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SPORTS ROUND-UP

Foxhunter Is Flying To Australia

on

London, Mar. 16. Colonel Harry Llewellyn is flying to Australia March 19 with his famous horse, Foxhunter. He is 10 judge at the Royal Sydney Horse Show.

Colonel Llewellyn also plans to find out what arrangements are being made for horses to be Bown to Melbourne for the 1950 Olymples and what period of time they will have to spend. In quarantine.

Sir Laurenes Olivier, famous star of aloge, screen al radio, has been clcetest President of the Stage Golfing Society. This Is the Golden Jubilee of the Society. Harold Warrender, the well-known film star, is the new captain.

·

(3)-

Wales

last Brason's champions with England are tu take 13 players with them in-

stead of 12. as nounced, on their

tour

soccer

Yugoslavia.

originally an

close season of France and

It is anticipated that the XI selected to play treland at Bel- Tast in April will make the trip plits an additional forward and

valkeeper

Willians,

Welsh

Isledkyn Rugby captain, and two of his club colleagues, Rex Wills and Clim Morgan, who are also Intonationals, have agreed to play in charly intch at Lidget Greva, Bradford on April

22.

The tixture, an annual ute, Is ananged jointly by the Bradford RFC and the Bulkton Sports- men's Efforts Committee for the Aged.

to

Gilbert Nichol. of Puisley Rapides, for the third year in succession has won the Fitzroy- Smith Trophy

awarded Scotland's outstanding speed skater of the year. He was one point ahead of Inn Luke, Crossmyloof,--London Express

Style.

CHESS CLUB'S

JUBILEE

DINNER

The Kowloon Chess Club's 25th anniversary will be

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1958.

LAST FENCE AT CHELTENHAM

At the last fence of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Mrs M. Keogh's Knock Hard, with Tim Molony up, takes the jump in front of Mont Tremblant, (D. V. Dick) on left, and Galloway Braes (R. Morrow). Knock Hard won the race by five lengths. HIGH BIDDING IN TRANSFER MARKET

Football League Has No Evidence Of Illegal Payments To Players

By

GEORGE CHANDLER

London, Mar, 16.

The recent high bidding for the transfer of soccer players has again been accompanied by velled allegations that illegal payments to players still continue. This was strongly denied by the Football League today.

Cardiff, a First Division club, added fuel to the smouldering fire with a signed statement by their President, Sir Herbert Merritt, who wrote, "What the Board and its Executive officers have had to put up with recently cannot be disclosed.”,

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CASTRO AND PERIN DHABER Whats

CONTINUE KILLING OFF JUNIOR BADMINTON GIANTS

By "ARGONAUT””

Although the opening matches of the Colony Open Senior Badminton Cham-

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plonships at Cralgengower Cricket Club last night produced no surprising results,WILLOW INN the continuation of the Junior Championships at the same place produced one major upset when schoolboy H. A. Castro, Jr. and Miss Perin Dhaber eliminated third-seeded

Jimmy Khoo and Mrs Mary Chow in two straight sets-17-14, 15-10mto enter the NIGHT CLUB

semi-final of the Junior Mixed Doubles event.

Largely responsible for the upset triumph was the magnificent performance given by Perin Dhaber whose speed and timely smashes at the net gave the partner- ship a great number of their points. Junior Castro rose to the occasion with a fine display in the back court, accurate cross court placement shots and good retrieving of smashes. Jimmy Khon was far off hisi usual form are, though deadly with his smasher when he got going, was too much plagued with wood shots" throughout the whole match.

Mrs Mary Chow was usual steady self at the net, was left with little to do with the offence concentrated past ker.

· Men's

Senior

Doubles, - 1.4. | Senior Schoolgirls Badminton Soares and 3. Pomeroy beat C.Y

und .X.1. Lui 15-3 15-1. Doubles and will meet M. C. Basto and S. Collaco of si Mary's School in the final tú. inorrow,

TONIGHTS MATCHES (AT VRC)

Semi-final, Senior

Junior Ladies Singles: 7 p.. Miks Rila Marques v Mlav Stella Correa.

"Juntor "Men's Singles: 7.30 pm, The following are the results! her. A. Brown # F. M. ftazario,

Schoolgirls bute. Tok & Miss P. Dhabher v Dorothy Tong

"Jiutor Indler" Doubles: & pan. Mrs Singles: Mary' Wong (FC) beat Lam & Mary Wong.

