1954-07-05 — Page 6

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JULY 5, 1954.

LEAGUE BOWLS

KCC AND CRAIGENGOWER COME THROUGH WITH FURTHER CONVINCING WINS

By "TOUCHER”

The Colony Lawn Bowls League season passed its half-way mark last Saturday in the First and Second Divisions when the last of the offi- cially-schedified first-round matches were completed.

Both Kowloon Cricket Club and Craigengower Cricket Club consolidated their positions in the First Division as the closest challengers to the League lending Recreio Blues with further convincing wins during the week-end.

this

Kowloon Cricket Club pinyed valuable 4-1 triumph over the The Electrics are so far the well up fem to blank Kom Recreio Whites on Saturday will Tuan Dock by 1-0 und My tie comfortable Rugin of 30 shola on the aggregate to be within fuar prats of Recreio Blues with one game in hand

The fact that they will have Rawdon Bowling Green Club m their next opponents on

the.!

home grointed and that the Blues

only unbeaten team in the whole be given a prant opportunity lengue with nve successive whis crtraw level

Longue to their with the

credit. Despite Thisze Her raia

when record, however, they are only there two tours clash at Happy second place in the Lengue table with the same numbers of Valley this week-end,

polis as the Filipino Club.

Yeading

FALLEN BADLY

of the

her er-twhale Top

Chale

Fra

an

If only they will improve their ability to get maximum their weaker

will be away to Craigengewer contenders, both flecreio Whitests

opponents, they should, with the

week-end

now

Jnction Recreation

consistent form they are ve fallen badly by the way showing, Anish up well at the top side during the last few matches by the end of the season.

will probably! hex! enable the KL bowlers to tur.. the marrow the gap by thy end of the week

Kangengawer

Ciluket Clu who now Juve fine are ember of points na RCC, but who are One game in front, seared

AUSTRALIAN

CYCLIST

KILLED

Francochamps, July 4.

Ken Kavanagh, of ABA tralia. riding Un Halian Guzzi, won the 360 ce

the

"

Belgian

rach

Motor

Creling Grand Prix today.

will take some really hea ku bwin on their part during the second half of Lengue for them in pince them.

elves in the running again.

LEAGUE STANDINGS

thes

Club who

First Division

Recreto Blues KUC Que

FC INC pil

KBO Tenders, PC Takon Dork, fram eighth-places | KDC Hongkong Cricket

D.

30

3

D

Second Division

have two games in hand.

TC

HK F

The Second Division League, however,

revouls the keetest frerolo Whil competition that has been gen

Only eight *** years.

Curterat sepurute the

Any of these ight teams ate cec

at the moment capable of win-Reerela

Champion

and the second-round

ning the Divismo

games will th nearly

every

case bear on important DERC ing on the Anal destination of the tille

IRC

C

4

RCC

Ker

3

KBGC

Third Division

cornering on the second lap.

club, Filipino Club and Hong- lung Electric Recreation Club.

The Third Divisan has now HKENC resolved itself into a three-way

PRC

IRC **

KCC

HKIT CCC USIC

kups,

(Australia),

The Face was marred by 20

fatal avelden) to Austeniban Gor- | battle anong Indian Recreation don Luling, who come off when

The race was over 11

totalling 96.3 miles.

Results:

1.-K. Kavanagh

Cuzzi, 50 mins, 50.3 sec, speed,

161.0 m.ph.

Anderson

2.-F.

Guzzi 57

(Britain)

$1 seen; 100.0

3.-S. Wunsche (Germany), DKW, 5 mins 25 bees;

m.ph.

4.--E, Lorenzetti

Guzzi, 59 mins,

*དབ-༔

m.p.h.

09.1

(Italy),

3 secs. 08.05

Simpson (Britain), AJS, 30 mins 15.1 secs,

97.74 m.p..

.-R McIntyre (Britain), AJS. HE

24 03:

97.48 mi.p.h.

W

Wis

World's

Tennis

Greatest Prodigy

Miami, July 4.

fagedane sxanaf ËÎ****

Hughby Curry can serve an ace, backhand a ball, hit an overhead smash and slip over a tantalising drop shot-ull before he's old enough to go to school.

Some call the five-year-old tyke of Orlando, Florida, "the world's greatest tennis prodigy." Strangers and friends alike stop for a second look at the tow-headed, freckle-faced boy when he works out at the Orlando Tennis Club. Many predict he will be another Bill Tilden in 16 or 20 years' time.

