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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1959.

MCC Team Leaves For WI Today ILTF RECOMMENDATIONS

A ROUGH SEA AND

A TOUGH FIGHT AHEAD OF THEM

London, Dec. 7. England's touring cricketers assembled at Lord's today and braced themselves for a rough son trip to the West in- dies - and a tough fight on the cricket fields when they got thore.

The 15 players, captained by 29-year-old Peter May, met at cricket's headquarters for a briefing amid reports of gales and 120-foot high waves in the Atlantic. They sail in the 8,687-ton liner Camito from Avonmouth on Tuesday.

Malaya 129 For

Three

Malaya were 120

tor

free at the lunch Interval

in their one-day match against the President's XI

800-

at the IRC ground,

kunpoo, today.

Sent in to field, the Pre- sident's XI took two early wickets

when theT dis- Malaya's

lased both opening balsmen

Tuns

for five

M. Shepherdso and akipper M. Sathaalvam, the next batamen in, however, the Look the

scure over

mark ochtury

before Bathalyam was bowled by Ebert after scoring 38 runs.

Shepherdson

still WEE not out with 87 runs to his credit. The other not out baleman

Was R.

with 20 runt.

Bowles

Scores at the lunch in-

terval were:

Malaya

Yeo Ial-gual, o Lal-

chandani, b C. Mysit

+

A. MUTUERSU,

All

Khan, G. Spink

M. Shepherdson,

out

not

M. Sathasivam, bEbert 38

K. Bowles, not out..

Extra

20

Total for 3 wkts, 129

The sea trip la port of Eng- ¡ land's plan to improve on the performances given by Len Hutton's lentum on the last West England Indies tour of 1933.

thant bestan

tour disastrously, lort the first two Test matches but inter milled to tie the peries 2-2 with one game drawn,

Critics blamed the travel- ling arrangemenis. They said the pixzern, by flying to the Caribbean, went straight into the repiest light and didn't have a chance to get properly accustomed to it before the

Texis.

England's balling seems sirong on paper. Peter May. Colin Cowdrey, Milke Smith, Geoff Fullar, Ken Rarrington

Dexter form and Tes

The spearhead

Pep Talk

Two fust bowlers, Brian Statham and Freddie Trueman, have had previous experience of the hurd Carfisbenn pliches. Alan Moss, will be Another, pinying in the West Indies for the mist Time,

Tean Robins ve the team

20.ager

Waltter

pep

Hence the plan to get May's talk at Lord's and urged them men Acclimatized by sending to do everything to take the them by rea-Atlantic pites tour a friendly one, England's and all.

cricket chiefs ure out to do! everything possible at their end |

the ill-feeling that rearhod boiling point with fans throwing bottles on the Arld In the 1953 tour.

Unknown Factors

Bever won

England has Test serion in the West Indies. Sports weitere point to two un- known factors in the coming fen:

How will England's new *

bowlers leg- Young spinner Tommy Greenhought, o5- Illingworth and spinner Ray left-nim David Allen fare on Caribbean the hard, sun-baked wickels

★ Just

how good will the West Indies newcomers -

West Indies High Commi sloper Garnet Gurdon planned to launch the trip in a friendly way by entertaining the Fig- Jarid team to cocktalk tonight.

The Englishmen are due to

their Arst #athe J play Grenada against the Windward

lands on Dec. 21.

The MCC team leaving

Solomon, Butcher, Watson, Mae-morrow is: Morris and Stayers prove to

Lic?

When the West Indians came to England in 1957, they lost the sefles 3-D with two <irawa.

Since then England's bas been shaken

Tests

to-

Peter May (Surrey-Captain). Colin Cowdrey (Kent-Vice- Captaia), David Allen (Glouce stershire), Keith Andrew Ken Bar- (Northamptonshire),

Ted Dexter rington (Surrey),

Ton: Greenhough (Sussex), moraleancashire), Ray Ringworth 11 (Yorkshire), Alan Muss (Middle- humiliating defeat in Australia sex), Geoff Pullur (Lancashire), last winter.

the West Mike Smith (Warwickshire), Indien have lost one of their Brian Statham (Lancashire). greatest batsmen, Cullie Smith, Raman Subba Row (Northamp- killed in a tragic automobile tonsiire), Roy Swetman (Sur- crain England three months Frey) and Freddie Trueman

(Yorkshire).-AP.

