1953-05-25 — Page 6

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MAY 25, 1953.

TWO COLONY RECORDS GO AT THE LAST MEETING OF THE HKAAA SEASON

By "RECORDER"

Officials of the HKAAA decided after the last meeting of the Hongkong Amateur Athletic season at Kai Tak yesterday that the humidity, if not the heat, would knock the best out of local track (if not field) talent until September next year.

It was not impossible yesterday evening for every type. In the Colony 10,000 Metres championship, four men broke the standard time of 40 minutes, including "Curly," allerwise known as Chan King-yin, in the really spectacular time for the distance, the track and the sheer weight of accentuated gravity of 37 minutes 56.2 Heconds.

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persibility have been changed with a terrific "Curly," an inspectacular inquiring about the

preinl 440 Yards Hurdles Cotton-Hurlbatt race round the runner-though he affirmed the of

bewildered Riia gonerul regard of the HKAAA being pay on as an afterthought. bend and a

Two for

Colony records best bet

were laying it on thick over the last the second

Lam Kak-lan Hongkong

broken. One was to the credit 80 yards to pip the Cur

Asian next

year was of "Curly. No faster time for with 30 yards to go.

been Rita, a modest girl if ever ever to klini enough

drug three the distance

Standard turned in Hongkong: though the there was one, likes the challenge other runners 10

University stage n. 10,000 properly laid on with plenty of Medals for an unfamiliar di-

of Metres Fiet every year" and time to accelerate. Ken Milburn tance Cpl. ile RAF. Cpl. Cyril Harding, there have been in the course

Gamer

of the Willshire Regiment and of the past two decades, about Ramany had been in the race, the teammate Lee Kam-hung of the half-dozen of the summe put South Chin Athletle Associu-on by the SCAA,

Lion

told

"Curly" managed to lap only tactical" ofther Lam Kak-lan

the

it Jennifer Hart or Lynn whole story would have to be For sheer over again.

however, the betting is on Had "Curly" varied his pace, one of the six starters in

or Deborah In any ruce over this three others might have failed 10,000 Metres (six miles odd).

A Kui Tek Ind, Cpl. Ken Mil-distance in which a surprised to run the distance unler mantes, Zilupek may be able bun, mished second in a very Hita is not running.

38 minutes 45

THE "TOUGU18" to run it under 36 minutes,, respectable but Zatopek in the same canseconds, with Cpl. Cyril Hard- of the Wiltshire Regiment ditions would have been happy

Kom-hung

to have completed the Course an

in under 33:00.9 the ATFS South China Athletic Assocla- (Association of Track and Field, tion huma with a good

mnie to Spare Statisticlan) won't see it.

about Medal time. runs he wouldn't

of

of the principal admirers Curly" have seen hin

Caroline 14111

Before closing. sonte mention

the

a

made of two of the mtst be men's field events. RAF'S Cpl. rezily half-Ralph won a

grent victory in the Javelin Throw when he oft Standard

renched out to

to 148

feet 10 Inches The -Lesterad

against the wind and against two COLONY RECORD

Chan that

160-footers, "Curly"

Wai-chuen and One other Culuny record was Sgt. C. H. Smith of the Dorsets. change his pace whether it war 100 Yords ur

The broken. Experts were called in 40 Miles.

The Latter Regimental affilia- the to judge on the One Mile Race

tion may be repeated rather legend runs true most of

that Walk and the viclor was CSM

often in these columns, but why except for the fact

tbe fact Wells of the Dorselshire Regi-

remains that neur in the Colony record and

of

Regiment has Dorsetshire lime practising Sandard Medal

habit of contributing outstanding the 110 Meire Hurdles and minutes 39.3 seconds.

great race for athletes to the earliest sport ever There was a have been, if we must borrow

in by men-running, Li. Indulged between place from foreign parlance, "Mightly-stepnij impressed.

Spooner of the Royal Army Pay jumping and throwing.

