1953-12-23 — Page 6

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1953.

AND MORE MUD

Boss cross? Peng-soon & Co.

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To Tour The United States

Singapore, Dec, 23.

The World Badminton Champion, Wong Peng-soon, and a team of Malayan stars will play a series of exhibl- tion games in the United States early next year.

Wong and his team, who returned hero last night from Bangkok after, a tour of Formosa, Hongkong and Thailand, made the disclosure that they were invited to tour the United States and arrangements were finalised with "some American individuals" in Hongkong.

was Hot

Wong stressed that the tour participate in future Malayan

rld, the tournaments--Wong by sponsored American Badminton Associa- don't care a hoot for the Bad- Ven.

minton Asociation of Malaya

now! arc

Independent Wo players"

Ius teammates echoed: "Wo have nothing to do with the of Bedminton Association Malaya. We are not interested in its actions."

Asked to comment on the ban the imposed by

Badminton Association of Malaya-he and his team will not be allowed to

Gault To Fight Tammy Campo

Manila, Dec. 23, Henry Pappy Gault, No. 1

THAI CHALLENGE

Commenting on his

tour,

Wong said he was amazed at the improvement shown by the Thal players, He said the Thats improved considerably had contender for the world bantam- since he few them last and he Thailand would weight crown, has been ap- predicted that

A serious challenger for proached to fight Philippine By-soon be bantamweight champion Tanny the Thomas Cup..

The World

Champion sald Compo late next month, the

Hongkong was improving rapid- Manila Times reported today.

ly in the game but badminton still in its Infancy in The fight, tentatively set for was January 30 at the Rizal Stadium Talpeh.

The Maleyen team received a here, is slated to go 10 rounds. Negotiations for the hout pre heroes welcome wherever they His greatest being made by a new focal pro- went, he sald molor, Felipe Donato.

moment, he added, was when Generalissimo Chiang he met Kai-shek.

Cault st month lost to Work bantamwight Champion Jimmy Carruthers

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MUD

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Spotlighting THE THREE-YEAR-OLDS OF 1954

Buffoon Will Go

For The

Guineas

By JAMES PARK

Mr J. A. Dewar breeds. on the best lines, but his rising three-year-

olds fell short of the top class. There once seemed a prospect of Buffoon going a long way, but he did not fulfil expectations.

After a promising first appearance at Salisbury in May, he was rested until September, when he beat Man About Town by three lengths.

ANNUAL MEETING TODAY

BADMINTON ASSOCIATION FACES ITS MOST EVENTFUL YEAR

By “ARGONAUT”

'The Annual General Meeting of the Hongkong Badminton Associa- tion this afternoon at the Hongkong Cricket Club will not only bring to a close another successful year of badminton in the Colony, but also put the Association face to face with what may well be its most eventful year in history.

Along with the usual items of passing of the statement of accounts and annual report and the election of new officers, the agenda includes a discussion and a decisioni on Hongkong's participation in the forthcoming South-East Asia Championships and the Thomas Cup Competition.

Two points will undoubtedly irong having to play the match schoolgirl shuttlers. This year's bo brought out against Hong-jat home.

Schoolboys und Schoolgirls' kong's participation In both Entries for the Thomas Cup Championships, entrica for these events the Colony's com competition close on January 1, which close at 6,30 Uis after- paratively low standard and the 1954, and the draw will take noon, promise to be the big- difficulty of raising funds. The place during the week ending gest yet," first point may bo further January 9. It is strongly ad Consideration will have to be stretched by comparing Hong-vocated that Hongkong submit glyen by the HKBA to extend- Joong's standard even with, that its entry.

of

The

Colony Indles Champion for the List three years, Miss

TOOK NO CHÉANCES

FIVE MONTHS

Log its activities In other

directions in providing faali- les for the great number of children who are unprivileged

of some form of

Ulian Khoo, who recently re-not take place until the end of in core need

The first round will probably turned from Bangkok after 4 Sune, leaving Hongkong almost recreatios and also for lower serits of games there, endorsed

out ways salaried workers who cannos five months to work the opinien shared by Wong and means of raising the re-afford to join the limited mum- Peng-san that Thalland has im-

clubs in the quired funds if necessary. Should her of badminton proves tremendously within the the HKBA eventually fall in Colony and who, judging from last four years and is now o st:p their attempts to raise the funds, the number of enquiries TO- ahead of Hongkong.

consultuto quite a largo

of extremely en- thusiastic badminton philanthro pists have signified their will- ingness to subsidiso a fund to be

used for such a purpose

and there will probably be a few more who will come to the sup port of such a scheme if the Association could start it going. press publicity member in the Commitice will

tion in view of the growing popularity of the game among the Chinese-reading public.

ho

which is not likely if they work ceived hard enough, they can always group. Wong took no chances in his concede o svakover and say that A couple match against Thailand'o 19-at least they have tried. year-old Champlon and rightly

A fund for the purpose should 50. Although the unofficial be started immediately an affir- World Champion won the matchmative decision bas been made in two sets, 15-8 and 15-10, he by the HKBA and a donation was obliged to produce his best list opened. Two other good in both concentration and

of raising part of the means form.

Even the score was not a true funds will be the staging of one special match for the purpose indication of the run of the with tho visiting Malayan play,

08 every point was Thomas Cuppers and the holding sterly contested and was not of a special Ball at the end of a great asset to the Associa- scored until after a succession this season's Championships.

To round up its plans for a provement of the standard of Badminton

of

rallies.

6. Stowever, this reported im- bumper Association

A Chinese

the Hongkong would

MUCH HARD WORK the game in Thailand should do well to do its utmost to get provide Hongkong with an ex-

Buch an ambitious pro- cellent example

of the beneftHongkong as the venue of the

inext South-East Asia Chum-gramme as lald out will call for that can be derived by partici-

In great deal of Interest and hard pating in such a competition as pionships in 1955.

