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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1949,

BRITISH ATHLETES WARM UP FOR EMPIRE GAMES

By "RECORDER"

With the British Empire Games at Auckland, New Zealand, com- ing nearer with every month, Britain's athletes are showing form sugges tive of the Australian supremacy in Empire athletics being stolen away,

The British season proper concludes today with the Triangular match at Belfast between England & Wales, Scotland and Ireland. After that there are a number of Continental meets in which British athletes will take part well Into September.

Main challenge to the Australians will como in the field events. Britain's best jumpers and throwers took a long time to warm up, but they are now ready to challenge Australia's supremacy in the High Jump, Pole Vault and the throwing events.

Season's Best Empire Performancos

100 Yards Dash

E. M. Dailey (Trinidad) 9.5 John Bartram (Australia) ..0.0 Leslie Laing (Jamaica), 0.7 Bill de Gruchy (Australia). 9.8 Ken Jones (Wales)

9.8 Morris Curqtt (Australia) 9.8 Ted Strickland Australia) 9.8 Nick Stacey (England).... 0.9 John Archer (England) J. A. Gregory

9.0

+1

0:4

Peter Wells (England) Theodoro Bruce (Australia)

6:34 Peter Mulles (Australia) 6:3 Leight Brute (Australia) 6:3 J. Vernon (Australa)... G. Bartlett (Australia). 0:2 M. Peter (Australia)

Pole Vault

0:2

6:2

(N. Ireland) DT. D. Anderson (England) 12:0 : N. G. A. Gregor (England) 12:0 220 Yards Danis

J. A. Redpath" (England) Herb McKenley (Jamaica) 20.0 P. Harbison (Australia).. John Bartram (Australia) 21.1 E. Winter (Australia) Nick Stacey (England) 21.3 Morris Curotta (Australia) 21.3 Peter Denton (Australia)

21.3. Peever (Australia) W. Wood (Australia) ...21.4 Charlie Campbell

(Australia)

The appended list of the ren- son's best performances through- out the Empiro gives a clearer story of what may be expected at Auckland, Th10 Canadian season is still in its early stages and the Canadian ere known to have good men in all four throws the Shot, Discus, Javelin and Hammer.

The fight for the Champton- ship between England and Aus- Iraila will be decided mainly in tho fled events. The West In- dien colonies are bound to de- minate the rprints and middle 12:0

distances with Australia collect 12:0 12:0 Ing points heavily on

England will score heavily 12:0 12:0 the runs from the Half Mic up. the hurdling points from 11:0 events will be shared between 11:0) Australia and South Africa with England coming in for a small shara from Ilarry Whittle in the Low Hurdles.

Sgt. Pelitjean (England). 11:0 The D. E. Redsuli (England). 21. Vorster (England)

E. M. Bailey (Trinidad).. 21.3. A. Longford (England) 11:0 Edwin Care (Australia)... 21.6 Arthur Wint (Jamaica) 21.0 Leslie Laing (Jumalen) .. 21.0

440 Yards Run

Herb McKenley (Jamalen) 40.2 S. O. William

J. Thompson (Australia) 49.2 49:2

(Austraila)

Jong Jump

W. B. Hough

(N. Zealand)

24: 4

Arthur Wint (Janien).... 47.2 (Nigerin) Edwin Carr (Australia)... 48.011, E. Askew (England) 23:11 Schalk Booysen (S. Africa) 48.1 Ray Parr (Australia) Derek Pugh (England).... 485 Theodore Bruce

24: 2

23:1014

John Bartram (Australia) 481 L. C. Lewis (England) .. 49.1

23:104

Max Gee (Australia). 23: 6 Harry Whittle

23: 54

(Australia)

23: 3

George Gedge

(Australia) George Avery

23: 2

F. Day (Australla) 1:63.5 George Avery

(Australia) 1:53.7

R. Price (Australia)

T. L. ggins (England)

880 Yards Itun

(England) 48.3 K. McLelland

Arthur Wint (Jamaica) 1:51.2

Schalk Booysen

(S. Africa)

... 1:52.21

Angus Scott (Scotland).. 1:52.7 John Parlett (England) 1:52.0

Douglas

(Australia)

Hop. Step & Jump

Jn

Australia is certain of a good number of points in the Long Jump and Hop, Step & Jump and will score all the throw- Ing eveals

ENGLAND'S HOPES England's chances depend on Ron Pavit, Arst Englishman ever to clear 0% fect in the High Jump, and Peter Wells, another promising athlete in thi event, and in scoring more thon Australia in the throws.

