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SPORTSMAN'S DIARY

THE CHINA MAIL THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1952,

JUNIOR MANX GRAND PRIX WINNERS

British Olympic Runner Offered Scholarship By Oklahoma University

London.

British Six Miles Champion Gordon Pirle may be appearing in Oklahoma next year.

He has boon offered a scholarship at Oklahoma University and will consider going there next September.

"They wanted me now," he says, "but I require more details of the offer. People want you to run for them until You certainly get no help in this country.

they have burnt you out and then they turn to someone else,

I

"There is no attempt to help! you in your personal affairs. think it is wrong."

TURNED OFF TRACK

There

is up future for Pitie in bunking long as he keeps on cunning. Pe devotes all his spare time in training and bus no time for evening study,

He tells me he is now doing 100 miles a week, mostly across He had felds in Army boots.

with 130,000

Over the season, the associa-tended, compared

lost more than £3,000 ulter in 1951: A winning aide always distributions to affiliated clubs,attraéto support, compared with a profit of £2,300

the previous season, when two are down, Tests against England

in more than £9,000.

On the other hand Middlesex though not heavily. brought Total attendances at Lord's for the rounty matches were 224.735 New South Wales Cricket in 1951 and 221.083 this year. Association, where ali inter-Receipts were £300 down.

Essex, despite their attractive state matches lost money, showed

brand of cricket, are £442 down o defeit of nearly £5,000,

on last year. Mr H. G. Clark, EVERYTHING POSSIBLE

their honorary secretary repeated of Test Every possible device, includ-to me that television to be turned uff the Tooting in the freak declaration which matches was one of the reasons. truck at closing time recently He hail-done 14 turlongs, 10 quarter miles and then another 10 furlongs--and still wanted to

11.

CRICKET CASH England's crickaling comties are not alone in their financial cricket in worries. Inter-state Australia is being run at a loss according to the latest balance sheel of the Victorian Cricket Association. Only "big cricket earns money.

The association's share of the profits last season from the West Indies visit to The Melbourne Cricket Ground was £1,200 for

some of us heartly dislike, has been used by county captains to bring the lukewarm into our cricket grounds.

Have they succeeded? Have attendances gone up after the alarm sounded by the retiring secretary of MCC, Colonel R. S. Rait Kerr, over their diminution in 19517

I asked his successor. Mr Ronnie Aird, that question. He replied that gures had not yet been returned by the counties to Lord's, but he had an idea that in most places they might be up." REWARD FOR WINNING

ZESTFUL SPIRIT

Other counties un the debit f side are Kent, Gloucestershire, Warwick, Nottinghamshire and All the others report Somerset. increased attendances.

In the zestful spirit in which matches have been played, and the closeness of results, this senon has been un alluring one. do not like the If the public cricket offered them in 1952-- well there is little more to be said or done about it.

two matches against Victoria and Certainly they are up in whom controversy has flared

3,050 from the fourth Tyst. All Surrey-winners but one Shelfield Shield Inter-pionship. In stale game lost money.

ROWAN NOT ELECTED. Chunky Eric Rowan, around

cricket of the cham- lin South African

"sit-down his since Llie competition circles

dur- Manchester at matches this year, 211,000

Strike

the South Africans, tour failed to here last

year, has gain election to the Transvaal Cricket Unlon for which he was He is Ul ane of 12 nominees. and was not at the meeting.

Australian Cricket

Team Due

-

Here

On October 8

Rowan, despite his 43 years, is South Africa's leading batsman. He was not considered for South Africa's tour of Australia later this year.

The Manchester incident -

Rowan curred when

became annoyed with the crowd when they slow handelapped his bat- down on the pitch for three minutes.

Former New South Wales and Australian leg-ing against Lancashire. He lay break and "googly" howler, W. J. (BiB) O'Reilly, will captain the Australian Cricket XI which is due to arrive in Hongkong on October 8 for a series of matches against local teams.

The complete touring side is tw follows:

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The winner, R. McG. McIntyre (17) of Glasgow (right), with "Hard Luck" Clurk (left) who lost the Junior Manx Grand Prix race by a fraction after leading all the way. Also in the picture are Clark's wife, Jean, and daughter Wondy.

INTERNATIONAL ATHLETICS

Beaten

World Record

And One Equalled

2

At The White City

White City. Stadium, London, Sept. 17. British women broke ond and equalled one world record at the international Boodlit athletic meeting here tonight.

