Famous Sports Stars
I Have Met
HARRY DEAN
By Archie Quick
In Town for the Lord's Test Macch wax Horry Dean, now
years of age, the pam seven.y
in his heyday one of Lancashire's finest cricketers of all time, Un- ilke kenne
of the old tuners he enjoyed the match and did not once mention that the game in not what it was in my days"!
Harry, who took his hundred wicked thats on eight Umes,
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THE CHINA MAIL,- SATURDAY, 'JULY 21, 1956.
·
Wind POLISH CHAMP AT HENLEY
By HENRY LONGHURST
Who would be a member of the Championship Committee of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews? If they are not being sniped at by puтHons ilke myself for allegedly ruining the Amateur Championship, they may be quite sure that somebody somewhere is getting at them for something. Their latest assuilant, hurling his missiles from N safe range of 3,000 miles, is Stan Leonard.
und.
Leonard, together with his many geese have old them loo Junior
thought, | many golden eggs. Balding. amiable colleague, Al
ac-
came over lo represent Canada Most young men of my In the Canada Cup, during the quaintance would give anything
day of which they were· for a five weeks*
test last fromewhat roughly hundied by | class
Hogin and Stead.
Lov
They went on from there to does not consider his seventees the Open, in
which Balting wickets ¡or ยก U18 against shed 17th hul Leonard, play- deadly ride from Yorkshire ang in the worst of the weather, Liverpool in 1913 his greatest
fafford to reach the Amal lay few. The nontur he accords to
From here they were to have his two perfon inces against the
gone to Princes. Sandwich, Auskalkia 10 1012 Lancashire
play in the Commonwealth plays the "Digiter" twice that
match 111011
nxt week-end DOGSON und
Carch
for the Slazenger Trophy Decision At OM Trafford, stead they went home. Manches.er Bie Hed Rose County
were successful, by 24 runs and Harry finished with aeven for 90
Inter 11 22:012th
yk- again
At Liverpool
Lancashire were
On
andl
free, to The New World, but the process in verae lacks appeal, I think the secret may be that they keep their eye on the golf ball such an extent that they
fu
Can
ree ruthing else. The wonders of the Old World. being visible, leave thein uuvedl,
Poo E4 Purgol, for in staner, noted in the Royal and Anelent In-clubly we get the ver citros
on which succesive
captalis have hung a silver ball for 200) years, or the championship belt
Moris that young Tum outright in 1870, the portrait was in the Big Room painted by his
own President, but
only the that fact
there were "no showers, to masseur
JE
On he return Leonard able to revent 10 %
number
Com-
of
OUT
zarinis. this Cine by eight patriots
cleveri
wickers, and Dran returnied manifold deficiencies, He did for 102. That winan, he told Reuter, want to be
Ценя sulical but Triangular Test season, and the
caddie a South Africans were
alig here,
toninarment in which he played
Vancouver | Lane whire lso defeated thein years ago
was and Dean had nine for 68. No belter run than the Open at
has ever equalled Hoylako
other county
these feats.
Dean now lives it Garstang. although born at
Burnley, an
hly sole hobby is his flower and vegetable garden. His favourite
blooni? The red rose, nẸ course Even his houre is named The Wicket".
GREATEST BOWLER
H places J 3
Tyldesley De
of
11
49
Why, he asked, bolt a tesuna- like that Day WTON" YIA: might we well of the big Canarion play any Tournaments in the bin kwoci
The Open, he added, is com by the Royal und Aterent, who have
been runnng it for 100 seurs without adens
nt
3*1703
All of which is a great sharne and seems to prove that hum p nature hus not changed much since Shakespeare (or Bacon or Marlowe) wrote "Blow, thou winter wind
of any change As for the facilities
mpetitor's p on the how and they should be tooked after Geller And. 114 fus their hotel, surely the Royal / and Ancient knew that arevin- ! modation WAN going to be dunult, etc.
the greatest adamon una mills | Thylake. Cook us th greatest bowler be Baw. Buth couze!
