1955-09-12 — Page 7

TONY LOCK IS MY BOWLER OF THE YEAR

Says DENIS COMPTON

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1955.

YEARLING HAS A ROYAL ADMIRER

Who is England's cricketer of 1955? If a batsman is favoured, Peter May is my man. If it is a bowler, my nomination is Tony Lock.

Peter May is pre-eminent among batsmen, in spite of the burden of so much continuous cricket added to his new responsibility as England's captain.

Up to a year ago, he was re- garded as a player of outstand- ing gifts but one who had not quite fulfilled his rich

promise in a Test match sense,

Indeed, some doubted his ability In big cricket. The doubters are now silent,

Peter has not failed England long time, he has looked a great player in the making; now he is fully fledged.

in his last dozen Tests. For a

BASEBALL RESULTS

New York, Sept. 11.

sults today wore;

Like Peter Moy, Tony LockStatham is the obvious plek, al- for though the great Alec Bedser has been a match-winner Surrey. After losing his England must be on the short list. place, he made a stirring come- back this summer.

RICH HAUL

Frank Tyson is not a candid~ like Len Hutton, ate, becau230, Godfrey Evans, Colin Cowdrey, and Bob Appleyard, he has how-nissed a lot of ericket through

injury,

More satisfying to Tony than his rich hiul of wickets, ever.

Is the answer he has given those sceptics alleging he was merely a wet wicket bowler.

But let's not stop at England's two leading personalities. Let's choose a whole team for 1955, judged on current performances and bearing in mind the need for a proper balance.

The South Africans have had a grand tour, and it is only just that five should qualify for my team. They are:-

Overseas players challengo as Australiang all-rounders-the

Bruce Dooland. George Tribe,

Jackson and, from and Vle Ceylon, Gamini Goonesena.

Of the four, I belleve George Tribe has done most. He has completed his "double" for the fourth year running, and estab

shed a new wicket record for Northamptonshire, -

Jacke McGlew, one of the

That leaves one place for a Anest opening batsmen In the batsman, It is a wes-up between world, and certainly without Tom Dollery, of Warwickshire, peer in the feld: Hugh Tayfield, and Doug Insole of Essex. Major League baseball re-record-breaking off spinner:

Trevor Goddard. outstanding Doug was first both to 1,000 all-rounder of the Test series; and 2,000 runs but Tom. Peter Heine, whose fast bowling has been a prolife scorer, gave him 21 victims in four Tests, and gocriness knows how and John E many "near misses";

Waite, a

most accomplished

AMERICAN LEAGUE

(1st game)

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Kansas City Baltimore

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2 wicketkeeper-batsman.

In alling the remaining places, Cradock, R. Shantz (8) and choose a player who has con- Shantz; Zuverink, Dorish tributed largely to Hampshire's rise up the Cham- (8), Moore (8) and Smith. WP-heartening

pionship table-Roy Marshall, R. Shantz

W.

100,

On sentimental grounds, be- cause this is the last season of a cricketer who has done fine much to advance the cause of

the professional player, my vote goes to Dollery.

Here, then, is the XIMcGlow, Marshall,

Compton May,

(5-10). LP-Moore the West Indies Test batsman. Dollory, Waite, Goddard. Tribe, i

(7-10), HR-Marsh (2nd),

(1st game)

Cleveland

New York

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an attacking player who would be un Ideal foll for McGlew.

OBVIOUS PICK

For a fust bowler to share the ball with Heine, Brian

Wynn, Aguirre (8), Santiago new (B) and Hegan; Byrne (15-4) and Berra. LP-Wynn (10-10).

IIR-Avila

(12th).

(lat gume)

Brooklyn

Clacinnati

(12th).

Collings

RHE

0 I 9

2

Podres, Bessent (7) Templeton

(7) and Campanella; Klippstein (6-9) und Burgess.

LP-Podres

(9-10). HR-Kluszewski (45th).

(1st game)

Chicago

Boston

HE

2 5 0

0 10

Keegan, Papai (5), Martin

ond

Tayfield, Lock, Heine

Stathom.

and

Johnny Wardle was very close to selection. As such, he should be 12th man-London Express Service.

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There's Already An Alarming Drop In Soccer Attendances

London, Sept. 11.

