THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1957.
McTaggart's Fight With GOLD MEDALLIST FLOORED NO..I'M NOT FEUDING
Tommy Byrne-Virtually An Olympic Final
By ARCHIE QUICK
Nothing could have better illustrated the brief period which is a boxer's time of glory than the International match between England and Ireland at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
It is a few short months since the England team won fame and returned in triumph from the Olympic Games at Melbourne, but the parade of Champions was but a thin red line.
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It always seems odil 10 me There have been squabbles Bursex and Kent who invazed the state of the wickel, the gune und played it on there are so many disagreements j over when two sets of gentlemn play | propaved for England's spin Broadhatipenny Down at Ham- much respectable Fanc
have bowlers uid the Australians. | bieden would
reviled cricket. Test erkket that is. Över bodyline bowling, unfair modern happenbrust What
srid The Australian
That such grimness when pity it is Harold Earwood was released at she t uld enter into such a meltw them after England had had to
the same grimness which Kathir, tuce seasons of McDonald and chaineterizes euittent Sazect, Gregory. Then there have been boxing. Olympics, Inwn
tennis eliscussed the merits and
d rock n roll merits of good and bad light and
stern realitleg were If such half a dozen Hems of gumes confine to Te Matches แ manship and delaying treties. would be bad enough, but there
The latest outbreak of Test
www more than one instance In Matchitis ecurred at Durban
county
last cazon of cricket when an umpire took it upon pl
taking on a win-al-uny- hizaself tell wicketkeeper price aspect. Remember the In- Evans and a leg slip fielder to eklent in which Will Wooller keep still while Peter Loader
concerned
he jed was bowling. Technically they clar
Glamorganshire in th were breaking a low but whether Celtic way of his? It was "distracting the batsmon" or "ungentlemanly conduct" was not made cleur.
I Have Met
the
Two years
aro Mr Walter Winterbottone suggested to Football Association's interna- tol Selection Committee that it was high time the England team was pruned of its dead- wood in the shape of some of more elderly of 1 foolballers and the1 new attack be built around two giffed young Cock- neys, Johnny Haynes and Vie Groves.
For a varily of reasons that policy was never able to be pul into effect, und so we found, as tate as last November England Helding agalist Wales 1 Wembley "old man" Pitchburn, Wright, Matthews, Finney atid Dickinzani. The
FA Jilley had
unsettled, eblefly remise of the mystery
jury of Grozes,
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Now every cricketer who has ever theked knows that whether he has been in the covers, al mid-on or mid-off, guly, equare leg or any of the long field posi- tions, he has unconsciously, anxiously, cagerly walked a step nr two forward as the ball was bowled
the anticipation of bulsinan's stroke. Particularly have amateurs been noted for this keetness.
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The MCC are concerned
dour
for
they are to be asked for a ruling on the wicketkeeper "moving" incident, and with love to judge, therefore, on one of their own Isictes.
Champion European
Tomy Gargano was there but he has retire. Teom captain Tommy
Nicholis was there but he had Hu. Gold medalllet Terry Spinks was there buy he was not match | M and the NUDE applied to Ron Redrup. So of the Austra But what makes the umpire's į lian contingent only Olympic decision at Durban fureleat s Champlon nud stylist winner that the batsman could not see Dick McTaggart Was actively the wicketkeeper and leg slipper | engaged in the ring and he got who are behind him, and, thei- | besten! What is more he sub- fore, could not possibly distract | fered the indignity of La knock- him!
clown by Drogheda baker, Tommy Byrne who was bronze medallist at Melbourne.
