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THREE FOR QUEEN'S PARK

NEWCASTLE-BLACKPOOL CUP FINAL AT WEMBLEY SHOULD BE A THRILLER

Says WALTER

WALTER PILKINGTON

A team with a glorious past, Newcastle United, and one with a great present, Blackpool, are the Football Association Cup finalists of 1951. Both reached the final stage and the right to play at Wembley Stadium, London by two-one victories in semi-final replays. Another coincidence is that not one goal was scored in the first meetings of New- castle and Wolverhampton Wanderers, and the other pair, Blackpool and Birmingham.

It is 39 years since both semi-finals were drawn and, strangely enough, both results in 1912 were also all-nil. The ultimate Cup winners in that season, Barnsley, So is Birmingham, Some thought It was then, as now, a Second Division club. might be an omen-that Birmingham might compensate for its Cup Final defeat of 1931 by the club's West Bromwich neighbours, that there might even be another all-Midlands Final with Wolverhampton the other team. Blackpool ended the parallel and Newcastle the speculation..

Everything considered, a Newcastle-Blackpool final has the most romantic ap- pen. Both sides play stylish football. Their clash has glamour. It could be as specta- cular a final as the one three years ago when Manchester United knocked out Black- pool by four-two. That was Blackpool's first appearance in the final. Now the club gets a second chance.

Upon

Sussex Acts

MCC Coaching Recommendations

By ARCHIE QUICK

ا الف اليام

The Marylebone Cricket Club's General Survey of Coaching, which looks and reads like a Government White Paper, is being acted upon by at least one county. In Sussex the authorities have got down to teaching the young idea with a commendable thoroughness.

Immediately April was here the scheme started. A county Cricket Council had been set up to embrace all the Schools Associations, the county's Cricket Association and the Women's Association. 48 games masters and two games mistresses-went along to the Hove Ground where Mr H. P. Crabtree of Essex and coach "Patsy Hendren were waiting for them.

Programme For

The Fifth Race Meeting

They had a day's solid instruc- for three lon, and thereafter

continued to weeks Hendron coach them. In turn, they took back to their schools what they had learned.

1853 Horsham. of

That not half of it though. The county's senior professionals

after started their at Hove. coaching Hastings

and Eastbourne nearly 200 nominated promising youngsters and later silll along Sussex club came the best of

The following are the entries for the Fitch Race Meeting of Clekelers. I cannot see

any

the Hongkong Jockey Club to potential talent slipping through

run at Happy Valley

be

Saturday, April 28:

1.-liver Mine Bay cap.

on that mesh

Lieut.-Col. (1

G. S. Grimston,

Section) Cinna G-1-Mile-Answay: Secretary..until recently staff

Chelsea: Consinnt Star: Fiesta: Flying Arrow

Daria officer Physical Training Flying Jib:

(2nt

at

The scroll of Cup history enntains numerous instances of teams succeeding at the second attempt.

be Will this, then, Blackpool's year of triumph? the One has to acknowledge capacity of Blackpool for creat- ing surprises, The team been frequently underrated. This Is one mistake, however, which Newcastle is not likely to make. They would be foolish

they did so,

has

They have, however, too much respect

for the match winning) powers of such great players as: Blackpool's Matthews and Mor- tensen, to regard the opposition lightly. Individually these two

are

forwards international Iresistible when in form. They are also capable of inspiring Blackpool to attain great heights,

In Cup semi-final records for more than 20 years, a team has Tarely been so outclassed for

season,

lengthy periods as Birmingham was in the replay at Goodison a deserved reputation for rugged Park, Everton Birmingham-has a des

Manchester City, Derby County

and even the much qualities. In previous ties this

fancied Manchester United, the most consistent skle in England since the war, were mastered and worn down by the tight, well organised defence of the Midlands club.

At times there seemed to be a dozen pairs of obstrueling feet: In the Birmingham defensive zone as well as the safe hands of Gilbert Merrick, one of the best goalkeepers in the

League, Yet even this cast-iron?

der

defence cracked and gaped un- the pounding I received from Blackpool's brilliant but, alas, mercurial attack. If Black- pool had shot five goals in the have Arst hour no one could been surprised

Hassall. (Hall right-back) stands helpless as a shot from Smith (Queen's Park inside-right) enters the net for Queen's Park's third goal.

