McDONALD BAILEY Says
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1953.
LE MANS GRAND PRIX WINNERS
THE DAY WILL COME WHEN AN ATHLETE WILL RUN THE THREE-MINUTE MILE
ON THE RECORD Older Schoolboys Would Contribute Higher Standard
Huving Bloated
who have
who are also puntera would do well to recommend for their school colourn boys who have ad | managed to keep them in
peket at the races”
two of the contributed much towards school sports in Hongkong deploring vanced age of sane of our schoolboy
sport stars, though apparently either one is power- less to do much about it,
Incel
that
we should MYCETIA examine the subject of whether schoolboys in the endale twen- fier dio Irt contribute to a higher standard of inter-school прог
The
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"THE ZOMBIE"--"At least one school in this
Colony is well aware of the fact that the average age of our schoolboy cricketers is much too low. To
schoolmaster
We
every
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After the four-minute mile, what then? Is there a limit to. the ever decreasing ilmes recorded by athletes?
If there is, then according to McDonald Bailey, the fastest man In the world, it is etlil a long way off Writing in his book
120
"If It's Speed You're After" (Stanley Paul Ltd. 6s.) forecasts the day will come when the four-minute mile and the B-second hundred yards will be commonplaco, and the res- pective targets will be three minutes and 8 seconds.
For, he says, we will reach the otage when science will rule the track and. athletes will be "machino-tested." As a result of greater
the research Into human frame, every muscle will be tuned to perfection.
IL Is only recently that selentists huve entered seriously Into the field of athletics, but the results already achieved have revealed tremendous possibilities. Illustrates this with a Bailey
Last year he acted as "guinea pig" for n
Tonal example. number of tests conducted by Dr T. K. Cureton of the Deport- ment of Physical Education,
personal
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Tony Rolt and Duncan Hamilton, winners of the Le Mans 24-hour Interna- tional Race, and their wives at the luncheon banquet held in the Le Mans Town Hall after the race-Express Photo.
Three Seeded Players
Beaten At
At Wimbledon
London, June 27.
The straight sets defeat of fifth seeded Gardnar Mulloy, American top ranked It player, and the elimination of two women "seeds" featured the play today at Wimble
don where the Lawn Tennis Champlonships reached the half-way stage.
The man to topple the tall 35-year-old Miami lawyer was the Scandinavian champion, Kurt Nielsen, from Copenhagen. The 22-year-old Dana won 10-8, 6-3 and 7-5 and next meets top seeded Ken Rosewall of Australia for a place in the semi-finals, probably on Monday.
of
seeded
for
in
ALL-ENGLAND PLATE
A Natural Ability, Plus Courage, Tenacity And A Sense Of Humour
A`natural ability, plus courage, tenacity and a senso of humour are the qualities of a great racing driver. A. man with them all is Tony Rolt,
This he proved · in abundance when, with co- driver Duncan Hamilton, he won the Le Mans Grand Prix of Endurance by covering 2,540 miles in 24 hours.
The performance proves his sharpness so easential in motor ability. The average, speed of racing.
Rolt's Jaguar XKC sports car, To regain it he entered its 105.8 miles an hour, is an Im- black Delage for every race he provement of nearly nine mp.h. could, no matter how tough, the on last year's best-ever by opposition. Frequently he won Roles and Lang In their Mercedes-Benz.
His performance prompted the
But bare figures alone do not famous Jaguar company to invite tell the full story. For 14 hours him to drive one of their cars. Roll and Hamilton drove their The result far execeded the open two-seater sports etur
through the night and day with wiklest hopes of either driver or a broken windscreen-the result owner. It established the Jaguar of hitting a bird whilst travel as the world's finest sports car. ling at the fantastic speed of and gained Roit a place among 155 m.p.h
the truly great of the car rheing
Express Scr world.(London Both
drivers, when they changed their souls, had to
viso). have their necks and shoulders massaged!, so strong was the
wind.
HARD BATTLE
Roit, a tall Ol Etonian and former regular soldier, battled hard for success. Be
has
Mr MacIntosh
To Become
-
An Archer
fore the war he held much the same position as does Stirling Moss tocnya young,
highly successful recruit to the sport.
But in 1039. actions and dangers of another port clained "When I retire, I shall be the attention of this daring young man. As Heutenant In the come an archer as soon as Ride Carps he was engaged in the possible," said Mr D. W. bitter rearguand action fought Macintosh, CMG, OBE, by the British when retreating Commissioner of Police, to through France in 1940. Ho was
taken prisoner whilst defending the members of the Hong- Calais.
kong Archery Club yester, day.
