1960-06-20 — Page 8

THE CHINA

MONDAY, JUNE/

TRAGEDY STALKS RACE

TRACKS Britain loses two of her best drivers

AMERICAN KILLED IN ANOTHER RACE Yesterday was Black Sunday for interna- tional motor racing when a spate of ac- cidents resulted in the death of three well-known drivers, one American and two British.

At Lanhorne, Pennsylvania, Jinny Bryan, winner of the 1958 Indianapolis classic, was killed during the 100-mile National Championship.

At Francorchamps two of Britain's best young racing drivers, Chris Bristow and Alan Stacey were killed during the Belgian Grand Prix.

This tragic news followed close on Saturday's crash by Stirling Moss during practice for the Belgian Grand Prix,

Moss suffered two broken legs, a broken nose and three fractured ribs. Flis condition is said to be satisfactory.

Mike Taylor, the other British driver injured in Saturday's practice run at Francorchamps, was reported by hospital officials at Verviers today to be "much better." He has two fractured ribe, a broken collarbone and bruises,

Hit by bird

In one of the most disastrous Grand Prix races over, first Bristow, in a Cooper, shot off the track in the 20th lap.

Then Stacey, in a Lotus, ren off the circuit and race officials announced.

the left, hit a bank there and apparently Bristow was caught in the wire of meadow fence. Bristow was thrown out of his car, while the car went rolling over on the other side of the circuit."

Down hill

The two tatal accidents, as well as Stirling Moss narrow escape, took place in fast down hill stretches where cars move at top speed on a series of bends before the Burnaville straight line.

circuit

The Francorchamps was once known before World War II as a killer, but since then the whole track had been widen- ed and resurfaced with non-skid asphalt. The most treacherous hairpin turns were straightened or put out of the track.

There have been no fatal accidents on the Francorchamps circuit in car racing since war, though Argentine driver Juan Manuel Fangio suffered slight injuries after car ran off the road. -AP Reuter.

ANOTHER

DRIVER DIES

West Haven, June 19,

Al Hermaņ, an American racing driver was killed here last night during a racing Herman Was driving a midget car. -AFF.

GREAT GRIEF

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LONDON

London, June 19. The deaths of Chris Bris

tow and Alan Stacey have caused considerable grief In London sports circles tonight.

were

Already shocked by the ac cidents which yesterday nearly. caused the death of Stirling Moss and his fellow-driver Mike Tay- lor, British sportsmen stunned to hear that they had lost two of their best racing drivers during this afternoon's Belgian Grand Prix.

"It was a tragic day for the British automobile sport," Mr Wilfrid Andrews, president of the Royal Automobile Club said tonight, "Bristow and Stacey were real sportsmen."

Meanwhile, in London, it is belleved that the series of accidents which oocured at Francorchamps today will re- salt in a new controversy about the dangers represented by sume circuits used for. high speed competition.

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It is recalled that after last race year's

German Automobile once Grand Prix, drivers had remark- his ed that the Avis track was so and

was killed, Kilmarnock top Alan Slopey was led pro first section of

bind, according to a spectator.

He sold "A bird dying low NY soccer league

caught the driver in the face. I saw the driver losing control end fil çar alerted swaying and then rolled over and caught fire."

The race commissar said: "The car caught are with the racer stuck unconscious in the Cockpit.

Blacey, aged 8 had been racing for five years

As for Chris Bristow, W. Von Trips who was following him in a Ferrari said later

"I appeared suddenly as if Bristow had taken a tum tog fast. The car left the road on

League

Jersey City, June 19. Kilmarnock of Scotland won the first section of the U.S. International Soccer when they defeated the New York Americans by three goals to one at Roosevelt Stadium here today.

They lapped the standings with nine points two more than English League champions Burnley. Third place went to Nice of France with five points, -AP,

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Racquets aloft in signal of victory....Shirley Brasher faces her partner Christine Truman as they demonstrate their delight in wresting the Wight- man Cup from the Americans,

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fast that it became dangerous.

In this regard, supporters of

TONIGHT'S BIG FIGHT Baseball Johansson's problem___"

will be when

to use his right

New York, June 19, Ingemar Johansson has just one problem on his mind this weekend-when and how to use the full destructive power of his right hand against Floyd Patterson tomorrow night.

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The second meeting between It seemed unlikely that the the Swedish world heavyweight | champion wild have champion and the man he opportunity of catching the crushed a ymr ago to take the challenger with it as early and crown to ampe for the first as surprisingly as he did last time for quarter of a century | June. is expected to last consides bly longer than the first meeting Johanson then shooked the |boxing world by cethroning the young American Negro in the third round,

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Patterson has said that he is Chicago Pa now forewarned and forearm New York eg," and that Johansson will Chicago not get the same chance to use his best punch.

