1955-07-04 — Page 6

LEAGUE BOWLS

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JULY 1955.

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A Great Double

By Craigengower

| By "TOUCHER”

A magnificent double by Craigengower Cricket Club formed the

main highlight of the weekend Lawn Bowls League games.

Ten times winners of the Senior Division League title since its inception in 1910, the Valley Club signalled its return to the fore ranks of local Lawn Bowls with a resounding 4-1 triumph over League-leading Kowloon Cricket Club in the First Division and followed this up with an equally brilliant 4-1 triumph over top-placed Taikoo in the Second Division.

Playing

bowls inspired broughout, the Craigengower squad struck their peak form in

their First Division match

against the mainland cricketers, and almost gamered their full share of the points.

Only

a fighting display by Don Phillips four, and a con- sistently sterling performance by Phillips himself enabled the Kowloonites to salvage their enly point from the match,

Contrary to expectation, it was the Kowloonites who found, themselves handicapped by the wet and slightly heavy green. woods not Short and narrow only by

their front-men but

even by their skips were com

Occurences

Frankly ad-

thon mitted by most of them was that it was the worst game they have played so far.

rinka

two

exciting last head concluded this match.

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on this head, lying one shot jack-high on the back-hand.

A call for back woods from the forehand failed to elicit any response as the opposing two and three went through with their woods in, their attempts to rest the shot wood or trail the jack

Stapleton put in the first shot, jack-high on the back-hand and n through about a yard on the same, side with his next wood. Then began a frantie call for buck woods on the forehand as both Charlie Thompson and Tay bumped his Erst wood, Tony Alves failed to stop their and Brown with his first wood woods from dustering around trailed the jack clean through the jack at jack-high level. for about a yard to register six. Souza made an excellent at-Trying to draw into the bunch. tempt to take the jack for a Tay fell short and Brown added count of four, and just failed by in the seventh for a bottle of almost a hair-breadth with his whiskry well earned. first wood.

-

Joe

CLOSE ALL THE WAT

Leonard and J. Kinni. burgh both had an exceptionally

close game all the way, with

no

more

than

three shots

Phillips succeeded in putting with his first 2 backwood delivery, and Souza again failed in his second attempt to take the jack back, leaving a count

separating them at any time, On of three to his opponents.

last heat Leonard's four, SECOND DIVISION

who were trailing behind by The

Division As to the game itself,

Second

ore shot, were lying three when counter between, Craigengowr Kinniburgh game in with the comment. needed little

at Happy Valley first shot to give his four a 19-17 Both Bradbury's and Alfred and Taikoo Coates' fours had a comparn-which ended with a 4-1 de win and his side their only tively clan fortable time against feat for Taikoo and their dis-point from this match. the fours skipped by Hong placement by Kowloon

the head of the Second games, Filipino Club got a step Sling and Tommy Baker.

Division League table was further away from the threat of relegation by scoring a 4-1 win more thrilling affair.

over Indian Recreation Club "Gold"

WINNING LEAD

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After being held at 2-2 on the second head, all four of them struck an excellent combination 20 register a two, a six and four on the next three ends to sail into a commanding 14-2 only icad

Dock In the other First Division

a

The scoring was extremely close or all the rinks through

At the afout the game..

interval, Craigengewer led by three shots On aggregate

By the tea-interval they had winning already established a 18-7 lead The Kowloc four made a belated attempt to stem the tide towards the end of the same when they drew up from 13-25 to 19-25 only to see their opponents romping home with a single and a two to make the final score 28-19.

the

nceded to

the

P. K. Lau's four gave

the home team a good start by 12-16 on rallying back fram the 14th head to 27-16 by the end of the 19th. Included i the total of 15 shots scored on the five heads was a six

un

the 17th to compensate for the same count registered by their opponents on the 6th head. with

The Taikoo four came back finish up at the all-ene of

a single and a two to

19-27 score.

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They had 'o Right all the way for their win, as in both the rinks in which they won they were well down in the earlier stages of the game,

"

C. A. Coelho's four were 3-10 down at the end of the 7th head minst S. M Rumjahn's four, but drew up level at 12-12 on the 13th, and forged ahead to a 24-15 win.

