The Daily Telegraph from London, Greater London, England • 14

World Amateur Golf Iast Boxing Rnghy OXFORD SEEK REVENGE Americans lead increased Reviews aggression earns points champion 14 Lhe Oaity Telegraph Friday October 3 1969 World Clip Golf BUTLER TOWNSEND 11 SHOTS BEHIND US AND FORMOSA By LEONARD CRAW LEY in Singapore FHEIR concentration wavering under a tropical sun Peter Townsend and Peter Butler of England finished 11 strokes behind the joint leaders Formosa and the United States in the first round of the World Cup over the Bukit course in Singapore yesterday It was no better for the rest of the Home Countries Brian Huggett and David Thomas for Wales are tied with England on 149 Ireland who won the tournament 11 years ago when it was the Canada Cup are two strokes further back and Scotland are uncomfortably placed on 153 The heat was so intense 138 Formosa (Hsieh Yung Yo 66 Hsu Chi San 72) United States (O Moody 67 Trevino 71) 139 Thailand iSukree Onchura 67 Suchin Suwanapong 72) 140 Philippine Ben Arda 70 Eleuterio Nival 70 Mexico Cruz 69 I Neri 71) A GREEK player Jviropulos rushed on to the pitch in an of Aris of Salonica is effort to restore order Three dragged from the ground by Aris players were taken into police after a flare-up in the custody but later released Cup match between The Swiss referee Mr Cagliari the Italian team and Despland who was also attacked Aris at the Amiscora Stadium twice attempted to restart the Sardinia game but only three Greek After 35 minutes of the second players appeared and lie had no half violent fighting broke out option but to award the match among the players and 200 police to Cagliari who led 3-0 French TT 'omen's Golf Championship that anyone unaccustomed to 141 Argentina (L Ruiz 72 de it can scarcely have enjoyed kudo Hruo the experience In the circum- Japan Yasuda 70) Africa (G Henning 72 Cole 70) stances 1 feel that the per- 143 Canada Knudaon 71 a ii i Balding 72) Colombia (R Gonzales formances or all the Home 71 a uohorquez 72) Countries though disappoint- By RUPERT CHERRY rTHE much-maligned rugby County Championship opens next Wednesday in the division which has to endure the most criticism the Southern with matches at Oxford and Aylesbury Hertfordshire who stopped Oxfordshire's domination of this division last year by beating them 6-0 and going into the quarter-final meet them at Oxford and Buckinghamshire are at home to Berkshire After last season's lapse Oxfordshire may well renew their success this season They have done fairlv well in their friendlies beating A 1 18-5 and losing to North Midlands 14-22 and have gathered what looks like quite a strong side for this division McFarland in centre They should be strengthened by the inclusion of Teter McFarland an Oxford Blue of 1967 in their centre This will be his first championship game for them There are four Blues in the side Mick Simmie the London Scottish wing plavs outside McFarland Ed Gould now with Richmond is at prop and Bill Wakelin who got his Blue in 1964 is at wing-forward As usual Geoff Windsor Lewis a former Cambridge University captain who has done such a lot for Oxfordshire rugby has been taking the squad training He has built up a splendid team spirit not only with his coaching hut from the days when he captained the county This is helped by the nucleus of seven Oxford City placers in the side and they mav well prove too formidable for Hertfordshire and the others in the division OvenalFs debut In addition to McFarland another newcomer is Ovenall of Oxford City at lock and Blake of Loughborough Technical College is playing his first championship game at wing-forward Oxfordshire's prospects look all the brighter because Herts are without some of their best players David Skinner the strong-running rentre has retired Tonv Kitrhin and Doug Yeahslev the hack-row men are injured and John Creasev the hooker has