THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1959.
Shock Defeat For
LOSE 3-1 TO FULHAM AFTER
18 SUCCESSIVE FIRST DIVISION LEAGUE VICTORIES
London, Sept. 9. Fulham, the London club newly promoted to the English first division league, brought off the biggest shock of the season by beating Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 here tonight, Wolves, champions for the past two years, had played 18 con- secutive league games without defeat, including a run of 13 at the end of last season,
The last team to humiliate, London clash between Tottenhum
the all-conquering champions
were Manchester
won
United, who Manchester [F1
of
2-1 February 21.
2-0 Load
Fulham were without their slar, England International Joxide- left Jukuny Haynes, but they produced the type of power play usually amociated with their opponents,
Centre-forward John Doherty -und inside-right Maurice Cools put Fulham ahead 2-0 at half- time. Air Slokes,
rently
Hotspur und West Ham United which ended in a two-ali draw on Tottenham's ground,
Unbeaten Teams
Tollenlum and the league- traders Blackburn Rovers, who were not in action to- night, are now the only defeated teams in the first divialon.
-
Highlight of the second divis sion was the match between the two recently-relegated clubs, Portsmouth and Aston Villa, which Vilia won 2-1. Villa_are DOW
the among
four teams
signed from Tottenliam Hotspur and deputising for Haynes at sharing leadership of the divi
inside-left, made # 3-0 SOON after the laterval.
on
Wolves put the pressure near the end, but had to be content with a consolation goal left-winger from international Norman Deeley.
Manchester United swamped Leeds United 0-0 before a crowd of 40,500 in Manchester, Bobby Charlton and Warren Bradley euch reored twice for Manchester and Dennis Viollet and Albert Scanlon made up the half-dozen.
The biggest crawl of the even Ing 30,000
the att
CHESS
by LEONARD BARDEN
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Here is a probjem by the late i Otto Wurzburg. White to play and male in three moves,
London Express Service
MALUNGHANT
sion.
Results
Results of today's English and Scottish football matches were:
JuDiam
ENGLISH LEAGUE
11 Nott Foresil Birmingham Bullon
Division I
Leleester C. Manchester 15. Toit Hobepure 1. Bromwich
Wolverhampton
1 Manchester C.
Wednesday
Chels
0
Arsenal
Blackpool
Leeds
West Ham
2 New citi
Division II
Liverpool Madientrough Por out Chariton 3d Lincoln C.
Swindon Norwich
Ifeeding
3
Cardif Setenthorpe Full Cy Aston Villa
liristal
Stoke Cily
Division III
Glazky Town 2 Barnsley
2 Shrewsbury
RUGBY RESULTS
گرام
Results matches were;
London, Sept. 9.
today's rugby
RUGBY LEAGUE
Lancs Cup-Second Round Widnes 0. St Helens 24. Leigh 2, Warrington 27.
Yorks Cup Featherstone 32. Dewsbury 18.
League Match Let's 5, Tudersheid 24.
RUGBY UNION Cardist 11, Bridgend 3, --- Ruter.
18 LEFT IN THE ST LEGER
the 430 horses entered for the St Leger in November,
O to use to run for a £35.415 prize at Duncaster
ou Saturday, Sept. 12.
Six are fillies, which must be about a record. They include Sariegail, who cost her owner-trainer Mr J. W. W'erron-Evans 17,000 guineus at the Doncaster yearling sales in 1957. She has yet to win.
•
With the cost of having a runner now LMM compared with £100, the prize for the winning owner will be a record 30.242 15. almost double the £15,195 landed by Alcide lost
your.
Subject to minor revisions, the line-up will be as follows: 213 AGRICOLA (Lord Irwin), J. Oxley, 9.0
E. Mercer 111 BARCLAY J. McShain), M. V. O'Brien
Ireland, 9.0 G. Bougoure 214 CANTELLO (William Hill, C. Elsey, 8-11
E. Hide 121 DISCOREA (Arpad Plesch), H. Wragg, B-11
P. Robinson 210 FIDALGO (G. A. Oldham), H. Wragg, 9.0
111 KALYDON (B, van Cutsem).
.
1. Mercar
B. van Cutsem, 9.0 E. Smith 300 LARKSPUR 'BLOOM (T; Donnelly), J. Oxx
(Ireland), 9.0 L. Browno MASCARET (P. Wertheimer), A, Head
(France), 9.0 COO NECKLET (P. B. Morris), W. Wharton, 8-11
M. Murray 111 PARTHIA (Sir Humphrey de Trafford),
C. Boyd-Rochfort, 9.0 W. H. Carr 101 PINDARI (The Queen), N. Murless, 9.0
L. Piggott 4-13-PRIME VALUE (Major L. B. Holliday),
W. Hern, 8.11 S, Clayton 432 ROSE OF MEDINA (Į. R. Hindley),
N. Murloss, 8-11 COO SARIEGAIL (J. W. Weston-Evans),
J. Weston-Evans, 8-11 114 SETAY (R. A. Cattle), G. Armstrong, 9.0
E. Larkin
2 SHESHOON (Aly Khan), A. Head (France),
9.0 G. Moore
023 TANTRUM J. W. Weston-Evans),
J. Weston-Evans, 9-0------ 004 THREE WELLS (Joseph McGrath),
McGrath (Ireland), 9.0 }. Eddøry
Crewn Alex. Torquay
Division IV
1 Walford
Soup 1 SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP Quarter Finals - Isi Leg Motherwell 1 Heart Cowdenbeath 1 Eam File Raith Rover
2 Arbroath Thin Lanark # Falkirk
SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division II Bieties ave
4 Alulon Merton versus Falkirk (postponed)
Queen of South 1 Allom St Johnstone 4 Cheen's Park
--Reuter.
