1955-06-14 — Page 6

COUNTY CRICKET

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1955.

PIRIE WINS MILE RACE

GORDON PIRIE MAY BE

IN

THE NEWS, BUT

THAT IS NOT ENOUGH

Hampshire Score Their First Victory At The Expense Of Yorkshire

London, June 13.

The top three Counties in the Cricket Championship table all suffered collapses today but while these led to defeats for Yorkshire and Middlesex, the third side, Surrey, had something in hand and maintained a grip on their game with Essex, who look like being well beaten tomorrow.

Yorkshire and Middlesex both suffered the ignominy of an innings defeat and their only consolation was that they had been caught on rain-affected wickets.

Hampshire scored their fast win since 1932 against Yorkshire and owed almost everything to the left-arm spinners of Peter

The

French Cabinet Meets To Examine Le Mans Disaster

Paris, June 13. French Cabinet which met Lonight to examine the Le Mans 24- hour race disaster, de- rided that future, car races In France must be of- ganised under "much stricter" regulations, usual- ly well-informed

sources said tonight,

HAWTHORN TESTIFIES

Le Mans, June 13

racing British

driver Mike Hawthorn, who with Bueb, wou the ill- Ivor

24-hour road race

before

rated

here last Sunday, testified

today

vestigating

the In Magistrate who

holding an inquiry inte

the disastrou -race

eldent in which 79 persons

were killed.

M. England, Director of

the Jaguar

testified

not

racing team,

also. Testimony normally made

public.--France-Presse,

SHELVED

Stuttgart, June 13.

The Mercedes racing part in not take

automobile

cars will not

more

any

events this season unless a certain number of security conditions аге fulfilled, the manufacturers

nounced today.

231-

A Mercedes driven by France's

Pierre Levegh. exploded in mid-air, after

collision during the Le Mang 24-hour race last Saturday, "while travelling at high speed, and killed sonie 80 spectators, ** France-Presse,

London Tennis

Championships Results

The

Wimbledon

Sainsbury and the offbreaks of Roy Marshall, the West Indies a-gounder, who has done so

much" to augment Hampshire's

attack.

second

innings when

they seemed overnwed by the carlier succcases of Sainsbury and Marshall

Fast medium. pace deliveries Sainsbury was celebrating his 21st birthday today

and after Fred Goodwin, Mancheste United's left-half back, shatter.. having Len Hutton and Willie ed Middlesex, who were all out Wats

Valson, the

England players for 94, Goodwin claiming half among his first innings victims, the wickets for 35. got vid Hutton a second time when the Northerners followed on Yorkshire have now lost their last three matches and the gap between them and Surrey has widened appreciably..

#

much to do

Middlesex fared only a litija better afterwards when Malcolm Hilton claimed four wickets for

55 and Goodwin, Roy Tattersall and John Ikin also proved troublesome and failed by 13 runs to save" än innings defeat.

Sainsbury fallowed a first innings spell of five for 19 with

FIRST INNINGS LEAD four for 43 while Marshall claimed three for six, and six for

Surrey shot Essex out to gain 44.

a first innings lead of exactly a Indeterminate stroke play hundred but then found them- had

with York-selves in trouble as the pace of shire's defeat for the pitch was Preston wrecked Surrey's batting nothing like so vicious in their figures.

The game

open was wide when they were all out for 109 but Essex. Jost two second Innings wickets for three runs and another off the last ball of the day to be in difculties at the close. Surrey's first innings lead brought their total points ΤΟ 100, 2 record Tun in Championship games,

CANADA CUP TOURNEY

!

Furgol Wins

Individual Golf Title

Washington, June 12.

While these bowling successes were being gained batsmen held sway at Leicester where Tom Dollery, Warwickshire's profes- aiorial captain, and Ray Hitchcorit put on 220 for the fourth wicket.