Twenty-two-year-old Valerie Ball, one of the most attrative women athletes on the track today, broke the official world record for the 880 yards by running this distance in 2 minutes 14.5 seconds. This easily beat the previous record held by the Swedish girl, Anna Larsson, set up in 1945 at Stockholm.

MacDonald Balley, running for London

In

+

The Belgian, De Kerfgiler,

of 14

JOE BINKS SAYS There Are Runners Today Who Can Do A Four Minute Mile

By

RECORDER"

Joe. Binks, 78-year-old doyen of British athletics columnists and one-time holder of the Mile record, passed through Hongkong yesterday en route to Korea where he will talk to the troops on athletics. This is his third such lecture tour with the Services. The News of the World columnist made two such tours in 1941 and 1946.

Joe, who has had considerable experience getting the world's best athletes together for the British Games, said that a four-minute mile was possible today but that it was extremely difficult to get the best milors together.

He said that the ideal field | Chalaway. · could have finished would be no more than six and better than third in the 3,000 his six to put into a race to Metres at Helsinki if he hadn't return the first four-minule | tallen, but he thinks, that Chat- mile are Gaston Reiff of Bel- away would have been under gium, Emil Zatopek of Czecho- 14:10. slovakia, Joseph Barthel of Luxembourg,

He thinks that the biggest up- Roger Bannister at of the Games could have of

Werner Lueg of come with a victory for Albert Germ

any And Audun Boysen of Webster in the 800 Metres. Norway,

Webster, he sayu. was holding Joo's first choleo for a pace too much in reserve and kept off. setter was Rolf Lamers of Ger- his finishing bid too long. Even many, the man who set the pace Whitfield, the winner, had barely left at the Anish In the Olympic 1,500 Moires anything final, but on second thought he and Webster, a poor tactician, preferred the Norwegian half had

running. loft than he had dared him miler. Boysen. He said that Britain's Albert Webster, who put Into the race. surprised everybody by reach- Roger Bannister, Joo Binks ing the

was worth соп

more

at Helsing of the 800 Metres thinks, jo one of the best Milers today and could possibly have won the Olymple 1,500 Metres final if it wasn't for the necer

heat alty of running

and Bannister; semi-final carlier. ho said, does not recover easily from a fast race and three sur- cessive efforts against tha world's best were too much fr him.

sideration too.

Though Zatopek has not got much experience of the Mile, Joe thinks that he has as great possiblitica at the distanco LOS he does in longer races.

NURMI WAS

BETTER

that

Joe does

think not Zatopek is the greatest distance runner he has ever seen. He

still prefers Paavo Nurmi, the Phantom Finn. Nurmi he says, never had the competition that Zatopek has today and the Fina 멀리 oven

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Home Soccer

Results

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There is, however, a time of Helsinid.

London, Sept. 17. in the won the 680 Yards for Brussels Marathon (more than 26 miles) minutes 14.4 seconds by

.passed Pussed

Results of football Britain's Enid Harding, set up inter-city contest against Parts with a time of 1 minute 60.6 when a remark was

that he had slowed down after last month on the same track, and Brussels, took the 100 Yards seconds.

the 6.8 seconds, and

220 The Belgian came with a fine being a clear winner in the matches played this evening Miss Harding finished second today in 2 minutes 15.3 seconds, Yards in 21.3 seconds splendid finish to pass the Londoners Finnish Olympic trials in 1932. were:

Nurmit's best Marathon, time

DIVISION 1 which also broke the Swedish times, considering the cold and Richard Day and Brian Hewson,

wet conditions.

who finished second and third was 'lours 26 minutes 548 Cardiff City 1 W. Bromwich girl's official record.

100 Yards

minutes Michester C. O Burnley event respectively.

seconds, almost three A British quartette, consistingIn the

managed Portsmouth 2 Arsenal the Yorkshire of Shirley Hampion, Anne Brian Shenton.

Shortly after the start of the lower than the time man 9.8 three mile event run in pouring by Zetopek at Helsinid, but Sheffield W. Z Middlesbro. June Roulds and

clocked Johnson,

sprinter,50

could Sylvia Cheeseman, ran the 800 seconds, which would

equal rain, the electric mains went Joe. belleves that Nurmi TWO-PRONGED ATTACK

DIVISION II Metres Ralay (four times 200 the English native record if and only a spotlight enabled have been much faster if he Sunderland 0. Newcastle

doing

all his own running. Cruiserweight George Walker metres) in 1 minute 38.7 seconds ratined, but, as he got a "Rye" the spectators to see what was wasn't

Je Binks thinks that Nurmi, Birmingham 2 Leeds

Brentford 0. Sheffield U. 0 to equal the Agures set up by this must be considered doubt going on. The runners had dif

Milo record Fulham who once held the (Ilford), winner of all but one

four Russian girls at Bucharest ful.

