1951-07-09 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JULY

1951.

Henley Regatta

HONGKONG'S BEST PROVE TOO GOOD FOR VIETNAM'S TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONS By "ARGONAUT""

Further proof of Hongkong's ability to stay among the world's best at table tennis was given yesterday to a capacity crowd at Southern Playground when the Colony stars routed the world seventh-ranking Vietnam team by five games to one.

This was the second defeat sustained by the visitors out of their three matches in Hongkong. In the opening match they edged out third ranking Chi Chun by 5-4, but went down by 3-5 to the local champions, Wing San, in the second match.

They leave for Macao today and are expected to be back in the Colony on July 5 before returning to Vietnam.

The Hongkong team of three Koung was beaten at his own was led by the Far Eastern | gume In this match by the Champion Sih Shu-chlu, who more briliantly defensive Mai offer a shaky start settled down .Van-haa. to more accurate play to lake both his games.

The

first two Reta of hi Playing aggressively through-match against Nguyen Lan-hop out, Sih was completely off form were an exact repetition of his at the start of his opening match | duel against

playCTA grip.

the orthodox tennis

And like in tennis, even állowing dor the numerous errors made, the more aggres- sive player came out well on the top of the player who de- takes, rather than score paints himselt

the

ngainst the Vietnamese represen- time Keung sunod but this pended on his opponent's mis-

tative at the World Champion- ing out his opponent.

lps, Nguyen Lan-hop.

utepeated errors and overhasti- ness in making his "kills" lost him countless points in the first set, which he was lucky to win by 24-22, after staying off one set point.

His smashes still falled to find their mark In the second set, which went to the steadier Nguyen Lan-hop by 24-26.

In wear-

Suddenly coming out of his shell in the third set with a burst of smashes, Keung went on to lead 12-1 and 16-3 and romped home 1 comfortable

winner by 21-4.

A

feature

Sih

THE SCORES Honkont 5-Yehnam i

Shu-chiu (HK) beat Nguyen Lan-hop 24-22, 24-25, 21-13; beat Dam The-cong 21; 7, 21-15,

Fu Chi-fung (HK) beat Tam The-cong 21-7, 21-10. beat Mal Van-lion 21-11, 18-21, 21-16,

very conspicuous of the night's games was the contracting grip

bat of the adopted by the Hongkong and Keung Wing-ning (HK) lost Vietnam players.

to Mal Van-hoa 17-15 (time All the three Hongkong limit), 7-10 (ume mit),

beat Sih who players adopted more cauilous

(time limit); the pen grip carefully chose his killing shots while 11 the Vietnamese Lan-hop 19-21, 22-20, 21-4,

A

ran out on cozy winner in the third set by 21-13.

Sub-THE SPORTSMAN'S

Dam The-cong, who stituted for Nguyen thuen in last night's matches, proved no match against the all-smashing gome of the Far Eastern Champion, losing In two straight scis.

BEST ON VIEW

4

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Best player on view lart Bight was Fu Chi-fang of the Colony team. Like his more reputed teammate, Fu is brilliant attacking player, but possesses the advantage of a greater

eater accuracy and steadiness. in strokes,

Fu and

The best match of the evening was between

the Vietnamese No. 1, Mai Van-hou, which resolved in a sparkling <lue! between pffence and defence.

DIARY

7-0

Nguyen

1

Hironoshin Furuhashi, (right), the “Flying Fish from Fujiyama,” with Shiro Hashizume. One of his world records -- for 800 metres, free style -- has

just been beaten by Honolula's Ford Konno.

Future

Fish"

Of The "Flying Depends Upon Employers'

"Sympathetic Understanding"

By LESLIE

NAKASHIMA

Whether Hirinoshin Furuhashi the "Flying Fish of Fujiyama,” will continue to be the world's No. 1 swimmer at the 1952 Olympic Games, at Helsinki will de pend entirely upon the "sympathetic, understanding" of his employers.