Dollery's 106 was his seventh U.S. Open Champion, Ed century against Leicestershire in Furgol, won the Interna-ten tional Golf Tournament to-Hitchcock hit his maiden cen- day on the third "sudden tury in death" hole in a three-way naturally are having the best of playoff after he and Chick the game-Reuter. Harbert had won the Team Championships.

Furgol tied with Flory Van Peter Douck of Belgium and

for the Thamson of Australia individual lead at the end of! the regulation four-day play at 279 strokes.

Harbert, PGA champlon, had a score of 281 to give the two- mon American team a' final

score of 560 strokes for the re- gulation distance. Defending champion Australia was second with 569 and Scotland third with 571.

The top individual scores and prizes were:

Ed Furgol (U.S.), 73, 20, 69, 37- 279 (12 on three-hole playoff). Praze,

$2.500.

the seasons since

war.

first class cricket with 121 And Warwickshire-not un-

KINGSTON TEST

Centuries By

McDonald And Harvey

who

were

Gordon Pirie (South London Harriers) reaches the tape to gain an easy victory in the Mile race at the athletic match between the University of London and the Amateur Athletic Association at the Univer. sity ground at Molspur Park. His time was 4 minutes 6 seconds. It was hoped that Pirie might beat Roger Bannister's track record of 4 minutes 2 seconds-Reuterphoto.

IOC'S 50TH

New Polish

CONGRESS

Composed Played

Olympic Hymn

For The First Time

"

H

By VERNON · · MORGAN

Later President Rene Coty of France officially opened the Congress in the Sorbonne University of Paris.

Before the ceremonies began a minute's silence was observed for victims of Le Mans motor race disaster, in which seventy-nine people died.

June 13.

publican guard. The new hymn, Centuries by Colin Mc-setting of Odes of the Greek Donald and Neil Harvey, poet Pindar, will be played at

both unbeaten, all future Olympiads. Peter Thomson (Austraila), helped Australia make 258 Mr Avery Brundage, Presi→ for two in reply to the Westdent of the IOC, said "we live Flory Van Donck Big Indies first innings total of in materialistic times and it is

67, 11=27 (13 on QR), $1,500,

three-hole play.

60, 73, 70-279 talne on two-hole playoff $1,000.

Chick Harbert (U1S.), 10, ca. 70..

281. $300. Harry Bradshaw (Ireland), 74, 18.

to resist tendencies not easy towards commercialisme...

Junior Boxing

Tournament Tomorrow

י.

By “RECORDER”

Great Britain faces five international athletic matches this season against Germany, Hungary, France, Russia and Czechoslovakia- all in August' and September, Great battles are looked forward to for Gordon Pirie against Sandor Iháros, Jozsef Kovacs, Vladimir Kuts, Aleksander Anufriyev, Emil Zatopek and Ivan Ullsperger.

and

the

Cham-

It is generally taken for granted that Pirie is going to do the main battling. with Chris Chataway as his companion. But there is no guarantee that either Pirie or Chataway will be preferred by the time August comes to such rising stars as Ken Wood, Brian Hewson, Peter Driver, Derek Ibbotson or Hugh Foord, not to mention such established better-known distance runners as Frank Sando and Ken Norris,

Let's have a look at some of from One Mile to Six Miles, he 52.7 seconds for the 440 Yards the team. problems involved. does not lead yet this season Hurdles and T. S. Farrell win- First of all there are two berths even from the sheer versatilityning, the Inter-County in the 1,800 Metres run event. angle,

plonship In 53.2 seconds. Hewson, one of two Britons to If one is to award points on a

The result of the 120 Yards beat the four-minute Mile this sliding scale from 10 to one for

Hurdles at the British Games season, is almost certain of one, the ten fastest so far this season

shows that Britain is heading Chris Chataway, the other, has

miles suggested that he has lost inter each distance from one to six

for its best ever year in this add up total,

event. est in the Mile and will stick to result is:-Derek Ibbotson 22.

