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U.S. TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

THE CHINA MAIL, TRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1955.

SEIXAS-ROSEWALL TO MEET EACH OTHER IN SEMI-FINALS

Forest Hills, N.Y., Sept. 8.

Vengeance-bound Vic Seixas and Australia's little Ken Rosewall, setting up a re-play of their opening Davis Cup match, today reached the semi-finals against each other in the US. Amateur Tennis Championship.

Seixas, the defending Champion, striving for a revenge shot at his Cup con- querors, had his game in top gear as he flattened the former clay court king, Bernard Bartzen, 6-3, 6-1, 18-11.

Near top form as he bowled Texas over the seventh-seeded

Imperial Produce Southpaw

Stakes Final Acceptors

London, -Sept. 8. Thirty-one Anal acceptors for the Imperial Produce Stakes for two-year-olds to be run over six furlongs on the straight Kempton Park on Saturday, September 17, with weights, are;

courto

at

10

the 32-year-old British Athletic

Champion brushed up every what shot in his repertoire in

for 4 warm-up amounted

showdowns lator possible against little Ken Rosewall and Lew Hoad who trimmed him with caso in the Davis Cup Challenge Round,

TONS.

Team Arrives In Moscow

Moscow, Sept. 8. The British athletics team to Seixas, often careless even in meet the Soviet Union here on vital matches, was stingy with Sunday flew in to Moscow to-

He casily his

out-night to a smiling welcome from Bartzen to win the Russian

lenders. stendled

sporta only and committed first set

The team, travelling in four four errors as he bore down on Soviet planes, had left Helsinki. carlier today after an overnight stop in the Finnish capital.

the second.

Gratitude (9 st. 4 lbs), Palari- In the third,

Vic

wasted va (9 st. 1 1b). Over the Seu eight match points along the put over the (8 st. 10 Ibe), Juvara (8 st. 5 way before he 19), Abbots Drake and Ramil- clincher by breaking Barize lles (both 8 s, 3 lbs), Singing service in the final game, but

was in Lady and Gavarre Falls (both never

any danger of Allas, Dionico, losing the set.

Moon, |_ AL |

6. st. 2 lba), nce

As Danmacan, Po Bear, Dutton, Roman Conquest, Final Court Notus, Milean, and the Dote (all 8 st. 1 lb), Rain Cloud from Down Under who is the

SUPERIORITY Resowall, the "little master"

foreign woed

The first contingent of 21 athletes and officials (anded at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport just over an hour after De Konrad Adenauer's ceremonial arrival at the same airfield.

Gorman and Soviet fings were taken down a few minutes before the British party landed:

A welcoming group of about the na 100 rushed across the tarmże to

(8 st.), Arletta, Aberline, Victo toria Cross, Dianne, Valencia, tionals, once again proved his greet the visitors.

superiority over Ham Richard-

No Play, Bridge of Stars, son, another of his Davis Cup submerged in Mythical and Solarist (all 7 victims, 6-4, 9-7, 2-0, 6-3. 'st, 12 lbs).

The nthictes WCTO soon

shower п bouquets of gardenias, gladioli and osters, In carthally rt- The semi-finalista

the eurood in

English, they were AYE GOLD CUP

lower half of the draw will be greeted with "Welcome to

when Tony Moscow." There wore 18 final acceptors decided tomorrow for the Ayr Gold Cup to be run Trabert plays Herbie Flam and! over furlongs at Ayr on Fri-Low Hoad, another of the fear- ed Australians, meets Sammy day, September- 10.

Glaminalva.

Tho Becond plane landed within 15 minutes, and the two other aircraft arrived later in the evening.

OLYMPIC GAMES VILLAGE

Melbourne's £A2,000,000 Olympic Village, to accommodate about 6,000 athletes and officials al next year's Game, is springing up fast in the suburb of, Heidelberg, 71⁄2 miks from the city.

Over 650 houses were under construction at the end of July and a further 160 more were to be started. Mass construction of concrete pre-fab houses and apartments is shown in the background, with brick houses starting in the fore ground. The Victorian State Housing Commission la scheduled to have the

Village Anished in June, 1956, -Australian Official Photo.

