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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1953.

Hongkong Players CHARLTON ATHLETIC v. NEWCASTLE UNITED MRS VAN VLIET WINS THE Not To Compete At Bucharest

Bombay, Mar. 15,

Hongkong, considered by many as strong contenders for the Swaythling Cup, the Men's event in the World Table Tennis Championships which begin in Bucharest, on Friday, have withdrawn from the event.

Ranga Ramanusam, General

was selected Hongkong's No. 3, Secretary of the Table Tenuis enuld not make the trip. Federation of Aslu, who an- Hongkong's other two nouneed thin tiny, said the players, Sih Gu-chu, An decizion had Deon Taken bo- Champion, and Chung Chia

cause Chung Kwok-sing, who | sing, "who are touring India, will now return to Hongkong on completion of their Indian programme,

Blarney Stone Shield Matches

Continue Today

The remaining matches in the First Round of the Anal Blarney Stone Charity Shield Seven-A-Side Rugger Competi- tion will be played on the Army ground at Sookunpoa today,

commencing 440, p.m.

these

On completion of matches, several Second Round encounters will tolless.

The remaining Second Round matches will be played or Wodnesday, with the quarter- finals, semi-finals and final taking place on Saturday,

Originally they were schedul-

ed to leave for Bucharest from India

the 10 purticipate in Champion..huu.-Reuter.

OXFORD WIN

VARSITY ATHLETICS

White City Stadium,

A mile run of four minutes and 8.4 seconds by Oxford's Olympic athlete, Christopher Chataway fen- tured 10 Inter- Varsity! The following Jac the pro-Sports Meeting here this; gramme for to-day:

afternoon, in which Oxford

4.40 m-Tamar "termine 12 Lecoling Bly" "A". Referee.-5. Cur McClintock.

6 pun.-6 COD, HASC y Bengkong Police "A". Referee. 3. Forrin. 0.20 pn-1ungkong Police "B" v Old Crocks. Referee. -- L7Cdr Me

Clintock.

8.40 p.m.ILASC v 16 Field Regl ment A. teferto, J. Forela,

6 pm-7th Royal Tank Regiment

Referee,S/Cir Me v Wayfuong. Clintock,

Announcing!

THE

"Kill Dow"

SERVICE

for

Winter Clothing

i beat Canbridge by 783 points

to 53 and by mine events to five.

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It was Oxford's sixth succes

| sive victory over their rivals.

Chataway not unly beat his

Bartram (Charlton goalkeeper). saves a high shot from Keeble (Newcastle centre-forward) while Fenton (Charlton, right-half) and Hannah (Newcastle inside-left) look on. The League match ended In a goalless draw.

Cooper Pitches Bantams To Victory With Second No-Hitter Of The

By "KEYSTONE”

Season

Ace hurler David Cooper of the fighting 35 Bantams racked the own Inter-University record of second no-hitter of the current season to defeat the Comets 8-5 and enable

الان

last year, but by his brilliant mile

today became the third HER fastest British miler times. He won by about 15 yards from Peter Robinson of Cambridge, who returned four minutes and 10.6 seconds.

perfect.

Alan Dick. another Oxford Olympic athlete, won three track events, the 100 yards, the 220 yards and the 440 yards to becomo, the first runner ever to win three track events in these sports in one afternoon,

THRILLING RACE.

Dick's times were: 100 yards -10.1 seconds; 220 yards-22.3

440 yards-48. seconds an seconds.

the Bantams to make a clean sweep of their week-end double-header.

Dave

the

as the

the

and was touched for it out

ball for the

FIRST ROUND OF THE "BATTLE OF THE GIANTS" Four More Colony Records Fall-But That's Getting Commonplace

By "RECORDER"

Four Colony records fell in the triangular athletic meeting at Caroline Hill yesterday, but that's getting commonplace. The main assault will come at the Colony Championships at Sookunpoo the coming week-end and conspicuously absent from yesterday's meeting were number of the South China Athletic Association's top-notch performers. who were not risking pulled muscles or the eager challenge of the also

rans.

Yesterday's meeting started as a flop. With most other details taken care of, the diverse organisational talent from the SCAA and HKAAC overlooked the starting gun and the highly-strung athletes. who took part couldn't get themselves to react with speed to the screech of the starter's whistle. Credit must ba given to Me The two ladies met in battle

That Creat Raleigh Leung, who

battler, Roy got things yesterday and both broke the Spencer, who may be going by whistling away the 800 Colony record, but Mrs Van Vliet "shanghaled" by the Dorsels if Metres field and from then on had an edge of four inches at 20 he isn't careful, held his own for everything went off with fev feet 8 inches. She repented! HKAAC on the fast leg of the haltches.