6 Notts County 0 fcully in seeing where they It is expected that the Hong-of his eight lights since he left

in 1951.

Among many thrilling finishes were going. The light fallure at £10.4 could have come near Huddersfield 3 Doncaster kong Cricket Club will offer the the amateurs an ABA champion

DISLEY THIRD

there was none finer than the was a pity for the ance produced a four-minute milo if someons Notta Freni Doncaste

be p300 for him K. Miller (Australia and New use of their nels to these selec-last year, is beginning the season

which magnificent bate between could have set

the first three laps..

ps Nurmi Plymouth A. 0 Bury South Wales); J. Chegwyn (Newed for the final trial as from with a two-pronged attack on a

Of several line performances 2,000 Metres event, in

for over the first European 1,500 Metrea Luzlen Theys, running

believed

could

DIVISION H South Wales), W. J. O'Reilly Monday, September 29.

professional championship.

set up on a track soft through a the

Wim Slijkhuis, Brussels, and Alain Mahaut, Champion. It

to 4 minutes 4 and

(South) New South Australian

hoped that Mr T. A

First ho is claiming the vacant

continuous drizzie, one of the

the whole athle- Bournemouth 1 Newport Wales); A.

recently been Southern Area title. Second, he Morris (Australia Pearce, who has

best was that of the German little man, got up on the post running for Paris. over eight and New South Wales). A. in England on leave where he has been matched

Steeplechase Champion, Helmut to beat the Australian, Donald

Theys eventually won by about the world at the time MacMillan, ---in-a-time. of. 5 M.C.C. against rounds at the Empress Hall"on" Gude, who showed his Helsinki minutes 20.4 seconds. und New represented the

20 yards in the good time;" con= ) an impossbility. considered | Brighton

Gillingham -0- Swindon One

Jon's treasured Ipswich 30 against Donnis R. Kissell (New Oxford and Combridge Univer-September

form to have been all wrong The time-keepers gavo the sidering the conditions,

Third memories is of Nurmi telling Millwall: So Vales), A. Davidsensities, will be back in time to Powell, cruiserweight champion | 401

when he won the Invitation Dutchman and Australian the minutes 11.8 seconds. C. McCool captain the Colony side against of Wales.

was Llewellyn Morgan, the him, after they had imown each Norwich (New South Wales),

win over Powell would 3,000 Metres Steeplechase event

in 9 minutes

Oxford Bluc running To Lon- other for many years, that Joe Reading- (Australia and Queensland), D. the visitors.

seconds the same time.

Binks was his boyhood idol and Torquay almost

time fastest time ever

Roland Hardy, Britain's Waike | don. Mahaul's certainly put Walker and Queens-

recorded in Fallon (Australu

14 was into any

one of his greatest treasures is a official cruiserweight Great Britain for this event. mg Champion, was disqualified minutes 15.4 seconds. land), R. Flockton (New South

picture, taken, of himself in Wales), W. South (New South

Britain's John

who in his bid to bout his own world Disley,

After Frank Parker had just Nurmi's homevikhlaanes Wales), J. de Courcy (New

find a challenger--or a successor

και a Bronze

Medal in the five miles walking record. Hardy beaten his team mate Peter Kolehmainen, theft French Bradfor -to champion Randolph Turpin.

Olympics and finished South Wales), S. Carroll (New

the 120 yarda miler, Jules Lodouinegue, and Blessed with natural punch, South Wales),

Walkor has beaten five of his sinki, was only

in 13 minutes poor third, miles seven victims inside the distance.

ANNIVERSARY with Germany's Gunter Hes-

the Medley Relay

GOTIN selman, a good second to Gudes, but he had not com- victory over Paris and Brussels. JOINT EFFORT

out by Britain's former easily in one minute 58.2 seconds.

