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SPORTS ROUNDABOUT
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1954.
NOT SO GOOD VIEW FOR KELSEY
Bigger And Wider Goals Will Bring Back The Fans
By W. CAPEL KIRBY
attendances have dropped
During the past few seasons Soccer steadily. Would the missing thousands be tempted back if promised goals, goals, and still more goals?
Johnny Carey thinks they would. Moreover, he suggests it could be done by increasing the height and width of the goals to give shol-shy forwards a bigger target to aim for.
Keeping football-fit landed
"Lengue_football to an enter-, Exiles annuel match suggestion? | could be a good buy for Notting- tainment and if goal-scoring is I could understand Lancashire ham Forest. the primary need of the cus fighting shy of a fixture with tomers we must find some way Old Trafford rejects just now. of catering for them," said the Blackburn Rovers manager.
Why not? Public demand for more goals was responsible for
Why not a Lancashire Exiles v. | 10-year-old John Armour in
Yorkshire Exiles maleb?
ASKING YOU
the off-side low
jaw belag changed! Can anybody tell me: (x) Tunt falled-thanks 10 Arsenal Why Hutton repeatedly over- inventing the stopper centre-look Compton's reputation as a half-back. But Here no breaker-up of obstinate partner- IASUT why the Soccer rulers ships? (b) Whether expenditure on bringing the Wardrop swin Here's to bigger and wider twins from Ainerien for the goals and goalkeepers.
European Championships will be justified? (c) who REALLY 22-year-old won the Vancouver Marathon?
shouldn't try another lack.
Barnett,
Eric Australian frun Wales, came
New South
OVER
hoping Stand by for a Arst-class row to land a professional cricket | between the Northern, Southern engagement with a Lancashire) and Midland swimming contin- club. Instead he has signed gents over England's b Van amateur forms for Warrington couver flop. Rugby League Club. Fle is д centre or wing.
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•
Because the matter la by no means Rolshed take note that
trouble for playinut in a Glasgow strect. Hin keenness earned him the reprieve of an understanding magistrate. on hearing the lod was about to Join Stoke City's Kround staff.
Did the kindly Soccer-minded beak realise the lad was on the Ieve of taking the Arst step which led Stan Matthews to stardom? Young Armour's
keen.
Within an hour of arriving In
the Potteries from Scotland he Stoke's was out training with evenint class.
Mester Brian Godfrey, of Rossington, agrees that England need a change in gral bul pooh- poolt's the suggestion of finding 4 successor 10 Cl Merrick presenting any difficulty.
The selectors have only to call on Donenster Hovers And
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Steaming! hornewards after referee Arthur Ellis was never Serving in 1212 Far Fast is attacked, nor his family ever in Mickey Granger, promising York | danger of assault, after Brazil's take a look at Ken Hardwick," City goalkeeper
whose feals | bunts und bottles Bottle of Berne | the writes. earned him Hongkong's "Fou-affair with Hungary.
reader's young balier of the Year" award. Due
Authority for this is Ellis him- something there. for demob shortly, Granger will self in "Refereeing Round the combine football with motor | World" (Hutchinson, 10s. Od.). body building.
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CAMPBELL FOR FOREST? AL £2,500, Scottish ex-national Bobby Campbell, Chel- cellent Yorkshire v. Yorkshire i seu's wing or inside forward,
Who shelved last year's
This
If Ray Kichener
got
Arsenal goalkeeper Kelsey looks round and gets a close but not to be envied outside-left view of the ball entering his net from a shot by Newcastle United
Reuterphoto, Mitchell during the First Division League match at Highbury.
Canada Cup Tournament May Be Played In Britain Next Year
By
HENRY LONGHURST
Montreal,
After an air journey, interrupted unexpectedly by a night at the Turnberry Hotel and, less congenially, by the cries of a plane-load of assorted Infants resembling a kindergarten minus the headmistress, I arrived to find here at Laval sur le Lac a lush and lovely club-house on typical transatlantic lines together with an equally typical course-the holes running up and down between avenues of trees, not too difficult and with a par estimated by Peter Thomson, the Open Champion, at 68.
