1953-01-28 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1953.

ON THE BRITAIN

SOCONSIDE

(Contributed by Desmond Hackett, Robert Findlay and Henry Rose. Edited by Marshall Fallows)

Mention the name of Vie Keeble to Newcastle's boss and the famous Stan Seymour smile becomes positively cherubic

the

Villa might be persuaded to part-ir Sian Cullis will con-, dera swop for international winger Johnny Hancocks.

Scott has an vilice job near the ground. I haven't missed match for a long time," he says. "Brentford are still No.

with me."

The reason? Keehle has moved a few feet to the left-and saved Newcastle à little matter of £25,000.

Keeble WOR

centre- forward Newcastle bought from Colchester for £15,000. Now He has been switched to inside-left, and is playing 50 well that Newcastle have dropped the idea of buying Swansea's Ivor Alleburch (for

£40,000),

"We are definitely nut terested Ел Allchiirelt now," says Seymour, "Young Keeble has solved sit our worries."

Wolves have an iden Peter Aldis, Aston Villa's cultured Jeft-back, is the man to bol- ster their defener,

CAN SUPPLY THE WORLD CUP WINNERS

London Meeting Holds The Key

By A CORRESPONDENT

Britain's chance of supplying the winners of the World Cup in Swit- zerland next year rests largely with a decision taken at a meeting in London earlier this month. Present were the Secretaries of the four Home Football Associations who arranged the dates for next season's internationals.

These games have additional importance in view of the World Cup series which follows. They should be arranged to give British teams the best possible pre- parations for the tournament.

-Unless there is to be a re-improve our International The Axtures will not be an- petition of England's debacle in chances. But it would interfere inounced for some warks as the Alo in 1950, the British teams with Cup and League games. I four secretaries have to report must be at the peak of their think the clubs would object." back to their Associations, whe form.

will meet to ratify the arrange- Would they? A few might, outments. How can this beat be done? the majority would realise that category

By scrapping the usual Inter- this is a special occasion, that It is to be hoped that when

programme national

which British soccer prestige must not they meet they will realize just spreads three matches over bu sacrificed for the sake of aj how much they mean to British whole season. Remember that couple of League points.

soccer. Jast time England travelled to Rio in June 1950 having played one home International in eight months.

Into the things-that-could-

·1:0 to | have-been-better-pul

comes this compliment, printed in the Brentford programme, to Leeds United's Welsh lender John Charles:-"A scrupulous- ly fair player. Charles

ray everything that a great foot baller needs. He is a good

MOST LOYAL SUPPORTER

Title of most loyal Soccer supporter must surely Billy Scott.

Not only on match days but Scott morning almost every can be found at Griálu Park watching the Brentford boys at training-

Remember Scott? Yes, he's the former

interna hoxer." England Lional inside-right who joined Brentford in 1932 and quit the game in 1947.

Pioneer Of Modern

Soccer Celebrates

100th

Birthday

One of the pioneers of modern Soccer, the Rev. John Spencer Malling Walker, attained the great age of 100 years last week. He is still hale and hearly, able to walk with cuse, in full possession of all his senses and takes a keen interest in current football.

An ex-Lancing College pupit, he is the senior Old Boy! in British football, and now lives in a private hotel at love, Sussex, with his wife, There on his birthday, his son, a local ophthalmic surgeon, treated him to a dinner of goose and Christmas pudding-and he had a second helping of each! He was a master at his old school from 1876 to 1888, and was afterwards Vieur at Brighton, Hove and Amport St Mary (Hants).

Newport manager Fred Stans- fel, searching for someone to defence. has strengthen his

made two visits to the QPR ground at Shepherds Bush. An exchange deal may resuli.

NICE GESTURE

Nice gesture by Joe Kennedy West Bromwich centre-half and skipper at the West Ham Cup. tle.

This must not happen agala,

ONE SEARCHING SCHEDULE

The International fixtures must be telescoped into one le- tense searching, schedule in March and Aprli 1954. For the stx months Kap between matches played in October of one year and April of the next; makes team building an impos- sibility. Players lose form and possibly their

places in their club side.

The idcal solution would be to select 22 probables, take them for i spell of intensive training, then pick the team. With the prezent crowded league pro-

The team were greeted by s "two-foot-nothing" youngster in a miniature Albion klt, cor- rect down to the football boots.

He presented a lucky horse-gramme. hoe to Kennedy....a sweet to cach player,

In return Joe got the penny used for the toss-up, ran be- hind the goal just before the kick-off, and handed it to the proud four-your-old mascot.

From January

onwards

Out

his

the

Albert Quixall, Shefeld Wed- nesday Inside-forward starlet, will only be able to turn for the club "by kind permis- sion" of his new employers.. The Rev. Walker,

for who was "The object was not so much toe goes to Catterick the Arst president of the Sussex | senre goals. but tr

Service KaNational

with Football Association in 1881, was possession of the ball and carry Royal Corps of Signals.

