THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1988.
TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS AT ASIAN GAMES
Milkha Singh Expected To Be
First Asian To Break
46 Seconds In 400 Metres FOUR OTHER FINALS SCHEDULED
Tokyo, May 27.
In spite of dazzling performances by individual athletes and teams from other nations, tho powerful Japanese con- tingent continued to pile up medals in the Third Asian Games and indications are that the boys and girls of the host nation will continue their victorious march towards an official point championship.
As the third day of competition in 14 sports opens in Tokyo, the Japanese have accumulated an impressive total of nine Gold, seven Silver and live Bronze medals to amass an unofficial point total of 136, 82 more than Nationalist China, their nearest rival.
the
a "day As was expreted, the star of but in spite of klead truck and Monday and will have
In the pro- nold
fying of rest today. track and
competition wind conditions,
day, Malaya the brilliant Pakistani could not untrack him-gramme for the
out of miler Milki celf and finished
the meets Vietnam and China talces money. He offered nc alibis, on Pakistan.
un Moulay was Indian quarter Singh.
The 20-year-old sprinter from
1hr sub-continent clocked.
The trick and field schedule Four players from the Philip- Davis Cupper for today is alghlighted by the moes, including *
Whitsun Racing At The Valley
FAVOURITE WINS-Photo shows the start of last Saturday's Race No. 2 (Salyingpun Handicap) which attracted the biggest field of
17 ponies in the afternoon's programme. This was won by top favourite, Pretender (ridden by H. K. Hung and shown by the arrow in the above picture) which pays a dividend of $14.70--China Mall Photo.
the the lawn tennis section of the Japan Wins
Games on Monday.
record-shattering 40.0 In his 400-metre tuul and the possiFelicisimo Ampon, reached the beat Ability of a new record by Singh nunrter-goal round of right in 400-metre tel-nat
Indications are spite of the fact that he put on of. Indla The brakes lowards the Balsh, may break 40 seconds for the The easy-striding Indian in ex-fin time in Asia meled lyxperis break 46 Other track and field as which is today are the women's javelin throw, the 10,000-metre race, the The 800-metre Anal brought men's shotput, the women's 80- the huge throng ut Tokyo's metre hurdles and the 400-metre Olympla Stadium to its collee-ran
seconds in the Boat scheduled for later today.
when
Yoshtaich
tive feel Martyn of Japan overtouk Mahmad Khalik of Iran and of Korth to win Sum Sang-ok
Ampon and Fal team-male Raymundo Deyro are favoured 14 Aght it out in the finals of the men's singles.
Pint-Sized
Gold Medal
Tokyo, May 27. Ryol Yoshida of Japan today won the pint-sized court Ampon, tit
flyweight wrestling Gold meets maestro froni Manila, Scare Of Its Life
Modal in the Asian Susunu Matsuura of Japan In In net hockey, India, who today's
Gamos featured quarter-final
compofition here. Franco-Prosse. in a 1:52.1. a new Asian record. gut the seare of its life on Mon- Both Khalik, who finished day when it barely noved out
The shooting competition will necond. and Sim Sang-ul, who Karen 2-1, meets Malayn today continue toy with contest In On Monday, was a split second behind the and continues to be favourd to rifle categories.
the now na-curry home the championship. Tranfun. established
Japon look the lead over "In the ether game of the day, favouroi Filipinos. tional marks for their pee-
Korra WITH Pakistan takes on tive countries,
jitoshi Kanal of the
Upsets
One of the upsets of the day was provided by Sung Yong
innich.
when host
the possibility of an upset loom-bation beat out Antonio Chua of ing large after Korca's stron Taiwan and Fillplo champion bird for victory against India.
100 а previously thknown continues today Korean who took
the
eighth clay-pigeon
Sports Round-up
ARTHUR ROWE
TO MANAGE PORTSMOUTH
Gordon Pirie Wins British
Games Two Miles Event FOUR NEW RECORDS SET UP
London, May 26.
Putting in a devastating finishing burst, lanky Gordon Pirie, of Britain, won an international two miles race by inches in a photo-finish with Miklos Szabo, 29, of Hungary, in the British Games here today.
Both Pirie A Szubo were timed ' seconds.
eight minutes 40.4
Ibbotson, who failed to qualify in the Inter-counties mile held on Saturday mud was determin- ed to redeem his prestige by winning today; finished third in eight minules 47.4 seconds.