South China's huge later with a new murk of 83 feet Sprint Relay after having led team of fold judges allowed six 5 inches in the Discus Throw. tries In

two-thirds of the way in his first. most of

jumping and

The

"bash" at the Law Hurdles and finishing fourth.

throwing events and the HKAAA The two ladies join batile can now point with pride to the again the coming week - end fact that is feld judges never and, though Mrs Van Vliet ex- Chung Yal-hung surprisingly erra standard of efficiency that pects to give way-at least in the | had the better of Eddie Loureiro hadn't been reached up to the Shot Put-before many more on the third leg of the Sprint start of the current season.

weeks have passed, she is not Relay and two slow baton ex- giving up without a struggle. To changes by the Club gave Souta emphasise this, she had two pulls China a well-deserved better than Mrs Thompson.

Mrs

It may be added that the time-keepers (all from the SCAA Association has now some six and HKAAC) who never vary to inore than a fifth

Van Vliet also

of a second monstrated what she meant by

pupils-adult and

at any race anti seldom vary the scores of pupils adult at

There wasn't very much in the minor-whom stic has taken

SPORTSMANSHIP

•

victory HKAAC four of Spencer,

, Loureiro and Xavier stilí Champlons, but the South China four will start next Sunday with

a better bet as the Colony

a confidence that they

There seems no limit yet to the athletic possibilities of Georgy Salinders, who cleared B'fect 8 inches in the High Jump and 41 feet inch in the Hop, Step, and Jump two very respectable"

THE RESULTS

100 Metres-4, Xavier; (IIKAAC); Crate procis "Loureire (EAAC)

Hing SCAA): 6. Fung Kat·les (SCAA); Time: 11.3 freca.

hustling a trio of runs across the rubber. short which Ebrahim gloved with On Saturday,

a short hop to end the ballgame. Rexes made a strong comeback Bui Cooper bore down and re-

Winning pitcher Hassan Issued by thrashing the Americans 18-5 tired the next man via die well- and forcing a play-off for the travelled strike-out route.

nine

free bases, struck nut two Senie "B" Pennant, the Then, with six and two-third Though it was sunny, there

The Warriors shaded

safely negotiated and Losing pitcher Clyde Kwok out- was a stift keen wind, which | Pandas 4-3 yesterday morning in į only one qui to H * -hitter, the by conceding five walks with no running performances yesterday, care of in P. T. clanses-"You until yesterday. for that elusive performed his opposing number blew downt the straight and a game of errors by both sides, pitcher's dream, a conditions were by no means while in the afternoon the Braves Conels lead-off man

towered a strikeouts and only two hits. The only real race was in the must have spirit

For the down slapped

the Chinese

Playing better

800 Metres in which Leung benefit of the Netherlands com- Ablettes with an B-B shut-out pitch into short centre.

Fixe pnxious glove-men better part of the Kame and

ot SCAA and Simunity; Mrs Van Vliet's Winning and the US Navy slugged out a

011 the

rapidly-outhitting their seasoned

College, outran Frank putt was 9.50 metres, 7-4 win over the Madcaps.

ball, Completing their Junior League frozen in a dumbfounded circle Pa

then

to two, the stood nents six

rookie Waller of the HKAAC and King Pandas dropped a heart-breaker

George V schedule in a blaze of clory, the

School in

in the record pill hit the dust ud-only through the disastrous time for a Hongkotig schoolboy gunners of the 35 Bantams outfit

hindered.

| seven-run second

of 2 minutes 8.0 seconds. Waller, shire Regiment, who waited a Inning when

The 1st Battalion, The Dorsel-KAA records. outhit and outperformed their

Leftfielder R. Lang flied out enlarged and multiplied

the effect of one measly hit was second in 2:09.8, returned the long time opponents in both games to sweep

for this meeting- to third for the last out

by of

third fastest a double-header from the second-

img, ever by the whole crop of errors.

schoolboy In Hongkong in this from the New

having made the long journey query with place Griffins on Saturday and game, and a

With these last three games, event-behind Kam-po and Lo official reore-keeper confirmed

