THE CHINA- MAIL, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1961.
EMPIRE GAMES NEWSLETTER
1962 Perth meeting may be biggest, most colourful yet
Porth. The 1962 British Commonwealth Games which Australia will stage in Perth from November 22 to December 1, 1962 and which the Queen has been invited to officially open will probably be the biggest and most picturesque ever staged. Indications are that there may be more competitors in the Australian Games than at Cardiff in 1958. At Cardiff a record total of 1,130 competitors took part in the nine sports on the. programme-more than 400 above the record established at Vancouver in 1954. Although England, Scotland, pehce to admission prices for Hamilton (Ontario, Canada) in Wales and Northern Ireland all football league matches in 1930. will
send smaller teams to 1901 and 1902 to help Games Twenty-olle events for men Perth-probably about half the runde. Attendance figures. for and 10 for women will size of their teams at Cardiff the two seasons are likely to crammed into four days this will be offset by increased top 1,500,000.
athletle sports in the November representation from Australia,
22 to December 1 Games perlod, The athletles programme will bo the same for an Olympie niceting except that there will (wo-mite not be decathlon or road-walking events for, men,
Now Zealand, South Atries, India and Pakistan.
Countries such as Hongkongt, Ceylon, Mauritius, Fiji, Malaya, Sarawak, Singapore and North Borneo which mong them sent only 40 com petitors to the Cardiff Games- will be able to budget for big- of lower
teams
because
Poster exhibitions
entered Posters
lo the Games British Commonwealth
Int exhibited were contests Sydney from February to 25. They will also be exhibited in from March 6 to 18 Brisbane
RT fr. nsport costs.
New Zealand, Pakistan and and in Melbourne from March 15. The Aria India seem sure to send more 20 to April athletes. Canada intends to Council of Australia is arrang- double the size of the team it ing the exhibitions. sent to the Rome Olympies Papua and New Guinea will probably be represented for the first time.
The Games Village In Perth is being planned to provide for up to 1,800 athletes and off- clais.
Promotion programme
The Lord Mayor of Sydney. Alderman 1. Jensen, will open the Sydney show At Walt's House Gallery, corner pilt. streets Hunter and O'Connell on Wednesday February 8.
Papua may compete
Village prizes
of
A first price of £1,000' will be awarded for the best de. sign for a house for the 1982 British Commonwealth Games Village. There will be second prize of £500 and architects whose designs are selected for the Village will each receive £250. The de-gus will be used for the 150 souses which will be built in the Games Village at Floreat Park, Perth. The competition
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West the
to of
Australian members Royal Institute Architects, Including architec- students. Each entrant
Papua and New Gulues will probably send team to the
tural British Commonwealth Games must submit designs for houses The organisers of the
The col to cost 1983 British
in Perth next year. Commonwealth
have never ourful Papuans planning arc
the £4,250 each. in before competed to tell prestige promotion
Games,
Games
the world about Austraila and aliraot visitors to the Games.
A provisional committee set up in Port Moresby to organise The Chairman of the Games the team reports keen interest
and Mr J. C
throughout the support Publicity Cammities,
in announcing the territory. Macartney,
Both the Australiah Govern- plan said the Committee had
Commonwealth and ment and British Empire and usted the
Games Governments Commonwealth
head- West Australlun and Perth City Counell to hulp quarters in London have ruled that New Guinea is eligible to pay for the campaign.
compete. It now remains for the Papua committee to comply with Britis Commonwealth
The Committee would set u
full-time publicity bureau to The carry out the programme, campalyn drawn up for this your would cost about £30,000. The proposed contributions
were:
The Games Organising
Council
Cominonwealth and West Australian Governments each ..
Perth City Council
£15,400
£0,000 -13,000
The 1962 budget-estimated at £35.000-would have to be #nanced in the same way.
The Commonwealth and West and Australian
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Games requirements for permis.
sion to compete.
Record holders' hopes
Veteran British Olympic weightlifter Julian Creus hopes to compete as a mem- ber of the 'Australian team at
Briush the
Commanwelath Games in Perth in 1902,
Creus, ayed 43, holds the! world and British Common- the feather- wealth record for weight 200-pound snatch lift. He missed the Olymple Games at Rome because he was pre- paring to migrate to They
Australia had a common obligation to up
British the wealth's prestige.