He added an interesting point, certainly not explained by the altitude, that he eight iron, for instance, found the ball flew 20 yards farther than normal. rgret not
carrying him 160 to 165 yards.
tip
hits the headlines with Chelsen, some- inter- | body at Luton will
taking more notion of given them last senson, Рег հոգ Luton, like Charlton, though! there was little hope of the former tebin Town winger turning pro.
George "Another th: ver:fict Stambori Bridge way.
Skittles
Statham
Out Surrey
London, Aug. 28. Surrey did not shape like the 1954 County Cricket Champions in their final match against Lancashire at the Oval.
Half the side were out for 42, the arch destroyer being England's number one fast bowler, Brian Statham, who dismissed Stewart Clark and May in six overs,
Surrey were all vul for 128, and at the close, Lancashire stood only 10 runs short with five wickets in hand.
Rebb
Major League Baseball
ia
New York, Aug. 20. Leagues first 20-game winner of Bob Lemon became the Major the season as the Cleveland In-
dians defeated the Boston Red Sex 0-2, and B-1 today to in- AL Scarborough: Yorkshire 205 Crease their American League (Sutelite 82). Canadian touring | lend. team 115 for five,
150
The following were the results. AL Chesterfield; Derbyshire of Major Langue games played Elsewhere, batsmen revelled in
(Wooller right-arm | fast- į today:— and bright
Caster medium five for 45), Glamorgan sunshine wickets than they have known 31 for three.
for several months, Australian At Bristol: Warwickshire 211 Jack Livingstone was the day's
scorer with
top
the
Page
BOB KESTEN Writes His
Set Piece
Interludes
With
By Eva Gabor
Besides manufacturing entertainment, a movie studio Is an excellent processing plant for news and views of the show world.
So... at 8.80 in the morning... it was heigh-ho for Shepperton, where Coronado Productions is shooting The End Of The Affair, with Van Johnson, Deborahj Kerr and John Mills.
1 went armed with a copy of His next pletare, Cockle Shelt Orchids and Salami by "Eva Heroes, another true war story, Gabor, to fill, the odd moments might overlap with the shooting when everybody ambles about | schedule on this current job. doing nothing worth watching.] · The italicised passages are
STICKS BY GUM
cholco bita of Gabor American- I am surprised Van Johnson esc. For example:
doesn't forget himself and start "Always ba satisfied with chewing gum during the shoot- your own ser or you'll never always seems to have
be satisfied with anybody
of a scene.
A
plece of gum in his mouth and when the camera is not rolling Inside the gates, Press repre- his jaw maintains a slow bat scritative Rubin Grocott hurried steady rhythm,
had a
(TV -
to meet me. You can always Coronado Productions pick out the publicity man on | but-lately-established tradition à movie lot-he's the only one about Donald Gray in a hurry (and the only one nouncer who's just had a threat without a union).
of murder from D jealous husband). After he starred "In On the sound stage, with Saturday
Jaland it became a lights and cameras ready, habit to work him
nt least! Deborah Kerr walked on
with a smile for Diand-i Este flectingly into each picture. His voice was dubbed into Sea Smythe, who walked off. Is her Devils and during The End Of hair the same colour because The Affair he's in and out of a she is the stand-in, e is she cocktail party scene long enough the stand-in because her hair
to kiss Deborah Kerr, is the same colour? I wanted to know.
Although a fine actor, there seem few parts for a man with one artificial arm. However, it should be remembered Herbert Marshail has had a long and "It's a queation I've always successful career in spite of a
Deborah wooden leg. I haven't
"The latter," answered Esme. "I always wear my hair this colour,"
wanted to ask her."" told me later, "but
had the nerve,"
was
"My Ignorance
I rather cultured ignorance, could talk about nothing inj four languages.”
TURNS ON TEARS
"How American suffer! They eat more, must weigh less than majority of mankind!“
Gome you.'
bus
the
Coffeeing in the canteen. I board of a delightful story about a famous conductor, (who | shall be nameless). He'd finish- Although Deborah Kerr caned a concert and retired to his Early impressions incline me fessing that his legs were begin-| Leading the field by four shots
alip into a mood quickly, she dressing room with a party of to believe that this tournament, ning to "go" in the fourth hour. from Canada, five from
comes out of it slowly. There's triends when they were intor- founded for the promotion of With Rees 74 and Gould 77, holders (Argentinc), and six
a tragic scene in a shoddy hotel rupted by the little man from international good will, will no the Welshmen fell somewhat from Englund and Ireland, were:
room that ends in tears. Before the stage door. behind-in both senses. Starting the two Australians, Thomson the first take she was laughing from strength to strength.
