1954-11-08 — Page 7

Today's Chances At The Valley

By

"RAPIER"

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1954.

FUTURE FOR SOME

The Hongkong Jockey Club's Third Race Meeting of the new season today, given fine weather, should attract a large crowd. The programme will consist of ten events and the first saddling bell will be rung at 11.30 am. with the first race starting at 12.00 noon sharp. The in interval is after the Fourth Race (1.30 p.m.). The Fifth Race is at

3.00 p.m.

The main attraction today will be the Sandy Bay Handienp ponies over the mile, to be run in two sections.

Here are my entunates of the

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FIRST

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KIN

RACE Bandh ap

The Curtin

Fisica Wali event for Class 7 pedes and a Iwost interesting 15

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this event for 1954 ponies (Class, (Class D).

Cirrus (Mr Wely has the K. Chuang) best recommendation for a win

phest chance Royalty (Mr Oliveira), which race.

Bird in the Windsor Har eup at the last meeting over six turlongs, may turn out to be a dangerous proposition.

Third place should be fought

come from ameing Hen Laswert between King A (Mr T. L. (Mr Tsao. Blondie (M: FI

Alliictive Power (M 1 M Invisible

Bong-

Wensh Samarca).

Tumbly) and Pearl ut Ring (Me Albert Lam)

for Class 2

Barometer (Mr 11.

Touits to have the winning this

Char Ting +Me Wel} mny | prove dangerous with Hawker Hunter CM Saunaret) alser

| having a say in the matter.

For those who are looking for an outsider. I suggest Dily (Mr

Wong? and High Noon (MrPlumbly) Ostroumoff).

THIRD

Waterfall Furionca.

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Bay Handicap:

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Judging from its had placing į This sprint race will be con-

Park Handicap texted

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A perusal of the entries in 1119 Pace

1851 fer potues of (Class C) gives me the impres- Advancement (Mr Wen) bus aged uppo - trinity of winning

Senorita (ME H K Churing) mel walls! 11 may, however.

barne in mind as the Ire dumbler - seit opposition

from Jip On must be (M Plumbly),

pony is impa loving winner of the Henglong

wherl oflry Conteraders

Goodwood Flundicap from The Ballops,

Can Do (Mr Lam King-lak ). post al The Just 1 mile

[although unplaced the last fune renting.

(Mr Kwoki anet, should have a say at the Falen (Mr Ostroumuff) are als good over this distance and can i De depended

upon to give

Dorf Jewel theer

can be ehed on to do well here and any at them can cause

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SECOND RACE Gloucester Handu ap From 2-Mite Among the pontes cuting

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Kerrera (Mr Castronumoff } currying 135 lbs and may quite conceivably cause an upset.

EIGHTH RACE

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This is the first important rave of the day craturd to Class punies. I like the chances of Caesar (Mr Hotelho), Clonfeckle

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in view of

of the opposition, it (Mr Samareq). Rainbow (MC not be fully extended | Weit und Amiersean Carrot (Mr Should *xcup, perhap, by Munx PinnyStarr (Mr Oliviirus

Wool as the

FIFTH RACE We Buy Hodicap 1, Miles

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DARK

The future of some British fighters may be dark when' these three Gold Consters go into action in the boxing rings of Britain. The three, who are seeking Empire titles, are (left to right), Jakey Sowah (featherweight), Peter Cobblah (lightweight) and Altu Honey Clottey (Wellerweight Champion of West Africa). They are pictured in the Bristol gymnasium of their manager, Mr Billy Sullivan.

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Bobby Locke And Peter Thomson

Have A Dinner Table

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Locke: Well, Peter, congratulations on a very

season, and on your Your success takes me back to the time I was reaching the top. wonderful golf. The parallels in our careers are more than coincidence. We are both golfers from the Empire who have managed to challenge the best players in these islands, where golf was born, and in the fabulous United States, too.

Thomson: Thank you, Bobby, and my congratulations on your splendid victory in the Masters'. As for our careers 1 feel have been luckier than you in that just as you were reaching your peak in 1989 when you were 21, the war came and you had to put your clubs aside for six years.

Locke: A little futer we might

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Chat two discuss sharply contrasting players have got to the top. but let us talk about those contrasts, dit- considerable

how

SOME CHELSEA STATISTICS

Human Nature Is

What It Is

Says ARCHIE QUICK

“hoodoo" on

Stamford

They are saying there is u Bridge because Chelsea keep losing matches at home, which is just plain nonsense, of course. You lose matches, generally, because the other side are the better team and get the ball into the net more often.

