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THE CHINA MAIL. TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1954.

AMATEUR CHAMPION

EUROPE'S SPORTS EDITORS PICK HUNGARY TO WIN THE WORLD SOCCER CUP

London, June 7.

Europe's top sports editors voted the Hungarian national soccer squad the best in the world by forecasting the Iron Curtain team would win the 1954 World Championship in Switzerland this month. Brazil, Uruguay and England were nominated for the next three places.

In a poll conducted by the United Press, Hungary received 101 points, Brazil 75 and defending title-holders Uruguay 72. England came in a bad fourth with 20,

Editors were asked to forecast, for mony years ond have probably have given them · the first four. Four points were naturally developed teamwork | higher rating. awarded for a first placing, three and understanding to an un- for a second, two for a third and

cenny pitch. one for a fourth,

were

Switzerland's 3-3 tie on Mar 23 with Uruguay would possibly. on the other hand, have lost the South Americans few watc

Eight editors gave the dot- place nod to Bruzil. Seven sald that they would! come second and 10 thought they would

Other strong major points No fewer than 10 of the 34

noted particularly

thoir Rally editors who voter said

tremendous shooting ability → fhard and accurate, their tactical the ball-uzzling wizards

superiority over the other na

competing and co-ordination be- | Chính thirdl. Superb tween defence and attack,

BEFORE THE SLAUGHTER

Eastern Europe would win. The suid that the Olympic Champura Honni celain to displace the were

hud bedre Uruku.yans

allied

Sy

chaineteriat m

!by South American style of play with the

Lough, hand-hating Furopean before

technique

13H that

They said gerians were the fastest, And best ball-players in world. They also pointed but

have kop

the

Hungarians

Bagnit

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fleusons of the eight for pick- Bruzit to win included The editors ened their volcs "ensy preliminary round Hungary's sion grouping-the Brazilians are in France, Yugo~ over Englan Jigroup one with Win

and Mexico but meet Other slavia Hun-Budapest pn May 23.

teste, several of the eight editors only Yugoslavia and Mexico as

thought they

only France la seedel with Brazil in would th. who

their coupling thu

of undi runners-up spot make the

ball control with who believed

they speed the ye would only

would accurney; a high consistent in- come third

Iternational standard and tactics superior to the "old" European orthodox systems; excellent pre- tournament training results (the gigcI is in top shape); frat- reserves und the dry weather and hard grounds will sult them.

team fogether

Stewards To Probe Running

Of Winston Churchill Stakes

/

Landon, June 7.

Surprisingly only five editors Thotaght Uruguay would ristain the Jules Riniet Cup --which they have already won twice.

come Stewards of the Jockey Club, which controls British Twelve said they would

forecast them racing, nanonged today they intend to conduct an inquiry soon! and four

inio third place. into the running of the Winston Churchill Stakea at

Reasons given by most ed Hors Hurst Park on Saturday to see whether a jockey de-tur giving Uruguay the "thumbs- liberately end was in the home stretch to let another down" horse win.

place in

Capron

Crest Carr.

both who handl II's trait Odborne and us conqueror of Saturday. Premonition, will also be culled upon to testify.

Boyd-Rechfort, Quem Elinboth

We

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titlo

sign runged from "nervousness-defending The Jockey 19 B. Burrows, Osborne led all the way in tells always a strain" to "they will who rode Osborne Inta second two-mille event with Juckey 111be stale by the time the tourna

Queen's personalment starts--they're already in Jockey, riding Premonition hard Switzerland and have been pre- for the tournament (ar on his heels.

A furlong from paring f laws tong." the post Osborne, which gallopa

On the other hand, editors who exularly in training with Prò-

pleked the Uruguayans to win monition, cased up.

Brigadier W. F Wyati, who thought their long pre-toura- owns both horses, said afterent training policy would pay off. They also thought the South wards

he had used Osborne

But Americans would have something merely as a pacemaker.

world crown British reeng

"each to shoot fur-the rules say

for the third time. race shall b run on its merita

Only one editor-la Brussels- picked England to WITI.

