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EVEN ZATOPEK WOULD HAVE WAITED

The Officials Race would have been the star turn of Sunday's Hongkong Amateur Athletic Club Pentathlon Championship at Wah Yan, College, Kowloon, were it not for the acute nervous tension surrounding the start.

The starter had hardly ventured to say “On..” when J. E. P. Blenkinsop, the eventual winner, was off. Brother Conrad, second from right; waited at least for "..your.." and Father Lawler, extreme right, bolted off like a hare at

marks."

Phil Ward, extreme left, was sufficiently steeped in AAA traditions to wait for "Get..". Mrs Van Vliet, her patience exhausted despite memories of herve wrecking moments wailing for the gun at the Netherlands Athletic Championships, waited at least till "set".

"Recorder," with Old Blenk hogging the limelight to the point even of obscuring his cigarette, gave the starter one withering glance and also set off "before the "Go!"

One must congratulate Mrs Van Vliet above all for the yardage she made up in the circumstances. As for Old Blenk, he at least practices what he teaches his sprinters. As Mike Curzon aptly put it later, "Even Zatopek would have waited."--China Mail Photo.

FAST BOWLERS' WAR

MAY DECIDE THE COUNTY CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP

Says DENNIS

HART

England next week officially welcomes the summer-

ing of a new cricket season.

TAKE YOUR CUE FROM HORACE LINDRUM

The Art Of Snookering

I have already stressed the importance of knowing and understanding angles for over- coming snookers. The need to be able to make use of the cushions to best advantage is obvious when it comes to laying snookers.

The object of laying a snooker is to obtain passity points from your opponent. It is pointless to set a snooker which can be easily overcome, unless you feel that, by his play, your opponent will leave you better placed for your next turn at the table..

Golf

Team

Club

1. If you understand the angles at which a ball will come away from a cushion you will be able to deal with the majority of stsockers. Many portions of course, may only demand the

Beats dribbling of the cue-bell behind

Services

the anookering ball, and' in soch cases your judgment of speed will be the important factor.

I am not an advocate of the A leam representing the Royal saftey type of game; by this I Hongkong Golf Club was suc- mean the game which is deli- cessful in a golt match played berately prolonged by players the cue-ball up arxi against a Services side over 38 sending holes at Fanling on Sunday, the down the table and laying weak Anal store being 32%

pose, except to wear out the Lunch time arrived with the patience of the opponent. Club leading by 154 points to

1914 in favour of the Ch to snookers with no defrite puN-

Sports Diary

TODAY

Soccer

An intelligent well-laid Div 1 Club v Police (Club). 10 their players having won snooker will be satisfying to P.. 14 games, lost "nine and halved you, it will gain the respect of DW, A CAA v Club (Navy);

one,

17

St Joseph's RAF (Skp). Both

more points were collected your opponent and wir apprecia-matches at 6 p.m.

by Club players in the afternoontion from your audience, fourballs to their opponents 9, eight games being won and four

DIFFICULT FOT

You may be faced with 3 The lowest "better-ball" dur- difficult pot and know that if ing

the afternoon games was

fail with the stroke you will returned by Messrs D. L. Anderve your opponent in good

The State! who position for a break. son and A. F. Sutclitte

ppt

played very well together to of the game may not call for a But if you see the core 67 which gave the Army snooker. pair of Major Edgar and Cap- possibility of laying a difficult

Jenkins little chance of snooker

tain success.

Div 2: Championship play-off, Arst match, at Caroline H. 8 p.m. Boxing Colony Championships at the Mia- skra to Seamen, 6 p.m.

TOMORROW

Soccer

Playing to leave a snooker.

Rotherham United Are Now Favourites For Second Division Honours

London, Apr. 25,

Rotherham United became favourites to win the English Second Division soccer championship when they beat an injury hit Swansea Town 2-0 tonight.

Lying fourth after Saturday's programine, Rother- nalatham are now sharing first place, with Stoke City, 1-0.

winners at Port Vale tonight. Each have 52 points.

Div. 1: CAA v Kiasish) & 7.0

Boxing Colony Championships Southar Flayground commencing at 8.30 p.m.