Bad luck and injuries, of course, play their part in defeat sometimes-but not regularly. Now, Cholsen have. not won a match at home since August, and during that period they have been beaten by Cardiff City. Proston North End, Everton, West Bromwich Albion, Manchester United and Charlton Athletic.

It is worth noting that in five | featured Eric Parsons and out of those six losing matches | Johnny McNichol in the figh Amateur International Jim wing as the outstanding playern. Lewis has played and in three The Chelsea attack has become of them Amateur International top-sided without the playem Seamus O'Connell has appeared, realising it.

Chelsea's two other home

games without either Lewis or I speak from experience. In O'Connell were won. Of the my playing days with Ports- have been Won and there mouth I was an amateur ot eight away matches played three inside-left. If the inside-right drawn O'Connell was in none

and

were myself of them; Lewis in two,

favourably placed clear Strange statistics, for in their position to receive amateur sphere the two men are variably the Yet Chelsea have outstanding.

deteriorated! from second place to twelfth since the Introduction of the pair as an all-amateur left wing.

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intended to play away from me like that.

I was welcome in the team, I was one of them, but, as I eny, humda nature is what it ir. And that I feel certain is what is happening B1 Chelsea.

O'Connell and Lewis are nice chaps and they too are welcome. Derek Saunders, at left-half, is He is one of a nice chap tou. the most prominent members of this season. but he the eleven

AS NICE A BUNCH

Now the Chelsen staff of pro- fessionals are as nice a bunch of boys na you would meet in day's mnrch but while they would always welcome Lewis and O'Connell they would human nature being what it is unconsciously play towards was not so successful the season

before last when he was just their paid colleagues.

another Amateur International Thus since the disappearunce { playing in League football. Full time training has something to of professionals Les Stubbs and

do with Frank Blunstone from the left

the improvement, wing the match reports have know, but not everything.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

3rd RACE MEETING, 1954/55

The first day of the above race meeting advertised for Saturday, 6th November, 1954, has been postponed to

Chesar won the Murray Hazing (M #1 K Hung? | Bundleup JET tha two-mile should be placed with Thousand post at the last meeting.

that performance. I was pru- Miles (Mr 11 Oilskin

moted to this class As I 14 now in splendid condition, Shrink it will just about do

are medium-height and hooded," I call 11-on the again.

backwing. By doing that you "Clonfeckle and Rainbow have

stocky. shown good form in training and

Thomson: If build comes into impart top-spin to the ball, and line makes it hold the think should have a

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better.

That is how I puli, and Alight դ ferences in the way we play the "esser" chaps have On account of its low weight of 144 lbs.. American Carrol is

advantage-we start nearer the inside to outside, and with a good as an outsider

ball. And don't forget that very steady pendulum stroke.

Let me add I shall stick to my Iew "big una," have ever been

trusty rusty, outstanding in gold.

goose necked putter, and that I agree with Locke: I'll pass that one and you about the value of a long go straight to the matter of shaft.

where Thomson: putting, because that's

I am afraid 1 du our styles

considerable not agree with what you have controversy. Your now, belong just been saying about top-spin. Locke: Tell me, then, In your to the

players who new school at

why Fe 50 opinion, use centre-shafted gutters.

many and short putts at that,

Thomson: Firstly.

because

game and in our physiques. 1 me the virtue of keeping the am nearly oft tall and hefty: | face of the puller closed Saturday, 13th November, 1954. you

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NINTH RACE

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like Flaming Wheel K} the bist

as quite 111 th intonsent

There is Cinderella (Mr We

This pony to be reckoned with. in Rood enough to win.

Notting H Handleup; 15, Milles, Wunung Rush (Me Chansun).

has Scrabo (Mr Boycott) disappointed its pekee the last

of opportunity

winning but af at vare produce Rood t

morning this race despite is disappoint- af de form

the last time out. gallops it should be somewhere ing run

think it should just about win near at the h

1 long shot

is more to 11% As the distance SURKYSI Fur

liking keeping Apple Pie (Mr Tsai m

Chiu) Probability (Mr K. F #111

has been knocking at the duor of success for a long time and Pearl Diver Mr We) is an- other pony to bear in mind as it capable of giving the afore- mentioned two good fight.

