THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1961.
Keen struggle for County Cricket lead EXCITING FINISH TO
CLOSE, TRUEMAN PUT YORKSHIRE BACK INTO FIGHTING POSITION First innings points for Middlesex, Hants
London, Aug. 3.
Brion Close, the man who came in for most of the criticism after England had been beaten in the fourth Test by Australia, was the hero of English County Cricket cham- pions, Yorkshiro, today.
Cyclist crashes
against car at end of race
Sherbrooke, Aug. 3. Kail Napps a 2-1-3--Ole Indianapolis, Indiana, cyclist to- day suiteres a double fracture of the right leg and a trueture!
f
of the right thigh bone when
I hit u, moving car at the Bash The of the 7th lag of the Tour Do St Laurent bleyele race,
Napper, competing in the 8th unbilal Thee as an independent, was rachig at full speed when his eyele veered into a car driven by one of the Thee off- clals,
He was taken to St. Vincent Hospital
surgery.
York:stire, who are lighting
to get back on top of the Coun- j
were
ty Championship inble Frank Budd
124 for seven against Kim at! Scarborough when Close, who broke a finger on his left h yesterday, came in to bat
They still needed 130 runs.
for Art-nings tead,
although close did not matagu to warn any points for York-
outruns
Harry Jerome
Gothenburg. Aug. 3.
shire, he slayed for 90 minutes; Frank Budd, the 100 yards and was mainly responsible} world record-holder, easily beat for restricting the Kent lead Harry Jeroine, co-holder of the to 19. He was last out with 100 metres record, øver 100
40. Including a six and six | metres here tonight, foura.
Budd Anished in 10.2 seconds,
When Kent balted a second with Jerome second in 10.5
devastating spelf by sees. me a England расс man, Freddle Trueman. put the chamabus back in the game, claimed four wickots for three? runs in 1 bails,
Other winners at the inter- Truemanational meeting were:
Fine bowling where he underwent
400 metres Barl Young (United States), 47.3 secs.
800 metres — Jerry Siebert (United States), 1:52.4.
1
1,500 metres Jin Beatty De Marcel Cloutier, who per-
Middlesex, who share seeand (United States), 3:44.6. the surgery, suid place with Yorkshire In the 110 metres hurdles Napper's coitition
Table, was good. County
gained first-Forsander (Sweden), 14.3 secs. The cyclist will remain in the ¦ Innings lead against Leicester-
Long jump - Ralph Boston hospital at least 15 days.
shire, but only after meeting (United States), 7.05 metros (20) stubborn resistance from Alen feet 1 inch). Whorfon.
Hamner Birger Asplund Lefthander Warion all 129, (Sweden), 66.08 metres (216 feet his fourth century of the season.96 inches). tie went in at the fall of the
The accident occurred us the TriVed for a luncheon break in this city, 83 miks vast of Montreal. Apparently a cur kari exiged through police curdon into the pathi of the racers.
Napper grashed into one car, WES thrown clear,
and fell agalot another vehicle. Other PUPORN W*:34 pilot tap in the muishop but none was seriously Injured.--AP.
U.S. BASEBALL
Setback for League-leading Yankees
New York, Aug. 4. Bub law, pitching his best came since he was acquired months from Culento two ago, tled New York's power hifters to six hiis tonlɛkt na the Kansas City
Women's high jump — Jolanda
first wicket and was last man Salas (Rumanju), 100 metres dut after an innings lasting 238 (5 feet 10 inches).-Reuter. minutes, which included two sixes in one over and 10 fours.
Hampshire, the current Championship leaders, also Rained
Arst-Inning lead against Sussex, but their lead, was restricted to 38, mainly because of the fine bowllor of England all-rounder Ted Dexter, who claimed five wickets for 63 runs.
Jack Kelly became the first) Devonshire bowler to claim all ten, wickets in an innings in the Minor Counties' match against Berkshire at Torquay. Kelly, the former Nottinghamshire spin bowler, took the ten Berkshire first innings wickets for
runs.
Closing scores
50
Close of play scores in today's
Albieties matches were
brat the Yankees, 6-1.
'Myth'
TWO BRITISH FIRSTS'
Martin Hyman (left) and Basll Heatley, the British long-distance runners, make it a tle, for the first place in the six-miles event at the White City, London, in the Great Britain and Northern Ireland versus Americn athletics match recently. The British pair's time was 28 minutes 7 seconds. The American men beat the British by 122 points to 88, but the British women took their revenge by beating the American girls by 56 points to 30.—COI photo.
heads
team for
Admiral's Cup
London, Aug. 1.
Myth of Malham, Quiver III, and Griffin II ore.
the three yachts chosen by the Royal Ocean Racing Club to represent Britain in the Ad- miral's Cup.