Home Croma the war, Rolt had to start again. For five years he had not sat at a wheel. During the period of inactivity his re- hind Jost the
razor
BASEBALL.
RESULTS
New York, June 28.
da who Mr Macintosh. first honorary life
the member of the Club. was speaking at the club's party which celebrated the end of the Coronation Shoot which had finished that after- noon. The tournament prizes had just been presented to the winners by Mrs Macintosh."
Mr MacIntosh continued: "Archery is a sport which, had popularity gained considerable
ise the average uge level of this school's Ist XI to a mute reasonable mark in the middle twenties, they bolster the team Our southerly neighbours, the up by including from two to
toinois. Filipinos, pointed with pride four catly in February this your to KAMI. The general insistence One of the incidental results the stur, athlete
schoolboys of the North | uniong
towards was that Mac was found to have a muscle weakness which would Provincial High School in Stu drinking pop after matches in- Jone, Nacve Eelja, a certain stead of a beverage more be never have been revealed under Maximo Bunao, who fled the fitting a cricketer
circumstantes. makes it normal Central Luzon
it bean de- Athleth Asso- tifficult for home teams to pro-possible that had ciation Discus Throw record perly entertain school elevens,lected earlier his career, and from
farmer 101 feet Allowing one or two schoolboys rectifled, he would have been a inches to 114 feet 71⁄2 inches to remain in school and con- fractionally better runner.
Manila
nila national
It is tinue playing cricket until their
that the fraction press
trun twenties would overcome would have been small.
But Fave Maximo considerable late display, with photographs, and this difficulty and would permit Bailey points out that athletes
The women stars to fall were,
In fact that fair haired young Drouny, fourth proudly mentioned the fact that schoolmasters a longer,
has reached such a week-
a fine pitch that
Madame Nellie Adamson of the men's
unul ster looks the best prospect of exos singles, has little counts, and be the star schoolboy athlete was a end rest. Even the University
every is confronted with the problem stresses
es that a
tomorrow to the three Australian survivors, fourth year luigh school student,
a detailed approach France, beaten in three sets by about four o'clock nged. 41 yearst,
lust znany of its students
of the though much lower in the rank- American junior champlon Mits recover from the scars the father of
are to training and Inetics plus the Julie Sampson, and English left-most exhausting week a player ing list. nine children, one of whom was too young for muture inter-club right"| mentai outlook is as hande: Miss Helen Fletcher has ever
professors as well valuable to the club runner as defeated in straight sols by experience.
been called upon to Rose has played in and out his classmate in school though cricket and not a track and field letterman. os instructers have to be called it is to the Olympic competitor.
tennis so far and will have to Madame Suzi Koemoeczi backbone upon to put a solid
hts Ills book shows how these odd Hungary.
The cumulative effect of
Lighten his game to stand 93-game match with Patty on into the tour."
chance against the former Ameri- fractions can be knocked off. It follow The Filipinos
the
To add to the day's drama in Thursday-the longest game of American system. They do not
"ARGONAUT"-"Though
Las enlightening to the note the courts, fourth sexied Jaros his life and subsequent stran champion-Router, award velours, but luiters, A
runner, as it is to the competitor. luv Drobny of Egypt developed doubles and singles engagements the lust few years
have full letter is a full Blue.
Those whose aprinting is con-muscular trouble been hearing much about our
Results of Major League base-in Hongkong during the last during his left the former Czech with a but letter is a half Bluc.
schoolboy tennis stars providing ind
to the occasional sharp
Wimbledon, June 27. ball games played here this few months. It started vin a us with Davis Cup material in burst to catch a train or bus will fourth round match with Aus- crippling muscular trouble Maximo, a former USAFFE
tralian Rex Hartwig, but the his right leg, aching limbs, The Indian tennis player. R. afternoon were:
small way, but now the Hong- be surprised to learn that there former Czech just managed to sore feet and a bilstered racket Krishnan, wan his first match in guerilla, is studying at San Jose the years to come, those stars
konn Archery Club-hea comTM under the U.S. Veteran Educa- of Davis Cup calibre have yet
are tactics in a 100-yard race,
hand.
ali-England piatu tennis
New York Giants 12, Chicago Bolidated itself, that tional Benefits Programme. We to
do not merely boys and materialise. Were
sprintera
Cubs 2
"Lem eind to note that the TUE RESULTS *{
The centre court gallery to- tournament today. take a deep breath at the start night ask, why shouldn't allowed to remain longer in
Mixed Double, 1st round-N.morrow. afternoon will see whe
Cincinatti Reds 4, Pittsburghjclub did not try to do anything The plate is an additional Pirates 1. Maximo have an equal chance school, it is not improbable that and run like greyhounds.
