1953-06-08 — Page 7

The Secrets Of "The Scout"

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1953.

THE DAY SMIRKE MADE

HIS COMEBACK

"Brownie" Carslake's heavy weight prevented him from riding, in many races, but he loved watching races and studying the style and per- formance of his rivals.

We

used to watch many events together. "Brownle" was gifted with amazingly long natural sight and rarely used binoculars. But he liked to have me with him on a sort of tutor-pupil basis,

Os

An

He would station himself on His natural exuberance can- 1 Corner than Medieval Knight. my left, and insist on my read-not help getting the. better of And that was how Johnstone

him at times. "Hey, Moppy!" rode the race. ing the rose to bkm.

he is alleged to have called

Half-way tłown the hill Brownie could be as pelo-out to the discansolate Gordon

Mahmoud's Steve's mount stopped abrupt- lant

old woman. Richards after

In and

•Stop yapping about the horses Derby, "Come

myly. Colombo was hemmed puli

on three sides, and

was in front, he would say. "Tell boots off."

some time before he could be HIS DAY me about Michael. He's lying

that extricated. Rae thought fifth, with a double handful,

always Charlie has tracking

denied he would probably have been and Harry Wrage's

but that story.

it is an In- beaten anyway, but the colt's him."

escupable facet of his personall- owner pad trainer were ty that he cannot avold being very disappointed at the talked about, quoted-and often suli. mi:quoted.

THE CRITIC

supreme

he

This would be about two

Smirke s furlongs from the post. Time

was when and again the hors named by Lnd back into the "Brownie' would finish one,

would enclosure at Epsom two. And on occasions

June day in 1934. get a double-squeeze and the been worth while, warning: "Don't miss that one next time out."

He was

fair

years

I

Assault On World Athletic Records

Swing

In Full

Compton, Calif., June 6.

Wes Santee of Kansas University broke the Ameri can Mile record with a time of four minutes 24 seconds during an Intenational athletic meeting here last night.

He won by 10 yards from Denis Johansson of Finland, with Gaston Reiff, the Belgian Olympic runner, third.

Sentec's time, which la enly a cocky -17-year-old, Barthel the world studied his graphs and said, "*11 one second outside record set by Gundar Haegg of be an Olympic medal-winner in Sweden in 1945, easily bettered 1952 and a world record holder the previous American best of in 1954." both

4 mins. 5.3 seconds made by Haegg in 1943.

Steve cante in for his share moment of the blame, but he was able rode Windsor to point out very reasonably

unsaddling that he was riding for

Fred and conse- that carly Darling's stable,

been It had all quently it would have that busl-initogether wrong if he had and keep-pulled away from the rails to ness of keeping at ing his weight down, withoutlet Colombo through. being a burden on his friends, revere yet t

Windsor Lad marked critic of his fellow jockeys. We during those long five

comeback; Опе watched the 1937 Middle Park while the stewards' ban was in Smirke's great

of the winners he rode in his Stakes together, when Chariic force,

Derby year was a smart two- hot Smirke on the

favourite

It was one of the great year-old called Bendex, which Mirza 11 Was caught and

Derbys

spectacle and Michael Strutt and I owned in talking-point. Colombo, chiam-partnership. plon colt the previous year, had won

This venture started brillant- the Two

madely, but the colt was desperate- and was hot favourite.

Arm resolve to see his finally unlucky (through no fault of paddock to boo Charlie, "Don't Derby gallops, even though it Charlie's) in his last race

out on turning

season ut the the meant

Birmingham dinner-when we thought he was sure Heath still wearing a

win. "Smirke rode jacket on two occasions, to the to

beaten the last few strides by Gordon Richards on Scot- tish Union.

་

from The hobble-de-hoys Tatts came running into the

be impressed by that, said "Brownie."

Clive,"

hin

00 A

Thousand

a brilliant race. With the horse consternation of Fred Hogg and

ying and fading under Charlie's only chance was to sit his colleagues.

as still as possible."

