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THE CHINA "MAIL,

MONDAY, MARCH ⋅ 20,† 1961.

Army.

ARMY GO DOWN FIGHTING

Cooper should

Two goals in three

beat Erskine minutes make points

tomorrow safe for South China

British

London, Mar, 20,

heavyweight cham-

plon Ifenry Cooper delends

his title tomorrow knowing at if he wins he will be on

the verge of fulling his Mes ambition.

Vletury over Joe Ersking, his, old foe from Walce. will put Couper in line for nght agafat Floyd Patterson for the America's world title.

Patterson hns said he 15 withing. American promater George Parnassus has offered to rtage the fight in Los Angeles this summer.

By I. M. MacTAVISH

In beating the Army by five goals to one at Caroline Hill yester- day South China at times played some of their best football of the season, yet even their staunchast supporters could not have been very confident when, with the score at 2-1 the soldiers were fighting back with great tenacity.

Epigraff is out

of the 'National'

London, Mar. 19, Epigraff, the faneled Sovlet jumper, is out of Saturday's Grand National Steeplechase to be held at Aintree, Liverpool. Epigraft is suffering from

mysterious complaint of the Hind logs.

The Hoviet veterinary surgeon. Dr Arnold Laskov who is in charge of tho three Soviet onfries for the Grand National saldı WO

do not know exactly what is wrong you We are taking the opinion of an English vel.

In the end South China were worthy winners but they will

seldom have to fight harder to establish their superiority. It was believed that the long

Cooper, 38-year-old Cockney, fan een British and Brush

After they had survived the. Empire champion for Just over feree onsintight which the op- in- two years, fie has been work-position imunched in the ing steadily towards a chance inedinte post-Interval period al the world crown all the time. | South China played some truly Now he needs to win this one delightful fotball. Their for- figh

to turn the dream into word line switched positions and inter-passed with almost hewildering speed and skill and it was only a courageous elis- play by Power, together with some desperate neck-or-nothing defensive stuff from his mates, that kept the final score within reasonable bounds.

reality.

THE RECORD

Cooper known Erskine by Uits Umc. 'The Patterson Juliansson series-three world ittle felts in two years -- poles beside the tong history of clashes between these two British heavica,

They have

slugging away at each other for nine years. They have tangled three tunes as amateurs and three times as professionals - the last two times for the British crown.

been

Hero is the scorecard; Amateur bauts: Cooper won twice and Erskine once.

In the last fifteen minutes the Caroline 1 forwards

maintained an almost LT- broken succession of aflacks on the Army goal. Shots flash- ed inches over the bar akidded Inches wide of the port

doubtful corner-kick carelessly behind (must have been very at a vital singo of the game, for the pivot could hardly have Once again Owen. apart dodged the ball if he had tried from a pliedriver near the end, |-- the referee Rwarded 11 was never in the picture while penalty kick and Bagley proved Hudson, back at centre-just why he was christened forward, did not have a decent Big-boot'. His spot kick almost chot at goal in the entire ripped the not to pieces. ninety minutes....and hardly

Tragic moment

a decent pas from his mates. they are to achieve any- thing hi the season the

remainder of

Just after the half-hour mark the something ruthless

Army

must do the Army had a tragic moment, with their Jolus in taking a free-kick, Bitack. The present lacup has mishit the ball to an opponent had a good

without who immedietely swept if down- Jmings ever looking like a goalscoring field. Tummer was caught on the it....and it is goals, not hard hop. Wong Chi-kung alpped in, or honest endeavour, that winran round the back and as the

advanced goalkeeper matches.

South China were a compact Colony winger pushed the boll resilient side. They had steadi-brilliantly into the net.

the

the

six-day trip from Moscow plus the change of climate and food was the cauro of 13- year-old Epigraff's complaint

Unless ona of the other two Boytot Jockeys hand over ħla

or were grabbed, ne's la defence, co-ordination Calder had a great chance to and cleared by Power.

almost Jimmediately in the middle, and a versatile equalise hardworking fron! rank in afterwards but he gave

South China which every man looked

ព goalkeeper cap-

chance to smother his shot able of making

talking a or

and the first half finished

The difference

The crowd

Lec

mount to Epistoff's vider,

High standards set in three European Athletics events

Paris, Mar. 19. Qualifying standards for the 1962 European Athletics Championships in Belgrade an- nounced here today show that in three events athletes will have to excel the standards laid down for last year's Rome Olympics.