Something Mysterious Is Happening In British Boxing

Says ARCHIE QUICK

The Sportsman's Diary

ENGLAND'S CRICKET CLUBS HAVE A COMMON PROBLEM It's A Shortage Of Money

'Money-or rather the lack of its the chief topic among cricket clubs these days. But they do not like to talk about it in public.

For a change speakers at the Richmond CC dinner faced the problem. There is no hope of direct financial assistance for the clubs from the MCC. Extra cash can be obtained only from individual effort.

Methods? Allation with ten-his being. fit for the Cup Final. nis and hockey clubs are not Brown, naturally right-tooted, always successful financially or admits he prefers inside-let, otherwise. Well-organised Zetes and that is the position in which can produce useful suma, but by he may eventually be capped. their very nature can be only

PLENTY OF TIME infrequent,

After all, he is only 24 and BAR PROFIT DOWN

has plenty of time to win a re- Bar profits have been main-gular place in the Scottish team.

years. Considering his are, Brown taining many clubs for

He had Now they are falling, Increased had. ttle experience.

season with East Fife

subscriptions are not practical, part of nor, in the end, would they pro- before going into the Army. He

in 1945 and gain. Too many went to India

play- ed no mono serious football ti 1948. Since then, he has bad one

duce a not

people leave.

I can tell clubs one way of and a half more masons with making a quick return. Arrange East Fife, half a season out of competi- the game and now just a few some "sudden death" Hon cricket and charge to months with Blackpool.

·ROWING QUERY

watch,

Questions

cash

are being asked

Inevitably, 1 shall be told

cannot take some clubs bocause of least arrangements. why D. M. Jennens, Cambridge In that case they should arrange stroke who beat Oxford by a to play such games where a few feet in 1040, and by 12 "gate" can be charged.

lengths in 1051, is not in the Leander eight which is likely to in row for Britada at Helsinki 1952 Reason is, he is still at

and

particularly has the wants to row for his college,

PLOUGHED BACK

The Flora Doris competition Cambridge

in the Guildford area

right idea with its mid-week Clare, In the Mays and at evening matches of 20 eight-ball Henley." jovera à side.

arc

WATTS HOME AGAIN

Forty-two clubs will compete

Collections

Back to England and back this season. taken-last year's final produced to Whitgift to coach again this £20, Every penny is ploughed season is Eddie Watts, former ancic into cricket. For example, Surrey sil-rounder. He has spent 12 boys from each sub area in the winter oonahing in Buenos the Guildford area of the Surrey Aires. He puts Argentine cricket Association will attend cricket equal to medium club standard

in England. school without cost.

FROWNED UPON

Te is hoping Whitgift's fresh- man, at Cambridge Indian

Row-will But the Club Cricket Confer-Simba

mako the ence evan known on members University side, but warns that competing in the Flora Doris, he has very strong

oppdeltion. clubs do not gain Ten Blues are still “up,”

where the

directly. What hypocrisy! The

clubs want to know-how they

can make money not how they can't. With Conference backing WORLD

clubs could be encouraged to

Lake gates as well

simply on collections.

CHESS

as relying CHAMPIONSHIP

THE BEAL MASTER

I

When it comes to judging the

the Century Sportsman of should think American goter Ben Hogan will take a lot of

Something mysterious is happening in British boxing. When it is announced that Freddie Beshore of California, America's No. 4 ranked heavyweight, is leaving his native shorea to fight in England, you would not unreasonably suppose that he was coming over to England to meet Jack Gardner. But instead his opponent is

by died in a moter accident. At to be Cruiserweight Champion Don Ceckel-and the fight over ten rounds at boating. Two years ago he near- thirteen stones.

chance to play golf again.

