THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1958.
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IT'S HARD TO STAY AT THE TOP
Bassey-Moreno Joe Erskine May World Title Bout Fight Patterson
On March 20
In Late June
New York, Jan. 27. Cua
d'Amato, manager of Los Angeles, Jan. 27.
World Heavyweight "Champion World Featherweight Buxing Floyd Patterson, raft today Champion Hogan. "Kid" Bussey that an agreement "in pinciple" will defend hits title against hudt been reached with the "Pajarito" British promoter, Harry Levens, Moreno over 15 rounds at for a fight against Jug Erskinc Wrigley Field open air stadium in Britain in June. here on March 20, it was no- nounced here today,
Mexican Nicardo
D'Amato Bald that Patterson and would fight the Brush Fight Promoter' George Dar-Empire Champion for the world hassus Bold that Hussey had tille at the end of June. been guaranteed H US$70,000 D'Amato added that Palier purse and the Mexican challen-son's defence of his title was Ker iL purse of US$30,000.subject to Enking's winning his France-Presse,
EUROPEAN MEET
Stockholm, Jan. 27. Vladimir Kuts, the double Olymple Champion, will be in- eluded in a Husslan team of 100 European to compete The Athletics Championships here in
the August,
organisers B7~ nounced today.
Twenty-seven countries have entered for the Championships. -Chi Mall Special.
Kison
European title fight with the Swedish holder, Ingemar Johansson, in Gothenburg on February 21, Chkia Mall Special
POOR REWARD
United eled s Stockland amiable hosts when they sent
League opponents
Sports Diary
TODAY
Boxing
Lanzi Furces Individual Doxing Championships, Preliminary Rounds, Eureka Hall. Transit Camp.
TOMORROW
Heeeer
Fleckie Boerei: Combined Chinese
Rest of Colony, KFC p.m. Cumbled Hongkong Schools Confined Kowloon #hools, KFC. 4.30 p.m.
Alerting AST & OC Connell, Meeting at SCM Post Board Houm, 5.20 pim.
Boxing Land Forces Individual Boxing, Transt Camu
EMIGRATING
Think Of The Future, Professionals-You Can't Play Football Forever
Says TOM FINNEY
HISTORIC AGREEMENT SIGNED
Russian And American Athletes To Compete Against
Each Other
Washington, Jan. 27.
Russian and American athletes will compete against each other in Russia this year under a historic two-year agreement signed today that provides for a broad exchange of scientists, students, athletes and other Kroups
month, when a sqund of wrestlers will compete in several meeta,
Recently I received a letter from a young footballer who said: "I have the chance of joining a First Division club on the ground staff, but my dad wants me to forget all about Russian athletes also will visit this country, starting next football until I have learned a trado. I am mad on a football career and I haven't the interest to take up a trade like engineering, or anything like that. My father, however, says football is too precarious. I want to know what your advice is.......
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both countries at the State
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be held in the United States in
The details of these ex-
According to the agreement 1 Chess tournaments be- signed by representatives of tween representative, teams to
Department, East-West COMT- 1938. pellion in men's and women's basketball will be held in changes of athletes and athletic Russia in April and in the teams, RS. well as financial these cx- changes, shall be discussed be- tween appropriate Soviet and American sporte organizations.
United Press.
This lad faced exactly the same problem as I did. I wanted to be a footballer. My father insisted I learned a trade, so I became an apprentice plumber and only a part-time player until my apprentice-veted States some time next ship ended.
A Russo-American track and field meet will be staged in the A young footballer coming, soviet Union in July and here
game
into the professional
work hard
his at should
spend his training and "leisure" hours planning for the future, in case he doesn't make the grade or suffers an injury which cuta short his career. The cheers of the crowd are pleasant, but you can't live on them for the rest of your life.
One of Britain's greatest long distance runners, York- shreman Emile liarper, of Sheffield, is emigrating with his wife to join their daughter and grandchildren in Melboume. He Tall in Three Olympics, and My father was quite right, brilliant career cut short while would have probably won the Any "boy coming into Roccer sulla top-liner with Bolton and 1036 Marathon in Berlin it should not allow himself to be-England. is studying at Carnegie had not stopped to help the come so blinded by the glamour College in Leeds. Korean, K. Son, who, was in of the game that he forgets 10
a plumbing and te for their Midland Templars difficulties. Son recovered and make plans for his future when electrical business. Remember
the race, with Smarts FC. won
Harver his playing days are over. the great Blackpool term which cand! Ernie was also an ex- 'oor reward they got for their
In these modern days It Is went to the Cup Final in 1943, Many of their hard- 1831 and 19537 for a quite possible trouble, too, for their transport- National Cross Country Cham-
plon. et guests beat them five to one.
had jobs apart from to give every- working chop
players
Moriensen thing he has to football, to football. Stan train as hard as the next mun same thriving shopkeeper; but still have time for an oc- Harry Johnston, now Reading Appearance Money Manager, took over a news- cupation outside the game.
Since agents.
he became a Any International wil ill successful manager, he has said you it is hard to stay at the top he has no objection to players That's why so nony soccer having jobs outside the game. sturs look for Jobs and bus-providing they put football first nesses outside football to sate-
and full their obligations to guard their future.
their club.
Be Specific-fly
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Look At This
Look at this list: Billy Liddell, Liverpool and Scoottish
Joft- International winger, has been a top-ler for
years, but studies accountancy; Runnie Clayton, Blackburn Rovers and England right-half, is still young but has bought a news:gency
and sweets and tobacco business; Jimmy Enginnd Mullen, Wolves and left-winger, has 1 sports business; so has Jimmy Hagan, Sheffield United and England Inside forward; Jimmy Dickin- on, for su long England's left well for Portsmouth, is in the building trade; Harold Hossal, who was dreadfully unlucky to have his
flights weekly to half und still playing
CALCUTTA
GRANTED.
