16
GETTING INTO TRIM
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1954,
Ken Rosewvidl (left) nid Neni Fraser, Iwo members of the Australian Davis Cup Terim, sweat it out in a game of squash in Melbourne when the team went into
arduous training.-Central Press Photo,
Promoted
Everton
Complete The Double
Against
Wolves
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)
London, Dec. 27.
No toffee for Wolves this Christmas. The Wanderers of Wolver- hampton. Fir ! Division Champions, unofficial Champions of Europe and prily of Enlish soccer, were all set to devour the "Toffeemen" of Everton at up from the Second Division.
But it was Wolves who got bitten. On Christmas Day they lost 3-1 at home, Today Everton acted as hosts. Their hospitality didn't extend as far as giving away points. Thes won 3-2. Some 75,000 spectators packed Goodison Park to see Wolves
held at bay. Formen
Tommy
ACCORDING TO
IT'S AMER AVERAGES
TURNER
TO WIN THE
THE DAVIS CUP
Says DENNIS HART
On December 27, sandwiched between the goodwill festivals of Christmas and New Year, America and Australia again declared tennis For three days at Sydney's White City Stadium they will be fighting for the Davis Cup and world supremacy.
war.
It's been that way since 1938. In a tournament that spans the earth, these same two countries have fought out the final. Australia has won for the last four years, America, the four before that,
their bowie
According
to overages, then, edge to the play we saw at his H's America's turn.
Arat Wimbledon two years ago, And that is as good a way of That means more snap in 110 fo Ocasting an uny. The days are Hood cannonball service and the past when players like America's stinging Hoad drives. Big Bill Tiden; France's "Three Musketeers”—Botoire, Cochet In U.S. Champi: Vic Seixas and Brugnon; Englishman Fred and Tony Trabert, Perry and as recently, Frank team as last year, America have S. inen of Australia, so domina- two of the world's finest player led the world scene in turn They are more powerful them ib their countries ick the most, Davis Cup as a matter of course,
STANDARDS
LEVELLED
p players Tony Ret ** much teals as they full w the
LAND Austral
acruss
Aftera. Europe, Abacia tt.l Hitta Austriin, that standards
have been levited.
1
Sk this yesu we and that it Challenge Houn tears,
Hot. Rosewali, Hariwg an i Hog of Auseligt have all beaten smi been be
America'r tay Sexas and Teabert,
And
That's H
trot enough, Low Houd. who pulled last year's match cut of the fire for Australia with his bedant who key Timbert Bras sud that he is feet up with terols anyway.
E
Thut quibursi,
save Australip.
however, can
aleverer.
Dard
Immeasurably
way to retaining the Davis Cup for his country,
CAN CLINCH IT
Ken Rosewall can clinch the match by galalng a third Singles win. At Wimbledon in June Îne knocked out Treberi Shugles sol-
The Slugles semi-finals; the gume provided perhaps the best tennis the whole tournament,
Drobny's Anul included This
time Tuberi can reverse that this Traburt,
year's
but Rosowall, No. decision,
who Wimbledon seot en his brillat varlier this month bert Seixus showing in the French Chon- in the Victorian Championships pionships, is really great when for the seventh time in eight In form.
And there are few meetings, can make it-eight in Deaber
playere than Seixas, the Davis Cup. Whether of the net or on the Al the matches siwuld be baroline, he has strokes for adijclose-te ught
thrillers.
If, in the cearlons--and good anes, too. day, abilities me equal. Austinha wit have something to tip the But Hoad. fanev, will nexther | sentes. There will be 26,000
Trabert strike
nor | kayed-up, checring Australions I'm taking.cking Selxus setile down.
Sydney's White City Head to brusk through America): | Stadium. Singles spearhead and go a 198
-(London Express Serolct).
Americans Lead 2-0
Sydney, Dec. 27.
The United States, challenging for the fifth succes- All tennis and nothing elsusive year. led Australia. holders since 1950, by two has made Low A
dull by matches to nil on the first day of the Davis Cup challenge Twinly years old, he has spent) round match here today. most of bus tune wielding a racket under the
stern eye of
team manager Harry Hupons. He has been an automaton. Hill playing good, punchy tennis, but with devreusing sparkle.
