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OLYMPIC PROSPECTS
India Has At Least Two Top-notchers
Bombay Policeman Fast Enough For High Hurdles Final
By ERNEST M. DHARMA
India's hope for an Olympic title. is centred around blue-eyed, G fool-2-inch Jim Vickers, a Bombay_policeman and the country's ace hurdler, who is a virtual certainty for the Indian track team provided the Indian Olympic Association makes up its mind to send a team.
Vickers any his best unofficial time for the 110 metre high hurdles is 14.3 secs. He is currently at the peak of his form and claims he is doing a consistent 14.3-14.5 at his work-outs. He feels that weather conditions at Lon- don might help him to cover the distance in 14.2.
Vickers, who weighs 175 pounds, on the Olymple contingent than with
is a well proportioned athlete, Born the more vital task of selecting In-
todia's athletes. In India of British parents, he married and the father of an eight- month-old son.
He was vitally interested in games wille at school but only look up track at the age of 20. He decided 10 concentrate on hurdles and coached himself (India's biggest handicap through the years Ins been a lack of professional athletic conches).
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appearance in the
NO ATHLETE YET NAMED
He said that while the team Ja expected to leave Bombay in another six weeks not one athlete or hockey or football player "has riefinite knowledge of his inclusion."
be-
The writer sald: "The IOA has decided to enter teams for hockey, athletics, football, boxing, wrestling, cycling and aqua
....Cycling and Making his
entrics 10-13 Bumbay Olympic Gaines, Vic. quaties ore
chuse of squabbles In the national kera made his mark and went on controlling bodies....There 14 no to win the title at the 1945 All India national body for boxing, and there Olympic Games in 15.2 sees.--the
Is opposition to a football team be present official Indian record. Vleing sent in view of India's pathetle kers, however, has clocked 14.7 to standard in this game." establish official provincial records Bitterly, the writer added: "The at other meetu.
only known 'certainties for Olympic trip today are, I under- stand, the officials who are to ne-
In
Vickers beat the opposition at the Olympic Selection Games held Calcutta on March 27-28 this year, but explained that his poor time of
203
15.7 secs. was due the strong
wind he ran into.
FASHIONED ON FINLAY
company the India contingent."
the
The afternoon Bombay paper.
Free Press Bulletin, in an editorial tilled. "Olymples," said:
to
"As the time for the lighting of the Olymple flame at Wembley draws nearer, India's position vis-n- Vickers Just "crazy" about
vis the World Games grows more America's current hurdling Bensa- chnetic. tion, Harrison Dillard, but sold he "While one lol of sportsmen and Jos fashioned his style on that of sports
go begging sponsors
for former English champlon, Don Fin-
cap in hand, another lot lay. He said he was presently con- wrangles about who is to go centrating on upping his speed be-London and a third lot agitates for tween the jumps-taking a line those who are left ou!. from Dillard's method of training.
"At this rate of retrogression, not Vickers nained three other track-only will India not be able to send men who, he feels certain, will make the Indian Olymple team. They ure; Eric Philips, an Anglo-Indian sprinter of Madras, who has clock- ed 10.0 sces, for the 100 metres and niso specializes in the 200 metres; 11. Rebello, another Anglo-Indian per- former, whose 50 feet 2 inches for the hop, step and jump will see him represent India in this event; and. Chota Singh, a Sikh fro Patiala, who will coinpete in the Marathon.
Vickers told me: "We will do our best for India at the Games." And then, he added this wistful affer- thought: "If the 10A will make up Ueir minds."
Up to the time of writing, the 10A hus not made its official selec- 1ons. Many of Bombay's sports writers have been blasting this body for its apathy and indecision.
A story headed "Fear that India may have to cry off Olympics," ap-
team representative of all
her
talents, but it is more than possible that she will not be represented at All:
"It is strange....no one in the official sphere bothers very much whether India is to be present at the Olympinti?
"The World Games symbolise one last attempt at global solidarity in an age of confilet and partition.
On July 28 a flame will be It which will be the only light left in a world gone dark and dismal.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1948.