Rumour has.lt that its name last but one, they took nearer and Kelvin Nagle with 60 and
and joking. but was right m 68 for total of 137, a very will be changed to the Inter-Ave hours than four.
the mood when the cameras national Cup, and John Jay
salisfactory position for
started. DAY'S HERO Hopkins, founder of the present
monwealth golf. feast,
shot tho They 18
Hero of the day was Canada's tells the he
anxious
Leonard, It set one wondering whether times, with waits up to In tuding player, Stan R should
stay not Canada, but should travel then lithe, lean fellow and a parti- the Australians after all their minutes between, but the tear send them in three at a time." world.
cularly fine wooden club, player, triumphs in Britain this year ful mood had settled оп
ther Yes, sir," answered the was fully 15 minutes doorman, but there are only He wants to see it next year whose 60 was the best round may not be due soon to accom- and it in Britain. What a great occa- of the day. He has never been plish in world golt what they before slle'd regained her smile. two."
England, but hopes to go have done over the ston
would it
make it these to
years in tennis. representatives of almost every golfing nation in the world could be assembled at St Andrews.
that
IDIOSYNCRACIES
Laval is the centre of the most affluent section of French- Canadian Montreal, and French the natural language here. As each
player
driven off he is 'compered"
achievements
on
NATIONAL LEAGUE
with
of
his
and personal
(Wolton 50, Welis right-arm off-
R. H.
E. idiosyncrasies,
first in French
Pittsbugh
4 10
3
R
2
his cap, bows and drives off
0
a scintillating spin five for 50), Gloucestershire Chicago 207 out of Northamptonshire's 103 for one (Graveney not out total of 333.
|00).
(2nd Game)
Pittsburgh Somerset's attack was thrashed
At Bournmouth: Hampshire Chicago by Hampshire whose 870 for eight declared occupied only five 370 for eight declared (Rogers and a half hours. Neville Rogers 123 Gray 61, Blake 100, Law- Philadelphia
aco right-arm leg-break five Cincinnat
contributed 123, hitting 14 tours, for 77), Somerset ten for one. and Derek Blake 100.
Derbyshire, third in the table, At Hove: Essex 272 (Trevor and Glamorgan, Afth, had a dour Ealley 83, Insole 52, Taylor 70). day's cricket in which Glamor- Sussex five for one. gan's Allan Watkins took two of the 11 wickets, he needs to com- plete the double.
CLOSE OF PLAY SCORES
then to English. He then lifts
next year.
Com-
past
few
THE
JOSTLING IN PROMOTION QUEUE
By
ROY PESKETT
Third Division football will get a boost this season sometimes with an unfortunate if, as is anticipated, the England team meet representa-
anti-climax into the trees.
tive elevens of the Northern and Southern Sections in At one stage proceedings on trial matches for international training purposes.
1 the first tee were held up while
So much talent has been either discovered or drafted
a cake, complete with candles. into the Third from higher divisions in recent years that was presented to Otto Schoep- fer, of Lugano, and the com-
company
0 pero and general
rendered "Happy Birthday To You."
0
Philadelphia Cincinnati
New York
4
5
B
13
(2nd Gama)
0
0
76 for
(11 Innings)
Brooklyn Milwaukee
12 13
0
4 18 2
At Leicester: Leicestershire St. Louis 287 (Hallam 84). Kent two (Fagg not out 53).
At Nottingham: Northampton- At Oval: Surrey 128 (Statham shire 333 (Livingston got out for 207, Amold 04, Dooland right- right-arm fast-medium five 36). Lancashire 112 Aveam leg-break eight for 93).
for
Nottingham 33 for two.-Reuter.
(Wharton 54).
