THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1948.
ATHLETES CONTINUE ARRIVING
FOR LONDON GAMES
Wembley Track Expected To Equal The Finest In The World
By VERNON MORGAN
London, July 15.-The first and inevitable question asked by all Olympic runners on their arrival in London is "How good is the track?" for they naturally feel apprehensive about a track which is only being laid a matter of days before the Games.
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It is generally supposed that tracks have to be laid for years and carefully tended so that they are perfect for the great occasion. How then can one expect per- fection if the cinders are not put down until. less than three weeks before they will first be used?
The answer to this is two-fold: Firat, down beneath the turf of Wembley there Is a track, and a very good one too, which was laid down during the days of the Wembley Exhibition in 1923 and has remained buried over since. Second, the. Organising Com- mittee has got a secret mixture which will produce a perfect surface almost as soon as it is laid.
hardly of the British
prior to crossing the English Channel and on to Wembley-Reuter,
CYCLISTS NAMED
London. July 16-Reg Harris, the world amateur sprint champion, hends the 15 cyclists named today by the National Cyclists Union as Britain's Olympic team. Two more will be chosen before July 23, the Win
Harris,
Indeed, osk anyone concerned (best ever and hos special com- and Belgium to the Channel coast, with the track if they are not tak-mendation for the cooking. The ing a risk and they scom the idea. athletes are frightened of pulung on
that too much weight and can It is confidently expected this track will equal the finest in appreciate the lot the world. The chief ingredient of housewife trying to make a week's
brick red this
a coil rations feed her family for a week. mixture which comes from the hills of the-Reuter. Midlands county of Leicestershire.
INDIAN HOCKEY TEAM It being shipped, more than 000 tons of it. in fleets of lorries from
London, July 15.-Eighteen keen last day for nominations. the laboratories over 100 miles from
now fully recovered from his re- young Indian hockey players cent London.
arrived here last night. They were cent mishap, is chosen for the 1,000 India's Olympic hockey
his team, who metres sprint and paired with have come to Britain to retain the nister, for the 2.000 metres tandem Manchester Club mate, Alan Ban- Olymple title they won at Amster-eve dain in 1928, and retainert Angeles in 1932 and Berlin in 1930.
In Los event.
Another. rider chosen for
two evenir is Tom Godwin, of Birming- Their task is regarded stiffer in this series than on the whom the pursuit team of four will as being ham, who is one of six men from
other occasions when success at be named, and either ho or Ken tended their efforts. There are three Marshall will ride in the 1,000 Runners from overseas who still main reasons for this view.
metres time trial-Reuter. doubt its quality have been taken. In the first place, the opposition to the sample strip in the Stadium Will its time include Great Britain, grounds and asked to test it. There whic did not enter a team for the Games. Playing under have been no complaints, and fast Berlin
familiar weather conditions and on times in the Olymple Stadium aro
ndently predicted.
their own
British soil, the
are In-thought likely to prove formidable The latest Olympic prrivals clude the 22-man Philippine con-opposition.
Months and months have been spent in preparing the mixture for the track so that it will withstand all weathers and all wear. Any number of mixtures were tried be- fore the present one was pleked, and then not until famous runners had tested it and pronounced first class.
NO BOUNCE IN THE BEDS London, July 15-Beryl Marshali, blonde 18-year-old Argentine back- stroke expert, today crawled two lengths of the swimming pool, shook her head and said: "No complaints except those beds." And beds are the
only big gripe the
"We do miss the sun and the
tingent and the 18- Indian Secondly, they will also meet new six Argentine girls have.
OF
GOING THEIR
SEPARATE WAYS
Jockey Orlan Brown stiil hangs on to the bridle of Charloteer as he is tossed from the saddle after clearing.
the last hurdle in the Hibler Purse hurdle race at New York's Belmont Park,
COMPTON AGAIN INJURED Cerdan Offered "Largest
Gentlemen in Strong Position
Against Players
London, July 15.-Denis Compton, who was injured when batting in the third Test last Saturday, received another nasty blow on the head in the Gentlemen versus Players match at Lords today. Struck on the back of the head by a sharp throw in from Wooller at short leg, he sank to the ground, but resumed batting after a few minutes' rest.
were
At
out of their plane sirong as a team, on this occasion hard is Argentine's-chlet hope in "Centlemen's total of 208 for nine shire 202 and 7 for one.
and
Purse Ever In Britain
London, July 15.--Lew Burston, Américan representa- tive for Marcel Cerdan, today announced that he is con- sidering the "largest purse ever offered a boxer in Britain" to match the European Middleweight champion with the British titleholder, Dick Turpin.