Tho

Chances here are good. Royal Navy's contribution to England's team, J. A. Savidge, ar Olymple

23: 14 and John Giles,

sintel,

semi-finalist, should improve yet In the Shot Pul, while in the 18: 2 Discus Throw comeback has by Walter Land, bezn

will remember whom

many when he was stationed here,

Though England has no really outstanding men in the Javelin,

........ 48: 0%

"

47: 74% 47: 3

Harris

Zealand) (New Tom White (England) Jack Marks (Australla).. 1:54.0 Henry Hebollo (India) 47:10 C. W. Parnell (Canada) 1:54.3. T. Welts (Wales) R. A. Marley (England) 1:54.3 K. Miller (Australia) Jim Bailey (Australia), 1:54.7 Peter Cox (Australia) 47: 3 Dave Whlie (Australia), 154.7 L. W. Davies (England) 48:11

S. Cross (Wales) .... 40: 0% P. Goldsmith (England) 44: 6

One Mile Run

Roger Bannister

Bill Nankeville (England) 4:08.5

(England)

4:11.1

R. A Morris (England) 4:11.8 Leslie Eyre (England) . 4:128 Douitas Wilson

(England)......... 4:134 (England) 4:14.8

A. G. Parker

J. Ashby (England)

D. R. Durfitt (England)

N. Bales (New Zealand)

BRIAN CLOSE – HE FOLLOWS

In The Steps Of Dennis Compton

By ARCHIE QUICK

DON

FINLAY-STILL

FOOTBALLER

AT

41

Wing Commander Donald Finlay, grey-haired top star of British athletics, was back at his desk the other day at the White Waltham (Berks) HQ of RAF Reserve Command after beating, In his 42nd year, his own Britieli National' 120 Yards High Hurdles record.

My reporter, who, went down to see him, asked him if he really is rotiring from athletica. Doubts arose again bonuse he has been picked for the England team for the triangular tournament at Belfast on August 13.

twinkling eyes rather belled his poker-faced expres son when he replied: "I have nothing to add to my recent statement to the AAA that I shall

not compete in future AAA championships and that shall full international com- mitments this censon. But I shall

RAF still compete. In athletics and run for my own

TRACKS WANTED Finlay believes that the out- look for British athletics is brighter now than for somo time. He attributes this to the AAA regional coaching scheme. Most encouraging part of the schere is development in 1h10 field events, which

has been

But

"Britain will never well

Sportsman's Diary, EDITED BY

Bruce

efforts to discover and develop young players? Hughes has played the game--and played it well-in most countries of the world, and it anyone knows takent when he sceu It Hughes docs.

He ought to be-

caplain of our Davis Cup team; but in de- fault of high oflice like that, he could be used in sundry

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They will have little time for anything else besides tennis, for they begin playing soon after their arrival and return to Britain in the Queen Mary on September 14.

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Chinese &

Mongols Af University Games

By ILONA NYILAS At least 20 countries will

inore rapid than anticipated.ways to the game's advantage. am reminded of Hughes's be emphasised that it would take at least two more prowess by the fact that, play- ing at Newcastle in only his years before the effects were

seventh tournament in the last really felt.

stand two years, he has beaten in the be represented at the Uni- singles nol Don Butler, and, versity Games to be held in beside other countries with Nigel Cockburn the South

Bolter facili-

Budapest between August African In the doubles finn), for young Butler and Cam Malfroy. Not 15 and 21. You cannot teach bad for. 46.

It is hoped that further en- my ond 10 swim without

Hudies was thrice doubles tries will be received. To date water, so how can we expect inalist at Wimbledon, winning acceptances have arrived from to produce future Olympic

until more and

ties are

athletes.

provided

champions with our track facilities? birgest problem for athletics."

limited (with C.R.D. Tuckey) in 1936, England, France, Belgium, Den- This is the and won the doubles champion-mark, Austrin, Poland, Albania, British ships of France and Australia. Rumania, North Koren, China,

Mongolia,

Trieste,

Israel, HEATON RETIRES

Lebanon, Scotland, Finland, INFORMATION NEEDED Jack Heaton, Waterloo, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Bulgaria One of Finlay's complaints three-quarter,

Lancashire and England centre and Hungary.

will was that our athletes are not

not again The United States and some well enough

be seen in the rugby game Scandinavian countries informed about

have as a player, but he is certain declined the invitation, performances of their

to be a county selector-may is much regreited. In view of overseas rivals. Foreign athletes even be

considered nallonally the high levelopment of sport- are able to abtain and make that

time-and a close study of the times put should

way in due

ing life in those countries. So- up by British runners.

