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JOHNNY LONGDEN IN LONDON
Johnny Longden, the American jockey who re. cently beat Sir Gordon Richard's 'world record number of winners, arrived In London with his wife, Hazel, on a two-week visit. Since he began riding in 1927 Longden has ridden 4,879 winners.
The picture shows Johnny Longden and his wife at the Savoy. Note how Johnny sits on the settee.-- Central Press Photo.
BASEBALL
Brooklyn Dodgers Rout
St Louis Cardinals 17-2 In National League
New York, Sept. 19.
The Brooklyn Dodgersê routed the St Louis Cardinals 17-2 today and opened up a half-game lead in the National League's torrid race when the Milwaukee Braves' sche- duled game with the Pittsburgh Pirates was postponed because of rain.
The Braves-Pirates rain-out was re-scheduled for to- morrow afternoon.
Don Newcombe walloped two mathematically doomed the hoiners to pace the Dodger's 17- Cubs to a last-pince finish. hij attack und grease the way! AMERICAN LEAGUE
In
Americua League, It พบง where the New York
THE CHINA MAIL,
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER
1956.
NO MATTHEWS NO FINNEY
YET THIS TEAM IS GOOD ENOUGH TO MAKE A SHOW IN THE WORLD CUP
Says ERIC NICHOLLS
England's Football League team to meet the League of Ireland in Dublin kas been announced. And England's selectors—the League variety—have come in for the usual brickbats,
What! No Stan Matthews? No Tom Finney?
Judging by the shouts of indignation you would think the selectors had been rocking and rolling in the aisle. Now I'm no lover of selectors, either Lengue or national. This column has often taken them to task.
their
But for once I'm side. For there's method in the apparent madness of These clanger-dropping gents,
This is no ordinary inter- League matchs. It i were England would be content to send little more than a team of schoolboys to polish off the not polished soccer folk of Ire- land
This La the beginning of *Operation Core-Back' And the World Cup in Sweden in a couple of year's
the forget.
time
SU
But he was big enough to | dropped their previous theory take it, young enough to learn. that what was good enough for:
Last season he was Sheffield grand-pápa was good enough Wednesday's trump card in for them. their Second Division promo- Grand-papa in dind. So La tion race. This year, he is the Queen Anne. commander of their young front line.
in
He bren't appearance the soccer wonder-
With a team of selectors who are willing to fare facts, and a leom of performers, with the emphasis on finesso rather than force, England can look to the future with more than a te hope,
NOT CHANGED MUCH
Quixail is 23 now. changed much since he shattered world s
a teen-age boy. He still has a baby-face. I go one further. If she is Bul betrind It The Lague ælecturs,
Is a matured | prepared to stand by this crop soccer brain working
compares of highly talented in
youngsters, with their national favourably
soccer England can win the World Cup counterparts these
have
greats of the past. days
in 1958. Produced items that is VĚTY Quixall's selection is a smack nearly England's best ai the in the eye for those who said no moment, and, more important, team cold carry both he and is likely to be England's best Haynes. by the time the World Cup comes around,
sly
with
hand
They have chosen boldly, well appreciatively,
DS
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thut
the
It is a sign, too, that at long Last Walter (20 often in Blun-
Winterbottom, The derland)
hne thrown overboard his out-dated, negative double centre-forward plan.
side shows only one change from that which hammered
World Champions Germany, in Berlin
So there is ΠΟ place for For Matthews, or Finney. There is plenty of life in the 'old gentic- yet. Matthews is Eng- Land'a No. Gutside-right Finney is a close second. But will it be
be that way in a couple of years?
Matthews is ageless Or so they
He is also human. say. And like Sam Bartram. who Charlton folk believed would go on for ever, Stan will one day have to hang up his boots,
Finney has just recovered from a run of injuries and ill- luck. He is ft. But he 18 also working wonders as Pres- ton's centre-forward. England have no need for a new leader,
than They are more
satisfied with the performances Tommy Taylor.
of
Outside-right apart, this team looks good.