THURSDAY

Soccer

Stoke have a superior goal p.m. Dwv. 1: RAF Kwong Wah (CH) (averaga but they have only cee Championship player more game to play, whereas Recond mates at the Club ground Rotherham have two.

instead of atteninting! the pot, it is all part of the game,

Dw. as and not a useless prolonging of Individual scores follows. (Club players named | ft.

first):

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What about the times when Singles Old Course 3.D. Macklem Hughes i: D.L.: game demands a snooker? and the open-Anderson Mal A.G.S. Edgar : Train your mind to sum up the R. Collis & Capt P.H.J. Exownsinuation quickly. Avoid the 1: F. Ranken B-Maj V Huyse defeatist atitude, even if you

The question every fan is asking is, "Can Surrey do it again?"

With a hat-trick of County Championship victories Surrey begin to dominate the game as Yorkshire did before the war. Now they chase their fourth successive esso A 3. Callum may be feeling nervous, ane title. Led by the powerful, inspiring Stuart Surridge they will chase hard.

Will they succeed? The answer may lie in another struggle for power, private one this time, between seven men.

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Ashes

was

a

EK W.AH. BaNote 1-Capt S.A. Bizzart : G.O.W. Stewart 1-W/O teel your chances of winning are Gion : B. W. Heath JJ.B. slight Take into consideration Walter 0 R.D. Bell Le P. Mes

L.L. Shaw -Lt-Co P.H. your epocent's avitude it it is Carey J.J. Cowperthwonte 1—2/LI on importent match game; be

A.H. Beckford 0; W.C. FELLOONS 1

Capt. II. Burt 0.

year steady and continued at ack Singit New Course

will increase that feeling and F.D. Hunter o-Capt J. M. C. Thornton 11: A.F. Sutchie Capt may cause him to fall down on HAW. Jenicina 0: R.P. Moodle 1 an easy shot. Once started in Their special reason for want/ 0.5 Hall 6; W. Yan Alst that direction the game The key seven arc Alec Bedset, England's resounding

It P. A. White 0; WN, Gray -Capt ing to do well this season? They D.A. Kennedy 3: 1. Goldman - quickly fall in your favour Peter Loader, Frank Tyson, victory.

Lt C. Bramwell 1: N.A. Brown providing you know how to lay Freddie Trucman, Brian Statham. Tyson went to Australia an just like bowling.

Capt R.B. Owena 3; 13. Zelich

a snooker. Leslie Jackson and Clig Gladwin.unknown quantity. It

There, then, are the ingredients/ Glimon 1: A.B. Coleman 1 All are fast bowler-Bod-er is known that he could bowl. fast. more mcdium pace, but does speed alone is not every for a first-rate summer struggle

Eut open with the new ball. All aim thing. Without accuracy it is-spesi and determination. to prove they are England's almost nothing. In

Who will win? With fast Almost matured. Tyser All have a special reason best.

bowling so much a matter of for doing,

night, he

an changed from

team work the favourite com- energetic, but raw, trundler to a

binations appear to be Bedser The man

most in the public master of controlled venom,

and Loader and Gladwin and

Watt 0; Batom/Gray Biggart/cbject bell -ry of course, is Northampton. But he still relies on speed. Jackson. But Yorkshire Kennedy - Stewart/Goldman possible

shire's Frank Tyson. His thun- Will this command the success their seemingly urending flow of † Gibson/Bramwell 2: Heath/Brown 0 derbolts demolished Australia's in England's batting, and paved the way for spare? Or can Tyson, a keen talent, have unearthed another/Giman D. L.L. Shaw/Coleman ericket student, produce. another good prospect, Philip Hodgson 3-Careykendall is: Cowperthwaite

puts his full callum/Vaughn style and again confound the 19-year-old who

6 ft. 6 ins. into every ball. He critics?

prove the perfect foil to Trueman.

NOTICE

THE HONG KONG

JOCKEY CLUB

Notice to Members

Australian Subscription Ponies 1956

The Stewards have ordered a. batch of 80 Australiao Subscription Ponies to race in 1956 and they now invite Members to subscribe them.

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heavier

Australia, uver-

atmo

"The answer could make all the difference

whether To Northants' name is inscribed on the Championship trophy.

can

This, with Australian tour spinners Bob Appleyard and

Baxter 0: W.S. Vaughan 1%-Maj Kendall Of D. Show W/O 1 C.D. Elrek 0; K.U. Duimg" 14 May Pusineld V. Total: Club 164: Services 1945.

