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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1959.

Rome's New Circular Dome On

Games

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Building Said To Be Largest In The World

By PATRICK CROSSE

Rome, June 19.

What is claimed here to be the world's largest circular dome has safely risen, into the Roman sky, to cap one of the great buildings which Italy is rushing to completion for the Olympic Games in 1960, Professor Luigi Nervi, its builder and the outstanding figure of modern architecture in Italy, watched scarcely breathing as workmen care- fully dismantled 120 kilometres (75 miles) of steel piping and the wooden "mould" on which it rested.

"I should not worry if we could knock the sentfolding uway at une blow because then all the dome's terces would would came into play at once and it would settle "inturally," *he explained.

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materini, known as ferro- cemuit. He has hinzelf super- vised its construction.

Now nged 60, Professor Nervi has re-created In, modern terms the ancient craft of the master- builders, who designed the great Gothle cathedrals and castles of Europe and then supervised building them themselves..

pre-fabrication. Nerv achieves cconomy by reproducing many times encl element used in his bulldings. For the roof of the Sports Palace, each element was cast 144 Umes. Then the thousands of clements were slotted together, over The wooden "mould" and have now settled into a dome which is He found that no building | light but of great strength. contractor could carry out his during ideas in the way he wanted. "Now, by doing my own building, I can achieva degree of refinement which no

controcior on ordinary

could | manage," he explains.

But all went well. The scaffolding slowly came away to reveal a breath-taking swrep, 100 metres (330 feet) cross, of ribbed ferro-ccherete resting lightly at the edges on legs like inverted "s" Inclined inwards, Rivals

Across the city, outlined another gentle hill, rose 'the majestic dome of Saint Peter's busilica, 48 metres 140 feet) ucross, the archlicetural inaster- piece of Michel Angelo and the wonder of builders of the past 400 years.

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the new rival, sparkling on a silvery alumi- roof nium outer skin. will audlences of 16,000 people watching boxing and basket- ball during Ihr Olymple

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Professor Nervi, one of three

architects chosen from butid ali over the world to the Palace of the United Na- tions Educational, Scientilo and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) la Paris, devised hla revolutionary technique when it dawited on him that ferro-cement could be regard- ed as malleable stones.

Ife irst used his system of prefabrication In 1940, for aircraft hangars, It was not unif 1967 that he devised ferro-cement, to build Ar enormous warehouse with walls and root 1.1 inches thick.

Speed

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INDIA'S CRICKET STAR OF THE FUTURE

By DEREK JOHN

One of the best Indian batsmen now playing in Britain is the Hyderabad-born Abbas Ali Baig, who has scored centuries Against Lancashire und York- stilre and 221 not out against the Free Forestera,

Bal

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61 AVERAGE

hit 794 runs in 18 In- nings and his average of 81' is second only, among Indian butemen, to the 78 of Test player Vijay Manjrekar (837 runs in Innings). Yel Baig is not a member of the Indian touring team. He plays for Oxford.

tipon 10 WIB he be called

sirengthen India's Test bal- ting? The Indien tourists are extremely pleased at his pro-

Wimbledon Prune

What's Best in Kowloon?

British Men

To A Mere 16

fresh, but understand they ONLY 16 British men

will not consider playing him until at least the Fourth Test,

UNIVERSITY FIRST India's manager the Maharajah of Baroda, quite property con- 'siders that it would be impro- per to select Dalg before the University acason ends with the Varsity match on July 11. Oxford are looking to Baig to help them beat Cambridge for the Arst time since 1051.

Yankees Chalk

15th

Inwn

iconis players the lowest in Wimbledon history have had their entries for the cham- plorshipa neccpted. Last year the figure was 23.

Among those called on to play in qualification tournaments the previous week are former Davis Cup man Howard Welton, Colin Hannam (Somersei), and Easex players John Word and Moys.

Peter

Up The

Their Victory Of Last 20 Matches

New York, June 18.

