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THE CHINA MAIL WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1056.

HORTON PERFORMS HIS FIRST

HAT TRICK OF COUNTY CAREER AGAINST SOMERSET

London, June 19,

Martin Horton, the Worcestershire visbreak bowler, lodny performed the first Harold hat trick of his county career against Somerset at Bath. Ile dismissed Stephenson and Maurice Tremlett with the last two balls of one over and Graham Atkinson with the first of his next.

Horton might have taken a fourth wicket with his next ball, George Dews drop- ping a difficult chance given by John McMahon. Having taken six first innings wickets for 38, he claimed seven for 29 in the second. Worcseter won by 76 runs.

Last emon Norton dismissed nine South African bulsmen in one inning for 50.

Lancashire, though gotting no points from their mulch again Nottingham, will lead the county table with 72 pointer

|

brought

on the board Champlons Surrey | minutes, had 00 within four points of Lancashire. with one wicket down but then Hampadre who beat Middlesex the England pair started a are third with 40 points,

landslide in which the last nine wickeln fell for the addition of 40 runs. Lock claimed Ave for 42, bringing this match figures to nine for 71, and Laker had four for 86.

FINE DISPLAY

Suirey owed their victory to Sine display of hosille bowl-

York-

A thrilling With DIVENT Yorking by Englond pinners Tony stuine

with tựa Lock and Jim Laker, by 23

set to minutes of extra time to spare shire,

Earlier Ton Clark had carried gel 124 in 140s bot for the Champlona, acor-

Ing 1 put of 135,

Aussies-Kent Match

Ends

In Draw

or

Rola had Interfered with all the matches

time at one another during the three days and the Derbyshire v. Glamorgan match was washed out com- pletely. Lancashire and Notting- iamshie, with the first two days lost, played today for eight points for first innings lead

Canterbury, Kent, June 19.

The foundation for Notting- have yet to recordhamshire's success was laid by The Australian tourists, who

(55) and Ron with Kent, Reg Simpson their first victory over a county side, drew

Giles (73) who shared a cen- bottom of the Championship table, in a match reduced by

tury partnership in 68 minutes. rain to two days here today.

Jimmy Gray Cornings,

with

The Australians, who play England in the Second Test next Thursday, have now played nine Championship | tions at medium sides, gaining first innings lead in only live.

Kent

over

In reply to jrusunderstanding. scored 210 The Australious 301 (or tour Log Shieref bis wickel. declared and the tourists intule

is without kors before rain stop- per play just before the entl.

five houTS

But

BATTING MASTERY

An

excellent

Jack Wilson, the 33-year-old Australian hopes of forring a jet-arm splaner enderi the

r lading mustery in

spel of Ave oven, in which he mining today dependert un

arly break-through when Kent dismissed Cowdrey and Phebey intment at 15 for no wirket, a four runs,

Cowdrey, who another 187 to make spent 40 minutes over 22, never Teeding The tourists bat again

looked comfortable against Wil- wicket and of 70 by son and after being dropped off second

Arthur hon in the slips for nine, he was Alan Stirrel? (40) and Phobey (67) held

The Mentually caught at the wicket. was hebey also fell to a catch by Tourists. whom

Maddocks after making 87 in Three hours 25 minutes.

50 minutes

Australians Ihr

particularly pr

up

Belding

After lunch the Keat batting Only collapsed when five wickels fellahen

Evans, whos

remained batted

for only 38 runs, mainly due to again and Burke wok full advan- ne bowling by Pat Crawford tuge of same loose bowling by and Jim Wilson.

10 deliveries cost During the morning, none of hum 26 runs, before ral ended the Australian bowlers worried the match 15 minutes early. Shinett and Phebey, and only a litruter.

anch Vietor clever vario-

pace, starred in the cheap for Hampshire

Ench dial of Middlesex. took four wickets, Gray for 20 and Cinnings for 43.

of

GORDON FIRIE

Black Day For Punters At Royal Ascot Opening

Berkshire, June 19.

