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** THE CHINA MAIL,

MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1961.

. 2, Sing Tao

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WEEKEND SOFTBALL-

POLICE IN PENALTY DRAMA Cheers to New Asia

MONTE CARLO RALLY

301 teams out of 305 still in after 24 hours' driving

Paris, Jan. 22.

After some twenty-four hours of driving only four of the 305 teams which started out for the 30th Monte Carlo Automobile Rally were this evening reported to be definitely out of the Mid-winter and Reliability Run through Europe.

A

Sing Tao waste many chances and lose a game of two contrasting

By I. M. MacTAVISH

halves

bumping pitch and a blinding light...if you know the old pootic cricket tale which contains these words you will understand something of the stirring climax witnessed at Boundary-street yesterday afternoon. Picture the scene.

we

Three athletic

records at U.S. indoor meeting

Los Angeles, Jan. 22. Three American fuloor. re- : cords were established here last night by Olympic Games athletes.

20, triple

summer, beat the women's in- 60 yards sprint record

Wima

Rudolph,

gold medal winner at Home last with a time of 6.0 seconds. The

'face

race

seat-bound Too...1,

Europe drivers representing 21 ly 2,000 miles of hard driving Forty-five seconds left for play....eight thousand fans still

the scoreboard reading, Police... 1, Sing 25 ft 10 inches half an inch and a long lob upfield carries the ball deep into Sing Tao territory.

As darkness fall over Wenters countries were converging onto France from the eight starting int for the Anal ron down to the Monte Carlo nishing point of this four-day Rally

3.000 kilometre- miles) to 3,902 kilometres (2,417 miles) according to the route; chosen.

over

Car wrecked

mechanical

-

breakdow A near Gdynia knocked out one for the 2 Warsaw starters. En- Eine trouble forced cut a Brt

team which

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with

krasn Lyons fo ruus over

the

previous record was 7.2 seconds by Dolores Dwyer in New York

March 21, 1954. Ralph Boston, holder of the world and Olymple tɔng jump records, beat the indeor mak

with For the cyant

Jump of

better than the 25 fcel D inches set up by Bob Robertsen in New York on Febuary 20,

Parry O'Brien bake his own nenes with a threw of 63 feet 11⁄2 Inchra-fouler.

1.960..

On Monday night after near-

will all the survivors" just after Lyons a motor

and now over on ice winding mountain roads almost unprotected edges over vertiginous drops.

The routr

It breaks to Mak Wing-hung. and Evans that saw the while-, to prod it home. Poor goal- eight the Police centre-forward, and shirted "Boys-in-Blue" through keeping... but nevertheless audcor shot putt record by BK Monte Carlo passes in the 4,000 feet clays-all at he tries to forro is way to victory.

ice bound and the through he is up-ended illegally Sing Tao were a sad disap- drivers will have a difficult time by Fang Kre-wan. In these puintent. They were on top maintaining the Rally average seconds of søster drama the for a long time in the first half of 31.8 miles on homar,

fous realize the referee : point witheut being able to turn their log to the spol.

superiority into goals and once the opposition applied pressure aner the interval the Tigers looked a sorry lat.

This was only a shadow of the virulent young side which played such attractive foot- ball earlier in the season. and

on yesterday's form it could once again be heading for trouble.

On arrival at Monte Carlo after three days and nights at: the wheel the 120 least penalisedi was mong ears will on Thursday compete the ground. While he is re-

Latest reports

the 13 starters from Frankfurt. in the "Round the Houses"

A French team which left) -four lips of the principality's Monte Carlo with 34 other; Grand Prix circuit. teams ended up in a ditch an ler- after adding aft covered road between Valence and te Puy, Central Franer. The crew escaped unhurt but the car was wrecked. The last

"vletim

was

British entry from Paris which was in a collision with a car in left 15 This Northern Frazze,

the Paris starters.

out of

JJG

The

reports front Latest various control pulls were:

tianover: The 23 of the 24 startera checked Warsaw through without incident.

