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THE CHINA, MAIL,- FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1960.

COUNTY CRICKET

Merdeka Soccer's biggest upset LANCS, YORKSHIRE

U.S. BASEBALL

ORIOLES MOVE CLOSER TO THE TOP

New York, Aug. 11. The home-run-bappy Baltimore Orioles stretched their winning reak to six today by defeating the Detroit Tigers 6-1 behind the steady Fisher.

harling of sophomore Jack

belled four homers-three of

them in the early innings—as they moved lo within one game

FAVOURITES SOUTH KOREA HELD TO A DRAW BY SINGAPORE

Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 11. Singapore provided the biggest surprise of the Merdeka Soccer Tournament when they held South Korea, the favourites, to a 3-3 draw in a Group 'A' match here tonight.

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The second-placed Orioles South Korea trailed 3-1 until the 62nd minute and were very lucky to save the match with two goals, the equaliser coming three minutes from time. Half- time score was 1-1..

of the American league-leading New York Yankees who were idle.

I was the 10th win in the Jast 11 starts for thein and their Nth out of the fast 18.

However, today's match should pul Korea in the final on goal

Korca have avage. dropped only two points having drawn earlier with South Vietnam, who have, dropped three points. (The final posi- ions can only be decided after Indonesia's last match against

In the only other scheduled game, Harten Killebrew hat two bonic runs and accounted for all of Washington's runs in 5-4 victory over Kansas Cny.

Killebrew hit his first honer of the game with two on in the Arst inning, sangled in the third and came on to score the Scna-South. Vietnam), tors fourth run, then belted hi 17th homer of the season with i none on for what proved to be the winning run in the seventh. Tex Clevenger was the winner and Ray Herbert the lost.

RESULTS

Today's results were:

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Boston

Cleveland

Baltimore

Detroli

Washington Kansas City

R H

5 10

2 B

10

1 ↑

5 10

4 11

--UPI.

CANADA LEAD

IN AMERICAS CUP GOLF

Canada's amaleor

0

Ottawa, Aug. 11,

golfers wan Bye and led another of six alternate - ball morning

matches today and swept into the lead over Mexico and the favoured United States in the America's Cup

compeition.

international

Unlucky

Kores look the lead 10- night with a beautiful 11th minute goal through right- Wing Chung Sow Chun, But Singapore fought back sur- draw well to prisingly levei nie minutes. Inter with a header by centre-forward Shakar Hussein,

The Korans attacked steadi-

ly in the second half but were 1 at least three times unlucky,"

Chai Tei Sung and Moon Churg

naruway missed @Sik

with

An Olympic marriage

for Henricks

Rome, Aug. 11. An Australian swimming star is going to marry his American girl-friend during the Olym- | ples-If he can squeeze in the time between events, that is, Australian John Henricks is

engaged to marry Bonnie Wilkie, of

Santa Barbara, California, September 3-eight days before the end of the Olympics.

But it is going to be a fight schedule. Henricks is scheduled to play in both morning and afternoon waterpolo matches. scorching shots.

Father James Cunningham, Singapore took the lead in the

Susanna rector lefi-

of the Santa 57th minute through

they will bel winger P. Mansoor, and went Church where

said that there is a to 3-1 with another goal by married,

rule that says marriages have 32nd Hussein, in the

to take place before noon, but we'll get a special dispensation without trouble."

Shakar

minute.

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Just

an upset victory :cerned in sight for Singapore, the Korens hit back with goal by inside-eft Woo Sang Kwan, and, keeping up

the attack, equalised in the 771 { minute through inside-right

Moon Chung Sik.

Indonesians win

Indonesia who easily beat Hongkor 3-1 put themselves In the running for the cham- pionship in the tournament, Indonesia who have now four points from three games гдее!

just hope Henricks will have time to change from his bathing suit," father Cunning- ham joked.

Santa Susanna is the American Catholic church in Rome.-UPI.

'FATHER' ELDON WINS

Britain's distance runner Stan Eldon, fighting førą place in the Olympic team for Rome, fought back to better form last week when he won the three miles in the Rangers Sports at Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow. He beat the Scot Alistair-Wood by a foot. Said policeman Eldon afterwards: "I promised I would win my first race since my son was born and I've done it." Son Jonathan was a week old when dad romped home in 13 mins 39.6 secs.

Photo shows Eldon winning-London Express Service.

ICC's new definition of

U team, beaded, it throwing' could solve

The US team, headed by South Vielaam in the last match:

1950 amateur champion Jackie for

both teams on Saturday.

then goal average will decide the Group "A" winners. South Korea are also in the running.

Nicklaus and former champion If Indonesia wins that match Charlie Coe, won only one of six matches-a 4 and 3 triumph by Dr Frank (Bud) Taylor and John Konsek over Mexico's Robert Halpern and Tamas Lehmann.

