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WONG PENG SOON SAYS,

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1955.

CAMBRIDGE WIN BY 15 LENGTHS

It Will Take A Long Time Before England Will Be A Force In World Badminton

By ERIC NICHOLLS

Wong Peng-soon is back, back on top of International badmintoft, after a break of two years. The World's No. 1 player brought his shuttlecocks to London, and re turned to Malaya with the All-England Men's Singles trophy.

The Cup is to stranger to Wong's mantelpiece. This is the fourth occasion it has been part of his plane baggage to Singapore. Wong won the title on three successive visits in 1950, 1951 and 1952.

non-commital

Wong was And Eddie Choeng, this year's

stranger to about Malaya's chances of re- runner-up, is 220

A Wong, Peng-szem,

tellowtaining the Thomas Cup this Malayan, Eddie fall to him in year. But he did suggest the The English 1952 championships. biggest challenge, would come

either the Danes Since then Eddie has held the from

Yet Wong is 37, an age when most have set the badminton, courts behind them. No such

Indians.

thought for Wang. I cry Charles

on as long as

am able to give

best," he told me... var my.

he

alay special Choong? "No." I tactics against never weary about such things," said Wong, "I just play my normal game. Iz 1 win, it'e to my credit, I lose, I just lose. TYPICAL STATEMENT

A typical statement from a man who is the World's best, in his own sphere, yet one who has

allowed success

over his natural

never

triumph modesty.

FA RESULTS

to

London, Apr. 4. Association Football results: SCOTTISH CUP SEMI-FINAL REPLAYS

Airckie Clyde

0 Celtic

1 Aberdeen

2

0

Celtic and Clyde meet in the final on Saturday, April 23. LEAGUE IN SOUTHERN

Walsall

Coventry C

6 N'hampton T

3 Newport C

LEAGUE III NORTHERN

Bradford C 2 York City

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South

Of

America?

"I don't

+

I

think so," said Wong. "They are still relying on their old stagers They only just managed to beat Canada.

"Still you never know in this game," he added with a shrug and a smile. "A lot depends on the the Atress and fortune of teams taking part. A couple of

Tuin their team's

To Fight players may be injured or lose

African

form, and

chances."

Apart from the bitterly cold weather (the sudden change of Edmonton Alberts, Apr. 4. climate affreted my play in the took Former World Heavyweight championships"} Wong Champion Excard Charles, has back with him-a-good-impres- formally signed a contract to sion of England's Women. play- fight South African: Heavyweight|ers. Johnny Arthur here Text Monday.

it will be a long Wong teels time before England is a force the badminton world. Boxing promoter Sack Berry in aid today he has raceived the "Because of the expense there from Charles, just aren't the young players signed contrast

he said The former top man of the coming up,"

English badminton enthusiasts heavyweight division is due here

rooting will be

for Wong in the tomorrow night.

Thomas Cup matches. For any one who can make a successful come-back at his age deserves all the fuck that is going, and more besides.

It was reported requests for tickets were ahead of those for the Earl Walls Rex Layne bout which took in. 34,000, United Press

London Express Service.

PORT OF SPAIN TEST

A

Australia Fields Scratch Side Against Trinidad

Port of Spain, Apr. 4.

Trinidad were 188 for seven wickets at the close of play on the first day of their match against the Australian Touring Side here today.

Trinidad made a poor start in their match and lost three wickets for 51 runs before lunch.

Jeff Stollmeyer, their Cap- Only Hammond Furlonge. tain, was first to go when he playing in his second irst class was bowled by Lindwall with match,

and veteran Gerry

the score at 23. Lindwall made Gomez, who was enticed out of the ball stand up sharply from retirement for this gaze. looked

and a length,

Stollmeyer at all capable of scoring runs on watched it hit his body and the easy pitch. roll on to the wicket.

One run later

who

In hot, humid conditions the Ralph Legall Australian bowlers never exerted was dismissed without scoring themselves, Lindwall,

a brilliant bowled well within himself, was when

Burge held cnc-handed diving catch.

the most successful bowler, taking three wickets for 38 in Trinidad lost their third

16.overs. wicket when H. Tang Choon, believed to be the only full- Ron Archer, however, was the blooded Chinese in Arst-class most impressive Australian out leg before to bowler and was unlucky, not to cricket, was bill Johnson.

have taken at least three or four At lunch it was raining wickets. Reuter, heavily.

