THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, 'JULY 13, 1961.
RAIN MARS COUNTY CRICKET
British Open Champion off to good start Leicester, Surrey
KEL NAGLE
KEL NAGLE SHARES FIRST ROUND LEAD WITH REES, HENNING
Southport, July 12. Kel Nagle, the Australian holder of the title, produced champion-like form over the rain-swept ' Royal Birkdale Course hore to share the lead with Harold Honning (South Africa) and Dai Rees (Britain) on 68 at the and of the first round in the British Open Golf Championships today.
Thomas would jump 4 inches higher if... says Russian coach
Moscow, July 12.
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John Thomas would high-jump at least four inches over his listed world record if he was under the tutelage of Russian couches, the coach of the Soviet track team which meets the United States this weekend, said today.
Gabriel Korobkov, who has
definitely should handled the Russian team
be going at least four Inches higher than he has done," said both previous meetings against the US-bere, in 1958 and Philadelphia In 1950-ulso pre dicted that Valery Brumel would beat Thomas when they meet in their fourth encounter,
Today's talk at
Cricket Club
"Bert" Oldfield, the famous Australian wicketkeeper and form- er Test star, will be giving a talk at the Hongkong Cricket Club today at 5.30 pm. All cricketers are welcome,
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Australian cricketers at Queen Mother's party
London, July 12. The Royal Family met the Australian erleket tourists at a party given by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother tonight in the gardens of Clarence House.
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh who walked with
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"Thomas
Korobkov in his excellent English. "IS HT Russian coaches were training him he would be up around 1 feet 74; Inches (2.32 metres)". Thomas and Brumet currently share the world record of 7 34 ins (2.23 metres) although Brume's mark has not been officially recognised vet. Further- more as far as the Russians are concerned, Brumel now owns the record all alone. This is be- cause itie tall. handsome teenager cleared 2.23 metres while Thomas' record was 2.22 on the metric scale, The Russlans use the metrle system for measurements.
'Not criticising
"I want to emphasise that 1 am not crilicising American coach- ing in general," said Korobkov, "After all, we learned most of what we know from them. How- ever, they can be weak in ber- talo events and I think the high jump is one of them.
"I don't care how you look at | it, the entire trick of good high- jumping is in a fast run up, and in maintaining that speed going over the bar."
Brumet defeated Thomas in all three of their meetings last winter at New York's Madison Square Garden.
Rees, the 48-year-old British Ryder Cup captain who has never won the Open in his long <rcer, was the first to set the crowd scampering over Birkdala sondy slopes In drenching rain when he wept to the turn in 32-ivo below the scratch score.
Only minutes before bo falabed, there
were more enthusiastle scenes round the home green when unknown 24-year-old Norman Johnson (Britain), koled a 70-yard approach shot for an eagle three and a 60 to match the earlier lead of 70 so by American star Arnold Palmer, the favourite.
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short-
Short-lived lead Johnson's lead lived. Rees turned in his 68, followed by Henning and then Nagle. Joining Johnson on 60 was another British
golfer, David Miller, and Jean Gari- alde, of France. Palmer shared 70 with Ave other golfers, in-
DAI REES
cluding British Senior cham- plon, 50-year-old Sam King.
A total of 108 golfers came through the qualifying compe- tition to today's first round proper. After the second round tomorrow, a maximum of 50 go forward to the final 36 holes on Friday.
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A GREAT BRITISH PAIR
Angela Mortimer, of Great Britain, proudly holds the All-England Women's Challenge Trophy after she had de- feated Christine Truman (left), also of Great Britain, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5, in the thrilling singles final on the Centre Court at Wimbledon recently. Miss Truman played a very gal- lant match after having injured her leg during the match, It is the first time that two British girls have met in the women's singles únal at Wimbledon since 1914. - Central Press photo.
Pauwels wins Tour De France 17th stage
Pau, July 12.
· Dddyo Pauwels of. Velglum today won the 17th stage of the professional Tour De France cyclo race, a 107-kilometre (122.4-mile) mountainous stretch from Luchon to here,
Pauwels' time was 0 hours 20 minuten 57 seconda for the route, whilel included four passes in the Pyrenées moun- tains.
In second place was Andre Foucher of the French West- South-West team, and third was Marcel Quehellie of the some 1:am,
Jacques Anguetil of the French team kept his claim on the yellow jersey of the overall
winner.
Caucher was given the same time, as Pauwels and Queheille was officially clocked at 8 hours 30 minutes and .02 seconds.
