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Will Me Wilt Under His Price-Tag? SET FOR ANOTHER
The Answe Rests With Grand Easter Double Puts
British Sccer Fans
By TO FINNEY
(Of Preston No End and England)
Rugged Dave McKay makchis debut for Spurs, acclaimed as the top-priced Scot all time. And 200 miles away in Swansea, Mel Charlchas now become the most ex- pensive player in Britis football.
Neither will ever feel quite t same about playing soccer again. For through no wish of eir own, they have been singled out as wizards in the eyes the crowd.
Dazzled by their price-tags, the average fan will expect wonders of them, and if those wonders don't insertatis, he'll begin to get that cheated feel- ing.
self-same
In the past, this tog of "most expensive' player" has proved a golden curse to many men. Few have learned to live with it.
Ever since the day La 1905 when All Cominen startled the footballing world by being
transferred from Sunderland to Middlesbrough for the then £1,000,
all-ture record fee of
stor players have disitked be- coming the central figure in big transfer deals.
Shrewd Move
of
That dens the reast. course, why Manchester
United's shrewd manager Mall Busby signed Tominy Taylor from Baresley for £29,000....
talk thus avoiding any
records.
MELHARLES
Notts County for £34,000; transfer record which stood until February, 1858, when Clift Jones switched from Swensea to Spurs for £35,000.
Like his Uncle Bryn before him, CHI found the publicity hard to take, Wherever he went, he was recognised. Complete kiranger- called see him and the phone beams such nuisance that he had it removed.
was only after Spurs' followers deelded the club had made a bail buy that CH-with nothing to live up to-hit his true form.
Records
FC-
But early this season, Man- chester United proved that curds are only mudy to be broken
Shefeld by signing Wednesday's Albert Quixall for 120
Johnny
£45.000.
This week Mel Charles Theme year Preston
for Arsenal out 4500 to Sheffield transferred to 1920 Wednesday Eddie Quigley." £40,000, and two players coch
worth £0,000,
of
United
Morris.
Jers pald
Jer
to
IC-
After
Common. Alf moved up steadily until Arsenal when
Dald Bolton £10,880 for David Jick.
Then 10 years Inter. Arsenal hit the transfer headlices agala by signing Welsh inside-owned Bryn Jones from Wolves for a new record fee-L14.800,
AL Molineux, this le Welshman had been en inspired player. But amidst the garden: ¦ tried too har-but of Highbury The Inspiration faded last
I have god reason Ed menber
was playing on the nightg at the time to hudeen bought and he
partnership partner me for which thi as at Deepdale had high hos
Eddie certly tried as hard us a man try-maybe he he never did produce het for Pres ton, and wit a year he had snoved on to helburn.
find Will the big Welshman the unwanted title of "British soccer's costliest player" too tough to carry?
The answer to that, 1 think, rests very largely with the fans. remember So long as they that transfer fees, however big, gond players cannot tran÷form
Mel into sugú men overnight, will be all right.
And the sad story of Bryn be repeated
I got to know Bryn very well during the war
Jones need never in Haly and
came to understand the reasons for the change in his suceer fortunes only too well.
This shy, retiring Welshman Way not built for fone. AI Molineaux, he bad been # talented member of a talented side. He was able to
play his football unhampered by 13:c glare of publicity.
Too Much Fame
Then came that transfer Arsenal, the world's most fumous club. To Join the Gunners Is a highlight in any ployer's life, But to join them
as Britain's mest expensive footballer brought too truth Kame to Bryn Jones.
Bryn's private lite disappeard overnight. Every move he made was reported in the news- papers and the Arsenal followers began to expect far fins intich from the unfortunate Welshman. Was it surprising that ho wilted undier the strain and changed from *+ potentially brilliant player into a merely average performer?
in Italy, away from the head- lines and the demanding crowds. I watched Bryn play some of the football which should by rights have placed him on the
- Hat of the game's-rgally_zarat
players.
