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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1954,

SCOTLAND ARE OUT TO BECOME THE WORLD'S SOCCER MASTERS

Says JAMES

ANDERSON

Scotland are out to become the world's soccer masters and they

will not stand on ceremony to achieve their goal.

Sweeping aside all the old notions on team selection, the Scottish FA aim to revive the glories of the "Wembley Wizards" to challenge once. again the world's best and beat Hungary at Hampden Park on December 8. Scotland will play a match a month for the rest of the season. Invitations have gone out to top-ranking teams like Rangers, Celtic and Ribs to play floodlit games against the national team.

To cre

•

And Strongly of planning. 'noi weeks. Scotland meeting of a team manager. live strongest posible opposition, faneled for the job in Rangers these will be plenty of players Internationals willtirector and International salec- to work with, not just eighteen.

In these for George Brown, I former their clubs Winy for

raits who Kanes. in a way, the SFA Rangers wing half

pool of with the Scottish all-time greata, will halo up a large

Coupled! intertwillosal players

Admits Mr Tom Reid. chair with

be the mood that of the Salectors, "We were 1+ will teredve izuliding routine Brills wrong about our World Cup pre- Our biggest blunder rerer hus

parations. Team blending, not hen the was over Uruguay. We carefully dividual abilly, will be the key warshed Austria. We drew up and we a plan accordingly of future selection for Scotta

splendidly

didn't Last rensen Seediad, hard an

mayed fromm games

watch Uruguay before the game

deten November to Aprit. This year

nd consequently made Hey have four against the fich we arrangements that were all American League, Wadam

wrong for the South the Army

No wonder WI were Hun toclics.

1 t

IRVIN PA

The

ever known

STRANGELY SILENT

however,

and

Heketi.

We

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at that inislake won't inade nggabra. Fur the next strongest not the portions World Cup there will be month

Two Records On First Day Of Colony Open Swimming Ch'ships

The Colony Annual Open Swimming Championships opened with a loud bang - or rather (wo loud bangs

ан two Colony yesterday at the Ritz Swimming Pool records went by the boards.

First to establish a new mark in the six-event pro- gramme was Hongkong's Asian and British Empire Games representative, Cheung Kin-man, who scored a comfort- able win over South China's Woo Kwan-kuen in one of the 220 Yards Free Style heats in the new record time of 2 minutes 13.6 seconds.

In bettering

15.

sel

other

W

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his own record (

Cheung

A

She long on to n

Arrangements have been mace for the American team of boy goifers to play a Scottish Hide at Erskine on Septembar & and G. This first offelal visit of 10 froin boy players under

been America to Britain has

the American sponsored by Jumar Chunber of Commerce.

They meet a British team of Sunningdale on September 2 and 3. Sum Bunton, the Glasgow goir etastat who

sponsorod new ish Youth Champion- chip, offered 10 meet all ex- penses of the Amarican team if They would ersne to Scotland.

the

NO SOUTHPAWS

Young man looking for some- one to try and punch his nose, and disappointed that there have been no offers, is Gatow's Peter Krentun, former British Bantamweight Champion,

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At Paisley on September 21 Peter alms to recapture in Bri- fish crown from Irishman John Kelly But through no fault of his own It looks дя though he will go into the ring not fully trained. For at pre- sent he hasn't one sparring

Manager Tommy

Gi iner.

combed England, ha Scotland and even Kelly's native country, Ireland, without

Leess.

Wales.

suc-

DIMculty 16 that sparring partners must be southpaivs like Kelly.

Dundee's often

The

ZATOPEK AGAIN

70-

Emil Zatopek wins the European 10,000 Metres Championship at Berne in 28 minutes 38 seconds. He missed setting a world record, but experts say that in the conditions this was his greatest performance. He lapped all but four of a field that included the greatest distance runners ever assembled for one race. Central Press Photo.

LRC TOURNAMENT

Colony Ladies' Tennis

Championships

Commence On Monday

79 GOALS IN 20 LEAGUE GAMES

Preston Trounce Cardiff 7-1

20 Acceptors For The

St. Leger

London, Sept. 1.

An International field of 20 horses have accepted for the St. Leger, the last to-Classic of the British turf season to be run over one milo, six furlougs and 182 yards at Doncaster on Saturday, September 11,

London, Sept. 1. Warm weather seemed to inspire soccer forwards night when a large soccer programme of 20 Leaguo games produced no fewer than 79 goals.