H.rry played against Australia in 1912 us twen Testa azu in one against South Africa for a combined bowing average of eleven for 153-and
were
only
his
honours.
tyxf International
Well, here is a very orhappy stufe of affairs and I am afraid nur Canadian friends in general may be taking a poor view of
Jovial Hazy
with Burnley when Qiey scored at “ites
us therefrom. There are, how Lugue championship
aver, rays of sunshine here and wils. cod alter
there, of which in foirness they seventeen Magons with the should be aware. Stan Leonard's Pogouth atryong us was lled with hardship. J
county-Interrupted by World B
War i he Bashed his carcer
short
with Cheshire. Dem has only sure, but there were compensa-
one grumble about present-day ther To play in the Canada
Old boundaries have been brought все accommodate more spectators, 1 is more he a tennis court than
cricke
Tratton! Where the
ground these days," he says, but. he is tipping Lancashur, Str WILL the Championship, outright for the first time since 1934.
L
What he did like about the Lord's Test, always viewing! from a former fust bowler's point of view, was the immoTINE! amount of hostility Trueno. Statham and Bailey
pul intu their bowling. Den even went so far as to confi Bat Truc – man was the best of the triu-- "eyen if he is a Yorkshir_snan".
Sports Diary
TODAY
Lawn Bowls
1st Division: Recreio v KCC CCC.
V TC, FC V IRC "Blue", "KBGC v
RC "Gold".
2nd Division: USRC v KKFC, PRC Recreto, CCC v KDC "Blue" KDC "White" v FC HKCC v KÇC
DRC & KPSA, KCC PRC FC, HERC
3rd
HKFC
XBOC
| Ladies' Lengue: CCC "Green" v KDC, PRCV KBGC, TC ¥ KOO "Red"
entailed from
A
Cup. For instance. free passage in and home, £175 appearance money, and £7 a day expenses.
When this was over, he was transported {r}
Best-class sleeper, free, lo Liverpool, hav-| Ing Deeviously, at Wentworth, been
Kiven chotee of hotels. 1
a He chose one of the
cheaper unes and, I fear, del not like || Nor, alus, did Bakling, who, while playing the tournament circuit in America, liven 151 #1
carivan
and
To appear at Prines, Leonard way to receive £100—but what to do with himself
his wife and daughter in the inter- vering fortalght? "My dear fellow," said the Lord of
Manor "bring
the
Mr A, V. Bridgland, them to the Guildford Hotel and slay as long as you like, free."
This is a tale of suffering which
will bring tears to all eyes, but it also helps to con- Arm me in a reeling which has been growing over the усага, that professional golf namely
blow,
Poland's T, Kocerka, winner of the Diamond Sculls event last year at the Royal Regatta at Henley-on- Thames, England, easily beat T. A. Fox (England) to retain the Diamond Sculls on July 7.
COLUMN WITH A KICK
Soccer Tour Men
'Asked
Says
For It!"
DAVID JACK
Football League clubs, and their players, are wasting their time in the cam-
paign condemning the England Soceer tour of South Africa.
Dem
Let them moan as much as they like about losing their players for two months: they can squeal from now until the start of the season about the tribula- tions of an 18-match trip. But they'll get no sympathy from me,
Injuries to John Bord (West · worked--and others who Jerzand ilar United) and Bedford bound to rebet when forend into
(Fulham), which
PROSCANA training the morant almost certain to keep these they return to England--new) 1.livers out of their club sides trending that every one of the early
part of the comint them applied for the trip.
He pointed out: "If only four son, inve raised this mid- Last season, in club dressing matches were played, injuries sure Soccer ex]pasion,
POORES all Over the country, | roukl be picked up - but the players signed Bsts voltantvering | chance is grealer in 18 matches," for their summer in the sun.
What all there com Jaining clubs seem to have over inoked is that they willingly gave pAT- mission for players to make the
And tour,
permission granted not in blind Ignorance, when clubs already knew ali about the heette South African PRVLTINISIE.
