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THE CHINA MÄIL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1952.

AUSTRALIA V. WEST INDIES

Mud? Don't Mention It To Tommy Harmer

THE GENIUS WHO HAS

A WEIGHT PROBLEM

By Harold Palmer

Little Tommy Harmer, of London Fields, is a soccer If I say he is the cleverest ball player genius in hiding. in football today, people are entitled to ask: “Then why is he generally a Tottenham Hotspur reserve?"

The answer is in his physique. Although he is 23, inside-left Harmer has the build of a 18-year-old. He is 5 ft. 51⁄2 in. and weighs 9 st. 4 lb.

help

In

Have they forgotten Alex James, the greatest, name soccer before the last war?

At the same age James was about the same size as Marmer and he was strong enough for Arsenal and Scotland.

Hanner is a boy who did not grow up. In 1948 when he first he jsigned professional forms,

weighed Oct 81b. They gave him special training with heavy Wights and a dict that inclufer stout, but he put on only 101b. and that did not mean he had

sturdy legs.

While he Anishe! hus appren- ureship a ap inte.s warthouse- was only a part-time The full- train- 1..5

man he

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last year of ference

This quick

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There are many in the game like ran 21

sinany whh he ought not so tall — but not Jighter.

The hig que y with

'WHAT A PITY Harmer concerns Mis stender The way people say, "What a little legs Are they stong pity [ is so small," does not enough?

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Be has only recently renver- ed trem

done in the has made a du-

urmous, brigh-

HIS WAY TO TOP he shoulde strained groju.

mjury results from playing 171 the mud. Still bigger, toughe: players have such troubles, o

SKILL V WEIGHT The truth is that the complete mastery of a ball that makes

the soccer genius 15 more often found in the smaller types-for an obvious reason. They must | rely

avo.d on ski d unequal physical challenge.

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The slighter the binde the! greater the nerd fo. skill.

a matter of inverse ratio.

Hammer, who was playing in Spurs Arst team today, is clover enough to keep out of trouble. but he can't keep out of mud at this time of year. That is why this light-weight champion da-

Belgian

ND this has been Harmer's

way to the top: Evacuee football in

Shore. Norfolk; dilch Nava? Cadet: Amateur for Spurg at 16: Army Ord- Hance Corps and first repre- sentative came Army in Brussels.

Games for Finchley leave: invitation Bournemouth, but signed pro- August fessional

Spurs. for 1948: never on the tosing side lu first-class football. 1951:

seven

Leasur three

Spars; Aames For FA.

eyed, “blushing (he aster onn ste the joke.

When a friend patted him on

of his pale blac! overches and said, "You're put- ting on weight. Hammer only laughed and said. "That's pad- ding

Bu: 1 say the size socan't matter. You can't go on making a ball talk as Haimer does with ou! making 30 great name for yourself

he

when

have had his name He could in pgh's a juggler, and from

shoul certainly me day ace his in an England team.

for

presentative

Lo prese Service

PETER WILSON LOOKS BACK

Turpin, Sedgman,

...Those

Calendar is running!

WOS

the "unbeatable

with

Mo

Han

HERE is a typical Hermes trick

LEFT. He prepores to jump over the ball. RIGHT He completes the more and back-keels the boil at the some time.

OVER 1951.

Matthews

Were The Days

same

1.

back

the

lo

team

Langley, the new Australian wicketkeeper, drops a low chance offered by Gomez before the West Indian had scored during the Third Test at Adelaide which was won by the West Indies. Miller is also making a late attempt to re-

trieve the ball as it slips from Langley's gloves-Central Press Photo.

A Mid-Winter

Shut-down

On Soccer May Come

Says IVAN SHARPE

Spring, summer, autumn, winter.

There are four seasons to the year, three for football and one for cricket, Leap Year coming once in four, then brings fool- ball one day more.

Jou

But even the seasons change. Soccer may yet extend its calendar. No one likes these 2.15 starts and the popularity of the 5 o'clock kick-off may mean in the years ahead that the game, which abroad is played mostly in sunshine, will be called off for a month during the mud-heaps of mid-winter. It isn't football, anyway.

