GEORGE WHITING'S COLUMN
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, APRIL 28,·· 1959.
WORLD CHAMPION IN ACTION
"Now Bring On Rex Layne
Williams"
For Johnny
Says Ted Broadribb
Every time Johnny Williams wins, the camp followers of our streamlined Heavyweight Champlon set up a clamour for a "big name" American to be imported for Johnny to play with-accompanied by appropriate music from the bax office.
This time it is Rex Layne, the handsome but recently discredited young giant from Utah, whom manager Ted Broadribb fancies as um eligible target for our Champion's immaculate left hand-the left hand that outpointed Ansell Adams- (Trinidad) into a state of black and blue despondency at Leicester.
True, Willams has to defend "I want to get Johnny on to high, wide
Championship the Americatt
says swings.. open-plr
his British
Inarket,
bin a
on
and unhandsome
among
against Dun Cockell at Harrin- Broadribb,
heavy- gay next month, but that utleight with Layne this summer, in Williams we have the best
football boxing brain U
Wells. He has speed. and lic has spirit. What a Champion he would be if only we could' make him spitoful.
argument does not seem to be preferably holding up either the hopes or ground, would suit us nicely."weights since Bombardier Billy the negotiations,
Colony Chess
Championship
With the Rh round of the Colony Chess Championship be ing played at the Peninsula Hotel tonight, only two players remain unbeaten lo date. They are Ray Danenberg and S. B. Kho, both of whom have play ed only three of their games, The current standings are:
Ray Danenberg
S. B. Kho
G. S. Coxhead
PWDL Pts 33003
33003 43013
2203
Li, G. B. Blight 4 3 0 1 3
J. P. de Carvalho
G..R. Caswell
H. G. Hyndman
Peter Wen
J. B. Laing
A. M. Souza
A. G. Wilson
Rev. E. H. Lee
Dodds
4 2 2 03 4 21 1 2
HOW UNKIND
A bold and joyous statement, and in striking contrast to Me Broadhibb's rather testy trade
for
STATHAM? YES! Comments here on the let's- *Trueman of last week, when he was tell-go-curefully - abou
have เอ
found ing me how unkind and inju heme seen the buxing work was being to favour with cricket enthusiasts our Heavyweight Champion,
-which is a nice change this column. Whatever h Cockell, Jayne, Coulcitit, or anybody else, Wil- hans will be able to look backs on his 10 rounds with Adams as a jog-trot exercise against a willing tur i-equipped novices
fate Unele
agales! Tem
Typical letter. Walker, (EC2):
from H. M.
"Uy all mean. give Truemun encouragement but this young and strong fast bowler has yel to prove himself another Lar- against SUCCESSSES Willams, boxing like a good wood. His
Battering pace of the Indians can be craftsman at the welterweight, won very round and insteading. except, possibly, the first.
Adamy advanced into ballle Southpaw fashion, but I doubt whether this right-foot-forward
"I am mindful of Alee Bed- er's success in 1916, when the frdians provitied poor opposi- this ne It took tion, yet 4 11 21nbat was dictated by strategy. bowler a few seasons before he
more It looked
Jikely that proved his worth against Adams had his legs mixed up. Australians,
full 11 and it took him seconds to scramble.
4 1 1 2 11%
4 1 0 3 1
3 0 1 2
30030
40040
ten
the
"Our need for a genuine fust bowler is obvious and it is this the may induce One ponderous right swing fnet which to the temple
Williams selectors to play Trueman be- Results in the last, two rounds back or the ropes in the Brst fore he has really matured,
round-but that, to all intents and purposes, was the end
were:
Third Round:-Coxhead beat
Caswell, Kho beat Souza, Adams,
set1
uf
a
Miss Linde Wert), 10-year-old Australian holder of the World Women's Table Tennis Singles Championship, in play at Wembley, London, against Miss Betty Isanes (Surrey) in the quarter-final of the British Open Championships. lost in the final to Miss Rosalind Rowe, one of the Rowe twins-Express Photo,
FRED TRUEMAN SAYS:
She
WHAT'S WRONG WITH
A
FEW
BUMPERS?
