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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1952.

OPEN RINKS FINALISTS

INDIAN RECREATION CLUB FOUR BEAT CLUBMATES IN OPEN RINKS FINAL By "TOUCHER”

An Indian Recreation Club rink yesterday won the Colony Open Rinks Lawn Bowls title. The Championship thus goes to the IRC for the second year in succession,

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Last year it was the Omar family and this year it was the combination of A. R. Rahman, K. M. Rumjahn, M. B. Hassan and U. A. Rumjahn who defeated, their clubmales, M. Y. Adal, O. R. Sadick, A. M. Rumjahn and S. Yusuf, In the final by 31 shots to 13.

The losers were far from the form that brought them through their semi-final match against Joe Luz's rink, and gave a disappointing performance.

The odds were us anuch as two to one against them, all with the of S. Yusuf being exception Second Division League players. but at least a much closer fight was expected.

DISTINCT SUPERIORITY The winners showed distinct superiority man for man and with the poor opposition given them, were not to be blamed for bowls the poor standard of grved. Conspicuously absent was that tense struggle for every shot, and scientific locking or eaving shots were little evidence.

game, but came through with good shots the few times that the lie was against him.

OFF THEIR GAME

woods trying to block, and with wood U. A. RumJohn his last trailed the fuck a yard to regis- ter two. Yusuf succeeded to tall the jack for a count of two on the 10th to reduce the defieft to B-17.

On the 11th, the losers had

The front men uf the losets were completely off their game. Adol was either yards through or short for the greater part of

lille the mortification of seeing a the game. Sadick was

golden opportunity of making it more successful, and A. M.

could nothing close game silpping from ther

do Rumjahn

hands. With a count of live in right except on the last three

his opponents' Invour,

U. A. heads.

Rumjan, after being wrecked The lesers were able to score with his first wood, glanced off n front wood on his second try ong of the st in only

four en the second to take the shot. head--and even then through the on help of U. A. Rumjahn, whose hovy drive took away hit own

Most conspicuous player the green yesterday as un- doubledly the land of the wit-second and third shots. ning rink, A. R. Rahman. Out of the 21 heads played, he was somewhere near the jack on almost 20 beads and out of his 42 woods, only one could be regarded as a bad one.

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At the end of the 7th head, the | game was practically over when the winner led by 15-4. A tinge of bad luck appeared eggsinst the losers on the next few heads. With a lie of two in his faveur on the 8th, and no dange; what- K. M. Humjohn and M. Bever

Yusuf drew short Hassan were always there when to be deprived of one easy shot. required and U. A. Rumjaha

as skip was left little to do during the

The winners were all over their opponents from then on- wards, and, desplie some bril- fiant shots by Sadlek and A. M. Rumjahn in the closing heads, were unable to score more than #ve additional shots.

CRAIGENGOWER FINAL

The Craigengower Cricket Club rinks competition was concluded yesterday with the play-off of the final, which rÊ- On the 9th Yusuf had a countsulted in a win for R. Pavrl, major perlod ot of two bul wasted two good If. A. Botelho, W. J. Howard and W. C. Ogley over P. Rag, G. Madar, J. Leonard and W. Hong Sling by 25 chots to 18. The match was close oli the way until the 18th head when Ogley's rink registered a five to take A commanding lead of 23-17.

Stanley Matthews Scores His First Goal

Since Last

September

London, Aug. 31.

Sports editors have brought out their banner Bhes to hall the fact that Stanley Matthews, after tricking three Bolton defenders as easily as he might shell peas, finished up by scoring himself a thing he very rarely

The

TODAY'S GAME

semi-final postponed match

of the Colony Open Singles Championship between T. É. Baker and R. B. Robertson will be played off this afternoon at the Recreio green, The winner of this game will meet W. C. Simpson in the final.

does and has not done as a matter of fact since September Tommy Gosling

8 Inst season.

Blackpool's three-nil victory over Bolton last Satur-

day now places them at the head of the First League table.

Len Hutton's

Optimism Not

Taken Seriously

London, Aug. 31. There are a large number

Blackpool has about the best forward line playing in British attackers today. The

soccer

are South African Bill Perry “Quicksilver" "Perry as the referring to him, critics keep

Fourth In

Oslo Grand Prix

Oslo, Aug. 31, British jockey Tommy

The Colony Open Rinks Lawn Bowls competition for the 1952 season was com- pleted yesterday with an all-IRC final at the Kowloon Bowling Green Club.

