THE
ENGLAND'S SOCCER SELECTORS GET A PANNING
BY PETER DITTON
The Italians have caused confusion in the English ranks. Both the English team and the English selectors received a severe “panning' after the International match at Tottenham last week. And no wonder.” It was ar the swift-moving,' quick-thinking, fast- difficult to recognise this shooting football machine which had mown down the pride of Ireland 9-2 only a couple of wecke previously.
There were nino comparative fallures in the English team. Only Ramsey and Williams, the two non-members of the side, which beat Ireland, looked International class.
scored
WHAT TO DO?
With
Naturally the Tottenham which made England look like I cannot feel for one moment that English amateurs and with the slightest he would have allowed himself has given the
the air. to be beaten in match
shake-up. bit of luck would have
could his neat distribution he selectors a nasty
two four or five goals.
difference made a big have Although England won by
against the Italians, goals to nil the result was a traverty of Justice. The #rose
quicker on Italians were ball, they moved Into the open spaces with a skill and precision
the
Crowd Scenes At Tottenham
Were Shocking
SAYS ARCHIE QUICK
DTC the Practically
BREATHING SPACE
Anyway it is
fortunate that
All right, so the English team was a failure. What'
do? to selectors avery player in the country England have got a breathing who is worthy of a "cop" has space between
given
n
now and the
becn
trial and the very next International. Players who fact that they were not included failed at Tottenham will have to redcom opportunity In the team against Italy is ob- the vious proof that the selectors themselves and there is just a them good chance that between now and did not consider
next April some new star will enough.
appear on the horizon.
The only two exceptions
and Mozley this remark aro Milburn: Mozley had to stand down from the side because of an injured leg and it is A safe to assume that There must never be
of the crowd was passed over because repetition
recently he has been acenes that marred the Eng-wone of his arms
in a plaster cast. land Italy Soccer Inter- Tottenham. national These Internationals must
at
to
Normally when a player an International has a
At least 22 players will
Rio. needed to make the trip
be Most of them will have to
have who the old brigade'
International fairly already received
there are
pl Milburn recognition. But
untit
least
three players as yet un playing encased capped' whom the selectors will
have to
to consider very carefully. Taylor of Fulham is
one
centre- most in the
and must bad halves in the
be
if be a enndidate for the place in futuro be taken to Wem-match he is dropped. But bley, and, what is more, dhe England selectors are to act held so long by Franklin. Bally Inside-forward Internn-most improved they should be played on on this principle they will start of Tottenham is probably the
can team-building for the
next in the country. His speed and would be A Saturdaya. No longer
certain shooting power only three April with wo treat the games with the tional against Scotland Continental countries as in starters: Williams (goal), great asset in Rio. the past. They must be con-Mazley or Ramsey (right-back)
full-time, serious and Milburn (centre-forward). sidered jobs of work-and Wembley is the setting for them.
There were perioda at Totten- ham when I feared another Bolton disaster. The first break through was in a corner behinn the England goal. Men, wonien. and children were passed over the heads of the crowd to the And I place em- touchlines.
chul- "women and phasis on dren"
ONG
SHAH SWAM THE WHILE Third
Division Clubs Hope
For Cup Contest
Revision
Third Division clubs who have begun their usual Cup-tle hara-kiti are hoping that something may develop to their adyanlage from moves being made within the FA to reorganise the Cup competition.
Who shall blame them? They do not like the annual quick carving up of each other that reduces their numbers from 44 to, at most, 20, and probably fewer. Only these have a chance of a draw against one of the attractive First or Second Division clubs in the Third Round,
What the Third Division clubs want is to go into one big draw with all the rest of the League clubs. That must mean a round of 128 clubs for the arithmetical reduction to a final of two Sp there would have
to be 40 non-League, clubs in such a draw,
HOW TO, REVIŠE “A
-Sportsman's Diniy.
EDITED BY
Bruce Harris
Rearrangement is quite feast for Manchester United's mur ble. I don't want to be arith-scry.club for £10. metical, except to point out
that, after the weeding out of
NEW DIGNITY Coxswains are tending more to enhance their the original 628 entries, revision and moro
the dignity of could start after the third prestige and qualifying round to which 20 their seat on the river.
The newly-formed Oxford clubs survive.
Instead of exempting 24 clubs Coxswains' Society for example,
round I suggest has developed new understand to the fourth 50.. That would mean 38 qualling on the Isis, where for many
the custom fying for the First Round pro-years it has been
to blame that per, to which number could be after collisions added to 80 clubs now excused little so-and-so from Balliol
or Trinity! Now coxes all, know the qualifying competition.
