JIMMY GUTHRIE SPOTS
THE CHINA
FLAWS IN THE TRANSFER SYSTEM AND CONTRACTS, BUT NOTHING IS DONE
I elte the Football League Management Committee for not giving the League footballer a square deal,
I accuse the League Committee, currently led by Mr Arthur Oakley, with doing nothing in four years to obey findings of the impartial Ministry of Labour Investigation of 1961 into the conditions of the League footballer.
The League tried to gag me, The FA tried. And the Players' Union committeo played into their hands when they sacked me in Manchester recently,
But I refuse to be goutted. You football fans who are the feblood of the game should be put in possession of the facts which expose the League
the
Dut this fact which
have of his transfer fee. may escaped their learned notice: League ignored this suggestion.
Every
Investigation's approximately as well as the one-third
year
them are
of League players recommendation that a player are not retained by their clubs. should receive some remunera- They have lo Beck new tion when a fee is on his head. employers. Approximately one-
POINT 2.--The sixth of
prevented from getting new employers Investigation because of a fee on their heads,
These players get no weges ACTION REPORT-NIL after their contrnet expires on These are the points
June 30. And if no one buys to carry on by the Ministry's Investigation them they have
bosses.
raised
Miolatry's was un- sold it desirable that the entire benefi of a transfer fee should go to the selling club.
new
The investigation proposed a
under system
which transfers be limited to £19,009,
10 quit Lengue the e pay, or
be split equally the selling club, the Benevolent Fund, and
of 1951, points printed in alving and maintaining families Government White Paper in without 1 Toolbail
1952.
POINT 1-Thut the admit faults in the system.
League transfer
Would you, Mr Fan, care to work under such conditions? And the League had the nerve dissatis- Fuy there is no faction among the serforry, players,
What in the League's action to after four years? Nil
The Leagues, represented by Mr Arthur Drewry, now elevated to head of the FA. four
told years
(0
"We
between Players' the FA.
Ly
The lague threw this out. saying.
11 effect, that ridiculous for players to beneft i from The cush their ability! commgads. have 1 peat, the Longue done nothing about this system not withouth adibitting faults in dis- Why, Mr Oakley, why?
We suggested #T player on transfer not being bold" should et each week £2 per thousand
171
Investigators; belleve" there is general satisfaction among players."
What unadulteratesi bun- kum" I give the League bases
River
Price
Line's Is Sure To Shorten
By RICHARD BAERLEIN
I mentioned the other day that Tudor Jinks and Don Basilio two horses which played quite a prominent part In the ante-post market for last year's Lincoln-were again well forward in condition. Another horse who is sure to be a fighting factor again this year is River Line, second last year.
For
Line
Like mo:1 sons of
Martial he comes rendlly
hand but 11e cannot act การ
4
for
THE BRITISH WAY
POINT -The Investigation, in its cautious wording, said: "In view of the entertainment we lo not football provides think the maximum whge excessive," Which s the "British" way of saying that il as far too low!
An
Industrial
Disputes
| Tribunal forced the Léngue to the maximum wage the next year to £15 in the season, £12 1) the summer,
from £14 and £10,
That
WAS four years ngo.
hart't
Why
the footballer's wage kept bare with everybody else's?
POINT 4 The Investigation said I would be a denial of justice for players on charges in front of the League bosses or legal to be refused representation,
Union
TWO FOUND GUILTY
Yel in December Trevor Ford พระ refused
were
MAIL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1957.
On top of the 100,000,000,000,000 Wed like you to accept the. Presidency, Idoz, oil wells, 2 private yachts, 60 Cadillacs, a string of racehorses along with 2 doz. mink coals
and these priceless jewels as a lille Something for
Your wife
CONTRACT
HEARING MICKEY MANTLE. HAS SIGNED A CONTRACT WORTH £21,425" TO PLAY A SEASON. WITH NEW YORK YANKEES, OUR, SPARROWE
DREAMS THEY BID FOR STAN MATTHEWS. Riven.
