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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1959.
A GREAT SOCCER CHARACTER WILL THE But Will This Be Danny Azam Khan Succeeds
Blanchflower's Last Season In Football
By TOM FINNEY
(Of Preston North End and England)
What a switchback course runs the career of Irish skipper
Danny Blanchflower.
Footballer of the last season demoted to the Spurs reservos midway through the current campaign, and now. brought back as captain in a bid to escape relegation. He has already inspired his men to hold Wolves at Molineux
and to rout Leicester 6-0.
No one who knows this mercurial Irishman is really surprised, for there is a streak of genius in Danny's footballing make-up which can never be subdued for long.
Ever since he left Glentoran
in 1918, he seems to have been nudging triumph. I first saw him play for Barnsley the ful Jowing year and even then there were all the signs of com- ing greatness,
To the Irish, he is what BDy Wright is to England. Probubly only Peter Doherty compares
with him no a nume in Behast. For it tu here that he is sidered the key figure behind the Irish revival.
When I first began. playing for England, we were usually In trouble with the critics it we didn't heal Ireland by least three clear goals. Nowadays of course, it is quite an achieve- ment to rerrOSS the Irish Sea with a point.
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an hot suggesting that Danny Blanchflower alone responsible for this change in their soccer fortunes. Men such as Burnley's Jimmy Mcllroy and Aston Villa's Peler McPart land have done much, So, too, has the guiding hand of Peter Doherty.
Educated Passos But certainly Ireland.owe
deal to
great
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DANNY BLANCHFLOWER
Rumour continues to whisper
|
Brother As British OpenSquash Champion
London, March 10.
Azam Khan, of Pakistan, won the British open squash rackets championship at the Royal Automobile Club here tonight when he beat his 19-year-old nephew, Mohibullah Khan 8-5, 9-0, 9-1.
Holds.
It was the sixth SUCCESSIVE { Compote this time. final fought by members of the
Mohibullah, who has became Khan family and Azam added a great favourite with Brian the title the British profes- squash spectators, had both sional tile which he already speed arid agily tonight, bul could not wear down his more Azam (New Grampains Club), experienced uncle, who added who hai been three times a wonderful rango and variety
Hashim. defeated Mohibullah |- energy, (Pakistan Air Foren) in a match In the all-Pakistan semi- which lasted 30 minules, but Anals, Mohibullah beat Rullah
runner-up to his older brother, of strokes to his own undlegging
which Azzled out after a tough
Khan (Junior Carlton Club) D-1, 0-0, 0-5 and Azam beat All Akbur Khon (United Service Club) 9-1, 9-1, 0-1-France-
Arzt game,
Hashim, seven times winner. and his cousin, Roshan, the 1936 winner, were both unable tol Presse.
BASSEY SLIGHTLY FAVOURED IN TOMORROW'S TITLE BOUT AGAINST DAVEY MOORE
Los Angeles, March 16.
Nigeria's world featherweight boxing champion, Hogan “Kid" Bassey, is a slight favourite to beat American Davey Moore in their 15-round title bout at Los Angeles on. Wednesday evening.
But the fight, Bacsey's second who is neither a Mexican nor tile defence, is kely to be his toughest since he bent France's) Cherif Hamla. to win the title in May, 1997.
Moore, with his classic style,
Californian. Bouts with Mexicans taking part are always popular because
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of the large Mexican population Set At Russian
in California, and Bassey's fight
is the type of opponent Bassey | against Moreno, was a sell-out, likes, but against this is the fact that the American scored
more impressive win than Hossey over the hard-punching Mexican, Ricardo Morano.
13 In A Row. that is may he hits last season. quietly commanding performin toolball. Certainly it is ances at right-half have heen
impurance. They secret that a career in journal of twofokl have held the cétence together, and television awalts him. while his Bow of educated pazas has inspired the Irish for
words.