One Thought they had a "fair" chance of pluring second. Four said they might pussibly place third. Only 10 of the 34 editors mentioned England at all against the 33 who mentioned Hungary and ane who was not sure who would inut thought Hungary, win Brazil, Italy and Czechoslovakh would be the semi-Anorists. United Press.

Lo Brothers Chosen To Play For Oxford

Oxforů, June 7. Norman Lo and Donald Lo, brothers from the Chi- versity of Hongkong. have been chosen 10 play for Oxford Universtiy gabri Cambridg In the inter- Varsity lawn tents match at Eambourne, Sussex, July 8 and 9.

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The brothers are studying at Wadham College, Oxford Other members of the team Include R. Ahmed, from Panjab University. now as Christchurch: J. W. AECE (United States), captain; 8. Cram (Kenya) and G.A.K. and G. Þ. Owen,—Router.

(Norman

an and Donald are the sons of the Hun, M. W. La and Mira Lu).

Featherweights

Matched

whether an owner as another horse in the race or not."

If the Stewards prove Usborne was not out to win, then Bur- be charged with a Towa will breach of regulations.

Burrows said yesterday Ou borne swerved of the end of a have inst week and he had eused up Saturday because he was afread the hors might do it

gain.-Vaned Prea.

RECORD FOR

BIG CARS

Milwaukee, June 8.

the Chuck Stevenson won 100-mile A.A.A. national cham- plonship big-car race here to uny at a blazing 07.0

new track record. clip to set a

Stevenson

HIS

m.p..

who started

оп

the

Craigengower Staging Open

Tennis Tourney

the

in outside position Aral row, made the 100 miles over the newly asphalted one- mile track in 1 kr. min. 31.297 number of club entries to date gets,. which was 2 mins. Ga

to four, the other entry is the Seco.

better than the former

King George V School. of the dirt track here,

Champion Chin Yak-soon, will 93.7 mph. was held by

Manila, June 8. record Singapore's Featherweight The old record 1:04:00.795, Dr The CCC 19 golog ahead Jack with plans and anniversary soon meat Philippine feather-McGrath, who finished fourth prizes, to be distributed by Mrs

weight Benny Escobar

N. P. Karanja, wife of the club's Vice-President, have been ordered.

Douglas Bachil of Australia has a big smile as he poses with his cup as it is presented to him by Mr G. A. L. Jamieson, Captain of the Hon." Company of Edinburgh Golfers--after winning the Amateur Golf Champlonships. at Muirfield.

Switzerland Awaits Half A Million Football Fans

Zurich, June 7.

BEST GOLF SINCE THE WAR

BAT ENGLISH OPEN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

By EDDIE HAMILTON

"That's not the sort of golf we play at week-ends”, I overheard a member remark to another during the Championship, after watching big Bill Campbell, Joe Carr and other mighty aloggers knocking the ball the best part of 300 yards down the narrow fairways.

Up to the final, the quality of golf was far ahead of what I have seen in post- war Championships. The topnotchers more than once broke 70 in their matches. Congratulations to quiet Doug British golf courses. And con- Ian Young, who lost by one Bachli on being the first Com-gratulations, too,

ort his Ano hole to Bachli in the fourth monwealth player to win,

display of sportsmanship and round, is out to improve his Condolences to Bill Campbell, strict observance of the game's game in always

preparation for the popular gure on etiquette.

Scottish Amateur at Nairn in It was a lesson to all golfers July. that, when Campbell conceded a

He pleked up his opponent's ball

with Ond handed it methods to him. That left absolutely Gornid no doubt in his opponent's mind advised that he had been given the putt. [elianges.

