LOST HER BALANCE
THE CHÌNA” MAIL,” SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1957.
N. Bliss, of Mitcham Athletic Club, landed head first when she struck the bar while competing in the senior high jump at the Southern Counties Women's Athletic Championships at the Polytechnic Stadium, Chiswick, London on June 1.
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SPORT AROUND THE WORLD
Italian Government May
Place Sports
Under
Its
Direct Jurisdiction
FIRST TEST REFLECTIONS
John Goddard Aims To
Restore His
Side's
Superiority Complex
By DENNIS HART
London.
Cricket? It's a matter of psychology-or partly. And administering the Freudian doctrine at the moment is John Goddard, skipper of the West Indies touring team.
Goddard's aim: to restore his side's superiority complex on the field.
It was demolished the other week at Edgbaston. The West Indies, having sunk England's batting almost without trace on the opening day.of the first Test, were poised to establish their, superiority with a crushing victory.
Carne England's fight back. I'm certain that if he had 'just, fairly slim resources. It only Alt Incredibly the match was saved been batting for himsel he Valentine could capture his 1050 -almont won. More Important, could not have done it
perhaps, West Indies confidence took a severe knock, Her bats. men were cut down to size by England's bowlers. And Sonny Ramadhin
laid.
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The overall effect was England's fight back began the good deal earlier than might It began was have been expected
immediately after that first inn- ings, debacle.
accuracy.
to
But it is to the balling that that the West Indies look. And with the next Test to be played at Lord's, on a fast wicket that gives every encouragement the stroke-making ba'sman, and the following Test to be played on the placid Trent Bridge pitch, I dancy the tourists will at least gain a one-game lead in the sories.
Can "Dr Goddard" curo those
CRUSHING BLOWS. first Test blues? To an extent 1 think he can. I do not think
With England's bowlers keep that we are again likely to seeing the mighty Caribbean run the West Indies batsmen 50 making machine in check this was first, chipping away at the West Indies superiority complex. The process was carried on by balamen Peter May and
Colin Cowdrey. Finally May and then, In the last two and
ball hours,
the England bowlers, weighed in with crushing blows.
tied down and then so mused us they were in two innings at Edgbaston,
bc
the
the
And bn both occasions wicket was good. Even in that final innings it was merely dusty and did not take spin to alarming degree.
GREAT BATTING
Goddard's instructions to
on
his
men must be aimed at unleashi- batting potential.
Under pressure of the most virulent press campaign since the ending the side's great of the war, the Italian Government is on the verge of placing sports under its direct jurisdiction.
Newspapers and magazines of all affiliations are urging the measure and the public outcry to end the humiliation Italy suffers in many sports where she used to dominate is finding more receptive ears in the country's Parliament.
The leaders of the three most popular sports-soccer, cycling and car racing are under fire. The spark that recently touched the situation into flame was the 3-0 defeat of an Italian national soccer team by Portugal at Lisbon, on May 26, in a World Cup preliminary round match,
to
One of cricket's oldest axioms tells that the way to get the best is to allow out of a baisman him to play his natural range.
the At Birmingham Indics batemen dild
their natural game.
course, the choice
theirs but dictated
Goddard must now take the bold course, the natural course as far as West Indies cricket is concerned, and let his batsmen get after the England bowllag to get them ′′ equal it so superior paychological with the England side.
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This I think Goddard will do. Leo it promises much excellent cricket during the series, as ex- cellent Wesl
ss the glorious perhaps not play giling cricket we Edgbaston.
There, of was hardly
by the in-
jurics to Clyde Walcolt Frank Worrell,
ALEX
at
On the bowling front Goddard
has another psychological task
A FINE BOWLER
and to prevent Sonny Ramadhin get- ing an inferiority complex. These two master batemen | After his long losing battle
and were almost literally glante in against May
Cowdrey. by pulled Romadhin, it seems will not The Lisbon delest followed Australia and Great Britain more crowds than any other chains, held back
muscles. The result was that not again put a hoodoo on England's the even more degrading 0-1 together with France and New seasonal sport
in check, batsmen. thrashing by Yugoslavia inZealand battle for Ruby League Great Britain, holders of the only were they held
so was the whole West Intiles Zagreb two weeks earller and a supremacy-the World Cup World Cup, are favourites
batting. A polley of no risks 1-0 home defeat at the hands of in Sydney and in Brisbane his win again and experts believe
taken had to be pursued—even the low-ranking Egyptians. month,
they will fight it out with Aus-
by Collie Smith, who I thought If he realists this he can take But he is still a fine bowler, Italian football fans, who still Harold Mathews, Secretary of tralia.
help playing remember the two world titles the New South Wales Rugby
The Englishmen won the first just could not
many more Test wickets, if not and the Olymple litle conquered | League, sold the series cost World Cup in Paris, 1954, de-bright cricket.
