1952-08-13 — Page 6

THE CHINĄ MAIL - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1053,

1,000 FOOTBALLERS ARE LEYTON PREPARE FOR THE NEW SEASON HONGKONG STARS

ON THE TRANSFER LISTS

Testing Period Ahead For The Financially Weak Third Division. Clubs

For the past few weeks England's 3,000 professional and semi- professional soccer players have been under intense training in pre- paration for the struggle for Cup and League honours in the 1952-53 season which opens on August 23.

Housewives engaged in their daily shopping expeditions see groups of sun- innned, 'athletic-looking men in track suits pounding the sidewalks in the streets near the locul soccer ground, wise-cracking to the women' as they tent along.

This is one of the carly phases of the players' training, which includes strenuous calesthenies in both the club gymnasium and on the soccer ground.

Ball practice will be the last | Commenting on the coming home matches, when rain turned stage of the training schedule campaign, the Manager of the when matches will be held team, Mr Matt Busby, said, "We between the "Probables" and the hope our blend of experience "Possibles". In other words, the and youth will carry us through first teen versus the reserve side, to something big again. If It doesn't it won't be for the want

of trying."

The forthcoming season will be a testing period for most clubs, especially the financially weak Third

The second team

to

carry

their pitch into a virtual swamp, They are taking no chances this season. A complete new pitch, costing £10,000, has been lai down during the closs This should enable the Spurs to continue playing their "along the carpet" soccer in the worse of the

Division outills, whose off honours last season, New rainy weather.

officials will be watching the size of the attendances.

THE BOOM IS OVER

The post-war soccer boom in now definitely ended in England, and the clubs have again been forced to raise the price of admission as a result of the Government introducing a new

entertainment tax. scale

Rising costs and decreased attendances-which slumped by 600,000 at all Football League matches last season-more than offset just

season's Increase of the admission Tec,

Most managers evidently fear

season.

castle, who won the FA Cup two years in succession, alco One team which will be closely anticipate another good season. watched by fans this season is But fane are already asking Chelsea, whose play for many whether the team can maintain seasons has been the source of the strain of another season, Jokes for vaudeville comedians, particularly as no new bloodHowever, big things are expected has been introduced into their of this team this year, ronks.

PUT TO THE TEST

strchuous

With the retirement of their veteran

maneger, Mr Billy Birrell, the post-one of the Newcastle recently concluded most lucrative in English. League Africa,

tour of SouthSoccer-has been given to Ted Drake, the farmer Arsenal which allowed players only a few weeks' rest. his successful mangership

the centre-forward, who resigned in consequence, their fans be the Third Division club, Read- lieve that the team wlit being, in the hopes of instilling and enthusiasm into faced with the danger of stale new ite

the London team.

con-ricos.

to meet

smaller altendances. In sequence, some of them have This belief will be put to already taken steps

the test in Newcastle's first such a situation. Among them is home match when they face a reduction in the size of play-the virile London team, Totien- ing stairs,

ham, which narrowly missed Since the season ended last the League title last season. May more professional players

Tottenham's failure to clinch

have been placed on the transfer the League title was blamed on

at than ever before. It is estimated that 1,000 profession the number of points dropped in

al-one-third of the folal in the

Football League — have been looking for new clubs to employ them.

Their transfer fees range from £10,000 to nominal amounts of £500, which would give the transferred player the share of the beneilt duo to him after three years with a club.

CUT. IN PLAYING STAFFS

The cut in playing stalls is most noticeable in the Third Division, Mr George Hurley. Secretary of Queen's Park Rangers, who were relegated from the Second Division" "last; May, said, "Wo have cut our staff to 20-six less than last season."

At present the "big shots" of} the First and Second Divisions are waiting to see the effect of the increased admission prices before taking any economy mea-

sures,

1

Drake, who was one of the must dashing centre-forwards in the game, is confident that with the talent at bls disposal he will make the vaudeville come- dians look elsewhere for fent- sceson ball jokes by the time the

ends in May 1953. United Press.

Tommy Harris, Les Blizzard and Bert Hawkins, a trio of Leyton Orient FC players, scen in training for the resumption of the soccer season-Express Photo.

SURREY SCORE AN

EXCITING

EIGHT WICKETS VICTORY

OVER MIDDLESEX

London Aug. 12.

Surrey made their position at the top of the County Champion ship table almost impregnable by an exciting eight wickets victory over Middlesex at the Oval today.