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE
London, Aug. 20. Championship cricket table after the matches which cuded yesterday was as follows:
Surrey
The position in the County
Yorkshire
Derbyshire
Warwickshire Glamorgan Middlesex
Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire
SUEM LE
Worcestershire
Koni
Lancashuro Gloucestershiro
Hampalitra Exx
Worcesteraliire
Bornarset
(11 Innings) AMERICAN LEAGUE
R. H. E.
Chicago
1 0 0
P
W I.
D Tied No Ist Inngs Lead
Dec. in Match
Points |
Now York
Detroit Philadelphia
Detroit Philadelphi
4
4 8
14 14
3 10
10
G
Lost Drown
(2nd Game)
190
Baltimore Washington
10
D
140
130
5 13
0
0 11
2
F 10
1 ย
First 12 In The Katilag Averages
Toen Graveney (Gloucester) Denis Compton (Middlesex) Don Kenyon (Worcester) ..... Peter May (Burrey) "......................... Livingstons (Northampton) P. E. Richardson (Worcester) Doug Inacle (sax),
W., Adrich Middlesex) Dave Sheppard (sumx). AV. Walton (harwickshire Frank Lowson (Yorkshire)
M. J. K. Smith (Lleostor)
888978888888857
1477
11 NO 218
49.21
48,00
Inn go. N.O. Nunn
1830
1624
2434
Highest Average
Score
222 0120
283 NO 64.00
18:41
1010
200
185
1709
172 NO 43.82
1070
199
120
103
30.92
201 NO" 29.48
Baltimore Washington
Cleveland
Boston
Cleveland Boston
(2nd Game)
(2nd Game)
United Press.
Poor fellow, he opened with keener
Mulgrew.
"Our
100s
scene
"Excuse me, sir. there aro autograph hunters to sea
"Oh, well," sighed the con- six ductor, with assumed boredom, fva supposo
see them.
English governess always discussing things It's quietly like the English. not a bad technique. Nothing can make you so raging mad as someone's failure to raise his voice, when it's the social thing to do." •
SO CANDID
John Mills and Van Johnson of were examining a number candid still
taken pictures during a day's shooting of out- door scenes
Magna Carta 1
Island.
071
my
"Esther Williams is a nice height. Whm. 1 left Hollywood be she complained thore'd
"Kind of tall, Jen't she?" commented John Mills (who weare specially bulit-up shoes), looking at a picture of Van Johnson and Deborah Kerr.
"That's all right." answered Van, "I like them tall. Poor I's so short team selection would be difficult, particularly in the South.little June Allyson
she's either stretching her neck Not only is there
a higher} Further South, Mr George to look up at me or I'm bending
Southampton, is down and standard of play in the lowest Roughton, of
showing all division of the League, but also looking forward to his two new double chirs.
competition. Watford's signings from Newcastle United,
Foulkes and a six and reached the turn in manager, Mr Len Goulden, told Billy
Tommy 44, or a stroke a hole over his
mwe tancy age. These are aspects of golf-
Mr Roughton hopes that not Ing
"promotion which may obtaining promotion a great only will they take some of the sound strange at home, but seem deal. But then, so must many scoring weight off the broad less unnatural in
more other clubs in our division. We shoulders of Erle Day, but that colourful and, thank goodness. expect tough opposition from his team will be able to improve sunny surroundings here.
Brighton, Bristol City, their away record this season. Southampton, Reading, Coventry The competition is 72 holes City, Millwall, Norwich City, and As in last season's training, the accent is on ball play, and, Northampton.
like Brighton, every player has dark horses' may his own numbered football. In easily be Queen's Park Rangers; addition, Mr Roughton has intro- who have a number of extremely duced a number of new training capable young players. It is not kloss. Most interesting is the encrally known that in their weekly Sprint Chart. Jast 18 games
Jost season they
the
modal for teams of two playing! in fours, and the first thing to be said about it 19 that it takes an unconscionable time In the Allies and playing.
Weetman, both fast players--Alliss cently won a tournament with a last round of 08 in two tours
five minutes-had the Juck start out first,
"And the
chances of cur
to had a better record than did the
champions, Ipswich Town! •
"They gained an equal num-
Accompanied by two Spanish ber of points (21), but had a the books does
0 players, they
ON ON ON
set n cracking
pace of four hours five minutes, far better superior goal average. Eater normal time bremme nearer
four and a half hour.