At Blackpool: Essex 252 for! This International match
GJ embraces the Channel
and Kansas City's triumph, In its eight declared. Lancashire
for no wickel. Rain curtailed Fastnet ocean races and the piny.
two most important big-boal races
Week-the of Cowes Britannia Cup and the New York Yacht Club Trophy.
The team will be up against
last game of the season at Yankee Stadium, narrowed the
At Scarborough: Ken! 273 and Yankees' Brst place lead to B go and a halt over Detroit, 21 (or four. Yorkshire 194
2-1 winner over Washington Close 40). Rain curtailed play.
in an afternoon game.
PAVED THE WAY
(B.
At Chesterfield: Somerset 230 and 40 for one. Derbychire 235 H. Johnson 70, W. Oates 3B, K. Palmer six for 70).
By
JACK KNIGHTS
irong competition from France. Her only class win this sea- Holland, Sweden, and America. son was when Captain Jack Myth of Matham, designed Coole skippered to Dinard (and An exciting first tuning,
At Pontypridd: Gloucester 24 from the start 11 A flat-out he won't be aboard in any of which two Yankee errors, to="and ID (D. Carpenter
88). Reing machine and owned by the Admiral's Cup evenis).
John Illingworth and Peter
in
gether with three Kansas City Glamorgan 136.
Baby food did
it for
this horse
Sydney, Aug. 3.
A horse reared on baby food astonished Australian TAONGOTIN yesterday by winning after tailing the field by 100 yards.
The horse, Mighty Oak, is owned
by Mrs Churchill,
J.
secretary three doctors. Mrs Chur- chill o owned. Mighty Oak's mother. When the foll was born abe decided to rear him on the dict her employers recommend- ed for babies.
Mr Charchill said after Mighty Oak's success in the three-year-old Maiden Handicap as the Hawket- bury Country Course: “The dosage was larger, but he received the same diel na young babies." -- China Mail Speclat."
SERIE
hits, gave the Athletics three, Al Portsmouth: Sussex 141 Green post and present com- Drumbeat has benten her on Leo Espinosa to
Hampshir 170 Livingstone 42.
unearned runs and paved the and 179 for eight (A. Dakman modores of the R.OR.C., is one the two occasions they have way for Bud Daley's 15th loss 01).
(D. of the most famous ocean racers raced together this season, against eight victories.
of all time,
Drumbeat,
unfortunately
Show bad a shutout until the!
She won the Fastnet in 1047 missed both the North Sea and At Leicester: Mddlesex 327
hard Dinard races, so probably didn't sixth during when Yogi Berra for seven deelared and 56 for and 1949. And, given a
wind os the nose,
still qualify for selection. Leicestershire 247 (A. single home Roger Maris, who two. had opened the Inning with a Wharton 120), Rain ebstailed prove winger.
But it would have been nice) Quiver 111, owned by S. H. R. Clarke is a new boa: but shef to have had a beamy, shallow, America-type bout such VS
slugle and advanced to second play,
a walk to Mickey Mantle.
veteran righthander,
Con
At Coventry: Nottinghamshire has dominated Class 2 this sea-Drumbeat in our team to take The
263 and 63 for live, Warwickson. role to his seventh victory Inshire 169 (A. Smith 42. M.
She won in both the Morgan on the tereigners on their awn 15 devisions; halted the Yunker Smith 49, R. Hitchcock 56). Cup and Lyme Bay races and terms. rally by disposing of Elston Rain.
was only beaten by 10 minutes: At Warcentor: Worcestershire in the recent Dinard race. Howard on a line drive to thei third baseman and striking out 302 und 92 for five, Northamp-
lakowron,
wnshire 241
Grin II, owned by (J. Wild 70, M. Hesults of today's games in Norman 80). Ruin,Ruler [N.O.R.C., 185 more controver- cluded:
alat selection, although she won: The Fastnet back in 1951 when; owned by Owen Alsher.
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Duke of Edinburgh
'finishes second
Cowes, Aug. 3
There was a royal smile at
Cowes today when the Duke of
1 Edinburgh took second pince in
the Flying Fifteens event.
Twenty-three ynchts of the 1530 gathered at Cowes for Bri
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ARMY INTER-UNIT
Christy O'Connor ATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIPS
takes a five-stroke lead
Edinburgh, Aug. 8,
Parachute Regt win in last event
By ARCHIE QUICK
London.
Christy O'Connor, the "Irish | The most exciting fintsli that can be remembered
Ryder Cup player, shot a great 03' in an unrelenting downpour today to, siresk into D five-stroke lead
the halfway stage of the £3,500 Carling Caledonian Protes sional Golf Tournament.