The Dorsets have a different With the ultin-conservative Caps and G. S. Kennedy Skip-

approach to apart. For example, ton of the European Kai Tak there days, with the former winning by a happened yesterday that Lt.

Blight, who is very precaution

high established locally as

chess player- Jumper and a

run decided that he wanted to more than his previous maximum 440 yards for a change.

Ho duly

!roup of Lower

at

Bowden/Charles 103

"Curly would 201 :hort-mcaired,

outlook

letace.

YMCA.

!!

G.

track-walking.

well

WAN 13kom

Air Kennedy Skipton could Beaten CSM possibly The outcome bave of all this conservative outleWells agahi except for the fact was that "Curly" ran about 16, that he was at pains to con- form with every conceivable yards too long for his remd.

entered the 10.000 The Association vull backs this bye-law of Bowden/Charles

paid Metres race and packed in after With all regard heing 4.

He did double his Yards. after three years experience, it for the private correspondence 880

maximumri running did that simply hus learned to detest the short-we have had on the subject of previous

track walking in the past fort-distance and course. lyne.

night, we also think that there without elther walking for hours The sheral idea is that we can't afford, in Flongkong. 1o was

lot of sheer running go-around a billiards table, bending.

The his back for hours on whole TAAF have the

ing o at most stages of tura

beside walking-in a lawn bowls around on us and say that we are manufacturing records,"

NO, FAVOURITISM

ale has two interpretations: - Even though Me Boween

fa fout on lerra rmn; (b) athlete, an active no longer

the whole of one foot-heel and "Ok" Charles short-ineasured himself by more than a Split olen terra firma.

second add only

race.

.

TA

fortnight

and a day ago when he ran tower qualified.

a tremendous victory

time in Hongkong for place (2:06.6 for 880 Yards or 2:05.8 for 800 Metres).

end-

I can

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TITLE FIGHTS

FIGHTS AT

AT HARRINGAY

Johnny Williams throws a right at Don Cockell in their fight at Harringay Arena for the British and Empire Heavyweight Championship. Cockell won on points.

The British Featherweight title holder, Ronnie Clayton, wearing his second Lonsdale Belt after he had successfully defended his title by knocking out Freddie King.

SPORTS ROUND-UP

Chris Chataway To Lead Oxford-Cambridge Athletic Team In American Match

Ampon Beats Budge Patty At The French Tennis Championships

Paris, May 24.

The only seeded player in the men's singles of the French International Lawn Tennis Championships to fail to reach the last eight is Iudge Patty, of the United States, who was beaten by Felicissimo Ampon of the Philippines,

In the remaining fourth round matches played to day, Ken Rosewall and Lewis Hond became the solo survivors of the six-man Australian team: Both scored easy straight-set victories today, but 'Mervyn Rose, another member of the Australian team, was defented by Enrique Moren of the Argentine.

The line-up in the quarter- Ken Rosewall (Australia) beat Anola will be (in draw order): Windistav Skonecki (stateless) Gardnor Mulloy (USA) vs. (0-2, 6-9, 6-2.

Enrique Morea (Argentine), Vic Seixas (USA) beat Sven Ken Rosewall (Australia) Va.

Davidsson (Sweden) 0-1, 10-1, Felicissimo Ampon (Philip 0-4. pines), Vic Seixas. (USA) va. Lewis Hoad (Austraila), Fausto Gardini (Italy) VA. Jaroslav Drobny (Egypt).

Miss Doris Hart (USA), hold- er of the title, and Miss Maureen Connolly (USA), Wimbledon

and American Champion, both reached the last gight of the women's singies.

Women's Singles 3rd Round

Miss S. Fry (USA) bai; Mis S. Lazzarino (Italy) 6-2, 6-0.

A. Miss D. Hart beat Miss

Shilcock (Britain) 9-7, 6-4,

Mme. G. Bucaille. (France) beat Mille, A. Salvet (France) 2-0, 6-2, 6-0.

ira D. Knodo (USA) bent Miss H. Fletcher (Britain) 0-1, 0-3.

