1955-10-18 — Page 6

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1955..

RUSSIAN MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION

GREATNESS MUST HAVE BEEN BORN IN YOUNG JOHN SURTEES

Greatness can be achieved, or, it can be born in men. It must have been born in young John Surtees, the 21-year-old London racing motor- cyclist, who twice crushed World Champion Geoff Duke a fortnight ago. John was born with n spanner in his hand. He breathed petrol fumes 28 baby, when his play-pen was the pit at his father's race meetings. At 15, before he was old enough to hold a rou! Reence, young John was a passenger in his father's racing sidecar.

AL 17 he went grass-druck, let. Yes, it was a glorious

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SAD WEEK-END

ARI JU Was

sad week-end for the 32-year-old Iron Duke - tipped to the stressir le ruft and his sleek Italian Gilera,

But all modest John would Duke; an the man most likely to? keep the Wo to Changaotskijay was: "Sometimes your bike faster than any other—and 1 you just keep going."

Never before had two riders met in much circumstances.

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Title Fight Postponed

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Their battle

Cycle Unton's Pinhard Prize for In the the finest achievement field of motor cycling by a rider under 21; that Mum is an ex- cyclist in addition pert motors

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that and to Dac's

Norman, bas younger brother started competing in hill seram- bles

family and the ure ways in the pits on racing

John

his tunes

own days, machines until just before

his father start. Then QVET.

Mom, Dad,

for supremacy had begun the previous week- nt at Aintree where mich won one ruce. But after his Si-acteristics as a rider. verstone triumph Surteen ted 2-1.

Duke faced The chance nt pulling up to 2-2, or seeing his young rival atreak into a 3-1 jend

And Surfers hadn't been beaten

Brands Hotel on the track for three years.

Soften the blow for Duke by The Empir Minkjeweleht | drawing attention to the

turn the which gave Duke a back place for a front spot Potash at quon, in the grid,

Mike Holl Surfees. Hint that Duke was Pat McAlee 11 the South African Chiroplan, not prepared to take any risks due to sl.. places un November wille no Championship at sinke. But you could not deny the skall of Bay Surtees, who on his way to victory smashed both e und race records with an That mune wad mise His fight if juver uge speed of 72 62 mph,

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What are John's chief char- He is a rey-counter watcher? In case the you didn't know, that is opposite to ♫ 'wrecker" or

the 'cratcher', Johes watches rev-counter to make sure he is | not avortaxing his engine.

A 'wrecker' is a rider who drives his machine too hard. A "Beratcher' 15 a man who takes the risks and expects too much

his machine.

On the rond John drives his w sports car-never a motor Road riding, he says, cycle.

different completely ban technique from racing.

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You cannot learn racing on the road; the saddle position is different; so is the line you fake un ench corner.

John is afraid that road-rid- his racing

ing would spoil technique.

Has he

Maproving stadig over the years, Nether was he u stranger lo hake only int May when Duke by a Iow

hale where A raped home

460 ve Silverstone¦ motor-cycling is concerned? The Champion Must certainly he has. It is to see boys belling down the fack to put up a record-breaking

lap of $3.99 mph

road at high speed in a racing Everyda

of side- regardless And at ward the

parang position Leon, which meets Bulgaria In St Olymple

preiinary roualul atathed a sigh of relief turnings and other trame. "I That boy makes me shudder," says John.

And the toughest

whal ambitious plans one of

has Surtee for the coming my life."

winter? Modest John will re- turn to his first love-scramb}-

with his local pals. I not allogether surprising. ing.

one discovers London Express Service. There was no seort at half therefore, when time -China Mak; Spectal

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BEHIND THE IRON

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Sport Is Given Top Priority In The Soviet Union

Says TERENCE O'CONNOR

KCC RETAIN HANCOCK SHIELD

Archie Zimmern Brightens Up The Game

By "RECORDER"

The Kowloon Cricket Club retained the Hancock Shield yesterday by virtue of a first innings lead of four runs after the match and ended in a draw,

HKCC's second innings carried on at a moderate pace with Ivor Stanton taking a long time to settle down, re quiring 19 minute before finding his first scoring stroke' and reaching his 50 in 112 minutes.