It is a tribute to Smith, and having the same demoralising by Italy in the past, feel that 25,000 pounds ($55,000) to pro-feating France in the final 10-12 to Goddard, that this fun-loving effect on batsmen their world has crushed about | moie, but a proft is certain before 30,300 fans. Australia was
Goddard's other bowling prob- from the gate takings.
third and New Zealand fourth. Jamaican surbed his impetuosity "Tickets are selling well and Since 1954 Great Britain has in the interesis of the side, for i fem la to make the best use of predict a sell-out fur all dafcafed France, Australia and matches," he said. This means New Zealand in more than 85,000 fans will at- matches. tend the Sydney matches. at the
them..
The reasons for the present soccer situation are obvious. The press singled them out for the Government to net. Idolisation of soccer players, the fantastic hiring prices and salaries pald Sydney Cricket Ground and them, the wholesale importation 35,000 people at Brisbane's
of foreign players to the detri-Cricket Ground. ment at local talent
develop-
ment, and the present formula of the Italian League Champlon ship which forces clubs 10 Use fancy tactics
rather
than straightforward soccer in order to avoid demotion.
MOST SERIOUS
A
The last two reasons are re- Farded as the most serious. few years back a lukewarm and indirect Government attempt to curb importation
foreign talent was foiled by club icad- ers, whom the press accuse of serving their Own particular Interests rather than those of the national sports. A drasule Government action placing all
sports under its striclest super- vision seemed justified by a new wave of foreign imports.
their
The World Cup begins on June 15 when Great Britain plays France in Sydney and Australia plays New Zealand in Brisbane. The
Great Britain plays Australia and France plays New Zealand in Sydney and Brisbane respectively on June 17.
best-of-three
Australia is favoured to beat France and New Zealand, hav- ing beaten both countries in three consecutive Testa last year. Their team will be stronger this year and experts concede them an excellent chance of beating Britain, the favourites.
NOT UNDERRATED However, France is not unr derrated. Aussie fans who ap- preciate brilliance, be it French,
"Kiwi" or Australian, English, REMAINING MATCHES
France's remember
brilliant The remaining matches will be football-in 1951 and 1956 when, played in Sydney with France although underdogs, they beat on June 22, † Australa two matches to one to gainst Australia
Britain Great
playing New win the "Ashes". Zealand on June 25,
they
The team with the most points after diese matches (two polnis for a win, one each for a draw) wins the "World Cup." If two teams have equal points play off in the final on June 29 or, if a definite result emerges, Northern Hemisphere plays Southern Hemisphere.
The World Cup is being held
popular
France to the most team in the series, according to ticket sales which show Aussic fans appreciate their bright, open football.
New Zealand is the "outsider" to and has the poorest form offer. A victory for them, would cause a major upset.
So on dorm, facts and figures It looks as though England and†
As the Halian football season reached its climax, club prest- dents proudly announced
10 celebrate Rugby League's 50th Australia will light out the "purchases" for the next FOR- son. They include Argentina's gear in Australia, and
is the World Cup with Australian fans
Omar Sivurl, for whom the greatest festival of football ever getting a feast of top-notch foot- Juventus club of Turin paid the seen in Sydney, in a country ball from June 15 to June 29. eotronomical figure of 105,000,000 where Rugby League drawa United Press,
lire ($312,000), (ellow-Argen.
tines Grillo and Maschio, Welsh international star John Charles,
also hired by Juventus at a cost THE
of 90,000,000 no ($144,000)
and Hungary's Ferenc Pusicas and Istvan Kocals.
The position of Lalian cycling is no better, With the retirement of such stars as. Fausto Coppi, Gino Bartall and Florenzo Magni, who made Italian cycling colours fly at top mast every- where in Europe, Italy's younger hopes proved nothing more than -hopes
TOUR OF ITALY
The 1057 edition of the Tour of Italy, the country's biggest road rice, was dominated by foreigners for the second streight year, and what made it even worse for Italian prido was the fact that none of the national entrica promised anything hope- ful for the future.
Automobile racing, long a pri- vate hunting ground for Itellan drivers, has become the domairi of foreigners. The deaths of Alberto Ascari and Eugenio Cartellotti ini racing accidents
· left an almost total vacuum in the ranks of Hallan Grand Prix
гвост
The and remark of Raliam sportpen is that Italian cars, the fastest on the world, Can "now" "win only with foreigners
Hf the wheel
"Australia and Great Britain with date out the forthcoming Rugby League World Cup?", bo- tween. Sour ocuntries, "according
WEEKEND
GAMBOLS
| DINNER READY, DEAR ?
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They will need it. For the final two games are to be played at Loods and the Oval where the
pitches both respond to the spin of Messrs Lock and Laker.
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Answers To Sports Quiz
1. Motor racing, association
football and boxing,
2. Jack Hobbs, 197.
3. Max Schmeling and Primo
Camera,
4. Five runs.
6. Jack Dempsey
who beat Luis Firpo, known as "The Wild Bull of the Pampas' when defending his world heavyweight titie in 1923.
B. Croquet players and hockey
players.
7. Hobbs and Sutcliffe, Lind- wall and Miller, McDonald and Gregory,
8. Fred Perry in 1934-5-0. 9. (a) Kennington · Oval (b)
Lord's.
10. Cricket and golf,
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