TIME-BOMB IN FLEET STREET
The Press To Blame For England's Soccer Decline?
By ERIC NICHOLLS
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1954.
Who is to blame for England's soccer downfall? Ever since that day last November when Hungary trounced England at Wembley Stadlum, players, officials, clubs, fans and press have been working overtime pointing accusing fingers at each other.
The sporting press had the biggest any. They named the "Guilty Mon." They stated, bluntly, exactly what was wrong with English football and how it should be put right. Now those some soccer scribes have been made the target of a frontal attack in a book just published in London.
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Ralph I. Finn, journalist und written his account of the World Cup series in Switzerland 1142
Fian says a lot of things abeul, before the first game had begun, had had a mixed English football-mest of them the visitors author
uncomplimentary.
press. All the little peculiarities He claims that the decay in which visiting foreigners" are England's international prestige bound to have were picked out mako set in as far back as 1045. Eng- und stressed in order to
Football had had then, he says, lost the good newspaper oxy- set and the craft, the know- didn't matter at that stage. low and the technical skill which
They swamped poor Cardiff had made her players champions side and vasily beat Chelsea. But
their of the football world.
victories wero shrugged Cosefull
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The Moscow Dynaman came, asid planted it in the centre of Fleet |w and conquered. It was the after they had beaten Arștenl'a Street, and then Fal
time la history that affus-augmented side, it Wos cinimed watch us the rativnul sCCET
the newspapers that the on side had played football-in
had critics warudised what feel hil England's game in England be Russians
pulled jerseys, nt shirts and pants, then
fure English spectators. But even tugged
foufod, obstructed and cheated their way to a murky victory.
LAUGHED AT THEM
WORLD RECORD
Britain's Chris Chataway makes a last tremendous effort and passes Vladimir Kats, the Russian world record holder, to win the 5,000 Metres race at the White City, London, in the athletic match between London and Moscow.
Chataway won in 13 minutes 51.2 seconds to bent Kuts' world record by five seconds-Express Photo.
Surprise Selections For British Walker Cup Team
St. Andrew's, Scotland, Oct. 18.
The recall of 44-year-old Irishman, Cecil Ewing, and the selection of Scottish golfer Robin Cater were the main surprises in the British team announced tonight to meet the United States at St. Andrew's in the Walker Cup amateur golf international next May.
"or their footbali hardly a word: certainly not A good word," the author complains. Finn
the press laughed at them. "Instead of admiring their
play play-such
had never before
been witnessed in this country from any visiting team
our sports writers weZit out of their way to point the finger of scorn at the Dynamos.
""They were accused of being A national eleven--which they wwe not; they were one of the leading Russian club sides and They were
mors.
nothing less of a naonal team
than was the Arsenal side which had been pitted ngainst them. They
to have been wwe sold fresh while our lads WeTe untrained, tired and stale siter a long war.
"Yet many
the Russlan players had played an active and heroic part in the defence of Stalingrad while a number of our players
had done nothing more tiring than sergeant- instruoting raw recruits in the fatigues of physical traming. They were declared to be unsporting and obstructionist, while the quality of their foot ball went unmentioned.
CLOSED EYES
"Had we used our eyes then, we could have seen the light of a new footballing day. Instead we closed our eyes to the leadus handed out to us and set about
མས་ Anding excuses for our own inck of success by victimising the | opposition."
Firus describes the visit of the Hart Lane Italians
to White about a year later. This, he says,
by was another nvar-defca! "supreme Individualists who yet allied this self-conscious artistry to a teamwork which made ours look paltry by comparison." And he points out that the Italians I had another bad PresS
Then came Englend's humilia- tion by the United States in the 1950 World Cup, followed by more excuses in print.
On to 1954, and from Budapest came "wild reparts, so incredibly
in tone that
Oversible in believe that i
was
some of our writers' know what they were talking about. We would not hear of defeat.""*
It is at this stage that Fin really lets loos his verbal barrage which blasts Flect Street sky high. This was proof to nie," he toys, "if Indeed I needed proof for what I already knew, that England's soccer press was responsible for England's soccer moss. The boys with the pens did not know their jobs."
