1955-08-23 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1955.

TOMORROW

Surrey And Yorkshire In Sports Diary

Stirring Struggle For County Cricket Honours

London, Aug. 22.

Meetings

Anu Meeting ASP and OC, SC Post Board Roon 6.30 p.m.

Executive Committee Meeting of HKAAA, Education Dept 4.15 pin.

Diving

Colony Junior Springboard diving

Surrey and Yorkshire, in a stirring struggle for chismpionship at LIC 6 to 3 pm, English County Cricket honcurs this season, both ended the day well pinced for victories tomorrow against Middle- sex and Worcestershire respectively.

A fifth wicket stand of 114 by Eric Bedser and Ken Barrington was largely responsible for Surrey gaining a irst innings lead of 84 at Lord's here.

Bedser batted 3 hours for again, finished 70, which included a six and without loss, ten fours. Middlesex, going in

St. Leger Callover

London. Aug. 22.

With crack French colt

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Dowle

Third Division League: 11KFC v KUGC, 5,5 p.m.

Becond Division: KDC v TC, 5.35 p.m.

FRIDAY

Badminton

15th Annual General Meeting of the longkong Badminton Associa Uon SCM Post Boardroom 5.30 pm.

At Worcester, Yorkshire found dificulty in dismissing the early batsmen but after kinch Wor- cestershire broke down, followed at on, and at the close were stil! 12! runs behind with only live wie- kets left.

In-

NEW RECORD Players had to contend with temperatures in the mid-eighties, and Northampton

at directly led to Kent establishing a first-class record which they scarcely could have wanted.

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The Northamptonshire total Vimy struck out of the Stof 374 against Kent included 73 Leger today, Acropolis and extras. The previous highest Meld were made 7 to 4 joint was 68 in the Yorkshire versus favourites for the Doncaster Cambridge University

1004. classic at tonight's Victoria Club callover here.

The Billy, Mold, Winner of the 1,000 Guinens and Epsom Oaks, was the better backed of the pair. Meld was a 5 to 2 change a week ago when Acropolis was clear favourite al 2 to 1.

The Derby winner, Phil Drake, remained at 10 to 1 pending a decision from France on whether it will run. True Cavalier, 100 to 6 last week, is now 10 to 1.

The odds gainst French- trained Beau Prince were greatly reduced. Forty to one at the last cullover, he is now only at 20 to 1. Beau Prince finished third to Phil Drake In the Grand Prix the Paris

in June and won later at St. Cloud. CLOSING ODDS

Closing odd for the one mite, six furlongs and 132 yards race .to be run St Doncaster on Wednesday, September 7, were:

7 to 4 Acropolis and Meld. 10 to 1 Phil Drake and True Cavalier.

20 to Praetorian, Cardinge fon King and Beau Prince.

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25 to 1 Marwari and Nucleus. 33 to 1 Shikar II and Monus-

40 to Blue Lighting.

50 to 1 Lovely Vatel. The next callover is on Mon- 28-China Mail day, August Special.

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SCRATCHINGS

London, Aug. 22. Plerre Wertheimer's

A LONDON DAILY MAIL INVESTIGATION

Soccer's Missing

Millions

Last season

How can League football win back the crowds? attendances dropped by more than 2,000,000, and the London Daily Mail has been investigating the cause and remedies.

Philip E. Holden, Chairman reveals

Bowle Colony Open Ringles quarter Anals He says;

KFC at # p.m.

SOFTBALL

LEAGUE

ENTRIES

Seven teams have so far game in entered the Men's Senior "A" Division of the Soft- ball League, it was revealed at the first team managers' meeting held at the Club Lusitano yesterday evening.

a badly

The new record, consisting of 48 byes, 23 leg-byes and two wides was the result of Kent's third-choice wicket-keeper, Tony Cat, suffering from sunburned neck which handl- capped his movements, Extras formed the biggest individual contribution to "Northampton's total.-Reufer,

Four teams have entered the Men's Senior "B" Division, even the Junior Division and five the Ladies' Division.

Swansco the secret

the

In this fourth article of the series, leading club officials present their views on the problem of how the crowds should be attracted back to League soccer,

determined present maiding every club I can't compare, the standard of football with the to have players as fit as possible prowar fare, but I can compare for

new season and that It with the Continental game, football will beneft. which seems more entertaining Goals count. No doubt about to watch, with its emphasis on that, although many a spectator making the ball do the work has gone away from a goalless and running into position with-game thoroughly satisfied that out the ball.

he has seen a really good match. So it seems good attacking foot- ball is the answer.

It is attmctive stuff, though I am not sure that style of foot- Rome of ball could be played on It of the grounds we get during

mid-winter.