It was a black day for punters at Royal Ascot where the four-day meeting opened in cool-cloudy weather.

Not a single favourite was successful, and to crown it all the Queen's colt, High Veldi, her only runner of the day, ran fourth in the six-horse St James' Palace Stakes, the last and richest race on the card.

the

Bowlers were generally in the best scentanoy

the Among performances wert those Artau Lobb. who preceded

The Queen had driven up the Horton's hat trick by taking six

wickets for 19 runs course in the Royal Landau į Somerset with his fast-metilum deliveries; drawn by greys with outriders

meeting Leicestershire's spin bower Ron before Samith, who just inirsed &hat watched by a large and fashion- trick in his first

Championship able crowd. ich

Warwickshire. against

wickets for six and look lour runs anxi Warwickshire's dium pace John Bannister with live for 78.

me-

opened

After the French triumpha in the Derby and Oakes at Epsom. horses from across the channel were expected to take at least of lay's valuable prizes, right but the best they could manage

Was two places.

T. Angus, 21-year-old arm medium fast bowler on the MCC ground staff, took all ten wickets for the MỘC “A” against Weal Horts in minor match. He claimed them for 24 runs in

1 overs.

Paddle Tennis Put

Tennis Put Althea

On Road To Wimbledon

By ERIC NICHOLLS

Althea

Determination alone may not win titles. But it helps. Gibson is a determined young woman, A 28-year-old Bachelor of Science from Detroit, she aims to match her big guns with all the feminine artillery Wimbledon can muster.

This 6 ft 10 in slim athlete wants to become the first Negress to win the Women's Singles title at the All-England Championships.

Althen comes with un Im- Monte Carlo and Italy pressive record from her world Wimbledon, ior-11 laternational titles, in- back 14 years, cluding the French Open, where

to a new tennis racket-"the most go wonderful present i have ever

bod."

you have lo

she dethroned the holder, luin's Angela Mortimer.

Bri-

children Althea, one of five of a garage hand, was

playing

It is Miss Gibson's Arst world four, but second trip to Britain, The last was in 1961.

But to get the story behind Althea Gibson's trek

one

Buisson Ardent, owned by Prince Aly Khan, was beaten a short-hend

three-horse in photo finish to the one-mile St James Palace Slakes, by Major Lionel Holiday's Pirate King.

HEAVILY BACKED

Piratò

heavily started

King, who had been backed for the Derby to today in the

small fleld of 6.

France suppiled the favourite, M. Marcel Boussae Olean II. for the Queen Anne Stakes, the opening race of the day.

LONDON TENNIS

Great Fight By Kumar Against Ken Rosewall

The

SECRET BID FAILS BUT PIRIE DOES FASTEST MILE

By ALAN HOBY

In the crowded archives of athletics there never has been a runner quite like Gordon Firle. Honest-to the brink of tactlessness → controversy and confecture cling to him like steel filings to a magnet.

The knockers, for instance, sald he was finished after his collapse in the AAA Championships last year. So, just to ram their false forecasts down their throats, Galloping Gordon came Back and thrashed the immortal Zatopek......

I could best year—" he said.

me a

"That.

Then these

know peaches and cream, same nothings said he was finished detect no signs of physical wear enforced rest through injury did when he had to lay off training and tear. this winter with a strained Achilles tendon., So what did Gordon do?

Although the Lendon All

Awells after running, he started

competition again. big-race

Finally, there were the boo

who Jeered him when ho boy's was spiked and lost his running

ລາ shoc

British Games the recently.

lean

A

Well, thore jars look pretty For in the püst cheap now, Three weeks the long.

Pirie has botes Northem stor Derck Ibbotson over 3,000 Metres

In

the most one of sizzling neck-and-neck flashes

ever sen.

In his first Three Miles of the senson he has clocked a now Surrey Championship best of 13min. 42.25c.