Film Test Satisfied The S. African

Authorities On

McCarthy's Bowling Action

Mr Sid Pegler, the South African manager, was diplomatically silent when I asked him for his reaction to suggestions that the bowling action of Cuan McCarthy (four for 76 in the Second Test) is open to question.

I think it is, but since our own professional umpires in two Test matches and a variety of county games have pass ed his action as lawful it is little use querying it now. Indeed, we should lay ourselves open to the grave charges of "squealing" after defeat if we did so. If Frank Chester and company pass him, criticism from others is disarmed.

FILM TEST

Time and again Mai earned rounds of applause with brilliant retrieving of Fu's barrage of smashes, but eventually falled

Miss Chaffee told me she succession, will be absent from Earlier in the tour before the to keep up with the systematic

Butler had to withdraw be- and relentless attacking strokes Tests began. I did talk with Mr will get married when she re- the 1951 championships, of his opponent, An easy two-Pegler about McCarthy. He told turns from Wimbledon, adding

and the start of the

lunurying set win over the Vietnamese me that two or three years ago "If he is not too mad about the tween the original acceptances

This Then there will be more con- competition. third string, Dam The-cong gave his action was queried in South letters."

com- i the full

quota of two games Africa. As a result, unknown to for the evening,

the bowler, a slow motion film centration on her TV work, in lucky break for several

which Kiner will team up with petitors, who were thus rescued Hongkong's third player for was taken of him,

her for a programme called Mr from the trials of qualifying,

Devro, of Belgium, gained the match, Keung Wing-ning.

and Mrs Sportsman, and not sc was perhaps the only unhappy

much

acceptance at the last serious tennis. cholce

on the part of the long-

Cricket authorities saw the

I might come to The-partnership at ihe..

Essex grocers, Leslle Cater and kong selectors.

film, passed the action as cor- Wimbledon again," she said.

Wallis,

left- both In both his games, Keung rect and since then McCarthy

Gold ear-rings with a figure Francis content to play the safe has been through two Test

of baseball player carrying handers, slipped hurriedly into monotonous defensive series in his own land, includ- Kiner's number four kept drop- the men's doubles,

returning every ing one against England.

off during the ping game of just

The married couple Mike and gblot back. Brighter table- To begin no-balling him now Her comment on that match Joey Lloyd squeezed in the.

when mixed at the last second. tennis might well be the plea would create the worst sort of was: "I used to think to our table tennis selectors in impression in South Africa. you

down are 5-1

din the of a

Hongkong Anyhow, to Judge from their final set you have had ft. Now

nearly two months of silence, our expert umpires do not feel I know differently."

all.

Was

and

their choice team.

The

ought to be no-balled at

We cannot begin to "call"

MARATHON GAME Keung opened the evening

In July after he has with

# marathon three-set him

Vietnam's Mal bowled since early May. against game Van-hon, none of the three sets

reaching the full number of points, but

each

SANDS THE SILENT

TOUR TROUBLE

Кале

Genial Mr Anthony S. de Mello, president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, is in London talking over at Lord's the preliminaries to the

Middle-India in the autumn.

being ter- Dave ("SILENT") SANDS despatch of an MCC side to minated by the time limit-20 Australia's Empire minutes for the first set.and weight Champion, is carefully I asked him whether he fell 10 minutes each for the second preserving his reputation as the that a full strength English side and third sets,

OPEN TRIPLES Brown, st Earls Court on July

RESULTS

21

(London Express Service.)

LADY MARGARET WIN

THE GRAND CHALLENGE CUP

Henley-on-Thames, July 7. Britain's oarsmen overthrew all but one of the over- sens challenges in the Henley Royal Rowing Regatta which concluded here today.

Of the 10 finals only one went to an overseas crew, the University of Pennsylvania eight winning the Thames Challenge Cup by beating the Florenheim-Russelsheim crow (Germany) by a length in seven minutes and 19 seconds.

