavy rough
Stirling Moss will
drive a Ferrari in the Le Mans
Le Mans, June 7.
Stirling Moss the British ace driver, will make a bid to win the classic 24-hour Le Mans sports cur race in a three litre Ferrari it was learn- ed here today.
Ush
the hallmark of every course on which the open is played- are not cough to stop him when he is playing well.
"Oakland Hills In Birming- hm. Michigan, will never in- Umidate him, for no course Ever bas done so. If he is at the top of his game, as he has been so often throughout the winter and
spring, Palmer will win That's off there is to that
PUTTING TROUBLE "Ever since his victory at the
GILROY LOSES EUROPEAN TITLE
Freddio Gilroy goes down to the canvas, while dofending his Europeon Bantamweight title recently. Standing over him is the victor, Piorro Cossomyns. -Central Pross photo.
O'Neill, Dexter, Illingworth
may be fit for first Test
London, June 7.
sparkling 153 not out for Surrey
London, June 7. Peter May, who asked not to be considered for the first Test against Australia because of doubts about his fitness, played a sparkling innings of 153 not out for Surrey against Somerset at Taunton today,
May, who has been suffering from a groin strain, took things easily at first, but when set, was running sharp singles with no apparent trouble.
G.
He reached three figures in At Derby: Sussex 201 only 140 minutes with 18 tours, Cooper 87, K. Suttle 58, I. Dux- and with Mike Willet (73) and ten five for 52). Earbysblr: 29 Ron Tindall (71 not out) giving or twe him good support. May was. able to declare at 358 for four wickets.
To the rescue
At Stroud; Gloucestershire 300 for the declared (R. Nicholls 107, A. Milton 75, X. Mornmere 44, P. Watt styin for 07). Northamptonshire eight 100
Yorkshire, the County three. Champions and leaders of the At Snibalon: Leicestershire 204 tabic at present were, because | (L. Gardner 69, J, Flavell six of Test calls and Injuries. for 77). Worcestershire ·49 for without five capped players thres,
against Essex at Harrogate. At Newport: Glamorgan 310 They were soon in trouble for eight declared (A. Jones 42, against pace bowlers Trevor B. Hedges 58, D. Ward 15, P. Dalley and Ken Preston, but Walker 112 not out, B. Wells Philip Sharpe came to the oven for 06). Nottinghamshire
rescue with a powerful innings 33 for three.-Reuter. of 82 out of a total of 175, Khalid Ibadulin, Warwickshire's Pakistani-born opering batsman. All 171, the highest score of his career, against Oxford Univer- sily at Oxford. He took 210 minutes to reach three gires, and was missed when eight, but chee past the century mark he batted treely, and Warwickshire were able to declare at 325 for Ave. Ibadulla hit a six and 22 foters.
PRINCES
Century-makers
Other batsmer revelled in the conditions of firm wie- kets and warm weather which prevalled over most of the country.
Peter Walker. Glamorgan's England all-rounder, who spent much of his youth in South
Norman O'Neill, the talented Australian batsman, is regarded as certain
to play against England in the first Test at Edgbaston tomorrow, Africa, hit 112 not out against Thursday.
With Alan Davidson bowling and Test selectors watching closely, O'Neill
batted beautifully for a half an hour today.
Masters, Player has been having last Saturday.
putting trouble, particularly on the short putts. In tournament after tournament he could
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seen on the practice grers, long after he had finished his round,
Moss w drive a 12-cylinder jentered six rear-engined vehicles putting hundreds of bulls at a the popular family hole from three to four feet out, 2,053 ce sports racing Ferrari in (based on
"He tried switching from the unother famed model, the Renault Dauphine. company with
The American veteran Briggs) mallet-head putter he had used British driver Graham Hill.