Depressing pre-season forecasts of a big slump (B), Byrd (7) and Moss, Battey in English League soccer attendances are coming (7); Sullivan (18-12) White. LP-Keegan (2-5). HR, true only too quickly for anxious officials. ~~Niemian (11th), Zauchin With the season less than a month old, and most clubs (27th).

having played half a dozen games, there is already an REalarming drop in gates. Compared with last season, the 8 15 9 figures for the first two Saturdays and several mid-week 0 4 1 programmes this year showed a drop of something like Hoeft (16-7) and Wilson; Schimiz, Stone (4), Stobbs (9) 400,000.

(1st game)

Detroit

Washington

and Fitz Gerald. IP-Schimitz (0-0).

(2nd game)

Cleveland,

New York

Avila (13th).

(2nd game)

Chicago

Boston

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Bay yearling filly Slcambe, out of Miss Mable, is admired by the Queen at the annual yearling sales at Doncaster last week. Standing next to the Queen is Mr Wickham-Boynton, owner of the Burton Agnes stud, near Beverley, Yorkshire.

Reuterphoto.

CHAMPIONSHIPS U.S. TENNIS

Doris Hart

Retains Title By

Ward

Singles Beating Pat

New York, Sept. 11. British hopes of winning the United States Women's Singles Lawn Tennis title for the first time in 25 years were dashed today when Miss Pat Ward was defeated 6-4, 6-2 by the defending Champion, Miss Doris Hart, (U. S.).

The Surrey girl put up a great fight in her effort to emulate Miss Betty Nuthall, who won the title for Britain in 1930. She led 3-0 and 4-2 after a break- through in the second game of the first set.

But then the experience of former Wimbledon Champion, Miss Hart, told. She took Miss Ward's service in the fifth and the Kames though seventh British girl retallated by cap turing Miss Hart's delivery in the sixth.

Miss Ward struggled hard to take Miss Hart's service in the after she reached eighth, but deuce, Miss Hert held on to the game. Hart broke through a third time in the ninth and held win the her own delivery to set in 28 minutes.

DECIDING FACTOR

The second sci lasted 20 minutes, while play went from To take one Individual case, when the weather is bad. An-baseline to baseline, Miss Ward was every bit as good as the the Arsenal-Chcisca clash was other school of thought, and

which probably hits the American girl, but the deciding Ewatched by 55,000, the largest one

factor was Miss Hart's ability to attendance of that day, but it nail on the head, a where it

the draw the English gri to forecourt and wait for errors to come.

tin

and Trabert kept services drives away from the Austra Han's backhand and frequently

make sped to the net to forgettable interceptions,

On the occasions, when the Australian fought back gamely and forced Trabert on the defensive,

American pro duced some remarkable escaping shots like the, lob and the dropshot, which

fow suspected he could play so adeptly and regularly without error,

The Mixed Doubles was won for the third successive year by Vic Seixas and Doris Härt, who

the

Rumania Intends To Hold International Rugger Competition

Says GEORGE WILLIAMS

London, Sept. 11.

Kick a rugby ball-and one never knows where it will stop bouncing. Rugby Uniou men are watching their game spread to all parts of the world.

France learned it from Britain, and with their pre- sent eminence in world rugby they have in difbet bounded the ball back for Britain to "learn again."

Now

Be-

another European, ed a serious international chal- country comes on to the scene-lenge until recent years, Rumania,

A side picked from tween 1020 and 1030 Rumanians the three best towns in played a number of French Bucharest has just completed

teams who usually won casily. Their

a short tour of Britain.

The game was then played had standard of play was up to that mainly by students who of any good British club but been to France and England. it has grown popular what impressed more was their Now willingness to learn,

among Industrial workers. There a Championship with promo- Last year

Clem Thomas, as a

The First wing-forward with the British lon and relegation.

The Division has ten teams. Isles team touring South Africa,

Second Division is divided into presented the Rumanian Rugby two sections, nine clubs being Federation with, a book, written Craven

D

by the Springbok coach, Danial grouped in one and eight in the

other on a geographic basis. Thomas was vislung Bucharest with his Welsh club, Swansea.