This advice for Marilyn Monroe comes from her old friend and co-star Jane ("Outlaw") Russell, herself happily married for eleven years. She gave her story to John Gay in Paris, where she is shooting “Gentlemen Marry Brunettes."
How To Be Happy -Though Wed
I
By JANE RUSSELL
was terribly marriage breaking up. I know just how much this marriage that was going to be for keeps meant to her and just how much she must be feeling now. Because I had exactly the same problems.
shocked and upset when I heard about Marilyn Monroe's
My husband, Bob Waterfields, is an ex-footballer, and, like Joe DiMaggio, he hates parties and all the fuss that is bound to go en round a film star. Ilo's the Bort of character who can pick me up by the scruff of the neck and say "Down. There aren't too many people around who girl, you've done onough. Get some rest.” can do that to me.
TAKE YOUR CUE FROM
HORACE LINDRUM
Pick The Right Red
How many players use their cue as if it were a part of them? For that is how it appears when cue-dellvery is smooth and perfectly controlled.
big
like
When Gur place gets tco crowded
One Bob Just BOYA word-Scram!” He's mon and everybody runs mad. A girl needs someone liko that around in Hollywood.
That's what Joo ought to do for Marilyn. Ho's got pretty much the same outlook as Bob, but i guess he finds it hard to. understand. Anyone not in the to And 12 business is bound difficult.
and
As far as Joc is concerned Merlyn is his wife,
mures if he doesn't like way she dresses
or
he
the
way
the the waggles her hips in public
it.
EASY TU ROW Marilyn has been
For the correct cue-hold the fingers should be half-she'd better do something about curled round the butt but the grip should not be tightened, except for 'stun' or 'screw' shotas I will talk about these strokes at a later date. For the present we will take a natural hold.
When striking, the movement ls from the cue to the elbow. On no account must the elbow be raised, and remember at all times to keep your body steady and not to raise your head until the stroke is completed.
Diagram A Illustrates a posi- tion which will help with polt- ing, cue-ball control and general planning.
on
bring the cue-ball to rest the spot marked X2 for potting the red into the top left-hand corner pocket.
working
hard-three pletures in a row, which means they haven't been seeing much of each other. When she gets home dead tired after a long day in the studios it doesn't take much to start off
a row.
Beb end I had to learn give
cue-ball
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the
to
and
maybe out how,
You pot the red, striking the and take when we were first cue-ball high. Again the follow- through action brings the cue- married, They've each got ball off the top cushion
and give something, into position again for the black, they haven't found which has been replaced on its yet. own spot
I gave plenty when Bob and The pack has been broken,
Again the black is potted, this first met. I spent whole aca all the bulls are on the table, time into the top right-hand sons at the football field watch- and you are well-placed at the corner pocket.
The
him play. I hate the game top of the table. There are three comes away from the top right--but I went. pottable reds,
the hand cushion and peTOSS
Marilyn knows she must have middle left-hand pocket, the table to the position X4 for the some place to go where
left- second close to the top
and the red over the micile, left-hand can shut herself away from the Forcone World hand corner pocket,
there with
comfortable third in line with the top right pocket. We then go on for the outside
sho had corner pocket.
I shall not go further with shoulder to cry on when
wants to. this Break in 10 would the use of the more strokes which I propose to deal with later.
ano over
THINK CAREFULLY Which red will you take? Think about this carefully be fore looking at Diagram B.
Let us first look at red No. 1. If we pot this into the middle left-hand pocket we are taking down the table our cue-Ball away from the reds, and will for possibly lose our position building a big break. Red No. 2 may entall some ever-stretch- ing, and we are not certain of getting a good position on the black. So we take red No. 3.
50
This is potted into the top The right-hand corner pocket. cue-ball is struck centre, with a follow-through acilon to bring the cue-ball into position X1.
These are all straightforward shots and do not require 'side' or screw' or 'alun;
even able to beginners should be teckle them with complete con- Adence.
