1960-08-08 — Page 8

THE CHINA

MAIL, MONDAY, AUGUST 1960.

Australia's swim team selection shocks

JOHN DEVITT, ILSA KONRADS NOMINATED THOUGH BEATEN IN THE TRIALS

Brisbane, Aug. 7.

Two minor surprises were sprung by Australia's swimming selec

tors today when they nominated swimmers for their events at the Olympic Games in Rome. Two world record holders, John Devitt and lisa Konrads, have both been preferred to swimmers who beat them in trials over the past three days at Townsville, Queensland.

The trials, at which several world records were smashed intensive followed works of

preparation, and it had been stated that the trials would provide the basis of selection for Rome,

Commonwealth cricket team for South

Africa tour

four

Johannesburg, Aug., 6. Eight Englishmen and Australians--all Test players-

Common- will comprise the wealth cricket team to make a short tour of Transvaal, Natal and Rhodesia in September and October, it was confirmed here yesterday.

The final team, to be led by Richie Benaud, the Australian Test captain, is:

Devlit has been But John nominated for the Olympic 100 metres freestyle, though In the trials he iwice finished third

behind John Henrieks

200 metres butterfly: Neville. Hayes and Ken Berry.

WOMEN

100 metrea freestyle:

metres:

Astonishing broad COMEBACK

jump feat

by German girl

Berlin, Aug. 7.

East Germany's Hildrun Claus today bettered the world record for the women's broad jump with an astonishing leap of 6.40 metres (21 feet). She smashed the record Miss Claus made her new re- twice, first with a leap of 6.36 cord in the combined East and metres (2086 feet) and then West German final trials at in her th jump went four | Erfurt for an all-German and centimetres farther.

Olymple team

Down

Fraser

and Geoff Shipton in the 110 Fraser and sa Konrads. yarda:

Passed over

Iisa Konrads finished third three times behind Down Fraser and Lorraine Crapp in freestyle events at the trials. Miss Fraser was a certainty for a team place but Miss Crapp has been passed of the younger over in favour girl, in both Olympic freestyle The selectors have obviously gambled on Devitt and Miss Konrads striking top form and have ignored the evidence of the trials.

races.

Beth Shipton and Miss Crapp, the women's 400 metres free- style gold medallist at Mel- bourne, are named in the pro- visional relay teams.

The entire training squad of 28 swimmers will be taken to Rome though several will pro- bably not compete. The swim-

Townsville on

mers -leave August, 16 and leave Sydney by air for Rome on August 18,

Selections

The following definite selec- tions were announced tonight:

Ken Barrington (Surrey), Ray Illingworth (Yorkshire), Geoff Pullir

(Lancashire), Freddie Trueman (Yorkshire).

Brian i Statham (Lancashire), Alan Moss (Middlesex). Tom Grave- ney (Gloucestershire). Mike Smith (Warwickshire), Richie Benaud (New South Wales), Len Maddocks (Victoria),. Nor-

100 metres freestyle: John man O'Neill (New South Wales). Henricks and John Devitt. and Bobby Simpson (Western 400 metres:

John Konrads Australia),

ard Murray Rose.

MEN

They begin the tour with a

1,500 metres: Konrads and match against Rhodesia in Salis-

Rose. bury on September 17, 18 and 19, and play the final

100 metres backstroke: David agatrist ал invitation South Thelle and John Monckton,

game

African XI in Johannesburg on

200

Burton.

400 Konrads.

100 metres backstroke: Ger- gaymia Beckett and Marilyn Wilson.

Miss Claus thus added 5 Germany is politically divid- contimetres (2 inches) to theed but Olympic nudes require world record held since 1958 to field only one national by Poland's Elzbieta Krzesinka. team. So after eliminations in 200 metres breastroke: Jan

This made Germany a for- midable threat in both men and both parts of the country last Hogan and Rosemary Lessig,

month, men and women from 100 metres butterfly: Jan women's broad jump in the

both East and West met in two Andrew and Dawn Fraser.

Rome Olympic.

in Hannover During the Diving: Men's springboard...

