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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1953.

ARSENAL v. WOLVES

BOWLERS WIN MATCHES- THE SEASON'S CRICKET REAFFIRMS THIS FACT

Says IAN PEEBLES

"Bowlers win matches," say the pundits. There was a time when the combination of macadam-minded groundsmen and Sir Donald Brad- man's devastating blade threatened to make nonsense of this propundity, but this season's cricket has reaffirmed it.

The Test match series largely resolved itself into a duel between two great bowlers-Lindwall on the one side and Bedier on the other.

affairs, it was apparent that the, gest and brightest blago, to interest of the season had not muddle the metaphors just a little more, they carried the ended at the Oval.

day. All hall, and in this case, "Ich ellen,"

on

many

True, the batting of the rival captains reached very high lavél but, as we swallows don't

BLAZING THE TRAIL (especially in make a summer

batamon 1959), one

Hoesn't

If the other good old bromide, We won "Love of county in greater than One must not be ungrateful makon batting side, the decisive inatch because we love of country," be true the to the Surrey batsmen, who

done well had the bowlers for the

oc- best was yet to come, for the have the apposition had County Championship was boll- occasions. Apart from May, casion and

ing up for a fine grand-stand | there are no very dominating mut.

reverberations When the

finish.

Agures and the general effect Here, again, bowlers wero}} hardly that of a Cha these major events had subsid:a,

As Surrey, at County. Perhaps

and's and we were able to turn our blazing the trail.

by tha coloured rose Unted gaze to our domestle full strength, generated the big-| ment

memories of certnin

..very jaborious performances, and the massacre at the hands of, Lind- wall and Archer.

of

COMMUNIST LEADER

is

The latter disaster may, none the less, have brought beneût

COMES NEAR TO RUNNING lsewhere, for it may well have

OUT MR NEHRU

New Delhi, Sept. 13.

Mr Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister, scored one run not out on the second day of the inter-Parliamentary cricket match here, which ended in a draw,

Later hr caught oul the Deputy Education Minister, Mr Krishnan Malaviya.

Mr Nehru, In his team's second innings today, batted op- posite the Communist lender. A.K. Gopalan.

The Prime Minister skirted out for a run, but Gopalan, ac- • customedly conservative.

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stuck

his crease. Mr Nehru ran

back to his crease just as the the ball, wicket-keeper caught

out, He was not

but be in- sisted that he was "morally init.”

When this was rejected, he sold he would declare, and did so. The other team, led by 65- Vice-President Dr S. Radhakrishnan, then went in.

ear-old

Dr

Getting Ready For The

"All Blacks"

on

London, Sept. 12. Until the arrival of the Now Zealanders next month, chief interest in the Rugby Union gume will be focused the club programmes Radhakrishnan's team with especial emphasis on batted Arst this morning to comthose players likely to ap- plate their Arst innings for 231

against the "All to Mr Nolaru's pear for six in reply team's 220 for three declared.

The Primo Maister's then scored 100

leaving decin rod President's team to get 159 By and a quarter hours.

for

the

ut play they bad scored five. China Mati Special

Blacks."

team Cardiff, whose record against three touring bears comparison with Vice-any in the British Isles have in one not taken long to find their form. close They delighted a crowd of more 95 for than 20,000 at Arms Pork by trouncing: Birkenhead Park by 32 points to three.

Light Blues Win In Japan

RESULTS Jugby Lergue

Rugby League Results were: Bailey...7...Workington Town Bradford Northern 24, St Helens 10

19;

Hasseft his exclu-

his sion of all spinners from team for the last Test match.

weil The Surrey bowling up to the highest championship standards of all times. In com- the It is similar to position, great Yorkshire attacks of bene tween-war days..

The seam bowling of Bedser, Surridge and Loader, and the spin of Laker and Lock, cor- respond to the like qualities of Bowes Smalles, Macaulay and Verity. It is a formation which combines the two cardinal virtues of economy and hostility. May embellishment? Will the In- defatigable Messrs. Surridge and Castor please now produce us a leg-break bowler of equal calibre?

ask We

but one

Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Arsenal by three goals to two at Highbury on September 5. Photo shows Roper, Arsenal's outside-right, scoring the first goal of the match for Arsenal while Lishman, Arsenal's inside-left," who had missed with a header, whlts in the net for Roper's grand anale,

For

Now It's Eight Matches

Without A Win League Champions Arsenal

London, Sept. 12.