Kansas City Athletics
Score 5-4 Victory Over
in the Enrique Beech The volleyball competition. | round of the
drawa big crowds, category. which has
with Japan
Cycling events scheduled for Chian in the nine-man | today hrund facing
1,000-metre are the of the game, in the scratch, the tandem anal and jump with an amazing 24 .version 8% inches.
six-mag team play, Hongkong competition for third place in Abdul Khalig of Pakistan, incets the Philippines and India the 4,000-metre pursuti race. who in pre-Gume predictions takes on Iran.
The boxers
of the 20 com- Arthur Rowe, the former paratus showed that Pirie had In the Association football petting nations, which start the world-beater, was louted
Spurs' boss who has been beaten the Hungarian by 20th
The time provided the disappointment of tournament, Korea, 11 team glove tourney
tomorrow tre
doing a good job's chief of a second.
comparatively slow ranked in second place, had scheduled to take their physical | the day
scout for West Brom, trock was soft after heavy rain Forty-two-year-old Murry Dickson night on its hands to beat Bin- | <xuminations today.--France-
stands an odds-on chance varlier in the day. two gunis to one #apore
on Presse.
He was regarded as a sure winner of the 100-metre dish,
PI Firm Favourites For Basketball Title
Tokyo, May 26,
As the qualifying round of the basketball tourney of the Third Asian Games nears completion, the competition has run true to form and it appears certain that the six teams which will fight it out in the final round-robin for the Asian title will be the Philippines, Thailand, Japan, Singapore, Nationalist China and Korea.
which has
The electrical Caning
-da
Was
bul
the
of taking over at Port-
Tho 20,000 holiday crowd, mouth it he's interested.elebrating Whit Monday under
Arthur was the mos Pompey cloudy skies, saw Germany win
Baltimore Orioles
New York, May 26.
hig won
own
ball game by slopping the frst pitch in the 10th inning over the left field wall to give the Kansas City Athletics a 5-4 victory over the Baillmore Orioles today.
had in mind before they ap- the 440 yards Hurdles through The blow capped a sterling relief role in which the 1-18-
pointed Eddie Lever to succeed elmuth Janz In 53.1 Bob Jaskron.
John Wrighton of Britain beat severni continental crack to should have thought Regjwin the 440 yards in 40.3 secs; the British Flowin would be a flam favou- and Peter Radford, rlie for promotion. The former schoolboy win a 100 yards In- Portsmouth centre-half-back agternational In ten seconds.
been acting as paistant-mana-
ger for two years.
As for the other Arthur Rowe
in spart I fall to understand why he prefers slinging a
Other Winners
Other 18lb
weight around In the evening for fun after wielding a 14lb. smithy's hammer at work all
the Idle, | day when he could get into
The Philippines,
There are no upsels predicted of the running for before it an "chsy" contest for the Tuesday basketball which they are agreed will go Soccer's big money class a against Malayn
Mandla with the fast- | full-back. Tuesday, schedule, as nn, the form shown back to 011
the end
quinter from Agures to
the qualifying so far, in the tournament, the breaking Tound with a score of two vie- class of play has been establish- Philippines. tories and no defeats,
fed along definite lines.
Alley viewing all 10 teams in Nationalis! China
Beton, the concensus of experl with vic-
opinion is that the only teams turles
Indonesia, mud Cambodia Korea with wins over
which have, pondbilities of up- Experts who have viewed the † setting the Philippine cagers are the same two teams, and Japan and Singapore with triumphs perfomance of Malaya, Hong-Korea and Japan, with Nation- the other kong, Cambodia and Thailand alist China having an outside
consider then completely out chunee."--France-Presze
over
ever Hongkong are undefeated teams.
Out of Running
HONGKONG'S FIRST ROUND TRIUMPH
who
pound veteran had blanked the Orioles for six and two-thirda innings. Dickson struck out five and allowed only four hits in copping his third victory against one loss since being picked up as a free agent.
World
Driving
Dickson's smash, which barely cleared the left geld barrier, was the lone inlly eff Arnald Portocan, a former Athletle pitcher who was dealt to th
Championship Orioles a month ago.
Ratings
Zaandvoori, May 20 Britain's Surfing Moex led
the World Driving Champion-
ships after his victory today in
The homer way Dickson's Ird In a Major League base- ball career spanning almost two | decades.
Portocarrero
caine on
Dates For Blackpool's Matches
The Blackpool Foot- ball Team has decided to accept an invitation from Hongkong to còmé hore for a series of two matches.