Mme. Nelly Adamson (France) beat Miss Angela Mortimer (Britain),8-2, 0-3.

The quarter-final matches in the

will order of the draw bo:-Miss Doris Harl (USA)_va.

Mrs J. Rinkel (Britnia); beat Mrs Jean Quertier Rinkel (Bri Miss J. Sampson (USA) 0-4, 6-2, tain); Miss Shirley Fry (USA)

Miss M. Connolly (USA) beat VS, Mrs Nelly Adamson Mme 8. Jones. Weber (France) (France); Birs Dorothy Knoda 6-3, 6-1.

(USA) vs. Mme C. Dusrille Mme S. Chatrier (France) beat (France); Mrs Susan Partridge Miss Ann Gray (USA) 8-ü, 7-5. Chatrier

VS, Miss Reuter.

(Britain) Maureen Connolly (USA).

THE RESULTS

Today's main results were: Men's Bingtes-4th Round Fausto Gardini (Italy) beat Bernard Bartzen (USA) 2-0, · 6-3, 4-6, 0.4;

Enrique Moren (Argentine) beat Mervyn Rose (Austraila) 0-3, B-8, 3-4, 6-8, 0-3.

Lewis Hoad (Australia) beat Giuseppe Moate (Italy) 0-1, 0-4. 6-2.

LEES BEATS COTTON AT LLANDUDNO

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HONGKONG

BEATEN BY MALAYA

Singapore, May 24. The Chinese Malayan Foot- bali

Association today re- gained possession of the Aw

Ho Cup when the visiting Hong-- kong team went down by two goals to one én a keen and thrilling match before 13,500 cheering fans.

The MCFA opened the scoring almost with the opening whis Ble. Yan Cheng-eng, playing on Aho left wing, gained possession ank beat the visiting custodian with a high lobbing shot.

Llandudno, May, 23.

Nine minutes later centre- Arthur Lees, the British Ryder forward Boon Soong scored the

player, eliminated the

Cup

Ryder Cup captain, Henry Cot-second goal from a melee about ton, by one up in the semi-final 15 yards out.

of the Penfold 2.000 Guineas The Hongkong forwards and Golf Tournament here to-day halves then pressed into the and then went on to win the 18- Singapore area and inside left holo final by two up against Kon Yiu Cheuk-yin gave Hongkong Bousfeld, a fellow Yorkshire is first goal with a powerful rising shot from just outside the penalty line.

MOD.

The standard of play in the final was well behind the brli- Jant

One goal down when play re- scoring of the earlier sumed after the interval, Hong- matches, Lees had

pressure and a.70, and kong maintained Bousfeld 81, compared with 74 forced the home-tean into the But the many scop- scratch, but a high wind made defensive. conditions on the long Marsduing chances that came their way | course difficult.

were thrown away by the Hong- too kong forwards througît Bousfield bent W. D. Smithers,much dribbling-United Press.

a veteran from Bristol, in tho semi-inal by 3 and 2. Bousfield

ATHLETES WIN TRIPS ABOARD

The rule is--one fuot on ter-match-or chasing wildly:

Birta all the time. The travelling cricket balls,

NO "HURDLING". Said It. Blight, "I afford to take seven minutes over a chess move, 1 can afford to Two of the six participants take all the time I want over my Well said! Our plece Derek Cotaurn, ngainst

artilleryman running."

advice was that he should not travel hi speed, ran the pick of the best in Honor the Kal Pals course attempt to gain headway ver kong in the 440 Yards Hnr-

"Curly" by hurdling over him. 2 minutes 5.1 seconds, th elet.

