A NEW GENERATION OF YOUNG STAR SOCCER PLAYERS IS ARRIVING
Says TOM FINNEY
A new generation of young star players is arriving in big Soccer. I would say that we are having a greater spate of new "big" names than at any time since the war. Only two members of the team which beat Scotland 4-2 at Hampden Park Inst April Roger Byrne of Manchester United and Billy Wright of Wolves were in England's team to play Ireland at Belfast. Most of the rest were new up-and-coming players.
My own request to stand down from the left wing, because of the fibrositis. that has been troubling me for some time (and must now be dealt with drastically before it gets me down), gave the chance to Brian Pilkington of Burnley,
Brian, only 21 and now duẳng bia National Service with the KAP of West Kirby in Cheshire, is one of the smallest players h the gone--and one of the most pronusd m He is strong in his shooting with both feet; he is best; he has plenty of courage. And he was digne by Burnley from Leyland Mators right on Preston's doorstep!
Let us plekt out some of the other now **** names in Soccer beginning with Johnny Haynes, of Fulham, who would have been my partner in Melfact chi werk-e?£{KB,
Perhaps
from the
Manchester United who pop over to Blackburn club is studded with most ris- | when North End are away, ing stars. Ray Wood, the goal- keeptr
they
signed
CRICKETER TOO from Darlington, has come right into
Ken Taylor, the young the pleture with
elean Huddersfield his
centre-half, handling of the ball and con-
quickly establishing (himself In Andy fidence when he comes out to First Division football.
Beattie, the Huddersfield man- ball take the high wings.
oget and In colleague of told me mine at Preston, has shout this young Roger Byrne, alrcody es- about
local boy, who tablished as an England back, had played in Huddersfield's now finda he has his club part first team and fo: Yorkshire at
he WOK 19. ner, Bill Foulkes, in an inter- cricket before
Harry Hooper, of national match and Bill gave a fine display in Dublin.
have mentioned beforest Hun This old Sheffield United player, now young outside-right, son of the
strong -trainer at West Ham, undoubt- more mature edly has the brightest of futures In the Man-in the game. I hear about him forward-line wherever I go. Blanchflower-
Was
Duncan Edwards, like Johnny Itaynes, is a big, halt very much than his 18 years, chester United there are Jackle brother of the
more famous
Derek Tapscott, of Arsenal, Villa - and Danny of Aston
the boy they signed from Barry Dennis Viollet who, in my In South Wales last year, ap- epinion, In one of the out- pears to have established him- standing young prospects in all self very quickly in the Welsh Britain.
side.
STAR SCHOOLBOY
Johnny and I struck ip n partnership in the Football League side in Dublin the other day. We tried out a few moves inent
un the day before the match, and they seemed to come off in the match itself.
} ac sorry the Association didn't have another chance in Belfast.
Many people wonder why Ron Flowers, of Wolves, $s Johnny went to Fulham, He is another wing half-back who has au Edmonton (North London) come right to the top-o strong hay, and he ande his name is player and, as I know an outstanding schoolboy inter-experience, a very keen oppon- national inside-forward with his dat
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Arsenal.
Was 4
from
centre-half ball, indeed,
He local school, Latymer. So one from Wath Wanderers in South originally, and Joined Wolves would have expected him to go
Yorkshire. Tottenham Hotspur or
Ron Clayton, the Blackburn flovers'
half-back, La wing his friend
Trevor another player who is malting Chamberlain, also a schoolboy rapid sirides. He was born at International, who persuaded Preston, and his brother. Ken, la him to join Fulham. "And," also un Blackburn's books. I says Johnny, "I've never re- haven't seen him this season, but gretted it--they're grand I've heard many no reports of his piny from Preston people
club."'
Was
Russians The Davis
After
Cup
London, Oct. 4.
There are indications that lawn tennis is the next sport which the Soviet Union may take up seriously, with the Davis Cup as their objective,
In recent years, the Russians have partially lifted the iron curtain to launch hitherto unknown teams upon a surprised sporting world, And highly successful have these raids proved, yielding a crop of world and interna. tional honours in several sports,
The
Russians have shown Association, who said in Sydney they are now world masters in on his return from a world tour much varied sports os ice hockey, that he had heard that the spect skating, weightlifting, Soviet Union were building up a
athletics. tennin team. rowing and women's Their athletes, clad in their dark blue track shirts
boldly marked with the letters CCP, not meritian the source of his
Sir Norman Brookes, who did
are more and more becoming information, thought that the
ない
part of the international sport Russians would not enter for the
ing scene.