In additum, certain who feel they were being
way
over-
SENSIBLE VIEW
are his players, Sid Owens and Bob Morton. the club might not be un happy about sending key t itsolat again 011 such billy-planned expeditions.
Had clubs been forced to re- lease their pinyers, had the pro- fessionals heen Soteer conscripts
The problem which now tuces the FA is the appeasement, not
of sensible club officials like Tom Hodgson, but of the majority who are threatening never to release
again. How to have been
simple it
to
It is impossible, it seCTYLS. get away from Socetr even with Wimbledon just over and a Test match in progress,
I would have ben 100 per centvold this clash by making the in favour of a revolt. the story about the mun who
tour shorter, and refusing half of the matches. play joined the Army for five years, and after accepted his bounty, Kving 1 couple 00 ytra deciding, he'd had enough,
The same answer upplies-"It serves you right, you shouldn't have Joined."
Luton
Town director Toni Hodgson bad some sensible words on the subject when I
Answers To Sports Quiz
1. Ken Rosewall
Buxton.
and Angela spoke to him,
2. They are all racing cars. 3. Cyril Washbrook, reculled
to England's Test team.
4. Don Cockell.
4.
5. Wrestling.
Australise, Italian.
Danish and
7. All have run a four-minute
mile.
USRC. KCC players is a race are becoming 1. Henley Regatta.
curiouser und curiouser. and,
"Yellow" v CCC "Yellow".
Regatta
VRC Rowing Iegatta at Water Bay. 1.30 pm.
THE
WEEK-END
D. There is no limit. Deep taken by and large, are rather 10. It must
a borc. Perhaps it is that too
moved.
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be completely re-
Said Tom: "From the players' point of view, this tour looked ilke a good holiday, there was the honour of representing their
and
also was the match fee money. In the circumstances. would it have been fair for our club to advise players against travelling?"
country.
there
ON ICE
The FA Cup dules for next arnounced season have been and once again, the Cup Final icams are to have a six weeks' break irdilated
them upon between semi-finals and frei
Everyone
Soccer--apart from a handful of legislators at Lancaster Gate-deplores the practice of keeping the finalists on lee for such a long spell, yet they do nothing about it.
If the Cup Final is reserved Even So, director Hodgson for the last day of the season blumes the FA for not limiting then start the competition three the tour lo 10 matches, set weeks later. Or better stil. admits that, in view of injuries give cubs a
break not very serious-to two of between early rounds,
by Barry App leby
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WHAT YOU. GAVE 7
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longer
After a slow start this season, Britain's track and field' athletes Bre only now 'beginning to reveal the strength of thein Olympic challenge
Progress
To Melbourne
By STAN TOMLIN
An assessment, based on the 1965 world statistics of Olympic · possibilities among the leading nations, suggested that Britain had chances only in the High Jump for women and in certain of the track runs at the Melbourne Olympic Games in Novem- ber. But that was before the present season started.
Performances since then have not only confirmed the early surmise, but also have indicated that there is considerable strength over a much wider
range of activity,
Take, for instance, the recent, ls with this in mind that performances in Norway of that incredible middle distance run- ner, Gordon Pirie. Not only did he create a new world record time of 13 minutes 30.8 seconds | over 6,000 Metres, but equalled the world best of seven minutes 55.0 seconda for 3.000 Metres.
1
the
one 880 Yards Champion-raises the can foresee distinct possibilities question of his Olymple dis- In the relay at Melbourne, Lance. He had originally in-
Already this petson the women tanded compote have been sprinting well and B00 Metres, and as part of his national strength has very much | training has
two raced in བ་་ been improved by the return to important One Mile races. In competition of ex-champion and each case he had on casy record holder Juno Foulds (now vlotory over some of the best Mrs Paul) and by the advent home milers with the good These achievements, incident-
of of Madeline Weston, a 15-year-times
four minutes 6.2 alty, were not by any means old schoolgt of considerable seconds and four minutes 7.2 Dgainst weak opposition.