Scaron

alth 10

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lot of good. I feel ENFORCED REST

stronger."

There is no doubt other Pirke looked fitter and mora relaxed than I have seen him that Gordon realises that this time. "I haven't his now-or-never year as far

A9 an for a long

modal is Olympic felt so well since 1953-my

concerned.

Already he has covered 1,000 miles in training since April.

Pirie Outruns Kuts, Breaks World Record

Bergen, Norway, June 10, British runner Gordon Pirie tonight set a new world record here for the 5,000 Metres

Face in 13 minutes 30.8 seconds,

Soviet runner Vladimir Kats, who

भ second, also beat the world record with

time of 12 minates 39.6 seconds. The

record bet

e

previous

the

Tharos,

Then at Walton, Surrey, the other week, in a steret bid to beat the magia four minutos, saw him run his fastest-aver-

the fastet Mileed

England-when ha won a special invitation race in 4min. 30sec.

GROUND RECORD Not only is this great going distance runner so for a long early in Olymple year, but two hours later the amazing Pirts set up a ground record for the Three Miles which he won in 13min 48900

I know has a

for the Olympic 1,800 Metres. He also wants to be

the ninth man in the come world to run 1,760 yards in less And he is than four minutes. ribbling closer and closer.

But all think and I say this sincerely and as a friend that Pirie is PRIMARILY A DISTANCE RUNNER. Gordon will probably disagree but I think he has quite the don't "dck"--the spoed all through win an Olympic 1,500

Metres.

London, June 19. Australian, Ken Rose-

Iwo "reed -for--to wal number Wimbledon and

of the 000 favourites for the Men's Bingles Uitle, Lie, was given a great night by India's Naresh Kumar in the second round of the London Grass Court Championships this afternoon at Queen's Club,

Rosewall won 6-4, 4-8 and 9-7

after a

a great match Rosowall

can never have

been so near defeat during his career as he Was today against The Indian

led 5-2 Kumar,

final set and and 40-30 in the Rosewall's doorn, seemed sealed

The 6,000 and 10,000 Metres -there should be his priority For in these Olympic targets, events rest is best chance of a Gold Medal.

Pirie, of course, has a ziderable way to go in his climb back to the top. *"I hope to be much better in six to eight weeks," the next Gordon told me over lunch the other week.

But I must say that after watching this 10st, oft, 2ln. min of 25 tuck in to yourg

one tomato potatoes, to volley. But the steak, Indian number two, with

vic-Juice, tory staring him in the face, chopped the bail Into the net.

After that fortunes changed and the Australian anally mpt home in the 16th game.

Kumar, who had sound, workmanlike

Starting nine to four Olean when he gave his opponent an

beaten into was easily

third casy ball Victor Sansoon's place by Sir 3-year-old filly, Kandy Sauce, a 10 to 1 chance. Irish challenger Verus Sipper (10 to 8) was

second.

However,

All but one of the six winners were trained al Newmarket, The exception was the Gold Vase played winner, French Beige, which teals throughout, serving and well, should never won this prize over two miles yolkeying

lost the match. Rosewall have for the Yorkshire stable of Harry seemed to be desperately short Peacock.

of match practice and confirmed A NEW LIFE

Australia's fears that he needs Jack Jarvis brought off a long- more play before. Wimbledon. That was the beginning of a

she felt priced double for Lord Milford He only arrived in England Last her usual game of paddle tennis now life for Althen, with n

wooden she was somebody. It was hard with Messmate, a 20 to 1 chance, week and was beaten by made racket

a work, but sho and sponge boll, in

playing winning the six-huurlong Coven centre ut New York's tennis-the real thing, in live try Stakes for two-year-olds compatriot, Mat Anderson, in the itartem quarter.

tournaments and

at and Empire Way, starting at 100 semi-finals of the Kent Cham- winning, too.

pione

Beckenham Three times Althea won the to 7 taking the Britannia Stakes

France-PressO. Noro Singles Championship of over one mile, the United States before 1961.

