THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1957.
DECISIVE VICTORY OVER
1
FOREST FULL OF FIRE -BEST FIRST DIVISION DEBUT SINCE SPURS
By JOHN COTTRELL
London.
Broken legs, sprained ankles, pulled muscles. that's
THE
MINOR COUNTIES West Indians Conclude
Their Tour
Newcastle, Sept. 16.
The West Indies ended their tour with a decisive victory over
the Minor Counties by an innings and 103 runs here today.
the story up and down the country as the English Resuming at 100 for two wickets, the counties were all out for 189 in their
soccer season has started with its biggest crop of injuries in years. Ever since the Chelsea and Eng- land winger Frank Blunstone broke a leg early in August the stretcher bearers have been finding plenty of customers.
This, and the fact that mangers are searching frantically for winning combinations, has meant team, changes right, left, and contra. Only a handful of managers in the entire Football League have dent out the samu pack of players every week.
won
One of them i. Billy Walker, Į Division sineg Tottenham manager CH newly-promuted | promotion-seven years ago. And Nottingham Forest. He believes this is their first season" in the
f giving x boys plenty of time to prove themselves and settle
down together.
The result; Forest have made Be brightest start in the First
SPORTRAIT
Navy v. Georgia And Virginia
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Atlanta, Georgia, Sept. 18. The Chairman of the George Reber! Board
Regents,
that the Arnold, said today alands would be segregated when the University of Georgia football team meet Navy & Nor- folk, Virginia, on October 19.
top division for 33 years,
Oddly enough, a key man ber and Forest's success is volatile
| Spurs win
| Eddie" Bally, who also helped the Second Division the League Championship 1050 end in suecursive years, 1951.
for
were Over
When Baily left Spurs Port Vale he thought his grors in the top-grade Now with
back Forest he is where he has always belonged
A 32, he is still out 7 the bust inside-rights in the game. And this season his passing hay been immaculate, his tactical play brillant.
Forest now have 11 well- balanced and tremendously keen slda. Provided that Walker strengthens his reserftes in case of Injuries, they should finish well up the table.
CRACKING PACE Although I doubt if they can keep up with the division lead- ers for very much longer-Man- chester United have set z really cracking prce-Forest should be able to collect at least one point this afternoon. They visit Elland Hoad where Leeds United da rot look halt as impressive in good John Charles days.
us
golden
White Forest won promotion Ist secsun by the slender mar- gin of one point, Leicester City made the grade by a clear seven points. A grent future was pro- dicted for them in Division One. Yet it is Forest who have won all the honours so far. Leicester starl have made a deplorable and, as in the past, look Uke having great dificulty in staying
up.
Last year
the Leicester. at- In one A spokesman at the US Naval tack ran up 109 goals
season, the second highest total in the League, and held on wi-
Academy said that the Navy
had a clause in its football coa- beater home record until nearly
Southern games that the end of March. tracts for
This season there would be "freedom of in-they have lost two home matches aress and non-segration of seat-out of three and only big ing for all spectators seeking Arthur Rowley has appeared
really dangerous in attack.
admission".
But Arnold, head of the gov→ The City, which has as many ching body for state-supported.Seuls as Englishmen signed up, Gorgia colleges, said that all visits Highbury this afternoon. tickets had been sold for the Their two previous postwar Norfolic gam "under the laws meetings with Arsenal have pro-
unut the of Virginia"
stands cuced draws, and they will have would segregated-United to improve considerably to make
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OPTIMISM
Detrolt, Sept. 16.
Ray Dumont, founder and President of the National Buse- ball Congress, predicted today that every nation in the world would be playing baseball by 1900.
first innings and could muster only 142 in the second attempt after following on 245 behind the West Indies total of 434.
I'LL NEVER FORGET THE
MAGIC OF SHACKLETON
Says Stanley Matthews
London.
One of the few real personalities in football is lost to the watching fans by the retirement of Len Shackleton..
Len did net ull everybody. The Shack magic infuriated many people in football They didn't like his brand of individualism.
Why, I don't know. Shackleton brought colour to every match be played in.
never
He had an uncanny sense for an opening. his dribbling was super- lative, and few players could stop him once he gol going.
I'l
forget Shack's brilliance in the game with Germany at Wembley two years ago. He came over to the right and I slipped the ball to him, running for- ward for the expected through pass.
