SPORTS SURVEY
THE CHINA 'MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1955.
SPORTING SAM
By Reg. Wootton »
Doris Hart Is A Player Who Made Good Despite Physical Handicaps
Says ALL-ROUNDER
Amongst the recent arrivals in Britain of overseas players for com- petition in the various Counties Tennis tournaments prior to their appear- ance in the English Lawn Tennis Championships "at Wimbledon is former women's finalist, Doris Hart, considered by the experts to be one of the most likely successors to retired Champion, Maureen Connelly.
Miss Hart, who is at the moment in splendid form, at one time had her brilliant tennis career threatened when she became a cripple during childhood through polic. As a little girl, the courage she has so often displayed on the courts was there to enable her to fight it off.
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faulty eyesight, Sam Langford, boxing's "Boster Tar Baby" in 1917 became sightless in Eye when the other was almost blind. Yet he fought till 1924 after Locking an when, opponent down, he lost him and wandered aimlessly round the ring.
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She is but one examplë, ́of Not all, however, win the which the history of sport is the fight. The famous American fulk of the men, and women baseball player
Gehrig who made good despite physical developed nervous trouble handicaps, and there are others, affecting his limbs. The spread fco, who fought on when the of the disease could be traced faculties had failed them,
by the graduat fall in his bar Men like legless British war rast the man who lost a leg in ting average. There is in con- acc-pilot Douglas Bader who North Africa brought his golf handicap down tained his rewing club. Another fought in a similar condition but to four: the great American similarly disabled in the pre-wor. nights, Blind golfer Charles Ben Hogan, crushed and broken vious war overcome his handi- Boswell did 18 holes in 82 at by appalling injuries in an as- esp to climb the Matterhorn Alabama, and one recent Wrest- cident, who made a glorious 10 years later. come back to big-time Chain- pionship golt. At least three of An accident kf, Ed, Furgol, Britain's top-class tennis players US Open Col! Champion, with are diabetics and a few morea ernaked and wasted left arm, with broken neck or back bones, but he can still outhit many "came back" to play Rugby for other golfers in the field. There their country.
have been triumphs, too,
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ing Championship was won by 2 hflnd--man. Peter Howard played Rugby for England though his left leg was thicker than his wrist; and Tommy Gray was at full-back for Scotland's XV with one boot over specially made to compensate for a war wound in the leg.
A Wet Summer Had A Lot To Do With
The Gate
Receipts
Says ARCHIE QUICK
"MCC Secretary, Mr Ronald Aird, told me at Lords the ether day that County Cricket clubs lost £73,000 last seasch, Not that much less profit than the previous season, but a dead loss in pounds, shillings and pence over. income. Obviously that state of affairs cannot continu? if the clubs are to exist.
The Test Selectors' Job
Is Not An Easy One
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Says BRUCE DOOLAND
Most people think the England Selectors' job was done when they had picked eleven or twelve names for the first Test this week-end. That little task, I would say, was not an easy one. But that was not all they had to do. As soon as they had decided on their top eleven they had to settle down to juggle with a "shadow" team of replacements in case of sickness or injury.
If two players were.. to get hurt, for instance, between the team selection meeting on Sunday and the day of the match on Thursday, it might not have been possible for the Selectors to get together again to revise the team. So they had to anticipate by discussing such possibilities in advance and agreeing on the best men to have standing by; then the Chairman of Selectors can merely lift the telephone and tell the agreed reserves to turn up.
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The most difficult man to re- Australia. And now, as I wrilej Arnold Hamer of Derbyshire. place, quite cbviously, is your these lines the watery sun- His bat to me always icoks_ES
as a barn all-rounder. it Trevor Bailey Chic, he is still struggling to broad
door. The were to go sick, it could upset rst"away.
point about Arnold is that he does his batting most of the Few people realise that Glen the whole balance of the England Cunningham, the US miler, had side for Trevor is a key man
average player year on bowlers' wickets! would be inclined to suggest his legs severely burned in child- both batting and bowling."
thal, at 38, a cemeback might Well, the Test batte is on. hood, One man who test his
If that happened, it could this
be impossible. But Hutton is Lors hope we have good right leg as a child ezme to jump season mean another big chance
Wo 2 inches in
pewter than any avtrage player, weather and good cricket. his
Yorkshire's first for
Brian youn
His technique is stund and want the crowds, for we want his experifret so great that in the money from the Tests--to
athletics competition. You may Close. But even if Brian war not be aware that one of Seot-to be called, the position would' land's famous Rugby.
