1954-05-14 — Page 6

THE CHINA MAJI, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1954.

BEFORE AND AFTER

FOR STEPHEN XAVIER- THE TWENTY LONGEST YARDS IN THE WORLD

By "RECORDER"

At 3.45 p.m. on Wednesday, May 5, at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila as the thermometer hovered about the 85 degrees mark the Filipino announcer's voice came over the amplifying system to draw the crowd's attention to the fact that the finalists for the Asian 200 Metres Sprint Championship at the Second Asian Games were lining up before the Presidential Box.

Six of Asia's fastest men stood in a line while the crowd cheered and photo- graphers snapped away feverishly. The smallest of the six and, indeed, the smallest of all the male sprinters who took part in the Aslan Games, was Hongkong's Stephen Xavier.

Sprinters

The dual

They

boy

In the ploture on the right you st name no one in the Indian victory ceremony followed a fow China's Shit A delegatlon knew, was also clos- mmutes Inter. A Filpino official Be the six

Kiyofusing in on Xavier.

led the three medal-winners to yung. Japna's Akha Pakistan's Muhammad Shard It seemed like many minutes

the victory Fostrum, touched Plut.

Hongkong's Stephen were passing. not นระ

two Shark Butt on the shoulder and Xavier, Pakistan Mulummad | seconds, and the tape was still far mutioned him to ascend. He Aslam apel India's M. Gabriel.

Lo No. 2 on the When Sharif Butt broke then pointed away. Three

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greatest the tape it who evident that he right for Asiam, then No. 3 on Trast t

Survived to hod won pud that Aslam was the left for Xavier. wrte dan second. Third place was be- Mr Jorge Vargas walked up

and Gabriel and with Tom Sarup and Balwant Singh tween Xavar

scout holding a Ratan Abdul Azz. Also a one knew what was 14 unt cushion on which rested three

•Hasinatest Wern [win height the

ofileial announcement boxes containing a gold, a silver Azarcomed: Tird. Pilipino Popes- Gaspar

Hongkong. and A brunze medal. He Stephen Xavier

presented these in turn to Sharif Thus

Buft, Aslam and Xavier. Hongkong": Won

in international and the valy medal wen by Hongkong athlete competing in Hongkong's colours at the Second Aatun Games.

and Pedro Subido

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Je ATAN 1:20 the cul of the fuelcom the AND tinpbst were un their sk orvasting the starles's gam at the ubl hark THE experienced Fortunato Catalon,

The whole viwd was on its fret the crack of the gull

was medal

nikletles

MAGNIFICENT

Shori! But turned round after

From the press box was not running a few more yards and pustible to see part of the rave 100 to Aslam. with his hands --from The tan to a point about | outstretched. tie had beaten 3 yards from the Tash line his country's record-holder and

u

Then the Philippines Constj→ dary Band started playing the Pakistan national anthem as Pakistan flag rose on the middle mast. As this reached the top. anther Pakine dag went up an the left might and as thus veroad flag was rising the flag of Hong- kong appeared anxi rose on the right

allest mast to

to the achievement

the

1.4 Sale College and Hongking Amateur Athlete Chub sprinter,

Said Mr Jack Skinner, the leader inquiring look in his eye. Xavier, later. It was a long time

of the Hongkong delega and afterwards. "My legs didn't see I had felt su perus." seem to want to move any more.

As the

I the crowo had kryt ta meirat was a magnificent victory for

.1 Would have beepin veteran of 33 years of age.

the ward never | He then turned toward Xavier eule when a bej with outstretched band and an

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The few ingkeng me sopløper - en in the press box suddenly

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Aplat

Those were the longest 20 yards Pakistan national

last strain of the

nathem died away. Shark Batt turned round, his hand around shoulder and almost bodily carried him off the stand.