The selectors are right to look ahead. For too long they have been building teams for the present, teams that have lusted for one, maybe two matches. before being
Until scrapped.
now they have ignored the
future.
given a deserved chance,
The selectors have seen the light. Just as Auntie Florrie reluctantly swopped her hors and baggy for one
of those new-fangled petrol-driven con- traptions, so the selectors have shaved of their whiskers and
THE TEAM
Reg Matthews, Coventry: Jeff Hall, Birmingham, Roger Byrne, Manchester Utd.;
Ronnie. Clayton, Blackburn Billy Wright, Wolves, captalii, Dunch Edwards, Manchester Utd.,
Gordon Astall. Birmingham:
Albert Quixail, Sheff, Wed. Tommy Taylor, Manchester Ulch,
Johnny Haynes, Fulham,
Colin Grainger, Sheff. Utd.. Reserves to travel; Les Shandon, Burnley, Johnny Brooks, Tottenham. -(London Express Service).
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST TOURNEY
Peruvian Scores Most
Impressive Win By Downing Lew Hoad
Los Angeles, Calif., Sept. 19:
Lew Hoad of Australia, top-seeded foreigner I do not agree with their choles of Gordon Astall of Bir-in the Pacific Southwest tennis tournament, went mingham as the outside-right of down to defeat today in a stunning upset at the the future. I would have much hards of Alex Olmedo of Peru, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4. Yankees
preferred to set young Bryan Douglus, the Blackburn Mier, Olmedo, seeded seventh in the domestic con- But, in faltness, England is tingent because he attends the University of short, desperately short. of first Southern Californià, scored the most impressive class right-wingers,
The returni of Sheffield win of his career. Wednboday's
Boy 'Golden Albert Chilxall, is u move of far greater importance than the omission of Matthews and
for his 20t win of the season compared, to six loaves also his 10th victory at his last climber the flag on Tuesday 17 decisions
Filmed his night. Beti Lemon scored his won-mud-los perennitage te 806. 20th victory as the Cleveland
Indian
beat the Washington Newcombe yielded oltly seven Senators, 6-0, in
ប game hits, including homers by Al
shortend to seven intings by Musial, fore
Tikiti Lomon thus became the sixth modern pitcher to win 20
Dark and Stan
favour In
Dont after seven innings.
Kines in seven seasons.
retiring Bessent Sandy Amoros and rookle Don also contributed
attack hamered
Demeter
homers to the Dodgers' whik Duke. Snider collected Thems to a 2-1 win over
four hits and knocked in three runs.
The New York Giants whipped the Chicago Cubs 7-2 and 3-2 in the other afternoon in the senior clrcuit. Jackie Brandt drove in two runy as Joe Margoner; won the and Dick Littlefield opener picked up the win in the night- The two losses all
cnp.
Baltimore
WELL DONE, FOXHUNTER
The world's best known show jumper and now th' hofiourable relifefifent, Foxhunter gets a pat from his owner, Lieutenant-Colonel Harry Llewellyn,aftd his two sons, David, 10, and' Roderic, 8, at the Llewellyn home at Llanyair. Grange, near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. The bay gélding; only horse to’With the King George V cup three tlifies, first competed in an international show at the White City, London in 1947.
Now he's 16 years old, but Colonel Llewellyn has not put him out to grass. He still rides Foxhunter around the farm each day and jumps an oceašidnfal gate. He may occasionally jump for charity—Reuterphoto,
"PAK LO" REFUTES OF MAJOR CHANGES
OF RUGBY
RUMOURS IN LAWS
UNION FOOTBALL
In the last week or so, wild rumours have been flying around the Colony that four or five major changes had been made in the Laws of Rugby Union Football.
For the benefit of those who were not privilered to hear Mr D. Goldie, the Honorary Secretary of the Referees' Association, speak on the subject on Monday night, let me first réfute these rumours and then explain the changes that have been made.
In actual fact three changes, upshot of this is that on the of advantage and are so com- or rather one change and two awerd
penalty additions have been mado to infringing player's XV the Livs as compared with last Totire Immediately for season The two additions are yards.
of such minor character that no explanation of their meaning is needed. There has been arr-ad- dition
to Law 2 which reacts
the pleated that even reforces are should not yet agreed As yet on their Leis exact meaning, and so they will never affect players there is little use in referring to them.