Brooklyn Dodgers Win

Pennant National League

Record Time

In

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Sept. 8.

The Brooklyn Dodgers have won the National League Pennant on the earliest date in history when they scored a 10-2 victory today over the Milwaukee Braves.

SPRINGBOKS ENDEAN TAKES CHIEF BATTING HONOURS

· London, Sept. 8.

The South Africans gained a first innings lead of 118 over Tom Pearce's XI at Scarborough. and Endean took chief batting, honours, Unbeaten after nearly thres hours of enterprising batting, he hit two sixen and 20 fours.

He was fortunate to escape being caught at the wicket, off Bedser, when only 6, but from then onwards he was complete master of the varied bowling, and his strokes In front of the wicket showed unerring skill and power.

The early missed chariçe offered by Endean was only one series of folding · Lapses. of which Pearce's cleven were guilty,

Some of the laxity WOR deplorable and festival cricket could not EX CUBO

The

and

INVITATION BOXING TOURNEY

Captain, Cheetham, was j twice and Winslow once, the ground fielding was a long way from first class, Many were thrown away by

throwing. and somo An wild players were markedly lacks dalskal in picking up or chast

runs

the ball.

SCORING STRIKE

Invitation Boxing Tournament is being or ganised by the Hongkong. ABA

Southern at the

Stadium, Wanchal, on Mon day, September 26, starting

The touring cricketers were in by no meaNA a strong position at 8 p.m. This programme when after two hours batting, promises to sparkle with they had last

wickets

their first for 119 runa.

four The

resilience in all twelve bouts

opening belamon McGlaw and and will open the boxing Goddard, had both gone for 60, season. but although McLean did not last long he set the order of things by pulling Wardle for six with his first scoring strike. Thereafter the crowd of 15,000 had good entertainment

Attogether there were eight sixes and 42 fours in the innings of 354.

the The Tournament has

all the thave blessing of Services and civilan clubs in Hongkong. Among those who have been invited to take part. are the representatives of, the covered Hongkong team who themselves with glory in the recent Southeast Asian Cham-

and in Singapore, pionships

always

there will be other experts of the fistic art who guarantee exciting fights. and seven The

Paul Winslow pulled Ales Bedser out of the ground twice in one over and the captain got his 62 in a little under an hour, including, two ixus fours.

There was time for one and a

It was the ninth Brooklyn pennant since the turn of the century, and the 11th half hours batting for Pearce's counting the titles won in 1890 and 1899.

I

The Dodgers have never gone year at Milwaukee for a Dodger and was followed to the mound on to win a World Series, how-game.

ever.

Today's

victory

gavo

the

They are with weights: Democratic and Live Spirit (both 9 st. 4 lbs), King Bruce (8 st. 13 lbs). Moonlight Express and Dignitary (both 8 st. 12 lbs). Roman Vale (8 at, 3 lbs), Comie Turn (8 ct. 2 lbs). Roccamare against her by defeating Shirley Soviet (8 st.). Cockrullah and Hook Fry 9-7, 8-6.

Pent Money (both 7 st. 11 lbs), House (7 st. 10 lbs), Libator st. 0 lbs), Wallace's Tower (7 st. 3 lbs), Spring Day and Shandrim Queen (both 7 st. 2 lbs), Wicket (7 st. 1 lb), Precipitani and Scamperdale (both 7 st.).

Meanwhile, in women's play, Heading the party of bop the defending Champion, Doris omcials of the Soviet Commit- Hart, let the way into the semi-tee for Sport and Physical Cul-National League Champions 92 finals with a 0-4, 0-4 win over ture was Mr Leonid Khomen-wing for the season, equalling Mrs Nuncy Chaffee Kiner. Mrskov, the athletics chief, who their total for all of last your.

Dorothy Knode moved I told the British athletes that Brooklyn now has 40 defeats.

The

sportsmen expressed

In "Joy at your arrival our Rosewall, comtry."-China Mall Special.

