1955-08-01 — Page 7

Japan's Team Captain Predicts U.S. To Retain Davis Cup

Glen Cove, New York, July 31. Takechi Harada, captain of the Japanese Davis Cup team which faces Australia here this week, predicted the United States would retain the Davis Cup.

"There is not much difference between the Ameri. cans and the Australians,” the Japanese star of the twenties said, "but the Americans are playing at home- and that is a big difference.

"Also, they have Tony Trabert,”

Harusia said he fell cvrtala Trabert, if able to work out the presret kink in his sha shelter. should buble to win both his

mutehus.

Crabert is the best in the world right now," htadelel He hits deep and he hits a beavy 111.

return."

or his own who back in

Rive mingles

hard

1:1

fram, Burla, PRE WOR

Sureces- fruit 21 f

Rette La Coste and Hema Cochr and they were. "you; and iicxperienet. but eager

Fraser's

Breat

INTERNATIONAL TENNIS

Britain's Moitram Eliminated In Second Round

Hamburg, July 31 Principal rufts in the securial run of the Cosmin Ener Trend

Whirl

V

Tennis

Croatianand Toflow

{ht

Chatoploskvips today

Men's Singles:

R Haber levaminy a hen R Pery (09) 4-3, 2-4 6-1 $4

V Stonek (Steele sa

1. Vermiank

0-4, 6-3, 6-4

11 Steward AUS) beat : Balestra (Switzerland) 8-2. 6-小

£15.

A Segal (South Aftcai bent

A Huber (Austral

4-6, 6-2, 6-2

L

Ayolu

44201

-

3-6

J

Bade hack (Gronmuya B-2, 6-2

M Fox US hept A tom Brila.nr 2-1, 6-2, 7-6, 4-3

Women's Singles

Mis E. Voilier (Germany) beat Mass I Pericoli

6-3, 6-1.

Miss J

Sul M M

Kertuina (France)

Caster (Austra

Ha 2-5, 0-4.

Miss F beat Mes it

6-2.

S.

Miss bout Mes 1.

6-4, 3-0, 6-2.

Miss H

Bazzarino (May) Tuisw (Germany)

Penrose (Australia)

sarit

"We would be happy to win

voint." one

"That he said. would be a moral victory

NO GRASS COURT The Japanese captain although Japan ham no curts. bolh la proteges 11

chapter! their games well the surface.

tu

Int

"Wo are used to clay Japan-or En Tout Cas (all- weather suface, an our boya love grase, they play well un

In their first Americ tournament this year, the in- vilation at Southampton during the

the Japanese past weeks

each 23 and just ares,

941 05 there. college, both acquitted

selves WCH,

Koei Komo, Who Jur n a tack ampate

| carinor bald-type

That frame, encrivel EAN

| Niray kuna, of Trenton, New Jersey, Ito the tout je

21

-

He won the Aryt set fish i At the hand in a les balle 7-5.

Then hes el las teammate,

Mayagi

the

startend Pobles Frond by beatout Kul Nielsen, af Beranak and flerbar Hills Cost- Flem of Hovely formada, 5-7, 1-2, 7-5

Created

it

trerie

The match controversy.

With the seose 1-4 in favour of Note and Pam in the third 25 Nietsen served what ap- pearest to be

on match

pant The ball kicked up dust, The end test out a loud groan whe

cailted the

buf

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of

14 the

..

then

it

right

the away But even then, I doubt if we pad get another man here in Time The stalebes are sche- duled for Friday, Saturday

hen; Ms A. Segher (Frones) Sundas,

6-4, 6-4 France-Presse.

Yunk.

at Glen Cove,

and

New

Levels The

Pat Smythe

Smythe Levels

Score With Palethorpe,

Her Greatest

Greatest Rival

the

Horsewoman Pat Smythe has levelled score with her greatest rival Dawn Palethorpe, new woman's Champion.

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1955..

