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BRITISH GRAND PRIX WINNER

THE CHINA MAIL, WÉDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1952.

Smiling, with a big garland round his shoulders, Alberto Ascari receives the Daily Express Silver Trophy after winning the RAC's fifth British Grand Prix driving an Italian works two-litre Ferrari. He led from start to finish and com- pleted 85 laps at an average speed of 90.92 miles an hour. His team mate Taruffi

(left) was second. Express Photo,

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BOUSSAC'S MILLIONS

A 16-Hour-a-Day Man Brings The Business Mind To The Racing Stables.....And He Finds It Pays

By EVELYN IRONS

Paris.

At the Maisons-Laffitte racecourse, 12 miles northwest of Paris, poker-faced. clip-moustached cotton millionaire, Marcel Boussac, Fronce's biggest racehorse owner, permitted himself a smile of satisfaction.

His colt Pharel had just proved to be the leading two-year-old in the land by winning the classic Prix Robert Papin.

I This was the lfth year in sue- Boussac runs his stable of 110 cession that a Boussac horse horses like a business, and it had won the ruce. The colt was pays-handsomely. He is a big ridden by the 47-year-old Aus- exporter of blood stock to tralian jockey Rae Johnstone, America. who admitted afterwards that if Vas still possible that he and Boussne night part company.

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homely AL the

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HE BUYS BRITISHI

He likes British cars; in 1950 bought two Rolls-Royces, a Bent- ley and a Rover.

Value of his horses has been set somewhere between one and a half million pounds and three million pounds.

Maisons Lamite, where mothers plenicked with their children in the and a quarter paddock, Boussae (usually seen Af Chantlily he has two stables,

in England in morning coat and two villas. He also has Д topper) was dressed in grey fan- nels, grey striped tic and green felt hat.

Immediately the race was over his private aeroplane took him to Deauville, where he is holidaying in his seaside villa.

Rarely does he appear at tha casino, at gala dinners or other entertainments. He spends most of his time playing with two girls and a boy, whose nges vary from four years to 10 months. They are the

children of his adopted daughter, Mme. Aupetit,

whose husband is an executivo in the great Boussac cotton enter- ⚫ price (55

(55 factories, 25,000 work-

peopleme

Aupetit is tho daughter of Boussac's wife by her former marriage. Presumably the three children will inherit the Boussac nilions, since he has no children of his own. Boussac was a supposedly unemotional bachelor, entirely devoted to his

cution and his racehorses, unl he met opera singer Fanny Heldy, . He fell in love with her, followed every note she sang from a scat

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in the stalls at the opera, married

her in 1938.

'AEROPLANE SHIRTS'

form of shirls.

chateau near Orleans, where he goes shooting.

millionaires,

Unlike many Boussac never sold newspapers In the streets, never was on office boy. His father gave him the capital to start his textile business in Faris at the age of 22.

On the reported dispute with Rae Johnstone, Boussac would make no comment. He merely points out that this alory crops up every year, *

-(London Express Service)

ALDERMAN A.C.

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ALEC BEDSER TAKES EIGHT NOTTS WICKETS FOR 18- 13 FOR 46 IN THE MATCH Dramatic Finish To The Battle Of The Roses

London, Aug. 5.

Surrey took another step towards winning the County Cricket title by trouncing Nottinghamshire by an innings and 80 runs at the Oval today and gaining their 17th victory in 21 matcher.

The man who played a leading part in their success was the England fast- medium bowler, 34-year-old Alec Bedser.

He took the last six wickets for nine runs in an hour, giving him eight for 18 in the innings — the most impressive figures of his career -- and 13 for 46 in the match.

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He also completed his 1,000 wickets in first class cricket. Bedser is the second player | boundary hut, trying another to accomplish this feat in the big hit off the third Inet two days, the other being caught at mid-off by Jamica Jack Young, Middlesex 39-year-Langridge, the Sussex Captain, old fi-arm slow bowfer. who threw the ball high in de-

Sutrey have now collected light. 212 points and lend the 'table by 52 points.