Governments
the City of Perth had staked their international reputations
en the Games' success.
hold
Common-
Me Macartney said the pro- posed publicity campaign should
also arouse interest in Austra lia's migration, tourist and in- vestment potential.
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of their seven children. He is with his wife Marion and six
now living in Sydney.
He competed in the 1952 and 1066 Olympics.
£5,000, £4,500
and
RECORD COMEBACK
Mary Bignal, once kailed as England's greatest woman athlete, made a return to athletics last week for the first time since announcing her “"retirement" last October, when she competed for the International Athletes Club against the AAA In an indoor match at Stanmore and set up a new Indoor record for the women's long jump.
Photo shows Mary Biznal stretching full-length in a torpedo-Uko dive after her record-breaking jump, when after landing in the plt she paslied herself forward to avoid falling back on her mark-Central Press plato,
Peking ready for World Table Tennis
Championships
Tokyo, Mar. 13.
All arrangements have been completed to ensure foreign participants a "comfortable stay," in Peking for the 26th World Table Tennis Championships, on April 5-14, the New China News Agency reported,
Chen Halen, President of the a warm welcome to table tennis Chinese Tobis Tennis Associa-{ players from all over the world, tion and Vice-President of the the NCNA sald. Organising Committee, extended
Nice to Paris
cycling race
Salat Etienne, Mar. 13. Britain's John Simpson drop- the ped to second place in 1048, overall standings for the Nice
Two new events
hnd
Experience last year
Two new Events- men's shown a tremendous oveTSCAS
two-mile steeplechase an Games and interest in the
The total Cames allocation for 1900 was not safelent to meet the overseas demands for
Games one
Australia.
brochure.
Second thoughts
Australian sprint star Betty Cuthbert, who ап- nounced her decision to re- tire after the Rome Olymple Ciames, 18 now planning a ..long
preparation in attempt to win the sprint double at the 1962 Brilish Commonwealth Games Perth,
Football fans help
ba
awaiting
"We are eagerly your arrival.” Chen said in an article in the intest issue of the information buliečia on the World Championships.
"Our meeting in Peking on this occasion will be of great
Spring Double callover
HEAVY BACKING FOR FULSHAW CROSS IN THE LINCOLNSHIRE
London, Mar. 13.
Mr T. Ohlson's filly, Falshaw Cross was the most backed horse for the Lincolnshire Handicap at tonight's Victoria Club callover on the Spring Double. Her odds were cut from 25 to 1 to 16 to 1.
rave
Fulshaw Corts, a four-year- old who won threû races in the spring
year, bad heavy backing. In tie bookmalters' offlees over the weekend.
Bookmarker and Phetaip. joint
pidce
remained
Olympic horse rider to have brain operation
favourites at 14 to 1, but Honeymoor who had shared the market load, eased two points to 16 to 1. Mr J. E. Bigg's 1050. Crand Natlong winner, Oxo, was to- night the best backed horse tor this year's race, being supported to whi £2,000 although still remaining on Live 20 to 1 spať.
Last year's "National winner, Merryman became a clear 10 tu 1 favourite. Next in the market came Lord Leverkuline's 10-year- old Badanloch, quoted at 11 10:
SPORTRAIT
Whe said the Russki horses were a set of niet #hares?"
London Errata Dervice.
Peterborough
get their century of goals
London, Mar, 13.
United, in.
1. Last week these two were Peterborough
Spirit
London, MT. 14. returned Joint favourites at 101 Britain's tripic Olympic to 1. horse rider,
was Bertio Hill tonight
brairs undergoing A
Irish challenger Team operation in a Bristol hospital drifted out two points to 16 to following his riding accident 1 following his poor showing at on Sunday.
Hurst Park last week. This
three-year-old Hin The only other worthwhile who represented Britain in the move in the quotation was for 1952, 1656 and 1980 Olympics Cannoble Lee, from 25 to 1 to suffered a fractured skull when 22 to 1.
he was thrown from a horse
he was exercising on his Devon farn.
Prices
their first senson as League club, tonight be came the first team England's
in
four Soccer
Leagues to score 100 goals this season.
