PROUD MOMENT FOR THE YMCA
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1952.
Heather Giles receives from His Excellency the Governor, Sir Alexander 'Grantham, GCMG, the trophy for the Women's 400 Yards Free Style Relay, won hy the European YMCA quartette in the record time of 4 minutes 59.2 seconds- the first team in the Colony's history to get under five minutes for the event.
Also in the picture are Susan Hewson and Helen Bendall, who swam the second and third legs. The anchor leg, Vanessa Giles, may be one of the fastest- girls in the Colony in the aqua medium, but she wasn't fast enough to get into this picture, which was taken on terra firma-China' Mail Photo.
International. Medical
For
Code
Boxing Urged
Chicago, Oct. 19.
Dr Frank Ferliano, former Chairman of the Medical Advisory Board of the New York State Athletic Commission, today urged a national medical code for boxing.
or international
Outlining his views in an article in the current issue of the journal of the American Medical Association, Dr Ferliano declared that boxing needed official medical supervision to remove the stigma of legalised murder".
Dr Ferliano said: "All deaths
in the ring are listed by the
boxing authorities, commissions
The word meters in History Belied Itself With
and sport writers as accidental. to analyse the
mechanics of fatal injuries that
most commonly are due to cere- bral hemorrhage. The generally accepted causes are:
"1. The loves lack adequate padding.
2. The mat under the canvas does not give sufficient protection when the boxer's head strikes the floor.
is not
3. The mouthpiece sufficiently resilient.
Still another cause is the action of the Commission in re-licensing fighters who have been inactivo.or retired, often for many years. These men usually are not in good physical condition, and they are vulner
Flush Royal's Victory
In The Cesarewitch
London, Oct. 19.
History belied itself with the victory of Flush Royal
in the Cesarewitch at Newmarket on Wednesday last. All the pointers that could be gleaned from the century-old history of the race were against the chances of the game seven-year-old.
To start with, no horse of this age had won the big was successful. handicap since 1903, when Grey Tick Since 1911, when Willonyx won under nine stone, five pounds, no horse had carried as big a weight to victory as Flush Royal's eight stone 13 pounds, except in wartime Dr Ferliano urged the follow-} substitute events. ing improvements in boxing:
able to injurles."
OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE RUGBY TEAMS OFF TO A GOOD START
London, Oct. 19.
Nothing quite takes the place of International Rugby at Twicken- ham, but the annual match between the university teams of Oxford and Cambridge is not far behind in popular appeal.
It
#ecomo" Hall, who captain--
England boks at Twickenham last time. against the Spring-
and J. M. Williams, the dashing
It is safe to say that on December 9, the date of this year's match, the thousands will make their way to Twickenham, old Blues, young freshmen, club players who can get the time off on a Tuesday, and a good sprinkling of the ordinary men and women-who see in Rugby football all that is best as a spectacle to watch.
Some people maintain that Blues that they will maintain Richmond had their moments December is not the best time for the advantage they have held too, but Oxford's tackling and the match, and if it was held against their Light Blue rivals defensive positioning conceded later in the season the players | since the war,
only one unconverted try in the would be in better form. That
WONDERFUL START
session. apart, the game always manages
Oxford's grand victory ** with
ed to produce good hard play Saturday in their opening ixture no quarter asked or given.
them д 1s a
a date little more than with Richmond save two months after the Univer- wonderful start and the promise red-haired English centre, were Bity teams inve tarted their of a good season,
on duty for Richmond And South Africans scored ten of looked the part but the man match-playing programme. In the 22 points which won the day who starred for the home team fact Oxford did not commence for Oxford against Richmond. their team building until this Chris Griffiths got a Aue break-(and may also do so for his week-end, and only a week ago away try and kicked two con- country before long) was right- did Cambridge start.
versions and Transvaal's J.H. wing three-quarter B. M. Gray, (Chick) Henderson weighed in a powerful kicker and clever
from The 31 points to five Win with a smart goal from a mark touch finder
the prolific against Old Leyalans suggested On their display on Saturday,
Devon nursery.-Reuter. that Cambridge had the makings winning with two men carried of a fine team, but stronger out injured, Oxford have the opposition will be necessary to makings of a strong, attractive really test then.
attacking side.