But tennis is a game in which the Russians have so far shown 1: eagerness to put their players against foreign opposition,
Davis Cup competition unless
they were sure they had excellent chance of winning.
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NOW
*for
OMINA
JDERDAY, OCTUBER
BRIGHTON
TON ROAD RACE Empire Boxing Board
The winner, W. H. Kelly (18) (Redding AC), second, T. Richards (26) (South London Harriers) and third, F. A. Mare(44) (Germiston Callis Harriers, South Africa), seen running through Coulsdon in the London to Brighton Road Race.
Heaven
To Be Back At
The Home Of Golf In
Time For The Medal
By
HENRY LONGHURST
May Compel Defence Of Titles
London, Oct. 3.
The power to compel Empira-boxing (tille-holders to defend their titles against promising mominated chal fingers may be one of the proposals considered for inclu- sión In the constitution of the new British Commonwealth and Empire Championship Boxing Committee, which is to hold Its Brst meeting here on October 12.
The need for a body to regulate and control Empire boxing has been discussed for a number of years and the present committee has been formed following suggestions from the British-Boxing Board of Control, which has been working on the scheme for a long time,
The British Board has recent= { But as the wheels begin' to ly moved to speed up the de- turn, the influence of the Em- fonce of British titles and it ia pire Committee will begin to believed to be very likely that malce itself felt, around the a similar policy will be taken up | world not only in the regulation by the 'Empire Committes.. and control of championship dghts, but in encouraging boxing The committee could give a throughout the Commonwealth boxer, who proves by his record and Empire, Reuter and his ability that he has the || makings of a coming title-holder, the chance to try for the title, and could speed up the system of long 'drown out elkminators. ⠀ FIRST STEP
One of the first steps for the committee is to issue liste of the recognised champions together with the logical contendera for the titles.
To lay the foundations for the
League Hockey Starts This Week-end
Bees of
Inaugural meeting on October This week-end 12, there was a meeting in JuneColony stick-wielders this year in London of represen both soxen out in force as
tatives of the British Boring
Board and certain Empire: the Hongkong Hockey boards. They nominated Mr J. League opens with a total Onslow Tane the Chairman of of 12 matches in the throe the British Board, to be Chair
man of the Empire Committee, leagues. and Mr Teddy" Walthen, the Board's secretary, to hold the
On Saturday, the Lakiles have same office in the committee,
the Honour of opening the season with four matches. The two too So far six Commonwealth and teams last season, K.G.V. A and Empire countries have signified Recreio A, are scheduled to meet that their representatives will be each other's second team, and the at the lomugural meeting to be other two matches will see Vic-. held in the offices of the Brush, torians
playing the Services, Boxing Board of Control. They whilst Cremilos clash with
South Africa, Canada, the Dorians A. Gold
British Coast, Nigeria, Gulana and 'Trinidad. New Zea On Sunkiay, the two men's land was expected to nominate leagues share a total of eight
man in the
very near games, of which the Army By the future although it may be too Recreio A match in the First late for him to attend the first Division should be the most meeting.
Interesting clash of the day.
Army A· meets Y.M.C.A., and in the other two senior matches A plays RAF. while Dutch entertain Recreto 13;
Are:
I was told only this week to watch Len Allchurch and Melwyn Charles, who have such famous brothers. Expect
After a month of travel, well-nigh worn out with transatlantic hospitality, it them to shoot into the headlines
was very heaven to be back at the home of golf in time for the Medal. It might before the season is half-way
have been raining and blowing and perishing cold, as friends assure me. It has been
promising talent. Jimmy Men-
for the past month, is full of
Instead, St Andrews had put on the garb in which the golfer far from home dows, after trying outside-right ·loves to imagine it in his nostalgic mind's eye. and centre-forward settling down at full-back
The Old course glowed in the the one used for the Open their ball when it could not Manchester City and, In the
September sunshine, the Cairn- Championship, and many of the conceivably help the other opinion of many good Judges, gorma loomed bluc In the players concerned were hitting fellow. will win International honours. distance, and in that wonderful the ball 90 times or more.
