THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
ON THE
SOCCER
INSIDE
Edited By Sam Leitch And Terence Elliott
Arsenal coach and chief scout Leslie Compton has given in his notice after 24 years at Highbury....Leyton Orient chief scout Syd Hobbins is likely to hand in his notice this week.
That's the latest on the Arsenal-Orient front.
The 42-
The Compton move is not connected with the Stock appointment. year-old ex-England centre-half is to become licensee of an hotel in Hornsey, North London.
Compton sald: "Leaving | have Everton as companions In, Arsenal will be a terrife wrench. a 200-bedroomed hotel hemmed But I had to think of my future. in by hills! When the opportunity come along I could not turn it down."
Orient chict
scout Hobbins, 30-year-old ex-Charlton goal- keeper,
hopea similar appointment First Division club.
1
to take
up ค
with
with
the
Is seven years Orient, Hobbins has had a big hand in signing most of their players.
What In the background to last week's resignation of Johnny Paton as team mannger at Walford?
Well, Paton
relving
of
from
26, 1956.
Ambulance
Wayne Carries On Where St. John
Gary Cooper Almost Left Off
By RALPH COOPER
By rights I should have been prostrate on the floor with fear and trembling, beating my head and my hands on the carpet.
the
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"But he does feul now that he can step outside his "How ¿'yo, ma'am parts from time to imeandie Cotiqueror is the first of those, fi
Did it call for much more ecting than usted?
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"It was the toughest picture I've ever made" sald Waynes "We were out in the depart where it was 130 degrees most of the time, and that's hot, you betcher. Steel helmets and breastplates didn't help much, either.
For this was Genghis Khan advancing towards me the 12th century Mongol chlef scourge of China and terror of the Turks, the men who scared the ilving daylights out of most of Asia and quite a bit of Europe.
But a quick look convinced As we talked John seemed to me that the down-on-the-knees straddle an Imaginary horse, drill wasn't necesary for the more as a matter of habit than
and towering character in the dark anything else,
tip an blue su who ducked under imaginary 10 gallon hat. the chandelier he
19
strode
This
Genghis Khan is a across the room, was our old bát different from my usual friend John Wayne.
How dye, ma'am, part he With startling muddonness the sald, "This character didn't say pilcations from friends
room seemed to shrink and How d'yo, ma'am,' he just went people who would like the job.
"What a difference to five hotels, even
the ceiling drop a fool, Paris in and grabbed-you betcher!" exclusive And John roured his apprecia- years ago, when we had dozens George V weren't built for out-tion. Meanwhile the Leletster of applications, some
Rize conquerors → mes ex-referees which went on and Hollywood type. Mongol or search for a right-winger,
Susan Hayward was the girl
to he had grab in the im Partick Thistle's Joe Me-un for five pages,"
line for me," John Innes (ransfer-listed at £1,500 Fulham cre disappointed that Wayne and Genghis Khan New
"But acting? I wouldn't say "I is the latest nome Unked with
a grin, "but I wanted in tito one man they
have just got together in a little admitted with
old much more than usun). I the Midlands side,
the North did not apply. Ex- ople called "The Conqueror" quite enjoyed it.
Just react to situations and RKO decision at the end of which cost
A cool pect
"What a man! What a charne- Įtried to
way react the £2,000,000 to make. this month.
made Genghis would. with fer that Genghist They They spent the motley
"In Westerns because they know him an Emperor when he was
a guy calia Latest Nowcastle casualty is pleasure
ans you a so-am-so you just have was to stand there their No. 1 Cup fighter-director that with Wayne heading the 13. Only a tile one, but
and smile and de luxe
cast they've got a good box- emperor all the same. I Stan Seymour. Stan
office Insurance.
playing football at school in take it—but I
Kuesa nobody has a broken rib.