Arsenal losing by seven goals to one to Sunderland is the latest chapter in the season bythe Champlons. shocking start of the football

Now it becomes eight matches without a win for Arsenal with but two points to show for their efforts, and they trail by two points at the bottom of the First Division table,

It has been obvious that were Iwo up within three Arsenal are out of form, but minutes of the start and eight

could the nobody

before the have expected minutes

interval such a defent. Not since Westį were leading 3-1, all three goals Ham United beat them 7-0 on coming from Dennis Wilsham, March 7, 1927-27 seasons ago their inside-left. have Arsenal suffered such a beating. The only setback any thing like no bad

in recent years was their 1-6 reverse to but Manchester United two seasons

In the national interest we shall not grudge them championship, which this would assure them for several years.

Such success would not, of course. be unprecedented, for having won the championship in 1887 for the first time, Burrey did not lose it again until 1890. Thereafter, they twice in more than 30 years ago. once 171 the confused days of August, 1914.

won it

GLORIOUS ETAS

At the risk of being assaulted with no other immediate use for by some exasperated batsman his bat, I must point out that this pattern upholds the opening

text, for the glorious era of the eighties and nineties was the era

Lockewood of Lohmann,

and Richardson.

and many

very near future.

LATE RESULTS

London, Sept: 12. Result of late kick-off mulch: Division 2: Rotherham United 2. Luton Town 1.--Reuter.

WIN FOR DENMARK

Oslo, Sept. 18. Denmark bent Norway 1-0 in International soccer mater today. Reuter.

an

LEAGUE STANDING!

London, Sept. 13. Football league standings after matches

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DIVISION I

>w DLF A PE

19 4

15 13

Portsmouth showed plenty of night and made the scoro 3-2 at half-time and three minutes afterwards they were even. The Wolves" winper came four minutes from the end. It has now become almost in-

Fellow sufferers with Arsenal evitable that Arsenal must enter though not quite so badly placea the transfer market. Neither.

me another former mighty team, Tom Whittaker, the manager, Manchester United. They too yesterday's nor his assistant, Jack Crayston. have failed to win this season follows: trouncing. was at Sunderland. tq watch the but a goalless draw at Bolton

They watching for

were out showed more promise, tulent and a big signing can be expected in the

Bolton had their England

West Drom Nnt Lofthouse, Wolves centre-forwerd, back to lead the attack for the Huddersfield Curiously, Arsenal scored first first time this season but he Bolton

Burnley through Doug Lishmen and

could not find his touch and was Tottenham though 2-1 down at half-time, well held.

Preston #lackpool: The twenties were glorious they played reasonably well, Doncaster veras Swinton, lote kick for Hobbs, Kulght, Sandhan, Arsenal collapsed completely Arscual and Manchester United Sheffield U. of: Featherstone Rovers 15, Barrow Jardine, Duent. Jeavocke, Shep afterwards, Sunderland scoring are among seven clubs still seek to

Astors Villa 90 Halifax 10, tuit 11; Kingmon

Another hove goals in the space of 21|ing their first victory. The Newcastle Rovers 7. Conistord 28; Keighley 1, herd

athere minutes. Noctidale Hurnets 19; Leeus 43) War- | player. but even the genius of

are Fulham, Oldham Charbor

Chelsea rington 11 Leigh D, Oldham 1 Fender could not wring enough

Athletic, Bury, Walsall and Wednesday Liverpool City 0. Dewarury 39; Sal-

Nobody did. more to upset Hartlepools. Plymouth Argyle Manch, ford 19, Hunset 7: Wakefield Trinity from a mongre bowling side to

than Arsenal

their 19, York 10: Whitehaven 18, ludders-take advantage of the speed and

former today broke the ice by winning Sunderland Manchester Tolero, Sept. 13. field 21; Widnes 47. Bello Vue Ran

centre-half, Rag Daniel, who at Swansea,

Portsmouth Cambridge University era 6; Wigan 30, Bramley 11: Don abundance of their scoring.

played brilliantly for Sunder-

Liverpool Three of the unbeaten clubs Middlesbro -Tho original object of this isnd. Rugby team won the second easter 16, Bwinton 1.

excroise

Lost their Kame of its Japanese tour today

lo congratulate

Doncaster Arsonal was

records, Stuart defeating Keio University by 14

Surridge

Len Shackleton on Surrey's

was at Rovers, Ipswich Town and Port Rain hos Hospital 0. tarle. points to throc.

the tourists lederach 14, Vingend Sabong latest win, which was no large his best and he and Billy Elliott Vale going down for the first

Averaven 21: Barnstaple, ly

Doncaster due to his own splendid form a great leff wing, Trevor time. This leaves West Brom- to 11, Newton Abbot 8; Bedford 20.

