1952-12-18 — Page 6

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1952.

MCC SECRETARY THROUGH THE CENTRE OF THE ARGENTINE THE BRITISH BLOOD-STOCK

CALLS FOR A NOTE

OF OPTIMISM

Encouraging words from the new MCC Secretary, Mr Ronnie Aird, greeted the County Secretaries when they gathered at Lord's earlier this month to confirm the cricket fixtures for the 1953 season.

Mr Aird, who has succeeded Colonel Rait Kerr, sald he was looking forward with confidence to the future and called for a note of optimism on the occasion of the visit of the Australiane.

He said that if England could win the rubber in 1953 would be one of the foest things that could happen to cricket for year,

The more one heard of the weird and unhealthy behaviour of the Australian crowds to- wards thek Own succesful players, the protée appeared to be the need for a change.

The approved list of fixtures shows that the Australians, who open their tour at Worcester on April 20,

Lancashire, oppose Yorkshire The Champlons, Surrey, twice. The tour ends with two matches against Scol- land, at Paisley on September 15 and in Elinburgh three days Inter.

For the first time

thes

for many University

sides, ford and Cambridge, will ap-| pear only ALCO IM Land's Normally both play the MCC before they meet each other in the Varsity match.

May 30 v. Nottinghamshire (or Nottingham).

June 3 v. Sussex (ht Hove), June 4 v. Hampshire (at Southampton).

June 11 y. ENGLAND (First Test at Nottingham),

June 17 V. Derbyshire (Chesterfield).

June 20 v. Yorkshire (Shef- feld).

June 29 v. ENGLAND (Second Test at Lord's}.

July 1 v. Gloucestershire (at Bristol).

July 4 v.

Northamptonshire

(at orthampton).

July 9 v. ENGLAND

Test at Manchester).

(Third

July 18 v. Middlesex (nt Lord's).

July 23 v. ENGLAND (Fourth Test at Lees).

July 20 Oval)..

M

v. Surrey (at the

Aug. v. Glamorganshire (at Swansea).

the

Aug. 5. Warwickshire (at Birmingham).

the

This year, however, lateness of the Cambridge examinations, owing tu Coronation, have forced a break in the traditional series,

This will be resumed

next year and In the meantime the MCC

are to send a side to Fenuery on June 6. Surrey also pay one of their rare visits to Fenners on May 2.

AUSTRALIAN

FIXTURES

Apell 20 v. Worcestershire (at

Worcester):

May

Mov

نا

Leicestershire (ut

12

Aug. 8 v. Lancashire (at Man- chester).

Essex 2. v.

(at Southend).

Aug. 15 v. ENGLAND (Fifth Test at the Oval),

Aug. Taunton),

22 V. Somerset

Aug. 20 v. Gentlemen of Eng- Jaund (nt Lord's).

Aug 23 v. Kent (ut' Canter- bury),

Sept. 2 v. South of England

Hastings).

Sept. 8 v. T. N. Pearce's XI (at Scarborough).

May 21.

(at

Leicester).

V. Yorkshire

(ut

Sept. v. Combined Services (at Kingston).

Bradford),

9

v. Surrey (at the

|

Sept, 15 Paisley).

v.. Scotlanci

(at

Sept, 18 v. Scolland (at Edin- burgh).

--(London Express Service.)

Oval).

May 13 v. Cambridge Univer- sity (at Cambridge).

May 10 v. MCC (m Lord's). May 20 v. Oxford University (at Oxford),

May 23 v. Miner Counties (at Stoke).

May 27 v. Lancashire (at Manchester),

NOTICE

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

Annual Race Meeting 1953 17th, 21st & 24th January and

and

The Belgium team is seen leading the field during a phase of the recent International Cross Country Cycle race which crossed the centre of the Argentinė. -Express Photo..

