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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 26, 1939.

A GLIMPSE AT THE NEW FOOTBALL SEASON

Edinburgh, July 8.-It is not den from Belfast, and they were for- long since the football season drag-tunate in some experiments, but they ged to an uninspiring close, but escaped relegation and won the Gup already there are portents of the new as much through the consistency of season. Players have received their their brilliant goalkeeper, Walker, calling-up notices for training and who should be Woodley's successor the Scottish touring team are, on with England teams. their way back from America,

Other English clubs who may look Fixtures for the first two months over the Border for ready-made play- are not very inspiring, and it will beers are the promoted pair, Blackburn the matches between the Cup-holders Rovers and Sheffield United. The lat- (Clyde and Portsmouth). and the ter have secured Reid, the former) champions (Rangers and Everton) Hamilton winger, from Brentford, that may brighten the opening weeks, who have disposed of all their Scot- tish stars with the exception of Cro- zier, the former East Fife goalkeeper. ›› Blackburn may feel that they, even in winning the Second Division cham- pionship, were reliant upon a team composed of veterans and youngsters with no power between these stages.

The promoted clubs, Cowdenbeath and Alloa, may not be elated over the early pairings, but there is no doubt that they will have very good opportunities of gathering a few points before meeting some of the "big guns." Alloa's last experience in the First Division was really too much of a good thing. They met all the cracks in the opening weeks, took some severe drubbings, and never set- tled. There will be disappointment, however, that Allon have not been paired with Falkirk for local Derby days. These two clubs have been keen rivals in the past and would have been ideal "September and Ne'erday

opponents.

UNSIGNED STARS

Portsmouth,

The clubs who, like were very near the relegation zones last season, will be ready to spend, if they have the money.

MATCH WITH

PUBLIC SCHOOLS'

ENGLAND BANNED CRICKET

The Spanish National Council of Sport, of which General Franco has just been elected honorary president, has refused to sanction- a Soccer match in September, bes twein Spain and England.

WOODERSON'S 2 CHALLENGERS

London, July 16.

Considering

the large number of new players the captains have had to introduce into their elevens, the standard of play in the leading schools matches

this season has been high. Charterhouse, has not been

The bowling, except that of

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good

as it was last year, but there has been a marked improvement in the London, July 16.—S. C. Wooder- son and D. P. Pell will not meet batting has been up to last sea- fielding, and wicketkeeping. The again in a mile race until they son's standard, while many of the compete with B. Rideout, the young all-round players have ad- American, at the White City in the vanced. great international athletics match on August Bank Holiday.

Reports have been current that both Pell and Wooderson would run against shock with their

is no chance even of these two Then Sunderland must have got a Rideout before August 7, but actually Manager Murer lowly position, and thegeh runners meeting each other prove the forward strength. It is before the international meeting. Pell, As for the "Big Five"-Rangers,e lists for the signature of Peter tle in the A.A.A. Mile Championship, believed that Sunderland will enter who gaye Wooderson such a great bat- Celtic, Hearts, Motherwell, and Aber deen-they have early enough clashes M'Kennan, who has not yet re-signed will not run agam until Bank, Holiday, that may keep the championship very pool are bidders for M'Kennan, and Imber Court on July. 22. On this oc- for Partick Thistle. Actually, Black except in the Police Open meeting at open for the early months at least.

The Hearts may not be too keen the price may be made available if casion he will confine himself to the to meet the Celtic twice in a month, Sunderland take Buchan, the ex-Celt, Two Miles as: a tune-up race for the but the meetings will go far. to de- from the seaside club.

big event two weeks later.. cide the strength of the challenges by both clubs, while there will be a con- ple of very good gates to share. The Celtic also meet Aberdeen, who will renew their Cup semi-final rivalry with Motherwell to the extent of two

early encounters.

CHANCE FOR THE HIBS

The champions from Ibrox appear to be getting a chance to get into their stride, but before September is

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out they will have to visit both the Hibernians and Motherwell as well as meet Celtic on the first of the Derby days.

M'Kennan's position may be made awkward, of course, by the fact that he is of military service age. He is also one of those players not retain ed on the S.F.A. list as well as the Scottish League list, and like young Tom Brown, of the Hearts, can go into non-League football. Any rum- ours about these young stars leaving their clubs under such circumstances should be discounted since they have too big a football future before them to risk drifting to oblivion in small

clubs.

The policy of the games masters to develop all-round skill has been a success, and it is some years since so many good - all-round cricketers have taken part in the as this term. In most of the elevens five or more chief matches

cluded, yet, except Eton, Harrow, new young players have been in- and Westminster, the teams most- ly have been as strong, or stronger, than last season, in spite of the captain of Herne Hill Harriers,

Both Pell and his coach, G. Pallett, loss of a large number of the best confident that the Scotland Yard run-

are players to Oxford and Cambridge. ner can take Wooderson's measure the The new captains have proved next time out. Pell, who is only sound leaders, and it has been due twenty-two years of age, has come chiefly to their efforts and the along in great style in the last year, splendid enthusiasm of the young and his 4.12 mile at the White City a week ago shows that he must be con- players that schools cricket this aidered as a possible world champion. term has been so good. This performance against Wooderson also showed that Pell is ready to meet Rideout, the American champion, and concede nothing to him when they run out won the American 1,500 metres on August Bank Holiday. When Ride

ago, defeating such stylists as Fenske, title at Lincoln, Nebraska, two weeks Cunningham, and Zamperini, he re- turned 8 min, 51.4 sec. This corres

