HOAD
DROBNY IS THE CHIEF DANGER TO LEW
AT BOURNEMOUTH
Says BRUCE HARRIS
Many representatives from Commonwealth and other countries are competing in the British Hard Court Lawn Tennis Championships at Bournemouth from April 29 to May. There will be flerce competition for The singles titles, now held by Budge Patty (USA) and Angela Mortimer (Great Britain), as well As for the doublen events.
+
Likeliest successor to Patty-who is not expected to defend his title-la Lew Houd, Australian Champion of Wimbledon, Jaroslav Drobny, always dangerous
ON
a hard court, appears to be his chief challenger. Drobny has beaten Hond in the past, but Hoad will almost certainly be the favourite.
T
40%.
It may well be that our own ; spect that two of the European Michael Davies, pluyors, Davidson and Schmidt, Billy Knight, Bobble Wilson will be challenging, too. and Toper Beeker will offer a aferinger challenge to Hond than
Drobny.
There 14 Somo
1790
REGISTERED-TRADY HARD'?:
pro-
SANDEMAN SCOTCH WHISKY
The King of Whiskies
JANDEMAN SCOTCH WHISKY
NDEM
„Role Agents: DODWELL & CO., LTD.
The two star Danish players, Nielsen -- twice Wimbledon runner-up-and Ulrich have been invited, but it known
whether
compete.
not yet they can
There ore,
however, the South African Dovis Cup players. Funcult,
Vermaak. Segal and Forbes, and the New Zealanders Robson, Packer and
Gerrard,
Ba-tion of Cuba and Pimental at Venezuela, bath Cup players, A promising Belgian, A. Janar are also coming.
ניין!
Christine
A: matting
will also play,
Ann
THE CHINA MAIL, · SATURDAY, APRIL
SPORTING SAM
1957.
By Rej. Wööttön
Manchester v. Blackpool
In 1948- The Greatest Of All Cup Finals
By JAMES CONNOLLY
When we who live in football talk of Cup Finals, conversation inevitably veers to the Manchester v. Blackpool classic of 1948—one of the greatest of them nfl-and the praises low for that wonderful Manchester team.
of
great
of
How do the 1948 Gianta compare with the 1957 Busby Boys? Could Johnny Carey's glamour team lick the slick eleven skippered by England's Roger Byrne?
a Carey led team of out-natural ability underlining every team sizes up with the 1948 Cup standing personalities, typleat of move. He was none the less winners?" I asked. the golden era of Soccer. Bymo tough and relentless in the "How
I compare can
them. Jim?" he countered. "They both has a well balanced, fighting at tackle. skle, tuned to the demands
gave me a hundred per cent modern streamiined football.
For me they were both When United beat Blipool
teams, I am proud of them all." described them as the team in that Wembley
eple,
Diplomatic, and
and the port of
ali-embracing compliment you the year. Looking back, I think
would expect from Matt, How They were perhaps greater than
could he compare two teams that.
who have done him so proudly?
a Cup medal with Everton in 1900, was equally diplomatic. think that they wère just above level on ability."
the vincibles,
lass tennis In England.
Darlene Bard, the America whose cheerful manner on ruurt entertained Wimbledon, is an- Bier strong competitor, So is Ms Brewer from Berinuda.
The Lawn Tenols Association a sending a number of Britain's beat Juniors to Bournemouth in order to give them a chance of playing against these strong overseas competitora,
Man
about.
inside-forwards were Johnny Morris, schemer and potential nutch-winner, and Stan Pearson, often underrated but still one of the best men of his day.
There was class and thrust on the wings, too, with Jimmy
Charlle Delaney and
Mitten,
In
་
won
SATURDAY SOCCER SPOT
SOCCER'S PET CONTROVERSY
THE OFFSIDE LAW-PROVIDES
AN INTEREST POINT
By I. M. MacTAVISH
May I start my column this week with a straightforward question?, When IS a player considered to be offside?
I am sure that within certain reasonable limits every football fan feels in his bones that, even if he cannot answer the question in text-book language, he has, in practice at least, an understanding of the rules. ·
The offside law has long been a controversial subject belovedl of soccer examiners, quizmasters, sportswriters, and of course the fans who fill the stadiums, If one wants to start a good healthy argument with football as the subject then there is hardly a better topic than this one of offside.
I must confess I find much to
Although I may have sug- Well it's like this. Here we commital remaries, no criticla
came from the man.next to me. geted in an earlier article that had another incident almost.... the matter now under discussion but not quite....similar to the bogal during the Interport, it [one I have described above. did in fact start in the recent Again a player in an affside admire in such loyalty by, one match between Club and Army. position got the ball after it had referee to another, particularly which provided a long string of I have since had an opportunity struck an opponent; again be as it was shown during a game of discursing it in friendly was allowed to go on....only on controversial incidents on for an fashion with the referee who this occasion he did not score. had charge of the game, and I say "friendly" in spite of the fact that at the time I thought he was wrong and I am still | firmly convinced he was,
on
some of the drelaiona worto con- cerned.