."

The Grand Challenge Cup, † told they won six of the 10 the premier event in the Re-events:

Christ'a gatto, went to Lady Margaret

College Wor the Challenge Boat Club (Cambridge) with | Wyfold

Cup for five blues in the boat! In the fours, beating Clare Collego by final they beat Laga (Holland), a third of a length in seven by a length in seven minutes | minutes and 56 seconds.- and 16 seconds.

Pembroke Collego (Cam-

College Ladies'

Both these were magnificent--| bridge) boot Jesus ly fought races, especially that (Cambridge) in the between the Americans and the Challenge Plate for eights by Germans.

three-quarters, of a length »». In

seven minutes and 20 seconds.

Tony Fox, 21-year-old Cam- bridge sculler, competing In

In the final of the Stowards' the Diamond Sculls for the first Cup for fours, Themes Rowing time, had the notable distinc-Club beat Leander by one, and tion of beating the European a half lengths in seven minutes champion Ebbe Larsen (Den-And Ecconda,

mark) by four and A half In tho Visitors' Challenge lengths in eight minutes, 50 Cup for fours Trinity

seconds.

Hall

(Cambridge) beat Fast and

The Dane was expected to Third Trinity (Cambridge) by a length and three-quarters in eight minutes and nino seconds.

win and looked like doing so when he had a three lengths lead with only 600 yards to go. The young English sculler then put in 1 tremendous bust passed his rival and won with plenty to spare as the Dane "'oraciced"".

Leander, stroked by Richand in Burnell, stroke of the winning Olympic sculls, beat Reading Rowing Club by two lengths in eight minutes and 41 seconds for the Double Sculls, while HOLDERS BEATEN

the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup for Schools was won by Another fine and unexpected Bedford who beat Radley Col-

the como En

lege by one and a

quarter British success Silver Goblets when the Cam-lengths in seven minutes and 37 bridge pair, Crowdlen and seconds. Lloyd, present and past pre- sidents of Cambridge Univer- There was a slight head-wind ho was when asity Boat Club, beat the holders, and the skies were overcast for But late in Rose and Von Antwerpen (Bel-most of the day. ghum) easily in eight minutes the afternoon the sun came out and a huge crowd enjoyed the "Ascot" of the rowing world.

The water was never

Given that understanding so | John Maraluli and Honoluluan that he can train adequately, | Ford | Konno, his two keenest Furuhashi will defeat Australian rivals, according to Masanori Yusa, former Olympic Champion and presently one of the top swimming coaches in Japan.

"Furuhashi is a salary man now and will not be free to practise

KONNO KEEPS SHATTERING

RECORDS

Honolulu, July 8, Ford Konno, 18, shat- tered the world 800 Metres Freestyle swim- ming record here on Saturday night. Konno sprinted the 800-metre course in 9:30.7, better- ing Japanese Hironoshin. Furuhashi's 1949 record of 9:36.5 by 4.8 seconds. A slim crowd at Walki- ki Natatorium watched the youngster strike out fast from the start and keep pace up to the finish mark.

The new 800-metre time is seven seconds better than the American record of 9:37.7 which Konno set last month. The feat was the sixth American record-breaking swim by Konno in the current Hawaiian outdoor Beason. United Press.

THE HANDLING CODE

IS MAKING HEADWAY ON THE CONTINENT

By VERNON MORGAN

London, July 8. The playing of Rugby football in countries outside the Commonwealth has increased so much in recent years that the Rugby Union is to set up a committee to study developments,

and 52 seconds,

college student," Yuan told the United Fress, "No matter how much natural talent a swimmer has, his success or failure is prescribed by the amount of training he can get, Practice is triumph for Cambridge, for all thon alightly ruffled.-Router. the most important thing in swimming

MENTAL ́HANDICAP

This inability to train as he desires is already a mental handicap to Furuhashi," Yusa said.

of Furuhash!, holder the world's record for 1,500 metres at the

hitherto unbelievable time of 18 minutes

19 seconds, and until recently world record holder over 400 metres and 800 metres free style, was graduated from Nihon University last | Apell nerd is now an office worker of the Daldo Woolen Co. in Tokyo. His father is a farmer

with a big family and Furuhashi has to work to pro- vide sustenance.