Welsh ((two frica)

International wich, Everton, Brighton, Nor" Evaton by six points

etropolis Fullce 24; Bimininam leadership: Sorry if I stumbled. Ford, three (one day).

5. Bradford

and scored a defeated teams, Faying in muddy conditions, tal & Newport 8 Cardiff 33, Hirken-ever my soap-box in the pro-centre-forward, had his shooting wich and Crowe as the only un-ster

cess!

Blackbints Leeds hat trick. Kalo's defence held the Com-head Park 3; Cheltenham 8, Llanelly

Though beater, Doncaster retain Derby bridge men more successfully Cross Keys 2 Abertillery 10;

This was

Sunderland's the Second Division leadership bul Birmingham only than the score indicated

only on a goal average. Their con- | mutol R. second victory of the season for querors. Everton, who wơn đại, aixo Lincoln

have they too

been having a have 13 points from eight matches. Notts For

Stolcu flean time in spite of their

John Charles, the Leodi Welch Folartine heavy spending in the transfer International forward, was among the Plymouth market during the close season. pool again, his two goals at Fulham Bury

Bringing his persunal record to 14 Luton

Hull Cy Sunderland's seven goals was for the seaades in eight games.

Swanand oot the highest of the day, for Brighton, as the result of the Arat | Notts County Charlton Athletle beat Middies defeat of Ipswich took a clear two Oediatr

points lead at the top of the Bouthern | Brentford and duined their Section of Division Three. They FulİYETİ biggest win since they rose to have 15 „połute wille Southampton, the First Division. Their pre-

| Ipswich and Norwich each have 13. vious best was the 7-1 victory

Three clubs, all with 12, pointa, over Manchester

United

15 share the traderup of the Northern nethion

who lost Beation, Port Vale,

Southampton Osterheld, jotain top place on goal Ipswich average from Crewe and Bradford city.

The

At half time

Rugby Union

Exeter 2, Blackheath 13: Falmouth

10. Camborne 12; Gloucester 24, Lyd- On three occasions Kelo wonney o; Leicester 24. Batis 8; Moseley Cambridge five- Coventry 84: Neath B. Pontypool scrums on the

11, Nowbridge, Crumlin 3: Nor- yard live, but did not have the power to go over.

Cambridge showed less finosse than the Oxford Hearn last year and concentrated on using their superior weight and speed.

Tho

thampton 17, London Irish 3; North- ern 10, Clasgow Eligh School Former Pupils 10: Penarth 19. Mountain Ash and Albion 0; Pontypridd 0. EUDY 0: Plymouth Albion 0. Bridgwater Vale & Swansea I Group Captain Walker's Ten ; Torquay Audelle trosti of the match was Redruth : Weston-super-Mare B. Glamorgan Wanderers 6; Moering 13, scored by the Cambridge Inter-Britici Polleo 3; Teignmouth 11. national left ecore, W. P. C. London Hospital 8.-Reuter. Davies, who ran more than halt the length of the fad to touch down.

KELATI

The Japanese tacking was cccurate and affective, but in Cambridge's the long superior speed proved too much. The slippery conditions showed play down and there was little open play-Router/.

UNIQUE FEAT

IN TURE

HISTORY

London, Sept. 13.

BASEBALL SCORES

boots on again

New York, Sept. 18. Today's Major League base-brough 8-1

ball scores were:

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Cleveland New York

Chicago Boston

: St. Louis

Philadelphia

Racehorses part-owned by Mr St. Louis (2nd)

Neville Duke Is Max Bell Canadian oll man Philadelphia

Prepared To

Meet Challenge

bral publisher, achieved a "pince

ecosons ago.

too

Goals were again pleniful,

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WHAT A HANDICAP WE BRITISH DO PLAY UNDER!

Says ARCHIE QUICK

What a handicap we British do play under! In Stockholm a Swedish relay team do flagrantly break the takeover rules in baton changing and are, of course, Instantly liable for disqualiflcation.

If rules mean anything, and it is not much use carry-- ing on without them, they should be enforced with im- partiality. But what does the British team manager, Mr Jack Crump, do? He ups and says: "We do not want to win that way." So instead of tying this international match, we lost.

