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THURSDAY, AUGUST 11" 1955.

Success Or Failure In Cycle Racing Depends Mainly On Team

Says N'TACA

Work

once more the vital The victory of Bobet in the Tour de France emphasises part played by Team Work in cycle racing. He would be the first to admit that his third consecutive win was made possible by the assistance given him by his fellow Frenchmen.

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Team work has often been the subject of comment in this column, usually because of its lack among the riders who take part in our events. There have been innumerablo cases of a team losing awards because a rider did not see the necessity for finishing the course, and of others struggling along on their own, with their team-mates not bothering to make contact and assist them.

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man was REME CCs. It is hoped that a new scheme 33 miles Massed Start Race for third 10 be-ndopted will eradicate the "Mary Cheung" Cup, to be Ellingham, better known as

at Mossed Start man, who clock- this lack of Team Spirit, mak-held next Sunday, starting ing every rider sure that hls 10.30 a.m. Team positions willed 20-42, and led his team to In this their first victory of the season. own particular effort is of imbe published regularly

REME DISCOVERY porlunce equal to that of the

Perhaps the revelations of thei "Cracks."

(Cygnets race were. Maxwell,

with

and a good 26-29 CC),

REME CC Hodgkinson, a discovery, who put up 28-07 In his first race. A lot of interest was lost by the absence of the strong 7 Hussars Team, although Bouch had a private trial, tu record 20-15, which would have for third been good enough place had he ridden.

A competition to decide the

The past week could truly be Is being held ralled the

"Ron Beck Benefit

new Champion Teain Weelt." Last Wednesday he set of the Year, a confest based on

up a time for the Sekt Kong/ the results of races to be run Kai Tak and Buck record, re- throughout! the entire season turning to Timekeeper, Capt. Briefly. points will be allatted Lord, in 2 hours 13 minutes and to every learn of three riders seconds, a good time Indeed who fish in the

qualifying for the 44 tough miles, which

included the climbing events, in the order of

sides of Twisk till.

for the winning team, two for the second, and one each

for

other complete teams. The team

be held her one year.

QUALIFYING EVENTH

of both

Starting at 5.30 p.m...on

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We expect to see them turn up in force for next Sunday's race, where they stand an ex- cellent chance of relieving the present holders, REME CC, of return the Team, trophy.

in

At

with the highest aggregate ofperfect evening, he reached the Points at the end of the Sepson turn ut Koi Tak Guardroom will be declared the Champions, just over 87 minutes. malulain-

ting his speed for the and will receivė & Trophy,

a minute journey, in spite of

and Billy Holmes

Norman to gear trouble. lost due present, the only man I see cop-Shiel seem to be having a game

this time

with the Com- is of Shuttlecock

polition **25" record First The qualifying events will brable of heating all the Time Trials, (25, 50 and Beck himself.

Holmes lowered Stanley Kiggin- 100 miles), which count towards On Sunday, he took first place son's 1953 record by 14 seconds 50-05, only to lose the “5£NTT... BAR Cu; all in the opening event of the curto set up a Massed Start events counting rent season, the 10 miles Time it to Shiel the following week towords the "LORD" BAR Trial organised by the NTACA, when he became the first man his to break 50 minutes with Mussed Start Shield; the Three The day was a hard one,

55-51. Now Holmes has used a Day Stage Race; the Grand Prix

RAF Tine Trak and the Colony

week-end pass from the to take the record back again, Championship. 10-Climb

lime

2 all. twenty-live events.

this

by a margin of "Passed to you. Nor- seconds. men."

Holmes Team, the Hull Thursday RC, also took the Na- tional Team record, totalling 2- 55-20, beating by

and

To

First event to count towards this Team Championship is the

13 he did well to get within seconds of the Colony record, 100 His 24-19 was 22 seconds

the fast for Wilkinson, Cygnets CC, who lost 3 seconds due to a late

Surprise slurt.

of

COUNTY CRICKET

Trueman Scores Second Hat-Trick Of His Career Against Nottinghamshire

fast-

London, Aug. 10.

HE CARRIED ON TO WIN

First aid men crowd around 24-year-old Pole Vault Champion Geoff Elliott na he lies on the ground at London's White City. Geoff's pole collapsed while he was jumping for Britain in the International match against Germany, throwing him heavily to the ground. But with bandaged knee Elliott later resumed and went on to clear 13 feet and win the event-Express Photo,

Cincinnati

Redlegs Slam

Out 25 Hits Against Cubs

In

Doubleheader

New York, Aug. 10.