DOVE OR SMITH? A
.
PACE MEN'S LEAGUE
Once a week every ginyer on a timed dash x." | round the pitch (300 yards) in plimsolls, and a “league table" is kept, providing interest and Mr Gouldin's biggest hope at much dressing-room craft. On the last green: Weetman the moment Is that he can Leader at the moment is Derek waited approximately six DerЯode Arsenal to let him Digby, who made the trip in 85 minutes to play a very short chip have centre-half. Henry Dove seconds, but the man tipped to und in the end, hardly knowing before the start of the season. take over the leadership is Alex it was Christmas of If not, no told me, Watford will Simpson, who, although, falling more. play, former England full-back over at one greasy bend, still re- Nevertheless, his 60, plus one Smith, whom he signed turned 57 seconds. Alliss's 74, left them well in the from Arsenal during the close
the hunt. Alliss played with scuson, at centre-half. unease natural a man who
to
"I have just been
already had a chat knows his wife has their first with Lionel," said Mr Goulden.
al for their stand he says "Play taken to hospital for happy event.
Egyptians Win Easter, he took three
Loire Swim
nobody left her size except Howard Keel."
I must
Parasitic skin. disease, itching
eczema etc.
'Mitigal
OIL & OVÍTMENT
»Bayer « LEVERKUSEN GERMANY.
"A divorce is a marriage THE "POST"
in which the groom gives the bride away”
For Mills it's another "bewier TYPHOON
hat" part. It's not a big, but a good, character role.
Mills doesn't seem to got, much time off, Hobson's Choice was followed by Charley's Aunt, which he left to make Colditz Story. Then stepped across the
MAP
lot Into The End Of The Agar, and
Espinosa Beats "Speedy" Akira
Manila, Aug. 29.
Mounted $5.00 Unmounted $4.00
TYPHOON TABLE
alvino | bearing-dialanne από Ulme-dialartes for typhoone likely to Affret Hong
Kong. A useful adjunct to the "Pow Typhoon Map.
$2.00 mounted
Leo Espinosa defented Japanese Flyweight Cham-Obtainable from pion "Speedy" Akira by SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST technical knockout in the HONGKONG & KOWLOON Beventh of their scheduled 10-round bout in Bagayan last night.
There is almost as much in terest in breaking 50 seconds as In the four-minute milo......... La Baule, France, Aug. 29.
Bouthampton also carry out a The two Egyptian stars, Abou
me any form of pretro training similar Immediately after the exhibi- Bradshaw where. We have good cover to that I watched the Urugua- tion bout Expinosa's, manager Helt and Abou Bakr, won' the In the next four. Jong-distance Loire swimming bad an excellent 68 for Ireland, at left back in Billy Cooke, the yang go through during their Paleido Borromeo announced he
·Cup preparation in bad accepted an invitation for Best Pakistan bateman Hani Mohammed 3 4. 1840, 143 2.0., 29.40.00 anking for the world coupled with 70 by Dely. Brad former Luton Town and Shrows World
shaw. had four putta stop on the bury player, and Lo Bwitzerland.
Espinosa to fight Argentina's Abou Hell opvered the 42- Ip and, as he is not Jong.it was inclusion in the middle
„Trainers Daktarid on either skio
Pascual Perez lato in September. kildentro marathon swimming a ans performance, Greeny here give, un, a powerful half-back
instens 12 daryt; 41 ·mrilis
Larp" slopen and once
of the goal, and roll, a bail out Espinosa is the Number One 15"soconds, His-
gives me county lden into the penalty area. “Then one' contender : for: the | world, fly» smay start the of them calls out a name, and | weight, title now bald by Japón's Morand of Fran
Lay Coology this player has to crack the ball Yoshio Shiral while, Paris H YFCMichell; invifert, tima." "TE: "la" admirable: rated Number Three:
*reasures that techance some did not my where -Perez à bout would
P. J. Loader [Burrey)-
Ales Bedier (Surrey)
Tony Look (hurrey)
Briani, Blatham (Lancashire) Ma Appleyard (Yorkmire)
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