Bealogy The American Negro, who clevelse has trained with the single. mindednem of a monk since last September, is reported to have Boston added savagery to his former Cleveland quiet phlegmatic nature.

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Baltimore Johansson has been concen

Detroll Washingto thetrating on improving his left

jab, using it with more authority Chy and also working close in on his sparring partners.

All experts and sports writers here this weekend agreed that the result of the bout would depend on the Ability of Johansson to reproduce his right-hand thunderbolt.

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Some commentators, noted, however, that these cars, how over fast they may be, could the speed of the not reach encrmous racers which in the 30s--competed-on--the most famous European circuits in- cluding that of Avus.

However, Mr John Eagon Gibson, secretary of the Bri- Automoblie Raclur tish Drivers Club said. tonight that "the circuit where Brig- Low and Stacey were killed was difficult and very fast but not particularly dangerous.” "We are now deprived of four drivers", Mr Gibson said, "and I must add four drivers out of a number able to very small compete in Grands Prix."-AFF.

Convincing victory by All-Stars in Little League Baseball

By OLLY VAS

Playing for the first time in newly-donated uniforms the Little League All-Stars convincingly accounted for the Beavers by a score of 8-2 in the final game of the unofficial "baseball for the young 'uns" league at King's Park on Saturday last.

pitchers, Brown of the Al- Stars and Viera of the Beavers dominated the scene,

The hero of the game was trol of his pitches and the All- Paul Brown, ironically enough a Stars still ted 2-0. member of the cellar-dwelling He took a walk to the dug Pirates team in the four-team out in the third when he gave league, who permitted the up two walks to the All-Stars Beavers only two measly hits in the top of the third at which in the sixth to score two face- and was on the way to a shut stage George Viera replaced hun saving runs and that was how it out victory in the sixth inning on the mound.

Ul his team-mates committed

The losers tallied on errors

ended.

felding errors to allow the losers

The All-Stars were ahead 3-0 through Gotenés' second single

to score two, unearned runs.

In blistering summer heat of the game when Viera oame and before only a handful of on. What a Fans the

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cricket team?

Capetown, June 19.

Bardi Suggestion that D'Oliviera the 27-year-old South African mon-white cricketer should join the

South African touring tema has been made in the corres- pondence column of the newa- paper Die Burger.

D'Oliviera la currently playing for Middleton, the Lancashire League club..

The letter came from Her- mann Steytler, former London correspondent of Die Burger and a well-known Afrikaans lan guage sportswriter, who pointed out that D'Oliviera was enjoying a successful season,

fact that D'Oliviera is p coloured man will mother all anti-apartheid shouting. There will no longer be any need, for policemen to guard cricket fields and our players will not have to walk among people holding placards of protest," he wrote.

China Mail Special.

CHESS

by, LEONARD BARDEN

:

By GEORGE WHITING

THEY never come back! Time and bookfuls

of thick-ear tradition testify to the pugilistic truth of those four little words- words that even the dumb-bum fighting man of fiction can understand.

No boxer, having once let slip the heavy-weight cham- pionship of the world, has ever got his hands on that richly tinselled bauble second time.

The triers.

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BUT they never stop try-

Ing. In New York on June 20, Floyd Patterson a dustman's son from Waco, North Carolina, will put ambition and burning ebony knuckles to work on the dimpled Swedish chip of Ingemar Johansson...the man who thumped him of the throne and into twitch- legged misery a year ago..

History says Patterson hasn't a hope. They never come back.

No steam

CORBETT failed in

J1900 and 1903. Gentle- man Jim, erstwhile master strategist, lost

his world

crown to Bob Fitzsimmons in Carson City, Nevada, in

1897.,

Three years later, on New York's Coney Island, he Here is

a problem by 0. stacked the elegant ring- Mansfeld (Chess Amateur, polsa of his 34-year-old 1930). White to

limbs play and mate

against big Jim in two moves 31 1 B-RS!

Jeffries. Solution No. (not 1 P-86, P-E6 2 P-R7. PET

R-88(Q)

on 'balks' RS, P-R6; 1

P-87; 18—28(0).