Christinas without football | caught and offered a stray dug Internationats or, e Mr

at the Oval and McBride, Irish FA veteran, puts It seems as impossible as Christ- to an umpire

withou! mince-pie. But said the white stick was on the it, "to relegate us to the Second mas wait and src.

ways Australla lost the Test, Division. has with the West Indies for which

he is believed to have chosen but banned.

Not ha

Impor ant Anger-post of---

Remember that 1951

football. In brought fondit other ways it has been a pointer

To start with- to 1952.

SPRING

AUTUMN

Scotush FA for refusing to enter the Olympic Games with amateur footballers until foreign the professionals are barred.

been

ig

The unlucky footballers were in the EWF. Owing to injury

The Management Committee Brown, Allan

of Blackpool, of the Football League bined missed ΠΟΙ only

Scotland's the thanics of all thinking people match with England at Wembley but the Cup Final.

The fates so hovered over

when they set out to check these inflated £30,000 transfer fees.

Before they got down to it the the greal man of the Final, Jackie Ministry of Labour came along Milburn, of Newcastle United,

with a special committee, includ- who should by now be firmly

ing sensible sportsmen like Mer- established as the finest centre-bert Sutcliffe and Max Woornam forward in the world.

The FA International Selection Department has cramped his style so much that he isn't even England's centre-forward.

to inquire into the whole range of players' pay and conditions of

service.

A

WINTER

some

un-

Tom Thumbs Harmer (Spurs). Deeley {Wolves). Cockburn (Manchester United) and Taylor (Blackpool) for reading the Ok! Wits are Year's last lesson: are important than weight."

Nine Dragons

Darts, Table

Tennis Results

5-1

the re-

meet

February

Co- Mr the

Whole range is correct. The affair was so detailed

The following were He can't head the ball, some members wondered if they were rule of daris and table tennis what? International going to get home for Christmas, competition matches played at I say. So

football is supposed to be played

They just managed

and it.

the Nine Dragons Services on the ground. He can head as emerglog is a feeling that the Club last week:

ask for the well as G. O. Smith or Stepbon white paper will

Darts, A.A. Bloomer

transfer system

Workshops to be kept in

beat Middlesex The victory over Argentine at hand.

But HOW? The clubs REME, "C" An unforgettable moment.

followed 135 Wembley cinerate Austria --

by have the last word, and they are Tout and I go on a per-up-1-ther

On Thursday, at 7 p.m., 23rd Maureen, having beaten the which had been claimed as the squeals from Buenos Aires which men of spirit.

Will the special Field Regt, RA,

will world's No

suggested that they can't take it. committer show the way? greatest in Europe. sonal pilgrimage back along || Doris Hart,

Middlesex "Q". coming off the

Or perhaps you prefer the I was not at the match so I The players may win

On this May 9 limited wages,

Table tennis.--A.A. Work- the highways of sport in court to face a held battery osad little cameo of "The Wizard wouldn't know.

but I don't see

snops. REME, "B" beat Middle- 1951.

cameras and being requested to of Was ".

I was losing two salmon in one

how they can get free transfers "Give us

Little big smile,

Lex "Q" 3-1. Veteran

Matthews day, Stanley

Kirkcudbright way So or share of transfer fees. And

On Thursday, at 7 p.m., 56 THE NIGHT I There

slowly

the winning the prize for the Year's so to going She answered with the tears dressing-room after the

Cup Candid Comment.

Coy RASC "Q" will meet 58 WOULDN'T HAVE MISSED-

easily Final, which might so

from Vienna,

Coy. RASC, "B". But the views the night Randolph Turpin beat streaming down her face

too happy!"