not vet placed this season Ian Player who leads Herts from wing-forward has seven of his Saracens clubmates with him including the whole of the front row Andy Else the Bedford lock should provide strength and mo-bilitv in the park hut possibly Herts will have to rely on the place-kicking of Mike Nurton the Bedford full-back to bring most of their points By TERRY GODWIN IMMY REVIE the British featherweight champion looked a long way short of world class at York Hall Bethnal Green last night when he had to struggle to outpoint Tom- maso Galli the European champion in an overweight match over 10 rounds The fight was one of three Revie is to undertake before challenging for the world championship Though he displayed grit strength and the ability to stage a dramatic late come-back to snatch the verdict it was not a convincing performance Harry Gibbs the referee surprisingly made Revie an easy winner by 49Gpts to 49 or four rounds to two with four shared I can only assume that Mr Gibbs decided that many of the blows were delivered with an open glove while he scored heavily in favour of Revie he- cause of the Briton's continual aggression Galli's early lead Yet as 1 saw the fight Galli clearly outpointed Revie in the early rounds and though he tired I in the later stages of an exciting if often untidy bout I thought I he did enough to earn the verdict As expected it was a contest of contrast The southpaw Revie was the aggressor the tiger while the defence-minded Italian was happy to let him come in pick him off and slip away Revie could not make much out of such tactics and there was an air of desperation about his efforts to nail a fighter who was as slippery as an eel Galli showed little attacking quality and this probably counted more in Mr Gibbs's eyes than his defensive ability did in mine Still for a British champion to beat the European champion is a feat in itself I only hope that at the Royal Albert Hall on Tuesday week his punching is sharper his direction more acute and his control more decisive when he boxes the No 5 Miguel Herrera the champion of Ecuador 8 Rd Jnr Wfllfr: John Stracry (Bethnal Grnni hn Ron Clifford (Pudspvt 2nd rd 6 Hds Writer Have Proud iPengei bt John Low (Middlesbrough) stpd 3rd 6 Rd Heavy Albert Austin (Jamaica) ko Johnny McCann (Islington) 1st rd O'Shea suspension follows sending oft Coventry Rugby I nion THKKK-W EEK SUSPENSION FOR O'SHEA By JOHN MASON I OHN O'SHEA the captain and has been suspended for weeks by the disciplinary of the Welsh Union He was sent off his clubs match with on Sept 20 O'Shea a British Lion capped five times by Wales play again after Oct 12 as suspension dates from the following the Coventry match accord with custom has not played since and course misses the Newport tomorrow In England in similar a man continues to until his county disciplinary committee give their decision in South Africa in 1968 when ing are pardonable Playing erratically in a round lasting almost five hours in a humid 83 degrees Townsend and Miss putting too good for Scot By ENID ILSON at Mortcfontaine FTER two rounds of match-play in the French open golf championship at Morfontaine the top half of the draw is exclusively occupied by Continentals and the lower By JOHN CAMPBELL at St Andrews THE United States the holders increased their lead in the world senior amateur team championship on the Old Course at St Andrews yesterday As early as the halfway stage it seems very much a case of recalling Walter Hagen's oft-quoted phrase: gonna be In more kindly weather and with the fire taken out of the greens by heavy overnight rain the Americans improved on their opening total of 230 by four strokes with an aggregate of 226 to lead by 11 shots from Canada with a two-day total of 456 Britain and Ireland lie third three shots behind Canada on 470 and Germany and South Africa are tied in fourth place at 473 The British