The SPORTS NEWS of The Day
ALL T
BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS
SEMI-FINALS ON FRIDAY
*Can't you shut that door 7 No wonder 1 keen catching cold!'
DAVIS CUP
FRANCE BEATS
RUMANIA
Bucharest, May 5.-France beat Rumania three matches to two on Tuesday in their first round clash in the European Zone Davis Cup tournament,
Bernard Destremnu of France heat Kasche Caralulis of Rumania 6-2, 6-4, 7-5,
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MAY BE CLOSE
Programme Of Four Matches At KCC
The first matches of the semi-final series in the Colony Badminton Championships will be played off at the Kow- loon Cricket Club on Friday night.
These will include both the matches in the semi-finals of the Junior Singles, one match in the Junior Doubles and one in the Mixed Doubles. The first of these will start at 8 p.m. Admission will be $1.20.
BOXING
VILLIMAIN RATED ABOVE SUGAR RAY ROBINSON
BY ARCHIE QUICK
I do not know which I admired most at the Intest Harringay boxing tournament, Eric Boon's tremendous pluck or the workmanlike way the new Freddie Mills ́dis- posed of the Scottish heavyweight chamlon Ken. Shaw,
Boon to me was greater 'in defeat than he ever was in victory. He showed us what goes to make a real cham- plon-uniimited courage, refusal to stay down, and an auto- matic fighting brain even after the normal senses have. departed.
STARTS DRILL
In Robert Villimain, European champion, he met the man I be- love to be the best wolter in the world and that goes for Sugar Ray Robinson and Marcel Cer-T dan. The Frenchman's loft was never out of Boon's face but the Chatterly lad kept coming on smiling and was only finally counted out five seconds before the end of the final round.
He
Three of the four seeded players | muscuamur Danohar as one of the greatest fights
in the Juulor Singles got through
to the #nal. One was eliminated
by the KCC's rising star, S. Saul.
TAM V. SAUL
On Friday, Saul meets K. Y. Tam of Sing Two and the match should be a close one. Tam is the better. ll-rounder of the two but Sau should he touch form and And himself in the right mood for the accusion, could surpass hlm in everything but courtcraft.
Saul has an understanding even of this at his best moments that la more a Senter than a Junior player's but he has also a knack for
mis-
timing his returns and when he can't connect once it in usually the beginning of an expensive streak of mishits.
At his best he is certain to beat Tam, at his average he is almost as certain to lose against a player who, Incking a repertoire of certala ace-winners, plays a solid game every time.
STAMINA V. COURTCRAFT
The French victory evened the score at two matches cach with one more to play. Rumania won both singles the first day while The other Junior Singles semi- France took the doubles on Mon-nal between A. L. Fisher, of the diny.
KCC, and W. C. Chung, of the Chinese Sanitary Inspectors' Club, will be a match between stamlun and courteraft.
the Fisher Iacks former and Chung the latter.
Marcel Bernard of France then took the court in the decisive match against George Viziru, also to win. -Associated Press.
zone
Aussies Beat Leicestershire
seems fated to appear in classic contests for I remember well his winning bout with Arthur
I ever saw. Boot won only the sixth round, in which he was bril- Hant, and in the ninth round he fell down from sheer exhaustion after a toe-to-toe nonstop sipm.
And yet heard one bright soul
who has probably never had a glove Lelcester, May 4.-The Aus- Inid on him shout, "Let's have a bit tralian cricket tourists bent of life in it" when the fighters were Leicestershire by an innings and taking it easy for a few seconds.
RETURN FIGHT The Anal scores 171 runs.
症 Swede, Having disposed of were:
Australians 448, Lel-
Putchman, Italian, South African, cestershire 130 and 147.
Belglan, Pole, and a Spanlard în quick succession, Freddle Mills hns now earned himself a. return fight with Bruce Woodcock for the Doncaster Ind's titles.
the ground to recover from heavy After waiting all the morning for rain, the Australians dismissed the
batsmen for last Ave county
runs.
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Needing 205 to make the
Australians bat again, Leicester lost three wickets for four runs when play was resumed just after lunch and the match was finished in an hour,
Australian-born Victor Jackson
batted stubbornly for 31 not out, but received little support. Sperry, claimed 13 of the 14 runs added for the ninth wicket.