Surrey, with 224 points, are now 52 points ahead of their nearest rivals, Yorkshire (172 points), who have played one more match.

thun

AGAIN BEAT BRITISH PAIR

By “ARGONAUT”

Hongkong's tablo tennis team of Sit Sul-chor, Keung Wing-ning and Fu Ki-fong last night led the Colony into her greatest sports triumph since her entry into International competition.

In just under four hours of workd-class table tennis at the Southorn Playground Stadium they defeated the two-man England team of former World Champions. Johnny Leach and Richard Bergmann, by three matches to one. The fifth match was unnecospory,........'.....

Leach and Bergmann will continue their exhibition series in Hongkong tonight by taking part "in" "knockout" "toumantent which will have Hongkong's Sit Sul-chor, Keung Fu Kl-fond

Kok

holding it to 15-16 and 17-19, when a decision by the umpire was protested by Bergmann..

wing as the other-ning | Bergmann that he had

พอ

Thổ ball hit the side or the table on Bergmann's side but in his attempt pushed the

the shot. retrieve

The point was awarded to him, but Keung took the set at 21-15, including three good smothes among his point- point-winning strakes. Bergmann easily

tho fourth set, but in the deciding It was a spectacular duci benith set he fell into a series of tween the lighting offence of initial errors to let Keung run Sit and the brilliant defence of

SPECTACULAR NUEL Sit Sul-chor gave Hongkong the lead with an impressive 14-21,

21-10,

-19, 21-14 and 21-16 repeat triumph over Bergmann In the opening match.

won

Bergmann, with oftence gaining away with a 6-3, 11-3 and 14-0 the day.

lesbergmann made a strong at- Sit was shaky in the first set, tempt to stem the tide and suc- sending his shots repeatedly outceeded in drawing up to 17-18, or into the net to allow Berg-

great excitement, struck the edge of the mann to lead 7-4, 13-12, and 18- Keun

14, before scoring five points in table for his 10th point. Berg- a row for the set.

mann just got over his drop shot The second set was s close for his 18th point, but his next struggle all the way, with Sit drive bounced off the net and gaining greater accuracy in his Koung scored the winning point smashes. From 13-14 Sit for with a follow-up drop shot to ed on to 18-14 with a series of win the set and moich for Hong-

drives, but at 19-15 Bergmann kong.

was seen

THE RESULTS

- (In order of play)

Bit Sul-chor (HK) beat, R. * Bergmann (England),14-21, 21-10, 21-14, 21-16.

Keung Wing-ning (HK) lost ato. Leach (Englarat) 23-21,

16-21, 13-21, 16-31,

Fu Ki-fong and Sit Sul-chor (HK) beat J, Leach and R (England) 21-10, 31- 10, 18-21, 21-10. Bergmann

Keung Wing-ring (HK) beat R. Bergmann (England) 7-21,- 21-10, 21-10, 13-21, 21-18.

KAY'S GAMES

Tournament. Keung Wing-ning v`R. Berg-

in some spectacular retrieves us he forced his

орро nent to smash out and caught up to 10-10.

Bergmann, however, sent out Yorkshire can only pass Surrey now if they win all their remaining five a backhand return, and Bit

the set completed

with matches and then only if Surrey fail to gain another outright victory this season.

barrage of smashes.

The

100-9, third set went was their (Gimblett 50, Muncer six for Yorkshire falied to gain a7y| Surrey's victory points

before Sit broke through Berg in their rain-qurtal socond over Middlesex by eight 20, Shepherd four for 40).

At Lord's Combined Ser- mann's defence to lead 11-10, match, which ended today. Sus wickets this season, and brought total with five wickets sex passed their first innings their total of wing to 18, five vices beat Public Schools by 16-10, and 18-14.

two in hand more

smashes Services A drop, and Yorkshire. Once 123 runs. Combined

sit the third set. Berg- declared gave and so took four points.

their all-round ability 179 and 208 for eight again

held Sit to 6-6 in the No other County is within was shown, for after dismissing (Tiimus 87, Phillips four for man

167 and fourth set but the lead- Middlesex for 15%

four successive || they had 40). Public Schools striking distance of

errors by Bergmann pub bit into ers, though Derbyshire (144 Utila dificulty in scoring Last 107 (Stevens three for six.)

the lend by 11-8. points)

As Wellingboroug

Derby and Lancashire (140) to work of the 101 runs need- could both overtake Yorkshire, od, for victory in 63,

shira minutes,

beat Northamptonshire At the other end of the table, with seven minutes to spare.. by five wickets. Northampton 19-14 und after being wide with Somerset (40 points) werd Had

any Middlesex player shire 210 and 172 (Smith four two smashes succeeded in the and next two to clinch the set and beaten by Glamorgan, while been able to stay for long with for 51). Derbyshire 118 Nottinghamshire

(44 points) Denis Compton, Surrey might 185 for Ave (Carr, not out, 53). match. lost, their first innings points to easily have broca

forced to bo AL. the Oval Surrey beat

CONSTRUCTIVE DEFENCE... Worcestershire.

with first innings Middlesex 77 and 152, Surrey Middlesex content

by eight wickets, points.

