1961-02-22 — Page 8

Part 8

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1961.

Charnley retains European crown

COMFORTABLE POINTS WIN OVER FRENCH CHAMPION ON OF WORLD TITLE FIGHT EVE

London, Feb. 21.

In his last fight before his world title bid in six weeks, the British champion, Dave Charnley, retained his European crown at Streatham here tonight, beating on points the French lightweight champion, Fernand Nöllet, over 15 fine rounds.

While the British, British Empire and European cham- o, won confortably enough. the dusky

enlonial French penstrated his guard sufletendy ften with right jabs to sug- Rest that the Briton is going to have a

Iferculean tusk wre ting the world title from Brown. the Ameriena chat ich, in their return fight in de an April 18.

than 50 nights without being knocked out, rallied to such good effect that the Briton at the Anish had to go all out to retain his title.

N. Bril, The Dutch referee, three times wamed Nollet for butting, and once for using his

Charnley too was ad elbow. monished for using his head.

It was a clash of heads in the Clash of heads 13 round which opened cuts rye but n the Briton's right Charnley did most of the

the darege was not serious, nilacking from the start and

came through to the Julfway

through

Gght and he the

making a fooked as if he might not lose finish in great style,

tremendous bid to knock out even one round. But the seasoned Frenchman his opponent in the final round. From Martinique. with more Ruter.

Dawn Fraser fails

to crack the

one-minute barrier

Brishane, Feb. 21.

Dawn Fraser, the Olympie titleholder, heat Ilsa Konrads tonight in the women's 100-metre freestyle event of the Austrällan Swimming Championships.

Pigeon racing a highly developed art

By CHARLES STEPHEN When a book on pigeon racing arrived on my desk, I smiled in mild

at the Amusement obscure subjects attracting Then I authors these days.

started reading .. and quick- ly discovered a big gap in my sporting knowledge. Pigeen racing. I find, is the hobby f A -few Mighty entestries but a highly develop

nol

Callover

prices

on Lincolnshire,

Grand National

London, Feb. 21.

frained by Nerograph,

George Todd, was the best backed horse for the Lin-

colnshire Handicap when he became a 16 to 1 joint favourite with Mustavan the and Honeymoor at Victoria Club callover on the Lincolnshire and the Grand National here last night.

Serograph a five-year-old wom in teor one ree last season starts. The best price on offer for this bay colt was 18 to 1. 18 Wis is final closing price

calinver

to 1. At last week's

he was on the 25 to 1 mail.

Thames Trader, one of last

week's joint favourites delflest

Foley's charge. from 16 to 1 to 20 to 1 and Eric Great Faith, rame in from 25 to 1 to close at

20 to 1.

Last year's Grand National Mias Fraser's winning time winner, Merryman cased slight- ly in the market from 8 to 1 to of minule 1 second was ex- to 1. But the Irish challenger, cellent but ด personal dis-Team Spirit, moved from 20 to 1 appointment since she had hop-10 10 to 1. ed 10 ersek the one-minute barrier.

The next callover will be held

PRICES Prices al the callover last jnight were:

She did not get off to a good next Monday. start, She picked up time on the Jurn bu wasn't pressed over the last 60-metre tap. Miss Fraser's world record is 1:00.2.

Miss Konrads finished secondl In 1:05.2, followed by Helen Bartier, 1:05.8.

LINCOLNSHIRE

In

support of MacTavish

dear sir

Poor old dialitulored. "Soccer

Fan'

seems to have, got his

new crossed somewhere. First he rails on about, LM, Mac- Tävlih'n reports, telling everg ope how wroug, they are and then fie staria to dɛree with the very points your football writer made.

If 'Soccer Fan', can read chin- ene, og, if he, can, get someone to read what the local press sald about the game in the ver nacular newapapers, he might find that they agree whole- lieartedly with MacTavish.

Radio airbt Last Saturday

football reporter Hongkong's accused, the Swiss.side of th

under, false pre- ing mousy tences and well known sports crille John Wallace, saldoven harsher things about the Chin- the third ese players after stame.

I saw all three games and 1 agree very definitely with what MacTavish said. I think he gave your readers a very clear Picture of what took place, in all the matches and I would be very lotereated to know the inaccuracies.to, whilch. 'Soccer Fan' referred in his impulsive Letter

In yesterday's edition of the China Mail. More strength to MacTavish's pen. If we had more writers Jike him there might be a

quick improvement very

longkong football.