Immediately after cate .3613-
Ireland And their Olympic other piece of gamesmanship by
untade Byrue, Trevor Hailey who attempted Bronze medallist, Johnny Cald to prevent An extra final
well, a silver medallist, Fred ever to day's play being
Ted; but nobody looked fitter Han, has had tu gall bowled by repeatedly
stepping
nr than their nikl time eff line and again beranie his back
his wickel from
as the Olympic
Champlens - Fred
When this Amateur Interna- Donat went from Leyton Orient to Arsenal he was the major half of i £30,000 deal, but the throw-i Stan Charlton has proved the Inter Largain. Groves, chosen for FA teams. England "B" teams and "Inter- mediate
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ing bothered him. Aner a et crowd howled at him, It can be Grace (1908), Harry Mitchell it would apparently be back to
(argued that even this inpelar- | (1924) and Herbert Mellin normal. but Co
Training Bable young nun wie brivg | (1920 and 19241. way started it wild swell. The
more distincted by the speclu- affoir has become psychologieal, fors than the
South African and Groves la in the tool to
bastian was by Evans and the Anish with the game.
slip seldamas. Anyhow it led to Bore controversy for Halley was given out caught Equally worried Johnny Trevor id the ball brit his Haynes When I saw him the pads and bowler Tayfield said
he saldi that his at hit the middle of the buff
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A FAIR CRACK?
McTaggarUs defeut shock but not a surprise on the evening's forin. His fight with Byrne was virtually an Olympic
inal not the result caused some
doubt about whether the Irisa- | man had a fair crack of the He was ARTER
knce stemed to be taking The The whole point, wwever, in whip in Melbourne, strain, and he was able to play | not who was right and who obviously McTaggart's masler
am unluppened at all. consciously drawing back ands | old Yeomen
with I padded, Istit know". he sald,
the
old accuracy of pass missing. I am, to be perfvelly hurst, looking forward to the end of the season so that I can give it a summer's rest.”
That statement telis is own story of lack of confidence, yet Haynes is still the keystone for England's forward line against Scotland at Wembley in April ard for the FA's Continental jour In
May. To be as candid as Haynes was, I think Eddie Bally. of Notts Forest, at 32 years of age is, currently at least, a Ry per cent betler Jootballer than the ure Haynes.
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ever but down
he under How the fine adjudged to have lost on poluls of Hampshire, in the Bghtweight remi-hal to the Gernian M¿Tuggart beat in the tinal.
He Prefers
Dentistry To Hurdling
The Irishmen,
mostly
crow
cal and trained to a hair, were an unceremonious lot, fighting it out all the way, but they gave a great display and thoroughly earned their 5-5 draw. Whether Accra, Feb. 5. It was their
reputation or Jack Davis, American holder whether it was a mark of up- World High Hurdle preetation for England's deeds in the record, salú today he would re-Australia, the Royal Albert Hall tire from compellive athletjes was full. Not a seal vacant at the end of his present tour of from ringside to the topmost Africa.
lowering tier. Davis, who arrived here 10-
11.1 dity to each
give
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The
Irish won
de-
the greatest Fullm's Mr Frank Osborne mõustrations, is 10 28-year-old respeel. True Johnny Coldwell fold me "Our worry for serne | American nuval
He Wort narrowly outpointed by was quite time had been our defence. But
Derek Lloyd, which it is the attack which has gone
a feat by the soldier
flyweight field got beaten, and Michael wrong now, and I am afraid it is because Johnny is not turning
by ABA in his great old-ume
-unother Army National Ser-
displays. He will come again, of course, He is on grout a footballer to disappear, but it is a question of getting bact: bellef in himself."
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Dick McTaggart, one of the two boxers to bring home Britain's first Olympic Gold medals for 32 years, goes to his knees in his Lightweight bout against Tommy Byrne of Tredagh, Drogheda, in the England-Ireland amateur boxing match at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on January 30,
This wasn't the only shock for McTaggart and The fight fans — he also lost on points, Though a Scot, McTaggart qualified to box for England because he is serving in the Royal Air Force. Tommy Byrne won a Bronze medal at the 1956 Olympics.—Reuter- photo.
Desmond Hackett's Column
DESMOND HACKETT
Fan
Oh! Mr.
