1952-05-05 — Page 6

GETTING HIS EYE IN

Surrey and England wicket-keeper A, J. McIntyre gets his eye in for the new season. He is also a useful

Central Press Photo.

bat.

Britain Hopes For A Victory In The Olympic Sculls

London, May 4.

Tony Fox, by ensily retaining his British title (Wing field Sculls) this week has proved beyond all doubt that is far and away Britain's best sculler and must be rated as a real Olympic "hope."

Though he has not yet been officially nominated for the Games, Fox, a 23-year-old medical student, has been for some following a carefully arranged programme months now and aims to have completed about 600 miles in training this year by July.

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MAY 5, 1952.

Season Opens

SOME WERE SNOOKERED AT Disaster At The Winning Post Tennis League THE WICKET AND OTHERS BOWLED WITH WRONG BIAS

By "RECORDER"

Two lives for the Bar Room walla and one for the inhabitant of the dim recesses of the Billiard Room were allowed in the match at Kowloon Cricket Club yesterday between elevens skippered by Les Nay. lon and Maurice Grimpèl.

*

Not too many players had turned up by the time the match was due to start. but a few lawn bowlers deserted the greens to make up the 22 and in no time at all the traditional glasses with an amber-coloured liquid were scattered over the ground.

Four Americans turned up at the KCC early in the afternoon and informed the Secretary that they had been looking all over the Colony for a cricket match.

Hon. Sec.. "You Said the won't sco cricket like it's play ed at the Oval, but you'll see cricket like it's played on the Rough."

CRICKET BRIGHTER Cricket was

quito dennitely Bar brightened up and the wallas conribution to the game merits

mention

in Wisden's. ricksha was hired to wheel the batsmen in to the wicket and there were frequent Intermissions to wet whistles.

some

THE BARE KNUCKLE BREED

(A Book Review)TM

Dan

"Humphries jumped in, both flats hammering at the face. Adroitly, with superb speed and elegance, slipped, dodged and side- stepped. Then he stood hard n rock. and immovable as Left! Right! Left! Left! Savagely, he unleashed a lightning attack and every blow thudded sickeningly on the target.

Now he was on his man. Punch after punch drove Humphries helplessly round the ring. His right eye

M.

The game ended in a tie, either alde scoring 80. runs and the score-keepers puzzled over the result for a long me but couldn't find a winning run.

batsmen for Opening Grimpel's XI were P. W. Coxall and Jock" Fraser, Tho. part- nership did not last very long

bowled as the Hon. Stc, was

by, Jimmy round the body Tibble after a contribution of three. A full toss over his head dropped on the leg bail.

While the redoubtable "Jack" Fraser kept his end up, "Red" Symons lost his wicket to a four-bouncer

"Champ" from Champelovier. He had scored

10,

two minds whether to hit him for a four or a six. This in- decision proved costly to six of them.

end, Maurice At the other

like

another meny

Just before the winning post in the Giessen Grand Prix in Germany came this terrific pile-up of cyclists. in Hongkong under the that nobody else in

serious 4 one competitor received Luckily only a wicket.

injury. Express, Photo,

the side

can take bowled without effect for five overs, varying wides on the leg side with wides on the off side. wides, was Only one of these omclully ruled a wide.

B Hong Sling was Cowie's to a ball first victim, falling

bias on. He. with the wrong thought it was coming backhand, but it came forchand instead. He had con- tributed a useful 15,

on the on the

Jimmy Tibble, attempting

n

Finishes

Stirling Moss Third In Mille Miglia

Brescia, Italy, May 4.

M. Dietrich, better known as a discus-tosser, whipped one off

The Italian wool manufacturer, Giovanni Bracco, rather too smartly from Wally Greenberg and was caught by

drove a Ferrari to victory in the gruelling Mille Miglia Les Naylon at deep mid-afteriile drive, was Cowin's next There were no files on the old victim, being stumped after road race tonight against a grimly determined German

putting on one run. Jock Wool-Mercedes team. vet's bowling.

clean bowled after R. H. R. Hall, more commonly am was known as "Paddy" managed scoring two.