There
your 120 each other; banter Is friendly you have clubs and note that a round has and everyone benefits.
Coxes of both universities Work it all out been saved:
are offering to sell Bouvenir Boat Race and sec.
programmes' 'nexi spring. John Gainty, secretary
Society, of the Oxford
says, "Even if we are little men we can tog up in our blazers and
FEET WORTH £50,000 Out for a stroll in London
£50,000 anything the other day-four feet worth Owners of the teet, £75,000.
Two great American athletes, Bob Mathias (left) and Lt Glenn Davis, cool their heels in a Los Angeles hotel lobby, walling to see the Shah of Iran. They had been asked by a wealthy Pennsylvania sports fan to present a large sports scroll to the Shah. But the Shah's aldes said he was busy swimming and had no appoint-two 1tle men. William Steel. iment with the athletes. They left-AP Wirephoto.
FOREIGN STARS FOR AMERICAN INDOOR TRACK SEASON
By CORNELIUS RYAN
high
the
who
from
5ft 4in., and John Morris, Bft. football BL Derby County players.
Steel has been described as the cloverest inside-forward in
and shout down the
LIBERAL GOLFERS Now captain of the National Liberal Club Golf Circle is A. kon. H Snoad (for-from-new secretary, G. R. E. Gilby, prob- ably more efficient because he
Snoad
the world. Morris cost the club la not resided at the Circle
£24,080.
Scotland's Billy
Steel held dinner, at which
Wo guesta
the "golden boy" record in soc-heard for the first time of a cup cer when he was transferred to final as exciting in its miniature Derby in 1947 for £15,500. Now way as the Wembley one. Johnny Morris is the
"golden
boy". When it was rumotired
that Steel wanted to go to a London club-not-so-long-DRO, I Derby director said nothing less
RINGWOOD
than £60,000 would make the RUNS MILE
club think of transferring him.
FUNNY INDEED
IN 1.59.1
Doug there is And finally Lishman af Arsenal. Illness has kept him out of the team so far forceful NEW CAPTAIN NEEDED
this season But his
clever style of playing and selectors
his But obviously the
anticipation coupled with cannot
would afford to drop pretty
whole International youth (he is only 23)
the make him a worthy candidate.
Encouraged by the success of by the Olymples, at a eleven. They must draw
of 1s Flere then
of pitch. my 1st
winter's invasion last nearly a
of Don Gehrmann line somewhere. For instance it
Cup:
American indoor track meets by that Billy probables for the World
Morris, curly-hatred and look- inconceivable
USA University of Wisconsin, and Ditchburn
the Williams,
stars, European
ating five years younger than his poor Streton (goalkeepers);
York and then did not 24, told me that the record Wright should be passed over,
Admittedly he hod
stars New his Sealt (if he is t), Aston and Amateur Athletic Union has in- beat Slijkhuis in one race vited several continental Tottenham but
boards, price-iar out, on him is no compete again on the (full-backs); match at
Itself. Howe
been longer still is running, but has
very below: worrying him past record speaks for Nevertheless I think the Eng-Wright, Taylor, Franklin, Cock to run in the USA in 1959.
burn and Dickinson (half-
Invitations have gone to Len- unimpressive in early starts in much,
"There seems no end to this San ugly
land selectors might do Whe
backs); Finney, Matthews, Mornart Strand, Erik Ahlden and outdoor cross-country races. Ha Wright--a Food
He was crush at the other end to which elves--and
Manniona Froggalt, Lishman,
Swede relay team, Viljo again in one of the big indoor is a funny business." polico reinforcements were hur- turn by reileving him of the tensen, Milburn, Lawton, Bally, Henry Ericsson of Sweden, phus probably will be urged to run transfer business," he said, "It fout
probably thinking of less Heine of Finland, John Joseph meets-United Press. Then behind the goal the rled,
and Hancocks (forwards).
Emil of Ireland and
nine years ago, when he signed Darry crowd swayed like corn in the
Can you do any better?
Zatopek of Czechoslovakia, wind and people 20 yards back found themselves
-(London Express Service) suddenly against the rails.
Event
moro
UNABLE TO GET IN
the
them-
captaincy,
added responsibility The seems to have put him off his game and I feel we should see with the much better results captaincy placed elsewhere.