Oxford Crew To
Race Against HK
Teams Tomorrow
The members of the Oxford University Boat Club, who are at present spending a few days in Hongkong en route from Tokyo back to the United Kingdom, will race to- morrow against Hongkong pairs, and Regalia fours, sculs at Kellett Island,
Radio Jongkong's com mentators, Ted Thomas and Bill Dorward, will be down at the Yacht Club al alx o'clock in the evening lo give eye-witness secounts of the events, and to Inter- view both the visitors and the Hongkong participants
on the spot.
ELECTRICAL TIMING COULD
END DOUBTS ON WORLD-RECORD TIMES
By DEREK JOHN
Will Martin Lauer's world record-breaking time
of 13.2 secs for the 110 metres hurdles be recognised?
It was back in June that Lauer clipped 2 secs off the previous best time by America's Jack Davis. Since then the whispers have grown that it might not have been a genuine per- formance.
Seeples point out that not That should stop most of the only dick Later
the whispers. cover
But not all of thera distance in A seg faster than he I'm afraid. The only way hand ever done before but many du that is to have electrical
throughout others in the race nehleve their | Ulming fastest times.
They also instance Lauer's defeat recently in West Ger- many's- match with Russia în evidence that he could not recorü- have returned that breaking igne,
Too much attention should not be paid to this. In keing to the Russian Mikhailov, Lauer Was jostled at 20 and then at 70 metres and bad to withkirow from the 200 metres event for which he was entered,
EVERYTHING IN FAYOUR
I hold at be noted that iu reiting his time of 13.2 es Later had everything in his favour. He was competing on the extremely fast Zurich treek: ht ways helped y a Following wind of 1.90 metresi Jus iste the allowed limil of 2 metres; and he got off to a perfect start.
The factors of the helpful track and wind could also Faccount for others in the Face
setting up good times.
Abo It should be re- membered that when опе man hits peak form he often brings out the best in his fellow-competitors.
Broving these facts in tuind 1 think that the International Athletics' Federation must accept his primmance,
Jack Kramer Soft Pedals
Consolation for losers America Is the decision of Mr Jack Kramer, purveyor of profeș- sional tennis. that he may sh
stars one but not boli U.S. Olmedo and Mackay.
Altruistic Mr. Kramer? No, businessman Mir Kramer, Declares Jack: "1's not worth it to me to sabotage amateur tennis. I think that in future
I have got to work closer with
amateur tennis,"
For professional tennis de pends on its recrulls on in amateur ranks..-London Express Service.
Sperts Diary
TO-DAY
Swimming
Post Once Inter-Department Swinuing dala, EYMCA. 750 pm.
Tennis
LBC Tournaments: Colony Ladies' Bingles, Club Men's Doubles Kesp Final, Ladies' Bingles 'cap. Inters hopg 11 cap.
athlolles.
WHO GETS THE POOLS CASH?
Wolves FD START THREE
British Athletes In Moscow
G-ADHS
The British athletics team, who took part in a two-day match against Russin last week at Moscow, are seen here on their departure for Moscow at Lon- don Airport. They lost to the Russians in the men's' events by 129 points to 95 and in the women's events by 76 points to 11-Times photo.
Technical Knockout
For Joe Brown
Columbus, Sept. 8. World lightweight champion Joe Brown
fourth- scored
round technical knockout win weight titleholder Gele Kerwin, stomach.
tonight over Canadian weiler-
who was launching a comeback after nearly a year's absence from the ring.
The boul was slapped by re feree Jack Demprey after i min 50 aces in the fourth round with Kerwin bleeding profusely from a cut above his left eye.
Brown. bobbing and weaving rushes Kerwin's escape
world
to
FOUR D. JONES'
"WHAT THE HESK DO YOU DO IN THE
GRE, ARG |
WKEET
KUADES, YOU CALLS AM, OF HAVE YE KNOW THAT'S RICE,
NOT ALDOV WADES!
FERDINAND
NANCY
WELL, WHAT DO YOU DO
OIL TELL YE DYR SEE THAT CREATURE OVER VONDER. WITH TWO... STICKER UPPERS, FOUR STANDER UPPERSFOUR- HANSER DOWNERS, AND A SWISHER?
