1958-09-29 — Page 7

French Team Wins U.S. Golden Wheel Cycling Event

Paris, Sept. 29.

Crack riders Jacques Anquetil, 1957 Tour De France winner and Andre Darrigade of France, today won the 125 kilometre American event-the Golden Wheel here today.

Their timing: two hours nine, carry on riding found a call minutes Avo second at an too much for him and was forced average 30.1' kilometres,

to quit.

But the Anquetil-Darrigado team and the fans were mobbed of the certain challenge of new world hour record-man Roger Riviere who crushed on the 20th Jap.

Anquoti and Darigade pro- fited by Riviera's spill to spurt away and pile up a recont 49 points.

SLIGHTLY GRAZED

Except for an early challenge, from the Brun-Forlin! (France) team who were second with 35 points, Anquetik and Darrigade's superiority Wos clear cut and their murderous 00-01 kph pzce was too much for the opposition.

OTHER RESULTS

3 Poblet-Bover (Spain) 34 points.

Bobet Louison and J. (France) 27 points

4.

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A slightly gruzco Riviere was fereed to leave his co-team man Geminiani to pound round Inpa alone.

But world champion Rivlere who battled

5. Gaul and Koblet (Luxem- bourg-Switzerland) 15 points.

Favero and Padovan

courageously 10(Italy) points.-France-Presse.

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1958,

WEEK-END LAWN BOWLS

Paza

Thirteen Unlucky To Ireland

NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING HONOURS GO TO ASHBURN

Outlasts Strong Finish By Mays

New York, Sept. 28.

Richie Ashburn of the Philadelphia Phillies outlasted a strong finish by Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants on the final day of the sea- son today to win the National League batting championship for the

second time,

and earned

Ashburn collected three singlen

them the disline-club played in New Yalc in four at-bats to finish with a tion of being the only NJ. club The Milwaukee Braves test-

.360 average as the Philles de to win a 501,

serles from

pitchers for possible cd four this fented the Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburg

The

In their World year.

Series duty 0-4, in 10 Innings.

Pirates led the score at 4-ali scason finale against the Cin-

but the Phil However, the

the eighth

cinnati Redlogs but wound up spray-hitting in

with a 4-0 setback The Red- Phils centre fielder had to wait scored two runs off Don Gross more than three hours before in the 10th to wi oficially claiming the title. Mays, playing at San Francisco, had three hils in Ave appearances in leading the Giants to a 7-2 viê- tory over the St. Louis Cardinalo. It was a gallant, but futile effort for Mays, who finished with a .347 average.

The Phillies' victory over the Pirates was their sixth straight

Winning Noto

ALONCO OPENS SCORING

Two goals by their inside-right A. Alonco enabled Recreio "A", the current holders of the senior division hockey league title to bent Nav Bharat by 2-0 in their opening match of the season yesterday at Happy Valley.

Photo shows Alonco (right) scoring his first goal, after intercepting, a pass from the left and swerving past full-back Yakub Khan (third from left) and goalkeeper F. Soares-China Mail photo.

American League Racing Ace

Batting Title

Killed For Williams

Ted

Washington, Sept. 28. Williams collected two hits today in four times at bat to win his sixth American League .328 average batting title with as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Washington Senators 0-1,

The 40-year-old Williams came into Washington, trailing teammate Pete Runnels by four 324 to 320, and pro- legs totalled seven ปts off points.

ceeded to collect Ave lifts In Carlton Willey, Ernie Johnson, Bob Rush and Juan Plzarro, sight tries in his last two games

10 win thelle. run,

while Alex Kellner and Brooks here

Williams' spectacular windup the Lawrence limited the N. L

reminiscent of the 1941 Champions first

to four safeties.

season when Williams collected Kellner was the winner and

seven bits in his last nine off Willey the loser.

risk trips to the plate to win his The Los Angeles Dodgera first title with a 400 average. and Chicago Dubs concluded He is the last batter to hit 400

in the Majors.-U.P.I. better than last year when the their seasons yesterday.-U.P.I.

Mays collected a home a double and a single as

out their Glants closed

season on the West Coast on a winning note. They also were cheered by a total attendance 600,000 1,272,025-almost of

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THOSE MEN ALWAYS SHARE THEIR LUNCH · WITH THE BIRDS.

By Frank Robbins

AT THE CLOVERS” BALL PARK.....

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MAKE THE GRADE May, THIS TALE!.

Trenton, Sopt. 28. American cor ace Jimmy Reece was killed' when his car swerved off the Trenton track hero and rolled over.