Dick Basa's four were also trailing behind by 8-14 on the 10th head against Y. M. Adal and his men, and it was only ziter extra efforts that they managid to pull through by 27-18.

Recreio "Whites" were rather unfortunate in not gaining an extra point from Police Al- though they won on two rinks, they

had to concede

Mme. Suzy Volterra, who recently won the Derby with Phil Drake, seen with her successful horse after it had won the Grand Prix of Paris at Longchamp

Central 'Press Photo,

of

British Riders Set New

.

Belgian Grand Prix Motor Cycling Records

Francorchamps, July 3.

British riders set up new track records in all three today's Belgian Grand Prix molar cycling events on the fast Francorchamps track.

But despite the records only one Briton, Bill Lomas, leader in the 350 cc World Championship classification, won his race while setting up a new record.

SPORTS DIARY®

SIX DOUBTFUL CASES

AND THERE THE MATTER RESTS

By J. L MANNING

This you must not miss. I know a land of football where they have just investigated 329 cases of bribery and corruption. And it's hot far from England as the stool-pigeon flies.»'

Indeed. Jesse Carver, super-colossal Soccer manager, has just gone to Coventry from there," and heading that way is Eddie Firmani of Charlton,

The Firmani

land is SUBTLY Haly, grew, but It became fresh and trainers in the past six year.

will be back among green. But at least this raised Latest on her

is Ales ancestors (via South everybody's morale. I tell this Waugh, at Newmarket. Africa) if contact man Signor story as an urgent memo to all I know none of these ladies. Gigi Peronace can talk Turin's groundsmen, especially Test The only ladies with whom. I am Juventus or Rome's Roma into pitchmakers. It is the secret of acquainted on racecourses dive paying Charlton £35.000. This cricket, Groundsmanship. those who serve at the bar. should not be beyond him. Fer- This is pot the first time I The secret of success of some mani and Chariton will takte have been glad to write some of these ladies is empty easily

sily to th

thing nice about MCC It beer bottle beneath the bar. In the second. And it is coupled to a funnel goes the remains of with the name of Ted Swan bottles us they are poured out. nell, who is the new grounds-All ready for the next custom- man merely in the sense taser. he's been on the staff at Lord's for only 30

years.

When Firmant arrives he will be able to dictate his own terms or almost, Official wages are £40 monthly. Special bonuses will bring this to £800, so it's reported to me from Italy, and he can forget about taxes. I'd kick anything for that.

SUGAR DADDIES

Two

trom

А МЕМО

he has

heal

Now Frank Tyson, the dost FUNNY PEOPLE

bowler currently being missed interesting quotations by England, has put his foot in

that The "People

Dewspaper. I understand which earlier this year sought been advised that his Twelve million fans purp

to criticise the Sunday. Dispatch trouble primarily is due to the £2,000,000 annually into Italian Soccer rackets campaign on the way he walks.

Colin Cowdrey, by the way, that but that's

it lacked the chicken grounds football

The real money is in means of publishing the facts:

March 6, 1955-(written Soccer Government-supervised

a staff writer): "But, as pected to take up a post with pools run by

fabulously (The People)

has found wealthy Olympic Committee.

Turnover bast year was the facts and printed them. For a departmental store.

only proof of that it was in this

Teech

£20,000,000, of

the

which

be using his contentious

to do some floor-walking at

the end of the season. He is ex-

by

feat

out

Note to Mr Dodds, MP. for £8,000,000 went in prizes. Rest newspaper that Mannion made Erith and Crayford: Tyson has

thatdote his National Service, of Italy's football money comes the sensational disclosure from millionaire magar daddies he was

[who "adopt" a club out of sheer (First Divered. £3,000 by a

enthusiasm

course.

sion club to get his transfer to them when he was a The inevitable happens, of Middlesbrough player.