312

It may be of interest to know

At

that according to the Cubese presa, today the members of the Hongkong Football Asso ciation are, going to press for A full. Inquiry into the cou. duct of the players who took part in the thiră coma with such a lack of interest thaf hoy-made the, Hwiss side look better than they did in the

VOTE OF

tist and second games. Please tell MacTavish not to

worry about the rantings of people like Soccer Fan', le- Jian Lie blagest following of readers in the Colony, because are translated his articles

tlimen over by many Chloese sports writers. ·

'GUBBY'.

CONFIDENCE

since coming to Hongkong about a year ago I have tried never to miss an article by Mr 1. M. MacTavish your чегу out- spoken football writer.

1

enjoy them very much and I know that in my circles he He has a very big following. certainly pulls no punches and I thought he was quite right in his reviews of the Young Boys series.

is I suppose, "Soccer Fan"

entitled to his opinioit. That is democracy, but if I. M. Mac- Tavish wants a vote of con- fidence for his excellent cover-

games age of the Swiss

Police and Club in return Hexangular Rugby clash today

By "PROP"

he

the Club Stadium this evening the Police take on Club in their second Hexangular Tourna- ment meeting this season.

Police have lost most of their interest in this

the

Sportsmen's prestige goes up as Japan prepares for

Games

Tokyo, Feb. 21. The sportsman promises to become the most re- vered figure in Japan in the next few years as Japan prepares for the 1964 Olympic Games In Tokyo.

The Olympic Games in Rome last year taught the Japanese observers that their athletes, swim- mers, boxers, fencers, wrestlers and yachts- men would need continual international com- petition if their 1961 team was to do well.

Now both

Table Tennis; Japanese com- the Japanese

petitors will be at the World Government and the sports or- Kapisalions appear ready to Table Tennis Championships in spend the time and the ioney Peking in April and will later necessary to try and improve go to Vietnam,

The Japanese seem standards.

Tennis Players will meet prepared to meet the new sport- | Indonesia In Djakarta for the with as much) Davis Cup eastern zone round. ing challenge energy, dedication and nation- Two players will go to Wimble allim as they met the economic don, England, In June and an- challenge after World War 11.

Biggest test

certainly, gets one from me and from many of thy, friends, 1 did not see all of the third game because, I left disgusted midway through the second half after paying $10 — and frankly I agreed with Mac- Tavish that the visitors were no better. tian they were

the the other tämės but as Chinese did not seem to care

In preparation for these,and what happened they were al- for the 1984 Olymple Games, lowed to play without oppost-hundreds of Japanese sportsmen tion. Any team can look good will be sent overseas this year. In such circumstances,

In

I look forward eagerly to 1. M.

MacTavish's Saturday.

comments

"UP THE CANARIES."

on

The biggest text in the next three years will be the Fourth Djakaria Aslan Games in next year,

In return, hundréda óf forelen athletes will come to Japan, in cluding coaches to Japanese.

train the

other two to the Orange Bowl Junior Championships at Miami Beach, Florida, in December.

Boxing: Boxers will go to the European Amateur Hoxing Championships in June.

Modern Pentathlon: Com- petitors will attend the World Modern Pentathlon Champion- ships in Moscow in August ball Championships at Djakarta In August,

Volleyball: The Asian Volley-

Judo: The Third World Julo Championships In Paris.

Weightlifting: A team will The Biggest sparta event. pro- visit the Soviet Union. Japan- Dased for Japan this year will ese will compete in the World be the 1081 World Amateur | Weightlifting Championships lu Freestyle

Kilmarnock to Wrestling Championships, being

Greco-Roman | Austria in Öctober.

Kilmarnock to play again in U.S. tournament

Kilmarnock,

Kilmarnock, Feb. 20.

Inst year's de- feated finallats, will again re- present Scotland in the Untied Soccer States International

Tournament in New York.