Each participating country will be able to enter one athlete

without him having bettered the

TAMARA PRESS Belgrade for ench event

standard set. BETTERS OWN

Lieutenant Vladimir Prüfchav | WORLD RECORD will be permilled only if the

Moscow, Mar. 10.

But second and third entries

athletes have achleved the alandard between June 1 and August 16, 1002,

The three events where the European Committee of tha International Amateur Athic- ties Federation have fixed a higher standard than that set for Rome are the 1,500 metres. the 3,000 metres steeplechase, and the pole vault.

will be without a mount for the big roos, Prakhov said he was hoping that Tamara Press. The Soviet some British owner will give | Union's world and Olymple him a ride in one of the races champion, has set a new world al Almiroo.

indoor .shot-pui record for "I do not care if it is in the women of 68 feet 3 inches National or not. I just want |(17.15 metres) the official So- to race in Britain not lo vlet news agency Tass an- have travelled two thousand nounced tonight, mitcs just to sit in the alanda"

Tass snid she put up the new added Prakliov.

mark during a track and fieldi The other two Soviet entries are meeting at Leningrad. It better- Belgrade has been set at threo

Gritel and Reljoy with their ed

(20 cent-minutes 44.0 seconds compared by 787 Inches Jockeyn Baris Ponomarenko metres) her own previous In- With, the Olympic standard of and Ivan Sydovey.-AFF,

European moves to

door record.AP.

Soccer

its

Cup climax

London, Mɛr. 19.

The 1,500 metres standard for

3:45.0.

OTHER STANDARDS

The 3,000 metres steeplechase standard will be eight minutes 34.0 seconds, compared with 8:55.0, and the pole vault 4.00 metres (14 ft 0 ins), compared with 4.40 metres (14 ft 5% in3).

In seven ollier events the standards are the sartie. These are the 200 metres, 3,000 metres and 400 metres hurdles, and the

hammer.

The European Soccer Cup is moving to its climax-and for the first time long jump, weight, discus, and

since it started five years ago nobody is quite sure who is going to win.

Reiman wins top

at

U.S. motorcycle racing event

Their team played to the other end with Power hav- their chance. KHE Professional Bights: Erskine favourites plenty of vocul_sup-each_other with commendable

ing two guod saves from iends 2-1. In the litle Oghts, port and certainly, until South unselfishness and a side is young

Tak-wni. Erskine Won on points China got their third goal, this as this one could-with very September, 1987 and Cooper | Was as good and as entertaining, little change-go on for years won by n 13th round knockout a game us we have seen this winning In November 1959.

seuson. Once

number

0

the net,

with monotony.

games and honours almost embarrassing

4 aces, and a joker

Yesterday Kin-cheung did

was

The Army displayed

great enthusiasm after the Interval kave and if they could just Both fighters use a classie left

again the

snatched a goal there might soldiers

have been

very different jab. But Cooper packs a tre- failed because of their inability mendous book as

And to get the ball into well.

story to tell. that is why the experts Lake They had their chances and on

goalkeeper Lau The soldiers applied a lot of him as favourite to win 10-

occasions they

all that

pressure and it was not un morrow.-AP,

got very close. That however, was not enough and eventually packed of him but there were the 60th minute that the cham- they collapsed almost in

shuke the occasions when he looked less pions could

oft the Broes of their own frustration.

sure than usual. Luk Tak-hay challenge. However when they The great difference between was quietly effective but Kwok did they struck a decisive-double the two

was in the Kam-hung has teams

often played blow by snatching two goals in Ho Cheung-yau and he got no inarks three minutes. strength of their sharpshooters better

goals... and whatever for a quite unprovoked got the first with a cracking 10 snatch vital also in the relative accuracy or

Shot and lanky Leg Tak-wai put inaccuracy with

They

an appropriate endorsement on a which 1 found their man with the ball,

delightful bit of Wong Chi- Time after time excellent

keung trickery by driving a moves and golden op- Army

beautiful effort into the noi to portunities crashed because the

make i 4-1. ball was sent to the feet of un

to opponent then than

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Notice to Members

Subscription Griffins 1962

The Stewards have ordered a batch of 100 Subscription Griffins to race in 1962. and they now invite Members to subscribe for them.