They passed the century by beating Chester 0-0, four of their goals coming from centre- forward Terry Bly. It was thelr 21st win in 34 League games and took them to with- in two
Fourth points of
Hill rode tho Queen's horse Prices at tonight's enllover Division Countryman in the
British
team which won, the team title in the 1953 equestrian Olym- ples at Stockholm-AFP.
were!
LINCOLNSHIRE
14-1 Bookmarker and Phot- dippides; 16-1 Fulshaw Cross, Honeymoor, John's Court, Mustavon,
Bom Nerograph
Three wins for Toruilo; 20-1 Great Faith, 26-1
Brabham
Sydney, Mar. 13. Jack Brabham, Australia's
Tahl-Botvinnik
chess match opens tomorrow world motor racing champion,
Sanctum, Tender Colt and Welsh Roke: 83-1 April Violet, Arion, Blue Over, Bourbon, Honeycomb Rock, No Saint, Powder Rock, Small Slam and Talk Down.
GRAND NATIONAL
three today. won
of the four 10-1
11 - 1 Merrymang Moscow, Mar. 13.
major, races in & 2-litre Badanloch; 16-1 Team Spirit; Former world chess champion Cooper Climax at Albury: New 20-1. Hunter's Breeze, Mr What Mikhall Botvinnik will have the
South Wales.
Oxo and Siracusa, 22-1 Can- white chessmen when he faces
Leo; 25-1 Brabham's
Klimore, the current world
team-mate, Roy noble
and Scottish Mikhail Tahl on Wednesday in Salvadorl (Britain), follower O'Malley Point the fret game of the World him home in second place in Flight; 28-1 Nicolaus Silver; with 23-1 Clover Bud, Ernest Jonto Chess Championship return two events, but retired match here, the Tass News gearbox trouble in the third Willy Oriental arid Wyndburgh
-Reuter.. race.--China Mail Special. Agency announced.-AFF.
champion
Former British stars Wilson and Davies now in a professional tennis wilderness
By JOHN COTTRELL
London.
Palace,
lenders, Crystal
Results of tonight's Brilish football matches were;
ENGLISH LEAGUE
2 Division II Newport 2, Barnsley 3.
Division AV Peterborough 6, Chester 0. Stockport 2, York City 0.
SCOTTISH LEAGUE
Division I Dunfermline 2, Partick (Postponed from March 11)..
REPRESENTATIVE MATCH
Army.1, Northern Ireland 0. (Played at Liverpool).—Reuter,
Saturday's fixtures
1.
London, Mar. 13. English football fixtures for Saturday, March 18 ore;
FA CUP Semi-finals Leicester C. vs Sheffield U. (At Leeds).
Tottenham vs Burnley. (AL Villa Park)-Reuter,
J
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Sports Diary
TODAY Boccer
1st Division: RAF Y Happy Valley (Police) 4.10 pm.
Reserva Division: IAF * Happy Valley (Foilce) 2.45 pm-
Tenal
Colony Gray Court Championship singles in-nal Chater-road.
Badminton
Colony
Junior Championship
importance for exchanging ex- Last year, tennis stars Bobby Wilson and Mike Davies helped Britain matches at Taikoo Club, 730 57
reach the European Final of the Davis Cup and became the first British pair to reach the Wimbledon men's doubles final since the
perience and raising the technical level of the game as well as for enhancing mutual and safeguarding friendship
to Paris professional cycling world peace," Chen sald
the sun".
French pee Groussard
A
women's 880 yards race-wil
Simpson was 30 seconds be-
be included in the athletics hind the French cyclist In the programune for the 1962-Em- overall me for the first four piro Games la Perth.
stages of the race. Groussard
OPENING CEREMONIES
Arrangements
"are complete
war.
TOMORROW Athletics
Hongkong Schools Sports Associa- tion annual championships, heats at Kontkang Stadium, 2 pin.
Soccer 1st Division: Kitchno v Kwens Wall (Polico) 4.10 pm.
Reartve Division Kitchco Kwong Wah (Police) 245 pm.
A plastic cricket pitch
Davies, he says, was given no | ing that a new member must be They were big news-and in-, race during the fourth stage He said the now Peking evitably caught the eye of chance to prepare for his first introduced by a current mem loday of the 789-mile "race to Workers Gymnasium, specially Jack Kramer. First Wilson major tour last month.
ber. bullt for the Championships, is wus approached and after weeks "Three knoctis with me, a few took ready. The trophies, medals of soul-searching he turned more with his lovely-wife, Ilse, over the first place by winning and souvenir Badges have all down an offer of £7,500 to and a handful of lessons given to today's leg of the race.
siga been prepared."
three-year contract, a promising junior had been his Shortly afterwards, Davies ac- entire winter's programme. cepted a similar offer.