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national forwards was one-eyed cf-spiny: for Brian bowls my view he so good a player pay back the counties for all and that the man he market in That would
fast seam bowling specialisten. What Len werts is what
one match against France was also one-eyed:
Christie O'Connor, the former caddie who has just celebrated his fourth year in big golf by winning Britain's biggest golf cash prize of £1,000 in the Swallow-Penfold tournament at Southport, has
while Trevor is not to stop cut of his Ican spell the money they've lost to the
weather so far. most of us want-a few weeks mean readjusting of really warm sun ca cur back two positions Telain 1eam
to kosen our -muscles 2nd balance, if the all-rounder fell harden up these wickets.
out.
to
ALL THE SYMPATHY
ANOTHER CHANCE.
COACHING HINT
A good batsman is one who knows
his badl shots and climinates them. We've all got bad strokes and we've probably If Hution decides that So. you see, seiceling a Test
tried to improve them. But the as it is should bat lewer In the order most successful batsman in my tcam isn't as simple now his third often thought. Instead of all and I wouldn't be a bit sur experience is He end who dis- big curnament in England and the criticism which pours upon prised if he does most people ciplines himself to leave his bad registered his first major vic-Selectors' heads, they ought to seem to think that Don Kenyon, shots
out of his repertoire· .107.
get all the sympathy they dew the Worcestershire opening bats- allcgether. So keep within His magnificent 292 was really serve. It's one of those jobs man, should get another chance your limitations. golden golf, worth nearly £3, where you stand to get all the in the England team. I 10s, a stroke. Wonder what kicks and none of the ha'pence. say that few batsmen can ever former Open Champion, Georg?
have done more in County eric- Luncar, and former Amateut If the team loses badly, the ket and 'received 1439. reward: Champion, Cyril Tolles, think Selectors get torn to pieces for than Don So to my mind be about this fabulous golf? Both picking the wrong men. If the should be given another chance, of them were somewhat critical team wins, the captain and play- of present day golf trends at ers get the praise and the back- the golden jubilee celebrations room boys who knitted the team
the Scottish Letchworth
together are forgotten. Golf Club.
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But he has strong competition, My own skippo Reg Simpson, has never based better in his whole career than he is batting now. He seems more serious; he's got his head down to there is a new soundness about purc his play In terms of batsmanship I would say that
never deserved
than he place move
Speaking at the banguet; Dur- So this season, give Gubby can dwelt on the great Open Allen, Brian Sellers, Wilfred Championships fought out by Wooller, Les Amts, and Len the masters of the past for Hutten a break. No. that this modest prize-money, He said: particular company will worry "Now Cotton says that £2,500 very much for shrewder.
not enough. What annoys more experienced, tougher.com-Reg has is
people is that they don't mise I cannot remember. Even England
does right now. win it. Hobby Locke and Peter so it would be a great deal bet.. Thomson come over and take it, ter if they got the credit they
they are going to have a deserve.
A great deal is also being Кен said of Surrey's young British National Championship
they
can have a British Na- It was a good gesture from. Barrington. A very fine young tional Champion. 1 think
it's this committee when they are player he certainly is for the disgusting" He endorsed Tolley's pointed Len Hution is captain number four or five berth in about so-called for the whole series. It was o any side. If I were selecting, carlier opinion
progress" in the game, adding: sure of thanks for post ser-he is exactly the type of player I would concentrate on. Like "A lot of Scols lock this Royal vices: it was also a gesture of and Ancient game to America to condence in his leadership for
Nall Harvey of Australia, he have the future. One thing I hope murdered. Caddies bu
takes chances—but
win matches. He scores quickly and Something has to be done. !structions against lifting the batane. Now you drive down thefer in common
fairways in a motor caddy, lovers of the game is that Len and I suggest one way would more than is absoluely necesjump out and-miss it
Hutton may quickly regain his powerfully and that is exactly what the England side has be for the counties to cultivate sary. The youth of today rarely
Tolley's contribution to the true form with the bat,
neided for a very long time. vogue of the big hitter. get tips on how to punish a
was: "I deplore the ad- The clan is almost extinct since loose ball or how to make an debale
steel shaft and the amateurs found that they "fish" ball into a scorable one vent of the
play could not afford to
all by the prompt use of the feet. graded clubs. The standard of summer these uneconomic days The sooner the county coches 891 has not Improved since When the amateurs were hitting start that sort of lesson the steel, but certainly the standard the professionals had to follow socner the money will start of scoring has. In our day you
into the coffers once suit to keep their places in the rolling
used to have to play a shot- now you buy a shot" eleven.
