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SPORTS ROUNDABOUT

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1954.

NOT SO GOOD VIEW FOR KELSEY

Bigger And Wider Goals Will Bring Back The Fans

By W. CAPEL KIRBY

attendances have dropped

During the past few seasons Soccer steadily. Would the missing thousands be tempted back if promised goals, goals, and still more goals?

Johnny Carey thinks they would. Moreover, he suggests it could be done by increasing the height and width of the goals to give shol-shy forwards a bigger target to aim for.

Keeping football-fit landed

"Lengue_football to an enter-, Exiles annuel match suggestion? | could be a good buy for Notting- tainment and if goal-scoring is I could understand Lancashire ham Forest. the primary need of the cus fighting shy of a fixture with tomers we must find some way Old Trafford rejects just now. of catering for them," said the Blackburn Rovers manager.

Why not? Public demand for more goals was responsible for

Why not a Lancashire Exiles v. | 10-year-old John Armour in

Yorkshire Exiles maleb?

ASKING YOU

the off-side low

jaw belag changed! Can anybody tell me: (x) Tunt falled-thanks 10 Arsenal Why Hutton repeatedly over- inventing the stopper centre-look Compton's reputation as a half-back. But Here no breaker-up of obstinate partner- IASUT why the Soccer rulers ships? (b) Whether expenditure on bringing the Wardrop swin Here's to bigger and wider twins from Ainerien for the goals and goalkeepers.

European Championships will be justified? (c) who REALLY 22-year-old won the Vancouver Marathon?

shouldn't try another lack.

Barnett,

Eric Australian frun Wales, came

New South

OVER

hoping Stand by for a Arst-class row to land a professional cricket | between the Northern, Southern engagement with a Lancashire) and Midland swimming contin- club. Instead he has signed gents over England's b Van amateur forms for Warrington couver flop. Rugby League Club. Fle is д centre or wing.

•

•

Because the matter la by no means Rolshed take note that

trouble for playinut in a Glasgow strect. Hin keenness earned him the reprieve of an understanding magistrate. on hearing the lod was about to Join Stoke City's Kround staff.

Did the kindly Soccer-minded beak realise the lad was on the Ieve of taking the Arst step which led Stan Matthews to stardom? Young Armour's

keen.

Within an hour of arriving In

the Potteries from Scotland he Stoke's was out training with evenint class.

Mester Brian Godfrey, of Rossington, agrees that England need a change in gral bul pooh- poolt's the suggestion of finding 4 successor 10 Cl Merrick presenting any difficulty.

The selectors have only to call on Donenster Hovers And

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Steaming! hornewards after referee Arthur Ellis was never Serving in 1212 Far Fast is attacked, nor his family ever in Mickey Granger, promising York | danger of assault, after Brazil's take a look at Ken Hardwick," City goalkeeper

whose feals | bunts und bottles Bottle of Berne | the writes. earned him Hongkong's "Fou-affair with Hungary.

reader's young balier of the Year" award. Due

Authority for this is Ellis him- something there. for demob shortly, Granger will self in "Refereeing Round the combine football with motor | World" (Hutchinson, 10s. Od.). body building.

•

CAMPBELL FOR FOREST? AL £2,500, Scottish ex-national Bobby Campbell, Chel- cellent Yorkshire v. Yorkshire i seu's wing or inside forward,

Who shelved last year's

This

If Ray Kichener

got

Arsenal goalkeeper Kelsey looks round and gets a close but not to be envied outside-left view of the ball entering his net from a shot by Newcastle United

Reuterphoto, Mitchell during the First Division League match at Highbury.

Canada Cup Tournament May Be Played In Britain Next Year

By

HENRY LONGHURST

Montreal,

After an air journey, interrupted unexpectedly by a night at the Turnberry Hotel and, less congenially, by the cries of a plane-load of assorted Infants resembling a kindergarten minus the headmistress, I arrived to find here at Laval sur le Lac a lush and lovely club-house on typical transatlantic lines together with an equally typical course-the holes running up and down between avenues of trees, not too difficult and with a par estimated by Peter Thomson, the Open Champion, at 68.