Messmate,

of a son

Blue Peter, was making his debut.

play

home

A sociol worker

ALIS

her,

India. Egypt, Germany, France,ked her style and bought her

"A" victory smile from Althea Gibson a receives her trophy after winninty Women's Binitas, Champlonik: [p://Lim both

Burbon, England.-Exprema Piipio,

was

In 1950 she reached the final

of the American Indoor Chem-and though slowly away won in Alowships, and gave Wimbledon

Chimpton Louise Brough one of

a canttr from 16 rivals by four

the biggest frights of her career lengths.

First Man To Complete A

his

In the semi-final of the Forest Champion jockey Douglas Thousand Runs

two orange julces,

Hungarian

40.6 cookie,

by

Sandor

13 minutes

Kuts led from the start

and held of three suveen- alve challenges

from

being beaten by a

from spurt

devastating

the British rammer,

20

On a full day's session ho runs

fast-slow miles ruthles stuff, Indred, watching him do

| a

75 punishing minutes non-stop Recreation Paddington Ground made me feel quite ex- hausted!

Add the future? Either you're Either for Pirle or agire him. you believe in him or you don's

I

Well, I'm for him-although don't aro with everything

The says. I have faith in his

track powers,

I think he is a great runner.

He has that pride of perfor- mance, that "killer" streak which characterise your Chris Chotaway, your Len Hutton, yout Peter Walerman, your Duncan John Beharroll, your Edwards,

CRITICISM

Criticism?

"If I'd taken ong

Gordon

notice of my critics,"

says, "I'd have given up after

the last Olympics."

Losing? "I don't mind fosing

some people

白 the finishing line

grossed

25 metres abread of Kuts.

Pirle passed the 100-

metre mark in 10 seconds, the

motres 1,500

mins, ཧྥ་ gege.. and the

3,000 metres in 8 mins.

10 eos,

were

trick.

Both rummers said they with the safeed

wax in ex- which

condition delpije

mid that the

almost "Tidiout because for

ocllent recent radna,

Pirto

wait was OUT!

dimine

ho was a 14-minute race and not for a record. Pirie said he could have fun even faster though his final 300 metres sprint, 3G seconds, why. his speedtest ever.

Firio sald he feared Katar

famed all-out fimi spetart and this thought probably guaded him on to break

the world mark. Kuta, likewise, sald had not expecsed to such # good race. France-Fremse,

be

rua

Bolero First Across The

Finish Line In Newport

To Bermuda Yacht Race

winning is better............

philosophy

sný-but

So much for the potted of Gordon Alistair Piric.

Piria is now in Norway for a 10-day fishing hollday In Bergen

While

is

ho

there over hopes to meet the great Huslan Vladimir Kule OVÉT ¡6,000 metres.

A relect Soviet team

is competing in Bergen next week-end.

(Since this was written, Pirte has met and beaten Kuis, and Tun faster than Iharon world record for 5,000 Metres as 'You'...

in another story on this

page.)

After that he may tekle Chris Chataway over 8 miles at Manchester next month,”

(London Express Service).

(COPYRIGHT)

New European Swim Records... By Hungarian.

Munich, June 13 Gyoerge Tumpek, of Hungary, established new European record of two minutes 21:7 ecconds for the 200 MetreS Butterfly at an international swimming event here lodby. ** The previous record of 1:2 minutes 24,0 seconds had been held by Manfred Maese), West Germany,

The

competition was held in an indoor swimming ball.

Later Tumpels Improved: on European previous

own

Hamilton, Bermuda, June 19. his

record of ono minute two

acconds

for the 100. Metres clocking one minute

The 73-foot yawl Bolero owned by Sven Salen of Stockholm, Sweden, was first across the finish Une today Butterfly, in the Newport to Bermuda yacht race, setting a new 18 seconds.-Router, record for elapsed time. The $800,000 yawl Venturer,

which had led most of the way, was just 10 minutes Tilden Ranked Best

behind.