The finalists from left to right are: A. R. Rahman, K. M. Rumjahn, M. B. Hassan, U. A. Rumjahn (winners); S. Yusuf, A. M. Rumjahn, O. R. Sadick and M. Y. Adal (runners-up),—Golden Studio Photo,

Chinese Fireman's

Hawaiian Chinese

Wife Wins U.S. Women's

Amateur Golf Championship

Portland, Oregon, Aug. 31.

Mrs Jacqueline Pung, a 210-pound Hawaiian housewife who was almost ready to give up golf, became the U.S. Woman's National Amateur Golf Champlon on Sunday,

By sheer determination and self-control she shook off an early attack of jitters to defeat Shirley McFedters, a 21-year-old college girl from Long Beach, Calif., 2 and 1, in the 36-hole final match.

And she hit the a shoky-nerve affair same thing. It was from start to finish, but Shir-green to lose the next hole. tey's calm confidence deserted Then came another tumabout. the crucial outgoing | With Mrs Pung playing cau- nine of the afternoon round tiously for pars and Miss McFed- while the older,

ters misting boli putts by inches, more placid

they halved seven holes in a row. Mrs Pung gained control.

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Shirley finally sank a long ony Mrs Pung, one of the longest

to win the 37th and the crowit hitters who has appeared in women's golf, is a former gave her a tremendous cheer. But public links player. She is 29Jckle called on her strength and reached the green on the 510- years old. mother of two yard 35th with two tremendous children who are training to douts. Shirley got there in three

and works become swimmers

FOREST HILLS TOURNAMENT

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New York, Aug. 31.

Frank Sedgman of Australia, the defending Chain- pion and Wimbledon titleholder, had an easy passage into the third round of the Men's Singles in the United States Lawn Tennis Championships which were continued at Forest Hills today.

He scored a quick 6-0, 6-0 victory over Tom Boys, a local player.

Fred Kovaiosil (USA)' beat Cham Richard S. Lopez (Venezuela) ·

6-3, 6-1, 0-4.

Heavy rain and clouds threatened to halt the plonships and conditions gen- erally were damp after the heavy overnight showers, when the third day's play began,

Ian McDonald, the Cambridge Blue, struggled hard against Felicitimo Ampon of the Philip pines, sixth seeded foreign player. but was eliminated 6-3, 6-1, 6-1.

Ampon, one of the gime's Mc- preat retrievers, outwitted Donald me and again. He winners scored many outright with his accuratoly placed drives,

SOME RESULTS Principal results in the third day's play of the Championships were;

MEN'S SINGLES Second Round Gerald Oakley of Britam beat Grant Golden (USA) 5-7, 6-3, 0-3, 0-1.

Frank Sedgman of Australia beat Tom Boys (USA) 6-2, 0-0,

0-0.

Dick Savitt (USA)

Dick Savitt (USA) bent M. Siern (USA) 0-2, 6-1, 0-3.

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WOMEN'S SINGLES Miss Doris Hart (USA) beat Mr Helen Rihbany (USA) 0-9, G-1-Reuter.

Miss Angela Mortimer (Bri- tain) beat Miss Mary Margaret Schmitz (USA) 0-0, 0-1.

Mrs Nellle Sheer Kogen (USA) beat Andy Ross Billey (Britain) '0-2, 6-2.

Miss Helen Fletcher (Britain). beat Mrs Julian H. Copeland" (USA) 6-3, 6-1,

Mrs Thelma Long (Australla) beat Miss Joan Ross-Dilley (Brl tain) 6-3, 0-0-Router:

ISTANBUL TOURNEY

Istanbul, Aug, 31, Budge Patty, U.S., won the the Men's Singles title at

Tennis Istanbul International

on Sunday, Championships

beating Armando Vieira, Brazil, 0-0, 0-2, 6-3,

The Women's Singles went to Dorothy Head, U.S., who do beat fcated Turkish Champlon D, B.

William Stucki (USA) 0-0, 0-3, Musliuoglu 6-1, 6-3.-Associated

6-3.

Vie Seixas (USA) beat Sidney

Prcss.