Ron Thompson, in between "Old" Charles yesterday test time ever returned in

insisting that his good wite The Hongkong and a Kai Tuk record spent the best part of afternoon unter the protective for the Half Mile, though not should get the Standard Medal in the Shot Put, awning of the Recorders tent, for the 800 Metres. Milotarians long due her

fastest improved on his previous best in mudes all the time and never L. Goodburn ron his

second the Javelin Throw with 130 feet

7 inches. mene

he only managed Though fourth place in one of the best fields in this event assembled locally, ho very head It was, otherwise, a

of Derck Coburn afternoon. Dorsets'

won the 100 and Lou Kam-yiu, both of whom Yards and Lam Kuk-lan beat have gone over 140 feet at their Hita Hall, the new Budapest, May 23.

Colony best.

The "blood" match between Ladies' Hungarian soccer International accord-holder,

Chan Wai-chuen and Sgt. G. J.

team for collect the first prize of £400, popular sportsman". to witnces The Australian Jozsef Bozsik, right half of the

Now there is a chance that a Chataway will compete in the

iho Coronation,.. 1952 Helsinki Olymple champion

compete and In the latter race. St. Mary's Harrison in the Shol- Put, which

It was his first major success avoiding for mile and two miles events, full international will be staged Wimbledon will team, has become a member of Joyce Cotton opened up around both have been

at lights

Highbury the leading Americans including

In two years. He beat a former Thillainathan won the title the first turn and that spelled quite a while-various injuries Alan Pinnington of Oxford will under

Sydney the liungarian Parliament.

professional, and the trip by popular voting Stadium. Other floodlit fixtures Vic Seixas and Gardnar Mulloy Royal herself and and other duties thrown in being run in both sprints. Candidate Bozsik had been disaster for both

include FA are also expected to take part. Jimmy Adams, in the drst round in in three-month contest con Jaken into account,-ended in a

The match Is Wimbledon's

after a classic match and was | ducied by the Blagapore Stan- tie at 37 feet ·.·

BACK TO THE SADDLE Charity Shield match between inches.

contribution to

dard and Alfred's Coronation the Borough's equally brilliant against Cotton. Hon. Secretary of the

Geoff Duke, World Motor League Champlons Arsenal and

Coronation celebrations and all

Bouvenirs. Hongkong Amateur Athletic

Cycle Champion, who has been Cup Winners Blackpool, also to

the competitors will be present- Association, Mr Fred Tingay, settled the feud by an appeal to

car racing this reason, returns be played at Highbury, and one to the saddle next month to at Tottenham where Spurs willed with a Coronation sonvenir Miss Rita Holl,

sliver elgaretto case, compete In the Isle of Man entertain the Racing Club

Paris. TT event,

Soccer Player

Becomes MP

ליו ונס

"UPSET" AFTERNOON

MP/Cpl. Crane

"20 Yards.

in the

Mito. nominated by workers

of a

A furlong for the girls in very Budapest industrial plant and is No. 33

the Government's much like 060 (not 440 or 680) ticket

men und toelies Hingle

uf the Budapest yards rare for constituency, heading by Prime play a very important role in the Minister Matyan Rakes. The final result.

really Hall,

of 20

д

whose

The

ever was

list, which recorded occupation

It was a matter of finally de- L«terrife”. performance of candidaton, describes! Bozsik

do- educator", but fans seconds for the distance a fort-ciding upon the winner or

another hope that this does not affect night! ago does not fade for the priving Miss Tall of

Rits, the only It spoon.

double his amateur status.

fact that she did net repeat it Buzsik will be the only repre- yesterday, lost on sheer lack of victor of the day (she improved to South

China's on the Kal Tak ground record sentative of Hungary's world Experience

with a 15 foot 4 inch long jump Pocket-Sized famous athletes in the House,

(Rita is at least and won the 100 Yards) walved where sport bureaucracy will be Pint-Sized) Rocket. Lam Kak- her claim on a second spoon and -represented by Gyula Hegyi, lan, who won in 28.5 seconds. President of the Nutional Sport Tad Rhodesian Rocket "Dibay there was no necessity for de- licately untieing 'a Gordian Council, highest sport authority Hurlbait been in the race, the

knot. of this country.-United Press. whole aspect of the show might

Americans Will Attempt To

Break The Hoodoo Of Hoylake

The

London, May 25.

