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TODAY IS CUP FINAL DAY
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 4 1987.
VILLA AREN'T GREAT ENOUGH TO LOWER UNITED'S COLOURS
Says ERIC NICHOLLS
I can hear them now, the sour grape merchants. Manchester United have had it, they will be saying. Their bid for the double will stay in dreamland.
That is what the dismal Jimmys will be thinking after United's exit from the European Cup. But that is just the sort of talk that great teams thrive on. And United, make no mistake, are a great side.
Binco the
That their dream of a treble | ship; guap in horror at Continen tetumpla was eclipsed under the tal refereeing. But no one can OLI Trafford Roodlights this deny that Madrid are the finest week WB9 a disappointment, soccer machine to visit English we cannot deny. But fallure? shores
magical Never!
Magyars displayed their soccer Any side that can withstand tricks back in 1954.
of the terrille pressure
BLA And there were only two English soccer season, crammed goals in It! with League, Cup and represen=
tative games,
and
played out
It would indeed be easy to In one of the worst weather withdraw unconditionally from conditions. from footballing the United front; to lower our world, flags and declare that although point of view, In the and do what United have done at one time we thought United intimi a great would win that glorious treble, now we are not so sure they can manage even the double.
thin season,
alde,
be
415
Add to that the fact that ve of the side have been fulfilling
It would be easy. But would pretty beetle requirements footballers on National Service, it be fair to this grand bunch of
lads,
and their und you in to realise just Lancashire
Babes brilliant bors Matt Busby? No, how much these Busby bave achieved for British soccur. To have gone as far as they have gone in one action-packed And to is incredible.
Grosun
have hopes dashed by a side of
the calibre of Real Madrid is no disgrace,
SOCCER TRICKS Say what you like about Real Madrid's standard of sportsman-
All along. Aston Villa have been the ride who expected to ofter merely a token resistance to Unlied. We are assured they are the luckiest and the worst side ever to reach a Wembley final. They are the side with out a chance. Now, the swing will undoubtedly start. It will be pointed out anew that Villa were the last side to
achieve
the Cup and League double in
they
English soccer; that with this psychological advantage, stand more than on ever chance of upsetting United's best laid plans,
The under-dogs heartened, no Cup European doubt, by the
Manchester, will be- eclipse of come near-favourites. For won't the
of an
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FA Cup be anti-climax of the something after the Madrid battles? Won't
Untied have Manchester
lost Mu some of their super confidence? Vilin may think so. But today. I'm willing to bet
my last penny that United will have forgotten their sadness.
They will be refreshed and ready for lo conquer, And new worlds anyway they know that as E lish League champions for the second murecesive „mason, they
t-
will have another crack at the European Cup next year.
They have learnt much from Real Madrid indeed they have learned from the
whole series, And I confidently expect United to be at their bewildering best on Wembley's hallowed turt.
Against Madrid the Rowing movements, the cool meticulous execution of all that is good in United's play, was missing.
But let us niz forget that it took great side-poisibly the team in the worldte lower their colours, It will take another great side to prevent them from pulling off the double. And Aston Villa nre not by my stretch of imagination a great side-Lon- don Express Service.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB greatest individual
TWELFTH RACE MEETING
Saturday, 4th and Saturday 11th May, 1957
(To be held under the Ruies of the Hong Kong Jockey Club) THE PROGRAMME WILL CONSIST OF 20 RACES.
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be
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in
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FANTASTIC SCORING
of the
mest
the
Club.
(Signed)
Tom Whittaker Said Players Merit Cut On Transfers
By HARRY CARPENTER
IL
Was September
Reflections By "Time Out" On The 1956/57 Junior Softball League
It may surprise soone of you to leam of the existence of a Junior Lengüe which has been Emsctönging sapsibly for the past seven years. Softball scribe #chimo, if ever at all, deem this cinenit, worthy of publicity with the result that even if the dema of every softball pitcher, the elusive “perfect” game, were to be værksed in this Lanese, Kandly a word of praise would be forthcoming from the various gentlemen of the fourth usi»tc..
4
Some skup-eyai sorbe might by chance spot it the following day from the official szone sheet and give it casual mention in his column-but that would be all -a Rizbly ungatisfactory siduralãom when so much more can be done to boost mozzle by giving prative where it is deserved.
