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LEAGUE BOWLS
Recreio "Blues" Signal Their Return To Form By Beating IRC 5-0
By "TOUCHER”
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1955.
TEXAN VICTOR
Champion Recreio "Blues" signalled their return to the front rank of the Colony's leading Lawn Bowls teams in Saturday's curtailed pro- gramme of League matches with a decisive 5-0 win over Indian Recrea- tion Club "Blues"-hitherto the only unbeaten team in the Senior Division. For the victors it was more than a triumph. The decisive margin of their win not only pushed them from fifth position in the League table to second place above the idle KBGC and CCC, but also blunted the strong challenge of their Indian rivals for the season's Championship honours,
As a crucial match the game head, with his opponents lying fell much below expectation and four. Ismail All wrested the very little if any of really good shot and shifted the jack to lie bowls was seen. The intermit | two.
were
ten drizzle and the extremely Johnnie heavy green.
blame for the comparatively low standard of bowls...
come. in with the largely to first, shot to take the lead at 17-18 for the first time in the
On game.
the 19th head, Johnnie again succeeded with 4 he shot, spectacular
when trailed the jack more than a yard against a count of two pr three to chalk up three shots.
Short woods were the general rule rather than the exception and the ability of the Recreto bowlers in general to be up on and past the jack proved the ceching factor in this game.
Quick
M press home this.
woods.
A
right up the end when C. A.. Danenberg produced one of the best shots yet seen this season to give his four a one-shot win. At 14-14 or the last head, Gaffney's ful-blooded
darlve shifted the jack to give his skip a lie of two. The first shot was about six inches behind the jack
with the forehand wel! covered.
Left only one shot to play. Danenberg drew round a short and on the backhand wood with perfect weight and green just lay alongside the shot
shot. not wood for the first
desperate heavy draw by Tom-.. my Baker was well wide of the mark.
On the third rink, Don Phillips" four did extremely Connie well to cover up a two-shol deficit on the last head against A. Remedion and his men to add half point to KCC's League total.
Noronha was a little unlucky with his heavy shot on the last head when he Succeeded in shifting the jack bat left his opponents still with a count of two. Remedios just failed to draw around the blockers for a second shot.
The Recreic four forged ahead advantage, they time and again on the 20th head to a command had the measure of their oppo-ing 21-16 lead with a single, but ments on the full heads, getting ever. then the game was their the first and leaving
the fighting Indians. over for numbers behind in a On the last head they had a opposite
cond lie of four shots close frall a heart-rending short and
had around the jack after it been shifted by K, M. Rumjalin.
wick "by A fucky Pereira enasied him to put in the third shot and all Rusijahn could clo was to add in one mere shot to lose out by 19-21. On the other two rinks the Recreio tours enjoyed a com- fortable win, leading all the Passos four cared for Luz themselves a special distinction single when after conceding
Enjoying almost 80 per cent superiority
to mär
man and showing much, smoother com- between bintan particularly the No. 3s and skips, the "Blues" ware full value for their over- whelming win.
HAD THE EDGE
On practically all the three way. rines their leads, Joe George Gutterres and Spotty Pereira, had the edge of their vis-a-vis, Duffy Razack, A. R. on the first head to A. K. Minu Abbas and Jeff Hoosen.
and his men, they piled up no fewer than 19 shots or the next Hooven. special word of praise, must be successive five ends-two fours. This comebacka wo, a six and a three.
Riven
for the
to score
measure.
heads.
however,
fine
a
In
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SECOND" DIVISION
the Second
Division,
to the heavy green cost Kow- loon Cricket Club a 5-0 defeat at
he made after the lea interval probably constitutes a record in inability to adapt themselves : whi¢h
contribuid in no small prolife scoring.
to his rink's ability Inn Second Division match Taikoo and KCC a on right. successive between
couple of weeks ago, JB.the hands of Hongkong Football few occasions, Lionel Baxter's four came very near Club. On a Rodrigues 'the Recreio team to it when they scored 16 shots particularly on the
heads, Kowloonites 2s on five successive ends against who were never mid in put- G. Lee's rink, and 23 shots on much as five yards short of the ting one that yard or two,
In S. E. Souza and
BUSTERS
two forceful No.