1 have ever rul”

That was three

days later at dropped the reception to all the athletes Xavier's by Mr Jorge Vargas, President With 30 yards to go he was a of the Asian Games Federation fout ahead of Shoir Bull and Stephen was surrounded, as was

He reached out with his left

for Astam,

released his With 20 yards to go he met unusual at Manila, by the l

his teammate and hud mereased his lead to a yard whole of the Malayan faninin

Te { motioned to Xavier did not figure in too sprint

the mony photo- relay

including tourn. many people's valculations a. a little Maureen Stebel of the ad-ruphers that he wanted a plc- lure. You can see this picture champion and posible

un making eyes whom he veters to

also on the right. on the crowd familiarly

kulf Pint. in it awaited the improbable.

wwwo-Hards

unusual bush

Maureen

about Ly

But the improbable was not to Stephen's size and was quite happen. The glant sirides of | definitely the soullest femmine Sharif Butt and Aslam seemed atidele u Manta.

to lengthen and they cut down the Hongkong boy's lead inch by inch, In the inside Jane India's |

M. Gabriel,

VICTORY CEREMONY

a Madrusi whose earlier

studium. at the

STARTED A FASINON

Stephen Xavier's third place

In the 20D Moties wa't hi only accomplishment in Munila. The crowd warmed to him the

But to return to three days | Bryt day when after being The eliminated 1s his heat of the 100 Metres he kept chasing, after Abdul Khaliq, later to win the

Asia Versus Europe Athletic Match Likely Next Year

year.

In

Asin is likely to take un Europe in a full-scale athletic match in November next

The match will between the Arst three in each track and field event in the Second Asian Games and the European Champion- ships which are due to take place at Berne, Switzerland, in August.

The ten to bold such a match defraying the cost originated

Mr Mlan by the European Texn Obeldullah, Associate Secretary

from

of the Pakistan Olympic Associn- tion, as resuit of whose initia- Live a small

informal meeting

was held on Sunday, May 9, at the home of Mr Jorge Vargas, Asion Games President, between Obeidullah, Mr Kinichi Asuno, of the Japanese AAA, Mr J. S. Rousseau, coach of the

vitr

Indian national team, and Mr

V. V. Kotcheff of the Hong- kong AAA.

Suppori Versus

the idea of

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In the above picture Stephen Xavier stands between Muhammad Sharif Butt and Muhammad Aslam of Pakistan in front of the Presidential Box at the Rizal Memorial Stadium as the finalists in the 200 Metres Dash at the Second Asian Games are introduced to the public.

Below:-Xavier with Sharif Butt and Aslam after the victory ceremony,

AKISTAN

PAKIS

IOC ASKS FIFA CO-OPERATION IN SAFEGUARDING AMATEUR STATUS OF OLYMPIC SOCCER

Athens, May 13.

The International Olympic Committee at its meeting today decided to ask the Federation International Football Association to increase (is safeguards against pro- fessional soccer players competing in the Olympics.

The Swiss delegate, M. Altert, Mayer, said many members

The discussion disclosext day can limit entrants to a national agreement as to what constituted basis instead of International

tending that broken time should and interest. be allowed, white the United Stales delegate, Mr Avery Brundage, insisted that it should not be allowed.

Litle of Asin's Fastest Human. were convinced that the com- | status quo-one delegate con- designed to improve the quality Binally caught up with him and stretched nut his hat. It was the first occasion in the Stadium the start of the Games that since any athlete had bothered to do

petitors at Helsink! were not entirely amateurs. At present a national federation and player, a the national Olympic Cummit- tee must sign and countersign confirmation of amateur stals, The earlier heats had been but said Mayer, "many bellevé run in a tense atmosphere with that somebody is lying." winners and Justry wolking

that.

away after a race with little in- M. Mayer said it was expect

ht 100

The Committee rejected invitation to bold the session In 1935 at Barcelona during the second Mediterranean forest in each other. The fashioned that the Belgian. M. See-

Games, voting 23 for Parts and Introduced by Stephon Xavier drayers, was most likely to be 21 for Barcelona, thus confirme

of FIFA in caught on and before four days the next president

ing their earlier decision to WETC

Korcans sucression to over Japanese,

M. Jules Rim:,

lo Parla I WGS Also auk Chinese

and the IOC would ask that the decided to meel henrilly were

al Cortina in pumping each others' hands.

new amateur regulations Bow February, al Melbourne In being drafted be made more December, 1936, and at Brussels effective for Olymple competi-

in 1957.

AMBASSADOR CHAN Xavier was not the only tion. ambassador of athletle' goodwill Chan Wai-

The Committee Palled to reach from Hongkong. of the trip

chuen, who did not reach any broken time" for amateurs, and agreement on the question of Anal, was essentially friendly to

and was well it was dreided to maintain the the opposition #ked. He had a more dimeult status quo whereby the inter- ambassadorial task as most of national federations set separate his opponents spoke nelther ruies. English por Chinese.