If we cannot change our own One final nome- Graham translucent autumnm baht that
rules on our own, I heard an Recs, aged 17, an outside-left. you 'find only in Scotland you
excellent · suggestion mado .at Never heard of him? Perhaps could almost count the steps ir
Nav Bharat to St. Andrews to the effect that not not yet. But I was the wireless masta far away to
the Royal and Ancient might speaking to a tead who saw
friend
the right of Dundee. Newport
address themselves in the
County-Exeter Of all the places in the City match last Saturday, and world in which to be playing he said that this youngster on gotf at this
was Exeter's left wing
nis metment, this may be in
Lil Lond Bruce of Melbourne the
Ave-figure Transfer class, played himself
captain before the season is out.
with the drive of a life-time- At Exeter they liken him to
a niting ellmax to Australia's their old prodigy, Cliff Bastin. year of golfing glory-and no
haven't seen Graham Rees I hav
one was to be observat teeing yet, but it would be some Ap his ball on ground on which triumph for Exeter City if they ho dài mot :llko the stanco YOU" could produce a man who could the lie. win even half the honours that Cliff managed to collect in his great career.
COACHING - HINT-
The Hungarians lay great stress on Umbering up before a match. Let us carry the idea further. Before you get down to serious practice with the ball possing, trapping, etc., hold a series of running exercises, with or without the ball. Get yourself in tune, just as if you were about to play a match.
All Hongkong XI
To Play Malaya
This Afternoon
GULAN
In the United States, in such circumstances, I think it fair to say that one would expect be on the course for approxi- mately five hours.
Valley Sports and out of the. Second Division this year and ther
For myself, playing with"" a | all' over the country, polnunk (while in Canada, ́ench province e Kanadave been taken biz
single partner and starting. In the middle of the day, we found ourselves taking things easily and, not being unduly held up, come in three hours and five minutes,
HIT THE NAIL
SOME DIFFICULTY There has been some diffloulty in getting national representa tires appointed from some Com- way ly to the captains of clubs monwealth countries. In South Africa, there are several bodies, out the
prenent
rule and the
jane following are the fixturda urgent desirability of its being supplies its own authority and strictly interpreted,
there is little working sigreement for this week and next: namely that you only move your ball
between them..
BATURDAY if you really think 16 likely to
-Ladlar” Division help the other fellow.
Australia will be without a
1
| representative at the first meet-
ing of the committee, as there is Amy Od. (Boundary St.) at In this, I am sure, club cap-no boatti of control operating in pm. (Umpires: U. 8. Dion. Tera Regarding my remarkts last tains would be only too do that country at AD Sydney | Winch). wook on the differences be lighted to cooperate, They Stadium Limited, who practi- tween golf here and in the might talco as their slogan, cally monopolise the promoting many especially in Lord Brace's year in Australia, pot as the local average American olub, people, who have string feel-
of captaincy, to : Immortal | bourd of control. “under police
от ings D
Melbupervision subject, and it words of Lord
Por beyond
"Why not leave it alone?"
sidering that the Old course beneath their doplication, 10
of which -8.
in
IMPROVED GREENS The lies, as a matter of fact, wore extraordinarily good, con- cadures the impact of some thing ilike 40.000 rounds
As 10 the greens, rudo member remarked at the
celebrations bicentenary May that it was satisfactory to think that we were playing almost them in a condition identical with that of 200 your ago," let me say at once that!
greatly improved. -seemed
hardly be expected to be their original fiery selves which all hope they may one day be again.
6. After the past summer they
but
Me Walthamn pointed out that Australia was handicapped In this way in appointing a ̈mem- ber of the committee
presentative -on- the committee difynot mean in any way Shut Austrakları boxers would be penalised.
Strong London stressed that absence of in re
Athletic Team Against Moscow
the
Pettera).
Victorien Bervices on Army Gd Boundary, St.1 at 240 p.m. (Unis ir L. Nery, WOLL.M. M. J, |_ KGVB" V Recreio,
"A" Di Poal Gd. (Hing's Pk.)'at, 350 p/m/ (Umpires:
Makhan Yaqub Khan, Blogi),
„Kiremitas. v. Dorians: "A" on Army. Gid.(Boodary Bt.) at 5.15 p.m. (Um Theo đi thì donalvon St, mà đ Modrey.
Byasi Doriana ("B","
SUNDAY:
„Krahonion on
Umpires: Mickey, His fat Darvili),
Army "B" v Recreio "A" on. Armor
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14.01.
