1958-07-03 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1958.

HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA OLYMPIC PROGRAMME SQUABBLE

OPENS IN

HEAVY

RAIN RAIN WASHES OUT

Three Overseas Crews In Action On First Day

Henley-on-Thames, July 3 American, Norwegian and Irish crews were the only overseas entries in action today when the four-day Henley Royal Regatta opened in a continuous downpour.

About 15,000 gallons of water was pumped from the heal tents in the past few days and tons of sawdust laid on in an effort to soak up the accumulated moisture.

Bareer and Kent School, of the London Duckers Crow, the the United States, bath scored cy wins in

f

the heals of 2

Cup, the Rogotta's zeroed ranked international event for eights.

V Arguster, who crashed shortly after the Mart : the wooden born bordering Hoe ons wile 550 yanki course

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Kent School, who had A Norwegian crew, Bearum rigth to spare aves First and Foklubb, aslly won their first Third Trinity, Cambridge, are round eat fr

Challenge Cup

the the

ranked fours event),

Crowland R.C. beat Peter- house easily in 8 mins, 10 ees.

Walton B.C. bra! London length in 7 University by a minuter, 53 seconds.

lengths

Royal Engineers beat Thumes H. C. DA 21

by 7 meel minutes, Si pecondla. Wyfold unfortunately drawn (u

seeund routi second-farvard in the

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This race was the only muf

47 rowed today which was not tinued.

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stopped the official timekeeper'> watch while the rate was being rawed.

tomorrow.-Reuter,

First Results

Henley, July 2

Tirst results were!

Thames Cup (For Eirklej First Round

Oriel College, Cretend, bod Two Tash crews were elinin-Lincoln College, Oxload, th

Dublia, Jength in 7 minutes 23 second ated Trinity College.

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MOST COUNTY CRICKET MATCHES

London, July 2.

Rain again scythed through the English first-class

cricket programme today.

Of the six county championship matches scheduled to begin play was possible in only three and in one of these ---- the game between Kent and

Better

A Few Full-Scale Competitions Than A Great

Number Of

Of Side-Shows

By DEREK JOHN

Mr Avery Brundage, President of the International Olympic Committee, is like a woodman in charge of an overcrowded forest. He must either prune his trees or cut some down.

.

Leicestershire — a start was not made untu"The programme of the Olympic Games has grown from six sports in 1896

after tea,

But once the Kent-Leicester guine did get under way, the shocks came thick and fast,

the visiting Wille Watson, captain, won the loss and pu Kent in on the rain-affected wicket und in just two hours Kent were shot out for a mere Nacional Provincial Bank deat01 for its lowest score of the RAF. Cardington by 2 lenetre season.

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beat Thomas's Hospital

easily

7 Morley: 1 C.

173 mautes, 40 seconds.

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St Brking at Maidenhead R.C. vusly in 8 mins 10 sees,

Lily Margaret R.C. beat Gladstone R.C. by 22 lengths in 4 mins, 5 sees,

Catherines,

31 Jivas College. C'ambarista, besat

University by

in the Ladies Plate (University eights and the Dublin Police hangg tew in the Thames Cup.

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bowl

After

Leg

Hampshire declared when 290 for seven, anul in the lust minutes Glamorgan replied with three without loss.

Disastrous

Somerset weathered a dis- astrous pre-lunch period agus Derbyshire al Bath. Three wickels tumbled while the score Ten moved from 45 to 48, and

came the recovery, fed by Slip- Maurice Tremjeit, who scored 118--his highest score of the senson,

John Prodger Arthur Phebey had scored 23 for the first wirkel, the home County's resistance crambled and Kent were all out in 32

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Did The Damage

Cumbriche Pace man Brin Boshier (Ave

2% for 30) and Lesbury R.C. by

ost-break bowler Ingles in 7 minutes, 25 zvermek i lengtha in 8 mins. 7 secs.

Jolin Savage (four for 12) Kent Schoot (United States?

the damage.

Harvard, who bead Twicken-best 1st and 3rd Tunity by Twe hum towing Club of Lendor, by longthu in a nizales, 17 seconds, brat RA. F Thames R. ( three and three-quarter lengabs in one of the frant unes

Cadoutem ir a quarter of the Cas, were coxed by ating orth in malut 12 seconds.

Send Kings- | West Indian, Marlon Beyan, Meselow . C from the Caribbean Island of St Thomas, in the American- run Virgin Islands,

Foreign Cox

Tady Margaret Boat Club of Cambridge University all had a foreign vox in their boat when they beat Nottingham University ir another Thames Cup bent, who recred Lady

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Margaret to victory was Alexan- eer Ya Lang-lee, son of the Finance Minister in the Federa tion of Mulaya.

Norway's Beert Club were virtually given a "row over by

1 H. by three legte in #thinutes, 25 seeds.

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Wyfold - Cop (Coxwalniess Faursi First Rounsel

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Oriel College, Oxford, beat Kensington R.C. by 14 lengths

8 minutes, 17 seconds.

Thames Cup (High(s) First Round

Vesta R. C. beat St Edmund Hall, Oxford, by two-thirds in 7 minutes, 16 of # length seconds.

