1956-10-20 — Page 17

THE CHINA MAIL SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1956.

Broke, We Sleep Four A Seven-Game Card

Jack Wardrop was just 16 when he was picked for the 1,500 Metres in the 1948 London Olympic Games. He had swum in a race over such a long distance only once before. That was in the English mile champion- ship. He came in third. He told me:

Originally I'd been picked for the 400 metres. Nobody gave me any port of coaching in how to swim the longer race. In my inexperter ce I "tumb.cd

my turn. Even in 1998 n 1.300 metres swimmer dost'l do ht It takes too much out of hum I came thirt in my heat, and was eliminated,

He won ten

ASA titles

A tumble sprinters, It

turm

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truch fa tre at Rives longer push-ot. Bul it 15 exhausting-66 exhausting as having ZABITBULL every 60 yards in a one-mile running race,

Between 1948 and 1952 Jack

Won

ten

ASA title 1952 was

To A Bed

Continuing the

JACK WARDROP STORY

as told by

PAT BESFORD

I did it first in 1934, în the Amerienn Indoor Champlo - ships. I had to win 100 yards cach on bul erfly, krock crawl, breasi-stoke, and trunt-stawi, But just couldn't the order.

which I was up against Konno again. I needed Ihlid or Iourth place to win that gold medal,

imaged to hold Konno for 400 yards—thin be 601 «Wy from me, But I was second, and win 17 poins to Konto's 14 the gold medal was mine.

my clothes and lae

At least I was for one day. Then all Femember

1.012 m.dat my lockeT.

Bert had to stand o; the end of the bath shouting out to me what came text

... And another

world's best

his pretest year: he took eve y

My time, 4min. 41.7 sec., was free-style championship from

Ne me

11. c. in. Ide At ar

he old JAVOR. 100 yudy to end of that

The year he held all nis e free-style British records.

Matt Mann, cosylt to the American team, selg Jack at he 1962 Olympies, said: "if only that boy had as many hard Facts as our awiniers, what a world-beater he would be."

It was Mann who suggevtal That Juck nd Berl (his twin bro her should go to Michigan University, where Mann was at tline chlet swimming

coach. And Jack did became a woad beater.

He recoris alb. d ieorcs, Jack taya:

Broke record

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next year In the same championships 1 managed win the medicy again in 4mi. 30 Dice. Thut was a world re- cord 100.

were stolen from

I had to go home

in Bert's rack sulti

Stole clothes

gol

and medal

replacement

gold

medin mle 10 antas a. bul it was worth IL

(ikea brike nis Gutter

Laree

w records in seven days. On Foo uary 28, 1963, in a mach, Michigan v. Ohio, Jack had to me L old rival Ford Konno

I waj so bucked Bert had

It was a lot of fun going to i these American Championships tune 50,78te, for the 100 yards

at Yale Universi y. We were always broke.

We high- hiked la 1985 to save expe se, Qat boy hooked a single roon, and the rest of us vrejt up the with seup 10 Sit Jun. 1 don't know how munaged to sleep!

Wo

i

has broken five world

I wanted to win the

Keld in all and three still medal

the ousstar og Talking of these, ainme of The Championships. No Bates had sver done this. You may only swim in the c Venta und maximum pins are 21, with even for a wi, five for atent, four for third, and To on down to one for sixth.

Olymple Champlon Ford

the 44 yards, Thirty minutes later i won the 400 yards medley. Tre next day was the 440 yards, in j

both times

The Arst was the 400-yard Individual

med' ey. I've only swum this race twice in Illy ilfe, and bioken The world record both times.

Kenju

beat

relay that I didn't care a hoot about my own 220 yards. We started. I coulun': ate Ford, who WELL Un my right, when I expected to see him at The 00 or 100-yard turns.

"Y

thought eliber he is of form, or I have a chance at the record.

So 1 pu everything tuto the wim, and kept mily cyis on the wall ahead for the last four laps.

It didn't

my

133

a

Bel a fast race-but time, 2min. 3,93cc., was a 220-yard record and equalled Konna's record for 200

which

slightly shorter distance.

(One week lu'er Jack swim 220 yards in 2min. 3.4 sec., and toxx k both the 220-yard 200-metry's records }

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Overjoyed after beating the world 220-yard record.

Answers To

Sports Quiz

1. Mrurtaineering.

yschling.

2. 17.

