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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JULY 18; 1955.

COMPTON CAUGHT

AMERICA'S GREATEST YEAR IN THE SPRINTS- BUT NO FASTEST HUMAN

By “RECORDER”

Most of America's leading authorities on track and field athletics, including Donald H. Potts, generally recognised as the most authoritative, agree that the past season was the greatest in American athletic history as far as sprinting was concerned,

At first sight there appears to be nobody of the calibre of Ralph Metcalfe, Hal Davis, Jesse Owens, Frank Wykoff, Eddie Tolan or Barney Ewell around. These great sprinters carved their particular niches in sprint history through consistency over a number of sensons und impressive win-lose records where the losses occasional and expfninuhle,

Texas

9.7

Bu

the most elderly | Coffere, 8.7 seconds; 8. Jerry Pre- outside even

wit, University ot authorities have to agree, there never was a season

in history

in which there were so inony For really ft humans around, example, six men have recard -

exi 4 ur better

for

* Yards in the past sPUNOJ

the 100

anet

#

16 have recorded 95 ur belter. -

Though there hasn't bren

220 really

straightaway fast Yards, the quantitative gure of 2 men duur 209 seconds or faster is a famestically

high

gare fryne season.

In start.

ither Metcalfe Davis, Owens or any one the others had to contend with su me class sprinting as the current crops had toring the line with them in the past season,

With everything now over as far its

Ameriez the

51*1* ** I would proper is concerned, be interesting to mk at what in the tavo najer happened

neelings of the season-the two closing big meetings ort which the season's rankings are finally hased:

At the National

-

224 Varde Bash Around a fun Rud Richard. United States Army, 210 seconds; 2. Dick Blave, University of Kansas, werondst

31.7

of the

were

United States. nothing very promising is on the horizon. Australia's Hector Hogan

can run fast, but not wlien in fast company. Trini-

a

3. Andy Stanfield, New dad's Michael Agostini has York Pioneer Clufi, 212 seconds: 4.9.4 clocking this season, but he Boleby Morrow. Abilene Christian

has no great win-lose record to Ballets, 913 seconds: 5. Dean Smith: boast of. Halverdty of Texas, 2211 seconds; Gary. Washington -State F. Boh College, 21.7 seconds,

People who know

Germany's Heinz Fulterer, who, clocked 10.2 and 20.0 for

100

and full-turn 200 Mertes last year, has started the current senson' with n 10.6- 10.6-10.0-11.0 series in the 100 and 22.3-21.3 in the 200. Ic will improve as the European season progresses and seems to Thrive on competition.

little of the top class athletics would. be her surprised to see how on finalist like Denn Olympic Smith could run the 220 Yards in a slow lime lite 22.8 seconds

HUW

220 ก straightaway or

Bike Bob Gary. Yards sprinter who has cincited 21.0 seconds, wad be

slow is 24.7 seconds.

Czechoslovakia's Vaclav Jane- cek did 20.9 around half a turn on a 500-metre track at Erfurt. JUST GAVE UP

East Germany, but was beaten really 21.3-21.4 by Futterer at Prague in all The happens

for the simple on June 9. Janecek appears top, eluss races reason that the pace had been his greatest season, but he

hot through beats and semi-is notoriously Inconsistent Anals that these

little docs badly in top. class with

them just pelition.

competition left in

ve up the ghost and roast in. Semi-final times in the

io

and com-

The Russians have a host of

over 100

sprinters 220 10.4-10.5

50

Collegiate Yards at Boulder were-Smith Metres, but they don't run Athlete Asseiation Champion-1.1, Morrow 21.2. Blair 21.2, last in big meetings olther. ships at the Los Angeles Gary 21.3, Richard 21.4, Stan- Brazil has a great sprinter in Coliseum on June 18 the re-eld 21.4.

of the Twes sprint als Note that Richord and Stan-cricao, who did 20.8 seconds for

Bults were

10 Yards Trash; - 1 Jur today. Notxestern University, #5 sreol

Humor Walsen, University of 0.7 seesondy 3. Jobe Hate, University of Ponywania.- 9.7 preonds; 4 Harry Nach, Univer eaty of Mirratia, 907 conds; Denn Smith, Univerity of Texas, Ends: Jerry Pewitt, warmly of Texas, 9 serosul.

