1953-07-15 — Page 6

Vie Seixas, the Wimbledon Singles Champion, in action.

U.S.

SOCCER CHIEF

FINDS PRACTICE ALL IMPORTANT

New York, July 14.

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1959,

VIC SEIXAS FOUGHT MORE GRUELLING BATTLES THAN ANYONE

ELSE

To be a World Champion is not a matter for sympathy. Especially when the sport is lawn tennis, and the title holder has won his laurels at Wimbledon, the greatest annual international sporting event in the world.

Rather than sympathy, the winner is generally inundated with praise from.

all quarters from fellow players, spectators and the press.

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to

But things have not worked out that way for Ellas Victor Seixas. When he walked off Wimbledon's Centre Court holding the trophy presented by the Dlichess of Kent there was applause, but it was more dutiful than whole-hearted

The fans were asking them-good as Sedeman, but is not to go in on my own, just knock- Aclves: "What Would have classed as such, For, whereasing the ball over the net."

A TEST PILOT happened if Drobny or Rosewall the Australian comes to the net or Malloy ha

had been

He every shot, Seixos there instead for almost

went on to win soveral of Nielsen?" They were the does so unly at the right moment. Juntor and collegiate tourna- three "seeds" whom Kurt Then he kills with fentorvelessments-grill the wat interrupted his tennis career. He joined the Nielsen, the unseeded Dane, bent efficiency.

American Air Force and was a reach the Final, and 'án,

He is a master of bill the test pliot in New Guinea. were suffering from some surt of allment associated with cramp cannonball and slice service. If Returning to college afterwards the result of a heelle fortnight's his first is a fault, this does not he won more collegiate tourna- opponent, s the ments and, in 1940 and 47, was second, which swings away like runner-up the Nationa} What the politely clapping in Aloe Bedsere te very. Intercollegiate Championshipton crowds overlooked was that is almost as difcult to play. Soixas had fought more gruelling battles than anyone including

CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER two five-set struggles against the Australiaru Lew Hoad and Mervyn Rose--and had survived to produce some of the most academie tennis of the whole

tennis.

tournament.

All that Americans need to be winners in soccer is act that some of his earlier the time to put their full attention to the game.

Let-uff his

with

He then turned

to major tournaments. In 1040 he emerged from the ranks of. the

by extending unknowns The effect of this constant

match is that underrating is

Seixas has Jaroslav Drobny in

He which lasted over three hours, drawn himself into a shell.

not unsporting, but he plays including one set that went to

a slight chip on his shoulder. 17-15. And It is seldom that a match; Despite this and his appearance MARK OF A CHAMPION

passes without umpire or lines on the winning side in the USA Court Championships man receiving a glowering look Clay The mark of a real Champion after a questionable decision. For Doubles, he was not ranked in the ability to raise his game Sexus it must be said that he the first ten.

His Wimbledon triumph wa to the occasion. This is what only delivers these powerful

'victory In a major Seixas did. He made Nielsen-glances' when the decision is in his arst

It was a worthy finalist despite the deed questionable, and he does Singles championship.

his third visit. In 1050 he reached the semi-finals; and not only do it when losing. opponents were not 100 per cent fit struggle from the very start,

1052, the quarter-finals. Mr. M. Burriskill, chief of the U.S. Soccer Football

But Seixas is used to Association (USSFA), believes that America will be a unrewarded efforts. For the last first-rute soccer nation within five years, but he adds that two years he has been a member

Vic, as he prefers to be known, the country could be of international calibre next month of the United States Davis Cup

team as captain the second year, began playing tennis when he if its best players could do nothing but play football.

