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ALTHEA

THE CHINA MAIL TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1959,

GIBSON TURNS PRO

Accident At The Races

the The opening day's races of the two-day Second Race Meeting of Hongkong Jockey Club at Happy Valley last Saturday was marred by an ac- K. cident in the main race of the afternoon. Riding Maytime, jockey H. Chuang was heavily thrown to the ground after passing the winning post. He was taken to hospital and after being operated upon yesterday, was reported this afternoon to be improving.

-China

Photo shows the scene immediately after his fall on Saturday. Mail photo.

Commonwealth Cricket XI

Open

Transvaal Tour

With A Drawn Match

Johannesburg, Oct. 19.

Heavy rain and hail brought an early end to the opening match of their Transvaal ericket tour by Denis Compton's Commonwealth XI here today.

The Commonwealth side, set by Transvaal to make 241 runs in 116 minutes for victory, had scored 59 without loss when the rain came. The game was drawn.

The scores were: Transvaal- today. His sturdy shoulders 285 and 254 for seven: Common-enabled him to punch two sixes wealth XI-299 and 59 for no and 12 fours during his stay of

vicket.

Close

Compton.

Marshall

two hours 27 minutes.

John Fellowa-Smith, former Oxford University and North- amptonshire player. !! his second unbeaten century of the match for Transvaal. a perform- snce which may win him a place in the South African side to tour England next year.

Not Out Centuries Fellows-Smith, who made 100 not out in the first innings, was 102 not out at the sevend innings

Moore 4-1 Favourite Over Neill

21

U 59

0

1 0 14

0

0

8 3 23 COMMONWEALTH XI

First Innings-209 Second Innings

Though 12 South Africans have hit a century in each in- nings in a first class maleh, R. Marshall not out

Fellows-Smith is the first 13 without Jowing hls

Ho

da wicket.

Ex-Wimbledon Champion And Karol Fageros Join

Harlem Globetrotters

New York, Oct. 19. Althea Gibson, förmer Wimbledon champion, today turned professional after negotiating a contract which will give her about $100,000 (£35,700) for a spell of four months. Karol Fageros, of Florida, known as the "Glamour Girl" of lawn tennis, simultaneously announced that she had turned pro- fessional under a similar contract. She will receive about $30,000 (£10,710) for the same period.

Both girls will begin a fil- city tour of the United States. starting on December 20. They will travel with the Hatlon Globetrotters Negro Basketball team, and will play each other ja exhibition untries 40% curtain-raisers to the basketball

games,

Record Foo

Miss Gibson's fee is believed to be the highest paid to an amateur player to turn pro- fessional. At the rate of more than

$1,000 a match over 10 weeks, it is more than evch mate professional Lew Hood and Pancho Gonzales receive in the Jock Kromer circus.

The 32-year-old New York Negrees won the Wimbledon

Wives Who Upset The Transfers by

Stanley Matthews

ONCE again a footballer's

ban upsel the plans of a manager hoping to sign a star.

The transfer of Scollisi International right back Eric Caldow to Manchester United fell down, арраг- his wife enlly, because wanted to live nearer her North-East home.

In recent years the foot- has becomie bailer's wife

the problem in the back- ground.

Transferring

ker bas

than become more tricky fixing up the player. Abe the unknown

25

1.

Craig not out

34

Extras Total (for no wicket)

Bowling

0

59

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has become

Bunyard Gibbs

33

24

quantity la almost

every

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deal.