1

Fi

Locs controlled the ball better in the final.

Chris Chataway (Oxford) will captain the joint Oxford and Cam-was always the master. bridge Universities athletic team competing in a three-sided match against joint Yale-Cornell and West Point-Pennsylvania teams in New Haven, USA, on June 13.

The match was all square at

Bousheld's delve

the 10th.

Singapore, May: 23.

looked like going out of bounds · A. 1. Thillairinthan, a popular

at the 18th whom it hit a spec- athlete from Ipoh, Malaya, will foot. But Lees had a leave for London, tontorrow

Cambridge men in the team include British Olympic team captain Harry Whittle, who will contest the 220 Yards Hurdles, the Pole Vault and the Long Jump.birdle with a four-yard put to morning as "Malaya's most

But sad news for British enthusiast is that Geoff will represent Italy-at least in the 500 c.c. event.

for next season

EMPIRE GAMES

de

England will send a team of between 80 and 80 to the Em-

Reg Armstrong and Dickde of nine sports-athletics, box-

Ho

will ride for the Gilera pire Gaines in Vancouver next team, whose members include year. It will comprise athletes fancing,bowls, ing, cycling, Dale, former colleagues Duke at Norton's. In the 350 rowing, swimming, weight- litting and wrestling. An ap- c.c. race Geoff hopes to rido British machine. Announcing his peal fund has been launched in London to raise the £40,000 re- decision, Geoff said that al-

costs of though keen on car racing, he quired to cover the

two sending the team. felt the lure of wheels. Another British acé, Les Graham, leads the Italian M.V. Augusta team.

THE RESULTS The results are as follow:

Men co Metres,-1, Hung, Cheesec, 2 Yau Tak-kee: 3,

still Bhek - Wel-iman. Titre: 6.5 nocy.

850 Yards Car Coburn: 2 L Goodburn: 3. Leung Kam-po, Time! 112 mins 16.1 (acco,

100 Yars. T/Cpl Crane; 2. mg Chee-kee; a. Yau Tak-kec. Time! 10.0 Deck.

1 Mile Walking Tace. - 1. CSM

2. 1 Spooner; J. G. S. Kon-

10,000 Meters-1, Chan King-vin: 2. Chi Mišurn: 3. Cpl Harding. Time:

RECOVERED

--(London Express Service)

"The

His selection is a certainty for the Ryder Cup series against America's best professionals at Wentworth, Surrey, in October

-Reuter.

The runner-up, Tan Eng Yoon, of Singapore, will get a two-weeks vacation' in Hongkong. -United Press.

Games Will Go On" Melbourne

Determined

13.06.1

Melbourne, May: 23.

The Organising Committee of the 1956 Olympic Games mot in Melbourne Colcs from the today and accepted with regret the resignation of Mr Arthur W. AFTER COCKELL

Games Control Committee, offered the chairmanship to Mr Patrick Leslie Coleman, State Minister for Transport and member for the Melbourne City Council, and Canadian Heavyweight Cham. plon of Cherokee Indian descent, decided to appoint a paid chief executive officer to run the 1956 Games in Melbourne.

The meeting appointed a sub- Rome would be the most logical returns to Britain at the end of

Acting Premier Lestio Wit- the month after an absence of four years. His mission is to lam Galvin said the chiof committee to inspect alten and lattes for the 1950 Olympic seek a fight with the new British executive officer would be "an come to a "swift firm decision Games It Melbourne, Australia, a swimming pool for the was: forced to glwg them, up, and Empire Champlon, Don outstanding Australian," Cockall. Walls now 24, fights

hour session, Mr Galvin- said: An Australian by birth, he the American heavyweight, Jack Following two and a quarter was a member of that country's / Nelson, at Edmonton, Alberta, “we ironed out practically all the appointment of committees member from Columbia.

our troubles and settled amica bly misutderstandings which exlated."