Letting off steam as he did csin elene the depression from restore that
W gh
centre-forward Dave Tottenbani, won both Christmas
women 2-1 at Bolton on Christ
amt 1-0 JHS Day
at home $ Button Cody Am Se us need clear of
to end
hoppe
100
Centro - forward
after- Brugs nelied three this 1).. 1.
and on nooh
Christmas clay But all Binckburn's fury ward know
to goat, his ystem; it the way All have reached double figure futals this season,
A
**
ין.
drakt plampes with Huddersteld toong Sar den lant
502 5 21
To
In the e, level on points The Wolves but with an interco
STO Charlton
two all at JUGOIST Worfnesday 240 16 14 Harts to helalay total
Super prants
Bon
['t
Aray
Tele
T
ONLY ONE OTHER
Fuentes
E
Everton only Just Division
The polist
arłegation zon.
welcome Christmas bonus.
The Second Division lender-
fr fr strugglin Arenal. The ship was the seed to change
naveed a one-all draw at Stam-
over the holidays. . There way Chi de Bruge pogrinst Where Kates were closed here
that of the Third Divi- skom South., „Hety Agistol City The bik
to allow their
vonuband ¦Choe terus Day win.
Today a game e aíinued Chel- sen s taboed penalty sagu, Contre- forwari Ray
Bentley's spe
kick was jahed round the pisti
by Arsenal's Welsh Internations). goalkeeper Jack Kelsey.
Pegadi
Te
over
completing
double the Healing, winning-3-1 at home on and 2-0 away Cisimas Day today.
Lonly
Leyton Orient, former leaders.
bad
huhday match. vile That was today when they were held to a goalless home draw by Brighton
Plenty of goals in the Crist- mas
stocking for Blackburn
That result is the one pos Rovers. They swamped Den-
maining hundred per vent home pastes 7-2 to give them a Christ-record in the Country 1- 10 and Lukeviously Leyton had won all 11 of the Second
Iwome
tome games,
Still nock and neck Third Division Northe Leaders Scunthorpe and challengers
mtu apgregate
180
‹ lub.
them in the top Division,
JULIUS KATCHEN
an the
Hartlepools both chalked tip holiday doubles over Bradford 4y and Darlington respectively, Su one point still separates them,
THE RESULTS
League I
1. Arsenal
3 Wolves
Chelsea Everton 1fuddersfield 1 Leicester
0
From the London Festival Hall (April 1454): After Katchen's recital last night, older concert- A02-14
were dying
that not Funct They heard such playing. The auch Mchester U. O ence was wild with enthusiasm
Newcastle Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin. Schumann, Liszt, to all Portsmouth of these he brought the pro- fundity of Schnabel, united
nited with the virtuosity of Horo- That combination spelt witz. jtreatness. At 28 this brilliant American should have the world at his feet,
Appearing at the
EMPIRE THEATRE
Under the Distinguished Patronage of
H.E. SIR ALEXANDER GRANTHAM, G.C.M.G.
by
Wednesday & Thursday: 5th & 6th January
$15.40, $8.90 & $4.70 PLEASE. BOOK NOW
Town Booking Office, Shell House, side lane.
PHOTOGRAPHS
our Staff Photographers
H.K. Exhibition
Casam Club Batl
Ball
Table Tennis Finals Concert on M.V. Asia United Services Centre St. John's Cathedral Choir Duchess of Kent Hall Inspection of Women Police Queen Elizabeth School Sports Christ Church Nativity Play H.K. Union Church. Party Children's Xmas Parties Christmas Festivifles Local Christenings Local Weddings
All Local Spor
Sports
Availablo, st
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, LTD.
Wyndham Street,
Sunderland Sheffield U aten Villa Aston M'chester C. Q
+2 2
2
3
Blackpool
0
Butnicy
Charlton
Bolton
Preston Shefeld W. 2 Tottenham West Bromi.
World record crowd of 25,500 Sinw Tony Trauert and Vic Seixas outgeneral the young pres- Australians in a day of sure tactics.