A new transfer record was set: -up in 1947 when Derby County Kakak sigans Poly Steel from-Morton-
for £15,500. Bily payed" “STANT fine games for his new club, bút he could never quite shoulder the burden of being soccer's costliest performer. Eventually, he drifted back Arst to Scotland and then to the United States.
Exception
The following year. Ion Shackleton moved from castic to Sunderland
£20,050 changed hands. was one player
New-
and Here at least who found his high price no prob- lem I don't think, anyone who really know Shock ever
Imagined he would let it wOITY him.
In 1849, Derby again plunged deeply, paying, Manchester
CHESS
by LEONARD BARDEN
Here is a problem by A. F Arguellos (U.B. Chess Federa- tion, 1940). White to play and tant in two movos,
Landon Repress "burates.
In 1951. Jie Sewell was
sold to Shell) Wednesday by again.
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Manchester United Back Into First Division Lead
London, March 30,
Two fine goals by England international Bobby Charlton helped Man- chester United to complete an Easter double over Portsmouth today, which put them back on top of the English first division football league.
mouth were routed 6-1 at Man-un a 2-2 draw, which left Ful- Derby
3
Stoke
On Friday, luckless Ports-Wednesday and Fulham ended, Charlton 0 Cardly chester, and at Portsmouth to ham alal one point ahead of Huddersfield 5 duy United again won con- Wednesday at the head of the Ipswich 1 Adently by 3-1. Charlton open- | table. cd the scoring early in the first half withi a tremendous drive from 25 yards.
See-Sawing
Manchester United, who have been ree-sawing with Wolver- hampion Wanderers at the heart of the table during the Easter programme, now have 50 points, with four more games to go to complete their programme.
They are one point ahead of Wolves, reigning champions, who have, seven more games to play. But if the Wanderers can win a1 Leeds they will regain the padership. They were without a match icday.
tomorrow
United's win virtually killed any hope bottom-of-the-table Portsmouth had of avoiding re- gation to the second division pics 32 years' unbriken sny in the premier sphere,
Aston Villa and Leicester City, who are engaged in a to avoid tut-and-thrust batile
with Portsmouth, going down
creditable home both gained draws,
Promotion Duel
Vitla held Tottenham Hotspur to 1-1, and Leicester fought out a goalless draw with Bolton to finish with four valuable points from their three Easter games.
Luton Town, felding only six of their Cup team, went down 3-1 at Everton.
The big setend division pro- Sheffield notion duel between
It won a fluctuating game. Maurice Cook gave Fulham an early lead but Roy Shiner and John. Fantham rollied the Yorkshire club only for Cook to and the mörk again to ear Fulham a point.
Middlesbro Bristol C. Leyton
Sunderland G Rotherham 2. Grimsbyt Scunthorpe 3 Lincoln City Sheffield W. 2 Fulham
Division III Bournemouth 5 Accrington Bury
1. Chesterfield In the third division, Hull
Hull
1 Tranmere City, nurrow 1-0 home winners
Mansfield
Rochdale over Tranmere, crept to within
Norwich a point of the leaders, Plymouth, Notis C. who dropped a home point in a
Plymouth draw 1-1
with third-placed Reading Brentford.
0
Halifax
0
0
1
1
0
1
GOOD SEASON
By JAMES PARK
The Royal racing fortunes have bobbed up and
down like the chart of a flu victim. The first golden era was in the days when King
Edward VII was Prince of Wales.
He bred two Derby winners, Persimmon (1896) and Diamond Jubilee (1900). They were own brothers and brilliant race-horses.
Herbert Jones rede Diamond Belladonna and by. Big Game. Jubilee and he rode another. He is of medium size but thick- Derby winner in the Royal Lot and with a muscular neck.
colours when Minoru W08 successful in 1000. That was the only time A reigning monarch won the Derby.
War-time Classics
in
There was no uplift in the furtuner of the. Sandringham Stud for many years though 2 everything was carried on
much the same manter by King George V and King George Vi
The resurgence of the fortunes of the Royal Stud, now trans- ferred from Sandringham ไอ Hampion Court, has been one of the features of the thoroughbred | breeding Industry since the Queen inherited the stud in
0 Queen's P.R. 1
Brentford
2 Wrexham
I
0
Port Vale, pace-setters in Southampton 3 Colchester
Nowport division four, also surrendered Southend
Swindon
Doncaster a point at home, drawing 1-1 with Crewe, but actually im
Division IV proved thele lead to live points as rivals Conventry crashed 3-0 at Walsall.
