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SENSATIONS
OF SPORT
THE CHINA MAIL,
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1981.
Twice he crashed into the straw bales, once he flew 200 ft through the air. He went so fast he overtook two 'planes
Pago 0
A THOUSAND MILES AT 100mph
Then he drove the
car 400 miles home
The morning was already gunny and warm when, at 7.22 am on May 1, 1955, Stirling Moss rolled his Mercedes down the ramp at Brescia for the start of the Mille Miglia. More than 530 cars of various sizes had entered for the event and the first had set off at dgwn.
This was Moss's first year as a member of the powerful Mercedes team and the most successful of his career. He was to finish runner-up in the World Championship and gain his first Grand Prix victory.
Now he
Was
By FRANK WRIGHT
landing dust. At the Ravenna control point Muss stopped only collect the
about 10 drive the greatest race of tils curcer-The Mille Migla
over 1,000 miles of Italian roads from Bresela to Rome and back again. On this course, shaped like an hour-glass and fraught with momentarily dunger frem start to finish, be achieved what sume experts rate as the most amazing drive of all Starling order was deelded by ballot and the late starters had the advantage of know- Ing how well their times cum- pared with their rivals, Ahead
time.
to
roared
official sainp. Then he off and a few seconds, hud passed Castillotti in the pits. The Italian had stopped for new
Four-point landing
of Mons were such great After leaving the streets
champion Raventu, where he
drivers As world
of
narrowly
run was slek over the side and that the rushing air whipped off his spectacles.
At the second control point, at Pescara, their car was refuelled. The windscreen was cleaned of
dead flies, the tyres checked. Then they were lold that at the fast control point, Turuff had ben in first pine-15 seconds ahead of them.
Manuel Fanglu, Karl missed an archway, Moss drove Swung dangerously
Juan Kling. Péter Collina and dal-out along the Maglioli. Behind him was the Kerlous
challenge of Taruffi, the veteran Itallan driver, in a 170 m.ph. On une hump- back bridge he took to the air and made a perfect four-point landing at over two miles a (mloute.
coastal roads insight the blue Adriatic. He took blind brows und bridges
Ferrari.
Ice-cool nerves
Passengers were optional and
Moss had elected to tuke along
as his navigator Denis Jenkin
His car haul been sirborne for over 200 1,
wheel would
His car flew through the air for 200 feet
termined to break that trade
was not to know that Tarum tion. He drove as fiercely a had retired with a broken all ever and soon he parsed A wrecked cut which had struck ped for repairs to an injection
pump and that Fangio had stop a tree. The driver, who had pipe. broken several ribs, was Karli Kiing.
But soon it was Moss's turn Now Moss was more dekor- for trouble. The brakes start- vilned than ever. He left ed to grab and Pesears in such a hurry that car spun
suddenly the round and began to he crashed Into straw bales | alide into a ditch. Mors slipped on a right turn. The Merceder the car into bottom gear and swung dangerously up on the
to pulled away with a dented tail. pavement, yel Moss Precious seconda tlcked away changed down in a split-second as he turned the Mercedes and kept the ear midving around in the narrow road, Approaching Rome,
Nearly
700 miles had now
After passing Hana Hermann, who hnd stopped by the road- skle, Mosa's Mercedes screamed into Bologna at 150 mph.
A record speed
Well ahead of the record, he rheed on at 170 mph--and mahi- Lained such a consistently high speed that he actually overtook two aeroplanes being used to lake films of the race. Now he the on the last stage of
AZZIN
British driver staggered
from.
his car at the finish, turned to
and asked: "Do you think we've his small, bearded companien,
won?" Jenkinson shook his head with uncertainty.
Patterson faces disciplinary
action by NBA
Hershey, Sept. 4. The Executive Committee of the African National Boxing Association on whether to discipline world heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson for failure to defend his title.
Under
NBA rules, .world champlons must defend their
filles everyx montits. Pat- terson's last defence was 'ch Moren 13 when he knocked out Ingmar Johansson at Miami, Florida:
to meet
Patterson is doe Tom MoNeely, of diassachu- setts, in Rostap bh November 13, but the' NDA does' not co gard McNeely as a legitimate contender.