Althougth he can

parents,

וג

FASTEST

EVER

MARATHON-

Jim Peters entering Chiswick Stadium at the finish of the Windsor-London Marathon on June 26, when he ran the distance in the best-ever time of 2 'hours 17 minutes 39.4 secs,-Central Press Photo.

HAROLD MAYES Talking Sport

Deep-End Problem Of The Swimming Twins

Tucked away in various parts of Europe, members of the Bureau of the Ligue Europeene de Natation, which is the European Swimming League to you and me, are frying at this moment to solve a deep-and problem which their predecessors have left them.

It concerns the identical Motherwell twins, Jack and Bert Wardrop, 22-year-old six feet, thirteen and a half stone, fuir-haired sons of a blacksmith who have been studying in the United States these past 18 months.

The pair, Jack especially, art so far ahead of other British free-style swimmers that if they don't enmydle In the European Games in Turin in September, 'Britain might as well not sen any male swimmers,

world re-

went off to the States, I can see swimmer, arid only three-tenths no reason for attempting to ban of a aceand outside

the swim-card. them, exep that mers of other nations vlously fear them.

STEPHENSON TAKES LEAD IN RACE FOR FASTEST CENTURY

London, July B.

Harold Stephenson, the 'Somerset wicketkeeper, took the load tallay in the race for the season's fastest hundred.

In 98 minutes, with three sixes and nine fours as his. best strokes, he flayed the Worcestershire attack at Kid- derminster to reach three figures in one minute faster time than was taken by Barrick (Northamptonshire) and Emmett (Gloucestershire) earlier in the season.

Somerset balted nearly all day At Birmingham: Warwick- to put up the formidable total shire 130 (Cook left-arm słow of 360 to which Worcestershire Ave for 23), Gloucestershire 100 began their reply in the closing for Ave. half hour.

At Kidderminster; Somerset Yorkshire, teadera in the 340 (Lomax 65, Stephenson 100), championship,

Jag-brak the Jenkins right-arm topped Somerset totul by one run and, five far 94), Worcestershire 29 stumps were drawn at the close for no wicket-Reitor, of the innings against Surrey. Neither side was at full strength owing to Test calls.

Middlesex, also in the hunt for the championship, did not have a match today but War- wirkshire. second in the table at present, were meeting Glou- cestershire in a game which was dominated by the bowlers. Warwickshire were out cheaply, Cook's slows getting half the wickets for 25, but Gloucester. shire only just got past the bun dred for the loss of five wickets before the close.

Wimbledon

Doubles Finals

Wimbledon, July 8: Australia's Rex Hartwig Morvyu left-hander

added the today runs be- Wimbledon ·men's 'doubles title to the Australian and

Glamorgan, after losing oight wickets for 232, made a cheeky declaration and were rewarded and by getting two Northampton- Rose shire wickets for tun fore the close,

Juck Pettiford, the Australian American titles which they all-rounder, hit his highest store already hold.

for Kent when claiming 17

at was not a great match, but produced plenty of exalte ment.

frequently angled

in a stay of four and a quarter They beat America's Vie hours for 133 against Essex: Two Seixas and "Tony Trabert 04. injured in this 0-4, 3-0, 0-4 in a final here in- players were game, Watkins of Essex damag terrupted by rain during the ing a cartilage in his left knee, third set while Phobey. Kent's opening batsman, had to retire with pulled back muscic.

While Hartwig provided the England's women managed to Bu ob- When you realise

that the muster only 112 runs on a rain power service and agile net in- European record of 2min. affected pitch in the

Rose women's torceptions, Worcester, at

but they scored with beautiful Surely, if any serious attempt 5.4sees. for 200 metres was set Test is made to exclude them by that by France's Alex Jany as long looked good for a first innings ground shots.

og as 1946, It's obvious that lead as New Zealand lost h 1s because they are so farĮregulation, any swimmer of any

Tralert was the strong man Jack has zornething like a wickets for

before rung out on their own that certain country who has spent so much second in hand at that distance stumps were drawn,

of the American team and the pointor Continental influences are as a single day out of his home-over any other European.

111-

T. Blackler took four for 24 match could provide

Cup competition an incorrect templing to place

Ilis 2min. 5sec, for 220 yards

egalust England, to the Davis existing interpretation

At 440 yards. Jack's ninc seconds better time is Amin.