His employers probably gave Furuhashi a job for the publi- city they could get and have co-operated thus far in allowing him

to

works

From 9actise. He

to 3 pm. then goes to the Nihon University pool in the afternoon and trains for about one and one-half hours.

t

But this already is a blow to Furuhashi's training, according to Yusa. He pointed out that as a college student, Furuhashl was able to swim about 3,000 motres in the morning and an- other 4,000 metres in the

ofter- noon. Some

days be

the awam as much as 10,000 metres.

an

"There is no truth, however, to some reports from the United States which attributed Furu- hashi's swimming prowess to number of exaggerated hours in his daily training:," Yusa said. "But I do emphasise that a swimmer must swim as much as he can daily to reach least talkative man in boxing, would be available for the tour. I doubt if he has said a dozen have every reason

his top form, develop stamina for be-

and give his best performance." words since he flow in for his lieving that it will," he replied, fight with America's Mel

FATHER LONG CAREER: Well, I hope he is right from

"Furuhashi has had a rather 10,

the point of view of India, s

long career as a swimming of its But his manager, wise old country which because

champion compared to Marshall Tom Maguire, is as loquacious cricketing keenness deserves the

sald Yusa "He best team we can send. But 1

and Konno," began smashing world recorde The Filipino Club trio of F. G. as ever.

"Dave can warm himself up can foresee difficulties, partly

six years ago and it is even da Luz, D. A. Hosario and Dr V. N. Allenza were trailing 8-19 on Brown in readiness for Ran- financial, partly because of the

Efforts are to be made to further this interest in more important than ever that be given every opportunity to train. Without sumcient Rocha and H. A. Ozorio in the can come to me for the excuses. Australla last winter.

Our best players can hardly in its infancy.

training, he will begin to de- Second Hound of the dawn Bowls They call me Alibi King of

Australia," said the man who be expected to go abroad every

cline in his performance. Triples Championship

Some Open

Only France can be put in thei

feel certainly and muraged winter.

23 "But Furuhashi is only should same category as the four British Rugby

follow match at Kowloon Cricket Club has discovered

years old and I'm conndent, yesterday and then rallied to win 22 champions.

and allow teams England, Scotland, Wales example of soccer "Dave

he

adequately provided proved himself 20-19.

for and Ireland and the Common-substitutions

injured train, that he will be able Takking of bowlers, it is a wealth countries like New Zea- players. There is support best middlowaight in the British

for maintain his place Empire when he knocked out point of interest that of the six tand, South Africa and Australia. this in the Commonwealth. Dick Turpin here wo years Counties at the top of the cam- Open ago. Now he is going to try his pionship table, Warwickshire, It is to be doubted whether the

hardes

to do the same to Ran-Yorkshire, Hampshire, Lan-Rugby game will make much cashire, Kent and Glamorgan all headway on the Continent, seeing

But At Talkoo, Kurbes, B. B. Rodolph." bertson, W. M. McCall bent F. Leo.

Nobody would have guessed, except Kent have more bowlers the very firm hold that soccer has fuse WC. Orly Omar, K. One listening to manager Maguire's than bademen appearing in the goi, a hold which is increasing as

and A, B, Contes and U.M. Omar boat D. Mong sales talk, that he and Sands first-class averagos,

the years go by. ment, J. McLeland and W. S.

were at loggerheads only a few Kont have ons representative Marshallary M1-17,"

in each category,

behind J. M. Gutierrez, J. A. [dolph Turpin. If he doesn't, you need for rest after the tour of the countries, on the Continent, where this game is still

Results were:

The following were the results of Yesterday's Second found Triples lawn bowls games;

At HKTC.-B. Basa, C. R, Rose-weeks ago, Jet and J. Landolt best 8. E.

the

MATCH-WINNERS

ROOM FOR BOTH

NO SUBSTITUTES

that the

Just as the British re-

can

to

-the

world's top swimmer.

