1956-06-11 — Page 7

LOOK -LEARN TENNIS

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1956.

Christine Truman Is Ready To Work For Success

By DOROTHY LITTLE

When I first went to see 15-year-old Christine Traman I hardly looked where, she was hitting the ball.' I just watched how she moved and played her strokes, Tall

he is 5 ft 11 in-Christine hits the ball with an easy, classic style.

'She has a fairly long backswing on both wings, and gets the maximum speed with the minimum effort.

With The maturing of her game she will probably speed up her drives and shorten her backswing a trifle.

Penetration

odd word to apply to tenals, but It describes perfectly a drive that has pace, length," and con- trolled direction.

Beems

This Christine has in no amall measure for one so young. Her game has been very evenly developed with

gloring

weakness.

no

This in most important, ma ji doesn't take a good player long to *xpose ank expioll an opponent's weakness.

If you meet someone who has a very obvious weakness, don't concentrate entirely on that ftank, but expose the weakness by playing first to the streng Alde.

In other words open up the court fur stroke to your

opponent's wing.

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most vulnerable

I like the way Christine moves up to a half-court bhil, menting it sideways so that she can hit her normal op splu drive,

COMMON FAULT

So many players run to hit the ball facing the net and then and they have to hit the bail up, and so often put it out of court.

She rets herself A high standard of achievement. That's fine because I feel she 13 prepared to work at the game,

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and may well be the one junior on whom we can pin our hopes.

Ann Haydara,

junior Champioh, is mother girl I have been watching, Unfortunately she cannot give as much time to

CHRISTINE TRUMAN

Lonals is she should. First there is table tennis anel if you are ranked world's No. 4, as she is, then it is natural enough

NEW ZEALAND MINISTER SAYS..

Impossible To Prevent Pool Forms Coming Through By Post

Wellington, New Zealand. Although Mr S. W. Smith, Minister of Internal Affairs, has announced in Parliament a decision by the Government to prohibit the importation of English foot- ball pool forms, he has since explained that the bar refers

to the wholesale importation of forms. He said that it would be impossible to prevent forms coming through the post addressed to individuals.

to set your hopes on becoming No. 1.

You table tennis is the chief attractiori. „Ann also has exams ahead and wants to go to a university within the next few years.

She has a punishing forchand drive, hit with a good deal of top spin often exactly like a table termin shot.

TOO DEFENSIVE

In contrast to Christine Tri- man, however, Ann has an un- evenly developed

Her garme, backhand is too defensive.

This is due rather to lack of confidence and control than lo badly produced shots,"

When she moves in to hit a half-court ball on her backhand she hits with confidence and a free, easy swing.

From

the baseline she relies

on placing it rather than hit- ting. and under pressure it breaks down.

'ALAN MOSS IS

A

THE BOUSSAC STORY

FORTNIGHT RACING KING THE

Nottingham, June 9, Alan Ho, thẻ Knot fast bowler who was Injured when fielding In the first

Trst today, will be out of the game for two or three wooks,

Mom playing in his first Test, slipped and badly tore » mazsola in his groin.o

On the opening day' Auâ- tralia Iost their ful bowICTS Alsa Davidson and. Hay Lindwall through injury.

Lindwill. who is a strained thigh, will bat if necessary in the current

matchleuter.

Britain Wins Curtis Cup

in 1932. Their peyious victory was in 1952.

two.

GOLDEN WITH

TOUCH

By GORDON YOUNG

Paris.

Pare

Sports Diary

TODAY."

Tabnis

Men's "A" Division: ¡SCAA, IKCC V KCC.

Zadion* **A**-- Reoredo y KCC, LRG

UBRIC, CRC Y BCAA.,

Water-polo

Benior League: 301 Tân y Chudal. Shy (Chung sing) 0:p.m

Football Footballer of the your presentation at Glosscenter Hotel, 430 p.m.

Hasketball

Black and White ♥ Monkoog "led" team at Southorn Playground 1.20 p.m.

1 TOMORROW

Tennis-N Division: CC

When a certain dapper Frenchman with a broad, lined face and a little grey moustache alighted on Wednesday from one of his four private aeroplanes and made his way to the Epsom grandstand he was instantly CRC (1) Uross C Ce ..identified by many British racing fans.

