LEG WILL BE OK, JEFFREY
IS TOLD
By Harry Carpenter
Alick James Jeffrey, the soccer prodigy whose heart was breaking because he feared he might become a permanent cripple, the other day beamed his widest smile in five grim months. The specialist at a Doncaster hospital had just told him: "There's nothing wrong with your leg that time won't heal."
Imagine the relief of this 18-year-old collier's non, Cruel, rumours had spread through Doncaster that Alick Jeffrey, the best Inside forward prospect' in England, would never kick a ball again.
No one who was at Ashton Gale, Bristol, on October 17 will forget the sickening crack of Jeffrey's right leg
It snapped in the ninth minute of the match between
that
went, because he hoped, prayed, that this would be the day on which the "pot"-the inch-thick case of plaster-would be cast away.
TOP PAY To keep him cheerful his stecer bo,
Doncaster Rovers' manager Peter Doherty, invited watch blm into the stands to
But seven Umes the plaster England Under 23's and France | wrapping, round
double thei Under 23's, during a harmless fracture how been renewed. looking incklo by French centre-half Richard Tylluski.
Since
night of pain, curly-haired Jeffrey, one of the brightest, bounciest youngsters to bound on to a soccer pilch, has whistled, erouned, and strummed a guitar through long weeks of enforced idleness,
Every throo weeks he has limped on crutched into hospital. His spirits 7000 each time he
BADMINTON
AMERICA BEATS INDIA 7-0 IN UBER CUP
London, Mar. 13. The United States gained an easy 7-0 victory over India in the sed-anal of the Uber Cup. the Women's World Badminton Trophy, at Eastbourne, Sussex, tonight, and will now meet the winners of Friday's Ireland- Denmark semi-final in Dublin, at the Lytham Sports Stadium
(Lancashire) on March 18,
The Devlin sisters, Judy and Susan, had the hardest task of the evening when they played and won two matches in a row. In the second game of the first match against Mrs M. Lot- walla and Mrs S. Athavale, they pulled up from 4-0
to 14-0 without losing service and went on the win 15-11.
The following were the results
of the matches.
Miss E. Marshall and Miss N. Massman (United States), beat Mrs Prosher and Mrs Kapadia (India), 15-0 and 15-8, and beat Mrs Lotwalla and Mrs S. Athavale (India), 15-6 and 15-6. Miss J. Devlin and Miss S. Devlin (United States), beat Mrs Lotwalla
And Mrs Athavalc
(India), 15-8, 15-11 and beat Mrs Prasher
and Mrs Kapadia
(India), 15-2. 15-4.
Miss M. Varmerbeat (United S. Kapadio Mrs
States), beat
(India), 11-2, 11-4.
(United
Mrs J. C. Alston States), beat Mrs P. Prasher (India), 11-12, 11-1, 11-6,
Miss J. Devlin (United States), beat Mrs Lotwalla (India), 11-0,
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P.I. Tennis Stars Down Italy 3-0 In Special Tie
Lennis
home games and found him a place in the offelal party going to away matches.
Not for one moment has the club allowed Alick 10 think himselt forgotten. In these sordid days of dispute between club and soccer servant, that is clean, refreshing news,
CUBUL
He has been on top pay ever since the accident, this boy who became a League player at 15, who turned out for his first
the on his 16th birthday.
HOT even a youngster with the chuckling cockiness of Allck Jeffrey could laugh off lameness that persisted month after month.
FACING TRUTH! People whispered: "Jeffrey's finished,"
Peter So
Doherty, game- of Ireland halted star
from 1938-51, flung an arm round his young protege's shoulders and told him: "Come on. We're guing to the hospital to get the facta 1. you face the tr
Can
truth?" Gratefully, Jeffrey nodded. After an hour-long inspection of the leg, the specialist gove his verdict. That's why Jettrey, future of England, gally cracked jokes and tapped his plastered leg to Rock 'n Roll recordą at home the same night.
Manager Doherty, equally re- loved, told me: "After what the specialist said I have no
fears about Alick's recovery.
"Poor blood circulation was slowing progress. But time will boal the broken bones,
I hope this will kill those rumours."
So do 1.