Marshall is a great swimmer but he is apt to be over-excited and I think before a

a big race

better com- to allow substitutes in Furuhashi is the matches other than those petitor.

"Konno leaped into the lime- played under the International

Eight only last year and he is Federation rules in soccer, 50 have they Bet their face coming along fast. He will be

All but one of the other

Furuhashi It is true that there is room for against them under any condi- the boy to defeat Furuhashi-

Jose Counties

Inz the both games or even all three, represented

Many

Furuhashi is physically his wrongis bave average

more batsmen Rugby Union, Rugby League and though there are more players superior and should LONGS about" after her than bowlers, the difference be soccer, just as equally in Italy

stronger in the 1,800 metres and match with Beverly Baker was

the game from At KUGC: K. M. Rumjahn, I not how close a shave she had ng greatest in respect of Not and Spain (to name but two on the field a shortage of one 100 metres, at felsinki,

Furuhashi started his training with four batsmen countries where there is some often spoils tinghamshire

the Neves, JA. Delgado and had in the final set, but that land no bowler. The one exerp- | interest in the Rugby code) us and spectators' more than in will compete only. In the All- point of view of players on May 15 for the 1951 season but fance, Ralph Kiner, the tion la Surrey, with three bow-France.

Sours. A. Y. Gosand

PARSON 133-13),

At KOOT.

and C. X.

da Luz, D. A.

Hoerlu and V. N. Ationza bent J.

NANCY'S WORRY

What Nancy. Chaffee Was

M. Gutierrez, J. A. Rocha and 5. "Just mad

A. Ozariò, 20-19.

All, and M. 3. Hassan boat V. A.

Nunes, 30-19.

her

U.S. baseball star, had not re- ceived her latest lofter.

"I guess I em more worried

own tennis," she said to her mother, "I have had. mich a

BASKETBALL about his baseball than my

...

tions in Rugby.

think

soccer.

for

should

But

th

lers and only one batsman.

Japan National Championships tat One feels, however, that the

League players, Osaks on August 10, 19, 12, The Rugby The inference is unmistakable.

13-a-alde game, according to us, swimming Balamen adorn erloket,

but Rugby disciples have a difficult those of the bowlers are the match-winners.

tasks ahead of them, though there are already beginning to discuss The Japanese is already evidence that mere the possibility,

matches ··· DOUBLE LUCK

notice is being taken of the in handling game what the Euro-

of substitutions Federation has received a number d under their of Invitations to send teams to

played

to

The Independent Club defensarcastic letter from him. Но ted Kowloon Chinese YMCA, has not hit a home run for the Don Butler, that stalwart of One'swondersŽ

It may not be long now be Hawall, the United States, Douth be America and Europe, but declin- 32-30, in the Open Basketball Pittsburg Pirates since I left." British tennis who was once pean nations will feel about the fore these are alloweds. This ed bem all, it will adhero League at Caroline Hill last | And siva, turned to me to say: tempted to claim the Cantreno substitutes" rule to which the will probably widen the breach the policy of keeping all the night, girl

"Anki, normally

more Court as his own property, be=| British #dharo firmly, especially which already, există between swinamers home and concentrate ho hits The 1-Feng team will retura home runs than any other | calias he opened the Wimbledon (as in the "soccer, coda. It ban the Rugur coder, in Beliain,-on training for the 1992 Olympics,

player in the States,”

Reuter to Manila this afternoon,

programme, there, three years in become a part of the game, 1

-United Prodi.

The Regalia proved a great

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