Fijian Rugger
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1955.
IP
AND OVER AT CHELTENHAM
Team Meets Combined Services Tonight
But The Match Starts At 7 p.m.
By “PAK LO”
This evening for the last time this season, the full Fijian XV will once again take up the cudgels, this time against the Combined Services XV on the Club ground.
This match will be played under floodlights as was the last one, and. will commence at 7 p.m. Spectators are urged to note the difference in time of kick off compared with previous matches,
The earlier hour of starting is be well advised to arrive at the This will weaken the strength the to the fuel that after the
ground bufere 7 pan
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the Colony's
Vukķer
fralemity will be entertaining
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Fijians to
Kidney dinner.
EXHIBITION MATCH
Earlier this week, it was re portest that the Fijians were Before commenting 10 lo- planning to liekt two Sevels of be- meht's game, I have been sket | Saturday, in the interval by the Churman of
tween the semi-final the Hong- Rung Hugby Union, to apologise
* his behalf to the spectators of Tuesday's Ram, who were
the turnstiles,
held
neither he nor his mánkons visaged such a large enthumas- Tac atleticin‡KT.
final.
come,
and the
1X-
for the defence, for Marsh wan
a lower of strength, with his Lackling being outstanding in both
games he played against the Fijians.
Patric
Griffiths comes in in place of Kerr in the accend row. Kerr by the way, apparently played most of Tuesday's game with a broken bone in his leg. Thomas This has been confirmed, and is the other chango, in place of The Fijians will Klve an hibitioni mulch of how Sevens
Patterson, Parkinson and should be played. Their ap-Brentford will be in their usual pearance will certainly be wel- positions, and will, if they play
and they
will join the as well as they did the other The Arrungeinently have therefore Old Crocks and the Referves in night, let little pass thein,
pack if anything has more bren made for four gates to being in this interval.
weight, but will not be as force- eperunt tonight
the Spanis
the FLUID Lo tonight,
fu. Hoad sitle of the Studium
as its predecessor. XV 1 Services
showe skily Hom the Colony The two neurt it to Wongner- from changes chong Road wil, be for Caviaas įteam, the major one being the
f1:4431 the two farthest dropping Mursh
the (1.20. Tire Services
three-quarter
pusilim Judging by the crowd the other Marsh beg Polierom, and recht, intending spectators, who theredar a Vivian is not eligible wish to get a central sent would to selection
(32.40), and
for uwuy
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NEWCASTLE UNITED SCORE 2-0 WIN
at the
The Queen and the Queen Mother were among ›rRoeg‹ Srs attending the National Hunt
tlano round, Mocking at Cheltenham, last week. This photograph shows: the first Grandsland fence, in the United Hunt's Challenge, Cup, won by St. Coleman.
THE SOLOMONS SHOW
Bloodless
Victories
Disappoint Fans
By
DENNIS HART
You can't please all the people all the lime, especially if you are a boxer, even
REPEAT TACTICS Presumably the Services will repeat the tactles of the Colony and keep the ball close, for in the loose they are not the equoia winning one. of the Filons. As Reid is again
the Services presumably see less of the ball
the hooker
will
from the set scrums than their opponents, but it is possible that the inclusion of Thomas, at wing forward, will nullify this Fijian advantage.
As usual the line up of the Pijkan team is not available, but it is hardly likely that their
OVER HUDDERSFIELD three stars, Rokous, Levula, andi
London, Mar. 16.
Newcastle United scored the only two goals of the match in extra time to bent Huddersfield Town in n Foot- ball Association Cup quarter-final replay at St James Park, Newcastle, today.
Farsi
Dow meet
thres
SITE-
division Newcastle will was there fest this year-Reuter,
York Cily, diviĢION
OTHER RESULTS LEAGUE DIVISION 11: Lun- coin City 1. Notts County 2.
LEAGUE
NORTHERN: York City 3, Chesterfeld
gant Killers, But Hillsbor svagh,
on March 20.
Sheffield.