Highlights Opening Of Softball League

By "TIME OUT”

A seven-game softball card highlights the opening of the 1956/57 fixtures at King's Park this week-end with the spotlight focussed on 'the American quarter na both their senior teams will be seen in action.

Taking the starring role in tomorrow's programme, the US Navy nine, repro-" sented by men from the USS Gardiner's Bay, clash with the youthful Blackhawks at 11.30 am, while the afternoon opener at 2.00 p.m. features the American Con- sulate General squad ngainat Kenneth Chan's never-say-die Pandas.

NOTICE

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUD

1st Day, 20th October, 1956 STARTING DECLARATIONS

Owners are notified that alt starting declarations which had boon placed in the declaration boxes at the race course for Saturday, 18th October, 1956, aro cancelled. Ponies starting on Saturday. 20th October, 1950 will re- quire to be declared in the usual manner,

By Order, A. E. ARNOLD,

Secretary.

NOTICE

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

Starting the ball rolling with 'Delaware' days. A last-minuto nine had nothing extraordinary A "bang', the miner loopers come shuffle In the Inner ling to soy about hi: squad except

That they up with four keen Lussies this defence will probably toiture

have been playing three week, with

encounter Bank Loureiro at rst, Donet this sport in their days in col

lege, at home or in the Lay dominating all diamond activitica Romedios at second, Cui Souza

and have a 'falr' idea of the today. Fred Diesta's PI Dodgers at the hot-couner and

pecay will cross their tallest hurdle at John Pereira at the

Kof.ball played hero. win jy-

As this comes almot Bulne

naturally 4.00 p.m. this aftcenoon when alley.

Special Cash Sweep on the they

assured to my American, fans can be

Kwangtung Handicap that

the HERE facing

the Pandas afternoon will

tomorrow Saturday, 27th October, 1956

Over 2,200,000 tickels sold

cck horns with Marlo In the outcld, pilot Vas will Pereira's Cheyennes. Featured

the left neli most likely give

Remedios will spo to Jerry balihawk Tony Rodrigues

at 2.00 pm. the Over ens tangle with the hard-hitting Austers in the "A" diamond while Scuthentre and hintself at right Chira cross bats with the War Erat at the "B" ground.

Lafung the curtain on tomor- row's

Jinox Hussain's play.

at bent.

The men from the Galdinor's

of

trom

men

prove hard to

MAIN BATTLE In today's main battle at 4.00

Kor

for

CIOSS bab

to dalo.

Although

the dato 15th

5 D'Aguilar Street, at 5.00 p.ra.

Bay are as yet unknown quan- p.m. when Fred Dies A's Doa- tities, but their workouts al tho

all Kwangtung with Tho

Handicap Sweep tickets issuad Semirols should have a fairly park iccantly show that they Cheyennes, followers

of the are not to be ignored completely. | younger

bear sat will and thrills will Umo 0547

at the expense of the

aplen y es bese two teams und October, 1956, they will be grotex Lion Cubs.

GENION TUSSLE in the

determined drive S:nlor

on a only

"B"

in it. other 5. alor tusslo

Pennant with the survival of draw for the Special Sweep to the valid for and included in the Division game stated, S. Hamel's featured, fans should be treated

the fit boing the phase of Comets take on the scuolar o something different as two

the day.

en this race which now takes from the

toama HK Uráversity in old

lock horns Ai

The Cheyennea, with Marlo place on tomorrow's twilight

at 2.00

the 27th October, game

p.m. Kenneth Chun'a

'Red' Pereira bolding the relas, 1986. 4 pm.

Pandas havo defintio cags Не a rather new outfit and must Olly Vas slap-happy Black- aver their American rivals, of hawks, wiarers of not year's However, dus to their masterful the players will be perform→

The Sale of Cash Sweep The Art time in our Tickets on ing Jambora Serior. will

control of any situation by leagues.

Henry

the above will Vienne

તું receiving their prizes prior to

their experi- Manuel Sequeira share pliching now close on 26th October, their game again: the US

ence. The Navy

reinstatement of jobs, while the directing of umers Welly Mo, Raymondings behind the plate is guarded

1056 as follows:- morow. It will be remembrad that

Jackso Wel bas yourgsters completed Ts30 and

by

squalty Robert Remedios, 382, Nathan Road, Kowloon. their roure urci

the urciet ased beadng length red

tepm con formerly of Blackhawk fame.

at 4.00 p.m. both the Braves and Saints en cerebly, making them a hard Steady Francts Souza ecmmanda fishing, route. The delay of this pre- tem jo beat despite their long the infield four at short with

servation was dud mainly to the lay-off

the diamond, young Miguel Silva covering the Jacki: roshuffing of last year's Council Fan buller

We will hot-corner. All-rounder Francis Members who sponsored the probaby toe the rubber for the Noodt will have be part བ་ ever: but failed to carry out its Cubs with peppery Raymond second while Alberto Cunha Lacoste, commitments.