spectacular in the early, "days, Like runners over longer dis- Nath (India) and Miss M. Bourther a week-end's massage and competition reserved for all the with anyone else to become an several of these schoolboys, who
put players eliminated
Philadelphia Phillies 4, St but instead has kept up a surò Inter-School Champion. If he
abonnais (France) bent D. Brown rest has been sufficient to
in the firstLouis Cardinal 3. hennd it difficult to find the time tances, printers even have
fight for two rounds of the singles round.
and steady growth. and Mrs J. White (Britain) 8-4 Drobny back in the had to Bght his Way to an for practice in their early years consting period.
the title which has eluded him Krishnam
AMERICAN LEAGUE You're After" is an old Round.-B. Woodroffe on nine previous education, why can't he receive in the commercial world, might
"I hope Hongkong will; shortly "It It's SP-bank, albeit an i
visits.
player, H. F. Walton, by. 6-2, Red Sox 4.
Chicago White Sox 13, Boston play a part in the international the full benefit of the extra-nally bring up the level of our not only a
Africa) and Mrs B. printing. (South
Drobny, playing for a place 7-5, and 6-8,
competiton flaid of this sport. curricular activities that are an tennis to that stage where the interesting one, on
Cleveland Indians beat C. Spy-in the semi-final, meets Sven linportant part of
4, New As you gain more experience every good Tsul brothers, the Hon. M. W. Mac's expert comments on such Davidson (USA)
Lall, darkhaired
Krishnan was slightly besitant York Yankees 1.
and obtain better equip school's fot
10, Mr Ho Ka-lau and Mr controversial issues as whether chala (Poland) and Mrs G. Wal-Davidson,
always
during the first set, but soon Washington Senators 5. De 40 I think Hongkong: will Daniel Chen would finally be women should compete in sport; ter (Britain) by 6-2 and 6-4. Swedish international,
a greater part. best-informed classed as veterans."
why so many top sprinters are Ferre and Miss J. de Riba dificult customer to beat at cached his best form in the troit Tigers 2.
second set. Serving well and St Louis Browns 4, Philadel- beal C. Wilderspin Wimbledon.
"But the man we have to subject on the
going up to the net for the kill | phin Athletics 1. of After Ilstening to this com-coloured, and the true meaning (Spain)
to (Australia) and Miss G. Hoa- Ken Rosewall,
18-year-old at every opportunity, he put his
for Philadelphia Athletics 2, St thank
Introducing and whether our schoolboys are or ment, is it necessary, we may of sportsmanship, combine
Australian favourite make the book a 'must for the hing (Britain) 7-5 and 9-7. are not
doing so much for this sport fis aask, to listen to any more?
the opponent right out of his stride. Louis Browns 1 (second game).the Second Round-M. Mohtadi title, hoa Kurt Nielsen of-France-Pressc.
-Reuter,
clony shortly to sports bookshelf.
(Iran) and Miss H.-Knapp Denmark as his quarter-final
leaving us:-Me--John C. Root, --(London Expreax Service)
(Britain) beat N. Nath (India) opponent on Court No. 1.
who has spent so much time and Miss M. Bourbonnais Nielsen, conqueror of
and money on the club, will (France) 7-5 and 8-7. J. Asboth sceded Gardner Mulloy on
sherily bo returning to bla and Ms Z. Kocimocal (Hun- Saturday, is another who
home in America. I know I gary) beat H. Billington and serves his best for this cham-
am expressing the wish of all Mme Billington (Britain) 0-4 plonship:
of you when I say that I hope and 6-4.
The burden
he of being No. 1
will return in the near "Third Round—G. Paish and seed has weighed heavily upon
future. Mrs J. Rinhel (Britain) beat Rosewall, and he so far has Horn and Miss E. Watson, played well below the form
Probably the
people
•
too young to set sufficiently high standard--in inter-school sports aro Our
sports writers.
Believing this to be so, we polled a round-up of opinion from uong
then. Here 13
some of it:
"TOUCHER": "The dim- culty of Including lawn bowls in the list of school sporting activities is that co mans of
the bes! players-unlike the situation that exists in athletics or swimming locally-are well in their forles. As a result the schoola have not begun taking much interest in this great team game that is the very backbone of Hongkong sport through the hottest months of the year. Lawn bowls is 3 - great chameier-building wporu
-“RECORDER”
Middlesex Make 346 Against Lancashire
London, June 27.
last out in threo sols,
G-1.