Zagreb: The 13 Athens start- without chocked through incalent and are now heading for Ljubljana the last control point in Yugoslavia.

era

Alak Wing-hung les sprawled celving attention, the Sing Tao boys are making a buil-hearted (appeal against the referee's deci

sion and Lau Woon-ching

the

i trying a bit of old fashioned

around ant smar hip pegally spot in an effort to amp- ket the Police kleker.

stadiuin

i

Only ones in form

Ane opportunist gool.

Slung into action Sing Tno staged a brisk attack on Police goal but, although several players hatt a shol, the Ponce somehow survived.

The interval swig given to the guardians must have been laced with some magle elixir for as

soon as the second halt started it was obvious that the Bobbics were back on the beat and it was the Tigers who were in trouble up to their necks,

Sports Diary

TODAY Soccer

College, White Sox a real slugfest'

for

By OLLY VAS

It has been a long time since fans last witnessed what is usually referred to as a "slugfest" in softball circles but those who turned up at King's Park over the weekend were treated to one when the New Asia Collegians literally battled against the White Sox in a free-hitting Junior game before losing by 13-15.

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Bert Sholton's

Indians Braga's

rund i ball wild after Joey had hit it Auslew turned in his direction, IIe stole a base and when pitcher M. Chan m easy grounder fumbled

home plate Wilkinson crossed with the icing run,

After this the Sox sent no

up in time for their game but off when the did not piny it umpiros nominated played truant and no one eine was on hand er willing to esiste. It is understand that a repert Is In the mail-box for the, attention fewer than seven more batters to of those in charge of these mat-the plate before the opposition could retire the side and whea the dust had settled over the diamond the Sox were ahead 8-1.

ters.

Tallied 8 times

first The White Sox balted

Wong. Li and Shen went and

Eddie Figueredo,

and down in 1-2-3 fashion for New Doncicio Xavier were conseeu» į Asia and then in the top of the tive outs,

third inning the Sox went fur- The Collegians jumped into ther ahead, Zinho Reza tallying an early lead after Ishiyaman run ou Santos tine drive over bag received a base on balls, second base.

le stole second, advanced an Tashiro's hit to left field and then

scored when pitcher

Clan Kified. a long fly ball to centre.

Reeled

The Collegians falled to add

to their score and in the ton of

1st Div. Kwong Wih v Army (B5) 3.30 pm.

Reserve Div: Kwong v Army (BS) 2 pm.

Athletics

P. Chan at Allen were ro- the fourth Inning it looked as if Kau Yan College annual sports, tired via an indeld pop-up and the Sox would emerge easy SCAA madium, 9 am to 3.43 pm.

Wilkinson scored a foul-tip respectively and the winners, for Tsang Wah and Toledo put a

TUNOUBOW Aquash

second Inning opened with the their tenth run on a good bit off strangler on the Sing Tao in-

Fiddlers v Victorta (Victoria Bar- cide-forwards and, with Evans racks) 5.30 pra; USRC

eventual winners trailing 0-1. the bat of Silva but the Col- ✓ Stanley and Nr Chak-lau whipping the USC) pan; Sex Kong v Wayfoong They quickly got into the swing legions narrowed the margin by

Bex Kung pm: RAF

pin; Police v Gurkha of things for in the top of this pushing two runs across the Police attack into soine

ВКСС ¡Victoria

Sox tallied eight plate to make it 10-3. The Sox blance of order, the character (Kal Tak) 0 pin; Cripples v Dragons inning the

times. Joey Wilkinson led of infeld then momentarily reeled of the game changed complete-Victoria Bartarka) 6.30 pm.

