THE CHINA MÁIL, FRIDAY, AUGUST
ALL EYES ON SUNDERLAND -TEAM WITH £165,000 WORTH OF SOCCER STARS
By PETER DITTON
The new soccer season-lies less than a week ahead and 1,000,000 fans are keyed up to shout encouragement to their favourites. Natural- ly not all of them will be able to support a winning team. There are bound to be the usual crop of disappointments but, equally so, there will be the odd surprise teams.
Any pre-season attempt to forecast what can be expected from the various teams is a precarious business. It only requires an injury to a star player in the first match of the season to transform what might be a promotion-winning team into one fighting to avoid relegation.
Similarly, a team getting the not to carry run of the ball in their Brat that is going, match can enjoy an enauằng cun- Adence bringing with it a success not necessarily commeasurable with their ability.
Nonetheless it is the big mines ployers who make the news and because of this, the big team of the moment are Sunderland. A close season spending spice
seen them lay t . that has
if
off every honour wing-half, may retire mid-way through the season to take up la journalistic appointment, And BOAT RACE AND DERRY? it, as seems likely, Arthur Milton, Certainly if money eat buy required by the MCC for their
their
England outside-right is success then nothing should stop tour of the West them this season.
Indies then They have enough talent at Raker Park to Arsenal will find themselves far win the Championship, the Cup, below their usual strength. the Boat
Race and the Derby too
For the time being Manager | care lo bother about it. they
Tom Whittaker is content to The attack wil be absolutely allow events to run their course, star-studded,
defence but Arsenal
never have and good enough to cope with most never will be afraid to buy. It apposing forward formations 14
is just that when they do, they Particularly if, as in the eas The Sunderland polley is that like to buy right. And though of Sunderland, they already have attack makes the best delener it is pure hunch, I believe that players on their books who hand, so firmly are they come the double meaning in my last cost them over £100,000. And that was what it cost to bring Ford, Shackleton, Tommy Wright, and Hudgell to Roker Aitken Park.
Now that these stars have been
£205,000 for three new men guaranteed to make any club real news.
The
mitted to this, they are prepared if necessary to add further to their signings in order to carry
through. Such determination i in deserving of success.
Apart from the Sunderland joined by three other inter- spree, dealings in the transfer nationals, goalkeeper Cowati, märkel have not been pificul- formerly with Morton, cente-orly heavy during the close half Ray Daniel of Arsena! fame season. Undoubtedly the best outside-left Billy Elliott bargain of the lot was secured and from Burnley, Sunderland look by Tottenham Hotspur when they
Home Soccer Season Starts
On Wednesday
persuaded outside-left George English amateur In-
Robb to turn professional.
sentence may turn out to be a good guess.
-(London Express Service)'
FOUR OFF MILLER
14, 1953,
Denis Compton hits Keith Miller to leg for four during the Fourth Test Match at Leeds-Central Press
Photo,
McDonald Bailey
A New
f
Starts Career.
The biggest change in the life of one, E. McDonald Bailey, since he left Port
of Spain, Trinidad, in 1945 to join the RAF, came about last week.
Last Monday week he left London to take over his new house at Over Hulton, near Leigh, and in the week that follows he will start serious training for his first appearance in competitive football-us-a Rugby League professional,
pro-j had," he explained, "I gives family,
thefr
HKFA COUNCIL MEETS
The Hongkong Football Association Council meet- ing was held at the Hong- kong Football Club yester- day, evening, when bers of various Hub. committees were elected.
mem-
What's best in Kowloon ?
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Mr J. Skinner, Chairman of the Association, presided.
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The meeting approved the in- corporation of the amendments,
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seven
sa passed at, the Annual General Mooting
into the Articles of Association and the appointment of seven persons to sign the Memorandum and Articles. The
persons appointed the Hon, Sir Man-kam Lo, Pre- rident of the Association, the Hon. Kwok Chan, Mr J. Mc- Kelvic, and Air Commodore R. C. Field, Vice
are
Skinner, C Presidente, Mr J.