Preston North End trounced Cardiff by 7 to 1.0 register the highest score and this followed a 6-2 win over the Welsh side inst week. Newly promoted Ipswich and Swindon both collected half a dozen; Ipswich at the expense of Middlesbrough who, demoted last season, have yet to win this season.

thelis Rending.

only

Three American owned and bred colts are headed by Mr Robert S. Clark's Epsom Derby winner, Never Say Die.

The athers are Me William Wood- ward's Ambler II, and Mr Walter M. Jefford's Blue Prince Wo

The only Trich-trained accep- tor la Blue Sail, whom P. "Paddy" Prendergast handles for the Canadians, Mr Max Bell and Mr Frank McMahon.

The Aga Khan has recepted:

full brother to

Of the 97 Loogue clubs only Cup Holdew fought back a Stoke, Fulham and Chesterfield were in command by half-time can boost a hundred per cent when they led 4-1 and they record, Coventry surrendered never looked like losing.

at Liverpool by

Tymouth drawing

by two goals early in the second s behind with Middleborough led Ipswich half and were 11, 90 seconds and still led at half two minutes to go when Arnell ime, but they were overrun inanatched an equaliser. the second half,

Bury, also in the Second A Division,

looked like Aston Villa, still without

the St. win, did well to take a poins their game with Luton when

Sky Cloudless from unbeaten Sunderland at from Arrears of three goals

they pulled up to 2-3, but nl-acceptor. Joker Park,

though they were on top at the Franco, Arenys ara Estremadur the from M. Marcel Boussoe's string finish they could not find

make up the French challenge. equailser,

South African

Mr Jack Williams of Swindon, formerly of Bury, scored

a second half Gerber, will be hat friet in their big win.

When Newenstlo led after 11 minutes against West Bromwich they were well on top, but the

Baving

with the fi

Leger

Busmen Beat Southampton avenged on earlier

Singapore

Singapore, Sept. 1. The Kowloon Motor Bus Foot- ball team gained their sceond victory over Singapor: in just over a month when they won 2-0 at the flood-1 Jalan Besar Stadium before a crowd of 9,900 pretatom tonight

After a scoreless first half in which both sides were obviously holding themselves in reserve, Kowloon scored in the 35th and 58th minutes of the second half. The first goal was scored by while Mok Chu Wing-keung, Chun-wah netted the second- France-Presse.

OPEN PAIRS

MATCHES

TODAY

The following are the Colony

The Annual Tennis Tournament of the Ladies' Recrea- tien Club, in which are embodied the Colony Champion- ships for Ladies' Singles, Ladies' Doubles, Mixed Doubles Open Fair Lawn Bowls Charn- Monday,pionship matches, which have and the Colony Ladies' Plate, commences

on

September 6, at the Ladies' Recreation Club courts which can be approached from elther the Old Peak Road or May Road.

NOT KIDDING

George Merchant, burly centro-forward, talks about "the man who gave And he is me my new legs." Doi idding.

Three упага вко arrow (wo

Surgeon altat George's calf to three yards lead as the race discovered

too big for the passed his half-way stage. With muscles were -howed that he ark plante

about fil yards to yo, both Fung protecting sheaths, which used space and duld be able to 1991-

Wou new time in the Ying-chre and

Players are reminded that:- Qi-mol to burst under the strain

1. Publication of Batures in sheaths fich to close surgern calarged the strong

only bd the with "materia" from the thigh the In the exciting Gnish

press will Font just managed to keep her muscles and a new career was official notification players will in front of Pron with opened for the man who lives receive other than from pro- Hewson a very close third.

grammes which will be posted for football.

That

blossoming the Club Notice Board.

All matches will start at now. Recently George scored a The blowing are the finaletent-trick in his side's 3-1 defeat 5.30 p.m. (4.30 p.m. on Satur

of Falkirk. Further Testimony day afternoons), to the surgeon's skill came from

Alston,

the Peter entre-half who had the job of Contented marking Merchant. Peter

opponent's play, "What a terrific turn of speed be has."

The

record-shattering feat

prod by Pant Chu-shu of Soul Chitan who clipped off 84 seconds from his Lime of three previous recund inattuto secunds the 220 Yards Butterfly Stroke

Pong's feet was the more soles worthy that for the greater part of the second half of the face he was practically swam12~ ming all alone.