£6-a-week petrol-pump Entries for the be his last one, when Newcastle after Austria's draw at Wembley hand exposed and exploded the darts Sugar

Ray can't I'm

At the

Forest

tennis and table Hills had proved just too much for in November, were also far less Hobinson at Earl's Court

SoStanley

Brmly-xed fallacy of British petitions should flattering than usual to England. Soccer that an attacking centre-Woolham,

reach with meeting. Frank Sedgman, Turpin wen that fight

America's Victor i

Manager DI want nothing This game I did bis lett hand and

his Fulverising

RUGGER ackpoo

see, and the that although

under the Club, on or before January 31. half cannot succeed you better than the

the Austrian comments sight of

in no way great staring agair eyes waich Seixas,

wanted Sedgman to

you Landon Cou

Counties

led by another

present off-side law,

round will be played First seemed to hyphctise

surprised me, They

were no

Ernst Ocwirk from Vienna February 7. in the bag

Matthews Johnny this time.

more to be condemned than some showed, in the Austrian mall There is no entrance fee for He proved that a team at

of ours. And so to-

at Wembley, that there is as table tennis for teams of four physical disadvantage in

much difference

the but in darts the fee is $3 ver still hold

SUMMER department can

artistic pivot and the tank-like term of six. last blazing 15 through the

British stopper as between minutes, in which the Spring-

The usual weekly whiel Ranjitsiahli and a strokeless drive will take place to-night boks specialise-end beat them.

st:newaller.

commencing ot 8 p.m. This was a sign-post, if you will be cash prizes.

But will it be followed? And around this time there arose in the land a tank-buster.. 6ft. tall and wearing

size 12 boots. Congratulations and all The whole thing over in 18

good luck to Mr Dooley of Hills- hours of actual play, and

Anyway, slow scoring in the borough. Keep it up! Smash and Lancashire's Roy Tattersalt, now Tests took such a hiding from the spificate all the e stoppers. Leave

in doing so brilliantly India, critics that the loyal county clubs them scattered along the trail of taking nine wickets for 88 run must be wondering whether the Old Year and the New like in one day with crafty, trapping, venomous spin bowl- ing.

glory

Robinson until he looked at the end like blood-streaked dusty ape made to dance by

trainer's

whip.

whip.

THE

£

MOST DISASTROUS NIGHT... New York, sweaty, cultry, tempestuous, and Turpin caught against the hemp, flog- ged, battered and flayed, but still upright when referee Ruby Goldstein with only eigh seconds of the tenth round

Bin- go, restored the "itle to

son

THE MOST GHASTLY NIGHT.New rk again and 20-year-old orgie Flores, his heels hinge to the floor, goes do wa lumpy heap from a swing

left delivered by

Ro

They

MAROC

Win

MAN-TRAPPER

every on

Dudley Nourse and his South African cricketers brought the last straw to the Tests and earn the first vote of thanks in the CRICKET? The perfect set-year's stocktaking for breaking ting--where could that be but the back of the camel, other- Lord's?-and England at last wise of the patient public. triumphant In the second against the South Africans

That was cricket and for you.

Test

man-

True, Dudley had a damaged finger, but his captaincy set the pace that killed.

for

like.

between

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There

Russians Better

Speed World

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Handicaps For Second Race

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Meeting

Handicaps for the Second Race Mecing on January 12 and 19 are as follow

1

FIRST DAY

Ayr Handicap (1st Sec.), Clar

6. 14% Mites.-Abdul Hamid 140. Cargle 104, Calin 152. Courageour 198. CTOW Witness 249. Desert Gold 154. Ding

How 194, Forever Spring 189. Tronside

137. Prairie Moon 158, Ringner 15. EENENTUANTESAHTERANS EN NIGERIATRIJA Rosemacie 162, Sapientia 535, Bino Marshall 155, Some Fun 154, Strath- namara 135, Zephyr 144.

2. Newmarket Handicap (1st-Sec.). Class 4 0 Furlongs—Debutante 198.

Harmony 248. Lake Success 142, Na-

tional Honour 358. Rowanglen 150. Rowenies 152. Speed Bird 144. Tony- her 152. Top Hat 147.

3. Nottingham Handlean fist Seçi. Class 0. 1 Mile. – Acquisition 143. Arabian Moon 189, Busy Bee los. Epinerd 159. Flying Wheel 135. Gypsy 159. Hei Houw 145. Home Sweet Home 138. Magic How 159. Marber 149. National Income 189, Norse Lady 189. Red Rabbit 146. Trigger 158.

4. Newmarket Handicap (2nd Sec.), Clare 4. 8 Furlongs, Airs and Grace 152. Cleopatra 159. Empress of Poker 138, Happy Valley 181, Lano 140, Minx 14h, Shun Lee 194, United Vie tory 184, Wonderful Coin 151.