"That's Marcel Boussac," they Bald. "He's France's 'Mr Racing."" They were right but they were also minking a profound understatement, for 67-year-old Marcel Boussac is vastly more than that.

Derby

Men's

v USRC, Army LIC, HX KTGCA, CCSRČ v, HKU. cca Hocreto.

Ladies' "B" Division: LIC. (3) ▼ CC CRC Secreto (1), Recreio (1)

V USRC, KCG Y SCAA.

Water-polo

Junior League: Army North vˆR. Navy (Vitoria Pool), p.m.; RAZ Army Bouth (RA Pool), Dockyard Bastern" (Navy Pool),, 5.20 p.m.

WALSALL MAY GET A ZULU

He is, in fact, not only the top change your plans at the last trie Cotonndere, controls his owner and breeder of France, moment. For instance, I had spinning mills, dyeing hills and

even over the hoped to rend with precedenKO

Philius to tho gurment factories. Aga Khan, but he is also une Epsom Derby and Jurop [of the world's last great business Fiorinios for the French Derby He owns or controls too the Rousseau, tycoond, of the type which and Grand Prix. Then

Etablissements Floriados virtually 'Sandwich, Kent, June 9.

dled out with Henry hurt himself one night in his France'a largest manufacturer Ford.

box, so I had to give up the of inexpensive shirts with sales Britain beat the United Ha is the founder and head British

reserve of about £4,000,000 a year: u States by five matches to of a business empire of texilie Phillus for the two French race chain of clothing shops called four in the Curtis Cup and other firms which is so vast "So at Epson

so this year A la Tolle d'Avion (for reasons A. Zulu máy be_playing_for in-shall have nothing excepto be explained. Inter): the Walsall one day. Jackson Isaac women's golf international that its ramificatscars have

tumeed the lives of women in Janier in the

great foshion

house of Chris- Nyali has written the. Midland here today.

every civilised country of the

"But I am I repeat Lian Dior and the smaller one felub from Preloria saying he the would like a trial, he is 24 and world, including Britain.

hoping to do at Ascot, numed Piero Clarenze; It is only the Gecond time

firm of Bendix Home also wants This empire is run not in the where I plan to have Elpener French

a job as a clerk. that Britain has won the trophy modem manner by a board of in the Gold Cup Kurun in the Appliances: the St Cloud Face-Nalvely he subs: "After giving since this bi-annual contest beairsctors or a committee, but ex- | Hardwicke Stakes, Olean in the course and the Parisian news- the matter long consideration I have decided to play for you!?" tween the two countries began clusively, directly and person- Queen Anne Stakes or the Rous paper Aurore,

Why Walsall? ally, by M. Boussac himsolt. Memorial and perhaps one or

Through the backing which He is one of the richest men two two-year-olds,” She throws the ball up too

Starting the day 2-1 donnin the world. His personal for-

I asked M. Bousse whether he gave to the designing genlus of Christian Dior bo has set high when serving. burt her they won only

at he agreed with the view of the fashions one of yester- tune has been estimated

which have action is good

been Leyton Generosity Se would get days's three foursomes--Briluin £50,000,000, the turnover of his | Aga Khan that breeding and followed to a greater or lesser more pace if the didn't throw so

clinched victory

tcootibe and other busi-racing in Britain by winning great

were being extent by women everywhere. It was an unlucky broken jazz high and speeded up her swing

the singles by four matches to nesses

£52,000,000 a year. crippled by heavy taxation?

that Ron Heckman sustained slightly.

What His 60 or more factories employ

is the secret of the "What seems to me mere "golden

for touch"

Leyton against 02

Marcel playing Never throw the ball so bigli Results of the singles were over 23,000 people, two-thirds of

serious in Britain," he replied, Boussao?

Brighton in the vital promotida He told me them women.

a little match, for it prevented his go that you have to pause your ❘ (British names first);

is the los incurred by owners of it himself but to ste the ing on the FA tour of South (awing while the ball drops to Mrs G. Valentine beat Miss

In addition to his four private on their racing stables, The picture as a whole you must Africa. Orient, however, within reach

P. Lesser Ů and 4.

aeroplanes, he has Ave motor- prizemoney in Britain is ex-first hear the story of how his taken him on their trip to Malta Garvey lost to Miss cars (all British), Juxurious fremely low and the losses to empire was built, M. Smith # and 8.

homes in Paris, Deauville, and owners are so enormous that I Mrs R. Smith beat Miss P. Cannes, a farnous chateau near do not see how in the long run Riley by one hole.