West German sets of finals,

(West Germany) Manfred month G. Bruble and K. Crotty. High trials

vin B. Holmes Women's Steinbach broad-jumped farther and in Erfurt (Fast Germany)

today. than any man in sports history. springboard-S. Knight.

The Brst three in individual named The selectors

only But his mark of 8.14 metres (26 provisional relay teams, a final feet 8.64 inches) was disallowed events were to go to Rome, selection being left until Rome, because of a too-strong follow- -Reuter,

ing wind.

last

ROD LAVER WINS

SECOND

STRAIGHT

TENNIS TITLE

Southampton, N.Y., Aug. 7. Red-haired Rod Laver of Australia won his second straight grass court tennis tournament. today by defeating Ron Holmberg of Brooklyn, 12-10, 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, in the final of the 72nd Southampton Invitation.

After Holmberg had run off the fast service-break. But in games in the 18- the third out, Holmberg broke six savight minute fourth set Laver battled through for 2-0, then ran it out back to break the American's on service.. breaststroke: service at love in metres

the eightht After Holmberg snapped October 7, 8 and 10.-China Terry Gathercofe and William game of the deciding set. Laver's service to lead, 4-3 a Mall Special,

The five-foot-ten Australian the first set, the quick-wristed champion then held his own Australlari battled back in- service on the third match point mediately to square it at 4-4. with a backhand volley

after But in the. 22nd gaine, Holmberg twice had survived Holmberg netted two volleys to elimination with 3 sizzling lose the set.. cross-court volley and a rified return of service.

PETER WALKER FIGHTS ON

Test man stays with Glamorgan

By JIM HILL

Glamorgan has restored Peter Walker, 24-year-old England cricketer, to their first team after the youngster, brought up in South Africa, had a private talk with county skipper and England selector Wilf Wooller.

Said Walker: "I'm staying, happier than I it 1 could climb with the county that gave me out of this bad rut and I am my chance and I will Aght my perfectly content to make the way back form as much cristtempt with Glamorgan. their satte as my own.

"The county have been very Said Wooller: "Walker was in good to me. They gave me my the team that played Northamp-, chance after I arrived here raw ton last week and he will be and inexperienced. I owe a lot playing for Glamorgan next to men like Wooller and Allan sezon,:100,"

Watkins who have helped and Walker, who had recently encouraged me. been out of form for Glamorgan was dropped from the team against Northants.

Rock bottom Walker rejected the idea that he was disgruntled by the move when he told me:

"I have been badly depressed and dejected by my ferm this

season,

"I hit rock botten when I was

Rallied

Last week, Laver defeated Holmberg in three seis in the final of the Pennsylvania Championships at Havertors.. Tomorrow, the Eastern Grasa Courts Championships open

at South Orange, NJ, with

Laver top-seeded. Laver rallied to win the first two sets after Holmberg scored

Hydroplane

driver injure

in race

In the second-set, Holmberg immediately broke Laver's service, but Laver pulled even at 3-3 when he ripped a fore. hand return of service past his net-rushing opponent,

Injections

Again in the third set, Holm- berg took a 2-0 lead on a back- hand passing, shot. This time, Laver couldn't cope with the blond blaster's smashing serve. The Tulane graduate ran out the! set before the 10-minute inter- mission.

Laver, who requires periodic injections of porti- sone for bursitis in his serv- Log shoulder, couldn't groove bis service in the fourth set after taking B 2-0 lead. Holmberg ran off six straight games in the 18-minute set. In Seattle, Aug. 7.

the Anal set, however, i Mira Slovak, the former Laver had no serious

lapses, Czechoslovakinn jer pilot who Both players traded service until fed the fron Curtain, was the critical eighth game when thrown from the hydroplane Laver polished it off with a Miss Wahoo at the start of the blistering backhand that hit the

heat second of the Seafair tape and flashed past Holmberg.

"If anyone still doubts me, can assure them I will be back from Johannesburg to play for Glamorgan again next year, and for England too if they will have me," form this season Walker has Slovak, now living in Denver, been fighting another emotional was unconscious when he was battle.

