1953-03-28 — Page 13

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1958.

Cross-Country Champion TOMMY TAYLOR STARTS PAYING £30,000 PANDAS MEET JAGUARS

Had Never Raced In Her Life Until Five Months Ago

By ARCHIE QUICK

One of the most remarkable feats in recent British sporting history has been achieved by a slim 20-year-old Birmingham laboratory analyst's assistant. She is Miss Diano Leather, who has just won the English Women's National Cross-Country Championship, although five months ago she had never raced in her life.

She went along to watch Birchfield Harriers prac- tising at Perry Barr, und, because she has long legs, she thought she would like to become a hurdler. Even 80, she could easily have been lost in sport, for when she mude an enquiry 110 spare membership form was available. Nevertheless, she was back in a fortnight, and signed up.

SNOOKER

As she hall never run in her life it was decided to give her some experience across country, and in her first race she won by 500 yards! She never lost a and, finally, this girl, training to be a hurdler, becné Hritain's

face,

No cross country woman

By Horace Lindrum runner! All in 22 weeks. More

(World Professional

Snooker Champion) The problem I left you with list week cropped up when I was playing at the Rangers Club, Calcutta. From the set-up I had the good fortune to clear the table.

I could just sight the easy red sitting over the bottom

red

than that, her first place enabled her club to regalň the team litle.

DINNER FOR DAVIS The King of Snooker,

Joc

Davis is to be honoured by stala in every branch of sport at a dinner to be given at London's Dorchester Hotel to celebrate his untque achievement of scoring 500 Anooker centuries--n feat which will never be equalled,

The split has come through the National Cyclists' Union taking over the London track for their

Tommy Taylor (extreme right) knocks a bit of the £30,000 fee paid for him by Manchester United by scoring the first goal against Preston North End, Taylor Inter scored again and United went on to win 5-2-Express Photo,

ROUND

THE BOUSSAC STABLES

JANITOR LOOKS THE RIGHT TYPE FOR

THE EPSOM DERBY

By JAMES PARK

has

IN LAST LEAGUE GAME OF THE SEASON TOMORROW

By "KEYSTONE”

Regular League play in the Senior "A" Division draws to a close this week with the Pandas playing the Jaguars to ring down the curtain on one of the hottest Pennant races yet witnessed in local Softball,

This week-end will also witness the appearance of a fourth US Navy team on the local diamond this season as the USS Orca has pulled out of town and the Navy will be represented by yet another now squad. This should provide Frank Poon's Chinese Athletics with a golden opportunity to haul themselves yet another notch up from the bottom of the Senior “A” League,

for

In tomorrow's morning game, mainstay of the squad consist-ding-dong battle-between these the Champlon Braves will showing of slugging pitcher Harry two contenders

the title off their paces against the Mad- Cunningham, firstsacker John, during which the lead oscillated caps to complete their League Heidemann, shortstop Skipper | back and forth as the tension- fixtures. This game will have Mort Angrist and centreßleider laden Innlags wont by with ex- no bearing whatever on team Jock Bordwell.

cruciating slowness. standings in the upper brackets By the time of the Senior "A" Division, ainee

Thanksgiving An early four-run lead by the the Braves have already clinch-Day rolled around, however, the Americans was completely re- nippy Delawares had caught up duced and overtaken by a six- with the Americans to share a lully splurge by the Rexes. A after the Delaware Tribe had homer by "Big Jawn" Heido

ed the coveted Majors i two-way tle for the first place | humpback oul-of-the-pork clutch

title by winning handily South Chinn last week, and are only waiting for the official crowning of their collective heads at the Annual Presenta- tion Dance of the

Softball As- sociation.

in a

In

after

bench-boss: Suz-

slammed the door to Pennant- ville finally and irrevocably in the faces of the disgruntled Americans with o 13-10 vics tory.

come up with a close 2-1 win maun chased in three runs to over the amazed Americans, put his team ahead briefly

the fourth inning. While the rest of the League had their eyes fixed on the tight

Taking full advantage of the race between the two outfits, a A throwback

loss of Bordwell by the American to the bitter third team crept up almost un-camp, the Rex-men jumped on feuding of the earlier days of noticed from way back with one the slow slants of "relief-relief- Over 200 will be present on

the Ladles League will be pro- unobtrusive victory after an pitcher" John Lyons for a cluster April 15 at this West End party,

vided by another head-on clash (other. and, before anyone of run-productive hits to pile up and Joe is to be presented with a substantial gift to mark the