We went to see the horses;

The betting boys come in who had lost their money gave; Charlie a "rousting." It was more than the jockey bear in silence......

GENEROUS

£50 BETS

It seemed worth going with out sleep, though, to drive in could the Muy mornings from Lon-

But that's Charlie, mercurial temperament, and volatile In where Carslake was cold and reserved.

Underneath all the outward show of aggressiveness-Charlie Hoesn't like anyone to forget he might have been cham-

of

Michael and I went on to Newmarket in the hopes of retrieving. Disaster was wait- ing for us. was one of these back-end Newmarket meetings when nothing went right for backers.

SHOT RECORD

Parry

American O'Brien, Olympic Shot Put Champion. bettered the official world shot put record with a throw of 50 fect 2 Inches.

This was

The first prediction has come true and Barthel is now earnest-

by working to achieve the second.

-United Press.

•

MADAME'S TURN

Page

U.S. Davis Cup Team Selectors Have A Hard Job Ahead Of Them

New York, June 7.

Unless one or two players take command during the summer grass corts tournaments, the USA Davis Cup Selection Committee will have a hard time choosing the 1953 American team.

tournament but then WIS and was

Vie Seixas, Tony Trabert, Art Lars in and Gardnar Mulloy are the leading candidates, but none has been able to dominate. Larsen, making a determined only weak opposition. elfort to regain the heights he Trabert won the La Jolla and hampered by lines7 reached in 1930 when he won at Palm Beach tournaments, beat-beaten by Felicissimo Ampon of In the Ports Forest Hills, hind one streak of ing Tom Brown in the final of the Philippines four straight tournament vie-ench, then lost to Brown in the tourney. At his best, Patty Cup San Joaquin In- also is a strong Davis tories, but this was not as Im-final of the

candidate, pressive as it pounds, since in nvitational. couple of the tourneys he had Trabert beat Larsen in the

Thus the picture is confuseri championship

the as far as the American selec- Southern California Tourna- tors aro concerned, but they

Rugby League And Union Will Not Unite

match

in

the advantage of being ment; but a week later Larsen have tripped Trabert, 6-4, 5-7, 4-0. able to watch the whole SINI- G-1, 6-3, in

the final of the son's play before making any California

chalces. Championships. Mulloy, the 30-year-old

good Champion, early season tournaments but the Inter-Zone and

age. Vie rounds will be played there in began show

the

looked

his

in Australia holds the Cup and Challenge

Seixas beat him in the final of December,

Good Neighbour Tourna-

With so much time, the selec Beach, andl at Miami ment London, June 5.

not even be too im Morea Enrique

of Agrentina torn will Efforts to bring the two

by performances at best him in the Paris

Inter-Pressed

Wimbledon in June-July, since → rival

of Rugby national tourney. factions

that in mix months away from League football-the 13-a.

Seixas, captain of the 1052

the play in Australis. Of course,

Cup side Rugby League code and Davis Cup team, started slowly Davis

und must be Everglades picked to represent America in the 15-a-side Rugby Union but then won the

the North American zone against game-falled in this Coronn-

Japan in the first round and against the British West Indies tion year in the same way as they have failed in every

in the recond round, previous season.

Larsen

Good and

Tournament and the Neighbour, with London, June B. Madame Dans Zalapok today

Mulloy in the field at each. threw the Javelin ten centi-

SPOTTY ABROAD The world record set by Jim metres further than her Olymple

Americans have been spotty Cuba, Mexico and Canaria will Fuchs (USA) in 1050 stands at record throw of 50.47 metres at

Sportsmen in many countries in their play so far in interna-produce the opponent to the 50 feet 10 inches.

the Helsinki Games last year,

were hopeful that the

profes-

Anal. tional tournaments. beaten last month by D'Brien, according to a message received

sional League game players and In the Rome International However, as was the case lost but his toss of 59 feet and in London from Celeka, the off-

the cmateurs of the Rugby three-quarter inches has not yet clal Czechoslovak news agency Union would get together in beaten by Lennart Bergelin of Americans managed to defeat tourney Selxos Wod soundly year, even the second-line