By DESMOND · HACKETT
Hemswell.
Yesterday's Home Soccer Results
London, Apr. 22. Results of football matches played today were: DIVISION I
Bolton W. Cardiff C.
Charlton
0 W Bromwich I
0 Amonal
0 Burnley
Manchester C, 0 Preston,
DIV, IL (SOUTH)
Aldershot
Brighton
Cr. Palaco
Exter City
Norwich C.
Brentford
Gillingham
4
2
2
2 Bournemouth D
1
Ipswich T..
1
Coventry C. 0
0 Bristol R.
0
DIVISION II
1 Luton T.
1
Doncaster 2 Notts County 0 Everton
Linealn City
Leeds United 2 Notis Forcat 1 DIV. HII (NORTH) Bradford *.14 Arcrington Chester
2. Crewe Alex, Workington 4-Weexham
SCOTTISH "A".
Clyde
5 Th. Lanark 2 SCOTTISH "B" Forfor Wih. @ Kilmarnock Queen's Park 4 Albion R. -
OTHER MATCHI Mansfield T. 3 Leicester. C. 2
Reuter,
LEAGUE STANDINGS
Arsenal
Wolver
Pronton West Brom blackpool Charlion March Un Burnley Sunderland Cardiff Tottenham Portsmouth
Bolton
Aston Villa Newcastle Middlesbro Liverpool
Sloke Maneh City Shed Wed Chelsea
Derby
held
Sorry we missed the sight down at Southampton when the. Aus- tralian cricketers were being unloaded. It must have been quite something with columns of reporters, the brigade of cricket experts, th cameramen, newsreels, radio, TV-the lot.
his
First Division
Second
Huddersfield Luton
Leicester Notis For
Birmingham Fulham Swansca
Backburn
1
Leeds
But here, in deepest Lincolnshire, I was a one-man reception committee for No. 2549485 L.A.C./1 Trueman, F.
We did not over-envy the luxury of the liner Orcades. We were well content with as nice a cup of tea as ever came out of a Nanfi. like to "I should certainly
given
But he was "peaker" or two for the Aus- Fred last September, see young Statham
You know Trueman?
massive tralians-all, of course, in the chance. There are others, too,
Trueman. The England bowlers bursting at of
com- spirit of good, clean fun and Danenberg beat Wilson, Blight One or two "binghounds" in particularly Chir Gladwin
the brotherhood of cricket. kreat Wen, Hyndman beat
kill, Derbyshire, fusly hitler and our with the turf-singeing delivery edges with fitness and the crowd yelled for the
many Indians petence. which had 30 medium
PART OF THE GAME Loing. Carvalho beat Les Williams, with Champion- most consistent fast
There is nothing of the cau- Trueman demnants: skip tulies ahead, understand- bowler since the war. Truly, a biting the dust in the Tests Inst
tious Yorkshire lad about Thun-wrong with a few chances either match winner i
there summer.
derbolt Trueman. He admits he anyway? It's all part Here he was, 22 years beat ably took
London Express of was one." Wilson, of damaging his hands or
with never a tall bowled since
has never seen the Australians, game." info one of Adams's 'Service!
then puts on a big, easy: bean to explain: "But, that does not worry me. When I have the ball in my hand it's the fel- low at yon end that must worry."
Dodds.
Fourth
Round:-Wen
Hyndman, Blight beat
Caswell best Souza, Coxhead walking beat Lee Dodds, Carvalho beat Laing.
TODAY'S MATCHES
The leading players mcei three of tonight's matches. Ray Danenberg has
the
white pieces against G. R. Caswell, has white Lt. G. B. Blight
gainst S. B. Kho, and G. S.
white Coxhend has
Johnny Carvalho.
against
The other matches are: - A. M. Souza v. Rev. E. H. Lee Dodds, H. . Hyndman v. A. G. Wilson and J. B. Lait: v. Peter Wen.
Home Rugger Results
London, Apr. 22.
Following
were
the
results of rugby matches played today:
RUGBY UNION
Aberullery 13. Ivor Preece's International team 8.