Now rating list
FOOTBALL LEAGUE CUP FIXTURES
London, Sept. 4. Fixtures for the first.
round
of the Football League Cup are: Monday, Sept. 11 Newport County vs Shrewa-
Mr David Olt, the NBA presi-bury Town, Stockport
after today's VE
Leyton
would con- burn
County Orient, Peter
VE
Bläck-
Watford
VS
V9
In fact, they had won the 1955 dent, Indicated
United Miglia in the fantastic time of meeting of the Executive Com-horough
Rovers, 10 hours 7 minutes 48 seconds-mittee, that they an average speed of almost 98 sider declaring Patterson's Lile Halifax Town, Bristol Rovers vs mph. Moss,
Contract Hartlepools United, West Ham the first English vacant if he did not
va Flymouth Argyle, Notting nine days to driver to win the Mille Miglia, within the next
Forest of the six
ranked hum Anished half an hour ahead of meet one
Gillingham, Ipswich Town vs Manchester his nearest rival, world cham-challengers.
will issue a new City, Derby County vs Rother plon Juan Fangio.
rallig list tomorrow. The top ham United, Mansfield Town va
City, four in the
Hull City most recent list Exeter Yet this was not the end of the were Henry Cooper, of Britain, Bradford. most fantastic day in Moss's at No. 1, followed by Johansson,
Tuesday, Sept. 12 Facing life. The British them-George Chuvalo, of Canada,
Oldham vs Charlton Athletic, plan was so tensed-up after and Eddle Muchen of the United Carlisle United vs Huddersfield concentrating at the wheelf States,--Reuter. ten hours that he found it un-
Town, Bury vs Brighton ad porrible to get a full night's
Hove Albion. had sleep.
ho
Over the last 36 miles, ibere
dense Watched in wonder Mille Migli SDI, 1! bearded, bespectacled A fraction of a turn on the crowds forced the British pair motur currespondeat. Jenkinswering
have to slow down. Slowing down, son, a man of ive-cool nurves, brought saster.
But Mors for Mass, meant at least 130 was at one time passenger to kept the Mercedes perfectly j mph. world sidecar racing champion straight and then picked up Erie Oliver.
speed. Next, at a level cross the rear wheels
lie stopped in the pits to have No mea can have ever pre-ing, his car skicked on all four learned that he was leading by changed and pared more thoroughly for a wheels, narrowly race than did Moss and "Jenks"
some petrol pumps and scraping Toru, Hermann,
misso nearly two minutes-ahead for the Mille Miglia.
Kling and against straw bates. Moss remained in full control,
Agata, Fangio,
At such
a pare, it was no wunter that passinger Jenkin-
Every difleult twist, Farn and rise on the tortuous 1,000-mile course was plotted on roller
map divised by Jenkinson, Ench hazard was graded and they de- vised 15 hond signals so that Jenkinson could DISS on in- formation above. the roar of the engine.
The British pair had worked Qui time schedules for the Course which set them a target of 2 mph faster than the official record.
Hit straw bales
That morning, Moss roared away like a rocket, through huge crowds and into the sun, Soon, on the straight roads to Verona, he was tearing along at 170 mph and maintaining that speed over blind bill brows which propelled the car Inties the air.
He roared into the streets of Padova ni 150 mph-a shadej too fast, He slid round Д right-angle corner at break- neck speed, csanoned off the straw bales and, fighting with the wheel, somehow straight- ened out safely.
It was an Incredible recovery, but it was not made without penally. As Most bumped Into
the bales, a grinning Castellolli, Italy's most spectacular driver, silpped ahead in his blood-red Ferrari.
For miles, Moss drove in the hazardous wake of Castellotti, who was sending up clouds of
South China held to a draw
Salgon, Sept. 4. The touring South China soccer team, Hongkong cham- plons. drew with Saigon All Stora 1-1 in the second match
of their visit on Sunday.
In their Arst game on Satur- day, South China were swamped 0.0 by e Army, South Viet- nam's cl. mpions.
On Thursday the visitors will play the Youth All Stars. Reuter.
CHESS
By LEONARD BARDEN
ière is a 1roblem by IL Reebahn" (Kiel, 1989), Whits to play and toate in four moves. Don't be put on by the length: Black's movos aro practically forced, and ita pastor, than jans Two-moveri,
of
it was a popular saying that whoever led at Rome would not win at Brescia. Moss was de-
Four D. Jones OUR HERDES ARE FROGMARCHED FROM
BY MADDOCKS
FERDINAND
NANCY
HELLO.---
I'M SELLING COMBS
THE ART GALLERY BY INSPECTOR
MIGRAINE OF THE C.ID.