SOUTH CHINA IN SYDNEY

In its first match in Sydney, at the Sports Ground on July 23, the Hong- kang Soccer team, South China, had a

runaway 11-1 win ever New South Wales. Most of the leading New South Wales stars were in Brisbane playing for Australia in the third Soccer Test match against the Austrian club team Rapid, As a result, New South Wales had to field a second-best XI against South China.

arc

The skill of the Chinese boys was so great that Sydney Soccer fans cagerly boking forward to another match between South China and a full- strength New South Wales side. During the match, the whole South China Inside-left Yiu Cheuk-yin scored four goals, inside-right forward line scored. flo Cheung-yau scored three, centre-forward Lee Yuk-tak two, and outside-right Szeto Man and outside-left Mok Chun-wah one each.

Here Szeto Man runs for the ball after the New South Wales goalie Centre-half Ko Po-kung is ready to back up falls over it an attempt to save. Szeto while a New South Wales back is ready to defend the goal-Australian

Official Photograph.

OLYMPIC NEWSLETTER

For

Seats Still Available

Overseas Visitors For

Olympic Opening Ceremonies

SPORTS DIARY

Pago 7

IT FELT LIKE COMPETING IN A 10,000 LITRES RACE -AND NOW A SEQUEL

By J. L. MANNING

Russia has confirmed that an athletic match between Britain and It will be the Soviet Union will take place in Moscow during September.

the first ever.

P

ዊኒ

avoided It could have been

ibe Chancellor had r ABOLISHED entertainment ng he did duty on all football, en cricket, instead of permitting EXEMPTION of amateur sports,

Good. I was among the very few present when the preliminary and informal overtures were made. British officials and I dined privately with Russian represen- tatives at their Olympic headquarters during the 1952 Games at Helsinki.

When i say "dined" I do, Wednesday and somehow lust celve you,

for which s was a five-hour his entrance badge banquet, served by evening- he had paid £10. dressed walters at the athletes Expecting to receive a dupli-

he cale high table,

when

arrived Caviare. a: 20s. aspoonful, Thursday his request was met,

"Sorry,

the from Black Sea sturgeon, fresh in effect, with: strawberries flown that day from rules regarding lost badges say

£10, Leningrad, salmon, steaks, wine another

or you've had

Football from the Caucasus, exquisite Royal Ascot for 1955,"

"shamateurism brandy

He paid, but it's a bit steep Club says from Georgia, and cigarettes called "Friend" | having to back yourself £10 has reached such fantastic pro- here portions that I can see nothing ew. to enter a kingdom which reminded me of V's.

to stop it." There was humour too, As on earth,

the our hosts ducked its under rich allks draping the doorway one of them såd “And now you

Wolse

must stop to conquer the Cur- tain."

By the time we had lopped than I felt The vodka Miele must Inve done in last Friday Week's Six Miles. But i did not drop out. stayed to natch hear the internationr! plans made. Now all is fixed,

GOOD FOR CRUM

Next to me sat the editor of He a Soviet sports magazine. asked me if the British athletes I had photographs of Churchill in

their Olympic camp.

I said "Ne." "Who then he inquired. "Of Jack Cramp," I replied. were nt school." "When you was the next question, “did you

Karl rend

Marx

ever

on

Capital

"No," Imid. "Only Adam Smith on the Wealth of Nations and H.M. Abrahams

Athletics.

་་

friends We were good

ori

NOT MUCH What will be done during the season to rid coming football top-class umaleur clubs of those rackets altogether more serious than ever

the pro- fessional game?

re-

But does the issue seriously as I claim? cause Mr Beri Oliver.

of Clapton president

that

arise

Yes, be- who is

1.

Mr Oliver should know what In going on and is right to con

In He has denn

bren amateur football as player and ofell all his life.