... You Are Just A Sucker
THOUGHT I knew Mr Soccer Fan after close obser- vation for many A SEASON. I realised that the harder you kick him the more he likes it. But I never believed he would go around asking for punishment,
WITH ROY PAUL
KNOCKING COMMENTS GIVE ME A LAUGH
BILLY WRIGHT'S COLUMN
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other honour for a former youth
A feud rages between Roy Paul, Manchester City sternational. How delighted captain, and Billy Wright.........the FA Cup holders' captain, the Football Association must has me hopping mad becauso of commenta in his book be at the continued progress of thele about me. That's the current Soccer talk....and what many who first made
mark in this team. would you do in my place if you read this kind of thing:--- "Billy Wright....who can hand over bouquets of flowers before an international match in so charming a manner....it is extremely doubtful whether he would have got into the Welsh international team.”
Or, from Paul's book again! "1 know Englishmen who blithely, almost superelliously claim that My Wright Is the greatest half-back in the Iasi 15 years. Come off it!”**
Well, the talk of the feud has at last appeared in print, and folk are coming up to me re- gularly. Asking: "Are these rumours true? And the answer is "No-definitely No."
met
Cnly recenlly Roy Paul and I when Manchester City played against Wolves, and usual
best were the
friends.
We
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of
knew then what Roy had written about me, but he is entitled to his opinion. I'd be
the last fellow in the world to moon about that, for it is part of the fun of being a Soccerman in this country that you are allowed to express your view.
That does not mean I agreed with what Roy said about me in his book. Maybe I have views of
} my own about Roy as a foot- buller.
MY CAMPAIGN
ONGRATULATIONS to the
Players' Union for voting on
to the committee more men who play regularly in dist-class foot- ball.
Now we have representatives from the First, Second, and Third Divisions the committee will have first-hand information,
Just think for a moment of the wonderful players they have had 10 At this position:
Arthur Grimsdell and Walter Alsford, who played for England, Vic Buckingham, who appeared for England in war-time games, and I wish them the inan Tony has succeeded, the After all, I did campaign in this great Ronnie Burgess of Wales.column for such a development!
Something else about Marchi's selection pleases. It is yet an-
every
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9-YEAR-OLDS
HOLD THE KEY
TO 'NATIONAL'
By RICHARD BAERLEIN
In the eleven Grand Nationals since the war,
But for goodness' sake Jet's be | nine-year-olds 'have won six times, 10-year-olds three adult and
take criticism along times and eight-year-olds twice. In the 10 years prior with praise. So, let me repeal, there's no feud between Roy Paul and Billy Wright.
If anything. 1 thought the
comments he made about me in
to the war, seven-year-olds won four limes, nine-year-olda three times, eight-year-olds twice, and there was one 11-year-old, Battleship, in 1938.
his book rather amusing--even Apart from showing that { winning the Cheltenham Gold if author Roy did no} intendine-year-olds have far them to be read with a chuckle. best chance In this 'chase, The statistics interesting in that year-old
SOME
FUN!
O Bournemouth bent Wolves in the Cup. And only re- cently said half the fun of the Cup was the possibility that the small teams might beat the big
touris buys. Some fun!
Bournemouth, Millwall, Not- tingham Forest. and Barnsley all defeated trams in a higher division of the Football League. Now Tottenham Hotspur
gue, have the task
of meeting the keen- tackling, fast-moving men Bournemouth-and they'll And Bournemouth hard to beal.
I played for Wolves against Bournemouth in a Cup tie at Dean Court in 1948, and it was a tough struggle. We won 2-1. TRADITION
has won
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theCup where the English-trained great opposition appeurs to be
are dropping out gradually. seven- Vincent O'Brien's Sam
strice the Brownthorn is now 10. Last war and yet seven
year appears to
Wax to have been his have bee: the best age in the National year but, unfortun- immediate pre-war era.