Orleans, two stud farms and they can support them.

stables Miss J. Robertson lost to Miss racing

Chantilly,

"In Franco and other where B. Romack 8 and 4.

never Lower than 100

countries where the totalisalor Miss A. Ward

horses are in training. beat Miss

makes it possible for a per M. A. Downey 4 and 3.

Yet M. Boussac is one of the centage of the betting money, to Miss E. Price beat Miss J. most modest-ankinnered of men. be put aside for the racfcourse Nelson 7 and 6.

I visited him the other day in organisation, it has been pos- his private office from which he sible to increase the prizemoney controls his empire, it is insufficiently to make the deficit an unpretentious building be- of the owners supportable.

in the crowded "In my own case, for instance, hind a cinema

of races in Rue Foissonniere in the heart of the programme the textile district of Paris. which I would Ako to particl-

pate in Britain has been con His own room, is big but old-siderably

reduced compared fashioned with heavy antique with previous увидя because furniture, shabby beige wells, a French rapes tave become well-worn carpet sich only

much more worth while enler- great desk ten feet long to give ing than English ones. any outward indication of the

“It no remedy can be found to this occupant's importance,

situation in Britain I

Sheila

Mias P. Armstrong, only 10. is janother promising junior. She has had the bent of an Ave- tralian trip this winter and has

returned with a beautiful tan and a greatly Improved gume,

Her aim must be to increase the pace of her drives and to hit for the lines, not just down the middle.

Always remember to hit to where your opponent is coming from, not going to.

CLOSE FINISHI

The final result depended on the match between the English le Champion, Mrs Roy Smith, and America's Miss Polly Riley.

Her backhand action is more fluent than her forehand, which is often a mere push, with

or no backswing

She inoves well, irles for everything and has a pleasing monner on the court.

NEXT ARTICLE Dorothy Litle, who as Dorothy Round twice won the Wimble❘ dom singles, will analyse other star players.

Five Japanese

In ammouncing his move against the British pools, Track And Field

the Minister said that four forms of gambling were legal in New Zealand-raffles for which police permits had been issued; horse racing; local "art union"; and overseas lotteries.

The Minister said that the, provided Totalisator Agency Board, tok- | gambling.

ing bets for the totallsutors at horse radpg and trotting fx-

tures, had in the last racing season

Records Broken

by

When the pair had completed 28 boles, three matches had been

by Britain won sizable margins, while the United States, needing three singles wins to retain the trophy, had won two.

Little Mrs Smith, formerly Milsa Frances Stephens, Was at that stage one up on her op ponent. From there on it be came a pulsating tussle between two girls of exceptional courage and skill.

After 35 holes the pair were all square.

at

ofice

fear that the future of racing

and breeding there is, going to be dimoult,

WHAT HE OWNS

"YOU LIKE ITT The man behind the desi-n stocky genial bald-heated Rgure

To the practical mind of M. was wearing an inexpensive Boussue there is no reason why ready-made

office Jacket of even sport should be run at ʼn electric blue artificial material loss. All his fo he has shown mass-produced by one of his the same consistent genius for own factories,

You like it?" making on when he had

He was eighteen "It's very practical he said. At the final hoje.

his first business and only 24 Mrs Smith's mashle second shot and hard-wearing for

when he made his first fortune fell within ten feet of the flag, 50"

the fact by His and she was down in four red and white check to were

pale blue shirt and his-and signalised

buying, his first Rolls-Royce, win the hole Tokyo, June 19,

and the match,

of Bourse fac- Japanese Olympte candidates She was immediately engulfed also products for today broke

and tories. What's good enough for five national

by Jublient spectators

the customer is good enough for records

team-mates. in preparation for the

the boss in M Boussa's view Melbourne Games,

But before we talked about his business we talked about his racing, for, indeed, the two have always been inextricably mixed. after the war. M. Wheo, Boussac needed

order £1,200,000 worth of new textile machinery from America, he found nearly a quarter of the dollars tie needed for this pur-