Leach's strong all-round play comfortable 21-23; Compton defended stubbornly 120 for nine declared (Young earned him and stayed at the wicket for two six for 42) and 102 for two, -21-18, 21-13 and 21-15 win over hours and 55 minutes and when Reuter.

Keung Wing-ning. Leach's de the Middlesex innings ended was

fence yas more constructivo unbeaten for 43.

and lime and again gave him

England's lone win of tho openings for kills.

night came from Johnny Leach From 11-11 in the first schwho accounted for etxrent Leach went ahead to a 17-12 Hongkong Champlon Keung- lead, but Hongkong's bouncing Wing-ning in four sets. player came back with a series

America's Tennis Players Will Probably Wind Up Underdogs.

Their Own

In

Championships

New York, Aug. 12.

Uncle Sam's tennis players will probably wind up as underdogs in their own National Championships later this month in the face of another invasion by crack Australian players.

Frank Sedgman, blond-haired top-man of the Australians' Davis Cup team, took the United States title "Down Under" last year. And now Ken McGregor, another blond basher from the Antipodes, is being named as one of the favourites for this year's Championship at Forest Hills.

McGregor gained in favouritiam 1 It was the second time this year service. I have been practising a this week by whipping Sedgmon that. McGregor has beaten lot on that."

in the finals of the Eastern Grass Sedgman who is frequently re- Courts, Championship at Orange,ferred to as the world's greatest New Jersey.

amateur player. before his lanky compatriot in the Australian Championship last winter.

Furuhashi

Sets

his

A fast scoring partnership' of

g

INDIAN TOUR -

Sit held on to the lead up to mann; J. Leach v Fu. Ki-fond

Keung- Sit Sui-chor v.winner of Bergmann match; Cheng Kwok- wing v winner of

of Lench-Fu match; Sif, Keung or Bergmann V Cheng, Lench or Fu.

A

London, Aug. 12. 60 in 33 minutes between Laurio In a day of enterprising cric Fishlock and Peter May took ket, the indian tourists defeated Surrey to victory after the Arst Gloucestershire by ex wickets two wickets had fallen for. 42, here today. They successfully with the County a little behind accepted the challenge to hit of gallant retrieves to level the the clock-Reuter,

in

100 minutes after stershire captain

the

ten minutes to spare,

Final scores were: Gloucester- At Portsmouth Lancashire.

shire 198 and 47 for suma de beat Hampshire by 25 runs cinred. Indians 138 and 108 for Lancashire 133 and 208 for four-Reuter. eight declared (Grieves 04, Washbrook 00). Hampshire 150

•

the

his

¦ Richard Bergmann went down in both his

unbeaten and the Leach-Bergmann doubles coin- bination met with their first. defeat at the hands of Sit Sul- chor and Fu Ki-fong,

•fiffiegles games,

Ex-Shanghai

Bowlers To

Play HKCC

score at 17-17, 18-18, 10-10, had 20-20 and 21-21. Keung got CLOSE OF PLAY SCORES :

through

with a smash and In chasing the runs the 1-Leach then drove out to give London, Aug. 12.

dians lost their fint three wie the set to Keung. Colse of play scores of today's kets for 34 but Umrigar then

hit

Leach bad the measure of cricket matches were:

'a hurricane. 35, which included At Cheltenham Gloucester six lours, and Adhikari and opponent in the remaining three shire 198 and 47 for seven Phadkar, maintaining a merry sets and, cleverly varying his wickets declared. Indians 138 pace of scoring. hit on the re-strokes and using his accurate and 108 for four. India won by maining runs for victory with attack to complete the points, six wickets.

led all the way in all the three

A three-rink triples lown sels."

The doubles match was an- Chater Road on.

bowls match will be held at Saturday, other one in which offence was August 10, at 3.30 pm. between pilted against defence. Sit was a team of ex-Shanghai residents off and on but, a typical attack and the Hongkong Cricket Club Following the National Cham-

SURPRISE FIELDER

ing player, he was unstoppable The match, which is the first and 100 (Harrison 51, Tattersall Sedgman fell pionships, McGregor and

when he got going. Loughborough, Aug. 12.. Australian team at

eight for 71),

of its kind to be played bo- Fu was the steadier of thetween members of the Hongkong in a tournament at Los Angeles.