Mr K. K. Ip; and the chairman of the Management Committee,
Following were the members elected to the various Bub.. committees:
Ground Sub-Committee.-Mr Leslie
Channing (Chairman)
and Messra C, S. Wang, L. G.
· Young, 'Henry Fung and C. K. Woo; Referees Sub-Committee -Major A. C. Walker and Messrs K. K. Ip and
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Children's Playground Association-Mr L. Chaining.
The transfer cost Spurs just £10, the amount of the signing- on fee. Now if they should
CLUBS' APPLICATIONS decide to part with him, which I am sure they will not do, they
The applications of 37 clubs could demand and obtain £25,000
for re-affiliation for 1953-54 from any club in the country.
were accepted. Four new op Leigh commence Giving his full time to soccer,
plications for affliation for the Robb should make the England gramme proper on August 22, you a sort of added incentive I will take quite a while to same season by the Hollandia team without any trouble and but Mac, who will require a mid 1 found it most exhileral-get used to the Idea of seeing Football
Club, the Hongkong London, Aug. 19. thus solve one of the biggest little more time to get readying."
him in the cherry and white Telephone Company Sports As- And for the strenuous 80-minute
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boots hoops of the Leigh club association, the Jardine Sports More than that though, from League matches, does not expect compared with sprinting shoes? opposed to the plain singlet Association, and the son opens on August 19-
Star
Ferry appearance Here again Mac's point of view, he to make his first
answer was which he used to favour in his Football Club, to join the Third next Wednesday-with nine
should bring his new outside untli early September,
that he did not find them much athletic days,
Division were also First Division and a full partner, Eddie Baily, back to
also accepted. BUILDING UP
of a handicap. He wears the
Messrs J. B. P. Byrne und and programme of Second- Third Division matches.
Arsenal, the champions, are down to play West Bromwich Albion whilo Preston North End, the runners-up to Arsenal, will test Huddersfield, newly Second from the promoted
Tottenham's
In
to
his best form so that the Spurs' In the meantime he is to start same lightweight pattern boots But Muc has confidence inf favoured by most wing men in himself. And, providing he can attack can once more function a course of
of weight-lifting with the smoothness
muscles. He does Rugby League and says they do electric bursts that used to thrill that won build up his
continue to pull out those them promotion and the League not think that additional body not make the feet feel heavy. Championship
successive weight will be necessary, for the But Mac has his own plans to White City Stadium crowds, it
Leigh plan Is seasoris.
to play him on develop a new type of light-will not be long before he has the right wing. But he needs to weight boat which will give established himself equally IMPORTANT MOVE
make sure that he is ready for greater freedom of movement to firmly in his now sport. The transfer of left-half any knocks that may come his Division, where they Anished Scoular from Portsmouth
to Way. second to Sheffield United fast Newcnatie was another important Mac's partner will move which may enable the tralian Trevor Allan,
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The fixtures for the opening day are:
Burnley
Cherling
Liverpool Manchester U. Middlesbrough Preston N.E.
Shemeld Wed Tottenham W. Bromwich'
Birmingham Leeds United Leicester C. Luton Town Notts Forest Plymouth Stoke Swansea West Ham
Wolverhampton
Sunderland
Portsmouth
Division I
V
W
V
Cheleca
v Cardur
V Manchester C.
น
Arton Villa
v Huddersfield
บ Arsenal
Division J
Division
Aldershot Bristol City Exeter Norwich City Q.P.R. Southampton Swindon Town Waisall
v Hull City
V Notts County
V
Derby County
Oldham Ath.
v. Everton
✓ Bury
✓ Brentfort
✓ Doncaster.
v Lincoln City
1 (South)
v Coventry y Gillingham
v Leyton
Orient Bcuthend U.
* Brighton
v Watford v Bournemouth v -Ipswich
Division I
Bradford C.