Burston zold the offer was made
by promoter Jack Solomons, for a fight in London in August or Sep. At Wembley the eyes of the
World will be fixed on
tember.
Cerdan has already signed to meet Tony Zale for the world's middle- weight title in New York sometime this fall.
to
The Frenchman is scheduled leave for the United States to begin training about August 1, and Burston said that he would reach some deci- sion before then.
Lennart Strand
After playing the next ball he staggered in the crease, but insisted on carrying on, and in the next over hit another Wooller for three fours. After being struck painful blow on the shoulder, he was eventually out for 81.
hockey squad. The Filipinos few strong opponents. in Pakistan, who
The Players got a great start with At Northampton: Northampton-
By LARS OTTOSSON in from. Manila after a record-play with the same style and tech-food, but the condillons, are much
declared (Oldfield a frst century partnership of the shire 445 for.
5 for breaking 8.000-mille fight
Washbrook 103, C. Davies 87, Wright
If Lennart Strand, Sweden's season by Hutton and from nigue us themselves, and seem ilkely better than we expected in England, but wickets went cheaper once this 114; Kent 71 (Nutter 5 for 34, Manila.
to make a bid for Olympic honours.
said. The only complaint we they
wonder miler, nover achieved Thirdly, while the Indians
are have are the beds. They
stand was broken, and at the close Partridge 3 for 17) and a for-4. arc They stepped
the Players, with four wickets in
Bristol: Derbyshire 207 looking magnificent in their
He declined to discuss the possibi- the impossible feat of "running new they lack the
"wizard"
hand, services of
-still 73 behind the 210 (Lambert 4 for 20); Gloucesterity that Cerdan might fight Turpin with the hare and hunting with Panama hats, grey blazers, blue ties of the stature of Dhyan Chand.
Beryl and white flannels and shoes. This
At Birmingham: Warwickshire 300 the Arst negro to hold the British the The Indians are not taking their the 100-metre backstroke event.
The girls are billeted in South- declared. Kenneth Cranston was in
his date with Zale.-| graduated for 4 declared (Ord 126); Scotland title-before ball, small but select team de ner job lightly. Their late arrival here land's College, Wimbledon, about 15 great form with the
taking pect to win many medals, but they was occasioned by the
United Press. 152 for 0 (Lumsden 86).—Reuser. fact that minutes bus drive from the Chelsea three for 32 in 10 overs are hopeful of Rodrigo del Rosario they had been engaged in special swimming pool where each day they
Four missed chances had enabled getting; a place in the weightlifting training ut
camp In Bombay, are
Rodriguez coached
Casnang,
the Gentlemen; to add 110 for the by their events.
work as a brushing up
team.
The girls were swimming for the loss of five wicketa two hours
In Their one-man track team is the
On a arrival at London airport, they
The before lunch, Norman Yardley, sprinter. Bernabe Levin, who were met by the chief manager of third time since their arrival,
men arrived first and imbered up twice droppert, pulled and hooked makes up for lack of inches with on the Indian Olympic team, Mr Moln-
50 minutes for
before the girls strongly in getting 61 out of 90 exceptionally muscular frame. Theul Huu, and were taken to their
went into the water.
in 05 minutes. He hit ton fours. team will rely largely on European
Cashane were optimistic of their in the Players' attack Bedser in one diet while in London, but to supple-quarters in the Richmond camp, just
outside London.
to play This morning they were reported chances. He said: "We are swim-spell. looked very difficult
and he deserved Butter reward thon of rice and to be fit, well and happy, and content ming much better."United Press.
four for 80. with their accommodation. Today'
ment their rations they brought with them two
sacks one of sugar.