A. Sanders has so far taken as the same pairs are expected 29.0 secs.

to meet if

If America and Austra- With three of the New Zealand wic-in contest the challange round rule to keep out the Scottish is about

than the best ever by a home the European and Olymple re pair, who lear up the water like

kets for only eight runs in ten- cords for 400 outboard boats.

motres being

over. 4min. 30.7sec., by France's I. Botteux Wardrop's equivalent would have men's Test,

on

an

-In order to ensure that Europeans only compele. in Championships--the European real Idea was to prevent France -ranking last-minute

Import- from North: long

Africa - there's

in the paragraph Championship regulations which reads;

the

ย

"Each competitor starting in Championships must have bern residing in Europe during at least six month before the Arst day of the Championships and be a citizen of the country he is representing,

THEY'RE FEARED

out-

PETER WEST

ACHIEVES AMBITION

cat

June

in

8/Bgt. Peter "Wort, formerly with the Royal Engineers Hongkong, Believed one of his great- authItfors when on 86 he finished fourth in the Polytechrlo Mars then, run over the classfo 20 miles 385 yards COATED from Windsor Castle to Chiswick. In ander 21⁄2 hours. He was clocked in 12 hours

29 minutes 38 seconds.

Eric Oliver, Britain's world kle-car chumpian, Won the altio-car race for the sixli sue- cessive year. He rode a Norton.

barely soe, Tennis Championship Tourna The event

eight over the net when it is pulled ment,” said Dr Curry. He'll OVET laps, a distance of 70.2 miles. tant, young Thughby already is be up against boys more .thon

Results: 1.-E. Oliver (Br¦ defeating wargned players inany twice his age, but wa kasow be ton) Norton, 44 mins, 40.03 years

oitter then he. His will give good Rccount of ዶርር 94.2 m.p.h.

Mrs Hugo himself," and Noll (Germany), Curty. have enteret him In Hughby comes from a long

The interpretation folk BMW, 45 mins, 25.35 tecs; 02.7 | local tournaments, but he has line of athletes, His father is

side Britain are trying to place m.p.h.

been forced to withdraw be- a professional Tennis player

upon that is that the Wardrops, 3.-C. Smith (Dritain), Nor-caure There 070 Ве children and his mother is rated among having returned home only last ton, 40 mins, 23.04 wees; 00.7 with his age class who con the best women players In

not have the six month, will m.p.h.

give him any competition.

Florida. His older brother

residential Jermonths'

qualifica- 4.-F. Hillebrand (Germany).

Freddie, 43,

the Clondotion. "We intend to enter Hughby Junior Tennis Champion 12.70 secs, 90.2 m.p.h.

and Schnelder

Junior his sister, Vivian, 8, is a pro-

They would mising southpaw player. His only the rogulation contained grandfather

"Immediately”—but champion the word pole vaulter and his uncle was it doesn't happen to do so. And known for his salling skill.

since the twins spent a matter BATS AND SLEEPS ET

of some 20 years registering

A buture they their qualification

43.

G

many), BMW, 47 mins,

secs; 89.17 in.p.h.

G.-J Deronne

I

(Ger- 13.85

(Belgium),

Norton, 47 mins, 58.08 28.1 m.p.h-Reuter,

BCCS;

GEOFF DUKE WINS

Francochamps, July 4. Geoff Duke, British holder of the world 600 cc. championship. swept to victory in the 500 cc. event on an 'Italian/Gilera, lead- ing throughout. The race was over 15 laps, totalling 131 miles.

Results

First G. Duke, Britain, Gilern, one hour, 12 minutes and 2.75 seconds 100.57 m.p.h.

Second: K. Kavonnght, Austra- lia, Guzzi, 1 hour, 13 mina. 16 seca. 107,77 m.p.h.

Third: L. Martin, Belgium,

the nexi Florida

Mercedes Cars

Win Freuch

Grand Prix

Rheims, July 4. German Mercedes cars, which dominated motor racing in the years before the war, made on Impressive return to Grand Prix events when they finished first in the French and secondl Grand Prix to-day.

In

was

Л

Hughby Just ilves, eats and

tennis," sleeps

said Dr Curry. "Recently he attended a birth-- day party for a friend. He ote his cake and tec

cream

and

be so

"West was fourth to Jim Peters, who WIT In 2:17:394fastest rightf

time -ever done for the distance. Stan Cox was second in 2:23:08 and E. L. Smith third in 2:27:04.

then picked up & tennis racket England's Rowing

and started hitting the ball against the garage wall while his friends

played their kid games"

Hughby, who stands less than four feet tall and weighs a mero 45 pounds, uses 3His-entire body in all of his shots, which

Team For The Empire Games

Bre as complete as the hiting winfield Sculls, the Amatour

technical

a tremendous finish, the repertoire of most adulla.