Crown Witness will be piloted by Mr Plumbly and, for those win profer an outsider. combination is worth following. 10TH RACE Kandy Bay Handlesp (Second Sec- tius) One Tur

SIXTH RACE Kennedy Handicap (First Section). One Hite. This

second

race is confined to the 1954 penLAN batch of

Hongkong Leads

In Yachting Interport

Craigengower Retains The

Ati Shield

Thomson:

I did not go over ped.

to a centre-shafted

centreshafted putter until May of this year, but the club

been

The first saddling bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m. and the first race run at 2.00 p.m.

All previous arrangements as to Admission Tickets and Cash Tickets, including Through Chances already booked, will hold good for that date.

The second day of the above race meeting will be held on Monday, 8th November, 1954, as advertised,

DECLARATIONS

Owners are notified that all starting declarations for Saturday, 6th November, 1954, are cancelled. Ponies

has certainly my friend. they are not struck in the right starting on Saturday, 13th November, 1954, will require on the green my success direction or if they are struck to be declared in the usual manner.

However, believe

so much

has not been due in the right direction they are

4th RACE MEETING, 1954/55

The Crotgengower Cricket Club bowlers. visiting Filipino Club at King's Park yesterday, retained the coveted At Shield in the annual lawn bowls com- petition between the two clubs

to the fact that the struck with that slightly down- by a narrow margin of one point -winning 31⁄2 to 2% points in

club is centre-shafted as to the ward movement you have been say that is fact that the shaft itself is just talking about. the six-rink match played. this

my Pilipino Club were unlucky length and enables me to wrong.

In my view the way to pult is

The entries for the 4th Race Meeting 1954/55 will to lose as they won on the ng-hit the ball confidently from a

steady position without the risk this: the ball must be struck of my body or arms throwing when the ball is struck the

horizontally. That is to say, close at 12 o'clock NOON on Tuesday, 9th November, 1954,

This is the final event of the

After the first day's sailing of day in which the second section the Hongkong y Manila Yacht-19f Class 2 ponies will battle out

ing Interport in which Dragons, Stars and "Redwings parlleipted, a totalling of points revealed that Hongkong phead by

IS narrow margin.

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the finish.

In view of its second placing behind Strathian in the Con- naught Handicap over the two- mile post at the 1st Race Meet- ing Icefield (Mr Kwok) will be The sepres, us revealed by an the pony in most demand

official of the Royal Hongkongbettors today.

Yacht

Club, shows

Hongkong

gregate total of shots by 15, but the the that resulted on Ring No. 6 made all the difference be- tween victory and defeat for the

the clubhead out of line.

It has been remarked that I

putler

a plane parallel with the

I home team, as the rules alipu- tap the ball when I putt. I do, long head should be travelling as advertised.

I make a short backswing, then ground. have gone over to a deliver fairly

A

full-blooded centre-shafted putter because, blow almed

the hole, with its mallet head allied to a Frankly, I do not worry about long shaft, I can better deliver

a horizontal blow. The following were the scores: any follow-through in putting.

late that games and not total shots counted towards galning the trophy.

FC (2)

by

LM, Neves

AJ. Coelhe

HJ. Noronha

His closest rivals are Beauti-

Triomphe (Mr Liu).

with 8.275 points as against ful Lie (Mr Wel) and L'are Manila's 6.403.

This moming, commencing at: 10.20 a.m. the Anal races for and

Crackerjack (Mr H. K. Hung) Norseman (Mr Plumbly) the above mentioned classes of are also good over this distance to be a boals will be held, and the final and are at enough

10 the above-named aggregate results will determine menace

ponies it favoured with a good

the winner of the Interport. stort.

The yachtsmen from Macao, delayed on account of typhoon Pamela, will arrive Ils morn-

CCC (357

D.C. Lau

F.C. Bartos H.W. Randall

AH. Seemin 27 C.C. Ma

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The essential is to hit straight |

for the target, or, to put it more accurately, along the line you' have chosen.

do What you with the club after the ball has been struck connot affect 20 the ball,

A. Bachoo E. Bellamy VA. Never

S.B. Soling R.M.V. Blbeiro 16 5. Leonard

C.K. Sung

P. Kamail

M.R. Pereira

Mrs B.M.

F. Tan DL Edwards R. Band

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C.M. Franco CAS. Pereira W.C. Ogley

ing, and areangements are being Lewis Hoad Wins V

made to hold

a triangular re-

gotia between the three ports sometime during the day.

Starting off with a fair over- cast, the skies cleared in the afternoon to provide excellent salling weather, and despite the Alight drizzle that set in late last night, it is nare thin ilkel that good salling weather will b: enjoyed again 10day.

