1948-05-14 — Page 6

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1948.-

AUSSIES DECLARE AT 414

ONE CHAMPION

Miss

梅香

Wong Yuen-sang, younger daughter of Dr S. To Wong of Hongkong, who won the 200 metres breast stroke final at the Chinese National Games In Shanghai in 3 mins. 13.5 seconds.

FOOTBALL

's Team England's

Against Italy

Stresa. May 13. England's team to meet Italy in the international soccer game at Turin on Sunday was announced to- day as follows:

Swift (Manchester), captain; Scott (Arsenal) and Howe (Derby County), Wright (Wolves), Frank- lin (Stoke) and Cockburn (Manchester United), Ma-" thews (Blackpool), Mor- tensen (Blackpool); Law- ton (Notts County), Man- nion (Middlesbrough), and Flaney (Preston North End)-Reuter.

BOXING

Britain's Hopes -For Olympics

FOR FOUR

FOUR WICKETS

Cambridge Requires Another 103 Runs

To Save An Innings Defeat

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Cambridge, May 13-At the close of play to

day, Cambridge scored 144 for seven wickets in

their second innings against the Australian tourists,

who had declared, at 414' for four.

There was no stopping Brown and Hassett after lunch. Both scored freely all round the wicket, although when at 32. Hassett mishit n ball from Grimlihs dangerously near mid-on.

Keen fielding by Cambridge kept Brown at 199 for 15 minutes but at length a single off Pearsall took him to 200 in four hours and 66 minutes. He hit 16 fours.

Brown was taken high at short leg without an addi- tion to his score and Hassett, who reached his 50 in 80 minutes declared the innings closed at 414 for four, leaving Cambridge to get 247 runs to avoid an innings defeat.

Hampshire 101 (McCornell 07, Kardar 4 for 41. Travers 2 for 21). -Associated Press.

THE SCOREBOARD Cambridge, 1st innings: 167, Australians, Int fanings: 414 for 4 wkts. deal.

Morris, Pearsall, b Mils ..... Brown, Pearsall, b Grimths. 200. Hamenco, e Insole, b Griffiths Harvey, run out Hassett, not out

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Bowling Analysis

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Bailey Grimtha

At Manchester. Lancashire

470 Pearsall (Washbrook 110, Edrich 106, Ikin 69, Mills Cranston 66, Pritchard, 4 for 119. Fryer Hollies, 4 for 11D),

Bogart

The Cambridge batsmen shaped very Indifferently against Colli McCool's slow spinners when they batted ព second time. McCool bowled his leg breaks with greater accuracy than in any of the earlier matches and in 27 overs lie took six wickets for 50 runs.

At the normal time for drawing atumps six wickets were down for 120 and the extra half hour was claimed. Cambridge held out but.. with threa wickets, in hand they Yorkshire 247 (Hutton 72, Watson still require another 103 to make the 41, Garlick, 4 for 58, Nutter 3 for Australians bat again.

60, Clarke 2 for 45).

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DAVIS CUP

Britain Wins

Through

Oslo, May 18-Great Britain beat Norway by four to one in the Second Round of the European Zone Davis Cup compotl- tion and will meet the Netherlands in the quarter- final stage in Birmingham, England, on June 12, 14 and 15.

Today, Great Britain won bath remaining singles, with Jeoff Paish beating J. Staubo, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2, to make sure that Britain would win the tie and Tony Mottram defeating J. Haanes by 6-1, 6-0, 6-7 and 6-1.-Router.

Trainer's Licence

Withdrawn

OLYMPIC PROSPECTS

FINNS THINK THEY WILL TRAIL U.S. AND SWEDEN

Helsinki-Political tension in this part of the world. has not dampened the Finns enthusiasm for the summer Olymple games.

In the Capital itself, and throughout the country, posters have gone up showing a strong Finnish athlete hurilling from, Finland to England and urging Finns to support the team with contributions,

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And the money is rolling in, of winning the marathon fun. Ho according to Lasse Mietunon, onco consistently runs the 42 kilometre one of Finland's great sprinters and course in two hours and thirty now Chairraan of il Amateur minutes. He was European cham- Athlolle Federation.

plon in 1010 and last year finiaffed. *The stato hos promised us second in the Boston marathon race. 0,000,000 Finnmarka (US$37,000), In the 10,000 metro

run, where but we need ten times that amount Finns regularly Bro best, to cover expenses for both the win- Pernels, a 32-year-old worker ter and the summer games," he said getting considerable attention. Ho In an interview.

runs the distance consistently in 30 "Contributions, occasionally a big minutes 15 seconds. Only

two ono but usually. Just small ones from other Finns, including the present sport lovers, are coming everyday world record holder Viljo Helno, from all over the country.

have covered the distance under 30 minutes.

