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THE CHINA-MAIL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1957.
THEY PEDDLE PEP PILLS TO THEIR PLAYERS
Tommy Atkins ARMY SPORTS
PARADE
The spotlight this week shines on Pte Roydon Thomas of 6 Composite Ordnance Depot who, by winning a difficult the Garrison Cross-country race over four-mile course in the excellent time of 28 minatės 25.7 seconds, set a good example to the remaining -members of his unit team who, packing well, romped home ensy winners of the team event to
maintain of
this unit's reputation as the feading exponents: this sport.
This was Roydon's first essay at rumming the hard way, and his first success, Judging from his style and the And both over the time he registered he should country and distance truck events a rewarding hobby. In individual second position came Gür Pred Allison who has featured h Army and BKAAA competitions on many occasions, while the third position went to Gur, Oxford of 74 LAA Regt. RA.
To the COD% low total of 05† the soyal-final
there Followed maturi perse, points
with: Duit 74 LAA Regt RA
Put
训 their
Command Workshope at home.
and although I fancy the REME team, I have not seen the Bighals in action this saggan and presuming Major Juruny Web ber is in their line-up, the Dis- patel Service could take Craftsmen for a ride?
Athletes Should Compete
Against Each Other
As Men-Not Guinea Pigs
Says DEREK JOHN
Hongkong Invited For Far East Open Golf Tournament
Manila, Nov. 27. The top professional golfera of 14 countries are expected, to participate when the sixth Far
is held here from January 16 to
Doped animals used to be the exclusive headache of those who
controlled racing-horse and greyhound. Now the day seams East Open Golf Championship to be coming when football and other sports bosses will have to interest themselves in the question.
The other week six Manchester United players each took a benzedrine tablet before winning their European Cup-tie against Czech side Dukla, Several League team managers cheerfully admit that they peddle pop pills to their players before big games.
They say it can brenme habit forming: unct talet canze cilence in
highly-strung Iperom,
WT
winner
The feet may be
largely him recently. He said: "Buxing | motorist Plero Torum, ychological. But not wholly is in a terrible state. There ure of the tragic Mille Miglia list The US Aledical Association no top-quality fighters bemuse spring in which the Dorquis renouage
"shocking and there are not enough incentives de Portago, two other drivers. the virious
practice of to learn the fundamentals. an ofciat, and ten spectators Amerlewn athletes, Including
th Foundation "WILL
were killed, some still at high school, taking shall be able to take kids whe In an article in the Saturday amphetamine, a drug which in want to learn and put them on Evening Post, Taru says that dude, benzedrine.
salary-pay 50 bucks a week-modern power has awung the and look after them until they balance of risk too far in the graduate. We would emphasie direction of death, and declares, the wonderful sirle of boxing | "Since there is no practical not the gambling and the bad reuson for its existence, and since, as a sport, 11 cannot be boys."
Dempsey, IS
thicker. Toddler.
must controlled, the Fond Face bul at looking strong enough be abolished." to knock you down with
Taraf's plea from the heart carolees
Many movement. is deter will not go unheedeti.
believe the minext to
project motor racing fans make this
sport should be work.
confined My own view: if American enclosed circuits, boxing gets stimulated any more, the rest of the world can forget about titles altogether.
The dividing line between legiate stimulants, such
glucusd, and copy is thin, But it must be drawn, and drawn irmly.
Teams anel players should
Dempsey Foundation
100 pots, while third place to Island Signals rece me sittingcompete against eachother s Went to Command Workshops on the fence over the result, not as guinea plys, Fitness. and stoming must be induced by REME with 163 points, and
training, not by the hypodermic these were followed by new
syringe. camera to this sport who all
up a very creditable show ing in 33 General Hospital (172).. 2 Supply Depot (200), 31.K. Provost Coy (214)
and Command Pay Ofre (216 points).
Turwa d to sering Breet again with
I Took These train
sides w
Jack Dempsey, former Heavy- theweight Champion of the World, needs 1,500,000 dollars-lo set up a Dempsey Boxing Founda
Dirit Workshops appear lotion have The easiest match of the
Jack was bubbling over with round by drawing 33 General the Wes when a colleague mei Hospital, and should win casily. hose of the Territories and but lost week's meeting of the in the Laval Forces Individual and Ten Championships which will be held at San Wai next Wednesday, December 4. ver a longer course of abent. -six intles.
shall be surprised if 6 CD do not add this humour to their
1-0 in result HEMES Iavour in a game slud could easily have gone the other way.
