Pago 8
THE CHINA ~ MAIL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1900.
Storms and rain threaten Squaw JAMAICANS PUT UP FIRST
Valley Games site
ORGANISERS FIGHTING
DESPERATELY TO
PREVENT FLOOD DAMAGE
Squaw Valley, Feb. 8.
Rain and slect, whipped by gale winds, today buffeted this Olympic Winter Games site, toppled trees, damaged ski runs and posed a threat of flooded lowlands.
The situation was critical in this area where the Games are
scheduled on Feb. 18-28.
A statement from the organis- Ing committee declared:
All possible measures taken to protect beng
Olymple facilities potential dunoge."
from
Warnings
are the the
It added: "As a result of the rare, worm storm. floed warnings are out in the entire Brea. All
courses, the ski Artificial ice rinks, the snow compacted publie park- ing lot, roads, bridges, and tacitiflen throughout uthier Squaw Valley are endangered. In addition, al buildings are threatened with serious flood damage." Managing
Thoreau gave assurance that every possible measure has been taken to save Olympic property. A main power te went out of service when a 75-foot tree !crashed down 30 feet behind the odministration building and left the line dangling. No one was huri,
A power company employee whistled pedestrians away form the area and emergency power went on in the building
Winds in gusts ranged from 40 miles per hour in the valley to 90 mph on the
peaks. Four huge plaster figures of Olympic athletes toppled. One, in front mlillan dullar ice uf the 34% Great, cate down on a ticket
A pine tree fell on KT22 maintain onto the edge of the men's platom course.
Твогеди declared: “The military personnel atationed here are on a 24-hour alert and all organlaing committee have been Co- personnel ordinated to Averi food damage."
Working 24 hours
the clock permanent
director 11. D. GOURL
'Even cricket is
more dangerous than boxing'
British doctors hy a
London, Feb. 8.
majority of four to one main- tain that there are other sports more dan- gerous than boxing,
The battle was fought in the or the currespondence columns Bristish Medical Journal
Four doctors wrote letters de- feling the noble' art of self- defence against criticism volecu }:1
of the previous tuzue Journal.
more
Sportssted 25 Jazardous than boxing were motor and motor cycle racing, riding. inating. football, rugby and even cricket.
Dr Paul Saville, one of the doctor's appointed
by
Brush Daging Board of trol,
asked whether
rocing with its much
the Con. ninter higher
cusunfly rate could be tolerated
"or may be suicide is different category.“
in a
'Suicidal pursuit'
Commenting
Rugby
League Football or even the Rugby Union malchi between Oxford and Cambridge Univer- sities, he commented: "I agree they don't try to kill each olker, only to aim their opponents. But of course Utis is humest, healthy, clean sport;"
ду
Referring to
a "suicidal
mountaineering pursuit," he
sald that the boxer's aggressive
instincts were channelled into
a
remunerative and socially
acceptable form. The boxer
liked to box. He preferred t
2
to
He added that more personnel and equipment lave been brought in, and that course prewa personnel aro and snow safety working around save the courses.
Hand-picked men were
with explo up the mountains sives and two-way radios to- blow up the ke dams that holding bark large pockets of water,
are
A 24-hour guard was estab- lished on all bridges lu keep them clear and the roads open in and out of Squaw Valley,
"We are taking every possible measure to keep four years of work from literally going down the drain," Thoreau sald,
Weather forecaster *Joh Lanning said more than eight inches of rain was expected during the storm. Hair of that amount fell in the first 24 hours, The Olymple switchboard t up like a
tree
Christmas
15
otcials, athletes and the prese sought information. AL one time, the fallen tree behind the motor- administration buikling: knocked at telephone communications with the weather burcatt offer located in the structure.
himself on Ring racing track.
The sole anti-boxing writer, Dr D. G. Brown, anticipating the onslaught on the other "In other sports sports, said: the aim is to put the ball in the net, over the line, in the hote or out of reach, or to pass the winning-post first, clc. and do occur.
of course accidents
Weather plague
Weather has plagued the Last three Winter Olymple Games. Іп 1948
St Moritz Switzerland, it was warm most of the time and there were puddles of water on the ice rinks.
"In boxing the mon who *clivers the mnost. crippling At Oslo, in 1952, snow had. btw or blows is the winner, to be trucked in. At Cortina,
to punch his in 1950, there was It pays h)m
an acute opponent art hard as he can. shortage of snow until the last ar if he can produce cerebral minutes. coneution and unconsciourneus
in all cases the Games pro he is that much better GIT.” ceeded on schedule.