One of the most famous saddles in the world is likely to be used in this between the Champion Wahoos realised it, the hustling Rexes a back-breaking lead.

and their closest challengers, | had hauled themselves up to the left-hand corner pocket, but ccasion. Among those who will

year's Derby. It has already been on. nine Derby winners in England and several the Squats, at high noon to- top of the Division ladder, Last-ditch rallies and do+0¢- I played the red nearest the be present are Gordon Richards,

in France, in addition to numerous other classic winners. The saddle used to belongmorrow.

shouldering the unbelieving die efforts netted the Americans cue-ball on to the first men-Len Hution, Henry Cotton, Ted

Americans and Delawares another to the late Steve Donoghue, who passed it on to Charlle Elliott, who has continued

brace of runs in the late This interesting tili Is the brusquely aside to tioned red and potted it that Drake, many of his brother pro- fessionals, Sir Stanley Rous and

snuggle innings but, with their very first to use it for all his important races.

play-off of a long-postponed down to a three-place tandem way. The

which leading players in all the games.

It is as good as new, but I would not care to prophesy on whose back it will game from the regular League perch on the premier rung. Championship insight THE CYCLING SPLIT

years struck first was then placed

of fruitless League-parti of Champions

be placed in the 1953 Coronation Derby. Elliott has more or less settled down infixtures in the Ladies' Division, The "Champion of in

favourable It more

Meanwhile, at the other end cipation, the eager-beaver Rexes and should be a rare treat for France once more, and his only retainer is held by M. Marcel Boussac.

followers of the distaff League. of the League table, a potential despite all the desperate master- were not to be denied and, position und the cue-ball race, cycling's premier amateur

event of

the

year, organised by

With 124 horses in training, M.] action than in repose. He is all. The weather has now changed

triple tie was also developing, mind came off the bottom left- the "News of the World," will

Boussac Ands it necessary, to fire when on the move and gives for the better, and, in an effort to

Many a lending challenger for with the "dash-in-the-pan" Rei minding from hand side cushion to finish be held for the first time on

two trainers the impression he Good

may have make up for lost time, some of the Ladies' Batting Champion- Sox, the somnambulant Pandas man and skipper Mort: Angrist, at Alexandria Park, have two stables, Friday of in position for any one

and two Jockeys.

better acceleration than Korali.

Warriora the trainers have been taking ship, as well as several potential and the unwarlike Portsmouth, matead of at Herno

The 55 horses at Villa Djebel.

entangled the baulk-line colours, XI.

In that may well be wrong out their older horses with the contenders for the Ladies Divi- inextricably HI, London.

Glynn, an for, while Janitor is ne, who second lot, as by that time the son MVP Award will be affors-death-struggle for the ignomini trained by J. 11.

ed a timely opportunity of dis-ous bottom place. I chose the brown for my next

English who served 20 years likes to be showing off all the sun has been out.

MAPPED OUT

playing their prowess on the ball, potting it into the bottom

with Harry Count at Chantilly time, Karali is something of a right-hand corner pocket and

Already M.

diamond before the critical and Boussac with a little fellow-through promotion and obtaining an before becoming associated with sobersides. He keeps lover to

will be ridden by the ground and does no more mapped out his plans for most of anonymous eyes of the secret Those at Elliott.

the Villa stroke my white ball came to reston on the nearby Paddington M. Boussig,

organiser on. As a result

the horses he will be sending to Balloting Committee. · England this your. as shown at X2.

into the Pro-Pharis, numbering 69, and trained Wallis has gone My next stroke was played vinces and taken with him every by

ere by C. H. Sembla, will be ridden

They may have to undergo This afternoon and tomorrow For the present all the horses rovision as circumstances change, morning the second round of the crushing 14-7 victory over the and the better team won. with left-hand side, potting the well-known Amateur in the by J. Doyushere,

Ellol has a sneaking regard / here are doing their work on the and all I would say at this stage Junior Knock-Out Series will up the triple-tia baulk cushion red into the bot-country and from the Continent,

sand ridos in the forest. The is that if all goes well Janitor take tom left-hand corner pocket. My

place. These National

Champion for Prince Sprint

racecourse opens for galloping and Karall are Ikely to be death" games will decide the Cyril Peacock, who last year be- by Harvey Leader .at

That is not surprising work for the first time this year. trained with the Derby in view. finalists for the title fight next came the first British rider ever market.