Xoccer ly,

for the Sox and got on base us from a surprise pulled on them Meeting of Interport Sub-Com-

third-sucker Tashiro tossed the by the Colleginns whose battera sittee, KFA office, Sporta flood.

began laying down one bunt after another to collect dive hits In this inviraz.

sci-

The hands on the clock have now reached away Goalkeeper Kwok Chow-ming beyond the affinial end of the made some fine saves, but it whe one of his sets of charity came and there is a strange hush as skipper Kung Wal-which donated the first goal to kit advances towards the ball. the Police.

The homesters were right on Luk Bing-yiu, Cheung Chi Kung' shot flashes into the man, Yeung Wai-to and Fungtos but the Sing Tao defence The 13 Athens starters,

net, leaving goalkeeper Kwok Ker-leung were the only men gave very little away and, in Stockholm starters, 25 Lisbon

Chow-ming helpless. and the in yellow shirts who played to spite or long periods of sustain- starters and 63 Glasgow starters.

The less ed pressure, the Police could shout from the crowd almost anything lite form. two-year

the referee's double safd about the others the better. jluding:

not find the net. London Taxi driven by Britain's

the Arsi blast is hard to know just what ife tize secord Tony Brooks,

and goal

the has happened to the side. The Drivers' Racing World

old fro has temporarily burn- cd out,

1950

ald

Championships, were all be- lieved to be "pressing on."

A motor race

whistle

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Cambrai, Northern France: 45 of the 40 Paris starters and 12 of the 13 Frankfurt starters crowns checked through,

The 35 Lis-signifying Burton, Spału: bun starters checked through, second ending the game. Police Boulogne, Northern France: are dramalle. but worthy win the 83 Glasgow starters landed ners... by two goals to cue. un the continuat.

3.5

Le Puy, Central France! Ti najority of the teams | reported that weather and of the 35 Monte Carlo starters

reads were

so far

#vod.

Bui the tougher stretches holm of the their The sting lle head.

AFP. 30th Rally is in iis tail.

tion.

on

the

n

to

Frights

They missed by inches.... chipped the paint off the post ...and one, thundering drive by Cheung Shul-keung lad the crossbar shuddering above Kwak Chowming's head although the resounding crack 28 leather met wood was the goalkeeper's only knowledge of the shot.

There were some pre-match double about the Biness of Poor standard

but the bla Kung Wah-kit fellow was in his place when is Boundary-street building the tears took the field. generally checked through.

Sing Tao were quickly Hamburg: All the 80 Stock- up quite a reputation as

Things happen the attack and with only two starters left here for routic whore

Germany-nd yesterday was to excep- minutes gone they tookt ACTOES *T

lead in peculiar fashion.

Young Wai-yip pushed wind bled A cold, biting directly aeros the pitch and, Ipme shot goalwards and

like from the now end, the play players and supporters ers on both sides found li be- their goalkeeper misjudged the yond then to control the ball direction badly. He appeared to with any sort of confidence, in think the bell was going out

the standard of play side but instead It crept in at the post and Sing Tao were poor it was surprising the fans ahead.

of the The Tigers continued to hold alayed on in defence prevailing chill... but I'm the upper hand and they should fine lob by sure they will long applaud havo increasd their goal nd their own judgment. for the vastage when

Young Wal-ylp rebounded from the crossbar with the defence second half turned out to be a cracker.

beaten all ends up.

THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB with the turf disappearing fast the consternation of the Police custodian gave his

7TH RACE MEETING

Saturday 21st and Saturday 28th January, 1961.

(To be held under the flules of The Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club)uring the first half

THE PROGRAMME WILL CONSIST OF 10 RACES

(There will bo 8 races on the 1st Day and 8 races on the 2nd Day) The First Boll will be rung at 1.30 p.m. and the First Race run at 2.00 p.m. on both days.

The Secretary's Office at Alexandra House will close at 11.45 am. on both days.

MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE

No person without an Admission Badge will be admitted. Admission Badges must be prominently displayed throughout the meeting.

