THE TASK OF ERNIE TAYLOR
By Stanley Matthews
Ernie Taylor is one of the grandost little fallows i'vo As a football over met. craftsman ho has fow equale and his cocky personality on the field was always an inspiration to us at Blackpool, That is why I was delighted to see him make such a success of his first Cup game with Manchester United.
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Ernie's lost few months at Blackpool were not too happy ...his repeated transfer re- questa praved that. He had his own fixed ideas and often thought he wasn't getting the right treatment.
RIGHT DECISION
I feel that Ernie made the right decision when he moved to Old Trafford-but he knew he was tackling the hardest job of his career.
THE CITINA WIE. THURSDAY, MARCH~6, 1958.
CAN
THE WOLVES BE
OVERTAKEN?
If
Ireland's Team You Can't Do A Thing Vic Seixas
Against Wales On March 15
Dublin, Mar. 4.
Dr Jack Kyle, who holda the world's record of 40 Rugby Union "caps" was dropped by the Ireland selectors when they announced the team to meet Wales at Lansdowng Road, Dublin, on March 15,
Kyle will be replaced by Mick English, who is a new- comer to international football,
Paddy Beakery, who played ot full back against England and Scotland, le dropped in favour of George Murphy, Benkery's teammate with London Irish. Murphy has already been
copped five times, his last ap- pearance being against the New Zealand All-Blacks in 1954. He played against South Africa in 1952.
The scrum-half position has been left vennt, probably to Fee whether the injured John] O'Meara will have recovered in time to take over from Audy Joining a new club is diffleuitfulligan, of Cambridge Univer enough for any established star
alty. with a retiled style, but there was an added problem for Ernie Taylor,
He had to team up with o hnstily assembled collection of cager and talented youngsters. He has to try and i In with a new all-out style of play and
ot the some time we his own vast experience to help them blend into a team.
This is where Ernie will be invaluable. 11s football know- ledge should bring out the best in those boys.
MIGHTY EDWARDS
And Manchester United are going to need all the belp they can get in the next season or two. For they have lost two players in one in the death of mighty Duncan Edwards.
Duncan had everything--size, power, skill, and courage. Ile was only 21, but he loved fool- ball and put his heart and soul into 11.
With his bullocking dashes up field, his biting tackles, and his fine ball control, he was shaping to be one of the fliest half-bucks
in the history of English foot- bali.
Lop
the
Of all the soccer prodigies 1 have seen rockel to the Duncan Edwards had greatest promise. Pleyers of calibre come along only once twice in a lifetime.
(London Express Service),
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his
or
THE TEAM
The Ireland team is:
The
You
Team In Front Of Keeps On Winning
Say's TOM FINNEY
Can the Wolves be overtaken in the League Championship strugglo? Or will it finish a one-horse race? This season's competition is remarkably similar to last season's. About this time a year ago Spurs, Wolves, Preston North End and Blackpool all fancied their chances of catching up with Manchester United.
Many people hoped United would win the FA and European Cups, as well as the League. But at Preston we kept telling ourselves the strain on them would be too great. None of our thoughts were at all charitable towards Roger Byrne and his lads. We were all hoping for that supposed inevitable slip.
I remember that towards the there are another three-Wolves, end of February last season, Manchester United and Black-points have been more than Binckpool didi themselves Π pool-also with 10, really good turn by beating
League matches.
United at Old Trafford. What None of them, of course, be- a chocki It was United's fifth gon by losing the first Ave defeat in about 30 matches. At Deepdale, we lost against Wolves and dropped a This was it, we said. They point when Manchester United were the vicllora. But we won The the remaining 12 games making 25 points altogether, out of 28. everybody
runners-up, with a clear lead of knows, romped in at the finish.This explains why Preston are
Is the same thing going to three points. happen again this year? Wolves
were on the slide at last. But It made no difference. Busby
Doys,
04
J. G. Murphy (London), A. J. F. Greilly (Old Belvedere). N J. Henderson, Captain, North of Treinnd), D. Hewitt (Queen's University, Belfast), A. C. Pedlow (CIYMS), M. P. J. O'Donoghue (Boctive Ran- at the top. They were able to English (Limerick Bohemians), are in a comfortable position Championship
(Wan- tackle their FA Cup sixth fera), A. I. Dawson derers), B. G. M. Wood round task without any real (Garryowen), J, B. Stevenson anodicty about
League. (Instonians), W A. Mulcahy United, a year ago, were in the (University College Dublin), J. sume happy position. A. Donaldson (Collegians), J. R. Kavangh (Wanderers) and M. J. Murphy (Cork Constitu tion).China Mall Special.