His ability. respective victories were regis tered over Russia's Vladimir Kuts and Poland's
Jerzy Chromik. They gave amplo in- dication of the tremendous chal- lenge he will be able to make in the 5.000 Meires and 10,000 Metres events at Melbourne.
seconds.
the
Sho recently won
Now he is wondering whether Southern Counties champion-or not the 1,500 Metres night ships by Inches from Mrs Pauilt him better. It would seem and another international, Anne |niear, however, that with Ken Pashley. Her time for the 190 Wood, recent conqueror of the yards was 11
stars seconds and that Hungarian
and Brian has seldom been beaten In Howson, one of the
"Inside four England, even by famous over-
Britain is likely to have dea athletes.
representation In the 1,600 Motres, and that Johnson in the notional interest should re- tain his interest in the B00
world's
good
minuto" milers,
among the
best in
MARATHON HOPES
Again, when the famous Jin Peters eured from competition
Other races have been won In or about that time and, Baltish Marathon hopes recede, each occasion, vera)
on wornen There seemad no athlete capable have been involved in a close Metres, a distaned which num of taking his pince in the inter-finish. There is little doubt that bers him national field,
Many had sug Britain is at the moment much the world. gested promise but none bad
stronger in
sprinters revealed it, mainly perhaps be-
ever before and, although Finally, a word about Thelma ad than because soine of those who had there may not be an individual Hopkins, the young Belfast girl only more
recently taken
up capable of
personal victory, who early this year broke the long distance running had yet to there
is sufficient quality to women's
High
Jump world compete in a race
of the full ensure a really first-class relay record with a leap of five feet Marathon distance.
cight and a half inches (1.73 nietres), Since then she has won competitions with Jumps
team.
woinen
JOHNSON'S PROBLEM
Then on July 10 this year, the annual Marathon race from Windsor Castle to London was held. Because of the inexpert- ence of
some of the
runners Johnson
there was soins didence about the result, but also, of course, a hope that at least one of them would materialise prospect. Even sanguine, however,
AN
The
Olympic
could
most At
a cold runners
have expected that on wet day the first four would all brush inside the Olyn- ple record time of two hours 23 minutes 3.2 seconds which the great Emil Zatopek achieved ut Helsinki in 1952.
That the lime would be quile good and the finish keen, was obvious us the rave progressed ond, one
the other. after Auferent runners took over the lead to maintain a lively pace. Then, what is most unusual for there of this distance, were po less than eight of them ail running strongly together in front right up to the lust stuges of the race.
it was Ron Clask, a 20-year- old insurance clerk, who finally broke away to win in two hours 20 minutes 15.8 seconds, a time which has only been beaten in England by Jim Peters. But it was not so much the time as the man manner of Clark's win that resily
The
race finished impressed. with one lap on the track and he strode around with the polse and indeed the speed of 4 was a victory superbly guinel against line opposition (which in- cluded the Austrian Champion Adolf Gruber) and one which stamps Clark na o Marathon runner of a considerable distinc- tion.
a miler.
Second Was A 34-year-old coal miner from Lancashire, Fred Norris, who was only just over a minate behind. For both of these Tunners it was their first officiat Marathen race. That adds con- sirable inerit to value of their performance and, as an Olympic for trial, wes most heartening Britain.
WALKING RECORD
So, too, on the same day, was a record breaking 60 kilometres London heel-and-toe Expert, Don Thompson. This evant was introduced into
walk by
the
Olymples In 1832 and won then
Briton. Four years later,
when the Games were told
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his protege, whose victory in the national championships produced a worki best time for 50 kilo- metres of four hours 24 minutes 30 seconda,
Thompson, who is only 23 State of, ago, is the youngest walker ever to win ure national tiile at this distance. His coach is confident of further improve- ment in the
in the next few months, there mema little doubt that the 50 kilometre walk is one Olympia event in which Britain will have strong representation, for the race that Thompson won was also an official trial. Indeed, the only one held so far
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Now to the other end of the
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