Mr Fred Donovan, Secretary of the Scottish Football League, today sald Kilmarnock,

accond in the

who

tournament as far as winning the title goes, are at prosent

Scattish First Division, had but they will not surrender any points to their again been old rivals without a fight.

clected, for this year's tournament. They went down 0-2 to the all-star Banga 16-1 Mustavon, Honeymoor

will not see as much of the side from Brazil in the first of put the 1000 competition China and Nerograph; 20-1 Thongs

bali as they need, 10 Arion, Trastr. Bookmarker,

planu into Mall Special. their attacking Cross, Great Faith, Fuisha

operation. Jahn Konrads relained his

John's Court, Pheiddipides, and title in the men's 400-metre Torullo: 25-1 Bass Rock, Blue freestyle, winning in 4.25.1

National records

in a close fish with Allah Over, No Saint, Sanctum, Talk

Down, Zanzibar.

Wood, who had the Mome clorking. Bob Windie was third in 4.28.4. Konrads led from the start, but lost some of his advantage

turn after

art that has milling of with

world.

lowers spread all over The its origins are bed for at

in antiquity--au

3000 PC, when pigeons

bark 433

first domesticated, They

were

#

Lad

100

metre. Only superior stamina enabled him to hold off Wood's

Lowerful finish.

Welch

Rake

and

GRAND NATIONAL D-1 Merryman: 14-1 Hunter's Breeze and Badanloch; 16-1 Oro and Team Spirit; 20-1 Mr What; 25-1 Cannobie Lee, Clea Wily Oriental, Wyndburgh and Frut, O'Malley Pajat, Vivant,

28-1 Nenagh;

Forty Lady

Two Australian records--both in the butterfly were broken its; 33-1 Scotch Prince and

Siracusa-Reater, world inarks

at bul

said to have been kept at pres ¦ challenged.

were

by the Egyptians, 1000 years! Jan Andrew ret national

ago. A pigeon post was operated

in the twelfth century, in A.D.

1150.

1710-

record in the women's

She Date metre butterfly in 1:10.7.

changes to ellpped one-tenth of a second STILL A MYSTERY off the mark set by Miss Fraser,

English League Yet the fundamental ciple shrouded centuries

soccer fixtures

prin- who passed

the event to of the Apart is * concentrate on the freestyle.

in mystery. After Noville Hayes set an Austra-

of study. expertalian record in the men's 200-

have RIFLE που discovered metre butterfly with 2:14.7.- exactly how the pigeon

his way home.

Ands AP.

Many theories have been pul forward, and in "Tackle Figeon Racing This Way" (Stanley Paul 12 Gd), faneler Harold Blunt points out;

hat many species of birds use the sun at a compass, setting

their course by keeping constant or

a

uniformly chang-

Ing angle to its position, Is now

well estabilsted"

A Compton comeback?

London, Feb. 21, Three English League feat- ball matches due to be played on Saturday, March 23, have been changed to other days with League permission,

That they will have to put up! quite a night is evident when it learned that such players es Roberts, Calderwood and Lloyd are not available and Hobbs is

doubtful starter,

The exact composition of the Police side is not known at the time of writing. but they will be fielding their regular

side.

Club on the other hand have mate changes not necessitated

The danger man

Fidler would ece to be the danger man of the Police altacts, und In Johnstone Palice have one of the best kickers of a rugger bail in the Colony.

regular

no

llowever, Police have

scrum-half available. and Rinch has an mm injury Haigh is still unit. Lleyn is also The unavailable.

odds would therefore scon to be on Club to

by injuries or non-availability of players. With Johnstone fea- turing at centre again this week, cm ha been found for Menzies in the front row of the pack, with Bedford moving back to win this game, but the Police are not to be underestimated. the cond row. Many good

They seem to reserve their beat judges regard Menzies as very efforts for these games

at the Club

unlucky to have lost his place Stadium, especially when

in the side in the first instance,

nn he undoubtedly deserves

inclusion.

Interesting changes

The pack will therefore bo En the main "as Ünal". but behind the scrum interesting changes take place,

first

are providing the opposition!

The RAF and "Dragons" will

b provide the curtain-raiser Lore the big game, the match starting at 6.00 pm and the second at 7.15 pm.

Today's teams

Jones,

UK soccer results

London, Feb. 21. Results of tonight's British soccer matches were:

ENGLISH LEAGUE

Division I

8 al

held from June 2 to Yokohama, near here.

About 300 wrestlers from 30 countries are expected to at. Lend.

The biggest group of Japanese to leave here is expected to be 50 athletes who will compete at

the the Universing,

World Students Sports Festival, in Solo, Bulgaria; in August

Gymnastics; A leam will visit mainland China in No- verber.