Approximately The British Medical Jounal
450 athletes added: "This correspondence is and officials bave already ar-
closed." China Mail rived here
to prepare for the international games-AP. Special
now
OVERWHELMED!
Looking like a man trying to resist an goalkeeper Evans is on his knees as Tottenham in the replay of the FA Cup fourth round tie at last Wednesday,
Alexandra avalanche, Crewe
Hotspur net their third goal White Hart Lane, London,
This goal was scored by Spurs' centre-forward Bobby Smith. Totten- ham, the First Division leaders, crushed their Fourth. Division opponents 13-2. -Reuterphoto.
Rotherham trounced in Cup replay
London, Fob. 8. Rotherham United, the team
that knocked Arsenal out in the third round, were trounced 6-0 by Brighton in the second replay of their fourth round English Football Association Cup tie here tonight.
The teams drow 1-1 when they first me at Rotherhamn On January 30 and also drew the first replay 1-1 Brighton last Wednesday Tonight's match was played on a "neutral" ground-Arsenal's stadium at Highbury, in North London.
Brighton, who are 13 places be
hid Rotherham in the second division table, led 2-0 at hell- umc.
In the Kh round. to he played on February 20, Brighton will be away to firsi division club Preston North End.
CENTURY OPENING STAND AGAINST MCC
Kingston, Feb. 8. Teddy Griffith and Peter Taylor made the first century opening stand against the touring MCC when Jamaica Colts put up 295 runs in reply to MCC's first innings total of 306 for nine declared on the final day of the two-day match here today.
Resuming their Saturday's Innings of 52 for no wickel Jomaton Colts were 135 at lunch, Griffith being 83 not out and Taylor 48 not out.
Griffith who is, the son of Herman Grith, the former West Indies Test fast bowler, had reached 102 five minutes ecrlier, He had scored his runa cul of 183, hitting one aly and
Grimhth partner and reached 50 oul of B1 in 90 minutes with the aid of 10 tours.
overshadowed his 17 fours,
Partnership ends
Ilo played And missed agafrist paceman Brian
Statham once
ur twice but gave no motuai chanes, and ga lunch
lifted approached several drives from off-spinner Dave Allen clear of the fields- men.
Not until the total reached 171 did MCC break the partnership. Nincicm-year-old Taylor was bowled moving down the plich to an off-break from Allen. Taylor had batted three hours 93 minutes for his 66 runs.
Tomorrow's Wolves - Barcelona
European Cup
Cup quarter-final
may draw record crowd
Barcelona, Feb. 8. Nearly 100,000 fans are expected to pack the Las Cortes Stadium here on Wednesday night for the first leg of the European Football Cup quarter- final between the Barcelona team and the British champions, Wolver- hampton Wanderers.
lon pesetas
at дл
un-vent and Hare.
The date of the second leg will be fixed whilst the Wolves are in Spain-AFP.
The organisers are expecting second leg to be played in Deeley, Mason, Murray, Brond- to beat the Ave and a half mill-Wolverhampton
(nbout £33,000) | specified date, Barcelona would box office record at this stadium reed to pile up a six goal lead achieved in 1959 when Barce-on Wednexliy Jona played Real Madrid,
Barcelona supporters Bre uncertain of their team's
their form following
10- win Impressive
yesterday Against
very ordinary possibility Oviedo team, and are hoping adding to the handicap of a that the local men had been strong crowd saving their
for other side. energies Wednesday.
1-1
100
Secret trip
Barcelona
trainer
He admitted he was worried about the rolurn match, which would probably be played on
muddy
At tea the total was 230 for two, with Grifth 139 not out.
An interesting fight develop. ed after lea for first innings lead, but when Griflik War out the Colts luninga BOO folded up. They were all out for 295, 15 minutes before the close.
minutes, hitting
Grimch, 23-year-old traince teacher, bolted five hours and 37 n six and 29
Greenbough took five for 91 and Borington four for 72.
fours.
Scoreboard
MCC
First innings-306 for nine declared (R. Swetman 100, G. Pullar 04).