Sad-eyed Basuto putt, he always

Wants To Fight Again

OFTEN A SŁY LOOK

discussed American Campbell and ntid both minor

Micklem

him to make

Young said he would give it a trial for the next three wooks

Campbell During the week's golf On the and

wise-cracket: Johannesburg. isleky Muirfield grees, a player "It has taken some of us as long

often took a sly look at his op-aS three years

the to make Mokane, Elijah

South

ponent's short putt before da- changes effective!" African non-European fea-ciding whether he would like to

-London Kapress Service) ther and lightweight boxing see the ball into the hole or be champion, who refused to generous. fight in London where he toln, Lieut-Colonel Tony Dun- Last year's Walker Cup cap- saw a "vision" of his dead con clorined thia doubtful father, now wants to return situation by instructing his team- to Britain to continue his mates to pick up the other ball

when conceding a pust. boxing career.

"I want to forget the

past," It was unfortunate that young he said in his home near Johari- | Peter Toogood should lose As nesburg. "I will star! training in he did to Joe Carr at the 20th. a month's time and expect to Henry Colton, who won the 1948

Aighting about

four weeks Corner and told me that at Muirfield, had a look at

championship committee had

"Joe's

the

Brazil Bars

Russia From Cage Contest

the

later,"

Rio De Janeiro, Juno 8. The Brazilian Baskertha!! Mokane left Johannesburg for London by air on February 4 water."

rightly ruled the area "casual Confederation is going ahead confident of success. But 14 days

with plans to hold the Secand Inter he was back from hils Former Walker Cup player world basketball championship α participation Peters confirmed the without 14,000-mile trip looking beggard Gordon

from despite protests and hollow-eyed.

view that "temporary Russia During that Colton time he did not even see box-accumulation of water" was the French sporting circles over the exclusion of the 1932 Olymple Ing glove and dropped from Bis correct interpretation. fighting weight of 133 pounds to

runners-up and European cham- THE DISCOVERIES

plons. -113 pounds.

"It is not A The discoveries of the Cham-

question of pionship were Tasmanian Peter ideology," Confederation Secre-

Keith Tate, Ken tary Ivan Toogood,

told the Raposo Worthington and

Young. United Press. "We never

Nearly half a million foreign football fans enough to fill all major stadia in Switzerland '---- are expected to cross the Swiss frontier to root for their home country in next month's World Football Cup Tournament. Officials expect their tiny country, geared as it is for tourism, will be bursting at the seams with football-crazy foreigners scrambling for last minute hotel and stadium reservations.

Tickets are already dis- restaurants will be strictly appearing like the last Alpine supervised to see that legal snows, and it Is feared rotes are scrupulously adhered black market may spring up 10, before the tournament ԱՄՆ, sending admission prices far

above the 3.00 Swiss francs (81 US cents) for the cheap stand- ing places in the first round.

Reports have

have already reached the International Football Federation's headquarters here that counterfeit tickets are being circulated in France and all foreigners are being warned only to buy tickets at recognised bureaux and booths.

From Western Germany 'alono 30,000 full tournament reserva- tions are already in. Hundreds more are pouring in every day and ometals doubt if they will ever be able to estimate the

number of one and two-day

trippers.

Doctors could discover no mental or physical disorders.

The sad-eyed Basuto boxer spent his trip to London in bed, unable to eat, in a cheerless and lonely hotel room.

Jan

good, whose father is a por- planned on Russia because wo fessional, swings the club like don't have diplomatic relations fellow Australian Peter Thom-with the Soviet Union. Other on, and should go far in big-countries have been invited and time golf if he plays in Ameri- accepted so it is too late for can tournaments,

changes even I we wanted to make them.”

There, sald Mokane, he had dream in which "saw" bis dead father and other members of his family. Suddenly he had an overwhelming desire to re- Keith Tate, the Northumber- turn home.

land Champion, who reached

The countries originally in- the Muirfield last eight and vited for the 10-nation tourna- Friendly Catholic priests and the quarter-finals of the Englishment to be beld Special Commissioner Floriana European woman

In Sao Paulo university Amoteur last month, impressed in October were Nieder sald today.

the U.S., leat "The foot-undergraduate

him the with his power and tempera Canada, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, ball tournament will be money for his air fare. Since ment. Switzerland's

Paraguay, Cuba, Mexico, Argen- tourist biggest

returning he has gained weight, bonanza in years. But It and his own doctor has passed Tate is a former English boy tina, Brazil, France, Yugoslavia, and the Egypt, Israel our job to see that the fans get bim 100 per cent Ot