Oxford have a fair sprinkling
of Old Blues round whom to They were three points to 10 build their XV, and optimism behind at the interval after scrappy hanndling and keeping prevalle in the ranks of the Dark the ball too tight despite win- But -ning most of the scrums.
they imnsformed the scene in the second half with a great rally and entirely different style of play.
SPORTRAIT)]
"What the heck are you - baby sitter?"
London arttı Jervice.
With only 13 men, they cur- prisingly and delightfully oper ed up the game after half time. They handled perklly, the whole 13 of them, to tot up a final 22 points to 13 triumph.
Snooker Fixtures
Following are the fixtures in the, "George Younger" Snooker League for today and
row.
Today. - RAF
Tamer,
AMERICAN
FOOTBALL
SCORES
ana
New York, Oct. 18. Minnesota pulled the biggest the day when it surprise of upset Illinois 13-7 and moved into a three-way tie with Purdue and Michigan for the Big Ten lead. Fullback Mel Holme scor- cd the winning touchdown in the final quarter,
20:
Other results were:
Notre Dame 20, Purdue 14; Mis- slaappt 27, Tulane 14; New Mexico 7. Wyoming 0; Vanderbilt 20, A. & M. 14, Morida 13 Oklahoma
Капас Missour! : Oklahoma 42, tomor-
California 21, Santa Clara 7: Southern California 20, Oregon CRO. Uct 24. Stanford 14; Georgia Tech, 3 Auburn 0; Duke TomorrOW Chargomen's 57. North Carolina State 9; Michigan Mess. Eastern Athletic "A"; 40. Northwestern 14: Ohio State 37, Washington State 7 Texas 44, Ar- Eastern Athletic "B" y Kowloon kansas 7: Weanington 49, Oregon 0: Tong; Lusitano "Blue" v Cosmo: Holy Cross 40, Brown 0: Tennessee KCC. "Green"
Lusitano 20. Alabama D. South "While":
China H.Q.L.F.
V
ON THE RECORD Committee Meeting
•
V
14.
10, Nebraska 0: East Penn State
43, Yale 13, Comell 0: Princeton Lafayette 0; Harvard 21, Colgate 20: Pittsburgh 23. Army 14; Dart- mouth 2, Rutgers 20; Pennsylvania 27, Columbia 17: Wake Forest 9. North Carolkia 7: Virginia 33, VIM 14: Msteippi State 27, Kentucky 14; West Virginia 31, Washington And Lee 13 Xavier 27, Louville 13: Wisconsin 42, lowa 13; Indiana 33. Tanpie 0; Colorado 21, Iows Riste 12: Texas Christiana 7, Texas A. and M. 7: Idaho 54, North Dako Le State 3; Colorado A. and M. 41, Montane 0: Utah 35, Denver 0; 48, Syracuse : The Hongkong Swimmers, the first other ordinary member Michigan State
held Is Lorna May Mack, who, unlike Maryland 38, Navy Georgia Tech.
33, Auburn 0; Newhampshire Fathers Association
at Meeting
the her
Colony Springfield 14; Colby 15, Trinity 6: predecessor ยล Committee Victoria Recreation Club on Diving Champion, did not put muinois 13. Minnesota 7; Middlebury Saturday night and decided to the trophy on as her new head- 23,. Tutte 20; Herst 33, Coast Guard 14: Bowdoin 26, Wiliams 10: Tre- man Teachers 41, National make the following press redress. -It-is-usually-a-sound-theory. He had returned home from.
lease:
Helen Bendall, interviewed by 0; Waynesburg 15. Bethany 1. Improve the padding in-that the winner of the Cesare hospital only a few days before
57. Drake 0: Toledo 14; Detroit side boxing
"The Hongkong Swimmers this column, said that the only Vagina 0: Western Michigan 19, gloves and make which, run over two miles and after being injured in a car
And congratu- way to bring dancing back to the Boston University, 33, Willem the leatherette and inner lining two furlongs,
Fathers Association will come from crash
when
on his way to see
Wabash 2 .waterproof and moisture proof those who have previously won Flush Boyal run at Edinburgh.
the tather two the 'Teen Age Swimmers Asso-be 21. Comell College 0: Thiel 7, 2. Adap! better safety mats over two miles and more. where ho
coming won the Gold Cup,
Muhien- 20; Paine 0, Albright '33; under the canvas to reduce in-
Colony record-holders and Mrciation. A girl of her word, Tamga 20: Stetson G, Albany Slate This was the second serious In his many races in Britain
James
7. Bendall becoming Helen got the music going and berg 7. Tola 20; Kansas State jury.
and France, Flush Royal had car smash in which Fawcus has
grand) Findjay College 10: Defiance 14, the war,
the father of one."
the Teen-agers' had 3. Improve hand-taping pro- not won over
Baylor : Texas Tech. 10, Hardin more than one been involved since
time.