Ian Johnson took another two wickets for seven runs today with his off-spinners and Anished with seven for 42.—Reuter.
LTA RAISES EYEBROWS
on his smashing, which can at times London, May 4-OMetals of the be devastatingly accurate. In British Lawn Tennis Association, longer volleys he will be playing organisers
of the European
into Fisher's bands, The KCC devastating Davis Cup tournament, raised their player can flick up o eyebrows today and indicated that crosscourt drop that is an ace every "questions will be asked"
about time. Swedish amateur star Lennart Ber-
However, though Chung will be Kelin's public exhibition match at a disadvantage in a valleying against Spain's professional
Pedro game, Fisher will lose out as much Massip in Barcelona on Monday. u a point-for-point struggle and a After Sweden passed into the long first game going to five up will second round of the Davis Cup inlce a lot out of him. Should
match go to three games, the odds tournament by taking the first three are heavy on Chung's taking
against Spain. It was definat one. matches cided that only one further Davis Cup singles match should be played | between Sweden's Torsten Johansson and Spain's Mario Szawost, Joon The reminder of the afternoon's
programine
devoted the
Chung will have to rely largely RESERVE TOURNEY
"Is there any reason why India should not help light this name and keep it burning?
for which site strove to be free?
"Is that not one of the purposes
"If the people cannot collect funis in time to send an Indian tearo to London, then let the spon- Cors of the Gandhi National Memorial Fund give them a which they will repay in due course.
Was
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Mahatma Gandhi would have amateur versus professional Berge supported this proposition whole-Mossip match in which the heartedly for he, more than anyone Swede came out on top by 6-3, 0-1, else, understood the need for the 6-4. 10A youth of the world to get together. venture
pearing in die spurts pages of Bombay's National Standard, is typical of the articles presently be int written by sports scribes here expressing their distaste for handling of the Olymple
and their fear that this body will verin This Is the time for con-
JUNIOR DOUBLES
the
the
The Junior Doubles semi-final be- tween A. Ho and K. F. Chlu, the Chung Wah pair, and Recrelo's A. clone but the odds are on the For Bayot and F. M. Ribeiro should be
tuguese pair.
up
I think he will bent the York- shlremen if ever they meet in the
men fight we are all waiting for. Shaw is no duffer but Mills, fitter than have ever seen him, had him down within a minute with the best short left I
I have seen for a long while and then for the remainder of this first round Shaw went down five more times.
He had a nasty gash on the mouth which eventually necessitated his staying in hospital all night having stitched and sporting Mills made
an appeal to the referee to stop the fight. This he would not do, but Shaw's seconis surrendered at the end of the round.
Within 36 hours of leaving the ring, Mills South Africa lo
Union fight the chard Broadrieb is taking his will
Ralph, 14 stones,
e
was
due to leave for
to act as Mills' cook. They
stay in Cape Town a few days after
OPENING GAMES
the forthuight's sea voyage and then LAST NIGHT
Journey slowly 1 to Johannesburg Mills will fly back a day after the fight to prepare for the July world The Colony Reserve Chess title fight with Lesnevich. He is
commenced Tourney
at the very cons
confident of bringing that Peninsula Hotel last night with championship to England.
Huntman is trying to get the two D. E. de Carvalho, Grand Old
on the Joe Man of local chess, turning back British, fighters a spot
Joe Walcott bill of the Premier Reserves Cham- June 26-Associated Press. pion. V. N. Dounaeff.
The gume, a Gluoco Plano, was one of the best played locally in a long time. Dounseff, with the white pieces, kept holding a positional advantage throughout the game but would not let him capitalize on it the veteran ex-Colony Champlon and turned the tables in a pretty endgame. Dounnest resigned
42 noves.
after
Louis-Jersey
Olympians Win Again
5.
China's
spectators
Heavyweight Champlon Jos. Louls starts training at Bloomingdale, Mich., for his title match with Jersey Joe Walcolt, on June 23, with a wood sawing session.