A wet summer had a lot to do with it, and the dying month of May has done nothing to add to the exchequers. High winds, cold days and heavy showers have kept the customers away, even although the Locks and Appleyards have been reaping a merry harvest of wickets.
the
Now the Linpaid man has almost disappeared-there are only about six who play the entire season the professionals fight among themselves for
places and obviously the men' who score most runs stay in. Therefore, they take no chances,
Let the countles give men of natural hitting ability the be assurance that they will not dropped for trying to be enter taining. Gilbert Jessop was not alunc in his day, you know. There were A. H. Hornby, K. L. Hutchings: J. N. Crawford, G. N. Foster, E. M. Sprot, A. F. Day, F. G. J. Ford among others all, ready and willing to hit the cover off the ball at the slightest excuse. :
BETWEEN THE WARS
for
Between the Wars there were P. G. H. Fender, W. Voce, Lord Tennyson, J. Hardstaff, H. T. Bartless and G. Cox of the same breed And Jim Smith and Wellard were
of the
same species. Who are there today? Only twice in the ten years since the last War has a century been made inalde an bour-by Freddie Brown at Scarborough Festival and by C. Poole Notts versus Leicester in
in 1949. Not one such feat since-dix years.
The only players, ・ ・ per- haps, who are prepared to
jave à go these days are Rest Perks, Stuart Surridge and Alan Jackson, and, is it a coincidence that they are all fast bowlers? The cause for it all is too much schooling of young men in the orthodox stroke for every given situation with strict in
again.
THE
WEEK-END
GAMBOLS
Id love a trip in the car this afternoon
I'll see if I can persuade
George to take me out
GAVE...ER.
I THOUGHT PRAPS. WE'D HAVE A TRIP.
PICNIC
IN THE CAR.
BY THE RI
LOVELY DAY
with most
can
Answers To Sports Quiz
1. Tabori, Chataway and Hew- $00. At the White City on May 28 they all broke four minutes in the Mile race.
2. Iharos and Wood. whe both broke the World Two- Mile record.
3. William Gilbert Grace, and
Roger Bannister.
#1
4. (a) Denis Complen, (b) Tony Trabert, (c) Gene Littler, (d) Emil Zatopek.
5. Harrison Dillard who was America's 120 Yards Hurdks Champion.
6, (a) Jack is the while RT- gel" ball in bowls; (b) Press is a lift in. weight- lifting: (e) Chiselling is negative play in table tennis,
7. Carnera and Baer,
For it is as a batman-the greatest and most complete bati-
One of the best innings I man in the world-that Hutica's have seen this year was frem real greatness lics. Last year he Maurice Tremlett, the big, fir- He hit was far from well and we did haired, Somerset lad
near his best. In the ball beautifully Azather 1 net see him the winter he just couldn't get consider a really fine batsman the big runs we expected in who rarely gels.the limelight is 10.
Barry Appleby
GEORSE, DEAR. I'VE GOTE SEVERAL JOBS I WANT YOU. TO DO THIS AFTERNOON
VERY WELL DEAR, YOU ALWAY SUCCEED IN PERSUADING ME TO DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. DEAR
DON'T BE SILLY DEAR SUGGESTED COMING' e
A PICNIC — IT WAS JUST)
A COINCIDENCE, THAT I HAD THE SANDWICHES ALL READY
8. Tommy Price who won the
title in 1949,
8. Fred Perry in 1934-5,
Tokyo.
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