Archery: The World Archery Championships at Oslo..

Iockey: A team will visit Australia and New Zealand.

Shooting: Japanese will take part in the World, Clay Pigeot Championships at: Olso,

Fencing: The World Fencing Another major sporting at

The World Cycling Cycling: traction in Japan will be the Championships at Sofia, National Swimming Champlon-Championships in Switzerland. ships in Tokyo in, August, in which 15 United States, British and Australian modal winning swimmers

the Roma Olyniplex ore expected to com pele.

from

Overseas bvents

international

Some sports events

the of

oversens which will attract Japanese this year,

are:

Baseball: The Fourth Asian Baseball Championships at Tai- wan. The Yomiurt Giants, a leading Japanese team, will visit the Los Angeles Dodgers' spring training camp in Florida in February and March.

Golf: Three. golfers will com- pete in the Philippine Open Championship In Manila from February 23 to 20, and the Cup tournament In Canada Puerto Rico from June 1 to 4.

Wrestling: Eighteen wrestlers will attend the American. AAU

Turkey

Wednesday 1, Nails Forest 0. Championships in February and

20 wrestlers will visit in November.

Handball: A team of 20 will compete in the West, German Championships in March.

Football:

Homë programme

Sporting events to be held in Japan which will include foreign competitors are:

Skiing: Northern European and United States skiers will attend the Prince Tournamnt in Hokkaido, Northern Japan, in March. French skiers will at- tend the National Invitation Alpine Skiing Championships.

Rugby: The Vancouver Cats

March.. will come to Japan

Golf The United States pro- will fessional, Arnold Palmer, visit Japan in April.

Footbati: A Matayan football

mainland Chinese team in team will come here in May and Japan will ploy December. South Korea for the second leg of the World Championship pre- liminaries in June,

States,

swim-

Swimining; United Austraitan, and British mers will compete in the Na- tional Swimming Championships in Tokyu In August.

Rowing: A West German crew National will

In

Division I Huddersfield 1, Norwich 1,

Compete in the Division I

Teams to go to the Championships in Tokyo Bristol City 2, Watsall 0.

Asian Youth Football Tourna-August. ment in Singapore in April and FRIENDLY

Tournament hte Merdeka Arsenal 1, Vienna Sports 0. Kuala Lumpur during August -Reuter.

RAF: Weavill, Dolg. McTavish, after few weeks Low, Poyner, Roberts, Davies, resting on the alde-lines returns, Forward, Mason. Mercer, An- but at full-back! Moore switches thony, Jack, Beck, Dixon, Raw. They are Cardiff vs Black- to the left wing and the mid- pool und Liverpool vs Ply-held combination

Club: MacTavish, Kelly, Ken- of Kennedy, mouth, both of which will now Johnstone and Wilson is retain-nedy, Johnstone. Moore, Wilson, ho play on Friday March ed. This is undoubtedly a tell- Scruby, Williams, Dwyer, Mea- Since he retired as a Middle- | sex and Test Match professional and Tranmere vs Iluil to be cal move, on the part of the zies, Ross, Bedford, Holl, Smith,

held on Monday, March 27, Club and could be the answer Berrecloth. cricketer and took amateur

The Cardiff switch is made to the close inarking which their Dragons: Steward Salter, The auther adds: “All pigeon status, incomparable Denis

The few because

experienced since D'Eath, Chubb, Stewart, Robert- No en are endowed with the homing Compton has

France-Wales threes have played a Instinct, and the main thing is matches

those easy, early season wins that son, Wilkins, Gray, Pile, Roche, for the Metropolitan Rugby Union match in Paris on

were honded out to all sides, Hope, Newbigging. Smith, B. March 25 is to be televised. The to get your birds in the Ap-county.

at the Sindium other two games ure changed whether

or Johnstone, S. Beale. propriate condition to use that

Next summer, however, he

because of the proximity of the further afield. Instinct successfully.

says, he intends to make more *Whatever

the Middlesex where the distance, the

grounds to Aintree, Liverpool, Wilson is now, one of the

the

Grand National closen market players in the bird will 'home' ir nt; if it fults appearances for

team." ami getting BL WILD

Steeplechase is to be run on the Colony and it seems that Club con- squash and my knee is not

Intend to use the undoubted Į same day. unduly painful or cumbersome.