THE RESULTS

Some resulte of matches ending today were

Yorkshire, their nearest rivals, in a thrilling Anish could only Al the Oval-Surrey 215 for take Arst innings points from four desired. Nottingham 84 Lancashire in a down match and 51 (A. Bedɛer eight for 18). and with 160 points seem uh-Surrey won by an innings and likely to be able to overtoko 80. runa. Surrey in the acven remaining

At Northampton-The match between Northamptonshire and

PORTSMOUTH EXPECT A

GOOD SEASON

London, Soccer is again at hand.

As the oricket season reaches. ita ellmax with the final stage of

Bawhin the last day, began at Leicestershire was abandoned. the County Championship, foot-

the Oval, Bedser needed five of the six outstanding Nottingham- shire wickets to complete his 1,000 wickets, all taken since fist Class cricket resumed after the war.

So keenly did he go for them that Nothingham only lasted an hour and were all out for their lowest score of the scason

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On a damp pitch Bodser bowl- ed with great accuracy and l

who offered against batsmen

only timid resistance, and his il figures for the modding were

three

maidens nine

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and runs six wickets. Bodser has taken

20 wirkels for 116 runs against Notting- hamshire this season, for in the Whitsun gams at. Trent Bridge. he took seven for 60, including six for 23 their rout for 32 in) the second inning

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DRAMATIC FINISH There was a dramatic finishi to the match at Old Trafford, where Lancashire saved the against Yorkshire with guno their last pair at the wicket, and Yorkshire had to be satisfied with four points for a first innlogs lead.

Yorkshire declared their second Innings closed at 163 for eight,

By HENRY LONGHURST Brian Close, mised before he

London.

The fact that all the great championship links are by the sea, and that it is therefore geographically impossible for any of them to lie within the confine of the Midland Countles Golf Association, means that Midland golfers receive less of the limelight than their numbers and skill deserve.

A recent visit to the Midland Open Championship and the professional-amateur foursomes organised by the "Birmingham Post" at the Moor Hall club, has reminded me how numerous are the courses and how keen and com- petent the players in that area, to say nothing of my own ingratitudo in requiring to be reminded, since in the days of what I laughingly term my prime 1 was myself

one of their number,

Birmingham.

Later

thero wcre

had scored and again when 41, was top scorer with a hard bli

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Lancashire, set to make 209 in

3-4 hours, had made 187 för

seven wickets with the extra half an hour, still to go, At this stage the Yorkshire fast bowlers, Fred Trueman and Eric Burgin, took the new ball and Brian

Statham and Roy Tattersall soon fell victims to Trueman,

minute still remained

over of the match,

Surrey's Alec Bedser took his 1,000th wicket in fret cinas cricket in the match against Notting. hamshire yesterday. →→ Central Press Photo,

ballers are getting back into harness for the scason which opens on August 23.

Fratton Park is a hive of in- dustry. All the Poris mouth playere have reported for train- Ing after one of their longest- ever summer holidays.

They are all now in irhining for the

programint League which being with a home state against Blackpool, one of their bogy teams.

They are all fit and well”, comments maringer Eddie Lever "and, in fact, they were eager to get back".

Mr Lover is in his first season as manager of the club in succession to Mr Bob Jackm, who has taken over Hull City.

FULL OF ENTHUSIASM..

Portsmouth's chances are bright this season", he said. "We shall have the to call on 'and same players they are all full of enthusiasm.

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think

Naturally, even with the best

team, the ball may foll agairist us, but I am confident that we shall do well both in League

DECATHLON WINNER

Bob Mathias, 21-year-old Californian, won the Olympic Decathlon with a record score (on the new system) of 7,887 points, He had also won this 10- event all-round test In the London Games in 1948.

Central Press Photo.

George Souza Qualifies For Open Singles Quarter-finals

By

"TOUCHER”

George Souza became the sixth bowler to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Colony Lawn Bowls Open Singles Championship when he edged out M. B. Hussan yesterday by 21-20.

Although the match between the two most promising bowlers of the younger crop reached almost a dead heat finish, the standard of bowls displayed was much below. expectation.

M. B. Hassan, choosing the all the way until the 11th head-

enable them to forehand as his drawing hand, when a four was narrow for the first Low even up at 12-12.