side again started badly and could only duplicate their first-day total of 235 Two with 73 Dr George Bigelow of Canada shared with Goldman the distinc tion of the best score with a round of 73 Julian Jourdan of South Africa had the solitary 74 but just think of the staggering performance ot Jean Phillipps of Germany who had the only 75 of the day Of medium height but magnificently built and as strong as a lion Phillipps is the man who on the first day drove the ninth and took three putts Then the 12th and took four putts He hit 36 shots and had 44 putts in a round of 80 Yesterday he hit his second to the first 2ft from the hole and missed His second shots to the second third and fourth holes were all within 4ft and he missed the lot He missed again from 2ft at the ninth from 1ft at the 10th and took a six at the short 11th Yet he got round in 75 SECOND ROUND TOTALS 458 United State (D Goldman 73 Loutek 76 Carlsmith 77 226) 467 Canada (Dr Bigelow 73 Farley 78 Nash 80 231) 470 CB Ireland (A Kyle 77 A Bentley 78 Pattinson 80 235) 473 Germany (J Phillipps 75 Dr Fehring 77 A Lacinik Alrica (J Iordan 74 Dalton 76 Taylor 83 233) 484 Japan (N Nebcshima 77 Ikonaga 80 Yoshikawa 486 France Huet 78 Bard ana 81 De 5ait-Sauveur 83 242) 496 Sweden (G Nystrom 77 Nygren 80 Bunke 516 Bermuda (G Wardman 82 Dr Fulton 86 A Park 88 256) Portugal (B Lennox 81 De Brito Cunha 82 Viscount Machado 90 253) 517 Mexico (P Del Villar 85 I Diaz 87 Medellin 90 262 522 Italy (D Mondolfi 85 Sposito 88 Valmaggia 88 261) 526 Switzerland Pattner 84 Raymond 88 Wirth 89 261) LEADING INDIVIDUALS 148 I) Goldman (U S) 75 73 153 Bigelow (Canada) 80 73 Dalton (S Africa) 77 76 154 Kyle (G Ireland) 777 7 Loutek S) 78 76 Nash (Canada) 74 80 Carlsmith (US) 77 77 156 Nabehima (Japan) 79 77 157 A Larenik (Germany) 79 78 Pattinson (G and Ireland) 77 80 Person Snr (U S) 78 79 159 Jourdan (S Africa) 85 74 Bardana (France) 78 81 A Bentley (G and Ireland) 81 78 160 Farley (Canada) 82 78 161 Lennox (Portugal) 80 81 Huet (France) 83 78 162 A Cave and Ireland) 82 80 163 Ikenaqa (Japan) Nyatrom (Sweden) Fehring (Germany) 86 164 Tavlor (S Afrii Wardman (Bermuda) 82 82 Yachting HOLM 61 MAKES UP LEEWAY Thomson 73) 145 Italy (A Angelini 72 Bernardini 73) 146 Korea (Sung Yun Kim 74 I An Lee 72) 147 France (R Cotton 74 Cros 73) 148 Zealand (J Lister 72 71 Van Mook 77) 149 Chile Cerda 73 Morales 76) Wales (D Thomas 76 Huggett 73) England (P Townsend 73 Butler 76) Brazil Pnto 76 Rocha 73) Belgium (D Swraelens 75 Van Donck 74: 150 Singapore (Phua Thin Kiay 74 Alvin Lau 76) India Valji 74 Lai 76) Germany (H Heiser 73 Kugelmuller 77) A (Abdel Halim 75 Mohamed Said Moussa 75) 151 Malaysia (Jalal Deran 81 Choo Kwan Choong 70) Czechoslovakia Kunsta 76 Dvorak 75) Venezuela (A Sanchez 77 Garcia 74) Ireland (J Kinsella 79 72) 152 Peru Falardo 70 Narl 82) 153 Puerto Rico (J Rodriguez 76 I Gonzalez 77) Scotland (B Gallacher 77 Will 76) Denmark (H Kri-tensen 81 Hansen 72) 154 Indonesia Azis Narwi 79 Salim Bin Denin 75) Burma (Majkyaw Nyunt 81 Mya Aye 73) Switzerland (J Bonvin 78 Cardomer 76) Portugal (M Ribeiro 74 Rodriguez 80 155 Austria (O Gartenmaler 80 Nierlich 75) Greece (J Sotiropoulos 79 Vafiadis 76) 156 Hawaii (J Yamamoto 75) 157 Uruguay (J 76) 162 Sweden (A Bergkvist 77) 168 Morocco Bark 86) 170 Rumania Duniitru 93) INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 66 Hsieh (Formosa) 67 Moody iUSI: Onchum (Thailand) 69 Crur (Mexico) de Viceno (Argentina Faiardo (Peru) Choong (Malaysia) Cole (S Africa) Ben Arda (Philippines) Nival (Philippines) Yasuda (Inpan) 71 Dunk (Australia) Nerl (Mexico) Sola (Spain) Trevino (CS) Roesink (Holland) Conraiez (Colombia) knud-aon (Canada) at Cardiff prop-forward three committee Rugby dumng Coventry and can the day In he of match circumstances play As he was sent off has gained ample sympathy This 1 feel is reflected by the comparative lightness of his suspension