Chesterfield
Clyde
(North) Barnsley
v Darlington Qrimeby Town v York City Halifax
v Cateshead Mafield Town, v Port Vale Stockport C. v Southport Wrexham
v Crew, Alex. Glasgow Cup-lat Hound
Rangers The fixtures for Thursday, August 20, are as follows:
Division H Fulham
v Bristol Rovaty v Blackburn Rev. Rotherham U
Division 11 (South) Colclienter
v Torquay U Crystal Palace v Northampton Newport County v Reading
in successive seasons.
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It was also decided that the council meetings are to be held every second Monday of month.
Two applications for permis- ziona to tour South East Asju by the South China Athletic Association and the Kitchee Sports Club were approved. Incidentally, it was announced
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that the South Chino In "Everything for the Modeller
Yet Newcastle this season must develop an understanding, they retains ankle support yet allows On Asian Games C.A.A. had expected to crafts, Model Engines, Model
Geordles to recapture the form by many to be the finest centre in that made the FA Cup winners the game. He is fast and clever not allow you to do that. I and, providing he and Mac can would like to design one which of George should cause plenty of trouble me to bend the the absence
underneath part the
opposition. Robledo-who-has-returned with for-
of-my-fool.-This-would-give
greater drive,"
feel
the
one
I'm still not
Eligibility
Singapore sports oficials on 5
Singapore, Aug. 13.
restricting
future Asian ni-
on
already left Hongkong for In- donesia. The
The reason was that Model Railways, Model Air- at last month's Boats, Model Race Car Kits, receive whleh-was-
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what you pay for. leave August 10 and return
0. Mr
read a cable from Football Team the Djurgardens of Stockholm accepting Hong. kong's invitation to three inter- port matches to be played November 14, 16 and 17. In addition, the Team asked for fourth match to be played after they return. from Japan {wo weeks later.
The Chairman also read
his brother Ted to their native The two have not settled down mo] Chile. Goal-scoring forwards of to serious practice together yet, Naturally enough the decision Robledo's ability are few and but they did have proof Britain's greatest sprinter to far between.
Jiminary-trial on the ground turn Rugby League professional that they have about a week back for the bene has However, now
caused རྗ stir In the fully support the idea of strengthened their defence, New-nt of newsreel
A McDonald Bailey household. cameramen.
"Quite frankly castle will not hesitate to look for combined team movement ended another forward if their present with Allen passing to Moc and stre if I'm coming or going," Games only to Asian boys do not elick.
former AAA, Sprint Cham-Mac confessed. "But once we tionals. Do not be surprised either if plon was away for the line. get settled down in Leigh it will
Asian How does it feel to run with | be all right.”
One coding Arsenal enter the transfer market
sports official said: "Europeans in tile before the season is very old. the incumberance of a rugby
VERY EXCITED. The departure of Roy Daniel has ball under one arm? When the Mrs Bailey and the children country have done a lot for local athletes but I think they will left a gap in their defence which question was put to him, Mac are very excited about the young Bill Dodgin from Fulham replied that it made little odds. move, for it means they
agree with us on this point will The Asian games were modelled The hands are not important have a big garden for the first on the lines of the European may be hard pressed to B.
There are rumours that Alec when you are running," he ex-time. In London they have
plained. "except when you are always lived in flats. flow the Games, which restrict compet
for tors to those of European des making a start from blocks, garden. is to be kept tidy and cont Then you need them to give you who is going to do it has not yet drive.
"If such a ban is not imposed, But taking the ball on been settled, but "no doubt weit will not prevent the Philip move you do not require any will think of something."
from pines
dominating the great arm movement and so sald. one's balance is not affected by The running tracks of England games at Manida next year holding the ball."
are going to be the poorer for nelding top American athletes. SAME SENSATION
Mac's decision to
Some members of the Singa- Mac added that the feel of fessional.
Asian pore team to the first should Games in New DNI
Were the ball under his arm gave him deny him the right to assure arou just the same sort of sensation future
himself
and one Singapore ative on that term sald "nasty remarks were passed on that he received when taking op over the baton in a relay race.
our mixed team. We were the
Forbes, the tearaway Scottish
CIVIL AID
Orders by
the Hon, C. E. Terry, Commissioner, Civil Aid Services of August 14, 1953.
