THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 80, 1960,"
INCLUSION OF SERVICEMEN IN FAR EAST THE AMATEUR
NATIONAL SPORTS TEAMS
CRITICISED
Singapore Columnist Cites Joe Mercer Wins At Tragic Meeting
Hongkong's Watson As
An Example
Singapore, Sept. 29.
A British sports columnist of a local newspaper hero argued that a British soldier, sailor or airman “has no proper place in a team that purports to represent Malaya or Singapore in international competition."
Robert Pidgeon, writing in the Sunday Mail, was referring to British Service sportsmen playing for national teams like Hongkong. Singapore and Malaya in international competi-
tions.
Kops, Kajadbye Win Badminton Doubles Title
open
crown
Bombay, Sept. 29. Danish nce Erland Kopes was well on his way to triple
in the Cricket Club of India
badminton cham-i pionships when he won the men's doubles final with Thalland's Thanu Kajadbye here tonight.
The pair beat
Indonesians Tan King-war and Tan Thiam- beng in straight seis, 15-5 and 17-15.
In the mixed doubley somi- Anols earlier, Kops and India's defeated Mrs Sushila Kapulia
Miss
Nollu Parikh and R.D. Vimawala of India, 12-15, 15-6
and 19-1. Mr Kapadia und Kops meet Mrs Shushi
Sule
Ber
One example quoted the spectacular Hongkong soc- rightwinger Watson, who turned out fur The British Colony In the Malayan Merdeka (Independence) iceer coinpeti-
on in August this year.
Protested
or
"How was
can a rugby cricket team - I lake # ob- be regarded viuun exemples - as genuinely representative of Malaya or Singapore when halt of them are here, virtually by the lack of the draw, as mem- bers of the Commonwealth Forces?"
also protested Pidgeon
when vehemently
the Singa- pore Amateur Football Also-: selected live Service. ciation phyers for the Singapore team to play in the Aston Cup com prtition. The five players were withnately dropped.
regular
In Writing column today he said;
COUNTY view that any my
in international participating sport should rely on its ow resources and on those alone.
Little Satisfaction
"Or, similarly, by the luck of the draw, as employees of Bri- tha; or Australian commercial organisations?
"In these circumstances there can be little satisfaction for Malayans ta matches against truly nailoral teams from, let us say, Thai- land or Ceylon or Indonesia." Referring to Alex Olmedo's purt in the United States vic- tory of the Davis Cup competi-
Set on last year. Pidgeon said: "I-
Hungarians Set World Record
For 4-Mile Relay
Vienna, Sept. 29.
und Nadu Natekar, niso of A team from the Honved)
Irlin, in the final tomorrow. Kops inces Nalekar in the men's singies semi-Bot as well.
Mrs Sule and Nattkar beat! Misa Nada Kelkar and Khajad- bhye in today's flol.-AFP.
other Ben
Stogov Retains Weightlifting World Title
Warsaw, Sept. 29.
Club (Budapest) today Het a world record time
of 16 minutes 25.2 secs for the four times one mile relay, the Hun- News Agency
garian
MTI reported from Buda-
pest.
It will be generally agreed that the United States won no sporting inurels when Uhey won it."--ÜTI.
Jockey Joe Mercer is seen riding Mr J, J. Astor's Rosalba (right) to victory in the Queen Elizabeth 11 Stakes at the Ascot races last Saturday, Second is Prince Aly Khan's Sallymount (left), ridden by G. Moore. In third place was Mr H. J. Joel's Crystal Palace, with. E. Smith up.
Soon there was a tragedy for the Mercer family, for Joe's Jockey brother Emmanuel (Manny) was killed when he was unsented from his Priddy Fair before the start of the next race, the Red Deer Stakes Handicap-Reuterphoto.
Lead
Russia Wrest From U.S. In World Modern Pentathlon
Hershey, Penn., Sept. 29.
The time clipped four-tenths The iron curtain countries competing in the world
of a second off the
previous
record, of 10:25.6 by an Aus- tralian squad in MelbourBO In March this year.
The
old
The
modern pentathlon championships had a good day today as Russia took the overall team lead and Hungary won the swimming event.
Soviet
Union's trio result, the air temperature was fourth In the kam 80 degrees and the water 71 swimming and degrees at starting time. It be- came a bit colder later though clouded again and the as IL hour became late.
The Hungarian runners were Lajos Kovacs, Bela Stekercs, Sandor
and Ikaros
Istvan Buished
standings Rozsavoelgyi.
They broke the European scored enough points to knock the United States out of first the record by 5.4
place. Igor Novikov, the Soviet Soviet Union, relained the mark was 16:30.6 by an English
ace, inished third in the 300- incire swim. bantamweight title in the team in London in August last
European World and weightlifting champion-
Vladimir Slogov, of
ships which
here tonight.
A
were begun
He lifted total of 333.5 kilogruns (732
pounds)-
102.5 kg (225 lbs) in the Ibs) in Press, 100 kgs (2201⁄4
the match, and 130 kgs (2881⁄2 lbs) in the jerk.