Glendale, Los Angeles, that ever said that to Genghis Khan,
at
THREE STAR LIST
age and not caring much He had a habit of cutting things about histery, as I remember. off-such as ears, for a start." With a reputation
In fact, I didn't lejow much mosily based on Westerns, Wayne, who about this Genghis Khan until was once labelled a "second-this picture came up.” string Gary
Coopen," has been
on,
have Leicester
struck off these names from the "wanted" lint Arthur Kaye (Barnsley), Bitly Bingham (Sunderland), and George Luke (Harlepools). The clubs wouldn't part.
has
FEW APPLICATIONS Fulham chairman Mr Charles whs never re- Dean is astonished at the few
the a manager's pay. He applications
club was, and still is, under contract received for the job is team as a player. That contract ex-manager.
"We have had about a dozen. pires on June 30.
General
Len Most of them are Indirect ap- Goulden, on the other hand, hus
manager
1 contract until 1957. He is Teceiving a manager's salary.
Watford told. Puton they would not be able to afford two managers next year... so there was really no alternative for 35-year-old
Johnny, ex-
.Brentford, ex-Chelsco, ex-Ceille,
but to resign.
RAID ON ENGLAND
Scottish selectors are planning
a ruid on England to call up
"Angles" for their "p" inter-
national with England at Dundee
on February 20.
Boardroom at Charlion's Valley has been devastated by a burst pipe right above it. Furni- ture and fittings damaged.... Boardroom carpet, almost afloat when the burst was discovered,
-(London Express Service),
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Pascual Perez Rejects £10,000 Offer To Fight Dower
By SYDNEY HULLS
Dai Dower's fight with World Flyweight Champion
Targets are: Bobby Mitchell Pascual Perez is off. In Buenos Aires last week Perez (Newcastle), Jimmy
Gauld said he was rejecting the £10,000 purse offered by pro (Charlton), Doug Winton (Burn-moter Jack Solomons for him to defend his Champion. ley), and Willle Gardiner (Leicester),
Look for an "Anglo" to solve the problem of who succeeds veteras George Young national centre-half Three First
Division men are being watched regularly Doug Malloy (Car- diff), Dave Ewing (Manchester City), and Bill Paterson (New- costle).
Leicester City did not have any special training or trips for
But the League the Cup. that's a different story.
They are spending a week of
1 Buxton tonic training
ship at Cardiff (in June,
in the top three star list for the past three years, top star three years out of four-and within
NEW TREND
There Was
I
ملاية
THE PILLAGER
out Genghis did pretty well of his campaigns. He conquered Chino, ravished India and time when finished up on the castern fringe a. trail of striking distance of the top for Wayne tried to explain his suce of Europe-leaving
cess to himser. With frank- sacking and pillage that has ness, he's never reckoned him- | never been equalled since.
"I'm 4 self much of an actor.
33, and he re-actor," he
good always liked to keep a
eat of Wayne in the parts he plays.
a long, long time.
Today he is second-string to no one, though he has, in fact, carded on where Gary Cooper almost left off.
But, unlike the notoriously non-talkative Coop, Wayne can. "The public seem to like it more than "yep" and that way, and I reckon it's my "nope." He can say "You bel-job to give 'em what they want," cher," for instance.
he adds.
soy
SPORTS ROUNDABOUT
By W. CAPEL KIRBY
·Statistics prove Mancunians to be lukewarm Soccer supporters or slaves to shopping basket carrying for the
missus.
In one of his happler moods he decided not to lay waste to one province. His reward was the daughter of an Imperial Emperor a princess of Royal blood, 500 youths, 500 maldens and 2,000 horses.
I asked Wayne how he's mode out. "Can't compete withi that," he grinned, "Couldn't
handle 'em all anyway," ho added thoughtfully. And then he had
a 20th-century thought- "They'd be handy to put down
have Perez made this decision after learning of the "in credible" points verdict awarded to Londoner Peter Waterman over the former Work Welterweight Cham- pion, Kid Gavilan, of Cuba, at Harringay on January 7.
Lazaro Kocel,
of manager Perez, explained the dimculty was not money but fear of
"doubtful refereeing."