Mr
Speaker, Sir
by HENRY LONGHURST
Mr Som Smith, the President of the English Goit Union, is a splendidly forthright York- shire character who calls a spade
spade, knows what he wants, and Is prepared in do something about gelling it. In private life, though not, I am sure, on the golf course, he is a "topmaker
congratulations, Sam, you've
beaten the
his
game,
AROUND HOLLYWOOD®
* Page 1
WHEN BOB HOPE ACTS THE SETS ARE NEVER CLOSED TO VISITORS
By RON BURTON
Hollywood.
Many movie actors and actresses are bitten by the stage bug. The latest victim is Vera Miles, who probably wouldn't have developed stage ambitions If she tradn't co-starred opposite Bob, Hope.
Miss Miles found that Hope loves an audience. Tho result is that his seta are never closed to visitors at Paramount. For eight weeks of shooting "Beau James," the story of New York's Inte playboy Mayor, Jimmy Walker, Misa Miles found she also had an audience as she and Hope made scenes for the film.
I welcomed them, Acting
the nearest I've
with ever
a
After major studios, Later he formed "There were usually about 200 tinue to take lessons,
next picture From his own Independent company. persons watching us," she said., finish my "After a while I got over my Amongst the Dend'-I intend to
INS OWN STORY Initial nervousness about having take singing lessons. Maybe I'
'live' audience. Later I guess get a musical, then.
The company's first produc- "It I don't try to keep im-tion will be based on Apostolaf's Bob is the
own independence story. The a proving myself, I'll break come to berre
pledge I made when I gral cure Freedom"
film will be titled "Journey to real audience ming before
and generally, will "Anyhow, I sure got a lot of here, I look stock of myself and
follow his own thrilling experi- confidence from the experience, then said, 'Look-you can
ences in his battle for personal I know that it certainly would better, can't you?'
freedom and indepentience. make it much easier for me to each time I do something new, perform behind footlights. II ask it again, and each Ume I don't know how I'd do in a
answer to myself, I'll try.'" but I'd do much belter play, now than
I would have eight weeks ago."
LEARNED DANCING
*
And
do now
Stephen Apostolof, 20, is an independent film producer in the complete sense of the word. This youthful flm-maker was Kuoled in his native Bulgaria in
The personable young man's recipe for a good picture is solid simple-give the public entertainment, preferably some- thing with some newnics9 in subject matter, and present
some now faces,
"It's entirely unnecessary Was
1944 for activilles as a member have
to established box office
Paramount people don't think he been more than 16 years old.com public is really
and the plane in a night club untli he could reach France
Miss Miles actually has never set foot on a stage. She's been į in 10 motion pictures and started on her career after she entered the Miss America con of the anti-Russia underground. names in your casts when you The sentence was for 15 years have an unusual story," he said. test eight years ago ALS
and would have been death had "Top quality entertainment ja Kansas and placed third.
There would stili, if I am not | sho's
inter- Und risk for any type of Apostolof escaped after three ested in sound, Arm entertain- mistaken, be something left over theatrical venture. They point and one-half years and made ment. I think Journey to Free- for the Golf Foundation, the out that she danced very little his way to Istanbul where he dom will all the bill. It will Sports Turt Research establish in high school because she was
have plenty of so-called ment at Bingley and such other | worklog. However, she learned
knowns, too. We'll keep on the worthy causes as might present to dance for "Beau James," in 1940. There he apeut newness track with our next m
which she plays the part their claims.
# year during which he which will document the effect Belly Compton, and her in-successfully promoted Anone of mental hygiene on mental
iliness in our time.” structor any she can do intri Ing for a film,
completely cate routines in n
Apostolof next
to went
Apostolor's Independence is professional manner,
Canada and two years later all he could want, he thinks. entered the United States, ar- He's out of prison, has his own riving
In Hollywood late in company-and also sufficient 1953,
His Hollywood career financial independence, thanks to began with jobs in the produc- | local backers who think highly lion departments of several of him.