Taco perfornung hind-snatching guards the talisi seck. Out-

The in:ld On going through the Black | duties.

quartet Belders are Erie Remedios, Luiz revolve around veteran Wolves, hawk camp during the week,

was found that mentor Vas is Y. 5. Llang at shorts op, with

FIXTURES Harold Ong having great dimculty in field- lanky

covering as first, Bobby Tao or Johnny Ten team tor

tomorrow Ba seying a full

Ray other activities bave snatches al second and cagry Wally Ma Gains- handful of his boat players. On ri the hot-corner.

the absent list tomorrow will be Their outer line of stars West Brom

(Vic Bucking- Vic Pedruco, Robert Nunes and mirely a defensive one as Edule Chelsea (Ted in favour of hockey, Lam

Frank Cheng "A Watyre (Stan Cuills), Man-tance-buster Budhi Dhaberis and 3. Honniboll share the 12.80 am. Ground Al Black- chester United/Matt Busby. slated for rricket while Man | honours. Their weakness in hawka v US Navy Sr. 'A 2.80 10. Twice,

Nunes, Nado Gomes and Ren the

long-ball hitting departum. Ground "A" A.C.G. v Pan- Barrette arg required for ment, however, is evershadowed das Sr. 'A'. 4.30 p.m. Ground ALL GOALSCORERS Defene: Force duties,

like by their vacuum

Belding

ding "A" Comets v H.K.V. Sг.' 'B', abuides

and When Hillbrook United

timely beat

their Sheldon Star in

Solihul

made for Barretto to clu ch-hitting that often brings the

holst the mound flag tomorrow. the margin of victory over to Youth League by 18-3 every

Alings behin i the their side of the ledger. member of the side scored. Yes Calling the

Monoyer was plate will be long-lost battery-

Cohen of the even the goalkeeper. Ho

matc Reggio Mattos allowed to take a penalty,

Americany Consula'e General

3. Cricket.

4. 1875. 5. J.

Borotra, H. Cochet.

6. Manchester

Blackpool.

R.

City.

7. 1954.

D.

and

Marelano (Al Well). (George Biddies).

Robinson

(George

ford).

9.

Keep It Up, Pompey!

Your Long Term Plan

Deserves

Success

Says ERIC NICHOLLS

the

When the Hungariany came to Wembley, they did more than give UN whacking of our lives, and smash our unbeaten Wembley record. They showed us how to play football, all over again,

Iver since I was a kid it has been thrur, at me that England, who taught the world to play soccer, were the masters, I believed it. I suppose most did. They could beat us at most sports, they could label our heavyweights 'horizontal,' it didn't really matter. Because we still ha 1 our footballers.

WAG

1 Pearl was too 2 Strip

Inlo

3 Kind of time 4 Sandy

How were we to know this They conceded a lot of goats, | And Portsmouth, by their own was a fallacy? How were we to but diy risa scored many. know tha, being the tops something from the past, which the players still believed

ATTACKING STYLE

Smeld their attacking style

aimlerion. hadn't such a man.

You cannot expret

miracl when D rew plan fors operation. Pompey didn'

They were centent to loy lis

stiliuce of mind? Everyone was resting on their laurels. How wore we to know all this? We weren't old enough to remen Alves and even the full-back By their re ulls they may were operating is the opposing have lost a little support. But it hall.

was the kind of half-hearted well suppert that any club can Carers sold that while

afford to age,

Bui by their efforts and theh courage, they made

placed to hravy a burden un frundetions. and build for the the defence. For et Umes the future on a long-term pollev.

dr

ber the so-called 'good old days." And here were the pupils giving a lessen in the arts and graces to the tormer masters.

We were mastera no longer. Oh, wolt, there was will the World Cup. Wo would show Still more criticism that ruch | friends,

them. How stupid can you get? At least one man had his eyes wide open in Switzerland in the summer of 1954. Hla namo was Eddle Lever, manager of Voria- mouth.