Wood (USA) 7-5, 6-3, 7-5, Australian Men

Herb Flam

beat (USA)

Thomas Lewyn (USA) 6-4, 6-4,

G-2.

BILL

Talbert

(USA) beat Rudolfo May (USA) 6-3, 6-0,

Ken

Rosewall beat Arthur Edis (USA) 6-1, 0-2, 6-2.

Damaka Wins 6-1

Grand Prix

de Deauville

Deauville, Aug. 31. M. Marcel Boussac's four- year-old filly Damaka won the Grand Prix de Deauvilla

Swimmers Not

(Australia) Coming Home

Gustavo Palafox (Mexico) bent Don Elsenberg (USA) 6-0, 6-4, 6-2.

Felicialmo Ampon (Philip pines) beat Ian McDonald (Britain) 6-3, 6-1, 6-1.

Jacques Brichant beat G. Devar Hobbs (USA)

as sales clerk in a chain store and when she failed to drop a ten-foot putt for a birdie she in Honolulu. Her Chinese hus- conceded Jackie's second pult

6-1, 6-3, 7-5, And band is a fireman.

she and the match was over-Asso- probably was the rankest out-alated Press. sider in, the tournament-with the excepilon of her opponent In the final.

Miss McFedters, who had to sink A putt in the darkness for of a playoff to qualify match

through play. went three extra - hole matches to reach the final All that time she

appeared nerveless. Bu today her icy calm melted under the bright sun that shone on the Caverley Country Club course,

WAS FIVE DOWN After the first 13 holes, Mrs

Cowal Highland Games At Dunoon

Glasgow, Aug 31. Australian and New Zealand women Olymple athletes werO among the winners at the Cowni Highland Games, watched by 30,000 people in brilliant

here today from another of his horses, Pharsale II.

(Belgium)

(Australia) Mervyn Rose bent Edward G. Dalley (USA)

| 6-0, 6-1, 6-1.

Lewis Hoad (Australia) beat (USA). 4-6, 6-2, Henry. Likas

Damalca, ridden by Roger Pain- celet, won by two and a halt lengths from Pharsale II, Charles 6-6, 6-1, 6-4. Elliott up. Mme Suzy Volterra's Le Vent, sixth in last year's Epsom Derby, finished third of seven runners, a further one and a half lengths behind.

The race, over one mile five furlongs, was worth 4,000 sterling.

the two Stanleys Matthews Gosling finished fourth on and Mortensen, Ernie Taylor, the Norwegian horse North | Pung was five down and seemed the at Dunoon on Saturday. franc win stake who used to play for Newcastle, Sea in the Oslo Grand Prix and the £27,000 Allan Brown

run over a mile and a half from East Fife,

here today.

One of the slemust batiles on Saturday, of course, was be- tween Newcastle and Tottenham at Newcastle, where 55,000 spectators saw the two teams draw one-all.

to e falling apart. Thirteen holes further along she was two up and plodding steadily toward victory. That, was the story of the match.

Gardner Mulloy (USA) beat! Louls Alekhol (Mexico) 0-0, 6-2, 6-1.

Sydney, Aug. 31. Australia's six men swim- mers at the Olympic Games are not coming home, other Olympians said on their re- turn.

Marshall John Davies, John and Garrick Agnew have gone back to the Universities in America where they are study- Rex ing, David Hawkins ond Aubrey have accepted American scholarships, and Frank O'Neill has joined his wife Patriela Cavendish, in France.··

the Hon. at her home

Australian breaststroke star Sharpe, who did not get

Ron

Luis

Ayola (Chile) beat into the team, has been offered

an American scholarship. David Rodriguez (Puerto Rico)

Noted swimming coach Forbes 6-0, 6-3, 6-1.

Robert Perry (USA) beat Carille said on his return he Nadia Najjar (Lebanon) 6-4, U-1, 6-4,

was apprehensive about Aus- tralia's future swimming pros- the pecta because although

Mervyn · Roso (Australia) Dimming team scored one Gold beat Richard. L. Gaines (USA) Medal at the Games they had 0-2, 6-2, 7-5.

Darnaka, by Ardan out Damalis, is trained. by.... Henri Semblat. M. Boussac's bracketed

not realised the development of entry paid 20 francs for a 10-

Larsen (USA) bent the sport in European coun- Art on the puri- Miss Verna Johnston, mom- mutuel, Place dividends were William Long (USA) 6-2, 0-4, trics, Reuter,

Australian Olympic 32 francs and 31 Iranes.