ANOTHER NAME
of
"Now I learned dancing," she sakl, "and so I'm going to con-
Hungary To
The National Golf Fund, you Well, the panel-but it is in may say, does not exist. official capacity that we It does in effect, under another meet him this morning. He has
name, the International Amateur This was founded picked up his musket and is Golf Fund.
us by Lord Bruce of Melbourne pointing it at every one of us with a shilling or your life." and has the absolutely indispen- There are certain inescapable sable characteristle of being in- bene- expenses in golf, as in any other dependent of all the
If any
fielartes. kind of
It is administered by Meet Ireland On organised bodies are to prepare and ad- four trustees and pretty im
The ues-pressive they are. Just the rules and answer ques- pre
Speaker tions about them from all over of the House of Commons, the the world, to run championships Rt. Hon. W. S. Morrison; the great and small, to play inter- Master of the Rolls, Sir Raymond
Balfour national
Evershed; Lord both at home and overseas, to take our part Burleigh; and Sir Edward Paa- every five years in the great Commonwealth Tournament and a host of other things, some clearly essential, others ob- vlously desirable.
matches
the
cock.
of
April 25-27
Hungary
Budapest, Feb, 21.
and
Ireland will!
play their First Round European Zono Davis Cup tie in Budapest on April 26, 20 and 27, the They have power to incor-official Communist newspaper, would, I Nepszabadsug, reported hore porate others, and Imagine, though I do not today.
GOALLESS DRAW
representation. River Line has gone down however, has run 36 times Three years ago Wilf Mansion, bib in the weights and because date and has proved very of Middlesbrough and England, Don Basilio put up 3lb over paying proposition.
Wus retused It Both weight, River Ling will be When he ran In last year's found guilty by the Lengue... allowing him GIL for three Lincoln he looked very well, both without representation.
but he drew number three posi- icngths.
In this country where justive six-year-old River tion and that is the end of for the Individual is held so
presume to advise so eminent a Winners of the lie meet Bel- has had comparatively every horse.
preelour we allow mm who mic
MY BELIEF
body. ok once invite theglum, who have a bye Into the ittle racing, and has run only Whereas River Line has gone footballers without legal talo-
prealdents of the four unions (second round.--Reuter, 16 times to date.
down 5lb. in 1he weights'ing lo face alone men of proved
It is my
belief, and I have and the chairman of either the has Court Nicholas Nickleby
gone business ability.
been hammering away at it for Championship or Finance Com- down 121b. Even allowing the improved class of this year's the League have ignored
Incredible....but true. For approximately 20 years,
that mitee of the Royal and Ancient. this every
worthy of
to golfer
All we need is for somebody the arm ground. A dry March Beld, Nicholus Nickleby has
instruction 100.
name would wish these things beg Mr Speaker to call a con- would therefore prove against beas very fairly treated.
to go on, that he does not want
these lines, and, Turence on POINT 5.—The Investigation
to be troubled about them, but greatly caring, on the strength players' contracts should
Town played that you could "touch" him for of once having played golf with not be
altered
the half wlthout
him in his lovely constituency once a year by n a crown players being consulted.
of Cirencester, I hereby do so. adding it painlessly to his club
that
In the meantime, it you Yet the contract has been subscription, and interfered with-without the promised never to mention this thy musket, Sam, for a moment. he There's something much better players' consent, Their contract money business again, was cut by a month.
would part like a lamb.
Just round the comer. One cry has always been, that huve raised
It would
be "impossible collect. " This comes largely, and I don't blame them, from those who see a little work com ing their way in the callceting.
The same thing, you may re- was said about that
his chance, but 1 hueves 1347 doubt that several
who wort
won n
In his first race after the Lin- zaid
went up to for a big win оп River Linecola last year he
three- last year will be doing to again, Newcastle and
horse race from Sombrero and Mountain Music, He can meet Mountuk Musie at Lincoln on alb. better terms,
ATTACKING
His present price of 25-1 wil not last long once it is known that an attacking policy is to be purstad.