In today's stago the riders went over the Tourmalet pass, 2,114 metres (0,970 feet) high, and three others at 1,710 metres
(3,640 feet), 1,503 (5,150 feet) and 1,400 metres {1080 (cut).
out
for low scores in first innings
London, July 12.
Rain played havoc with the English County Cricket programme today. In all 10 matches there were either delays at the start or early. closures.
The start at the Oval in the match between Surroy and Leicestershire was delayed until after lunch, but the bowlers of both sides quickly made up for lost the and before the close each side had been in and out. The Hurrey bowler had first chance to exploit tha pitch and they kittied Leicestershire in 140 minutes
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TOUR OF BRITAIN CYCLE
for 02, with pace man Dave Gibson claiming four wickets for 32 runs after one 16-ball | RACE~Twenty-five year uld spoll when he exptured thres Hull fishery clerk Billy Holmes wickets without cost.
won the fourteen-day 1,500 miles Tour of Britain cycling race in an overall classification Time of 04 hrs 48 mtas 47 segs, and thus staved of a Spanish hid by 2 mins 34 recs. Holmes, who nished second a year ago, thereby gained revenge on his
B Bradley, great rival Southport, who won in 1900 but could finish
better an eleventh this time. Holmes led the North of England to a team victory, with Southern second and Combined Services third. Garry The Services six werd Bamford, Douglas Hamilton, James Hinds and Dennis Tarr of the RAF, and George Bennett And
The Leicestershire bowiem minutes less to dismiss Surrey did oven better. They took 10
for 71. Surrey were 36 for metres eight at one time and if a chance in the slips offered by Gibson had been taken would probably have been dismissed, for the lowest score of the season.
One batsman who was not bolbered
Sports Diary
Hobgkong
TODAY Miceting
Football Association Council meeting, Sports-rond, d pm.
Cricket
Talk By Mr W, A. Oldfield on his cricket 'experience"“ at
KCC 8.30 pm.
TOMORROW. Water Polo CYMCA V Army Laland at Victoria Pool, 630 pm: S. China v Army Kin, Victorià Pool, 7 pm.
Meeting HKCAAA Executive Committes meeting. Exucation Dept, 6.30 pm.
ILTF agrees to introduction
of Open Tournaments
but not before July, 1962
Stockholm, July 12.
The International Lawn Tennis Federation today agreed in principle to the experimental introduction of a limited number of 'Open Tourna. ments', but deferred details until next year's Federation meeting.
Federation meeting
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This means that there will be, number of open tournaments," по пред tournaments before This resolution was passed by 1963, according to the Brilish 133 votes for and 101 against. delegate. Mr J. Eton Grimth.
"That this meeting re- Today's
mils to the Committee here passed two separate re- of Management to recommend solutions, put forward by the to the 1982 Annual General Committee of Management; Meeting Le details under which such an experiment could "That this meeting be conducted." This was pass- agrees to the principle ed by 100 votes for and 00 an experiment of a limited against.
Korobkov also announced his lineup for the 22-event Loading scores meeting, There were no sur- prises with the possible excep- the arst round were:
Leading scores at the end of Lion that Pyotr Bolotnikov,
Nngle (Australia, the Olympic
melres gold medallist, will start in the holder), D. Rees (Britain), Hof
Henning (South Afrka), Korobkov sald
69-N. Johnson (Britain). D. Miller (Britain), J. Garlalde (France).
10,000
stick had driven from 5,000 metres. Buckingham Palace. Later Bolotnikov had not been in Princess Margaret and Mr proper training for the longer
Armstrong-Jones
race.-AP.
Anthony rived.
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Mr S. G. Webb, manager of the Australian team, presented to the Queen Mother the Treasurer. Mr R. Steele. the captain, Richie Benaud, and the other members of the side.
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Other guests included Peter i May, England's captain, and lila wife, former Presidents the MCC Earl Alexander Tunis and Viscount Munckton, Gubby Allen, Chairman of the English Selectors, and Mr Ron- ale Aird, Secretary of the MCC. -AFP,
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THE SUNIAN LOTION THAT PROTECTS EVEN
RESER SWIMMI
70-5. King (Britain),. A. Palmer (USA), J. MacDonald (Britain), N. Coles (Britain), A. Brookes (South Africa), L
Then came 12 players on 11— Reuter.
It's great to Platts (Britain). be the champ'
London, July 12.
of "It's great to be the champ"
was Terry Downes' comment | this morning on his victory over Paul Ponder, the Ameri- con holder, in the world mid- dleweight le bout here last night.