Only A. M. Souza, playing as No. 2 to Haoul Luž, proved to be the weak link in this respect by being persistently short.
seven ends.
UPHILL FIGHT
Joe Conrad (USA) plants an excited kiss on the British Amateur Golf Championship trophy after receiving it from Lord Derby at the Royal Lytham and St. Anne's course, Lancs. Conrad, 25-year-old air officer from Texas, had beaten Britain's Alan Stater by 3 and 2 in the. final-Reuterphoto.
IAN BINNIE, SCOTLAND'S CRACK DISTANCE RUNNER, TRAINS THE ZATOPEK WAY
Says JAMES ANDERSON
Ian Binnie, Scotland's fastest-ever distance runner, has run in a heap of trouble with Scottish athletic bosses. He refuses to be advised on how to win races.
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Saya forthright Ian: "I'm. not laterested in collecting rose bowls, clocks and ' canteens of cutlery: All that interests me is records. There is no satisfaction in passing the tape first if the clock has not been beaten.
"When I started running four In the evenings years ago I thought one record would satisfy me. But it only made me hungry for more. I'm like the man who has been bit- ten by the bug for money. The more
has the more he wants."
he runs 14 miles in fast quarters, half of his lunch hour. Is spent in a six mile road run.
Indonesia Wants
Billy Kelly To Hold B'ton
Exhibitions
Where Ireland failed Scotland hopes to succeed.
failed to wrest the narrowly European Featherweight Boxing Frenchman Ray Glasgow's Chartie
frond So fan, who already holds the over 30 Scottish records, this Famechon,
to season aims to capture those for Hin is try. Two Miles, Three Miles and Six Miles.
is 1
Famechon said he would give Hill a fight if he could beat an- other
Frenchman. Jacques
Binnic the world's top record collector -Emil Zatopek. He trains the Zatopek way,
disciple of Batalio
SPORTS ROUNDABOUT
If Plans
Go
Through,
Don Cockell Will Meet
'Bobo' Olson In London
Don Cockell, British Heavyweight Champion will fight Carl "Bobo" Olson, World Middleweight Champion in London in August if present plans go through.
Olson's manager Sid Flaherty said in San Francisco this week: "I have a man in England conferring with promoters on the project. If we get the right kind of an offer, "Bobo" will fight Cockell."
first few were
No when
as
Jack.
Kowloon Dock Club regain ed the lead in this division with a 4-1 win over USRC. To Credit, however, goes also to the USRC four skipped by the IRC four for the fine up-R. M. Hetherington, however,
E. Roza-Pereira was easily hill fight they put up despite went the honour of handing the C. the best No. 3
on view with his being 25-4 down on the 11th Kowloon Dock four skipped by accurate
consistent shots head. Pulling themselves to-Empire Camta captain R. Connie Pereira' was inclined to
retaliated they gether, be on the short
the for major part of the game and scoring on 10 successive heads the season, Jackie Noronha had some and narrowed
side
ΟΙ
by Gourlay their first defeat
games
their deficit to
The Third Division 17-25 before conceding a three; difficulty
in getting the right and a five on the last two ends were highlighted by an eight green.
scored by the USRC four skipped All the three Recreio skips, of the game. Susy Passos, Johnny Ribeiro and
In the only other First Divi- by R. E. Read in their match Hongkong Electric's J, K. against Raoul Luz played well above sion game of the afternoon. Sloan and his men,
The Ming Yuen combination par, with Luz in particular play-Kowloon Cricket Club met with ing an outstanding game... unexpectedly strong opposition
took the initial lead of 4-0 on Among the IRC bowlers, the from Recreio "Whites" and just the first two heads, only to see
Ismall managed to scrape through with most outstanding was
their opponents strike back with All playing as No. 3 to U. A. only three shots to spare on the
an eight on the third head to aggregate.
a lead which they held up Rumjahn. It was mainly his
snatch a They collected 32 points in
to the end. excellent
support efforts by skip Rumjahn him- this match to retain their post-
This is the second eight scored the Indiansion at the top of the Leagas this season. The honour self that enabled
scoring the first eight "A much better
and
fine.
erow
over
This Hill duly did when he outpointed Bataile in Glasgow.
