1954-03-31 — Page 64

NEAR ONE FOR STOLLMEYER

THE CHINA MAIL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1954.

A swift return by Lock (foreground) and the usually imperturbable Jeft Stollmeyer, the West Indies skipper, dives for his crease an incident during the West Indies' mammoth innings against the MCC at Trinidad.-Central Press Photos.

George Digby

Double No.

By JAMES ARK

Seeks

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Before the turn of the century a small boy of 12 was called on to make momentous decision. He was the youngest music-hall artist in the country, but, heing a Cockney, he hankered after a life with horses rather than the footlights.

Was he to remain on the stage or enter a racing stable? The prospect of wearing a silk jacket astride a racehorse proved the stronger, and the boy entered the stable of W. T. Robinson at Foxhill.

He has no reason to regect year. An attempt was made to, the choice as he had a long and syndicate him as a stallion but successful career as a jockey in his worth was not appreciated France and Egypt, and now, in this country. So Scurpt back in England, he. Is hoping back in training and looking

to saddle his fourth Ascot Gold | better than ever. Cup winner this year.

To win the Gold Cup for the

second year in succession with

NICE BLOOM

What a kind horse he

Ist

the same here would be nothing Now a six-year-old his mind is new for Newmarket trainer still on racing. He is as quiet George Digby, the music-hall as an old sheep in the steble and prodigy of the 90's. He accom- is ideal to train as he does what plished the feat with Invershin is asked without fuss, In 1920-20 for the late Mr Reid

Walker.

LAST STRIDE

his

WEST INDIES DISMISSED

FOR 139 IN THE FIFTH TEST AT KINGSTON

Kingston, Mar. 30.

England made a great start in the fifth and final Test here today, dismissing the West Indies for 189-the lowest score of the series-and then making 17 for no loss before the drawing of stumps.

Trevor Balley was the most successful bowlat, claiming seven wickety for 84 runs his best Test performance,

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The plich was slow but the ball lifted at times and the humidity made it swing.

John Holt was out to the fifth ball at the innings, well taken by Tong Lock at short square log off. Trevor Balley.

Clyde Walcott to lunchs, when the West Indies were 38 for four, in his opening spell of eight overs Dalley took three for 11 and Trueman bad one for 12 in six overs.

Shortly after lunch Bailey dis- missed. Atkinson, making. half the side out for 85.

Bailey struck again with the Brth ball of his third over, an Inawinger which Everton Weekes

After Gomez touched, but which

was caught, Walcott and McWatt added 33 took his off stump out of the before Walcott was caught by

Laker off Lockt.

ground.

afterwards Jeff Stoll-

One run later rola stopped meyer tried to slash Balley play and dea was taken during through cover but snicked the the break, which ball Into Godfrey Evans' hands minutes.

lasted 45 behind the wicket

Two balls later Freddle Trueman got Frank Worrell on a defensive stroko which sent the ball in the air. John Wardle took the entch well at Ane leg.

short

had

Denis Atkinson, who two escapes when he had scored seven, played out with

When play was resumed Bailey had WeWait splendidly caught at short fine log by Lock In his first over, and 18 runs later bowled King.

Eight Divisions

In This Year's Tennis League

At the Annual General Meeting of the Hongkong Lown Tennis Association held at the Hongkong Cricket Club yester- day, it was doeldot to have eight divisions in the Tennis League this season. The League will start on May 3 and en- tries will have to be sent in by April 16.

There wil be four divisions in the men's league, two in the ladies' lengue and

two in the mixed doubles lengue.

The Meeting also passed a resolution for the amendment Trueman Anished the innings, feucht an e

and Rules No 4 Affairs getting Romadhin_leg_before.

(a) which England, left with 35 minutes managed by an Executive. Com-

of the Association shall

be

to bat. played out time without mittee consisting of the Officer loss, scoring 17 runs.