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Should wives the

Influence 01

~~~Revier.

The only real support he had, come from Kent cricketer Sid linn, who showed sound strake play in scoring 34. Immediately Macaulay

reached three Charuas Fellow-Smith

gures, Transvaal declared.

Too Inaccurate

The Commonwealth bowlers dict not look particularly im-.

Frank Tyson, though pressive. taking four wickets for 53, was too Inaccurate. The other pace Lawler, Harold Rhodes, became Biore accurate as the match progressed. Brian Close did not gain enough assistance from the pitch to be really effective.

The tourists' second London, Oct. 19.

innings. Australian Ian Craig Davey Moore (USA), the maintained his sound form of

world

first innings. featherweight the

while Roy four to Marshall, Hampshire's West In- champion, is a

dian opener, showed touches of one un favourite to beat is brillant agressive balling. British champion Bobby

Scoreboard Neill in their 10-round, non-title contest at Wem- bley tomorrow.

TRANSVAAL

First Innings-285 Second Innings

Moore's record, unblemished D. Varnols c Evans Simp- since

son 1956, his form in the

gymnasium, and the fact that. Kinsley. Tyson

Callover On The Cambridgeshire

000

London, Oct. 19. Rocky Royale. remained favourite at eight to one at the Victoria Club callover here to- night on the Cambridgeshire Handicap, to be run over one mile one furlong, at Newmarket on Oct. 26.

There was little businers done, but Thames Trader, Anthelion and Orthology were all backed to win £3,000. Thames Trader, lust winner at Newmarkci

悲

Friday, nevertheless went out

a point to 10 to one.

Faulties Speech and Macquario

ousted Thames Trader as second favourite, both finishing at nine

24

13

39

to one.

12

0

Prices were:

he has only once been on the A. Taylor low Rhodes canvas in his ring career make G. Riichie lbw Tyson the coloured American a formid-W. Patrick e Evans b Tyson

9. Olinn c Close b Rhodes. 34 8-1 Rocky Royale; -1 Foult- oble opponent,

.. 102 less Speech and Macquario; 10-1 The man who took the world. Fellows-Smith not out

10 Thames Trader; 100-7 Spcctum; title from Hogan. Bassey earller. Gibbs e Eyans h Tyson.

100-0 Whipsnade; 20-1 Fells of this year and then defeated M. Macaulay not out

and 11 Shin, Mujor General

Rexequus; 22-1 Courts Appval; 254 25-1 Fireguard, Gueraillus and Marshal Pll, 28-1 Anthellon; 33-1 Admiral's Lake, Chino, Clarendon Pele, Durbilatan,

Bassey in a return

looks im-

mensely strong, even though

Extras Total (for seven wickets

deel.)

Quere Is n slight suspicion of Wicketfalls: 1-20, 2-81, 3-80, weight trouble,

4-91, 5-109, 6-187, 7-220.

Bowling

M

Neill has won his last eight fights inside the distance but

his critics have been able to Rhodes And plenty of fault with his Tyson recent performances.—Reuter, Simpson

THE GAMBOLS

THIS FERTILIZERT WONDERFUL

STUFF

3

2836

W Kinroy, King's Coup, Ortho

IT MAKES EVERYTHING

GROW TWICE AS BIG

2 logy, Panche Calyan, Polur Way,

4 Reprimand and Small Slam; 140-1 Calceolaria.-Reuter,

carects playing their footballer husbands? Football is a job like any

life,

and other in clvil advancement in your pro- fession must be the ruling factor.

Chances Lost

belter If a player can himself by moving to wife club, the another should go along with him. even though there may be some disadvantages for her.

think

players many have lost the chance of hitting Soccer stardom when they turned down a move because of objections by their wives.

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IDJ What about case? My wife Belty has never tried to influence me 09 tha many Occasions when clubs have wanted me to move.

It was a wrench for her to leave all her friends at Blake when I joined Black- ttto pool, but she knew move WSE Int interests.

my

best

told the

Naturally, I have her everything about

offers made for me, but alie has always left the deel- sion to me.

And she comes to watch me play at most Blackpool Home James

(London Express Service).

by Barry Appleby

EEK