If Famechon beats Hill, and very Indication is that the 30- every year-old, Frenchman will know too much for the Scots tad, he our claim, complete superiority over Britain's feathers. He has already beaten Irishman Kelly Sammy
and top Englismán
| McCarthy,
DOUBTING THOMASES
to
Joe McGhee, 25-year-old Em- pire Games Marathon trom Falkirk, is a worried man.
He wants
convince the doubting Thomases who claim his Empire Games victory last August was a Buke. And many think it was. Since winning in Canada Joe has been slighted-- all over the world. Invitations for a
To a big Marathon Went out Japan to all the the Tunners in heard of it until it was ever
rum
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the world". Joe never even
"I've never once received an invitation to compete in ang of these big Marathons and I would like to run in some," he says,
The explanation?
Kuala Lumpur, June 12,
The Indonesian Badmin- ton Association is planning to invite players from five or six countries to parti. cipate in an international exhibition
at Djakarta on the 10th anniversary of Indonesia's Independence
on August 17.
Making this disclosure, the Président,"Mr Sudir- man, said he had sounded the idea to officials of the Badminton Associations of Malaya India, Denmark, Australia and Burma and they have, all' agreed in principle ta send their players. Mr
Sudirman said he may also contact the Bad- minton
of Amociation Thailand to send some Thai players for the exhibition.
United Press.
Royal Ascot Postponed
London, June 11. The Royal Ascot race meeting, which was to have been held Reason that in the British next week has been postponed matter
Halliday took over the Aher-Empire Games Marathon every- because of the rail strike. what happens manage Leicester City next Olson meets Archie season.
He takes
early deen management in 1957. He Moore on June 22 for the World next month to
A statement issued tonight by transformed the post
hitherto negative one and everything was over-
by the agonies and the Jockey Club sald "As a into Aberdeen Light-Heavyweight
compelling, shadowed
regult of the further adjourn Olson intends to visit Europe. vater when Norman Bullock positive Cup and League force, efforts of Jim Peters.
To add to Joe's worries he is planning on taking seven retired towards the end of last and a Championship side,
not satifled with his recent times, ment of the railway strike, dis- (London Express 'Service) ör eight fighters over there and season, Olsen wil represent the Light-
cussions, the Stewards of the. Joe puts that down to being Jockey Club have dostponed the a civilian. He has recently been Royal Ascot meeting." Heavyweight class," said Fla-
relcased
from the herty. Asked if Jack Solomons would promote the show, Fla-
service," he says
was all It is understood that an an- herty said: "I don't know.
right.
I got all the time Inouncement about the new date needed for training. Now, as a for Royal Ascot will be made on There are several promoters
schoolteacher, I find I can't get Monday. interested in the show.
enough time."
Madame Chatrier. formerly Susan Partridge, Britain's No. 3 woman lawn tennis player is in the French Singles team for Wimbledon this year.
She and husband Philippe Chatrier, will team up in the Mixed Doubles, and she will play with Mme. Ginette Bucaille in the Women's Doubles.
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Italy
DAVIS CUP.
To Meet Winner
Of India-Britain Quarter-Final Match
London, June 12.
Italy will meet Britain or India and Sweden GORDON PIRIE
will Chile in the semi-finals of the European
oppose the British Gordon Pife, middle distance runner will visit Zone in the Davis Cup Lawn Tennis competition of Canada this summer. His pro-
as a result of matches played this week-end. of the gramme includes two One Mile
of
the RAF. In the
GLASGOW BANGERS Glasgow Rangers are out to recapture their title of Scottish soccer's glamour side-through tougher training.
This
The decision to postpone the meeting is a severe blow to trainers bath in England and
France.