Besides his worrying loss of

Resented

Trophy Race on Lake Wushing- -UPL ton today.

taken from the water and U.S. 2-1 UP rushed to a hospital by helicop. ter.

Waboo, running second to DAVIS CUP TIE dropped by England and i Being a professional cricketer Miss Seattle on the last turn of Glamorgan within 48 hours, but is not everything in life for the the opening lap, flipped when

I have never seriously consider

ed quitting cricket altogether.

"Of course I have talked about resigning, what, cricketer doesn't feel like chucking it in when he hits a really bad patch?

"It has been a standing joke

ot

t

well-krowel South hooked the other boat's wake. African music and drama critic. It

out, spun

sending "There are some engles to spray of water high into the professional sport which I rear. sent greatly, and I have to re- The extent of Slovak's, injuries is all part of mind myself constantly that it was not determined immediate

the business." ly, but first reports to reach the official's barge said he was not "There are times when I feel believed to be in serious con-

in the dressing-room every Walker says. time I fall for the boys to tell

on Saturday,

· Other events The first of the 14 events, be- ing decided today was the hammer throw, which went to East Germans, according to re- sults distributed by the official East German news agency ADN, The best three hammer 1. Claus Peter throwers were 60,54 metres (197.05 feet). 2.- Manfred Losch 59.88 metres (193.85 feet). 3.-Klaus Teubert 69.35 metres (193.68),

The two German girl ace hurdlers,

Germany's East Gisela Berivemeger and West Zenta Gemny's

Корр-Сабт dead-heated in the 80 metres In 10.7 seconds. Karin Reichert obtained the third place on the Rame squad with 10.8 seconds.

The women's 800 metres want

to East Germany's Ulla Donath

2:06.3 1llowed by two West

German girls, Vera Kummerteld (2:06.7.) and H. Ngleichfeld (2:073).

The men's

800 metres went to Paul Schmidt, of West Germany in 1:48.6 with Matred Metuschewski (East)

second (1:48.9)

and Balke

(West) third in 1:47.1-AP.

VICTORY

FOR MOSS

Karlskoga, Aug. 7. Stirling Moss today made a fine comeback in racetfack competition. The British motor ace, recently out of hospital after a bad ac cident, won the Swedish International Cannon Race in superior style.

Moss, competing here for the first time since he broke both legs in the Belgian Grand Prix six weeks ago, drove his new and competition-umtested Lotus

round

winding Karlskoga 75 kilometre track in 41 minutes 8.8 seconds, giving him an average speed of 109.4 kph (67.93 mph).

car

the

The British master driver the large over-two toyed in litre clasa with his competitors, foremost of whom was Sweden's ace Joakim Bonnier who came

second 41:14.8, driving Maserati.

a

David Piper of England in a Lotus-Piper came third on 42:35.9 and American L. S. Castner completed 23 laps of the 25 with his big Chevrolet

Corvette.-AP.

Open Rinks bowls final

The Bowls

ROME GETS READY FOR CA

Italian authorities

take steps to control prices

Rome, Aug

Italian authorities today put in motion machinery to keep prices from soaring during the Olympic Games.

Their first target was restaurants, cafes, snack bars,

taverns and dairy parlours. But they also planned to extend the price controls to other commercial establishments frequented by foreign visitors.

LU

Italian government author- A ties and the various Chambers of Commerce were co-operating WORLD CYCLING in the effort to keep Rome from getting a bad reputation during the Olympic Games, which open on August 25.

On Saturday government officials met with representa lives of the restaurant-tavern- bar industry and obtained agreement to hold prices to the average level of the past two weeks. Increases will be allowed only when justifled by changes in wholesale prices.

Complaint office

On

Italian wins

amateur sprint event

***

Leipzig, Aug. 7.

Sante Galardoni, of Italy, won the Men's Amateur Sprint title in the World Cycling Cham- pionships here today. Galina

from

A complaint office, staffed by Chamber of Commerce officials and government representatives, Soviet Union, won the Women's Ermolayeva, of the will function night and day for Sprint Championship. Olymple visitors.