Bristol, Cardif 10. Camborne
0,
Crowshay's team 6.
Captain
Penzance and Newlyn
Mountain Ash D.
13,
Plymouth Albion 3, Somerset
Police 8.
Brixham 0, Torquay Athletic 8. Waterloo 0, Birkenhead Park 22.
RUGBY LEAGUE Leigh 17, Oldham 13. Swinton 20, York 14. -Warrington 71, Bramley 10.
-Neuter.
|
ever
Keen Competition In Final Round Of Inter-School Badminton League
By "ARGONAUT”
old,
Doncaster Rotherham Everion West Ham Lincoln Brentford
Notts Cu.
ifull City
Bury "What's | Southampton bumpers,
of
the
So I look forward with glee- ful-anticipation to 'seeing this rugged hunk of. Yorkshire pluck in the proceed, as they say hardy North, to "get stuck in." And about time too. I will he rubbed his be a change for an England At which dread-bought delivery honde in cricket side to get the blow in happy match fun."
Barnsley
Third Divial Oldham Port Valo. Southport
Wrexham
York City Grimsby
Crawe Carliste
Bradfor
Bradford
Gateshead
Scunthorpe
expectation
of Tes: Arst.
Chesterfield
Hartlepools
Tranmere
AMBASSADORS....
This Larwood of 1953 expects to get back into cricket action
Stockport Darrow
Mandeld
to
Habtax Chester
Darlington
Rochdale
Workington Accrington
40 20 12 8 04 00 52
Third Division (South)
Aristol Rov.
on Saturday at Redcar, where Wo chuckled into our cups as Yorkshire have a one-day match we imagined the grand speech- with the North Yorkshire and making down at Southampton: South Durham League.
"Ambascadors of sport............
and
Trueman is a shade anxious so on. We both knew darned well that for all this fancy talk about that date. He wants both sides are raring to get at get the feel of the bull. Ha each other and play cricket just says. seriously-for cricket is a hard as it can be played. sacred subject in Yorkshire: "1 We knew there would be the think I shall be bowling a bit Inevitable explosions and rows faster this year. I am 13 st. B sold before the Ashes, are delivered b. now, and Mr Bowes for once again taken away. last year that pace would come i Watford later.'"
DS
Extremely keen competition was witnessed in the opening games of the final round of the Inter-School Badminton League at Diocesan Boys' School yesterday when Diocesan Boys' School and La Salle College fought an comes in considerably. All back from almost hopeless positions to upset their more favoured oppo- nents, Queen's College and St Joseph's.
Long Hin-jok for DBS and Daniel Castro for La Salle were the heroes in their teams' victories. With Colony Schoolboys' runner-up Siu Chuen returning to the Queen's College line-up, DBS were conceded little chance of winning when they trailed behind by two sets to one and Siu Chuen expected to take the fourth game from Long Hin-jok.
The DBS boy, however, put
maile
magnificent recovery,
up an inspired performance and added to no little extent by his though trailing behind In the opponent's indulgence in fancy first half of the set, overtook his strokes, to not only draw up to Opponent from 9-9 to 13-0 with 18-18 but win the set by 21-18 to a barrage of tremendous sinashes put his side in the more favoured and cross drives to the backhand position at 2-2. to clinch the set 21-17.
Bing Wu and Leo Sik-chuen (DIS) lost to Ting Yan and Tan Kwan-li 9-15, 12-15.
La Salle 3-81. Joseph's. 2
E. Marques-Lim (LS) beat Thomas Tung 21-10; beat Tak Hon-lec' 31-11.
Northampton
Bullwall Norwich
ratol C.
Coventry Brighton Southend
Ekuments
| Reading
Torquay
Leyton Newport
C. Palace
At which point Master Truc-
Having thrus delivered his the bonds and brotherhood in Arst broadside against the Aus
he returned to his Ipswich the world are not going to make tralians the Yorkshire menace from duties as storeman.
He that
may bc Great Maltby case up
smallTrueman of England strong bowling arm one
but out here he is still much LAC Truman, the
1 piece.
