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in the series of bouls between the Army and the ABA one of the best Rights turned out to be a real slugging match t was the match between the heavyweighle L/Sgt L. Upbbs of the Grenadier Guards and W. Walker. Photo showź L/Sgt Hobbs (right) estching Walker with a nasty left hook to the Hobbe won on points after a tremendous struggle- Army News Service photo.
chin,
ARMY BOXERS BEAT
PILL-TREATED LONDONERS
IN ANNUAL MATCH
By ARCHIE QUICK
Pills to hasten the healing of cuts, bruising and bleeding were given to each of London's representatives when they fought their annual match with the Army at Seymour Hall, Marylebone. The soldiers took nothing. Harley Street physician, Dr. Sullivan, RASC.
J. L. Blogtein, Medical ÓM- Light Heavyweight J. Gleed, per to the London Amateur Port of London Authority, beat Boxing Association, said: "ICpl J. Lloyd, RACC, stopped in prescribed the pills. They are first round,
not harmfu; in fact, they are Heavyweight: L/5gt 1 Hobbs, helpful.
One of the boxers Grenadier Guards, outpointed here tonight was badly cut and W. Walker, West Ham. bruised four days ago, and he Heavyweight: Fus F. Dolan,
could nat
have appeared had Royal Highland Fusilers, beat
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1959.
BIGGEST PROBLEM IN WORLD SOCCER MAY BE SOLVED
United Nations Of Soccer Will Sort Out Rules
By HARRY ANDREW
London. The biggest problem in world football is how to end the constant trouble and strife when a British side meets one from abroad.
The European Cup is the most glamorous, most financially successful tournament ever devised, It is also promoting more hate and ill-feeling than any other competition in history.
of
Scolland's champions. Ran- knów each other properly; to end all ger, and England's 1tle hear all the polots of view; to two. holders, Wolven, have both thrash out the differences; and But played Iron Curtain sides in to reach a general level the past few weeks. In Junderstanding and method, both cases there was violence and a legacy ill-feeling.
The experience isn't new. It han hopperrexi DVT and over again.d · agains teams from almost all the countries of Europe when maiched with British sides,
Something HAS to be done. Something IS being done by
Europe's football boss, though it will not affect This mason's tournament.
Get-Together
Recently made a phone call to Paristo Monsieur Pierro Delaunay, secretary of the Euro- pean Union. Faliitty through the atmospheries came the news of one of the most exclting Sur- cer get-togethers ever planned.
111
evany
Spark-Points
arc
For Instance. two obvious spark-points
the British habit of challenging the goal- keeper ANI the Continental tactics of obstruction,
the
go on.
PEN SKETCHES OF MCC TOURISTS
GEOFFREY PULLAR-ENGLAND'S
NEW OPENING
OPENING BATSMAN
The most important result of the bold experiments made by the England selectors this year has been the emergence of Geoffrey “Noddy" Pullar as a regular opening batsman for his country. For years the choice of an position and then, at 18, joined opening pala has becn the
the Lancashire ground stäft, relectors' biggest headache. Now left-handed Fullar has the latest gap crested by the gone a long way towards filling parture of Feter Richtdren
a
Protests
Test
Strony protests came from matches between the [the crilles' when this xix-foot. 19-stone Lancastrian was given out of that trouble
place in ino Third grew an agreed set of rules.aguinst India this year--ahead Today we are making a new of
such m-form opening beginning with
the batsmen
as Maurice, Hallam teething bother that goes with and John Edrich. After all, he had always batted No. 3 for
la county.
a fresh start.
The sooner wc
realise that and start doing something about it, the sooner we'll have an end to the sort of unpleasant- ness we saw between Rangers
And here is the moment to Hand Bratislava Red Star recent- the unpleasantness that underline one vital fact, despite |ly.
Bre silly cries that
still prompted Wolves manager Stan being raised. These games will Cullis to say after the match in Belgrade: "The Continental type They will be played in ever of football and the British type increasing numbers. To a very are now so far apart that every great extent Britain's footballclash between the two is likely future lies on the continent of to bring these incidents," Europe.
