THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1958..
European Countries All
Want A Match With England's Soccer Team
By GEORGE CHANDLER
London, Feb. 9.
The major attraction for soccer fans in both the European and South Ameri- can continents is the England team and harassed officials were today stili busy politely rejecting attractive offers,
For the past month the Football Association has been preparing for what suite officials term England's "biggest soccer adventure", namely a close season tour of the Argentine, Chile and Uruguay scheduled for next May.
Since the ANNOUNCETBent of
Don't
THE
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CLIVE GRAHAM (OUT) and PETER O'SULLEVAN turn a joint spotlight on racing
Shoot the Bookie
KMRZ-TAX HIM
WHAT TO DO to erase some of forced to 'own racehorses it in the black spots in British racing obvious that for the future of
Express racing i apeciallate wind up their disc the sport that £4,000,000 gap
own must be closed, sweeping plans..
GRATIAM: Yes, and it can
SWEEP THE ARENA
(And when the punter welshes-grab him too)
LIVE GRAHÁM: Tell only be closed by drastic ac- tion. It is about time the me, Peter, what is Government was made to ap- your estimate of the preciate that it cannot go on
"milicing" money out of rue-like to see swept off the Turf cost of keeping a moderate ing Indefinitely, without killing pre the non-paying punters
whose horse in training
a major industry,
abuse of the credit system and the laws governing
One blg snag in such a plan to vend n team la Denmark a this tour, Europe's top soccer is the fact that the English few days before the start of the an unhappily familiar ground.
scheduled | big tour.----United Press,
nation have virtually ined up In front of the big white bulld- ing at 22 Lancaster Gate, the headquarters of the Football Association, which overlooks London's famous Hyde Park.
First in the queue were the Olymple Chremplins, Bungay, who are keen to prove their right, tu the title of Europe). No. 1 soccer nation--either zmoteur or professions.
Clore ብን ? their heels VANC officials from Germany and Spain and, although excellent financial inducernents were offered, English officials politely bit firmly pointed out that the international: programme for the England team than full for the
was more season.
ITALIANS UNDETERRED
Football League
Bolton
Luton And Heavily Backed At FA Cup Callover
London, Feb. 9.
Luton Town and Bolton Wanderers, who meet at Luton in the fifth round of the FA Cup next Saturday, were the two best bucked team at the callover at Victoria Club, London, tonight.
Luton
wire! wns backed to £14,000, closing 22 to 1, while
backed was
wake
to
The Halton Football Asso- ciation, however, refuses to be deterred by this attitude and is Bolton dangling the bait of a nice Juley fice of a £75,000 gute,£10,000 out of the book be- which would be European fore closing at 18 to 1. record, before the eyes of the English officinis.
new
The Italians want an England team to inaugurate the $5,000-seating capacity stadium in Rome on April 19, the day' nfter England plays Scotland at Wembley Stadiuin, And to enture spectly transportation to Rome, the Italians are will- ing to have a record-breaking Jal-propelled Comet plone rush the Englishmen to Italy im-. mediately after their encounter with Sealand.
Anthough the
mler has not
been flatly rejected, it was con- ! sidered a virtual certainty that the date would not fit in with Plans already made for the Soufa. American rip.
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Prices were:
5 to 1 Arsenal.
13 to 2 Burnley and Blackpool, 7 to 1 Tottenham Hotspur,
9 to 1 Manchester United and West Bromwich Albion,
18 to 1 Bolton,
20 to Aston Villa.
22 to Luton Town,
25 to 1 Chelsea,
33 to 1 Blimingham City,
1 to 3 Everton and Plymouth Argyle,
60 to 1 Rotherham United. - 100 to 1 and upwards others.
-Reuter.
Chelsea And West Bromwich
Draw Again In Replay
Cup Tie
London, Feb. 9,
O'SULLEVAN: If the accent is on moderato," Clive, 1 fool I would tay, including training fees, traveling, entries, Joc- keys' fees, "plating," veterinary attendance....£700 a year. Less prize money, if any, won.
GRAHAM There ure at least 5,000 horses in training, то the totul outgoings for owners are not less than £3,500,000 a year. The cost of keeping the productive side of racing going....the upkeep of stallions, nares, Mezcl young nlock....adds another £3,000,
000.
