ON THE BALL
with Bill Slater
THE CHINA MAIL,
UPSETS MAKE SOCCER WHAT IT IS
I suppose it was my own fault. Only two weeks
ago I was extolling the glorious uncertainty So good luck to the
of The Cup.
Now this uncertainty has brought about one of
the biggest crops of "giant-killing" acts we have seen, even in a Thirdi Round. And among the mighty fallen were Wolves,
Tahl takes on
I still 1 om trepentant, think the uncertainty is glorious, The stimulant it pavides is ex- cellent medicine and om quite prepared to take my own duse,
Not that I like to lose. But to every loser there is a winner (and want a wonderful thing that
1
"giant-killers"
When the going is a bit slip-shown in individual sports. The
tuiming IS pery,
difficult presence of an Olymple cham. bigger players. plan in a race, for fistance, often especially for
leads to less exalted competiton: Spenktag as one, however, 1 do
taat we have much returning their best times. not think emise for complaint. Often, the boot is on the other foot and when the going, is heavy, we clearly have the better of things, Huddersfield. Bu even under perfect con- Similarly Crewe. Peterborough, 'ditions, upels would still coeur. Scunthorpe. Lancoln and Stoke received great boosts from their epic Cup wins,
20 opponents simultaneously victory was for
Rigo, Jan. 23.
The Soviet world chers cham- pion, Mikhail Tahl is completing isialtaneous display simt 20 Czecha:lovaitian players started by radio two months ago. the Soviet Toss Agency reparied today.
Tinty moven have already been made in vech game.
Tass rid there has been a match like this In the entire history of the unciati
dever
Within the next few days the
work
champion will meet his
opponents face to the In Pengen whete, agcording to the maten ruins, the games will be played
ofT.
The result of na. of them is Rrand- already known the master offered a traw to young Jei Haubt, and it was neccpted. --AFP.
-
Might have won
What causes all these upsets? As I have nointed out before, In British conditioni chance has an important place in the in more standardised Fame. Ponditions I would have a lenser place. and the result would be many fewer upsels.
If Wolves had played Hudders- held on autumn grass instead of
Psychology plays a big part, The non-favourites are always having int
the position of "everything to gain and no- thing to lose."
Frequently they are able to take the eld relaxed in this For the favourite, knowledge.
with much to lose, there is anxiety and even desperation if things do not go just right.
Rising to occasion
Wimbledon regularly has its crop of glant-killing tennis pets, and boxing history is studded with "sensational" viclerics.
It is more difficult for a whole team to catch tha moud, but it can and does happen,
TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1961.
World's top three high jumpers
to clash in
U.S. meetings
New York, Jan. 23. The world's top three high- Jumpers, Russia's Röberi Shavlakadze and Valery America's Brumel and John Thomas, who finish. ed in that order in the meet Rome Olymples,
gain this winter during three indoor meetings at New York,
The Soviet sporle authorities to-
day Informed the
Amateur
Athletics Union that they had accepted the United States in- vitation and Shavlakadze and Brunel who beal world re- cord holder Thomas at Home would be arriving in New York on February 14,
PROMISED
will
They would be accompanied by champion Peter Olymple Boletnikey who holds The world
10,000 record for the metres. The thres Soviet athletes compete in the New Athletic Club's meeting February 17. The AAŬ In- New door Championships al York on February 25 and the Kaights of Colombus meeting nl New York on March J.
York
on
In some instances, a lowly leam beats a more lofty op- ponent because it is given a rare chance to show high. exchange for the three So- vict visitors Dan Ferris in class qualities self. One side
charge of the AAU's "foreign endeavouring to play skilled fogiball will frequently provide relations has promised that the other
with an op-
three United States athletes team
would compete in the big in- portunity to do so.
ternationa) athletes meeting in Moscow on July 1 and 2. AFP.
Two years ago, Norwich, then in the Third Division, reached [ the Cup semi-finals, not by playing "typical Cup-tie fool- hatt, but by matching and often Gul-matching--teams of higher status In the realm of sheer skill and tseller.
word om an
A Anal talents.
Another immensurable factor 4/11 January frost, it is coa team's ability to rise 1 the the play beyond teivable that they would still be occasion, in in the Cup. The conditions Xere normal limits of its by no means unplayable but they Some teams, of course, have this were dimeult, and Buddersfield ability more than others, but rdapted themselves better to it is surprising how often the them than did Wolves?
giant-killers from lower divisions return to their own spheres and then immediately suffer defeat. The ability to pull cut some- thing extra
clearly
And all credit fo them. Per- hups they were in stride for- funate to in the replay, but think they deserved to win it.
Four D. Jones VONES HAS HAD HIS
AOOP RESCUED FROMÍ BY MADDOCKS. THE WEIRDIE
WRECKAGE)
I SAY, YOU FULLY REALISE THAT JACK IS GOING TO PULL UP THE LADDER
SELF
FERDINAND
SELF SELF A TYPICAL CAPITALIST
NANCY
**
WHOCK
15 mure
initial
thought: new Wolves are out of the Cup we will just have to win
Tottenham, you the League.
Don't let have been warned! that ten-point lead make you We see it merely complacent, as a bigger challenge.
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GOLFING COMMENTARY
Brown shows the
British soccer
programme
flag in America for Saturday
By Henry Longhurst
Though I aim sorry to see he failed to qualify at San Diego, I lift my hat with patriotic respect to Erle Brown, who within a day or two of a Night of 6,000 miles, hins, so to speak, singed the King of California's beard to the tune of £1,250 by finishing second in the Los Angeles Open.
Ohly these familiar with the intense ecompetitivences ol American professional golf will know what a remarkable par formance this is.