A Nottingham Handicap (2nd Sec.). Class B. Mike, -Argus 147, Argus IV 138, Dumino 147, Flag Day 134, Flying Knight 142, Glacial Lake 140, Golden Wing 192. Hoi Polloi 188, Peacock 140. Samson 150, Shangrila 130, Sharp- shooter 149. Victorious 149.

6. Newmarket Handicap (3rd Sec.), Class 4.6 Furlongs, Beckenham 184, Braviste 140. Half Moon Bay 159. Honey Dew 199, Jasmin 148, Lucky Strike 155, Masterpteer 138, Ringwood 140. The Hopeful 140.

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Nottingham tandicap (3rd Sec.). Class Mio.—Argus 149, Boni- face 184 Flight 169, Golden Boy 196, Grey Mist 136, Happy Buy 150, king. haher 143, Midnight Express 152, Minya Mininya 135. Priority 154, Speca Wheel 130. Stirling Castle 156, Sulphur 157, Tunny 184.

1

See

SECOND DAY

Wolverhampton Handicap (18t Class 0. From 13 Milo Port.- Autumn Leaf 149, Chelsea 144, Coun teas Delight 153. Diana 189, Exquisite Love IM, Ginger 189, Glamour But terfly 3, Pearl Bridge 147, Popularity 199, Sparkling Eyes 148, Strathpeffer 149. The Kem Lung 159, The Tigress 185.

2 Newcastle fandicap (1st Bec.). Class 7.1 Miles. A Grand The 141, Al Fresco 148, Amber 118, Any way 150, Bonnie Eyes 135, Crusher. house 147, Fleet Admiral 143, Grace- chures 144. Green Velvet 146, Iron Mask 153, National Glory 148, Power. house 135, Roue d'er 147, Southwes! 133. Spotted Deer 147, Trade Wind 159. Wonderful Girl 140, Yacal 156.

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Ascot Handican. Class 14. From

Me Post-Apna 145. Bashful Beauty 153, Ben Wyvis 152, Chester- And 140, Clonfeckle 142. Duchess Delight 147, Golden Dahlia 142, Gold Medal 140. High Speed 142, Kentucky Lady 145. L'are Trioniphe 147, Norse- man 150. Panda 169, Skymaster 150, Squadron Leader 147.

4. Doncaster Handicap (1st Sec.).): Class 2. Frau 2 Mile Post-Aar Ring 142, Apple Pie 149, Arabian Dagger 184, Ataman 148, Ben More 154, Cin. derella 162, Cootar 150, Hurricane 150 Lawrence 147. My Love 138, Pleasant Valley 137. Scatre 142, The Lioness 147.

6. Wolverhampton Handicap (2nd Sec.). Class 8. From 131⁄2 Mile Post- Ben Medhid 145. Constant Star Goodwood 144, Gypsy Diamond 144) Hopper 146, Hurry On 149. Justice of Prace 142. Killare 199, Mastery 135. Posty 148. Queen Belen 154, Thunder Sky 144.

V. Newcastle Handicap (2nd Soc.). Clas 14 Miles. Aga King 140. A Power 140, Chicf Withon 152, Dawn 151, Eleanor 154, Flying Arrow 148, Geronimo 155. Kwong Leung 137 137. Peggy 135, Poker Face

Dahlia 132, Prince Prince Denght 154, 8ilver Fox 148, Southeast Wind 144, Souvent 140, Spanish Boy 184, Onion 184, Toowoomba Windermere 136.

7. Wolverhampton Handicap (3rd Soc. Cleas 6. From 1s Mile Post- Battlefield 150, Boom Town 159, Cana dian Potato 159, Cocktall Ten 142 Deshing Beauty II 142, High Straight 150, Huntmaster 142, Mabel 159, Pen- force 144, Robin Hood 149, Shun Fung 189. Winged 161,

8. Doncaster Handtory (2nd Sec.). Class 2 Fron 2 Mile Post-Adorable Atalanta 148, Atomic Power 102, Bar bartan 159. Big Shot 150, Chief Pliot 154, Crackerjack 149, Fort Knox 148, Forward View 138, Harvest Field 15, Jeep Lee 149, Straight Flush 152, The Chief 10. Top Secret 142.