Simmons 28-United FreEE, cedure and materials to reduce mile and seven furlongs, and five years of which he spent in fractures and sprains,
Post of his 21 victories had a prisoner-of-war camp. been over lesser distances.
4. Devise more resilient, in-
dividualised gum shicltts.
5. Provide beller first ald
procedures at the ringside.
The narrow defeat, of French
Design was bad luck for his ALL PROVED WRONG trainer, George Todd, who has had this teosing experience twice in four years. In 1940,
Coubrattor
6. Develop a satisfactory re- All the book lore was proved sin substitute to prevent silp- wrong when Billy Nevett, who his charge
ping on convAS,
had
never
before
won
the
of drinking water containers.
B. Adopt measures to prevent cul eyes and blindness,
7. Provide better supervision Cesarewitch, moved Flush Royal up to take the lead, from Queen the dip and Vashti, going into held then
off the sustained challenge of French Design.
9. Establish uniform periedle health examinations for officials. 10. Set up standards for de- eiding immediate stoppage of bout for medical reasons.
11.
proce- wus
WGS
beaten by a head by Strathspey,
The race did not pay a com- pliment to the quality of this year's three-year-olds.
lates Mr Stanley Giles on be-VRC programme was by starting Mary 23: Cincinnati 27,
of
1
оп
a
afternoon
On Saturday had a pleasant experience that made us feel unusually hearty, two That was sitting between did
Hales. We have often sat next to one or another but never be
other
Meanwhile, the HKSFA
with the not carry on Item on its agenda due to lack Item of a quorum. The other was the election of Mrs "Lucky" Rose, Mr A. de O, Sales and
The reference was to the fact that the European YMCA team
The Australians have hardly of Heather Giles, Susan How- son, Helen Bendall and Vanessa gone, but the beneficial effects of Giles have become the Colony their visit are already to be record-holders in the 400 Yards seen. Two teams in the Firat FICE
Style Relay, taking 3.0 Division passed the 200 mark in
the Colony record seconds off
Saturday's League matches and interesting in- set by the Chinese YMCA last the following
CCO year'. They have also brought dividual scores were returned:- the European YMCA is first Gerry Gosano 44, Roy Kingsford Horses Colony record in years if not 52 not out, Bob Haycraft 64. of this age have the best record its first in history. They set the of any age group in the Cesare-new record at an average clip:
of 74.8 seconds a leg. The only horse in the field of witch, having scored 48 times 36 who could match Flush Royal since the race was inaugurated fer age, and the only one from m 1839, but on this occasion
in the Instituite neurological and whom he was receiving weight, none could Bnish
three in the Strathspey. Strathspey three, and only brain-wave diagnostle
Arst 13.
The best performance was by Flush Royal is owned jointly M M. Fablanla French by Mr George ant Mr Jim challenger Phartzis, who finish- McLean, sons อ. Mr James ed fourh. McLean, the retired bookmaker of Glasgow, who bought him in ENHANCED PRESTIGE
He was France for £35,000.
One the last December
promising put up at
of the most sales at Newmarket and was apprentice' riders in Britain to- bought by Mr McLean Senler's day is James Lindley, who is articled to J. "Towser' Gosden sons for 2,200 gulricas.
prestige and he enhanced his Following were the results of!
Mr. McLean Sr. purchased greatly by the manner in which the Arst
International round
100-10-one shot, Lawn Bowls, matches played at Flush Royal in 1948. In an at- he rode the
tempt to win the Lanark Silver Queen Vashti, Into third place. the Kowloon, Docks, yesterday:
A. M. Rumjahn, K. M. Omar, Bell, one of the oldest trophies in
The Cerarewitch is a difcutt A. M: Omar and J. M. Ornar British facing Ho was beaten (Paleistan) beat G. Hong Choy, n head in the race that year, race for boys, demanding as it E. J. Liddell, G. Lee and E. C. but he made ample amends by does plenty of strength in Fincher (Australia) 20-14.
to manage his Silver Bell last fockey taking the A. B. Kitchell, G. Yusuf, scazon.
dures to detect the earliesf onset | Onished last. of "punch drunk" symptoms in fightera-Reuter.
