1953-03-26 — Page 6

YES, HE WAS PERSISTENT

American Walter Cartier has Randolph Turpin's hand caught under his arm during their middleweight Oght at Earl's Court on March 17 when the American was disqualified in the second round.

A second rushes in to part Turpin (left) and Cartier after the referee, Tommy Little, had disqualified the American in the second round for persistent holding.--- Central Press Photos,

AMERICANS PAY £80,000 FOR ROYAL CHARGER

Tulyar will run this year, and the Coronation Cup and the Eclipse Stakes are two principal objectives, with the Ascot £20,000 race as a further target.

As a counter-entry in the ledgers for the purchase of Tulyar, the Irish National Stud are setting the sale, to American interests, of Royal Charger, which has just been completed.

depl.

The price has not ben disclosed but my guess is that it will be around £80,000.

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1953.

WILSON JONES TAKES LESS THAN EIGHT MINUTES FOR A CENTURY BREAK

By "ARGONAUT"

Wilson Jones, the All-India Billiards Champion, opened his four- day series in Hongkong yesterday at the Southorn Playground with one of the finest exhibitions ever staged locally.

Playing with a free and easy style, but with delicate and scientific queman. ship, Jones commenced the evening by scoring 911 points to Colony semi-finalist C. C. Lam's 326 in the two-hour billiards match.

in the course of chalking up He led -37-33 in the first bla #11 score, Junes gave u de-frame, but missed a full pot of lightful performance of rapid the chocolate in what was 8 scoring, wasting very little time { good chance. of clearing the between his shots,

table.

Three century breaks of 130. 114 and 100 were registered by him in the match, all necom plished in four successive visita to the table and cach century break being completed well under eight minutes.

Pereira completed the frame by taking the chocolate, blue nid the pink with a beautiful thin cut into the top pocket..

INTO STRIDE

In

Another close finish was seen Fo the secund frame, when Pereira led by $2-44 and fluked | The All-India champion dis- tho

pink which rebounded played almost to perfection 3 from the lup left pocket and full array BI the classical rolled intu the other top strokes, and played for his pockel. breaks mostly from, the top of the table with a pol-cannon cheme, leaving the white in reng position time and again behind the red spot-mark.

Excelling in along-the-cushion pots of the

and delicate executed follow in-offs, Jones all his other strokes with de- licate touches, getting must of the speed for his handball when required with his cucing and siding rather than forve

had

SNOOKER SESSION

Jones got into his stride the third frame. After tralling behind by 8-25, he scored breaks of 24, three successive 13 and 11 and went on to com- plete the frame by 50-31 in 11 minutes.

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the frame and although Pereira overtook him at 58-35, took the blue and pink to win the frame by_08-56.

Jones cracked open the clus- ter of reds with the evident In- tention of trying for bly breaks in the seventhi frame, but wan unable to produce one, the best being 17.

Jonca led by 53-22 with breaks of 12, 0, 16 and 17, and

wasted at 09-22, Perelra

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tline by potting the last three balls to concede the frame by 3 69-40.

The exhi

In the final frame, Pereira led all the way from 18-7 to 33-12 and 57-33, and ended up by clearing the coloured balls to take his third frame of the evening by

matches ent tinue this

ht the Southern Playground with Jones meeting Colony Champion S. P. Pong at billiards in both the nest and second sessions.

THE

PROGRAMME

Today

On his first que after Pereira had opened the fourth frame, Jones registered the highest break of the evening-a 54. tåken mostly off the black,

Pereira, however, put up a Billjords Exhibition: Wilson In another two-hour session

gallant performavene” in the Jones versus of snooker that followed after frame when he

S. P. Pong-3,15 · enuight up an hour break for dinner, Jones 53:04.

top.m. to 8.15 p.m.; 0.15 p.m. and with the game ib. 1.15 p.m. better of former hand the.

missed

fully easy Colony Snooker

Tomorrow Champion quarter-ball eut off

the black f "Spotty" Perciva by five trames into the top pocket, leaving it Junes versus C. C. Lam-6.15 Snooker Exhibition: Wilson to three, after conceding the drst two frames in a row. at the mouth for Jones to com- p.m. to 8.15 p.m.; 9.15 p.m.

to 11.15 p.m. Boll

players went in for plete the frame.