6-4.

Ditzler (USA) Hugh

beat ber of the relay team, cuslly won the wo-

Damaica went into the lead F.R. Mott Trille (Britain) 0-3, men's 100 yard handicap race.

off scratch, she got at the start and held it all the 1-3, 0-1. Running

Vent was in second quickly off the mark and Anish way. Le

Gustavo Palafox (Mexico) ed five yards ahead of Pat place most of the way, but was

who had a passed in the final stages by beat Robert J. Merdosha (USA) Devine (Dundee),

Pharsalc IL, who Anished 7-5, 6-2, 6-4, start of one yard.

Etn Blahop (USA) Miss Johnston also won the strongly. Reuter.

beat Gustavo Rueda (Colombia) 6-3, women's 220 yards handicap

6-2, 7-5.

Gosling flow from England Mrs Pung, known as "Jackie", specially to ride North Sea, who managed to steady herself some started favourite.

bow. During the lunch interval The winner of the race, worth Miss McFedters apparently was £1,000 and the biggest event of overcome by the realisation that SCHEMED PRETTILY the Norwegian season, was Herrn unknown college kid might of cricket enthusiasts who Wolves schemed very prettily | J. Groenlunds seven-year-old win the title. Needing only to event. nro wisely not taking too at times in their

2-2 drawn Eyebright, A Swedish entry play as steadily as she had be- Miss Yvette Williams, the London much notice of Len Hut-game with

tear, ridden by Albert Klimscha. Eye- fore, she went to pleces com-Olympic Gold Medallist from however, bright won Crilicy, ton's optimistic words that kept most of their superlatives

from pictely and lost five of the Ars! New Zealand, was successful in Cecilie nine holes.

the Long Jump, clearing 18 feet 5 inches-Reuter. Tests against Australia next South African

Before the final she had never Hewle.

Fone further than the third

tries for In two

the said Uitle. She

Chartlon.

comfortably

England will win all five for the display of the Londoners the Norwegian horses

and Cadeau, who were second

year.

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paper,

Hewle

pire

fullback, John and third respectively.

The North Sen, owned by the round Sunday

Andersnational as the Norwegian shipowner, They rightly look at the People, hailed season's Tests between England man of the match," while the Jahre, took the lead soon after had intended to give up com and India as not having provided Sunday Express said: "This the start and held it until the petitive golf after this tourna-

real test for

African has few last three furlongs, Eyebright ment, But since she won, she England's young South cricketers and refused to be equals,"

came with a strong run in the expects to return to defend her lulled into a false optimism be-

straight and North Sea fell back title next year, · cause England proved so superior

Norman Nielsen, a South to be passed also by Cecilie and to the Indianız.

African, is picked out by "The | Cadeau-Reuter. People" as one of the three defenders of Derby County- looking altogether out of pince right at the bottom of the table

As the Indian manager and athers connected with the side have since said, India were much weaker than England and could not stand up to six days' cricket a week, five days' Testa On England's wet wickets.

The wise people, without mink- ing to pessimism, balleve it will be a different story when Aus- tralia aro in England next sum-

who played "like heroes" against erafy Aston Villa's attack that eventually triumphed by a goal to nil,

MORE ODD THAN EVER

More odd than ever it seems to see a team with great First

mer, even though the successes Division record like Everton this year will put Englund's at the bottom of the Second

team in good heart,

Russia Wins International

Chess Tourney

Helsinki, Aug. 31. Russia won the interna-

chess tional

tournament

Time after time Mrs Pung out- hit her rival off the tees, forcing Shirley to press to keep up with

World Cycling Championships

Ricardo Biblers (Chile) beat Edward Alou (USA) 0-3, 6-2, 6-4.

Hamilton Richardson (USA) beat Tony Vinvent (USA) 0-2, 7-5, 6-0.

J. E. Barrett (Britain) beat R.

Just

Arrived

SWING-O-RING

STUDENTS

Philip Hanna (USA) 7-5, 6-2 NOTE BOOKS

Paria, Aug. 31. 3-0, 6-3, British Swimmer

Adolphe Verschueren of Belgium won the motor-paced Lewis Hoad (Australia) beat Successful In

cvent in the World Cycling Main (Canada) 4-6, 0-0, 0-2, Championships which were con-6-3. Channel Attempt cluded at the Parc des Princes Philippe Washer (Belgium) (Britain) Velodrome here today.