W/DA
New Zealand
Manchester City,
1 Roter. Sunderimul h the other semi- finat strengthened them clances or the cup nach League double ! by defeating Bolton Wanderers
home 4-2 in
first davisunny makchi. Their victory took them from sixth to fourth place, Marce points behind the leaders Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Wolverhampton dropped 1431- ports! away points in kasing 1-0 w West Bromwich Albion. the cup holders, whose victory.
Impressive Boat
By
Race Trial
Oxford Crew
10.
Team For
Second Test
Dunerlin, Mar. 16. The Now Zealand Team to Second meet England In the Test at Auckland on March 25 shows three changes from the side beaten by Eugland here today.
J.G. Leggat, tup scorer for Canterbury with 99 agulast the MCC a week ago, comes in for
opening bat M.E. Chapple, while M.B. Poore, another opener, and fast bowler JA Hayes
Watt and A. Blair.
London, Mar Oxford, favourites to bear replace L. Cambridge in the Boat Race
Toum: G.
Rabone on March 20, put up a very im-
A.
(Captain), presslye performance in their J. R Reid, J. A. Hayes, M. B. Poore, J. G. Leggat, B. Sutcliffe. finai full course trial today.
H. B. Cave, S, N. McGregor, They covered the traditional 1. A. S. N. McGregor. I. A. four and quarter mile River Colquhoun, A. M. Moir. A. R. Thames course from Putney to Macgibbon. Twelfth Man: J.-W, Martiake in 21 minutes and 24 Guy-Reuter seconds.
Though they took nearly iwo minutes longer
In their than
first trial last week, Oxford who tour Australians in their have crew, had very little tide to help them today.
Valdes-Moore
Naidule will be missing from
The XV. Given the chance, any
all of these three, con and probably will, cut through and score.
Jtt this columu on Tuesday
Last week Jack Solomons left his fish stall for the evening to parade four of Britain's worthiest punch-traders before a packed house at Earls Court,
All four won, three against foreign opponents, two within the distance. The reaction? The only really satisfied customers were 3,500 Welshmen who came to see Dai Dower win his third title in four months by outpointing Italy's Nazzareno Giannelll, and that was enough for them.
PAN-AMERICAN GAMES
Young Sowell Breaks 800 Metres Track Record
Mexico City, Mar. 15.
Young Arnold Sowell of Pittsburgh defented Mai Whitfield in the 800 metre run and Fortune Gordlen of Los Angeles tossed a record discus throw on Tues- day to add to the United States' imposing list of track championships in the Pan-American Games.
amateur the Western
Sowell, just 19 and lean as a Dominican Remublic.
of broom-stick, put on a tremen-champion dous finish to win the 800 metre | Hemisphere. event in 1:40.7, which lice Gordien's discus throw wes Games' record.
He shot post teammate Tou Spurrier at the wire as Whit- feld, twice winner in the Olym. ple Games, faded in the driving rush home,
Uncle Sam's water polo team upset favoured Argentina, B-7, in a wild fray.
The Americans
had another ciback in the tennis tournament in which the fat womer's 18-year-old representative, Dennis Bradshaw of San Diego, Gordien, the woriti record California, was eliminated by Holder in the ovent, won the 15-year-old Rose Marla Reyes of diacus with a throw of 174 fert Mexico, 6-2, 6-4, Jean Clark of 24 inches to beat the mark of Birmingham, Alabama, had been 100 feet 4 inches et at Buenos beaten earlier in the week., Aires by Jim Fuchs,
WEIGHTLIFTING
bruke
two
The United States' string of
Kone Tommy record-breaking championships world's records to win the 181- was interrupled in the 6,000
motre race when Oswaldo pound weighting
100 ship.
Champiem
Suarez of Argentina beat Horner Ashenfelter, the U. S. Olympia The 22-year-old Sacramento, steeplechase champion, In a California strongman, bettered thrilling sprint down the stretch. [his own world mark by hoisting Suarez, also winner of the 10,000 total of 80034 pounds in three metre run, thus became the first lifts,
+ double winner of the Games,
His press was three-quarter Parry O'Brien, who won the pound more than the former shot put on Monday, Anished world standard set by Novnk of second in the discus with a loss | Russia, while his snulch lift of 18" feet 6 inches. Herman equalled the Pan American Haddad of Chile was third with recorti, and his clean-and-jerk
bettered the games record, United Press.