Afth frame, Pereira bright

In the nonker. and although

Saturday Billiards Exhibition: the number of high breaks was who was in one form through-

Wilson comparatively few, the highest out the whole evening, was again Jos versus S. P. Pong-6.15 when p.m. to 8.15 p.m.; 9.15 p.m. In the lead at 46-31, the day being the 31 re-

lones cleared all_the_coloured to 11.18 p.m. gistered by Jones, there were a

Every evening between 11.15 number of grand shots exceuled balls to win by di-48.

Jones led all the way in the pao. and 11.30 p.m. Wilson by bulb Perviro and Jones and

after Firs initial Jones wll demonstrate a few each Irane was kept weli sixth frame

break of 32 on his third rue of 'Trick Shots, within the 15-minute mark.

Pertira rose up magnificently to the occasion, and although the spotlight was on the visitor, showed on the evening's per- formance that he is still the leading snooker player in the Colony in an open bright isme of hooker,

Jones started a little shakily, probably still labouring with the vets of the heavy dinner, and missing a few culs to the red.

Seven Tigers Beat Army At Mini-Soccer

Thoroughbred International Trophy To Be Exhibited At European Race Meetings

Caurel, Maryland, Mar. 25.

IRELAND v ENGLAND AT DUBLIN

Ireland and England drew nine points all in the International rugby match nt. Dublin, Picture shows Ireland getting possession of the ball after the break

up of a serum.

Fred Winter Is Hailed

As Steeplechasing's Gordon Richards

Practically unknown to the public two years ago, but now hailed as steeplechasing's Gordon Richards-That is the remarkable rise of 26- year-old jockey Fred Winter. And he is well worthy of the title.

A fortnight ago at Sandown Park, Fred made racing history by riding his 100th winner of the season, the first time the feat has been performed in one season of British National Hunt Racing.

It was fing that for this bar one-s rent riding whip from say a word against the way in great occasion the circumstances his father. At three years old which he has ridden for them. should be so grund, for the sel- he became the worlt's youngest More than that, not even a dis ting could not have been bet- jockey. At five he was school-gruntled backer has been heard to criticise his riding. For how ing ponies over jumpst tered, even by Hollywood.

The picturesque Sandown But his first love was for a many others In the world of course looked more

pony Snowball. an ever swathed in the bril-young

pleasant white

Too batting sport could such ni claim for race riding. Fred be made? — London · Express Blont Spring sunshine. The frequently rode in the show Service. Queen and Queen Mother were ring, with great success. present to make it a truly Royal cups-his Mother sees to it that occasion, and the huge crowd they shine are solid evidence gave Fred one of the sincerest of those "winners," and most spontaneous ovatlous ever heard on a race-course as

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At the age of 13 he fulaed ambition and made bls he brought his horse, Air Wed- his ding. fram behind to gain vis- debut on the turf. He rode ona tory, terally in the Inst stride. of his father's horses, and was

FELT THE STRAIN

granted special leave The drama of events, ton. school. The race was the Lam- Handicap, oni could hardly have

bourn Numery been Leightened

in it were 20 of the most famous imaginative film producer. Fred

jockeys of the day-including Richards, Michael had ridden his 99th winner Gordon

Beary, Tommy Weston, E. week previously, but 39 the days slipped by and he still re-

Smith and the Wragg brothers, mained in the "nervous nine- After a good start, Fred anished ties" even this most imperturb nath. The Washington, D.C.. International Trophy, which

able or

of young men began to This was just after the out- has become symbolic of thoroughbred competition between{ feel the strain.

break of war, and after four nations throughout the world, has arrived in England for A dozen times he tried to

the seasons over

flai, Fred reach that elusive

There was century, joined the Army. an extended exhibition schedule at the prominent' race

dozen times he falled. Then certainly

nothing fat about courses and capituls of Europe.

came his race on Air Wedding.his Army service. He was in A mare, she had never won the parachule regiment!

this were race, and it

not Maybe thos

those airplane Jumps enough it was Fred's 13th ride

Have him an appetite for fence Through the en-operation ofi Although the trophy remains since gaining his 99th success.

jumping-he once suggested But Fred had

no time for Miniature football match in clubs involved and Pass-Course, the winning

forcin various

Juckey | the property of Laurel Race

that they taught him something superstition, and his win was ald of funds for the 13th American World Airways. the receives a 12-inch high replica,

rep all the more popular because about falling. Anyway after his Hongkong Scout Group on 23-inch high sterling silver the first of these is in the Kent his horse had endeared herself to race-goers as one who never the Navy ground at Canse- globe--with maps drawn to England, bome