Earlier this year saw the 50th Harold In this event Arthur Wint, the anniversary of Joe's historical The only double of the meet-pulled other lap before he was by winning

champion, over 20,000, Olympic ing, watched by

giant Jamalean,,! ran the first leg one Mile record of 4 minutes Quaer Finals 2nd tex was recorded by the West Whitlock.

a 4:23 Dundee It will rocalled that he was of 440 yards in 47.3 seconds. 10.8 seconds. Indian, MacDonald Bailey,

It was Wint's Anal per-

Joo sail Hibernia miler at the time," In disqualified in the Olympics, in Bronze sprint medallist

which he was held to have had sormance on the track. At the "and the coaches in those days Kilmarnic one of Britain's best chances of close of the meeting he ran a kept telling us not to go all Th. Lank

Jap of honour, his farewell gaining a Gold Medal.

out, from the start of the race a running track.

Jest we don't have enough at The ovent was won by Georgo The inter-city meeting was the finish. Coleman, who reached the won by London with 130 Olympic finals in Helsinki, his points. "Parls was second with Lume being 30 minutes 42.3 811⁄2 and Brussels third with 70. seconds, well outside the world-Reuter-- record.

The following

been arranged:

fixtures have

Friday, October 10-y Civilian XI at KC.C:

A

TEST DATES eliminators likely to be set up to

ANNOUNCED

Sydney, Sept. 17. The Australian Cricket Board of Control lonight announced Australia's the Itinerary of Test cricket team to tour Eng-

and next summer.

The team

mid-March, arriving

Sunday and Monday, October 12 and 13 Chogwyn's XI v Oftenly's XI at H.K.C.C. Wednesday, October 16 Combined Services at Recreio.

Thursday and Friday, October

y Colony X1 at tralia in the liner 16 and 17 II.K.C.C.

Denis Compton and Bill Edrich ware known before the war 16 They the "Middlesex twins." always seemed to keep pace with each other in performances: Aus- will leave

This season, their second as Orendes in joint captains of Middlesex, the in England title is still apt. Compton tops A Selection Committee copsis-on April 15. The party will his team's county batting aver- ting of Messrs A. R. Rumjahn, return to Australia on Septem- ages with 1,430 runs for

1953,

an

E. C. Fincher and A. Perry eber 24, td venues of the five second-average 36.71 from 1,689 average of 36.89.. Edrich is been appointed to select the Dates Colony player”, ----

Tests ure: First Test at Not-runs. tingham from June 11 to 10:

TRIAL MATCHES

In bowling Compton occupies Second Test at Lords from fifth place--74 wickets for 25.00 Third Test at runs aplece. Edrich is sixth. His June 25 to 30; Trial matches will take place Ju

cach costing 28.30 at the Kowloon Cricket Club on Manchester from July 9 to 14:41 wickets Sunday, September 21, teams Fourth Test at Leeds from July runs. for which were published in 24 to 28; Filth yesterday's China Mall; at Soo-Oval from kunpoo on Sunday, September Reuter.

20 and at the Hongkong Cricket

Club

on Friday,

October

3.

The first two trinis will bo

Test at the August 15 to 21;

half day and the final trial will No Scramble For

Le a whole day match commen-

eing at 11.30 am..

NOTICE

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB Special Cash Sweep on the Kwangtung Handicap Saturday, 11th October, 1952. Tickets in the above at $2.00 each may be obtained at the Cash Sweep Offices of the Club at

Telephone ilouse, 1st Floor 6, D'Aguilar Street

-382 Nathan Road, Kowloon.

Over 300,000 tickets sold to date.

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31 TONS & SUCCESS The Hove wicket. played its part in making the departing season a pleasant one for Sussex CCC. Every one of the nine played there was Anished, and all went into the

Stumps At End third day. Of Test Matches

th

five looked to be well within his re- Hydrei Tandon made sure of the immortal Paavo Himself. places ahead of Gude at Hel-cord bld After covering two hurdles,

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England Beat Wales At Rugby League

ba

68.B

Miss Shirley Strickland, Aus- tralia's blonde Olymple Gold Medallist, won the invitation 80

on

"I was

I:

1

1 Bristol C.

0 Aldershot

❤

Exeter

รับส

4 Crystal Pal

5 Leyton

DIVISION III (North)

1 Crewe Alex. 3

1 Scunthorpe

Chester Darlingin

0 Carlisle Grimsby 2 Barrow Workingon 0 Mansfield

SCOTISH LEAGUE CUP

5 Surling Alb. 0 8 Morton 3 St. Johnstons. 1 0 Rangers

-Reuter,

Doders Lose,

Gints Win

G. George had once decided not to listen to this advice and he come under 4:20, for the first time by running;

whole distance. all out the decided to follow his example

Jew York, Sept. 17. and finished six seconds faster

The N York Giants won than I had ever done before."