SILENT EVASION

Mr Oliver told me

two dayn

to

those in

Not much, if anything. quite a few clubs in the Isthmian and 10 that he is determined

track down any club offering will be Athenian leagues

"terms"

to his amateur players. lleved to hear,

Why does Mr Oliver alone openk up? A few cluba wylil agree with him, but there are others who think silent evasion

As for clubs in other parts of Britain, I am less informed,

06

But I should doubl whether they have shamateurism

wise they would not get ยาง highly organised as it is in the is better for their clubs, other-

Home Countles.

uf

At least, I hope not, because, due to some unfortunate advice accepted by the Chancellor the Exchequer In 1953 these

officials shamateur club under a maximum penalty, 2500 or two yours" ment or both.

players to keep their teams

the forefront,

in

1 have been told frequently that it is very difficult to run a senior amateur club without are paying the players.

Constant of

movement of players from club to club indicates the haggling over "terms."

imprison-

An impression that seats are hard to book for the 1966 Olympic Games following the early rush for bookings was discounted by the Chief night, but next morning I felt.akone have pleaded that it is not prisonment

to punish Executive Officer of the Organising Committee, Lieut.-General W. Bridge-a colleague put it, as if we the State's business

ford.

Seats were available for almost every programme, he said, and quotas had been set aside for overseas visitors,

Austrations bud bouke../ thetr section they in the

wever al and Anals,

DVETARÍS

ceremonies

th

Three night Ti eslope in the section at the swim- ming stadium were booked out and most of the local swimming seats had gone,

of

the

·

to be

rous. library

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litres.

pro-

But Im-

I make these points becauso THE LAW INSISTS

everywhere Soccer is losing its It will not No one would like to see this tnarai character.

of the land raise Its standards until it im- happen. The law that insists upon it. however. Yet proves its behaviour.

is going a bit too far. competed

the 10,000 those who offend against dis-

between tinctions miling Now Jack Crump and Harold fessionalism and amateurism.

Under Lect thel played

explain. Abrahams have full part,

with fellow officers Section 7 of the Finance Act, of the British Athletic Board, 1953, an amateur Lotball club ometal applying for exemption in conquering that curtain,

uf entertainment duty hos congratulate them,

$ign this declaration:

that no payment be made or reward given

of any

£20 A PLACE

me

10

will for per-

HAS ITS SPOKESMEN

To And the sportsman of the week

I must go to Presion, headquarters of the Football League, where are taken the day-to-day decisions of our big soccer administration,

Like the Foreign Office it has Its spokesmen. It is to one of Rules of sport are by-passed

them I turn to chide with so often that cuse of obser- the participation

gentle humour. For he said: vance to the letter bears relat-son in the entertainment ther

"It's nothing to do with us." Ing.

than

of prizes

L reasonable

This, mark you, with reference of Ascol's royal number and value. A member

to Hull City's request to enclosure.

How many club secretaries Middlesbrough that these last 25 years.

the trans- and Athenian fer fee of £5,000 paid for Wii- In the Isthmian changed from frock-coat to the

to would prefer not Leagiles comfort of alpaca after racing on

fred Mannion might be recon- have to answer that question?

sidered.

And with our spokesman I 'NOTHING CAN STOP IT

couple the name of Mr Harold Chairman Hull City Needler. For it is his idea that as Mannion their was with Middlesbrough when he the write that article--Indirect extiso of his suspension-Hu should not be left with only a receipt for the transfer fee. They want

FA Freeze Mannion: No Move Without Fee

By JACK WOOD

It is grossly unfair that they should he put in this dilemma, even it they do рау nmaieur players

under counter,

Sports Diary

TODAY Bowle

Singles: Matches at HKFC: KBGC:

Recreio and Talkoo.

a rebate to go with it.

But

HOW COME?

It's "nothing to

with the league."

Did the League

do

How come? ndvise Hull. when they ntcepted Mannion's

Pairs; Matches at KBGC; CCC and {registration, that there were in-

Talkoo.

KFC:

Open Rinks: Matches at Talkoo: INC and KBGC.

Friendly Match: KCC v OCC Liberation Shield: KBGC V KCC

City's Wil Maanion. Hull

under forward who is

by the Football

at KCC. became

with

the

TOMORROW

Dowls

Recreo and Talkoo.

Singles: Matches at KFC; KBGC; Pain: Matches at HBGC; OCC and Talkoo

Hull quiries afoot? If not, have

and the a grievance League a responsiblity.