Ал all-round distanco runner, Pentti 8iltaloppi, is being saved for. the 3,000 metres steeplechase which ho nins in the excellent time of nine minutes. Only two Swedes have bettered that time. Siltaloppi 30-year-old textile worker from Tampere.

We already have received 22,000,- 000 Finnmarks in voluntary

amount tributions. Of that

the biggest donation of 500,000 came anonymously,"

TEAM OF 150

Is a

London, May 13.-Captain Bobby 2 Petre,

one of Britain's outstanding steeplechase trainers, had his training licence withdrawn today by the Finland expects to send a team of Stewards of the National Hunt Com- 150 athletes to London. They will mittee, who alleged, that Boven- compete in virtually all events ex- year-old horse trained by Capt Petrecept basketball, soccer, field hockey, Rataja. is Europe's best pole vaul- was doped when it ran at Plampton rowing and the modern pentathion. ter. He vaults. 4.24 metres 15 race-track on January 28,

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Gambridge 144 for soven.

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Warwickshire 202 (Ord 54, Pollard, 3 for 58. Cranston 4 for 63) and 6 Pepper, St Saggers, b McCool .. for 3.

Dewes, c and b McCool.... Al Huddersfield, Northampton-Boggart, st Saggers, b McCool shire 233 (Brokes 53, Clarke 40, Shuttleworth, b McCool Whitehead 4 for 88) and 154 for Batley, not out,

Elgood, Miller Insole, b McCool Mills, b McCool Pryer, not out,

At Oxford. Oxford University 203 (Kardar 80. Knott 4 for 85) and

COUNTY CRICKET London, May 14.-Middlesex, In championship winning form, whip-108 for 7. ped Worcestershire by 10 wickets at Lords on Thursday for its second successive win.

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Worcestershire, on a tricky pitch afternoon sunshine, nover looked like making a fight of it when they Inced firat Innings orrears of 125.

The Middlesex lead was built up

and and Walter

by Denis Compton Robins in a bright batting stand.

Compton batted faultlessly until he made the bad stroke which cost him his wicket when he had 04. Robins hit three sixes and -sevent fours in a hard driving innings.

Loncashire and

Yorkshire too, appeared set for wins, and the Australians against. Cambridge Uni- versity will probably have to field for about 30 minutes on Friday morning to round of the game with another convincing victory.

Lancashire plied up 470 against) Warwickshire, got out the Mid- landers for 262 und, in the follow en, dismissed three wickets for five runis.

Yorkshire had to fight hard for a first innings lead over Northamp- tonshire but, in the Northampton- shiro accond Innings Hargle, York- shire's left arm bowler and Coxon routed the batsmen. With wicket standing Northamptonshire lend by only 140 runs-Assoclated Press,

THE SCORES

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157

At Lords. Worcestershire (Gray 5 for 26) and 132 (Edrich 3 for 31, Young 2 for 18, Compton 4 for 30).

**Middlesex 282 (Compton Denis 94′′ Robbins 07, Howorth 5 for 76, Peaks 4 for 69), and 8 for 0 wicket. Mid- dirsex won by 10 wickets.

NATIONAL GAMES

Hongkong Leading In Swimming Finals

kong and Malaya were running

Shanghai, May 14.--Hong-

neck to neck in the National Athletic Mect swimming events for men, following the conclu- London, May 13.--With the sion of yesterday's programme. Olympic Games drawing near, Both teams are expected to go stock has been taken in most all out in today's remaining sports, and attempts made to finals for the country's aquatic forecast Britain's chances crown. against the athletic cream

According to unofficial tabulations, the world.

Hongkong has up to now garnered 20 points as compared to Mainya's

of i

The forecast is not considered too bright, but there is a distinct chance that Great Britain will win maybe two Olympic boxing titles.

Of

Without much prior knowledge of the potential strength of the Amerl- cans, the Amateur Boxing Associa- tion look with some confidence to Britain's learn in which two featherweights, Peter Brander, Slough, and Charilo. Tucker, of the Royal Air Force, Stoker Hon Cooper, the Royal Navy lightweight, and the new heavyweight cham- plon, Sergeant J. Gardner, of the Army, are singled out as boxers of outstanding obility.

Extros

Capt Petre, 34, a former 34 Guards officer,

Scots was top amateur 13 steeplechase Jockey in 1030, when he won the Grand National on Lovely 15 Cottage. His left foot was om- pulated last March when he broke a

Associated Presse jumping from the sea wall at the South Coast resort of Bognor Regis. Širazizu-United Press.

BABE AT THE BALLGAME

Although his baseball days are over, the sports ailing Bambino is right there cheering from the sidelines when he is in New York. Accompanied by his wife, left, and daughter, Mrs Julle Flanders, Babe Ruth views a Glant-Dodgers meeting in the Polo Grounds.