In 1951, when Australia won by was five although I didn't play three matches to two, he gained in my first tournament until I Remember, soccer does not "Those exhibitions did not

one of America's only victories was len." He beat his first op- its own pay

way fully

count in

anything officially, but when he beat &fervyn Rose; last ponent, an adult, who was so America yet," he said.

they showed "Our

what could players have to have regular done. And we will always re- year, when Australia won 4-1, he disgusted that he did not play

gained the sole victory by beat- tennis again for several years. 1-0 victory over jobs to pay them the living la- nember pur

the 1950 World Ken McGregor. But he has come they nerd. The interna-England in

Championships.

yet to be ranked No. 1 in his tional players in other countries

"There's nothing wrong with own country. {votball do nothing but play

American soccer that practice day

won't x."United Press.

They practise

each

develop team work.

.

and

SUNDAY TO SUNDAY Our players often cannot practise from one Sunday game the next Sunday game. until Why, when an American all-star team played the English inter- national side at Yankee Stadium in June, some of our American players tame directly from their jobs to the stadiumi and didn't even have time first. Yet they played the Eng- lish all ven in the first balf, and the Engust didn't score a goal until the 44th minule.

"Wow

that do you think American term could have done bad it been practising regularly together and doing nothing but. play merer?"

to eat a

ical

-Mi-Barriekill-admittest «dhat-i will be a hard and long fight to raise American soccer to the place where it can afford full-tim professional

Plas cus "You need big crowds of admission-paying spectatora,"

," he said, "and we don't have that

now,

of

But Sorcer

and the standard

Varsity Athletes Cancel Visit

The Malayan University athletes who were soheduled to arrive here on July, 29 for a series of games and athie- dle events against Hongkong University undergraduates, have now cancelled their

visit

be

Their arrival was delayed by the grounding at Calcutta of the ship on which they were to have travelled to Hongkong, and it was felt that their arrival at such a Jate____date___would interfere. with studies for exaraina- tions.

Nine Dragons

interest Darts And Table

Tennis Results

rising steadily

play Improving. New players and fans are being made

'and ormed in the

services, especially among men stationed in foreign soccer-playing countries. I be- ieve that the crowds will get bigger and bigger and eventually we will have full-time football

soccer

in

when we do develop to allow players America to do nothing but play soccer, we can beat them all."

SIZE PROBLEM

A measure of his sportsmanship is that in 1948 he was awarded the William Johnston Sportsman- ship trophy at Forest Hills.

Tennis does not run in Vic's Explaining how he family. took up the game he says "There The reason is probably that his were a couple of courts at the at home. play is not spectacular. He plays bottom of our mad so well that he makes the game After seeing people play there look easy. At the net he is as 1 got hold of a racquel and used

National League

All-Star

Wins

Game

5-1:

Cincinnati, Ohio, July 14. The National League, behind the brilliant-five-hit pitching of four of its aces, defeated the American League 5-1 in the 20th annual All-Star game today. It was the National's fourth consecutive triumph in the mid-season game.

Robin Roberts and Curt Simmons of the Phillies, Warren Spahn of the Braves and Murry Dickson of the Pirates combined to turn back the American League players as their mates battered four of manager Casey Stengel's hurlers for 10 hits; ****

Richie Ashburn of the Phillies, f two National League runs in the a pinch-hitter, and Peewee Reese eighth.

The following are the results of Nine Dragons Club matches played on Thursday, July 9:

Darts-First Wills "A" walk-of the Dodgers were the hitting Roy Campanella of the Dod-

MT Circle, over from

RAF heroes of the triumph for they gers singled with one out, went "B" 15 Fd Pk Sqn, RE, “I started the Notional League on ம் second when pinch-hitter

from MT walkover

Circle, its way to victory in the fifth Duke Snider of the Dodgers 33 Gen Hoad "B"

and scored when after the starting pitchers, walked RAF. "A" walkover from Comd Wksps Roberts and Billy Pierce of the Slaughter singled

to centre, REME HQRA 40 Inf Div 3, 33 White Sox, had hurled three Snider scored

when Dickson Gen Hosp "A” 2.

singled. innings of hitless ball. Table Tennis.--BAF "B"