One very disquieting fact at the There were over 71,000 people the Tottenham match was
the Italian Inside
ground. It has ease with which
that defenders beat the English for boen there were another 30,000 outwards in the air. This lapse by side unable to get in-including England lends strength to
recall Bupporters who had travelled from Italy and would-be spec-argumont for the tators with highly-priced two Tommy Lawton gulicas Uckets,
the estimated
to
me
There were queues over half a mile long at bus stops as, for afield as three miles from the ground, there was a continuous trattle block of head-to-tall from the Cily up to Tottenham the scenes at High Road and
the totally inadequate White
Ho 1 undoubtedly
the
ni
the
greatest exponent. of beading a ball in the game today and I
WEEK-END FOOTBALL
Hart Lane and Northumberland The following are the soccer Park railways stations were 10-fixtures for next week-end:
was
tho
SATURDAY, DEC. 17
1st Division RAF Army, Sookunpoo,
tres dr. his Lucamen: Barretto and A. Ribeiro).
A
CAA South Chinis Boundary, Street, 4 p.n. (Ref: A.G.B. Carne Linesmen: Lin Ting-kai Richardson),
and 11.
St Joseph's v Club, Club, 4 pm. tet: D. Mooner Ltreamen: w. West and T.J. Ronch).
Eastern y Commando.
describably confused. It taking people over two hours to get to the ground from centre of London.
Moreover, Hotspurs enclosure, despite its magnificent stands, Is not the best of venues for this sort of thing for it fronts straight on to à main read and once you get penned under the
Caroline mighty stands it is difficult to
to the terraces for p.m. let, A.EL. Guest: gel on
And the pitch surface Linesmen: Cheung Yan-sing and view. left a lot to be desired. At the Turner).
2nd Division been an have least it should
Dockyard v Army, Sookunpoo, 2.30 all-ticket match; instead, 50,000
pm. (Ref: A. Leck). were admitted at the
Police v Taikno, Boundary Street people
2.30 p.m. (tef: D.I. Lal). gales, at two and sixpence each.
Club V Navy, Club, 2.30 p.m. (net: No! these games must go 10
S.Y. Kwok). Wembley where facilities for
Prison's Eastern, Carotino 1, 150 pan. (Ref: J. McFarlan). any sort of crowd are perfect..
PCA V St Joseph's, St Joseph's 2.30 p.m. (Ref: 1 Bing-tong),
"IL GAGLIONI”?
Ramsey,
Watson,
Transvaal XI
Finally Lose
Their Grip
come Definite answers have from Zatopek and Barry. The Czech declined, explaining that he felt he could not do his best unfamiliar wooden the tracks; Barry will compete,
enroll to since he plans Villanova University
on
at
at Phila-
delphie in February.
word trom "We expect Sweden shortly on our Invita-
Dan tion," said
O'Sullivan Aga Khan
Beats
Gardner
London, Dec. 13-Danny the vacant British Bantam Johannesburg, Duc. 13of the AAU Ferris, secretary O'Sullivan, of London, won Transvaal, after appearing
It
come, other Europena stara may
than
Ringwood, one of the 1950 milo in 1.50.1 suba, ran the during training at Happy Val- ley yesterday morning.
Full times taken are given
Flight
- Day Bella
Good
34
་
1 19
202
34 1.04.1 1.323 ...30. 1.01 131.4 2.01 1 3.00.3 1.20.3
Fontaine, 33.1 1.04 1.34
News 38 1.12.1 1.44 2.123 Maniac 33 1.00.1 1.29.3 My Love 13.3 1.05.4 1.33.4
On Direm
It was between 0. W1 A., Burgess and A. B. Lowrlofor the NLC trophy at Royal Midw Surrey. Lowrio was dormy four yet Burgess won at the twen- tieth hole. N
WHY HE WAS SECOND
Questions asked at the Welsh Sports Brains Trust Included one to Tom Richards, second in
thist
Olympics; "Should Marathon runners be told their position in the race at various points?"
the
"Yes if it had been done I should have won the Olymple. race. As I approached Elstree Hill I was unoficially toid I was eighth. From the hill-top and saw only I looked down
thought six in front, so I
the
leader was out of sight and I went after him I made my effort too early; there was no one
all and I only in front allez came second."
S
When he goes to New Zea and for the Empire Games he Servien is to lose pay. Why? 'men are to be paid in full, RI- chards is employed by LCC
(London, Expresa Servious
Hongkong's Rowing
Triumph
at
Hongkong'a Interport rowing crew arrived Kal Tak yesterday from Saigon in great spirits. They beat the Club Nautique de Saigon in both 2,000 metres-pairs and fours races, won a cup, and improved their French at the samo time.