Galardoni, who recently set a Monday, representatives world record of 11 seconds for of other commercial establish- 200 metres

4 dying ments-such ax souvenir and start, was given a good race by clothing stores-will meet with Leo Starck of Belgium in the government authorities to dis- first heat of the Amateur Sprint CLISS similar price control final, but after winning this he meusures.

took the second easily. Meanwhile, athletes continued

In the first beat, Sterck went to streamr slowly into Rome, on about 300 metres from home, Sunday's latest arrivals were but Galardoni overtook him on the Australian basketball team the back straight and held on to end the Japanese marathon win by half a wheel in the fast runners.

time of 11.2 bees,

Prices in hotels for the Olym- pic period already have been fixed by the Tourist Ministry, These prices generally are about 10 to 20 per cent higher than normal.

Sterck tried to sprint Away from the Italian on the back straight in the second heat. But Galardan overtook him on the last corner and beat him by five lengths in 11.3 secs.

The hotel situation today be- Miss Ermolayeva, holder of came the excuse for the latest the women's sprint title, was pre-Olympic attack on the Vati-not hard pressed to retain it. can by the Italian Communist The fall, blonde Russian girl Party.

beat her compatriot Valentina Pantilova by one length and

final---Reuter,

Vatican competition? two length in the heats of the

L'Unita, the Communist or gan, posed as the champion of Italy's small hotel *owners and said in a front page article

¡Arnold Palmer

Hongkong Lawn

Association An nounced today that the Colony Men's Open Rinks Lawn Bowls Final betwren V. A. Sequeira, A. M. Baptists; R. Silva-Nešto and A. A. Guterres of Recreio and F. Lee, C. K. Bụng. P. K. Lưu and 1, 9. Landolt of Cralgengower Cricket Club will be play- ed at the Police Recreation Club green! on Sunday, August 14, starting at 4 p.m.

Competitors for the Colony's Men's

Open Triples semi-finals which should have been played yesterday but were · post- poned because of rain are asked to play off these matches by mutual ar- rangement on

the job of the hotel keepers." or before August 14 on the same

The Communists noted that Freens

various Catholic previously

convents and scheduled,

religious institutions had made 20,000 bed's available for

Arnold Palmer, the National Olymple visitors. L'Unita said Open and Masters champlon, the religious institutions were captured the 72-hole Insurance. Rome, Aug. 7.

enjoying fiscal exemptions from City Open Golf One of the world's most

the government and so provid- today after a playoff with Jack Tournament ing "bitter competition" for Fleck and Bill Collins, powerful lamps 75,000 watt glass tube, about three metres

little hotels,

The 31-year-old Palmer end- (10 feet) long-will light up the

In dally attacks over the pasted the match on the third hole large square in front of Rome's The Ladies Recreation Cab week L'Unita has charged that after he and Fleck had, birilled modern main railway station tennis championships will be the Vatican planned to use the the first, Colling was eliminat- during the Olympic Games. egin on Monday, August 15, Lot Olymples to spread ton 98 metre (93 foot) tall metal the first five days

anti-ed when he took a par four on Workmen have put up a 3.2 today, The programmes for Communist propaganda. The the starting hole. The rat

were an- various Red charges have prize was worth $3,500. mast on which the lamp will be nounced in this morning's brought flat denials from Vat- mounted. China Mail Special. paper,

can and Olympic officials-AP,

Lighting the Olympic Square

23

LRC tennis next Monday

South Vietnam, triumph in Merdeka

that the "Vaticanis a collects another

Malaya Malayan football

Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 7.

South Vietnam, who were un- a penalty when a Vietnam de-

golf title

Wethersfield, Aug. 7.

The three had entered the four-day competition with 14- under par 270's after a driving finish in which Palmer picked up, five strokes on Fleck, yes- terday's leader, and three on Collins.

The playoff ended when Fleck missed a four-footer, for a par on the 75th halé. wt N

The victory, was, the seventh in 21 tournaments for Palmer and brought his official money. earning this year to $65,458.---

AP

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Turkish victory at Rotterdam Horse Show

South Vietnam gained its first victory in the Merdeka Anniversary Inter- national Soccer Tournament by beating Singapore 2-1 here tonight.