June 19, 1955(written Recently Italian news-

yer Mannion):

"Either I must published documents somebody had offered

Ping

They

do neither.

by

I will

See

how the ladies make news on the Turf The Duchess

of

to

DYNAMIC LEADERSHIP · Further

my Football notes of last League election

at week: Mr Arthur. Oakley,

the Wolverhampton, is voted

Mr Oakley was 78 last Tues- day. He was once a referee.

He is not too old to lead

cd English dynamic recovery professional football. But the League have left it a bit late.

British Team Shines In Athletic Meet

WH disclose the name of the club Dew President. to “ix” half a dozen matches.. that tried to bribe me to leave

There were. indignant denials Middlesbrough, or" I must deny League referees retire at 47. all round, and the Control Comwhat I wrote was true.

329. cages. mission investigated They rejected 323 and called The proof of the pudding is in the eating. But who's eaten the the other six doubičul There the matter seems to have ended pudding?

LADIES IN RACING Why? you may ask, Because give bribes in sport. So that's in, Italy it is not unlawful to the set-up, Firmani. You will Newcastle is fined 100 sovereign be the innocent abroad, but at by the National Hunt Stewards least will be able to speak well because one of the horses was trained Geoff Duke, Britain's World Winners of today's

alleged to have been three of our Football League. of an Champior, was cheated

races were: 350 cc (11 laps would never reject 323 cases of by an unlicensed trainer.

Miss

Dorothy Paget has taken almost certain victory in the 500 Lotalling 96 16 miles) Bill tribery.

all her

Jumpers, except one, (Britain), ce event when his Gilera failed Lomas

Guzzi, 54

from Fulke. Walwyn, bu never mins 47.7 seconds averaging four laps from the end of the

let it be said that Mr Walwyn 105.63 mph.

to What's happening

was not a stayer in the Paget. 500 ce (15 laps totalling 131.5 tennis? Its standard has fallen

Gutseppe miles) --

Colnago sharply in two years. Yet other

the Yet Miss Paget shares (Italy) Gilera, 1 or 10 mins, sports still rise on a post-war Ladies' prerogative ter mind.

seconds, averaging 111.2

improvement.

changing with Miss Rachel mph.

The reason

is clear. Lawn Parsons, She has had

many Sides (seven laps totalling 1 tennis lacks athleticism. Players miles) BMW machine in 38 practise but don't train

Australian mins. 21.2 secs, averaging 96.15

Harry Hopman, mph.-China Mail Special

team manager, ces tennis the was unfairly tough way but criticised last year for trying to

15-lay race and forced him to retire with mechanical trouble,

Cyril Smith was equally un- lucky in the sidecars race after a duel with a German in which 59.1 25 per

the lead changed every few minutes.

cent of their shots in one rink owing to the absence of 1, M. Guterrez. This turned 3.23-18

down

Key mat of the winning four on this rink was undoubtedly their lead, Francis Lee, whi was invariably on the jack with

IN THE BALANCE some beautiful hugging touchers. moth

Rennie Rosselet

Despite the lead of right shots, and

the aggregate points were still Starley Leotard gave needed support when

In the balance as Robert Tay's four begin their last head and Bradbury, though not up his best came in on a number against Willy Brown's four with of crucial heads.

a deficit of four shots, and Joe For the losers, perhaps only Lechard's four took an J. Kinni- Red Symons offered any re-burgh's four one shot behind. win by A.A. Remedios fouene, however, his racing greer

Willy Sousac gave Tay aints a 17. 25-18 defeat. sistance to the smooth-working combination

ONE UPSET their opponents. grand start by drawing a close On the next rink. Tommy first shot and resting his One

Thing was registered in Baker's four started off premis-opposing lead's second shot for the

Division, when ingly by taking a 6-1 lead at

surprised second- the end of the 4th head. only catered of two, With woods Filipino Cub

clustered around the jack, placed Hongkong Electric with to fall into a deep groove of Robert Baker rested an opposing a 4-1 win, A feature of this erratic bowling from then on third shot for a count of four.

match was that the scores were untll the tea-interval on the 11th

Skip Willy Brown, who play tied on two of the three rinks. head.