Downes reporting himself "At as a Addie,” added thot all his injuries were minor
ones,
"I've a smalt nick under one eye, nothing on the nose, but my face is a bit swollen pulled pp," he declared.
Downes and he did not ex-
and
peet Pender to retire at the end
of the ninth round. "I don't think hiq cuts were all that bad,” he declared. "He was just physically beaten."
The new champion now plans In fortnight's holiday in Spain with his wife. China Mali Special.
TAE GAMBOLS
I MURT WASH MY
HAIR BEFORE
S | 40 OUT
ICANT LET THIM GER IT LIKE TIUS
Vic Toweel to make a comeback
Johannesburg, July 12.
Cologne Athletics
meeting
It was pointed out after- warda that, as these motions did not represent a change in the rules, they did not need to obtain a two-thūkis majority yote.
At the press conference after the raceting, the Committed Cologne, July 12.
not to publish the Baú weather
conditions decided turned the
10th International names of the countries voting Invitational
against there Track and Field either for or
resolutions. Mocline of the ASY Club
The next Annual General Cologne into a real underwater battle today.
Meeting will be held in Paris on About 8,000 spectators braved July 11, 1902.
the weather world record holder Harry Jeromo cover the 100-metre
10,3 seconds, dash in
on a
was fought
ip sec Canada's Other proposals
Mr R. H. Youdale, of Aus-
for the coming year to succeed. champion who retired from the out by India's Milka Singh, and M. Jean Borotra, of France. ring 1854, wants to make a Kaiser, from Colome, Kalsex Two Soviet proposals. one
was the winner
by inches in about the equality of votes for: the decision of 16.8 seconda This follows
all countries, and another pro- Australian Jimmy Carruthers
European The 800 metres was won by posing
Regional to return to the ring after a New Zealand's Peter Shell in Games, were rejected.
Vic Toweek, South Africa's track full of water puddles. tralia, was elected as President furner world bantamweight The 400 metres
comeback.
years.
lay-off of GOVE Carruthers took the world title on minute 48.0 seconds,
Snell
A Russian proposal for the
lympic Games was not allow
SPORTRAIT
"As was saying, 'tennis can be a highly tempera- mental game."
LUAMUN Drass Service,
Was Dour
by the conditions Padgett, who Bit his second successive century - and his third of the season for County champions Yorkshire against Somervel Podgeit
180 batted for minutes before he was out for 101 and his fine innings includ- ed 13 fours. During the innings he pased his thousand runs for the season.
Another batsman who found the conditions
to his today liking was Norman Hörner, who Thit an undefeated' 117 out of Warwickshire' 174 for Ove at the close against Essex.
110
of.
Ramsay McAuley, of the Army, Bennett also met with silecess in the King of the Mountains event, beating off the challenge of a Czechoslovak and Holmes, who filled second and third
Twenty-three- places. year-old Bennett comes from Bishop Auckland.
HOW TIMES CHANGE! With Horner, who missed the first the departure of Joe Kennedy on seven matches of the season a free transfer from West Brom- because of fractured thumb, wich to Chester not one of the reached his second successive Albion's 1054 FA Cup-winning century in just over two hours eleven . remains At The when the Warwickshire acore Hawthorns except left-winger stood at 137.
George Lee — and he is nselatant thou-trainer. This summer Ronnie
He also completed 扭 sand runs for the reason, 117 includes 15 fours.
Closing scores
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Hls Allen has joined Crystal Palace
and Hay Barlow has applied for reinstatement 遊び An amateur with Stourbridge. Of the others only Jimmy Dugdale remains in the Big Time - with neigh- bouring Aston Villa. Dudley Is with. Walsall, Ryan with Derby County, Mlilard, Griffin and Nicholls in non-League football and goalkeeper Sanders has re- Cambridge Uni-tired. Alt in seven short yeaza!
Close of play scores in 10 day's cricket matches were:
At the Oval: Leicestershire 02 (D. Gibson Ave for 32). i. Surrey 71 (B. Boshier five for
28).
At Lord's!
versity 148 for eight (J. Brear-
ley 7) Versus MCC. Bein
curtailed play.