He added an interesting point, certainly not explained by the altitude, that he eight iron, for instance, found the ball flew 20 yards farther than normal. rgret not

carrying him 160 to 165 yards.

tip

hits the headlines with Chelsen, some- inter- | body at Luton will

taking more notion of given them last senson, Рег հոգ Luton, like Charlton, though! there was little hope of the former tebin Town winger turning pro.

George "Another th: ver:fict Stambori Bridge way.

Skittles

Statham

Out Surrey

London, Aug. 28. Surrey did not shape like the 1954 County Cricket Champions in their final match against Lancashire at the Oval.

Half the side were out for 42, the arch destroyer being England's number one fast bowler, Brian Statham, who dismissed Stewart Clark and May in six overs,

Surrey were all vul for 128, and at the close, Lancashire stood only 10 runs short with five wickets in hand.

Rebb

Major League Baseball

ia

New York, Aug. 20. Leagues first 20-game winner of Bob Lemon became the Major the season as the Cleveland In-

dians defeated the Boston Red Sex 0-2, and B-1 today to in- AL Scarborough: Yorkshire 205 Crease their American League (Sutelite 82). Canadian touring | lend. team 115 for five,

150

The following were the results. AL Chesterfield; Derbyshire of Major Langue games played Elsewhere, batsmen revelled in

(Wooller right-arm | fast- į today:— and bright

Caster medium five for 45), Glamorgan sunshine wickets than they have known 31 for three.

for several months, Australian At Bristol: Warwickshire 211 Jack Livingstone was the day's

scorer with

top

the

Page

BOB KESTEN Writes His

Set Piece

Interludes

With

By Eva Gabor

Besides manufacturing entertainment, a movie studio Is an excellent processing plant for news and views of the show world.

So... at 8.80 in the morning... it was heigh-ho for Shepperton, where Coronado Productions is shooting The End Of The Affair, with Van Johnson, Deborahj Kerr and John Mills.

1 went armed with a copy of His next pletare, Cockle Shelt Orchids and Salami by "Eva Heroes, another true war story, Gabor, to fill, the odd moments might overlap with the shooting when everybody ambles about | schedule on this current job. doing nothing worth watching.] · The italicised passages are

STICKS BY GUM

cholco bita of Gabor American- I am surprised Van Johnson esc. For example:

doesn't forget himself and start "Always ba satisfied with chewing gum during the shoot- your own ser or you'll never always seems to have

be satisfied with anybody

of a scene.

A

plece of gum in his mouth and when the camera is not rolling Inside the gates, Press repre- his jaw maintains a slow bat scritative Rubin Grocott hurried steady rhythm,

had a

(TV -

to meet me. You can always Coronado Productions pick out the publicity man on | but-lately-established tradition à movie lot-he's the only one about Donald Gray in a hurry (and the only one nouncer who's just had a threat without a union).

of murder from D jealous husband). After he starred "In On the sound stage, with Saturday

Jaland it became a lights and cameras ready, habit to work him

nt least! Deborah Kerr walked on

with a smile for Diand-i Este flectingly into each picture. His voice was dubbed into Sea Smythe, who walked off. Is her Devils and during The End Of hair the same colour because The Affair he's in and out of a she is the stand-in, e is she cocktail party scene long enough the stand-in because her hair

to kiss Deborah Kerr, is the same colour? I wanted to know.

Although a fine actor, there seem few parts for a man with one artificial arm. However, it should be remembered Herbert Marshail has had a long and "It's a queation I've always successful career in spite of a

Deborah wooden leg. I haven't

"The latter," answered Esme. "I always wear my hair this colour,"

wanted to ask her."" told me later, "but

had the nerve,"

was

"My Ignorance

I rather cultured ignorance, could talk about nothing inj four languages.”

TURNS ON TEARS

"How American suffer! They eat more, must weigh less than majority of mankind!“

Gome you.'

bus

the

Coffeeing in the canteen. I board of a delightful story about a famous conductor, (who | shall be nameless). He'd finish- Although Deborah Kerr caned a concert and retired to his Early impressions incline me fessing that his legs were begin-| Leading the field by four shots

alip into a mood quickly, she dressing room with a party of to believe that this tournament, ning to "go" in the fourth hour. from Canada, five from

comes out of it slowly. There's triends when they were intor- founded for the promotion of With Rees 74 and Gould 77, holders (Argentinc), and six

a tragic scene in a shoddy hotel rupted by the little man from international good will, will no the Welshmen fell somewhat from Englund and Ireland, were:

room that ends in tears. Before the stage door. behind-in both senses. Starting the two Australians, Thomson the first take she was laughing from strength to strength.