This year's pennart was won

in the 138th game, compared

08-44 record.

with the 142nd in 1953 on 20-year-old who beat Richardson in the final match of Australia's 5-0 landslide Davis Cup win over the United States, used every shot in the bag as ho bested the harder-hitting Ham Richard- son, 22-year-old third seed, who is bound for Four probables and jockeys for the Doncaster Cup to bo Richardson simply could

Doncaster tomorrow cope with Rosewall's bewilder- over two miles and a quartering assortment of chops, drives,

Tu

DONCASTER OUP

at

at 1430 GMT, are.

Double Bore (T. Gooling), Harwin (W. H. Carr), Entente Cordiale (D. Smith), and Nauce- tra (A. Russell).China Mail Special.

Scottish-Born Girl Attempts Lake Ontario

Jobs and smashes.

BERVICE POWER

Oxford,

not

Mrs Kiner, wife of the Cleve- land baseball outfielder Ralph Kiner, was out of major tourna- ment tennis for two seasons, but today showed much of the ser- vice and forchand power that brought her the national indoor crown in 1950 and 1951.

She was on her way to an upset with a 4-3 lead and ser- vice in the first set when a foot fault call made her loss con

she fidence momentarily, and double-faulted to allow Miss Hart to draw even at 4-4. Toronto, Sept. 8.

In the second set, Mrs Kiner Gerda Olsson, 19-year-old Scottish-born marathon swim- broke service to lead 1-0, but mer from Simco, Ontario, dived her opponent scrambled back into Lake Ontario today, the make it 3-3 by breaking in the seventh in two days to try to sixth gume, scoring a key point swim the 32 miles from Niagara-on an obviously bad call by a on-the-Lake to Toronto,

She entered the water shortly before noon, and stroked strongly toward Tarotto, one year to the day after 17-year-old Marilyn Bell awam the lake for the first time in history.

Gerda was one of 30 entrants

in the proposed across-the-inko

swim sponsored by the Canadian

linerman, Then, in the 10th game, the 30-year-old Champion, hitting with more power than broke she had all afternoon. service to win the match.

THE RESULTS WOMEN'S SINGLES

(QUARTER-FINALS)

Miss Doris Hart (Florida)

National Exhibition, which later beat Mirs Nancy Kiner (Coll- cancelled it owing to prolonged fomia) 6-4, 6-4. unfavourable weather.

..

Mrs Dorothy

the boat Miss Shirley Six swimmers made attempt anyway yesterday but 9-7, 8-8. none succeeded."

Nestor A. Quiroz, a, 89-year- old Argentinian, was pulled: ex- hausted and seasick from the chilly water early today half way across the lake-United

·Presa.

HOME RUGGER

London, Sept. 8. resulta:

Union "Aberavon 14, "B: :Williams Team 0.

Scheltenham G, Civil Service

Wales 11. be Swanee 0.

Hockey Teams Wanted In Macao

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A

Campanella, who was hit on

the left wrist by Buhl in the 1953 clincher, was talum out of the game after being struck on the right wrist by Buhl today. Dr Harold Wendier applied tee packs and said X-rays would be

unnecessary.

WINNING GAME

The pennant winning game OWN RECORD

went to Karl Spooner, who re- Brooklyn settled It quickly loved rookie Roger Craig after with four rung in the Trst 3 innings. Craig had per- Innings off Milwaukee starter mitted two runs in the third, and

base

the In Bob Buhl to break the Dodgers put two men

with angles. At that own record for early pennant fourth veteries set on Sept. 12, 1953. point, Dodger manager Walt The pennant clincher two years Alston yanked him and brought ago also occurred at Milwaukee Spooner out from the bull pen. County Stadium, and the loser that time also was Buhl.

The

Spooner proceeded to strike out four mon in a row and The Macao Hockey Club

The Dodgers scored all the stretched his strikeout total to very anxious for visiting teams from Hongkong to go down and

runs they needed this time after nine for the contest to gain his two were out in

victory the opening eighth

against five play against

them throughout innings.

win stretched defeats. Bubl was charged with the coming season. They

are Brooklyn's victory string to his 10th defent against 13 wins, practising hard for the Olym-right.

