THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1960.
MAKING NONSENSE OF THE WORLD FOOTBALL CUP
By ARCHIE QUICK
The other day Italy's "Under 23" eleven beat Spain 3-0 at Palermo, and all three goals were scored by Mazzola, the centre-forward who less than two years ago was leading the Brazilian attack in the World Cup series in Sweden!
lie WAS
heer in his "hat- Schiaffino, hack" by inde-13ght Angelilla, when was in the Argentine teini, that won the Soul American Champion kip in 1957.
of Uruguay, were burned him and Italy would not hardly of the boat from South play him, but Barcelona sighed America before they were play-'} him und, with the Spanish FA'S FIFA Ing to the Balkan national side; support, defied the ban. Inde Schlaffine turned out for
weakly submitted as they have the recent instance. Both these players are ex- Italy against Argentine In Home done in preted to be chument for Italy only six months after represent- Rubila become naturalised, and in the World Cup competitiong Uruguay in the 1954 World played for Spala, us Di Stefano
CU-Firs
(Argentine) and Kocsia, Puskas of 1902 In Chile, reinforced
and Czibor, #ll of Hungary's grentest eleven, have done since. A farce
by iwo njore Argentinjan FIFA has laid down that a forwards, Alastio and pinyer a wait three years shvorf.
alter he has representer! country before he can play for another, but this rule was made tee of by Mazzola and An- life, recent ajperative
Indulgent laws
All this is
quite perro stile under the inkungent lows of her
Federt tion, International
lot
i adapted country.
Even further
Joc
not
So World Cup Plasibility to fare, net the Olymple Games rules are fu not much better harpe The Hussions, Bungo- rians and Bulgarians do
Hetails practise profession-
სერ some But Rusela, alism.
Will 1rtuge ruling. droplowed
each of the players has some Thir distoni Pal origin, grandpartis
The Spaniards TO
cveti
emigrated
Tere!
further; they naturalise for-
eign players without
they hold Italian spearts and har double nutkamality, The sagn bulds for
Ekte Finari,
فارا
not be
feld Weir full
of Iberian blood in their vehus, Isdiod ide at Rome bread
It started with centre-half the Bár bus been put up to all
the last World Cup hals, Yet
fur
did not
whe und to be with Charlton: Kabala, who enme from behine their players who took part in Aldie, axona that he was the Iron Curtain 10 years ago
South Africa.
after playing for both his native, this leaves the door open
Bulgarians who Czechoslovakia, the JR #1 w in Italy. Hungary
Argentine, and A: Hungary's insistence, FIFA or ine ads!
The Italians have thought up brand new idea for the Olympics [.
Tais Eleagni,
FOURTH CHOICE
ROBINS WAS
TOP SUCCESS
By
ALEX BANNISTER
The big success of the West Indies tour was not the bowling of Statham and Trueman, not the
Ander Their FA rules player Cl become
110
pro-
fessional unt he is 21 years old.
So they will pack their ter. exclusively with young First and Second Division pro- fessionals.
At the Olympics.
if you piense, while the "naicur" Russians are ruled
Ban called for
In the 1ation Games'
side,
| therefore, there is likely to bê
Castano and (right-back
left winger Corco, both of whom have played for their country in
international mulches. The type team will almost cer-
captaincy of Colin Cowdrey, not the battingents, so the whole thing be-
of top-of-the-averages Dexter -- but manager Walter Robins.
It Is a sobering and sigil- eant wef that he was the fourth man to be invited by MCC. Two of the others asked had had no experience of big cricket tour- I but Robins arned out to be the happiest chowe in years. When will MCC learn that the monagorship is the most Impor tant appointment of all? Alinust by accident Englund stumbl
on supremu who showed all the qualities required to lead with most difficult conditions.
Tedious
Blessed with wide tactical ex- perlence, he never forced this on Jais two captains: at times pppy with the players and giving then necessary taste of
discipline. he pre-war imanded their respect,
The
perfret
CUM"
diplomat,
he
WALTER ROBINS
the perfect diplomat
Lody elude three Milan Arst- comes farcical.
I can only be tackled in the E of the Gaunts 0.5 £ whole, but the sooner a World Cup ban is placed on any foot- baller representing
than me enuntry the better.
andre
Pau Motor Grand Prix on Easter Monday
Pau, Apr. 12. One of the toughest auto- mobile races, the 248 kilo- metre 154 miles) Pau Grand Prix counting towards Whe Car Makers' World Chain- plonship takes place here on Easter Monday, April 18.