INTERNATIONAL LAWN BOWLS RESULTS
ན་ ་
a
horse
over such a distance of ground. Lindley rode Queen Vashil M. B. Hassan and A. R. Kitchell (Malaya) beat E. Greenwort He seems to thrive on racing, like a veteran and came near F. Francis, A. IG. Eastman for in 12 starts this season, he to bringing off a real outsider's and W. C. Simpson (England) | bas 22-12.
DISCUS RECORD
another
a
won six times, carrying victory. prohibitive weights of up to 10
The connections of Flush stone and has been placed
Royal
have are reputed to second three times.
brought off a big betting coup Flush Royal was brilliantly on his win, and to have helped to his victory by Novelt, mall fortune dependent on the Paris, Oct. 19.. who judged the race to a hale. victory of their colt, Cap of Moscow. Radio reported to In
few strides he Gold, in the Cambridgeshire en have been caught by October 20. Cap of Gold was May that with a throw of:57.04 | would metres, Nina Dumbadze, set up the second, Mr S C. Bank's on offer for the Cambridgeshire new world record for the French Design, who was a bare at 40 to 1. before the Cesare- Wornen's Discus Throw during neck behind at the line and go witch was run. Now he is at
less than half of those odds. Ing very fast. athletle meeting at. Tbilisi.
But apart from somɑ · book- by for "compatriot, Nion trainer, Jack Fawcus who has makers worries about a Me Romachkova, the Olymple kept Flush Royal in such great Lean double, the majority of the Champion, with 63.43 metres heart. I was unfortunate that bottling fraternity are happy. France-ProRGE;-)
he was unable to see the race, Reuter,
an
The former women's world
The victory
for
was a great Yorkshire the
record for the Discus was held triumph
of the Association.
tween two of them.
Argies
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Madrid, Oct. 19. Spain's Open Golf Champion- ship ended here today In victory for Max Fauliner, former British Open Champion, who with a 12-hole aggregate of 275 beat another British competitor, Tom Haliburton, by two strokes. Marcelino Murcillo of Spain Masters Champion, at British tied with Harry Weetman, the 279 for third place, while two Having all the Hales with Italians, Aldo Casera and Ugo them Gruppasonni, and the French- decided to sell €15, wo Father Maguire us Hon. Patrons our new story that ice-cream man, J. B. Ado, shared
must be the greatest energy-place at 281-Reuter.
world. Mr Sales, on being informed building food in the of the honour that is to be Two of the Hales had aerated
water.
The third one, Beryl, bestowed on him, expressed the hope that he may some day decided on a hot dog. become a full Ordinary Mem-
As far as energy-giving food ber of the Association as well.
is concerned, there is nothing The following were the re- Start something in this town, better than a hot dog said the sults of matches played in the and someone
immediately coples ik First, the Hongkong youngest, Beryl, who has just School Football League yesterday Swimmers Mothers Association, graduated to becoming centre-day: we are told, will be in being bederward on one of the School's hockey teams. In fact, fore the next Colony Champion- many Baryl ships.
is so sure that, should Ac, though that wasn't enough, they let her have it, she would the Hongkong Teen Age refer a hot dog to a lemon at Swimmers. Association is also to half time. out in an appearance. founder is Helen Bendall
The
and
"RECORDER"
FOOTBALL RESULT
SCHOOL SOCCER RESULTS
Senior-St Joseph's 3. Wah Yen Hongkong). 4: Chatham English 1, Clementi : Wah Yan (Kowloon) 1. Queen's College 2.
Juniorika Kadoorie PM 6.
enemy Road Primary : St Louis St Joseph's 1; Kliis Kadodels AM. O, Salesian School 8; Clementi Wah Yan (Kowloon) 1; Aberdeen
3.
Jumbor Torhnical of North oole 2.C, D. Wah Yan (Hongkong) Matches, not played-King's College Now Method (Benior) and King's College y Queen's College (Junior)
Hockey Results
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Following were the results of League hockey matchen played yesterday
11. Division-Argtments. ("A"> Pollen I.
Navy D, lecreio 3: Thunderbol
Aamy, postponed).
The Legis Crue game between Beornio "A" and: Victoriace; was abo postponed.
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