Korci said he was now .con- from Manila, aldering feelers Honolulu, San Francisco, Mexico City.
very
and
Mr Kocci is
finícicy When and about referees.
Perez wrested the Flyweight crown from Yoshlo Shiral of Japan in a Japanese 1954 Kocci refused Interpreter and insisted on American colonel,
Entries Close Today For Tennis
Championships
The opening rounds of the Colony Grasscourt Tennis
an
14 "I told the board there would be serious repercussions to the Waterman decision," said Solo-
mons.
OFFICIAL INQUIRY
"Now I am going to
cable
Championships will commence Perez asking him to wait until the result of the official ini-
on Monday February 20
on
the HKCC courts. Anybody quiry on February 22 and then wishing to enter is reminded
ea reconsider his attitude."
that entries close at 5.00 p.m.
today. Entry forms are voil-
able from the sporting clubs
Sund
retailers.
of
lending sports-goods Spare entry forms are available sleward
the from the HKCC. AU entry forms and fees must be in the hands of
treasurers the HKCC
5.00 pm
PI OPEN TENNIS
Johnny Jose Joins before Herb Flam, Ampon
And Deyro In Semi-Finals
The draw will be published over the week-end and matches will be detailed in the press cach day.
Anybody who is willing and able to umpire matches is nsk-
ed to make himself known to the organising sub-committee,
Russians Beat
Sweden 6-2 At Wrestling
Stockholm, Feb. 15. Alexel Staschkevich, who won the World Bantamweight titlo for Russia in last year's Greco- *Roman wrestling Champion- chips, was beaten tonight in a Featherweight bout by Bring Hugosson, of Eskilstuna city" ..(Sweden).
The Swede won-hy a fall, after 8 minuica 30 seconds, but tho' Russians beat the elty team Esidiztuna 6 bouts to '2, at (Central Sweden), China Mai! Special..
Manila, Feb. 16. The third-ranking Philippine tennis player, Johnny Jose yesterday advanced to the semi- Anals of the Philippine National Open Tennis Champlonship by beating Juli Takayama of Japan 6-2, 7-5, 0-3.
Other players reaching the
Dower's manager, Nat Seller, was stunned by the news. can't ring Dat up and tell him," he said. "This will break the kid's heart."
the season.
on your income tax form as de- pendants! Look food, wouldn't 600 youths, 500 maidens
• 'h'mm, you'd save a lot of money! Wonder how Genghis would
dealt with the income tax inspectors.".. Despite their splendid playing record and being the The Conqueror was a good first club to register 500 points in post-war football,pleture for me to make, he Manchester United are no higher than seventh in the said, "and the next one will be a bit, different, too. I'm going list of average home attendances for the first half of play a big business tycoon,"
Wayne has plenty of praeilec, Arsenal's well - below – peak transferred from Accrington for He runs his own company and team tops the, attendance table £10,0000.
takes an activo interest in the business side of investing his with a 43,847 average, followed
New by Everton, Sunderland,
Chief attraction for First and money--and that's a lot of castle, Chelsea and Wolves, all Second Division scouts attend-money. beating United and City's ing Southport matches in force
As I left him at the door his averages of 36,113 and 35,203.
these days is Jimmy McDermot
toolding worried, Dig-hearted little 'un converted manager,
There There must be some
were, ap ex-from Inside to outside left. He's buried in. Where
parently, no scats available are the a lad from Haydock, reason-planation
not hundreds of thousands of re-.
a plane they wanted. £10,000. We'd fight anywhere gular supporters who applied There's no foundation as yet dor Cup Final tickets last year? (for reports that Sheffield United How is it Sunderland (41,481) are engaging Duggie Livingstone and Newcastle (40,984) average as coach, but they wouldn't four to Manchester's one
per mind adding Ted Purdon's punch population?
For months now Dower and Seller have been planning for this fight which would draw a 50,000 crowd.