Traiser! beat Lewis Hoad 6-4; 2-6; 12-10; 0-3; and Selxas, former Wimbledon champion beat Кота Rosewall 8-6; 6-6; 6-4; 0-3; o gain his first win matches against the
Compton In Fine eight
Australlan In the
doubles tomorrow, Thabet ant Sexos will meet En Australian pnir yet to be
Form Against Country Eleven med
The United States need one more win in the three remain-
was
in last year's round,
sweet
In a strong gusty wind it was service and volley play, each player following up his service by coming right up to the net. Trabert was in great fighting spirit, After twice losing his
la win the Batter
He dropped the rane. und Trahert weni malch und niy Fiples a 1-0 lear
Vic Selxae, former Wimbledon shumpion, played magnificently to break bls losing run against Rosewall. It was his first win against the young Australian in right matches.
The windy conditions did not favour Rosewall's long gamo and Seixas moved in to every thing possible, and to ints of hole that wis hot posible, wind could knowing that the make difficult for Rosewajl to pues him.
felivery to take the set.
WORTH' £72,000
Juan Alberto Schiaffino, the player from Uruguay who cost the Milan Club £72,000, with his wife, Angelica, has a look at some shops while in London. He was in Britain with his teammates of the Milan Club to play West Ham in a floodlit match-Express Photo.
TAKE YOUR CUE FROM
HORACE LINDRUM
USE THE STUN ON
STRANGE
TABLES
"How on earth did you manage to play on table?"
that
The question was put to me by an amateur player during a recent Exhibition game. He was unable to pro- duce anything like his form on that particular table.
Well, cushions vary considerably, and if you can sum up a table after a few minutes' play, you will automatic- ally play the type of game which will give the best re.
sults.
#L is
Rosewall broke through and Newcastle, N.S.W., Dec 27.
Ing matches to regala the trophy led 5-2 in the first set, but Denis Comptor, making his for the first. Une Kince 1949 Arst ppearance since breaking They have met Australia in the his net-rushing game
Seixas held on tenaciously and
This is where I shall gain Flist, dress the cue-ball a hustied dager in the first Test, show-final stage everytime since 1938. the usually
struse the importance of the little below centre for poting smooth ed the form in scoring 55 not (There
stroking stun' stroke. Where you might the competition Australian Into arrors, no
yellow into the bottom for MCC against the New South | 1940-40).
90 "vide to gain ย certain
right-hand corner pocket: Play With the score at 8-6. Rose-position on a Wales country XI today.
known table, it
the stroke fast, squeezing the wall dropped his service to would perhaps be impossible to
cue slightly at the moment of love, and Seixas held his own Judge the stroke on
strange impact the white ball should table unless you employ the make contact with the bottom
cushion After a succession of service
and come away into you can execute the 'stun position XI for the green, a breaks for 5-5, Seixas went to stroke with confidence
shown by the tracer. 40-30 an Rosewall's service,
always the safe shot if the table Then he thought a ball from is unfamiliar to you, Playing, as Rasowall was out, but the Bres I do, on so many different tables, man did not
I-Ignore using 'side' 'as much sa call 11. Sel xast appealed But in the next set Hand hit then called deuce.
to the umpire, who possible and use the 'stun' to | avoid any unusual angle whlel a back mugnißeently. He broke Scixas through Trabert's service twice
appeared unhappy strange cushion might produce. and ron 6-2, rarely erring with with the decision and lost the
Lume and eventually the set, his passing shots.
There was a crowd of 25,000 Thereafter, Seixos played packed into the stands under agres (ghting tends to take the clear sky. Some were reported next two solo. He did not lose to have paid up to A £50 (£40) | a point in any of his four ser- for tickets,
vice games in the fourth sot, whereas Rosewall was always struggling to hold his service.- Router.
#16
service he won the first met.
For Trabert this was chance of revenge for his defeat by Hoad Revelling in the Kelling some match practice before the third Test which Friday, he batted begins on
for his runs only 78 minutes and hit four fours. He and Jim McConnon, 43, added 85 for the third wirket
MCC with
for four wickets were 95 runs behind total of 211 the countryside's at the close of the first day of a three-day game,
Top scorer for the country was R. Mc- Donald with an enterprising 63. He hit one five and six fours during a stay of 104 minutes. He and C. Stephenson, 30, add- ed B in an hour for the nth wicket.
Johnny Wardic, Yorkshire's left-arm slow bowler, took the last six wickets for 30 runs. -- Reuter.
B
"
2
0
0
Swindon
2 Exeter
ક
Watford
t Notix C.
4
1 Stoke
West Ham
1 Cardiff City League 11 Blackburn 7 Doncaster Bristol R.
Bury Derby Hull Ipswich
Lincoln Middlesbro Notta F.