Asian Soccer

Championship Planned

He finished eighth in the Shot Put, where sixth place was won

a distance at

Inferior to hla Hongkong recor

song record, and eighth in It Javelin,

may

AUSTRALIAN TO

BE CAPTAIN

be

tioned here that throwers of Hongkong and other Asian much greater reputation,

humrong

them

OF R & A

Edinburgh, May 13,

meet

DON

COUNTY

CRICKET

SHEPHERD ACHIEVES BEST BOWLING FIGURES

OF HIS CAREER

London,, May 13.

Don Shepherd, 26-year-old Glamorgan fast-medium bowler, achieved the best bowling figures of his career in taking nine wickets for 47 runs against Northampton- shire In the English county cricket programme today,

By coincidence, Shepherd's feat was recorded by the Northants scorer, Jack Mercer, the only Glamorgan player to have taken 10 wickets in an innings,

England wicket-keeper God- frey Evans cupe back to form with the bat Ini scoring 108 runo In under two hours and assisting Kent to a 171 runs first innings lead over Derbyshire. Evane hit one six and 17 fours,

ant

David Fletcher, who made 65 Bernard Constable (120) ndled 147 for the Surroy second wicket to assure the champions

Pakistan Score

275 For 6 At Cambridge

of drst innings points against Cambridge, May 13.

Leicester The dupper, wristy

A recovery by Pakistan Constable

whose inrings after a breakdown in the cuplet three hours #d

middle batting enabled the minutes, streck 15 Jours.

28

Australian spinner Jack Waish touring cricketers to finish then enused a colinpze, taking six | only 35 runs behind with wickets for 110 mins.

four wickets in hand against

Another dne Innings by the University today. Compton, who scored 100 tel. Pakistan scared 275 for six out, propperl up Middlesex oftee} wickets

irst in reply to n four wickets had fallen for 23 innings of 310 by the University. A brief but devastating spell against Worcestershire.

of bowling by Colin Smith, the England all-rounder Trevor Lancashire fast bowler, gave Bailey Saved Bissex from a bat-Cambridge a big uplift when in ung breakdown against War-the course of 15 deliveries he wickshire who, having galoed a captured three wwickots, all dist innings lead of 111, Anish-clonn-bowled,

ed 17) runs ahead with eight Cambridge this morning wickets to fall. Bailey hit one carried their overnight scotu oř Six and ten fours in his 85. He 244 for six to 310. batted for

und 33 mbules.

two hours

The Pakistan innings begon well enough with Hanif Mohammad driving with amaz- Yorkshire's victory bid against ing power for one en small and Somerset was checked by bed hitting six fours while playing light which stopped play 40 a main part in an opening stand hour before the scheduled close.of 40 with Alimuddin, Somerset, needing 300 to win, Next came Imtiaz Ahmed, a hud lost their opening batsmen reputable bitter, and ke મામ

Bob Appleyard, by taking aveings in

In his first inn-

while making 22. Yorkshire's not disappoin. Ile drilled the

for 72 in 29.2 overs, showed stili off side with beautiful shots and stamina on the Taunton un he played shade 100 ground where lie became ill and soor

soon dropped out of cricket two

seasons ago.

CLOSE OF PLAY SCORES

At Lords: Middlesex 278 and 189 for six (Denis Compton not out 100), Worcestershire 191.

At the Oval; Liecestershire 104 and 73 for one, Surrey 372 (Constable 12B,

Fletcher 05, Walsh, left-arm slow, six for

110).

30 for

AC Westelin: Warwickshire 358 for 6 declared and two, Essex 247 (Trevor Balloy 85, King, left-arm slow, five for

50).

The Committee will adjourn sine die at noon tomorrow.— United Press,

At

DEFENCE FORCE

CENTENARY

BOWLS MATCH

Members and former members of the RHKDF/HKDF/HKVDC, who wish to take part in the OTHER DECISIONS

Centenary game at the KBGC on Sunday, May 23, are remind Other decisions taken by the ed that their names should be committee ut today's meeting submitted by Monday next when

were:

1. Team

01x sports require entries, Instead of the previous six actual competitors.

2. Individual events require 12 entries.

3. A single company will be Allowed to take the official Olymple flm (this does not ap-

Golf Club of Saint lalor.