On the other hand, even the scheme opposition proved too slaught which netted them 24
media at gas bo-aur-sided.
runs for good measurell Las Eweten dhe so-called "hapɔ desertag" SEASON'S HIGHLIGHT males backed him to the hilt as la ther Samka: Mješaten worthe fend- The highlight of the season they played near-erroricas ball
safe pear-perfect game by to make softball history. gate in quran was a Bugs hurler M. L. Lau of the War un numatimans defings in Eagles when on November 4,
That old-timer, Fred Diesta,
had one of his latest years to
With the benefit of his at seemeday omilletim since 1958, Lau pitched no-hit, no date.
Tell those ram ball against the Overseas, coaching, the P. I. Dodgers were very "khas?” in the Sufigsten moment || He food only 17 batters in established as early favourites shmi thein But in the luster the five-inning streich and his Diesta was hard-hit by des parture of key players to distan: tutizm
deammates co-operated to crown ghores and had to sign up six
replacements.
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sterling ano- Leaper this effort with a doubtedly mas summer felding performance in
The Dodgers took a noticeable tom, yet the only attention for mental the start tucks of interest in the proceed-
Bad Daydro
of the champion Langue aummands firm mazilkes
Seminoles also emulated Lau's 8 as the second round got Is
under Enemy
way. if they had elected read in a game against South to make a real effort, their active "Beslis at
Chi Garmer" and abaikaunty souras de ly given and accepted during certainly have thrown a different Walkovers were gener participation to this round might season, with the P. I. complexion on the final League
Overasas
Lion standings as the Dodgers havo dubious always been recognised as dour
not tell a story.
The
and
the
Why this stutude of indit- Dodgers,
earning ferete the the suffixiting at the Cubs January siteedi kassie geescribed to honour of sharing between them Bghters. recent pusus diefies a plummibära total of 15 furcils.
UNRIVALLED ENTHUSIASSI A puntastic number of kuns explana Citem Sige genetically
Levante da curves and hits featured | all the Jomiya
competition
The Bfth-placod Austers, a ane played did on Sammalaya, ad in the Longue as the runners bunch of rookies, showed
enthusiasm the right out the farmaciing up Cheyennes banged out 89 hits rivalled semtom, a pogible explanation for 190 runs to take pride of | game. Much credit
Dave depart skipper that the readlife spelbes and place in the offensive
Cooper whipped his boys into the call of the "Spam eff Kingsment,
The Austers provided to strong to send. Brager in for those truth to expect registered during the season, League-leaders. Given the time
Where were but two protests shar
some near upsets against both involving the same teams, and the services of a full-time
there they digondhe
their qurting
the 1956. Tom Whittaker, Arsenal manager, in shirt-sleeves as usual, sat at his
Blə sepadučiamom ate at stripe an he Highbury desk. Pencil in hand,
the Funny Bettyne and vome ika- worked bis WEST
variably wezüglizes suteḥall at this through a bulky manuscript. He cut a sentence here, a very Best, stripped off all shoo
he slashed through ship paragraph there. Sometimes whole chapter.
Truth
years
Whittaker's WZES, devotion to soccer
Th
де
studi
Two items of interest worthy mention wote, Arstly, the station in a scoresheet by an eagle-eyed
conscientious sporty which read "played with impromplete uniform” against
playe's name. His
South Chine, Overacus
บ
the
20
who good
tha
Both disputes were settled by coach they will be a force to bo a Protest Board to the complete reckoned with in the forthcom
atisfaction of the parties con- ing season. They failed not for {aversed.
lock of trying. If anything they tried too hard.
and the Lion Cuba ended the season in n three-way tle for the wooden spoon.
Their feelings at being referred to regularly as "good
losers" and gaining re putations as such palled after a while as these sides went down to crushing defcata game after game, The Cubs withdrew from the League in its later stages overseas carried on to the very whilst South China and the end and are to be complime, bed for this.
standarti að play in some of the Junior incident for } Sentars too sinua, 37| too packed with were one book, In the end, at the
The Hangbang Satban Asso-ertain publisher's request, he strappedįjį 30,000 words
awer elation wery slitically acovigilance of his blography.
ledged this year, it perhaps a
Fans Have No Loyalty Here
..