Fourballs Maccle/Thunder_0=Hughes/Thornton

21 Anderson/Suter Hall Hanken Van Alst Erythe Jenkins & Collis/Moodle HerBrow00/

-Walker/Owens 2; Bell/Letică 2-

D. Shaw quiLynem/Phaser 6: Me- Beeldford/sztrick akner zu BMC WE

-Bunt/Pudinelli 0. Totais: Club 17:

Grand totals: Club 32; Services 105.

STABLEFORD

won

Obviously. at the closing stages of a game you need to keep the three balls blue, pink

6 p.m.

Tamerlane Is

Favourite For 2000 Guineas Turf Classic

London, Apr. 25. Lord Porchester's colt Tamer lane displaced the French colt for as favourite Beau Prince Wednesday's Two Thousand Guineas Turf Classic at the Victoria Club callover here-to- night.

+

and black-on the table to make Tamerlane, who is to be ridden

chances your

of snookering by Australian jockey Arthur botter, and your aim should be Breasley, was cut from 8 to 6 to keep the cue-ball and theto 1. Beau Prince is second far apart as favourite at 7 to 1 and Americ, another French trained coll who was opposed out to 10 to 1 from graph. With only the blue, pink joint third best with Our Babu, photo his previous odds of eights, is and black on the table I need to ranking English juvenile of

Take a look at the

a snooker, To get it I address

the cue-ball below centre with last year.

a shortened grip on the butt of

was

at 8 to 1. Klairon.

There was a change of lender- ship in the Northern Section of the Third Division Barrsley, winners of their last ten games, lost at Chesterfield and concerted

lead to Accrington, 3-1,:~

Should the club win pro- | the

motion, Rotherham, a Yerieshire |wingers 20. Hartlepools-Reuter. town with a population of 89,000. would become the smallest town to boass First Division team le the history of English football.

Howe the position is still

at the top very open

of Second Division, as

as Birmingham

the

kept right in the promotion hunt by winning 3-0 at Hull. They have 51 points with two games to play. Leeds United, without match tonight, also have 51 points but only one game out- standing.

League Soccer Results

ال

.1

REVISED BADMINTON FIXTURES

TODAY

At Club de Recreio

8 pm Junior Ladies Doubles.. Miss C. Ho & Mrs - M. Soares v. Chul Yuen-chun & Mix C. Young.

8.30

p.m. Senior Ladies'.. Doubles-Missca D. Yung & Y Y. Chan y Misses U. Khoo & D. Gray.

London, Apr. 25. Association Football results League Division. I Newcastle U 1 Blackpool League II (South) Queen's Park 1

Walsall Shrewsbury Torquay Port Vale

0 Stoke City Hull City 0 Birmingham Rotherham U 2 Swansea

9-p-m-Junior-Men's-Singles. ---- George Ma v. Wong. Wai-humg.

9.30 p.m. Senior · Ladies* 1 Singles-Miss Mary Wong v. 3 Bournemouth 0 Miss Mimi Tang

1 1 3 Reading

10 P.M. Senior Mixed Division II

Doubles.-W. F. Foo, &" Miss 1U. Khoo v. R. Young & Mis C.

League

League III (North)

3

Irish challenger Ballymartial the cue to drive the blue fast driftet to 100 to 9. He W. C. Falconer (84-12-73) enough for it to finish at the previously

a Stableford competition baulk end of the table, and at another French challenger, came Up at Old Trafford, Lan-Johnny Wardle to follow, will

played over the Old Course at the same time screw the white-down to 25 to 1 after being I think, just give Yorkshire the Fanling, during the

weekend ball away so that it Bnishes be offered at 40 to 1 at the last Bradford cashire's jet-propelled deliveries

callover.

on Business

Chester 36 is in the capable edge over Surrey's all-England with department

points hind the pink and black. score of attack of Bedser, Loader, Lock,

Guineas was substantial though Gateshead S

? Wrexham McCallum (81-972) Brian hands of

A. G. But it should be a

ΣΤΟ outstanding bels was runner-up with 35 points.

were Hartlepools U 1 Accrington Statham was Tyson's partner in and Laker.

struck.