Times in this race were → 14.8 Peter Hildreth, Frank Sando 22. Gordon Firie longer distances.

The choice for the second 21. Ken Norris 19,

14.8 Jack Parker, 14.9 Geoffrey berth falls at this stage of the Chataway has not yet ven- Elliott, 15.0 Paul Vine, 15.1 Joe season at least and on form up tured above One Mile and is Birreil. Shaw has also clocked to date between Derek Ibbotson

Six 14.8 go as far as unlikely (4.08.8), Jan Boyd (4.09.0), M. F. Miles, Ken Wood has only run Wamsley (4.09,0), John Evans the Two Miles, Brian Barrett (4:09,2) and Fred Wyatt (4098) has not yet run a Three Miles, among a host of English Miles Driver has not yet run a Mule or who will yet beat 4:10 this Three Miles, so the real chal- season.

lenge is yet to come. The bracketed times

In the Half Mile, beside Milers best for the current sea- victory ovet Lajos Szentgali, It is likeliest of all that the European Champion, at the Derek Johnson Britain's second string will be British Games, Ken Wood, still to run a Mile has recorded a season's best vi this year, with a 4:04.8 best 1 minute 50.0 seconds for Ox- last season and an astonishingford University against London

Tharos in University on May 24. 2:34.8 behind Sandor the British Games Two Miles A few days later, not to be that is some six seconde faster outdone. Brian Hewson ran the than Chalaway or Pirle have 800 Metres in minute 49.6 ever done for that distance. seconds in Holland But Hew

Pirie himself has run two son is unlikely to double in the 4:09.0 Miles and one 4:08.0 Mile 800 and 1.500 Metres in inter-Army "South” Beat, this season, but he is unlikely to national matches and the second keep concentrating on the Mile. 800 Meires berth is likeliest to Even if he did," the cholce is go to the Oxford University likeller to fall on Wood, Fred Scot, Donald Gorrie, or the Wyatt or Walmsley.

Light Bive, John Beesley.

SENTIMENTAL

are the

becoming

*

Elliott is well on his way to great Decathlon man, but his performances the Pole Vault, in which event he cleared 14 feet 11 inches last season, are not very pro-

current cne. mising in the

Ian bas still to clear 13 feet. Ward leads in this event with his

at 13 feet the British Garnes.

He

In the High Jump there is no British talent of note. No Briton has gone higher than 6

feet 1 inch this season.

EYMCA At Water Polo

Army "South” established themselves as firm favour iles for the Junior Water Polo league title yesterday when they vanquished the European YMCA by 11-0. at their opponents' peel

The European “Y” was down to the experts' books se the team this season, but the "South” have staked their claim to the tr **Champions".

Dai Dower

Lance lost among one naturally starts these days Tames Mouginot

are very

season.

his

HE'S NEEDED In the 5,00G Metres, Chat- Though Michael Wheeler was away is likely to be a senti clocked in 48.3 seconds and J. D. mental Paris, June 13.

choice if only for his Wrighton in 43.7 seconds for great victory over Vladimir 440 Yards at the British Games, Lord Burghley, noted British former athlete, was to. Kuts last year. The AAA the 400 Metres remains a weak day elected a Vice-President of the Executive of the Inter- Selectors have a way of relying British event this. season and who ran one national Olympic Committee, which began its 50th Con- on sentiment sometimes in pre- Derek Johnson,

ference to cold figures.

Half Mile and two Quarters at gress here with a preliminary morning meeting.

Pirie is not one of the sea- the same Games, may be pre- son's fastest Three Milers. His vailed upon to double in the 400. best

for the season of 14:08.4 and 800. What points he can has been beaten by seven other score in the 400 Metres will cer Englished broke Piries France, Hungary, and Czecho-

Ibbotson tainly

against of British Games record with

aslovakia. fine 13 minutes 34.6 seconds, a In discussing British athletics, Then, for the first time, the Presidents. Lord Burghley has rea performance new Polish composed Olymple been President of the.