Our 3,000 More A Match

Swansea Missing millions? Town may have the answer- their attendance figures rose

average last season by an more than 3,000 a match. was not because Swansea were outstandingly successful; they finished tenth in the Division II table. But before several home tickets games last season had been bought and now they season tickets

have ti run on

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Our goals

desplie a price incr

increase The secret? The weather was kind, and we comparatively played happy football. policy is to score than the other side-rather than merely attempt to hold them at their strong points and wait for the chances.

more

own

We try to keep the others so The meeting, anticipating fur-busy in defence that they have

no time to develop their ther entries, decided to extend

attacks. It's

spectacular the date for the closing of style, and we will do better süll when our briliant youngsters

Springboks Will tries to September 2 Take A

Dr F. C. Molthen, who re-

Recordcently resigned from the post of

Profit Home

London. Aug. 22. South Africa will take home record profit of between £35,000 and £40,000 from their cricket tour of this country.

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The previous best prolit for n South African team in England was £17,500 in 1951.

Their share of profit from the five Test matches is approxi- mately £43,000 and as the esti- |mated cost the tour is £30,000. The Tests alone show- Jed a nett gain of £13,000.

The South

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Africans cleared

their expenses at the end of the Third Test at Old Trafford last

month.

The most profitable tour of all was made by the Australians in 1953. They took away £100,000. -France-Presse.

three-year-old colt Vimny, who SPEEDWAY DEATH

had been quoted at 9 to 2 t the Victoria Club enllover

on

the Doncaster St. Leger, 13 among 14 French horses

officially scratched from the

race a 0800 GMT today.

Belfast,

Northern Ireland, Aug. 22, Julian Crossley, the 26-year- old English motor cyclist who crushed when competing in the ee class of the Ulster Grand 380 Orbey II, Prix a week ago, died in the Dunnacus, Wilkes, Bren, Royal Victoria Hospitab here Aretino, Bonnie Prince II, today. Varus 11. Agencourt Pall Mall

The others

Softball Commissioner, refused to reconsider his decision despite the efforts of softball officials to make him do so.

Teams registered up to date

are:

Senior "A" Division: St Joseph, Pandas, South China, Warilors, Blackhawks, U.S. Navy and CAA.

Senior "B" Division: 1.K. Uni- versity, Delawares, Comets and Typhoons.

Junior Division: Eagles, Semi- nolls, CAA, Wah Ying, Filpino Club Dedgers, Tai Tung Middle School, Overseas Chinese,

Ladies' Division: Potins, South China, Overseas Chinese, Tai Tung Middle School and CAA,

It was decided by the com- mitice that a dinner will be held in honour of the outgoing Com- missioner in appreciation of his invaluable assistance to softball during his yours of commis- sionership,

VISAS GRANTED

IL Was learned yester- day

luvo that 20 visas been granted the "Yuk Shan" ladies softball team which is scheduled to arrive from Talwan on or before the 25th of this month. During their stay in the Colony they will play a series of games against local talent repre- sented by the following ladies' teams: Pandas/CAA Combined, not regain Overseas Chinese, Chinese Com- consciousness. — China Mall bined, Wahoos, South China, and

Hongkong Combined.

11, Queen Mud II, Hanz II, He received hend and other Tail Chier and Mah Behar. Injuries and did

Viny won the King George Special.

VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes,

Britain's richest ruce prize of

the year, at Ascot on July 10,

--China Mail Special.

NO PHIL DRAKE

Paris, Aug. 22. Phil Drake, the Epsom Derby whner, will not run in the St. Leger at Doncaster on Septem- ber 7, trainer Francois Mathet suld here tonight.

M. Mathet said it had been decided to reserve Madame Suzanne Volterra's colt for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe to bo run at Longchamps on Octo- Der -Reuter,

NUNTHORPE STAKES

London, Aug. 23, There are only four probable

starters for the Nunthorpe Stakes to be run over five fur- longs at 13.30 GMT at York 10

day.

Swim Officials

Japan's Swim

Discover Three New

of

mature,

Our no-sell polley settles the minds of players and supporters. We have no intention of letting our better players go. We are

still turning down persistent affers

for the Allchurch brothers. Cliff Jones and Mel- vyn Charles

Promotion? There's nothing we would like more. As for ground development, we have not got the money to make big plans. If the public want better accommodation the answer is in their own hands.

Matt Busby. Manchester United manager says:

The Public Want To See More Goals

There

been too much has

What the negative football. publie want. is a more attractive goals. style designed to bring our have mode

motto: We Always try to provide attractive Soccer.

We have tried to find young- sters who looked as though they had the talents to play attrac- tively and who would absorb the aims of the club.