Expect

Frank also selected to row for Oxford |Ḥ. Torward. There was no limit

Blurstone, in the University Boat Race in to the number of a team, and it Crewe Alexandra's left winger.

would

considered to figure in a 1874, but was unable to do so wo

transfer deal have been because of examinations. He unsporting to abject to the other roon. Chelses are favourites for started playing football in 1863, side having more than us. To two years before the sturi of ¦ liven things

To show he means up we sometimes the Franco-Prussian War, while

to

manager Tod Drake is suspend the agreed

*110- hacking rule, anch never with a slgræd blank cheque to

the railway town. seemed to come to much harm take to through that, although one of my knees is twice the size of the other,"

a boy at Lancing.

GAME WAS DIFFERENT "The game was much different then," says the Rev. Walker

L. Goldman Winsfotball

ner

Lusitania Cup

At Fanling

The 10-hole competition against Bogey played during the week-end resulted in a win

his signature.

:་

business. armed

You can count Ted Ditchburn Among Soccer's best all- -rounders Daris-billiards,

The Rev. Walker reads alt the snooker, tennis, netball, swim- results Saturdayming, boxing...they all come nights, both amateur and pro-alice to this outstanding ball fessional, and he considers 100 player. And Ted is no mean much space and time is devoted cricketer. lo pools to the detriment of the game proper.

WOULD NEVER HESITATE

Tough, He told me that up to 90 years

thoughtful

year.

Jack

man

would

however, the clubs never agree to this. Therefore, the next best thing has to suffice.

This is to play the complete

In) prograinme of six matches eight weeks. Each country plays three games and this would allow them to build a team that is a team, whose weaknesses have been probed and strength established.

touch

STRONG SUPPORT

Sirong support for this scheme

comes from Scotland. Scottish captain George Young said last week, "It is a

grand ide Our team has already lost since the last Inter- nat national. If we could keep to gether almost continuously for something like two months our chances would be 100 per cent better."

An official of the Scottish FA commented: "Of course it would

MANHATTAN ISLAND AWAITS THE SHOCK OF MR SOLOMONS

By

STERLING SLAPPEY

London, Jan. 27.

Jack Solomons, de luxe London fight promoter who has developed a one-track ambition-getting a chance at the World's Middleweight Championship for Randy Turpin

is due in New York next week (February 6 or 7).

He is coming out of the Pacific where he has been vacationing and though little specific is said here, it is safe to assume the vacation ends when Solomons crosses the Hudson River and sets foot on Manhattan Island.

In Manhattan he Intends out a doubt the No. 1 contender sceing four men on one subject: and therefore he is exempt

The subject-getting a world | from eliminations. title fight for Turpin "this sum- mer.

The coffee-coloured boy should walt for the other top middle- weights to go through elimina

the tions and he should meet survivor.

Not only

should Turpin be exempt, but when the other-

Bobo Olsen. Charles Hunicz and Chico Vejer-get duough eliminating each other.

The man-Robert Christen perry of the New York Athletle Commission; Jim Norris of the International Boxing Club; Abe Green of the National Boxing Association, and Lew Bursion, New York representative for such as Solomons fight enterprises.

Neither Solomons, the British.then the title fight should be

Control nor held on this side of the ocean, Boxing Board of

Jack Solomons promoting, of any other boxing boss this side of the Atlantic wants any part course. of an elimination series of fights to determine which two fighters middleweight meet for the crown.

The British, with Solomons leading the way, are unanimous in insisting that Turpin is with

Sedgman Sees No Money In Professional Tennis Matches In Australia

Toronto, Jan. 27.

JUSTIFIED

Such arrangements no doubt are 100 pro-British and toe pro- Turpin for many Americans, bu! Solomons and his actually colleagues have justification for claiming not only the

top Oghter, but the right-to-stage the Championship battle.

Turpin is a former Middie- weight Champlon and for that reason alone deserves major consideration. He took the title from Sugar Ray Robinson in London in June, 1931, but failed to hold it when they fought a return bout.

On his record and taking the word of many American experts,

L. Goldman was the win-of age he had watched the local Stamps, Derby County's

of the Lusitania Cup Brighton and Hove Albion pro-schemer-in-chief — the which was played for at fessional side play, had been to England team manager Walter Sussex County League Amateur Winterbottom once described Fanling on Sunday, runner-

matches, ariel watched The As one of the best uncapped The Australian tennis ace, Frank Sedgman, said last | Turpin truly is the No. 1 con- up being W. S. Vaughan. “Arthur Dunn" Cup Final (for inside-forwards In the coun-

Old Boys' teams) in his 10th,try-would never hesitate,

ir night that he did not think he would want to play pro-tender for the vacant title.. The were a selector, to choose fessional matches in Australia because taxes would cut too A title fight this summer "We never had any organised Chelsea's Roy Bentley for Eng-deep into his earnings. for Lt Col R. M. Brydges who leagues in my lime," he said

He says: "With the Nat returned a card showing four and we never went into any Lofthouse

of type up. Col D. Baker-Carr and J. G. special sort of training, but we forward in the England Byington were point runners were always kicking a ball about. Bentley is just the kind of in- up with one up against Bogey or playing cricket, or pulling a

boat-so we were always fit. I side man needett. 1 was active at some game or other never leave him out." until I was 50,"

A Stableford compellition will be held on both Courses during the coming week-end, seven- eights of handicaps being al- lowed.

The following is the result of the draw for the first and second rounds of the Open Foursomes:

1st Round

W.C. Choy W.C. Rung v Pale-Huni: L. Saphstere.

2nd Round

land.

alde,

BRAATHENS