This time I thought the
This is standard of ethics referee was right in deciding in favour of the forward....for which could be copied with ad- Itball sphere who see no wrong about his position. He
there was nothing coached intago by others in our foot-
in a short, sharp attack on the in their own work and little gool The movement that resulted right in the efforts of others. COOL
his being played on took
BURPRISED place in a split second and the wholo incident
a of play covered
In fact the much smaller arca, whole thing happened so quickly
It all happened like this. The Anoy staged an attack
the Club Koni and
were The ball awarded a free kick. was cleared out of the area and the defenders advanced away from their gool. Bradley, the that I do not believe the referee soldiers' cire-forward was could have been humanly ex- slow to follow and he was very pected to intersperse a decision clearly left In An offaldo between the start and the finish
of the movement. position.
who
I make no apology, and cer- burning finally to my comments tainly offer no excuse. for rê-
earlier this week on the geld conduct of the Army footballers In the game against Kitches. It was something had hoped to forget as one does In the case of i particularly unpalatable been surprised at the number of dise of medicino ..but I have
offside if he was infringing the people who have taken the rule when the ball was last trouble to contact me and ex- played by one of his own play-press their wholehearted agree- ment with the remarks I made, ers....and I must confess that. on the basis of my own argu- ment, I should agree.
The purists, of course, will say that whatever the chemstances ho should have been declared
Nevertheless circumstances and commonsense must be applied and I feel the referee showed admirable
The Judgment. offerter in this case was a vic-
'They are folks who belleve, as I do, that football is a man's game. That it should be played from hard and scrupulously fair is the ideal, and most of our enthusiasts want to pee it played Just that way.
of the women players, Angela Mortimer, will probably defend They deserved all the prniec while those inter-changes be- Chairman Harold Hardman,
itie Shirley
Bloomer,tuvished upon them. Yet, some= |!wern centre forward Jack who Truman, Shells how, my fancy, s for the young Rowley, of the terrifle shot, and Heydon team who today chuse that Delaney drove defences to utter
Another Army player fantastic treble and the pre-confusion.
possession of the ball out on the mls of soccer inmortality. Oh yes, there was personality
right wing and lobbed it towards A newcomer in the New They can become a name
LESS GUARDED to plus in that victorious Wembley
the Club goal, At that moment Zendand Womat! Champlon, link with the old Preston In- team which marked the begin- Gentleman Johnny Carey, Bradley was yards clear of the Itum Morrison, probubky
who shared so many of those Club defenders and isolated a Best Maori woman to play first fel se prewar Hudders- ning of the Busby saga.
championship sides, and Just consider the way of Busby triumphs, was less guard- few yards from the gozikteper. the Arstmal of the 1030s.
lory. They were twice that victory.
ed. "We had a One team. bui honestly doubt whether even behind a star-sudded Blackpool this current side has the better There is not the slightest Manchester United will evertetimi that Included Stanley balance.
doubt that he Wis offeldo produce a combination richer in Matthews, Harry Johnston and Maestro Stan Matthews, who and the referee admits that it personalities than Carey's team. that mercurial genius Stanley has seen and played aghinist tuak RO
but the whistle Carey himself was ♫ classic Mortensen,
them all, goes all the way with did not blow, In its flight the full-back;
casual, confident,
With 21 minutes to go they Carey and Connolly.
ball, after
travelling quite spiring, and so heart-breaking wore beaten. Blackpool, lead-
"That 1948 team was a com- distance, struck a Club defentim of circumstances over which What seems to be causing the if you were up against him. Ang 2-1, held the mistery. Then bination of great
personalities der and was deflected 10 he had no control..........in Brad- | bitterest disappointment now is dreams came one of those powerhouse and Individual stars. This 1957 Bradley caplain every manager
not sull hod
ley's case, however, there was that the Army - whỏ for so finishes. United stammed team Is n force with terrific shifted his position. The Amy no doubt that he could have long have stood for all that is PURIST IN ATTACK three in 16 minutes for the Cup. fighting potential. They are con- centre-forward banget it into placed himself onside if he had best in football should now
The turning point came after fldont and fit enough
to tackle the net. There was pint-sized
fried....and there was of course į emerge as transgreKROTE. wing-
adequalo time for the referee to haif Henry Cockburn, a purist what might have been a tragic anyone."
having slip Allenby Chiton,
"There you have it. Fighting The Club players were most have given a decision long before
My own high regard for Army in attack, with the pure gold of beaten Morteneen noar thu potential.