The crew, stroke N. Marsh. No. 3 V, Des Aubrys, No. 2 J. Dick, bow (and captain) Squa- dron Leader N, Harris, and coxswain M. Fowler, fought out both events on Sunday before big crowds clustered on the banks of Salgon's river,
In the first race, the pairs, Dick, Harris, and Fowler were
when 23. caught napping
the French starter cried "Attention!
10
Are you ready? Go!"-in Franch.. 283 Slightly behind at first, they soon overhauled, the French team and streaked away to a
WID five lengths
The crew got their heads to- gether about this language bar
rler before the fours event, and they
won that all the way-by
19.1
brie .. 33.3 1.034 1354 Airfield 30.1 1.00.4 15.1
30
30
Photo Finish
202
Pay Day
7.1 1.00.2 1.29.3
20
Pacifie
.. 34.1 1.2.3 1.32.4
30.1
Speed
Systems
Wheel
30.3 58.4 1.20
. 29.1
Old-hot
30.4 2.11.3 1.432
314
York, England, Dec. 18- race officials British horse
1950 Subs were urged by the Aga Khan
tleship 38.1 1.13.3 1.472.2.19.4 32.2 today to adopt the American Wong 341 1.15 11472 2.18.4.2
Donhlo
three lengths.
Coin
.. 33.3 1.03.3 1.32.1
28.3
All were filled with praise
for
CATE
Fire
35 1.31M
2
Rebel
105* 135,3
30.1
Ingh
some of the men cannot weight Championship.at the method of judging photo44.21.28.1 1.50 to hold the advantage from take their place. The American Royal Albert Hall here to finish results. the start of the match, lost AAU would welcome any Euro- night when his opponent,
six
at
aro
same
chairman.
to be
333 Straight 3411.111.42.2 2.123 30.1 14327 2.15.4 12.7 .55.2 1.10 tunt
ter 30.3 1.19.2.1.44.2 2,14-29.4 41 1.185 1.40 2.22.3 33.3 nipitace
48.3 1.75 1.01.4 233 · 31.1 Ninety Nine lathpeffer 433 1.25 2014 233 31.1
المال
المادية
33.3
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31.074 1.363 2.09.2 304 38.3 1.01.4 1.30.3 2.06.1 203
Bing
Luck ,233 1.00.4 1.40,2 Wood
day.
of one
Tiny
Grey
Tonner
Coln
neckte 331 104 1
Cellu
བ་་་་་་
Fronside
Armuli- tion
COURT TENNIS
WORLD TITLE
Owing to medical advice the recom- Teddy Gardner, of West Aga Khan was unable by 15 runs to the Austra-pean who comes well
by his home track Hartlepools, was forced to present as a guest of honour at lians here today when their mended
federation
end of the the Gimmack Club dinner given retire at the
annually to the leading English three-day match came to a
The Indoor season opens Brooklyn, New York, on Jan. ninth round of their 15-raes horse owner. His speech speedy end.
7 with the Knights of Columbus round contest with a badly was read for him by the Club Faced with the prospect of meet, and thers will be meets cut left eye.
The Aga Khan belleved that being the first side to defeat an
on almost every Saturday night Up to the time that Gardner
the American photo finish which Austrailan sido since the war from then until the season ends retired, O'Sullivan was by no
had two ines instead with the Purdue University Re-mears having matters his own was the fairest method. To recapitulate from the start lays on March 25,
way. Gardner gave an exhibl- He said when it was a ques- they lost grip.
had been dis
and tion of inches the two lines the Australians
With the exception of Fredlion of twisting, dodging weaving that delighted missed for 64 and Transvaal do
the should come in giving a fair clared their first innings at 125 Wilt, the USA has no colourful crowd and it was by no means and just decision in the matter
certainty that
O'Sullivan -United Press. obe-milo
and two-mile would have emerged the Australia a second time for 100 the
winner for nine. They then got rid of and competent performers to need only 69 runs for victory. races,
at the which traditionally
end of the 15-rounds Yesterday, however, they lost the "glamour, races" of the in- contest.
wickets for 37 and the four door meets.
O'Sullivan has now won the went this mor The situation was the remaining ones
right to fight Manuel Ortiz for of the visit
ni last year, when
the World Championship ning for only 10 runs,
London, on Ingvar Bengtsson Harringay Arena,
New York, Dec. 13-Pierro Athiol Rowan, the Transvaal Ahlden,
Relf. and Willy
Etchesbaster, the 50-year-old February 28, Reuter. bowling hero with match figures Gaston
from
his defended VENUE LONDON
Frenchman, In
title for the London, Dec. 12-Manuel world court tennis
World Ortizy
Bantamweight fifth time here and bent Ogden Phipps, of New York Clly, 6-0, Champion
El Centro, defend bis 6-2, 0-0, 6-2, 4-6,1 6-4, 6-2 and Californio,
in London on Febru- 0-3 in a best of 18' sets en- ary 28, the British promoter counter.