C.A.8. Headquarters: Commissarlat
Appointments. The following appointments
proved:-Mr Rudy Choy to be
the
International
"Just felt that I had to go Assistant Commissioner, w.o.f. for the line with everything 10.8.53; Mr S. N. Shroly to be Chief Accountant, w.ef 10.8.53.
Wardens' Service
following Promotions.The promotions have been approved:
018 Warden
Warden Ma Sal-hung. 1467 brought forward from Saturday Warden Hsich Sau-ping to act as
1. 1954. The only out-
Post Wardens w.c.f. 29.7.83.
-The Chief Warden
All the English fixtures for Wednesday, August. 19, and Thursday, August 20, have been
Ming Axture from May 1 in!
Shrewsbury V. Millwall In Courses
League Three (Southern). This congratulates the following mem- match will be rearranged later bers upon successful completion
In the season.
SCOTTISH LEAGUE
The Scottish League will have
a full programme this Satur
down for decision:
das with the following matches
Aberdeen Clyde EAST TH
Hamilton Hibernian Tangera
St. Mirren
Surling
Albion.R
Arbrin
Cowdenbeath
Dumbarton
Division A
v Airdrie
of a course
Chung
reconnaissance
of
recognition UXB-5107 and
Chi-fai;
1700. Chung Ping-iom; 797 Kwok Lap-wah; 4304 Lam King-hung: 4763 Lau
Students' Games
for
Mac
turn pro-
But none
and
his
ΟΠ
letter from the Korçan Foot ball Team expressing gratitude They also thanked the Associa
Hongkong's hospitality,
tion for the silver junk pre seated to them. The junk was presented to the Korean Pre-
Rhet. sident. Dr Sygnmen
At the conclusion of
of the meet. ing, Mr Skinner commented on someone criticising the financial
annual report at the
general four mem- meeting. Finally, bers of the financial sub- committed were elected, They were Messn J. A. Keamy, L.
Keung.
Bowls Match To only mixed team in the march Louey, L. Channing and Chan
Welcome
Mr W. P. Eadie
past
and the crowd had expect ed to see all Asian competitors.
He added: "This is not being ungrateful to those non-Aslan
athletes who were in our last
Games
than
of the fact
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Tanny will be
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Grand Masters Of Chess.
To Contest World
"Criterium Championship
DCILITI when I say that it was a The following Icams have mistake on the part of Singapore been selected to play in the to include them-United Press. bowls match in honour of Mr (The Singapore sports officials W.P. Eadle, Chairman of the quoted by United Press appear Australian Bowling Council, at to be uninformed the KBGC on Sunday, com- that Algerian Arabs won three
Manila, Aug. 14. Japanese Doxing Champions Dortmund, Germany, mencing at 4.30 p.m., Australian second place medals at the last
European
Speed
and Akira at Brussels flyweight names first: .Aug. 13.
a West Indian Rink 1: G. Hong Choy, C.J. and
from featherweight Noberu Tinnka Berthold Steines of Ger-ure, E. Liddell, W.P. Eadie Martinique took fourth place in
Schaffhausen, Switzerland, Apr. 18. are expected to arrive here on August 16 for fights on August
Fourteen Grand Masters from six countries, more many returned the fastest (skip): L. Gadel, F.C. Clemo, the Pole Vault.
31 at the Rizal Coliseum. Tim: 1013 Lau Woon-tong: 3604 time in the qualifying heats G.B.
Turkey had a
than half of them Russians, will meet here on August 29 Lee Hee-marig: 2002 Lee Hoo- of the 110 Metrea Hurdles ( 2: G.A. Gordon, J.11. Ganics,
E.F. Thompson, J. McKelvic
strong team1
Akira Will bo competing at the last European
..otched
cd for the last elimination tournament to select 'n challenger kwong; 1702 Lang Tien-tsylch;
...which are: regional against Filipino flyweight idol to World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik of Russia 1024 Ma Kwok-chan; 3005 Ma in the International Stud-warne, E. M. Stirling, A.J. Kew ganes rather
Campo whlie Tannka enta' Games
(skip): A.D. Joiner, T. Kava-
against Tony Shing-kwan; 4923 Mak Kuni-yond a Gnan os here to ay sum-nagh, LC. Parter, 3.5. Diaven lewe Adopting the the Romulo, censational newcomer
big-time boxing here. Chik-shum; 4810 Wan Kwong-
(skip).