Very soon several British clubs
duck-and
But Pullar silenced his
and orities by hitting 75 sbating in
opening partnership of 140—England's best start in 26 Tests,
an
scored 131 and ha
In his second Test innings he
the dis tinction of
the being
Arst Lancastrian ever to hit a Tea century; at Old Trafford,
third
Pullor finished the scason · as in the national batting That is a tael we eannot will be asked to play in the averages (2.647 runs, average
55.14) and third must not attempt Friendship Cup with sides from
Test in the France. Within the
ανατικά runs, anderages (242 to. And if it means that Bri-Italy and fain's bosses must compromite near future the Scottish
(0,5). He scored eight con- will be about our playing methods, English Leagues
turies and won gularly tackling other European Writers Club
the Cricket trophy for the outstanding young cricketer of 1950.
Leagues.
quickly.
re-
has to come
then compromise we mnai.
Monsieur Delaunay told
Britain must
Understanding forget all the that the idea is to build an.In-
About propaganda
tradition, football. that It Is the home of national Ville. To year will be invited managers Other
countries ате just US and coaches from all the con-entitled to their points of view tries of Europe-the club boss and it would pay Britain to who dictate the teams' methodssten. They have already made and tactics.
Improvements to the game that we are being forced to copy.
Historical Fact
This plan will go before full meeting of the European Enion in March for final ap- proval. If it is given the All clear who can doubt li A site will be found and the village bulk.
At his village
the men who
I remind the doubters of one
There historical fact,
wns
1+
Burns Retains Empire Title
Fast-Scoring Bat
Geoff Pullar was born 24 years cgo only a few miles from the Old Trafford ground, at Swinton. where his father kept an off- licence. The family moved to Sydney, Dec. 7.
Oldham and at 14 Geoff was Empire welterweight boxing playing cricket for the town. champion Georgo Burnes, 193
the AL 15, he became a fast-
retained pounds, time when Scotland and Eng- title when he stopped challenger scoring batsman for Werneth in
different
Bil Todd, rules land played to
147 in the sixth the Central Lancashire League and when
round at Sydney Stadium to- and Trouble between the
opening hight. The bout was scheduled gularly for the club. In 1954 he made over 900 runs in that for 15 rounds.--AP.
be not taken the pills. ey R. Wallace, Hampstead, stopped are not drugs, just a help fajin second round-Banews Serrun the playing side of the two countries was so great that the blood streain. They Aru
vlce. not pey flis either."
are
The Army trainer, CSMI Marks, said: "We do not ob- Jeck, but it in against the ABA rules to take a stimulant pf any kind: even snelling salis
barred." CBME Marks sald he was going b
their enquire into
effects The referees, Judges and the Army Secretary, Major E. D. Malpas, knew nothing about the pills bring laken,
Best Fight
Despite their ratlon of two yellow bills aplece, London were beaten by seven bouts to six-the same margin as last
year.
It was left to the last fight to decide the issue, and heavy- weight
Dolan, Fuster Fred Royal Highland Fusiliers, out-
Bob Wallace,
of pointed Hampstead, after having his mun down for a long count in the second round
Len
The best fight of the evening, however, was the other heavy- weight contest between the
Army champion, L/Sgt Hobbs, Grenadier Guards, and Billy Walker, West. Pam. -brother of the former profes- sional
cruiserweight George
Walker. It was 2 non-stop slogging match, and, although Hobbs won. he was knocked off his feet for the first time in his career.
in-
un
unusual There was cident in the fight between McLaren, Brixton, and The Army welterweight titleholder, Rifleman Peter Morgan, Green- Jackets. Morgan was floored, but was up by nine. The re- feree went on to complete the count of ten, and then declared that he had stopped the contest. The refere said afterwards that counting to ten was "a slip of the tongue."