At Taunton; Yorkshire 232 | A LAST RESOURCE-AUred for eight (K. Taylor 08, D. Lyttelton, England's Padgett 101). Versus Somerset. keeper, bowled against
wicket-
Aus-
At Manchester: Middlesex 112tralia in a Test Match at Ken- for no wicket (R. Gale 53 not nington Oval in 1884 after all the out, W. Russell 50 not out), other Versus Lancashire.
tailed play.
len players
had been Rain cur tried. He did not
remove his pads, he bowled under-arm and
At Worcester: Worcestershire he took four wickets! 228 for seven (M. Horton 52). Versus Gloucestershire
At Colchester; Warwickshire
174 for five (N. Horner 117 not out).
Versus curtalled piny.
Essex.
FEMALE IMPERSONATORS.
RainTwo teams of ladies were due
to play a charity football match
At Bouthampton: Hampshire At Shifnal in old of an old folks' 178 for nine (D. Livingstone 88 fund, but only twenty volunteers A solution not out). Versus Nottingham-could be mustered.
was the co-opting of the services ohire. Rain curtailed play.
At Cardiff: Glamorgan 243 for of two local male goalkeepers eight (W. Parithouse 40, but they had to dress as women,
and so too did the referee. Pressdee 40). Versus Derby-
shira.
At Hastings: Sussex 102 for seven (R. Langridge 41). Versus Kent. Rain curtailed play.
At Northampton: Northamp- tonshire 294 (B. Reynolds 41, C. Milburn 56, P. Watts B6 not out. L Buss six for 131), Combined Services 14 for three-Reuter,
Ticonderoga takes
over
Trans-Pacific
Yacht Race lead
Aboard Coast Guard cutter Dexter, July 12.
ed because had been turned The 72-foot ketch Ticonderoga and the 81-foot sloop Sirius
from Towocl in 1952 and the trolled at Orst but worked his inclusion of lawn tennis in the Transvaal National
Boxing way through the pack, nosing Clubs are exploring
the pos German champion Paul Schmidt sibility of hatching the 32-year- the finish
down at the Annual General old veterans."
Another Now Zealander, Meeting last year. Lawn lennia Carruthers retired nx un-Murray Halberg, won the 3,000 was last an Olympic sport in defeated champion in 1934 metres in 17 mins 59.0 secs. tho 102 GameYJN in Paris... Router.
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Ncutor.
Barry App-leby
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381 BY
AIR-INDIA
after
I today battled for the honour of finishing first in the 22nd blennint Trans-Pacile Yacht Race from Los Angelca to Honolulu.
MANX TEAM FOR EMPIRE AND COMMONWEALTH GAMES, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Jersey and the Isle of Man are to sond coparate teams to the Empire and Commerwealth Games to be held In Perth, Western Australla, next year?
LIKE THE BABBLING BROOK-Mrs Blanche Hin- yard, formerly a Mas Bingley, was one of the turteen original entrants
for the women's soles titlo at the inaugural Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships in 1084. Sho competed without
breake every year for thirty years, court,
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always wore gloves on and won the litlo six times.
BACK TO GERMANY-Just after the last War Tan Jamieson' toured Germany with tho The Ticonderoga today took, Nippon Maru reporting she was British Army team. Bince then the end of, the 41 yachts en- 35 miles ahead of the Kelwo he has played many games for gaging in the 2,225-mile race, Maru in tha battle they are Coventry City, managed Rugby! the Sirius had set the slaglag in the special race Town and been on asistant pace almost from the, start on amang tall ships-UPT. July 4 of Los Angeles Harbour. When the morning roll-cali of boala was conducted from this escort vessel, the Tloent- deroga, owned by Willums Xa stain of Apn Arbour, Michiran, held a load of only five miles and was 150 mitos from Diamond Ikad,
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Following Howard Ahman- queen Elsbeth Blakas to be cutter Nam Sang, skippered by Ascot Heath on Saturday. Bob Robb Phoenix, Arizona,
́TAILENDER'S FAN' CLUB. Fred Hubbard, of Milnrow (Lanca), must be one of the Tow cricketers with a fan club
b. to bat saunity. At No 10 or
at 000 miles from the finish. The They ate, with probable, No 11 a group of youngsters Nam Song held a lend of only a riders, and weighte: Apostlo (B.jmens- the scoreboard always, mile over Boland · MeAanun's | Hide, nios stonn anyen pound), hold -up, a board inscribed Puriult.
St Paddy (1. Figgott, 9.3), Bight--"Freddie's Fan, Club”. Ha did The two -Japanese Jéquare | Royal - (R. Poincelet |67) | thay proud with a 150 nok out riggers were more than 1,000 Kopkavón (N. Strik 8.7) gulzii Roystori in a Central !milies from Honolulu,, with: the ldbeuters)
Lancashire Leagsió, minich.
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