The cost per horse to Sub- senlbors will be HK$4,000; } which sum includes Livery to the date of acceptance by the Stowards.

Application forms may be obtained from the Secretary's Office, Alexandra House, 8th Floor.

waiting colleague. The number of free-kicks anul corners that

were warted wan astonishing.

Was

Power once again started very shaklly in the Army gual, He

abylously troubled early on by the un- predictable antica of a lively ball on a bonchard, sunbaked pitch. The big fellow im proved as time went by and in the end he stood between South China and д very handsome harvest of goals.

The

incident with Owen in the second half. His threatening attitude was us unjustified as it was un- characteristic.

WIR

The Chinese middle line was like a rock and the soldiers simply could not roll it back.

In three minutes the game had 50 Man-po patrolled the changed completely. The cham- middle with complete CUTI-

plons were now rumpant. They fidence and his wing-halves played some great stuff and In were as mobile and tireless as the dosing moments M*ckin they have been alt season. in a flash of panic, lofted the The South China

forward ball spectacularly over the goal- line was four aces and a trick-keeper's head into the net..

Daytona Beach, Mar, 19: Roger Relman won น.ต. motorcycle racing's biggest prize today when he outdistanced a fast feld in the 200-mile Na- tional Championship race at Daytona

International Speed way.

The 22-year-old Reiman rode bis Harley Davidson in front of the 57-man held second lap to the finish and eol- lected $1,200 lop money in addi- tion to the $2,600

prize Donald Burnett ron second to Relman for the second half of the race on his

British-made

Arst

Real Madrid won the Cup the Nobody five previous years, else was in with a chance. This me the fabulous Spanish team was knocked out by Barcelona,

In the semi-finalu Barcelona will meet Hamburg Sport Verein and Bencfics of Lisbon or Aarhus of Denmark will play Rapid of Vienna or Malmee of Sweden.

Final on May 31

HK lose to Macao în Police Soccer Interport

Macao, Mar. 20.

The Macao Folice football team

won their annual Soccer In- terport beating their Hong- kong counterpart by

two goals (p one. al Campo

Desportivo here today. The visitors were the first to attack and Installed themselves half for Geven in the Macao

Macao 'minutes, but it was the

All other standards ate lowor than the Olymple qualification,

have been set

No standards

for women's events at Belgrade or in the men's relay events.

The Committee at today's meeting also rated 28 men's and women's European records most of them registered in the Jast six months of 1900.-Reu- ter.

Eight birdies in a row by Goalby in St Petersburg Open

The final will be played in Berne, Switzerland, on May 31. Even before that there is a small fortune to be made In gate money by the clubs still in the semi-finals. Many from the

celona, with stars le former score. The Hongkong goaliceeper experis think Bar players who first threatened to

Sandor Hungarian

Koests, had to "fly high" to deflect a centre-half Juan Segarra, Luisetinging shot for a corner that Suarez, and goalkeeper Antonio came to nought.

In the 34th minutes, however, Ramellets will carry on whero Real Madrid Jeft off.

another corner-kick taken by Hamburg

the team of part- Macao found the net, after the Limena whose homic ground Hongkong goalkeeper, apparent- hakis only about 25,000 fans, ly obstructed by one of his

St. Petersburg, Mar. 20. could shake the soccer world

team's own defenders, failed to

With a phenomenal string of by knocking out the slurs

see the ball.

eight straight birdles, Doa Barcelona.

Hongkong scored the equaliser The

three

Goaiby shot a six-under par minutes

before the

05 in the final round today to win the 72-hole St Petersburg Open Golf Tournament by three strokes.