He left the army in 1947, way Bay yesterday. Seven scale and fettered--begging its Boucher, owner of Wilwyn, the gave up despite frequent sel-

and had his firat ride over The comparison of Fred Win- fences on Boxing Day that Tigers defeated Army "A" racing trek o

1er and Gordon Richards does year. His mount was Carton, by four goals to one, after

not end with numbers of wit- a popular old warrior of 15 who loading by 1-0 at the in-

ners. Like the Champion dat terval.

was being used as a hack. But jockey, Fred rides with perfect this combination of veteran balance so that the horse hardly horna ond novice jockey proved feels his ten and a half stone too strong for the rest of the This enables him to get the best geld, and Fred's record read, out of his mounts and also

one race, one victory. makes

possible his "Roger Bannister-like finish. For, the

In a fast and interesting

In the curtain raiser, St Louis Industrial School met n team

N from Cheung Chau Island

energed victorious 2-0,

This is the first time a Ú.S. racing trophy has gone Loverseas for exhibition.

the

Where

Maret 28 at Aintree, near Liverpool, it will be on display to the thousands expected to witness the Grand National steeplechase.

Early in April, it will be flown to the Curragh, the Irish racing centre

near Dublin.

for the spring meeting. Then it goes back to England where specta- tors

Robert

1052 winner-Associated Press.

Home Soccer Results

Sunderland, Mar. 26.

backs.

The players who took part in the Seven Tigers v Army "A" match were introduced to Mr J.

at Newmarket's Iamous The English First Division Horse can keep something in A. Hudson. Organising Com- spring classies-the Two Thou- Club, Sunderland, beat the

the Guineas and misioner, Hongkong Boy Scouts sand

One Incing Club de Paris by 2-0 in Association, while Mr Lai Daen Thousand Gulneas on April 1a floodlit football match here po kicked off in the first match. | and 2-will get a chance to see tonight.

In between games exhibitions.

of signalling. Judo, Chinese box- Its next stop will be London, one goal to zero at halftime.

Sunderland were lending by

Ing and Chinese fencing were

in the window of the Pan- given.

American Airways office on Pic- The match between Industrial School and Cheung nutne it will be moved to St Loucadilly during Coronation weekt. Chau produced a keen tussle for honours. The lads from Cheung Epsom Downs for the Derby, Chou showed plenty of dash and gave the impression that would overwhelm ponents, but their finishing lack- ed punch.

they their 01-

TAKE OVER INITIATIVE The St Louis Schoolboys were

VALUED AT $10,000

service he never returned to the flat.

FRACTURED SPINE

During that season he had reserve.

Fred often wins his races be- nino rides and rode two win- tween the last two fences, and ners. His progress was held up the following season, for after then rides a fish worthy of a flat race jockey.

winning again on Carton at his This style might be a throw- first nitempt, he fell at Wye back to his early days, when and fractured his spine.

Steeplechasing is a tough he did ride over the dal But

Fred himself is not sport. The men at the top are conscious of it. He swears he those who are the toughest. was the world's worst flat race Fred ls no exception. In the LEAGUE RESULTS

jockey. In 95 rides he brought saddle he is man of iron. League results were:

home four winners,

But on or off a horse, he has a heart of gold. BORN INTO THE SADDLE DIVISION I

This is portrayed in his face.. Blackpool 0 Cardiff C.

obvious It was 1

from

with the perpetual twinkle in however, Aston Villa

earliest days, -1 1 Stoke City

that his browny-green eyes, a mouth. Bolton W.

Bred would become a cham that seems Manchester U.3.

The Scottish League beat the English Park, Glasgow.

1-0 nt Ibrox if it is, League

The globe, which contains 100 ounces of silver and is valued at $10,000, will be at Royal Ascot for five days and then go via plane to Rome where it will be on display in the window of IL Tempo, a leading daily news- Everton paper in the Italian capital.