A

Hundred Scottish Soccer Players Earn £1,000 A Year

By BRUCE SWADEL

What should we pay our star footballers? In England the Play- ers' Union suggested £20 a week as a maximum wage. In Scotland our players need never worry about a maximum,

In recent years a good hundred professionals are already making £1,000 a year and more out of the game. And most of the other hundred or so A Division regulars are carning something over £750.

possible when

How Is this

I state it here - Kar prob-

known club is Aberdeen's £14 a week (although it has been for the 40 weeks of the playing for long onough in official season?

circles): The wages for which

t

a player signs at the begluning the basic wage of any Scottishably the first time in print of a staron has little relation in most cases to the money in his pay packet each week,

League rules allow clubs to pay, on top of wages, £2 for a win, £1 for a drawn game. But, in fact, bonuses for League tumes have often been ten times greater than that; for Cup wins as much as 25 times more.

Because the extra payments have been classed as wages—~, not as bonuses—they have satis- fed the law of Scottish football, which places no maximum limit on wages.

HKCC MEET RAF A NEW DEAL FOR

TODAY IN

SQUASH MATCH

i

The following will represent

the Hongkong Cricket Club in

a friendly Squash match against Royal Air Force

at Victoria

BRITISH TENNIS

Barracks Squash Courts today, By CHARLES STEPHEN

commencing 6.30 pm:

British lawn tennis players are no longer to be the game's poor relations. At the annual meeting of the Lawn Tennis Association, Lord Templewood, re-elected President for the 22nd year, outlined a two-fold scheme which will put Brilish players on an equal footing with those of other nations.

P.L. Holmes, R.S.L. Frowen, Macpherson, H.RO. Hubble, RW. Franklin, G.H.P. Hong Kong Derby

Pritchard. 2nd May, 1953

The following will represent the Royal Air Force. Draft

Programmes

Squadron Leader Kingsford, Entry Forms for the above Officer Metcalfe, Flight Lieut. Squadron Leader Amolt, Flying

The first part of the scheme is to finance the may be obtained at the Newell, Flying officer Charles, training of half a dozen selected young players in the - Secretaryfa-Oillov, --Alexandra | Wing Commander Kettlewell.first-class-game. The second is to provide these

Houxe; the Club House, Happy Valley and the Stables, Shan Kwong Kond.

Entries close to the Secre- tary, Alexandra House, 8th floor, at NOON on Saturday, 20th December, 1952,

in

HKFC TEAMS

December 20:

youngsters with a job which will not interfere with tennis.

Lord Templewood made two oppeals. One, in connection with The following Football Club soccer

are Hongkong the first part of the scheme, was teams for for cash. The other was to em- League matches on Saturday, players, to find jobs, and not bluid-alley ones, for the young- He pointed out that a World Champion can be a real asset to a particular business.

The LTA have started off the fund with a contribution of £500.

1st XI y Sing Tho at Happy Voi-sters, Please enclose entry formy, kick-off p.m.-Mular Arm- Mtrong. Strange. A. C. McDonald. envelope Anderson, Targy, Treadwell Gard-

new, Keane, Müllen, Bickford. Re Serve-Walton.

the

provided,

green

By Order,

H. MISA,

Secretary.

2nd XI v Salleltors at Happy Val- ley, kick-on 230 _p.m. - Taylor, Karney, Viant, Carr, Lapsley, W. J. McDonala. Law, Barker, Vaughan, | McGulanes | Walton, Reserves. -

Smith, Ward and Sargeant.

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While similar schemes-have long been operating in other countries the Californian Tennis Patrons' Association ix an example this

represents a complete change of polley in Britain.

BEYOND RECALL

Lord Templewood sald "The old days of the rich amateur who could afford to spend his time playing tennis or cricket at his own expense are gone beyond.

recall. We must

must adapt ourselves

to the new conditions."

uded0 possible objections,

their

ARCH MOORE

BEATS MAXIM ON POINTS

won

a res

TWO DIFFER

whose playera

Two clubs do not follow this policy - Queen of the South. who pay a maximum wage of £12 in the first team, plus £1 for each League point won - and Hearts, agreed to these terms, with an additional £1 a point put into

reserve fund for them. How different from the B Division club which divided more than

£200, among

the players who won a promotion- deciding match a few seasons or two of the postwar Scottish Cup-winning teams, who were paid £100 a man after their Hampden triumph.

What does it all add up to for the individual player in a nor- mal season?

