THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER' 1, ́ ́ 1956.
Nino Valdes, American heavyweight from Cuba, doing his first training
on November 21 since his arrival in London
at a Bermondsey (London) gymnasium. He has come over to meet the British heavyweight, Dick Richardson, at Harringay, on December 4. Central Press Photo.
WORLD OF SPORT
Aussies Demonstrate
How To Make Tennis
Globe-Trotting Pay
By DEREK JOHN
Frank Sedgman and Rex Hartwig recently gave an opportunist demonstra. tion on the remote Indian Ocean island of Mauritius of how to make tennis globe, trotting pay.
And there" was a big enough
etowj of Europeans, Indians 10 assure a prof!
and Chinese
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WHY THERE ARE SO MANY INJURIES
THE FOOTBALLER TODAY IS A HIGHLY TRAINED ATHLETE
By DON
REVIE
The activity of the ambulance men at Wembley for the England v Wales ma'ch plus a current crop of injuries to players has caused one fan to write to me: "Are modern players softies? Can't they take it like the players of the good old days?"
In fact, because we have had little rain this autumn the grounds are harder than they usually are at this time of the year. Honce players tend to pull mus- cles more easily.
However
juries thi
or
I think
(plus his these In-forward for that mony. ArheowES can be tabulates like you would probably get a good goalkeeping) start
*F-1ack of winger for much chester Cly attacks.
ivas.
Well, how much is a good I would say roalkeeper worth?
incredible Inany Man-
All the playe; a at Maine Rad aged that Bert's presence in
worl goal wes
a goal steri. he can be more important to and City's recent swoop back to fear than any other member of form is due in 10 smaži meT BUTE to the fact that John Savage The side.
who had the thankleen task of for the great understudying Trautmann 1 astounding, every- one by his confidence and in- credible saves.
(1) Footballers are more th ty trained that They were There is such an emphasis on speed that muselty are toned up like a sprinter's. One flight turn
the twist-und
muscie stretches and tears.
Bear in nurd that it does (2) Footballers crowd more mantier boy
good a team games into a season than the playingt. they will never fel boys before the First World War, free to play eam foul ball It is quite true to say that they are weighed down by the many footballers there days play far that the goalkeeper has more than 60 games a season-butter fingers,""
and It
zooin to over 10 if
you include oversens tours 642140 representative games.
(3) There is more alnut on the field
used to he
Bych at emplost; on speval that plaires im means liging to get.", Into open graces white" defi dera chung them--often wit
touching he ball.
foli
It means so much to a contre-
! half when under pressure that | We man in goul is safe and running thare thers ready to take a back pary. Many This may not apple fall to rear that the wide art of goalkeeping har prove the game, but
charged in the last 20 years or In the old day, many goal-
hugged their goal-line. Frank Swif
and his contemporaries like Sum Bart- Sen. Ted
rum,
Sugi Bad Ch, who be enaised the goaliceeper into who something like additional wire-full-back, using the full penalty and starting attacks by throwing the ball but instead upfield. of kicking It bindly This style has been carried on by chaps
Ditchburn like Ted (Spurs, Berl Trautmann (Manchester City). Reg Mat- thews (Chelma), Ron Raynham Luton Town) and Bert Wil-
(4) The faster speed ter dod in bried players don't tackle so strongly ur ly as the old-timers,
Suvest tacklers Docherty (Preston, Bille Wright (Wolves), tuy Daniel (Sunder- Innd) and Jimmy Scoutur (Newcastle) are today the Pe copling rather than the rule. Many players Xin
In
arti
with leg muscles relaxud, and the other chap comen hams (Wolves). they got hurt
then to my mind
On their way back to Australia from South Africa to watch the Olymples they stopped off for an hour, played an exhibition match, and pocketed £50 each,
Painters There was a spot of monkey,
are busy all round buunees at Victoria Falls, for the ground bul Boat work is
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These concentrated on a spot near the Trevor pavilion. The incimbers'
the four reasons why there seein en- keepest | Plosure and the pleasant mound behind I have been lev lled for the site of a new double-d÷cker stand.
for the astute promoters, 100.
"We
our
can all put
rurious datelines,"
5.dgown.
--
1
DT
mstance.
It happened this mong | Badley.
Bald of otographers in the party.
Trevor was setting up his eine-camera to Atm a school of baboons. One of them suddenly les ped in the bo; net of his car, sa ched some equipment and
ashed into the jungle. Bailey trucked the
The Austration pair plan
to
#et uff or an Australiin lur
after watching the Olymples.
With Pincho Gonzalez und Pony Traberi, these tennis
butoon
Jouers have just cleared on down. Then the animal decided to £10,000 on a month's there was nothing tasty to eat lour of South Africa.
and threw the loot away, And they passed
£1,500 on 10 the South African Lawn Tennis Union to keep amateur authorities hoppy-
QUEER ANTICS
The following day, it was the tum of the baboons and other animals to watch the queer antics
Four of them were stranded
The appointment of Jackie of the cricketETS, McGlew as captain for all Ave
Tests has considerably brighton-
The new structure will not be completed until the summer of 1958, but the lower deck will be
in use next week.
The Bengal Cricket Associa- tion are prepared to pay oyer 25,000 to get a side together for one or two matches.
The FETIVO is their Silver Jubilee match, at Calcutta at the end of December.