154 feet 8 inches,
SWEEP IN POLE VAULT
Rev. Robert Richards lod 迎 ⚫one-two-three U. S. sweep in
As for the other after cause Giannelli was bitting for won the light already, why go the pole vault. He did 14 feet 94 inches 4.50 metres, This about things the hard way? thousand-odd poying fans-they too fast."
Chipped in a suliañod manager, It is not an unreasonable at equalled his own Games record. did not get their money's worth,
Bobby Smith was second not Had they known what
"When you Oghititude, and a sign of the times. was Nat Seller:
for a championship you just Boxing's boom days were the Don Lax third. coming they would not have
can't afford to take any kind of thirties. Fighters battled for
Not now. Why? Because like Dower, ¦ gambl:. The boy might have glory then.
Most of Randy Turpin, Yolande Pompey run into a lucky punch or fot
picture the fight game as a and Ron Barton, bright boys of his eye cut."
come.
the light-heavyweight division, This. In effect, gues for the gained workenanlike, rather other three winners "We set than inspiring, victories.
on
Dower
to
them
to
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The three gold medals, plus four second places and heavy
to
which ban
all-
U.S. Leads In Unofficial Championships
Mexico City, Mar. 16. The United States had a sub- stantial lead in the unofcial championship of Nations at the day of the
means to art ond, rather than lesser scoring boosted the U.S. the end itself, and look beyond unofficial point scoring total right crosses and straight lefts 195, beyond reach of her closest start of the fourth
Pan-American Games here to- I forecast a win for the Fijians
Tout to win and we did."
lo a comfortable old age.
rival and the defending cham-day. by barely double figures.
plon, Argentina. This turned mut to be com- All lacked variety.
NEW TREND
How will the trend
affect 68%.
The points tally was as fol- It can put the game paratively correct, and enralled solely upon his straight It explains a new trend that boxing?
lows: USA, 210, Argenline... -71, Mexico took over third pin Mexico 30, Cuba 28, Chile 22, couraged by this 1 forecast that left; Pompey
a left hook: has come into the business of hit still further behind in the battle
Only the most from Cuba, with 31 points. Cuba Brazil 17, Dulch West Indies 16. be
More and the Fijians will win again, but Baeton on some adept but notor hil.
more for survival.
will be attracted, has 28. this time by 20 clear points
actntilating boxing. Turpin did fighters are content to win, and crudito fan
and After the terrifle support that begin like the Turpin of old, but that is all. If the fans want
I these are dow
ow and far be
Bahamas, Coela Rica, El Jose has already beon
Telica, Brazike given to all after one crushing round fell to blood, let them spill their own. tween.
Salvador, Guatemalo Halti Further outlook, however, may around albleto, set a record for Sotto Domingo the Fijians games there is little clinching and semi-wrestling. This did not apply to Pompey.
and Trinidad the 200 metres when he won a need to advise readers of this
Small wonder that when any. But his was a close fight against be brighter
have yet to gain a point. see tonight's thing out column to go and
Way The
slop
an qualifying heat in 20.8 seconds, of the ordinary did Arthur Howard, risks had match. Although the
"taking Fijans
it easy" is to counter compared with the old mark of
Flad should win a hard, fast, and ex-appen the fens let themselves be taisen.
It really showed up with Tur-his
Giannell 31,8 set by Rafael Fortun
Tom Kono of the United boca able to slip Dower's lett. Cuba. In other heats, Fitzroy citing game is expected.
