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PIETRI DORANDO

SATURDAY'S RUGGER

THE CHINA -MAIL,” MONDAY, NOVEMBER R 12, 1956,

GREAT OLYMPIC MOMENTS

Beat

Garrison Island

48 Brigade 14-6, Navy

Wins

By “PAK LO*

28-0

On Saturday afternoon the 48 Brigade were defeated by Garrison Island by 14 points ( goal, 2 tries, 1 penalty goat) to 6 points (2 tries). The only thing unusual about this match, beyond the unexpected win for Garrison Island, was the fact that 18 Brigade were without four of their best players, all from the Green Howards.

Elsewhere on Saturday the games went as predicted. Navy overwhelmed RAF Island by 28 points (2 goals, 6 tries, 1 penalty goal) to nil, though the Airmen fought vallanlly to the bitter end in their best showing to date.

the, the strongest Ink Brigade team

At Boundary Street other match 27 Brigade, making most of their few chances, won by the norrow points (2 penalty geabs. 1 uyi to 6 points Il try. I penalty goal thanks to the magnificent Kicking of Roberts who did the impossible when he curverted a penalty from the half way line. well out on the wing

At Kai Tak

Chula "5" went down » HAF Mainland hy

The

the 27

The Garrimist spett practically the whole of the firm halt in the 27

kara'n Įsegeläcker f the Held,

Lastly easy penalties, the long spinales I WAN

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And went the Whole length of the field to proce

thissed The version

4 points (2 l) to 3 points (1 | intercepted gual)

Carrison Mainland v. 27 Brigada

When 1 selected 27 Bigade to win on Saturday, I picked them nat because of their abilities but

because I Thought Garrison Mainland had too muty weak nesses behind the serYLJI And such inderd was the cast

Garrison Manlard deserve to win They hierally threw

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Bod

had. The paying of the Mainland threes was Terri- ble, and the ball weldi m 1f ever reached the orthodox method

Wings

The Gorrison pack,

olher hund, played

fighing game,

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allacked again.

0-0.

Gorrison

and inlased another penalty txat were mt given another chance and this time Mley converted 0-1

Garrison

Iri the inst minutes moured when their pack heeled and held the ball from a live-yard seruin

for owe to dive in anungst his

pushed their way over the Bie

awn forwarts to inuch down. The conversa was ruimed. 09-0

27 Brigade dropped out and there WW

rss on the half way r and GarrisT were

1 [st afude, and Roberts converted with

Cine the ball whof te Russell who eat! Usrough for men and when tackled sent Hamilt over near the posts Gault converted 3-5

Near the end of the weevid Bait Macnamara pored a perfeel scrun half try when he got the ball from 2019 List, went past the Club D" winger who gave him a

wave

THE COURAGE OF PIETRI DORANDO

By DENNIS HART"

It was a perfect summer's day. The sun burned in a cloudless August sky.

But for the runners in the 1908 Olympic Marathen it was a cruel day, a mercilem day. The sun in which the spectators basked, along the 26-mile Marathon route from Windsor to London and ́in, White City Stadium where the race was to end, took terrible toll of the men they watched.

Many rever Anished the race. They staggered and dropped in their tracks onto the bilstering surface of the London-Windsor | rond,

1pce. It was A battle. with men fighting to their last breath. It had drama, courage, It even had intrigue.

This wa

more than just A

this

second, had tied a handkerchief; winner were hushed for over his head.

second into awful silence, But it was too late, Tunners Then they cheered continued to collapse,

gallant little man. Four miles to go and the But

Dorando couldn't hear race seemed won. Heteron led the cheers. Ho knew nothing by over a mile, Then he fell of the drama and excitement of vletim to the sun, He kept on the race. He had only the his feet but he could only walk, Instinctive knowledge that his With a mile to go Dorando ordeal would soon be over. He IL WOR # race remembered passed Hefferon.

must reach that tape. it was going just 200 yards away,

not by the winner or even by How the Italian kept the man who came second. In ¦ will never be known. He was Dorando did not hear the

lew

faci

athletic followers 'out could tell you

who won the Olympic Marathon of 1908,

But they all know the name of Dorando.

A LITTLE MAN

Hix futt

name was Dorinda Piotri. He was → 22-year-old Italien.

little man. He was he barely come up 10 the shoulder level of most

people.

A ttle man physically. He was little In the wider sense, The sort of chap who goes about his work conscientiously wor

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And Dorando would doubtless Have remained We man, even had he won the Olymple

Marathon.

the

Bul hell not win He failed by Afteen yards. It was

most

glorious failure in athletles history, and the name Doroado became immortalised.

Marathon races don't normally

headlines.

The men who make grind over the 20 miles 385 yards course ore given a доні

cheer for thels efforis, That's all.

and

оп hta feet,

gaunt

most

The Olymplo Games in the greatest of all sporting tournaments. Winning an Olympis medal

the pinnacle of athletic achieve- mcnt The striving for there

medals makes Rome of the courageous and thrilling chapters in sport history,

These stories are sold in GREAT OLYMPIC MOMENTS. Stories of gallant failure sa well as of glorious BOCCES of Dorando. of Eml! Zatepėk. of Fanny Blankers-Koen.

