WORLD OF SPORTS
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1957.
Sponge Is Very Bad For Table Tennis, Says Ferenc Sido
By DEREK JOHN
MILITARY LAW
LOOKS TYPE FOR 2,000 GUINEAS
By JAMES PARK
Military Law and Ennis are, the only-colts in the 9 st. division in the Free Handicap still to be dealt with. In the first half of the season I would not have cared to back anything to beat them in a test of speed. Military Law did not quite fulfi! expectations in the autumn, but Ennis kept his form well.
The effect,muitary Law, is purely per
Have you ever played a violin with a rubber bow? according to Ferenc Sido, is about the same as playing table tennis with a sporige bat.
Sido, Hungary's 33-year-old No. 1 player who shares with Victor Barna, also Hungarian-born, the honour of being the only player to win the Triple Crown ai the World Championships, the singles, doubles and mixed doubles in 1983, is in England with Hungarian teammates Lazio Fold) und Eva Kozcian;
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in Kingsford, low bane Sydney suburb.
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La fr tahle talking of his forthcoming four "Sponge Is vely
of Eulopy and his training for ten: It makes bad matches."
Championships, the One argument in
which will be started in Britain. ..s that 11 Would Tairing at nome, explains Sido, sponge hel; to do away with time iloit
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be- The quiet turned week
The notion I have about the, type for the 2.000 Guineas.
He is not in the Derby, sonal
which and one with trainer Jack Waugh may cot agree. This magnificent looking colt was a bit hot in the early days of the season and always wanted to be showing off. He wore a fringed leather noseband as it was said he was able to throw his head about in wet weather. He also ran in ankle bools which arggested he was ilable to rup himself.
PLENTY OF DASH
He had an extravagant action und I have
the little doubt trainer was anxious to stel hils With a charge to sellie down. view to doing so fancy the colt was restrained in his work and kept in behind his galloping companions. That appeared to be a nucers as the coit did not pull so hard in the two races he had in the autumn,
Gifferent
training in
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methods-it
In correcl jab with are off company, and
uming they were adopted- in sponly lucrative offer from
seemed to rob Military Law ai Both wine and spirit firm. E.
There was his natural speed. wanted Larwood's name.
plenty of dush when 11
WAN wwn't having any- But he
Arst time just beaten
out pl thing to do with gimmicks. The
Sandown Ascot and al Royal refusal by this MCC member to
the Was pulling over will be commercialised
the way. There opposition all bralod by imie sportsmen
like the same nothing
when he parkle
ran in the everywhere.
Champagne Stakes of Duncaster and the Middle Pack Stakes at Newmarket.
All three are training: fi
which lour their Continental
Holland from them Jutuary 10 20,
to
Germany unul February 8, and then on
Lakes
reforced from
to the Belgian Open and French Open, For the two last-nattical Side's tour party plan to re
events the
will Team
be turn to Hungary some time to | 199
Budapest an 1957
Juve All
fanibex at home,
the havi at given perm suni.. extend what was to have been a shut tour, and to stay abroad until things quielen duwn at home.
HUNGARIAN ACE
2)
The compkte Sukhon for the World Cham prships in March
The team will return to Eng- land for the English Open' al Wembley in Aprii.
FAST BOWLER
Englund's
fast bowler' Frank over an entire
The Hungarian nee would not be drawn ria a political clis- cussion When asked whether! Tyton bowled
the presence at home o reis- live
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be
One person who wants to see mob barrier between the amateur, and professional termis lifted is Sir Norman Brookes, former President of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia.
Sir Norman feels open tournu❘
.8 between amateurs and professionals would create great public interest
"There is no reason," says Sir tennis players Noman, "why,
Bunot сстреле together golfers do. There should be no taint on professional playera. if
congregation is the Johannes-
Control Congregations | amateurs and professional tennis week-end.
troups continue to fight each Somewhat Kepishly
other, they een only harm entered the pulpit to prendi zone.
fala raymon of his career
had anything to do with teammates' destru his and be to gu Lark, be answered: "No" You are English, an Hunte garian Hungary, like England
he
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mugit the English LTA, particular The AL- Figlond Club at Wimbledon,
to you, is aw house. My opinion t what a good job he made, and uf ill
of the Russians is my own, ald one that I will not discuss with ulyans. But even if all Hun-
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I was a message of goodwill should take due note of these
to all that he gave and in it he sensible remarks,
nur le cricket.
several
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said one old lady.
The pity was that not one of the South African Tost playera beard him. They might havo gained quite a different idea nă the benevolent Frank as opposed to the typhoon they expect un the cricket
field.
in these
What a
pleasure to read of an ex-sportsmans who refuses
nsh in on his name. days of highly commercialised sport, w
with too many of those overy part out for
Lundon Szprem Servies).
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For six years now, Larwood, bowling, has of the bodyline Ilved in Australia, where his name was once the most hated. He has long since lived down black and bitter memories of probably the biggest sporting controversy in history.
In fact Larwood
says, "I am almost an Aussio now.”
Larwood, whose train con partment was once invaded by hooligans: Larwood, the man who once went home with never-healed broken foot; Lar-
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On those occasions ho steadily ridden, but there was little in the way of acceleration was asked to bestir when he himself. In each race he just kept on at one pace in the final it was not good furlong and
It seemed to me the chough. colt hind lust some of the fine speed he had shown in his first two races.
if he winters well, Milliary Law will be a grand stamp of He ought to three-year-old. stay a mile as he is by Court Martial out of a French-bred mare whose pedigree is chock full of staying blood. If he can regain some of his former speed, Milliary Law should be just
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WORTH SEEING Ennis could well have been a challenger for premler position in the Free Handicap if he had not run at Royal Ascot. Skindles Hotel toyed with him that day and I can only think that for some reason Ennis was a Uttle below par. That was his only defeat. He had won four race prior to Royal Ascot and after winning a "Goodwood wound up for the Benson by beating. the. Matador in
Nunthorpe Stakes at York.
That was a race worth
going a long way to see. Ennis nipped o in front and it was not long before Matador was put under pressure. Steadily the three- year-old closeth The Kep and there was no more than half a length between
with a them Jurlong to go.
DRIVING FINISH
It came as a surprise to find the two-year-old holding his own in a driving finish and the camera showed he still had a
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Spare at
be naked unlikely to
the
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All sorts of going came alike to Ennis but as he is bred purely on sprinting lines he is beyond six furlongs, department he should be contender for the championship and It was a wise policy to retire him after that terrific duel at York.
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