O'Connor's 30 holes total of 127 is only one stroke outside the British tournament record of 126 set by Tom Hallbur- 100 (Wentworth, Surrey)
ati Worthing nine years ago.
in the long honourable history of the Army Inter-Unit Athletic_Championships' had the khaki-clad ranks of spectators at Aldershot last week on their feet roaring home their favourites and the result of the pulsating finals was that 1st Battallon The Parachute Regiment beat the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards by winning the last event of the day, the four times 440 yards relay, by inches!
The local-based "Paras" had| Just the man for the vital Job seemingly lost Kitchener,
The 30-year-old Iriali golf stor rovelled in the grim conditions, pitching and putting with supremo skill on the soak of rescuing ed greens. He tamed the 8,213 yards Longmiddry Course down to an outward half of 33 and an
Inward 32.
Lying second to O'Connor, on 132, Is Benard Hun! (Ahris- bourne), who carlier in the day broke the record for the Long- niddry Course, by ang Stroke with 1 64. Harry Weetman (Seladon
went Park), who round the Luffness New Course in 04, is lying third on 133.- Rouler.
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Parachute Regt 126 points, the Grenadiers 110 and the . HE's 109. Just to show how hectlo It all was., the winning time of 3 mtas 20,9 seen was a naty Army record and the Grenad- lers equalled the existing re- cord of 3 mins 27.0 week.
With Kitchener wero Pten D. now disbanded 3 Training Regt Pearson, K. Repper and K, RE-103 points.
Poyning. The "Parce" were win- iners in 1943, 1950, 1855 and The runners set off level. 1957 and runners-up in 1954, Das Klichener had just that touch of class to pull his Re-were surpassed-in the hammer Three other Army records giment through amid Intense | excitement.
That gave
couse in Sgt Brian the Army mlle champion. When they set out for the last quarter "log" the Parachute Regt had and 1 Training Regr HE-Ter 110 points, the Grenadiers 107
nants of last year's winning but i
the throw, pole vauli and 4 x 830
yards relay. The Parachute Ro giment's two men in the pole vault were SI G. Morris and Pte. Lee, who each cleared
AUSTRALIANS WITHIN
SIGHT OF VICTORY
Surrey skittled for 79 runs
London, Aug. 3. Routing Surrey for only 79 runs in their first innings, the Australian cricketers pressed home their advantage and were in a good position to force victory with a lead of 355 at the end of the second day of their three-day match at the Oval today.
Scoreboard
FIRST INNINGS
(G. A.
•
12 to beat the existing aggre- gato of 23 ft 0 ins by six inches, and in the hammer throw the Grenadlers' two of SMI A. Paint- er (120 ft 21⁄2ins) and L/Cpl A. Hughes (105 It 0% Ina) beat the previous best of 2021 81⁄2 'Ina by a 161⁄2 Ins. In the four half miles the RE's record-breaking four were 2/Lts H. Muir and H. | Mawer, L/Cpl J. Gibson and Spr 3. Reynolds. Their time of 8 mias 0.0 sees improved on the old time by 3.3 secs.
Disqualification
The fight for the Champlon. Guarde ship, in which four Regiments bad reached the Finials for the first time over, would have been oven closer bat for an unfortunate db. qualification in the 4 x 220 Fords relay which deprived the RE's of 14 points.
But for this they would have been runners-up. In the last "leg" of the event the RE run- R.ner cut in on the Arst bend and baulked an opponent and was fruled out for obstruction after his team had finished second. Even so, with, the winning of 27the four times 880 yards race,
Replying to the Australian first innings total of 209, Surrey! lost their last seven wickets for 35 runs in just over DYL hour and a half this morning, Australians:" 200 leaving the tourists with a lead Lock five for 93), of 130 The Australians scored
Surrey 255 for nine in their second (44 for three wickels overnight) innings before declaring at the A, B. D. Parsons c Jarman b close.
Gaunt M. D, Willett e Misson
Gount
the Royal Engineers now hold
17 {every track record at the Alder- shot Military Stadium from 100 yards to three miles,
Corpi Dominic Kelly, the Eng-
lish and International of 8 Ba RAOC and Army three thiles re-
Lowest total
S. J. Storey b Gaunt
of Surrey, short several R. Swetman
Simpson leading balansen, were com-
st Jurman b
2
0
12
0
cord holder scored a notable "double" by winning the three
e Lowry
2
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pletely outplayed. Their 70 G. A. R. Lock e Simpson b
Misson was the lowest total against
E. A. Bedrer not out 'the tourists this season.
A. D. Sydenhain On a plích of easy pace, the
Simpson Surrey batsmen, with tow ex- P. J. Loader ceptions, tall lamentably, Simpson
Extras though the Australian bowling was not especially impressive,
Total
Run Gaunt, the pace bowler,
Anished with four for 28 after u
miles and the one mile team
races, while Depot Bn RASC
Agured in both the 88 stones and
100 stones tug-of-war Ansis, and won the latter. The Gordon 79 Highlanders took the lighter
events.
