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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1961.

America can ́ regain Wightman Cup

Says JOHN COTTRELL

Britain's tennis girls, who have won only two of the past 24 Wightman Cup contests, go to Chicago shortly to defend the trophy with their strongest-ever team (on paper).

It comprises the Wimbledon and British hard court_champion (Angela Mortimer), the Wimbledon runner-up (Christine Truman), the French champion (Ann Haydon) and the Surrey champion and British hard Court finalist (Deirdre Catt).

Yet I believe the Amerleans! have a great chance of rʊgain- Ing The Wightmun Cup -- even though there will by tuss doubts about their star player, national champton Darlene Hard, who missed Wimbledon because i of juice.

Far from fit

The Aluesa of the British players is also suspect. Miss

CHESS

By LEONARD BARDEN

World champion Mikhali Tal was in brilliant form in the Stockholm tournament a few months ago. Watch how he sweeps West Germany's No. 1 player off the board by a non- stop series of threats (Tal v. Unzicker). 1 P-K4, P-K4; 2 Kt-KBJ. Ki-QH3; 3 B-Kts. P-QR3: 4 B-R4, KI—83: S 0-0, B-K2: (R-KI, P~QKU: 7 B-K13, P-Q3; 8 P—B3, 0—0; 9 P-KN3, K1-Ktl: 10 P-Q4. QKt-Q2: 11 P-B4. P-B3: 12 P-851, Q-B2 (12... Px BP: LPxKF, 13PXQP EXP là B-K15. P-B? (much better B-K(2): 15 PxBP. 15 14

BxP: 16 Ki-B3, B-K12; 17 R-QBI, Q-K:3; 18 R-K2, KR −E! I0 KG, Ex K. 20 BXB. QR-Q1; 21 R(KZ) --B2. B-K2; 22 R-B6. Q-R4; 23 B-Q2 -Kt5: 24 BxP chi KxB: 25 Q-K13 ch. Resigns. II 25... K-B1: 26 KI-Kt5. or 25 K-Kt3: 26 Kt-RI ch, K-R4: 27 Qu eh KxK; 20 Q-Kt3 ch. K-R4; 29 QKt5 mate. If 25 KL-Q4; 20 Px Kt, K-B1; 27 P-QB, followed by ByP leaves White two pawns ahead with a winning game.

Solution No. 6076: 1 Q-R. RXQ; 2 RB6, or 1... R-RA: 2 Q-R1, or 1R-K13: 2 K-87. Not i Ki—QBG). R—

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Mortimer has suffered a re- CUFFSMEN of tennis elbow which forced her so quis ten- ls for several weeks before Wimbledon.

her to two Wimbledon slagles frais, I expect the United States to win.

Miss Richey is capable of why- ning two matches for the Ameri- Mias Haydon, who has collect-cana and I do not rate Britain's ed three more titles ance Wim-chances very highly in the dou bledon, was far from fit when bles since her top pair, Truman she played in the inter-county and Haydon, were beaten in the championships last week. Dimi- third round at Wimbledon by the nutive Miss Catt fell and injured young South Africans Margaret her leg playing for Bussex last Hunt and Lynne Hutchings. week, and dispirited Mixo Tru-

Close-fought match

man has been talking of quitting

lawn tennis.

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In contrast, unseeded Miss Hantze and her Cup colleague Billie Jean Momt won the Wim- bledon doubjes title in their first challenge.

Last

year's Wightman Cup contest-played at Wimbledon

Thus, I feel the scene is set for the tough Amerlcan young- sters to perform some notable giant-killing acts in Chicago on August 10-20. The player most to be feared in 18-year-old poker-was cally the most exclling faced Nancy Richey of Dallas, Texas. On the eve of this year's victory for the British girls.

since the war, resulting in a 4-3 Wimbledon, she conquered Miss

year's can provide an- Truman 6-3, 3-7, 6-0 in the Lon-other close-fought thriller but, don championshipa; then, in her If Ming Hard is back at her first-ever match Wimbledon, un-peak, I take the Americans to seeded Nancy so nearly over-

the trophy and leave come the No. 2 seed, Margaret one blot on the most successful

recapture

eason of British women's inwn tennis since the war.

Smith of Australia.

Future champion

I forecast that Miss Richey will be Wimbledon champion within the next two years. Not sines Maureen Connolly have seen a girl with such beautiful controlled drives

and out-

standing match-play tempera- ment. Her backhand, especial-

This

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TODAY WATER POLO

Snack out tournament: Arial

Ly will bring joy to the purists i vičtoria Park Pool, 5.30 pm. of the game.

ARCHERY

Archery Assen of RK Committee

Then there is that so talented, meeting at KCV Pavillon, 7.30 pm.

but so temperamental, teenager, Miss Karen Hantze. This former

child prodigy has disappointed after showing Buch tremendous potential last year, but she reached the Wimbledon quarter- Anolx this year and at her beat the could bring down any of British girls.

But American hopes will de- pend largely on the form of the experienced Mies Hard. If she can recapture the form that took

TOMORROW

BOWLS

1st Division: Taikoo Recreo "W" MC KDC, USRC v FC, KCC

Recreio "B", CCC ~ KBUC. 2nd Divizion: CCC IC "B HERC PRC "A" TL v KCC, HKFC

IRC "G", PRC "B" • HRCC. 3rd Division: HKCC V HKFC. HBGC.V FC, KDC v usnc, SC v TC.