With Keith Miller, Alan

Davidson, Ian Johnson and

were

Britain's world famous once yearly Inter-University boat race was won this

Oxford prior to the race year by the enormous margin of 16 lengths. favourites to win at 2-1, but Cambridge put on a terrific spurt after the half way mark and Oxford found it impossible to catch up.

Mainly due to Oxford's effort in trying to catch the Cambridge team the No, 6 Oxford stroke collapsed. This picture shows the finish of the race with a'long view of the course and Oxford not yet in sight.—Express Photo.

BRITAIN MUST PLAY YOUNG

STARS

IN DAVIS CUP

M

Says Alan Hoby

Behind the scenes in Britain's Lawn Tennis there is simmering a controversy which may boil over-next month when the season starts.

The issues are clear-cut. :

"

for

TAKE YOUR CUE FROM

HORACE LINDRUM-

Advanced Shots

Practice

Makes Perfect

Let's look this week at some advanced snooker playing which at the same time will give the not-so-advanced player something interesting to practise.

You will be doing well if you can tackle this position successfully. It is one which faced me in a recent club exhibition, when I required two blacks and all the colours Jo win. The thin cut stroke which I talked about in my last article helped me to victory.

Look at Diagram A and right-hand side cushion and decide how you would proceed finish in a good position for

the yellow, X4,

For potting the yellow lato the middle right-hand pocket, I had to apply a little left-hand side on the cue ball so that E came away gently from the bottom right-hand side cushion to settle at roughly X5.

ORED

SINK RED

CUE-BALL

OBLUE

YELLOW

GREEN O

BROWN

BLACK

Diagram "A" ..

to play if you had been in my position.

Should the "Old Guard"--gallant gentlemen like Mottram. Paish, and Oakley --who have flown the flag for so long continue to represent Britain in the Davis Cup?

A's Or should

those brilliant know-how which make World

Michael Grenfell Davies, he is perhaps the most youngsters Bobby Wilson from Champions. Finchley, Billy Knight from Ability? Bobby Wilson at brilliant of the three.

A believer in all-out attack, Northampton, and fiery Michael 191 bas been described AS Davies from Swansea be given possessing the finest forehand reached the last 16 at Wim- their chance in the world's top and service for a boy of his bledon

There is also Roger Becker, tennis tournament?

age ever sean la England.”

another gifted young player.

The Australians (Rosewall, Road), and the Americans (Tra-red into

Richardson) bert, youth.

SLMALITIES

I say: "BLOOD? THE BOYS

At Wimbledon last EN BLOG.

What can we lose he put up a wonderful show Prestige? We haven't

anyagainst the US No. 1 Tony Tta- Last time Britain won the bent. Davis Cup was 1926. Last time an Englishman--Fred Perry won the Men's Singles file at

Wimbledon was ditto.

ENORMOUS POTENTIAL.......

Now It's 1955, 'And after nearly 20 years of struggle and muddle and never quite getting there Britain has a young Davis, Cup squad of enormous potential."

Whatever your views, for or against, this is the most crucial year since the war for English lawn tennis the year when these youthful musketeers who have been sa carefully groomed by the Lawn Tennis Association will reach world class or not.

That's why urge: play them

In the Davis Cup. They may not win. It doesn't matter.

With young Australia and America around, the British haven't an "earthly" in the later

stages of this tournament any WAY.

LOOK AHEAD But we can look ahead to

Left-hander Billy Knight, also 132, earned the highest praise from Australia's Davis Cup boss, Harry Hopman, during his visit "Down Under"

encourage

If our boys are ever to make the grade and bring back the glorious days of Fred Perry and

"Bunny" Austin, we must do the same.

(London Express Berries)

IOC To Meet In Paris

To Decide Venue For

1960 Olympic Games

Lausanne, Apr. 4.

The International Olympic Committee will decide

on June 18 which, of seven cities will stage the 1960 Olympic Games.