SURAJ.
unrewarded 08 the plate simpère disdained to the Four weeks later Whittaker life tantilly, the impactance of take any nations to enforce was dead. Today is published current developments in the males of the gate. More power the book he left behind Binz. Jontine Beaume" and its These you seer!
Secudly, a Lion Cub play In its 90,000 words are Kamathayes were failed to Carm. screaming acetations, no
accidentally
which
th
are subleve
By STANLEY MATTHEWSitting at authority, no digging
of board-room dirt,
COMMONSENSE
For Whittaker "pampered gladiator," a of this he refers to fr ansering town has modern footballer,
to 55,000 His was always a
the
mastimes du etalaiat ailsærvES WAL
im sumānič efendies.
text in a
the
wildanud przedeflent || game. There was no reserve strength to draw from and with only eight mon on the field, the
Although a few games had to Ronnie Suart, my old Block- fantastic
Wandertunately this Sealing of Cubs had to forfelt the game be cut short to dve Innings be pool colleague, has a big problem
cetticica.com in his first year as manager of
Byan incident without parallel in cause one team proved much too goal-scoring feats has occurred In the Portsmouth Lads League. Scunthorpe United.
ardivanti fans and striker zand this the history of softball.
good for the other, no teams of Youth Club beat
sextends drugs aff pampetters Bad The population
As we all know, the Seminoles their own choosing threw in the Emsworth
1 cope with liber vonurit Zarik clamed top spot in the League sponge in actual competition. Hillside FC 48-0. Repeat forty- Lincolnshire steel
from 15,000
those whose by virtue of their enviable re- in fact, given their own way, beaten-but-not-disgraced eight goals to ni!! Allowing for leaped restarting the game on
verall and entity card in nutching up
14 straight support the wor-but there since centre line after each goal only about 5, 10 real
are sense point of view, as play ***!! rise, wandel Kanger dising mazék, to viršturies, Admitiędły this record /ildes would have preferred to football trainer, and finally seems almost impossible to score natives".
respecta de Father had a much- ingindes four walkovers
carry on to the 7th inning had manager of the greatest soccer meeted strat in the de
they been allowed to by the at the rate of over a goal every
The rest are "strangers" from club in the world.
crived but this does not detract chief arbiter. two minutest Ond Emsworth
South Wales, Scotland, and At a time when the genome" is
from their good showing. player scored twelve, and others Tees-side. Although
The Juniors apparently felt got nine and eight."
A memurable game was their that they did not get their fill of Everyone live in Scunthorpe they are still its
almost hysterically shrill about
financial shortcomings, It is geningihil the Beaten that metasta
against the the game as witness the en- got at least one, including the
at heart fane of Cardiff City. Whittaker's words carry all the the egling Schoxil Sports Chrysoms The Campions tied peting for the Utle of Knockout
Trailing goalkeeper.
Rangers, and Middlesbrough. more weight for their
Brought up on classic foot-reasonableness.
sweet Association Bas nad been idle to arte imings, the thusiasm they displayed in con
this cepeak to that, this errand- ftp the ball game and went ils consolation. ·
Serica Champions. Compolidon ball, they remember all the best
"Regarding
transfer salon has done mouth to go crucially the
it. After la Supply And Demand Camsells there for the system, I'd like to see a celing mats the game ammust thathis, they were never seriously which the
it on prices, or else give a player Boys in this and pursions means restored in their final spurt barred, was just as keen as the Carrs.
the regular Five footballs were needed to
It is am wildendale fact that do the toy, as they continued to had been throughout the
They have no loyalty to their stances occasionally Kidderminster
forced me Junior Leaders they just and day ensistently for the rest of League. The final was bitterly
contested complete
between the dark- local club. They go to watch at League match between Parsons winning Scunthorpe-or not att
to go heavily into the aumicet, 話 Seminars, if men harder, to the seasti,
horse Austers and the Cheyenney Chain and Brinton Reserves. all.
I think It is
The Cheyetmes started off like wrong play the game and to play it
before the Latter emerged Three burs), another was bor
a plager get well. expecially when
fire, trampling all victorious by 3 runs to 2, rowed and when that went into
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
they now
of the Scottish stars,
* share of
the fee. Circunt-
he does a small one.
works.
watch
me decorę w mieste prekspans dong korn,
wia
Suart But how can Ronnie the near-by river they had to produce a winning team without more out of a big fer than send to the Brinton club for the consistent support?