Yards Dash Armand a folt

State

2014

(a)-1

Golliday. North- western Univeraly, 21 1 vondt 2 Art Poliarti. Pennsylvania Sunta College, 1 crends: 1 Hair Cary

illeg Washington

cimdi Dick Blair, Universaly of Kandas 217 secundo; 5. Hobby Whiden. University of Texas, 22

Athletic Amateur

Growls,

At the

the aging Jase Telles da Con-

a full at the Pan-American

the 200 Metres around the slowest, Beld, who were Bnished first and third, Smith, furn

the fastest semifinalist, finish-Games at Mexico City in March in a beat of the event, but he rd firth.

folded up when it came to real competition in the final.

of the An account

actual of the dual says "In running the final Smith and Gary were never contenders, All

eyes were on Bobby Morrow

Big name opposition seems to will the most promising Mon-

The

ful after American sprinters,

with

of

that

his 100 victory, but he started that it does not have

oo slow, Red Richard led by a effect on coming sprinters like

around the turn

Bobby Morrow and Dick Blair the fact Stanfield looking like the 1952 seems indicative

be twn may

the Olymple Chomiplen le second that these

domorrow, But Stanfieli wes not in real sprintera

Blair, however, is no great com- races, alpe for that many

petitor

shorter in the

sprint nd Richard gabrica an-

and concentration

200 on the himi other yard on_

Metres alone may assure him of a trip to Melbourne.

Best sprint marks follow:

in Linions Championships at Bould-stretch," while Morrow gained

the one font er, Colorado, on June 25,

needed two results

the two sprints catch Staufeld. Dick Blair, who had bean sick at the NCAA and

were:

95

100 Varts Dasheet. Hub Morrow still felt the effects in the 100.

Christian ·College, Abilene

Sad Riphate, Waited sultraly came to life seconds: 2

in the State Arms, is rerolds; Dean stretch of the 220 and looked 994 University of Tex like a very great sprinter South, zeconde dedom Hunes, Univer-

Morrow nity of Pun vivania, 7 seconds; Wasalngton,

even

5

ROYAL ASCOT

he surged past

Stanfield.

Richard."

gaining Laston

Ungentlemanly Racegoer Passes Forged Notes

Ascot, England July 18/

So the

this year

Denis Compton is caught by wicketkeeper Waite off Adcock for 158 for England in the Third Test Match against South Africa nt Old Trafford. Compton again saved the day for England, who were all out for 284.--- Central Press Photo,

England Must Find A Regular Opener By Next Season

Says BRUCE DOOLAND

When Brian Sellars and Wilf Wooller were voted on to the Eng- land Selection Committee a lot of cricketers immediately said that this would be the "toughest" committee, England had had in years.

It may well be too. But it also happens to be one of the shrewdest and, as 1 can assure you this week, one of the most considerate.

pat

And for

I think their thoughtfulness to-walt until they knew definitely 0,6; 1; in his first 11 appearances

Bedsor

Then, at the Test wicket. Everybody wards Akee

last week about Tyson's condition. one of the nicest things if i were necessary, they would was streaming for his blood. have heard, in big cricket for bring Aler straight into the team. Fortunately for him,

You might think this a little England, he had a captain who long time. A little bird told!

belleved in film. me that when the Selectors got thing. I suppose in the big

In his lunings he re-puld that together to dort out their proptern of modern cricket it is. But

trey picked it is, nevertheless, important. faith with a knock of 210. He kins for the Test Frank Tyson with the proviso Consideration and kindness can now has 39 Test matches behind that he had to have a fitness test still go hand in hand with cm-him, 2,440 Test runs in before he could finally say yes elency, and I am sure It did here, bank, six o no about playing,

The

FAITH IN KENYON

was

the

Test centuries, 13 other Test scores of over 50, war an over-all Test average of 40. All this despite that ghastly stort.