Over to Massachusetts. Here a Shortly we are to take on the man eminent to represent the professional might of American United States in the Wolker Cup professional golf in the Rydr takes out 10 clubs instend of Cup match at Wentworth, Su 'the maximum 14. It would have| rgy. I belleve

On this been quite simple for him to difficult course with its narrow have counted them in the club. fairways and tight rough co house, 'I should have thought, disliked by the United States

men we have a chance. He and his partner, like those) Let there be no talk of skip-| Swedish runners, the table toping the rules if anything goes disqualification, But

What W

That applies to both happens there? Up rules the sides, of course. If a rulo is British captain, Lieut. Col. broken, let the penalty be pald Anthony Duncan, and says: "We and I believe that captain did not come all this way to Henry Cotton will insist that it win like that."

is whether it is one of his own

About

the same time we shall

And he waived Die right toinen or im opponent, ask for a disqualification. In- stead of halving the foursomes be erossing swords with the at a vital 2-2, we lost them 3-1

Rest

of the World and then

and that had a big psychologi- Hungary in two prestige soccer

matches at Wembley Stadium. cal effect on the subsequent happen to know

that

pressure is singles.

being put on the Football Asso- ciation by the International Federallon to. make sevstal

A BIT TOO MUCH Now I am all for playing the concessions. game and all that, but surely I hope the FA will be strong this is a bit too much. Why enough to say "No". We playi have any rules at all If they are football their way when kn not to be regarded? And may 1 England team travels overseas When they ask this very pertinent question, and sulfers for it. "What would have happened if come here they must play it our it had been the British who way with our size balls, our had transgressed in these two restrictions on substitutes, qur cases?" Don't tell me, I know code of refereeing. We start the answer!

behind sératch ton often.

ASIAN TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS CONCLUDE TONIGHT

Tokyo, Sept. 14.

A 10,000 crowd will see the closing finals' of the Second Asian Table Tennis Championships tonight at Tokyo's Memorial Hall.

The Men's and Women's Doubles and Singles_and Mixed Doubles crowns will be decided, with play scheduled to start at 6 p.m.

More

thon 8,000

fans-the | represented by Li Ping, Chul largest attendance yet to ace a Cheung-ling and Chung Chia mble tennis tournament—were | sing. оп hand despite the

Li Ping deadlocked the score weather last night to see Jupanjat four-all after a nip and fuck win the first two tides of the night when he defeated. Ichiro Ogimura, 10-21, 27-18 Vand week-long competition.

relay

The Japanese women's team 21-10. had little trouble-downing the

"The

to

Main Van Hoa and his team Hongkong pair of Misa Baguio raste. Tran Canli Duoc of Viet- Wong and Miss Chan Yer-ching, nam have already entered the two Men's Doubles fine and re 3-0, sweeping through Singles and a Doubies match to Zavoured in many quarters win the Women's Team Chain-win. pionship with three straight Main Van Hon will be hard

10 victories

beat in the Men's Singles Nationalist China was second final if she survives", the semis with two victòries, Hongkong fintis this afternoon. third with

Women's Singles Ünal one victory and Singapole

no will see either Misa Yeo Chu or fourth with victory. No other women's teams Miss Chen Pro-Poo of Formes

battle a Japane competed.

Japanese dinalist. expected to be a battle royal. A TARTAR

The

Mixed Doubles and But the Japanese men's team Waments Doubles Anaik Wire encountered a Tartar in

the entirely Japanese affairs, - Jätka Hongkong team and it was the Press. fine third get of the final ninth with the score

tied at ratch four-all, which decided 5.4 * favour of Japan. victory Japan thereby won the title with

vittories.. five straight

Vietnam was placed second with four victoties and one de- fent, Formosa third with three victories and two defeats, Hong- kong fourth with two victories and three defeats, Singapore fifth with one victory and four defeats, and India sixth with five

defeats.

Americans Win Davis Cup

Zone Final

Montreal, Sept. 18.

The United States com The defending Singles Cham- 0 19 18

pleted a 5-0 victory over plon, Shih Bu-chu, who was eliminated in the third round of Canada in the Davis Cup the Singles play on Saturday, American Zone final here said he was of form and did

today. not compete in the team play

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Reading Bristol C.

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Aldershot Swindon

ling mood and claimhed suc of two of the tour English divisions, the Fire, and Third (Boutis), League the goods, Firmani doing the one averaged over four sond Colchcete hat trick, 10

Lekque Two and League

One of the best wing of the North were below average.

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The South African inside trio of Sid Gunn, Stuart Leary and Eddie Firmatii were in a spark-

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West Bromwich Albion nt

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Burnley. Wait Bromwich are

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Detroit (2nd)

NATIONAL LEAGUE,

6 19 4

1 Wanderers. 8

R

Brooklyn

| treble" "in - ruces in England, Detroi{

Canada and the United States or. | Washington Saturday afternoon, a feat prob. ably unique turf history.

Mr Bell one of fous ex it..