After running in the
when
1
these urinis with the League time after time and with the Industrial Disputes
Nicholas Nickleby naturally drifted in the market last year Great when the draw became known Jubilee Handicap Jast year, and he started at 40-1. At the
he was unplaced to present time he is quoted al Tribunals. They just talk round Tudor Jinks at an aghual dif- only 20-1, ference of weights carried of only 4lb., River Line had a long lay off.
the
He did not appear again until end of September, when Aorangi ran away from him in a mile race at Ascot ju heavy ground. Then at Haydock, Babur also ran away from him in Dieavy going.
Un polni of handicapping River Line could not
have
It is not yet know whether
ob-
the issues, gefling nowhere.
"Jimmy,
meme
A well-known Queen's Coun-member, he will be seriously trained for sel told me last year:
the only way you will ever the race, but he has on
break the grip of these dictators vious chance on the handicap,
-(London Express Service).
is through a campaign to whip (COPYRIGHT)
up public indignation against the present conditions for foot- ballers.
AFTER A RECORD All goal scoring records in bees given much less weight, junior football in the Clitheroe and it only requires the engage (Lames) area are likely to by
lightweight broken
Lo
D
equally obvious and inevitable business, P.A.
.A.Y.E.-until bold Chancellor said "go ahead and do 1" So they did il-and don't we know it!
put down
Nottingham, Feb. 21.
and
Nottingham
Forest
д
Huddersfield goalless draw in their rearranged English Second Division League match here today.
The match was postponed last
of FA
Cup Saturday because ties. Reuter.
Royal H.K.
Force
Defence Orders
Serial No. 8. Orders by Brigadier L. T. Ride, CBE, ED, Commandant, Royal Hongkong Defence Force. Dated February 20, 1957.
FORCE ORDERS Obituary.—The Commandant re-
the grea RIMOUNCE
death of WO(1) M.F. de P. Baptista, MDE on February 20, 1957,
All that is needed is for the club secretary to send every "Unless, 'of
"Sir, 1 course, every
member the following:
5.15 p.a. (b) Dress Officers acting as footballer
am to advise you that the comm- single
In League
Untiers at Bro Armual Review wil Medals foolbalt refuses to re-sign the mitice have decided to raise the
wear No. 1 (Home) Dress. subscription by half a crown,
and gloves will not be worn. Ofleers present type of contract,"
attending as spectators should con- This sum will be contributed to
form to this Dress My QC friend could be 60 the National Golf Fund, detalls
Trade FORCE HEADQUARTERB
Training-Clerks PA- ment of a strong
this season by Lowright. But I cherish the hope of whose activities on your be Etecce
20-All Per- Saloon Thursday Febru-hursday February rider and soli ground on the Moor FC. Defeating Billington that one day the
League and hair and of golf in general are Ary 20. 1997-Practice Annual Review,sonnel HQ RIKDF-6.10 p.m. day to ensure a strong follow-10-0, they took their total to 141 FA bosses will wake up
Parade MPG B.15 p.m. for HQ Transport leaves HQ NHKDF al their posted on the club notice board. ↑ RIKOF. Drem: DD Blue Deret, 7.15 p.m. Police section Tuesday ing for this six-year-old.
goals In uly a venteen matches, own dictatorship and give the A banker's order, by which the Anklets, Beil, Frog, nie Sing
February 20-"A" Group-34 RAF } BAD DRAW
They still have the same num- footballer the
Police District, North Pont-0 p.m. new deat he committee have decided that all Light Troop.-Tuesday February Transport leaves MPG at 7.45 p.m. Another six-year-old who may ber of games to play, so their deserves.