The Indians came as conquerors they were resting after their journey. with a reputation to uphold. They but tomorrow they intend to get have won the hockey title the last out their hockey sticks and continue three Olympiads and ure sel on their preparation for their bid to making history by winning It four gain a fourth hockey title for their
country-Reuter.
times.
While the general view is that the Anal will be between Indla and Pakistan, the Indians appear to be as frightened of the British side 83 of her neighbour, although they do not seem to be really frightened of
anyone.
The holders take the view that, on British soil and on an anticipated heavy ground, the British may prove very difficult to beat.
Competitors who have already had time to settle down In their Olympic camps seem to be com- fortable and hitherto there have been no complaints. Indeed, many are saying the British camps are the finest of all Olympics, including Berlin and Los
The South African
who come from a land of plenty, have been particularly lavish in their praise of the food they have been getting, Ira Emery, the veteran leader of the South Africans, says it is the
EARLY BIRDS.
London, July 15-The Philippine Olympic team of 30 competitors settled into the routine of camp life and training on Thursday at the Ux- bridge Village.
They arrived un Wednesday night. Other early birds at the camp are the Canadians, Egyptions, Jamaicans und Koreans-Associated Press.
THE TORCH
Valetta, Malto, July 15.-The frigate Whitesund Bay has left Multa for Sephalonia where, at the week- end, it will carry the Olympic torch
from Greece to Italy across the
Adriatic Sea.
The torch will be lit at Olympla and carried via Corinth and Athens to the Greek coast. A naval athlete will carry the torch ashore at Bari and then it will begin the long trek through Italy, Switzerland, France
STATUE OF MAN O' WAR
Plaster statue of Man O' War is viewed in pad. dock at New York's Belmont Park by Johnnie Loftus, who rode "Big Red" 10 times in 1919. It will be cast in bronze and erected at horse's grave in Lexington, Ky,
Shanghai Drubs
Manila 5-0
Manila, July 15.-The Shanghai XI, making their initial bow here this evening at the Rizal Memorial football-feld, blanked the Manila Terminal 3-0.
At Worcester, Combined Services became the third side in the 30 years' history of first class cricket there to be dismissed for under a hundred in each innings. The second innings harvest was reapad by Jackson, whose off spinners to a leg trap brought him six wickets for ten runs in 74 overs.
CHESS
Qualifying Tourney For World
Title Challenge Starts
Stockholm, July 15.The International Chess tourna- ment opened here today with a short ceremony in the Golden Salon of Stockholm's Town Hall.
hounds," ho certainly to the pursuers" ranks from his early role of "hare." Sweden and the world first realised his possibilities as a result of his performances ns pacemaker to Gunder Hagg and Arne Andersson.
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He was already twenty and had made a name for himself as un oars- man when he joined the MAL, club In Malmoe.
Strand worked as a compositor on
a newspaper In Malmoe. As a side line he played the plano and gave a
The President of the Town Hall, Pachman; Czechoslovakia, v Szabo, concert of modern music in Stock-
greeted the Hungary.
Carl-Albert Adersson,
five
The
In top-scorers
this tournament will play in a tourna ment next year with Kera, Smyslov, Beshovsky; Fine and Euwo for the in right to challenge Mikhail Botvinnik
V
players and Folke Rogard, president of the Swedish Chess Association, Norman Oldfeld, wha joined formally opened the tournament.
Seedings began immediately. from Lancashire Northamptonshire
The following are matches on at the start of the season, completed Friday night-the Because of
Arst player the his third hundred in his last va heavy rain in the afternoon,.
Kent today-his each match takes white;
Sosely Tartakower, France, deld was muddy and slippery, and innings against the ball heavy and the game slow. second off the Kent bowlers this
The Mayor of Manila, Senor month. Driving roundly, he hit one Lajos Steiner, Australia;
Mendel Najdorf, Argentina, V Manuel de la Fuente, & former six and 12 fours.
David Bronsetin, Russia: player, opened the series by kicking the firal ball. The game was wit- nessed by a fair sized crowd.
On Saturday, the visitors will meet Manila's All-Chinese-Reuter.
