THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1958,
MEN WHO CHANGED SPORT
Zatopek-Synonym For Singlemindedness
By DEREK JOHN
A slim, prematurely balding young man looked on with amused interest while his work-matos from a shoo factory at Zlim in Northern Moravia performed athletic feats at one of their regular sports meetings.
He had never been keen on physical exercise, but he had no
objection to watching others who were. Under pressure from his superiors, the young man reluctantly He agreed to take part in one of the long-distance races. surprised everyone-himself included by finishing second. This was the start of one of tn get really hol-and carry on at speed was to train as hard as the most glorious corcers in the until almost exhausted. annals of athletics.
possible."
From the start Zatopek work- When he announced that he ed hard at his training For the young man was Emil
He had no natural talent for Zatopek,
four times, Olymplean between 20 and 30 miles al Gold Medalist. whose Iron day-mainly at meing speed-running. He awkward style Man" tactics have revolutionised experts thought him mad. long-distance running.
Thought Him Mad
No our believed Zatopek's Trail-loleg frame could stand that kind of treatment.
Today, Zatopek's gruelling "He's a freak... he kill method of training is employed himself... no one can do tha: But kind of thing and survive... by athletes everywhere. coaching experts were dumb he must be abnormal," founded when Zatopek first resid. vealed the secret of his success. Zatopek's training method was
to run in lots of clothes-o as
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Zatopek fistened, but refused into arguments. to be drawn
The track gave onlookers the impression he was in excrucia- ting pain.
Yet, despite his agonised style, Zatopek, in 17 years of athletic triumph, won four Olymple titles --and rewrote the world's record books.
First Major Success
Zatopek's Brst major
was
Ju th
SUCCESS 1948 London
Jils method of training sulted Olympics, when he won the him. Let others do nis they 10,000-metres title.. pleased..
In the 1952 Helsink! Games, Zatopek won the $,000-metres, 10,000-metros nd marathon events all within sovan days, and all in record times.
Then in 1946, shortiv after jokin the Czechoslovakian arny, Zatopek rat second 1 Britain's Syelney Wooderson In un epic 5,000-metres final at the European Championships in Oslo. Everyone sat up and look
Zalopek was born on Septem- ber 12, 1022-the same day as his wife Danu, who won the Gold Medal for javelin throwing at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, the year Zatopek stored his in- | credible hat-trick of top Olympic
honours.
Debut At 19 His father was a earpenter in the little town of Koprivnice, Northern Motavia Zatopek wanted to be a schoolmaster, but hard times forced him into the shoe inctory at Zlim.
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is, records for 15-miles, 25,000-metres and 30,000-metres and for one-hour's ranking- stth stand. (In the one-hour endurance trial, Zatopek covered
distance of 12 miles 810 yards.) Many of Zatopck's records have since been broken, but his name will always have a place in the history of athletics.
In his spectacular career, Zatopek beat all-comers—and set world records that,
the line, seemed fantastir.
He was persuaded against his beller judginent to take part in the Melbourne Olympies in 1958. the marathon Zatopek ran in
Brish ก event, but could only zallant sixth,
For several months before tac Games Zatopek had been in li health. A recent hernia opera- tion had interrupted his training.
Zatopek wanted to retire. cannot go on running until I "At Brat, progress was slow," drop dead," he wrote angrily in Zatopek recalled in one or bisa Czechoslovakian Sports journal. Tare reminiscent mooris. The But he went to Melbourne just
nly way I could make my body the same. stand up to the strain of running
He was 1 when he made his debut in athletics at the factory's) sports outing.
REWARD FOR HAMPSHIRE
Hampshire's ending up 1er-11
the County Cricket Championship ใคร brought its reward to four of Its Flayers.
AY
They will be coaching
1 winter in the West Indies,
Africa South
South and America.
Triumphant Exit
Log-weary and athletically jaded, Zatopek nevertheless made a triumpant exit from sport.
crean
In his inimitable style, Zatopek, then 33, took on and beat the
of Europe's cross-country runners. at Sun Sebastian, in January this year. A few months later he Anally retired.
national athletics. His
name
Mervyn Burden is going to gave the Czech language a new Buenos Aires and will be avail- {ädjective - Zatopekovsky. It able to play for the MCC team
eudurance, means perslicence, Argentine. louring the
Peter and singlemindednces. Sainsbury is off
to Kimberley. Jimmy
ZATOPEK€
"won 3 GoID MEDALS S
IN THE I952 OLYMPIO - GAMES AT HELSINK), ALE WITHIN SEVEN DAYS ALL IN RECORD TIMES
ONLY..... PUFFS "TEN MORE. PUFF ***
MILES ...CASP TO GO...GRMAN)
BORN ON THE 12TH SEPTEMBER 1922, THIS "IRON MAN" OF ATHLETICS ||REVOLUTIONIBED
LONG DISTANCE RUNNING
HE RAN IN LOTS
OF CLOTHES
BETWEEN
20
AND
30
MILES A DAY UNTIL
I KNEW HE'D "KILL HIMSELF ONE HE WAS DAY? BETTER CALL) YAN AMBULANCE! JOS
EXHAUSTED."