OUT OF PLAY
But Shack didn't give me that pass. Instead he swivelled round and then went right through the
He
German defence. even dribbled round the goalkeeper, but, un. the ball
fortunately,
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too far ahead and went out of play.
Shawn (72), R. Smiths on (24) and D. Haynes (20) were the only batsmen to offer resistance to the West Indies Spinners, Sonny Ramadhin and Alt Valentine.
From 178 for four the coun- out. ties slumped to 189 all Ramadhin took live for 21 and Valentine three for 23.
removed both Wesley Hall apening batsmen for 10 when batted again and the countles Ramadhin and Valentine went 4hrough the rest of the side with- out much trumble chespite a hard-hitting last wicket aland of 41.
A
STIRLING MOSS WINS ITALIAN GRAND PRIX
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Britain's Stirling Moss won the Italian Grand Prix at Monza in the All- British Vanwall with a record average speed of 120.3 mph. World Champion Juan Fangio was healen into second place. Picture shows Moss at speed in the race.-Keystone Photo,
A NEW BLOW
Five wickets fell between 95 wicket- and 101, but Durham keeper Fox (23) and Lincoln- Cherry- shire pace bowler Downs (15 not out) attacked the bowling to good effect with 18
out being able to uver the inevitable defeat.
If ho had scored it would have been one of the greatest goals of all time. The rest of could only stand and marvel at the cheeky display.
I've often wondered if his amazing ball control was due to his peculiar feet. His big toes are exceptionally long and he had to pack his boots with coltonwool to level up the other toes.
He always found it difficult to get suitable boots and had to have a plaster cast of his feet to get the right fitting. Shack may have clowned a lot, but I found him a serious player on the fleld. He was an artist, and like all artists he had his own odd talents, which he always used to ad- Ex- vantage-London press Service,
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Aldershot Forced To
Sell Players To Meet Summer Wages
By ARCHIE QUICK
Colchester and Aldershot are two Football League clubs who have suffered considerably through the reduc- tion in their military garrisons. It shows in their under-8,000 average "gates".
Whereas manager Harry Evans, of Aldershot, has to sell nt least one player every season in order to meet summer wages, manger Benny Fenton, of Colchester, is blessed with a large and enthusiastic supporters club, who pour out money every week to the parent body without having, or expecting, any Hay in its management.
Ramudlin's five for
50 pave
him match figures of 10 for
Reuter,
SKY'S THE LIMIT ON THIS POOL
FOR MR BROWN:
TWO MORE STARS WANT TO LEAVE SUNDERLAND
By JAMES CONNOLLY
London.
No end to the trouble at Sunderland. Two more stars-Willie Fraser, the Scottish
international goalkeeper, and England left-winger Colin Grainger said recently that they will ask for transfers.
This new blow for manager Alan Brown, on top of the request for a inove by Ray Daniel, is a sequel to a show down demand last week by the senior players, who are disturbed at so many team changes early in the season.
Was
Littlewoods have abandoned
Sunderland their prize limit of £75,-replled:- "Nothing like that
Is
the
000-and have sparked going to happen... at says, "but I am as it as ever
to fight
Bolton team
England
London Express Service).
wouldn't have been fair to They nsked Alan Brown Newcastle's rugged little S
Nat is a great drop him. what their position
and tish right-half?
The selectors will watch sportsman and he understood." would they have to give way
off ftw weeks.
Loft- during the next
But don't write to youngsters.
He is ready The
manager He is playing better than ever. house.
not just for a "I know I am over 30," he
place but for comeback too. off a now war between the mument." And that ended the
and feel I could still stand the Interview. Colin big pools firms.
Grainger, who has strain of international soccer."
Straight Up from Italy is that Tollen- Vertions, their biggest com-been out of the team through
Injury, told me: "The way Tony Marchi, former petitors, announced at once that
at all ham left-half, will be playing things are I don't feel they will retain the £75,000
happy st Sunderland. The with John Charles for Juventus limit.
punters atmosphere is twice as atmined next season. "We don't believe
as last season. want u return to prizes 01
"I have been at Sunderland £190,000
Baid or more,"
nearly six months and 1 sill Vernons spokesman.