= his pose by selling off some of stallions at prices ranging up-

a legal charanel

one

NO CREDIT BETTING No would say It had the bookmakers,

University student Takumi Ogasawara threw the BamNET 55.22 metres to better the old record of 549 metres.

complete handled £43,- 230,000, of which the

eliminated racing clubs took £3,250,000 and the wald the Minister, bat had Governinent

This eliminated many of them, and off-course betting

Industriad had been the TAB had the great advan- voted for by the

tage that there was "peoplo In

no credit referendum by two to one and betting It was "cash up or no

£1,000,000.

Dave Sime Runs

220 In 20

Seconds Flat

bet."

worker Yoshio Kojima and University student Hitoshi Gote both broke the 14.10 Shot Put record. Kojima heaved the shot 14.7 metres and Goto 14,58 metres,

Two girls broke the women's

Put record · of 12.89 vs

As to the "art unions," (local latteries in which the first prize is 45,000) they had started more or less by accident, sold the Shot Minister, and the Government tablished by Miss Fumi Kojima had eventually been forced to in 1939. Industrial worker Miss talee them over. Since then more Motoko Yoshida 13.1, textiles thau £2,000,000 had been dis-worker Miss Toshiko Kolumi tributed to worthy Califomia, June 18.

charitable 13 metres.--Reuter.

Last Dave Sime, the American run-and recreational bodies,

world 220 Yards ear it was necessary to increase ner, beat tho record for the second time in a weekly "art union" from £7,000 the prize-money in each three- morith, and equalled the 100

to £10,000, because Yards record here last night, Jotteries had been made more He clocked 20 seconds at for attractive, China Mail Special. the 220 yards. The amchil re- cond

20.2 seconds by Mel Pat- ton (United States) at Log An- goles in May, 1949, Sime better ed this time on May 11 clocking 20.1 seconds at Durban, North Carolina.

Nian days later he equalled the official records for both the 100 Yards and 220 Yards in a Slato College mooting at Raleigh, North Carolina.

Last night Simo again clocked 9,3conda for the hundred

Overseas

Chile To Stage World Soccer Championships.

Lisbon, June 10,

New National

German Swimmer

The next match in the icries is due to be played in the United States in 1958, but dis- cussions are already taking place on the possibility of opening the event to other countries.-Reuter,

MOTOR RACING.

Transmission Trouble Forced British Driver

to

The following year ho bought his first racehorse and now his stud and racing organisation is nt something like valued

£2,700,000.

Today the Boussac empire ranges Car and wide, from lex- tiles to newspapers and home laundry machines. His main offices the Comptoir de l'Indus

FIFTY YEARS A BOWLER

wards from £100,000 each. "He Surely the most remarkable is impossible, that man Bous-cricketer in England is 74-years- sac," one of his rivate once cild Frank Edwards, Gor so many exclaimed. “He has fan in years professional to the Minor business and he makes money County of Buckingham. He look in sport,"

jover 1,000 wickets for them in

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To Abandon Race I asked M. Boussid about his his active career and in his

ng

plans for the current racing recent beneft match between Benson, "It is always difcuit Bucks Past and Present he Palermo, Sicily. June-10: Umberto Maglioli, of Italy, in to look far ahead in racing," he bowled 15 avers, despite his ad- three-year-olds, vanced age, and tools three for replied "With a Geranan Porsche 1500 ce car. Record By East today won the 720 iilometres for instance, you can make a 11. He joined the Surrey stall Targa Florio Motor Race here. plan of campaign for them only in 1997, assisted George Hirt at

havo run they

Eton, helped. FW. Gilligan-at long The ovent, which courts to when

and is still Knough wards the 1956 World Sportscar.

two-year-olds for Uppingham School

40 Milfeld School, Championship, was run over ten you to be able to judge their coach

Somerset. qualilies, what further progress laps of a road circuit,

Magliol, who had the German they are only to make, or con-

Hanstein, Van

no co-driver, trantwise, whether Uy have. covered the distance in 7 hours. 54 minutes, 62.0 seconds, at an career. average speed of 90.07 KPH

Hamburg. June 13. East German swimmer Zigold today lowered the national_re- cord for the 200 Metres Free Style with a time of 3 minutes, 10.5 seconds; at an International mecting in Hamburg tonight.