Stakes do not amount to more than £800,000, and the most reliable figures suggest that £1,700,000 is the
THE VISTA
O'SULLEVAN:
The Irish
Surely country
woke up to that recently and their Turt dnances have since been established on a basis of increasing prosperity- it's absurd. in this where betting
virtually gambling means that illegal, for the Chancellor
to honest backer seize over £700.000 a year in prices than he would other- tax from the "tote" machine wice. There are altogether too which the Government sponsor many "knockers" loating and which is supposed to be non-profit making?
gela
the
poorer
around the racecourse—and the A tax should bo levied on more expensive the enclosure, | §.3. bookmakers..........Tatter- the higher the percentage.
commillee salin
should deal GRAHAM: Nor aro. somo mare ruthlessly with defaulters. bookmakers blameless when it that If something is not done What is certain is tho fact
on
comes to the "knocking Stakes." Meanwhile, Peter, our main bis continuous drain conclusions seem to be that the owners' resources is going to omcial body representing rac-produce some funny funny ing should impress upon the peculiar results this season. Chancellor that through enter-
O'SULLEVAN: Hope we find talument tax, exports, etc., he
a few winogrs." Is already 'getting' plenty out of racing and the "ole" should be left to strengthen the finan- too."
GRAHAM: Amen to that cial structure of the sport.
-London Express Service)
Book HAROLD MAYES Talking Sport
GRAHAM: It is. But we've been side-tracking the makers. There is a viewpoint which inclines towards baring them altogether, and for Lote only, legal and taxable betting.
at
it
O'SULLEVAN: And what a colourless vista it suggests,
may say highest Whatever we
und think about the "enemy" of times, I'm sure we agree
wouldn't
the be half
game without them, The course bookmaker contributes plenty to racing. What we need to
that would be expected in any one year from the export bloodstock.
FOUR MILLION
Racing, therefore, is costing owners and breeders collective- ly rome £4,000,000 each year.
And it is not only the small owners that are being affected, Take a cross-section of three | leading owner-breeders last Rosebery, Sir scuson....Lord Victor Sassoon, and Mr F. W. | Dennis. Between them, they were responsible for the keep of more than 100 hortos in training, representing a wages bill of at least £80,000.
The horses owned by these three wan, in all, £22,000 in the stake list, Deduc per- centages for Jockey, trainer, and lads, and you will and a
In
there
10
is a tithe
THEY DIDN'T STOP LARWOOD'S SOCCER
Nobody admires Yorkshire sporting guts-or will-to-win if you like it that way-more than I do.
For so long, in cricket, the "drive-the-other-fellow-into-the-ground" attitude which brings success has been a north of the Trent monopoly,
Now I'm
from the starting-price, off-the in Yorkshire cricket get back Freem Maurice Tate,
reduce the "gap"
course bookmaker.
na
GRAHAM: Yes, annual tax, however modest and I don't see why it should be too small at that on the thirty to forty thousand S.P. men could make all the difference,
The bookmaker would bc wise to establish the machinery for collecting it. They'd have a stronger case to present if ever tho "ban bookles' fraternity looked like gaining support. They've done a lot towards cleaning up their own "black-legs"-the man who never seems to receive the winning bels:
O'BULLEVAN: They have —
After five and a half hours of grim Cup tie football debit of more than £00,000 to but the mea and wonten during which four goals have been scored, Chelsea and West Bromwich Albion have still not decided their fourth round Football Association Cup match,
within two
Two hours play Today, in clauding a half hour's extra time. ended with the teams again: deadlocked at one gual each. These were scored minules of each other by West Bromwich wing-half Dudley and Chelsen centre-forward Bentley.
Chelsea's goal had some re- markable Escapes. particularly in the Brat half, but the Lun- dopers played up strongly during extru
without breukinų
time
down the strong oppositi
defctice.
The teams will meet again on Areenal's ground on Wednesday to decide the right to entertain Birmingham in the fifth round.
Town in the fifth round - this Saturday, February 14. The West Bromwich-Chelsea tlo will have to be replayed a third before Wils Thursday, February 12-Reuter.
time
by shared,
the years comt,
wili be few owners who can sland
105508 on such a scale.
O'SULLEVAN: The Agures are certainly startling. There the participants
engage and consign themselves so blithely to seemingly inevitable loss. While no one js presumably
TEST DRAWN
going to suggest Wally Hammond. that unless the folk at the top to calling spades just spades, or something a bit stronger, it's going to be the best part of some time before we "see the broad acres county back in its rightful place.
It all comes down to whether Taylor-made, or more precise- or not our cricketers, should be ly, whether,
it's
more dan- gerous or even painful to get kicked on the ships by a Derek Dooley than to be hit on the head by one that's dug-in by a Keith Miller.
OUS...