That will make big difference Whether either will to win the handsome trophy since as the jockey rode the colt to

come up week. to some of them, They may to that standard will be dis- its inception six years ago, will an easy victory in a mile race at well show to much more advan-

when covered

they have be defending it, and he will be Ascot last October.

tage when they change over to preliminary outing in one of the

Americans opposed by a field which will

the turf gallops.

which are regarded as poules,

This double-tie for the Senior Delawares De Bakker, Potzernheim, Include

It should not be thought that public trials for the English and tighter than that

this season proved to be even "B" Division lead was to last Blackhawks Ilechsteiner

Ind Lemoigne,

Wildfires any French classic races.

"A" till the very end of the League, Red Sox reigning National champions of

Division. I am particularly hopeful that Belgium, Germany, Switzerland

despite all the jockeying by cach Pandos Janitor will pass the test ELC- From the very outset, the outfit for the advantage of the Warriors and France.

cessfully, but, as always, I am a chase was dominated by the rail position. In addition there will be the

believer in the racecourse test, heavy-hitting Americans team, two

Australians,

---(London Exprata Service) sparked by the four-man Geoff Baker and Peter Pryor Martens (Belgium), Centineaux (Holland) and Gsignard (France) as well as the leading British sprinters Don McKellow, Peter Brotherton, Cliff Wiles, Maurice Ward, Don Wiseman and Stanley Gray.

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white ball came off the bottom cushion, struck the bottom left- hand side cushion and ended up in line for the blue, XI.

Addressing the cue-ball very low, I played the blue into the middle right-hand pocket and screwed the cue-ball back on to the top left-hand side cushion to gol in position X4 on the last remaining rod.

I next planned to get a good angle position on the black. So I played the easy red into the top left-hand corner pocket with check side on my ball to finish in a nice angle on the black, X5. This position, of course, allowed me to pot the black Into the top right-hand corner packet and by striking the white ball low with left-hand alde it made contact with the top cushion and the top left-hand side cushion finally continued up the table to position X8 for the yellow.

Striking the cue-ball low, I potted the yellow into the bottom right-hand comer pocket and with the aid of a screw shot gained position for the green, X7.

Once again I employed tha potting of the green "into the bottom teft-hadd comer pocket, An excellent position resulted for the brown, X8.

I potted the brown into the bottom right-hand corner pocket and playing the white-ball with

a soul-screw action I anished in

line for the blue,

on

Xo.

My next shot was an angle pol middle the blue into the right-hand pocket and tho stroko wan executed with plenty of left-hand side so that the cuo-ball came off the top cushion with sufficient speed to leave a good position for the pink, X10.

I now potted the pink into the top left-hand corner pocket with a follow-through stroke to gain. position for posting the black' into the top right-hand corner pocket from 21.

track.

brillant

Canarina, trained

New-

UNKNOWN QUANTITY

than is askert of him.

BIG DIFFERENCE

The prospect of Elliott being the French horses have associated with Prince Canarins advantage this year. The winter will depend on the progress was just as severe as in England made by two colts at Villa and I was told some of the horses Djebel. My guess is that the did not get out of the yard for Jockey will wear the colours of a week or 10 days. M. Boussac on Janitor or Karali. At present I preter Janitor on appearance and style of galloping. He is an own-brother to the St Leger winner. Scratch 11, but the three-year-old is still something of an unknown quantity.

The stock

of Pharis take time to mature, Not much was al- templed with Janitor as a two- year-old and he ran once. That was in race at Longchamp In mid-October, and the colt ful- by winning. Karali olso took part in one race, and was beaten half a length.

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MUCH TO LIKE

There can be no doubt that more store, is set by Janitor and Karail than any of the other three-year-old colts at the Villa Djebel. Each is a bay colt, but there the similarity ends.

Janitor is much darker in colour than his stable mate, and is also the taller.

Each time i saw Janitor he began to "grow" on me. The stock of the dam may not be blessed with perfect hocks, but, that apart, there is much to hike about Janilor.

SAME RECORD

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youth.

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SENIOR "B" REVIEW

The Senlor "B" Pennant race

in the

And The Focus On Youth This Year British Lawn Tennis

Says ROY MCKELVIE

This year, like 1952, will find the accent and the focus in lawn tennis од

The Wimbledon Champion Miss Maureon Connolly (U.S.) and Australian Ken Rosewall both teen-agers have already started the ball rolling by winning the Australian singles titles.

