ARCHIE QUICK'S SPORTS, GOSSIP
Famous Footballers Make Blackpool Their Mecca
Blackpool seems to have magnetic attraction for famous footballers when they get to or near the "ex" stage. Some have gone into business there; others are spending their retirement lei- sure there.
Stan Matthews has a hotel and. Stan Mortensen has a trinket shop, and, at present holiday-makers in this famos basicashire resort can (for an entrance fee of threepence.) gaze on an exhibition of international caps won by these two footballing Stans and a collection of cups, medals and other trophies they have won.
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Cheek by jowl with them you can see Jack Dodds, Scotland's greatest centre-forward since Hughle Gallacher, solling lumps of sweetment known as candy floss! Over the
way, at little George half of £12,000 pald for Lawton would have cost them Mee's pub, there is a meeting-place and of all sporting celebrities. Just one nothing by next seacon's end.
Nottingham Forest manager Billy cross-section when I looked in, was
Acton Villa's Walker tells me he has had n Biddlestone, Fred
centreforward brilliant goalkeeper of a decade ago,tempting offer for
football news Joc Carter, late of West Bromwich George Lee. Other Albion and once England'a automalle is that Leicester City's brilliant local Inside-forward choice, and George Winger Arthur Wilson, that great centre-half, Blackpool-born, who made his name with Sheffield Wednesday.
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Next door, in another pub_kept by that fine full-back Jimmy Jones, you will perhaps find Fred Tulloch,
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Smith, although wanted by Preston North End, 28 booked for Grimsby; that Stanley Cullis will succeed Ted Vizart! an Vizard Wolves manager, and that will become manager to West Bromwich Albion.
British
European Empire and
champion Ronnie Da, good a wing-half as there over Featherweight
Syd Clayton is setting himself a new опес upon Puddefoot, centre-forward for training schedule in order to re-
Blackburn habilitate himself. England, West Ham Rovers and Falkirk. now a civil servant, and David tollo, Ireland's full-back and captain for years.
But one face will be missing from these gatherings. Harold Laitwood, peer of English fast bowlers, is a retiring as a monk. He even refused to cover the Test matches for an Australian paper for the fantasile fee of nity pounds a day. He has
Since winning the title, the Blackpool boy has had a run of non-success and he attri- butes it to the fact that his prepara- tion has been all wrong.
To this end Clayton has made his new Headquarters at a gymnaslum he hes bought near Blackpool Foot- hall Ground Instead of at a holiday cimp there.
Ronnie used to earn maney show- a shop here, and Harry Johnston, Ing hin paces to holiday makers, the present Blackpool captain, he is keen to prove he is not a bad gone into business too.
champion and he told me he will
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Arthur Mailey. famous Austrn-shortly defend his title at Jack spin bowler of yesterday, speak Solomon's promotion In London after ing during the First Teď to n meel-one or two warming-up fights in ing of the Nottingham Youths' the provinces. Cricket Association, said the trouble. with English cricketers is that they are pvercoached..
All Blackpool is talking of the possibility that Stan, Mortensen will not be with the Football Club next Nottingham is full of rumours enson. He has not yet resigned that football Wilfred Mannion, dis-and relations between him and Joe satisfied at Middlesbrough, is about Smith are strained. to join Tommy Lawton at County. Meadow-Lane money spinner, direc- tor Walmsley, will not confirm or deny.
Mortensen
has been presented with a house and so the club with whom he has been since he was
grievance.
for
It would be strange la Third 10-year-old South Shields school- Division side hnd two of England's boy denies he has any cause greatest forwards. Mr. Walmsley sald their greatest need of the moment was a class centrehalf and a five-figure man would be signed after the start of the wages period, on July 31, probably from Southern club.
I gather that Arsenal's Smith and Fields are being considered. Also on inside or wing-forward hos to
They will refuse to transfer him even it an offer of £25,000 comes along and are determined to let the matter, go to the Football League for judgment.
Another attraction in the district these days is a stage show on St Anne's Pler with Stanley Matthews and his captain, international Harry be obtained. Mr Walmsley sald Johnston, doing training acts and Notts County has already got back headball tennis.