In the other heat of this event, LRC Chas Astwood "eproduce! (orm be of the briliant

Junior the recent showel in

out

soie

Championship to

cuge

THE FINALISTR

aten's 220 Yards Perestyis Chouse Kip-taan (Fortuna: 2 da. 135 mm (Colony Recordi

Wa Mhlarining (souITH CHINNA ep 201 vera

1

Wond Long-hat (Fortuna) 3 min

2 Sing! Leung Wing-ster (ChIM 40 204

Why Kwan-kes (South Chibal

105 Lees

Chinese YMCA's Lain Kwan- į

of 3 minuten | wys ngar In the time

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Kusterday's opening events uki

the Championship were addition- olly glighted by the return undisputed n[ the Colony's

Queen of the water, Cynthia Eager

Holder of four Colony records, the 100 Yaros, 220 Yards, 440 Yards and the Harbour race, Cynikla returned to the water yesterday after a long absence.

the Women's Swimming__in

440

Women's, 4 x 1 Length Individual Mrilley

2

Chan Sin-yes (Pustina) 1 min. A

Won - (South Culna 1 min. 59.2

(CYMCA) 2

won Ngan-hung min 72 secs.

Wainen's 420 Yards Breaststroke Weng Yuk-bing (Fortursa) 3 min.

Lam Hang-long (Fortunas 3 misa, 17 Deci.

Poon Shin-ches (CYMCA) 3 dn. 37.8 FOCA.

Cheung Klop-wab (South Chinar 3121 39 sebi,

Wong Kar-yee (CYMCA) 3

40,2

carcer

on bia

2.

In the event of doubtful

it is the

the responsibility

LRC Men's Singles

Championship

R.

V

B G.

reached the quarter-final dago. scheduled to be played off this afternoon: sched

J. S. Landoit, A. C. Sequeira v

A. R. A. Rahman, U. A. Rum- Jahn at HKFC.

W. Wheeler

J. M. Gutierrez, B. P. F. Marques v G. Hong Choy, G. v. F. G. Lonne Souza at KBGC. Walden (Court 2);

M. Helman

A. L. G

Eastman, W. c. (Court 6);

W. H. Williams v. A. A. Simpson v J. N. Wong, W. Hong

Sting at Rocreio. Malden (Court 7). WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

C. E. Pares, F. X. M. da Colony Mixed Doubles

Silva v J. M. A. Ramjahn, M. I. Championship

lazack at KCC.

W. G. Off

Orme and Mrs A. D.

Club Convenors at which the

Falkirk Hors to report for play, Kite y. Lee Boen-sing am? Miles matches are to be played are

-(London: Express Serving)

Kramer

& Co.

To Tour Japan

Forest Hills, New York,

Sept. 1.

of

to

U. Khou (Court 3):

[requested to appoint un umpire K. C. Duo and Mrs M. Pep-for same. perall v. C. A. Braun aud Miss A. Philip (Court 4 Mrs M. C.

P. H. Simon

and

Guillaume v. A. Llang and Mrs

4. In the event of postpones ment owing to weather, fixtures for that day with undese com

are notified petitors

Tournament contrary by the

be played on the Committee,

ex following playing day,

The programme for the first four playing days is given below. Dr 5. N. To and Mra A, chuy and further programmer will be (Court 8) published in due course.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 Colony Ladies Singles Championship

Mrs

P. Eyles v. Mra M. Jack Kramer announced C. Guillaume (Court 2);

Mr G. D. Malden v. A. 1.

min. today that his professional Oel (Court 3):

tennis team would leave for

Mrs M. Chow v. Mrs ML.

a tour of Japan on Septem-Ramchand (Court 4):

Women's 100 Yards Backstroke Pung Ying-choe (CYMCA) 1 min. 20.8 Res.

Chata Sin-yee (Fortuna) 1 min. a1ber 21.

HYUN

of

Yards Free Styl: bets, Cynthia showed that she had lost little of her speed,

She was always ahend Kwok Ngan-hung of CYMCA and Taui Shu-ling of Fortuna and finahod up almost 70 yards ahend of them in the time of 5 minutes $2.6 seconds.

of this recond heat In the event, European YMCA's Susan Hewson tried ta emulate Cynthia by taking an early lead, but found herself unable to hold

it.

RUGBY LEAGUE

London, Sept. 1. Keighley beat Bramley 19-0

day. Rerler.

In a Rugby League match to-

Kwok 201 25 secs Cam Mai-ial South China) min 34 secs.