If one has to choose a high- Ight in his international care It probably rame at Wembley Jast year when he led his country to a 3-2 victory over England. By holding Johnny
Haynes, he blunted ir attack
and somehow foul time
TOOM tleop inte Fish
territory.
He thowed this up by, bean
through to ing Ireland
the quarter-Duals of the World Cup nt Gothenburg and no one could
entertain doubtsl any longer about their right in the soccer sun.
years
a place in
that m But somehow I fert roine the
Danny Blanchflower will be rement bered as a man, just as much as a player. He is one of the great characters nf the name....
con witty, intelligent, a born versationalli.
A Science
I remember once after on England-Wales
Aut
If the experiment is a success, Parhassus plans, similar fights. It looks us if it will be a suc-
CCSS,
Baasey is well known in the United States after his several fights there, and Parnassus bald today that interest in the fight is greater than he expected, and he added that all 10,000 seats in the Olymple Stadium would probably be filled on Wednesday night. The dght will be televised. coast-to-coast.
talking Bassey's fust
Indoor Meet
Leningrad, March 16. Four new Russian Indoor
In
BOWLING ALLEYS HIT BRITAIN
LIKE THIS?
A rumbling, clattering pastime. . But this is America at play-1959 style.
They're tops in U.S.
From IAN AITKEN
New York.
Every evening, across the 49. States of America, the raucous clatter of
tumbling bowling pins grows steadily louder.
Already it has drowned the purr of home movie projectors as the charac-
SAN MIGUEL DARTS LEAGUE
best performances were set up in the athletics
teristic sound of America's No. 1 "Do It Yourself" pastime. Bussey knocked out Moreno in the laird round in their Los
match here among teams
Now it is sounding In the|rumbling, clattering hypnotic from Leningrad, Moscow, ears of the nation's vast, Inert sport. And the boom was on. Angeles ille fight last April, But before that day dawn. But Moore beat the Mexican in
Now the Russian Federation TV audience.
the bool hall almo-
for Dunny Blanchflower has a rele- the first round on December 11.
And soon it will be heard in sphere
cycr. and, the Ukraine.
has gone Kation threat to meet and a
The win was Moore's 13th in
some of the Modern "family bowling cen- vault, the pole
two Britain where job to du.
a row and earned him the right
shut-down cinemas of the Rank ires" are embellished with cafes, Russians, Igor Petrenko will be a job well done.
Knowing hlm. 1 am sure it to meet Basey for the title.
(Ukraine) and Vanady Rosen-Organisation are to be turned dig stores, nurseries, and even Say the ads: beauty parlours. Nelther boxer has ever beenfeld, who was not competing into bowling alleys. manager, English wife George nocked out. Bassey, has won,
In the match, both cleared 4.35′′
Once aynonymous with seedy "Bring the kids-they'll love fiddles, lodny had an explana-55 fights, lost ten and drawn one
métres to beat
the previous bar rooms, bowling is today it." tion for the difference in per- Moore has won 35 of his 41
As a concession of fastidious the "family sport" that Jangles best. bouts losing Ave and drawing formance against Moreno.
the US athielik ohub cash no American womanhood, even Victor Kharitonov ran the Riddles explained That be-one-France-Presse.
Is never before the the honest word "alley" is on 2,900 metros in 5 minutes, 27 gisters evuse his title was al stake
"elpan gama" that has created the way out. It's "bowling lane" seconds, the Moscow toam Bassey hid been more prudent
clocked 4 minutes, 23.8 seconds a homing new Industry across now.
And the Anal touch of Fin the four by 500 motres America.
welfare respectability: church relay, and in the
worktaz have discovered pentathion Lydia Chmakova
bowling. It's no. longer scored 4,496 points.
It's cousin of poker and crap.
No. 1 defence agains: juvenile crime,
For
Easy Win Former Olympic
Champion Boxer and he added that his fighter
Viema, March 16.