GOODNESS
GRACIOUS MS, SUCH VIOLENCE IS DISTRESSING
TO THE EYE OF A
PACIFIST
HOW I NEVER NEVER ABOUT USE
USE
A
THEM THEM, BRUSH ? EITHER
MISTER
BRICK BRADFORD
LISATLEEN SADIST CHINOS HER SECOND BAR TO HER MEDOLMARTEREO GN TITAN } VONNE COVÍMURE ON TO BARTHA
were more terrifying slides on passed and sell Stirling looked exempletely relaxed. He scrcum-
melted tar and it seemed im- ed through Florence at 120
possible that 'Moss stil
wonder at his progrces.
control, But each time mph, as vast crowds gaped in
pulled out of danger by quick thinking, and soon he came in sight of the last corner before the Anish. He took it at well over 100 mph, believing that every single second counted. Caked in dust and dirt, oil- stained and black faced,
The British champion raced on into the heart of the Ap- peninės, several times going in- to fearful slides on patches of melted tar and oil. He could have cased up the pace, but he
THE MEAT WAGON DESPATCHES ITS GARGO TO THE POLICE STATION
I, JAMES HAWKE, PROTEST, J SIR, AMA GENTLEMAN, NOT A
COMMON CRIMINAL
J14/2
HERE'S ONE YOU COULD USE LET ME DEMONSTRATE
MEANWHILE ON EARTHI
LOST, I DON'T MONDAY WHAT
HOWEVER. MY GALLERY IS NOW VERY SAFE
INDEED YES
NOW THEN LET US SIT DOWN AND TALK
POLICE
By Mik
By Erale Bushmiller
By Paul Norris
FRAMLEIVE STARTED I KNOW
CONSTRUCTION ON ANOTHER) BUT IF VE TIME-TOP... BUT IT VYILLA, DON'T GO FOR TAKE MONTHS TO
KRIS HOW CINISH ITLIM CONCREMBO)) HE MAY "ABOUT BRICK TA]
SILARVIVE!
the
He simply could not relax. So, after a short rest at Bresela, he climbed into his grey 220A Mercedes and drove through the night to the motor worka at Stuttgart.400 miles away.
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Wednesday, Sept. 13 Newcastle VI Scunthorpe, Tranmere Rovers vs Muddles- brough, Blackpool va Port Vole, Doncaster vg Grimsby Town, Millwall vs Walsall · Bolton Wanderera vs Sunder- land, Chester vs Norwich City, Birmingham vs Swindon Town, Calais, Sept. 4.
Lincoln' City vs Accrington after the British Stanley, Queen's Park Rangers awimmer Arthur và Crystal Palace, Luton Town Ayres was taken out of the vs Northampton.. Reading freezing English Channel Chester, Barrow vs Portsmouth, waters this afternoon, before Leeds United
Brentford, he was able to complete the Bradford City vs Aston Vila, swim from France to England, Colchester Town vs Crewe Alex- a second swimmer entered the andro, Southend Ualled vs Stoke Channel at Cap Gris on the City, Fulham vs Shefeld United, French side.
Workington Town vs Coventry -Ayres, 43, was taken out of City, Southampton vs Rochdale the water just Ave kilometres United, York City vs Bristol from Dover after he had þdan City, Cardiff City vs Wrexham, in the water for 11 hours and 41 Preston North End vs Alder- minutes. He was taken by boht shot, Bournemouth vs Torquay The rest of the way to the Eng- | United," Boinsley vs Southport, lish side. The water was for too cold to carry on, he said
afterwards.
It
Was not
YOL known
VA
Thursday, Sept. 14.
Notts County va Derby County.
whether the second starter from Town each have a bye in the Leicester City and Swansea the French alde was a man Brst round-Reuter.
a woman, but it was believed tonight that he or she was 1111 | in the water.
Sports Diary
TODAY Bowle
TWO other swimmers, 27- year-old Mrs Montserrat Trek- seres, of Spain," and 30-year-old Hans Neukirchen, West GF- man confectioner, set off this domble to swim the Chunnel i the other direction. They e tered the water at Shakespeare
Tennis Colony Ladies Hard Court cham- Beach, near Dover. It was be- | plonships at LHC, #30 pm. lieved tonight that they were still in the water-AFP.
2nd Division: PRC "A" v KCC. 5.10 p.
Basketbuil
HAF Singapore Bell, Macpherson Bladium, pm."
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