Kowloon Dock easily main ed a brilliant skip's game The Craigengower pinned throughout, was just a shade tained their unbeaten record in

their opponents to the six wide with his heavy draw into the Third Division with shots right up to tea-time, chalk-the cluster. Trying to move the win over USRC. If looked at /sad trouble and could only Anish today" were

one stage as if the USRC would to lvage one point from this match when T. Wren's four took a 1-0 sixth head lead over Lapsley's four.

"down

three.

up no fewer than thirteen shots jack a little, Toy shifted it too on their part. Continuing to play far ahd heads-up bowls after tea they with a

5 found himself left only be able of two and a pos- forged ahead to 17-8 and neversible looked back until the final score of 34-14 was reached.

For the winners, leae Pete Mansen laid the foundation for his side's win with accurate drawing to the jack, and was ably supported by Bill

his No,

Ogles,

Best bowler on view on the afternoon's play in this rink. way, however, George Hong Choy at No. 3.

Time and again he wrought havoc

his Mi

opponents whether in drawing to the jack or with his firm shots, Coates came into his own in the later stages of the game, where Не was seen at his best.

UPHILL BATTLE" Closest game of the afternoon seen on the thirdrink, Don Phillips

.wes

where KCC's

slayed

a fize uphill battle to

edige out George Souza, by 23-

17.

Souza's four opened with a

single and a four and by the

end

of the 7th head had es-

The opposing third shot was about two feet in front of the jack and about eight inches in front of the second shot, Brown tried to draw in another close one, but was narrow and went out of the count.

a

saw

5-0

Going into the last lap but

broke Norton

after pulverising the existing track record and he was also forced to retire.

The sidecars provided a record crowd of 70,000 who watched the racing in brilliant summer sunshine with the biggest thrills.

Erie Oliver, Britain's former

and

World Champion, who had won the race for the last six years, was also plagued with mechani- atthirteenth

Smith

rode. brilliantly worked his way from ninth to first place by the halfway stage. beating Oliver's old track record of 9824 mph by nearly three mph before dropping out and leaving the BMW's take the first four places.

Such hopes came to nought as the Dock four got into their stride and pulled through to a final score of 17-12

Only one match of the Colony Triples Championship games With his last wood Tay made scheduled yesterday was heavy

draw and pushed the played off. This

the opposing third shot clean Noronha brothers, George, through, following in for the Jackie and Kenry, who have sixth shot.

figured prominently in this event Another feature of this game during the last two was the seven scored by Willy scoring a comfortable 22-11 win Brown's four on the 13th head over C. M. Rozario, M. J. Rull which brought them up, from and V. Ribeiro 01 Filipino 7-13 to 14-13. Tay's four were Club.

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season15..

HOW THEY STAND

tablished: a 9-3 lead. A 5-0 de- KCC feat for the Kowloonites looked Recreio imiminent at this stage.

CCC by KBGC

brilliant efforts

Phillips, four to rally back to 7-9 on the IRC "Blues"

however, enabled his PRC

10th head, and a three just be- | FC

fore bea-time put them into a IRC "Gold"

lead of 10-9 for the first time in Recreio "Whites

the game.

Although the Craigengower

four fonged ahead to 19:10 with

three ringles on the next three Į KDC heads, they began gradually to FTC Jose

lose their sting

was

HKEC

Fred Madar at No. 3, who CCC doing most of the damage in the KCC Arst half of the game slowed USRC down a little and George Madar FC at No. 2 sinkened down con- HKCC siderably

PRC

ed

C. C. Ma continued to play

a steady game, but with Staple- ton pu

pfter

in some good woods and Charlie Thompson KIC and Toy Alves closing up the HIKERC midde gap, the KCC four rallied: POC back strongly on the next four KBGC heads with two two's and two TC three's to take a 20-14 lend.

Souza's four, struck back with three on the 20th head to narrow the deficit to 17-20. ap

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AMERICAN LEAQUE

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WITHOUT ATHLETES

lawn

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make his Rosewalls and Hoods

into John Landys.

Tony Trahert

Beats Patty In

Harry told me this year His Exhibition Match

players are relaxed. So is "all Wimbledon. Two

darned Te

laxed! Like athletics 'years ago

It is a one-class sport.