singles title in 1951 and 1955.; Miss Fageros, a 24-year-old Alter retaining the United | blonde, took a new fashion to States ille in 1858 she re- the city of Coultre last year fired temporarily from tennis when she wore gold panties to promale her autobiography during the French champion-

ship in Paris. Reuter. and a singing career.

She returned to competition briefly this season to win the women's singles in the Pan- American Games in Chicago,

TWO RUSSIAN

ENTRIES FOR WASHINGTON HORSE RACE

Laurel, Oct. 19. The Soviet Union today en- 1ered two of its four year-olds for the eighth running of the Laurel Park Washington inter- national Horse race on November 11,

The Soviet starters age Garnir and Flang.

This brings the total entries for the $100,000 international classic to eleven.

Garnir, winner of the 1938 Soviet Derby finished sixth at Laurel Park and its stablemate į Zaryad trailed to last place after a bad start.

The Soviet horses, their Jockeys and their trainers are scheduled to arrive in the United States on October 28.

With the withdrawal of Japan's leg-lojured Kuripere the field is now:

Wright Misses

A Sitter Shorthoath, Oct. 19, Billy Wright, the big- gert star of British soc- cor, was to open

0

building exhibition yes-

terday by kicking soccer ball through a paper door from four yards away.

Wright,

20-year

veteran at kicking soc- cor balls, wound up and booted the ball lustily.

He missed the door completely.-UPI.

LAWN BOWLS CHAMPIONS

C. K. Sung and Mrs Irene Silva of Caigengower Cricket Club were crowned the first champions of the Colony Open Mixed Pairs lawn bowls championshipa last Saturday when they beat Mr and Mrs W. Riley by 20-18 in the final at Club de Recreio. The event was only started this year.

Photo shows the happy champions. -China Mail photo.

CUS D'AMATO TO DEFEND

AGAINST REVOCATION

OF HIS

LICENCE

New York, Oct. 19.

Fight-manager Cus D'Amato broke his six-week silence tonight and an- nounced he will gladly defend himself at a hearing before the New York State Athletic Commission, to prevent revocation of his licence.

D'Amato, manager of former Round Table and Bald Engle

champion Floyd heavyweight and Garnir (United States).

Patterson, Was suspended on Feng (Soviet Union), Primers

for his fallure to and Nagami (Britain), Mid-Sept. 14

at tho Commission's and MI Sun night.

Carina appear (France). Up and Coming (New (general bearing about the pro-

of the June mation

20 title Zealand), Vogel (Australia) and

and fight betweCTz Patterson Leab (Mexico)-AFP.

Ingemar Johansson of Sweden.

SOCCER RESULTS

London, Oct. 19. Following are the resulta today's soccer matches:

ENGLISH LEAGUE

Division IIIX Newport 4 Port Vale

FRIENDLY MATCHES

Aston Villa 2 Rapid (Vienna) Burnley 5 British Amateurs -AFP & Reuter.

af

Found Guilty

will serve D'Amato with the charges some time this week and set a date for the hearing. Should D'Amato refute the charges at the hearing and be reinstated as Patterson's man- ager in New York state, he would be able to pilot Pailer- son in next year's return file bout with Johansson-In New York elty.

However, should his licence Last week the Commission

Le revoked, the return fight voted him guilty of mls.

doubtlessly would be held out- with conduct in connection

side New York state. Patterson the fight-promotion,

has told friends he will not fight James P. Fusscan, Commission without D'Amato in his corner, counsel, is now drawing up He denied: charges against him, and Cus hog

That he been ordered to show cause

communicated why his licence should not be sters Frankie Carbo 3 revised.

Salerno,

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Challengers For Empire

Boxing Titles Nominated

London, Oct. 19.

former

world

"Kid"

Nigeria's

champion Hogan Bassey was designated as one of four challengers for the British Empire featherweight title by the championships committee of the British Boxing Board of Contral today.

knew or with mob- and Tony

Empire or gamblers Gilbert

Frank

Frickson,

Edwin Stephen Schweig and Beckley and Jullus November, D'Amato's at- "nor with any other persons of torneys, notified the Commission, similar character or reputation." today that he will how caus

at a hearing. The commission

France, Yugoslavia