Shu-cheung_ (SSOC) 11-10. 11-3 May Wong (FC) beat Norma Senior Mixed Doubles: 0.30 pm. Chan (FC) 11-3, 11-3. Bill Funk & Mrs M. Chow « H. F. Semi-finals. Senior Schoolgirls

Doubles: May The winners took a 7-1 lead

Wong wod Mary Senior Men's Doubles: pr. M.TWong (FC) best Winnie Chan and in the first set, mest of the Yeuw & 1, T. Hesh v M. T. Lam de Lily Man (SMS) 15-1, 18-3; M.C. points coming

Wong Kacheong. silver Sentor Men's Doubles: 0.30 DR. 11aptina and R. Carvalho platter of wood shots by Jimmy Ko Wai-hong & U Sel-lip v W. Gillea 10-13, 13-13, 18-14

(TC) Khoo,

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Senior Men's Doubles: 10 p.m. P.

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play, Khoo carried his side to W. F. Foo.. 6-7

with forceful Aideline smashes, only to

SCHOOLS BADMINTON see Junfor Castro and Perin Dhater

Mary Wong and May Wong. forke ahead to 10-7, 13-7 and 14-10 both of the French Convent, In three spells of inspired play. entered the final of the Senler

The Khoo-Chow combination Schoolgirls Badminton Singles 12-15, 3-15,

The recovered with four points in a Championship when they beat

match between Bobby Ip (SSC) and Joseph Basto (KGV) row to set the game to deuce, their opponents

semi-the in the

Senior Schoolboy Stiglen but after scoring

one of

Training scheduled to be played on Wednes. the finals at Granthany deuce points, Khoo netted a Collega last night.

day was postported to Saturdad. The finals of the Senior Schoolgra backhand drive,

Playing together, they also singles and Doubles wit be played

tomorrow.

Perin Dhaber added one point { qualifed for the final of the

on her service when Khoo made another wood shot on the back-

hard, but lost her next service good

to a side-line smash. net

A

tap brought her to Art polat, and Castro clinched the on his next service when Mrs Chow hit it wide.

fol

The second set saw the win- ners jump to a 4-1 and 7-3 lead before the slow-starting Khoo- Chow combination came

into the picture to draw closer at 7-11 and 10-12.

Khoo left alone a good short service by Castro to allow his opponents to reach the 13-point

Sir Herbert was referring to more than embarrassing to in- combination in a match under the club's efforts, to obtain the volve members of well-known floodlights at Highbury Stadium. transter players to bolster clubs,United Press.

Until this season Vaughan their weak forward line which} POMPEY

"VAUGHAN was an automatic choles for the has placed the club in danger of

London, Mar. 10. Charlton league team, but in being relegated to the Second Charlie Vaughan, Inside or recent games he has been kept centre-forward, was today sold out by the consistent form of Division.

com- by Charlton Athletic Club to Charlion's South African tria and experts

forwards,

Leary, of of inside mentators have pounced on the Portsmouth. The

Mrs Chow wooded the next dis- Firmani and O'Dinn. not as further evidence the transfer fee was

service and Khoo sent the last Vaughan, who turned pro- that some transfers, apart from Last Wednesday squeezing less weality

Vaughan fessional in 1947, has scored 93 service out for set and match." out of the game, are not strictly scored two goals for the Lon- goals for Charlton,

sion team against The Berlin record.-Associated Press. coming to League rules,

Soccer

statement

clubs

Out of any transfer fee paid a player is legally entitled to a £10

celebrated with it Jubilee signing on fee plus an accred

share of a £730 benet n the

Dinner at the Peninsula end of five years' service with o Hotel on Friday, March 20.club.

The dinner will be preceded

by a Kriegspied the exhibition and

will be

I

COVER

Some

chita, commentators followed by the allage, have wealthy businusonen presentation of Colony and Club or Industrialista on their boards by Mry who are thus able offer players an attractive job outside football.

Championship prizes

K. M. A. Barnett,

The annus! Lightning Chess Such employment can be used as Tournament for the Leftover cover to make illegal payments. Cup will follow the prize dis-only stars of the game, are known In addition, the players, not tribution.

to have demanded-top-class "This year's "gathering "being "a" yoy special occasion, all mein- usually complied with by a club houses or flats. This demand is bers of the Club are asked to

who charge a nominal rent in make a special effort to attend,

Reservations may be made League rules,

order to conform with Football through the Hon. Secretary, Mr Arthur Gomes (Tel. 30203).

