Wembley hero DRIVERS FROM 11 NATIONS TUNE UP FOR SATURDAY'S SEBRING SPORTS CAR RACE
...
was refused a Cup Final
Wales can check France's second Championship bid ticket
By JOHN COTTRELL
Anyone, even the most ardont of Wolah supporters, who saw Wales completely out- cļussed and outplayed at Twickenham in the first international of the year, would never have believed that they would be placed second in the championship table as they came to their last hurdle of the season.
Yet here they are at Cardiff, with victories over Scotland and Ireland behind them, ready to upset the French hopes of finishing international champions for the second year in succession.
10-9
Of course, the Welshmen have against all the run of the been
play. lucky ct virtunity
defented Ireland admitted by the selectors who
maxlin of never i Ignore the changing a winning team.
There *TD four change" team which, from the Welsh
Moore-Schoeppner fight may take place on July 12
Los Angeles, Mar. 23. A proposed light heavy- weight title fight betweek Archie Moore and Ger- many's Erie Schoeppner
be held may*
in Los Angeles on July 12. says Bill Fugazy.
Fugazy, Director of a syndi- cate that is promoting the In- gemar Johansson-Floyd Putter- son heavyweight Utle bout, says he has been led to believe the California Athletic Commission would approve the Moore Schopner ig in Memorial Coliseum and permit the New York group to be co-promoters. Fugazy sald Moore has been
$200,000 and guaranteed German $50,000.
tire
Ron Waller, ex-Los Angeles Ram professional football player and how a Sanin Monica
prom
noter, has been mentioned DIS
a possible eu-promoter of the Moore-Schoeppner bout.-AP.
Four D. Jones BY MABOUCKS
THE FUSE HAS BEEN
DISCONNECTED FROMİ THE ROMB...
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FERDINAND
is the
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He has also been criticised ofrengthened by the return of centres too skipper and hooker Bryn More- for crowding his
wide dith, whose Inspiration sudden much with his
us hedearly missed In Dublin. aweeps across the eld tries to go round the of his opposite number.
in Dublin, The most important of these
outside replacement of By-half CUR Ashton by Swansea's Bryan Richards. He is the only new cap.
Criticised
Ashton has served Wales with steudy competence rather than briliance since he sureveded the rent Cur Morgan loxst year. But in Dublin, when he was supplied with Immaculate Onllwyn passes by scrum-half
Bruce, he was strangely hesitant In his noves.
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Richards in noj regarded as mach a steady player, but bo is often more brilliant. More Important, be la accustomed to the wiles of the unpredict- able Brace. They played to- gether regularly in the RAF azid combined well in the second Welsh frial this season,
Superior punch
Still unbeaten
France are still unbeaten and, after their win there in 1958, for the rat time they can take the held at Cardiff Arms Park without the psychological handi- they have of knowing cap never conquered in the Welsh capital.
But I fancy that France's long run of triumphs will be ended
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by a mediocre Welsh team that GEORGE SCOREY has the two assets which the
started the Cup Final French Afteen lacks power-
legend. this ful leader in the pack and a ittle general (Brace) behind
the scrum.
Much will depend on half-back partnership, and they can successfully open up the game behind the serum, I believe Wales pack the superior punch in their three-quarter line to tud a knock-out blow.
look the Forward, Fratico more dangerous and they cun be expected to concentrate on launching the forward move- ments they execute so efficiently.
Their favourite gambit this sehoon has consisted of the for- wards advancing in close forma- tion and the man with the ball turning his back on the oppasi- tlon just before passing.
д
Et Ex пов an attractive method, but presenting broad Banque bottom to the would-be tackler has the ad- vantage of making it dimeuti to anticipate the direction of the past.
Can the unimpressive Welsh Seolur championships: Met's dou- pack hold the fiery French fur
wards In the loose? That is the vilai question, but Welsh hopes of achieving this will be greatly
Div. 1 (Lengue): CMB Wah 15 5.30 p.in.
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Second defeat
in Europe for Chile XI
Stuttgart, Mar. 23. West GerJIANG" beat Chife 2-1 to-day in an internationst
match 1000GT
watched by 70,000 fans at Neckarstadium.
It was the second defeat for the Chilean national soccer teum now touring Europe.
Trance bent them in their first match (-0.
Germany's two goals came minutes in the 72nd and 76th
taken after the Chileans had an early lead in the 24th from header by Juan Soto.--A)1.
LOWER AWAY ANOTHER TEN FEET
OR SO AND SHE'S HOME SAFE
AND DRY
By Mik
But for George Scorcy, 77, the first Wembley Cup Final would not have been played.