Laszlo
fa
will adopt the same tactics Wednesday.
en
English League Soccer Results
London, March 18. Results of tonight's English. league football matches were:
Division I
women'e
OTHER RESULTS
Fantastic
Nearly 3,000,000 men, 1,000,000 women and 500,000 children are paid up members of clubs affiliated to America's three metres Vladimir Epi- major bowling federations.
100 many riske," said
"Bassey wants to know first Papp what he has to do. Hungarian
Ho will former triple Olymple champion only pile on the pressure when scored an easy points win in his he feels he can do so withou! ten-round figlit against Jean
runnlug too (France) Rullet
Vienna Blddice. tonight to move another step towards his vim-a European with middieweight title Aght champion Gustav "Bubl" Scholz of West Germany.
Promoter's Gamble
Preatin
Rochdale
3 Notts Division. III
(Portponed)
3 Notts County
The Aght is something of Accrington St. v Norwich City a gamblo for the Californian Newport C Popp, now 33, was a winner roinoter, George Parnassus, Queen's P.R. at the London, Helsinki and will be the first time for some Melbourne Olympics and turbed years that an overseas boxer professional in 1957. He has one of the lighter divisions has had a row of wins since then- defended his world title in Loa
Franco-Presse.
Angeles against a challenger,
Other results were:
ching 10.7 secs.
High Jump-Vladimir
|kov, 200 metres.
An estimated 0,000,000 more Folia-switch off their TV sole in' a
(London Express Service).
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moment of boredom, climb into Vietnamese Leave
Shot-Put — Victor Lipenis, their cara and driyo round, to 19.80 metres.
Harman (out doors):-Anniole
Samotrvetov, 03.11 metres.
Women-00 metres hurdles,
3. Bradford City.
o Colchester U
2 Plymouth A.
0
Alla Vassipova, 11.2 seca.
1. Port Vale
Crystal Palace
-Reuter.
&
Tranmere Rovio Carlisle United 2 Walford
Workington
Coventry City match.
we atid
caught the same train began to talk about football. When the train pulled into Preston four and a half hours date way eron-still----{alking football.
up and
As I stood -my-bag-down, off the.
pulled rack,
was 1
ExteĽahay algeng-wa}====BOTTY=QUE=
tolk had to end. So For the Irishman laces humour with a lot of good common- BIRISE.
The game to him is a scienco and he is only really happy when with a club which plays pure football. That, of course,
was one of the major reasons The he left Aston Villa and moved Re Spurs, the clubs with the riassic tradition.
Typical of his interest in the
story WAT
once told
*Famo
me by Scotland's Tommy Docherty,
Tactics Quiz
Tominy
was a reserve in the Great Britain team which
Norwich City's Odds Now
Down To 11-2 From 2000-1
London, March 16. incredible giant-killing side, Norwich City, the third division club which has crushed some of Britain's greatest clubs on its way to the semi-final of the English Football Cup, is now an 11-2 chance to win thẻ Cup.
At the start of the Cup competition,, Nor- wich, was quoted as 2,000 to one out- sider at London's Victorin Club, the barometer of sporting odda
played Europe and he vividly The big bookmakers who Recalls Danny quizzing his
team-mates
fore the Inatch
in the days. bg- on the tactica Employed by their Indivausl cluba.
There are dozens of stories In football about this, alim, Handsome Irishman and -Preston colleague Jimmy Baxter
bas several.
my
He played with, Danny in his Barnsley days and remembers one occasion when the York- ahiro club went to
#ports
forum
When the visiting speaker failed to arrive, Danny took his place and spoke 'salidiy for more than an hour.
Like Charlie Tally of Glas- Row Celtic fome, the Irishman has the gift of saying things which stay in men's ininda Two! typical Blanchflower remarks
-prec
"A good player cors play bad-
ly in any position."
"We hold the ball, at Spurs...enge the goalkeeper.
meet at
The
At
the
Club stand to lose a fortune it Norwich win their semi-final replay against
THE GAMBOLS .