'The full results were:
Results
Flyweight: Dvr J. Mallon, RASC, outpointed J. Pattullo, Croydon,
Bantamweight: Ple L. Markay, RAOC, outpointed B. Bissmire, West Ham,
Bantamweight: Dvr B. Cart- Wright, RASC, beat. W. Meck, St. Luke's, stopped in second round,
Featherweight: P. Lundgren, Fisher, outpointed Rin. Head, Greenfuckets,
Lightweight: A Dunalug Battersea, cutpointed L/Cpl J.
Devitt, Greenjackets,
Light
Welterweight: L/Cpl
D. O'Brien, 11 Hussars, out-
pointed R. Clarkson,
Welterweight: R. McLaren, Lynn, beat Rin P. Greenjackets, stopped round
Morgan,
in third
Light Middleweight: Col J. Player, REM, bent K. Cooper, Repton, stopped in third round. Middleweiht: 8. Holbrook, Middle Row, outpointed Pta A.
· Mathewa. - Kings. Regti
Middleweight R. Michalmon, Fitzroy Lodge, outpointed Dvr
FOUR D. JONES
By MAIXOCIA
Kane will get the chance
NO SIGN
OF US CLOSING
FERDINAND
NANCY
IN ON THE
MOON YET
SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE SET---THAT MAN IS SHAKING
A
BRICK BRADFORD
WERE IN A TIMES LARGE AT THE MOMENT? -
IT GIVEÐ US AN OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY THE TRANSMITTER
'BELOW US
to there was an
IN THE RUSSIAN CAMA
THERE ARE SIGNS OF ANXIETY
WE DON'T
SEEM TO BE GGING ANY NGARER TO THE
MOON
AAAAP
EVERYBODY
IS SHAKING
EVERYTHING
POWN THERE AREMAR „TO BE NA STATE.
OF BUSPENDED
ANIMATION}
İNGI HAVE NO
JEA WHAT AKIKA,
WE MUST PUT THAT TRANSITTER OUT
OF OPERATION
official threat to
HOWEVER, THE DRIVER IS DRIVING FOR ALL HE IS WORTH,
DARLING
'DO HAVE A CUP
OF TEA, YOUʻRG_
GOY DRIVING YOURSELF
NO WONDER
THEY'RE SHAKING --- LOOK AT
OUR AERIAL
HAVE YOU BOEN ANY PEOPLEF WHAT DO THEY
LOOK LIKE?
TOO HARD
MONEY MONEY THINNE
SILENCE, WOMAN?
LET MYSELF BE
CONCENTRATING,
NO, PAM;
WE HAVEN'T
SEEN ANYONG!
TONIGHT I'M GOING TO LAND AND LOOK THE PLACE OVER)
ON THE
MONEY
By Mik
By Ernie Bushmiller
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BUSHMILA B
By Paul Norrla
THATE-PASTTY
| DANSIEROUS BRICKĮ
Was soon
SHEAFFERS "SNORKEL
ishermen prefer
SWISSAIR
THE AIRLINE OF SWITZERLAND --
ROWNTREE'S
AFRO
THE
MILK CHOCOLATE THAT'S DIFFERENT!
You can be SURE
if it....
re-
was to
hitting out nį Laker after being fold he
bo “night-watchman.”
Best Eater
After finishing an apprentice- Pullar ship in the jewellery trade, turned professional in staining under former England into faster running between the 1956 and began his advanced
opener Cyril Washbrook,
Washbrook drilled into him the patience and thoughtful- ness required of a Test-clam batman. * was not always easy. Last year Puitar was sent home from the Oval for
CHESS
by LEONARD BARDEN'
4730
Here is a position from actual play: Black to move and win. London Exprtu Servlet.
Pallar has also been pressed
wickets. For ko is naturally Jethargic and is known as best
thu English cricket,
ealer ind sleeper in
After a marathon innings his first complaint is about his empty stomach and he rivals Colin Cowdrey with his ability to fall asleep in a matter of seconds on a journey.
Some say he even while
dozcs
off felding in the deep. Hence his nickname, "Noddy."
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