is the first Cardiff captain to be sent off In 1968 when touring with the Lions he was said to have been extremely pro- I portion is in the possession of players from the British Isles Which means that a British or Irish player is bound to reach the final The two outstanding golfers in the championship Catherine Lacoste of France and Ann Irvin of England won both their matches Miss Lacoste was four up on Miss Joyce de Witt Puyt with eight to play yet was made to go to the last green Miss Irvin defeated Belle Robertson by four and three The Lancashire girl putted brilliantly during the first half and Mrs Robertson went four down when she missed the ninth green with her approach Miss Bradshaw next The Scot won a hole back with a two on the 11th but Miss Irvin became four up again when she reached the 420yd 14th with two fine shots Miss Irvin now meets the cheerful Elaine Bradshaw from Ireland who played 41 holes yesterday Miss Bradshaw followed up her success against the English Cham- GALLACHER TOP Bernard Gallacher 20 the field professional has topped the Professional Association order of merit He beat Christie by four points Rugby I nion HARD SCHEDULE FOR FIELDING England wing threequarter Keith- Folding yesterday KueVSvlu ChSre Chester on sSnday mJIdcd bul 1 "-speeded week If he plays he laces the demanding task of five games in nine days writes Teriry Godwin As these games include turning out for England squad training on Oct 19 it will be a remarkable feat even for this very fit player A naturally are eager ofr him to draw but will understand if he withdraws A like other representative The new Ferrari 312B Formula One raring car has been Ifcior acini RICHEST SERIES IN EUROPE Prize money in next European Formula 5000 championship will total £85000 making it the richest series in European motor racing Twelve of the 20 qualifying rounds will be between 100 and 110 miies with top prizes of £5000 The others will he over 60 Gallacher (Tfleld) 9095: Dublin) 9055 Huqgett Betchworth Pk) 9005: Butler (Harborne) 885 Bemhridge (Little Aston) 8775 Hunt (Harfsboume) 8765 Coles 'Coombf Hill) 8705 Horton (Ham Manor) 849 A Caygill (CleckhPaton) 8485 A Grubb (Coombe Hill) 848 Ton Lawn ms with- bodies are going to be hit by this drawn from the United States races and four ot the shorter ones increasing demand on the services Grand Prix on Sunday because will count for the championship miles with £2500 for the winners Rest results in 10 of the longer increasing By DAMI) THORPE at Palma Majorca XEL HOLM the Dragon European champion from Denmark sailed Maj-Britt to an easy win in the fourth race of the world championship series yesterday and there is still no conclusive points leader for the title Success has come late to Holm 61 a veteran of 22 years of Dragon ownership Having always in the past sailed in the shadow of the two Danish greats Ole Berntsen now retired and Aage Birch he is now stamping the class with his own mark and is out-sailing Birch Yesterday he shook off the weight of the points burden he has to carry this week due to an early disqualification and led the fleet from within 10 minutes of the start increasing his margin to 3'j minutes at the finish Although from being cofavourite with the American Bob Mosbacher in Aphrodite Holm now holds only an outside chance for the title the possibility of his winning against the odds cannot have escaped his rivals Faulty forecasts The weather forecast of a north-east 10 to 16 knots possibly south-west 10 to 18 knots and sea choppy possibly calm was typical of this difficulties tor the 37 competitors Holm moved confidently out from a starboard tack start against an actual eight-knot south-east breeze tacked on to port Astern Mosbacher w'as hard-pressed to climb to ninth place at the finish and current points leader Roland Schwarz in the East German Regin was two places further astern With