University

Harvard

(US) beat Twickenham R. C. by three and three-quarter lengths in minutes, 10 secs.

Isis I beat London R. C. in 7 mins. 15 by kaths

Queen's Codk ge. Cambridge, ben: Bedford R C. by three

Bugth an quarters of infinites, 5 aveonds.

Bartholomew's Hospital sees. isat Copes Chuti College. Oxford, by a leuth in 8 minutës, #reconds.

R.C. London

beat RAF half Melmenham by one and 2 lengths in 0 minutes, 4 seconds.

MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN

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ASKED PERMISSION,

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WHAT'LL WE DO, GENERAL?

Cam- Garda Slochana R. C. Dublin by length in 7 minutes, 22 seconds.--France- Presse,

Emmanuel College, brizige, beat

A FIELD GENERAL CAN

USE HIS OWN AUTHORITY

IN AN EMERGENCY!

ORDER THE NOBILL ATOMIC ARTILLERY TO MOVE!

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did

135 the close Watson and Matice Hallam had made 17 being aparuted and withwul

Leicestershire

were only

runs points.

wwway froin

off

15

first innings

Gamble Fails

A gamble that did not come was Glamorgan's in pul- ting Hampshire, championship leaders, in to bat on a sofi pitch at Southampton,

West India: Roy Marshall (56 in 91 minules) and Junity Gray, who hit 04. gave Hamp- shire fine start, and a stand Lite ininutes for of 94 h 05

seventh wicket by Peter Sains- bury and Harrison consolidated The position,

By Lee Falk and Phil Davla

THOSE ATOMIC SHELLS

WILL BLOW UP ANYTHING- EVEN A MILE-HIGH GIANT?

PUT ONE OF MY PLANES

IN HIS POCKET-- WILL HE!

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Tremlett rere el his 100 175 min aard duded 13 fours, Alfapelher he batted 195 minules. Thanks to Tremlet, Somerset male 238,

Derby replied with 25 for the

of Arbold Hammer. Reuter.

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to nineteen sports in 1956. The world's greatest festival of sport has become too large and too costly.

So woodman Brundage has But if Mr Brundage's polley carried 10 its logdeal dreided to do rome pruning be-į is fore the 1960 Olymples are held conclusion, the Games will be In Rome.

Hmiled strictly to outstanding portsmen and women of the world, not, as at present, to so many stars from each country.

He has cut out team awards in equestrianism, cycling and the modern pentathion. He has cat down the number of shool- canoeing and Kymnastic

ing

cvents.

Latest Proposal

at on Olympiad. three placea Restrict countries to one com- pelitor for each event and some the world's best athletes will be excluded,

Athletics Is the chief sport of the Olympic Games, Indeed, In ancient times, athletics WERE the Olympies. For, originally, the Games were devised as a For look al the latest pro-fest of the prowess of the in

not of a national Athletic and Swimming Federa-posal made at a meeting of the dividual,

Com- International Olympic tous that they must try to re- duce the number of their en- petitors,

He has also told Infernational

Pruning Policy

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Amateur

team.

Lot Athletics Alone

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Buy

alune.

sus proposeKi that each truck ali should mit s

Icare athletica and Redientries to une comh-

It is the team sports when pelitor in each event, instead of which should go. If amateur Mr Brundage is right

*oolballers, be three, us in 1958.

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of players he says something has to

basketball.

and done to reduce the size and

water - polo cost of the

But some Olympics. But I

cuantries, I was hockey want world champion- entirely disagree with the suggested, might be allowed to tips, let them organise such pruning policy.

ebler two iditional athletes contest, just as amateur golfers Brundage should reach for for events in which they and tennis players have done. his axe and cut some sports achieved standards to be fixed

What do the Olympic blg-wigs by the International out altogether.

Athletle Federation In Stock-think of this idea? List Septem- ber the International Olympic Which sport?

Forsuri Iholm next August.

Cougrets rejected proposals to would suggest soccer, basketbull,

Instead Haw Invidious. Many times eliminate team sports, walew-polo and hockey.

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we have seen exciting glant- they added a new one Volley. killing sels in the Olympler, ball. where an "outsider" has con- founded the experts by winning a gold medal. But not uny more, it this proposal is adopted,

Most countries will be coin- pelled to send the man who has

fastest returned the

action, certainly. But better to have a few full-scale competitions then large number of side-shows.

For example, the Olymple Poccer tournament is already limited to extern countries and

Mba

who MIGHT

They also voted in principle to reduce the size of the Olym- pic programme. But, at the same time they made it possible for a greater number at sports to be contested.

The Olymple authorities have imes. taken a step

the right direc reach bis ficial" team sports-1cam events

a qualifying system in necessary, although a preliminary knock- Anny Ponly 3.10 out competition is out of keeping | There will be no room for the tion by deciding to abolish "art-

with the concept of the Games."

They were not intended to be Reok form at the Olympics. an international contest but a In the United States there Isdividual result. world Jamboree of sport in so much talen! thai world Now they should cut out all witch-people of all countries champions_ have sometines team, sports to reduce the size of take part for the pleasure of it. failed to qualify for one of the the Olymple jungie.

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