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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1861.

World Table Tennis begins today Singapore Services end

TOP FAVOURITES JAPAN IN ACTION IN MEN'S, WOMEN'S A

EVENTS ON OPENING DAY

Poking, Apr. 4.

Japan, favourites to retain their team titles in the World Tablo Tennis Championships here play two matches in each event on the opening day of the Championship tomorrow. They meet Singapore and England in the Swaythling Cup, the men's team event, and Vietnam and New Zealand in the. Corbillon Cup for women.

Wales' soccer

XI for Ireland match

Wrexham, Apr. 4. For their international tourer match against Ireland at Bel- 12. Welps make last on April

of them changes. Tap Loven

sitional from the side beaten - by England at Wembley in November,

Kame

Mel Charles gets his Arst cop sime Un

gainst England in 1998, where he was with Swansea. He comes in at right-half, with Crowe moving over to left-half.

Japan's

experienced

Vam includes Ichiro Oglinura, twice world champion, who is Competing fa h sixth world tile meeting.

The

Japantze

whose aggressive,

playrts, attackint

game contrasts strongly with the defensive tactics aned by most Europran countries, the trophy each time since 1953, and are ex- preled to prove best again.

Dave won

Main rivals

Their main rivals are likely to be China, whose Jung Kun tuan prevented a clean swetp by Japan in Dortmund two years ugo by winning the men's smiles chenpionship.

teams who

This morning's results

Peling. Apr. 8. Results of this moning's watches included:

The women's team from North Vietnam refeated, Ghana hy 3-0 in oup C of the Cortilian eis com= petition of the championshijon.

CORBILLON CÙP

Group 3: North Victron treat Ghana 3-0.

Lạ quán duang North Vietnam) hent 7 Akuele} (Ghana) 21-3, 21-10.

Hoang Thuc-anly beat E. Alcoh 21-0, 21-35.

Le Than-duang and Homin Thue-anh beat 7, Akuete and E. Akuetet 19-21. 21-0. 21-10.

Group 1: Enal Germany Lost Man-

The only other appear to have a chance in the Swarthling Cup are Hunars, With European champion Zoltan 10- Berezli and ex-world hold: Ferene Sido, Sweden andgolia 30.

Buddy wore the times before the advent of the. { Arsenal);

formidable Japanese,

The only new cap is Graham Williams, Swanspa's young left- winger.

is; Jack Stuart Bromwich Albion). Melvyn Hopkins

The Wales Kelley

171

Viliams (West

Afut

Mel

Victor

Charles (Pottenham);

Nurse Arrenalit

Crowe Swanses). (Arion Villa, Captain); Cliff Jettes (Tollenham), Phil Woos- 142313 (West Ham), Ken Leck

Czechoslovakia.

B. Kun (het Germany; best G. title 11 Senaral (Mengollas 21-7. 21-

Bransch beat B. Naren 21-19,

The Japanese women stem certain to retain the Corbillon Cup. which they have won four times in succession.

Opening ceremony

S. Kunz end D. Katweld het G. Hanual and 1. Naran 21-9, 2T-G.

E.

Czechoslovakin beal_Nepal 3-4.

Czechoslovakia) Kreupova beat Shah (Nepal) 21-12, 21-D.

¡Czech÷kwakła V. Schwarzova beat M. Strah (Nepali 21-10, 21-13.

E. Croupova and .. Uhrova beat It. Shan aid M. Shah 21-9, 21-9..

SWAYTILING CUP

Their powerful team includes.

helder of alerter), Ivor Allchurch Kimiyu Matsuzaki,

the women's single champion- (Neweartle), Graham Williams ship, whs alan reached the finals Group 1: Czechoslovakia beat

Mail

in the engolia 6-3. of two doubles events

+Czechoslovakini In last Championships Dort et B. Amarna Mengolia 21-0, mund. The Japanese wonten 25-12. proved so strong at Dortmund J. Stanet beal T. Tomby 21-4. 21-3. 1. Vyhenencvrky beat D. Senjinia- Dist there were all-Japanese

(Swansea), China Special.

JIK for FELF Boxing

Andtenda

team leaves als in each individual cham-, dreadis beat T. Trubu 21-12.

pionship in which women were! 21-0.

Vyhananovsky bent R. singles, engaged the women's

Amareana 21-0, 21-2. women's doubles and mixed doubles,

Championships

Group 3: England beat Cuba 5.0. Ingber Englandi beat 3.

emua (Cuba) 21-12. 41-9.