Arst-class for thero has been no answer

Union.

the

^

fino

all-rounder.

Finny, Soccer for the Corin-

become

referee.

which

from the Scontatives

The

The injury which kept him Names of the thians and the Spurs told me

out of the county champlon of the various countries have and Bnal last not yet been announced, but i that he will be playing boil ship semi-final soccer and

for Service season has now caused him to is virtually certain that France sides during

reure after playing 76 times will send 150 contestants and winter

Lancashire and for

18 for Egypt 105. Finlay, holder or

the DFC England.

This will be the 10th cham-` and AFC-he 'destroyed enemy

This brilliant centre cap- pionship organised for univer-

rugger

the

He was

commissioned

in 1035, 10 years after joining. WHY IGNORE HIM? Why--I have asked before---

I always throught he lind in does the Lawn Tennis Associa Roy Leyland his best co-centre tion Ignore Pat Hughes in isley were past masters with

"scissors"—and, of

J. Swalsland and A. F. Hignel!

time. Hidden away in a back page of the recently are two very promising new- comers. While M. J. W. Dal-issued Football Association's second Year Book is a photo. rymple, though he had a com- graph of England's team in the International Youth F. C. Holmés (England) 44: 14paratively poor season, threw

Championship of last season. The inside left is a dark more than 200 feet last year.

studious looking lad who played inside-left. He is Though the Empire's sprintersS are not as strong as they were captioned as D. B. Close of West Riding and he played

Shot Put

Trevor Evans

(Australia)

J. A. Savidge (England)

John Butters

4:15.6 (Australia)

4:17.0 John Gites (England)

4:18.2 H. E. A. Moody

Jack Marks (Australip) 4:19.1

Three Miles Kun-

(England)

Peter Mullins

(Australia)

the

In-

aircraft during the war-bullt intel club, county and counsity students. The first was held up his own career, in the RAF, for he began as an acro-engine try. was a tactical genius and in 1924 and therefore the forth-

meeting

win fiter.

one of the best kickers of all coming

bo the 25th anniversary of auguration of these games. PERFECT WING

Hungary previously organised the meeting in 1935, and the group of Hungarian university students who are organising course, this year's event are putting all

have into making it BUCCESS. O. T. DERWENT, Hammer-

Fourteen events will be in-

problem iustrated on diagram

Entlad to a tree onli on England thun he was but for n

boxing, athletics, swimming, the last feeling in some minds that his wrestling, basketball, rowing,

'Arthur Peall says:

Heaton made the perfect wing they

with

Dickie Guest. Heaton would have

been

47 4 last year, two terrifle races loom in the important match against. Scotland which EnglanG | W. #nith, mentions the free capped. many more times for cluded in the programme-

up in the Empire Games sprints lost one goal to nil in extra time. 40:11% with Leslie Liang of Jamaica, MacDonald Bailey of Trinidad,

.. 40: 64

46: 5%

45: 3

He is more likely to be recognised as Brian Close Fight and Bartram and Treloar of who played Test Match cricket for England against New Australla ail eat, it seems, for Zealand at Old Trafford. nothing worse than a 0.5 time for the winner.

ball

45: 2

Amateur and Comp- wonder

Is he another Denis At the moment, Leslie Laing, ton? The Middlesex who beat Balley in the Britain was ten months older than Alan Chivers (England) 14:12.6 J. H. Barratt (England) 45: 1v. France match, looks the like-Brian when he got his first I. A. Olney (England) 14:30. D. Vanhejan (England) 42: 2 Phillp Morgan (England) 14.30.2 B. Turnbull (England) 42: 1

F. Green (England)

A. Forbes (Scotland)

A. R. Miles (England)

Douglas Wilson

(England) -L.-D.-Horbert-

(England)

J. E Pollard (England)

Cpl. Pirie (England)..

.