Lucky
luckytional Serviceman
Express Service.
England anti Trueman that in Yorkshire his bowling'master was the
Breat Bill Bowes. The main lesson from Bill was: "None of that blinkin bowled fancy stuff, Just bowl
fost. And Trueman Lust;
To Trueman Big Bill is Mr Bowes, the man whose word is never questioned, the rare man to whom he never showB his forthright,
York- orgresalve
E. Marquez-Lim, undoubtedly In the deciding fifth set new. the most stylish and the most
D. Castro (LS) lost to Tal shire, spirit. comer Cheung Yau-kai to the improved schoolboy player this
3-21; beat Thomas good for Tal Hon-Ice Queen's College team gave one year, proved too
the sel and Tung 21-18, of the most gallant displays in Hon-lee, winning
Wong the League before going down match for La Salle comfortably
by by 21-11... 19-21.
Damaemont Wins to DBS's Wal Trang-wing
City And Suburban Heap Epsom Downs, Apr. 22, Owner Tom Degg's six- year-old horse, Damaemont
The St. Joseph's versus La Salle College was almost over when St Joseph's clinched the doubles match
THE SCORES
St Joseph's Thomas
DBS 3-Queen's 2 (DBS) Long Hin-jak and when in the fourth match Cheung You-kat 21-10;
Tung led Stu Chuen 21-17.
beat beat
to lead by 2-1,
Dantel Castro by 13-3 and 16-7.
Wat Tsang-wing
(DBS) lost Castro's fighting spirit was been fo Siu Chuen B-21; beat Cheung today won the mile and at its best at this stage when he You-kal 21-10.
quarter City and Suburban Handicap, one of Britain's biggest betting spring races, Damaemont, beautifully rk-
don By little apprentice fockey Jimmy Handley, took the lead Hwa ifurlongs from the post, and' stormed up the hilly finish to win first money, with £1,500°($4,200) edded.
The shr-year old pc 2 ĐƯỜ the books for his length" and a hall win from Chavey Down 6 $100-7, fongshot, Osborne, 100-0, was third in the field at 12
125
Tho
Kurai
top weights in the
loop at 153 pounds were
>"d Rosebery's six-year-old Tarine Reck, and Sam Single's.
THE GAMBOLS
I'LL MEET YOU AT FIVE O'CLOCK
{WELL DON'T BE LATE -" (ITS TOO COLD TO STAND, ABOUT WAITING)
F'll put the clock on and make sure ches early
hearing
This same Trucman, of his Test selection last year. Hstened gravely to the talk Wal-chi and Watt
about the machine-like scoring Chi-kin (LS) lost to Chan Yiu ability of the Indians. He pro- ming and H. A. Castro, Jmised himself he would put a 10-13, 16-18.
few "peakers" among them.
"You know." he said,
"one or two balls past the peaks of their caps.".
FRIDAY'S GAMES
(At Grantham College—6 pm) La Sallo College v. Queen's
Having noticed College,
a gleam in the keen, dark eyes of Master Diocesan Boys' School v. B. Trueman, it struck Joseph's College.
there would be just the odd
bej
Barry Appleby
LATER PRAITY/SAVE:IVE) BEEN WAITING OVER HALE, N AH HOUR SORRY, DEAR, BUT
WHEN I GOT HERE" IT REALLY WAS ONLY
FIVE TO FIVE/
קנת
(601 WENT FOR A WALK ROUND TO KEEP WARM AND IN ONE OF THE GHOPS. I WEST GIRECT......
that
Thunderbolt Exeter
Colchester to you, Guilingham
very QPR
No- Swindon
Aldersto
London Shrewsbury
المحامي
George Young's
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Hockey Player
Hurt In Fall
1
E
A. Rakha Tolland · broke his collar-bone white playing for Pakistan agalust India by. a first round gans of the International Hockey tour: nament on the Boundary Street
tree around yesterday.
The seclient sccurred duz..:
a melee in the second
half. Rakha was in great
pain and was rushed to the
Kowloon Hospital.