Bantam

Queensland Title

-Beats Hartwig

Brisbane, Nov. 7.

Lewis Hond today defent- ed his fellow Australian, Rex Hartwig, to win the Queensland Men's Singles

lawn tennis title by the

rather remarkable score of 6-4, 6-4, 06, 0-0, 6-1.

Allenza

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M.T. Nunes

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Roselet

J. Fox

T. Leanaud

G. Santos

A.F. Cartea

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Manson WM, Soume

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PORTUGAL WINS

GUTIERREZ SHIELD

Yesterday afternoon Portugal

However, let me add that I captured the Gutierrez Shield do not consider myself in your International Lawn Bowls Com. petition for the second succes- class as a pütter.

Looke: You are too modest, sive year when the rink com- Peter. Your views on putting prising Joe Luz, E. M. Alarcon, Whether one tires C. E. Passos and Raoul Luz, de- surprise me.

a centre-shafted putter or one feated China by 20 shots to 10. of conventional design I believe Jumping off to magnificent you must swing, from inside to lead in. the

first seven heads

outside, and follow through, and which saw the score in favour of

do it smoothly and none of your Portugal 14-3, and which in- cluded a six. on the fourth, the 21 Lapping.

winners were nover seriously threatened, scoring on 12 of the 21 heads played.

China's

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British Table Tennis

Stars Do Well In Belgrade

Wolter Hogen taught me

He showed lol about putting.

Britain And France Lead In Rugby League Tournament

Paris, Nov. 7. Briain and France are locked together for supremacy in the World Rugby

League Cup

of

rink consisted Francis Lee, J.N. Wong, Robert Toy and W. Hong Sling.

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NOTICE

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB ·

Draft

Towcel Outpoints French Champion

Over 10 Rounds' During, the ret two sels Hond's speed of service proved

Programmes and Johannesburg, Nov. 6.

Belgrade, Nov. 0. Tournament as a result their Wille Toweel, South African almost unplayable, but then he began to lapso badly and lost

British players in the Yugo-18-13 draw at Toulouse today. Entry Forms for the 4th Featherweight and

Meeting 1954/65 to alay Table Tennis Champlon-In the other match played this Race Champion, outpointed Andre 12 games in a row. This re-

covery by Hartwig suggested to ships which began here today afternoon. Australia beat New be held on Saturday 20th and Vaignat, the French Bantam the crowd that Hond was to be had a succesful time, the Zealand 34-15.

Saturday 27th November, weight Champlon,, here tonight benten, but Hartwig missed a Howe twins, Diana and Rosalind, Last week, however, Britain 1954, (weather permitting), The fight, regarded na a stop inne went then his concentra-winning mens ang awhile and Franes, beat Australia and may be obtained at the Secre

tion

women's singles towards the world title held by He lost his service and Hoad, Johnny Loach was

New Zealand, respectively and tary's Office, Alexandra France's Robert Cohen, was returning to his power game in the men's.

o share too place with three House; the Club › House, disappointment to Valgnat," accompanied by delicate drop

2 points, with the scoring advaná cam disappointed with the vor-volleyes, took the fifth set for Diana Rowo boat Zoemke hade slightly in favour of Happy Valley: and...... the

Stables, Shan Kwong Road dict," he said. "I thought I had the loss of only one game. Urek (Yugoslavia) by three Britain.•*

The final of the Men's Doubles games to nil and her sister won Australia led New Zealand at Entries close at 12 o'clock, was unfinished owing to falling similarly against Anten Djenie alf-ume by 16-2 and in the NOON on Tuesday 9th

and the match will be (Yugoslavia)

and: thay "won by five goale and

over 10 rounds.

won. Cohen will, beat Towcel

successital

easily."

Maurice Bouget,, the French- man's manager, said: "I thought

pleted

at time and place Leach dropped the Valgust would up izany guk 4, to be decided, draw."

Extensions of play until today against Branko Hudou (ne

the und weather slavie), but won thre”: which curtailed play on some Richard Bergi, carilor days In the Champion his entry for the

7 Thoro was some pooing from was due to

crowd of about 1,000 when, the verdict was arinounced in Reuter

-Reuter

leht trips to six goals and on November, 1984.

were, alioad) of Fiando

By Order of the Stewards,

HMISA,

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6th November, 1951.

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By Order of the Stewards,

H. MISA

Secretary,

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