CHINESE AGAIN
DISAPPOINT
CLOSE OF PLAY SCORES
The close of play scores were:
บ
Trifunovic,
Kolov, Russin, Yugoslavia:
Andryas Lilienthal, Hussin, v Salo At Worcester: Worcestershire beat Flohr. Russia: Combined Services by an innings
and 81 runs. Combined Services Boleslawski, Russia, V Book, 74 and 71 (Jackson 0 for 10); Wor-Finland: cestershire 226.
Iyor Bondarevsky, Russia,
At Hove: Essex 213 (Avery 80, Vyacheslav Ragozin, Russia: James Langridge 4 for 34) and 33 for one; Sussex 224. (Porka 51, Peter Smith for 102).
Dan Abe Yanofsky, Canada, Pirc, Yugoslavia;
for the world tfile.-Wolted Press.
South American Soccer
holm a year ago. The paper for which he works moved him into the sports department, and he now writes his own sports column.
Strand-mado his debut as-a-half-
miler, but experts soon found that the fragile, pianist would do better; over 1,500 m. Gunder Haegg had moved to Molmoc, and joined M.A.I. He trained with Strand in the woods outside the town, and people in the know began to speak about the newcomer who one day might become a great runner.
Hoegg trained his "hare,” Ame
to speak,
The standard of Argentina's Andersson, the other famous amateur soccer is not very high, Swedish miler, had, so but people in South America a share in Lennart, who launched think the quality of her profes-them both on several of their Ysional soccer second to none in usually "successful attacks on the Calcutta. July 15,--The Chinese
Gosta Stoltz, Sweden, v Gligoric, the footballing world. At the world records. They came within a At Lords: Gentlemen 260 for. 9
American Olympic soccer team gave iis most
Inst South
tourna second of the "djcam milo" (4 31. Yugoslavia; declared (Yardley 81, Pearce dissapointing performance In India Bedser for 69); Players 103 for 6 E. Lundin, Sweden, V Gideon i ment at Guayaquil, Ecuador, mina). Strand's best time in 1944. here today.
Stahlberg, Sweden;
Argentina won for the ninth was 3 mins, 50 secs. for the 1,500 m. In a goal-less game against Mohun (Hutton 59, Washbrook 03).
(Seliers
time. Baga, India's premier
the At Hull; Yorkshire 339
Within a toason be leapt inta 178 for 8 (Park- Chinese failed to
The 1); Glamorgan
the world class, covering the 1,500 m. score,
Only two points separated
in 3 mins, 47 seem in the very first players seemed tired and unsulted
Paraguay, race of the following year. He bent Indian conditions. The beat
the runners-up. The difference in player on the Beld was goalie Chong
The following will represent the achievement was very small indeed, Lovelock's world record, but had to Pong-lun-Associated Press.
be satisfied with second place to style in At Portsmouth: Hampshire 248 Hongkong Football Club on Satur- but the difference and 19 for no wicket. Nottingham- day: shire 247 (Harris 70, Balley for 52).
lo
trom,
Eclipse Stakes Starters
a
London, July 15.-Probable run- ners, with Jockeys, for the Eclipse Stakes to be run over one and quarter miles of 3.15 p.m. at San- down Park tomorrow are: Migoli (Gordon Richards), Sayajirao Petition (Ken
(Charlie
Gethin). (Tommy
ton), Pride of India (Charlie Elliot). Valognes (Edgar Brill), Count Rendered (E. P. H. Smith), Hope Street (Michael Beary), Noor (Hao Johnstone)----Rroter.
LEAGUE TENNIS
beat
Chinese Recreation Club Hongkong Cricket Club B-1, in the First Division of the Lawn Tennis League yesterday.
Tsui Woi-pul and Szeto Bick) (CRC) beat L. Goldman and B. Joncs 6-2; heat T. J. Gould· ́and S. M. Dew 0-2; beat A. Dow and Riddy 6-2.
P.
Tout Yon-pul and P. Kong (CBC) · beat Goldman and Jones 6-2; beat Goult and Dew 6-4; beat Dow and Riddy 0-1.