Frank March played a typl- a terrific clout to long-on which cal Test match innings, it being found a pocket in But Hong estimated that Silng's hands. The successful took him. 75 bowler was again Jimmy Tibble, the fact that he used a barrel minutes. Despite R. Lang, the next batsman instead of pads as a protection in, happened to be a much against Cowle's leg line bow-kilometres an hour up to about kilometres-course younger men than "Jack" ling, he was finally out when 50 kilometres from the finish mins. 45 secs... Fraser, who was still at the Cowle unit one inside barral on

ing ine. He put on a tremen-speed of 128.591 kilometres per hour. This is about 82 miles a full toss.

dous fast burst, risking death un the treacherous wet roads to other end. He ran four while

touch 150 .p.h." and "pull well

the Ola-Un-con- three and both. jinished at the same end of the wicket. The Young Un was ven raarching orders, having

contributed a break of four,

A J. Maitland fell next to a ball from Woollam straight

three of a after contributing icind to the spore."

Thunderous applause

his ve runs

~~~~~HONEST CRICKETER

The German, Kling, at the wheel of a new super- Mercedes, came second, after having led the way over most of the race's 1,560 kilometres,

Britain's 22-year-old Stirling Moss drove the only Jaguar in the race to third place.

Britco had average:

128.600

Bracco's

on hour.

time for the 1,500- was 12 hrs.

an average

Apart from rain at the begin ning of the course, the 000 "Sonny" Capell batted stub-away from the pursuing Kling.

10 lifterent competitors in Bracco falled to break the

rouds all the bornly like an honest cricketer.

classes had dry He proved so honest, in fact, 14-year-old course record of an

way round the circuli to that

There they ran into Florence, he ignored the umpire's average 135.391 k.p.b.

them decision when given not out to

The Italian drove a Ferrari rain which stayed with

kilo a catch by Cowia.off Dietrich ot

4040-c.c. He Anished second for the remaining 400 mid-off. Bil Cowie, it is still from argued, picked the ball off the last year in an ordinary leaking metres back to Brescia:

This rain kept the times His first real test will prcb-1 will meet the Olympic Cham- Tenley when he pion. Mervyn Wood, of Austra-

witch! a cricket an honest jook about him. [duction model saloon.

The Italian winner and Ger- cord, established by the Italian, and the result willed with blood. The side of largest to Diamond Sculls, there

perfect pointer his nose

as match in Hongkong this season, Sonny's.

man runner-up had fought a Blondetti, to stand, for yet an- gashed It is expected that he give an almost

the seven.

duel arrival at

other year. Reuter. throughout the race, to the Olympics.

greeted clean as if it had been wicket of Maurice Grimpel

particularly fierce in the opening Wood is generally considered slashed by a razor. Fighting with, a thousand dollars worth

and closing stages. arm favourite to retain his for his very life, he slipped of bats. title for since the last Games inevitably down the blood- he has been unbeaten, winning stained road to defeat."

ably he delends his title.

The Pen-holder

Grip

Will Not fully defending the Philadelphia

Come Back

Says JOHNNY LEACH

We have not seen the best of the Japanese in in- ternational table tennis. of That is the opinion

Lench. former Johnny World Champion who play- ed against them in Calcutta this winter.

The Japanese carried off the men's singles, men's doubles and women's doubles, and all their players obtained winner's medals,

the ille and success-

Gold Cup which he was award- en in 1948,

35 IN JULY