The team is a star side of Eng-
ed South Africa's chances in the when their car became bogged lish and Commonwealth players.
coming series against the MCC down in mud,
The je tors are callsfed So they 11
It
fread_lled
that his injured right kne rending Stroke signals. They sufferated themselves will soon mend, and, they have nearly dispelled rumours that his unly and the walebing animals, but rival, Cive Van Hynefeld, might ¦ the Zeme WAS suer Cssful be preferred.
They were scu by Kame reserve oftetals after four hours.
PERSONAL PRESTIGE
The association are covering all expenses for the side which is leaving England. with Geoffrey Howard as manager, on Boxing Day. It is possible that they match. will play an additional
171 Unay Part, they APX scheduled to return by January
เย.
The return fare to Calculta is Over
fot £300 erch; allowing
the expenжs. Lock cul soreer wives, they're accommodation utter your rull-ons
lotal cost comes to more than
Arv
JD)
SPECIALIST JOB
rate
And at my new club, Sunder- to be so many injuries in fool-land, they have two firm ball today.
goalkeepers in Wile Fraser und Johnny Bollands--I am al- ready prepared to say that Bai- lands musi
juto come
The
reckoning for a cap in the next
[ew years.
QUESTION OF VALUES At last foutball clubs waking up to the value of a good goalkeeper. The £22,000 transfer of Hrg Matthews from Coventry City to Chelsea- im-
In the modern game goalkeep- mediately crew growls from some quarters. "No goalkeeping is a specialist's job. Think er is worth that much" is one for a moment what the presence or "Mighty" Frank Swift mount how Bert complaint I have heard
These critics argue that you to England. Think could buy a first-class inside Trautmen's clever and accurate
Fill in the
You
can
con-
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LIKED THE PACE
Make no mistake, the fidence of a team stems from the confidence of the man in goal. If he is jittery, then be sure R will spread through the team.
sometimes' carry
When Norway's Audun Boysen decided not to do "passenger" in one of the out- feld positions. But you can any front-running in the Olympic 800 Metres final the never carry a passenger in goal.
he must have remembered, what happened at That's why so many teams are
European Games at Berne in 1954. In the blanket kok-out the
for clais
(here pictured), *keepers. That's why
finish at Berne, Derek Johnson the £22,000 paid for Reg Matthews came up from nowhere with his fastest-ever clock--
Good is a sign of the times.
ing. goalkeepers are rare--and they are worth every penny paid for them.
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Answers To Sports Quiz
1. Trevor Ford. 2. No.
the ball except if
in lands
part of course under repair. 3. Hurdle racing.
4. Professicurl boxing. 5. A crown of laurels.
1. The Cesarewitch,
th-
Fenners is the Cambridge University sports ground, Iffley Rood, the Oxford University ground,
B. Ati Aegociation Football match in 90 minutes long and n
80 rugby match minutes.
9. French.
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A Durben ductor the other £4,000. Add to that protes- werk suggist a alternativeslonal
ppearance money treatment for the time-honoured which, I understand,
trapping of broken 1tbs-went- into irve figures, and the ng roll-ons or step-ins around Bengal Association will face the chest.
substantial bill for their cele..
Mf. Glew is more popular with the players, has enotnous per- Sorial mexige as the country's ben beration med Strategist.
As deputy to Jack Cheetham. he red the Springbok, to both then
Test win agons
1965, an! a year bi fore, les (lve tour of At treba ona New Zealand, made He says they are far more brations. the StigbOKS
easier to Tomfortable and
get ver. A pvoiding the painful
intang.
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Sports Diary
TODAY
Cricket
1st Division: Army North V KEC. Optiniai Ariny South, INC BAF. Polten v Havy, Recreio Scorpion
2nd Division: DES v Dockyard KGV v Pulics, KCC Wasps y 18C, Navy v Recreto, HAF v Army North. Univerally 驴 KCC Burneta.
Boccer
1st Division; Eastern v Kwong Wan (211). KMB v Polico (15) all miches al 3.30 pun,
Reserve Diviaidot KMB v Polles (BS): 2 pm.
2nd Division: Jardine v Solicitara (C) pan; CMD v Prisona (IV) 2.18 panj Dockyard v REME (IN) 249 palu D & 5 v RAF Sai Wan (HV) 645 Pin Telephone y RAMC
V 3.45 pm 3rd Division:
Hollandia v Kin Godown (HIV) 2.15 p.m.; University v
Rediffusion (HV) São pim.
Racing
Itaca
Second Day of Fourth Meeting at Happy Valley, 2 p.m.
Rugby
Heiangular Tournaments. MäYT ON RAF (CAUMWay, Bay) 3-pan.). Ammy North V Police (Bek Kong)! 3: pama Club V Army Bouth (Club) 3 pm.
Hockey
„Macão “A” v Nav Bharat (Bookus- pool pan Macão "n" y Almy Combined "MICS (obokimpoo)·
3.30 pm
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Ladies' League: Cremlins MAN.
Rearelo A, (B8)
Gremlin". v Hlacrald);
4 p.m. Victorians; Y
BRISK ACTIVITY
Some of the players will be process of removing the strap-taking another trip to the sun- shine" this winter. Tam Gra- Geo: ge veney, Willie Watson, Tribe and Alan Moss are to tour Jamaica in February with the Duke of Norfolk's team. London' Express Service.
These ar: days ul brisk activity at Lord's, despite sub- |2mm (emperatures and the fact that the xt cricke! season is still six months away.
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Boysen did no front running at the Melbourne Games. This confused the fleld but not Johnson who capitalised on the general reluctance and held on to just lose out to Tom Courtney of the United States in a stride-for-stride finish. Central Press Photo.
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