"This
is the life®
Marcel Cerden II. 16-year-old son of the former Freuch and world middleweight champion killed in a plane crank over North Africa, last week fought and won his first boul In the professional ring against a Parisian Arab, Alt Tayeb, a young boxer with six fights behind him. Afterwards he called his mother at home in Casablanca--and announced his decision to make boxing bla career. "I am going all ont for championships," he told friends in Paris. Promoter Gil- beri Benalm said of his fight: "It was fantastio. Marcel look- ed the image of his father."
Photo shows Marcel Junior in his Paris gymuaslum. --- London Express photo,
FINNEY the GREAT
TOM SHAMES
ONE-SEASON WONDERS
DESMOND HACKETT
Tom Finney, the pride of Preston, was 38 recently, and I could not have sent the good old "Many happy returns" salutation to a nicer sportsman.
Finney has been variously titled
"The Peerless Plumber" "Tormenting Tom"
“Phan-
tom Finney." But to me this modest Lancashire lad is simply Finney the family man.
TOM FINNEY
When Finney was twice named Foot- baller of the Year by the Soccer-
would writing chapa he
always thank his dad for his advice
But I enjoy a more homely when Tom was starry-knowledge of the Finney that is eyed football-crazy kid. so well beloved more, he is Preston North End offered | Kiolised--in his native Preston. young Tom 50s, a week to join the ground staff.
For a gag-it almost garnered me a vincle eye - I once saleed dty in a Preston tavern: "Who Is Tora Finney?" I was out and away before the remark sank in. Question
His end, with that unequalled Lancashire flair for sizing up the job, replied; "Aye. Now we know you can be a good plumber, but we don't know it you can be a gour footballer."
Three yours later a friend Finney stayed on us a Os.-n-reported that he was wellding week plumber. Football hd, to through a factory and heard a
leather-hinged Prestonian walt.
roor
it part of athletle history above the thump of machinery: how Finney has toured the "And this chap Hackett turns world with England and left and says 'Who's Tom Finney?"" behind those slightly-bowed legs 1954 Cup Final the wife of
When Preston were in the
director renched for stiff brandy DS she saw Finney {straddling i rudí, doing a
plumbing job.
a Babel of baffled defenders.
ONE OF AUSTRALIAN SWIMMERS'
SUCCESS SECRETS REVEALED
-SHAVING THEIR BODIES
Sydney, Apr. 12,
R
BRAVES WIN NL BASEBALL OPENER
Milwaukee, Apr, 12.
two-run
Joe Adcock hit a homer into the right feld stands today, breaking up a 2-2 eighth inning tle and giving the Mil- waukce Braves a 4-3 decision in over the Pittsburgh Pirates the National League opener at County Stadium.
At Cincinnati home runs by She rang her husband franti- Roy McMillan and rookie Tony cally. He told her: "Let-hin Gonzalez, backed up brilliant re- O'Toole, We don't let pitching by Jim get on with lus job. interfere with his football 50 we Rave, the Cincinnati Reds a 9-4 his victory over the Philadelphia can't poke our noses into plumbing."
Phils.
In the week before the Final, Finney was fixing some win dows in director's factory. The director told me after- wards: "it cost me more money through workmen knocking off to go and look at Finney Than It did to do the job."
Answer
In June 1952, i went off to a Cincinnat
Philadelphia
SCORES
Scares of today's games were:
NATIONAL LEAGUE taburan ***** 000-000-031-3-11-2. Milwaukee ....100-000-12X-4 -9-1 Friend, Face (0) and Smith; Spain, McMotion (D) Burdette (9) and Crandall. W-MeMation L-Face
Home rum--Milwaukee, Spain, Ad- evek,
220-000-000-4+E+3 031-031-00%—9-0-0 Roberts, Shart (4) Gamez 10). pool where world travelled Robinson (1) and Coker: Broshall
Toole (3), Henry Finney was enjoying the Wales Lawrence 12), Week, 17 miles from his home. (0) and Bailey. W-O'Toole. L-Roberis.