None of the teams who will rival Japan in the Corbillon Harrison beat I. Brave 1-9., Cup seems likely to match them | 2-3.

A. II. Angulo Filth Fusiliers boxing in power, precisten and aggress The

1991 sive spirit. fm, chumplens of the

1. nd Forces team competition,

B. Merrett bent 21-7. 21-2

1. Harrison beat J.&. Lem: 21-11. Ingber best A. B. Angulo 21-4,

The Championships were, 21-11,

epaned today, from for when about 300 players afternoon Sorepere to represent Itong 30 countries were seclaimed oy

If in the troopship Oxfordshir; veremonially carly thi

Group 3 Japan beat Singapore

It's now either Cooper or Machen for Patterson

New York, Apr. 4.

Mr Tom Bolan, executive, director of Feature Sports. Inc, Bald today thai the choice of opponents for a September title hout with world heavyweight cliam- plan Floyd Patterson hað beer narrowed to Henry Cooper (Britain) and Eddie Machen (United Sintes).

Mr Bolan said Patterson had told him that in his opinion Cooper and

Machen wore the top .contenders.

Machen is rated the second) contender by both the Na- tional Boxing Associationį and Ring magazine Cooper is ranked third by the NBA and fourth by Ring. Both give Sonny Liston,! of Philadelphin, top rat ing.

Machen is due to meet Mike Dejohn, of Syracuse, in San Francisco on Monday night. "Much will depend

on how he does then," Mr Bolan said. He added how- ever, that Machen would. not necessarily be sigited for a world title Aght if he won this match.

HK tour with draw

against Combined Civilians

By "NUMPERE”

The Singapore Combined Services hockey team yesterday drew 3-3 with the Hongkong Cóm- bined. Civilians in the final mätch of their Hongkong and Macao tour.

Their visit has been very enjoyable and interest- ing and of their four matches played, they won two, drew one and lost one.

of the Art

half.

his

To give all their reserves a 22nd minute game the visitors also played after Harris had broken

à cutiin Mr Bolan said he expected one extra match at Kal Tak on glasses and received.

Monday evening against a com-a collision with Dallai. to announce Patterson's bined team from RAF, KCC and Because of the poor rurface next opponent within Army. Their team Incinded only the standard of hockey did not“ three weeks, and added six members of the full alde come up to expectations although that the champion would and the match ended in a 4-4 the pace was very fast. A cer- tain amount of under-cutting begin training next week. draw.

I could not be avoided The title fight would prob. I think the highlight of their, ball frequently flow. ably be held outdoors, in

visit was the very fast dis-i play they gave when defeat- New York, in September.

ing the lengkeng Combined he said.Reuter.

Services 4-1 in their opening fixture,

WORLD Player, Palmer

SOCCER

Madrid insure excited fans!

By Dr WILLY MEISL

International Soccer expert and author

are top

favourites

for the Masters"

US

4.M

UVRIRENA

the famous National Club here.

They never quite reached the same heights again but came very close to it when bealing Club de Morao in Maeno on Easter Sunday. By doing this they were the first team to win in Margo since the Army won

3-2 In December 1953.

Youth & experience

was drawn

from

The brains

and the

Gardner, an usual was tho brat behind the civilians' ellack, hila throught $ass which gave Daliah the open- Ing

catching goal really Singapore's defence napping. The rest of his forwards sup- ported him well but the ground them from repre- prevented ducing the very fast movem als

defence Capitul seen in Friday's match.

showed

but

the

of

Real Madrid club members are insured against Reberto De Vicenzo (Argenta out, and really thone in Macao carly lead when, for the

The Singapore side which that he must be en the verge of

the Army, posible Interpart selzetion Royal Marines and RAF, repre-his partner Pana ared just sented a blend of youth and about every means pesable to Singapore's forwards, experience and, with Malayans stop Augusta. Apr. 4. and Gurkhas Included, normat particularly in the second hal

allowed For the first time in the history open service hockey was fused when umpire Crebas

of the

Afasters Goll with some excellent stickwork. him plenty of scope.

forward Tournament

The

Singapore Their centre-half and cap- player is tipped to win this tuin, Stevens, is a remarkably were also hampered by year's twentyfifth edition cool player. He was well cup-surface but Abdullah profuent whi which starts on Thursday at ported by Harris and Syer at a few flushes wid Cook

Golf full-back. In the Macao game scored once was always chasing

Syer proved just as steady at the slightest chance. wing-hal and Lee came in at However, it was centre-ha!! This golf classic has always full-back, a position, which he

Stevens who scored Iwo been won by home player but also filled as a substitute for

Singapore's goals, one from a this year golf experts have Harris in the final game after

short corner and also their given at last ve overing he received an eye injury.

equaliser just before the end. -- names to the title. The five are;

The Combined Civilians be The Singapore goalkeeper Gary Player (South

Africa), Fiddemore played well through-fan the game by taking a very and Mexico), Sian

Lechord

minute Gardner obtained pas- in blocking shots session, felnied to pass left but Peter (Canada),

Thompson particulath

instead

passed through (Australiu) and Kel, Nagle from short corners.