The Grand National is also pace of Moore in the attack once I was encouraged by my form on

being televised and severalį again. the short tour in South Africa

other clubs asked, for, a switch' this winter when I got quite a

but have been refused permis- few tuns."

It is because of lack of dition--not because he or she lucked Intelligence."

Sports Diary

TODAY Bortez

Could there be a possiblity that Dents will play yet again against the Australians as an amateur? Wally Hammond did!

1st Division: Artuy v Tund Wahanews Service. (Poker) 4 pin.

Squash

Colony, Open Squash Champion-

ship matches at Victoria Barracks,

;

0.30 pm. Tonale

championship

Colony Gras Court

matches at INTC, 8.30 pin.

BUSpy

ĐẠP V DEDEUD), ii Giữa. 0 tr.

Club Palles, at Club, 7.17 p. TOMORROW TRARIS

Colony Gran Oort championship matches at KCC, $15 pm.

Badminton

Colony Dedition championship: TIKU V CCC (J&C)...

Super

Good cause for celebration

London, Feb. 21.

Mr Frau Mushall of the Officers' Club, Catterick, had good cause for celebration today. Before lunch, she went b Buckingham Palace to see Queen Mother present the MBE to her husband Major Gilbert Then she went

the

Senior Bhield play: Bouth Chine Marshall. v Kitchen (Pyxco) 34 pm.

Junior Child, ispisy: Telephone v straight to the Lannłowne Club

· Kwong Wah (Police) 2 pin.

Dating |||KXecutiv= meeting at Education

JKAMA

8.30 pm.

Committed Deperiment,

Stek O Ládlou2 Section: Medal Competition, 9.10 am,

where she is favourite to win the women's squash champion- ip and reached the last 18 with, a quick Q-1, 0-0, 0-2 over · 24-year-old Australian Yvonne West.....AFP.

This should be an Intereal- If the ing ganie to watch. slon by the League, who have an agreement to supply

Pollen pack, pláý an welt ka tures to the pools-China Mall

they did against the RAF Special.

then Club may find that they

Ax

TAE GAMBOLS

WILL YOU BRING HOME A TIN DE COFFEE, DÉAR?.

SURE

SUPERMARK

I and September.

at

Cerman Handball: An East team is expected in September.

Boxing: A Soviet team is ex- pected in November-Reuter.

THE LONG WAIT

By JOHN COTTRELL

Of o cricketing

The magnificent performances of their players in Austrālia omphasises onco ggalh

that the West Indios deserve to have their status raised nation. would deny that the: West Indians have many of the greatest cricketers in the still world. Yet they are treated as junfor inembers of the Imperial Cricket Con- ference.

Chess News England,

By LEONARD BARDEN

Solution No. 5982-1 ch 1:2 8x9. Kak? K-R2, B-K18 mate.

London Sprain Strelse,

zir next England tour in 1983. Meanwhile, the South Africans have already made four England tours since the and Australia mako WHAT, their fourth post-wan t this year.

South Africa and Australia. werd founder members of the Conference T is and at a result they play against each other more often than against the West Indies. For example, the West Indies have visited England only twice since the war and make i

Barry Appleby

?

MA

COFFEE? I KNEW IT WAS SOMETHING FROM THE

SUPERMARKET

Quite a teaser

quite a mathematical teater working out a rota which brings the West Indies, Australia and South Africa to. England at equal intervala, for at the rame Aime you have to allow for visits by India,

GAS FOR JOY

can

.Pakistani and New Zeained. But, if you take a 15-year

period, the Big Threo each Visit England thirco Bipes, while the Little Threo cach visit England, twice, And that seems a fair enough formula.

Frankly, I should not lose any sleep It India, Pakistan, Bod New Zealand visited England only, once every seven or eight years. Just look at the TC- cords,

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lin which has brought them 14 drawn materies in, ajeces- sliki, and their 12th alecèssivo draw Test

Perhaps the wickeln ino 40 blame. Anyway Engländ sup- porters cats Judge for them- selves nere star with the Pärissänis derive. Ang if the cricket in diskppointing thera la mwaye Río consolation that cricket's, diy cavallers....... from the cõlypso istands will bo Krriving the following year. 1002.