European Games, the HKAAA
rival 203
twa The
of the Takehiko Nakajina of Japan yu Wat Po-lum; 039 Wong
Rink 3: S. C. Smith, W. S. feel that the
Aslan Games
will mark the Japaneex 3908 Yim Hung-dodied 18.5 seconds in his brut. Edwards, C. W. Greaves, C. I should Hok-shun
Asian bo
regional
Oghters first time that Japanese fighters
Averbach Chien of Bouth fong; 6247 Yuen Siu-hung: 001 John Groves not Auslie Pin- Romseroli (skip) A Button games rather
Your than "Mongol give public performances hero Isaac hinecon of Bras Wolfani G. A. Mackric. A. M. Buchanan, dames" Neither the European.
Boleslavsky Wong On-lu.
Italy of
Davki and JR. B. Robertson (ip),
since the last war.
Bronstein Zelingnishments: —- Mr Wons Mannorl
Rinke EC. R. Renderer at Brussole passed any nasty boxers fought here and were 4
sporting press nor the crowd
In the past popular Nipponese Max Euwo (Holland), has relinquished his eyes of Belgium all returned
Lopaicy (elrip); H. Browne. F Post Wardon with effect from Akira Kiyofull of Japan quali-Franels, E. Howarth, D. Trali meals being won by Africans Gore, Otra and Kujima were (Argentina), Tigram Petrojan Noubauen, 5.8.53, upon resignation from the red for the final to Saturday (skip);
and they particularly cheered applauded by Manila Aght (USSR), Vanilla Smykov suburb and tourist centre ¡C:AS.
Osman fans.
(USBR), Laszlo Szabo (Hun-looking the famous Rhine Falls, 1. M. Lightbody,
14032 0 Jerod opposed the The cockitt verty in honour Cosul, & Turk and very much The coming of the two gary), Gideon Stahlberg The tournament will be con Chief Staff Officer,
qualifiers for Saturday's Long place irrespective of the weather an Asian, in finishing eighth in Japanese boxers in koenly (Sweden), and · Mart. Talmanov tlaued on September 13 in the Civil Aid Bervices Fung flink with o Icap of 7.00 conditions 2The will begin at the 10,000 Metres run Sports'' awaited
by local fallcuffs (USSR).
Zurich Congress House, United 14.8.58.
meires.--China, Mat Special, m47,30 pm; the Kit is now clored." (Ed.)
enthusiasta..
Each, participant will, have to Press,
v Dundes
v Collio
Raith Rovets
v. Falkirk
v Hearts
v Partick.
VAST United
V
Alion
Division #
Forfar
v Dunfermline Dandee United v Motherwell' Kilmarnock. v. Morton Stenhousemuir v Queen's Park y Bt. Johnstone On Tuesday, August 18, Cellle play Queerra Park in the first round of the Glasgow Cup,
Third Lanark
day.
honda.
. According to an, announco-„meet every other one twice- ment by the organisers, the fance with the white, once with
masters following Grand
are black digires, The tournament, due to take part in the World | therefore, will consist of 20-
rounds. Champknship "Criterium".
The Anal winner on points will (USSR), (USSR), meet Botvinnik in a 24-match Dr challenge encounter next year (USSR),
Evim for the World Championship." Geller (USSR), Alexander The first eight rounds of the
appointment as Acting Deputy 244A reconde in the 1200 Metres Waine, L. Congrove, R. H. A remarks about European Games big <, Fighters such as Tony Kolov (USSR), Miguel Najdorf "Criterium will chathausen):
wilh time of 24,7
well
be played" in