Ronnie is angry at rumours
With £65,000 fees the talk of Afth.
that Scunthorpe-third in 1964 the soccer
and Joo ant 1955 don't want promotion Charles goux to Itky, where they in CAFC
they flop in a higher officially recognise top pay for division.
top players, Whittaker's gost- Scunthorpe
would save humous comments
Shout are woria li
you marunder why it for the title. treme talking up the calmes coaching and bad money on travelling in Division noting: II," he told ine. "We would
ou behalt on the Nauticos, I want were contributory
their downloa}}.. make money because
there
tally aware of may shanautimas Ta mest
stfriend
Notice to Members
Australian Subscription Ponies 1958
The Stewards have ordered batch of 100 Australian Subscription Ponies to race in 1958 and they now invite Members to subscribe for them.'
would be better-class and more
games with
teams to boost gater"
OUTPAOZD
football local
"I would like to see.... wages for players to bring them or parity with other indus trics
1
"I would like to be a per--||
--London Express Service.
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RON JARDEN RETIRES
Colleague Roy
farr
until they
Champions from
In the Men's Junior League, it
of
the
there
an exted of publicity, over the opposition pecially so, this seem and it is dropped their first decision to the light dame sebes sally to their Seminoles on December 8, 1956, was never a two-ican race as causer and give them their just in the return match, after ler the final standings would lead diver crisisom i mrth is called away to
auce the Band taxtrong all the way, they gave tone to assume as all competitors their rivals and thus tried hard to have some say in
tho destination spooled their chances of a play Championship title and
were quite a few near-upeets to add interest as each team gavo of their best week after work.
As for the ladies, they had to take a back seat all the wấy place and did not come into their own page to their mainities this ared to the War Eagles, a torun until the Association staged Wa sest. Since the 18H:/7 season of Chime boys which included Ladies' KO competition, started I have and me in its ne-up some lads of the the Bhat
regular
Senior WRE OVCE, In an
and coming
yuon the Recour thed. A num
Indifferent. team spirit tactors 10
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coming
Ladies*
centage of every club's profit became cute by an at- Salvation Any. They were league ....go into the pool every year, of tot oured to win bonous but endeavour to revive interest and the money be set mide ur de ploma) casas the mate for they made their presence felt, amongst the up
| the Senfar “A” Flaunt fzdemirk...
ladies an additional benet for *
postenity's
aloe, mention young player at the end of his career fed refined to date the mud be made of
of their grand The Cheyennes Inssies made best at my meglect where the achievement on that memorablet a double for manager, Robert Ron Jarden, New Zealand's
Peskort Funtions were annginga
Remedios by day, November 4, 1958. gift lo rugby,
has whom Whittalte dictated every Application forms may be greatest
立 dispetime mangote the tirike They wreaked havoc with the
Hongkong
*aqtinc‚-in- Univer books when in a five-the final by a narrow 6 runs and still in his prime, Jarden | tribute to the mim is a prefzet:
to margin. The standard of Ofice, Alexandra House, 8th has given up the
we dumine sist against the fuckless to con- Fame centrale on his business
"Four weeks before Tom died we if you willl Bear Grens, War Eagle hurler play in this Junior KO series Floor.
Jarden was acclaimed the I saw him for the last time am. I will engrosaur to man. I. La sosed a hear-perfect neither was it in the greatest winger the game
Going we went through the final pages me Perumpeme by moving co
spotz_mw wife sun the macenter | Kirmesi, over seen Dot only in New of this book together. Zealand but in other countries,
-Husky-voiced and alergrilowers. || cameliadek Harker Lengther | 13 kunes and to emphasise login, teksa trend, mais In the 1951 All Blacks to of he looked and as a very sick Australia ho scored a rentend 30 man, but his last words to read sering munding all-round superiority, establish-te 工程 one matelt. In his ware: 'I'll be back, Roy"
thefund career he played in 121 first= This, I am ceffizien, wine the peaching disulle flazes mene by hiring each of Secretary, class fixtures and moored 15 only lie the Fint Gentleman of the art of the dar and themes to this papers merited more attention that
Soccer ever told me.” points.
vece in Kiew Don-soning genes" tires in a fadefüil ärd innikog on-
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