Gravesend: Derbyshire 167 and 135 for three, Kent 3301

and gave a simple return catch to Gamini Goonesena.

The Pakistan score of 149 for two al tea soon became 109 for And

six but Fazal Mahmood Ikram Elahi came together for an unfinished stand of 100 in the last 85 minutes-Reuter,

Second Colony Pentathlon

On Sunday

Asian Hongkong's

Games

(Ilearn 50, Witherden 65. Evans Reld athleto, Chan Woj-chuen, 100, Smith right-arm off-break, is among the 10 cntrles so far for the second Colony pentath- six for 60).

At Oxford: Oxford University on to be held on Sunday at

Caroline HiİN. 338 for six declared and 45 for ore.

Lancashire 253 for nine declared (Grloves 52).

Competitors will be divided Into groups for field events and organisation will be as, Ja A At Cardiff: Glamorgan 298

standard sports meet, that is, and 168 (Muncer 68), Northump Group competitors will start tonshire 80 (Shepherd, right with the high jump and pro- arm medium-fast, nine for 47) ceed to the shot put, long Jump and javelin. Group 2 will start and 73 for two

shot put and finish with At Bristol: Hampshire 327 high jump, and so on. Gloucestershire 147 and 95 for gold events will start at 9 pin.

4.

At Taunton;

and

nt

The

The 15 entries to date are!

The 400 metres will be held Yorkshire 350 after the field events are com 171 for seven declared, the lsts close.

pleted. Somerset 214 (Lomax 18, Appleyard, right-arm fast- The respective conventrs are J. W. Tindall, Radio Dept., medium, five for 72) and 22 for Gilman &

stopped play two. Bad light Gloucester Arcade (Telephone 27071) and for the day-Reuter, R. C. Butler, Hongkong Electric Co., Ltd., Electra House (Tale- phone 38011),

Co.,

All entrants are assured of a

Pakistan Muhammad

ply to television). However, Rame, international fedérations Mr Asano maid that he would nations and territories will Ayyub, a 140-foot discus thrower,

Lord Bruce of Melbourne take their own films for training an Asla hold inter-zone competitions also failed to reach the finai.

WDS tonight nominated As schools, provided the illm la not match for the Football Champion below their pre-Games standard. Ancient Europe athletic

All the shot putters were far Captain-elect of the Rosal and shown publicly for one year Darby Trial Stakes and would bring the matter up ship of Asia every two years before the next meeting of the under the auspices of the to Khaliq, Gabriel and Hosoda ing of the Club. In the 100 Metres, Xavier lost Andrews at the Council of the Japanese Amateur Athletic Association with newly-formed Asian Football of Japan and he was just inched recommendation that

these three sprinters MY Confederation, whose head out. All Obeldullah's

the Anal. accepted.

proposal

which took part in the Second Asian Cames will be represented

reached

coincides

Probable Starters

BASEBALL SCORES

Ng Chuan-wal (HKUAC); Chan Wat-Jam: Chue

Ming Chan. Wai- chuen; Chang Yathung: (H of BCAA); Griffiths (RAF King); L/Cpl "C. Potrio = (ATA, Workshop, REMEY CM P. Roberson (A.A.

Ford (1st Bh M.B.); Lieut A. Workshops B.E Welch Regil:, Lieut N. R. Hughes.. fist En Welch_Regt); - 2/4 D, E, Cox (11 Bn. Welch

B/Egt

Waite (R.E.M.E. att. 27. H.ALA.,

IILK, Chinese Trg Unli); 2/Li, K. FL Hindall (27 ILA.A. Rest.. A. Roger M. Bwabey (Unat

New York, May, 19. Major League baseball scores | sched). today were:

AMERICAN LEAGUE

RHE

Washington Cleveland Philadelphia

8

(11' innings)

Chicago

7.12 0

3 6 0 2 10

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Spring meet-

4. In view of the fact that most record books are full of Lord Bruce, who will formally errors, the Hungarian delegate,

London, May 13. Khaliq take office be quarters are in Hongkong. anishing as the gold medallist, Medal Meeting on September to publish

Probable runners and jockeys at the Autumn Dr Ferenc Mezoe, was directed for the Derby Trial Stakes to Mr Jack Skinoer, a Vice Gabriel as bronze-medallist and 22,

at the end of the be run over one mile and four is the Orst Australlad to year Nine of the 18 member nations | President of the Confedern- Hosoda in fifth place.

the complete hold the captaincy.