On the basis of one point for a victory and a half point for a tie, Canada ended the morning round with 5% points, Mexico with 2 and the US, with 1. The morning matches were three

matching sixsomes

in each two-man teams from each country.

Canada swept both matches In the second and third sixsomes and won one and tied one in

the first sixsome.-AP.

Indonesia were vasily the

cricket differences

Melbourne, Aug. 11.

better lean and took a 2-0 lead The new definition of a throw framed by the recent

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h-time, scoring through Henki (57th inside-right

and centre-forward minute) Phwa Stan Liang in the 30th minute.

Indonesia went to 3-0 through wutside-left Soehandex

the

before 47th minute in Hongkong got their only goal through Ho Cheung-yau in the 64th minute.

Imperial Cricket Conference in London could solve the differences between Australia and England over doubtful bowling actions, the Chairman of the Australian Board of Cricket Control, Mr W. J. Dowling, said today.

Mr Dowling said that Sir | Australian four of England Donald Bradman "had not ex- could be a "catastrophe unless Ten minutes from time Phwaggerated the position" when he a satisfactory answer was found Siang Liang missed a penalty-- said on his return from Eng- to the problem,

land yesterday that the 1961 Reuter.

FIVE-DAY TESTS AND LBW RULE

-BLAMED FOR

L

Christchurch, Aug. 11. Lord Cobham,, New Zealand's

and Governor-General

MCC, former president of said here yesterday that five- day Tests and the LBW rule had contributed to dual play in much of modern cricket. Lord Cobham, who is 5 and played for MCC and Wor- cestershire as C. J. Lyttelton, said: "No mere changing of the laws today will pre- vert erleelers from spoiling a great game if they fed, so inclined.

"The LBW

DULL

the forward defensive prod— and all but driven from the game one of its most attrac- tive ass, the leg-spinner, "Five-day Tests have produced a race of leaden-footed jabs and highly sophisticated fields to which bowlers bowl from dawn to sunset.

WAR OF ATTRITION

The five-day Test has made

any risk unjustified, at least

in the eyes of the press, Sz

it is a war of attrition."

rule had produced, But he thought things were

the dullest of all strokas...

improving: "A month or two

THE GAMBOLS

DARLING!

MATTER

!

CRICKET-

وهم

One surprise result at Eastern tennis

tournament

South Orange, Aug. 11. Third-seeded Bob Mark of Australia was upset but two other Australians, Rod Laver and Bob Hewitt, gained the quarter-finals of the Eastern Grass Court Tennis Cham- plonships today,

player, surprised Mark,

Donald Dell, 19th-ranked U.S. 6-3,

of

2-6, 6-4 to gain the round eight along with five other US. players, led by second-seeded Ron Holmberg

Laver, top-seeded Australian champion, routed Rudy Her- nando, U.S., 6-2, 6-3, and fifth- ceded Hewitt ousted Bob Siska, U.S. 6-3, 6-3,

"But I believe, optimisticaly perhaps, that a new definition should be capable of uniform interpretation by confident um- US, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, to set up Holmberg beat Allen Fox, pires in every country," he said.

Mr Dowling und Sir Donald

were the Australian delegates

at the London talks.

Irresponsible

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Pre-Olympic

basketball

programme

Bologna, Aug. 11. The draw for the Olympic basketball qualifying tourna- ment, opening here tomorrow was, made tonight.

The tournament comprises four "leagues." The top two in each league go into two final rounds, from which four teams will qualify for Rome.

TAKE FIRST INNINGS POINTS

London, Aug. 11. Rain hit the English County Cricket competition today by completely washing out two matches and halting two others.

The two top teams, Lanca- by passing Harold Gimblett's shire and Yorkshire, were not gregate of 2,134 runs in a affected and both gained four season,

paints for first innings leads Wight's 146 took five and a over Leicestershire and Glamor-half hours and his aggregate is gan respectively,

2,200. Just before, the close, Splendid batting by Peter Kent lost the wicket of Arthur tries placed third in the two Clayton gave Lancashire a lead

Marner, Jack Dyson and Geotr Phobey while scoring 19· guma,

A fifth team will be decided by a match between the coun-

final rounds.

Matches are to be held as follows:

TODAY

Canada-Germany.

SATURDAY

Scores

of 109 over Leicestershire at Old Trafford and good spin bowling by Tom Greenough and Close of play scores in to- Bob Barber enabled the leaders įday's cricket matches were: to capture six wickets before At Northampton: Northamp- were cleared. tonshire 147 and 127 for three, Leicestershire Anished the day (M, Norman 44). Nottingham- only 33 ahead with four wickets shire 180. Rafn stopped play.

the

Australia-Poland, Surinam Sudan, Greece-Israel, Belgium-left. Thailand, Taiwan Spain

Hungary-Yugoslavia.