TAKING AIM AT CHAMPION
Marlly Smith (left) of University of Kansas, and Grace Lenczyk of John B. Stetson University, are just kidding when they take aim at defending champion Shirley Spork of Michigan State Normal as she lines up a puit nt the Women's Intercollegiate Golf tournament at Colum- bus. Ohio.
But Miss Lenczyk of Newington, Conn., wasn't kid- ding when she fired a record-breaking 72 for a 6 under par to be medalist. Miss Spork, of Detroit shol a 73 and Miss Smith of Wichita, Kas, was next with a 74-AP
Wirephoto,
SPORTING SAM
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1948.
LOOKING AT THE GAMES
SPORTS FEATURES 263 Boxers Will Vie For
HOW FIGHTERS COMPARED
LOUIS
WALCOTI
These plctures of Champion Joe Louls and Challenger Jersey Joo Walcott, made during their pré-fight training grinds, show how they compared physically when they
met for the world title fight.-AP Wirephoto.
"SEE TEE" STARTS A SATURDAY SERIES ON
The Laws Of Association Football
1.-THE KICK-OFF ·
This summer, more than most others, there is little tagging in interest in association football. Olympic Games soccer hegins in less than three weeks, and little more than a week after the Olympic Tournament ends the big English kick-off takes place on Saturday, August 21. Shortly after that the big ball will be bouncing ngain In Hongkong.
During the next few weeks the Saturday Telegraph will include an explanatory article, dealing with the Laws of Association Football. This article will conclude with a question on football law, the answer to which will be published in the succeeding week.
Not until the ball has been pro- perly kicked off, however, ie. from its place on the centre spot with This all players within the specified with the Jaw limits, and it has travelled a full 27 inches, has the referee authority to award a free lick or a penalty itek to either side.
In addition to being of interest; to the sporting public generally, these weekly articles may encourage and assist referee candidates. first article deals governing the start of play...
A properly taken kick-of is made when the ball is kicked in the direction of the opposite goal from the centre spot. Until the ball is actually kicked no player shall cater his opponents' half of the field, neither shall any player of the side opposing the kicker approach within 10 yards of the ball.
These encroachments, both into opponents' halves and into the ten yards circle, are common instances of players seeking to gain unfair advantage. applies to all centre kicks and players often infringe the law without fully realising it.
It
The referee's signal to the player" licenco for to take the kick is not
players to move; the law makes it very clear that they may not move forward until the ball is kicked.
In point of fact, play commences with the kick-off and not with the referee's signal, Toking the
point & little further, the ball is not properly in play until it has travelled the distance of is circumference-27 inches. This 27 Inches rule applles to all forms of free and place kleks, except the penalty kick.
PLAYS IT TWICE
If, after the ball has been properly kicked off, the kicker plays it again before any other player has played it (unless he kicks it straight out of play) be infringes the law. The penalty is an indirect free klek to his opponents, taken from the place where the kicker played the ball
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a second time.
*Arthur Peall says:
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By Reg. Wootton
WEEKLY POSER This week's poser follows on from is the earliest this point. What stage in a football match at which suspend him from taking any fur- a referee may caution a player or ther part in it?
Children's Chess
Classes
Enrolment for the summer chess classes for children at the Kowloon Chess Club has been closed with a total of 18 acceptances in all. · Notifications of acceptance have not yet been sent to all parents, but these will be sent before Tuesday.
It is emphasized that the permis- sion of parents is essentialTM before enrolment is granted and In caces where parents have not written in themselves, it is desirable that they should do so.
Tho
classes will be divided into
under
Apprentice Becomes A Glider Ace
A former aircraft apprentice, who is now one of Britain's foremost glider pilots, is to be one of the three RAF members of the British team competing in the international gliding contests In Switzerland next month.
He is Flight Lieutenant R. c. Ho ("Jock") Forbes, of Ballinluig, Perthshire,
Now serving In, Gormany, Forbes Joined the RAF as an apprentice, later becoming a pilot.
Only recently did he begin lid ing as a sport, and he ins Just qualified for the highest gliding badge, the "Gold C." which is held by only two other British sallplane pilots.