Three Matches For HK Cricketers
Fixed In S'pore And Malaya
Singapore, Mar. 14. Malayan Cricket Association has planned three matches for the Jongkong team which is to visit Singapore and Malaya in May, the Straits Times reported today.
The Hongkong team is com- for the Interport "Test" to ing be played in Kuala Lumpur from May 18 to 20,
May 11
The teams matches: and 12 against Singapore Singapore:
at
May 14 and 15 against Federa- tion of Malaya at Penang
May 18 to 20 against the All- Malaya side.
A game against Malaya Com- bined Services in Singapore has been tentatively fixed for May 22 and 23.
CEYLONESE TEAM
THE CHINA" MAIL, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, - 1957.
GRAND
NATIONAL FAVOURITE
Our intest plcture of Mrs Geoffrey Kohn's present Grand National favourite, 'Sundew,' ridden by champion jockey Fred Winter. Winter will also partner Sundew' in the race, to be run at Aintree, on March 29.
GREAT
FIGHTERS OF THE FUTURE
Garnett Hart Excites The Experts More Than Does Floyd Patterson
By CONNIE RYAN
Of all the boxers active today, only two, Floyd Patterson and Garnett Hart, are mentioned by experts as possible truly great fighters, and Hart, although he is not even rated among the first ten, gets more mention than doea World Champion
Patterson.
Some experts think Patterson is sure to be one of the greatest heavyweights; others think he is as good now as he ever will be, and admittedly he still is fur short of great. But Hart excites them all when they see what he is now, and realiso what he promises to be.
Marly
Stein, wants | human, of course, and
wag
some-
The 21-year-old Philadelphia | manager, Negro is
my way up times overrate or underrate a constantly, compared me to do fight to Sugar Ray Robinson, which against the contenders, and man, but that is rectified within accounts in part for his nick- can
the mon's learn something against a few months by name of "Sugar" used so much each one's different style," record. by the writers. Hart's friends
Stein call him
sald "Skinny" because he
that plan
too. "And we've been right,
him is Ave feet eleven inches tail, best for Hart.
Take Hamia-wo ranked any "He can lick yet weighs only 147 pounds.
Americans welter very high when no He is graceful and fluid in
weight in the world now," said | ever had heard of him, and the manager, "but just the managers and fans were the ring, with speedy combina- tion Punches which explode same we will bring him along oritiesing us. But when Hamin with stunning fores, His jab gradually, and we won't ask u fought in America he beat the is sharp and authoritative, and title fight unfit autumn."
best, and justifled our rankings. he follows with a right which
On the
some other side, One indication of can knock out with one punch.
Hart's English fans can't
understand abilly may be seen in the fact why we don't have Nino Valdes His left hook hes the same power, to his record shows 19
veteran and wise manager who high among the heavyweights. victorics In 20 fights, 17 by
He's looked wonderful In handles Chris Cristensen of
England. But they didn't see kayo. fis lone loss wis a kayo
Denmark, withdrew the com-
he mado his ninth pro start. at the hands of Fred Terry in
tentative the terrible fighis petent Dane from a
against Eddie Machen and Bob bout with Hart.
Baker, "Chris is a good, experienced professional who
handle
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THE TRUTH IS THAT THE
PORT ELIZABETH TEST WAS A FARCE
Says DENNIS- HART
Question: What is cricket?
Answer: A contest of skill: between bat and ball,
And that would appear to be that. But no. There are those amongst us, including Arthur Coy, vice-president of the South African Cricket Association, who would have it otherwise. They see the game as a circus
act.
They want to make it a sort of obstacle race and bring in hidden hazards. They want the sort of wicket on which England lost the last Test at Port Elizabeth against South Africa.
!
Prepared at short notice this! The obvious answer is wrong. averages was another discard - strip had no sound foundation, Cricket would be robbed of | Doug Insole. The surface actually moved, its skilful heritage and become Insole, it was said, had neither The result for all to sco-para-i comic act,
the strokes nor the tempera- cularly the poor batsmen-was Pitches are needed which givement for Test cricket. And the ball that would
or both batsmen shoo:
and bowlers a over the past years while he has through skic
without the chance.