ately, he had not qualified by During the war Irish farmers the time the entries were due. gave up producing 'chasers to a Since they his form has been. certain extent and after the fully exposed and he will not war, the government of Ireland get in with a reasonable weight, made agriculture and
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NOT EASY breeding to profitable that the ESD won whà 1st, 31b, and average small farmer turned to he is likely to go up 101b. at
the icast. producing flat racers with
It the Liverpool handi- few mares which he kept rather capper taker
View the name than 'chusers because the re-then Mirabile is Hoing to face turn was better and for quicker.iris Dust Grand National
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young horse with It is noticeable in the novice prohibiLive weight.
think *chaser ti in England today however, the National handi- That the majority of the win-capper will not be qulle so hard vers are seven and eight-year-on Mirabile but his concections
an almost
CONGRATULATIONS to Tony is and they, therefore, can- cannot expre him to get in
not hope to contest the Grand with tees than 11st, 1016. Totten-
the National until
Whatever
races Vincent O'Brien may be going year as the earliest.
When the weights
hum left-hair and captain, on being chosen to captain England ""gainst Scotland "B al
I mean those rugged citizens of The Den who put UP Dirmingham on Wednesday. three hearty cheers because the Millwall directors have generously promised them they will raise the price of tickets for the Cup tie with Birmingham,
And this only two days after they had bought tickets for the match with Newenstje and
Could not get in the ground;
Got in and could not see a thing:
Got into a Soccer seeing spot and took such a bruising they wished they had stayed home.
When I scolded Southend United for smacking up the price of their tickets for the privilege of seeing Birminghum stap them down, the Southend citizens abused me in language as strong as a Southend whelk stall.
But let them see a sply edging up with the old corner-of-the- mouth patter
"Wanna leket, toshi, fen bobber for a quld" they howl: "Stop thieves." Yet they do not mind when the clubs go into the sply business.
It is hard to be a give-the-fans-a-break crusader when the football world appears to be made up of suckers.
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Guthrie K.O. is victory
for the Soccer bosses
◄RUSADING vcrtainly is a tough business. Look what happened to that football emanelpator James Guthrie, the Abe Lincoln of the Soccer slave mort.
He got the old heave-ho because he was too tough for the Soccer bosses, i know that since Guthrie went into the Football Association and Football League conferences without the oki cap- In-hand and by-your-leuve approach he has been a marked man.
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Tony was once such a good lce-hockey player there was chance he night take up the But instead he sport seriously. hins followed in a great tradi- tion at White Hart-lane. For Spurs left halves have usually been International International class.
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Woman Golfer Sets Record Over
New Course
Mrs John Wal broke the New Course record which she had established in January 15, when she retumed a Stableford card on January 19. Her Stableford count was 41 points which wins her that competition for January and establishes a most noteworthy re- pord of one below par for the
Mrs Wal's card reads as fol-
lows:
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| Ladles. nother KNOCKOUT WIN viceman Fred Teldt made no mistake against Willie Wad- Tokyo, Feb. 5, ham and looked the best fighter Philippine Featherweight Pl: an the programme. He has the Florde
today beat Japanese profession"?" style and went So Fulham's problem, and boxer Iidemi Wada by 40 ab his jeb in. workmanlike Huynew problem, and the probs | knockout #t one minale 50 mperen i heard a rumcar that lems of Arsenal and Groves are seconds in the lifth round of a ths Olympic ramer-up may very much England's problems. | ten-round non-title
soon be jointing the paid rara, --ARCHIE QUICK | Reuter,
He would do well.
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The Icotball bosses let it be known that they would deul_more benevolently with a man less rugged, less demanding than James Guthrie, 1 HAVE HEARD THE TREACHEROUS TALK. WAS TRIED OUT ON ME. BUT I WAS NOT HAVING ANY.
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Guthrie has smacked the Players' Union on to the front page and sports pages of newspapers more prominently than any other union boss la the business. When the players find that the bright promises of the football chiefs are not being fulfilled they will alowly, painfully realise they have been sold the well-known pup, I bet the chaps who govern our Soceer lives are laughing their aged heads oft.