South

Triumph and finished about 40 seconds back. George Roeder, on a Harley Davidson, was third and Warren Sherwood fourth on a BSA-AP.

was

of

have a

slar

Germans centre-forward in Uwe Seeler

taking Joker..und it little Wong his own net....for a al that Jane Cederqvist who rants with the best in the

Chi-keung gets the latter it would have

was

made many

E

I'm sure he will not object. The centre-forward mighty proud. understanding armong the Mackin hung his head in dis- Caroline HAL

quintet

appointment as Power retrieved astonishing. Each man's strong the ball from its Inglorious spot point was exploited to the full in the back of the net. and the side looked as though It is going to get a lot more goals before the season is over. The game started in blazing restoration of Lowther sunshine and high temperature

hard,

Injured

to the full-back position show-with the players finding the ball

ed him in much better light difficult to fame on the and his partner

had a good game. koung deelded

incidentul that

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A. E. ARNOLD,

Secretary,

Hong Kong, 16th Mar., 1961.

NOTICE

THE ROYAL HONG KONG

JOCKEY CLUN

1961,

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By Order of the Stewards,

A. E. ARNOLD,

Secretary.

Turner als bone-dry, bald surface of the

It was not badly worn

pitch. Wong

Chi

to move from

Thrills aplenty

swims the 800

in 9: 49.7

VERDICT: Forget the score.

Eskilstuna, Mar. 18, This was never a one-sided

Jane Cederquist, Sweden's struggle. If the soldiers had Olympic silver medallist in the had someone capable of 400 metres freestyle swimming snatching goal in their event, today beat her own world period of pressure Just after recent for the 800 metros free- the laterval we might have style with a time of 9 minutes had a major upset. South 49.7 seconds.

2

China's

forwards reached great heights in the closing

Miss Cederqvist's ime, which Lagos. It in the hallmark of beat her record of minuten

true champions when a side 55.0 seconds, will not be of un-

to the centre- forward position. He had had

In the early period a very lean time against the certainty there were thrills Army's left-back although he eplenly. cought him on the wrong foct when

its

these

than more

can fight

WYŚLI 1

*-

Way out of trauble and go on to win, cause the pool was

record be- cognised as a new

not of the Thla

bright, Hvely, cutertaining ramo and once

regulation length of 10 metres, -Reuter. again South China proved that soccer glory is won by

forward football.

sticking to simple straigh Road cycling win

The teams South China: Lau Kin-chouög,

Tak-hay, Kwok Kam

Luk

by British rider

in Dorfel

world, a left-winger whose understanding with Serjer at times ly uncanny and a half- hack in Werner capable of bottling up the best of inside. forwards.

Hambury's team will move to another pai In Hamburg for ils match against Barcelona-a ground that holds 75,000 fans.

Giant-killers

The Portuguese Benefics is rated by many as the giant- killers in the whole tourna mont. That is the team likely to upset alt forecasts and take the Cup away from Spain for the first mo since it War Instituted in the 1955-50 sca-

DOM.

опе

The European Cup Is matching the champion teams from many European nations. Teams from Bulgario, Italy,

Ireland,

Belgium,

interval through a sizzling grounder taken by centre- forward Mak Wing-hang from 20 yards.

Fourteen

minutes after the

Africa's Gary Player resumption Macho left-winger finished third by shooting a 08 shot from close range to give today for a total of 200. Macao the winner.

three

seven Bolt

Before the match the visiting Goalby's eight consecutive players were introduced to birdles set a Professional Golfers' Major S

Reves, Commander Association tour record, Macao Police Force and the players have registered Macao boys were introduced to birdies in a row-Tommy Mr. B. A

Newman, Senior at San Diego in 1955, Warren Inspector Hongkong Police Smith at San Antonio In 1954

and Don Bispinghoff was handed to L sacola last year.

Folice

Force.

The cup Cunha,

the Масло

captain, by Mr Newsnan. Laut

ut Pen-

Goalby started the final round year the Hongloong Police team with 196, a one stroke lead over Ted Krall, who carded a Ú won the match by 2-0, played today for a 204 total, good for In Hongkong--AFP.

second place.

Five ployers Bob

Goelz,

Macao team leaves Mason Rudolph, Jullus Borod,

for Table Tennis

Interport with HK Bob Brue shared the 260 spot

Macao, Mar. 20,

Io Cheung-yau soon showed he snatched South that he had brought along his China's second goal.