看

Some time ago, after seeing Cockell in training at Brighton, I was bold enough to voice doubts about his ability to make the cruiserweight limit of 12 wrapped up heavily stones seven pounds with any ease. The, inscrutable Don was in dressing gown and woollen vests and long-trousers under a track suit for his Euro. pean title fight with Yvel. Now it looks as though there was some foundation for my observation which was denied at the time.

shall have the

Mc

the best doctors gave

Now Hogan has

BOTVINNIK

LEADS 8-7

Moscow, Apr. 19.

him a

The 16th game of the recover, but not to

World Chess Championship

the the between won

title-holder, Master's tournament at Augusta Mikhail Botvinnik, and the 280-two ahead of his nearest challenger, David Bronstein, (Georgia) with an aggregate of rival Robert Riegel and 17 bet-Will open here tomorrow, at eight ter than Robert de Vicenzo, run-with the score

in Botvin- Last year.

UNUSUAL COMBINATION-

Oxford

one after another, up for the British Open He points to seven

sites of Harvard and Yale. Freddie 13 capable of conceding Beshore Ratcliffe, our other big hope, team and the combined Univer-games. Night after night the

Chance-after-chance-was. erested by the Matthews' magic. and hon. Light Southern Command

His genius for accomplishing Gypsy Diamond; Jorocks;

GIIL; Ring: National

Popularity: secretary of the Army Hockey

much in little room was dazzl- mass explained Association, Tiebel: The Hopeful: Windermere.

Ing. This master among English

All of which preaches the 2.-Rocky Bay Handicap.

forwards is playing as well as

The clauses in Beshore's con-man-then we

nik's favour. Section) Class 714 Mlies. Amigo: coaching to me.

Colin;

ever at the ripe" football age tract are unique." The fight is piquant position of stablemates lesson that Ben Lawers: Bonnie Eyen;

Ingrid: "It enables everyone to show Gladiolus: Green Velvet;

"The old- od 36.

made at thirteen stones. I he being rivals for the big title British boxers are exploited bo-

Both are Grand Chess Mastèra Leung: Marber: Pearl his ability" be said. Kwang

schools tho way t

But it was not his tamillar weighs in at 13sts. lib. he for- for Gardner and Cockell are cause of the financial considera- John tions. If only Curvis had been managed by

University sprinter of the Soviet Union, which has Bridge: Redlotron; Ringmer; South-fashioned

dribble or faultless centre that salts £50-13sts. 21bs. and bang both Wonderful

kopt back to be developed slow- GAEL

Wind: Souvenir:

was to choose eleven-a-side and

gave Blackpool an early lead. some got

Kocs £100, Cain.

If he weighs 13sts. Simpson.

I will say this for Cockelly, I am convinced he would Robin Pinnington, winner of the 11 International Chess Masters, (1st get on with it. Result J.-Picnic Bay Handicap.

It was a great move in conjunc- 3lbs. up goes the forfeit to £150 mat of all the top class boxers have been the world's finest year's Oxford v Cambridge 100 80 Masters (20 of them interna- 2,000 Junior Masters tion with Mortensen who swung after that £200. It looks as Section) Class 9 Furlongs of the bowling. others all the the rost lounged

England nt the present welterweight today. As it is, it yards, has two main ambitions tional), Autumn Leal: Battlefield Dante: batting and

PCRFUL Prosand

a square pass out to the wing-though Cockell is going to be in the field. Last season

come an AAA champion next Hurricane: Kany-going:

Roslyn:

man, raced into an open space put on the rack in the same moment he has almost as much will be Thomas who will get a for the coming season to be- and 1,000,000 classified players. The Championship is being Ringwood: Robin Hood;

two schoolboys batted four weeks

for the return pass, took it in

I only hope that Randolph July and to be on the winning The Tigress: Thunderlet: V.1.P.

fought out in the Tchalkbovaky the match between a Plate.

1951 at such practice before they were 4.-BL. George's Ponies. 1 Mile.--Adorable Atalanta coparated! We change all the his stride and beat Merrick with way as Freddle Mills was-fated grey matter. in his brain as the chance of a world title.

the pace and power of a first always to go in with men so rest of them put together. He is

And Cockell, studious and astute so you may Turpin is not directed along the side in much heavier. Conqueror: Copper: Fleet Admiral;

time shot that put Blackpool with so few professional fights be sure that he feels that he same rond as Curvisor Terry joint Oxford and Cambridge Concert Hall in a series of 24 Gracechurch: Half Moon Bay; Har ordor every five minutes."

amphitheatre of the Hall has to his credit, is no a goal ahead. Sussex, like the other sixteen

He will concentrate mainly on boon packed by Soviet the weight and giving him a for, that matter. The amazing thing was that Miis-not yet at any rate.