Hungary's Nycki Was send in the event, in 2 minutes, 11.1

was among

Their Punche took the lead When the 9,500 cc Forrori, driven by Poter Collins, of Britain, and Eugenio Castellotti, of Holy

The 1962 World Soccer seconds,

tired with transmission trouble Championship will take Hungarians won many events at the end of the eccond lap yards-equalling the official re-place in Chile.

the Fin meeting and their Cham Reuter,

pion Butterfly Breaststroke cord held jointly by Americans Mel Patton, Jin Holliday and This was decided at the swimmer, Tumpek,

second day's scasion of the the onayi sulante. He took the FIFA (International Fodern 200 Motres. Butterfly, went in 2. Far From The At the same meeting last night tion of Football Associations)

minutes, 23.0 seconds, len Jack Davis at the United States here by the assembly, who gave seconds ahead, of his ridarest

-France-Prespe, "Navy", equalled they Worlit 120 || 32 votes In favour of Chile and rival.-

Yards High Hurdles record in 10 in favour of the Argentine. 33.5 seconds. '

Heeler Hogan.

The official récord was set by Dick Attlesey (United States) at Helsink in July, 3950-Router.

Pirio's Fastest Mile

645; » Welton, Surrey, Juno D.

the Iritish Gordon Pirio, Olymple rumier, rigs the fastest

Westom Germany, who also requested the Lention of the 1962 championship, had withdrawn her request.

Fifteen nations did not voto, Ancluding: Froland, Spain, West V

and East Germany, and, YuZO-

| #davio, who abstained.

French Drivers Win Endurance

Motor Race

Paris, Juro 10.

Cricketing Field

COO

"And accidente ant niishaps of all kinds can intervene to

to a full stop in their Shocked The Seniors

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Cricket Club GIVE THAT THEY MAY LIVE

Lower Chopal are the Champions of the Dar- (Lanc) League. -. They condescended to dolce on their cod cloven the other day, und whate shock they gotl When the Reserves scored 60. Great guy Bernard Guy, they were not unduly worried, lain of Harborne in the Birm but when Gordon Shorrock, who had opened the immingS. So far he has scored 603 runs in with 21, alaried him farb bowl Ava; innings, for three times, out

ing wickets tumblod at: en and an average of 167. In a alarming rate. The Champions cont: 200 got out he hit 30were all out for four, and young boundaries-152.rune in fours,

Ingham Sunday Cricket League

Last sonnon

That Dennis Kershaw

Was on Whit Sunday, Shorrock took, anven was on enthusiastic fast bowler against Dudley Wayfarers, Next wickets without, a with the Real (Lancs) Club, day he hit 121. againe Wolver- scored off timi and also its hou,, secretary, Buthampton, He has played for he will not be able to play for Warwickshire, but prefers club them this summer--or next. cricket. Reason: he is in the Aritareljo with De Tuchm"-mxpéditión-br ̈à

Mr Arthur Drewery, Chaline "French /, Hrivers: Jonn: Boten | A

of the English FA, Counell, was and Lout" Roster Tra a doorzitt

LIGHT DIET

Senior Test Man

Thoir

run being

ONLY ONE SCORER

The quaintly cumed deaspark- Ibril women's team, ...--of" ; netball players Bad tanzt overwhelming 14-0 win against "Ainthorpe Old Who England goes into the Girls In the Hull Loogue, but deld against Australia at Not what made the match most rew tingham for the First Test, it maricable war that all of the will be the first time since the goals were scored lory Mis Mar

mile of fde, berour, when run elected", Prezidors of FIFA for Wor the 1,000 clometred Firazil at Wembley; the England | Work that: a “pre-war piezor: hás veret O'Brien; the Seasparklers

ning in four minutes 3.0 #conds | at u mbeting hero today Hulk, In a field of Over Pirlo, was out on his own After the second

the next two years.

Mr Deevery hur kern, adding President airson the dertil et Me M. RW. Boehiroyan, of Bel- Yum--Reular, i

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