THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1960.
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SATURDAY SPORTS SPOT St Paddy may
look at
SPORTING SAM
by Reg. Wootton
An inside American football
By I. M. MacTAVISH
(Writing from California, U.S.A.)
A few days ago I stood almost in the shadows of Pennsyl-
vania State University's massive new 50,000-seat sports stadium and watched 60 aspiring footballers
prepare
for the 1960 gridiron season which officially opens today. FAMOUS SPORTS STARS
It was an occasion I shall never forget.
For two-and-half hours the leather-harnessed, rubber-padded,
helmeted gladiators went through a scrimmage training schedule which, for sheer primitive toughness, would have sent our soccer or rugger players racing for the shelter and protection of the dressing room.
of
but
it
was
career after graduation.
I have never acen anything i have th accepted nendele the players enjoy considerable qualifications and of courgu personal popularity while at like it.
and later they find The crash helmets and there has long been the aceus University
many big commercial and pro- harness resounded around the tion of shamateurism,
organisations witing training Retri
Let me tell you what I found fessional the out at Penn State, uminaly punctuated by inore familiar crack of thosh Land Low on kindred substance,
Injuries were frequent and trealment medical expert readily available-but 11 playery crawled, hobbled or were carried out of the "game" with astonishing re- zularity.
Huge organisation
I found a huge organisation behind the College football team. They have a director of athletics at the top of a staff which boasts.
A
business
I HAVE MET-
By ARCHIE QUICK
The dictionary description of a typhoon is "a violent hurricane." It is a sudden, frightening thing, and that is what Frank Tyson, dubbed "Typhoon", was when he burst upon the Aus- tralians in 1954.
to give them a good start in a Just as quickly the storm has died to almost a gentle zephyr, and at the early age of thirty, the balding Tyson is passing into the shadows, together with other great cricketers like Alec Bedser and Wilf. Wooller.
Oven
College football in America is really big business and against the highly attractive - acariemie backcloth of a great modern, but tradition proud University that faci stood out very clearly.
While scoring touchdowns : hnd his US$100,000 gate.
the uhm of Ainertean
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supervisor phystelan, football equipment, and a team tralner
- De essence of it—and the face!; who has three assistants. There
which really gives the fons i also a director of inforna- | US$100,000. their biggest thrills-is the tion. desperate physical yard-by- Fard battle for territory.
Great popularity
The ad is currently en- Jung Wave of tremendous popularity at the new Ameri- ean Footbal Laegne hus given the professional code' a timely
visit to Per alip-but my
questions
W No NO
Anwerg
receive 2011
ihe fold
Meanwhile, he will play for Todmorden next mummer in Lancashire League.
Ho me this 'quite recently, Strange, in if not, that another famous English Test fast
also lives in
Aus- tralia. now, Harold "Lol" Larwood, of Immortal memory. es a history
Contrary to some reports he is not yet emigrating to Aus- trația he married an Australion girl-fer he has decided that his future Hes in school-teaching, At Penn State a full house produces a gate of better than and, although he is a Bachelor
bowler not yet com- Other Universities of Arts, he has
number, of have even bigger stadia han pleted a sufficient the new all-steel Beaver Lerms at Northampton Medern However, the pulse of the Stadium which I visited and as
Secondary School tcom
hmm beats in the coachlar the teams share the net takings master to entitle staff and in this department
an a 50-50 hasts it is easy to see highest salaries when he even Univer the wealth involved in a Pennsylvania State
In hilly gues
Melbourne to sily in proud to have Rip 12-game season.
settle down. Engle, currently President of tur American Football Coactics' Association, as head conch.
which
more,
10 Oc
to the
England's Under-23 soccer XI
London press Bervice.
Tsiang, Virinsky
win Open Pairs
Bridge. title
George Tslung and Victor
Zirinsky won this year's Colony Open Pairs Bridge Championship for the Chinese Club Cup at the final session played on Tuesday at the Chinese Club.
race in France
By JOHN RICKMAN
A jubilant Sir Victor Sassoon told me at Don- caster after his St Paddy had become one of the easiest St Leger winners on record: “I should love St Paddy to take on some of the best French horses in France next year.
"I should, ilke to send him - It is possible that the coil's over for the Prix de PAre de first race of the 1881 season Triomphe." he went on, "but will be the Ormonde Slakes ni.. Brst I shall have to persuade Chester: In May,
my titalnor that il is in good Sir Victor, who like. Lester iden. He does not like taking Plugoli, was enjoying his first my horses out of the country St Leger triumph, first ran while they are in, training!! horse in the Doncaster clussle Str Victor, who paid a in 1927. That was Hot Night, warm and sincera, tribute to rumaing-up to Book Law, the skill of Noel Muricas:LA A trainer, then proceeded to pull Nool's leg.
Sir Victor said: "Of course, opoe my horses go to be trained, I don't own them any more- the trainer does!'