Then bowlers will at- been a prolifte scorer in county the stumps rather than games he slightest warning. And without tack
has received scart to keep the slightest intent on the pari alming merely
rune attention
from
the England of the bowler,
down
and batsmen will
selecters. He was giver his allowed to go for their shots.
first chance against the: Wost Cricket does not suffer from Indies in 1950. His next came the occasional odd wicket, 'even
five years later. one as unpredictable as that at Port Elizabeth, It prevents the game becoming stereotyped.
And this is being put forward, in all seriousness, as the answer to dull cricket.
Why not go the whole hog and dress players in baggy pants and false nosta? Why not "Test Match on Ice"?
0
The truth is that the final Test was a farce. This is no attempt to detract from South Africa's skill in winning to square the series. They won maloly be cause they won the loss, a de- partment In which England have not done at all badly late-
ly.
LITTLE RELATION
Bul as a struggle between bat and ball the match had little relation to the game of cricket Ds most visualise it. Serious batting was generally out of the question. It was mainly a mat- ter of a short life and a merry getting in a few good hits before the inevitable unplayable shooter arrived.
one
A short lie and a merry that sums up the theme of would-be reformers. Their logic rung ilke this: cricket is going through a sticky patch because play has slowed down. Obvious answer is to hustle the game up.
But do not let us imagine that these wickets are the cure for all cricket's ills.
SERIOUS RUNS
And I hadn't forgotten that when the Port Elizabeth, wicket was at its worst Trevor Balley scored 41 perious rum. But there is always an exceptipaz that proves the rule, and what an exception Trevor Balley is.
man seasons
He is a saver-in-chief of lost causes. He is the man who also topped the England bowling
In averages the series just finished. And he is the who twice in recent England thought they could do without.
The theory
was that with fust bowlers We Tyson, Stathom,
Truman and Londer sun around there would be no room for Bailey the bowler. And the
emergence of May, Cow- drey and Graveney would dis- pense with the need for Bailey the batsman.
And top of the batting
Refined Is Likely To Make Her Debut In
1,000 Guineas Trial
By RICHARD BAERLEIN
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was Tehran, from Lugano, an own
Maybe Insole is not the model of perfect batsmanship; maybe his left foot does point to mid- on when he hits the ball. Into the covers; but he has got guta. If there is a chance of getting on top of the bowling. Insole will take it.
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In the last six years I have never seen the horses Rossmore Lodge trained by Paddy Prendergast at looking quite as well before the start of the season as they do today.
Previously the stable divided into different units on sister to the dam of Tulyar. two sides of The Curragh.
Luran is therefore bred on Now "South Africa didn't like
Rossmore Lodge Before he turned pro, Hart himself with any other good when we didn't pay much been extended and the flies and is a half sister to Italian
the "But Hart attention to their Jimmy Eillott, join the colts in
same Mist who won for the stable at amateur light- | pro," said Bronson. weight
York last year. pro he's yet an ind
good welterweight isn't just
American establishment. ordinary champlon, and he learned his sensational.”
fighter, Jemy Martinez, went
holiday The trainer took no business thoroughly. He out-
to Elliott's own backyard and this winter and without doubt
this has contributed boxes
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Otava 19 another silly who the The first runner in England will come to England for will be the six-year-old hurdler 1,000 Guineas Trial Stakes. This Limeville, but this will be over one has wintered well, but with hurdles, as his likely objective is so many top-class filles in the stable she may be rather over- shadowed over all distances,
I win the Imperial Cup.
"RING" METHOD
You can't
the please all
THE GOOD ONES people all the time, and no one better than Ring knows that
"I'll admit sonic of our He is not rated
Magazine, which rates the lightheavies aren't very good— top ten simply because he has
world's boxers each month and but con you name ten really not met enough first-rate always get complaints. opponents
good 175-pounders? The good to warrunt listing
to the "Sure, we get letters from all ones bulld themselves up over some of the veterans In over the
over
and each heavyweights the tolent-packed division, His
month's
said Jersey money. Yolande best victory came over Hector Jones, a Ring Magazine staffer wasn't
impressive against Constance, but there are few who also manages such
well-Archie Moore, but after Moore, experts who would pick Johnny known boxers
Johnny Ch
Chuck Speiser and
To Suxton (rated ard), Ramon Sullivan of England and Will Anthony, what do you have Fuentes (7th), George Barnes Besmunoff of Germany.
e the class? So we rank Pompey (8th), Charley Smith (9th) or 1st ten boxers in cach division, and Randy Turpin and Will Joe Miceli (10th) to whip Hart. and there always are people Hoepner ir the first ten, Speiser Hart
well- himself is
who think we should have the although we know second-ranked man in seventh flattened Hoepner in two rounds adjusted mentally as physically.