The Cincinnati Redlegs slammed out 25 hits-five by Ted Kluszowski-today at Chicago in sweeping a doubleheader from the Chicago Cubs 7-2 and 6-3, to climb within 1 games of the fifth-place Cubs,

Kluszewski's 37th homer with one on paved the way in the nightcap after rookie Don Gross won his first Major League victory behind the Reds' 14-hit barrage in the opener. 12 seconds

the second

ring

Rec. "Blues" Swamp IRC "Gold"

South Africans Well On Their Way To Yet Another Victory

London, Aug. 10.

The South African tourists, in their last County match before the all important and all deciding final Test at the Oval, had a rare and enjoyable fleld day against Leicestershire at Leicester.

At the end of the day's play, they had rattled up 306 runs for the loss of six wickets and were well on the way

to notching up yet another victory.

Meglow and Goddard gave † Munden

20 12 78 9

the Springboks a magnificent Palmer foundation when they scored To bot: A. Murray, J. Tayfield,

101 before being separated. 10 and N. Adcock.

which Goddard, in great form

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team: Leicestershire's

0.

at the moment, contributed 61 Lester, M. Smith, M. Tompkin, before he was out, bowled by Palmer, V. Jackson, A Diment, V. Munden, J. Walsh, Palmer, when trying to hit

ball out of the ground.

clean McGlew too bafted supreme- ly well, although he was lucky to escape with his score at 12, when he was missed at silp, n miss that was to cost Leicester-

for shire dearly,

the South African vice-captain went on to make the highest score of touring for the season

any player this year, before being bowled by Munden for 161.

AUSTRALIAN IMPORT

I respect to

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only bowler ever troublo the batsmen at this

was Leicester- : opening stage shire's Australian import, Jimmy Walsh and his tantalising "Chinamen" deliveries,

All other home bowlers tried! however were treated with scant and failed to make any

Goddard's dismissal. Hedley Kelth came in to join. McGlew and these two set about the bowling in no uncer- tain fashion. Taking the total from 101 to 325, they produced the second century partnership of the innings while the home bowlers toiled away unmercifully in the field.

When the partnership passed the 180, there was a possibility of a first day declaration but Cheetham preferred to take no total went to chances and, the match winning proportions.

The

though later batsmen lacking the confidence an

and cer- Lalmly of Meglow. Goddard and Keith, yet hit out fiercely

and

at the close of play, the South Africans were In the QUET- of having powering position

386 for six wickets.

yet against a country never famed for its batting resistance.

the record held by the Hole- sowen A and CC since 1953. Ernie Banks anashed his 38th Klaus error in the last half of the inning to give game to the 13th That is just NINE minutes bet-homer in der than the Colony Team re-tie Duke Snider for the Major New York Yankees a 3-2 vic- League lead and move within tory over the Boston Red Sox stir- cord.

Ray Booty, the Janky Erleone of the all-time record for at New York. It was

between pitching duel son Wheeler, proved that his re-shortstops set by Vern Stephens

Don Larsen

Sul- and Frank cent Competition record ride of of the Boston Red Sox in 1949. 4-4-30 was no flukej when he Art Fowler gained his eighth livan

Larsen, in

gaining his third won the classte Bath Road win against sever defeats.

being

THE SCORE BOARD. "100" in the Course and Event scattering collected it hits and

sover Cub hits while straight victory since

called back from the Minors,

South Africans ist innings record time of 4-6-28, beating the Redlege

Recreio "Blues," defend- D. Mcglow, b. Muiden .......... evergreen "Sticky" Johnston of all their runs off Warren Hacker hurled hitlers bails for the last six innings of the overtime

aT. Goddard, b. Palmer the Colchester RC by over in seven innings in handing him struggle to

Kain the triumph ing Champions pulled

Keith. minutes

his 10th defeat against 10 wins.

he and Sullivan matched clear six points ahead of H. 29

Munden Kluszewski collected two five-hit performances,

Craigengower Cricket Club | w. Endean, b. Spencer singles in both games besides

The break of the game came his home run to lead the Red- when Yogi Berra opened the 13th in the First Division Lawn P.

by League race inning with

grounder to short Bowls gs' attack.