All the best race horses in " England and many from France Awill apply "10
every were expected to compete dur- player, from the top star down ing the meeting. Difficulties will the junior on provisional arise in their training schedules forms who can only get to the fer the new dates. ground for a couple of evenings
to
a week.
The four day dxture is one of the main social highlights of the British Turt season, with some- thing like £70,000 sterling in prizë · 1ooney, making it "the" richest meeting.
The Queen usually attends. —
Rangers have already signed an another dozen Juniors and half as many seniors, to put up the only fight that able with 18andard
And there are more to come. of season went to R. H. Lapsley's races against Fred Dwyer bowls was seen to this encoun-Kowloon Deck four in their the United States. "Pirie, who The Britain-India tie was interrupted by rain at Manager Scot Symon feels that ter which took place on
the match against Filipino Club in will be in Toronto from August Manchester yesterday when the score was two-all with still more money may have to Reuter. Play the Third Division about four slightly drier KCC.Geen.
accompanied
be spent on ready made players. by his brother, Feter, who w Naresh Kumar (India) leading Tony Mottram (Britain) Money will be no object. "But." was even on all the three rinks weeks ago. with never a four enjoying a lead of more than five shots at
concentrate on Three and Six 6-2, 7-9, 6-4 in the final Singles.
Freshman Breaks. Chile had beaten Jackie Brichant 3130 budge. There will be no hag-World Decathlon
they did for the afternoon.
After taking a 4-0 lead on the first three ends against Johnny Ribeiro's four, they held
the lead at 11-6 at the tea interval and it looked as if the Indians were going to salvage one point after all from this match.
By the end of the 15th head they were still in the lead at 16-0. On the 16th head, with his opponents lying two, Rum- john had bad luck in hitting up an opposing wood for a count of
three.
curtain of
la
any time.
-
Le Mans
of
Even up to the last end the
"White" Recreio
were well. striking within
distance 4-1 win point lead over A. A. Lopes. Hong Sling then had a live- with a course of two against him, he succeeded in shifting the jack back to lie two and Lopes could only draw the first shot to nar- Tow the margin of his defeat to 16-20,
-GOOD DRAWING Good drawing by the Recreio front-men, saw them lying four shots on the 17th head and
WELL-FOUGHT these stayed behind frant woods. At 10-16 Johnnie The fours shipped by Tommy Ribeiro struck his best form of Rakety and C. A. Danenberg 18th enjoyed well-fought battle HOW THEY STAND
the afternoon. On
the
2
15 to 30 will be
miles events.
says the Throx boss, "when we do decide to buy a player we The three other Lies were Earlier. Luis Ayala (Chile) will state our price and won't MOTOR RACING
completed today when caused an upset in Brussels by after a tense five sets-1-6, 6-1, gling about values." Mike Hawthorn, Britain's ace taking the two remaining 7-9, 6-1, 7-5 to level at two-all, two wood pigeons and suffered 3-2; Sweden, European Zone in five sets yesterday when the 2 cracked radiator, while driv-winners last year, also won the same four players were engaged. ing at 108 miles an hour over the Belgian Grand Prix Last week.
Official Speed racing driver, had a run-in with Singles which put out Belgium Belgium having won the Doubles Classifications
Ta
course
two Singles today at Stockholm
which enabled them to recover.
10
Le Mans, June 12.
saw the pigeons virtually and beat France 3-2. Italy gain- Official classification of diseating on the front of the car
ed a clean 5-0 sweep against times and average Hawthorn tances,
Copenhagen. said "They disap- Denmark speeds in the Le Mans en-
peared and I felt a bump." The Reuter. durance race for sports cars damage did not prevent Haw- here today, corrected to bring thorn from competing the total times to 24 hours race from which he had to re official duration of the race- Lire. were::
ATHLETICS
in
the
-(London Express Service)
A Wrong Course
Rater
Record
Kingsburg, California,
June 12 Johnson, 19-year-old freshman. At the
Today's results were: Stockholm: Sven Davidson at Sweden France 11-9; 6-2; 9-7.