The jak foglo in this series Ceres 150 Battery BA meeting the winner of the repinyed 11 ful Workshops/CPO game, and
long list of successes and will stick my neck out more become the Minor Uullsavour the Sek Kong team for Champions. The Major Units la plage in the semi-inal draw. title is very open and I won't
even hazard a guess at the
mate winners
All Army football referees are reminded that the monthly meeting will he held NAAFI Club, Chang nost Saturday,
eununencing at 10.80 hrs.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Calling All Gremlins
A Clean Sweep To The Editor, China Mail.
Sir,-Many of your readers Alf these game must be con- | may have heard and enjoyed the tested prior to December 14 and|tuterview given recently by two looks lite a clean sweep for mast ebarining ladies during the REME to me, with "Ord" be- Sports Cavalcade over Radio Roading the thom in their side. The Hongkong. The ladies. were the
30, semi-final draw should be Im-Caplains of KGV Novembe
and Gremlins portant, and interesting.
Ladies Hockey Teams.
We admire greatly the teams com-who play in the Hongkong Ladies ups refereeingmunted on the absency of foot-Hockey League, particularly the
column re-Gallant Gremlins." We enjoy tenning a bit more abmittall mews in this
the Buswer quite ed hearing those two ladies on Die Jaws of the game will be gently, and
been the dio fund think they did welcome at the discussion which frankly waiting
a game that rather well. But, Str. it pained the Association's Een- follows
CRU eral business.
I hoped that all wil
at-
Along
leno and any other. interested
in either takk
Hockey
Glowbut with the success uf forecasting the correct results
readers have
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Sad new, for world. Frdin Australia I hear that muscle-man. Vie Seixas Is seriously considering packing up the pameal champlonstrip level at last.
for
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Did you know that there is ing action in an average top- class tennis match thai Therd la in a four-round prize fight?.... that, on average, the ball is in play for only 3.8 seconds for each point?
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To his completq disinay, 75- year-old Mercer Beasley has discovered these facts after 50 He has been thinking of it
years of teaching tennis to star some time.
A 31. players. He is disgusted.
He that he is slowing up always thought realises
Cennis was # considerably and feels its tough and punishing game. time to devote himself to his business Interests, He is likely 'That was until he put to become a full-time business-stopwatch on the professionals man when he leaves Australia and the amateurs playing at early next year,
Forest Ils s усаг. found that a three-Ret match lasted. on average, about 30 minutes. But the ball was actually in play for only ten minutes and seven seconds!
What lose this will be to amateur tennis! Seixas, the crew-cut American who took up iennis at the age of Ave, has long been one of the great entertainers in first-clus tournaments. And he is great amateur, Having sirongly resisted persistent offers to lum professional.
Now he hopes to end his i with a triump-! playing career hant appearance in the Davis ! Cup Challenge Round against Australia.
It: 1954 he helped to break Australia's run of four victories in the Davis Cup.
1 think he
is quite capable of causing an upset in the Davis Cup doubles at Christmas.
in Australia fon
tie
is that I
my interest,us deeply to hear the Gremlins However, I expect the Cup to sar! held and at last 7 am happy to say | Captain claim an unbeaten re-¡ remain such game has materialized, gord for her team, Lesser spirits third year in succession, It was the RAF Kai Takt/Hong would take deep unbrage, Sir, kong Signal Rgt Senior Leagte encounter, played on the formin- er's grand last Wednesday.
but we shall be content to set the record straight.
On January 27 of this year, King's Park, our "Ladies"
your
Another Star
Says Beasley: "They spent far more time getting ready to play the point than in detually hitting the tall."
A Lethal Thing
Now we put the stopwatch on a well-driven golt tall. And what a letha: thing it turns out to be. This unguided missile (very much so in come eases) inveis at 170 miles an hour. That's faster then an arrow,
Tennis, anyone?
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All is not well with Ruby Undon. When the International Rugby
Federation meet__next March they will discuss 02 re- commendations in the Jaws.
19.
Japan's Torukichi "Pele" Nakamura, recent upset winner: of the International Trophy; · has been invited.
Of the 13 countries asked to send their entries, the Chines! were. Nationalinis in Formosa, the frat to reply and will send a seven-man golf team.
US$3,000, The top Mizo US$1,500 to the runner-up, and US$1,000 for placed man.
the the third-
wert
The countries invited longkong, the United States, the Chinese Nationalists in Aus- Formosa, Japan, Korea
Singapore, Molay, train, Thailand, Guam, Hawali, South Afrlen and Britain. --Frátice. Presse.
