TOUR
KNOCK-OUT
CRICKET IDEA LOSES
SUPPORT
That County Knock-out Com¬ petitions, whilch, you will re- member, wa to stir public Imagination with quick-fire
cricket for the modern age and a dinal showpiece at The Oval, Lord's or who knows where, 15 licly to turn out just another of those nice ideas launched to general acclamation but sub. soquently talked out, writes Kichard Lynton.
Since it was proposed in the report of MCC's special com- mittee on the welfare of firal-| class cricket the iden has passed into the anonymous hands of a sub-committee of the MCC who have been pulling it to bila and Trying to make something pre- sentable out of the pieces for the last three months,
Around the counties many pihern to whom the Idea is of direct contem. have also been having their say-so and in the, proxss quite a few have had second thoughts."
Any successful scheme for the operation of s knock-out competition Rullst • provide against the contingency of game being drawn or nundon od through bad weather or otherwise. That is easter sald then done.
UNSATISFACTORY
To decide the winner by referee to the positions of the respective teams in the current or previous County Champion ships is widely considered unsatisfactory as being the very knock-out negation of the principle,
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It would in no colution allot three days to the fixtures) and then mit play to two days as was suggested originally in the special committee's report.
PHÁ, THỦ CHINA MAIL
THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1957.
DE FRANCE CYCLING RACE TO BE MADE YET MORE DIFFICULT
PANK
He tells
Americans
STOP THIS FIGHT
AL
РАГТАЙВОН
RADKMACHER
IT IS NONSENSE
By HARRYGARPENTER
London,
British boxing chief J. Onslow Fane has made dramatic plea to US boxing authorities to ban the World Heavyweight title fight between Floyd Patterson and Olympic gold-medallist Pete Rademacher.
In a fierce protest to Julius Helfand, Chairman of the World Boxing Commission. in New York, tail, courty Old Etonian Fane explodes: "The Patterson-Rademacher bout is a subject of considerable comment and derision in Great Britain,
It is nonsense to suggest the way in condemning a night that
who has never that would never be allowed to a mon taken part in contest should
...And, If Possible. More International
By HAROLD KING
Paris.
The world's biggest, cycling race, the Tour de France, may next
year become still more difficult and more international.
Whatever the changes that may come over the famous Tour de France, its manager is fully confident about its future.
This year, seven national teams, and five French regional teams contested the course of 4,665 kilometres (2,000 miles). These were France, Italy, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Spain. The organisers are looking forward to the time when the regional teams will be eliminated, and the race will be between twelve national teams, thus making the Tour a semi-official world championship, The manager of the Tur, M. really shaken off all rivals. Tú, exectly the young man of the Jacques Goddet, says that he this year's rece the runner-up, situation. His cycling innocence, expects a West German team Marcel Janssens of Belgium, was his grace, his gambling triumph next year, o Portuguese teem in 14 minutes 50 seconds behind refeet the adolesccuce of the 1959, and after that he hopes to Anquetil who did the race in second dynasty of French have a Soviet and Czechoslovak 135 hours 44 minutes 42 seconds. cycling." terin.
"Todey." M. Zitrone continued, This year's race produced a "you have the joint effort of n surprise winner in the 23-year- whole cams, then certain com- old slender, shy-locking Jacques petitors quit on the slightest Anquetil, from Normandy, hailed protext as if they were theatri- by French sports writers es the caf stars, and finally too many
EVEN UPHILL new wonder boy. "Archangel of riders are not really interested
Interview in "Parle- French cycling", "Prince Charm-in the feal victory but obsessed ing of the Sport", and "the with thr over-high prizes for Fresse", Monsieur Goddet was Yehudi Menuhin of the Bicycle" intermediate and partial results. reported as saying "It is wrong that there were less to think are aming the verbal inurels
to climb They know that
this year a few of mountains placed on the
this brow of
these successes during Tour than in the past. But you may triumphant all-rounder who was
to ensure lucrative have noticed that like runners welcomed by 35,000 fans in the are enough Pare des Princes de Paris (41
contracts afterwards."
and swimmers, cyclists also tend He concluded: "It the Tour is the differences between
to go faster, even uphill. Hence July 20,
to remain faithful to its legend end to continue at the most dim-petitors are smaller than they
used to be." cult cycling contest in the world, its organisers will have to make
DISCORDANT NOTE
the praise came from
The only discordant note in all Leco Zitronic, the sports commentator of the newspaper "Le Monde", who declared that "uck played as much part in Anqueti's victory this year as his merits" Ifis luck, he said, was that during the first week of the
a professional take place in this country.Toar no one in his own team, moet Pitferson,
the World Champion."
changes."
In
com-
Monsieur Goddet is, however, thinking of making next year'à The view that the Tour hos Tour stiffer in soveral respects. changed in character is also There will probably be the add- found in "Les Aris", a weekly ed event of a short race against devoted to literature, painting the stopwatch in the mountains and sculpture. There M. Antoine-so that the climbers will no longer feel unfairly treated", he Blondin wrote:
explains. let alone any of the other teans, SEVERAL FRONTS.