Miss Connolly will be an db- One moment there seems real just 17-who has quite such a vious favourite to retain her progress; the next those young cool and level had. Wimbledon crown: Rosewall as players, and others seem to slip Unfortunately among the well as his partner Lewis Hoid back,

there 13 1css young women will be among those favoured How much easier if in to cover promise and it looks as if Britain to win the mon's.

up oneself and one's defects in a will rely again on most of those In Britain, as overseas, youth Rugby scrum or in the cricket players who have won 10- will be watched with increasing | pavilion.

presentative honours in previous Because of that

years.

LOST YEARB

The fault, if such it can be interest, called, did not prevent Scratch | youngsters such as Billy Knight,

The rise of Miss Ann Shilcock, I from being In the top class. who leaves Australia for home Yet, beenuse Britain lost a a lacrosse international, is one He is a chestnut, but the younger on March 14, Robert Wilson, still generation of lawn tennis players of the most notable features of relative takos more after the at school, and Roger Becker, colour of his size.

doing his National Service, will through the war, only now are the women's game and she or many consider an the Knights and Wilsons rising Miss Angela Mortimer may well The stable manager, Comte de face what

up to take the place of the Tony fill the gap likely to appear when Brignac, expressed the opinion unnecessary strain.

Mottrams and Geoffrey Paishen Miss Susan Partridge

gota that Janitor may have been, i They are among Britain's best who, to use. Dr Colin Gregory's married at the end of April to M. beiter two-year-old than was hopes for the future in inter-words, are great troupers." Philipe Chartrier, a Frenchman, Scratch 11, although their re-national lawn tennis and the curds were the same one race, responsiblilty they bear is severe. I believe that Knight, unless It is not improbable that Miss one victory.

majority of youngsters he suffers. a reaction after a Partridge will adopt French In Janitor there is the quality would and such 4 position winter In Australia, may prove | nationality. and play for that I like. He is a well-grown colt dimcult and disheartening. Each to be the best of our youngsters country, which she is entitled to excellent balance and win or defeat is recorded and this season, Rarely in any game do though she has already won physique and looks better. In praised-or oriticised.

have I met a junior-he is now British Wightman Cup colours.

This diagram proved to be an interesting problem to me. How would you proceed to take all the balls? (Next week Horace Lindrum will demonstrate Lof

what he would do).

POP

MARK MY WORDS!

# “THEY TAKO "THI.

PURCHASE "TAM OFF, THE OUTPUT OP CARS IN THIS - COUSTRY WHILE TRANS (TO MILLÓNS

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The

Carping!

HOPE, IM NOT

ONE OF

CHINESE OPTICAL CO.

EYES TESTED

FRAMES FITTED.

It was another of those oft-

repented tales of youth and speed against age and experience. Two fine ballclubs, a great game........

Spearheaded by the deadly batting of pitcher Harry Cunningham, the Americans made good their Now Your re- solutions by slamming out

crestfalien Delawares to break However, their bid to forge alone into the lead was narrowly thwarted by

Firiai Sentor "B" Division the fighting Rexer, who battled standings are;

the Americans to a standstill for the second consecutive time in Rexes eight prill-packed innings,

Both Lares completed their remaining game fixtures without further mishap, then oiled their bata and rolled up alcoves to slug it out for the tle itself.

FINAL STANDINGS

WEEK-END GAMES·

TODAY

Junior Knockout Series

3.30 pm. Pandas v. Black- hawks, Griffins v. CAA.

TOMORROW

Junior Knockout Series

9.30 am: 35 Bantams v. Griffas Mor CAA.

Notwithstanding the crippling Joss of hurler. Cunningham, - thơ American outât up-ended the too-confident Rexes with a com→ fortable 9-5 count behind rellet- pitcher Jack Bordwell's slow Seasers to break tho deadlock. But the Rexes mado a strong comeback by thrashing their rivalo 16-5 to even up the score and thus force a play-off for the Serilor "B" Championship.

DRAMATIC CLIMAX

Activities in this Division came to a drumatle climax last wook with the no-holds-barred,

The first

AUTOMATIC

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Senior “A” Division

11:00 am: Madcaps v. Braves, £2,00 ÞAT: US Navy_v, CAA. 3.30 pm: Pandas v. Jaguars,

Ladies' Division (Postponed game) 12.30 pm: Squaws v Wahoos.

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