This combination of top Bri-Cunningham has entered a team all winter and at the Masters to
drivers
favoured of specially-modified Maseratis, blade, but still he wasn't en- Is the
but was
trouble over Urely satisfied. Otherwise he anving Italk
Ferrari team Scuderia
complying with the refuelling was hitting the ball as well as who last year won the race
"His full assortment of shots Indicates that old international regulations, which as usual, are ever rivalries have been forgotter ino complicated that even con-
and the thoughtful way petitors fear win 10 AFP.
plays them are bound to make a concerted bid to
Player a formidable contender world's most famous sports car
course as dificult a contest.
Ouklund Hils. But he will have to have full confidence in his putter on those hilly greells."-- AP.
one
miscalculations
Cricket 'throwing truce' ends
The "throwing
London, June 7.
truce" agreed between the MCC and Aus-
The last practice inps were begun today under a stormy sky. Entries had been limited to 55 cars, but there were five reserves in case Anyone should fall to comply with the r gulsions. Only
ear--the Lotus been 61, which hus Number strongly favoured for the Index of performance and index thermal efficiency prizes-failed to be present. It has not yet been entered by the competitors. Mors's chief rival was con- idered to be France's Maurice Trintignant, with the Italian co-driver. Abate driving a considered doubtful. Mr Ronnie simlar Ferrari, who did not show up for today's practice lapy.
of
As always, there was a strong French bid for the index of per- formance prize Jast year won
on
Charnley to defend title
There was no trace of incon-is the vital question that the venience from the tonden in his (Selectors must face up to. left knee which he damaged
Australia hold
Ashes. the when selding at Hove (Sussex)
which they regained In Adelaide two years ago. Eng- Iand have no casy task in try- Ing to get them back. could be a closely contested three- month struggle with the deck-
O'Neill Anished his trial by sprinting
the up and down pitch and turning quickly be- tween cach run. Thereupon Benaud wasted no time La "O'Neil bas annound: passed bis test and he will be in the
ho eleven providing feels no ill effects in the morning"
Main question
Nottinghamshire, with a dlx
and 18 fours of his chief scoring }
strokes.
For Nottinghamshire off-spin- ner "Bomber" Wells look, seven for 60 in
total of 316 for eight declared,
400 metres win Other century-makers were
for Milkha Singh
St Maur, June 7. slars left to the fifth and final Singh, romped to victory in an India's Flying Sikh MILKMA
Test at the Oyal, in Augunk.
international 100 metres race at More than fifty years have
athletics meeting special passed since England last mot inauguratig the new sports Australia at Edgbaston and since stadium of this suburban city, those days the headquarters of near Paris, the Warwickshire County Club; Singh was timed in hns undergone ກ tremendous seconds. Frances Vitasse (49.5 sees) was second in the six-man face.
he
England players were also change. in action at the same time. The two invalids
15
for
47.4
Lancashire's John Bond, with 105 of the Cambridge Univer city bowlers, and Ron Nicholls of Gloucestershire with against Northamptonshire.
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Closing scores Close of play scores in today's | cricket matches were:
At Lord's: Middlesex 310 for even declared (W. Russell GB. R. Gale 47. P. Parfitt 07, F. Tit- mus 43 not out. P. Bedford 44 not out). Kent 47 for no wicket.
At Taunton: Surrey 358 for: four declared (M. Willett 73, R. Tindall 71 not out, P. May 153 not out). Somerset 35 for no Ted Dexter and Test cricket returned there
wicket. Rny Illingworli, appeared to in 1957 and now it is the best
In the same meeting. Bcl-
At Oxford: Warwickshire 325 Dexter, in his equipped erleket ground in the gium's Roger Moens, the world for five declared (K. ba ill, though
Ibadulia spectators. Over 100 metres record holder, won 171, D. Amiss 41, J. Kennedy 71 short spell of bowling, did not country
the last ten years the local sup the international 1,000 metres in not out), Oxford University 37 attempt anything strenuous.
poured at 2 mina 22.9 sees. Frances Michel for no wicket, the England porters club have Colin Cowdrey
least a quarter of n million captain said: "I shall wall an
At Cambridge: Lancashire 330 see how Dexter feels in the pounds from the profits of their Jazy was second in 2:22.8.