The M'Killop-Rangers case raises a remarkable issue since, from scanty information available, it would the The Hibs youngsters are going to appear that a verbal retaining offer get a grand opportunity to start off is to be considered satisfactory by the well on a number of attractive fix-Powers. In that case there has been ponds to about a 4.11 mile, and both tures. Queen of the South, Clyde, a tremendous wastage in registered Pell and Pallett believe that the Scot- Aberdeen, and, of course, the Hearts, Packets during the present and past land Yard runner can get inside this as well as the Rangers, have all to years. If the facts stated are cor- time. be met. It is a curiosity that Clyde the clubs have been conversant with rect, then the Rangers alone of all and Hibs meet on the same days as the rules-or, maybe, as things have the other pair of last year's Cup turned out, they have been lucky. semi-finalists.

One cannot help recall that the. Hearts.

There seems, indeed, to be a proslost a couple of players under much pect of the fixtures gaining in inter- the same circumstances.

est as the weeks go on, but a heap

of surprises would be welcome on the

opening day.

In England the fixtures produce some scorching matches on the open- ing day, such as Wolverhampton Wanderers v. Arsenal. That means a 50,000 or 60,000 gate to start with at Molyneux Park.

But before that time comes round we should have a batch of big trans- fers taking place, for there was not the usual rush at the end of the sea- son. The English Cup finalists, Portsmouth and Wolverhampton, may be amongst them the former out of somé necessity and because they have the money: the latter out of habit and. because they have the money,

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WOLVES TRANSFER PROFITS

LAWN TENNIS

MISS MARBLE'S THIRD TITLE

MISS

BOWLS TEAMS FOR SATURDAY

FIRST DIVISION

K.C.C.-

C. Labrum, J. W. M. Brown, H. Nish and F. Goodwin (Skip),

T. A. Madar, W. Hyde, J. Fraser and E. C. Fincher (Skip).

Geo. Lee, W. Mulcahy, E. Kern and J. Hyde (Skip).

Recreio “A

Recreio "B":

L. J. Silva, C. M. Silva, J. F. Ribeiro and F. X. M. Silva (skip). LONDON, JULY 16. ALICE MARBLE: (U.S.A.); WHO L. F. Xavier, C. E. Marques, J. E. J. Luz, A. P. Guterres, R. F. Luz and H. A. Alves (skip). HOLDS THE AMERICAN AND Noronha and C. G. Silva (skip). ENGLISH SINGLES TITLES, YES-KA TERDAYAT FITZWILLIAM CLUB DUBLIN WON THE IRISH LADIES LAWN TENNIS CHAM- PIONSHIP BY DEFEATING MISS SUSAN NOEL (QUEEN'S CLUB) Ribeiro IN THE FINAL BY

As I have said before Wolverhamp: ton dabble very largely in buying as well as in selling and rumming expen sive nurseries. It is certainly a ma- gic touch, of course, that turns £8000 player to ■ £6000 player in a M. D. Deloford →(Kent) won matter of months, but when you learn men's singles when he beat that the Wolves obtaified £110,000 for Mohammed, the Indian Davis-Cu players in four years, it must be re-

membered that they spent $43,000 on

player, by

transfera over the same period.. Still, the final,

the transfer business has been netting

the Wolves nearly 4800 a week dus ing that time," prob

look after the wage bi

Major Bu taker, but"

fo: going

one PL M'Aloon- intrigueds

Miss Marble and Miss Noel were

In the final of the wo

FINE FEAT

In dismissing Wesminster for 26

Allen and P. Bennett, accomplished the Charterhouse bowlers, D. A.

successful season, Allen, who, in the outstanding achievement of a addition to being a good bowler, is a stylish batsmen, has proved one of the best of the all-round schools

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players. Another young cricketer who has improved is S. Phillips, of Brighton, whose 116 against T. G. Ballance's eleven was his third century of the season. The form of W. Page, of Emanuel, a slow, bowler, who took six wickets for 7 runs against Alleyn, K. Lock, of Hurstpierpoint, Fairbairn, of Halleybury, P. Gracey, of Welling- ton, and P. Brown, of Bradfield, also has been promising.

Schools programme, have been ar

The last matches of the M.C.C.'s

ranged for July 24 and 25, whers k the MC.C. meet the Scottish Pub- lic Schools, July 27 v. Kingston G. S., and July 28, when F. C.

29, when an M.CC. team under A. Weaver's M.C.C. eleven visit King's School, Bruton; and July 28 and

JHill,will meet Marborough

College. FA Machado, A. M. Xavier, ON C. Pereira, D. C.-Alves, CR. Basto, and AA, Remedios (skip); Pereira and FX-Soares (skip). C. F. Remedios, C. H. Basto, P.

Basto (skip). THIRE: DIVISION:

LX

and

S

adgett

R.C. v. K.C.C GGardner,

G. G. 8. Thomson:

or, W/E: Baker Lide

Rome, and W. H. B. Muskett (Skip):4-

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S. CHINA-K.C.C. LEAGUE TIE WASHED OUT

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