Olymple furlongs at Linfield Park to ¡Games resulte since 1896, . of the Asian Games Federation tion, disclosed yesterday. Xavier beat the gun once and

morrow at 1400 hours (GMT, FILs appointment

are: Provisionally, the following he could not afford to beat it a

B. Regional games under the He was left at with the blcentenary celebra-patronage of the TOC will be vu rond time. three zones were marked on the Asian team If the match by the Confederation at a recent the start.

tions at Saint Andrews next limited to Olymple sports, plus Sir takes place. The nine are meeting in Manila

Some criticism was expressed month in which teams from three optional events.

| Nowston" "Manor (Doug Smith), Chicago Jupon, India, Pakistan, the

Zone.

Inter by Eastern

South Boveral Hongkong,

coaches on

Africa, Canada, New

Infatuation EW, Pickaby), Now York Philippines, the Repubile

He Zealand, Australia and Great of Philippines, Jepan, South Korea, starter Catalon's methods.

6. Art competitions are to be Rokimoo ( Mercer), ·"Rocca- | St. Louis China, the Republic of Korea,

as a little long between "Get Britain will compete in a Con- Uberalised, permitting profes-more (Tommy Guslingy, Corona-Brooklyn Central Singapore, Isrdel and Hongkong. Malaya,

Zone Singapore, and the gun, but there is monwealth tournament China sional as well as amateur entries. tion Year (Eph Smith), Ambler Burma, Vietnam.

no doubt that he hnd quick eye Mall Special.

Also, the organising committoo | II (W. H, Carr), „Reister. a result Cambodia, Indonesia.

who beat the gun Western Zone-India, Pakis-for anyone

and he proved quite conclusively

Mr Asino mld that

of other Japatieso KAA, commit-

}

ments it was most improbable ten, Ceylon, Afghanistan, Israel.that he was not portions in his

Iran.

Mr Skinner, who is the Con- methods when he disqualified that the federation's Vice-President

the Philippines biggest hape for to Federation of International id gold medal, hurdler Manolita

that Japan would support Mr Obeldullah's proposal match be held this year.

It was generally agreed that Football Associations, the world Cinco from Mindanao. The crowd Novembar would be the most Boccer governing body, said the didn't frighten him off the field wultable month, Mr Obeidullah winners of the three zones will though it booed him for two proposed that in the event of meet in a round-robin play-off hours on end. the match being held in Europe as to be determined by

for the Astary, sonder title at a each natin association would

FAIR ORIMICIAM the One fair criticism made of Mr Catalon was by Captain Duncan "Hongkong has a good chance White, the leader of the Ceylon

be reeder for the travelling members of the Confederation,

expense in own athletes and of being the hosts for the first dologation and an Olymple silver the Aslat Federation would try Asian Soccer Champlop be- medallist "In the '400

to arrange this a general tour by

the Antara -- capital cities

of

location

Europe's of its deteros in", largo ||

In the set of the first match

and Hurdles at London in 1948. Its ability to`

Captain White sald that he measure the travelling expenses had suggested to Mr Catalon of the finalist teams according few days before the Games that

He give the "sprinters " 'štontirat:

being, and in Asia, the various to Me Skinner,

ociations would The arst Asian soccer cham- practice so that, they could, get The European pionship may be held in the used to him, Mr. Catalan, bad Thema la capitals Pre 21 of 1930, in My Skin-pparently agreed but didn't ge

to partly or wholly raas's uglinlon

zuund-bu dolog this

THE CAMBOLS

Landau (Sir Gordon Richards), Edward ÚVO Jockey),

1

R. HE 9. 0

Britain And Brazil

Shares

ares Singles

Eastbourne, May 13.

Britain and Brazil each won a singles match' on the first day of their second round. Davis Cup (European" zone) match today,

Results: Tony Mottram, 'Bri~"

0 10 2 fal, beat Robert Falkenburg, 3 10 1 Brazil 8-0, 0-4 and 6-0; Amando 10 12 0 Vidira, Brazil, beat Geoffrey

Paish 8-0, 0-7, 0-5 and 6-2, 2 --United Press, Router.

Barry Appleby

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