2 Mansfield Stockport the England team and deserves close thing.-London Express Lt. A. H. Beckford and P. J.

Daly sharing third place with TACA LUSITANIA an equal share of credit for their Service.

33 points. success.

SPEED SQUAD

Statham

But the glory went to Tyson, This season Statham, technical- foby, perhaps, the finest of Eng-

Jand's speed squad, will be out) to capture it for himself, and Lancashire,

An application form has been posted to every Member.

The SSE of Tysco and In the event of non-delivery Statham in Australia brought,

may

be

further forms

besides all the joy and excite- ment of England's victory, a obtained at the Club's Office,mement--the dropping of Alexandra House, 8th Floor Aloe Bedier, so long the pillar of

England's bowling.

on

A bilter blow indeed to "Big Fella". He took it nobly, but

South African Cricketers At

Lords Ground

London, Apr. 25. The South African cricketers who arrived yesterday for the tour of England went through an intensive fielding practice lasting an hour at Lords ground here today.

2

A

KU. Daung (821270) Was the winner of the New Course

of

Stableford with a return

MATCH ON SATURDAY

38 points. E, C. Drown (8414-70) and Y. T. Tsoong match for the "Taca Lusitania" For the forthcoming annual (87-17=70)

were joint run- ners-up with 35 points.

the

Derby betting was light but layers reduced the odds against the favourite Acropolis and his nearest rivals, the French colts Beau Prince and Hafiz IL Closing quotations were:

2,000 GUINEAS

Capt. between the Kowlcon Bowling (One mile Newmarket, April 27)

J. Thornton and L. Goldman being third with 34 points.

Table Tennis

Japanese Team In England

A. A.

Reuter.

3 Ho

-30 OHM 20 N

Larsen Beaten By Gardini In ̈

4

8 to 1 Tamerlare: 7 to 1 Ecau Genoa Tourney

TOMORROW At IRC

8.00 p.m.

Senior Men's Sin- gles.--Ramon Young. v.»Junior Pomeroy.

8.30 p.m. Junior Men's Sin- les.-S. K. Wong Yonk

9.00 p.m. Junior Ladies Sin- gles (Final) Miss Diana Yung v. Miss Mary Wong.

9.30

p.m.. Junior Men's

Brown & H. J.

Doubles.-B.

Xavier v. R. Nunes & R. Re- medios.

Green Club and Club de Recreio at the Recreio on Saturday, April 30, commencing at 4 p.m., Prince; 10 to 1 Americ and Our

10.00 p.m; Senior Mixed the Portuguese Chub will be Babu, 100 to 9 Ballymartial; 100

Gence, Italy, Apr. 25. Doubles Dr K. S. Low & Mrs represented by the following: to 7 Soleil Royal: 100 to 6 Flying Toniie Chankaich Fausle M. Soares v. Winner of Foo/

Story. Alexander, Gladiator IV Gardini beat Art Larsen of San Khoo & Young/Ho. Lopes (skip), C. C. and Royal Falm; 20 to 1

1 Golden Pereira, M. L. Roza, J. L. S. Flanet; 22 to 1 Nonchalance; 25 Leandro, Calif 6-4, 8-8. 8-2, Alves

to 1 Klairon; 33 19 1 Nucicus: 40 today to winr the Men's Singles LF. Xavier (skip), E. Mo 1 Lycidas and Windsor Sun;tle in the Gera International Alarecun, D. C. Alves, A. S.50 to 1 Time to Reason, Noble Tennis Tournament.

8.00 3.1. Senior Braga

Chieftain, Marwari. My Smokey

Tetta Zehden of Germany

the Women's Singles title Singles.-DY K. S. Low v. Bill

Funk.. 40, 34, 6-4 hemph

p.m. Senior" Ladies' over Nicla Migliori of Italy and Doubles. Misses Helen Kwong the teamed with Alberto & S. Correia v. Misses D. Lam Fathini of Italy to win the ·& M. Wong,

still aims to prove that. England ins at close and long range For Two Matches onha, A. A. Guterres, G. A. tory and Jinity.

The Subscription List will close at NOON FRIDAY, 29th April, 1955.

By Order of the Stewards.