Buhl walked Duloo pics and would welcome any Snider, hit Roy Campanella with team, no matter what their pitched ball and walked Carl strength, to go down and give Furillo to fill the bases, Then them match.

he walked Jackie Robinson to force in the first run.

the

make the trip, are requested to Any club or team wishing to

GI Hodges singled, pinch contact the Secretary of

runner Carl Erskine and Furillo Association, Mrs Kim Campbell, came home, and then Don Zim who stated yesterday, that shemer singled Robinson in, before would be more than willing to

The a crowd of 18,335 fans make the necessary" arrange crowd was the smallest of the ments,

KNOCKOUT TOURNEY

The Dutch Hockey Club, it is understood, will soon be pre- senting a cup to the Hongkong Hockey Association to be played for in the form of a knock-out be run competition. This will quite separate from the league and along the same lines as the FA Cup BOUCET matches in England.

All teams in the men's first second divisions will be the

and aligible to participate in

tournament.

The draw for the first and Knode' (USA)

Fry (USA)cond rounds will be published. In the Ambciation's handbook, due shortly for release,

MEN'S SINGLES

(QUARTER-FINALS)

nard Bartzen (USA) 6-3, 6-1, Vic Solxas (USA) beat B-

[18-11.

Ken Rosewall (Australia) beat Ham Richardson (USA) 0-4, 0~7, 2-0, 0-3-United Press,

LADIES OPEN PAIRS RESULTS

"The following) results of the Colony Ladies | Pairs Lawn Bowls Champion- ship matchos: Blayed yesterday.

XDC) 'bout

|

Softball Teams

7.

The following tuäms have been Felected for tomorrow's softball

winbill at King Park,

HKSA. Officials and "Old Crocka

**he Yu: Shân girl team

at 4 P

A.M. Ozorto, Wille Woo, “D,6: Fang (AGNHumain, 5. Hamel, C.0) Logi 25,- Carvalho, -Lee Chambong

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nikong

League Soccer Results

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Potgieter Will Now Fight Jamaican Boxer

London, Sept. 8. Italian boxing authorities havə ordered Heavyweight Antonio Crosta not to fight seven-foot- two-inch South African Ewart Potgieter because of the glant's "antagonistic countenance," it was announced today.

by four relief pitchers.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Brooklyn

Milwaukee

XI. They made o depressing start. Simpson was bowled at 10 and though the Yorkshire left and Gloucester Fander Close

la

Co-

ABA Hongkong donating the proceeds of the performance to one of the lony's most deserving sporting causes the Gymnasium Fund of the Missions to Seamen which has been the nursing mother of local boring and is where the majority

of training for box- ing takes place.

at popular

OP

50 shire's Graveney added 00 in minutes, Close was second out

will be Seats REat 70 after hitting a six and Ave

be will fours.

pricos. Tickets 10 11 0

There was further anxietsinale shortly at the Missions 2 0 2

the last 20 minutes and Wilson to Seamen, 40, Gloucester Road,

Craig, Spooner (4) and Campanella, Welker (1): Buhl, never happy against the spin-Hongkong. Paine (1), Jolly (3), Johnson ners, was third out to a simple (5), Burdette (6) and Crandall, slip catch at 90. WP-Spooner (8-5). LP-Buhl

(13-10). HR-Robinson (8th). | stiil

United Press,

GYMNASTICS

Moscow To Hold 1958 World Championships

Paris, Sept. 8, The International Gymnastics closing the Federation, before

decided CongrCES here today, that the World Gymnastic

Championships will be held in the "Omnisports"? at

which is to be built

1958

Stadium,

in Moscow.

The gymnastics premises are planned to ocat a crowd of 20,- .000

was

to

spectators. Sweden, who

originally chosen organise the Championships, de. clined the honour.

In the and Pearce's XI were 25 behind with seven wicketer left.