She threw 50.57 metres (165) harmonious

Sweden, but at Paris, Seixas these opponents." fect 11 inches) at a inceting in

eastern LVe Sweden's Sven Davidsson

courts grass Jablonies-Reuter.

a three-set trimming,

tourneys and the Forest Hills Budge Patly of California and Championships will be the real Paris won the Monte Carloesting grounds-United Press.

been ratified.—Reuter.

HIGH JUMP RECORD

PULLED MUSCLE

1

arrangement

3 this

soason, but the Union author lies have continued to regard anything to do with the League as anathema, and have stead- to initiate any fasily refused contact at all between the tw sports.

Abilene, Tex., June 7, Waller Davis, Olympics high Jump champlon, bettered the

London, Juno 0. world's record last night with a Roger Bannister, the British leap of foot, 114 Inches. Imile record holder, pulled M Several sports writers have will not count as a record be thigh muscle while competing in suggested that the rulers of the caure i was mate in an exhibi- the 440 yds event in the Middle-game wot together and arrange a tion.

jaex County Athletics champion-match between the English Rug- Rugby Union ships at Edmonton, London to- by League und day and is likely to be off ine sides. track for about three weeks.

Intesting be, is neve:

The world's record is 6 feet 11 inches set by Les Steers of Oregon.-Associated Press.

RUSSIANS START

Suoli A match, though it would The layoff may jeopardise his likely to come off. Unlon rules chances in the Amateur Athletle are strlet and a player for a Aryariation Char pionships nt Union club who even treins with London, June 7.

five weeks Leagre players is likely to be Plethneva broke her the White City.

declared a professional, own women's 800 Metres world time.

he record by elocking 2 mins. 8.2 Emmanuel McDonald Bailey seconds at a meeting in the the AAA Sprint Champion from Soviet Union today, according Trinidad, wors his first county 10 a message from Tass, the title when smashing the 100 dis-official

Soviet news received in London.

agency, yards record by three tenths of

Nina There was only one way out don and see that lovely bay to sell the horse. It Was colt, with the rose-shaped star several weeks, though, before on his forehead,' unloose his we could find a buyer, дене devastating stride up the_gal- other than Jock Gerber. lops near the Rowley Mile. I bet Everytime I saw him another £50 on him.

Meanwhile we had to pense with such luxuries as the telephone and electricity, uni The Saturday evening before passed gloomy winter on the Derby, Steve Donoghue staple diet of sausages and asked me round to take cock- mashed potatoes.

tails with him in his flat neor Piccadilly.

He was rather querulous

plon boxer-beats an unusual that he did not have the

race

Lord

ly generous heart:~11-was-not mount. He was under the im- very long ago that an Eastern pression that

Glonely, owner offered him £1,000 Colombo's owner,

had pro- in winning he succeeded

un mised him the an

ride after ho importart

for him had ridden Colombo to victory "Blimey, guy'nor," said Charat Kempton the previous Octo. lle, "It's going to cost ME more ber. than that its presents and parties it I win.

No Jockey of his time

Lord Glanely had retained, Johnstone.

in his pince, Rae

has then comparatively unknown

been blessed with such an iron in England. Steve accepted the constitution.

the Beckhampton Medieval Knight,

far 05

05

-fLondon Express Service)

PAN-PACIFIC SURF GAMES SUGGESTED

with a time

a second She holds the official world seconds-Reuter. record at 2 mins. 8.5 seconds

set up at Klev in June 1952.

At the same meeting Alexan- der Anufriev beat the Soviet 10,000 Metres record by clock- ing 20 mins. 23.2 seconds, Yesterday Anufrlev bettered his awn Soviet 5,000 Metres recerti with a time of 13 minutes 50,0 seconds.-Reuter.

