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NEW WORLD CHAMPION

THE CHINA MAIL, ' WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1961

new middleweight Terry Downes, of Paddington, last week became the champlon of the world, when Paul Pender, of Boston, Mass., retired at the end of the eight round of their world title fight at Wembley with a badly cut eye. Downes, who has often been the victim of culs to the face himself, took the fight to the American champion from the first bell.

Photo shows the new world middleweight champion, a cut under his left eye, holding aloft the trophy presented to him after the fight.-Central Press

photo..

Olly Vas, Brian Young win Vespa Club Reliability Trials

By A CHINA MAIL REPORTER

on

The Vespa Club of Hongkong held its first-ever Reliability Trials

Sunday at San Wai in very muddy conditions but despite the in- clement weather-15 scooter drivers took part in the afternoon's proceedings.

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Brian J. J. Young was the winter in the GS elice but he had comparatively easy tiene

canpetivo as the other three In the su

failed to group complete the last evenl and were all disqualified?.

The Trinis got off to a de-

the weather layed start as the rain came down in sheets over the tank the Trials tracks which served as the

The serundf event consisted venue for the endre afternoon..

the steps of the After a burrled consultation retracing

officials decided to san core but this time the the Club hold the Trials anyway but officials of the Club decided to one look at the hills was sur-make it less slippery for ficient to deter right would-be contestants,

narrow

Gave up

winding lanes Atter penalties had been mid-tween The overall winner hd also

were: Wil-with two large mannds to go witaner in the 150 ce clue was led the placings

Cheung 78 seconds 7 over and Vas got through it in Olly Vas

Victory Ham

footings. complete surprise penalties) 2. Young 75 seconds 71.3 seconds aus 13 cante as

3. Curcia, 2018 His shrewdness paid off for the 10 buth Willium Cheung and (5 analties).

churned Stephen Garcia who were both seconds (4 penalties). 4. Vas, 129 Vespas that followed

up the soil and deep ridges and In the running for the hours seconds (10 penaliles). when the third and fund event

A newcomer to Vespa oatings,dles of water now appeared all over the fat open ground audi bitat.

Mok Yat-hung, driving a brand-

there added the dificulties new machine, showedt Hittle res-

of those who had hesitated to peet for the rough terrain and

come forward when their normes penalised for although he was

were called. 30 fuelings he pluckily sild his Vespa over the muil to complete the course and earn the admira- Bon of a surprisingly large num-

who harl Garcia of spectators

with 31 footings and ber

watch Chewsg withi

Jost their braved

chances to win in this race und three CS drivers gave up in disgust as wheels spun but stay- ed stuck in the muri. A drizzle that fell during this event com- pleated matters for all the driv- theers and though it was originally Jeep

alon a mountain end this could not be done be- drier but also cause of the weather conditions path which was very fast underfoot.

which would have made the run Stephen Garels was the Orsi

up the sheer bil suicidal. driver to have a go at it and whizzed up and down in the Incredible time of 40.6 seconds which included a penalty in- curred after he had to apply the brakes and had akitided because of the thoughtless ac- tion of another competitor who was over-anxious to start and who got in Garria's way i rerssitating the latter to take evasive action,

who were allowed intended to negotiate a

drivers from starting and only to come down not via the bumpy track to bring the Trials to an four G5 machines and 11 of tracks buf 11: 150, scooters faced the

starter, Jimmy Foo.

First event

The first trial

Consisted

driving over a market!

of

CAIPAA,

up the slippery hill to a ridge, then circling around the fat Jes- land at the top before cending the hi and going back to the starting point. The the driver had trouble with

hill right from the word 'Go'. With five seconds added to the *fuoting ROL tinuing for each

not Lu Le one driver failed penalised as back wheels got embedded in the mud and scout- era bumeed ver the bumps along the course. More than one driver had to be given a shove from behind when rear wheels bogged down but they were not penalised for the assistance.

Just short of world record

Lost à shoe!