Lennart Bergelin of Sweden Out Of Running
beat Robert Hallet of Puts Pat Smythe University of California, broke
His total was 80 points better
the World Decathlon record bere last night by compling 7,983 beat Paul Remy of France 1-5;
points. Sweden won by Brussels, June 12, 16-1; 6-2; 6-2,
Paris, June 12, Chile caused an upset in the | 3-2.
Miss Pat Smythe, Britain's than the previous record, set by quarter-final European Zone Brussels: Luis Ayala of Chile leading horse woman, riding match of the Davis Cup com- beat Jackie Brichant of Belgium Flanagan, took the wrong course Bob Mathias (USA) when win- petition today when they beat (1-6, 6-1; 7-9; 5-1; 7-5. 1. (Hawthorn-Buen, Jaguar) total distance, covered 2,594.225 Brian Hewso third in the Eelgium here by three matches Miles at an average speed of three-man Four-Minute mile at to two. 107.061 MPH,
the White City, last month, re- 1,500 2. (Collins - Frere, -Aston Presents England in the
Metres at an Martín)
international total distance covered athletics meeting in Amsterdam 18% 2,530.862 Miles at an average on June 19--the Dutch "Olym
and was eliminated in the Prix ning the 1952 Olympic title in
Helsinki. N Andres Hammersley of Chile du Tremblay "jumping event,
Johnson bettered Mathias! beat Philippe Washer of Belgium when the Paris international The outcome Was in doubt 6-2, 4-8, 6-4, 6, 6-4 Chile horse show was continued today. figures in five of the ten events.
He made certain of the re On Saturday night Miss until the final Singles ended in won 2-2.
cord when he clocked five near dusk with Chile's second
Copenhagen; Giuseppe Merlo Smythe had partnered Flanagan string Andres Hammersley play (Italy)
beat Kurt Nielsen to victory in the opening event minutes 1.5 seconds and scared 251 points In the 1,300 Metres. show, The Prix de final event of the invitational of the ing magnificently
beat (Denmark). 6-0, 4-6, 6-2 4 Chenonceaux. to Philippe. Washer,
Decathlon, held in conjunction Belgium's 7-5. Nicolas Pietrangeli (Italy)
Winner today was Captain | with the AAU Central Associa covered" 2,487.5158 tiles at an Dave Halliday, former chier number one player, in a thrilling beat Joergen Ulrich (Denmark)
Ave sets battle 6-2, 4-8, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3. Italy beat Den-Salvatore Oppes, of Italy, riding tion Track and Field Champlon average speed of 103.161 MPH of new Scottish League
Sirenalla, China Mail "Special, ships.-Reuter, 100-6, 6-4,
FIRST DIVISION
P. W.. D. L F.
A
ប.
Pis. D.
KCC Rec. "Bh
5
I' 324 269 55
•
2 324 276 48
16
speed of 105.457 MPH.
D
245 203 -42
14
253
238
13
3. Belgian entered Jaguar, pic Day." driven by J. Swaters and Clacs,
FOOTBALL
254 241 13
11
213
10
33
87. - 41/2
4 Porsche (Germany) 'driven
Champions, Aberdeen &
1
by Polensky and Frankenberg,
Distance, 2379,68 Miles, average speed 81.113 MPH.
KBGC
CCC
TRC "Bl PRC
IRC "Gold"
Rec. "Whites'
FC
209 242
250
317
160, 209
SEGOND DIVISION
KDC
332
223
HKFC
4.
251
KCC
K
360
HKCC
A
Q
729
208
CCC
196
FC
223
248
USRC
200
PRC
150
와
THIRD
IVISION
KDC
POC
HKERC
RBGC HXFC
PRC
FC
USRC
ECC
3
BEN, ST
19
18
14
12
10
9%
21%
14
*
5. Porsche (Germany) driven. by Seldel and Gendebien, Dis. tance.2308.74 Miles,
speed 96.189 MPH,
average
6. Porsche (Germany) driven by Glockler and Iukan, Distance 2278,44 Miles, average "speed 93.21 MPH-Beuter.
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