AP Wirephoto.
Sugar Ray To Defend
Chicago, May. 4-Ray Robin- доп, the world welterweight champion, has signed to defend his title against Bernard Docu sen, of New Orleans, in Chicago on June 4.
The Illinois Athletic Commission, in approving the bout conditionally, say a final approval will depend on Ray posting a $10,000 appearance bond.
I the weather is suitable. the fght will take place at the Baseball Park, but otherwise in the indoor International Amphitheatre.-Reu- ter.
SPECIAL TRAIN Manila, May its third victory, defeating the has ordered a special train to take Olympic eleven last night scored the British middleweight champion, London, May 4-Vince Hawkins,
local inter-collegiate selection his supporters from his home town Bayot and Ribeiro combine well
1-0.
of Eastleigh, near Southampton, to and the latter has terrific smashing Davis Cup
Portsmouth, for his next fight, on teams are free to
Fifteen thousand power. Neither Io nor Chiu com- themselves nction. India must be fully please
whether
The other big game of the evening they peted in the Singles and have re-
watched the visitors outplay and May 17, when, he meets Mark Hart represented in London irrespective play out all five matches after a side served their fire for the
between A. Biriukoff, runner-up outmanoeuvre the local team at in a non-title fight over elght rounda. Doubles.
-Reuter. of the support it
the last Reserve Tournament play-zal Memorial Stadium. it may or may not gets won the tie. They are enllled They are a solid mir, if they do not C. S. A, Swamy, a sports con:- from its Government."
to end a tie at 3-0 or 3-1 and 81 up combine as well., and either has
ed in 1941, and Karel Welss, rank- Chu
forward, Wing-keung, star mentator, who represented India in And so, while Jim Vickers and his the programme with amateur ex-good idea of courieraft.
ing Senior player, was adjourned scored the first goal in 25 minutes the Marathon at the 1930 Berlin three likely team mates are eating hibition matches if desired.
after 32 moves,
in the first half." Games, in 11 series in the their hearts out for a crack al National Standard, charged that IOA Olympic honours, India's sports officials have been more concerned oficials are allegedly twiddling their with winning places for themselves thumbs.
bungle Indio's representation.
RED SOX OPEN WITH HOMERS
S
Stan Spence (right) of the Boston Red Sox is greeted by Vern Stephens of the Sox (No. 5) and the bat boy after hitting a home run, the first score of the season, in second inning of league-opening gaino with Philadelphia Athletles
at Boston. (AP Wirephoto).
MIXED DOUBLES
A
adjourn-
of
· BANTAM BOUT London, May 4-The bantam- championship elimination
Rowan, match between Ston Liverpool, and Danny O'Sullivan, of London, will take place at Harringay on May 31.-Reuter.
Three minutes later, Chow Man-weight chi hooted the second goal and after another two rulnutes. Chu Wing- keung converted a penalty kick,
In the second half, Chu Wing keung scored another goal in eight minutes of play.
the
The game was played mostly near the local team's Boni, with
right Associated Press.
If they do, they should overwhelm local tournament chess, R. Segalen visitors bombarding it from left and Association, is on his way to Syd-
Welas slipped up in an irregular VIOLATION OF RULES
defence to the Queen's Gambit De- It will be interesting to see it 3. clined and was fighting an uphill An amateur exhibition match J. Remedios and Mrs O. Silva will battle all through. The againat
a professional, however, strike the same form as they did in ment saw Birlukoll a pawn up in a must be regarded as violation of the eliminating the seeded Recreio pair game of queen, knight and pawns. rules of the International Lawn Tea- of M. A. Oliveira and Miss M. Silva
He also held the better position.
EXCHANGE OF VISITS als Federation, which prohibits an
in the second round of the Mixed
London, May 4-Mr F. S. Gentle, amateur playing a professional in Doubles.
Making his first appearance in
Chairman of the Greyhound Racing public exhibition without previous nuthorisation being obtained from
did not fare too badly Ullan Miss
against the Ramon Young and the Federation.
noy to visit his daughter and have holder of the Colony Championship,
GLASGOW CHARITY CUP Khoo is of course for the better
in look round at the sport there. Officials of the British Lawn Ten player, but Mrs Silva has a
Karpovich,
London, May 4-Celtic beat Third nis Association, which is represented } conception of Doubles play and little moves ber and held him to 36
resigning.