Desmond Hackett's Column

CHAPS

CHEER UP,

-LET TOOGOOD BE YOUR GUIDE

Ben Hogan, aged 41, British Open Golf Champion, announces from sunny Miami he will not defend his title at Royal Birkdale in July.

"I'm getting too old,” he explains—a comment that will spread gloom and despondency among the fairway 40 brigade.

of the Association, i.e. Pro- sident, the Vice-President, the Secretary Honorary

Honorary Treasurer,

and the

and

five of the other members."

IMPORT A

During the MAL COACH

of

Mr E. M. Pereira of the Craigengower Cricket Club brought up the question of Improving the stan dard of tennis in the Colony. He suggested that the Assocía- tion should import a coach of international repute to teach Hongkong players,

In reply Lt. Col. H. Owen- Hughes, President of the As- of the Association would sociation, cald that the finances not be able to pay the cost of im- porting a coach. He said that the best thing that could be done was for individual clubs to try and improve the standard of their young players them- selves.

MR JACK GOLOMONS

HAVING ANNOUNCED

HIS INTENTION OF STANDING

FOR PARLIAMENT, SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL TAKES TO A PIPE AS HE HAS NO DESIRE

TO BE MISTAKEN

FOR A FIGHT PROMOTER

AMULLYETT.

LEAGUE BADMINTON

Recreio Win Men's "C" Division Championship

By “ARGONAUT”

Club de Recreio yesterday annexed the Men's "C" Doubles Division Badminton League title when they defeated King's College Old Boys' Association in the inter section final at Craigengower by six sets to three.

D'Angelo has bern retained mainly to help Scuepi In preparation for the Cup races. Hrd Souepi gone to the stua d'Angelo would now be trained for jumping y Alex Kilpatrick. "Just the Typt to win a Grand National one day," says Digby. GIVEN EVERY CHANCE

Min Arct-Arable for "Whe Knowa?" has been brought

The match produced some good badminton with the. youthful Recreio squad dominating in powerful aggres- sentens has had four races, along stendily, and in two

sive play. The King's College Old Boys made up for have no idea whether he

wit!

The Folice Recreation Club But cheer up,

chaps, you

their lack of speed with a fine defensive game but cracked Improve as a four-year-old, but have

Says Toogood: "But, you still was represented for the first a champion. he has been given every chance.

Only the eng't drown their enthusiasm, time at the Meeting by Mr. C. up when they tried to go for the pointa, other day there came into this Oh! It's a great game, this G. Marah. There are a couple of well-office Alfred Toogood-bronzed golfing lark!"

The two Recreio combinations The officers lock of cheeks in grown two-year-olds who

elected for the arki with eyes na

ensuing year were Lt. Col. H. of Albert da Rosa and Basilo De if they should be capable of good

joy bird In springtime just winning later in the season. I

That's the spirit, MeToo- Owen-Hughes (President): Mr Xavier and Roy Remedios, and over from Tasmania to playgood. It's not your years...

Robert Nunes, who Wonder- for that same

Daniel Chen (Vice-President); ked the grod-boned light, one of the first

championship it's dire way you carry them Mr G. A. Noronha (Hon, Tran-won all Recreio's six sets, Ridge Wood, whose

crop of the Open.

that counts. stock alt

surer); Mr Ho Kau-lau (Hon. played an outstanding game seem to trave ample scope. Joy- And Alfred Toogood is à re-

Secretary); Messrs E. E. Story, throughout. light is a tall Bobsleigh

B. T. Gosano, A. S.

5. Augestad nilymaricably young and fit 68. who might develop carlier.

M. Heenan, J. Toogood will be sorry Ben

W. Leonard (meraber of the Executive only But it is obvious from Sourpi will have at least one affection

the Hogan is feeling his years. He "I'm just the man to

Committee); Mrs J, Scholes, the Kavier said: Digby bestowed outing before then. He may rua Souept that he is lite apple of beat Hogan." And, by the Old

Chan Hon, M. W. Lo, Messrs, J. D. in a mile and a quarter race at the trainer's

Mackie, Ip Koon-hung and E. Digby gives much

of St. Andrews, Sandown or in the mile and alam of

eye and unless I Course

I'm credit to Charlie Elliott, whose hair Burwell Stakes

mistaken

M. Pereira (Interport Selection out K. L. Hui the horse will sure he means it.

Committee). New.. brillant timing was responsible market.

prove worthy of it.