(W. G. George subsequenity and, the ooklyn Dodgers lost professional record today in purate games to put the Dodgead over the Giants holder in the Mile at 4:12.8)

Joe Binks does not think he to three mes in a tight. Na- As Miss Harding's time of 2

Face Gats. ahut out the The it could than his best of 4:10,8: Shortly a handicap race, minutes 14,41 seconds was set up could have gone much faster tional Lea not be accepted as a world after setting this mark, a British Chicago bs 2 to 0 on Dim record for many years, he was earn's hit pitching. George Wilson h, home run in the automobile.

Last pla Piltsburgh Pirates.

George Jetkovich hit two

RECORD, WILL STAND Omcials said after the meet, Metres Hurdles in 11.3 secondsing that Miss Bull's time of 2 Wigan, Sept, 17.-

tenth of a second outside the minutes 14.3 seconds. would be

the new women's world record | bocamo England gained a runaway

British record. in 'the

for the 880' yárds, victory against. Wales

Second Was the German Licogue Rugby

Imernational today, here winning by 10 points Olymple Bronze Medallist, Maria, to eight. England led by 13 Sander, with a time of 11.4 points to five at half-time.

Wales, whose midheld work was good, ruined their efforts by poor finishing. England seem

seconds,

GREAT FINISIT

▾

In

record.

Strangely enough, however, involved in on mandy The Australian got

a lovely the British. ruics are different that ended his running; third.

and allow a record in handicaps,

Joe has seen most of the defeated Boklyn & to 1, which means that Miss Harding will probably hold the British Olymple Games and has an in-

the world record-Reuter.

THE GAMBOLS

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bir

Barry Apfely

to have a perfect pair of half-start and looked to have the rage backs in W. Horne (Darrow) in safe keeping, but the German At the beginning of the season

and A. Burnell (Hunslet) for mother put in a great finish and a 34-ton roller was bought in the first test against Australia the Olympic Champion had her record with a better time than exhaustible fund of stories on home runted accounted for. the hope that this would roll

Horne inspired England. His work cut out to win by a bare at which Miss Ball holds these great athletic festivals, three. Piturgh runs-Ass- more pace into the wicket.

He does not think that Chris, cinted. Pres fe work was great and he made Sydney, Sept. 17.

yard. Groundsman Charlie Holden con-

two of England's dva "tries. R. There will be no scramble siders it has done that job. for Price, stumps at the end of Test

of Belle Vue Rangers. reasonable was matches in the

to be bowlers always had series

the pick of an overplayed chance at the County

Ground

Welsh played between

side. Australia and

throughout the scusen.

Пуе England's South Africa during the coming

tries werd The spinner received a Uttle

Word Australian season.

scored by Burnell (2), E.: sistance towards the end of

Northern), (Bradford

E: H. The M.C.C. has notified the the season and Robin Marlar's Pausey (Leight) and Greenall Australian Board of Control that intelligent spin made the most

(St. Helens). J. Ledgard (Leight) this procedure was adopted in of it, Giant scores were almost

converted two of the trics. the England v. Indka matches unknown and the cricket was all

The during

For

R. Wales

Lambert post summer "as on the better for it.

(Warrington) and Price each experiment,"

scored tries and B. V. Goldswain The Australian Board deaded

GIANTS' PAY to-day that the captains of both

(Oldham) converted one. toupis in, the coining Tests will “About £23,000 a year" is the ko naked to, instruct players not salary which Leo Durocher, whọ to remove any balls or stamps, has ro-signed as manager of the Umpires will be Instructed to

New York Gianta Baseball Club. collect sfumps and balls ond res ip believed, to be pali.

i

turn them to the authorities of This de roughly the tre the ground wliere matches are received by our Prime Minister, played, and they will then allot Lord Chancellor and Speaker of three stumps, and two balls to the House of Commons combined. Secretary, each explain for distribution

among the players.--Heitora

H. MISA,

-{Lendan Express Service)

OTHER RESULTS Brudfold Northern beat York by In a 'Rugby League club maich 12 points to seven.

RUGBY UNION RESULTS Sarnocna 3, Rosalyn Park 8, Bristol 10, Exeter & Cardif 3, Cheltenham 0. Weston-Super-Mare B, Blocos --- von Router

MAY, GAMBOL,YOU, OMITTED TO PLACE A GLASS OF WATER FOR THE CHAIRMAN. IN THE | [BOARD ROOM

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