That meant that the Selectors hart te plek unother man in case Frank could not play after all. of They decided on Alec Bedser ant this is where their kindnessweek I was carne in they refused to in-

to be of Edrich, the biggest clude him in a selected 12 and would get the order of the boot.

ilghter in modern Manchester delighted that he hasn't. hearted drag him up to

He, too, must be thinking kindly cricket. Maybe Kenyon will where he might have been put of the consideration of the Big prove the critics

of standing Five at the top. the indignity

Wrong 100. Hero's wishing him luck.

most interesting feature the England side

When he started, 'critics said the retention of Don Kenyon. that he had no "temperament", From the information I had last as they are saying of Kenyon pretty certain he today. What nonscrise It proved

30

down at the Inst minute.

Of course, the point is that find a regular of England nust They thought too much Bedeer's feelings to take such a opener by the time the Austra

next season. get here chance and thought it better to lians

Kenyon, this season, hus sue- ceciled once

and failed once, The feeling still remains that he might yet be the man wanted. So he's still being tried as there

other claimants for the job.

South Africa Taken To

Task

For

Its All-White

Olympic Team Policy

London, July 18.

arc

0

obvious

i

COWDREY'S

LUCK

think for

fortune Last to

Taiking of luck,

the way moment of treated Colin Cowdrey. summer his form, according most people, hardly justified his selection for Australia... But out there, under intensive practice and play among top-flight play- era, ho

made good and" now. One candidate might have reaches towards true greatness. been young Peter Richardson, And yet I hear that it was but he is not getting going as only by one vote on the Selec- well as we know he can. So lon Committee that Colln got Kenyon is sull the man in pos- his trip. How would he have session.. Let's hope he beats his forect if that vote. had critics.

against instead of for him?

TL docs make you think,

been

Figures don't always prove as doesn't it? In Cowdrey's case, would however, much as many people

I am sure he would believe have you

in erleket. have forced his way to the top Doug Wright, for instance, once enyway, for not often do wo

14 zee such concentration But there is an interesting Talking generally now, why point about Dun Kenyon's Test don't more clubs try to brighten

told me he bowled his best for see

The inevitable is happening. South Africa is being taken to task for not including coloured men, in their Olympic Games teams. Two out-England when he took 1 for 169. quality in one so young. standing opponents of the colour bar, Patrick Duncan, a son of a former

of

Governor-General of South Africa, und Dr Trevor Huddleston, an Anglican' ericket experience so far, and it the game by Indary? the

priest, have written to "The Times" from Johannesburg protesting that non-white men are excluded from Olympic Ganies teams from the Union. They urge that it be made a condition of the participation of South Africa in future Olympiads that "the team be chosen without regard to race."

Afrlepa

another wou the opening of standardisi

famous player's Test believo a standard boundary of

as follows in Test innings: 3,50; down by law. It would en- carer. Don, so far, has scored 05 to 85 yards should be Inid to crack for courage batsmen 21,2; 3,0: 8,18; 3,2; 87; 1,2. Total 180 in 13 innings. ngs.

sixes and give the bowters a Going back a few years I chance to get their wickets in remember another England doing it. All round, I must The facts are that the South, Olympic Committee would want competitors, the South

Olymple Association cannot player who got off to a start help the game. African Olympic Asseciation, to know the reason why.

just as bad-B Edrich. He select the technieally be blamed. is bound by the rules But they do not which

The case that Mr Duncan scored 5; 0,10; 12, 28 12; 4, 10; governing the Olympic Games teams, they merely agree to the

Dr. Huddleston cite of a to allow all whatever their creed participation of the teams chosen and

being

excluded or race to participate, have by the National Sports Associa-weightlifter

South African team from the never excluded anyone because tions of South Africa.

was due to his not being pick- COLOURED COMPETITORS colour. They faithfully of his (Trinidad)

by And if these National Asso-ed abide by the Olymple rules, if they did not the International ciations do not pick coloured Weightlifting Association

That Lo Lo Olympic

100 YARDS DASH Jun Goliday (USA) Larry MeÐride (USA)

as Michael Appetini (Trinidad)

9.4 Leamon King (USA) and Harry Nash (USA

on 94 Bobby Morrow (USA)

95 Charles Williams 10.5 Andy Stanflok (USA) Olympics Bumper Watun JUSA!

the 105

reigning Champion came third at Bould er and the Winner current Pan-American 121170.

was

AND' GOLLIDAY?