BOUTHPAW GROSS

stop that Klaus allowed to bound Bwamping IRC "Gold" 5-0. Gross, 2

oss, a 24-year-old southpaw off his chest for an error. Joe at Sookunpoo yesterday.

inst year who spent

with Collins sacrificed Berra to second

The margin of victory in the in the Sally League, and Irvin Noren was intentional-CCC-KBGC-match was very Major Leaguely passed. Hank Bauer poppet to close, the Kowloon club win- In the

opener. ing a lean year so far.

His Sullivan for the second out, but ning by only one shot but being But tame

Cincinna!! with a man of his outstanding Paul Minner

teammates routed Carey laced a high drive over successful on two of the three

and then jumped the head of left fielder Ted rinks, can be no letting ability there

过去 Scores on Hat Jeffcoat for four runs in Williams that easily scored Berra up until the very end.

League matches the seventh, which snapped a from second with the winning six-game Cub winning streak.

run,United Press,

Booty is now well ahead in the

requiring ม And there sirong Indications that "Comp" record at this distance Hia

BAR table, only decent "12" to make the covet- ed award his own.

are is not beyond his ability. chief rival, three-times-winner Columbia

his Arst Vie Gibbons, seems to be hav-won

LADIES' CYCLING

Hat-tricks by Fred Trueman (Yorkshire) and Tony Lock (Surrey) and a dashing innings of 152 not out by discarded Test all-rounder Trevor Bailey (Essex) high-lighted an exciting programme in the English County Cricket Championship today, Trueman's hat-trick, the second of his career, was accomplished against Nottinghamshire at Scarborough. His first was also against the same County,

Apart from Today, the Yorkshire

centuries.

by bowler took the wickels of McGlew and Keith for the

with South

Lei- Giles, Stocks

Africans against and Poole

the

-out- other successive balls in his eighth vestershire,

In the only other day game D. Tweddell, the immaculately in the Majors, day of Die

Andy Carey's over. But this was the end of standing inninga

Army Cycling Un-tong single drove home an un- Trueman's successful burst, und was 100 by Laddle Outschoorn, pedalling

make sure of vic-earned run set up by Billy Ceylon-born on rider, he finished with figures of three Worcestershire's

Folkstone-London right-hand wickets for 71 runs in 27 overs. lively

batsman. tory in the Lock,

is in England's Outschoorn batted

three Race by staying with the lead- for Who

South hours Leam ko

after meet

agninsters on the second stage, minutes Africa on Saturday, dismissed Northamptonshire and hit one building up a good lead the first day. He won by three minutes Somerset batsmen McMahon and six and six fours, Lobb with successive balls

from R. Jones, with another ACU CLOSE OF PLAY SCORES

man, Jackson, end their Bast innings at 30-

place. the lowest total by any county

Lords: tiris season.

The ladies of British cycling, no doubt jealous of the acclaim earned by their male counter- purts

Test

FIRST DELIVERY

by Notting Oval in July.

in

to

35

pinces in the

in third

Women's Three

In the

WEIGHTLIFTING.

World Lightweight Record Equalled

PAP news tonight.--

THE SCORES National League (1st 'game)

played yesterday were:

CCC (1)

P. Marson

FIRST DIVISION

W.C. Ogg

Gi Hong, Choy

EAE Coates

C.R. Hoonet

B.W. Bradbury

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1 14 Cincinnati

20 Chleago

Groes Freeman (0) and Batts. Minner, Jeffcoat (4), Hillman (9) and Chiti. Winner Gross Minner (8-0). (1-0).

LOSET Homer Fondy (14th). (2nd game),

2:0

14

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F. Les

1

Leonard

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cc, Ma

G.A. Bours F.O. Madar

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12

0

3

12

4

Totals

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LEAVE FOR·· TOUR OF SIAM

155 Middlesex

Cincinnati (Leslie Compton 57, Bannister,

Paris, Aug. 10.