Japan Invites Australian

Tennis

In

Both these practices are frowned upon by the League, but apart from periodical warn- has been taken Ings no actions against either a club or player.

Replying to the current out-

ment, If anybody will Players

Cucit tonight. Sir Norman HONGKONG WINS

closed.

amount

BOB KIPHUTH PREDICTS

club

BE

THIS SHOULD JIMMY MCLANE'S

YEAR OF TRIUMPH

New Haven, Connecticut, Mpr. 16.

mark.

UT TO EXPECTATIONS

The main feature of the evening, the Senior Men's Singles match between *Bill Funk and youthful U Sel-lip fully came up to expectations. Although he lost in two straight sets-7-15, 11-15-U took the

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WICKETS TO FALL

Georgetown, British Guiana, Mar. 16.

India, with five second inninga wickets'remaining, led: the West Indies by 65 runs when the fifth day's play'in' the Fourth Test ended here,

The tourists, 102 runs behind on the first innings, had carried their overnight second innings score of 23 for no wickets to 167 for five when stumps were drawn. The match ends tomorrow,

Extras 8.

Total (for threa wickets) 115. The second wicket fell at 72, and the third at 91.

The West Indies lead by one best out of the former Shanghai match in the five match series.

India triple champion, and long excit-

had increased their 68 for ing rallies featured every point. second innings store to

Funk's experience stood him one wicket by lunchtime, being

India lost two more wickets in good stead and his strong des at that point still 36 runs behind

West

had after lunch before clearing off the Indies, who fence, securate drops and

de the

gained their first innings lead deficit. Ramchand did not last loyed shots enabled him to en- of 102, by scoring 384 in the long, being clean bowled joy control of the major part of first innings in reply to India's Valentine for two runs, Before Hazare followed Roy, play was helt up for an hour owing to

the gume.

262.

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by

But the Indian captain began

U's insistence on employing In India's second innings the rain. his parallel smashes at various lunchtime position wus: stages of the game cost him P. Roy, not out, 28.

M. L. Aple, hit wlekci, b. brightly when play resumed, Stollmeyer 30.

hitting Valentine to the Extras 8.

boundary while Roy took two

valuable points, but the youngs-

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"Joce and the Fishes"

Yale's Bob Kiphuth, a five-time Olympic team conch, ping duels.

Total (for one wicket) 66. On his

The visitors first wicket fell his con-

display yesterday, U is forgot his normal conservativism to express

巋 certainty

for future Junior in the last over before lunch fidence in Jimmy McLane, a prize pupil and Captain of ond Senior honours in Hong- when Apte, who had scored 30,

MELBOURNE America's 1952 Olympic Swimming Champions.

kong badminton.

hooked Stollmeyer to the bound- With three wickets down for burst, the Football League's

Funk took the first set com- ary, but in doing so he hit his 01, Polly Umrigor quickly clear- APARTMENTS Secretary, Mr Fred Howarth, McLone, preparing for the when he won the 1,500-Metres fortably by

the ed off 15-7, catching his own wicket.

Arrears. cracking | 65-67, Kimberley Ed. Tel: 59195. referred to his former state-elimactie Enstern and National Olympic Gold Medal. and Na-

frequently

boundary Aple and Roy, had put on 66 Valentine younger opponent come Collegiate as well as the AAU tional Championships, and the with his delayed action shots, for India's highest opening three times in one over. At tea, forward with a shred of evidence Championships next month. following year.

He was alded to a great extent partnership of the serice the with the total 115, India were that transfer rules are Melbourne, Mar, 10.

being shows signs of having emerged He entered Yale in 1950 as a by flouted we will probe the matter from a slump.

a number of errors by his previous best, being 55 by Aple only 13 runs ahead with seven Japon has invited the Austin-

member of a great freshman opponent.

and P. Joshi in the second wickets remaining. lian Lawn Tennis Association to to the hilt."

Usually at his peak for out-team that won the National AAU In the second set, U drew up innings of the First Test.