The New York Yankees, closing in fast on the American League leaders scored their 15th victory in the last 20 games when they today de- feated the Chicago White Sox, 5-4, on Mickey Mantle's homer in the 10th inning.

Mantle's homer, his 15th of,

oft relever the season, camu

and he Gerry Staley to lead of the last the of the 10th and enabled

He demonstrated the cheap-

method when

ness of his

bull а football stadium for

Florence, to hold 35,000 peuple,

Yankees to move within a game

ot an overall cost which work-of fourth place. ed out at $2,90 (E1) per sent.

tiames next August and Sep- Cheap Construction Olympic

tember. This building, known

as the Sports Palace, is one of three which the rich flan Olymple Commitee has com- miloned

Professur Nervi in

preparation for the Games,

far

Own System

The others arga smuller in- door study iso rooted with n dorne, and a football stadium, The elegant sweep of the lines thuse two buildings has already attracted the interest of from a over the architects world.

of

In making these buildings, Professor Nervi has used is uwn system of pre-fabricated buftlag and his own super-re- Concrete bollding Inforced

In his buildings for the Rome

hns

de- Nervi monstrated

extraordinary That meant that instead of speed which is a feature of his

or bricks, square-cut stones

system. The basic structure of great the Sports Palace, the which largely dieiate the shape

forked legs dome on its of a building, we had lumps of

could graceful eireles of sents building material which

into any shape and in ug to meet its rim, by mode almost any thickness or thin-months to erect, ness," he said.

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Southpow Bobby Shantz relired nine straighi baiters In the three Inings he worked. to register his first victory of the year.

Came Back

The Yankees trailed 4-2 until the eighth

The rally was composed of a Host five Innings after taking pair of two-run homers by Gus over from starter Frank Sullivanı Triandos

Corrorquel.and was rewarded with his first

victors. Jerry Walker, who started for

Mike Garein suffered Baltimore,

Woodle with his Afth straight loss, also homered the bases empty in the third, Held, rookie (ribe starter Lorry Ernie Johnson was the winner Locke and Jacklo Jensen cach

homered. and Dave Sister the loser.

Outholder Al Kaline of the Tigers suffered. # fractured checkbone when hit in the face by a thrown ball while runging the bases in the first inning.

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Kaline was operated on in Baltimore hospital and is expect- rising

ed, to be sidelined for n when they fled the

Jew days. uok only 13 score. Yogi Berra doubled home ohe ruti and then scored on Hvetor Lopez' single.

To this will be aded in the Using ferro-cement, Protes- next few months a sheath of sor Nervi has built shing boats glues walls, closing in the rear at 40 per cent of the cost of of the seats, an addition which critics bellove will wooden boat of the many standard

detract from the impression of same size, and a facht for him-

balance which the self, with a hell half an inch power and thick. He elulins that the ud-madorned structure now gives. vantage of these vessela, apart The completed building wil

alr-cooled and from cheap construction, is that be

need main- j changing rooms, rest rooms, the hulls never

bars and cafes will be installed tenance.

The next step in his process for the comfort of athletes and

spectators.-Reuter. was the creation of a system of

FOUR D. JONES

FÊNE EMPIRE MATE BUILDING HAS COME UNSTUCK, ONLY A PILE OF BRICKS REMAIN, AND OUT OF THE WRECKAGE ROLLS A BLACK, BOUNCING LYSC-THE ONLY SURVIVOR.

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FERDINAND

NANCY

HERE COMES

GLOOMY OTTO ---

I'LL CHEER

HIM UP

BUSHMILLE

BRICK BRADFORD

WHILE PR. BASTLAND

HOLDS THE ATTENTION OF THE STRANGE MEN OF VENUS, BRICK PUSHES

THE BUTTON TO CLOSE

· THE OPEN MATCH!

YAROOFF WHERE THE HECK DID THIS COME

FROM? THOUGHT I'D LOST THE THING FOR

GOOD

GOLDERNIT! BET THAT

ROBIN HOOD GUY HAD IT ALL ALONG HE MEANT TO KEEP. 17...