the good, was indignant, when
defender played the ball. ...
football makes the situation all sideline, made the crror of
To Busby and Manchester allowed to stand
I
the more unsatisfactory is Kr am showing the ball to the Black- United, British soccer owes
firmly on their alde. There was In a lecture to fellow refertes as I am concerned, but the fact pool leader.
tremendous debt. They have put adequate time for an dispossessed htra
offside in the Colony some time ago a that my opinión is endorsed by and us right bang on top in world decision to in a terrific fert foot opinion. They have proved their Bradley
be given against well known whistler told them men of high standing in the drive that Jack Crompton did ability to match the skills
clearly in that in nine cases out of ten he world of sport is adequate Justi- hold. any team. exceptionally well
THE personally regarded the played-fication for the disapproval f Crompton punted quiekdy up-
on decision-except when the have expressed... I hope, for
the last time!!! Actu
ball was played forward by s goalkeeper or desperate last dina defendor-to be a sign of weak- The referde bold me that neness, indecision, and lack of saw them both," and applied the advantage ruly vigilance on the part of the
because the ball struck a Club officials involved defender before reaching Brad- ley
and I can only say now, as I did to the referee, that
far from being "advantage rule this was sure
perfect example of "disadvantage ruië.
-London Exprom Service).
(COPYRIGHT)
THIS WATCH WAS FLIGHT TESTED FOR YOU!
The Universal POLAROUTER, worn by all SAS flight captains.
Flight-tested accuracy is yours with the Universal POLAROUTER, the seltwinding watch that keeps the flight captains of S.A.S. (Scandinavian Airlines System) on time in all parts of the world,
The success story of the POLAROUTER began on November 15, 1954. On that day, S.A.S. opened the top of the world to commercial_ aviation, Flying the direct transpolar route from Europe to the U.S. West Coast, 5. A.5. Bight chiefs needed a watch they could trust,
Universal, whose factory the mast modern in Switzerland, designed the watch and fittingly named it the POLAROUTER
Today, some 10.000 flying hours and over 50 million passenger miles later, flight captains on the entire, worldwide 5.A.S. network komp on time with Universal POLAROUTER watches, 50 can you.
And you will be wearing a watch that's as hand- some and up-to-date as the sleek silver birds on which the POLAROUTER was light tested for you.
"POLEROUTER,,
UNIVERSAL
GENEVE
1954 The world's first commercial Polar atr servica was pioneered by $.A.S, and opened in Nov, 1954, linking Europe and the US. West Cost via Greenland,
1957 The Brst commercial airavictor the North Pole will be opened by X.A.3. în 1957, linking Europe and the Far East. With one stop in Alaska, ibla second route in the S.A.5. Polar System will cut travel time from the present 52 hours vļa India so 30 hour7. 5.A., will use the new DCJC on the North Pole route-fastatt plade today.
to
who was
rule when
of fringing the
And in the days ahead when BALL WAS LAST PLAYED BY my son asks: "Did you see the A MEMBER OF HIS OWN There was Anderson to trap great Manchester United team, SIDE. the ball neatly and put Pearson Daddy? I will answer through for the goal that male somy 1
"Yo
It 3-2. Seven minutes later sit back happily consélous that Anderson himself scored with
incredible free
an
30 yards. There
you had everything. A comeback against the odds and
a glorious vietory pattern that
may never
Wembley.
kick from
Justice has been done,
-London Express Service,
(COPYRIGHT)
at
SPORTS QUIZ
Jy
matched be
ALMOST A LEGEND
Yet for all that ! Bull feel that this efficient
1057 Busby leem, almost a legend, will down is the greatest force English soccer history.
can't see any
home
Fo In
team
pipping Unlled for the First Division Championship for years to come, They look just that good.
Maybe they don't have the same glamour, or the person- alities, but they possess fantastic confidence and team spirit.
A
Nor are they lacking in great players. Rogor Byme is one of England's outstanding backs. fine coptol he always knows what he is going to do with the ball before he gets it
Duncan Edwards has an ab- solutely amazing physique, in credible
energy. enthusiasm, and is richly endowed with natural ability.
What team in Britalo does not envy United their wing-half back combination of Edwards and Eddle Coleman,
Coleman, perky, stylishu and position conscious, was paleo as world clase by Nandor Hidegkutt, the great Hungarian centre-forward.
The forward line is what thensare always aim at. Five of
all wanting goals, and each likely to get a packet on day. Theso boys trab half ard even quarter chaneta.
I put the 64,000-dollar que- tion to Malt Busby last week: "How do you think your present
POP
#
130
a
The whole spirit #1 the advantage rule is intended to serve the ends of justice as for com as an offended side is cerned
but here we had it being applied to the bonont
Anyhow surely the basic wording of the offside low com cerning when the ball was last played by a teammate....and that of the 'played-on' section are the biggest single contradic tion in football.