In Air Five Hours
To get a "Gold C a pilot must fly a glider for a distance of 180 miles; reach an nltitudo of nearly 10,000ft, and stay in the air for at least five hours.
During a recent contest held by officers and men of the British Air Foreca of Occupation, Jock Forbes established a new British record of 103 miles for what gliders call a "goal" fight, that is naming your destination and reaching it.
The other RAF members of the team, named today, are Wing Com- moruler P. P. Hanks, DSO, DFC, and Group Captain G. J. C. Paul,
Olympic Honours
By GEORGE WHITING
World record entry of 203 boxers has been made for the Olympic Games, beating the previous highest, in Berlin in 1936, by 17.
Comparative figures aro 59 in London 40 years ago, 162 at Antwerp, 241 in Paris, 148 in Amsterdam, 81 at Los Angeles, 246 in Berlin.
Nearly 100 entries, I understand, were made by cable on the last day.
"I just walked," says Jan. He arrived penniless. Now, with Tho record entry may well throw fluent command of Czech, English. he and Italian, into contusion the plan to complete French, German Olympic boxing in 12 sessions at the deals courteously with Olymple cal- Empire Pool, Wembley, from Augustlers.
13, with a day of preliminaries at Wembley Town Hall on August 7.
Saturday, HE COOKED FOR KINGS
All sorts of people are helping to Extra sessions will be needed run Richmond Park, which I visited all 203 entrica make the weight and to watch the golden lion of Ceylon Nox"
Wembley Town Hall, with a being run up to welcome ofcially seating capacity of about 800, will
athletes of the youngest obviously be inadequate.
Dominion, New Zealand's fng was It seems certain that a search for flyingt already. Twenty-four allernative accommodation will be ceremonial masts await the colours | decided on when Olympic organt of other nations to be housed
cers discuss the entry with the ABA the Royal park. and the Association Internationaje
do Boxe Amateur next week.
One proposal I have heard is that extra sessions should be boxed the Empress Hall, Earls Court.
INTERNATIONAL
at
more
Within five minutes of leaving refuges Jan I had met dapper, 50- year-old John Welder, great-nephew of novelist Oulda. John, British of French extraction used to cook for Icings at Oban; now he is Olymple of chef-de-cuisine, facing the job appeasing the strangely assorted The really international character appetites of a thousand athletes. of the Games was emphasised by English John Willenbrock, of Chad- With him as sous-chef is so-very- the Arst man I inet when I
called
well Heath war-time warrant at the spick, span and spotless officer who fed Winston Churchill at Olympic camp in the rich greenery of Richmand Park. He was a 30-
Lake Como, year-old Czech receptionist who has just escaped from Prague. For re- grettably obvious reasons he asks to
merely as Jan S Six weeks ago, after fighting with schoolmaster, who quit his job for Brilleh tanks in the Middle East, a year to come and wash dishes for
is known
DISH-WASHER And behind the restaurant counter found bronzed, open-shirted Don Gibb,
24-year-old New Zealand
DFC, who is a reserve. Both are France, Belgium and Czecha-the Olympians of the world.
serving in Germany.
of
Slovakia, Jan was managing On Jan, Don, the two Johns and The International contests are to a plastics plant near Prague. Came their like depends the welfare be held nt Samaden, near St the Communists-and an eight hours the Olympic nations housed down by Moritz, from July 19 to 31.