INDUSTRY IS IN

GRAVE DANGER

There have been many complaints since the war that heavy taxa-. tion is crushing racing in Britain. The danger was stressed by the trend of the Newmarket December sales, where many of the best animals for breeding purposes were bought for export, and was brought squarely before the public eye by a speech made by Mr Jack Gerber, the South African, who races in Britain.

Mr Gerber told leading British turf figures unequivocally- that the British bloodstock Industry was in grave danger when speaking at the annual dinner of the Gimcrack Club at York. Ho and Colonel Jack Scott, joint owners of the filly Bobe Grande, were guesta of honour at the dinner through Bebe Grande's success in the Gimcrack Stakes at York in August.

7,000

Mr Gerber put his points of elevating Influence" Mr Gerber guinean for Enrapt, and view in a novel way by telling said. "Mr Churchill would not guineas for Nicky Nook. Listeners what be thought the consider that the exploits of a Altogether eleven Hyperion Prime Minister, Mr Winston Mies Vivien Leigh in "Amares are to be exported as a Churchill, might say i the Streetcar Named Desire" are result of the sale-stock which is bonour of making a Gimerads more elevating than those of a virtually irreplaceable, as Hype- speech was hia

Mr Charlie Smirke on another rlon, now 22 years of age. in. Mr Churchill would realise, means of transport named near the end of bla stud career.

ane bo Britain's Tulyar." he said, that

The troubles of British

breed- finest heritages was being dis-

crs have been increased by the sipates, and that his Government, like others before it, was taking

export of many top. class aires. Nasrullah is the latest example, part in the dissipating.

Mr Gerber suggested three following Blenheim, Nahram Mr Gerber pointed out that it possible

courses of action-an and Muhmoud. All four went to cost owners £800 a year to investigation of the validity of the United States keep a horse, compared with an the Inland average of only £200 year in ment's view that the activities Stake money for each animal, of the Betting Control Board Breeders faced an ineroase in

THREE POSSIBILATIES

Revenue Depart-

costa af over 50 per cent, and in ponsible for the tote) were

drop at 30 per cent in males to prices. In the last six years.

BEST GOING ABROAD Ho asked how Britain could continue to export at the year of ver £0,000,000 a

UNFORTUNATE

The loss of Blenheim, Nahram

particularly these were the three leading ree-horses

to taxation; an alteration and Mahmoud, all bred by the the tote statute to plough Aga Khan, was *tote profits back into the race- | unfortunate, since

courses where the prolis were tåken, and a clarification of the legal rights of owners to reason- in which they played a leading able

for "this show paymente

Jood,

on

la

by Blandford, the greatest sire of the inter-war years. Today, 11 i almost impossible without 0 thriving homa role."

Britain to oblain a top class stallion -with potential, and declared that the

Blandford blood. Stichand Sykes, speaking best British stallions and mares, later, at the dinner, asked the England's loss

hag been which should never be allowed Stewarts of the Jockey Club to

America's gain, for they to leave Britain, were going contemplate setting up a con- dominated American breeding abroad.

ference composed of representa- for many years, "Clearly, Mr_Churchill would tives of all the important While good British stallions Icason that the mother and organisations connected with are going abroad, British father of this debacle is taxa- vacing and breeding.

breeders have had to rely to a tion in its many restrictive,

extent great "There is no

Continental strangling guises," he said.

doubt that Mr blood. Gorber was giving the views of blood. Of the six top eines laat season, three have a considerable Mr Churchill would wonder most British breeders when he proportion of French or Italian how the Chancellor of the Ex-, and that the best breeding stock blood. chequer had got away so neatly Britain

should never be allowed to leave with a well camouflaged betting

Before the tax, which had yielded last year export avere content with the buyers for £700,000 in taxation from the cheaper mares, which, though tote alone.

they might oal good race "If this money were used to horses, were unlikely to produce well the prize money," he de top class winners. Today that is clared, "better fare would be changed. Foreign buyers want provided and far more money the best, and they are prepared would flow into the Exchequer to pay big prices. by way the entertainments

of

Mares by Hyperion have been tax. And surely, there was a outstandingly successful at stud, case for

tax exemption, for and exporters concentrated on thero was a precedent.

ter. them at the last December sales. "The Arts Council, for Baron Maurico de Rothschild of example, is exempt from tax France secured two of the most because art is recognised as an valuable, when he - gave, 14,500

BOXING

BACHER. AS

HE SUBRE CHANAN

war,

Business Houses To Hold

Nobody, probably, has attain. ed the golden heights Alan. Mor- ton reached in his first season 1

as a Rangers player. He is-said to have been paid £80 a week as compensation for giving up amateur status ás a Queen's Parker.