Of their forwards Abdullah middle for O. K. Dallah to run Snell showed excellent in and send a hord shot past Gary Player who has been r playing some of the best golf of stickwerk and the very fast Fiddemore.

the was

spearhead of to Cook his career since De came

ink mention should also be made of umpire Slade who nejcreased their lead when Valoma cut to clear a quickly companied the visitors and gave Wag

corner. He short Singapore etosa first

exhibitions

sent the ball upfield to Castro whising.

who ran on and beat Harris with a neat flick.

"sudden death by excitement" when watch ing the team play.

The policies also cover members sitting at home

watching Real's matches on television.

The Chile P.A. reckons next! year's World Cup Quals will bring hi 6.000,000 dollars (£1, 785,700) ned is ntreatly allocai- ing the budget.

Travel for the 16 finalists to 400,000, their at the new Workers' Gymnasium, 21-11 21-0

| "lodgings" 50.000 and internal where The matches will OL (M. Höwilnym beat Poon Weng-travel about 42,000 dollars. played.

in the Far East Land a capacity crowd of 15.000 in 15 ora beat Wong Cher-apin Chile will cost

kong Forer

Championships Sremban, Maloya, on April 14.

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1.

comprising

15

Premier Chou En-tal watched! x of the 1st Battalion The the colourful parade of rompett- Eva Northumberland Fusiliers, lors and talked with officials.

ay the tram manager Lt A. G H They qualified for the

the mal when they won Lani Ferces title last month, beating 5th Field Regiment RA by 20 points to 13 at McPherson Stadium, Kowloon

CUT-

The Singapore Combined Ser- !!

hockey vices

team, prising 17 members, also left in the troopship after playing four: matches in Hongkong

Macao,

Bill

to ban

and

racing reports

Reuter.

Swanton's XI lose to British Guiana

e 21-13, 9921, 3-15

Munkami bent Lok Heng-enew z 21-43" 21-14.

Oghnura beat Poen Weng-hoe

Chre 21-13, 21-13.

T. Murakami heat Wong tom 2011, 21-4.

Group 1: West Bunna 5-0.

Germany

heat

W. Franke W. Germany, beat

Maung Myin! (Burma) 21-38. 21-7.

K. Freindorfer beat Mno Tool Slong 21-3, 21-11,

M. He best Aung Kyaw Than 2-1, 21-12.

K. Freunderler brat Maung Myint |

21-7, 21-0.

Finalists should share 2,250,000 dollars, but the biz surorise 15 that, so far, world-wide radio, transmissions and TV

will be tree. These rights made the dif- ference between profit and loss in Sweden In 1958,

UK soccer results

4

London, Apr. 4. Results of today's British soccer matches were:

ENGLISH LEAGUE Division I Aston Villa 4 Bolton

Division II Rotherham

Dezby Leeds United vs Scunthorpe

(Pentponed

BROW) Division I

1

Coventry

D Port Vote Halifax

Bernalcy VE Postponed mow) Notts County 0 Brentford

2 Grimsby Newport Reading

Bury Shrewsbury

Bradford

Division IV

Exeter va Peterborough (Postponed -- snowi

French international forward, Southend Abandoned 10g) W. Prandke beat Aung Kyaw Than | Beutte, of the Rasing Club 21-12, 21-10.

Paris. trains in his bare feet, | Northampton Georgetown, Apr. 5. |

Grip 2: Sweden beat Australia summer and winter! Brilish Guiana beat E. W Swanton's erleket team by four. Alser (Sweden) best M. Wilcox wickets here yesterday.

British Gulaña, 93 for three in T. Larson beat M. Thornson 21-9;

21-4. their second innings overnight, ; needed only of runs to win on

+(Ansteun) 21-11, 25-16.

B. Meilstrom

21-16, 21-11.

beat C. McDennid

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Rogelio Negri, Paraguay's the fourth and fool day's play. T. Larsson beat Mt. Wilcox 21-0.

nationel icam chief, quit his But they lost three more wickets 21-18.