In and Turpin isn't what he used "I'm young, and I have plenty place, and the ninth-placed
to be.". second, and so forth."
How, exactly, are the ratings |
Manlia, Mar. 13. Philippines won the special tle with Itely three with a doubles mulches to nil match victory here tonight.
The Raymundo Deyro and Fellesimo Ampon pairing de- Eleven matches have been feated Italy's Nicolo Pietran-planned for the one-month tour Belt and Gian Maggi 6-2, of Singapore and Malaya by the 7-5, 4-6, 6-3,
Ceylon Cricket Association team, Ampon and Deyro last night it was announced today.
their singles matches
A tentative programme for against Pietrangell and Maggi | the
begins tour, which respectively.
on August 10, has Singapore The Italiens meet the Philip-been mapped out by Mr M. pines third and fourth ranked Saravanamutty, the Ceylon of time," he said after kayoing players Johnny Jose and Eddle Commissioner in Malaya, Dungo in the remaining two Mr Lim Khye-seng, President singles matches tomorrow. of the Malayan Cricket Asso-
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London, Mar. 13. Llonal boxing. Fine Europeana The Scottish League boat the like Robert Villemain, Johany English Football League 3-2 in Sullivan, Pierre 1 Langlois, Charlog the Inter-League match played Humez, Babi Scholz, Cherit at: Ibrox Stadium today. Hanila, Pat McAteer, Dulllo Lol Three.postponed English Foot and many others have fought ball League matches were also here, and U.S. boxers have gone played of, with the following to London and Paris,
like Filipino stars. Elorde, Larry
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The two-year-olds are a concentrated chiefly year-olds, but this season
he markably fine collection but of undoubtedly first comes Talmud. has a very powerful team three-year-olds as well. It is Ho will be one of the few bons
of their
Tulyar racing in England these which will make
us the Americans - have bought presence felt first in England,
most of them. EAN ONCE
At the same meeting Refined
REFUSED
Supreme Super Snipe, Court colt, ran only once
For some reason, Talmud did In Ireland last season. He comes not attract the bidders at Don- over for the 2,000 Guineas Trial caster and this half-brother to Nearula made only: 7,000 gulness, Stakes at Kampion Park.
of £20,000 A subsequent offer is likely to make her season's from America was refused, debut in the 1,000 Guineas Trial
Plaza, who may have been a Stakes.
She was the seventh better racehorse than Tulyar, is
the winner successive
by Grappa, represented Phoenix Park "1500" saddled by emailer, colt than Talmud Prendergast,
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and one who may take more time to mature, Two Francs is an im- Refined has thickened to remarkable extent and her neck pressive son of Reverso Charge, gives the appearance, of being who will be winning-possibly that of a colt. She is hardly even ih top class. bred to slay but she should hold
His sire would not suggest on to win at Kempton over this,
but Prendergast
and Entry seven furlongs. Then the Irish made" several unknown.sires, 1,000 Guineas is her. next
Forms for the 10th Race engagement.
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Meeting 1956/67 to be held on Angelet has also done re Roquetle, the fully by King Saturday, 30th March /and markably well and br" objective Bench, and Oriano, a half-sister will be the. Epsom Oaks,
Saturday 6th April, 1987, to Windy City, who did so well. But first, shio. Is to bave · a
(weather permitting) (mayűbo race in Ireland before coming The Aga Khan and hlason,(obtained at tho: Becretary's over for the English 1,000 Aly, have sent houses to Pren-Office, Alexandra House; the Gulneas, in which she will dorgast this reason, though not compete only if she is absolutely animals, Five-year-old Balker, and the Stables, Shan Kwong Yet] any of their beat-brod Club House, Happy Valley: belonging to the Aga, has been Road
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