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DONALD CAMPBELL ARRIVES

IN U.S.

SPEED

FOR LAND

RECORD

ATTEMPT

London, Sept. 3.

Donald Campbell fastest man in the world on water flew to New York last night on his way to Utah and an attempt on the world land speed record.

The present land record of 394.2 miles per hour was set up on the Utah

Salt Flats in 1947 by the Late British driver John Cobb,

Mr Campbell who travelled ed Bluebird car in preparation, Malcolm Campbell, had set an

on the world world record of 300 mph in s wife for his attempt with his Belgian-born

carlier. Bluebird on Bonneville Tosia will make his bid on or, lurid speed record.

He said it was "possible but Salt Flats near here. after September 12.

he night nake nol probable" Trial run tomorrow

the attempt within a week. To Asked at the airport what reporters who asked how long he would

do afterwards he he thought it might take before told reporterss "If everything he was ready, he replied with goes well, I think I will settle

a grin: "What are you down and write a book."

for Christmas " Dald Campbell said hoped to make his first trial run tomorrow in his turbine-engin

hu

doing

Mr Campbell arrived here yesterday, 25 years to the day the late Sir after his father,

Hill wins

Phil

Monza

the

Grand Prix

Monza, Sept. 4.

Three reasons He gave three reasons for wanting to break the record of 394.196 mph set by the late John Coub of England in 1947; "I want my nation to hold the record.” The engineering advances developed in building the £1,000,000, 4,000 horsepower Bluebird would help "the aver age motorist"

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1960.

Ricky

Souza wins Vespa Club Night Rally

By A CHINA MAIL REPORTER

The Vespa Club of Hongkong held a successful Night Rally, on Saturday last over a course of 198 miles. The winner was H. C. "Ricky" Souza with Joe Sayer as navigator. Miss Anna Ding, the only lady driver taking part, and co-driver Henry Wong were second and John Y. Hu and William Cheung third.

Empire

..

Games to be

held from Nov. 22

to Dec. 1, 1962

Rome, Sept. 4.

The British Empire and Commonwealth Games of 1962 will be held in Perth, Western Australia, between November 22 and December 1.

plan.

These dates were fixed today committee put up a practical. at the Congress of the British Commonwealth

"plot" A

Commonwealth Empire and Games Flexloration Slightly Winter Games was held at St carlier dates had been proposed. Mortiz in February, 1958.

British Empire and Common- Four countries put in their

were Indin

(New Delbl), ming and track and held were

also rated at the Congress— Rhodosia (Sallsbury or Bula-

20 in swimming and about 50 wayo), Scotland (Edinburgh)

In

Mail athletics, Ching and the West Indies (Kingston, Jamaica).

There were originally 19 entries but three teams failed to show up at the bids for the 1060 Games. They wealth Games records for swim

Tsimshatsui Car Park by 9 pm and only 16 machines actually com- peted.

being 24 minutes late on arrival one at the chepic point.

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team, falled to get the By for the most commendable

house number of the laundry. performance was that of Kwok

So far it had boen very easy Ying-sum who drove his GS

The next section took the driving with scooters averaging throughout the night without the

competitors all the way to the 25 to 30 mph but the weather services of

End a navigator

end of Clour Water Bay-road, look a turn for the worse when finished fourth in the field,

returning to town up to Boun- the rally was re-started from There were twe disqualidea- dary-street and then travelling Shatin Inn, around 3.00

Market. The competitors drove back to tions,

had all the way to Talpo George Huntley

no symbols to be town, almost to the starting mechanical trouble and failed to There were

ta this section point and then made for the hop in his competitor's cars at copied down

which necessitated 117 minutes | Kun Tong area. the fishing point of Shatin isn

of driving Ho Kom-wah on his while Fong Chi-keng who was

GS and with his wife as a non- well in the running throughout

drlying navigator somehow got the rally had coll trouble stone's throw away from the lost along the way and clocked

in at the

point. 19 Fong Inn and had to retire.

mintes late. would easily have been 6th bad the his GS not stopped towards the

He wanted to do some- thing nobody else had ever done. "It is something that must be done," he added.

Mr Campbell said Bluebird was designed to do at least 400 ph, with a big plus, but his alin on this attempt would be

about 150 mph.

be

In future years there would

reach attempts tich

car was capable.

American racer Phil Hill drove his Formula One maxihum speeds of which the end,

Ferrari car to victory in the Grand Prix of Europe and Italy race at the Monza Auto- drome near here today.