Roodo drove in the 500,- Indianapolit Franco-PressO.

BEATEN BY ENGLAND IN INTERNATIONAL SERIES AFTER LEADING HALF-WAY

By ROBERT TAY

Thirteen proved an unlucky number for the Ireland four in their quarter-final international lawn bowls match against England yesterday at the Kowloon Bowling Green Club. The final score was 22-18 in favour of England, but up to the 13th head when they were trailing by 8-13, the England four had never at any time looked like a winning side. Practically all of them with the possible exception of Harry Black in the lead position, played far below their usual form.

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The Ireland four on the other ; cilement. The Ireland four, sistent support, the Hongkong hend, with lead D. Agnew and were lying five shots after a four after taking a 2-1 (lead No. 2 C. Terry surprisingly trail by S. Leonard when the gradua'y forged ahead to 23-8 Įholding more than, their own skips burn to bowl cane.

by the end of the 15th head. against England's reputed Tom Kavanagh was a shade The Iran team, however, had Black and A. Eastman, and heavy with his first wood and ¦ the satisfaction of taking a seven with S. Leonard and skip To trailed the jack about two feet off their opponents on the next shots, but Kavanagh producing are fine to He only four. Purvis put in head with drawn bowls, were by far the superior a fourth shot and all that the sound that it was too late to was to leave the gomo which went to alde during this first half of the Ireland four could do

chalk up a three to lose by Hongkong by 20-20. game.

19-22.

in the other two quarter-final

Opening with two twos on the first two heads, they led ell the way up to 11-4 on the games played on the same day, 10th head, and 13-8 on the 13th the Hongkong four of F. G. Luiz head.

H. A. Czarlo, S. E. Souza, and Then came the fplend 14th M. Q. Wong ecored a comfortable head.

28-20 win over Iran's P. Billi- o Ireland four were lying morts, G. Madar, R. K. Par and M. Divecha, but the power ful Scotland combination of side Cotes, G. Stark, A. Skeoch and, C. McLennan were given a hard

a possible two, bolh *lightly behind on the backhand

to

when the skips went down bowL

fight in the first half of their With his second wood, skip game against Philippines C. A.

Singles Title For Jack Christine Truman

wood.

The greater experience and steadiness of the Scotland four were very much in evidence in their game against the Philip pines.

Some successful, albeit lucky drives by skip F. Tan and com→ mendable bowling by C. A. Coelho and E. G. Barros enabled the Filipinos to extend Scotsmen to 8-19 up to the 11th the head.

Sparked by accurate bowling

Kavanagh took heavy drive Coelho, E. G. Barros, E. S. Silva by their No. 3, Alex Skeoch, the to take out the nearest opposing and F. Tan before emerging vie-Scotland four, who all played wood which was behind the torious by 22-16.

well to a man, asserted their on the forchanel side,

With skip M. Q. Wong in superiority on the next Avo alightly covered by a front brilliant form, and front-men heads. They took the score to F. G. Luz, H. A. Ozorio and 22-9 and never looked back He was narrow and Instead S. E. Souza giving able and con-after that to win by 22-10. California, Sept. 28.

очуть shot Britain's Miss Christine Tru- took out both his man today won the women's woods to leave. Engiand with a le of four. Purvis added ringles final of the Berkeley tennis tournament here today another shot to register a count

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After this head, the Ireland four completely want to pieces. In contrast, the England" bow- lers, especially Harry Black and As Eastinam," "began, to put in some classy woods,

The England four remained stuck at 13 for the next three heads as their opponents rattled up two two's and a singla to Fead by 18-13.

The Irishmen rallied with a two but were powerless to stop the English bowlers from taking two more two's to almost wrap up the game at 22-15 by the end of the 20th head

However, the last head of the match wha not without its ex-

Eligible For World Series

New York, Sept. 20. Pitchers Don Larsen, Tom Sturdivant and Murry Dickson of the New York Yankees and plicher Ernie Johnson of tha Milwaukee Braves were declar- jed eligible to compete in the World Series today by Com- missioner Ford Frick.

In order to make the three pitchers eligible, the Yankees arst requested that pitcher Virgli Trücks be removed from their list of eligibles, Com missioner Frick's ofico nounced that this request dạo was approved.

Larsen, and Sturdivant have been ailing for the last month or no but recently turned in sirong performatices, Larsen's" record Is 0-8 and Sturdivant's 2-0. Dickson, acquired with Trucks mid-season from Kansas City, had a 10-7 season mark.

Johnson was optioned lo Wichild in mid-season but was recalled when Joey Jay war declared ineligible.--U.P.I.

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