THE SCORE BOARD T.N. Pearce's XI 1st Innings 290 Bouth African-ist innings 854

Pearne's XI 2nd konings

R. T. Simpson, b Heine D. Class, ɓ Mansell

T. Gravency, not out

J. Wilson, * Mansell,

Tayfield

W. Edrich, not out

Extras

Total (for threo)

-France-Presse.

Sports Diary

TODAY

WELL KNOWN

The names of those who have been invited to take part should ensure a packed house and will include the North German Heavyweight Cham- plan, Gunter Klemer of the Merchant Navy: Frank Cunning ham, Merchant Navy: Rawlings, Mason and Finch of the Royal 45 Navy; Baker of the RAF Postle, Bibby, Travors, Hudson, Carey, Jones, Allison, Hilton, Bowen and Dinning of the Army (the last six direct from the South East Asian Cham pionships at Singapore), and the popular local boys Kan Mo, Fong Kl-kong. Gilbert Hugh and Henry Wong.

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4

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Swimming Colony Springboard Fancy Diving Championship at LNC, 6 p.m.

Masting

HK Football Referees monthly

Tennis The Foderation also decided:

Championship Playoff: Men's "C" 1. Both masculine

and Division, CIC(1) v BCAA at HKCC teams 5.30 p.m. gymnastle feminine

LRC Tennis Championship: Colony should be reduced from eight (six counting in the clasifica-Ladies Doubles; Club Men's Bingles, flon) to six (five counting in the classifications).

A European Federation meeting.

Bowls Crosla and Potgieter wat would be entrusted with the 1 Diy: F ▼ PRC, scheduled to fight here next organisation

European 3rd Div: PRC v F.C. Colony Pair Jack athletics cups. Non-European Tuesday, but promoter. Solomons received word today nations could be invited to those at HCC, & p.m. from the British Boxing Board meetings, but could not take

Control that the

wins, Italian European titles in case of Boxing Federation' had ordered

A two-thirda majority Crosia not to fight.

for the would be necessary

tin election of new members

of

of

London, Sept. 8.. Association Football results: LEAGUE DIVISION :II Swansea Town 5 Thiry

LEAGUE DIV. IN (SOUTH)

The Italians considered, the Leyton Orient Newport County Bouthampton match rot rullable for our this case 10 votes). No new Northampton T.. 3 · Aldershot

SCOTTISH LEAGUE OUP

Morton..

0 0. Colchester U.

12 boxer, "considering

Potgieger's countries were admitted physical peculiarity and an-- tagorristic countenance."

Of the three up for admission, South Korea received 13, for and eight against, Blast Germany Potgieter, (803 lbs.) will now received 12 for arxl '11' agafont, fight Jamaican Bimon Templar while Communist China got 11 (238 lbs.): next Tuesday-United votes for and 12 against

Prince-Presse,

1

• Dumbarton IRISH ULSTER CUP

Cliftonvilla

3 Coleraine

Rotter.

PRES.

THE GAMBOLS

WILL, 1-MUST AS GEORGE PROTI

Open

semi-finals

TOMORROW Swimming 1st day of the Colony Swimming Championship fonts at EYMCA, p.m.

Celokat .Kowloon Cricket Club trialą,

nowle

A

Let Div: ICE PRC: Recreto TV KBGC: IRC "crelo

w

ind. Div: KCC = TC.

3rd Div! PRO Y EXERC: TC v

With this galaxy of pugilistic stars, a first class evening's en- tertainment is assured, "and"# worthy cause will be helped

by the provision of the

ment and renovations

Seamen's Missions to nasium.

gym-

Officials will be provided by: the Hongkong ABA and the three Services. The matching and general organisation will be in the capable hands Chief Petty Officer Jim Herrett

by the

Hongkong ABA Committee." assisted

Italians Beat Dynamo 1-0

Florence, Sept. 8. The Italian First Division football team Florentina today defeated the Soviet team Moscow. Dynamo by one goal to nil here. Florenting scored the winning goal in the first half,***

On Sunday last, the Dynamo KDC. "BRIT Enield" Cup compet. side beat Milan. by four goals to

pre in Milan-Reuter,

tions at HKFC, 1.9.m.

Barry Appleby

GOLDEN CHURN