And so has Mannion. He has been suspended only because he won't attend a meeting of the League's Management Com- ¡mittee, "He

could reconsider

THE VERDICT Nielsen protested briefly, asked The referee

wanted change his decisiem and

verdiet with accepted the

The shrug of the shoulders.

the oul 1 Japanese pair quite and then won the set argi match.

Miyagi

Japanese C

although

repre- Nigerian athletes have recorded M-National

pul Hugh Weir, Australian Kame tennis experts consider

on 7 seconds for the 100 yards. for 1 upeaing | sentative on the 100 suid the better player beenuse of his

return Melbourne Cricket his

From the recent strong attacking game.

Olymple athletes wiH use a Ground. the Main Olymple Paris congress of the 100, that They

tar only I wa

tu send modern all-purpose sports Statum. All the highest priced Russia was expected hand. Japanese

the playeus

400 athletes also,

built Many Asian | centre

by vate 423-45-9 had been bizaked nightmanes over Tanda bas (Italy)

in the Australian section for countries will be deling their University of Melbourne, what is maght do it one shut

tenis ars Olympic the aldeties programmes. From | biggest

It will provide facilities for un ap with an injary.

athletics,

boxing. were history.

swimming, 10,000

25.000 tu

avata "Dollar -

Mare 1

wrestling, gymnastles. football, available tokian at prices We wh. you kee

2/3/- 1 EPI J anging

Bob Hope looked over Mici- cricket, hockey, squash, and couldn't banal aver Mirelle (Australia)

substitute.

1 45.000 orne's Olympic -117,000

preparations other sports. Every Duvar Cudia B-4. one my players heame di

be at the curing his recent visit to Aus-; Outstanding feature will tickets would be sold hun wild have to get a

turnstiles for Manding room. train After visiting the Mel-the Beaurepaire Physical Educa- trans-Parithe phone

overseas visitors, from bourne For

Cricket Ground and ton Centre financed by a gift Sir Frank 5.700 10 7,400 site work avail-Olympic Park sports rentre, he of £105,000 by

Marn abl

for booking at the

romate 1. "I've had a wonder-Beaurepaire, Melbourne business Stadium for the Opening and ful view of the Games set-up.man and civic leader and former star. The You couldn't better your pre. Olymple awimming classic athletic programines. paritions," Rob Hope said he building will house an indoor 25 There were plenty of seats for intended to come to Melbourne metre swimming pool, a gymna-

for the Games next year. "I" slum, dressing hockey semi-Anul

be back for the javelin throw-and trophy hall. and I'll throw Sinatra" he The Olympic Games Organis

shure the ing Commitice will quipped.

3 MILES CONVOY

cost of an athletic erenu laid with will be Six thousand competitors and cinders tracks which

used for training by Olymple officials will be transported in Bookings were available for 200 buses 7 milles from Olym-athletes at the Games. soccer, hockey, basketball, gympic Village to the Main Stadium

Reports abroad that State Ceremony of mesties, boxing, eveling, weight for the Openfig

would prevent the the Olympic Games on Novem-legislation lifting and wrestling. ACCOMMODATION ASSURED ber 22 next year. The convoy Introduction of rearme for the

31⁄2 miles. Olympic shooting competitions star "No intending visitor to Mel- will extend over bourne for the Olymple Games Teams will travel in the order were discounted in a statement suspension

Intely Committee League, the Organising being in HOL

which they will morch in by need worry about

for the Melbourne Games in centre of a new Snecer storm get able to

accommodation." the parade of nations with

London, flash-points in This assurance was given by the Greece leading und Austraila June.

"The position is that firearms Hull, and King's Lynn, Melbourne following up lust. chairman

between are admitted with the excention alented discussions

his position AFTER he has seen City Council's Civic Olymple

them--and still play football. Councillor Maurice OLYMPIC VILLAGE of .22 pistols," the Chief Exe- Hull City manager Bob Brockle Committee,

of Paut and

Todd, Licut.-General | bank

WEDNESDAY cutive Officer,

It's time this silly business Nathan

ended with the King's Lynn.