Because of the rain the ground was very slippery and players wert
falling
continually throughout thei rame.
Pakistan won the game brɛ]
3-0.
Major League Baseball
Detroit, Apr. 22.
Home runs by Sherm Lollar, Sam Mele and Vern Stephens the first hit by the White Sox this season carried the Chicagoans toju 9-7 victory over the Detroit Tigers today.
The Tigers scored five runs in the bottom of the ninth before re- lief pitcher Harry Doris 'put
out the fire.
The scores;
Chicago
Detroit :
Winning
030 001 203-0 15:0 001 000 016-7 140
pitcher:
losing pilcher: Jordan.
Home rune:
Dobson;
Chicago Male, Lollar, Stephens; Detroit-Batts.
YANKEES WIN
New York, Apr. 22,
The New York Yankees blast- ed Hector Brown for four runs in the eighth inning today to break a 2-2 tie and beat the Boston Red Sox, 6-2,
Johnny Mize's plach single in the big eighth drove in two runs with a single in the same inning. Mze hit his first major league homer in the seventh, Yankees took over undisputed possession of first plata ***
The scores:
At The
Boston 000 000 110--2 7 U New York 000 010.140-6 B 1
Winning pltcher:
Losing pitcher: Brown.
Raschi
Home run: New York-Babe,
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago, Apr, 22.
Ed Mathews drove across six
TURS on
twb homers ''iild ́a double as the Milwauket Braves trounced the. Chicago: Cubs 15-0 63 44 01 in a homer-punctuated game 101 63 58 before 7,995 paid today
150
53 61 54
for
Jack Dittmer and Bid Gordon also homered for the Braves and Preston Ward and Hank Sauer for the Cuba.
The scores:
Milwaukee 106 411.020——–16" 17 Chicago 400 000 0208 2 Winning pitcher: Surkant; losing pitcher Rush.)
Home
Mlwaukee Mathews (2), Dittmer, Gordon. [Chicago -- Ward, Sauer. A 22 isociated Press.
runs:
I
Resignation
One Of Scottish Football's
Unhappiest Chapters
By HARRY ANDREW
George Young's letter to the Rangers management offering to resign his team captaincy comes as a climax to one of Scottish football's unhappiest chapters,
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There is a dissension at Ibrox, at Celtic Park and among footballers, and officials generally. In England, too, the trouble is equally grave. How Ironierit. should be over a tournament organised to colebrate the Coronation--and in aid of charity1-
whod a k Coronation Cup at Cellid Park. The Parkhead Chairman, Mt Bob Kelly, gnid to me: “I have, libď s friendly talk with some of he players, but there is nothing definite be said at this stage.
One Celtle player told me: "Mr
It has, of course, all bolled up a-dozen have paid membership through the Players' Union dues. insistence that 210 per game per
NO COMMENT Scotland's captain, 47 times player was not enough, and that a donation should be made to capped, is not prepared to com- ment on the situation at all, their benevolent fund as well as beyond saying to me: "My whole Kelly gave me a good as very.
the other agreed charities.,.
I understand the trouble at Ibrox
concern is to play football for Rangers."
to
fair hearing. We discussed the
I am told he feels that, two points of view and that's Is that a majority of lacking the support of his team all there was to ili na matait, players have not accepted the mates on this issue, he had little Union attitude, despite deargo alternative but Young's support for it, '
resignation as captain.
offer his
But what is the, next, move now in this Coronation Cup
I am informed that, originally letter has been received by the that though opinions are varied I have confirmed that Young's upheaval? Nobody can tell me soma 30 membership forms were brox Board.
and plentiful. Both sidica firizily sent by the Players' Union to
He captained the side against believe they are in the right. Young in his capacity as Rangers Houte in the comi-final, but 1 Neither feels disposed to give team captain.
was oficially told: ""The question round, Tantum bre However, I believe the names of the captaincy is a matter for And the chap. most likely.to of only 27 Ibrox players are on the future.!! the Union kolle ..., ärid that, in
pays to look onlan actual det, mg tore than half-been disgussions about the
Meantime, there. haya, algo
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