HE WANTS
HIS DINNER
Long jump-Valentine Cha- pronova, 0.02 metres.
By "CENTRE"
The WO'A & Sergeants-
Mess, Green Howards, have taken over the leadership of Section 1 in the San Miguel Brewery Darts League as the re- sult of a good victory scored by them over close rivals the Petty. Officers HMS Tamar,
the thousands of public bowling For World Table P
alleys, which are springing up daily in city suburbs, townships, and villages.
How this age-old sport burst out of the smoky bar rooms into the fresh air is.ono of those
Tennis Tourney
Salgon, March. 17.
Only two points now separate the three top texing,and as they
Moscow won the match, fel-only-in-America, only-in-the Vietnam's four-member table have to meet each other before
lowed, by Leningrad, the Rus-twentieth-century storles. For tennis team leaves here today sion.. Federation. and Ukraine.-France-PressO,
Sports Diary
TODAY
Badmta.com
mation
tho season ends, an interesting
the bowling is the child of auto-by: air for Dortmund, where it finish is anticipated.
will compete In the world Not so many years ago it was championships-starung – LOST FORM: Tu dying sport," "Booming wat-March 27,
Colony Open Badminton Cham- plonships at Taikoo Goula, 7,30 pmn.
Twinia Colony Opm Grass Court Tennis
Championship Chatur Road, 5.30
DAT
TA
Meeting UKPA Council: Meating, Sporia Rd, 6.40 pak
Interpart Bub-Commitics mosling. 7.20 Punjelic champions, Boundary Street, 11-
first division Luton Town on Wednea- day and then beat Nottingham Forest, another first division, side in the final, odds against Norwich were slashed as the gallant Hitle team knocked out favourite after favourite. But sullam the bookmakers, don't believe. in a miracle.
today's callover, Nottingham Forest were installed as the new favourite at 11-8. on with Luton, 2-1.2 The final will be played at the Wembley
Stadium on May 2.-France-Presse,
Land Forces individusİ Athletie
TO-MURNOW Athletics
REME annual athletics meeting Boundary, Sirent, 1,32:21.
Boftball,
Badminton
Tho Kong Ladies Hongkong,
lvorafty. Park.. 4 p.m. Colony ploppipe, af. The D.M.
Trani
Barry Art
ALL
GONE...
Caloak Open Grate Court Tennis Champlapetilps, BROC, 8.30 9.m.
PRAPS WER
WOW
time, industry had stripped the The team, led by Dinh Van The few remaining. back street Nags, comprises Nol Wan Họa, alley, or their attendants
Robots
Pelty Omeers, HMS, Van Doc, trus You Livnuot;=span="to÷hovedlost their dormile, suffering defeats and Le Van Tiet.
After the world champion in their last two matcher.
The all-important pin boys" skips the Vietnamese players who once perched at the end will compete. In the French in- 'of each, alley to
championships and the temational up tumbling, pins, were hard to give exhibition matches in Iran
and Pakistan.
and.
Act
Then in stepped a fairy god.
Vietnam won the Aslan title mother; in the form of Big in the 1958 games at Tokyo- Business. An enterprising New France-Presse, York Arm designed, and maze |-- keted an automatic "pin boy." Within five years, two major arms were botuling to sell rival robot pin boys. And the only way to sell them was-to boost bowling.
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The WO's & Sergeants Mesa, BMH. Bowen Road, lying second in the league, triumphed by 5-1 wway against the SNCO's BAF Little Saf Won. This was
A.
very close match though the score belies. the fact. Bono good, inishing was witnessed in each game.
Following ore results of matches played during last week: SECTION 1.
Ironically bowling's deadly Petty Officers Mess UM Tomar 2 rival, television, helped too. SNCO's BAF Little Sal"Wan Backed by the brewing com- won & Byta Mas, 11Q-Land Forces & Cham-panics (which still remain, true wo>. Edess Green Howards a
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League Standings
SECTION: I
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