адо

But

by

FARMER FATHER WON TENNIS TITLES PLAYING RIGHT, THEN LEFT-HANDED

Wimbledon May See

Jan The Wonder Girl

Melbourne.

Jan Lehane, brilliant Australian country-girl tennis player who won the New South Wales singles title, beating Wimbledon champion Maria Bueno on the way, is likely to head for Wimbledon and the world tennis circuit next year if the prediction made by her Sydney coach holds good.

"It is no use her going away until she has licked everyone in Australia," the coach said some inonths ago. Now Jan looks as though she will lick the lot.

has Already she

Won the Queensland atle, beating Chris- the Truman, and the New South Wales title, beating America's Mimi Arnold as well as world champion Miss Bueno,

Jan, 18 last July and because of her double-handed backhand has been called the "Girl. John Bromwich. is likely to

be

speeded on her way to Wimble don by fesidents of her home down of Grenfell 250

south-west of Sydney.

miles

They are said to have given murc than £1,000 already towards sending her on a world tour next year.

Sporting-minded Grenfell is

the

also home town of famous Australian Test cricketer Stan McCabe.

Lost Fingers

Jan in the daughter of farmer Ruchen Lehane, who once held Grenfell's tennis singles le, then lost all the Angers of his chaff cutter. right hand in a

Tought to play left-handed, he won the satne title two years later.

barn

Jan hornet used to practise by hitting the ball agalust a door at her father's farm and learned to beat her Arel dirt opponents on a derelict court nearby..

Australian team manager Harry Hopman, reporting on the recent match ΕΠ which Jan caused a actuation by beatingg Mim Bueno, said she played brillant tennis and he puta her in world class.

Other tennis exporta say sho

the greatest prospect since Nancy Dolton.— London Express service.

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Australlax

This is Jon Lahuna, husky, 18-your-old tennis terror from the Australian outback--the girl who per- fected her dazzling drives banging' a ball against a barn on her father's sheep ranch.

The Winning Goal

*TE PICT

Hill (white shirt, extreme left), bearded Fulham inside-right, heads the hall beyond the reach of leaping Burnley goalkeeper Blacklaw to score Fulham's winning goal in the first division English League match between the two teams at Craven Cottage, London, recently.

Inter-Varsity Rugby Match Today Most Open In Years

Fulham won 1-0. Reuterphoto.

Australia's Tennis 'Bad Boy' Gets The Sack

Melbourne, Dec. 7.

Australia's tennis "bad boy," Bob Mark, has been sacked from his £A2,600-a-year job with wealthy Melbourne tennis enthusiast, Mr Bob Mitchell, according to the Melbourne Herald.

London, Dec. 7. Tomorrow's Inter - Varsity Rugby Union match be- tween Oxford and Com- Twickenham at bridge must be one of the most open for yours.

teams

have

been

30

Both

plagued by injuries that their Betul playing record bears little relation to their ability. Oxford's injury troubles have been more severe than Cam- bridge's and in addition they have made a big gamble in playing the American. Pete Dawkins, the light wing.

It quoted Mitchell as saying the past three years. today Mark did not fire hard ¦ He was also a member of Aus-

tralia's

1950

Davis

victorious chough,

"My ideas on tennis training | Cup squad although he did not

ure play a match. strict. Mark's very not", be added

Mark is one of Australia's rising young. brigade of tennis players.

He was a member of the off- cial Australian touring team for

Temperamental

Mark has often been criticised for his temperamental outbursk on the court.

The Herald reported Mitchell bc- court said today Mark's

haviour had nothing to do with

our purting company," but add- "I however, spoken to

ed:

Camarlene will have to watch Modified Forfeit have, however, the

the explosive power of this All-American footballer, who has had less than a dozen first class Rugby Union games. Dawkins, 21, a Rhodes scholar, infantry leutenant and cap- West tal of the undefeated Point American football team last season, con hurl his 14st 91b frame at a terrific pace pal on opponent to get to the line. An intimate know- ledge

the game of

is not necessary to score aries on the wing.