Para- H. Alser beat C. McDonald 21-13, job a few hours before before beating the tourists.

guay were due to fly to Chile for 21-12

Zealand 5-0.

Growo 3: Soviet Union beat Newan International.

Clyde Walcott, who scored 108

In the first innings, steered Bri tish Guinna to victory 25 A. Sauneris (Soviet Union) Lost The reason: obstruction and a. B. A. Forster (New Zealand) 21-12.election disputes. Said Negel:

21-18. sound 40 not out,

in newspapers minutes before lunch withi

Colombo, Apr. 4. Ceylon newspapers will not be allowed to print horse racing reports under a bill presented Representa.

In the House ilves today.

of

The bill, presented by Mr Maitripala Senanayake. Minis- ter fer Home and Cultural Affairs, seeks to ban publication of such reports Offendera coult be fired up te 1,000 rapren (£78) or imprisoned for six months, or both.

Only racing clubs will allowed to publish race cards.

be

The bill is part of a govern- gambling ment drive to curb

1 Ceylon, I has already rerved notice on turf clubs in Ceylon to wind up their aðalrå within four year-Router.

Harold Rhodes, the Derby hire fast bowler, took four for second 50 in British Gulana's innings.

Finial scores were: XI: 275 and 221.

Swanton's

British Guiana: 348 and 140! for six-Reuter.

Sports

Diary

TODAY Taking Entries for Royal Hongkong Jockey Club 15th race meeting, noon.

TOMORROW Meeting Amal meeting of Royal_Hobg= kung Golf Club Ladies". Section, Helena May Testilute, 8.30 pm.

Stockey International: England v Portugal at Reenelo. 8.30 pr.

THE GAMBOLS

(GEORGE, LISTEN)

TO THIS

A MAN GOLIGHT AN OLD DUSTY FAINTING,

IN A BALIS

G. Averin beat G. A. J. Frew -12, "You can't form a team demo- 21-16.

cratically with people who have! A. Baumaris beat A. R. Tomlinson no idea of Soccer." 15-21, 21-10, 21-16.

N. Novikav best G. A. J. Frew 21-17, 21-10.

N. Navikov brat A. R. Tomlinson 21-10, 21-13.

Jockey killed

New York. Apr. 4.

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1

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Thailand beat India 7-1 in Thomas Cup

1

Hyderabad, Apr. 4. Thailand won thel Thomas Badminton Cup International tie against

Indin today by taking al} but one of the matches played during the

There's no holding those tem- second day. peramental Italian team chiefs. The Thai team, which hu Achille Lauro, milliontite pre-won four matches yesterday, sident of Naples, is so angry registered three mere wins to- with his team's bad results that day while losing one

singles, he has all the players of the The Inst

match-a double

today's Results of

were:

A promising American lor-ground from dawn till dusk...was abandoned. key, 22-year-old

Roy Gilbert, every day! died of a fractured skull today when a horse he was racing at the Aqueduct race track thied and threw him to the turf.

Glibert woh highly considered in racing circles and had ridden six winners during the last few days of the current meeting- AFP.

The

Italy-England Interna-

tional in Rome on May 24 means that the Europe Cup final, ori- ginally booked for Rome, is now Awitched to Herne on May 31.

-ondan Express Servlex),

by Barry Appleby

AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE A RENOIR WORTH A FORTUND

GEORGE, EXACTLY WHAT DOES A RENOIR, LOOK LIKE?

matches

Singles Rancon beat Chavol- tat 11-16. 10-11, 15-3.

Samsook beat Dipur Ghosh 13-13, 15-11, 18-14, Shennaront ueat Sayal 15-5, 10-15.

Doubles: N. Arond and Rapht beat Dcoras and Shaikh 10-11, 15-11-AFP.

COOK BETTER MEALS

WITH GAS

(Australia),

America lost January lo tipped with Arnold Palmer, the title holder, as top favourites,

States United Among the big players who will be battling out on the "Immortal Bobby Jones course in Billy Casper the 1950 Open winner, and Dr Middlecof who won the 1055 Masters and the 1950 Open.

Some ninety top golfers will tee off for the 72 holes over the tricky 0,080 yards rourse, -AFP.

Barbarians lose again in S. Wales

their attack.