Rumour has.lt that its name last but one, they took nearer and Kelvin Nagle with 60 and

and joking. but was right m 68 for total of 137, a very will be changed to the Inter-Ave hours than four.

the mood when the cameras national Cup, and John Jay

salisfactory position for

started. DAY'S HERO Hopkins, founder of the present

monwealth golf. feast,

shot tho They 18

Hero of the day was Canada's tells the he

anxious

Leonard, It set one wondering whether times, with waits up to In tuding player, Stan R should

stay not Canada, but should travel then lithe, lean fellow and a parti- the Australians after all their minutes between, but the tear send them in three at a time." world.

cularly fine wooden club, player, triumphs in Britain this year ful mood had settled оп

ther Yes, sir," answered the was fully 15 minutes doorman, but there are only He wants to see it next year whose 60 was the best round may not be due soon to accom- and it in Britain. What a great occa- of the day. He has never been plish in world golt what they before slle'd regained her smile. two."

England, but hopes to go have done over the ston

would it

make it these to

years in tennis. representatives of almost every golfing nation in the world could be assembled at St Andrews.

that

IDIOSYNCRACIES

Laval is the centre of the most affluent section of French- Canadian Montreal, and French the natural language here. As each

player

driven off he is 'compered"

achievements

on

NATIONAL LEAGUE

with

of

his

and personal

(Wolton 50, Welis right-arm off-

R. H.

E. idiosyncrasies,

first in French

Pittsbugh

4 10

3

R

2

his cap, bows and drives off

0

a scintillating spin five for 50), Gloucestershire Chicago 207 out of Northamptonshire's 103 for one (Graveney not out total of 333.

|00).

(2nd Game)

Pittsburgh Somerset's attack was thrashed

At Bournmouth: Hampshire Chicago by Hampshire whose 870 for eight declared occupied only five 370 for eight declared (Rogers and a half hours. Neville Rogers 123 Gray 61, Blake 100, Law- Philadelphia

aco right-arm leg-break five Cincinnat

contributed 123, hitting 14 tours, for 77), Somerset ten for one. and Derek Blake 100.

Derbyshire, third in the table, At Hove: Essex 272 (Trevor and Glamorgan, Afth, had a dour Ealley 83, Insole 52, Taylor 70). day's cricket in which Glamor- Sussex five for one. gan's Allan Watkins took two of the 11 wickets, he needs to com- plete the double.

CLOSE OF PLAY SCORES

then to English. He then lifts

next year.

Com-

past

few

THE

JOSTLING IN PROMOTION QUEUE

By

ROY PESKETT

Third Division football will get a boost this season sometimes with an unfortunate if, as is anticipated, the England team meet representa-

anti-climax into the trees.

tive elevens of the Northern and Southern Sections in At one stage proceedings on trial matches for international training purposes.

1 the first tee were held up while

So much talent has been either discovered or drafted

a cake, complete with candles. into the Third from higher divisions in recent years that was presented to Otto Schoep- fer, of Lugano, and the com-

company

0 pero and general

rendered "Happy Birthday To You."

0

Philadelphia Cincinnati

New York

4

5

B

13

(2nd Gama)

0

0

76 for

(11 Innings)

Brooklyn Milwaukee

12 13

0

4 18 2

At Leicester: Leicestershire St. Louis 287 (Hallam 84). Kent two (Fagg not out 53).

At Nottingham: Northampton- At Oval: Surrey 128 (Statham shire 333 (Livingston got out for 207, Amold 04, Dooland right- right-arm fast-medium five 36). Lancashire 112 Aveam leg-break eight for 93).

for

Nottingham 33 for two.-Reuter.

(Wharton 54).