1

Besides Kramer, the players Ngan-bang ICYMCA) 1 will include Pancho Gonzales. Pancho Frank Sedgman and Segura

"We intend

play in all the tournaments in Japan," Kramer said. "We are looking forward to the

trip because Japan is one of the few countries we have not visited."

tena 230 Yatdı Butterfly Pang Chiu-hul (South China) 3 hig min. 5.8 secs (Cókṁy Record).

Amwood (LRC) 3 min. 19.8 Lun Kwan-ngar (CYMCA), 3 min.

Ꮧ TELA

3 secs. Tong Cheung-whing (ÖYMCA) Inin, 235 tegn.

27,8 EECS.

5. E. Carvalho (Fortuna) 2 min.

Women's 910 Tarda Freestyla

P. Evica (Court 6);

L. J. Wade and Mrs S. Chiu

LBC Men's Singles

Championship

defeat away when they enter tained Gillinghard while Darling

of

vector

ton In the northern

Three Division

scored their fra win of the reason by beat- ing Barrow.

Bolton

THE RESULTS DIVISION I

3 Blackpool

Sh. Wednos-

2

day

7

Cardin

0

Manchester United Preston Sunderland

Aston Villa West Brom 4 Newcastle

DIVISION #1

2 Derby

Fulham Ipswich

Liverpool Luton

Aldershot 1

Middles-

borough

3 Plymouth 3 Bury

DIV. III

Cr Paltre

Norwich

Reading

I

Tulyar, who wote

In 1089, nnd

the only filly Both are trained in

Ted by

the present favourite: By Thun

and Nicholas Nickleby.

The value of this race la £15,860, some £3,000 short, of the highest ever prize in 1852. The winner will get £13,472.

CALLOVER

London, Sept. 1. Bookmakers gave à quotation

to all 20Bt. Leger Anal acceptors (which were announced earlier today) at the fourth callover on the Doncaster Classic hold

7 the Victoria Club here tonight.

Closing offers were:

at

0

2

5 to By Thunder, Never Say Dir.

0

0 to 1 Blue Sail

10 to 1 ArcHYR

1

*

100 to * Arabian Night;

3 Double Bore and Umberto,

Conmouth 1

3 Norranypton

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2 Coventry

Southampton 3 Gillingham Swindon 6 Watford

DIV. III (NORTH)

Accrington

3 Carlisle

Barnsley

2 Bradford

Bradford C.

1

Rochdule

Darlington

a

Barrow

2 Obester

Wrexham

18 to 1 Rashleigh.

20 to 1 Elopement.

25 to 1 Ambler, Phenomenal

and Entento, Cordiale.

40 to 1 Tarjoman.

C

D

2

50 to 1 Blue Prince II.

1

65 to Nicholas Nicipleby.

SCOTTISH LEAGUE CUP

Aberdeen

Cellic

East Fife Hearts

Division "A

Kilmarnock

Partick St Mirren Stirling

Albion R

1 Hibernian

→ Dundee

3

Queen o'

South

4 Falkiriic

8. Motherwell

Rangers Faith

3 Clyde Division "1"

2 Alloa Agbroath 2 Morton Brechin

Dunfermline

2 Ayr United Cowdenbeath 1 Airdrie Dundoo Un Hamilton Queen's

Park

Sten'murt

3

St. J'stone

1

3rd Lanark

5 Forfar

▸ Glentoran

IRISH ULSTER CUP

SHIRAI HOME Ballymena

FROM TOUR

Tokyo, Sept. 1. Yoshio Shirai, World Fly-

Crusaders Distillery Portadown

* Coleraine

4 Glenavon

◊ Bangor

Reuter.

2

1 for

100 to i Cloudless Sky.

200 to 1 Icarian.

Except for continued support

the Derby winner, Never

o Say Die, who tonight became 6' favourite with By Thunder. little business was done.

2

to

1

Frenchman Murco!" "Boussaç's were backed for. two acceptors amnil jums, Arenys hardened to 10 to 1. Estrumaður, who had- I touched 40 to 1, returned to favour and the top offer was 0 28 to 1.

The

1

next callover will be 1 held on Monday, September 6,—

8.- Reuter.