He covered the 100 kilometres

and 49.2 seconds, beating of Germany Walter Lehmann

Calls, Aug. 31. A British swimmer, Philip

beat J. W. Nichols 6-1, 0-0, 6-2.

Jacques Brichant (Belgium)

3-0, 6-2, 6-0, 4.0, 0-2,

her. But in the long run it was Rising, struggled ashore almost (62 mlies) in 1 hour, 20 minutes beat Richard C. Sorllen (USA) stendiness and accuracy that won exhausted tonight, having for her. She had a morning sum the Channel from Eng- round of 41-39-80 over the

lovely, 6232-yard, par 36-37-73 and in 10 hours 38 minutes. Waverly course and she was two

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SALESMEN

by 25 metres. Henri Lemoine Pancho Arcocha (Mexico) beat of France was a further 20 William Lurie (USA) 4-6, 6-4,

3-0, 6-2, 6-3. After reaching mid-Channel metres away, third-Reuter, over par for the 17 holes of the In five and a half hours ufternoon.

more for 13 against-currents and an SEEMED TO FREEZE UP tide to reach Sangatle, west of Colals, where holidaymakers At the start, Jakie seemed to cheered his arrival. freeze up. She was three down

comes from League, with

who ste Rising, newly relegated Huddersfield

and

at the ninth, winning only at the top

hole when Miss McFedlers hack-Rotherham, steel centro in north- REMAINS TO BE SEEN newly-prometed Plymouth and here with 21 points.

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ed out a seven on the long eighth east England, was taken by am- Lincoln both in the first four.

hole. At the 13th Shirley wasį bulatice to an hotel while Birmingham,

Second was ogala Whether England's players will like

looking 10 points. Third with 19mcocted her ball out of it clear

Argenting with five up. Then she hit a trap and masseur restored his circulation. strong promotion can

The Calais fre brigade have profited by the Indian visit didates, took a shocking four-points was Yugoslavia.

across the green on the short

took him to the remains to be soon. It is one hiding from Fulham before Czechoslovakia ħad generally agreed that India, great their own crowd; and for onee United States 17, Hungary 10, point,

18, the 14th,

That was the turning ambulance

hotel. sportsmen and certainly include the South African, Ted Purdon, Sweden

Rising plans to return to 13, West Germany ing some ane cricketers, were, was little

Jackle won that ose and the Beltain tomorrow-Reuter. in the limelight

** | 101⁄2, Finland 10 points,

212-yard 10th to end the round appears to be that had his In Section

B were: Holland only three down, which hit the 21 points, Israel 10%, Poland The start of the afternoon on found the young blood and the banent will the result might have been mark 10, Cuba 18. Brilain 14, My Mefedters, a quiet, pleasant- nel 10%, East Germany 18, Den-round was painful to watch. come to them in a couple of diferent.

Austria 13, Italy 12. Millwall and Grimsby, respec-

Scores in Beetlon C To painst false colours of op- tively, head the Southem and

Roma, Aur. 31. timbam about England's triumpha North scrtices of the Third Brazil 18% polnila, Greece 134 therefore la to do a big disservice Division and the fishing city Norway 18, Switzerland 13. Ice-

Spain defeated Italy 7-8 today In the Brst internationaå baneball to the country's cricketers, just have the honour of being the land 12. Saar 12%, Luxean

natch in Europe, played before as muching those who express only team in all three Leagues bourg 1.

On the 25th, where Jackie in estimated crowd of 15,000 undite penalmiem when looking to have gained maximum points The tournament is held every to the visit of the Australian from three games played two years for teams sent by had clouted one out of bounds persons at Torino Stadium Reuter.

chers-playing countrim--Reuter. in the morning, Shirley did the United Pros.

a team, little better that a although there good County side; they are liko

England were a few years ago,

acneral opinion

crashing

shot

a country pearching for now post early

years time.

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We

looking

caught who the fancy of the crowd of 3,000. went from trees to traps to the rough. She lost the 20th, 21st and 24th through her own bad shots and the match was even,

Spain Beats Italy At Baseball

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