1959-04-09 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1959.

A Sport Where England Is Still Top FRENCH, BELGIAN CYCLING

WHEN THE BLUE BUNNIES

PLAY THE GRANNY KNOTTS

By JOHN CLARKE

If you met a girl who walked with a slight but unlovely list to starboard you could, it used to be said, be sure of one thing-she played hockey. And, besides the permanent right incline, there were other perils confronting the hockey girl. "The hard ball...." said a headmis- tress. "What dangers!"

SPORTING SAM

And a Harley Street specialist said gravely that girls playing hockey LETTERS TO

would develop a most unbecoming combative instinct.

Girls and women had been playing hockey for 30 years since, And how

astonishingly the game has prospered.

"

A the recent England- Women's hockey has come on, other people might spend money Scotland women's hockey Inter- since the first known club was one theatres, cinemas, we spend matorral, 00.000 shrill-voiced formed at Molesey in 1887, and

it on hockey" spectators crowded Wembley the national association Came Stadlum.

into being in 1895.

At Hamsgate and Southend today more than 1,000 girls and women are brandishing stick: in tournaments thal began Friday:

on

In the tournaments teams are involved that have Alutely oates like Westgate Ladies Hockey Club, whimsical nomes like Blue Bunnies and Grumay Knotts. mysterious names kr *283" Hockey Club.

Dartford

One side is united Voluntary.XI, which makes all the others look as though they played andry duress. Other aldes come from Canada and the United States.

Tiepoletto Out Of The Derby

London, April 8.

In those days the rule-makers were much exercised about suit- eble clothing. "No player shall

they ordained. year hatpins,“ "A sklit which saga at the back is to be eschewed."

THE EDITOR

Not Sporting

to

Mirs Chapman, 29.teacher.

Sir. If Page 0 of your edition hockey (plus netball, basketball,

tenals, swimining,

rounders, of Wednesday, April 8 was in- at dancing)

13 school In tended to be the Sports Page, Hammersmith, lives, with two the article by John Ingham in hockey-playing alsters, at Column 4, headed "Worst Golf

ployed Moments", must Kingston H, and has

have been on the game in South Africa, the wrong page.

Holland, The rule now is. "All players | Australia,Germany,

Yorkshireman Lees, having shull wear skirts.

been suelently inaccurate tunles or Belgium, France,

She is slim fair-haired," not "play a shot to the foot of a divided skirts." But outside the

all noticeably nesociation

muscular, soft young tree, proceeded to vent crops up. Or did in 1943, when spoken, Buffers no list to stor his displeasure by laying the a temn Ireland, after being board. She soles "I don't think tree Jow by his foot drubbed 16-0 calmed

for the Surdy It is time women hockey players are tough verdict because one of their

sportsman" to retire from TOW,

scene, when his conception opponents huch infringed a foca! rule by wearing white under-

his own importance, or the ita- skirt.

portance of the outcome of game, can cause him to stoop so low.

controversy

the

"When they Arst started there was so much opposition that make themselves they and to masculine-looking and wear Best record

Elon crops and so on. Now, girls enn play and be their natural England

formidably selves."" Pa supreme st women's Hockey. There have be international 1896. Thirteen matches since opponent-countries have been Involved. Only five games hove been lost.

No top professional side in any Mme J. Couturie's Tiepoleto, sport east best such a record. a leading fancy in the ante- yet women's hockey is the mast post betting, Wan scratched from the Epson Derby, st 0uly amateur of all games.

n.m. GMT today.

Tiepolette was Joint-favourite with Saint Crespin I before the latter won impressively in France on Sunday to become? outright favourite for the Epson classic.

Except in schools

nek

players may not win universities, Women hockey

even a

silver cup or a bronze medal by their efforts,

And when an England side goes on tour to South Africa, Tiepolello. a three-year-oldsay-the players must And their coil by Tornado, is trained at own fares. Chantilly, France, by Ellenne Pollel.

The coll headed last year's French two - year - old free handicap-Reuter,

How do they do it? "Well, it's pure sport ond pure entertainment,” says Vera

England's Chapman,

vice- captain and left-inner. "Where

FOUR D. JONÉS

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(GOSHİYE SURE ARE }

› GRATEFUL TO YOU,

GENERAL. TELL ME,

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THE CAVALRY, WHERET

THINK THEY, YOUR HORSES?

WORRY YOU

AGAIN SON

BARE FEST?

FERDINAND

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The risks

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by Reg. Wootton

London Express Bervice.

800 Metres World Record Holder Wins Battle For Personal Athletic Freedom

Brussels, April 8.

Roger Moena, the Belgian middle-distance runner, who holda the world 800 metres record, won a one und a half year's battle for personal athletic freedom today, when the Steering Committee of the Belgian Athletic Federation agreed to disaffiliate him from the Brussels Racing Club.

ABERDEEN IN SCOTTISH CUP FINAL

Glasgow, April 8. Aberdeen moved Into the final of the Scottish Cup com. pelillon today when they de- fcated Third Lanark 1-0 in o semi-final replay at Ibrox Park here,

A goal by Davidson In the clinched victory

F. J. Parker, J. Y. Wilkin 35th minute son: H. D. Stend;

Around us as we talked,

Full checkup shows that an dozen schoolgirl fenins were error has been made by our busy with a tournament. They London correspondents in send- looked remarkably natural, iting us the photo of Ken Norris red-faced and out of breath, instead of Fred Norris, A cor

be in rectim to this will be made in None ever looked lu

"of life- tomorrow's issue when another danger

of the sort dengurument

story of Fred Nortis together once gloomily foresaw.

with his photo will be published.