Patsy
Tich
serious thought to that,
I trust, 100, they'll think on and Phil Mead as the the worits of Trevor Bailey, attack,
Cambridge blue, England and But, of course, you'll say Essex cricketer, Amateur Cup that wasn't serious football. It nedallist and one just about as was serious enough for the qualined to pass judgment::as MCC not to argue about the anybody I know when he says: latis cufting up te proceeds to "The dangers injury
cricket, particularly to a
fast. help to pay their expenses.
bawler, are far greater than they ever are at football,"
of
at
the
And I would say that the chance of injury in such tree- for-all games was much greater We don't know yet by a very than in organised Soccer. But long way, whether Trueman" is Ro-one complained and plenty going to be the answer. of other games have been Lord's prayer. But I suggest played for the benent of what he's much more likely to be the professionals to humorous- if he's left to his own devices, ly refer to as the "fund for So come off it, Yorkshire! poor and distressed cricketers,"
Has anyone
ever suggested that cricketers shouldn't
cricketers, umateur and pro- Rugby? I can't recall it, but NINE DRAGONS
Take your pick, but I'd settle for the former every time. And so, I assure you, would I'd most of
footballer-
fessional Which is the reason they've been sitting back and laughing at the advice given to Freddy Trueman and Brian Close to pack up Soccer,
can be no other sport in which West Indies All
Southern Hemisphere Asks For A "Break"
Melbourne, Feb. 9,
Out For 296
anytime now we may well have somebody hinting that they can only do so if they pad up like their American grid iron counterparts.
FIXTURES
The Tollowing are the results of the darts and table-lenáts round matches of the
NO COMPLAINTS THEN
There's a lad in Lancashire Brat of cricket ability who'll prob- February competition played at Ever heard of anyone com-ably soon be in the 20,000 to the Nine Dragons Service Club plaining about Harold Larwood £7,000 signing-on fce class as last Thursday. playing football? Now there a Rugby League man. Are As long ago there going to be cries of
Darts: 8 Coy RASC 'C PI│6. NE "murder from Old Trafford it& RS Whitteld 4 Wilts:MA" 2, 33
Gen he takes one of those offers?
Hoepila
4: BAT (Armourers) 1,7 UTR 5; WOG “D walkover 10 3 Su RE
was a bowler.
as 1928-29 the Nottingham-
shire thunderbolt was at latt
back in an MCC Soccer slide in
Australia.
Like to know the team? : This
Bridgetown, Barbados,
Feb. 9, The West Indies were all out for 296 in their first innings against India on the was it. Perey Fender in goal.. second day of the Second Les Ames Test match here today, and at the tea interval India had scored 82 for two in
Mr Otto Mayer, Secretary of the International Olym-reply.
of the
here
this
draw.
pic Committee, is to receive a report this week-end of The first Test ended in + Nat Lofthouse English inter- Melbourne's plans for staging the 1956 Olympic Games. national centre-forward, scored
Clyde Walcott wan top-scorer the only goal for Bolton Wan-
Mr Arthur W. Coles, Chair-| give the Southern Hemisphere for the West Indies with 88. derers in the second replay mun of Melbourne's Olymple "a break for a change". "Ever against Notts County-Reuter. Control Committee, and
The West Indies ninth wicket Me since the Games began, we have stand
had to Wilfred Kent Hughes, Chairman
between go to the Northern Ramadhin dried
Walcoti and THE RESULTS
Organising Hemisphere," he added-Renter. { attack for another 35 minutes the Indian Olymple Fourth Round second replay Committee,
announcing
this morning before Phadker, results were:
today said the report
who had taken the new ball at West Bromwich Albion 1, would give detalls of the sites,
the start of play, had Walcott Chelsea 1 (after extra time. plane and latest decisions taken.
Jeg before. at in Melbourne for the organisa- ployed was Villa Park, Birmingham).
tion of the Games, Notts County 0, Bolton Wan- They added that derers 1, (played at Hills-million would be available for borough, Shefeld)
staging the Games in Melbourne.
The match
£A 125
As a result of today's replays, Mr Kent Hughes said the Bolton Wanderers visit Luton Northern Hemisphere
should
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Attaboy Shield Match On Monday At The KBGC The annual bowls match for the Attaboy Shiekt will take place at Austin Road un Mon- day, February 16, starting at 11
a.m. sharp.
Lunch will be served In the Clubhouse of 1.15 p.m.
Wives and other guests may be invited for lunch.
Walcott's brilliant 98 In 193 minutes included two sixes and and ten fours.
NINTH WICKET STAND Although the Barbados bats- man was unlucky not to get his century, he had the satisfaction of raising the West Indios scone to Walcott and Ramadhin
added 88 runs for the ninth wicket.
#
and Larwood at full-back, a middle line of and George Duckworth, with Ernest Tyldesley. George Geary
certainly hope not.