Guy Pritchard treated Carnell minutes of the match, did not with less respect, sending the put in a bid for a place among the the

of very first trail he faced to

immortals

Hancock boundary with a straight drive. Shield history. but contented Pritchard and Slanton put on themselves with an exhibition, 70 for the first wicket and of how to keep one's wicket Stanton and Alec Pearen 68 for intact against every bowler the the sixth.

BKCC cared to use.

The Innings was carried on to

They faced everything but 171 for nine wickets and KCC tast DIKE true spin bowling, were left a reasonable two hours | Ramage even having the not and 19 minutes to get 168 runs

vory usual experience of facing for victory.

lob bowler, off whom he scorod 11 reasonably timed boundus,

THE SCORES

FUNEREAL PACE

n

HKCC 124 (0. H. P. Príl-

This task the KCC batsmen einbarked on at n funereal pace, this being largely commanded by Stanton who for 21 overs had the home alde's batemnen puzzled chard 18, C. J. B. Leador 27, T. A. Pearce 17. R. H. Hughes 21 with his glow offbreaks.

Forty-two runs were scored Innot out. B. C. N. Carmeli 4 for 64 minutes, Gullford holding his 20. J. Shroff 3 for 22) and 171 for B declared (G. H. P. Prit- end up as Webster, Hart-Baker.

53. I. L. Stanton T. all more chard Shroff and Coffey went, through their own misjudgment A. Pearce 24, B. C. N. Carneli

4 for 33. C. Hull 3 for 62) rather than through the wiles of

KCC 128 (J. Shro 19, V the one

opposition's bowlers.

Fairhall 43. G. H. P. Pritchard Shroff, starting confidently

enough, was bowled by a yorker 3 for 29. 1. i. Stanton 5 for 60) and 127 for 7 (C. M. Guilford from Salmon which he was try- ing to minke up his mind to pull 17. A. Zimmern 55, 1. L. Stanton and Coffey was caught by the 3 for 45.

extra COYCT same player at after failing to connect squarely shoulder-high ball from

Stanton.

Guilford and Coffey

Forget the pleasurable attitude towards Sport that the peoples of most countries in the Free World enjoy. It will not help you to under-settled stand what I have seen so clearly-the revolution in Sport which is taking place with terrifying effect behind the Iron Curtain,

You and I still think of Sport as a means of recreation; and children at school in the Free World do not play games or take exerolse because the State considers they might be potential World Champions.

These are fundamental differ- ences which must be understood before attempting to comprehend what is happening in Eastern Еигоре.

Union

Spurt is given top priority in the Soviet reasons:

for

can

Sur-

anch down

steadily up to

OLYMPIC GAMES

then Britain Will Not

played

the tea interval, Enter Team For though neither was anywhere

Ice Hockey near being at his case against Stanton,

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WHS

Both lost their wickets quick-

London, Oct. 17. fen. 11fber

Guilford

Beflain will not enter an ice caught on the boundary by Hockey

team in the Winter ↳ Games Cortina, Saimon after attempting to hit Olymple medium paced bowler Ellring- Italy, in January. Main reasons He for

are sx- The withdrawal ham through had inken an hour over his 17

pense and the fact that eligible Fairhall was caught by senior players cannot get tom Pritchard at deep mid-off by gether for regular training as a

Stanton, team.

the covers.

runs,

off Pritchard Guy having contributed seven.