Hungarian Wins Zonal Chess Tournament
Hungary's
Wageningen,
the
Holland Nov. 26. Szabó wor European second zone tourn
for the
World Chess ment
which ended Champlonships here today. He scored 135 prints.
Iceland's Olafsson was second with 13 points and Denmark's Larsen tied with Holland's Den
er for third place with 12.5 points ench.
The first three qualify for the inter-zonal tournament to be held in Yugoslavia in 1989.
Loreen and Donner will have to meet in a deciding match uniors the International Chess Federation accepts the Nether lands Federation's request that both should qualify for the inter-zonal final.-France-Presse,
Joe Erskine
Swede Will Meet
In Next Fight
London, Nov. 20. A
Joc confident
Ersiding, after
ปริ abnost unmarked brilliant Empire heavyweight Utle win over Jamaican 30 Bygraves at Leicester last night, is looking forward to a busy lind in the ring in the sm medinte future.
for
France-Presse.
NATAL HOLD AUSTRALIANS TO AN EXCITING DRAW Richie Benaud In Fine Form
Durban, Nov, 26..
Natal held the Australian cricketers to an ex- biting draw at Kingsmead here today,aying ah Innings defeat sik minutes from the drawing or átumps.
Needing 24 to make Australia bat again after the Australiana declared yesterday at 369; for hix, Natal-out for 147 in their first innings -10st eight wickets for 215 but then held out to reach 208,
An unchanged bowling spell by Richie Benaud nearly won the match for the Austrálialts, but the 22-year-old Chris Burger, playing a mature tanlings of 42 not out, kept out the tourists.
HIS BEST FORM
Last season the luckless Burger got four sue cessive ducks against the MCC, but in a stay of 105 minutes today ho showed his best form.
At one stage it seeded that nobody would stay. with him, but Paul Randles, the wicketkeeper, re- mained long enough to make 25 before being eighth wicket down, and then Peter Dodda (not out 9) slood Grm until stumps were drawn.
Today conarmed the fine form of Benaud with the bill. In Natal's first innings he finished with figures of seven for 46, and today he had six for 88 -giving him a mätch analysis of 13 wickets för 134
runs.
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There was great excitement as Natal's eight wicket fell at 215, still seven runs behind, but they khocked off the arrears without further loss, and with six minutes remaining.
The ninth wicket par stayed together during the remaining the to Uraw the match, China Mal Special
That Soccer Hiding Was A Spur To England
Says ALAN HOBY
Thank you, Danny Blanchflower-and thank you, Peter Doherty! Your leadership, the way you inspired that ghting Irish team at Wembley, knocked the cockiness out of casual England-while there is still time to rebuild for the World Cup!
But shame on you Walter Winterbottom, for saying, in your capacity as England team manager, that "IE ever there was luck, the Irish had it."
"Lack."
Mr Winterbottom? Danny, a truly magnificent teams captain, can skipper is country
no s
trying to
It was a licking they gave us and there's excuse it away.
Indeed, I call England the lucky ones for being able profit from a lesson in. diinster.
As
Underlined
to
a football writer 1 am particularly grateful to ivonderful Irishman for doubly underlining want I wrote in my Wembley preview:-
BUT NOT HIS CLUB?
Well, I put the same questloit And what
to Danny ilmselt. was his answer?
"It's simply a matter of principle," he told me. Tottenham
their
mine. St.
Thd management, have I have viewpoint and
And I respect them for
"But if I can't have respon sibility on the Hell I don'
That the Eatland "double want the captaincy. I resigned centre forward" World Cup plan as Spurs caplain 17 months hgo is as dead as Guy Fawkes, because I was no longer able to Scrap it before it is too late.noke my own decisions, during What: England wants are foot swatch." ballerot goal-poachers.
Previous Round
South Africa heads the st In senior hockey circles there
will 38 proposals. Next come has been a slight pause while
While the lion-hearted Seixus
Ireland with 19, followed by tearns gel ready for the quar-
is planning to retire, I hear that ter-finals of the knockoul coin-
New Zealand (11), England (0). A gusly wind blowing down
American star is
#rid Aus- petition, and only a few League the pitch added to the difficul-Hackey Team met and decisive another matches were arranged during ties of both sides, who played then included the present Capt. Mrs
ly routed the Gremlins (who donning a coineback. She is France (7), Wales,
tralia (3), while Scotland can Beverley Baker-Fleitz, the week.