About 3,000 I do not expect to football competitions into mak-
spectators in- for three declared (3. Bond 105, morning. name the final side until after ing this an up to dale sports cluding the Soviet stars Valery B. Booth 83, R. Collins 71 noi
stadium. ten o'clock tomorrow".
Brumel, Bolotnikov and Bolshov, out, P. Marner 62 not out). Cam- who will compete alen withbridge University 19 for one. England have
Singh in the Grand Prix off At Harrogate: Yorkshire 175 Paris meeting this Saturday, and (0. Sharpe 82). Essex 70 for Sunday, were present.-AFP.
four.
The main question seems to be
never lost
A
London, June 7. whether England can afford 10 Test at Edgbaston. They have tralia on November 9, 1900,
Britain's Dave Chartley will enter this match with only two won four and drawn three, In ended today. Under the truce," which ap- defend his European lightweight pace bowlers, Statham and True-e first match there in 1902 title against Italy'sun. If Dexter cannot play his England dismissed Australla on plied from the start of the carboxing
all-rounder then Eng-rain-affected pitch for their rent season, umpires in County Ralmendo Nobile at Rome on part as
30, George matches bad to report to Lord's June 28 it was announced here and would do better to rely on lowest Test total,
15, doing the Barry Knight from Essex. This Hirst, three for any bowler whose action was today,AFP.
The teams
The teams for tomorrow's first Test are:
Aird, the MCC Secretary, sald today that only one bowler had been reported.
In the case of the one bowler reported, Mr Aird's statement said that "the county has been
by DB-Panhard from the informed." This makes it clear
only French competitor, who has
WOTAN
that he was a bowler of one of the English counties, and so all the Austraitan bowlers have calised the umpires in the 11
played so far,
Ambassadors of Football contest
demegs.
England: (from) M. C. Cow- drey (Capt) (Kent), D. A. Allen (Gloucestershire), K. F. Bar- Tington (Surrey), E R. Dexter (Sussex), J. Edrich (Surrey), R. Illingworth (Yorkshire), J. T. Murray (Middlesex), G. Pullar
Statham
matches which the tourists have Following are the standings in the Hongkong R. Knight (Essex),
Ambassadors of Football contest after yester
The bowler who was reparted
was Harold Rhodes, the Derby-
day's voting:
Senior Team
shire fast bowler. Majur Douglas Carr, the Derbyshire Assistant Secretary, said Rhodes Hung Walt-kit. (Potica) had been reparted, adding that Ko Po-keung (Tung Waht the county had not yet decided to Cheung-yau (SCAA) what uction they would take.
Rhodes was no-bailed six times for throwing when play ing against the South Afrleans at Derby last nummer.—China Mail Special.
THE GAMBOLS
THE COST GRAPH HAG
OVERTAKEN THE PROFIT.
LINE BY £46,000
WE'VE LOST THAT £1,500,000 CONTRACT)
Baby B
OHP
Lau Kin.chung (SCAA) Wong Man-wai (appy Valley) Wong Chi-keung (SCAA).... Chan Fal-hung (Tung. Wah)
North (Hongkong Club)... Yiu Cheuk-yin (Tung Wais) Chow Blu-hung (KMB) Chtung Biu-keung (Poilce)
Junior Team
EUROPEAN BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS
English boxer one
of
top contenders for
heavyweight title
Belgrade, June 7.
OF
SPORT
Royalty has long been a patron of sport. It has also provided some of its
most dashing competitors. Just how good have they been?
JOHN
COTTRELL
investigates. He tells of the prince
who greatest
scored
try
the
at
Twickenham; of
the
prince who diced with death
on the race track; of the time when the Prince of Wales - now the Duke of Windsor -carried
on with his favourite and dangerous sport of steeplechasing after the King and the Prime Minister had asked him to give it up. Tomorrow the China Mail begins' a special series the
of
doods that make these sport- ing princes entitled -PRINCES OF SPORT.