Doug Ford and Don Fairfeld- shooting bools for the day and

wero tied In the 268 braccet in the sixth minute he tingled The Army middle line had Fower's fingers

for fourth. Joe Campbell and Yugoslavia, Hungary, Austria, with moments-both good and yartier which

a 25- bad. As usual the trio worked could nc hold at the first the big soldier

Turkey, Norway, Holland,

and fifth money. tremendously hard but they attempt: two minutes later he

Sweden, Finland, Poland, Den-

The victory in the $20,000 contributed

mark,

Switzerland, their tried to apply the finishing

The following table tennis event Was share of misplaced passes and touch to a ne combined attack

Dreux, Mar, 19.

worth $2,000 to France, Luxembourg, Portugel, players left today for Hong Goalby, who had rounds of 67, Britain's Alon Ramsbotton Scotland, directly and Indirectly

Spain, ong for their annual Tuble 02, 07 and 05. The 62 was a surprised French riders today.Czechoslovakia, England, Greece, Tennis Interport, put the champions en the wa, but his half-hit shot skidded

slated hung, Lo wido....then just as the Army

Chung-kwong. So when he won the 85-milo Paris

for record for the course, to three of their goals..

East Germany, West Germany. March 20, 21 and 22: boys breathed their relief the Man-po, Leung Kam-yeo, Wong Ezy cycling race-the first big Bagley injured a

Ходо leg....

and Belghum were among those Men-K. Rosn-Duque, Chi-keung, Ho Cheung-yau, Leo French amateur road event of uftio inside-right struck again. looked like muscle trouble.

Tak-wai,

laking part.

Rocha, Cheang Sal-kwong, nor of the professional tour this Power Jacked very slow and

Kwok You, Mok the season. midway through the second half

Chun-wah.

It is the Cup competition that Cheang Sal-keung, Mak You year, collected $1,400 for his indecisive iTy D and ho finished up on the right

goatmouth:

a Fighting against strong means sellout or hear sellout han, Chot Chi-keong, Lo Yat-third place Anish to boost his foramble Eri Lowther des-

Army: Power, Lowther. Turn- French contingent Ramsbotton wing with Mockla moving into

erowds for inost matches That tim, Yong Hol-num.

earnings to $21,581. the ivot position.

er. Johns, perately kicked

Bagley, Mackin, broke away 26 miles from the adds up to big money in the Ladies-Loretia Kan, Tong Calder, Dixon, Hudson, Owen, finish to make a solo run and Sykes,

win in 3 hours 22 minutes seconds.--AFP.

.it

the ball off the line....only to see it go to Ho Cheung-ya. The South China skipper hit I through a

It's hard to know just what one can say about the Army forward Hae, There were crowd of players into the not. ilmes when they looked good, like when little Dixon bril- Hanlly carved a path past five opponents: there were also occasions, however, when they looked pretty terrible, like the time when Calder had a great chance to BOOTC & Broonil

The ball may have got touch on a leg on the way but it did not really matter. It had "goal written all over it from the moment it [ezt Ho's trusty boat,

Noi #smayed the soldiers

equalizer and missed from five swept back into the attack and,

yards or when Bykos sent

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in a moment of panie, So Man-

po almost put the boil into his own net. From the clearance Wong Chi-keung, cracked a hot shol at Power but found the big goalkeeper on the alert.

In the 15th minute the Army equalised from thie penalty spot. Dixon irled to work the ball along the byline and, as Kwok Kam-hung raced into the tackle, the_kaldo-right" hit the ball

0203, 98-013: 49-983 | Jard towards the goal. Il struck

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Referre: Mr Marsden-While.

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bank for the teams who got to Mec-ying, Cristina Nocha, N

semi-finals and beyond. Wal-fond and Chan Ol-kuán.~

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AP.

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by Barry Appleby

I WISH

EVERY DAY WAS SUNDAY

WAY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME SOONER THAT IT WAS ♬

MONDAY!

Player, leading money win.

Anold Palmer in second place in prize winnings, did not campeto here.—AP,

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