flight from the country,
Ladderstile Gate at Kingston. They look as though they can handle
Test Match Averages
AUSTRALIAN BATTING
S. Barnes.
A. L. Hasset
D. G. Brndrunn
A. Morris Bill Johnston E. Toshack
D. Tallon
R. Lindwall
K. R. Miller W. A. Brown Ian Johnson
Average
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Not
Highest
Innings Out
Runs
Score
207
141
09.00
1
205
137
00.33
205
130
60.25
207
.105
61.75
HD
20
40.00
20
39,00
31.60
42
27.33
74
20.00
32
24.33
34
21
17.00
AUSTRALIAN BOWLING
Overs Maidens
Runs
Wickets Average
R. Lindwall Bill Johnston K. R. Miller
40.4
100/
0
16.60
106
27
220
11
20.54
63
10
103
7
23.28
82
45
157 111
30.25
65.00
Ian Johnson E. Toshack S. Barnes A. Morris
ENGLISH BATTING
Denis Compton T. G. Evans L. Hutton J. Laker
3. Hardstaff N. W. D. Yardley
H. E. Dollery D. V. P. Wright Alec Bedser
C. Washbrook J. A. Young
A. Coxon
W. J. Edrich C. J. Barnett
Not
Highest
Innings Out
Runo
Score
Average
285
104
71.25
95
31.00
110
41.00
27.50
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24.10)
43
21.50
20,00
10.50
17.00
14.33
13.00
10.00
0.60
9.50
7,00
ENGLISH BOWLING
N. W. D. Yardley Alec Bedser
J. Laker A. Coxon
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Overa Maidens Runs
45
14
103
135.5
36
300
10
Wickels Average
17.16 30.80
03.2
23
200
44.00
65
10
175
58.03
D. V. P. Wright J. A. Young
40.3
12
123
01.50
.70
31
107
107,00
140
140.00
30
0
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two groups-one for children over 14 and the other for those that. The younger children will at- lend at the Peninsula Hotel an
from 5.30 Tuesdays
to 7.00 p.m.
W. J. Edrich and the older group on Thursdays C. J. Barnett at the same time.
Denis Compton
An endeavour will be made to Iny a foundation for good chess by emphasis on sound opening and end-game play. Due to the limited number of lessons that can be given -eight to 10 In all-only the simpler, more popular openings such as the Queen's Gambit Declined, the Ruy Lopez, the French and Sicilian Defences will be analysed.
-SERVICES' PLAYERS
A number of applications have been received lately for member- ship in the Kowloon Chess Club from Services' personnel. These are very welcome and desirable.
The Club had always before the war a solid backbone of Services' players. These included such Colony top-ranking competitors as Staff Sergeant Victor Rush of the Royal Army Pay Corps, twice Colony Champion, and Gunner G. Gaye of the Royal Artillery, who learned his chess in Hongkong and rose to be the Colony's third-rankding player.
In the post-war period, Services' members have been few and far- between but did include at least f one top-class player, Lance-Cor- poral Henry Knight of the RAOC, who took second place -In two tournaments last year.
NOTICE
VICTORIA RECREATION
CLUB
Members Night Fete Today at 9.30 p.m.
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By HYLTON CLEAVER Major D. Wakeford, the VC who went back to Oxford University, is to row at Itenley in a mixed Oxford and Cambridge four for the Stewards' Cup and will thus be lo Olympic Trials.
With him will be those two classic oats of 1936 and 1930, W. G. R, M. Laurie and J. H. G. Wilson, Cam- bridge Blucs, together with Oxford's Boat
Race president of 1947, D. G.'. Jameson. They will be known as Isis-Granta.
From Marlow Regatta rowing men
have moved by a body to Henley for
the the training wind-up before Royal Regatta, with its record try and Olympic trials.
What did they learn at - Marlow? First, the Australian sculler and
pair not only .won there but aro good enough to win anywhere else, In fact, M. T. Wood seems the best Empire sculler since Bob Penrco won
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the twice Olympics Diamonds once. Wood has a 3st. ad- vantage over our own B. H. T. Bush- nell.
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Only other Englishman with chance at Henley is A. D. Rowe, the new Oxford president.
OUR ONLY TITLE
Laurie and Wilson, rowing as
Marlow pair, hit the
launches,
which allowed the Australians to- row on and win. It may be a dif-
ferent
story at Henley, but I see no other pairs as good as these two.
The only Olymple rowing title wo hold is the double sculls. The Mar- low ovent "brought into the Anal two rival couples who both won at Henley Inst
different. summer in events. At Marlow, Binches and Sturgess raced too well for Horwood and Garrod who are the smoother- scullers
The Thames Rowing Club four is not likely to be surpassed in this country or, perhaps, in any other; but as these men are also rowing In the club eight the selectors wil be in dimcully should they win both events. I hope they will concen- trate on the fours and leave tho eights to others.
In addition to the Tals-Granta four, Thames will be challenged by Cá Leander crew of four Blues-three from Oxford and by London with three past winters of the Grand although their combined ages total 118 years.
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