SUNDAY

Australia-Switzerland,

Sudan Spain,

Bel-

gium-Germany, Britain-Austria, Surinam - Czechoslovakia, Poland-Israel.

MONDAY

Brilliant centuries

Yorkshire, after appearing to have a firm grip on their match with Glamorgan, met with mexpected resistance,

At Birmingham: Essex 311 for nine declared, Warwickshire 120 for five. Rain stopped play.

At Manchester: Leicestshire 188 and 142 for six (M. Hallam 43, W. Watson 52 not out. Lancashire 295, (M. Marner 56,

After losing half their sideJ. Dyson 53, G. Clayton 41, J. Hungary-Austria, Yugoslavia for 92 in the second innings, Savage five for 90). Britain, Spain-Czechoslovakia, Glamorgan fought back to total

At Bradford: Glamorgan -194 Israel-Switzerland, Poland 207, leaving Yorkshire to score

and 207 (H. Lewis 72, M. Cowan Greece, Sudan-Taiwan, Thai-173 to win."

Ave for 57), Yorkshire 229 (R. jand-Canada,

Brilliant centuries by Illingworth 45, P. Walker Ave Graham Aukinson and Peter for 6) and one for no wicket. At Western-Super-Mare: Kent Wight enabled Somerset to de- Spain-

Somerset Surinam, Israel-Australia, clare at 403 for nine wickets 222 and 18 for one.

nine The pair added 403 for

declared

(0. Hungary-Britain, Belgium against Kent, Canada, Czechoslovakia-Taiwan, 154 for the third wicket and Atkinson 102, P. Wight 146, H.

Wight set a new county record Stephenson 57, not out).

with quarter-final match Hewitt while Dell will oppose semi-retired Ham Richardson, Richardson, one-time top- maakod U.S. player, beat lyo Pimental, Venezuela,

8-3.

In

TUESDAY Switzerland-Greece,

WEDNESDAY

Germany-Thailand, Austria- Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia-

Sudan, Switzerland-Poland, Moroccan Grand

Greece-Australia, Taiwan-

Surinam

The final rounds will be held Prix cancelled

on August 18 and 19, and the match to decide the fifth Rome team on August 20.

Paris, Aug. 11.

Autombile today announced

The International The five qualifers will join, in. Rome, 12 other countries-the Federation

top eight in the final placings of cancellation of the Moroccan the 1956 Melbourne Games; Grand Prix motor race, due to Italy, the host

be held on .country; and

October 30, and of three non-European countries the Venezuelan Grand Prix,

the named by

International scheduled for November 6. Basketball Federation (Japan, Puerto Rico, and Mexico).

In the following matches there was no play today owing to rain.

At Lord's: Gloucestershire 75 for DOLE. Versus Middlesex,

At Hove: Sussex versus South Afrimans.

At Southampton; Hampshire versus Surrey.

At Uxbridge: Royal Air Force versus Royal Navy. Two-day match-Reuter.

LIVERPOOL WINS CUP MATCH New dates wêre announced The first eight in the 1956 for the Copenhagen Grand Prix

Nantes, Aug. 117 Liverpool Olympics were: The United and the Pontdecimo-Glovi race

(England) beat States, the Soviet Union, in Italy. These will be held on Nantes 2-0 here tonight in the Uruguay, France, Bulgaria, Sep 11 instead of Aug. 13 and Anglo-French-Scottish Football Brazil, Philippines and Chile, on Oct. 2 instead of Oct. 3. competition They led 1-0 at

China Mall Special.

Reuter,

half-time-Reuter.

A REPORT FROM THE IRON CURTAIN

Sports in Russia are more than pleasant

pastimes

and recreation

By WILL GRIMSLEY

(Will Grimsley of the Associated Press, one of the United States' out- standing sports writers, has visited the Soviet Union to report on Russian prepara- tions for the Olympic Games as part of the AP's special pre-Olymple sports cover. age. Following is the first of a series of exclusive articles in which Grimsley describes the development and training of Soviet athletes,)

Moscow, Aug. 11.

Every morning at 11 o'clock, the programme on Radio Moscow is inter- rupted by a crisp voice announcing in militant Soviet accent: "Now for

our exercises," Throughout this sprawling Committee. "Today we hays of triumphs in the part; stout

environs, metropolis and is

23 milion. We should do 6-2, 4-6, repetunes suddenly stop bum-

better," ning. Workers leave their Andrianov pointed out that desert their the figure does not include 35 clerks wherever million student athletes being

groomed for later years,

the final third-round lathes, secretaries match, Larry Nagler, US. los typewriters, 10 Whitney Reed, US. 10-12, possible abandon their stations. 7-5, 6-4, who becomes Laver's opponent on Friday.