Ar- Hughby can serve, backhand 1 hr. 14 mins, 1.07 secs-100.67 winning car, driven by

gentine ace Juan Manuel Fangio, m.p.k.

a ball, hit overhead smushes und Fourth: R. MacIntyre, Britain, flashed across the line only has a tantalising dro

drop shot AJS, 1 hr. 14 mins, 20.12-sets-yard shread of this German team-rald Dr Curry in describing the 105.03 mp.h.

mate, 43-your-old Karl Kling. ·lad's game from Fifth: K. Campbell, Australia, Fangio's time for the 61 inps standpoint, "He has fast "ro" | Norton, one lap.

of the five-mile circuit Was noxes. He concentrates all the Sixth: G. Murphy, New Zea-two hours, 42 mins and 47.0 time and plots his shots before Band, Matchless, one lop,

seca, at an average speed of 110 he hits them."-United Press, All the races were counted miles per hour. towards the 1051 World Cham- plonship Router.

HEAVY THUNDER

SHOWERS AT TRENT BRIDGE Nottingham, July 5.

Heavy thunder

showers fell

here yesterday, but unless there

is more rain today, the Secon

Test match between England and Pakistan

resumed on timidly

The

Third was Robert Manzun

of France, in a Ferrari, with Princo Bira of Thalland fourth

Second Round

in Maserati. Only soven Open Pairs Games

drivers finished.---Router.

Zatopek Beaten Over

10,000 Metres

London, July 8.

Tomorrow

-The_following games 'in 'tho'

Colony Jawn bowls Open Pairs WIHUT= pionship will be played tomor row at dif pan.

Second Round, of the

4. Jiang Chờy and Q. A. Bouta

Emil Zatopek, Czechoslova=] R. Voke and

to bp triple Olympic ·Cold;f played" w}] [{}%%%% Trent Bridge Grounil medalist in 1962, we today! fell and S. JA absorbed the rain well and It beaten by Josef Kovacs, Eun-|| 70% NEMICAL would take an unsurual amount way's famoris "Matinee runner,5,Andrews

In 'n 10.000 metros race, to damage the pitch. :

Jodes Y

Fazal Mahmood, the 'Pakistaḥ KnAccording to the report, Bits.

and Vico-Captain, who Kovacs covered the

leg muscle, is still fooling 2 minutes 9 sens, tompared to the pain, but will almost cer the 29 minube 9.372000cide

tainly resume his innings in thị Zalopokale

morning,

In the closing stages on Batur,

day, he Ballads with une

out. He wil" próbable aga

Employ a runner today: Chine

West just failed to make place on the British team for the European -Games at Berne this gÜNTI- mer, but will be Britain's Brut

For

reserve

artthon.

The former Hongkong runner is best remembered for his victory in the 5,000 Metres · ran in the First Annual Colony

Athletio Championships in 1951 anil victories also sin dhe kë- Mile Road Esco and the Harrier New Year's Day Reed Race. He still holds The Hongkong zwcords for and Three 3,000 Metres

15 4tin, 28,9 'sec

best

in 0.5 overs but

Frankly, J con't understand why such an important decision

left should be

to correspon- dence. A meeting should have been called to give Britain the opportunity of stoting her case.

40

In December.

The folding on both sides Louise Brough and Mrs Mar-

1

done credit, tomaret Muffend one of the most "Women's ~~Couttes auccessful partnerships of all time, staged

r

INTER-VARSITY MATCH

won

a great come back to bent Doris Hartand Shirley Fry, winners M. K. J. Smith, Oxford Uni-for the past three years of the

They versity's opening batsmen, was woman's doubles. the hero of the first day's play-0, 6-7, 6-0 after a titanie in the annual university match struggle." against Cambridge which