St Louis, Mo., Dec. 17.

Arch Moore unanimous 16-round de cision over Jooy Maxim tonight to win the light- heavyweight crown -- United Press.

But Jimmy Mason made near- ly £1,500 last season 09 n Third Lanark player. Since he played only 15 games in the

the highest

earner fry British football.

Randolph Turpin rat team, he must qualify as

Relinquishes

↓

10 HOURS A WEEK

Table Tennis Tournament

A table tennis tournament, open to all Sports Clube of Business Houses, is being organised by the recently formed Business Houses Sports Federation.

Tenran, who heads the list, is by the French Bois Rousel; the British sires Hyperlon and Nasrullah, in fourth placo after Persian Gulf, is now in America, and the fifth and sixth. Nearco and

Niccolo Dell Arca weze bolh bred in Italy.

Obviously, British breeding cannot indefinitely continue to hold a high place in the world with such B drain... on ita resources as exists today. Réu¬

Test Hopefuls Draw With

South Africans

Sydney, Dec. 17/ An Australiax XI, composed chiefly of young players trying to get into the Test side, and the team to tour England next summer, have drawn with the South African touring team

ere.

The Australians gained a first innings lead of 70 gums when they dismissed the South Africans for 206 in reply to 372. When stumps were drawn the Australians had scored 200 for four wickets in their second innings.

Three Australians when creased their prestige. In this match were the New South Wales players Alan Davidson, left-arm, fast-medium bowler, all rounder Richard Benaud and Sld Carroll, opening bat.

Colin McDonald and Cárróli batted slowly in an opening

The decision to organise ruch the response had not been very stand of 47 when the Australians a tournament, which will com- mouging. It would appear, went in a second time, but after mente during the rat week of said Mr Strachan, that many January 1952 was reached at a organisations were holding back opened out.

McDonald had gone Carroll With Benaud ho meeting of the Werkinderatio and waiting to see what benefits took part in one of the brightest Committee of the could be derived by joining the stands of the match, scoring.03 held at the Victoria Recreation Federation. club yesterday

with Mr J.

! in 44 minutes. Mr Strachan said that it was Strach. In the Chair,

the aim of the Federation to

With the cover drively and It was also decided that Sports cater for all forms of sports and hook as his favourite shots, Car- Clube of all Business Houses, to arrange

for the necessary Toll reaches 70 (ten fours) whether affilated to the Federa-provision of facilities for, these 184 minutes before he was de- tion or not, be eligible to take sporta.

ceived by a googly; from--Man- soll. part in the tournament.

'A SMALL

Regular International players ilke George Young and Sammy Cox of Rangers, Billy Steel of One Title Dundee, and Lowrie helily of

into the same i libs, come London, Dec. 17. lome group but only by miding Randolph Turpin, British and to their weckly wage auch extras "It may be sold that former he

World Middleweight | as five

"International or six instead of making these arrange- Champion and British Light- games at £30 a time, big Cup ments, it

would be better to heavyweight title holder, to and League bonuses, and the abolish the distinction between night relinquished the light- £150 a year accumulation of amateurs and professionals.

as from to-beneflt money. "I do not

share that view,vyweight titlo That would not only endanger

Turpin won the lightheavy- the Wimbledon Championship weight British and Empire

Entries for the tournament,

Previously he had hookad I doubt I any of them de- witch are to be sent to Mr C. but do considerable

injury to titles when he beat Don Cockell.