Fall of wickets: 4-53, 5-53.
spoil this moming of three 8-60, 7-00, 8-00, 9-73. wickets for seven runs in 10 overs, and Bobby Simpson, the leg-spinner commanded
much.
respect in that he conceded Misson only 17 runs in 12.2 overs and Gount took three wicketa
Harvey Simpson
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SECOND INNINGS
Australians
If any suspiclon existed in the Manila, Aug. 3. minds of the 5,000 crowd that World ranked bantamweight the pitch was responsible for boxer Loo Espinosa of the Surrey's collapse, it must have R. B. Simpson e Swetman-b
Sydenham AUR- * 6-8 | been dispelled when the Griffin II will be skippered Philippines was made
Edrich b In the match by the vastly ex-favourite today to beat Austra-tralians batted. Bobby Simpson W. M. Lawry c
flan featherweight
Bedser the perienced Major Gerald Potter Wally Taylor in their 10-round Surrey attack from
the champion und Bill Lawry mastered
the startR. N. Harvey e and b Lock non-title bout here on Saturday and in 100 minute they took N. C. O'Nelli b Bedser American bid night.
the total to 02 before Lawry P. J. Burge b Sydenham
R. Benaud Lock b Syden- edged a calch to Up, -
1pm Simpson, with the aid of four B. N. Jarman not out.
from Lock, I, W. Quick e and b Storcy minutes and L. F. Kilne e Bedner b Storey Extras
Of the opposition, I fancy the chances of the Americans who was
Odd-makers picked Espinosa, rated the No. 8 con- with Hask du Font's alum tender for the 118-pound crown fours in an over jum Cyane, B11 Snaith's Figaro, and Jocab Isbrandtsen's held by Eder Jofre in the latest reached 50 in 95 powerful Windrose.
Ring Magazine ratings, by virtuo altogether batted two hours 20 The Swedish team Includes of his experienco,
minutes for 64 which included Svet Manan's Anlirs
eight fours. which won the Inst Fastrei, and the Dutch have the famous eutters Corabia and Zwerver, which won the Britannia Cup the year vofore last.
Espinosa, whose campaigns
of the A peculiar feature Championships was that the Grenadier Guards, stationed at WDusseldorf, landed eight firals, 3 two seconds and three thirds to 4the Parachute Regt's six frats, 0 one second and two thirds.. If looks anomalous, but the on- swer is that the Parachute Hogt scored their firsts in events producing greater number of points.
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20
For the Orst time, a Minor Units Championship was held for establishments of. 200 This was won by 10 Parachute Ordnante Field Park /RE.ME, stalloned at Farnborough, with 62 pointa, with 15 Coy RAOC (43 points)
32 and Depot East Anglian Belgade 13 (37 points)
second and third respectively.—Banews Service,
10
Total (for D wkta decl) 228
have brought him all over the of successes for Burroy and half 3-131, 4-139, 6-165, 6-102, 7-190.
Full of wichete: 1-92, 2-123 S. African Test
His dismimal began a series
world, has had 05 boule of the aldo
were out for 185, which ho WOD
40. six by Sydenham having taken three 8-225, 0-225. knockouts. On the other hand, for 12 runs in five overs of left-
Bowling analysis Taylor has fought 17 bouts with If all the foreign yachts,ar-
arm fast-medium Jeliveries. 15 victoria. His fatet vicin rive on time our team win
After a short break for rain, Loader tiave to soli right on top of
was Auburn Copeland, of Flint, Barry Jarman hit freely, but In Sydenham- it form to win. Given plenty default in the sixth round of a dismissed Quick and Kline and Bedser
Michigan, whom he bent by the fast over of the day Storny Lock of hard winds from ahead, they scheduled 10-rounder her last Benaud declared the Innings-Storey Frnight just do fi.
(London Exprets Service).
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live in England
Plymouth, Aug. 3. Rune Endean, the former South African Test cricketor, arrived here by sea with him family today--possibly for good, Mr Endean. a 37-year-old chartered accountant, has spent his Ilfo in Johannesburg but is now.considering prospvets for himmelt and 'his family in Eng-
Jend.
Travelling with him werg his London-tats wife Muriel, whom ho met on the Bouth African Test tour in England In 1985, and their three-year-old NOT Mark, and four - month - cid dkughter, Jano.
"My wife is quita kemi la come back and Ive in Eng. tanid", said Mr Bidesh, * 18hə has, never really 'willed down frs: Johansenburg "--China - Mall Spočiatą)