Football

was cleared

up, because progress is being made W. Bridgeford, said.

Council Mooling of HRFC Sporta "Hotel rooms are admittedly

Mannion

to goes a "This question has been taker. Midland Lengue club calling an

club outside scarce, but we are offering ex-on the £2,000,000 international

to discuss Road 5.46 pm. Melbourne is building up with the Police and State emergency meeting

Bowls

the League, surely the Football Eng-

Open Singles: Matches at NFC: Association will have to step cellent accommodation in only you

Olymple athletes next authorities. As a result, amend their bid for the former

KBGC; feerelo and Talkoo. gool class private homes

Open ments to the Firearms Act have lund inside man.

Paira: KBGC, 17 months in advance

Until recently they had be-

Talkou, at been adopted to give the Con- Melbourne

club Cunes,

in Heidelberg, a suburb 76 miles missioner of Police discretionary lieved as a non-League offered 9,500

they could sign Mannion with- Games visitors, from the city, over 500 of the power to admit all types of Ar

out any payment to Hull. The amendment will be The Games are 700 brick and concrete houses arms.

But Hull appealed to held, we may even have accum- and flats were under construe-submitted to Parliament soon.",

Football Association, GAMES SOCCER tion at

at the end of June. The

London the FA confirmed modation to spare."

will have all the Melbourne Olympic Games For accommodation-apply toes of a

they had granted Hull City modern resi-headquarters announced in June

holding *special registration dential

and that is that 28 suburb,

nations had

Mannion to them. what it will become after the teams for the Olympic soccer

"Mannion's suspension had Mr Mcl-

competitions,

nothing to do with us," A progress report

He has shopping centre, banks. New rules for the Games pro Brocklebank told me. bourno's preparations for next

office, recreation hall, vide that only 10 teams may not resigned, and we had to get year's Games was unanimously post

laundry, barber shop, compete. Preliminary matches to the FA to do something." endorsed by the Congress of the canteen,

£350 A MATCH Com and restaurant are among the decide the drhl 10 must be play- Olympic International

facilities to be provided.

Mannion cost Hull £5,000 Inst jed before August 1 next year. mittee in Paris In June.

10 Work has already started

He played only on The following 24 teams have season. landscaping the Village, Thou-

games for them and scored one been paired:

with confidence in M.

which works out good, Egypt v. Ethiopia; USA. v. Omeer sinds of trees and shrub and Her win in the Daily Mall

Organising Committee, acres of lawns will be planted. Mexico; Germany East v. Hui of the are automatic cholces Cup was Pat's and Britain's

W. Bridgeford, Adult trees 30 ft. high will gory; U.S.S.R. v. Imaci, Yugo Lieut-General Arealest triumph for she beat the said that progress for the first two places.

was highly transferred to the Village,;

slavia v. Roumanta; Bulgaria v.

days During the past ten There will be hot competition all-conquering aliens.

satisfactory and the IOC's de-

Great Britain; Germany West v. to Turkey Pat

King's Lynn have signed Johnny Nigorin will send a team has succeeded the hard cision

best possible

Cambodia

and third place but with for the

was the

Melbourne The

Games.

Downie (inside forward) served way. Her father died when she WIL White, who hoa

reassurance to people abroad,

China (Com-DI Copewell, (goalkeeper) Nigeria, Mr A Britain

£4,000,000 construction Olympic atteche for

Afghanistan: from Hull City without a fec so well for so many was still at school.

said in Melbourne munist); Iran pro-A. Cooper, year, now 51,

and

Harry no money left for hobbies and

programme on Olymple Llewellyn not competing very she had to take a job as cook jeets was in full swing in Mcl-that the Nigerian Olympic Com Indonesia v. China (Nationalist); nos by your leave. They were

Kovca v. Japan.

on Hull City's transfer ist bourne and was scheduled to be milice expected to send 10 com- seriously, two new riders must housekeeper to pay for her rid-

Australia, India, Poland and £3,000 and £1,000 respectively. petitors for the track and fleld "Wo

the_track come into the final reckoning.

completed by Juno, 1050. Ing.