Marathon Run

14:30.0 W: Houkiston

14:36.8

(England)

Discus Throw

. 14:37.2

14:37.8 Walter Land

(England)

his best while s

flest winner. He is yet to show Test honour and he too was a though ke schoolboy footballing prodigy.

for the To carry the analogy

further, to make his 41: 8100 Metres and 9.5 seconds for Denis went on

recorded 10.2

keeper

Olympic goal- who is in the Royal Armoured Corps. Both will be available for the Army Soccer eloven next winter.

the 100 Yards this year, appents name as Arsenal's outside-lett Greeks Hadn't pulled muscle trouble to stand Major Frank Buckley in per A Word For It!

100 much upsal by recurrent and it is in that position that

1450140s much of a chance

14:37.8 Tan Reed (Australia) 147: 2% 14:47.8. J. Brewer

14MBA (England)

Sid Luyt S. Africa) 2:34:17 Johannes Coleman

... 2:30:17

(S. Atrien) Jack Holden (England) 2:42:53 Gerard Cote (Canada). 2:4255 J. A. Henning

2:43:52

(Scotland)

11. W. Dennis (England) 2:44:57 George Norman

(Canada)

2:45:40

144:10 Malchan Singh (India) 136:10% J. H. Barrait

(England)

130: 2. L. Reavell-Carter

(England)

.... 137: 9

Z. Marion (Australia) 136: 0 J. Nesbitt (N. Ireland) 135: 4 Trevor Evans

(Australia)........ 134: 6 D. L. Grigg (England) 131:10

Javelin Throw

120 Yards High Hurdles Ray Parr (Australla) 104: 24 Peter Gardner (Australia) 14.1 J. Swaisland

Donald Finlay (England) 14.4 . M. Taylor

-14.5

Ray Weinberg (Australia) 14.3

(England)

Tom Lavery (5, Africa)

(N. Ireland)

D. Dixon (England)

severing with Close with Leeds United,

Iphitus and

red striker

D

oniinated deferice was uncertain.. IIla tennis, fencing, diving, cycling, green and own county Enid it was just volley-ball, gymnastles, weight-

played 15

off the ad prejudice.

cushion La

Cue

bail stayed

RED

/BROWN ▸

front of red.

BUED GREENŎ

bluc.

QUALIFIED OPTIMIST

11fting and soccer. In most of. the events both men's and women's matches have been ar-

Mrs Kay Menzies, non-play-ranged.

The most popular sport ap- ing captain, ig cautiously

pears to be basketball in which This is a optimistic about the chances of fale atroke the

Iwelve nations afe entering tennis six British lawn Although girls who

teams to dale. There is parti- left today for the cular interest in the teams from green Between Wightman Cup

red and white, the obstructing baji

reckoned to be the anookering ball,

Cushion.

-it-would-have

match

with

and

W East Asia-China, Korea nearcat cue-ball, in this case diule, is America on September 0 and Mongolia-who are said to have Had he played white gently sa 10. There is need for caulion. [developed a special technique Before the party sailed from in this game usually played by nooker behind cool 230 a foul Southampton she said: "We are fall men. Lycurgus,Scoring green on diagram left is not confident of Close's position at school not

winning; but Fencers look forward to the 60 YEARS so very long ago was inside those kings of Elis and simple. but to send white out of

Sinke we have a good team and we arrival of D'Oriola, twice world baulk needs carefu PIAT left, but football and cricket, at Sparta, who first revived the smartly with a little left-hand son know what we are up against, feil champion. Some other fen-

We shall put up a good fight. If eers both of which he was captain, Games at Olympin some to bring white away from the Alde ASUNDER

who participated in the did not prevent him gaining

we go down we shall go down | London Olympic games are also Brian Close, 18, and George his School Certificate, and he 2700 years ago, had never at brown.

fighting.

expected-United Press. lirs, nearly 78, will be the intends to go on studying to heard of Australia. It took Junior and cenior Yorkshire become, a Chartered Accoun- about another 2400 years to cricketers present at the "Roses" tant,

"discover" the continent.. Close comes from Yeadon, centenary dinner at Leeds. If

Even when the modern Olym

Instituted In Close is ever half as good which is near by Pudsey, home ple Games were

Herbert cricketer na Hirst he should be of

Sutcliffe and 1895 Australia was still a jour- a proud man.