Both the No. 1's word heads, and although frequently through with his woods, Souza prominent throughout the whole. managed to take the lead at 4-2 match, and the more consistent

ly in saving

aving shots, gave bis elde A two on the 8th head put that slight advantage. Hassan "Into his stride and a

The lösend

and Cayers should all be on the 5th head and 1247 on accuracy of Robertson, especial-

The fresh, for, apart from a brief tour in the Channel Isles, im- mediately after the end of last season, they have been free

from soccer.

Most of them, however, have been-keeping--fit-by playing other games. The tennis courts

used, and Jimmy Scoular, Harry Ferrier and Duggie Reld have been taking part, with some success, in the Southses Bowie Tournament.

the

19th

on

'with a five four on the 10th enabled him on the 1714 tuck a good pach to overtake Souza the 16th made possible by a good drive his last rood, [by Ogley with by 14-13.

On the 21st head the score They followed this with a single was 17-16 In Hassan's favour railed the jack to within a foot to lead by 20-10.Robertson

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The pitch at Fratton Park bas been resceded and is now in tip-top condition(London Ex-woods. press Service).

score a

the

The

at Fratton Park have been welt out on the 22nd, Souza missed the ditch on the 19h head 10. a folden opportunity of regler odour and pt 20-20-on-the tering a four and only managed 20th, Ogtey with a He of athe tho!

iwa.

and three third shots, had Hasson was short with bis misfortune of clipping in hit Arst three woods, but Souza

opponent's second shot

for with a lle of two failed to come count,

his two remaining up with

Robertson's draw to the lack to within one foot with his fast Hassan, however, again wood on the last head clinched" anatched the lead on the 23rd the issue by the score of 42-20,14: with three and with the score At the Kowloon Bowling Green at

18-20, Souza was again Club, 3. X. Silva and C. E. presented with a chance of Passos bécame the second pair to;% completing the match.

enter the quarter-finals; by: With the first and second defeating W. Chambers and A. E. shots

in his favour, only one Elilot in another closely cons more wood by him to go, and tested game by 18-17.

THE SCORES the nearest opposing shot almost Two feet away, he wenst - almost

Colony Op

Singles a yard through to flo-the scoro Third Round: at 20-20.

Turpin To Meet Maxim In

Title Fight

Sould

beat M. B. Hassan, 21-20.

Colony Open Fairs

A boucher by Hawan's first wood on the 28th head put him Third Round: P. Hughes and in a good portion, but Souza R. B. Robertson beat C. R. succeeded with a bulliant shot Rosselet

Silva and G. E X on the next wood by trailing 20; F. and m. C. Ogley 22 the jack about a foot.

Passos beat W. Chambers and A. E. Elliott, 18-17.

London, Aug. 5. British boxing promoter Then a a collapse started, with everything into Sussex throwing,ev

At Mandliester The match Jack Solomons said on Mon- bld for victory

was drawn, Yorkshire 200 and day night that he has sign 183 Tor eight declared (Closed World Lightheavyweight With only 13 minutes

Haman'a attempts with... his maining, the last five Middlesex 01). Lancashire 65 and 100 for

Champion Joey Maxim for |nine. wickets went for 10 runs. When the last over began Jack Young

At. Canterbury -- The Kent-a world title fight with Bri- two remaining woods: failed to. 'dislodge the toucher, leaving and Ahn Moss, the fast Middle- Hampshire match was drawn tish Champion Randolph Souza the winner by 21-20.

in London. "next Those already in the quarter- sex pair, ware topeltier and 20 Hampshire 100 and 210 for three Turpin runs were needed. Even then declared (Rogers 91, Bridger not

fnuls of the Opon

Singles are H. A. for out 52). Kent 160 for four de month. Play

G. C. Norman, safety, realising that five fours clared and 176 for nine

At Lord's The Athiy

beat would win the match.

a plane for New and J. Luz. The two out fore boarding, Royal Navy by an lenings and York "It's just a question of see-standing

matches, are runs. Royal Navy: Be for Ing that Muxin gunforms to the Contes v R. B. Robertson, and

(Carter 8 nine declared and 77 for 43, Wells 3 for 18). The extract hope to bring him. Hong Choy 7 WC Smp Rom, both to be played at the HKFC green,

to

Solomons told reporters be| W. 3. E. Baker.

when the last man, Bob Berry, came out to join Fred Parr and emidat tremendous musisem they defied all efforts to dislodge them. Parr, who batted an hour for nine not out, was accordeti an ovation which

In

the York- Indeed, one of my more poig place in the game. The "Bir-shire players joined.