Now they will have to change everything. "It looks like the Argentine for us" sald Seller. "We shan't refuse any ablo
for that:
offer -- certainly
"Still, we're not giving up all hope until the result of the Gavilan-Waterman inquiry la made known. Something may come out there that will induce Perez to change his mind"
-(London Express Servico).
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FA CUP FOURTH ROUND
Chelsca It Took
Nine Hours To Beat Burnley
London, Feb. 15. Werry Chelsen entered the fifth round of England's Foot- ball Association Cup compell- tion today when they beat Burnley by 2-0 after one of the longest ties in the history of the competition.
The original fourth round tio was drawn 1-1. So was the first replay. A second replay ended 2-2 and the third wCB goordeel.
semi-finals were Herb Flum of the United States who eliminat- ed Ruben Escobal of the Phillp- Total playing time was nine pines 6-0, 6-3, 0-1, Felicissimo hours, only 22 minutes chort Ampon who defeated Federico at the endurance recged-pet-by Deyro 6-2, 6-2, 6-0 and Ray-Stoke and Bury a-yçar ago. munda Deyro who beat Alejan- dra Saranglao G-1, 0-1, 6-0......... Chelsea, the League Cham- France-Presse,
plons, travel North to moot round
Sports Diary
Street.
TODAY
Athletic
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Everton in the fifth
next Saturday,--Router,
Lancashire Set
The Pace
Although Preston North End.
HAA Regiment, at Boundary
Brigade, Sek Kong are not, enjoying the best of Durkhe Major Unit Championships.
seasons, Lancashire may well TOMORROW-
be proud of the remaining County rides in the Football Three of them, Man- League. HKASA, Annual Mesing at Club chester United, Blackpool, Burn- ley are at the head of the First at Division table and Everton-are sixth. Nat Lofthoua (Bolton) Wanderors) load the Ilst
Meeling
Boston Not Stumped 30 m
Athletic MIKORT'S Athletto Meeting
This season's Cup competition fins been a blessing to Boston Boundary-Street,
Boxing
United, the Mlstand League, side which roached Round "Three. FARELF Boxing Championship, goalscorers, and Mckay (Burn- They received a cheque for £2,002_from3 the... Spurs, and CAS Charity Baketball at Southern Thompson (Preston) are smons
their total, proft, was about ' Playground.
Basketbal
p.m.
.....
af
Mudia Blackpool).... and
the Aires ten, ku
Toy
NEW STAND FUND
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to their attack,
PROMOTION FIRST
have been making about Ac- long-kicking goal-
Wolves
od
But they've known about the reservations we wanted for two and a half months," roared Wayne "Tell them there'd bet
be seate" and Genghis for Khan tok over-"or I' their propellers off!"
MARILYN
cut
Is there a more helpful sup- tentativo inquiries porters club in Eritain than
Marilyn Monroe gets pomo] crington's Peterboro's? IT three months
as Tommy Mc-surprising fan letters, but the they have handed over £10,000 keeper known for the new stand fund
Queen of the South, since he one which really made her eyes and
halled drom that club after open wide was the request for £10,000 is the figure interested
at a photograph which arrived clubs will have to pay for making his debut for Hibs
with a cheque for 20,000 Posh's" inside
forward Denis 17. Emery, for
Promotion issies first," says dollars whom Sheffield United and Norwich City have manager Walter Galbraith.
Taking a closer look, joined the queue.
was made out in Hungarian Soccer trainers found it Several clubs have noted Messrs Ember and Szabo have very childish hand......come that Johnny Ryden has yet to been preparing China's Olymple youngster had borrowed Dad's I'll obeque book and dcelded to dor three months. make his First Division debut team for Spurs. Villa were keen be- never forget the shock China do some figuring on
this Scottish pivot was gave us at the Berlin Olympics. account!
fore
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CHELTENHAM GOLD CUP. ASPIRANT
The handsome, Cruschan Gold Cup honours on Mar Many","hours"- apont magnificent performancs Steeple
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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
SEVENTH RACE MEETING
Saturday 18th and Saturday 25th February, 1956, (To be held under the Rufes of the Hong Kong Jockey. Club)
There will be 10 races each day Instead of 9 races; the First Saddling. Bell will be rung at 1.00 pm, and an additional race (1A) will be run at 130 p.m. There will be no "Cash". Sweep on these additional races.