*Ladies' 1st Division: KFC v CCC. Tv Usac.

Ladies 2nd Division: Recreio "" v ccc "G", KEC v CCC "Y", KBGC

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FERDINAND

By Mik

Four wives and two girl friends of Yorkshire county cricketers com- plained last week that they were ordered out of the Headingley pavilion for talking. Their chatter 85 they watched the county champions struggling against Surrey upset member of the Leeds Cricket, Football and Athletic Club, which owns the ground, He told a steward: "

enjoy the cricket with this talking going on. You will have to ask these giris to move. They have no right to be here, anyway."

R

can't

So in stepped the steward...

_and_out" stopped--

Mrs Ray ngworth, wife of the spla bowler; Mrs Mai- ville Ryan, wife of the fast bowler; Mrs Jimmy Blaks, of the wicket-keeperi wile Mrs Ken Taylor, wife of the batsman, Miss Anne Barnes, gir} friend of all-rounder Brian Close; and Miss Lily Hall, girl friend of batamañ Philip Sharpe,

EMBARRASSED

They were left standing for- lornly in one of the few open spaces that could be found in the ground during Close's benet match.

And they were warned: "Don't

COME

back either. You shouldn't have been sitting there in the first place." Said Mrs Avril Taylor: The way the whole thing was done was horrible. You would have thought we were creat- ing some kind of disturb- ance.

"It's

Sald Mrs June Ryan:

always the same at Heading- Iry. The wives are nowhere. At teatime I had to queue up and ended with a buttered ten eake in a paper bag." Said Miss Bornes: "It wasn't

cven

Yorkshire county member who complalbed. We were jusi talking quietly, a

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Colony softball

moves to a new ground

By OLLY VAS

Those who take interest in the affairs of softball these days will be gratified to hear that the Hongkong Softball Association have finally been granted the lease of a new field. As was mentioned in this column last December ` the venue for all future softball matches will be the official ground at Missiori-road, just below the KGV School.

The stands are going up oven; will no longer associate softball os I write this bli of news and ❘ with King's Park,

We have the ground should be ready well'called it a day; there and we In advance of the date set for, must now transfer bur affec the opening of the 1961-02 play-tions to a more distant place

the ing season which date will have where

new-timers wil derided. on by the have their chance to recapture Association when their Council some of the past glory, that was meets this evening to make | softball at King's Pork. plans for the future.

to be

Prior to the 1950-31 BORT- ball season all official gamies were played at the Central British Association ground on which now standı part of b new kvepial. It was only Iate in 1960 that the Advisory Committee

Recreation Grounds allocated the old site at King's Park to the Softball Association,

on.

Memories

with

ex-

The left and ventre-Belds are of regulation length though the right-field appears to be slightly shorter thắn the one at King's Fork but ground rules should take care of that,

Club house?

A spacious car part is located to the field near the approach which is criventently accessible by pubile transport." Outfielders will. I am sure have their judg- the strong ment affected by winds that blow through Lhu old and will have to get used to it during games.

For the past ten years all league,

International and hibition

softball games have been played at King's Park ond many of the older players will

The site at Mission-road receive the news of the move to

seems spacious though to per- Mission-road

mixed mit the ercetica of a suitable Sald Mrs Shirley filingworth: feelings for they will remember Clubs house and it is therefore "The whole thing was done with some nostalgia some of the to he hoped that some kind in the rudest way. We don't history-making 'fents' that took person might be persuaded by expect anything special as place at King's Park. It was the Grounds Commillee of the

be there players' wives, but to

Jock that

Brown

HKSA to all a crying need for thrown out like that wasregistered à perfect gene for- a small bulding with proper terribly embarrassing,"

the Saints against The SRC changing rooms and other DISGUSTED

team. Three hundred fans at fucktilles for the beneft to Sald Mrs Jean, Binks: "We felt King's Park witnessed a specta- those who will shortly be about six inches high when cular grandslam off the bat of spending most of their week- the man sold to us, "And George Saunders soon after ends playing and watching don't come back either." It! wards os The Saints beat the softball at the new ground. must have looked terribly Pandas 4-3 that Sunday after- bad to all the people sitting noon, Saunders' home run over round."

the core-board in centrefeld county grounds, was incidentally one of the Headingley has no special longest over hit. On a less accommodation for

women. happy note it was also at King's Players' wives are admitted Park. that tans witnessed the to the ground as guests on players' tickets,

Unlike many

mittee members

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first and last toßbrawl' match,

Auxiliary Police soccer final

The Final of the Hongkong Said one of the players: "Com- in more recent years the ground Auxiliary Police Force Annual lake saw the gentlemen of the Press intr-Divisional Football Com- their wives, their third cou- exchanging typewriters for balsi peittion for the "B. C. Van annual Helden Cup" will be played at B and engaging in mer-

the africadly encounter.

Southern Playground, Wanchai, on Tuesday, August 8, The meeting place for visiting 1981 at 0:00 pm

the Ironi

Australian,

sins-and their

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coal ebants if they like-into special tearoom, speciai Jóungo, œ a special bor.

The match will be immediately "Our wives can't even sit out- teams

side the pavilion apparently. Canadian and U.S. Navics and for owed by a Distribution of The way they were treated softball equals from Tulwan prizes won in the HKAPFE was absolutely disgusting."

and Japanese baseballers ceased footonul. table tennis and the An offeln of the Leeds club to exist officially from July shooting competitions by Lady

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