GOLF

IRISH WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP

Whitcombe Leads Von Nida

短

London, May 13.-Fifty-year- London, May 13.-Philomena old Reginald Whitcombe, Garves youngest member of the former British open golf cham British Curtis Cup team, retained pion, equalled two 22-year-old the Irish Women's golf champion-

on the Sunningdale ship at Rosslare today, beating Mrs records Reddun, another British Curtis Cup Club's course in Berkshire to-

nine and seven golfer,

in the 36 day, to lead the field at the holes final.

halfway stage of the Daily Mail | › Sports observers plck Hongkong

Frances Stephens, who falled as the

to £2,500 professional golf tourna ultimate winner. In the

make the British Curtis Cup team, ment, ladies' swimming, the Colony vir- won the Lancashire Women's cham- pionship, having scored 39 points to beating Jessie Firth four and two squalling the record created by tuntly assured herself of the cham- pionship al Hillside, Southport, Whitcombe'a' score today was 00,

Malaya's 9, Slam's 7. Taiwan's 5 In the 10 holos finalAssociated Bobby Jones 22 years ngo and

and Canton's 3-Router.

Press,

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BASEBALL

NEW YORK MOVES UP TO HEAD NATIONAL LEAGUE

COLONY: CHESS

A 23-year-old farm boy,

Erkki

Finland's strongest showing wilgainst the Americans 4.50. motres be in the track and field competi- or better. Meitunen said he be- on, Meltunen sald. He predicted lieved Kataja is the only European Finland had an excellent chance of vaulter who will be able to oppose anishing in third place behind the the Americans in this event.

Great hopes are held for a college United States and Sweden In trick boy miler, Denis Johansson, 20, who and field."

comes from Turku, Nurml's home- town.

The Finnish team, will be built around

factory farm boys, and workers, members of approximately 1,000 amateur sport clubs scattered through both the citles and rural

arcas.

Becatise of Finland's harsh winter

"He's as good a miler know," Meltunen said. Johansson's as any, 1 best me for 1,500 metres is three minutes 52 seconds, but Mietunen said he can run the distance

faster, Two Swedes beat him last year. climate, athletes are unable to take farm boy, looks like a gold medal

Tolvo Hyylla!non, a

a 22-year-old to the track and field as early as winner to the Finns in the Javelin competitors in other countries. The throw. He losses Finny train in winter by skiing and metres regularly. Finland has other the spear 74.55 walking cross-country. This prac good Javelin throwers too. tice gives Finnish runners endurance and keeps their feet in shape, two step and jump, Karl Rautia, will Europe's 1040 champion in the hop. of the essentials for distance run-compete. Rautio is a radio techni- ning, Meltunen said. In addition, clan in private life. His 16:40 metres they take indoor gymnastic work compares with the world's elite in outs twice weekly.

this event.

Another European champion in Eight training centres were set up 1940, Bertil Storskrubb. In the 400. throughout Finland where head metres hurdles, rounds out couch Armas Valste, who competed team's aces. A University student,

the

In the Olymple Decathlon, watched Storskrubb runs the distance in 62.2

of progress

his charges. seconds.--Associated Press.

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Trainers, including Finland's great, Paavo Nurmi, helped give them advice throughout the winter.

The war naturally affected our athletes," Mietunen sold. "We lost many promising youngsters. at the front, But now we have overcome that handicap. Bad and inadequate food cut down their stamina. Con- ditions have so improved, however, that we believe our athletes will be back at their pre-war peaks this

summer.

Women's Hockey

Amsterdam, May 14.-Re- sults of Thursday's matches in the world championship women's hockey tournament were:

Quarter-finals

Netherlands bent Wales 3-1.. Scotland beat the United States 3-1.

Consolation round Spain drew with Denmark 0-0, Belgium beat Austria 2-0. The semi-finalists are England,

"We will start outdoor training in the beginning of May. While We have some 150 boya who have made good already and are getting special coaching, our Olymple--iryouts on Eire, the Netherlands and July 8 and 9 may turn up. many fland-Associated Press. surprises."

The Finnish team will depart for London on July 24 by boat.

SOME PROSPECTS

Thumbing through the list of prospects, Mielunen singled out these men:

Mikko Helenan, a

34-year-old gun powder factory worker, on whom Finland is pinning its hopes:

Barnett Returns To His

Pre-War Best

K. M. A. Barnett returned to his pre-war best and scored a convincing win against F. X. Sequeira in the fourth round of the Colony Open Chess Championship final at the Peninsula Hotel last night.