There, was no play today a ecu mingham Fost".

There was. foursomes

another datiling | count of rain., Léteester 328 for nant early memories is of driv- ing home in the moonlight might all the gap.

anish at Hdve, where Sussex declared. Northamptonshire after doing rather well in the

unexpectedly beat Middlesex by 203 for four. The Midlands are, of course, Midlands Championship,

the birthplace Drai

and spiritual 16 runs with the third ball of

As Birmingham - The War- the

the Inst English Golt falling peacefully asleep at the home of

wickshire-Derbyshire match was How many millions? Not wheel. The car turned over Union, and it was with some This was a complete surprise

abandoned rain. Warwickshire even Boussat knows exactly. His three and half times, scatter trepidation that I set fool therefor, when the extra half-hour 78 and 340 Dar 6. declared. storted, everything seemed in Derbyshire 107 and 81 for four. business turnover has been esti-Ing not only my own clubs but In, since I am known not to see

favour of Middlesex, who still mated at guros ranging from those of two other over-trust- eye to eye with that body on

A Worcester The match was had seven wickets left with 49 £30,000,000 to £250,000,000 ing Bedfordians.

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the raising of all our handicaps

abandoned-rain, Worcestershire rure to pot. year. He takes 10 per cent of The foursomes ütle at Moor thus so noticeably, as antidi-

320, Essex 230 for six. ali the

raw cotton Imported into Hall was won by Duncan pated, "raising the standard of France; he spins it, weaves it, Sutherland, of Robin Hood, who British golf."" - smakes it up, markets the gar- played Walker Cup golf- AN OLD BOGEY ments in a chain. of his own throughout, aud Jack Har- shops called A La Toile d'Avion,

The occasion was for

I must record, however, that greaves. that in 1916 he me as a reminder

no awkward made memorable, however, bought up huge quantities af so much by the excellence moments and that my reception surplus aeroplane cloth from of the golf as by virtue

of was more than cordial. In ad- Britain and made a fortune by lunching and

walking dition, a point of much interest selling it to Frenchmen in the sound with the Lord Mayor of Was clarißed -- the difference Young refused

we call boge between what and the English Golf COMMON BOND

calls the Standard Scratch Score. A Past President, Mt Though the Lord Mayor con- Bill Burridge, when challenged, fessed himself to have

been

has always assured me airily part-time dabbler It that there is "no such thing as only a golf, and that in the

distant bogey."

CRICKET UNDER past; it transpired that wo had

At Moor Hall there is both.

CLOSE FINIS11 non bond

which no poil.

FLOODLIGHT score, for each During the Occupation the

sex by 16 runs. Suitex 140 and¦ ¦ He mid the reports that ha tical differences could sunder. They set the

in a column marked

Another close finish was Germans re-equipped the In the early stages of the war,

149 (Miss G for 03, Bennett was flying to the U.S. to get "bogey," and arrive' at

London, Aug. 5. total

the pre-quarter-final for 41). Middlesex 03 and 200| Maxim's" olgnature were a lot peen in Bessac factories. Doussac bided while your humble servant

The Surrey cricketing twins, (Roberston 01, Thomson 5 for of Muhish-I have already got round Open Pairs match be in red letter ;

Choeignature." He showed sween C. R. Rosselet and W. C. 13, pire during the Middlesex- hydibe on the

e north shore

Arsenal cricket match being discrepancy is perhapa ac he i not on holiday Blackpool, Alderman A.C.2 counted for by the fact

Hughes and Robertson suffer Howen

being

His mantiger. Doe Kearns. faught u was his penthouse overlooking

Turpin has been ordered by ed a 3-0 deficit on the first two b-like | allowed only 35 putts. Though

Somerset 131 and 205 (Gimblett the Bois de Boulogne at 9 o'clock on the south shore. The he 50. Lordost, to, Goddard, 7. for every morning. He Dreakfasta of his unecasing private

Hail .cam- not even Moos Condé- | under floodlight with the use of

lightheavyweight and middle. 03) Reuter. on tea and a biscuit, eats a hack high with a certain

warantowever, MA Chapman, Router.