Sebring, Mar. 24.
Steel-nerved drivers from 11 nations have taken their first practice turns around Scbring's treacherous course, tuning up for Saturday's 12-hour sports car endurance race.
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Missing from the initial trials was the early favourite, Stirling Moss of England, who will drive an Italian Maserati. Moss is due on Thurs- day.
ENGLISH OPEN
TABLE TENNIS
TOURNAMENT
London. Mar, 23. Ernst Gomolla of West Ger- many was the lone over. seas entry in the last eight of the men's event after today's play in the English Open Table Tennis Championships
here.
is
the
No attempt to reach top speeds | Iance Roventlow and Podro
ond was made in today's practice,
drivers Instead, the
devoud
demselves to feeling out and
memorising the hazardous turne
and betula of the 6.2-mile course
Inid out over an abandoned World War II bomber training base,
However, Wait Hansgen of the US.
UB- was clocked
ono lap oMolally on
at 3 minutes, 2z seconds i 10 Maserati, The
competlijon record of 3:20. ar 93.6 miles an hour, was set by Mons in an Aston-Martin in 1958.
$20,000 prizes
ot
Ricardo Rodriguez Mexico City.
Co-driving the favoured Maserati with Alors will be Dan Gurney of the 1,8, Other Maserat drivers In- clude Jim Rathmann, Carroll Shelby, Masten Gregory and langen,
Formula Junion race
On the course with the sports cars today were Grand Touring models and the small but very fast Formula Junior cars which CIT Ehining rapidly in popularity.
Junior
A 06-mile Formula
on Friday
Moss will drive an Austin- Healey Sprite for Donald Healey, manu- the Warwick, England, the
facturer, in the four-hour race.
A heavy day of practice is on
At stake in Saturday's around-rec Is scheduled the-clock grind will be $20,000 morning and a four-hour ruces Only three of the eight seeded in eash prizes for the drivers for Grand Touring ears under players have survived-Gomaland points toward the world one litre engine size on Friday ia, England's Ion Harrison and manufacturing championship for afternoon,, he
Josef Somogyi, who Hun the creators of the race cars. gerian-born.
The Italian Ferrari factory has Frenchman Seeder
Guy boycotted the race because Amouretti was beaten in
ears are required to use a cer
of gasoline while fourth round by England's No. tain brand 7. Mike Thornhill. Thornhill Ferrari has a contract to 16 tap on Thursday, with the For- won 12-21, 22-20, 24-22, 10-21, another brand. This eliminated mula Junior racers running one. 21-18 to reach the quarter-finals, the famous Ferrari team drivere, and one half hours in the mort
Phil Hill of U.S., Count Wolf-ing and the Sports and Grand Georges Muranyl, agang Von Tripps of Germany Touring models going tour and
now and Clut Allison or England. player When 200,000 people out Hungarian-born
one half hours in afternoon side the jammed stadium living in Londor, caused a sur-
A dozen
night sessions.AP. Ferrar] crashed the gates, in 1923, prise when he beat second seed- ed Derek Burridge of England police barricades fell.
21-16, 18-21, 21-17, 17-21, 21-19 George, a reserve mounted in another fourth round match. policeman, charged a Mrs Agnes Simon of the quarter of a million | Netherlanda who 13
and Dione his white Hungarian-born, people 011
Rows of England, who are charger. He stopped them seeded to meet in the women's cold, and started the
singles final, both had easy wins legend of the White in the second round.-Reuter. Horse.
Hero of the Cup Final, George applied for hard- to-get tickets after World War II, but was turned down. Since then, he has refused even to apply.— London Express Service.
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Wayfoong cricket XI
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The following have been selected to represent Wayfoong against Dodwells on Sunday, March 27, at the HKCC ground at 11.30 in.;
J. Dilworth, J. R. Hancock, P. E, Hutson, J. R. M. Lewis, A, J. Macgeorge, N. J. McLellan, 1. N. Macleod, J. P. Mason, A. Mi Nolan, 1. M. Secti, C. P, B.
Wiggeit.
12th Man: T. I Hooper, Scorer:-I. King-Holford.
of the powerful ravers ATO entered, by Luigi Chinetti of New York. however, and four сровоте
American representative of the Ferrari works, are reported to have the factory blessing.
Calnetli's
be drivers will US. sportsmen Chuck Daigh, Ritchie Ginther, Ed Hugus, Augie Pabst, George Arents, Jr,
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