Lanark by on goal to nil in the Ilis visit may result. In Dave on the Committee of the Interna¬
can pass her by at the Defence to lose a plece for a pawn Cup.
Segalen slipped up In a Dutch semi-final of the Glasgow Charity Sands, an outstanding | Australian tional Federation, could find no net.
middleweight boxer, coming to Eng- trace of any Federation permit being Remedios is a spectacular player. on the 21st move. He layed a good The semi-final between Rangers hand for fights. Mr Gentle may also granted by the Federation
gamo for the He can be brilliant but has a ten-defensive
halding and Particic Thisilo is being played arrange for an exchange of visita Dergelin-Massip performance. Nor dency too to mishit. Though they
disadvantage and might tomorrow and the final takes place by British and Australian grey- turned the tables had they any application for such a are up against as good a combina-hove
against a at Hampden Park, Glasgow, onhounds and for Australian football match, the ometals said.
tion as a Mixed Doubles lourneypoorer player.
Saturday, May 8-Reuter,
to be played In England.-Reuter.
They expressed surprise when informed by the United Press that an amateur versus professional con- test had taken place in Barcelona.- United Press.
EIRE CLEAN UP
London, May 4.-Elre won the two outstanding singles in their Davis Cup first round tie against Luxem-. bourg at Dublin today and will in the second round meet the winners of the Egypt and Denmark match now in progress in Copenhagen.
G. P. Jackson (Eire) beal Wam- pach 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 6-0, and then C. A Kemp (Eire) defeated G. Wer- thelm 6-0, 6-2, 0-4.
Eire thus won the tle by Ave matches to nil. having assured themselves of RUCCORS yesterday when they followed Saturday's two singles successes with a 'win in the doubles.
DENMARK LEADS
Ano
material
while
can produce, the odds, I think, are In other games, R. W. Carter beat on the Recreio pale if they are in V. V. Kolatchoff and Jacob Ramler
beat S. Shave.
form.
BASEBALL
PHILADELPHIA CATCHES
UP ON CLEVELAND
New York, May 4-In the American League, the Philadelphia Athletics moved into a virtual tle with the Cleveland Indians for first place in the American League Shortstop, Eddie Joost's two-run homer in the 10th inning gave the Athletics n 8-6 victory over the Indians.
The Indians, who won their first six games, have lost threo in a row and lead the Athletics by only 52 percen- tage points. Centrefelder Sam Chapman also hit a three run homer for. Philadelphia in the third and first baseman Eddie Robinson drove a homer for Cleveland in the second. After two days' postponement be- cause of rain, the Brst round tie The New York Yankees remained
AMERICAN LEAGUE between Denmark and Egypt opened half a game behind Philadelphia in Copenhagen today,
with a win of 0-1 over Saint Loulay Ulrich, of Denmark, won the The Yanka broke up the game with opening singles against Adly Shall a three-run seventh inning to break 0-1 7-5, 5-7, 5-7, 8-0.
their third place tie with the In the second singles Najar, of Browns. Egypt, won the first set from Kurt Boston won Its third straight vic- Neilson 6-3 and the Dane took the tory. A four-run blast in the sixth (Winning pitcher Frank Shen) second at 0-2 when play was die inning, sparked by Wally Moses Detroit
3.0 continued owing to bad light. The single and shortstop Vern Stephen's Boston
3 12 .... 10 match will bo continued tomorrow. two-run triplo brought the Sox a (Winning plicher Dave, Ferria)
-Reuter.
10-3 victory over Detroit.
Associated Press
Cleveland Philadelphia
(Winning pitcher Lou Drissie) Saint Louis New York.
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SWIMMING PRACTICE Denise Newman' (on bench), ir asslated by 'Edna Child (right) in loosening up exercises. at Blackpool, England. They and Kathleen Callibert“ (left) are probable entrants in Olympics springboard diving.