The nearest anyone could get

The Trials ended after al- mest two and half hours, much to the relief of all those taking pari and as a parting shot the clouds opened up again and drenched the scoot- crists

Lo as they drove off Statin for a well-earned rest and dinner. All in all this was a surpris- Ingly successful unting, and not ne driver slipped off his ma- chine during the Trials which will always be remembered by those who were at San Wal os one of the wettest and most

to Garela's timing was William slippery in, the Club's history. To Cheung whose onis fault was to the Army nuthorities who so drive over the line that marked kindly allowed the scooterists

the course and for which the use of the hills for an after- he was fined' five seconds hut Boo of slithering in the raud even then he did the course in go the Vespa Club's thanks and 51.2 Acronds.

to all those who dared to show their driving prowess In solutely atrocious conditions I can only say "Well done",

Results

Arthur Olnes took third place In this event by clocking 53.3 seconds and Hansel Kwok was Again fourth in 53.5 seconds. no one falled to be penalised anti 11 speaks volumes for the

Dublin, July 3.

Murray Hai-skill of the drivers that good

New Zealand's

berg care within eigh:1-tenths of

Imes wore recorded in this

a second of breaking Albert event Thomas's world recursi

Results were:

150 cc CLASS

ab-

1. Olly Vas 335.4 seconds. for it Was pouring 2 Stephen Garcia 301.6. throughout. One of the drivers for the

hit a bad spat un top of the bill 3 Lo Ka-ping 390.5. three miles race here tonight and last a shoe, much to the

GS CLASS when he clocked the

amusement of the two marshals 1. A. J. J. Young 434.6 seconds. stationed here but he managed

event's

third fastest time in history.

The 5,000 metres Olympic to retrieve it at the expense of Champion's ilme was 13 minutes 11.6 seconds.

15-second penalty!

Halberg's historic run on this Luckily for everyone the rain. equally historic Santry Track then stopped for half an hour was aided by his brilliant finish or so and this gave the com- when he raced round the last petitors a chance to attempt the third course before the terrain quarter mile in 55.3 seconds.

The Olympic gold medallist became any muddler. was running in the three miles event

This no event proved to be une for everyone

during the Cloncliffe the toughest Harrlero Meeting. Australia's concerned. Dave Power was secund, 12.4 seconds behind Halberg.-AFP.

Sports Diary

TODAY BOWLA

2nd Division; PRC "A" V PRO "B", 5.13 pm.

3rd Division: CCC v HKFC.

BADMINTON

Executive Committee

George

mealing, st Button, 6.30 pm, BWIMMING

St Stephen's Girls' College swim-

ming gsia, Victoria Park Puol,

TOMORROW

MEETING

AST B.C.M. 16

OC Cirincil

Am.

meeting. Lord Room, 4.50 prn. BAIKETBALL

AL this Riago Willam Cheung, Stephen Garela, Irlan Your, and Kwok Ying-summ were igniting It'out for overali teadership with Garcia ip- to Have Dearing

abright the 150 chance of winging ce class, Young Just ahead in his timing agalusi Kwok in the G8 class. Young won eventual- ly because Kwok Ying-SLIKA wlthdrew. mid-way througia the last event when he just could not get hin machino out of the mud while in this 150 co #eotion Vas sprang a sur- prian on both Carols and, Cheung.

Seventy seconds ahead of Cheung and almost alxty in front 1 Champions v Ha! Tow. of Garcia he volunteered to be Southern Playground, 320 pin the first to go around the cours

Bowk and Dipizion: rev ccc. 0.30in this Anul event. The drivers

had to lear their machines bo

CHESS

By LEONARD BARDEN

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Senden Kapra Ervios,

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IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF

DAVE SEGAL?

By: BRIAN GLANVILLE

After Dave Sogal, Len Corter? Will Britain in other words, be losing another of har finest sprinters to some American college?

One could hardly blame Cur- ter, the gifted, 18-year-old sprin- ter from Acton, if he did go. Ho'q only Juurt finished school, he fells me, and has taken his Ad- vanced Level In French and English.

He'd like to go to a university, but four-01!" provincial-have turned him down, while London demand Latin for an Arts de- give course; and Carter hasn't got it. He vouk "stay on a other year it he wanted to, and probably get a place,” but, then, he doesn't want to.