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE

London, Aug. 20. Championship cricket table after the matches which cuded yesterday was as follows:

Surrey

The position in the County

Yorkshire

Derbyshire

Warwickshire Glamorgan Middlesex

Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire

SUEM LE

Worcestershire

Koni

Lancashuro Gloucestershiro

Hampalitra Exx

Worcesteraliire

Bornarset

(11 Innings) AMERICAN LEAGUE

R. H. E.

Chicago

1 0 0

P

W I.

D Tied No Ist Inngs Lead

Dec. in Match

Points |

Now York

Detroit Philadelphia

Detroit Philadelphi

4

4 8

14 14

3 10

10

G

Lost Drown

(2nd Game)

190

Baltimore Washington

10

D

140

130

5 13

0

0 11

2

F 10

1 ย

First 12 In The Katilag Averages

Toen Graveney (Gloucester) Denis Compton (Middlesex) Don Kenyon (Worcester) ..... Peter May (Burrey) "......................... Livingstons (Northampton) P. E. Richardson (Worcester) Doug Inacle (sax),

W., Adrich Middlesex) Dave Sheppard (sumx). AV. Walton (harwickshire Frank Lowson (Yorkshire)

M. J. K. Smith (Lleostor)

888978888888857

1477

11 NO 218

49.21

48,00

Inn go. N.O. Nunn

1830

1624

2434

Highest Average

Score

222 0120

283 NO 64.00

18:41

1010

200

185

1709

172 NO 43.82

1070

199

120

103

30.92

201 NO" 29.48

Baltimore Washington

Cleveland

Boston

Cleveland Boston

(2nd Game)

(2nd Game)

United Press.

Poor fellow, he opened with keener

Mulgrew.

"Our

100s

scene

"Excuse me, sir. there aro autograph hunters to sea

"Oh, well," sighed the con- six ductor, with assumed boredom, fva supposo

see them.

English governess always discussing things It's quietly like the English. not a bad technique. Nothing can make you so raging mad as someone's failure to raise his voice, when it's the social thing to do." •

SO CANDID

John Mills and Van Johnson of were examining a number candid still

taken pictures during a day's shooting of out- door scenes

Magna Carta 1

Island.

071

my

"Esther Williams is a nice height. Whm. 1 left Hollywood be she complained thore'd

"Kind of tall, Jen't she?" commented John Mills (who weare specially bulit-up shoes), looking at a picture of Van Johnson and Deborah Kerr.

"That's all right." answered Van, "I like them tall. Poor I's so short team selection would be difficult, particularly in the South.little June Allyson

she's either stretching her neck Not only is there

a higher} Further South, Mr George to look up at me or I'm bending

Southampton, is down and standard of play in the lowest Roughton, of

showing all division of the League, but also looking forward to his two new double chirs.

competition. Watford's signings from Newcastle United,

Foulkes and a six and reached the turn in manager, Mr Len Goulden, told Billy

Tommy 44, or a stroke a hole over his

mwe tancy age. These are aspects of golf-

Mr Roughton hopes that not Ing

"promotion which may obtaining promotion a great only will they take some of the sound strange at home, but seem deal. But then, so must many scoring weight off the broad less unnatural in

more other clubs in our division. We shoulders of Erle Day, but that colourful and, thank goodness. expect tough opposition from his team will be able to improve sunny surroundings here.

Brighton, Bristol City, their away record this season. Southampton, Reading, Coventry The competition is 72 holes City, Millwall, Norwich City, and As in last season's training, the accent is on ball play, and, Northampton.

like Brighton, every player has dark horses' may his own numbered football. In easily be Queen's Park Rangers; addition, Mr Roughton has intro- who have a number of extremely duced a number of new training capable young players. It is not kloss. Most interesting is the encrally known that in their weekly Sprint Chart. Jast 18 games

Jost season they

the

modal for teams of two playing! in fours, and the first thing to be said about it 19 that it takes an unconscionable time In the Allies and playing.

Weetman, both fast players--Alliss cently won a tournament with a last round of 08 in two tours

five minutes-had the Juck start out first,

"And the

chances of cur

to had a better record than did the

champions, Ipswich Town! •

"They gained an equal num-

Accompanied by two Spanish ber of points (21), but had a the books does

0 players, they

ON ON ON

set n cracking

pace of four hours five minutes, far better superior goal average. Eater normal time bremme nearer

four and a half hour.