Territories to the Comets yesterday,

Caroline Hill early last month a brilliant regular League play In Shackling the heavy-hitting the achievement of

the Wing-chuen's 2:09.5 in 1951, Grimns to three scattered dingles, | no-lilier as the fly to centre Junior Division has come to

on a morning when I was rain- Diesta's Dodgers

NO LOST SLEEP

ing cats and dogs to find.nothing

*200 'Metroa-i, Xavier (KKAAC); pitcher

is an outfield close, Fred Cooper hurled Beld was scored

12. Hung Chee-keo (SCAA). Timi doing, turned up in force again 23.0 . steady, effective ball to rack up error.

having already won the coveted

Frank set the Trophy in this Division.

pace and left yesterday on short notice. a total of five strike-outs in seven

400 Mutres → 1. Lee Wing-kai innings. He was fully backed by

To stimulate interest in this

(SCAA): himself ttle in reserve for the

Cheliyin chrisg his tearn-males who sprayed out

Division,

home straight.

They were short of L. Roop SCAA), 3, 2/Lt. Marx (Dorgela);,4 With better Knock-Out Series In chalking up his memorable will be

Knight (Dorneta), Time: 69,4,ANCHE and Cpl. Boddy, two of at least one hi per inning performance on

held In the coming

tactics he may have won but to outstanding performers, but they (SCAA); 2, Waller (EKAACHI

Metroa=1, Leung Kon*DO the mount, weeks, open to all Junior teams

be left behind eight yards by the weren't defeated. ND

Junt(Dorset 42/Eberilo. 14 minutes and 24.4 seconds in Jones were credited with a home on balls, but this proved lucky Division. The

runner-up in last year's Colony

(Dorrois): 6, Loung on the normal Times 2 mins. 1.0 secs.

Yin-1 (SCAM). winners of this Championships isn't a defend to scoring system the Dorsets would winning a thrilling race.

run apiece.

for him, as he mowed down the Knock-out In the Comets' game, the

1.300, Metros-1, Curzon (UKAAC]; lose sleep over. Graham Jeffries Otago

for 60 points, Leo Shit-ching (SCA); 5, Hend

(Dorsets); University, New Zealand, on artillerymen started out with a opposing batsmen and garnered Champion Degersill meet the

First of yesterday's four new have accounted

Chab “exhibition" Lengue the high jump

for Oxford Krand splurge of three runs a total of 14-sike-outs

The Junior Pandas began later date.

Colony records tell in the Javelin which is far from being a modest SCAA) 8 881, Fasce (Dorsal)

total from the first inning. A.

Throw when N. R. Hughes of with a best effort of six feet Massey clouted a humpback their game with the Griffins in

the Club (Sgt. Hughes of the and two inches.

stashing liner to centre which was good promising fashion by for a round trip, and was im-out two hits to chase in four Grifins

two big runs in the first stanza. mediately followed with

Comets Hindsnatcher Billy Kee poled Grifins safe-hits by leftfielder build up a three-run lead from of his teammates and got ou which the gunners never looked base, but leftfielder II. Honni-Roxes back.

bail stole batting honours with Pandas The Comets opened the score long fly to left which cleared with a run through a series of the fielder's head for a three- walks off the cold arm of hurler run homer.

A crowd of about 10,000 saw the Inter-University three mile record broken when J. J.

MEMORABLE FEAT

SUMMER STORAGE | Burnett of Cambridge returned Calcher Massey and rightfielder Dove Cooper conceded 13 bases excepting the Champions of the

ensuring

FULL PROTECTION

against

MILDEW.

Jeffries who competed in the Empire Games at Auckland in 1950 in the hop-step-and jump, was an easy winner and bad taken the medal when he clear- e six feet.

game at

THE RESULTS Junior Division

Bennet and pitcher Cooper to a run-producing hit after two Senior "B" Division

for

Hongkon"..

were

kept-but

their

scores

Add to that the fact that Li. Welch Regiment) threw out to Blight-who, we presume, was 2 35 Bantams 8 101 feet 5 inches. The foriner the skipper-ran in both hurdles 635 Bantams 16 Champion of Wales beat Major events and lost his high jump 0 Pandas

best ever throw spring as $2 result and stil of 180 feet 8 inches enjoyed himself, it can only be 10 Americans 5 and, curiously enough, set a graded "A" on Mrs Van Vliet's 11 Blackhawks 10 personal record in competition. spirit!" grading. Wildfires 7 Red Sox