I know an American college that would have me." he said, Imebodingly, " know where in go," If we lose him. we shall at least have the consolation that he is off to university beenuse he really does want to study. He's D shrewd young man, with shrewd Idea of what a degree. in this day and age, is worth.

MAINLY SPORT

ABOUT

just sent me an illuminating cut- | ting_telling the story of how the fascu was recently exposed.

El

Roger Mocns is amused, director of Lamont, Texas, has Justinably. A week or so ago, when he withdrew from an 880 yards race at the White City, won by Peter Snell, I was said that the Belgian world record- brecker would never run again. Heart disease, allegedly, had put a premature end to his career.

Racket exposed

Tem Amko, a student New York University, decided to write a term paper on "High School Athletics. a Passkey lo College," Ingeniously, he pre- pared a letter spelling mis- inkes and all-signed by a fetit- ous basketball player called Tot Fizil 6

Inches, feet 5

200 Morns, though he is still in ¦ pounds, All-State in Connecticut bed having penicillin and sul-for iwo years. મ straight-C phonamides treatment, hasn't the caverage grade) student; any smallest intention of giving up; joffers?" He even enclosed a lako for who would retire just for a

press cutting of his proWOSA, sore throat? Angine (throat in- Logic domanded |fectlan) in his complaint. Some

where along the Tine, It got Tie Basco of this year's transcribed into angina, What's Comods Cup. from which both in a nume....or a letter? Arnold Palmer and Gary Player

The other week I wrote about withdrew, under the compulsion the athletics scholarships racltet of the American Professional in American universities; parti- Golfers' Association, may not be | cularly in basketball in fool his "récord." A revelation in- sepented. The International ball. Mr Lewis Hilley, athletics deed!

Golf Sponsors Association la now meeting in Milwaukee, and will determine whether profes- sional golfers may in future play abroad when tournaments pre on font in the United States. Ellieally and logically, they can only say Yes. Let us hope that logic prevails.

Russians warned

It's a rare and delightful situation when All English Schoolmaster tells the Titans of the Communist bloe what to do: but it has just happened, in the world of weightlifting. Mr Oscur State, secretary of the Interna tunai Weightlifting Federation, has firmly thumbed down the meet Red Russians' request China in a contest.

"1 told them." he said, "that the solution was for Red China to realate, and the Russian delegate looked pretty sick. think Russin may go ahead. though-for political reasons,

And what would happen then? "We shall suspend I asked. them," said Mr State calmly. "They've been warned,"

More power to his (weight fting) elbow.

Four D. Jones BY MADDOCKS LITTLE DEVIL, YOU'VE OVERSTEPPED YOUR „MARK THIS TIME

FERDINAND

NANCY

BEAT IT, KID---YOU MAKE ME NERVOUS

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up in a newspaper onice where he worked part-time.

Every college coach to whom he wrote£l of them-respond- ed. Two offered him a scholor- ship, one a half-scholarship. None went into his character. only two bothered to investigate

REJECTING THE BROMIDE

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said Bob Barber, the captain of Lancashire. This is Hong Kong "Obviously if you're going to play the game, you The Hong Kong Story play it to win. I've been told by certain newspapers Chinese Creeds & Customs Vol. we're in a transitional, building period, but no! It would lend to a rather complacent attitude."

Barber, a Cantab who has already played once for Eng- land, and gives an impression of dry, humerous detachment, think be really knows what il is to bowl badly. But you've got chance in the Championship. Statham, of course, is bowling well. "He always does. i don't But you've got think he really. to have a few things running for you know, to win this ou Championship. though I'm not saying that Surrey and York- shire were not good sides, Of course they were.

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bad,"

His strained bowling arm has been mending steadily through out the season. "I'm really happy at the moment, but in a litle bit reticent about it. I don't want any sob stuff."

And off the cricket feld, out of the cricket season? A characteristle, deprecating chuckle. "That's an embarrass- ing question. Oh, dear, I don' know what to say to you about this." One gathered, though, in the way a job that there offing. If balanced good humour has any relevance, he should do well.

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