There will also probably be 10 belleved that Anquetii could stay
more rest days. Belore Worki "Everyone knows that cycling War II, the Tour lasted from 20 the course",
But the real point, M. Zitrone is threatened on several fronts.to 80 days. Now, it has been cut Yolande Pompey
said, Is that
has It a severed from its basic in- down to 24 days, with two days In Seattle, Washington, whose and Johnny Sullivan (Preston)
the Tour boxing bosses
In the dustry, changed its character,
manufacture the
of of completo rest for the competi- are ruled by will meet over ten rounds Amerien's National Boxing A-12. 7lb. at Harringay on Scp-carly days-it was first run in bleycles, because the times have tors. For 1958," saga Monsieur this productions rather Goddet, "we are thinking of re- 1083-it was, he explained, an made tember 17.
epic event li which the winner pointless. Cycle racing has come placing the rest days by short Faye's jelter urges Helfand British Cruiserweight Cham- was 45 or 30 minutes ahead of to stand on nothing more solid stuges of 100 kilometres (02.15 to contact the NBA and per- picn Randolph Turpin will his runner-up,
having than the prestige of its legends. miles), when the riders can rest sunde them to call off the fight, meet a Continental opponent, fought single-handed to the It is now based on the cult of during the morning."
10 or at cust
withdraw
utmost limits of his strength and personality. Jacques Anquetit is Mall Special. still to be ruined, on the same bil.
Rademacher
Patterson and are due to light on August 22
sociation.
re-
Durlig a we: spell it is not cognition of it as a title match.
uncommon feat time lost to exceed one day in three.
And what about the sordid
OLD BUDDY
Fane is an old World Boxing but csential little matter of Commission buddy of Helfand, money? It is highly unlikely whose racket-busting mission in that the most attrnolive knock New York recently brought out match would draw a bigg about court-order compelling gate in one day than a Cham-
the mighty monopolistic-Inter- mach plonship
of similar national Boxing Club, to dis- atanding in three days,
band, Moreover, the semi-final und final, If played us is suggested in September, would be competition with a full pro- gramme of League footbal,
-(London Express Service).
{COPYRIGHT)
in
European Record
For Shot Put
Athens, Aug, 14, Czech athlete Jir: Škubla today beat the European Shot Put record with ⚫ putt of 18.05 metres (50 feet 2% inches). Ile set up the new record during the first day of the international athletic meeting here.
As soon as Fane's protest bli New York Helfand shot off wire la NBA President Floyd Stevens In Detroit. His message said: "It is shocking to even contemplate matching the o two men. It persisted with, could do great harm to pro- fessional boxing throughout the world."
It now remains to bo peen whether the NBA wields enough power to force Washing- ton, one of its member States, to clamp down on the fight for which Patterson has been guar- anteed nearly £90,000.
A SHOWDOWN
Fane's bid is also a showdown
SEPTEMBER BOUT
(Trinidad)
at
The other day promoter Jack -Solomora unvelled a grandiose and highly optimiste scheme to match the winners of these two fights in u final eliminator for the World Cruiser tile, at pre- sent held by Archie Moore,
ORDERED TO DEFEND
Moore has been ordered by the World Boxing Commission to defend the crown ogainst before Tony Anthony (US) September 11.
Says Solomons: "I shall bring over Moore or Anthony to light whoever is left.".
Scottish League Cup Soccer Results
London, Aug. 14.
Results in tonight's Scottish
for the World Boxing Commis-League Cup football matches
sion, on which he, Holland, and were: Stevens all sit.
Airdrieonian
In August, 1950,
If it cansol prevent Pattersen the most fighting Rademacher, The former record, held by
cfoll time, Skoblo, was set at 17.75 metres scandalous pairing
the Ceminlision, which has re-
Alloa Athletic
Ayr United Clyde Ocwdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee
at Warsaw.cently done good work in tying East File This is the first time that a Archie Moore down to a Light Falkirk
4 berlan
3 East Stirling
4 Dunfermline A.
to Stranraen
Breachka City
2 Dundee United
Kilmarnock
1 Celtic
3 Aberdzen
European athlete has tapped 18 Heavyweight defence, and go-anton Acad. 3 Albion Rovers
meires for the Shot Put,
ting Hogan Bassey his World
Herts Muntress Purtick Thistle authoritative Queen of South
St Jotuntope
The world record is held by Champlership chance, inces ex- the American, Parry O'Brien tinction es
metres.-France body.
with 10.25 Presse.
Suriing Ablon
I am glad, anyway, that it is | Tund Lanark Dritain's Mr Fane who has led
B Queen's Park
4 Fortar Athletic
Itangers
3 Motherwell Arbroath Stenhousemiär
1 Mortun
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COWES REGATTA
· Páge-- 7,
Turbulent seas, whipped up by the strong breeze, added to the thrills of the Cowes Regalia on August 4. Here in Cowes Roads, off the Isle of Wight, Hampshire, Mr D. Willes' "Jolic Madame" makes a fine picture as she leads Mr D. Legg's "Nilly Willy in the race for yachts of the South Coast One Design Class. In the background is the Royal Yacht Britannia which is anchored off Cowes for the regatta perlód.---Router- photo.
Sports Diary Yorkshire "Exiles"
TODAY
Howit Ladies Singles: matches at KBGC, KCC. KDC.
Golf
Children's Golf Deep Water Day- Club Competition. Shek-O; Par Nikque & Guest Das.
If Willle Watson joins Cricket Leicestershire County
other be with Club he will Yorkshiremen, Jack Firth and
Уод Quarter-finals Jack
Grloven, Other Yorkshire "exiles" are Alisi Atkinson (Somerset), (Kent), Barkon (Essex) Derrick Bennett (Northampton). (Middlesex), Booth (Worcester), Brookes (Northamis), Down (Worcester), Greensmith
Horner (Essex),
(Warwick) Leadbetter (Surrey), Laker, (Warwick). LCO (Derby), Smiles (Notts), Lee Deity). (Kent). There may be others.
TOMORROW
Badminton
Executivo Ocmmittee Meeling of
HK Badminton Association, 550 Alexandra House, 130 pn
Water-Pola
Hol Tiny Army (Victoria Bar
racks) 3.15 p.m.
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