"Mike had known what was the right involved when he signed....It Did Wilson make
memberships meant losing his
Club end after.eeing how Davien has Queen's. He knew he would not, Tho
fared, I am quite certain that be allowed to play against ama- exhibition or announced that the opening Wilson was right to hold on to curs in public ceremonies would be held be his amateur status.
practice matches.
"But did he know how next tween 3 pm and 5.30 pm ori
to impossible it would be to hind
In all, 31 track and field titles posted a total time so far of 15 tole stay in Peking com- decision? At the tune I was us of the All England
certain and so was he. Now,
will be decided during the Perth Games, compared with 20 when the Games were first held at
Papp to fight for European title
Berlin, Mar, 13. Laszlo Рарт, of
Hungary, who met an all-time record by winning three Olympic gold medals for boxing before turn- ing professional in 1057, is to fight for the European middle
eight title.
Perth football fana will 005- He will meet G. Scholz for tribute
more tha £18,000 the West Germans title towards the cost of stagingDortmund, probably next May, the Games.
Scholz's manager,
hrs 21 mins. 50 recs.
Belgium's Gilbert Desmet placed third in the overall standings only three, seconds behind Simpson-AFP.
Billy Knight still 'gravely ill'
information
bulletin
▾
April 4 and will be followed No court to play on a covered court on which to hit.
by reception
the !for all participants ziven by the Organising Committer.
The
Table Internationi Termio Federation
Congress will meet on April 8 and 14.
The Swaything Cup (men's team) and the Corbillon Cup Barranquilla, Mar. 13,
(women's team) events will be April Doctors said today that British held from April 5 to 8.
bo a day off The tennis star Billy Knight is "com-10 will ing along normally" but is still men's and women's singles will gravely in.
begin on April 11 and continue until April 14.
at Knight, here for a tennis tournament. developed meningi-
The men's, and ⚫ wamet'n Fritz tis. His doctor sald ho was dobles will begin on April 12 responding satisfactorily to the doubles on April 13.
-UPI,
The West Australian National Gretzschel, sald here today. Football League will.add twee- Reuter.
TUE GAMBOLS
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by Barry Appleber
GEORGE
TAKE OFF YOUR
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bolieve
with his wife or with me?. And When he turned down the did he, in his heart of hearts, offer, Wilson told me: "Maybe I
this that people in shall regret my decision one country would let him compete But having regrets as an with past Wimbledon winners day,
than amateur is far better
on less practice than the aver having regrets as a professional,
during Once you have signed up with parks player gels Kramer there is no turning the normal winter.
back."
And Davies? Since he turned professional ho bog dropped right out of the public eye and
Snobbery
"I still find it hard to belleve, has found himself something of Why, because he le a profes an outcast in the country be signal, he that out of the served so well as an amateur. whole tennis cirelo?
Davis Cup player Korgr Becker spotlights the dilemma of Davies in tbls month's Bel- tish Lawn Tennis magsalne.
GAS FOR JOY
"I blame the ordinary people
of this country that such a thing happened at all. Wach you are an amateur they can- not do enough for you but nii tuk t forgotten wikeri YOU become a profesional; they Just don't want to know.”
way to
Becker is right. This is no
treat the determined Welsh boy who hitch-hiked to tournaments at home and abropd to achieve, fimo as e Connie star,
This kind of out-dkfed snob- bery is the core of the disease that prevents a British tennis re- vival. All Britain's top male tennis stars, are former grammar. school boys and so was the great Fred Perry,
But under the present class. conscious system, it is still the pubile school type who is most. ilkoly to be tegeled to Inwi tennis: Work ikilia with the best- facilitée "have heavy masciclip. || ilong shid shaby sili maldairy B kind of closed shop by derratula
Hlator" "Distanta Juba Edrich mapecting a new partsblo plastic uricket”, DIRA at Ruskin Park, 'Canberwolf, recnity. Ala pitch can be fala down un any mutfies to provide a good prasiloo pitch COI PRato
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