three races to go at least a dozen boats still have a chance for the title One of these is Ken Gumley lying 11th on points in Rogue after fighting from 18th at the first mark to finish eighth Pat Dvas in Jerboa II finished only 17th 41H KACE Mai-Britt A Holm Denmark) 1 Nord (U Anisimov USSR) 2 Proteus II (O Lskltzogiou Greece) 3 Mutpto (P Borowski Germany) 4 Serendipiti (H Fereberger Austria) 5 Chok (A Birch Denmark) 6 British placing: Rogue (K Gumley) 8 Jerboa II (P Dyas) 17 PROVISIONAL POINTS (allowing no discard) Regin iR Schwarts Germany 317pts 1 Aphrodite Mos bacher US) 377 2 Proteus 48 7 3 Jennifer Cuneo Australia) 547 4 Karin (J A Chaves Argentina) 56 5 Galax Broberg Sweden) 64 6 British placings: Rogue 72 11 Jerboa 94 18 The prize money is more than double that for the first championship this vear won hv Peter Gehin and has been made possible by trade support Ferrari say of unsolved teething troubles reports Reuter from Modena Italy New Zealand driver Chris Amnn will fly hack from the eighth Can-Am series in the United States to test-drive the car in preparation for the final world rhampionship grand prix in Mexico City Christy who overcame the effects of the intense heat for a one-over-par 72 Butler finished seven over par for the 6692 yards course Townsend recovered from a bad start to return a two-over-par 73 having birdies at the 13th 15th and short 17th where he sank a 30ft putt from the back of the green Butler reached the turn in 36 but dropped strokes on five of the last nine holes for a disappointing 76 Brian Huggett for Wales turned one under par but thereafter lost his touch on the greens and came in with a 73 Dave Thomas had a 76 1 concen trate too well because of the he said and I kept dropping shots here and there which 1 could not make Christy a survivor of winning team 11 years ago seemed less concerned than most and had a 72 but his partner Jimmy Kinsella struggled throughout for a 79 The Scots pair George Will and Bernard Gallacher had the mis-fortune to go out with the For-Amosans and came back 15 strokes behind them Superb short game As usual one had forgotten the growing piowess of the Far East 'in these affairs and Hsieh Yung NYo and Hsu Chi San of Formosa quickly made their class clear Hsieh a diminutive person set the pace with a superb exhibition in which he holed the course in 66 He is long enough and that iis all but on and around the greens he has no superior He was never over par at any hole yesterday picking up one birdie going out and two more coming home He finished brilliantly with an eagle three at the 18th his second shot landing 50ft from the Hag Hsu San was one over par with a 72 Finally we come to the American pair Orville Moody and Lee Trevino One really has to hand it to them It must be accepted that the greens carry a heavy nap and the Americans were tiresomely 1 siow examining every shot played from every possible angle But the formidable Formosans were ready in and they could not afford to let anything go Moody was magnificent and once again proved that his victory in the Open was no flash in the pan I do believe that had he gone up to his last putt of five feet and hit without the prolonged conference he would have tied with Hsieh in the lead for the international trophy SQUASH RACKETS VTH CLt Cl ntv I VC h- VI 2 ll ic i Univ Club b4 Ctrl Srrvirp Club 30 on their top players who like Felding have to play club county and representative matches Regan's nose broken Apart from Fielding A have one doubt John Regan the captain and centre has broken his nose and may not he fit in time The team chosen though has a look of quality and could be fast enough to overwhelm Cheshire Team A Roborouch (Durham) Fielding Regan (capt) A Lewis (Lough Colls) LiMlerhild (Durham): Crossley (Louqh Colls) I) Crerar (Leeds) A Sellar A Monington (Louqh Colls) IN Atkinon (Banqor) Riley (Lough Colls) Matthews (Uwist) A Neary (Liverpool) Edwards (Bangor) Jackson (Lough Colls) ATLANTIC WEATHER MAP REINSTATED Mrs JONES PLAYS IN DEWAR CEP By LANCE TINGAY ANN JONES has been reinstated by the Lawn Tennis Association on giving up her professional contract with George MacCall the American promoter a contract she cut short six months before the end of its two-year period The A announced this yesterday after a council meeting confirmed the necessary interpretation of the rules governing reinstatement It gives back Mrs Jones almost normal status as an ordinary British player 1 write almost because Mrs Jones though no longer a contracted professional restricted to open tournaments will still be barred from representing Britain in the Federation Cup where the writ of reinstatement is the same as that pertaining in the Davis Cup As to the Wightman Cup her eligibility will depend on the consent of the United States but Mrs Jones will certainly be eligible to play again for Warwickshire in th ie county competitions BRIGGS TAKES YORKS TITLE By TONY BUTLER Barry Briggs (Swindon) is new Yorkshire open champion Last night at Sheffield dropped only one point five rides in the last race the evening when finishing second to Soren Sjosten Local rider Arnold Haley was second with Eric Boocock third after thrilling run-off The vital race came in Heat when the three unbeaten riders Briggs Haley and Eric Boocock clashed Briggs forced his way Ocean Racing Mary Everard a tour-and-three winner against Mrs pion Barbara Ilixon by defeating Dinah Oxley on the last green Mary superior length told against the Spaniard Emma and Nancy Wright's steadiness enabled her to win by one hole from Mrs Labesse Miss Phillips beaten solitary representative in the top half of tne draw at the start of the day was Kathryn Phillips who was beaten three and two by Brigitte Varangot The little Yorkshire excellent short game enabled her to turn one up but she mistimed her approach to the 10th and Miss Varangot drew level with a four They halved the next three holes in 2 5 3 and Miss Varangot got down in single putts to win the 14th I5th and 16th in fours 1ST RD Miss Artason bt Mrs Desheulle 2 St 1 Mi Forsell bt Miss Collenot 5 3 Miss Raghcr bt Mrs Giraud 2 1 Mrs I Goldsc hnud bt Miss de Rothschild 3 2 Mi Varangot bt Miss Phillips (G B) 3 A 2: Miss de Witt Puyt bt Mrs Mourgue 2 Ac 1 Miss lacoste bt Mrs Sabbarh 6 5 Miss Exerhard i bt Mi Le Garrere 7 6 Mrs Garcia O'Gara bt Mrs Elov 2 1 Mrs Wright B) bt Miss Wenvon B) 3 4c 1 Mrs Labes bt Miss McKenna 2 A 1 Mrs I Robertson (G B) wo Mrs Romagny Miss A Irvin (G bt Miss A Newman (G B) 5 4 Miss Bradshaw bt Miss Dixon (G B) at 23rd 2ND Miss Revbroec bt Miss Artasona 2 hoes Miss Raghrr bt Miss Forsell 4 A 2 Miss Varangot bt Mrs Goldsohmid 2 A 1 Miss lacoste bt Miss de Witt Puyt 2 holes Miss Everard bt Mrs 4 A 3 Mrs Wright bt Mrs labesse 1 hole Miss lrin bt Mrs Robertson 4 A 3: Miss Bradshaw bt Misa Oxley (GB) 1 hole the he from of a 11 past Haley but it was not until they came out of the last bend that Briggs on the outside passed Boocock to win by inches Both Haley and Eric Boocock finished with 13 points and this meant a run off between the two to settle the second and third placings B- Hrigg (Swindon) 14 pt: Haley (Sheffield) Boocock (Halifax) 13 ire Sh'ffi''ld) 12 Sjoten 'Belle Vue) 10 Olsen (Newcastle) Boocock (Coventry) 9 Larsson (Sheffield) 8 I Ylauger (Belle Vue) hbv (Exeter) 7 ikon Leicester) 6 Hales (Sheffield) Dew Sheffield) 3 Fide (Coatbridge) Maxtecl (Sh (field) 2- Pratt (Hackney) Baugh (Sheffield) 1 SITUATION AT NOON QCT21 Loiv will transfer cast-north-cast and fill Low will deepen and travel cast High will drift south-east and decline a little Low will move south-east with little change of pressure Finn Cold Cup INDS PREVENT PRACTICE RACE High winds the backlash of Hurricane Inga forced officials to cancel practice race for the Finn