Jamaica Colls-Firat Innings P. Taylor, b Allen
C
Grifth, C
Moss,
Greenhough
50
177
F. Harvey, b Greenhough 8
Chorvia, c and b Barrington. 11
G. Daniels, e Swetman, b
Greenhough
จ
F. Nangle, Andrew, b
Greenhough
R. Scarlett, b Barrington
4
H. Bennett, e Subba' Row, b
Barrington
7
B. Wellington, c Swetman, b
Greenhough
I. Williams, not out
L. King. e Moss, b Bar-
rington
Extras
Total
Wicketfalls: 1-171, 2-199, 242, 4-243, 6-265, 0-202, 7-270, 8-294, 0-205.
Bowling Analysis
Moss ground, with the Pang Shan-mio
of rain and fog,
rooting for the
The teams
The 15 players from which Barcelona's team will be pick- this ed did Bght training morning, They were: Ramal- Rodri. Gracia, Jeta, Pinto. Verces, Сепала, Tejada, Kocsis, Evaristo, Karala, Sado, Scarez, Martinez, Segarra and Cribor.
A
wins 20km walking event
20-kilometre
walk
was held last Sunday under the auspices of the Hongkong All Race Walking Association,
started the seven competitors from the 5 Mile Stone on the p.m. and Talpo Road at 3.30 finished about 200 yards past the 171⁄2 Mile Stone,
The first prize was won by Pang Shan-mlo, who arrived first at the winning post with a handicap of 10 minutes from scratch,
start
camo
Statham
Greenhough Allen Subba Row Berringbon Swatiman
M R
4 30
15
3 42
3 81
20
A 42
1 0 1
25
21.1 2
Router.
Two Army hockey finals
on Thursday
Two Army hockey finals will be played off on Thursday, Feb. 11.
Helenio Herrera made a secret trip to England on Saturday to spy on Wolverhampton
their during drawn match against Bill Curry scored three goals for
Brighion, with Adrien Thorne Blackpool. He said on his ro- and Fred Jones turn that the Wolves would be getting two
difficult opponents, with good onc.
Keith co-ordination, a strong defence, Rotherham's inside-right
Kelticbirough WAS injured fast forwards and sold halves. As for the Wolves, it was early in the second half and
Herrera said he hoped his learned they would be bringing Jimped his way through the
plyers would be "carried" by 15 players here and would not
Young Chik-yim, who rest of the game.--Reuter.
pick their team until the last third in last year's Walkathon, their home crowd.
He added that to be re minute. Wolves manager Ston
look 1 hour and 50 minutes These are: ipsets the Cullis was reported
in
and won the The Land Forces Major told the press in England he did from scratch not expect an easy passage, and refused to make any forecasts. The Wolverhampton players will arrive here on Tuesday by charter plane, minus centre-holl Bil Slater who could not get mid-week leave from his job as at
AMERICA'S NEWEST SPORT
SPORTS CAR
SKIDDING ON ICE
Philadelphia, Feb. 8.
to climbing mountains or to American sports car racers are making a sport of what most drivers con-
sider a nightmare-skidding on ice.
Tan Joe-hok to defend England shuttle title
Waco, Texas, Feb. 8. World badminton champion Tan Joe-hok of Indonesia soid today he would take part in the All-England badminton cham- pionships.
Ton, medical student at Baylor University near Waco, said he would leave the United States on Thursday for London where the championships a10 to be held-AFT.
At weekends, when the ice is seven or more inches thick, Lake Naomi in the Poconos, takes on the appearance of a busy thoroughfare in a metropolitan city during an ice storm.
UC-
Scores of little forelga cars go
zooming
the ACTOSS
lake, slipping and sliding around a two-mile course and casionally denting a bumper with gay abandon. The designer of this
appropriately, a motorcar re- pairerar, at least, a former une Mr Franklin (Skip) Miller, founder and head of ke racing enterprises.
track. Under these conditions, drivers have been clocked up to 115 miles per hour. Average speeds are around 80.
against
any
to have
Otago finishes second in Plunket Shield physical training instructor
by
second prize, Mr G. S. Units knock-out hockey com..
who Kennedy-Skipton
also petition final between 49 Field started from scratch was close Regiment, RA, and First Battalion The Duke of Tuin- bohina in 3 hrs. 3 minutes
The third prize was won burgh's Own Gurkha Rifles at
Bully- Tring Kwok-hung who had 14 King's Park, Kowloon. minutes start ahead of scratch. off at 3.30 p.m. The Trophy wilt The others who all completed be presented to the Winning Yuk-team by the Assistant Director the course were, Wong wing, Zong Shu-kung, and Sun Anny Medical Services, Hong
kong. Colonel J. J. SULLIVAN Chairman, O.B.E., who is also Army Hockey Association Hongkong.