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Oh! Mr Cullis........don't
YOU call in the cops
NE ́football boss not amused is Freddie Cox, of Bournemouth. In fact, he is distinctly angered by suggestions from Wolver- hampton that his players strong-armed their way into the fifth round of the Cup.
He is entitled to be angry. Wolves calling Bournemouth a bunch of toughies ia as ludicrous as the late world Heavyweight Champlon Mr Blocky Marciano hollering: "Ref, this guy alu't read the rules book,
Earlier Inst month I watched slightly appalled at the manner In which Wolves pounded Tottenham Hotspur into a 3-0 defeat.
At the time I was compelled to mention that Wolves were tough. iron hard grimly deterinined. They were, in fiet, a collection of football furies. I did add that for all the power tackling they hurled against Spurs, they were never rough,"",
Much as I admire Mr Stanley Culls and rate him as one of the greatest-ever managers, I respectfully suggest that Wolves should be among the last clubs to shout: Call the cops, the party's getting rough!
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The Five Club Medal played over the Old Course on January 29 was won by Mrs W. Tee with 0318 011 70. Mrs Tee tied with Mis T. H. Jones and won on the recount of the Just nine holes.
Mrs Donald Black was winner January Stableford with a score of the Brenze Division in the
of 37 points. Mrs Wat was the
winner in the Sliver Division.
Winners of the L.G.U. Monthly Medal for January were:
January 8. Silver Division, Mrs E. J. Cowell 91-17 neft 74; Bronze Division, Mrs S. Y. Lem 100-31 nutt CD,
January 22, Silver Division, Mrs E. J. Cowell 94-17 nett 77, Old Course; Bronze Division, Mrj G. D. Smart 100--31 nett 89.
Wieners of Captain's Cup Qualifying Round wore:
Silver Division. Mrs J. Wai 74-4 nelt 70.
Bronze Division, Mrs S. S. Gordon 90-21 mett 69.
Handicap Raductions Mrs S. Y. Lam 21/20; Mr I. I. Guardian 38/32/30, Mra P. C. Deveron 30/20; Biru K. H. Black 11/10/7) Mes W. Tee 10/18/17; Mr P. F. Y. Wat- Kinmon 10/17), Mia 11. Sinell 22/23; Miss D. Handyside 30/20; Mrs W. U. 11ung 20/20 Mu N. A. Úrown 27/23; Mrs Y., K. Wang 20/23; Mrs J, L. Lilley 30/27: Mra E., A. Frich 21/19: Mrs. Grey 18/13; Mrs A. W. P. Cox 30/20/17: Mrs 6. §. Gordon 21/19/18: Mra G. D. Smert 21/20/; M Saville 24/21/20; Mra b. Black 20/10: Mira 11. R. Harper 25/24; Lady Steat ton 10/171, Mre E. J. Cowell 17/10/14, - Handicapa Acquired
Mrs F. 8. Rea Ja; Mrs J. A. Black- wood 31: Miss B. Pienderleith 27: Mrs K. A. Baker 39: Mrs G. T. C. Young 36; Mr C. Poole $4: Mrs R. 1. Davies 23 Kira 3. Üles 36; Miss 1. Miso 34: Mie G. W. Callahan 30.
I shall be looking
to win
when
Grand
bo
following
come out at Cheltenham 1 think the handleop
for the onet agak the at the nine-year-olds, which National appears it will Include Much Obliged, Hatt seen that his charges have been Royal, and Key Royal,
give plenty to do to record a Hart Royal was only a novice fourth success in the ruce last season but has shown this remarkable Irishman,
several occasione that he
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likely to poress The necessary
stamina for Aintree,
Key Royal will have around List. 01.. and Much Obliged. will have about 11st. These three will go to Aintree with
a strong case apart from their chances on the age group.
The
top-weight
TOP WEIGHT?
probable Quare Times was
one of the many nine-year-old winners of The race when he scored in 1955. But he is now 11 and, apart in from his considerable rise
cannot be the weight range expected to do so well. Even If that is the case it will necessarily prevent him
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