BUT HOW CAN
ANYBODY
FLY ON A
CARPENT
By Lee Falk and Phil Davis
I REALLY DON'T
KNOW. MAYBE
IT WAS A PROJECTION OR
HYPNOSIS OR--
IF YOU FIND OUT, LET ME
KNOW.
I WILL, IF--
By Alik
By Ernie Bushmiller
M
be-
Most footballers are not going to take kindly to the, suggested £3 a match appearance money which may become part of the new charter for players,
Naturally most players argue that they and their farmilles will suffer financially if they are Injured. For a mum hurt in the game can lose his first team place and the £3 appearance
It's sound common sense, would advise any lad taking up football as a career to ask his
money which goes with it. chances there were club what
But there is a point which for a trado study also
seems to have escaped maty profession.
people It was put to me by
First Division "club's physio
to
OF
These days most top-class teams are only 100 willing to help. A job outside the game prevents chap going mentally stale. It keeps him interested in affairs apart from football, so ho can come out to play match physically and mentally keyed up - a really happy footballer.
The bad old days when play ers spent many hours lounging round street corners after their training stint was finished have gone,
There's Mare Than Magic FRYS
CRYSTALISED GINGER
COVERED IN
FRY'S CHOCOLATE
to COLOGNE.....
SWISSAIR
BLACK MAGIC
therapist. He pointed out that many players get knocks which could be aggravated if they continued playing.
In the most cases when
next year, while weightlifting contests between representative teams are scheduled for Russia
in May.
The details of these exchanges of athletes as well as Dnancial orrangements for the tours will Ee ironed out between appro- priate Soviet and sports organizations.
American
The Amateur Athletic Union approved the Idea of dual meets between the two countries last "E satisfactory November
worked arrangements, can be
OUL"
Rusela previously had sug- gested International meets, but they never materialized because of the US fingerprinting re- quirements for foreign visitors, which have since been. eliminated,
Athletic Exchanges
The US-Russian agreement on athletic exchanges is as follows: Section XI-Exchange of indivi- dual athletes and athletic leams.
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arrangements for
SPORTRAI‚T:
"Never mind how they played last week you won't see Arsenal in this series,
London Express Skele
ASIAN GAMES
Policeman. Will
and in the Be At Official
Both parties will provide for
of exchange
Individual chap gets a knock or a pulled athletes and athletic teams and muscle, ho Tests and has 1in 1950-1959 will provide for the treated.
If the new sugges-holdnig of the following con- tions were adopted there might tests in the Union of Soviet be a tendency for players to Socialist Republles hush up injuries. They would'nt United States, have frealment incase they were advised not to turn out 1. Basketball games between
men's the Saturday,
And this representative could lead to a lad going out women's teams to be held in the and really turning a mluor fn-Soviet Union in April 1958. jury Into something much worse.
on
It would be easy to say: "Is that twinge in my leg going to cost me my £3 appearance money? Not likely. I'll run it off during the match.
Whichever way you look at It footballers will be against appearance money.
World Cup
teammate
Tommy
My Docherty, who has captained Scotland in recent Inter-
and
2. Basketball games between men's and presentative women's teams to be hold in the United States in 1959.
3. Wrestling matches between representative teams to be held 1 the United February 1958.
Starter's Side
Tokyo, Jan! 28.
The Third Asian Games, May 24 to June 1, may see the uni procedented appearance of a policeman alongside the official starter in running events.
Post-war laws of Japan do not permit civilians to carry pistols. States In Omeials of the Japan Amateur Track and Field Federation are a dilemma, Police in sympathetic but say they can- not ignore the law.
4. Wrestling matches between representative teams to be held in the Soviet Union in 1940.
are
Federation officials sald the
5. Track and field contests Asian Games will not permit between representative teams to the use of the toy pistola em-
competition. United
rationals, was like most Scols be held in the Soviet Union in ployed previously in domestic
more than pleased that Matt July 1958. Busby is to be team manager of the Scottish alde in The World Cup finals.
I cannot think of a better chap for the job. First attribute for phy man taking over a position ke this is to have the confidence and respect of his players. Matt Busby could be the secret weapon of the Scols and lend them to mighty deeds in the World Cup. As an Englishman I am rather interested to see how Mr Busby briets the Scottish players, par- ticularly in how to tame the menace of his three United men, Roger Byrne, Duncan Edwardis and Tommy Taylor, who have in the England team for some time. The Scots have always had a healthy respre! for Duncan Edwards and the way the big fellow suddenly comes racing ta for goal. I wonder whether Mr Busby has a plan to stop his own player, Edwards, doing this when The England play Scotland. Busby appointment.
wil
be watched with great interest by footballers everywhere. For no man has a wider knowledge of the Continental teams and players,
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track
6. Track and field conteste | Press. between representative tearns to be held in the United States in 1059.
7. Weightlifting contests be- tween representative teams to be held in the Soviet Union in May 1958.
18 Countries Enter World Skiing Championships
Helsinki, Jan, 27.
Japan and 17 other countries have entered for the World Skiing Championships at Laht, from March to D.
ure
The others
Argentina, Austria,
Canada, Chile, Cze
France, choslovakia, Finland, Italy, Yugoslavia, Norway, Poland, Switzerland, Sweden, the Soviet Union, the States, West Germany, East Germany.-Reuter.
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