Sports Ed,

for Aberdeen, who will meet St Mirren in the Anal here on April 25.

them

away through baɖ passing, headmistresses

How great is danger of my sort? Last season 9,500 players were insured against injury in the game. Claims numbered 26. Nono was for serious injury. Half

for *Here

repairs, to spectacles."

There seems only one, moral. Hockey girls wearing glasses should be careful with passen,

London Express Service ];

"YOU DON'T MEAN TO TELL ME YOU FELL FOR THAT OLD WATERHOLE TRICK WHERE SOME GUY OFFERS TO WATER YER HOSSES-AN YER NEVER. HOJPES, IN ?-HAW HAWI

WE SURE DID. AN HE

GAVE US A RECEIPT

SURE!BLAH-

BLAH-BLA

EFORE HE LEFT TOO. 916 HERE, READ IFEBR

YOURSELF!

RUGBY RESULTS

London, April 0.

English Results of tonight's rugby league matches were: Castleford 39, Balley 3. Hullfax 12. York 15.

. Swinton 26, Bramley Reuter.

ZACK PUITS

STACK FUTTE!

JAAX POTTS

by MADDOCKS

TACK FOTTE

PACK JOTTE

JACK ROTS/ WAANGHỈ THG THIRVIN" NO DOOD SKUNK-HF- HE BOLD ME THIS

GOLD MINE!!!

By Mik

2.-

Mocna, who first applled for transfer from his club about 15 months ago, is now at last free from the Foderation point of view to leave the Brussels Club to Join the club of his choice.

Since the Federation refused his transfer request in 1957, Moens has persistently fused to run in official athletic meetings or to represent Bel- gium in international com-

petitions.

co-

Last acason, Moens, who is policeman, only ran in inter- pollee competitions.

ACES TO CLASH IN PARIS-ROUBAIX RACE

Paris, April 8.

There will be an all-out battle between French and Belgian champion cyclists in the classic Paris, Roubaix road race on Sunday.

The Belgians, who havo hnd n recent run of wins in evenis In France and Belgium, wit be represented by Inst year's win- ner, leon Van Dacle. Nik Vos Looy, Fred De Brusne, Rik Van Steenbergen and Willy Vannit-

БСП.

Tulloch May

Race In U.S. And Britain

Riding against them will be three of this "Greats" of France, triple Tour De France winner,

Sydney, April 0. Loulson Bobet, Jacques Anquelli, Australia's champion race- winner of the 1957 Tour De horse, Tulloch, may race in the France, and Roger Riviere, the United States and Britain at world one-hour record holder. the end of the year, trainer

T. J. Smith Bald today.

125 Miles Long

Tulloch now in full train- ing in Smith's sinbles piter a recent prolonged finess which forced him to miss the rich races run in Australia in recent months.

Smith said Tulloch would go to England If he holds top for In Amerten,

In addition to the 58 French and 50 Belgians in the race, there will be a 20-man contin- gent from Italy, the Spaniard, Miguel Poblet, winner of the re- cent Milan-San Remo race and the Irish star, Segmus Elliott, who scored a recent impressive Tulloch's owner, Mr E. A. win over some of the Delgians. Haley, plans to go to the The ruce, was 125 miles long, United States with the horse.

. There is a strong chanes that is run over narrow roads mode up of large, disjointed pavement Tulloch

in may Face stories between Parts and the yeur's International Stakes at

Washington Franca-Belgian border,

to China Mall Special, Soine 248 riders applied

organisere Iake part but the have admitted only 108. - France-Presse,

Russian Claims World Small-Bore Rifle Record

London, April 0. Moscow radle today claimed a record world small-bore rifte

the for a Sovlet mnurksman in 30 metre event.

The broadcast claimed V,

New Mark Mouns holds the world EOC metres record since August The move which led to the 1955 when he set a new murk goal was the only outstanding in Oslo with one minute, 45.7 feature of the entire match. | seconds. Injury prevented him Third Lanark had several trom competing in the 1950 clunces but friltered

Olymple Games in Melbourne, but he showed that he would not have been out of the ple- ture there by trouncing the Borisov of Dynamo scored 377 shooting from the first three in the Olymple 800 points,

at n round nietres at an athletic meeting standing position

tarze: 50 metres distant. in Oslo in 1957.

He

The Tosy broadcast report event in one won the

46.0 minute,

with said the record was established seconds,

the Soviet team and In- Olymple champion, Tom Court-nt

the United State dividual contests In Luv. ney of

I said the old record was set one minute, 40.9 second in

up by another marksman (un- seconds.

named) lest year and was three

Other Results

Results of other saccer matches played today in Britain

were:

ENGLISH LEAGUE Division III Southend 2, Brentford 0.. Wrexham i, Queen's Park 0.

Division IV

Gillingham 3, Torquay U, 2.— Reuter.

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