The seven are Brussels, Budapest, Detroit, Lausanne, México City, Rome and Tokyo.

Colin McDonald on the injured Rain Washes next year and the year after for the 1960 Winter Olympics.

are helding a

st, Australia scratch side.

Milier 15 suffering from a swollen leg, but is expected to be fit for the second test, which begins on April 11. Johnson's injured heel is improving and he is also expected to be available for the next test.

McDonald is nursing his

The Committee will also hear from four aspirants They are Garmisch- that And we can see to it Partenkirshen, Innsbruck, Squaw Valley (California) that, by constant competition-

exceptional youngsters acquire the gamesmanship "and

Out Tennis practice at international level and St. Moritz.

Exhibition

With the Philippine Devis bruised ribs and a bruised toe. Cup team's teenage star Johnny and Davidson is still receiving Jose leading the St. Joseph's treatment fer a torn heel tendon. College and Hongkong school- Stollmeyer, who had to with-boy Ng Man-cheung 2-1 hi the draw

the Firm Test be- first set, from

a sudden

downpour cause of an injured finger, is forced the postponement of leading the Trinidad side. Gerry | yesterday's Fochibition tennis Gomez who toured 'Australia in match at the Hongkong Cricket 1950-51 and was recently called Club. back from retirement, is also in the side.

(7

Referees' Dinner

Mr Ho Ka-lau, Hon. Secre- fary of the Hongicong Lawn Tennis Association, informed the spectators that yesterday's pro- gramme would be brought for- ward to this evening, and the

The Hangtong Football Re-matches · arranged for today ferers' Association are bolding would be advanced to Wedues-

their annual dinner-dance at day. the Peninsula Hotel on Wed- nesday, April 13.

Cocktails will be at 8.30 pm,

and dimer at 9 pm

Tickets, costing $10 each, are

The programme for the two days are as follows;

TODAY

4. Jose y Ng Man-cheung;

obtainable from the Associa R. Deyro, v KC. Dao and F Lion's Chairman, Brig Young Ampon v Ip. Koo-hung from the Secretary, Mr F. J.

Stanley, 1A Hanoi Road, third

TOMCEROW:

Bloor, or from Maj. ACA J. Jose v Ho Cheung-po; JE Waller, SOPT.

Headache

Do not wait patiently for your suffering to end Toke for 2 tablets of CAFASPIN dissolved in half a glass of water, and headache will soon yonish

CAFASPIN

(MAY EM

Jose and C. Carmona v Tsui Wal-pul and V. Wang, F Ampon and R. Deyrov Ip. Kocci-hung and Edwin Teal

Play on both days is sche- "duled to commence is. 4.15

fiekets purchased yesterday will be vald for today.

TABLE TENNIS

Liverpool, England, Apr 4 Czechoslovaida, beat. Bosh 6-1; in an International" Terrils imitaty here- temigħh

Sports Diary

TODAY Soccer

Div. 1: Eastern v Army (CSD): RAF y sms Two (Club); Folle Club (E9). All uniches at 4 p.m.

Div. 2A: Et Joseph's v South Cuma (Navy) 6 y..

FI

Tennis Exhibition matches between

and 10 KCC1 Davis Cup team 425 p.

TOMORROW

Boccer

Div. 1: South China v KMB (CH)

Div. 2 "A": Police

6 p...

DIY, 1 "B" CMB

Telephone

Notices to this effect were there was a strong feeling in sent out to all Committee mem; tavoir of this and it did not in- bers today and the IOC will|tringe in any way 'on an athlete's meet at the Cercle Inter Allle amateur status. (Paris) on June 15 to listen to each delegation of the interested nations, state why they think their city should be host for the Games.

The Committee will also con- sider applications for member- ship for Barbados, Ecuador, Exist

Germany and Northern Rhodesia and Kenya, China

The vote wil be taken on Mail Special June 18, probably in two parts. The first would narrow dawn the selection to two or three cities followed by a final deci- that sive vote. It is expected

the decision regarding the Olym pic Games will be made in the morning and that for the winter Olympic in the afternoon.

WELTERWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT ON JUNE 10.