But Wood will be 35 by July and it is quite possible that ho is now past his best and may be beaten by a younger man, Fox must be considered at present his chief rival, especially since the recent tragic death of the European Champion, Erik Lar- son, of Denmark. No estima- yet be made of the tion can United States challenge in this

event.

Fox's form at the moment is giving British rowing enthusiasts great hopes. In the Wingfield final he took two lengths off

the in

frst opponents his minute, sculling 22 to their 32 or 33, proving that he has the natural art of moving his boat at a low to the best advantage rating.

The unusual feature of their success was that they used the pen-holder grip, old-fashioned which had not been seen in

fault has His one. international table tennis since 1920. Johnny thinks that, well been slow starting and he has though

the usually been led off the start, played, they Japanese would be even bet-catching and overtaking

always

his ter if they adopted the ordinary opponents over the last half of the course. But he plans to grip.

practise short sprints and to

starting He explained that while the concentrate on suppleness of their wrists en- order to overcome this abled them to overcome most ness,

This Evening

.

The 89th Hongkong tennis league season opens today with a programme of two Men's "A" Division and two Landios" "A" DIVI- sion matches.

This year's openingt pro- gramme, however, will her i unique one in that the opening Men's "A" Division match be tween Chinese Recreation Club and South China at Tal Hang Road will automatically de- cide the Championship.

"A" Division

The Men's matches

rounkis

were

played in two

following

Inst season,

of playing two all thole divisiona

the practice rounds in which attract entries,

less than

six

At a League meeting of the Hongkong Lawn Tennis Asso clation some time ago, an ex- ception was made to the Men's Division, although with five entries, and only the Ladies' "A" and Mixed "A" Divisions will be played in two rounds.

only

With this decision the South China squad will have a much. better hope of wresting the title from Chinese Recreation Club, as they will be able to count on the services of Ip Koon-hung and Edwin Tsul

They will, however, be with- out

and Leon Gordon Lum Sia, both of whem have left the Colony, and although Cheu Yih and Szeto Bick are still available, the other two places will be hard to l

Lee Boon-sing, the ex-Java player, used to play for South China but will, it is learnt, turn out for the Kowloon Tong

Division team this year; · and so also will Roch Liang, fag The South China squad, how. ever, are confident of causing

an upset.

WELL-BALANCED

The Chinese Recreation Club will have a well-balanced team. the only unavailable member of. their last year's winning team being George Chon who is away in England.

- Cyril Kotewall will probably the vacancy, the others being the Tsui brothers, K. C

V. T. Dao,

Wang, It will be an interest Wal-long ing match the odds in

with

and

favour of the Tai Hang Club

The Ladies "A" clash bo China

Ladies'

South

was closed; his left stream- the swelling gallery, one of the ground and, tpcsed, it up with 1811-0.0, Lonela Aurella 9 down sul-allowed the 1938 cation Club at park

Was

The

the

SHORT-LIVED skipper's innings short-lived despite

contribution

*Was

Les Naylon, next man In scored a terrific four and then, trying to emulate the example. of his friend, Don Bradman, was caught by a Lanish seaman, was K. H. Petersen, who had never petiters

of Bradman and this heard

cricket for the first tyre trouble on the Ferrari

Thus does Louis Colding de- scribe Daniel Mendoza's second very victory over Dick. Humphries display of confidence. According playing

in his new book of boxing to the score-book, he was caught time in his life. camcos "The Bare-Knuckle and bowled first ball by Johnny