FURTHER CHANGES
J
HOW-
"Defending Team means the There are further changes in team in whose half of the ground the Notes for the Guldance of Referees, but these do not the stoppage of play occurs."
generally concern players. Sill under the same Law the
ever, to touch lightly on them: definition of a tackde has been in the case of
amendment enlarged by the addition of four to Law 24, it is stated in the words 60 that
the Law now Notes that the saino player when the holder of the ball in ceeding kicks, but that he may reads: "Tackle-A tackle occurs must take the second and suc- the field-of-play is held by one if he wishes change his style of of the opposing team so that kick. In other words having while he is held the ball comes mado twenty yartis, ht moy in contact with the ground, or change from a punt for touch cannot pass or play the ball In there is a moment when ho to a kick ut good. any other menner."
onc
an,
Now a anal piece of news wa
is hoped that the fixture lat for .. the season will be finalised' be- fore the end of this week, and details will then be printed. In this column assobní be the materiat comes to hand.
Italian Amateur Cyclist Smashes World Record
!
Under Itt 18 it used to be the cané did, if 'a' player knocked
Milan, Sept. 10) and offside player of the
Italian amateur cyclist, Ercole same team next played, the ball Baldini, today beat the world e scrum down was ordered. This record for the hour, previously has now been altered and ahelt by France's Jean Anquilit permilly will be awarded instead — a professional. — when be for the offside offence. There is covered 40390 'icilometres in 'tho also a deinition of the end of a hour at Milan. lineout, which states that the incout is now over when the
this year, with- 40,159 ball has been passed or knocked June 20 deam, the back
from the linebut. For kilometres. Today, Baldini best schedule by over 100 players this has little effect and his own the
be mefits, as well as the French the only thing, that needs bo remembered is that when the professional's record. lindout is
MAJOR ALTERATIOŃ
Tho only maj alteration occurs in Law 24 which is the He broke Hond's service in, defeated Mike Franke D-7, 8-0,
about penalty kicka. the first set and then smashed Vie Selxos
Ted Instood defeated
of na was the his own servico over the net | Schroeder
the Finney.
kicker with such power that frequently Cooper defeated Mat Anderson previously, Quixail, of the bikini
shorts Hood stood helplessly without | 0-4, 3-6, 6-3.-United Pres. and blond hair, was going to be an effort to return the serve, another Raich Carter when be
But stopped into the England team
Ho
Al Kaline nrxi Ray Book
lead the Detroit the Orioles a Harry Simpson's grand-slam homer led the Kansas City Athletics to an - win over the Boston Red Sox in the other A. L. gomės,
Cincirmati met Philadelphia dropped in a twi-night double-hưcadier. ----
United ProES.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chiengo (ist game) New York
R H 10 2 but
Swedish Record
For Half Mile
Gavic (Sweden),
Sept. 10.
St Louis
Brooklyn
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington
(Called end 7 innings Cleveland
Bahimore
Sweden's Dan Weth Today Detroll
set up a new national record for
the: 880 Yards . Gavle today, Boston
when he finished second in on Kansas City International event in one min
utó 49.2 stecmale.
The winner was Norway's Audun Boysen, who won the Covent in one indmate 48.8 sec- onda.
Waern bent the former Swed- letí náklonal record for the 880 Varch, set up 12 years ago by Bven Mamberg with one min-
Hond Callled
in the
headstrong 19-year-oldt { second set and Service Dick
caric, ho saw, and Was
on
intak was able to take it by the 6-4 store. In the fnhl set,
0-2,
Ashley
case
penalty
option
af
boirig allowed the
taking penalty kick after at ment by the opposing Law
been
D
th's dream was statered. Cumede at hond, on anothe Not Play For U.S. penalty klek ben yards in front
RESULTS
London, Sept. 19. Results of tonight's Associa- tion Football matches:-
E
HOME SOCCER
7 6 2
R H E
2 8
17
17
R H E
0 5 0
rain)
0
1
R. H
at Dublin).
League One
ទ 13
1
8 2
R H E Chelsea
League
a Sheffield Wed 0 Three South
8
4
-United Press.
Sports Diary
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TODAY
Soccer
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Chartits Goodfit' Sooderi : solitfi
ube 61 condis-France-Presse China y Kitched as Carbine Jill
Indonesian
B'D,M.
Tenis
LRO Tennis championship
Colony Mixed Doubles Finals - Club
· Ladler - Singles' Open," Club
5.10 p.m.
· kɛen's" ginglés
Soccer Team Top Club Men's Doubles Open,
Play East German
Selection
Beyliri, Sept. 19.