Etchesbaster Arst won the Jack Solomons said today,
Solomons said he closed the title in 1928 from G.F. Covey, of London, Dec. 18-Mexico, the deal by trans-Atlantic tele London, Twice previously he Olympic Champlons, and Spain, phone with Ortiz early this had heaten Phipps in challenge Ortiz was at his El matches and last year he was Lincement
the Olympic runners-up, have morning.
successful when Jimmy Dear. Young-tal and Li Ping-puly,
been invited to compete in the Centro hone.
challenged him Police, (bye).
The champion will meet, the of England, A seeded Wappinshaw will be International Horse Show.
of Tuesday 2nd Division .......
night's Reuter. Kitchine 54th China, Club, zao played at the KCC on Sunday, which takes place at the White winner
Members may City, London, from July 22 to bout between Danny Sullivan of
London and m. het: F2, Percivallat. 2.15 p.m.
Ted Gardner of Yard Policy RA, Navy, invite playing guests to take July 28 next year.
West Hartlepool for B VAN DAM SEEKS in (Ref: P Manson). University y CA; Carolina Hin part. The list is posted on the
tishi bantamweight, title,
three non- TITLE FIGHT Ortiz, who won
SUNDAY, DEC. 18
1st Division Itzheo v EMODE TỪ ĐA Club, 4 p.m. (Ref: FJ. Crom: Linesmen: 1. "George and w... Mckie).
When I saw the Italians olf of Victoria they were loud their praise of goalkeeper Bert Williams, whom they dubbed Gaglion" the "Big Cat", That nickname may stick. They took
their defeat with good grace but it was evident that they felt that they bad had none of the lucht that was going. Their
Amadel, centro forward,
me that he was looking forward
to meeting England. Igain
VYMD, NAVY, 4 p.m. (Ret;
Chienal
Blake
of 15 wickets for da runs, tried Skjhuis saved the season hard to stem the tide and was baredem and kept interest
Transvaal's top track, which had been aroused not second innings scorer.
out 15,
Ian Johnson caused the final Transvaal collapse with six for 22, which gave him match Agures of nine for 38-Router.
KCC BOWLS
old
at
2.30 p.m. tret: Chan, Tak-tal) Club notice board. Will those Bolletors News Vendor. Car interested confirm with the Bar
Rio de Janiero: 1. con well be lieve 127
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Conquest
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QUICK, KIT
HORSE SHOW AT WHITE CITY
from
will
Invitations have also been sent to France, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland art Fire-Reuter.uto Bights in a recent European
trip, last defended his crown The Hagise, Dec. 18-Luc Van against Dado Marino in Hono- Dim, the Dutch Middleweight lulu, on March 2-Associated Champion, has sent a challenge Prens
to Tiberio Mitri, the Italia holder of the European ütle
Mitri last night rein.red.
Singapore Greens utto by defeating Jenn Block Best In The East cove, of France, here on De
Singapore, Dec. 13-Singa→
paru's golf greens have putting
of France
Van Dam meets Gustove
cember 20Reuter
surfaces which rank among the SPEED KING LATE best in the world,, suld the
American professional golfer, FOR HIS WEDDING Dick Metz, who played a match
Florida Der here in ald of the Univerally of Miami, Flor Malaya Endowment Til Holland.,
wr did not ekpiedi to:
Facing motorist wway in the 3 tropies," said year's 600-mics
araki crudit:la: the
this
wmderful
424 1.17, 149.2 2.18.4
at
the sporting spirit of their op- ponents and kindness shown
Fronch visit:
High Com- missioner
Leon
M. Pignon flew them during their eight-day
them in its special planeto- Angkor, and
Monday enter- tained them at a Palace cocktail party.!
on
They were also impressed with the great care taken of boats in Salgon. The Club had enough boys to ensure they were kept in Up-top condition. they said.
The crew trained hard while in Saigon, and the pairs particu larly had to knuckle down to got into the pwing of the un- familiar side-scet shell they raced in
The Cup will stay in Salgon and next June a Saigon crew 35.2 1.3 1.37.1 2.08 304 will arrive in Hongkong to row
33.2 1.07.9 1.37.1 2.08 30.4 for the Cup which remains hero,
"MANBACK/