Home rune-Cincinnati, McMillan, I had called on Finney on Gonzalez. "Bat it is rather amusing to
know they took so long to chuir of millionaire car-racing 1 Lua 4000-210-000-1-3-2 ace Prince Roberto Lanza di San Francisco 201-000-00X—-3vārā wake up added Carlile-Trabin of the Sicilian
Jackson, Dullbe (B) and Smith, club Sowatak Chinn Mail Sperial.
13); Jones (1-0) Schmidt
LP-Jackson (0-1). 1R-Wagner (int).
Australian male swimmers had for years now shaved their bodies before competing in carnivals, well-known coach, Forbes Carlile, said here today.
Youthful Macao
XI to play against HK
The nec-packed Bold includes England erred by over-rating Australia's world champion duck the opposition. I ani sure that if Brabham, who won the Brussels we started again tomorrow with! Grand Prix on April 10, and Jim Park selected as wicket-j zimmer-up
this last race,
Macao, Apr. 13. walked the nightmarish gteeper and with Derbyshire's France's Maurice Trintignan The selectors for the Interport rope of race relations with ap-Rhoder-provided he had
Brabham will drive a Cooper team to meet the Hongkong side parent ease,
straight "bumper arm and Trintignant a Cooper Climax, this coming Easter Sunday, an- Constant expert gear changing nounced that the local represen- should have win more than one
the 90 laps of ardamas tatives will be chosen among the Test.
will replace the young and promising players
So regret his already ex- pressed decision not to take the next party to Australis, England! will be sorry if he does not change his mind.
What cricket needs now is some sort of brainwashing from the men at the top. Gatesman- ship un deliberate lattering need immediate scotching. Slow neessarily, bad cricket is not cricket, but there must be no further fall in the number of overs bowled per hour,
1 sugest that, at home at Least the number of OVETO bowled each day should be sent to Lord'y and the captains and
aykel unpires bo
to <x- plain their tedious offerings If the number does not reach a
certain minimum,
England have been the bigger the tour in the offenders on bowling of slow overs, the West Indian "bumper" blitzes.
One ex-West Indian cricketer defended excessive bumpers by delling me that bowlers have no chance on the pitches there ull- Kess they
resuri terrorism,
'Urgent'
this
A suggestion to end it is to
call "no-ball" if the delivery
Jands the bowler's half.
the
I would be far mpler and more effective to enforce present law.
The succes of Cowdrey's cap- taincy prompts another sugges- tion that May and Cowdrey could share the leadership tours, each taking a full series.
ori
Cowdrey proved far more as- tuto than I expected; the change- over could have upset any alde, but did not,
England
When he arrived in ahead of the mal party, Cow- direy, loyal as over, gave credit to May tour starting "bis young mide, which I think did extreme- ly well, We wont him back
ungently."
Gver lown
rond!
It was a triumph for Stallam usual top speeds of Grand Prix who took part · ja the locul
more driving, laxing th the league games, Eba- drivers and their rivers to the
uttermost-AP.
Land Trueman, who took
wickets than any previous lishmen in the Caribbean.
Motocross champion
Photo shows David Bickers of Beltain, on a Grieves two-stroke, winning the European Molocross Championship (250 cc). Eleven countries sent teams to this year's event, held recently at Trey, in Switzer- land.London Express photo.
They are expected to give u good account of themselves In this annua? football interport serics.
Meanwhile, representatives of two Hongkong soccer clubs are here to find promising talents for their ranks.-AFP.
U.S. student sets
world pole vault
record
D.
Norman, Apr. 12. Amerion student Martin beat the world pole vault recond with a leap of 15 nine and three-quRFIET inches here today,
feet
д
Omcials said it would be sub- mitted for recognition as
ced, but for technical reasons they doubled whether It could be accepted.
Bob Gutowski (United States) not the official record of 15 feet eight and one-quarter inches in April 1957.-—Reuter.
He was commenting on reports!
that Aunerican swiminers had adopted the idea of shoving their bodles before competing in events,
The report quoted nine cone! ns stating that shaving the body lo minimise water helped resistance and was the unly possible explanation for swimmer breaking a record.
Fortes Carlike said: "I was
wawlering just how long i would take them to wake up
SCIENTIFIC TESTS
ever
notices
Cricket boycott condemned
London, Apr. 12, The Umpires Assoolaiton of the Central Lancashire Cricket League, in which many col oured players are engaged, issued a resolution today con- denning any luycult of the South African tourists.