(Britain) by 8-1 and 0-3.
for
Afth
France
the
best
the British
NATIONAL LEAGUE
LAWN BOWLS LEAGUE
STANDINGS
*
>
It is he who is mainly res
The following are the current standings in the three sponsible for the high standard
Men's Singles. Neilsen (Den-which won him the champion divisions of the Lawn Bowls League: mark) breat G. Mulloy (USA) ships of Australia and
carlier this year. 10-8, 6-3 and 7-5 in the fourth
round.
It would not be altogether a surprise should both Davidson and Nielsen win through to
Recreio all Scandinavian KBGC make
RC
An
semi-anal.
The following are the last eight in draiv order V, Seixas, L. Hond, M. Rose, A. Larsen, S. Davidson, J. Drobny, K. Nellsen
In the two quarter-Ünals in and K. Rosewall.
Men's Doubles.-Third round: the top half of the draw, L. Hoad and K. Rosewall (Aus-second seeded Vie Seixas of
America plays the other bill-KOC beat tralia)
5. Davidson (Sweden) and A. Larson (USA) Ilant Australian, 18-year-old PRC
Lewis Hoad, in the opening Talkoo 0-1, 6-4 and 6-2
Second Round; J. Grinda match in the centre court, and (France) and H Hopman (Aus-in a duel between left-handers tralia) beat R. Abdessclan and Mervin Rose (Australia)
playd J. Borotra (France) 6-2, 6-7, Art Larsen (United States) on Rec. "A"
Court No. 1. 7-5 and 7-6. M." Rose (Australia) beat C.
Helped by a century by Alce Thompson, Middlesex and future historians of the built up a good total of 346 against Lancashire today. Hongkong way of life cannot Thompson, who hit 109, and Donald Bennett, made light underestimate its contribution
of an attack that looked only modest without Brian towards cstablishing solid bond of friendly competitive Statham, and put on 122 for the fourth wicket In one and esteem throughout the various three-quarter hours. Later in the innings, Leslie communities that make up this Compton hit hard for 70. Colony
THE TURF"—"It ja un- fortunate that
schools, the which possess so many light- weights, do not contribute to- wurd the ranks of our gentlo- Jimmy Gray, Hampshire ali At Romford. Essex 192 (Gibb | 8-6, 6-4 and 6-4-Reuter.
the hight 03, Ridgway rightarm fast- men Jockeys. it is equally un-rounder, fortunate that boys are not core of his career --- 161 — in medium six for 00), Kent 96 for allowed to stay in some schools helping his county score 838 four.
Bob Berry, the only Lancashire bowler who showed ability to keep down the runs, deserved his five wickets for 78 runs.
mado
against Northamptonshire,
to that advanced age when they are able to matriculate in Eng score included 17 fours
instilly H mathema
who Lies. Some older boys have mastered the intricacles of algebra long before they have mastered parsing and analysis contribute much to assessing the chances of the various horses in a race and
spurts masters
Australians Best Transvaal
from
AL Yeovil, Somerset 237. Worcestershire 124 Tor 1.
Elkoston. Derbyshire - Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire 201 for nine.
At Hinckley, Warwickshire 242 Lelecstershire 11 for 2.
flashing drives and leg hits. Ho and the wickelkeeper batsman David Blake put on 141 for the second wicket in two hours and 45 minutes. Blake, after a slow start, hit four dighis by crim driving in an innings of 67.
Fred bowe gway, the Kent fast took six wickota for 69 sgainst Espex, who had Paul Gibb to thank for bringing up their score to 192. Gibb, At Cardin. reet in defence, stayed for near by two hours and 50 minutes for 63, hitting eight fours.
Kont found trouble when they
COT
Johannesburg, June 27. The Australian touring Rugby replied and lost four wickets XV beat a Transvaal team by for 8 by the close.
18
20 points (one goal, two penaltyrell and J. Fellowes Smith play goals and three fries), to (three penalty goals and thread tries) here today.
e) harm the Australians
led 11-0-Reuter.
Referçes' Mooting
The annual general meeting of
for Oxford
Third Lound: R. Hartwig and
Monca (Argentine) and G.
(New Worthington
Zealand)
Roc.
A
Many knowledgeable followers KCC of the game are convinced that FC
KBGC the winner of the Seixas-Hoad
IRC clash will play through to be
KIDC crowned Champion on Friday.