Mr J. F. Hearne,

Secretary LOOKED UNHAPPY of the Brish Ice Hockey A850- The slutation looked unhappy clation, said today that as four-

senior cluba

and

Saturday, it

Spartak is famous in Britain various countries to find out for what job a man is best suited. and Western Europe as a foot- Perhaps you are saying that ball club, but it also has sections Uhly is not Sport as we know for swimming, athletier, basket- It? warned you in the Arst bali, etcetera.

method By this

of putting paragraph.

sport three For the young Russky there is them all together,_each

none of the fun, or finding out helps the other. For example, built particular forte provide his own

for football grounds are not (1)-It Russia

without an athletle track more Olympic Champions than himself. He is simply told!

for KCC, but even the club's of Britain's five Even the USA or any other country,

If such a system were rounding the pitch. This caves

outside space and the necessity of build- scorer, Mrs Chamberlain, felt played matches every Thurs It belleved the world will operated in a country

on contient enough that there was day, Friday and which becune impressed by the Com- the Iron Curtain. I feel it would another stadium.

was problem

could munist way of life. The not work because of the in-excellent idea, but would not be still some more batting his the

passible

countries

net be surmounted. like some dependence of the individual.

where side and she was not completely Rustang consider,

sports clubs are completely in- wrong.

"There is the expense factor, other enuntries, that the Olympic World! Sports

dividual. Games are the

Archie Zimmern, it seemed, too," he added. The trip, would While I was in Moscow I tried intended playing

captaly's cost £1.700 and perhaps for Champlonstilps and & "shop-

to discover whether a member innings and he began by playing only two games at the most of one club could leave and join the HKCC bowling more con- China Mail Special, another club.

fidently that he did that of the was told it was

possible. LKCC ground staff and When I asked for an example, Iteer bowler during was informed a ctise had never | interval. Larisen.

window" to "sell"

of

an

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providing

means

CONSTANT CHECK

It works with the Russians and their comrades' among the

because they all be satellites

love the State is master,

do what they are told because they consider it is best. The use f medicine in port

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it recreation for the masses,

of is hoped that the drabness Communistic life will Be for Rotten. Also, success in Sport is

Stanton continued at his end, incentive, for it means an

o not confued to school child- "But surely an individual honoured position In the State.

or two less effective shade ren. Throughout the career of workers (3)A nation of

get fed up. with one club than earlles, and many lingers Sportsinan an Iron Curtai produce more in the

crossed as Archie stayed

pro- constant eleck is kept on his for various reasono?" I asked. Calories and leids.

"I have never heard of one of eceded to hit, without regard to physical wellbeing.

your international sportsmen the safety of the carpet and being fed up and not wishing to inter the included many a good represent his country," was the

His 55 curlous reply.

this

MEDICAL TEST

When British athletes were in Moscow recently they were seen Head of the Soviet Algantic

by a Russian Woman doctor. of This sporting plan is a Minister

WOR not because the I

failed to see the strollarity batting stroke, quite a few well- timed but dangerous satacks at Physical Culture. Under

Russians were worried about

between

club and country; but the leather and an occasional central ministry each sport has their health, but because

they there are many questions about stroke that would have looked its own section concerned with wanted to compare the visitors

sport behind the Iron Curtain

baseball more in place training plans and the provision with their own athletest

where the answers are evasive diamond. He did. however, of State coaches.

heart-or where questions are simply deserve the cheers that greeted So Briush athletes' operations move down beats and blood pressures were met with

of a shrug

the him in the pavilion after he had

(In the next

slips by Pearce when he snicked means the Russians O'Connor discusses the vexed a shade late an inzwinger from By this hope they will learn something question ая to whether

the Pritchard. He hnd brightened now for their own advancement. Russian sportsmen are amateurs, the match up considerably.

Gabriel Korobkov, English- and tells you of the privileges speaking chief athletic coach of their Champions enjoy.)

Then

to the clubs scattered through- | tabuîsted beside their times and shoulders. istälä Terence been beautifully caught in the

out the seventeen republics the Soviet Union.

of training.

The first steps a young Russian makes towards sporting success begin at school. Sport Is com- pulsory, and from their early

days Russian boys and girls are

The USSR, told me of tho registered, measured and given tremendous help Soviet doctors medical checks.

and scientists provide In the Now a medical inspection for advancement of sport. consist sportsman does not

"Often if a conch cannot find merely of tests of the heart, the answer to a problem, ho lungs

limbs. Pulse-beat.eks the aid of and.

doctor. We for instance, is examined on a believe an indivdual gets more cardiograph. By this means out of spf he does it well, the power of the heart is, known wstop nothing to find a

of improvement." means

apart from the rate.

