1955-10-08 — Page 17

LAWN BOWLS

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1955.

International Series

Semi-final Tomorrow

Lacal lawn bowls is all set for its closing day — perhaps one of the grandest that it has ever had — with a grand Ball at the Peninsula Hotel on Saturday, November 5.

The Ball will be graced with the presence of His Excellency the Governor and Lady Grantham and from the response that is coming in it is more than certain that the event is going to be an extremely successful one.

Association

need

not

The semi-finals of the Inter- The Organisers of the Ball have Met $20.000 #4 The target with national Series will be played start with a grand clubhouse— which they hope to swell the tomorrow, starting at 3.30 pm., jäst a sort of bar, with plam for Empire Games Fund frun The the Kowloon Howling Green extension as me goes on. The ruffle which will be heid that Club between Engknd "A" and acquisition of greens will be the night

and, before the season, India and between England "B", more important aspect, officially Lones

los, and Hongkong "B". oflects of the Hongkong Lawn Bowls Assolution niby already pride themselves (1 having conducte.t the Association through at most successful sen-

Non

to

Only two events remain to be completed before the closing clay--the

Shield International asset the Altkenhead

Shield matel

Answers To

Sports Quiz

1. Six.

2. Cricket. The "Doctor

W

was

Grace.

The

Dr "Don" was Donaltt Brad

man.

3

Austin and Von Cram

+

Yes. Whe forwa EPSLENT have two players BETWEEN

hir and the opposing goal.

5. A cricket tv for am break delivered with a brenk delion

6. Golf,

7. Hockey.

8.

From form sit-played in earlier if Bogaland matches it looks "A" and Hongkong "13" will #ght out the tnal of the com- pelltion.

*The secuti point is the intense heat in which our local bowlers now have to play their games.

the Because of

claims of cricket in the winter senson, it

SPORTING SAM

By Reg. Wootton

DRESSMC

Managers Are Soccer Slaves Too; Give

Give Them A New

Deal Now

Says DON REVIE .

I met a great international footballer the other day who is now a I was shocked. The once-fit athlete looked a prematurely old manager.

man.

"Whatever they do, Don," he warned me, "don't let them kid you The skips of the two teams, is perhaps not possible to have into becoming a football club manager when you've finished playing." B. W. Bradbury

Tommy the game of lawn bowls played Reko, both played sterling during the winter months. game last week and are right! In Leir Epi form

The at nument

4

Both 15h a England "11", however, are nu punhovers by ony mean. and are expected put up strong resistance in the

before going

games down,

I

Tomorrowl

TWO POINTS

Before the reason comes 10 close it is perhaps opportune at this me to raise 1wo points which Rave become regular topres of discussion among lawn bowls groups.

The first one is, of course, the

utstion of the Association try-

1 i ing to get its own greens.

efforts learnt th

Ale being Uf-made by the Association in th leg-direction and the latest pleasing news is that an offer of a $10,000 donation has been made to the Association by one (f Ou prominent local bowlers for this purpose.

(n) Referce (b) Umpire (c) Marker.

D. Germany.

حمل

10. Australi

serles,

--London Express Service),

(COPYRIGHT)

the

1950-51

A

solution more practical accms to be the Intreduction of night bowls in every club, Cont of Installation of lights and maintenance could be recovered from nonlar charges of say a dollar per bowler per night,

There is no doubt that much greater pleasure and enjoyment I would be accorded all town bowlers If all League games and even

matches Championship were 10 be played 10 the coolness of the night.

Wembley Cup

Trail Muddle

It is a long way to Wembley's

Why not? Because though many good clubs give their managers a free hand, ke Stan Cullis at Wolves and Matt Busby at Manchester United, quite a few don't. And I honestly believe until ALL football club managers get a square deal then Soccer in England will not improve.

Then his team

We have heard a great deal Manager A is one of the host scouting system; develop his In footboll. He youngsters; and arrange the lately about Soccer Slaves. But respected men If players need o new deat, so has taken his team to the Cup team's playing tactles and style.

and won the Lengue do the managers; for plenty of Final

selection should (2) Team Championship. thum sit on the hottest seat in Champions League. What did be left entirely to the manager. football.

he do? He immediately ap- His place is with the players Too many boardroom chaps, piled for the managetship of a Hir job depends on their suc- though they often know the struggling Second Division club, cess.

felt he would get game from A to Z and have the because he

their more Joyalty and respect

freedom from directorial players, squirm uncasily when interference there. Fortunately ever they look at the League his own club pleited up during tabics. If their clubs aren't the negotiations and he did not high enough up, these managers make the move. He did not are in danger of losing their have to. jobs.

our

ان

HAPPY MANAGER

once A he

his

оп

Manager B Was famous footballer. When became manager, he took team ia Wembley. Later his team slumped in the League, and the directors blandly formed

(3) No manager should have secretarihi any ofice jobs or tasks such as arranging travel and hotels. He should spend his the time with the players in dressing room, or on the Beld.