Certainly no players in the HCC.
better during field performed the first week than thesa
DROBNY'S ORDEAL
London, June 28. The question being asked on all sides to-day by all Wimblo-hard hitters. don players. officials and fans Was:
1
two
KCC
USRC
coc Seixas' weighty volleys
may inc overcome the Australian but Recreio "Can 'Drob' get At_in_time?" the American must first ovET FC By "Drob" they affectionately come his own nerves. referred to Jaroštov Drobny ot Once or twice during – his At Fave Sussex - Oxford Egypt, one of the most popular cariler matches Geixas KAVO BAADA POC University 299. Oxford were | wielders of a rackot ever to that he might "blow up under PRC all out at the close,
strike the smooth, green courts real pressure-and Hond is the HKFC At Manchester. Middlenex of Wimbledon.
man to exert every real pressure. [ HKERC 348, Lancashire onc for
110 wickets.
Yorkshire 218 (Lester 63, Sheppard, right-arm
medium first
four for 20), Glamorgan 32 for two.
At Bournemouth, Hampshire 338, Northamptonshire to bat
Roriter.
RAIN FALLS AT LORD'S Two South Africana, H. Bir-
London, June 28. For the Arst time since the good knooks University against Susste. Bir second Test between Bogland and, Australia began on Thurs- tell hit 03 including seven day, ilght rala fall on the Lord's fours and Fellowes Smith showww. ed more enterprise than anyone pilah during the early hours to
clso at the end in hitting 33,
day
The shower did not last long. however, mi the damping, which was dollowed by Hot un- phire, was mot expected to have any, appreciable effect on the Guildford, Surrey 204 pitch when the. Australiane re-
CLOSE OF PLAY SCORES Clot of piny scores in cricket hatches played to-day:
the Referee Association will bo AL
held in the dice of the HKFA (Eric Bedsor 07). Cambridge|sume their socond innings to- at 8 pận. son Wednesday, July 8. University 70 for two.
morrow-Reuter,
THE GAMBOLS
YESTERDAYS GARDENING'S
MADE ME HUNGRY
(WELL,GET YOURSELF Í A SNACK, YOU KNOW WHERE THE LARDER 1S
STO-DAY GEORGHE: COME AWAY.
PROM THE LARDERI
ATHUGISS
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20%
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of shooting seen this afternoon, a standard which impressed me very much.”
Earlier in the afternoon, four Pis. Cvents had been shot off-the
"wand"
.and shoot, the Ladies Men's Colombla round, and the Junior Colombla round...
The high spot of the.........ntier- mon was the wand event" "The wand was a pole of softwood, and six feet two inches wide high. The ladies and juniora aimed at this from 2 distanco of 60
100s and the men from
George Willerton, 1 13-year-
wand
The only other Junior to hit 17 the wand was Henry Wong who
scored one hit.
FIRST DIVISION
I
F.
0 600 320
453 387
409
404
377
320
435
394
352
479
303 350
300 870
344 503
SECOND DIVISION
512
old, 30%
0
2
492 451
40
3 363 314
A27 413
18
378
18
0
4 339 370
on the wand.
10.
&
413
429
9
4 200 414
7
THIRD DIVISION
ATO:
2
584 407 157
30
0
623 340 174
$0
524 +390
126
503 447
404 305
21
...
480 380 340 448
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50
10%
102
20%
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300 G90 50%
7:320
Barry App leby
[ROW CAM 1,COOK LITTLE
SURPRISES FOR YOU IF YOU! GO FEERING INTO THE LARDER
P
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Only one man scored a hit
He WAS E Mao.
THE RESULTS
2
Results of the wand shoot
A
Bu vaxt do Men.-E. Y. Moo, one hito Ladles. J. Vivian and 20% Oel, two hits each; C. Leao and 22%, Y. Ocl, one hit each..
Juniors-C, Willerton 4 threa lifts;. H. Wong, one hit, a sky'
Final results of the Colombla rounds are:
Men's "A" division-1, R. Vivion 1,017 pls; 2, D-White- man 100 pts; 3, D. Field 011 pia.
Men's "B" divisionya. Aino 093 pis; 2. S. Liang, 552 pts: 3, J. Wynne-Edwartis) 470 pts.
Men's "C" division, -1, H. Goney 488 pis;72, R200 403 pts: 3, Y. I Chung 355 pls,.
Ladios" "A" division-1, B. Blanton 002 pla;.2, A. Del:467 pisy 3, J. Vivian-387 pts/wolny
Ladire" "B" division-1 Gel 301 pts. Only one compoil- for Bnished..
diviakin, C. Leab. 216 "pis: 28 D'Aquino 194: pts. Only two finishedir
Juniors-1, G, Willerton 773 pts; 3, H. Wang 390 pts: 33. Davies 474 ptssons may
*Laces'
It is understood; that thi-naxt publle tournament will be held Boltre, Hue 1: October?) WI
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