"
LEAVE THEM ALONE
Because if we really get down to the fundamentals, the fact is clear that "the", "good" always been an all-rounder, at British sporting performer has
least reasonably good at the games he plays.
True, there have been sug
Basketball The closing date for the Basket- out-ball knock-out coinpetillon is Satur- standing ones should specialise,day. February It. Entries must be but almost without exception The draw will take place at the Clut forewarded by a p.m. on Saturday. tboy've disregartled any such
at 6.30 p.m. the same evening. directions, and I hope they'll go on doing it.
Table Tennis: RAF Kal Tak 3. Cound Wkspa REME 2; 15 FUK g RE: walkover 10 66 Day RASC "B". the sorondreind to be plated. at. The following teams will meet in the cuth on Thursday at
v 33 Gen Hospital "D", Wild Buy 7 BTH, 80 Sqn RAF ▼ 33 Gen Hospital all "A", KAI Sex Kong v. Da Med Bty
RA.
K. H. Ip Causes gestions that the really
Major Upset In
Manila Tennis
Manila, Feb. 9.
Ip Koon-hung, of Hongkong, to-day caused a, major upset in the Philippines national tennis championships when he defeat- ed
Before they bow to their cricket masters I hope True man and Close will give very
Len Hutton Is
Amado Sanchez, seeded Voted Sportsman
Of The Year
No. 3. 6-4, 7-5. As a result of his victory, Ip entered the quarter-finals,
Fausto
Other foreign entries scored
London, Feb. 0. Len Hutton, England's pro- with cosy triumphs respectable total Gardint of Italy defeating Sam bem clected Sportsman of the
fessional captain, Ang, 6-0, 6-1, and Tony Mot-Year for 1952 in the national fram of Britain beating Alfredo ballot organised by the. "Sporting
Roy and Apte opened quietly | Quizzon, 6-0, 6-1. Armando 2 was Randolph Turpin. 1
10
for Indla
against the medium- Vieira
of Brázii defeated V
In the women's section,. Mrs
Table Tennis Matches for Thursday at 7p.n. REV-RAF
are as follow:
7 p.m. 13 Pk Kat Tek, do Cay HAS BE Land Fortes: 8 pan. 90 Med By RA Y 80 San HAFTADA
Week's Programima A Tuesday-Whilst Drive & p.m., Cash Prizes ood Soowball
Wednesday.Film Show p.m. Thursday Darts & Table Tennis p.in
Friday-Tombola 3.30 pm. Snow-
bail.
Saturday Tombola 750 p.m. Snowball.
Colony Snooker And Billiards
All members who intend participate oro requested to sign the List
on the Club notice paced bowlers King and Gomez. San Augustin, 6-1, 0-2. board or telephone the No. 1 King
the British Middleweight Cham- In a Colony Open," Snooker made the ball Tise Boy accordingly.
plon,
and third Lieutenant-Championship game at the KCC Lunch requirements must be over one
occasionally and in his fourthi such ball advised by Friday next, while glove and
hit Roy's Tony Mottram and Liu Shang- Colonel Harry Llewellyn, who last night, C. W. Po beat Philly wont
straight into kuo of Taiwan also scored cary Helsinici with his famous horse
won Britain's only. Gold Medal at | Young 2-0. entries for the match will
Worrell's hands at third slip. wins. accepted up to 10.15 a.m. on the
"Foxhunter
In a Colony Open: Billiards day of the game.
Manjrekar was the second Mrs Mottram, who is the de-
Miss Jeannette Altwegg. British Championship game at the same batsman to be dismissed, bw fonding champion, ousted Rosa Figure Skating Champion in the Club, K. Y. Chul beat A to Ramadhin for 25,
lina Obacq, 0-0, 6-0, and Miss 1952 Olympic Games, received Remedios 300-231, At the tea adjournment V. S. Liu beat Natividad Nazarote by the highest number of votes in In the Geo, Younger Snooker Hazare was 23 not out and Apie an identical score, France-balloting for Sportswoman of the langue, South Ching beat CPO 30 not out.-Reuter
Pressc.
Tamar 5-0.
LRC TENNIS
Members of the Ladies Re- creation Club arc reminded that a Mixed Doubles Pro- gressive TouTiament will be held on Sunday next, February 15, commencing at 11.39 um.
Those members and their quests wishing to enter should submit their names to the Secretary not later than Fri- day, February 13.
Two Scottish Cup Replays Tomorrow
London, Feb, The two Scottish Cup second round matches drawn on Satur- day--Collie · VORWIE
Stirling Albion and Kilmarnock Versilia Hamilton Academlools will be replayed on Wednesday, Febru- Ary 11Router).
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