Hut- Tang, but no one is Breed.' (Published by

tain that Johnny chinson, Price 10s).

bowler.

It is full of exciting tales of watched the ring, told with all the au-

was

cer-

TYRE TROUBLE

the com- Bracco bad led as

roared off At dawn was down the Adriatic coast. Then

TWO KILLED

Brescia, May 4. Two Italian drivers have been killed in the Mille Miglia Europe's (Thousand Miles"), premier road race.

Another driver, also an Italian, was seriously injured, and eight people, including five spectators, were slightly Injured.

Some 600 cars, driven by most

Several of those who "Red" Symons that wasn't passed the German there. and of the world's leading racing

the

thority of one of the foremost any. Tang was fast asleep at

mid-on

there.

Braddell,

provides another interesting and Important match...

South China has a formidable combination in Mrs Ip Koon" hung, wo

Mrs Mary Chow, Mrs Ulian Koo, Joan Wong-Sze, and Martha Young.

Ladies' Recreation Club will depend on Mrs A. Tamworth, MIA H. J. Armstrong, Mrs J. Kite and Mrs Richords to bring home what would be an upset triumph.

The following are the fixtures for.

weeks of the league, the first NA DIVISION

TodayQCC y KCC; CỊC

SCAA Rocrata (byo). to the end of the drivers, including several Bri- histons, took part in the race.-,

Reuter.

of the

batted Kenny Beyer

very allowed Kling to pull ahead.

Bracco fall back to fifth and well for flve rims until he

pursued Kaing as far as Bologna, the tried to reach out to one from near the end of the course. He

from then Insist that gome

increased steadily race talented C when the ball

ball Canadian lumberjack, showed Jend.

The the dropped into his cupped hands. the difference between wood- connoisseurs of boxing in

performance world.

Next man in, K. H. Petersen, chopping and chopping with a German Mercedes today mark-

come-back in But this book is more than mowed down his own wicket, length of wood in piling up 31 od Its

major American Team just a series of reports. its but this was disallowed by Un runs, Incinding, four fours, and international motor racing as the new Mercedes. with its seventeen yarns give an insight pire Frank Howarth who ruled carried his bat. on the feuds, comedies, love that the stralte was not techní- Wally Greenberg played tubular steel chassis, gave

a vory talkative

Italian Ferraris Innings and all-conquering didn't live up to his reputation one of their hardest races since of leaving early. He scored the end of the waz. seven before being bowled by Lang, a terrifle bowler with a 30-yard run. One of Wally's W.. Cowie, b Woollam

J. Close, b Woollam achievements Was

terric a

Extras drive that broke his own glass

Total of liquid temporarily, put down at square leg.

Johnny

stories and tragedies behind cally completed.

the battles of these immortal fighters.

noso

TALENT SPOTTED

Bowling Analyals

111 Dowie, who followed Golding tells of the bitter"Jock" Fraser, finally stumped curity which had grown be oft a ball by Hong Sling after 1ween Richard Humphries, the a useful 45, played on from a friend of Royally, a tutor

wide four feet off the stump. of

The innings closed when Joe pugilism, and much esteemed

bonded first ball, the Close was Among the "Corinthians,"

and all, with Petersen fashionable set of the day; and Daniel Mendoza, a noor Jew carrying his bat for three.

"Jock" Woollam, who had a from London's East End.

Tang, the "Mighty F. Marsh

3 Tibble, almost carried his baths. Capell | break of three off the tail, was Atom", Mendoza hnd at one time the most successful bowler, for two, but fell to Bymmons. C Champelovier heen a pupil of Humphries. being credited with

four Other highlights of the W. Oreenberg The two had fallen out when wickets

W. Hong Sling for six runs, though match:

Woollam Dan decided that Humphries' even the scorer couldn't ex- The bowling of Minty Broddel training schedule, which

plain why, while Jimmy Tibble Atom" Tang Since he could Tang gluded much wine, women and tools three for 20:

only bowl at an angle of 45 de-

Nayton's XI song, was not for him.

grees, he was allowed to bowl W. Hong Sling, b. Cowie Ench had

of the

from a line 22 yards away, J.A. Tibble, sat, b Cowle previous

Бо contests,

their

parallel with the wicket.

March Cowle

* Dovile... third meeting was a decider. 1 Les Naylon's XI discovered,

R.b. Capell, c Cowie, à Dietrich Mendoza won, and became one in their urn at bat, that Bil

The fielding of Joe Close-L. Neylan, e Petersen, b Cowie the greatest champions Bri-Cowie con bowl a length. Sald from his footwork it was gener. K.D. Bayer, b Symons of

C. Chapelavier, talent-spolter who ally agreed that he must have tain has ever seen. Humphries one local never entered the prize

play for ring doesn't

the KCC, been a footballer in his youth. Braddeil, not ent "Cowle can bowl. a length, again. He was one of the few

THE SCORES ' to which is more than many First who had the good sense.

Division bowlers can do?"- make n gracefü) exit whilst

M.A. Grinspois Blll proceeded to bag the P.w Coxali, bbble still at the top.

wickets of Hong Sling, Tibble. Fraser. st. blong Sing ty, despite the Japanese suce like Wood is a first rate onrs-

not it

Woollam man. Wero

for his

LONG PAST THEIR BEST.

and Marsh, the nist. Symons, b Champelovier sculling he would be almost

four in, and followed these with. Dietrich, e Naylon, b Green

berg Johnny will be visiting Japan certain to be

Most of the old time fighters, those of included in the.

Naylon and Cham-R... all, itong Sum

Sung, D Including the rent Mendoza pelovier, conceding 28 runs

Tibble There he will play British eight or four. shortly.

-himself, fought when long past seven overs,

B. Long, run out against World Champion Hira-

A.J. Mailand, is Woollam Jih Satoh and hopes to avenge

A, Grimpel, a and b Tang bis Calcutta defeat.

it. Petersen, not out

of the drawbacks of the grip- such as restricting stroke play

-- disadvantages

ovident,

were

in

weak-

Fox.

who comes from the still Channel Islands, is virludly a sculler and had self-taught never rowed before he went he added, up to

Cambridge five the 'pen-holder is not likely ago. Since then he has reached

For this reason,

to regain world-wide populari- world class

CCES.

FLYING TOUR

Ds

sculler

years

and

There are great hopes here that his natural abilities, com- bined with the Spartan training he has adopted and his singleness of purpose, will result in Britain The Japanese visit is part

winning the Olympic Sculls for of a flying tour he is making the first time since 1924, when with Richard Bergman. They will leave this month, and will Jack Beresford won in Paris

Reuter. play in many parts of the globe,

Pakistan, including

Indio, Singapore, Vietnam, Hongkong, Burma, Australia, and Japan.

* Other countries may yet be added, for Johnny fold ma that the game has such world- wide popularity that he and Richard have a standing in-

won one

THE

in

GAMBOLS

their best.. Or, having won a | Cowie's slow Intimidation itle, they allowed themselves bowling, in fact, loft batsmon in an easy life and entered the ring out of training. It would appens the lessons" O those days have not been fully learn→ ed even today.

As the ulje. euggests, the book deals mainly with the bard-knuckle-bfeed' but in the final two chapters a few glove fighters have been included,

French Football among them Carpentier, Siki

Cup Final

Paris, May 4

and Dempsey.

vitation to visit practically Nice beat Bordeaux in the

prize French Football Cup anal here

every country in the world,