CENTRAL COLLEGIATE

of 0.7

La Sorellina

Wins The

Only Alte services ignore RU ban on contact with prefer. slonals. They take the view that, while he is serving in the tnned forces a man is simply a rugby player and neither an tenteur or a professional-Uniles Press.

French Title

Stays Home

Chantilly.. June 7.

Roger Lagerde,

The

✰✰ A SEAT IN THE STALLS ✯ ✯

Dispassionate And Hard Hitting

As opposed to "The Desert Fox", which aroused re

due to its sympathetic sentment and controversy characterisation of 'Rommel, "The Desert Rats" is a dis- passionate and hard-hitting wartime drama dealing solely with the Tobruk seige of '41.

James Mason, again as Fieldly showing at the Roxy and

pears only once in the tim portraying with skill this ar- rogant and authoritative military

Mandal Erwin Rommel, ap- Brontway theatres,

an

the

Intense Welsh netor Richard 19-year-old Burton sensitively enacts golfer from Rouen, beat Britain's role of the calculating and aloof Tummy Machoberts, Harry Bentley two and one in Captain

Prix de Diane the 30-hole final of the French unscular English offer over

Amateur, Championship here to- an

unit, day.

Inexperienced Australian

Chantilly, June 7.

Lagarde is the first golfer

A few tender scenes occur in M. Paul Dubose's filly, La Under 21 to win the title.

the film after MacRoberts re- and approach His putting

cognises his former and revered Sorellina, ridden by Maurice' Larraun, wont

work were more accurate than

schoolmaster Tom Bartlett Dinne (French Oaks) over who

the Prix de that of his 45-year-old opponent. (Richard Newton). Newton Is

Championship somewhat was the

subdued but in- ♫ mar of one mile, two furlongs, 110 twice more than 20 years ago-trinsically depicts

philosophical nature, weckened yards here today in a photo in 1931 and 1932.

Lagarde was two up at the by alcohol and bitterly end of the first round.-Reuter. of his own shortcomings.

Through commando manocu-

the destruction VICS,

the

Milwaukee, June 7, Gene Matthews of Purdue set a new meet and stadium record in the Central Collegiate Con- ference Track and Field Cham plonships tast night, when ne was clocked in the Two-Mile run at 0:07.3.

Matthews' record time in the finish. Two-Mile event was the standout performence of the moet which was held. in chilly weather. The, temperature was about 50 degrees when the meet

started,

MJ. Decrton's

La Sorellinn, a 16-1 outsider, scored by a short head from Banassa. with Comtesse de Coltys' Hurnll a further heat away in the fold of 38.

SEIXAS BEATS vital ammunition dump to

MOREA

aware

Most great "hold" this. Aim is packed with solidly

human interest and excitement.

Where Carslake mount on

Sydney, June 7.. und Bobby Dick dieted, Smirke pacemaker,

Honolulu policeman Edwin sweated his pounds

in away

while Gordon was on Easton, Adolphson, inspired by an the turkish

baths. He has the stable's first choice. tried many diets in the last 20

Australian demonstration years, but he still depends on Steve hinted to Rae that he in Hawaii, would like to see taking his weight off the hard could pick no better horse 10

track

some sort of Pan-Pacific way,

Tattenham

surf games staged in con- junction with the 1950 Melbourne Olympics.

Adolphson, 30, envisages Thane Beker of Kangra State

The winner.

Madrid, June 7. a daughter of from Australia, New Zealand. Tech each

Vic the 1946 Cambridgeshire winner

Seixas (United States) won two events.

Highly "Aussie" seasoned. South Africa, Hawaii and pos- Baker won the 140-Yard zun and Sayani out of Silver Jill, is beat Enrique Morca (Argen the background music, "Waltz

the 320-Yard dash. Philbee teak trained by Etienne Pollet. tine), in a two and a half hours'

played proudly the Men's ing Matlida", Arats

tennis battic in In the 120-Yard High He is a member of the Hawall Hurdles and the 220-Yard Low

Favourite was the Aga Khan's Singles Bnal of Count Godoy's and at times in a plaintive and Surt Lifesaving Association, Hurdles.

| Dynastic.