Admission Badges at $25.00 each per day are obtainable only on the written introduction of a Member. Admission Badges may be obtained during office hours from the Cash Sweep Offices of the Club at Prince's Bulking, Ground Floor (facing Statue Square); 5, D'Aguilar Street; King's Road, North Point and 982 Nathan Rood. ADMISSION BADGES WILL NOT BE ON SALE AT THE SECRETARY'S OFFICE AND WILL NOT BE AVAIL- ABLE AT THE RACE COURSE ON RACE DAYS.

Timing will be obtainable at the Club House It ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 72811),

Members, Ladies wearing Ladies Brooches, and their Guests to the must enter the Members Enclosuro by the entrance

Stand Membera

Members wishing to proceed to Club Boxes on the 4th and Floors of the new Public Stand must do po from the 2nd Floor of the Members Stand, using the lift or stairs,

Apart from the foregoing. Members, their Ladies, and Members Guests are not permitted to enter the Public Inclosure and Stand.

NO CHILDREN under the age of soventeen years (Western Standard) will be admitted to the Chil's premises during the Merling.

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE

The price of admission will be $10.00 each per day payable at the Gate. Admission Badges will be issued and they must be prominently displayed throughout the Meeting.

Any person leaving the Enclosure will be required to pay the requisite fee of $10.00 in order to gain re-admission.

MEALS and REFRESHMENTS will be available in the RESTAURANT.

CASH SWEEPS

Through Cash Sweep Tickote at $10.00 each per day and $32.00 each for both days may be obtained from the Cash Sweep Offices at Prince's Building, Ground Floor (facing Statue Square) 5. D'Aguilar Street and 302 Nathan Road, Kowloon, during offer

hours.

Tickets reserved and available but not paid for by 10.00 am. on Friday, 20th January, 1001, will bo sold and the reservation cancelled for future Meetings.

Special Cash Sweep Tickets on the Pearce Memorial Cup scheduled to be run on 4th March, 1981, at $2.00 each and Casit Sweep Tickets at $2.00 each for the last race of this meeting may be obtained from the Cach Sweep Offices of the Club.

The office hours of the Cash Sweep Offices of the Club are as follows:-

Prince's Building, Ground Floor (facing Statue Square) and

5. D'Aguline Street, ilong Kong:-

Mondays to Fridays

Saturday 14th January

Saturday 21st and

Saturday 28th January ..........

9 am to 6 pm.

9 n.m. to 12.30 p.m.

9 am, to 11 a.m.

King's Road, North Point, Hong Kong and 382 Nathan Road,

Kowloon:-

Mondays to Fridays

Baturday 21st and

Saturday 14th January

Saturday 28th January

Hong Kong, 14th January, 1901.

10 am to 4 pm.

0a.m. to 11.45 a.m.

o, to 11a.m.

By Order of the Blewards,

A. E. ARNOLD,

Secretary,

tio MALE

Sing Tao who had held the balance of poster-lo coin a phrase in the first half slipped badly after the interval and thele eventual defeat must be lald at the Loor of their chaner-wasiing forwards who missed many fine opportuuliles during the initial period.

Goalkeeping error

The Police side was right out of touch fore and aft, but they had a great chance to equalise in the 24th minute when Ng Chak-lau ran through the Stag Tao defence only to shoot wide. The home side almost had They should have established pay dearly for this error. A a commanding lead and the fact few minutes later they had to be content with a melee developed in front of one-Bil half-time Ecoresheet the Police goal when Chung was due more to their inability | Kwoklo-lcul carelessly hit

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to take chances rather than clearance to a Sing Tao player being an indication of solid du- standing just outside the penal- fensive work by the Police.

ty aren.

Shortcomings

Victory-deserved as it was cannot hide the shortcomings of Hineup. Police the present

Chung Kwok khi Goalkeeper had an atrocious afternoon and he was a very lucky young! In that only one of his errors did result in a goal. He prob

put about the counter which ably had a nightmare thinking Sing Tao ahead after only two minutes

but more about that Izter.