The serica ends with a prophecy and looks ahead to record the great moment of the 1950 Olympics.

bedraggled dgure. $1 soaked vert plastered his skinny body.

Aweni-

direction of the stewards whe told him to turn left round the track.

Не turned right. He had

Afteen Kone

yards before he could be made to understand he had gone the wrong way.

EXHAUSTED BODY

He turned, his body Jerking pltifully, struggled for a few mare yards and collapsed. Dragging his exhausted body unpright he

row more yards. ngmin.

lottered

and went down

Five times in that Anul 200 yards Dorando collapsed. Eighty thousand

held people

their breaths. Five Umes he forced himself to his feet. He was soul on his own. If only The musi

be could last out win.

Then fifteen yards to go he went down a again. This time against the crowd's

was Kasp accompanied by a roar. Another He could noi rua le pro- runner

had

1be entered with a peculiar Bressed

hulf Stadtum, Joe Hayes of America. stumble. He could stay on his Fifteen vurda NO. If only by bracing himself, he had not wasted those thirty But the Olymple marathon oft only

forcing his back into

yards when he first entered the Stadium.

be He would now hollowed arch,

Olympic

II champion,

tremendous

1908 had aroused speculation.

Form and tactles were discussed almost as much

those

before the epic Bannister-Landy mlie of the Empire Games in 1954.

0.0

BLX

be passed, and dived over the live in the runner. He failed to convert his own try G.B

ON

የ1.

From the British camp news 48 Brigade v. Garrhon

Kaked out that her team would Island

set off at a cracking pace with Garrison

Island,

usual, the idea

tho of burning out thanks to Barker, got plenti- crack foreign competitors early ful supply of the ball, and by keeping the ball light their To counter this the Americans, threes hammered the 48 Brigade it was said, would hold back Into the ground.

the British and let

icam burn 48 Brigade tried very hard.

itself out. hu: against the strong and stub-

Individually born Island defence they could make

no headway. The 48

marry runners were not slow to forecast their

Brigade forward also developed own success.

beautiful case of ball-patting

++

in the incouts, and as a result invariably lost ground when they won the linevus as the fast a wonderful kick to win the gathe | insving Island forwards, with for 27 Brigade

Barker

fore, broke the through. to harass the halves. Sharp, the Island centre three. had a grand game, and was very difficult to stop.

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His eyes stared unseeingly. an When he reached the entrance only.... to the White City Stadium he

Yet had to feel his way through the

Dorando did get to his feet again. tunnel onto the track.

He might still make it. But When he appeared, the 80,000

knew spectators waiting to cheer the befure they themselves

what they

two doing officials had jumped forward and helped Dorando to the

FUTURE OLYMPICS

Switzerland Will Ask 10C To Ban 'Warring Nations'

Berne, Switzerland, Nov, 11, An amendment to

were

post

There he collapsed once more,

time into This

the hands ambulance men.

of

OBJECTION

The Italian flag was unfurled to greet his 'viciory." Came the inevitable objection and Hayes was awarded he race,

And off the track things were warming up. The Canadian Indian, Longboat, had been accused of professionalism. The United States were considering withdrawing their team If he ¦ Olympie rules with which walked dejectedly from the

nilowed were

compete. Switzerland Beeks to ban Previous

a dis-warring nations" from partic- trouble over quallacution in the 400 metros pating in future Olymple Gamics quen when an American had been reads as follows: Tuled out bad already given rist to talk that the US team would walk out anyway.

THAT TERRIBLE HEAT And then there was that

In an hour Dorando, who had the mode

amazing recovery,

White City Stadium, a man who had given so much and all in vain.

But was it in vain? Twenty- The delegations of athletes four hours later, when Queen

which are from countries

at Alexandra was

presenting the wa:-not only de jure, but also prizes, Dorando was called to de facto cannot

dals. take part in the

Royal Olympic Games. In spite of this, presented with a solid gold cup, the International Olymple Com-a personal token of admiration

can, according to the cir- from the Queen of England.

Finally no one did walk out, mille ees and in order to serve

RAF Mainland v. Club "8"

to end From beginning

tras but the the was a scrappy match.

Maintanders deserved their whi

48 Brigade tried in the second for their threes moved smoothly half to open up the game And the with Phillips to the fore, but the nearly scored as a result, but a

taurly knock-en

their attack arund Club "B" were tackling

spoiled gave 171407 well and managed to stop them and then for some reason thes threes

chance every

from often enough belge they had returned to a tight game. sermns, Imeouts and losse manis, made much ground

Hale opened the scoring when he but they might have won

the

went over in the corner from anve- terrible heat, The Airmen were victorious in gome Bad they Jeliberately most of the serums and lineouts, yard rum, and ten minutes later starved their bucks.

but in the latter the Club "B" The fast renking 27 Brigade were breaking through to harass forwards

Garrison Read, the fly half. He usually tipset the halves, not that thes needed manuged to get the hall, but was much upselling as they did not slow in

in sending his threes away. In the secundt heif Gardann went combine at all well.