waro

today by five goals to three. - With the oxcoption of Japan and Vlotnam, all the

At half time. Nico places were visited 7 last year, and leading by three goals to two. both men are looking forward to meeting old friends,

-Landon, Expresa: marvices

There were over 0,000 spectators. France-Presse...

mado earlier

ring

These have earned mention because the author found in them dramatie or tragic quailty which, hét felt, them Idnamen of the pugilists of the

Footnote: Tickets pluvery to a produce of the present day. For the third Mendoza- Humphries, battle, half a guinen Hckets changed handa for as much as ton guineas;; ---{London, Express · feroice]

f'LL MAKE GEORGE A REAL BIO

PILE OF PANCAKES — LET LOVE THEM GO

THAT SOUNDS LIKE HIS VEY IN THE DOOR KOW

Cowi

W, Greasberg, b "Lan E 3. Tang, 1 Symons

Extras

Cowie

Grimper

Symone

Proser

Metrich

Petersen

Dietrich,

Howling "Analysis

م شکرت

the For Wimbledon

New York, May 4. The American Tennis Felleration has designated six players to represent offlcially the United States in the Wim bledon tournament to be held on

June 23.

The six are Dick Savitt, who W won

title the men'a øingles Last year, Victor. Soixas, Doris Hart (holder), Shirley Fry: Maureen Connolly and Nancy Chaffee Kiner.

Besides the six, America has several other top ranking ten- nis players who are at present in Europe, including Patricia 15 Todd. They have also notified their intention of participating In the Wimbledon tournament. -France-Presse.

[8].

TODAY'S SPORT

Lawn Tennis

Colony League: Men's "A" Division, -OCC v KCCI ORC V SCAA. Ladies". "A" Tvision,-CRC v COG; BCAA V IRC

Spacker

George Younger Colony Chemi ahtp:Bouth China v KOC I: KOC v Prison Officers Ci Lusitano. I Chargemen's NY 19, Lusitano ; RAP v CFO Tamer.

Barriz

GAVE —GĦALL WE GO OUT TO L PLED TO-NIGHT AND CELEBRATE" OUR LUCK (1) BE CUP DRAWI

(ER,ER....... YES, DEAZ

| LOVELY JU

OH WELL

Bray = 12.—Rec. v ccc; KCU V CHIC, SCAA. (bye).

May 19,CCC)

Ree: KCC ibya).

May 20CAA

KCC CRC (bye).

CRC: SCAA

CCC: Rec MEN'S DIVISION Tomorrow-HCC y Recreto: KT "1" V KTG HKD V LRC; SČAA Y CIC

CCC VIK

Urban C. v CRC "2",

May 13-KTGKCC Rec CCC; LRC V SCAA: CHC

v Urban C.

May 20KCC v CCC; KTO LRC: SCAA v Rec.; CRC : Urban C. v inCC; HKU CRC

BCAA; CRC 2 KTG "";

May 21-LRC RCC: CCC Urban C. CRC *** V KTG HKCC VHKU.

MEN'S "C" DIVISION

Fine Rec. Thursday,KITC v CEC v citc: CCC v CRC "1"; $RC HKCC; KTC V PONC; LRC v. KCC; HKU V SCAA.

Tay 15 KDC v KITC. CRC v 200; HKOC Racrels: CRC. A KTC; KCC v IIIC;.PORC v..1 SCAA LHC.

STRY 21 KITC ~ CCC;: HKCC`V KDC KTGV CRC ""; Rec, v RCL; HIKU V CRC "1"; me v BCAA; LRC v rone.

May 29-KITC V HKCC: CCC K KTG: KDC V KCC; CRC

CU: SCAA Recrelo; ORC "1" v. LRC; PORC TRC

MEN'S "D" DIVISION LAYE Friday CRC "" v Urban "C"a"

LRC v Urban-"1";

KCC; INC v HKCC.

CRC

May 10-Urban C. "1 M "1" Ushan c. "a" v ce HKCC Y LRC: KOC

C

May 23. CRO. "I" V ČRC_"*" Urban C.

Uban LRC

May 30-HKCC V ·CRC-

y Inc: KOC v Urban DAPTI tisban. C. "2" v. LKC.

LADIES' "A", DIVISION Today, Cic v CCC; BCAA LAC: KOC (bya)...”

May 12-KCC venc; coci BC: SCAA (bye).

May 15-CV SCAA: CCCOM LC; LAC (bya).

May 26 SCAA V X, Lile by KCC: GRC (bye).

LADIES' "T". DIVISION"

Tomorrow.LRC -"17" ®- Rec,

It-o. "" v KCC; LNG

iKя (bya).***

Kiny SIKU V LRČ 184H ***V KCC; Red.

(bye).

STAY. 20-KCC y LRC "I" V JIKU: coc v Res.

(bye).

CCE LEC

May 21LRCLRØD HIM. KCC v.CCC; HKU V Reg. nec.

'1" (bye).

MIXED. "A" DIVISION.

Friday.-SCAA, V GBC: KCC V

HKCC..

· May 16-JKCC v. SCA

May 21-SCAA BY RCONVERG MTCCC.

May 26,-CRC v BCA

KCC.

MIXER DE DIVISIÓN: TENI Thursday NC-V

.C. v trorein; KCC v. CCC.

May

zorelo, v. LRC

KCC CCC v Urban

Urban

May LNG. V KCC, Teerala'y

CCC; Urban “C

MAT 2LRC V Urbin.

BCAA; Heorelo‘v XC