Dickson yielded the only run He pointed out that the size walkover from Comd Wkspa Allie Reynolds of the Yankees, the American League team got of America works agafast suc- "; 15 Fd Pk Sqn, RE, "B" who followed Plerce, not by the in the ninth, when Ferris Fain ccssful assembly of an all-star walkover from 45 Fd Regt. fourth but then ran into trouble. of the Athletics

of the Johnny Mizo "It'a 3,000

The following are the details He hit Ed Mathews of the hilter miles from San

Ho

the got of matches to be Francisco or Los Angeles, where

played on Braves on the foot with a pitch-Yankees scored.

two batters, but theni ed ball and Enos Slaughter of next we have some fine players, to Thursday, July 10:

Then

en Minnie Minoso of the White York

Darts--HQRA 40 Inf Dlv v the Cardinals walked. Philadelphia, OF

singled, scoring Sost

Fain. Bingled to score where most of the stars pigy," he said. "We need more time v1 WILTS "A": RAF "A" Mathews. Reese followed with Roberts yielded only one hit in 15 Fd Pk Sqn, RE, "B"; 15 Fd his first All-Star hit, a single the three Innlngs he pitched:

team.

New

RE & RS Whitfield; RAF (ASF) Ashburn

Pk Sqn, RE, "A" y 33 Gen Iloro scoring Slaughter

and pinch-

B.

once

the preliminary

than we have to get the players together and work out team- work. The men just can't get

3.0 IN THE 7TH that much time away from their. regular jobs.

RAF "A"; RAF "B" v 33 Gen The Nationals made it 3-0 in Hosp. can do it about

the seventh when Slaughter There will be no darts or beat out an inteld grounder for

the month of August,

That run was Entries Reese's double,

Spahn gave up none and Sim- mon's only one,

Table Tennis.2 LAA Rogt v

THE SCONES

The scores were:

RHE

team lost in

League 000 000 001 159

every four years at Olympic table tennis compeitions during a hit, stole second and scored on American time. Last year our Olymple round to Italy, when it still for the month of September yielded By Mike Garcia of the National had hot fully found itself, then must be received not later than Indians. Old Satchel Paige of League 000 002 120 5 100 won all of its exhibition games. Saturday, August 22.

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THE GAMBOLS

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ANNE TODAY DID YOU-, (**

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ABOUT THE CARS FOR THE WEDDING

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BUT ONLY SAW HER

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the Browns kave up the final

-United Press.

Barry Appleby

SIES: BOUGHT A MOST WEE MARVELLOUS BLUE FLANNELİ TWO PIECE TO DO AWAY IN3 - ITW GOT A TULIP SHAPE DEL JACKET WITH A VERY MAIZIZOME

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TOON BACK. COFFS ON THE GLEJEVEC- AND FOUR GLANT. POCICÉTY_AND ITS LINED WIT BRIGHT RED NYLON JONES THE MAT..ETC..... STE...... #TC (...

He is not turning professional, and will be back next year to defend his-title. There should be no underrating him then.

-(London Express Service)

JonHenricks To Swim In Hongkong

The Australian swim- mer, Jon Henricks, has been invited to give ant exhibition in Hongkong at a gala to be arranged by the Hongkong Amateur Swimming As- sociation at the Victoria Recreation Club on Satur- day, August 8.

Henricks is 18 years of age and six feet tall. In his last year in high| school; he won the Aus tralian Championship for 880 Yards Free Style in 1952 and was also second in the 1,650 Yards Free Style.

In the past Australian season, Henricks decided to switch to sprint dis- tances and now holds the Australian record for 110 Yards Free Style in 67.2 seconds and for the 220 Yards Free Style "in 2 mins, 9.8 seca, both marks being accomplished in long course pools (50- 55 yards). He is also n backstroke swimmer.

Henricks will be pass ing through Hongkong on his way to compete in the Japanese Swimming Championships. He will be accompanied by Mr W. Berge Phillips, Vice- President of the Federa I'tion Internationale de

Natation Amateur.