At the close of play the send a two-man team to play The answer to that, one of the door races, McLane has been team title, but despite his from 7-10 to 11-10 and services

visitors had taken the total Japan this year.

commentators points out, is

CAUTIOUS START training for

the indoor tests brilliant record had to settle for changed hands П number of

along to 187 with five wickets When the invitation was dis-that nobody will as it would be

vim

and vigour. He runner-up honours to spectacular times at

at this stage before the

of 05 cused by the Association's

up his college John Marshall of Australia more visibly tiring Funk drew level start today on a pitch which sull wants to wind

The pair made a cautious left to fall and a lead

runs.-Reuler. career the way he started Italien than not.

nt 11-11.

appeared perfect. That was the pattern. McLane

After two more changeovers of King bowled with fire while "And he WIEL," predicts W08 a member of the mighty services, Funk broke through the spinners Ramadinhand M's Marshall, McLane and the deadlock with a lucky cord; Valentine maintained an excel- Sir Norman

"He has had more experience Wayne Moore, and that is the shot and a sideline smash and tent length. waying: "In view of its impor-

Calcutta, Mar, 10. than any other big name active way they usually finished in the completed the match with a neat

meets untii stressed his coach.big the international Hongkong won the fifth and swimmer,

the Olympic drop and an error by U, espect, I think we should try to final table tennis Test against "McLane has been a member Games when McLane recovered

for his touch. sad two players."

India here today by three games of the All-America teom The inalter

to one. was referred to

They thus won the 10 years and was winning Na-

Right now, he has his sights tional Championships when set on the 1,500 metres National the Itinerary Committee, the series by four matches to one.

age Collegiate and AAU crowns, In the men's singles, Sih Su- most kids now his own beat Kalyanpur Jayant were wading in pools."

"I guess." smiled Jimmy, "I 21-17, 21-15, 21-18: Tantir Bhandari beat Chung Chin-sing The McLane story is a story have a sentimental, attachment 21-10, 23-21, 21-13; Sih Su-chu of sensational triumphs, and a for that distance. It was whene I word my Olymple title. Gosh Bhandari 21-16, 21-18, story, too, of disappointments. Rugby Union results today 21-18.

But today, it has resolved itself knows that in all the big meets In the men's doubles, Sih Su- into a story of determination to have been second or third to in somebody else, but I still feel Trinity College Dublin 14, chu and Chung Chin-ing beat "rock 'em and

that my best chance to win is at Oxford University 13; Redruth Bhandari and Jayant "17-21, 1933,

His best senions were 1948, 1.500 metres.”—Associated Press. 0, Cross Keys ---Reuter,

22-20, 21-17, 21-18-Router.

B cokes. the LTA President, strongly urged that the players should be sent, according to the Melbourne Age.

ince from

was quoted

Age reported.—Reuter.

Rugger Results

were:

London, Mar. 10.

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FIFTH TABLE TENNIS TEST

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Kiphuth

DISAPPOINTMENTS

by

sock 'em"

Barry Applely

AUNTY GAYE, YOU KNOW THẤT, GOOOKBERRY BUSH AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GARDEN HAVEN'T YOU EVERZ FOUND BADY UNDER 11 DAY

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THE RESULTS

Following are the results of you terday's matobea

Senior Ladies' Singles.~~Birs E. Trok beat Mrs 8. Wong 11-5, 11-0 Helen Kwong boof Stella Correa

MD. Lam 11-2,

11-1 11-1 Mi B. Remedios best

Funk

Senter Men's s brat U sel-lip 15-2, 15-11-

Junior Men's Double-11.T. Lam

Wong Kal-cheang beats Junior Bilxed Doubles.A. Ca tro, Jnr and Miss P. Dholer best Kimmy Khod ad Mrs M. Chow 17:15, 18310.

Abbes on hand ZA

At tes the tourists were 115 for three wiskets.

Roy, not out 46

G. Ramchand, & Valentine 2 V. Hazare, lbw King 9 2. Umrigar, not out 20

No Change In Welsh XV

London, Mar, 18, Welsh Rugby Union selectors announced tonight that the Welsh team to play Franca in Paris on March 28 will be the same us that which defeated Ireland at Swansea last Satur-

The line-up for Wales

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aestce, services and Swan- BON); D. M. Davies (Somerant Polleo);

J. D: Rosins (Brad ford); J. R. G. Stephen (Neath); Roy John (Neath); R. C Thomas (Coventry); Gwillam" (Gloucester); B. Juda (Cardiff)Associated Press.

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SEMI-FINALS

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