„OH MY GOSH, JUST LOOK:

AT THAT HEAP OF BRICKS ON TOP OF THOSE POOR PEOPLE.

COME ON...SMILE.... --- AND THEN

SUMMER WILL

BE SUMMER?

JUST THINK--- SCHOOL

CLOSES SOON--

HERE

THE HATCH BANSO SHUT

INSTANTLY.......!

SLAM

Juxurious

The Baltimore Orioles came back from a five-run deficit to hral the Detroit Tigers, 7-6. Carrasquel's single , Chicago

with the buses loaded and two out in the minih drove in the. two runs that gave Ballinore The victory.

Detroit starter, Dem Moss! had B-1 lead until the Orioles Touted him with a four-run rully in the elchil.

by MADDOCKS

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS,

I GUESS, WHEN YOU GET

TOO AMBITIOUS -YUH GETS GREEDY, AND-WHUMPH

TATE TAKES A HAND AN

YOU'VE HAD IT

By Mik

By Ernie Bushmiller

SUNBURN-~~MOSQUITOES- POISON IVY---LIGHTNING--- HAY FEVER-BEE STINGS--

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HURRICANES--- HORNETS-FLIES-

By Paul Norrls.

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Winning Run

Kansas City was at Washing- lon for a night garne.

National League

The San Francisco Giants climbed within two percentage points the National League lead by defeating the Cincinnati Iteds, B-3, with the aid of three errors by second baseman Johnny Temple.

Orlando Cepeda collected Vic Werla, back in the four of the Glants' 15 hits and Boston incup after a three-

started a three-run rally in tex day absence due to a

the ith that broke a 2-2 tle. injury, singled home the Following Cepeda's single. winning run

Daryl Spencer also singled 7-0 victury over first-place Cleveland.

aud Jackie Brandt and Andre Wertz

also homered and Rodgers each doubled, doubled to drive in three runs Templo muffed a pop fly by and map the Indians winning Willle Moys in the first inning streak at seven games. Newly-which set up the Giants Arst nequired Jack Harshman held run, then dropped a peg from Cleveland to two hits over the catcher Ed

the Bailey fn seventh and kicked a grounder by Willie Kirkland in the same frame for his third miscue.

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Stu Millor, who relieved Al Worthington in the fifth, was rraulted with his fourth vic- tory while Joe Nuxhall suffer- ed his fifth loss.

Win For Pirates

The Pittsburgh Pirates ralled for two runs in the 13th Inning to beut the Chlongo Cubs, 4-2, and help Elroy Face gain his 11th Tellef victory without a loss.

Bob Skinner's singie in the the 13th produced the .tle- breaking run and Bill Virdon's sacrifice fly brought home the insurance run. Dick Stuart hila Iwo-run pinch homer for the Pirates In the seventh and Jim Marshall's pinch. homer for the Cubs tied the score at 2-2 in The eighth, Face held the Cubs searcless on three hits over the last Ave innings after relieving Ronite Kline to bring his re- cord to 11-0.

St. Louls and Philadelphia were not scheduled,

Milwaukee met Los Angeles in

a night game.-UFI

Sports Diary

TODAY

Water Polo

Jet Division: 1.K, Regt. (Victoria Pool) 6.15 p.m.

СУИСА

2nd Division RAF v Chung Sing (Kai Tak) 6.15 p.m.

TO-MORROW

Bowls

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"A"

KDC COCA

KCC. V INC "B", TC v Reorelo "B".

2nd Division: IPSA * KCC. HKFC CCC, FC v PIC "D", USRC

v HKCC

3rd Division: KBGC v CCC, KDC

V KCC. KKFC V INC, TO V BC.

Ladies 1st Division: CCC PRC. KBGC v USRC, KDC y CCC

2nd Division: Becrelo v TC. KCO

PRC, USRC

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