He has thrown further In (walkover)

practice, but not 101:5 In Division

competition, not even in meet- 4 Pandas aings at Home. 0 Braves 7 Madcaps

available at:-

He went on to jump six feci two inches but in the face of CHATHAM DRYCLEANERS the storm-breeze just falled In

a lifet to break the Inter-Couper in the initial stanza, but This Reemingly-comfortable Warriors

which record, JACKSON DRYCLEANERS Universities

stands at six feet three inches. THE STEAM

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Hongkong

HIGH JUMP RECORD

Milwaukee, Mar. 14. Ken Weisner, a Navy dentist performing before a hometown crowd at the Billwaukeo. Journal Relays, to-night set a new world indoor record in the high jump by clearing 6 ft. 9th ins

READER'S DIGEST SENSATION

un-

were blanked for a long succes-lead proved the Pandas' sion of innings after, It was doing as they relaxed and sat only four innings and six strike-back to free-wheel_for

the rest outs later that the hapless of the game. The Green Griffins Comets could break Into

the bounced right back with a rash senring column again.

of runs In the second inning, In the sixth, the second Comet pounding the home-plate rubber run was scored through a walk no less than seven times issued to · second-säcker M. one solitary hit when the Pandas advanced to third Azim. Azim stole second and infield bobbled, Juggled and pitch, but

on a wild threw wildly. the following two Both sides settled down 10 balters both fanned.

Chucker

Bentor

CAA

US Navy

Commonwealth

He also won the Discus Throw, came second in the Shot Put and third in the High Hurdles.

The second record fell to Jennifer Hurt who improved on her Colony record in the High Jump by a quarter of an fach Win Match With setting the new mark at 4 feet

Scandinavia

Glasgow, Mar. 14.

inches.

the

Time: 4 mins. 34.4 secs.

.110 Metrea linh Hunder Qu Yat-hung (BCAA); 2, Davey (Dur well; flugher (HLAAC); 4. LE gut. (Dorsets). Tune: 175 wees.

400

Callaeo Metres Hurdles-4, |UKAAF); 2. Leo Sik-chuen (SCAA);

J Davey (Dorseta); 4, Spencer CAC; 6. Lt. Hight (Dorseta), Time: 647 secs.

400 Metres felay-1, Sorth | china Athletic Association; 2 longcong The Dorsets enjoyed several | Amateur Athletlo Club; 3, 1. Bn. The.

Dorset Regiment. Tuyo; 40.1 sec#2: successes, L/Opl. Orane outran 1,000 Maires helay-1, South China two of last year's all-star Colony Attilete Asociation

Djormats.. 100 Metres Time!”3 mine. 62.8 pers. Championship

5,000 Metres-1; Chan finalists in that

King-yin event, Hunt (BCAA); 3, Lee Komm-tung 280k). ran 2:10.3 metric Half Time: If inlas, 50.3 1008. Müle and Gordon vaulted a very

High Jump-1, Ling sum_{SCAA)./

Blunders

respectable 9 feet 8 inches 5 feet G inches; about eight inches better than he has ever done before.

(AAC). Yam al-Ins (SCAN) 6:34. Gerrard (GRAND) 0:239 4. LA. Bight (Dormata) D:0; 0, Gordon (Dorseta) 4:02

Colony Champion in the Javelina-lim (BCAA) 40:01: 4, Whitean

(Dorsets) 37:1012; 8. Kousay Dars). Throw last year but, an ex-Home 37:17 6, Cheung Wai-jong (SCA)

Countries Champlon being top 10. dog today, still let one out to 107 feet 6 inches. want another try!..

More than that, the lads all

Shot Put.-1, Scoil (Dorsets) 33'fit' 1inch: 2, Hughes (AAC) 23:13. Saunders (HKAAC) 30:912, BAL spill: (Dorsets) 20:0.

Discus Throw), Hughes (INKAAch 105 feet 1 inch; 2. Scotturata DO:P 3. Allen (Dorsels) 07:44 Thompson (IIKKAAC)-70114.

Javelin Throw. Hughen (HKAAC) 181 feet 5 inches (Estony recom): 2

Byt Study (Qorsta) 1070,

Ladies' Evenía

200 Melkov.-fị Rità Hall (IICAAC);

2. Lam Kak-lan (BCAA); 3, Jepniow

Then there was Rousay who, Pole Vault-1, Gordon (Dorsets) 9 Immediately after running a leg feet 5 inches: 2, Kwong Lait-chin

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