(Lancashire). M. J. K. Smith A big blond Englishman and a husky Italian were TEST CRICKET
cashire) R. Subba Κοιν (Northamptonshire), Trucinan (Yorkshire).
0,200 Wong Ste-keung (Wah Yan 8,023 MK.)
11,209 ..... 10.660
Australia: It. Benaud (Cop- 3,550 tain), C. c. McDonald W. E 11 Lawry, R. N. Harvey, N.. O'Neill;
us (or G. W. McKenzie), P.
7,030 Chan Yin-ah (Sales)
931 Chan Kwai-wing (La Salle). 858 Chan Lill-wo (Boong Ching)
Chan Pak-ng 41 Bolle).... 71 Jung Chiu-suen (St. Louis)..
| Yu Chun-hong (Queens) k 452 Tao Kamekit (Salesian)
*17
300 ong Cheak-wah (Clemenij
120 | Cheung Kwok-hing (Elizabeth) 3 Wong Kwok-kuen Clementi
by Barry Appleby
THIS NEW AGREEMENT
INCREASES THE COST OF PRODLICTION BY
£75,000
BRRR
BRRA
BUT THAT'S ANOTHER
FOUR SHILLSNES I
A WEEK, GAY
2,70
J
1259 Burge, R. B. Simpson, A. X. 3,197 Davison, J. McKay, A. W. Grout,
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firmly established today as major challengers for the European amateur heavyweight box-
ing crown that Russia's Andrej Abramov has CASH AWARDS
worn since 1957.
beating
their opponents with knockouts.
frst
the
Edgbaston, Juno Ț. England's 22-year-old William All of today's 24 bouls are Cash awards to a possible total Walker and Italy's 21-year-old quarter-finals. Benito Penna atole the spotlight heavyweight and bantamweight Besides the
of £8,000 for the best per- at the European Amateur Box-contrats there are encounters in
formances in the England- 1.001 F. M. Mission, 12th man: B. C. ing Championships last night by the light-weiter, weller,
Australia Test scrica wɑro'an- 1,433 Booth-AFP.
Habt-
nganced here today o round middle and middleweight divi-
eve of the first Test by the convincing alons. The semi-finals will be
director of a big tobacco firm. held on Friday-AP.
The team winning d Test will receive £580, and there will ba for the aldo achieving the faster scoring rato per hundred balls in each Teat. These awards could cost maximum of £5,000.
Cooking Problems Solved
WITH GAS
Most spectacular
Walker's victory was the most spectacular since the cur- rent tournament opened last
Saturday in the Belgrade Fair Grounds. The Briton knocked
Non-stop cycling the name prize
record bid
Singapore, June 7.
.
A total Bride for
of £2,100 is not Bix individunt ver- formances. There will bo a
out Adolf Branderburger of Indian marathon cyclist West Germany at exactly ono Muthukumar today passed the minute of the Arst round. An halfway mark in an attempt to explosive right hook did the break the world record of 120 | £400 prize for the fastest 100 Job,
hour of non-stop cycling
in the series, the most wickets
• Pehna won by a technical Muthukumar embarked on his in the series, the fastest in-. knockout at one minute of the marathon attempt at the Happy dividual scoring rate through- third round over Vasile Mariu- Worki aladium here on Monday, out the series (minimum 200 tan, 26, a Rumanian who reached] He was will pedalling strongly | rona), most catches (excluding the European Shala in 193777 today and said he was cloter- wicketkeeper) in acrten, wicket- Abramov, 20, drew a first check-to cerry on until Satur»] keeper with highest number of round bye here and will make | day.
victims in excess of 15 in perlos, his first appekraned tonight in a) The existing record was set in and bowler, with meat wickets quarter-iibal bout-against-Laszlo | April 1909, by Franz Wenkant of) in one innings in series-Chrys Szabo of Hungary,
West: Germany ---UPL).
Mall Special.