He has brought along his for Soucpi's unbeaten record in

---(London Express Service) golfing sons, 23-year-old Peter the Cup races of 1953.

and 21-year-old John, who joina the Toogood Invasion for the Open.

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as

I have never seen Soup look so well or robust as he dock today. He carries a nice bloom on his coat and I feel safe The interest is more personal this year as Soueni is owned and saying he will be trained by Digby. Last year

ever this season. Souepl won the Geld Cup in Premonition and company will the last stride. The camera had and it no easy matter to over- again to be consulted after the come Souept in that last testing Goodwood Cup with a similar uphill stretch in the Gold Cup result. Finally, in the Don-si Ascot. caster Cup, the camera could anot

divide Souepi and Nick la Rocca,

the

"Elliott is just about the best jockey I have ever seen," says Digby, "and i've seen them all in the last 00 years. Ho make just as good a trainer."

w!!]

Now Digby is wondering who can replace Elliott this year,

It was not anticipated that Souepi would be in training this

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TURPIN OUTPOINTS

They

togother

on

Recreio gavo load whob Rosa and accounted for S. P. and K. B. Hul by 21-11 and Remedios and Nunes edged and P. H. Lau 11-13. Erratic play by Lionel Guterres and Daniet Castro cost them their set against the alendy

combination of P. C

Chau and K. F. Fung.

however, forged ahead Recreio, however,

Eight Changes

In England's Soccer Team

London, Mar. 29. After deliberating for one hour and 40 minutes today, Englund's football selectors produced a team to play Scotland in the World Cup

to 4-1 with two successive svins qualifying match in Glas-

by their first two pairs. Veteran S. P. Chan and schoolboy player K. B. Hul mode a grand effort to stem the tide by taking their set against Guterres and Castro to reduce their side's deficit to 2-4.

gow on April 3, that will cause much controversy.

BENGTSSON Choong Brothers Punchy,, full-of-beans Alfred has spread the gospel of golf

London, Mar. 31. Outplay Indians among the wheat lands

Randolph Turpin, British and eattle stations of Tasmania. and Empiro Middleweight "They are golf crazy" he says. Champion, outpointed Olle

In Exhibition Al one mining station he had

Only three, of the players in to Linst through iron rocks and Bengtsson, the Swedish Marblehead, Massachusetts, write rules which allowed the title holder, over ten rounds

the side beaten 0-8 by Hungary Mar. 30. golfers to pick up the ball and at Earl's Court here last

last November are retained. And

Malaya continued Its

They are goalkeeper Merrick, away from the rocks.

domination of the world night.

The champions made sure of righthalf Wright and lefthelf the issue in the next set as Rosa | Dickinson.; Few English Football League managers appear to

badminton scene by sweep and Xavier went, to a 17-0 lead I chuckled; "With golf It was a dull mouling bout favour any radical change in the method of internation- balls at five shillings a smack and many of the 18,000 specta-ing both the singles and against K. F. Fung and P. C. Stanforth, Byrne, Clarke and selection. They, themselves, simply want more say.

It's an expensive craz You tors boood when Turpin was an- doubles matches in an ex-Chau and eventually clinched Nicholls are new internationaje.. hit a ball down the fairway, it nounced as the winner.

hibition before 600 fans the set and match at 218.... This is one of the conclusions that may be drawn ere it again.

strikes the rock, and you never

-Wright was surprisingly, He was timing badly. His here last night..