Pakistan Olympic
Games Open On March 14
the
Asking A Lot
At Preston the fens kego prking LLS, 715 they did Just reason, "Can you catch the lenders?". All I can say is that it 13 asking Д jpt. There Wolves can certainly play and we all know how many victims they have, had already,
Consider how many times 50
enough to win the League utio, and you will realise what a discouraging task it is trying to catch or overtake great teams
United like Manchester season and Wolves now.
Cannot Do More
last
The challengers cannot do more than keep at it, with the utmost determination to wink That is what Preston are doing,
Embarks On A New Career
New York, Mar, B. Aging American Davis Cup vateron Vic Seixar raid today his Wimbledon and Davis Cup days are finished, although he
may compete in a few tournia-
ments on the Atlantic seaboard. Selxas, who is past 30 and still
ranked Number One in United
States tennis, is here to cm- bark un a new career as stockbroker. He said he has not lost all hope that the United States may retake the Davis Cup from Australia,
The Aussies no longer mono- police amateur tennis since Lew Hood and Ken Rosewall turned professional, Seixas satd. More- over, Cooper and Anderson are not world-beaters and they can be licked, he added.
Selxas said somo European nation might slip in and win the Cup. He said the United states could not hope to regain ite past tennis aupremacy but should try to arouse interest among the young and hope for now Jack Kramer or Don Budge-France-Prosse.
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SPORTRAIT
BALLARDS
"I'm sorry, air, but could you pop back right away- your opponent has finished
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A South-East Asia Games Meet In Bangkok?
Bangicok, Mar. 5. Thailand bne deelded to sponsor ✡ South-East Asia Games meeting to be held in Bangkok next December, a
mitter Bald today.
and no doubt it also applica to TKO Win For member of her Olymple Com- Form ham Forest, yes, and even
Bro
West Bromwich, Luton, Notting-
United, for they
not It ↳ Championship form by finished, in spite of the alr any reckoning. But woś still crash. can't catch up with Wolves. What a cracking pace it is. I None of these teams can have never known anything like afford to make any slips, and Jt, even though last season's we had this in mind when visit TOLO mode United afraid to ing Luton fast Saturday. The Hatters are n tough side who have braten Wolves, West Bromwich and Burnley at home, and drawn with the champions.
relax.
I believe Wolves have the same total of points from 30 matches 40 as the cham- pions had from their first 30 last season. But the gap is મ
#tle barroWET.
The fact remains that Preston They don't give the others a are three points better off at chance. You might have this stage than they were thought there was a possibility | year ago, with 30. And wo
slip in mid-week, after
went on to set up a record total their last Cup victory. But no,
for the club in First Division down went Leeds. And Bir-matches 60. Yet Spurs finish- mingham,
ed second, on gool average. who might have been thought a possible long shot for the next match, in view of the Midlands rivalry, went
down with
Д bigger
Peshawar, Mar. 6. President Iskander Mrza will formally
open here on March 14 the sixth Pakistan Olympic Games, with more than 600 athletes from Pakistan, the United States, Thailand and Iran competing, it
V/03 an- bump nounced today.
17 Nations Decide Olymple
To Form European
TT Union
Budapest, Mar, 5. Representatives of 17 nations
It is all very well talking The Northwest Frontier about putting on the pressure, Association, which but you can do a thing if the made the announcement, sald an team in front of you keeps on Army General would formally winning, as Wolves are doing. open Olympic village at Pediawar stadium on Wednes- day, when most of the leams are expected to arrive.
Some 50 women athletes will compete in the Games, associa on officials told a news con
who are here for the European | ference.-France-Presse,
L'able
The
Championships Tennis deelded today, to set up A European Table Tennia Union
representatives, under the chairmanship of Jean Belet, also decided to let Yugoslavla ntage the next Championships which will be held from April 4 to 11, 1980, in Belgrade. Sweden put forward ner candidacy to stage the Cham- pionships in 1902.
The
FIRST TO FLY
SINCE CRASH
London, Mar, 8.
I daresay that since the end of September, Preston have lost even fewer points than Wolves, bearing in mind that we opened with five away defeats. Preston are now only five points behind Wolves, and suppose most people have forgotten our shock- ing start. Wo have done pretty well since on our travels, gaining 16 points from 11 away matches, and losing only ona of them.
Looking at the table, I see that no First Division team con claim more points from away games, although besides Preston
The English First Division Shirley Bloomer
Club, Birmingham City, will be representatives decided the Arst British soccer team to to oct up after the European fly since Manchester United Champlershipd ratings of the lost eight players, killed in an best table tennis players in air erasti in Munich last month, Europe, as is done for world I! was disclosed today. standings.