Cup Tournament In minor key, is dramatically-ap- Tennis in January following

propriate. Barcelona today. the visit of an

Parimutuel dividends to a. 10

The Australian team

In

more prominent Aus Marquette won'the ditet engily

exoiling, grvelling which the Australian Ampol Oil

match the American won by tralian actors in the film are

John O'Malley, Company and Honolulu citizens

Charles Ling- 27 | 01-3, 0-4, 22-20. Anancet

well, Machael Pate and Chips Rafferty,

LAWN BOWLS LEAGUE entrants in such a competition and Fitnes Philace of B-ndley

STANDINGS

Lawn Bowls League alandings after matches are:

Heerela

IRC

KBGC

CCC

KCC

PRC

KDC

HKFC TC

sibly the mainland US.

Saturday's formed

FIRST DIVISION

Shots

W .D.

*123

10

31

100

58

The Association follows the Ppattern of the 48-year-old Aus- 18 trollan organisation with small 1114modideations

to. sult Hawaiin 10 conditions,United Press

10-

SECOND DIVISION

Recrelo. "A" Recreio "B" KBGG

0 109

17/4

10

14.

FC

13

KCC

.11

INC

KDC

HKCC

ccc

IRC

KCC

FC

Recreio

USRC

PAC

FOC

HKENC

HKFC

THIRD DIVISION

3

3

120

TO A CAME OF GOLF BY HELICOPTER

Brixham, Scuthern

England, June 7. Four senior Naval officers flew from their ship to a golf 0% game by bellcopter today--and were landed right on the 10th fairway.

27 and

with 51-3/10 points, with Town francs lake were: win 107 coming in second with

pinces 47, 30, francs, Michigan State was third with francs, 23. Bradley Tech got 20 and Notre Dame cellested 18%. The

cet attracted more than 200 the winner-Reuter. athletes from 37 colleges and universities-United Press.

JOSY PREPARES

Luxembourg, June 7. Middle-distance running for Luxemburg's 1,500 metre Olym« | ple champion Josy Barthel is n scrice of curves on several well-kept graphs.

The race was worth £7,300 la

RUSSIA WINS

EUROPEAN .BASKETBALI.

Moscow, June 4.

The 26-year-old runner, who startled the athletic world last: The Soviet Union and Yugo- year by coming from compara- slavia met, on the basketball tivo oblivion to win an Olymple court today and the result was medal, knows his body belter USSR 77, Yugoslavin 43. than perhaps any other runner who has churned up the cinders.

The Soviet had already won the championship of Europe'for After each training session 1953 but the contest between Ten minutes later they were Barthel, a Government-employ the two teams attracted the in- driving of the first tee. Three ed chemist, carefully notes histerest of a crowd of nearly hours later the helicopter land blood pressure, albumon con- 45,000. ed on the fairway at Churston tent and pulse and duly regis- Gold Club them back to the fleet-carrier Theseus.

Hungary took second, Françe ogain to taketers them on his graphs. .. third, Czechoslovakia fourth. This careful observation of his Isravi fifth, Yugoslavia sixth, body's functioning sometimes Sald the club socratary, Mr induces Barthel to make predics

A Cooper: "The officerations on his performances before

Italy. seventh, Egypt eighth. Bulgaria ninth Belgium 10th, Switzerland 11th, Finland 12th, Rumania 15th, Germany 1435) Lebanon 15th, Denmark 10th, Many of his friends laughed and Swader 17th-Associated outright back in 1944 when, as Press,

0% asked permission on Saturday to races, sales

land on the course and club

34 members were warned what to

expool."--Reutor/

an

The last set was. no ten that spectators frequently jump ed to their feet to applaud the players-Reuter.

THREE

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