International and, if he can win Italy, good treatment as weil S

Mokane good

at Leaches

the place in the English team for Philippines, football, The tournament will Magabela Primary School, 30 the Internationals at Porthcawl All these countries, with the bring many people to Switzer-miles from Johannesburg. Hls in September, the experience

exception of Cuba, replied to land for the first time. It is up young bride of three months is should be good enought to put the invitation

at all but to us to see that they will want a teacher at the same school-him in the running for a Walker Mexico, Italy, Egypt and Israel to return.”—United Press.

Cup blazer next year.

have confirmed they will parti. cipate.

China Mall Special.

Scots Selectors Hope That Allan

Brown Will Recover

His Deadly Shooting Form

By TOMMY MUIRHEAD

Allan Brown is the most fortunate footballer I know-he is included in Scot. land's 13 chosen by the "big three' solectors, for our World Cup matches in Switzerland this month.

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CURA SCRATCHED Mr Raposo sold that the Con- federation has now scratched Cuba from the invitation list and offered her berth to Spain.

"We are now working toward an understanding with Spain over the financing of the trip 18-man delegation,"

for

Q

Raposo said. "The Confedera tion is willing to pay 70 per cent, but the visiting country must supply the remainder. The same question is involved with Israel and Italy, but I under- stand that the colonies of those

and around countries in

Вло Paulo are raising the funds necessary to pay for the trip."

In reply to French; critialern of the exclusion of Russia trom the tournament Mr Raposo said that the regulations of the

The Ladies' Recreation Club,

7,000 SOUTH AMERICANS United Services Recreation Ch and South China Athletic Club Even troin for-uft Suuth have joined the Cralgengower America nome 7.000 ardent fans Cricket Club's Anniversary In-have already written in for full- ***vitation Doubles Knockout time reservations.

Tournaments, bringing the "All the world's a football stage and everybody is trying to-get in on the act," quipped one official, pointing to heaps of envelopes from England, France, Belgium and Scandinavia.

Italy, however, is expected to atoday. In

provide the greatest number of

fans. bout arranged here for July 3 One noar-accident caused the

foreign

The Industrial at the Rizal Coliseum, it was yellow caution flag to be waved

north of the country is only a

The others are F. Martin (Aberdeen), W. Cunningham (Preston North End), announced here today-France in the 93rd and for three laps

few hours from Switzerland

J. Aird (Burnley), B. Evans (Celtic), T. Docherty (Preston North End), J. Davidson Presse.

the drivers had to hold their The Doubles Knockout Tour

and sport-loving Itailans are (Partick Thistle), D. Cowie (Dundee), J. McKenzie (Partick Thistle), R. Johnstone positions. Otherwise, the speed|naments, one for men and onG sure to repeat the mass invasion' (Hibernian), N. Mochan (Celtic), W. Fernie (Celtic), and W. Ormond (Hibernian). F.LB.B.A. adopted

pied in Helsinki mark probably would have for ladies, will be a double which let Switzerland fabutė-

Included a clause, been bettered by three minutes knockout affair, meaning that | gosted after lost year's cycling

The Blackpool man was prob-, Mochan and Willlo Forale. Countries could register up to in 1952

adopted at the insistence

of the any pair losing twice in auto-obmpionships when Italians, ably the dimmest of our stars in Mouhan can play centre or 40 players with FIFA for World crowd of 31,725 watched (matically eliminated. All pairs

This mumber Communist countries, that a poured in on bloycles, scooters, the tour matches against Nord outside-left, and Fernie both Cup matches.

organising an official the drivers race for a record, will be seeded to make the attos and even on foot.

way Cat Inside-left) and Tinland thside positions.

must, however, be reduced to country Odoll

of $25,550. purse

Stevenson's | tournament

(centre-forward),

22 eight days before the International tournament On there

not invite countries with which first prize money was $0,387,00, possible.