This application should be work from the incoming Com- the Thomas Cup.

The

Thailand Badminton As- strongly put forward at the milice of the Hongkong Bad-

meeting of delegates of South-minton Association. In sociallon did not hesitate East Asia Badminton Associa- respect the

Association cannot take port even in the first year

the be said to have been very for- tained a crushing 0-0 defeat in Arst South-East

the past. Sectional He against plonships in Singapore next interest. their first round

personal

Dotty Jealousies, India, but

considerations, did they get dis year.

has been chai

chair criticisms,

and the

of the competition. They sus- tions to be held during

Asia Cham- tunate in

couraged? unbounded

in

this

orm-

Once the contrary anty mentioned as an ideal place sures and satisfactions of pick-

are

and loopholes the

Bulloon was flattered by the see and on the first occasion he panion, Landau, but, whatever.ir previous defeat by India, best means of promoting and forgotten that "rules are made

carried his head to one side.

excess

of seven

to the Thal players to do better for International competitions Ing out faults, shortcomings and

the next competition..

in vlow of its location

的 usunit the Ás a result now have the climate and such a moet will

Association has nucleus of a team that will not provide the Hongkong Bad had to face in the past year and only be capable of avenging minton Association with its many a time the fact has been happens, Court Splendour should their form as Man About Town, drawn

but they also provide a potential encouraging the sport In for the game and not the game Bu Toon Despite that,

was not be lacking in stamina. near the stands alde, missed his

threat to Malaya's He did not come into his own

for the rules". Hongkong, ra's supremacy. break. The Jockey tried for an awarded Ost. lb. in the Free

over ກ distanco In their 10-year-old Champlon opening but finally had to go to Handicap so he has not so much until running

In the local sphere, the Hong- As long, however, na the As- they have a replica of Wong kong the outside. While that was to make up. He is an extremely slightly in

Badminton Peng-soon not only in strokes should make every effort to the game uppermost, it will not Association cociation puts the interest of the best of his way was making good looking call and is by Tudor furlongs

form as it stands does not and particularly, the backhand step up its programme of build-go-far-wrong-and let us hope Minstrel out-of-pointe-a-out of make Court Splendour to be

talent and that most of the Colony's They met in at Newmarket Pointe de Vin, by Sourbier, go-anything out of the ordinary and even to the black sharts, white spreading the game to a wider deyens who have so far shown shortly awards. Ods were back to one of the stoutest I do not think he has the brilliant belt and side towel.

following. ing

their interest and support Ind bette on Buffoon, to concedo

finishing speed of his elder rela- Hongkong can never expect The Hongkong Schools Sports | words come up with more con- 415, but Man About Town came lines in the French Stud Book. through in the last furlong to the stud it was generally

to raise its badminton standard Association is doing a grand job crete action by taking up re- When Tudor Minstrel want to tive.

thought The rising three-year-old may and at the same time provide and taking care of the Increasing sponatblo positions in the As he would transmit his brilliant pick up in that direction end, all-important incentive to is number of schoolboy and sociation's activities.

His best having been given every chance rising players unless it takes a speed to his stock.

und, to develop in his own time, may greater part Buckhound, winner this year was

International who seemed to find mile and make more progress than some competitions. three-quarters his right distance. of those above him in the Free

The question of Anance Bulfoon is

should not pose such a great race he is vies,

problem as imagined. In both the South-East Asin Champion- and the Thomas Cup com- Trade

flick, but also in altre right up ing up youthful way-home; French mare, by Vatellor out

beat him by a neck.

WEIGHT TOLD Odds were again laid on Buf- foon in Houghton week in heavy going, but the big weight told

and he was never going like a Gulneas, for in the 2.000 Handicap-London Express Ser

winner. I did not altogether likely to be trained. He may be care for the manner in which a little tattered by his position the colt performed in the two races at Newmarket. There was not the fighting spirit I like to

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in the Free Handicap.

Mr Dewar's other colt, Pugilist, failed to train on and is a stou? below Buffoon in the handicap. Pugilist has his fair share of good looks but will find his best opportunities in handicap com- pany.

COINCIDENCE

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SOVIET SKATERS MAY VISIT HONGKONG

Tokyo, Dec. 23. The Japan Skating Federi- tion is negotiating with the reluctant Foreign Office for the

coincidences will not overlook entry of a 20-member Soviet the fact that the half-brothers, skating team for the World Supreme Court and Court Speed Skating Championships to be held in Sapporo .on Splendour, each won one race as

January 16 and 17. a two-year-old-the Horris HII Stakes ut Newbury in October.

Supremo Court went on to prove one of the best of his age as a three-year-old.

The skating body received a cablo from its Boviet counter- part yesterday that it intended to send 20 skaters to Japan for the meeting via. Hong-

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In the past two years a mum- ber of the Colony's best players have demonstrated their keen- ness in travelling abroad even at their own expenses.

LUCK OF THE DRAW

The financial problem in the case of Hongkong's participation in the Thomas Cup may be a

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sion of the International Bad- The cable also exprewed the minton Federation to split what desire that the Sovie repro-was formerly the Pacile Zone sentatives be given visas for en- into two zones Asiatic and trance into Japan at Hong-Australasian.

BLOW TO DEVELOP As a member of a family that seems slow to develop, Court Splendour cannot be ruled out at calculations. It was in the nature of a tragedy that Supreme on Foreign Office, although joins the Asiatic Zone, it will This means that if Hongkong Court was not nominated for Tho any of the classic races,

reported willing to visa the have to play only in the confines Gourt Splendour is in all Soviet passports at Hongkong, of Asia and the farthest that It

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