All-Time American

Tennis Player

The actual winner of the race hours, 35 minutes, 43 seconda will not be known until after by the 02-foot sloop Highland most of the craft have finished. Light in 1932, when the race The winner la determined by aatarted off Montauk Point, Logg complicated mathematical rand, for a 327-mile couTEC

New York, June 17. Hill tournament.

Smith cored," the only other

formula which "corrects the The course from Newport is

The late William Big Bill Althea actually led 1-0, 6-3 double of the day, riding

Landon, June 19. times on the basis of allowances 695, nautical miles,

Tilden, who won the American and 7-6 when rain stopped play. Karday Sauce and Pirate King Douglas Inecie, the Escx for size of the yacht.

xinxica Litle seven times bes Next day, as so often happens in the first and last races. Ho, Captain, who is among the 13

Bolero, owned last year by in these matches when the piso rode two seconds.

England players named for the two biggest yachts in the US, wo in Clase A, the large American player by the United Bolero and Venturer were the John Nicholne, Brown, or the twen 1920 and 1029, has been ranked the best "All-timo. tension is broken, she lost her

Second Test, today became the yacht race, and so have to give hold. Louise Brough pulled up The Ascot Staices over twe first man to complete 1,600 runs the smaller craft sizeable handi- clap in the last previous run States Lawn Terinis Associâs to win the last set D-7.

and aitalf miles went to the for the season. He did co when

ning in 1954, but lost in the Wimbledon Then came that

capsa ora k -owned he was topweight, the Irish

wes 26. against his old und-

overall clasification to the 30 Lan. debut, and defoot in the thin Zarathustra. From the stable of vasily. Cambridge at Chelms

fool Malay.

In ratings drawn up in com UNOFFICIAL TIME time Bolero crossed in 108

On actual olapad round by fellow American

the Quocare trainer, Captain ford today. Beverley Baker.

128 Jubiles, use Association placos Boyd-Rochfort, starting at 100 Iruolo was also the first to to 8 Zarathustra, winner of the complete 1.000 last your but at 11 minutes and 30 seconds hours, 52 minutes, but on cor- Ionald Budge second and Jock Irish Derby and St Leger two that was accomplished nine days after noot Starting time at rected time it was Malay 90 Kramer third years ago produced ia ane burst later, on June 20. This is the Newport was 1 pm. last Batur hours 40 minutes and Bolero 100 Tilden, who died in 1951 aged of speed the uphill run home ninili time he has scored 1,000 day, so Bolero's unofficial Ume hours, 14 minutes. Bolero alm 80, won the Wimbledon title in to win casily by five lengths of more in a season.-France-was 71: hours. The fastest pre was frat to finish the race in 1920, 1921) and 1930: before Reuter,

Presse.

vious. olarsed, ilmo was 71 1950-United Press.

Alhen wasn't accepting de fest without a fight. She d

termined to come back again

one day--and win that title.'

...... HER FIRST TRIP.

Her first trip was inspired by World Middleweight Boxing Champion Sugar Ray Robinson, who hailed from Althea's homo Lown Sutore suggested the Wimbledon trip and helped her make up her mind. -

But the had to save hard for a long time before the trip bo game a reality. It was the same for this year's tour. She worked as a New York lift girl, a mál clork, sang the blues with

Amurienn dance band.

en

For this yoor's In fact t month-Wimbledon, Althea In the herottie, for another“ Bion boxer, Light-Heavyweight. Archio Moord,

Cham

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Kervice]}

THE GAMBOLS

DON'T BE SILLY! — THAT HORSE HAS NEVER RUN OVER A MILE BEFORE

ORDING TO TIME AND

HAT ONE

.. Bolero

d the. Anish ng 55 minutes", anis - Malo outs, nection with their . Diamond

Barry ABD

DONT TEAR UP TOL

turning profissional. — Reuter

GOLDEN CHURN