Several Tigers had a go at goal and the pressure was only relieved when Yeung Wal-to over the drove the ball just top.

Three minutes later Cheung Bhut-kenna, the young Police Inside-forward, showed kla class with a brilliani abot............ only to be frustrated by an equally fine save by Kwok Chow-ming in the Bing Tao goal. Poller were still having an innings and Evans was only

with his shot inches outside

Bob Rosburg wins the Bing Crosby National

Golf Tournament

Pebble Beach, Jan. 22.

Bob Rosburg came from a seven-stroke deficit on the final round today to catch a tiring Ted Kroll to win the $50,000 Bing Crosby Na- tional Pro-Amateur Golf Tournament with a 72-hole score of 282.

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At the other end the Police matesa couple of frights by mishandl- ing the ball. Both Fung Kec- leung and Young Wal-ta had him to the chances to srodk back of the net to retrieve the their

Al Balding of Torante had bail but they had left

Hitting a low ball off the tee

At 288 came Bob shooting bools behind and to avoid raging winds that blow: 13 for 297.

at 35 Goalby, the first-round leader, them, just as it seemed a draw from the Pacific Ocean

came Fung miles an hour, Rosburg came in who tled with Doug Sanders, was inevitable

the Police with an even-par 72.

and E. J. Harrison.-UPI. centre-forward... Kung Wah- Kee-won's foul on

eleventh-and-a-bit-hour penalty winner dramatic a falsh as we have

kil's

had this season.

the

and as

VERDICT: A game of two halves. The second was most entertaining..

first?....well most of us wished

had the inter- turned up at val. The Police

were

እናር

Kroll, the third-round leader. shot 81.

Rosburg rolled in a 10-foot birdie puts on the 18th hole to capture the crown by one stroke from Dave Ragan of Orlande, Fia, and Roberto De Vicenzo, Mexico City, cach with 233.

Worth $5,300

Rosburg, from Palo Alto, Calif. pulted scores of 09-07-74-72.

Kroll wound up in a four-way

Arnold

worth their victory if tie for fourth place at 28: with only for their sustained Gardner Dickinson,

Re Palmer, and Bill Collin, second-half efforts. ferce Forbes Burn had a very successful game and his vital, last second decision was as coura- geous as it was correct.

The triumph was worth $5,- 300 to Rosburg, and was the first tournament triumph since ht won the National PGA Championship in 1959. Palmer, who had made a briet I like to think about the run at Kroll during the first oh,alne, went out of contention on a double- the 14th hole with five bogey seven.

"Everything came my way to- day," Rosburg salt.

second half....but these first forty minutes. I think I shall report the whole matter to the LSFPS (The Long- Suffering Fans' tion Society)."

The teams

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Protec.

Chess News

By LEONARD BARDEN

Dagland had a mixed bag of brilliant successes and mediocrity in the inter- national team tournament which ended at Leipzig last weck. When England nosed home arst in the preliminary group by ousting Czecho- Blovákia on the to-breaking rules, it WAS the ürst occasion on which this country had ever won an adult team event.

Jonathan Penzoso brought forth tremendous applause from the players and spectators by defeating

champion world Mikhau Tal in the last round. It was the only game lost by the Russians out of ED played at Leipzig and the first time, an Engltaliman had beaten a reign- ing world champion Tar al years. Despite all this. England were Jast of the 12 finalists (though with 28 non-finalists below the Lack of international experience and insuficient knowledge of hsial opening variations were the chief reasons. Our team la young by world atondards and could well make a big advance by the next championships two years fence.

Pro-Amateur event

The Pro-Amateur Champion- ship was won by Bowles Ellis of West Caldwell, NJ, and amateur partner, Sandy Tatum Chung Kwok-kul, of San Francisco. They had a Other Policemen who were after a long run in which he Yun Hol-ping, Cheng Wing-best-ball of 252 to the the 20-

was harrassed all the way by kan. Toledo,

Kung Wan-kit. year

For viewed with serious soccer sus-

tournament record. picion were Kung Wah-kit, the Sing Tas defenders.