Results
0
0
0
1952.
Aldershot Borrow Carlisle
4 Gillingham
2
2
Oldham
1
4
Gateshead
2
Chester
Southport
Excter
Millwall
Shrewsbury
Torquay Walsall
Following were the full re- sults of football games played Port Vale today:
ENGLISH LEAGUE Division. I
Arsenal
v Birmingham (Postponed)
Aston Villa 1 Tottenham
Chelsea Everton Leicester
3
Blackpool
3 Lutón 0
M'chester C. 0 Newcastle 3
1
Portsmouth
Bolton
West Brom
West Ham M'ehester U. 3 Preston N.E. 0 Burnley
Division II
Bomstcy Brighton
1
Crewe Alex.
Darlington Crystal Pal.
3 Coventry
Watford' 4 Hartlepools
Workington
2 York
SCOTTI LEAGUE Division II
Queen's Pk
1
Arbroath
IRISH LEAGUE
Ards
0 Linfield Celleraine 3 Bangor Crusaders 3 Distillery.
0 Liverpool
2
Glentoran 1
2
Sheffield. U. • Portadown
Bristol R.
4
Swansea
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The Queen had her best season in 1957 when she topped the list of winning owners for the second time with a total of
£62,212 in stake money,
Last
year, when she was second she won £47,416.
Much of this success in post-
war years is due to the skin of
0 Captain Charles Moore, who has 2 sleadily built up and improved the quality of the mares in the 1 stud
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Choice Collection
Captain Cecil Boyd-Rochfort has also played an important part in training the horses to the highest pitch of perfection. Both Irishmen, they are a happy team, hoping to achieve even greater honours in the future. There la a choice collection et brood mares now at Hampton Court under the care of former rider and trainer Ray Pulford. The young stock needs to gain a little in scope and strength for there is still a percentage that is lacking in size, but that did not stop small ones like Atlas and High Veldt from winning good races.
One of the latest additions to the stud is Almeria, who is one of the best looking marer one could wish to see, Her first mate will be Pinza.
There are others who have already proved their worth and the collection of about 20 mares would bring a fabulous sum it put up for auction,
Perhaps the best of the bunch
Is the Never Bay Dle filly, | Optimisilo, She has much to command her on looks with something to grow up to.
Augustine, "one of the three colls, will be always easy to distinguish to he is so curiously marked. He has ablaze face but
it is really just one bloch of white, and two. long white socks which give him, the look of a
elreus horse.
The Palestine Ally Square Acre looks sure to go fast, but
I would like to see a lttle bit more of the Abernant calt Merioneth. Lowlands is a half- sister to Hah Veldt, low to the ground but well made.
-(London Express Service).
Stirling Moss Wins The 'Glover Trophy'
Goodwood, March 30. Driving on a track made dangerous by heavy rain and hall. Stirling Moss won the "Glover Trophy" here today in a 2.5 litre Cooper-Climax
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average speed of 145.31 kilometres an hour (90.31 mph).
Moss, driving superbly, took one hour, aix minutes, 43 seconds to complete the course of 100 miles.
Jack Brabham (Australla) in a similar Cooper was second, a quarter of a minute behind. Harry Schell (USA) in BRM was third; and Joachim Bonniler of Sweden, in another BRM was fourth.
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Moss covered the fastest jap et a speed of 94,12 miles per hour, but the new Cooper showed a tendency to be light in the tail Corners.
Moss has not yet decided which car he will drive in this seacon's Grand Prix races. He There are 10 Hampton Court- may witch to thổ now BRM bred two-year-olds with Captain which he lapped today. But the Boyd-chfort and I particularly car was not delivering full liked Bellagioca, the Arst foal of ❘ power.-France-Presse,
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