Cambridge have won five and lost seven first class fixtures this season, and Oxford have won six and lost three.

This will be the 78th match of the series, Oxford have won 35. Cambridge 39, and 12 have been drawn. Reuter,

Peter Thompson

To Play In

PI

Declaration Scheme For British Racing

London, Dec. 7. The Jockey Club, Britain's

racing authority, decided here today that a modi- fied scheme for a declara.

Mark would make no cum- ment on his sackdrig,

Mitchell is believed to spend a year an estimated £8,000 on employing tennis players.

Other top stars on his payroll Ere successful Wimbledon and Davis Cup doubles player, Roy Emerson, and Australian junior champlon, Martin Mulligan. China Mail Special.

tion of forfeit three days Ogimura Leaves

before running is to be operated in British racing' from next year.

For the Dat racing season alarting in March 1960, and the national, hunt (jumping) season opening in July 1900, there will be a declaration of forfeit three days before running.

The only change from the ex- perimental scheme which operat- ed during part of the fint racing season which ended last month is that the final ability for non- runners will not exceed that for

runners.

For Sweden On

Coaching Tour

Tokyo, Dec. 7. Ogimura, famed Ichiro

Japanese table tennis player, left for Stockholm coach Swedish today to players for two or three months. He was accom- panied by his wife. Ogimura led the Japanese men's team to win the world team title at Dorimutid, West He the Germany, carly this year,

also teamed with Teruo Mura kumi to win the world doubles title,

The Jockey Club turned down the idea of overnight declara- tion, which is the rule ir many

Open Golf countries. Their statement said

Mania, Dee, 7. Peter Thompson, four times British

and Open champion runner-up in the recent Canada Cup world title in his native

will

La the play Australia, $15,000 Philippine Open her next month, tournament spon- sors announced today,"

onc

advantage that "no financial would be likely to accrue to racing in 1960 through adoption of overnight declara- tions."--China Med Special.

Djurgarden Win Last amateur player and a business-

Game Of Tour

the

UNREALISTIC

SAYS JACK KRAMER

Sydney, Dec. 7. Professional tennis promoter Jack Kramer today described as "totally unrealistic" the Open tournament recommendations of the Interna- tional Lawn Tennis Federation Special Com- mittee.

Kramer said he had nine professionals under con- tract and would not let them play in Open tournaments arranged under the proposed rules.

"All the plan meu la that amateurs put up a stake for the professionals and still retain full control of the tournament,” Kramer said, "Unless the ILTF consults the pros about these tournaments and gives us some any in their organisa- tion my boys will not be taking part,"

iden of Kramer's

Open tournamente in to have

Trans Associa Profesional

with laborsion

Amateur bodles around the world.

Chung Cheong

Retain Men's 'A' Shuttle Title

tion formed to work in col-The Chung Cheong Bad-

Club minton

retained their Colony Men's "A" Doubles badminton lengue title last night when they defented Chinese YMCA in their last match of the tournament by five mat ches to four.

A Step Closer Australian Davis Cup captain Harry Hopman, however, con- ceded that the ILTF plan seemed a step closer to open tennis.

Hopman said: "The classica- Is the tion of certain players

former idea of Jean Borotza, world champion and Davis Cup

of

that

their

15-

The victory also enabled the player. Even if Open play is champions to complete their x- accepted by the ILTF Council il tures with an unbeaten record. does not mean top professionals

Hero of Chung Cheong's vie will compete."

At Melbourne Donald M. tory last night was

the year-old schoolboy player Fel Ferguson, president

Tal-chung. In partnership with Australian Lawn Tennis As Yeung Hung-chow, Fei played

sald sociation,

Today

like ព seasoned campaigner to Open tennis tournaments would

lend his side to a '21-0 win over not alter the present Davis Cup

veterans P. H. Wong and W. F. setup.

Foo in the deciding game. "1 said:

don't Ferguson Imagine professionals will be their io represent countries in the Davis Cup."

added: "Open However, he

natural tournaments evolution with spectator interest In professional sport these days. also boast tennis They would interest generally."---UPI.

allowed

are

Strange Way Of Losing A Fight

Nottingham, Dec. 7.