Cham-s

4,5

Denn Bath (USA) John Haines USA) Don Pierre (USA) Art Pollard (USA)

Don Bram (USA)

Rod· Richard" (USA)

$5

10.0

Esh Washington (USA)

for

100 METRES DASH

10.3 Rod Richard (USA)

10.2 Mohav) Agostini (Trinidadi

194 Dean Smith (USA)

104 Leonid Bartenyev (USSR)

220 YARDS DASH (Straightaway)

But whatever happened Jim Golliday, the NCAA win- ner? At Berkeley, California, on June 21. in the annual Pacifle 10.3 Wine William (USA)

Conference

Y. Big Ten Coast

Golliday had pulled meet, A racequer, who is definitely thigh muscle on the anchor log not a gentleman, attended the for the 440 Yards Relay. It was ultra fashionable Royal Aseo the thigh muscle which knock-200 meeting last week, according to ed him out of the 1052 Olymples. police.

Art Pollard. second in the 20.7 They say nine forged £3 NCAA 220, went out in the 0,7 banknotes have been recovered first semi-final of the AAU 220 20 from bookmakers since Wednes- to Morrow. Richard and Stan- 20 day. The notes were given for fleld, Blair (second in the AAU 18

bels, the bookmaker and fourth in the NCAA) £ sterilig cach Ume notes in change.

203

Robert Kyanky ¡USA) Dick Darsey (USA) Edite Southern (USA) Bobby Marrow USAI Dean Smith (USA) Larry Mellride (USA) Dick Blair (USA))

Harry Nelson (Conada Art Pallard (USA)

and 20.8 Buddy Goode (USA)

| giving £4 sterling Gary (third in the NCAA and 30

sixth in the AAU) were the only two to make

All forgeries recovered so far have the same serial number. The

od Richard (USA)

Gabe Markisohn (USA)

120.9 Warren Elsenberg (USA) both finals. 204 Jesse Mashburn (USA)

Richard: Stanfield and Morrow

20.0

29.0 engraved design is good (a freshman at Abilene Chris-

but the paper is thinner than that of the genuine notes.

Police bellive some racepoers

home may have gone

with forged notes as part of their winnings-China Mall Speclat.

LAWN BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

The following were the resuits of postponed Lawn Bowls Cham- plohip playes over the Week- end;

Open Triples

A. G. Gardner, K. Forrow and J. K. Sloan (KFC) beat D. Agnow. N. Bart-Baker and R. M. Hetherington 18-17,

Ralph Butler (USA)

Hollis Gainey (USA) Boyd Dollar (USA)

20.9

tian) were not eligible for the 209 Don Brand (USA) NCAA meel,

in

Keith Brownsberger (USA) 20.0 Bumper Watson (USA)

200 METRES DASH (Around a slight turn) Vaclav Jabrurk ICSI

20.0

Hors Schulz ICDR)

200 METRES DASH (Around a full turn) 20.7 Rod fichard (USA) 20.8 1.7, da Conceicao (Brazil) |211 Ardation Imatyev (USSR)

There was no final decision on whether Richard or Golliday was the fastest 220 man America or the world for that matter. Golliday ran a 20.9 heat21.1 at Los Angeles for the fastest tine for the full un 220 the world this year. Still, row would make up their mind on

Laster. (AB Who was

carlier 20.0 for 220 Yards around full turn by Bobby Morrow. originally accepted as a genuine mark. was later reported 10 240 have been done with the aid of 121.1 a 12 miles per hour wind).