But are the boxers to blame? pin. In the first round he had
World Combined Services: Patterson, Moore, Blincoe, Fraser, Black-
There aro two sides to every Gonzalez reeling, under sledge- the little Welshman would have Bates of Trinidad won In 21.8 States broke his own Brentford, Parkinson, question. Explained a scarcely-hammer rights, and bioke the been forced to vary his; tactics. and Rod Richard of the US. Record when winning the Light Heavyweight weightlifting title. burn. Miller, Reid, Annandale, Lamb, panting Dower after victory: Spaniard's nose. But after that That would have prevented 15 won in 20.9 seconds,
couldn't take any chances be- he went into a shell. He had rounds of almost monotonous
The all conquering US. tracks (438 kilos). This was 20 lbs
He had a total list of 905 Griffiths, Hill, Coley, Thomas
similarity
But. It calls for great boxing and feld forces qualified all skill. The master of "Victory their entrants in the preliminaries (nine kilos) more than Dawalsa the bloodless way" is supreme at
while Fortem of the Argentine, who the 200 metre ·dgsh hly craft. Remember Gene both Barbara Jones and Mao nished runner-up--Reuter." Tunney? Not oven
old Faggs cracked the Pan American Manassa Mauler himself, granite-record in the 100-metre women's jawed-Jack Dempsey, could beat event in qther qualification blm,
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Fitness & Games
b. I
We of an older generation, casting our memories back to our younger days, can easily recall the stuffy dressing-rooms and the concen- trated smell of stale sweat, from garments, fresh sweat from bodies and embrocation, all mixed up.
Perhaps we were not so fastidious when we were young as we have now become, but the atmosphere of those rooms seems to linger in our recollection. We accepted it as an inevitable part of the background of training and look it for granted.
which
Pet
move.
the
Football League Scots Beat England
of
heats.
of
Miss Jones turned in Thu fastest time with an 11.5 clock- ing that was only one-tenth second slower than the world record,
WEIGHTLJETING
»MOTOR SPORTS
CLUB RALLY BA
Further detalls have been released by the Motor Sports Club of Hongkong in connection. with their forthcoming Spring Rally, to be held on Sunday April 3 over roads in the New Territories and on the Island.
All principal facels of U.K. and Continental rallying will be Involved route finding,—con- sistency of speed, readworthi- ness and driving ability. These will be covered in the course of Bome 125 miles of road section
London Hospital designed to test route finding
Beat
Guy's
Campaigns For they become stuff and wrinkled at the beginning of treatment join the growing amoy of sun, seventh minute but Collins, of Home Rugby Results
Cambridge row their final full Marciano's Title
course trial tomorrow, The race
Loon, Mar. 10. Rugby Union Nuits: * HOSPITALS - CUP:
London Hospital F, Guy's
(so far as is possible in this Colony) punctuated by special tests and a regularity secțion,
The winner of the Rally". secures the Caltex Annupl: Chal- lenge Trophy and Replica. Subsidiary prizes will also be awarded by the organisers.
The Rally La provisionally scheduled to start at 10 a.m. at a suitable venue in Kowloon, and will conclude about 7 p.m. "somewhere on the Island."
DASEBALL The United States banchall team had to rally in the seventh and eighth Innings to eko out a Glasgow, Mar. 10.0-5 decision over the strong The Scottish Football League gained a deserved victory by three goals to two against the Bun-stroke, There is no need to wash alight and fresh air, they would head from
English League
at Hampden football jersey after every te storing up energy to help is usually not sun-strojce," but
Park here today. match but it should be taken them through the winter days heat-stroke. A thick towel, pre-
played with akull and out of its case or parcel and ahead.
fornbly damp, placed at the back
determination and had
the aired. The same thing applies It is very important, however, of the neck, will prevent this
English defence pri tenterhooks. even more to foolball stockings to carry out sun-bathing in a trouble.
John Evans, Liverpool, opened and cricket socks, If not alred, sensible manner. Long exposure Let me exhort the sportsman to the scoring for England in the from erwent and can easily raise must be avoided.