Chicago right-arm medium fast, six for

Soviet weightlifter Rybak Fowler (B-7); and Burgess, Then, with his first delivery 70). Warwickshire 113 for nine,

in the Tour de France, today equalled the World Light- Hacker Pollet (8), At Derby: Sussex 189. Derby paid a brief visit to the Con-weight record by

Davis (9) of the second Innings, Lock

lifting 370 and Chiti. LP-Hacker (10-10). captured Angell's wicket to com.shire 31 for three,

At Clacton: Essex 376 for inent to take first and second kilograms in the three move HR-Kluzewski. (37th), Banks plete the second hat-trick of the

(38th).) day. Somerset's total of 30 was eight (Dodds 72, Trevor Balley Days' Stage Race. Millie Robin-meats.

Rybak htted respectively four runs poorer than the pre-not out 152) versus Kent.

son, pride of the Isle of Man. 112.5 kilos, 115 kilos and 142.5 At Cheltenhum: Glamorgan beat her fellow country-woman, quring the Warsaw Youth KWONG WAH FC vious lowest for the senson-40

also against 135. Gloucestershire 97 for one June Thackray, by a scant three Festival, Polish Surrey, at the

(Milion not out 51).

seconds, covering the 133 miles

agency reported Lock's spin bowling brought him four wickels for Ave runs At Portsmouth: Hampshire in 6-14-40. I am sure there is

France-Pres90. three

point five overs in 160 for eight versus Lancashire,more than one rider Somerset's

At Scarborough: Nottingham Colony who would be pleased Arst innings. Alec

to call such a time his own. Bedser claimed five more for 14 shire 203 (Jepson not out 52). runs in tine overs.

Robinson and Hour, fresh (?) Yorkshire 99 for three. from Trevor Bailey, omitted

Stourbridge: Worcester- from their T de F triumphs,

106,are already booked to ride 210 (Outschoorn, the England Test team when shire

fortnight, the selectors announced their Broadbent 54, Broderick, left-race every day for cholec

Monday, gave

their slow,

fellow 54). mainly agains! alx

"Tour" riders. While they can magnificent display for Essex Northamptonshire 73 for three.

Kent. Although con- ogainst

Al Leicester; South Africans not hope to achieve the £250 commankled fining himself to strict defence 300 für six (Goddard B1. appearance money for long periods, he hit out with McGlew 161, Keith 100) versus by Bobet, they can at least carn powerful strokes against Leicestershire.

more than enough to make It worth their while. thing loose and his 152 not out Included one six at the close

Incidentally. and 21 fours,

on

anrm

for

the

£20,000

At Weston-super-Mare, Sur-

227 (May 3, McMahon, prize money won by Bobet in rey left-arm slow, six for 79). the Tour, all went to his team- Balley took two hours. over bis Arsi 00, despite scoring. 44 Somerset 30

Bodser, mates, a custom which tells for of those in boundaries. and right-arm medium tast, Ave for better than I can the value W09, three hours 25 minutes 14, Lock, left-arm spin, four for placed by the top flight riders reaching his second century of five) and secondly four for one OR TEAM WORK. HKCA riders,

wicket-Reuter, the sesson-Reuter.

THE GAMBOLS.

REALLY, GEORGE. IT'S TOOʻ

BAD OF YOU

please note:

Sports Diary

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TODAY Open Singlow matches at KBGC. KFC, KCC. Restelo, CCC and IRG MKCFA Meeting King Res. taurant,

TOMORROW. Junior Open Athletic Meet. King's Paric, 6 D.Jm,

SATURDAY

The Kwong Wah Football team, which is going to play a series of six games in Bangkok

the

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Inc "Gold" (0) AM Walm Di P.M. el Argulli 8. Bucks

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G. Gardon

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Walte, st. Firth, Munden

J. Cheetham, not out P. Mansell, not out

Extras

Total (for six)

J. Firth; C. Spencer, C. Good- WinFance-Pressc.

Willie Watson May Not Play

In Fifth Test.

London, Aug. 10. Wille Watson, the York- shire left-hander, may not be it to play for Enr- Zand against South Africa In

the Fifth and final Cricket Test at the Oval, London on Saturday.

Watson, who also missed. the Fourth Test through

elbekleg

T

bruised

bas

on hb right hand and has with Gramm from the York shire match agaizini, Not- tinghamshire today. He is travelling to London to consult a speciallet.

tho

Watson said he feels more pain when the hand is relaxed and this would affect his, fielding. Norman Yardley

Yorkshirs captain, said that it must be considereil unlikely that Watson can take his place in the Test team- Router.