Marian Jankowski
(Poland)
was second with a total of 320 logs (795 lbs) and Imre Fockdi (Hungary) was third with 295 kgs (830 lbs.)
Over 100 competitors from 19 countries are taking part in the championships -Reuter.
year-Router.
Brys
Sports Diary
TO-DAY Tennis
LRC Tenals Chapton, 1.30 p.12.
TO-MORROW Hockey
Get Divion: Macaori "A" V Nav Darat, "A" (KP) 5.30 p.m.
2nd Division: KCC are (KOC) 0.30 pn.: Recreio No Bharat B Recreio) 8.30 p.m.; IACV Dutch (98) 8.30
9.m.
Individual Star
The individual ear of the swimming event tras Andras Balero,
type- 22-year-old writer mechanis from Hung- ary, who retained the title in the event which he won in 1958.
On the basis of his showing, moved into contention Balczo for the individual overall scor- very Ing as he is considered a good runner.
The weather man co-operated with the pentathletes. Prior to the event it had been a cloudy some rain showers. day with
the About one hour before swimming got under way, it First Day of Colony Swimming cleared and warmed up. As a
Tennis Inter-long 1BC Anal, 5.30 p.m.
Gwinning
Calpe
Championship
Victoria fool, gym.
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In First Place
Luis Riera, of Argentina, moved into first place in is, Individual standings after
Не four events.
replaced Wermocalan Malls of Brazil who slipped to fifth.
Mexico Almada ol Antonio managed to stay in second place, but he was forced to share it with Bob Miller of the United States team. Both showed A total of 3,065 points, or only two points behind Riera.
Novikov of Russia was fourth Balcro moved with 3,855 and to sixth
Dodgers Win
NL Playoff
Los Angelos,
Supt. 29. The Los Angeles Dod- gors swopt a playoff series to decide the National League pon- nant winner today by coming from behind to Milwaukee beat the Braves 6-5 in 12 Innings. Tho Dodgers hod scored three runs in the 9th to tie the score at 5-5, UPI.
British Title Elimination Fights
Two
London.
By HARRY CARPENTER
British lightweight championship ellmimiors will be on the supporting bill to the ten-cound featherweight match between world champion Davey Moore and British champion Bobby Nel at Wembley Pool on October 20.
The eliminelors
Dave Stone
v. Darkle (Battersea) Hughes (Cardiff), and Barney Bealo (Lambeth) v. Bill Kelly Following are the overall team | (Derry), bolh over 10 rounds ab and ludividual placing?:
TEAM
Placings
1. Soviet points.
Union - 10,325
2. United States --- 10,309.
3. Finland - 19,148,
INDIVIDUAL
1. L. Riera (Argentina) 3,667.
2. A. Almada (Mexico) and R. Miller (United States) cach 3,065.
4. I. Novikov (Soviet Union) 3,055.-UPI.
CHESS NEWS
by LEONARD BARDEN
Solution No. 5691: 1
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London braan Surzich
are:
Dot, Bl.
Promolar Harry Lovene said to sage the he has arranged final eliminator between the two
Court winners at Earls
an November 17.. The winner of this match would mort Dava Chornicy for the British title.
European Cup Football
World Title. Bout Findings Will Be Out Next Week
BOXING WORLD WILL MISS JIM
-HARRY CARPENTER-
pays tribute to one of Sport's buslest, back-room boys Jim McIntosh, who steps down after 13
years as Amateur Boxing Association secretary.
London.
A quiet Scot dropped the reins of office last week and Amateur Boxing will be all the poorer for it. Edinburgh-born Jim McIntosh was retiring after 13 years as honorary secretary of the Amateur Boxing Association. Retiring, he admitted, "not too regretfully.” truth is that frail, pale Jim, at 48, has worked himself to the point of exhaustion. leaves his post with Amateur Boxing firmly entrenched as one of Britain's best-run sports.
New York, Sept. 29. The New York Boxing Com- mission wilt Announce next weck the findings of Its inquiry into the dir- cumstances surrounding the world heavyweight The boxing title fight between America's Floyd Patter- Ron and Sweden's Ingemar Johansson.
As the commission wound up its public investigation today legal and boxing circles here the commission suggested that would announce that several State rules and been violated and it would tako samelions against several men connected with the fight.
REFUSED
Johanson took the title from Patterson by a sensational third round knockout Inst Juno.
A
Before closing its Inquiry the commission today refused tokyer's request that the in- gulry should bo prolonged, Edwirig Bchweig, lawyer of Cus D'Amato, manager of Patterson arkod the commission to wait for D'Amato's return frcen Puerto Rico—AFP.
Whenever I met him he was always lugging a bulging brief case, crammed with ABÃ docu- and other people's lux menis
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problems
He works 18-hour day in the West End of London
decountant. Valit an health broke down a year or two ago, he set 100 attendance record at nommlifée meetings.
ABA
In the gently modulated voice that has smoothed und soothed 1ux inspectors and committer- men alike, Mcintosh looked back with me over his quarter- century of unpaid service 10 sport:
The biggest change in my time, has been the growth of in- terpational boxing competition
Before the at all levels. there was very little."