From position X1 the black
the is potted into
top. Itt hand corner pocket with pre- cisely the same follow-through action os for the provious stroke. This time your aim is to
Three Falls In
A Round
Now A TKO
Rome, Oct. 18. The International Ama- teur Boxing Association to! ANTIQUATED METHODS day decided at its extra- ordinary meeting here that
Finn
Ewing had practically retired from championship golf, but returned to his old form this season, and was runner-up in the Irish Open Amateur Championship.... But more than ever, he began
game.
that
recalls that five years in a book he had announced three falls to the canvas .same, round what to describes as antiquated during the methods of training, too much would constitute a technical
and England's Individumilsm
third back knockout. insistence on tho
The IABA decided also that medical examinations before It was really the bouts should be dbligatory, even Cater had a good' season in only once by Britain-at Sporting press of Great Britain for referees Scotland where he reached the Andrew's in 1938,
By 1 votes to 10, the dele which was responsible for Enri-
mtes, decided that their next soml-final of the Scottish
The British team is: David tand's downtal.
Congress should behold Ery His Blair and Robin Cator (Scot- Amateur Championship. form was not
And in thers biting terms he Egypt, rather than Madrid. generally con- land), Cecil Ewing and Joe Carr
The
Association - fixed the Cup (Ireland), John Llewellyn Mor-delivers his indictment. "Don't sidered up to Walker
the talk about weights (
different tha fan (Wales), Gerald Micklem, be fooled by Ian Caldwell, Ronnie
White, Guilty Men Players,cificiats amateur boxing, categories or the Ernest David Blair, holder, of
Millward Philip
pubikwall éhese tev guilty, gaur - follow up to 61 kilow," Scottish Amateur title and firat Scrution, (England). The non-the
which should have Brush playing Captain is Alex Hill known that vide of the brisbanes Bantamweight from 01 to 64 résorve in the 1851
ab (England), a former Walker Cup on which it is engaged, the foots kilom Đá
the soccer reporters, otherweight
standard.
tour, was regarded
and
obvious choice, and there was player. The match will be ball v some dissatisfaction when he played on May 20 and 21 the columnists, the thunderers 17:2
was left out of the 198
1983 team.
As well as rolaining regulars Ronnie White,... Joe Carz, Gerald Micklem and John Llewellyn Morkan, the selcolors have re- called fan Caldwell who played In 1981 and introduced, Philip. Scritton, who scored a brillant win in the Brabazon Trophy tournament this year.
China Mail Special.:
Malayan Chinese
these were the mets who could MeLight weight from
haye saved, England.
kilos the power of the prosa, in... HOLA Emmensurable,...”. Their pene, carr
bontent to misunde' Moglarsd
Lose In Saigon work miracles. That they were
„Saigon, Oct 17.
The Combined Salgon Polled,
ay AB, tonen yesterday defeated
The team is completed by the the visiting dalayan Chinese
Ernest Millward, team by four goals to
wadilah amateur cham-mach; was playede,
10637/79MARAN downpour of rainy Cup tournamenty never w
entall
dimeult
But remember-by taking the correct red first you will have made your' posilloning casler.
RED BLACK
CUE-
RED
-BALLO
O PINK RED
RED
DRED
Q BLUE
GREEN
BROWN
Diagram A
BLACK
PINK
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she
GIVE AND TAKE She worked hard for that be- cause I know that's what she wants and needs. But maybe Marilyn up to now it's been who has done all the giving.
IVs often mere diff
difficult fo: themselves to men to adapt marriage.
perhaps some- thing like this has to happen
and
before a man realises that
morrlage is a two-way business, I still hope they will be able to make
make a go of it, because Marilyn loves the guy
and she's a good,
sweet kid who deserves some happiness. Wo became good friends, when we were making "Gentlemen Pre- fer Blondes together.
GOLDFISH BOWL
Of cour
the whole world always knows your private life. The film business is the fim. business, It's, like living in a goldfish bowl.
But
survive
a
at
happy marriages can
Look career. Jeanne Crain, my co-star here in Paris, who's got four won- derful kids. We're both very thrilled beequse our husbands are due to join us this week-
end.
Tonight,
when I'd much rather have a date with Bob, I've got a date with a thousand American airmen at Orly.
There won't be a hope of getting the old man along, too. But understand.
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