Haguenauer Wins From Leach

Paris, Jan. 7. England's World Table Tennis Champion, Johnny Leach, was eliminated in the quarter-inmls of the French International Championships today by Michael Haguenauer of France, 21-18 19-21, 16-21, 21-12, 21-4.

Richard Bergmann (England) Alex Ehrlich, beat Poland's 16-21, 21-15, 21-14, 21-8.

Wlimos Harangozo (Yugo. weakening their Championship stuffed dummies. Split the Soviet speed skaters bettered slavia) beat Frenchmen Guy International safety-first squads wide open in two world records at a meeting Amouretti, 21-14, 21-10, 21-15, this kind of cricket is a help or a hindrance. each and every match in 1952. at Alma Ata in the Kazakh Re-United Press.

The finger-post is raised by That's my wish to this young public to-day, according to Mos- the call of Colonel Rait Kerr of giant of Sheffield Wednesday. the MCC for dynamic play; and A FINAL MEMORY the more practical speech of Dr

VOTES OF THANKS The unique bone-breaking Grand National, showing how to get it.

nerve-shaking, J. Bowling Holmes of Lancashire These brought slowing down their football cord held by Hans Engnestangen and only three out of the 38 electric shocks have even

cricket on to the in order to secure more attrac- (Norway). starters finishing the four-and-time-limit

Evgeny tive attack, and then topping the

Grishin (Moscow) a-half-mile course with its 30 horizan. Officially, I mean. Jumps at the hazy

clocked 1 min. 26 secs, for the aquarium Something must be done when League table. of Aintree.

Arsenal for setting the right 1,000 metres, compared with a cricketer so staid and respected This was a race as tense as a as Jack Hobbs says that for the example by getting there with the official world record of 1 ATHLETICST-Well, I'll take game of roulette in which you onlooker first-clars cricket is out buying their way to the top min. 28.4 secs, held by C. Thun- that July afternoon when Roger have staked more than you can now less attractive than the with big-money transfers.

berg (Finland). THE SADDEST NEWS. Bannister turned in the best afford to lose.

game on the village green.

FA of Wales, prospective In- Another skuter, Boris Berchin, -Poor old Joe Louis knocked AAA performance ever for the Oh yes! It has been quite a But the Year's Last Laugh is ternational Champlona, for (Leningrad) hud earlier return- clean through the ropes and mile by covering the distance twelvemonth.

with the irrepressible Sid scotching the English plan to de-ed a time of 1 min. 27.3 secs, out of the big-lime fight game in 4 mlus. 78 rees.—a per-

Barnes--the same joker who mote Ireland and Wales to "B" Reuter.

the kid to his corner like su much chilled beef, and one of his handlers gave him a

hix ! tongue lushing for impertinence in getting knocked out in the last round.

Donoghue trotted across

to

his condolences and Flores muttered through bloody "It's O.K., Bad."

lips:

Those were the fast words he ever spoke, for after they had taken him to hospital they never got him out again alive.

London Express. Ser sÁCH.

couldn't help applauding Seixas en the rare occasions when he managed to scramble a game.

Sedgman is now rated Aus tralia's Sportsman of the Year. A fine choice.

JOLLY ROGER

by a crudo, lusty youngster, sonal record and the fastest

Rocky, Marciano, whom, a de-mile run this year anywhere. cade ago Louis would have spanked into submission: 'in' a couple of rounds,

·A· GIGGLE GIEL

Jolly Roger holatca his, colours to the front 300 yardı from home, with that fabuloup finishing burst of his, to beat PERSONALITY OF THE the then champion Bil Nan YEAR Maureen "The Giggle" keville by better than five Connolly, who at 16 joined the yards,"

US. Wightman Cup toam at

three days' nolice, having - ex-.

pected to defend her Juntor · SOCCERT--THat Best dynamila: American Championship while | half whên, England rediscovers the International was being sea a sunt-wearing fame of playet!

'task which threatened to.

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