Omcials Informally voted 14 to 3 to ban the sponge racket France-Presse.
ASIAN SOCCER
The Birmingham City squad will fly to a game in Valencia
on March 17 and to champion- ship matches at Portsmouth and Sunderland-Franco-Presse.
Introduces The
Sack Line
Pretoria, Mar. 6. British tennis clar Shirley Bloomer today Introduced the Back line to South African tennis,
INSEPARABLES Tel Aviv, Mar, G.
Israel will send a football
team to the Asian Games
here today.
in
Playing in an international touring foam match, she wore a Goalkeeper Geoff Smith and sack-type "cocoon" linea fennis
Tokyo in May, It was learned left back George Mulholland drese, with a wide pleat at either have played together for Brad-side of the short skirt and short Candidates for the team have ford City over 400 times between pants of the same material. already begun training for the them in Cup and League with- Smith's total is Games and Israel's prospects out a break.
considered good.-United 201 and Mulholland's aggregato
is 225.
aro
Press
Miss Bloomer ould the new for tennis" costume was "ideal because it allowed freedom of movement.-China Mall Special.
Preston knew they Just had to win to keep up with the leaders. It was Luton's mis- fortune to be without that grand centre-halt Syd Owen, who had fibrositis, and this may
have made all the difference on that glue-pot field. He doesn't give anyone much room.
But Preston won.
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Peter Keenan
Q
tenth
Glasgow, Mar. 5. British and Empire Bantam- weight Champlon Peter Keenan, of Scotland, scored round technlent knockout over his countryman, Dick Currie, in scheduled 10-round bout here tonight.
Keenan, in his first bout after several weeks of flu, was ahead on points when the stopped the ht a few secondo before the final bell.
referee
Currie was fluored only once, for a count of one, by Keenan's was badly shaken several times, Kecran Brst blow, but ho
now hopes meet Italy's Mario D'Agata for the European title.-- France-Presse.
WHY DID YOU SWITCH! FROM THIS *FLYING CARPET
4
CHANGE OF PACE ~~TO CONFUSE EVERYONE. BUT I BECAME BORED
WITH IT-.
Burma, South Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Malsyn would be invited to take part, he said,
include Games would
The
athletics, basketball and football
and probably tennls and bad- minton.
The Olympic Commitica member said it was hoped to hold a meeting of top level sports officials from South-East Asian countries soon to discuss the idea.
Thailand hoped the South-Eart Aslan Games could become an annual event, being held each year in different capitals, he said,
The Thai Olympic Committee belleved it would help foster good relations and also raise the level of sport in the region. -Reuter.
By Lee Faik and Phil Davis
I'M WORKING ON A SPACE SHIP NON, OF COURSE, I'LL WEAR, A SPACE SUIT
Hungary Wins European Men's Table Tennis Championship
Budapest, Mar. 6. Hungary won the European men's Table Tennis Champion- ship today when she boat Cre- choslovakia by 5 to 3 in the Anal
Hungary had won in Pool "R" ahead of Rumania, Britain and the Soviet Union, Czechoslo- slovakia moved into the final by winning Pool "A" ahead of Sweden Yugoslavia and West
Gomery,
Sweden sinished in a two-way tie with Yugoslavia for second place in Pool "A" after the beat Austria 0-1 today. West Gar- many shus out Huiguria 5-0 and
placed fourth in the pool.
In Pool "", the Soviet Union upact Britain
5-2 to place fourth and East Germany shut out drecco 8-6 and placed sixth.
FINAL STANDINGS
Final standings in Pool: “A” Werd;
1. Czechoslovakia 10 points. 2. Sweden and Yugoslavia lied with 3 points (7 wing oach).
4. West Germany B points, 20 wins,
6. Austria 4 points.
9. Poland 4 points, 7. Bulgaria 0 points,
Final standings in Foot "E" were:
1. Hungary 14 points. 2. Rumanía 12 points.
3. Britain 8 polais (24 wins, 15 losscu).
4. Soviet Union 8 points (24 wins, 19 losses).
5. France 8 points (23 wins). 6. East Germany 4 points. 7. Switzerland 2 points, 8. Greece 0 points-France- Presso.
IN THE FAMILY
Centre forward of Southbourne FC in the West Sussex League is 47 year old Ralph Green; at outside right is 18 year old John Green. Thoy are father and son, and when their team boat Midhursi 18-0 recently they scored ten goals between them. The father has been playing for the club for. thirty years.
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