IN NAME ONLY

I other words a manageT That doesn't apply to every

should be allowed to manage. Cup Final, but the minor clubs club. But almost without ex-

No wonder so many great fool- hin that "the team have started on the road, notception, the teams who are doing

ballers, who would help to raise Burton

taken without some confusion.

weli have a happy manager on selection has now been

out Soccer prestige, don't stay Albion Reserves played Barrow

out of your hands. They com- Old Boys in the Leicester area,

o long-term contract.

pletely forgot his previous In the game as managers, They Quite a few think that at least and the match was due to take

It is one of the tragedies of successes. Needless to say, this know they would he manager in name only. As cae manager twenty times that donation is place at Barrow-on-Soar. When

football football that a few busy-manager went out of

arked to me: The salary need d before the Association | Burlon arrived they found

become e Barrow had already itavelled to bodies in the boardroom can up altogether rather than could hope for such`u project to

to set the entire harmony

looks good, Don, but you spend of a) an offee boy. After a phone club.

specialist treat- most of it on materialise. but at least a start Staffordshire.

Naturally, when a man has already been made and per- call Burton returned to their becomes a football club director These are, I suppose, extreme ment for stomach ulcers." I can. haps with a little publicity more own grounKİ many miles

cases. But it has not escaped well believe it. he wants his club to so well. such offers may be forthcoming. and the game took place.

The

since аге vast majority real the football public that sports, who put money into the the war over 50 managers have sacked: club; they worry about it; they either resigned; been help in the search for talent and or gone out of football they do a thousand-and-one jobs" gusted" with their treatment, the average football fan doesn't hear about.

ATOM CAR ONE TAKES A CURVE

away

Driver Ronnie Moore, 1954 World Speedway Champion, negotiating a left- hand curve during the test of the Atom Car One at the Wimbledon speedway track. The Atom Car is powered by a 500 ce JAP engine and has a wheelbase

of 5 feet 4 inches. Express Photo,

THE

WEEK-END

GEORGE, WILL YOU

GAMBOLS

HELP ME PUT UP THE CLEAN CURTAINS

REBUILDING

SALE

YOUR

SAVING O

"WELL "BUY. KORE

WILL YOU FIX THE SHELF IN THE KITCHEN, DEAR ?

I'VE GOT THE PAINT, FOR YOU TO PAINT THE CUPBOARD

THE HOUSE NECOS

PAINTING BE

WINTER, SEO

WE DO IT- CA

AND GAVE

This

UNCERTAINTY

"dia-

}

But there are o.her directors Lou who just because they

uncertainty among the played some junior football in managers spreads to the team. their youth think they should Many times at the start of a crack the Big Whip, start a reason the manager tells the campaign against the munager ads: "Play football; keep the In the boardroom and upset the ball down; make use of running of the team.

Her: cre two examples, I only wish I could give the truc names of the men concerned. If I did. It would shock the fool ball world.

A Second Tommy Lawton

alon there

don't kick it wildly."

But nevertheless starts the season with

the

team bar!

It was a tragedy to see Stan Matthews hobble off Maine Road last Saturday with the sola jury which kept him out of England's team against Den- mark. At first I thought Stan a little optimistic when he said: suppose it will take about 14 day's to wal" myself was out for six weeks when I had groin trouble, But when I recall. ed Stan's astonishing physical finess, I thought that if he says he will be at in 14 days I ex- peot tre will be. 1 have never met n filter man,

The argument still rages as to run, and a world manager how long Stan svill

contin

to be

clever.

walks in, saying: "For heaven's playing. No one knows. Stuu sake don't try Play sate and kick the ball out won't say, and in that he's very of play don't let the other wise. But I personally will be very surprised if he is not playing when he is 45.

side sedite."

So the game descends into a helter-skelter affair. And when One team stars using the Big Boot other teams, trying to play emirolled Soccer, Bnd. then selves put off their gaine.

What a comedian this chap Ernte Taylor of Blackpoot is! When Manchester City playe Blackpool Ernie (only 5ft 4in.) went up for a corner at the same time as Dave Ewing and Bert Trautmann, both of whom are over 8ft.

Just as there is muie ore Stanley Matthews so in a second Tommy Lawton. For that reason i believe it in That is the name of the player, high time we had a New Dea

Eric was caught between nineteen-year-old. whom or managers on these lines; Stoke City hive introduced

the two of them, and as he tell All (0)

managerial con-

ክር remariced. wryly to me. League football. Son of a local butcher and a part-time protracts should be for a minimum "Can't you tell these big fel-

R Director lows I'm only fessional, fa learning to be period of five years.

little chap, he

should have enough confidence Den? They take my quantity surveyor, cently, he plays at centre-for- they own judgment to give too seriously," word like the other Tom, and him that length of time.

would scored in each of his first two manager.

time Senior games.

enough

a

·Barry Appleby

WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO STAIN THE FLOOR IN THE BEDROOM, DEAR ?

THE WEEK-END IGNT LONG ENOUGH FOR YOU TO DO ALL THE JOBS YOU'LL HAVE TO ASK THE BOSS IT'S TOO

TO GIVE YOU MORE DARK NOW LEISURE TIME

LL GET AN ESTI

HOW. SHALL I KN

MUC

FROM A DECO

IT

You

AN

Signin

then

heading

The

bay.

I often wonder how

many

to organise hits tiny lads at school take heart und go out with renewed con-

Try "Honey Bake"

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TEA

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Romarys

Try

Adence at Soccer after seeing

just how brilliant

player like Ernie Taylor

small

сать

?

be in the hurly burly of League football. Like Bobby John- stone of Manchester City Emic Hood proves that if you enough, then enough!

you

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