George Worthington, who two years ago was suffering from facial paralysis which he thought would end his sporting career, will compete in this year's Wimbledon.

Davis Cup team in 1949, but is

Ho

now living in Auckland. returned to tho

gamo last November, and is now ranked No. 1 in New Zealand

on May 22.

WIMBLEDON PREVIEW

on

Glories,

United States golfers, who have dominated the Bridy skipton, Time: 6 mins. 335 tish Amateur Championship since the war, will attempt are probable record).

20 Yarda-1. 8. Xavier; 2, thung Time: to break the hoodoo of Hoylake when the annual cham-Chee-ker; 3, 1/Cpt, Crane.

Recording to Jullo, Gelin, Inter pionship bogins over the Royal Liverpool course today 233 C

The meeting also authorised national Olymple Committee (Monday).

31 min. 50% seca. (probable, record)

Shot Putes), Bg5 Harrison and Chan was in-¡the same half of the draw and watchin; 2. LAC Sayers. Distance; Bince

Gelin yesterday! expressed- to deal with accommodation, the event

reception, 30 21. 0 Ins

medical agreement with the IOC Pre- augurated in 1885, 12 champion-likely to clash early,

entering, Long Jump). Shek Wal»man; 2,

transport and technical pro-sident; Str. Avery Brundage, ships have been decided there

chances of a British

Li Palmer, Distance: 19 ft. 115 ins,

blems and communications.J been lossened have and no Amerlenn has yet reach- success

High Jump-1, Gnr George; 51, LA

that "there invt be romething A preview of Wimbledon will through the absence of Ronnie Bugt; 3, Ling Cheung, leight:

The delegates said they were The Organising. Committee be staged on Sunday, June 14, ed the Antal:

seriously wrong In Australls. ft. 8 in.

when a side representing the confident the Games would go chairman, Mr Wilfred Kout But since the Amateur Cham-White and James Bruen (Cork),

He was apparently referring Javelin

Hughes, ald the atmosphere at to the resimuation let the Chair Wai-chuen; Halph: 2. Chan

OFFICIAL RECOGNITIONT plonship was revived in 1940, winner in 1948.

All-England Club will meet a on.

Mr Galvin said the trustees of the meeting Was "pleasan The greatest British hopes. 146 rt 10 in.

International Club combined the title has been taken across

man, Mr W, Coleg, of the Olym The now soccer season 10 and Queen's Colb team.

the Melbourne Cricket Ground, unanimous and enthusibatle.” Cup players 100 Yards Hall; 2, Lam the Atlantie five times and four rest

ple Game Control Committee on. Walker

where the deld events are to be Reuter, of the last six finals have been Joo Carr and

following the Victorian State John Langley, Kak-lan; 3,,D. Hurlbail, Time: 121 | England. may nee floodlit foot-

Nearly every top-ranking held, would meet on May 20 to ball ofcinity recognised for the

to build Clovernment's refusal oll-American affairs,

aswimming pool on a site ap-- America's Harvey Ward, who Carr has been a quarter Yarde), Lam Kak-lari; & first time by the Football Asso-player in the world is a mam discuss the work necessary to

Unitact clation. Hitherto it has beenber of one or another of these transform the Melbourne Crio

proved by the Ion

Iminor games.

posite teams will be elected. Olýzuble stadkaha,) ba

former Victorian.

13. Set Smith. Distance:

Ladies

won at Prestwick last year, and finalist and twice semi-finalist Jump-1, la Tip: 2, Fong permitted only för friendly" TOP three clubs and no two com- | ket Ground - Into the malb

Frank Stranahah, twice winner in the last three years --Réu- and runner-up last your, aro in tor,

Hail; 3. Joyce Cotton *Time: .26.0

SOCK

SK; J. D. Kuribatt, Diatarios;

"BOMETHING WRONG”.

Los Angeles. May 23. Les Ausgeles, Buenos Aires or Presu

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