But a general raising of first have not got a house. I dividends in a race to get busi-ving in an hotel here and ness was predicted by Mr Ehave to travel to Wakefield to
aface my wife, Holland Hughes, Sconetary the Fools Promoters' Associo- ilari
COMPLAINTS
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In Italy they say that though Lainerossi bought Marchi rich for £40,000, it was the Juventus club who put up the money.
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And why? In Italy clubs are ina- allowed to sign only one ported player of Italian have traction. Juventua ready paid £90,000 for Argen- tindan inside-left Omar Sivori. But, if Marchi plays three games for Italy-and he should this season the will be classed as a home player.
THE BEST THING "There is a youngster on the Sunderland Arst team left-wing at the moment, and now that Littlewoods were fist to limit 1 have got over my injury dividends to £75,000 in Decem- move might be the best thing ber 1850-one month after pay-
Fraser, who is also out of ing out £104,000 to a North the first team, sald; "All the Boudon mart.
players gave everything they The reason they gave was hd at the beginning of the
of complaint" "Letters
about season. Now, with Leam
goal-scoring Some ellents said such huge being brought rapidly. Burnley's Cup ties last season?
were "Immoral, others everyone is uneasy sums
jockeying "terried" of that they wero
can't get in · the Brsi winning so much.
team that is fair enough, but The change of policy means the North Eastern League is no teams at Turf Moor. that the 6d. Treble Chance Fool good for me. I have to think will be abolished from Septem-or my future." ber 21 and replaced by a 2d.
prizes of £100,000 or more, changes nnd young players burst into the
Treble
Chance Poul with no
In co
There's a "bite" again in the
who
wig
Remember Ian Lawson, the 17-year-old centre-forward who headlines with
feals ไป
bc- and third
Its
He. is nos
second tween the
Does that mean that Burnley have written him off as a one- day "wonder?
ball.
Rafer Johnson Due On Thursday
Rafer Johnson, world record-holder in the De cathlon, is now expected in Hongkong on Thurs day. His frst exhibition will be at the Army athle tic ground at Boundary Street from 4 p.m. on Friday.
522 Baskets
Singapore, Sept. 18. Tripel again scored a century to win their second game OT the Nanyang University Cup Basketball Tournament in Singapore tonight.
MEN'S TOURNEY
Resulls were:
Talpel beat Nanyang Univer
105-50.
Hongkong Chinese beat Chee Lie (Thalland) 08-05. Central Maloya
limit to the Brst dividend. game of Eddle Colman, brilliant "Not at all," a Burnley ofl- "He came In The maximum football pool young Manchester Unlied, right-cial told me.
missing during an emergency and did prize should be no higher than half-back, which was £20,000, the Royal Commsision towards the end of last season. remarkably well, but we never Wright who to me looks better Mr Evans has coped success-
that stone I have slim- pretended he was ready for the on Betting, Lotteries and Gam- "It's ever was. And Ing suggested in its 1931 report red off," explains Eddie,
alrain of regular Lengue foot-sity Mi Dumont ald that by fully by selling a trio of goal- than Grice
Colchester got a near-five figure
Their report said: "We ob 1975 the annual Global World keepers in successive reasons, a
During his two years in the Benny serve that the two largest fool Army, Eddle, most unusual feat. Reynolds to) cheque for the latter!
de- Series would include 32 cham-
he musi ball pool drms have recently mobbed this summer, put on pions, instead of the eight cu Spura, and Jackman and Brown insists, however, that
to West Bromwich Albion. That keep his players if another | limited the amount payable to 2st. He was 944st. when he peting in the series now under-
is to be made has kept his head above water. promotion bld
any one person in the Treblo joined up. way here,
He said the National Baseball He says: "I have not run out this season. "Colchester cannot Chance Pool to £75,000, a stop
was of goalkeepers yet, for I think have the money and the players which Congress this season sponsored
of us well", he said, "and our first in deference to public opinion."
taken, apparently. championship tourneys 20 young Clive Amos, once nations. He said there were Arschol's third eleven, will also aim is Division Two. We shall get more money that way in in- teams on every continent Ex- make the first-class grade." cept Africa now afliated with The Colchester Supporters' creased 'gates than for the out-
Club has an impressive record side lefts?
the NBC.