Trang Weh, NE Chau-wing, Nr this, Ellis collected $3,000, Bill The Tigers were wilting who was never in control of

Chaulau, Mak Wing-hung. Casper, who set a course Nis beat, NE Chau-wing and little but it was a rank bad Cheung Bhul-keung. Evans.

by Kwok tak Wing-ing. They were bit of goaliceeping

"coppers-in-confusion"! Chow-ring which led to Indeed

and it was only sterling second Poilee equaliser

the

0.1

the cord of 15 yesterday when weather conditions were per- | Slug Tao: Kwok Chow-minfect, took a 74 today for a 200. Lee Lu-kwong, Lak Bing-yłu,

Other lenders finishing high included at 280, Lau in the money

| half performances by Yuen Evans fret o hard chot Cheung Man-chi Fung Kee-

Hol-ping, Toledo, Trang Wah straight at the goalkeeper but wan, Cheung Chi-man, and Ng Chuk-lau and "teady he failed to hold it and as the Weon-ching,, Yeung Wai-to, Fung Jackie Burke, Bo Winninger, supporting efforts from Cheng ball slipped from his grasp Ng Kee-loung, Yeung Wal-yip, Lee Ken Venturi, Dow Finsterwald,

and Marty Furgol. Wing-kan, Cheung Shu-keung Chak-lau was right on the spot | Tak-tukg.

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GREAT POWER NOTE: Pin- ishing second, five points behind the Russians, the Americats stepped up their challenge to the world champions, and, with 17- year-old Hobby Flacher leading them, are heading for supremacy within the next five years,

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COOK BETTER MEALS

WITH GAS

The Collegians seemned Ins- pired by this pair of runs and retired the Sox in the top of the fifth without any addition to the score. But in their turn at bat they threw away twa good scoring chances, batters Ivaving two runners stranded on base with допл away on Eddio Xavier faltered on the pitching mound,

their

When the Box added three more runs in the top of the sixth Inning Now Asia's chances of catching up seem-

ed very remote, especially after Demetrio Xavier had blasted a tremendous home run to left field, But the Collegians were undismayed and C. C. Liu daringly stole home when Sox cutcher Lawrence groped in the dust for a low ball, to make i 13-4,

A beauty

It was indeed fortunate for the Sox that they banged ja two more runs in the top of The last Inning when Figueredo took advantage of an overthrow to first base to round the bases and Eddie Xavier did likewise on two bad heiding errors by the Sox, for the losers put on a fine show of hitting power in an attempt to draw level.

With the score now atending ni 15-4 in the Box's favour the Collegians rapped out six hits, Tashiro's triple with the bases loaded being a real beauty and the Sox appeared worried,

two

With two down and potential runs on base Alien could only manage a weak in- field hit to second base and got tossed out to end the game with the Sox worthy winners by

narrow margin.

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The Sox got 15 hits and tho Collegians 14 in this very spirited contest highlighted by

Both the Collegians' late rally. sides played with an enthusiasm that has been lacking in our softball matches for a long time and it would be unfair to single out any particular player for mention. They must be con gratulated for putting on sporting and entertaining match,

Other results

Results of other roftball matches during the weekend were:

Ladies' LeaKUO Nam Wah Blues Toreros

Mua Henfòr League Clieyannes 11 UB. Navy

Men's Junior League

Biardusts

Outsider wins

Indian Oaks

1

10

Bombay, Jan. 22. Winged Beauty, a 13-1 out- sider owned by H. D. Appoo, won the Indian Osks for four- year-old llics over one end a half miles hero today,

Winged Beauty won by thres lengths from Panbesalam (10-1) with RequCRI the 2-1. second favourite a further length and

a halt away,

All

There were 11 runnera. carried. B. alone 7 pounds. Roulot.