CONTRANT IN REACTIONS
I sat out part of the Memorial Cup game between the Hong kong Chinese and the Combined Services with one of the our sporting affairs; and I sat out the rest of
with one
of our leading referees.
In view of the strange things
1. In Association Football how much of the ball must be over the line for a goal to of the offenders and to personalities in be scored?
my mind that makes a mockery 2. In Rugby Union must the of the whole idea.
ball be over the line when
is touched down, or can be on it?
CAN'T HOLD WATER
-
3.
Whom did Maureen
I
know only
nolly
Singles Hort, Louise Brough Shirley Fry?
the succeed as Wimbledon
Champion,
Con-
Doris
4.
It
on
HOME SOCCER FIXTURES
Following are the Home soccer ixtures for today:
Aston Villa Portunouth Tottenham
Leylon iverpool Lincoln Port Vale Sheftela U.
+
First Divizion
v Luton
West Brom y Biackybol
Second Division
v Notts County Barnsley.
V West Lac
Y Rotherham
Y Notes Forest
Third Division (South)
Bournemouth
Aldersbot
Brentford
Brighton Gillingham
tho
Ipswich
Bhrewsbury
U Coventry
✔ Norhampton
• Norwich
v.Newport
✓ Bouthend
V. Pismouth
F. Excetor
' ColebertET
Watford
Thứch Dividón (North)
too well that that were happening he-was-played-on experts field these two provided a most will try to justify the award on interesting contrast in reactions as the those grounds, but I don't be. Particularly as far or
Hove it would hold water for a actions of the officiating referee Biddon What are the surnames of moment......because, if the re-who had a shocking game y thesa fumous
sporting free had given dis original was concerned,
My first companion was quito brothers, Denis and Lesite, decision promptly, the "play-on" Joe and Fred, Hashim and feature would never have arisen open in expressing what he Bradford
....and if you examine the thought of the whole affair. As Croto 6. Add the some word to the situation clovely you will See I was in general agreement 'with
Durb following to make up three that it is far-reaching.
Gateshead Association
«Halifax
Rochdale Scunthorpe Workington Wrekham
Azam?
games!
Australian Rules —, and
It raises
...and
ahy
much of his criticism we had
talk about. plenty to a completely new conception of forward play for quite honestly only the most stoic Bocorites could hovo 6. Who is the World Light-It means that it would be par-treated
heavyweight Boxing Cham-missible for a forward to place in the circumstances plon?
hime deliberately 'in in off- Now the reason I ̈ rulso this 7. The 1920 and 1930 men's side positions in the hope that matter is that I would like to singles ille at Wimbledon the bail would strike an op-pay tribute to the whistler who was won by the same ponent and come on to him........ Joined má-later, för, in splio of player. Was it Bill Tilder, and that during the waiting a sequence of simply fantastic Donald Budge.or Jean period he would not be penalis-nud decisions by the enforce Borutra?
8. In which game would you como across a crown green?
Darlington
Dundee
Beottiah - Langua
Hearts .. Partici Queen of So
not a single word of adverse It aimply does not make comment came from the man on
thic seht next to me. 9. Which sports take place at football sense either in law or
Cowdry Park, Cowes and in spirit and I join' with the I make no bones about the Alle Henley?
Club players who feel that fact that I did not try to mark Doldbarton Completa the names of they were harshly treated at my disagreement with the nor
sporting events, Dia- a vital stage of the game In the middle but, apart from a Montrove mond, and Golden ---- ....and how dots this tie up few shakes of the head, (Answers Sós Faro 17) with the Interpart game?
knowing nod, br 6 for
10.
POP
DO PEOPLE REALLY BEHAVE
THEY DIDNT
MERTER,
300.
Cantante
A · Kruftschifli
St Mirren Motherwel
Albertson QUODD's, PM)
AST
Beling
Morton Bs Johnstop
Thien Landak
ECIDUS:
PMLER
*Hong Kong Agentri
Arlland Walsh Co., 28 Ďẫn Vosun Head, C. Roun D'Or Watch Co., 19 Ouren's Nokój C. Tel Beng Watch Co., 184 Das Võsak Rd, C Bedson Watch Co., 104-Quesɔ'n Road, C. Bui Wah Watch Co. 77 Queen's Road, G. Dannat Frejai, 0 Paddật Stront
Len Yuan Yuap Watok Co., 276 Des Voeux Rună, 0.
Va.
Global grotected..
The "POLANOUTER" has Universal Geneva's calebrated automatic mövamènt shock resistante // anti-magnetic and highly acTUPELE,