New York, Apr. 4. Tony Demarco today signed to Mr Otto: Mayer, Chancellor of defend his newly won World v RAF (ES) the IOC, said here today that Welterweight Boxing champion- among other matters to be dis- ship against Carmen Bisilo, at (Navy); Little Sai Wa Prieca cussed at the Paris meeting Syracuse (NY) on June 10.

Demarco won the Title last (Bxp). Both matches at a par would be the question of allow

ing amateur athletes to receive Friday by knocking out Jotuning Hockey

Special payment for the time Saxton in the 14th Round spent on training. He admitted Reuber.

Div, 2 "A" RAF v Soon pota "A" (Kal Tak) 543 pm,

THE GAMBOLS

YESTERDAY

WISH YOU'D BE MORE

YO DAY

弹

I

Striking the white ball below. centre now for potting the green inte the middle left-hand

pocket. I

I screwed lato position for the brown, X8.

Again

I

addressed the cue- ball low-this time to pot the brown into the bottom right- hand corner pocket. The white ball screwed directly up tha table into position X7 for th blue

The

the

used right-hand side for potting the blue into the middle left-hand pocket; the white ball top came away fast from the left-hand side cushion to paes between the pink and the black and settle at XS.

A delicate

necessary for into the

top

pocket. I

amew

potting

WIS DOW

the pink

left-hand corner

struck the cue-ball low and screwed into position X9 for taking the black into the top -right-hand pocket.

COTOMC

In

Of course this mode of play is advanced, but that is no reason why the beginner should This is how I tackled it.

not attempt it. I have placed took aim from the left edge of this and similar positions on the my cue-ball to the right-edge table for several of my bezin- of the red ball, and looking at her pupils and together we have the

top right-hand corner taken the shots one by one. pocket to check the angle of every case it has been worth contact

on the

object-ball, I trying so don't be put off when applied right-hand side to the I talk of "side", "screw" ""stun white ball and speedily cut the or the "thin cut"

top right-hand

The white bail came away from the top right-hand side cushion and travelled across the table

bottom to hit the

test hand side cushion, then the bottom. cushion to finish eventually in perfect position for the black, as shown by tracer X1 on Diagram B.

comer pocket.

ORED OPINK**

X3

BLUE

CUE-BALL

RED

YELLOW

O

GREENO

BROWN

Diagram "g"

BLACK

Addressing the cut-ball to the extreme right edge of centre for potting the black into the

Tight-hand-

COFTAL

Cross Harbour Swim On October 2

At a meeting of the Execu tive Council of the Hongkong Amateur Swimming Association held yesterday, it was deelded to hold the annual cross- harbour race on Sunday, Octo- ber 2, at 10 a.m..

The decision, camé as the Committee considered a report. from the Championships Com- mittee who also recommended that the Junior and Senior Co- Tony Championships be held towards the end of August.

Mr. A. de O., Sales, Presi- dent, was in the Chair, assisted- by Mr H. W. Winglee, Hon. Secretary, and Mr E. A. da Roza, Hon

Treasurer.

The meeting approved a re- commendation of the Cham- pionships Committee that there be nine events in the Men's Senior Colony Championships, eight in the Women's Senior, eight in the Men's Junior and seven in the Women's

nior.

com-

Heats were prop

proposed to be held on August 29 and 31, September 1 and 2, the finals on September 10, 13, 15 and 17,

YMCA at the European mencing st 8 p.m. bottoms

On the question of registra I now brought she white tion of players, it was decided pocket,

some discussion that a ball away from the bottom after cushion at a sharp angle, to hit Dryer who registered for a club the bottom left-hand side and! must

his services to. conage finish in position for the last that club in all the three

branches red, X2,

A report from the Water Po I potted the last red lying 10 Committee was next con over the top left-hand corner sidered, pocket with gentle speed to The Water Polo Committee. leave an angle pot at X3. for expected that six teams would the black which, of course, had compete in the Senior League now been replaced on its own and

in seven

the Jamion spot.

League.

Their recommendate Fotting the black into the top tion that entries should close on right-hand corner pocket, I used May 15 and that the Lengus running side on the white ball start in the first week of June in order to come off the top was approved.

by Barry Appleby

GOLDEN CHURN

better batter

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