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Famous Sports Stars I Have Met
Fred Daly
'By ARCHIE QUICK
Nobody takes his golf more Joyously than Harry Bradshaw, the roly-poly broth of a, boy
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1957.
CONCLUDING THE IBBOTSON STORY
Now 'For Another
World Record
Ibbotson the runner is proud of Ibbotson the electrical engineer. And why not? He will tell you with pride that he studied part-time at Huddersfield Technical College for two years, and then became a full-time student for another two. At 20 he had taken his ordinary mechanical from Dublin's fair city. Not National Certificate and his Higher National ar behind hira in fun at the Diploma. His studies have, helped him greatly fession, however, is Ulsterman in his job as a fieldsman with a firm whose cables Fred Daly, and, if it comes to link the world. that, ould. Ireland scores
game he has adopted as a pro-|
self-imposed
notable carefree. "hat trick" with In athleticn Ibbotson 15. a Chris O'Connor in third place. refreshing, forthright character While the English, Scots and who says what he think and Welsh professionals tackle their hang the consequences. This is tasks with grim not copeelt, just brashness, It ness, tho trlo of Iriab hurts Ibbotson to lose a nice. "Muskotoors" romp into their Like all great champions, he is rounds. Yet there is a marked concerned only with winning. difference in the driving styles But he can take a defeat with of Bradshaw and Daly. Cheery his
handsome face Harry walks up to the ball, and, without
address as in George Duncan manner, he hits it far without further ado, Daly is the "King of Wagglers." He has succeeded to the title of Ted Hay At least a dozen Umes, sometimes as many as: twenty, Daly waggles at his tee shot before he hits it.
the through the sweet.
The world's
fastest miler looks back to his greatest moment ... and forward in anticipa tion
of becoming tha world's fastest three-miter.
By JOHN ROSS-
stampeding bullock. He leans out of the wuidow and yells greetings to
smiling village ke 0
Ibbotson told mo of his ggest disappointment. I came on the same day as his greatest
il,
the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker,
"Co easy." I cautioned. replied: "Relax, I know place like the back of
He said: "Without a doubt my greatest experience was step- | hand," ping on to the rostrum at
Olympic
NO WORRIES
Ibbotson the serious. Jokes and leg-pulling are out, even for Britain's gayest athlete, when he gets down to the business of convincing the customer. and it annoys his wife Made the wall and spend the rest of leine, She said: "I don'; minul† the game looking for the ball. He him talking in his sleep, but 1 "I was always fond of trun thus cannot make out his Yorkshire and any resultant chase helped
accent when he mumbles, and | my running"
my
running
I would like to know what he is saying."
Sloep-talking and Ibbotson is always relaxed. apart," the fantastic Ibbotson He said: "I never worry, nover | sillt înds time for tennis and had an aspirin in my life, never | golt,
Yet both systema have Melbourne last year after brought results. Bradshaw lost running third in the the "Open" only after a play Games 5,000 Metres, off, and that was because his ball became wedged in a bottle. "That race also brought me may Daly went one better and won saddest moment in sport. Ia pop pill the prized ille at Hoylake in had so much wanted to bring 1947, as well as taking the back a gold medal for Britain." "The Americans claimed that Match Piny Championship that same year, and also in 1948 and 1982.
RYDER CUP MEN
NO CRICKET
the British were taking peo "Cricket and soccer are out
But there is not much room pils when they started khóck- | nowadays, but when 1 was a
for self-ply in Ibbotson's make-ing the middle up. He added:
"I can collocl that gott medal at Rome in 1990. I shall be 28 years old then; and just in my prime for the three miles.
Both of them as well as O'Connor--are Ryder Cup men, and one cannot help feeling that the Joyousness of their Celtic natures has helped considerably towards their eminence. Which brags me nicely to a Daly story.
That again, I would empha- Someone mentioned that he was
It is the "eminent" in his profession, and sise, la no conceit.
NO CONCEIT
distance times
all over the place. That was kunkun, sheer bunkum.
NO SHAVE
Another feature which helps the Ibbotson running is the fact that he refuses to shave before ature.
He explained: "I found that when I shaved before. a race the perspiration run into io. freshly open pores and nipped like blazes. Brid
He smiled: PIK. I don't shave there is no discom- fort, so the remedy is simple" | enough-run in a five o'clock
shadow"
schoolboy 1 worked on developed the best pear-drop in Incal cricket,
"It was a shot with a purposo
"They haven't seen anything shot.
I intend to take my meo land the ball in the orchard record of 3min. 57.26er. down which lay just wide of mid- to 8min. 54sce.
"That will shake them." That's not all. On the three miles, he says "I hope to get Fred wisecracked back: "Indeed. Pupreme confidence of that record this season. At the I am the Pope of Golf himself," supreme
who knows moment it runner
stands at 13min, I was at Hoylake the day he where he is going and just how | 14sce. My aim is gradually to took the "Open" and I shall long it is going to take him. lower it to the 13-mizula never forget the scene when,
after he had completed the No man in his native Berry dreaded "Loop the last five Brow would dare call Ibbotson
nerve-testing holes with conceited. Ibbotson drives his success, his countrymen invaded car through the sloopy hilly the course, carried him away shoulder high, and, there were high jinks long into the night!
Fred started as a caddy at Royal Portrush at the age of nine, Jas been professional at Balmoral Club-you puss it half- way up Belfast Lough on the boat from England-and "for" gears-with Dai Rees-he do. minated the scene as the finest of all our match-play profes- alonals.
One of the fluest pulters of all timer, he insists that golf is won on the greens. "Keep the head steady and well anchored down" is his advice. Thic grip and style do not malter so much.
One can reasonably say that with Peter Doherty he shares the kingship of Belfast. anybody in Kelly's Cellarsi
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What makes Ibbotson such a u devastating runner over such a variety of distances?
Mrs Ibbotson, -21-year-old button-bright Londoner, says that it is his boundless supply of nervous energy.
Even in his sleep he must [burn some of it up. He talks-
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IBBOTSON CAN DO MILE IN
3 min 50 sec - - STAMPFL
TRANZ STAMPFL, famous athletics cosch, mid in London, the other night he thought Derek Ibbotson capable of running s mile in 3min. 50meo:
He added: "Delány is a good miler, but I don't think he will be the man to bring the time down to 3-30. Mery Lincoln couldn's do 16"
Stamp, in London for alno days, on his way from Australia to Canada to lake sharre of a coaching course for two weeks, waa angry about eritfelsm of pacemakers.
"If you make a law against them you are going to rain track and field evenis,” he said. ""Get a dusen sub-four-minnie mliers in a race togather and the time will nearly always be a poor one because they won't raon. It's no use telling the public they azo going, to see superb taglics. They want to nos records broken.”
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