After years of experimenta- Clubs are the backbone of tion, the Soviet masters believe sport all over the world, and, they have found a quick road to therefore, it la interesting to discovering the sport for which | study how they operate through- a, man, is most suited and has out the Iron Curtain countries. the greatest chance of success

Just think what this means.

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Surprising 3-1 Victory For Hull City

Hull, Oct. 17. Hull City, bottom of the Eng- Iish League Second Division, scored a surprising 3-1 win over

At the age of twelve a boy is They have no "open" clubs, as the Hungarian Cup holders,. told he has the potentials needed. we know them, because they Vasas, here tonight in a floodlit to make a footballer, runner, are allied to Industries, Armed soccer match.. swimmer, or Ice hockey player. Services, countryside communi-

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The crack Hungarian side had From that moment

histles

unions. trade

For previously beaten the English training. is directed in the ap-example, the railway workers First Division side Tottenham have their sports clubs through- Hotspurs 2-1 and Second Divi- propriate fashion.

and slon Sheffield Wednesday 7-1.- It is a system of selection out the Soviet Republics used by the Armed Forces in deal with every type of activity. China Mail Special.

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Sports Diary

TODAY

Soccer

Int Division: Chichen v Bing To (CH), Policov KM (ES); at 528 p.m.

2nd Division; Army v Jardines (IV), St Joseph's v RAF (HV). 6.30 pm.

Dowle

Ladies' Open Faire firial at XBGC, 4 p.m.

Tennis

Hardcourt Tennis: Men's Singles and Doubles at CBC, 6.30. p.m.

TOMORROW

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Results

The following were the results Colony Hardcourt Terins Championship matches played yesterday at the Chinese Recrea- iien Club:

Hehnulbeys Singles Michael Lo beal, Leo Ping-yui 0-1, 8-0; la Fo-yip beat Malcolm Randall 0-2, 0-2.

Men's Singles Ip Koon-hung beat Lee King-fun B-4. Chath

Men's Double! Ito Cheong-po and Ng Banctioung beat Trou Chen-hwa and Ling Fong 0-), 8-3: Tong Po-ka and Wong Kai-sheung beat Wong Nai-bin and S. W. Ho 12-10, 6-0; Leung Chi- ching and Fung Stopn, beat 12 Shu- fong and 1o Sou-liong 6-). 0; beat 2nd Ju Pony Francks. Ma Wong Kun-ell and D. D, Yue 6-3, 1-0, 0-4.

TODAY'S GAMES (At 3.15 pm) Men's Singles

N. Lo v. Ng Man-cheung; Mic!mei Lo v. Hm Ching-hing; N Po-aum Y. Bo ChooRICMPO,

Men's Doubles W.P. Tui & T.K. Choy v. R.C. Carlos Willett & J.K. Jenkina: Quang & David Coffey v. Chung Chow & Tung Ching-kal; Y.J Khan & Yaqub Khan v. Joseph Hsu & E, Pertro

HKFC SOCCER TEAMS

The following have been selected, to represent the Hong- kong Football Club, in league soccer matches to-morrow.

First Division Kwong Walt

im Divladon: CAA V Bouth China | chib ground, kick-off at 1.20 p.m.; St Joseph's v RAT (Navy), Jones, Armstrong, Bishop, Douglas, Kwong Wah v Club (Club). at 5.30 phayer. Bradbury. Tomlinson.

pun.

2nd Division: Tung Wah Club (HV), Police v ICMB89), 6.30 p.m.

abtor Cycling Land Forces Motor Cycling Cham. plonsiips at Shatin, 0 Am.

Meeting ASF and OC meeting, at S.C.M. Post Board room, 830 pan.

by Barry Appleby

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O'Kelly, Neal, Pickering, Deignar. Reserves: Martin and Plancic

Second Division v Tung Wah at Happy Valley, kick-off at b.40 p.m.:

Franks.

Beattie,

Wake.

Kare, Macklo White, McCall, Martin, Platiek Miller.

Babbs and Dyer.

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Reserves:

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