Brown himself is essential- ly a "competitor,“ but hi light has hitherto shone most brightly In match play, 18 which liere be would cheerfully take on anyone, anywhere, for anything.
DW!
The last kind of golf in which I should have backed tim is a
tournament stroke-play
in Amerien. I remember Bobby Locke, the only "outsider" 15 take the American professionals for a real ride in their country, saying to me: "The first thing you have to do to succeed in America is to lenru to play i slowly." This, I should have, thought, would be a sore trial for a man of Erown': combative, olmost pugnacious temperament. All the more credit to him. therefore, for "showing Bag" in this splendid way.
Inconceivable
the
in-
Everyone will have been trigued to see that Arnold Pal. mer, with four for a 69 in the second round, drove miles up the middle-and finished in 77.
In other words he took 12. To anyone who watched him at Si Andrews it would seem hardly conceivable that be should take six, let alone 12,
Eric Brown
London, Jan. 23, Revised English and Scottish Football As!belstiert fixtures for Saturday, Jaunry 28 are:
ENGLISH FA CUP
Fillith routid
J
nningham ve etherizin
Bolton
Hove Albion
Liverpool 1.1.
Blackburn
Burnley
iarnsley
Biol C
Sunderland
Vi
va
Leicester C
Hudderfeld
電腦
ww
V2
VR
Newcastle U
Ve
Stockpart
Ve
Aston Villa
Scunthorpe
VS
Norwich City
3%
Lincoln C.
Peterborough
Sheißeld
Shemmotu Wed va
Manchester C.
Manchester U.
Southampton vs Leyton Orient Sinke City Va Aldershot
Tollennain
va Crewe Alexandra.
SCOTTISH FA CUP
Allos A. Berwick Clyde Deveronyale
Erin City
Falkirk Hearta
Koith
Montrose
First round
V Earl Sitting
vs
Va
#A.
VA
Peebles itovers va
Queen of S
Queen's Park
v
Dunfermline
Hibernian
Burling Albion Airdrieonians
Celtic
Tart Rovers Last File
Albion Rovere Clain Fairydean St. Johnston Arbroath
Third Lanark va Sterhousemuir,
-Reuter.
COUNTY RUGBY WILL
HAVE NEW CHAMPIONS
By H. L. V. DAY
It is good for the game and stimulates interest that the county Rugby honours should go round. There will be new champions this year. Warwickshire's three-year reign, with every prospect of continuing, catne to a sur prising end with their narrow defeat, by nine points to ten, by the East Midlands at Coventry.
It appears that he hit two straight shots out of bounds into the practice ground on the right, then two more on to a road on the left. then
played 10 on to
And the second, made by afler which the story Jackson behind his own line. green, should normally read and allowed Laughland to score three pulls, 13."
again for White to add the goni
Two glaring defentive blun- a nent penalty. A. J. S. Tod- deze were chiefly responsible man kicked the pennity for for Warwickshire's defeat. The Sussex. Best presented Laughland with atry which Don White con- verted.
Ile the
He rother spoilt it, however, by getting down in two.
points.
Warwickshire, for whom Jackson and Purdy scored teler, might well have saved the day
Cole
had not mistol his kicking boots.
NEAT PENALTY He could land only one goal a penalty out of jour altempis, two of them within easy range.
High scores, when they are high enough to be faintly ridi: į culous, and therefore devoid of mailee, are always a source of innocent penusement. I remem- ber well the time when that splendid German amateur Her mat Tissies, in the 1950 Open at Troon, came unstuck at the
Aftor a horribly duli Arst diny 13th, the "postage stamp." half, during which both teams and, visiting all three bunkers kicked to distraction, Devon and taking Ave in one of them, | improved appreciably in the emerged with 15. He still 01 basic pitills of the game ond round in $2.
beat Sussex comfortably by 15 I was present at Muirfield in points to 3 at Exeter, 1835 but failed, not unreason-
in-
tu
to
ably perhaps, to observe the The enly player outside the Scottish professional who
scrum with any pretentions mortalised himself in the Hand-class was C. Evans of Llanelly, book by starting 7, 10, 5, 10, and now at St. Luke's College. He reaching the turn in 05. He made two dazzling breaks survived another 10 at the 11th create two tries for Thorning. but, when four shots falled to and scored one himself. get him out of a bunker at the
Counter folled with his thre 12th, gave
up the unsqual conversion attempts, but fanted struggle.
THE SELECT QUINTETTE
Only five men have wen FA Cup winners' medals and th. gone on to manage Cup-winning
teams.
The men, their playing clubs and their managerini clubs were Eater McWilliam (Newcastle United, 1910 and Spurs 1021), Billy Walker (Aston Villa 1920 and Shefeld Wednesday 1930- thon Forest in 1960), Jimmy Sced (Spurs 1921 and Chariton Athletic 1947), Joe Smith (Exten Wanderers 1923 and 1020 and Blackpool 1953) and Malt Busby (Manchester City 1934 and Manchester United 1948). Cur Brilion came close to this double" for he won a medad with Everton in 1933 and managed Josing Burnley in 1047 Bautics Service,
Springbok bereaved
London, Jan. 23, tienilo Van Zyl, the ziar three-quarters winger of the South African Rugby Unlow trom now louring Britain fert ha tear in Scotland today for London where he will take a plane for South Africa.
The winger had just learned that he 36-year old father Gideon Van Zyl had been killed today by lighthing whilat, work- ing on file form at IClerkakrail near Ventersdory.--AFP.
The semi-finals will be Cheshire v. Frat Midlands at Birkenhead Park and Devon v. Eastern Counties at Torquay, the matches to be played on February 4.
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