H. MISA,

Secretary, Australia was

cannot de without him,"

Headaches

Toothaches Colds

BAYER

are quickly overcome by

CAFASPIN

Talking of leaching the selec-

ир сп

They concentrated on catch-

picking

and The run throwing in. They rounded off the exercise by running a few lops round the ground

London, Apr. 25. Toshiaki Tanaka of Japan, the new World Singles Table Tennis Champion, arrived at London Airport tonight from Amsterdam

seven other members

with

E. Noronha (skip), G. A. and Tudor Jinks; 200 to 1 Fac-wan

Guterres.

Pereira Rivero.

C.

State,

and

THURSDAY

+

At St. Teresa's Hall

Men's

8.30

p.m.

9.00

Junior Mixed Doubles. Louis Sousae & Mrs M. Soares v. G. Ma & Miss D. Yung

9.30 pm, S.K. Wong & Misg

THE DERBY a back

Paseos (skip), A. P. Another who took

C. P. Basto, Sam Mat to Tyon arki Stathamn in

(11⁄2 miles Epsom, May 23)

Bodeer's courty

X, M. Silva (skip), A. M. 7 to 1 Acropolis; 10 to 1 Beau Mixed Doubles crown with a collongue, Peter Loader. He

The team, one of the anest joins forces with Ale to show Belding sides in the world, will

Souza, C. M. Silva, J. A. Victor. Prince; 100 to 3 Hafiz ; 100 to 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, victory over Mies C. Roza Pereira (skip), A. F7 Tamerlane 100 to 6 Alexander, Miglini and Orlando Sirola, the selectors what they missed lack nothing in fitness

when with

of Gomer, H. R. Pinna, M. Roza Solarium and True Cavalier; 20 both of Italy. and, ridentally, keep the cham- they tour with a game at Wor- the Japanese team.

Pereira.

to 11 Clean Americ, Daemon pishiship for Surrey,

Tomorrow evening Japan J.F.V. Ribeiro (skip), B. P. cester on May 7.

Earlier, today Miss Zebden and and Our Babu; Trumpeter and play England in an international Marques, J. P. Xavier,

L. Min, 93 to 1 Oyster Bay

25 to 1 Huge Pupus and Shikar Faihini beat Alberto Pericol y Chan v. Sui Chuen & Tomorrow the South" Africans match at Leeds, Yorkshire. The Rodrigues.

Pealy, and Bob Berard of Miss C, Ho.me tors a lesson, a lad in York will again visit Lords for batting following day they will meet a A. A. Remedios. (skip), H. J. Kookaburra; 40 to 1 Marwari, Canada, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, in a Mixed shire intends to do that in a bit and bowling practice. China South

in Noronha, S. E. or England team

Doubles semi-finals, Souza, R. G: My Foot and Noble Chieftain. way. He is Freddie Trueman. Mail Special,

Laurel

China Mail Special.."

Press, Freddie, cricket's stormy petrel, did

no:

the chance to be Bry even a back number in Aus- tralia His winter was spent selling furniture and itching to get back in harness, Widespread- and terrible may be the hayce wrought this summer by Fiéry Fred,

PUBLICITY AND BALLËHOO The resurgence of speed in English cricket has brought publicity and ballyhoo. Yet, over in Derbyshire, two men have been regularly sending 'em down fast and taking wickets almost unnoticed, They are Cliff Clad- win, of greying hair but still with tremendous zes for the game, and Leslie Jackson.

To-

gether they took 255 wickets last season, for about 15 runs aplece, and bowled Derby to third place in the

table

London-Reuter.

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im Senior Mixed D.ML Doubles.---Junior Pomeroy»: &· Miss. B. Remedios v. B. Funk & Miss H. Kwong.

FRIDAY

At Tulkoo Chib /

8.00pm: Senior Men's Doubles, R. Tay & F. Wong.v. M..Ebrahim & P. V. Yap.

8.30 p.m.Senior Ladies Singice-Mies Helen Kwong v Miss Stella Correin,

9.00

Senior Men's Doubles Dr K. S Junior Pomeroy v V. F. Too & F. C. Wong G

9:30 p.m. Junior Ladies Doubles (Final), Mics D. Yung & Y. Y Caần v... Winner of Sheres/Ho &r Chin/Young.

10.00 pm Junior Men'S Dopbles.-G. Ma de Wong Wai- hung v$. K. Wong & But

Chuen