Takes command
Lester Fizzott, at 24, has now won every classio except the 1.000 Guinean. and is clearly growing out of the "Golden Boy" stage,
After watching Lester and St Faddy treat Metr opponents with a misure of indiference'
"I am allowed to breed them, and disdain in the closing stages name them. After I'm allowed, under pressure, to of this £30,378 race. I say that. my that the crown of "Checkic trainer boices command and Charlie" Smirke cań be passud very well he does, tuo, How-on to Lester,
Noel Murless has thus, onco over, I do hope I can persunde him to take St Paddy over far more, topped £100,000 fr Д the Arc de Triomphe If all goes acason with the stakes he has well with the colt next year." won for his palavons
After Sir Victor told me!
St Paddy's triumph, "I am not terribly kein on Noel's figure stands at £113,- tho Ascot Gold Cup, so 1 think 348.
The Queen, Loo, will be de- They won from a feld, of 35 that St Paddy's programmo next ph !rs In the tournament--the
your is likely to be the Cervna- lufted with the result, far premier pains even
Lion Cup at Epsom, the King St Paddy in the
is by her stallion Colcay, sponsored by the Hong George VI and Queen Elizabaili
of sires for Stakes at Ascol, and the Are
the kong Contract Bridge Assoria-
de Triomphe." tion.
It will be noted that all these
of He has had 23 winners Tsiang and Zirinsky were
are 14-mile races.
£86,315 In stakes., members of the six-man Hong- kong leam which won the Fir Enst Bridge Championship in Talpei, Formos, last year.
Runners-up were T. Y. Ho and Lam King. The Hongkong University players, David Mok and Nelson Hsi, placed third,
Sixteen pairs took part in the final session of the event here, the other 10 pairs having been eliminated in the qualifying round.
Because he started his career Durham County in the with Minor
a Champiroship it is geuraj belief that Tyson is a Geordie. This is not so. He was com at Farnworth in Lonea- The championship was played Kh/re_rel Ilved most of his on four days over a period of carly life at Middleton.. So
Inur successive weeks, he
The going home after i really
standing metoric career with Northamp finalists were: tonshire. Strange, too, that NE
1. V. Zirinsky and G. shouti huve succeeded in
Telang reaching the heights when most of his bowling had to
21
be done on the notorious batsman's wic- ket at Northampton,
Fastest bowler
The detailed coaching, organi- sation, like the business side, is most impressive. Having stood with head coach Engle on the within touching Engle, who has seven highly playing feld Stute gave me an excellent op-qualißed and specialist
assistance of the grunting, grid- portunity to find out annething | lants, look diver the Job
10 ing. grotesquely padded gladla- walehed. the in- About College Tusibull, It was yours ago
tors; having and, contrary to
tensity of шeir practice; and 1 chance to ask leading cpular thought, he is VUTY
having seen the physical hazard frank naich a part of the fittings at
find ordeal involved in the University Purk.
gan have formed a com- through the
The rules of
pletely new sense of apprecia- NCAA
London, Sept. 16. medium of the cinema atid
centials College football per-
tion of the young college men The England Under-23 team popular magazines you
American who play
football. to play East Germany on Sept. Whatever have any preconceived notions mit only two weeks of pre-
their rewards son training but the amount deserve all they get-and much Banks (Leicester), John Angus they 21 at Manchester is: Gordon about the game. Of how losing
effort crammed coaches are shot at dawn," of of work and
(Burnley), Michael McNeil
Not until 3052 did he make how sta pitiyers are drafted into that period has to be ween
(Middlesborough, David Barber his Arst-class debut, so his into college as footballers when to be
(Barastey), Bring staff is relentless and the
Labone county and Test carcer has Inst- it is no secret that they do not players, working in
(Everton), Robert Moore
He ed only eight short years. Terence Painu, groups, are switched from skilt Finally this week here are West Ham),
was hailed as the fastest bowler 0 £ ime, which made old- one or two tithits 1 en-I (Southampton), Frederick Hill Lo 'skill'
long
(Bolton Wanderers), Joseph countered in American
tagers snort when they recalled Baker (Hibernian), David
Kortright and sport this week. gruelling late-afternoon period
Burnside (West Bromwich), .....fund
naturally
Last weekend in Los Angeles and Robert Charlton (Manches- prompted to ask-what's in
Reserves: Brian li for the
I saw a strange "sporting" event ter United), University-and
(Newcastle United) glorying in the title of The Harvey Demolition Derby.". Maybe John McGrath (Bury) and John you've already guessed it was a Funtham (Shefeld Wednesday). stock car aucing event, And
--China Malt Special, what an event!) Seventy cars were demolished in the craziest, crashingest, bashingest offair i gold into the exchequer, and have ever econ.
entire virtually finances the
Cars continued to be mobile sporting activities: it also pro-long after commonsense and the
Opening ceremonies
for softball
season tomorrow
By OLLY VAS
believed. The coaching
graded
through
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morning session and an equally
one 19
what's in it for the players?
Pours gold
As far as Penn State Univer-
The official opening ceremontensity is concerned football pour
arranged by the HK Softball Association, to 1560/1 softball
Juncti
Fire
will
Leuxga
now be held at King's Park tomorrow, commencing frum
1.30 pm. The opening scheduled for: last week hac to be concelled owing to bad weather. How-
'week's ever, this
programme) remains unchanged for Cirere will be a militery baad in attentkaince prior to the parade of four Little League teams at) 2.00 pm.