In connection with the table Mansell four times in one over. vates

more than 10 hours aJP, de Hear of the Royal Inter-tennis tournament

More than half of Benaud'a :37. those who play the game for

which was sport: This scheme will main various cxtensions of time to weck-in training and playing ocean Lind, will close on Jan being organised, it was decided rund came from. Ave boundaries.

of time to to the game. win the distinction between the decide which title he would

try 1, 1859,

to award a small cup to the

Jack Cheetham, South Africafa amateur and

Add the

to that the (net that professional." retain as under a ruling boxer

Mr Strachan said that Mr R members.

winners and medals to the team captain, scored a useful. 52, 30- hotel-owner George Young and

cluding five fours, in 2 hours 30 INTO LINE

cannot hold On the question of broadcast at different weights at the same both newspaper columnists and Kowloon Wharf and Godown that the tournament be confined press with only eight days to go

two British alles sports-outfitter Billy Steel are Taylor of the Hongkong and

minutes, but the South African It was originally intended side on the whole did not r ing and writing for the press the time.

becomes a fair bet that they Co, Ltd, who was nominated as only to Business Houses afiliat for the second Test. Association adopted the amend- Extensions were granted in pay tax on ment passed by the Intentional view of his negotiatles for than any under-30 in Soccer, the last meeting, bad writton

but on Alin Davidson hack the (best Federation.. amatour lawn tennis player can | Robinson, middleweight, and Cerininly, when you consider unable to

Lake contribute under his own name | Jooy Maxim Lightweight the gold that : pour into their was due to the fact articles or broadcasts on con- Champions.

club coffers each year. in which he is playing. petitions in

In view of an impending After all, another "Jimmy"

- MILLER RECOVERED"," Me H. Garton Nash, the Honor world title aght with Robinson Mason is recently reported to that the Sports Club of the The following were present ary Treasurer, spoke

Charles Humez of France, have been paid £50,000 for ap Hosgoons and Kowloon Wharf at yesterday meeting-Mr 1. of the or

Sydney, Dec. 17 burdens of the increated enter Turpin was expected to give up poaring in two Blingitidi

Keith Miller, Austmalian Tost and Godown Co., Ltd, would Bouza (Cable & Wireless) all rounder, is appearing before tainment tax. He said that the heavier weight,

doubt if he would add the Join Us Federation carly next fee and Cold Storage Co, Lik), a medical board this afterbooll

Mr KK Chow (Dairy Farm, £10,540 had been paid in enter- It is the second title he has higher in a popularity poll in tainmente tax on events under relinquished this year, as in Scotland thors the pin-up boy

Mr Leung Yew-cheung Car to decide his finesh for the the direct control of the LTA, October he surrenderne the of Cathkin,

KARGO PANNY T-GD; Masons of Lane, dine, Matheson Ca

icond: Test ma olenn and a further £14,600 had been European middleweight crown The and aspect of the money Cruerford Ltd., Indicated that no Mr A. J. Hussain

South Africa'siri: juld in Income and profis tax. to avoid posible entanglements in football is that fully butt betaler de to hether the Sports Mr. C. J. P... de Heer (Roy

He added that under present in view of the world

ld tille Scotland 1,000 Senior foot. | Cháy of his c Company would Join Intercoon Line), Mir legislation these sums will be chance. more than doubled next year, and George Middleton, anager £500 this may have a disastrous offect of Turpiri, modo it clear that The Inoctuled ros on many Open Championships in Turpin, had; not given up the the land does now "SEMES Britain.

Empire Lightheavyweight that 4-(London), Esept (London Express Service) Championship—Helper,

vice];

a bigger Income Chairman of the Federation o sa with the Federation.dung Australian bowling figures with This states that an'i world title fights with Ray Are they with the money? | kapress' his apolonton & Co. Ltd., it was decided cost of 108 runs-Routorgan

for being the suggestion. of Mr

Binthe This Yow-cheunt of Jardine,

his that the tournament be-thrown the

to: all Business Houses,

had not wes jolied

Fot. It was expected the".

Aye wickets ir 331 over at a

who had treen si

fn from an alcorated from the same, until * Commation deerling was distries), Me: T. C. D Mason and today he won

story. In bild sexlyginth yearzyk zl (Lane Crawfoni Lid). Me covered, Tib, onoplu

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