Roterdam, Aug. 4. South Vietnam were not ex- the Singapore goalkeeper who

land 8-2 after leading 3-1 at A Turkish team today wo INtended in the first match in was rushing at him, to beat, half-ume.

the Nation Cup in an interna~ Group "A" of the soccer tourna-kicked wide.

Thailand who beat Malaya tiocial jumping test, final event ment.

Singapore equalised through when they met last December in of the 13th Rotterdern Interne

the South-East Asia Penfrenilo tional Horse Show, expectedly beaten 3-1 by Hong-fender was penalised for trip Games, were not the same team It was a two-dest kong yesterday led 2-1 at half-ping. Toh scored.

contest tonight. They were humbled After the first heat Turkey was time.

In the 23rd minute Vinh made by Pakistan, Malaya's most leading over Hungary. It 2-1. *

serious challengers in Group The three Turkish horsemen South Vietnam had as much "B" 7-0 the first night did even better in the second The Vietnamese superiority of play in the second half and played hardly any better to heat. Both Captain N. Goerenli was evident from the early bút were not able to, mặc night.

and Major S. Koc rode a, clear minutes of the game. They any more goals.

They seemed to have lost all round and Major C., Burner, scored in the seventh minute

the speed and dash which curved only four penalty pointe, with a hard 20-yard drive by

characterised their play in Results were: Turkey 15% Nhinh.

Bangkok Just. December

pokits (111⁄2 frit hout, second Only for a short time did they heat), 2-Buency 22 (12. appear in the picture tonight.|| 191⁄4), 3,—Hollard 36. (18,-20). favourites in this group had They pressed hard for the first 4--Germany: 40 (17%, 18). little flMeulty beating That-10 minutes in winch they found 5-France 47 (1532) 6-Bel-

Mexico City, Aug. 7. The United States took a 2-1 kad over Mexico in their second Davis round American zone Cup tie here today,

In the doubles match, Earl Buccholz and Charles McKinley United States) Beat Rätsel Osuna and Antonio Palafox 2-6, 6-4, 7-9, 0-4, 7-5,

Each country won a singles

me what time the next boat I should be doing something dition. leaves for South Africa

more worth while and playing The Wahoo was badly damag-match yesterday. The two con-

"I know some people accuse cricket, for the enjoyment of it ed and had to be towed back to cluding singles will be played me of not trying for Ginrporgan and not just for the rent." this season and being interested

only in playing for England.

And there have been

runotirs

that I want to get away to join

a more fashionable county.... "There is not a word of truth

in any of it. No one would be

Ostend tennis winners

in Ostend, Augu Jacky Brichant of, Belgium beat Bob Howe of Austraila 6-3, 6-1/-in the inen's singles finalet the International Lawn Tennis Tournement o

of Ostend today,

In the women's singles anal Miss L. Hutchin of Britala beat Christians Mercells of Belgium, Q-by Bob, 705-AP.

the pits.-AF.

THE GAMBOLS

EVE PROPOSED THE

SO | ABSTAINED FROM VOTING

RESOLUTION

tomorrow.-Reuter,

Penalty

„Flye. minutes later Vietnam were almost two up. Vinh burst through the defence with the ball at his feet and with only

by Barry Appleb

HER

Holders

In the second game tonight

a Group "B" mülch

Malaya, the holders

the net once but the goal was, diz 30 (18, 40).AP.. disallowed for offside, pa

The Thais made amends by Russian javelin

taking the lead three minutes

Sater Prathet Sutabuta bending

in off a lob from

Phakdiphol. į

Spun

In ibe next minute

Ghani filt a hard bot

handa for Malaya's.

thrower does

it again

at Moscow, Aug. 1. Elvira Ozolins the Leningrad

spun off the Thai goglkeeper's | girl 'nwho sholds the world

women's Javelin, record, excšed

(today for the third

Malaya scored again, thri

Ghant in the 24th

Gabrielle to, tõs

In the rea Malaya

It's japan that you seek'

sedond

sede. Abd

Wakand

through

· Lead.

Miss Ozolins the only woman to have outstripped the 69%

enin Stadium

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