Eddie, with skipper Jimmy Dickinson, watched the World Cup m

matches. They studied the technique of the Hungarians, the Germans, the South Americans. They decided: "Ball control and positional play is the answer."

| TRAINING STAFF

They didn't leave it at that, Conferences were called at Frat- ien Park for the training staff. Plans were formulated for the edming season. The players re- ported for training, and were given the low down on the Pompey way to success. It was a one hundred percent effort. It

Rad

to

Af the start of last sanson the Pompey Plan looked like paying

off in a big way.” Then came A batch of injuries, and heavy grounda. Pompey faltered, then fell from grace. But they didn' sive up:

They stuck to their guns, and concentrated on serving up at- tractive, etfacking football, with the emphasis on ball artistry, They endeavoured to infuse A #Utile craft, a little friessa » into the burly: burly of .;League

La sobéer. » They - succended. *-. That

they failed to win a pisca in'

the top three was, meither here

nor there. They sit

Mary tet out to do. Theo

And not inly we post

fenders. Individually, were ten cinss. they failed as a unit.

3 The beans?

Q Hazel?

7 Workroom

8 A puppet

© Cerrell's?

10 In waiting

4 lot of

Bolution on back Page

a plan rerded a scheming Inside- I am one of them. Keep up forward to 'general' the attack Pompey!

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at 6.00 p.m.

The Draw will now be held Today:-2.30 p.m. Ground "A" In the Public Betting Hall at Overseas v aus.ers Jr. Ground

B South China v War Eagles (the Race Course, at 10.00 a.hi Jr. 4 p.m. Ground "A" Cheyen on Saturday, 27th October, nes v FI Dodgers Jr.

1056. Tomorrow:10 am.. Ground Lion Cubs Seminoles

By Order of the Stewards, PEAT. MARWICK, MITCHELL & CO. Treasurers.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

FIRST RACE MEETING

Saturday 20th and Saturday 27th October, 1956. (To be held under the Rules of the Hong Kong Jockey Club) THE PROGRAMME WILL CONSIST OF 22 RACES. The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m. and the First Race ru at 2.00 pm. on the 1st Day.

On the 2nd Day the First Bell will be rung at 12.00 Noon and the First Race run at 12.30 p.m. The Tin interval of ene hour is after the Second Race (1.00 p.m.), the Third Roce will be run at 2.00 p.m.

The Secretary's Ofice at Alexandra House will close at 11.45 am, on the 1st Day and at 10.00 a.m. on the 2nd Day.

MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE

NO PERSON WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED. All persons MUST wear thelé badges prominently displayed -throughout the meeting.

Admission Badges at $10.00 each per day are obtainable frum the Club's Cash Sweep Office, at Queen's Building, Chater Road, only on the written introduction of a Member, who will be responsible for all visitors introduced by him.

Admission Badges issued for the 13th and 15th October are valid for the 20th and 27th October respectively.

Timing will be obtainable at the Club House if ordered, In advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 72811).

NO CHILDREN will be admitted to the Club's premises during the Meeting. For this purpose a Child is a person under the age

I seventeen years, Western Standard.

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE

The price of admission will be $3.00 each per day payable ät -the Gate.

Any person leaving the Enclosure will be required to pay the requisite fee of $3,00 in order to gain re-admission.

MEALS and REFRESHMENTS will be obtainable in the RESTAURANT,

SERVANTS

Servants must remain fa their employers' boxes_except for passing through on their duties. They may on no account use the Betting Booths or Pay Out Booths in the Enclosures.

CASH SWEEPS

Through Cash Sweep Tickets excluding Kwangtung Handicap may be obtained from the Cash Sweep Offices at Queen's Buildingt (Chaler Road) and 5,-D'Aguilar Street during normal défice hours.

until 11.00 a.m. on the First Day and 10.00 am, on the Second Day of the Race Meeting. A API

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WALDIERS SPECIAL CASH SWEEPE

In view of the postponement of the First Race Meeting 136 sale of fickets has been re-opened and tickets for the Special Cash. Sweep on the, Kwangtung Handicap now scheduled to be run on 27th October, 1956; At- $2,09, euph, may be obtained from the Cash Sweep Offices, WINNIPE

SUPERSENS KONTOTALISATORS SAME.

Backers are advised not to destroy or throw away their tickets until after the "all clear" algudiy has been exhibited.

ALL WINNING TICKETS AND TICKETS

WED FOR YMENT AT THE

MUST BE

ON THE

ONE

OF THE

DIS

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TIME FOR WHICH THE

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