Scores In Inst night's match

#re:

6tu Cheun and S. K. Wong (CYMCA) lost to Chu Sal-wah and Hung Sul-choy 18-21, lost to R, Tay and Wong Wal-hung 14-21, heat Fei Tal-chung and Yeung Hung-chow 21-5.

P. H. Wong and W. F. Foo (CYMCA) lost to Chu and Hung 18-21, lost to Tay and Wond 12-21, lost to Fei and Young D-23.

H. Young and M. A. Ebrahim (CYMCA) beat Chu and Hung 21-3, beat Thy and Wong 21-8, beat Fel and Young 21-10.

Perey, Lewis of Trinidad NEW FORMULA

retained his British Em- pire featherweight title Lonight after his unmark હર્ષ Scottish opponent mistakenly failed to beat the count.

John O'Brien of Glasgow wha floored in the second round by a left hand punch from Lewis thel was half a hoolt and half a

wing.

The Scotsman did not acem Then he got in grent trouble, uv, apparently wanting to fight

on.

back to

when

O'Brien went

crestfallen corner

Awarded Lewis Lewis danced with Joy at his easy victory.-AP.

referee

flight.

FOR OLYMPIC 1,600m RELAY

Inter-

Paris, Dec. 1. The French Athletics Federa- tion was informed by the

Athletics national

Federalbou today of a new formula for the mutres relay at the 1,600

in Rome next Olympic Games summer.

According to the new formula, hle the first 500 metres will be ruti the in staggered innes instead of the the Arsi

The 400 as before. new formula has been adopted to avoid

which the jostlings

in the first frequently occur relay.

The race will be run as usual, but the second runner of each term will remain in the lane for the 100 additional metres, that is during

tur. a complete AFP.

SCOTTISH FA CUP DRAW

Glasgow, Dec. 7. St Mirren, Scottish Football Association Cop holders, begin their defence of the trophy with Fr home match against Glasgow University in the first round on January 30. It is perhaps fortunate for the that this "plum" University match is to be played at Paisley. Their own ground has only one turnstile and racing.

no ter-

in

Azam Khan Retains Squash Title

London, Dec, 7. Pakistan's Azam Khan re- tained his British Open Squash Championship title here today when he beat his cousin Rorhan Khan, 9-1, 0-0, 9-0 in the final. The match lasted only 10 minutes. It WWE the, fastest final on record.

Recurrence of an old knee in- Jury by Roshan, which left him helpless and unable to move to a shot from midway through the title second game, banded the

Azam,

Roshan Toll and knee in the first

"The trip is partly on bus ness," Ogimura said. "I am an

Glasgow Rangers, second for, Sanyo the first division, have to travel man (working

vutsido Scotland, 10 the Textiles), but I shall be very

Northumberland club of Ber- glad to be of any help to

wick Rangers, who are in the Thompson is

Swedish table tennis players. Djukarta, Dec. 7. of eight

top half of the second division. has learn,

**Sweden The Swedish soccer

many Australians coming

the to

Most of the other big clubs, beat the young, excellent players.

including

to Caltic, Motherwell, Philippines for the tournament, Djurgarden, today

"I belleve Sweden and Cams-

the Hibernian and Heart of Mid- including dcfending Philippine Banding team 4-2 in the Anal

China will be Opa champion Bruce Crump-game of their five-game series munist

strongest contenders for the lothian, the Scottish League Cup ton, Kel Nagle who teamed with here.

titles in holders, were among those who The Swedes, who arrived here Japanese-heid world Thompson to win the Canada

the next tournament at Peiping received byes into Cup team play and veteran on Nov. 27, will leave for home Norman Von Nida-AP.

tomorrow.-UFI.

in 1981."AP.

TAE GAMBOLS

LEFT MY

BRIEF CASE

AT HOME

50

round.-Reuter.

Barry Applebe

GAYE'LL BE GURPRICED TO

BEE ME HOME IN THE CC

MIDDLE OF

THE MORNING

NOW I KNOW WHAT YOU DO WITH YOURSELF)

ALL THE DAY

twisted his game but kept plugging. Roshan. collapsed then and was unable the second to hide his injury any longer,~~-

UPI.

GAS IS TOPS

SAYS MR. THERM