The judges were: D. O. Silver,
Birmingham University.
The English eleven are ex-I-teh Dunedin, Feb. 8.
pected to be: Finlayson, Stuart, Otago finished second to Harris, Clamp, Showell, Flowers, Cheng Chi-tin and Tang Chlu
Canterbury in the final Plunket Shield table when defeated Central Districts here by an inn ings and 27 runa today.
they
Canterbury finished the Shield programune with 35 points. Otago ended with 20.
Central Districts lost their last
four wickets today for 15 runs
and were all out for 261. They made 147 in their first innings,
The lee on Lake Naumi is usual-Ologo replying with 435 for nine
quired and we do not permit reckless driving", he explains, adding that the slippery sur- tace makes it possible for a car to absorb "quite a jou" by ekmply sliding sideways.
ly 30 inches thick by the end declared. game is Sports car racing on Lake Naomi is the hottest thing on ler, Mr Miller declares. On a good weekend, there will be from 50 to 75 cars on the lake. Several sharp turns along the race course provide plenty of thrills for up to 8,000 specta- tors. An inch
of the winter, Drivers have to Mainly responsible for Olago's
Mr Miller insists that racing on ice with sports cars is nowhere near as hazardous to life and vehicle as it would seem.. "Seat belts and helmets are re-
THE GAMBOLS
MEN'S WEAR
∙HALF·A·
JAMAS
the
ice
or two of slow over makes the fastest
adjust their techniques to the big victory was Bert Sutcliffe,
changing conditions at the who "retired" from Test erlekel lake surface and the hazard last season, but has told the of sudden gusts. They must selectors he will be available for unofficial Tests against even make allowances for the the
this added weight caused by the Australia's touring team collection of ice on the under year. He scored 204, the eighth side of the cars. —China Mail double century of his career.—— Special.
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be Barry App lebe
THATS MADE
MY DAY
FOR
ME?
GAS IS TOPS
SAYS MR. THERM
Olympic ice hockey to be run on elimination system
New York, Feb. 8.
Acting at the request of the Squaw Valley organis- ing committee, the International Hockey Federation today scrapped its round-robin Olympic lee hockey schedule and substituted a new one calling for eliminations. The tourna- ment will be held on Feb. 18-28.
Waiter Brown, U.S. offlelal of, piscod in the second pool and the IHF bald the organisers the United States, Czechoslova- protested it was physically im-kin and Australia in the third. possible to run off a 30-gomo The schedule for the elimina- schedule calling for a round-tion pools is robin tournament of the nine Fob. 18- United States
schedulo teams. That
Canada V. was Czechoslovakia, drawn up last Saturday,
Sweden, Russia v. Germany.
V.
Under the new schedule. Feb. 10-Czechoslovakia v. drawn today, the nine teams Australia, Canada v. Japan, Rus- were divided into three pools als v. Finland.
of three teams each. The first Feb. 20-United States v. two in each pool will advance Australia, Sweden v. Japan, der to the six-foam round-robin meny v. Finland. final. The three third-place
Brown said the schedule wis ients will meet in a consola-
drawn by lot unter the super- tion tournament.
vision of J. F., Ahearne of Lon- dots, President of the IHF, Mirusiny Short of Czechoslova ida and Itudolph Erlow of Sweden.
The schodulo
Canada, Sweden and Japan were placed in the rat poul.. Rurala, the defending champlona, Finland and Germany
werg
Ho
said another draw, by lot will be made for the Anai tournament.AP.
|
The Land Forces Miner Units knock-out hockey competition final botwose a Combined HQ Land Forces und Hongkong & Kowloon Garrison team and Composite Ordinance Depot, RAOC
the Army Sporta Ground, Sookrunpoo. Bully-off
ct
at 3.30 p.m. The victors will receive the trophy from the Chief of Stair, HQ Land Forces Colonel IR. Furguson-Innes,
O.B.E
SHEFFIELD SHIELD
Simpson takes
his batting average to 276
Sydney, Feb. 8. Bobby Simpson, scoring 88 not out for Western Aus- tralia against New South Wales
today, took his averago In Shefeld Shield matelies this season 270.
Slippeon who mado 88 in the fra innings, has been on the field for all except 23 minutes of the three days play. His unbeaten 00 today, made in three hours 20 minutes, etiäbled Western Australia to Dght back after collapsing in their Arst innings and following on.
Scores at today's close were: Now, South Wales 470; Western. Australia 203 and 168 for three,
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