There is a great accent on fit- ness, The period from January to March is given over to train- Ing, which embraces basketball, volleyball, gymnastic, sprinting

As one Welsh critic put it, "that book became the Ruman lans Rugby bible," When the cross

country running and Rumanians played Swansea this skiing. To avoid the heat the month it was noticed how they rugby season is in two parts. had developed in 12 months the from March to July and from art of quick passing forward September to November, From play.

November to December there is -more training.

way of thinking on the need for

AMBITION Rumania learns and plans.

FITNESS Next year they are to arrange Many British clubs have an international town competi- come round to the Rumanian lion in Bucharest in which they hope Prague, East Berlin, Paris, London, Cardly and Swansca atness. Fewy, however, would like to see a points system. might take part.

sce this for one thing Rumania's ambition

to They is have international matches with interfering with the spirit of the British home countries. Rugby.

International Tho Rumanians argue that it in an They are Rugby Federation with Belgium, promotes koeness and is need- Czechoslovakia, Franco, Ger-ed where the object is to im- their whole game. It many, Holland, Italy, Portugal prove

but the British coun-encourages and Spain,

players to think

"Don't belleve We don't

said Enjoy ourselves,"

like a drink the match.". As in many European trics, football is a big counter Rugby began in Rumania in

attraction though Rucharest 1912 but they have not present-clubs can draw crowds of 20,000

tries do not compete in it. earnestly on tactics,

"We have still a lot to learn." sald a Rumanian, "and we wil country to send a representative

consider an invitation from any emisini. "We too

side. We do not mind if we get beaten."

Cockell All Tuned Up

For His Fight

Against Nino Valdes

London, Sept. 11.

after

to 25,000.

coun-

Certainly "the curtain's up" on Rumanian rugby and Britain ts full of respect. For it's not so many years ago that British teams met French players who Rumanians' below the were standard but who also were learn. China vary willing to Mail Special.

Sports Diary

Colony

TODAY Tennis Championships:

Ladio

Don Coekell, British and Empire Heavyweight Boxing

Colony beat Gardnar Mulloy and Shir-Champion, will be stronger when he meets the giant

Mixed Doubles; Club Men's Doubles; ley Fry 7-5, 5-7, 8-2 in an All-Cuban Nino Valdes at the White City, London, on Tues-Doubles; Ladies Singles; American Final-Reuter. day than he was for his World title bout against Rocky club Men's Singles at LRC, 830 p.m.

Swimming Marciano last May.

St John Ambulance Erigade swim- TOMORROW Don Cockell, showing polite disinterest in the sartorial ming gala at Chind Sing, & p.m. plans of Valdes, who has refused to go through with the fight unless he is allowed to wear white shorts, had an im-

Two World

Football Meeting of HKTA Council, Amso-

Records Go At pressive workout at his Sussex training camp last Thurs-ciation's Omice. Sports Road at 5.45

Budapest

►

day.

Floodlit soccer, Bummer League: South China v Kwong Wah, Caroline Hat 8 p.m.

Howis Ladies' Open Pein quarter finals. Swimming Colony Swimming championship

WEDNESDAY

Meetings

„Annual Meeting AHKYC at Kellett

Annual Meeting of Amateur Sports Federation and Olympic Committee B.C.M. Port Boardroom at 0.30 pm

2 was something like 13,000 short was 30 years ago. In fact play- of the capacity crowd such aers are not bringing anything Score. Mossi (7) and Hegan; match has usually attracted. new into it and there is far too

WP And on Ford (17-7) and Berr2.

this occasion, Chelsea much negative football.

Miss Ward's Insecurity in the

Three sparring partners, of "Cham-

Cockell-outside the ring at. Mossi (4-3), HR-Hegan (9th), carried the title

unusually placid. plona",

Of many clubs, this is probably forecourt was the cause of her true.

pleked for their height, book least-w19 Of a few, it can be said defeat, but surprisingly when

turns in feeling the weight of He has not reached the "edgy**| H E

Miss Hart led 5-1 and gained Two or three seasons ago, the they are doing something to try three matchpoints in the seventh

Cockell's Bists. The British stage which his manager saya finals at European YMCA. 7 10 0