a

220 YARDS DASH (Around a full turn) 200 Jum Golliday (USA) 21.0 Jesse Mashburn "

1'(USA) Rod Richard (USA) Andy Standlek! (USA) Dick Dish (USA) Art Pollard (USA)

711

Bobby Morrow (USA) Bob Gary (UBA)

BASEBALL LEAGUE

"BLUES"

OVERSEAS

EXTEND USS FOSS

A grand, wholehearted display by the underdog Over sens "Blues" baseballers was the feature of the week-end Summer Baseball League when the Chinese team fully extended the USS Foss in a keenly-contested game at King's Park. The impressive hitting power of the USS Foss enabled the sailors to score two vital runs in the fifth and win 5-4.

The

|

the

hims

South African und the South African turning Association down or forbidding him to compete,

COACHING HINT Which way should a bowler train? Should he Arst learn ta and then develop or speed, or vice versa?

EUROPEAN DISCUS get a length

RECORD BROKEN

Vienna, July 17.

cpin

believe the modern method is best. Freddie Trueman was told

to get speed and more speed. conches

the same

10

Czechoslovakia's Merta broke Then his Yorkshire the European Discus record tried to harness length to it.

about of 60.47 metres feel

spin In other words the quarrel with a throw

the fingers National during an athletics meeting at bowling. Get lies with the various

Czechoslovakia, Pra- make the ball hum round and In Scuth Associations

Africa Drevnice.

reported today. round, and add a good length to with

Olympic France-Presse. ita

it afterwards.

and Committee.

not

Once chosen

ciation

ונעת!

Lue

is

n coloured by his National Asso- the South African Olymple Committee would have to pass him or run the risk of being thrown out of the Olympic

movement.

radio

Jack & Daphne Barker

Empire London's sophisticated charmers

And exactly the same obtains with South African Games teams which do not in-

coloured

the men for clude

What will the South African Association do? A National move has already been made to force them to accept coloured

same reason.

men.

In the other week-end tussle, the Giants proved too powerful for the Overseas, "Reds", winning in no uncer tain mamer. Scoring runs from the second inning on- ward, the Giants recorded nine against the Reds' one at

It has begun with boxing. A request having been made by the close of the seventh-inning game.

the Non-European Boxing Foss- tightened Highlight of the USS

up their game and Federation of South Africa Overseas Blues game was the far the remaining five innings the International Amateur Box- dominant performance of pit the Blues were held scoreless. ing Association for affillajlon or

Although Allowing

best play of the sailors for the right for their men to cher Hart.

African scen the Chinese batters to hit him was

in the third frame. be included in South

appear 03 seven times, Hart had the satis-They put more punch into their boxing teams it would

the LABA must agree to fretion of fanning 12 batters, game and after two neat singles if the

Lee For the Overseas, hurter

Argo and Kincard respective either the one or the other and by also one of ty, the USS Foss gained their when that is done the way of Poon-hong, who is

entry into the Olympic Games best centreflelders in the first three runs. tho

is made possible. this success, Colony, gave a promising per- Encouraged by

Once a coloured boxe: fights three the sailors threatened to score formance, striking out

for South Africa hi the Navy batters. Lee niso was hit again in the fourth but Maddock on seven occasions.

on third. Then Olympics then it is only a ques- The Navy's batting cuperiority came the pay-off as Rickard's tion of time before non-whites was stressed by Bob Garcia, two-bagger in the fifth proved in all the other sports become Rickard,

and Jim Maddock.

stranded was

winning two runs. (The standard Olympio dis- while Prominent for the Over the winning hit, bringing in the eligible.

As things stand. the United 21.2 States' three solections for the 413 200 Metres t the Melbourne Games look like Olymple

and tance is the 200 Motres around Richard. Golliday (It At)

a full turn. Binir or Stanfield. But Morrow,

The accepted dif- in most

statisticians among promising youngster, ferential

mokes 0 21.0 seconds G. Watt, J. Goodman, B. Hoi-looks good too.