Inter- great

the general clatter over the

from the distances and comes hyun, which

Athletic Amateur $1.000 national won J

sensational Hungarians. Ibbot down to the sprints. Except for prize offered Federation since 1946 and of (£357 Sterling) by the Prince of Monaco, was the Amateur Athletle Associa-son, by the way, has also taken Michael Ruddy, who has done Over 10 Rounds

the measure of Pirie in a Mile the 300 Metres around a turn in Kingston, Jamaica, played by the band of the Re-tion since 1936-Reuter.

race this season.

21.7 seconds, British sprinters

Cardiff, June 13. Frank. Sando (13:37.6), Ken have been slow in picking up Dai Dower, British Empire Norris

Panis (13:39.0) and Michael

and European Flyweight Cham- Maynard (14:42.2)

spe and mentor, Brian plon, outpointed Bobert Mougl much to be reckoner with. I Shenton, look like Britain's best nat, the French title-holder, have a suspicion that the two bots in the 200 Metres, while over ten rounds here tonight, 5,000 Metres berths on Britain's Ken Box and George Ellis lead Weights for the fight were not team are going to Chataway and the 100 Yards men so far.

announced but both men were Ibbotson.

In the field events, with the inside the eight stone three s Now, experienced runners like semi-retirement of glant shot- (52. 15 Kilos) at which the

Savidge, Britain fight was made. Sando and Norris also love tours putter John The Olymple movement has

abroad and they happen to be will have a job picking up

Dower must have boxed as been accepted in all Ave con-

very fast men over 10,000 Metres, points. The only Beld events

a better star on the horizon is Walton well as he has ever done while Sando, tinents because of its purity, its

in fact, has

an aggressive little and freedom honesty

opponent in one or two rounds political intrigue trd dollar ing tournament will take place international performance record Athletic Club's Ken Wilmshursting 251 for the third wicket with signs, because it places sports at the Missions to Seamen to than Pirie and he's, in that who has done 24 feet 3 inches of give and take before pro- respect, considerably endeared in the Long Jump and 50 feet ducing an exhibition of all the some hard hitting,

artschman Jy himself to the Seleciors. Once again, CPO Harvey reached a century,

Herrett of the Staff Recreation Norris has the advantage of ton) in the Hop, Step and Jump decisive bis third of the series, in 217

Office Tamar,

youth

and great 6ghting spirit. who has been He minutes.

promoting boxing in the Colour, dificult for Pirie to get a 10,000 Discus Throw,

it extra consistently over 160 feet in going to make it

landed a good punch during the He batted Norman Sutton (England). 73, 71. minutes and scored 15 fours. altogether 243

has organised the show.

Metres berth. Hugh Foord, a

While there was little excite. 72 71237. $125. 75, 63, 13-287, 3125,

ment there was certainly plenty Celestine Turgot (Philippines), 20, McDorald hit 11 fours.

The schools competing include great fighter through the years, 210 feet in the Javelin Throw, The West Indies, who started

task of the Con- Minden. Row, Gun Club Hills in his best season and Peter Oxford's Bill Palmer is consis-of skill both in defence and Fizal

Team Standings

Driver has shown speed with a tently over 49 feet in the Shot attack. U.S. 300. Ed Eargol 279

the day 327 for six, lost their

King George V and St. George's.