Gold Cup series due to begin at Hamilton Bermuda today reports Beuter If conditions are favourable today 136 of the original 143 competitors from 27 countries will compete in the six-race classic BRITISH ISLES 'Boats in the batK Sunday play approved She has already entered for the five covered court tournaments making up the circuit for the Dewar Cup She will also com pete in the covered court championship after this though since this is an open event she would have been eligible anyway The A also broke new ground yesterday in sanctioning Sundav as a permissible day for tournaments The Davis Cup squad for 1970 was named It consists of Gerald Battrick Mark Cox Peter Curtis John Paish (a newcomer) and Graham Stilwell Notable omissions are Bobby Wilson and Mike Sangster For the Wightman Cup squad Corinne Molesworth Winnie Shaw Nell Truman Virginia Wade and Joyce Williams were named The ban on Fred Whittaker the 1968 junior champion who was suspended for bad court behaviour in the summer was ended WORLD CONDITIONS Algiers 73 23 Jersey 57 14 Amsdm 50 10 inas 75 24 Athens 77 25 Lisbon 73 23 72 22 i London 61 16 Beirut 82 28 50 JO Belfast 59 15 55 J3 Berlin 48 9 Biarritz 61 16 63 17 Bristol 63 J7 Brussels 54 J2 ibg Madrid 70 21 Maiorra 75 24 Malaga 70 21 Malta 75 24 Mnrhstr 59 IS 62 17 Munich 50 10 MEASURERS FACE TIME PROBLEM By TONY FAIRCHILD The Royal Ocean Racing Club having just come to the end of their 1969 season already face a colossal task for next measuring a total approaching 300 boats in time for the introduction of the new world rule in 1970 The new rules incorporating the best features of the race regulations of the and Cruising Club of America mean that all yachts competing off-shore next year have to be remeasured for ratings in layman's language their handicaps To arrive at this length beam depth of hull draught and sail areas have to be measured and they will also have to undergo an inclining test The RORC have onlv 14 measurers whose task would be formidable even without the inclining test This requires the yacht to be weighted so that it lists calculations being taken on a one-degree list The test which can be done only in smooth water is for stability Not enough time The magnitude ot the task i means there is no chance that yachts which race with the East Anglian Offshore Association the Junior Offshore Group or clubs including the Island Sailing Club at Cowes who run the mammoth Round the Isle of Wight Race will be able to adopt the new rule There will not be time to measure their boats Even the RORC may have to review the plans unless sufficient numbers are measured in time for the start of the season ptob ably on Mav 1 A few have been measured already but the possibility of racing under two sets of rules for different prizes is not ruled out On a happier note Prospect of Whitby (Arthur Slater) one of the C's team members for the Southern Cross series in Australia now has a firm booking to be shipped to Svdnev CHALLENGE MATCH Oxford 41 Reeve 9 Crane 9) king' Lynn 37 (H Cole 11) BRITISH LGE Div I inihledon 48 Moore 12) Glasgow 30 (J McMillan 10) sk r-e Budapst 54 12 Naples 70 21 Cardiff 59 15 York 67 19 Cologne 50 10 Cop hgn 48 9 Dublin 63 17 Ednbgh 59 J5 Faro 70 21 68 20 Funchal 70 21 Geneva 55 J3 Gibrltar 70 21 Guernsy 55 J3 Helsinki 45 7 I oM 59 15 Innsbrk 57 14 Istanbul 72 22 19 Nice 73 23 Nicosia 81 27 Oslo 48 9 Paris 61 16 Prague 46 8 Reykjvk 41 5 Rome 75 24 Stckhlm 46 8 Aviv 81 27 Tunis 79 26 Venice 68 20 Vienna 52 11 Warsaw 46 8 Zurich 54 12 i Schools Rackets CLIFTON DEFEAT BY RUGBY GIVES LITTLE GUIDE By A INLAW j2NC0UR AGING prospects in this schools rackets lie in the potential talents of Clifton who have never won the Championship and Haileybury whose only two victories both came during the war through Drinkall and A Fairbairn Wetherill of Rugby beat the Clifton pair Willcocks and Burnell 15-11 15-5 15-12 