DIAMOND SCULLS FINALISTS A

Tony Fox of the London Rowing Club (on right) chats to R. George of Belgium after beating him in the final of the Diamond Challenge Sculla at Henley.

SPORTS ROUNDABOUT

London To Have

An All-In

Coaching Centre

By W. CAPEL KIRBY

London.

There was sound commonsense behind the recent plea for a Football League sponsored super-stadium to provide for all sports and accommodation for 250,000 spectators, but what about the location?"

answer.

Slippery slopes of the old Crystal Palace exhibition grounds could provide the

It was there that a record Cup Final crowd of 120,081, not to mention hun dreds of Tarzans perched in surrounding trees, saw Villa beat Sunderland in 1918. On Inquiry, however, I am in- all happy about the blaze of far away to throw the referep formed that this site has already publicity attached to Sunderland's into the water." been 'marked down for yet an- treble signing of internationals other

sports Jimmy Cowan, Ray Daniel and comprehensive training and coaching centre, like Billy Elliott.

Hartlepools' Bisham and Lilleshall, with TA

home matches and National Playing Fields sup- clash with 'Sunderland's. port.

Statisticians will argue that

ignorant of the

To those British players who criticised the Belgian let me say he is neither

spineless. game nor

Olymples I say Berlin

· At tho

I saw him score six of the best and when las

FIRST JOB MAY BE LAST. water-polo days finished he re

presented Belgium in the 100 By allowing the British and mp.h. Olympic Bobsleigh events, Willle Watson has never played Dutch water-polo players to get cricket brond. They're wrong out of hand Albert Castelyns'

World

Cup foot-

Talent spotter Hugh Bone I saw

him deore 80 runs forest intemational refereeing job clated about his two-latest copl England's

may be his list. But give the tures For Portsmouth-Hugb ballers against us scribes at the Belgian full marks for a sense Rainey,

half-back, right

k of request of British folk in Bloof humour. Asked to sign the Renton Boys Guild, and Jimmy who hadn't seen first class bat distinguished visitors' book be Rutherford, Inside left, ting for 20 or 30

years...an repiled: "Surely you mean ex-Cockenzie Star. These 17-year- effort which demonstrated the tinguished," and then wrote! olds will wrive in Portsmouth Yorkshireman's amazing gift of

This

concentration.

is a very fine bath in two weeks and will continue

There was Watson' making because the spectators are too their apprenticeships. immaculate strokes despite bad bowlinig. distracting visitations

of walters with drinks at regular 10-minute intervals

Geoff Twentyman is not now for transfer. Mannger Fred Emery has decided that this much-wanted centre-half is the man around whom to build a successful Carliste side.

•

So Stockport County have: succeeded whero Blackburn Rovers failed in enticing Chris Anderson back to League fool- ball!

This clip of a Scot from Jimmy Logle's part of the world just outside Edinburgh is fret-class entertainment value as Kidder- minster and Nelson followere can testify.

Sussex Draw Up To Within Six Points

Of Middlesex

Sussex, beating Worcestershire by five wickets at Worthing, have drawn up to within six points of Middle- sex in the County Cricket Championship table. Middleser lost first innings points to Yorkshire in a drawn match at Bradford."

The

THE RESULTS

Leading scores now are-- Middlesex 110 points (from 17 matches): Sussex 104 (from 15); Glamorgan 92 (from Anderson is the lad who once 16), Surrey 88 (from 15), Leicester 84 (from 16). lost his chewing gum beating ù

At Portsmouth: Hampshire man, beat him again, fetrieved

drew with Somerset, tho' match London, July 14. the gum and proceeded on his

results of first class being abandoned owing to riin. cheeky way down the right wing.

cricket matches which ended Somerset 208 and 147 for six MUSTN'T BE LOST

today were:

declared (Shackleton, right ofm Ave for GO): Bob Pryde celebrated captain

At Colchester: The match fast-medium," and centre-half, who served

between Essex and Lancashire Hampshire 180, Hampshire did Blackburn Rovers loyally for 17 was abandoned as a draw be-not, but a second time. seasons, wasn't rewarded with so cause of rain. Essex 104 and much as a place mi the scouting three for no wicket. Lancashire

167 for two declared To add to this disappointment brook 68).