Share Honours

At Beirut Games

Beirut, Oct. 19.

France and Yugoslavia won all the gold medals for events contested here today in the third Medi- terranean Games.

The French won the hop, step and jump and 10,000 metres athletics events and the team sabre fencing event, while Yugoslavia took the prone position carbine shooting and the hammer throw.

France's Battlstu

games record

WILLY

AIR-INDIA

Nothing 'Sinister'

The champion Is Trinidad's Percy Lewis whom Bassey has That he has bo had any beaten twice.

interesi inancial

in Following is the complete list Rosensohn Enterprises, Inc., of Empire

and champions challengers released by the com-

which promoted the Jums Aght.

*

That he deliberately stay-mittee:

ed away from Commission Flyweight: Champion→ Denis hearings during the six weeks Adams (South Africa).

Chal-

he was absen! from New York lengers-Frankie Jones or John while seeking

(Britain) who will

a training camp Caldwell for Patterson and walle super- meet soon for the British title,-

(Canada) and vising middleweight Jose Torres Lloyd Gordon for his September 20 fight at Moses Endeki (Nigeria). San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Bantamweight: Champlon- was anything Freddie Gilroy (Britain). Chal- That there "sinister" about his having lengers-Johnny Jarrett (Aus- Sexton Mabeza and attempted to have Harry Davi tralla), dow of Brooklyn serve u Ameri- Bernie Taylor (South Africa).

Featherweight: Chorapaln...... can manager for Johansson, al- though the Commission handled Percy Lewis (Trinidad).

Chal- "Kid" BaseCy the matter in "such a sensational lengers-Hoghn

King Railu

(Nigeria), and most injudicious way" that and

Neill it mole D'Amato opprehensive | Bobby

(Britain) and about receiving fair treatment at Wally Taylor (Australia). heurings.

Lightweight: Champion Dave (Britain). Challen- That he made any deal Charnley where he was to receive gers George Bracken (Aus- any remuneration from Davidowtralia), Richle Howard (Canada), or any other manager of a chal- and Ludwig Lightburn (West which broke his metres

hd

lenger, since he was merely try- Indies). second of 14.83 the

Games at Bar- ing to safeguard

title return

Champion - Welterweight; celona by winning the hop, matches through those

maru-Georges Burnes (Australia). step and jump final with 16.02 gers.

Challengers - Gule Kerwin metres. Compatriot Marc

|(Canada), Johnny Van Rers- Rabemila took the silver medal

burg, Willie Voluntary Witness

Toweel and with 15.47 metres and Mahmoud

Tohabala (South There is anything in-Philemon Abdel Fate of the United Arab

Africa). moral, legal or unethical Republic got the bronze with

Middleweight: Champion - about the Floyd Patterson En-Dick Tigar (Nigeria). Chel- 15,4 metres.

terprises, Lich.

ledgers - Terry

Downes television venture with John McCormack (Britain) who joint Teleprompter Corp-a venture will meet soon for the British which had been submitted to tle, Yara Bahama (Babarna the commission and other "per-Islands) and Wille GreeVAL tinent governmental agencies." (Canada).

In addition to the denials,

Light Heavy-weight: Chàmplón D'Amato conẞrmed today's Was-Yvon Durelle (Canadá). that Challengers-Jolmny Halaihi

**Rome, ewust ROMÉ...what foodm

set in

Hammoud Ameur, running his first 10,000 metres race won it in 30 minutes 10.3 seconds over Bal Ben Moha Guerona! of

or

about. Its

*

*

Mordeco who clocked 30 mina 22.3 secs. Spain's Garcia Luis Was tund In 30 mins 24.3 secs.

In the sixth and last fencing hington event of the games, the team he would appear as a voluntary (Tonga) and Miko Helt (South sabry, France won is drth gold witness at hearings before the Africa).

announcement

medal in the sport, milling only Senate's Kefouver boxing com- Heavyweight: Champion - in the individual fall. The mitteo early next year, The Henry Cooper (Britain), Chal- French sabre fencers beat Spain commilies will decide whether lengers George Chuvelo nine wire to three in the fins to recommend Federal control (Canada). Jobs Bygraves round Bath Antabed second of the fight game to replace (Jamaica) and Jos sod, the UAR third,-AFP, current State cokie).

(Britain)-ATP,