Although Swiss officials will showings it is difficult to

Bobby Evans is preferred to matches begini.

It did not have diplomatic re- or 25 per круг

cent of the total,--

unable to check a black stand why he has been preferred Davia inthers at wing half and Names of LRC players re-market in stadium tickets if it to George Flamtipon or Jacky Jack Aira

The 18 already named have lations. to Alex Wilson at

registered and the.ro- ceived are Messrs J. Kite and begins, they can and will make Henderson.

full-back. It was probably ex-been C. G. Hobba for the men tourna sure hotels and `cafes will not i The selectors probably thought serience that tipped the scales maining four are Jimmy Binning

be 'allowed to Took the that in the two training sessions in favour of the Cellie and Queen of the South), Bobby Secretary-General of the Inter-

or, more.

Harry

A

I promise you a very enjoyable, cool evening at the

EMPIRE THEATRE

on.

Thursday, 10th June

at 9:30 p.m. with tho SINO-BRITISH

ORCHESTRA

Admission: $5, $3, $2, $1.

PLEASE, BOOK NOW -

Colda

Even the Stightest cold

ts to be feared

Do not let it spread! Defeat it from the start by taking 1 or 2 'CAFASPINS

CAFASPIN

United Press.

NINE DRAGONS

COMPETITIONS:

interesting 03

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ba

need

foreigners.

If he does, all will be well at normal prices and cafes and If he doesn't "there are Nell

"After · Mr William' Jónes,

Combe (Hibernian), Ernio national Basketball Federation, at Ay-three days last week Burplex men.

Copland (Baith Rovers), and invited Russin and Hungary to candukuro this week--and the kwó

take part in the championship, A special tourist commission trial matches against EnglandThe 18 players who toured Ian McMillan (Airário).

wo has been set up to handle World which it is hoped

Bought a

a ruling from, the to arange, Norway and, Finland were such Their opponents in the fint Foreign Ministry on whether Cup Lane. The commission has Brown will regain his sharphens and bunch that it is a pity round of the World Cup will be teams from pro

those countries already

But turned down hotel off the magic and deadly, shoot, five hnd to be dropped: requests to boost prices during ing.

all five Johnny Anderson, Alex Austria (June 18 at Zurich) would be granted virus, his The answer (Is the tournament.

IF HE DOESN'T.

Wilson, Dario Mathers, George and Uruguay, the holders (June) Raposo sald

negative, Hotel rooma'have been pegged

20 the Hamilton and Jacky Henderson 19 at Basie).

closed."United Press. have been" asked to stand by.

-(London Repress/ Butylce)

themt, and Mrs J. Kite and Miss A. Phillip as the expected pair for the indies.

Names of the South

USRC Chipa

and In the Nine Dragons Club players have not yet been re- competitions for June, 10 teamsceived. coc pinyers are entered in the darts tourna also asked to pond_In their ment and six in the table tennis.names to the Tennis Committee Following is the draw for the as soon as possible so that or two tournaments:

rangements can be Analised. Doris 40 Inf. Signala Wkap VIEME "A": 316 Loc. Bly "A" Ft. Amb.. RAMC; Corad - Wap. v 210 Loc. Bty "B": 135 Td Pk Sem v AA Wkap: RNWT Station v Kowloon Gorrison Bignala.

Comd

WP REME; Ent. WKED V BNWT Station; 3 Gen, Hop, v 210 Loo Bly.

Table Tennis-7-7anka v Comd.

THAI PRINCE WINS BELGIAN MOTOR RACE

Chimay, Belgium June, 0. Prince Bifa of Slam, driving ja Masera, won the Farmula". class for cars up to 21⁄2 lite unsupercharged in the Grand Prix Des Frontiers race to-day

He covered the 20: Inpa of the course, totalling just under 130 miles, in 1.hr. 22 mina 18.6 stoi at an average miles

Frenchman

Frances Pollet, in Gordiniy set up now. lap

over 102 miller an hours, His day Akidded on the track; instire land

THE GAMBOLS

DARLING

(HOW LOVEL

CUSER YOU

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matter