London, Sept. 11. gates would have been closed and bring back the crowder and

In unfamiliar

a will come at the week-end when Champion, 2 11

game by going ahead 4-0 love, before the start, Other Firat it will be interesting to watch the British girl brilliantly won Jerzy Chromik of Poland padded leather headguard, took he begins to dry out towards 15 stone two pounds at Johnson,

the next five points to keep the smashed the world record some punches in retura, but his the Howell (7)

and Division games have shown the progress and see if there is n

change. Lollar: Surce, Parnell (7). same decline which has also been

Wolverhampton Wan- game alive. Brodowski (8) and White. WP-evident down to the Third Divi- derers, for example, Top of tha

"But it was only a brief respite. for the 3,000 Metres Steeple workout clearly showed that which he hopes to go into the land, Johnson (7-3). LP-Susco (0-8).

There gateshead of tree in remit seasons, though Miss Hart, clearly the better in chase in Budapest today Valdes will have to punch hard ring. the Northern Section, face the the Championship just evaded the closing stages, easily held with a time of 8 minutes 40.2 and often if he is going to live boast of HR-White (11th).

Valdes has also impressed in

the Kitlone Lave, R I

Ethreat of closing down, because them Inst

are service to retain hor title. season, they

seconde, according to War- up to his manager's

inishing Cockell inside the nine training. their first two home gomes drew always willing to learn under

Tongan Heavyweight, has join- Tony Trabert added the U.S.

rounds it took Marciano.

of the well below 4,000 onlookers.

their

Wimbledon Cham-saw Radio.

Valdes training dynamic manager Stan title to his

pionship by

on Thursday wns and by beating Australia's

govo This beat the official world

Cockell confirmed Hopes that it was only a case Cullis, Wight (0) and Smith. WP-Lopat of a start of the

Ken Rosewall 0-7, 6-3, 0-3 in

record of 8 mins. 40.6 socs, by season drop

stronger and happier than at the Cuban one of his stiffest work- The speedy devastating long the Mon's Singles Final and that when the blazing that ball game placed them among

Sandor Rosinyol, of Hungary, same stage of his training for out of the week. Trabert last held the Amerlin 1954, but Pentti Karvonen his World title fight. RE which characterised that period, the best of the European club

can title in 1953. 0 4

conditions, gave way to cooler

teams a year ago, and the the fans would turn up, were not fulfilled on the third week-lesson of two recent defeats in end of the season.

(2nd game)

Kansas City

Baltimore

0

2

0

0

&

Lopot

Kume Kellner (8),

(6-10), LP-Kume (0-1).,

(2nd game)

Detroit

Washington

Lary (13-14)

0

1 14

1

and House;

Abernathy (3-7). and Courtney,

Fitzgerald,

NATIONAL LEAGUE

New York Chicago

Monzant, Giel (4), (0), Grissom, (7),

- and Katt; Hacker.

A

5 8

sion sides.

Moscow has been taken to heart,

of Finland, Vasilly

Vlasenko

He is the first player since 1952 to win the Wimbledon and U.S. ties in the same year.

of

Russia and

Chromik

better times,

court

A crisp, slick short passing Frank Sodgman (Australia) won The million gate for a Satur-

super fit players is both Championships in 1052. game by day programme was again not their aim now and a recent ning

SUPERB PLAY reached. In fact by comparison goals storm suggests it is paying

Trabort gave a superb exhi- Ewith the corresponding day last dividends and the crowds may 1 season, there were 20,000 fewer roll up to see these grand foot-bition of hard-hitting all

at the 46 League 7 13 1 spectators

ballers, on whatever ground games and the overall figures Wilhelm for the first three weeks of the they play. Hearn (8) two seasons showed a differeNCD Perkowski of around 600,000.