London, Sept. 12 partners in Alberta Rumenes, Squadron Leader Noville Ltd. of Calgary. At Doncaster, Duke, who set up a now world No Peace running in Mr Bell's

dr speed record (yet to be con- colours, finished third in the Chicago armed) of over 727 miles on Prince Edward Hurdles hundi-

(10 innings) hour along the south coast of cap; nt. Hawthorne

Park, England lust Monday in his Chicago, Alberta Ranches Irish Philadelphia Hawker Hunter jet fighter, isbred caft, India Hemp, took St. Louis

Bidwell prepared to meet any challenge third place in the thne his rivals in the Buperma- Mem

Memorial Handicap, which was Pittsburgh the Cincinnati rine Bwift may attemps in Tri-won by Smoke Bereen; and

anmo. Kables' Quiz Row . was Tout-Commander.

Into Milo Edth-nairowly beaten seconii Pittsburgh (2nd) Bow Supermarine's chief test place in the Speers Handicap at Cincinnati

won by ples, will attempt to break Winnipeg.

Chath Dulto's record in the latest ver- Reaction.

poll.

andon of tho Switt wopb-wing

New York Milwaukee

Mr Bell attended the Don-

Agater at Costel Benito, Tripoli, caster Halbs last week and New York (2nd) ...k A report of a survey foun bought "tuveral yearlings of bes | Milwauke

now in North Alims in faYuu" half core his syndicate, “Chinh

Mail Sprolat

GOALS' PLENTIFUL

Three

Shrewsbrie Q. F. Bournemo

Twenty Ava soals were scored in Northamolch

a great pace and load the four first games of the Scottinn Coventry

Longue, CuD. quarter inely.

And

Watford

the First Division tablo by two pubs, mere again an Westrukiay

Laytos O okrvioctaly 0 points from Wolverhampton | fight

dre Southend already in happy positions,

Facening of East Fife, who seeks Tar) day NEWYDOTT Burnley had won all four transfer to an Engilah Club, menyed

17 Elim 11 home matches this season and vengainst Durtermiine, Prentice #1- Ures wasinet. Ayr In the last two years find beaten | Unika,

and Johnton (11thermiani

☎ Albion 5-0 quid 0-1 in corres-three against Third Lanark,

ponding matches,,

BURNLEY UNLUCKY

The game of the day, however,

We at Kilmarnock, where the home mert

down 3-1 at kmitume, minged

a storming rally in the second half Burnley were unfortunate to and worst against Partick Thistle, Heir promising young the Division ride deterved bave offert winger Pilkington hurt for the victory, but Thistle, were subm ||ame! 2 most of the game, but even early in the second hair. He broke h

fortunate to Jose right-half Thomson allowing for this, Albion were leg in a tackle and was taken to much the better side. Their ir darow infirmary, gud one of Kil- goal record of 19 for and avera0000, 2000 tama arome kakloty pakinetahows they have both by xájdeming, onge

*

Dower in attack, bed" nrength The big feature of the 'League: In defence, the it will take a game Dayk wÖnde's first "win it was ruined past the exponiae of gook Me to beat themed Cure and by the arrow are of

For excitement, nothing could Deah, the Wolverhamyong and The: Wolver

"by Colina; - Köhrtä-were hood at Home by queen of the

Div. H (Netch)

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With the result of the lle al-

against Japan. Hongkong was ready decided, both teams took

Asian Games Get IAAF Approval

the opportunity to give their "reserves", a chance. In today's

remaining two Singles.

In the Dist of these matches, Straight Clark (US) bam Paul

7-8,9 Wiley (Canada)

0-2 and 6-0.

Bernard Bartzen (US). the last match with a Gv4, 7-5, 1-6 and 6-0 win over

Bob

Manila, Sept. 12. The International Amatour Athletic Federation has ope proved the holding of track and Bedard (Canada),

Tho United

States thig feld events in the Second Asian Games to be held in Manila qualified to meet the winne from May 1 to May 9, next of the Belgium-Indin tihy Zoc

Etho right to challengo Auto year. *** The IAAF's action was an tralia, the Holders of the tropky a

nounced by the organizing com- - mittee of the Second Arlon MARATHON GAME

Venice, Italy,

Sept The approval, contained in a Jaroslav Drobny, self-exisa lotter

"by the Commit-. Czech who plays as on

Doe from IAAP Honorary Secre- won tho Men's Sinados tilan

). 2. P. Palt, means that the International Unnia toutes thry D track and fjeld, records, during mant

the Games

by the TAAF

will be recoghted

the

today, when he Vindiaidy Skorneck?

Por Curtain

* Mfr: Pain also disclosed that|li a marathon" game, ka G.D. Sondhi of Inails has been a The Pole put up a great, debishitha

sentative, id 220-

But Drobny tradumily: proev down knd, NONE PUT INT

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