Carvis beat a Belgian sub- Arst-class cricket counties, stand

beating. Blackpool could not add to this

Beshore is no pushover. True,

stitute, Constant Reypens, at the the short sprint but will also s

220 low hurdles lead until the last half hour in Joc Louis beat him in, four

TYPICAL EXAMPLE

Empress Hall, Earl's Court, compete in

To dale Botvinnik has, won spite of enjoying a superiority rounds, but not so very long ago Cuff Charvis,

of Swanson, is London, but he made heavy as this summer. This is an

this three games, Bronstein two, seldom seen in a big match. he fought Ezzard Charles for the time of

World's Championship and it the typical example of the un-weather of it, whereas he would unusual combination ONE OTHER WEAKNESS

Botvinnik, who la 40, won the was only after 14 rounds that fulfilled promise which so often have dispatched this Continental country, though quite common in with 10 drawn

When Princeton and Cornell sixth, seventh and 12th games cause Bghters are rushed to the not so long ago; Is that the fatal flaw in the he had to retire and then with occurs in British boxing be-second-rater in next to no time the United States, Chlef responsibility rests upon Dudley meanor: | Noise grid his South Africans make up of this strange side a badly cut eya.

forefront too soon. When I first Another in the shadows is met Oxford and Cambridge at of the sorica, 27-year-old Bron- who can produce every move As there is doubt about Cesar saw Curvis he had the world High Straight; Huntmaster: Jenni

Bantamweight Cham- the Warts City Jast July, the stain being the victor Peggy: Roue d'or: Sans Atout, in the help they can give by

making the game brighter, in the game yet sometimes sink Brien being able to fight Jack at his feet. He has good looks, British Balvan, who American "Bo" Hunt (Cornell) Afth and 11th.-ficuter. Surer Fox Trade Wind; Winged.

to mediocrity? Newcastle United Gardner in May, should have rivalling those of Jack Doyle; 7-Picnic Bay Heap. (2nd Sec- tion) Clem 8. 6 Furlongs --Emprem

wamborovice, the answer at thought Beshore would have he was a brilliant boxer, and some time ago ran up against won the 220 yards low hurdles the Spaniard, Luis Romero, and and was runner-up in the 100 Wembley. This fine side from been a_saitable opponent for he could fight of Peace: Hopper: Kentucky Moon:

But it 01.3 I. thurs

got a mauling. Danny has seen yards. But something went

wrong. Lady Gloucester Rasher: Red Fox;

Who beat him in the sprint? Dick Savitt Beats world, but I am not optimis- the Rowanglen! Shun Tung: Spanish

matched against the tie of his retaining opose and other weakness in Cockell's management is con- He was

histle Finnington, who clocice Boec. The Byex: Onion! Sparkling

the Blackpool team. It is that of templating his moving up into ragged Al Phillips, of Aldgate, when he clashes with Peter to become joint holder of the Felicisimo Ampon Stranger: Uncle Willie: United Vie

English record with W. tory.

Bobur hard daking full-back; after all ho is a growing young con, and suffered at round Keenan in Glasgow in May.

ves! Jild: Jericho; Lin Fa: Magic Bow: Merry Uncle: National Honour Noteman: Punctuality: Rowantes.

5-Junk Bay 1fcap. (1st Section) at the threshold of the most Glanial Lake: Goldbeldi Kingfisher: Krazy Kat:

Class 9. 1 Mile.-Argue; Diminal

Transide critica period of their long

National history. Last season gates were Glory: Norse Lady: Shame: Speed down, a heavy loss sustained.

This coming summer is Wheel: Bulphur: The Kam Lung

6.-Rocky Bay Heap. (2nd Bec

brenk

a great or repair-and tion) Class 7. 14 Milos.Airfield; bren

Cassle: Amber: Baylight; Wilnen: Crown Witness;

d. Deep Day reap. 1951 Ponies.

1 Bule, Blue Bird: Calamity: Con- cord: Debonair; Exquisite Love Jiminy Cricket: Killara; Light Star Mustang: Spotted Dear.