An
HOME SOCCER
The organisation also has of loyalty. Since the club gain- now an association of umpires, ed a place in the Third Division Scorers and a worldwide con- South it has raised and handed i tract system controlling transfer over £10,000 to the club, and of players in member leagues, the benefit of that is being seen
London, Sept. 18. United Press,
in the new standard which is
Results in tonight's football Kond, taking form at Layer
matches were: Rarely does a work go by in the
League Three North winter season without the Sup- Accrington
Stanley porters' Chub presenting Mr
Hamow Fenton with a £200 cheque for
Bury the Ground Improvement Fund, Gateshead and he now has the Supportere Stockport
PHOTOGRAPHS
by our Staff Photographers
Motor Sports Club Social Evening Miss H.K. in Glasses at Peninsula Hotel Cripples Day at Hindu Temple, Happy Valley Battle of Britain Celebration and Church Service Fire Brigade Annual Swimming Gala at Chung Shing Tea Party & Presentation by AU.C. at American Club Colony Swimming Championships at European Y.M.C.A. Opening of Chiu Chow School Near Sal Yea Street, Kowloon Chinese Medical Association Dinner for W.H.O, Delegates Farewell Parade & Presentation, 15 Medium Regiment Rediffusion Talent Time at Missions to Seamen Police Reserves Passing-Out Parade at P.T.S. ATT Local Sport.s Local Presentations Local Weddings Etc. Etc.
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County
Club approval to bury a player York City or tv it he thinks if neccssary.
"I was restricted last sonson" he sald, "and I think that cost us promotion. One good buy last March may have mado all the difference, but I was pledged to the money going on the new stand."
ON GOAL AVERAGE Colchester were beaten
on
by
their Enst Anglian rivals, Ipswich Town, only
goal 41 DVETANE, and Mr Fenton winces of the thought of ona more point and Second Division football at Colchester in his Brat, full season, as manager.
If Aldershot produces goal- keepers, Oplchester co Lay claim to being rearing ground for outside Iefia. Benny sold brother Tod, of West Ham Uplted, left winger Gordon Crico Last season; now he has discovered a local named Peter
> Chesterfield
· Bradford Taniere Ravens
↑ Halifax Town
3 Manmeld Town
Carlisle United
-leuter.
and
beat "Wet
Sin (Thailand) 74-62.
Hongkong Chinese beat South Malaya 01-65.
WOMEN'S TOURNEY Central Malaya beat Kuching
Medan beat North Malaya
A FINE PROSPECT
"He is a no prospect. we are bringing him alung better be a "It was a different life and slowly. He will
different dict in the Army, player for it too." he told me. "The extra pounds Story behind the selection of dido's just slow *me down England centre-forward Nat 30-18. physically but I was sluggish Lofthouse on the Bolton right- in mind too. It undoubtedlywing is that, for the first time | 45-24. alected my game.
since he got Into Bolion's first Slogapore beat Wei Sin team, Nat is now the club's (Thailand) 48-20, second choice centre-forward. Soda Terk (Formosa) beat footbull all the more for it.' Nat was it for the mid-week South Malaya 64-25.
Talpel men raced away to an will match against Wolves but he London, Sept. 16.
their Spinks, the 1956 certainly challenge Blackburn's vas passed over. He wouldn't early lead and piled up
Nanyang team the big
against Olymple Flyweight Boxing Rennte Clayton for the right- have been in
shooting by sharp Champion, now a professional, half spot in England's side, other day but for an injury to University.
And Clayton la the man tipped right-winger Birch.
and quick break-throughs, been
matched has
Against
Holt time score was 61-31; Pancho Buntiachi (India), who as the next England captain. has won 12 of his 14 contests.
Taipei's highest scorers were
Spinks To Face An Indian Pancho
Terry
The fight will take place ni the Royal Albert Hall, London, on October, 8.--France-Proest,
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USEFUL
*Now I am down to 101⁄2al
I am fighting fit, and enjoy my
An in-form Colman
RUGGED SCOT
the
to "It was a tough decision leave at Lofthouse cut of the
sport.
i leam," manager Bill Ridding Cheng Tok-yuen (28 ponite) How about on International told me, "but young Terry All.and Chera Choliat (21 points). comeback for Jimmy, Scoular, cook was doing so well that it--Router.
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