Spectators were surprised here Loughborough Leicester- Then

they will leave for home shire beat

Kent by

today to see Godfrey Evans, the Hongkong combination and on Cricket Club, will be

in the pino about September 20 to prepare wickets. Kent 182

Kent and

night's performance the best England wicketkeeper,

nature of a miniature Interport and: 103 Interviewed following his latest for the defence of the Davis

within the

HKCC. In Though brilliant

their victory over Sedgman, 23-year- Cup. The winner of the United (Evans 70, Jackson four der fielding near the boundary in the of the four.

25, Walsh three

closing singes of the Leicester-

The challenge was issued by for nine). old McGregor admitted that he | Stätes-Italy'

shiro

defence will meet icestershire 200 and

and forcing their oppon- innings. He explained

the ex-Shanghai residents. 20 10 would like to take the United | the Australians in the 'challenge"

later that ho

number of had been to the ents to fall into a

Teams selected are na.' follow: States tille back home with him | round.

local hospital to have a splinter errors with their underspin, both

Shanghai.. Wallwork, T.W.R. next month,

drew Tamoved from a Anger and the Borgmann and Leach found the At Southern Essex McGregor declined to make

Warwick-barxiago which prevented him. Hongkong pair faster on the with their Meanwhile, the giants of the

"But it is hard to say how I any predictions regarding this with Warwickshire.

shire

228 and 208 for seven from damping wicket-iseeping move and accurate Football League are enthusias-

will be playing at that time," Davis Cup challenge round. Ho

Essex gloves was

to be removed later continuous attacking strokes.

85-MINUTE MATCH tically looking forward to

Tokyo, Aug. 12. said the quiet, soft spoken Aus- said he preferred to wait until declared (Gardner 60)

The Koung versus Bergmann successful season, although very Hironoshin Furuhashi, the tralian youngster. "My game the American squad is named. 169 and 108 for eight (Town in the day.

send five for

"Its nothing to worry about," few of them

have made any "flying fish of Fujiyama," may improve or fall off.

"Naturally I hope we win." startling changes in their line-will devote his future efforts ever know in tennis."

107 for Kent and will be in the Englend minutes, with both players resort:['play is requested to notify Mr T. he said. "But those matches are with Sussex. to the training, of new LUCK OF THE DRAW always hard fought and it la four declared (Watson not out team against India on Thurs to safe tactics and waiting Korshell, ustion y

patiently for the sure kills. hard to prodlet what will hap-59), Sussex 188 for Winners of the League Cham- Japanese swimming aces.

forchand Bergmann's pionship,

court drives brought him the: Manchester. United,

McGregor also pointed put pen between now and Decem- (Suttle, not out, 89). "My whole efforts hereafter that his chances at Forest Hiber.United Press.

At Nottingham — Nottingham tace the opening of the season

majority of his points in the first full of confidence, and their will be to

drew

Worcestershire. concentrate on the may well depend on the luck of

with

four sets, but in the deciding set, the draw, optimism is well founded. The training of the younger genera-

these repeatedly bounced off the cord of the net to drop away from club has a wealth of junior tion to make the Heisinki dream "I suppose Sedgman and I

declared (Kenyon

the table. tament ready to bolster the come true," Furubashi wrote in will be top seeded in the foreign Rae Johnstone Nottinghamshire 100 (Hardstof, line-up at the first opportunity. a letter to the Japanese, Kyudo will be ranked one and two in

Krung's list and It all depends

Ironically, most of these clubs report that the demand for sea- son tickets has been as great as ever, but it is the fans in the cheaper parts of the ground who are the "life blood" of the game. And how they will react to pay- ing more to see their favourite sport remains to be seen.

ups of last season.

ITALY WINS

UNDER-20 TOURNAMENT

Vichy, Aug. 12.

Italy today to win the Gater Cup tennis tourney for players under

defeated France 4-1

of age.

20 years

In the final Singles match, Antonio Maggi (Italy) defeated Parroru Saussine (France) 6-4, 7-5..

Xavier

Himself A

Job To Do

news agency from Europe,

You

on who

series

the National seedings. I would Free To Choose

The Japanese swimming ace, like to win that title though. who suffered an unexpected des The handsome Australien was feat at the hands of the French-then asked if he had

seen any man, Jean Bolieux, and other young United States players swimmers In the Heleink! who stood out as threats for 400 Metres Free Style race, the National title. said he intends to retire from

active competition in his letter. "I cannot say that I have He asked for the "co-operation o answered quite condidly. of all to hip me In the build-But then we have not played too many tournaments during

trip/?^\-

ing up of new set of able swimmers to regain our piesige In swimming events."