The Hongkong Foot- has ball Association
racélved
髓
telegram
from the English Tourn
sorting out, two sets of dates
for the two matcher-duna 8 und 9 or June 8 and 10.
The Association "calling "on- omorgency meeting of its Inforport Committed this avoning to discuss the offer of alternate dates.
The meeting is sche. duled to be held at the Association premises at Sports Road at 5.45 p.m. today.
Davidson Beaten In Berlin
Berlin, May 29. Poland's Viadunir Skoneckl and West Germany's dan Men's and for Buding won
the starter Connie Johnson in the Women's singles in the West sixth and had allowed but two Derlin
Tennis International Tournament today.
Jim Busby's grond-slam hume his until Dickson's homer. run in the fourth followed n
Skoneck beat. Europe's top
noteworthy winners were Hugh Ford (Sussex) with a fast six miles in 28 mina, 31.2 stcs; a speedy furlong by Dave Segal (Middlesex) in 21.7 secs: a clever mile by Olymple middle distance runner Brian Hewson (Surrey) in 4. Mins. 0.5 secs., Championship Ticin well-built Barnsley which is a new
the Netherlands, Grand Prix. youngster refused terms for performance: a fins high jump Rotherham
Italy's to concentrate onby G. A. Miller (Surrey)
Lasig! Musso. who 6ft. 4 ins. for a new putting with the Rome cleared
placed seventh in the race, was single by Bob Nieman and walls player, Sweden's Sven Davidso11, shot
Gus Triandos
Al 6-4, 6-2 and 6-2 in the semi- and Championship record; a victory standing second in world - Pilarck. The blow came off final and Buding best Italy' Olymples as his target.
for Olymple steeple chaser
ings, followed by America's
Athletic starter Ralph Terry, Lucia Bessi 0-2 and 0-0. THE BEST
John Diley, who broke the Harry Schell, runner-up here,
who was chased with a four- 3,000 metre steeplechase record Defending world champion
Davidson had a pulled tendon, run rally in that inning. in clocking 8 mina, 144 acce: Juan Fangle of Argenting was and a second victory for Stan tied for seventh place with Bri- His First Homer Germany's Renat Ostermann
and Vickers (Kent) in the two miles tain's Peter
Inge Pohmann won the Collins, France-
The AS scored three runs in Women's walk in 13 mins, 48.0
new Pressc.
Doubles when they the bottom of the fourth Championship record.
He had
beat Margaret Carter (Australia) Zchdon (ther- two-run homer by Bob Marlyn, and Gertrude won the seven miles welk on
followed by Hector Lopez's many) 6-1 and 6-2. France- Saturday.
double, an error and two infield Presse. outs.
Ове would expect a good goalkeeper to be good in the feld at cricket. Blily Grinths, Assistant secretary of the MCC, ot Jim Standen, the Arsenal reserve. "He is the finest English netder I've ever seen."
Kay's
.
When Jim was on the Lord's ground staff he earned modest fame by his brilliant fielding In a Test match.
Standen, stand-in for Jack Kelsey at Highbury and a leg break bowler from Herts, is now with Worcesterilitre.
Nolable absentee FIFA's World
Irom Cup list of referees is Les Horn, of Holland, Gound re-
Surrey regained the County Lost Championship which they Last year for the first time since the war-Neuter.
INTERNATIONAL ATHLETICS
London, May 26, Apart from being
Britain's J. Wrighton won the force well known to crowds International 440-3ard in 49.3 in England Leo is a prominent seconds, followed by
Dutch with
trained horses.
equestrian
» preference
performer loyaltin's J. Jirasek in 48.0 and Lor Irish Franco'a Jacques Dogaty In 40,5
-France-PressO.
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Harry Chiti hit his first homer of the year in the fifth to dead-
it 4-4. lock
After PortocarrCTO
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Results
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was question (C) and Juhion, Portocarrero Trlandos: Terry, Dickson (4) and brought up when a big Swedish Chit. Won (1), clothes concern offered to put Romelo, (2). CLC Pertecatroro (3-3) HHS Bulby up, a prize for the best met
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SWIKI MADE
Hongkong's soccer. team defeated the Philippines 4-1, in their fitat round match at the Asian Games last. Sutalay to gain a good start towards a possible frold medal. The Hongkong, eleven led all the way and at halftline the score wis Photo shows Wai Fatt-kim, the Hongkong goalkeeper (No. 1)`making a good save. Also in the picture la the Hongkong fullback. Lee Ping-chiu (No. 3). *** AP Aslan Photo,
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