"Second, almost one lap be- hind, was another American, Paul

also Rickle Ghither, driving Formula One Ferruri behind the one lap Third, winner, was another Formula

driven One Ferrurl. Belgium's Willy Maltesse.

kar,

Sports Diary

TODAY *Ten

Ladies Recreation pionships, 6.30

The Ferraris, unchallenged which by the British stables

easily the bycotted dumninuted the field of sixteen cars from five nations.

event,

Hill covered the 500-kilometre byfty-lap course in two hours 21 mins 1.2 secs, an average speed of 212.534 kilometres per hour.

Ginther's time was 2:23:30.8. Tiu Monza Prix of Europe is the next-to-inst race to count for the 1960 wifid champion- ship, a title that Jack Brabham Australia has already virtually clinched.

Club chaude

Children's compeitions

ot

O Country Club and presentations.

TOMORROW

Mersings

Bowl

at

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British acc

like Brabham, Shek driver Stirling Moss and other big rames in auto racing, did not

Monza participate in the

the British 8cc. They and stcbles that boycotted the race the course claimed that combined ten-kilometre road and high-banked speedway track-was too dangerous—AP.

HKFA Fint Council meeting Sports Road. Op.r.

Colony Men's Stigles e-Anas at Recreto, 520 ..

Tennis Ladles Hecreation Club pionships, 5.30 p.m.

cham-

Four D. Jones

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PARTS IS ASSEMBLED...

THAT DOES

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"Who kwows how good or bad this machine will be?" Mr Campbell added. So far, the ex- plained, Bluebind has never travelled ot more than 60 mph, though its idling speed was ence calculated al 100 mph.

Problems

He emphasised the need for careful, step by step prosedure in checking the ear. Referring to his American rival Mickey Thompson, whose attempts on the record have been held up by bad weather on the date for the past week, he mid; "He understands the need for careful preparation,"

be Among the problems to encountered. He said, was the effect of heat on the brakes, which would be greater than 1.200 degrees Fahrenheit when they mere applied at a speed of over 400 mph.

ol

Neat, quiet start

#

check

the The third section look teams al the way to Brides Pool, back to the main road and then over Route 1 for a long drive through Un Long Castle Peak, Tsun Wan and

A fall

Brain Young and Howard Bowyer falled to see a hole in the road in Kan Tong sad took a fall but fortunately suffered no serious Injuries and were able to continuo,,

It was drizzling now and the teams had much unkind but justified criticism to offer about

Tong.

Visibility was poor but

There was a bright moon brief stop at the Caltex Talpo- the state of the road in Kun

road service station in town overhead and only a handful for refuelling prior to proceed only Frank Goldberg was tardy

spectators around

the Ing to Shatin Inn for a half- at the shock point, He was starting point when Jimmy

hour rest and hot soup.14 minutes lato for this 4B Foo sent the scooters on their

Navigators had to write down minutes soction. The house the name of the construction numbers of the way, Route cards were handed

Great World to each navigator as the sea company engaged in road-work Theatre and Tak Shing School

took off at two-minule inter-

Case for Delhi

The Makarajah of Pailala, izi puiting the saxe for Delhi, said thai no Eastern country had as yet held 'the GaZILES, The Indian capital had ali the necessary installations, and Rnancial backing WOR forth coming, he declared.

Mr John Henderson, Chair- man of the Council for Scotland, put the case for Edinburgh and pressed that a decision be taken at the present Congress, four years was too short a time in which to prepare properly for the Games.

as

Special,

OLYMPIC QUIZ

1. Gold medallists officiated`

as best man and matron one of honour when Olympic gold medal winner married another medal Olympic gold winner: Who were they?

3.

As the agenda showed quite 2. clearly a decision was not to bo taken until the meeting in Perth, there was no question of the Scottish plea succeeding. Delegates seemed to feel that held in as the Games Wales in 1958, it was too early for another British nation to

stage them.

were

The programme at Perth will be the same as it was in Cardiff,

vuls. It was a neat and quiet. Dear Brides Pool and the house were easily spotted and taken except that the two extra events

start,

The first section had to be completed in 42 minutes and the Toute took teams along

the

Chathun - roud, Matauwei- Argyle- Sterling-road, road,

of the number

Snow White Steam Laundry in Un Long during this 159 minutes ride, incidentally the longest section.

Perfect performance

the

down.