"An Indondal football teami
HEPA Council Meeting at Sports
ativet at Chothnitz (Carl Marx-Mesting,
low) today, to phy a match Chemnitz-tomorrow agains
·Beet Germani esloution:
besianë delegation is
TOMORROW
Inter League Match
English Football League (Played
service break and ran the score up to 5-3 before Hoad rallied to take a game,
JA
WINNING POINT
Anqubtir set up his record of
Savitt Willnd-"(1) For an infringe
ment by the
opping Cut the mark or or the gool Ikne, whichever is the nether, front of the player of their own world record for the 20 kilo- team who receives the ball may metres and had set up the world a line through the mut, be offade, but they will not be amateur cycling record for the parallel to the touch linós."
call to over thor players in Deitin, who already bolder Anle
In Davis Cup
ол
penalised unless they attempt to hour with 44.660 kilometres, set New York, Sept. 19.
This change has
obviously take part in the play withous up the new record for "ali The US Lawn Tennis Asso-been The final and winning point clation announced tonight that speeding up the
made in the hope of getting onside or being put on categories" ́at' the Vigorell was slow in coming. however. Dick Savitz would not play for means that the defenders,
game, for It aide by the action of the other eyeledrome in Milan. Olmedo had the advantage the US team in the Davis Cup they wish to
i players. remain onside
... The 22-year-old Italian cyclisŁ four times but Hoad rallied to inter-zone match against Italy must
Oris last Law interpretation is is the world amateur pursuit, immediately draw
even until finally the next week because of the pres
on the re- Peruvian put over
the victory
feree penalising them for an in the case of Law 32 whore champion, a title he won at sure of his business,
infringement retire yet another now if a player touches the ball the Copenhagen, championstilps Hoad, generally credited with Football League of Ireland (Eire) 3 being the world's leading player, Italy with the four men original twenty yards from the original kick at goal and the ball cross
As a result, the US will play ten yards, so that they are then in an effort to nullify a drop earlier this summer,France-
Presso. was steded ahood of his feam mate Ken Rosewall
chosen-Vid Seixas, Hammark; despite ly
the goat-line and is khere made Rosowall's
dictud" by `n defendat, a scrum=" victory
the Richardson, Sammy Glammalyn in
In theory therefore it is pos- mage will be formed five yards Soccer To -Rugby mailonals at Forest Hills two
sible to move the length of the from the cont-line opposite the weeks ago.
The US mecta faly at Forest held under this systems, provided place where the ball was touch-
The draw for the singles - make the same error. 30: singles inst
drop out for making the ball and Stirling Albion," Billy. with Pancho Contreras of pairings against the Italians will
For instance a player who has dood was awarded.
"Wilkisrnston has tilmedító: the. the West Side Mexico to take the double in be made al
Rugby Code, and has just fød the collegiate tourney. He is 20 Tennis Club in Forest Hills to not retired the extra ten garde on attempt to take part in
EXACT MEANING "Annie Stirling County min Aret. gave witts * Lenzie yment öld 'und- a Junior at
the game, unless he has been Southern California.
by some other
centro taren! quarter, Nursing o
Aldembol Botarpemok
Exeter City IpawichToWIS Southead -U.
1 Btors de Hove
Wam11
0 Colchester U.
4. Coventry Chy
Reading.
Swindon Town' *“, Chreen's Park R. o Crystal Palace N'port, County
Scottish League Two
Albion Roveri a Montrose
Arbroath
2 Morton Brechin City 3 Hamilton Acade 1 Dumbarter
Dundee United 4 Alloa Athletic East Stirling 6. String Albion Stenbauparnote 4. St Johnston
Stranraer
Third Lawekwick Rangers
League Three North
Crewe
Colinky
WILLING HORSE
and Miko Groca.
Former Soccer Bar
Olmedo captured the NCAA | Hills on September 28, 29 and the defaulting team, continues to ed. Previously "In this case, a{forward with Glasgow. Hangers
year and teamed
DETOW.
Nicola Pietranecii, Orlando put
In other matches today, Sirola and Giuseppe Merto com- | method, will find himself There are of course further badly cut, check, he gait after,. Harnliton Tchidson defeated | prise. the Italian Davis Cup penalisef and his team having interpretations of the Laws but use, game that ho had "enjoyed Mike Green 6-4, 7-5, Art Larsen 'feam.-United Press,
to retire another ten yards,. The since they refer to the queation | HI"
THE GAMBOLS
& Barry Appleby
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