Inst, open football under a hot
of KGV). The Gremlins claim the attractive ambidextrousmuster only two.
Suggestions range from 1/10 Gurk Rifes proved sum. Sigts, with the all of the
Californian, who was runner-up
That neither Derek Kevan too good for 74 LAA NE RAWind, produced really attractive ed (and we believe most un-
in the 1955 Wimbledon Cham-change in the scoring to pro-
posals for more definite rules Erskine, now holder of the plonship. by 6-4 And the 1/Green In-football much had this line RAF fairly) that we infringed every
nor Tommy Taylor is clicking. bringing the ball back Briush and Empire Heavyweight Now bring in Honnie Allen or At the time Danny had been This is really wards has twn outings, defertum well under control, but rule in the hook. Let
welcome news about take full advantage
Championships, will next meet Jim Murray of Wolves at centre savagely criticised for switching of renders be our judges. Where ing HQLF in a really good uiter
Althea into play. this superiority rich crossed over in the rules of hockey does it since it means that
South Africa want le ser a Ingemar Johansson of Sweden forward AND it the selectors Inside-forward Johnny Brooks game, nd sharing two goals
Gibson may not have everything
for the latter's European Wle. have the courage-play elther and full-back Maurice Norman with the RASC in a pune that with the menue fend of one state that wing forwards shall
her own way in next year's try gain greater reward. They produced a lot of good hockey goal. Things looked brighter for not ride Vespris? Is there any
suggest awarding it four paints, major championships.
This fight has been secured young Greaves or that old fox during Tottenham's losing Cup them when they registered rule which prevents the removal
This year Miss Gibson bas with two for a conversion and Foals. other kicked
the from both sides.
Sweden and My Benny Tom Fluncy at INSIDE RIGHT semi-final with Manchester City move Had further geal shortly after re-of gool pasts when attacked? 15
reigned supreme as the Queen twee for
they Alternatively,
suggest Jacobs, Baskine's manager, salt against France on November 27.although The last of these League en-sumption of play, bait from that not a real when a forward Tennis; she has not been
Good FOOTballers-as Red Worked successfully during the counters found the lungkot time awards they seemOG i plays the ball fairly into his top
beaten since last January. Such keeping the present three points today: "I hope to get it disposed Do the
making It of as soon as possible so that Army and Real Madrid
Expounding his playing 'Bhilo- Signal Rgt, rather too good for completely lose their grip on the hat, and nets the lot?
a one-sided situation is not good for a try, but god!
"worth" main by reducing other
Joe can be matched with the proved-can play ANY dave previous round. RAF udally laws prohibli defence of the 24 Field Engineer Rgt BE me, and the
for the game.
As for Danny Blanchflower sophy still further, Daly wiht conversion American, Willio Pastrano.".... got on top and stayed there for with the extingui
extinguishers, rockets who went down by 5-2,
Now Mrs Fieltz has beaten pointy to two for a
himself, he is one of the really on and two for other kicks. the greater part of the remain-and firecrackers?
most of the world's best women
great players of British foot- players, Unorthodox methods, yes Sir;
including the great
ball. playing the. of three out of the Jour Gouls were inevitable, but the but illegal? Never. It is this Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly.
which has | And she might have first first two were minor tragedies very unorthodoxy
won the matches played in the
w to relain our un Wimbledon title in 1056 if she Found of
Minor Units for the Signals eustodin, who enabled Ute
had not had to retire at the When the British AMATEUR kockout competition, eunfought to have prevented both beaten word, and to entertain
sloge ulter disTM Judo team competed recently in still expoct 100 per cent from ecanting, but number three the most discriminating specia- quarter-final
covering that she was expecting the European Championships in the was a "scorcher" from 20 yards 'tor, the outcome of
Hotterdam, four of its seven the another baby. 11 which almost burst the rigging. fourth match was draw,
Mrs Fleitz reached the semi-members were PROFESSIONAL from Gremlins care to try again, we Inf, Workshops IIEME allowing and awoke the Signals the Command Pay Oller
their lethargy, but bau shooting are 'rendy, We will be most final when she made her debut conches.
at Wimitedon in 1951, Later them at a hold thein tot 2-2 draw utternut good keeping saw the RAF pleased to meet extra time in the pcked through.
place and date to be agreed that year she marrict.
Ficit, n former basebal; star. encounter.
mutually, and hope, Sir, to be
The arrival of her Arst baby, Without Complaint in a position to notify you ac-
now aged four, ended her tennis cordingly in the near future.