New Job For

Jack McLean

England's northeast coast may Jack.

robust, he i Hayward, an experienced centre- balf; and Johnston, captain and

profes Jack McLean, -Biver Mine Bay Heap, (2nasional at the RAC Club,

right-half, are got young men...

Section Class 6.3 Mue, A Grand Epsom, has been appointed was significant that when

Time: Amuring: Boam Town: Cana

diant Potato: Good Luck: Justice of to Gleneagles-one of their the tonic of a goal, Black- Peso: Mabel Mastery: Nero British Witness: Poker Face!

Polibility

Railway

Prince Delight; Strathpeffer, Thun-golf courses.

derbelt: Thunder Sky: Toowoomba

Boy

10-Junk Bay Bean. (Ind Sec

the Birmingham team gave It ownedpool'd once sold and almost in- Vulnerable defence wilted under pressure. In a sea of mud the older players seemed to have fired foot that dragged wearily.

Choice was made from hun- tion) Class 5.3 Mile.-Aeroplane; drods of applications from all Argus IT: Big, Blur: Care Free over the country: Ding How: Flying Wheel; Jackat; McLean, who was one of the Wombley stadium the

Minya Miminya: Peacock; Shangrila Slver Spear:

Dragon.

Fufio;

•

Bran most brilliant of amateurs, tich

SH

Championship Meeting Of

The HKRA

conditions will be different.

The first Colony Champion They will be in favour cd professional at 8 because he players whose football brains ship meeting of the Hongkong found the game won 400.cather than youthful energy are Rifle Association will be held at pensive..

knockout.

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chess

In the

[R: Applegarth, H. H. Hodge, J. The latter was at the ringside c. Heap and Ken Jones.

Palermo, Apr. 19. Felicisino Ampon:" (Philip- Curls has never been the to, res Danny end his losing

|pinis), was eliminated by Dick DHOWN'B BIG WORST. same since. The southpaw who sequence with a victory over

Savitt (United States), from tho boxes

today as a welterweight the elderly Ulster Featherweight

that Champion, Jim McCans, but Blackpool's Scot, Allan Brow men's singles in the interna- cannot be recognised as grand Lightweight I khów do not think that, Koonan will may not be able to soothe tional lawn, Bonnie tournament couple of years back at Swansea, kose any sleep over what he brighter side of his missing the here today.

match against ogland, but wha Abergavenny and Pontypridd, saw.

Bavift boat Ampon' 6-0, 11-9 I am afraid that Charlie Tuc- suggest his international TE- ...Whle Curvis has rocoded from the championship class hisker, too, has gone back. In puteriion might not have been to enter the semi-annis

2 position The other semi-finalists are great rival and lesser-gifted losing to the unknown Kid Improvod at luft-half, Eddle Thomas, from just up the Chocolate from the Gold Coast, in which he no longer plays in Hal Burrows (United States) Timrad the, to exiled "Czechs Rhondda Valley, now possesses Tudor failed to reveal any of chub football.

erstant.

surely worry Jaroslav Dedaný and Vindianir the British, European and Em- the form which put him into What

Brawn more is the doubt about | Cernik,Rouber, Britain's laut Olympic tiles. pire titles.

THE GAMBOLG their biggest asset and it may Stonecutters Island to-morrow,

He had been a Walker Cup be that experience in an ordal and Sunday. times Geottish that reduce strong men to player, three amateur champion, Irish, and bandles of nerves will be Black- ****teur champion and runner-up: pool's winning card.."

In the Amarican amateur cham plowship

SNOOKER FINAL THIS EVENING The final of the Colony Opan Stooker Championship will be bold on FCC al 8 p.m. Today, Which Pong Plus the Colony's unofficial billiards champion,

Choo Che-liang)

-- "TIED WITH 'TOLIZY MaLean tod Orril Toller as leading amateur in the British Opon in 1933, was lead

The Patrón: of the Association, His Excellency the Governor, Sir Alexander: Granihern) and There is one other portent in Lady Grantham have kindly Blackpool'd favour. It is the consented to be present for the burning, orbition of Stanley final competition - 02 Matthews to achieve at last in afternoon, Lady Grantham will the twilight of his grout career present, the prizes, v an aution that has alway The following boat routine has

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