CHANNEL SWIM

He May Have

To Postpone

His Wedding

London, Aug. 10. The postponement of the crURS 1 Channel marathon, owing to bad-

weather, may force the Indian

10 competitor. Mihir Sen, to delay

his wedding.

A 26-year-old barrister, Mihir Sen was to have married next Saturday at St. Pancras Regis- 390 try Office in London, to a local

25-year-old

gir

Should

Fall of wickets 1-101. 2-325, Wein-Garten, 3-829, 4-388, 5-388, 6-390. ⠀⠀

Bowling

of

secretary

Bella

origin

the race be delayed another day, he will have to

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Spencer Goodwin Jackson

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THIRD DIVISION KBOC (3)

in the space of three weeks, left v.c. Bond for Siam yesterday aboard a EG. Shaw

H.A. Scott Cathay Pacific Airways plane.

For the first time in the his. Hutton

(Skip) tory of Chinees Soccer, 18 L.W.Gordon Chinese players have all been rett insured against accidente during F.C. Gasson play against the Siamese teams, L., Cosgrove

(skip) Leader of the team was the VY. Thom. President of the Kwong Wah A.D. McCracion

A Makeilma Athletic

C.E. THITY le Association, Mr C. Y Turig

(skip) First Division: IRC Bv Recreio

Also on the same plane was Totels 84 ccctv IRC 'G: PRC vrc Recreio WV KCC. Second Division the Chairman of the Hongkona kce v HKFC: TCV HKCC CCCV Football Association, Mr.C. S. PRC: KDC v USIC. Third Division!

KFC Y KCC: USRC V HKERC, PRC Wang, who is to epend u 10-day Y KDC: FC, XBGC.

'{holiday in Bangkok,

......Flowly.

Barry Appleby

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ALWAYS TELLING ME BUT -WHEN.) WENT TO * MY BILLS, PAID DATE ON THE ARST

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LADIES" LEAGUE INGATKA PREDAJ

KEY CURST

215

all the

arrangements. Today's announcements there- fore came as a great disappoint- 871 ment to him. After resting all 51

to the race he reported 0 day

hendquarters tonight, ready

South Africans

Unlikely To Decide

Before Friday

The

South

"London, Aug. 10. announcement

African team

of the

to taunch that

embark with the was to take him and tho other across the Channel

swimmers

to the French coast for the start,

only to be told of the

postponement.

him

FRAIL LOOKING 'He had brought with two bags of food and refresh ~"

for the ment

race, mostly crab sand- frulls and a few wiches. His fiancee was with

for the him

Fifth Test match, starting on

Saturday at the Oval, is un-

wearing

warm black follow jeans. She intended to likely before the party reach him in a small motor boat to cheer him across the Channel. London from Leicester en Fri- Sen finished his law studies day night. It may be delayed

inst

year. Since in England until the morning of the match. January he has been training

Tho

tour committee, Cheet for the race, at first in London ham, McGlew, Endean and the in the Serpentine and lately in sea off Folkestone, in- manager, Ken Viljoen, as non cluding

vating chairman, wish to make final checks on Cheetham (in.

the

swim:

jured elbow) and Adcock (in-

are 100 per cent

osoven: hour night He is rather frail looking

other when compared with

and his jured foot), the only players Chanel swimmers

fellow competitors do not rate If it were decided not to play his chaneus very highly... Never." the fast bowler, Adcock, the theless, Sen told en AFF man place held by

Fuller again fident St

In the First tonight that he was very con Test would probat

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to thot

player

not to win the race,

at leant to become the first

A decision on Cheetham Indian ever to conquer the being

16 the captain him English... left:

15 self. He will not undergo any Presse...

further medical examinatson bes

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Channel. France-

1954 WINNER

Folkestone, Aug 10 Although he is batting and Joaquim Baptists Pereira, folding well, most of the power the 34-year-old Portuguese En his stroked has come from winner of the 1854 man swith- the right arm-France-Presse,

Columbus Descendant

Wins Y Yacht Race

ming race from France, to Eng land across the 11-mile Earth

was today' cratched this year's race, due to

Orf Net con after midnight tonight

//in. Record time for this morning and

Him,

level afteras doctors had examined It was announced that he London/ Au 10.

had to be scratched he Spanish sachi navigated by But as Pereirate namo (wen

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