WET
An Era Dies As England Take To The Field Against Wales Without Wright
By ARCHIE QUICK
London.
But he
McIntosh omitted to mention that it was he who, in 1948, did found the AIBA, the much to international controlling body of amateur boxing..
Outstanding
He talked instead of the out- standing amateurs of liis time. "I s
never forget Bruce Woodcock, who in 1939 won the ABA light-heavyweight title.
"Then there was welterweight Johnny Ryan, the company eer-
in 1947 be geant-major who came Britain's first post-war European champion.
"Ryan was beaten only throe times after the war. By Ron- dolph Turpin in the 1945 ABA's
JIM MCINTOSH An era dies, and Billy Wright will no longer be
Johnny Later avenged this-by captain of England when Wales is met at America's Jackie cough in the Cardiff on October 17. Over a decade has 1047 Europe v. US, malch, and by Max Shacklady in the 1048
This
fan- Was i passed since the boys in white shirts, ABA final.
"How about emblazoned with three lions, and blacktastic shock. featherweight knickers have run on to an International field Peter. Brander? With his won- derfully skilful boxing, he was in any corner of the world without the com-ways a delight to watch. He forting presence of their fair-headed Wolver won four ABA titles between
1048 and 1980." hampton skipper at their head.
Le Roi est Mori; Vive le Roi. The King is dead; long live the King. And that, surely, means Ronnte
of Clayton, captain
has Blackburn Rovers, He worked a rewarding apprentice- ship under Wright, but, even moment so, it does not seem a ego that curly-haired Ronnie Was walking around, an obtrusive member of the Army
besar representative distributed pinces us Austria, France, Belgium, Germany, Northern Ireland and all over England and Scodand.
A Quiet Man
up-
such
Claylun is a quiet man, who got the maximum result by example and an unnoticed dis- clpline. When I was asked once to nominate six potential In- ternationals among the young Servicemen of the National Army I nominated Clayton, Mel Charles, Willie Frazer, Jim Meadows, Frank Blunsione anÚ Albert Quixull,
None of thèm lei me down, but I must confess that it was former Army FA Beerctary, Lieut-Colonel "Bert" Prince, who persuaded me that Clay- ton
was a futuro England mad.
the
Ronnie was so quiet, Before Oporto, Sept. 29 and after he had played a good Ruda Hoctza Brolislava game
on tour, he would slip (Czechoslovakia) chitt thealway, and I realise now that second round of the European he was more engrossed in soccer cup today when they beat aurious aspect of the foreign Oporto (Portugal) 2-0 in the cities he was visiting thon in second leg of their tie here, lack of cameraderle or the gay
The Czech champione won on anties of his teammates. goal nggregate by 4-1, having won 2-1 in Prague carlier the mooth.
There was no were at half time in today's match.—Reuter.
THE GAMBOLS.
LAST WEEK
I MUSTN'T PORNBAT CUS
BABODING ANNIVERSARY.
NEXT HERAC
„THAT MARILL REMINDAS
McIntosh's SILCONS OF either Bill Lovail or Fred Warren, both long-serving councilors -- Muut wrestle with problems that delled even Jim's persagelve skills.
Preston Binckburn and born) gaying that he was oure his son was a future Interna- did tional. I agreed, and we not have to wait long.
Now Ronnie Clayton is о the threshold of a long and England's lustrious career as
rumember writing enptain.
whom sentence
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He says: "I would like to see our training system changed. By that I mean I wish, we could have one man in charge of the England team for a long spell, the way Felix Stamm works with the Poles.
just that sOTTLE Bily Wright was captain of the Amy team in Paris in 1940. I wes right about Wright; I am sure I shall not be wrong about
"The other problem we have Clayton.
first Ronnie got hig
repre- never been able to solve is that of the amateur boxer who turns sentative honour when he was chosen for the "Under 23" Eng- professional too quickly.". land team against Denmark in
Though Mcintosh and the Boxing British 1055. Then he got a couple of professional
and Board have had frequent talks, Football League honours
never been able to England "B" appearance they have and that was the start of it
thrash out a solution.
The reason? Managers look amateurs us profit- on likely making machines. Jim McIn- first full "cp" came tosh, for 25 seldens years, has
Ireland at Wembley regarded that November, and, spart beings. from
an
against
First Cap
11A tb.em
the odds and ends, ho There's the difference. has played for his country 28 tries since then,
His father was wrong in his letter to me in just one thing. He said: "My other boy is just as good." Not just na good, Mr Clayton, nuarky.
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U.K. Soccer Results
ENGLISH LEAGUI Division III
London, Sept. 29. England is going to have
Results of tonight's football captain
perious 25 now
Clayton matches were: Wright. If, of course,
great is not chosen for the honour I shall have to apologier,
The Grumby. Bradford but all the signs are that
Burg FA will automatically elect him skipper. In that chan, I know
Carlie that Rormle has studied its pro- festion as deeply as any
man
Way back early in 1055 be- fore Clayton had reached the could, and that, given the right amateur by the England team his father wrote colleagues,
me from Darwen (Ronnie has Selectors he wit not be want- a business in Darwen, plays for ing us a leader.
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