But, whatever the decision, opened at Lords today. Oxford The winners dominated the there are folk in swimming dr- batted all day to score 401 runs women's doubles in the imme- cles who think that a very firm for the loss of three wickets. dinte post-war years and re

be taken. Ernest Une should

entered this time after an abi Smith was there all the time sence of three years. Mrs. Du- the Inter- Scott, member of Country General Purposes and bis 201 not out included one Pont, married to nylon million- Committee, which

and 21 fours. Only twice re governs six

ore William DuPont, has an the home previously had a double century 18-month-old son of whom Miss swimming involving

been scored in the match. Smith countries, says:

god-mother. M199 Brough is should be an acquisition to Lel- Brough, 81, and her partner, 33, "In my opinion we should ccstershire for whom he played

staged a remarkable rally when send the Wardrops regardless several innings three seasons ago, all seemed lost in the second of what the decision happens When be reached three Agures, et. Saving two match points In to be. There is nothing to stop ho completed remarkable hat them going. The morale of thet trick, as in his first innings of ninth giane, they wond other members of the team the season as 4 fresh man he out provided play of high would be considerably improved scored 102 not out in a trial, If these boys were swimming." and on his debut for Oxford against Gloucestershire 點心 scored 104 not out.

the

the 18th. The match through- standard, rarely before seen in women's doubles.

The

The position, really, is quite

MLLED DOUBLES simple. Jack Wardrop is the

remaining final, the first swimmer of genuine world G. Goonesena of Royal Co- class Britain has hard for years. lege, Colombo, and Colin Smith, mixed doubles, had to be delay- So the British legislators should bore the brunt of the attack for ed for 10 minutes as Miss Hart movo heaven and earth and Cambridge and Goonesena took and Mrs DuPont, wire -engaged [water-to-ɔmako sure he fan't | two of the wickets that fell hit and needed a short rest after ting the stumps each time. # the gruelling women's cancunter. B.. Birrell (5€. Andrews, South Africa)

written-out.

NEW SYSTEM FOR WORLD CUP FINALS

before hit 27

caught.

CLOSE OF PLAY SCORES

The final curtain fell on an- being other

memorable Wimbledon when Vic Boixtis and Doris Hart of the United States re- tained their mixed doubles title At Lords: Oxford University beating Ken Rosewall, Austra

and Mrs Dupont, United 401 for three (Allan 86, Smith, and not out 201, Cowdrey 80) veraus States, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3,

Flor

the

day, Hugh Cambridge University (Varsity Berne, July 4.

match).

Stewart, United States, boat A new :ayatan to`énsure "the Jibest 116 nations for the

At Oval: Yorkshire 301 for Armando Vicira of Brazil in the World

five (Sutcliffe 64, Wilson 74, foal of the All-England Plate, Bocer Championship finals w

ovent somong the consolation M. Lester 142) versus Burrey. -muuggested there today by

President, of the Khomroen,

At Blackheath: Kent 370 Ins players beaten in the first of the Wimbledon's Swiss Football Association and Ave (Pettiford 133) versus Es rounds

men's singles championship. He

-tion (Committee.

At 232 for declared (Jones 65,

THE RESULTS M. Thommen súld the present Parkhouse 54, Tyson right-arm Women's Doubles: Mis system had not proved satisfac- fast five for. 54), Northampton-Louise Brough and Mrs Mar-

shire ten for twp.

ret. DuPont of the United tary

A: Horsham: Derbyshire 218 States beat Miss Doris Hart and But fool that arrangements (Hamer 61), Busser 63 for one. Miss Shirleyy, dieo of the

6-8 To give you an idea of how or singing the tournament have

At Liverpool: Hampshire 230 United States, 4-6,

Mixed Doubles; V (Horton 50, Gray 63), Lanca-

Seixas N. B. M. Clack and T. H. vial their participation is to been a success", he said. Christie, (Royal Navy), who Britain, “Just have a look at “There has been a „finansini | shirp 25 for no wicket.

and Miss Doris Hart, United will enter for the coxless pairs, some of Jack's times. His 100 profit and we hope that com- At Loughborough: Notting-States, "beat-Ken Rosewall, Au complate the team. There metres is just inside 58 seconds, peting countries feel it has Beenhamshire 179 (Walsh left arm trai, erd Mr Margaret Du no entry for the double soutils - two seconds better than anyju miçetas „from, every other spin tour for 13), Leicesterabire Punt, Killed Hintes, 3-7, 10-4, Reuter.

other home swimmer.

point of view,”--Reuter,

London, July 4. Sidney Rand, who won the

Rowing Championship of the Thames, earlier this year, has been nominated as the English representative for the sculling event at the Empiro Games beginning at Vancouver on July 81.

The Themes Rowing Club will the Games is not qualified, And represent England in the eighis swimmers move around quite and from among them will be a bit. chosen the coxed fours.

land in the last half-year before

THE CAMBOLS

STILL IN AME

.

Chalimen of the FEEA Organiza- sex. 00rough: Glamorgan won 8-6, 6-4.

100 for three,

Will Apelly

CANEIDER