DOVE OR SMITH? A

.

PACE MEN'S LEAGUE

Once a week every ginyer on a timed dash x." | round the pitch (300 yards) in plimsolls, and a “league table" is kept, providing interest and Mr Gouldin's biggest hope at much dressing-room craft. On the last green: Weetman the moment Is that he can Leader at the moment is Derek waited approximately six DerЯode Arsenal to let him Digby, who made the trip in 85 minutes to play a very short chip have centre-half. Henry Dove seconds, but the man tipped to und in the end, hardly knowing before the start of the season. take over the leadership is Alex it was Christmas of If not, no told me, Watford will Simpson, who, although, falling more. play, former England full-back over at one greasy bend, still re- Nevertheless, his 60, plus one Smith, whom he signed turned 57 seconds. Alliss's 74, left them well in the from Arsenal during the close

the hunt. Alliss played with scuson, at centre-half. unease natural a man who

to

"I have just been

already had a chat knows his wife has their first with Lionel," said Mr Goulden.

al for their stand he says "Play taken to hospital for happy event.

Egyptians Win Easter, he took three

Loire Swim

nobody left her size except Howard Keel."

I must

Parasitic skin. disease, itching

eczema etc.

'Mitigal

OIL & OVÍTMENT

»Bayer « LEVERKUSEN GERMANY.

"A divorce is a marriage THE "POST"

in which the groom gives the bride away”

For Mills it's another "bewier TYPHOON

hat" part. It's not a big, but a good, character role.

Mills doesn't seem to got, much time off, Hobson's Choice was followed by Charley's Aunt, which he left to make Colditz Story. Then stepped across the

MAP

lot Into The End Of The Agar, and

Espinosa Beats "Speedy" Akira

Manila, Aug. 29.

Mounted $5.00 Unmounted $4.00

TYPHOON TABLE

alvino | bearing-dialanne από Ulme-dialartes for typhoone likely to Affret Hong

Kong. A useful adjunct to the "Pow Typhoon Map.

$2.00 mounted

Leo Espinosa defented Japanese Flyweight Cham-Obtainable from pion "Speedy" Akira by SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST technical knockout in the HONGKONG & KOWLOON Beventh of their scheduled 10-round bout in Bagayan last night.

There is almost as much in terest in breaking 50 seconds as In the four-minute milo......... La Baule, France, Aug. 29.

Bouthampton also carry out a The two Egyptian stars, Abou

me any form of pretro training similar Immediately after the exhibi- Bradshaw where. We have good cover to that I watched the Urugua- tion bout Expinosa's, manager Helt and Abou Bakr, won' the In the next four. Jong-distance Loire swimming bad an excellent 68 for Ireland, at left back in Billy Cooke, the yang go through during their Paleido Borromeo announced he

·Cup preparation in bad accepted an invitation for Best Pakistan bateman Hani Mohammed 3 4. 1840, 143 2.0., 29.40.00 anking for the world coupled with 70 by Dely. Brad former Luton Town and Shrows World

shaw. had four putta stop on the bury player, and Lo Bwitzerland.

Espinosa to fight Argentina's Abou Hell opvered the 42- Ip and, as he is not Jong.it was inclusion in the middle

„Trainers Daktarid on either skio

Pascual Perez lato in September. kildentro marathon swimming a ans performance, Greeny here give, un, a powerful half-back

instens 12 daryt; 41 ·mrilis

Larp" slopen and once

of the goal, and roll, a bail out Espinosa is the Number One 15"soconds, His-

gives me county lden into the penalty area. “Then one' contender : for: the | world, fly» smay start the of them calls out a name, and | weight, title now bald by Japón's Morand of Fran

Lay Coology this player has to crack the ball Yoshio Shiral while, Paris H YFCMichell; invifert, tima." "TE: "la" admirable: rated Number Three:

*reasures that techance some did not my where -Perez à bout would

P. J. Loader [Burrey)-

Ales Bedier (Surrey)

Tony Look (hurrey)

Briani, Blatham (Lancashire) Ma Appleyard (Yorkmire)

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