Win
through much of the fight, knocked the Canadian down for n count of seven in the second round with a stinging left hook
10 after a hard right
the
Kerwin had been sidelined with a severe case of anemia.
Brown was making his second start in less than two weeks, Hc wa: ahead
On all
three Judges cards when
Dempsey stopped the fight.
Brown plans to defend his crown in December in Houston, probably against Britain's Dave Charnley, UPI,
WELL, THAT ME DAHLIN" BHOT IS A DAIRY COW- NOVE, ALL VỀ HAVE TO DO IC SLAB A HANDFUL OF RICE, AND FRED IT.
/ IS THAT ALL.F
JUST FEED ITS
THIS STUFF
15 WORTH MONEY
OH, BOY
BRICK BRADFORD
THE RADIO HAS GONE DEAD AGAIN! BUT AT LEAST WE'VE HEARD PROM CR, JANUARY!
WILL THEY TRY A MOON
GHOT? IT WILL TAKE A LOT OF DOING TO PROP A MOSILE,
NEAR LO
FRE BUSHMILLOR
THAT'S ROIT, FESO IT RICE FOR SIXTEEN
MOURS & DAY...
SPORTS CENTRES
Says STAN CULLIS (Manager, of Wolves) I suppose it was only natural that when the Foot- ball League "came into the money," advice re- garding the distribution of this pools cash, should pour in from all quarters.
The League Management Committee has not yet an- nounced their decision regarding how the money should be used.
Quite rightly, in my opinion, they are taking their time. The Players' Union, of course, has joined the chorus with a seven-point list of suggestions:
Some of these suggestions
io be Appear
old skeletons brought out of the cupboards. Sul, since the, players have raised the matter, might be good me to study the lot of n professional footballer.
With the very considerable Improvement in conditions over the past three years and taking everything Into considemtion, we are left wondering whether the time is opportune for them to set up fresh spate of demands.
[
With any organisation business that suddenly scquires new wealth, the management invariably consider on a priority basis how the wealth should be used to the benefit of the organisation AS A WHOLE.
Naturally, there
are a good number of people in profes- sional football who consider the playera are not top of the needy list with regard to this pools money.
divided, but I would seem of vita importance that the Management Commitler thluks on the lines of improving coach- ing and training facilities and the old problem of ground con- ditions.
When I consider the froll- ties that exist
Go the Con- tinent-particularly in Ger- many-k am convinced wo should have more sports cen- Irea.
I feel ono answer to the pools money poser would be to estab- one in the North, one in the 1sh three such sports centres Midlands, and one in the South.
The League clubs could then be split up into three and shore The responsibility for running such centres,
The Football Association has within Its Whited budget, dune much to help jo couching schemes.
of
Yet I feel the Longue should As I have already pointed shoulder the responsibilty out this season, the first duty developing what, after all, aro of professional player is to their players and so leave the improve the standards of F.A. to aid the amalcurs. English foolball as quickly as possible,
Vital
There must be some give as well as take! By making over reaching demands the Pinyers Unien runs the danger of losing the sympathy of the Longue clubs.
It is not my job to decide how the pools money should be
SITTEN HOLIRE A DRY”
AND WHAT THE MECK DOWS
"THAT GIVE YOU!
THE FONECT
PUDDING
IN THE WORL
TODAY
#
by MADDOCKS
AND IF YOOSE WANT TAPIOCA - YOOGE HAVE TO CHISE IT'ROUND THE
WORD FIELD
...FOR
ANOTHER CYLTYEN
HOURS
By Mik
In Germany, Wolves have sampled the splendour of these training camps, and they are of Incalculable value.
Yet many of them have been built from pools revenue, So why cannot we follow sult?
11 might possibly be a long job, but. It would be worth while.
London Exprogs Service,
SHEAFFERS
STERLING
SILVER
TIP
MANABLE
AT ALL.
GOD STORE
Bachelors prefer
I'LL MAKE A FORTUNE AT THE JUNK
YARD
By Ernie Bushmiller
SWISSAIR
THE AIRLINE OF SWITZERLAND
MEANWHILE, BACK ON EARTH
GET THE GUIDANCE EXPERTS IN HERE) WE HAVE TO DROP' A LOAD OF BUPPLIES
ON THE MOON!
RIGHT AWAY, DR. JANUARY, BUT YOU'RE ASKING FOR
A. BIG ORDER
LATER...
WE KNOW THE RADIO FREQUENCY, BRICK USES, WE COULD USE A
HOWING DEVICE!
By Paul Norris
I 680- Ywe Have A (POLLOY HIS) VEHICLE READY SIGNAL TO MOVE ON TO
THE LAUNCHING PAD! WE CAN
PREPARE IT FOR THE CHOT!
ROWNTREE'S
AERO
THE
MILK CHOCOLATE THAT'S DIFFERENT!
ation
Keep in Circulatio
with
San Miguel