0 Preston, NE

Tottenham

DIVISION HI

3 Fulham

DIVISION II (Northern)

Frank More O'Ferrall, who re- Also that of Marcus Marsh, turnext recently from America, who they say refused a limited not in the least perturbed by the

of the Irish aggressiveness has been largely responsible for programme-and

al their

up the Royal Charger trainer who "Jibbed" (under-ponents, from whom they even clinching

standably) at the responsibility- tually took over the initiative, and of other jockeys who said- The match between

Seven with one

voice:

"That's for Tigers and Anny "A" was play Charlie, he carries the can." ed at a cracking pace from start to finish, with the Chinese dis- playing the better understanding

Farr gave a grand display be- The trophy returns to America Ipswich T. tween the slicks for Anny "A" in September. and definitely saved his" elde from a much heavier defeat.

Ylu Cheuk-yin scored for

has been a

Royal Charger particularly successful sire since he was bought from the late Sir John Jarvis for £50,000 in 1047. He had a record year for winners in England and Ireland last season.

"SWOPPING-IN" "

This leat means that the Irish National Stud are doing little more than "swapping-in" "Tulyar and are entitled to pursue a Sighting policy,

So the Tulyar career remains In the safe hands of last year's engineers at victory.

AUSTRALIANS MAY NOT PLAY AT COLOMBO Aboard the Orcades at Sea,

Indian Ocean, Mar. 25,

The Manager of the Austra lan Cricket Team to tour

Seven Tigers in the first half.

Army "A" obtained the equaliser shortly after the re- sumption through Norris, but the Chinese gradually put on three the pressure and scored times without response, the goalscorers being Hau Ching-to (1) and Yeung Wal-to (2).

THE TEAMS

| England today cabled the Ceylon Seven Tiger-Yo Viudak,__Hist

King-sing, diau Yungwang, Gunz

"I don't say it connot affect Cricket Association to suggest Kam-hol, Law Keng-chuen, lfo Ying- ma-rlating a horso worth that their proposed one-day fun, Yiu Cheuk-yitt, Jin Cheung quarter of a million pounds," match at Colombo on Sundayyau, Chu Wing keung, Yeung Wai-to. Charlle Smirke sale to me re-should be cancelled.. cently,

Army

Tau Ching to Farri Wolle FORCES, Adama, Osborne, Birrow, Naah, Burs The liner Orcades, now three teen, Norrit t/puls that little extra on days out from Fremantle, willst als Industrial School--Lor

You reach Colombo any. jockey's judgment.

Chi-wah, Kwok, Wai-summ. Fam. Wal- on Sunday

kis, Yan. Tokupsi, Up: Sau-hing just have to ride a copybook morning and stay only twelve || Cheule Tit-ying. Yam Kam-wing.

Yin-tak Tata; and not dare to try any hours. The team officials con- Cheung Chau Wong thing spectacular," he added. You sider that there will not be time I Cheung Kok choy, Leung Woh-king. Wong Bul-kwong, "Leung Fook-on. can see his point.

for a match-Reuter,

Chol Lting-chun, Keng Pak-Kim,

Its final stop on the continent will be in Paris and the fashion- Chester able courses at Longchamps, St. Darlington Cloud, Chantilly, and Le Trem-| blay.

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FRED WINTER

THREE-CUSHION

BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIP

Chicago, Mar. 25.

E. Navarra was the favourito

to have been today to win the World Three-

2 plon in the saddle. He is fashioned in a smile, Fred ja a

ilterally born into £1.

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father, Fred Winter Sen. won the Oaks at Epsom in 1911 and became first jockey to Tho Kaiser, He is now private trainer to Mr P. Bartholomew,

Fred

al- grew up in the mosphere of horses and racing. Even as a young

boy ho did 1

One Christmas, not like toys. 1 he had a host of delightful pre- senis, But all went untouched

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—Reuter.

THE GAMBOLS

TERRIBLE PARTY OLD MANT

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Cushion Billard Championship great favourite everywhere.

vacated by Willie Hoppe, but In his manner he can further the 30-year-old Argentine be

Gordon loves that his chancos would compared Richards. He is a horse rider,

And better if the games were and also a horse lover.

longer. just as it has been said of Gor-

Navarra. believes that the don, that he has never lost a Japanese, Inroy Matsuyams, the race he should have won, 50 Mexican, Joe Chama00, with Fred.

Harold Worst, of Grand Rapids, Neither trainers nor owners | Michigan, have their chances to

have aver been heard to win-United Press,

Barry Appleby

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