A great hush

young men at the peaks of their careers; mothers and children, some so small they had difficulty making the quarter-mile route around the oval.

There were 25

different different

ago I saw MCC play the South Africans. The English bats- men were throwing the bat at the ball in a big way."

Then for ten minutes, while The scope of Russias broad Former Australian Test cap-

the announcer barks tain Ian Johnson said today in

the sports programme, touching vir. Arthups-esch with a MCC's learn 10

Sir Donald's

routines, thousands go through a tually every Hle in the Soviet banner and different style uni- He believed

tour New Zealand fully in- commenting

fortn In the women's division series of calisthenics. "One....Union, was demonstrated dur tended to play the same sort statement: "If there are to be of cricket "in the same fine any dangers associated with next Diedre Catt of Great Britain two....arms out....breathe ning the Railway Workers Day

bent"....sad year's tour, they will have been rallied to defeat Carole Caldwell....knees spirit."

so celebration on Aug. 7. created by a desire for sensation- 6-2, 3-0, 6-3 to move into semi- j. forth. Lord Cobham, who was speak-alism on the part of a few irres-finals along with 17-year-old! It is a twice-a-day ritual of

ing at a Canterbury Cricket ponsible English Journalists and Karen

Soviet By the thousands, Hantze and two other this country which places such Association function, added: "I possibly few

teenagers,

citizens swarmed into the 70,000- sensation-seeking U.S.

16-year-old tremendous emphasis on

seat Lenin Stadium to watch Nancy Richey and 18-year-old physical fitness. Billie Jean Malti.

Next to their scientists, who an exhibition of Russian Olym- Miss Hontze US,

pui aputniks into orbii, the pic might end pay tribute to that section of the population Russian people appear proudest of their athletes, which makes its livelihood by whom they like to held up to working on the railroads. the world as a symbol of strength and power.

hope I live to see the return umpires.

of four-or even three-day

Tests. Siege warfare, how- "Having seen lan Meckiff bowl ever interesting for com-last season, I believe there should versed batants is not very interesting be no trouble if commonsense loss to

her Wightman Cup Ann Haydon of Great

5-7, 6-4, 6-2-AP.

for spectators."-China Mail overcomes unfair prejudice."-Britain, top-seeded foreigner, Special.

China Mail Special.

by Barry Appleby

WRONG?

WHATE THE

WHATE

GOB

BNIKK

I'VE BEEN WATCHING SUCH ALOVELY FILM

ON TV.

If its Bangkok you shek.

* With Dances exotic

& temples so rare

Remember Three times a week

AR-LEEDKA ----flies there. :

A dedication

To the Russians, sports are more than pleasant pastimes and recreation. They are a dedication. They are a power- ful propaganda weapon in the cold war betwee Capitalism and Communism.

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The government sets up... the various athletlo clubs. there is normally one sitzched. to every factory--and more P or less demands all workers participate. In this country when the governmini saJO- "de it," they do.

Compulsory

The Fasian child la cet on....

A great hush came over the the road to athletic activity and clant starihan: when a man in possible stardom almost heama shirt

sleeves stepped before birth. If he falls it is not be- the microphone in the Infield cause fie in't given every and bellowed.

chance. In school, aporta aire "Glory to Leninista." There

compulsory It ha show ' 1306- was a defening roar of ap- usual aptitude, ho is sent to a plause.

special children's sports school for special training and instruc- tlop

"May we always remain strong io defend ourselves from

The Russians are determined our enemies. Hall the railway

workers of the Soviet Union."

to rule the world in alfaletics. This is obvious in a sludy of their training techniques and talks with their sports officials. They won 98 medals, more than any other nation, in the 1956 Olympic Games at Mel

bourne. Their aim at Rome, in the Games starting later this month, is:100–plùs,

At maturity, the boy or gir

athletto Then began a giant parade of may join an

club athletes from the Railway attacked to one of the trade Workers Society,

Union Bokieties. Facilities and

up..

way, bearing the hammer and Everything is tree, and

Muscled young men fas

the instruction are stepped lede red banders of the various Soviet provinces.

Wille the average Russlan lives a rather crab existence, Then ten-abreart, more than devoid of the luxuries add 2,000 shorts-clad athletes march-grities of the western world, ed: around the track with the porterar is given try and aring swinging in military endence, S.

We had 16 million trained athletes in 1956," wys

privilege. He is pampered sod: Kongfaniin –Andrianar, chair- There were fat, greying me, Homid, He la the idol of the man of the Soviet Olymple wearing the red mush and medals istate.-AP,