The Commissioner of Softball "Doc" Molther will address those
ofter which present ho wit call on Mr Willum S. P. Louey te
2. T. Y. Ho and Lain
King
of
the
1.0
Points
300,5
339
3. David Mok and Net.
son Hsi
4. Dodge
Chen and
H. D. Hoffman
5. C. Y
Choa
and
Y. 1. Chung
6. W. Wong and L
Ozorio
7. Andre Quan and H.
Kual 8. Mr & Mis L. L
Sung
334.6
331
328.6
328
325.5
325
9. P. T. Huo and S. S.
Yel
313.5
was some
T
Dawn Watch
his contempor-10, Y, M. Chu and M. C. aries, and he mode hle Test Siu debut against Pakistan in the 11. W. Lung and Final Test at the Oval in 1954.
K. Ý, Ho Straight away, he was seat to 12. M. T. Tang and Y. T. Australia. There
Fong surprise expressed and his first 13. Y. F. Yeung and C. Test Down Under cost him 100
Chwang
208 Funs for one wicketi
14, T. Y. Chang and S.
Bord Then came astonishing sue- 15. E. Maize) cess. A Sydney he took four Pollak for 45 and six for 85, and 16. Y. F. Fung followed with seven for 27 ta the Australian second innings at Melbourne.
311.5
304.6
238
202
and A.
231
and H.
274.5
vides a get-together medium for ordinary laws of mechanics wins the Ayr
the University alumni, and wrote them off as finished. How Anally the Lean, particularly they kept going I'll never know When it is winning, is a won--but it was quite a spectacle. derful boost to morale.
And what of the players?
No one at Penn State tried to hide the fact ibat the mangat search for suitable high school talent is a pretty thorough, extensive, and often "eut-ilirost" affair, but every- one is adamant that no mat-
arc
also
a
Mr
Gold Cup
His record for the tour-in- eluding the visit to New Zealand
-was 39 Test wickets at an
|
average cost of 17.25 runs. That was the apex of his attainments.
fle has achieved many fine
since, performances
has
this
.
Sports Diary
TODAY
Howlt
1st Divisiont. TC. v. HKFC
v
tat
fed Dividen: HKÒC V KCC, USNÉ CC ERC "G", mc "B" 3rd Division; HENC v KDC, HKTC
During the week I had drink, is a golf club. where
Ayr, Sept. 16. the weekend playing order in
Kendrick's W
Dawn fully booked until the end of Watch won the Ayr Gold Cup, October
and reserve walling run over six furlongs here to- lists
over-sub- day. Acribed!!!
Mr N. E. Wheldon's Faint | quiet modest man, who always Hope was second with Mr It. C. realised that the life of a fys). COC V KCC, KDE V Recreio The bowling alleys are | Galloway's Whistling Victor bowler was short one. His V ter how good a footballer may doing tremendous business these third
has been shorter than most, be he must first satisfy the days and all-night alleys are Twenty-three run.
although he did play in seven- aesdemic standards of
the packed right round the clock,
term Tests in all. He has lost a PRC v CCC,
Y HKCC, USRC VFG, BỊ Y KHO Official starting prices were: University or be rejected. Loser pays for breakfast?
100-0 Dawn Watch, B-1 Faint | lot of his fire in recent years, The University offers sports It is indeed a varied and ex- Hope, 0-1 Whistling Victor. and his wicket haul has gradual- tuss the first ball. This will be scholarships to suitably qualified citing world of sport I am reeing Radiopye started, 7-1 Invouritely deceased. Nevertheless, he a break from tradition as the | students with football talent, |--but it will be wonderful to and finished fourth.
carmed himself a niche in the Commissioner has fox years thus often enabling youngsters get back to good old sweer. Dawn Walch won by two cricketing Hall of Fame if only always pliched the Brat strike. of humble means to enjoy a rugger, cricket and even mini- lengths with a neck between for that astonishing effort of
There will be another gome college education. In addition, I soccer in Hongkong again. 190cond and third.-Router, seven for 27 at Melbourne. between the Little Lengue champions, the Glants and the All Stars. This will be of five innings only after which
Bertie Cosano's Cheyennes take on the rest of the Senior league in an exhibition softball game.
League competition starts in carnest next week and this season will be specially remem→ bered if only for the fact that there will be for the first time Little League baseball matches
interspersed with softball games at least from now till Dreem- ber.
Pro tennis ` title for Hoad
and Trabert
Paris, Sept. 18.
Lewis Hood of Australia and Toty. Trabort of the United States won the French profes- sionpl tennis doubles ille when Ithey beel Australia's Ken Rose- wall thd Frank Sectman 0-4,.
·0-0, 0-1 in the final here today. In play-off matches Ashley Cooper (Australia) dekated Pancho Segure (Ecuador) 6-0, 492-10% and Andres Gimeno, (Spain) beat Mal Anderson (Australia) 9-3, PP.
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