SPORTS QUIZ
1. Which events did Z. Kryrsz-
kowisk win in the recent European Championships? 2. What record did Godfrey Evans sel up in the fifth Test against New Zealand?
3. Whose record did be beat?
4. What same would you play
on a crown green?
SEALY,
WEEK-END LAWN BOWLS
One League, Two Open C'ship Titles To Be Decided This Week-End
By ROBERT TAY
One more league title, and two more Colony Open Championship events will be decided this week-end, as the local lawn bowls season fast approaches its close.
On Sunday, the final and deciding second division league match between Filipino Club "B" and Indian Recreation Club will be played off at the Filipino Club green starting at 4 p.m.
The Filipinos are at present | Rozario, A. A. Remedios, Jr two points ahead of the Indians and A. A. Remedios, Sr and and are well in the lead in shots the reputed KCC three of D. C. for. To win the championship Symons, Jack Chubb and T. E. the Indiana must win by at Baker, least a 4-1 margin.
In their first encounter, the Filipino Club won by 3-2 large ly through the efforts of J. A. S. Curreem's four who carried
The two youngsters, Rozarlo and Remollos, Jr, have been playing some very good bowla in this tournament so far, and
Die side through with a 38-811 they can reproduce the same
win over S. Buck's four.
VERY CLOSE ONE Sunday's match should be a very close ane with the odds 50-80 for the Indians to take four points from their rivals.
form tomorrow, the RCC three, may be in for à heelie time, al- though the odds are slightly in their favour.
OTHER MATCHES
Other Open Championship matches this work-end are:-
TODAY
Tomorrow will also see the fuals of the Colony Open Ladies' Singles and Colony Open Men's Triples events. In the former match, to be pinged at Hongkong v. C. Gough (PRC). Cricket Club at 4 pm, tilie- holder Mrs Salina Siva will
Men's Singles semi-final At HKCC: A. K. Minu (INC)
Men's Rinks semi-final A1 KBGC: J. S. Skedd, G.
take on her club-malo Miss Stark, J. B. Baxter, R. B. Mar- Helen Kwong. Both bowlers | shall (TC) v, D. C. Symons, A. nto capable of producing top M. Alves, F. R. Kermani and J. class bowls when in the mood, S. Landoll (KCC).
and with both being about equal
Men's Palma semi-finals
in standard, much will depord At HKCC: P. H. Shaw ̈äht°F. on the day's form-Sellna with 0. Madar (CCC) v. J. Chubb her drawling and Helen with her and T. E. Baker (KCC). resting shots.
The Men's triples inal, to be played at Kowloon Bowling Green Club also at 4 p.m. will feature an interesting battle between this year's "dark- combination of C. F.
horse"
DAVID JACK...
Already 1958-59 Season
AFTER just one week of Soccer, this 1958-59 6. Where would you see asauson already promises to
"Mary Ann" delivered by a be the “stinkar” of all time!' "Bunch of Fives?"
6: Name the managers of these football clubs: Wolves, Tel- lenham, Chelsea, and Notts Forest?
7. Who captains these crickel counlies: Essex. Northants, Somerset and Kent?
8. What does the 'C' stand for
(Answers on Page 19)
Gloomy news, that, for
the fans... but at least THEY are ready to face the truth, even if most of the content League clubs are
Promises To Be
Real 'Stinker
1 Fulham'e TONY MACEDO gets the goal-keeping Job for England against Fland (Under-23)
Po.
| Hillsborough on Sop- *tember
24 thera'li bo
Ea "scream" from the
North. Macedo to back
International
in
Your
despite hie
Gup top against Man- chostor United,
and
to wallow in, complacency.inds refuse to come south from I've already been reprimand- Scotland; the North-East has on miler Herb Elliott's run-ed" by Leeds United director bean worked dry of talent, and of youngsters in Percy Woodward for suggesting the shoringe ning vest? 9. Which race is the longest. that his club would be struggling Yorkshire means that clubs like Zatopek's rigorous training the Derby, the 2.000 Guincas this season; but after seeing Huddersfield and Leeds often
unique
Loods play Luton Town. I'm take the field without, a single methods gained him a
or the Grand National? plice in the history of inter- 10. "One tirne professional certain the Yorkshire club are focal in the team, in other of First words, three big recruiting preas baxer...
has made not playing soccer
ere now barren, record-breaking number of División standard.
"Boys don't want to play appearances for England in I was also at Goodison Park
They're another sport.