All that will not amount:

Dower may not have displayed Chick Harbert 231.

remaining wickets in half angress will be to fix the venues Junior fighters from the China ne 8:52.2 Two Miles and is very Put. Australia 560, Peter Thomson 279 hour for the addition of 30 runs,

to very much against Germany, a punch to do my real damage much in the 10.000 Metres race and Ken Nigle 290. ··

Keith Miller claimed three of Leading contenders for the sum Gymnasium will also participate.with a £re 28:47.0 Six Miles for Hangary, Russia and Czecho- but he certainly showed the skil slovakia, though it will help to pile.up points against the best 10 finish with six

games are Lausanne and

To add to the entertainment the current season. Rome and for the winter games there will be two exhibition

against France.

of opponents.-Reuter, IN HIS FAVOUR Squaw Valley, California, and bouts between four of the out-

Dor Anthony has raised the Innsbruck, Austria.

standing Service fighters station- The only thing in

Pirie's English Nalive Hammer Throw Other items believed to be en cd in Hongkong. L/S Finch, the favour is that he has run the cur- record to 184 feet 5 inches and Middleweight title holder, rent season's fastest Six Miles Scot Alec Valentine has reached the private agenda are discus clashes with Cin Dinning, the in 28 minutes 21.4 codes 4,2 185 feet 4 inches. sions on amateurism and pay- Scottish amateur champion in a seconds faster than Ken Norris, will struggle for the second ment for broken sime and the middleweight bout, while AB That coming AAA Champion berth with allocation

Dr Ewan Douglas, Olympic Smith meets Cin Daniels of the awards.

ships Six Miles will be the new British record-holder at 192 REME in a Light Welterweight greatest distance track race in feet 6 inches. Lord Burghley's election as a contest.

Europe this year, never mind Vice-President

followed Soviet proposal that the Board of the Executive should be to creased from seven to members and that there should be two Vice-Presidents.

Eric Brown (Scotland), 72, 70, 70,

London, June 13. London Tennis Grass Court Championships-the dress rehearsal in the Championships which start next 72. 72-204. $500. Monday began at Queen's Club here

with J today.

Pickard 75. $700.

Maria Gonzales (Brazil), 73, 74. (Britain) defeating D. Dutton 72, 73-285. $500. (India) 6-4, 7-5 in the first Antonio Cerda (Argentina), 74, 76. round of the Men's Singles.

72. 70-230, 3300.

John Panton (Scotland), 13, 31, 73, Other results in this round 71298. $500. were:

Roberto de Vicenzo (Argentina),

A. Grubb (Australia) defeated Mickler (United States) 8-1, 6-2...

A. Cooper (Australia) defeated

J. Ager (United States) 12-10,

6-1

M. Fox (United States) defeated Lord Ronaldshay (Britain) 6-4, 6-1.

H. Richardson (United States) defeated W. Gilmour (Australia) 6-1, 6-0.

G.

M. Rose (Australla) defeated (United States) 8-6,

Shea

70, 9, 12, 76-207. $125. 78. 74, 70-287 $125.

Friadel Schmaderer (Germany), 75,

and

357 in the fifth and final Test here today.

Harvey, who made 121. joined

batsman opening)

McDonald Australia had "lost (115) after Arthur Morris and Les Favell for only seven, and they put on

Wicketkeeper Gil Langley

Scotland 571, Eric Brown 233 and the wickets John Panton 288.

Argentina 573, Robert de Vicenzo for 107. 28% and Antonio Cerda 246,

Brigium 573. Flory Van Danek 277 equalled a world record for the and Arthur de Vulder 204.

by Germany 575, Georg Dessner 285 second time in the series and Friedel Schmaderer 297-United dismissing five batsmen.

were caught-Reuter.

dPress.

3-8, 10-8.

K. Rosewall (Australia) feated

W. Shivar (United States) 6-3, 6-0..

R. Perry (United States) de feated P. Eisenberg (United States) 12-10, 5-7, 10-8.

O. Williams (South Africa) defeated

Van Voorhees

W.

(United States) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.

G. Mulloy (United States) cefeated D. Fontana (Canada)

6-1, 6-4.

In the second round of the Women's Singles Miss L. Felix United States) defeated Miss N. Hopman (Australia) 7-5, 6-1 and Miss L. Brough (United Statas) defeated Miss I Pericoli (Italy) 6-4, 6-0.