(7), and Chill. WP-Perkowski (3-4), LP-Grissom (5-4), HR- Banka (43rd), Mays (43rd),

(1st game)

Philadelphia

Milwaukee

RH

4 10

15

8

NEGATIVE FOOTBALL Various reasons have been put forward for the drop. Some blamo the increased 2 peoplo

Other 2 charge for admission.

that there is too little comfort Wehmoler (10-11) and Lopata: for the fans out on the terraces Burdolie, Paine (5), Kolly (7), Johnson (9) ond Crandall. WP-Johnson (5-0), HR-Cron- dall (25th),

Pittsburgh St. Louis

R HE

5 12

0

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Llefield (5-12) and Atwell: Flowers, Jackson (8) and, Blir- brink, Sarn (0) WP-Jackson (0-13), HIL-Virdon Boyer (18th), (2nd game)

Brooklyn

Cincinnati

(17th),

a. 10

Former Hongkong Girl Wins

Tennis Title

Linz, Sept. 11,

Portsmouth also place the Recent on fitness and prody play and, because of that," are proving one of the most popular attractive sides in the League,

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tennis and proved himself to be World's Number One by defeat ing

Roadwall, the Australian

Champion,

have

Chromik set the

he

oll

"In San Francisco," he said, "I was too it too soon and previous little too light. This time, best

time with 8 mins. 41.2 shall be just right" aced a Brno

on August 31. but this is still awaiting rati- fleation.

His new world record was set athletle match during an between Hungary and Poland.

Hungary won the men's

events by 122 points to 89 and the women's match by 98 points to 40, Warsaw Radio

added. Router.

IHAROS AGAIN '

Vienna, Sept. 10. The Austrian Press Agency from Birhopest today reparteci that Sandor Tharos, the famous Hungarian runner, had beaten the world 5,000 Metres record

Trabert had eliminated Aus- tralia's Lewis Hoad in the semi-finals, thus avenging a defeat by Hoad in this year's Another of the clubs which

Davia Cup Challenge Round. seems to be doing something to bring back the crowds,

Trabert's victory which took him 77 minutes was founded on Proston North End, with that

ROSO brilliant ball playing winger his service superiority.

in his Have up never Tom Finney to set the pattern. wali Alded by their new star inside-effort to restore the balance in with a time of 13 minutes 30.8 right Tommy Thompson, they his favour, but even his powers. are showing sparkling form. ful attacking backhand could

not soma match. These instances' givó hope that English football will right itself and the million aggregate gates will return be- fore long. There is one point that may have affected gates

aller the

of tha coursd

try

Indian Soccer

By Russians

He was running for his coun-

international · match againts Poland

The official record stood at 13 minutes '51.1 sous' by Vladimir Kute, the Soviet athe, distance

rumner. N

way to completing On the 6,000 Metres, Theren beat tho off- cial world Three. Milos record of 13 minutes · 20,4 : abcs, also, London Sept. 11 shold by Kuts the lingurion's The Indian National Soccor time being 13 minutes 35 socs. boom now touring, Rumla: weIO But this does not beat, the boaton 42 Kühlher, Sovies three minutes: 23.2 sets returned Unilung today by Kayla Boyntov, by Chris Chataway at the Lots

local Husan Air Force team, don Wute Calyx soobrding to a Moscose?" radio | and which

oognition/-R

Misa Gem Hoching, Hongkong- to a matter of a few thousand Team Beaten 4-1 born British player, won the and that is the clash of Surfimer RHE women's singles titlo of the in- sport with, football, during late. 2ternational lawn tennis cham-August and September. Opionships here today. In the But with the Summer games Routex, Latino (7), Craig final, she bout Miss Fille Damar, dow rapidly drawing to

close, football will hold away - paneling. Girons, Freeman (0) Fred Huber, the Austriani No, and then it will be up to the and Burgess WP-Grows (4-5), beat Mal Fox (U.8.) 6-3; 6-11 osbe to right the wrongs and {{LP+H£Gia£#** (2-1). HR-Tuxilio | 3-6, 4-6, 6-3 In the men's angles, get the orowds back again

(Mith) United Press The nakliautor.

(8), poocan (8) and Com-

of India, 0-2, 0-0.

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camp the

» Bayer's « TONIC

Valdes had been short of he partnere since sparring arrived in London last week and Lavewith one victory and one defcut both in the first rounds In British rings is helping the big Cuban to get tuned-up, Cockell, however, does not

They spared four rounds on underestimate the Cuban. Ho Thursday in which Valdes again said wisely: "Valdes must be looked Impressive, demonstrating tough, otherwise Marciano, who the tremendous power of his left could have fought either of us, hooks his favourite punch-

China Moll Special." would not have chopen, me."

THREE-

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SALESMEN

真真意

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