TODAY'S PROGRAMME Weight-ly accordance

with Bri and fruit at his desk for lunch. officer should one day be com

The following cricket matches aght comes off, British sporting Hish regulations If the Maxim But he likes to linger over mitted to print,

are due, to start at Home tow

will hang on day:

Bouthend-Easex v Gloucester. Portsmouth-Hampshire v Middie- Türpin, 26, fighting da à milddle- weight, defeated Sugar Ray Canterbury, Derby Robinson in a 10-round dight in Blackpool:- Lattershire

London's White City last sum Notingham Nottingham Av. Ge- mer. He last return ht

with the Amarlega Negra in Associated Press, New York 10 days later.--

One of his sidelines was put- ting Christian Dior Into business. Dior's New Look sold millions of yards of extra cotton to women all over the workl who copied the long skirt fashion

A SNACK LUNCH

a common

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his time and was ready to make was being taught to drive ler of 14 And at the top of the

He mined the first ball drove the next straight to the 47

Army 313 for

(Farby 104, Smith 710.

eight declared

back with me,

"A LOT OF RUBBISH” ·

Al Hove-Sussex beat Middle-

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uniforms for the armies' of the } ries. round and round the gandard Scratch Scaput Alec and Eric Bedser, will um- 62), neistol-The Gloucester- | reporters" contract: which heDgley and P. Hughes and "N.D

Hiberation

・of The

that

AI

shire Somerset

match

was s

tayed at Highbury Stadium next drawn. Gloucestershire 349 for his signed by' Maxlm and | Robertson,

Bets to his Paris officeings at the "al?? and such-like Door old Cofonel Bogey is Mort of the game, pinyed in aid four declared and 28 for one.stan British Borlag-Bourd - to) haide, and very trasą, kokins)/

1stry, it

nove

a white ball and white stumps.

Count

it

cach

president of the Midland dinner. He has many politient Despite the quality of the o- les Association, makes friends Including Paul Raynaud.

It Airuck

pity clear. The net score at me as. a At 63 ho still gets up before foursomes should be

that: there, professional-amateur hol he Holis me, is a bogey on.m. driven to his stables at four hands, now that the und Scratch Score. The fsel

confined The total set score is a Slab Chantilly for an Thour riding oxorcist. He burhia own misseur "Daily Telegmph", foursomes that they do it, add up to the who travels, dround with him; art, sips,, defunct, All who mame nigure, and that no one for although he is not exnetly, fat saw, read about or played in knows from which figure one he in Inciliied that way. He that tournament knew instinc- là handicapped, rerasins Just (svorks 10 hours, a day,

tively that it had a unique'i one of those things.

HKATFA

Meeting

Committee of the Hongkong Amateur Truclé atid Field Auso- diation will be held at the Bad- thorn Playground Wolfare Centre on Monday – August 11, át: 0.40 p.m.

A meeling of the Execulivo | sėklo

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Letoonkon.-Leicester- v Türküüre,

surmast.

Birmingham Warwick (v-fadin Lord's-The Autor ▼KA

GATE).

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circles mid,

to Site Twx weight crown..

FINLAND BEATS RED CHINA AT

BASKETBALL"

Helink, Aug. 5.

TODAY'S GAMES Colony Open Pales Third Round: At KDC-G Norman and K. Bodle v. A. M. Sousa and H. Ozorio.

JOCKEY RICKABY

BECOMES 44 MAJOR RICKABY.

London, Aug. 5. Jockey Billy Hickaby has ridden a last rack for a short while, as he is now Major Rickaby of the Royal Artillery.

He has been called up for Z reserve training and Stifflcey, Norfolk

Fichatry's net rito, was į di- Saturday on "Free Pass", which finished well behind-Route

LEAGUE TENNIS“

In the Men's Langue, tunnis, v the “Kowloon Dock Club lost to the Recreation. Club: 4-0,

31. II. A. Lapalet and W. GARANT PiKDC) lost to ăn, B. X. Dux #hd”.

Kitchoit beat 7 Bannister: MERA

· Finland's ' Olymple basketball | B. M, Bunjsha 6-4; beat. team today defeated the visiting

TEN Muidoan and Olymple basketbali

team:

Rad China by a friendly match here. The score was 12 to 4 France-Presse, D

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