Johnny Carvalho took advantage of a premature attack from L. Schure to beat it back and win a plece and ever- equolled in yesterday's first round

tually the game. The third game of the round, Prokopov by Norman. Von. Nida, of Australia, and Reginald Horne, of London.

v. Danenberg, will be played on Tuesday. Whitcombe's aggregate for the

Both of last night's games were French Defence and lost a knight on drat 36 holes was

134, and this won with the black pieces. Bar- the 20th move ns Carvalho counter- equalled

Jones, 1920

total for 30 nett's win over Sequeira, favourito attacked,, threatening the capture of holes In the open championship for the Championship, followed one queen or light. qualifying in that year.

of the most brilliant pieces of play Horne Anished second today with

130, Van Nida was third with 130,

New York, May 13. In the at Boston and Detroit at Washington and. Dat Rees fourth with 137. National League, Ray Pont games, hurled New York Into first place

At the other weights, Britain is today by shutting out Saint

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so well blessed. Even

Max Louls 6-0, to drop the Cardinals New York Shacklady, the Eccles, Lancashire,

St. Louis into second place.. welterweight, who defented the Navy champion, Johnny Ryans, does

Poat held the Cards hitless after Boston not display the class likely to carry the third inning.

Chicago him through to the Olympic final- Beuter.

RUMANIAN CRACK

Cincinnati

2

0 4 Bill Voiselle. gave Boston a shutout Winning plicher Bill Volselle). 2-0 victory · aver Chicago for his Brooklyn

Ð 11 3..0 (Winnlag__pitcher Preacher Itos). -Associated Press. CHI SIN FAT Zestuste man

LEAGUE STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE

fourth. straight win. Third baseman Bob Elliott drove home both Boston runs on a single and ground out.

Home runs by centre folder. Carl sprinters today Furille and right fleider Bon Lund over all distances from 100 metres to and four Cincinnati errors alded

the of the best

400 metres is the Rumanian Olymple, Brooklyn in romping to a 0-3 vic- Pladelphi hope, Moina, who won the sprints in

last year's Balkan Games.

His best times last year were 10.4 seconds for 100 motres, 21.4 seconds for 200 metres, 34.7 seconds for: 300 metres and 473. serenda. for 400

metres.

tory.

Pittsburgh Veteran Preacher Ros pilched o whole game for the Dodgers for the St Lou

Brooklyn fist time this year. r;་

Doston In the American League; all, three Chicago scheduled games were rained out Cincinnati the Cleveland at Now York, Chicago E

Altogether, 35 players with totals of 144 or better survived for the nol 36. holes tomorrow.--Router.

SMYSLOV SECOND

seen locally in a

a long time.

Schure was nowhere near his best, On the defensive through the first but Johnny, winning his first game 20 moves of a Ruy Lopez in which of the tournament and hla second Sequeira kept pressing the attack, straight tournament

game from won a pawn, and threatened to win Schure, was steady in pressing his kalghi, Bamott saved the situation advantage in a devastating pawn the castled king's by a risky counter-attack on king's advance, into aldo with a queen and two

side. knights, freeing

the pinned knight

It took a further 21 moves before and winning a rook for a kilight.

Schure resigned. For about 10 moves in the middle game it looked as though. Sequeira

finally

post-war

seen in

HOW THEY STAND

Standings to date are:-

Moscow, May 13-Vdaily Smyslov of Russia clinched second place in would win back a knight at least to level with Sequeira

Barnett's win places him on a the world chess tournament today level up material but Barnett was Carvalho moves

while Johnny by solidly defeating Dr Max Euweunflustered and pulled

up to third place. hmself out o of Holland.

of If Danenberg beats or draws Pro- a second critical situation. The title has already been won

The

kopov, the whole field of six will be battle game was a

of the within a point of one another. by Mikhall who helped his fellow countryman

Bolvinnik of Russia, giants of the type saldom

chess locally. grab runner-up honours by con- The coup de prace came when quering Sam" Reshevsky of the

Sequeira, exhausted Won Lost Pere United States in today's next to last

by more than our hours of a hard game, lost tho four 0047 round. 117

The end- .612 Botvinnik hos 14 points, Smyslov exchango once more.

game of two rooks against a bishop 658 11, Reahovsky and Paul Keres of and knight was easily Darnott's but .520 Russia, 0% each and Euwe 4.

It took more than 50 moves to finish | F. X. Sequeira The last round will be played on

the game which lasted five hours. 450 Sunday with feshevsky main SCHURE v. CARVALHO 411 Euwo and Keres playing Botvinnik. 13380 Smyslow has byo-Associated

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AND ANOTHER

Hongkong's Miss

Wong Ynon-tsing who broke the 50 and 100 metres freo style records at the Chinese National Games at Shang- hal. Her now national record times are 35.9 and '80.6 seconds. She is the 15-year-old elder daughter of Dr B. To Wong.