Egypt's Drobny, Holder

Of Wimbledon Singles

Title Is Seeded No. 6

London, June 13.

All

Jaroslav Drobny, Egypt, holder of the Men's Singles title at Wimbledon, is seeded only number six for this

In the drst round Mless "D. year's event, which opens next Monday, June 20.

Splers (Britain) defeated Miss Top place is given to Tony Trabert (United States) A.

Maguire (United States) 6-3, 6-2 and Miss K. Hubbell followed in order by Ken Rosewall (Australia), Vic Seixas (United

States) defeated Miss (United States), Lewis Hoad (Australia), Rex Hartwig

F. Jaffe (South Africa) 6-0, (Australia), Jaroslav Drobny (Egypt), Budge Patty

America's leading players (United States) and Sven Davidson (Sweden).

Ham

Tony Trabert and Vic Bettas The women are handed by Rosewall, Patty and are to play only in the Men's Doris Hart (United States), Richardson (United States), Doubles. 1954 Wimbledon who is followed in order by Women's: Mrs G. Davidson Champion Jaroslav Drobny is Louise Brough (United States), (United States) and Miss Hart; not playing owing to strained Mrs Beverley Baker Fleitz Mrs Baker Fleitz and Miss Hard; muscles,

(United States), Angela Morti Miss Sharley Bloomer and Miss In another Men's Singles mer

Schwartz MS Droly Pat Ward (Britain); Miss: MOT-".

first round match R Wilson

(Britain) beats, Se

States), Darlene timer and Miss Shitcock (Bri

States), Beryl tain),

(United States) by 12-10, 1-5. Penrose (Australia)

the Women's Singles arst Buxton (Britain) and Angelaxed, Beixas and Miles Hari, In round: Mrg C, Ball (United For the Doubles the seeded Enrique Morea (Argentina) and Slates) beat Miss D. Scenty pairs in order are Men's Seixas Miss Brough; Richardson

and (Australia), 4-6, 6-0, G-S and Trabest, Hartwig and Hoad, Miss Hard, Hoad and Miss, J, Trance-Presse,

Neale Fraser (Austraila): anal Staley (Australia) ---Reuter,

from

nobility

manship above skill above tame, and honour above success, and because it holds out hope for a happier, healthier and more peaceful world."

LEADING CONTENDERS

The main

cf the 1980 Olymple" Games,

mer

di the

nine

The first part of the proposal was defeated but it was agreed there should be two Vice

Hongkong's first Junior Box-

morrow, commending at 7

acd

8 inches (best ever by a Bri-

Wakon's Mark Pharaoh

the

Peter Cullen is ouglast six rounds."

A

These two

to coast to

a

scarcely

CRAIGENGOWER BOWLS TEAM

The

following have been selected to represent, the C.C.C. in a First Division lawn bowls match

at against K.B.G.C. NOT TOO MUCH

Happy Vallay tomorrow com- Yes, Britain has a greater mencing at 5.15 pm: field events scoring potential F. Lee, C. R. Rosselet, "S, than she has ever had, but It Leonard, B. W. Bradbury: wan't score much against the (skip): P. Manson, F. O, Madar, season's International opponents. G. Hong Choy, A. E, Costes In the hurdles the outlook is (skip); C. C. Ma, P. K. Lau,

The weigh-in takes place at 6 what will come later when the pm, with the matchings to be winner and runner-up meet the

Czechs completed immediately after. Hungarians, CPO Herrett hopes to have a 12 Russians or 14 baut card.

Though Pirie is getting all the Admission is free but spect-national press publicity when ators requiring a mest are re-ever he chooses to run or not quested to contact CPO Herreft to run and is really quite bright with Oxford's Robert W. C. Ogley, G, Souza (skip), at the SRO, tel, 31841.

over all distances Shaw showing an early season Captain G. Hong Choy,"

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