(Wash-

-At Bradford: The Yorkshire- Middlesex match was drawii. Middlesex. 208 and 49 for no wicket. Yorkshire 200 for five.......... match declared (Halliday 95, Lester 94).

alid At Nottingham: Royal Al

an eye infection has kept him

The At Gloucester: away from bis job in the en- gineering shop at Leylands for between Gloucestershire The past six months Bob is too Glamorgan was abandoned.

Force beat Noltinghamshire by. Soccer worldly-wise to be lost to There was no play today buffer wickets, Nottinghamskire

tain. There was no 160 and 100 for two declared".

the 'game.

77

•

1

cause

Gloucestershire 217 decisión.

(Giles not out 70). RAF. 108 for.......

HKRA SHOOT Inimitable Fred Westgarth, Glamorgan Det for two, six declared and 161 for seven.

The regular bi-monthly prac ce shoot of the Hongkong ile Association was Beldat Kat Tok Kango last Sunday,

Owing probably, to the ex-' tremely hot weather, only small mumber turned up to shoot Shooting conditions were One througholit the meeting nữề slight breeze though the west. from the

average

the heat.

It.

Suit

turned K

The

word below

manager of Hartlepools, is not at

Thai Boxer

May Fight

Shirai

At Belfast: The match

the Gentlemen tween

and

Scotland

because

bo

of Ireland-Reuter. was abandoned

う

of rain Scotland: 104. David Sheppard

Gentlemen of Ireland 27 for one.

At Northampton: Northamp

tonshire drew with: Warwick Hopes To Remain

shiro, Northamptonshire 350

for six declared. Warwickshire On Sussex XI

100 and 258 for six (Horner."

04).

At Blackheath. The Kent-

+

David Sheppard, England and

Surreyhich was abandoned Sussex opening bat, who is to and drawn owing to rain, Kent cater the church, hopes that fo Mr Devii Chatinkacant). 3 and 323 (Willerden not out will be available to play first true no doubt to Siamese fight promoter, left the 125), Surrey 302 for five de He has informed the county,

eings cricket.

will not bb been decided to call à Colóny this, morning" for Tokyo darod, Surrey did not bat howover; that he

by TẶC to arrange about be- second time. reces during The summer moniis nücf there will be abtween the World Featherweight worthing: Sussex beat able to play regularly enough to lend the deseDNERA further practice shoots, until Champion, Yeahl Shirai, and his Worcestershire by five wickets. This means that Sussex are

Champion Cham-

Sussex 333 and 03 for five likely to revert to a profesional Sunday September 20 wben Lightweight

Worcestershire | 139 · and 286- captain, for the only qualifed amateur, Robin Mariar, the pros At Aibby de la Zouch: Leices-gent Cambridge skipper, ik

schoolmaster

the weather should be cooler,reon (80 today. Mr Richardson. 94).

Before

The following are the winners Chatinkaçani said that he would offer Shirol U.S.$25,000 of spoons on Bunday:

to ight Bongkitrat in Bengkok tershire beat Derbyshire by become a Mother in November or December (Gladwing right arta fost bolidays.

runs Leicestershire 187 and 67 onlyRhoi avaliable, durftebl·

S. R. (b) Clasa "A" L. A flomelo 01 pts: "D

Most Bolschibike

Rosario 89, L Blger B5, hand-or this year.

One of Chatinkncaniya Aght-medluft six for 30). Derbyshire will be John Longridge, opening cap winner.

ers,

A Scotsman, Vic Taman, le 92 (Jackson right arm offbreak at and brother of scheduled to fight Shirt in five tor 23) and 124 (Jackson Langridge who led the bokyo on July VF

Dive for 84)

S. R. (a) Clase:

Mooney $1,

seasoho ago.