"Without the safeguard of the events.

One or two women are Slam have drawn byes and will A contrast to They are pretty, 21-year-old

Dawn will be ready on time." he said.

they could special registration expected to be included in the play in the final rounds. blonde Susan Whitehead and Falethorps. The daughter of 45 NATIONS IN GAMES

belave done the same with Man- The preliminaries will to 45 team the rat. to be sent Mes Mary Marshall, the wife of "the rausage king" she has no Up to the end of June,

by 'Nigeria. Funds played on a home and away nion," said Mr Blocklebank.

baals. The first-mentioned coun- the Champion Steeplechase financial worries. She competes nations hind accepted the formal the Games

Player-manager Todd, former Invitation for the sheer love and excite-

from privalo sent out by the would be raised Jockey,

try will have the right to choosely an inside forward with Don- Olymple Games Organising cources, by appeal. The beat of Britain's young ment of it,

But she cannot always con-

Mr Cooper #aith that J. O. the venue for the first match, caster Rovers and Binckburn, Committee in Melbourne to com- malo riders; Poter Robeson and Alon Oliver.

trol her nerve-in thỏ Daily pote in next year's Games, Many Chigbolu Nigerian policeman, Roferees must be from a neutral admitted that the FA

for Hull had como as a blow to Mail Cup, 'MY AMBITION'

she was so excited other National Olympfe Com recently broke the Brush country.

Draws for the float: 10 teams l'his'club. The battle for the title of the she forgot the order of omittees have also indicated their empire high jump record by to play in Melbourne will take Hull af the moment are pro-

Intention to wond teams to Mei- dicuring 6'-01⁄4". The previous place in Melbourne about ten pared to cut their losses world's No. 1 horsewoman' has Jumps.

Lout D'inzeʊ took secoulbourne,

record; 62: 07 was not, at Vare, days before the competitions Mannion and accept now reached its peak.

Italy is reported to be plan- couver by Eleajuns, a. Nigoran begin at Olymple Park on but this it too much for King's ning a team of 400 athletes, Me|undvignity student. Three other November 23 next year,

Pat did it when she won the Daily Mail Cup at the International Horse Show on Saturday last.

ber to And

trophies new posibility has ternational been opened.

eredit, end Dawn Palethorpe, a Until the war Britain's team slight 19-year-old muste student, fr the

Games was are the only serious contestants. Olymple aiwnys

of comprised entirely

The battle will go on without given Army officers usually selected quarter being asked or

the next 12 cavalry regi for

mouths both Art Britain rod en the Continent.

Pat Smythe bcen

the Daily 3:11

CHY Cup at the White equestrian Mall

has been. my

from the crack

nichts.

Women

had

alway the

banned from events

at the Olymple Games recently-t until last year when the rules greatest ambition, since

1047 and a brought her total of vletorics to three International

were changed.

WORLD'S BEST

Now there is a strong possi-trophies in ene week. bilty of an all-women's team of

three representing Britain at

BEAT ITALIANS

have their homes for

By the time

Fast

village

Even of the year,

On residents brds

the Civic Olympic Committee, Town Hall, Melbourne.

00

the Olympic Gomes in Stock- Dawn Palethorpe became the holm next July.

new Ladies' Champion, beating Dawn Palethorpe

Smythe In the Queen's Pat Pat and Singthe have proved conclu- Cup: was the outstanding rider sively

It was 10C's third vote they are not only the for Britain in the team event, world's best women riders but and won two other international uls the Onest British altow trophies.

Jumpers of either sex.

They

What

There was

Pat Smythe, at 20, already and third places for Italy in: veteran with more than 100 in the Daily Mail Cup.

The Chief

of

the 117-acre site

be

The

V.

V.

entered

Vietnam;

Res

and

the In

that

and; travelling expenses

at something like £350 a game and £5,000 goni,

Lynn.

al

support

ATXI CCC

*in7 They're such close friends

of the League.

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