Leonard Hutton, and it was less ney of months. Had the Games

To me Hirst always seems than about -tho best

a year ago that he was been in Australia that year the all-rounder playing for its cricket eleven. runners with Use Torch would ericket has ever known. Most New he has got national cap have had to lay their plans for all-rounders bat better than and I suppose Yorkshire County an early start. they bowl, or vice-versa. Hirst Committee will give him

192: 1

167: 3

... 180:11

still

than

J. Gutteridge (Australia). 147 M. J. W. Dalrymple

J. G. M. Hart (Scotland) 15.0

Joe Birrell (England)

(England)

15.3 B. Manuel (Australia) 180: 0 15.4. C. Garner

Duncan White (Ceylon). 15.5

R. H. Whiteworth

(England)

(England)

A. F. lignell

(England)

M. J. Denley

(England)

178: D'

440 Yards Low Hurdles George Lubbe (S. Africa) 62.4 Harry Whittle (England). 53.4 W. F. Wall (England) 177: 6 Geoff Goodacre (Austraila) 53.0

D. Steward (New Zealand) 54.3)

Hammer Throw

W. Brisbane (Australia). 54.6 D. McD, Clarke Duncan White (Ceylon). 54.9 (N. Ireland)

The dinner is fixed for October

173: 5

M. D. Pope (England) 55.0 Keith Allen

.

W. Burgess (Australia) 65.8 (Australia)

157:11

D. R. Ede (England)..... 50.0 E, C. K. Douglas R. T. Unsworth (England) 56.7

(England)

163:11

152: 2

G. EL Jarvis (England) .. 66.7 D. J. Cullum -

High Jump

in which

to

his Well, this new place has the both

equally well. Is he not county cap. They generally make Games in 1050, and they pro- to reduce this forch- the only man to make more their players wait much longer pose

to a matter) 2,000 runs and take more than Britain's few months for carrying business

Indoed, by 1056 than

200 wickets in a season-this precious honour which car- of hours,

matter of well be rics with it

It en extra £3 n week may ..... 185: 311⁄2 2,365 and 200 in 1906.

minutes. Hirst played his first Test in winter pay.

EVERYONE A TORCH 104: 01897: Close as everyone knows, Close will go into the Roval 15.7 Max Gee (Australia) 183:10

Corps of Signals to undergo his The Games, it is proposed, last week-end.

National Service in October

De will be preceded by a round- and then Catterick Camp will the-world air race, LAMB AND LION'

between York-boast two 18-year-olds, both each acroplane will dash from First match shire and Lancashire was play-of whom have played for their Melbourne to Greece, collect a county. The other is Ronnie torch, and rush home by way of j ed at Shefield in July 1840. Simpson, Queen's Park, Scottish Britain and America.

The race will be "timed

We are Informed; begin their annual dog Dghts terminate," Other oldimers who attend Include. David Denton, 75, heast and then nowt but 'How's

"You say good morning to your "on the eve of the Games."

And don't tell me the Greeks Wilfred Rhodes and the that?" At this dinner the lamb had a word for it! Yorkshire President himbelf,

and the lion will lie down to-WHERE ARE THE YOUTH? Mr T, L. Taylor, also 71,

gether (in a figurative sense of After watching the Lancastrians are going, too; the only qualification is partici- course). I wouldn't like to risk Army and RAF

championships saying which is which, pation in one Roses match.

one 'wonders A Yorkshire player once told

young mun in either the Navy or the Army who play the game even up to County standard.

The RAF have several promis- ing lado, like the winner for tho second successivo year AC Paddy Roberts, and the runner- up Henry Bernstein.

The Navy champion,

Com- manrier. W. D. Musprat, Arst

In 1935. won the title Army and no offleer under field rank in the semi-finals,

the. WENS Tho' winner championship, VAD Comman- dant Barbora Benziey, surprised! no one more than herself,

Alan Paterson (Brotfand) 0:7 Ron Pavitt (England).. 0:0 Princo A. F. Adedoyin

(Nigeria)

05%

(England)

K. Pardon (Australia) 147: 1 H. Barker (Australia) 145: 1 F. S. Martin

(England)

139: 21

C. Reldy, (England), 137: Dme that when these two countles

BRUTE!

Mister Conquest

PREFER MEN.

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AT MY PARTY

I'M SORRY, OFAC

SAILOR

"WELL, TELL HIM FROM ME TO GO

TO SEA!

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