bathers, and he will not wonder Celile, falshed off a great move-
ancients worshipped ment why the
to equaliso after 35 minutos, obvious
Five minutes; fater Harry alreading
short series of articles Haddock, Clype, gave Scotland Nino Valdes, leading contender tons are often taken in pointing with you, and limbs, which has attempted to put forward the lead from the penalty spot Hospital 3. 54 wins to Oxford's 45, with one Heavyweight boxing_tille, and acridicate, and frequently with-boch, axposed to the sun's roys gestions for the remedy of many but just before the interval, Roy
Rocky Marciano's World out the obvious to try to prevent re evidence
of avolding or sug after hands by Duncan Edwards, for boo long doing themmives of the discomforts, and alimente no-good,
and often harras in which detract from the pleasure Bentley, Chelsen, again levelled SUNWORSHIP
cousing lassitude
with a quick hender, and headaches. which sport should give. For
I have The value of sunlight and the
Two minutes after the restart Force 9.. yours I
been an today.
sun's rays is becoming more and enthusiastic
worshipper, The majority of these afflic- the English, League's Australian- Both have swagen all out more highly appreciated by starting with
minutes ex-time can be avoided by taking born centre-half Joe Marsion of Queen's University, Belfast publicity campaigns for a chance people, cepecially those living in posure and adding five minutes correct precautions. When in- Preston, sliced the ball into his 124, Oxford, Univerally 3.
Final details will be posted et Marciano's tile but the parts of
world where it is to the next sur bath, and so on, Jury does occur it can generally own net. It was fortunate.goak Doncaster, Mar, 10.
Plymouth Albion Royal to Members about a week be Champion hoe now signed to most acarce.
until a whole hour can be inken be prevented from developing for Scotland and it proved King's College 0.
fore the Rally, but the exact The Doncaster St. Loger, last night England's Don Cockell in
One of
of the features of the ately. In this treatment, care into a BTIOUS conditioni If decisive, but England could not
route to be followed will not be at the British season's five San Francico on May 18.
the last should be exercised to protect handled promptly ¡sthiotic meeting of
with complain at the result-Ching · Macstegi 13. Crois-Keys 3—–—–—– made; known until, just before classic fint, races, will revert to It is likely that the winner of olympic Games in Finland was the back
of the neck and the knowledge.
Mail Special,
Router.
competitors set out. tho trudioral
Wednesday the Valdes-Moore 1ght will do the beautifully tanned bodies of fixture this year.
mand a bout with Marciano, The race will be run this Cockell China Mail Special.
assuming the Champion defeats many of the athletes taking recognized Besson on Wednesday, Septem- ber 7, th, Stewards of the
New York, Mar. 10.
Blisters on the feet.
in 10 days time will be the 101st
of this
may seem so that it hardly needs but elaborate precau-
in the series, Cambridge lead by
for
PROTECT THE HEAD At the seaside, in summer, the sun. ons often sees-men and women
that they
This
methods
Archie Moore, World Light out results. Heavyweight Champion, will
| probably meet in Las Vegas early
May. It was anxxmced here
deadheat.-China Mail Special.
Return To Mid-week St. Leger
Jockey Club amounced today. Title
At the request of the GoverTI-
ment, the St Leger has been
run on,n Sakarday since 1947
because it -vyne thought that a
Those men had
Kiba, importance of sunlight as | an aid to fine; and others are the life-giving
MOTI
Fight A properties which can be mined
Bus
Station
Dublin Mor... 15. '. mid-week fixture` in this coul The European Fentiserweight
easily and cheaply from ex- posing: bodies to mad, getting out is the sunshine whenever possible.
At weekends in summer, mining district would have a title fight between Ray Fame over the cably, one meeti determined effect on production chon, France, the hoxler, and bands of cycle and hikers, molt The Government how now try Billy Kelly, the British and Em- of whom have been confined in pire Champlop, will toko ploce shops, factories dod omoo #11 formed the Stewards that it has in a bus station here on. May 27.
the weekd no objection to the rage, being Mr Jack Solomons, the Lon-along the
Dublin Corporation thang ilog an
held ld-week this wongtex, szach don promoter, today 09 :: GM-Moorch', of bee" Va
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in
next year, the position will be cikls of roviewwel ke du fuccound flat in- and tonight stayed that the Cors be the sinn of lame adds of them chwerial production welfare as a poration would let him on the young pwple, bukit Libros would wilt or reverting to a mid-now Donnybrook Buation, spanderomerofishe time nuding
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