ย
to it.
ne to scr "11 used to amaz
those groat haley Yanks vn the starting board, "Our swimmers have shaved themselves regularly the day before each ourrival that it iGencerned with the wellore
1 said the association "being
a rizal.
ericket, strongly deprecate sug- gestions of a boycott.
"While dlugreeing with the the South general policy of In fact, nobody
that there is no hair on their African government the associa- tion wish to be associated from Legs.
any boycott in sport," it uddied. "Even the girts give their legs an costra rub with an emerg boord before a race."
Curlile said: "It may
very little, but seientine tests we carried out
at Sydney University in 1030 proved that the water realatang from bul on the legs and chest is quite Important.
sound!
"The late professer Frank Colton and I carried out tests on swimmers with and without hairy legs.
The association also issued a statement that all coloureu cricketers under its jurisdiction will always receive the same rentment as while players. China Matt Special.
modest boarding house in Black-
Palermo to offer him £10,000 for two seasons of Soccer ser-
vice.
to
There were further induce- ments like £130 a month wages. bonus payments going DE
£100 à inatch, o villá on the Mediterranean complete with Istaff and a brand-new car.
Toin creased his face into that ready boyish smile, reckoned it was all very nice bat he felt sure its club would not relcare him. Just that. No tantrum.
And then you think of the jumped-up, one-season wanders who want to leave their clubs 17 they cannot get sufficient instel #ckets to hand around among their friends.
A WELL SATISFIED LAN- CASHIRE LAD IS FINNEY.-- Lonrion Express Service.
CHESS
by LEONARD BARDEN
This
game (Gyles-Gifford, London 1919) lustrates why Black cannot parry the dreaded Ruy Lopez opening simply by driving away the "bishop and capturing it. 1 P-K4, P~~K4;
Argentina invites K-KB3, KQB3; 3 D-Xts
European clubs
Buenos Aires, Apr. 12. "Our research proved that th The Argentine Football As
water resistance et hair otelatlon has formally
asked
the legs and chest could retard three European soccer clubs to
P-QRJ; B-R4, P-QK4; 6 B-K13. Kt-R4?: 0 Castics, Kt X8; 7RPXKCt, P-Q3; B P-Q4, B-K15; 9 PXP, DXKt: 10 QX B, PXP: 11 R-Q1, Q-83: 12 Q-Q3, Q-13?; 13 RXPI: Resigns.
Solution No. 5801: 1 K-84 (waiting), OR discovers check: 2 B-Q6. If t... KR-B1 ch; 2 B-86. 1. any other moun: 2 Kt or KB mates accordingly, The association announced to- Not I KR4, R---R1; nor 1 K day Invitations to Bareciona of 85, RXP; nor 1 K-KI, H- they Spain, Rheims of France and K4 ch.
Juventus of Italy.-AP.
a swithtner to the extent of play in a special international a second in 110 yards.
tournament here after July 10. Cartic sold: "No" doubt the Americans have noticed Jon Henricks and Murray Rose
shaved when
were
Swain
THE GAMBOLS
ALLOW ME
•
CAN I GET YOU A TAXIP/
PLEASE, YOU'RE
SO KIND
Lunden Express styles,
by Barry Appleby
SHES SUCH A HELPLESS LITTLE THINKS
NOW WHAT DID I
SAY WRONG ?.
-AP
UK soccer-
results
London, Apr. 12. Results of tonight's British football matches were:
ENGLISH LEAGUE Division IV Oldham 2, Walsall 4.
SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division I Celtic 2, Partick Thistle 4. Division II Stenhousemuir 2, Berwick 1.
Representative Mateli League of Ireland 2. irish League 1-Rouler,
Sports Diary
TO-DAY Athleticn Land Furets Major & Minor Unite Team Championshipa final, Boundary Street. 9.30 m.
jockey Holland Cup Final? Nav Bharat y Army (SKP) 0.30 p.m.
Boccer Governor's Cup Becont match; CAAT HKFÀ, Club ground. 8.30 u.nt.
SI Stephen's College athletic meet. 2 p.
annual
Salemiz Seliad annual athlete mecting. SC'AA ground. t p.m.
TO-MORROW Bacter
2nd Division: Gymnasie v NAV Sai Wan (CH) 6 p.m.
3rd Division: Bf Joteph's v Post Office (Navy) p.m.
Foll
Bhek- Country Club: Guest Day, Find competition.
CIR-INDIA
"FANIS-dream'at a'world for which
no cliché is good enough”.
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