Ruined

of

bad

frat

the

Noot flick Seven minutes later they in-

on

A

to cut in

Singapore gradually settled down after these early set- The Anal Axture, at KCC

backs and In the 18th minute last evening, was ruined by a

opened their scoring from Very had playing surface.

ahort-corner, sending in With so few representative hard shot from Abdullah's matches being played in the

hand stop, Colony i should be expected In the 20th minute, they were

when

the best back that. they are,

tevel cims, Shell pitches available are used. sending a pass through a d:fen- Apart

110127 the players der's leg for Cool themselves being unable to and give Kedir no chance.

the ball control surface and play their best, the spectators do not see the brand of hockey

fron expected representative teams. Newport, Apr. 4.

The Combined Civilians The Barbarions, the ellie of

same forward line Rugby British

Union clubsnelded the

as in the All- crashed to their second defeat and goalkeeper

Wales Easter Hongkong side on Friday but, full-back, Panru ond white-at Newport

replaced Khan washed them six-nil here today. Capitule the tuned by Meredith Valoms and Macauley came in

unconverted home Oliphant, whilst

for Bowell and Beckwit. In the Singapore team Phurba Tamang moved from inside-right to re- place Dickens at right-half, his The Barbarians had defeated place in the forward line being Singapore & just share of the Penarth and Cardiff in the two taken by Shell, who also play spoils. previous matches of their tour. ed in Macao. They also sub-

The Singapore Combined Ser- stituted Lee" for Harris in the vices return to Singapore today -AFP.

and I am sure there are many ore looking who, like myself, forward to their next visit.

The teams

In their South tour when

two

and Anderson.

On Monday Swansea white washed the tourists eightill at St Helen's.

and at half-back

TWO 6's, THREE 4's IN FIVE BALLS

Australians draw with Ceylon XI in bright

one-day cricket match

Colombo, Apr. 4. Left-arm slow, bowler Lindsay Kline took a ham-

mering when the Australian cricketers drew their one-day match with a Combined Ceylon XI here today.

was

and ali the

Play continued evenly in the second half and it was not util five minutes before the end that the Hongkong side regained the lead First Alonzo's shot was saved by Fidderore and then Lee cleared of the goal line but Castro was from Dallah there to bang the ball keme.

It looked like victory for the Combinat Civilians but, minuley from the eloro, Stevens come way upfield to froin Snell and take a pas3 shoot hard past Kadir to give

twu

HK Combined Civilians: Kadir, Pannu, Capitule, Valoma, Silve, Macauley, Alonco, Dol- lah, Castro, Gardner, Guterres. Bingapore Combined Services: Fludemore, Syer, Harris (Leo), Phurba Tamang, Stevens, Bada- wl, Yussuf, Snell, Cook, Abdul- Inh, Noordin.

Fixtures

The following fixtures have been announced by the Hong- kour Hockey Association for

this week:

TOMORROW Tie Ceylon captain, C. I. The Australian batting

Men's International Betten Gunasekera, hit Itline for two light-hearted,

Malaya va Walt's at Kinga sixes and three tours off succes-players did their best to gel

Park 4.30 pm. elve balls, and he finished with runs as quickly as possible.

Nopal va Scolland at Spekun- falysis of naught for 63 m

Norman O'Neill, who wa, poo, 0.30 pm. nie ovèra.

drepped at 13, scored a hard-

England va Portugal at. Re- The Australians, who are on hitting 70, but ponsibly the best creló, 5.30 pm. their way to England, batted innings came froin hewcomer first and made 289 for eight Brinn Booth. His 44 Included wicketa deciated. The Ceylon of fours, and corried a touchi I left with 120 minutes of real class, le dominated a patting, mado 187 for SEVEN fourth-wicket stand of

by the close,

Best knock

SATURDAY

Ladies' International Herics England va Commonwealth

Skotland vs Portugal. 65 ininutes with OWell. 4. Inat Kings Park, 2.30 pm.

King's Park, 4.00 pm.- The malbrily of the Aue- tralian batsmen were caught on

SUNDAY In extremely humid condi- the bottalary, trying to hit the Becond Division Championship

Playo flons. the Austroilane were ball out of the ground.

in Irthargic in the fold, and

Pacemen Manon, Gaunt and Peleous, ve RAF að KUg's the final 45 minutes drizzling McKenzie were imimpressive, | Inric, 230 pm. rain mado diffeuit for their and loft-am opinner kan quicke spiders to get a grip on the with four for 31 was the best ball.

| Australian bowler--Nčuter.

Troflatta Cop First |

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Recreio va Army, at Idor's.

Tark; 4.30 pm.