From Kun Tong the teams

then went on to Section 5 which took them to the New Terri-

taries again, this time along

Route 2 with a check point at the Pot Heung Police Station, Souza was still is the lead, with- out a single penalty point bul Hu Fong, Kwo and Miss Ding were making a great race of it placings. The for the mitior

interval During the street and up to Kowloon Peak, opportunity was taken to asces returning to the foot of the the penalties incurred by the Peak where a check point had various teams through fallure E the meanwhile been set up.

to record symbols or for late Six teams failed to record the arrival at check points and at

name of the Maryknoll School Mr Campbell brought

the house number of this stage of the run "Ricky" symbols,

In town was known to all and "good luck" pieces with him the China Light & Power Com-Souza had a clear lead because from Britain a teddy bear he pany along Argyle-street and the of a perfect performance. Fong only two machines were way off second the time allotted for this part}- corried with him in is water number of lamp posts in Ster Chi-keurg was then

Miss Annacular section, a generous 141 speed record attempts, and aling-road and Arthur Olaes al with the horseshoe given him by his most did not contact the mor- Ding and Henry Wong close minutes.

third place. Only abral, incurring a penalty for behind in daughter Georgina--Reuter.

two

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THE TRIP TO BARTHI

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ILFORD

The care the tricklest part of the rally, Section 6 for It "be-

ga to ruin cais und dogs

ground 6.15 am when the mar- alrain sent, the scooters off on the last part of the run which everyone was supposed to com

plete within 87 minutes. Jolin

agreed upon during the Card Congress, the 800 metres for women and 3,000 metres sleep- lechase, are to be included.

It was doolded that there would be no Winter Britiati and Commonwealth Empire Games yet, nor will there be until the Winter Games sports

No Sunday rest

Which athlete has won the most individual Olympic gold medals? The Games at Rome this will be the 15th, 16th, 17th or 20th?

year

4. How many countrica took part in the Mel bourne Games: 65, 68, 792

5.

The Games in which the

number greatest

of countries took part were held at....?

(Answers tomorrow)

Answers to

Wednesday's

Olympic Quiz

for the Danish Olympic soccer XI 2. Great Britain,

1. Betty Cuthbert of Aug

tralia.

3. (a) High Jump (b)

Pole Vault (c) Mara thon. Helsink

Ront, Sept. 4. Olymple athletes by the dozens from Look a Bunday holiday sports for a bit of relaxation,

notable excep- 4. with a few tiptis,

The Danish BoCCES team, Y. Hu drove his 'GS at almost 30 mph but was still shown a jiching for a gold medal, con- cican pair of heels by fearless tinued training. So-was-the Henry Wong with Miss Ding as German men's 400-metre relay 5. his pillion as Wong coaxed her team, led by sprinter Armin

150 cc machine to its limit over the extremely slippery rond along Routes 1 and 2. The 'loops did not find favour with many because of the heavy rain and poor visibility which forced drivers to reduce speed.

Hardest of all

Despite the danger of speed- ing under such conditions Souze, Wong, Hu and Stephen Garcia recorded exceptionally Inst ilmes and were only 1, 5, 4 and 5 minutes respectively away from the designated time. The others showed more, respect for the downpour along this Anoi section and none of them did it In less than 100 minutes.

Just before Section 6 was traversed competitors

were Instructed to secure a vehicular ferry

Соса ticket,

Cola bottle cap, a five-cent piece. a bus ticket, and hardest of all

They

at the

a box "5555" matches, had to produce these Anish to earn 20 hours points

article. Torches per

were flashed around bus stope, navigators bent tow in the hope of picking up discarded caps and hurried searches чисте made in pockets to find the rest.

had

The rain let up a bit at the finish at the Shalin Inn around '8 am on Sunday and after all beer accounted for the results were worked out and announced after which every- one seltied down to a boarty breakfast, looking absolutely axhausted 'but in cheerful spirits ut having muccessfully completed the long Course. Most teama registered 200 miles fat against a confrmed 198 for the courre.

Special mention must be made of the hard work put in by marshals Pout and Meunio Kwok, Winnle Foo, Robert Les Charles. Curry, not fors mechanics getting also the

were required whose services but once to change a tyre.

anzi

Results,

Final results wane::

1, H. C. Sousa and Jos Bayer

9 h 56 mine, 00 penalty points.

2, Mias Anna Ding and Henry Wong, 10 hry X min, -20.

3, Jolm Y, Hu and William Cheung, 10 hrs 3 mins, +10.

4, Kwok Ying Bum (Solo), 10 has 5 mins +10,

1-5, 5.2. Gandia and y. Britto,

were

05

the

1952, Emil Zatopek climbed the ros- trum three times and his wife Dana once.

Laszlo Papp of Hun- gary. He won Gold Medals in 1948, 1952 and 1956.

night Sensational win

Hary.

No

sports Olymple schedule.

The Danish soccer squad was | polishing up its play for its kry semi-inal match against Hungary on Tuesday The Hungarians, among the tournament favourites lost the Danes, 2-1, in a training match at Copenhagen in July,

"We hope we can repeat that vlctury in Rome," said Danish manager E. Spang AP.

to

Vienna, Sept. 4. Austria's national soccer team Loday won sensational 2-1 victory In д International match against the Soviet Union Larsen.before 85,000 fans in the Vienan

Prster Stadium.~~AP.

Olympic

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