5 Q-B8 ch, E-87;

6 Q-E5 ch, followed by the exchange of Queens and

London Express 'Berrion

The losers Viera shows pro- situation faced mise as a future pitching ace exhibition game Vieral. The bases were loaded as he struck out 12 and gave up. Loh came up to only a solitary hit in just over arted off with a bang when when Paul batting first the All-Stars at and Lah made a half-four innings of pitching. He en

hearted attempt to swing. The issued three base-on balls but fumped into an early lead.

result was that the bali trickled gave up two runs slowly straight to the surprised Paul Brown of the All-Stars Facing helty Leo Barros the Vera and the runners advanced was in superb pitching and hit- youngster with a peculiar side a base piece and the score as ting form, striking out eight, arm pitching motion, the All-4-0 in favour of the All walking the same number but P

allowing the Beavers only two Bjars' opening. batter Tony That was not all for a balk hits. Kayler, looked over two fast balls before lashing out at a by Viera allowed another run walt-high pitch which went to tally and an infield bobble The Beavers shortstop, young WEY over second base for a accounted for another and by Edward Xavier, single, Kavier stole second, and now it was almost all over for sacker Robert Bau played like third in quick order. Charlie the All-Stars, had a command- veterana. In this battle of the Kang waited patiently for a walking 6-0 lead.

With two away in the bottom in

Stars.

and second-

the Beavers were of this inning Faul Brown, gave by the players were

The protective helmets wODE. and trouble

Then Robert Guterres connect- up his first bit of the game at the

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ed solidly and the hard rubber Mahadev Dayanam lined a pitch new. How

all bounced off the love of the into centre but could not ad wishing to Gome Beavers' second baseman Robert vance to break into the scoringjanle Blu and ended up in centre, column,

held, and this was good enough In the top of the fourth

for two runs

&

inping it was 8-0 for the Allosgue ca Stars when James: Ballbeck as recedent

taking a lead drama), mos

Stephen Gebop followed with a walk but a routing out follow-

double- but the

Then Viers

For 18 rounds, Corbett fabbed blood from Jeffries's nose and mouth-then Fan" out of steam, in Round 28, a roundhouse right hander pole-axed poor Corbett into

THE GAMBOLS

SHOES

semi-consciousness over the bottom rope,

Three years later, he sought out Jeffries again In San Francisco-and #70s blasted into oblivion Round 10.

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ВОВ FITZSIMMONĄ falled in 1802. Ruby Robert the spindly rethead from Cornwall,

lost Was the English-born heavyweight to win a world title, Running to seed at 37, he lost the le to Jim Jeffries,..

Trying again at 40 against the same opponent, Fitz- simmons thrashed Jeffries for seven rounds. breadng his nose, culting his cheeks to the bone, and opening inch-long gashes over his eyes.

Then, in the eighth, Jeffries came through the red mists to sink a Debt to the stomach and a left to the jaw, Filzsimmons folded.

White Hope

JIM KEVRIES Zilled in

1910 James J.

the Golden Crate boller, maker, and victim of the bloodiest "try again" „pess- acre in all the fight-game's lurid appels

Blx years after his 1904 retirement, they tempted Jeffries off his altaifa farm, Jabelled him "White Hope, and pitched hini la with the first of the Negro blons, Jack Johnson,

chaga

Ironically, they chose

NEVER COME BACK

Reno, Nevada. They made it a "Colour" ianJE .* Negro. was lynched spectators were frisked for guns... and Jeffries, tat bald, fabby and sepless at 35, was out-classed.

Johnson toyed with him, and knocked him out in the 16th round

JACK DEMPSEY falled in 1927. Dempsey, Manassa Mauler, bobo-become-hero, lost his world title on points to the Immaculata marine, Gene Tunney, in Philade phia, in 1920,

One year later,· 104,947 Chicago

con customers

£900,000 tributed nearly for the return light, and saw 32-year-old Dempsey fing Tunney on his haunches with a lunging left hand in the seveni rund.

Timekeeper Speler began his count, but referee Dave Barry, conforming to local ruis, declined to pick up the count, until the rampaging Dempsey had retreated to the corner furthest from his spreadeagled opponent.

sparte idol of Hitler's, Ger- many sought from Joe: Louis a second lease of the championship he bad wop and igat against Jeck Louis thrashed him w mercifully, devastatingly, in three, minut, leas than Schmeling went home, on N stretcher.

Sharkey.

JOE LOUIS failed in 1950.- The immortat Brown Bom- ber, heavyweight king for 11 years, announced his retire- mens giter his second win In Dyer Jersey Joe Walevic

Louls should have Kayed. that

Hike way. Instead, Jesser men, he was per suaded back, and got hima- self humiliated and pointed in 1950 by

JERSEY JOE WALCOTT fayed in 1962. Old Pappy Joe "got his against Bocky Marclape after 13 rounds of brave and sulful resistance in Philadelpal Ga

He tried again in Chicago eight months later, withip weeks of his 40th birthda This

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Tunney awaited the re- feree's delayed ooxant, made as if to rise at "four"; sank back, then rang to big tot AF "nine," Thus we got the

gonna bust bil" notorious Long Count, the most hotly debated incident. the beakc in heavyweight history and they're sull arguing about it in pure and chibe

Tunney, wife recovered, set about reprisals, jabbed and hooked Dempsey's tage into unrecognisable cut his eyes and his

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