TEST PLOT BATCHED Just as football played by.. sunlight

should

so cricket. ought to be played on grass. When this strange

the

Rotterdam, July 3.

A small British team had a successful time in an interna- tional athletics match here today when taking part in the celebra- tion of the Propatria Club's 60th 'anniversary.

H. V. Foord ran splendidly in the 5,000 Metres and, maning the "later stages without an opponent near him, won in 14 minutes, 40.5 seconds, nearly 20 seconds ahead of the second Bnisher, Fekkes (Holland).

MX, Wheeler was another. winder for the English party when he won the 400 Metres in

Noordwijk, Holland July 3.. Tony Trabert, United States, 48.7 seconds, having dashed new Wimbledon Singles away to take the lead from the Champion, beat Budge Patty, an start, American, who lives in Paris,

Harry Kane won the* 400 6-3, 9-7 today in an exhibition

Trabert

ert beat Patty metres Hurdles in 55:1 seconds here

Patty and in English quartet won the experiment match tried for the Test at Lord's in the Wimbledon

tour by 400 Metres relay in In other

Vic what

happened?

three minutes 18.0 seconds, beat. (United

defeated Thousands thoroughly enjoyed

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Army team 8-6 and Art Larsen (United doped slumber like Sleep-

third.

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Lopat, Sturdivant (8), Weisler (9) and Silvera. LP-Lopat (1-5) RE-Vernon (8th), Boston

Baseball League Baltimore

Standings

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There was national rejoicing. Forgotten

even was the humi ? 10 liation of England being led an 2 '7 ∙1 the first day of a Test match,

So Į will tell you the story Sullivan (11-6) and White; McDonald, Dish (3), Johnson behind it all. During the dreary bours of the drst Test at Not- (8) and Smith LP-McDonald

Ronnie tingham, Secretary (2-3). New York, July 3.

Aird, his assistant, Billy Griffith. American and National League Chicago standings, including all games of Cleveland Sunday, July 3..

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GROUNDSMANSHIP

(United States) 6-1, 6-2.

In a doubles

match Seiras and Richardson beat Patty and More 6-4, 6-3, 1-8, 4-6, 1-5.- China Mail Special

May Turn Professional

Wimbledon, England, July 3. Tony Trabert, the newly. crowned Wimbledon Tennis Champion, sald today he

may

tura professional der

The 25-year-old,

J. V. Boesley was narrowly beaten in the 800 Metres by whose (Germany) Dettman time of one minute. 54.4 seconds was seven-tenths of a seconă faster than Beeley's-Reuter,

Smith Wins Two British Grand Prix Events

*Hawkstone Park, MyShropshire, July: 2.

British riders filled the first

the British who six from Cincinnati, Ohio,

places to They decided to roll this defeated Kurt Nielsen of Den- Motocros: Grand Prix here to wicket like wickets have not mark to win the coveted crown day, 1. V. Smith winging both been rolled since the invention last Friday, left by plane for events which counted towards of the internal combustion en-

the Grand Prix, which comes the United States, after playing gine I mean that

at the into the reckoning for the Noordwijk,

3. Stocebridge, who was third "I don't know whether 1 be coming back wimbledon all ledenik over the over next year because I may become event with 13 points

an exhibition

match

took 15 men to push it. Hall- the North and resort by MATToptan Charppionship..

It

The roller weighed 31⁄2 tons.

endured

wicket took on

34 38 488 18 ton (9), Ceccarelli (9), Sleater sessions

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Then fertiliser was put 32 40 444 1914 HR Katie 2 (16th & 11th) W. Pittsburgh 26 50 342 274 Wilson (12th) Power 2 (91h & the pech. Curious result was

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THE GAMBOLS

LATER

YOU'VE RUINED ALL MY BEST SAUCE PANS

NO, NOT LIKE THAT --- TUCK "THE SIDES IN 1: LET ME DO IT

021

will

took

fotored. a professional." Trabert added; by V. Leloup (Belgium) 12. however, "I have no offers who did not score yet."United Press.

Barry Appleby

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