Everton, once the pride soccer professionally, a Jewel when lery expert," What's the of Lancashire, served up a fifth-better educated these days than the war, and although rale display against Preston before name?
North End, Everton supporters conditions have improved for were in an ugly mood at the players, the game is still not end of the game, and as much attractive enough to tempt them
I deplore these periodic away from industry."
Only the Football League, Merseyside outbursts, who would
control wages, can litt blame them for showing her disappointment?
Soccer out of the rul, Let them Scrap their maximum wage, Let them offer something to compete with the high wages, defences of his feather- As one of the greatest men and pensionable security that Bling in at the moment whic Let them regular outside left Sammy weight title planned plus in football said to me after other jobs provide. a series of other fights hewards: "Our standards must make professional football a real Taylor recovers from an attacks
have slumped badly if this 1a profession....which It never of shingles. has the chance of eaming Fire: Division sunt."
Finney has been!
fours he may be close on £100,000.
Everlon Leeds United and
Time is not on our side. Mob regarded as a permanent left-
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BASSEY NOW PUTTING
-ON THE STYLE
Hogan Bassey, M.B.E., is putting on the style. As Britain's only world boxing champion he has just
America gone to where the aim is to lunch | his as a No, 1 television personality.
And in Sugar Ray Robinson fashion King Bassey' has taken his own retinue, consisting of wife Maria. three-year-old son Hogan Junior and six-month-old Richard. Manager George Biddles and his wife com- plete the party. Bassey will be in America for six months. With two
POP
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IT'S NOT FAIL –
I WANT TO BAT
as
IT'S SERIOUS
who
despite
the
strong
claims of Eddle Hop. kinson (Bolton Wan- derarǝ) and Alan (Shaffield *Hodgkinson
United),
And this was the fighter are not the only poor teams reaction will not be confined to winger.
In the First Division, Reports Co-op Park, It's bound to CHRISTMAS BOX?
whom British promoters from Leleesler City, Newenalic spread through the country wrote off as a crowd-united, Portsmouth, and other unless the fans get what they puller! As Empire cham- places suggest there are many pay to co....GOOD FOOT plon he was offered less more bad teams than good ones. BALLERS AND GOOD FOOT-
Even Wolves, watched against BALL TEAMS, than £500 to defond his West Ham United by a visiting title. For a non-title bout manager, were described as "A he was pald less
than load of rubbish!" E150,
And British boxing hardly abounded with box-office stars that crowded Bassey out.
YOU WAIT TILL AM OUT I'M JUST GETHING TO BEL TE
BALL GIG.
about HARLY yet to think
Christinas presents but Everton are expecting one from Cyprus. Their costly terma- tional full-back Alex Parker is MOVE WANTED due back in December from Army service in the troubled He should be in good Make no mistake the stua TOM FINNEY will probably island.
have a serious chat with condition to face the Goodison WILL FALL DISASTROUSLY Preston managor Cliff Britton grumblers.. UNLESS SOMETHING IS next week, if he's still playing DONE.
on, the left-wing. Tom makea Listen to Huddersfield Town no scerel of the fact that he dip- boss BIN Shankiy.
"Young likes the. position, although he's |
tion is serious. ATTENDANCES
ETHINK YOU SHOULD, GNE POP Ai RĘST NOW, DONT YOU
?
Nursery ond
375 NOT OUT-
IS ENOUGHE FOIL. ONE DAY
WHEN Leeds United centre-
half John
FERIE
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PRECIOUS DROPS FOR PRECIOUS MOMENTS,
CHERRY HEERING
MAIDĖJE, SATINSON = CO. 130
AL KCC: L. A. Marques und A. B. Marques (Rec) v. E. G. Barros and F. Lee (CCC).
TOMORROW
Men's Singles semi-final AL KDC: F. R. Kermani (KCC) v. L. M. Remedios (Rec).
SOCCER ON THE INSIDE
kicked, a
Road
war in tho Elland
and shouted: "Go and got some lessons from your brother Bobby." A fair-haired youngster looked round and stalled. The youngster was............. brother Bobbyi
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PROBLEM
TRELAND'S international soccer selectors have started a con- centrated search for a team cap- able of leking England at Wind- sor Park on Olober 4. No, 1 headache is the centre-forward job. Blx different leaders have played in Ireland's last 11 games.
I'm lold the player meet Uikely to line up against Billy Wright Is Aston Villa winger Peter McParland, Who would fill the gap on the left-wing? Well, Charlie Tully is playing some great stuff for Celti
STAN'S SUCCESSOR?
STANLEY MATTHEWS D
viously can't go on for ever (more's the pity), and that's why Backpool manager Bon Buari fe | keeping a close lag/en promizing
young wingers,
Last week he watched 10- year-old Dorek Slokes of Bradford · City, · und „Blokës diaplar confirmed the good opinion Suart had of him, white be was managing Bounthorps.