The Secretary's Office at Alexandra House will close at 11.15 am. on both days.
MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE
NO PERSON WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED. All persons BrUST wear their badges prominently displayed throughout the meeting.
Admission Badges at $10.00 each per day are obtainable from the Club's Cash Sweep Office, at Queen's. Building, Chater Road only on the written introduction of a Member, who will be responsible for all visitors introduced by him.
Timing will be obtainable at the Club House if ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 72811).
NO CHILDREN Will be admitted to the Club's premises during the Meeting. For this purpose a Child is a person under the age of seventeen years, Western Standard.
ARTI PUBLIC- ENCLOSURE
The price of admission will be $3.00 each per day payable at the Gate.
Any person leaving the Enclosure will be required to pay the roquiaile fee of $3.00 in order to gain re-admission.
MEALS and "REFRESHMENTS will be obtainable in the RESTAURANT.
SERVANTS
Servants must remain in their employer's boxes except for passing through on their duties, They may on no account use the Betting Booths or Pay Out Booths in the Enclosures.
CASH SWEEPS ·
Theng will be no Cash Sweep on Races 1A, on both days of the Meeting. Through Cash Sweep Tickets at $18.00 each per day for Races 1 to 9, and $36.00. for both daya may be obtained from the Cash Sweep Offices at Queen's Buliding, (Chater Road), and 5, D'Aguilar Street during normal office hours and until 10.30- am, on the day of the Race Meeting.
Particular numbers within the series 1 to 3,000 may be reserved for all race- will be issued consecutively Through Tickets. Such tickets only and the right is reserved by the Stewards' to cancel any reservation for Through Tickets for a particular Moeling if it is dound that sales, may not reach the number reserved in the series 1 to 3,000,
In the case of two-day Race Meetings, Through Tickets may be
Bach for day of the Meeting provided that the pecond purchased day is on a date not less than five days after the first day. în all.. other cases Through Tickets will only be sold for the whole Meeting, Tickets reserved and available, but not paid for by 10,00 am. on Friday, 17th February, will be sold and the reservation cancelled for future Meetings,
Tickets over 3,000 will also be issued consecutively but particular mumbers cannot be reserved na Through Tickets.
*** The reservation of any particular number does not confer on the registered holder any rights whatsoever unless the ticket bearing the appropriate number is issued to and can:be produced by the holder,
The Stewards reserve the right to
any
the right to remove any name from subscription lists without stating reasons for their action.
Cash Sweep Tickets on the lost raco of the Meeting at $2,00 each may be obtained from the Cash Sweep Offices at Queen's Building (Chater Road), 5, D'Aguilar Street and 382, Nathan Road Curing normal office hours and until 11:00 am. on both days of the Meeting.
SPECIAL CASH · SWEEP,
* Tickets for the Special Cash Sweep on the Hong Kong Derby scheduled to be run on 28th April 1850, at $2.00 each, may ba obtained from the Cub Sweep. Offices,
TOTALISATOR®
Backers are advised not to destroy or throw away tickets until writer the "all clear" algnal has been exhibited, t WE ALL WINNING TICKETS AND TICKETS FOR REFUNDS MUST BE PRESENTEDATOR PAYMENT AT THE? RACH COURSE ON DAY TO WHICH THEY REIER, NOT LATER THAN ONE HOUR AFTER THE TIME TOR WHICH THE LAST RAGE OF THE DAY HAS BEEN SCHEDULED TO BE RUN;M HEPAYMENTS WILL NOT BE MADE ON TORN OR DISFIGURED TICKETS, N
* Bookmakers, Tic Tac men, etc. will not be permlibed to operate within the precincts of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, th
By Order of the Hawards,
A. L'ARNOLD,