subscriptions
shall in futuro be 20-Field Day-Rife and Bren Clase Equipment Section Tuesday Febru appear in the betting at a later Anal aggregate may be astrono-
-(London Express Service),
pald, is enclosed,"
fication at Peak Range. Parado MPG ary 20-A1 PersonnelIIKAAP (COPYRIGHT)
Transport leaver 8.15 am. for 10 RDF 8,30 a.m.Hangar- p.m. stage is Nicholas Nickleby. He, mical,
What
would and could the Droes: OC, Blue Beedriday B.D. Tuesday February 26All Per Pullover, Sallibury Road at 5.4 p.m. Clerks National Golf Fund do? First it Boots, Anklets, would
Hangar G underwrite all the ad-March 1. 1907-Rehearsal for Anitial some-HKAAR
Review ministrative expenses
Parade MPG 8.15 pm. for Transport leaves Salisbury Bond at of the no RKDF. Dress: Overalls, Berol, 8.43 p.m. AZ.G. Rection Tuesday Royal and Ancient (of an inter-Delt.
February 20-"n" Watch-Sek Kong THE HONGKONG REGIMENT
Tower_a.m. (Full Day). Transport national or national, as against
Salisbury Road at Ba.m. a purely "club," character) of Training UKR Flehearsal for leaves sharp.
Tuesday Nursing Section
Personnel-san all the four national Unions, and Annurt Review Wednesday Febru
February 20-A11 ary 27, 1007, The a/m rehearsal wil RAF Kat Tak- a.m. (Half Day) of the Joint Advisory Council, be held on Wednesday February 21 which
Transport leave Hallsbury Road zi is a kind
21 RHQ 320 p.m. All ranks KR 0.45 am. C &t section Thursday of TUC of ll attend this parade. Tpt leaves February 26--Fighter Plotters-SOC the four.
MPG 8.15 p.m. for 101. Dress: 5.30 p.m. " de "D" Watchs-IIQ It would underwrite the costs Belt, Boots Anklets Beret Bayonet of the Commonwealth Tourna-Tog & Tune Bing. Opis Day
Sunday ment (due in South Africa In recame ready sued. RV 8.30 1959), the Walker Cup, the
the am at HHQ, Dress: Battle Dress, Home Internationals, and others coy-raining for March
now cancelled, hp Coy-Pay parade such
as England 1.v. France on February 27, 1007, Regt Pro Sec (cried off more than oned Friday March 1-Driit as ordered by through lack of funds on our D.
RAM. IV 130 pum, at julQ. Dress:
Boots, Boret. Wille Belt & part; good heavens, what a Gaitere. Band & Corps of Drums como down!), Scotland
As ordered by Band President. Scandinavia, and any similar matches desired by Ireland and
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& 40 minutes i
fly CATHAY PACIFIC
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as per
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Flying Training-Thursday, Febru
25-Ail Pilots-MPG-0 Saturday March 2 & Sunday March 3 All Pilots # detalled by OC Flying Squadron.
Hong Kong Women's Auxiliary Army Corps Training-Friday March 1, 1987- Practice Drill for Annual Review. Parade. MPG 8,15. p.m.. for 19 HOME GUARD
RIKOF. Dress BD Ilouse, Shirt, TrainingThursday February 28, Diue Beret, Htockings, Brown Shoes
19gd.) G. 1. CALVERT, Annual 1997-Practice Parade for Review. Parade MPG 8.15 pm for Major, for Commandant, R.1.K.D.F.
emiKDF, Dress: BD, Blue Beret Boots, Anklets, Ball, Frog and Fute
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It could probably, according to the size of the kitty, from time to time underwrlia, the playing of the Open, Amateur and English Championships (thefe Beotion Te reminded that it i live Officer 19 Kor
other three countries have not,
AIR FORCE
Nominal Roll-Oficere and NCOs
Found One latch key on Kai Tak flanges during NHKUP Riffe Meeting. Owner please apply to Admistetra-
the responsibility to ensure that Cricket Sunday, March 3-BER V. I think, the same problems, but the nominal roll to submitted 10 WO Club de Recreio at Reciclo Kow if they have, they have only to bgiro c/o Jardine, biatheson & Co. on 1 pain. IKK Team Col say to) in places or historie Lid, Ineurance Dept, Hongkong, at Owen Hughes Capt M. 7.-11pesing
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