15-10 wash nontax com itoNT OCCLUDED FRONT Table Tennis NEALE IN FORM FOR EUROPE Denis Neale the England No 1 won two matches and took the world champion Shigeo Ito to three sets in the first of three table tennis matches between Japan and Europe in Osaka yesterday reports Reuter Neale beat Tokio Tasaka a semi-finalist in the 1969 Munich world championships 21-15 22-24 21-14 and then gained a 21-9 21-19 victory over Kiyoshi Kono before going down 19-21 22-20 21-14 to Ito in the remaining two sets Other results: SIVGLFS Ito 'Japanl Dt Jrinen (N Germany) 2114 21-6 A A Stepanic (Jugoslavia) 19-21 21-16 21-10 Tanaka (Japan) bt Stepanic 21-12 21-14 Kono -Japan) bt Jansen 21-8 21-10 Japan won 5-2 SINGLES Ozekl dapan bt Aiexandru (Rumania) 20-22 21-10 21-18 kowada bt Buchbolz (Y Germany) 21-10 21-9 DOUBLES Kowada A Konno (Japan) bt Altxandru A Bucbboix 17-21 21-16 21-17 Japan won 3-0 LAVER £44000 I Rod Laver and Tony Roche both of Australia continue to lead the nione list of the touring tennis professionals with Panrho Gonzales entering the Top after his victory in the Southwest open reports I from New York I aver Australia) £44 491: Koche ueai £25 012 Okkrr -nr £20878: Niew combe us- tr £20022 Lmenon (Aurtra'ia) £17395 Roewall (Australia) C164 51 Stolle 'alia) £14311 Rieen I'S) £13 868 Gonzales US' £12716 A Gimeno 'Strain) £10391 cloudy sunny fair rain drizzle overcast Tern peratures (F C) and weather lunchtime generally Boats in the bath cart be propelled by clockwork camphor or wafting a loofah At sea (and on fresh water more enduring processes are needed Motor Boat and Yachting currently reviews inboard outdrive and jet units with data on matching them to hullform For the romantics a visit to Barbary or a breeze to the mid-Atlantic and hundreds of boats to buy Motor Boat Yachting ON SALE TOD A Issued at 630 pm Black circles show temperatures expected in Fahrenheit The equivalent temperature in Centigrade is given alongside in brackets Arrows indicate wind direction and speed in mph Pressures in millibars and inches but Leslie the outstanding plaver leaves Rugbv at the end of this term while Burnell was substituting for the Clifton captain Drury who was absent because of rugby commitments Last season Willcocks won the Colts singles and doubles at Queen's and in the first game yesterday all his best qualities of hard work and consistent retrieving were evident The picture of the match might well have changed if Clifton had won the first game but they surprisingly lost 15-11 alter leading 11-5 and 11-8 Neither Clifton nor Haileybury have achieved anything of note since the war but in the first match of the season on Saturday the voung Hailevbury pair Hett and Moore beat Tonbridge 4-0 Clifton in sharp contrast were defeated in tour straight games by Rugby in their match at Clifton yesterday but it was a match giving little guide to the Schools Championship at Queen's in March A Leslie and LONDON READINGS For 24 hours up to 7 pm vev terday 'Thuri: Maximum temperature 63F (17C) minimum temp 43F 60 rainfall trace sunshine 38 hours In Britain yesterday (daytime): Wannest Southend 67F (190 i jiiuiiixnu I I lOV Lightincup time 74 pm to 635 am Sun rises 73 am sets 634 pm Moon rises 10 38 pm sets 422 pm to- pia Os so HP a PVCIMC COAST Berke Ion tlif' lfn' inglri ihr bt Ruoll (Jamara) 6-3 6-1 Snvth Pa run oland 6-4 6-3: i 1 1 Osborna 6-4 6-4 Mnqle NN Shaw (G-B) bt alsh 2-6 9-7 7-5 Mrs i Court Australia) bt Miss 6-1 6-1 Miss Lyman bt Miss Pigeon 73 6-1 RACKETS Mallingtm Hu rot -Brown A Brrwgi Ht Chart r6ou c- Hoklr stock l- 15-4 15-11 13-2 15-3 rlltnqton 11 1 Thrrnivm-Glvpr Graham) bt Charterhouse II A Dongar A Pottertoa) 15-2 15-0 9-15 1-lft O-OHa morrow High water at London coldest Lerwtck (Shetlands) 57F Bridge 652 am (196ft) 722 pm (140 wettest Tiree (Argyllshire) 1 195ft) Dover 411 am (177ft) i llin sunniest Ilfracombe 55 445 pm (168ft) hours.