Chay Tin-fuk and Choy Tin-wah (CRC) lost to Goldman and Jones 3-8; beat Gould and New 6-2; beat Dow and Riddy 6-1.
house 103),
Kennington Oval Leicester Lawn Bowls Teams Argentinian team from
shire 227 (Jackson 50); Surrey 60 for one.
PITCHER
Larned Bearce, 11, aimes a horse shoo as he goes- after a ringer. at a Miami Beach, Florida, playground. -
|
was
clearly marked. Argentina has Arne Andersson..
adapted herself more to true pro- Gunder and Lennart continued to 1st team v Kowloon Dock Club fessional football. Many of their work together, preparing them- at home at 3.30 p.m.: A. B. Coleman, players arc real artists cvoking B. I. Bickford,
selves to push the mite record be C. H. Gough, K. spontaneous applause even when low 4 mins.. when the former "hare" Robertson (skip); J. S. Howell, J. playing in foreign countries.
suddenly found himself alone. O'Grady, J. Bradley, N. Bebbington Argentine players have also
had best Haege and Andersson (skip); B. A. Mansell, J. Hayward, overcome the South American ten-suspended. A little later they were been Dr J. Selby, L. A. Collyer (skip). dency to Individualism on the play declared non-amateurs.
The
2nd team Prison Officers' Club at Ing field: personal brilliance at the
been He toured America, where Heegg Stanley at 4 p.m. R. Barker, A. expense of team work has Bailey, C. Carr, K. Folrow (skip); rather discouraged. The Paragua- had run a couple of years before. American champlon. W. Ritchie, T, Morgan, C. Strange, vans rely more on their abundant and became G. Willerton (skip); L. Hamley, Lenergy and extreme enthusiasm Buck in Europe he collected the Strango, T. Waller, J.
Dickson valuable qualities, but not an e-European Championship in Oslo, (skip).
elent substitute for smoothly run- 1946. ning team work.
the of a
by
FILIPINO CLUB TEAM
Last year, on July 18, he covered Uruguayan soccer has suffered a the 1,506 m. in 3 mine. 43 SECS., The following will represent the
slump lately. The reason is that exactly equalling the world record Filipino Club IRC on Saturday very little outstanding young talent time of Gunder Hagg
Neither (away) at 4 pJn.:
is coming along. The expected Strand nor his runner-up Eriksson
set-back did L. S. da Silva, R. J. Manalac, J. Paraguayan
the result of
not had realised that they were travel- W. Lee, W. Flold (skip); F materialise, as the
so fast. "We could have easily ied the mille Rodrigues, A. Y. Lee, H. Y. Hsu, W. tournament, showed. In.
Inside four Ogley (skip); C. F. Lee, J. Delgado, heavy economic burdens, proverbial after this race. Lennart took the
civil war, hampered
minutes," was Strand's comment John Cotton, Dan Rozarlo (skip)..
Paraguayan vitailly fought through Swedish Championship and had al- Players are requested to meet at and managed to defeat such strong most fald off when he accepted an the Star Ferry wharf, Hongkong, not opponents as Uruguay, Chile and invitation to Paris and suffered his later than 3.30 p.m.
Peru.
first defeat in two years. Hansenne won, Strand camo", in aeth.","e
There is only one thing standing between Strand. and''an Olympic
BUDAPEST TENNIS
Unfortunately Brazll did not cóm- peto in Gunyaquil, and....... cannot, therefore, be ranked in South American soccer, though the general
Budapest, July 15-Hungary's high standard of Brazilian football gold medal nerves. Before a race, top-ranked Josef Asboth scored an is well known. Their technique is every ruce, any race, he is as nar- easy victory today beating the Indian, oxe finer points of the game, ball, oven if his opponents d excellent, they know everything your as a debutante before her first Summant Misra 6-2, 6-2, 0-3.
and they are very fast. Peru and second-raters. Ho has come out to American Budge Pally defeated Chile are of about the sarno tart a race withouted vest. Hi young Hungarian Zultan Kaina 6-3, standard as Colombia, Ecuador, and friends are afraid that he may bag 0-2, 0-0, 0-2—Associated Press. Bolivin.
day appear without anything.