Six Russian

Athletes Are Decorated

London, Aug 31, Vladunir Kuta, Soviet middle distance runner, who beat Bri- tain's Chris Chataway, Joint world three-mile record holder, by 100 yards in the 3,000 Metres in the European Championshipe

J. Riviere v. S. Saul (Court 2): weight Boxing Champion, re- P. Andresen

Widmer tumed to Tokyo by air today Kid Gavilan Hit at Berne on Sunday, has been (Court 6):

V. T.

from a two-month exhibition

G. P. Norten v. J. Crofton tour of South (Court 7).

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

Colony Mixed Doubles Championship

V.

The Japanes

America.

By Mumps boxer toured

Brazil and Argentina, appear-

ing

in non-tlule South

American

honoured by the Soviet Gloverzi ment, the official Soviet dewa agency Tas said today.

Tasa said Kuts and five other bouls with

Philadelphia, Sept. 1. boxers, in-

Wellerweight Boxing Cham-Riissians had been awarded the Peréz of Ar- pion

Kid Gardan, taken fil title of "Merited Master of yesterday 24 hours before he Sports of the USSR by the and Sports to defend his title (Physical Training

of the Committee

Council of against Johnny Saxion, is

Ministers for "outstanding per- CRICKET SCORES suffering from mumps.

F. de M. Ribiero and Mre cluding Pascual

Lt-Col J. J.gentina-Router. J. Ramchand

and Sullivan

Miss Mansfeld (Court 3);

8. Saul and Miss M. Fincher

Miss A. Philip v. Miss Lambooy (Court 5);

Mra A. C. Thompson v. Miss U. Khoo (Court 6);

Misa G. Lo v. Miss D. Madgett (Court 7;)

Mrs M. Pepperail v. Miss M. Fincher (Court 8).

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 Colony Ladies' Doubles Championslitp

and Mrs Brooke Smith He added that if good crowds 3

turned

out for the matches, he H v. Miss Fincher and Miss might stay as late as October 15. Silva (Court 3):

Cynthia Eager (VRC) & min. 620

веся

44.0 acc

*Fung Ying-chre (CYMCA) 0 min, Woo Ol-mal (South China) 4 min.

45.9 ca

Susan Hawson -- (EYMCA) a min.

40.0 secs.

Kwok Ngan-hung (CYMCA) min. 56.3 secs.

Mrs

Kramer observed that the Mrs Popperall and Mrs Getz v. Japanese players appearing in Miss P. Khoo and Miss M. Chan the American National Cham- (Court 4):

Mrs Stokes and Miss Lambooy pionships here had shown great

v. Mrs Eyics and Mrs Thompson improvement.

(Court 5);

"The Japanese people are golog to be amazed when they oreo them at home," he said Mis

Reuter,

Mrs Cox and Air's Roberis v. Manufield and Miss Laddington (Court 8).

v. T. K. Choy and Mies G. Le (Court 4);

Mr & Mrs K. H. Ip v_Capt. Willoughby and Miss

D. F. Liddington (Court 5).

LBC Men's Singles Chazupionship

L

C. G. Hobbs v. P. V. Showe (Court_2);

E. Saubelle V Dr G. B. Smart (Court 0);

London. Sept..

of play

Cricket close today were:

A Hove: Lancashire 323 (G. Edrich Sussex six for no wicket.

was

slub

This was disclosed today by Lormances in the champion. Dr Samuel Sweinick, who said ships,

The other five men are: V. scores Gavilan had the complaint on

the left side but it was not Ukhov (80 kilometre' walk), M

Fully serious and he should be "O.K. Krivenotov (hammer,) A,

slide

(400 metres hurdles), and B. 70, Washbrook 59); In a a couple of days.

Tonight's fight was cancelled Grishayev and I. Fills (econd

was and third in the Marathiari), As Lord's (two-day match): yesterday wilen' 'Gavilan

then It was Canadian Touring Team 154 not feeling well. (W. Percival 73, Trestrial not said he had

Filin, the Rueda, Marathon a virus infection runner, lost his chance of a Gold'

stead of right-Reuter,

out $3), Middlesex. 198 for eight and a temperatura. of 101 Medal when he turned left in-

H. Hackmack v. J. Shashoua declared.-Reuter. (Court 7).

LXC Men's Doubles Championship

I. I. Shaw and P. Farrell v. W. H. Willinuma and H. Lubese- der (Court B);

I DID IT

WITH MY

LITTLE BAT

degrees,--Reuter.

lived happily over after

So David killed Goliath and everyone

apt the selectors

AND BALL