D
Port Vale
4
Swansea
4
Laton
Liverpool
Rotherham Leeds
Birmingham
Fulham Plymouth
Leiguo III (Southern),
Colchester 1 Aldershot Gillingham 3 Torquay Leyton Millwall Newport
1 Bournemouth. U
League III (Northern) Accrington 3 Halifax Barnsley 1 Grimsby
0 Gateshead Bradford 3 Chester
Stockport
Barrow
DChesterfield
0
Crewe
Darlington
Tranmere
0 Hartlepools
1
York Carlisle
1 Bradford C.
1 Workingtors
2
2 Mansfield
Rochdale Scunthorpe 1 Southport
Wrexham
2 Brantford
Ards Crystal Pal.
Ballymena 2 Queen's P.R. 9 Coleraino Norwich 3 Southend 3 Crusaders
0 Brighton
Northampton 1
Reading O Bristol C. Shrewsbury A Walsali Southampton 1 Coventry
1
0
2
2.Glentoran
Portadown
THE GAMBOLS
DARLING, I SAW THE FRCKTEST HAT
BROA
Oldham
Irish League
Linfield
1
Derry City Glenavon Bangor Distillery
4 Cliftonville
Router
COULD YOU LEND ME TWO POUNDS
NO DEAR, I'M NOT > FEELING VERY
GENEROUS TO DAY
.
TERRIFIC STRUGGLE
There was a terrife struggle in the third set, which lasted on hour. In the fourth game Hond beyan a run of mistakes which cost him seven successive pointa and Trabert led 4-1.
But Hond rallied," took TIA- bert's service twice, and Broke
1 through to lead 7-6. Hoat 20: 3 to set point on his own servico 1 in the - next gamo but, with
0 Trabert hopelessly out of post- 7tion. he volleyed the ball over
o the line. Trabert, playing more
steudity
han Hoad, kept up the
Sports Diary
TOMORROW
"
HRAAG VHKUAC v. Diocesan Triangular Athletic Match ---
Beya School at Army ground, Boundary Street, 2.45 p.in.
THURSDAY
• Meatb
Hongkong: Amateur. Alliletic As- Education
2 pressure and broke through insolation Meeting at,
2 the 22 game for lead of two 0 sets to one.
2 Hond lost a wonderful chancy 1 of levelling at two sols all when Be broke through Trabest's
3 service in the fourth of net, for 13-3 and was leading 40-15 · un 3) his own service, Then he seem- 3ed to weaken, mistakenly chang. 4ed his tactics, and stayed 5 the back of the court instead of
running in on his service.
Ly
Dept. 5.30 p.m.
Soccer Seafarers Football Match: Eng- and V Scotland 4.30 p.m.
Golf Mitchell Plate Becond Round,
FRIDAY
Boccur
Seafarers Football Match, afficers
...a BLUE
BLACK
DIAGRAM "AME
ÖLUR
BLACK
GREEN
DIAGRAM "B"
Potting the green into the bottom left-hand, corner poolset is reasonably simple,; but it is necessary to use "sturf, on the cue-ball This should give n gentle cannon on to the brown, The position of the balls in leaving it in a good position, X2, diagram: A shows a straight for potting. forward form of play for Pot the brown' into the middle practising stunning the white lett-hand pocket, striking - your ball into position for an object white ball on top to follow ball.
through into position X3 for the Study this carefully before blue.
and Cadets Sise Heat at 5.00 p.m. looking at diagram B which
· Cheket
The Third Test England
tralia In Melbourne,
Barry Appleby
ER
COULD YOU LEND = GEN. SHILLINGS TO TIDE ME OVER UNTIL IK CATCH NOU NIT
GENEROUS MOOD25
clearing the table.
Aussillustrates the practice shots for left-hand corner pocket, address To pot the blue into the top
the white ball dead contro and again take a firm gripere the butt of the moment of deliver. Play the siroke hard enough to get down the table for the pink /
The next jacke will give you furtlior" practsed in the
ths: white on k
Surf
shot
na pablo, with w kromioned grip of the Bullet the tus and play it with a su
delivery. If your speed, in grody the tho
for the
ALTERGENTE PA
strośce shown- in - 12p/dlingsavs la
position -tasona of you:
hep