Macnamara, the RAF scrum

ahead all mare when Sharp con-

4 penalty awarded half. again had a good gume and 27 Brigade certainly made never give the Club "B" halves

opened A lost 40 Brigade any room to move. In fact the orig when after a three move RAP wing forwards, Tuton and from the half way line. Worsley. their beat three, went over after a Moody-Joises, were able to con-

Aine run. The conversion was inise- centrate to a large extent the Club "B" centre threes.

The Club "B" threes were not

more or their chances, und Parker, as usual, played a VITY steady game at full back,

on

on his work over the last few weeks is more thats likely to find himself playing for the Colony.

The 27 threes did not Betoo bad in attack. but what a much of the ball, but did this hole they left on the left wing

Toed their wings week

#bit

in defence, Wiggett tried to more. with the result that they

cover up but was only partly looked the more dangerous once

successful. they gol going.

Coyne had his usual excellent game, this time outside halt. In fact doesn't seem to He is matter where he plays. olways in evidence and in the

Read opened the neuring for the Airmen within a few minutes when from a three move he gathered a kick ahead and went over. The con- version was miswd. 3-0

the flanders went further ahead, One of the forwards intercepted, a 48 Brigade pan, and Barker backing

coun

And

for

He was

up Well, gui the bill and went over of miles he collapsed. I tries, but only after a truce or Money, gifts and even Jewellery

in the corner. Smith with a mice Kick converted to make it 8.0.

verted

uifide

ed. 11-3

for

the

Garrison pressed back and Sharp ren in to gather loose boll and acore. 14-3

and the race was on,

Lord, the Engilsh competitor, peace more effectively, apres 10

un went into the lead, the participation of such After Longboat took over the leader at least an official declaration of ship before being possed by cease-fire has been effected." Hofferon of South America.

By

now half dropped out. The remaining runners were taking precautions against the sun. Dorando, now

the field had

game to date, but just could not trying. were In the closing diinutes 48 Brigade, hold the strong Navy attack.

awarded their chance when their forwards took the bell across the Cormick dived 14-0

on

line and the jouse ball

tackled The Islanders Me throughout, and it was fnctor which kept down scoring in the first half. slowly but surely the stronger Navy side wore down the fence until in the last minutes they scored when how they liked.

well this the But

de-

fow and

Navy v. RAF Island Much of the glory of this game must go widly enough to scrum about 35 yards from the RAF the losers who played their best

The Club retaliated and from

A

Going by air?

then

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Watt of the RAF played the game of lila lite. but Cornah could, and should, have made more use of his three line, which In the odd moments it had look ed dangerous in attackt, but it was all too often on the defen- sive.

The Navy side gets praise. n- plenty. Hardly a man. did not

This amendment, odopied by the Swiss Olymple Committee today, will be submitted to the (OC congress in Melbourne. United Press,

HIS LAST SEASON

No More First Class Cricket For Gil Langley

once An English crowd

threw off all restraint.

wire showered onto the track.

And once more the gallant Italian groped his way blindly cerots the White City track, blinded by tears,

-(London Express Service).

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GOALS GALORE

Sheffield United Juniors have certainly been among the goals In the Sheffield Intermediate Langue. In their seven games. | this season they have scored 113 Įtimes, an average of 10 goals a match, and they have only one notted against them. Centre- forward Jim Smith and inside- leit Denis Sauce have each scored 42 gouls, while outside G Langley, Ausitalia's Test right Denis Ashton fras 25 to his wicketkeeper, said here Jast credit, · night that the current Australian season would be his last in first- class cricket,

Adelaide, Nov. 12.

Langley, 37, was one of the play well, and their flerce tackle Australian selectors on the tour. ing and hard running and clean. of England, Pakistan and India passing movements were a joy this year,

to behold.

He made his Test debut against Kay upened the scoring with a the West Indies in 1931. penalty, but after that the Airmen He set up a Test wicketkeep- surged to the attack, and play swepting record--nine victims' In a from one end of the held to the. other. Then in the closing minutes match against England at Lord's of the first hal! Spencer picked up in June-China Mall Special.

a loose ball on the RAF 23. and

whipped through to scate an un Donverted, try,

A minute inter Corner got the ball from a ectum, srid went through on his own to score, weil out. Kay converted, 11-0

In the second half the Air? Foros were on top for about ; ieni: minutes and then a loose ball was kicked Abred and Spencer, came out of, the, blue to gather, and score? The gans version was - milased. . 14-01 AMARERO Spencer again scored tow grinutes Jeter,strons, a: Sineout aboutį ||ten «yarde-from, the Atomen# 7210, | and Kay" tak missed the convention.

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HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

THIRD RACE MEETING

Saturday 10th and Monday 12th November, 1956. (To be held under the Rules of the Hong Kong Jockey Club) THE PROGRAMME WILL CONSIST OF 18 RACES. The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m. and the First Race run at 2.00 pm, on the 1st Day.

On the 2nd Day the First Bell will be rung of 11.30 am. and the Flist Race run at 12.00 Noon. The TIMn interval is after the Fourth Race (1.30 p.m.).

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•

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