But she returned spirit and enthusiasm o the A very good ganic in true The proceeds of all produe for a time.
to Wimbledon In 1955 and only players certainly never flugged Service spirit, clean but vigorous, tions of this organisation, nie
last to Louise Brough in, the and it was good to see a team with plenty of hard knocks devotext to the welfare of poor so inferior on paper rising to given and taker, without com-children, and, towards this end, final after two close nets.
The the occasion and nearly pull plant,
Regiment's team we feel aure the Gremling will ing of the surprise of the could settle down into a first, as before, prepare for battle. hockey season. The replay is class combination If they will something you should not miss. concentrate
on getting really District Workshops BEME, match-tit first. Congratulations who made rather heavy work of to both teams, let's have some. "writing of“ bottom-of-the-{ inoru games like this.
saccess as
to
If the dockey
at Hous fell below first elus standards, the
league 33 General Hospital by a The other league matches saw single goal in the league en-8 Coy RASC defeat 74.LAA Bgt counter, made no mistake in RA by an odd goal, while bot- their cup clash with 101 Bat-tom-of-the-league RAF Island which tery RA and went "map" walle moved up three places alster unit Command Workshops they surprised the 1/Green lo. were three goals superior towards by a 3-1 margin. Kowloon Signals.
The boxing innovation of na The last match in the fro: absolute novice competition round was a very keen altair, has caught on as I expected, and with the weberience or O'DOD |ut least ob entries are hired. Just Turing the tables b youthru CRE steven who never gave up trying to reduce the two-goal thielt.
Boxing will false, inéd this afternoon, at the Trakalt Camp stud wit voritindo totfidtrow (Tiurate) with the ankle on Friday commencing at 14.80 hrs.
at
y- The law for the quarter. Why not go nishat final H been made dith Pas The Novice Championships of sulted in 129 Battery RA enter- | the season will, tako pinto taining & COD and I rear, the Sell Kong ba Monday, Tuesday Gunder guests will prove une and Thursday, December 9, 10
water and 18 th thể"\/ATR/17).
HOWEVET,
should
THE KAI TAK SUPERSONICS,
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How crazy can you get in this mixed-up sports world?
HOCKEY FIXTURES
FOR SUNDAY
The following are the lengùð hockey ixtures for Sunday, De
Becond Division
cember 1: Frank Pearson, a British Judb Joluuy Association committee-man, ex- plains: "We don't care what a man's profession is-even if it is connected with judo so long as he does not engage in publle bouts for goin."
Obviously. Britain's newly- appointed Sports Inquiry Con milies, headed by Sir John Wolfenden, has a baling time
A world famous sportanan | ahead. wants to see one linnch of his sport banned.- He is racing
THE GAMBOLS.
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Nav Bharat "" v Macaensis, Happy Valles, 11 am
Valley Sports v HKHC "B" Bookunpoo, 11 n.m.
Demons y Dutch H.C., kunpoo, 2.30 p.m.
Since John Charles was lost
to Italy you could put them all in one cab but there, occupy ing a front sent, would be Danny, that unqueitchable Irish character with the Intellectual
feet,
"To me, being a captain means a great deal more than coin, seeing which tossing a way the wind, is blowing, and
posing for photographs"
To which I would mid this! comment da Billy, Wright and his boys discovered to their stunnet surprise that Weďrles- Ireland's day.
flarni-
Danny I'll
with Together uninhibited team buss, haired Peter Doherty, slamped his personality on the Wembley, match and wint a flower, multi-faced dynamic personality it is!
crammed
tell you something elso about my friend Danny Bláňch-||
Because he is 30 and wants to go on
long ta Stanley Matthews, Danný → character- istlently-reported with them,
back for training a fortnight Ghead of hin Tottenham teammates before the start of the season.
He is a man of firm opinions
well as principles. This what he says about his fellow- footballtr nhà thơ. fame in géribral:-
No yopping 7ca-men in a game Danny of the intelligent grey Soo-cres and wide Irish smile will slick to his principles, nihic or swim.
Ármy "B" v RAF, Boundary Sutet, 2.30 p.m.
"For instance, discerning critics are now asking "How is it that
for DOMESTIC
ECONOMY
Controlled
The average player controlled. He con sill be said like a bale of coitch, Ho din can't negotiate his own private contract with a club,
I sometimes think it's Brad DA He has a wishbone where KE backbone should be. He wIq?s= for things instead of derisatelli ther."
Personally, I think societ soccer playern should be ful that there ske utili - Beh two cohabingly, Ind
personality plus bo
Bike
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