In the 100 Metres at

a full turn Mel-formance for land and K. Bodle (PRC) bent

Open Rinks

(KDC) 25-17..

(USRC)

are

also

J

per-

200

of

а

With, basca

One might well find coloured

In seas in the batting department fully loaded. Rickard hit pitcher competitors

the South were T. K. You, Y.-F. Chan, Lee to clinch the game..

African 1900 Olymple Games Lee Poon-heng, and Harry Lee,

team in Rome if not in the 1058 Garela came into his own by

Empire Games held earlier fo wacking a magnificeni

GIANTS TOO GOOD

In the second game of the Cardiff and when that has hap- A timely two-bagger by Pa

programme peaed then may be cities like two all-week-end baseball saw the Navy guin

dnd Capetown the nth, the Glants proved too good for Johannesburg importat runs in

Overseas "Reds." The will bo applying for the enabling the sallors io snatch the

Games the

atari, wont into action to score which at present is out of the Maddock was also successful

at wil from the second frome question because of the colour with two hits in three.

onwards.

load for the Arst time. Giants, after a first inning shaky Olymple and Empire

FINE START,

4

They registered three runs in the second, a single in the third, followed by two doubles

and

another single to put the game

jon

W. Marshallsay, J. Raeside, 4.bourne, it looks like the United Metres the equivalent McKittrick, and W. M, McCallStates team will be Golliday atraightaway 200 Metres in 20,7 (ugain Sr (1), Morrow and seconds, a half-turn 200 Metres Richard.

In 20.8 seconds, a straightaway But John Haines, Harry Nash, who has a victory 220 Yards in 20,0 seconds,

Yards In 20.8 over Golliday to his credit at a full turn 220 triangular meeting earlier TRABERT BEATS

Thus the fastest. 200 this seconds.

Mot:09/220 Yards runner on my and season, Dumper "Watson BARTZEN FOR Dean Smith

very type of course this year appears much in contention,

to be Rod Richard with, his. 20.7 A fine start was made by the when the U.S. TITLE

Overseas | Bluts |seconds victory for a 'full-tirn ONLY AN INDICATION 200 Motres at the Pan-American Chinese ballplayers scored three. Atlanta (Georgia)- July 17-

That leaves sill two others Games, which is equivalent to

runs in the initial frame off the Wimbledon Champion Tony.

their straightaway 220 Yards in

bata of Y. F. Chen and Lee Trabert, recently, crowned as with 9.4 clockings to

With some of their players re- the World's beat amateur tennis Houston University and Lermon however,

credit---Larry McBride of 20.5 seconds. Statisticians agree. Poon-hong,

garded as seasoned exponents of that the 03 seconds The tailors were given a baseball, the Overseas "Reds" player on grass, today toolc

freshman a

at the Uni- [between n' straightaway and chance to score in their turn were not as assertive as in their mation's

courts title of the King

versity of California. In the full turn 220 Yards is at best at bat when, Carela pulled out at game when they met the United Aitates here by defeating sprints, if not in the longer an optimum, Some fast straight three-bagger but the oppor Overseas "Blucs", digi his fellow countryman Bernard races,

fast clockings perve only away 220 Yards runners seem

Some of the Bolding of the Barizen in three sets. The score an indication of latent possible to take a turn at full spoed tunlly was trittered away. The was 10-0, 0-1, 6-4,

billies. It is shor experience, and for extreme cases of jonblity Overson scored another run In Giants touched a high standard, Dorothy Head-Knode won the stress and ability that wins to take a curve at spood state the cond Innings, pushing but the Glanis victory could be Women's Singles tilte over through in a big meeting.

Alclans: agree that the differ their lead to 4-0. FLESTONEHributed to better teamwork Barbara Brett -with a G-4, 0-3 Looking over the sprintential may be a great :* 0.05 Ins, Chinese, that meet with, and batting power. The Giants victory-France-Presso.

talent available the world over, socotadi);

stern opposition anthemilors cuthit the "Reds"ˆ3-8.

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