IMPROVEMENTS

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Then, of course, you have to make Soccer, as a careeT, attraction to the youngsters: digs, careful selection of their careful conching and encourage- ment.

five of our Not lung ugo players Just over 21 received benents-Jet Whitefoot, Jackle Blanchflower, Denis Violett, Mark Jones, and reserve full- back Geoff Bent.

Ground Improvements have but always to be considered; many clubs who would like to improve facilities are financially embarrassed.

Nat Lofthouse, Bolton Wan- derers centre-forward says:

Hopefuls For Melbourne Attacking Football

By LESLIE NAKASHIMA

Tokyo, Aug. 22.

May Be The Answer

Japanese swimming officials today congratulated themselves upon the discovery of three new hopefuls for become more choosy about their next year's Olympic Games at Melbourne,

Toon-agers Takeshi Yamanaka, Tsukio Ikejiri. and Kazuo Tomita were the brightest performers of more than 500 swimmers who participated in the annual National High School three-day Swimming Championships which ended on Sunday at the 50-metre Meiji Pool here.

I think that spectators have Saturday afternoon entertain- ment, and that TV is one of the big counter-attractions,

No matter how attractively a dub ore playing, there wil always have to be losing sides and there will always be sides lacking glamour: When such a They are, with Jockeys: Vil-

side are visitors, on a cold, wet, moray (C. Smirke), Crimson (J. Officials of the Japan Swim- because of close defeats to Unit- cheerless afternoon, Mercer) Royal Pal (W. Snaith) ming Federation

been ed

follower will States swimmers In past football and Democratie (R. Dreasley). quick to admit that the members Olympics. Yamanaka has done tempted by his fireside, and Fourway, the champion sprin- of the Japanese team which beat the distance in 4:42.0 and whatever television progrúmme

is not running, He is United States contingent Jed Ikejiri in 4:42.4.

is being offered, football or not.

tor,

have

coughing China Mail Special. by Yale's Bob Kiphuth at Tokyo Twenty-year-old Yoshihiro

Tongan Boxer Scores KO Win Over Britisher

West Hartlepool, Durham,

Aug. 22. Kitione, Love, thra Tomunn Heavyweight Boxing Champion. took only one minute 11 accendr to knock out Manuel Burgo of Britain in, a contest scheduled for eight rounds here tonight.

and Osaka this month may not

many

n

be

From the playing field, the grounda generally, looks good enough, although I suppose there is always room for im- provement.

ENTERTAINING --

be winners at Melbourne next Shoji whose 4:30.4 performance accommodailon on First Division

Ford Konno in year and that younger new-beat American

the Osaka dual meeting on comers are an absolute must.

Yamanaka, 16, won the 1,560 August 14, and Ohno are also to be candidates for expected Metres Free Style on Sunday the Japanese entries in the 400 in the fast time of 18:44.2 with Metros event at Melbourne.

second th 19:00.5. kefir, 18, Both times were better than the 19:05.2 reglatered by Americe's Oncken In 10-year-old George the dual meet in Tokyo when Japan's 20-year-urd Tuskasa Ohno won in 18.31.2.

EXPERTS

The experts are confident that Tomita should pick up sufficient improvement to beat Yoshi America's 23-year-old Oyakawa, 100 Metros Back- stroke Champion at Helsinki, in the 1956 Games;

Prices? Well, people scem pre- pared to pay if the match attractive enough.

KBGC TEAM

elected to represent the How- The following have been

Japan's quest for swimming Japanese swimming experts Champions stands foremost in loon Bowling Green Club In a have considered the mouth this country's amateur athletes 3d divisim Touguer much The Tongan, who hit with stroking Onekes a threat not in a strong concerted drive to against HIKEC at Happy Valley

recover top aquatie, · honours. sorrific power and actually used your at Melbourne but have now

10-morrow only six punches, left the crowd taken heart that Yamanaka and Japan's first postwar attempt at wondering how former British Ikejiri should be just as good as the 1952 Helsinki, Clamer was a Champion Johnny Williams re- the Hawaiian swimmer. Ikeri's miserable hop when it falled to best time for the 3,600 har beda cently beat him so exally.

Wits # magle Gold 18:43.57

and

any Heavyweight in Britain pected to improve considerably ral ned man? MGA LO

d would like to moet Williams in the 400 Metres Free Bylowa In 1988 and at Berlin 1990.

racekapan wante badly to

V. C. Bond, I G., Shaw, H.A. Boost, A Hutton (B)

I believe that the influence or Continental football

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What am I doing about 11? Well, I'll say this-Bolton players have been training harder than. I have ever known. (COPYRIGHT)

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