THE SCORES from the conference of managers called by the Football

chosen in his old position at blows were short and they had Association to discuss means of improving English foot-full-time job taking the dents was handicapped by a bad gash Malayan team, took the doubles & K. P. Hul 21-11; bost, K. Lpected to play in that position.

righthalt, sinon he has establish- The brothers Choong from Albert da Rosa & Basilio ed himself "And the blacksmith has a lost their former sting. Turpin Penang, half

at centrohalf for ball standards,

of the touring Xavier (Recreio) beat S. P. Chan Wolverhampton, and was ex- out of battered clubs."

Another club, on the const, clash of heads in the fours from the Indian team and end- Hul & P. H..Lau 21-18; beat he recall of Ivor Broadis is

over the left eye sustained in where the rainfall is 140 inches round. He was also conceding defeating the Indians separately.

ed up playing each other after K. F. Fung & P. C. Chou 31-5 something of a surprise, but the n year, has been bulldozing for height and reach to the lanky in the singles. two years to keep the courge: Swedish Champion, who has clear.

hitherto been undefeated.

.

They did not seek to replace Technical Advisory Committee the present England selection can help to find the solution - committee, nor was the position or a compromise. ot Mr Walter Winterbottom, England's team manager, called At the into doubt.

conference, short shift was given to a proposal Their main recommendations that 1 star players be released -to be considered by the Foot- from club commitments for a ball

Association

year in order to form an int.. International Committed at an

side. carly dato national

The proposer were for an advisory panel of suggested that

£0,000 to assist the FA in

sterling compensation preparations, and for each player. for further managers' meetings

managers international

in the regions,

beat

Roy Remedios & Robert attack-tooles "to"have punch and Eddy Choong, 23,

Nunes (Recredo) beat Chan & may, settle down into an effec-

The only knockdown

former Indian Champion Trilock Hui 28-21; bent Hul & Lau 21 tive force. was in Nath Beth, 24, in a the fourth round when Turpin match by 15-7.

singles 13; beat Fung & Chau 21–8. |||| Byrne, Staniforth, and Clarke sent Bengtsson to the boards

Greens

for

Recreio clubs received Open On Saturday

Lionel Guterres & Daniel probably

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MEETING

Team Merrick (Birming ham), Staniforth (Huddersfeld)

Byrne . (Manchester. Wright (Wolverhampton,

Clarke

earned their places a count, of eight with ́a David Choong, 25, who with Castro, (Recreio) lost to Chan & after a fine display for England Berce right to the side of the his younger brother makes up Hui 18-21; lost to Hul de Lau against Germany in last week's head. The Swede recovered the World

lost to Fung&: Châu "B" International. champion doubles 14-21; well and in

the eighth round team, defeated the 20-year-old | 12-21. The bowling greens of the landed his only really telling Indian list, N. Natekar, 15-10, Even at

In the third today's

Club de Recreio will be open blow when he caught Turpin

match Eddy

beat values, £90,000 sterling seems

Inflated for play on Saturday, April 3, with a vicious: left to Turpin's his br

brother 15-12. When is expected, that the left eye, which began to spoutt Natekar and Seth 15-8, and 12. Choongs a high price for the FA to pay usual large

the doubles; the England's

number of en-blood." international thusianis will foregather to wel Turpin looked a little groggy, get which the Indians took at practical experience

to prestigo, bearing in mind that come the in-coming season.

15-8 after a brilliant. constructive and far- the players chosen might not

but he weathered the storm. 18-2 Booking advice (Charlton), Vic from

The names England

blend. It is surely possible for Bowlers intending to parii-Bengtsson was warned several The International, exhibition Bowling Green Club are re- to benenteipate in the 1964 League are times for continual holding bid was helt under the sponsorship minded that the Annual Chuberal pro-match training to urged to sign the usual lists, as also for allegedly using his hord of the American Bedminton Meeting, lakes, place; at: 6 spina Albion), Tom Whittaker (Ar-Bellor without the FA being early as possible.

Association. senal) and Raich Carter (Loeds saddled with such hugo

this evening. United) spring to mind.

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