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B. Boycott
their powers of
rite to the Press,
and the more qualified they are to ex- In- press- an opinion the less cliner they are, as a rule, to do 50
From much
· First Division correspondenco ceived at St. Andrews, and from moral support 10-
Recreio Gésť: 11/a.m. (Umpions. often
He thought perhaps the A- from quite distinguished sourceE,
SYMCA V Army:"A"..on "Army Gd; it
krallars. "High Commissioner, in" (Boundary -81.3 at-4 p.m. (Umpiresi would appear that, in the
London, Oct. 4.
London, Sir Thomas White KADA cer- question of ourselves and tairs influences of American
Thirteen British Cham-might be able to nominale some- Pool GA (RMES PRJNAL: 3.9.m. golf, I hit the nail rather than pions are included in the one to act on the committe my own thumb.
London team announced to The first meeting will be main- Bomo
correspondents Never has the Swilcan Burn
con day to meet, Moscow in any occupied in "setting the house. (Sookubpoo) si 3 p.m. (Umpires: on wishing to Temped such a harvest. With the gratulate me
athletic meeting here on order." bring back the stymie, rivind
ggalnel, hall efter
This
A christitution has to be drawn however, is a guished ball pitched, bounded, All I should like to do is to
October 18. misapprehension.
tip, and the future workings of or trickled in the drive If the Sovies Union aro form-
committes discussed" in Army. The Moscow team is expected the abolish the corollary to the to contain most of the men and detail. chry, into marine cond-strostomie rule, namely that you women who won gold medals at ing a national team, it may not
pole, Seld: the first second-strot Though
one of the world's be long before Russian players
may "mark" your ball if with the largest countries, the Soviet are seen in international tourna-
The All Hongkong
recent European. Champion- Yerouching
Like
an ink it may Help, the other | shine, at Berne, Union have never been among ments, perhaps even at Wimble Malaya football match will undersized marble, posible only
fellow.
McCarthy To Fight B: Dillon, Makhan Highlights of the meeting may the Davis Cup nations which don,
It is this part of the le the the unimaginativo or But the mission of these lads be played this afternoon, as range in size from little Monaco
be the 5,000 Metres in which which is abused, in fgnorato Britain's
/ Frenchman ultra-ekiBed,
Chataway can to the United States, and are as would undoubtedly be to gain originally scheduled, and
of course, by people pleking up have a chance to avenge his de Imagination plays 窳 afrogger for afleld as China and Peru, experience, for they could not not on Friday, October 8,
Sammy McCarthy, Hellainen the Old course of St. part en hope to enjoy the spectacular
feat in Berne by the Russian, shiling Footherweight Cham Amirows than anywhere in golf.
Vladimir Kuts. The longer you play on it, the
plon, is to meet Pierre Richand
become, unt mon kewed and respectful, you
October 12. The ght will, be | "D" may find it, several shots "up" in the end you
runner, third, g on you before you start.
Britain's or ten rounds at art. 2115, Roger Banister. fastest Miler Who wor the 1,000 it will be as important Gght V. Struzhanov, of the Soviet Metres at Berne, will not be met both mars, Medal day this year was such
DECISION, W
With the groesa Union, bettered the 400 Mining But another gold medallistietory trillentablisti "Bojding," as in Inlarid golf, it Individual Medley swimming To Destores, will be in Stepneyard's claime
at the European Champlotships,
· Re-arrangementa of league | really was rather a simple pro-record when is clocked five mnichos dowing the week are as position. 16 was is only the maitaston 154 seconds. Me site long jump and 30 metres Empire le bout follows:
that caused today. Tank the Soviet news Diana Lither the thi
For Richaud the prize will Division 2A-St Joseph's many take 80'instead of 74. agency, claimed.
His time whe, 19: foodride diversister will "The Medal was played in Taikoo at Happy Valley 5:45 threesomes and produced, to me, better than the record Nina orkalanko
women to cover a title in sinsder
p.m. tomorrow and not today,
Division CAA Eastern 20-Medal berepresent a course on East German swimmer,
an interesting stablistic. The last April by Alfred Epengger morrow at Caroline Hill (not only 100 yurda Club ground) at 5.45 p.m.
or so short of Dresden-Houter,
However, o blot that the first time successes achieved by as announced yesterday.
Russians are now interested in their
compatriots
other in
It was decided that the HK
this most international of all sports because tennis is a game Representative XI v All Malay sporitng trophies cume a few in which no amount of practice mich, would instead be post- days ago. It was given by Sir at home can match international pored from Bunday at to Fale Norman Brodiers, President of competition (China >Mail the 'Australian Lawn Tennis | Special. //
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