Despite his defeat, Furuhash'a world record of 18 minutes 19 seconds in the 1,500 metres stilte stands officially.

Furuhashi also wrote in his

His Mounts

Deauville, Aug. 12,

מותר

Wilson A. Roberts; B.C. Smith, A Dixon, F. Marshall: F.C.p. Black, A.9. Mitchell. A. Harvey.

Hongkong-T.C. Fatrbum, E.3.3. Mitchell, A.W. Brown; W.J. 37orpor, B.A. Edwards, R.H. Wild: T.D. Angus, L.M. Lloyd, W. Walter-

„Any, Shanghai: playar unable to

At Bracions hire drew he said, Evans is to bat for singles match-losted fully 85. son, demands true of

day. Reuter. five

171).

TODAY'S PROGRAMME The following 'cricket matches Worcestershire 308. for sx are duo to

start at Home to doy!:

Derby.-Derby v Glamorgan." Cheltenharp.Gloucester v Leices- Hover.-Kent - v' Middlesex. Northampton, Northampton Lancashire.

Weston-super-Mare. Somerset Nottingham.

not out, 62, Jenkins five for 30)

and 20 for one.

At

Weston-Super-Mare -Glamorgan beat Sumerset by 50 runs. Glamorgan 220 and 106 for nine declared (Hazel three for 18). Somerset 171 for Hae Johnstone, first Jockey to plus declared (Buse 55) and 11 M. Marcel Boussac, is foco, to choose mounts, which means that although he is under contract to M. Boussac until the end of the year he may, if he wishes, ride for another owner during that fime.

This follows a statement by M.

Mickiregor, who statute

three inches, locks more Boussne's racing manager, M. football player than Francois de Brignac, which said, star. In fact, he did play "M. Boussac has made the follow- hood deal of football in Asia-ing arrangements in regard to

alia before turning to termin,

Jockeys for his horses in 1959.

·

In ho. penultimate match, letter to Kyodo that during the During previou

previous visits to the

Germany defeated Belgium Since

"Jacques Doyanbore will ride Kitcholas Pietrangell (Italy) Anal practice at Helsinki his United States some experts both in France and in England defeated Gerard Plot, 7-5, "0-1.` body fell "like a jog,"

claimed that McGregor had an horses trained by C. Semblat.. ertatie service but le bas from Charlie Elliott will ride, both defeat, Japanese practising hard on that phosa threo to two for third place, sports writers have given all of his

In France and in England, horses. Mezzi (Belgium) beat Von Mor kinds of arcuses for Furushia gama

Irained by G. H. Glynn, - It has gen (Germany) 6-0, 6-2, while bashi's defeat, but the 2000 thinks I am playing about been agreed between M. Bourac Potildeer. : (Germany) defenhed sportrenan said he, this "no us wall as I have always playet.” and Johnstone that the latter is. JB fromcat (Belgium) 0-0, intention DE presenting and pelmed out, “but that now free to choose his principal.

$161, United Fress,

umatica has probably helped my mounts-Router,

THE

ter.

Eastbourne.Sussex v Worderter. Coventry-Warwick v Burrey. Scarborough, --Yorksftire-v-Hamp- hire.

GAMBOLS

THEYRE ADVERTISING THAT NEW SUMMER TALC, F

[TLE BUY] YOU COME

OH NÓ OTodoCATE TERRIBLY EXPENSIVE- - YOU'RE

was

kong players unable to take part CROSS-| 20 the match, are requested to con- at Mr. E.Ft. Mitchell Telephone

30

CCO SEMI-FINALS

gallant retrieving

again prontinent. After losing the first set easily

The semi-finals of, the Cral- Club Rinks Competition will gengowor Cricket Club · Intra-

be played off on Sunday, August 17, at 4 p.m.

The following are the rinks: R. Pavel, H. Botelho, W. Howard,

by 7-25, he struck his form in w Ogley, vA.H.ismail AE the second set whet at 16-10 Castro. E el Arculi, De C.W he took five points in a row to Le

P. Nag), G. Madar, J.W. Leonard, win by 21-10.

The third set saw Keung lak-W. Rosz Bing v 9, Ramcliand, P.K. Law, E.R. Homelet, A:JI ing an Initial ledd of 6-2; and Costhe.

"BYE,"QLARİ —PROMI DU WON'T SPEND MONEY ON THAT TALC

¿PROMID

LEVEN

Barry Appleby

DEAR YOD BOY ME